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The overall purpose of this LAFAYETTE COUNTY workshop is to instruct educators to use techniques and activities that will enhance reading aloud SCHOOL DISTRICT and strengthen student compre- hension. ENDURES BUDGET CUTS Friday, June 4, 2010 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $25 BY BRITTANY STACK aides-- one retired, and another The Daily Mississippian that didn’t come back, that we’re With education budget cuts on not replacing.” the rise across the country, the Other positions that will not be THE GROVE Lafayette County School District filled include the assistant super- SUMMER SUNSET SERIES: has been forced to cut back in in intendent, a bus mechanic and a THE MISSISSIPPIANS a number of areas to save money. part-time counseling position. The Mississippians Jazz Combo One way the district is saving Each of the four district schools performs as part of the Summer money is to begin cutting down cut about $200,000, which in- Sunset Series. In case of rain, the on its number of employees, ac- clined Foster to ask each of the performance will take place in cording to Foster, super- principals at the four schools to Fulton Chapel. intendent of the school district. review what was necessary for ed- Sunday, June 06, 2010 The district is cutting these jobs ucation and to make cuts in what 7 p.m. Cost: Free by not filling positions vacated by was not. the approximately 22 retirees this Expenses were also cut from year as well as not re-hiring un- the central office, bus shop and needed assistant teachers. transportation, and the num- “Those are not all teachers,” ber of copiers per school will Foster said. “You have some as- be reduced. Foster said that re- inside sistant teachers; a couple ISS ducing the number of copiers LIFESTYLES personnel, which are not certified PHOTO COURTESY STOCK EXCHANGE teachers. Also, a couple of library See LAFAYETTE, PAGE 4 GETTING LOST IN OXFORD

EVENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TUPELO ELVIS FESTIVAL SET FORCED TO ‘MAKE FOR WEEKEND DO’ WITH FUNDS

BY LANCE INGRAM News Editor OPINION In many Mississippi public schools, it has be- MORE THAN JUST come hard for its faculty to make ends meet. SONG AND DANCE These faculty members are being forced to con- tinue work at the current level, however. The Chairman of the Senate Education Com- mittee, Senator Videt Carmichael, said that Mississippi’s public schools will be forced to continue making do with their current levels of state funding unless the state receives a boost in federal funds. Although funding will be tough, Carmichael said he believes that the public school district leaders have properly planned for a tight 2010- PHOTO COURTESY STOCK EXCHANGE 2011 school year budget, and that students will not suffer any academic losses during the BY LANCE INGRAM legacy, there will be live music upcoming academic year according to a Better News Editor all weekend with on Blue Suede Mississippi Report press release. Stage, which will feature free Tupelo is set to host a weekend “The next school year will be difficult, to say entertainment including tribute festival dedicated to the King, SPORTS the least, but students should have the same pro- artists. but there won’t be any royalty at grams as in the past,” Carmichael said in the An outdoor stage will host REBELS LOOKING FOR this party. press release. “The quality of education shouldn’t headliners such as Robert Earl The 12th-annual Tupelo Elvis REVENGE suffer at all.” Keen, Cowboy Mouth and Paul Festival will be underway, and The current economic recession, the worst Thorn. The stage will also show- Debbie Brangenberg, director of since the Great Depression, has left many states case other national, regional and Downtown Tupelo Mainstreet including Mississippi suffering from decreasing local musicians. Association and the Elvis Pres- revenue that have forced budget cuts and em- The Lyric in Tupelo will fea- ley Festival, calls it a hometown ployee layoffs. This recession accordingly caused ture all-Elvis, all the time, with tribute to their favorite son. a struggle for state lawmakers to write the bud- multiple artists including Sonny The festival is set to kick off get for the fiscal year, which beings July 1. Burgess and the Pacers with DJ Friday with the action starting Despite the economic crisis, Carmichael said Fontana, who was a drummer in at 9 a.m. at the Lyric in Tupelo. he believes teachers understand the tough finan- Elvis’ band. Festivities will begin during cial issues, according to the press release. “I think it’s a good, diverse mix the first round of the Ultimate “The teachers that I have talked with seem to of music, and that it is some- Elvis Tribute Artist Competi- have a great attitude,” Carmichael said in the thing for all ages,” Brangenberg tion, which has 43 tribute artists press release. “They realize every part of our said. “The talent at Fairpark is competing. lives is affected by this economic crisis we are in In the spirit of the Presley See PRESLEY, PAGE 4 nationwide.” 2 4 C M Y K OPINION NEWS

