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Local hotels begin to bounce

back, but things aren’t normal yet
Occupancy rates return to near 50 percent two months Coty
Seabrooks
after pandemic drove them down to about 10 percent works on
his laptop
on Wednes-
BY THEO DEROSA The changes helped Castleberry’s ho- day in the
tderosa@cdispatch.com tels stay afloat during the very worst of lobby at
the crisis, where occupancy dipped to just Wingate by
When the COVID-19 Wyndham in
a few people per night — below 10 percent
pandemic hit, Mark Cas- Columbus.
of full capacity.
tleberry saw his staff come The pool
Now, things have rebounded, although
together in a way he’d never and gym are
seen before. they’re not back to normal yet. Occupan- both closed
Castleberry, who owns cy at Castleberry’s hotels is up to 45 to 50 to guests
Courtyard by Marriott percent. due to
“Our team really came together to do COVID-19,
and Hampton Inn proper-
and instead
ties in both Columbus and Castleberry what it took,” Castleberry said, “and I
of a break-
Starkville as well as the Fairfield Inn & think we’re gonna make it.”
fast buffet
Suites by Marriott in Columbus and the His hotels and others in the area have guests are
Comfort Suites in Starkville, saw his head begun to bounce back after a pandem- offered to-
chef assist his maintenance person. His ic-induced decline that reached its worst go break-
sales director started folding towels to in late March and cut deeply into sales tax fast bags.
help the housekeepers. See HOTELS, 6A Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Free face BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PARADE

masks available
at 6 Oktibbeha
locations
Saturday
EMA to distribute
up to 43K masks to
community members
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

Four fire depart-

ments in Oktibbeha
County and two other
locations in Starkville
will distribute free
face masks Saturday
from 9-11 a.m. as part
of a statewide effort to Campanella
prevent the spread of
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
COVID-19 coronavirus.
Braxton Butler, 8, waves to the Boys and Girls Club staff while Mary Weatherby drives during a parade on Thursday outside the
The Mississippi Emergency Man- club in Columbus. About 12 staff stood in line to clap, cheer and ring a cowbell for each car that drove through the parking lot.
agement Agency gave Oktibbeha Andrea Robertson-Ramsey, who organized the parade, said the parade was a good way to see and celebrate their members,
See FACE MASKS, 6A especially since the Boys and Girls Club has been closed since March due to COVID-19.

Digital archive seeks to capture impact of COVID-19 on MSU

The basement of George
Hall on the Mississippi MSU Libraries team invites “I just really
State University campus is
mostly abandoned, though submissions from students, wanted to have
the rest of the building is
home to several Philoso- Starkville community something so
phy and Religion faculty of-
fices. The building was the
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com that someday
campus infirmary in the
early 20th century, and When the COVID-19 coronavirus pan- looking back,
the basement was used demic hit the U.S. in mid-March, Katie
as a morgue after several Starliper started keeping a diary of what I could look at that and
students died during the
was obviously going in the history books.
Spanish influenza pandem-
ic of 1918. MSU Libraries
It started as a record of what she say, ‘This is how I was
learned about the spread of the virus ev-
is collecting artifacts,
journals and other materi- ery day, including screenshots of maps experiencing it when it
from Johns Hopkins University’s coun-
als for an archive on how
COVID-19 is affecting the ty-by-county tracking system, “and then was happening’”
university and community. it kind of devolved into my angry ranting Katie Starliper, Mississippi State
Courtesy photo/MSU Libraries See ARCHIVE, 3A student seeking master’s in English

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS COMING SUNDAY PUBLIC

1 With 53 confirmed moons and 9 MEETINGS
unconfirmed, which planet has the most June 15: Starkville
confirmed moons in our solar system? Housing Authority board
2 What was the name of the first yacht to meeting, 3 p.m., 101
win the America’s Cup trophy in 1851?
W. Wood St.
3 Which country boasts the biggest barri-
er reef of corals in the world? June 15: Oktibbe-
Collins Robertson 4 Which female stand-up comic was the ha County Board of
oldest cast member to join SNL, at age Supervisors meeting,
Pre-K, Annunciation
47, in 2014? Chancery Courthouse,

88 Low 61
5 Which U.S. president was head
5:30 p.m.
High cheerleader during his senior year of high
school at Phillips Academy? June 16: Starkville
Sunny Board of Aldermen
Full forecast on Answers, 6B meeting, 5:30 p.m.,
page 3A.
City Hall
June 23: OCH Regional
INSIDE Medical Center Board
of Trustees, 4 p.m.
Classifieds 5B Obituaries 2,5A
Comics 3B Opinions 4A Health & Wellness: Stories July 3: Starkville Board
Crossword 6B Religion 4B and resources for staying fit of Aldermen work ses-
Dear Abby 3B and healthy during COVID-19. sion, 10 a.m., City Hall

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Destin Young
COLUMBUS — Des-
tin Amari Young, 5,
died June
2, 2020,
at Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Private
graveside
Young
services
will be at 1 p.m. Sat-
urday, at Concord
Independent Methodist
Church Cemetery, with
Robert Hamilton offici-
ating. Burial will follow.
Visitation is from 2-5
p.m. today at Carter’s
Funeral Services Chap-
el. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Miss Young was
born March 5, 2015,
in Columbus, to Joia
Hardison and Jawaan
Young. She was a
student at Midtown
Headstart.
She is survived by
her parents.
Ashton Taylor
COLUMBUS — Ash-
ton Kyle “The Hulk”
Taylor, 16,
died June 7,
2020, at the
University
Medical
Center, in
Jackson.
Grave-
Taylor
side ser-
vices will
be at 11 a.m. Saturday,
at Memorial Gardens,
with Robert Hamilton
officiating. Burial will
follow. Visitation is
from 2-5 p.m. today at
Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Taylor was born
Sept. 21, 2003, in Co-
lumbus, to Aubrey Kea-
ton and Yalunda Taylor.
He was a student and
football player at Co-
lumbus High School.
He was a member of
Faith Harvest Baptist
Church.
In addition to his
parents, he is survived
by his siblings, Chad
Washington Jr., Darian
Wallace, Aubstunis
Keaton, Haley Keaton,
and Morgan Bush.
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AREA OBITUARIES Final tests of some COVID-19
Margie Tabor
JACKSONVILLE,
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
Theodis Evans Jr.
STARKVILLE —
vaccines to start next month
Ill. — Margie Tabor, brother, Sammie Lee Theodis Evans Jr., 69,
BY LAURAN NEERGA ARD
Cousette Jr. AP Medical Writer
82, died June 8, 2020, died June 9, 2020, in
at Jacksonville Skilled He is survived by Columbus. The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in
Nursing and Rehabili- his wife, Sarah; daugh- A graveside service the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next
tation Center. ters, Brittany Petty of will be held at 11 a.m. month to prove if it really can fend off the corona-
Columbus and Jada
Arrangements are Saturday, at Sessums virus, while hard-hit Brazil is testing a different
incomplete and will be Little of Aliceville, Community Cemetery. shot from China.
announced by Lown- Alabama; sisters, Burial will follow. West Where to do crucial, late-stage testing and
des Funeral Home of Vickie Bush and Memorial Funeral how many volunteers are needed to roll up their
Columbus. Schronda Billups, both Home of Starkville is in sleeves are big worries for health officials as the
of Columbus, Brenda charge of arrangements. virus spread starts tapering off in parts of the
Barnes of Aliceville,
Greg Wise He is survived by world.
Sharon Cousette, Julia his wife, Sarah; chil- Moderna Inc. said Thursday the vaccine it is
COLUMBUS —
Cousette, Alice Jor- dren, Deidra Peterson, developing with the National Institutes of Health
Gregory Lee “Fall
Bakk” dan, Vera Barnes, and Cedric Tate, Anthony will be tested in 30,000 people in the U.S. Some
Felisa Cutts Arkansas; Evans, Synetra Evans, will get the real shot and some a dummy shot, as
Wise, 43, scientists carefully compare which group winds
died June brothers, Kelly Latham and Krystal Chandler;
of Aliceville, Habret sister, Surfonia Young; up with the most infections.
7, 2020, in With far fewer COVID-19 cases in China, Sino-
Columbus. Latham of Columbus, and brothers, Maurice
Willie Stewart, Bobby vac Biotech turned to Brazil, the epicenter of Lat-
A grave- Blair, Tommie Riley, and
Cousette, Bobby Blair, in America’s outbreak, for at least part of its final
side ser- Douglas Clark. testing. The government of São Paulo announced
vice will be and Sammie Cousette,
Thursday that Sinovac will ship enough of its
held at 11 Wise all of Birmingham; and Jeffery Poole
experimental vaccine to test in 9,000 Brazilians
a.m. Satur- four grandchildren. STARKVILLE — starting next month.
day, at BethSalem Bap- Jeffery S. Poole, 56,
tist Church Cemetery, C. W. Williams Jr. died June 1, 2020, in
in Ackerman, with the STARKVILLE — C. Starkville.
Rev. J.C. Cotton offici- W. Williams Jr., 55, Visitation will be
ating. Burial will follow. died June 8, 2020, in from 1-3 p.m. Saturday
Visitation is from 1-6 Starkville. at West Memorial Fu-
p.m. today at Centu- A graveside service neral Home. West Me-
ry Hairston Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. morial Funeral Home of
Home. Century Hair- Saturday, at Sixteenth Starkville is in charge of
ston Funeral Home of Section M.B. Church arrangements.
Columbus is in charge Cemetery. Burial will He is survived by his
of arrangements. follow. Visitation is sisters, Judy, Cheryl,
Mr. Wise was born from noon-2 p.m. today, Tonya, Rhonda, Therrie,
Nov. 29, 1976, in Eu- at West Memorial and Linda; five children:
pora, to Joe Shumaker Funeral Home. West Rochelle, Mentoria,
and the late Mary Memorial Funeral David, Ke’Anna, and
Alice Kennedy. He was Home of Starkville is Dominque.
formerly employed in in charge of arrange-
the Human Resource ments. Olaf Burgess
Department, with He is survived by his COLUMBUS — Olaf
Robinson Janitorial daughter, Jakarta S. L. Burgess, 94, died
Specialists. Williams; stepsons, Jer- June 11, 2020, at Bap-
In addition to his fa- emy Jones and Jamal tist Memorial Hospi-
ther, he is survived by A. Jones; brothers, J.W. tal-Golden Triangle.
his wife, Tietti Chan- Williams and Robert Arrangements are
dler-Wise of Colum- Bush; sisters, Barbara incomplete and will be
bus; daughter, Alasha Hill, Viola Williams, announced by Memorial
Wise of Oberlint, Gloria Jean Brown, Gunter Peel Funeral
Louisiana; stepsons, Shirley Ann Williams, Home and Crematory,
Travante Jackson and Geraldine Rich, and Second Avenue North
Terrance Keye, both Helen Glenn; and one location.
of Columbus; broth- grandchild. See OBITUARIES, 5A
ers, William Wise and
Sandy Kennedy, both
of Maben, and Shirley
Lee Jr. of Louisville;
sisters, Emily Faye
of Weir, Willie Jean
Chandler of Southaven,
and Danielle Shumaker
of Starkville; and one
grandchild.
Odis Latham
COLUMBUS —
Odis Latham, 48, died
May 31, 2020.
Graveside services
will be held at 11 a.m.
Friday at Sandfield
Cemetery. Visitation
was from 2-5 p.m.
Thursday at Lee-Sykes
Funeral Home Chapel.
Lee-Sykes Funeral
Home of Columbus is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Latham was
born Jan. 11, 1972, to
the late Sammie Lee
Cousette and Dovie
Latham.
In addition to his
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Columbus library system to host StoryWalk at area parks

Event begins Saturday at three locations were happy to work with us,
everything just fell into place.”
way to get outside during the
summer.
also check off their “Attend a
StoryWalk®” activity badge
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH that would appeal to all ages Another StoryWalk® will be “The Columbus Recreation or Bingo square after walking
and tie in with held July 11-July 19 with a dif- Department believes that the through the story. The story

T
he Columbus-Lowndes
Public Library System
(CLPLS) will host its
first StoryWalk® as part of
its 2020 Summer Library
Program. The StoryWalk®
will be free and held at Propst
Park, the Columbus Soccer
Complex, and the Ola J. Pickett
Park from Saturday, June 13
until the following Friday, June
19.
“When we realized our sum-
mer library program would
look differently this year, we
knew we needed to find things
our Beanstack ferent story. During the week StoryWalk® will be an excel- for June will be “Sheep Take A
virtual challenge, in which the stories are to lent opportunity for families Hike” by Nancy Shaw, illustrat-
and that’s where appear at the area parks, they to get out of the house and ed by Margot Apple.
the StoryWalk® will be available and open to engage in a safe positive ac- The first StoryWalk® was
the public whenever the parks tivity in the park[s],” Williams created by a Vermont librarian
came in,” said
themselves are open. CLPLS said. “With the uncertainty of
Tori Hopper, chil- who laminated pages from
will provide a StoryWalk® path COVID-19, this is an excellent
dren’s services a children’s book, attached
Hopper to follow for each park, but way to enjoy stories and the
and program- the pages to wooden stakes,
the story itself will remain the park. We are very excited
ming coordinator same regardless of location. about this opportunity to part- and installed them beside an
at CLPLS. “We had our eye Those interested in at- ner with the Columbus-Lown- outdoor path. Those interested
on a potential StoryWalk® tending will simply follow the des Public Library.” in learning more about the
for a while, and this summer path to read the story. Chanda If participants have regis- StoryWalk® with the Colum-
became the perfect storm of Williams, the Columbus Rec- tered for their summer read- bus-Lowndes Public Library
circumstances to finally host reation Department neighbor- ing challenge with CLPLS System may contact Hopper at
one. When we received permis- hood parks coordinator, said through Beanstack or through thopper@lowndes.lib.ms.us or
sion from all of the parks, who the StoryWalk® is a great paper alternatives, they can 662-329-5300.

