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‘If they’re calling, they’re wanting help’
64 trees likely to be removed
for retail center at Garan site
Spruill: There must be ‘reasonable balancing
act’ between community growth and character
BY TESS VRBIN turing building will be replaced
tvrbin@cdispatch.com in about a year with a retail shop-
ping center.
Starkville’s landscape adviso- Garan is scheduled to move
ry board voted 5-1 on Wednesday to a new location at the North
to remove the 64 pine trees that Star Industrial Park in northern
tower over Highway 12 near the Starkville, and the new develop-
intersection with Industrial Park ment by Castle Properties will
Road, where the Garan Manufac- See TREE REMOVAL, 5A
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Mental health issues up
since beginning of pandemic,
but so are cries for help
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
B
ack in April, Contact Helpline, the Colum-
bus-based crisis line manned by volun-
teers who talk with people throughout the
Golden Triangle struggling with
suicidal urges and other mental
health issues, began to receive
24-7 CRISIS
a higher number of calls than HOTLINES
usual. n Contact
Helpline Crisis
It didn’t escape executive Line: 662-328-
director Katrina Sunivelle that 0200
the increase in calls came as the n National
country grappled with nation- Suicide
wide lockdowns in an attempt Prevention
to slow the spread of COVID-19. Lifeline: 1-800-
As the pandemic continued, she 273-8255
said, so did the calls. In June
alone, Contact Helpline received
50 phone calls — more than twice the number it
received in June 2019.
“In one week, we had a total of 19 calls,”
Sunivelle said. “... We’re a small center, but we
do great work, and we handle our community
well. ... We were able to handle those calls, but
that was a lot of calls for one week from the
suicide line.”
See MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, 3A
Pine trees, all with diame-
ters of more than 30 inches,
stand near Garan Manufac-
turing plant off Highway 12 in
Starkville on Friday. Developer
Mark Castleberry plans to cut
down the 64 trees around the
plant to make way for a retail
shopping center expected to
be built next year, though city
code states developers must
preserve at least 50 percent
of trees with a diameter of at
least 10 inches. Starkville’s
landscape advisory board
granted Castleberry a variance
in a 5-1 vote Wednesday, but
Starkville aldermen must also
approve the variance.
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Confederate statue protest turns tense after militia arrives

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GULFPORT — A protest
around a Confederate mon-
ument in Harrison County
turned tense Thursday night
after a militia group wearing
bulletproof vests and carrying
firearms arrived on site.
The protest was attended by
both advocates for keeping and
removing the statue, which has
stood outside the courthouse
in downtown Gulfport since
1911, the Sun Herald report-
ed. Some protesters, both for
and against the monument,
also carried guns. Members of
the militia group the Southern
Defense Force arrived slightly
after the protest started, when
activists were giving speeches,
the Herald reported.
The Southern Defense Force
is a “constitutional conserva-
tive” group with membership
spanning throughout Missis-
sippi and the South, according
to the Herald.
Members of the group
spread out on either side of
the monument, keeping some
distance from protesters. At
one point, as demonstrators
calling for the monument’s re-
moval were yelling criticisms
of the militia, a member rushed
towards the group around the
monument and yelled that they
were a “great disgrace” to the
country. The militia’s leader
pulled the member back, the
Herald said.
Jeremy Bridges, a board
member of Black Lives Mat-
ter Mississippi, came to the
demonstration to show sup-
port for the push to remove the
monument. According to the
Herald, he saw people standing
at the top level of the parking
lot above the monument, posi-
tioned like snipers.
“I’m trying to figure out what
the guns were for,” he said.

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Rick Gilmore
HAMILTON — Rick
Earl Gilmore, 65, died
Sept. 2, 2020, at Aber-
deen Monroe County
Hospital. A memorial
service will be at 11
a.m. Wednesday, at
Tisdale-Lann Memorial
Chapel, with Robert
Moore officiating.
Visitation will be one
hour prior to services
at the funeral home.
Tisdale-Lann Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Aberdeen is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Gilmore was
born Nov. 14, 1954, in
Columbus, to Royce
Gilmore and the late
Hazel Nell Rye Gilm-
ore. He was a gradu-
ate of Caldwell High
School, Itawamba
Community College
and Mississippi State
University. He was
formerly employed with
Glenn Machine Works
and was a member of
Hamilton Methodist
Church.
In addition to his
father, he is survived
by his wife, Jeanette
Gosa Hodges Gilmore;
son, Bradley Gilmore
of Hamilton; sister,
Cathy Gilmore Lindsay
of Columbus; and one
grandchild.
AREA OBITUARIES
Kymbreyanah Roby Funeral Services of William Slayton Vernon First United her husband, Elvin
Macon was in charge of Methodist Church, G. Perkins; children,
NOXUBEE COUN- COLUMBUS — Wil-
TY — Kymbreyanah arrangements. liam Charles Clayton, with Gene Lankford Steven “Bob” Perkins
“Toosie” Mrs. Roby-DeLoach 69, died Sept. 4, 2020, officiating. Burial will Sr. and James “Rich-
De’Shaya- was born Aug. 27, 1998, at his residence. follow at Sanders Cem- ard” Perkins; siblings,
ne Roby, in Noxubee County, to etery. Visitation is one Frank Yielding, Wiley
Arrangements are
16, died Tony DeLoach Jr. and hour prior to services. Yielding, Roger Yield-
incomplete and will be
Aug. 30, Natasha Owens. She at- Chandler Funeral ing and Jewel Fowler;
announced by Memori-
2020, in tended MS Valley State Home of Vernon is step-brother, Lewis
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Oktibbeha and EMCC. She was in charge of arrange- Rogers; and one grand-
Home and Crematory ments. child.
County. formerly employed as a
College Street loca- Mrs. Perkins was She is survived by
A Roby custodian with MSU.
tion. born Dec. 1, 1923, in her son, John Perkins
private In addition to her
family only service parents, she is survived Dawson Springs, Ken- of Marianna, Florida;
was at 2 p.m. Saturday, by her siblings, Denzell Dorothy Perkins tucky, to the late Wiley siblings, Doug Yield-
Clemons, DeQuadrion VERNON, Ala. — S. and Fleecy Lee ing, Walter Yielding
at Noxubee County
High School, with Billy Clemons, Getaveious Dorothy “Dot” Irene Rogers Yielding. She and Jack Yielding; sev-
Goodwin officiating. Dickson, Contreze Ow- Perkins, 96, died Sept. was formerly employed en grandchildren; 10
Burial followed in Har- ens, Akyriah DeLoach, 3, 2020, at her resi- as a bookkeeper. great-grandchildren;
rison Grove MBC Cem- Yamyiah DeLoach all dence. In addition to her and one great-great-
etery. Private family of Brooksville, D’An- Funeral services parents, she was grandchild.
only visitation was from tonia DeLoach, Tony are at 3 p.m. today, at preceded in death by See OBITUARIES, 4A
2-5 p.m. Friday, at the DeLoach III, Sasha
funeral home. Carter’s DeLoach of Carthage,
Funeral Services of Kazarrie DeLoach,
Macon was in charge of Macaiyah DeLoach
arrangements. all of Macon and Nyla
Ms. Roby was born DeLoach of Nashville,
June 24, 2004, in Noxu- Tennessee. Pallbear-
bee County, to Tavares ers will be De’Angelo
Kincaid and Kimberly Johnson, Travin Davis,
Roby. She was a student Anthony Belgrave Jr.,
at Noxubee County Keauntay Edwards,
High School. Jacoby Henley and
In addition to her Antavious Belgrave.
parents, she is survived
by her siblings, Kym-
berneshia Roby, Kym-
berlexus Roby both
of Brooksville, Kabria
Kincaid, Nakiyah
Kincaid both of Macon,
Davarius Kincaid of
North Carolina and
Demyer Slaughter of
Brooksville.
Pallbearers will be
Quinton Tate, Andrew
Roby, Marco Roby,
Joshun Tate, Casey
Smith and Temila
Thomas.
Nakendria Roby-
DeLoach
NOXUBEE COUN-
TY — Nakendria
Mobrisha
Shy’ya
“Shugga”
Roby-De-
Loach, 22,
died Aug.
30, 2020, in
Oktibbeha
Roby-DeLoach
County.
A pri-
vate family only service
was at 2 p.m. Saturday,
at Noxubee County
High School, with Billy
Goodwin officiating.
Burial followed in Har-
rison Grove MBC Cem-
etery. Private family
only visitation was from
2-5 p.m. Friday, at the
funeral home. Carter’s
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Mental health issues

