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Starkville, MSU prep for big weekend
40,000-plus
expected for Bulldog
Bash, Florida game
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@Cdispatch.com
The SEC Na-
tion bus rolled
into Starkville
on Wednesday
afternoon — one
of several early
signs for a big
weekend on tap
for the city. Spruill
Mississippi
State University’s
Student Associ-
ation will host
Bulldog Bash on
Friday, and the
Bulldogs’ football
team will host
the University of Prather
Florida Gators
— led by former
MSU head foot-
ball coach Dan
Mullen — on
Saturday. Either
event on its own
would be a big
draw for visitors Salter
to the town.
With both together, univer-
sity and city officials are ex-
pecting a massive weekend for
Starkville.
Mayor Lynn Spruill said the
city will be deploying its new
downtown bollards to close for
Bulldog Bash.
“We will be making sure
our sanitation department is
keeping the litter and our trash
cans cleaned up,” Spruill said.
“We’ll be landscaping and mak-
ing sure everything is trimmed
New 4-County leader plans
to continue trajectory of success
Brian Clark named
new CEO, GM
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
4-County Electric Power
Association has a new leader.
The cooperative’s Assis-
tant General Manager Brian
Clark was named new chief
executive officer and gener-
al manager, the cooperative
announced in a press release
Wednesday. Clark has been
with the company nearly 13
years, starting first as a staff
accountant and worked his
way to chief financial officer
in 2013 and assistant general
manager in February. The
cooperative’s board of trust-
ees finalized the decision
Monday.
4-County board chairman
Jay Gilliland said Clark was
one of five internal candi-
dates who applied for the
position after the board de-
termined to hire internally.
Clark, he said, “checked all
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up. We’ve got visitors coming to
town and we want them to see
us with our best foot forward.
The police will be out, the fire
department will be out — all of
those folks who are so critical
to the success of an event —
and a huge event, I might add
— will be on duty to make sure
it’s a safe and fun place to be all
weekend.”
Putting Starkville on display
Jennifer Prather, interim
CEO for The Partnership, said
the organization is support-
ing the planning for Bulldog
Bash and communicating with
downtown merchants about the
event.
“We’re keeping them in-
formed of the way that the
changes for the day will impact
them and also trying to prepare
them for the crowds,” Prather.
“Additionally, our job is to help
get the message out that down-
town is not closed. We want
commerce to continue to thrive
during the event.”
Prather said last year’s Bull-
dog Bash drew an estimated
40,000 people. This year, she
said, planners are expecting a
crowd just as large or larger.
Spruill said the big crowds
are a chance to put Starkville
on display. While she said the
city should always be prepared
to impress, it will be especially
so for this weekend.
“There’s always an opportu-
nity for us to do that, as far as
I’m concerned, for one visitor or
40,000 visitors,” she said. “We
want them to have the best im-
pression they can of Starkville.
“But yes, obviously, this one
is a high-profile,” she contin-
ued, “and we’re highly focused
Incoming 4-County Chief Executive Officer Brian Clark works at his desk Wednesday. Clark
will replace Joe Cade, who plans to retire at the end of the month, as CEO and general man-
ager Oct. 1.
the boxes.”
“(Clark has) dedicated
himself in each one of his
jobs and projects through-
out his career and more es-
pecially after he became ...
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The bus for SEC Nation, the SEC Network’s live morning show, arrived in Starkville on Wednesday.
SEC Nation will broadcast live from the Junction at MSU on Saturday morning ahead of the MSU
game against the University of Florida. The game is one of two major events, along with Bulldog Bash
on Friday, the city and university are planning for this weekend.
on making sure it’s safe, fun
and makes everybody wants to
come back.”
City street closures
Street closures will roll into
effect throughout Friday for a
portion of downtown Starkville
between Washington Street
and just on Main Street past
the Jackson Street intersection.
The earliest street closures,
according to the MSU Student
Association, will take effect
at 2 a.m. Friday along Jackson
CFO,” Gilliland said. “... He
took on a lot of other respon-
sibilities that were not neces-
sarily in his job. He was will-
ing to do anything he had to
do to better 4-County.”
Calendar
Today
■ Downtown Columbus
Art Walk: Stroll through
downtown Columbus to
visit with artists display-
ing their original work
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Enjoy
live music, kids’ activities
and after-hours shopping.
For more information, con-
tact Main Street Colum-
bus, 662-328-6305.
Friday
■ Recovery Walk: Pines
and Cady Hill Recovery
Center is hosting a Re-
covery Walk to celebrate
September being National
Recovery Month. The walk
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Street and a part of Main Street
near the main stage. Bulldog Bash schedule
Main Street, between Lafay- ■ Maroon Market 3-6 p.m.
ette and Jackson streets, and a ■ Local Stage 3-5:45 p.m.
portion of Jackson Street south ■ Food Vendors 3-1 a.m.
of the Main Street intersection
■ Main Stage 6-10:50 p.m.
will close at 9 a.m. A single lane
of one-way traffic will remain
open in the affected part of Main Stage schedule
Main Street until noon. ■ Bedon 6-6:30 p.m.
Main Street, from Washing-
■ Ric Wilson 7-7:45 p.m.
ton to Lafayette streets, as well
■ The Mowgli’s 8:15-9 p.m.
as Lafayette Street, will close at
■ The All-American Rejects 9:30-
1 p.m.
10:45 p.m.
See Big Weekend, 8A
Circuit offices
notify voters
of precinct
location changes
Two Oktibbeha, one
Lowndes location move
ahead of election
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
Three voting loca-
tions across Lowndes
and Oktibbeha coun-
ties have been moved
ahead of November’s
elections.
In Oktibbeha
County, two loca-
tions have made Elmore
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff permanent changes. A precinct at
Starkville Fire Station 3 on Garrard
Road has been moved to Trinity
Presbyterian Church at 607 Hospi-
tal Road.
On Oct. 1, Clark will re- The voting location at Humphrey
place outgoing CEO Joe Coliseum on Mississippi State Uni-
Cade, who will retire Sept. versity’s campus has moved to St.
30. Joseph’s Catholic Church at 607
Since Cade took over University Dr.
See Clark, 6A See Precincts, 6A
Local Folks Public
will begin at 10 a.m. at meetings
the parking lot at Pines Sept. 28: Lown-
and Cady Hill and contin- des County Board
ue to the Columbus River- of Supervisors, 9
walk. Call 662-3277916 a.m., Courthouse
for more information.
Oct. 1: Lowndes
■ Bulldog Bash: This
County Board of
free afternoon and night
Supervisors, 9
event presented by the
a.m., Courthouse
MSU Student Association Oct. 2: Colum-
in downtown Starkville in- bus City Council,
cludes the 3 p.m. Maroon 5 p.m., Municipal
Market and a 6 p.m. con-
Complex
cert with a Battle of the Oct. 3: Colum-
Bands winner, rapper Ric bus Municipal
Wilson, alt-pop The Mow-
gli’s and headliners The
School District
board review
All-American Rejects. Visit meeting, 11:30
msubulldogbash.com, or a.m., Cook Fine
call 662-325-2930 for Arick Evans is a senior at Arts Magnet
more information. Columbus High School. School
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AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people he’s one of our best in the group of eight or nine.”
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Young voters could play a critical role

in the elections, which will determine
whether Republicans will maintain High drama in Senate as
Kavanaugh-Ford hearing nears
their full grip on Congress
By JUANA SUMMERS licans will maintain their
The Associated Press full grip on Congress. But
the big question is wheth-
WASHINGTON — En-
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gaged? Check. Anxious?
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With weeks to go until
polls. Young voters rarely
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the November midterm
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match their share of the
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years when a presidential
Americans are interested
but, according to a new candidate isn’t on the bal- Kavanaugh deserves By DAVID BAUDER
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lot.
poll, they’re also feeling
more anxious about the That’s leaving some to sit on the Supreme NEW YORK — The biggest broadcasters and cable news networks
results.
A poll released Wednes-
voters nervous about what
to expect. Tia Green, a
Court. My responsibility are clearing their daytime schedules Thursday for coverage of the Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee hearing involving Supreme Court nominee
day by The Associated
Press-NORC Center for
33-year-old from Lexing- is to tell the truth.’ Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has ac-
cused him of sexual assault when they were high school students in
ton Park, Maryland, said Christine Blasey Ford
Public Affairs Research she was worried that the the 1980s.
and MTV found that more election could inflame an By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM
With the wall-to-wall coverage starting at 10 a.m. EDT, the hearing
young people now say promises to be a national drama along the lines of Clarence Thomas’
already divided political and LAURIE KELLMAN
they are feeling anxious The Associated Press confirmation hearing in 1991, when Anita Hill testified that he had sex-
culture. It’s an issue she’s
about the midterms, com- ually harassed her.
especially sensitive to af- Kavanaugh has forcefully denied Ford’s accusations.
pared to July. Nearly half ter recently seeing posts WA S H I N G T O N
of young Americans ages — With high drama “The stakes are very high,” said Christopher Isham, vice president
from a friend on social me- and Washington bureau chief at CBS News. Not only are the political
15 to 34 now say that they in the making, Su-
dia that offended her. implications huge, with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court at
are anxious about the mid- preme Court nomi-
“In the end, I ended stake, the hearing is likely to continue the national conversation over
terms, up from 36 percent nee Brett Kavanaugh
up de-friending her with- treatment of women that has been taking place since the beginning of
in the earlier poll. emphatically fended
The increase is most out any confrontation or off new accusations the #MeToo movement.
pronounced among young anything. But I was kind of sexual misconduct Kavanaugh Since it wasn’t certain when or even if the hearing would take place
Democrats: 61 percent ex- of saddened by it,” said ahead of a charged until a couple of days ago, it has meant for some furious last-minute
pressed anxiety compared Green, who described public Senate hearing that could planning to organize the television coverage.
with 39 percent in July. herself as a moderate determine whether Republicans
Young voters could Democrat. “Her views in can salvage his nomination and en- ald Trump, who nominated Kava- it was her duty, was frankly “terri-
play a critical role in the general were completely shrine a high court conservative naugh and fiercely defends him, fied” and has been the target of vile
elections, which will de- disappointing, upsetting majority. said he was “open to changing my harassment and even death threats.
termine whether Repub- and it is hard to deal.” The Senate Judiciary Commit- mind.” “It is not my responsibility to
tee — 11 Republicans, all men, and “I want to watch, I want to see,” determine whether Mr. Kavanaugh
10 Democrats — was to hear from he said at a news conference in deserves to sit on the Supreme
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Unknown hitchhiker: Link to Mississippi burning death?

Quinton Tellis is being retried on capital murder charges, accused
of burning Jessica Chambers on a rural backroad on the outskirts of
the Mississippi hamlet of Courtland in 2014
The Associated Press
BATESVILLE — A woman
testified Wednesday that she
picked up a hitchhiker the night
that a Mississippi woman was
fatally burned, but she’s unsure
whether it’s the man prosecu-
tors have on trial.
Quinton Tellis is being re-
tried on capital murder charges,
accused of burning Jessica
Chambers on a rural backroad
on the outskirts of the Missis-
sippi hamlet of Courtland in
2014. She died hours later in a
Memphis, Tennessee, hospital.
A jury couldn’t reach a verdict
in Tellis’ first trial last year.
Sherry Flowers didn’t iden-
tify Tellis in court Wednesday
and agreed with a prosecutor
that she didn’t know whom she
picked up.
Flowers, who didn’t testify
last year, said a man flagged her
down and she stopped because
she believed it might be her
cousin. It wasn’t, but she agreed
to pick up an African-American
man whom she described as ap-
pearing to be about 20 years old
and having a small to medium
build. Tellis, who is 5-foot-9, was
26 at the time
Still, prosecutors sought to
connect the ride to Chambers’
death, suggesting it was the
right time for Tellis to be head-
ing away from Chambers’ car
before he returned to burn it.
Prosecutors also called witness-
es who lived at the destination
the hitchhiker cited who said
they were cousins of Tellis.
The defense disputed the
timing, and Flowers acknowl-
edged she wasn’t sure what
time she made the trip, saying
only “I know I picked someone
up.”
After Flowers left the Bates-
ville courthouse, the Clarion
Ledger reported deputies made
a “traffic stop” of an individual
who may have been following
Flowers. Panola County Sher-
iff Dennis Darby said he didn’t
know who had been stopped or
if anyone had been arrested.
Flowers picked up the hitch-
hiker close to a location where
a sheriff’s investigator had testi-
fied on Wednesday that a Court-
land resident found Chambers’
keys in a ditch two days after
her death. The defense objects
to the keys being entered into
evidence because officials can’t
prove where the keys were
during that time.
Four more emergency
workers
fied Wednesday
testi-
that they heard
Chambers say
something that
sounded like Eric
when asked who
had attacked her,
bringing the total Tellis
to give such testimony to 10 first
responders over two days. One
said she described the attacker
as a black person, while anoth-
er said Chambers indicated the
attacker was not her boyfriend.
The defense contends prose-
cutors have the wrong man on
trial.
Several also described
Chambers wounds.
“Skin was hanging off of
her lips (and) out of her nose,”
emergency medical technician
Bradley Dixon testified. “Her
eyelashes and eyebrows were
gone. The hair on top of her
head was a big singe-ball.”
A medical examiner testified
that Chambers’ death was a
homicide from soot and smoke
inhalation and thermal injuries.
Dr. Erin Barnhart said Cham-
bers had burns over 93 percent
of her body. She said Cham-
bers was probably sitting when
she was burned because of un-
burned tissue on her rear and
lower back.
“I think the most likely sce-
nario based on that pattern was
that she was seated,” Barnhart
testified.
Prosecutors have said they
believe Chambers was reclined
in the passenger seat of her car
when she was set on fire.
Another analyst testified gas-
oline was found on the remains
of Chambers’ bra. Prosecutors
have said they believe Tellis
retrieved a gasoline can from a
shed after he left the scene the
first time and returned to set
the car and Chambers ablaze.
The trial is scheduled to
continue Thursday with jurors
touring locations involved in the
crime and hearing from more
witnesses.

Around the state

Sheriff: Man poses as
pastor to scam money
from donors
PASCAGOULA — A
Mississippi sheriff says
a man who calls himself
“Pastor Jason” is once
again trying to scam mon-
ey from people while pre-
tending to be a pastor.
The Sun Herald of Bi-
loxi reports authorities are
searching for Tommy Al-
exander Boulton, who was
arrested and charged in a
similar scam in 2016.
Jackson County Sheriff
Mike Ezell says the de-
partment received a call
Tuesday saying “Pastor Ja-
son” was soliciting money
for a children’s ministry.
Ezell has said the de-
partment received calls in
2016 from business own-
ers who bought ad space
in a booklet Boulton said
would be handed out at a
youth rally. Officials dis-
covered there never was a
rally.
Mississippi enacts no
new gun laws in 2018
JACKSON — Missis-
sippi has enacted no new
state laws this year to ei-
ther regulate gun owner-
ship or expand where fire-
arms may be carried.
The Associated Press
reviewed state gun legis-
lation considered across
the U.S. in 2018, the first
year since a deadly mass
shooting in Las Vegas.
Some states passed gun
control bills, but the year
was not the game-changer
that gun-control advocates
hoped it could be.
Mississippi lawmak-
ers killed a bill that would
have erased rules limiting
where people can carry
guns on public property,
including college campus-
es.
During a debate in Feb-
ruary, Democratic Rep.
Charles Young of Meridian
held up an unloaded pistol.
He said he was trying to
show legislators live under
rules restricting firearms
in the Capitol while they
allow possession of guns at
schools and sports venues.
Family disputes whether
deputy was justified to
shoot dog
LAUREL — A Missis-
sippi family is complain-
ing after a sheriff’s deputy
shot their dog.
Jones County Sheriff
Alex Hodge tells WDAM-
TV that investigator
Johnathan Carter was try-
ing to check the address of
a registered sex offender
Monday when a pit bull be-
gan barking and growling
at him.
Hodge says Carter was
backing toward his vehicle
when the dog lunged. Car-
ter fired once, killing the
dog, named Zeus.
But Michael McGill
says he came outside and
saw Carter pull his gun
and shoot the dog twice.
McGill says Zeus was
scratching his back when
Carter shot the dog.
Hodge says deputies
are trained to handle ag-
gressive animals.
Sheriff’s records show
a report of dog bite at the
house in 2017, which resi-
dents deny.
Heavy rain swamps
about 100 houses in
Mississippi suburb
PEARL — Heavy rain
in Mississippi has caused
flash flooding that has in-
undated about 100 homes
and 25 businesses.
The flooding happened
Wednesday in Pearl, just
east of Jackson.
Gov. Phil Bryant says
in addition to buildings,
more than 50 vehicles
were damaged.
Rankin County Sheriff
Bryan Bailey tells local
news outlets that 30 to 40
deputies helped rescue
people.
Pearl police say at least
one bridge collapsed and a
strip mall’s roof fell in.
National Weather Ser-
vice meteorologist Thom-
as Winesett says more
than 4.5 inches of rain
were recorded in nearby
Richland.
Before dawn Wednes-
day, heavy rain also fell
in northeast Mississippi.
National Weather Service
meteorologist Phil Baker
says radar estimates 11.3
inches of rain near Blue
Springs.
Some roads washed
out in Union and Pontotoc
counties.
Mississippi man dies in
home shooting
BAY ST. LOUIS — One
man has died following a
shooting at a home in Mis-
sissippi.
The Sun Herald reports
the shooting was reported
shortly before 1 a.m. Tues-
day in Bay St. Louis.
Hancock County Coro-
ner Jim Faulk said 36-year-
old Raymond Estapa died
in the shooting.
Police Chief Gary Pon-
thieux Jr. said the shooting
occurred in a dispute be-
tween two men who knew
each other.
No arrests have been
made yet.
No other details were
immediately available.
No injuries as fire
destroys Mississippi
furniture warehouse
PONTOTOC — Fire
has destroyed the ware-
house at a furniture man-
ufacturing plant in north-
east Mississippi.
News outlets report
no injuries were reported
in the fire Wednesday at
Washington Furniture at
an industrial park in Pon-
totoc
Pontotoc Fire Chief
Lance Martin says work-
ers were able to get out of
the warehouse after the
fire started, and the sprin-
kler system was working.
The company makes
sofas, love seats and re-
cliners. Thousands of
pieces of furniture were
in the warehouse when it
burned.
About 300 people work
for Washington Furni-
ture. The vice president of
sales, John Beard, says the
company will come back
from the fire.
In January, parts of
American Furniture
Manufacturing’s facility found Hawthorne dead in found floating in a south
in Pontotoc County were his home. Mississippi creek popular
destroyed by fire, but that Alexander plead- with boaters as a 55-year-
company was back in full ed guilty to conspiracy old man.
production within weeks. in 2017 in the shooting Covington County Cor-
deaths of Hattiesburg po- oner Chris Daquila tells
Man wanted in lice officers Benjamin J. WDAM-TV that the body
Dean and Liquori Tate, found Saturday in Okato-
Mississippi bar shooting who were killed during ma Creek was Gary Lynn
arrested in Illinois a traffic stop. She was Dunn of Seminary.
OCEAN SPRINGS —
A man wanted in a deadly
accused of conspiring to How Dunn died is
still under investigation.
shooting at a Mississippi
hide evidence.
Her sentence was de- Daquila says autopsy re-
Gulf Coast bar has been sults are pending.
ferred for five years. It
arrested in Illinois. Dunn’s body was found
was not known if she has
Ocean Springs police by a group of people who
an attorney on the murder
tell news outlets that De- were canoeing.
charge.
Shaude Jones was arrest- Daquila has said the
ed Monday north of Chi- body was decomposed
cago. Officials at the Lake Authorities identify body when authorities retrieved
County jail in Waukegan found in creek it from the creek and they
say Jones faces a hear- SEMINARY — Author- couldn’t immediately iden-
ing Wednesday but is ities are identifying a body tify it.
not charged with a crime
there.
Troy Taylor was shot
and killed in a parking lot
behind Kahuna’s Bar &
Grill in Ocean Springs in
the early hours of Sept.
15. Police say video shows
Jones firing a gun.
Malinda Marie Tennor
turned herself in Sept. 15
and is charged with mur-
der. She’s jailed in Pasca-
goula without bail.
It’s unclear if either
Jones or Tennor have law-
yers.
Police say they’ve de-
cided not to charge a third
person they interviewed.
Mississippi woman
arrested in weekend
death of boyfriend
HATTIESBURG — A
woman who faced conspir-
acy charges in the 2015
death of two police officers
in Mississippi has been
charged with killing her
boyfriend.
News outlets report-
ed police have arrested
22-year-old Anquanette
Alexander of Hattiesburg
and charged her with
first-degree murder in
Sunday’s death of 31-year-
old Greg Hawthorne.
Hattiesburg police
also arrested 41-year-
old Nikarra Duncan and
charged her with obstruc-
tion of justice.
Police responded to
a shooting Sunday and