Senate panel A THOUSAND WORDS

advances Mississippi
appeals court nominee
BY MATTHEW DALY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Senate Judiciary Committee on
Thursday advanced a federal ap-
peals court nominee from Mis-
sissippi, despite Democratic ob-
jections over derisive comments
he made about former President
Barack Obama and his signa-
ture health care legislation.
The GOP-led panel endorsed
Mississippi Appeals Court
Judge Cory Wilson on a 12-10,
party-line vote. The nomination
now goes to the full Senate.
Wilson, a former Republican
state legislator who has been
on the state appeals court for 16
months, was nominated by Pres-
ident Donald Trump for a seat
on the New Orleans-based 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The court, which hears cases
from Louisiana, Mississippi
and Texas, is considered one of
the most conservative appeals
courts in the nation.
Before becoming a judge last
year, Wilson frequently criti-
cized Obama and other Demo-
crats and called passage of the
Affordable Care Act “perverse”
and “illegitimate.’’ Wilson also
wrote that he hopes the U.S.
Supreme Court strikes down
the law, which Obama signed in
2010.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Ha-
waii, said Wilson lacks judicial
temperament. “He has repeat-
edly demonstrated he’s a right-
wing politician” even after be-
coming a judge in early 2019,
she said.
Wilson, 49, said during
his confirmation hearing last
month that he expressed opin-
ions about Obama, Hillary Clin- Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
ton and other Democrats when Heath Reichenbach rides his bike to a friends house after picking up a package on Tuesday
he was a GOP lawmaker and ad- afternoon in downtown Columbus. Reichenbach works at the Columbus Air Force Base and the
viser to top state officials. book he picked up was educational material about piloting.

Archive
Continued from Page 1A
about everything that was
happening and how it was
being handled,” said Star-
liper, a rising second-year
master’s student in En-
glish at Mississippi State
University.
“I just really wanted to
have something so that
someday looking back, I
could look at that and say,
‘This is how I was experi-
encing it when it was hap-
pening,’” she added.
Starliper’s COVID-19
diary isn’t just for herself
anymore. She submitted
it to a digital archive that
MSU Libraries is com-
piling to document the
impact of the pandemic
on the MSU community,
from faculty and staff to
students and the city of
Starkville. Material rang-
es from photos of signage
around town and campus
to students’ social media
posts and videos.
The archive was born
from several conversa-
tions among MSU fac-
ulty and staff about how
to properly “capture this
time,” university archi-
vist Jessica Perkins Smith
said.
“We were thinking
about how
users might
want to use
this mate-
rial in the
future and
what they
might want
to know, as Perkins Smith
well as what
people may want to know
just in the next year or
so,” she said.
They also wanted to
know where MSU’s di-
easy for all professors,
and some classes didn’t
lend themselves to mov-
ing online easily. We
wanted to know more
about what life was like
during quarantine, once
shelter in place orders
were put into place.”
Additionally, MSU and
Starkville are so intercon-
nected that the archive
will include records of ini-
tiatives that took place in
the city, such as Starkville
Strong, a local COVID-19
relief organization man-
aged through Oktibbeha
Starkville Emergency
Response Volunteer Ser-
vices (OSERVS). The
organization grew from
a few Facebook posts to
an active network of re-
source-sharing in March.
Starkville city govern-
ment is one of the entities
MSU Libraries plans to
contact to solicit submis-
sions for the archive, and
the archivists are also
reaching out to interna-
tional students and com-
munities of color, Perkins
Smith said.
Dhanashree Thorat,
an assistant professor of
English, stressed the im-
portance of including the
voices and active partici-
pation of groups that have
often been excluded from
the collection of their
own history.
“We want to make sure
we’re doing
this kind
of specific
o u t r e a c h ,”
Thorat said.
“You real-
ly can’t tell
the story
ter called Digital Human- through me,” Poe said. “I of archived material from ly March, Perkins Smith
ities, her area of exper- didn’t want to put myself the 1918 Spanish influen- said.
tise that explores how in the center of it, so we za pandemic and its im- MSU Libraries has a
humanities scholars can sat down and talked be- pact on the university. submission form on its
use modern digital tech- fore the interview about One memento from website for anyone who
nology to further their what questions he wanted the collection is a photo wants to contribute to the
research. me to ask. It was more like of the interior of George archive. Participants can
Starliper said she had a collaboration.” Hall, which is home to the also see what others have
never heard the phrase Department of Philoso- submitted, Thorat said.
“digital humanities” be-
fore signing up for the
Learning from the past phy and Religion today “It’s kind of a way of
Perkins Smith said but was the campus med- building a sense of com-
class. She was one of MSU Libraries will even- ical facility in the early munity,” she said. “While
eight English students, tually collect physical ma- twentieth century. The we’ve all kind of been
a mix of undergraduate terial from the pandemic, basement was temporari- isolated and social dis-
and graduate, who found such as protective face ly converted to a morgue tancing, we may not get to
themselves with an op- masks, once it is safe to in 1918 when several stu- share things face-to-face,
portunity to apply what do so. dents died of the flu. but through this kind of
they were learning to the Long before the digital The material provided project, we can see how
pandemic as it was un- age, another global pan- some “reference ques- our experiences have
folding. demic had a visible impact tions” for the archivists been shared and connect-
The group brain- on the university. MSU as COVID-19 gained mo- ed in this community that
stormed a list of ethical Libraries has a collection mentum in the U.S. in ear- we’re invested in.”
questions for archivists
to be aware of while col-
lecting material, such as
how to use the material to
represent the voices of its
owners.
“We talked a lot about
how in the past, a lot of
material was taken from
people and used without
their permission, or in
ways that were harmful
to their culture, so it was
really important that we
had that communication
and acknowledgment of
who was involved and
how,” Starliper said.
She was not the only
student in
the class to
c ont r i b ut e
her own
project to
the archive.
Katie Poe,
also a rising
second-year Poe
master ’s
student, saw the oppor-
tunity to interview her SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates

verse student popula- COVID in Thorat boyfriend, a native of Ita- peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Fri. Sat.
6:43a 7:04p
tion went and what they Mississippi ly. His home country was Major
Minor 1:32a 2:02a
were up to, since most without talking about its hit especially hard by Major — 7:24a
Minor 12:57p 1:51p
of them did not return to impact on black commu- the pandemic, and Poe Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Starkville after spring nities here. ... This will wanted to document an

break.
“We know that many
students lost their jobs
and may have struggled
because of that, so their
lives were kind of upend-
ed,” Perkins Smith said.
“We know that moving
classes online was not
give groups a chance to
say what they want in the
archive.”
The digital humanities
approach
Thorat taught a class
during the spring semes-
international student’s
struggle with the distance
between himself and his
family, she said.
She also kept ethics in
mind throughout the proj-
ect.
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be him telling the story
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OUR VIEW
Public deserves to know where lawmakers stand on issues
T
hursday night, the
Oktibbeha Coun-
ty NA ACP held its
regular monthly meeting and
chapter president Yulana Had-
dix moved quickly through
the regular agenda to leave as
much time as possible for a
discussion on the hottest topic
in the state right now: The
status of the Mississippi flag.
Earlier that day, a motion
was filed to suspend the rules
and allow the Senate to poll its
members about a possible bill
that would call for the removal
of the flag, whose Confederate
imagery continues to be a con-
tentious matter, especially in
light of recent protests against
racial injustice and police bru-
tality directed toward black
citizens.
Both chambers are now
considering legislation to
remove the flag, the first real
effort to do so since 2001,
when voters in the state chose
to retain the flag by a 2-to-1
vote, largely along racial lines.
A Dispatch story which
polled the Golden Triangle’s
seven-member legislative
delegation became a point of
discussion.
Of the seven legislators,
only Rep. Gary Chism, a
Columbus Republican, said
he would vote against a flag
change in the House and, if it
came to that, at the ballot box.
Interestingly, those at the
NA ACP meeting directed lit-
tle ire at Chism. In fact, there
was almost a sense of grudg-
ing respect for Chism, who at
least had the courage to state
his position unequivocally.
No, their displeasure was
directed at Rep. Dana Mc-
Lean, also a Republican from
Columbus. McLean said she
would not vote for a bill to
change the flag in the legisla-
ture, but might abstain. But
what really upset the NA ACP
members was that McLean
declined to answer how she
would vote if the flag was on
the ballot.
Many of those at Thurs-
day’s meeting remembered
that McLean had attended
and spoke at Saturday’s
March for Justice, appeal-
ing for unity. Those words
seemed hollow in the wake
of her refusal to give a clear
answer on where she stands
on the flag when provided the
opportunity.
McLean’s position is that
the decision on the flag be-
longs to the people as decided
in the voting booth. But when
asked how she would vote, she
refused to answer.
“What I believe is not im-
portant,” she said.
She could not be more
wrong.
We have a reasonable
expectation to know what our
representatives think about
the issues, especially the big
issues. When candidates run
for office, they understand
people want to know where
they stand. It’s how they
determine who will get their
vote.
It should be no differ-
ent when that candidate is
elected. If anything, that
person has an even greater
obligation to give an honest
and open accounting of his/
her views. That is how we de-
termine whether or not they
are effective in the important
work we have selected them
to do. Likewise, some look to
elected officials when forming
their own views on an issue.
The conclusion of those at
Thursday’s meeting seemed
to be McLean may be prone to
say one thing on a Saturday,
but hold a different view a few
days later.
By refusing to stand up for
what she believes and state it
plainly, McLean has violated
the trust bestowed upon her.
We sincerely hope she will
see the error of her ways and
state plainly her personal
position on the flag. If she
supports the current flag, she
should say so. If she’s for its
removal, she should say that.
What she believes does
matter. It matters to the peo-
ple who trusted her with their
votes.

VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Questions why Hood
didn’t take action on
Ball/Boykin case
The question that
comes to my mind
concerning the Ball
case is: Why didn’t
Mississippi A.G. Jim
Hood take the case to
trial? I am no attorney
but four or five years
seems an adequate
amount of time to
make a move on a case
of this importance.
Or maybe D.A. Colom
himself could have
pushed the case along
to trial. Maybe there
was not substantial ev-
idence for a conviction
to go to trial?
Also it makes one
wonder how many oth-
er cases in the State of
MS. sat on Mr. Hood’s
desk awaiting action.
Nan Lott
Columbus

LOCAL VOICES
Mississippi could be the technology capital
of the country — We just don’t believe it yet
W
e often talk about a crowd, there’s a strong technology companies, and it’s woefully ployed for a few hours. In Mississippi,
Mississippi’s prob- chance you’ll hit someone underfunded. We need to get serious that simply isn’t the case yet. I honest-
lems. If you’ve lived on a Macbook building their about actually putting dollars where we ly don’t know if we just have less of a
here a while, you start to 4th startup. We don’t have want outcomes. There are so many great culture of employees bouncing around
naturally assume we’re last that density yet. Instead models out there that don’t require us here, or what it is, but I’ve observed
on the “good lists”, and first of company recruiting, we to reinvent the wheel. If I could wave a many a great person unemployed for too
on the “bad lists”. Rarely do should work on recruiting wand, I’d start with the St. Louis Arch long here after a failed venture. They
we talk about what Missis- people, not just employers Grants program and work up from there. usually just leave. Job mobility is import-
sippi’s true potential actually (our friends Jon Maynard At the beginning of my most recent ant in technology fields. It’s also how
looks like. and his team out of Lafayette startup, we were extended an invitation knowledge and skills spread.
But as a 31-year-old who County coined this the “tropi- to that program, and I very nearly moved We need more people talking with a
has now spent the first cal fish approach vs. whale myself and the company to St. Louis for “winner’s attitude” — Much of Missis-
decade of my career fighting Eric Hill hunting”). That is why each their $50,000, no-equity grant along with sippi’s problems are rooted in mindset.
the “brain drain” status quo successful innovation-based promised follow-on cash. It was a simple, We need our leaders to speak with
and helping 20-somethings build compa- startup is absolutely critical. What we do online application. Cash matters. optimism and truly see a vision here
nies, I believe that Mississippi — now — have in our favor, is a heart for service in We need to make it a great place to that is worthy of the name Silicon Delta.
has one of the best opportunities in the Mississippi. And that inherently im- live and work for everyone — Entrepre- Far too many leaders, I fear, have a
country to become a leader in creating proves our outlook with every deal. We neurship is really tough. I say that not vision of success that is a full industrial
technology companies. and all the state entrepreneurial support just from helping startups with deal me- park with everyone receiving a $40,000
We just don’t believe it yet. groups have to find ways to be even chanics, but from simply being a friend paycheck. Sure, that is fine for today.
Nearly every new software company better connectors of people, daily. and sounding board at 10:30pm when a But in that model, the true wealth is
across the country outsources some or We need an educated, experienced, supplier dropped the ball or a key hire exported. These jobs have their place
all of its code needs overseas. Software and portable workforce — Nearly every quit. People need people who are of a and are important, but true prosperity
development has in large part become one of our angel-funded teams has strug- similar mindset and a support group is creating longterm wealth among our
commoditized. Developers on either gled with hiring, specifically developers. that “gets it”. People in their 20s and 30s own residents.
coast cost in many cases 5x what they I believe in the work of the MS Coding need to be able to find spouses. And yes, We can win. It has never been a better
do overseas, so the market follows price. Academies, and we should be funding all types of racial discrimination and time for entrepreneurs in Mississippi.
Such is the trend in every “technology” that and similar programs with ferocity. divisive symbols need to go (read, flag). Even despite coronavirus disruptions,
revolution. K-12 students should be learning how Our cities and communities need to be investment dollars are flowing into
As I’ve met entrepreneurs across to code as well. I love the work the Lt. places sought after and that lead. Far worthy deals. In just the last 6 months,
our state, I’m always struck at their Governor’s office has done prioritizing too often we say, “See, we also have this Mississippi State University-assisted
resourcefulness and ability to stretch a education, and we should double down thing that Chattanooga or Nashville has startups have raised more than $1M
dollar. I’m struck by their ingenuity and further. It’s also important that we spend too.” Rather, we need to regularly ask in early angel capital. The world has
stunningly powerful ideas. And yes, our time understanding why students that the question, “What would it take to get awoken to a new possibility of just how
cost of living and median wages position graduate our 4-year institutions want to someone under 40 to say, wow, I’m glad many industries can thrive in a remote
us to be highly competitive in this com- leave the state. Pay should not be one of I live in Mississippi and not elsewhere!” working environment.
modity business. By my napkin math, an those issues! It reminds me of a company that simply We have the people, infrastructure,
investment dollar in a Mississippi com- We need real financial incentives watches its competitor rather than craft- drive, and ideas.
pany buys approximately 3x the survival — Mississippi, unfortunately, doesn’t ing its own, unique winning strategy. We can lead.
time to launch a business here versus “mean business” when it comes to We need to support founders after We just have to decide we want to.
San Francisco. financially incentivizing entrepreneurs, failed launches — Startups fail. A lot. Eric Hill is director of the Center for
So what stands in our way? I believe a and it shows in headlines dominated Both the educated workforce and entre- Entrepreneurship and Outreach at Mis-
combination of areas: by smokestacks and golden shovels. preneur need to have landing pads, even sissippi State University, and co-founder
We need more startup coaches — In InnovateMS’s Seed Fund is the only if it’s temporary. If you lose a job in the of Coflyt. He can be emailed at ehill@
Silicon Valley, if you throw a rock in real cash on the table to attract scalable Valley as a programmer, you’re unem- ecenter.msstate.edu.
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A

