The Starkville Dispatch Eedition 9-20-13

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Five Questions
1 What DC Comics NCO led the men
of Easy Company?
2 What chemical element is named for
the Greek word for artifcial, since
it was the frst synthetic element ever
discovered?
3 What has the words DONT PANIC
written on it in large, friendly letters?
4 What friend of George IV, whose
famous name is now synonymous with
fashionable dandies, fed England in
1816 due to his huge debts?
5 What Danish astronomer lost his
nose in a 1566 duel and wore a metal
prosthetic nose the rest of his life?

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Classifeds 8B
Comics 6B
Obituaries 4A
Opinions 6A
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Starkville.
caLendar
Tuesday through Saturday,
Sept. 24-28
Possum Town Storytelling Festi-
val: Internationally known storytellers
Len Cabral, Carmen Agra Deedy and
Kuniko Yamamoto weave words into
magic at the second annual Possum
Town Storytelling Festival presented
by the Columbus Arts Council. Pro-
grams for all ages will be presented
at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501
Main St., in Columbus. Ask about the
storytelling and origami workshops.
For information, contact the CAC, 662-
328-2787 or visit columbus-arts.org.
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Table Talk: Dr. Kendall Dunkelburg,
Mississippi University for Women
professor of English, previews the
speakers at the 25th annual Eudora
Welty Writers Symposium (Oct. 24-
26). Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m. and
socialize; iced tea provided. Or join
friends from noon-1 p.m. for the pro-
gram. For more information, contact
the library at 662-329-5300.
Thursday, Sept. 26
History and Traditions of SEC
Football: This fundraiser for the
Mississippi State Wesley Foundation
features SEC historian Dr. Mark Wind-
ham from 6-8:30 p.m. at the First
United Methodist Church. Food and
fellowship is 6-7 p.m.; Dr. Windhams
presentation is 7-8:30 p.m. Tickets
are $25, available through Sept. 18
at the FUMC offce and Wesley board
members. Call 662-323-1778 for
more information.
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and his fellow workers have been refurbishing the house for about two months.
Waste company to end Columbus recycling
By William BroWning
wbrowning@cdispatch.com
COLUMBUS Mississippi Indus-
trial Waste, a commercial solid waste
company in Columbus, will stop its
curbside recycling program at the end
of this month.
The company sent notice letters to
local customers this week.
Due to the low number of custom-
ers that make up our daily routes and
their geographic distances, it simply
costs more to transport these mate-
rials than we receive in revenue, the
notices stated.
The letter also said it has become
increasingly difficult to find a market
for the co-mingled materials.
Co-mingling means waste materi-
als are mixed together and picked up at
the same time. This method requires
sorting after waste collection so some
items can be recycled.
This has added to the labor we
must invest into the process to have a
marketable product from the materi-
Last day for Mississippi
industrial Waste curbside
recycling pickup is sept. 30
Courtesy photo/Election Systems & Software
The DS200
electronic
scanner cap-
tures digital
images of
all ballots
scanned,
allowing for
improved
processing of
problematic
ballot mark-
ings. Lown-
des County
offcials esti-
mate the cost
of a scanner
to be in the
$5,000 to
$6,000 and
plan to pur-
chase 25 of
the scanners.
See RECYCLING, 8A
Caledonia school
employee on
leave during
embezzlement
probe
approximately $3,000
missing from transcript
fee collections
By sarah foWler
sfowler@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA A Caledonia
high school guidance counselor
has been placed on paid adminis-
trative leave amid embezzlement
allegation.
Superintendent Lynn Wright
would not identify the school em-
ployee or confrm the administra-
tive leave citing the matter as a per-
sonnel issue but multiple sources
within the district said the counsel-
or, who has been employed with the
district for six years, was placed on
administrative leave Wednesday
afternoon. Sources said approxi-
mately $3,000 has been reported
missing from the high schools of-
fce. The money, which was collect-
ed from transcript fees, was report-
edly left in an envelope in a vault,
but it is unclear how many people
may have had access to the vault.
Wright said an allegation was
made last week and the incident is
under investigation by the Lown-
des County Sheriff s Department.
Until we get all the facts, we
dont want to speculate, Wright
said. There are too many un-
knowns. We want to get to the bot-
tom of it and we want to hold the
person accountable if something
was done wrong or inappropriate
but we dont want to hurt anybody
thats innocent.
By naThan gregory
ngregory@cdispatch.com
Lowndes County voters
will likely be casting paper
ballots again when they go
to the polls either next year
or in 2015.
When county supervisors
passed next years budget
last week, they allocated
$248,300 for circuit elec-
tions $89,350 more than
was budgeted last year.
A portion of that, com-
bined with more than
$50,000 in saved election
appropriations from the Mis-
sissippi Secretary of States
offce, could be applied to-
ward purchasing 25 DS200
scanners that would be used
to tally paper ballots across
the countys 22 precincts, ac-
cording to Lowndes County
Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar.
The county will likely ad-
vertise for bids next year, but
Salazar estimates the cost
of one DS200 to be in the
$5,000- 6,000 range.
According to the web-
site VerifedVoting.org, a
non-proft vot-
ing rights or-
ganization, the
voting equip-
ment consists
of a 12-inch
touch screen
with a tabula-
tor that prints
out voter logs providing
election offcials with paper
tallies. A scanning device
captures digital images of
all ballots scanned, allowing
for improved processing of
problematic ballot markings.
Lowndes Co. could buy new election equipment
voters would use paper ballots, scanners
Salazar
See VOTING, 8A
By Carl smiTh
csmith@cdispatch.com
The Golden Triangle De-
velopment Link is developing
plans to construct a speculative
building at the Starkville Indus-
trial Park to help lure potential
development, Joey Deason, Ok-
tibbeha Countys Link repre-
sentative, confrmed Thursday.
A speculative building
spec building for short is
designed based upon market
demands and used by develop-
ers to lure potential investors to
a community. Deason said the
plan is still in the design phase
preliminary architecture and
engineering assessments are
complete with
no construction
date announced.
A l t h o u g h
no construc-
tion plans were
available to the
Dispatch, Dea-
son said the
market current-
ly favors sites with more than
50,000 square feet in space and
30-foot-eaves buildings which
can handle signifcant in-house
construction efforts.
Plans can change during
construction, Deason said, if
a suitor shows interest in the
facility. Retroftting and future
expansions can also occur af-
ter its completion to tailor the
building for specifc industrial
needs.
As we move forward with
our economic development
plan, were looking at what
products we have in Starkville
and what we have to entice fu-
ture growth. Obviously, we do
not have any buildings at this
point, he said. Quite a few of
the projects weve entertained
in the past six months are look-
ing for existing buildings that
are out there and ready to move
forward.
Link representatives will
search for grant funding for
Plans taking shape for Link-backed Starkville spec building
deason hopes to
replicate Lowndes
co. strategy
Deason
See BUILDING, 8A
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Five-Day forecast for the Golden Triangle
Almanac Data National Weather
Lake Levels
River Stages
Sun and Moon Solunar table
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r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow
Yesterday 7 a.m. 24-hr.
Lake Capacity yest. change
The solunar
period schedule
allows planning days
so you will be fshing
in good territory or
hunting in good cover
during those times.
Temperature
Precipitation
Tombigbee
Yesterday Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr.
River stage yest. change
Columbus Thursday
High/low ..................................... 90/66
Normal high/low ......................... 86/62
Record high .......................... 100 (1953)
Record low .............................. 41 (1981)
Thursday.......................................... 0.00"
Month to date ................................. 0.01"
Normal month to date ...................... 2.26"
Year to date .................................. 45.42"
Normal year to date ....................... 40.13"
Saturday Sunday
Atlanta 78 65 r 80 62 pc
Boston 75 64 pc 72 53 r
Chicago 67 51 s 67 48 s
Dallas 82 62 pc 86 66 s
Honolulu 89 74 s 89 73 s
Jacksonville 86 71 pc 85 71 t
Memphis 78 58 c 80 60 s
80
55
Saturday
Heavy rain and a
thunderstorm
79
55
Sunday
Clouds and sun
81
63
Monday
Partly sunny
85
65
Tuesday
A thunderstorm
possible
Aberdeen Dam 188' 163.51' -0.05'
Stennis Dam 166' 136.68' -0.05'
Bevill Dam 136' 136.36' +0.07'
Amory 20' 11.38' +0.12'
Bigbee 14' 3.65' +0.03'
Columbus 15' 4.65' -0.01'
Fulton 20' 7.28' +0.01'
Tupelo 21' 0.00' none
Full
Oct. 18
First
Oct. 11
New
Oct. 4
Last
Sep. 26
Sunrise ..... 6:41 a.m.
Sunset ...... 6:53 p.m.
Moonrise ... 7:33 p.m.
Moonset .... 7:49 a.m.
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Major ..... 1:41 a.m.
Minor ..... 7:53 a.m.
Major ..... 2:06 p.m.
Minor ..... 8:18 p.m.
Major ..... 2:36 a.m.
Minor ..... 8:48 a.m.
Major ..... 3:01 p.m.
Minor ..... 9:13 p.m.
Saturday Friday
Saturday Sunday
Nashville 78 53 t 75 54 s
Orlando 90 73 pc 89 74 t
Philadelphia 79 64 t 75 62 pc
Phoenix 101 79 s 98 70 s
Raleigh 80 63 t 78 57 pc
Salt Lake City 86 54 s 68 50 pc
Seattle 65 53 sh 62 53 r
Tonight
Cloudy with
thunderstorms
70
A ThousAnd Words
AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File
A manta ray swims at the Black Current sea tank at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, on the southern
island of Okinawa, Japan, Tuesday.
Friday
Say What?
We got a slow start tonight, but the way we fnished up in the
second half was totally unbelievable.
East Mississippi Community College sophomore defensive back
Ken Breland after a 70-0 victory against Mississippi Delta C.C.
Story, 1B.
Cranston books
a post-Breaking
Bad movie role
The AssociATed Press
NEW YORK Bryan
Cranston will star as black-
listed screenwriter Dalton
Trumbo in a flm thats to
be his frst after wrapping
Breaking Bad.
A publicist for Crans-
ton confrmed the cast-
ing Thursday. The flm,
Trumbo, will be directed
by Meet the Parents flm-
maker Jay Roach from a
script by John McNamara.
As a member of the
Communist Party, Trumbo
was among the Hollywood
10: screenwriters and di-
rectors blacklisted in 1947
after refusing to testify be-
fore the House Committee
on Un-American Activities.
Trumbo won two Oscars,
one for the script to The
Brave One, written under
the name Robert Rich, and
another awarded posthu-
mously for Roman Holi-
day.
Cranston also stars in
the upcoming Godzilla,
due out in May.
John Shearer/Invision for AMC/AP Images
This June 26, 2013, fle photo released by AMC shows
actor Bryan Cranston on the Breaking Bad panel at
the AMC TCA Panel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Colorado makes massive rescue pet friendly
BOULDER, Colo.
Some helicopters rescu-
ing people after massive
fooding in Colorado
carried more dogs, cats
and fsh than people.
Rescuers using zip lines
to evacuate people over
raging rivers also risked
their lives to make sure
the four-legged mem-
bers of families were
safe.
