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Logan’s Roadhouse, Huddle House closed

PLUS: Pop-Up Shop opens country have
announced
on Main Street similar Logan’s
Roadhouse clo-
BY MARY POLLITZ sures that have
Biz@cdispatch.com taken communi-
ties by surprise

S
eemingly overnight, Logan’s Road-
house has closed in Columbus.
Business seemed as usual last
week, but the eatery at 589 18th Ave
N. is officially no more. Without much
warning, a sheet of paper was taped
to restaurant’s doors announcing its
closure.
“We’ve enjoyed serving you, your
families, and friends over the past sever-
al years,” the sign reads. “The moments
you’ve shared with our team have been
phenomenal and we appreciate the
support you’ve shown us. Unfortunately,
this location is now closed.”
News reports scattered across the
in Gonzales,
Louisiana;
Corpus Christi,
Texas; Ocala,
Florida; Ope-
Mary Pollitz
lika, Alabama
and more.
Craftworks Holdings, which has
operated the Logan’s chain since late
2018, closed several restaurants in
recent weeks. Josh Kern, Craftworks
Holdings chief experience officer, said
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
in a press statement the closures were Logan’s Roadhouse on 18th Avenue North in Columbus, shown in this photo, has
“purely a business decision.” closed after Craftworks Holdings, the company that owns the restaurant chain, filed
Craftworks Holdings operates Lo- for bankruptcy and closed multiple locations around the country. Also closing are
See BUSINESS, 6A the Huddle House restaurant locations in Columbus and West Point.

READING FROM ‘BLACKWOOD’ New state

welfare director
says he aims
for integrity
Former director was
charged in a criminal
scheme involving
allegations of misspent
welfare money
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov.

Tate Reeves said Wednesday that
he has chosen a new state Depart-
ment of Human Services director,
weeks after a former director was
charged in a criminal scheme in-
volving allegations of misspent
welfare money.
The new director, Bob Ander-
son, is a former assistant U.S. at-
torney and is the current director
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Former Columbus resident and author Michael Farris Smith discusses his newest book, “Blackwood,” at a reading at the of the Medicaid fraud investiga-
Rosenzweig Arts Center Wednesday evening. The book, which was published earlier this month, is a horror story about a tions division of the Mississippi
family of drifters living in a kudzu-filled town in North Mississippi. attorney general’s office. He pre-
viously worked as the head of the
state attorney general’s public in-
tegrity division and as the chief in-
tegrity officer for the Mississippi
Division of Medicaid.

Scene reconstruction tech to help SPD address car accidents
Total Station will analyze
evidence like tread marks,
vehicle models to recreate
crash scenes
BY TESS VRBIN
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The conversation about an efficient
way to reconstruct car crash scenes
started at the Starkville Police Depart-
ment after the deaths of two men in a
Rockhill Road car accident in August,
SPD Cpl. Chris Jackson said.
Three more people have died in car
crashes on Starkville
roads since then. Now
SPD will receive tech-
nology that creates ac-
curate 3D renderings of
car crashes and crime
scenes, thanks to a board
of aldermen vote on Tues-
day to allocate $2,700 in Ballard
city funds, which officials said will be re-
imbursed through a $40,000 grant from
the state for equipment and personnel.
The device is called a C3 Mechanical
Total Station, made by law enforcement
software company Trimble Forensics. It
uses data and evidence from the scene
of the crash, such as tire tread marks
and the make of a model of a car, to
create a 3D image of the accident on a
computer screen and determine details
like the speed, angle and impact of the
collision.
The technology allows police to fin-
ish working a scene more quickly and
get out of harm’s way on busy roads,
Jackson said. It also processes perish-
able evidence more quickly and yields
more accurate conclusions than manu-
al data collection and investigation, he
said.
“We’re trying to get past the days
of putting measuring tape on the high-
ways, to just having a Total Station on
the side of the highway where we can
point out the exact coordinates,” Jack-
See SPD, 3A
“There is no one more capable
to root out any remnants of the
misdeeds of the past and ensure
that corruption never infects this
department again,” Reeves said at
a news conference with Anderson
by his side.
Anderson said the former direc-
tor who has been indicted “made a
critical mistake of treating the re-
sources of this agency as his to do
with what he chose to do.”
“It will be my task, along with
those of my new colleagues at the
Department of Human Services,
to be good stewards of the trust
the people of Mississippi have
placed in me,” Anderson said.
He added he would handle the
department’s finances “with integ-
See ANDERSON, 6A

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Black voters power Joe Biden’s

Super Tuesday success
‘We believe all roads to
the White House must
come through the South’
Melanie Campbell, president and
CEO of the National Coalition on
Black Civic Participation
BY K AT STAFFORD
AND HANNAH FINGERHUT
The Associated Press
DETROIT — Joe
Biden’s presidential
campaign spent the
past month on the
verge of collapse after
disappointing finish-
es in the overwhelm-
ingly white states that
launched the Demo- Biden
cratic primary. As he watched the
turmoil unfold from Gadsden, Al-
abama, Robert Avery thought the
race would change dramatically
when it moved into the South.
“He knows us, he cares about
us,” the 71-year-old community or-
ganizer said. “People have given us
no credit as to knowing what’s going
on or being involved, and that’s the
furthest thing from the truth.”
It turns out Avery’s instinct was
right.
After a brutal February for Biden,
black voters throughout the South
transformed Biden’s White House
bid over the course of three days. A
back-of-the-pack operation surged
to front-runner status powered by
support from black voters, starting
with Biden’s commanding win Sat-
urday in South Carolina and coming
into full focus on Super Tuesday as
he racked up wins in Virginia, North
Warren reevaluates, Bloomberg drops out
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended
his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
was reassessing her candidacy Wednesday as the winnowing process
in the Democrats’ 2020 nomination fight lurched forward after a conse-
quential Super Tuesday.
Bloomberg became the third failed Democratic presidential contend-
er to exit the race in three days. Like the others, he endorsed Joe Biden,
the big winner on Super Tuesday with victories in 10 of 14 states, and
called him the best chance to defeat President Donald Trump in No-
vember.
Sen. Bernie Sanders lashed back in a Wednesday news conference
in Vermont, declaring himself in a “neck-and-neck” race with Biden, de-
spite the former vice president’s overwhelming support from the Dem-
ocratic establishment.
“What this campaign I think is increasingly about is, Which side are
you on?” Sanders said. “There has never been a campaign in recent
history which has taken on the entire political establishment. That is an
establishment that is working frantically to try to defeat us.”
Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. believe all roads to the White House
Biden is now in a tight race with must come through the South.”
progressive rival Bernie Sanders, Black voters strongly aligned be-
who emerged as the initial Dem- hind Biden over other candidates,
ocratic leader after strong perfor- according to AP VoteCast surveys
mances in Iowa, New Hampshire across eight Super Tuesday states.
and Nevada last month. Activists In Alabama, where African Amer-
said Biden’s success is a reminder ican voters made up a majority of
that the path to victory in the Demo- the Democratic primary electorate,
cratic contest runs straight through roughly 7 in 10 supported the for-
their communities. mer vice president. That support
“You can’t win the Democratic held across ages and gender.
presidential nomination without In other states, like Texas, Vir-
winning the South, and you can’t win ginia and North Carolina, black
the South without the black vote, and voters made up a smaller but sizable
you can’t win the black vote without share of Democratic primary vot-
winning the black women’s vote,” ers. While a majority of both black
said Melanie Campbell, president men and women supported Biden,
and CEO of the National Coalition Sanders did pull about even with
on Black Civic Participation. “We Biden among black voters under 45.

Storms sweep central Mississippi, damaging at least 90 homes

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CANTON — At least
90 homes were damaged
and by storms that blew
through central Mis-
sissippi on Wednesday.
Strong winds toppled
trees onto some vehicles
and peeled roofs off of
buildings.
The Mississippi Emer-
gency Management Agen-
cy said it had received
reports of 60 homes be-
ing damaged in Madi-
son County, 25 homes in
Rankin County and five
homes in Scott County.
In Madison County
north of Jackson, a stee-
ple was torn off a church
in the small town of Flo-
ra, hail fell near a Nissan
manufacturing plant, the
front of a building was
ripped off in Canton and
an oil-change and tire
business was demolished
near Gluckstadt.
Truckers were trying
to sleep in their rigs near
Parkway Quick Lube and
Tire shop when they were
awakened at about 2:30
a.m. by heavy winds and
hail, the Clarion Ledger
reported. Ivan Silas, a
trucker from Memphis,
Tennessee, said he wor-
ried his truck would be
lifted into the air.
“Man, I was so scared,”
Silas said. “I heard the
hail and stuff, and the
truck was shaking. That’s
the first time I woke up
like that, like ‘Man, what’s
going on out there?’”
Madison County
Schools and Canton Pub-
lic Schools were closed
Wednesday because of
power outages and fallen
trees, WAPT-TV report-
ed.
At one point, about
21,000 customers were
without electricity,
MEMA said.

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At least 24th Mississippi inmate

dies since late December
One inmate died Tuesday at a Jackson hospital and
another died Wednesday at Parchman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — One Mississippi in-
mate died Tuesday at a Jackson hos-
pital and another died Wednesday
at the Mississippi State Penitentiary
at Parchman, and autopsies will be
done on each.
At least 24 Mississippi inmates
have died since late December, and
the state prison system is under in-
vestigation by the U.S. Justice De-
partment.
Sunflower County Coroner
Heather Burton said she was called
to Parchman on Wednesday after a
physician there said an inmate had
died.
“The offender was in the inpatient
department and had been receiving
treatment for a terminal illness,”
Burton said in a news release. “I
do not suspect that foul play was in-
volved.”
The Mississippi Department of
Corrections did not immediately re-
lease the inmate’s name because the
family was being notified.
The Mississippi Department of
Corrections said Grayland Cox, 62,
died Tuesday at Merit Health Cen-
tral and “no foul play is suspected.”
Some of the deaths in Mississippi
prisons the past several weeks hap-
pened during outbursts of violence.
Some inmates were found hanging
in their cells. Coroners said other
deaths were from natural causes.
The Justice Department an-
nounced Feb. 5 that its civil rights di-
vision would investigate Mississippi
prisons that have struggled with vi-
olence, tight budgets, short staffing
and poor living conditions, including
broken sinks and toilets in cells and
widespread mold in showers.
Cox had been taken to the hospi-
tal from Central Mississippi Correc-
tional Facility, where he was serving
a six-year sentence for a conviction of
selling cocaine. He was sentenced in
November 2017 in Marshall County.

Mississippi plant to make $122M worth of Army helicopters

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A plant in Mississippi
will be making $122.6 mil-
lion worth of helicopters
for the Army.
The contract addition
for Airbus Helicopters
Inc. of Grand Prairie, Tex-
as, was in a list of military
contracts released Tues-
day evening.
It said the 15 UH-72 La-
kota light utility helicop-
ters will be made at the
Airbus plant in Colum-
bus, Mississippi, with an
expected completion date
of Aug. 31, 2022.
The order modifies a
contract signed in 2018,
and the money is from
Army aircraft procure-
ment funds in the fiscal
2018 budget.
Airbus Helicopters Inc.
is a division of a company
with global headquarters
in Leiden, the Nether-
lands. Its main office is in
Blagnac, a suburb of Tou-
louse, France.