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COLUMN CAROLINE LEE editor-in-chief PRESLEY, LAFAYETTE, FOX’S ‘GLEE’ GOES BEYOND JUST SONG continued from page 1 continued from page 1 DONICA PHIFER online editor AND DANCE ROUTINE LANCE INGRAM news editor more for the mainstream, and of Elvis’ birthplace. might be an inconvenience but has the One example of this occurring in the the content at the Lyric and “We thought it appropriate potential of saving a lot of money. district is the retirement of a teacher Upon seeing the previews for the Fox Those reruns of Fame sure get ME up his status). MIA CAMURATI opinion editor on Broadway is all-Elvis all the to close the festival with a gos- With state funding undergoing cuts whose purpose was to help struggling television series Glee in the spring of all jittery with excitement and wishing Mercedes () is the du- time, so you can get a little bit pel concert, because the only regularly, having extra personnel is not students get their reading, mathemat- 2009, I thought to myself that this se- 1982 had never left! al-stereotype overweight chick with AMANDA WARD of it all.” Grammys Elvis ever won were a good economic move for Lafayette ics and other core academic skills up ries had potential for greatness… if, of Right. I’ll just let the cat out of the pronounced self-esteem issues and lifestyles editor There will be a 5K run called for his gospel music,” Brangen- County schools, since the majority of to grade level if they had fallen behind. course, certain steps were taken. bag: Glee is not primarily about the the ‘sistah’ who calls herself “African- Running with the King that berg said. the funds the school receives are from The teacher’s position has been elimi- To be great, the show would have to song and dance. American,” even with no direct link to ERIC BESSON the state, Foster said. nated, since there is another teacher BY JONATHAN sports editor will start at 7:30 a.m. Saturday In previous years, the event be properly groomed and also be devoid The show brims with brilliant, witty Africa. at Veterans Park. has drawn on average 7,500 The district has lost about $3 mil- who teaches the same class. EVANS of the hackneyed scripts and plots that satire of both popular culture and, more She will snap on you in a “hot min- OSCAR POPE Columnist visual editor The park will also host the people and planners say they lion in the past two years, with 75 to The Oxford School District has not seem to ubiquitously haunt the teenage ostensibly to my eye, the stereotypes of ute” if your views contradict her own. 2010 Fling with the King disc hope to draw more people in 80 percent of the yearly budget going made major cutbacks like the Lafay- drama. the high school social ladder and the Brittany (Heather Morris) wields her RACHEL CLARK into salaries, ette School District has undergone this copy chief golf tournament. every year. After watching the , it became members therein. dual-stereotype as the quintessential The disc golf event begins at This year, the festival has There are some positions in Lafay- year. all too clear that creators , The cast of characters personify those dumb-blonde cheerleader, whose pro- 7:30 a.m. Saturday, with reg- confirmation of people mak- ette County for which hours will be cut This is partly due to the town school and were images perfectly, and you and I both found witticisms and amazing logical The mission of The istration from noon to 7 p.m. ing the journey for the festival back, such as a part-time counselor and district getting more local funding than thinking along the same lines. have encountered them. progressions both astound and stupefy. Daily Mississip- Friday. from 27 states and five for- some assistant teaching positions. Fill- the Lafayette School District does, ac- pian is to consistently To base an entire series around show Here’s a sample: Yet this eclectic mix, this antitheti- In addition to the music, eign countries, according to ing the position but cutting down the cording to Foster. choir, one would indeed have to think Rachel, portrayed by actress Lea Mi- cal amalgamation of personalities and produce a bold, number of hours will help keep educa- This funding can be seen in the mon- bright and accurate there will also be a carnival, Brangenberg. outside of the box. chele, is that extraordinarily talented character traits is brought together by parade and pet parade, all of Tickets for the concerts can