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School starts in Columbus
under strict COVID protocols
Elijah Butler raises his hand to answer a science question on the first day of school on Thursday at Stokes-Beard Elementary.
Columbus Municipal School District started classes with 60 percent of students signed up for hybrid learning — a combina-
tion of in-person and virtual — and 40 percent attending classes online only.
Other area districts,
having delayed their starts,
continue to fine-tune plans
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
COLUMBUS — The first day of
school always means a bit of apprehen-
sion. But this year, those fears were of
a different nature.
Kaleb and Kendall Henry were
concerned about how safety protocols
would be implemented and followed at
Columbus High School. Tanesha Jen-
nings wondered if she would spend all
day sounding like a broken record, re-
minding students at Stokes-Beard El-
ementary School to wear their masks.
By the end of Thursday’s first day
of classes for the Columbus Municipal
School District, those fears were large-
ly assuaged.
“I was actually very concerned on
the way to school,” said Kendall Hen-
ry, who along with his twin brother,
Kaleb, started his sophomore year at
CHS Thursday. “Once I walked in and
saw they were checking temperatures
and were really big on social distanc-
ing, I felt a lot better.”
“We had a very good first day,’ said
Jennings, principal at Stokes-Beard. “I
thought I would spend all day saying,
Officials: ‘Mystery seeds’ not dangerous, still should not be planted
Residents receiving unordered seed packages
through mail as part of ‘brushing’ scam
BY TESS VRBIN tained tiny, oval-shaped seeds,
tvrbin@cdispatch.com she said.
The package likely came from
Sissy Watson’s family received
China, part of an unexplained
a package in the mail in mid-July nationwide scheme, U.S. Depart-
with a label that indicated jewelry ment of Agriculture representa-
was inside. Instead, it “smelled tives claim. Unordered packages
almost like lavender” and con- of unlabeled seeds have shown up
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Trinity Place
Retirement
Community says
it’s recovering
after COVID-19
outbreaks
Community outreach
director shares
pandemic response,
challenges with
Columbus Exchange Club
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
COLUMBUS —
Following dozens
of COVID-19 cases
among its residents
and employees over
the past weeks, Trin-
ity Place Retirement
Community is now Richardson
seeing improvements
as patients recover and staffing levels
rise, Community Outreach Director
Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff Rhonda Richardson told Columbus
Exchange Club members at Lion
Hills Center on Thursday afternoon.
The Columbus-based health
care group — which operates 140
independent-living apartments, the
Trinity Healthcare Center and the
Trinity Place Personal Care — has
seen six COVID-19-related deaths
at its facilities as of Thursday morn-
ing, Richardson said. Three of its
nursing home residents still strug-
gle with the COVID-19 infection,
she said, but 19 others are recov-
ering. Staff-wise, all 24 employees
who tested positive for the virus
See TRINITY PLACE, 3A
Oktibbeha EMA hopes
to improve remote
Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
Kayla Brown teaches a virtual class on the first day of school on Thursday at
emergency response
Stokes-Beard Elementary. BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
‘Put your mask back on,’ but it turned Friday classes provided regular in-
out not to be a problem. The kids were struction but also served as something The Oktibbeha County Emer-
very obedient. It was obvious the par- of an orientation for students and staff gency Management Agency hopes
ents did a great job talking to their alike for the district’s greatly-altered to add to its dispatch communi-
children about what they needed to school year. cation equipment to increase the
do.” As part of the plan, only about a productivity of its remote work,
Unlike the other Golden Triangle quarter of the district’s roughly 3,400 Director Kristen Campanella told
school districts, which have delayed students attended in-person classes the board of supervisors at a spe-
re-openings as COVID-19 cases con- Thursday with the rest participating in cial-call budget meeting Thursday
tinue to increase in the state, CMSD virtual classes. morning.
opened as scheduled. Thursday and See SCHOOLS, 6A See OKTIBBEHA, 3A
in the mail in most of the country,
including all but 10 of the 82 coun-
A recipient of an unsolicited
package of seeds, most likely
ties in Mississippi.
“We didn’t know about any of
from China, dropped it off at
the Mississippi State Universi-
this, so we immediately threw ty Extension office in Starkville
on Wednesday. Both the Exten-
them away in the garbage,” Wat-
sion and the U.S. Department
son, of Starkville, said Thursday
of Agriculture warn against
on Facebook. opening or planting the seeds,
She was correct not to plant which have been delivered na-
them, according to both USDA tionwide over the past several
and the Mississippi Department weeks for reasons unknown.
See SEEDS, 3A Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
FIVE QUESTIONS LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC
1 “Bones” detective Temperance MEETINGS
“Tempe” Brennan and her creator Aug. 11:
Kathy Reichs share what occupation? Starkville-Oktibbeha
2 What Republican former Senior Ad- Consolidated School
visor to President George W. Buch has District Board of Trust-
been referred to as “The Architect”? ees meeting, 6 p.m.,
3 What German composer wrote the
music best known as “Here Comes 401 Greensboro St.
Aug. 13: Oktibbeha
the Bride”?
County Board of
4 What term is used for a male duck?
5 Which of these foods is not a whole Supervisors budget
grain — bulgur, couscous, millet or meeting, 9 a.m.,
quinoa? Chancery Courthouse
Answers, 6B Aug. 14: Starkville
Board of Aldermen
work session, 10
a.m., City Hall
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Brenda Williams
COLUMBUS —
Brenda Freeman Wil-
liams, 51,
died July
19, 2020, at
her resi-
dence.
Carter’s
Funeral
Services
of Colum- Williams
bus is in
charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Williams was
born July 21, 1968, in
Racine, Wisconsin,
to Patricia Freeman
and the late Willie H.
Freeman. She was
formerly employed as
a counselor for Colum-
bus Municipal School
District.
In addition to her fa-
ther, she was preceded
in death by her brother,
Raymond Brown.
In addition to her
mother, she is survived
by her children, Wendy
Chavours of New Alba-
ny, Maurice Freeman
of Atlanta, Georgia
and Julian Mitchell of
Louisiana; siblings,
Bryan Freeman, Jeffery
Freeman both of Ra-
cine, Wisconsin, Jerry
Freeman of Harlingen,
Texas, Bobby Freeman
of Beverly Hills, Cali-
fornia, Shawn Freeman
of Houston, Texas and
Sandi McGaughty of
New Albany; and five
grandchildren.
Rufus Tate
COLUMBUS — Ru-
fus Lee Tate, 58, died
Aug. 3,
2020, at
Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Grave- Tate
side ser-
vices will
be at 11 a.m. Saturday,
in Sandfield Cemetery,
with the Rev. Barnell
Tate officiating. Visi-
tation is from 1-5 p.m.
today, at Carter’s Fu-
neral Services. Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Tate was born
Aug. 25, 1961, in Nox-
ubee County, to the
late, Anderson Tate Sr.
and Anna Washington
Tate. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Air Force
and a member of Union
Hopewell M.B. Church.
He is survived by
her children, Norman
Tate of Anchorage,
Alaska and Matthew
Tate of Desarc, Ar-
kansas; and siblings,
Johnny Washington of
Chicago, Illinois, An-
derson Tate Jr., Shirley
Tate Williams, Freder-
ick Tate all of Colum-
bus and Margaret Hill
of Conyers, Georgia.
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AREA OBITUARIES
Derrick Salter Columbus, to the late Cemetery of Starkville. Robert Baltzey Sr. his wife, Betty Lincoln
Bessie Hayes and Willie Visitation is from 2-6 Baltzey; children,
COLUMBUS — Der- COLUMBUS — Rob-
rick Salter, 43, died July Jordan. He was formerly p.m. today, at West Me- ert Gale Baltzey Sr., Robert Baltzey Jr., Jeff
22, 2020, employed with MUW morial Funeral Home. 81, died Aug. 6, 2020, Baltzey, Christopher
at Texas Grounds and Mainte- West Memorial Funeral at Aurora Health and Baltzey, Brian Baltzey,
Health nance and was a mem- Home of Starkville is Rehabilitation Center. Kenneth Baltzey,
Harris ber of Southside M.B. in charge of arrange- Lowndes Funeral Penny Hadley and
Methodist Church. ments. Home of Columbus is Teresa Goodin; 22
Hospital. In addition to his He is survived by in charge of arrange- grandchildren; and 20
Services parents, he was pre- his mother, Lealer ments. great-grandchildren.
will be at ceded in death by his Mae Lyndsey Jordan; Mr. Baltzey was Memorials may
11 a.m. Salter wife, Annie B. Jordan; children, Morline Pe- born Oct. 15, 1938, in be made to St. Jude
Saturday, children, Willie C and terson, Willie Peterson Des Moines, Iowa, to Children’s Research
at Lee-Sykes Funeral Willie James Jordan; and Clevin Peterson; the late Mildred and Hospital, 501 St. Jude
and siblings, Andrew siblings, Kenny Jordan, Place, Memphis, 38105.
Home Chapel. Visitation Glen Jacon Baltzey. He
is from noon-5 p.m. to- Jordan, John Henry and Tracy Jordan, Earl was a veteran of the
day, at the funeral home. Robert Sykes. Jordan, Jimmy Jor- United States Army. He Willie Henley
Lee-Sykes Funeral He is survived by dan, Timothy Jordan, was formerly employed COLUMBUS —
Home of Columbus is in his son, Walter Jones Verlean Jordan Johnson as a bus driver and an Willie Henley, 70, died
charge of arrangements. of Columbus; eight and Yolanda Jordan. EMT. Aug. 6, 2020.
He is preceded in grandchildren; and two In addition to his Arrangements are
death by his father, Wil- great-grandchildren. Walter Hairston parents, he was pre- incomplete and will be
lie James Washington Jr. COLUMBUS — Wal- ceded in death by announced by Carter’s
He is survived by his Mable Coleman ter C. Hairston, 80, died 12 siblings; and two Funeral Services of
mother, Shirley Ann HAMILTON — Aug. 6, 2020. grandchildren. Columbus.
Salter; and siblings, Mable Cummings Cole- Arrangements are He is survived by See OBITUARIES, 3A
Latoya Salter, Leatha man, 80, died Aug. 5, incomplete and will be
Edwards, Jeffery Whit- 2020, at her residence. announced by Carter’s
field and Stevon Salter. Graveside services Funeral Services of
will be at 11 a.m. Satur- Columbus.
Nancy Gillis day, in Oddfellows Rest
COLUMBUS — Nan- Cemetery, with David Dave Williams
cy Young Gillis, 79, died Snyder officiating. STARKVILLE —
Aug. 6, 2020, at Trinity Tisdale-Lann Memo- Dave B. Williams, 77,
Health Care. rial Funeral Home of died Aug. 4, 2020.
Gravesides services Aberdeen is in charge Graveside services
will be at 4 p.m. Satur- of arrangements. are at 10 a.m. today, in
day, in Adaton Baptist Mrs. Coleman was Lindsey Chapel Church
Church Cemetery of born June 16, 1940, Cemetery. West Memo-
Starkville, with the Rev. in Itawamba County, rial Funeral Home of
Hal Selby officiating. to the late Roy Cum- Starkville is in charge
Welch Funeral Home of mings and Ila Palmer of arrangements.
Starkville is in charge of Cummings. She was He is survived by is
arrangements. formerly employed as siblings, Mary Eliza
Mrs. Gillis was born a hairstylist and was a Williams, John Wil-
to the late Lindsey member of Aberdeen liams, Ralph Williams
Young and Grace Gregg First Christian Church. and Willie D. Williams.
Young. She was former- In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ly employed as a deputy
ceded in death by her
Bellaria Walker
clerk for the Oktibbeha WEST POINT —
County Tax Assessor’s siblings, Madie Pierce, Bellaria Davidson
Office and as owner James Cummings and Walker, 94,
of The Farmer’s Wife Ernie Cummings. died Aug.
Crafts. She was a mem- She is survived by 2, 2020, at
ber of Adaton Baptist her husband, Brent her resi-
Church. Coleman; children, dence.
In addition to her Phyllis Thompson Grave-
parents, she was pre- and Richard Coleman; side ser-
ceded in death by her sister, Mavis Riggs; vices are
husband, Gerald Gillis. three grandchildren; at 11 a.m. Walker
She is survived by and three great-grand- today, in
her children, Bethany children.
Greenwood Cemetery,
Gaudin, Lisa Whisnant with the Rev. Eddie A.
and Lori Elizabeth Gil- Kenneth White
Longstreet officiating.
lis; siblings, Jean Clark STARKVILLE — Carter’s Mortuary
and Beverly Churchill; Kenneth White, 66,
Services of West Point
and six grandchildren. died Aug. 1, 2020. is in charge of arrange-
Graveside services
ments.
Willie Jordan Jr. will be at 11 a.m. Satur- Mrs. Walker was
COLUMBUS- Willie day, in Mt. Peiler Cem- born July 6, 1926, in
etery #2. Visitation is
Jordan Jr., 82, died Aug. Clay County, to the late
3, 2020, from noon-6p.m. today, Rob Davidson and Ger-
at West Memorial Fu-
at Aurora trude Davidson. She
Nursing neral Home. West Me- was formerly employed
morial Funeral Home of
Home. as an educator.
Grave- Starkville is in charge In addition to her
of arrangements.
side parents, she was
services He is survived by his preceded in death by
siblings, Tommy James
will be at her husband, Willie M.
Jordan Jr. Patrick, Derek Boyd,
11 a.m. Walker; children, Willie
Saturday, Gary Boyd and Linda Alvin Walker and Alice
K. Curry.
in Union Cemetery. Visi- Faye Walker; and sister,
tation is from 2-5 p.m. at Nola Ivy.
Carter’s Funeral Ser- Willie Jordan She is survived by
vices. Carter’s Funeral CANTON — Willie her son, Thomas Walk-
Services of Columbus Earl Jordan, 63, died er Sr.; eight grandchil-
is in charge of arrange- Aug. 2, 2020. dren; six great-grand-
ments. Graveside services children; and three
Mr. Jordan was will be at 11 a.m. Sat- great-great-grandchil-
born Nov. 10, 1937, in urday, in Josey Creek dren.
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Trinity Place
Continued from Page 1A
have returned to work, she said.
The first case of COVID-19
took the life of a resident at Trin-
ity Healthcare Center the week
of May 31, according to data
from the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS),
which requires nursing homes
to report on a weekly basis
starting the week of May 24.
The nursing home went several
weeks without any new cases,
but saw a spike of 13 cases the
week of July 12 and 11 new cases
the following week, data shows.
Richardson said she thinks
Trinity implemented precaution-
ary measures swiftly at the be-
ginning of the pandemic, which
helped curb the spread of the vi-
rus within its facilities before the
July outbreak.
“This all started so early, we
really jumped on (it) before we
were even told we need to jump
on there,” she said.
Trinity started limiting visita-
tions to its assisted living, nurs-
ing home and in-house rehab
units on March 9, she said, two
days before Mississippi’s first
confirmed case on March 11.
It then tightened those policies
on March 19 to allow essential
workers and hospice unit visits
only, she said.
At the health care center and
the personal care units, senior
residents are screened three
times a day for fever and other
symptoms, and employees are
screened twice each day before
their shifts, Richardson said.
Employees must wear masks at
all times and residents must do
so around others, she said.
Following the outbreak in
July, activities, which used to
take place in the hallways at the
beginning of the pandemic, were
all suspended, Richardson said.
To limit the spread among resi-
dents, Trinity’s employees have
been delivering mails, grocer-
ies and meals to each resident
at both the health care centers
and roughly 130 residents at the
independent-living apartments.
The National Guards also of-
fered coronavirus testing rough-
ly five weeks ago at its health
care facilities for all residents
and employees, she said.
But with all the measures in
place, the health care centers
still witnessed an outbreak as
the governor began reopening
the state and Mississippians
grew more lax over time, lead-
ing to an uptick in the number
of cases on all levels, Richardson
said. As of Wednesday, Lowndes
County had seen 72 cases and
19 deaths among long-term care
facility residents, according to
data from the Mississippi State
Department of Health.
“When we started opening
back up, and that’s where it came
in,” she said. “As more people
began to relax precautions and
Mississippi’s numbers began to
escalate, it became impossible
to keep the virus away from the
elders and our employees.”
It is also hard to regulate the
residents’ behaviors, especially
at the independent living units,
where only four employees are
on site, Richardson said. Al-
though there have been no cases
reported at the apartments, she
said, the residents would some-
times drive out and back despite
discouragement from the man-
agement, adding risks of poten-
tial exposure to the virus.
“It’s hard dealing with 130
elderly people and you tell them,
‘Stay in your apartment. You
can’t have any visitors,’” she
said. “We can ask them all day
long and they have a mind of
their own.”
With dozens of staff infected,
Trinity also temporarily lost half
of its staff at one time, with some
nurses “pulling double-duties”
to care for residents, Richardson
said. But with employees recov-
ering, Trinity is seeing its staff
level rise to normal. Currently,
391 employees are spread across
the facilities, she told The Dis-
patch.
As the situation improves,
Richardson said she under-
stands the urge among family
members to see their loved ones
at Trinity. However, following
the CMS guidelines, the centers
cannot open back up for visita-
tions unless the facility no longer
has an outbreak and the county
sees a steady decline in the num-
ber of cases for a consecutive
two-week period, she said.
“I’m sick and tired (of the
pandemic), but it is what it is,”
she said.