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son said.
Other law enforcement
agencies in Mississippi,
including the Gulfport
and Biloxi police depart-
ments, have been using
Total Station technology
for years, but it will be a
new in-house resource
for SPD. The department
used to borrow accident
reconstruction software
from Mississippi Highway
Patrol or the Mississippi
Bureau of Investigation on
occasion, but time is of the
essence in car crash in-
vestigations, Jackson said.
“Sometimes (MBI)
takes several hours to
show up on the scene and
we’ll have perishable evi-
dence that needs to be col-
lected quickly,” he said.
“The crash team at High-
way Patrol has been very
kind to us, but we can’t al-
ways rely on the availabili-
ty of others.”
In addition to five ve-
hicle fatalities since the
school year started in
August, two pedestrians
have been hit by cars and
survived, Jackson said.
One person died and 17
were injured in car acci-
dents in Starkville in 2018,
according to the Missis-
sippi Office of Highway
Safety.
Starkville has four state
highways and one U.S.
highway, so a great deal
of traffic passes through
the city from other places,
in addition to the regular
influx of students and vis-
itors at Mississippi State
University, Jackson said.
Total Station technol-
ogy has existed since the
1990s, but the need is
just reaching Starkville,
and the number of high-
ways in the city makes
precise data collection all
the more necessary, even
when a crash does not re-
sult in criminal charges,
said Bryce Adams, an ap-
plied forensics expert at
Trimble Forensics. enhance
The Total Station can the safety
implicate or exonerate of our com-
someone of responsibility munity is
for an accident, Jackson
abs olut el y
said. He gave the exam-
ple of a collision at the in- what we
tersection of Highway 12 supp or t ,”
and South Montgomery Spruill said. Spruill
Street, where the speed
limit is 35 miles per hour
and where SPD was able
to use a Total Station.
“We were able to de-
termine that the vehicle
was traveling 37 miles an
hour, so it had nothing to
do with speed,” he said.
“(The problem) was actu-
ally the pedestrian.”
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said the city supports the
police department’s ef-
forts to address car crash-
es more efficiently, espe-
cially if it helps prevent
future accidents.
“Anything we can do
to be preemptive in try-
ing to understand what’s
going on and how we can

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FROM THE LEFT FROM THE RIGHT

Truth decay: Con job central Anti-fragile Trump sees coronavi-

confronts a public health crisis
O T
ne thing you
have to say By Friday, Trump
about President
Donald Trump: Three
sounded like a cross
years into his presiden-
cy, people don’t believe
between Captain
a word he says. Not his
Cabinet. Not Kellyanne
Queeg and Mr.
Conway. Not the bar-
tender at Mar-a-Lago.
Magoo, prattling
The president has
never seemed bothered
incoherently on the
that everyone appears White House lawn.
to know he lies con-
stantly; after all, half of America finds
his unrepentant dissembling somehow
refreshing. But his dishonesty on
every subject under the sun did not
position him terribly well to reassure
Americans or the stock market about
the coronavirus when he finally felt
obliged last week to say something
about it. What limited credibility he
retains seemed to evaporate by the
minute during last Wednesday’s press
conference, at which his disinterest
in facts and disregard for them were
on display. Trump’s assertion that the
number of coronavirus cases in the
United States was “going substantially
down, not up,” echoed by his economic
advisor’s boast that “We have con-
tained this,” was flatly contradicted by
various top officials of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Each
stated that more cases are expected.
“It’s not so much a question of if this
will happen anymore,” said Nancy
Messonnier, director of the National
Center for Immunization and Respi-
ratory Disorders, “but rather more a
question when this will happen and
how many people in this country will
have severe illness.”
But it continued. We are “rapidly
developing a vaccine,” Trump pro-
claimed. A top CDC official shut that
down as well. No vaccine would be
ready for “a year to a year and a half,”
he said. Then there was this Trump
tweet during a week in which the mar-
ket lost 10% of its value: “Stock market
starting to look pretty good to me,”
eye-rolling malarkey.
By Friday, Trump sounded like a
cross between Captain
Queeg and Mr. Magoo,
prattling incoherently on
the White House lawn.
“We’re ordering a lot of
supplies,” he told report-
ers. “We’re ordering a
lot of, ah, elements that,
frankly, we wouldn’t be or-
dering unless it was some-
thing like this. But we’re
ordering a lot of different
elements of medical. We
are working on cures,
and we’re getting some
very good results. As you
know, they’re working
as rapidly as they can on
a vaccine for the future.
And with that I think I
can head out.”
By “head out” he
meant fly to South Caro-
lina, where he told a rally
that all this talk about the
coronavirus was actually
a “hoax.” His son and
namesake were likewise
on message, accusing
Democrats of hoping
that the virus would kill
“millions of people
so that they can end
Donald Trump’s streak
of winning.”
Within hours, the
death of the first Amer-
ican from the virus
necessitated the hastily
organized press confer-
ence, slapped together
so the president could
appear presidential and
hopefully divert atten-
tion from the fact that,
yet again, his claim of “hoax” was the
hoax. Duplicity watchers did not leave
the press conference empty-handed:
The president who, in order to gin up
his base before the 2018 midterms,
conjured up the story about a fictitious
caravan of terrorist marauders advanc-
ing on our southern border actually
berated Democrats and the media for
inciting “panic.”
If Team Trump believed naming
Vice President Mike Pence to lead the
national response to the virus would
engender trust, it was hard to know
who the team thought it was kidding.
There are department store manne-
quins that appear better equipped to
handle matters of magnitude than
Pence, whose area of specialization
seems to be standing uncomprehend-
ingly at his boss’s side at events and,
when called upon to talk, mouthing
meaningless bromides.
The lesson is that credibility in a
president isn’t just good form and mor-
ally preferable. It lies at the heart of
good governance. That this president
so plainly lacks it is another reason
why, for the good of the country, he
has got to go.
Jeff Robbins, a former assistant Unit-
ed States attorney and United States
delegate to the United Nations Human
Rights Council in Geneva, was chief
counsel for the minority of the United
States Senate Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations. An attorney special-
izing in the First Amendment, he is
a longtime columnist for the Boston
Herald, writing on politics, national
security, human rights and the Mideast.
rus as a catalyst, not a threat
rue to form, Presi-
dent Donald Trump
signaled confidence in
his remarks addressing the
threat of the coronavirus. He
was correct when he men-
tioned that the average Amer-
ican is not at risk of imminent
harm from the virus. And
he correctly pointed out that
far more people die annually
from the common flu than
have been killed thus far by Armstrong Williams rosoft and Apple announced
the coronavirus. In urging
calm, Trump also signaled
that he views the virus as a potential
catalyst for a strategic restructuring of
America’s trade relationship with China,
and returning manufacturing jobs to the
U.S.
It has been a foregone conclusion
among many economic thinkers that
the cheaper manufacturing alternatives
offered by China and other low-wage
foreign countries made the prospects
of returning manufacturing to U.S. soil
all but impossible. On the basis of these
assumptions, a burgeoning international
trade and global supply chain system
has evolved such that even goods and
services that are nominally produced in
America contain components that are
sourced from far-off locales where the
labor is cheap and environmental controls ral disasters. The coronavirus represents
-- including sewage, waste management
infrastructure and basic sanitation -- are
severely lacking. These third-world
environments, including much of China,
are petri dishes for viruses that could be-
come globally destabilizing public health
threats.
But the coronavirus, in exposing the
fragility of the massive global supply
network, also serves as a catalyst for a
central agenda item of the Trump admin-
istration: to return to domestic manufac-
turing as a middle-class jobs strategy.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur
Ross hinted as much last January during
a televised interview with Fox Business
Network’s Maria Bartiromo, when he
said that the coronavirus outbreak in
China will help “accelerate the return
of jobs to North America.” He prefaced
the remarks by saying: “Well, first of all,
every American’s heart has
to go out to the victims of the
coronavirus. So, I don’t want
to talk about a victory lap
over a very unfortunate, very
malignant disease. But the
fact is, it does give businesses
yet another thing to consider
when they go through their
review of their supply chain.”
Almost a month later,
behemoth tech giants Mic-
that production delays in
components produced in
China would stall delivery of some of
their most coveted products -- handheld
mobile devices and personal computers
-- indefinitely. The fact that companies of
this size could face bottlenecks of such
magnitude shocked many on Wall Street
and caused one of the greatest single-day
sell-offs the stock market has witnessed
in over a decade.
But for Trump, this weakness grants a
rare opportunity to advocate for stronger
immigration and labor policies that will
drive a resurgence in domestic produc-
tion of critical supply chain elements. A
more robust manufacturing sector not
only empowers American workers but
also makes American companies more
resilient to geopolitical shocks and natu-
a bit of both.
In pressing ahead with his “America
First” trade and immigration agenda,
Trump has defied the critics and proven
to be more than resilient. He has, in the
words of popular author Nassim Nicho-
las Taleb, proven to be an “antifragile”
president. That is to say, not only has he
withstood shocks -- whether of a personal
or professional nature -- but seems to
gain strength from them. As Taleb writes
in his 2012 book, “Antifragile: Things
That Gain From Disorder”: “Some things
benefit from shocks; they thrive and
grow when exposed to volatility, random-
ness, disorder, and stressors and love
adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in
spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon,
there is no word for the exact opposite of
fragile. Let us call it antifragile. Antifra-
gility is beyond resilience or robustness.
The resilient resists shocks
and stays the same; the
antifragile gets better.”
While Trump’s agen-
da seems to gain steam
from disorder, this does
not mean that threats are
not present. If the mar-
ket contagion caused by
the coronavirus exposes
underlying weaknesses in
the global economy -- signs
of slowing growth in both
the U.S. and Europe exist
-- then it could catalyze
an economic downturn
that could prove politically
risky to Trump. However, if
the Trump administration
employs a strategy of aug-
menting the global supply
chain by incentivizing
domestic manufacturing,
it could also mean great
opportunities for future
domestic growth and
prosperity.
Armstrong Williams
is an American political
commentator, entrepreneur,
author, and talk show host.

OTHER EDITORS
Anti-lynching law late and redundant
As symbols go, the Emmett
Till Antilynching Act is a fine
one. It is a sign of racial prog-
ress that the legislation has
passed both houses of Con-
gress with negligible dissent
and that a president who can
be racially divisive has prom-
ised to sign it into law. It is
also an undeniable assertion
that lynching is a horrific act,
and there should be severe
consequences for anyone who
perpetrates an extrajudicial
killing.
Problem with the bill,
though, is that it’s a half-cen-
tury too late, not to mention
redundant.
Places such as Mississippi
sorely needed the intervention
of federal prosecutors at the
time that Till, a black 14-year-
old, was abducted, tortured
and killed not far from Green-
wood for being fresh with a
white female shopkeeper. In
1955, and for a decade or two
after that, lynchings were not
just a shameful reality in the
South, where the threat of
violence was used to maintain
white supremacy, but they
were also tolerated. Those
who carried out these extraju-
dicial executions were rarely
prosecuted and even more
rarely convicted.
The lingering shame of the
Till case is as much about the
acquittal of his known killers
as it is of the murder itself.
That’s why Roy Bryant and
J.W. Milam were ostracized by
whites for blabbing the truth
in a paid interview after they
were found not guilty. They
exposed to the world that the
white community by and large
countenanced the persecution
of blacks, even to the point
of killing them, if they didn’t
toe the line of white rule and
racial segregation.
Thankfully, that era is long
gone. The last documented
lynching in the United States
occurred more than 25 years
ago. If a lynching were to
happen today, there’s little
doubt that state and local
lawmen in Mississippi and
elsewhere in the South would
pursue the case. The law
enforcement agencies — and
the government bodies that
oversee them — are integrat-
ed enough, and people’s racial
attitudes have progressed
enough, that anything less
than a vigorous investigation
and prosecution would be
exposed and not tolerated.
Furthermore, lynchings,
when they did occur in the
past, were almost always race-
based. If a race-based killing
were to occur today, the
existing federal hate crimes
law already allows for federal
prosecution. Adding lynching
to the criteria for triggering
federal involvement essential-
ly duplicates what’s already on
the books, and thus provides
no real extra protection.
Passing the Emmett Till
Antilynching Act may give
those who remember those
dark days of violent racial
oppression a sense of accom-
plishment. They may see it
as a measure of long overdue
justice. If so, that’s a good
thing.
But they should also under-
stand that the impetus to pass
a law that is practically and
prosecutorially unnecessary
is mostly about giving mem-
bers of Congress something
to crow about in an election
year.
Greenwood
Commonwealth
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A

Gail Barry private family graveside South Korea. of arrange-

COLUMBUS — Gail
Renee Barry, 56, died
Feb. 25, 2020, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Services will be at
2 p.m. Saturday, at St.
Paul M.B. Church, with
the Rev. Bennie Hen-
ry officiating. Burial
will follow at Union
Cemetery. Visitation
will be from noon-5
p.m. Friday, at Centu-
ry Hairston Funeral
Home. Century Hair-
ston Funeral Home of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Barry was born
July 7, 1963, to Doris
Gunter and the late U
W Wrench. She was
formerly employed as a
cashier.
She is survived by
her daughter, Shad-
iqqua Dismuke of
Columbus; brothers,
Douglas Gunter, Eric
Gunter both of Colum-
bus, Arnold Buskey of
Babalon, New York and
Bryant Follins; and one
grandchild.
service will follow at Memorials may ments.
Odd Fellows Cemetery. made to New Horizons Mrs.
Visitation will be from Youth Ministries, Colvin was
10 a.m.-noon Saturday, 1010 Victory Lane, born Jan.
at the funeral home. Starkville, MS 39759, 4, 1945, in
Welch Funeral Home of or nhcfstarkville. Columbus,
Starkville is in charge churchcenter.com; or to the late Colvin
of arrangements. to the Michael J. Fox Johnnie
Mrs. Harned was Foundation for Par- and Mattie Colvin. She
born Dec. 3, 1952, in kinson’s Research at was a member of New
Mokpo City, to the late www.MichaelJFox.org/ Zion Pilgrim.
Sang Na and Gwi Park, donate. In addition to her
South Korea. parents, she was pre-
In addition to her Gracie Colvin ceded in death by her
parents, she was pre- COLUMBUS —Gra- four brothers.
ceded in death by her cie Colvin, 75, died Feb. She is survived by
brother, Jo Na. 29, 2020. her children, Monique
She is survived by Services will be at Mask of Mansfield,
her husband Horace 2 p.m. Friday, at New Ohio, Molisa Glass
H. Harned III of Zion Pilgrim. Buri- of Athens, Alabama,
Starkville; children, Bill al will follow in the Chacketa Mahmood of
Harned of Fort Collins, church cemetery. Visi- Middleburg, Florida,
Colorado, and David tation is from 3-6 p.m. Shaquita Thompson
Harned of Starkville; today, at Lee-Sykes of Falkville, Alabama,
and siblings, Deok Funeral chapel. Lee- Rodney Colvin of Co-
Soon Na, Boo Deok Sykes Funeral Home of lumbus and Eric Colvin
Na and Boo Ia Na all of Columbus is in charge of Middleburg, Florida.