Continued from Page 1A
The higher number of
calls isn’t necessarily a
bad thing, Sunivelle said.
It means more people are
reaching out for help.
“If they’re calling,
they’re wanting help,”
she said.
“They don’t
have to call
to complete
the act.”
That
said, many
of the calls
were from Sunivelle
people
feeling the weight of
issues drummed up by
the pandemic — isolation
from loved ones, finan-
cial stress as workplaces
closed and employees
were laid off, family
members falling ill in
other states and no one
but doctors and nurses at
the hospitals with them.
“A particular call-
er called because her
family was in another
state,” Sunivelle said. “…
They can’t have closure
because they can’t attend
the funeral. They can’t
stay there when (family
members are) really ill.
That’s been very difficult
for individuals to deal
with.”
Isolation and mental
illness
The Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Preven-
tion reports that between
April and June there was
a significant increase
in symptoms of anxiety
and depression, with 26
percent of adults report-
ing symptoms related to
trauma/stressor disorder
symptoms and 13 percent
reporting an increase in
substance use. In a sur-
vey conducted by CDC,
11 percent of adults in
the United States report-
ed seriously considering
suicide, according to the
CDC’s website.
Moreover, suicides
and suicide attempts
in the Golden Triangle
are up as well. Lowndes
County Coroner’s Office
has responded to four in
roughly the last month,
Coroner Greg Merchant
said.
“We have had a little
run of suicides here in
the last few
weeks, so I
would say
there has
been an
increase,”
he said.
In
Starkville, Merchant
OCH
Director of Emergency
Services Michael Hunt
previously told The Dis-
patch there has been an
increase in the number
of patients admitted for
drug overdoses, most of
them intentional.
To raise awareness of
the issues, Contact Help-
line is putting together an
online marketing cam-
paign, as well as several
events throughout the
area. On Saturday, the
organization will hold
a 5K Race and Memory
Walk starting at 8 a.m.
at the Columbus Soccer
Complex to raise money
for the organization,
which has lost some fund-
ing since the pandemic
started.
Another event, which
kicked off National Sui-
cide Awareness Month
(September), Contact
Helpline teamed with
Columbus Air Force
Base, which donated 800
gun safety locks with the
national crisis hotline
number on them. The
locks were distributed
between Columbus Police
Department and the
American Legion, said
Daisy Jones-Brown, vio-
lence prevention integrat-
er and suicide prevention
program manager at
CAFB.
The donation was part
of the Department of De-
fense initiative SLO (Safe,
Lock, Outside), which
aims to decrease suicides
by promoting gun safety.
Many suicide victims die
by gun violence, so the
idea is for the weapons to
have the safety on, have
a lock or be kept outside
the home altogether,
Jones-Brown said.
Research shows that
suicide is often an impul-
sive action, Jones-Brown
to keep individuals safe HOW TO GO
from COVID-19 often ■ WHO: Contact Helpline in
keep those with mental Columbus
illness from relying on ■ WHAT: 5K Race and Memory
the support systems they Walk, featuring booths with
would normally have, information on mental health,
a memory wall and lantern
Sunivelle said. release for victims of mental
“They had outside health issues
activities, they may have ■ WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 12
had a job, a part-time job, ■ WHERE: Columbus Soccer
church,” she said. “They Complex, 301 Third St. N.
■ HOW: Register online at
had other things. ... contacthelplinegtrms.org
Those things were taken ■ HOW MUCH: $25
away, so they’re isolated.” ■ MORE INFO: For more
information on how to donate
or volunteer with Contact
Staying safe Helpline, go to contacthelpline-
Courtesy photo When callers reach gtrms.org
Valeria Jones, a volunteer with Contact Helpline in one of Sunivelle’s volun-
Columbus for two years, speaks to a caller in the crisis teers at the crisis line, the
hotline’s office Friday. Contact Helpline Director Katrina
first thing the volunteer involves urging the caller
Sunivelle said calls to the suicide line have increased
signifigantly since the COVID-19 pandemic. does is make sure the to find a counselor, many
caller is not about to of whom are holding
said, an urge that may with alcohol or some- attempt suicide at that sessions online since the
pass after as little as a thing like that. And then moment. He or she asks pandemic began. They
few minutes. you have what we’ve the caller if they’re safe, also encourage the caller
and if there are pills or
“Usually if you can seen, these COVID-19 to rely on family or their
weapons nearby, has the
intervene during that factors that are sort of faith-based community
time, five to caller go somewhere else
rearing themselves, if the caller is religious.
10 minutes to continue talking on the
financial stressors, social They remind the caller
for someone phone.
isolation and loss of to call them back if they
(to) decide Once the immedi-
routine.
want to talk to someone,
on this “And what I mean ate threat is out of the
action, then leading to many repeat
by this sort of loss of way, Sunivelle said, the
they proba- volunteer just talks to callers.
routine, it’s sort of just
bly will not the caller, pointing them “We assure, ‘This too
doing what you normally
go on and toward mental health shall pass,’” Sunivelle
Jones-Brown do,” she added. “I get up
actually use resources or asking them said. “It’s going to take
at 7 o’clock and I go to the
another means,” she said. about what makes them some time to kind of
coffee shop every day. I
“So time-based preven- reassure them that if they
talk to my buddy there. happy.
tion essentially puts put some things in place
And then I proceed on to “Each person, you de-
time and space between that they can move past
my job, I go work there. velop a plan with them,”
someone to maybe help I go around, I talk to ev- she said. “You go back this. I know death is hard,
stop a suicide. erybody in the office, etc. to, ‘What have you done illness is hard and they’ve
“We specifically say if lost a lot of things. It is
Maybe that doesn’t look in the past? What things
you know someone that difficult, but if people are
quite like that now.” make you happy?’ We try
may be struggling, then calling, they want help, so
Social distancing to encourage them.”
you as a friend, family measures implemented That plan typically we try to reassure them.”
member, etc. may help
them put time and space
between (them and) the
lethal means,” she added.
While suicides among
veterans and active ser-
vice members has long
been a concern — both
she and Sunivelle said an
average of 22 veterans
die by suicide each day
in the United States —
Jones-Brown stressed
that service members are
currently going through
the same things civilians
are.
“It could be relation-
ship issues, sometimes
it’s workplace stress,
high stress or it could be
administrative,” Jones-
Brown said. “... It could
be that they’re struggling

AROUND THE STATE

4 dead, 9 others have virus after
outbreak at veterans home
COLLINS — Four residents at a
Mississippi veterans home have died
and nine others have tested positive
for COVID-19 since the start of an out-
break at the long-term care facility in
late July, officials announced Friday.
The outbreak occurred at the Mis-
sissippi Veterans Home at Collins.
Two of the nine residents who tested
positive are hospitalized, according to
Mississippi Department of Veterans
Affairs spokesman Ray Coleman.
The deaths happened in early to
mid-August, Coleman said. The last
death was on Aug. 14. Officials did not
release additional details about the de-
ceased.
The department recently complet-
ed testing all residents and staff at the
Collins facility, Mississippi State Veter-
ans Affairs Executive Director Stacey
Pickering said. Testing is being done
on a weekly basis at all four state vet-
erans homes.

