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Oktibbeha County Lake dam’s structural issues go

back decades, with funding main holdup to repair
Fixing all problems would cost $8 million The slope failure
shown here in
2009 was in the
BY TESS VRBIN Corps of Engineers inspec- same location
tvrbin@cdispatch.com tion reports. on the Oktibbe-
“Almost every communica- ha County Lake
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — The Oktib- Dam levee as the
tion that we’ve ever had with
beha County Lake Dam that came close to slide that county
the board of supervisors since engineer Clyde
breaching and forcing a mass evacuation in
(1985) continued to have that Pritchard found in
January has had structural problems since
same message,” said Wil- January. Water was
it was built in 1965, and the Mississippi De-
partment of Environmental Quality has been McKercher liam McKercher, chief of the seeping between
MDEQ dam safety division. “I the dam and the
notifying county supervisors of this since bedrock under-
1985. think as with most things, it’s been an issue
of funding (as to) why they didn’t do any- neath it last month,
The emergency spillways are too small, pushing sand boils
the slopes on both sides of the levee are too thing to address that. There’s always been to the surface and
steep and the box culvert under the County discussion and plans on how to do it, but forming a crack on
Lake Road bridge is cracking and coming there’s just never been funding available.” the slope.
apart, according to MDEQ and U.S. Army See OKTIBBEHA LAKE, 8A Courtesy photo/MDEQ

‘PINK GOES RED’ Riverwalk

pedestrian
bridge closed
as precaution
Bridge appears to be
disconnecting from
shifting support pillar
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

City officials have

closed the pedestrian
bridge over the Tom-
bigbee River at the
Columbus Riverwalk
until further notice.
City Engineer Kev-
in Stafford told The
Dispatch Friday that Stafford
it appears one of the concrete pillars
See PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, 6A

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Javis Knott, right, explains CPR to Zhaquerriah Harris during the Pink Goes Red Community Impact Day at Tenth Street Fair-
lawn Baptist Church in Columbus Friday evening. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. hosts the annual event to bring awareness
Dispatch staffers
of heart disease in African-American women. Knott is a certified CPR instructor and professor at Jackson State University.
win 22 MPA awards
in advertising
‘Good Times’ star reflects on childhood,
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The Dispatch re-

relationship with mother at West Point event ceived 22 awards, in-

BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
Bern Nadette Stanis re-
members herself being up-
set one night. No one at the
school would play with her,
she recalled, no matter how
hard she tried.
That’s when her moth-
er sat down next to her and
grabbed her hands.
“(My mother) said, ‘Bern
Nadette, one day, the whole
world is going to know your
name,” Stanis said. “But she
didn’t tell me it was gonna be
‘Thelma.’”
Stanis, better known as
“Thelma” from the 1970s TV
show “Good Times,” shared
her life stories with a room-
ful of guests at Northside
Christian Church’s second
annual African American
History Banquet at the
UFCW (United Food and
Commercial Workers) Union
Hall in West Point Saturday
night. The actress played
the first African-American
female teenage character in
a TV show, one that would
later resonate with many Af-
rican Americans.
Growing up, Stanis wasn’t
always confident about her-
self. After preparing for a
summer beauty pageant
contest for weeks, she tried
to talk herself out of the com-
petition by faking an asthma
attack.
“I moved like a snail,”
Stanis recalled of her slug-
gish attitude when her
mother dragged her to the
contest. “I was hoping the
pageant would be over when
I got there.”
Stanis did not end up
cluding second place
in overall excellence,
winning the pageant. But, for its division in the
she said, through that expe- Mississippi Press
rience, she won something Association’s 2019
Better Newspaper
else. That pageant led her
Contest. Taylor
to an audition for “Good
MPA’s award lun-
Times,” through which she
cheon was held Sat-
eventually shined as a star.
urday in Jackson.
“Sometimes in life when
Graphic designer
something good is about Jackie Taylor won
to happen … you get afraid first place in the
and you don’t want to do it,” series of advertise-
Stanis said. ments category for
“But I did learn this,” she her “Community Ervin
said. “Don’t let the fear stop Counseling” ad series
you from walking into your and grocery or restaurant magazine
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Trustees, 6 p.m.,
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Services
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field advantage in 2010 when the roof County School Dis-
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Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment

White House press secretary Stephanie Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, also
was asked to leave his job as a
ple should pay for that.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Senate Republicans, who just
two days prior acquitted Trump
Grisham said Thursday that President Trump White House lawyer on Friday,
the Army said in a statement.
said in a statement that Vind-
man’s ouster was “a clear and
of charges he abused his office,
were silent Friday evening.
was glad the impeachment hearings were Both men were reassigned to brazen act of retaliation that Many of them had reacted with
the Army. showcases the President’s fear indignation during the Senate
over and ‘maybe people should pay for that’ Next came word that Gordon of the truth. The President’s trial when Democratic Rep.
Sondland, Trump’s ambassador vindictiveness is precisely what Adam Schiff, the lead prosecu-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First came news Friday that to the European Union, also was led Republican Senators to be tor, suggested Trump would be
Trump had ousted Lt. Col. Al- out. accomplices to his cover-up.” out for revenge against the law-
WA S H I N G - exander Vindman, the decorat- “I was advised today that the Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., makers who crossed him during
TON — Exacting ed soldier and national security
swift punishment President intends to recall me called it “the Friday Night Mas- impeachment.
aide who played a central role in effective immediately as United sacre,” likening the situation to Since his acquittal, Trump
against those the Democrats’ impeachment
who crossed him, States Ambassador to the Euro- President Richard Nixon’s so- has held nothing back in lashing
case. Vindman’s lawyer said his pean Union,” Sondland said in a called Saturday night massacre, out at his critics, including Sen.
an emboldened
client was escorted out of the statement. when top Justice Department Mitt Romney of Utah, the only
President Donald
Trump ousted White House complex Friday, The White House had not officials resigned after refusing Republican to vote against him.
two government Trump told to leave in retaliation for been coy about whether Trump to do his bidding by firing a spe- On Friday, he also took after
officials who had delivered dam- “telling the truth.” would retaliate against those he cial prosecutor investigating the Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate
aging testimony against him “The truth has cost Lt. Col. viewed as foes in the impeach- Watergate scandal. (The prose- Democrat from West Virginia
during his impeachment hear- Alexander Vindman his job, his ment drama. White House press cutor himself was fired anyway.) who Trump had hoped would
ings. The president took retri- career, and his privacy,” attorney secretary Stephanie Grisham Speier added in her tweet, vote with the Republicans for his
bution just two days after his David Pressman said in a state- said Thursday that Trump was “I’m sure Trump is fuming that acquittal but who ended up vot-
acquittal by the Senate. ment. Vindman’s twin brother, glad it was over and “maybe peo- he can’t fire Pelosi.” ing to convict.

Healthy US job market: How

big a political edge for Trump?
81 percent of Republicans and
Republican-leaning independents say
the economy is excellent or good, only
39 percent of Democrats and those
leaning Democratic say so
BY CHRISTOPHER
RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON —
U.S. hiring jumped last
month, and many more
people were encouraged
to look for work, showing
that the economy remains
robust despite threats
from China’s viral out-
break, an ongoing trade
war and struggles at Boe-
ing.
The strong job growth
gives President Donald
Trump more evidence
for his assertion that the
economy is flourishing
under his watch. It may
also complicate the ar-
gument his Democratic
presidential rivals are
making that the economy
isn’t benefiting everyday
Americans.
The Labor Department
said Friday that employ-
ers added a robust 225,000
jobs in January. At the
same time, a half-million
Americans, feeling better
about their job prospects,
streamed into the job
market. Most found jobs.
But those that didn’t were
newly counted as unem-
ployed, and their numbers
raised the jobless rate to
3.6 percent from Decem-
ber’s half-century low of
3.5 percent.
Leading Democratic
contenders, notably Sens.
Bernie Sanders and Eliz-
abeth Warren, have built
campaigns around the
argument that the mid-
dle class has been mostly
left out of an economic
expansion that has dispro-
portionately served the
wealthy.
The outcome of the
presidential race could
hinge in part on wheth-
er enough voters agree
that inequality and rising
costs for services such
as health care, housing
and college education out-
weigh the benefits from
nearly 11 years of eco-
nomic growth.
“Democratic primary
voters are very open to
messages about the econ-
omy doing badly,” said
Jason Furman, a top eco-
nomic adviser to former
President Barack Obama,
said.
Furman added,
though, “I don’t know that
that would be consistent
for the electorate as a
whole.”
As the election intensi-
fies, views of the economy
remain broadly polarized.
According to a Pew Re-
search Center survey re-
leased Friday, 81 percent
of Republicans and Re-
publican-leaning indepen-
dents say the economy is
excellent or good. Only 39
percent of Democrats and
those leaning Democratic
say so.
The public overall, Pew
notes, holds a more posi-
tive view of the economy
than at any point in the
past 20 years. Fifty-seven
percent say they think it is
excellent or good, up from
32 percent in 2016.
Trump and his team
can point to several posi-
tive trends in Friday’s jobs
report, though his Demo-
cratic opponents can cite
some evidence for their
contrasting views, too.
Robust hiring has
picked up from earlier
this year, when the trade
war with China raged,
and is helping remedy
one of the economy’s key
weaknesses: Even as the
unemployment rate fell
from a peak of 10 percent
in 2009, millions of Amer-
icans were discouraged
about finding a job and
stopped looking for one.

S&P 500 slips for first time as momentum stalls

‘The market is trying to digest all to digest all of this going
into the weekend after a
of this going into the weekend after a pretty volatile past couple
of weeks,” said Ben Phil-
pretty volatile past couple of weeks’ lips, chief investment offi-
Ben Phillips, chief investment officer at Eventshares cer at Eventshares. “This
is just a little profit-taking
BY ALEX VEIGA a new virus from China because there are still
AND STAN CHOE that’s rapidly spreading. these risks out there and
AP Business Writers Stronger-than-expected it’s unclear if this coro-
reports on corporate prof- navirus really does drive
Wall Street closed out its and the U.S. economy a broader global market
the market’s best week in helped assuage the fears, slowdown.”
eight months Friday with as did increasing hope The S&P 500 fell 18.07
a broad slide as technolo- that central banks and points, or 0.5 percent, to
gy and health care stocks governments around the 3,327.71. That trims its
gave back some of their world can support mar- gain for the week to 3.2
recent gains. kets with rate cuts and percent, which is still its
The pullback, which stimulus. best performance since
followed a sell-off in mar- But with health experts June. The Dow Jones In-
kets around the world, still unsure about how far dustrial Average dropped
snapped a four-day win- the virus will spread, how 277.26 points, or 0.9 per-
ning streak for the major deadly it may be and how cent, to 29,102.51. The
U.S. stock indexes. Even much damage it will ulti- Nasdaq slid 51.64 points,
so, the benchmark S&P mately cause the global or 0.5 percent, to 9,520.51.
500 notched its biggest economy, many investors Smaller company
weekly gain since June. opted to sell Friday to lock stocks bore the brunt of
Stocks rallied strong- in some of their recent the selling. The Russell
ly for most of the week, gains in case there are po- 2000 index lost 20.68
erasing all their earli- tential negative headlines points, or 1.2 percent, to
er losses from worries about the outbreak over 1,656.78. Stocks markets
about the severity of the the weekend. in Europe and Asia also
economic fallout from “The market is trying closed lower.

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New Mississippi AG reviewing 6-trial murder case

Curtis Flowers was arrested after four “The Court recognizes that
it will take some time for the
told the newspaper.
Defense attorney Rod Mc-
had in the past.’”
Flowers was arrested sev-
people were found shot to death in the Tardy Attorney General to review the
case,” the Daily Journal quoted
Duff of the Mississippi Center
for Justice said in a statement
eral months after four people
were found shot to death in the
Furniture Store in Winona in July 1996 from the order. “Accordingly, that he is pleased there will be Tardy Furniture Store in Win-
no deadlines will be set at this an independent review. He add- ona, Mississippi, in July 1996.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the 1996 slayings of four people time.” ed that he looks forward to pro- Prosecutors said he wanted
at a furniture store. Attorney General Lynn Fitch viding information he and his revenge against owner Bertha
JACKSON — Flowers was sentenced to took office Jan. 9, three days team uncovered. Tardy, 59, who had fired him
Mississippi’s new death in the sixth trial, but after District Attorney Doug “This includes evidence of and withheld most of his pay to
attorney gener- the U.S. Supreme Court over- Evans stepped aside from the innocence that has emerged cover the cost of merchandise
al must decide turned the conviction for racial case. In Loper’s order, he said since the last trial,” McDuff he had damaged. Three em-
whether to take bias in a case that has received he wrote to Fitch on Jan. 15 said. ployees also were killed.
a quadruple mur- national attention. asking if she would take over He quoted the judge who set A jailhouse informant who
der case to a sev- State Circuit Court Judge the case, and she accepted. Flowers free on $250,000 bail claimed Flowers had confessed
enth trial. Curtis Fitch Joseph Loper turned the case Fitch and her legal team will in December as saying Missis- to him recanted in recorded
Flowers has had over to the attorney general’s review all documents and evi- sippi “is faced with the pros- telephone conversations with
two mistrials and four reversed office on Wednesday, news dence before deciding what to pect of having to present a far American Public Media’s “In
convictions in connection with agencies reported. do, spokesman Ray Coleman weaker case to the jury than it’s the Dark” podcast.

AT THE RODEO Mom, six kids die

in Mississippi house
fire; dad injured
State Fire Marshal’s Office
is investigating the cause of the
early Saturday fire in Clinton
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CLINTON — A mother and her six children

died when fire destroyed their home early Satur-
day in central Mississippi, authorities said.
The father was the lone survivor of the 12:30
a.m. blaze in Clinton, a city of about 26,500 peo-
ple just outside the capital city of Jackson. He
tried unsuccessfully to save family members and
suffered smoke inhalation, burns, cuts and bruis-
es, city spokesman Mark Jones told The Associ-
ated Press.
“He wanted to stay at the scene,” Jones said.
But he was taken to a local hospital.
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch The children ranged in age from 1 to about
Brittany Keene and her 2-year-old son Walker Keene pet a goat just before Saturday night’s Rotary Classic Rodeo 15, Jones said. The mother was 33. There names
in Starkville. The rodeo was held Friday and Saturday at the Mississippi Horse Park. were not immediately released.
The scene at the house later in the day was
one of devastation. The charred remains of the

West Point
Continued from Page 1A
destiny.”
For Stanis, life after
winning the part as Thel-
ma was bittersweet. She
developed nodules on her
vocal cords, which pre-
vented her from speaking
for months. But she saw it
as a sign given by God.
“He had to quiet me
down,” she said. “In that,
I learned something. I
became more sensitive to
certain things and I be-
came a writer.”
Stanis started writing
poetry, short stories and
eventually books, she
said. She drew inspiration
from conversations with
friends about romantic re-
lationships as well as her
mother’s struggle with
Alzheimer’s disease.
Her mother loved
watching “Good Times,”
Stanis said, and some-
times mother and daugh-
ter would watch it togeth-
er.
“She would just stare
at that show,” Stanis said.
“And Mama looked at
(Thelma), and she looked
at me, and she said: ‘You
know, that’s a cute little
girl.’
“That was like a knife
in my heart,” she said.
“And I realized how dev-
astating this monster of
the mind really is. This
thing is no joke. And I
said to Mommy, ‘Yeah,
Mom, yeah, she’s cute.’”
Through the experi-
ence, Stanis became an
advocate for caring for
those with Alzheimer’s
single-story wood frame house partially covered
with melted siding could be seen along with the
remains of an SUV in the burned out garage.
Clothes, toys and furniture were strewn on the
day, over and over again. yard in the aftermath of firefighters’ fighting the
“I know what’s going blaze. Burglar bars could be seen in the windows
to happen (on the show), or, in some cases on the lawn. It was not imme-
but I just like it,” Cooper- diately known if they had hindered escapes from
wood said. the fire.
The show, which was Nearby, under a tree, someone had left a bou-
the first TV series about quet of carnations.
the everyday life of an The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigat-
African-American family, ing the cause of the fire, Jones said. He said the
she said, reminded her of house was built around 1951. He had no infor-
her own childhood. mation on whether it was equipped with smoke
“On the show, (the detectors.
Evans’) were a poor fam-
ily. ... We were poor,” she
said. “A lot of this stuff,
Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff it’s home.”
Bern Nadette Stanis, who played Thelma in “Good Also at Saturday’s
Times,” the first TV show about an African-American event, three honorees
family in the 1970s, shares her personal experience were recognized as Dif-
with a crowd of more than 300 at the second annual
African American History Banquet at the UFCW Union
ference Makers. They
are: Johnnie Harris, an
Send in your church event!
Hall in West Point on Saturday night.
assistant women’s basket- Email editorialassistant@cdispatch.com
and is now a national the audience responded ball coach at Mississippi Subject: Religious brief
spokesperson for the loudly. State University; Willene
Alzheimer’s Association. Carolyn Cook, who Jefferson, who helped her
She detailed her mother’s attended the event and community for decades,
struggle with the disease watched “Good Times” and former NBA player
and her love for her mom growing up, had recog- Travis Outlaw, who is a
in her book “The Last nized Stanis as soon as Starkville native.
Night: A Caregiver’s Jour- she walked in the door.
ney Through Transition Stanis’ performance, she
and Beyond.” said, made her see what’s
possible for an African
‘I loved Thelma’ American.
It became clear many “I loved Thelma,” Cook
in the audience knew said. “It was like, ‘Wow,
Thelma — and “Good maybe one day I could be
Times.” When WCBI an- on TV.’”
chor Aundrea Self, pro- For Vivian Cooper-
gram guide of the event, wood, seeing Stanis in
asked what Florida Ev- real life was exciting.
ans in “Good Times” said When the show first
when she was cleaning aired in the 1970s,
the kitchen after learning Cooperwood missed a lot
of her husband’s death, of it working night shifts
they immediately had the as a train operator. Now
answer. that she’s retired, she
“Damn, damn, damn!” watches the show every

Awards
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advertisement category
for “Mayhew Junction.”
She also placed second in
color retail advertisement
and third in color finan-
also won third place in cat-
egories color retail adver-
tisement, color service ad-
vertisement and magazine
advertisement.
gory. It placed third for
theme page category and
niche product category.
“I am tremendously
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cial advertisement, color
healthcare advertisement
and small space advertise-
ment.
Graphic designer Kelly
The Dispatch as a peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Day Day
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Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
itorial special section some of the most award–

Ervin placed first in the
black and white retail ad-
vertisement category for
“Mike’s Package Store.”
She won second and third
place for the series of ad-
vertisements category
and color institutional ad-
vertisement category, and
category. In addition to
overall excellence, it also
received second place for
glossy editorial special
section category and the
Silver Dollar Idea catego-
ry, as well as advertising
special section category
and niche product cate-
winning ads in the state,”
Dispatch publisher Peter
Imes said. “I’m also proud
of Progress magazine,
which took both the first
and second place spots for
best glossy editorial spe-
cial section.”
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OUR VIEW

Roses and thorns

A rose to the city of Columbus, which
moved quickly to address safety issue at
the pedestrian bridge at the Columbus
Riverwalk. City engineer Kevin Stafford
confirmed the bridge has partially pulled
away from one of the three concrete
pillars. The city acted in an abundance of caution in
closing the bridge pending further inspections and re-
pairs. No doubt, some will seize this as an opportunity
to attack city and county government, which partnered
with the Mississippi Department of Transportation to
convert the old bridge to a pedestrian walkway that
would complement the Riverwalk complex. The two lo-
cal governments provided $500,000 of the $2.2 million
needed. Stafford noted that engineers examined the
structure, including the pillars, in 2011 when the proj-
ect began. So whatever caused the problem transpired
since then and cannot be fairly considered a failure of
due diligence. So let’s put aside the temptation to criti-
cize and look ahead to a solution. Since its competition
in the fall of 2013, the pedestrian bridge has enhanced
our city. We look forward to a solution and commend
the city for its abundance of caution in addressing the
situation.

A rose to the Starkville Rotary Club

after reaching a notable milestone. Friday
and Saturday marked the Rotary Club’s
15th Starkville Rotary Classic Rodeo,
held each year at the Mississippi Horse
Park. Under the Rotary Club’s direction,
PARTIAL TO HOME
the rodeo has grown and improved with each passing
year. It’s truly one of the big events in town, one whose
benefits go far beyond a weekend’s entertainment. The
A crazy animal for Paul Thorn
rodeo is Rotary’s biggest fund-raiser, providing $20,000 Chances are if All it takes is kind- don’t know the name, hosted Fun
to $25,000 annually, money the club uses for a wide you’ve paid any ness and a little love Time years ago, a children’s show
variety of community programs. The rodeo could not attention to the music and care on WCBI-TV during which he
succeed without an army of volunteers and, of course, scene in these parts, And this planet that would show cartoons and draw
the patronage of the public, which has turned out in im- you know the name we live on can be a “crazy animals” for his young
pressive numbers to enjoy the show and support their Paul Thorn. Heaven we can share guests.
community through the dollars they spend at the event. A singer-songwrit- … Later Bunky worked with the
er who lives south of — “Mission sheriff’s department often using
A rose to the Lowndes County Super- Tupelo, Thorn has Statement,” his art to connect with abused
visors who have agreed to a recommen- released more than Paul Thorn, 1998 children.
dation from the Golden Triangle Devel- a dozen CDs and “You know what I really like?”
opment LINK to provide a fee-in-lieu tours the U.S. and in Thorn has used the said Thorn. “I liked it when Uncle
agreement that could pave the way for a Europe. Locally he’s Birney Imes long hours spent on Bunky started drawing a stool
large-scale solar farm. Pending an agree- played the Princess his tour bus between for the back legs of his crazy
ment between the solar energy compa- Theater, Market Street Festival, gigs to become an accomplished animals.
ny Origis and TVA, the plans call for a $200 million the Columbus Arts Council and visual artist. The subject matter “You know when the kid would
investment for the project, which would be built west of most recently in October, Steve of his paintings and drawings say he would want elephant legs
the Golden Triangle Regional Airport. When complet- and Kay Ellises’ Barn House mirrors that of his music: love, on the front and ant legs on the
ed, the farm would generate 200 megawatts annually, Concert Series. true and otherwise; Walmart back. Uncle Bunky would draw
with a potential of 350 megawatts should the company As far as notoriety Paul falls and trailer park culture and a stool for the animal to stand on
expand to available space at the site. For 10 years, the into that rarefied category of fan- Bible-thumping fundamentalist with his back legs.”
fee-in-lieu would generate around $900,000 in com- dom enjoyed by Lucinda Williams preachers. “I think about Uncle Bunky
bined county and school taxes before converting to full and maybe even John Prine. You Some of his art is collected in almost every day,” said Paul.
taxes when the fee-in-lieu expires. In the meantime, it either know and love his music or a book titled “Pimps and Preach- “I have the same affection for
will create hundreds of construction jobs while giving you’ve never heard of him. ers.” the Buddy and Kay Bain show.
the county the ability to produce and retain clean solar Anyone who has seen Paul in Anyone who has seen Paul in You remember them? I was on
energy on a large scale. Although the deal isn’t final, concert will attest to his bril- concert will attest to his love of that show when I was really
the opportunity is exciting. liance as an improviser and his daytime television, about which young. It was a big deal.”
ability to connect with his audi- he is unapologetic. It continues Thorn said he didn’t have one
A rose to Patrick Warner, who was ence. His lyrics are clever and to be for him a rich source of of Uncle Bunky’s crazy animals
selected by the Oktibbeha County Board funny and often profound. material. but wished he did.
of Supervisors as the county’s new fire “Our television when I was a Maybe there’s a Dispatch read-
services coordinator. Warner faces a tall I got no more patience, I got no kid had three channels, 9, 4 and er who has a crazy animal that
task in taking over the job from Kirk more time 27, the educational channel,” he needs a good home, I said.
Rosenhans, who announced his decision I’m tired of following orders, said. He laughed. “I don’t wanna be
to retire in December and has held the job since its sticking to the company line “I had the cartoons I watched like somebody begging on the
inception in 1988. Warner appears well-qualified for the I want to change the world and from 7 o’clock to noon, then the street.”
position, with 15 years of service with the county’s fire I’m starting with myself wrestling would come on out “I am really, really in tune to
service. The Winston County native and Mississippi A private revelation concerning of Memphis. I can’t remember things like that,” Thorn said.
State graduate is a member of both the Mississippi everybody else exactly when Uncle Bunky came “They mean a lot to me.”
Task Force and the National Volunteer Fire Council. We’re all just lonely people; on, but I was glued to him when Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.
He’s also an associate instructor at Mississippi Fire we’re all looking for some help he came on.” com) is the former publisher of The
Academy. We wish Warner great success in this import- Too busy crunching numbers Uncle Bunky (Williams), for Dispatch.
ant position. and fighting for ourselves the two people reading this who