Randolph Montgomery
WEST POINT —
Randolph “Randy” Lee
Montgomery, 63, died
March 3, 2020.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday, at
Robinson Chapel, with
the Rev. Jeff Shannon
officiating. A private
burial will follow at
Memorial Gardens
Cemetery. Visitation
will be two hours prior
to services. Robinson
Funeral Home of West
Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Montgomery
was born June 12, 1956,
in Houston, to the late
Ralph and Jean Doss
Montgomery.
He is survived by his
wife, Leah Montgomery
of West Point; children,
Jennifer Woodruff and
Matthew Montgomery
both of West Point;
sister, Fail Harrison of
Memphis, Tennessee;
and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
his co-workers at B&W.
Memorials may be
made to Christ United

Doris Neal Crowe

Methodist Church PO
Box 722 West Point, MS
39773 or LeBonheur
Children’s Medical Cen- Doris Neal Crowe, age 95, of Columbus, MS,
ter, 50 Dunlap Street, passed away March 4, 2020, at Trinity Health
Memphis, TN 38103. Care Center.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 6,
Song Harned 2020, at 3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel
STARKVILLE — Chapel 716 2nd Ave. North location with Rev.
Song Harned, 67, died Charlie Whitney officiating. The interment will
Feb. 21, 2020. immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of
Services will be Columbus. Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until
at noon Saturday, at the time of the service.
Welch Funeral Home, Mrs. Crowe was born July 27, 1924, in
with the Rev. Johnny Bankston, AL, to the late Troy and Lucy Kelley
Buckner officiating. A Neal. She married the love of her life, Alfred
Crowe, in April 1941, and together they raised five
children, four boys and one girl. For many years
they owned and operated Columbus Business
Machines. In her later years, Doris was a care
giver for many different elders whom she cared
so deeply about. She was front desk receptionist
for many years and later a Pink Lady at Baptist
Memorial Hospital for 21 years before retiring.
Although she was born and raised in Alabama,
Doris was an avid Mississippi State fan. She was
a lifetime member of East End Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her husband, Alfred Crowe; son, Gerald
Jerry Kendall Crowe; brothers, Quinton Neal and William Neal;
Visitation: and sisters, Ruth Spiller and Myra Neal.
Thursday, March 5 • 10 AM Mrs. Crowe leaves behind daughter, Pam Flye
East End Baptist Church
Memorial Services: and her husband Danny; sons, Doug Crowe and
Thursday, March 5 • 11 AM his wife Rose, Ronnie Crowe and his wife Karen
East End Baptist Church and Mike Crowe and his wife Mary; daughter-in-
2nd Ave North Location
law, Lynn Crowe Smith and her husband Gene;
Doris Crowe nine grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.
Visitation: Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Friday, March 6 • 2-3 PM Honorary pallbearers will be the staff and
2nd Ave North Location nurses of Trinity Health Care Center.
Services:
Friday, March 6 • 3 PM In lieu of flowers, the family requests
2nd Ave North Location memorials be made to Our Anchor Ministries, a
Burial
Memorial Gardens non-profit corporation raising funds for missions
2nd Ave North Location and evangelism, 57 Fern Valley Rd., Brandon,
MS, 39042, and Junior Daughters of the King,
Tammy Odom St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 318 College St.,
Memorial Service: Columbus, MS, 39701.
Later Date
2nd Ave North Location

memorialgunterpeel.com
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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Business
Continued from Page 1A
gan’s Roadhouse and Old Chicago
Pizza & Taproom locations, among
other restaurant-brewery brands.
When asked specifically about
the Columbus location, Kern
responded with a press release
announcing the company’s filing
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The
release came after the company
closed 37 of its “underperforming
locations.”
“As a further step forward in
our transformation, we exited in
recent weeks a select group of our
locations that were our poorest
performers,” Chief Executive Of-
ficer Hazem Ouf said in the press
release.
In 2016, the Columbus location
survived when the Nashville-based
corporation filed for bankruptcy
protection, leading to 18 restau-
rant closures. The restaurant first
opened in Columbus in 2011 in a
now heavily trafficked area. Its de-
parture leaves a viable location for
an incoming restaurant or business
poised near three hotels.
In other news of restaurant
closures, it appears both Columbus
and West Point Huddle House loca-
tions have closed their doors.
The Dispatch has not heard
back from Huddle House corporate
office, but a sign posted on the
Columbus location’s door reads,
“closed for employee meeting.” The
Columbus location’s online listed
phone number is no longer active,
while the West Point listed phone
number rings continuously. Online,
the breakfast joint in Columbus at
2009 Military Road and West Point
at 230 US 45 Alt., are both listed as
“closed.”
Huddle House did not return
multiple calls and messages to The
Dispatch by press time today.
Sometimes when there’s bad
business news, there’s a silver
lining. With two businesses going
out, a new business popped up on
Main Street, literally.
The Pop-Up Shop, 515 Main
St., has taken over the former
Mira Mira location and opened for
business last week. Shop owners
Chaney Fair and Jordyn Gill have
joined forces to offer customers a
new place to shop with trendy and
affordable clothing and accessories
for women and children.
Gill started Cobalt’s Boutique, a
women’s online retailer in Sep-
tember 2019, while Fair opened
Little Magnolia Co., a children’s
boutique, this February. By joining
together, Gill and Fair turned their
online market into their first brick-
and-mortar shop.
“We found this place and we
thought, ‘We have to do this,’” Fair
said. “We felt like Columbus need-
ed something fun and something
unique.”
The Pop-Up Shop is open
Wednesday through Friday from
11 a.m.-6 p.m. and will be open
every other Saturday 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Be sure to check out Pop-Up’s
Spring open house March 14 offer-
ing food, discounts and drawings.

Anderson
Continued from Page 1A
rity and with transparen-
cy so that we can contin-
ue to do the most for the
least among us.”
John Davis worked
for the Department of
Human Services for 28
years. He was chosen
as director in 2016 by
then-Gov. Phil Bryant,
a Republican. Davis re-
signed in July, and he
was one of six people
indicted in February in
what state Auditor Shad
White called a “sprawl-
ing conspiracy.” White
said investigators believe
at least $4 million in fed-
eral welfare money was
stolen.
Davis and others have
pleaded not guilty. White
said some of the misspent
money was directed to
pay for luxury drug re-
habilitation for a former
professional wrestler.
Anderson, 58, said
his own mother received
welfare assistance for
about a year and a half
after “abandonment and
the pain of divorce” while
he and his siblings were
growing up.
“For my mom, this
was a safety net, not a co-
coon,” Anderson said.
He said his mother
found work as a welder
at Ingalls Shipbuilding in
Pascagoula and was able
to buy a house.
Reeves, a Republi-
can, became governor in
mid-January and is still
in the process of hiring
directors for a few state
agencies.
Anderson said he will
begin his new job at the
Department of Human
Services on March 16,
though he will start get-
ting to know people in
the agency as he works
on his transition out of
the attorney general’s of-
fice. Anderson can work
at Human Services while
he awaits Senate confir-
mation as director.

BUILDING PERMITS
Street North; Plumbing permit; struction 45 N.; Construct storage/
City of Columbus Tabor Plumbing ■ Roberts, Cassandra; Hwy shop; Kevin Clark Construction
February 24-27, 2020 ■ J B Lathan; 914 13th Street 45 N.; Set up mobile home; ■ Helmer, Kenneth; 6188 Hwy
■ City of Columbus (Sim Scott North; Plumbing permit; Klutts Mark Thompson Elec. 45 N.; Remodel commercial
Park); 909 20th Street North; Plumbing ■ Roberts, Cassandra; Hwy building; Kevin Clark Construc-
New community center; Preci- 45 N.; Move mobile home; tion
sion Metal Building
■ Fred Steward; 2418 21st Av-
Lowndes County Mark Thompson Elec. ■ Taylor, Robert; 600 River-
March 4, 2020 ■ Slayton, Nancy; 34 Friend- side Dr.; Construct storage/
enue North; Reroof residence; shop; Owner
Doug Wheeler Roofing Inc ■ Magnolia Church of Christ; ship Dr.; Set up mobile home;
■ Thomas Martin; 2630 Lyford 161 Jess Lyons Road; Addition owner
Drive; Reroof residence; Doug to Church; Mark Frady Con- ■ Helmer, Kenneth; 6188 Hwy
Wheeler Roofing Inc
■ Lodge 1 Evening Star; 424
2nd Avenue North; Sign,
awning and light; Downtown
Nutrition, tenant
■ Patricia Hopper; 93 Honey-
suckle Lane; Reroof residence;
Doug Wheeler Roofing Inc
■ Lydia Martin; 1301 Beverly
Lane; Reroof residence; Doug
Wheeler Roofing Inc
■ Del Lee Properties LLC; 105
Alabama Street, Suite A; Signs
for niceloans!; Sign Design
Plus
■ Annie Bell Jones; 1705 9th
Avenue North; Repair flooring
in living area; CS Construction
■ Dennis Wilkerson; 2217
Highway 45 North, Suite B;
Signs for Smokes; Scarbrough
Adventures
■ DG Lucedale LLC/Picayune
LLC; 1914 Highway 45 North;
Electrical permit; Timbo’s
Construction
■ Gayle Guynup; 201 Alabama
Street, suite W; Electrical
permit; Livingston & Sons
■ Donna Jean Mamrack; 612
9th Street North; Electrical
permit; Weldon Electric
■ Ernie Blackburn; 808 4th
Avenue South; Mechanical
permit; Patterson HVAC
■ Major Andrews III; 1328
Shady Street; Mechanical
permit; Patterson HVAC
■ Ables Investments LLC; 47
Eagle Cove; Plumbing permit;
Ralph Shaw Plumbing
■ Tony Clark; 603 N Gaywood
Avenue; Plumbing permit;
Ralph Shaw Plumbing
■ Marcel A Pilate; 1115 3rd
Avenue North; Plumbing per-
mit; Ralph Shaw Plumbing
■ Danny King; 1120 Highway
69 South; Plumbing permit;
Jeff Swedenburg
■ Letoya Baker; 2604 7th Av-
enue North; Plumbing permit;
Tabor Plumbing
■ Sharon Coleman; 720 19th
Street North; Plumbing permit;
Tabor Plumbing
■ Jackie Borden; 112 Steeple-
chase Drive; Plumbing permit;
Same
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STARKVILLE SETS EYES ON SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE

Jon Myers/Special to The Dispatch

Starkville junior Coltie Young led the Yellow Jackets with 17 points in Wednesday’s semifinal. The Yellow Jackets defeated Harrison Central 70-53 at the Mississippi Colise-
um in Jackson to advance to the Class 6A title game.

Coltie Young, Zeke Cook star as Starkville boys bully Harrison Central in Class 6A semifinal
BY THEO DEROSA tral, Starkville showed
tderosa@cdispatch.com its growth and proved its
coach’s early prediction
JACKSON — When wrong.
the Starkville High Coltie Young came out
School boys basketball firing in the first quarter,
team left Mississippi Col- Zeke Cook dominated
iseum in Jackson after down low in the second,
reaching and winning last and Starkville (26-2) bul-
season’s Class 6A champi- lied Harrison Central
onship, head coach Greg (24-5) by a score of 70-53
Carter didn’t think his at the Mississippi Colise-
team would make a repeat um to play for its second
trip the following season. straight state title Satur-
The Yellow Jackets day.
graduated a lot of talent- “We had a lot of guys
ed players, leaving most- who really grew up this
ly inexperienced seniors year,” Carter said. “We
and underclassmen to fill had a lot of guys really
their role. grow up.”
But in Wednesday’s Among them were
MHSAA Class 6A semifi- Young and Cook, who
nal against Harrison Cen- scored 17 and 12 points,
respectively.
Young, a junior sharp-
shooter, got the Jackets
going with 11 of his points
in the first quarter, includ-
ing three 3-pointers, after
a couple of poor perfor-
mances in recent games.
“He’d been down on
himself, so I’m proud of
him,” senior guard Forte
Prater said. “He had a
good game tonight. He hit
some big shots.”
So did Cook, who dom-
inated the Jackets’ scor-
ing in the second quarter.
The Northeast Mississip-
pi Community College
signee, who returned in
mid-February from a bro-
ken foot suffered before
the season, scored 10
points in the second quar-
ter alone — four layups
and two free throws —
as he made his presence
known inside.
“I feel like when he’s
in the middle and we feed
him the ball, he’s gonna
score,” Young said. “They
guard him with anybody,
he’s gonna score.”
At times, Cook didn’t
think he’d be able to play
this year, but he was able
to come back and show
what he could do.
“It means a lot to me
that I can just come out
here and dominate like
that in that quarter,” he
said.
He helped Starkville
push a 20-11 lead after
the first quarter to 37-22
at the half, and the Yellow
Jackets kept on pushing
the pace in the third.
After the Red Rebels’
Cameran Haynes made a
pair of free throws 37 sec-
onds into the third quar-
ter, Starkville scored the
next 12 points. Bookend-
ed by layups from Prater,
senior Eric Green hit a
3, Young knocked down
a pair of free throws and
senior Trey Jackson con-
nected from deep. By the
end of the three-minute
spurt, Starkville was dou-
bling up Harrison Central
52-26.
The Jackets outre-
bounded the Red Rebels
42-35 and held them to
just 28.6 percent shooting
from the field.
“I thought we defend-
ed and rebounded really
well,” Carter said. “The
biggest key to beating
them is that you’ve gotta
keep them in front of you
and you’ve gotta rebound.
They’re one of the most
physical teams we’ve
played all year.”
Starkville was aided
by an injury to Harrison
Central star Carlous Wil-
liams, who banged knees
with a teammate during
practice Tuesday. Wil-
liams, slowed by the inju-
ry, went 0 for 2 from the
floor in just nine minutes.
Demarius Coleman
See STARKVILLE, 3B

