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Youth: ‘Mr. Havis is our hero!’ BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

Over the years in the eyes of thousands of local youth, Havis Hurley is their hero. This status has now earned the longtime Corinth servant of kids the title of Junior Auxiliary 2012 Outstanding Citizen. Amid tears and applause, Hurley accepted the award before friends and family Saturday night at the 50th Golden Gala Charity Ball at Shiloh Golf and Athletic Club. The longtime youth coach and mentor who served as director of the SportsPlex from 1987-2006 has taken 53 youth groups to Disney World through the years. His next project is taking a busload of special needs children and their chaperons to the land of magic in June. “It just keeps you young,” Hurley told the Daily Corinthian last week in an interview for fundraising efforts for the next trip. Hurley fell in love with Disney World when he attended the opening of the park in October 1971 with a group of youngsters from the Boys Club of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he was working at the time. The innocence, cleanliness, beauty and magic of the world of Disney captured him as he saw the reactions of the young people. The longtime sports leader and mentor came to Corinth

from Ft. Lauderdale in 1978 to manage the Corinth Parks and Recreation Department. A 1967 graduate of Delta State, Hurley returned to his hometown where he was a multi-sport standout and graduate at Corinth High School in 1961. He made his first trip to Disney World with a group from the SportsPlex in 1989. Since that time, he’s taken groups from the Boys and Girls Club, Project Attention, SportsPlex and numerous other agencies and organizations. His goal is always to broaden their horizons and help them see there’s a bigger, more magical world, he told the newspaper. In an interview with the Daily Corinthian recently, Hurley said his next trip was inspired by his current experiences as a bus driver for the Corinth School District. He transports approximately 18 children with special needs to school each day. He said he’s been inspired by their courage and positive attitudes. He said these children, who face challenges every day, never seem to be upset or negative. The idea for this trip was born from a desire to give back to them and help them have a truly special experience. Dozens of people touched by Hurley’s actions wrote letters of support to the Junior Auxiliary to nominate the youth leader for the community’s top award.

“Havis has always been there for all children of the Corinth area,” wrote Carol Mitchell, community service director for the Corinth Housing Authority. “In all endeavors, Havis goes over and beyond what is asked of him. There is truly no one more deserving than he for this recognition.” Civic and community leader Dr. John Dodd worked with Hurley when he was a board member at the SportsPlex, previously known as the Corinth YMCA or Corinth Y. “His talents included referee, umpire, carpenter, plumber, psychologist, mediator and mentor,” wrote Dodd. “Havis never lost sight of the disadvantaged child. One of his goals was to ensure that any child could be involved in any activity regardless of their financial status.” “Havis’ legacy will always be his service to children, his love for community, his sharing of values and most importantly the giving of his time in an unselfish manner,” added Dr. Dodd. Corinth businessman J.B. Darnell played sports with Hurley in their high school days, and they remain close friends today. “Havis has always been concerned with others and especially the young and those less

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Havis Hurley’s lifetime mission to be a mentor to local youth has earned him the Junior Auxiliary 2012 Outstanding Citizen Award.

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Battle of Shiloh 150 years later ... Thousands get closer to long history at Shiloh

BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

An army has again descended on Shiloh, Tenn. On Saturday a multitude of spectators, reenactors, sutlers, food-vendors and more flocked to a spot of land right outside Shiloh National Military Park for the first big day of the BlueGray Alliance’s 150th Anniversary Battle of Shiloh Reenactment. Tom Parson, park ranger for Shiloh National Military Park, was tending the National Park Service’s tent at the site early Saturday. By 11 a.m. more than 600 people had already passed through the tent; on Friday 1,200 reenactors were there. “The crowd is huge, and everybody is having a good time,” Parson said. He said the nearby Shiloh Park was opening up areas for parking space that had never before been used for that purpose — all the way to one-half mile from the Visitor Center. Iowa native Bill Jordan spent the morning getting himself and his horse prepared to recreate the role of the 8th Texas Cavalry (known as Terry’s Texas Rangers) in the battle reenactment.

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Learning history through reenactment Iowa’s Bill Jordan — a “galvanized” Rebel — is portraying a member of Terry’s Texas Rangers.