THE WORLD
Palestinians should give Trump peace plan a chance
President Donald
Trump’s brilliant
plan for Mideast
peace has trig-
gered a sandstorm
of negativity and
deflection from the
regular naysayers
who attack any-
thing the president
says and does.
Critics of his
recently unveiled Armstrong Williams hu welcomed the
peace aimed at
resolving the Israeli-Pales-
tinian conflict should instead
scrutinize the document and
recognize its merits.
This peace plan was care-
fully crafted over multiple
years under the leadership of
Jared Kushner, relying heavily
on expert economic analysis,
intelligence data and security
assessments. Kushner de-
serves credit for preparing this situation.
thorough blueprint for peace
between two peoples who have
been at war for far too long.
Actually, one of the most
interesting and revealing
reactions to the peace plan
has been the response of the
political parties within Israel,
who have a history of staunch
disagreement on
nearly every issue.
However, Israelis
across the highly
divided political
spectrum have
expressed firm
support for Trump’s
plan, an almost
unprecedented feat.
Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanya-
plan, as did his
political centrist rival Benny
Gantz, leader of the Blue and
White party.
The simple reason for this
resounding consensus is that
Trump’s plan makes sense. The
plan is responsible, fair and
measured. If both the Israelis
and Palestinians were to accept
the conditions outlined in this
plan, it would be a win-win
Under this new two-state
peace plan, a viable sovereign
state for the Palestinians would
be created, which is exactly
what they say they have been
longing for. The Palestin-
ians would gain open access
between the West Bank and
Gaza, have prisoners returned
and be granted a whopping $50
billion in financial aid. Palestin-
ians would also be compensat-
ed for lost West Bank territo-
ries with the gifting of areas
close to the Egyptian border.
At the same time, Palestin-
ian statehood would be contin-
gent upon the full demilitariza-
tion of a Palestinian state and
the disarming of Hamas. The
Palestinians would be required
to oust Gaza’s terrorist lead-
ership and restore legitimate
political authority. Palestinians
would also be required to re-
move anti-Jewish content from
its schools and educational
system. Sounds pretty logical
as a foundation for restoring
peace.
Benefits of the plan for the
Israelis include sovereignty
over an undivided Jerusalem
and the incorporation of their
housing settlements in the
Jordan Valley. The priority
for Israel has always been
uncompromised security, the
safeguarding of its innocent
civilians and the right to live a
peaceful life.
What Trump’s plan does is
fulfill the two-state solution
for which previous failed plans
have strived. This plan in-
cludes a clear path to economic
progress and healthy societies
for both the Palestinians and
Israelis.
Not surprisingly, the Pales-
tinians have already ridiculed
and stonewalled Trump’s plan,
which follows their long-stand-
ing pattern of never missing
an opportunity to miss an
opportunity. It’s almost as if
their corrupt leaders cannot
let go of clinging to the need
for an unjustified enemy as a
tactic for retaining dictatorial
authority driven by extremist
and violent ideologies. If peace
is reached with the Israelis,
how would Hamas maintain its
exploitation and manipulation
of Palestinian children that
they indoctrinate as early as 4
or 5?
The Palestinian leadership
must stop its anti-Israel propa-
ganda and instead focus on cre-
ating a healthy society in which
its people can flourish. Imagine
the potential for economic
growth if only the tension and
conflict could be eliminated.
In the weeks ahead, look for
apologists of Palestinian terror-
ism to show their true colors by
rejecting this plan as a basis for
renewed negotiations and in-
stead continue their tired tactic
of slandering Israel with blood
libels, false accusations and an
endless stream of venom.
Case in point, see the latest
anti-Israel hatred shared by
U.S. Congresswoman Rashida
Tlaib. After retweeting an ac-
cusation that Israelis murdered
a Palestinian child and threw
his body down a well, this lie
was completely debunked
when it was confirmed that the
child drowned accidentally as a
result of flooding. Rather than
apologize, Tlaib issued a state-
ment that she would “strive
to hold myself to the highest
standards for what I share.”
The American people de-
serve better from their repre-
sentatives in Congress. And
the Palestinian people deserve
leaders who will finally forego
their commitment to attacking
Israel in favor of the route so
clearly laid out for them in the
Trump administration’s peace
plan.
Armstrong Williams is an
American political commenta-
tor, entrepreneur, author, and
talk show host.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020 5A

Doubts persist for Dem voters about female nominee in 2020

In Iowa’s caucuses last Monday, many
Democrats did not prioritize breaking the
gender barrier to the Oval Office and they
viewed being a woman as a hindrance rather
than an advantage in the race
BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI,
HANNAH FINGERHUT
AND MICHAEL CASEY
The Associated Press
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — In a
perfect world, Susan Stepp, a
73-year-old retiree, would be
voting vote for Massachusetts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren in New
Hampshire’s Democratic pres-
idential primary Tuesday, she
says. But that won’t be happen-
ing.
“I am not sure a woman is the
best candidate to go up against
Trump,” Stepp said recently as
she stood in the back of a con-
ference room listening to tech
entrepreneur Andrew Yang as
part of her hunt for the best can-
didate to challenge the Republi-
can incumbent.
Stepp’s concern has coursed
through the Democratic prima-
ry for months, registering in
polling, interviews and, now, the
first votes cast. In Iowa’s cau-
cuses last Monday, many Demo-
crats did not prioritize breaking
the gender barrier to the Oval
Office and they viewed being
a woman as a hindrance rather
than an advantage in the race.
Only about one-third of Iowa
caucusgoers backed a female
candidate. Topping the caucus
field were two men, former
South Bend, Indiana, mayor
Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders,. Women were
only slightly more likely than
men to back one of the three
women in the race, according to
AP VoteCast, a survey of more
than 3,000 Iowa voters.
Most Iowa Democrats said it
was important for a woman to be
president in their lifetimes. But
many voters, including about
half of all women, said a female
nominee would have a harder
time beating Donald Trump in
November.
“He will just use that against
her, like he did Hillary,” Stepp
said, looking back to Trump’s
2016 race against Hillary Clin-
ton in 2016. “He doesn’t debate.
He just insults. I don’t think he
would have that same effect if he
went up against a strong man.”
Stepp said she plans to vote for
Sanders.
Those perceptions present
an undeniable headwind for the
women in the race, who have
spent months making the case
that a woman can win. As they
seek success in New Hamp-
shire, both Warren and Minne-
sota Sen. Amy Klobuchar must
work to energize voters about
the chance to make history and
persuade them it is possible this
year, in this race against this
president.
“In 2020, we can and should
have a woman for president,”
Warren said at a CNN town hall
this past week, days after taking
third in Iowa. Klobuchar came
in fifth. The Associated Press
has not called a winner in the
Iowa caucus because the race is
too close to call.
Iowans appeared open to that
message. Most Democratic vot-
‘Serious discussions’ about DNC changes, top Democrat says
BY LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent ‘Iowa should be in the
WASHINGTON — A top Democrat in Con- mix, but we shouldn’t
gress said Friday the party’s future under Tom
Perez is under scrutiny amid fallout from the
launch the entire
Iowa caucuses and the winnowing of the pres-
idential primary field to the exclusion of candi-
campaign with such a
dates of color.
Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the
small sampling with
third-ranking House Democrat, stopped short
of saying Perez must go as leader of the Demo-
what the country’s all about’
Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina
cratic National Committee.
“That’s a decision for him,” he said.
Previously, the DNC chairman has defended
But the highest-ranking African American
the rules setting minimums for polling and the
lawmaker in the House said during an inter-
number of individual donors, noting that the
view with C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” that Iowa party started at a low threshold last June and
shouldn’t play such an outsize role as an early gradually raised the requirements over time.
vote state and that debate rules left “very raw All 20 slots were filled in the first two debates,
feelings” within the Congressional Black Cau- and two stages were required for much of the
cus after the exit of black presidential hopefuls fall.
Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. Perez argued throughout that any candidate
“There are some serious discussions taking unable to meet the progressively higher marks
place here on Capitol Hill as to what ought to like wasn’t likely to defeat President Donald
happen at the DNC,” Clyburn said in the inter- Trump in November. Some party officials also
view. have noted that minority voters are still repre-
“Iowa should be in the mix, but we shouldn’t sented on the stage via their support for can-
launch the entire campaign with such a small didates like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and
sampling with what the country’s all about,” he former Vice President Joe Biden. The two white
said. men have consistently drawn strong support
Perez didn’t immediately comment on Cly- among non-white voters, according to most
burn’s remarks Friday. polls of Democratic voters nationally.
ers in the state, 72 percent, said er for a woman to beat Trump. University of Wisconsin-Mil-
they thought it is important for About half of women said they waukee. “There’s no evidence
the U.S. to elect a woman pres- thought a female nominee that suggests for us that women
ident in their lifetimes, and that would have a harder time, com- candidates vote much more for
included roughly two-thirds of pared with about 4 in 10 men. women candidates than men.”
men. Men who harbored that concern Analysts say it’s no surprise
But most were resolved to put were significantly less likely to that women express more anx-
it off for another election. That vote for a woman than a man. iety about a woman defeating
was true of men and women. Experts say the findings are Trump, given that through per-
The survey found 34 percent of in line with traditional patterns sonal experience, they’re famil-
women voted for Warren, Klobu- in voting by gender — women iar with the barriers of sexism.
char or the longshot candidacy usually don’t coalesce around “Women are more likely to
of Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, one of their own. “Nobody’s go- have experienced or observed
compared with 28 percent of ing to win an election by unify- gender discrimination or sex-
men. ing women because women are ism,” said Jill Lawless, a politi-
Overall, many Democratic not a unified bloc,” said Kathy cal scientist at the University of
voters thought it would be hard- Dolan, a political scientist at the Virginia.

Democrats on edge
after 2020 election
season’s ragged launch
Embarrassing technical issues that
marred this past week’s Iowa caucuses
as well as lower than expected turnout
in leadoff state are causing concerns
BY JULIE PACE
AP Washington Bureau Chief
CONCORD, New
Hampshire — For Demo-
crats, this was supposed
be a moment to begin eas-
ing three years of built-up
of anxieties. Instead, the
launch of the 2020 pres-
idential primary has left
the party deeply unset-
tled and President Donald
Trump gleeful about the
chaos.
Party leaders are on
edge over embarrass-
ing technical issues that
marred this past week’s
Iowa caucuses, as well as
lower than expected turn-
out in the leadoff state.
Front-runners Bernie
Sanders and Pete Butti-
gieg face questions about
their long-term political
viability, while some sup-
porters of the two leading
women left in the race —
Sens. Elizabeth Warren of
Massachusetts and Amy
Klobuchar of Minneso-
ta — are raising alarms
about what they view as
persistent sexism.
“It’s a hard start,” said
Laura Keeler, a 35-year-
old from Concord, New
Hampshire.
Indeed, it’s far from
the 2020 launchpad most
Democrats envisioned as
they eagerly anticipated
their opportunity to take
on Trump. The turbulent
start to this election year
has also crystallized the
challenges confronting
Democrats in trying to
mount a formidable chal-
lenge to an incumbent
backed by an energized
and united Republican
Party and fortified by a
soaring economy.
“We’re capable of shoot-
ing ourselves in the foot,”
warned Jim Hodges, an
ex-South Carolina gover-
nor who supports former
Vice President Joe Biden
in the 2020 race. Hodges is
among those who predict
that Sanders, a Vermont
senator who is a self-de-
scribed democratic social-
ist, would be a weak gener-
al election candidate.
With one primary con-
test complete and the sec-
ond scheduled for Tuesday
in New Hampshire, some
sorting of the Democratic
field has begun.
Though The Associat-
ed Press has been unable
to declare a winner in last
Monday’s Iowa caucuses,
Sanders and Buttigieg,
a former mayor of South
Bend, Indiana, emerged in
an effective tie.
Biden, the longtime
national front-runner,
finished a distant fourth
in Iowa. He’s now facing
a money crunch, a staff
shakeup, and a looming
challenge from billionaire
Michael Bloomberg. The
former New York City
mayor isn’t competing
in the early states, but
is spending hundreds of
millions of dollars in later
contests.
Sandwiched in between
is Warren, who finished
third in Iowa and is strug-
gling for a breakout mo-
ment. Some Democrats
argue that she’s been dis-
counted prematurely, and
suggest sexism is at play.
“We’re going to decide
after one night in which
she placed third, and a
strong third, we’re go-
ing to decide there are
four candidates left, one
of whom finished fourth
and one of whom wasn’t
even running in Iowa,”
said Christina Reynolds,
vice president of commu-
nications at Emily’s List.
“It is sadly not surprising
because unfortunately it’s
happened way too much in
this campaign.”
6A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

GOP-led Mississippi House affirms election of Democratic rep

Certified results from the November election Rep. Hester Jackson McCray
of Horn Lake will remain in
ley Henley of Southaven.
Henley said she found what
conducted and counted fairly.
“I’d say the will of the voters
show that Hester Jackson McCray won by 14 the 122-member House for the
four-year term. She is the first
she believed were several irreg-
ularities, including allegations
was carried out,” Klein said.
McCray and Henley ran in
votes over one-term GOP Rep. Ashley Henley African American woman to that people were voting by using House District 40, which en-
hold a state legislative seat from addresses where they no longer compasses a portion of DeSoto
BY EMILY their Democratic colleagues. DeSoto County. lived. She filed a complaint re- County, which has been Mis-
WAGSTER PET TUS On a voice vote and without McCray was inaugurated questing a new election. sissippi’s fastest-growing coun-
The Associated Press opposition, they rejected a re- along with all other legislators A bipartisan House commit- ty for years. It is just south of
quest by a Republican former on Jan. 7. tee heard testimony last week Memphis, Tennessee.
JACKSON — Members of lawmaker for a do-over in a Certified results from the from DeSoto County election Henley served in the District
the Republican-controlled Mis- close election in north Missis- November election show that officials. The county’s Elec- 40 seat for one term, having de-
sissippi House on Wednesday sippi’s DeSoto County. McCray won by 14 votes over tions Commission chairman, feated McCray in the 2015 elec-
affirmed the election of one of The decision means that one-term Republican Rep. Ash- Danny Klein, said the race was tion.

Pedestrian bridge
Continued from Page 1A
on which the bridge sits is
shifting and pulling away
from the bridge, and that
there may be only a few
inches of contact left be-
tween the two structures.
The metal supports that
attach the bridge to the
pillar have partially bro-
ken, according to a press
release issued by the city
later that day.
“If that pier continues
to move any more ... it’s
going to disconnect,” Staf-
ford said.
He said structural
engineers at his firm
Neel-Schaffer recom-
mended closing the
bridge as a precaution.
When it was first built in
the 1920s, it was designed
to move out of the way of
passing barges and other
large watercraft, mean-
ing it should hold its own
weight without being reli-
ant on the pillars.
“But one, we don’t
know if that was ever test-
ed when it was built in
the ’20s; and two, we’re
not ready to test it today,”
Stafford said.
The pillar’s shifting
was likely caused by
The pedestrian bridge
erosion at the base and
over the Tombigbee
the pressure of water on River at the Co-
the pillar, particularly in lumbus Riverwalk
weeks of heavy rain, Staf- appears to be about
ford said. to disconnect from
“There’s probably the concrete pillar
some scour that’s gone on which it sits, as
on underneath the water shown in this photo.
over the years under- City officials have
neath that pier, and it’s closed the bridge
temporarily as a pre-
now starting to lose its caution. Pictured at
footing and rotate some right is a closeup of
because of the force of some of the damage.
the water on it, which is — Photos by Isabelle
then causing it to ... start Altman/Dispatch
to lose contact with the Staff
metal part (of the bridge)
that’s sitting on it,” he
said.
The bridge was built in
1927 and closed in 1991,
according to previous re-
porting by The Dispatch.
The city, Lowndes Coun-
ty, Columbus-Lowndes
Convention and Visitors
Bureau and Mississippi
Department of Transpor-
tation sponsored a $2 mil- anchored in the water and repairs need to be done, some time to get the nec- said, since that if some of the damage
lion refurbishment and found that one of them he said. essary funding, since the the bridge was caused during last
renovation of the bridge needed reinforcement, Columbus Mayor Rob- city hasn’t budgeted for is historic, year’s Feb. 23 tornado and
in 2012, and it re-opened similar to what engineers ert Smith said he plans to repairs to the bridge. the city may subsequent flooding, the
as a pedestrian bridge believe to be the problem meet with Stafford and the “We’ll get an idea of also be able city may be able to utilize
linking downtown Co- now, Stafford said. engineers on Monday to what it’s going to cost, to secure funds from the Federal
lumbus to The Island in The next step will be discuss the problem and then we’re going to have to some fund- Emergency Management
2013. for structural engineers hopefully come up with talk to the state, our legis- ing from Agency.
Smith
During the bridge’s to confirm the shifting a “rough estimate” of the lators, talk to MDOT,” he Mississippi “Right now we don’t
renovation, divers in- pillar is the problem be- cost. said. Department of Archives know what it’ll cost to do
spected the three pillars fore determining what He added it may take Both he and Stafford and History. Smith added it,” he said.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020 7A

Air Force suicides surged last

year to highest in 3 decades
All the military services have struggled with higher
suicides since about 2005-2006, which coincided
with a cycle of exceptionally stressful deployments
to Iraq for the Army and Marine Corps
BY ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON — Suicides in
the active-duty Air Force surged
last year to the highest total in at
least three decades, even as the oth-
er military services saw their num-
bers stabilize or decline, according
to officials and unpublished prelim-
inary data.
The reasons for the Air Force
increase are not fully understood,
coming after years of effort by all
of the military services to counter a
problem that seems to defy solution
and that parallels increases in sui-
cide in the U.S. civilian population.
According to preliminary fig-
ures, the Air Force had 84 suicides
among active-duty members last
year, up from 60 the year before.
The jump followed five years of
relative stability, with the service’s
yearly totals fluctuating between
60 and 64. Official figures won’t be
published until later this year and
could vary slightly from prelimi-
nary data.
Air Force officials, who con-
firmed the 2019 total, said they
knew of no higher number in recent
years. Data and studies previously
published by the Pentagon and Air
Force show that 64 suicides in 2015
had been the highest total for the
Air Force in this century. A 2009
Air Force study said suicides be-
tween 1990 and 2004 averaged 42 a
year and never exceeded 62.
“Suicide is a difficult national
problem without easily identifiable
solutions that has the full attention
of leadership,” Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly,
the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff
for manpower, personnel and ser-
vices, said in a statement. He said
the Air Force is focused on imme-
diate, midterm and long-range solu-
tions to a problem faced throughout
the military.
Suicide risk factors are often
thought to include stress related to
deployment to combat zones in Iraq
and Afghanistan. But a study pub-
lished in the Journal of the Amer-
ican Medical Association in 2013
concluded, based on an assessment
of current and former military per-
sonnel over a seven-year period,
that combat experience and other
deployment-related factors were
not associated with increased risk
of suicide. Instead the study’s re-
sults pointed to numerous other
factors, including being male, en-
gaging in heavy or binge drinking,
and bipolar disorder.
Although only the Air Force saw
a major increase last year, all the
services have struggled with high-
er suicides since about 2005-2006,
which coincided with a cycle of ex-
ceptionally stressful deployments
to Iraq for the Army and Marine
Corps. The Pentagon encourages
service members and veterans in
need of help to contact the Military
Crisis Line.
The Navy last year saw its ac-
tive-duty suicides rise by four, to 72,
and the Marine Corps total dropped
by 10, to 47. All the 2019 numbers
include confirmed and suspected
suicides and are subject to revision
based on further medical review. It
is not uncommon for a service’s to-
tal to get adjusted up or down after
further review, but any changes are
slight.
The Army declined to reveal its
2019 preliminary total, but The As-
sociated Press determined it was
little changed from the previous
year’s 139. The Army’s figure is
typically the highest in the military
because it is by far the biggest ser-
vice, with about 480,000 soldiers
on active duty this year, compared
with about 332,000 in the Air Force.
The Air Force in the mid-1990s
pioneered a suicide prevention pro-
gram that was seen as effective, and
at various times since the U.S. be-
came entangled in combat in Iraq
and Afghanistan the other services
have seen troubling increases in
their suicide numbers. The Marine
Corps, for example, saw its num-
bers jump from 37 to 57 between
2016 and 2018.

FDA crackdown on vaping flavors has blind spot: disposables

Thursday was the deadline for
makers of reusable e-cigarettes to
stop selling fruity and candy flavors
BY MAT THEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON — reusable vaping devices
The U.S. government
on Thursday began en-
forcing restrictions on
flavored electronic ciga-
rettes aimed at curbing
underage vaping. But
some teenagers may be
one step ahead of the
rules.
Parents, researchers
and students warn that
some young people have
already moved on to a
newer kind of vape that
isn’t covered by the flavor
ban.
These disposable
e-cigarettes are sold un-
der brands like Puff Bar,
Stig and Fogg in flavors
such as pink lemonade,
blueberry ice and tropical
mango.
The Food and Drug
Administration’s crack-
down narrowly targets
like Juul, the blockbuster
brand that helped trigger
the teen vaping craze in
the U.S. Under the new
policy, only menthol and
tobacco flavors are al-
lowed for those devices.
Critics of the FDA pol-
icy fear teens will simply
switch to the cheaper
disposables, which are
widely available at con-
venience stores and gas
stations.
“They are very ac-
cessible and seem to be
the new buzzy product,”
said Dr. Karen Wilson, a
tobacco researcher and
pediatrician at Mount Si-
nai’s medical school in
New York.
The FDA confirmed
that the flavor restriction
stop selling fruity and
candy flavors. Juul was
won’t apply to “self-con-
tained, disposable prod-
already in compliance. It
dropped its best selling
ucts,” but only to re- mint and most other fla-
chargeable ones that use vors before the ban was
pods or cartridges pre- announced in early Janu-
filled with a nicotine solu- ary and only sells tobacco
tion. and menthol.
The agency’s rationale:
Reusable vaping devices
are far and away the most
popular with underage
users, preferred by more
than 60 percent of high
schoolers who vape, ac-
cording to survey data
collected last year.
The FDA’s top tobacco
regulator said it can still
go after any vaping prod-
uct that appeals to teenag-
ers.
“If we see a product
that is targeted to kids, we
will take action,” Mitch
Zeller, who heads the
agency’s tobacco center,
said in a statement.
Thursday was the
deadline for makers of
reusable e-cigarettes to

Sports betting bill stumbles

from starting gate in Kentucky
Tensions around bill spotlight a divide
between Christian conservatives who
oppose it for religious reasons and
lawmakers who see the potential
for a new revenue source
BY BRUCE SCHREINER
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. —
In a state where betting
on the Kentucky Derby is
seen as a rite of passage,
efforts to legalize wager-
ing on other sports have
barely gotten out of the
starting gate.
A bill to allow wager-
ing on sports other than
horse racing has exposed
tensions among Repub-
licans who control the
legislature, spotlighting a
divide between Christian
conservatives who oppose
it for religious reasons and
lawmakers who see the
potential for a new revenue
source.
The bill sailed through a
legislative committee near-
ly a month ago but has lan-
guished in the full House
since then while awaiting a
vote. House Speaker David
Osborne has repeatedly
said the legislation is be-
ing discussed internally
by Republican lawmakers
while acknowledging that
gambling remains a “very
divisive” issue that evokes
strong emotions.
Those divisions were
on display Thursday. In
a House speech, Repub-
lican Rep. Chris Fugate
denounced gambling on
moral grounds.
“Gambling is not the
answer,” the eastern Ken-
tucky lawmaker said. “If
you think about when we
depend on the people of
our districts to lose money
so the state can gain mon-
ey, it’s not biblical first of
all. It’s against the Bible.
It’s morally wrong.”
In the Senate, where Re-
publican leaders typically
present a united front pub-
licly, leading GOP lawmak-
ers were at odds even in
handicapping the outlook
this week for the sports
wagering bill should it pass
the House and reach their
chamber. Senate Majority
Floor Leader Damon Thay-
er predicted it would pass
the Senate. A day later,
Senate President Robert
Stivers said he’s not sure it
has enough support.
A similar sports wager-
ing measure died in last
year’s legislative session.
The new bill’s support-
ers, including Democratic
Gov. Andy Beshear, tout
the revenue potential from
sports betting in a state
struggling to meet pen-
sion, health care and edu-
cation needs. They say it
would stop Kentuckians
from flocking to neighbor-
ing states that allow sports
betting, siphoning money
from the bluegrass state.
They also argue that time
is of the essence because
other neighboring states
are taking steps to legalize
sports betting.
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Oktibbeha Lake
Continued from Page 1A
To solve the issue, the
county would have to
completely remove the
existing dam, build a new
one with larger valves to
control the water level
and build a new emergen-
cy spillway and a tempo-
rary detour road below
the levee — an $8 million
project.
District 3 Supervisor
Marvell Howard, who
lives behind
the levee,
has been ad-
vocating for
the search
for funding
for years
to no avail
— even Howard
suggest ing
at one recent supervi-
sors meeting that the
lake and its nearby resi-
dents, who are majority
African-American, were
“born on the wrong side
of the tracks” to be a
priority for some of the
board, though he later
said he didn’t think it was
an issue of race.
Other supervisors say
their sole reason for hes-
itating to fund the dam
has been myriad other
infrastructure projects in
the county that require
funding.
“It’s a funding issue,”
District 1 Supervisor and
Board Pres-
ident John
Montgom -
ery said.
“You can
wish all day
long, but
what it takes
to make a Montgomery
project hap-
pen is dollars. No one is
trying to slight anyone.”
What infrastructure
money the county does
have should be used to
repair roads, he said.
Howard sees it differ-
ently.
“The safety of that
many residents, actually
the safety of one resident,
I think, takes precedence
over roads,” he said.
Past structural
problems
January’s breach
warning — which oc-
curred when heavy rain-
fall put the dam in danger
of flooding 17,500 acres
of land — would have up-
graded to an emergency
and the recommendation
to evacuate would have
become a mandate if wa-
ter started streaming
out of the levee or if the
Slope failures on the west side of the Oktibbeha County Lake Dam levee in 2016 prompted an $800,000 repair
project. County engineer Clyde Pritchard said at the time that the levee might need to be replaced.
mudslide in the seeping
area of the levee reached
the pavement on County
Lake Road.
Before MDEQ formed,
USACE conducted dam
inspections in Missis-
sippi and found in 1979
that the lake’s spillways,
the structures that con-
trol the release of water
from the dam, were built
too small. The USACE
letter at the time called
the spillways “seriously
inadequate” and the dam
“unsafe in the non-emer-
gency category.”
The county never pro-
vided the state or USACE
with the plans for how the
dam was built compared
to how it was originally
designed, as required
when a new dam is built,
McKercher said.
The current mudslide
is in the same place and
about as long as an earlier
one that went unrepaired
for two years, McKerch-
er said. MDEQ notified
the county in Septem-
ber 2002 of three slides,
about 54, 25 and 120 feet.
The agency found two
more slides in January
2004, and the five slides
spanned almost the full
length of the back of the
dam, McKercher said.
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The slides were re-
paired later that year, but
a February 2006 memo
from the Mississippi
Department of Wildlife,
Fisheries and Parks said
“the erosion on both
sides of the levee at the
spillway gradually con-
tinue(s) to get worse”
and the same area on the
east side needed repairs
again. The county did
not follow through with
planned repairs at the
time, the memo states.
Photos provided by
McKercher to The Dis-
patch show a slide in
2009 in the same location
as the current one.
Oktibbeha County En-
gineer Clyde Pritchard
said in 2016 that the levee
might need to be com-
pletely replaced after he
found excessive slope
failures on the west side
of the levee. The Emer-
gency Watershed Protec-
tion Program within the
Natural Resources Con-
servation Service provid-
ed the $800,000 needed
for repairs, but NRCS
cannot fund an $8 million
project, Pritchard said.
The slopes on both
sides of the levee are
required to be three
times as long as they
are high, but the slopes
vary from 2.5 to 1.5 times
the horizontal distance,
Pritchard said. The
slopes were both at a 2:1
ratio in the 2016 MDEQ
inspection report. A flat-
ter slope provides more
stability and guards
against mudslides when
the soil on the slope is
saturated with water.
Additionally, the spill-
way underneath the
bridge over the levee is
not only too small but
also has “severe cracks”
in it and is being held to-
gether with steel beams,
Pritchard said.
“If we were to go out
tomorrow and just re-
pair the
slide, we’d
still be un-
der a man-
date from
MDEQ to
satisfy all
those (oth-
er) require- Pritchard
ments,”
Pritchard said.
If the owner of a dam
does not comply with re-
peated requests to bring
the dam into MDEQ com-
pliance, the agency can
push the county for com-
pliance by bringing the
issue to chancery court.
Courtesy photo/MDEQ
Since Oktibbeha County
repaired past slides and
lowered the water level at
MDEQ’s request in 2016,
the agency never found
it necessary to force
further action from the
county, McKercher said.
The ongoing
funding debate
Supervisors voted 3-2
on Jan. 21 to potentially
foot half the bill in order
to increase the chances
of receiving low-interest,
long-term funding from
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Howard has also sug-
gested diverting $2.2
million intended for
road projects from the
Office of State Aid Road
Construction within the
Mississippi Department
of Transportation. The
office allocates road and
bridge repair funding to
every county in the state
every four years.
District 4 Supervisor
Bricklee Miller does not
support using state aid
road money for the dam if
it means the roads in her
district will not get the
repairs they need for four
years.
“If this is a safety is-
sue, I support it 100 per-
cent,” Mill-
er said. “If
we can get
all the fund-
ing from
federal and
state de-
partments,
I support it Miller
100 percent. If we have to
raise taxes (to generate)
$4 million to $5 million,
or if it means only doing
one project in four years,
then I definitely have con-
cerns about that.”
Miller and Montgom-
ery were the two dis-
senting votes on Jan. 21,
saying they’re hesitant
to dedicate $4 million in
taxpayer dollars without
public input and with
other multimillion-dollar
projects on the horizon.
“We do the best we
can, but I can only imag-
ine how far behind we’d
be in four years if we
couldn’t use that money
on our major thorough-
fares,” Montgomery said.
Howard said he be-
lieves the county can pull
together the funding for
the lake without resort-
ing to bonds, which the
public would have to vote
to approve, or a tax in-
crease.
Part of the lake is
leased by former Mis-
sissippi State basketball
coach Rick Stansbury,
who lives in Kentucky.
District 2 Supervisor Or-
lando Trainer suggested
the county should end
the lease and find a way
to collect income on the
recreational use of the
lake, which used to be a
popular location for water
sports and social gather-
ings. That money could
be used to pay off bonds
for the project, he said.
The county has not
received any funds from
the newly-implemented
state lottery, but it did re-
ceive $104,000 in internet
sales tax revenue in Jan-
uary. That money can be
bonded for the repair and
maintenance of water
infrastructure, said Jon
McCormick, an accoun-
tant with the state audi-
tor’s office. Both Howard
and Montgomery said
those and all other poten-
tial funding sources are
worth considering.
“At this particular
point, we’ve got all the
options on the table,”
Howard said. “We’re still
gathering information
with all the different sce-
narios that could possibly
happen out there.”
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CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS