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4A Thursday, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Kavanaugh
‘What boy hasn’t done this in high school?’
Gina Sosa is not impressed
by attempted rape.
“What boy hasn’t done this
in high school?” she asks.
“Please, I would like to know.”
Since she asked so nicely,
I went on Twitter, looking for
men who managed to get out
of school without committing
attempted rape. Turned out
to be pretty easy. I found lots
of them.
A guy named Phil said: Leonard Pitts
“It was all I could do to get
the courage to ask a girl to
a movie. The car bench seat next to me
was safer than a fallout shelter.” A guy
named Charles had a similar experience.
“I barely committed kissing,” he said.
This isn’t to suggest no high school
boy has ever sexually assaulted a girl;
that would be stupid. But that word
also applies to the question asked by
Sosa, a failed congressional candidate
from Miami. She was part of a group of
Republican women in Florida speaking
to CNN last week about an allegation
of attempted rape against a 17-year-old
Other editors
State letting
hospitals fail
In the last month, four more
Mississippi hospitals have filed for
bankruptcy — in Magee, Bates-
ville, Amory and Clarksdale. This
is just the latest in a list of dozens of
Mississippi rural hospitals that are
either closing, filing for bankruptcy
or, like Greenwood Leflore Hospi-
tal, becoming steadily unprofitable.
Local hospitals have been a
mainstay of small towns and cities
in Mississippi, often the largest
employer in the area and a source
of great community pride and sup-
port. It is a sad day to watch their
slow destruction.
The cause of this is simple:
Mississippi, like 16 other Repub-
lican-dominated states, continues
to turn down federal money for
Medicaid expansion, thus deny-
ing coverage for 167,000 working
poor. The Medicaid expansion
is supposed to cover cutbacks in
federal hospital reimbursements
for uncompensated care, but in
states that have turned down the
federal money, the hospitals are out
of luck.
Bear in mind the feds are paying
for nearly all the money required
to expand Medicaid. Mississippi
is turning up its nose at a billion
dollars a year, money that is sorely
needed by rural hospitals serving
the rural working poor. As a result,
Mississippi is shooting itself in the
foot and losing population as work-
ers flee to neighboring states, such
as Louisiana and Arkansas, where
they can get medical coverage.
Why is this so? It’s because the
expansion of Medicaid to the work-
ing poor was part of Obamacare.
Republicans don’t want to be seen
as supporting anything to do with
Obamacare, no matter how much
fiscal sense it makes to a poor
rural state such as Mississippi. In a
word, it’s politics.
The irony is that Medicaid
remains for those in Mississippi
who do not work. But why accept a
lowpaying starter job in Mississippi
when you will immediately lose
your medical benefits? By refusing
to expand Medicaid, our Repub-
lican leadership is making sure
those who don’t work will never
try to get a job. It is a classic case
of using public policy to ensure the
continuation of a cycle of poverty.
Obamacare was not the best way
to fix America’s medical coverage
problems. Health savings accounts
and a variety of free market re-
forms would have been far supe-
rior. But that battle was lost years
ago. Mississippi should accept the
law of the land and quit turning
down a billion dollars a year. This
exercise in ideological purity over
commonsense practicality is a
monumental error on behalf of our
Republican leadership. It is hurting
our state in very obvious ways as
these new hospital bankruptcies
and our state’s population decline
attest.
Greenwood Commonwealth
named Brett Kavanaugh.
He, of course, grew up to be
Donald Trump’s nominee for
the Supreme Court — and to
deny the accusation.
“What boy hasn’t done
this?” she says.
So she’s seriously asking
what boy hasn’t — as Kavana-
ugh allegedly did — thrown
a girl down and pinned
her with his weight? What
boy hasn’t ground himself
against a girl while trying to
rip off her clothes? What boy
hasn’t covered a girl’s mouth when she
tried to scream?
Well, I didn’t. Nor, if Twitter is to be
believed, am I unique. So pardon me if I
feel defamed.
I’ve never cared much about defend-
ing my gender from criticism. Much of
what we receive, whether on issues of
unequal pay, male privilege, interrupting
women when they talk — or even that
thing about leaving the toilet seat up — I
concede that we deserve.
But rapists? Without exception? So en-
Cartoonist view
LIFE IN AMERICA
Are low prices always a good thing?
If you like exploring the
great outdoors, as I do, you
probably enjoy shopping (or
at least looking) in those
high-end stores serving
campers, hikers and the
like. There, the wilderness
fantasy rides high: Neat
displays of specialized
tents, headlamps and fleece
jackets. Often a stone-and-
wood decor smelling of
cedar. And salespeople who Froma Harrop
know all about trail shoes.
Selling upscale garb and
gear for outdoor adventures has long
been the province of these well-ap-
pointed stores serving a loyal clientele.
Some major-league disruption, howev-
er, has come their way.
Walmart recently bought a Michi-
gan-based retailer (with the crunchy
name of Moosejaw) to “curate” an on-
line shopping site for premium outdoor loss of local jobs and tax revenues. Big
clothes and equipment. It had lined up
such fancy items as Deuter backpacks
and Katadyn water filtration systems to
appear on Walmart.com.
But then, the traditional stores
rebelled. Led by the Grassroots Out-
door Alliance, they threatened to pull
products appearing on Walmart.com
from their shelves.
Guess what happened next. About a
third of the brands — including Leki,
Deuter and Black Diamond Equip-
ment — took their merchandise off
Walmart’s site.
The retailers make a good case.
They do the work and bear the expense at a huge disadvantage in shipping
Dispatch
The
slaved by raging hormones, so helpless
before our own sluttishness that sexual
assault is just something every woman
should expect?
No. That is demeaning, insulting,
ignorant and wrong.
It made me hope Sosa has no sons.
Can you imagine having a mother who
thinks so little of you?
It also made me hope she has no
daughters. Can you imagine coming
home traumatized, some guy’s paw
prints all over you, and having Mom tell
you to grin and bear it, because boys will
be boys?
It’s true enough that Sosa’s words sug-
gest a certain moral obtuseness among
Kavanaugh’s defenders, so desperate to
seat him on the high court that they are
willing to minimize and trivialize the
crimes alleged against him. But truth is,
this obtuseness is unique to no party —
or person. It belongs to us as a nation.
It’s the reason one woman in six is
the victim of an attempted or completed
sexual assault, the reason hundreds of
thousands of unprocessed rape kits gath-
er dust in warehouses. It is the reason
of spinning the outdoors
dream, thus adding value to
the wares. It seemed unfair
to let an online discount-
er such as Walmart.com
swoop in and grab the sale.
The stores were already
suffering under the advanc-
es of Amazon.
Specialty shops — be
they for cameras, clothing
or sporting goods — face
similar challenges. Custom-
ers come in, take a hunk
of a clerk’s time and try
things. Some of them then go online to
buy the desired item for $2.89 less.
So here’s a question for America’s
consumers. Are low prices always in
our best interests? And what is the end
game should giant online retailers be-
come the only place to shop? The loss
of bricks-and-mortar stores means the
Tech’s assault on the retailing dollar
raises other concerns, as well.
A debate is brewing over whether
massive players, such as Amazon, are
concentrating monopoly power that
our antitrust laws should contain. Lina
Khan, a legal scholar now advising the
Federal Trade Commission, has com-
pared Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to Standard
Oil’s John D. Rockefeller of 1905. As
she sees it, Bezos now, like Rockefeller
then, crushes competitors through
control of the industry’s infrastructure.
Rockefeller, for example, colluded
with the railroads to put other oilmen
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only six of every thousand rapes results
in a prison sentence. And it is one reason
almost 70 percent of rapes are never
reported. Survivors know they won’t be
believed — or even taken seriously.
We all should find that abhorrent, but
not all of us do. Some say the right things
about sexual assault, but when it comes
time for accountability, they flinch, dis-
torting morality like a funhouse mirror
so as to create sympathy for perpetra-
tors while survivors live with guilt and
shame.
“What boy hasn’t done this in high
school?” she asks.
And though the question is bluntly
dismissive, it doesn’t spring from no-
where. Rather, it grows from the quietly
dismissive way too many of us routinely
treat sexual-assault survivors when they
are courageous enough to trust us with
their pain. Sosa should be ashamed of
herself, yes.
But she’s not the only one.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004
Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a colum-
nist for the Miami Herald. Email him at
lpitts@miamiherald.com.
their product. In a similar vein, Khan
writes, “the thousands of retailers and
independent businesses that must ride
Amazon’s rails to reach market are in-
creasingly dependent on their biggest
competitor.”
Khan concedes that it’s hard for con-
sumers to dislike a company that offers
fast delivery, shoots great entertain-
ment to their screens and does it all
at attractive prices. Heaven knows, if
buying lots of stuff through Amazon is
some sort of consumer sin, yours truly
is headed for the hot place.
But if the only consumer value is
price, there’s this problem: Once the
octopus knocks out the competition, it
is free to jack up its prices. Amazon’s
low prices have long been seen as a
strategy to purge retailing rivals.
Amazon argues back that it still fac-
es stiff competition in entertainment,
consumer electronics and technology
services. “Retail is our largest business
today,” Amazon said in a statement,
“and we represent less than 1 percent
of global retail.”
Well, what can we say? Is there
room in this town for both the online
bulldozers and the cozy merchants
hanging kayaks from their ceilings
and piling trail maps near their cafes?
The answer so far may be yes, but for
the established stores, it’s been a two-
hands-and-a-rope climb. Good luck to
them.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated colum-
nist, writes for the Providence (Rhode
Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is
fharrop@gmail.com.
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APNewsBreak: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in US

2017 eclipses estimates for every flu season
going back to the winter of 1976-1977
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — An estimat-
ed 80,000 Americans died of
flu and its complications last
winter — the disease’s highest
death toll in at least four de-
cades.
The director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, Dr. Robert Redfield,
revealed the total in an inter-
view Tuesday night with The
Associated Press.
Flu experts knew it was a
very bad season, but at least
one found the size of the esti-
mate surprising.
“That’s huge,” said Dr. Wil-
liam Schaffner, a Vanderbilt
University vaccine expert. The
tally was nearly twice as much
as what health officials previ-
ously considered a bad year, he
said.
In recent years, flu-related
deaths have ranged from about
12,000 to 56,000, according to
the CDC.
Last fall and winter, the
U.S. went through one of the
most severe flu seasons in re-
cent memory. It was driven by
a kind of flu that tends to put
more people in the hospital and
cause more deaths, particularly
among young children and the
elderly.
The season peaked in ear-
ly February and it was mostly
over by the end of March.
Making a bad year worse,
the flu vaccine didn’t work very
well. Experts nevertheless say
vaccination is still worth it be-
cause it makes illnesses less
severe and save lives.
“I’d like to see more people
get vaccinated,” Redfield told
the AP at an event in New York.
“We lost 80,000 people last year
to the flu.”
CDC officials do not have
exact counts of how many
people die from flu each year.
Flu is so common that not all
flu cases are reported, and flu
is not always listed on death
certificates. So the CDC uses
statistical models, which are
periodically revised, to make
estimates.
Fatal complications from
the flu can include pneumonia,
stroke and heart attack.
CDC officials called the
80,000 figure preliminary, and
it may be slightly revised. But
they said it is not expected to
go down.
It eclipses the estimates for
every flu season going back to
the winter of 1976-1977. Esti-
mates for many earlier seasons
were not readily available.
Last winter was not the worst
flu season on record, however.
The 1918 flu pandemic, which
lasted nearly two years, killed
more than 500,000 Americans,
historians estimate.
It’s not easy to compare flu
seasons through history, partly
because the nation’s population
is changing. There are more
Americans — and more elder-
ly Americans — today than in
decades past, noted Dr. Daniel
Jernigan, a CDC flu expert.
U.S. health officials on
Thursday are scheduled to
hold a media event in Washing-
ton, D.C., to stress the impor-
tance of vaccinations to protect
against whatever flu circulates
this coming winter.

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and Cora Brown. She
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and was a member of
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In addition to her
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Brown, Tommie Brown,
Clyde Brown, Cleve-
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Mary Austin
STARKVILLE —
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died Sept. 24, 2018, in
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Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
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with the Rev. Joseph
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HAMILTON — Cati-
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2018, at her residence.
Services will be
at 11 a.m. Friday at
Tisdale-Lann Memorial
Funeral Home Chapel
with Robert Moore
officiating. Burial will
follow at Center Hill
Cemetery. Visitation
will be from 4-6 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral
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father mother, she is
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erham and Lexy Ann
Cockerham, both of
Hamilton; son, Nathan
Miles Cockerham of
Hamilton; sisters, Lisa
Wells Savage and Lori
Wells Pritchett, both
of Hamilton; and two
grandchildren.
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Dahlem, Mason Ste-
vens, Sterling Coleman,
Jason Craven, Shay
Sprayberry and Lynn
West.
William Frye
COLUMBUS — Wil-
liam H. “Bill” Frye, 88,
died Sept. 26, 2018, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lowndes
Funeral Home.
Wilma Mullins
MACON — Wilma
Brown Mullins, 59, died
Sept. 24, 2018.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lee-
Sykes Funeral Home.
Richard Anderson
COLUMBUS —
Richard L. Anderson,
91, died Sept. 26, 2018,
at Windsor Nursing
Home.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lowndes
Funeral Home.
Maggie Cureton
COLUMBUS —
Maggie Cureton, 70,
died Sept. 25, 2018, at
DCH Hospital.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lee-
Sykes Funeral Home.
Charles Thomas and Teddy Thomas of
Mobile, Alabama; six
CALEDONIA —
Charles William “APAC grandchildren; and
Jack” Thomas, 78, died nine great-grandchil-
Sept. 25, 2018, at Bap- dren.
tist Memorial Hospi- Pallbearers will
tal-Golden Triangle. be Stephen Johnston,
Services will be at Steve Honnoll, Tomas
Honnoll, Wayne Pres-
11 a.m. Saturday at
ley, Anthony Honnoll,
Vibrant Church with
William Darnell and
Ron Delgado officiat-
Lawrence Darnell.
ing. Burial will follow
Memorials may
at Memorial Gardens
be made to Vibrant
Cemetery. Visitation
will be from 6-8 p.m. Church Building Fund,
Friday at the church. 500 Holly Hills Road,
Lowndes Funeral Columbus, MS 39705.
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Thomas was
born Aug. 9, 1940, in
Maryville, Tennessee,
to the late Elmo and
Mary Presley Thom-
as. He was formerly
employed as a plant
supervisor with APAC
and was a member of
Vibrant Church.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his brother,
Buster Thomas; and
sister, Janie Richard-
son.
He is survived by his
wife, Shirley Thomas
of Caledonia; children,
Theresa Thomas
Darnell of Toxey, Ala-
bama, Cecelia Thomas
Honnoll of Caledonia,
Nadine Lindsey and
Spencer Thomas, both
of Maryville; sisters,
Vickie Goodson and
Liddle Dockery, both of
Maryville; brothers, Bo
Thomas of Maryville
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Caleb was born on August 2, 1989, in Amory,
MS, to Jimmy Cash and Lisa Minyard Williams.

Louisiana’s ‘admitting privileges’ abortion law upheld

Opponents have argued law would
make it very difficult or impossible
for many women to obtain abortions
By KEVIN McGILL
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — A
federal appeals court pan-
el ruled Wednesday that
a Louisiana law requiring
that abortion providers
have admitting privileg-
es at nearby hospitals
does not violate women’s
constitutional abortion
rights.
The 2-1 ruling from
the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals notes a U.S.
Supreme Court decision
striking down an admit-
ting privileges law in
Texas — a case known as
Whole Woman’s Health.
But, the majority said,
Louisiana’s law does not
impose the same “sub-
stantial burden” on wom-
en as the Texas law. The
ruling reversed a Baton
Rouge-based federal
judge’s ruling in the case
and ordered the lawsuit
by opponents of the law
dismissed.
“Almost all Texas hos-
pitals required that for a
doctor to maintain priv-
ileges there, he or she
had to admit a minimum
number of patients an-
nually,” Judge Jerry E.
Smith wrote in the opin-
ion joined by Judge Edith
Brown Clement. “Few
Louisiana hospitals made
that demand.”
Supporters of the law
said abortion doctors
need to be able to admit
patients to a hospital with-
in 30 miles (50 kilome-
ters) in case of medical
complications.
The law’s immediate
effects are unclear as to
the three abortion clinics
that court records indi-
cate operate in Louisiana
— in New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Shreveport.
Opponents of the law
have argued it would
make it very difficult or
impossible for many wom-
en to obtain abortions.
They have said it could
result in one or two clinic
closures and, eventually, a
loss of access to abortion
by 70 percent of the wom-
en seeking the procedure
in Louisiana.
Smith rejected that
contention. His opinion
didn’t attack the district
judge’s decision that the
law’s benefits were mini-
mal.
He was a member of Double H. Gun Club, loved
to play the guitar, and was a diehard Mississippi
State football fan.
Caleb was preceded in death by his grandfa-
ther, Mike Cash.
Caleb is survived by his mother, Lisa (Beau)
Williams of Columbus, MS; father, Jimmy Cash
of Pensacola, FL; brothers, Jeremey Cash of
Columbus, MS, Zacary Cash of Pensacola, FL,
Cody Cash of Pensacola, FL and Brad Carley of
Columbus, MS; sister, Cristen Fosberg of Co-
lumbus, MS; maternal grandparents, Joe and
Annette Minyard of Columbus, MS; paternal
grandmother, Nancy Cash of Columbus, MS; pa-
ternal grandparents, Carole and Dave Hoskins of
Meridian, MS; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces
and nephews.
Honorary pallbearers will be Keith Burchfield,
Elwyn Searly, Dylan Cash and Conner Wimberly.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Research
Hospital or donor’s choice.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Trump, at UN, backs separate states for Israel, Palestinians

President: He would still support Israel and
the Palestinians should they opt for a one-
state solution
By MAT THEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer
UNITED NATIONS — For
the first time since taking of-
fice, President Donald Trump
endorsed a two-state solution
as the best way to resolve the
conflict between Israel and the
Palestinians as he met Wednes-
day at the U.N. with Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Net-
anyahu.
Trump told reporters that he
believes that two states — Isra-
el and one for the Palestinians
— “works best.” He has previ-
ously been vague on the topic,
suggesting that he would sup-
port whatever the parties might
agree to, including possibly
a one-state resolution, which
might see the Palestinian terri-
tories become part of Israel.
“I like (a) two-state solu-
tion,” Trump said as he posed
for photographs with Netanya-
hu. “That’s what I think works
best. That’s my feeling. Now,
you may have a different feel-
ing. I don’t think so. But I think
two-state solution works best.”
Later, Trump told a news
conference that reaching a two-
state solution is “more difficult
because it’s a real estate deal”
but that ultimately it “works
better because you have people
governing themselves.”
He added that he would still
support Israel and the Pales-
tinians should they opt for a
Trump to world leaders: China out to meddle in 2018 election
The Associated Press on trade,” Trump said as he chaired the U.N.
Security Council for the first time. He made his
UNITED NATIONS — Taking center stage accusation against the backdrop of the special
at the United Nations, President Donald Trump counsel’s investigation into Russian interfer-
on Wednesday accused China of trying to in-
ence in the last election to help him and amid
terfere in the upcoming U.S. congressional
concerns that this November’s elections also
elections because it opposes his tough trade
policies. The White House provided scant evi- could be vulnerable.
Asked later what evidence he had, Trump
dence of anything akin to the level of Russia’s
meddling in the 2016 presidential election. said there was “plenty” but didn’t immediately
“They do not want me or us to win because provide details, suggesting that some of the ma-
I am the first president ever to challenge China terial was classified.
one-state solution, though he peace plan could be presented el’s capital. The Palestinians
believed that was less likely. in the next two to four months, also claim the holy city as the
“Bottom line: If the Israelis and but was not specific as to tim- capital of an eventual state. Ear-
Palestinians want one-state, ing. lier this year, Trump followed
that’s OK with me. If they want Trump has been heavily crit- up on the recognition by mov-
two states, that’s OK with me. icized by the Palestinians for a ing the U.S. Embassy in Israel
I’m happy if they’re happy.” series of moves that they say from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a
In his earlier comments, show distinct bias toward Isra- step that was widely protested
Trump said his much anticipat- el, starting with his recognition by Palestinians and others in
ed but still unreleased Mideast last year of Jerusalem as Isra- the Arab world.

