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‘Justice’ has new home in Clay County

New $4 million complex houses circuit, justice courts
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN “That was more insightful than I am,” Kitch-
ialtman@cdispatch.com ens remembered Thursday. “I wouldn’t have
thought of that. Here’s this second or third
WEST POINT
grader saying, ‘This is where justice lives,’ and I
— About 17 years
thought, ‘He’s encapsulated the short answer.’”
ago when Judge
If that’s the case, then justice has a new home
Jim Kitchens first
became a judge for in Clay County, where Thursday officials cut
the 16th Circuit the ribbon on a new court complex in downtown
District, he gave a West Point, which will serve as headquarters
group of elementa- for both circuit and justice courts in the county.
ry students a tour Kitchens Davis “I’m very excited,” said R.B. Davis, president
of the Clay County Courthouse. of the board of supervisors. “Our entire board
He asked them if they knew why it was called is so excited to be able to open this facility. It’s Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Clay County Circuit Clerk-elect Kim Hood speaks with Circuit Judge
a courthouse — expecting them, he said, to give going to be a great asset to the community.”
Lee Howard, who sits in his bench at Clay County’s new court complex
the answer that it was where court takes place. The county financed a $4 million lease-pur- in downtown West Point on Thursday. The complex is a $4 million proj-
Instead, one child said: “Because this is chase agreement with Golden Triangle Plan- ect to purchase and renovate the former Pass-In-On building on Main
where justice lives.” See Clay County, 6A Street and will house the county’s circuit and justice court offices.

Two more
‘We’ve got to start looking qualify for
at what people can do’
Ward 1 seat
Lowery, Sanders swell
candidate field to eight
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com

COLUMBUS — A
pair of lifelong South-
side residents have
joined the crowded
race for the Ward 1
city council seat.
Nedra D. Lowery
and Anthony Sanders
qualified for the race Lowery
this week, joining
six other candidates
— Trent Bush, Pat-
rick Holmes, Tom-
my Jackson, Carolyn
Green Sherrod, Ethel
Taylor Steward and
Liz Terry — for the
Sept. 24 special elec- Sanders
tion. The winner of
the race will fill the unexpired term
of Councilman Gene Taylor, who
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff died Aug. 5.
Barbara Harrell, right, takes a picture of fellow special education teacher Kimberly Sellers, left, and autism advo- Lowery, 35, is director of train-
cate Temple Grandin, center, at a book signing after Grandin’s speech at the Creating Your Own Path: Successful ing and marketing at McDonald’s.
Transitions For Persons with Autism conference Thursday at The Mill at MSU Conference Center. The mother of two said she feels
she brings a new mindset to the po-
Longtime autism advocate Temple Grandin “If it’s transitioning from the
classroom to the lunchroom, or
sition.
“What I would like to bring, not
stresses practical skills at annual conference from elementary to middle school,
or from school to college or a job or
only to Ward 1, but to the city, is a
new direction,” Lowery said. “It’s a
By Tess Vrbin whatever, new things are hard for new mindset. It’s time to revive our
the home, on a schedule, where
tvrbin@cdispatch.com them,” said Dollar, whose 28-year- city. I’ve lived all my life in Ward 1.
someone else is the boss” by the
old son is on the autism spectrum. My children live here and I want my

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lbert Einstein, Steve Jobs,
Thomas Edison and other
renowned innovative minds
were probably on the autism
spectrum and would be in special
education programs in today’s
school system, autism advocate
Temple Grandin said Thursday in
a speech before a packed ballroom
at The Mill Conference Center in
Starkville.
Thomas Edison learned how to
work at a young age, Grandin said,
and children with autism can lay
the groundwork for success in life
by learning to “do a task, outside
age of 11 or 12.
Grandin, 72, is one of the first
people on the autism spectrum to
share her personal experiences of
autism with the public. She was the
keynote speaker at Mississippi’s
fifth annual Creating Your Own
Path: Successful Transitions For
Persons with Autism.
A “transition” in the autism
community usually means from
childhood to adulthood, but the
conference seeks to address all
transitions across an entire lifes-
pan, said Pam Dollar, executive
director of the Mississippi Coalition
for Citizens with Disabilities.
“Because of the sensory issues they
deal with, when you have a new
environment or situation, (they’re)
dealing with the unknown.”
The Mississippi Statewide
Autism Training Initiative hosts
the daylong conference that also
features small group discussions on
a variety of topics of education for
people with autism and their family
members. The initiative began in
2012 and is a partnership between
the state Department of Mental
Health and the Mississippi Coali-
tion for Citizens with Disabilities.
See Grandin, 3A
grandchildren to live here, too.”
Lowery said her key areas of
focus as a council member will be
bringing more retail businesses to
the city, combating crime and sup-
porting education.
“Those three things are my main
areas of focus because I believe all
three are necessary for us to change
the direction of the city,” she said.
Sanders, 50, is a public works
employee for the city.
He said he hopes to continue the
work of Taylor, his former opponent
in previous council races.
“I actually ran against Gene Tay-
lor a couple of times,” Sanders said.
“Even so, I always respected what
he did for Ward 1, and I’d like to
See Ward 1, 6A

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Did you hear? “It’s time for the outside authorities to come in and investigate ...”
Watchdog: Comey violated FBI Mark Belenchia, the Mississippi leader of the Survivors Network of
those Abused by Priests. Belenchia is calling for an investigation
into allegations from three black Mississippi men who say they were

policies in handling of memos molested by Franciscan friars in the mid-1990s. Story 5B.

White House: current FBI employees —

Former FBI
director ‘proven
and the many thousands
more former FBI employ-
ees — who similarly have
Florida preps for an ‘absolute
monster’: Hurricane Dorian
access to or knowledge of
non-public information,”
liar and leaker’ the report said.
The report is the sec-
By ERIC TUCKER ond in as many years to
The Associated Press National Hurricane
WASHINGTON — For-
criticize Comey’s actions
as FBI director, following a
separate inspector general Center: Storm expected Atmospheric battle will determine
where Dorian hits Florida
mer FBI Director James
Comey violated FBI pol-
rebuke for decisions made
during the investigation
to strengthen and slam
icies in his handling of
memos documenting pri-
into Hillary Clinton’s use
of a private email server. It
into the U.S. on Monday BY SETH BORENSTEIN
vate conversations with
President Donald Trump,
is one of multiple inspector
general investigations un-
somewhere between AP Science Writer

It’s a battle of mammoth meteorological forces, and at stake is where

the Justice Department’s
inspector general said
Thursday.
The watchdog office
said Comey broke bureau
rules by giving one memo
containing unclassified in-
formation to a friend with
instructions to share the
contents with a reporter.
Comey also failed to re-
turn his memos to the FBI
after he was dismissed in
May 2017, retaining copies
of some of them in a safe
at home, and shared them
with his personal lawyers
without permission from
the FBI, the report said.
“By not safeguarding
sensitive information ob-
tained during the course of
his FBI employment, and
by using it to create public
pressure for official action,
Comey set a dangerous ex-
ample for the over 35,000
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the Florida Keys and
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
and ELLIS RUA
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MIAMI — Unsure where Hur-
ricane Dorian is going to land
over Labor Day weekend, many
Florida residents faced a sense of
helplessness as they prepared for
what President Donald Trump said
could be an “absolute monster” of
a storm.
“All indications are it’s going
to hit very hard and it’s going to
be very big,” Trump said in a vid-
eo he tweeted Thursday evening,
comparing Dorian to Hurricane
Andrew, which devastated South
Florida in 1992.
The National Hurricane Center
said the Category 2 storm is ex-
pected to strengthen into a poten-
tially catastrophic Category 4 with
winds of 130 mph and slam into the
U.S. on Monday somewhere be-
tween the Florida Keys and south-
ern Georgia — a 500-mile stretch
that reflected the high degree of
uncertainty this far out.
“If it makes landfall as a Cate-
gory 3 or 4 hurricane, that’s a big
deal,” said University of Miami hur-
ricane researcher Brian McNoldy.
“A lot of people are going to be af-
fected. A lot of insurance claims.”
With the storm’s track still un-
clear, no immediate mass evacua-
tions were ordered. Along Florida’s
east coast, local governments be-
gan distributing sandbags, shop-
Hurricane Dorian strikes the United States.
Four days before the system is expected to come ashore, Dorian
could hit practically anywhere in Florida because the weather forces
that will determine its path have not yet had their showdown, meteorol-
ogists said. As of Thursday, the National Hurricane Center had practi-
cally all of eastern Florida in a cone of uncertainty, meaning the entire
region was at risk.
Forecasters are fairly confident about one thing: Dorian will be pow-
erful.
With 86-degree water as fuel and favorable moist winds, there’s little
to prevent the storm from powering up Friday. On top of that, the warm-
er-than-normal water is running deeper than usual, adding more fuel.
The hurricane center predicts Dorian will make landfall on Labor Day
as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds.
Stacy Stewart, a senior hurricane specialist at the center, said there’s
a chance for a “fairly dramatic” change in storm direction on Saturday
based on what’s happening in the atmosphere and the storm altering its
own environment, helping to steer its own path.
pers rushed to stock up on food, billing, is going through a divorce
plywood and other emergency and recently moved from the Phil-
supplies at supermarkets and hard- adelphia-area. She said she is not
ware stores, and motorists topped sure what to expect and is prepar-
off their tanks and filled gasoline ing to spend her very first hurri-
cans. Some fuel shortages were re- cane alone.
ported in the Cape Canaveral area. “I just moved here, so I’m lost,”
Josefine Larrauri, a retired trans- she said with a blank expression
lator, went to a Publix supermarket on her face, after grabbing a cou-
in Miami only to find empty shelves ple of water bottles from a scant-
in the water section.
ly-stocked shelf. “I don’t know what
“I feel helpless because the
I’m going to do.”
whole coast is threatened,” she
Tiffany Miranda of Miami
said. “What’s the use of going all
the way to Georgia if it can land Springs waited well over 30 minutes
there?” in line at BJ’s Wholesale Club in
In Vero Beach, about 140 miles Hialeah to buy hurricane supplies.
(225 kilometers) up the coast from Some 50 vehicles were bumper-
Miami, Lauren Harvey, 51, scoured to-bumper, waiting to fill up at the
store’s 12 gas pumps.
the aisles of a nearby supermarket
in search for non-perishable food “You never know with these hur-
items that could last her through- ricanes. It could be good, it could
out the storm. be bad. You just have to be pre-
Harvey, who works in medical pared,” she said.

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Clay Jr.; son, Junior
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State court sends black man’s Alabama governor

disputed murder case back
Lawyer for Curtis Flowers’ defense will ask judge
to set bail once Thursday’s ruling is followed by a
written mandate in 21 days
The Associated Press
JACKSON — The Mississippi
Supreme Court is sending the case
of a man tried six times for murder
back to a local court after the U.S.
Supreme Court found racial bias in
jury selection.
Thursday’s ruling overturning
the verdict was a formality after the
U.S. Supreme Court overturned the
conviction of Curtis Flowers in June.
Prosecutors say Flowers killed four
people in a Winona furniture store in
1996, and he was sentenced to death
in 2010 after his sixth trial.
It’s unclear whether Montgom-
ery County District Attorney Doug
Evans will seek to try Flowers a
seventh time. Evans is unopposed
in his reelection bid this year for an
eighth four-year term in a district
that includes seven rural Mississippi
counties. Evans has said he remains
confident of Flowers’ guilt, as have
some relatives of victims.
Rob McDuff, a lawyer now lead-
ing Flowers’ defense, said he will ask
a judge to set bail for Flowers once
Thursday’s ruling is followed by a
written mandate in 21 days.
Many Mississippi judges are re-
luctant to grant bail to defendants in
cases where the death penalty is on
the line. But a little-known state law
says a judge must set bail in cases
where there have been two mistrials
on an indictment charging someone
with a capital crime. Two of Flowers’
trials ended in mistrials after hung
juries.
The case began July 16, 1996,
when four people were found shot
to death inside Tardy Furniture
in downtown Winona: 59-year-old
owner Bertha Tardy and three em-
ployees — 45-year-old Carmen Rig-
by, 42-year-old Robert Golden and
16-year-old Derrick “Bobo” Stewart.
Defense attorneys could also seek
to remove Evans and state court
Judge Joseph Loper from the case.
apologizes for wearing
blackface in college
The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey
apologized Thursday for wearing blackface decades
ago, becoming the latest politician to face scrutiny
over racially insensitive photos and actions from
their university days.
Ivey, 74, issued the apology after a 1967 radio
interview surfaced in which her now-ex-husband
describes her actions at Auburn University, where
she was vice president of the student government
association.
“I offer my heartfelt apologies for the pain and
embarrassment this causes, and I will do all I can
— going forward — to help show the nation that the
Alabama of today is a far cry from the Alabama of the
1960s,” Ivey said.
Ivey released a recording of the college radio in-
terview she and then-fiance Ben LaRavia gave. In the
interview, LaRavia describes Ivey as wearing cover-
alls and “black paint all over her face” while pretend-
ing to search for used cigars on the ground in a skit at
the Baptist Student Union party. The skit was called
“Cigar Butts.” No other details of the skit were given.