How Mississippi State
men’s basketball is
embracing analytics and
opponent tendencies
in game preparation
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

S
TARKVILLE — Before Ben Howland even starts watch-
ing film of his next opponent, he’s given an analytical
cheat sheet.
This compilation of numbers gives the fifth-year Mis-
sissippi State men’s basketball coach an early idea of the
opposing team’s style of play, tendencies, and statistics in
comparison to the rest of the Southeastern Conference, his
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Mississippi State guard Robert Woodard II and guard Tyson Carter react during the first half against own team and others around the nation.
Vanderbilt on Saturday at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville. More often than not, the numbers reaffirm what Howland
is about to see with his own eyes from the game tape.

Perry lifts Bulldogs over Vanderbilt

BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — A few days after playing
one of his worst games of the season, Mississip-
pi State’s Reggie Perry put the Bulldogs on his
back.
The sophomore forward lifted MSU (15-8, 6-4
SEC) out of yet another halftime deficit with a
quick 12 points five minutes into the second half
and finished with a game-high 25 points and 11
rebounds in his team’s 80-70 win over Vanderbilt
(9-14, 1-9) Saturday at Humphrey Coliseum. Per-
ry, a 6-foot-10 SEC Player of the Year candidate, is
also morphing into a big man whom the Bulldogs
trust to take technical foul free throws, as he shot
a dependable 8 of 9 from the line.
“Coach Howland wanted us to keep the ball
moving and getting the ball to the high post,” Per-
ry said. “Early in the game, we made good back
cuts, and I think I did a decent job delivering the
ball. I just have to cut down on the turnovers.”
Perry finished 7 of 10 from the floor and 3 of 5
from 3-point range while chipping in six assists
and four blocks.
“Reggie had a tremendous all-around game,”
MSU coach Ben Howland said. “His 3s were big
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
... he was very efficient from the field. He’s doing
a tremendous job, and I thought his defense was
good tonight.”
In the opening minutes, Vanderbilt tried to tilt
Perry off balance by double-teaming him, albe-
it with little success after he scored 10 first-half
points and collected five rebounds.
Nevertheless, for the fifth straight game, MSU
found itself staring at a deficit entering the sec-
ond half. MSU’s energy seemed to disappear in
the waning minutes of the opening half as Van-
derbilt closed the period on a 12-2 en route to
leading 35-31 at the break.
But as has often been the case in SEC play,
the Bulldogs owned the second half. MSU domi-
nated Vanderbilt from the start, retaking the lead
thanks to a 14-2 run.
“Being down at halftime was tough again,”
Howland said. “Especially since we had an eight-
point lead. I think we have to do a better job pro-
tecting that.”
The Commodores trailed by as many as 16 in
the second half and trimmed the deficit to six
points with 1 minute, 30 seconds remaining, but
a driving and-one layup by Tyson Carter sealed
See MSU, 6B
For context, Howland is 62 years old with nearly four de-
cades of coaching experience. He’s quickly approaching 500
career victories. And yet, he continues to embrace new-age
analytics, not shun them.
Entering Saturday’s matchup with Vanderbilt, the
Bulldogs sit at 14-8 overall and 5-4 in SEC play, with their
NCAA tournament destiny entirely in their hands. If there’s
any stat, number, or efficiency rating that can better help
prepare his team to win a game and get that much closer to a
second straight NCAA tournament berth, Howland wants to
know about it.
“Analytics has been a big part of sports for a long time,
and I think it keeps getting more in depth in terms of all the
different things you can measure,” Howland said.
MSU’s analytical tools
John Janovsky has known the current Bulldogs coach
since 2000, when he served as a manager for the Pittsburgh
basketball team under Howland.
Now, he’s the only basketball staff member in the SEC
that holds the job title of Director of Scouting and Analytics.
Janovsky is tasked with providing Howland his “analytic
cheat sheet,” breaking down film and using the team’s ana-
lytical resources to its advantage, among other duties.
The two tools primarily used by Mississippi State are
Synergy Sports Technology and KenPom.com. Synergy
creates web-based, on-demand, video-supported basketball
analytics, while KenPom.com is essentially a statistical
efficiency breakdown of all 353 men’s Division I basketball
teams.
Both Synergy and KenPom have their advantages.
If he’s using Synergy, senior point guard Tyson Carter
can watch every single 3-pointer he’s taken this season back
to back to back.
“He can see what a good or a bad shot is, or if he’s in a

How MSU commit Daniel Greek

little bit of a slump see where he was off balance,” Janovsky
told The Dispatch. “It’s a good tool to have so they can see
their shots without having to watch empty possessions.”

has already been indoctrinated A resource like Synergy can be like a shiny new toy
for true freshman guard Iverson Molinar, who never was
provided any analytical support at Veritas Prep in Calabasas,

into Mike Leach’s offensive scheme California.

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Steven
Greek looked on in awe.
Attending the 1999 Texas
High School Coaches Associa-
tion Conference, Greek reached
the edge of his seat when hot-
shot Oklahoma offensive coor-
dinator Mike Leach took the
podium.
Schooling the gathered
crowd on his high-flying air
raid offense that had helped the
Sooners to a 7-5 record and an
Independence Bowl meeting
with Ole Miss, Leach enamored
onlookers with his progressive
pass-heavy attack.
“As a young 20-something-
year-old coach, I sat in that
chair and made a decision that I
don’t know a whole lot, but that
is the style of offense that I want
to run and to teach my kids to
play in,” Greek recounted.
Now just over two decades on
from that coaching convention,
it’s Greek’s son, Daniel, who
will reap the benefits of Leach’s
ballyhooed system. A three-star
quarterback in the Class of 2021,
the younger Greek announced
his commitment to Mississippi
State on Feb. 2 following an un-
official visit to Starkville.
And while the Bulldogs are
expected to add another sig-
nal caller in next year’s class,
Greek’s familiarity with Leach’s
offensive system should give
him a leg up once he enrolls
next January.
Taking what he learned at
the 1999 convention along with
stops at Prestonwood Christian
Quarterback Daniel Greek poses with Mississippi State head coach
Mike Leach, whose offense Greek is already well versed in running.
Academy in Plano, Bishop High
School near Corpus Christi and
Harlingen High School just
north of Brownsville, Steven
has long been a disciple of the
pass-heavy scheme that made
Leach’s Texas Tech and Wash-
ington State so dynamic.
As the head coach at Liberty
Courtesy of Steven Greek
Christian School in Argyle, Tex-
as, he’s indoctrinated Daniel
and his younger boys Nathan
and Joshua — the former of
whom just completed his fresh-
man season as a quarterback,
defensive lineman and tight end
See GREEK, 6B
“It was pretty different. In high school; we never used to
do any of that,” Molinar said. “Now, we have to know all the
players’ tendencies ... It really helped me because everyone
has a different style. Being able to watch film and under-
stand how they play really helps us when the game comes.”
With KenPom statistics, if an upcoming opponent ranks
in the top 50 nationally in a certain category, that number
goes to the forefront of the scouting report. For example, at
the time of each team’s respective matchup with the Bull-
dogs, Alabama was fourth in pace of play, while Arkansas
ranked sixth in turnovers forced.
“It’s interesting to see where a team is scoring their
points and where those points come from,” Janovsky said.
“Then, when you watch film, you’ll see for yourself that
Alabama shoots very quick into the shot clock, and we can
tell the guys ‘You only have to play defense for X amount of
time, but transition defense is huge.’ That game planning
can change game by game.”
Some honest self-evaluation
Before a practice earlier this year, Howland gathered the
team and played a bit of good cop/bad cop with the team’s
KenPom numbers.
He lauded the team’s offensive rebound percentage,
which sits at second nationally — the Bulldogs are nearly
grabbing 40 percent of their missed shots on the offensive
end. Then he expressed his disappointment that exceptional
rebounding percentage hadn’t extended to the defensive
end, as the Bulldogs rank 215th nationally in that depart-
ment despite being the seventh-tallest team in America.
“He’ll attribute it to an effort thing with his players,”
Janovsky said. “It’s a nice coaching tool there.”
Howland knows his team’s identity better than anyone.
In his squad’s first two SEC contests against Auburn and
Alabama, MSU attempted 68 and 69 shots, respectively, not
even cracking 40 percent from the field in a pair of dou-
ble-digit losses.
“That’s not who we are,” Howland said following the
defeats.
When they’re at their best, the Bulldogs will put up some-
where between 50 to 57 shots a night, capitalizing on a half-
court offense with efficient shot selection. Considering MSU
ranks 297th overall in adjusted tempo, this offensive style
won’t place in any beauty contests. But the Bulldogs are 14th
nationally in offensive efficiency, so something’s going right.
En route to earning wins over Georgia, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Florida and Tennessee, MSU never attempted more
See ANALYTICS, 6B
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BRIEFLY GOLF
Prep Basketball
Pats beat Vols in overtime for district crown
MERIDIAN — The Heritage Academy boys got the
Taylor takes 1-shot lead over Mickelson at Pebble Beach
best of rival Starkville Academy in overtime to defeat THE ASSOCIATED PRESS athletes and celebrities sand so perfectly that it best I can.” down the slope, off the
the Volunteers 46-44 in the title game of the district combined during the took a few hops in the This is a two-man
tournament Saturday at Lamar School in Meridian.
green and back into the
Jared Long led the victorious Patriots, missing big
PEBBLE BEACH, Saturday show at Peb- rough before reach- show; however, Jason fairway. Mickelson’s
man Eli Acker to injury, with 24 points. Heritage Acad- Calif. — For his final ble. ing the green, losing Day posted a 70 at Spy- long chip from 90 feet
emy will play Washington in the first round of the MAIS act on a day filled with He made the impos- enough pace to trickle glass Hill and was only banged into the pin and
Class 4A north state tournament next week at Magnolia short-game magic, Phil sible look easy from a 2 feet away for a tap-in three shots behind at
Heights in Senatobia. dropped for birdie.
Mickelson hit a full- bunker behind the par- par. Even for Mickel- 14-under 201. “It was a really good
swing flop shot over a 3 seventh green at Peb- son, it rates among his For others, it was a
Starkville Academy girls fall to Leake bunker that landed in day in saving shots and
ble Beach. He holed out best. wasted opportunity.
MERIDIAN — The Starkville Academy girls
just the right spot on hitting shots,” Mickel-
team lost to powerhouse Leake Academy 63-32 in from a bunker for birdie “Yeah, it’s No. 2 in Pebble Beach had
the 18th green at Peb- on the 13th and chipped my all-time greatest more wind than earlier son said, “but I’m usual-
Saturday’s district championship game at Lamar School
in Meridian. ble Beach that it rolled in from 90 feet for birdie bunker shots,” Mickel- in the week, but still ly OK with a wedge.”
Lillee Alpe had 20 points for Starkville Academy. out to 4 feet from the on the next hole. son said. “I made one gentle enough that low Next up is a Sunday
Meri Laci Archer had five, and Caroline Wood had four. cup. with plenty at stake for
The Volunteers will play Magnolia Heights in the
In his post-round in- in the final round at scores were available.
first round of the MAIS Class 4A north state tournament Somehow, it didn’t terview with CBS, he Memorial, Muirfield Dustin Johnson, a two- the leading three play-
next week. go in. suggested hitting only Village, the old 16th time winner at Pebble, ers.
For a time Satur- nine greens wasn’t all hole from under the lip, was in striking range Mickelson said earli-
Heritage Academy girls fall to Lamar day in the AT&T Peb- that bad because he plugged, and I holed and could manage only er in the week he would
MERIDIAN — The Heritage Academy girls basket- ble Beach Pro-Am, it kept missing in the that one. This one didn’t a 72, leaving him eight not accept a special
ball team lost Saturday’s district tournament contest to seemed everything did. right place that left him go in, but it was the sec- shots back. Patrick
host Lamar School 37-34. exemption for the U.S.
“It seemed like my a good angle, the ex- ond-best I’ve ever hit.” Cantlay, at No. 8 in the Open if he needed one.
Lucy Sharp scored 17 points to lead the Patriots,
and Sydney Adair added seven. short game was pretty ception being the par-3 Taylor’s best was a world, played the final A victory at Pebble —
Heritage Academy will face Pillow Academy in the good today,” Mickelson 12th where he made his 3-wood onto the green six holes in 2 over for a the 45th of his career
first round of the MAIS Class 4A north state tournament said after a 5-under 67, lone bogey. And then he at the par-5 seventh that 72 and was nine shots
next week. that final birdie leaving — would go a long way
abruptly ended the dis- led to eagle and assured back.
him one shot behind course. he would have the lead. Mickelson started toward solving that,
West Lowndes girls finish season undefeated Nick Taylor of Canada “Actually, that’s not His only PGA Tour vic- with a pair of birdies. moving him to around
The West Lowndes girls beat Noxapater 59-21 in No. 40.
as Lefty goes for a re- true,” Mickelson said. tory was just over five He took a share of the
Friday’s home game to complete a 20-0 regular season.
West Lowndes has not gone undefeated in a regu- cord sixth title at Peb- “I had some pretty good years ago at the Sand- lead with a birdie on the Taylor can validate
lar season since at least the 2006-07 school year. ble. up-and-downs.” erson Farms Champi- par-5 sixth. his first win since his
The Panthers get a bye in their district tournament Taylor had a cold Topping the list was onship, his fourth start And then the fun be- rookie season, an op-
and will open play at 4 p.m. Thursday in McAdams start and a relatively No. 7, the 110-yard hole of his rookie season. gan. posite-field event at the
against the winner of a first-round game between Ethel
and Noxapater. quiet day at Spyglass down the hill toward He will be in the final After his par save time. The Canadian has
The West Lowndes boys team routed Noxapater Hill, away from all the the Pacific, the most group, his first time at No. 7, his long bun- never been to the Mas-
87-21 on Friday to improve to 10-8 on the season. hits and giggles around picturesque hole at Peb- playing with Mickelson. ker shot from short of ters and has played in
Jherquaveus “Qua” Sanders had 19 points for the the celebrity rotation at ble. It looked like a ter- “It’s going to be a the eighth green rolled
Panthers, Taddarius Washington had 13, and Joshua only four majors, two as
Franklin had 12.
Pebble Beach. He over- ror for Mickelson when new experience for that inches from the cup. an amateur.
came two early bogeys his sand wedge went reason, if I am play- More trouble sup- Day, meanwhile, is a
with a 25-foot eagle putt long and plugged into ing with him,” Taylor posedly awaited on
College Basketball on his 16th hole for a the back bunker. said. “Obviously, if he the 13th when his ap-
former No. 1 who spent
Southern Miss loses at Western Kentucky most of last year injured
69, and his first 54-hole “I was just trying to makes a putt or great proach peeled into the
The Southern Miss men’s basketball team was
lead on the PGA Tour. not make 5,” Mickelson shot, the crowd’s going left bunker. He raised and frustrated. He has
upended by a late Western Kentucky run, falling 75-72 gone nearly two years
on Saturday in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Taylor was at 17-under said. “I was trying to to go wild. I’ve just got both arms when that
The Golden Eagles (7-18, 3-9 Conference USA) 198. get on the green and to do my own thing, try dropped for birdie. And since his last win, and
held a 41-31 lead at halftime, but the Hilltoppers even- Mickelson and his just make a 4, give my- to block all that out. on the par-5 14th, he was in danger of falling
tually tied the game at 61-all with seven minutes to play sublime short game self a putt at a par. But it Easier said than done, made a mistake by not out of the top 50 if he
and went ahead 67-66 within three minutes.
LaDavius Draine led the Eagles with 21 points. delivered more enter- came out great.” without having to do it hitting his punch wedge didn’t starting getting
Gabe Watson scored 16, and New Hope product Tyler tainment than all the It splashed out of the before, but I’ll do the hard enough. It came better results.
Stevenson had 14.
Southern Miss will host Florida Atlantic at 7 p.m.
Thursday at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg. TENNIS
Southern Miss women fall at home to WKU
The Southern Miss women’s basketball team
fell back to .500 on the season after an 81-65 home
Ostapenko outlasts Kenin in 3 sets in Fed Cup
loss to Western Kentucky on Saturday at Reed Green
Coliseum in Hattiesburg.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS recent Grand Slam win- caught up with Kenin. in the set for a 4-1 lead, Kenin opened the
The Golden Eagles (11-11, 3-8 Conference USA) ner. She struggled with the but gave a game back event with a dominant
fell behind early and couldn’t catch up, trailing 36-24 EVERET T, Wash. Serena Williams, power of Ostapenko be- to the American with a win over Sevastova on
by halftime. Southern Miss scored just six points in the — Jelena Ostapenko de- who improved to 14-0 fore adjusting to domi- double fault.
first quarter. Friday night. She found
feated Australian Open all-time in Fed Cup nate the second set, but Again, Kenin the challenge against
Respect Leaphart finished with 16 points, and
Alarie Mayze had 14. champion Sofia Kenin singles matches with a she couldn’t hold serve couldn’t hold. Osta- Ostapenko far tougher.
The Eagles will play at Florida Atlantic at 6 p.m. in three sets on Satur- victory over Ostapenko in the final set. penko’s forehand win- The big-hitting, for-
Thursday in Boca Raton, Florida. day as Latvia pulled on Friday night, was The pair exchanged ner gave her a 5-2 lead mer French Open cham-
within 2-1 of the United scheduled to face Lat- breaks in the first three and she closed out the
College Softball States in its Fed Cup pion gave Williams all
via’s Anastasija Sevasto- games of the third, match in 1 hour, 58 min-
qualifying match. she could handle in the
Ole Miss drops first four games in Florida va in Saturday’s second leaving Ostapenko with utes.
Ostapenko beat second singles match
The Ole Miss softball team lost all four of its games singles match. The U.S. a 2-1 lead. She near- “It’s always very spe-
in the NFCA Leadoff Classic on Friday and Saturday in Kenin 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to needed one more victo- ly gave the advantage cial to play for my coun- on Friday, losing be-
Clearwater, Florida. give Latvia its first ry to clinch a spot in the back to Kenin, but Os- try and I was just trying cause of errors in both
The Rebels (0-4) suffered losses to Louisville, tiebreakers. Ostapenko
North Carolina State, Illinois and Notre Dame. point against the Amer- Fed Cup Finals in April tapenko saved a pair of my best today,” Osta-
Mississippi State beat Louisville 3-2 in eight innings in icans. Ostapenko broke in Budapest, Hungary. break points to take a penko said. “Until the still had plenty of errors
the same tournament and will face NC State at 11 a.m. Kenin four times in the Fatigue from a whirl- 3-1 lead on a swinging last point I knew it was against Kenin — 49
today. third set as the former wind past seven days forehand volley. going to be a very tough unforced errors — but
Against the Cardinals, in the Rebels’ first game of
the season, Ole Miss fell behind 3-1 in the third inning French Open champi- since winning in Mel- Ostapenko broke match and I was trying also had 34 winners to
and lost 4-2. The Wolfpack scored three runs in the on outlasted the most bourne may have finally Kenin for the third time to play aggressive.” just 13 for Kenin.
second inning of Friday’s nightcap and held on for a 3-2
win over Ole Miss.
The Rebels were held to just one run against the American U. 72, Army 62 Missouri 83, Arkansas 79, OT age 4-9 1-3 13, Justice 4-12 2-2 12, Cozart 0-0 0-0 Ottawa at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Illini, which scored all three runs in the second inning Pro Basketball Boston U. 77, Holy Cross 68
Brown 72, Harvard 71
N. Dakota St. 83, Oral Roberts 76
N. Iowa 83, Drake 73
0. Totals 25-59 19-24 75.
Halftime_Southern Miss 41-31. 3-Point Goals_
St. Louis at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