EMCC women fall to Northwest Mississippi CC in NJCAA Region 23 tournament

THEO DEROSA tough 3-pointers at the
tderosa@cdispatch.com end of regulation and
overtime to give the Li-
CLINTON — The ons a double-overtime
East Mississippi Com- win over Jones for the
munity College women’s MACJC championship
basketball team seemed
last Thursday, it seemed
to be poised for some
only right that when the
more playoff magic. Lions faced a two-point
After sophomore Tay- deficit to go against
lor Lattimore drained Northwest Mississippi
Community College in
Wednesday’s NJCA A
Region 23 tournament
first-round game in Clin-
ton, they would emerge
unscathed again.
Northwest had the
ball, but EMCC came
into the contest at A.E.
Wood Coliseum at Mis-
sissippi College riding
a 19-game win streak
and owning the region-
al tournament’s No. 1
seed. So it was hardly a
surprise that when the
Rangers, leading 54-52,
tried an inbound pass
from under their own
basket, the Lions got a
hand on the ball for a
critical deflection. It set
up Topazia Hawkins for
a wide-open, point-blank
layup for the tie and like-
ly a chance at overtime.
Hawkins missed it.
She grabbed the re-
bound, to her credit,
and she was fouled on
a second attempt, giv-
ing her two free throws
that could tie the game.
But with 1.7 seconds to
go, Hawkins missed the
first free throw when
she needed to make it,
then banked in the sec-
ond when she intended
to miss it. One hard foul
and two Northwest free
throws later, the Lions
See EMCC, 3B
2B THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