Seeds
Continued from Page 1A
of Agriculture and Com-
merce. The “mystery
seeds” are not a risk to hu-
man health, but any seeds
foreign to an environment
could disrupt it, and they
might be carrying fungi or
pests, Mississippi Agricul-
ture Commissioner Andy
Gipson said in a July 29
press release.
“We have not seen a
single package that was
labeled as seeds,” he said.
“Every single one was la-
beled as something else
— jewelry, irrigation drip-
pers, pencils. I guess they
come in packages that
could hold those things,
but when you open them
up, there are seeds with no
labels and no identification,
in a small Ziploc-type bag.”
The packages are most
likely part of what Gipson
calls a “brushing” scam,
in which people receive
unsolicited items from a
seller who then uses recip-
ients’ names and locations
to post false customer re-
views online to boost sales
of the product.
However, this explana-
tion does not make total
sense, he said.
“If they just wanted to
do a quick brushing scam,
it would make sense to tar-
get an area or two, some
high-population areas,”
Gipson said. “They’re
spending a lot of money
sending those seeds over
here and we really don’t
have a good answer why.”
All plant material enter-
ing the U.S. legitimately is
required to be inspected
by the USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection
Service “because of the
danger of introducing un-
known or new species of
plants,” according to the
press release.
So far more than 40
types of seeds have been
identified from the pack-
ages, ranging from fruits
and vegetables to flowers
and weeds, Gipson said.
They are most likely all
from China, though some
postmarks indicate they
came from other countries
including Iran and Uzbeki-
stan, he said.
MDAC has collected
more than 350 packages
of seeds in person from
recipients across the state
— and 12 plants, in a few
cases where the recipients
had already planted the
seeds — over the past few
weeks, Gipson said.
Collecting all the pack-
ages of seeds “has kept us
very busy” and eventually
became overwhelming for
MDAC, he said, so Mis-
sissippi State University
started allowing recipients
to drop off the packages
at MSU Extension offices
statewide.
“We agreed to be a
location where people
could drop those off, and
(MDAC) is picking them
up,” Extension Associate
Director Steve Martin said.
“They’ll look at them and
see what there is to it, but
we really don’t know why
anybody’s getting them.”
So far the Lowndes
County Extension office
has received two packag-
es and the Oktibbeha and
Clay county offices have
each received one, accord-
ing to agents at all three
offices. Some of the first
calls notifying MDAC of
the strange packages came
from Oktibbeha County in
late July, Gipson said.
Noxubee County is one
of the 10 counties in which
no one has said they have
received any seeds, he
said.
The U.S. Postal Service
has been investigating
the deliveries, which have
slowed down over the past
week, Gipson said.

Oktibbeha
Continued from Page 1A
The $60,000 purchase
might be fully reimburs-
able through the federal
Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, since im-
proving telework capabili-
ties is one of the initiatives
it is meant to help during
the ongoing COVID-19
coronavirus pandemic,
Campanella said.
EMA seeks improve-
ments to its disaster re-
sponse system every year,
and a new “fully stand-
alone communications
console” would occupy
a separate space in the
EMA offices and therefore
maintain social distancing
among staff, Campanella
said.
She would prefer a re-
imbursement but would
like to order the equip-
ment regardless, she said,
and County Administra-
tor Emily Garrard said it
would be non-refundable if
reimbursement turned out
not to be an option.
The county has spent
about $100,000 in the past
four months that could be
reimbursed through the
CARES Act, Campanella
said. The pandemic has
been an additional re-
sponsibility for EMA this
year, since the agency has
also responded to severe
weather and the risk of the
Oktibbeha County Lake
Dam breaching.
EMA’s request for a
funding boost is one of
several the county has to
consider when creating
its Fiscal Year 2021. The
board of supervisors is
also considering a request
from the county’s juvenile
justice system.
In March, Youth Court
Judge Quarles asked the
supervisors to add $10,000
to the youth court budget
with the possibility of re-
ceiving $6,000 back by
the end of 2020. The Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court
chose Oktibbeha County
to participate in a pilot pro-
gram that would provide
legal representation for
parents whose children
are in the custody of Child
Protective Services.
The supervisors agreed cover representation and Williams said.
to take Quarles’ request detention after the fact. The board will hold an-
under advisement and “I think anything we other budget meeting Aug.
revisit the discussion at a can do to prevent juveniles 13 with more definite esti-
later meeting, and they de- from getting into addition- mates for each county de-
cided Thursday to add the al trouble is going to cost partment. The budget will
topic to the Aug. 17 meet- us more taxpayer dollars,” be approved in September,
ing agenda. District 5 Supervisor Joe and FY 2021 starts Oct. 1.
The board allocated
$117,600 to the youth court
in the Fiscal Year 2020
budget that passed in Sep-
tember, but the court had
already gone over budget
by March for sending chil-
dren to juvenile detention
for gun-related crimes,
Quarles told the board.
Garrard said Thurs-
day that the youth court
budget does not prevent
juveniles from getting in
trouble, since the funds

Clay supes OK $50 hazard pay for pollworkers in special election

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
WEST POINT — The
Clay County Board of Su-
pervisors on Thursday
unanimously approved pro-
viding an extra $50 in haz-
ard pay to each poll worker
working the upcoming
special election on Sept. 22
for the vacant Mississippi
House of Representatives
seat in District 37.
Eight of West Point’s
14 precincts are eligible to
vote in the election.
“It doesn’t matter how
many people vote, we
still have to run the polls
regardless,” said Clay
County District 5 Election
Commissioner Mae Brew-
er, who spoke to the board
before the measure was
passed.
Brewer said poll work-
ers are already scheduled
to receive $50 in hazard pay
in the Nov. 3 election due
to the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, but that will be
provided through Coro-
navirus Aid, Relief and
Economic Security Act
funding. CARES funding they’re asking us about
was not available for the (potential hazard pay).
September election, Brew- “I don’t think them ask-
er said, thus why she asked ing to get an extra $50 for
the county to foot the bill. that day is too much,” he
It is unclear how many added.
poll workers will be avail-
able for the September
election.
“We are having some
problems getting poll
workers,” Brewer said. “A
lot of them are older. … I’ve
made 10 to 15 calls in South
West Point and only two
have agreed to work so far.
When we’re calling them,

Obituaries
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Linwood Kidd Larry Jeffreys Thompson. He was a

STARKVILLE —
Linwood Kidd, 78,
died Aug. 6, 2020, at
Starkville Manor Nurs-
ing Home.
No services are
planned at this time.
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home and
DETROIT, Ala. —
Larry D. Jeffreys, 70,
died Aug. 5, 2020, at
North Mississippi Med-
ical Center of Tupelo.
Funeral services are
at 2 p.m. today, at Otts
Funeral Home Chapel,
with B.J. Mills officiat-
ing. Burial will follow
graduate of Sulligent
High School and was
formerly employed with
Scott Brothers Feed
Mill, True Temper and
as security at a rest
stop on I-22 in Tremont.
In addition to his
parents, he was preced-
SOLUNAR TABLE
ed in death by his sib- The solunar period indicates

Crematory is in charge lings, Harold Jeffreys,

peak-feeding times for fish and game.

in Shottsville Cemetery Fri. Sat.

4:41a
of arrangements. Rex Jeffreys and Polly
Major 4:01a
of Hamilton, Alabama. Minor 10:35p 11:03p
Mr. Kidd was born Gilmore.
Major 4:21p 5:01p
Visitation is one hour Minor 10:31a 11:24a
Jan. 26, 1942, to the late prior to services at the He is survived by
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Sidney and Ruby Lee
Fortner Kidd.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his sister,
Lena Cantrell.
He is survived by
his sister, Linda Lee of
Columbus.
funeral home. Otts Fu-
neral Home of Sulligent
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Jeffreys was
born Jan. 18, 1950, in
Sulligent, Alabama,
to the late Oscar Lee
Jeffreys and Avis Lee
his wife, Beth Jeffreys;
children, Gregory
Scott Jeffreys and
Paul Jeffreys; sister,
Laverne Cantrell; six
grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild, arriv-
ing October, 2020.
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OUR VIEW

Schools should be transparent with virus information

C
olumbus students were
back in school as of
Thursday. Other Golden
Triangle schools will follow suit
between now and Sept. 1.
As COVID-19 cases in Mis-
sissippi have surged to more
than 1,000 new cases a day, we
are all holding our breath as
our children return to school,
hoping the safety protocols are
effective in avoiding communi-
ty spread among the students.
There is reasonable cause
for concern. During its first
weeks of classes, the Corinth
School District reported six
cases, leading to the quaran-
tine of more than 100 students.
On Thursday, a teacher and
coach in the Lafayette Coun-
ty School District, died after
being in self-quarantine and is,
most likely, another fatality in
a state where 1,825 had died of
the virus as of Wednesday.
Those legitimate fears are
compounded by the revelation
that there is no requirement
for school districts to disclose
COVID-19 cases.
Governor Tate Reeves and
State Health Officer Dr. Thom-
as Dobbs are both encouraging
school districts to release this
information but admit there is
no state requirement to compel
them to do so.
Both Reeves and Dobbs
said the state health depart-
ment will begin releasing data
on cases involving students
on a county-by-county basis,
but since not all students in a
county attend the same schools
in the same school district,
that information won’t provide
parents the clear information
they need.
To its credit, Corinth ap-
pears to have been very trans-
parent in releasing information
about the outbreak in its dis-
trict, providing daily updates
after positive test results.
While we would certainly
hope that our local school
districts will be just as forth-
coming — and there is nothing
to suggest they will not — we
would like to see clear require-
ments that such information is
released with as much detail
as student privacy constraints
permit and in a timely fashion.
Such requirements would
give school districts clear
guidance on what should be
reported, how it should be
disseminated and how quickly
that the information should be
reported.
That information is of far to
great importance to allow too
much latitude.
We urge the Mississippi
Department of Education to
quickly devise and implement
requirements for disclosing
student COVID-19 cases.
Knowing that cases in
schools will be made public in
an open and timely manner will
of no small comfort in these
dangerous times.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Suggestions for city financing
I got a solution as to how the city
can get the new forensic equipment
with little cost to the tax payers.
From the information given at the
council meeting and in the paper,
the forensic department is creating
income doing outside work. That’s
refreshing for a government de-
partment. Now, how to pay for the
$150,000 cost, how about terminat-
ing the JR $90,000 annual retainer?
Then the percentage fee they receive
for overseeing the overs seeing of
city projects. That money could be
used to help reduce the cost of var-
ious projects in the city. If you want
a good example of management/
overseeing work being done, just
drive by the “new” fire station on
Airline Road. How many years and
how much money has it cost? Word
on the street has it the concrete
paving will be given in small partials
so there will be no bids required.
Sounds like the new LED light the
city awarded without bidding.
Another example of money well
spent, have you looked a the Am-
phitheater lately? Unless the city is
given more money from the state,
which is our taxes, on the pretext
of it’s not cost us anything, it will
not be finished. Sounded good
until you think about, we are paying
for it. Now it’s on the Island, with
the walking bridge closed and no
parking available on the Island,
flooded twice already. Would you
say good planning and overseeing?
Got a great very expensive entrance
compliment of the state taxpayers
but no money to finish it. A nice
ELECTION 2020
Biden’s game plan — take no risks and run out the clock
roundabout between second and
third street is being built. Where
is the city’s match coming from?