Grandin
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Dollar is a member of
a task force that provides
free training all over the
state for anyone who
is looking for “a good
foundational knowledge
around autism,” she said.
Fostering skills
In addition to being
internationally known
for autism advocacy,
Grandin is a professor of
animal science at Colora-
do State University and
an animal behavior con-
sultant to the livestock
industry.
“Students get inter-
ested in stuff they get
exposed to,” Grandin
said in her speech. “I got
into the cattle industry as
a person from a non-ag
background because I
went out into my aunt’s
ranch and I got exposed
to beef cattle at age 15
and I was cleaning horse
stalls at about the same
age.”
The 2010 film “Temple
Grandin” is based on
two of her books about
living with autism and
depicts her work in the
1960s and 1970s to make
the handling of livestock
more humane.
She has no working
memory, so any task
involving a sequence ini-
tially requires a checklist
because “long strings of
verbal information do not
work, period,” she said.
People with autism
can be verbal, visual or
mathematical thinkers,
and each have different
skill sets that families
and educators can foster
if they try, Grandin said.
Kimberly Sellers and
Barbara Harrell, both
high school special edu-
cation teachers, drove to
Starkville from Houston,
Texas to hear Grandin
speak and wait in line at
her book signing after
the speech. Many of their
students with autism do
not have hands-on jobs
like the ones Grandin de-
scribed, they both said.
“We’re trying to gain
knowledge to go back
and share with our com-
munity,” Sellers said.
Grandin emphasized
helping students with
autism become lifelong
learners, and that should
be the goal beyond just
helping them pass tests,
Harrell said.
The conference has
not had many out-of-state
attendees in years past,
Dollar said, but “Temple
is a big draw.”
When Dollar’s son was
diagnosed with autism
26 years ago, much of
the published informa-
tion about the disorder
focused on intellectual
disability and possible
institutionalization, she
said.
“It was a really, really
bleak picture that was
being painted, and this
was coming from nation-
al organizations,” Dollar
said.
She started reading in-
dividual success stories,
including Grandin’s book
“Emergence: Labeled
Autistic,” to find reassur-
ance.
“It was very encourag-
ing to me, and it gave me
hope for my son,” Dollar
said. “Hers was one of
the stories that made me
realize that the future’s
not as grim as some were
reporting at that time.”
Ivey and LaRavia were married for a short time
and later divorced.
Ivey said Thursday that she did not remember the
skit, but “will not deny what is the obvious.”
“As such, I fully acknowledge — with genuine
Hands-on learning autism can and should
remorse — my participation in a skit like that back
do in order to thrive. His
Grandin said she when I was a senior in college.”
high school teachers did
hoped her speech gave Ivey’s press secretary, Gina Maiola, said Auburn
not give him hands-on
the audience practical University brought the recording to the attention of
activities, and the only
ways for people with au- the governor’s office, which decided to release it pub-
career options he seemed
tism to be successful. She licly.
to have were construction
recalled working with
and fast food jobs. He had
people in the livestock
industry who made a reached “the cliff,” which
living in skilled trades, Grandin mentioned in
and many of them had her speech, the lack of
disorders like autism, resources for people with
dyslexia and attention autism after they finish
deficit hyperactivity high school.
disorder, she said. The Institute for
“I think one of the Disability Studies at the
worst things that schools
University of Southern
have done is take hands-
Mississippi provided
on classes out (of the cur-
those options, and Carley
riculum),” Grandin said.
now works for IDS and
“This starts with kids
was in charge of its booth
using scissors to make
at the conference. People
paper snowflakes. Kids
are just not doing hands- with autism need skills
and resources to become
on things. It teaches
practical problem-solving self-sufficient, he said.
skills.” “Even though you
Retaining and bring- need family and friends’
ing back classes such as support, having indepen-
woodworking, welding, dence makes you feel like
art, cooking and music you’re on top of the world
should happen one school and you’re your own indi-
at a time, not as a result vidual,” Carley said.
of structural change, she
said.
People tend to expect
a person with autism to
be unable to do certain
things, she said. But
that’s the wrong way to
view the situation.
“We’ve got to start
looking at what people
can do,” Grandin said. “I
really like what Stephen
Hawking had to say.
He basically said ‘Con-
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4A Friday, August 30, 2019
Slimantics
I’m not benefiting
from Reeves’ 50 tax
cuts. Are you?
Every now and then,
Gov. Phil Bryant says
more than he intends.
You’ll find no better ex-
ample of this than Bryant’s
comments in support of Lt.
Gov. Tate Reeves during
his campaign for governor.
Since March, Reeves
has been the presumed
favorite in the race,
primarily for two reasons.
First, he’s next in the line Slim Smith
of succession in a state
where the Republican
Party has established something very close to a
political monopoly. Second, Reeves has tapped into
the bottomless well of corporate donors who have
aligned themselves with the state’s GOP establish-
ment.
Reeves had almost $7 million in his war chest
to spend on securing the GOP nomination. As it
turned out, he needed almost every penny of it to
turn back the challenge of Bill Waller, Jr. in this
week’s GOP runoff.
The difficulty of Reeves’ fight to win the party’s
nomination reveals much about Reeves. He’s been
in public office for 16 years, the last eight as Lt.
Governor, long considered the most powerful posi-
tion in state politics. Lt. Governors in Mississippi
preside over the Senate and Reeves didn’t mere-
ly preside, he ruled. Whatever the state senate
has done over the past eight years was either by
Reeves’ bidding or his approval.
Therein lies the problem.
What does he have to show for those eight
years?
Name an area where our state has really made
progress. Record unemployment, maybe? The
state’s unemployment rate is still among the
highest in the nation. Meanwhile, the state’s GDP
growth rate is 47th. No matter where you look,
Mississippi continues to slog around near the
bottom.
So what’s Reeves got?
Uh. Well. Hmmm.
Oh yeah. He cut taxes, lots and lots of taxes.
And this is where Gov. Bryant steps comically
into the picture, to “help.”
“Under the leadership of Tate Reeves, we’ve cut
taxes 50 times since 2011!” Bryant boasts.
Well, that’s interesting.
I do not recall getting 50 tax cuts. Do you?
Has your standard of living improved since
2011? Great if it has, but I wonder: How much, if
any, of that can be attributed to those 50 tax cuts,
do you think?
Just think of it. Fifty tax cuts over the past 96
months or so. That’s almost two tax cuts a month.
Remarkable. That must mean millions of dollars,
maybe even billions, have been removed from the
state’s general fund and returned to, uh...come to
think of it, where DID all that money go?
Have you people been getting thousands and
thousands of dollars from these tax cuts on the
down low?
How did I miss out on this gravy train?
All I know is that I’m not getting my fair share
of those millions/billions.
But I’m not alone.
This week, House Speaker Philip Gunn told
the Columbus Rotary Club that the state allocated
almost 42 percent – $2.5 billon – of its $6 billion
budget to fund K-12 education. That sounds im-
pressive, right?
Be careful when people use statistics. As Mark
Twain noted: “Facts are stubborn things, but sta-
tistics are pliable.”
Forty-two percent is the statistic. The fact that
matters is $6 billion and it’s a big reason why Mis-
sissippi spends less on education than almost all
other states and will continue to do so. There just
isn’t enough money to do right by education – or
by most other things, for that matter.
Republicans like Reeves and Bryant like to brag
about low taxes and judicious spending.
But my taxes – and yours, I suspect – were
pretty low before all of those 50 tax cuts. We’re not
getting the benefit of those tax cuts as far as I can
tell, but we’re sure paying the price on the other
end in terms of diminished services or under-fund-
ed schools, beat up roads and rickety bridges.
Most people like to get pay raises and will work
hard to get them.
Not Mississippi, though.
It will stay poor and ignorant and proud, thank
you very much.
At a time when most states have expanded their
budgets, broadened their horizons and invest-
ed in the future of their state and their people,
Mississippi’s leaders are hiding over in the corner
somewhere, jealously guarding their nickels and
snarling at anyone who thinks, just maybe, taxes
are necessary if we’re every going to get off the
bottom.
Tate Reeves cut somebody’s taxes. Repeatedly,
Bryant says.
Fine.
Let those people vote for Reeves.
The rest of us would like something a little
better.
Slim Smith is a columnist and feature writer for
The Dispatch. His email address is ssmith@cdis-
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Let them howl, Boris!
Facing a Parliamen- in Italy, brought down ble to the Egyptian army, which
tary majority opposed his own government to executed a coup that led to new
to a hard Brexit — a force new elections he elections and the installation of the
crashing out of the EU felt he would win. His present ruler and former general
if Britain is not offered ambition is to take the Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
a deal she can live with leadership not only of In 2014 came the protests in
— Boris Johnson took Italy but of the Europe- Maidan Square that led to the
matters into his own an populist right. ouster of the pro-Russian govern-
hands. Salvini’s boldness ment in Kiev and loss of Crimea.
He went to the backfired when the This year saw mass demonstra-
Queen at Balmoral and League’s ex-partner tions in Puerto Rico bring down
got Parliament “pro- in the government, the government in San Juan. In
rogued,” suspended, Patrick J. Buchanan the leftist Five Star France, the Yellow Vest move-
from Sept. 12 to Oct. Movement, joined ment, rebelling against a fuel tax
14. That’s two weeks before the the Democratic Party to form a Emmanuel Macron imposed to
Oct. 31 deadline Johnson has set new government from which the cut carbon emissions, flooded the
for Britain’s departure. League is excluded. streets for months, demonstrating,
The time his opposition in Yet Salvini, too, is in the mold of rioting, even vandalizing the heart
Parliament has to prevent a crash Trump and Vladimir Putin, who, of Paris to get it repealed.
out of the European Union has just when he saw a U.S.-backed coup Then there is Hong Kong,
been sliced in half. His adversaries take down the pro-Russian pres- a city of 7 million claimed by a
are incensed. ident in Ukraine, seized Crimea, China of 1.4 billion, where scores
The speaker of the House of home port of Russia’s Black Sea of thousands, even millions, have
Commons called Johnson’s action fleet since the 18th century. protested, blocked streets, shut
“a constitutional outrage.” John- These leaders are men of action down businesses and closed the
son’s Tory Party leader in Scotland not words. And their countrymen airport.
resigned. Labor Party Leader are cheering their decisiveness. The Hong Kong demonstrators
Jeremy Corbyn said Parliament India’s Narendra Modi is in the are demanding what the 13 colo-
will start legislating Tuesday to mold. After reelection, he revoked nies demanded: freedom, liberty,
block Johnson. There is talk of Article 370 of India’s constitution independence. But as Xi Jinping
a no-confidence vote in the Tory that guaranteed special rights is very much an authoritarian auto-
government. to the Muslim-majority in Kash- crat, the protesters are pushing
One recalls the counsel Benja- mir, a state over which India and their luck.
min Jowett, Master of Balliol, gave Pakistan have fought two wars. To What motivates the democratic
his students: Never retract, never effect the annexation of Kashmir, protesters and what propels the
explain, just do it and let them Modi sent thousands of troops into rise and welcome reception of the
howl! For Johnson has done what the disputed territory, imposed a autocrats, the men of action, is not
he was chosen, and pledged, to do. curfew, shut down the internet and all that dissimilar.
Though he lacks a majority for arrested political leaders. It is impatience, a sense that
a “no-deal Brexit,” his suspension When Prime Minister Imran the regime is out of touch, that it
of Parliament keeps faith with the Khan asked Trump to intervene on does not reflect or respond to what
hardline Tories who put their trust Pakistan’s behalf, Trump, meeting people want, that it is torpid and
in him — that he would honor his with Modi at the G-7, called it a cannot act decisively, that it does
commitment to get done by Octo- matter between the two countries. not “get things done,” that it is
ber’s end what the British people While autocrats appear ascen- tedious and boring.
voted to do in 2016. dant, there is another phenomenon Part of Trump’s appeal to his
Whatever may be said of him, of our time: popular uprisings and base is that people sense he feels
Johnson has shown himself as mass demonstrations as shortcuts exactly as they do. And they
a man of action, a risk-taker, a to political change. readily understand why Trump
doer, like Trump, who has hailed These began to flourish with would not want to sit down at a G-7
Johnson for the suspension. And the Arab Spring in Tunisia and gathering and gas endlessly about
leaders like Johnson are today Egypt in 2011, the latter of which climate change.
shouldering aside the cookie-cut- brought down President Hosni Patrick J. Buchanan, a nation-
ter politicians to dominate the Mubarak after 30 years in power. ally syndicated columnist, was a
world stage. The Cairo revolution and subse- senior advisor to presidents Richard
Matteo Salvini, interior minis- quent election brought to power Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald
ter, leader of the League party, and Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Reagan. His website is http://bu-
the most popular political figure Brotherhood. This was intolera- chanan.org/blog.
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Disappointed in Trump’s performance Another issue best considered by a forum like the
G-7 is how to deal with China’s unfair trade practices.
I am disappointed at President Trump’s perfor-
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the world in general. It now seems clear that Presi-
bus and the US is my main concern but that life is not
isolated from a complex world with equally complex dent Trump’s tariffs are not, by themselves, going to
bring about a solution. Coordinated action among the
problems. My sense is that most of these problems
can only be adequately addressed through a coopera- various members of the G-7 as well as by other coun-
tries are likely the only path to success. Too bad — it
tion among major world governments.
Unfortunately, the G-7 was really a G-6, perhaps was not one of the many schedule topics there.
There can be little question that the potential
best demonstrated by the President’s absence at
the meeting focused on climate change. The White of the G-7 was handicapped by President Trump’s
all-but-abdication of the former US role as world lead-
House said he was “attending previously scheduled
bilateral meetings with the leaders of Germany and er. America alone is not necessarily America first.
Meanwhile, the Amazon burns.
India.” This could not have been true; both leaders
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Obituaries
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Arthur Jackson
COLUMBUS — Ar-
thur Jackson, 76, died
Aug. 23, 2019, at Vine-
yard Court Nursing
Center.
Services will be at
noon Saturday at Car-
ter’s Funeral Services,
with Alonzo Holmes offi-
ciating. Visitation will be
two hours prior to the
services at the funeral
home. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Jackson was born
Feb. 3, 1943, in Craw-
ford, to the late Walker
Jackson and Melvina
Jackson. He was former-
ly employed with Kanka-
kee Housing Authority.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his siblings,
Haden Jackson, Eddie
Jackson, Essie Jackson,
Lilly Bell Tate, Willie
Jackson, Walker Jack-
son Jr. and Susanna
Barnett.
He is survived by his
children, Raymond Wal-
ters Jackson of Colum-
bus, Carolyn Holmes