BRIEFLY Tyree leads Ole Miss past Missouri on senior night

College Basketball THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tyree sparked a 10-2 at halftime. KJ Buffen did not convert.” tential offers hope for
run midway through scored 13 points with a Ole Miss shot 22 upset potential in the
Martin scores 18 to lift Rice past OXFORD, Miss. — the second half to give game-high 10 rebounds of 49 (45%) from the SEC Tournament.
Southern Miss, 72-57 Mississippi coach Ker- the Rebels a 63-55 lead and Khadim Sy added field, 6 of 16 (37%) from Ole Miss: Tyree’s
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Robert Martin posted
mit Davis leaned in and with 8:18 left. Missouri 12 points. 3-point range, including individual brilliance
18 points as Rice got past Southern Miss 72-57 on whispered to his senior never got closer than Missouri (15-15, four by Hinson. Mis- makes the Rebels an
Wednesday night. guard Breein Tyree as four points again, fail- 6-11) was led by Xavier souri was 22 of 60 (37%) opponent to avoid for
Drew Peterson had 16 points and eight rebounds both exited the court ing to score in the final Pinson with 16 points, from the field, includ-
with smiles after Mis- teams with NCAA Tour-
for Rice (15-15, 7-10 Conference USA). Trey Murphy III two minutes. Tyree, in five assists and four re- ing five misses in the
sissippi defeated Mis- his final home appear- bounds. Jeremiah Tilm- nament hopes. The
added 12 points. final two minutes. Ole
LaDavius Draine had 22 points and 14 rebounds souri 75-67 Wednesday ance, added five assists on Jr. scored 12 points Rebels closed the home
Miss was 25 of 33 (76%) schedule with two con-
for the Golden Eagles (9-21, 5-12). Tyler Stevenson night. and four rebounds. with a team-high seven from the free throw line
added 12 points. Leonard Harper-Baker had 11 I told him that may “I didn’t shoot a lot rebounds as the Tigers secutive wins and have
while Missouri finished
rebounds. have been the most ef- of shots but I thought I tied the game at 53 be- at least two more op-
19 of 23 (82%).
The Owls leveled the season series against the ficient offensive perfor- affected the game. I just fore falling off the pace portunities on the road
Golden Eagles with the win. Southern Miss defeated mance I’ve ever seen,” knew I had to be more in the final 13 minutes. to serve as postseason
Rice 81-68 on Jan. 18. Rice finishes out the regular said Davis, after Tyree aggressive in the sec- “Tyree hit a 3-ball in BIG PICTURE spoilers. Ole Miss has
season against UTEP at home on Saturday. Southern finished with 19 points ond half and to get this transition and turned Missouri: The Ti- won 12 of the last 14
Miss finishes out the regular season against Middle on 6 of 9 shooting from last win at home, it’s the the corner for a bas- gers finished 2-10 on
against the Tigers.
Tennessee on the road on Saturday. the field. “He put us on greatest feeling.” ket. He makes plays,” the road during the reg-
Blackwell, Missouri women beat Ole Miss his back and carried us Blake Hinson had 19 Missouri coach Cuonzo ular season and were
in the second half. I’ve points, all in the first Martin said. “Wasn’t not able to win three UP NEXT
64-53 in SEC tourney been coaching 38 years half, for Ole Miss (15- happy with our effort consecutive games in Missouri: Hosts Ala-
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Aijha Blackwell scored SEC play. However, bama on Saturday.
and there aren’t many 15, 6-11 Southeastern) in the first half, but we
16 points and Missouri beat Mississippi 64-53 in the Ole Miss: Visits Mis-
like him that come as the Rebels led by as played much better in Missouri defends well
Southeastern Conference tournament Wednesday.
around and score like many as 15 points ear- the second half and had from 3-point range and sissippi State on Satur-
The No. 11 seed Tigers play sixth-seeded Tennes-
he does.” ly before leading 49-40 opportunities. We just Pinson’s offensive po- day.
see in the second round Thursday. The Vols won the
only regular-season matchup between the teams 77-66.
Amber Smith hit a 3-pointer and Nadia Green
made 1 of 2 free throws and then a layup to make it
34-24 at the end of the second quarter. Missouri (9-21)
An NCAA Tournament with empty arenas? It can’t be ruled out
scored 14 of the first 16 second-half points to make it THE ASSOCIATED PRESS between March 4 and sion as a reaffirmation break,” he said. ments to the AP that
48-26 when Haley Troup hit a 3-pointer. April 15. Stanford said of our commitment to The NCAA gener- they are proceeding
Mimi Reid had 15 points, five rebounds, seven Imagine an NCAA it plans to “limit the the well-being, health ates nearly $1 billion as if their tournaments
assists and a career-high four steals for the 14th-seed- Tournament with no number of attendees and safety of our stu- a year, most of it com- will go on but monitor-
ed Rebels (7-23). Ole Miss has lost 17 in row, tied with fans in the arenas. at our competitions in dent athletes,” Chicago ing from the men’s ing the situation.
Evansville for the second-longest active streak. What normally order to allow for suffi- State athletic director basketball tournament The WAC noted that
Reid made a layup to pull the Rebels within four
would be thought an cient social distancing.” Elliott Charles said in through media rights
with 2:22 left in the first half but they missed their next 11
impossibility isn’t so if its tournament is not
field-goal attempts before Jayla Alexander hit a jumper
Stanford’s wom- the statement. fees, corporate sponsor-
far-fetched as the Unit- completed, the tourna-
with 4:57 left in the third. Missouri made 9 of 10 from the
en’s basketball team is The Western Athlet- ships and ticket sales.
ed States and the rest ranked No. 7 in the AP ic Conference and Seat- Total attendance for ment’s No. 1 seed will
field during that span.
of the world attempt to poll and was listed by tle declined to comment the 2019 tournament advance to the NCAA
Source: The Associated Press
contain the spread of the NCAA on Monday about Chicago State’s was 688,753, an average Tournament as the
CALENDAR the new coronavirus. as one of the 16 teams decision. of 19,132 per game. The league’s automatic qual-
An advocacy group that would potentially Also Tuesday, the Final Four at U.S. Bank ifier.
Today for college athletes has host the first two rounds NCAA announced it has Stadium in Minneapo- Sporting events
Prep Baseball
urged the NCAA to con- of the NCAA Tourna- established an advisory lis drew 72,711 for the across the globe have
Greene County (Ala.) at Noxubee Coun-
sider holding its winter ment. The NCAA offers panel of medical, public semifinals and 72,062 been canceled or con-
ty, doubleheader, 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
sports championships an early look at the pos- health and epidemiolo- for the championship tested with no specta-
Columbus Christian Academy at Pick-
with no fans, and the sible top seeds in the gy experts and NCAA game.
ens Academy (Ala.), 5:30 p.m. tors allowed in stadi-
idea has not been dis- tournament, known as schools to address Attendance for the
West Lowndes at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. ums or arenas.
missed out of hand. a reveal. the virus, also known 2019 women’s basket-
Jackson Academy at Starkville Acade-
“If you can think of Ramogi Huma, exec-
my, doubleheader, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Later Tuesday, Chi- as COVID-19. NCAA ball tournament was
it, it’s something that cago State University Chief Medical Officer 274,873, an average of utive director of the Na-
New Hope at Calhoun City, 6 p.m. tional College Players
we’ve gone through said its men’s basket- Dr. Brian Hainline will 6,545 per game.
Bayou Academy at Heritage Academy, Association, urged the
an analysis around,” ball team will not trav- lead the group. The men’s tourna-
6:30 p.m.
NCAA Chief Operating el for two regularly “The NCAA is com- ment is scheduled to NCAA and the schools
Prep Softball
Officer Donald Remy scheduled conference mitted to conducting open March 17 and the to take steps to protect
Caledonia at Gordo (Ala.), 5 p.m.
told Bloomberg News games this week and its its championships and women’s tournament athletes.
New Hope at Nettleton, 6:30 p.m.
Louisville at Starkville, 6:30 p.m.
on Tuesday. ”We’ve con- women’s team will not events in a safe and begins on March 20. “Precautions should
Prep Tennis
tingency planned for all host two games, citing responsible manner,” The men’s Final Four include cancelling all
West Point at Shannon, 4 p.m.
circumstances.” the spread of the coro- Remy said in a state- will be played the first auxiliary events that
New Hope at East Webster, TBA The NCAA declined navirus, and with the ment. “Today we are weekend in April at put players in contact
further comment to “health and well-being planning to conduct Mercedes-Benz Stadi-
Prep Track and Field with crowds such as
Caledonia, Starkville at New Albany The Associated Press of the campus commu- our championships um in Atlanta, and the
meet and greets, and
Invitational, 1:30 p.m. on the possibility of no nity in mind.” as planned; however, women’s Final Four is
fans in the stands. Pre- press events,” he said
West Point at Titan Invitational, Ridge- The cancellations we are evaluating the set for Smoothie King
sumably, the games are believed to be the COVID-19 situation dai- Center in New Orleans. in a statement. “Ath-
land, TBA
still would be televised. first by a major sport in ly and will make deci- The NCAA wrestling letic programs should
Friday The virus has sick- the United States. sions accordingly.” tournament is March also take every possible
College Baseball measure to sanitize bus-
ened more than 92,000 The university said Hainline said the ad- 19-21 at U.S. Bank Sta-
Quinnipiac at Mississippi State, 4 p.m.
people and killed 3,100 the men’s team would visory group will make dium, the first time the es and airplanes used to
Princeton at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.
worldwide, the vast ma- not travel to Seattle in recommendations on event has been held in transport players.
Little Rock at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.
jority of them in China. Washington or Utah competition based on a football stadium. The “In regard to the
College Softball
Nine people have died Valley for Western Ath- evolving medical pro- tournament is expected NCAA’s March Mad-
Bryant and Mississippi Valley State at
in the U.S., all in Wash- letic Conference games tocols established by to break the attendance ness Tournament and
Mississippi State, 3 and 5:30 p.m.
ington state. Most cas- on Thursday and Sat- the Centers for Disease record of 113,743, set in other athletic events,
East Mississippi Community College at
es have been mild. urday. The school also Control, the National Cleveland in 2018.
Jones College, doubleheader, 4 p.m. there should also be
Also Tuesday, the said the women’s team Institutes of Health and Conference bas-
and 6:30 p.m. a serious discussion
Stanford athletic de- would not host Seattle state and local authori- ketball tournaments
Ole Miss at Missouri, 6 p.m. about holding compe-
partment announced or Utah Valley at the ties. are set to begin next
Prep Baseball titions without an au-
the school’s emergency campus’ Jones Convo- “We are in daily con- week, and the Big
Oak Hill Academy at Indianola Academy, dience present. ... The
coronavirus task force cation Center on the tact with the CDC and East, Pac-12, Mountain
6 p.m.
has recommended same days. are advising leadership West, West Coast and NCAA and its colleges
Heritage Academy at Kirk Academy, 6
postponing or adjust- “Chicago State ath- on the Association’s Western Athletic con- must act now, there is
p.m.
ing events on campus letics views our deci- response to this out- ferences said in state- no time to waste.”
ON THE AIR
NHL keeping close eye on virus, limiting employee travel
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
1:30 p.m. — Mountain West Tourna-
ment: TBD vs. San Diego State, Quar-
terfinal, Las Vegas, CBSSN
4 p.m. — Mountain West Tournament:
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS country comes on the pletely informed.” Poland and Spain. Pro more remarkable was
Boise State vs. Nevada (Las Vegas), list, then when you The NHL hasn’t leagues in Switzerland how he settled down
Quarterfinal, Las Vegas, CBSSN BOCA R ATON, Fla. come back we want gone as far as the and China have also and how Carolina
5:30 p.m. — Nebraska at Michigan, — The NHL is not al- you quarantined, out NBA did earlier this been affected, some played the third peri-
FS1 lowing its employees
6 p.m. — Houston at Connecticut, of the office for two week. The NBA sent games called off, oth- od. ... For those of you
CBSSN to make work-related weeks until we can see a memo to teams on ers played without old enough to remem-
6 p.m. — Illinois at Ohio State, ESPN trips outside of North if symptoms develop.” Sunday suggesting fans. ber, it was a real Wal-
6 p.m. — North Carolina A&T at North America in response That even applies to that players limit high- The NHL isn’t at ter Mitty moment,”
Carolina Central, ESPNU to the global fears over
8 p.m. — Mountain West Tournament: those who work for the fives with fans and that point yet with the Bettman said.
TBD vs. Utah State, Quarterfinal, Las the coronavirus, and if NHL’s central scout- be hesitant to touch playoffs coming up
Vegas, CBSSN
8 p.m. — Wichita State at Memphis,
any of those employ-
ees go on their own to
ing service: Scouts markers and items in next month. Salary cap
who are in Europe are autograph- seeking “We’re aware of and The NHL shared its
ESPN a country where the
8 p.m. — Washington at Arizona State, staying in Europe, and situations. Some NBA focused on all possibil- salary cap projection
ESPN2 virus has been found if they return to North players have said they ities,” Bettman said. for the 2020 -21 season
8 p.m. — Stanford at Oregon State, they will be quaran- America they will be are stopping auto- “But at this point it with general manag-
PAC-12N tined before being able quarantined. Bettman graphs altogether for would be premature to
9:30 p.m. — Washington State at ers Wednesday.
Arizona, FS1
to return to work. said the NHL is in reg- the time being, and pick any one of the pos- “We told the manag-
10 p.m. — California at Oregon, ESPN2 NHL Commis- ular communication others are carrying sibilities, especially ers we expect the cap
10:30 p.m. — Mountain West Tourna- sioner Gary Bettman with the other three their own markers to because it may or may for next year would be
ment: TBD vs. Nevada (Reno), Quarter- said Wednesday the major North American group-signing scrums. not become necessary
final, Las Vegas, CBSSN somewhere between
league has told its 31 sports leagues, as well “When it comes in North America.” $84 and $88.2 mil-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
11 a.m. — Big Ten Tournament: Purdue teams they were free as health experts in to that level of detail, lion,” deputy commis-
vs. Michigan State, Second Round,
Indianapolis, BTN
to adopt a similar pol- both the U.S. and Can- leagues will do what David Ayers sioner Bill Daly said.
icy, though he stopped ada. they think are appro- Bettman said he “That depends on the
11 a.m. — SEC Tournament: Georgia short of saying it
vs. Alabama, Second Round, Greenville, Through Wednes- priate and necessary found it “intriguing” results of our negotia-
S.C., SECN would be a mandate as day, there have been under the circum- when David Ayres, a tions with the players’
1:30 p.m. — Big Ten Tournament: TBD concerns of the virus more than 94,000 con- stances,” Bettman said 42-year-old Zamboni association with re-
vs. Rutgers, Second Round, Indianap- continue to grow. firmed cases of people “Our clubs at the med- driver, took the ice as spect to what inflator,
olis, BTN “We barred all trav-
1:30 p.m. — Pac-12 Tournament: Cal- contracting the virus ical level, the training the emergency back- if any, we apply to the
ifornia vs. Arizona State, First Round, el outside of North worldwide, with more level and the player lev- up goaltender for the numbers in the formu-
Las Vegas, PAC-12N America for business than 3,200 deaths. el are pretty informed Carolina Hurricanes la.”
1:30 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Auburn purposes,” Bettman “We’re constant- as to what is wise and when they faced the Daly said the NHL
vs. Arkansas, Second Round, Green- said on the final day
ville, S.C., SECN ly updating the clubs prudent conduct under Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL Play-
4 p.m. — Pac-12 Tournament: Washing- of general managers’ based on what we’re the circumstances.” last month. ers’ Association have
ton vs. Utah, First Round, Las Vegas, meetings. “People at a hearing from our ex- The International Ayres shook off a re-engaged in talks
PAC-12N personal level or peo- perts and the CDC and Ice Hockey Federation shaky start, allowing over the last couple of
5 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Florida vs. ple in their households
Louisiana State, Second Round, Green- Canada’s equivalent,” said this week it has goals on his first two weeks.
ville, S.C., SECN are still free to do what Bettman said. “It’s day canceled six different shots, and became the “The process has
5:30 p.m. — Big Ten Tournament: they want to do. If you by day. We’re going to tournaments — events first emergency goalie restarted,” Daly said.
Nebraska vs. Michigan, Second Round, go to a place that’s on continue to monitor that were to take place in NHL history to be “It would be too early
Indianapolis, BTN the list of countries things. It’s business as in March and April
7:30 p.m. — Texas at Baylor, FS1 credited with a victo- for me to say if we’re
7:30 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Mis- that have an issue or usual. We’re going to in Estonia, Bulgaria, ry. making progress or
souri vs. Tennessee, Second Round, while you’re there the keep everybody com- Turkey, Luxembourg, “What was, to me, not making progress.”
Greenville, S.C., SECN
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Starkville
Continued from Page 1B
starred for the Red Reb-
els with 25 points on 8-of-
16 shooting, but no other
Harrison Central player
scored 10 or more points.
Starkville had four
players in double figures
— Young, Cook, Jamar-
vious Phillips (11 points)
and Prater (10) — as the
Jackets put together a stel-
lar team performance to
send them to Oxford.
Starkville will play
Murrah at 7 p.m. Satur-
day at The Pavilion at
Ole Miss for the Class 6A
title. For the Jackets who
have reached the top be-
fore, Wednesday’s win felt
good, but they know what
it’s like to go all the way
and won’t be happy unless
they get there again.
“It’s a great feeling,”
Prater said. “I’m not feel-
ing that yet, because I
haven’t won it yet. I’m not
satisfied with it.”
Other scores
Class 3A girls: Ruleville
Central 55, Tylertown 52
Class 3A girls: Senato-
bia 41, Crystal Springs 24
Class 3A boys: St. An-
drew’s 64, Holly Springs
54
Class 3A boys: Velma
Jackson 61, Houston 44
Class 6A girls: Olive
Branch 65, Harrison Cen-
tral 49
Class 6A girls: Clinton
63, Meridian 51
Class 6A boys: Murrah
63, Biloxi 50
EMCC
Continued from Page 1B
walked off the court
stunned after a 56 -53
defeat that cut short
their hopes of an ap-
pearance in the nation-
al NJCA A tournament.
“It just came a little
suddenly,” head coach
Sharon Thompson
said. “We never really
seemed to be in sync
tonight. I don’t know if
we’re still celebrating
after winning the state
championship or what
it is, but we just never
did to play our style of
play that we’ve been ac-
customed to all year.”
EMCC’s season end-
ed with a 24-3 record as
the Lions achieved suc-
cess they never quite
anticipated going into
the season.
“I expected us to
win, but I didn’t ex-
pect us to go that far,”
said sophomore guard
Tye Metcalf, who led
EMCC with 20 points
Wednesday.
Metcalf, who was
named the NJCA A
player of the week ear-
lier Wednesday, kept
EMCC af loat in the
fourth quarter as she
picked up the slack of
her fellow guards. Lat-
timore had eight points
on 3-of-17 shooting,
and Hawkins made 1 of
5 shots for three points.
“Tye was the only
guard, to me, that we
had going offensively
tonight,” Thompson
said.
Metcalf picked up
the Lions time and time
again in a back-and-
forth fourth quarter
where neither team
could deliver a knock-
out blow. But North-
west’s Kayla Freeman
broke a tie with a layup
with 13 seconds to go,
though she missed a
chance at a three-point
play.
EMCC turned the
ball over on its ensu-
ing possession, giving
Northwest a chance to
put the game away at
the line if the Rangers
could cleanly inbound
the ball. But the Lions
tipped the pass away,
and Hawkins missed
unguarded from close
range.
“She was wide open
for a layup,” Thomp-
son said. “Our kids
are on spring break
next week, and I guess
that’s where her mind
was.”
A fter Hawkins split
her free throws, EMCC
freshman Ja’Mia
Hollings was called for
an intentional foul with
0.3 seconds left, giv-
ing Northwest two free
throws and possession
to seal a disappointing
defeat for the Lions.
“I’d rather lose by
20 points than lose that
way,” Thompson said.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am a gay
woman.
My male best
friend has had a
crush on me for
more than a year.
It is so intense
that he is almost
delusional. We
have talked ex-
ZITS tensively about it.
He knows where
I stand and
that it will never Dear Abby
happen, and he
says he accepts
that. But he can’t stand the
thought of me spending time
with a woman, even if it’s
just a friend. He wants all of
my time and doesn’t want to
share me, even with mutual
friends.
GARFIELD Here’s the kicker: I had
invited him to move back to
my college town with me. We
both thought that moving to a
big city would open up more
dating opportunities for us
and help him get over me. It
was an ordeal for him, but
he put in a ton of work to be
able to move. We planned
to be housemates. This
happened during a time when
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March
5). You’ll have a transforma-
tion of appearance relating to
renewed confidence, fresh con-
cepts of beauty and the ability
to experiment aesthetically. This
could have to do with the home
you live in, or the clothing or car
you get around in. Relationships
are represented as well, in so
far as how they enhance your
BABY BLUES self-image. Libra and Scorpio
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 31, 33, 14, 38 and 6.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The difference between as-
sessing where you’re at (which
is very helpful) and judging
yourself (which is a teardown of
your spirit) will be most detect-
able in the way the you-to-you
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
we thought he
was feeling more
resolved about
our relationship.
We have been
staying with my
relative while
we search for a
house in the big
city, so we are
trapped in the
same space, and
he has nowhere
else to go. Since
moving in togeth-
er, his feelings
for me have
resurged. I no longer want to
be roommates because of his
possessiveness. But it would
devastate him if I left him
alone here, especially since it
was my idea to go, and I was
meant to be his support sys-
tem. I feel like I am trapped in
his drama and cannot live my
life without ruining his. Please
help! -- TRAPPED LESBIAN IN
THE WEST
DEAR TRAPPED LESBIAN: Do
not rent an apartment with
him or buy a house! To do
so would be an expensive
mistake. You cannot fulfill
his needs. If you allow this to
continue, he will destroy every
interaction feels.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Appearances matter and
will make a bigger than usual
difference in the outcome of the
day’s events. You will arrange
everything in a way to bring your-
self respect, not attention.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
That moment when you realize
you’re not telling your story to
the right audience is a decision
point. Do you double down on
the moment and keep talking?
Do you change the story? Do
you bail? Fate hangs in the
balance.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Not only is no one perfect, no
one needs to be or should be.
Perfection completes itself and
opportunity that comes your
way because it will be a threat
to his fantasy.
He needs to find other living
arrangements NOW, and you
and your relative should insist
upon it. This is not going to
have a fairy-tale ending, and
you probably will not remain
friends as you move along
with your life. But move along
is what you must do, for both
your sakes.
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is, therefore, a closed system
that cannot thrive. Enjoy flaws.
Flaws are life.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
can’t remember everything.
Update your systems. Write
yourself some notes. Otherwise,
you’ll take up valuable brain
space on matters that don’t
deserve the position.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
When people are overly hard on
each other it is usually because
they see something in the other
person that reminds them of a
part of themselves they don’t
prefer.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
It has happened that wishes
came true and yet happiness
didn’t commence. Don’t forget
that the internal weather system
counts more than the external
one. And that is a weather sys-
tem you have some control over.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). In some versions of forgive-
ness, forgiveness doesn’t wipe
the slate clean. Forgiveness is
merely an agreement to move
forward knowing that the final
judgment has not yet been
rendered.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). If life is poetry, then
attention is the commodity we
exchange in hopes of under-
standing it. Today will be like a
complicated poem that needs a
very close read.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). If you get the sneaking
suspicion that you’re under-
performing or somehow not
captivating your audience,
don’t automatically assume
the problem is you. It takes an
interesting person to know one.
Seek a better match.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You will explore the history
of a situation to better under-
stand the current complexities.
This will give context, but it will
not give you solutions. The best
answer hasn’t been invented
yet. You could change that.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Figure out the steps and
tricks that will help you easily
slip into the right attitude, mind-
set and energy level to perform
steady, consistent work. This is
how remarkable things will get
accomplished.