In contrast to stories
of people forced to leave
their pets when New
Orleans was swamped
by Hurricane Katrina,
the motto during one of
the largest evacuations
in Colorado history was
No pets left behind,
said Skye Robinson, a
spokesman for the Na-
tional Guard air search
and rescue operations
during Colorados foods.
Thats because including
pets in the rescue effort
helped convince even
reluctant residents to
leave their homes. Off-
cials also had more than
enough space for the an-
imals and even carried
animal crates with them.
More than 800 pets
have been ferried to
safety with their owners
via helicopter, the Na-
tional Guard said. Hun-
dreds more were res-
cued by ground crews.
Livestock, like horses
and cattle, were left be-
hind, but a monkey was
among those saved.
Once safely on dry
ground, Red Cross shel-
ters had water bowls,
on-site dog kennels
and all the necessary
supplies to ensure al-
ready stressed evacuees
wouldnt be separated
from their pets.
We kind of learned
after Katrina, when peo-
ple wouldnt evacuate be-
cause of their pets, said
Kathy Conner, a worker
at a shelter at a YMCA in
Boulder.
AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Jeremy Papasso
Colin Dinsmore, of Summit County Rescue, center, car-
ries a dog on his shoulder after rescuing three people,
fve dogs and two cats from a fooded home, Friday, Sept.
13, in Boulder, Colo.
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It sms youve turned 50
befe our very eyes!
Happy Birday!
We Love You,
Kala, Daddy & Scott
By EMILy WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON Mississippis
economy is outpacing the na-
tional economy, although both
are growing at a relatively slow
rate, an expert told lawmakers
Thursday.
State economist Darrin Webb
told the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee that Mississippi had
1.9 percent growth in its gross
domestic product in the frst half
of 2013 and he expects the rate
to be 1.8 percent by years end.
He said the national economy is
growing 1.6 percent.
The state has really been
slow to the party when it comes
to job growth, but remarkable
improvement has been made in
the last 12 months, Webb said.
Employment did dip in July.
This is not too surprising, given
the moderation of growth that is
taking place nationally.
He said Mississippi added
about 25,000 jobs in the past 12
months, after losing jobs in 2009
and 2010 and having fat employ-
ment in 2011.
I suspect that many of the
jobs being added in the state are
relatively low-paying and pos-
sibly part-time, and that is why
we can have strong job growth
but relatively modest income
growth, Webb said. It also
appears that many of the jobs
being added may be temporary
jobs, which strengthens the ar-
gument that the employment
data are overstating the recov-
ery.
Webbs re-
marks to law-
makers came
the same day the
U.S. Census Bu-
reau released in-
formation about
income and pov-
erty. It showed
Mississippi had
the lowest median income in the
U.S. in 2012, at $37,095. Half the
households earn less than that
amount, and half earn more.
Maryland had the highest, at
$71,122. The national median in-
come was $51,324.
Mississippi had the highest
poverty rate in the U.S. in 2012,
at 24.2 percent, the Census Bu-
reau said. Mississippi was one
of three states with an increase
in the poverty rate from 2011 to
2012. The others were Califor-
nia and New Hampshire.
Webb said he expects state
and national economic growth
to pick up the next two years.
He also said, in response to a
lawmakers question, that he be-
lieves that uncertainty about the
federal health overhaul is mak-
ing some businesses hesitant to
hire people.
After the Budget Committee
meeting, House Speaker Phil-
ip Gunn said: I would like to
point out I may be very po-
litical here I dont think its
any coincidence that beginning
in 2012, Mississippis growth
began to outpace the nation.
Mississippis job creation began
to explode... In 2012, we, as the
governor said, passed the most
business-friendly legislation in
the history of the state of Missis-
sippi. Those things are not coin-
cidences. Those things coincid-
ed with the Republicans taking
over in Mississippi.
Republicans have held the
Mississippi governorship for all
but four years since 1992, and
the GOP controlled the state
Senate several years before it
also took control of the House in
early 2012.
Sen. Willie Simmons of Cleve-
land, a Democrat who serves on
the Budget Committee, said in
response to Gunns remarks:
Weve been down so long in a
recession, I think we wouldve
seen some turnaround regard-
less of whos in leadership. But
I do appreciate the fact that we
seem to be working together
these days, trying to generate
and do some things that would
bring more jobs.
Simmons said the Delta re-
mains one of the poorest parts
of the state.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, a Re-
publican, said the U.S. economy
is lagging because of policies
pushed by Democratic Presi-
dent Barack Obama, including
the health overhaul that Obama
signed into law in 2010.
Economist: Mississippi and U.S. see modest growth
State had 1.9 percent growth while national
economy grew by 1.6 percent
Webb
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MISSISSIPPI STATE
The threat of in-
clement weather forced
organizers to cancel a
game-day tour of new tri-
al gardens at Mississippi
State University.
Bulldog fans had
been invited to town
early for the Sept. 21
football game to get
ideas for their home
landscapes at an open
house and tour of the tri-
al gardens and Veterans
Memorial Rose Garden.
The morning event
at the R. R. Foil Plant
Research Center, was
sponsored by the MSU
Extension Service and
Mississippi Agricultural
and Forestry Experi-
ment Station.
For more informa-
tion, call Geoff Denny at
662-325-2311 or visit the
trial gardens Facebook
page at facebook.com/
mstrialgarden.
Weather cancels tour of
Mississippi State trial gardens
Turning on the lights
Micah Green/Dispatch Staff
Brad Hendrix, with Columbus Light and Water, works to replace a light bulb on a
street light on Main Street in downtown Columbus.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON An Ab-
erdeen city judge will be
publicly reprimanded and
fned $1,000 for getting
into an argument with a
probation offcer outside
his courtroom in 2012.
The Mississippi Com-
mission on Judicial Per-
formance and City Judge
Robert Earl Fowlkes had
jointly petitioned the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court
for a public reprimand.
The Supreme Court, in
an order Thursday, added
a $1,000 fne to Fowlkes
punishment.
According to court re-
cords, Fowlkes argued
with the probation offcer
over whether a man in
his courtroom had an out-
standing warrant. The ar-
gument continued into the
clerks offce where the
offcer had gone to check
on the warrant. He had the
probation offcer escorted
out of the clerks offce by
police.
Records show the man
whose presence led to the
argument was Fowlkes
tenant.
The commission and
Fowlkes agreed his ac-
tions were discourteous to
those with whom he deals
with as a judge and that it
was improper to use his ju-
dicial offce to advance the
private interests of others.
Justice Josiah D. Cole-
man, writing for the court,
said Fowlkes failed to re-
move himself from the ad-
versarial matter between
the probation offcer and
his tenant.
As the mans landlord,
Coleman said Fowlkes
had a vested fnancial in-
terest in keeping him out
of jail.
His impatience and
discourteousness ... along
with improper threats
to hold her in contempt
of court, created the ap-
pearance that he was
infuenced by the land-
lord-tenant relationship
and that he was using his
offce to advance the pri-
vate interests, Coleman
wrote.
Coleman said the fne
was justifed because of
Fowlkes pattern of mis-
conduct. Coleman said
Fowlkes had been investi-
gated by the commission
twice and sanctioned by
the Supreme Court in 2003
for violating rules that pro-
hibit judges from talking
in private with litigants to
give them legal advice.
Aberdeen city judge
reprimanded, fned for argument
Man fned $1,000 for 2012 incident
By NATHAN GREGORy
ngregory@cdispatch.com
The Mississippi De-
velopment Authority has
awarded fve Columbus
and Lowndes County fes-
tivals a combined $16,000
through its Tourism Grant
Program for the 2013-14
fscal year.
Catfsh in the Alley,
Market Street Festival
and Caledonia Days each
received $4,000. The Dec-
orative Arts and Preser-
vation Forum and Dream
365 received
$2,000 each.
C o l u m-
bus Conven-
tion and Vis-
itors Bureau
o f f i c i a l s
announced
the grants
in a press
release Wednesday. The
MDA set aside $250,000
in Tourism Grant Program
funds statewide this year.
CVB executive director
Nancy Carpenter said the
organization wrote letters
of support for each event
asking MDA to consider
them for funding due to
their promotion of tourism
and economic growth.
The Columbus-Lown-
des Convention and Visi-
tors Bureau has enjoyed
working with each of these
events as it generates a
positive experience for vis-
itors and the community,
Carpenter said in the re-
lease. We appreciate the
Mississippi Development
Authority for appropri-
ating funds for the mar-
keting and advertising of
festivals and events in the
state of Mississippi. These
events will beneft im-
mensely from the grants.
Columbus Mayor Rob-
ert Smith recognized Car-
penter during Tuesdays
city council meeting for
her efforts to request f-
nancial support for Catfsh
in the Alley.
MDA awards grants to local festivals
County events
receive combined
$16,000
Carpenter
Overseer Glenn Jefferson, Sr.
Overseer Glenn
Jefferson, Sr., 48,
of Columbus, MS
transitioned from this
life into eternal rest on
Friday, September 13,
2013.
Visitation will be
Friday, September
20, 2013, from 3-6
p.m., followed by
an Evening of
Memories from
6-7:30 p.m. at New
Beginning Full Gospel Baptist Church, 2533
Hwy. 69 South, Columbus, MS 39702. The
Home Going Celebration will be Saturday,
September 21, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Columbus
High School with Bishop Bobby L. McCarter,
Sr. offciating. Burial will follow in Memorial
Gardens Cemetery. Funeral services are
under the direction of Carters Funeral
Services of Columbus.
Overseer Jefferson was born January 25,
1965, to Gussie (Jefferson) Hill and Jim Brown.
He accepted Christ at the age of 12 and united
with the St. James Missionary Baptist Church
in Crawford, MS, under the leadership of the
Rev. John Poe.
He graduated from Caldwell High School in
1983. After high school, Overseer Jefferson
began his course of becoming a true servant
leader. He honored his country by serving in
the U.S. Army from 1984-1987. He represented
his community by serving on the Civil Service
Commission for the City of Columbus.
In December 1989, Overseer Jefferson
accepted his call to the ministry and preached
his frst sermon on January 24, 1990, at St James
Missionary Baptist Church. He joined Shiloh
Full Gospel Baptist Church in 1992, under the
leadership of Bishop Freddie Edwards, Sr.
He later joined Charity Mission Full Gospel
Baptist Church under the leadership of Bishop
Bobby L. McCarter, Sr.
Overseer Jefferson had a genuine love and
dedication for ministry. He was the pastor
of Mt. Ary Missionary Baptist Church from
1994-1997. He joined the Full Gospel Baptist
Church Fellowship International in 1996. He
founded New Beginning Full Gospel Baptist
Church in August of 1997, and brought to
fruition a new place of worship in September
2013. He became the pastor of Beulah
Grove Full Gospel Baptist Church in August,
2010. He served as the First Assistant to the
Mississippi State Bishop, Bobby L. McCarter
from 2011 until his death. He was appointed
District Overseer of the Mississippi Full
Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Northeast
District in 2001.