tion standards up. ey the school districts bring in per meal. But somewhere along the way, Bren- girl who knows she’s talented. Glee Club, of all things. daily news source by fulfilling our which are free. be purchased online. Although there has been concern for “A meal for us (Lafayette) brings in nan, Falchuk, and Murphy’s vision for She will take every opportunity to While the cool mash-ups and rendi- obligation to the truth To close the festival on Sun- For more information visit the quality of the education, by cutting about $90,000, where a meal for them a series to cleverly take a sardonic jab at let you know that she is, in fact, better tions of pop tunes are nice, seeing how and maintaining our day, there will be a gospel con- the festival’s website at tu- some positions, there is no way for there brings in $360,000 to $400,000,” Fos- political, social, and cultural aspects of than you, regardless of the goody-two- these characters reveal their humanity, loyalty to the public cert with food on the grounds peloelvisfestival.com. to not be an effect, Foster said. ter said. our society in tandem with the utiliza- shoes persona she uses to mesmerize her which brings bring people together is we serve. tion of hip, harmonized arrangements captive audience. that much better. of popular songs was interpreted by the () is the bad-boy So if you’re new to Glee, don’t watch masses (misinterpreted, if you will) to jock who beats up nerds for their lunch just because that one Beyonce song is MICHAEL BUISE mean the converse position! money in school, and later whips out featured. business manager Who wouldn’t want the focal point his Player Card to satisfy his lecherous For those who are already fans, look of a show to center on a group of high desires with any girl with a pulse (so beyond the ‘,’ and pay at- ALLIE GAGGINI PATRICK HOUSE ASSOCIATED PRESS school students singing and dancing? long as she’s hot, or at least can bump tention! You’ll love it even more. REBECCA ROLWING account executives JUDGE ALLOWS ATTORNEY FOR UWIRE LAURA CAVETT ROBBIE CARLISE KORY DRAHOS FBI AGENT TO WITHDRAW Column: Sooners and SEC may have beneficial relationship creative assistants OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Ken Coghlan of Oxford, BY PETER DAVIS Football head coach Bob Stoops said re- ine the extra revenue that would come to A federal judge has allowed who became Neilson’s attor- Oklahoma Daily, cently that OU is an attractive commodity Norman from out of state, as the passionate the attorney for indicted FBI ney Jan. 22, thereby replacing U. Oklahoma via UWIRE S. GALE DENLEY either way to bring in schools for the Big 12 fans of the SEC made their maiden voyages STUDENT MEDIA agent Hal Neilson to quit and the Federal Public Defender’s or for a move to another conference. to Norman. I don’t see an issue with the ad- CENTER STAFF: Redshirt senior quarterback Blake Bell toss- to withdraw all pleadings in Office, met Tuesday with U.S. President David Boren thinks the university ditional funding that would be brought in. es three touchdown passes in the second half PATRICIA the case. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Al- is going to be in the Big 12 for years to come. Not only that, the likeliest scenario that to rally the Sooners for a 31-28 win against THOMPSON Neilson was indicted in exander, who allowed Coghlan The reality is that the picture looks bleak for brings us to the SEC includes Texas, Oklaho- director SEC conference rival Ole Miss at Vaught- January on five counts that to withdraw. the Big 12 unless Missouri and Nebraska turn ma State and Texas A&M. Adding us to the Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. TRACI MITCHELL he allegedly failed to report In his motion to withdraw, down millions of dollars to stay in the confer- west division of the SEC and having us meet The game puts the Sooners one win away associate director his interest in the Oxford FBI dated May 28, Coghlan says a ence, and the conference is able to lure four up with Arkansas, LSU and the two Missis- from meeting Florida for the SEC title in Building and then lied about “conflict” developed between high-powered schools of their own. sippi schools, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. ARVINDER SINGH two weeks at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, KANG it. Neilson has pleaded not he and Neilson, which pre- Who could we possibly get to replace them For the Sooner fan concerned about the Texas. manager of media guilty and is free on bond. His vented him from being his or add to the conference? TCU? Utah? Boise travel, have no fear, the furthest trip to the Seems far-fetched? Not anymore. technology trial is set for Aug. 16. attorney any longer. State? south is actually