of Defuniak Springs,
Florida, and Kimberly
Jackson-Woodard-of
Hambolt, Tennessee;
siblings, John H. Jack-
son, Lauree Williams,
Henrietta Stallings,
Sweety Kinnon, Jose-
phine Cooley, Lizzie
Samuels and Martha
Parker; three grand-
children; and two
great-grandchildren.
Pamela Stephenson
COLUMBUS — Pa-
mela L. Stephenson, 45,
died Aug. 27, 2019, in
Columbus.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Sunday at Carter’s
Funeral Services Chap-
el. Burial will follow at
New Hope Cemetery.
Visitation will be from
3-6 p.m. Saturday at the
funeral home. Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Ms. Stephenson was
born May 8, 1974, in Co-
lumbus, to Claudester
Stephenson and the late
Easter Lee Stephenson.
In addition to her fa-
ther, she was preceded
in death by her brother,
Carl White.
In addition to her
mother, she is survived
by her siblings, Anita
Harris, Wyzetta Ste-
phenson, Tony Stephen-
son, Bennie Stephen-
son, Oswald Stephenson
and Jimmy Stephenson,
all of Columbus, Aman-
da Butler and James
Stephenson, both of
Indianapolis, Indiana,
Billie Sue Bradley and
Ozella Bradley, both of
Warren, Ohio, Mary
Thomas of Huntsville,
Alabama, and Lynn
Stephenson of Rockford,
Illinois.
Jimmie Bankhead
COLUMBUS — Jim-
mie Lee “Bull” Bank-
head, 81, died Aug. 16,
2019, at his residence.
Services will be at 2
p.m. Saturday at Fourth
Street M.B. Church,
with the Rev. Jimmy
Rice officiating. Burial
will follow at Lawrence
Cemetery. Visitation is
from noon-6 p.m. Friday
at Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Bankhead was
born March 15, 1938,
in Starkville, to the late
Sylvester and Viola
Bankhead. He was
formerly employed as a
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bus driver with Oktibbe-
ha County Schools.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
daughter, Hilda Poe;
siblings, Martha Chan-
dler, Pearlie Warren
and Mary Bankhead;
one grandchild; and one
great-grandchild.
He is survived by his
wife, Minnie Bankhead
of Columbus, children,
Mary Weston, Sarah
Harrison, Michelle
Bankhead, Vickie Bank-
head, Tericka Bank-
head, Telisha Bank-
head, Jimmie Bankhead
Jr., Nathaniel Bankhead
and Derrick Bankhead,
all of Columbus; sib-
lings, Eddie Bankhead
of Macon, Betty Wicks,
Willie James Bankhead
and Lubertha Neal, all
of Starkville; 32 grand-
children; 59 great-grand-
children; and three
great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers will be
Doncarlos Bankhead,
Cedrick Bankhead,
Fredrick Bankhead,
Jerome Neal, Charles
Hogan and Willie Ho-
gan.
Annie Johnson
COLUMBUS — An-
nie Ruth Johnson, 68,
died Aug. 23, 2019, at
Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Services
will be at 11
a.m. Satur-
day at New Johnson
Baptist
Temple M.B. Church,
with the Rev. L.A. Gard-
ner officiating. Burial
will follow at the church
cemetery. Visitation is
from noon-6 p.m. Friday
at Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Johnson was
born Sept. 3, 1950, in
Columbus, to the late
Willie George Smith
and Annie Smith. She
was formerly employed
with Johnston Tombig-
bee Furniture.
In addition to her par-
ents, she was preceded
in death by her siblings,
Larry Smith Sr., Pearl-
ie J. Bluitt and Nelda
Smith.
She is survived by
her husband, Johnny
J. Johnson; stepson,
Maurice Johnson; and
siblings, Brenda Dixon
of Starkville, Barbara
Johnson, Dorothy McK-
instry, J.W. Smith, Little
Archie Bluitt, Archie
Lee Smith, Elain Holli-
ness and Tony Bonner,
all of Columbus.
Rosie Brown
WEST POINT —
Rosie Mae Brown, 81,
died Aug. 21, 2019, at
Windsor Place Nursing
and Rehab Cemetery.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Saturday at First
Baptist Cedar Bluff
Church in Cedar Bluff,
with Will D. Hill Jr. offi-
ciating. Burial will follow
at Cedar Bluff Ceme-
tery. Visitation will be
from 3-6 p.m. Friday at
Carter’s Mortuary Ser-
vices Chapel. Carter’s
Mortuary Services of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Brown was born
Feb. 10, 1938, in clay
County, to the late Leon
and Willie Bell Quinn.
She is survived by
her sister, Dorothy
Townsend of Cedar
Bluff.
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T.C. Phillips
COLUMBUS — T.C.
Phillips, 55, died Aug.
23, 2019, at Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Services
will be at
11 a.m.
Saturday
at West Phillips
Lowndes
High School, with the
Rev. Maurice Williams
officiating. Burial will
follow at Wicks Cem-
etery. Visitation is
from 3-8 p.m. Friday at
Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Phillips was born
Oct. 24, 1963, in Colum-
bus, to the late Calvin
and Pressive Phillips.
He was a graduate of
Motley High School
and was formerly
employed with the
Country Store and the
Lowndes County Road
Department.
He is survived by his
son, Domingo Turner
of Columbus; siblings,
Della Phillips, Robert
Phillips and Herman
Phillips, all of Colum-
bus, Juanita Phillips of
Union Town, Alabama,
Calvin Phillips Jr. of
Pearl, Alonzo Phillips
and Adolph Phillips,
both of Crawford; and
one grandchild.
Pallbearers will
be John Bankhead,
Ben Deloach, John
Fields, John Harris,
Larry Jones and Darby
Stovall.
Clara Rice
COLUMBUS —
Clara Lee Rice, 77,
died Aug. 25, 2019, in
Columbus.
Services
will be
at 2 p.m.
Saturday
at Concord
Inde-
pendent
Methodist
Rice
Church,
with the Rev. Walter
Lowery Sr. officiating.
Burial will follow at
the church cemetery.
Visitation is from noon-
5 p.m. Friday at Cen-
tury Hairston Funeral
Home. Century Hair-
ston Funeral Home of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Rice was born
June 5, 1942, in Co-
lumbus, to the late
Dave Saffore and Adell
Smith Saffore. She was
formerly employed as a
CNA.
She is survived by
her children, Emmitt
Rice Jr., Ellen Hug-
gins, Mary James and
Betty Deanes, all of
Bloomingdale, Georgia,
and Edward Rice of
Columbus; brothers,
Washington Saffore of
Columbus and Johnny
Saffore of Richmond,
Virginia; sisters, Adline
Hargrove and Easter
Bonner, both of Co-
lumbus; and a host of
grandchildren.
Karl Baker
STARKVILLE — Karl
E. Baker, 56, died Aug.
25, 2019, in Starkville.
Services will be at
2 p.m. Saturday at Mt.
Peiler M.B. Church.
Burial will follow at Mt.
Peiler Cemetery II.
Visitation is from 1-6
p.m. Friday at West Me-
morial Funeral Home.
West Memorial Funeral
Home of Starkville is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
He is survived by
his parents, David
Baker and Ruth B.
Mosley; sons, Prentis
J. Young and Konti-
ki Miles; daughters,
Tierra Henderson, Tyra
Lauryn Bradford and
Lalia Brownlee; brother,
Fred Rice; and sisters,
Ann Akins, Rita Baker,
Wanda Baker and Linda
Gwin.
Tommy Woolbright
Visitation:
Saturday, Aug. 31 • 9:30-10:45 AM
2nd Ave. North Location
Graveside Services:
Saturday, Aug. 31 • 11 AM
Friendship Cemetery
Sherri Matson
Visitation:
Saturday, Aug. 31 • 10-11 AM
Faith Lutheran Church
Services:
Saturday, Aug. 31 • 11 AM
Faith Lutheran Church
Burial
Memorial Gardens
2nd Ave. North Location
memorialgunterpeel.com
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Clara Outlaw Home of
STARKVILLE — Colum-
Clara B. Outlaw, 81, bus is in
died Aug. 26, 2019, in charge of
Starkville. arrange-
Services will be at 11 ments.
a.m. Saturday at Sand Mrs.
Creek Chapel. Burial Jackson Jackson
was born
will follow at Rockhill
March 14, 1944, in
Cemetery. Visitation is
Columbus, to the late
from 3-6 p.m. Friday at
Robert Douglas and
West Memorial Funeral
Tommie McCottrell.
Home. West Memo-
She was formerly em-
rial Funeral Home of
ployed with Seminole
Starkville is in charge
Garment Manufacturer
of arrangements.
and a member of South-
She is survived by
side Baptist Church.
her daughters, Debra
In addition to her
G. Wynn and Vicki R.
parents, she was
Gaines; stepchildren, preceded in death by
Regina Bell, Christo- her husband, Davie
pher Bell and Willie C.
Jackson; and brother,
Bell Jr.; and siblings, Carlos Douglas.
Searcy Wynn, Maurice
She is survived by
Wynn, Thelma Gibson her children, Michael
and Brenda Burrell.
Douglas of Colum-
bus, Felicia Martin of
Robbie Jackson Hyattsville, Maryland,
COLUMBUS — Rob- Davie Jackson Jr. of
bie Jackson, 75, died Memphis, Tennessee,
Aug. 25, 2019. and Anthony Jackson of
Services will be at 11 Washington, D.C.; sis-
a.m. Saturday at South- ters, Patricia Fischer of
side M.B. Church. Columbus and Bonnie
Burial will follow at Douglas of California;
Sandfield Cemetery. brother, Larry Doug-
Visitation is from noon- las of California; eight
5 p.m. Friday at Lee- grandchildren; and
Sykes Funeral Home. three great-grandchil-
Lee-Sykes Funeral dren.
Tommy Woolbright
Thomas Stewart “Tommy” Woolbright, age
49, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 28,
2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Graveside services will be Saturday, August
31, 2019, at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be Saturday, August 31, 2019, from
9:30 AM until 10:45 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home & Crematory, 2nd Ave. North lo-
cation.
Mr. Woolbright was born June 16, 1970, in Co-
lumbus, MS, to Billy R. Chain of Monticello, FL,
and the late Frances Ashton Chain. He worked
in the roofing profession for many years in Co-
lumbus.
In addition to his father, survivors include
his wife, Monica Colvin Woolbright of Colum-
bus, MS; daughters, Kaydi Lynn Boone and her
husband, Cory, of Columbus, MS, and Jaimee
Lee Woolbright of Columbus, MS; brother, Ar-
nold Woolbright of Columbus, MS; sister, Stacy
Graves and her husband, Scott, of Columbus,
MS; and grandson, Scott Thomas Boone.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the donor’s favor-
ite charity.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Eddie Romans
Eddie Earl Romans, 78, passed away on
Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at his residence.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, August
31, 2019, from 1:00-2:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral
Home. A Funeral service, with full military hon-
ors, will immediately follow at 2:00 PM from the
Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Mel Howton of-
ficiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Gar-
dens Cemetery in Columbus.
Mr. Romans was born July 5, 1941, in Gunt-
ersville, AL, to the late O.L. and Gladys Romans.
He was a proud veteran of the United States Air
Force, where he served during Vietnam. He re-
tired from the Air Force as a Fuels Supervisor
for the Petroleum and Lubricants division in
1981. He was a member of the Caledonia Church
of Christ. A soft-spoken man who loved his fam-
ily dearly, he was a proud patriot. He loved the
outdoors, “piddling” in his shop, taking care of
his lawn and enjoyed vegetable gardening. A
wonderful husband and father, he was especially
proud of his role as “Paw Paw” to his grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by one sister, Peggy St. John.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Sarah
Romans; four children, Tommy Romans of Cale-
donia, Kenneth (Shawnna) Romans of Colum-
bus, Michael (Toni) Romans of Brandon, MS,
and Mary (Stuart) Kinard of Columbus; grand-
children, Scott (Sonja) Volheim, Alan Romans,
Austin Romans, Bradley (Alex) Romans, Eric
Romans, Jacob Romans, Sara Beth Kinard, Anna
Kate Kinard, Channing (Tyler) Peebles and Alex-
is Willingham; and great-grandchildren, Gabe
and Mia Volheim, Jesse Louise Romans and John
Mason Peebles.
Serving as Pallbearers will be Scott Volheim,
Bradley Romans, Eric Romans, Austin Romans,
Jacob Romans and Logan Bell.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memori-
als be made to St Jude’s Children’s Research Hos-
pital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN
38105; or to the Wounded Warrior Project P.O.
Box 758517 Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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ning and Development
District, to be repaid over
the next 20 years, to pur-
chase and renovate the
former Pass-It-On build-
ing on West Main Street.
Community Counseling
Services owned the build-
ing before the county pur-
chased it in early 2018.
Currently housed in a
small building on Court
Street that also holds
chancery court offices,
youth court and the tax as-
sessor’s office, employees
in the circuit and justice
courts will begin moving
into the new building over
the next couple of weeks,
said Board Secretary and
Chancery Clerk Amy
Berry. By the Nov. 5 elec-
tion, poll workers will be
counting votes in the new
court complex.
“This building ... will
not only ... better facilitate
the court process, but will
also be a building that our
community will be proud
of for a long time,” Berry
said. “I’m excited about
that.”
Purchase
and renovation
Supervisors began
shopping for a new court-
house or court complex
in 2016, to combat over-
crowding at the court-
house on Court Street.
On the first day of ev-
ery circuit court term,
attorneys, judges, extra
law enforcement, citizens
who have been called in
for jury duty and those
with pending criminal
cases all descend on the
courthouse, along with
the courthouse’s employ-
ees who are there all the
time. Berry previously
told The Dispatch it was
impossible for employees
to find parking and that
the crowds of people in a
building with limited ex-
its and doors was becom-
ing a safety hazard.
“When they all come
in the front door — that
thing’s only a double
door and the back door’s
locked for security — it
kind of crowds our tax-
payers, our people that’s
coming up there trying
to conduct business,” Dis-
trict 2 Supervisor Luke
Berry Coleman
Lummus said during
Thursday’s ceremony.
“(Supervisors said) we’ve
got to find something.”
Supervisors settled
on the 27,000 square-foot
building on Main Street.
“Thank God for Com-
munity Counseling,”
Lummus said. “(The
question was asked),
‘You think they’ll sell that
building?’ I said, ‘We’re
going to find out.’”
Community Counsel- Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
ing sold the building for Clay County’s new court complex on Main Street in downtown West Point will open in the coming weeks. The
$450,000. Lummus said building, which the county purchased from Community Counseling Services for $450,000 as part of a $4 million
project, comes equipped with three courtrooms and will house the circuit and justice court offices.
blueprints of the building
were provided to Berry,
Sheriff Eddie Scott, Cir-
cuit Clerk Bob Harrell
and circuit and justice
judges, who all immedi-
ately began making notes
about what they wanted
out of the building.
Once plans were com-
pleted, Benchmark Con-
struction, GTPDD’s gen-
eral contractor, began
construction on the proj- Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
ect in May. Clay County Justice Judge Thomas Hampton speaks in
Justice Judge Thomas the courtroom during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Clay
Hampton, who also spoke County’s new court complex in downtown West Point on
during Thursday’s cere- Thursday. Starting next month, justice court will be held
mony, admitted that he in the new complex, as will circuit court.
had reservations when
es at Thursday’s ceremo- space,” Coleman said.
the county first pur-
ny all said they are happy The judges said in
chased the building.
with the end result. the coming weeks, their
“I want to thank every-
“It takes away the bot- court reporters will set
one who stood up for the
tleneck that we had up in up in the building, getting
board of supervisors,”
the courthouse,” Davis “savvy” with the new elec-
Hampton said. “I heard a
said. “People will be able tronic system and making
lot of negativity when we
to move freely and take sure their own equipment
was talking about build-
care of their business, interfaces with it. The
ing this building, even
and it’s such a good deal.” next circuit term, which
myself. I didn’t think it
was big enough, to be begins in October, will
honest about it. But this Long-anticipated be held in the new court
place is super. We real- project complex.
ly have ... an up-to-date The complex comes Both the circuit clerk’s
courtroom and facilities, equipped with three and justice clerk’s offic-
so again, I would like to courtrooms, two with jury es — which are located
thank the board of super- boxes — a significant step to the immediate left and
visors for doing a wonder- up from the Court Street right of the building’s
ful job.” building which only had front entrance, respec-
Berry and Davis both one courtroom with a jury tively — will be operation-
stressed the building’s box, said Kitchens and al by the end of Septem-
price was significantly his fellow circuit judges ber, said Berry.
less than what would have Lee Coleman and Lee “This has been a
been spent to construct Howard. long-awaited, long-antici-
an entirely new building, Another bonus for pated project that’s finally
and supervisors and judg- them: “Plenty of parking come to an end,” she said.