SHILOH, Tenn. — Whether reenacting it, learning about it or just talking about it, thousands of people felt closer to history on Saturday at Shiloh. Carted in by the wagon loads to the Blue-Gray Alliance reenactment site near the military park, spectators viewed demonstrations of Civil War life and battle reenactments while dealing with muddy conditions from Friday’s rain. Kathleen Wingate, who came from West Monroe, La., has experienced the extremes of reenactment weather at Shiloh. She also participated in the 145th anniversary activities. “It snowed right after the battle,” she said. “It was so cold.” Keeping cool was the bigger challenge Saturday while dressed in elaborate period costuming. Wingate said she enjoys participating in living histories for schools and goes to as many

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On this day in history 150 years ago Federal forces under Gen. Lew Wallace skirmish with Confederates outside of Adamsville, Tenn. Scouts arrive in Savannah to report the Army of the Ohio had crossed the Duck River and would soon form a junction with Grant’s army.

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Corinth gears up for wide range of annual events BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

“Ya'll come back, ya hear!” History truly is only half of Corinth’s story. As huge crowds continue to gather today near Shiloh for Civil War related activities, the Corinth community is gearing up for a huge range of annual events to be held throughout the coming year. Easter weekend of April 7 will bring a combination of hot eats and cool crafts to the grounds of the historic Corinth Depot with the annual Crossroads Chili Cook-Off and the first Green Market of the season from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to both events is free. The Crossroads Chili Cook-Off has become a favorite local event as competitors compete for honors in the International Chili Society

sanctioned competition and visitors get the opportunity to sample chili teams’ creations for the People’s Choice category. There will also be live music throughout the day. The same day will bring the opening of the fourth season of the monthly Green Market. Sponsored by the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and held on the first Saturday of each month from April through October, the Green Market offers locally grown produce and handmade arts and crafts from area growers and craftspeople in a fun, open air market setting. For more information on either event, call 662287-8300. Shiloh National Military Park is also hosting many events April 6-8 to

commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. Officials expect many who took part in this weekend's reenactments to return next weekend for the Shiloh commemoration, including the Thursday release of the new film “Shiloh: Fiery Trial” in the park's visitor's center. Other upcoming events include: ■ Antique (Cross)Roads Show -- an open air antique market set for Saturday, April 21 on the grounds of the Corinth Depot. Featuring antiques from local individuals and dealers in a historic setting. For more information call 662-2878300. ■ Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K -- the 31st annual running of the area’s signature race will be held on Satruday, May 5 in

downtown Corinth beginning at 8:30 a.m. Registration is now underway at www.coke10k.com for the race which annually draws big crowds and is the second largest footrace in Mississippi. It has been listed in Running Times magazine as one of the 100 great short races. The same day will also bring another edition of the Green Market, the annual Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and much more. ■ The second weekend of July will feature the annual Slugburger Festival in downtown Corinth. The event celebrating Corinth’s signature deepfried dough burger includes a carnival, nightly musical entertainment, arts and crafts and much more. For more information, call Main Street

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fortunate than us,” wrote Darnell. “He’s never wanted recognition for his good deeds and many are unknown except for him.” City project director, pastor and community leader Kim Ratliff was influenced as a teenager at the Corinth Y. “The leadership he has provided over the years has had a clean impact on our community,” wrote Ratliff. “So many youth have passed through his hands and gone on to do great things.” Previous Outstanding Citizen Award winner and civic leader Terry Cartwright credits Hurley for

bringing soccer to Corinth when Havis started youth soccer at the city park in 1978. “Havis is much of the reason Corinth High School is competitive in soccer today,” wrote Cartwright, as CHS has a state soccer championship and a pair of runner-up finishes. As to taking a bus load of special needs kids to Disney World, “I know very few people with a big enough heart and the initiative to strap on such a worthy, but difficult, project,” wrote Cartwright. “Havis had the vision, saw the need, and had the faith” to make the trip happen. “Havis cared about

and help raise many of your kids at the park and SportsPlex,” he added. Whitney Black works with Hurley as a monitor on the special needs bus Havis drives each school day. “Heart of gold,” “determination,” “color blindness” and “Christian values” are what Whitney sees on a daily basis. “He is amazing with all the children he comes in contact with, but especially with those who ride the bus,” she wrote. Corinth businessman Kimble Wilbanks worked closely with Hurley at both the park and SportsPlex, where Wilbanks was a board member for 10 years. Wilbanks liked Hurley’s

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efforts to promote sportsmanship above all else. The youth mentor promoted exercise, fun and fellowship, “above final scores or season records,” wrote Wilbanks. “Havis had a special way of making the children feel important by giving of his time,” he wrote. “He continues to commit his time, energy and money into serving others often with great personal sacrifice.” With Hurley’s “putting others first” attitude, Wilbanks believes many youth past and present would agree with his new Outstanding Citizen status. “They would most likely say, ‘Mr. Havis is our hero!',” added Wilbanks.