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Obituaries
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Ann Hudson
COLUMBUS — An-
nie Laurie “Ann” Hud-
son, 94, died Sept. 4,
2020, at Windsor Place
Nursing and Rehab
Center.
Graveside services
will be at 10 a.m. Thurs-
day, in Friendship
Cemetery, with Pastor
John Richards officiat-
ing. Memorial Gunter
Peel Funeral Home and
Crematory of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Hudson was
born Nov. 13, 1925,
in Chunky, to the late
Ezra and Ella Chaney
McGee. She was
formerly employed as
executive secretary
with United Technol-
ogies and was a mem-
ber of Calvary Baptist
Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, Charles
Arthur Hudson; and
one grandchild.
She is survived by
her children, Carol Fra-
zier, Stephen Hudson
and Calvin Hudson;
sister, Sara Fairchild;
eight grandchildren;
and six great-grandchil-
dren.
Memorials may be
made to Tiberlake Min-
istries, P.O. Box 466,
Millport, AL, 35576.
William Farrar
TUPELO — William
Holder “Bill” Farrar, 69,
died Sept. 2, 2020.
Graveside services
will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, in the Far-
rar Family Plot at Net-
tleton Cemetery, with
Keith Cochran, Tommy
Winders and Danny
Dabbs officiating. Visi-
tation will be 30 min-
utes prior to services at
the cemetery. Holland
Funeral Directors of
Tupelo is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Farrar was born
in Nettleton, to the late
Holder and Ruth Ste-
phens Farrar. He was a
graduate of Nettleton
High School, attended
Itawamba Junior Col-
lege and was a graduate
of the University of
Mississippi. He was
formerly employed as a
master pharmacist with
TKE Drugs, George
Worthen’s Medical
Center Drugs, North
Mississippi Medical
Center and Employee
Pharmacy.
He is survived by his
brother, Charlie Farrar.
Memorials may be
made to West Jackson
Street Baptist Church
Building Fund, 1349
West Jackson Street,
Tupelo, MS 38801, or
the Antoine Tannehill
Good Samaritan Free
Clinic, P.O. Box 1821,
Tupelo, MS 38802-1821,
or the Shepherd’s Cen-
ter of Greater Tupelo,
P O Box 584, Tupelo,
Mississippi 38802.
Oliver Chesnut Jr.
COLUMBUS — Ol-
iver Powe Chesnut Jr.,
70, died Sept. 3, 2020,
at his residence.
A celebration of
life will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday, at St. Paul’s
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Episcopal Church. In addition to his par- M.B. Church. Craddieth, Freddie of Covington, Georgia
Graveside services will ents, he was preceded In addition to his Craddieth and Mattie and Alfreda Johnson of
be at 2 p.m. Sunday, in death by his daugh- parents, he was preced- W. Polk. Steens; siblings, Jimmy
Sept. 13, in Black Creek ter, Pansey Katrina ed in death by his wife, He is survived by his Craddieth, Annie Davis
Cemetery in Silas, Arnold Stark. Betty Craddieth; sib- children, Brenda Crad- both of Steens, Ruth-
Alabama. Memorial He is survived by lings, James Craddieth, dieth of Steens, Paula ie Mangrum of New
Gunter Peel Funeral his wife, Ruby Frye Bud Craddieth, Frank Hood of Beaumont, Orleans, Louisiana and
Home and Crematory Arnold of Columbus; Craddieth, Rounder Texas, Michael Craddi- LeeAnder Craddieth of
Second Avenue North son, Charles Douglas Craddieth, Jessie Crad- eth of Decatur, Geor- Chicago, Illinois; seven
location is in charge of Arnold Jr. of Huntsville, dieth, John Craddieth, gia, Jeffery Craddieth, grandchildren; and sev-
arrangements. Alabama; and sister, Benny Gregory, Cecil Warren Craddieth both en great-grandchildren.
Mr. Chesnut was Violet Bass, of Greens-
Dr. Frank Dailey
born March 21, 1950, boro, North Carolina.
in Butler, Alabama, to
the late Oliver Powe Jeff Mohler Frank Harrison Dailey, born July 12, 1931, in Indianapolis,
Chesnut Sr. and Audrey COLUMBUS — Jef- IN, joined our Heavenly Father on the evening of August
McLaughlin Chesnut. frey Lynn Mohler, 59, 29, 2020, in his apartment at Trinity Healthcare Center in
He was a graduate of died Sept. 22, 2020. Columbus, MS. He passed away peacefully with those who
Livingston University Arrangements are loved and cared for him at his side.
and was formerly em- incomplete and will be Dr. Dailey, as countless people in the Columbus area
ployed with Sanderson announced by Memori- called him, was a man of vast experience, deep learning,
Plumbing. al Gunter Peel Funeral and remarkable humanity. Everyone knew him to have a
He is survived by his Home and Crematory playful sense of humor and a love of laughter. A man of
wife, Sandra Sander- Second Avenue North many talents, he was born into a musical family learning
son Chesnut; children, location. to sing and play piano totally by ear in a way that would
Amanda Kineta Black, astonish music teachers. He grew to become an avid gardener and a
Kerry Chesnut and
Kimberly Chesnut; Overters Craddieth photographer with his own darkroom. He was also a man of words. Story
STEENS — Overters telling was among his favorite pastimes, whether reflecting back on his days
siblings, Bobbie Sin- camping without a tent in Yellowstone National Park among the inquisitive
gley and Evelyn Coker “Cutt” Craddieth, 88,
died Sept. bears or reminiscing about the times when his parents and siblings would
Adams; and six grand- spend summers in Petoskey, MI, where he participated in many sailing
children. 3, 2020,
at Baptist competitions, venturing out beyond Little Traverse Bay into the choppy cold
Memorials may waters of Lake Michigan. He would always remark that he was at home near
be made to Colum- Memorial
Hospi- the water, never passing up the opportunity to find a lake, pond, or stream
bus-Lowndes Humane to go baitcast or fly-fishing, tying his own flies for the best of lures. His
Society, P.O. Box 85, tal-Golden
Triangle. stories were always drawn from his colorful life, so richly embroidered were
Columbus, MS, 39703. his many years. While he could be very practical about things, cherishing
Grave-
side Craddieth punctuality and prizing organization, he had an emotional depth and would
Henry Moore services never hesitate to shed a tear over experiences he felt were sentimental or
COLUMBUS — transformative. Indeed, what compelled this much beloved man to become
are at 11 a.m. today, in
Henry Moore, 74, died a doctor is itself a story: when he was a young boy attending The Orchard
Sept. 4, 2020, at his New Zion M.B. Chuch
Cemetery, with the Rev. School in Indianapolis, Frank looked on as his science teacher carefully
residence. dissected a live tadpole. The young Frank peered in awe and wonder at the
Arrangements are Therman Cunningham
tiny beating heart. In describing this unsettling scene many decades later,
incomplete and will be officiating. Visitation
Frank would energetically announce: “I knew right then and there I wanted
announced by Lee- was from 2-5 p.m. Sat-
to be a doctor!”
Sykes Funeral Home of urday, at Carter’s Fu-
neral Services. Carter’s In pursuit of his ambition to become a doctor, he enrolled at Indiana
Columbus. University in Bloomington, graduating in 1953 with a BA and subsequently
Funeral Services of
earning his MD in 1956 at the School of Medicine there. He completed his
Columbus is in charge
Tremayne Bester of arrangements.
medical internship at Seaside Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, CA from
NOXUBEE COUN- 1955-57. Realizing that he could best serve his country by applying in the
Mr. Craddieth was
TY — Tremayne military his medical expertise, Frank enlisted in the US Air Force for two
born Feb. 24, 1932, in
Bester, 35, died Sept. 1, years. He was first stationed at Parks Air Force Base in Dublin, CA, then
Lowndes County, to
2020. at Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base near Burns Flat, OK, a Strategic Air
the late Josh and Ethel
Arrangements are Command base, where he was Captain and hospital commander in charge of
Craddieth. He was a
incomplete and will be setting up and equipping the hospital and upgrading its medical resources.
member of New Zion
announced by Carter’s For his work at this base, he was awarded, in 1959, the newly established
Funeral Services of Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service. That same year
Macon. he and his family moved back to Indianapolis, where he took his residency
as a Fellow in Internal Medicine at Indiana University Hospital. In 1962
Charles Arnold Sr. the Dailey family moved to Ukiah, CA where Frank set up his first medical
COLUMBUS — practice at the urging of the local physicians he met while visiting in-laws
Charles Douglas there. Several years later, he was elected Fellow of the American College of
Arnold Sr., 88, died Physicians, a distinction conferred onto him in a ceremony in Philadelphia
Sept. 4, 2020, at his in 1968. Thereafter he was appointed to the Board of Trustees at Ukiah
residence. General Hospital (1975-79).
A graveside service Always up for a new challenge, Frank changed course in life, as he
with U.S. Air Force explained in his fascinating memoir circulated among friends and family:
Honors will be at 1 p.m. “Early in 1981 after 19 years of practicing internal medicine in Ukiah,
Tuesday, in Center Hill California, I came across an advertisement in a medical journal concerning
Cemetery of Hamilton, the need for physicians at the Al Hada hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia.” He
with the Rev. Mel How- was hired for the job, and he and his first wife and youngest daughter
ton officiating. Memori- spent a year there, seizing the opportunity to travel parts of Europe and
al Gunter Peel Funeral Oliver Powe Chesnut Africa. After divorce he extended his contract by another year to work in
Incomplete Taif where he met his second wife, Doris Lawrence Dailey, while playing
Home and Crematory 2nd Ave. N Location
Second Avenue North bridge with friends. In 1983, Frank and Doris settled in Columbus, at which
time he established his widely known medical practice. He cared deeply for
is in charge of arrange- Charles Arnold his patients, phoning them at night to check on their well-being, making
ments. Incomplete
Mr. Arnold was born 2nd Ave. N Location rounds at Baptist Memorial or at Trinity Healthcare, and always happy to
April 8, 1932, in Abing- say hello to patients when he saw them at the grocery store. He also served
don, Virginia, to the on the Advisory Board for the Office of Continuing Medical Education at the
late Basil and Gertrude Baptist College of Health Sciences in Memphis, TN.
Wann Arnold. He was a When Frank retired in 2008, he found it hard to say goodbye to the hundreds
veteran of the U.S. Air of patients in his care. But in retirement he continued with the pursuits
Force and formerly em- he always loved: volunteering at Baptist Memorial, fishing, playing piano,
ployed as a civil service memorialgunterpeel.com participating in the Rotary Club, donating to charitable causes, visiting his
employee. He was a children across the country, and serving as an active member (since 1984)
member of New Salem of First Baptist Church of Columbus, where he sang for many years in the
Baptist Church. church choir. Chief among his many avocations was bird watching: Frank
was a life long birder who enjoyed frequent trips to the Columbus Lock and
Dam and Noxubee Wildlife Refuge to observe the purple gallinule bounding
across the water lilies, the endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers in their
recently restored habitat, and the much anticipated migration of warblers in
their vibrant spring plumage. He could be seen turning an attentive ear to
their song, imitating their calls in response, and documenting his sightings
in his well-thumbed field guide in a script characteristic of a doctor. This
most loving, honest, and impressive of human beings, Frank Dailey, will be
greatly missed and long remembered by many people in their own stories of
how his life touched their own.
Dr. Frank H. Dailey was the blessed father of five children, two sons and
three daughters, one of whom passed away in 2017. Four stepchildren also
survive him, as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren from
both families. The entire Dailey family would like to thank all of the staff at
Trinity Healthcare, especially Cassie Neal, Cherie Coghlan, Karla Jernigan,
Jessi Miller, Craig Hill, and Dr. James Woodard for their care and support.
The family also expresses their abiding gratitude to Dr. Dailey’s best friends
Ralph and Carole Stewart, his wonderful sister-in-law Dessie Lawrence,
and his devoted friend and fellow congregant Glenn Lautzenhiser, for their
selfless acts of love and kindness.
There will be a small private internment at Memorial Gardens in the
spring with arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers,
please consider a contribution to one of the following organizations about
which Dr. Dailey cared passionately: Oktibbeha Audubon Society, P.O.
Box 2041, Starkville, MS 39760 (https://ms.audubon.org/about-us/find-
mississippi-chapter); Trinity Healthcare Center, The Trinity Sunday Fund,
230 Airline Rd., Columbus, MS 39702 (http://www.mss.org/donate); The
Orchard School, 615 West 64th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260, 317-251-
9253 (https://www.orchard.org/annual-giving); Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee
National Wildlife Refuge, 13723 Bluff Lake Rd., Brooksville, MS 39739
(https://friends-of-noxubee-refuge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/
Donation-Gift-form.pdf).
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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Tree removal
Continued from Page 1A
include an ALDI grocery
store. Developers must
preserve at least 50 per-
cent of trees with a diam-
eter of at least 10 inches
at new developments, ac-
cording to Section 16.7 of
the city’s unified develop-
ment code approved in De-
cember after nearly three
years of rewriting.
Variances from the city
code must be approved
by the appropriate board
or commission and then
by the board of aldermen.
The pine trees near Garan
have diameters of more
than 30 inches and have
been there for decades,
said Pete Melby, the dis-
senting vote on the land-
scape advisory board. He
said he would prefer the
development be entirely
up to code and not require
a variance.
“If we have rules re-
garding mature trees …
why didn’t the developer
create a plan that saves
them instead of complete-
ly ignoring (the rules)?”
said Melby, a retired
member of the Mississippi
State University landscape
architecture faculty.
The aldermen will
decide at their Sept. 15
meeting whether to grant
Castleberry permission to
remove the trees.
According to Section
3.7.1 of the city code, the
criteria for providing a
variance to a developer in-
clude “special conditions”
of the land that do not ex-
ist elsewhere, and that the
city does not allow more
than the minimum devia-
tion from the code.
Castle Properties own-
er Mark Castleberry said
the development will have
an underground water de-
tention system in order to
comply with Starkville’s
stormwater ordinance,
which means the Garan
site will be completely
razed and the new dirt on
top of the trees’ roots will
eventually kill them.
The stormwater ordi-
nance, updated in August
2019, states that devel-
opments must be able to
mitigate storm-water run-
off to accommodate a 100-
year weather event, which
is defined as a rainfall of
9.4 inches over a 24-hour
period.
“Admittedly, we have
a concern about tall pine
trees, that if one does con-
struction anywhere close
to them, in a strong wind-
storm (they’re) a bit no-
torious for blowing over,”
Castleberry said.
The retail center will
include 75 new, small-
Melby Castleberry
er trees throughout and
around the parking lot, of
a variety of species, Cas-
tleberry said.
Richard Harkess, chair-
man of the landscape advi-
sory board and a member
of the plant science faculty
at MSU, agreed with Cas-
tleberry that the pines
would not survive the dis-
turbance to their roots and
said the selection of new
trees, including oaks, will
be better for the environ-
ment.
“From a standpoint
of nature, oaks are more
beneficial than pines as a
general rule, and a mixed
canopy with various trees
is more beneficial than a
monoculture of one spe-
cies,” Harkess said.
‘Going to change the
fabric of Starkville’
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said she does not know if
the aldermen are likely to
vote to remove the pine
trees, but she would pre-
fer that developers not cut
down all the trees at a site
if they can avoid it.
“It’s all a reasonable
balancing act of allowing
growth and development
to happen without compro-
mising aesthetics and the
surrounding community,”
Spruill told The Dispatch.
Ward 2 Alderman San-
dra Sistrunk, whose ward
includes the Garan site,
said Castleberry has a
good track record as a de-
veloper, but she has not yet
seen the plans for the site,
so “it’s probably prema-
ture to be discussing any-
thing (about tree removal)
until Garan moves out.”
Ward 5 Alderman
Hamp Beatty opposed
the development of the
shopping center via a
tax-increment financing
plan, which the board ap-
proved in August 2019.
Under a TIF plan, the city
issues bonds to reimburse
a developer for certain in-
frastructure built at the
development after a year
of sales tax performance
there.
Beatty told The Dis-
patch on Saturday that
he believes Castleberry
should have planned the
development so it would
not require the removal of
all 64 pine trees as an ac-
knowledgement of the use
of taxpayer money to build
the site.
“It would have been
nice if he’d come forward
and said, ‘I understand it’s
important to save some
trees, and I’m going to do
everything I can do to save
some of those big pine
trees on that property,’”
Beatty said. “Apparently
that’s not the case, and I’m
disappointed.”
Melby said the trees
contribute not only to the
character of the city but
also the health of the en-
vironment by providing
homes for wildlife, pro-
ducing shade and oxygen
and capturing runoff from
storms. They also provide
a border for the heavily
traveled Highway 12, and
people would drive faster
without it, he said.
Spruill said the trees
keep Highway 12 from
feeling too “industrial,”
and Melby agreed.
“If we keep going, we’re
going to look like Me-
ridian and Jackson and
lose all these trees on the
major corridor going to
Walmart, going west of
town,” Melby said. “It’s a
real travesty.”
Spruill said she trusts
that Castleberry’s devel-
opment will be “well main-
tained and well thought-
out.” Castleberry said he
would not plan to cut down
all the trees if it were not
absolutely necessary.
“The project is going
to change the fabric of
Starkville by removing a
60-year-old factory and
40-year-old pines,” he
said. “It will disturb peo-
ple, and I acknowledge
that, when the trees come
down, but I think with
patience they’ll see that
what replaces (them) will
be different but will better
service the community
and also become a part of
the community.”