Overseer Jefferson instilled in those he
encountered the value of education and
giving back to the community. He led by
example. Overseer Jefferson completed
a Master of Religious Art in Theology at
Jacksonville Theological Seminary in 2001,
received a Certifcate of Completion from
Yale University Graduate of Divinity in 2006,
Certifcate of Theological Studies from
Princeton Theological Seminary, Certifcate
of Theological Studies from Candler School
of Theology Emory University, Episcopal
Training from the Full Gospel Baptist
Church Fellowship, Certifcate of Training
District Overseer, and numerous Certifcates
of Appreciations. He was named District
Overseer of the Year and Most Outstanding
District of the Southern Regional Summit in
2002.
Overseer Jeffersons hearts desire was
seeing men take their rightful role as fathers
and leaders in their home, community, and
ministry. He had the God-given ability to
push others to their potential by having them
realize that with Christ all things are possible
and we are truly Better Together.
He was preceded in death by his father and
one brother, John Henry Jefferson. He was
united in Holy Matrimony with Laverne Jones
Jefferson on October 13, 1989. Overseer
Jefferson fathered fve (5) children, Zavier
(Kawanda) Jones, Elder Demario D. Jefferson,
Tiffany G. Jefferson, Glyndolyn D. Jefferson,
and Glenn Jefferson, Jr., all of Columbus,
Mississippi.
He leaves to cherish memories and continue
the legacy his lovely wife; mother; children; six
(6) sisters, Ola Mae Jefferson, Lillian Richey,
Vera Parker (Jeff) Smith, Annette (Jet) Hill,
Emma Halbert, all of Columbus and Gloria
(Steve) Billups of Tacoma, Washington; one
brother, Gary (Doris) Jefferson of Columbus;
four (4) grandsons, Bryson, Braylan, Jordon
and Brody; three (3) sisters-in-law, Carolyn
(Sexto) Aviles, Janice Jones and Stephanie
Theaker; two (2) brothers-in-law, Willie
(Stephanie) Jones
and Stephen Jones;
father-in-law, Willie
T. Jones; and a host
of nieces, nephews,
other relatives and
friends.
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be The Tiers of
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Gospel Baptist
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James Douglas Buddy Burns, age 73, of Co-
lumbus, MS, passed away September 18, 2013,
at Baptist Memorial HospitalGolden Triangle.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Sep-
tember 21, 2013, at 1:00 PM at Gunter & Peel
Chapel with Rev. Johnny House offciating and
Rev. Junior Eads assisting. The interment will
immediately follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Vis-
itation will be Saturday, September 21, 2013,
from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM at Gunter & Peel
Funeral Home.
Mr. Burns was born May 20, 1940, in Lown-
des County, MS to the late Johnnie Edward and
Vaudine Deason Burns. He retired from the
Colmbus Fire Department after 22 years of ser-
vice and was the owner and operator of Buddys
Garage. Mr. Burns was a bus driver for New
Hope School and a member of Eastview Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Burns of
Columbus, MS; sons, Danny Burns and his
wife Paige of Columbus, MS, Rodney Cosby of
Columbus, MS and Randy Cosby and his wife
Heather of Columbus, MS; daughters, Tabatha
Edwards and her husband Mack of West Point,
MS, Karon Robison of Pontotoc, MS, Carolyn
Cosby of Columbus, MS and Wendy Kinard of
Columbus, MS; brother, Harold Burns of Eth-
elsville, AL; special aunt, Gracie Lollar Cham-
pion of Columbus, MS; 14 grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Cliff Bishop, Jason Burns,
James Parker, Danny Burns, Jr., John Jones,
and Andy Kinard.
Honorary pallbearers will be retired mem-
bers of the Columbus Fire Department and
members of Eastview Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to Eastview Baptist
Church, 1316 Ben Christopher Road, Colum-
bus, MS 39702.
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Curtis Gordon III
Curtis Gordon III, 63,
passed away Thursday, Sep-
tember 19, 2013, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital-GT, Co-
lumbus, MS.
Visitation will be Saturday,
September 21, 2013, from
23:30 PM at Lowndes Fu-
neral Home, Columbus, MS.
Mr. Gordon was born
Februray 28, 1950, in Lowndes County to the
late Curtis and Janie Cleo Jamison Gordon II.
He was a member of Missionary Union Church
and enjoyed listening to the Blues. Mr. Gordon
was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and he worked
in construction. In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his brother, Gilbert
Gordon and sister, Mattie Gordon.
Mr. Gordon is survived by his children,
Lakeydra Gordon (Zim Blair), Denise Smith,
Laisha Neal, Kashunda Butler, Joanne Smith
and Chrissy Gordon; siblings, Rhonda Tucker,
Janie Morgan, Hattie Burgin, Deborah Guinn,
Diane Dixon and Fredrick Gordon, all of Co-
lumbus, MS; grandchildren, Quaylin Smith,
Jasmine Butler, Jaylin Neal, Kerry Smith, Pre-
cious Butler, Jakyla Smith, Shy Gordon and
Zim Blair, Jr.; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Curtis Gor-
don Memorial Fund, c/o Lowndes Funeral
Home, 1131 N. Lehmberg Road, Columbus, MS
39702.
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Cecil Sentell
REFORM, Ala. Ce-
cil Sentell, 70, died Sept.
16, 2013, at Pickens
County Medical Center.
Services were Thurs-
day at Arbor Springs
Baptist Church with
the Rev. George Shaw
offciating.
Mr. Sentell was
formerly employed as a
logger.
He was preceded in
death by his parents,
William Gerry and Sara
Rozelle Sentell.
Survivors include his
brothers, Doug Sentell
and Lewis Sentell, both
of Reform.
James Weaver
MANHATTAN, N.Y.
James Melvin Weav-
er, 57, died Sept. 9, 2013,
at Beth Israel Hospital in
Manhattan.
Services are Saturday
at 11 a.m. at Blackjack
MB Church with the
Rev. R.T. Branson offci-
ating. Burial will follow
in Fox Cemetery. Visita-
tion is today from noon
to 6 p.m. at West Memo-
rial Funeral Home.
Survivors include his
parents, Willis Weaver
and Rutha Mae Weaver,
both of Starkville; broth-
er, Theodis Weaver of
Starkville; sisters, Pearl
Weaver Turnipseed of
Starkville and Willie
Mae Brady of Law-
renceville, Ga.
Pallbearers are Jessie
Young, Otis Young, Har-
vey Young, Carl Ingram,
Jerry Turnipseed and
Patrick Fox.
Carson Brooks
COLUMBUS
Infant Carson Eron
Brooks, six weeks old,
died Sept. 14, 2013.
Graveside services
are Saturday at 10 a.m.
at Greater Mt. Olive MB
Church Cemetery with
Donald Henry offciat-
ing.
Carson was born
Aug. 2, 2013, to Marcus
Ferguson and Ramona
Brooks.
In addition to his par-
ents, survivors include
his siblings, Quahoima
Brooks and Carley
Brooks.
Nellie Talley
BROOKSVILLE
Nellie Ann Talley,63,
died Sept. 15, 2013, at
her residence.
Services are Sunday
at 1 p.m. at Shiloh Full
Gospel MB Church with
Freddie B. Edwards Sr.
offciating. Visitation is
Saturday from noon to 4
p.m. at Lee-Sykes Funer-
al Home.
Mrs. Talley was
born Dec. 4, 1949, to
Lula Pearl
Macon
Williams of
Columbus
and the late
Clevester
Williams
Sr. She was
a member
of Shiloh Full Gospel
Baptist Church.
In addition to her
mother, survivors
include her stepmoth-
er, Carrie Williams of
Raeford, N.C.; children,
Michael Williams and
Ron C. Williams, both of
Slidell, La., Anthony Wil-
liams and Shane Scott
Williams, both of Colum-
bus, Robert Williams of
Tupelo, Angel Allison
Sykes, Leslie Williams
and Denise Williams,
all of Columbus, Laurie
Williams and Grica
Williams, both of Misha-
waka, Ind.; siblings, Ver-
nette Harris, Gennette
Stewart, Mary Macon,
Brenda Williams, Vonda
Williams and Margaret
Williams, all of Colum-
bus, Adell Morgan of
Eagon, Minn., Vanes-
sa Brooks of Tupelo,
Barbara Webb of East
St. Louis, Mo., Vernon
Williams of Lawrencev-
ille, Ga., and Tommie D.
Williams of Columbus;
and 11 grandchildren.
Pallbearers are
Kelvin Macon, Melvin
Macon, Keith Macon,
Terry Macon, Devin
Williams, Henry Mays,
Tevin Williams and
Joshua Thomas.
Essie Tate
COLUMBUS Es-
sie Tate, 42, died Sept.
19, 2013, at her resi-
dence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carters
Funeral Services.
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WASHINGTON Some em-
ployees returning to work at the
Washington Navy Yard Thursday
said they felt it was too early to
talk about the massacre earlier this
week while others said it will take a
while to put what happened behind
them.
Id rather not be here today,
said Judy Farmer, a scheduler from
Manassas, Va., one of those who
returned to the red bricks of the
Navy Yard for the frst time since 12
people were gunned down Monday
by a shooter who was killed by law
enforcement.
The Navy installation re-opened
at 6 a.m. for normal operations ex-
cept the building where the shoot-
ing took place.
Bob Flynn, who hid in an offce
in Building 197 with four colleagues
during the shooting, said it helped
to be at work with them.
I feel good because I got to see
my co-workers that I went through
this with, Flynn said. I get to hug
people, and everybody gets the
hugs and we get to talk about it and
I think its going to be helpful.
Flynn said Secretary of the Navy
Ray Mabus met with them Thurs-
day morning.
He said, If anybody has a prob-
lem, you call me, and he means
it, and its just one big family and
thats why were going to be able to
make it, Flynn said.
Navy Yard opening after massacre
Indonesian eruption
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A woman and her daughter fee their home as Mount Sinabung erupts in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tues-
day. Thousands of people were evacuated from their villages following the eruption of the volcano Sunday after
being dormant for three years, sending thick ash into the sky with small rocks pelting neighboring villages.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to workers: If
anybody has a problem, you call me.
JPMorgan admits fault, pays $920M fne
By MArcy GordoN
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON
The fnancial penalty is
staggering. JPMorgan
Chase & Co. will pay $920
million for trading losses
that shook the fnancial
world last year.
But the bigger price
may be a few words rare-
ly uttered in settlements
with U.S. regulators: The
nations largest bank is
also admitting wrongdo-
ing.
JPMorgans acknowl-
edged failure of oversight
in the $6 billion trading
loss is a frst for a major
company since the Se-
curities and Exchange
Commission reversed
its longstanding practice
of allowing frms to pay
fnes without accepting
fault.
The admission, made
Thursday as part of a
broad settlement with
U.S. and U.K. regulators,
could leave the bank vul-
nerable to millions of dol-
lars in lawsuits. The legal
burden of proof in such
private litigation is lower
than in cases brought by
the government.
The foodgates are
opening, said Anthony
Sabino, an attorney and
business professor at St.
Johns University in New
York. This is the kind of
thing plaintiffs lawyers
salivate over.
Regulators said JP-
Morgans weak oversight
allowed traders in its
London offce to assign
infated values to transac-
tions and cover up huge
losses as they ballooned.