roughly 50 miles closer than In fact, I’m in favor of it. Let’s look at the DYLAN PARKER Geographically, there is only one possible the trip to Boulder and Colorado and equal real picture here. If Missouri and Nebraska creative/technical addition or replacement. distance to Ames and Iowa State. take all that Big 10 money and run, who is supervisor I’m grasping at nothing and so is the Big think we would have early struggles going to fill that gap and balance the North? DARREL JORDAN 12. Moving us from Texas divisionally would adjusting to a new brand of athletics in the If Colorado heads off to the Pac-10, that chief engineer be a disaster and as big of a rivalry as it pro- SEC, but in the end I think it could be the could make three from the North division and duces, neither side of the Red River is going best thing that could come from a Big 12 con- MELANIE WADKINS everyone knows that Texas will follow suit if advertising manager to be willing to give up the tradition of Dallas ference implosion. the Big 12 starts to collapse. in October. Imagine playing the Gators or the LSU Everything depends on how the Big 10 de- STEPHEN GOFORTH That only gives us one real option that I Tigers here in Norman on a regular basis, or broadcast manager cides to expand and how the shockwave will think we will have to take if it is offered, and being able to meet up with Nebraska in a late ripple across the country. DARCY DAVIS it leads us to a quite lucrative landing spot and season out-of-conference game with national The Big 12 knows it is at the of all the administrative potentially a major step for OU; the SEC. championship implications at stake. assistant expansion talk for all the wrong reasons. The SEC has nearly $3 billion in television Just imagine: After Bell’s third touchdown As the Big 12 spring meetings opened contracts and has considered creating their pass with 2:12 left on the clock, the Sooner Wednesday, commissioner Dan Beebe seemed own network. Nation begins the familiar “SEC! SEC! SEC! to be almost begging for the conference to stay The SEC is the most visible BCS confer- SEC!” chant throughout the stadium in Ox- together. ence on TV. Where is the harm in that? Imag- ford.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Miss. Looks to Iran for Rural Health Care Model

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Scratch- “We’re hoping this project will create health systems, which is exactly what we’re the health house would have their own mal- poor towns in the Mississippi Delta once some kind of trust between the two coun- trying to do,” said Miller. practice insurance coverage, and according shared more in common with rural Iran — tries,” said Mohammed Shahbazi, an Irani- Agency spokeswoman Tara Broido de- to Shirley, health house workers wouldn’t scarce medical supplies, inaccessible health an-American and professor at Jackson State. clined to comment on the health house pro- even apply bandages on their own. care and high infant mortality rates — than “This is hope.” posal. She noted instead that a multiyear, That doesn’t mean they couldn’t make a with most of the U.S. The hitch is how the project would be $110 million agreement with the Delta difference. Then things in Iran got better. funded. Shirley has been to Capitol Hill and Health Alliance has begun yielding results, In an 11-county, predominantly black re- Since the 1980s, rural Iranians have been approached some local leaders about the including the expansion of a free clinic in gion of the Delta, the infant mortality rate able to seek treatment at health houses, in- cost, which he estimates at $250,000 an- Greenwood. is 281 deaths per 1,000 births. About 13 formal sites set up in small communities as nually. But it’s hard to generate interest in Miller and Shirley contend their plan percent of the region’s population has diabe- the first stop for medical care, rather than an something that involves sticky foreign rela- could save millions in health care dollars tes. In Leflore County, where Greenwood is emergency room. They’re staffed by citizens, tions, he said. because people wouldn’t make unnecessary located, 42.4 percent of the 35,000 people not doctors, and the focus is on preventive “We’re hoping to get somebody’s atten- emergency room visits and preventive care live in poverty. Nearly 33 percent are obese lost in Oxford care. tion eventually. In the meantime, everything averts costly hospitalizations for chronic dis- and 11 percent have diabetes, according to Infant deaths have dropped from 200 per is being scrounged,” Shirley said. eases. state health statistics. Nine percent have car- 1,000 births to 26. With the Delta’s rate 10 Health house workers would be paid, but Health houses also could cut down on diovascular