Mismanagement and nepotism is
rampant. Transparency and account-
ability is needed if Columbus is to
survive. Now the Mississippi Audit
Department is looking at the city’s
bookkeeping, $35 million in debt and
growing. Citizens you better wake
up and start paying attention.
God Bless America!
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
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hen Vice President
Calvin Coolidge
ascended to the
presidency on the death of
Warren Harding in 1923, a
wag remarked that Silent
Cal’s career had exhibited
unmistakable signs of celes-
tial intervention.
Governor Coolidge
vaulted to national attention
during the Boston police
Patrick Buchanan
strike of 1919, where, in a
stinging letter to Sam Gomp-
ers of the AFL, he thundered: “There
is no right to strike against the public
safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.” nee, which Biden has promised will be a
If Joe Biden becomes president, ce-
lestial intervention, once again, cannot
be ruled out.
Consider.
In the first Democratic contest in
2020 in Iowa, Biden, though the clear
front-runner in the national polls, ran a
humiliating fourth. In New Hampshire,
a week later, he ran fifth. In Nevada, Joe
was crushed again by Bernie Sanders
but edged out Sens. Elizabeth Warren
and Amy Klobuchar thanks to his loyal
African American base.
Came then South Carolina where the
Black vote, 60% of the total, gave Biden
a triumph — and the momentum that
propelled him to a sweeping victory on
Super Tuesday. Biden’s delegate count
became so large it was virtually impossi- slush fund,” so intense that Ike was
ble for Sanders to overcome.
That March, however, which had
begun with the resurrection of Biden’s
campaign, was also the month the
COVID-19 pandemic hit in full fury,
sinking the exuberant economy that had Govern was forced to drop Sen. Tom
been Donald Trump’s ticket to reelec-
tion.
At that point, Biden went to earth.
Through the spring of 2020 and this
summer, he has socially distanced
himself from the press and the public
and sheltered in place in a basement
bunker as the worst pandemic in a
century drove down the best economy
in decades to Depression-era levels. The ination.
last quarter alone saw a 9%
plunge in our gross domestic
product.
If Biden wins in Novem-
ber, then his “basement bun-
ker” campaign will be stud-
ied by historians alongside
the “front porch” campaign
of Harding that led to the
1920 landslide victory over
Democrat James M. Cox.
Yet, several scheduled
events could still upend
Biden’s take-no-risks-and-
run-out-the-clock strategy. The first is
his choice of a vice presidential nomi-
woman.
However, if Biden restricts his choice
to a Black woman, as some have insist-
ed, he eliminates from consideration
every governor and senator in the party
save Kamala Harris.
And if all the media attention given to
Harris and other VP candidates fails to
produce that Black woman, in this hour
of renewed demands for racial equality,
Biden will have some serious explaining
to do to the core constituency that saved
his bacon in South Carolina.
There is another danger in Biden’s
choice.
When General Eisenhower chose
Richard Nixon in 1952, the liberal press
ginned up a story about a “secret Nixon
almost stampeded into dropping his
running mate.
In 1972, Sen. George McGovern’s
campaign failed in its due diligence on
his vice presidential choice, and Mc-
Eagleton from his ticket and replace him
with Sargent Shriver.
Moreover, given Biden’s age — he
would be the oldest president ever inau-
gurated by eight full years — his choice
will have to be seen by the nation as a
credible president.
A second hurdle for Biden is his
speech accepting the Democratic nom-
The country would be watching in-
tently to see if the Biden of August 2020
had lost the mental and communication
skills he once had.
But Biden’s advisers bypassed that
hurdle this week by declaring that the
pandemic prevents Biden from traveling
to the Milwaukee convention.
This leaves the three presently
scheduled debates as perhaps the last
major hurdles between Biden and the
presidency.
Since 1960, when John F. Kenne-
dy established himself as a credible
challenger to Vice President Nixon in
the first of four debates, these confronta-
tions have often proven critical.
In 1976, President Gerald Ford se-
verely damaged his chances of holding
onto the office he had inherited from
Nixon when he insisted during his
debate with Jimmy Carter that Poland,
then under Soviet control, was a free
nation.
Ronald Reagan used his 1980 debate
with Carter to show with his wit and
demeanor that he was anything but
the reactionary of the major media’s
depiction.
For Trump to regain lost ground, he
must convince the country that not only
is he the right man to manage America’s
way out of the health crisis, economic
crisis and racial crisis that were none
of his doing, but that Biden has lost the
physical rigor and mental capacity to
cope with the triple crisis. And the best,
and perhaps last, place to do that is in
the debates.
The left understands this, which
is why we are suddenly seeing media
suggestions that Biden should cancel
the debates.
A terrified left wants Joe Biden to
coast to victory, and many on that side
share a belief that this may be the only
way he gets there.
Patrick J. Buchanan, a nationally syn-
dicated columnist, was a senior advisor
to presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
and Ronald Reagan. His website is http://
buchanan.org/blog.
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 3A

Barbara Sanders soil and water conser- and Mississippi State ceded in death by her
STEENS — Barbara vationist with USDA in University for Women. husband, Joseph Logan.
L. Sanders, 92, died Prentiss County, and In addition to her She is survived by
Aug, 5, 2020, at Aurora as director of natural parents, she was her children, Diane
Health and Rehab. resource conservation preceded in death by Webber of Arlington,
Graveside services service for Oktibbeha her son, Edward A. Tennessee, Darrell
will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, County. He was a mem- Hunt-Bryan. Logan of Jennings,
in Lone Oak Church of ber of Adaton Baptist Missouri and Traci
Christ Cemetery, with Church. Annie Logan Lynn Logan of Mem-
Tim Gentle officiating. He is survived by his LAKELAND, Tenn. phis, Tennessee; eight
Memorial Gunter Peel wife, Cathay Bagwell — Annie Beatrice grandchildren; and ten
Funeral Home and Cre- Thompson; children, Gordon Logan, 87, died great-grandchildren.
matory College Street Julie Thompson Mc- Aug. 4, 2020, at BMH
location is in charge of Callum of Bay St. Louis East Memphis, Tennes-
arrangements. and Joseph Edwin see.
Mrs. Sanders was Thompson of Ft. Worth, Graveside services
born Jan. 17, 1928, in Texas; and seven grand- will be at 10 a.m. Mon-
Herkimer, New York, to children. day, in Union Cemetery,
the late Vensel and Hel- with James A. Boyd
en Bellinger Grubner. John McMurray officiating. Visitation
She was a graduate of STARKVILLE — will be from 2-5 p.m.
Herkimer High School John Edward McMur- Sunday, at Carter’s Fu-
and was a member of ray, 81, died Aug. 4, neral Services. Carter’s
Lone Oak Church of 2020. Funeral Services of
Christ. Memorial services Columbus is in charge
In addition to her will be held at a later of arrangements.
parents, she was date. Welch Funeral Mrs. Logan was born Jackie Ford
preceded in death by Home of Starkville is July 24, 1933, in French Graveside Services:
Saturday, Aug. 8 • 10:30 AM
her husband, Lewis

Virgil Jones, Jr.

in charge of arrange- Camp, to the late Friendship Cemetery
A. “Alston” Sanders; ments. Lucine D. Gordon and College St. Location
and siblings, Paul F. Mr. McMurray was Nannie Ree Gordon.
Grubner and Grace born to the late Mary She was a graduate of Delena Gavin
Graveside Services: Virgil Jones, Jr. was born on
McGuire. McMurray and Edward Rust, Valdosta State Friday, Aug. 7 • 11 AM
Memorials may be August 6, 1927, to the union of
McMurray. He was a and Albany State Col- Memorial Gardens
made to Lone Oak 2nd Ave. North Location Virgil Jones and Luvenia Bland
graduate of West Point leges. She was formerly
Church of Christ, 1881 in Brooksville, MS. He was the
High School and Mis- employed as a junior Barbara Sanders sixth of ten children. Growing
Lone Oak Road, Steens, sissippi State Universi- high school business Graveside Services:
MS 39766. Sunday, Aug. 9 • 2 PM up, he was taught the importance
ty. He was founder of education teacher in Lone Oak Church of family and leaving a legacy.
John McMurray Ac- California, as a substi- of Christ Cemetery
He took pride in bettering his
Michael Mayhew counting and owner of tute teacher in Co- College St. Location
community through education
ALICEVILLE, Al. — McMurray’s Shoes. lumbus Public School
Linwood Kidd and activism. Many members
Michael Mayhew, 42, In addition to his par- System and as a banker Incomplete of the community referred to him as “Daddy” so
died Aug. 5, 2020. ents, he was preceded with Trustmak Bank 2nd Ave. North Location
his children referred to him as “My Daddy”.
A graveside home in death by his siblings, formerly Merchants
At an early age, he joined the Hopewell
going will be at 11 David McMurray and and Farmers Bank. She
Missionary Baptist Church. He served as a
a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, in Fred Mcurray. was a member of Zion
deacon of the church for many years. He became
Bigbee Baptist Church He is survived by his Gate M.B. Church and
president of the Hopewell Home Daycare and
Cemetery, with Jeffrey wife, Dartha Downs Deliverance Church of
memorialgunterpeel.com Noxubee County Citizens Improvement League.
Ball Sr. officiating. McMurray; children, God in Christ.
To ensure a better quality of life for his family,
Visitation will be from Dede Pepper, Moni- In addition to her
country, and community, he served in the United
1-5 p.m. Thursday, at ca Partsch and John parents, she was pre-
States Army in World War II. After service, he
Lavender’s Funeral McMurray Jr.; siblings,
attended Miles College in Fairfield, AL where
Service. Lavender’s Berry McCoy and
he met the love of his life, Beatrice West. In
Funeral Service of Jewell Cartwight; eight
1953, they were united in holy matrimony. They
Aliceville is in charge of grandchildren; and 14
remained married until her death-a span of 62
arrangements. great-grandchildren.
years. Their union welcomed nine children.
His simple formula for success was “if you
Tony Thompson Barbara Hunt don’t work, you don’t eat, if you don’t get your
STARKVILLE — COLUMBUS — Dr. education you get beat.” With this formula he led
Tony Lee Thompson, Barbara Ann Hunt, 89, by example. He received his bachelor’s degree
73, died Aug. 6, 2020, at died July 29, 2020. from Miles College in Business Education with
his residence. Carter’s Funeral a minor in Mathematics and his Education
Graveside services Services of Columbus Specialist degree from Mississippi State
are at 11 a.m. today, is in charge of arrange- University.
in Adaton Baptist ments. In 1956, he returned to Noxubee County as a

Delena Gavin
Church Cemetery. Dr. Hunt was born teacher and coach. In 1958, he became principal
Welch Funeral Home of July 26, 1931, in Aber- of Wilson Attendance Center serving until 1984.
Starkville is in charge deen, to the late Robert He served as Chairman of the Noxubee County
of arrangements. E. Hunt and Willie Gal- Delena Richardson Gavin, School Board, mayor pro-tem of the city of
Mr. Thompson was berth Hunt. She was a age 80, of Columbus, died Brooksville, and a community activist for many
born June, 17, 1947. He graduate of Bennett and Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at St. years. Due to his tireless work in education
was a graduate of Mis- Northwestern Universi- Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS. and community, on January 10, 2015, Wilson
sissippi State University ty and was formerly em- Funeral arrangements have Elementary School was renamed Virgil Jones, Jr.
and was previously ployed as a professor at been entrusted to Memorial Elementary School in his honor.
employed as the district Albany State University Gunter Peel Funeral Home & On July 31, 2020, Virgil entered into eternal
Crematory, 2nd Avenue North life. Although his days on earth were numbered,