Garth Brooks to visit with Mississippi school children

The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Country music
artist Garth Brooks is planning to
speak to school children in Missis-
sippi next month about “The Power
of Songwriting.”
Brooks will discuss songwriting
at the Grammy Museum in Cleve-
land, Mississippi, on Sept. 24, The
Commercial Appeal reported.
The event is part of the muse-
um’s “Backstage Pass” series. It
will involve more than 140 local stu-
dents who will hear Brooks speak,
answer questions and perform.
Bob Santelli, the founding exec-
utive director of the Grammy Muse-
um, will moderate the event.
The students range from 11 to
18 years old and are from schools
and arts and education programs
throughout Mississippi.
Brooks will “take the students
on a journey through his songwrit-
ing process, while discussing how
songs can share important messag-
es and provide a glimpse into the
life of the songwriter,” organizers
said in announcing the program.
After the discussion, students
will have a chance to ask Brooks
questions. He will also do a brief
acoustic performance for them.
The Grammy Museum Missis-
sippi in Cleveland, Mississippi,
opened in 2016. It is one of only two
such museums, with the other one
in downtown Los Angeles.

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come behind him and con-
tinue that.”
Sanders said crime is
the biggest issue facing
Ward 1 voters.
“In Ward 1, we have to
do something about the vi-
olence,” he said. “There’s a
lot of crime in Ward 1 and
trying to cut down on that
is very important. It’s not
just Ward 1, either. Crime
is a problem all over the
city.”
If elected, Sanders said
he’d like to start holding
regular community meet-
ings and make sure parks
are open and available to
kids.
“Kids have to have
somewhere to go,” the fa-
ther of eight said. “They
need to have places to go
where they can play and
enjoy themselves and be
safe.”
Qualifying for the race
continues until 5 p.m. on
Sept. 4 at the city regis-
trar’s office at City Hall.
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No. 1 EMCC stunned by Hinds Community College

By THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
R AYMOND — They went
for the band first.
As soon as Hinds Communi-
ty College’s postgame huddle
broke up, the players headed
over toward the corner of the
stands, raising their arms and
their voices in exultation. They
faced the musicians who could
not stop playing and the fans
who would not stop cheering.
One player gleefully squirted
water into the air.
Even at night,
it was as clear as ‘Hinds came out ready to play. He (Hinds’ coach Larry Williams)
day: East Mis-
sissippi Com-
did a great job of getting his guys prepared.’
EMCC’s coach Buddy Stephens
munity College
doesn’t lose of- victory snapped the Lions’ win ed another threat. off again — his third intercep-
ten, but when it streak of 17 games and 686 EMCC quarterback Con- tion of the ballgame. Hinds’
does, it is cause Stephens days. nor Neville, a transfer from DeMario Nichols made a cou-
for celebration The Eagles scored 14 un- Washington State, threw a ple men miss and ran the ball
for anyone and answered points in the fourth costly interception in Hinds back for a touchdown that all
everyone else. quarter to erase a 16-10 EMCC territory with 11 minutes left but sealed the game.
Hinds got to do the cele- lead. Don Ragsdale leapt into in the fourth quarter. And with It was the final blow in a
brating Thursday, opening the the end zone four seconds into just more than two and a half game where, EMCC coach
season with a 24-16 home win the period to put Hinds on top minutes left with EMCC at the Buddy Stephens said, the Li-
over top-ranked EMCC. The 17-16, and EMCC never mount- Hinds 26, Neville was picked See EMCC, 4B

MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL

Bulldogs set
Pennsylvania born, for season
opener
Mississippi made with Ragin’
Cajuns
How Joe Moorhead’s upbringing is BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