Louise Clark Private family visitation her son, James C. Craw- Church of Christ. Fredrick Porter, all of Columbus is in charge
NOXUBEE — Louise is from 2-5 p.m. today, at ford of Millport; daugh- In addition to his par- Brooksville, and Travis of arrangements.
Clark, 85, died June 4, Carter’s Funeral Ser- ters, Carol C. Jacobs of ents, he was preceded Henley of Shannon; and Mr. Douglas was
2020, in Ol- vices. Carter’s Funeral Tuscaloosa; Cathy C. in death by his brother, sisters, Thephine Prince born Dec. 10, 1939, in
ive Branch. Services of Columbus Taylor of Vernon, and J.C. Hollis. of Virginia Beach, Centerville, to the late
Private is in charge of arrange- Becky Jones of Millport; He is survived by his Virginia, Millie Tate of Sam and Georgia Doug-
family ments. brothers, Clark Boman wife, Carolyn Hollis of Brooksville, and Erlon- las. He was formerly em-
services Mrs. Nicholson was Jr. of Grand Junction, Sulligent; son, Lynn Hol- da Harris of Columbus.
ployed with Louizanne
will be held born Dec. 28, 1958, in Colorado, and Ira C. lis of Sulligent; daugh-
Coffee and Tea.
at 11 a.m. Noxubee, to the late Boman of Vernon; and ter, Betty Colley of Iuka; Rowan Douglas
Henry Stewart and Dor- sister, Carolyn Tucker of brothers, Eugene “Pig” In addition to his
Saturday, COLUMBUS — Row- parents, he was preced-
at St. Mark Clark othy Jean Stewart. She Winfield. Hollis and Leon Hollis, an Douglas, 80, died
was a member of Taber- Pallbearers will be both of Sulligent; Shir- ed in death by his sister,
Church of June 9,
nacle M.B. Church. Bobby Jordan, Randy ley Evans of Athens; six Bertha; and brother,
Holiness, with James 2020, at his
A. Gillespie officiating. In addition to her Boman, Jeff Tucker, grandchildren; and 13 Dan.
residence.
Burial will follow at parents, she was Glenn Boman, Greg great-grandchildren. He is survived by his
A
the church cemetery. preceded in death by Tucker, and Michael Pallbearers will be memorial wife, Willie Mae; sons,
Private family visitation her husband, William Wheeler. Eric Colley, Donnie Col- service will Anthony and Kirk; sis-
is from 2-5 p.m. today, at Nicholson. ley, Jacob Hollis, Blake be held ters, Kathie, Amelia, Lil-
Carter’s Funeral Ser- She is survived by Jodie Hollis Mayfield, and Derek at 2 p.m. lie, and Gloria; brothers,
vices. Carter’s Funeral her son, Michael Stew- SULLIGENT, Ala. Dexter. Saturday, Douglas Sam, Scott Lee, Mar-
Services of Macon is in art of Shuqualak; sib- — Jodie Hollis, 82, died at Lee- cus, and Rodney; five
charge of arrangements. lings, Judy, Joann, Annie June 10, 2020, at his Rosie Henley Sykes Chapel. Lee- grandchildren; and four
Mrs. Clark was born Mae, and Lisa Stewart, residence. COLUMBUS — Ros- Sykes Funeral Home of great-grandchildren.
June 28, 1934, in Noxu- all of Omaha, Nebras- Services will be at 2 ie Marie Henley died
bee County, to the late ka, and Lula Stewart p.m. Saturday, at Otts June 5,
George Gillespie and Williams of Aliceville, Funeral Home Chap- 2020.
Mary Louise Gillespie. Alabama; six grandchil- el, with Rod Tate and Services
She was a member of St. dren; four great-grand- James Wires officiating. will be at
Mark Church of Holi- children; and two Burial will follow at 11 a.m. Sat-
ness. great-great-grandchil- Sulligent City Cemetery. urday, at
In addition to her dren. Visitation is from 6-8 Christian
parents, she was p.m. today at the funeral Hill M.B.
preceded in death by Gracie Sabinson home. Otts Funeral Church. Henley
her husband, Albert COLUMBUS — Gra- Home of Sulligent is in Lee-Sykes
Clark; daughter, Mary cie Lee Jaynes Sabinson, charge of arrangements. Funeral Home of Co-
Bays; brothers, Clinton, 87, died June 11, 2020, at Mr. Hollis was born lumbus is in charge of
Grover, Lucious, and her residence. Aug. 22, 1937, in La- arrangements.
Leonard Gillespie; and Services will be at 3 mar County, to the late She is survived by

Betty Hunter
sisters, Annie Jones and p.m. Saturday, at Lown- Marvin Hollis and Ruby her parents, Earlie
Bertha Bland. des Funeral Home, with Harris. He attended Sul- Henley Sr. and Ruthie
She is survived by Jerry Wallace officiat- ligent High School and Porter, both of Brooks-
her children, Audrey ing. Burial will follow at was formerly employed ville; brothers, Earlie Amory-Betty Parish Hunter,
Nichols of Olive Branch, Pleasant Hill Cemetery. as a truck driver. He was Henley Jr., Andrew Hen- 81, started her new life in
Delois Smith of Chica- Lowndes Funeral Home a member of Sulligent ley, Tony Henley, and heaven on June 9, 2020. Born
go, Illinois, and Willie of Columbus is in charge on November 20, 1938, in
Williams of Highland of arrangements. Bigbee, MS, she was a daughter
Park, Illinois; siblings, of the late Albert M. and Myrtle
George, William, and Adams Parish.
Edward Gillespie, all
Dorothy Crawford
MILLPORT, Ala. — Betty attended schools in
of Chicago, James Bigbee as well as Amory High
Dorothy J. Crawford,
A. Gillespie, Julius School. She enjoyed playing
83, died June 9, 2020, at
Gillespie, Verlie D. Basketball and graduated with
Fayette Medical Center,
Sherrod, and Pearlie the Amory Class of 1957. She married the love
in Fayette, Alabama.
Mae Mosley, all of of her life, James M. Hunter, on April 21, 1962
Macon; 10 grandchil- Services are at 2 p.m.
today, at Otts Funeral and together they were blessed by God with two
dren; 36 great-grand- children. In addition to being the best mom and
children; and six Home Chapel, with
Danny Thompson offici- wife, she was great supporter of her family. She
great-great-grandchil- worked briefly at Buddy’s Department Store and
dren. ating. Burial will follow
at Shiloh Pinhook Ceme- for many years at Amory Garment. Some of
Pallbearers will her co-workers at Amory Garment became her
be Leroy Golden Jr, tery in Vernon. Visita-
tion was from 6-8 p.m. lifelong friends and they often swapped cooking
Nicholas Durrah, recipes with each other.
Bryant Spencer, Ronnie Thursday at the funeral
A kind hearted woman, Betty loved her family
Gillespie, and Nicholas home. Otts Funeral
and the Lord. She was a longtime member of
Gillespie. Home of Sulligent is in
Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She was always so
charge of arrangements.
friendly, had a smile for everyone, and would
Mrs. Crawford was
Debra Metheny born Sept. 23, 1936, in
speak to anyone. She cherished her children,
NOXUBEE — Debra grandchildren, great grandchildren, as well as
Lamar County, to the
E. Metheny, 60, died her brother, sister and other family members.
late Clark Boman and
June 3, She was a great cook, took care of her family,
Lillie Black. She was
2020, at and she appreciated a good southern fish plate.
a graduate of Lamar She liked to listen to Country music and enjoyed
Baptist
County High School and watching Music Award Shows and the Grand Ole
Memorial
was formerly employed Opry. An avid sports fan, she liked watching
Hospi-
with Tennessee Coal Nascar racing, any sort of Saturday ballgame, as
tal-Golden
and Iron, in Birming- well as women’s basketball and college football.
Triangle.
ham. Often times, her family would receive a call from
Private

Betty Vail
In addition to her her when she was trying to track down a certain
family Metheny
parents, she was pre- game.
graveside
services will be held ceded in death by her Some would say that she was a true social
at 11 a.m. Saturday, at husband, William F. butterfly who liked to be where things were
Betty Britt Barksdale Vail, 75, of Columbus,
Savannah Cemetery, “Bill” Crawford; son, happening. In her younger days, she got to see
MS, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at
with Demetric Darden Bill Crawford; daughter, Elvis live at the Old National Guard Armory and
her residence.
officiating. Burial will Sandy Jones; brother, A funeral service will be Saturday, June 13, immediately she became one of his biggest fans.
follow. Private family Eugene Boman; and sis- 2020, at 1:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home She liked attending any type of entertainment
visitation is from 2-5 ters, Sallie Boman, Polly Chapel, with Bro. Kenny Gardner officiating. In- and in her later years, she was very involved in
p.m. today, at Carter’s Armstrong, Lou Dean terment will be at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ethels- all things active at Riverplace. She made many
Funeral Services. Car- Jordan, and Lois Butler. ville, AL, with Lowndes Funeral Home directing. friends there at Riverplace, was affectionately
ter’s Funeral Services of She is survived by Mrs. Vail was born on October 22, 1944, to the called “mama” and she especially loved her visits
Columbus is in charge late Harvey Samuel and Linnie Mae Bush Britt from her family while she was a resident there.
of arrangements. in Pickens County, AL. She worked as a bus driv- Her family felt deeply loved by Betty and that
Mrs. Metheny was er with the Columbus Municipal Schools. Mrs. legacy of love will be passed on for generations.
born Jan. 11, 1960, in Vail was a member of Living Faith Tabernacle, She touched many lives during her lifetime and
Noxubee County, to the Columbus, MS. She enjoyed doing yard work, es- she will be missed dearly by all that knew and
late Howard Metheny pecially working with her flowers. Mrs. Vail liked loved her.
and Thelma Metheny. cooking, and canning and loved her dog, Abby. Betty is survived by her daughter, Sheila Cowley
She was a member of St. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Vail was pre- (Jay), Amory; son, Anthony Hunter (Liz Wright),
Paul U.M. Church. ceded in death by her daughter, Chrisie Lynn Smithville; grandchildren, Cassandra Hunter-
She is survived by Barksdale, Kenna Nicole McGrew, and Brenda Bell (Mark Cassells), Elizabeth Arrexi (Joseph),
her husband, Booker Lynn Bryant; grandson, James Samuel Barks- Matthew Hunter, Kevin Cowley (Courtney);
Smith Jr. of Macon; dale, Jr.; sisters, Ruby Britt Carlisle; brother, great-grandchildren, Zoey Bell, Collin Bell,
children, Ashley, Harvey Samuel Britt, Jr.; and stepmom, Vera McKenzie Hunter, and Isaac Arrexi; sister, Alma
Christopher, Fredrick, Mae Britt. Sue Blankenship (Wayne), Columbus; brother,
Clifford, and Antonio Mrs. Vail is survived by her husband, Timmie Glenn Parrish (Carolyn), Mantachie; sister-in-
Metheny, all of Macon; Beth Feland Vail, Columbus, MS; children, Sammy (Dorothy) law, Eva Nell Hunter, Decatur, AL; several nieces
siblings, Larry Metheny Visitation: Barksdale, Columbus, MS, Charles Barksdale, and nephews; her wonderful friends and staff at
Monday, June 15 • 1-2 PM Riverplace Nursing Center.
of Macon and Johnnie First Presbyterian Church
Columbus, MS, Richard (Trena) Barksdale, Co-
Mae McClain of Moss Memorial Service: lumbus, MS, Paul (Lena) Barksdale, Kevin Vail, In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
Point; and eight grand- Monday, June 15 • 2 PM Ethelsville, AL and Chad (Beth) Vail, Ethelsville, death by her loving husband, James M. Hunter.
First Presbyterian Church
children. 2nd Ave. North Location AL, Vera (Michele Duncan) Taylor, Columbus, A Celebration of Life service will be held on
MS, and Barbara Sanders, Columbus, MS; 13 Sunday, June 14, 2020, at 2:30 pm, at Meadowood
Ethel Nicholson Dorothy Hodges grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and spe- Baptist Church, in Amory, MS, with Dr. Lloyd
SHUQUALAK — Incomplete cial friend, Juanita Wilkins. Sweatt officiating. Burial will follow in Haughton
Ethel Jean Nicholson,
2nd Ave. North Location Pallbearers will be Britt Varner, Michael Var- Memorial Park, Amory, MS.
61, died ner, Aaron Teague, Devin Vail, Bobby Barksdale, Pallbearers will be Christopher Parrish,
Olaf Burgess and Daryl Wiltshire. Wayne Blankenship, Kevin Cowley, Ronnie
June 8, Incomplete
2020, at her Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Biller, Sloan, Donnie Sloan and Mark Cassells.
2nd Ave. North Location
residence. Wade Hampton, Glenn Baldwin, Timmie Barks- Visitation with family and friends will be held
Private dale, Junior Barksdale, Allen Kibe, and Richard from 1:00 pm until the service hour on Sunday,
graveside Milton. June 14, 2020 at Meadowood Baptist Church.
services Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to
will be held Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St.
at 2 p.m. Nicholson TN 38103 or Columbus Lowndes Humane Soci- Jude Place, Memphis, TN.
Saturday, at ety, P.O Box 85, Columbus, MS 39703. Memories and condolences may be shared
memorialgunterpeel.com Compliments of with her family at EEPickleFuneralHome.com.
Mayhan Cemetery, with
Montreal Rucker offici- Lowndes Funeral Home Paid Obituary - E. E. Pickle Funeral Home
ating. Burial will follow. www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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CPD investigates gunfire exchange in North Columbus