Corinth at 1-877-3473405. ■ Alcorn County will host its own Civil War reenactment with the Battle of Famington Reenactment to be held Sept. 1516. ■ Main Street Corinth also hosts another major festival on the first weekend of October with the annual Hog Wild barbecue contest. Featuring a Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned competition, along with a carnival and nightly musical entertainment, there’s always something for everyone. For more information, call Main Street Corinth at 1-877-347-3405. ■ The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Corinth will be Oct. 3-4. Activities are planned. ■ On Nov. 3-4, Corinth will host the annual Grand Illumination, which fills

the streets of downtown Corinth from downtown to the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center with brightly illuminated candlelights honoring those who died in the Siege and Battle of Corinth. ■ On Saturday, Nov. 17, the Green Market becomes a bit jollier as it morphs into the annual Red Green Market, featuring holiday crafts and creations from local artisans just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The event is held on the grounds of the Corinth Depot. (For a complete list of area activities and more information about local attractions and much more, visit the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau online at www.corinth.net or call them at 1-800-7489048.)

Vandiver graduates MSU; attending USM Iver O. Vandiver II is attending the University of Southern Mississippi for the spring semester 2012. Vandiver recently graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. He also studied at Veritas University in San Jose, Costa Rica during the summer of 2010. While at Mississippi State University, Vandiver was inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the College of Education International Honor Society, and Order of Omega, a Greek Leadership Honor Society. He was a member of the Ex-

ercise Science Honorary Society, American Medical Student Association, a n d served a s president of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Vand i v e r Vandiver w i l l study Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics while at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Corinth-based barbecue team places 9th overall at Tupelo ‘barbecue duel’ For the Daily Corinthian

Corinth-based competitive barbecue cooking team Pigs-R-Us claimed 5th place in brisket during the recent “Don’t Be Cruel BBQ Duel” in Tupelo. The team also finished 9th overall out of 84 teams. The Tupelo event brought in some heavy hitters this year along with the popular TV show

“ BBQ Pitmasters” actually taping a show during the BBQ festivities. The Pigs-R-Us team show showed some Corinth pride and ranked overall even higher than the hosts of the Pitmasters show. This was the local team's first time to compete at this event held Saturday, March 17, but plan to make it a regular stop on their compe-

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tition tour. The team members at the event to compete consisted of John, Traci, Logan, and Bailey Underwood; Jeff “Uncle Jeffy” Stark; and Brooks, Rachel, Brendan, Brea and Bella Carter. The BBQ team has been around about 16 years. When the team began, it was a place to have fun and cook some BBQ. Over the years, team members have come, went and moved on. Team Co-Founder Tom Underwood lives in Kentucky but still pops in to help out at a few of the contests throughout the year. The more family oriented team began to focus all their efforts on BBQ and has become a BBQ team to contend with.

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Deaths Dot Mayhall

Funeral services for Dorothy D. “Dot” Mayhall, 87, are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dennis Smith officiating. Burial will be in Forrest Memorial Park. She died Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Dogwood Plantation. She was born Mary 20, 1924, in Slate Spring to the late Max and Blondye Doolittle. A retired school teacher, she graduated from Wood Junior College and Delta State, having spent the last 14 years at Corinth High School as an English teacher before her retirement in July of 1989. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Nat Mayhall, and her parents. Survivors include her son Tan Mayhall (Jennifer) of Santa Clause, Mayhall Ind.; daughters Susan Herrington (Ron) of Corinth and Judy Bryant of Lubbock, Texas; a brother, Larry Doolittle of Starkville; grandchildren Susannah, Rebecca, Gabby, Grace Mayhall, Jason Herrington (Mary Alison), Jennifer Herrington and Kelsey Bryant; and great-grandchildren Emma Clara and Walker Herrington. Family will receive friends from Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Library or Baptist Children Village, 501 Main St., Corinth, MS. 38834. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Stella Trim