Alan Whitmire
Alan Wayne Whitmire, age 64, passed away
on Saturday, August 1, 2020, at his residence in
Columbus, Mississippi.
Memorial services and interment will be 10
AM Friday, August 7, at Memorial Cemetery in
Louisville, Mississippi, with Rev. Trent Jaudon
officiating. The family encourages everyone to
follow COVID-19 precautions.
Wayne was born August 11, 1955, to Darwin
and Marzene Whitmire in Greenville, South
Carolina. He worked with the Corps of Engineers
as a Lock Supervisor on the Tombigbee River
until his retirement in 2010. After his retirement,
he enjoyed gardening, fishing, camping, trying
to keep up with his two German shepherd
playmates, and playing checkers with his
grandchildren.
Wayne is survived by his wife Georgia
Whitmire of Columbus; his mother Marzene
Whitmire of Louisville; his son Brandon Whitmire
and wife Stephanie of Ethelsville, Alabama; and
his daughter Cheryl Woody and husband Murray
also of Columbus. One of his greatest joys was
his four grandchildren; Malorie and Hunter
Whitmire of Ethelsville, Alabama, and Andrew
and Madison Woody of Columbus. He also leaves
behind two brothers Steve (Sandy) Whitmire of
Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Kenneth (June)
Whitmire of Pensacola, Florida; his aunt Linda
Swain of Louisville; and his father-in-law Irving
Power also of Columbus; in addition to several
cousins, nieces, and nephews. Wayne also has
two surviving step-children, Jacob St Laurent
and Erin (Edward) Parisian, as well as one step-
grandchild Nathaniel St Laurent all of Houston,
Texas.
He was preceded in death by his father Darwin
Whitmire and his mother-in-law Mary Power.
Memorial contributions in honor of Wayne
may be given to the Columbus-Lowndes Humane
Society 50 Airline Rd, Columbus, MS 39702.
Services are under the direction of
Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North
Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories
and condolences may be shared with the
family by signing the guest register at www.
nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.
Paid Obituary - Nowell Massey Funeral Home
location. Graveside services
will be 11:00 AM Friday, August
7, 2020 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, with Dr.
Breck Ladd, officiating.
The daughter of the late Carlos Rex and
Frances Swanzy Richardson, Mrs. Gavin was
born May 11, 1940, in Columbus. She was a
graduate of S. D. Lee High School. She was a
member of the former Hollis Chapel Baptist
Church and attended Fairview Baptist Church.
She most enjoyed time spent with her family,
including her eight grandchildren and nine great
-grandchildren and vacations at the beach.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased
by her husband, Thomas Edward Gavin on
August 22, 2000. Delena and Tommy were
married on July 3, 1958.
Her goal in life was to be a good mother,
grandmother, and great grandmother. She was
an overachiever with that goal. She was always
there for any need that her family had and then
some. She was a great friend and compassionate
caregiver to many. Just a beautiful soul, there is
a special place in Heaven for her where she now
resides.
She is survived by her children, Pamela and
Ronnie McGee of Brandon and Dena and Larry
Bradford and Craig Gavin, of Columbus; a
brother-in-law and sister-in-law Bill and Tammy
Gavin of Columbus; and a sister Linda Richardson
Finch of Booneville, MS. She is also survived by
her grandchildren Gavin Paul McGee (Brittany),
Grant Allen McGee, Brittany Nicole Beard
(Billy), Clinton Blake Bradford (Kaylee), Brooke
Delena Bradford, Harley Tennant (Derek),
Thomas Aaron Gavin and Camie Parker Austin
(Rhett) and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Gavin McGee, Grant
McGee, Billy Beard, Blake Bradford, Aaron
Gavin and Cole Bush.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,
TN, 38101.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
the impact he made through education and
community activism cannot be measured.
His loving wife, Beatrice Jones; parents; two
sisters; six brothers; and granddaughter (Jazmyn
Jones) preceded him in death.
He leaves to cherish his memories his nine
children, Gregory Jones (Patricia) of Buford,
GA, Cynthia Barry of Columbus, MS, Kevin
Jones (Sandra) of Shuqualak, MS, Virgil Jones,
III (Valerie) of McDonough, GA, Janice White
(Robert) of Suwanee, GA, Regina Jones of
Brooksville, MS, Larry Jones (Chandra) of
Sugarhill, GA, Terry Jones (Ophelia) of Kosciusko,
MS, Rodney Jones (Kartorus) of Gulfport, MS;
23 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; and
one great-great grandchild. He also leaves to
cherish his memories, his brother David Jones of
Cleveland, OH; four sisters-in-law, Gloria Stokes
of Birmingham, AL, Hazel Jones of Birmingham,
AL, Ann Jones of Cleveland, OH, Silver Bruce
West of Wheaton, MD; a special goddaughter,
Darlene Mickens, and a host of nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
Car side services entrusted to Lee-Sykes
Funeral Home are tentatively scheduled for
Saturday, August 8, 2020, at noon at the parking
lot of the Noxubee County High School. To
comply with CDC guidelines regarding Covid-19,
everyone should remain in his or her car during
the entirety of the service. Additionally, a radio
station and live streaming on the Lee-Sykes
Funeral Home Facebook page will be available.
A closed casket public viewing is scheduled for
Friday, August 7, 2020, from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00
P.M. There will not be a repast ceremony or
public final burial interment.
In lieu of flowers, the Jones family requests
memorials are made to the Beatrice and Virgil
Jones Jr. Educational Fund. You can send
your memorials via the following: Paypal:
B eat r ic eV i rg i l JonesE duc at eF u nd@g ma i l .
com; Cash App: LJBeaVrglFnd2020; Zelle:
BeatriceVirgilJonesEducateFund@gmail.com;
Checks: Make Payable to Kevin Jones – In Memo
Line put ‘Beatrice Virgil Jones Educational Fund’
– Send to P.O. Box 254, Brooksville, MS 39739.
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Schools
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About 40 percent of
CMSD students chose to
take all classes virtually,
with the remaining 2,000
students opting for a hy-
brid schedule — attending
classes two days a week,
either Monday-Tuesday or
Thursday-Friday — while
learning virtually the oth-
er three days a week. No
students will be on cam-
puses Wednesdays, which
will be used to sanitize
school grounds as teach-
ers spend the day on staff
development and students
work independently on
class assignments.
“One of the things
this plan allows us to do
is to great-
ly reduce
class sizes,”
CMSD Su-
perinten-
dent Cherie
Labat said.
“At the el-
e m e n t a r y Labat
schools, that
will allow us to have no
more than 10 students in
a classroom and no more
than 100 kids on campus
on any given day. At the
middle school and high
school, we’ll have no more
than 15 kids in class and
300 kids on campus. That
allows us to make sure we
can follow all the (Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention) guidelines for
social distancing and the
other safety measures.”
Those small classes
made a big impression on
the Henrys.
“I was really sur-
prised,” Kendall said.
“The number was way
under 10. It was like seven
kids in my classes, includ-
ing me.”
“I had one class where
there were just four of us,”
Kaleb said.
While area school dis-
tricts are providing a va-
riety of options — often a
mix of traditional in-class
classes, virtual classes or
a combination of the two
— there are many com-
mon measures all of the
school districts will em-
ploy.
Students will have their
breakfasts and lunches in
their classroom. Meals for
those who do not attend
physical classes can use
the school’s drive-through
meals process.
Social distancing and
mask wearing are uni-
versal requirements at all
school districts.
With the exception
of the Lowndes County
School District, all plans
have been finalized.
Start
School District
Date
Columbus Municipal
Aug. 6
School District
Lowndes County
Sept. 1
School District
Starkville-Oktibbeha
Consolidated School Aug. 24
District
West Point
Consolidated School Aug. 31
District
Mississippi School
for Mathematics Aug. 10
and Science
through seventh grade
and three for grades 8-12,
said Assistant Superinten-
dent Anna Guntharp.
In the lower grades,
students have the option
of either traditional or
virtual-only classes. Stu-
dents in the higher grades
will also have a hybrid
option, with some stu-
dents attending in-person
classes on Monday and
Wednesday and others at-
tending classes on a Tues-
day-Thursday schedule.
Guntharp said pushing
the start of classes back
two weeks has allowed
the district to fine-tune its
plans.
“We’ve gotten to a place
where there’s a lot more
consisten-
cy in what
we’re hear-
ing from
the state
health de-
pa r t ment ,”
Guntharp
said. “Ear- Guntharp
ly on, that
was a challenge as we
put together our plans to
make sure our students
were safe. Now, we have a
much better idea of what
we need to be doing.”
West Point
Consolidated School
District
West Point pushed its
re-opening to Aug. 31,
School learning plans
Enrollment Format/Participation percentage
3,400* Hybrid (60 percent); Virtual (40 percent)
Traditional (percentage TBD), Virtual (20
5,346
percent). Hybrid plan under consideration
Traditional (50 percent); Virtual, Hybrid
5,000*
(Hybrid available in Grades 8-12 only)
2,921 Traditional (60 percent) Virtual (40 percent)
Virtual for all students for first 4 1/2 weeks.
241 Hybrid thereafter, with junior and senior classes
alternating on campus at 4 1/2 week intervals
* estimate
largely on the advice of they can so we don’t have
medical experts, Superin- as many students on our
tendent Burnell McDon- buses. We won’t have the
ald said. usual assemblies and pro-
“There were two grams that bring a large
groups we listened to in number of kids together,
making the decision,” either. We’ll find out ways
McDonald said. “The first to do that.”
group was the Mississippi
Chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics
Mississippi School
and the Mississippi State for Mathematics
Medical Association,” and Sciences
he said. “Both of those MSMS, a state-run
groups said it would be residential high school
better to wait until there for 11th and 12th grad-
was a downward trajecto-
ers, will begin classes as
ry in (COVID-19) cases
scheduled on Monday, but
before re-opening. The
have altered the plan. All
other group was the coun- classes will be held virtu-
ty emergency manage-
ally for the first half of the
ment people. They deal opening nine-week term.
not only with the health
Originally, juniors were to
of students but adults as attend hybrid classes for
well. They also recom- the first four-and-a-half
mended a delay.”
weeks before returning
McDonald said
to their homes for the sec-
WPCSD students have
ond half of the nine-week
the option of traditional or
term. Seniors were to ar-
virtual classes.
rive on campus as the ju-
“When we sent out
niors left.
surveys to parents, it
came back about 50/50 Instead, physical class-
on whether they pre- es will begin in October,
again with juniors on
ferred regular classes or
distance learning,” Mc- campus in October, fol-
lowed by the senior class
Donald said. “We expect
to have about 60 percent at the beginning of the
of our students choose to second nine-week term.
attend regular classes, The classes will follow
which means it will be that alternating schedule
easier to maintain social through the end of the
distancing. We are also school year.
asking parents to bring
their children to school if

Lowndes County
School District
LCSD postponed its
opening until Sept. 1,
making it the last of the
area schools that will
open.
“We are re-thinking
everything we have done
because of
the increase
in cases,”
said Super-
intendent
Sam Allison.
“That was
the reason
we decid- Allison
ed to delay
opening. We wanted to
have a better idea of what
we’re dealing with.”
As originally planned,
LCSD will provide both
traditional and virtual
classes for its 5,346 stu-
dents. The district is also
considering a hybrid plan
that would allow students
to split their time between
traditional and virtual
learning.
“We’ll sit down next
week and develop that
plan, maybe have half of
the students come into
the schools one day and
the other half the next,”
Allison said. “I don’t think
we’ll do hybrid classes the
whole year, but we’ll see
what happens.”

Starkville-Oktibbeha
Consolidated School
District
SOCSD will begin
classes Aug. 24 and will
offer two options for Pre-K
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Vols pull away from Raiders with emphatic offensive barrage

BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — The
Starkville Academy soft-
ball team had lost its con-
fidence and its shrinking
lead seemed soon to fol-
low when coach Lee Ber-
ryhill did the only thing
he could do.
He called time.
A 10-0 lead had become
13-8, then 15-13, with two
out in the bottom of the
fourth inning of Monday’s
game at Oak Hill Acade-
my in West Point as the
Raiders rallied quickly.
“It was kind of back to,
‘Here we go again,’” Ber-
ryhill said.
So he gathered his
infielders and pitcher
Calliope Koiva, letting
them take a breather and
calm down. When play
resumed, Koiva got Oak
Hill’s Morgan Dabbs to
smack a ground ball to
shortstop for the final out
of the inning.
Starkville Academy,
its biggest threat neutral-
ized, came back with six
runs in the top of the fifth
and a whopping 13 in the
top of the sixth to make
sure it left no doubt in a
34-14 win over Oak Hill
(0-3).
“We responded every
time they did,” Berryhill
said.
The Volunteers (2-2)
pounded 24 hits and made
just two errors in the
thumping compared to
Starkville Academy’s Browning Hughes makes contact during Thursday’s game against Oak Hill Academy in West
Point. Hughes hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning as the Volunteers put up 13 runs in the frame.
Oak Hill’s seven miscues.
“They capitalized on
our mistakes and scored
runs, and we didn’t do
what we were supposed
to,” Raiders coach Mitch
Bohon said. “They got
us.”
Starkville Academy
started hot early with a
10-spot in the first inning,
taking advantage of five
Oak Hill errors in the
frame alone.
But the Raiders got
back in the game with
three runs in the bottom
of the second and five in
the bottom of the third.
After Starkville Academy
scored twice in the top of
the fourth to make it 15-10
in the Vols’ favor, Oak Hill
left fielder Dovie Suggs
drove a two-run single
down the third-base line,
right fielder Kara Reed
reached on an error that
brought home a run, and
pitcher Carley Wooten
found a hole in shallow
right for a two-run single.
The Raiders were
within two, but as they
did Monday in a 26-16
loss to Heritage Academy
and Tuesday in a 20-1 de-
feat at the hands of Win-
ona Christian, things got
away from them.
A three-run double
by Arden Parker was the
Vols’ big blow in a six-
run fifth, and Browning
Hughes hit a three-run
Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
homer to right center field
in the sixth while Koiva
drove in four runs in the
frame on an error and a
double. Just like that, Oak
Hill was down by more
than 20 runs.
“We’re playing solid
for an inning or two, then
the floodgates open and
we don’t stop it,” Bohon
said. “The game’s right
there, then you look up,
and it’s 34-13.”
Berryhill praised his
team’s willingness to
both attack pitches in the
strike zone and lay off
balls Thursday, saying it
helped Starkville Acade-
my close out Oak Hill em-
phatically.
“We knew going into
the top of the sixth right
there we had a chance to
put the game away if we
would just be disciplined
at the plate … and we did
a good job of it,” Berryhill
said. “We took the walks
that were available, and
we hit it when we had to
hit it.”
While he knows it’s a
natural product of inex-
perience and youth, Bo-
hon acknowledged that
Thursday’s game was
frustrating for a team that
showed several flashes
early on and hopes the
Raiders can “catch a cou-
ple people slipping” later
on.
“I think we’re making
some strides in the right
direction,” he said. “It’s
just that they’ve just got to
put it together for a com-
plete game, not just four
innings.”
Oak Hill senior Baylee
Smith, who manned cen-
ter field as the Volunteers
put up their barrage of
runs Thursday, shared
her coach’s ambivalence
— and not without opti-
mism.
“Part of it is frustrat-
ing, and part of it is, ‘We
can get there. We can
make it,’” Smith said.