Clark
Continued from Page 1A
the cooperative in 2010,
4-County has made
strides in efficiency, work
safety and community en-
gagement, consolidating
offices to save money for
members, working with
the Golden Triangle De-
velopment LINK to bring
industries like Yokohama
to the area and starting
the 4-County Foundation,
which raises money to
give grants to organiza-
tions and individuals in
the nine counties the co-
operative serves.
Those are some of the
successes Cade leaves
behind, Clark said. Now
he wants to make sure he
keeps the cooperative go-
ing in the same direction.
“I think 4-County’s in
a great place,” Clark said.
“I know that’s easy to say,
but Mr. Joe and the board,
they really have done the
right things at the right
time, which makes my job
easy coming in. But it’s
kind of like being a pris-
tine athlete at a pro level.
You have to work hard at
staying in physical shape,
so we have to work hard at
maintaining what they’ve
already built for us.”
The cooperative is
a nonprofit, meaning
instead of having “cus-
tomers” the company
has members who be-
come part owners when
they receive power from
4-County. That kind of
set-up, Clark said, allows
4-County to focus on its
members rather than a
bottom line.
“Granted, if you don’t
have a margin, you don’t
have a mission in busi-
ness,” Clark said. “But it
allows us to focus on our
members more-so than
making a bottom line for
say a stockholder compa-
ny or a privately owned
company. Because we’re
member-owned, we can
look at their needs and
what serves them best.”
The cooperative pro-
vides power for more
than 38,000 members
in Noxubee County and
rural parts of Lowndes,
Oktibbeha, Clay, Mon-
roe, Chickasaw, Choctaw,
Winston and Webster
counties.
That focus on members
gives 4-County a commu-
nity focus that Clark is
particularly proud of. He
said 4-County Founda-
tion is a prime example.
Members who opt in have
their bills rounded to the
nearest dollar, and the
spare change goes to the
Foundation, which pro-
vides grants to other area
nonprofits that focus on
education, catastrophic
intervention and health
and human services.
“We have some suc-
cessful communities like
Lowndes County and Ok-
tibbeha County, but we
also have some less suc-
cessful communities like
Choctaw County, parts
of Clay, parts of Monroe,”
Clark said. “All counties
have received funds from
the foundation, but you
really hear from the coun-
ties that need it the most.
They really sing praises
about how it’s done.”
Clark plans to continue
Cade’s focus on safety and
economic development.
He said he wants to find
ways to make the cooper-
ative more efficient, and
he mentioned a program
where members who lose
power can inform 4-Coun-
ty through text messag-
ing rather than having to
call or go to the office.
Clark also is serving
as president of Lowndes
County School District’s
board of trustees, of
which he became a mem-
ber in 2010. LCSD Super-
intendent Lynn Wright
said if Clark’s leadership
in the school district is
any indication of how he
will lead 4-County, the Cade Wright
electric cooperative is in
good hands. and he’s been real good
“He’s willing to ask in his jobs here so I don’t
good, tough questions have any doubts about
and he expects solid an- him,” Cade said. “I think
swers,” Wright said. he’ll do a really good job.
Cade said while he “I’ve had over 25 years
had nothing to do him- of good relationships with
everyone I’ve worked with
self with the board’s de-
and I know Brian has got
cision to hire Clark as his
replacement, he’s happy the personality to do very
with the decision. well,” he added. “He’s a
“He’s well-educated, rock-solid good Christian
he knows what he’s doing man.”

New Florence flooding forecasts

are good news for S Carolina
The Associated Press
BUCKSPORT, S.C. — The last com-
munity in the way of Hurricane Florence’s
floodwaters as they slowly flow to the sea
got some good news Wednesday — the
predictions aren’t as dire as they once
were.
And it appears the Waccamaw River
won’t top a lake of coal ash or the main
highway to Myrtle Beach.
Officials originally expected flooding in
the worst areas of Georgetown County to
be from 5 to 10 feet. But the latest forecast
lowered that estimate to 2 to 4 feet, accord-
ing to the county’s Facebook page.
“The water is spreading,” Georgetown
County Administrator Sel Hemingway
said Wednesday. “We are not seeing the
vertical rise.”
Twelve days after the once-fierce hurri-
cane arrived on the coast, and more than a
week after it blew north and dissipated, riv-
ers swollen by its relentless rains are still
flooding homes and businesses in their
paths as they make their way to the sea.

Precincts
Continued from Page 1A
Sheryl Elmore, depu-
ty election clerk with the
Oktibbeha County Circuit
Clerk’s Office, said the
move, in both instances,
does not impact voting
precinct lines. All voters
who voted at the old loca-
tions will simply go to the
new ones, she said.
“People think be-
cause of that, everything
changed, and it didn’t,”
Elmore said. “Everyone
is where they’re always
supposed to be — it’s just
where they go vote.”
Elmore said the new
location at Trinity Pres-
byterian Church is hand-
icapped-accessible with
adequate parking.
Oktibbeha County Cir-
cuit Clerk Tony Rook also
said the new location has
proper heating and cool-
ing, which is important
for a voting precinct.
“It’s mainly for our
people, but those ma-
chines need it, otherwise
they don’t work properly,”
Elmore said. “We don’t
need them shutting down.
That’s what would happen
— if they get too hot they
shut down.”
With the voting loca-
tion at the
Hu m ph r ey
Col iseum,
Rook said
MSU ap-
proached
the county
and asked
for a move. Rook
He said the new location
may work better for vot-
ers, who won’t need to
compete with university
students for parking.
“My understanding is
the members of the athlet-
ic department approached
members of the election
commission in that dis-
trict and asked them to
find a different location
because that current loca-
tion interfered with MSU
athletics,” Rook said.
“Parking is always
an issue anywhere on
campus, so there’s much
better parking,” he later
added. “You’ve got plenty
of room, adequate heating
and cooling, and handicap
accessibility.”
Rook said election
commissioners have re-
cently sent out about 3,000
notifications to voters to
inform them of the voting
location changes. Elmore
said the notifications in-
cluded a new voter card
and a letter explaining the
polling place changes.
Rook said the changes
are another example of
why it’s important to keep
personal information
updated with the circuit
clerk’s office.
“Please notify our of-
fice any time your address
changes,” he said. “Be-
cause if we send out mail
and we get it returned,
your voter status can be
moved to inactive, which
takes you off the poll
books.”
One voting location
in Lowndes County has
moved.
Fannie Brewer, with
the Lowndes County Cir-
cuit Clerk’s Office, said
the Union Academy vot-
ing location has moved to
the 15th Street Church of
God in Christ at 917 15th
Street North.
Brewer said the
change is, at the moment,
a temporary move, but
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Some black Americans see racial

comeuppance in Cosby saga
Bill Cosby ‘made the
decision to focus his
attention on ... telling the
world that black people
were dysfunctional,
pathological and
undeserving of equal
protection under the law’
Temple University professor
Marc Lamont Hill
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK
AP National Writer
PHILADELPHIA — After spend-
ing years building his persona as
a model husband and father, Bill
Cosby took an abrupt turn nearly
15 years ago with a now-infamous
speech to an NAACP convention.
He used his celebrity status to
condemn poor African-Americans,
chiding them to pull up their sag-
ging pants, deriding them for having
children out of wedlock and blaming
them for their impoverished circum-
stances.
“Are you not paying attention?
People with their hat on backwards,
pants down around the crack. with
names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mo-
hammed and all that crap, and all of
them are in jail.”
Cosby himself is now in a Penn-
sylvania prison cell, and many black
Americans see his sentence as a mo-
ment of racial comeuppance.
As they learned of Cosby’s three-
to 10-year prison term for sexual as-
sault, the same people who were his
targets in the 2004 speech regarded
his fate as a convergence of karma,
hubris and hypocrisy. Some quoted
Cosby’s own words in tweets an-
nouncing the sentence.
Cosby “made the decision to fo-
cus his attention on beating up on
the black poor, on telling the world
that black people were dysfunction-
al, pathological and undeserving of
equal protection under the law,” said
Temple University professor Marc
Lamont Hill. “When somebody like
that, who positions themselves as
the moral authority of black Ameri-
Cosby appeal looming, lawsuits pending
The Associated Press
Their famous client behind bars,
Bill Cosby’s legal team is readying
‘Bill Cosby is out of
a long-shot bid to get his sexual as-
sault conviction overturned. They’re
options. ... He has
also fighting civil lawsuits filed by
some accusers that threaten to drain
every right to file an
his vast fortune.
The 81-year-old Cosby’s lawyers
appeal. His chances of
gave glimpses of their expected ap- success are limited.’
peal at his April retrial. They were
dismayed by Judge Steven O’Neill’s weighty decision to let five addition-
al accusers testify, after he allowed just one at the first trial, and moved
for a mistrial when one of the women called Cosby a “serial rapist” from
the stand.
Cosby’s lawyers again demanded a mistrial when a prosecutor sug-
gested they were wrong to help a star defense witness write a statement
outlining how she said Andrea Constand, the woman Cosby was con-
victed of drugging and molesting, mused about framing a celebrity.
Recently, Cosby’s team — namely his wife, Camille — has been lash-
ing out at O’Neill and accusing prosecutors of using illegal evidence.
Just before Cosby was taken away in handcuffs on Tuesday to begin
his three-to-10-year prison sentence, his lawyers alleged that prosecu-
tors had played a doctored audio tape for the jury. They argued that the
development was enough to keep Cosby out on bail while he appeals,
but O’Neill refused.
Still, legal experts say, Cosby faces long odds of winning on appeal.
The prosecutors who tried Cosby say they’re confident his convic-
tion will stand.
“Bill Cosby is out of options,” said veteran Pennsylvania prosecutor
Jarrett Ferentino, who wasn’t involved in the case. “His only option now
is to blame the court system. His attempt to disparage and discredit
his victims failed. He has every right to file an appeal. His chances of
success are limited.”
ca, gets called onto the carpet, you lyst for his downfall. In a July 2015
ain’t getting no breaks here. People memo outlining the decision to un-
are going to be frustrated.” seal a 2005 deposition in the case, a
Writer Michael Arceneaux said federal judge cited the speech: “This
Cosby’s contempt for people who case is not about defendant’s status
grew up in low-income communities, as a public person by virtue of the
as Arceneaux did in Houston, left exercise of his trade as a televised or
him with little sympathy for Cosby, comedic personality. Rather, defen-
who also hailed from humble begin- dant has donned the mantle of public
nings.
moralist and mounted the proverbial
“I found it enraging,” Arceneaux
electronic or print soap box to vol-
said of the “Poundcake” speech, so
unteer his views on, among other
called because Cosby make a remark
about blacks supposedly getting shot things, child rearing, family life, ed-
in disputes over dessert cake. ucation and crime.”
“I knew he was a hypocrite. To “The stark contrast between Bill
learn how much pain he has caused Cosby, the public moralist, and Bill
to women over decades. I find it iron- Cosby, the subject of serious allega-
ic. Those speeches proved to be his tions concerning improper (and per-
undoing. I’m glad he got what he de- haps criminal) conduct, is a matter
served,” he added. as to which the public has a signifi-
Cosby’s own words were a cata- cant interest,” he continued.

What’s happened with bump stocks since Las Vegas attack?

Devices were originally intended to ident Donald Trump
vowed to ban the devices,
has taken place at the
state level than by the fed-
help people with disabilities and were which attach to the stock
end of an AR-style fire-
eral government.
Ten states and three
little-known until Las Vegas shooting arm, greatly increasing cities have enacted bans
the rate of fire so it mim- on the devices. California
By LISA MARIE PANE firearms issues to have ics a fully automatic long made bump stock-style
The Associated Press them banned. gun. devices illegal there de-
Here’s what has hap- Trump in March tweet- cades ago.
The gunman in the Las pened with the devices ed: “Obama Adminis-
Vegas mass shooting was since the attack that left tration legalized bump
armed with 23 AR-style 58 dead: stocks. BAD IDEA. As I
What has happened at
weapons, 14 of them fitted promised, today the De- the federal level?
with “bump stocks” that Legislative action partment of Justice will Trump expressed
allowed them to mimic In the shooting’s im- issue the rule banning support for banning the
fully automatic fire. mediate aftermath, there BUMP STOCKS with a devices and directed the
The devices were lit- appeared to be a grow- mandated comment peri- Justice Department to
tle-known before they ing desire to ban the sale od.” rewrite the federal regu-
were used in the Oct. 1 and possession of bump The government deter- lations.
rampage, the deadliest stocks, which federal mined in 2010 that bump The U.S. Bureau of
mass shooting in mod- authorities previously stocks couldn’t be reg- Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
ern U.S. history. And in deemed legal and not sub- ulated unless Congress arms and Explosives this
the immediate aftermath, ject to the same tighter changed the law. spring sought public com-
there were calls from a restrictions reserved for But as with many re- ment on a proposal to re-
wide spectrum of law- fully automatic firearms. strictions on firearms in classify bump stocks, but
makers and advocates on Most notably, Pres- recent years, more action no action has been taken.
8A Thursday, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Pictured is a color-coded map of road closures for Friday’s Bulldog Bash in downtown Starkville.
Pictured is a map of event locations for Friday’s Bulldog Bash in downtown Starkville.
Big weekend
Continued from Page 1A
University preparations If you go
MSU Chief Communi-
cations Officer Sid Salter
said the university is well
aware of the weekend’s
potential to draw tens of
thousands of people and
is making its own prepa-
rations.
“Other than perhaps
the Auburn game in
2014, this is the hardest
of hard sellouts because
of the Florida game this
weekend and the return
of Coach Mullen with the
Gators,” Salter said. “At
the same time, we have
these student-driven town
and gown events like Bull-
dog Bash. Bulldog Bash
has grown to the point
that it’s even featured in
SEC Network promotion-
al advertising because of
the flavor of the commu-
nity it brings and how it
points out the town and
gown relationship.”
SEC Nation, the SEC
Network’s live morning
show, will broadcast live
from the Junction at MSU
on Saturday. Because of
cdispatch.com
■ WHAT: Bulldog Bash
■ WHEN: Friday afternoon
starting at 3 p.m.
■ WHERE: Downtown
Starkville
■ HOW MUCH: Free
that, the university has
announced several road
closures, the first of which
took effect Wednesday
evening.
Access to Creelman
Street from Stone Boule-
vard is now closed, in an-
ticipation of work to set up
the SEC Nation stage. Ac-
cess to Creelman Street
from Tracy Drive is also
closed.
University personnel
who wish to access Creel-
man Street near McCa-
rthy Gym and the Lloyd
Ricks Watson parking
lot can do so from Presi-
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dent’s Circle. and Oktibbeha County,”
Today and Friday, Salter said. “We’re glad
from 4-6 p.m., George that we can bring activi-
Perry Street, between ty to the community that
the YMCA Building and makes the cash registers
Chapel of Memories, will jingle and the sales taxes
be open for northbound accumulate.”
exit traffic only.
Salter also encouraged
fans to arrive as early as
possible for Saturday’s
football game with MSU’s
new security measures,
which include metal de-
tectors, in place. Davis
Wade Stadium’s gates will
open at 2:45 p.m.
Weekends like the
approaching one are a
chance for MSU to work
together with the city and
county, Salter said, and
it’s proud of opportunities
to do so.
“MSU continues to
value its relationship
with the city of Starkville
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college football
Rayford’s versatility
helps MSU’s defense
overcome issues
By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — The tenor of Chris

Rayford’s senior season changed in April.
The Byhalia native had established himself
at cornerback for the Mississippi
State football team with 37 tackles
in the previous two seasons. He
also was part of a roster that had
just two proven commodities at
safety. Fortunately, MSU’s coaches
believed the team had two or three
players at nickel and at least five at
cornerback, so when the Bulldogs Rayford
Contributed by Boyce Honea
needed help at safety, Rayford
TOP: Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer, at far right, stands with members of the 1986
was a willing participant. It also had a willing
Milby (Texas) High School boys basketball team at the program’s banquet. BELOW: Schaefer and longtime Milby
High boys basketball coach Boyce Honea show off fish they caught in one of their fishing trips. Honea said he participant when MSU (3-1, 0-1 Southeastern
and Schaefer stay in touch and try to fish every year. Conference) had an emergency need at
cornerback.

Humble beginnings pave way for

Rayford is second in pass breakups (two), but
his true impact comes in how he keeps the Bull-
dogs’ depth chart stable by switching positions
when necessary. This week, he is practicing as
a full-time cornerback for No. 23 MSU’s match-

schaefer to win naismith award

By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Boyce Honea recognized
very quickly Vic Schaefer
had what it took to connect
with players.
Even though Schae-
fer was right out of Texas
A&M, Honea, a veteran
coach at Houston Milby
(Texas) High School, saw
Schaefer could relate to the
members of his freshman
boys basketball team and
the players on the school’s
tennis team.
“He did a great job with
the freshman team,” Honea
said. “They won the state
championship. They were
very good at defense. Those
kids when they got to be se-
niors and I had them they
won regionals and went to
state. It was our defense.
He has the ability to coach
them up and get the most
out of the kids.”
Schaefer continues to
get the most out of his play-
ers as he enters his seventh
season as head coach of the
Mississippi State women’s
basketball team. Coming
off back-to-back trips to the
national title game, MSU
will open practice for the
2018-19 season at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday. It will be part
of a busy week for Schae-
fer and his program. On
Saturday, Schaefer will be
honored during the third
timeout in the first quarter
of the MSU football team’s
game against Florida for
being named the Naismith
National Coach of the Year
last season. Senior center
Teaira McCowan also will
be recognized during the
game for being the inaugu-
ral recipient of the Naismith
Defensive Player of the
Year.
Schaefer, McCowan, and
the Bulldogs had a banner
year in 2017-18, winning a
program-record 37 games
and advancing to their
second-straight national
championship game. For
his efforts, Schaefer also
was named National Coach
of the Year by the United
States Basketball Writers
Association. The former as-
sistant and associate head
coach at Arkansas and Tex-
as A&M led MSU to the pro-
gram’s first Southeastern
Conference regular-season
championship, the first for
any women’s program at
MSU, and a school wins re-
cord for the fourth-straight
year.
McCowan joined
See SCHAEFER, 4B
up against Florida (3-1, 1-1) at 5 p.m. Saturday
(ESPN), but a move back to safety could be in
the making.
“He’s just a good football player,” MSU defen-
sive coordinator Bob Shoop said. “A defensive
back is a defensive back. A lot of the skills are
the same, and we feel like he’s one of our best in
the group of eight or nine.
“He’s got the skill set to be a good safety or
corner. He’s matured. That’s what I like about
him.”
The original move to safety was for depth.
MSU had returning starters in Mark McLaurin
and Johnathan Abram, but Brandon Bryant’s de-
cision to leave the team after spring practice left
MSU with five returning tackles (by sophomore
C.J. Morgan) in reserve.
See RAYFORD, 4B
Game 5
n Florida, 5 p.m. Saturday (ESPN; WKBB-FM 100.9,
WFCA-FM 107.9).
Follow MSU on podcast
n The Dispatch and WCBI have come together to
launch the Straight Sippin’ podcast. The Dispatch’s
Brett Hudson will join Tom Eble and Courtney Robb
twice a week during football season, Wednesday and
Sunday, to preview and to recap the Mississippi State
and Ole Miss football. Follow Brett Hudson on Twitter,
@Brett_Hudson, to get the latest episode. The podcast
will be on iTunes and Google Play soon.
Several SEC RBs

WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL making presence

Moment comes for Darty, Bulldogs in 3-2 win felt in strong start
STARKVILLE department even don’t give up. Continue to fight and

M
ississippi State first-year
volleyball head coach
Julie Darty didn’t have a
timetable.
However, she felt the break-
through for her team would come
sooner rather than later.
That moment came Wednesday
night, when MSU stunned Auburn
3-2 (21-25, 12-25, 25-22, 25-23,
15-13) in Darty’s first Southeastern
Conference home match at the
Newell-Grissom Building.
The ESPN cameras were
there. A large student contingent
was there. Cheer leaders and the
Famous Maroon Band were in
attendance. The MSU marketing
PREP FOOTBALL
look at each set as a new opportu- By GARY B. GRAVES
brought in a camel
The Associated Press
to celebrate Hump nity. In the third set, things started
Day. falling right for us and it just kept Power football is alive and well in the South-
Regardless of going and going.” eastern Conference with several backs putting
the electricity in Darty’s first team is 5-11. She up impressive numbers running through and
the building, it was hired in January after Da- around defenders.
looked like MSU’s Scott Walters vid McFatrich’s final MSU team Kentucky’s Benny Snell Jr. is one of four SEC
nine-game confer- finished 1-17 in league play. That backs ranked in the top 20 in rushing yardage
ence home losing group of Bulldogs had a stretch of per game. Snell is third, Mississippi’s Scottie
streak was destined to continue. 33-straight lost sets in conference Phillips is 13th, Texas A&M’s Trayveon Wil-
Auburn overcame a sluggish play. liams is 18th and LSU’s Nick Brossette is 20th.
start to win the first set and blitzed It’s not a rebuild at MSU. It’s a Snell and Brossette have led their programs
MSU in the second set. build. The volleyball program has to impressive 4-0 starts and unexpected national
“Don’t ever give up,” MSU never played in the NCAA tourna- rankings. LSU is No. 5 and Kentucky is 17th in
freshman outside hitter Paige ment. Wednesday was a chance to the Top 25; SEC media picked both to finish fifth
Shaw said. “That’s the main thing take a dozen steps forward in that in the West and East divisions, respectively.
the coaches have been stressing. build. At a time when mobile quarterbacks are all
We aren’t where we want to be, but See WALTERS, 4B the rage in college football, having a durable
running back who can chew up yardage and time
on the clock is still coveted by coaches. Snell rel-
ishes the workload and responsibility in the al-
ways-competitive SEC.