Shelton: Security footage shows people Dispatch. Security footage from a
nearby funeral home showed people
in separate vehicles shooting at each other in two different vehicles exchang-
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT ing gunfire.
No one was reported injured in
the shooting, which occurred at No suspects are in custody. In-
Columbus police are investigat- about 9 p.m. near the intersection of vestigators did not release a de-
ing a shooting in North Columbus 14th Street and Sixth Avenue North, scription of the vehicles by press
Thursday night. CPD Chief Fred Shelton told The time.

Kosciusko woman dies in crash on Military Road

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Kosciusko woman is
dead and the man she was
riding with injured follow-
ing a one-vehicle crash
Wednesday night.
Officers responded
just after 9 p.m. to the
wreck on Military Road,
near the intersection of
Black Creek Road, where
a sports utility vehicle
had left the roadway and
struck a tree, Lowndes
County Coroner Greg
Merchant said in a text
message to media Thurs-
day.
First responders had
to cut the passenger,
Shonteka Hazley, 31, from
the vehicle. She was then
taken to Baptist Memori-
al Hospital-Golden Trian-
gle, where she was pro-
nounced dead. The male
driver suffered serious
injuries and was airlifted
to another hospital.
Columbus police are
investigating the crash.

Face masks
Continued from Page 1A
County EMA 43,000 masks, ranging
from washable cloth masks to K95
masks, as part of Gov. Tate Reeves’
initiative to provide the equipment
to as many members of the public as
possible.
Masks will be available at the
following locations: Maben Fire De-
partment, 685 Second Ave.; Sturgis
Fire Department, 137 Montgomery
St.; East Oktibbeha Fire Depart-
ment, 1669 Old Hwy. 82 E.; Central
Fire Department, 11059 MS-12; Ok-
tibbeha County Community Safe
Room, 985 Lynn Lane; and Starkville
Community Market, Fire Station
Park, 503 E. Lampkin St.
The market will have about 400
masks on hand, the four fire depart-
ments will each have about 2,000 to
3,000, and the storm shelter will have
the rest, OCEMA Director Kristen
Campanella said. Leftover masks
will go to the Greater Starkville De-
velopment Partnership to give to visi-
tors to the city.
EMA has also provided some
masks to local churches and other
groups, such as Community Coun-
seling Services, Campanella said.
Recipients must be residents of
Oktibbeha County in order to receive
masks, since each county has its own
shipment to distribute, Campanella
said. She also stressed that people
only pick up masks from one of the
six locations and not “double-dip” be-
cause supplies are limited, since the
county’s population is about 7,000
greater than the number of masks
MEMA sent.
Health care facilities in Oktibbeha
County have been receiving weekly
shipments of masks since March, so
Saturday’s distribution will be desig-
nated for the rest of the county popu-
lation, Campanella said.