Two of the traders are fac-
ing criminal charges of
falsifying records to hide
the losses.
Combined, the bank
will pay one of the largest
fnes ever levied against a
fnancial institution: $200
million to the SEC, $200
million to the U.S. Feder-
al Reserve, $300 million
to the U.S. Offce of the
Comptroller of the Cur-
rency, and $220 million
to the U.K. Financial Con-
duct Authority.
As part of the SEC
settlement, JPMorgan
acknowledged that it vi-
olated securities laws in
failing to keep watch over
traders.
The U.S. Justice De-
partment is still investi-
gating the bank for pos-
sible criminal violations.
And there could be more
action to come from the
SEC.
The SEC reversed its practice of
allowing frms to pay fnes without
accepting blame
MURRYSVILLE, Pa.
A western Pennsylva-
nia man has been charged
with driving drunk while
carrying an open can of
beer on a riding lawn
mower.
Murrysville police say
they found 55-year-old
Thomas Marrone driving
the mower along a road just
before 1:30 a.m. Aug. 30.
Police say Marrone
smelled of alcohol and had
an open can of Coors Light
beer in the mowers stor-
age compartment. They
say he told them he was
driving to his Murrysville
home some 6.4 miles
away.
Man charged
with DUI on
riding mower
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THE
ReadeRs comment
Editorial and accompanying cartoon misleading
Your Sept. 17 Our View advocating more gun control laws was
misleading on the causes and solutions to gun violence, and the ac-
companying cartoon showing NRA members high fving the Grim
Reaper was insulting to law abiding gun owners, whether NRA
members or not. Youre right about one thing, though: Mississip-
pians and most Americans dont want their Second Amendment
rights infringed upon. As evidence, even in Colorado recently, two
pro-gun-control Democrats in the legislature were successfully
recalled and replaced by pro-gun Republicans. Laws already on
the books require that everyone who wishes to buy a gun in a store
undergo a background check.
Felons, those with history of domestic violence, and those adju-
dicated as have mental illness cannot purchase a frearm. Most all
of the mass shootings have been committed by mentally unstable
individuals. The problem with preventing the mentally ill from hav-
ing guns and committing violence is twofold. In the 70s, PC types
emptied the mental institutions and now laws make it diffcult to
get the dangerously mentally ill involuntarily treated or commit-
ted or to even report their condition to authorities. Also, many
states do not communicate information on the seriously mentally
to a central location. This was the case with the recent Navy yard
shooter who was know to have serious mental problems.
Most of the gun deaths you refer to are committed as murders
with stolen frearms in areas like Chicago where leaders do not
seem to want to intervene. These thugs would continue to have
illegal guns even if the rest of us were disarmed and rendered help-
less. PC types are now trying to outlaw the Stop and Frisk policy
of the NYPD which has taken many illegal guns off the streets.
The NRA has always been committed to keeping frearms out of
the hands of criminals.
The Navy yard shooting was as bad as it was because the only
people in the facility allowed to be armed were the too few guards.
Only a good person with a gun can stop a bad person with a gun.
In summary, enforce the gun laws already on the books; give
mandatory sentences nation-wide for gun crimes; make it easier
to report, treat, and if necessary, institutionalize the mentally
unstable, but dont advocate a knee-jerk, emotional response of
disarming the rest of us who responsibly own frearms for hunting,
sport, and protection.
William Ford
Columbus
LocaL voices
I saw a slow mov-
ing, old white dog
the other morning.
She was crossing one
of the vacant felds
at Lynn Lane and
Louisville Street in
Starkville. That prop-
erty sits across from
my offce and so I
took the time to watch
her make her way
through the grass
in the frst hours of
the business day. No
doubt she was headed
to some quiet place to
rest as the heat of the
day began to descend
on her home.
That was a poi-
gnant moment for me
because I have been
watching this par-
ticular old lady for a
number of years now.
She is fondly known, at least by me and the
Starkville animal control offcers, Rich McK-
ee and Sara Hankins, as Ghost Dog.
I frst heard Rich refer to her as that back
in about 2004 because she was white and only
feetingly visible and had proven impossible
for him to catch. She is about 40 pounds of
smart and savvy and free. There are times
when free isnt what it is cracked up to be, but
in her case it is probably how she prefers it
since it is all she has known.
Rich and I have shared Ghost Dog sighting
stories over the years. We most frequently
see her when she has a litter of pups and has
to get out to forage so she can feed and care
for them. Most of the Ghost Dog sightings
are on the south side of Starkville around
Highway 12 in the vicinity of Lowes and then
around Pollard Road near the Co-op. Some-
times I get a glimpse of her when I am out in
the early morning hours around the prop-
erties I manage across from the Sportsplex
along Lynn Lane. She is scavenging in the
garbage bags that some tenant in defance
of our trash ordinance has put out the night
before.
She has survived on her own all this time
and has escaped the efforts of man to catch
her. The only thing she has been slave to over
the years has been her gender and nature.
I have to wonder how much of a toll having
so many litters of pups has taken on her.
Rich often tells me that he fnds her puppies
and collects them for the humane society to
handle and hopefully adopt out. Of course,
I wonder what toll the loss of her children
takes on her as well.
There have been many over the years
who have apparently expressed an interest
in adopting her if Rich could ever catch her.
The closest he has come has been to have
a sighting and then watch her slip away as
he gets near. Myself, I always fgured that it
would be a great kindness if we could catch
her long enough to get her spayed, then we
could let her go so that she could resume her
way of life.
To my knowledge, she has most frequently
been a solo act. I have never seen her running
with a pack but there is a rumor she seeks the
company of a group from time to time. She
is great example of a wily survivor. She has
become a bit of a legend in the community
of us animal do-gooders. I watch her go by
and am torn between wanting to care for her
and being impressed that she continues to
manage on her own.
I just heard she is keeping company with
a group of six others. Actually I called Rich
about the group who were enjoying the shade
of a local Mexican restaurant on Yellowjacket
Drive. Seems she is sharing their rambling
ways. My guess is that she is the queen giv-
ing them all direction on how to survive in a
hard and unpredictable world.
One of these months I am going to think
about her and wonder how long it has been
since I have seen her. I feel sure that I will call
Rich and ask him when the last time he saw
her was and he will tell me that it has been a
while. I am also sure that we will both hope
she is well wherever she is and we will know
that she is probably gone but well never know
for sure when or where or how. It will be kind
of like the end of Butch and Sundance.
Lynn Spruill, a former commercial airline
pilot, elected offcial and city administrator
owns and manages Spruill Property Man-
agement in Starkville. Her email address is
dlspruill@bellsouth.net.
Ghost Dog
Voice of the people
Lynn Spruill
i have been
watching this
particular old
lady for a num-
ber of years
now.
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Slimantics: Local elected offcials avail themselves of travel
opportunities ... and taxpayers pick up the tab
ETG11: Very funny, entertaining article, Slim. And right on the
money, too. (no pun intended) Thanks.
Kelly: What a sad state we are in. These councilmen (or clowns-
men) should be ashamed to even walk the streets. There are people
working two shifts just to pay taxes and buy food. How can these
men do all this travel and then raise taxes. Very shameful indeed.
Thanks you Slim for staying will this bunch of #@%&s.
A big day for Clay County: Yokohama groundbreaking set for
Monday
Orenokoto:
Frank:
An opportunity to talk about gun laws? Not a chance.
Raider: It should be very hard or virtually impossible for
someone who had previous gun issues to be able to legally buy a
gun. But in America, a individual that shot out the tires of another
individuals car and then reportedly told the police that he was so
angry he blacked out, was still able to buy a gun legally. In Amer-
ica, an individual who allegedly told a number of people, including
police, that he was hearing voices was still able to legally buy a
gun.
As far as banning guns, the shooter used a shotgun and I havent
heard anybody talk about banning shotguns, except for the NRA
and the they are trying to take our guns crowd. However, lots of
folks have advocated for reasonable gun ownership restrictions but
the NRA and the same they are coming for my gun crowd has
successfully fought everyone of those common sense reforms.
When will the NRA and the guns is the answer for everything
crowd support a national gun registry and full background checks
on all gun purchases and transfers, including gun shows and pri-
vate sales?
From our website
The city of Biloxi
was in a festive
mood Saturday
night. Now, that
isnt anything
unusual in Biloxi
the city likes a
good time. What
was unusual was
the reason for the
festivities. The city
had gathered to
celebrate student
achievement.
The evening was
terrifc. Great band, lots of
dancing and singing, cheering
and hugging and high-fving.
The air was electric. And it
was all about student achieve-
ment.
It was a beautiful sight to
behold. The community was
fully in. Many dignitaries were
present to cheer on the educa-
tors whose hard work made it
happen. The business commu-
nity footed the bill
for the event.
They had plenty
to celebrate. To say
that Biloxis educa-
tors have worked
hard really hard
is an understate-
ment. The school
district, where 67
percent of students
qualify for free and
reduced lunch, has
a large population
of students who
come into the district speaking
little or no English. Many of
them have parents who speak
virtually no English. It isnt
the easiest population to teach.
But the folks in Biloxis schools
made a conscious decision
to overcome the barriers,
adopting a whatever it takes
approach.
Over the course of the
last school year, everyone
from the superintendent
to principals, teachers and
staff asked themselves and
one another, again and again,
What else can we do to make
sure our students are getting
what they need? Nothing was
off the table.
They paid attention to
details. They pored over
benchmark testing, identify-
ing which skills each student
had mastered and where each
needed more focus. Teachers
came in early, stayed late, and
held a Saturday School where
they volunteered their time to
work with students who need-
ed extra help. Hundreds of
students came willingly, ready
and eager to learn.
It worked. When the scores
were in and the ratings as-
signed, Biloxi School District
had earned an A, the highest
rating possible. In fact, Biloxi
ranked as the third highest
scoring school district in the
state.
The folks in the Biloxi
School District have reason to
celebrate. They are and should
be very, very proud. They are
proud of their students, proud
of themselves, and proud of
one another.
The parents and students
are grateful. Their futures are
brighter and more secure be-
cause of teachers who wouldnt
stop pushing.
This week, Biloxis teachers
are right back at it, in their
classrooms, pushing hard,
making sure their students are
getting what they need to have
a shot at a great life. Perhaps
the works a little easier after
all the hugs and high fves.
We could all learn some-
thing from Biloxi. Work hard
and smart, stick together, ask
the tough questions and
celebrate the big stuff. Like
student achievement.
Is your community celebrat-
ing this week? Schools and
districts across Mississippi
made tremendous strides in
raising student achievement
over the past year. The work
is diffcult, harder than most
of us can imagine, but the
future rewards for children
are limitless. In classrooms
every day, many teachers are
working miracles in the lives
of children. Lets all celebrate
their success and resolve to do
our part to ensure that every
child, in every classroom, in
every school gets a shot at a
bright future.
Nancy Loome of Clinton is
the founder and executive direc-
tor of The Parents Campaign,
a nonproft, grassroots network
of more than 63,000 Missis-
sippians who are committed to
ensuring a quality education for
all Mississippi children.