West Point looks to build on big region victory

BY SCOTT WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com
West Point High
School football coach
Chris Chambless isn’t
fond of the long road trips.
In the Mississippi
High School Activities As-
sociation (MHSAA), life
in Classes 5A and 6A in-
volves multiple road trips,
usually between two and
three hours from home.
For West Point, an-
other such trip is on the
horizon Friday night. The
opponent will be Center
Hill at 7 p.m. Friday in Ol-
Inside
n more prep football:
The memory of his parents
is motiving Starkville High
School senior offensive
lineman Derwin Ferguson.
Page 2B
n Also, Starkville Academy
and Heritage Academy are
coming off two impressive
victories. Page 3B
ive Branch in the second
game of the Class 5A, Re-
gion 1 schedule.
“The biggest challenge
on the road is motivation,”
Chambless said. “It’s diffi-
cult to play far from home
when you don’t have a lot
of your fans present. That
is when you find out if you
have self-starters. You need
players with that high ener-
gy level when they take the
field. You have to create
your own energy, your own
excitement.
“It’s important to start
fast and to take control of
the game.”
West Point (4-1, 1-0 re-
gion) has taken early con-
trol in most of the games
during its 21-game re-
gion winning streak. The
Green Wave have beaten
the Mustangs by a com-
bined score of 112-6 in the
last two meetings.
After winning one
game last season, Center
Hill (3-3, 0-1) has shown
marked improvement
this season, with victo-
ries against St. George’s
(Tennessee), Byhalia, and
Crockett (Tennessee).
“The main thing you
want to see is crisp offen-
sive production,” Chamb-
less said. “Typically, the
defense will always show
up and play. The chal-
lenge is to find a rhythm
early on offense. The plan
See WEST POINT, 4B
“I thought, you’ve got to be a Herschel Walker,
a Todd Gurley,” said the Ohio native, who grew
up in Big Ten country. “How I fit in now, I feel like
I’m perfect. ... I can run, I can make you miss. It’s
all about getting those tough yards in the SEC.”
That applies to all teams, including those with
dynamic aerial attacks.
Just ask Alabama coach Nick Saban.
See SEC, 4B
SEC Schedule
Saturday’s Games
n Louisiana-Lafayette at Alabama, 11 a.m.
(SEC Network; WJEC-FM 106.5)
n Arkansas vs. Texas A&M, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
n Tennessee at Georgia, 2:30 p.m. (WCBI)
n Southern Mississippi at Auburn, 3 p.m.
(SEC Network)
n Tennessee State at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.
(SEC Network)
n South Carolina at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.
(SEC Network)
n Ole Miss at LSU, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN; WAFM-FM 95.7)
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Week 7 Slate Week 7 Slate

All games start at 7 p.m. Friday (unless noted) All games start at 7 p.m. Friday (unless noted)
Admission at all stadiums is $8 Admission at all stadiums is $8

Tupelo at Columbus Noxubee County vs. Glenwood (Ala.)

n RECORDS: Tupelo 4-1 (1-0 in MHSAA 1-6A);
Columbus 0-5 (0-1 in MHSAA 1-6A)
n LAST WEEK: Tupelo bounced back from its loss
of the season by taking a 43-31 home victory against
Hernando in the region opener ... The Golden Wave
trailed 19-14 at halftime ... Jaquerrious Williams ran for
306 yards and three touchdowns; Columbus lost on the
road for a second-straight week, falling 49-14 at DeSoto
Central in the region opener ... The Falcons trailed 21-7
at halftime ... Junior Devarkas Ramsey ran for 145 yards
and two touchdowns on 16 carries
n ON THE LINE: Columbus returns home looking for
first victory
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Tupelo senior linebacker
Keaton Cager leads the Golden Wave with 39 tackles
n RADIO/INTERNET: WMSV-FM (91.1)
n LAST SEASON: Tupelo 44, Columbus 0
Louisville at New Hope
n RECORDS: Louisville 5-1; New Hope 0-6
n LAST WEEK: Louisville won its fourth-straight
game with a 21-0 home victory against Greenwood
... The Wildcats led 14-0 at halftime ... Junior Drea
Shumaker ran for 90 yards and a touchdown; New Hope
remained winless with a 44-28 home loss to Caledonia
... The Trojans trailed 17-7 at halftime ... Ryan Burt threw
n NOTE: Game scheduled for Birmingham Southern
College
n RECORDS: Noxubee County 2-4; Glenwood 1-4
n LAST WEEK: Noxubee County dropped its third-
straight game with a 30-9 road loss at West Monroe
(Louisiana) ... The Tigers trailed 9-3 at halftime ... Senior
Keymarcus Jackson had four receptions for 107 yards
and a touchdown;
n ON THE LINE: Noxubee County will play its final
non-region game against its second-straight out-of-state
foe
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Noxubee County senior
Ja’Qualyn Smith has rushed for 511 yards and five touch-
downs to lead the Tigers
n LAST SEASON: Did not meet
Heritage Aca. at Leake Aca.
n RECORDS: Heritage Academy 4-2 (0-0 in MAIS
1-AAA); Leake Academy 5-1 (1-0 in MAIS 1-AAA)
n LAST WEEK: Heritage Academy snapped a two-
game losing streak with a 35-7 home victory against
Magnolia Heights ... The Patriots led 28-0 at halftime
... Junior quarterback Carter Putt threw for 304 yards
Contributed and two touchdowns; Leake Academy opened its district
Starkville High School offensive lineman Derwin Ferguson, right, stands with schedule with a 43-7 win at Canton Academy ... The Reb-
his father, Derwin, when he was younger during his youth football days. els led 21-0 at halftime ... Senior Ryan Atkinson threw
for two touchdowns and also rushed for two scores

Memory of his parents

for 117 yards and a touchdown
n ON THE LINE: Opening district game for Heritage
n ON THE LINE: MHSAA Class 4A, Region 4 opener
Academy
for both teams n PLAYER TO WATCH: Heritage Academy junior
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Louisville senior Kevon Kelvin “K.J.” Smith rushed for 123 yards and two touch-
Jackson has rushed for 439 yards and eight touchdowns downs against Magnolia Heights

motivates SHS’ Ferguson

to lead the Wildcats n LAST SEASON: Heritage Academy 35,
n LAST SEASON: Louisville 48, New Hope 7 Leake Academy 31

Shannon at Caledonia Starkville Aca. at Pillow Aca.
n RECORDS: Shannon 3-3; Caledonia 2-3 n RECORDS: Starkville Academy 6-0; Pillow Academy
n LAST WEEK: Shannon won its third-straight game
with a 34-15 home victory against Clarksdale ... The Senior starter on OL has persevered after losing mother, father 2-4
n LAST WEEK: Starkville Academy turned in another
Red Raiders led 20-3 at halftime ... Senior Erick Rogers defensive masterpiece in a 28-2 win at Winston Academy
rushed for 65 yards and three touchdowns; Caledonia By Bret t Hudson Starkville (5-0, 1-0 region) is off to to start district play ... The Volunteers led 14-0 at half-
snapped a three-game losing streak with a 44-28 win bhudson@cdispatch.com a good start toward realizing that time ... Garrett Lewis rushed for two scores and threw for
at New Hope ... The Confederates led 17-7 at halftime another; Pillow Academy won its second-straight game
goal. It will try to take an important
... Senior JeDarius Gore ran for 138 yards and three STARKVILLE — Whenever he step at 7 p.m. Friday when it visits
with a 36-0 win at Carroll Academy
touchdowns n ON THE LINE: Starkville Academy steps outside of
n ON THE LINE: MHSAA Class 4A, Region 2 opener
feels he needs to, Starkville High Northwest Rankin (4-1) for a Region district play
for both teams School offensive lineman Derwin 2 game. n PLAYER TO WATCH: Starkville Academy’s Taylor
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Shannon senior quarterback Ferguson visits East Sand Creek Ferguson has persevered after los- Arnold ran for 106 yards and a touchdown against
Jordan Gilleylen has thrown for 1,039 yards and six Missionary Baptist Church. He ing his mother when he was 6 years Winston Academy
touchdowns to lead the Red Raiders goes to the far reaches of Starkville n RADIO/INTERNET: WLZA-FM (96.1)
n LAST SEASON: Shannon 64, Caledonia 6
old and his father when he was 12. He n LAST SEASON: Starkville Academy 32,

to share an experience or to talk doesn’t share his story much — head Pillow Academy 10
French Camp at West Lowndes through something. coach Chris Jones and offensive line
n RECORDS: French Camp Academy 2-3 (1-1 in When he makes the trip, he goes coach William Stewart know little Oak Hill Aca. at Columbus Christian
MHSAA 3-1A); West Lowndes 2-4 (2-1 in MHSAA 3-1A) to the cemetery to talk to his mother more than the fact that both of Fergu- n RECORDS: Oak Hill Academy 3-3;
n LAST WEEK: French Camp fell to .500 in region Columbus Christian Academy 1-5
and father. son’s parents are dead — but Ferguson n LAST WEEK: Oak Hill Academy snapped a three-
play with a 44-14 home loss to Nanih Waiya ... The Pan-
thers trailed 27-14 at halftime ... Senior Holman Edwards
“I barely talk to a lot of people wants it to be known now. game losing streak with a 10-6 home victory against
threw for 113 yards and a touchdown; West Lowndes about this,” Ferguson told The Dis- Through football and the help of Wayne Academy ... The Raiders trailed 6-0 at halftime ...
won its second-straight game with a 40-26 road win over patch. “I feel like I need to speak aunt Dranika Ferguson, who took Quarterback Ash Cullum scored the game-winning points
more about it because it’s a lot that on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter; Columbus Christian
Vardaman ... The Panthers trailed 20-14 at halftime ... him in after his father’s death, Der- dropped its fifth-straight game with a 46-3 loss at Tunica
Sophomore quarterback Melvin Crawford threw for three I can at least get off my chest. I have win has made himself into a produc- Academy ... The Rams trailed 34-0 at halftime
touchdowns in the win
n ON THE LINE: West Lowndes can enhance its
some things on my chest that I need tive young citizen. n ON THE LINE: Oak Hill Academy looks for sec-
playoff positioning with a third-straight win in region play to get out. I hold it in because I feel “I’m trying to use them as a mo- ond-straight win before returning to district play
n PLAYER TO WATCH: French Camp Academy junior like no one would care or I don’t want tivation instead of a crutch,” Fergu- n PLAYER TO WATCH: Oak Hill Academy senior
Grayson Easterling kicked a 48-yard field goal to help
linebacker Bradley Edwards leads the Panthers with 42 people feeling sorry for myself at the son said. “Keep moving along, keep spark the comeback against Wayne Academy
tackles same time.” grinding, trying to make something n LAST SEASON: Oak Hill Academy 55, Columbus
n LAST SEASON: French Camp Academy 38, West
Lowndes 16
Ferguson, a 5-foot-8, 236-pound- of myself.” Christian Academy 0
er, is a senior starter on a team that is Derwin’s mother, Shelia Hub-
West Point at Center Hill a favorite to win the Mississippi High burd, died of breast cancer. When Delta Streets at Hebron Christian
n RECORDS: Delta Streets 3-2 (3-2 in MAIS
n RECORDS: West Point 4-1 (1-0 in MHSAA 1-5A); School Activities Association (MH- the diagnosis came, she was given 12 Eight-Man District 1); Hebron Christian 0-6 (0-6 in MAIS
Center Hill 3-3 (0-1 in MHSAA 1-5A) SAA) Class 6A State championship. weeks to live. He admits now he was Eight-Man District 1)
n LAST WEEK: West Point won its 21st-straight
region game with a 14-13 home victory against Lafayette
He is revered as a mature presence, “a momma’s baby.” Her death sent n LAST WEEK: Delta Streets was open ... Two weeks
to start region play ... Neither team scored in the second as a constant smiling face on a team his life into a chaos in more ways ago, it was a dramatic 50-48 win at Kemper Academy;
Hebron Christian dropped a 60-14 home decision to
half ... Juniors Brandon Harris and Jimothy Mays had that will try to avenge a loss to Pearl than one.
See FERGUSON, 5B
Marvell (Arkansas) Academy
touchdowns for the Green Wave; Center Hill opened in the 2017 Class 6A State title game. n ON THE LINE: Hebron Christian still looks for first
region play with a 24-3 loss at Grenada ... The Mustangs
victory in MAIS Eight-Man play
trailed 7-3 at halftime ... Senior Matt Burrow had 85
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Hebron Christian’s Doug
rushing yards Loden had a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown
n ON THE LINE: West Point looks for 2-0 start in Aberdeen at Nettleton GAME OF WEEK in the loss to Marvell
region play n RECORDS: Aberdeen 3-3; Nettleton 3-2 Starkville at Northwest Rankin n LAST SEASON: Did not meet
n PLAYER TO WATCH: West Point senior lineman n LAST WEEK: Aberdeen couldn’t make it n RECORDS: Starkville 5-0 (1-0 in MHSAA
2-6A); Northwest Rankin 4-1 (1-0 in MHSAA
Jaylen Cungious has 26 tackles to lead the Green Wave two straight, falling 26-8 to Itawamba Agricultural
2-6A)
Victory Chr. at Tuscaloosa Chr.
n RADIO/INTERNET: www.supertalk.fm High at home ... The Bulldogs trailed 12-8 at n RECORDS: Victory Christian 4-1 (2-1 in Christian
n LAST SEASON: West Point 56, Center Hill 0 halftime; Nettleton fell 42-14 at home to Amory n LAST WEEK: Starkville won its fifth-straight
game with a 63-12 home victory against Provine Football Association); Tuscaloosa Christian 0-5 (0-4)
... The Tigers trailed 21-7 at halftime ... Junior n LAST WEEK: Victory Christian won a wild one,
to start region play ... The Yellow Jackets led
Hamilton at Ethel Graham Gardner threw for 234 yards and a touch-
49-0 at halftime ... Sophomore Luke Altmyer taking a 68-44 win at New Life School ... The Eagles led
n RECORDS: Hamilton 1-5 (0-3 in MHSAA 3-1A); down 38-6 at halftime ... Junior Brandon Moore threw for 168
threw for 166 yards and two touchdowns; North-
Ethel 0-5 (0-3 in MHSAA 3-1A) n ON THE LINE: MHSAA Class 3A, Region 4 yards and four touchdowns; Tuscaloosa Christian lost
west Rankin won 45-28 at Warren Central in its
n LAST WEEK: Hamilton dropped its fifth-straight opener for both teams
region opener 56-46 at Tabernacle
game with a 48-0 home loss to Noxapater in region play n PLAYER TO WATCH: Nettleton junior line- n ON THE LINE: Starkville looks for 2-0 in n ON THE LINE: Victory Christian can enhance its
n ON THE LINE: Both look for first region win; Ethel backer Marcus Thomas has 57 tackles to lead region play playoff positioning with a road win in CFA play
is also on a five-game losing streak after a 36-13 region the Tigers n PLAYER TO WATCH: Starkville senior n PLAYER TO WATCH: Victory Christian Academy
loss at Leake County n RADIO/INTERNET: WWZQ-AM (1240); Rodrigues Clark has rushed for 570 yards and 11 senior Kenny Collier has 13 receptions for 372 yards and
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Ethel senior Kendal Dotson WAMY-AM (1580) touchdowns five touchdowns to lead the Eagles
has thrown for 474 yards and six touchdowns n LAST SEASON: Aberdeen 50, Nettleton 7 n RADIO/INTERNET: WKBB-FM (100.9) n LAST SEASON: Victory Christian 53, Tuscaloosa
n LAST SEASON: Hamilton 42, Ethel 0 n LAST SEASON: Starkville 38, Northwest Christian 6
Rankin 14

Prep Rankings WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Week 7

School
Class Overall
1. Starkville (10)
W-L Pts Pvs
(6-0) 100 1
2. Hattiesburg (5-0) 79 2
3. Horn Lake (6-0) 78 3
4. Brandon (5-1) 62 6
5. West Point (4-1) 60 4
6. Madison Central (4-1) 44 8
7. Northwest Rankin (4-1) 33 7
8. Olive Branch (5-0) 32 9
9. East Central (5-0) 18 10
10. Clinton (5-1) 16 5
Also Receiving Votes: Jackson Prep
5, Winona 5, Louisville 4, Oak Grove 3,
Simmons 3, Tupelo 3, Taylorsville 2,
Corinth 1, Lafayette 1, Jackson Aca. 1.
Class 6A
School W-L Pts Pvs
1. Starkville (10) (6-0) 100 1
2. Horn Lake (6-0) 86 3
3. Brandon (5-1) 82 4
4. Madison Central (4-1) 60 NR
5. Northwest Rankin (4-1) 54 5
Also Receiving Votes: Clinton 18.
School
Class 5A
W-L Pts Pvs
1. Hattiesburg (9) (5-0) 99 1
2. West Point (1) (4-1) 88 2
3. Olive Branch (5-0) 81 3
4. Lafayette (3-2) 49 4
5. Picayune (3-2) 24 NR
Also Receiving Votes: West Jones 22,
Holmes County Central 19, Brookhaven 6,
Neshoba Central 6, Wayne County 6.
Class 4A
School W-L Pts Pvs
1. East Central (9) (5-0) 98 1
2. Louisville (1) (5-1) 90 2
3. Pontotoc (5-1) 77 3
4. Poplarville (4-1) 64 4
5. Mendenhall (5-0) 38 NR
Also Receiving Votes: Sumrall 19,
Corinth 14.
School
Class 3A
1. North Panola (8)
W-L Pts Pvs
(4-1) 98 1
2. Winona (2) (6-0) 92 2
3. Jefferson Davis County (4-2) 68 3
4. West Marion (6-0) 65 4
5. Houston (4-1) 46 5
Also Receiving Votes: Water Valley 12,
Booneville 12, North Pontotoc
Class 2A
School W-L Pts Pvs
1. Taylorsville (10) (6-0) 100 1
2. Scott Central (6-0) 90 2
3. Collins (4-1) 78 4
4. Puckett (6-0) 72 5
5. Bay Springs (4-2) 24 3
Also Receiving Votes: Lake 18,
Pelahatchie 12, O’Bannon 6.
Class 1A
School W-L Pts Pvs
1. Simmons (10) (6-0) 100 1
2. Lumberton (5-0) 89 2
3. Nanih Waiya (5-1) 76 3
4. Okolona (5-1) 64 4
5. Stringer (5-1) 49 5
Also Receiving Votes: Biggersville 14,
Ray Brooks 8.
Class Private Schools
School W-L Pts Pvs
1. Jackson Prep (10) (6-0) 100 1
2. Madison-Ridgeland Aca. (6-0) 88 2
3. Jackson Aca. (5-0) 81 3
4. Starkville Aca. (6-0) 64 4
5. Indianola Aca. (5-1) 54 5
Also Receiving Votes: Oak Forest , La. 7,
Adams Christian 6..
Those who voted for this week’s poll are:
Daily Leader, Brookhaven; The Commercial
Dispatch, Columbus; Bolivar Commercial,
Cleveland; The Daily Corinthian, Corinth;
The Hattiesburg Post, Hattiesburg; The
Clarion-Ledger, Jackson; The Oxford Eagle,
Oxford; Starkville Daily News, Starkville;
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo;
The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WTVA-TV,
Tupelo; WAPT, Jackson; WJTV, Jackson.
Starkville faces road test in region matchup
W
ell, there are some quality Golden Wave or Falcons Panthers or other Panthers
football matchups on the Will Columbus find the win
Can West Lowndes run its
docket this weekend. column? winning streak to three?
However, your There is still plenty left to be Suddenly, coach Anthony King’s
writer is more excit- decided in the second week of the
Panthers are surging.
ed about something region play.
After back-to-back Region 3-1A
else — the weekend However, if Columbus is to be-
weather forecast. victories against Hamilton and Var-
come a second-half team and make daman, West Lowndes is showing
Look for a playoff run it needs to start Friday
Starkville to remain signs of being a playoff contender.
night at home against Tupelo. Up next is another winnable
hot, while the tem- Devarkas Ramsey has reeled off
home game with French Camp
peratures drop. Scott Walters back-to-back 150-yard games for the
Hello, football Academy.
Falcons. However, the Columbus
weather ... where West Lowndes has started to
offense is still plagued by a major
have you been? get some additional help for Quay
turnover issue.
Here is what to watch for from Sanders on offense.
Keep the ball, move the chains,
Week 7: and have the defense force a few Versatility will help this team.
turnovers and the Falcons could
Yellow Jackets or Cougars win. Volunteers or Mustangs
Will Starkville Academy get to
Will Starkville be challenged?
It’s 5-0 Starkville versus 4-1 Wildcats or Trojans 7-0?
Northwest Rankin in Region 1-6A. Is Louisville a legitimate Starkville Academy has picked a
People are calling this a “semi- Class 4A state title contender? good time to play its best football of
test.” Guess that tells you how good Yes, the Wildcats are that good. the season.
Starkville is this season. As we get going in the Region A dominating win at Winston
Essentially, few tests will take 4-4A race, the Wildcats will have Academy got district play off on the
place until the North State playoffs. their chance to flex their muscles right note.
Starkville will need to continue to and get things going on a high level. A win at Pillow Academy is next.
play consistently to continue to win. The first region test is at New Scott Walters is a sports writer for
Northwest Rankin has a fine Hope. The Trojans found some The Dispatch. He can be reached at
team. However, they should only be answers on offense last week but not swalters@cdispatch.com. Follow him
a “semi-test” Friday night. enough to get a first win. on Twitter @dispatchscott.
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briefly CALENDAR PREP FOOTBALL Baseball

American League
Mississippi University for Women
Volunteers relying on
East Division
Prep Football
x-Boston
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107 52 .673 —
Volleyball team will play first home match of season Friday’s Games y-New York
Tampa Bay
97 61 .614 9½
88 70 .557 18½
The Mississippi University for Women will play host to Schedule 2B Toronto 72 87 .453 35

dominant defense in
Huntingdon College at 7 p.m. Thursday in its first home match of Baltimore 46 112 .291 60½
the season. Prep Soccer
Central Division
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The match is dedicated to childhood cancer awareness. The Today’s Match x-Cleveland
Minnesota
89 69 .563 —
73 84 .465 15½
Owls are asking all fans to wear yellow. The entry fee of $5 will be Pillow Academy at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. Detroit 64 94 .405 25