disease. times worse than Iran’s, a group of volun- it’s unclear how. The care at the health house hospital readmissions, Shirley said. Patients There’s one hospital in Greenwood and teers is traveling to Iran this month to get a would be free to patients. often ignore the continuing care instructions three others in neighboring counties, which crash course in how health houses work. People who are ill can go to the health they get when hospitals discharge them. Un- serves much of the region. “Why not try this?” asked Dr. Aaron Shir- house where workers, who have been trained der the health house model, if the patient Part of the problem with people seeking ley, who has worked around the Delta for in medical basics such as taking blood pres- consents, instructions also would be given medical care is rooted in the culture: Some 40 years. sure and recognizing symptoms of some ill- to health house workers, who would be re- blacks still distrust white physicians, Cousin Shirley is spearheading the effort to trans- nesses, decide if patients need further treat- sponsible for helping the patient follow the said. where I was. Orleans-style upscale shopping road full of beautiful houses- form health care in a region where nearly ment at a clinic or emergency room. Health regimen or contact physicians if that’s not There’s also a disconnect between health BY AMANDA WARD Lifestyles Editor Tuesday morning I left on a with specialty boutiques, an- Molly Barr Road. three out of 10 infants die, residents are house workers aren’t expected to have ad- happening. care providers and the community, said mission to find a story. tique stores and furniture Of course, I ended up so far plagued by chronic illnesses, especially dia- vanced medical skills and the houses would More importantly, health houses would Dash Brown, a 26-year-old community Monday morning I left home Instead, I found myself driv- shops. outside of Oxford I’m not even betes and heart disease, and few have health be affiliated with local clinics and hospitals. save lives, said Angela Cousin, a retired activist with thick dreadlocks who lives in for a three-hour drive to Oxford. ing wayward, traveling on roads In comparison to New Orleans, sure my GPS knew where I was. insurance. James Miller, managing director of Oxford nurse who is one of the volunteers heading Baptist Town, a neighborhood in Green- I started work at the paper that I had no idea were even consid- though, I can’t forget to mention I found the drive so well worth The project is part of an agreement be- International Development Group consult- to Iran. wood known as the place where seminal evening. ered part of Oxford’s city limits, the pubs and bars. it, though, that I did it again on tween Jackson State University, Shiraz ing firm, is exploring whether the Obama She recalled a dialysis patient who died bluesman Robert Johnson lived before his Since then, it has been a roller- and actually, may not be for all I There is a variety to choose Wednesday. University of Medical Sciences in Iran, the administration’s federal health care law has because the woman was taking too much death in 1938. coaster of an attempt to get settled know. This is a journal of what I from, each with its own flair. Houses like that give dreams of consulting firm Oxford International De- funding provisions that can be tapped for potassium. The patient didn’t realize that Brown said a health fair offering low-cost in and figuring out how to get my discovered. Class. graduating a whole new meaning. velopment Group, and the Jackson Medical the project. He said the law has provisions even though the pills looked different, they screenings was recently held near Green- work done. Oxford is a place of grandeur. Yes, it’s been said many times Getting lost in Oxford is likely Mall, which provides health care to the poor for community health centers and $15 bil- had the same ingredient. wood, but it was on the 27th of the month. I’ve had fun with it though, I can’t be any more simple than before, but it was reiterated in my the best experience I’ve had this in Mississippi’s capital. Shirley is chairman lion over 10 years for preventive programs. “Some of the patients here are reading Organizers should have held the fair at the searching for stories and getting that. mind when I arrived here. Ox- week. of the mall’s foundation board and the man Miller said it’s been difficult to get federal impaired,” Cousin said, and continued that start of the month, he said, when people lost in Oxford. I immediately related the ap- ford has class. I found many stores I wish to behind its creation. money because the project doesn’t meet the health house workers would notice those who receive public assistance usually get Being new to town, I am