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college student wants Congress to
stand strong against tougher gun
laws. A Colorado software executive
thinks the federal government goes
too far in protecting gun rights. A
child-care worker in Wisconsin just
wants the shootings in her city to
stop.
Even as the debate over tighten-
ing national gun control laws is rekin-
dled after the latest mass shooting,
a growing number of Americans are
questioning the governments stew-
ardship of the right to bear arms,
according to a poll by the AP-NORC
Center for Public Affairs Research.
Asked to size up how the govern-
ment is doing on protecting a variety
of rights and freedoms spelled out
in the Bill of Rights and federal law,
Americans pointed to slippage almost
everywhere but most dramatically on
the matters of guns and voting rights.
The impression of a declining track
record on guns rights turned up ev-
erywhere: among Republicans and
Democrats, men and women, young
and old, city dwellers and those in
small towns.
Overall, 44 percent of Americans
think the federal government is doing
a good job of safeguarding the right
to keep and bear arms, down from 57
percent two years earlier. Of course,
not everyone wants the government
to go all out to safeguard Second
Amendment rights, and that affects
how people assess the governments
success at protecting the right.
Republicans and independents
were far more likely than Democrats
to give the government poor marks
for protecting gun rights.
Government gets poor marks
on protecting gun rights
Overall, 44 percent of Americans think the federal
government is doing a good job of safeguarding
the right to keep and bear arms
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
GILBERTON, Pa.
A suspended police chief
who posted videos on-
line in which he shot bor-
ough-owned automatic
weapons while shouting
obscenities about liberals
and the Second Amend-
ment fought to keep his job
Thursday as he defended
himself against unrelated
allegations that his attor-
ney said were trumped up
to conceal the towns intent
to fre him over the videos.
Gilberton Chief Mark
Kessler told reporters out-
side his closed-door dis-
ciplinary hearing that he
had been an excellent po-
lice chief and had nothing
to apologize for. Kessler
and attorney Joseph Nahas
presented their case at the
hearing, but Nahas said he
expected his client to be
fred when the borough
council met.
Kesslers pro-gun vid-
eos have garnered hun-
dreds of thousands of views
online. He acknowledges
they are infammatory but
says theyre designed to
draw attention to what he
views as the erosion of Sec-
ond Amendment and other
constitutional rights.
Foul-mouthed Pa. police chief fghts for his job
Man says videos draw attention to what he views as the
erosion of Second Amendment and other rights
By LAURAN NEERGAARd
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON Da-
vid Hilfker knows whats
coming. He was diagnosed
with Alzheimers so early
that hes had time to tell
his family what he wants to
happen once forgetfulness
turns incapacitating.
When its time to put
me in an institution, dont
have me at home and de-
stroy your own life, said
the retired physician, who
is still well enough that he
blogs about the insidious
progress of the disease.
Watching the Lights Go
Out, its titled.
Nearly half of all se-
niors who need some form
of long-term care from
help at home to full-time
care in a facility have de-
mentia, the World Alzhei-
mer Report said Thursday.
Its a staggering problem
as the global population
ages, placing enormous
strain on families who pro-
vide the bulk of that care
at least early on, and on
national economies alike.
Indeed, cognitive im-
pairment is the strongest
predictor of who will move
into a care facility with-
in the next two years, 7.5
times more likely than
people with cancer, heart
disease or other chronic
ailments of older adults,
the report found.
Its astonishing, said
Marc Wortmann, execu-
tive director of Alzheimers
Disease International,
which commissioned the
report and focused on the
problems of caregiving.
What many countries try
to do is keep people away
from care homes because
they say thats cheaper.
Yes its cheaper for the
government or the health
system, but its not always
the best solution.
And dropping birth
rates mean there are fewer
children in families to take
care of aging parents, too,
said Michael Hodin of the
Global Coalition on Aging.
Very shortly there will
be more of us over 60 than
under 15, he noted.
Today, more than 35
million people worldwide,
including 5 million in the
U.S., are estimated to have
Alzheimers. Barring a
medical breakthrough,
those numbers are expect-
ed to more than double by
2050.
This week, the U.S. Na-
tional Institutes of Health
announced $45 million in
new Alzheimers research,
with most of the money
focused on fnding ways
to prevent or at least delay
the devastating disease.
Rising Alzheimers creates strain on caregivers
More than 35 million people worldwide, including 5
million in the U.S., are estimated to have Alzheimers
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lumbus manager did not
respond to phone calls
seeking comment. It is
unknown if any jobs will
be affected.
Mississippi Indus-
trial Waste is owned by
Waste Pro USA Inc., a
Florida-based company
that operates through
the southeastern United
States and has more than
1.4 million customers.
Ron Pecora, chief
marketing officer with
Waste Pro USA, said on
Thursday the company
is disappointed to have
to discontinue curbside
recycling but it is simply
not financially feasible.
Pecora said roughly
600 curbside recycling
customers are scattered
across Columbus.
We dont want to ever
reduce service but the
cost of running $300,000
trucks and crews re-
quires more than mini-
mal participation, Pec-
ora said.
Curbside service offi-
cially ends Sept. 30. Cus-
tomers who have prepaid
will receive a refund for
unused months, accord-
ing to the company.
Mississippi Industrial
Waste will maintain six
locations in Lowndes
County where the pub-
lic can drop off recycla-
bles. The locations are at
Belk on Highway 45; at
First United Methodist
Church on Main Street;
at Joe Cook School; at
Sunf lower on Alabama
Street; at the Caledonia
Fire Department; and at
New Hope School.
The city of Columbus
contracts with Missis-
sippi Industrial Waste
for recycling services
but not curbside recy-
cling. The city will not
be affected, according to
David Armstrong, chief
operations officer.
Voting
The county has used
TSX electronic voting
systems since 2005.
Mississippi received
federal funding for the
TSX systems as well as
maintenance and tech-
nical support beginning
with elections in 2005.
Salazar said that funding
will no longer be provid-
ed. Between that and the
amount of time it takes to
process absentee ballots
with the current voting
system, going back to
paper ballots would be a
step forward in terms of
accuracy, effciency and
timeliness, Salazar said.
Say a precinct has
several hundred absen-
tee ballots, which is not
unusualTheyre all
cataloged (at the court-
house) and they go out
in the different precinct
boxes. At the end of the
day the poll workers take
them out and they have
to rule on the validity
of the ballot, she said.
Theyre picked up and
theyre brought back up
here. Then we have to
physically check in that
box and make sure that
all those ballots are ac-
counted for that went out
and make sure weve got
them all back. Then they
have to be opened and
run through a scanner.
Thats whats taking so
long to get our election
results.
Under the proposed
change, poll workers
would be able to scan
absentee ballots them-
selves, and any ballot
that would not properly
run through the scan-
ner would be packaged
up and returned to the
courthouse for the coun-
ty election resolution
board to evaluate.
With (the current)
system the resolution
board is not only having
to do that, but theyre
having to open and run
them all through and if
one doesnt run through
they have to stop and
recreate it, Salazar said.
Some people may see
this as moving back-
wards because youre go-
ing to paper. I dont think
so. This is the trend now.
More and more counties
are starting to look at
this.
If the new equipment
is purchased and imple-
mented into next years
election, voters would
use them to cast their
ballots for congressional
and local judicial offce
candidates.
One manufacturer
of the system, Election
Systems & Software,
has successfully got-
ten counties in several
states, including New
York, Maine and Flori-
da, to purchase scanning
systems for elections. Af-
ter the Cleveland Plain
Dealer reported that
about 10 percent of the
machines being used in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
failed pre-election tests,
the Election Assistance
Commission noted the
machine should not be
certifed if technical er-
rors were not corrected.
This past May, the EAC
certifed the system as
meeting its guidelines.
On the state level,
Hinds County District
4 election commission-
er Connie Cochran said
her county has just pur-
chased DS200 systems
which will be used for the
frst time this November.
Lowndes County Dis-
trict 1 election commis-
sioner Larry Chappell
said the systems would
be simpler to train poll
workers to use.
We have to depend on
citizens for poll workers
and they dont do that ev-
ery day, Chappell said.
You and I could probably
use a computer or smart-
phone and get by on a
daily basis. But there are
a lot of people who dont
do that in this country,
and its no refection on
them.
Salazar said she and
election commissioners
would keep voters in-
formed about the use of
the new machines and
how they work if they are
purchased.
Were making the
decision we feel is best.
Well have plenty of voter
outreach. The public will
be very informed, Sala-
zar said. Weve always
been at the forefront and
were not going to put
something out there that
does not have 100 percent
accountability.
By sarah foWler
sfowler@cdispatch.com
A Columbus man
has been arrested and
charged with one count of
exploitation of a child.
Robert Alton Ming, 26,
of 139 Beck Dr., was ar-
rested Wednesday by the
Lowndes County Sheriffs
Department after the de-
partment received infor-
mation from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation
that Ming was download-
ing child pornography.
The sheriffs depart-
ment executed a search
warrant at Mings resi-
dence and seized a laptop
computer, cellphone and
other memory devices,
according to a press re-
lease issued by the de-
partment.
Ming is currently on
probation with the Mis-
sissippi Department of
Corrections for a 2009
conviction in Louisiana of
Unlawful Carnal Knowl-
edge of a Juvenile, the re-
lease stated. He could also
face additional charges.
Ming is currently in the
custody of the Lowndes
County Adult Detention
Center awaiting bond.
Ming is the second
Lowndes County man ar-
rested for exploitation of a
child in less than a month.
Kenneth Franks, 44, of
128 Burton Dr., in Cale-
donia, was arrested on
Aug. 19 and charged with
one count exploitation of a
child. He received a bond
of $25,000. The sheriffs
department refused to
release details of Franks
case, saying the investiga-
tion is ongoing.
Columbus man arrested on
child exploitation charge
Franks Ming
area arrests
The following arrests
were reported by the
Lowndes County Sher-
iffs Department and the
Columbus Police Depart-
ment:
Sydney Paul Ed-
monds, 52, of 125 Priscil-
la Circle, was arrested on
Highway 373 near Land
Road by LCSO Sept. 15
and charged with feeing
or eluding in a motor ve-
hicle, driving under the
infuence and no license
plate. His court date has
been scheduled for Oct.
15.
Leofo Romeco Wil-
liams, 37, of 814 13th St.
N., was arrested at 2117
14th Ave. N., by CPD
Sept. 17 and charged with
public drunkenness, lit-
tering and violation of
probation.
Jeannie Dawn Rog-
ers, 34, of 1906 Ridge
Road Lot 1, was arrested
at the Budget Inn, Room
101 by CPD Sept. 17 and
charged with selling co-
caine. She was released
the same day on $7,500
bond. Her court date is
scheduled for Nov. 18.
Tavoris Lyons, 28, of
1590 W. Minnie Vaughn
Road, was arrested by
CPD Sept. 19 and charged
with felony malicious
mischief and the sale of
cocaine. His court date is
scheduled for Nov. 21.
Mar-
cus Kenta
Longstreet,
33, of 301
Ward Road,
was arrest-
ed at 313
Ward Road,
by LCSO
Sept. 18 and
charged with possession
of a weapon by a felon,
possession of a controlled
substance, disobeying a
traffc control device and
no drivers license. His
court date is scheduled
for Oct. 15.