Hotels
Continued from Page 1A
revenue for local cities.
In March, Starkville
made $11,865.35 from its
hotel and motel tax reve-
nue, a decrease of more
than 58 percent from
March 2019.
A 36.6 percent drop
came in Columbus, which
made $31,462.93 in ho-
tel tax revenue in April
2019 but just $19,943.66
this April. March 2019
yielded $51,719.37 by the
same measure, but March
2020 made the city just
$22,449.23 — a 56.6 per-
cent decrease.
Sunny Sethi, who owns
Hilton Garden Inn in
Starkville and Hyatt Place
in Columbus, saw revenue
from the properties drop
to 10 percent of normal in
late March and early April.
Now, it’s back at 50 percent
of normal.
Those numbers are
steadily — albeit slowly —
increasing as hotels in the
area, around the state and
nationwide hope their im-
proved fortune continues.
“We went through
some real tough times, but
we are seeing a direction
of normalcy occurring,
and we’re very thankful for
that,” Castleberry said.
‘What are you
doing right?’
Jordan Smith, general
manager of Castleberry’s
Courtyard and Fairfield
by Marriott properties in
Columbus, said interested
customers typically have
one main question when
it comes to booking a ho-
tel: “What are you doing
right?”
He said it’s not a neg-
ative question. Rather,
people want to know that
they’re going to be safe
staying at a hotel, and
Smith sets out to put their
minds at ease.
Bottles of hand sanitiz-
er are placed in hot spots
in the Courtyard’s lobby,
and Smith said he’s or-
dered distance markers to
space lined-up customers
six feet apart.
Hotel operations have
also been condensed into
the Courtyard, though
Smith said the Fairfield is
still open for reservations
at the same price. Cur-
rently, about 20 percent of
guests at the two hotels are
at the Courtyard.
At the Wingate by Wyn-
dham in Columbus, man-
ager Phillip Lovell said his
housekeepers are outfitted
with masks and gloves
and equipped with potent
sanitizing agents. Regular
Dave Nicholas walks to his car on Wednesday outside
the Courtyard by Marriot in Columbus. Nicholas was
in town on business and it was his first time staying in
a hotel since the pandemic began. He described the
hotel as “sadly empty.”
breakfast is “over” — in-
stead, customers can grab
“go-bags” with a granola
bar, a muffin and a bottle
of water.
Lovell said occupancy
at the hotel is back to 50
percent of normal in terms
of revenue and that he
hasn’t had to lay anybody
off.
That fits in with what
Castleberry professes:
Cleaning extensively,
training employees and
providing staff with the
right equipment and ma-
terials to limit the spread
of the virus are important
concepts for two central
reasons.
“There’s a moral obli-
gation, and it would be bad
for business,” Castleberry
said. “We have nothing to
benefit by not doing a tre-
mendous job.”
While their current 50
to 70 percent occupancy
doesn’t match the typical
mark of 85 to 90 percent,
the properties are still fi-
nancially sound, Smith
said. No employees at ei-
ther hotel have been laid
off, and no one has been
furloughed.
“Obviously, compared
to year over year, we’re not
where we want to be, but
I don’t think anybody is,”
Smith said. “We actually
have been able to sustain
ourselves pretty well.”
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
Sethi said he received
money from the U.S. Small
Business Administration’s
Paycheck Protection Pro-
gram in order to stay open
during the worst of the
pandemic. The federal ini-
tiative, he said, is doing its
job.
“Realistically, if it wasn’t
for the programs that the
federal government put out
there, I don’t think that we
would have sustained it,”
Sethi said. “That seems to
be doing what it’s intended
to do, which is stabilizing
and giving time for busi-
nesses to return to normal.
It’s starting to do that, and
we see that.”
An ‘in-process thing’
Occupancy rates in
Mississippi hotels dropped
from 60.2 percent in April
2019 to 29.1 percent in
April 2020, according
to statistics provided by
the Mississippi Hotel &
Lodging Association. Rev-
enue per available room
(RevPAR), a key statistic
for hotels, was down to
$19.80 from $52.79 a year
ago, a 62.49 percent de-
crease.
However, national data
offers hope that some im-
provement should be re-
flected in the state’s May
2020 numbers once they
are released.
According to STR.com,
which compiles data on the
hotel industry, occupancy
sits at 39.3 percent nation-
wide, down 45.3 percent
from a comparable week in
2019. Nationwide RevPAR,
though, is at $33.43, down
65 percent.
Sethi said that a key to
maintaining the improve-
ment his hotels have seen
as well as ushering in new
business across the nation
is the policy put into place
by the country’s major ho-
tel chains, including Hilton
and Hyatt.
“I feel like because we
do have good brands that
we deal with — top-tier
brands — we’re getting
a lot of guidance that we
wouldn’t have normally,”
Sethi said.
Castleberry said he’s
received help from Hilton
and Marriott and that both
companies are looking at
the problems they face and
what they can do about it
on local and national lev-
els.
Some examples, Castle-
berry said, include, “What
can we learn from this?
How can we lessen the abil-
ity to transmit anything in
a hotel? How can we do a
better job and learn from
this on into the future?
“It’s been a very, very
difficult situation, but
again, we hope to learn
and be better for it,” Cas-
tleberry said.
Then there’s the other
elephant in the room: how
soon relaxed COVID-19
restrictions will bring back
major events to the region
and restore tourist confi-
dence.
Castleberry acknowl-
edged his hotels have
lost money from canceled
sports and community
events — including home
baseball games at Dudy
Noble Field, the NCAA
women’s basketball tour-
nament at Humphrey Col-
iseum and the Spring Pil-
grimage in Columbus.
He said sports already
planning their return in
the fall is a positive step,
but time frame and fan ac-
cess will have an impact.
“It is a matter of when
and how many fans will be
able to attend,” Castleber-
ry said.
Regardless, he’ll be
looking forward to the re-
turn of the events that have
been sorely lacking lately.
Castleberry said his hotels
have already booked sev-
eral wedding guests in the
weeks to come.
“It’s turned the point
from a theoretical to an
in-process thing,” he said.
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MSU SOPHOMORE GINN, SIGNEE JORDAN TAKEN ON DAY 2
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Fol-
lowing a night in which
Mississippi State juniors
Jordan Westburg and Jus-
tin Foscue and Bulldog
signee Austin Hendrick
were selected in the 2020
MLB Draft, two more
players associated with
the program were tak-
en on the event’s second
night.
Dropping 22 slots
from where he was tak-
en during the 2018 draft
out of high school to No.
52 overall on Thursday,
sophomore pitcher JT
Ginn was the first Bull-
dog off the board, joining
former MSU players Jake
Mangum and Cole Gor-
don in the New York Mets
organization.
The final collegiate
prospect associated with
the maroon and white se-
lected, Ginn entered the
draft as the most polariz-
ing of any MSU player or
signee available. Having
undergone season-ending
surgery, Ginn hasn’t had
any reported setbacks in
his rehab, but the proce-
dure may have accounted
for the slide.
Injury questions aside,
the former Brandon
standout dazzled onlook-
ers when healthy during
‘This is great to see them back’ With a swing and
Columbus United returns to action with tryouts silence, Tour gets
Soccer players try out for Columbus United Soccer Club competitive teams Thursday evening at the Columbus
Soccer Complex. This was the second day of tryouts, and it lasted for an hour and a half.
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Peyton Hughes has
been ready.
Peyton, who will be a
fifth grader at New Hope
Elementary this fall, was
unable to play the sports
he loves — baseball and
soccer — during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, his baseball
league is happening
again, and as of Thurs-
day evening, so is soccer
— giving Peyton another
chance to get out on the
field.
“He’s definitely excit-
ed to get back out there
and do what he likes,”
his father, Drew Hughes,
said.
Peyton, who participat-
ed in Thursday’s Colum-
bus United Soccer Club
tryouts at the Columbus
Soccer Complex, is one of
130 players interested in
playing competitive soc-
cer with the organization
Mississippi State sophomore JT Ginn made only one start this season: Feb. 14 against Wright State. Ginn was
drafted in the second round Thursday by the New York Mets at No. 52 overall after season-ending elbow surgery.
his prolific, albeit short,
MSU career. In his first
year in Starkville he
earned national freshman
of the year honors from
Perfect Game.
Falling to No. 89 over-
all to the Boston Red Sox,
2020 signee Blaze Jordan
was the next Bulldog off
the board.
back to business
starting this fall. And he
wasn’t the only one who’s
a little out of practice.
“For a lot of these kids,
this time is the first time
since March that they’ve
touched a soccer ball,”
Columbus Soccer Orga-
nization President Tom
Velek said.
Velek said 107 players
aged 8 to 17 participated
in tryouts held Satur-
day and Thursday at the
soccer complex, with 20
opting out because of va-
cation or concerns about
safety. Columbus United
coaches will contact the
past coaches of players
who opted out to gauge
their skill level.
Drew Hughes was
among the majority, say-
ing he felt perfectly safe
letting Peyton get back
on the field.
“I feel good about it,”
Hughes said. “I feel like
it’s definitely time to let
these kids get back there
and do what they enjoy.
MLB DRAFT
Having been on the
MLB’s radar since he
committed to MSU as a
13-year-old eighth grad-
er, Jordan’s value varied
widely entering the draft.
Boasting unmistakeable
power, Jordan won the
MLB high school home
run derby at just 16 years
old. Reclassifying to be el-
I’m looking forward to it.”
Players who earn a
spot on a team roster must
accept by July 6, and prac-
tice will begin around the
start of school in August.
The season starts with a
September tournament.
“We’re happy to be
back playing,” Velek said.
“We’re thrilled about the
number of kids who have
come out. We’re thrilled
about the number of new
faces.”
Those new faces aren’t
just from Columbus, ei-
ther. A sizable contingent
from Caledonia and New
Hope joined players from
Starkville, Hamilton,
Amory and even Pontotoc
— with players split fair-
ly evenly between public
and private schools.
“We’re doing what
we want to do, which is
attract the best players
around,” Velek said.
Emma Parham, an in-
coming seventh grader at
Caledonia Middle School,
igible for the 2020 Draft,
he hit .440 with 46 RBIs
and 10 home runs in just
37 games during his soph-
omore campaign at DeSo-
to Central.
“He’s got real, real,
real juice — all you’ve
got to do is pull up You-
Tube and see that he’s
got a good chance to hit,”
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
said she signed up to try
out knowing the talent
within the club team.
“That’s a really good
team, and a lot of people
are really good,” Parham
said.
Before an informal
scrimmage to end the
evening and a team pass-
ing drill, Parham and the
other girls in her group
lightly passed the ball
back and forth to a part-
ner. Velek said the drill
was a simple one to let the
group’s two talent evalua-
tors judge how technical-
ly sound the players were.
Technical skill is one of
four things Velek and his
coaches look for, apart
from tactical, physical
and mental expertise.
“How well can they re-
ceive a pass?” Velek said.
“How well do they play a
pass?”
He said the girls side
of things looked particu-
larly talented. New Mis-
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Perfect Game Nation-
al Scouting Supervisor
Brian Sakowski told The
Dispatch. “I think that
he wants to get drafted,
and somewhere in the
second round is proba-
bly most likely. He’s got
some things working in
his favor. He’s performed
really well, and he’s obvi-
GOLF
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FORT WORTH, Tex-
as — The start was even
quieter than usual for a
Thursday morning on
the PGA Tour, only the
silence never left over
the next 12 hours as golf
was back to business at
the Charles Schwab Chal-
lenge.
Sung Kang made a
hole-in-one on the 13th
hole and didn’t realize
it until he was 50 yards
from the green.
“I’m like, ‘Wow, it’s in
the hole.’ It wasn’t really
crazy. Nobody was really
up there, only a few peo-
ple out there just clapping
a little bit,” Kang said.
“I still appreciated it,
though.”
Phil Mickelson made
a birdie and instinctively
pinched the brim of his
cap to acknowledge a
crowd that wasn’t there.
Ryan Palmer, a Colo-
nial member who raised
money for COVID-19
relief efforts during the
shutdown, was chosen to
hit the first official shot
on the PGA Tour in three
months. Those gath-
ered around the first tee
could barely hear him an-
nounced. The starter was
wearing a mask, and his
voice competed with the
hum of a generator be-
hind the ninth green.
Quiet as it was, Colo-
nial came to a standstill at
8:46 a.m. when everyone
on the course honored a
moment of silence for the
death of George Floyd
and the outrage it has
sparked worldwide on ra-
cial injustice.
It was a most unusual
round of golf.
But it was golf.
“I think just being out
here is successful, to be
honest with you, getting
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ously super young having
reclassified.”
“The draft models love
that he has a long track
record, he has exit (veloc-
ity) and power, and he’s
super young for his class
— which is like the No. 1
thing these models round
up on,” ESPN Baseball
Insider Kiley McDaniel
added.
Given his youth at just
17 years and five months
entering the draft, Jor-
dan wouldn’t be eligible
to be taken again until
after his junior season in
Starkville. It remains to
be seen what a deal over
the next few days would
pay him, though his slot
value was set at $667,900
— a number it’s expected
will need to be exceeded
in order to get Jordan to
spurn his commitment to
MSU.
“The indications are
that basically into the
middle of the second
round he’s expected to
sign and sign for slot
(value), and then later in
the round it’s a little bit
different,” McDaniel told
The Dispatch earlier this
week. “...I don’t know if
there’s a specific (signing
bonus) number, but if he
goes in the top 50 or gets
top 50 money, he probably
goes (pro).”
started,” Palmer said.
“I don’t see anything
holding us back moving
forward. I think today
was the biggest day, just
getting this first day off.
People are going to watch
golf back home and be
interested to watch it to-
morrow, and that’s a great
thing.”
Justin Rose and Harold
Varner shared the lead at
7-under 63, with Justin
Thomas among those a
stroke back. Tom Leh-
man, a 61-year-old former
champion at Colonial, got
in on the act with a 65.
Conditions were ripe
for good scores with no
cheers.
“It kind of feels like
a competitive practice
round,” said Rose, who
won at Colonial two years
ago. “But obviously, I
think we all know what’s
on the line. We all know
what we’re playing for.
We all know the competi-
tion this week especially,
the field is incredible. Ob-
viously, we miss the fans.
They definitely provide a
ton of energy and atmo-
sphere.”
Golf is the second
major sport in the U.S.,
behind motor sports, to
resume a schedule shut
down by the COVID-19
pandemic. Among the
safety measures are coro-
navirus tests for every
player, caddie and essen-
tial personnel. Of the 487
tests at Colonial, the re-
sults were all negative.
“We’re all taking risks
playing golf, obvious-
ly,” Palmer said. “Being
back out here, everybody
leaves the club, they’re
going out to dinner and
doing things, so every-
body is taking that risk
to be here. Everybody
is pretty confident that
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sissippi University for
Women head coach Catie
Lyles will be leading the
18-and-under team, with
Velek himself coaching a
“strong” U16 squad.
Though the same num-
ber of players signed up
to play competitive soccer
this year and last year,
things naturally look dif-
ferent as a result of the
pandemic.
Velek said every player
who registered filled out a
questionnaire screening
for the virus and had their
temperature taken before
participating. He also san-
itizes the bathrooms at
the complex before play-
ers come in toting their
own water bottles so as
not to spread the virus.
And instead of players
pulling pinnies — bright
yellow practice vests —
on and off at will, they’re
assigned one pinnie each
and also have numbered
bibs pinned to their
shorts.
“We’re taking all those
precautions to try to en-
sure that the kids are
safe,” Velek said.
He also noted that
Columbus United offers
parents an option to pay
registration fees in three
parts. Unlike other clubs
with the same choice,
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Continued from Page 1B
we’re going to all be safe.
I think everything has
been done the right way.”
The top three play-
ers in the world — Rory
McIlroy (68), Jon Rahm
(69) and Brooks Koep-
ka (68) — played in the
same group, and they had
the largest following late
in the afternoon. There
were 14 people outside
the ropes behind the 10th
green — six involved in
the broadcast (radio and
TV), four writers, two
photographers, one coach
and one trainer.
The telecast began
with an apology. Right
when Golf Channel came
on the air, Rahm chipped
in for birdie on the par-3
eighth and someone — it
could have been inside or
outside the ropes — was
heard to say, “Pretty (ex-
pletive) good, there.”
“Well, we were hoping
for better audio with no
fans,” CBS anchor Jim
Nantz said.
PGA Tour Commis-
For tennis and golf, tournaments without fans come at a cost
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
When he first contem-
plated the prospect of a
U.S. Open without fans
because of the coronavi-
rus pandemic, the U.S.
Tennis Association’s chief
revenue officer figured
there was no way it could
work.
Lew Sherr eventually
came around to embrac-
ing the idea of a closed-
door Grand Slam tourna-
ment — if it’s held at all;
a decision is expected as
soon as next week — be-
cause it still could make
money even if millions
were forfeited with zero
on-site receipts from tick-
ets, hospitality, food and
beverage or merchandise
sales.
“Certainly better than
not playing. It still makes
sense financially and as a
way to keep the sport vi-
brant and engage fans,”
Sherr said. “As you get to
lower-level tournaments,
it becomes a much harder
conversation.”
Golf, which resumed
Thursday in Fort Worth,
Texas, also could take a
real hit because of the vi-
rus and the recession.
Week-in, week-out
events in tennis, where
the pro tours are suspend-
ed at least until late July,
do not bring in TV rights
fees like the U.S. Open,
which averages $70 mil-
lion per year in the host
country alone. Some of
the smallest tour stops
even need to buy air time.
Hutch Clemons, 11, watches the ball after he kicked
it towards the goal during tryouts for Columbus United
Soccer Club competitive teams Thursday evening at the
Columbus Soccer Complex.
though, there is no extra
charge.
“We have a lot of peo-
ple who work in the ser-
vice industry — a lot of
sioner Jay Monahan gave
the opening group a
thumbs-up after the play-
ers hit their drives, and
he returned to the tee box
alone at 8:46 a.m.
That starting time was
listed on the tee sheet
without any players. The
tour is keeping that emp-
ty all four rounds for a
moment of silence. It’s a
tribute to Floyd, who was
handcuffed while a white
police officer pressed
his knee to the back of
the black man’s neck for
8 minutes, 46 seconds.
Floyd died after pleading
for air.
Varner is one of four
players of black heritage
with full PGA Tour sta-
tus, and he delivered the
strongest words last week
in a social media post. He
also sat down with Mona-
han for a 10-minute video
on what golf can do.
And then he found him-
self atop the leaderboard
with a round so clean he
putted for birdie on every
The biggest team
leagues such as the NFL
and NBA seem to be in
good shape because they
derive most of their mon-
ey from TV contracts
worth billions each sea-
son. NASCAR, which
returned last month with
a flurry of races at emp-
ty tracks but announced
plans Tuesday to begin
allowing small numbers
of fans, relies mainly on
broadcast rights fees
worth hundreds of mil-
lions annually. Another
sport built around events
at independent tracks,
horse racing, will begin
its Triple Crown series
sans spectators at the
Belmont Stakes in New
York on June 20 with what
might approach $100 mil-
lion in online gambling.
But tennis and golf rely
to a much greater degree
on income generated from
having people on-hand,
especially for high-end
tickets and hospitality.
The economic framework
for each tourney varies
in both sports; smaller
events, especially, would
suffer financially if live
audiences are eliminated
or restricted.
One possible fallout of
reduced revenue around
tennis could be reduced
prize money, even at a
major championship like
the U.S. Open. Another:
Some tournaments sim-
ply could disappear.
“Will a 15,000-seat
stadium need to seat only
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people who work in bars
and restaurants and yoga
studios — and it’s a tough
spring,” Velek said.
Beth Clark, whose
hole.
“If I’m thinking about
winning a golf tourna-
ment right now, I’ve prob-
ably lost it,” Varner said.
“Yeah, I know what’s go-
ing on, but when I’m on
the golf course, I’m trying
to play well. The reason I
have a platform is because
I’m really good at golf. I
just need to focus on that.”
For so long, the only
sounds came from the
click of contact with the
golf ball, the squeak of
brakes on carts belong-
ing to broadcast crews,
course workers and rules
official. And then came a
strange noise — cheer-
ing.
A house behind the
16th tee set up a grand-
stand, while another
home erected at two-sto-
ry hospitality tent with
views of a small section
of the 15th fairway. They
chanted names of players
and let out a few roars. Be-
hind the second tee, a few
fans watched from behind
5,000 because of social
distancing? Will that be
tennis’s future? If so, will
the sport survive?” said
James Blake, a former
top-five player and tour-
nament director at the
Miami Open, one of more
than 40 tennis events
scrapped since March
because of the COVID-19
outbreak.
“You either cut the
prize money a little bit,”
Blake said, “or you have
one or two more years
where these companies
and tournaments can re-
main financially solvent,
and then they can’t do it
anymore.”
Here is a look at how
economic structures of
certain sports mean they
will be affected different-
ly by the pandemic:
NASCAR
Race hosts receive 65%
of NASCAR’s $8.2 billion,
10-year television pack-
age; that in turn accounts
for about 60-70% of track
revenues. So it makes
sense to move forward de-
spite losing other revenue
streams. “Assuming that
we get all of our races in
... NASCAR and its tracks
will come through this
OK,” Dover International
Speedway Inc. President
and CEO Michael Tatoian
said. “It’s not that we’re
going to be flying through
it. It’s not that we’re not
going to have any kind of
impact. Of course we will.
It will set us back. But not
daughter Izzy Clark tried
out Thursday, said the re-
sumption of soccer was
a way for Izzy and her
fellow players to start re-
turning to normal.
“They’re ready to be
back with their friends
and playing soccer and
getting back into their
routine,” Clark said.
Velek said he gave all
his players free access to
the Techne Futbol app,
which offers distance
training in the sport, but
that coming back to drib-
ble and pass and shoot on
the pitch with teammates
has no equal.
“Soccer is a team activ-
ity,” Velek said. “It’s really
hard just to play soccer.
It’s like playing checkers
on your own. It’s a very
social activity. It’s some-
thing you play with oth-
er people. It’s very hard
just to come out and play
alone. You want to play
with other people doing
it. So this is great to see
them back.”
Heritage Academy
rising freshman Chloe
Boyd, who plays under
Velek with the Patriots
girls team, summed up
the “fun” of Thursday’s
return simply.
“I love soccer,” she
said.
a chain fence along a pub-
lic road.
Jordan Spieth, who
opened with a 65, was re-
minded of what to expect
before he did a shot.
“I was pulling in when
Mickelson was on 4 tee,
and when I didn’t see any-
body there — and it was
a tournament round day,
it wasn’t a practice round
day — I’m like, ‘This is
certainly weird,’” Spieth
said. “I’m just really hap-
py to be playing golf and
being able to be compet-
itive again and to be able
to finish our season.”
It was only one round.
Fans will be kept away
from the first five tourna-
ments as the tour takes
a conservative return to
golf, hopeful of no set-
backs in the sport from a
spike in the new corona-
virus.
Monahan, asked
Thursday morning what
would constitute a suc-
cessful tournament, said,
“Getting to next week.”
enough to be devastat-
ing.”
PGA Tour
Eliminating specta-
tors means eliminating
significant chunks of a
tournament’s revenue.
That starts with big-earn-
ing hospitality tents and
pro-ams that can bring in
upward of $1 million, and
includes other revenue
sources like merchandise
and ticket sales. Tourna-
ments rely heavily on title
sponsors — “We wouldn’t
be able to return” with-
out them, Commissioner
Jay Monahan said. But
it’s the local sponsorship
that sustains each tour-
nament. And if discretion-
ary spending by corpora-
tions dries up, the effects
could be greater in 2021.
Tennis
The U.S. Open — as
of now, scheduled to be-
gin in late August — gets
about a third of its rough-
ly $400 million in annual
revenue from various
American and interna-
tional TV rights deals.
About a quarter is from
sponsorship deals, some
of which would be rene-
gotiated if there were no
on-site fans. An additional
35% or so comes from tick-
ets and hospitality, with
less than 10% from food
and beverage, merchan-
dise, etc. — all of which
would vanish without the
hundreds of thousands
who normally attend.