CPD officers make two aggravated assault arrests in one week

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Columbus police arrest-
ed two suspects for aggra-
vated assault in separate
incidents last week.
Jamie Cortez Millik-
en, 27, of Fourth Avenue
North, and Henry Lamar
Chandler, 64, of 19th Street
South, have both been
charged with aggravated
assault manifesting in ex-
treme indifference to life,
according to records from
Lowndes County Adult De-
Milliken Chandler
tention Center.
Milliken was arrested
Monday after he allegedly
cut one of his roommates
with a knife, Columbus
Police Chief Fred Shelton
told The Dispatch. The
attack came after Millik-
en and his roommates got
into an argument over rent
payments, though Shelton
said it was in retaliation
after the fact rather than
self-defense.
The victim was treated
and released from Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Golden
Triangle, Shelton said.
Chandler was arrested
Wednesday after he al-
legedly shot a friend during
a “heated argument,” Shel-
ton said. Chandler and the
friend had been drinking
alcohol when they got
into the argument early
Wednesday morning.
Shelton said the victim
was also treated and re-
leased from BMH.
Chandler was released
from LCADC on $20,000
bond Friday, according
to jail records. Milliken’s
bond had not been set as of
Friday.
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PARTIAL TO HOME
Under a watermelon sky
About a week has a longer taste a small cemetery. It was an us as there was no end date on The air is cool and there is a
ago, in the waning memory than I, said odd location for a graveyard, the stone. steady breeze. I pass a hillside
days of August, it was the best she’d wedged between a sprawling There is an inscription: “I bright with goldenrod. Later
Gerry Jeffcoat had in two years. Love’s travel oasis and the knew this would happen. It was I stop to admire a perfectly
gave me a water- Online purveyors Interstate. Across the way, as if fun while it lasted.” preserved, freshly painted ’68
melon he’d grown. of the seeds tout the there wasn’t enough ambience Not quite believing my eyes, Ford pickup and snap a picture
A Congo Red, he Congo’s high sugar already, was a fully tricked-out I read it again. for a daughter who has a pen-
said when asked content and large Harley Davidson dealership. Fun while it lasted and then chant for vintage pickups.
the variety. Melons size. I parked under an old oak to a graveyard next to a Harley Shortly after I pause to
occupied a lot of After we were tree and found a comfortable shop, no less. Where else but watch a group, who appears
space in his small, done, I cut the un- spot to sit. I ate the sweet, America. to be family, at the edge of the
raised-bed garden, eaten fruit from the dripping fruit and watched as Here’s hoping Mr. Brown is lake. One of them is putting a
so I felt lucky to Birney Imes rind and put it in a travelers scurried in and out still above ground having fun. log on a fire on a rock beach.
get one of a yield of storage container. of the truck stop. A hundred Two days later, having ar- The smell of wood smoke
about eight. And so it was on a trip north yards away Interstate traffic rived at my destination in rural drifts up from the lake.
Though a fair size, this several days later, with the roared northward. New York, I’m walking down a Even in this most difficult of
melon was shaped like an contents of that container in Finished with the melon, I road overlooking a large lake. times, small blessings — if we
avocado. No ribbons from the mind, I took Exit 46 on Inter- walked over for a closer look at It’s near the end of the day and choose to see them as such —
county fair for this girl. But state 65 near Munfordville, a gravestone that had caught the sky looks like a tie-dyed are all around us. Appreciation
then, we’ve had plenty of pretty Kentucky. Time for a water- my eye. It resembled a natural T-shirt, a psychedelic red. Or is a powerful anodyne to the
watermelons all summer with melon break. piece of stone. maybe even a freshly cut Con- ennui and vertigo many of us
ho-hum taste. At the bottom of the exit It appeared to be the final go Red watermelon. are feeling.
Beth and I agreed the Con- ramp, as if put there for my resting place of a P. Doyle The music of a rock band Birney Imes (birney@
go was the best watermelon convenience, was a gravel Brown, born Nov. 10, 1947. rehearsing on the other side of cdispatch.com) is the former
we’d had this year. She, who road leading up a hill into Possibly Mr. Brown is still with the lake wafts across the water. publisher of The Dispatch.

OUR VIEW

Roses and thorns

A rose to the Starkville-MSU
Area Rapid Transit bus system,
which has proven to be one of best
examples of cooperation between
the city and university. As the
Starkville Board of Aldermen con-
cluded work on its budget, which along with Ok-
tibbeha County, provides $50,000 to support the
bus system each year, the bus service director,
Jeremiah Dumas, updated the board on usage
since the university’s bus service was extended
to city residents in 2013. The buses have served
more than 4 million riders in those seven years,
and stops exist throughout the city. For many
citizens, the bus service is their only means of
transportation. This is particularly true for dis-
abled citizens, who have access through buses
equipped with special equipment. For most cit-
ies the size of Starkville, public transportation
of this nature would not be feasible. But through
its partnership with the university, it has proven
to be a great service.