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Markakis hits walkoff HR

after opting into season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Nick
Markakis promised be-
fore Thursday night’s
game that hitting was
“the least of my worries”
in his first start of the sea-
son.
He then showed why.
Markakis capped his
dramatic return with a
game-end-
ing home
run in the
ninth in-
ning that
lifted the
Atlanta
Braves to
a 4-3 win Markakis
over the
Toronto Blue Jays.
It was the first hit of
the game for Markakis,
who said he was upset
about failing in previous
attempts to drive in a run.
“To me, we really
shouldn’t have been in
that situation,” said the
36-year-old Markakis. “I
had a couple chances to
push a run across there
and we didn’t. That’s the
beauty of this game. You
Courtesy of Stephany Watson always get another oppor-
West Point High School graduate Baker Watson signs his letter of intent to play tunity.”
baseball at the Mississippi University for Women on Thursday in West Point. Wat- Markakis announced
son played shortstop and pitched for the Green Wave as well as playing with the his return one week ago,
Black Prairie Mudcats of the Cotton States Baseball League this summer. three weeks after opting
out due to coronavirus
concerns, Markakis lined
PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP the one-out homer off
Wilmer Font (0-1) that
Patriots blank Laurel HomeSchool carried into the restau-
rant behind the right-field
BY THEO DEROSA stands.
tderosa@cdispatch.com Starkville Academy 3, Markakis was added
Starkville HomeSchool 1 to the active roster on
LAUREL — The Heritage Academy STARKVILLE — Starkville Acade- Wednesday after chang-
girls soccer team shut out Laurel Home- my earned its first win of the season with ing his mind about sitting
School 2-0 on Thursday in Laurel. a 3-1 win over Starkville HomeSchool on out the year.
Sarah Curtis and Chloe Boyd each Thursday at the Starkville Sportsplex. Following the homer,
scored for the Patriots, and Haven Lauren Bock, Chloe Hardin and Mia Braves players circled
Tuggle kept a clean sheet against the Kate Cade all scored goals for the Vol- home plate with plenty
Hawks. unteers (1-2). of distance, waving their
Heritage Academy faces Presbyteri- Starkville Academy will host Colum- hands in the air as Marka-
an Christian School at 11 a.m. today in bus Christian Academy at 5 p.m. Thurs- kis finished his trot.
Hattiesburg. day, Aug. 13. “It was a little weird
but that’s the situation
we’re in,” Markakis said.
“We’re still out here play-
ing the game. We’re still
playing for everybody.
We’re still playing for the
fans.”
Manager Brian Snitker
said he is not surprised
Markakis, 36, came back
swinging.
“That guy is going to
look like that probably at
60 and be able to hit still,”
Snitker said.
Mark Melancon (1-0)
pitched a perfect ninth.
Freddie Freeman hit a
two-run homer in the first
off Toronto rookie Nate
Pearson.
Bo Bichette hit a ho-
mer in the fourth for the
Blue Jays.
Right-hander Touki
Toussaint gave the de-
pleted Atlanta rotation a
boost by setting career
highs with his 6 2/3 in-
nings and nine strike-
outs.
It was an important
start for a rotation which
lost ace Mike Soroka to a
season-ending torn right
Achilles tendon on Mon-
day night. The rotation
also has lost Mike Fol-
tynewicz, who was desig-
nated for assignment and
then sent to the team’s al-
ternate training site.
Toussaint left the
game with a 3-2 lead,
but Blue Jays pinch-hit-
ter Teoscar Hernández
singled up the middle off
Tyler Matzek to drive in
Rowdy Tellez to tie the
game. Toussaint gave up
four hits and three runs
with no walks.
Pearson, making his
second start, allowed
three runs on two hits in
five innings.
“I really didn’t have
my best slider or my best
fastball command, but
I’m able to grind and still
give my team a chance to
win,” Pearson said.
Marcell Ozuna didn’t
look happy when a 96
mph fastball from Pear-
son sailed above his head
in the fourth. Ozuna an-
swered by lining a single
to left field with an exit
velocity of 110 mph.
Ozuna moved to sec-
ond on Pearson’s wild
pitch to Nick Markakis,
whose grounder to first
advanced Ozuna to third.
Adam Duvall’s fly ball to
left field drove in Ozuna
for a 3-1 lead.
Roster snafu
A roster snafu forced
the Blue Jays to change
their pitching plans in the
game.
The team optioned
right-hander Jacob
Waguespack to the team’s
alternate training site
early Thursday to reach
the 28-man roster limit.
Manager Charlie Mon-
toyo said before the game
Waguespack was recalled
when right-hander Trent
Thornton was placed on
the 10-day injured list.
Montoyo tried to bring
in Waguespack to open
the sixth. Following a chat
with home plate umpire
Alan Porter, Waguespack
left the field without mak-
ing a pitch and Montoyo
instead brought in Rafael
Dolis.
Following the game,
Montoyo said the digital
lineup used by home plate
umpire Alan Porter didn’t
include Waguespack.
“At the end of the day if
he doesn’t have it, there’s
nothing else I can say
because the one he has
is the one that counts,”
Montoyo said of Porter.
Snitker said he wasn’t
happy Toussaint had to sit
in the dugout “because of
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Day leads PGA as Koepka continues to be a major force

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS better. Just need to tidy a a 15-time major champion No. 10 to no applause.
few things up, and we’ll be who has played just one They still had the largest
SAN FRANCISCO — there come Sunday on the tournament in the last six following in two months,
By now, it is becoming all back nine.” months. some 60 people — re-
too familiar. Day, trying to emerge Woods put a new put- porters, photographers,
The starter stepped from a slump that has ter into play — this one camera crews, a few park
to the microphone and kept him from winning is a little longer, which he rangers. And there were
kept to the PGA Champi- since 2018 and contend- says helps him practice fans along the road be-
onship tradition afforded ing in majors since 2016, longer without straining yond the fence on the 12th
its champions. One play- hit an approach to 6 feet his surgically repaired hole shouting for Woods.
er gets the for birdie on No. 9, the back — and it came in McIlroy overcame
longest in- second-toughest hole on handy. He made a 30-foot three straight bogeys
troduction. the course at 518 yards for birdie early. He was most early in his round for an
“Now on a par 4 at sea level. pleased with a 20-foot par even-par 70. Thomas was
the tee, the Todd’s round was putt on No. 18 as he made going along fine until a
1999, 2000, equally impressive. Play- the turn. And he was pair of double bogeys, one
2006 and ing in the afternoon, as thrilled with the weather. on the seventh hole when
2007 PGA the wind strengthened, “I thought anything to- his ball never came down
C h a m p i o n Day Todd made seven birdies day in the red was going from a Monterey Cypress
... Tiger and finished with a 10- to be good,” Woods said. tree. He shot 71.
Woods.” foot par putt. In this case, there was The start was a good
And then Koepka is the two-time a lot of good to go around. sign for Day, the former
silence. defending champion, pre- Just under one-third of No. 1 player in the world,
It’s the sented the opportunity the field —47 players — because he has struggled
eerie prod- this week to become only broke par. That included so much since his last win
uct of golf the seventh player in the Bryson DeChambeau, two years ago. His back
amid a pan- 160-year history of ma- who broke his driver on gives him trouble. Off the
demic, and Koepka jor championship golf to the seventh hole after course, his mother was
even after win the same major three another vicious swing.
battling lung cancer in
two months of no specta- years in a row. It was last Oddly enough, it finally
Australia. And then he fi-
tors, the quiet can be jar- done 64 years ago. gave way when he leaned
nally made a clean break
ring. He’s still a little an- on it ever so slightly while
Also familiar — Brooks from his longtime coach
noyed that he missed a picking up his tee.
Koepka bringing his best and lifetime mentor, Col-
similar chance last year He was able to replace
to the majors. lin Swatton.
down the Pacific coast at it and challenged the lead
Jason Day and Bren- But he registered three
Pebble Beach, when he — he was 4 under through
don Todd wound up in a top 10s coming into the
finished runner-up in his 10 — until he slid back to
share of the lead Thurs- bid for a third straight a 68. PGA Championship, and
day after an opening U.S. Open. Instead of the wind and his confidence is growing.
round packed with action, Koepka hasn’t won in chill and the thick ma- Ditto for Koepka. He
just not cheers. Each post- more than a year. His left rine layer, it was pleasant missed the cut at the 3M
ed a 5-under 65 at Hard- knee has been bothering enough to make this feel Open in Minnesota two
ing Park, where fog gave him since last August. No like a casual round of golf. weeks ago, went home to
way to the sun and the matter. After a slow start, It sounded like that, Florida and during one
wind eased just enough he quickly moved his way too. range session was so frus-
to make the public course up the leaderboard and Woods is used to trated he heaved a few
accessible to reasonable stayed there with a series tournament golf in the clubs. But a quick video
scoring. of key putts for par — and COVID-19 era. Spectators review and some tech-
The one constant ap- one 12-footer for bogey have not been allowed at nical work revealed his
pears to be Koepka. — that gave him an ideal any tournament since the weight was on the wrong
Just two weeks after start to this major. PGA Tour returned two side. He made the adjust-
he missed a cut and was He was at 66 with months ago. It’s not less ment and tied for second
so frustrated he said he eight other players, a list strange. last week at a World Golf
heaved a club 70 yards that included former ma- “It’s still funny,” Rory Championship.
during practice, he pow- jor winners Justin Rose, McIlroy said. “You know, And this is a major.
ered his way to six birdies Martin Kaymer and Zach ’99, 2000, 2006, 2007 PGA Big Game Brooks is at his
for a 66 that left him in a Johnson, rising star Xan- champion, Tiger Woods. best in these.
large group one shot be- der Schauffele and tour And then there’s nothing. “He seems to find his
hind. rookie Scottie Scheffler. That’s pretty interesting. comfort zone in these
“It’s only 18 holes Woods ran off three That’s definitely differ- tournaments, in these en-
right now,” Koepka said. birdies in a four-hole ent.” vironments, for whatever
“I feel good. I feel confi- stretch toward the end McIlroy, Woods and reason that is,” McIlroy
dent. I’m excited for the of his round that offset a Justin Thomas, the No. 1 said. “I think we are all
next three days. I think few mistakes. He opened player in the world, each just lucky that he doesn’t
I can definitely play a lot with a 68, a solid start for started with a birdie on find it every other week.”

Braves
Continued from Page 1B
a clerical error” while Dolis was al- designated for assignment on Tues- Smith, who was warming up for a
lowed to have extra time to warm up day, to the alternate site. possible 10th inning, “was raring to
on the mound. go.”
Trainer’s room
Down to 28 Blue Jays: Thornton has right Up next
The Braves activated LHP Will elbow inflammation and won’t make Blue Jays: RHP Tanner Roark (1-
Smith from his rehabilitation as- Saturday’s scheduled start at Bos- 0, 1.80) will start as Toronto opens
signment. Smith, who signed a $39 ton. Montoyo hasn’t named a fill-in a weekend series at Boston against
million, three-year deal, missed the starter for Thornton, who allowed RHP Ryan Weber (0-2, 11.57).
summer camp following a positive one run in four innings and received Braves: RHP Kyle Wright (0-1,
test for the coronavirus. no decision in his first start at Wash- 7.50), whose role becomes more im-
OF Scott Schebler was desig- ington on July 27. INF Santiago Es- portant following ace starter Mike
nated for assignment while RHP pinal was optioned to the alternate Soroka’s season-ending injury this
Chad Sobotka and C Alex Jackson training site. week, will face RHP Vince Velasquez
were optioned to the club’s alternate Braves: Smith was activated (0-0, 12.00) in the opening game of a
training site as the team reduced its instead of pitching in a simulated four-game series at Philadelphia. It
roster to 28 players. The Braves out- game at the team’s alternate site, is the start of Atlanta’s nine-game
righted LHP Chris Rusin, who was as had been planned. Snitker said road trip.