reminiscent of the state he now represents STARKVILLE — Entering Week

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — 1B.”
Perched on a barstool outside
Cahaba Brewing Company in the
Pepper Place/Lakeview district
of Birmingham, Mississippi State
football coach Joe Moorhead
peered into his phone.
“Sorry, checking Little League
scores,” Moorhead muttered as he
quickly locked his iPhone and ad-
justed his seat.
Back home his youngest
son, Donovan, a member of the
12-and-under Starkville Little
League team, was in the midst of
Mississippi State Athletics
Mississippi State coach Joe
Moorhead kicks off his second
season in charge of the Bulldogs
Saturday against Louisiana.
a game. Having already regaled a crowd
“(Baseball) is my second favor- in Starkville earlier that morning,
ite sport,” Moorhead said. “It’s like Moorhead’s remarks were set.
He would of course discuss the
Just inside the 8,000 square upcoming season and where the
foot taproom, more than 100 Bull- team stood through spring camp.
dog fans sat scattered throughout Yet, there was a deeper message
a side room, listening to remarks Moorhead wanted to address as he
from MSU athletic director John enters year two at the helm.
Cohen. Though he’s an east coaster at
The night marked the second heart, the parallels between work-
stop on the Road Dawgs Tour — a ing class Penn Hills, Pennsylvania
five-state trek that sent Moorhead where he grew up and rural Missis-
across Mississippi, up to Tennes- sippi are more numerable than one
see, over to Alabama, down to Lou- might think.
isiana and out to Texas to drum More prescient, the blue-col-
up support for the athletic depart- lared nature and laid back per-
ment. See Moorhead, 2B
One, Mississippi State coach Joe Moor-
head had a movie on his mind.
Referencing the 1986 classic “Hoo-
siers,” Moorhead alluded to the scene
in which Gene Hackman’s character ,
basketball coach Norman Dale, takes
his team onto the floor at Hinkle Field-
house — the site of the 1951 Indiana
high school state title game.
Grabbing a tape measure from his
pocket, he quickly takes measurement
of the distance from the free throw line
to baseline and floor to rim. Checking
the numbers, Dale assures his bunch
the dimensions are exactly the same
as those back home in their small-town
home of Hickory, Indiana.
Saturday, the Bulldogs will have a
“Hoosiers” moment of their own as they
take on Louisiana at the Mercedes-Benz
Superdome in New Orleans.
“We will do our normal walkthrough
[on campus] but then get down there
and let the kids walk around and get
used to things,” Moorhead said Mon-
day. “…We want to have our ‘Hoosiers’
moment there and make sure they are
getting used to the dome.”
Though MSU is a 19.5-point favorite,
Louisiana should offer a solid test as
they boast a prolific run game and a ca-
pable defense.
Preseason All-Sun Belt selections
Trey Ragas and Elijah Mitchell will an-
chor the Louisiana backfield Saturday.
The junior running back tandem com-
bined for more than 2,100 yards and 21
touchdowns last season, while averag-
ing 6.66 yards per carry.
Senior battery mate Raymond Calais
could also factor in, as he ran for 754
yards and seven touchdowns last season.
“They are all powerful and very
quick,” Moorhead said in reference to
the Ragin’ Cajun running back trio.
Junior Levi Lewis will take the reigns
under center Saturday following Andre
Nunez’s graduation. Lewis has started
just three games in his career and is
third-least experienced quarterback in
the Sun Belt.
He’ll lean on senior receiver and Ack-
erman native Ja’Marcus Bradley — who
finished last season with 608-yards and
10 touchdowns.
Defensively, senior linebacker
Jacques Boudreaux, junior defensive
tackle Tayland Humphrey and junior
linebacker Chauncey Manac hope to
slow the MSU offense.
Boudreaux is a reigning third-team
All-Sun Belt selection after totaling 93
tackles a season ago — the fifth-best
mark in the conference.
A one time Georgia transfer, Manac
comes into 2020 following a standout
sophomore campaign in which he led
the team in tackles for a loss (eight) and
sacks (four).
On the interior, Humphrey is a 6-foot-
5, 350-pound space swallower at nose
guard. His eligibility this season re-
mains up in the air after he left Florida
International in April. If he does play
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Moorhead
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sonality that Moorhead
boasts have made Mis-
sissippi as much a part of
him as he has it.
“In the state of Missis-
sippi head football coach-
es are kind of like the
governor — a role model
figure in the state,” Allan
Smith, Donovan’s Little
League coach, told The
Dispatch. “I always tell
folks, I don’t know how
he’s going to do as a foot-
ball coach, but as people
he and his wife are as
down to earth and genu-
ine as they come.”
‘Nothing was ever
handed to us’
Merv Moorhead Jr.
heard a scream.
“What the hell is
wrong?” he exclaimed in-
ternally.
Racing through the
door of the family’s Pitts-
burgh-area home, Merv
Jr.’s brother Joe — a fifth
or sixth-grader at the
time — was writhing in
pain.
Having crashed his
bicycle, the handlebar
break pierced the young-
er Moorhead’s skin -- cre-
ating a deep gash in his
thigh.
Joe was quickly treated
for the wound.
But more pressing, he
was scheduled to pitch in
a youth baseball game lat-
er that day.
“There’s nothing
wrong with you,” Merv Sr.
said. “Get your clothes on.
You’re going to pitch.”
With a handful of
stitches and a massive
patch around his leg,
Moorhead meandered to
the bump.
“That’s sort of him,”
Merv Jr. said of Joe. “He
was like ‘Oh ok, I’ll go
out and play.’ He limped
around and did whatever
he had to do and he ended
up winning the game.”
The determination and
desire to compete was
instilled early in the low-
er-middle class Moorhead
household.
Merv Sr. worked long
hours in the steel mill
to put his kids through
school. When that didn’t
suffice, he picked up jobs
as a janitor and a bartend-
er.
Back home, their moth-
er, Rosemarie, handled
the children. A former
army man, Merv Sr. was
the disciplinarian. Rose-
marie provided comfort.
“Nothing was ever
handed to us,” Merv Jr.
told The Dispatch. “We
had tough times — times
when my dad may have
been on strike, some-
times we had to use food
stamps to get through.”
Sports were an easy
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outlet for the Moorhead’s
inner angst. While Joe’s
football ability landed him
at Fordham, Merv Jr. —
who was eight years his
senior — played Division
III basketball at Alleghe-
ny College.
Tina played high
school basketball before
attending St. Vincent Col-
lege in Latrobe, Pennsyl-
vania.
“Whether it was play-
ing baseball, basketball,
football — if it were cards
it didn’t matter,” Merv Jr.
said. “We were competing
to win. And that meant
something.”
Merv Sr. also added to
his family’s athletic incli-
nations — coaching his
kids in between shifts at
the factory, at the bar, or
at the building he helped
clean.
Rising well before
dawn, his first shift of
the day began at 3 a.m.
-- ensuring he could make
4 p.m. practices. When
practice concluded, it was
back to work again.
Arriving home deep
into the night for the
minimal sleep he could
muster, Merv was out the
door almost as soon as he
walked in.
Rinse and repeat.
“His whole thing was I
do this so you guys don’t
have to,” Joe said of his
father. “... and I certainly
owe a lot to my mom and
my dad making the sac-
rifices they did to make
sure my brother and sis-
ter and I were all college
educated and prepared
for life.”
From the diamond
with love
State College Little
League coach Larry
Walker motioned to the
bench.
Hoping to avoid elim-
ination in the District
Tournament, Walker
turned to Donovan Moor-
head in relief.
Down the line, Joe
looked on anxiously.
Serving as the team’s
pitching coach that sea-
son, the then-Penn State
offensive coordinator pre-
ferred being outside the
dugout. Often the center
of attention on the grid-
iron, there was something
liberating in avoiding the
spotlight.
“I think sometimes you
do these things you’re
kind of the center of at-
traction and that’s great
and that’s part of being
the head coach and what
you sign up for in this con-
ference,” Joe said. “But
there’s also the part of you
that just wants to melt into
the background and just
be one of the guys.”
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As Donavan inched
closer to Little League’s
mandatory pitch cutoff,
his final batter worked
deep into the count.
With the bases loaded,
two outs and two strikes
to the hitter, he set and
delivered. Strike three.
Soon after closing
out the victory, players
and parents gathered at
Champ’s Sports Bar and
Grill — the team’s tradi-
tional postgame dinner
spot.
Still shaken from the
late-inning transgression,
the elder Moorhead re-
moved his cap, shook his
head and looked toward
Walker.
“I’ve coached in the
(Los Angeles) Coliseum
against USC and I was
never more nervous than
that,” he said of Dono-
van’s outing.
Recognizing the senti-
ment in his voice, Walker
briefly reflected the ex-
change.
“That was just real,” he
said.
The pit stop
Moorhead needed his
fix.
Pulling his tank-sized
truck into a gas station
just over the Alabama bor-
der en route to Birming-
ham, he hopped from the
car and headed for the
mini mart.
The pit stop made a
few in the car uneasy. The
gas station was run down.
Rust enveloped spots
where prime white paint
previously resided. Pris-
on-like bars lined the win-
dows of the shanty-like
shop.
Moorhead didn’t care.
Striding through the
door, he snatched his pat-
ented Diet Mountain Dew
and a bag of chips from
the shelves before head-
ing back to the vehicle.
There’s almost a naive-
ty to Moorhead’s person-
ality. Despite being the
head football coach in the
SEC, he maintains a low-
key, easy-going persona
-- one his superiors take
note of.
“At certain levels of
football sometimes the
leader can be standoff-
ish, authoritarian, who
doesn’t really want to be
part of a university,” Co-
hen told The Dispatch.
“And Joe is nothing like
that.”
An adopted
Mississippian
As the interview con-
cluded, Moorhead again
whipped out his iPhone.
His eyes race around
the screen.
“We won!” he says ref-
erencing Donovan’s Little
League game.
It’s this refreshing
sense of normalcy that
has endeared Moorhead
to the MSU fan base time
and time again.
It’s the same bliss that
galvanized him to stop at
a run down mini mart on
his way to Birmingham;
it’s the same sentiment he
feels sitting in the stands
at his kid’s baseball game;
and it’s the same convic-
tion he inherited from a
father who toiled in the
hell-fires of a Pittsburgh
steel mill to make ends
meet.
On the field, Moorhead
is aptly cognizant his sup-
porters expect a winning
product on Saturdays in
the fall. But off it, he feels
right at home.
Though he may have
been born and bred in
middle-America’s Rust
Belt, it’s the cotton fields
and river deltas of Missis-
sippi that presently define
the latest chapter of his
life.
“I think people in Mis-
sissippi see through B.S.,”
Moorhead said. “…They
can tell when you’re gen-
uine and when you’re not
and I think when they see
a coach that is representa-
tive of the values and phi-
losophy of the town then it cdispatch.com
makes it a lot easier.”
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BRIEFLY
New Hope volleyball completes
sweep of Saltillo
The New Hope volleyball team took care
of business against Saltillo Thursday night,
completing a 3-0 sweep. Set scores were 25-
14, 25-18, 25-15.
Daylyn Nettles led the Trojans with 10
kills and added 22 digs and an ace. Micaela
Hudgins chipped in 10 kills and two blocks,
while Kensley Woolbright contributed 30 digs
and four aces.
With the win, New Hope improves to 7-3
overall and 2-0 in district play.
SOURCE: From Special Reports
CALENDAR
MSU
Continued from Page 1B
Saturday, Humphrey could give MSU’s MSU’s lone question mark on the
interior offensive line fits. weekend is who will be suspended due
For the Bulldogs, Saturday marks to the NCAA”s investigation into aca-
quarterback Tommy Stevens’ first demic misconduct involving 10 football
collegiate start. Stevens, a Penn State players and one men’s basketball play-
graduate transfer, beat out junior in- er that concluded last week.
cumbent Keyaton Thompson — who The players involved are expected
has since entered the transfer portal to miss eight games, though nothing
— in a spirited fall camp battle. official has been released.
“There is going to be a lot of emo- Those names and any other players
tion,” he said. “But I just have to contin- facing disciplinary actions for issues
ue to remind myself it is obviously what outside the NCAA violations are ex-
I wanted for a very long time. It is foot- pected to be announced shortly before
ball. I am excited for the opportunity.” kickoff Saturday.

Friday
Prep Football COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Yesterday’sANSWER
answer
Columbus at Noxubee County, 7 p.m.
Starkville Academy at French Camp, 7 Etienne leads No. 1 Clemson to His hustle after a bad interception Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
YESTERDAY’S
3 4 6 8 7 1 2 9 5
knocked defensive back Tre Swill- placing puzzle
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p.m.
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Heritage Academy at Kirk Academy, 7
CLEMSON, S.C. — Travis Etienne and the Tigers defense kept the Yel- agiven
9x9 grid with several
numbers. The object 9 5 1 6 4 2 8 3 7
p.m.
ran for a career-high 205 yards and low Jackets from scoring. Lawrence given numbers.
is to place The object
the numbers
Columbus Christian Academy at Delta
three touchdowns, including one from is
1 9 5 4 8 7 6 2 3
Streets Academy, 7 p.m. opened things with a 6-yard rushing 1 to place
to 9 in thethe numbers
empty spaces
90 yards out, and No. 1 Clemson over- 1sotothat
9 ineach
the empty spaces
row, each 7 6 3 1 2 9 5 8 4
Tupelo Christian at Oak Hill Academy, score and threw a perfect pass to Tee
powered Georgia Tech 52-14 Thurs-
Higgins for a 62-yard touchdown.
so that each
column row, each
and each 3x3 box 4 2 8 5 6 3 1 7 9
7 p.m. column
day night for its 16th straight victory. containsand theeach
same3x3 box
number 6 3 4 7 1 8 9 5 2
West Point at Louisville, 7 p.m. NO. 12 TEXAS A&M 41, TEX- contains the same number
On an offense filled with stars, it only once. The difficulty
5 1 2 3 9 6 7 4 8
Calhoun Academy at Hebron Christian, AS STATE 7: COLLEGE STATION, only once. The difficulty
was Etienne who shone brightest for level increases from
7 p.m.
the defending national champions.
Texas — Kellen Mond threw three level increases from
Monday to Sunday. 8 7 9 2 5 4 3 6 1
Victory Christian at North River (Ala.), touchdown passes and ran for anoth- Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 8/29