A rose to all volunteer “picker

uppers” in Starkville and Colum-
bus, who spent part of their days
making their cities a bit cleaner.
In Starkville, The Partnership
held its annual “Get Swept Up“
event, which is normally scheduled for the
Wednesday before the first MSU football game
in September. MSU’s first home game this year
isn’t until Oct. 3. In Columbus, the city held its
“Clean Up Columbus” event, with volunteers
from civic clubs, organizations and private
citizens spreading out to all six wards of the city
to pick up trash and debris. For their efforts, the
volunteers were treated to a free lunch at the
Municipal Complex after the event. We applaud
these efforts to make our cities more attractive
and healthier. Now, let’s all do our part to keep
our neighborhoods clean!
A rose — or should we say
magnolia bloom? — to Rocky
Vaughn, whose state flag submis-
sion, chosen from among 3,000
entrants, will be submitted to vot-
ers as the official state flag. The
Legislature set up a flag commission to select a
new design after voting to remove the old flag,
adopted in 1894, which bore a Confederate bat-
tle flag in its canton. By an 8-1 vote Wednesday,
the commission chose Vaughn’s design over the
other finalist. Vaughn, who is from Ackerman
and works in Starkville, designed a flag whose
main feature is a magnolia bloom. The magnolia
is both the state’s official tree and flower, so it’s
a fitting - and controversy-free - feature of our
state flag. We urge voters to give the flag its
support at the polls on Nov. 3.
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ASK RUFUS
De Soto’s Tombigbee crossing
Lately the ghost of that this classic de Soto sergeant attached to the troops
Hernando de Soto has artifact probably had building the Military Road.
popped up on Facebook. nothing more to do with What makes history fun is to
I have seen several de Soto than a hubcap take seemingly unrelated bits of
comments about where off his 1953 namesake information and put them together
his expedition crossed automobile (but the hub- to tell a story. Then you have to
the Tombigbee River, cap is another story). wonder if the soldier who lost the
probably on December Around 1810, uni- halberd could have become one of
16, 1540. form buttons of the U.S. the ghosts haunting Black Creek.
These discussions Army’s 1st Regiment Current archaeological evidence
seem to have arisen of Artillery contained of the presence of de Soto is cen-
from a postcard issued an eagle on a cannon tered between Starkville and West
between 1905 and 1910. Rufus Ward with several flags and a Point. It is in that area that artifacts
The card states it is a halberd that looks just have been found that appear to be
view of “Where DeSoto crossed the like the Luxapalila Halberd. A little related to de Soto.
Tombigbee River near Columbus, research on halberds reveals the De Soto crossed the Tombigbee
Miss.” weapons were carried by sergeants on rafts on December 16, 1540, and
We are still not sure where de in the War of 1812 to show their arrived at the village of Chicaza
Soto actually crossed the river. rank. But what U.S. artillery unit that night. The river crossing point
Over the years, historians have was in Columbus around the time would have to have been within a
placed the route of his expedition of the War of 1812? Therein lies the day’s march of Chicaza. Here again,
all over the Southeast. A map ghost story. the history of the Military Road
showing all of the theories of de In 1851, Joseph Cobb wrote emerges. In 1817, U.S. Army sur-
Soto’s travels looks like a map of the a book, “Mississippi Scenes or veyor Capt. Hugh Young reported
South on which someone dumped a Sketches of Southern and Western he had been told by John Pitchlynn
plate of spaghetti. Since the 1980s, Life.” One of his stories was “The that near the mouth of Moore’s
our knowledge of de Soto has vastly Legend of Black Creek.” It is the Creek was the Choctaw’s favored
increased and a “de Soto” artifact story of the haunting of the Military high water crossing of the Tom-
from northeast of Columbus is a Road’s Black Creek crossing. The bigbee during the 1700s and early
good example of what new research Military Road was constructed 1800s. That was the reason for the
is showing. under orders from Andrew Jackson ferry to be put where Columbus
Around 1900 a halberd (a to provide a direct route from Nash- would later be established. And
weapon that looks like an ax with a ville to New Orleans. As the story when de Soto reached the Tom-
lance mounted on a long pole) that goes, two U.S. soldiers drowned bigbee, it was high and out of its
was referred to as “an old Spanish crossing a flooded Black Creek and banks.
battle-ax” was found in Lowndes the ghost of the soldiers thereafter The strongest evidence is that
County near Military Road between haunted travelers along that stretch the Tombigbee crossing would be
Black Creek and Howard Creek. of Military Road. within a day’s march of present
Since halberds were commonly Military Road was constructed day Starkville. Though a long day’s
thought of as medieval weapons, between 1817 and 1820 by soldiers march, much of it would have been
it was considered a relic of the de from the 1st and 8th Infantry across an open grass-covered
Soto expedition, and in 1912, it Regiments and a detachment from prairie. Depending on the exact
was donated to the State Historical the Corps of Artillery. There was a location of Chicaza, the Tombigbee
Museum and put on display. In the work camp on the hill at Howard’s crossing point might have been as
1920s, the Daughters of the Amer- Creek about three miles north of high as Barton’s Ferry or as low as
ican Revolution placed a marble Black Creek. At that campsite, Ten Mile Shoals. Given Pitchlynn’s
marker on the side of the Military two soldiers died in 1819 and were statement, current archaeology and
Road near where it was found to buried there. It was about halfway river conditions in 1540, the Tom-
mark “de Soto’s trail.” between Black Creek and Howard’s bigbee at present day downtown
However, the Luxapalila Hal- Creek that the Luxapalila Halberd Columbus is the most likely place
berd, as it became known, had its was found. Rather than a relic of de for the de Soto expedition to have
place in history rearranged by a Soto, it is most likely a halberd that crossed the river in 1540.
button and a ghost story. It seems had been carried by an artillery Rufus Ward is a local historian.
Lifestyles
Read me
a story
With quacks, neighs and moos, homegrown
storytime gains a global audience
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
T
ime was, pre-COVID-19, when children’s
librarian Loraine Walker — “Miss
Rainey” — would regularly read books to
wide-eyed youngsters at the Starkville Public Li-
brary. More often than not, she enlisted animal
hand puppets as helpers. Most eager listeners
were regulars who came for the stories, smiles
and hugs.
Then, like so many libraries nationwide,
the Starkville facility had to close its doors in
March due to the novel coronavirus. Deter-
mined to maintain the connection with “her
kids,” Walker made a promise.
“I told the children we’d do a virtual story
time every weekday until we were able to have
story time like we used to,” she said. “Of course,
when I started this in March, I thought it would
last like three weeks. But when I make a prom-
ise, I keep it. This one’s just taking a lot longer
than I thought.”
For six months now, recording “Miss Rain-
ey’s Virtual Storytime” has also taken the librar-
ian into pastures, pig pens and chicken coops, to
lakes and gardens and woods.
“It was spring in Mississippi, and everything
was beautiful outside. I love nature and nature
photography, and I just wanted to do something
different,” said Walker, who is currently earning
a master’s degree in library science. “I’ll do
anything to get kids interested.”
That’s meant seeking out as many animals
and natural settings as possible that fit the
books she chooses for daily recorded readings.
Walker’s supporting cast has so far includ-
ed peacocks, cattle, skunks, llamas, turkeys,
horses, hogs, geese, goats, donkeys, chickens,
rabbits, hummingbirds and bees. Outfitted
with just a cellphone and tripod, she treks into
the middle of a herd of bovine, or sets up a
lawn chair next to llamas and goats, or reads in
the grass next to a gigantic pig. The resulting
eight-to-12-minute videos — 115 of them so
far — of Walker reading and interacting with
animals are posted at or near 10 a.m. weekdays
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to Starkville Public Library’s Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram.
Walker’s animal encounters are far from
scripted, which might mean a curious pony
nibbling at a book page or a bossy rooster stak-
ing out territory. During one book reading, the
librarian spied a (non-poisonous) snake nearby.
“I just kept kind of side-eyeing it and kept
reading a little faster,” the nature lover laughed.
“It’s an adventure, and there have been a few
days when it’s been tough to do, but I’ve gotta
tell you, it’s been a really good thing.”
Heather Simmonds’ 3-year-old son is a fan of
virtual story time.
“Every day, it’s ‘I want to watch Miss Rain-
ey,’” said Simmonds, a teacher at Overstreet
Elementary School in Starkville. “Some of (the
videos) you play over and over and over again.
He just loves it. It’s his little learning school
outlet. He’s a big animal person, so they just
made it for him. Whatever story she’s reading,
she has those animals in the background and
that makes his day.”
■■■
Walker set out to stay connected with the
children she wasn’t able to see face-to-face.
What she didn’t anticipate was the new audience
the videos would reach.
Early evidence surfaced in April, when Walk-
er received a Facebook message from a grateful
librarian in Brooklyn, New York. More messag-
es followed. Libraries around the country began
sharing the video links, including the Marine
Corps Air Station Miramar library in California.
Homeschool groups and teachers have picked
them up to use in teaching settings. The videos
have spread to other countries. To date, Walker
has heard from viewers in England, Ireland,
Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Wales, Australia,
New Zealand, Norway, India, Pakistan, Uganda,
Egypt and several other countries in Africa,
among others.
She occasionally gets interesting questions,
from stateside and abroad.
“I’ve gotten the funniest questions from other
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
Starkville Public Library
Children’s Librarian Loraine
Walker has used a large sup-
porting cast of animals for
her “Miss Rainey’s Virtual
Storytime” posted on the
library’s social media every
weekday since the COVID-19
pandemic halted in-person
story time. Walker has now
created 115 videos that
have spread to an audience
throughout the country and
abroad. — Courtesy photos
states about what they’re seeing here in Missis-
sippi,” she said. “A lot of it is about the accents; a
lot of it is about the animals. Some people have
never seen a real donkey (for example).”
Other queries are, she said, “amazing.”
“I just had a librarian in Tunesia contact me,”
Walker shared. “They just started a school in
her small town and somehow she saw a video
and she’s contacted me to help come up with a
list of books some aid workers are trying to get
together for her school library. ... This is just the
wonder of the internet.”
■■■
Does knowing there’s an audience far beyond
Starkville watching her videos increase the
pressure?
“It did in the beginning, but last week a goat
knocked over a camera three times during a
video and now I just say, ‘Sorry, guys,’ pick it up
and keep reading,” Walker said.
Connections she’s making have been thera-
peutic.
“It’s so hard not being able to see our chil-
dren. It’s been nice to talk to other librarians
and know that they’re missing their kids, too. ...
You get into being a children’s librarian because
you dearly love children and believe in early
literacy. You’re truly passionate about it.”
Walker continues to seek out books that,
while entertaining, carry a message.
“I want to leave all the kids with some new
understanding about kindness, or themselves,
forgiving themselves, forgiving their peers or
siblings, or being patient, remembering that
we’re all in this together, that things are differ-
ent now, but we can all get through it,” she said.
Even when in-person story time can resume,
Walker foresees at least periodic virtual compo-
nents in the library’s repertoire.
“To tell the truth, it’s serving a need I really
didn’t know was there — there are a lot of
children who are immunocompromised. Even
if we took COVID out of the picture, there are
children who just can’t come into the library.”
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New partnership, grant will support

Lowndes County children until kindergarten
CALENDAR
MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS room for community members to Bright From the Start Early Child-
Sept. 8, 11, 22
Art Strolls with Ralph Null — Ralph Null con-
check out materials to support and hood Educators Conference. All

A
community-based collabo-
ration between the Rotary
Club of Columbus and
Mississippi University for Women’s
School of Education will prepare
children to start school happy,
healthy and equipped to succeed.
In celebration of their 100th
anniversary, the Rotary Club of
Columbus recently approved a
$40,000 grant to launch Bright
From the Start. The partnership
between the two entities will
support local preschools, families
in Lowndes County with children
from birth to the age of 5 and the
Early Childhood Development
program at The W.
“Early childhood is the key to
the success of our
future workforce
and community.
Research says that
90 percent of the
critical brain growth
happens from birth
to age 5. When we
invest in high-qual- Lowe
ity early childhood
programming, we set children on
the road to success,” said Melinda
Lowe, director of Outreach & Inno-
vation at The W.
A portion of the grant will
provide for a progressive resource
engage with young children. With
help from Penny Mansell, director
of the Child and Parent Develop-
ment Center at The W, Lowe said
the planned materials included are
literacy kits, STEM and STEAM
materials, cultural awareness
curriculum and social-emotional
curriculum.
“We are also investing in our
early childhood workforce. We
plan to celebrate all local essential
childcare workers and provide
in-depth training to strengthen
classrooms across the county.
Early childhood professionals are
essential. The goal of this program
is to not only support the parents,
children and caregivers, but also
support the preparation of our
future teachers and childcare pro-
viders,” explained Lowe.
Three phases
The Bright From Start program
will work in three phases from
2020-2021. Phase 1, beginning fall
2020, will focus on providing the
tools needed to ensure children up
to 5 years of age are prepared to
enter kindergarten by establishing
the Bright From the Start Re-
source Lending Library. In spring
of 2021, Phase 2 will feature the
local early childhood teachers will
be eligible to receive quality face-
to-face professional development
and training on state and national
standards and best practices.
Phase 3 will provide every baby
born at Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle a board book
and an early literacy and a booklet
detailing community resources
through the Bright From the Start
Welcome Baby Kits in Spring of
2021.
“The Rotary Club of Columbus
is excited to partner
with the School of
Education as they
strive to meet the
learning needs of lo-
cal families and their
children from infan-
cy to 5 years of age.
It is a commendable Carlyle
vision to have all children in Lown-
des County ready upon entering
kindergarten. Our Rotarians are
anxious to support the program
through various volunteer initia-
tives such as packing the Welcome
Baby kits, facilitating a book drive
and reading to children,” said Greg
Carlyle, president of the Rotary
Club of Columbus.
ducts informal gallery talks through his exhibit of paintings
featured at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts
Center, 501 Main St. Focus Sept. 8 (6 p.m.) is botanical
paintings; Sept. 15 (11 a.m.) impressionistic paintings;
and Sept. 22 (2 p.m.) landscapes. Free. 662-328-2787.
Friday, Sept. 11
9/11 Memorial Stair Climb — North Mississippi
Medical Center-West Point Wellness Center sponsors a
Memorial Stair Climb to honor lives lost 9-11-01. Wear
masks and have temperatures checked to enter the West
Point High School football stadium, 950 S. Eshman Ave.,
West Point, from 8:15-9 a.m. Event begins at 9:11 a.m.
For information, 662-495-9355.
Friday through Sunday, Sept. 11-13
Horse Poor Barrel Race — The Mississippi
Horse Park, Poorhouse Road, Starkville, hosts this event
requiring face coverings and social distancing; Indoor
arena capacity limited to 25 percent. Get more details at
mshorsepark.com, 662-325-9350.
Saturday, Sept. 12
Virtual Tennessee Williams Tribute — TWT
goes virtual this year at 10 a.m. on Facebook Live due
to COVID-19. Stella Shouting Contest highlights, poetry
readings, scholar talks, dramatic vignettes and more. 662-
368-8591, tennesseewilliamstribute.org.
Through Sept. 18
SAAC Fall Juried Exhibit — Starkville Area Arts
Council presents “The Light That Persists: Mississippi
Artists in 2020,” MSU Visual Arts Center, 808 University
Drive, Starkville and virtually at starkvillearts.net. Works
are for sale.
Thursday, Sept. 24
Downtown Art Walk — Main Street Columbus and
the Columbus Arts Council present an art walk downtown
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Local artists in participating stores
and outdoors will show original work. Masks are required,