for a 3-1 win. NBA Glance
Against Notre Dame, Ole Miss saw trouble after
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
a four-run first inning. The Fighting Irish got two runs W L Pct GB
Toronto 39 14 .736 —
back in the second and took the lead with a four-spot in Boston 36 15 .706 2
the fifth. Ole Miss added a run in the bottom of the fifth, Philadelphia 32 21 .604 7
Brooklyn 23 28 .451 15
but Notre Dame scored again in the top of the sixth and New York 17 36 .321 22
held on for a 7-5 win.
Southeast Division
The Rebels close out the tournament by facing
Miami
W L Pct GB
34 17 .667 —
Liberty at 9 a.m. today. The Bulldogs beat Liberty 9-2 Orlando 22 31 .415 13
on Saturday. Washington 18 32 .360 15½
Charlotte 16 36 .308 18½
Atlanta 14 39 .264 21
SOURCE: From Special Reports Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 45 7 .865 —
CALENDAR
Indiana 31 22 .585 14½
Chicago 19 34 .358 26½
Detroit 19 36 .345 27½
Today Cleveland 13 39 .250 32
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Women’s College Basketball W L Pct GB
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, Noon Houston 33 19 .635 —
Dallas 32 21 .604 1½
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. Memphis 26 26 .500 7
San Antonio 22 29 .431 10½
College Softball New Orleans 22 31 .415 11½
Northwest Division
Mississippi State at North Carolina W L Pct GB
State in NFCA Leadoff Classic, 11 a.m. Denver 36 16 .692 —
Utah 33 18 .647 2½
Ole Miss at Liberty in NFCA Division I Oklahoma City 32 20 .615 4
Portland 24 29 .453 12½
Leadoff Classic, 9 a.m. Minnesota 16 35 .314 19½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
ON THE AIR
L.A. Lakers 38 12 .760 —
L.A. Clippers 36 16 .692 3
Phoenix 21 31 .404 18
Today Sacramento 20 31 .392 18½
Golden State 12 40 .231 27
AUTO RACING Friday’s Games
Washington 119, Dallas 118
2 p.m. — NASCAR Cup Series: The Philadelphia 119, Memphis 107
Boston 112, Atlanta 107
Busch Clash, Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1 Oklahoma City 108, Detroit 101
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Toronto 115, Indiana 106
Phoenix 127, Houston 91
11 a.m. — Butler at Marquette, FS1
Sacramento 105, Miami 97
Utah 117, Portland 114
Noon — Ohio State at Wisconsin, CBS Saturday’s Games
2 p.m. — Wichita State at Houston, Milwaukee 112, Orlando 95
Dallas 116, Charlotte 100
ESPN New York 95, Detroit 92
Toronto 119, Brooklyn 118
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) New Orleans 124, Indiana 117
Noon — Mississippi State at Texas Minnesota 142, L.A. Clippers 115
L.A. Lakers at Golden State, late
A&M, ESPN Denver at Phoenix, late
San Antonio at Sacramento, late
4 p.m. — Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, SECN
Today’s Games
GOLF Boston at Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Noon — PGA Tour: The AT&T Pebble Memphis at Washington, 5 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 5 p.m.
Beach Pro-Am, Final Round, Pebble
Utah at Houston, 6 p.m.
Beach, Calif., GOLF L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at Portland, 8 p.m.
2 p.m. — PGA Tour: The AT&T Pebble Monday’s Games
Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Beach Pro-Am, Final Round, Pebble Brooklyn at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Beach, Calif., CBS Charlotte at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
NBA BASKETBALL Sacramento at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
2:30 p.m. — Boston at Oklahoma City, Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Denver, 8 p.m.
NBATV Miami at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
6 p.m. — Utah at Houston, NBATV Tuesday’s Games
NHL HOCKEY Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
11:30 a.m. — Boston at Detroit, NBC Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
XFL FOOTBALL Boston at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
1 p.m. — Tampa Bay at NY Guardians,
FOX
4 p.m. — St. Louis at Dallas, ESPN
College Basketball
Saturday’s Scores
EAST
Bryant 64, CCSU 60
Colgate 67, Navy 60
Cornell 73, Princeton 62
Delaware 80, James Madison 78
Georgetown 76, DePaul 72
Hofstra 75, Northeastern 71
Jacksonville 65, NJIT 54
La Salle 83, Saint Joseph’s 66
Lehigh 62, Lafayette 59
Loyola (Md.) 78, Bucknell 65
Maine 82, Binghamton 75
Marshall 83, Louisiana Tech 79, OT
New Hampshire 81, Stony Brook 64
Penn 76, Columbia 67
Penn St. 83, Minnesota 77
Pittsburgh 73, Georgia Tech 64
Rhode Island 82, George Washington 51
Richmond 59, Fordham 53
Robert Morris 61, Sacred Heart 58
Seton Hall 70, Villanova 64
St. Bonaventure 83, Duquesne 80
St. Francis (Pa.) 85, Wagner 68
St. Francis Brooklyn 70, Mount St. Mary’s 67
Syracuse 75, Wake Forest 73
Temple 97, SMU 90, OT
Towson 76, Drexel 69
UMBC 60, Mass.-Lowell 50
Vermont 69, Hartford 68
Yale 75, Dartmouth 57
SOUTH
Alabama 105, Georgia 102, OT
Alabama St. 87, MVSU 74
Appalachian St. 60, Texas State 57
Auburn 91, LSU 90, OT
Belmont 71, Austin Peay 63
Bethune-Cookman 78, NC A&T 73
Boston College 77, Virginia Tech 73, OT
Campbell 79, Presbyterian 62
Cent. Arkansas 82, McNeese St. 76, OT
Charleston Southern 85, Hampton 72
Charlotte 91, UTSA 84
Chattanooga 84, Wofford 77
Coastal Carolina 89, Texas-Arlington 75
Duke 98, North Carolina 96, OT
ETSU 73, Mercer 60
East Carolina 81, Tulane 67
Elon 72, Coll. of Charleston 65
FIU 66, FAU 59
Florida A&M 82, Howard 78, OT
Florida St. 99, Miami 81
Furman 82, W. Carolina 73
Gardner-Webb 88, SC-Upstate 57
Georgia Southern 86, Louisiana-Lafayette 79
Georgia St. 77, Louisiana-Monroe 69
Grambling St. 66, Southern U. 62
Jackson St. 86, Alcorn St. 57
Jacksonville St. 75, UT Martin 61
Kentucky 77, Tennessee 64
Liberty 74, North Alabama 56
Lipscomb 72, Kennesaw St. 66
Louisville 80, Virginia 73
Mississippi St. 80, Vanderbilt 70
Morgan St. 61, Md.-Eastern Shore 53
N. Kentucky 84, Detroit 65
NC Central 68, Coppin St. 63
Nicholls 88, Sam Houston St. 82
Norfolk St. 85, Delaware St. 57
North Florida 69, Florida Gulf Coast 60
North Texas 71, UAB 64
Old Dominion 72, UTEP 53
Ole Miss 68, Florida 51
Radford 81, High Point 70
Rice 91, Middle Tennessee 83
South Carolina 74, Texas A&M 54
South Florida 75, Memphis 73
UNC-Wilmington 70, William & Mary 64
VMI 75, The Citadel 64
W. Kentucky 75, Southern Miss. 72
Winthrop 70, Longwood 68
MIDWEST
Akron 59, E. Michigan 58
Bowling Green 85, Toledo 83
Creighton 94, St. John’s 82
Dayton 71, Saint Louis 65
E. Illinois 71, Morehead St. 65
Ill.-Chicago 71, Green Bay 58
Illinois St. 74, Indiana St. 67
Iowa 96, Nebraska 72
Iowa St. 73, Kansas St. 63
Michigan 77, Michigan St. 68
Milwaukee 80, IUPUI 79, OT
New Mexico St. 67, UMKC 61
Ohio 77, Miami (Ohio) 46
Purdue 74, Indiana 62
Rio Grande 75, Chicago St. 64
S. Dakota St. 81, Nebraska-Omaha 64
S. Illinois 68, Missouri St. 66
SIU-Edwardsville 83, E. Kentucky 75
South Dakota 82, North Dakota 68
Tennessee Tech 62, SE Missouri 60
W. Michigan 68, Ball St. 64
Wright St. 83, Oakland 71
Xavier 64, Providence 58
Youngstown St. 67, Cleveland St. 55
SOUTHWEST
Abilene Christian 84, Lamar 49
Alabama A&M 58, Ark.-Pine Bluff 54
Baylor 78, Oklahoma St. 70
Incarnate Word 82, SE Louisiana 75, OT
Kansas 60, TCU 46
Northwestern St. 93, Houston Baptist 79
Oklahoma 69, West Virginia 59
Prairie View 69, Texas Southern 59
Stephen F. Austin 81, New Orleans 74
Texas Tech 62, Texas 57
UALR 90, Arkansas St. 87
FAR WEST
Colorado 81, Stanford 74
E. Washington 74, Montana St. 49
Fort Wayne 70, Denver 63
Nevada 95, San Jose St. 77
New Mexico 97, Wyoming 68
S. Utah 85, Portland St. 57
San Diego St. 89, Air Force 74
Seattle 87, Utah Valley 85, OT
UNLV 68, Fresno St. 67
Utah 60, California 45
OTHER
LIU 67, Merrimack 64, OT
Mississippi St. 80,
Vanderbilt 70
VANDERBILT (9-14)
Disu 3-13 1-1 9, Obinna 4-5 4-4 12, Evans 2-9 2-3
7, Lee 6-12 7-8 20, Pippen 2-8 3-6 8, Wright 5-9
0-0 11, Moyer 1-1 1-1 3, Albert 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
23-58 18-23 70.
MISSISSIPPI ST. (15-8)
Ado 2-3 0-0 4, Perry 7-10 8-9 25, Stewart 3-10 0-1
7, Weatherspoon 8-9 5-7 21, Woodard 1-8 3-3 5,
Carter 6-11 3-5 16, Molinar 1-2 0-0 2, Oduro 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 28-53 19-25 80.
Halftime_Vanderbilt 35-31. 3-Point Goals_Van-
derbilt 6-24 (Disu 2-10, Lee 1-2, Pippen 1-2,
Wright 1-3, Evans 1-7), Mississippi St. 5-14 (Perry
3-5, Stewart 1-3, Carter 1-4, Molinar 0-1, Woodard
0-1). Rebounds_Vanderbilt 28 (Wright 7), Missis-
sippi St. 36 (Perry 11). Assists_Vanderbilt 9 (Lee
4), Mississippi St. 15 (Perry 6). Total Fouls_Van-
derbilt 20, Mississippi St. 19.
Ole Miss 68, Florida 51
FLORIDA (14-9)
Blackshear 3-8 5-5 11, Johnson 5-10 5-6 16, Lew-
is 3-6 0-0 7, Locke 3-9 0-0 8, Nembhard 2-9 0-0 5,
Mann 0-6 0-0 0, Glover 0-2 0-0 0, Jitoboh 1-2 0-0
2, Payne 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 18-54 10-11 51.
OLE MISS (12-11)
Buffen 6-8 2-2 14, Sy 2-8 2-2 6, Shuler 5-9 2-2
14, Tyree 9-19 1-2 23, Hinson 3-8 2-2 9, Collum
1-1 0-0 2, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Crowley 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 26-55 9-10 68.
Halftime_Ole Miss 33-27. 3-Point Goals_Florida
5-23 (Locke 2-6, Lewis 1-1, Johnson 1-3, Nem-
bhard 1-5, Glover 0-1, Blackshear 0-3, Mann 0-4),
Ole Miss 7-16 (Tyree 4-6, Shuler 2-5, Hinson 1-3,
Buffen 0-1, Sy 0-1). Rebounds_Florida 30 (John-
son 10), Ole Miss 29 (Buffen 9). Assists_Florida
9 (Blackshear, Nembhard 3), Ole Miss 16 (Shuler
5). Total Fouls_Florida 10, Ole Miss 13. A_7,760
(9,500).
Western Kentucky 75,
Southern Miss 72
SOUTHERN MISS (7-18)
Harper-Baker 3-11 0-0 6, Konontsuk 3-5 0-0 8,
Stevenson 6-9 2-5 14, Draine 8-16 0-0 21, Watson
5-17 4-6 16, Muse 1-3 0-0 3, Jacdonmi 2-2 0-0 4,
Leslie 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 6-11 72.
W. KENTUCKY (16-8)
Williams 9-11 6-7 24, Anderson 4-6 8-9 16,
Hollingsworth 3-11 2-3 8, Rawls 1-10 0-0 2, Sav-
Southern Miss 10-28 (Draine 5-10, Konontsuk 2-4,
Watson 2-7, Muse 1-3, Leslie 0-1, Harper-Baker
0-3), W. Kentucky 6-27 (Savage 4-8, Justice 2-10,
Hollingsworth 0-3, Rawls 0-6). Rebounds_South-
ern Miss 37 (Draine 10), W. Kentucky 28 (Savage
11). Assists_Southern Miss 21 (Harper-Baker 9),
W. Kentucky 13 (Rawls 5). Total Fouls_Southern
Miss 17, W. Kentucky 11. A_6,170 (7,326).
Hockey
NHL Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 56 34 10 12 80 187 140
Tampa Bay 55 35 15 5 75 199 150
Toronto 56 29 19 8 66 200 187
Florida 54 29 19 6 64 192 181
Montreal 57 27 23 7 61 177 173
Buffalo 55 24 23 8 56 157 173
Ottawa
Detroit
55 18 26 11 47 147 188
56 13 39 4 30 115 212
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 55 36 14 5 77 199 167
Pittsburgh 54 34 15 5 73 181 148
Columbus 56 30 17 9 69 147 137
N.Y. Islanders 53 31 16 6 68 156 145
Philadelphia 55 30 18 7 67 177 164
Carolina 54 31 20 3 65 174 148
N.Y. Rangers 53 26 23 4 56 173 172
New Jersey 54 20 24 10 50 149 190
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 56 32 15 9 73 178 160
Colorado 53 31 16 6 68 194 152
Dallas 55 31 19 5 67 147 141
Winnipeg 56 28 23 5 61 168 170
Nashville 54 26 21 7 59 176 177
Minnesota 54 26 22 6 58 167 178
Chicago 54 25 21 8 58 161 168
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 55 30 20 5 65 179 167
Edmonton 55 29 20 6 64 176 173
Vegas 56 28 21 7 63 177 168
Arizona 57 27 23 7 61 160 157
Calgary 55 27 22 6 60 149 169
San Jose 55 24 27 4 52 145 181
Anaheim 55 22 26 7 51 143 171
Los Angeles 56 19 32 5 43 136 179
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Friday’s Games
Buffalo 3, N.Y. Rangers 2
Columbus 2, Detroit 0
Toronto 5, Anaheim 4, OT
Minnesota 3, Dallas 2
Saturday’s Games
Winnipeg 5, Ottawa 2
Boston 4, Arizona 2
New Jersey 3, Los Angeles 0
Colorado 2, Columbus 1
Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
Montreal 2, Toronto 1, OT
Philadelphia 7, Washington 2
Edmonton 3, Nashville 2
Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2
Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT
Calgary at Vancouver, late
Carolina at Vegas, late
Today’s Games
Boston at Detroit, 11:30 a.m.
Anaheim at Buffalo, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Arizona at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Florida at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
Nashville at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Arizona at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Florida at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Vegas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Transactions Saturday’s moves
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed C Cameron
Rupp to a minor league contract.
National League
NEW YORK METS — Named Chad Kreuter man-
ager of Syracuse (IL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Assigned RHP Luis
Madero outright to Sacramento (PCL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Waived Fs Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist and Marvin Williams.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed Gs Zach
Norvell Jr. and Jeremy Pargo to 10-day contracts.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
AHL — Suspended San Antonio Rampage F Ryan
Olsen for one game for an illegal check to the head
of an opponent in a game at Rockford on Feb. 7.
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned F Rasmus As-
plund and D Lawrence Pilut to Rochester (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Dennis
Cholowski to Grand Rapids (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Martin
Fehervary from Hershey (AHL).
COLLEGE
SYRACUSE — Named Jeff LePak offensive an-
alyst.
Friday’s moves
BASEBALL
American League
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP
Cody Allen and LHP Brandon Mann to minor
league contracts.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with
LHP Brian Moran on a minor league contract.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms
with INF-OF Chris Taylor on a two-year contract.
NEW YORK METS — Named Brian Schneider
quality control coach. Announced the resignation
of baseball operations adviser Jessica Mendoza.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms
with OF Hunter Pence on a one-year contract.
Frontier League
EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed LHP Marty
Anderson.
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed UT David
Glaude.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed RHP
Jeremy Orbik.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Fined Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford
$25,000 for verbally abusing game officials.
DENVER NUGGETS — Waived G Gerald Green.
NBA G League
COLLEGE PARK SKYHAWKS — Waived F Phil
Cofer. Signed G R.J Hunter.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Named Jacques Cesaire as-
sistant defensive line coach.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Joe Woods
defensive coordinator.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Named Tom Hunkele
director of sports medicine; Ted Rath director of
sports performance; Jeremiah Washburn director
of player personnel/senior defensive assistant;
Connor Barwin special assistant to the general
manager; and Brent Celek and Darren Sproles
personnel consultants.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled RW Kiefer Sher-
wood from San Diego (AHL). Reassigned RW
Daniel Sprong to San Diego.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC CINCINNATI — Re-signed M Jimmy Mc-
Laughlin.
LOS ANGELES FC — Announced the team and
F Josh Perez have mutually agreed to part ways.
LA GALAXY — Appointed Phil Hayward director
of performance and sport science.
ORANGE COUNTY SC — Signed D Rob Kiernan.
National Women’s Soccer League
SKY BLUE FC — Announced the retirment of F
Jen Hoy.
UTAH ROYALS — Named Craig Harrington coach.
COLLEGE
KANSAS CITY — Named Jessica Smith women’s
soccer coach.
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MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

‘This team is trying to grow up a little bit’: Vic Schaefer’s young

roster maturing ahead of matchup with No. 16 Texas A&M
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Standing
on the court during shootar-
ound ahead of No. 8 Mississip-
pi State’s win over Tennessee in
Knoxville on Thursday, coach
Vic Schaefer peeked up into
the rafters of Thompson-Bol-
ing Arena.
Above him, banners com-
memorating the Volunteers’
eight national titles and 18 Fi-
nal Four appearances glared
back down at him.
“To stand in that arena and
look up into the rafters and
see all the history and the tra-
dition of a Tennessee and to
know that we went empty for 36
straight and then to be where
we are now, it’s very humbling,”
Schaefer said Friday.
Taking over an MSU pro-
gram that had reached the
Sweet 16 just once before his
arrival in 2012, the scene was
poetic. In Schaefer’s eight
years as head coach, the Bull-
dogs have made the Elite Eight
in three straight seasons and a
combined record of 215-59.
Now in the midst of arguably
his most difficult coaching job
since he took the job at MSU,
the longtime Texas A&M as-
sistant has his squad poised to
take another step in the mat-
uration process with a game
against his former employer
slated for Sunday afternoon.
“Got to go to early church,”
Schaefer quipped ahead of the
Bulldogs’ early tip-off against
Texas A&M. “Can’t go to the
late service because we’re go-
ing to need you here at noon
and make it a great environ-
ment.”
While the 2020 season has
been one of ebbs and flows,
the Bulldogs have seemingly
turned a corner thanks in ma-
jor part to the improved play of
freshman forward Rickea Jack-
Freshman forward Rickea Jackson has stepped up her scoring and rebounding in recent weeks.
son.
The first McDonald’s
All-American to sign with MSU
and the No. 6 recruit in the
Class of 2019, Jackson came
to Starkville with ample hype.
Despite that, the Detroit native
struggled through her first four
games as a Bulldog — reaching
double digits just once while
shooting 13 of 35 from the floor
against Southern Miss, Troy,
Murray State and UT Martin.
Now having found her
stroke, Jackson reached double
digits in all but three games
since Nov. 29 — earning SEC
Freshman of the Week honors
twice over that span.
“Her biggest adjustment was
here at home,” Schaefer said.
“Those first couple games play-
ing in front of 7-8,000 — I think
when she settled in, it doesn’t
matter where we’re at; she’s
ready to go and just plays the
game at an incredible level.”
Among the improvements
Jackson has honed of late is
her rebounding. Visiting with
Schaefer Wednesday night in
Knoxville, the two sat down to
watch tape of the former MSU
forward Anriel Howard. Not-
ing Howard’s high energy and
heady play, Jackson responded
to the session with a nine re-
bound performance against a
Tennessee team that boasts an
average height of 6-foot-2.
“Coming in I always watched
how hard Anriel played,” Jack-
son said Friday. “She just has
an endless motor and I just
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
thought to myself, ‘This girl
never gets tired, and that’s
something I want to do.’ And
watching film, I just saw the
placement she put herself in so
that she could see the ball go-
ing up or that she’d know the
personnel.”
While Jackson’s rebounding
prowess has been a welcome
addition, so too has the sound
facilitating of sophomore Myah
Taylor and senior Jordan Dan-
berry.
Following a four-turnover
performance against Auburn
on Jan. 30 in which she looked
dazed and confused for the
vast majority of her 27 minutes
played, Taylor responded with
zero turnovers and five assists
against Tennessee in Knox-
ville.
“I just feel like I have to re-
mind myself to make sure that
I’m focused going into a game
to not turn the ball over,” she
said. “So just have to continue
to prepare for that, watch film
and work on it in practice is the
only way to get prepared for the
games.”
Danberry has been similar-
ly dynamic as a passer of late.
Normally relied on for her stout
mid-range scoring prowess and
wily defense, she’s shot just 42
percent from the field over her
past three games — including a
scoreless opening half against
the Volunteers. And while Dan-
berry’s shots haven’t fallen at
as consistent a rate as her 52
percent clip suggests, she’s
notched three or more assists
in eight of her past 10 games
— including eight against Ole
Miss on Jan. 26.
“If I’m not having a good
shooting game, I’m just try-
ing to get the ball in the hands
of who’s hot,” Danberry said
Tuesday. “That’s how we’re
going to win the game, so I
just try and do my part on the
defensive end, and the offense
will come.”
Seated on the charter
flight home from Knoxville on
Thursday night, Schaefer took
the time to reflect. Sitting at
21-3 and 9-1 in SEC play, the
Bulldogs are just a game back
of No. 1 South Carolina for the
conference lead. Further, as
Schaefer has battled the ups
and downs of replacing three
starters from last season’s
squad, the roster that he pre-
viously said might kill him has
begun to hit its stride.
“This team is trying to grow
up a little bit,” Schaefer said
through a grin. “It seems like
every game on the road we take
a little bit of a step in the right
direction.”

COLLEGE SOFTBALL PREP BASKETBALL

Mississippi State softball wins first Starkville High comes
three games at NFCA Leadoff Classic back to edge Noxubee
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
The Mississippi State softball
team missed its first chance to
finish off Louisville in Saturday
afternoon’s game at the NFCA
Leadoff Classic in
Clearwater, Flori-
da.
The Bulldogs
didn’t miss their
second.
Mississippi
State took a 2-1
lead into the bot- Ricketts
tom of the seventh
inning, but a single and an error
put runners on first and second
with none out. After junior pitch-
er Emily Williams, who entered in
relief of Troy transfer Annie Wil-
lis, induced a pop-up and record-
ed a strikeout, Williams allowed
a single to load the bases and
walked in the tying run, sending
the game to extra innings.
Using the international tie-
breaker in which a runner is
automatically placed on second
base to start each extra inning,
the Bulldogs scratched across
a run in their half of the eighth.
Louisville landed runners on the
corners, but Williams bore down
and retired the next three hitters
to clinch a hard-earned 3-2 win for
Mississippi State (3-0) over Louis-
ville (1-3).
The win preserved a perfect
start to the weekend tournament
for the Bulldogs with the excep-
tion of Friday night’s 4-0 loss to
Team USA in an exhibition game.
Fortunately for Mississippi State,
that one won’t count in the stand-
ings.
Louisville opened the scoring
in the third inning on a fielding
error by freshman shortstop Mad-
isyn Kennedy, but Mississippi
State’s Christian Quinn doubled
home a run in the fourth to an-
swer. Kennedy put the Bulldogs
on top with an RBI double of her
own in the top of the sixth.
But Louisville pitcher Taylor
Roby turned an 0-2 count into
a walk to tie the game with two
away in the bottom of the seventh.
With Anna Kate Segars placed
on second in the eighth, Chloe
Malau’ulu bunted her to third; a
fielder’s choice from Montana Da-
vidson brought Segars in for the
go-ahead run.
Williams got out of the jam in
the bottom of the inning by strik-
ing out Cassady Greenwood, get-
ting Maddy Newman to ground to
second and fanning Charley But-
ler to preserve the victory.
Mississippi State will play
North Carolina State (2-2) at 11
a.m. Sunday in Clearwater.
Here’s a quick look at the
Bulldogs’ other action so far this
weekend.
Mississippi State 9, Liberty 2
Fa Leilua hit a grand slam and
drove in five runs as the Bulldogs
pulled away from Liberty (0-4) to
win Saturday’s game 9-2.
Leilua’s shot to right center
field came with two out and the
bases full in the bottom of the
sixth, putting the finishing touch-
es on Mississippi State’s win. She
also had an RBI single in a three-
run fifth inning.
Candace Denis also had a
run-scoring hit in the fifth, and
Carter Spexarth walked, pushing
the Bulldogs’ lead from 2-1 to 5-1.
Amber Bishop uncorked a solo
shot to lead off the sixth for Liber-
ty, but Leilua got the run back and
then some.
Mississippi State faced an ear-
ly deficit when Liberty’s Denay
Griffin hit a one-out solo homer
off Grace Fagan in the second, but
Mia Davidson got the run back by
driving the first pitch out of the
park in the bottom of the fourth.
Kennedy added an RBI single
later in the inning to give Missis-
sippi State the lead.
Fagan pitched the first five in-
nings, giving up just two hits and
striking out six; Williams took
over in the circle for the final two
frames.
Mississippi State 5, Missouri
State 0, Friday
Leilua’s hard-hit, two-run dou-
ble to center field was the key
blow in a four-run third inning
that helped Mississippi State
blank Missouri State 5-0 on Fri-
day in Clearwater. Willis pitched
five shutout innings in her first
start with the Bulldogs, and Wil-
liams closed it out for Mississippi
State.
Leilua, Denis and Spexarth
each had two hits for the Bulldogs,
and Chloe Malau’ulu opened the
scoring with a solo home run in
the second inning.
In the third, Quinn opened with
a single, and Denis followed with a
ground-rule double. After David-
son walked, Leilua came through
by driving in two, and Spexarth
followed with a run-scoring in-
field single. Montana Davidson
drove in Leilua with a sac fly to
right as the Bulldogs plated four
in the inning to grab a 5-0 lead.
Willis settled in after that, im-
proving from a lot of 3-2 counts
early in the game to dispatch
Bears hitters with less effort. In
the bottom of the third, she quick-
ly struck out all three Missouri
State hitters. Willis finished her
outing with a line of five scoreless
innings pitched, three hits, one
walk and seven strikeouts.
From there, Williams took over
and had no difficulty closing out
the game. Williams totaled three
strikeouts in a pair of 1-2-3 in-
nings.
Team USA 4, Mississippi State
0, exhibition, Friday
The Bulldogs dropped Fri-
day evening’s exhibition contest
against the U.S. Women’s Nation-
al Team by a score of 4-0.
Team USA pitcher Monica
Abbott struck out 10 Mississippi
State hitters in five scoreless in-
nings, and Ally Carda closed it out
with two scoreless frames.
Ali Aguilar drove in two runs
for Team USA with an RBI dou-
ble in the third and an RBI sin-
gle in the fifth. Haylie McCleney
opened the scoring by plating
Taylor Edwards with a double in
the third, and Edwards ripped a
solo home run in the fifth.
Alyssa Loza pitched the first
three innings for Mississippi
State in the exhibition, allow-
ing two runs. Freshman Kenley
Hawk allowed two runs over the
next two frames, and freshman
Aspen Wesley pitched a scoreless
sixth inning.
Head coach Samantha Rick-
etts’ sister Keilani, part of the
Team USA roster, did not appear
in Friday’s contest.
County in thriller in Macon
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
What do you get when you combine an injury to a key
player, a double-digit deficit and a raucous road atmo-
sphere?
You get a hard-earned win for the Starkville High
School boys basketball team.
The Yellow Jackets fought through the absence of se-
nior guard Forte Prater (hip flexor), came back from 12
points down and shocked host Noxubee County 52-50 in
Friday’s game in Macon.
“It was big time without Forte tonight,” Starkville as-
sistant Ed Townsel said. “It was good to see the boys, in
a tough environment, a physical game, step up and play
hard.”
Starkville (24-2, 6-0 district) did just that after Noxu-
bee County (16-12, 4-0 district) built up a 40-28 lead with
a big run in the third quarter, fighting back to erase the
Tigers’ advantage and quiet a home crowd that kept up a
fever pitch throughout the contest.
“What we had to do was come out and play ball, keep
our composure right, maintain our attitude and play ball,”
senior Eric Green said. “Play physical.”
That physicality turned out to give Friday’s game a
slightly early end. Trailing by one with nine seconds to
go, Noxubee County missed a pair of free throws for the
lead, then fouled Starkville on the rebound. The Jackets
made the first and missed the second, but Noxubee Coun-
ty turned it over shortly after securing the rebound.
Right after the turnover, the Tigers issued a hard foul
in frustration with just 0.6 seconds left on the clock. The
Jackets took exception, and the teams looked close to an
altercation — until Starkville coach Greg Carter and Nox-
ubee County coach Danny Crawford got together with the
game officials. With not much time to go, the contest was
declared over, giving Starkville the win.
“It was a very close game,” Crawford said. “It was a
competitive game. You’ve got two somewhat rival teams.
So tempers kind of flared because both teams played hard.
Both teams wanted to win.”
But of course, only one team could, and the Jackets
made sure it would be them. They went on a 22-6 run start-
ing late in the third quarter, holding a 50-46 advantage
with less than a minute to play.
Noxubee County hit a big 3-ball from the left wing
to cut the lead to one, then got a stop. Jakarion “Kobee”
Lockett was fouled on a shot with nine seconds to go, giv-
en a chance to give the Tigers the lead, but he failed to
connect on either free throw.
But after an entertaining game with a MHSAA Class
6A power, Crawford said he was almost pleased with the
result as the Tigers enter their district tournament on
Thursday in Houston.
“It was frustrating for him, but personally for me, I know
it’s crazy, but I’m kinda glad he missed them,” Crawford
said. “We come away with a one-point win over Starkville,
we would have gotten a big head going into the district
tournament, and we would have been set up to get upset.”
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Tyree leads Ole Miss to win over Florida