His 90-yard score tied for the longest

7 p.m.
Oxford at Starkville, 7 p.m.
West Lowndes at McAdams, 7 p.m.
New Hope at Shannon, 7 p.m.
Aberdeen at Caledonia, 7 p.m.
Women’s College Soccer
Mississippi State at Eastern
Washington, 6 p.m.
Florida College at Mississippi University
for Women, 2 p.m.
College Volleyball
Chattanooga at Mississippi State, Noon
Mississippi Valley State at Mississippi
State, 7 p.m.
Talladega at Mississippi University for
Women, 5 p.m.
College Cross Country
Mississippi University for Women at
Mississippi College Season Opener, 5
p.m.
Men’s College Golf
Mississippi State at Carmel Cup, All
Day
Saturday
College Football
Mississippi at Louisiana (New Orleans),
11 a.m.
Ole Miss at Memphis, 11 a.m.
Alabama at Duke (Atlanta), 2:30 p.m.
Alcorn State at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.
College Soccer
Mississippi University for Women at
Talladega College, 1 p.m.
College Volleyball
Western Illinois at Mississippi State,
2 p.m.
Alcorn State at Mississippi University
for Women, 10 a.m.
Wallace at Mississippi University for
Women, 2 p.m.
Men’s College Golf
Mississippi State at Carmel Cup, All
Day
Prep Cross Country
Starkville High at Mississippi College
High School Season Opener in Clinton.
rushing TD in Tigers history. Etienne er score in just more than three quar-
added scoring runs of 14 yards and 48 ters, and Texas A&M had four inter-
ceptions as the Aggies routed Texas
yards as Clemson opened a 35-0 lead
State.
and was never pressed by the Yellow
Mond, who threw for 194 yards,
Jackets in the season opener for both
had touchdown passes of 21 and 3
Atlantic Coast Conference teams.
yards and ran for another score in
It was not the flashy return that
the first two quarters as Texas A&M
most of college football expected out
raced to a 28-0 halftime lead.
of Clemson quarterback Trevor Law-
Quartney Davis had 85 yards re-
rence. The 6-foot-6 sophomore, so
ceiving and a touchdown and Jhamon
poised and polished in leading the
Tigers to a 15-0, title-winning season, Ausbon added a touchdown catch.
threw two interceptions in the first First-year starter Jashaun Corbin had
half. Lawrence had just four picks all 103 yards rushing with a touchdown
last year. reception and a TD run.
Still, Lawrence had his moments. SOURCE: The Associated Press
Baseball
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Picayune 8, Louisville 8, South Pike 7, Warren Denver 2 3 0 .400 69 73
American League Central 6, Corinth 4, Columbia 4, Hattiesburg
4, Heritage Aca. 3, Taylorsville 3, West Jones 3,
Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 82 88
East Division L.A. Chargers 1 3 0 .250 72 83
W L Pct GB Greenwood 2, Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 2, Gulf- NATIONAL CONFERENCE
New York 88 47 .652 _ port 2, Poplarville 1, Houston 1. East
Tampa Bay 77 58 .570 11 W L T Pct PF PA
Boston 72 62 .537 15½ Class 1A N.Y. Giants 4 0 0 1.000 119 87
Toronto
Baltimore
54 81 .400 34
44 89 .331 43
School
1. Nanih Waiya (1)
W-L Pts
(0-1) 90
Dallas 2 2 0 .500 72 44
Washington 1 3 0 .250 49 80
Central Division 2. Lumberton (8)
3. Smithville
(1-0) 88
(1-0) 75
Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 49 69
W L Pct GB South
Minnesota 82 51 .617 _ 4. Noxapater (1-0) 59 W L T Pct PF PA
Cleveland 79 55 .590 3½ 5. Simmons (1) (0-1) 51 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 74 71
Chicago 60 73 .451 22 Others receiving votes: TCPS 20, Biggersville Carolina 2 2 0 .500 65 69
Kansas City 47 88 .348 36 13, West Lowndes 12, West Bolivar 10, Ray New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 85 80
Detroit 39 92 .298 42 Brooks 8, Stringer 7, Leake County 7, < Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 85 101
West Division North
W L Pct GB Class 2A W L T Pct PF PA
School W-L Pts
Houston
Oakland
87 48 .644 _
77 56 .579 9 1. Taylorsville (10) (1-0) 109
Minnesota 3 1 0 .750 102 80
Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 89 94
Texas 65 70 .481 22 2. Charleston (1)
3. Bay Springs
(1-1) 73
(1-0) 61
Chicago 1 3 0 .250 68 91
Los Angeles 64 71 .474 23 Detroit 0 4 0 .000 62 105
Seattle 57 78 .422 30 4. Philadelphia (1-0) 60 West
Wednesday’s Games 5. Scott Central (0-1) 54 W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Yankees 7, Seattle 3 Others receiving votes: Calhoun City 37, Collins San Francisco 3 1 0 .750 92 68
18, Pelahatchie 15, Wesson 7, East Webster 6. Seattle 3 1 0 .750 81 69
Cleveland 4, Detroit 2
Washington 8, Baltimore 4 L.A. Rams 2 2 0 .500 45 44
Class 3A
Atlanta 9, Toronto 4 School W-L Pts
Arizona 1 3 0 .250 59 86
Thursday’s Games
Kansas City 6, Oakland 4 1. Seminary (1) (1-0) 80
Houston 8, Tampa Bay 6 2. Columbia (5) (1-0) 75
N.Y. Jets 6, Philadelphia 0
Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Indianapolis 13, Cincinnati 6
Boston 7, Colorado 4
3. Water Valley (2) (1-0) 74
4. Noxubee County (1) (1-0) 69
Buffalo 27, Minnesota 23
Carolina 25, Pittsburgh 19
Texas 3, L.A. Angels 0 5. Houston (1) (1-0) 61 Atlanta 31, Jacksonville 12
Thursday’s Games Others receiving votes: Winona 24, Jefferson Baltimore 20, Washington 7
Cleveland 2, Detroit 0 Davis County 19, Aberdeen 14, Tylertown 9, Miami 16, New Orleans 13
Oakland 9, Kansas City 8 North Panola 8, Forest 7. Cleveland 20, Detroit 16
Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 5 L.A. Rams 22, Houston 10
Class 4A
Tampa Bay 9, Houston 8
Seattle 5, Texas 3 School W-L Pts
Green Bay 27, Kansas City 20
Tampa Bay 17, Dallas 15
Friday’s Games 1. Louisville (2)
2. Poplarville
(0-1) 78
(0-1) 77
Tennessee 19, Chicago 15
Oakland (Anderson 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sa- N.Y. Giants 31, New England 29
bathia 5-8), 6:05 p.m.
3. Corinth (6)
4. South Pike (2)
(1-0) 76
(1-0) 75
Denver 20, Arizona 7
Seattle 17, Oakland 15
Houston (Miley 13-4) at Toronto (Thornton 4-8),
6:07 p.m.
5. Greenwood (1) (1-0) 72 L.A. Chargers 27, San Francisco 24
Others receiving votes: West Lauderdale 15,
Cleveland (Plesac 7-4) at Tampa Bay (TBD), Greene County 13, Newton County 8, St. Stanis-
6:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Gibson 12-6) at Detroit (VerHagen
4-2), 6:10 p.m.
laus 7, Sumrall 7, Itawamba AHS 6, Pontotoc 6. <

Class 5A
Transactions Thursday’s moves
Chicago White Sox (Nova 9-10) at Atlanta (Fried School W-L Pts BASEBALL