A small fish in a big pond

SOLUTION:
4B THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020
Business
Companies trim outlooks, travel and staff as virus spreads
Kroger placing limits on the amount
of sanitation, cold and flu related
products shoppers can buy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GROUNDED AIR-
PLANES: United Airlines
will cut international and
U.S. flying, freeze hiring
and ask employees to vol-
unteer for unpaid leave as
it struggles with weak de-
mand for travel because
of the new virus outbreak.
United said Wednesday it
will reduce passenger-car-
rying capacity 20 percent
on international routes and
10 percent to 12 percent in
the U.S. United executives
expect the reductions will
carry into May. Beyond
that, it depends what hap-
pens to bookings over the
next few weeks. United’s
CEO and president say
they hope the moves are
enough, but the nature of
the outbreak requires the
airline to be flexible in
how it responds.
BUSINESS BRIEF
LINK announces
staff changes
The Golden Triangle
Development LINK is
pleased to announce the
following staff additions:
Following the retire-
ment of Brenda Lathan,
CEcD, Meryl Fisackerly
has been promoted to
Vice President of Eco-
nomic Development
and Existing Industry.
Fisackerly joined the or-
ganization in 2017 as the
ALTERED EXPECTA-
TIONS: General Electric
Co. General Electric be-
lieves the viral outbreak
could have a negative
impact of about $300 mil-
lion to $500 million on its
first-quarter industrial
free cash flow. Operating
profit for the period could
be hurt by about $200 mil-
lion to $300 million. GE
said that the expectations
are incorporated into its
full-year 2020 outlook.
Major corporations like
Apple, Microsoft and Visa
have already cut expecta-
tions.
RATIONING: Kroger
Co., the nation’s biggest
independent grocer, is
placing limits on the num-
ber of certain products
that customers buy as its
shelves are cleared by
people doing heavy stock-
ing in preparation for any
Director of Programs and
Events for the Columbus
Lowndes Chamber of
Commerce. She joined
the economic develop-
ment team as Project
Manager in 2018. As Vice
President Fisackerly
will oversee research
and data presentation,
recruitment strategy
and all proposals for the
GTR LINK. She will also
serve as administrative
assistant for the Lowndes
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ness and response planning com- people had been tested, but those
mittee to be led Dr. Thomas Dobbs, tests were negative.
JACKSON — The top public a physician who leads the state De- Mississippi has been working
health official in Mississippi will
partment of Health. on a pandemic flu response plan for
lead a committee to prepare the
Dobbs said no cases of coronavi- more than a decade, Dobbs said. He
state for coronavirus, Gov. Tate
rus had been found in Mississippi described the plan as “robust and
Reeves said Wednesday.
Reeves appointed a prepared- as of Wednesday. He said several well-thought out, well-maintained.”
spread of the virus. “Due TRAVEL RESTRIC- the volcanic ash cloud cri- ing owing to the COVID-19
to high demand and to TIONS: The International sis in Europe that led to outbreak, given that major
support all customers, we Air Transport Association massive airspace closures travel restrictions in China
will be limiting the num- says that January had the and flight cancellations. did not begin until 23 Jan-
ber of sanitation, cold and slowest monthly year- “January was just the tip of uary,” said Alexandre de
flu related products to 5 over-year growth since the iceberg in terms of the Juniac, the group director
each per order. Your order April 2010, at the time of traffic impacts we are see- general.
may be modified at time
of pickup or delivery,” the
company said on its web-
site. Amazon is warning
same-day grocery cus-
tomers that delivery may
be limited. Target and
Walmart are scrambling
to replenish shelves with
basics like canned goods,
toilet paper and other
household essentials, but
have yet to announce ra-
tioning.
County Industrial Devel-
opment Authority.
Betsy Young has
joined the staff as Project
Manager. In this capacity,
Young will work directly
with the VP of Economic
Development and CEO in
data mining and packag-
ing for economic develop-
ment recruitment. Prior
to joining the GTR LINK
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Legal Notices
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on September 23,
2005, Randy Macon, a single
man executed a certain deed
of trust to ReconTrust Com-
pany, N.A., Trustee for the be-
nefit of Mortgage Electronic Re-
gistration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., its successors and
assigns which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2005 at Page 27757;
and
WHEREAS, Carrington Mort-
gage Services, LLC has hereto-
fore substituted Shapiro &
Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated January 28,
2020 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2020 at Page
2127; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Carrington Mortgage Services,
LLC, the legal holder of said in-
debtedness, having requested
the undersigned Substituted
Trustee to execute the trust
and sell said land and property
in accordance with the terms of
said deed of trust and for the
purpose of raising the sums
due thereunder, together with
attorney's fees, trustee's fees
and expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & Lowndes County, located at
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- 505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
ee in said deed of trust, will on
March 12, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within tified funds the following de-
legal hours (being between the scribed property situated in
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- A lot or parcel of land located
bus, MS 39701, to the highest in the Northwest Quarter
and best bidder for cash or cer- (NW1/4) of the Southeast
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- 17 West, Lowndes County, Mis- Plaintiff for confirmation of title
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot No. Fifty-Five (55) of and in
he Airline Subdivision, a subdi- Beginning at the Northwest
vision of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, as shown by the map
or plat thereof of record in Sub- Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 23, Flowers Sykes, Eddie B. Smith,
division Plat Book No. 2 at
Page 1 in the Chancery Clerk's West, Lowndes County, Missis- Smith, Sr., deceased, un-
0ffice of Lowndes County, Mis- sippi; thence East 19.3 feet;
sissippi; SUBJECT TO the re-
strictive covenants and condi-
tions contained in the instru-
ment executed by Harris Hol-
land, et al, dated November 26
1952, filed for record on
December 1, 1952, and recor- this description;
ded in Deed Book No. 234 at
Pages 197-200, inclusive, of
the land records of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 10th day of February,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
207 Mchall Dr
Columbus, MS 39702
20-025660
PUBLISH: 2/13, 2/20, 2/27 & 1.0 acres, more or less.
3/5/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
RE: THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF DAVLIN C. KEREKES,
DECEASED
NO.2020-PR-015-JNS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
WHEREAS, Letters of Adminis-
tration upon the Estate of Dav-
lin C. Kerekes, Deceased (the
“Estate”), were duly issued to
the undersigned as Adminis-
trator of the Estate by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi on Febru-
ary 12, 2020; therefore, legal
notice is hereby given that all
persons having claims against
the Estate are required by law
to have them filed, probated,
and registered with the Clerk of est Quarter (NW1/4) of the
the Chancery Court of Lowndes Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) a
County, Mississippi, at Colum- distance of 389.23 feet to a
bus, Mississippi, within ninety
(90) days’ time from the date
of first publication of this no-
tice, and the failure to file, pro- (NW1/4) of the Southeast
bate, and register their claims
with the Clerk within the time
will forever bar the claims.
/s/ George A. Kerekes
George A. Kerekes, Adminis-
trator of the Estate of Davlin C. tance of 389.23 feet to a
Kerekes, Deceased
OF COUNSEL:
J. Gordon Flowers (MSB No.
5378)
Drew C. Bigelow (MSB No.
105663)
BRUNINI, GRANTHAM, GROW-
ER & HEWES, PLLC
Attorneys at Law
190 E. Capitol Street, Suite
100
Post Office Drawer 119
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Telephone: (601) 948-3101
Email: gflowers@brunini.com
dbigelow@brunini.com
PUBLISH: 2/27, 3/5, &
3/12/2020
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Legal Notices
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2017,
Ryan J. Baswell and Whitney
Baswell, husband and wife ex-
ecuted a certain deed of trust
to Denise McLaurin, Trustee for
the benefit of Regions Bank
d/b/a Regions Mortgage which
deed of trust is of record in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi in Book 2017 at Page
13505 and re-recorded in Book
2017 at Page 14138; and
WHEREAS, Regions Bank
d/b/a Regions Mortgage has
heretofore substituted Shapiro
& Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated February 12,
2020 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2020 at Page
3268; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
Mortgage, the legal holder of
said indebtedness, having re-
quested the undersigned Sub-
stituted Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land and
property in accordance with the
terms of said deed of trust and
for the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees,
trustee's fees and expense of
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
ee in said deed of trust, will on THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
March 26, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
legal hours (being between the DECEASED DEFENDANTS
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F
the County Courthouse of
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer- COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Lowndes County, State of Mis- a/k/a Tommie Lee Flowers, Jr.
sissippi, to-wit:
Tract I:
Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section
23, Township 18 South, Range ing a judgment in favor of the
sissippi, and being more partic- and reformation of certain in-
ularly described as follows:
corner of the Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Township 18 South, Range 17 III, unknown heirs of Eddie B.
thence South parallel with the
West boundary line of said
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) ceased.
of Section 23, a distance of
345.0 feet to the initial point of You are required to mail or
FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF
BEGINNING, run thence East
parallel with the South bound-
ary line of said North west
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- 1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
east Quarter (S1/4) of said
Section 23, a distance of
414.23 feet; thence South par- Plaintiff.
allel with the West boundary
line of said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) of said Sec-
tion 23, a distance of 105 feet; AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
thence West parallel with the
South boundary line of said
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
of said Section 23, a distance DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
of 414. 23 feet to a point on
the East right of way line of a
public road known as McDavis
Road; thence North along the
said East right of way of said
public road for 105 feet, more
or less, to the initial point of
this description and containing of this Court within a reason-
Tract II:
A tract of land located in the
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4)
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
of Section 23, Township 18
South, Range 17 West,
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
and being more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest SUBMITTED BY:
corner of said Northwest
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- No. 2247)
east Quarter (SE') of Section
23; run thence East a dis-
tance of 19.3 feet to the initial Ste 702
point of beginning of the prop-
erty herein described:
FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF
BEGINNING run thence South
parallel with the West bound-
ary of said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
320.0 feet to a point; run
thence East parallel with the
South boundary of said Northw- IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
point; run thence South paral-
lel with the West boundary of
said Northwest Quarter
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
25.0 feet to a point; run thence NOTICE TO CREDITORS
West parallel with the South
boundary of said Northwest
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- LOWNDES COUNTY
east Quarter (SE1/4) a dis-
point; run thence North paral-
lel with the West boundary of
said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
25.0 feet to the initial point
beginning, containing 0.2
acres, more or less.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 24th day of February,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
20-025885
Publication Dates: February 27, 3/19/2020
March 5, 12 and 19, 2020
Legal Notices
The following vehicles have
been abandoned at Atlas Re-
covery & Towing, 4009 HWY
373, Columbus, MS 39705:
2000 Chevrolet Tahoe
VIN# 1GNEC13R7YR167760
2010 Honda Civic
VIN# 19XFA1F80AE029744
1999 Ford Expedition
VIN# 1FMPU18L5XLC00898
IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT
CLAIMED THEY WILL BE PUT
UP FOR SALE ON THE 20TH
DAY OF MARCH, 2020 AT 6:00
A.M. AT ATLAS RECOVERY &
TOWING, 4009 HWY 373,
COLUMBUS, MS 39705.
Witnessed under my hand on
this the 3rd day of March,
2020.
/s/Frank Stump
PUBLISH: 3/5 & 3/12/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING,
LLC PLAINTIFF
V.
LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K.
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY
FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE
FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B.
SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH,
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Tommie Lee Flower, Jr.
15743 Basin Ln
Victorville, CA 92394
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
struments in the chain of title.
Defendants other than you in
this action are Larry Smith,
Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
known heirs of Eddie B. Smith,
Jr., deceased, and unknown
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY
OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your response with the Clerk
able time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 18th day of
of February, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
Lowndes County, Mississippi
BY: s/ Tina Fisher
D.C.
(Seal)
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(769) 524-2300; (601) 510-
5609 (fax)
Publish: February 27, 2020
March 5, 2020
March 12, 2020
March 19, 2020
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF MARTHA POPE WEST
CAUSE NO. 2020-0025-F
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
Martha Pope West, deceased,
by the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
on the 27th day of February,
of
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to Probate
and Register same with the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from the first
publication date of this Notice
to Creditors. A failure to so Pro-
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 28th day of February,
2020.
/s/ Felicia West Elmore
Felicia West Elmore, Co-Execut-
or
/s/ Marcus Lance West
Marcus Lance West, Co-Execut-
or
Publish: 3/5, 3/12, &
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Legal Notices
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
GOLDEN TRIANGLE COOPERAT-
IVE SERVICE DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that
sealed or electronic bid propos-
als will be received by the
Board of Commissioners for
Golden Triangle Cooperative
Service District for (6) 2020
MODEL, (25) CUBIC YARD
HIGH COMPACTION REAR
LOADING REFUSE COLLEC-
TION TRUCKS.
Bid proposals (NO PRICING) will
be accepted until 4PM on
Monday, March 16, 2020.
Bid specifications and proced-
ures may be obtained by con-
tacting the General Manager
Monday-Friday between the
hours of 7AM-4PM at 662-327-
6660 or at
www.centralbidding.com. Bid
proposals maybe submitted by
sealed envelope to Golden Tri-
angle Waste Services, 1311 In-
dustrial Park Rd. Columbus,
MS 39701 or by electronic sub-
mission at
www.centralbidding.com.
All sealed bid proposals must
be on file with the General
Manager prior to or by the ac-
ceptance date and time as
stated above. Bid proposals
must be sealed and clearly
marked on the outside of the
envelope: (6) 2020 MODEL,
REAR LOADING REFUSE COL-
LECTION TRUCKS, BID PRO-
POSAL DATE: MONDAY,
MARCH 16, 2020. Bid propos-
als can be hand delivered to
1311 Industrial Park Rd.
Columbus, MS 39701.
All electronic bid specifications
and procedures may be ob-
tained at
www.centralbidding.com. For
questions relating to electronic
downloads, please call Central
Bidding at 225-810-4814.
Bid proposals will be evalu-
ated and vendors that submit-
ted acceptable proposals will
be invited to bid no later than
2PM Tuesday, March 17, 2020
to submit priced bids. Final bid-
ding will be held by electronic
reverse auction on Wednesday,
March 18, 2020 at www.cent-
ralbidding.com beginning at
10AM and ending at 11AM (un-
less extended by anti-sniping.)
Electronic bids may be submit-
ted at www.centralbidding.com.
For any questions related to
the electronic bidding process,
please call Central Bidding at
225-810-4814.
The Board of Commissioners
reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bids received.
Golden Triangle Cooperative
Service District reserves the
right to utilize “anti-sniping” for
reverse auctions. Anti-Sniping
is a tool that automatically ex-
tends the bid time for reverse
auctions by 5 minutes if a
vendor places a bid in the final
5 minutes of the auction.
Published by order of the Board
of Commissioners of Golden
Triangle Cooperative Service
District.
By: Mary Ann Gilliland
General Manager
Publish Dates:
2/27/20, 3/5/20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
FUEL FARM TANK REPLACE-
MENT - REBID
COLUMBUS-LOWNDES COUNTY
AIRPORT
COLUMBUS, MS
Proposals for the Fuel Farm
Tank Replacement project will
be received by the City of
Columbus, Mississippi at the
Columbus-Lowndes County Air-
port (368 Fabritek Drive) until
10:00 a.m. (Central Time) on
the 31st day of March 2020, at
which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read
aloud. Proposals received after
this time will not be accepted
and will be returned unopened.
The work is generally de-
scribed as follows: Removal
and replacement of two
10,000-gallon fuel storage
tanks at the existing fuel farm
at the Columbus-Lowndes
County Airport, including but
not limited to retrofitting the ex-
isting Av-Gas and Jet-A piping.
The Contract time is 30 con-
secutive calendar days for the
Service Directory
Base Bid. No additional Con-
tract time will be awarded for
Additive Alternates. Liquidated
damages in the amount of
$500 will be assessed for
each consecutive calendar day
thereafter.
Promote your small business starting at only $25
A pre-bid conference is planned
for this project on March 24,
2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Air-
Automotive
port Services Room at the
Conference
Columbus-Lowndes County Air-
port, 368 Fabritek Drive,
Columbus, MS 39702. It is
strongly recommended that
prospective bidders attend the
pre-bid conference.
Any questions that bidders
might have should be directed
to Neel-Schaffer, Inc., P.O. Box
2100, Columbus, MS, 39704,
662-328-4547 (phone), 662-
Building & Remodeling
328-8552 (fax) to the atten-
tion of Zach Foster.
REMODELING, BRICK
All proposals that arestorm
mailed
work, painting,
shall be sent to the City of
damage or additions.
Columbus at the address be-
low: Free estimates.
40 years experience.
662−570−3430
Columbus – Lowndes County
Airport
Carpet & Flooring
368 Fabritek Drive
Columbus, MS 39702
CARPET INSTALLATION.
Bidders must be
Re−Stretch qualifiedalso
& Repair un-
der Mississippi
avail. I acceptLaw and jobs.
select show
a current
Call Certificate of
Walt, 662−574−8134. Re-
sponsibility issued by the Mis-
sissippi
Childcare Board of Public Con-
tractors establishing classifica-
tion as to the value and type of
CHILDCARE
construction workSERVICES
on which he
Look No
is authorized to Further!!
bid. Contract-
ors must be
Quality qualifiedServices
Childcare under
Mississippi Law andFor be The
re-
Are Available
gistered withTriangle
the StateArea!!
of Mis-
Golden