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OXFORD — The second
season, proclaimed by Ole
Miss coach Kermit Davis as the
month of February, has been
a rousing success after two
games.
Breein Tyree scored 23
points as the Rebels won suc-
cessive SEC games for the first
time this season with a 68-51
win over Florida on Saturday,
snapping a two-game winning
streak by the Gators.
“We’ve totally shifted our
focus to February, and our
players have bought into that,”
Davis said. “We never felt like
we were not a good team; it just
did not show on our record. We
kept working, and now we’ve
built confidence with a couple
of wins.”
Devontae Shuler and KJ
Buffen scored 14 points apiece
as Ole Miss (12-11, 3-7 South-
eastern Conference) never
trailed after the opening two
minutes.
Buffen had a team-high nine
rebounds, while Shuler added a
game-high five assists.
Florida (14-9, 6-4 SEC) was
led by Keyontae Johnson and
Kerry Blackshear Jr. with 16
and 11 points, respectively. The
Gators trailed 21-8 after nine
minutes, 33-27 at halftime and
did not cut the margin to single
digits in the final 10 minutes.
“It’s unfortunate we’re a
team that puts ourselves in that
position,” Florida coach Mike
White said. “When you make
these comebacks, you feel great
about the results but not great
about the whole 40 minutes. To-
night our goal was to play the
whole 40, and it would’ve taken
that to win. We played well for
about 25.”
Ole Miss shot 26 of 55 (47.3
percent), 7 of 16 (43.8 percent)
from 3-point range, including
four by Tyree. Florida strug-
gled offensively with 15 turn-
overs and shot 18 of 54 (33.3
percent) from the field and 5
of 23 (21 percent) from beyond
the arc. The Rebels outscored
Florida 16-7 off the turnovers.
Big picture
Florida: The Gators have
won twice in SEC play by wip-
ing out deficits of 20 points or
more, but could not erase the
13-point deficit established in
the opening nine minutes. It
was an unhappy homecoming
for White, a former Ole Miss
captain and four-year starter at
point guard, who led the Rebels
to a pair of SEC West Division
titles and three NCAA Tourna-
ment appearances.
“They defended better than
us. They rebounded better than
us. They coached better than
us,” White said. “We’ve got to
ask ourselves as a team why
are we down 22? Why are we
down like we were today? They
played better than us.”
Ole Miss: After a frustrat-
ing January of near misses, the
Rebels won consecutive SEC
games after losing eight of the
previous nine games. Tyree is
arguably the league’s best offen-
sive performer, but lately he has
gotten help from an improved
defense and scoring help from
Shuler and Buffen, especially
during a decisive 13-3 run that
built an insurmountable 48-36
lead with 12:19 left.
“We defended today for 40
minutes; the best we’ve defend-
ed all year long,” Davis said.
“We’re going to need that again
because we are playing a really
outstanding Mississippi State
team in here on Tuesday night.”
Up next
Florida: Visits Texas A&M
on Wednesday.
Ole Miss: Hosts Mississippi
State on Tuesday to complete a
three-game home stand.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Teague scores 24 as No. 1 Baylor beats Oklahoma State

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO, Texas — MaCio
Teague scored 24 points to lead
five players in double figures for
No. 1 Baylor, which stretched
its winning streak to 20 games
with a 78-70 victory over Okla-
homa State on Saturday.
Teague hit six consecutive
free throws in the final 14 sec-
onds, including four after frus-
trated Oklahoma State coach
Mike Boynton Jr. was assessed
two consecutive technical fouls
and ejected from the game.
Jared Butler added 15 points,
including consecutive 3-point-
ers that put Baylor (21-1, 10-0
Big 12) up 64-55 with 6:08 left.
Oklahoma State (11-12, 1-9)
had four players foul out, but
also had five players score in
double figures. Cameron Mc-
Griff and Isaac Likekele each
had 11 points.
No. 3 Kansas 60, TCU 46
FORT WORTH, Texas —
Udoka Azubuike had 20 points
and 15 rebounds, and 3 Kansas
matched an NCAA record with
its 31st consecutive 20-win sea-
son, beating day for coach Bill
Self’s 700th career victory.
Azubuike had five dunks in a
13-3 run in the first half that put
the Jayhawks (20-3, 9-1 Big 12)
ahead to stay.
Devon Dotson added 18
points and 11 assists as Kansas
joined North Carolina (1971-
2001) as the only teams to win
20 games in 31 consecutive sea-
sons.
Desmond Bane had 20 points
for TCU (13-10, 4-6), which has
lost five in a row. RJ Nembhard
had 11 points.
Six weeks after his 57th
birthday, Self became the sec-
ond-youngest coach in NCAA
history to reach 700 wins. Bob-
by Knight was 56 when he got
his 700th win.
No. 5 Louisville 80,
Virginia 73
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Steven
Enoch scored 13 points, includ-
ing two key free throws with
2:47 remaining, and Louisville
earned its 10th consecutive vic-
tory.
The Cardinals (21-3, 12-1
Atlantic Coast Conference) led
most of the way before the Cav-
aliers stormed back to go ahead
70-68 on Kihei Clark’s two tech-
nical free throws with 3:25 left.
David Johnson’s jumper tied it
before Enoch’s two free throws
put Louisville ahead for good.
Jordan Nwora had 22 points
for Louisville, which finished
shooting 51 percent despite hit-
ting just 37 percent in the sec-
ond half.
Tomas Woldetensae had 20
of his 27 points in the second
half for Virginia (15-7, 7-5).
No. 6 Dayton 71,
Saint Louis 65
DAYTON, Ohio — Obi Top-
pin scored 17 points and Jalen
Crutcher led a second-half rally
that kept Dayton unbeaten atop
the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Dayton (21-2, 10-0) has won
12 straight, vaulting to its high-
est ranking in 53 years. The Bil-
likens (17-7, 6-5) have given the
Flyers their two closest calls.
Crutcher’s last-second
3-pointer in overtime rallied the
Flyers to a 78-76 victory on Jan.
17 on the Billikens’ court. He
scored 14 of his 17 points in the
second half as Dayton broke
open a tight game.
Jordan Goodwin led Saint
Louis with 22 points. Hasahn
French had 15 points and eight
rebounds before fouling out
with 5:12 to go.
No. 7 Duke 98,
North Carolina 96, OT
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —
Freshman Wendell Moore
scored on a putback as time ex-
pired to help Duke rally for the
wild victory.
Moore’s follow of Tre Jones’
missed off-balance jumper fi-
nally ended this one, a game
that saw Duke rally from 13
down in the final 4½ minutes of
regulation. Jones forced over-
time, hitting a contested jump-
er at the regulation horn after
corralling his own intentionally
missed free throw.
Jones had 28 points for the
Blue Devils (20-3, 10-2 Atlantic
Coast Conference).
Cole Anthony scored 24
points for the Tar Heels (10-13,
3-9).
No. 8 Florida State 99,
Miami 81
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —
M.J. Walker and Patrick Wil-
liams each scored 14 points to
lead Florida State to the victory.
Devin Vassell had 13 points
for the Seminoles (20-3, 10-2
ACC). Florida State connected
on 13 of 26 3-point attempts.
Isaiah Wong had a ca-
reer-high 23 points on 8-of-12
shooting for Miami (11-12,
3-10). Sam Waardenburg added
15 points.
Anthony Polite had eight re-
bounds for Florida State, which
outrebounded Miami 46-24.
No. 12 Seton Hall 70,
No. 10 Villanova 64
PHILADELPHIA — Myles
Powell had 19 points, Sandro
Mamukelashvili scored 12 of
his 17 points in the second half,
and Seton Hall snapped a 17-
game road losing streak to Vil-
lanova.
Quincy McKnight added 14
points for the Big East-leading
Pirates (18-5, 10-1), who last
won at Villanova on Feb. 26,
1994.
Saddiq Bey scored 22 points
and Collin Gillespie added 12
for Villanova (17-6, 7-4), which
has lost three in a row.
No. 11 Auburn 91,
No. 18 LSU 90, OT
AUBURN, Ala. — J’Von Mc-
Cormick hit a floater with 0.1
seconds left in overtime, lifting
Auburn to the victory.
Auburn (21-2, 8-2 Southeast-
ern Conference) rallied from a
14-point deficit in the second
half and moved into a tie with
LSU (17-6, 8-2) for the league
lead. It’s Auburn’s third over-
time win in the last four games
and this one took 18 3-pointers.
McCormick drove toward
the basket in the final moments
for the game-winner. It came
after Skylar Mays and Emmitt
Williams led an LSU comeback
from a quick seven-point deficit
in the extra period.
Samir Doughty led Auburn
with 26 points. McCormick had
23 points, nine rebounds and
nine assists.
Mays led all scorers with
30 points while also collect-
ing eight assists and seven re-
bounds. He scored nine in over-
time.
Oklahoma 69,
No. 13 West Virginia 59
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklaho-
ma’s Kristian Doolittle scored
27 points and played a critical
role in helping overcome West
Virginia’s defensive pressure.
Though the Sooners finished
with 19 turnovers, much of West
Virginia’s defensive success
happened late, after Oklahoma
(15-8, 5-5 Big 12) had already
built an 18-point lead.
Doolittle also grabbed 12 re-
bounds. Brady Manek added 11
points and eight boards.
Jermaine Haley led the
Mountaineers (18-5, 6-4) with
15 points. Oscar Tshiebwe had
12 points and nine rebounds.
No. 15 Kentucky 77,
Tennessee 64
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Im-
manuel Quickley scored 18
points, and Kentucky won for
the sixth time in seven games.
The Wildcats (18-5, 8-2 SEC)
beat Tennessee in Knoxville for
the first time in Rick Barnes’
five-season tenure as the Volun-
teers’ coach.
Tennessee (13-10, 5-5) had
won its last four home games
with Kentucky, including two
instances when the unranked
Vols beat a ranked Wildcats
squad. Kentucky had been the
higher-ranked team in each of
those four matchups.
Quickley was one of five
Kentucky players to score in
double figures. Tyrese Maxey
and Nick Richards each had 15
points.
Santiago Vescovi scored 18
points for Tennessee, which
lost for the fourth time in its last
five games.
Michigan 77,
No. 16 Michigan State 68
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Isa-
iah Livers scored 14 points in
his return to the lineup, leading
Michigan to the victory.
Livers injured his groin
Dec. 21 and missed nine of the
next 10 games, but he was in
the starting lineup and helped
the Wolverines (14-9, 5-7 Big
Ten) salvage a split of the reg-
ular-season series against their
in-state rival. Michigan also
snapped a three-game home
losing streak.
Cassius Winston, who
scored 32 points in Michigan
State’s 87-69 win over the Wol-
verines last month, scored 20 in
the rematch, but shot just 5 of
18 from the field.
Michigan’s recent home
woes have been largely because
of poor outside shooting. That
changed in a big way Saturday.
The Wolverines went 11 of 28
from 3-point range while Mich-
igan State (16-8, 8-5) was only
6 of 23.
No. 17 Iowa 96, Nebraska 72
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Joe Wi-
eskamp scored a career-high 30
points and Luka Garza added
22, helping Iowa bounce back
from its worst loss of the sea-
son.
Wieskamp’s previous career
high was 26 in Iowa’s 67-49 win
over Maryland on Jan. 10. It was
the ninth consecutive Big Ten
game of 20 or more points for
Garza, who leads the confer-
ence in scoring.
Iowa (17-7, 8-5) was coming
off a 104-68 loss at Purdue on
Wednesday.
Jervay Green scored 18
points for Nebraska (7-16, 2-10),
and Cam Mack had 13.
No. 21 Creighton 94,
St. John’s 82
OMAHA, Neb. — Marcus
Zegarowski scored 23 points
to lead six Creighton players in
double figures.
Creighton shot a season-best
60% from the field and matched
its season high with 13 3-point-
ers. Denzel Mahoney scored 18
points for the Bluejays (18-6,
7-4 Big East), and Ty-Shon Al-
exander and Damien Jefferson
added 16 apiece.
Marcellus Earlington scored
a career-high 25 points for the
Red Storm (13-11, 2-9).
No. 22 Penn State 83,
Minnesota 77
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. —
Lamar Stevens scored a ca-
reer-high 33 points, powering
Penn State to its sixth straight
win.
Izaiah Brockington added 10
points for the Nittany Lions (18-
5, 8-4 Big Ten) who snapped a
five-game losing streak to Min-
nesota.
Daniel Oturu had a ca-
reer-high 32 points and grabbed
16 rebounds for the Golden Go-
phers (12-11, 6-7), who lost their
second straight. Mike Carr add-
ed 20 points.
No. 24 Colorado 81,
Stanford 74
BOULDER, Colorado —
McKinley Wright IV scored 21
points, and Colorado overcame
a cold start and a 16-point sec-
ond-half deficit on their way to
the win.
All of Tyler Bey’s 11 points
and nine of his dozen boards
came in the second half when
the Buffaloes shot 70 percent
from the floor, 100 percent from
behind the arc and 85 percent
from the stripe.
D’Shawn Schwartz had 20
points for Colorado (19-5, 8-3
Pac-12).
Stanford (16-7, 5-5) lost lead-
ing scorer Oscar Da Silva to a
head laceration on a scary colli-
sion early in the second half. He
finished with three points.
Jaiden Delaire scored 19 for
the Cardinal.

AUTO

2014 NASCAR champion Harvick signs 2-year extension with SHR

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH,
Fla. — Kevin Harvick
put a mic drop on his TV
broadcasting career and
turned off the dial on his
radio show. The moon-
lighting gigs have been
parked, minimizing his
distractions, maximizing
his family time, but cer-
tainly not accelerating
any thoughts about retire-
ment.
If he kept his talk
show, Harvick could have
broken his own news: His
time in the media on hia-
tus, but his racing career
is miles from the finish.
At 44, Harvick is not
only still on the short list
of NASCAR’s elite driv-
ers, the 2014 Cup cham-
pion is set to drive for a
few more seasons after he
agreed to a two-year con-
tract extension with Stew-
art-Haas Racing through
the 2023 season.
“I really like racing
with the group of guys
and the organization that
I’m at,” Harvick said Sat-
urday at Daytona Inter-
national Speedway. “I’ve
worked my whole career
and feel like I got here
with a group of guys and
people that I’ve had suc-
cess with, and for me,
going through a few more
years in the car just made
sense.”
Harvick, who has 49
career wins and won the
2007 Daytona 500, did
make a few key conces-
sions in his professional
life to remain focused as
a championship contend-
er at SHR. One of the
more outspoken drivers
in the garage, Harvick
gave up his occasional
job calling Xfinity Series
races for Fox Sports and
will no longer host his
“Happy Hours” NASCAR
talk show on SiriusXM
NASCAR Radio. He has
two young children —
his boy, Keelan, a fixture
by his dad’s side on race
weekend — and wanted
another free day during
the week to spend time
with his family.
“Wednesday’s just
don’t work very well for
me with Keelan with pick-
ing him up from school
and going to events and
activities and things af-
ter school. He didn’t re-
ally like it,” Harvick said.
“That was a piece of the
equation. The other piece
was that in order to do
that stuff right, it isn’t
just the show. It is the
production meetings and
the time, and you have
things coming up from a
development standpoint
that are going to take a lot
of time at the end of the
year to get prepared for
2021 from a testing stand-
point.”
Harvick has been the
linchpin at SHR since he
left Richard Childress
Racing and joined the
organization in 2014. He
won a championship in
his first season and has
26 of his 49 career Cup
wins for the team backed
by Hall of Famer Tony
Stewart. Harvick drives
the No. 4 Ford for SHR
and has finished third in
the final standings each
of the last three seasons --
and raced for the champi-
onship in the season fina-
le in five of the six years of
the format.
SHR was glad to keep
Harvick in its four-car
lineup that also includes
Clint Bowyer, Cole Custer
and Aric Almirola.
“Kevin Harvick is a
world-class wheelman,
leader and steward of the
sport,” SHR President
Brett Frood said.

New XFL kicks off with entertaining debut in DC
DC Defenders cornerback Elijah Campbell celebrates with defensive tackle Tracy Sprinkle against the Seattle Dragons in the fourth quarter Saturday in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON — take a foothold where its
The debut of the new XFL
had a punt blocked for a
touchdown, a juiced-up
crowd roaring for big
plays and a player swear-
ing during an in-game
television interview.
The actual football was
hit and miss. College na-
tional championship-win-
ning former Ohio State
quarterback Cardale
Jones was the biggest star
on the field and took the
microphone to address
fans before the start of
a brand-new football
league.
“This is for the love of
football,” Jones said. “En-
joy.”
Jones’ D.C. Defenders
beat the Seattle Dragons
31-19 Saturday afternoon
in the opener of the new
XFL that provided plenty
of entertainment in per-
Knight returns to Indiana after 20 years
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BL OOMI NG T ON,
Ind. — Bob Knight’s
short stroll from the prac-
tice gym to Assembly
Hall ended a 20-year jour-
ney home.
It seemed as if he nev-
er left.
When the former In-
diana Hoosiers coach
walked through the tun-
nel Saturday and onto his
old court for the first time
since his firing in Sep-
tember 2000, the crowd
went wild — chanting
his name, roaring with
approval, thanking him
for all the success and
banners he brought to
Bloomington.
“It was one of the
greatest and most emo-
tional things for me,” said
former player Randy Wit-
tman, who had a key role
in the reunion. “I don’t
know if we’ll see some-
thing like this again in
college basketball. When
he moved back here, I
told him you’re back here
because this is where you
belong.”
The sellout crowd and
dozens of former play-
ers lauded Knight after
watching a video detail-
ing Knight’s contribu-
tions.
He walked in with
his son, Pat. He hugged
Isiah Thomas. He was
assisted into the arena
by Quinn Buckner. And
the 79-year-old Knight
son and on TV. It’s far too
early to tell if the XFL can
previous incarnation and
the recently unsuccess-
ful Alliance of American
Football failed, but exec-
utives are willing to wait
and see.
“For us, if the fans who
attend and watch at home
feel as though it was a
good football game and
they had a fun time either
watching or being in this
awesome venue with us,
that’s success,” XFL chief
operating officer Jeffrey
Pollack said. “We’re tak-
ing a long term view in
this. Success ultimately
will not be measured in
the first game or the first
weekend or the first sea-
son.”
The first weekend is a
chance for football fans to
catch a glimpse of some
of the few players they
might recognize. There’s
reveled in the moment,
pumping his fist, pretend-
ing to direct Scott May in
a practice drill and even
leading fans in a chorus
of “de-fense, de-fense.”
No, he didn’t wear his
trademark red sweater
or throw a chair. But he
did appear to get a little
misty-eyed as the fans
cheered.
“We love you, Bobby,”
one shouted.
Knight did not speak
to the crowd over the
public address system.
He didn’t need to.
Everyone in atten-
dance understood what
the combustible coach
had on his 29-season re-
sume: A school record
662 victories, 11 Big Ten
championships, five Final
Four appearances and,
yes, three national titles.
They knew some of
the stories, too — the
Olympic gold medal he
won in 1984 with Mi-
chael Jordan after cutting
Charles Barkley; the infa-
mous chair-throwing in-
cident in 1985; and the fir-
ing that took place Sept.
10, 2000, causing the rift
between Knight and the
university.
University officials
put Knight on a zero-tol-
erance policy earlier that
year following an inves-
tigation into whether
he had choked a former
player, the late Neil Reed,
during a practice. Then,
in September, a student
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former Oklahoma quar-
terback Landry Jones
with Dallas, former NFL
QB Josh Johnson with
San Diego and ex-Navy
standout Keenan Reyn-
olds playing for Seattle.
It’s not the star power
of the NFL, but billionaire
Vince McMahon’s latest
venture is an attempt to
capture the attention of
hardcore football fans in
the aftermath of the Su-
per Bowl.
“Our expectation for
this first season is for foot-
ball fans to simply give us
a look, give us a chance,
sample us,” Pollack said.
“We understand that fan-
dom is earned. It’s not giv-
en. ... We think that if you
love football, you’re going
to love the XFL.”
In the league opener,
a crowd of 17,163 almost
filled up Audi Field, home
of Major League Soccer’s
D.C. United. There was a
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
accused Knight of grab-
bing him in a hallway.
Knight responded
by calling his own news
conference, bringing wit-
nesses to help explain his
version. Two days later,
the late Myles Brand an-
nounced Knight’s firing.
That was his last pub-
lic appearance in the
building — until Satur-
day.
He skipped champion-
ship team reunions and
even declined to attend
his own induction into
the school’s athletic Hall
of Fame in 2009 because
he said he didn’t want his
presence to detract from
other class members.
The thaw began in
earnest last spring when
he made a surprise ap-
pearance at an Indiana
baseball game. In July,
he bought a house three
miles from the basketball
arena.
“I visited Coach in
Montana and Texas,” for-
mer player Mike Wood-
son said. “This is home.
I’ve spent the last month
back here in Blooming-
ton with him and had
dinners a few times with
him, and we were happy
as hell he wanted to come
back.”
Knight took the Texas
Tech job and then retired
in 2008 with a then-re-
cord 902 career wins.
He worked on ESPN
as a color analyst. He
gave speeches, attended
buzz around the stadium
in the hours before the
XFL’s debut, with cars
lining up to enter parking
lots and fans checking out
a league-sponsored tail-
gate. Fans were already
sporting Dragons and De-
fenders gear and queued
up in long concession
lines at halftime.
“I didn’t have real ex-
pectations going into the
game as far as what the ex-
perience was going to be
like,” Cardale Jones said.
“If I did ... they would’ve
been blown away.”
The location of the
first game made sense
in the neighborhood of
the NFL’s Washington
Redskins, who haven’t
won the Super Bowl since
1992 and have just one
playoff victory in the past
20 seasons. Fan-made
signs mocking the “Hail
to the Redskins” slogan
and asking Redskins own-
fundraisers, signed auto-
graphs and attended bas-
ketball games and prac-
tices around Indiana.
He just didn’t associ-
ate himself with the Hoo-
siers.
Everyone associated
with Indiana basketball
still had one question:
Will he ever come back?
“When he moved back
here, I knew he was in
a good place,” Wittman
said. “I knew he was hap-
py here, living, and I told
him you belong here.”
With the Hoosiers
playing their biggest ri-
val, Purdue, longtime
friend and rival Gene
Keady seated in the
front row and his 1980
Big Ten championship
team being honored Sat-
urday, Knight made it to
Assembly Hall and deliv-
ered one of his traditional
pregame speeches to the
current Hoosiers before
their 74-62 loss to the
Boilermakers.
“I was standing
there and he was coach
Knight,” Wittman said.
“It was like he hadn’t left
that locker room. The
words he gave to those
players before they went
out on the floor, it was
fabulous.”
The fans thought so,
too, sending Knight home
with one lasting chant:
“Thank you, Coach,
thank you, Coach.”
er Dan Snyder to sell the
team were draped from
a balcony at the 50-yard
line.
The broadcast includ-
ed in-game interviews
with a kicker seconds af-
ter he missed a field goal
attempt and a defender
involved in a scrum that
led to a penalty. Seattle’s
Dillon Day dropped an
F-bomb that made it to the
airwaves and went viral.
On the field, the play
was a mix of traditional
college and pro style with
some different twists.
There was no coin toss,
and when Reynolds field-
ed the opening kickoff,
he did so with everyone
else on the field standing
still as part of a rule im-
plemented for safety. The
clock ran for all but the
time inside each two min-
ute warning, and some
other tweaks were differ-
ent for players.
Baylor gets top seed
in initial rankings
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San Diego State has
rolled through its sched-
ule, charging into Febru-
ary as the only Division I
team still undefeated.
But if teams were
selected for the NCAA
Tournament today, the
Aztecs would travel
across the country to play
in New York.
The NCAA Division I
Men’s Basketball Com-
mittee gave San Diego
State a No. 1 seed in its
preliminary rankings re-
leased Saturday but stuck
the Aztecs in the East Re-
gion.
Based on games
through Friday, Baylor
was No. 1 overall, with
Kansas and Gonzaga
getting the other two top
seeds. The Zags were No.
1 in the West Region, so
the committee opted to
ship the Aztecs out East
— for now.
The NCAA created
the sneak peek into the
selection process to gen-
erate buzz before the
68 teams that make the
NCAA Tournament are
officially revealed on Se-
lection Sunday, which is
March 15. The Final Four
is March 27-29 in Atlanta.
Baylor was an obvi-
ous choice for the No. 1
overall seed. In a season
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“It was definitely an
adjustment for some of
the stuff,” said Seattle’s
Austin Proehl, son of for-
mer NFL receiver Ricky
Proehl, who caught the
first touchdown pass in
the new version of the
weaguery. “It’s some-
thing we’ve got to get
used to.”
With no extra point
kicks, teams had the op-
tion of trying one-, two- or
three-point conversions,
but each coach in the first
XFL game only opted for
one-point attempts.
“The only difference
for I think a coach calling
plays is deciding to go for
one, two or three,” Seat-
tle coach Jim Zorn said.
“That was surprising to
me was that rule change,
being able to go to one,
two or three with your ex-
tra point try, there’s a lot
of strategy in that.”
of parity — a record-ty-
ing seven different No. 1
teams — the Bears have
provided stability at the
top, spending the past
three weeks at No. 1 in
the AP Top 25.
The committee made
Baylor the top seed in the
South Region in Houston
with Louisville, Seton
Hall and Auburn.
Third-ranked Kansas
was the No. 2 overall seed
and placed in the Mid-
west Region in Indianap-
olis with Dayton, Florida
State and Michigan State.
No. 2 Gonzaga was the
third overall seed and
topped a West Region in
Los Angeles with West
Virginia, Villanova and
Oregon.
With Gonzaga edging
out San Diego State in
the overall rankings, the
Aztecs were No. 1 in the
East Region in New York
with Duke, Maryland and
Butler.
That fine line, if it
holds up, would send the
Aztecs cross-country in-
stead of on a bus ride to
L.A. If both teams won
their first three games in
the East Region, San Di-
ego State also would have
to face Duke, which has
historically played well
and has a big following in
New York.
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than 57 shots during that
stretch and shot a combined
59 percent in second halves of
those contests.
In terms of shot selection
itself, Janovsky says the team
prioritizes 3-pointers, restrict-
ed-area layups and forcing
its way to the free throw line.
MSU converts 34 percent of
its long-range shots, which
only ranks 135th nationally,
but Janovsky said considering
how many offensive rebounds
the team collects, those 3-point
misfires can often turn into
second-chance points.
Conversely, on defense the
Bulldogs are hoping to force
contested two-point shots, limit
an opponent’s 3-pointers and
play without fouling.
“It sounds simple, but those
are the things you want to do,”
Janovsky said.
Despite the previously stat-
ed preferred shots, players still
have the freedom to take mid-
range looks. But recklessness
isn’t rewarded. When the MSU
coaches break down film from
the previous night, each shot
isn’t graded on some analytical
model. It’s a little simpler than
that.
“Coach will definitely tell
you if you’re taking a bad shot,”
Janovsky said with a laugh.
Finding player tendencies
and taking them away
In preparation for games,
Howland’s assistants are
required to watch MSU’s next
opponent’s previous six con-
tests. The Bulldogs coach then
expects a detailed report on
each individual player.
How many times did their
point guard turn right? How
many times did their shooting
guard turn left? Does their
small forward prefer to catch
and shoot, or does he put it up
after the bounce? On and on it
goes.
After hours of film study,
the tendencies are discovered,
then simplified and delivered
to the players.
“You’re trying to give them
every edge you can,” Howland
said. “But you want to present
it to them in a very concise
way. As the season gets going,
you get better and better about
retaining knowledge and using
it to your advantage.”
In MSU’s five-game SEC
win streak, finding out op-
ponent tendencies played a
critical role in earning each
victory.
In a Jan. 18 meeting with
Georgia, MSU asked redshirt
freshman D.J. Stewart to guard
Anthony Edwards — the poten-
tial No. 1 overall pick in June’s
NBA draft. When Stewart was
handed the scout on Edwards
in the days before MSU wal-
loped Georgia 91-59, film study
showed Edwards preferred to
drive left.
“Studying his go-to moves,
I wanted to shade him toward
the left so he’d go right,”
Stewart said, adding the game
plan was to force the freshman
phenom to settle for contested
jump shots.
It worked. Edwards was 6
of 15 from the floor and 1 of 8
beyond the arc. Georgia coach
Tom Crean even noticed the
6-foot-5 guard was off that
night.
“When Anthony starts to
settle, he’s average,” Crean
said after the loss. “He’s a
tremendous talent, but they
did what everybody else does:
They got a guy in front of him.”
Against Arkansas, the
Bulldogs staff harped that
guard Isaiah Joe attempted an
average of 11 3-pointers per
game and sat at second in the
country in 3-pointers made.
MSU rotated perimeter help to
limit Joe to 1 of 8 from beyond
the arc in a 77-70 win on Jan.
22.
“I think this team really
locks in when we’re preparing
for opponents,” Carter said.
“We lock into the scouting
report, and we go out there and
execute it.”
Now sitting at the halfway
mark of SEC play, the Bulldogs
are going to continue crunch-
ing the numbers they feel will
help vault them near the top of
the league standings.
“It’s kind of the way basket-
ball is going,” Janovsky said.
“Coach Howland is involved in
every game preparation, so the
analytics side is to give him an
early picture before he watches
film on what the other team
does in terms of their style of
play.”