Funeral service for Stella Faye Trim, 72, are set for 2 p.m. today at Danville Baptist Church with Bro. Charlie Cooper and Bro. Ray Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the Danville Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Trim died Thursday March 29, 2012, at her residence. She was born March 13, 1940 in Rienzi, to the late Ellis and Effie Dees. She graduated from Rienzi High School and retired from Rienzi Elementary after 25 years as a cafeteria worker. A member of Danville Baptist Church, she enjoyed crochet, cooking, camping and watching her grandkids play ball. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Royce Trim; her parents; a brother Cavett Dees; a sister Audrey Sanders; and one sister-inlaw, Peggy Dees. Survivors include her son, Terry Trim (Donna); a daughter, Debbie Bobo; her husband, Ronnie; grandTrim daughters Alison Shea “Alie” Trim, Abie Rhea Trim and Anna Kaye (Brady) Smith; sisters Maylene Moore (Wayne) and Betty Michael (J.O.); a brother, Roy Lee Dees; a sisterin-law, Geneva Strickland; and several nieces, nephews, family and friends. Pallbearers are Tommy Joe Sanders, Charles Sanders, Jasen Carter, Todd Duncan, Dustin Moore and Scotty Michael. Visitation continues until service time Sunday at Danville Baptist Church. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Trudy Reid

Services for Gertrude “Trudy” Reid, 84, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with burial at The Mormon Cemetery in Booneville. Visitation is Monday from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Ms. Reid died Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Virgil Hester

TISHOMINGO — Funeral services for Virgil Hester, 75, are set for 3 p.m. today at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial at Burgess Creek Cemetery. Mr. Hester died Friday, March 30, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Hester of Tishomingo; one son, Stan Hester of Iuka; one daughter, Debbie Fowler (Kenneth) of Tishomingo; one sister, Virginia Gattis of Tishomingo; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Ruby Hester. Bro. Alan Jones and Bro. Benny McKinney will officiate the service. Visitation was Saturday evening.

Pat Sullins

Funeral services for Patricia “Pat” Sullins are set for 1 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Sullins died on Wednesday, March 28, at her residence. She was born on Sept. 1, 1942, to the late Deward and Violet Gilmer in Georgia. She retired from Allstate insurance.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Wayne Sullins; one son, Scott Sullins (Michelle); two grandsons, Scottie and Travis Sullins; and one sister, Nancy Evans. Bro. Josh Hite will officiate. Visitation is Monday from 11 a.m. until service time and following the service.

Mary Ware

Funeral services for Mary Ware, 91, of Corinth, are set for 11 a.m. Mond a y at Mt. Pleasa n t M i s sionary Baptist Church in Koss u t h Ware w i t h burial at Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Ware died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at her home. Born Sept. 1, 1921, she was educated in Alcorn County schools. She was a domestic worker for Dr. Bob Davis and family and was a member of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Johnny Ware (Judy) and Milton Ware (Zella), both of Corinth; three daughters, Jeanett Shite of Corinth, Aretha Pruitt of Amory and Delois Tate (James) of Memphis, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Ware Sr.; a son, Claude Ware Jr.; her parents, Ross and Queen Davis; five sisters; and two brothers. The Rev. Lamar Walker will officiate the service. Visitation is today from 5 until 6 p.m. at Grayson’s Funeral Home.

Tishomingo County hires new school superintendent BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

IUKA — A former teacher and administrator in Iuka schools has been selected as superintendent for the Tishomingo County School District. Ben McClung will begin serving July 1, replacing Malcolm Kuykendall, who is retiring. McClung, who grew up in Paden and attended Tishomingo High School, is excited to return home. “It has always been my dream to one day have the opportunity to serve as superintendent of my home school district,” he said. McClung said he wants to ensure the district continues to set high expectations in order to build on its past successes. “The board was very impressed with Mr. McClung’s experience and his vision for our school district,” said Michael Puckett, school board president. “We are excited about the future and are convinced that he will be able to lead our district to continued excellence.” McClung’s career in education began in 1978 at Tishomingo High School, where he taught,

coached and drove a school bus. He was at Iuka High School from 1982 to 1991, serving as teacher, coach, school bus driver, assistant high school principal and junior high principal. After district consolidation, he became principal at Iuka Middle School until 1999. He later served as principal at Saltillo Elementary and, from 2003 to 2010, was assistant superintendent of Lafayette County schools. He then served as an educational specialist with the Mississippi Department of Education’s School of Improvement and, in 2011, was an educational supervisor with the Northwest Mississippi Consortium as well as an educational supervisor for the University of Mississippi. McClung holds a master of arts in education administration from the University of North Alabama. He also studied political science at UNA and reading education at the University of Mississippi. With his wife, Dianne, a former Iuka school teacher, he is the father of two Tishomingo County High School graduates.