sissippi and as a licensed
662.343.8386 or gen-
eral contractor capable of per-
662.813.3672.
forming the required work.
Serious
Inquiries Only, Please!!
Awarding public contracts to
non-resident Bidders will be on
the same basis as the non-res-
ident bidder’s state awards
contracts to Mississippi Con-
be received by the City of and must include a Bid Bond in Unknown Heirs of Peach
Columbus, Mississippi at the the amount of 5% of the Bid. Flowers Smith a/k/a Peach
Columbus-Lowndes County Air- The successful bidder will be Flower Smith, Deceased
port (368 Fabritek Drive) until
10:00 a.m. (Central Time) on
the 31st day of March 2020, at
required to execute the stand-
ard form of Contract and Agree-
ment, together with a 100%
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this
which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read
aloud. Proposals received after
Performance Bond and a 100%
Payment Bond, within 10 days
after formal award of the con-
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
ing a judgment in favor of the
this time will not be accepted tract. Plaintiff for confirmation of title
and will be returned unopened. To place ads starting at only $12,
The bidder shall guarantee to
and reformation of certain in-
struments in the chain of title
The work is generally de-call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
scribed as follows: Removal
hold his bid good and may not related to certain real property
withdraw his bid for a period of described below and located in
and replacement of two 90 calendar days after the Lowndes County, Mississippi
10,000-gallon fuel storage scheduled closing time for re- and other equitable relief as
THE DISPATCH
tanks at the existing CDISPATCH.COM
fuel farm nceiving bids. n THURSDAY, MARCH
specifically 5, 2020
described n 5B
in the
at the Columbus-Lowndes Complaint. Defendants in this
County Airport, including but The award, if made, will be action are Larry Smith, Mykle
not limited to retrofitting the ex- made to the party submitting K. Smith, Judy K. Smith, Daisy
isting Av-Gas and Jet-A piping. the bid deemed most favor- Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
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the City of Columbus at Flowers Legal Notices
Sykes, Tommie Lee
The Contract time is 30 con- the time the conditions are Flower, Jr. a/k/a Tommie Lee
secutive calendar days for the stipulated. The City of Colum- Flowers, Jr., Eddie B. Smith, III,
Base Bid. No additional Con- bus reserves the right to reject any and all heirs of Eddie B.
tract time will be awarded for any and all bids for any reason Smith, Sr., deceased, any and
Additive Alternates. Liquidated and to waive any informalities
damages in the amount of or irregularities in the bids re-
all heirs of Eddie B. Smith, Jr.,
deceased, and any and all
$500 will be assessed for ceived. heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
each consecutive calendar day a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
thereafter. BY: /s/ Robert E. Smith, Sr. ceased and the lawsuit relates
Mayor to the following subject prop-
A pre-bid conference is planned erty:
for this project on March 24, FOR: City of Columbus, MS Three (3) acres of land lying in
2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Air- the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
port Conference Room at the BID OPENING: March 31, 2020 Section Two (2), Township 17
Columbus-Lowndes County Air- North, Range 16 East,
port, 368 Fabritek Drive, ADVERTISING DATES: Lowndes County, Mississippi,
Columbus, MS 39702. It is February 27, 2020 described as follows:
strongly recommended that March 5, 2020 Beginning at the Southeast
prospective bidders attend the Corner of the Southwest
pre-bid conference. IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF Quarter (SW1/4), Southeast
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Quarter (SE1/4), Section Two
Any questions that bidders SIPPI (2), Township 17 North, Range
might have should be directed 16 East, Lowndes County, Mis-
to Neel-Schaffer, Inc., P.O. Box IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- sissippi; thence North along
2100, Columbus, MS, 39704, TATE OF PATRICIA H. HOLLI- the East line of said 1/4--1/4
662-328-4547 (phone), 662- MAN, DECEASED Section, a distance of 498’ to
328-8552 (fax) to the atten- a stake; thence continue north
tion of Zach Foster. NO. 2020-0038-JNS along the fence line a distance
of 1242.6’ to an iron pin, the
All proposals that are mailed GENE DOUGLAS HOLLIMAN, corner of the J.C. Perry lot and
shall be sent to the City of JR. AND DARREN LEE HOLLI- also the point of beginning of
Columbus at the address be- MAN, CO-EXECUTORS this three-acre lot; thence con-
low: tinuing North along the fence
NOTICE TO CREDITORS line a distance of 578’ to a
Columbus – Lowndes County stake; thence North 88 de-
Airport Letters Testamentary have grees 00’ West a distance of
368 Fabritek Drive been granted and issued to 214’ to a stake; thence South,
Columbus, MS 39702 Gene Douglas Holliman, Jr. and three (3) degrees 42’ West a
Darren Lee Holliman, Co-Ex- distance of 154’ to a point;
Bidders must be qualified un- ecutors of the Estate of Patri- thence South parallel to the
der Mississippi Law and show cia H. Holliman, deceased, by East line of said 1/4--1/4 Sec-
a current Certificate of Re- the Chancery Court of Lowndes tion, a distance of 429’ to a
sponsibility issued by the Mis- County, Mississippi, on the 25 stake; thence South 88 de-
sissippi Board of Public Con- day of February, 2020. This is grees 00’ East a distance of
tractors establishing classifica- to give notice to all persons 223.8’ to the point of begin-
tion as to the value and type of having claims against said es- ning. According to survey made
construction work on which he tate to Probate and Register by W.B. Lowrance, dated
is authorized to bid. Contract- same with the Chancery Clerk 1/8/81, attached hereto as Ex-
ors must be qualified under of Lowndes County, Missis- hibit “B”.
Mississippi Law and be re- sippi, within ninety (90) days Together with a twenty (20)
gistered with the State of Mis- from this date. A failure to so foot wide easement for in-
sissippi and as a licensed gen- Probate and Register said gress and egress from the
eral contractor capable of per- claim will forever bar the same. West side of said property to
forming the required work. the existing public road, which
THIS the 25 day of February, runs East and West on the
Awarding public contracts to 2020. North line of the Southwest
non-resident Bidders will be on Quarter (SW1/4) of the North-
the same basis as the non-res- /s/ Gene Douglas Holliman, Jr. east Quarter (NE1/4)
ident bidder’s state awards Gene Douglas Holliman, Jr. You are required to mail or
contracts to Mississippi Con- hand deliver a copy of a writ-
tractors bidding under similar /s/ Darren Lee Holliman ten response to the Complaint
circumstances. In order to en- Darren Lee Holliman filed against you in this action
sure that Mississippi’s Golden to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
Rule is followed, state law re- OF COUNSEL: McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
quires a non-resident bidder to 1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
attach to his bid, a copy of William F. Gillis (MSB 4854) Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
his/her resident state’s cur- Crowell Gillis & Cooper, PLLC 39157, the attorney for the
rent laws pertaining to such Post Office Box 1827 Plaintiff.
state’s treatment of non-resid- Columbus, MS 39703 YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
ent contractors. PHONE: (662) 243-7329 MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
FAX: (662) 328-6890 LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
The Contract Documents (draw- wgillis@cgclawpllc.com AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
ings, specifications, proposal DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
forms, general conditions, etc.) PUBLISH: 2/27, 3/5, & THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
may be examined at the follow- 3/12/2020 THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
ing locations: SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
Office of Aeronautics, Missis- IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
sippi Department of Transport- LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY
ation, 401 North West Street, SIPPI OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
Jackson, Mississippi 39201 IN THE COMPLAINT.
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, You must also file the original
Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 2310 Mar- LLC PLAINTIFF of your response with the Clerk
tin Luther King Jr. Dr., Colum- of this Court within a reason-
bus, MS 39705 V. able time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal
Bid documents are being made LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K. of said Court, this 18th day of
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY February, 2020.
available via original paper
copy. Plan holders are re- FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE Lowndes County, Mississippi
quired to register for an ac-
count at www.neel-schaffer- FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B.
plans.com to view and order BY: s/Tina Fisher
Bid Documents. All plan hold- SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN D.C.
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
ers are required to have a val- (Seal)
id email address for registra- SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
tion. Bid Documents are non-re- SUBMITTED BY:
fundable and must be pur- SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
chased through the website. No. 2247)
Electronic bids shall be submit- PEACH FLOWERS SMITH, MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
ted through www.neel-schaffer- 1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
plans.com. Please contact Plan DECEASED DEFENDANTS Ste 702
House Printing at (662) 407- Ridgeland, MS 39157
0193 with questions regarding CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F (769) 524-2300; (601) 510-
website registration, electronic 5609 (fax)
bidding, and online orders. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Publish: February 27, 2020
Bidder’s attention is invited to THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI March 5, 2020
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
the Instructions to Bidders rel- March 12, 2020
ative to pre-award, equal em- TO: Larry Smith March 19, 2020
Mykle K. Smith
ployment opportunity require-
ments, and non-segregated fa- Judy K. Smith
cilities. Unknown Heirs of Eddie B.
Employment
Smith, Sr. Deceased
Bids must be submitted on the Unknown Heirs of Eddie B.
standard form of bid proposal Smith, Jr., Deceased
and must include a Bid Bond in Unknown Heirs of Peach
the amount of 5% of the Bid. Flowers Smith a/k/a Peach
Flower Smith, Deceased
Call us: 662-328-2424
The successful bidder will be
required to execute the stand-
ard form of Contract and Agree- You have been made a Defend- General Help Wanted
ment, together with a 100% ant in the suit filed in this
Performance Bond and a 100% Court by Bayview Loan Servi- CALEDONIA BUSINESS
Payment Bond, within 10 days cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek- needs General Laborer.
after formal award of the con- ing a judgment in favor of the
tract. Plaintiff for confirmation of title Valid driver's license,
and reformation of certain in- transportation & experi-
ence helpful. Will train on
The bidder shall guarantee to struments in the chain of title
related to certain real property the job if needed. Call
hold his bid good and may not
withdraw his bid for a period of described below and located in Jesse & Beverly's Lawn
90 calendar days after the Lowndes County, Mississippi Service at 662-356-6525.
scheduled closing time for re- and other equitable relief as
specifically described in the
ceiving bids.
Complaint. Defendants in this
The award, if made, will be action are Larry Smith, Mykle
K. Smith, Judy K. Smith, Daisy Reach job-seekers with a
made to the party submitting
the bid deemed most favor- Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Tommie Lee Dispatch employment ad
able to the City of Columbus at
the time the conditions are Flower, Jr. a/k/a Tommie Lee
stipulated. The City of Colum- Flowers, Jr., Eddie B. Smith, III,
bus reserves the right to reject any and all heirs of Eddie B.
any and all bids for any reason Smith, Sr., deceased, any and
and to waive any informalities all heirs of Eddie B. Smith, Jr.,
or irregularities in the bids re- deceased, and any and all
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
ceived.
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
BY: /s/ Robert E. Smith, Sr. ceased and the lawsuit relates
Mayor to the following subject prop-
erty:
FOR: City of Columbus, MS Three (3) acres of land lying in
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
BID OPENING: March 31, 2020 Section
Childcare Two (2), Township 17
General Services General Services
North, Range 16 East,
ADVERTISING DATES: Lowndes County, Mississippi,
CHILDCARE SERVICES
February 27, 2020
GRAVEL,as$360
described follows: OR LESS! WEEKEND WARRIORS.
MarchLook No Further!!
5, 2020 Local delivery,
Beginning 14 yd truck.
at the Southeast You have problems, we
Quality Childcare Services Corner Backhoe of the&Southwest
Dozer work. have answers. 30 years
Are Available For The Quarter
Mobile (SW1/4),
HomeSoutheast
Pads & exp in roofing, drywall,
Golden Triangle Area!! Quarter (SE1/4),
Driveways. Section Two painting, flooring, decking.
662.343.8386 or (2), Township 17 North, Range Free estimates. Local refs.
662−497−1388
16 East, Lowndes County, Mis-
662.813.3672. Serious sissippi; thence North along
662−386−3658.
JEWELRY REPAIR
Inquiries Only, Please!! the East line of said 1/4--1/4
Lawn Care / Landscaping
Section, a distance of 498’ to
General Services a stake; thence continue north
K
R RSE FOR ALL YOUR SPRING &
along PAthe fence line a distance
A & T TREE SERVICES of 1242.6’ to an iron pin, the SUMMER NEEDS CALL
ON
J.
Bucket truck & stump corner of the J.C. Perry lot and ROBINSON LAWN
removal. Free est. also the point of beginning
100 Russellof St. SERVICES.
this E three-acre lot; thence con-
Serving Columbus Ralong Starkville, MS We also specialize in
J
WE
S
tinuing L
NorthE the fence
since 1987. Senior 662-268-8058 landscaping services.
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ line a distance of 578’ to a 662−435−8746 or
stake; thence North 88 de-
MONOGRAMMING
242−0324/241−4447 grees 00’ West a distance of 662−272−8746.
"We’ll go out on a limb for 214’ to a stake; thence South, Free estimates available.
Just for Ladies
you!" three (3) degrees 42’ West a
distance of 154’ to a point; JESSE & BEVERLY’S
WORK WANTED: thence South parallel to the LAWN SERVICE
East line of said 1/4--1/4 Sec-
Licensed & Bonded. Mowing, cleanup,
tion,Mossy
Carpentry, minor electrical, stake; thence Oak Mall
a distance • West Point
of 429’ to a
landscaping, sodding,
South 88 de-
minor plumbing, insulation, grees662-492-4221 00’ East a • Mon.-Sat.of
distance & tree cutting.
CHILDREN’S & LADIES’
painting, demolition, 223.8’ to the pointCONSIGNMENT
of begin- 662−356−6525
gutters cleaned, pressure ning. According to survey made
Painting & Papering
washing, landscaping, by W.B. Lowrance, dated
cleanup work, moving help. 1/8/81, CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY
attached hereto as Ex-
$545 plus Filing Fee
hibit “B”. SULLIVAN’S PAINT
662−242−3608.
Together
CHAPTER with13a BANKRUPTCY
twenty (20) SERVICE. Special Prices.
GET YOUR PRIVACY
foot wide easement for in-
All Attorney Fees Through The Plan Interior and Exterior
gress and egress from the Painting. 662−435−6528
FENCE NOW! West Jimside Arnold,
of said Attorney
property to
Reasonable pricing. the existing public road, which
662-324-1666 SULLIVAN’S PAINT
New installations & runs East and West on the
fence maintenance. 104 South
North line Lafayette Street, Starkville SERVICE. Special Prices.
of the Southwest
Text/Call 662−549−7167. Quarter (SW1/4) of the North- Interior and Exterior
east Quarter (NE1/4) Painting. 662−435−6528
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
6B THURSDAY, March 5, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
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Licensed Cosmetologists
are needed.
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For more info, call or text
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Rentals
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Apts For Rent: South
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
truck terminal, 9,500 sq.
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
office/shop. Buildings can
be rented together or
separately. All w/ excellent
access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
662−327−9559.
Houses For Rent: North
2BR/1.5BA @ 8827 HWY
45 N. CH/A, carport & in−
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Schools. $700/mo & dep
req. 205−712−5901. INSIDE SALE @ 98 MYERS
CIRCLE. MULTI FAMILY!
COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. Thurs, Fri & Sat. 8am until.
Tools, h/h, girls clothes,
2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3
bath townhouses. $625 to etc. Too much to list!
$675. 662−549−9555.
Ask for Glenn or text.
GREAT LOCATION! Dead
end street. Very private and
country atmosphere with
city convenience. Updated
and remodeled. $850/mo.
901−413−8121.
Houses For Rent: South
FOR RENT: 408 11th Ave
S. 3BR/2BA, CH/A,
garage, fenced yard, quiet
neighborhood, recent
remodel. Call 662−752−
9010.
Mobile Homes for Rent
LARGE STEREO Brown
player (8−track−45&78
RENT A CAMPER! records) $75. Call 662−
CHURCH WIDE YARD SALE
Miracle Temple 5429 Hwy
45 N. Sat. 7 am−until. H/h
items, bedding, children &
adult clothing, women plus
sizes, & shoes.
Garage Sales: New Hope
2212 NEW HOPE RD.
Fri/Sat/Sun, 6am−6pm.
Coats, clothes, tools, furn,
etc. 901−293−7608.
Merchandise
Ads starting at $12
Bargain Column
BROWN RECLINER leather
with massager. $75. Call
662−327−5480.
GREEN LEATHER CHAIR
with wheels. $50. Call 662
−327−5480
2017 Harley Davidson CVO
Street Glide Special
Starfire Black. Beautiful
Bike with 2 luggage racks
and saddle bag inserts.
Excellent Condition.
$25,500.00
662−574−9663
2015 Harley Davidson
VROD Night Rod Edition.
Dark Red with 8,000 miles.
Excellent Condition.
$8,500.00
662−574−9663
2014 Harley Davidson CVO
Limited. Silver and Sunset
Orange, approx. 20,000
miles, new front and rear
tires and battery.
Excellent Condition.
$15,500.00
662−574−9663
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Garage Sales
Oak finish computer desk the same number only once. The difficulty level
w/ hutch, $100. 4−drawer
oak finish filing cabinet, increases from Monday to Sunday.
$50. Accent table, $25.
tan loveseat & chair, $400.
Glass top coffee table,
$100. Call 662−328−
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Two free signs
OPEN FOR SEASON!
9−5: Tues−Fri &
Estate Sales 9−12: Sat.
Over 50 years experience!
Estate Sale Repairs, cleaning,
423 Sanders Mill Rd. refinishing, scopes
7a−2p, Fri 3/6 & Sat 3/7. mounted & zeroed,
Some antiques & hh items. handmade knives.
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
of West Point, turn right on
ESTATE TAG SALE Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
610 Alabama St. left on Darracott Rd, see ACROSS ACROSS
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA Fri.& Sat. 9a−4p & sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on 1 Renown 1 Canyon sound
Sun. 1p−4p. left. 662−494−6218.
CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
House packed full with 5 Thick-shelled 5 Spuds
historic district, 1 block clam
from downtown. antiques, lots of furn., 11 Earth orbiter
collectibles, h/h items, 11 Egg outline 12 Pilot Earhart
Vehicles
$575/mo. + $575 dep.
NO PETS. 662−574−8789. Fenton, Kinkade,
Empire furn., Wakefield,
12 Hard to 13 Cartoonist
Peaceful & Quiet area.
period lighting fixtures, control Caniff
fine china, pyrex, Ads starting at $12 13 Champagne 14 Logic
COLEMAN corningware, tons more
and contents of another
Campers & RVs
popper
14 High regard
15 Fireplace
RENTALS local mansion. items
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS For more info, 15 Co. abbr.
www.facbook.com/ 2012 JAYCO EAGLE 5th 16 Longings 17 “— Believer”
1 BEDROOM milltownenterprises or WHEEL. 39ft, 4 slide−outs. 17 African scav- 18 “The Re-
2 BEDROOMS 662−321−1261. 2BR, 48" TV & 27" TV.
enger hearsal” painter
$26,500. 662−386−9605.
3 BEDROOMS 19 Singer Tillis 22 Had title to
Garage Sales: East Motorcycles & ATVs 24 Took the
22 Some sharks
LEASE,
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BIG SALE @ 1993 KAWASAKI 24 City square wrong way