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NEW YORK — The
Detroit Tigers took a few
more big swings at re-
building their lineup.
And, they hope sooner
rather than later.
After selecting Arizo-
na State slugger Spencer
Torkelson to open the
Major League Baseball
amateur draft Wednes-
day night, the Tigers
used all five of their picks
Thursday on hitters they
envision joining him in
Detroit.
Ohio State catcher
Dillon Dingler led off the
draft’s second day as the
No. 38 overall selection.
The Tigers then took
LSU outfielder Danny
Cabrera 62nd overall,
and Rice shortstop Trei
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leaguer Jose Cruz Jr. and
grandson of Jose Cruz —
11 picks later.
Detroit went back to
Arizona State in the fourth
round, taking Torkelson’s
switch-hitting teammate
Gage Workman. Both
were drafted by the Ti-
gers as third basemen.
So was fifth-rounder Colt
Keith out of Biloxi High
School His selection
ended Detroit’s run on
college position players,
but the Tigers remained
focused solely on hitting
talent.
“The first thing you’re
doing is trying to get im-
pact,” said Scott Pleis,
Detroit’s director of ama-
teur scouting. “And then,
it’s hard to get bats if you
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don’t jump up and get
them, too. You start pass-
ing them, and everybody
gobbles them up.”
The Astros had to wait
a while to make their first
selection in this year’s
draft after having their
first- and second-round
picks stripped by Com-
missioner Rob Manfred
as part of the team’s
punishment for break-
ing rules against using
electronics to steal signs
during games.
The New York Yan-
kees were one of the
teams to raise questions
about wrongdoing by the
Astros. Coincidentally,
Houston took a pitcher
from the Bronx at No.
72, hard-throwing Mount
Saint Michael Academy
right-hander Alex Santos.
While Detroit focused
on adding offense, Mi-
ami went all pitching —
already considered the
strength in the upper lev-
els of its system — with
its six selections.
Minnesota right-
hander Max Meyer was
the No. 3 overall pick to
the Marlins. They fol-
lowed with Oklahoma
high school lefty Dax-
ton Fulton (No. 40), Ball
State righty Kyle Nicolas
(No. 61), Coastal Caro-
lina right-hander Zach
McCambley (No. 75),
Vanderbilt lefty Jake Eder
(No. 104) and USC righty
Kyle Hurt (No. 134).
The defending World
Series champion Wash-
ington Nationals took
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Although I was alarmed, I was
polite. When I said I was just
asking for the required space,
he said he was showing me
how thoughtless I am because
I wasn’t wearing a mask or
gloves. Neither was he, nor
were the employees and some
other shoppers. When I pointed
that out, he countered even
more loudly that I was the prob-
lem. I just shook my head and
left. As I was leaving, he yelled
after me that he hoped I got
the virus and that he worked in
a hospital.
The man was huge, at least
double my size. He was clearly
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June
12). In some ways, you operate
as your own universe this year,
powerful as the star of your
life, commanding the lineup of
events, characters and scenery.
You’ll find support for a creative
venture. You’ll band together
with loved ones for mutual en-
richment. There’s a professional
bonus in August. Aquarius and
Taurus adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 30, 1, 11, 20
and 15.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Whether you climb your way up
or start off in a higher position,
sooner or later everything under
you must be learned. That’s
your favorite part! You’ll gladly
college pitchers with four
of their six overall picks,
taking Oklahoma right-
hander Cade Cavalli at
No. 22 overall, and then
going with two other
righties — LSU’s Cole
Henry (second round),
and UCLA’s Holden Pow-
ell — before selecting
San Jacinto College North
lefty Mitchell Parker with
their final pick.
Detroit had the No. 1
overall pick for the sec-
ond time in three years,
after taking Auburn right-
hander Casey Mize in
2018. With their potential
future ace already sailing
through the farm system,
the Tigers turned to bats
this time.
Dingler, who moved
from center field behind
going out of his
way to threaten
me, if not to
infect me. I know
I should not
have responded,
but for my own
safety, I needed
to politely ask
him to back
away. If I’d had
a smartphone, I
might have called
the police.
I go for a walk
every day for
exercise and to
shop for neces-
sary groceries. I
have experienced
people in aisles coming very
close to me. I step aside to give
space for others. Generally,
most people are careful, re-
spectful and even give a thank-
you. This man was aggressive
for no reason. What should I
have done other than just walk
quickly away? — THREATENED
IN OAKLAND, CALIF.
DEAR THREATENED: You
did the right thing. I seriously
doubt the person worked
in or even near a hospital,
because if he did, he would
have taken the proper safety
precautions. In these stressful
times, people sometimes act
out over perceived slights. With
someone so angry, aggressive
and clearly looking for trouble,
the right thing to do was to get
away as quickly and safely as
take on the challenge.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Shame, blame, complain-
ing — these all get in the way
of a good plan and a positive
mindset. You will resist the
temptation of such things and
be guided to solutions to what-
ever ails you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Thinking is harder than it looks,
which is why many get tired or
lazy and want others to think
for them. There are those who
would take advantage of this.
Give loved ones the benefit of
your intellect and your protec-
tion.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Action is education today when
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 3B
the plate two years ago,
was hitting .340 with five
home runs and 14 RBIs
for the Buckeyes before
the season was canceled
because of the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
Cabrera is a patient
hitter and outstanding de-
fensive outfielder. He hit
.345 with three doubles,
two homers, 12 RBIs, 14
runs and six stolen bases
for LSU this year.
Keith was the Missis-
sippi high school player
of the year last spring and
was considered one of the
draft’s top two-way play-
ers. But, the Tigers envi-
sion him as an infielder
with raw power and con-
sistent contact — sticking
with what ended up being
their overall draft theme.
possible. The man was lucky
the store management didn’t
eject him.
DEAR ABBY: Several
months ago, a friend of mine
behaved badly and offended
me and another dinner guest.
His wife shut him down fairly
quickly. The next day, when I
tried to explain to him why what
he did was inappropriate, he
misinterpreted my comments
and, because of his low self-es-
teem, became offended even
though he was the offensive
person. I immediately apol-
ogized but got no response.
Anyone who understands
basic psychology will recognize
this defensive and deflective
self-defense mechanism for
what it was.
Abby, these are people I
love dearly. Now they no longer
speak to me, and I’m at a loss
about what to do besides
continue to pray for them. Ad-
vice? — MISSING MY DEAREST
FRIENDS
DEAR MISSING: Your former
friend appears to be both
aggressive and hypersensitive.
Continue praying, but be care-
ful what you pray for because
this person appears to be
very high-maintenance. Surely
you can fill the emptiness
with friends who are easier
to get along with and who
are willing to talk out difficult
situations like adults. If you do,
I guarantee your life will be less
stressful.
the best way to learn, and per-
haps the only way, is by doing.
Until you apply yourself, you
won’t know what you know.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Some relationships you seek.
Others you earn. And then there
are the ones you pick up by
accident. Those are dealt to you
by the hand of fate and will be
your most profound teachers.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’re not out to impress any-
one, but you do have something
to say. You wouldn’t mind if
people were to come away from
a conversation with you having
more understanding than they
started with.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’re halfway up the mountain
with the requisite vistas and
views. It still feels like you’ve
a long way to go to get to the
top, but you’re worlds away from
those who never embarked at
all.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). True, some are not pulling
their weight, but you’re currently
unconcerned with the division of
labor. You’ll focus on your own
contribution to the team and
leave pettiness to others.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). Sometimes being a
good leader, friend or partner
means keeping your thoughts to
yourself. Anyway, you don’t care
if those around you think you’re
smart or right. You care about
spreading compassion.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’re more influential than
you know, and there’s reason to
be mindful of how others are ex-
periencing you. There is intrinsic
power in what you say, how you
behave and even in your casual
statements.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). States of being are tricky.
You know when you’re in the
zone, but you’re not entirely
sure how to get there. It’s worth
figuring out, as your production
triples when you’re in that frame
of mind.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Most people don’t reach
for a flashlight in the noonday
sun, but that’s precisely the
best time to find one and get
it ready for the evening hour of
necessity.
Going round in circles
SOLUTION:
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Trump rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa called ‘slap in the face’

‘This isn’t just a wink to white supremacists
— he’s throwing them a welcome home party’
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER
AND JONATHAN LEMIRE
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Black
community and political leaders
are calling on President Don-
ald Trump to at least change
the date of an Oklahoma ral-
ly kick-starting his return to
public campaigning, saying
that holding the event on June-
teenth, the day that marks the
end of slavery in America, is a
“slap in the face.”
Trump campaign officials
discussed in advance the pos-
sible reaction to the Juneteenth
date, but there are no plans to
Sen. Kamala Harris
change it despite fierce blow-
back.
California Sen. Kamala Har-
ris and Tulsa civic officials were
among the black leaders who
said it was offensive for Trump
to pick that day — June 19 —
and that place — Tulsa, an Okla-
homa city that in 1921 was the
site of a fiery and orchestrated
white-on-black attack.
“This isn’t just a wink to white
supremacists — he’s throwing
them a welcome home party,”
Harris, a leading contender
to be Democratic presidential
candidate Joe Biden’s running
mate, tweeted of Trump’s rally
plans.
“To choose the date, to come
to Tulsa, is totally disrespectful
and a slap in the face to even
happen,” said Sherry Gamble
Smith, president of Tulsa’s Black
Wall Street Chamber of Com-
merce, an organization named
after the prosperous black com-
munity that white Oklahomans
burned down in the 1921 attack.
At a minimum, Gamble
Smith said, the campaign
should “change it to Saturday
the 20th, if they’re going to have
it.”
Trump announced the rally
plan Wednesday afternoon. It
comes as his harsh law-and-
order stance appears to fall
increasingly out of sync with
a growing concern over police
abuse of African Americans af-
ter the killing of George Floyd
in Minneapolis.
Trump campaign officials de-
fended the rally.
“As the party of Lincoln,
Republicans are proud of the
history of Juneteenth,” said
Katrina Pierson, senior adviser
to the Trump campaign. “Pres-
ident Trump has built a record
of success for Black Ameri-
cans, including unprecedented
low unemployment prior to the
global pandemic, all-time high
funding for Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, and
criminal justice reform.”
The Trump campaign was
aware in advance that the date
for the president’s return to ral-
lies was Juneteenth, according
to two campaign officials, who
were not authorized to speak
publicly about internal discus-
sions and spoke on condition of
anonymity.
When the date was dis-
cussed, it was noted that Biden
had held a fundraiser a year ago
on Juneteenth. Although choos-
ing June 19 was not meant to
be incendiary, some blowback
was expected, the officials said.
But the campaign was caught
off guard by the intensity, par-
ticularly when some linked the
selection to the 1921 massacre.
Scheduling the highly antic-
ipated comeback rally in Okla-
homa, a state Trump won easily
in 2016, raised eyebrows.
The campaign picked Tulsa’s
BOK Center, with a listed seat
capacity of 19,199. The arena’s
Facebook page shows orga-
nizers calling off shows there
by country singer Alan Jack-
son and other performers into
mid-July, citing the coronavirus
pandemic.