Lyons Rogers Williams Edmonds
Longstreet
Building
construction. Its price
will be determined on
size and exactly where its
located in the Starkville
Industrial Park.
Combined, Oktibbe-
ha County and Starkville
have $10 million worth of
economic development
bonding capacity, but
Deason said those monies
should be held to land a
signifcant jobs package.
Depending on other
projects, it could be per-
fect timing and a perfect
ft, he said. My ultimate
goal on this spec build-
ing is that we would not
use bonds on this. This
is not a big enough piece.
Now, if someone came in
and needed to retroft the
building we put into ac-
tion, and theyre going to
bring in 1,000 jobs, thats
when we take a look (at
the bonds to help solidify
the project).
Lowndes County has
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site.
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day.
This is a proven com-
modity. The strategy is
working in Lowndes, and
were working to repli-
cate it here, Deason add-
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aminichino@cdispatch.com
Even without his coach in the room,
Anthony Sharp knows the frst funda-
mental for football success.
Asked how he was able to score
six touchdowns last week in a victory
against Tabernacle Christian, the Vic-
tory Christian School junior running
back didnt hesitate to share the credit.
It takes a good line blocking and a
good teammate in Cody Bolton, who
set up some good runs for me, Sharp
said.
Sharp and Bolton hope to have their
hogs up front pave the way for simi-
lar success at 7 tonight when Victory
Christian (3-1) plays host to Ezekiel
Academy (Montgomery, Ala.). The
game is one of only three home games
for the Eagles this season due to a loss
of two teams in the Christian Football
Association.
Sharp had 12 carries for 195 yards
last week in a 63-20 victory against
Tabernacle in its CFA opener. Sharp
scored on runs of 48, 3, 17, 54, and
39 yards. He also scored on a 25-yard
pass from quarterback Reed Fulgham.
Bolton also has 11 carries for 116 yards.
He scored on a 22-yard run.
Sharp smiled when asked if he
and Bolton talk in the huddle to de-
cide which player will get the chance
to score the touchdown. Last week,
Sharp benefted from a long run by
Bolton that drove the ball all the way
to the 3-yard line to set up a short burst
by Sharp.
We dont get too selfsh about it,
Sharp said. We are best friends. It is
all about the team. Whoever has the
hot hand that night, we ride them.
The rushing attack helped Victory
Christian rebound from a 48-8 loss to
Evangel Christian School on Sept. 6.
With a game against archrival Tuscalo-
osa Christian set for next week, Sharp
and coach Chris Hamm would like to
By AdAm minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Gary Harris knows the Heritage
Academy fast-pitch softball is nowhere
near where he thought it would be this
point in the season.
But Harris has been coaching long
enough to know that everything is wiped
clean once the postseason begins.
Thats why the second-year Heri-
tage Academy coach hopes his team
can shake off a 9-14 regular season and
make waves in the second season.
The postseason is scheduled to begin
Saturday, when Heritage Academy is
set to play host to the Mississippi As-
sociation of Independent Schools Class
AAA, District 1 tournament.
Unfortunately, weather forecasts
are calling for rain tonight and a
70-percent chance of rain Saturday,
which means the tournament could
be postponed until Monday-Tuesday
or Monday-Wednesday. Harris said he
and Heritage Academy Athletic Direc-
tor Barrett Donahoe would consider
all of the options and the input from all
of the district coaches before making
a decision if the weather prevents the
teams from playing Saturday at Propst
Park.
Once the eight-team, double-elim-
ination tournament is pared to four
squads, action will shift to Heritage
Academy, where the teams will fght
for seeding for the Class AAA State
tournament.
See SOFTBALL, 5B
By ScoTT WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com
MOORHEAD For East Mississippi
Community College football players, one could
consider the postgame a semi-victory.
Outside the locker room, coach Buddy
Stephens announcement that the
players had earned an off day
from practice Monday drew a loud
roar of approval. Stephens then
reminded the players they need-
ed to be in class Friday morning.
He quickly added if he could get
them out of that he would.
The No. 5 Lions (4-0) earned
high marks from Stephens and
everyone in attendance at Joe
Randall Stadium on Thursday
night with a 70-0 dismantling of
Mississippi Delta C.C. in its MAC-
JC North Division opener.
We got a slow start tonight, but the way we
fnished up in the second half was totally unbe-
lievable, EMCC sophomore defensive back Ken
Breland said. You always have butterfies be-
fore a game starts. However, once you get into
the game, your mind is free and you just try to
make plays. Tonight, we made a whole bunch of
plays.
EMCC dominated every aspect. The Li-
ons had 573 yards of total offense, including a
career-high 495-yard passing night from
By Jim VERTUno
AUSTIN, Texas A few days after
Alabama won the 2013 national championship,
a University of Texas regent and
a former regent talked with Nick
Sabans agent about the possibili-
ty of the Crimson Tide coach re-
placing Longhorns coach Mack
Brown, The Associated Press has
learned.
Regent Wallace Hall of Dallas
told the AP he spoke by telephone
with agent Jimmy Sexton a few
days after the Jan. 7 game. Tom
Hicks, a former regent who is the
brother of current Regent Steve
Hicks, also was on the call.
Tom Hicks, the former owner of the Texas
Rangers, the Dallas Stars and the English pro-
fessional soccer club Liverpool, was a regent in
1997 when Brown came to Texas and was instru-
mental in hiring him away from North Carolina.
Two days after the call with Sexton, Tom
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THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
College Football
Troy at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m., Saturday
Keys to
the Game
Perkins Calhoun
MSU Players to Watch
nLaDarius Perkins, Sr.,
RB: The senior tailback
returned from an ankle injury
at Auburn and fnished with
just 50 all-purpose yards,
including just 36 rushing
yards. He is averaging 5.2
yards per carry and may
be critical to helping MSU
establish a ground game
early Saturday.
2.
nCan MSU avoid a repeat of
Troys dominating offense?:
Troy quarterback Corey
Robinson was 32 of 46 for
343 yards last year against
a secondary that featured
two NFL second-round draft
picks Johnthan Banks
and Darius Slay. Robinsons
second-half success was
part of Troys 572 total yards,
the third-most given up by a
MSU defense under Mullen.
nWho is going to play
quarterback for Mississippi
State?: Remember this
question from last weekend?
Get used to seeing it until
senior quarterback Tyler
Russell is medically cleared
for contact. MSU coach Dan
Mullen stressed Monday in
the weekly media conference
he doesnt and hasnt
believed a player shouldnt
lose their starting job due to
an injury. Anybody can lose
their job anytime, Mullen
said. I guess that sounds
terrible, and I have a lot of
faith in Tyler. Hes won some
pretty big games and hes
our starting quarterback. But
in Dak (Prescott) we want to
always train multiple starting
quarterbacks. Prescott, a
sophomore, has flled in more
than adequately for Russell
in the past two games. He
nearly led MSU (1-2) to victory
in his frst career road start
last weekend at Auburn.
1.
5.
nWill the MSU offensive
line have back-to-back
solid performances?:
MSUs front provided rushing
lanes for Prescott to run for
133 yards at Auburn. The
total was tied for the sixth
most in an SEC game by an
individual under Mullen. With
questions surrounding the
MSU offense, the Bulldogs
had 415 yards of total
offense, surpassing the 333-
yard mark for the 13th time
in the last 16 games.
By Matt Stevens
n
mstevens@cdispatch.com
4.
nCan Devon Bell shake
his feld goal struggles?:
MSUs sophomore kicker
is searching for answers to
help him have more success
from 30 to 39 yards. Bell is
6 of 12 from that range in 16
games. He missed a 35-yard
attempt wide right in the frst
quarter last week in a 24-20
loss at Auburn. Bell has a
better percentage on feld
goals beyond 40 yards (5 of
8) in his college career. He
was recruited to MSU from
Warren Central High School
in Vicksburg for the strength
of his leg.
nWill Mullen continue his
domination of mid-major
programs in non-conference
games?: In his fve seasons
at MSU, Mullen is 17-4 in
non-conference games.
Only one of those losses
has come against a non-
Bowl Championship Series
program (Houston in 2009).
MSU has played fve of the
eight teams that make up
the Sun Belt Conference, and
holds a 25-3-2 advantage.
3.
nTV: Fox Sports South
nRADIO: WWZQ-AM 1240, WAMY-AM 1580, WKBB-FM 100.9,
WXWX-FM 96.3, WLSM-FM 1071, WFCA 107.9 FM
On The Air
nTaveze Calhoun, Jr., CB:
Calhoun has been wearing
a boot on his right foot
this week. His status is in
jeopardy to play against Troy.
With the depth at cornerback
thin, Calhouns absence
could push Justin Cox to
cornerback.
Numbers of the Game
n Passes of 50 yards or
longer this season by Troy,
which is leads the NCAA.
5
n All-purpose yards senior
LaDarius Perkins needs for
3,615 for his career, the ffth-
most in school history.
50
Fast Fact
2008
n Mississippi State hasnt
started with a 1-3 record
since 2008.
Robinson Roberts
Troy Players to Watch
nCorey Robinson, Sr.,
QB: Robinson has thrown
for more than 300 yards
in a game 20 times. His
75.5-percent completion
percentage is the ffth best in
the country, and second best
among quarterbacks with at
least 100 attempts.
nTyler Roberts, Soph., DE:
Roberts leads the defense
with three and a half sacks.
Troy already has nine sacks
this season after recording
13 last season. Defensive
coordinator Wayne Bolt will
need the 227-pounder from
Hoover, Ala., to get into the
backfeld to force MSU into
third-down conversions.
Saban says he
didnt know agent
talked to Texas
INSIDE
n Former
Alabama
offensive
coordinator
Jim McElwain
returns to
Tuscaloosa,
Ala., this
weekend as
head coach
of Colorado
State.
Page 4B
See SABAN, 4B
No. 5 EMCC rolls
past Miss. Delta
INSIDE
n No. 9
Itawamba
Community
College edged
Holmes C.C.
Page 4B
n The tandem
of Dontreal
Pruitt and
Justin Mack
fuels EMCCs
offense.
Page 5B
See EMCC, 5B
Prep Football Prep Softball
MAIS ClASS AAA, DISTRICT 1
TOURNAMENT
Saturdays Games
At Propst Park, Columbus
nNo. 3 Madison-Ridgeland Academy at
No. 6 Heritage Academy, 10 a.m. (Field A)
nNo. 4 Pillow Academy vs. No. 5
Washington Schools, 10 a.m. (Field B)
nNo. 2 Magnolia Heights vs. No. 7
Starkville Academy, 11:45 a.m. (Field A)
nNo. 1 Hillcrest Christian vs. No. 8
Jackson Academy, 11:45 .m. (Field B)
NOTE: Play continues Saturday in the
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Fresh slate awaits Heritage Aca.
INSIDE
n MORE PREP FOOTBALL: Hamilton loses
to Falkner, Tonights Schedule. Page 3B
Eagles want to build streak
Sharp, Bolton will lead Victory Christian tonight in rare home game
See VICTORY, 5B
By BARRy WILNER
PHILADELPHIA This was
one time Andy Reid didnt mind
being a big target.