Wellness Center to sponsor 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in West Point and don’t forget to practice social distancing as you shop
for unique art. 662-328-6305, 662-328-2787.
BY JAN SWOOPE instructor at the Well- (first responders) who “This is a simple way
jswoope@cdispatch.com ness Center. are still with us.” to express appreciation This month
Farmers’ markets — Support area farmers’

W
est Point fire-
fighter Leon
Kelley knows
where he will be on the
19th anniversary of 9/11
terrorist attacks that
altered the world. He
will be in the West Point
High School football sta-
dium, in full firefighter
gear, climbing more than
2,000 steps in Septem-
ber’s heat to honor the
memory of lives lost that
day. He’ll be one of many
first responders and
community members
taking part in the North
Mississippi Medical Cen-
ter-West Point Wellness
Center 9/11 Memorial
Stair Climb.
The event remembers
the almost 3,000 people
who perished, includ-
ing 343 New York City
firefighters. Kelley is
also a trainer and fitness
“It’s a really big deal, a Beginner exercisers and to give back,” said
way for me are encouraged to walk markets, currently open with safety protocols in place.
Kelley. “We want to get
to honor the an extra 2,071 steps
Columbus: Hitching Lot Farmers Market, Second Street
as many people involved and Second Avenue North; Mon. 4-6 p.m., Thurs. and Sat.
firefighters while veteran exercisers
as we can.” 7-10 a.m. Starkville: Starkville Community Market, Fire
and police are challenged to climb Commemorative Station Park, Russell Street; Saturdays 8-11 a.m.
officers and 2,071 steps — represent-
T-shirts will be available
all the med- ing the number of steps for $12 at the West Point
ical staff in each of the 110-floor
Wellness Center, 185
who lost World Trade Center tow-
Medical Center Circle, ■ For more Lifestyles content including the
their lives, Kelley ers in New York.
and on site the day of the Starkville Area Arts Council’s latest art exhibi-
to show Participants are asked
event. tion, Felder Rushing and Southern Gardening
some kind of gratitude to park behind the West
For more informa- visit the Lifestyles link at cdispatch.com.
and some kind of appre- Point High School field
ciation for what they’ve house and enter through tion, call 662-495-WELL
done,” said Kelley. the nearby south gate. (9355).
Wellness Center The school is located at
fitness 950 S. Eshman Ave.
instructor The gate will be open
Becky Bra- from 8:15-9 a.m. for reg-
bham said, istration and temperature
“We wanted checks. Wear a mask to
to honor the enter and during tem-
memory all perature check; masks
the rescue may be removed after
people Brabham checks. Participants are
that were asked to maintain a prop-
lost that day and all the er distance from others
others that perished. It’s for everyone’s safety. The
in honor, too, of all those event starts at 9:11 a.m.

Walker
Continued from Page 7A
Starkville Public Library Assistant
Director Kara Roberts said, “It’s been
amazing watching this, and Loraine
has done a great job at it. We have
comments all the time from people
that are thankful for it, and seeing the
different places around the world that
are watching it is really cool.”
People have been kind in sharing
their animals, space and time, said the
innovative Walker. She’s on the look-
out for even more creatures to star in
virtual story time. The order of the
day remains, “lights, camera, action.”
“I just had to let the children see
me even if I couldn’t see them,” she
said, “because I always told them Miss
Rainey would be there for them, and I
meant it.”
Editor’s note: View videos at face-
book.com/STKPUBLIB/ and on other
library social media.
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SECTION

JACKETS TAKE DOWN GREEN WAVE Late West

Point rally
falls short;
Chambless
still upbeat
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

Starkville High School’s Ja’Carius Hendricks (94) celebrates with his teammates after beating rival West Point High School on Friday in
Starkville. Hendricks recovered West Point quarterback Corbin Kelley’s fumble for the game-sealing touchdown in the Jackets’ 40-28 win.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Right as we snapped, he
Starkville senior quarter-
back Luke Altmyer tip-
toed two steps backward
before darting through
an opening between the
right guard and tackle.
Seconds after West
Point running back Ja-
kobe Pate notched the
night’s first score with an
81-yard scamper, Altmyer
flashed unfamiliar after-
burners as he raced past
the Green Wave defense
for a 74-yard touchdown
run of his own.
“We’ve been watching
film all week; we thought
we had it,” he said post- Having graduated its
game. “They had one top four receivers from
linebacker in the box. last season — including
current Mississippi State
budged, and the rest was wideout Rufus Harvey —
history.” questions have swirled
A four-star Florida as to how Altmyer would
State recruit whose ster- replicate his past suc-
ling right arm carried cess. With an offseason
Starkville (1-0) to the spent in quarantine due
MHSAA Class 6A semi- to the ongoing COVID-19
finals a season ago and pandemic, Altmyer and
boasted 454 career com- his new crop of receivers
pletions entering Friday’s time to work out on their
40-28 win over West Point own both at Starkville
(0-1), Altmyer flashed a and at MSU. Trotting out
nuanced — albeit short- for their first collective
ened — performance for a contest together in their
quarterback billed for his respective roles, the new-
pro-style potential rather look Yellow Jackets of-
than his dual-threat incli- fense silenced its critics
nations. in short order.
LOUISVILLE 13, COLUMBUS 0
Altmyer’s first pass of
the night looked the part
of a quarterback who
completed at least 60 per-
cent of his passes in all
but two games a season
ago. Dropping, setting
and firing, he flipped a
ball up the right sideline,
over the inside shoulder
of a West Point defensive
back and into the hands
of a streaking Stacy Rob-
inson for a 47-yard strike.
Flashing the legs that
carried him to the first
score of the night on the
final play of Friday’s first
half, Altmyer capped off
a 14-of-19, 286-yard open-
ing 24 minutes by dipping
out of a tackle, rolling to
Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
his left and connecting
with Robinson for the
pair’s second score of
the night as the clock hit
zero.
“He’s a sneaky ath-
lete,” Starkville head
coach Chris Jones said.
“It’s not that he can’t run;
it’s that he chooses not to
run. … Your best quarter-
backs are ones that ex-
tend plays and use their
legs when needed.”
Yellow Jacket Stadi-
um held its collective
breath as Altmyer, plant-
ed into the turf near the
Starkville 7-yard line,
was helped to the locker
room with a severe cramp
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STARKVILLE —
When the clock hit
zero Friday night, tears
streamed across the fac-
es of a few West Point
football players.
Losing has never been
a normal occurrence for
them.
Trailing by three
touchdowns at halftime,
the four-time defending
state champion Green
Wave rallied in the sec-
ond half against rival
Starkville to bring the
deficit to one possession
with more than 5 minutes
remaining. But a costly
offsides penalty on fourth
down that ran precious
seconds off the clock
followed by a turnover
that led to a defensive
score was the difference
in West Point’s first loss
since Week 2 of the 2019
season. The Yellow Jack-
ets held on, 40-28.
“You can’t make mis-
takes; you can’t turn it
over; you can’t commit
penalties pre-snap; you
have to line up right,”
West Point coach Chris
Chambless said. “That’s
stuff we’ll get better with.
It’s been a long time since
we’ve been on the field.
We have a lot of new fac-
es, but I’m proud of them.
We fought and kept fight-
ing. A couple different
plays here and there, and
it would have been a dif-
ferent outcome, but we’re
going to get better.”
The season started in
spectacular fashion for
the Green Wave, as junior
running back Jakobe Pate
ran West Point’s second
play from scrimmage 81

