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Benefit is mistargeted
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Wednesday’s deadline for filing federal taxes brings a reminder of the special treatment that some groups of taxpayers were given this year.
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Services for Beatrice Smith Price of Madison will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at First Baptist Church, Belzoni. Burial will follow at Belzoni Cemetery.
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Gentry tennis to make 4th straight trip to state
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Excellence has become a standard for the Gentry High School tennis program, and the team is set to head to state for the fourth consecutive year.
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An ounce of prevention
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Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Bigger Pie Forum says, “Billions of prevention is worth trillions of cure.”
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We live in a time when words are cheap and consequences are negotiable. Politicians promise the moon, break their word and go right back on the campaign trail. Athletes talk about being “role models” until a camera catches what happens off the field.

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