rela- pearance of the city to that of It has its own level of class to go back to, as well as restaurants I Five doctors from Iran participated in a criteria for program funding from the U.S. type of details. their checks. tively unfamiliar with the area. Natchez, not only because of the which no city in the South can hope to dine at one day (I gained conference on health disparities at the medi- Health Resources and Services Administra- Shirley said that he isn’t worried about li- “A lot of people are on a fixed income. At The little I already knew I could kudzu, but the architecture as compare. my freshman 15 last year, so I’ll cal mall in October, and they were taken tion. ability issues because health house workers the end of the month, nobody has $100 to thank an old boyfriend for. well. I’ve been a lot of places, but no- probably trade some of my nights to the Delta to see the region’s plight first- “They’re funding programs like diabetes wouldn’t provide hands-on or invasive med- spend on a health fair or any medical treat- I can say, though, there is always Oxford has the same old-town where have I been that I have seen out with time spent in the Turner hand. education and not the implementation of ical care. Hospitals and clinics connected to ment,” Brown said. one place I can find in Oxford, no southern charm that is seen in anything quite like this. Center). matter where I am coming from— Natchez. It has preserved old To see the demeanor and man- I encourage anyone who has the Square. Mississippi heritage in only a way nerisms of the people here is a just arrived here to go get lost in It’s innate that no matter where ASSOCIATED PRESS that Oxford and Natchez ever testament to our all-Southern up- your new hometown. I am, I find myself migrating to- could. bringing. For those of you who have been GOV’T TO BILL $69M FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUP wards the clothing stores. So, From the Square to University I can’t help but to think that here longer, try revisiting those with that in mind, I guess you and Jackson Avenue, this great Mom must be so proud. old places you haven’t been to in could say I never was actually city has managed to attract New While getting lost, I found a a while. 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REBELS LOOKING FOR REVENGE sports brief SOCCER UNVEILS 2010 BY ALEX LAKE SCHEDULE The Daily Mississippian Seven of last year’s NCAA After losing to eventual tournament Tournament teams highlight champions LSU on Saturday in the SEC the 2010 Ole Miss soccer tournament semifinals, the Diamond Rebs fall schedule, announced were hit with the realization that they Thursday by head coach would most likely have to pack up to re- sume regional play. Matthew Mott. What they did not know was that it would be to the No. 5 national seed’s turf against the all-too-familiar Virginia Cava- Aug. 20 - Middle Tennessee liers (47-11). Aug. 27 - Western Kentucky Ole Miss (38-22) will hit the road to play Aug. 29 - UAB in the Charlottesville, Va. bracket for the Sept. 3 - Texas Tech NCAA tournament beginning Friday. Sept. 5 - Santa Clara The second-seeded Rebels will play the Sept. 10 - McNeese State third seed St. John’s (40-18), after the Red Storm captured its league leading sixth Big Sept. 12 - Memphis East tournament championship over the FILE PHOTO | The Daily Mississippian Sept. 17 - Southern Miss weekend, defeating the national seed Lou- Drew Pomeranz winds up for a pitch during a home game. Pomeranz, SEC Pitcher of the Year, will be a Sept. 19 - TCU isville Cardinals. key component in the success of the Rebels, but when to use him is the biggest issue facing Bianco’s staff. Sept. 24 - Alabama The matchup will mark the first-ever starting in the first inning. against the Rebels. Sept. 26 - Auburn contest between the City-based “St. John’s is obviously a team that is In order to advance to the Super Region- Oct. 1 - South Carolina St. John’s and the Rebels. playing well after claiming the Big East al round of the tournament, the Rebels will Oct. 3 - Florida This weekend will also mark the eighth Tournament and beat a national seed in have to go through the team that ended the Oct. 8 - Georgia straight year for the Rebels to attend the Louisville on the way to that tournament dream of going to Omaha last year. NCAA tournament after coming up one Oct. 10 - Tennessee title. They are a very offensive team and to As good as the Virginia Cavaliers were Oct. 15 - LSU win short of going to Omaha just last year. not start your ace against them would be a last year, the team returned many of its he- After some speculation earlier in the week mistake.” roes from the squad this year. Oct. 17 - Arkansas as to the pitching rotation, Bianco said he St. John’s will prove to be a