Falcons’ defense shines while offense struggles

BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
LOUISVILLE — to the Columbus 42.
Karon Hawk had room to
run.
When the Columbus
High School senior defen-
sive back seized an over-
thrown pass by Louisville
quarterback Jace Hud-
speth near the Falcons’
25-yard line, he had noth-
ing but green grass in
front of him. Hawk took
the interception well into
Louisville territory, even-
tually chased down at the
Wildcats’ 19-yard line.
The pick, less than a
minute into the second
quarter of Friday’s game
at R.E. Hinze Stadium in
Louisville, set up the Fal-
cons inside the red zone
with a prime chance to tie
up the game at 7-all.
But a wide-open Ja-
kaylin Lewis dropped
a throwback pass on
third down, Darion Mos-
ley came up short on a
fourth-down fake, and
Columbus gave the ball
right back to Louisville
without cashing in.
Missed opportunities
like that one hurt Colum-
bus (0-1) all night in Fri-
day’s 13-0 loss to Louis-
ville (1-0) in what Falcons
coach Joshua Pulphus
admitted was a winnable
contest.
“We had our chances,”
Pulphus said. “We had
our chances big time.”
The Falcons’ offensive
output — or lack thereof
Wide receiver Anthony Jenkins (11) and Columbus line up for the snap during the
second half of Friday’s game at Louisville High School. The Falcons lost 13-0.
— was somewhat reminis-
cent of early last season,
where Columbus didn’t
score its first touchdown
on offense until the final
seconds of their third
game of the season.
But that team went on
to win four games, a big
step up from its winless
2018 season, and Pulphus
said the Falcons’ defen-
sive performance Friday
against a perennial MH-
SAA Class 4A power was
a good sign for things to
come.
“We’re playing cham-
pionship-level, contend-
er teams,” Pulphus said.
“We were in the ballgame
like we needed to be.”
Louisville took down
Columbus 32-6 in the Fal-
cons’ home stadium last
year, and Wildcats coach
Tyrone Shorter said he
took notice of his oppo-
nent’s defensive develop-
ment.
“Coach Pulphus, he’s
a defensive guy, and
they had a pretty good
defense,” said Shorter,
the former head coach
at Noxubee County.
“That team’s improving,
and they’re going to get
there.”
Still, Columbus will
have a ways to go before
it reaches the level of Lou-
isville, which went 11-3
last season and lost to
Greenwood in the Class
4A quarterfinals. Shorter
said his team managed
a shutout despite some
Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
warning signs on defense.
“We’ve got to clean
up a lot of stuff,” he said.
“We’re still busting some
coverages that we’ve got
to clean up. We’ve got to
recognize formations a
little bit quicker.”
Additionally, Shorter
said, at least five or six
of his players are dealing
with minor injuries, some
of which were suffered in
last week’s scrimmage
against Noxubee County.
But running back Em-
ory James, who missed
the scrimmage entirely
with a leg injury and was
at roughly “75 percent”
Friday, still delivered a
standout performance
for the Wildcats. Among
James’ highlights was a
67-yard run late in the
first quarter that took
Louisville from its own 10
“The kid gave his
all, and that’s all we can
ask for,” Shorter said of
James.
A few plays later,
though, Hawk picked
off Hudspeth and nearly
scored, ending the Wild-
cats’ possession. Colum-
bus responded by turning
the ball over on downs.
“We needed to score
there,” Pulphus said. “I
think that would have
changed the momentum.”
The Falcons got pos-
session back on a punt
but gave it away almost as
quickly, turning over the
football on downs again
on a fake punt run that
was quickly snuffed out.
That time, Louisville
took advantage of the
Columbus miscue. On
a key third-down run in
Falcons territory, James
juked a defender and
bounced outside to move
the chains. The Wildcats
kept finding success run-
ning toward the sideline
until they got near the
goal line, where Huds-
peth scored from 2 yards
out on a quarterback
sneak — his second such
score of the night.
Columbus nearly went
three and out again be-
fore quarterback Ethan
Conner found Omari Wil-
liams open downfield for
See COLUMBUS, 3B
yards for the first score of
the night.
“I saw open space.
Once I knew I had that,
I knew I could run for a
touchdown,” Pate said.
Pate finished with 122
rushing yards and two
touchdowns.
But Starkville quarter-
back Luke Altmyer was
too much for the Green
Wave to handle in the first
half. The four-star Flori-
da State commit rushed
for a 74-yard touchdown
on the Yellow Jackets’
first play from scrim-
mage, then completed 14
of 19 passes for 286 yards
in the first half, leading to
a 26-7 West Point deficit.
“He’s an outstanding
quarterback,” Chambless
said. “He did some things
tonight we knew he was
going to do, but we were a
little late reacting. We’re
going to fix that. All in
all, our effort is there;
we just have to get better
at executing in all three
phases.”
In the second half,
Pate, Cameron Young
and Montavious Edwards
all scored rushing touch-
downs for the Green
Wave. Young had a game-
high 172 rushing yards,
averaging 11.5 yards per
carry. As a team, West
Point racked up 445 yards
of total offense, while
Starkville put up 488.
Missed opportunities
plagued West Point on
both ends in the final few
minutes of regulation.
With 3:13 remaining and
Starkville leading 33-28,
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2B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Prep football roundup: Heritage Academy wins first
district game; public schools struggle on the road
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Heritage Academy
(2-1) passed its first test
against an MAIS Class 5A
team on Friday, beating
district opponent Magno-
lia Heights 35-21.
No statistics were avail-
able from the contest.
The Patriots will play
at Caledonia (0-1) next
Friday.
Houston 20,
New Hope 7
HOUSTON — New
Hope (0-1) lost its season
opener on Friday at Hous-
ton High School, 20-7.
No statistics were avail-
able from the contest.
The Trojans will host
Itawamba Agricultural
(0-0) next Friday.
Amory 44, Caledonia 33
AMORY — Caledonia
(0-1) lost a 44-33 shootout
on Friday at Amory.
Panthers quarterback
Hunter Jones took ad-
vantage of the Caledonia
defense to throw for 325
yards and five touch-
downs. Jones finished 18
of 25 and was intercepted
once.
Caledonia quarter-
back Daniel Wilburn was
3 of 4 for 54 yards and a
touchdown as well as 16
carries for 90 yards on the
ground.
Darius Triplett caught
the touchdown pass from
Triplett, finishing with
two catches for 49 yards
and the score. Triplett
also had five carries for
107 yards and a touch-
down, while Curtavis
Johnson ran 20 times for
99 yards and a score. Ke-
won Wyatt had 14 yards
and a touchdown on nine
attempts.
Triplett added an in-
terception for Caledonia,
whose next game is at
home Friday against Heri-
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tage Academy (2-1). Academy (1-1) beat Nox- Dash Turman had five
apater 52-26 in Friday’s catches for 109 yards, in-
Kemper County 33, home game. cluding an 8-yard receiv-
ing score from Triplett,
Running back CJ Jack-
West Lowndes 14 son added two rushing and a two-point conver-
SCOOBA — West sion. Jon Garrett Lowe
scores for the Volunteers.
Lowndes (0-1) was de- had a 10-yard catch and
Colby Allen had a
feated in Friday’s season also returned a kickoff 55
rushing touchdown, and
opener against Kemper yards for a touchdown.
Brody Bennett caught Fu-
County, 33-14. Doug Loden had 126
tral’s pass for a score.
No statistics were yards on 15 carries, in-
Starkville Academy
available from the con- cluding a 5-yard touch-
will play at Magnolia
test, which was played at down run.
Heights (2-1) next Friday
East Mississippi Commu- Bradley Scott ran 13
in Senatobia.
nity College. times for 71 yards. He
It was the first game
Lee Academy (Ark.) 60, also ran in a two-point
for former Starkville High
School assistant Ra’Shaun Columbus Christian
conversion.
Jackson Langley had
Westerfield as Kemper Academy 14 12 tackles for Hebron
County’s head coach. STEENS — Columbus to lead the team. Doug
West Lowndes will Christian Academy fell Loden had eight, and Ter-
play at Hamilton (1-0) to 0-3 with a 60-14 loss to ry Loden had seven. Scott
next Friday. Lee Academy (Arkansas) had four, and Kenneth
in Friday’s home game. O’Brian had three.
Noxubee County 39, Tyler Looney ran for Hebron will play at Del-
ta Academy next Friday in
Shannon 0 113 yards and caught an
Marks.
MACON — Bobby 86-yard touchdown pass
Shanklin rushed for two from Drake Shaw, who
finished with 123 yards
touchdowns as Noxubee
County (1-0) shut out passing.
Shannon 39-0 in Friday’s Caleb Farlow scored
home opener in Macon. the Rams’ other touch-
Shanklin had 14 car- down.
ries for 95 yards, while Lahndon Townley ran
Anthony Little had 66 in a two-point conversion
yards and a score on just after Looney’s touchdown
four attempts. and led the team on de-
Quarterback Chrish- fense with three tackles.
aad Rupert was 9 of 18 Columbus Christian
passing for 125 yards and will play at Marvell Acad-
a touchdown, and Mac- emy (Arkansas) next Fri-
ardi Johnson returned a day.
punt for a 48-yard score.
Mushune Walker and Ben’s Ford Christian
Shunterrion Sherrod each (La.) 56, Hebron
had interceptions.
Trillo Brown had 11
Christian 38
PHEBA — Hebron
tackles, and Travorus
Christian School (0-3)
Hatcher had five tackles
lost to district foe Ben’s
and two sacks.
Ford Christian School
Noxubee County will
(Louisiana) in Friday’s
play at Philadelphia High
home game, 56-38.
School (0-1) next Friday.
Braeden Triplett had
rushing scores of 6 and 7
Starkville Academy 52, yards for Hebron as well
Noxapater 26 as a two-point conver-
STARKVILLE — sion. He finished with 60
Quarterback Randall yards on 13 carries on the
Futral ran for three ground and was 6 of 14
touchdowns and passed passing for 119 yards with
for another as Starkville a touchdown.
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West Point High School’s Justin Collins sits during a break in Friday’s road game at Starkville High School. The Green Wave lost to the Yellow Jackets, 40-28.

West Point Starkville

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Altmyer, who missed a
large chunk of the sec-
ond half due to a severe
cramp, nearly threw an
interception that had a
chance to be a pick-six on
third-and-4, but the pass
was dropped instead.
With the ball on West
Point’s 42, Starkville
coach Chris Jones elect-
ed to punt, but the Green
Wave jumped offsides, al-
lowing the Yellow Jackets
to run an additional two
minutes off the clock.
“We knew going in it
was going to be a little
sloppy,” Chambless said.
“We tried to cut out those
mistakes, but you can’t
make those mistakes
in important times. You
see what happens when
we’re fixing to get the
ball back with a little
time on the clock we can
do something with. But I
don’t fault any of the kids.
That’s on me. I’m the
coach. We have to correct
those mistakes and move
on.”
The Green Wave took
over on their own 22 with
1:12 left, but Starkville
sealed the win after Ah-
mir Taylor sacked West
Point quarterback Corbin
Kelley, forcing a fumble
that Ja’carius Hendricks
recovered for a defensive
touchdown. Kelley fin-
ished 5 of 10 passing for
59 yards on the day.
West Point (0-1) is
back in action on the road
against Tupelo (0-1) at 7
p.m. Friday.
“We got a lot of new
guys, but we have to put
the team on our back,”
Pate said.
minutes into the third
quarter. Returning to the
bench with just over eight
minutes remaining in the
fourth quarter before re-
suming duties under cen-
ter, he looked on as the
Yellow Jackets’ swarming
defense stripped West
Point quarterback Corbin
Kelley and scooped the
ensuing fumble for the
game-ending score.
“I’m a little sore, you
know, it is what it is,” he
said through a braced
smile. “Calf just explod-
ed.”
For a game that annu-
ally draws in over 10,000
fans, Friday night also
served as a semblance of
ordinariness for Altmyer
and his teammates. After
Gov. Tate Reeves passed
an executive order this
week limiting stadium
capacities to 25 percent,
Starkville Athletic Direc-
tor Greg Owen told The
Dispatch the school sold
just shy of 1,700 tickets
to reflect Yellow Jacket
“I was so excited. It felt normal
for the first time in a while.”
Starkville quarterback Luke Altmyer
Stadium’s 7,000-person
stadium seating capacity
that climbs to over 10,000
when standing-room pa-
trons are accounted for.
Stepping toward the
fence on the home side as
his team headed toward
the locker room post-
game, Altmyer shared
words with a slew of Ha-
waiian shirt-clad class-
mates who spent the night
in a COVID-19-induced
limited cheering section.
Nights like Friday’s
are dwindling for the se-
nior signal-caller, who is
slated to graduate in De-
cember and enroll at Flor-
ida State in January. Rat-
ed the No. 198 prospect in
the country and the No.
13 pro-style passer in the
2021 class, Altmyer has
continued to receive in-
terest from Ole Miss and
Alabama, though he re-
mains firm in his pledge
to Florida State.
Friday night wasn’t
perfect. Altmyer would’ve
liked to have played all
four quarters. Drops and
other miscues also en-
dured. But in a world con-
tinuing its fight against
once-in-a-century global
pandemic, Altmyer’s clin-
ical performance brought
some normalcy to an oth-
erwise vexing year.
“I was talking about it
on the sideline — I was
like, ‘There’s no way
there’s 25 percent (capc-
ity),’” Altmyer recounted
with a chuckle. “I was so
excited. It felt normal for
the first time in a while.”