on the air
TODAY
AUTO RACING
3:55 a.m. — Formula One: The Bel-
gian Grand Prix, practice session 1,
Stavelot, Belgium, ESPN2
7:55 a.m. — Formula One: The Bel-
gian Grand Prix, practice session 2,
Stavelot, Belgium, ESPN2
12 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity Series: prac-
tice, Darlington, S.C. , NBCSN
1 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy
Cup Series: practice, Darlington, S.C. ,
NBCSN
2 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity Series: final
practice, Darlington, S.C. , NBCSN
3 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Series: final practice, Darlington, S.C.,
NBCSN
4:55 a.m. (Saturday) — Formula One:
The Belgian Grand Prix, practice ses-
sion 3, Stavelot, Belgium, ESPN2
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
5 p.m. — Rice at Army, CBSSN
6 p.m. — Massachusetts at Rutgers,
BTN
6 p.m. — Wisconsin at South Florida,
ESPN
6 p.m. — Tulsa at Michigan State, FS1
8:30 p.m. — Purdue at Nevada, CBSSN
9 p.m. — Colorado State vs. Colorado,
DENVER, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — Oklahoma State at Ore-
gon State, FS1
Saturday
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
11 a.m. — Mississippi at Memphis,
ABC
11 a.m. — Akron at Illinois, BTN
11 a.m. — Indiana at Ball State,
CBSSN
11 a.m. — South Alabama at Nebras-
ka, ESPN
11 a.m. — Mississippi State vs. Louisi-
ana, New Orleans, ESPNU
11 a.m. — Florida Atlantic at Ohio
State, FOX
11 a.m. — Northern Iowa at Iowa
State, FS1
11 a.m. — Toledo at Kentucky, SEC
2:30 p.m. — Duke vs. Alabama, Atlan-
ta, WBC
2:30 p.m. — Idaho at Penn State, BTN
2:30 p.m. — Holy Cross at Navy,
CBSSN
2:30 p.m. — South Carolina vs. North
Carolina, Charlotte, N.C., ESPN
2:30 p.m. — Georgia State at Tennes-
see, ESPNU
3 p.m. — Northwestern at Stanford,
FOX
3 p.m. — Portland State at Arkansas,
SEC
6 p.m. — Boise State vs. Florida State,
Jacksonville, Fla., ESPN
6:30 p.m. — Missouri at Wyoming,
CBSSN
14-4), 6:20 p.m.
Seattle (Gonzales 14-10) at Texas (Allard 2-0),
7:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Means 9-9) at Kansas City (Skoglund
0-0), 7:15 p.m.
Boston (Eovaldi 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Suarez 2-5),
9:07 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Houston at Toronto, 2:07 p.m.
Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 5:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Atlanta, 6:20 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 81 54 .600 _
Washington 74 58 .561 5½
Philadelphia 69 63 .523 10½
New York
Miami
67 66 .504 13
48 85 .361 32
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 73 59 .553 _
Chicago 72 61 .541 1½
Milwaukee 68 65 .511 5½
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
63 70 .474 10½
57 77 .425 17
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 88 48 .647 _
Arizona 68 66 .507 19
San Francisco 65 68 .489 21½
San Diego 62 71 .466 24½
Colorado 59 76 .437 28½
Wednesday’s Games
Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 1
Philadelphia 12, Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 5, Miami 0
Washington 8, Baltimore 4
Chicago Cubs 10, N.Y. Mets 7
Atlanta 9, Toronto 4
Boston 7, Colorado 4
L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 4, 10 innings
Thursday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 4, N.Y. Mets 1
Miami 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings
Pittsburgh 11, Colorado 8
San Diego 5, San Francisco 3
Arizona 11, L.A. Dodgers 5
Friday’s Games
Milwaukee (Anderson 6-3) at Chicago Cubs
(Quintana 11-8), 1:20 p.m.
Miami (Hernandez 3-5) at Washington (Sánchez
8-6), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 9-7) at Philadelphia (Nola
12-4), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Nova 9-10) at Atlanta (Fried
14-4), 6:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bauer 10-11) at St. Louis (Hudson
13-6), 7:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Agrazal 3-3) at Colorado (Senzatela
8-8), 7:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 2-1) at Arizona (Gallen
2-4), 8:40 p.m.
San Diego (Lamet 2-2) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 8-8), 9:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Cincinnati at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m., 1st game
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m., 2nd game
Chicago White Sox at Atlanta, 6:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado, 7:10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.
Prep football
Mississippi AP Poll
Sorted by ranking, first-place votes, record,
total points earned
Overall ranking
School W-L Pts
1. Brandon (4) (1-0) 100
2. West Point (4) (1-0) 91
3. Madison Central (3) (1-0) 88
4. Pearl (1-0) 68
5. Starkville (0-1) 59
6. Oxford (1-0) 50
7. Lafayette (1-0) 24
8. Olive Branch (0-0) 20
9. Petal (1-0) 18
1. West Point (11) (1-0) 110 American League
2. Lafayette (1-0) 90 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Tayler ACROSS
3. West Jones
4. Picayune
(1-0) 71
(0-0) 57
Scott to Norfolk (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Khris
1 Minor arguments
(tie) Laurel (1-0) 57
Others receiving votes: Holmes County Central
Davis on paternity leave. Designated LHP
Wei-Chung Wang for assignment. Selected
6 Flies high
28, Grenada 13, Hattiesburg 8, South Jones 6. the contract of INF Sheldon Neuse from Las 11 Suggest
Vegas (PCL).
Class 6A SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent 3B Brandon 12 Auto flop
School W-L Pts Brennan to Tacoma (PCL) for a rehab 13 Fossil resin
1. Brandon (6) (1-0) 102 assignment.
2. Madison Central (4) (1-0) 99 National League 14 Like Loki
3. Starkville (0-1) 78 COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Chris
4. Pearl (1-0) 69 Stratton and RHP Yefry Ramirez on the 10-day 15 Early auto
5. Oxford (1-0) 54 IL. Recalled RHP Parker Markel and RHP
Others receiving votes: Horn Lake 10, Oak Grove Montana DuRapau from Indianapolis (IL). 16 Greed
8, Petal 8, Warren Central 6, Gulfport 6. MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Tayron Guerrero
to New Orleans (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
18 Building wing
Private Schools NEW YORK METS — Sent 2B Jed Lowrie to 19 Funny fellow
School W-L Pts Syracuse (IL) for a rehab assignment.
1. Madison-Ridgeland Aca. (7) (2-0) 106 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Released OF Drew 20 Spare tire
2. Heritage Aca. (4) (2-0) 94 Robinson.
21 Fizzy drink
3. Jackson Prep (0-1 ) 81
4. St. Joseph, Greenville (1-0) 44
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned C Austin
5. Parklane Aca. (1-0) 42
Allen and OF Nick Martini to El Paso (PCL) and
RHP Trey Wingenter to Amarillo (TL). Recalled
23 Israel’s Dayan
Others receiving votes: Pillow Aca. 22, Simpson
Aca. 20, Jackson Aca. 18, Presbyterian Christian
LHP Nick Margevicius from Amarillo. Trans- 25 Pendulum path
ferred 2B Ian Kinsler to the 60-day IL.
7, Tri-County Aca. 6. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned C 27 Squealer
Spencer Kieboom to Harrisburg (EL).
NOTE: All Associated Press members in Mis- 28 Thai, e.g.
sissippi are eligible to participate in the high BASKETBALL 30 Forgo bidding
school football poll. Those who voted for this
National Basketball Association
week’s poll are: Boswell Media, Kosciusko; Daily
Leader, Brookhaven; The Commercial Dispatch,
NBA — Suspended Brooklyn F/G Wilson 33 Hope of comedy 3 Cheeky ering
Chandler 25 games for violating the terms of the
Columbus; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. 34 Slangy denial 4 Even score 32 Lumber worker
The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson; Enterprise-Jour- GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Promoted
nal, McComb; Starkville Daily News, Starkville; Kirk Lacob to executive vice president/bas- 36 Isle surrounder 5 Shake accessory 33 Treat the turkey
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The
Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WTVA-TV, Tupelo;
ketball operations, Mike Dunleavy to assistant
general manager, Kent Lacob to director/team
37 Put in order 6 Capitol worker 35 Macho sort
WCBI, Columbus. development and Jacob Rubin to assistant video 39 Unrefined
coordinator. Named Zaza Pachulia consultant 7 Freshener target 38 Open space
and Ralph Walker director/team security. 40 Gawk 8 In excellent health 42 Bulldog backer
College football
Thursday’s scores
NBA G League
WESTCHESTER KNICKS — Traded the return- 41 Nasty fellow 9 Save
EAST
ing player rights to G Billy Garrett and a 2019
second-round draft pick to Maine for returning
43 Perp zapper 10 Wintry weather
Buffalo 38, Robert Morris 10
Delaware 31, Delaware St. 13
player rights to F Andrew White III. 44 Tea party guest 17 Energy
Stony Brook 35, Bryant 10
UConn 24, Wagner 21
FOOTBALL 45 School paper 22 “Exodus” hero
SOUTH
National Football League
46 Frisco player
Austin Peay 41, NC Central 10
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Traded OL Korey
Cunningham to New England for a 2020 sixth-
24 Easy victim
Cent. Arkansas 35, W. Kentucky 28
Charlotte 49, Gardner-Webb 28
round draft pick. 26 Packing plant
BUFFALO BILLS — Traded G Wyatt Teller and DOWN 28 Big arteries
Chattanooga 24, E. Illinois 10 a 2021 seventh-round draft pick to Cleveland for
Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14
E. Kentucky 53, Valparaiso 7
2020 fifth- and sixth-round draft picks. 1 Some tires 29 Pester
Morehead St. 44, Union (Ky.) 7
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed DT Destiny
2 Citrus fruit
Murray St. 59, Pikeville 20
Vaeao on IR. Waived/injured G Norman Price
and LB Jonathan Celestin. Signed LS Andrew
31 Spooky gath-
North Alabama 26, W. Illinois 17
Richmond 38, Jacksonville 19
DePaola.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed G Dejon
SE Louisiana 35, Jacksonville St. 14
Allen. Traded LB Reggie Gilbert to Tennessee
Tulane 42, FIU 14
UAB 24, Alabama St. 19
for a conditional 2020 draft pick.
LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signd G Abdul
UCF 62, Florida A&M 0
Beecham.
UT Martin 42, Northwestern St. 20
MIDWEST SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived DT Jay-Tee
Tiuli. Signed DE Logan Tago and OT Will
Bowling Green 46, Morgan St. 3
Holden.
Cent. Michigan 38, Albany (NY) 21
Cincinnati 24, UCLA 14 Canadian Football League
CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Activated QB Bo
Minnesota 28, S. Dakota St. 21
Levi Mitchell from the 6-game IL.
SE Missouri 44, S. Illinois 26
SOUTHWEST HOCKEY
American Hockey League
Lamar 65, Bethel (Tenn.) 16
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed
Texas A&M 41, Texas St. 7
FAR WEST to terms with G Evan Buitenhuis and Fs Colin
McDonald, Tanner Pond and J.D. Dudek.
Arizona St. 30, Kent St. 7
SAN DIEGO GULLS — Signed D Scott Molden-
N. Arizona 37, Missouri St. 23
San Jose St. 35, N. Colorado 18 hauer to a one-year contract.
ECHL
Utah 30, BYU 12
IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with
D Brady Norrish on a one-year contract.
Pro football LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
BUFFALO BANDITS — Signed F Cam Milligan
Preseason glance to a one-year contract.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE SOCCER
East Major League Soccer
W L T Pct PF PA PHILADELPHIA UNION — Exercised their 2020
Buffalo
New England
Miami
4 0 0 1.000 102 73
3 1 0 .750 92 54
3 1 0 .750 86 63
option on F Kacper Przybylko.
National Women’s Soccer League
ORLANDO PRIDE — Waived F Chioma
N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 63 69 Ubogagu.
South COLLEGE
W L T Pct PF PA NCAA — Granted an immediate eligibility waiver
Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 69 65 to Florida Gulf Coast senior men’s basketball F
Indianapolis 1 3 0 .250 64 78 Tracy Hector.
Houston 1 3 0 .250 66 107 BRADLEY — Named Leti Lerma women’s
Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 29 106 basketball video coordinator/assistant director of
North basketball operations.
W L T Pct PF PA GEORGE MASON — Named Kristi Giddings
Baltimore 4 0 0 1.000 101 35 deputy athletic director of legal, compliance and
Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 84 66 NCAA governance. WHATZIT ANSWER
Cleveland 3 1 0 .750 83 57 RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE — Named Matt
Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 69 89 Deignan assistant sports information director.
West ROWAN — Named Marie Wozniak associate Log cabin
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ons continually shot themselves
in the foot.
Running back Keon Moore
fumbled four times and EMCC
was fortunate to recover three
of those fumbles. That one lost
fumble, though, came when
Moore took a handoff from the
Hinds 18 down the goal line
late in the second quarter with
EMCC up 13-10. Moore made it
to the end zone, but he lost the
ball before crossing it. Hinds
recovered and ran out the clock
on the half, denying EMCC the
chance to add precious points
to a slim lead.
“We can’t fumble going into
the end zone,” Stephens said.
“That was an extra-effort play,
and he was just trying to get
across the end zone. Those
things happen.”
The Lions again looked
poised to pull away in the third
quarter when defensive line-
man Terence Cherry delivered
a crushing hit to Hinds quarter-
back Elijah Walker, knocking
the ball around 20 yards down-
field. EMCC’s Deuntra Hyman
fell on it, and the momentum
for the drive continued when
Neville found Pervis Frazier to
convert a 4th-and-11 play.
But a penalty on third down
stalled the drive, and the Lions
settled for a 27-yard field goal
from Josh Smith. It didn’t take
long for Hinds to retake the
lead.
The Eagles got the ball with
five minutes remaining in the
third period, and they kept it
on the ground. After a run and
three straight passes, Ragsdale
got the ball eight straight times,
and he dived into the end zone
on the first play of the fourth
quarter.
EMCC’s fourth-quarter
drives looking to retake the
lead showed little of the offen-
sive talent the team possesses.
The Lions looked listless on
offense, alternating punts and
crippling interceptions before
turning the ball over on downs
with 48 seconds left.
“We never could put a drive
together,” Stephens said.
It resulted in just the Lions’
sixth loss since 2011, and this
time, the loss came at the hands
of one of Stephens’ assistant
coaches.
Larry Williams, now Hinds’
head coach, was EMCC’s line-
backers coach in 2010, and Ste-
phens credited the job done by
Williams’ staff.
“Hinds came out ready to
play,” Stephens said. “He did
a great job of getting his guys
prepared.”
While EMCC outgained
Hinds 340 yards to 139, the Ea-
gles never looked outmatched
against the Lions’ talent or their
reputation. They never trailed
by more than six points, they
stayed mostly free of the cru-
cial mistakes the Lions made,
and they always seemed to have
an answer.
“They were very excited,”
Stephens said. “They came out
and executed.”
That execution under pres-
sure proved to be the differ-
ence.
It’s why EMCC rode the bus
back to Scooba in an unfamil-
iar position, though Stephens
knows this is by no means a
season-ending loss.
“They’re a good football
team, but I think we are too,”
Stephens said. “We’ve got to
go back, and we’ve got to start
working on Monday.”
It’s also how Hinds wound
up on the sideline. celebrating
a win over the two-time defend-
ing champions. A victory that
snapped a win streak of nearly
two years. A victory that sure
felt good.
“They’re having a great
time,” Stephens said.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My husband
and I have
been married for
16 years. His ex
was supposed to
pay child support,
but didn’t. He
worked in his
career for only
one year after we
married and since
ZITS then has held me-
nial jobs, which
have kept his
future retirement
intact. I have
provided him and
Dear Abby
his children a
home for which he has never
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taxes, utilities, clothes, etc.
His children have never lacked
for anything.
His ex now wants to resolve Once you have the answers,
the back child support issue
by giving the settlement
GARFIELD amount of money to the kids.
I don’t feel they should get it
because it is owed to HIM. I’d
like to see him use it to pay off
some of his credit card bills,
which are high.
She has told the kids what
she is offering and plans to
guilt him into giving it to them.
He doesn’t have to settle that
way if he chooses. He doesn’t
know that I saw the letter, and
he’s lying about the amount
she’s willing to pay. What
should I do? — PRESENT MRS.
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug.
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It’s far better than cynicism,
which is depressing if you turn
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BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
DEAR PRES-
ENT MRS.: After
having supported
your husband
and his children
all these years,
the LEAST you
are owed is
honesty. What
you should do is
discuss this with
an attorney of
your own immedi-
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raise the subject
of what is and is
not considered
community prop-
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also determine to what extent
you might be responsible for
paying those high credit card
balances should he renege.
you will be better able to de-
termine how to handle this.
DEAR ABBY: Ten years ago,
I was a guest at the home
of my friend “Roger” for a
five-day holiday celebration.
We’ve shared this event with
family and friends for years.
I was the only non-family
member out of the five adults
and two teenagers staying
at his home. The guest room
assigned to me shared Rog-
er’s master bathroom, which
I used.
During my visit, Roger’s
prescription medicine came up
turn out to be wrong.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The challenges get steeper, but
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You know what you’re doing.
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missing. I heard about it from
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there was no need to question
anyone else.
Roger would not accept my
calls. To add insult to injury,
the so-called mutual friend
agrees with Roger that I was
the culprit! So, I have lost two
friends. How do I let go and
move on? Time hasn’t healed
THESE wounds. — ACCUSED
IN OHIO
DEAR ACCUSED: Roger
should have confronted you
when his medication turned up
missing. That he accused you
behind your back to someone
makes me wonder how good a
friend he really was. As to the
mutual friend who contacted
you the next day, be grateful.
It is my experience that we
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safety and get mentally still.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
What’s the thing you like about
yourself today? You’re allowed
to think it. You’re even allowed
to say it, to yourself or anyone
who will listen. It’s about time
you got on your own side in a
bigger way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
People fear what you think
of them more than you might
guess. So whatever you do to
make them feel comfortable
is not just you being nice; it’s
you doing what’s necessary for
sociable living.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The safety net can have an
effect whether or not it’s actu-
ally there. The confidence one
gets in thinking that it’s there
will contribute to surefooted
action. So how can you make
yourself feel safer about taking
this risk?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Good taste is often a mat-
ter of context. If you strive to be
more in sync with the people
around you, you’ll naturally gravi-
tate toward tastefulness. Then
again, it helps if like and admire
the people around you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). How can you bring more
awareness to the scene you’re
in? Really, all it takes is a you-
to-you request. What is it that
you think you should be notic-
ing? Start with what interests
you and go deeper.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Most will be caught up in
the agenda of projecting an im-
age that feels like the right one
necessary to feel comfortable
in the current surroundings. Go
beyond that agenda and you’ll
really be living.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Obedience isn’t the
entire point of parenting, but
sometimes it’s taught that way.
You’ve experienced some of
that yourself, and you’ll think
about this in an interaction
having to do with the balance of
authority.