tough match- The nationally seeded Cavaliers are led Oct. 21 - Kentucky would start the SEC Pitcher of the Year in up for the second-seeded Rebels. by Keith Werman, who is hitting a stag- Oct. 24 - Vanderbilt Drew Pomeranz (8-2) Friday night. The Red Storm is batting .327 on the gering .444 on the year, The Cav’s pitching “We’re going to start Drew Pomeranz be- Oct. 29 - Mississippi State year, lead by outfielder Jeremy Blatz. staff holds a 3.67 ERA and is led by Danny Nov. 3-7 - SEC Tournament cause we need to win and aren’t in a posi- Blatz is hitting .393 with 30 home runs Hulzen(9-1) with a 2.43 ERA. tion to do a lot of things (with the rotation) and 74 RBI. The first seed Cav’s will start off the Char- and we have a lot of confidence in Aaron The pitching staff for St. John’s is led by lottesville Regional today at 3 p.m. playing Barrett as our No. 2 pitcher,” Bianco said. right-handed pitcher Kyle Hanson, who the fourth seed Virginia Commonwealth “To have an advantage, you have to win was named the Big East tournament most Rams. SOFTBALL ADDS JUCO the first two games. valued player after going 1-0 with a 0.63 The Rebs and the Red Storm are sched- ALL-AMERICAN Bianco spoke highly of their opponent, ERA and 13 . uled for a 7 p.m. first pitch. but he plans for his team to play their best Hanson is also the starter for Friday night The Ole Miss softball team signed Kendall Bruning of Chatanooga State Com- BASEBALL munity College. Bruning was 23-5 in the circle with a REBS IN THE MAJORS 0.99 ERA and 225 strikeouts finishing the month with a .365 Heyward and Stephen Strasburg, continues to suffer from injuries in 162.2 innings pitched. BY ERIC BESSON on-base percentage, .571 slugging tearing up the AA competition in and inconsistency from fill-ins P.J. She also had a .429 batting Sports Editor percentage, 10 extra-base hits and Jacksonville with 20 home runs. Walters and Adam Ottavino, but average and led the junior In the Major League 18 runs scored. Matt Tolbert: A 16th-round the worst-case scenario for Lynn college ranks with 21 homer- Chris Coghlan: The reigning draft pick by the Minnesota should be a September call-up or uns. The NJCAA named her Seth Smith: Smith, who was National League Rookie of the Twins in 2004, Tolbert has fluc- making the Opening Day roster in a second-team All-American. drafted by the Colorado Rock- Year also got off to a slow start, but tuated between the Twins and 2011 if he continues at this pace. ies with the 50th selection of the he seems to be turning it around. their AAA affiliate, the Rochester 2004 MLB Draft, is the Rockies Coghlan has hit safely in eight of Red Wings. Tolbert was called Matt Maloney: Maloney had starting leftfielder and is hitting his last nine games as of Wednes- up on June 1 to replace infielder a cup of coffee with the Reds in .268 with eight home runs and day, raising his batting average Alexi Casilla, who was placed on 2009, starting seven games and sports calendar 22 RBI, despite posting a paltry 28 points to .240 in the process. the 15-day disabled list. A career posting a 4.87 ERA with 28 .224 batting average in April. The The Palm Harbor, Fla. native .251 hitter, Tolbert could be on strikeouts in 40.2 innings. This June 4-7 - Baseball Regionals Jackson, Miss., native responded is battling to keep his job, with the market soon. Because he has season Maloney is pitching for with a strong May, raising his ’s No. 3 prospect already been optioned four times, AAA Louisville and is 4-3 with batting average 50 points and Mike Stanton, behind only Jason in order for him to be sent back to a 3.73 ERA and 48 strikeouts June 7 - MLB Draft the minor leagues, Tolbert must in 50.2 innings. The lefthander first clear waivers or be traded. from Sandusky, Ohio is compet- June 9-12 - NCAA Track and ing with Cuban prospect Aroldis Field Championships In the Minor Leagues Chapman (Baseball America No. 22) and for the op- June 11 - World Cup begins Lance Lynn: Only two years portunity to make it to Cincin- removed from pitching at Swayze nati. Field, Lance Lynn won the St. June 12 - World Cup: USA Louis Cardinal’s Organization Alex Presley: The former Ole vs. England Pitcher of the Month in May, Miss center fielder is off to a strong going 3-1 with a 3.19 ERA and start for the Pittsburgh June 24 - NBA Draft 33/9 -to-walk ratio. In Pirates’ AA affiliate. Starting for 69.1 innings at AAA Memphis, the Altoona Curve, Presley leads Lynn has a 3.89 ERA and 60 the Eastern League with a .362 strikeouts against 33 walks. batting average to go along with Baseball America ranks Lynn five home runs and 37 RBI. The as the Cardinal’s No. 3 pros- Monroe, La. native also boasts a pect, and he may be in line for .957 OPS and has scored 31 runs a promotion if their rotation in 50 games.