Columbus
Continued from Page 1B
a big conversion. That
was rare, though, as Wil-
liams was among the Fal-
cons receivers who had
trouble catching the foot-
ball Friday.
On Columbus’ very
first drive of the game,
Conner fired to Williams,
and the ball glanced off
the wideout’s hands and
into the arms of Louis-
ville’s Kylan Tippett. It
was a play that promptly
killed much of the Fal-
cons’ confidence, Pulphus
said.
“We just didn’t make
those plays that we need-
ed to,” Pulphus said. “We
didn’t catch the ball when
we needed to.”
Columbus promptly
allowed Louisville to con-
vert two fourth downs
through the air, the sec-
ond of which got the Wild-
cats down to the Falcons’
7. Hudspeth capped the
drive with a 1-yard sneak
for the first touchdown of
the game.
Trailing 13-0 at half-
time, Columbus again
couldn’t get anything
going in the second half.
The Falcons nearly fell
victim to a safety before
two big runs by Conner
got them out from their
own 1-yard line and into
Louisville territory.
Conner exited in the
fourth quarter after a cou-
ple hard hits and some
cramping brought on by
the heat and humidity,
and Williams filled in ad-
mirably for the Falcons’
final two series. Still, Co-
lumbus couldn’t score.
But despite the offen-
sive struggles, Pulphus
said he’s still optimistic
about the season to come.
He told his players in
their postgame huddle to
shift their focus onto next
week’s game at Holmes
County Central.
“We’re proud of where
we’re at,” Pulphus said.
“We just know we’ve got
to come back Monday
ready to work and ready
to get better.”
Shorter, meanwhile,
said he saw the same im-
provement in the Falcons
that Pulphus did.
“They’re really work-
ing their tail off, and they
came to play,” Shorter
said. “Two good football
teams played tonight.”
Louisville 13, Columbus 0
C0000—0
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First quarter
L — Jace Hudspeth 1 run (Nick Jackson kick)
Second quarter
L — Hudspeth 2 run (kick failed)

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My mother, who
is 80 years old, hums her
own made-up tunes. She
has done it for as long as I can
remember, but for the last few
years, the frequency and intensi-
ty has increased. She does wear
a hearing aid in one ear and sees
her audiologist regularly. I have
asked others, who say people
with hearing problems often hum
to fill the empty space caused by
the hearing loss.
My problem is that her con-
stant humming is so annoying it
is negatively affecting my rela-
tionship with her. I have treaded
lightly on the subject with her to
be sure she’s aware that others
can hear her, in case she was thinking they
couldn’t.
Mom said that once someone asked her if
she was talking to herself, and
she replied that she was singing
to herself. My personal opinion is
that it may be a soothing mech-
anism for her when she feels
awkward during a conversation.
She may feel that her humming
replaces talking yet makes her
feel included in the conversation.
I don’t want to cause hurt
feelings or add to her discomfort.
She’s shy by nature, but has
come a long way in her confi-
dence. Advice? — TUNING OUT IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Dear Abby DEAR TUNING OUT: The first
thing you should do is ask your
mother to tune the humming down
because it bothers you. If she
doesn’t, then discuss it with her audiologist.
If you don’t get the answers you need there,
consult her physician. What she’s doing may
be common -- or not. But you need to get your
questions answered by someone who knows
your mother and is close enough to evaluate
her.
DEAR ABBY: I tried to help out a friend who
had damage to her truck. I took it upon myself
without her knowledge to take pictures of her
damaged truck. I thought it would help her in
getting estimates on her vehicle.
Her truck was parked outside her son’s res-
idence, and he came out immediately when he
saw me from his window. I didn’t explain what I
had done for reasons I would rather not say, but
I planned to tell my co-worker at a later date.
When I saw her at work the next day, she was
furious about what I had done, and it almost
destroyed our friendship.
Was I wrong in doing her a favor, or out-of-
line? Was it inappropriate? I didn’t want to jeop-
ardize our friendship; I was only trying to help.
Any suggestions? — CONCERNED IN TEXAS
DEAR CONCERNED: I’m trying to understand
why you didn’t VOLUNTEER to photograph the
damage to your co-worker’s truck so she could
get estimates on the cost of repairs. I am also
in the dark about why you wouldn’t explain what
you were doing when her son came outside
and, I assume, asked what you were doing.
Transparency would have been better than se-
crecy, and I hope you will carry this suggestion
into the future.
DEAR ABBY: May I share four words that
planted a positive seed in my heart? They are,
“Make Gratitude Your Attitude.” They are strong
medicine I use in coping with my disabilities,
and it works. — HINT FROM HILO, HAWAII
DEAR HINT: Thank you for wanting to share
your “strong medicine.” I agree it’s hard to think
negatively while counting our blessings.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was found-
ed by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
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Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 6).
You’ll enjoy the community of like
minds and be challenged by those
with differing opinions. Diverse
influences fortify your worldview and
strengthen your understanding of
your role. You’ll make big plans that
also happen to be the right thing
for all. Doing what the world needs
brings quick success. Pisces and
Gemini adore you. Your lucky num-
bers are: 45, 2, 33, 10 and 8.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Move
from where you are, as this is no
longer a good place to be. You don’t
have to go far, and it doesn’t matter
in which direction, only that you
demonstrate movement.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Here
you are, unready and in a position to
choose. You don’t even have enough
data to make an educated guess,
although, in a strange way, you’re at
an advantage with this, forced to rely
only on your gut.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The
early days of every relationship and
endeavor lay the groundwork for what
happens later, which is why it’s so
important to reveal some basic truths
and establish key expectations on
day one.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The
best opportunities will come by way
of relationships. You’ll have two more
opportunities today than you’ve been
afforded so far any day this month.
Stay on high alert for them or they’ll
pass by unnoticed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). All it takes
is a few inquiries, and suddenly,
you’re off in a fascinating direction.
Go on and get involved, as new influ-
ences will spark favorable changes in
your day to day.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When
you give attention, you are giving
your life force, which will be spent no
matter what, though some ways are
more of an investment, and others
are just waste.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In the
beginning of a relationship, you’re
mainly trying things. You might not
see it that way, because the process
of getting to know someone is so
intuitive. Just know that if it’s not
working, you can pivot and try some-
thing else.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Sometimes you treat everyone the
same, and other times it feels right
to be more flexible, taking your lead
from the needs of those around you.
You’ll be somewhere in the middle
today, consistent but ready to adjust.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). There’s an art to self-discipline.
Knowing how far to push yourself
is key. If you drive yourself too hard
or place too many restrictions on
yourself, you’ll rebel. To rebel against
yourself is far worse than rebelling
against others.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Just as a story without conflict is
barely a story, a day without an
obstacle would hardly be worth re-
membering. At least today’s problem
will have you laughing a little.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Your mighty purpose today is to make
people smile. Indeed, there may be
none mightier, or more challenging,
considering the moods of some of
the people you’ll come across.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A
relationship is like a long car ride:
Sometimes you’re the one driving,
but it’s not good to have one person
at the wheel for too long. Take turns.
Slide over to the passenger seat.
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Religion
God said, get ready to receive your greater
G
od is getting “I will bless my glory of the LORD shall be wavereth is like a wave of the getting get understanding.”
ready to people and their your rear guard.” (Isaiah 58:8) sea driven with the wind and (Proverbs 4:7) KJV.
do Great- homes around my NKJV tossed.”(James 1:6) KJV So be encouraged today
er things in His holy hill. And in the Some of our hearts are over- Are you physically, spiritu- and always remember: What-
people’s lives. He’s proper season I will whelmed with grief. The pain ally, and mentally drained, and ever God say He’s going to
about to do things send the showers is so severe until all we can do you feel like all your strength is do, we can expect it to happen
that we have never they need. There is cry. Nevertheless, God Said, gone? God Said, Get Ready to because His word is true. “For
seen or heard be- will be showers of Get Ready To Receive Our receive Your Greater Strength. you are God, O Sovereign
fore. So Get Ready blessing.” Greater Joy. “Weeping may en- “He giveth power to the faint; Lord Your words are truth,
To Receive Your (Ezekiel 34:26) dure for a night, but joy cometh and to them that have no might
and you have promised these
Greater. “But as it NLT in the morning.”(Psalm 30:5) he increaseth strength.”(Isaiah
good things to your servant.”(2
is written, Eye hath If you have been While we’re waiting on 40:29) KJV
Sherry Ivy Samuel 7:28) NLT
not seen, nor ear battling with a what we asked the Lord for When it comes to making
heard, neither have serious illness for a in prayer, we find ourselves difficult decisions concerning Minister Sherry Ivy is a
entered into the heart of man, long time and the doctors have letting our faith waver. One our careers, our families and Minister of The New Providence
the things which God hath pre- given up on you; God Said, Get minute we believe God is going our lives, it seems like we M. B. Church (Healing & Yoke
pared for them that love him.” Ready To Receive Your Greater to answer our prayer and the make bad choices over and Destroying Ministry) in Macon
(1 Corinthians 2:9) KJV Healing. “Then your light shall next minute we are doubt- over again. However, God said Mississippi, under the lead-
We may be going through break forth like the morning, ing. Whereas, God Said, Get Get Ready To Receive Our ership of her husband, Pastor
financial hardship right now, Your healing shall spring forth Ready To Receive Our Greater Greater Wisdom. “Wisdom is Willie J. Ivy Sr. You can contact
but God said, Get Ready To speedily, And your righteous- Faith. “But let him ask in faith, the principal thing; therefore her via email at minsivy@
Receive Our Greater Blessings. ness shall go before you; The nothing wavering. For he that get wisdom: and with all thy yahoo.com

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Where the Spirit of the Lord is F eatured C hurch

“There is Liberty”
Ke nne th Mo ntg o m ery www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Proudly serving our community 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
for over 30 years 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.

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662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570

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LER OO 1721 Hwy 45 N
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COMMERCIAL 662.848.0919
“A Family Business Since 1946” RESIDENTIAL Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
662-328-3625 • 662-328-7612 In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm

When Caring Counts... SHELTON’S TOWING, INC. TRINITY PLACE

2500 Military Road Suite 1
Columbus, MS
Since 1960 RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
662-328-7500 24 Hour Towing Offering independent living apartments, personal
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WEST REALTY COMPANY care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Don West, Broker/Owner FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY 1024 Gardner Blvd. 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
1131 Lehmberg Rd., Columbus • 662-328-1808 328-8277 “Our Bottom Line Is People”

Hunting • Fishing
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call... 662-329-9992 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville

BRISLIN, INC. Insurance Services:

Young
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Residential • Commercial • Industrial Home GEORGE F. YOUNG
Since 1956 3189 Hwy 45 N. • 328-5421 Commercial Office-662.570.1688
www.brislininc.com Final Expense Cell-662.251.3563
1702 6th St. N. • 328-5361 gfyoung08@gmail.com
4051 Military Road • 662-328-5814 1205 Gardner Blvd.,Columbus, MS

APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC.
Michael Bogue & Employees
Lake Norris Rd. 328-6555

INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC The McBryde Family

www.hydrovaconline.com 1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776

Jarrett’s Towing This ad space can be yours

Wrecker Service for only $10 per week.
5209 N. Hwy 182 E. • Columbus, MS 39702
329-2447 We unlock Telephone: 662-327-1467 Call today 328-2424
If no answer 251-2448 cars P.O. Box 1278 • 1616 7th Ave. S., Columbus, MS 39703 to schedule your ad.

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