6-0 start to season

donated to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Chicago 62 96 .392 27
n On Tuesday, The W rallied to beat Judson College 3-2 to Prep Softball Kansas City 56 102 .354 33
West Division
improve to 2-13. Set scores were 23-25, 25-19, 12-25, 25-22, 15-8. Today’s Games
x-Houston
W L Pct GB
100 58 .633 —
Tori Weir had 18 kills to lead the Owls. Kayla King had eight, Houston at New Hope, 6 p.m. y-Oakland 96 63 .604 4½
while Savannah Thomas, Hannah O’Barr, and Haley McMurphey Seattle 86 72 .544 14
Caledonia at Nettleton, 6 p.m. Los Angeles 78 81 .491 22½
had six. McMurphey also had 15 digs. By Adam Minichino Texas 66 92 .418 34
Madison Lamon had 30 assists, while Mary Grace Prine had Prep Volleyball aminichino@cdispatch.com x-clinched division
17. Sadie Mitchell had 11 digs and Courtney Poole had 10. Today’s Matches y-clinched wild card
n Soccer teams lose to Birmingham-Southern College: At
Birmingham, Alabama, the women’s and men’s soccer teams lost to
New Hope at Choctaw County, 6 p.m. STARKVILLE — Chase Nicholson will take Wednesday’s Games
Boston 19, Baltimore 3, 1st game
Birmingham-Southern by scores of 3-0 and 2-0 on Tuesday. Caledonia at Lafayette, 6:30 p.m. any win. Toronto 3, Houston 1
Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 1
Sarah Gilliland had three saves for The W women (2-7). Jakob Starkville High at Tupelo, 6:30 p.m. As an offensive coach, though, he would pre- Baltimore 10, Boston 3, 2nd game
Williams had five saves for The W men (2-6).
The W soccer teams will play host to Hendrix College in a
College Football fer the Starkville Academy football team to score Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 7
Cleveland 10, Chicago White Sox 2

doubleheader that will begin at noon Sunday at the downtown Saturday’s Games a few times to avoid sweating out 3-0 or 7-0 vic- Minnesota 11, Detroit 4
L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2
Columbus Soccer Complex. Louisiana at Alabama, 11 a.m. tories. Oakland 9, Seattle 3
Today’s Games
Southern Miss at Auburn, 3 p.m. The way the Volunteers’ defense is playing N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 8-7) at Tampa Bay
(Schultz 2-1), 12:10 p.m.
Ole Miss Florida at Mississippi State, 5 p.m. Nicholson and his players won’t have be nervous Houston (Cole 15-5) at Baltimore (Hess 3-10),
6:05 p.m.
Ole Miss at LSU, 8:15 p.m. if their offense doesn’t produce. Detroit (Liriano 5-11) at Minnesota (TBD),
Women’s basketball team holds first practice Last week, Starkville Academy continued its
7:10 p.m.
OXFORD — The Ole Miss women’s basketball team had its Men’s College Golf Cleveland (Tomlin 2-5) at Kansas City
first practice of the Yolett McPhee-McCuin era Wednesday with a Sunday’s Match defensive dominance with a 28-2 victory against (Sparkman 0-3), 7:15 p.m.
Texas (Jurado 4-5) at Seattle (Gonzales 13-9),
spirited session at the Tuohy Basketball Center.
Ole Miss at Erin Hills Intercollegiate (Milwaukee, Winston Academy in its Mississippi Association 9:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
“I thought the energy of the group was great,” McPhee-McCuin of Independent Schools Class AAA, District 2 Chicago White Sox (Lopez 7-9) at Minnesota
said. “I thought they came out and everyone was excited and locked Wisconsin) (Berrios 11-11), 1:10 p.m., 1st game
opener in Louisville. The Volunteers (6-0), the Houston (Verlander 16-9) at Baltimore
in. There is a lot we need to implement and work on, but for the
most part, I felt like they controlled the controllables, which is their
Women’s College Golf reigning MAIS Class AAA State champions,
(Ramirez 1-7), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Lynn 9-10) at Boston (Porcello
Friday’s Match 17-7), 6:10 p.m.
attitude and their effort.” have allowed only 36 points and have three shut- Toronto (Pannone 4-1) at Tampa Bay (TBD),
n Men’s basketball team announces tipoff times for Alabama, Mississippi State at Schooner Fall 6:10 p.m.
outs more than halfway through the season. Chicago White Sox (Giolito 10-12) at Minnesota
non-conference schedule: At Oxford, the men’s basketball team Classic (Norman, Oklahoma)
announced Wednesday tipoff times for home non-conference
Starkville Academy will try to extend that run (De Jong 0-1), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game
Detroit (Zimmermann 7-8) at Milwaukee
Saturday’s Match
games and a neutral-site game against Southeastern Louisiana in of strong defensive play at 7 p.m. Friday when (Davies 2-7), 7:10 p.m.
Alabama, Mississippi State at Schooner Fall Cleveland (Clevinger 12-8) at Kansas City
Jackson. it travels to Greenwood to take on MAIS Class (Kennedy 3-8), 7:15 p.m.
Classic (Norman, Oklahoma) Oakland (Fiers 12-7) at L.A. Angels (Barria
The 2018-19 regular season will begin against Western Michi- AAAA Pillow Academy. The game will be the 10-9), 9:07 p.m.
gan at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. Sunday’s Match Texas (Perez 2-6) at Seattle (LeBlanc 8-5),
team’s final non-district matchup before it clos- 9:10 p.m.
n Football team’s Rawlings named semifinalist for Camp- Alabama, Mississippi State at Schooner Fall
bell Trophy: At Irving, Texas, Senior Sean Rawlings was named a es the regular season with district matchups National League
Classic (Norman, Oklahoma)
semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the National Football against Canton Academy, Heritage Academy, East Division

Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. Women’s College Soccer and Leake Academy.

x-Atlanta
Washington
W L Pct GB
89 69 .563 —
81 78 .509 8½
The National Football Foundation has presented the Campbell Today’s Match “It’s a point of pride for our defense to do that, Philadelphia 78 80 .494 11
Trophy annually since 1990. The trophy honors the senior college Alabama at LSU, 7 p.m. New York 74 84 .468 15
football player who excels academically, athletically and in the and it’s a standard coach (Bubba) Davis and Miami 62 96 .392 27

community. College Volleyball coach (Brad) Butler set,” Nicholson said. “It’s a
z-Chicago
Central Division
W L Pct GB
92 66 .582 —
Rawlings, who is on the Rimington Trophy watch list for the Today’s Matches big deal to them week in and week out, so that z-Milwaukee 92 67 .579 ½
best center in the country, has appeared in 36 games at Ole Miss, Huntingdon at Mississippi University for Women, trickles down each year. It’s a goal. We tell them St. Louis 87 72 .547 5½
Pittsburgh 80 77 .510 11½
including 30 starts along the offensive line.
The Madison native graduated in December 2017 with a
6 p.m. we’re glad that they continue to do that, and the Cincinnati 66 93 .415 26½
West Division
degree in business marketing. He holds a 3.3 grade-point average. Western Kentucky at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. offense appreciates it, but the offense had to pick
Colorado
W L Pct GB
88 70 .557 —
Rawlings has served with Ole Miss football on a mission trip to Haiti Junior College Football it up because we can’t rely on that each week. We Los Angeles
Arizona
88 71 .553 ½
81 78 .509 7½
in 2016, as well volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club of Oxford, Today’s Games can’t win games 7-0. We have to continue to get San Francisco 73 86 .459 15½
Hope to Dream, the Sigma Nu Charity Bowl, and the Delta Project. San Diego 64 95 .403 24½
The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 31, and each of EMCC at East Central, 6:30 p.m. better.”
z-clinched playoff berth
them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member Northeast at Itawamba, 6:30 p.m. Nicholson said teams that are destined for x-clinched division
of the 60th NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class. The finalists will Junior College Soccer greatness or want to be great continue to learn. Wednesday’s Games
travel to New York City for the 61st NFF Annual Awards Dinner on
Today’s Match He said he was impressed Starkville Academy Washington 9, Miami 3, 7 innings
Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 1
Dec. 4. continued to push forward on a night when its Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1
Women: Itawamba at Meridian, 6 p.m. N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 0
faced adversity against a good Winston Acade- Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 6, 10 innings
Southern Mississippi my team. Quarterback Garrett Lewis rushed for
Colorado 14, Philadelphia 0

Men’s basketball team holds first practice of season on the air two scores and threw for another in the victory,
Arizona 7, L.A. Dodgers 2
San Diego 3, San Francisco 2
Today’s Games
Philadelphia (Arrieta 10-10) at Colorado
HATTIESBURG — The Southern Mississippi men’s basketball but Nicholson feels the Volunteers left too many
team held its first practice of the 2018-19 season Wednesday Today scores out there, including a drive that stalled in-
(Senzatela 6-6), 2:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 9-8) at N.Y. Mets (Vargas
6-9), 6:10 p.m.
morning. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The squad returns four starters from the 2017-18 team that side the 5-yard line without any points. Pittsburgh (Williams 14-9) at Chicago Cubs
6 p.m. — South Carolina State at North Carolina (Lester 17-6), 7:05 p.m.
collected its most wins since the 2011-12 campaign. The journey A&T, ESPNU “We have to have the mentality on both sides Friday’s Games
St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3) at Chicago Cubs
culminated with a trip to the semifinals of the Conference USA
7 p.m. — North Carolina at Miami, ESPN — a killer mentality — of we’re not going to let (Hendricks 13-11), 1:20 p.m.
tournament after beating FIU (69-68) and top-seeded Middle Pittsburgh (Kingham 5-7) at Cincinnati (Castillo
GOLF them score and we’re going to score a whole lot,” 10-12), 5:40 p.m.
Tennessee in overtime (71-68). Atlanta (Gausman 10-10) at Philadelphia (Nola
Cortez Edwards was named to the all-tournament team after 10 a.m. — PGA of America/European Tour, Ryder Nicholson said. “I’ll take a 7-0 win. A win is a win, 16-6), 6:05 p.m.
averaging 27.3 points per game. The senior from Kissimmee, Cup, opening ceremony, at but if we won 7-0, there is a pretty good chance Miami (Urena 8-12) at N.Y. Mets (Oswalt 3-3),
6:10 p.m.
Florida, also broke single-season school records for steals (71) and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, TGC we left a couple of them out there. That means we Detroit (Zimmermann 7-8) at Milwaukee
(Davies 2-7), 7:10 p.m.
minutes (1,219). 3 p.m. — USGA, U.S. Mid-Amateur didn’t execute at some point during the night, and Washington (Ross 0-1) at Colorado (Freeland
Tyree Griffin will join him in the backcourt. The transfer 16-7), 7:10 p.m.
Championship, championship match, at that is what we’re trying to keep from happening.” Arizona (Corbin 11-7) at San Diego (Lauer 6-7),
from Oklahoma State tallied 15.0 ppg. and had 201 assists, the Charlotte, North Carolina, FS1 9:10 p.m.
second-most by a Golden Eagle in history. Other familiar faces back 1 a.m. (Friday) — PGA of America/
See VOLUNTEERS, 4B L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-3) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 6-6), 9:15 p.m.
in the main rotation include Dominic Magee (11.7 ppg.) and 3-point

Harrison’s reminder
European Tour, Ryder Cup, Day 1, at
ace Kevin Holland (42 percent).
Newcomers include Jackson natives Gabe Watson and Ladar- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, TGC Football NFL
ius Marshall (both Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen selections) and MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
former New Hope High School standout Tyler Stevenson. Noon — New York Yankees at Tampa Bay, MLB W L T Pct PF PA

to play loose helps

Network Miami
New England
3 0 0 1.000 75 52
1 2 0 .333 57 77
Alabama 6 p.m. — Atlanta at New York Mets, Fox Sports
Southeast
Buffalo
N.Y. Jets
1 2 0 .333 50 84
1 2 0 .333 77 58
South
Women’s basketball team holds first practice of 7 p.m. — Regional coverage, Pittsburgh at W L T Pct PF PA

Patriots win again

Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 49 50
season Chicago Cubs or Cleveland at Kansas City, MLB Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 57 44
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 60 63
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama women’s basketball held Network Houston 0 3 0 .000 59 74
its first official practice of the 2018-19 season Wednesday morning 10 p.m. — Texas at Seattle (joined in
North
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at Foster Auditorium. progress), MLB Network Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 89 77
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 97 51
Practices will continue in preparation for the team’s season NFL By Adam Minichino Cleveland 1 1 1 .500 60 59
opener against Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7:20 p.m. — Minnesota at L.A. Rams, WLOV, aminichino@cdispatch.com Pittsburgh 1 1 1 .500 88 90
West
Coleman Coliseum. NFL Network W L T Pct PF PA
“Today went great,” said coach Kristy Curry, who is entering her WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 118 92
sixth season at Alabama. “Going from our summer workouts and
The Heritage Academy football team has Denver 2 1 0 .667 61 70
L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 82 93
then our fall workouts we felt like it eased the transition with a lot of
6 p.m. — Missouri at Arkansas, SEC Network faced expectations for the 2018 season ever since Oakland 0 3 0 .000 52 81
new faces on our team. I thought today went well and it’s really good Friday a loss to Adams County Christian Academy end- NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
for us to officially get going.”
AUTO RACING ed the 2017 campaign.
Washington
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2 1 0 .667 64 44
The first chance to see the squad will be at the fourth-annual A nine-win season and a trip to the second Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 59 55
SupeStore Tide Tipoff event, which will be Monday, Oct. 15. Doors
11 a.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Dallas 1 2 0 .333 41 53
open at 6 p.m. for autographs. The event will follow at 7 p.m. Bank of America ROVAL 400, practice, at round of the Mississippi Association of Inde- N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 55 62
South
Alabama will play Faulkner University in an exhibition game at Concord, North Carolina, NBC Sports Network pendent Schools Class AAA playoffs heightened W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 102 91
3 p.m. Oct. 21 and Mississippi College in another exhibition game Noon — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Drive for the anticipation that the 2018 season could be even New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 104 103
at 7 p.m. Nov. 1. Cure 200, practice, at Concord, North Carolina, better for a program that returned a strong group
Carolina
Atlanta
2 1 0 .667 71 60
1 2 0 .333 80 85
n Football team’s Hentges named semifinalist for Senior NBC Sports Network of seniors and a talented cast of juniors. North
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CLASS Award: At Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Senior tight end Hale 2 p.m. — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Drive for the
Hentges was named to a list of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Cure 200, final practice, at Concord, North
Back-to-back losses to Lamar School and Pil- Chicago
Green Bay
2 1 0 .667 63 55
1 1 1 .500 70 83
Award, it was announced Wednesday. Carolina, NBC Sports Network low Academy forced Heritage Academy coach Minnesota
Detroit
1 1 1 .500 59 72
1 2 0 .333 70 88
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for 3:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Sean Harrison to change the narrative.
West
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Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total Series, Bank of America Roval 400, qualifying, at While any coach would love a perfect season, L.A. Rams 3 0 0 1.000 102 36
student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in Seattle 1 2 0 .333 65 64
athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Concord, North Carolina, NBC Sports Network losses to Class AAAA schools had no way of im- San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 73 89
Arizona 0 3 0 .000 20 74
Hentges joins former Crimson Tide stars Barrett Jones (2012), 3:55 a.m. (Saturday) — Formula One, Vtb pacting any of the Patriots’ goals for this season.
AJ McCarron, (2013), Reggie Ragland (2015), O.J. Howard (2016) Russian Grand Prix, practice, at Sochi, Russia, Harrison reminded his players of that fact prior to Today’s Game
Minnesota at L.A. Rams, 7:20 p.m.
and JK Scott (2017) as the sixth Alabama player to be named a ESPN2 their game last week against Magnolia Heights, Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati at Atlanta, Noon
semifinalist under head coach Nick Saban. BOXING
another Class AAAA opponent. Heritage Acade- Tampa Bay at Chicago, Noon
n Earlier Wednesday, Hentges was named a semifinalist for 9 p.m. — Devin Haney vs. Juan Carlos Houston at Indianapolis, Noon
the William V. Campbell Trophy, the National Football Foundation. Burgos, lightweights; Thomas Mattice vs. Zhora my responded with a 35-7 victory that Harrison N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, Noon
Miami at New England, Noon
Hentges is among 179 candidates from all levels of the NCAA Hamazaryan, lightweights; Cem Kilic vs. Donnie felt helped his players re-focus on relaxing and Detroit at Dallas, Noon
Buffalo at Green Bay, Noon
and NAIA named to this year’s semifinalist list. Barrett Jones was Marshall, middleweights, at Temecula, California, playing loose. Philadelphia at Tennessee, Noon
Seattle at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
Alabama’s first Campbell Trophy recipient in 2012. The National Showtime “I was proud of them and the way that they Cleveland at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Football Foundation will announce this year’s finalists for the award COLLEGE FOOTBALL came out,” Harrison said. “They went out Friday New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 3:25 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m.
on Oct. 31. The semifinalists will receive an $18,000 postgraduate
5 p.m. — Princeton at Columbia, ESPNU night and had fun. They gang-tackled and made Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.
scholarship as part of the 60th NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class. Open: Washington, Carolina
The winner of this year’s Campbell Trophy will see his scholarship
7 p.m. — Memphis at Tulane, ESPN2 plays and did everything they we were supposed Monday’s Game
Kansas City at Denver, 7:15 p.m.
increased to $25,000. 8 p.m. — UCLA at Colorado, FS1 to do.” Thursday, Oct. 4
n Women’s soccer will take on LSU: At Baton Rouge, GOLF Indianapolis at New England, 7:20 p.m.
4 a.m. — PGA of America/European Tour, Ryder
Harrison hopes Heritage Academy (4-2) will Sunday, Oct. 7
Louisiana, the women’s soccer team (6-5-1, 0-3 Southeastern Miami at Cincinnati, Noon
Conference) will look for its first SEC win at 7 p.m. Thursday when it Cup, Day 1, at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, have that same attitude at 7 p.m. Friday when it N.Y. Giants at Carolina, Noon
Denver at N.Y. Jets, Noon
takes on LSU. The match can be seen on SEC Network+. TGC travels to Madden to take on Leake Academy (5- Jacksonville at Kansas City, Noon
Green Bay at Detroit, Noon
LSU enters the match at 6-4-1 and 0-2-1. 10 a.m. — PGA of America/European Tour, Ryder 1, 1-0 district) in its Class AAA, District 2 opener. Baltimore at Cleveland, Noon
n Baseball team releases 2019 SEC schedule: At Tuscaloo- Cup, Day 1, at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, Harrison said he felt his team was “uptight” Atlanta at Pittsburgh, Noon
Tennessee at Buffalo, Noon
sa, Alabama, Baseball coach Brad Bohannon announced his team’s TGC against Lamar School and even more uptight Oakland at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.
2019 Southeastern Conference schedule Wednesday morning. 4 p.m. — Champions Tour, PURE Insurance
Alabama will begin SEC play March 15-17 in Oxford against Ole against Pillow Academy. He said he didn’t think Arizona at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
Championship, first round, at Pebble Beach, his players were having fun the last two weeks Dallas at Houston, 7:20 p.m.
Miss. It also will travel to Florida (March 29-31), Mississippi State
California, TGC Open: Tampa Bay, Chicago
(April 12-14), Auburn (May 3-5), and Georgia (May 16-18). and that he wanted them to get back to enjoying Monday, Oct. 8
1 a.m. (Saturday) — PGA of America/European Washington at New Orleans, 7:15 p.m.
Alabama will begin its conference home slate March 22-24
Tour, Ryder Cup, Day 2, at Saint-Quentin-en- football. Junior quarterback Carter Putt (15-for-
when it plays host to Arkansas at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. It also
will feature weekend matchups against South Carolina (April 5-7), Yvelines, France, TGC 21, 304 yards, two touchdowns) spearheaded that Soccer
Vanderbilt (April 19-21), LSU (April 26-28), and Texas A&M (May 2 a.m. (Saturday) — PGA of America/European effort, while running back Kelvin “K.J.” Smith Major League Soccer
Wednesday’s Game
10-12). Tour, Ryder Cup, Day 2, at Saint-Quentin-en- had 18 carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns New York City FC 2, Chicago 0
Alabama won’t face Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee during Yvelines, France, WTVA in one of the Patriots’ most balanced attacks of Saturday’s Games
Los Angeles FC at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
the 2019 campaign. All times and television designations will be MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL the season. Colorado at Seattle, 3 p.m.
released at a later date. All SEC dates are subject to change to Montreal at D.C. United, 6 p.m.
6 p.m. — New York Yankees at Boston, ESPN “The execution was there,” Harrison said. New England at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m.
accommodate television. 6 p.m. — Atlanta at Philadelphia, Fox Sports Philadelphia at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
n Swimming and diving team opens road schedule at “The passing game was good, but I was most im- New York City FC at Minnesota United, 7 p.m.
South San Jose at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Ohio State: At Columbus, Ohio, the swimming and diving team will 9 p.m. — Regional coverage, L.A. Dodgers at
pressed with the running game because that was Vancouver at LA Galaxy, 9 p.m.
try to build off its season-opening wins against Delta State when it
San Francisco OR Arizona at San Diego, MLB by far the best defensive front we have played and FC Dallas at Portland, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
takes on Ohio State at 5 p.m. Thursday. we really handled our business up front. K.J. ran Atlanta United FC at New York, Noon
It will be the first trip to Ohio State for the Alabama men since Network Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, 4 p.m.
the 2010 NCAA Championships, while select members of the wom- SOCCER the ball well. Davis (Fitch) probably had his best Saturday, Oct. 6
Columbus at Montreal, 2 p.m.
en’s team competed at the Buckeyes’ McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion 1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin vs. game at H. Rocky (Wright) did well at the full- New England at Atlanta United FC, 2:30 p.m.
last spring for the NCAA Championships. Bayern Munich, FS1 back spot when we went to the I-formation.” Vancouver at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Minnesota United at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
Against Delta State, Alabama won 26 of 28 races and won WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Harrison feels this is the most consistent the Orlando City at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.
all four diving events. All 26 of Alabama’s freshmen made their 6 p.m. — Georgia at Ole Miss, SEC Network offense has been in his time as head coach at the Los Angeles FC at Colorado, 8 p.m.
collegiate debuts against Delta State. Rookies earned 13 wins on 10 p.m. — Southern California at Stanford, Portland at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.
the day. school. He said Putt continues to develop and to New York at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
ESPN2
See PATRIOTS, 4B
Sunday, Oct. 7
— From Special Reports Chicago at D.C. United, Noon
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West Point Walters Schaefer