Ripley opens park bids Associated Press

RIPLEY — Mayor Chris Marsalis says bids will be opened on April 5 for construction of a long-awaited second Ripley city park. Marsalis tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the city's engineering firm of CookCoggin will review them,

make recommendations and aldermen will then make a final decision. He says the final version of the 50-acre facility will depend on the bid figures. The city plans for at least eight baseball fields organized into two quads of four fields each. There will also be two soccer fields.

February unemployment rate in Alcorn County dips to 10.1 percent BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

February jobless figures are again positive for Alcorn County as the unemployment rate declined to 10.1 percent. Most counties across the state had decreasing or stable rates in February. Alcorn County’s rate is down from January’s revised level of 10.8 percent and down from 12.6 percent a year earlier, according to figures released this week by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The county had 61 initial claims for unemployment benefits during the month, down from 71 a year earlier, and 918 continued claims, down from 1,814 in February 2011. The county had 1,570

unemployed during the month, down from 1,940 a year earlier, and 14,050 employed, up from 13,460. Regular unemployment benefits paid in the county totaled $133,238, down from $351,685 a year earlier. Neighboring counties had substantial unemployment rate decreases as well, with Prentiss at 10 percent, Tishomingo at 11.9 percent and Tippah at 12 percent. Results from Mississippi’s non-farm employment survey, which is counted by the location of establishments, reported a not seasonally adjusted increase of 4,600 in employment over the month, and an increase of 700 from one year ago. Industry sectors registering the larg-

est monthly employment gains were government and leisure & hospitality. Mississippi’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was 9.5 percent, decreasing sixtenths of a percentage point from the previous month’s rate of 10.1 percent. The number of unemployed decreased 9,100 over the month, while the employed total increased 4,200 from the prior month.

The nation’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February at 8.7 percent was down onetenth of one percentage point over the month and was eight-tenths of a percentage point lower than the year-ago rate of 9.5 percent. Unemployment rates decreased or remained unchanged over the month in 81 of the 82 counties. Rankin County posted the

lowest unemployment rate for the month of February at 6.1 percent, followed by Madison County at 6.7 percent. Six counties reported rates greater than 15 per-

cent, with Tunica County posting the highest unemployment rate for February at 17.4 percent, followed by Holmes County at 17.2 percent.

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Is Obama killing his senators? Outside the beltway, polling indicates a massacre of Senate Democrats is in the offing in the 2012 elections. Currently, Rasmussen’s polls have Republicans leading Democrats for eight Senate seats now held by Democrats. Bill Nelson is six behind Connie Mack in Florida; Claire McCaskill is 10 behind Sarah Steelman in Missouri; John Tester is three behind Denny Rehberg in Montana; Sherrod Brown is four behind Josh Mandel in Ohio. And for open seats, George Allen is three up on Tim Kaine in Virginia; Jon Bruning is 20 ahead of Bob Kerrey in Nebraska; Tommy Thompson is 15 ahead in Wisconsin; and either Rick Berg or Duane Sand will undoubtedly win in North Dakota. And the races in New Mexico and Michigan show the Republican candidate less than four behind. (The GOP might lose Massachusetts and Maine, but a massive wipeout of Democrats is coming.) Why? Obviously, the shift in party identification has a lot to do with it. While Washington insiders are chortling about Obama’s likely re-election, those who are paying attention know that there has been an eight-point party identification shift from Democrat to Republican, two points of which took place after the 2010 elections. Not only is this shift going to doom Obama’s chances, but it will also engulf Democratic candidates up and down the line. But could Obama be slaying his own candidates? Ever since the GOP victory of 2010, Obama has emulated Harry Truman in attacking the “do-nothing Congress” -- a theme that underscored his 1948 re-election. But has he noticed that half of Congress is Democratic? In an effort to avoid appearing partisan, the president attacked “Congress” without distinguishing the House from the Senate or the members of his own party from the opposition. In a reprise of 2008, he is trying to run against the “culture” in Washington and the “gridlock” in our system. But while he hasn’t done much damage to Republicans seeking election, he has inflicted massive harm on his own party. Democratic support for Democratic senators is incredibly low, and independent backing for their candidacies is