The man in the bulls-eye so
often when he coached in
Philadelphia was easy for Chiefs
receiver Donnie Avery to fnd. At the
end of Kansas Citys 26-16 victory
against the Philadelphia Eagles in
Reids homecoming Thursday night,
Avery gave Reid a Gatorade shower.
Reid already looked strange
decked in all red on the visitors
sideline. Now, he was drenched, too
but smiling, even joking he was
doing Gatorade promotions.
It was different, Reid said. I
was on the opposite side of the feld
than I normally am at. But I cant
tell you I was caught up in that part
of it.
The result was similar to what
he gave Philadelphia in his 14 years
in charge of the Eagles, thanks to a
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InsIde
n MORE NFL: Chiefs-Eagles Scoring
Summary, NFL Standings, Schedule.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
z-Boston 93 61 .604 6-4 W-1 51-27 42-34
Tampa Bay 83 69 .546 9 5-5 L-1 47-30 36-39
Baltimore 81 71 .533 11 2 5-5 L-1 42-33 39-38
New York 80 73 .523 12 3 4-6 L-1 44-31 36-42
Toronto 70 82 .461 22 13 4-6 W-1 38-40 32-42
Central Division
Detroit 89 64 .582 7-3 W-1 49-29 40-35
Cleveland 83 70 .542 6 6-4 W-1 46-30 37-40
Kansas City 80 72 .526 8 3 6-4 W-1 42-36 38-36
Minnesota 65 87 .428 23 18 3-7 L-1 31-43 34-44
Chicago 60 92 .395 28 23 3-7 L-1 35-41 25-51
West Division
Oakland 90 63 .588 7-3 W-1 49-29 41-34
Texas 83 69 .546 6 2-8 W-1 39-35 44-34
Los Angeles 74 78 .487 15 9 7-3 W-1 35-40 39-38
Seattle 67 86 .438 23 16 2-8 L-1 33-42 34-44
Houston 51 102 .333 39 32 4-6 L-6 24-54 27-48
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Atlanta 90 62 .592 5-5 W-1 52-22 38-40
Washington 82 71 .536 8 5 8-2 W-1 45-33 37-38
Philadelphia 71 81 .467 19 15 6-4 L-1 43-35 28-46
New York 68 84 .447 22 18 4-6 L-1 32-45 36-39
Miami 56 97 .366 34 31 3-7 L-1 31-44 25-53
Central Division
St. Louis 89 64 .582 6-4 L-1 48-27 41-37
Pittsburgh 88 65 .575 1 6-4 W-1 49-29 39-36
Cincinnati 87 66 .569 2 6-4 W-3 48-26 39-40
Milwaukee 68 84 .447 20 18 6-4 L-1 36-42 32-42
Chicago 64 89 .418 25 23 3-7 W-1 29-46 35-43
West Division
x-Los Angeles 88 65 .575 4-6 W-1 46-32 42-33
Arizona 77 75 .507 10 9 5-5 L-1 44-34 33-41
San Diego 71 81 .467 16 15 6-4 L-1 41-33 30-48
San Francisco 71 82 .464 17 16 7-3 W-1 38-38 33-44
Colorado 70 84 .455 18 17 4-6 W-1 43-33 27-51
z-clinched playoff berth
x-clinched division
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursdays Games
Detroit 5, Seattle 4
Cleveland 2, Houston 1, 11 innings
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Boston 3, Baltimore 1
Texas 8, Tampa Bay 2
Oakland 8, Minnesota 6
Todays Games
Houston (Oberholtzer 4-3) at Cleveland
(McAllister 8-9), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 10-13) at N.Y.
Yankees (Sabathia 13-13), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 2-2) at
Detroit (Scherzer 19-3), 6:08 p.m.
Baltimore (Hammel 7-8) at Tampa Bay
(Price 8-8), 6:10 p.m.
Toronto (Rogers 5-7) at Boston (Lester
14-8), 6:10 p.m.
Texas (M.Perez 9-5) at Kansas City
(E.Santana 9-9), 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota (A.Albers 2-3) at Oakland
(Colon 16-6), 9:05 p.m.
Seattle (E.Ramirez 5-2) at L.A. Angels
(Shoemaker 0-0), 9:05 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 10-7) at Tampa
Bay (Cobb 9-3), 12:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-5) at N.Y.
Yankees (Nova 8-5), 12:05 p.m.
Minnesota (P.Hernandez 3-1) at Oakland
(J.Parker 11-7), 3:05 p.m.
Houston (Clemens 4-5) at Cleveland
(Kazmir 8-9), 5:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-13) at Detroit
(Porcello 13-8), 6:08 p.m.
Texas (Garza 3-5) at Kansas City
(Guthrie 14-11), 6:10 p.m.
Toronto (Buehrle 11-9) at Boston
(Buchholz 11-0), 6:10 p.m.
Seattle (J.Saunders 11-15) at L.A. Angels
(Williams 8-10), 8:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Houston (Bedard 4-11) at Cleveland
(Kluber 9-5), 12:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Petit 4-0) at N.Y. Yankees
(Pettitte 10-10), 12:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Er.Johnson 1-2) at
Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 14-7), 12:08 p.m.
Toronto (Dickey 13-12) at Boston
(Doubront 10-6), 12:35 p.m.
Baltimore (Feldman 5-4) at Tampa Bay
(Hellickson 11-9), 12:40 p.m.
Texas (Ogando 7-4) at Kansas City
(Shields 12-9), 1:10 p.m.
Seattle (Maurer 4-8) at L.A. Angels
(C.Wilson 17-6), 2:35 p.m.
Minnesota (Hendriks 1-3) at Oakland
(Gray 3-3), 3:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursdays Games
Pittsburgh 10, San Diego 1
San Francisco 2, N.Y. Mets 1
Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 1
Colorado 7, St. Louis 6, 15 innings
L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 6
Washington 3, Miami 2
Todays Games
Atlanta (Maholm 10-10) at Chicago Cubs
(S.Baker 0-0), 1:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Latos 14-6) at Pittsburgh
(Liriano 16-7), 6:05 p.m.
Miami (Ja.Turner 3-7) at Washington
(Zimmermann 18-8), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 1-3) at
Philadelphia (Hamels 8-13), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 10-13) at N.Y.
Yankees (Sabathia 13-13), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (Delgado 5-6) at Colorado
(Chacin 13-9), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (S.Miller 14-9) at Milwaukee
(Hellweg 1-4), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Volquez 9-11) at San
Diego (Erlin 2-3), 9:10 p.m.
Saturdays Games
San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-5) at N.Y.
Yankees (Nova 8-5), 12:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Medlen 14-12) at Chicago Cubs
(T.Wood 9-11), 3:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 11-10) at Pittsburgh
(A.J.Burnett 8-11), 6:05 p.m.
Miami (Koehler 3-10) at Washington
(Strasburg 7-9), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Gee 11-10) at Philadelphia
(Cloyd 2-5), 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lynn 13-10) at Milwaukee
(Gallardo 11-9), 6:10 p.m.
Arizona (Cahill 7-10) at Colorado
(McHugh 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 14-9) at San
Diego (B.Smith 1-1), 7:40 p.m.
Sundays Games
San Francisco (Petit 4-0) at N.Y. Yankees
(Pettitte 10-10), 12:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 13-11) at Pittsburgh
(Locke 10-6), 12:35 p.m.
Miami (S.Dyson 0-1) at Washington
(Haren 9-13), 12:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 7-5) at Philadelphia
(Cl.Lee 14-6), 12:35 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 12-8) at Chicago Cubs
(E.Jackson 8-16), 1:20 p.m.
Arizona (Corbin 14-7) at Colorado
(Nicasio 8-8), 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 13-7) at San Diego
(Cashner 10-8), 3:10 p.m.
St. Louis (J.Kelly 9-4) at Milwaukee
(W.Peralta 10-15), 7:05 p.m.
Football: nFL
Reid helps Chiefs beat Eagles in return to Philadelphia
See CHIEFS, 6B
By HOWARD ULMAN
BOSTON The Red
Sox clubhouse was quiet
after the team clinched its
frst postseason berth since
2009, about as quiet as the
Orioles bats were against
John Lackey.
Boston has much bigger
goals.
Lackey pitched a two-hit
complete game, Stephen
Drew hit a two-run home
run and Boston beat Balti-
more 3-1 on Thursday night
to complete an impressive
turnaround from last sea-
sons last place-fnish.
The win ensured Boston
at least a wild-card berth
and lowered its magic num-
ber to one for clinching the
AL East. A year ago, under
Bobby valentine, the Red
Sox fnished 69-93 record
their worst since 1965.
Weve still got some oth-
er goals ahead of us, Lack-
ey said. Hopefully, here in
the next night or two we can
get a party going.
Earlier in the day, the
Los Angeles Dodgers be-
came the frst team to earn
a playoff berth when they
clinched the NL West.
Just before Adam Jones
game-ending fyout to
right, the crowd chanted,
Lackey! Lackey! And af-
ter Daniel Nava caught the
ball, catcher Jarrod Salta-
lamacchia embraced Lack-
ey in front of the mound as
Red Sox players came out
of the dugout and lined up
for their usual, low-key post-
game handshakes.
The next step is a more
important one than this,
said manager John Far-
rell, who has led Bostons
turnaround after one di-
sastrous year under Bobby
Valentine. Winning the
East, thats been the stated
goal since day one of spring
training. Thats getting clos-
er, and I think that will prob-
ably be a little bit more the
realization of where weve
come from and where we
are at that moment.
Lackeys resurgence has
been just as remarkable. He
had a 6.41 ERA in 2011 while
pitching with arm trouble,
then missed all last season
following ligament replace-
ment surgery on his right
elbow. Hes 10-12 this sea-
son, but he has had the least
run support among Boston
starters. On Thursday, he
lowered his ERA to 3.44.
By BOB BAUM
PHOENIX The Los
Angeles Dodgers soaked
everyone in sight with
champagne in the club-
house. Many players raced
back out for a celebratory
dip in Arizonas Chase Field
swimming pool.
From last place to an NL
West title in less than three
months, they sure let loose.
Burdened by high ex-
pectations and a horrible
start, the Dodgers relieved
their pent-up pressure with
a joyful celebration after be-
coming the frst team this
year to clinch a playoff spot.
Hanley Ramirez homered
twice as they rallied to beat
the Arizona Diamondbacks
7-6 on Thursday.
I want to keep going,
Ramirez said. I think that
weve got a couple of more
steps to do. Weve got to
keep working and stay to-
gether all the way through
to the end.
Ramirez was back in the
lineup after being sidelined
fve of six games with an
irritated nerve in his lower
back. Hes played 1,090 reg-
ular-season games but will
be making his frst trip to
the postseason. Only three
active players have played
more games without mak-
ing the playoffs.
Despite an NL-high
payroll of $214 million-plus
on opening day, the Dodg-
ers got off to an 30-42 start
and were last in the divi-
sion, 9 games behind the
frst-place Diamondbacks,
before play on June 22. Los
Angeles has gone 58-23
since, including an unre-
al 42-8 run that coincided
mostly with dynamic Cuban
defector Yasiel Puigs callup
to the major leagues.