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MLB Glance
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 6 1 .857 _
Atlanta 9 5 .643 ½
Washington 4 5 .444 3
Philadelphia 3 4 .429 3
New York 5 8 .385 4
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 10 3 .769 _
Milwaukee 5 5 .500 3½
St. Louis 2 3 .400 4
Cincinnati 5 8 .385 5
Pittsburgh 3 10 .231 7
West Division
W L Pct GB
Colorado 9 3 .750 _
Los Angeles 9 4 .692 ½
San Diego 7 6 .538 2½
San Francisco 6 8 .429 4
Arizona 5 8 .385 4½
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 7, 7 innings, 1st game
Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 7 innings, 1st game
N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1
Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2
N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1, 7 innings, 2nd game
Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 0
Toronto 2, Atlanta 1
Miami 2, Baltimore 1, 7 innings, 2nd game
Milwaukee 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 1
San Francisco 4, Colorado 3
L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 6
Arizona 14, Houston 7
St. Louis at Detroit, ppd., 1st game
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 2nd game
Philadelphia at Miami, ppd.
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 5
Colorado 6, San Francisco 4
Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 0
Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Yankees 4
Atlanta 4, Toronto 3
Kansas City 13, Chicago Cubs 2
Arizona 5, Houston 4
Miami 8, Baltimore 7
Milwaukee 8, Chicago White Sox 3
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 1st game
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 2nd game
Philadelphia at Miami, ppd
Today’s Games
Baltimore (Milone 0-1) at Washington (TBD), 5:05
p.m.
Atlanta (Wright 0-1) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 0-0),
6:05 p.m.
Detroit (Boyd 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 0-0), 6:05 p.m.
Miami (Alcantara 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Wacha 1-1), 6:10
p.m.
Cincinnati (Bauer 1-0) at Milwaukee (Lauer 0-0),
7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 1-0) at St. Louis (Flaherty 1-0),
7:15 p.m.
Arizona (Weaver 0-2) at San Diego (Davies 1-1),
8:10 p.m.
Colorado (Senzatela 2-0) at Seattle (Kikuchi 0-0),
8:40 p.m.
San Francisco (Samardzija 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers
Saturday’s Games
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Washington, 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.
Colorado at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 9 3 .750 _
Baltimore 5 7 .417 4
Tampa Bay 5 7 .417 4
Toronto 4 6 .400 4
Boston 4 8 .333 5
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 10 3 .769 _
Cleveland 8 6 .571 2½
Chicago 7 6 .538 3
Detroit 5 5 .500 3½
Kansas City 4 10 .286 6½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 9 4 .692 _
Houston 6 6 .500 2½
Los Angeles 5 8 .385 4
Seattle 5 9 .357 4½
Texas 3 8 .273 5
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 7, 7 innings, 1st game
Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 7 innings, 1st game
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 0
Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2
N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1, 7 innings, 2nd game
Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 0
Toronto 2, Atlanta 1
Miami 2, Baltimore 1, 7 innings, 2nd game
Milwaukee 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 1
Oakland 6, Texas 4
Arizona 14, Houston 7
Seattle 7, L.A. Angels 6
St. Louis at Detroit, ppd., 1st game
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 2nd game
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, ppd.
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 5
Oakland 6, Texas 4
L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 1
Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 0
Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Yankees 4
Atlanta 4, Toronto 3
Kansas City 13, Chicago Cubs 2
Arizona 5, Houston 4
Miami 8, Baltimore 7
Milwaukee 8, Chicago White Sox 3
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 1st game
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 2nd game
Today’s Games
Baltimore (Milone 0-1) at Washington (TBD), 5:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Snell 0-0),
5:40 p.m.
Detroit (Boyd 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 0-0), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (TBD) at Boston (Weber 0-2), 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota (Smeltzer 1-0) at Kansas City (Junis 0-0),
Cleveland (Civale 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Cease
1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Charlotte
Washington
23 42 .354 18
24 44 .353 18½
L.A. Angels (Canning 0-1) at Texas (Lyles 0-1), 8:05 Atlanta 20 47 .299 22
p.m. Central Division
Houston (Greinke 0-0) at Oakland (Bassitt 1-0), 8:10 W L Pct GB
p.m. y-Milwaukee 55 14 .797 —
Colorado (Senzatela 2-0) at Seattle (Kikuchi 0-0), x-Indiana 42 27 .609 13
8:40 p.m. Chicago 22 43 .338 31
Saturday’s Games Detroit 20 46 .303 33½
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m. Cleveland 19 46 .292 34
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m., 1st game
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m.
Houston at Oakland, 3:10 p.m. Western Conference
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:40 p.m., 2nd game Southwest Division
Baltimore at Washington, 5:05 p.m. W L Pct GB
L.A. Angels at Texas, 6:05 p.m. x-Houston 43 25 .632 —
Minnesota at Kansas City, 6:05 p.m. x-Dallas 41 30 .577 3½
Toronto at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Memphis 32 37 .464 11½
Colorado at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. San Antonio 29 38 .433 13½
New Orleans 29 39 .426 14
Northwest Division
Braves 4, Blue Jays 3 W L Pct GB
Toronto Atlanta x-Denver 45 24 .652 —
ab r h bi ab r h bi x-Utah 43 25 .632 1½
Bichette ss 4 1 1 1 Acuña Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 x-Oklahoma City 42 25 .627 2
Biggio rf-2b 4 0 0 0 Swanson ss 3 1 0 0 Portland 32 38 .457 13½
Gurriel Jr. lf 4 1 2 0 Freeman 1b 4 1 2 2 Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½
Pacific Division
Tellez 1b 4 1 1 0 Ozuna dh 4 1 1 0
Guerrero Jr. dh 4 0 0 1 Markakis rf 4 1 1 1 W L Pct GB
z-L.A. Lakers 51 17 .750 —
Grichuk cf 3 0 0 0 Duvall lf 2 0 0 1
Shaw 3b 2 0 0 0 Camargo 3b 3 0 0 0 x-L.A. Clippers 46 22 .676 5
Phoenix 30 39 .435 21½
a-Hrnndz ph-rf 1 0 1 1 Flowers c 2 0 0 0
Panik 2b-3b 3 0 0 0 Hechavarría 2b 3 0 0 0 Sacramento 29 39 .426 22
Golden State 15 50 .231 34½
McGuire c 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 28 4 4 4 x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Toronto 000 100 200—3
Atlanta 200 100 001—4 z-clinched conference
Wednesday’s Games
LOB_Toronto 2, Atlanta 3. 2B_Gurriel Jr. (3), Tellez
(1), Freeman (3). HR_Bichette (1), Freeman (2), Utah 124, Memphis 115
Denver 132, San Antonio 126
Markakis (1). SF_Duvall (1).
IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia 107, Washington 98
Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Lakers 86
Toronto
Pearson 5 2 3 3 3 5 Toronto 109, Orlando 99
Boston 149, Brooklyn 115
Dolis 1 1 0 0 0 2
Cole 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thursday’s Games
Sacramento 140, New Orleans 125
Romano 1 0 0 0 0 1
Phoenix 114, Indiana 99
Font, L, 0-1 1-3 1 1 1 0 0
Milwaukee 130, Miami 116
Atlanta
L.A. Clippers 126, Dallas 111
Toussaint 6 2-3 4 3 3 0 9
Portland 125, Denver 115
Matzek, BS, 0-1 2-3 1 0 0 0 0
Houston 113, L.A. Lakers 97
Greene 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Today’s Games
Melancon, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Utah at San Antonio, Noon
WP_Pearson, Dolis.
Oklahoma City at Memphis, 3 p.m.
Umpires_Home, Alan Porter; First, Sean Barber;
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Marty Foster.
Orlando at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
T_2:37. Washington at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 8 p.m.
NBA Glance
Saturday’s Games
L.A. Clippers at Portland, Noon
Utah at Denver, 2:30 p.m.
Eastern Conference L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 5 p.m.
Atlantic Division Phoenix at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
W L Pct GB Milwaukee at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
x-Toronto 49 18 .731 — Sunday’s Games
x-Boston 45 23 .662 4½ Washington at Oklahoma City, 11:30 a.m.
x-Philadelphia 41 27 .603 8½ Memphis at Toronto, 1 p.m.
Brooklyn 32 36 .471 17½ San Antonio at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
New York 21 45 .318 27½ Orlando at Boston, 4 p.m.
Southeast Division Philadelphia at Portland, 5:30 p.m.
W L Pct GB Houston at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
x-Miami 43 26 .623 — Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 8 p.m.

66 players opt out of NFL season due to coronavirus pandemic
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A total of 66 players
have opted out of the 2020
NFL season due to the
coronavirus pandemic,
nearly half of them line-
men.
Twenty offensive line-
men and 11 on defense
opted out before Thurs-
day’s deadline. Players
with a medical opt out will
receive a $350,000 sti-
pend, while those volun-
tarily opting out receive
$150,000 as an advance
against future salaries.
No team has come
close to New England
in losing players for the
upcoming season, which
begins Sept. 10 with
Houston at Super Bowl
champion Kansas City.
The Patriots, already mi-
nus several stars who left
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
in free agency — includ- Steelers, Falcons and There are 11 wide re-
ing, of course, Tom Brady Chargers. ceivers; eight lineback-
to Tampa Bay — saw “Those are not easy ers, six cornerbacks, four
eight opt outs: running decisions to make as a running backs, three
back Brandon Bolden, player, especially when tights ends and safeties.
offensive tackle Marcus you love the game,” said There were no quarter-
Cannon, safety Patrick Broncos safety Justin backs, kickers or punters
Chung, linebacker Dont’a Simmons, who will play opting out.
this season. “But family Should a player decide
Hightower, tight end Matt
will always come first. to walk away after Thurs-
LaCosse, wide receiver
Marqise Lee, offensive
lineman Najee Toran and “Those are not easy decisions
fullback Dan Vitale. High-
tower, Cannon and Chung to make as a player, especially
were key contributors in
recent seasons. when you love the game.”
Cleveland was next Broncos safety Justin Simmons
with five players skipping
And I’ve had a lot of dif- day’s deadline because
the season: defensive
ficult conversations with of a changed medical cir-
tackle Andrew Billings,
my wife and, yeah, it’s not cumstance, he would get
tackle Drake Dorbeck ever going to be easy. Just a stipend — unless he al-
and guards Drew Forbes, like for the rest of Ameri- ready exceeded the value
Colby Gossett and Mal- ca, it’s not easy on anyone of the stipend in the time
colm Pridgeon. right now.” he was active. Otherwise,
Only three teams had The rest of the break- there will be no financial
no one opting out: the down by positions: compensation for volun-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
About 40
years ago,
I did someone
an injustice,
and I have felt
guilty ever since.
I worked for a
consulting firm
in Washington,
D.C., that fired
an accounting
clerk who was in
my small office. I
didn’t know why
she was fired,
and I never heard
a cross word ex- Dear Abby
changed between
her and her supervisor. She
seemed to be capable and
friendly.
A prospective employer
called me for a reference, and
because my company told
me that it did not respond
to requests for references, I
didn’t give her one. Ever since,
I have wished I had shared
what I knew about her. If I was
allowed a do-over, I would have
told the employer about my
positive experience with her
and my belief that she was
capable and friendly. Her being
Black and not having my refer-
ence may have increased her
difficulty in finding a job. I am
sharing this with your readers
so they may avoid making a
similar mistake. — GUILT-RID-
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY
(August 7). You will express
your heart, hold nothing back
and be guided to where your
love will splash back to you
like sunlight from the ocean.
Three key decisions will elevate
your environment and work. By
designing systems and creating
paths you can stick to, you will
transform your world in tiny daily
increments. Virgo and Cancer
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 5, 30, 1, 10 and 33.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
There have been times when
you didn’t know what you were
feeling until long after the fact.
Now, there’s very little lag time,
and this greater self-awareness
allows for today’s excellent
FAMILY CIRCUS
tary future opt outs.
There also are salary
cap relief machinations
attached to opt outs. Con-
tract bonus payments due
to be applied to the cap
in 2020 will be delayed a
year even though the bo-
nus has been paid.
Denver’s Simmons saw
two teammates, Von Mill-
er and Kareem Jackson,
contract COVID-19. Both
are back and planning to
play, which aided Sim-
mons in deciding not to
opt out.
“Speaking just in my
family, my wife is the one
that’s the most nervous,”
he said, “and we under-
stand everything going
on with numbers and
statistics. But just having
conversations with guys
like Kareem and Von,
DEN IN TEXAS
DEAR
GUILT-RIDDEN:
Some compa-
nies, on the ad-
vice of their legal
counsel, strictly
adhere to a policy
of disclosing only
dates of hire and
discharge of em-
ployees. This has
nothing to do with
race or ethnic-
ity. It was not a
mistake to do as
your employers
instructed, and
you should not
feel guilty for having done so.
DEAR ABBY: My heart is
heavy as I write this. Since the
pandemic started, my father-in-
law has called us every couple
of weeks to ask if we are safe
and OK. I have heard nothing
from my own father.
I finally called him, mention-
ing that I thought he would call
to check on us. His response
was, “I’m the adult; you should
be checking on me.” (I have
two grown children and two
grandchildren, so I was taken
aback by the thought that I was
not an “adult.”) I mentioned
that because he is not in a
nursing home, in jail or has to
go to work, I figured he was
much safer than my husband
and me, who still must go
decision.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
A stoic approach to the day
will serve you well. Your calm
resolve is extremely attractive
and becomes even more so in
situations where people might
typically lose their cool.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
When you really think about it,
you have some beliefs that the
people around you might be
surprised by. It’s those rarified
ideas that will open new thought
processes to you and move you
in a fulfilling direction.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Those who think they know
are at a disadvantage, as their
assumptions put up a barrier
between themselves and the
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 3B
people that have had it
and had to endure that
and work through it. It’s a
scary time. And the reali-
ty is this is affecting a lot
of families.
“And so, my wife and
I have had really difficult
conversations about opt-
ing out and what the sea-
son’s going to look like.
And do you really think
measures are being taken
that you guys are being
cared for in the best way
possible? And obviously
I haven’t seen a lot of the
places around the NFL,
but just being here you
can really see the effort
in the Denver facilities
to make sure that we’re
doing everything we can
to make sure we can play
football in a safe manner.”
out to work every day and be
in contact with hundreds of
people.
I feel like my father doesn’t
care about us like my father-in-
law does. What do you think? —
DISAPPOINTED IN FLORIDA
DEAR DISAPPOINTED: I
agree that your father doesn’t
care about you the same way
your father-in-law does. He ap-
pears to be so centered upon
himself that there’s little room
to worry about his “children’s”
welfare.
What do I think? I think
that if you love your father, you
should give him an occasional
call, but when you do, expect
nothing in return. And you
should thank your lucky stars
you have a darling father-in-law
who takes up the slack.
DEAR ABBY: I have two
close, dear friends. They’re my
inner circle. Both are extro-
verts and quite talkative. I’m
an introvert and quieter. My
problem is, I can’t get a word in
edgewise when we’re together.
I’m not sure how to tactfully
address this subject with them.
Any ideas? — INTROVERT IN
THE SOUTHWEST
DEAR INTROVERT: Yes.
Speak up and say exactly what
you told me — “Hey, folks, I
can’t get a word in edgewise!”
If you say it with a smile, it
shouldn’t be regarded as in-
sulting because it’s the truth.
truth. It’s the ones who under-
stand their own ignorance who
will learn the most.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
When you’re doing something
in the world, you’re also making
fans and foes. Effective action
gets attention and will have a
cheering and booing section. All
of those strong opinions count
as a win.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Working harder doesn’t nec-
essarily mean putting in more
time. You will apply yourself with
great intention and laser focus
making quick work of the tasks
you most need to accomplish to
move forward.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Your inner dialogue seems to be
making a case for your behavior.
Let this put you on alert. Why
do you think you need to justify
this to yourself? Either this is
strange and new or you have a
feeling you’re in the wrong.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’ll amuse yourself like
it was your job, and though it’s
not, your professional life will
benefit anyhow, as it spurs the
relaxed frame of mind you need
to come up with brilliant ideas
that can be widely applied.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). For a relationship to be
tight, you have to know who
the other person is. This is,
of course, ever-changing, so
there’s always more to learn.
One definition of a good rela-
tionship is: two people staying
aware of one another.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You radiate an obvious
delight in what you’re doing,
who you’re with and what you’re
talking about. This is so attrac-
tive to the people around you,
and you shouldn’t be too sur-
prised by what develops here.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It is said that there is
nothing new under the sun, and
yet it can’t be true. New things
happen every minute. Sure, it’s
a remix, but what isn’t? You get
the most out of endeavors by
assuming their uniqueness.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Those who have had happy
hearts feel capable of achieving
that state again and will take ev-
ery opportunity to recreate the
status. Those who don’t know
what’s possible will take longer
to come around if they ever do.
Life begins at 40
SOLUTION:
4B FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God