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Survivors demand US investigation

of Mississippi sex abuse deals
‘It’s time for the outside authorities to come
in and investigate ... find out what we know, what
they know and what they’ve covered up ...’
Mark Belenchia, the Mississippi leader of the Survivors
Network of those Abused by Priests
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Catholic sex abuse
survivors in Mississippi and Wis-
consin on Thursday demanded that
federal authorities investigate alle-
gations from three black Mississip-
pi men who say they were molested
by Franciscan friars during the mid-
1990s, when they were as young as
9 years old.
Mark Belenchia, the Mississippi
leader of the Survivors Network of
those Abused by Priests, issued a
statement calling for federal law en-
forcement agencies to “pursue any
federal charges that may be possi-
ble due to the interstate transmis-
sion of the victims for the purpose
of rape and exploitation by abusive
clergymen.”
“It’s time for the outside author-
ities to come in and investigate ...
find out what we know, what they
know and what they’ve covered up
— because I guarantee you, they
covered it up. It’s just systemic,” he
said at a news conference in front of
the offices of the Jackson diocese.
Stephen J. Carmody, an attor-
ney who represents the diocese,
told The Associated Press that the
diocese took all the proper steps in
the case, including making reports
to police and social services offi-
cials when it first learned in 1998 of
abuse allegations against a friar.
Cousins Joshua Love and La Jar-
vis Love and a third man, Joshua’s
brother, Raphael Love, say they
were repeatedly abused by Brother
Paul West during the 1990s, when
they were elementary school stu-
dents at St. Francis of Assisi School
in Greenwood, Mississippi. Joshua
Love says he also was molested by
the late Brother Donald Lucas.
In addition, the alleged victims
say they were repeatedly molested
by West during excursions to Wis-
consin and New York.
The calls for federal action came
in response to an AP investigation,
which found that a Wisconsin-based
group of Franciscans paid Joshua
Love and La Jarvis Love $15,000
each to keep silent about their
claims and never file lawsuits.
Raphael Love rejected a similar
offer.
In Wisconsin, SNAP leader Peter
Isely released letters to Matthew
D. Kruger, the U.S. attorney for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, and
Mike Hurst, the U.S. attorney for
the Southern District of Mississip-
pi, urging them to investigate the
Wisconsin-based group of Francis-
cans that sponsored the two alleged
abusers.
“Your office and help are critical
in the effort to secure justice for
these survivors and to help prevent
future cases of child sexual abuse,”
Isely said in each of the letters.
The cash payments are far less
than what other Catholic sex abuse
survivors have typically received
since the church’s abuse scandal
erupted in the United States in 2002.

Fall Sale
Mathiston U.M. Church,
24894 Hwy. 15 in Mathiston,
hosts its Fall Sale from 8 a.m.-
noon Aug. 31 in its Fellowship
Hall. Homemade goods and
white elephant items will be
for sale. Proceeds benefit
the United Methodist Women
mission projects. For more
information, call Jimmie Whitt,
662-263-6173.
Summer Revival
New Zion Pilgrim Baptist
Church, 5253 New Hope Rd.,
hosts its Summer Revival ser-
vices 7 p.m. nightly Sept. 3-5.
Guest speaker will be the Rev.
Jeremy Brock of St. James
Baptist Church in Sulligent, Al-
abama. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call 662-327-5590.
Pastor Anniversary
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., hosts its
3rd Annual Pastor’s Anniver-
sary program for Dr. Stanley
K. McCrary and First Lady Sis.
Surenell McCrary at 3 p.m.
Sept. 8. Special guest will be
Dr. Jerry Seay and the Greater
Shiloh M.B. Church Family
of Jasper, Alabama. Dinner
will be served. The public is
invited to attend. For more in-
formation, call 662-327-7473.
Church Anniversary
Calvary Faith Center, 950
W. Jess Lyons Rd., hosts its
124th Church Anniversary
Program at 3 p.m. Sept. 8.
Guest speaker will be the Rev.
Ronald Murray of Old Shiloh
Baptist Church in Shuqualak.
The public is invited to attend.
Pastor Aid Ministry
Fellowship
Pleasant Grove Pools
M.B. Church, 3000 Waverly
Rd. in West Point, hosts its
Pastor Aid Ministry Fellowship
Program at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8.
Religious briefs
Guest speaker will be the Rev.
Alphonso Adkins of the Wolf
Creek Baptist Church in Boon-
eville. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call 662-494-8652.
Usher Day
El Bethel M.B. Church,
2205 Washington Ave., hosts
its Annual Usher Day Program
at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 8. Guest
speaker will be the Rev. James
Howell of Bethlehem M.B.
Church in Faulkner. All ushers
are asked to wear white. For
more information, call 662-
341-6424.
Fall Revival
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., hosts its
Fall Revival services 7 p.m.
nightly Sept. 10-12. Guest
speaker will be the Rev. C.D.
Moore of New Vision Christian
Center in Northport, Alabama.
The public is invited to attend.
For more information, call
662-327-7473.
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets
from 6-7 p.m. every 1st and
3rd Monday of each month in
the downtown YMCA Board
Room. Inquire and seek infor-
mation to succeed spiritually,
physically and financially and
be eager to be a blessing to
the community, churches and
families through the Word of
God. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call Pat Fisher Douglas, 662-
251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner,
Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center, 923 Ridge Road,
Columbus, hosts a fellowship
dinner and youth service every
3rd Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., invites the
public to join its Community
Gospel Book Club from 6-7
p.m. the last Friday of each
month to study and share
views of the Holy Bible. Open
to all ages and ethnicities. For
more information, call Lillian
Murray, 662-570-1974.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief
and Mourning offers a grief
support group at 6 p.m. every
2nd Thursday of the month
at United Christian Baptist
Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more in-
formation, call 662-327-0604
or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church,
2201 Military Road, and
Meadowview Church, 300 Lin-
den Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m.
every Sunday at The Assembly
Church (next to Lowe’s) and
at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at
Meadowview Church. Get help,
healing and support for any
habit, hurt or hang-up using
the Christ-centered 12 steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every 2nd and 3rd
Saturday, Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center hosts a prayer for the
youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach
service from 8-9 a.m. every
5th Saturday. For information,
contact Jesse Slater, 662-
328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in
to WTWG, radio 1050 AM
for Perfecting the Saints
Broadcast, Wednesdays 8:30
a.m.
Women Prayer,
Worship Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds
a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting
Outreach Ministry invites the
public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word,
106 22nd. St. S., Columbus,
holds prayer service Thurs-
day nights 5-6 p.m. Contact
Marie Nabors, 662-549-4322.
Church service times: Sunday
school 10 a.m.; Sunday
worship 11:15 a.m.; Tuesday
Bible study 7 p.m. For informa-
tion, call Pastor District Elder
Lou Nabors, 662-329-1234.
Fitness
Transformations
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts boxing lessons
Mondays and Wednesday
from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss
boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both
on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tues-
day. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation
available. For information, call
Iris Roberson, 662-295-7456.

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE: ESTATE OF HAROLD
FRANKLIN SMITH, SR., DE-
CEASED
HAROLD FRANKLIN SMITH, JR.,
EXECUTOR
NO. 2019-0160-D-E
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that all
persons having claims against
the Estate of HAROLD FRANK-
LIN SMITH, SR., Deceased, are
required to have the same pro-
bated and registered by the
Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
that Letters Testamentary were
granted to the undersigned
HAROLD FRANKLIN SMITH, JR.,
by the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi in
Cause No. 2019-0160-D-E, on
the 28th day of August, 2019;
that a failure to probate and re-
gister such claims with the
Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi
for ninety (90) days, from the
first publication hereof, will bar
such claims.
Witness my signature on this
the 22nd day of August, 2019.
/s/ Harold Franklin Smith Jr
HAROLD FRANKLIN SMITH, JR.,
Executor of the Estate of HAR-
OLD FRANKLIN SMITH, SR.
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9/13/2019
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Apts For Rent: North
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356.7 ACRES ON HWY.
69 S. 5 mi. from
Merchandise CREDIT UNION DEALS
LOCAL RECLAIMED
2011 HEARTLAND
NORTH COUNTRY
Columbus. 30−year old VEHICLES LAKESIDE BUMPER
mature pines, green Ads starting at $12 FINANCING AVAILABLE PULL TRAVEL TRAILER
fields, good hunting. MAKE OFFER AT MODEL 29RKS.
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POULTRY 4 sweet smoker. Large u−
LOT/TRAILER FOR healthy roosters free to 2016 Toyota Camry shaped wrap around
2011 Hyundai Veracruz kitchen counter. Dining
SALE Will sell together good home. 4 m/o. Too
or separate. Close to many roosters 2015 Honda Accord table with 4 chairs.
2012 Toyota Camry Couch been covered
CAFB. $24,000. Call compared to # of hens.
205−367−7167. 2014 Nissan Versa since purchase, makes
662−386−3625
2011 Buick Regal into full bed, air
LOWNDES CO: 153
Burial Plots 2015 Kawasaki mattress and pump
ACRES on Hwy 50 E at KL650−E included. 2 euro−
end of Brewer Rd. 4 2 BURIAL PLOTS in 2016 Chevy Colorado recliners less than 3
Memorial Gardens, 2013 Ford Fusion years old. Walk thru
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clay deposits. $1,250
per acre. For more info the lake. $4,250 for 2008 Hummer H3 in bedroom with a brand
call 205−799−9846 or both. 662−549−5209. 2005 Chrysler 300 new mattress. To view
205−695−2248. 2014 Chrysler 300 camper call or text 662
Furniture 2008 Ford Mustang −364−2226. Additional
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA,
2011 Mazda 6 photos available at
CH&A, 1 story, W/D, SUMMER SPECIAL. REGULAR SIZE Jenny 2012 Chevy Traverse request. $10,000
historic district, 1 block 1.75 acre lots. Good/
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1993 KAWASAKI
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THOMASVILLE QUEEN 2008 Chevy HHR
Only 25,500 miles.
2004 SINGLEWIDE BEDROOM SUITE. 2006 Dodge Ram 3500
COLEMAN
Runs & looks good. No
3BR/2BA FOR SALE. 5 pieces PLUS frame 2015 Jeep Wrangler
problems. $3500 OBO.
16x80 MH. Hardwood & and pillow−top mattress 2010 Mercedes Benz
501−545−7750.
RENTALS tile floors, 8ft island, & set. $995.00. Call M−Class
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS 662−324−3718 2013 Chevy Equinox
jacuzzi tub. $10,500.
1 BEDROOM
662−295−6623. 1999 ROADSTAR 1600
TWO PIECE FURNITURE GULF STATES AUTO Only 45k miles. Hard
2 BEDROOMS SET. New loveseat and Automotive Sales bags, rider & passenger
2601 Buttermilk Rd
Garage Sales
chaise for sale. Dark
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back rests w/ luggage
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DEPOSIT Two free signs General Merchandise
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ITEMS FOR SALE: Mens 2015 Honda Accord LX;
Suits (pants 40−32, shirts 4dr, Silver, 34K Miles,
662-329-2323
5850 HWY 50 E. (beside 16.5−34, 17.5−34 & 15.5) $11,900
HudCo) Fri & Sat, 6−10am. Hats, Neck Ties, Diabetic 2017 Honda Accord Sport;
Ads starting at $12
Clothes, kitchen appl & Shoes (new−10 pair). Table
4dr, White, 47K Miles,
2411 HWY 45 N cookware, collectibles, w/ 4 chairs. Dresser w/ $16,900
COLUMBUS, MS
furn, & books. Everything mirror (cream color). 2017 Honda Accord Black; Good Things To Eat
must go! Recliner. 662−549−5332. 4dr, Black, 29K Miles,
$16,900 FRESH OKRA for sale.
Commercial Property For Rent
MULTI−FAMILY YARD MOVING SALE! Galaxy 2018 Honda Accord 662−251−1000 or
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lamps. Thurs., Fri. & Sat. Black, 71K Miles, $9,900 662−213−4609.
more info, 662−328−
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$7,900
798−0262.
furnishing, small
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4dr, 56K Miles, Gray,
RENT. All brick, big
lawnmower, new shop
$13,900
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06 HYUNDAI ELANTRA,
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townhouses. $600 to 2018 Nissan Maxima SL;
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1 Five
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