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Continued from Page 1B
on the Liberty Christian foot-
ball team.
More recently, Steven looked
on from the sidelines as Daniel
completed 147 of 281 passes for
1,605 yards and 16 touchdowns
despite missing three games
due to injury.
“When I went to go visit, I
already knew I loved Coach
Leach’s air raid,” Daniel told
The Dispatch. “I’ve run that
since I was very young.”
While Greek is well-schooled
in Leach’s offensive system, this
past weekend offered a chance
to further that knowledge. Fol-
lowing a roughly eight-hour
drive from the Dallas suburbs
to Starkville, a meeting with
MSU staffers in the recruiting
lounge in the underbelly of Da-
vis Wade Stadium, a trip to the
men’s basketball game against
Tennessee and a tour of cam-
pus, MSU’s latest commit split
off with quarterbacks coach
Drew Hollingshead for a one-
on-one film session.
Having notified Leach of
his pledge, Greek and Holling-
shead spent two hours going
over install of the Bulldogs’ new
offense.
“It was amazing,” Greek
said. “Everything they went
over, we’ve already run. It’s
great to be able to run that of-
fense, and it definitely boosts
your confidence knowing that
going in I’ve already done this
for many years, and I have the
confidence and ability to make
these plays and help our team.”
Beyond Leach’s offense, the
Greeks are also connected to
the new staff at MSU. Previous-
ly a staff assistant at Baylor in
addition to stops at Texas Tech,
East Carolina and Washington
State among others, Bulldogs
inside receivers coach Dave
Nichol had worked with Steven
during his time in Waco.
The elder Greek also spent
time visiting with Scott Frost
and Chip Kelly at Oregon in
2011 and Kliff Kingsbury at
Texas Tech in 2014 as he opened
himself up to more and more
spread and air raid concepts.
But with Daniel on campus in
Starkville last week, the long-
time Texas high school coach
finally met Leach himself.
“Yesterday was the first time
I ever got to see him in person,”
Steven said. “But I feel like I’ve
known him for 20 years.”
Making the trek back to the
greater Dallas area following
his commitment, father and son
reminisced on the weekend and
Daniel’s decision to pledge to
the Bulldogs. Twenty-one years
after learning from “the Jedi
master,” as Steven referred to
Leach, Daniel is just 10 months
away from the beginning of an-
other four years in an offense
he’s lived and breathed since
his youth.
“While Daniel knows the
air raid, to be mentored and
coached hard and challenged
on a daily basis by Coach
Leach, it’s going to make him
better,” Steven said. “It’s going
to challenge him and it’s going
to bring out the best in him and
all the guys in the locker room.
“This offense is a lot of fun
to play in, so anyone in Texas
or Georgia or Louisiana or Mis-
sissippi or Florida, if they’re a
dude that likes to score, they’re
going to want to play for Coach
Leach,” he continued. ”That’s
just the reality. There’s a 20-
year track record of this offense
doing great things already in
the SEC and beyond, and it’s
just exciting to see it come back
to the SEC.”

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the victory.
Carter finished with 16
points off the bench, while
Nick Weatherspoon played
Robin to Perry’s Batman with
a season-high 21 points and six
rebounds while making 8 of 9
shots.
“I don’t like coming from be-
hind, but it makes us come out
harder,” Weatherspoon said of
trailing after the first half. “But
that’s just how things go.”
MSU starting center Abdul
Ado suffered a shoulder injury
late in the game, causing him
to leave the contest and he did
not return. Howland said he’s
optimistic the injury is not seri-
ous long term.
“Our team doctor checked
out his shoulder and said it’s
stable,” Howland said. “He
thinks he’ll be sore for the next
day or two, but we’re anticipat-
ing he’ll be OK.”
The Bulldogs shot 52.8 per-
cent from the floor and held the
Commodores to 6 of 24 from
beyond the arc. Saben Lee led
Vanderbilt with 20 points.
MSU is back in action at 6
p.m. Tuesday against Ole Miss
in Oxford.
Dawg notes: At halftime,
Mississippi State honored
members of the 1995 Sweet
16 and 1996 NCA A Final Four
teams.
“I think it’s really special,”
Howland said Friday. “I always
love that. I think it’s so fun for
those players that return. I
think it’s the best team in the
history of the program of this
university for men’s basket-
ball. I’ve met a number of those
guys, but I always think it is
something special. I really like
that our players get a chance to
meet them. Not only did they
go to the Final Four, the year
before they went to the Sweet
16. That was the best two years
in the history of the program.
It’s always fun to honor them
and have them come back.
They continue to see the pro-
gram they help establish and
build.”

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Friday night marked the last
regular-season home game for
Noxubee County’s four seniors:
Dantarian Davis, Marlon Wind-
ham, Edward Colvin and Jada-
kiss Williams.
For Crawford, who took over
at Noxubee County when those
four players were freshmen,
Friday’s game was special —
despite the result.
“They were my first group
coaching, and we’re going out
together,” Crawford said. “They
gave me a great game. I couldn’t
ask for anything else.”
After Crawford got to see
Starkville’s strength in a 71-38
Jackets win earlier in the sea-
son, his team’s improvement
was clear on its senior night.
“It was hard, like it’s sup-
posed to be,” Crawford said.
“Starkville. Friday night. It was
hard.”
It wasn’t easy for Starkville,
either. But the Jackets fought
back and did what they needed
to despite the absence of Prat-
er, who was hurt in Tuesday’s
game against Germantown.
“One man down, next man
up,” Green said. “Somebody’s
gotta step up.”
Starkville did, and it may
need to do so again when it
opens its district tournament
at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday against
South Panola — Prater said he’s
unsure if he will be able to take
the court.
Noxubee County, meanwhile
earned the No. 1 seed in its dis-
trict tournament and will play
the winner of Aberdeen and
Hatley at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in
Houston.
Starkville girls 60,
Noxubee County 34
The Starkville girls’ 60-34
rout of Noxubee County on Fri-
day prepared the Yellow Jackets
well in just about every area as
they get ready for next week’s
district tournament.
“It helps us with our defense,
our offense, getting other play-
ers in,” sophomore guard Jada
Odneal said. “It helps us a lot.”
Starkville (13-10, 3-3 dis-
trict) built a comfortable lead
early on and was able to play
its bench unit a consider-
able amount. Even the Yellow
Jackets’ reserves played well
against the Tigers — all 11 play-
ers scored for Starkville.
“(B)eing able to get every-
body some playing time and to
be able to rest the starters the
way I did, it was good to come
out on top like this,” Starkville
coach Kristie Williams said.
Junior Amaya Ford led the
way with 12 points, eight of
which came in the first half
as the Jackets built up a 31-14
halftime lead. The Starkville
defense got a little more lax in
the second half, but the Jackets’
bench continued to score at the
same pace.
“It was just one of those
games where everybody was
able to contribute, and that’s
what we wanted from them,”
Williams said.
Noxubee County coach Glen-
da Liddell-White was disap-
pointed by her team’s showing
after a much more competitive
game at The Nest in Starkville
earlier in the year.
“We had a better showing in
Starkville,” Liddell-White said.
“I think they could have put in
a little bit more effort.”
With the addition of eighth
grader Na’Kailya Mason, Nox-
ubee County turned things
around in district play after
going winless into December.
The Tigers’ 3-1 district record
earned them the No. 1 seed
in their district tournament,
where they will play either Hat-
ley or Houston on Thursday.
Starkville will face Green-
ville at 7 p.m. Tuesday in
Starkville.

DOG SHOW

Border collie wins Westminster agility contest

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NEW YORK — She
might have looked like a
black-and-white blur, but
this dog is pretty in Pink.
Pink the border collie
streaked to the Westmin-
ster Kennel Club’s agility
title Saturday night with
determination, dazzle
and a stream of barks.
No wonder the vocals:
She’s named after the
singer of such pop hits as
“Get the Party Started”
and “Trouble.”
And no wonder the
win: “She is 110 percent
all the time,” says han-
dler Jennifer Crank, a
dog agility trainer from
Pickerington, Ohio.
Meanwhile, a 10-year-
old border collie-
and-probably- Labrador
retriever mix named Mo-
ses won a special award
for the top mixed-breed
dog. Bounding with gus-
to, he outdid some pure-
bred rivals.
“He doesn’t have pa-
pers, but he’s still a dog
with four paws and a
tail,” said handler Jordan
York, an emergency room
nurse from Evansville,
Indiana.
“He’s one of those
‘show him once, and he’ll
do it’” dogs, York said.
Pink’s prize extended
an all-but sweep for bor-
der collies in agility’s sev-
en years at Westminster,
save for an Australian
shepherd ’s 2016 win.
Traditional judging to-
ward Westminster’s best
in show award begins
Sunday, with the finals
set for Tuesday night.
Some 325 dogs from
dachshunds to Dober-
man pinschers took on
Saturday’s serpentine
agility course of jumps,
ramps, tunnels and other
obstacles.
Top “awwws” – if no
formal awards – went to
competitors including
Carly Rae, a poodle that
puzzled over a line of
weave poles, and Lobo, a
lovably wayward Siberian
husky.
Scores depend on both
speed and accuracy, with
handlers using verbal
cues and body language
to guide the animals.
“You have to memo-
rize. You have to strat-
egize … It’s a delight-
ful challenge,” said
Marcia Lyons of Seattle.
She reached the finals
with her Nova Scotia
duck tolling retriever,
Liberty.
To border collie own-
ers, their success in this
event is no surprise.
“They’re very focused,
and they love to work and
learn new stuff,” said
Westminster competitor
Jim Koras, who has three
border collies.
But dogs that aren’t
quite such naturals at the
sport “actually teach you
the most,” says Koras, of
Wethersfield, Connecti-
cut. “You have to learn
more about them, and it’s
harder to build that team-
work, but it’s really satis-
fying to do.”
He was at Westmin-
ster on Saturday with his
first and so far most ac-
complished agility dog, a
husky-border collie mix
named Cote.
If there were border
collies, Shetland sheep-
dogs and golden retriev-
ers by the dozens, there
were also some far rarer
dog s, such as Valur the
Saluki.
The leggy, ancient
Middle Eastern hounds
are fleet but known for in-
dependent-mindedness,
so owner Christine Klein
of Sharon, Vermont,
makes sure to “keep it
fun.”
As a pug, Niner comes
from a breed more associ-
ated with snuggling than
speed.
But after a bystand-
er spotted her zipping
around a dog park some
years ago and suggest-
ed agility, “we saw how
much she liked it,” said
one of her owners, Cindy
Pichotta of Minneapolis.
Seven-year-old Niner
made her Westminster
debut Saturday, handled
by Pichotta’s partner,
Dan Webster.
“People are surprised
when they see her,”
Pichotta allows. “You
don’t expect to see a pug.”
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HOUMA, La. —
Aron Albert Whiteside,
58, died Feb. 5, 2020.
Services are at 2:30
p.m. at Welch Funeral
Home of Starkville.
Burial will follow at
Memorial Garden Park
Cemetery. Visitation
is one hour prior to
service at the funeral
home. Welch Funeral
Home of Starkville is
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ments.
Mr. Whiteside was
formerly employed in
construction work and
was a member of Unit-
ed Methodist Church.
He was preceded in
Harold Lewis Reed,
67, died Feb. 1, 2020,
at Fayette Medical
Center-DCH of Fayette,
Alabama.
Services were at 1
p.m. Saturday in the
chapel of Chandler
Funeral Home with
Johnnie Stewart and
Willie Nell Degraffen-
ried officiating. Burial
followed at Furnace
Hill. Visitation was two
hours prior to services.
Chandler Funeral
Home of Vernon, Ala-
bama was in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Reed was born
Dec. 30, 1952, in Lamar
County, Alabama, to
the late James Cur-
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was a member of Ver-
non Chapel CME.
In addition to his par-
Geraldine Green
VERNON, Ala. — tis Heatherly.
Sarah Bernice Morton,
85, died Feb.7, 2020, in Bobbie Malone Ms. Geraldine M. “Gerry”
Lebanon, Tennessee. HAMILTON — Bob-
Green, a longtime Columbus
Services are at 2 bie Jean Malone, 84,
resident, passed away quietly on
p.m. today, at the chap- died Feb. 6, 2020, at his
January 27, 2020, in Winchester,
el of Chandler Funeral residence.
Virginia after a long illness. She
Home with Eddie Finch Services will be at
officiating. Burial will 11 a.m. Monday, at was 88.
Born and raised in Athens,
follow at Furnace Hill. Tisdale-Lann Memo-
Visitation 12:30-2 p.m. rial Funeral Home of Tennessee, she was a loving
woman, wife, mother and
prior to services at the Aberdeen, with the Rev.
funeral home. Chan- Roger and Sue McGrew grandmother who would share
her generous smile and wit with
dler Funeral Home of officiating. Burial will
anyone nearby. Even in her later years, Gerry
Vernon, Alabama is follow at New Prospect
considered herself the “mayor” of her senior
in charge of arrange- Cemetery. Visitation
ments. will be two hours prior living facility, Inspirit Hilltop House, welcoming
anyone who came through the door and offering
Mrs. Morton was to services at the funer-
born May 21, 1934, in al home. Tisdale-Lann to give them a tour. It was typical Gerry as
she had done the same alongside Donald, her
Vernon, Alabama, to Memorial Funeral
the late Arthur and Home is in charge of husband of 43 years, as they shared a rewarding
career and life in the military that saw them live
Clara McNees Mitchell. arrangements.
in Japan, the Philippines (twice), Washington,
Arizona, Texas, Georgia and finally Columbus
AFB, Mississippi before settling down in their
adopted home. At each stop in their life together
they generously shared what they had with those
around them and mentored young Airmen and
wayward Lieutenants they found along the way
during their career in the USAF.
Predeceased by Donald K. Green, MSgt, USAF
(ret), Gerry eventually left Columbus and moved
to be near their only child, Sharon G. Buchanan
and her family in the northern Virginia area for
her final years.
Gerry is survived by her daughter, Sharon
Buchanan; husband, Lt. Gen Walter Buchanan,

death by his mother,
Martha Aldy White-
side; and brother, Shan
Whiteside.
He is survived by his
father, Bob Whiteside;
step-mother, Sallie;
siblings, Kris Wells and
Russ Whiteside.
Memorials may be
made to the Mississippi
Charlotte Howard
USAF (ret); two grandchildren, Charles and
David; and their families, to include two great
grandchildren, Emaline and Ethan Buchanan.
Charlotte Ann Howard, 74, of Columbus, MS Gerry will be interred alongside her loving
passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020, at Bap- husband in Columbus, Mississippi following a
Durell Homan tist Memorial Hospital-GT. memorial service at the Columbus AFB Chapel
Visitation: A graveside service will be Sunday, February on the 15th of February at 1100.
Sunday, Feb. 9 • 12:30-2 PM 9, 2020, at 1:00 PM at Memorial Gardens with
2nd Ave North Location
Services: Mr. Bill Cade officiating and Lowndes Funeral Paid Obituary - Direct Cremation Services of Virginia
Sunday, Feb. 9 • 2 PM Home directing.
2nd Ave North Chapel Mrs. Howard was born January 5, 1946, in
Burial

Gretchen “Gay” Orr

Wesley Foundation, PO
Box MY, Mississippi
State, MS 39762.
Betty Lewis
ABERDEEN — Bet-
ty Jean Jones Lewis,
88, died Feb. 2, 2020, at
North Mississippi Med-
ical Center-Gilmore of
Amory.
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Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday
at New Hope Ceme-
tery, with Robert Earl
Fowlkes officiating.
Visitation two hours
prior to services at
Tisdale-Lann Memorial
Funeral Home in Aber-
deen. Tisdale-Lann Me-
morial Funeral Home of
Aberdeen is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Lewis was born
Nov. 18, 1931, in Aber-
Actor-comedian
Orson Bean, 91,
hit and killed by
car in LA
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LOS ANGELES — Or-
son Bean, the witty actor
and comedian who enliv-
ened the game show “To
Tell the Truth” and played
a crotchety merchant on
“Dr. Quinn, Medicine
Woman,” was hit and
killed by a car in Los An-
geles, authorities said. He
was 91.
The Los Angeles Coun-
ty coroner’s office con-
firmed Bean’s Friday night
death, saying it was being
investigated as a “traf-
fic-related” fatality. The
coroner’s office provided
the location where Bean
was found, which matched
reports from police.
Greenhill Memorial Gardens
Gretchen Orr
Visitation:
Monday, Feb. 10 • 10-11 AM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Services:
Monday, Feb. 10 • 11 AM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
West Point, MS to the late Alice Blackwood and
Garland Cutts. She worked at Windsor and Auro-
ra Nursing Home as an activity director.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Howard is pre-
ceded in death by her husband, Charles Sikes
Howard.
Mrs. Howard is survived by her cousins, Jea-
nette Unger, Steven Unger, Kelly Unger, Marcus
Howard, Cameron Howard; and sister-in-law, La-
nora Livingston.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Gretchen “Gay” Ann Schluet-
er Orr, age 76, of Columbus,
MS, passed away Wednesday,
February 5, 2020, at Baptist Me-
morial Hospital.
Funeral services will be
Monday, February 10, 2020, at
11:00 AM at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church with Rev. Jason Shelby
officiating. The interment will
immediately follow at Friend-
ship Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM
until the time of the service at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Crematory 903 College St. location is in charge
of arrangements.
Gay was born June 23, 1943, in South Bend,
IN, to the late Mary Frances Ferguson Schlueter
and Robert Glenn Schlueter. She grew up in Dav-
enport, IA and attended the University of Iowa.
Gay retired after 20 years at BancorpSouth as a
mortgage loan underwriter. She was a member
of the Northwood Garden Club and served as its
1rst and 50th President. She was a Life Member
of Columbus Junior Auxiliary and was very active
and involved with the Columbus Swim Team for
25 years. Gay also enjoyed and looked forward to
her Continental Gin and Mahjong games.
Gay was a lung transplant recipient and cele-
brated 11 years of healthy life, and therefore was
a strong advocate of Organ Donation and encour-
aged everyone to become a donor. In her words,
“It’s a wonderful gift to both give and receive.”
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her son, Jefferson Patrick Orr; and
brother, Peter Schlueter.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years,
Gordon Neil Orr; sons, David Michael Orr and
his wife Laura, and Andrew Charles Orr and his
wife Angela; and grandchildren, Emma Reed Orr
and Andrew Charles Orr, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Blair, Don
Calloway, Frank Howell, Charles Jourdan, Jim
Mauldin, Doug Phillips, Mark Smith, and Jay
Sutton.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Epis-
copal Church, 318 College St., Columbus, MS,
39701, or UAB Transplant Patient Assistance
Fund, 619 19th St. South, J. T. 1125, Birming-
ham, AL, 35249.
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Doctor’s death highlights dangers on front lines of outbreak

‘It’s just bad timing. Within days, he developed

Doctors get infected

because they are in
the wrong place at
the wrong time.’
Dr. Bharat Pankhania,
a University of Exeter
infectious disease expert
BY MARIA CHENG
AP Medical Writer
LONDON — The death of
a doctor who issued an early
warning about the new virus
in China represents a grim re-
minder that the first health care
workers to recognize new out-
breaks are sometimes among
their earliest victims.
Dr. Li Wenliang’s death un-
derlined the dangers health
workers have faced in similar
epidemics, including SARS and
Ebola.
On Dec. 3, Li wrote on his so-
cial media account that he saw
a test sample suggesting the
presence of a coronavirus sim-
ilar to SARS. In early January,
the 34-year-old eye doctor was
visited by police who forced him
to sign a statement admitting to
having spread falsehoods.
a cough and fever, began hav-
ing trouble breathing and was
hospitalized. His death was
confirmed Friday, prompting a
deluge of messages of mourn-
ing and outrage at how he was
treated.
The death was an all-too-fa-
miliar occurrence, said Dr. Mi-
chael Ryan, head of the World
Health Organization’s health
emergencies program.
“We’re very sorry to hear the
loss of any health care worker
that’s attempted to care for pa-
tients,” Ryan said Friday. “We
have suffered similar losses
like the death of Carlo Urbani
during SARS.”
In 2003, Urbani was an Ital-
ian doctor at the U.N. health
agency’s Hanoi office and in-
vestigated the unusual case of
a patient suffering respiratory
symptoms in a private hospital.
Urbani treated patients, took
samples and worked to improve
infection control policies in Ha-
noi.
Weeks later, he died of the
same disease — severe acute
respiratory syndrome — in a
Bangkok hospital.
Doctors working at the early
stages of any new outbreak are
particularly vulnerable, said Dr.
Bharat Pankhania, a University
China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS case also died.
BEIJING — The rate of increase in new cas-
Almost all of the new fatalities were in and
around Wuhan in central Hubei province. An-
es of the virus in China rose again after a brief
respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the main-
other 3,399 cases were reported, bringing the
total to 34,546, although some of those have
land and countries around the world enforced recovered. More than 320 cases have been con-
stricter measures to contain its spread. firmed outside mainland China, including two
A U.S. citizen died of the virus in Wuhan, the deaths in Hong Kong and the Philippines.
city at the center of the outbreak, in what was Three more cruise ship passengers were di-
apparently the first American death. A Japanese agnosed with the virus in Japan for a total of 64
being treated in Wuhan who was a suspected on board the ship.
of Exeter infectious disease ex- cent have suffered only mild The report detailed illnesses
pert. disease, WHO estimated. Fatal in 138 people treated at Zhong-
“At the beginning, doctors cases have been most common nan Hospital in Wuhan, includ-
are just not aware of what kind in people aged over 60 and those ing 40 hospital workers believed
of behaviors may be dangerous,” with other health problems, like to have become infected on the
he said. When Li was exposed to diabetes or high blood pressure. job. More than 10 of them were
the new virus, “he didn’t know Fewer than 2 percent have died, presumed to have been infected
an outbreak was already under- according to the latest figures. by a single patient who was ad-
way and what precautions he Li, however, may have been mitted to the surgical ward with
should take,” Pankhania said. at risk for a more serious illness abdominal symptoms.
Doctors and nurses also were because he was treating patients Patients also apparently in-
infected in the early stages of before he knew to take any pre- fected other patients, the re-
multiple Ebola outbreaks, before cautions, doctors said. He also searchers said. The patients
the lethal disease was recog- may have been exposed to an were all adults, adding to evi-
nized and proper infection con- especially large dose, given that dence that suggests cases in
trol policies were implemented. eye doctors tend to work close to children are rare.
“It’s just bad timing,” Pankha- patients’ faces. On Friday, WHO warned that
nia said. “Doctors get infected A study published Friday increased demand for masks
because they are in the wrong in the Journal of the American and other protective equipment
place at the wrong time.” Medical Association under- might further jeopardize health
Among people infected in scored the dangers faced by workers responding to the out-
the current outbreak, 82 per- health care workers. break.