‘For President no religion, no anything,

Trump to attack my
hurt the Bible, hurt God.
He’s against God. He’s Joe Biden launches new national ad aimed at Black Americans
against guns. He’s against THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ciated Press before its digital and states. “And just like our ancestors
faith is shameful’ energy, our kind of ener- television release on Thursday, is who stood up to the violent racists
Joe Biden gy. I don’t think he’s go- DETROIT — Joe Biden’s Dem- meant to drum up support among of a generation ago, we will stand
ing to do too well in Ohio,” ocratic presidential campaign has Black Americans, a key constitu- up to this president and say, ‘No
BY JONATHAN LEMIRE Trump said. launched a new national ad fo- ency for Biden, ahead of Novem- more,’ because America is better
The Associated Press Biden called the re- cused on Black Americans, urging ber’s general election. The ad, ti- than him. So we choose to be big-
marks beneath the office them to stand up to President Don- tled “Better America,” also takes ger. We choose to be bolder. We
CLEVELAND — he holds. “For President ald Trump the way their ancestors a direct swipe at Trump, without choose to bring back justice, re-
President Donald Trump Trump to attack my faith stood up to “violent racists of a mentioning the Republican presi- spect and dignity to this country.
billed his trip to Ohio is shameful,” Biden said. generation ago.” dent by name. We choose Joe Biden to lead us all
Thursday as a chance to Trump also used his The one-minute ad, which was “We must choose to fight for towards that American promise to-
promote economic recov- trip to Ohio to talk trade, shared exclusively with The Asso- that better America,” the narrator gether.”
ery, but he quickly pivot- telling workers at a Whirl-
ed to a deeply personal pool plant, “I will stand up sary to defend the U.S. historical levels. But there omy. But his handling of tive for the coronavirus.
attack on Joe Biden, even to the foreign trade cheat- aluminum industry. How- has been a surge that the outbreak has weak- DeWine had planned to
questioning without foun- ers and violators that hate ever, the move also sets has intensified in recent ened his bid for a second meet with Trump and join
dation the former vice our country.” up the possibility of retal- months despite a contrac- term, causing Trump to the president on a visit
president’s faith in God. Barely one month af- iation against U.S. compa- tion in U.S. demand. spend time and resources to the Whirlpool Corp.
Even for a president ter a new North America nies and producers. Trump also sought in a state he won easily in plant in northwest Ohio.
known for his blunt crit- trade agreement went “Canada was taking to remind voters of the 2016 but now could be in DeWine’s office said the
icism, Trump’s remarks into effect, Trump an- advantage of us as usual,” economic prosperity that danger of slipping away. 73-year-old governor had
stood out and they sig- nounced his intention to Trump said. much of the nation en- The virus already al- no symptoms and was
naled how contentious the reimpose 10 percent tar- The administration joyed before the corona- tered the trip even be- returning to Columbus;
campaign may get over iffs on aluminum import- said the president had ex- virus pandemic and said fore Trump landed, with later, it said a second
the coming months. ed from Canada, saying empted Canada last year that he is best suited to word that GOP Gov. Mike COVID-19 test on the gov-
“He’s following the that United States Trade from tariffs he had im- rebuild a crippled econ- DeWine had tested posi- ernor turned up negative.
radical left agenda, take Representative Robert posed as long as imports
away your guns, destroy Lighthizer has advised of steel and aluminum
your 2nd Amendment, him the step was neces- from Canada remained at

RELIGIOUS BRIEFS
Mississippi State
School Ministry
Mississippi State School
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 in
Religious Studies. We are an
accreditation School of Minis-
try authorized through State
of Mississippi and Federal
Government. Our degrees are
for ecclesiastical purposes
only. We accept transcripts
and your life experience also
can also be used for degree
granting purposes. For further
information feel free to call
662-425-8443
CANCELED UNTIL
p.m., on the fourth Friday 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 Lillian
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 in-
formation, call 662-327-0604
or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church,
2201 Military Road, and
fecting the Saints Broadcast,
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Women Prayer,
Worship Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds
a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting
Outreach Ministry invites the
public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word,
106 22nd. St. S., Columbus,

FURTHER NOTICE
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets
from 6-7 p.m. every second
and fourth Tuesday of each
Meadowview Church, 300 Lin-
den Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m.
every Sunday at The Assembly
Church (next to Lowe’s) and
Reliable
holds prayer service Thurs-
day nights 5-6 p.m. Contact
Marie Nabors, 662-549-4322.
Church service times: Sunday
school 10 a.m.; Sunday

month in the downtown YMCA
Board Room and every third
Wednesday at Vibrant Church
Cafe. Inquire and seek infor-
at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at
Meadowview Church. Get help,
healing and support for any
habit, hurt or hang-up using
information
worship 11:15 a.m.; Tuesday
Bible study 7 p.m. For informa-
tion, call Pastor District Elder
Lou Nabors, 662-329-1234.

when we
mation to succeed spiritually, the Christ-centered 12 steps.
physically and financially and Fitness
be eager to be a blessing to Prayer for Youth Transformations
the community, churches and Every second and third The Transformational

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 Community
Gospel Book Club from 6-7
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 information,
contact Jesse Slater, 662-
328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in to
WTWG, radio 1050 AM for Per-
need it most. 
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 Satur-
days 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Protect freedom of the press.
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons freespeech.center
Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tues-
day. Games, prayer, service,
food, and more. Transporta-
tion available. For information,
call Iris Roberson, 662-295-
7456.

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CLAIMED IT WILL BE PUT UP
FOR SALE ON THE 10TH DAY
OF AUGUST, 2020 AT 10:00
A.M. AT JARRETT'S TOWING,
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WHEREAS, the following ten-
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HOUSES for storage space in
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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-
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tion to the highest bidder for
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storage units leased by the fol-
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Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
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continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
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the following sequence: 903
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MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
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ager.
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FENDANTS
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- VISEES OF LULA D. HAR-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DE- SQUARE 34, FISHERMANS AD-
personal property to satisfy the VISEES OF JOSEPH HAR-
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- OF GENEVA HARGROVE, DE-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 4th day of Septem- ING A LEGAL OR EQUITABLE IN- development blighted condi-
ber, A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney TEREST IN CERTAIN REAL
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in DITION, NORTH OF MAIN, LOC- bus, Mississippi.
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- You have been made Defend-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- Court by the Columbus Re-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to tion, North of Main, located at
be sold is believed to be good, 617 4th Street North, Colum-
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- development blighted condi-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et bus, Mississippi.
seq (Supp 1988).
Walter Smith Jr. - B46
Ashley Richardson - B11
Robert Irwin -B62
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 8th day of August, A.D. Columbus, Mississippi, and in
2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 8/7, 8/14 &
8/28/2020
4-County Electric Power Associ- (10) days prior to the date of
ation
Sale of Surplus Vehicles
4-County Electric Power Associ- pleadings in this action. The
ation is accepting sealed bids
for surplus vehicles/equip-
ment.
Vehicles/equipment shall be
sold in “AS IS, WHERE IS” con- P. O. Box 7120, Tupelo, Mis-
dition without warranties or
guarantees either expressed or Statement of Values you are
implied.
Vehicles can be viewed at the
4-County Corporate Center in
Mayhew, MS or online at
www.4county.org.
Interested individuals shall
submit sealed bids to 4-
County, ATTN: Vehicle/Equip-
ment Sealed Bid, P.O. Box
351, Columbus, MS 39703 or LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
deliver by hand to 4-County Cor-
porate Center, 5265 South
Frontage Road, Columbus, MS
39701, no later than Close of
Business August 14, 2020.
The bids should include the
vehicle/equipment number(s),
amount of bid(s) and contact
information for the bidder.
The sealed bids will be opened
on August 17, 2020 and win-
ners will be notified. Success-
ful bidders must remove
vehicle(s)/equipment from 4-
County by August 21, 2020. 4-
County reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject any or all bids, to
waive technicalities and to ac-
cept any bid that it may deem
to be in the best interest of the
cooperative.
The best place for personalized
PUBLISH: 8/5, 8/7, 8/9 &
8/12/2020
advertising in your community.
implied.
Vehicles can be viewed at the
4-County Corporate Center in
Mayhew, MS or online at
www.4county.org.
Interested individuals shall
submit sealed bids to 4-
County, ATTN: Vehicle/Equip-
ment Sealed Bid, P.O. Box
351, Columbus, MS 39703 or
deliver by hand to 4-County Cor-
porate Center, 5265 South
Frontage Road, Columbus, MS
39701, no later than Close of
Business August 14, 2020.
The bids should include the
vehicle/equipment number(s),
amount of bid(s) and contact
Legal Notices for the bidder.
information
The sealed bids will be opened
on August 17, 2020 and win-
ners will be notified. Success-
ful bidders must remove
vehicle(s)/equipment from 4-
County by August 21, 2020. 4-
County reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject any or all bids, to
waive technicalities and to ac-
cept any bid that it may deem
to be in the best interest of the
cooperative.
PUBLISH: 8/5, 8/7, 8/9 &
8/12/2020
NO. 2020-0006-ED2
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: MARGIE WATSON, JAMES
EARL HARGROVE, PAUL HAR-
GROVE, MARLON VASHON JAM- OF ANNIE B. HARGROVE, DE-
ISON, RAYMOND ALEXANDER,
BENNIE COLBERT, JR., AND
BRITTANT ALEXANDER, THE
UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND ANDER, AND ALL PERSONS OR
DEVISEES OF JUNIOUS HAR-
GROVE, DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DE- TEREST IN CERTAIN REAL
GROVE, DECEASED, THE UN-
GROVE/HARGROW, DE-
CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
OF ANNIE B. HARGROVE, DE-
CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
OF ANNIE B. HARGROVE, DE-
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
OF ROSETTA HARGROVE-ALEX- bus, Mississippi. The property
ANDER, AND ALL PERSONS OR is necessary to renew and re-
ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIM-
PROPERTY, BEING LOT 4 OF
SQUARE 34, FISHERMANS AD-
ATED AT 617 4TH STREET
NORTH, COLUMBUS, MISSIS-
SIPPI
ants in a lawsuit filed in this
development Authority to con-
demn by eminent domain cer-
tain real property, being Lot 5
of Square 34, Fishermans Addi- and defend, a judgment will be
bus, Mississippi. The property
is necessary to renew and re-
tions in accordance with the
Urban Renewal Plan (Burns
Bottom) of the City of Colum-
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the
Amended Complaint filed
against you in this action at
9:30 o’clock a.m. on the 9th
day of September, 2020, in the February, 2020, and the name
second floor courtroom,
Lowndes County Courthouse in the Plaintiff is Martha Bost
case of your failure to appear
and defend, a judgment will be er than the Statement of Val-
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the complaint or peti-
tion.
You are hereby further given
notice that not less than ten
the trial, you are required to file
the Statement of Values pursu- TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK
ant to Miss. Code Ann. §11-27- SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT
7, which shall be treated as
date of the filing of this law-
suit is the 14th day of Febru-
ary, 2020, and the name and
address of the attorney for the Publish: 7/24, 7/31, 8/7,
Plaintiff is Martha Bost Stegall, 2020
sissippi 38802. Other than the STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
not required to file an Answer
or other pleading but you may
do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the ants entered into leases with
seal of said Court, this 21st
day of July, 2020.
TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK
SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT
DOMAIN,
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C.
Publish: 7/24, 7/31, 8/7,
2020
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IN THE SPECIAL COURT OF EM-
INENT DOMAIN
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
COLUMBUS REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY PLAINTIFF
VS.
MARY HARGROW, ET AL. DE-
FENDANTS
NO. 2020-0007-ED2
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: BENNIE COLBERT, JR.,
BRITTANY ALEXANDER, THE
UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND
DEVISEES OF JUNIOUS HAR-
GROVE, DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DE-
VISEES OF LULA D. HAR-
GROVE, DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DE-
VISEES OF JOSEPH HAR-
GROVE/HARGROW, DE-
CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
OF ANNIE B. HARGROVE, DE-
CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
OF GENEVA HARGROVE, DE-
CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
OF ROSETTA HARGROVE-ALEX-
ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIM-
ING A LEGAL OR EQUITABLE IN-
PROPERTY, BEING LOT 4 OF
DITION, NORTH OF MAIN, LOC-
ATED AT 617 4TH STREET
NORTH, COLUMBUS, MISSIS-
SIPPI
You have been made Defend-
ants in a lawsuit filed in this
Court by the Columbus Re-
development Authority to con-
demn by eminent domain cer-
tain real property, being Lot 4
of Square 34, Fishermans Addi-
tion, North of Main, located at
617 4th Street North, Colum-
tions in accordance with the
Urban Renewal Plan (Burns
Bottom) of the City of Colum-
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the com-
plaint or petition filed against
you in this action at 9:30
o’clock a. m. on the 9th day of
September, 2020, in the
second floor courtroom,
Lowndes County Courthouse in
Columbus, Mississippi, and in
case of your failure to appear
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the complaint or peti-
tion.
You are hereby further given
notice that not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of
the trial, 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 18th day of
and address of the attorney for
Stegall, P. O. Box 7120, Tu-
pelo, Mississippi 38802. Oth-
ues you are not required to file
an Answer or other pleading
but you may do so if you de-
sire.
 