Pope sends strong message to US Catholics after Floyd death

The Vatican has long spoken out
about racial injustice, and popes
dating to Paul VI have voiced support
for the civil rights movement
BY NICOLE WINFIELD
AND ELANA SCHOR
The Associated Press
VATICAN CITY —
Pope Francis called
George Floyd by name,
twice, and offered sup-
port to an American bish-
op who knelt in prayer
during a Black Lives Mat-
ter protest.
Cardinals black and
white have spoken out
about Floyd’s death, and
the Vatican’s communica-
tions juggernaut has shift-
ed into overdrive to draw
attention to the cause he
now represents.
Under normal circum-
stances, Floyd’s killing at
the hands of a white po-
lice officer and the global
protests denouncing rac-
ism and police brutality
might have drawn a mut-
ed diplomatic response
from the Holy See. But in
a U.S. election year, the
intensity and consisten-
cy of the Vatican’s reac-
tion suggests that, from
the pope on down, it is
seeking to encourage an-
ti-racism protesters while
making a clear statement
about where American
Catholics should stand
ahead of President Don-
ald Trump’s bid for a sec-
ond term in November.
Francis “wants to send
a very clear message
to these conservative
Catholics here who are
pro-Trumpers that, ‘Lis-
ten, this is just as much of
an issue as abortion is,’”
said Anthea Butler, a pres-
idential visiting fellow at
Yale Divinity School.
Butler, who is African
American, said the Vati-
can is telling Catholics “to
pay attention to the rac-
ism that is happening and
the racism that is in your
own church in America.”
The Vatican has long
spoken out about racial
injustice, and popes dat-
ing to Paul VI have voiced
support for the civil rights
movement and Martin Lu-
ther King Jr.’s message
of nonviolent protest.
History’s first pope from
the global south is no dif-
ferent. He quoted King
at length during his his-
toric speech to the U.S.
Congress in 2015 and met
with King’s daughter, as
his predecessor had done.
But the degree to
which Francis and the
Vatican have seized on
Floyd’s killing is unusual
and suggests a coordinat-
ed messaging strategy
aimed at a national church
that Francis has long crit-
icized for its political and
ideological partisanship,
said Alberto Melloni, a
church historian and sec-
retary of the John XXIII
Foundation for Religious
Studies in Bologna, Italy.
“It’s not like seven peo-
ple had the same type of
reaction” by chance, Mel-
loni said.
Last week, Francis
denounced the “sin of
racism” and twice identi-
fied Floyd as the victim
of a “tragic” killing. In a
message read in Italian
and English during his
general audience, Fran-
cis expressed concerns
about violence during the
protests, saying it was
self-destructive.
He also said, “We can-
not close our eyes to any
form of racism or exclu-
sion, while pretending to
defend the sacredness of
every human life.”
It was a clear effort to
call out some conserva-
tive Catholics for whom
the abortion issue is par-
amount, while other “life”
issues dear to Francis —
racism, immigration, the
death penalty and poverty
— play second fiddle at
the ballot box.

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School Ministry
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of Ministry will be taking ap-
plications for enrollment into
their online degree granting
program. Earn your Certifica-
tion, Associates, Bachelor,
Master and Doctoral Degree
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State of Mississippi and
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transcripts and your life expe-
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for degree granting purposes.
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Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets
from 6-7 p.m. every second
and fourth Tuesday of each
month in the downtown YMCA
Board Room and every third
Wednesday at Vibrant Church
Cafe. Inquire and seek infor-
mation to succeed spiritually,
physically and financially and
be eager to be a blessing to
the community, churches and
families through the Word of
God. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call Pat Fisher Douglas, 662-
251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner,
Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Cen-
ter, 923 Ridge Road, hosts a
fellowship dinner and youth
service every third Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., invites
the public to join its Commu-
nity Gospel Book Club from
6-7 p.m., on the fourth Friday
RELIGIOUS BRIEFS
of each month, to study and
share views of the Holy Bible.
Open to all ages and ethnic-
ities. For more information,
call Barbara Mattison or Lil-
lian Murray, 662-570-5595.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief
and Mourning offers a grief
support group at 6 p.m.
every second Thursday of the
month at United Christian
Baptist Church, 232 Yorkville
Road East. “Making your
grieving journey easier.” For
more information, call 662-
327-0604 or e-mail united-
christian@cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church,
2201 Military Road, and
Meadowview Church, 300 Lin-
den Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m.
every Sunday at The Assem-
bly Church (next to Lowe’s)
and at 6 p.m. every Tuesday
at Meadowview Church. Get
help, healing and support for
any habit, hurt or hang-up
using the Christ-centered 12
steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every second and third
Saturday, Pleasant Ridge
Faith Center hosts a prayer
for the youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach
service from 8-9 a.m. every
fifth Saturday. For informa-
tion, contact Jesse Slater,
662-328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in
to WTWG, radio 1050 AM for
Perfecting the Saints Broad-
cast, Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Women Prayer,
Worship Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds
a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting
Outreach Ministry invites the
public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd. St. S., Co-
lumbus, holds prayer service
Thursday nights 5-6 p.m.
Contact Marie Nabors, 662-
549-4322. Church service
times: Sunday school 10
a.m.; Sunday worship 11:15
a.m.; Tuesday Bible study 7
p.m. For information, call Pas-
tor District Elder Lou Nabors,
662-329-1234.
Fitness
Transformations
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts boxing lessons
Mondays and Wednesday
from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss
boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both
on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts Youth Fellow-
ship from 7-8:30 p.m. every
Tuesday. Games, prayer,
service, food, and more.
Transportation available. For
information, call Iris Rober-
son, 662-295-7456.