Roger Kahn, elegant ‘Boys US official: American

of Summer’ author, dies at 92 casualties in Afghan
‘Roger Kahn loved the game and appealing of teams,” Kahn
wrote.
knew Kahn well from their
days with the team — Kahn
military mission
earned a place in the pantheon of “The Boys of Summer”
was a story of lost youth,
was a beat writer covering
the club, and the same age
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

baseball literature long ago. He will
be missed, but his words will live on.’
Statement from Major League Baseball
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
M A M A RONECK ,
N.Y. — Roger Kahn, the
writer who wove memoir
and baseball and touched
millions of readers through
his romantic account of the
Brooklyn Dodgers in “The
Boys of Summer,” has died.
He was 92.
He died Thursday at
a nursing facility in Ma-
maroneck, a Westchester
County suburb, son Gor-
don Kahn said.
“Roger Kahn loved the
game and earned a place
in the pantheon of baseball
literature long ago. He will
be missed, but his words
will live on,” Major League
Baseball said in a state-
ment.
The author of 20 books
and hundreds of articles,
Kahn was best known for
the 1972 best-seller that
looked at his relationship
with his father through
their shared love of the
Dodgers, an object of nos-
talgia for the many fans
who mourned the team’s
move to Los Angeles after
the 1957 season.
“At a point in life when
one is through with boy-
hood, but has not yet dis-
covered how to be a man,
it was my fortune to travel
with the most marvelously
right down to its title, lat-
er borrowed for a hit Don
Henley song about a man
longing for his past. Kahn’s
book moved back and forth
between the early 1950s,
when he covered the Dodg-
ers for the New York Her-
ald Tribune, and 20 years
later, when some were ail-
ing (Jackie Robinson), em-
bittered (Carl Furillo) or
in a wheelchair (Roy Cam-
panella).
The book was an instant
hit, although Kahn was
criticized for sentimentaliz-
ing his story.
“Here is a book that
succeeded for me despite
almost everything about
it,” wrote Christopher Leh-
mann-Haupt, a late book
critic for The New York
Times.
Retired Dodgers broad-
casting great Vin Scully
as Scully. KABUL, Afghanistan — American and Afghan
“You couldn’t travel military personnel were fired on while conducting
with them without getting an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar
emotionally involved. Rog- province, the U.S. military said Saturday, and one
er captured that familial
official said there were U.S. casualties.
spirit of the players in those Several U.S. personnel were either injured or
days,” Scully told The As-
killed, but the exact number and other details were
sociated Press on Friday.
not provided, said the U.S. official, who agreed to
“The feeling in Brooklyn
discuss the incident only on condition of anonym-
was always us against the
ity.
world — the world would
A U.S. military spokesman, Col. Sonny Leggett,
be the lordly pinstripers in
said in a statement that both Afghan and U.S. per-
the Bronx and almost lord-
sonnel were “engaged by direct firing.”
ly Giants in Manhattan.”
“We are assessing the situation,” Leggett said,
Scully said Kahn singu-
without providing any information on possible ca-
larly distilled the essence
sualties or other details.
of what it was like to be a The Taliban and the Islamic State group affiliate
Brooklyn player and fan of both operate in eastern Nangarhar province. The
the team. incident comes as Washington seeks to find an end
“He got it right,” Scully to Afghanistan’s 18-year war, America’s longest.
said. “Every year in Brook-
lyn it was wait till next year.
It was only right that in all
their years they wound up
winning only one World Se-
ries and then left.” 20 dead, 31 hurt in mass
shooting in Thailand
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds
BY STEFANIE DAZIO
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The
pilot of the helicopter that
crashed and killed Kobe
Bryant and eight others
was almost out of blinding
clouds when he suddenly
plunged and crashed into
a Southern California hill-
side, investigators and avi-
ation experts indicated.
Ara Zobayan had told
air traffic control he was
climbing to 4,000 feet and
he rose to 2,300 feet, ac-
cording to an investigative
update released Friday
from the National Trans-
portation Safety Board.
The helicopter was
just 100 feet from the
cloud tops and conceiv-
ably would have broken
through into clear air in
a matter of seconds. Air
traffic controllers had
advised Zobayan that the
cloud tops were at 2,400
feet. Camera footage lat-
er reviewed by the NTSB
showed nearby clouds at
that estimated height.
The NTSB update
didn’t make any conclu-
sion about what caused
the Jan. 26 crash in Cal-
abasas, northwest of Los
Angeles, because the
investigation remains un-
derway and a final report
isn’t expected for a year
or so.
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — A gun-
man described as a soldier angry over a financial
dispute killed two people and then went on a far
bloodier rampage Saturday in northeastern Thai-
land, shooting as he drove to a busy mall where
shoppers fled in terror. At least 20 people were
killed in all, 31 were injured and others were be-
lieved to be still inside the building as more gun-
shots rang out early Sunday.
Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Kongc-
heep Tantrawanich said Sgt. Jakrapanth Thomma
was behind the attack in Nakhon Ratchasima, a
hub for Thailand’s relatively poorer and rural
northeastern region.
Lifestyles
True colors
Frank McGuigan is pictured at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center in downtown Columbus
Thursday. Vibrant colors and dreamlike narratives are celebrated in his artwork influenced by music, cats and the world around him.
Columbus artist mines a world of imagination and whimsy
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
S
pend some time with Frank Mc-
Guigan’s paintings and soon his
colorful world of whimsy seems like
a pretty chill place to visit. Blue people,
self-possessed felines and dreamlike
settings fill the canvases he hopes will
light up someone’s day. Creating them is
a calling he realized later in life.
“I was almost 40 years old before I
really got interested in painting,” said
the amiable artist. He sat, relaxed in
jeans and tennis shoes, in the studio
space he’s set up in his east Columbus
home. Rows of paintings on the carpeted
floor were propped against three walls.
A long work surface covered with paints
occupied the fourth. Jazz music played
in the background. It’s often playing
these days when McGuigan paints.
“I love listening to jazz because it’s so
free and can loosen things up,” he said.
“It puts you in a good place.”
McGuigan’s journey toward that par-
ticular good place began when the Navy
veteran started painting in the early
1990s. From the outset, his folk art style
favored rich colors.
“I like really, really bright colors. It’s
all about color and space. It’s kind of like
putting a puzzle together,” he said. Be-
fore long, McGuigan was taking his art
to shows from Greenwood to Atlanta, in-
cluding the Cotton District Arts Festival
in Starkville and the Kentuck Festival
of the Arts near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
In 1994, the self-taught painter decided
to enroll in art classes at Mississippi
University for Women.
“I learned a lot about color at The W.
I’ve gotten more sophisticated about
color than when I first began,” he said.
“I think certain colors evoke certain
emotions, either warm or cold, depend-
ing on your mood.”
■■■
McGuigan’s preferred medium is
gouache, an opaque watercolor. With
it he saturates his canvases, building
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fields of color. He often has two to three
paintings in progress, some of them
commissions. Bold blues are frequently
prominent.
“I think it goes back to the blues
(music),” he mused. “I’ve always like the
blues and so I make some of my people
blue. ... A lot of my paintings have a
musical theme in them.”
Observant viewers will also notice
recurring cats and roller coasters — and
occasionally, cats in roller coasters.
Many of the cat paintings feature a
feline he calls Blackie.
“The whole idea of Blackie evolved
from an incident in the ’90s,” he ex-
plained. “It was Thanksgiving and our
cat, Pooka, was glaring at us through
the window while we were eating.” That
one occurrence stuck with the artist and
has influenced a long line of his furry
characters.
“I’ve been a cat lover all my life, so
I incorporate my feline friends in my
paintings,” he said with a grin.
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Lee Foundation Valentine party adds elegance to a sweet holiday

Tenth annual Stephen D. Lee Foundation event is 7-10 p.m. Friday
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH buildings were removed and they have helped us ac-
the home was converted into complish,” said Foundation

T
he Stephen D. Lee
Foundation will host
its 10th annual Valen-
tine Party on Friday, Feb. 14,
at its home, the Stephen D.
Lee Home at 316 Seventh St.
N. in Columbus.
The Lee Home was
completed in 1847 by Maj.
Thomas Garton Blewett.
The extensive home and
grounds were the last home
of Blewett’s granddaughter
and her husband, Stephen
Dill Lee, who was instru-
mental in the establishment
of Mississippi A&M, now
known as Mississippi State
University. Lee served as the
college’s first president.
Regina and Stephen Lee’s
son inherited the house
and sold it to the City of
Columbus for the use of the
Courtesy photo city school system, and the
Specialty desserts and elaborate floral arrangements, like these at the Stephen D. Lee High School
2019 event, are highlights of the annual Stephen D. Lee Foundation was built on the square. The
Valentine Party in Columbus. wings of the home and out-
the home economics build-
ing and school cafeteria.
After a fire destroyed
the school in December of
1959, the Association for the
Preservation of Antiquities
in Columbus and Lowndes
County met with city offi-
cials to prevent the demoli-
tion of the house and to re-
quest permission to restore
it. The Association and The
Lowndes County Historical
Society combined to form
the Stephen D. Lee Founda-
tion and set about saving the
historic house. Sixty years
later the Foundation is still
maintaining and promoting
this outstanding example of
Italianate architecture.
“All proceeds of the Val-
entine Party go to maintain-
ing and enhancing the house
so we decided that this 10th
year would be a great time
to show our supporters what
Chair Eulalie Davis. These
accomplishments include a
wheelchair ramp, new HVAC
systems, a new roof, brick-
work, painting, a kitchen
upgrade and new window
treatments.
“As usual, the best bakers
in Columbus will provide
beautiful and delicious
sweets and savories, and fab-
ulous flower arrangements
will fill the house which will
celebrate its 174th Valen-
tine’s Day,” said Davis. She
also added that there will be
tributes to the Twenties to
show that an old house does
have some new tricks.
For more information
about the party, which is
from 7-10 p.m., contact Davis
at 662-328-3088.
For more information
about the Stephen D. Lee
Home, call 662-327-8888 or
find it on Facebook.

Science Night at the Museums: fun exploration for all ages

Free event at MSU is 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday gy, history, meteorology,
physics and astronomy.
activities for children
ages 2 to 5 years old.
truly something for
everyone.”
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC said the event offers specimens on display Featured this year Moe-Hoffman said Last year’s event drew
AFFAIRS visitors a wide array of include portions of is musician Bob Swan- the event is an oppor- approximately 2,000
son, also known as the tunity for students and visitors from across the

F
or the fourth
consecutive year,
Mississippi State’s
Museums and Galleries
Committee is present-
ing Science Night at the
Museums.
Free and open to all,
the interactive event is
Feb. 12 from 5:30 to 8:30
p.m. at various locations
in Hilbun Hall, Harned
Hall and the Cobb Insti-
tute of Archaeology.
Amy Moe-Hoffman,
committee chair and
MSU geology instructor,
hands-on activities.
“Participants can do
everything from holding
a live tarantula to watch-
ing chemical reactions,”
she said.
The Dunn-Seiler
Museum, located in
Hilbun Hall, and the Lois
Dowdle Cobb Museum
of Archaeology, located
in the Cobb Institute
of Archaeology, will be
open for tours and show-
case MSU’s research
across various scientific
disciplines. Featured
Dunn-Seiler’s mosasaur
skeleton, a 65-billion-
year-old marine reptile
that was found in the area
last year.
New this year is the
inclusion of Harned Hall,
which will highlight bio-
logical disciplines such
as ornithology, botany,
microscopy, microbiology
and evolutionary biology.
Hilbun Hall will show-
case MSU’s research in
fields such as chemistry,
entomology, forest prod-
ucts, geology, paleontolo-
“Singing Weatherman.”
An instructor in MSU’s
Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Swanson
will perform a sci-
ence-themed song set for
the event.
Other planned ac-
tivities include a sci-
ence-themed photo booth
and the Science Hall of
Fame, featuring portraits
of noteworthy individuals
with significant contribu-
tions to various fields. A
local Girl Scout troop will
provide science-themed
community members of state.
all ages to experience MSU’s Museums and
almost everything the Galleries Committee
sciences have to offer. oversees the operations
“I hope that young of numerous and diverse
people, including MSU multidisciplinary muse-
students, walk away ums and research collec-
realizing science is a tions. For more on the
very broad term for a lot event or the university’s
of different disciplines. museums and galleries,
There are so many dif- visit museums.msstate.
ferent career options and edu and @msstatemuse-
opportunities available,” umsgalleries on Face-
Moe-Hoffman said. “The book.
sciences are diverse, and Moe-Hoffman may be
so are the people who reached at amhoffman@
practice them. There’s geosci.msstate.edu.

Area quilter accepted into national competition

SPECIAL TO THE
DISPATCH

Q
uilt artist Julia Gra-
ber of Brooksville
has been accepted
in the 2020 Stitch Your
Art Out Quilt Competi-
tion at the 31st annual
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festi-
val. Produced by Mancu-
so Show Management,
the festival will take place
in Hampton, Virginia,
Feb. 27 – March 1.
Graber’s quilt, “My
Mother, Margaret
Heatwole,” will be on
display at the show along
with many other quilts,
all competing for prize
money. Winners will
be selected at the show
and announced on the
website quiltfest.com on
Feb. 27.
Every quilt displayed
Courtesy photo
at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt
Julia Graber of Brooksville shows her quilt, “My Mother,
Festival takes great skill
Margaret Heatwole,” at the Cross City Piece Makers
and talent to make it Quilt Guild show in Corinth in 2019.
come to life. This quilt
competition incorporates
pieces from the best quil-
ters in the U.S. that will
be judged and on display
to be enjoyed by quilt en-
thusiasts and other quilt
artists.
Besides the competi-
tion quilts on display, the
festival will feature work-
shops and lectures taught
by a world-renowned fac-
ulty, a Merchant’s Mall
and special exhibitions
including many present-
ed by local quilt guilds.
For more information,
visit quiltfest.com.

Art happens.
328-ARTS
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CALENDAR
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Science Night at the Muse-
ums — Hosted by MSU Museums
and Galleries, this family-friendly
night-out from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
features museum tours, science
demos and fun activities is free to
all ages at Hilbun Hall, Harned Hall
and Cobb Institute of Archaeology,
all on Lee Boulevard on the MSU
with “An Imperfect Person, Called
Hero” at 2 p.m. in the Griffis Hall Fo-
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Table Talks — Friends of the
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library
revives its Table Talk series at 5
p.m. with author John Bateman
of Starkville at the library at
314 Seventh St. N., Columbus.
Bateman will read from his novel
“Who Killed Buster Sparkle?” Free
rum Room. A reception follows. For to the public. Call 662-329-5300
more information, contact Donna for more information.
Clevinger, 662-325-2522.
Wednesday through
Saturday, Feb. 19-22
“Mama Mia!” — Theatre MSU Courtesy image

campus. For more information visit
museums.msstate.edu.
Friday, Feb. 14
Lee Foundation Valentine’s
Day Gala — Specialty desserts
and elegant florals are center stage
as the Stephen D. Lee Foundation
hosts its 10th annual Valentine’s
Day Gala from 7-10 p.m. at the Ste-
phen D. Lee Home, 316 Seventh St.
N., Columbus. For information and
reservations, contact Eulalie Davis,
662-328-3088.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Table Talks — See details at
top of calendar.
The Orators lecture — The
Mississippi State Shackouls Honors
College presents V. Denise James,
director of Women’s and Gender
Studies at the University of Dayton,
presents this hit musical featuring
the songs of ABBA at 7:30 p.m.
at McComas Theatre on campus.
Tickets are $15; $10 students. Visit
events.msstate.edu or call 662-
325-3320.
Feb. 20-23 and 25-29
“Blame it on Beckett”
— Starkville Community Theatre
presents this witty play at 7:30
p.m. nightly (except 2 p.m. Sunday)
at the Playhouse on Main, 108 E.
Main St. in downtown Starkville.
Tickets are $15; $10 students. For
reservations, contact the box office,
662-323-6855. Limited seating.
Friday, Feb. 21
Spring recital — Mississippi
University for Women Department
of Music presents a spring recital
at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on
campus. Free to the public.
Sunday, Feb. 23
Bands concert — Mississippi
State Department of Music pres-
ents a concert by its community,
concert and symphonic bands at
2 p.m. in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth
Auditorium on campus.
Sundays at the Center
— The West Point/Clay County
Arts Council hosts a program by
the Fifth Street Performing Arts
students at 2 p.m. at the Louise
Campbell Center for the Arts, 521
Commerce St. Free to the public.
Monday, Feb. 24
Starkville Community
Theatre — SCT presents “A
Public Reading of an Unproduced
Screenplay About the Death of Walt
Disney” at 7:30 p.m. at McComas
Hall at Mississippi State. (Contains
strong language.) The production
won Best Production and other
awards at the Mississippi Theatre
Association Festival. Tickets $10
at the door; donations toward
travel to regional competition are
appreciated. Email cao@sct-online.
org.
Reflect & Rejoice — Mis-
sissippi State presents this Black
History Choral Concert at 7 p.m.
at Starkville’s First Baptist Church,
106 E. Lampkin St. Free to the
public.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
New Music at The W — This
Mississippi University for Women
choral concert featuring new music
begins at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter
Hall on campus. Free to the public.
Friday, Feb. 28
MUW Concert — Mississippi
University for Women presents a
concert featuring the MUW Choral
Singers and MUW Chorale at 7:30
p.m. in Poindexter Hall on campus.
Free to the public.
Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 27-29
Templeton Ragtime Jazz
Festival — Mississippi State
University Libraries present the
14th annual Charles H. Templeton
Ragtime & Jazz Festival, with the
Gatsby Fashion Gala, concerts,
silent movies, seminars and more
at Mitchell Memorial Library on cam-
pus. For information and tickets,
visit festival.library.msstate.edu, or
call 662-325-6634.

Keep Valentine flowers looking their best Oktibbeha Heritage

SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
By Melinda Myers
keep your arrangement
looking its best. Doing this Museum to host
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can double the life of your
othing says Happy
Valentine’s Day like
a fresh bouquet of
cut flowers.
Further extend the
vase life of cut flowers by
‘Chit Chat’ series
flowers. Make sure your displaying them in a cool, BY JAN SWOOPE
gift provides many days of draft-free location. Or move
jswoope@cdispatch.com
enjoyment by selecting the