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virtually nonexistent. Yet Obama’s dissing of his own candidates has not elicited a murmur of protest from his party. As he excoriates Congress for not passing his “jobs” bill and complains about the toxic atmosphere in which he is forced to dwell, he is ruining his own party’s chances. Nothing else can explain fully the drop in the support Obama voters give the Democratic Senate candidates. Sure Obama will lose Florida and probably Missouri as well, but not by enough to have McCaskill at 41 percent of the vote and Nelson at 36 percent. Even in Michigan, my own polls have Debbie Stabenow only at 46 percent (trailed by Pete Hoekstra at 42 percent, in a state Obama must carry and in which he is favored.) In Obama’s reelection strategy, it appears that he plans very little defense of his own abysmal record — understandably — and he will run an ad hominem campaign against Romney (as soon as Santorum stops his ad hominem attacks). Whether this will re-elect the president is doubtful, but it certainly won’t give Democrats running for the Senate any place to stand. His party should realize just how ineffective ad hominem negatives were in 2010. No Democratic congressman ran on Obama’s record — or even their own — as each tried to savage his particular opponent. It was as if they were saying, “Vote against Obama. I understand, but you can’t possibly vote for this Republican who is opposing me.” It didn’t work, and it won’t if that is the only platform Obama gives his candidates. Two years ago, it seemed that Congressman Paul Ryan’s, R-Wis., Medicare reforms would give Democrats a place to stand, but Ryan’s new-found moderation, masquerading as a deal with Ron Wyden, DOre., undercuts that premise. Now the Democrats stand accused by their own president of doing nothing, fostering a toxic atmosphere and promoting gridlock -- a great way to run for re-election. (Dick Morris, former advisor to the Clinton administration, is a commentator and author of “Rewriting History.” He is also a columnist for the New York Post and The Hill. His wife, Eileen McGann is an attorney and consultant.)

Supreme Court case leads to slippery slope When a 1942 Supreme Court decision that most people never heard of makes the front page of the New York Times in 2012, you know that something unusual is going on. What makes that 1942 case -- Wickard v. Filburn -- important today is that it stretched the federal government’s power so far that the Obama administration is using it as an argument to claim before today’s Supreme Court that it has the legal authority to impose ObamaCare mandates on individuals. Roscoe Filburn was an Ohio farmer who grew some wheat to feed his family and some farm animals. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined him for growing more wheat than he was allowed to grow under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, which was passed under Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce. Filburn pointed out that his wheat wasn’t sold, so that it didn’t enter any commerce, interstate or otherwise. Therefore the federal government had no right to tell him how much wheat he grew on his own farm, and which never left his farm. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution says that all powers not explicitly giv-

en to the federal government belong to the states or to the people. So you might think Thomas that Filburn was right. Sowell But the Columnist Supreme Court said otherwise. Even though the wheat on Filburn’s farm never entered the market, just the fact that “it supplies a need of the man who grew it which would otherwise be reflected by purchases in the open market” meant that it affected interstate commerce. So did the fact that the home-grown wheat could potentially enter the market. The implications of this kind of reasoning reached far beyond farmers and wheat. Once it was established that the federal government could regulate not only interstate commerce itself, but anything with any potential effect on interstate commerce, the Tenth Amendment’s limitations on the powers of the federal government virtually disappeared. Over the years, “interstate commerce” became magic words to justify almost any expansion of the federal government’s pow-

er, in defiance of the Tenth Amendment. That is what the Obama administration is depending on to get today’s Supreme Court to uphold its power to tell people that they have to buy the particular health insurance specified by the federal government. There was consternation in 1995 when the Supreme Court ruled that carrying a gun near a school was not interstate commerce. That conclusion might seem like only common sense to most people, but it was a close 5 to 4 decision, and it sparked outrage when the phrase “interstate commerce” failed to work its magic in justifying an expansion of the federal government’s power. The 1995 case involved a federal law forbidding anyone from carrying a gun near a school. The states all had the right to pass such laws, and most did, but the issue was whether the federal government could pass such a law under its power to regulate interstate commerce. The underlying argument was similar to that in the 1942 case of Wickard v. Filburn: School violence can affect education, which can affect productivity, which can affect interstate commerce.