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is to run the football, so, hopeful-
ly, you can come put a couple of
good drives together early.”
Center Hill also likes to run
the football. Senior Matt Burrow
leads the way with 710 rushing
yards and six touchdowns. In
its region opener, Center Hill
dropped a 24-3 decision at Gre-
nada.
West Point opened region
play with a 14-13 home victory
against Lafayette. The Green
Wave ran for 209 yards and re-
ceived scoring plays from Bran-
don Harris and Jimothy Mays.
“Good win to start region
play,” Chambless said. “Defen-
sively, did a great job. They had
size and speed. Pretty much
contained what they were trying
to do. It was good to see plays
being made there late in the
game when the outcome was in
doubt. A hard-nosed, physical
victory will really help this team
grow up.”
West Point is averaging 212.2
yards rushing per game. Five
players have gained 142 yards
or more.
“Still looking for an identity,”
Chambless said. “The challenge
is finishing drives more often.
We have stretches where we
execute well. It’s just a matter
of doing that on a more consis-
tent basis. As we get deeper into
region play, you want to see a
balanced team that is finishing
drives and limiting mistakes.
“If we can run the ball with
more consistency, we will cer-
tainly be in every game. The
defense can do the rest from
there.”
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“Honestly, felt like we have
been close to a breakthrough
for quite some time,” Darty
said. “The average person is
seeing our final scores and
not monitoring the team that
closely. In practice every day,
we move just a little bit further
down the road. To be able to
come from down 2-0 to win
this match, well it can be sea-
son changing. All of sudden,
you have found a way to do
this once. Now, the challenge
is go out and do it again.”
Shaw had 18 kills and
was dominant in the third
set when the Bulldogs were
hanging on. Shaw also had
four blocks as did freshman
Deja Robinson. Sophomore
Kendall Murr had 19 digs.
Starkville native Khristian
Carr’s leadership in the third
set kept the team going when
things looked bleak.
The Bulldogs had separa-
tion for most of the fourth set
and kept the Tigers at bay.
The fifth set was a 50-50 prop-
osition before the Bulldogs
bowed their necks.
The crowd got louder and
louder as the Bulldogs rallied
from the dead. MSU players
were high fiving on virtually
every point, while a veteran
Auburn team looked shaken.
“(Auburn) let up a little bit
after that second set,” Shaw
said. “Once we got the lead
there late in the third set, we
felt like we could come all the
way back.”
Darty left a successful
coaching career at Jackson-
ville to come to MSU. The
blueprint coaches used at
small schools to have success
in the SEC has been tried and
failed many times before in
Starkville. McFatrich came
from Central Arkansas and
lasted three seasons.
“Things are just different,”
Shaw said. “I can’t speak
to last year, but the veteran
players have said it’s a totally
different experience. Encour-
agement is the right word.”
Darty has seen that
attitude come through in
practice.
“This group works hard
every day,” Darty said. “When
the losses start mounting,
it’s easy to get down. To have
the breakthrough this early
in conference play is huge.
The girls can look back upon
this match and realize they’re
capable of coming back. Like
any other team, we need more
consistency. We will find that
as we continue to grow.”
For Shaw, the victory was
satisfying, since she grew up
less than two hours from the
Auburn campus.
“I wanted this one badly,”
Shaw said. “It’s a special win
for me. We showed a little bit
what we are made of. As a
freshman, you want to tell the
recruits to come here and be a
part of this.”
Darty said the team will
take full advantage of a nine-
day break before the next
home match with Kentucky
on Oct. 5.
Hopefully, the camel can
clear its schedule for that one,
too.
Scott Walters is a sports
writer for The Dispatch. He
can be reached at swalters@
cdispatch.com. Follow him on
Twitter @dispatchscott.
Continued from Page 1B
Victoria Vivians on the WBCA
All-America Team, and also garnered
first-team accolades from ESPNW and
third-team honors from The Associated
Press.
The accolades aren’t surprising
to Honea, a legendary coach at Milby
High who had a 739-258 record with the
Buffaloes from 1973-2003.
Honea said he was “shocked” when
Schaefer called him and said he had
received an offer to be the women’s
basketball coach at Sam Houston State.
He said he had no idea Schaefer was
interested, and that he told him that
once you cross over from coaching in
the men’s game to the women’s game
“there is no going back.”
Schaefer served as head coach at
Sam Houston State from 1990-97 be-
fore Gary Blair hired him to be a part of
his coaching staff at Arkansas.
Regardless of whether it was wom-
en’s or men’s basketball, Honea said
Schaefer found a way to convince his
players to give “110 percent.”
Honea’s pressing style helped Schae-
fer develop his acumen for defense. In
fact, Honea said he taught Schaefer a lot
about basketball and a “whole lot” about
fishing. Now, though, he said Schaefer
is “a better fisherman than me and a
better coach me.”
“He always has had a high energy
and never has been lazy,” Honea said.
“He doesn’t have a lazy bone in his
body. He was just a winner. Wherever
he goes he is going to win, and he is go-
ing to do it the right way.”
Barron Honea, the son of Boyce Ho-
nea, worked as an assistant coach for
Schaefer at Sam Houston State at 1991-
92 and 1992-93. He recalls Vic calling
him after his first season at the school
and telling him he needed him for two
years. Barron said he told Vic no and
that Vic was quiet on the other end of
the telephone. He then remembers Vic
saying, “If you don’t come I am going to
call your dad and tell him everything.”
Even though there weren’t any sto-
ries to tell aside from ones about danc-
ing and fishing, Barron Honea relent-
ed and agreed to join Schaefer for two
years. The program only won 15 games
in those two seasons, but they helped
set the foundation for a program that
went on to win 18 games three seasons
later.
“From the time he started working
for my dad until now he has been tire-
less in his work ethic,” said Barron, who
has known Schaefer since they were 12
years old. “His attention to details is un-
believable. Back before there were cell
phones, he would write things on his
hands and his arms because we didn’t
have cell phones to put notes in and he
detailed everything. His attention to de-
tail, I had ever seen anything like that.”
Barron Honea, who is the Coastal
Bend are representative for the Fel-
lowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in
Texas, said Vic “overachieved” at Sam
Houston State and “owned” the town.
He said Schaefer’s passion for his work
is infectious and is part of the reason
people throughout the country tune in
to watch MSU games. In fact, he said
his wife, Darla, wears Maroon and
White when they watch games on the
SEC Network. On Wednesday night,
he said he even wore a “Praise the Lord
and Go Dawgs” T-shirt at an FCA event
in Corpus Christi, Texas. “Praise the
Lord and Go Dawgs” is a phrase Schae-
fer has coined in his time as coach at
MSU. It’s one Barron Honea isn’t sur-
prised has caught on after growing up
and playing basketball with Schaefer
since they were 12.
“He knows talent and he knows the
game,” Honea said.”He is a defensive
guru.”
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SEC
Continued from Page 1B
Alabama’s passing at-
tack has rung up four con-
secutive blowouts behind
the QB tandem of Tua Ta-
govailoa and Jalen Hurts.
That didn’t stop Saban
from indicating he wants
more from his running
game after it thumped
Texas A&M 45-23.
Saban has plenty of
backfield depth to choose
from, starting with se-
nior Damien Harris. He
returned this season in
search of a third consec-
utive 1,000-yard rushing
season and has 230 yards,
but his 31 carries trail
teammate Najee Harris
(38) while Josh Jacobs
and Brian Robinson have
23 and 22 respectively.
“I think it’s definite-
ly tough for defenses to
match up,” Jacobs said.
“Each one of the running
backs in the room would
start anywhere. Putting
two of them on the field at
the same time is going to
be a matchup problem.”
Kentucky knows what
that feels like. Two years
ago Snell teamed with
Stanley “Boom” Wil-
liams for the program’s
first 1,000-yard rushing
tandem. The 5-foot-11,
223-pound Snell followed
that with 1,333 yards last
fall and has 540 this sea-
son — including 340 in
SEC upsets of Florida and
Mississippi State for the
Wildcats’ best SEC start
since 1977.
Second-ranked Geor-
gia doesn’t have a run-
ning back ranked in the
top 20 in yards rushing,
but there is no shortage
of talent in the Bulldogs’
backfield.
Even with Nick Chubb
and Sony Michel now in
the NFL, the Bulldogs
can turn to D’Andre Swift
and Elijah Holyfield.
This year’s duo both had
careers highs in carries
last week at Missouri: Swift
had 16 carries for 71 yards
while Holyfield, the son of
former boxing champion
Evander Holyfield, had 14
carries for 90 yards.
“Both of those kids
have been productive,
tough, physical, and
good pass protectors,”
said Georgia coach Kirby
Smart, who has includ-
ed Brian Herrien, James
Cook and his receivers
in the mix. “We have to
continue to help them. We
have to try to get them in
favorable situations to run
the ball, and they’ve done
a good job of that.”
But Phillips (467 yards,
five TDs) and Brosette are
part of the group of backs
setting the bar in the SEC
so far this season.
Phillips has filled the
void at Ole Miss (3-1) af-
ter Jordan Wilkins ran
for more than 1,000 yards
last season. Mississippi
offensive coordinator Phil
Longo is known for his
ability to have a produc-
tive run game while still
using a spread offense.
“During the spring
game, we ran the ball a
bunch and that was to try
and develop the physicality
up front that we wanted,”
Longo said. “We came
into camp and came out of
camp feeling a lot better
about our ability to run the
football, which we always
want to do in this system.”
The stage is set for
another intriguing SEC
running back matchup
Saturday night between
the Rebels and LSU.
The Tigers’ Brossette
(409 yards, five TDs) has
rushed for more yardage
than he did in his previous
three seasons combined.
Though passing figures
to play a role in this ear-
ly season showdown, the
outcome will likely ride
on how well — and often
— Brossette and Phillips
carry the ball.
Grinding down oppo-
nents with a ground game
is what SEC teams like to
do.
“That’s why you come
to the SEC,” South Caroli-
na center Donnell Stanley
said, “to run the ball.”

Rayford
Continued from Page 1B
MSU would have had to went to
Landon Guidry and Londyn Craft, both
coming off redshirt seasons, or fresh-
men Marcus Murphy and Shawn Pres-
ton Jr. MSU also put former walk-on Ste-
phen Adegoke on scholarship for some
help, but it wanted more. Rayford had no
qualms addressing a team need.
“I enjoy safety. It was more of a quick
transition,” Rayford said. “I like when we
come down in the box. I felt like a lineback-
er. I always wanted to play linebacker.”
The switch to safety has meant more
than positioning and physicality in the
box. It has given Rayford a new mental
obligation he has embraced.
“Corners, generally speaking, are
kind of on an island and generally do
whatever the safety tells them to do.
Safeties are the ones that have to tell
them what to do,” Shoop said. “He has to
get the call, identify the formation, find
his side, and communicate to the nickel
and corner the technique they’re playing
on the play. That’s probably been an ad-
justment for him.”
Rayford spent a summer and a pre-
season drilling just that and every oth-
er aspect of playing safety. Then Jamal
Peters was injured in week three against
Louisiana-Lafayette. The lower body
injury will keep Peters out indefinitely,
which forced Rayford back in his old po-
sition. He said returning was easy.
Shoop and MSU coach Joe Moor-
head said Rayford’s status will change
depending on what the Bulldogs need.
Wherever he plays, it won’t change what
Rayford wants to accomplish as a senior.
“Go as hard as you can, prove it to
yourself, prove it to the state, prove it to
your family,” Rayford said.
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Patriots
Continued from Page 3B
lead an offense that has a host of
other weapons, including senior
Moak Griffin and junior Jared
Long. Still, injuries have impact-
ed the Patriots’ depth. Harrison
said the team had 17 players prac-
tice last Tuesday, but he said he
likes the character and leader-
ship on the team that are pushing
it forward. He said the guidance
from the juniors and seniors has
helped all of the players buy into
the fact they have to control what
they can control and play to their
potential.
“I think they got caught up in
that we’re supposed to be a good
team,” Harrison said. “I think af-
ter the Lamar game they kind of
felt like they had let themselves
down and people down. That’s
not the case, so I think just com-
ing back full circle and realizing if
they just go out and execute and
have fun they can win a lot of foot-
ball games.”
Harrison said he and his
coaches probably will remind
the Patriots about having fun.
The team’s message board,
which highlights some of their
top goals for the season, doesn’t
say anything about being perfect
or beating Lamar School, Pillow
Academy, Magnolia Heights, or
Wayne Academy. However, beat-
ing Leake Academy will be a key
if Heritage Academy wants to re-
alize those goals. Harrison said
his team will face a test going on
the road to a destination that typi-
cally is a tough place to play.
“Leake is a really good team,”
Harrison said. “Leake hasn’t
played the toughest schedule, but
they have gone out and done what
they’re supposed to do. They
have had a running clock in their
last four games.”
Harrison said the coaching
staff has worked hard to break
down all of Leake Academy’s
multiple looks on both sides of
the ball. He hopes that prepa-
ration and a loose attitude will
serve the Patriots well in a game
that he hopes will set them on
the right path in district play.
“We are worried about us
and making sure we are play-
ing our best football this week,”
Harrison said.
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Volunteers
Continued from Page 3B
Nicholson said the
Volunteers have been
building to that attitude
each week, but he said
sometimes that inexpe-
rience kicks back in. He
said Lewis, a junior in his
first year as the starter,
continues to make prog-
ress. Nicholson also feels
the Volunteers are deeper
since the start of the sea-
son. He said players like
C.J. Jackson at running
back and Noah Aweau at
wide receiver are mak-
ing bigger contributions.
Those efforts are giving
players like running back
Taylor Arnold and Nason
Heflin and Will Miller
chances to play other po-
sitions and to rest during
games so they are fresher
at the end.
Nicholson also praised
the play of the offensive
line for leading a ground
game that has relied on
Arnold and Lewis to carry
the load.
“Taylor has a great
trust with them and he is
patient with them,” Nich-
olson said. “Two weeks
ago, he was a little quick
to jump outside instead
of staying up in there.
You saw it this week. He
stayed in there a little bit
longer before he bounced
it. When he stays in there,
it opens up.”
Nicholson said the con-
tinued emergence of Lew-
is also should help take
some of the load off Ar-
nold. Even though Lewis
has been getting less than
10 carries a game in the
first part of the season,
he anticipates that chang-
ing as the Volunteers get
deeper into the season
and Lewis becomes even
more confident in his abil-
ity to make plays.
“He has a nose for
it,” Nicholson said. “For
whatever reason the light
bulb has clicked and he
has a nose for the end
zone and he wants to find
a way to get in. It was a
pretty impressive little
run (referring to a short
touchdown run against
Winston Academy). He
had to make somebody
miss and then he had full
extension at the end and
got hit at the end. He said
he was going to get in. Pe-
riod. Anytime you get the
end zone in your nostrils
you, hopefully, want to put
it in. What I want him to
do is to be able to smell
it from 50 yards away. He
has run the ball well at
different points through-
out the season, but I want
him to continue to run
better.”
Nicholson wants all
of his players to have the
same attitude. So far, he
believes everyone has
pitched in because the
team has improved each
week. With a chance to go
1-0 in another week, Nich-
olson said the players rec-
ognize a 6-0 start is irrel-
evant, even if he brought
up that record earlier in
the week.
“I made a mention
about us being 6-0 on Sun-
day and I told them we’re
fine and we’re doing some
good things,” Nicholson
said. “Glue (Lewis’ nick-
name)said, ‘No, coach.
We’re 0-0.’ But that is the
thing, they recognize the
6-0 doesn’t mean any-
thing. That is the whole
point about our conver-
sation about trying to do
some different things on
offense. While we haven’t
done well, if we continue
to stay there, we’re not
going to be able to push
higher. We have to keep
moving forward.”
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Ferguson
Continued from Page 2B
Ferguson’s father, Derwin,
tried his best to make ends
meet for his four kids and Hub-
burd’s five. Even with the fam-
ily splitting at times, Ferguson
followed his father as he moved
from Starkville to Meridian and
back to Starkville before set-
tling in Jackson. For once, their
lives had stability — even if the
younger Derwin Ferguson was
still haunted by his past.
“When I first lost my moth-
er, the first couple of months
were hard because I was having
dreams, then the times when
my dad would date other wom-
en and I would miss my mom,”
he said. “It really hurt, and it
still kind of does now. He did
great things for us, and I thank
him for that.”
Then his father had trouble
maintaining a job due to heart
issues before he decided to
have surgery to fix it. He never
woke up from the anesthesia.
He was in a coma for a few days
prior to his death.
The death of his father came
as his life was coming together.
His father was coaching him
in youth football and they had
started to go to church togeth-
er after his mother’s death.
After his death, things with
his stepmother went awry and,
once again, the siblings split an
Derwin Ferguson had to find a
home.
“It really started going down-
hill when my daddy passed. I
started wondering why, why
me,” he said. “I’m thinking,
‘What can I do now, who can
I trust?’ That same love isn’t
there as you had with your
mother and father. There’s still
some times I think about it and
just wish I can go back in time.
“I was more worried than
grieving. Man, what am I going
to do? It’s going to feel differ-
ent. Everybody else has their
mother and father and I won’t
have anybody like that.”
Derwin found that home
with his aunt, Dranika. She has
done everything she can to give
him a home with her children
in Starkville, even if Derwin
felt compelled to ask for food
and drink from the refrigerator
as opposed to taking it as one
would in their home. Dranika
has helped Derwin through
his grief and tried to fill in for
what’s missing in his life.
Football has filled the gaps.
“After my father died, I tried
to not do anything. I tried to use
it as an excuse and make peo-
ple feel sorry for me,” Ferguson
said. “I had to learn in the real
world they’re not going to care.
I’m glad I didn’t have to learn
the hard way. I’m glad I listened
to my auntie more. I could’ve
kept doing it, finding ways to
get by, and in the real world, it’s
not going to work.
“Football’s the main reason
to keep me going, to have a pur-
pose.”
Jones thinks Ferguson has
the ability to play college foot-
ball. He hopes schools will give
Ferguson a chance despite his
height.
Regardless of what happens
in football, Ferguson has a
promising future. He has ma-
tured from the time he broke
down in school because he
missed his parents. He also re-
members a dream in which he
and a sister searched for their
father in what he felt like was a
big game of Clue.
Ferguson’s parents still
weigh on his thoughts at night.
He went to their graves to talk
to them on the first day of his
senior year. Their memory will
help him make it to graduation
day.
“They are on my mind when
I’m going through the motions,”
Derwin Ferguson said. “When
we’re running and it becomes
a mental game, I enter that
phase, ‘Do it for your parents.
Don’t prove people right that
you can’t do anything because
you don’t have your parents.’ ”
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Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
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I’m 41 with remember that that the next destination is
two adult her first respon- one of your choosing and will
kids and my sibility is to her be the anniversary celebra-
youngest, who is children and not tion you didn’t have this time
almost 15. For to you. around.
the last eight DEAR ABBY: DEAR ABBY: Is it OK for
months I have My husband and senior citizens to order off of
been dating a I are celebrating the kids’ menu? Friends of
woman with two our 45th wedding ours have recently begun to do
kids — one is anniversary. Our this even though the menus
nearly 10 and trip will be a visit state “6 and under, please.”
the other is 4. to his old Army They are not poor and live a
ZITS We have a lot in buddy, an eight- comfortable lifestyle. The wait-
common. We get hour drive away er usually just looks the other
along great, and I in Maine. I have way and allows them to do it. I
really like her. met his friends find it embarrassing. I feel they
The downside
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is, I’m having a life. He is com- the server. — BY THE BOOK
hard time accepting starting fortable with them. I can talk IN OHIO
over and raising kids that about only so much with them, DEAR BY THE BOOK: As
young. I have been living then nothing more. people grow older, they burn
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11 years. She has a flexible a fair trip because I always more active folks do. Their
schedule, and her kids spend choose the destinations of appetites sometimes shrink to
50 percent of the time with most of our vacations. It will accommodate it. Many senior
their dad. I know one day we be a six-day trip, and we must couples compensate for it by
will have to move in together, take our chocolate lab with us. splitting a meal so they won’t
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strong believer in communica- sary celebration than it does as long as the server doesn’t
tion. If you are having second an Army reunion. However, if mind and receives a generous
thoughts, share them with your what your husband said is true enough tip to compensate, I
lady friend so you can decide — that you have chosen the don’t think anyone is be-
together what your next step destinations for most of your ing cheated. Management
should be and if there will be a vacations — be a good sport wouldn’t allow it if it hurt the
move in your future. And when and go along with it. Of course, business.