freshest flowers and provid-
ing the best possible care.
Take some time to
evaluate the quality of the
cut flowers you plan to pur-
chase. Select fresh flowers
with upright and perky
flowers and lots of firm
buds that are just starting
to open. Avoid flowers sit-
ting in foul smelling water
with drooping leaves and
discolored slimy stems.
Consider color and
fragrance as well as fresh-
ness. Many people love the
sweet fragrance of roses,
carnations and lilies. Some
varieties are more fragrant
than others, so you’ll need
to do the nose test. Other
individuals prefer to look
at and not smell their
beautiful arrangement. For
them, select non-fragrant
varieties and other flowers
like hydrangea, alstroemer-
ia, gerbera daisies and
lisianthus that lack a strong
fragrance.
Select their favorite
color or perhaps one that
sends a message. Red is
often used to represent
love and passion, pink for
happiness and sometimes
love, yellow for friendship
and cheer, and peach for
gratitude. Include a card to
make sure the message and
Flowers will account for a hefty portion of the expected
$20-plus billion dollars Americans will spend on Valen-
tine’s Day. Read on for tips on how to extend the vase life
of those bouquets.
sentiments are received.
Roses are a Valentine
favorite, but a dozen may
be out of reach for your
budget. A single rose in a
bud vase or large bloom
floating in a shallow vase
can bring a bit of beauty
and lots of enjoyment to you
or the recipient. Or add a
few roses to your bouquet
of other colorful flowers.
Tips to help them last
Once you make your
selection, ask the florist to
include a packet of floral
preservative and wrap your
flowers. This protects them
from extreme temperatures
and jostling during the ride
home.
Extend the life of your
Melinda Myers LLC/Courtesy photo
floral gift with a few key
steps before placing the
flowers in a vase.
Remove the lower leaves,
so just the leafless stems
are sitting in the water.
This minimizes bacterial
growth that can shorten the
vase life of cut flowers. Re-
cut the stems and arrange
your blossoms in a clean
vase filled with fresh water
and floral preservative.
Cutting the stems on an
angle increases the amount
of exposed surface area to
absorb water.
Every two to three days,
change the water, clean
the vase if needed, recut
the stems and add floral
preservative. Remove any
flowers that have faded to
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them to a cooler spot at
night and back in a promi-
nent spot during the day.
Even if you do every-
thing right, roses some-
times bend or droop at the
neck and disappoint. This
can happen if they have not
received enough water at
some point between har-
vest and your vase.
Fortunately, there is
a way to revive roses.
Remove the roses from the
vase. Recut the stems and
submerge the whole rose —
stem, leaves, flowers and all
— in a sink or tub of warm
water. Leave the roses sub-
merged for 30 minutes.
Clean and refill the vase
with fresh water and a bit
of floral preservative. Recut
the stems on a slant, under-
water if possible, and place
the roses back in the vase.
You will have perky fresh
roses to enjoy for a week or
more.
Melinda Myers has
written numerous books,
including “Small Space
Gardening.” She hosts The
Great Courses “How to Grow
Anything” DVD series and
the nationally-syndicated
“Melinda’s Garden Moment”
TV and radio program. She
is a columnist and contrib-
uting editor for Birds &
Blooms magazine.
onnecting a community to its
history may be the primary mission
of the Oktibbeha County Heritage
Museum, but a new Chit Chat series
intends to connect community members
to each other. On the third Wednesday of
each month, the museum invites the pub-
lic to hear speakers while enjoying coffee
and fellowship. Programs begin at 10 a.m.
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Mississippi
State University Professor Emeritus
Brent Funderburk opens the series
with an art talk, “Stories from the Soul
House,” at the museum located at 206
Fellowship St.
Other scheduled programs include:
n March 18 — Linda Breazeale talks
about Odd Fellows Cemetery connec-
tions to MSU.
n April 15 — Spring is in the air, and
Twigs Nursery and Landscaping gives a
gardening talk to welcome it.
n May 20 — Representatives from
the MSU Libraries discuss “Look for
Your Genealogy Roots.”
n June 17 — Meet local deputies at
“Donuts with Deputies.”
The Oktibbeha County Heritage
Museum houses a permanent collection
of artifacts that offer a view of the history
and culture of Starkville and Oktibbeha
County. It also hosts temporary, rotat-
ing exhibits. The museum is open from
1-4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays, and at other times by appoint-
ment; call 662-323-0211. Tours are en-
couraged and available by arrangement.
Museum admission is free; donations are
appreciated.
For more information, visit oktibbeha-
heritagemuseum.com.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I met a man
online I thought was won-
derful. OK, I’ll be honest. I
wanted a quick roll in the hay —
nothing serious. The guy turned
out to be a college dropout,
deeply spiritual and a great
conversationalist, and we quickly
started dating.
Fast-forward six months. I feel
trapped in a loveless marriage.
The sex is almost nonexistent.
He has OCD, and because of it,
he is afraid to leave the house,
get a job, go to the doctor or be
naked. What kind of man is afraid
Dear Abby
of being naked in PRIVATE? He is
amply endowed, fit and very attractive.
I’m at my wits’ end. He needs professional
help, which he refuses to get. I know he has a
mental illness, so I’m trying my hardest to be
sympathetic and understanding,
but what am I to do? — NEEDING
MORE IN LOUISIANA
DEAR NEEDING MORE: By
being sympathetic and under-
standing, you are enabling your
husband to resist getting the help
he needs. Give him an ultimatum:
He gets professional help for his
OCD or the marriage is over. You
have nothing to lose by doing this
and everything to gain because,
if he gets the help he needs, your
problem will be solved. And if he
doesn’t, you will possibly avoid
having a child with a man who will
be unable to support it financially.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been
married for six months. Our birthdays fall two
days apart. His birthday is first, and we were
invited to his parents’ for dinner and cake. He
received many gifts from his family.
For convenience, his brother gave us ONE
card with $200 cash in it that was meant
for both of us. (My husband always gives his
sister-in-law a gift on her birthday.) My husband
took the cash and put it in his pocket without
acknowledging that half of it was meant for me.
A couple days later, my birthday came
around. This time we went to dinner with my
family. After dinner, my parents gave each of
us a present. He went home with some new
clothes and cologne. Do I have a right to be
mad that his brother’s gift to both of us went
only to him? — PLENTY MAD IN ILLINOIS
DEAR PLENTY MAD: Of course you do. That
money should have been split 50-50. But you’re
complaining to the wrong person. You should
be saying it to your husband. Because you have
been married only six months, perhaps he isn’t
used to the concept of marriage being about the
two of you. Straighten that out with him now.
P.S. Convenience or not, your brother-in-law
should have given you separate gifts.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a freshman in high school,
and it’s great. I’ve made a lot of new friends,
but most of them are guys. For some reason,
they think I’m this girly-girl type who doesn’t
like to get my hands dirty. When it’s time to do
something that involves lifting, they think they
have to take over. If they ever saw me at home,
they’d think I was a whole different person. How
can I show to them I’m not a girly-girl while still
being friends with them? — NO GIRLY-GIRL
DEAR NO GIRLY-GIRL: Here’s how. The next
time one of them says, “Let me do it for you,”
all you have to say is, “No, thank you.” Then do
the heavy lifting yourself. Word gets around.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded
by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 9).
Your dreams swirl into a desire to be
of service, producing some of your
best ideas yet. The practical help and
mentorship you seek in the next 10
weeks land at the intersection of use-
fulness, creativity and commerce. A
thriving relationship will spread joy all
over your life. See new places in May
and August. Aries and Virgo adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 40,
7, 33 and 28.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You
are a rescuer. By needling and kid-
ding your love ones, and by laughing
at yourself, you will save the world
from the deadly disease of self-seri-
ousness.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Set-
tle yourself down and suddenly you’re
headed toward a sort of wise passivi-
ty — a state of mind in which you will
be able to observe what’s going on
with very little interference from your
own preferences or fears.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Ambiguity doesn’t have to cause
stress. Yes, there are a few different
ways to read the day, but they are
complimentary interpretations, the
trajectories will be similar, whichever
you believe.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Giving feels right to you. Most of the
day will be spent caring, helping and
doing. However, when presented with
the opportunity to relax, don’t miss
out on some well-deserved enjoy-
ment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You are
not a tram on the road of life — an
engine that moves in predestined
grooves. You are free to make the
turns, merge to the on ramp, leave
the town or country and know new
lands.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When
things get a little tense, it might help
to think of this as an adventure, or
the movie you’re starring in. If you
take a moment to sense it, you’ll get
the feeling there’s an invisible audi-
ence out there rooting for you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Many
gifts are impossible to repay, though
there’s some nobility in trying. And so
you’ll go about it today in a way you
know is not enough, though you can
rest assured, most people don’t even
attempt this at all.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The
joys of reuniting are not possible if
you never part ways. So while you
can’t be with your loved ones at
all times, you’ll hold in your heart
the wonderful anticipation of being
together again soon.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
It takes many years to know yourself
well enough to pace yourself. Of
course, this is different depending on
the particular endeavor and your time
of life. When you overdo it, just know
that it’s part of learning.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Plato suggested the measure of a
man is what he does with power.
Sometimes you don’t feel like you
have enough of it to tell really, though
you have more than you exercise.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
The dance of your daily life involves
a fair amount of diplomacy. Want to
know how people really are? Play
a game. In a game, dynamics will
surface and be worked out under the
premise of playing around.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). How
many times have you seen a winged
bug crawl around? So many. Just
because wings are an option doesn’t
mean that flying is always the best
way. Often what’s needed is found by
covering ground step by step.
4C SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020
State of Black Men Symposium part of Black History Month celebrations
Free event is Feb. 18 at Mississippi State
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS
I
n celebration of Black
History Month, Mississippi
State’s Men
of Excellence
student organi-
zation is present-
ing its bi-annual
State of Black
Men Symposium
Tuesday, Feb.
18 at Colvard Jones
Student Union.
Themed “Breaking Barri-
ers But Accepting Challeng-
es,” the daylong program is
free and open to the public.
Advance registration is en-
couraged for non-university af-
filiates at union.msstate.edu/
SCHOOL NEWS
Trainer makes list
Orlancio Trainer of
Starkville was named to
the Vice President’s List
for the fall 2019 semester
at Northwest Mississippi
Community College.
The Vice President’s
List includes students
completing 12 or more
semester hours with a
3.50-3.74 GPA.
Heritage Academy
honors
Heritage Academy in
Columbus released its
honors list for the first
semester of the 2019-2020
term. Students included
are:
Academy Honors
3rd Grade: Mira
Alnas, John Cole Atkins,
Ella Canfield, Miriam
Edwards, Grice Garner,
Kirksey Heard, Kyle
Huang, Eliza Johnson,
Hannah Looney, Coleman
Martin, William Shivers,
Ella Margaret Sims,
Dunkin Townsend, Elijah
Turner, Joella Weekly, Ri-
ley Wheeler and Leighton
Whiteside;
4th Grade: Reese
Atkins, Landon Bowen,
Addison Boyd, Anna
Crawford Fowler, Lucas
Gatewood, Annison Har-
ris, Gibson Hicks, Eliza
Jessop, Gabe Madan,
Harper Moore, Bishop
Porter, Sarah Rose Scur-
ti, Ethan Singley, Emily
Taylor, Gregory Trout and
Jaylen Williams;
5th Grade: Lilla
Allgood, Brianna Claire
Boyd, McKinley Brents,
Arthur Dawson, Abby Ed-
wards, Lockhart Garner,
Izzy Gilman, Elizabeth
Golden, William Golden,
Jordan Harrison, Hunt-
er Hill, Wyatt Hulsey,
Brax Johnson, Gus King,
Vansh Patel, Laura Lea
Sharp, Sam Starks, Bran-
don Turner, Charlie Walk-
er and Oliver Woodard;
6th Grade: Abby
Barr, Dorsey Burris, Bar-
on Carley, Isaiah Clark,
Colin Cunningham,
Charlie Fowler, Katie
Frost, Oz Gilman, Mason
Hayes, Llayna Linton,
Cooper Long, Caroline
Looney, Sophie Milam,
Mun Patel, Param Patel
and Cole Shelton;
7th Grade: Sarah
Irvin, Raymond Jessop,
Jacob Matocha, Ella
Kathryn Naugher, Parker
Sharp and Andi Wright;
8th Grade: Alex Alli-
son, Chloe Boyd, Emma
Britt, Carter Bumgarner,
Ellie Dawson, Gracie
Dinh, Josh Klark, Lola
Linton, Evan Matocha,
Shannon McElhinney,
Reagan Merchant,
Hannah Oswalt, Cade
Perkins, Claire Shelton,
Levi Stevens and Brook-
lyn Wilbon;
9th Grade: Collin
Adair, Collin Atkins,
Chloe Barr, Kevin Chen,
Jacob Crocker, Sydney
Dawkins, Emma Kate
Dowdle, Luke Fisher,
Laina Holder, Madeline
Hulsey, Katie Klark, Myl-
es McCoy, Hailey Pushis,
Andrew Salyer, Meg
Waits and Mallory Ward;
10th Grade: Hayden
Anderson, Olivia Blanton,
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trajectories of their lives.
n “Dress for Success:
We Well?,” 2-2:50 p.m., Col-
vard Student Union Ballroom
will lead the discussion.
n “Give Us the Tools: Culti-
hcdc/black-men-symposium. The Dapper Look,” 11-11:50 U: A discussion to help black vating Our Success,” 3-5 p.m.,
Various discussions of rele- a.m., Colvard Student Union men identify ways patriarchy Colvard Student Union Ball-
Ballroom U: Valuable tips on and systems of oppression room M: A graduate/profes-
vant issues from the perspec-
tive of male minority students how to dress for success while impact love, fears and desires. sional school information fair
will take place. Sponsored by maintaining personal style. Qiana Cutts, MSU assistant where students can explore
MSU’s Holmes Cultural Diver- In addition to leading this professor of counseling, opportunities to advance their
session, Executive Men’s Suits educational psychology and education even further.
sity Center, the symposium
Owner Robert Ford of West foundations, will facilitate this n “Networking Session,”
culminates in Colvard Student
Point will be giving away 10 session.
Union Ballroom S and U with a 5-5:45 p.m., Colvard Student
free suits to participants. n “Stereotype Threat and
6 p.m. keynote address by mo- Union Old Main Lounge: A
n “Barbershop Talk,” the Black Male: Increased
tivational speaker, leadership chance for students to engage
12:30-1:50 p.m., Colvard Awareness Begets Increased
trainer and author Samuel Student Union Dawg House: Responsibility,” 3-3:50 p.m., in conversation with faculty
Jones. A discussion about issues im- Colvard Student Union Ball- and staff. Refreshments will
Other scheduled events pacting black male collegians room U: A conversation on be served.
include: and masculinity. EJ Edney, the development of supportive Learn more about MSU’s
n “The State of Black Men: director of the University environments across campus Holmes Cultural Diversity
Telling Their Story,” 10-10:50 of Mississippi’s Center for spaces with the goal of thwart- Center at hcdc.msstate.edu;
a.m., Colvard Student Union Inclusion and Cross Cultural ing potential for underperfor- Men of Excellence, msstate.
Ballroom U: Black male Engagement, will serve as mance. Angel Brutus, director campuslabs.com/engage/or-
professionals share how their facilitator. of counseling and sports ganization/men-of-excellence-
experiences have shaped the n “We Real Cool, But Are psychology for MSU Athletics, mox.
Kaicey Chitmon, Jared Kyshauna Burton, Alivia Wilkerson and Kenzyria son, Asia Jones, Loretta Johnson, Zion Johnson,
Gruseck, Susan Jessop, Coleman, Alijah Coley, Williams; Jones, Nyshun Lang, Cody McGee, Santeuana
Matthew Kapes, Drew Cierra Cruesoe, Detric 11th Grade: Chris- Jada Lemon, Alejandro Miller, Talisha Sanders,
Knittig, Ayden Mitchell, Doss, Tyrease Erby, Sha- topher Allen, Tamera Mendez, Sidney Morris, Brianna Shelton, Tanyah
Elizabeth Nichols, Kayla nia Givens, Zephaniash Burnett, Steven Cat- Laela Oneal, Tabitha Strong and Charity
Riley, Emry Sanders, Gore, Christian Guyton, tledge, Miracle Coleman, Palmer, Christian Rich- Yeates;
Todd Sharp, Sophie Sin- Lakenzia Ham, Harmony Ethan Conner, Darion ards, Shameria Roby, 11th Grade: Jacob
gley, Luke Sneed, Andre Hanson, Akeim Har- Carder, Layla Crain, Aniya Saddler, Laxavier Bandock, Darius Bardley,
Sotomeneses and Taylor grove, Jamya Harkins, Ashanti Doss, Shamiyah Shelton, Christopher Alyssia Brewer, Aashonti
Wheeler; Khalal Harris, Kendall Doss, Aries Eddins, Short, Rick Stewart, Tyra Butler, Dakiriyah Doss,
11th Grade: Reed Henry, Breland Hughes, Teralyn Fisher, Charla Tate, Tionne Thomas, Stephanie Edmond,
Brewer, Emma Hardy, Christopher Jernigan, Fitzpatrick, Alexis Folds, Asia Trask, Shakyria Kourtney Foxworth,
Hanna Hardy, Kendall Jeremiah Jones, Kaleb Enpierrias Gardner, Triplett, Kaitlyn Walton, Gregory Harper, Han-
Kelly, William Laws, Jordan, Hemyar Nagi, Banesia Garth, Xavier Fredricus Williams, nah Jefferson, Kinnedy
Carley Martin, Robert Sakshi Patel, Brianna Gordon, Farrah Guyton, Genesa Williams, Kayla Johnson, April Jones,
Pushis, Liam Sanders and Shanklin, Miranda Corvion Hairston, Lund- Williams, Lynell Wil- Jahon King, Hezam Nagi,
Anna Studdard; Shirley, Kayla Spann, en Hamilton, Jada Hum- liams, Allyson Winston Kyla Norwood, Bryant
12th Grade: Syd- Christian Summerville, phries, Janea Humphries, and Azariah Young; Pollard, Kristina Smith,
ney Adair, Abby Amos, Xavier Trimble, Makhya Tanijah Isaac, Anthony Yasmine Weatherspoon,
Madison Atkins, Sterling Weatherspoon, Jared Jenkins, Amber Jones, Briana Williams, Ladari-
Superintendent’s List
Bailey, Sam Baker, Han- Williams and Madison Anastasia Jones, Embrey
9th Grade: Mariah us Williams and ZaCoria
nah Brady, Lydia Dyson, Wilson; Jones, Marqell Kimbrel,
Bailey, Gabrielle Benson, Williams;
Noel Fisher, Davis Fitch, 10th Grade: Javi- Jamirah Laster, Destinee
Javious Bush, Caniyah 12th Grade: Kennedy
Gunnar Gale, Ashlyn er Bush, Kelis Curry, McCoy, Donavan McCra-
Congious, Shaniyah Blair, Jordan Buckner,
Glover, Hank Greene, Damarious Danner, nie, Jamiya Nickson,A-
Conner, Olivia Cunning- Mya Coleman, Zakiyah
Bailey Harris, Jack Hiller, Gennie Evans, Alexus vani Poindexter, Jamiya
ham, Anh Dao, Cayden Cunningham, Diamond
Grayson Jones, Andrew Gillian, Tamiya Gunt- Ramsey, Shannon Reed,
er, Zachariah Harden, Jeremiah Staples, Jaylan Davis, Terriyah Gardner, Dickerson, Jaikyeron
Kelly, Gray Moore, Car-
son Nichols, Mackenzie Ashuntee Harris, Ty- Stewart, Tahj Talley, Tay- Lauren Graham, Elijah Dukes, Diamond Fish-
Graves, Kaleb Henry, er, Jashawn Frierson,
Parker, Carter Putt, Lau- derreon Harris, Amani lor Walker and Lashanti
ren Short, Cale Upton, Hayden, Kaleb Hayden, Washington; Aaliyah Jones, Aniyah Aaliyah Harris, Jayden
Jordan, Rex Little, Kelby Harris, Jamad Horn,
Coen Velek and Allison Javon Hopkins, Indya 12th Grade: Fausto
Yingst; Hyde, Phillip Kelly, Myra Barron, Landen Bogan, Miller, Kira Moore, Shru- Evan Ivy, Earlondria
ti Patel, Kaitlyn Smith, Jones, Rashad Jordan,
King, Janiyah Lang, Kameryn Bowen, Hail-
Shantell Lucious, Rubi eigh Brooks, Laporshia Kameron Smith, Seren- Johnny King, Dayla
Honor Roll
Marquez, Kalisha Mc- Brown, Jada Bush, Cadai- ity Taylor and Anieyah Lewis, Griselda Lugo,
3rd Grade: Adeline
Boyd, Alexandria Foster, Bride, Jamarion Moody, jah Congious, Deairyus Westbrook; Margarita Lugo, Ariel
10th Grade: Laqua- Lyons, Demarkyan Oli-
Anabelle Hall, Caroline Arrionna Neal, Kareena Conner, Jaelan Craddi-
vius Brown, Kortney ver, DeVarkas Ramsey,
Hurt, Miles Johnston, Patel, Jakayah Perryman, eth, Jordan Craddieth,
Chandler, Jakylia Collins, Ma. Ronquillio, Chelsea
Winston Mauck and Bai- Micah Pierre-Louis, Dasia Cunningham,
Rakiya Cunning, Hen- Shanks, Jerry Sprag-
ley Stafford; Kiersa Pulley, Mashanti Mark Davis, Alexis Dora,
ry Dismuke III, Dylan gins II, Kenidi Verdell,
4th Grade: Calen Saddler, Elijah Short, Jay- Ahkira Harris, Jayden
Folds, Carolena Graham, Miracle Weston, Ebony
Conwill, Abi McDow and lan Smith, Bralin Sum- Hayden, Paris Harris,
Jeremy Harris, Shun- Williams and Zachary
Savannah Weathers; merville, Tawoon Troop, Darion Jackson, Krishua-
5th Grade: Abbie Madisyn Turner, James na Jethrow, Angel John- keia Jefferson, Ryann Wilson.
Asadi, Hayden Ham,
Cade Hollis, Wyatt
Lindell, Meghan Ma-
tocha, Jaylen Miskel,
Roxy Perkerson, Vincent
Pham, Parker Shelton,
Jace Richardson and Lucy
Whiteside;
6th Grade: Max Led-
better, Jack Rye, Austin
Stumpf, Alex Torres and
Ethan Wilson;
7th Grade: Abigail
Black, Austin Shelton and
Sophie Starks;
8th Grade: Will
Ellis, Karen Hall, Jack
Ketchum, Connor Per-
kins, Sanders Rector, Mat
Thompson and Abigail
Turner;
9th Grade: Harrison
Buffa, Trey Naugher,
Greyson Putt, Maggie
Sansing, Lucy Sharp,
Joshua Tedford and Gar-
rett Vaughn;
10th Grade: Emma
Caroline Brown, Jay
Gill, Drew Huskison and
Brayden Oswalt;
11th Grade: Kelly
Bell, Graham Buxton
Reagan Glenn, Nick
Hairston, Collier Hardy,
Dylan Hayden, Carly
Rogers, Douglas Turner
and Blake Ward;
12th Grade: Steele
Altmyer, Blayze Berry,
Jack Gruseck, Reid Hus-
kison, Banks Hyde, Adam
Koussih, Parker Maner,
Rayne Phillips, Taylor
Phillips, Carter Smith,
Oliver Stratton and Rocky
Wright.
Columbus High School
honors
Columbus High School
released its second
quarter honors for the
2019-2020 term. Students
included are:
Principal’s List
9th Grade: Jamiyah
Adger, Phifer Brown,
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IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER

Advice for success with seedlings

G
ambling
hasn’t
always
been legal in
Mississippi,
but garden-
ers have
been doing
it openly for
generations.
Unfortunately,
the house
Felder Rushing
usually has
better odds
than even us
old hands.
Many gardeners
successfully chance their Seed, and Seed Savers
luck by sowing their pros- Exchange. There are
pects directly onto fresh
dirt when the soil warms
up in April. But getting
a head start indoors is at
best a back-alley wager
because, without con-
trolling variables, the bet
often doesn’t pay off very
well, wasting supplies
and precious time and,
worse, dashing hopes.
Still, it’s our best shot
at lots of plants from a
small investment and
heirloom plants and
wildflowers that can’t
be found at local garden
centers. So, to up the
ante, here are some of
my tricks, which, by the
way, are exactly how my
mother, grandmother,
great-grandmother and
most other
successful
green-house-
less garden-
ers do it.
First, start
with fresh
seed, either
from a local
seed rack
or online;
my favored
heirloom seed
companies are
Southern Ex-
posure Seed Exchange,
Baker Creek Heirloom
others, but I know these
folks, been to their plac-
es, respect their ethics,
dedication and quality.
I also save seed myself
from wildflowers and
other non-hybrid flowers
and unusual veggies,
especially my favorite hot
peppers, burgundy okra
and various butterfly
vines.
These usually sow a
few of their own seeds,
but because I mulch a
lot, which prevents both
weeds and good guys,
their progeny crop up
mostly alongside my
flagstone walk or other
outside-the-lines spots.
So, because I’m usually
too busy to do a lot of
Felder Rushing keeps seedlings outdoors any time
temperatures are about 50 degrees.
transplanting at the right
time, I keep a few seed
to scatter when the soil
warms in April.
All my seeds, both
store-bought and those
from my garden or col-
lected from friends and
stored in labeled paper
envelopes, are boxed in a
cool, dark corner on my
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
office desk where I won’t
forget them next year.
They’d last for two or
three years in my refrig-
erator, but c’mon — who
really waits that long?
There are three things
seeds need to sprout,
which are not easy to
maintain indoors: Mois-
ture, warmth, humidity.
I crowd little containers outside every single hour
on trays that hold a little the temperatures are
water to keep the potting above 50 or so. The cool
soil barely moist from the temperatures, real sun,
bottom up, and cover the humidity and stimulating
pots or whole trays with motion of little breezes
clear plastic to create a cause stems to be stocky
humid micro-environ- and short, unlike those
ment. Then I place them grown solely indoors.
atop my fridge or in the The trays are easy to
laundry room, which are move in and out as
the warmest spots in the
needed
house. I keep mine raised
Soon as the seedlings
on little rocks to keep
appear, I remove the plas-
snails and crickets out
tic to prevent mold and
of play, and fertilize at
root and stem diseases,
half-strength. When the
and start watering less
seedlings have three
often but from the top to
or four sets of leaves, I
encourage deep roots.
Here’s the real kicker, gently prick them apart
the major step that most (holding by leaves, not
newbies skip to their tender stems), and repot
later dismay; it is the or plant.
difference between the These simple tricks
sturdy, stocky plants that give me a better hand in
greenhouse growers pro- the game of gardening.
duce, and the long, skin- Felder Rushing is
ny, weak stems that doom a Mississippi author,
a lot of home-grown columnist and host of “The
seedlings to failure. As Gestalt Gardener” on
soon as the seedlings MPB Think Radio. Email
put on their second set of gardening questions to
leaves, I move the trays rushingfelder@yahoo.com.
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McGuigan
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The roller coasters are
rooted in his memories
of growing up in Massa-
chusetts and family car
trips to the beach. One
anticipated thrill for the
kids was who would be
the first to spot the famil-
iar amusement park roller
coaster on the horizon as
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McGuigan’s paintings,
however, often start out
with no formed plan.
“I’ll put down some
fields of color, and it’ll re-
veal itself to me by shapes
and forms — I’ll see
something and build from
there,” said the painter.
Minerva Gallery
owner Tammy Carlisle of
Starkville was impressed
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soon as she saw it.
“Frank’s paintings are
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this vibe about him that’s
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“The colors are so vibrant
and have such a great,
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In addition to Miner-
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paintings have been car-
ried in galleries in Vicks-
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gomery, Alabama, among
others cities. Throughout
February, dozens of his
paintings are showcased
in a Columbus Arts
Council exhibition at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center
Frank McGuigan begins work on a new painting
Wednesday in the studio at his east Columbus home.
in downtown Columbus.
■■■
From his good place,
McGuigan remains an ex-
plorer in a unique world
of color and characters.
“I get the most
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something new and fresh,
just breaking away and
getting out of my com-
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studio. “I also get a lot of
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look at a painting and
ask me, ‘What does this
mean to you?’ I always
say, ‘What does it mean
to you?’” Sometimes, he
shared, people will reveal
an unexpected perspec-
tive personal to them.
That exchange of ideas
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say, gets to the heart of
art.
“I didn’t choose art.
Art chose me,” McGuigan
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at U-STORE MINI WARE-
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
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CONTINA MCDONALD, Petition- PERINTENDENT OF EDUCA-
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CAUSE NO. 2019-0215
SUMMONS
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TO: ALL HEIRS OF FREDDIE L.
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a Petition to Determine Heirs
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Death Beneficiaries filed in this APPROVED BY LOWNDES
Court by Contina McDonald, Pe- COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA-
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope
Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
662-664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military
Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery
provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-
6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch
McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible
Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Jeff Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771
Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth
classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe
LLC
Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle
Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW,
Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-
3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday
School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490
Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes
6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844
Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.
cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy.
50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by
Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m.,
Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting,
Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m.
Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben
Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
We unlock Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621
Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40
Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or
662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912
11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy
Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
— 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH —
Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship
5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics
Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday
7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding,
Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner
Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Interim Pastor Ron Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.
com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver
Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628
East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8
a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley,
Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake
Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups
for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway
50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin
Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe
Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday
Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth
& Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday -
Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www.
newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave.
and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel,
Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
1st 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-
7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor
High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill
Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852
Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH —
12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11
a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor.
sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282
E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST
CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams,
Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2
blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104
Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St.
Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH —
Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship
6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright,
Youth Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@
yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy.
373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957
Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference
Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1131
Woodlawn Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. Rev. William
Sparks, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Kenny Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd,
4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-
744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess
Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr.
Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-
434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand
Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or
662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert
Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry
Johnson, Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East
North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot
#4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A.
Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New
Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor
Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m.
Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal
- Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus
Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir
Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L.
White, Pastor.
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PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH
— 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible
Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213
Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH —
4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S.
(1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin,
Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th
Ave. N. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.
Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups
Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St.
Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00
a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver
Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive,
Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150
Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH —
8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David
Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-
4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy.
45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-
2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30
a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland
Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday
School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder
Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew
Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-
5939 or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808
College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m.,
Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation
Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey
Waldrep, Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary.
Larry Ferguson, Interim Pastor. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave.
N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main
St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah
Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.
com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd.
Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister.
662-328- 4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th
St. S. Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday)
9:45 a.m., (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
327-6060 Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401
7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson,
Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m.,
Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HW Y. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay
Street. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903
Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess
Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
— 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens
Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery,
Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828
10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45
a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis
Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes,
Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840
Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
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LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103
Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts,
Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville
Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH
OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday
7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m.,
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday
Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-
327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military
Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer
Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th
Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor.
662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor.
662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father
Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven
Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH —
321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest.
662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College
St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday
Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy
Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer
Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership
Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-
5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W.
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter
662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study
7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-
327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old
Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson,
Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-
monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
UNIVERSALIST
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple
B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday.
662-620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible
Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.)
— 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m.
Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton
Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11
a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30
p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50
Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3
p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Eugene Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10
a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417
Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning
worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602
Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m.
Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell
Bradley, Associate Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
80 Old Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St.
S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road,
Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class
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each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45,
Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday
Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-
4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road
East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia
Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham, Pastor.
NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2169 S. Montgomery St., Starkville. Sunday School 9:30-
10:30 a.m., Young Adult Bible Study (ages 18-30) Thursday
6:30 p.m. Tyrone Stallings, Pastor. 662-324-0789
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy
Tentoni, Pastor.
PLAIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1579
Sun Creek Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 8:45-9:45
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6-7 p.m. Rev.
Sylvester Miller III, Pastor. 662-324-0036
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th
St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45
a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional
Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.,
Adult/Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult
Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m.
John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor
Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St.
S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday
5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges,
Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m.,
Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-
328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and
6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College
St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m.
Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11
a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER
— 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor.
662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S.
McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor.
662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109
Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7
p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98
Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st
Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba)
Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH —
1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST
MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning
Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP
CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St.,
Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David
T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742
Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday
School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For
more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-
1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or
Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
— 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-
327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information,
call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr.
Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11
a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon.
Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail:
livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every
1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study
10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-
9843 or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441
18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP —
2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF
JESUS CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service
9 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662- www.memorialgunterpeel.com
241-6723
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd.,
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old,
5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck
Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY
CHURCH — 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer
Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter
and Pastor. 662-630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St.,
Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella,
Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY —
2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie
Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner of
Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 7:30 p.m. SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
662-798-0259 Since 1960
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 24 Hour Towing
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. 1024 Gardner Blvd.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER
MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday
328-8277
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus.
Sunday Worship 8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
8 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis,
Pastor. 662-230-3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.
stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North
McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny
L. Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601
14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF
LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human
Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267
Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH
— 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45
a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106
22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District
Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7
p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6
Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon,
Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875
Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747
E-mail: nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH
MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday
10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women
Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922
17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge
Road. Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor.
1721 Hwy 45 N
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL ® Columbus, MS
CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia.
Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell,
662.848.0919
Pastor. 662-356-0202 Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) “Our Bottom Line Is People”
— 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 Hunting • Fishing
p.m. John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd
Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: 662-323-1742
201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke
Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt
Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m.,
Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd
Wednesdays 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship
Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha,
Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy.
82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m.,
Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting
6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
The McBryde Family
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th
St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 Specializing in industrial accounts
p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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