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this 21st
day of July, 2020.
DOMAIN,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C.
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
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-
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,
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 4th day Septem-
ber, A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue 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-
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 money or other things deman-
be sold is believed to be good, ded in the petition.
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- answer or other pleading, but
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et of July, 2020.
seq (Supp 1988).
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hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- TO ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT Witness my signature on this
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- LAW OF LARRY A. LEE, DE- the 28th day of July, 2020.
tion to the highest bidder for CEASED
cash all personal property in /s/ Mendy Beatty
storage units leased by the fol- You have been made Respond- MENDY BEATTY, Executrix of
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY ents in a petition filed in this the Estate of PEGGY T. KEL-
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504 Court by Shirley Eaves, Admin- LUM
Highway 69 South, Columbus, istratrix of the Estate of Larry
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30 A. Lee, Deceased, seeking de- PUBLISH: 7/31, 8/7 &
A.M. on the 4th day Septem- termination of all heirs-at-law of 8/14/2020
ber, A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney Larry A. Lee, Deceased.
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY You are summoned to appear
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in and defend against the Peti- IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
the following sequence: 903 tion filed against you in this ac- SIPPI
Alabama Street, Columbus, tion at 9:00 o’clock a.m. on
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- the 21st day of September,
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST
2020, in the Chancery WILL AND TESTAMENT AND ES-
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- Courtroom of the Lowndes
tions are with reserve and TATE OF SARAH ELIZABETH FE-
County Courthouse located at
therefore all units can be with- 505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- LAND, DECEASED.
drawn from the sale at any bus, Mississippi 39701, and in CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020-145-
time by the auctioneer/man- case of your failure to appear
ager. RPF
and defend a judgment will be
entered against you for the
Title to the personal property to money or other things deman- NOTICE TO CREDITORS
be sold is believed to be good, ded in the petition.
but at such sale, FRIENDLY Letters Testamentary having
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will been granted on this the 27th
You are not required to file an day of July, 2020, by the Chan-
convey only such title as is ves- answer or other pleading, but
ted in it pursuant to its lease cery Court of Lowndes County,
you may do so if you desire.
with the following and its al- Mississippi, to the under-
Issued under my hand and seal signed upon the Estate of
lowed under Mississippi Code of said Court, this the 28th day Sarah Elizabeth Feland, de-
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et of July, 2020.
seq (Supp 1988). ceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims
Cindy E. Goode against said estate to present
Stacy Norris - H64 Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
the same to the clerk of said
sissippi Chancery Court
Billy Ferguson - H42 Court for probate and registra-
tion according to law within
By: Shantrell W. Granderson,
Shawnta Ross - H44 ninety (90) days from the date
D.C. of the first publication of this
notice, or they will be forever
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on PUBLISH: 7/31, 8/7 &
this the 8th day of August, A.D. 8/14/2020 barred.
2020.
THIS the 28th day of July,
2020.
FRIENDLY CITY IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
MINI-WAREHOUSES
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
By: C.H.L. /s/ KAY SMITH
SIPPI EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
SARAH ELIZABETH FELAND, DE-
Publish: 8/7, 8/14 & IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
8/21/2020 CEASED
TATE OF PAUL ARMSTRONG
ROBERTSON, III DECEASED
B. Joey Hood, II (MSB#
In the Chancery Court of 101147)
Lowndes County, Mississippi CAUSE NO. 2020-0076S Attorney at Law, PLLC
Attorney for the Executrix
In the Matter of the Estate of SHERRI LANCASTER, PETITION- P.O. Box 759,
ER AND ADMINISTRATRIX
La’Garius Devonta Morris, De- Ackerman, MS 39735
ceased (662) 285- 4663
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Cause No. 2020-0144-JNS PUBLISH: 7/31, 8/7 &
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION 8/14/2020
Summons
(Rule 81 Summons by Publica- TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PAUL
tion) ARMSTRONG ROBERTSON, III
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To: All Born, Known, Absent or NOTICE TO DEFENDANT(S) COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Unknown Heirs at Law and
NOTICE OF SALE
Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of The complaint which is at-
La’Garius Devonta Morris, De- tached to this summons is im-
portant and you must take im- WHEREAS, the following ten-
ceased
mediate action to protect your ants entered into leases with
rights. FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
You have been made a re-
spondent in the Petition to De- HOUSES for storage space in
You are summoned to appear which to store personal prop-
termine Heirs-at-Law and
Wrongful Death Beneficiaries and defend against said com- erty and
plaint or petition at nine
filed in this cause by Bianca
o=clock a.m. on the 10TH day WHEREAS, default has been
Morris and Virgil Morris, who
are seeking a judicial determin- of SEPTEMBER, 2020 in the made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
ation that Bianca Morris, Virgil courtroom of the Lowndes
Carter, Rodriquez Ladarius Mor- County Courthouse at Colum- HOUSES pursuant to said
bus, Mississippi, and in case Leases is authorized to sell the
ris, JaCorey Mickeal Smart,
personal property to satisfy the
Za’Kiyah Janae’ Smart and Za- of your failure to appear and
Riyah Ty’lasia Smart are the defend a judgment will be past due and any other
entered against you for the charges owed to it by the fol-
sole and only heirs at law and
money or other things deman- lowing tenants.
wrongful death beneficiaries of
the Decedent, La’Garius ded in the complaint or peti-
tion. NOW THEREFORE, notice is
Devonta Morris.
hereby given that FRIENDLY
You are not required to file and CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
You are summoned to appear
answer or other pleading but fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
and respond to the Petition
files on this action at 9:00 you may do so if you desire. tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
a.m. on the 10th day of
September, 2020 before Chan- Issued under my hand and seal storage units leased by the fol-
cellor Studdard in the Chan- of said court, this the 27TH lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
cery Courtroom at the Lowndes day of July A.D., 2020.
County Courthouse located at Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- CINDY GOODE, CLERK OF THE at 8:30 am on the 4th day of
bus, Mississippi; and in case CHANCERY COURT OF September, A.D. 2020 and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
of your failure to appear and re- LOWNDES COUNTY,
spond, a Decree will be (S E A L) MISSISSIPPI MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
entered for the things reques-
By: TINA FISHER D. C. Alabama Street, Columbus,
ted in the Petition.
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
PUBLISH: 7/31, 8/7 & bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading, but 8/14/2020 South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
you may do so if you desire.
therefore all units can be with-
Issued under my hand and the IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/ man-
seal of said Court on this the LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
29th day of July , 2020. SIPPI ager.
Cindy E. Goode IN RE: ESTATE OF PEGGY T. Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
Chancery Clerk KELLUM, DECEASED
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
Lowndes County, Mississippi
(SEAL) MENDY BEATTY, EXECUTRIX CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
By: Tina Fisher, D.C.
NO. 2020-0149 ted in it pursuant to its lease
PUBLISH: 7/31, 8/7 & with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
8/14/2020 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Notice is hereby given that all
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF persons having claims against
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Amy Dunlap - N67
the Estate of PEGGY T. KEL-
SIPPI LUM, Deceased, are required
Patty Jean Henderson - N127
to have the same probated and
IN THE ESTATE OF LARRY A. registered by the Clerk of the
LEE, DECEASED Ladarius Jackson - N231
Chancery Court of Lowndes
CAUSE NO: 2020-0059-F
County, Mississippi; that Let-
Benjamin Morris - N264
ters Testamentary were gran-
SHIRLEY EAVES PETITIONER
ted to the undersigned MENDY
Van T. Shelton - N126
BEATTY, by the Chancery Court
VERSUS
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi in Cause No. 2020-0149, WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
on the 29th day of July, 2020;
that a failure to probate and re-
this the 8th day of August, A.D.
2020.
OF LARRY A. LEE RESPOND- gister such claims with the
ENTS FRIENDLY CITY
Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi MINI-WAREHOUSES
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION for ninety (90) days, from the By: C.H.L.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
first publication hereof, will bar
such claims. Publish: 8/7, 8/14,
8/28/2020
TO ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT Witness my signature on this
LAW OF LARRY A. LEE, DE- the 28th day of July, 2020.
CEASED
/s/ Mendy Beatty
You have been made Respond- MENDY BEATTY, Executrix of
ents in a petition filed in this the Estate of PEGGY T. KEL-
Court by Shirley Eaves, Admin- LUM
istratrix of the Estate of Larry
A. Lee, Deceased, seeking de- PUBLISH: 7/31, 8/7 &
termination of all heirs-at-law of 8/14/2020
Larry A. Lee, Deceased.
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the Peti-
tion filed against you in this ac-
tion at 9:00 o’clock a.m. on
the 21st day of September,
2020, in the Chancery
Courtroom of the Lowndes
County Courthouse located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
bus, Mississippi 39701, and in
case of your failure to appear
and defend a judgment will be
entered against you for the
ADS STARTING AT
$12
You are not required to file an
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this the 28th day
Cindy E. Goode
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi Chancery Court
By: Shantrell W. Granderson,
D.C.
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Houses For Rent: North Community
STILL AVAILABLE−HOUSE
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No HUD. No pets. 3BR/
1.5BA. Col Schools. Asking Free Pets
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662−549−9298. FREE TO good home. Male
mixed breed, brown, black,
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Will be neutered. Does not
3BR/2BA for rent in New like cats. House trained.
Hope School District. Call 662−435−2722.
General Help Wanted No pets, no HUD, Credit
check. $790/mo. Lost & Found Pets
662−386−3803.
BROWN & White Pit Bull
Mobile Homes for Rent with black collar went
missing Sun. from the
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mo & $650 dep. No pets, 662−889−5166.
no drugs, no partying. Call
b/w 10a−9p. 662−386−
4292. NO TEXT MGS. Five Questions:
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count. Busy location.
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Service Directory
25 Marshy spots 41 Son of Seth 22 Secular
27 Relinquish 24 Open shoe
29 Yale rooter DOWN 25 Suit
30 Modern-day 1 Print units 26 “Twelfth
sanctuary 2 Loves to Night” heroine
Promote your small business starting at only $25 32 European pieces 27 Pale
nation 3 Mountain 28 “Just the
Building & Remodeling Carpet & Flooring General Services Painting & Papering
34 Homer’s Stater same ...”
QUALITY PAINTING. neighbor 4 Rick’s pianist 30 Ship poles
Ext/Int Painting. 35 Brown and 5 Be a sponge 31 Borders
Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
Repair. Pressure Washing. Cornell, for two 6 Lotion additive 33 Spring period
Free Estimates. Ask for 36 Geriatrics 7 Keystone 37 “My word!”
specials! Larry Webber, study Stater
662−242−4932.
38 Baseball’s 8 Divide
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
MAINTENANCE PROS SERVICE
Specializing in: DAVID’S CARPET & Special Prices.
Residential Carpentry, UPHOLSTERY Interior & Exterior Painting.
Electrical, Painting, CLEANING 662−435−6528
Appliance Repair & Minor 1 Room − $50
Plumbing. Free estimate. 2 Rooms − $70 Tree Services
Call 662−570−5570. 3+ Rooms − $30 EA
Rugs−Must Be Seen A & T TREE SERVICES
Car Upholstery Cleaning Bucket truck & stump
Available removal. Free est.
662−722−1758 Lawn Care / Landscaping Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
General Services JESSE & BEVERLY’S citizen disc. Call Alvin @
LAWN SERVICE 242−0324/241−4447
WORK WANTED: Licensed Mowing, cleanup, "We’ll go out on a limb for
& Bonded. Carpentry, minor landscaping, sodding, you!"
electrical, minor plumbing, & tree cutting.
insulation, painting, demo− 662−356−6525
J&A TREE REMOVAL
lition, gutters cleaned, Work from a bucket truck.

Grow your
pressure washing, land− SAM’S LAWN SERVICE No Insured/bonded.
scaping, cleanup work. lawn too large or too small. Call Jimmy Prescott for free

business in
662−242−3608. Mowing, trimming & estimate, 662−386−6286.
weedeating.

the service
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WASHING. Commercial/

directory.
Residential. House,
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mobile washing. Free est.
662−386−8925.
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