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.
27). Dream, think and go bigger.
You can handle it this year and
anyway it will land you in a much
better sport than were you to
reduce your vision to what was
“doable” for yesterday-you.
You’ll learn you’re capable of
the extraordinary. An October
hunch will prove to be extremely
lucrative. Romance arises in
June. Capricorn and Aquarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 4, 11, 30 and 49.
BABY BLUES ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Curiosity is a genuine part of
friendliness that can get forgot-
ten, especially amongst people
who are overly concerned with
fitting in or outdoing each other.
Relax and lead with your curiosi-
ty and you’ll be a hit.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You might have the sneaking
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
suspicion that the tasks of the
day don’t mean much on their
own, but that’s only because
there’s a larger result that mat-
ters. Yours is a key contribution
to the winning results of your
team.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
What meaningful things have
you learned from the people
around you lately? Either the an-
swer to this question will make
you smile and feel grateful, or
it will make you go find people
who have something to teach
you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Your encouragement keeps
everyone going. Judicious use
of energy will be key. If you give
all of your attention to the needy
ones, you’ll have nothing left for
the superstars who could use
some love, too.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
There may be some confusion
about what really matters. You
can clear it up by going back
to your purpose. Focus on why
you’re doing a thing instead of
how you’re doing it. How gets
complicated. Why makes things
simple.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The plan is one thing. Then
there’s an entirely different
situation on the ground, which
is to say that real life is always
different from theory, and can
change in ways that are beyond
your control. You’ll improvise
and be brilliant.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You don’t have to be the best
at something to be the leader.
The talent of leading has to do
with focusing on, encouraging
and bringing out the best in
others. It’s a separate skill from
actually doing the thing, and no
less important.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’ll get to do what you
want to do with people who care
about the same things you care
about. What could be better?
There’s lots of work to be done
that won’t even feel like work
at all.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It’s the moment to sprint
— to test the upper limit of the
work you can do. Don’t even
bother pacing yourself. By defini
tion it’s a short exercise. You’ll
push it hard, go as fast as you
can, and then call it a day.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Once you figure out that
something is a bad fit, make a
change right away. There’s no
use in trying to make things fit
that don’t. It only wastes time
that people could be using to
find a better fit.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It will be tempting to spend
the bulk of your time on a
problem, but that’s not advised.
While you spend the best of
your time with the people who
feed your soul, problems will
work themselves out.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). One way that you’ll support
your group is to demand the
best results from them. It’s eas-
ier to listen and agree, but it’s
not doing anybody any favors
if what you’re agreeing to is a
lesser version of what a person
is capable of.

Left holding the bag

SOLUTION:
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Business Note: Business Moves with Mary will return next week.
More US corporate giants warn
tariffs will mean price hikes
‘The tariffs might provide a basis for companies to raise
prices in a world where they’ve been very reluctant to
and unable to raise prices.’
By TOM KRISHER
and JOSH BOAK
AP Business Writers
DETROIT — From
Ford to Walmart to
Procter & Gamble, a
growing number of iconic
American companies are
warning that President
Donald Trump’s tariffs on
U.S. imports are raising
their costs and prices.
Jim Hackett, CEO of
Ford, the second-larg-
est U.S.-based automak-
er, said Wednesday that
Trump’s taxes on import-
ed steel and aluminum
are costing Ford $1 billion
and threatening to ignite
price increases across the
auto industry.
Likewise, Walmart,
America’s largest retailer,
has told the administra-
tion that Trump’s latest
round of taxes — on $200
billion of Chinese imports
— could increase prices
for its shoppers. Walmart
Business briefs
Lewis awarded
Dede Lewis, Man-
aging Partner of the
LongHorn Steakhouse,
has been presented with
the company’s “People
Leader” award, a top lead-
ership honor. Presented
annually, this award rec-
ognizes Managing Part-
ners who have served as
mentors and consistently
demonstrated a passion
for helping LongHorn
managers and team
members grow within the
company.
She is one of just six
Managing Partners se-
lected this year from the
more than 500 LongHorn
Steakhouse restaurants
nationwide, making this a
truly outstanding honor.
Makwana joins Baptist
Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Triangle
welcomes new inter-
ventional cardiologist,
Hemraj Makwana, to its
medical staff. He will
be in practice at BMG
Included in House FAA bill:
Minimum size for airline seats
Lawmakers abandoned a plan backed
by airlines to privatize the nation’s
air-traffic-control system
By DAVID KOENIG
AP Airlines Writer
The House voted
Wednesday to direct the
federal government to
set a minimum size for
airline seats, bar passen-
gers from being kicked
off overbooked planes,
and consider whether to
restrict animals on planes.
Those and other pas-
senger-related provisions
were included in a bill to
authorize Federal Aviation
Administration programs
for five years. The House
approved the measure by
a 398-23 vote, sending it to
the Senate, which faces a
Sunday deadline.
The FAA bill is also
notable for what is not in-
cluded.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
specifically mentioned
items ranging from car
seats, cribs and back-
packs to hats, pet prod-
ucts and bicycles.
Procter & Gamble, the
consumer products giant,
has warned of both poten-
tial price increases and
job losses as a result of
the tariffs.
In the meantime,
drinking Coca-Cola is
costing more because of
Trump’s tariffs. Macy’s,
too, has warned of likely
price increases. So has
Gap.
On Wednesday, Fed-
eral Reserve Chairman
Jerome Powell took on
the issue at a news con-
ference after the Fed an-
nounced its latest interest
rate hike. Asked about the
Trump tariffs forcing up
prices for America’s con-
sumers, Powell agreed
that Fed officials are hear-
ing from businesses about
Columbus
Cardiovas-
cular Care.
He special-
izes in in-
terventional
cardiology,
structural
Makwana
heart dis-
ease, vascular medicine
and critical care medi-
cine.
Makwana received
a Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery
degree from NHL Munic-
ipal Medical College, Gu-
jarat University in India.
He completed his residen-
cy in internal medicine at
Wyckoff Heights Medical
Center, an academic
affiliate of the Weill
Cornell Medical College
of Cornell University,
the New York Medical
College and New York
Institute of Technology in
Brooklyn, New York. He
completed a fellowship
in surgical critical care
followed by a research
fellowship in hyperten-
sion and vascular biology
Lawmakers abandoned
a plan backed by airlines
to privatize the nation’s
air-traffic-control system.
And congressional nego-
tiators dropped a proposal
to crack down on “unrea-
sonable” airline fees.
The bill includes sev-
eral provisions backed by
consumer groups. Among
them:
■ It gives the FAA one
year to set minimum mea-
surements for airline seats
and the distance between
rows. Provision sponsors
said cramped planes are a
safety issue during emer-
gencies such as fires.
“People are getting
larger, the seats are get-
ting smaller, and it’s just
obvious that you can’t
evacuate the planes in the
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
mate that he said Trump’s
steel and aluminum tar-
iffs are costing Ford. He
said the figure is a year-
over-year increase from
March through 2019.
Ford buys most of its
forthcoming higher costs. metals from U.S. produc-
“You don’t see it yet,” ers, which have raised
the chairman said, refer- prices this year as a result
ring to the data the Fed of the tariffs on foreign
competitors, the company
studies.
has said.
But, Powell acknowl-
edged, “the tariffs might
provide a basis for com-
panies to raise prices in a
world where they’ve been
very reluctant to and un-
able to raise prices.”
At his own news con-
ference Wednesday in
New York, Trump reject-
ed any notion that his
tariffs posed an economic
risk, echoing assertions
by his administration that
consumers would barely
notice the new taxes.
“It’s had no impact
... on our economy,” the
president said after meet-
ings with foreign leaders
at the United Nations
General Assembly.
Hackett, in a television
interview Wednesday, re-
vealed the $1 billion esti-
at Mount Sinai School of
Medicine and a two-year
research fellowship in
cardiovascular medicine
at Saint Vincent’s Hospi-
tal and Medical Center,
New York Medical Col-
lege. He also completed
a three year fellowship in
cardiovascular medicine
at Saint Vincent’s Hospi-
tal and Medical Center in
2009 and a fellowship in
interventional cardiology
at North Shore University
Hospital.
He comes to Baptist
Golden Triangle from St.
Rita’s Medical Center
in Lima, Ohio, where
he served as medical
director of the Cardiac
Cath Lab.
Makwana is board
certified in internal
medicine, interventional
cardiology, cardiovascu-
lar disease, critical care
medicine, nuclear cardi-
ology, echocardiography
and vascular medicine.
Makwana and his
wife Nimisha have two
daughters.
requisite time,” Rep. Steve
Cohen, D-Tenn., said in an
interview.
■ It bars airlines from
removing passengers
from overbooked flights
once the passenger has
boarded the plane. The is-
sue gained attention after
airport officers dragged
a 69-year-old man off a
United Express plane last
year to make room for an
airline employee. Airlines
could still bump people
before boarding begins.
■ Directs the Transpor-
tation Department to set
rules for service and emo-
tional-support animals on
planes including “reason-
able measures to ensure
pets are not claimed as
service animals.” Airlines
have taken modest steps
to crack down on support
animals, which they say
are surging in numbers
and leading to incidents of
biting and defecating on
planes. cdispatch.com
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Friday Paper Deadline is Thursday 12:00 P.M.Deed of Trust to
certain
LEGAL NOTICES must be submitted 3Robert McKinney,
business daysTrust-
ee for the benefit of Re-
prior to first publication date
gions Bank, successor
by merger to AmSouth
Bank, which Deed of
• Please read your ad on the first day of publication.
Trust wasWe acceptin
recorded
responsibility only for the first incorrect insertion.
the office of the Chan- 0 Legals 1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick 4000 Merchandise 5000 Pets & Livestock 8000 Real Estate
• The Publisher assumes no financial responsibility foroferrors
cery Clerk nor for
Lowndes 1790 Stump Removal 4030 Air Conditioners 5100 Free Pets 8050 Commercial Property
County,
1000 Service 1800 Swimming Pools 4060 Antiques 5150 Pets 8100 Farms & Timberland
omission of copy. Liability shall not exceed the costMississippi,
of that portion of 1030 Air Conditioning & Heating
space occupied by such error. and recorded in Deed of 1830 Tax Service 4090 Appliances 5200 Horses/Cattle/Livestock 8150 Houses - Northside
Trust Book 2003 at 1060 Appliance Repair 1860 Tree Service
• All questions regarding classified ads currently 4120 Auctions 5250 Pet Boarding/Grooming 8200 Houses - East
Pagerunning should
5610 of the land be 1070 Asphalt & Paving 1890 Upholstery
directed to the Classified Department. records; and, 4150 Baby Articles 5300 Supplies/Accessories 8250 Houses - New Hope
1090 Automotive Services 1910 Welding
• All ads are subject to the approval of this paper. The Commercial 4180 Bargain Column 5350 Veterinarians 8300 Houses - South
1120 Building & Remodeling
Dispatch reserves the right to reject, revise, WHEREAS,
classify orT.cancel
Frank any 2000 Announcements 4210 Bicycles 5400 Wanted To Buy 8350 Houses - West
Collins has been substi- 1150 Carpeting/Flooring
advertising at any time. 4240 Building Materials 8450 Houses - Caledonia
tuted in the place and 1180 Childcare 2050 Card of Thanks
4250 Burial Plots
6000 Financial 8500 Houses - Other
stead of Robert McKin- 1210 Chimney Cleaning 2100 Fraternal & Lodge 6050 Business Opportunity
Advertisements must be ney, Trustee for Re- 2150 Good Things To Eat 4270 Business Furniture & 8520 Hunting Land
1240 Contractors 6100 Business Opportunity Wanted
gions Bank, successor 2200 In Memorial Equipment 8550 Investment Property
1250 Computer Services 6120 Check Cashing
paid for in advance. by merger to AmSouth
Bank, said Appoint- 1270 Electrical
1300 Excavating
2250 Instruction & School
2300 Lost & Found
4300 Camera Equipment
4330 Clothing
6150 Insurance
6200 Loans
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
ment of Substitute 4360 Coins & Jewelry 8700 Mobile Home Spaces
You may cancel at any time during regular
Trusteebusiness hours
being recorded 1320 Fitness Training 2350 Personals
4390 Computer Equipment
6250 Mortgages
8750 Resort Property
and receive a refund for days notin published.
Book 2018 at Page
16155 of the records of
1330 Furniture Repair & Refinishing 2400 Special Notices
4420 Farm Equipment & Supplies
6300 Stocks & Bonds
8800 River Property
1360 General Services 2600 Travel/Entertainment 6350 Business for Sale
the Chancery Clerk of 4450 Firewood 8850 Wanted to Buy