Since virtually everything affects virtually everything else, however remotely, “interstate commerce” can justify virtually any expansion of government power, by this kind of sophistry. The principle that the legal authority to regulate X implies the authority to regulate anything that can affect X is a huge and dangerous leap of logic, in a world where all sorts of things have some effect on all sorts of other things. As an example, take a law that liberals, conservatives and everybody else would agree is valid -- namely, that cars have to stop at red lights. Local governments certainly have the right to pass such laws and to punish those who disobey them. No doubt people who are tired or drowsy are more likely to run through a red light than people who are rested and alert. But does that mean that local governments should have the power to order people when to go to bed and when to get up, because their tiredness can have an effect on the likelihood of their driving through a red light? The power to regulate indirect effects is not a slippery slope. It is the disastrous loss of freedom that lies at the bottom of a slippery slope.

What about the murders that don’t count? Delric Miller IV died in a hail of bullets a month ago. When someone fired 37 AK-47 rounds into his Detroit home at 4:30 a.m., he was mortally wounded while dozing on the couch. He was 9 months old. No one made the multicolored teething ring he got for Christmas or his toy hammer into national symbols of random violence. Last year, Charinez Jefferson, 17, was shot and killed on a Chicago street. “She begged the shooter not to shoot her because she was pregnant,” a pastor explained. The alleged assailant, Timothy Jones, 18, shot her in the head, chest and back after seeing her walking with a rival gang member. New York Times columnist Charles Blow did not write a column about Jefferson’s killing as a symbol of the perils of being a young black woman in America. Last June, a stray bullet from a confrontation on a Brighton Beach, N.Y., boardwalk killed 16-yearold Tysha Jones as she sat

on a bench. A 19-year-old man, out for revenge after an earlier scuffle on the boardwalk, Rich was charged in the shootLowery ing. Tysha’s National heartbroReview ken mother was not featured on all the national TV shows. In January, 12-year-old Kade’jah Davis was shot and killed when, allegedly, 19-year-old Joshua Brown showed up at her Detroit house to demand the return of a cellphone from Davis’ mother. When Brown didn’t get the phone, he fired shots through the front door. No one held high-profile street protests to denounce gunplay over such trifles. Everything about the Trayvon Martin case is a matter of contention. About this, though, there should be no doubt: If Martin had been shot by a black classmate, if he had been caught in a random crossfire, if he

had looked at a gang member the wrong way, his death would have been relegated to the back pages of the local newspaper. Not a cause, not even a curiosity: Just another dead young black man. Nothing to see here. Please, move on. Jesse Jackson is right that “blacks are under attack.” According to a 2005 FBI report, blacks accounted for 13 percent of the population and 49 percent of all homicide victims. In 93 percent of the cases, the killer was black. Half of the victims were ages 17 to 29. That works out to 4,000 murders of young blacks in one year, overwhelmingly at the hands of other blacks. In the communities where these killings occur there is, to put it in Jackson’s inimitable terms, no justice and no peace. There is no comparable epidemic of half-Hispanic neighborhood-watch volunteers like George Zimmerman shooting young black men. Nor is there an epidemic of cops doing the same. An allegedly racially

motivated killing, though, gins up the outrage machine in a way the routine murder of young blacks doesn’t. Cable-TV outlets get to host fiery debates. Chin-stroking commentators get to urge more “dialogue.” Black leaders get to relive the glory of a civil-rights cause that won its major victories decades ago when it took real courage to be on the front lines. And everybody gets to evade the intraracial mayhem that blights the country’s inner cities. An injustice may well have been done in the handling of the Martin shooting, but let’s not fool ourselves. Zimmerman could be arrested, convicted and hanged tomorrow, and it will have no effect on the lives of young black people in communities beset by social disorder. Whatever happens to Zimmerman, the drip-drip of spilled blood will continue, all but ignored except in the police blotter. In America, the lives of young black people are cheap, unless they happen to fit the right agenda.

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Town’s immigrants pray bill will die BY LAURA TILLMAN Associated Press

VARDAMAN — On a recent afternoon in this Mississippi sweet potato farming town of 1,300, a group of immigrants gathered in the safe haven of the Catholic Charities office to discuss visa options. The conversation quickly turned to the immigration bill being debated in the state Legislature, and talk of what to do if it passes. Immigrant advocates mostly suggest they pray the bill does not become law. Vardaman’s farms, packing plants and furniture factories 150 miles northeast of Jackson have brought a small migratory wave to the green rolling hills and expansive fields over the past two decades. Many people here illegally are from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, and came to join a relative holding a work visa. Their lives could change radically under the law. House Bill 488, the Support Our Law En-

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