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bus, Mississippi, and being
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2020, you are required to file
the Statement of Values pursu-
ant to Miss. Code Ann. §11-27-
7, which shall be treated as
pleadings in this action. The
date of the filing of the Com-
plaint herein is the 13th day of
April, 2020, and the name and
address of the attorney for the
Plaintiff is Martha Bost Stegall,
P. O. Box 7120, Tupelo, Mis-
sissippi 38802. Other than the
Statement of Values you are
do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this 10th
day of June, 2020.
TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK
SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C.
Publish: 6/12, 6/19 &
6/26/2020
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF DANA DOUGLAS, DE-
CEASED
NO. 2020-0092-JNS
JENNIFER DOWDY, PETITIONER
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to
Jennifer Dowdy, Executor of the
Estate of Dana Douglas, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 26 day of May,
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 this date.
A failure to so Probate and Re-
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
THIS the 26 day of May, 2020.
/s Jennifer Dowdy
Jennifer Dowdy, Executor
OF COUNSEL:
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Post Office Box 1827
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(662) 243-7334
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been granted and issued to
Jennifer Dowdy, Executor of the
Estate of Dana Douglas, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 26 day of May,
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to Probate
and Register same with the
Legal NoticesClerk of Lowndes
Chancery
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from this date.
A failure to so Probate and Re-
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
THIS the 26 day of May, 2020.
/s Jennifer Dowdy
Jennifer Dowdy, Executor
OF COUNSEL:
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Post Office Box 1827
Columbus, MS 39703
(662) 243-7334
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PUBLISH: 5/29, 6/5, &
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF PRESTON CHARLES
BELLE, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2019-00099JNS
BY: CHARLEEN WILLIAMS, EX-
ECUTOR
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
By The Chancery Court of
Lowndes County:
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
Preston Charles Belle, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 3rd day of March,
2019. 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 (90)
days from the first publication
date of this Notice. A failure to
so Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 21st day of May,
2020.
/s/Charleen Williams, Executor
Publish: June 5, 12 and 19,
2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
Service Directory
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504
Highway 69 South, Columbus,
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MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 3rd day July, A.D.
2020 at 308 Shoney Drive,
Carpet & Flooring
Columbus, MS and will contin-
ue to all FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSE locations in the
CARPET INSTALLATION.
following
Re−Stretch sequence: 903also
& Repair
Alabama Street, select
Columbus,
avail. I accept jobs.
MS;
Call 44 Beatty
Walt, Road, Colum-
662−574−8134.
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted inDAVID’S
it pursuant to its lease
CARPET & Johnny Beamon
with theUPHOLSTERY
following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
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- H60 & H104
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 4th day of June, A.D.
2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 6/5, 6/12, &
6/19/2020
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI to Vinh Pham, Trustee for the
COUNTY OF LOWNDES use and benefit of Mortgage
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF Electronic Registration Sys-
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
SIPPI
tems, Inc. acting solely as
nominee for BNC Mortgage Inc,
a Delaware Corporation, which
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LEROY
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
DAVIS, SR., DECEASED
deed of trust is of record in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes, County, state of Mis-
which to store personal prop- BETHANY L. CASIMIR AND sissippi, in Book 2006, Page
LEROY DAVIS, JR.,
erty and To place ads starting at only $12,
CO-ADMINISTRATORS
31982; and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
CAUSE NO. 2020-033-PDE
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Trust-
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- ee for Structured Asset Securit-
HOUSES pursuant to said SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION ies Corporation Mortgage Pass-
Leases is authorized THEto DISPATCH
sell the n CDISPATCH.COM n FRIDAY, ThroughJUNE 12, 2020
Certificates, n 5B
Series
personal property to satisfy the STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 2007-BC1, the current holder
past due and any other COUNTY OF LOWNDES and/or assignee, substituted
charges owed to it by the fol- Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC as
lowing tenants. TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT- Trustee by instrument recor-
Legal Notices LAW
LegalOF LEROY DAVIS, SR., DE- ded
Notices LegalinNotices
the Chancery Clerk’s Of-
CEASED
NOW THEREFORE, notice is fice on November 5, 2018 in
hereby given that FRIENDLY Book MORT 2018, Page
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- You have been made a re- 23508; and
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- spondent in a matter filed be-
fore this Court by Bethany L.
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in Casimir, seeking a determina-
WHEREAS, Default having been
made in the terms and condi-
storage units leased by the fol- tion of heirship in accordance tions of said deed of trust and
with the laws of the State of
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY the entire debt secured thereby
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504 Mississippi. Those claiming to having been declared to be due
Highway 69 South, Columbus, be lawful heirs and beneficiar- and payable in accordance with
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30 ies of Leroy Davis, Sr., de- the terms of said deed of trust,
A.M. on the 3rd day July, A.D. ceased, are Samantha Davis Wells Fargo Bank, National As-
Moody, Daryl Lee Davis, Leroy
2020 at 308 Shoney Drive, sociation, as Trustee for Struc-
Columbus, MS and will contin- Davis, Jr., William Andrew Dav- tured Asset Securities Corpora-
is, III and Bethany L. Casimir.
ue to all FRIENDLY CITY MINI- tion Mortgage Pass-Through
WAREHOUSE locations in the Certificates, Series 2007-BC1,
following sequence: 903 You are summoned to appear the legal holder of said in-
and defend the Petition to De-
Alabama Street, Columbus, debtedness, having requested
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- termine Heirs at Law before the the undersigned Substitute
Chancery Court of Lowndes
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 Trustee in said deed of trust,
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- County, Mississippi on the 1st will on July 2, 2020 offer for
tions are with reserve and day of July, 2020, at 9:30 sale at public outcry and sell
therefore all units can be with- o’clock a.m. at the Oktibbeha within legal hours (being
drawn from the sale at any County Courthouse in Stark- between the hours of 11:00
ville, Mississippi, to show
time by the auctioneer/man- a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the
ager. cause, if you can, in Cause No. main front door of the County
2020-033-PDE, wherein you
Courthouse of Lowndes County
Title to the personal property to are a respondent, why Sam- in Columbus, Mississippi, to
be sold is believed to be good, antha Davis Moody, Daryl Lee the highest and best bidder for
Davis, Leroy Davis, Jr., William
but at such sale, FRIENDLY cash the following described
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will Andrew Davis, III and Bethany property situated in Lowndes
convey only such title as is ves- L. Casimir should not be de- County, Mississippi, to wit:
ted in it pursuant to its lease clared the sole heirs at law and
beneficiaries of Leroy Davis,
with the following and its al- TRACT 1:
lowed under Mississippi Code Sr. deceased, and for such oth- Lot Number Twenty-Two (22) of
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et er relief as prayed for should Myers Estates, Lowndes
seq (Supp 1988). not be granted. In case of your County, Mississippi, as shown
failure to appear and defend, a by plat recorded in Plat Book 3,
Decree will be entered finding
Billy Ferguson page 61, in the Chancery
- H42 the above-named persons to Clerk`s Office, Lowndes
be the sole heirs at law and be- County, Mississippi.
neficiaries of Leroy Davis, Sr.,
Cindy Parker
- H72 deceased. SUBJECT TO those restrictive
covenants and conditions con-
Kyron Taylor You are not required to file an tained in deed from Donald F.
answer or other pleading, but
- H98 Myers and Sid Myers, Jr. to
you may do so if you desire. John B. Dexter and wife, Cyn-
Jennie G. Johnson thia L. Dexter, dated Novem-
- H96 ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND ber 5, 1978, filed for record
SEAL OF COURT, this the 27th November 14, 1978 and ap-
day of May, 2020.
James Walker pearing of record in Book 600,
- H65 & H102 page 495, of the land records
LOWNDES COUNTY CHAN- in the office of the Chancery
CERY CLERK
Brittany Beard Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
- H49 sissippi; and
BY: Shantrell W. Granderson
Wendy Blunt SUBJECT, ALSO, to the reserva-
- H60 & H104 PUBLISH: May 29, June 5 and tion or easements for utility
12, 2020
and drainage installation as set
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on forth in said restrictive coven-
this the 4th day of June, A.D. ants and as shown by said re-
2020. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NO- corded plat.
TICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
FRIENDLY CITY TRACT 2:
MINI-WAREHOUSES WHEREAS, on November 6, Beginning at the Southeast
By: C.H.L. 2006, Samuel Lance Luckey corner of Lot 22 of Myers Es-
and Samuel Luckey and Tammy tates, a residential community
Publish: 6/5, 6/12, & Luckey and Tammy Luckey ex- in Lowndes County, Missis-
6/19/2020 ecuted a certain deed of trust sippi, as shown by plat thereof
to Vinh Pham, Trustee for the recorded in Plat Book 3 Page
use and benefit of Mortgage 61 in the office of the Chan-
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF Electronic Registration Sys- cery Clerk of said county (said
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- tems, Inc. acting solely as corner being in the centerline
SIPPI nominee for BNC Mortgage Inc, of a ditch) as the POINT OF BE-
a Delaware Corporation, which GINNING; thence North 44 de-
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LEROY deed of trust is of record in the grees 47 minutes East along
DAVIS, SR., DECEASED office of the Chancery Clerk of the East side of said lot for
Lowndes, County, state of Mis- 79.7 feet; thence South 59 de-
BETHANY L. CASIMIR AND sissippi, in Book 2006, Page grees 38 minutes East for 34.6
LEROY DAVIS, JR., 31982; and feet; thence South 29 degrees
CO-ADMINISTRATORS
03 minutes East along the
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank, South side of a public road
CAUSE NO. 2020-033-PDE National Association, as Trust- known as Sanders Lane (as
ee for Structured Asset Securit- built) (20 feet from centerline)
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION ies Corporation Mortgage Pass- for 67.8 feet; thence South 44
Through Certificates, Series degrees 56 minutes East along
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 2007-BC1, the current holder said South side of road for 57
COUNTY OF LOWNDES and/or assignee, substituted feet; thence South 39 degrees
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC as 49 minutes West for 30 feet to
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT- Trustee by instrument recor-
LAW OF LEROY DAVIS, SR., DE- ded in the Chancery Clerk’s Of- the centerline of a ditch;
CEASED thence North 59 degrees 10
fice on November 5, 2018 in minutes West along said
Book MORT 2018, Page
You have been made a re- centerline for 163 feet to the
23508; and point of beginning, containing
spondent in a matter filed be-
fore this Court by Bethany L. 0.2 acres, more or less, and ly-
WHEREAS, Default having been ing in the Northeast Quarter of
Casimir, seeking a determina- made in the terms and condi- the Southeast Quarter of Sec-
tion of heirship in accordance tions of said deed of trust and tion 8, Township 16 South,
with the laws of the State of the entire debt secured thereby Range 17 West, Lowndes
Mississippi. Those claiming to having been declared to be due
be lawful heirs and beneficiar- County, Mississippi.
and payable in accordance with
ies of Leroy Davis, Sr., de-
ceased, are Samantha Davis
the terms of said deed of trust, I will convey only such title as
Wells Fargo Bank, National As- vested in me as Substituted
Moody, Daryl Lee Davis, Leroy sociation, as Trustee for Struc- Trustee.
ElectricalJr., William Andrew Dav- tured
Davis, GeneralAsset
ServicesSecurities Corpora- Lawn Care / Landscaping
is, III and Bethany L. Casimir. tion Mortgage Pass-Through Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC
Certificates,
WORK WANTED: Series 2007-BC1, Substituted Jake’s Mowing
Trustee
You are summoned to appear the legal holder
Licensed & Bonded.of said in- Mowing, Weed−eating,
and defend the Petition to De-
debtedness,minor having electrical,
requested Jauregui
termine Heirs at Law before the Carpentry, Blow off&walks, Lindsey,Trim
LLCshrubs
Chancery Court of Lowndes
the undersigned
minor plumbing, Substitute
insulation, 244 FreeInverness
quote. Great
Centerpricing.
Drive
Trustee in demolition,
said deed of trust, Suite
Call,200
County, Mississippi on the 1st painting, will on July 2, 2020 offer for
text, leave message.
day of July, 2020, at 9:30 gutters cleaned, pressure Birmingham, AL
662−570−881535242
sale at public outcry and sell (205) 970-2233
o’clock a.m. at the Oktibbeha washing,
within legallandscaping,
hours (being
County Courthouse in Stark- cleanup
between the work,hours moving
of 11:00 help. JESSE & BEVERLY’S
ville, Mississippi, to show Publication dates: June 5,
662−242−3608.
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the 2020, LAWNJune 12, SERVICE
2020, June
cause, if you can, in Cause No. main front door of the County
MOUNTINGwherein
2020-033-PDE, TV’S AND you 19, 2020,Mowing,June cleanup,
26, 2020
HIDING WIRES Courthouse of Lowndes County
are a respondent, why Sam- in Columbus,
HILL’S PRESSURE Mississippi, to
landscaping, sodding,
antha Davis Mount
Moody,TV:Daryl Lee & tree cutting.
the highest and
WASHING. best bidder for
Commercial/
$60/TV
Davis, Leroy(mount notWilliam
Davis, Jr., incl) cash the following described 662−356−6525
Andrew
Mount Davis,
TV &IIIhide
and Bethany
wires: Residential. House,
property
concrete, situated
sidewalks in Lowndes&
L.$120/TV
Casimir should (mount notnot
be de-
incl) County, Mississippi, to wit: Painting & Papering
clared the sole heirs at law and mobile washing. Free est.
beneficiaries of
662−251−8472 Leroy Davis, 662−386−8925.
TRACT 1:
Sr. deceased, and for such oth- Lot Number Twenty-Two (22) of QUALITY PAINTING.
erGeneral
reliefServices
as prayed for should Ext/Int Painting.
Myers Estates, Lowndes
not be granted. In case of your County, Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
failure to appear and defend, a by plat $545
CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY
Mississippi, as shown
A & will
Decree T TREE SERVICES
be entered finding
recorded in Plat
plus Filing FeeBook 3, Repair. Pressure Washing.
Bucket truck & stump page 61, in the Chancery Free Estimates. Ask for
the above-named persons to CHAPTER
Clerk`s Office,13 Lowndes
BANKRUPTCY specials! Larry Webber,
be the removal.
sole heirs Free est.
at law All Attorney
and be- County, Fees Through The Plan
Mississippi. 662−242−4932.
neficiaries
Serving
deceased.
of Leroy
since 1987. Senior
Davis, Sr.,
Columbus
Jim Arnold,
SUBJECT TO those restrictive Attorney
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
You242−0324/241−4447
are not required to file an
662-324-1666
covenants
tained
104 Southin deed
and •conditions
from
Lafayette
601-656-6914
Donald
Street,
con-
F.
Starkville
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
SERVICE
answer or other pleading, but
"We’ll go out on a limb for Myers and Sid Myers, Jr. to
you may do so if you desire.
you!" John B. Dexter and wife, Cyn-
Special Prices.
Interior & Exterior Painting.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND ber
SEAL OF COURT, WASHING
thia L. Dexter, dated Novem-
SKILLED
this the 27th November
5, 1978, filed for recordAny
CRAFTSMAN.
662−435−6528
PRESSURE kind of work! We can and build,
14, 1978 ap-
day of May, 2020.
Commercial & residential. pearing paint, drywall,
of record clean,
in Book 600,
Bricks, concrete & siding. page 495, washof the land& cutrecords Are you a painter?
pressure grass.
LOWNDES COUNTY
Call for quote, CHAN- inReasonable
the office of the rates. Chancery
Safe & Advertise here!
CERY CLERK
662−295−6880. Clerk of Lowndes
Reliable. County, Mis-
662−386−3658.
sissippi; and
BY: Shantrell W. Granderson
SUBJECT, ALSO, to the reserva-
PUBLISH: May 29, June 5 and tion or easements for utility
12, 2020 and drainage installation as set
forth in said restrictive coven-
ants and as shown by said re-
corded plat.
TRACT 2:
Beginning at the Southeast
corner of Lot 22 of Myers Es-
tates, a residential community
in Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, as shown by plat thereof
recorded in Plat Book 3 Page
61 in the office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of said county (said
corner being in the centerline
of a ditch) as the POINT OF BE-
GINNING; thence North 44 de-
grees 47 minutes East along
the East side of said lot for
79.7 feet; thence South 59 de-
grees 38 minutes East for 34.6
feet; thence South 29 degrees
03 minutes East along the
South side of a public road
ADS STARTING AT
$12
known as Sanders Lane (as
built) (20 feet from centerline)
for 67.8 feet; thence South 44
degrees 56 minutes East along
said South side of road for 57
feet; thence South 39 degrees
49 minutes West for 30 feet to
the centerline of a ditch;
thence North 59 degrees 10
minutes West along said
centerline for 163 feet to the
point of beginning, containing
0.2 acres, more or less, and ly-
ing in the Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter of Sec-
tion 8, Township 16 South,
Range 17 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
I will convey only such title as
vested in me as Substituted
Trustee.
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC
Substituted Trustee
degrees 56 minutes East along
6B
said FRIDAY, JUNE
South side 12,for
of road 2020
57
feet; thence South 39 degrees
49 minutes West for 30 feet to
Legalcenterline
the Notices of a ditch;
thence North 59 degrees 10
minutes West along said
centerline for 163 feet to the
point of beginning, containing
0.2 acres, more or less, and ly-
ing in the Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter of Sec-
tion 8, Township 16 South,
Range 17 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
I will convey only such title as
vested in me as Substituted
Trustee.
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC
Substituted Trustee
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC
244 Inverness Center Drive
Suite 200
Birmingham, AL 35242
(205) 970-2233
Publication dates: June 5,
2020, June 12, 2020, June
19, 2020, June 26, 2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- address is 501 7th Street
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- North, Suite 10, Columbus,
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
at 8:30 am on the 3rd day of
July, A.D. 2020 and will contin- PUBLICATION OF THIS SUM-
ue to all FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSE locations in the
following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- DED IN THE COMPLAINT.
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- You must also file the original
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/ man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Hank Johnson
- N132
Lashea Atiana Stagat
- N161
Lindsey G. Montgomery
- N125
Hiyoshida McGee
- N141
Heather K. Christopher
- N251
Amanda Thomas
- N109
Benjamin Morris
- N264
Patricia Webber
- N216
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 4th day of June, A.D.
2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 6/5, 6/12 &
6/19/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
WILLIE L. ARMISTAD PLAINTIFF
VS.
ISAAC BARRY, ET AL DEFEND-
ANTS
CAUSE NO.2020-0097
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: The unknown heirs at law,
devisees and legatees of Jeff
Hamilton, Lizzie B. Hamilton,
Cora Hamilton, Mary Lang Petty
and Ronnell Petty and/or any
and all persons having or
claiming any legal or equitable
interest in the real property de-
scribed as follows:
A tract of land being located in Valid driver's license,
the Southwest Quarter (SW
1/4) of the Northwest Quarter
(NW 1/4) of Section 30, Town-
ship 17 North, Range 17 East, the job if needed. Call
Lowndes County, Mississippi
and more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
Commencing at a fence corner
marking the Southeast corner
of the Southwest Quarter (SW
1/4) of the Northwest Quarter
(NW 1/4) of said Section 30;
run thence North 89 degrees
12 minutes West a distance of
105.9 feet to an iron pin and
the point of beginning of the
herein described tract:
Continue thence North 89 de-
grees 12 minutes West a dis-
tance of 385.2 feet to an iron
pin; run thence North 00 de-
grees 48 minutes East a dis-
tance of 1357.0 feet to an iron
Medical
pin / Dental
on the East right-of-way of
Nick Hairston Road; run thence
South 89 degrees 12 minutes
East a distance of 385.2 feet
to an iron pin; run thence
South 00 degrees 48 minutes
West a distance of 1357.0 feet
to the point of beginning and
containing 12.0 acres, more or
less.
Subject to said right-of-way for
Nick Hairston Road along the
West side of the herein de-
scribed tract.
And if any of those persons be
deceased, then to their un-
known heirs at law, devisees,
legatees, administrators, ex-
ecutors, creditors and assigns.
All of whom are adult non-resid-
ents of the State of Missis-
sippi, or not to be found
therein after diligent inquiry,
and whose post office ad-
dresses, except as set forth
above, are unknown to the
Plaintiff after diligent inquiry.
You have been made Defend-
ants in the above suit by
Plaintiff, seeking a judgment
that Plaintiff and the three
named Defendants (as involun-
tary Plaintiffs) are the owners
of the real property described
above and their title be con-
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Clerk of this Court within a 662−889−6619.
reasonable time afterward.
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seal of Court, this the 26th day
of May, 2020.
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believe in customer
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662−549−9298.
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