FREE SERVICES
1380 Housecleaning 3000 Employment
said County; and,
1390 Insulation
4460 Flea Markets 7000 Rentals 8900 Waterfront Property
WHEREAS, fee simple 3050 Clerical & Office 4480 Furniture 7050 Apartments
title is vested in Billie 1400 Insurance 3100 Data Processing/ Computer 4510 Garage Sales 7100 Commercial Property
9000 Transportation
Williams (Estate of); 1410 Interior Decorators 9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
Bargain Column Ad must fit inand,
4 lines (approximately 1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
4540 General Merchandise
4570 Household Goods
7150 Houses
7180 Hunting Land
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
20 characters per line) and will run for 3 days. For items
WHEREAS, $100
default hav- or 3200 General Help Wanted 4630 Lawn & Garden 7190 Land for Rent/Lease
1500 Locksmiths 9200 Aviation
less ONLY. More than one item may be in ing same ad,
been butinprices
made the
1530 Machinery Repair
3250 Management Positions 4660 Merchandise Rentals 7200 Mobile Homes
9250 Boats & Marine
terms and conditions of 3300 Medical/Dental
may not total over $100, no relists. said Deed of Trust and 1560 Mobile Home Services
4690 Musical Instruments 7250 Mobile Home Spaces
9300 Camper/R.V.’s
the entire debt secured
3350 Opportunity Information 4700 Satellites 7300 Office Spaces
Free Pets Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days.
thereby having been de-
clared to be due and
1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
4720 Sporting Goods
4750 Stereos & TV’s
7350 Resort Rentals
7400 River Property
9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
Lost & Found Up to 6 lines, ad willpayable in accordance
run for 6 days.
with the terms of said
1650 Pest Control
1680 Plumbing
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
4780 Wanted To Buy 7450 Rooms
7500 Storage & Garages
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
Deed of Trust, the legal 1710 Printing 3600 Sales/Marketing 9550 Wanted to Buy
These ads are taken by fax, e-mail orofin
holder saidperson
indebted- at
ness, Regions Bank,
1740 Roofing & Guttering 3650Trades
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
our office. Ads will not be take by telephone.
successor by merger to
1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers 3700Truck Driving 7600 Waterfront Property
AmSouth Bank, having
requested the under-
Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010 signed Substituted
Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010 General Services 1360 Clerical & Office 3050 General Help Wanted 3200 General Help Wanted 3200 Garage Sales: New Hope 4530
Trustee to execute the
NOTICE OF SEALED BID ROBERTSON AUTO RE- trust and sell said land Twin River Auto Sales WORK WANTED: LOCAL, FAST-paced, pro- THE COMMERCIAL Dis- THE DISPATCH HUGE GARAGE Sale!
PAIR and property in accord- 2026 1/2 College Licensed & Bonded-car- fessional company is patch is seeking a is looking for an 1791 Lake Lowndes Rd.
The Town of Artesia has 1917 MAIN STREET ance with the terms of Street pentry, painting, & de- looking for a Bookkeep- mechanically-minded in- ADVERTISING SALES 39702; Sat, 9-29-18
declared a white 98 COLUMBUS, MS 39701 said Deed of Trust and Columbus, MS 39701 molition. Landscaping, ing Assistant to help in dividual to work in its REPRESENTATIVE. 7:00am - 1:30pm; kit-
Ford Crown Victoria with TELEPHONE 662-328- for the purpose of rais- gutters cleaned, bush handling day-to-day ac- pressroom. Applicants The ideal candidate is a chen, home decor, rugs,
a 350 engine surplus 0316 ing the sums due there- September, 24, 2018 hogging, clean-up work, counting and finance must be comfortable motivated self-starter weight equip, exercise
and will start taking under, together with at- pressure washing, mov- activities. working around heavy with excellent commu- bikes, furniture, clothes
sealed bids on Monday September, 24, 2018 torney's fees, trustee's Loanmax LLC ing help & furniture machinery, adhering to nication and organiza- all sizes & more.
September 24, 2018 - fees and expense of 102 Highway 12 West repair. 662-242-3608 Responsibilities include tight deadlines and tional skills, a strong
October 8, 2018. It will Mississippi Title Loan sale. Starkville, MS 39759 Posting daily receipts must have an eye for work ethic and the abil- General Merchandise 4600
be sold as is. The bids 1915 Highway 45 North and electronic funds detail & quality. Flexible ity to relate to a wide
will be opened on Tues- Columbus, MS 39705 NOW, THEREFORE, I, T. RE: 2009 Honda Ac- Housekeeping 1380 transfers, processing hours are a must. Email range of people. Sales HOTSPRING JETSETTER
day, October 9, 2018 at Frank Collins, Substi- cord VIN# credit card payments, resume to experience is preferred, Hot Tub. Orig price
10:30 AM and will be RE: 2008 Nissan tuted Trustee in said 1HGCP26329A051871 HUDSON CLEANING reconciling bank state- mfloyd@cdispatch.com but not required. Full- $7000, asking $2500.
awarded to the highest Pathfinder VIN# Deed of Trust, will on SERVICE. Commercial ments and credit card or drop resumes off at time position includes heater & system work
bid. If you have any 5N1AR18U58C638161 the 11th day of October, Dear Sir: or Residential. Free statements as well as 516 Main St, insurance benefits, perfectly! Small leak,
questions please feel 2018, offer for sale at Quotes! Cleaning level filing and processing Columbus, MS 39701. competitive pay, paid not using due to health.
free to call 662-272- Dear Sir: public outcry and sell This letter is to advise options. Refs available. outgoing mail. No phone calls please. personal leave and op- 662-327-3518.
5104 or 662-435-2414. within legal hours (be- you that a vehicle with 662-251-0351. portunity for advance-
ing between the hours ESTIMATOR WANTED MILLERMATIC 180 wire
This letter is to advise VIN# Required Skills include for a specialty con- ment. Come join our
PUBLISH: 9/23, 9/24, you that a vehicle with of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 1HGCP26329A051871 accounts payable and creative, award-winning welder. New in box. Alu-
9/25, 9/26, 9/27, VIN# p.m.), at the Southeast was abandoned at our Lawn Care / Landscaping receivable, general
struction company in
staff. Hand deliver re- minum spool, CO2
1470 Columbus. Responsib- bottle. $1200 firm. Text
9/28, 9/30, 10/1, 5N1AR18U58C638161 Front Door of the facility. The charges on ledger and balance ilities include working sume to Beth Proffitt at
10/2, 10/3, 10/4, & was abandoned at our Lowndes County Court- this vehicle are as fol- sheet working know- 516 Main Street, only. 662-386-2915.
JESSE & BEVERLY'S with General Contract-
10/5/2018 facility. The charges on house, 505 2nd Aven- low: ledge; experience with ors & Subcontractors, Columbus or email to
this vehicle are as fol- ue North, Columbus, LAWN SERVICE. Mow- data entry, record keep- bproffitt@cdispatch.com Lawn & Garden 4630
IN THE CHANCERY Mississippi, to the ing, cleanup, landscap- ing and computer opera- performing take offs,
low: Repairs to vehicle: preparation of bids,
COURT OF LOWNDES highest and best bidder $1,100.00 ing, sodding, & tree cut- tions HAYES DAYLILLIES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI for cash the following ting. 356-6525. job management of Fall Sale Sept 28 & 29!
Towing: field employees, Medical / Dental 3300
$250.00 described property situ- Storage: Must be proficient with Everything $1!
IN THE MATTER OF THE ated in Lowndes scheduling, procuring Call 662-251-6665.
71 days @ $40 Microsoft Excel, have materials & timeline HELP WANTED
ESTATE OF Storage: County, State of Missis- $2,840.00 good customer rela-
ERNESTINE LASHUN TERRA CARE management of Wanted To Buy 4780
60 days @ $40 sippi, to-wit: Landscaping L.L.C. tions skills and ability to CARE CENTER OF
MUNSON, DECEASED projects. Require-
$2,400.00 Processing Fee: Phone: 662-549-1878 multi task. ments include com- ABERDEEN WANTED- LOOKING to
A lot or parcel of land $150.00 (certified let- Landscaping, Property
ESTATE NO. 2017- puter skills, strong buy 2BR/1BA house.
Total: located in the Southw- ters, newspaper ads, Clean Up, Plant Care, Competitive salary, re- FULL TIME LPN 7A-3P Prefer brick w/ small
0190DWC est Quarter (SW 1/4) of communication, fol-
$2,650.00 etc.) Bush Hogging, tirement and health- low-through, & people FULL TIME CNA 6A-2P yard. Move in ready.
Section 33, Township Herbicide Spraying care benefits available. PRN (as needed) CNA's Loan approved. Call Bob
SUMMONS skills. Must be ex-
You hold the title to this 18 South, Range 17 Total: tremely reliable, all shifts at 662-361-0514.
vehicle. If you wish to West, Lowndes County, $4,090.00 Please forward your re- Apply in person at
THE STATE OF MISSIS- Mississippi and being timely, organized, &
claim this vehicle, you Painting & Papering 1620 sume to Accounting Di- detail oriented with 505 Jackson St. Lost & Found Pets 5160
SIPPI may do so by calling more particularly de- You hold the title to this vision, P.O. Box 7648, positive attitude & Aberdeen
662-328-0316. scribed as follows: vehicle. If you wish to CLIFF'S PAINTING. Cliff Columbus, MS 39705 EOE FOUND BEHIND Crack-
TO: The heirs at law of Baswell. Free estim- character. Back-
claim this vehicle, you ground in construc- er Barrel. Small mixed
Ernestine LaShun Mun- If you do not wish to Beginning at the South- may do so by calling ates. Interior/Exterior General Help Wanted 3200
son, Deceased, whose tion supervision pre- poodle. Light brown col-
claim this vehicle, east corner of the 662-327-3100. work. 30 years experi- or. Call 662-327-2102.
names and addresses Southwest Quarter (SW ence. Many references. ADVANCED COLLISION ferred but not re- Truck Driving 3700
please call me and we quired. Salaried posi-
are unknown after dili- can discuss the dispos- 1/4) of Section 33, If you do not wish to 662-327-9079. Repair in Starkville is
gent search and inquiry tion with benefits & CLASS A CDL Driver Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
Township 18 South,
al of this vehicle. If I do claim this vehicle, 662-386-0006. looking for a new cus-
Range 17 West, vehicle furnished. with Truck & Lowboy
not hear from you in please call me and we tomer service manager 2BR/1BA, renovated w/
You have been made a Lowndes County, Mis- Email resume to Trailer experience to
(10) ten days from the can discuss the dispos- to add to our team! Job Central heat and air,
defendant in this suit in sissippi; thence North a job101@ load, haul, & unload
date of this letter, I will al of this vehicle. If I do SULLIVAN'S PAINT includes greeting cus- new appliances, floor-
this Court by Lou D. distance of 1406.0 feet cdispatch.com heavy construction
be forced to list the not hear from you in SERVICE tomers, answering the ing, etc. Available soon.
Dudley, Petitioner, seek- vehicle in the newspa- to an iron rod on the (10) ten days from the phone, & computer HELP WANTED – EXPER- equipment. Overnight
ing a judicial determina- Certified in lead travel required. Only Taking applications
per. The newspaper ad North right of way line of date of this letter, I will removal. Offering spe- skills. Come by & fill out IENCED HEAVY EQUIP- now. $450/Mth.
tion of the heirs-at-law will run for two weeks, Old Yorkville Road; be forced to list the an application today! MENT OPERATORS qualified applicants with
and statutory beneficiar- cial prices on interior & clean MVR, current NO HUD. Call Long &
after which this vehicle thence North 87 de- vehicle in the newspa- exterior painting, pres- 1025 Hwy 12 West NEEDED FOR LOCAL Long, 662-328-0770.
ies of Ernestine LaShun grees 10 minutes West PROJECT. MUST BE medical examiner’s cer-
Munson, deceased.
will be sold at auction per. The newspaper ad sure washing & sheet Starkville, MS 39759 tificate and no acci-
at Robertson Auto Re- along said North right of will run for two weeks, rock repairs. ABLE TO MAINTAIN & 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-
pair at the address of way line, a distance of after which this vehicle CONSTRUCTION FORE- OPERATE DOZERS AND dents need apply. Fax ments & townhouses.
You are summoned to Free Estimates resume to 662-492-
1917 Main Street, 464.19 feet to the ini- will be sold at auction Call 435-6528 MAN: 10 years heavy EXCAVATORS. Fax re- Call for more info.
appear and defend Columbus, MS on the tial point of the lot at Twin River Auto Sales field experience, med. sume to 662-492-4490 4490 or email to 662-328-8254.
against the petition filed date of Monday, Octo- herein described; at the address of 2026 to large earthwork, or email to jm.sitemast jm.sitemasters
against you in this ac- ber 8, 2018. thence North 0 degrees 1/2 College Street, Sitting With The Sick / Elderly water, sewer, storm ers@yahoo.com @yahoo.com Apts For Rent: South 7040
tion at 9:30 a.m. on the 01 minutes 29 seconds Columbus, MS 39701 drain and asphalt pav-
16th day of October, East a distance of
1780 ing projects - local. Re- WAREHOUSE POSITION, DOWNTOWN APTS:
Sincerely, on the date of Monday,
2018, in the Chancery Pat Robertson 179.88 feet to an iron October 8, 2018. sponsible for site super- FULL TIME. Driver with Furniture 4480 Very nice 1BR & 2BR
Courtroom of the NEED SOMEONE to care vision, manage cost, Class D License. Heavy
Owner pin; thence North 87 de- for your loved one? apartments available.
Lowndes County Court- grees 07 minutes 12 Sincerely, capable of getting top Lifting Required. HUGE THOMASVILLE Lease & deposit re-
house in Columbus, Years of experience. production and perform- Apply in person at
PUBLISH: 9/28, 10/5, seconds West a dis- Roger Murray Great References. Call China Cabinet. Gor- quired. Call 662-364-
Mississippi, and in case & 10/12/2018 tance of 121.40 feet; Owner ance from site person- Bell Building Supply, geous! $450.00. 1610.
of your failure to ap- Betty, 662-251-6680. nel, and take a project 402 Lampkin Street
thence South 0 de- Very good at what I do! from start up through 662-425-1661 or
pear and defend, a judg- grees 01 minute 35 PUBLISH: 9/28, 10/5, in Starkville. 662-364-1989.
ment will be entered SUBSTITUTED TRUST- completion meeting Ask for Foley or Wes.
EE'S NOTICE OF SALE seconds West a dis- & 10/12/2018
against you for the tance of 179.98 feet to deadlines. Fax resume
Stump Removal 1790
money or other things
demanded in the peti- WHEREAS, on the 31st a point on the North
to 662-492-4490 or COLUMBUS LAW firm
email to jm.sitemasters Dunn & Hemphill in
Garage Sales: New Hope 4530 It’s a classified
right of way line of said Building & Remodeling 1120
tion. day of January, 2003,
Tony Williams and Billie Old Yorkville Road;
@yahoo.com search of a legal secret-
ary/paralegal with 5 yrs 15 OLD Swan Ln. rule-of-thumb:
thence South 87 de- SUGGS CONSTRUCTION Fri & Sat, 7-11a.
You are not required to
file an answer or other
T. Williams, husband
and wife, executed a grees 10 minutes East Building, remodeling,
metal roofing, painting
CONTRACTOR SEEKING office experience pre-
experienced carpenter ferred with references. Furn, clothes, etc. We tell readers
certain Deed of Trust to along said North right of with lots of experience. Please send resume to:
pleadings but you may
do so if you desire. Robert McKinney, Trust- way line a distance of
& all home repairs.
662-242-3471 Please call: Dunn & Hemphill, what they need
ee for the benefit of Re- 121.40 feet to the ini- 662-570-9464 for info. P.O. Drawer 1426,
Such should be served
by mailing to L. Nicole gions Bank, successor tial point of the lot
ALLSTUMP GRINDING Columbus, MS 39703, 2 FAMILY garage sale. to know to buy
by merger to AmSouth herein described; and PROGRESSIVE HEAT- OR email: wddunn@ 312 Lakeover Dr E. Sat.
Clinkscales, Attorney for
Petitioner, whose ad- Bank, which Deed of containing 0.50 acres, Tom Hatcher, LLC
SERVICE
GET 'ER DONE! ING & Cooling, Inc. is marketstreetlaw.com 6a. Furniture, home de- what they need.
Trust was recorded in more or less. Subject to Custom Construction, seeking experienced cor, clothes, & baby
dress is P.O. Box 1352, We can grind all your
restrictions, reserva- Restoration, Remodel-
Columbus, Mississippi the office of the Chan- stumps. Hard to reach Ductwork installers and items.
cery Clerk of Lowndes tions, easements, cov- ing, Repair, Insurance HVAC technicians. Ap-
39703, Telephone places, blown over
enants, oil, gas or min- claims. 662-364-1769. Auctions 4120
(662) 241-0057. County, Mississippi, roots, hillsides, back- plicants must have veri-
and recorded in Deed of eral rights of record, if Licensed & Bonded yards, pastures. Free fiable work references. Sell idle items
any.
Issued under my hand Trust Book 2003 at estimates. You find it, Apply at:
and seal of said Court, Page 5610 of the land
I WILL CONVEY only General Services 1360
we'll grind it! 10155 Darracott Ac- with a quick action
this 6th day of Septem- records; and, 662-361-8379 cess Road
ber, 2018.
such title as is vested Aberdeen, MS classified ad.
WHEREAS, T. Frank in me as Substituted DUMP TRUCK Hauling Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM
Lowndes County Chan- Collins has been substi- Trustee. Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt, Tree Services 1860 Phone: 662-369-3694
tuted in the place and Grating Driveways & or 662-328-1080.
cery Court Clerk
stead of Robert McKin- WITNESS MY SIGNA- Trailer Parks. 5 yard In- A&T Tree Service
ney, Trustee for Re- TURE, this the 21st day ternational Truck holds Bucket truck & stump General Help Wanted 3200
(SEAL) BY: Shantrell W. of August, 2018. 5 tons. $225/load, Col.
Granderson gions Bank, successor removal. Free est.
by merger to AmSouth Walter, 662-251-8664. Serving Columbus
Chancery Clerk/D.C. /s/ T. Frank Collins
Bank, said Appoint- since 1987. Senior
ment of Substitute T. Frank Collins, Substi- citizen disc. Call Alvin @
PREPARED BY:
L. Nicole Clinkscales, Trustee being recorded tuted Trustee MUSIC THEORY LES- 242-0324/241-4447
in Book 2018 at Page SONS "We'll go out on a limb
Esq. MBN 99429
The Clinkscales Law 16155 of the records of SIMPSON LAW FIRM, $25 per hour for you!"
the Chancery Clerk of P.A.
Firm Attorneys at Law Chords, Scales, Modes
2125 Bell Avenue/Post said County; and, & more! Call Jimbo @
WHEREAS, fee simple P.O. Box 1410
Office Box 1352 Ridgeland, Mississippi 662-364-1687 VICKERS TREE
Columbus, Mississippi title is vested in Billie If no answer leave SERVICE, LLC
Williams (Estate of); 39158-1410 voicemail or text.
39703 (601) 957-6600 Tree trimming and re-
Tel: (662) 241-0057 and, moval. Fully insured.
Fax: (662) 241-0086 Dates of Publication: Free estimates.
Email: WHEREAS, default hav- Call Curt 662-418-0889
ing been made in the September 13, Septem- NEED A Privacy Fence?
clinkscaleslaw@gmail.c ber 20, September 27 Call me! Build or assist! or 662-549-2902
om terms and conditions of “A cut above the rest”
said Deed of Trust and and October 4, 2018 662-549-7167
the entire debt secured Call or Text.
PUBLISH: 9/13, 9/20,
& 9/27/2018 thereby having been de- Good Things To Eat 2150
clared to be due and Let your
payable in accordance RETAINER WALL, drive- YOU PICK MUSCAD-
with the terms of said fingers do the way, foundation, con- INES ARE READY!
Deed of Trust, the legal crete, masonry restora- Purple & Bronze-$8/gal.
holder of said indebted-
walking. tion, remodeling, base- Hill O' Beans Farm
Buy, sell, trade, ness, Regions Bank, Find your ment foundation, re- 456 Fernbank Rd.
or rent. successor by merger to pairs, small dump truck in Steens
AmSouth Bank, having dream job in hauling (5-6 yd) load & 662-368-1163
requested the under- the classifieds! demolition/lot cleaning. Open Mon.-Fri. 8a-5p
signed Substituted Burr Masonry Sat. 7a-12p
Trustee to execute the 662-242-0259. Call For Availability
trust and sell said land
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Apts For Rent: Other 7080
1 & 2 BR Apts for Rent.
Military & 6th Ave N.
CH&A and Owner pays
water. $350 per month,
deposit required.
662-352-4776.
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
Columbus apt available.
2BR/2BA. Call 662-
328-8655 or 662-574-
7879.
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
Columbus Office, Retail,
Restaurant Space avail-
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, able. Call 662-328-
CH&A, 1 story, W/D, 8655 or 662-574-7879.
historic district, 1 block
from downtown, $575/
mo. + $575 dep. NO
PETS. 662-574-8789.
Houses For Rent: Northside
7110
Peaceful & Quiet area.
ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA
house for rent. Big yard.
Carport. W/D hookup.
FIRST FULL MONTH Nice neighborhood.
RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- $780 per month. 155 W
room Apts/Townhomes. Thomas Dr. 3 min from
Stove & refrigerator. CAFB. 504-813-1200.
$335-$600 Monthly.
Credit check & deposit. 3BR/2BA. Fresh paint,
Coleman Realty, new carpet & appl furn.
662-329-2323. 662-251-9696.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
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Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Houses For Rent: Northside Commercial Property 8050
7110
WAREHOUSE SPACE for
3BR/2BA brick home, rent @ 1120 Hwy 69 S.
5,000sqft, heated &
RENTALS Move In Ready! 1704
cooled. 662-386-2746.
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS 7th St. N. No HUD, no
pets. 1 year lease, refs,
1 BEDROOM & dep req. Inquire about Houses For Sale: Northside
2 BEDROOMS
noise ord. $750/mo.
662-352-1382.
8150
3 BEDROOMS 2 OR 3BR, brick home,
window a/c, gas heat,
Houses For Rent: West 7150
fenced yard. Close to
LEASE,
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1,000 SF brick home shopping! $575/mo +
DEPOSIT 2BR/2BA w/appliances $350 dep. 1120 6th
AND
& D/W. CH/A. Located
in Mayhew. $565/mo. +
Ave. N. 662-352-4776.
CREDIT CHECK dep. No HUD. No Pets. RARE IN TIMBER COVE:
ONE LEVEL, 2 CAR GAR-
Call 662-327-5266.
AGE + SUNROOM. 47
662-329-2323 Sweet Gum Ln. Move In
Houses For Rent: Other 7180 Ready! $161,000.
Call for showing,
TWO PROPERTIES, COL: 662-352-1382.
2411 HWY 45 N 2BR/1BA, 7th St.S. @
15th Ave.S. $500/mo. Houses For Sale: Caledonia
COLUMBUS, MS $500 dep. Nice home,
quiet area. WD hookup. 8450
Commercial Property For 2BR/1BA, 12th Ave.N.
@ 15th St.N. $575/mo. 3BR/2BA 158 Bethle-
Rent 7100 $575 dep. Nice home, hem Rd. 1,523 sq. ft.
quiet area. WD hookup. $129,900. Call 662-
Sudoku
COMMERCIAL PROPER- 713-291-0996. 435-4188. YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Yesterday’sANSWER
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TIES/Retail/Office
Find Sudoku
Spaces starting @ 3BR/2BA brick home on YESTERDAY’S
STEENS: QUIET Living, 1.6 acres, apx 1500sqft
$285/mo. Downtown & Sudoku is a number-
East Columbus loca- custom home, big mas- with 1BR/1BA rental
ter BR, 1 reg. BR, 1 big unit currently rented for placing puzzle based on Sudoku is a number-
2 7 3 6 1 8 4 5 9
tions. 662-435-4188.
9 8 1 5 2 4 3 6 7
What agiven
BA, walk in closet, $250/mo. Fenced back-
9x9 grid with several placing puzzle based on
2018 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
CH&A, 20x20 covered yard & newly updated.
5 4 6 3 7 9 8 2 1
OFFICE SPACE: 2,000
square feet. 294 patio, 2 car garage, $110,000. Call numbers. The object a 9x9 grid with several
You’re 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
20x30 bonus room, Ap- 662-574-0082. given numbers. The object
Chubby Dr. Flexible leas-
pls Furnished. $750/ is to place the numbers 6 2 8 9 5 3 1 7 4
ing terms. Available is to place the numbers
mo + $600 damage Investment Property 8550
now. 662-328-8254.
dep. New Hope School 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 7 3 5 8 4 1 6 9 2
District. 662-574-9472. FANTASTIC ENTREPREN-
EURIAL Opportunity to Looking socolumn
that each row, each
and each 3x3 box so that each row, each
column and each 3x3 box
4 1 9 7 6 2 5 8 3
own your own home and contains the same number 1 9 4 2 8 6 7 3 5
For
be a landlord in a Great contains the same number
only once. The difficulty
Location! $115,000
Live in established mo- only once. The difficulty 8 5 2 4 3 7 9 1 6
level increases from
bile home park and let
your tenants make your
WATERFRONT 2BR/1BA mortgage payments!
In Monday to Sunday.
level increases from
Monday to Sunday.
3 6
Difficulty Level
7 1 9 5 2 4 8
9/26
in Hamilton. Direct ac- Park in New Hope (East
cess to the TENN-TOM. Columbus location) cur-
Community boat ramp. rently has 10 lots, with
Large deck overlooking options to expand. 6.3
water. Updated home acres. One 3/2 all-elec- CLASSIFIEDS
1200 sqft. CH/A. tric remodeled Mobile
$700/mo + $700 dep. Home w/new Central www.cdispatch.com
Call 662-425-0250 for H/A currently rented,
more info. storage building, and Lots & Acreage 8600
one 37’ 5th wheel
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 camper for rent, 3 TWO ELM Lake residen-
empty spaces – one of tial lots for sale. One lot
FOR RENT: Very nice which could hold your in Cork Village border-
2BR/2BA, just off Milit- own mobile home – and ing #9 fairway. Ready to
ary & Black Creek Rd. 5 lots currently rented. build on. $27000 OBO.
Quiet, respectable trail- Pictures and video avail- One large lot overlook-
er park. 662-242-6439 able for serious inquir- ing #17 green. Ready to
or 662-570-3340. ies. Owners willing to build on. $28.000 OBO.
finance with 20% down 662-889-3103.
LOTS FOR Rent in New for 12 years and no
Hope Mobile Home early payout penalty. Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
Park. $160-$200/mo, Septic and treatment
16X88 SINGLEWIDE.
will prepare site. Hurry, systems newly renov- That's right, 88 feet
only 3 lots available! ated and pumped, con-
venient to everything – long! Huge living room &
Pam, 601-310-3528. kitchen. Must see!
grocery store, clinics,
pharmacy, YMCA, Lake Only $58,900.
NICE 3BR/2BA MH in Lowndes State Park. 662-570-1375
North Columbus. Close Call/text for more info,
to schools & CAFB. Pam, 601-310-3528. 5BR/3BA. Central AC
$455/mo + $455 dep. and skirting. Delivery,
662-308-7781 or 601- Lots & Acreage 8600 set up & tie down in-
940-1397. cluded. Only $79,900.
200 ACRES timberland 662-570-1375.
RENT A fully equipped for sale. Mature saw
camper w/utilities & timber, excellent ASSUME PAYMENTS.
cable from $145/wk - hunting. Monroe County Singlewides &
$535/month. Colum- near Greenwood Doublewides available.
bus & County School Springs, MS. Small transfer fee re-
locations. 662-242- PRICED TO SELL. quired. 662-570-1375.
7653 or 601-940-1397. Call: (615) 719-8329 USED SINGLEWIDE.
Email: 14x52, 2BR/1BA. Deliv-
Commercial Property 8050 piper6626@gmail.com ery, set-up & tie down
FALL SPECIAL included. Only $15,995.
FOR LEASE. Convenient 1.95 acre lots. 662-570-1375.
store. Black Creek Good/bad credit.
Community on Military 10% down, as low as
Rd. & Blackcreek Rd. $299/mo. Eaton Land.
Ideal location. 1100 662-361-7711
sq. ft. shelving space,
200 sq. ft. grocery WOODED: 6.4 Acres in
store space & 155 sq. Oktibbeha Co, small
ft. cooler space. lake, turn left on Nich-
662-242-6439 or ols Rd, $49,900.
662-570-3340. 662-312-5184.
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Must be serviceable.
Will pay fair price. Call 12 Gumbo base
Ben, 662-329-3833. 13 Followed
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23 Fade out
24 Not drowsy
25 Flour factories
05 CHEVY Tahoe, 100k
mi. One owner, 4WD, 27 Quarrel
black & gray, non- 28 Diamond sides
smoker. $2500. 29 Major movie on a
662-883-0673.
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2012 GREY Honda 32 How a super
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seats, super clean, may live
9 Cardinal 31 Flies and gnats
exc. cond. 130,000 36 Intolerant sort
miles. $11,500 OBO. 11 Publicity act 33 Hindu hero
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ones, usually
200,000 miles 18 Having a shiny 36 Jay-Z specialty
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coat 37 Sports drink
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Campers & RVs 9300 43 Head features
20 Homer’s son 38 Pool need
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located on Wilkins Wise 22 Put in stitches
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