DEPOSIT 515 WYNHURST CT. VOYAGER XII Only 25,500 26 Composer 25 Equip
AND Sat, 7am until. Upright miles. Runs & looks good. Satie 3 Sousa nick- 22 Citi Field 26 Depressed DOWN 21 Uses a
No problems. $3000 OBO.
CREDIT CHECK Piano, office supplies,
antiques, movies, video Can be seen local. 27 Makes mis- name, with “the” team 27 Pun response 1 Jane Austen needle
games & much more! 501−545−7750. takes 4 Yellowstone 23 Open space 30 Grows dim novel 22 Assns.
662-329-2323 Garage Sales: North
28 Doctrine
30 Print units
grazer
5 Hive head
25 Luke’s sister 32 Good judg-
29 Bald spot
2 Quarter, e.g. 23 Electrician’s
1999 ROADSTAR 1600 ment 3 Persevering concern
2411 HWY 45 N 710 MATSON RD.
Only 45k miles. Hard bags,
rider & passenger back
31 Decline 6 Open, in a way cover 33 Yale rooter 4 Punctual 28 On the beach
COLUMBUS, MS 6:30am until. Vintage 32 Media icon 7 Dance and 30 Be a snoop 34 Frangelico
rests w/ luggage rack, has 5 Poi source 29 Tidy up
dishes/glasses, antiques, windshield. Ready to ride! from Chicago music, e.g. 33 Printer’s need flavoring
h/h, sm furn & clothes. 34 Trial group 6 Reparations 30 Doctor’s
$3000 OBO. Can be seen 8 Color 34 Utah team 38 “The Grass 7 Service for a charge
local. 501−545−7750. ACROSS
35 Deli meat 9 Flamenco cry 36 Trims dras-
Medical / Dental 138Renown
Party snack Harp” writer social 31 Portions out
10 Trainer’s tically 41 Storybook
5 Thick-shelled
41 Curbside call place 37 Rainbow 8 High trains 35 Relish
clam
42 Wows 16 “For sure!” maker monster 9 2016 Olympics 36 Longing
11 Egg
43 Metaloutline
sources 18 Connector for 38 Scoundrel 42 Puts on a host 37 Cowboys or
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44 Hard to
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16 Longings
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enger
19 Singer Tillis
22 Some sharks
24 City square
26 Composer
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