Im a guy that doesnt
show a lot of emotion, man-
ager Don Mattingly said.
I really try to keep it kind
of even. But this is a great
accomplishment for these
guys. We put a great team
together and a big payroll
with huge expectations. A
lot of time that falls apart
and it had a chance to fall
apart during the season, I
thought.
But the coaching staff
stuck together. These guys
were loyal to me. There was
no backbiting or somebody
trying to leap over me.
Red Sox
calm after
clinching
Dodgers win
to capture
division title
The DispaTch www.cdispatch.com Friday, September 20, 2013 3B
Prep Football
Todays Games
Columbus at Louisville, 7 p.m. (WMSV-FM 91.1)
New Hope at Amory, 7 p.m. (WAFM-FM 95.7)
West Lowndes at French Camp, 7 p.m.
West Point at Noxubee County, 7 p.m.
(WNMQ-FM 103.1 FM)
East Webster at Caledonia, 7 p.m.
Aberdeen at Itawamba AHS, 7 p.m. (WWZQ-AM
1240, WAMY-AM 1540)
Sebastopol at East Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
Noxapater at West Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Hillcrest Christian, 7 p.m.
(WiFi Sports Network, go to HeritagePatriots.com
to click link)
Starkville Academy at Magnolia Heights, 7 p.m.
(WLZA-FM 96.1)
Oak Hill Academy at Newton Academy, 7 p.m.
Immanuel Christian at Heidelberg Acad., 7 p.m.
Ezekiel at Victory Christian, 7 p.m.
Central Academy at Rebul Academy, 7 p.m.
Central Holmes at Winston Academy, 7 p.m.
Cold Springs at Aliceville, 7 p.m.
Lamar County at Sulligent, 7 p.m. (WJEC-FM
106.1)
Brilliant at Pickens County, 7 p.m.
South Lamar at Lynn, 7 p.m.
Pickens Academy at South Choctaw, 7 p.m.
NOTE: WJEC-FM 106.1 in West Alabama will
broadcast games featuring teams in Lamar
County, Ala. each week. Its sister station,
WVSA-AM 1380, also will broadcast games.
High School Football Radio Scoreboard Shows
The following stations will broadcast high school
football scoreboard/call-in shows each week
during the season:
n Miss 98 Scoreboard Show
Hosted by Neal McCoy and Adam Gore
WWMS-FM 97.5 10-11 p.m.
nThe Friday Night Scoreboard Show
Hosted by Jason Crowder
WFCA-FM 107.9 10-11:30 p.m. (The fnal 30
minutes will be devoted to college football.)
nFriday Night Under the Lights
Hosted by Russ Robinson and Jay White
(Video simulcast available at www.fnutl.com)
WMAB-FM 89.9 10 p.m.-Midnight
nMississippi Network Scoreboard Show
Hosted by Dixon Williams
WKBB-FM 100.9 10 p.m.-Midnight
High School Football Television Scoreboard Shows
nWCBI (CBS), WTVA (NBC), and WLOV (FOX)
will have shows dedicated to prep football each
week. WCBIs EndZone show and WTVA/WLOVs
Friday Night Fever will follow the nightly newscast.
CALENDAR
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Local
Hamilton football team loses to Falkner
FALKNER An atypical Thursday night assignment meant Hamil-
ton High School and Falkner had the areas prep football slate to itself.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A,
Region 1 rivals did not disappoint.
The defense dominated despite Falkner taking a 32-27 victory.
Hamilton (3-2, 1-1 region) scored three defensive touchdowns in
the victory. The Lions were still in the contest in the closing seconds
despite being held to less than 10 yards of total offense.
Falkner (2-2, 1-0) had 11 tackles for loss and two safeties. For the
Eagles, Jeramie Lawrence ran the ball 23 times for 180 yards and three
touchdowns.
Hamilton closed within 30-27 with 9 minutes, 40 seconds left when
Tanner Dement recovered a Falkner fumble in the end zone for a touch-
down. The Lions got no closer and a bad snap in the end zone allowed
the Eagles to score the games final points in the final minute.
Falkner built a 7-0 lead but saw Hamilton close within 7-6 at
halftime on a 55-yard interception return by Michael Roberts.
In the second half, Hamilton grabbed a 20-14 lead on a 56-yard run
by Keshon Heard and a 65-yard interception return by Cole Williams.
Despite collecting six turnovers, the Lions could not make that lead
stand up.
Starkville volleyball team beats West Lowndes
Khris Carr had seven aces and four kills Thursday to lead the
Starkville High School volleyball team to a 3-0 victory against West
Lowndes. Set scores were 25-7, 25-5, 25-3. Vicky Vo had 10 assists,
April Reese had nine aces and three kills, Vivian Barksdale had seven
aces, and Courtney Wilson had two aces and one kill.
The Starkville High junior varsity team won 25-8, 25-11.
MSU
Stricklin talks Davis Wade renovation, other projects
STARKVILLE Mississippi State Director of Athletics Scott
Stricklin said the renovation of Davis Wade Stadium is on schedule and
will be ready by the time the MSU football team is scheduled to play
host to Southern Miss for the 2014 season opener.
That topic was just one of many Stricklin addressed Thursday in his
monthly live chat on the athletics website. The following is a summary
of what he had to say about specific topics regarding the future of MSU
athletics.
In regard to Davis Wade Stadium expansion, Stricklin said the
renovation is on schedule. He noted a difference in the construction of
the north end will be noticeable and fans should be able to tell a differ-
ence between now and Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving as work continues.
Stricklin also confirmed the new visitors locker room will be in the north
end zone on the opposite side of the jumbotron, allowing for renovations
to the M-Club recruiting center next to the current visitors locker room.
As far as renovations to Dudy Noble Field, Stricklin confirmed MSU
baseball coach John Cohen requested new turf areas to be built in
foul territories that will be completed in an unspecified amount of time.
Stricklin didnt give a timetable for the long-term plan,but he said it will
include engaging season-ticket holders to get everyone involved in the
process of renovating.
Stricklin also discussed renovations to other athletic facilities, in-
cluding softball, tennis, and soccer. He didnt give a timetable for any of
the plans, but he said renovations to the MSU softball and tennis center
cant begin until funding can be identified. The Dispatch previously
reported MSU turned down the 2014 SEC softball tournament and will
play host to the event in 2016 in a new facility. Stricklin suggested MSU
could use the money each Southeastern Conference school is expect-
ed to get from the new SEC Network to help fund the project.
The SEC Network will have 450 live televised events on the net-
work and an additional 550 games distributed digitally. Approximately
45 football games annually with three SEC football games each week
for 13 weeks. More than 100 mens basketball games, 60 womens bas-
ketball games, 75 baseball games, championship and event coverage
from a cross-section of our 21 sports, and original content like SEC
Storied as well as specific school content produced and a developed
just for the network.
Stricklin also talked about renovations to Humphrey Coliseum.
Without getting specific about a timetable, finances, or talks with
designers on artists renderings, Stricklin told fans that ribbon boards
and a new jumbotron needs to happen. Humphrey Coliseum opened
for the 1975-76 basketball season. In 2004, the Henry Mize Foundation
provided the center four-sided scoreboard. Since 1998, 575 additional
seats have been added to the arena.
n Collins selected as MSUs SEC Legend: At Birmingham, Ala.,
From 1978-1981, Glen Collins earned the reputation as one of the most
feared defensive linemen in the nation.
On Thursday, the former All-American and All-SEC standout,
whose teams posted a 26-20 mark and went to two bowl games, was
recognized for his tenacious style of play when he was named Missis-
sippi States SEC Legend.
Collins, who resides in his native Jackson, and the other 13
legends from each school will be honored at the 2013 SEC Football
Weekend of Champions Dec. 6-7 in Atlanta. The annual SEC Leg-
ends Dinner presented by AT&T will be Dec. 6 at the Hyatt Regency in
Atlanta, and the group will also be recognized prior to the SEC Football
Championship Game, which will be Dec. 7 at the Georgia Dome.
n Mens tennis team caps first day at SEC Fall Classic: At
Nashville, Tenn., Highlighted by the play of sophomore Jordan Angus
and freshman Florian Lakat, the mens tennis squad capped its first day
of the 2013-14 season at the SEC Fall Classic.
Angus, who earned his first career ITA ranking of 113th this presea-
son, beat Vanderbilts Jeff Offerdahl 6-2, 6-4 and Arkansas freshman
Johan den Toom 6-0, 6-2 to earn a place in todays third round.
Lakat, who was making his first career collegiate tennis appear-
ance, defeated Kentucky sophomore Kevin Lai 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. He then
defeated LSUs Boris Arias 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Senior Malte Stropp, who entered the tourney No. 40 in the nation
and as a 9-16 seed, received a first-round bye and lost to Kentuckys
Beck Pennington 6-3, 7-6 (8). MSU freshman Robin Haden lost to
Floridas Mike Alford 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles play Thursday, the nations No. 6 duo of Bulldogs Angus
and Stropp beat Floridas 60th-ranked team of Alford and Florent Diep.
Lakat and Haden had a first-round bye and lost to Ole Miss William
Kallberg and Stefan Lindmark 8-5.
n No. 8 womens golf team will tee off at Mercedes-Benz
Collegiate Championships: At Knoxville, Tenn., Following a top-five
finish in the season-opening Cougar Classic, the No. 8 womens
golf team takes its highest ranking to the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate
Championships.
Beginning today, the three-day, three-round Tennessee-hosted
event will be played at the par-71, 5,897-yard Cherokee Country Club.
Ally McDonald, Mary Langdon Gallagher, Rica Tse, Ji Eun Baik, and
Jessica Peng will play for MSU.
n Volleyball team wraps up non-conference slate at Bruin
Classic: At Nashville, Tenn., With the Southeastern Conference
schedule on the horizon, the volleyball team (7-4) will look to extend its
four-match winning streak as it closes non-conference play today and
Saturday at the Bruin Classic at the Curb Event Center.
MSU will open with the home-standing Belmont Bruins (4-9) at
6:30 tonight before facing UAB (10-3) at 10 a.m. Saturday and Arkansas
State (4-7) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Ole Miss
School sets record for football season ticket sales
OXFORD Ole Miss has achieved its goal of selling out of football
season tickets, as the athletics department announced it has sold the
full allotment of 50,386, which is a school record for season tickets
distributed. A limited number of individual game tickets still remain for
the Idaho, Arkansas, Troy, and Missouri games.
This years season ticket number tops the previous highs of 50,009
in 2009 and 48,180 in 2004. While the 2009 season was a sellout, a
smaller allotment was set aside for season tickets that year, and more
single game tickets were distributed.
n Herrod earns spot on SEC Legends class: At Birmingham,
Ala., Jeff Herrod, the Rebels leading linebacker from 1984-87, has
been selected as Ole Miss representative for the 2013 Southeastern
Conference Football Legends Class.
During his four-year career at Ole Miss, Herrod became the
schools all-time leader in tackles with 528, while also leading the Reb-
els in tackles all three years as a full-time starter. Herrod was named
Defensive MVP in the 1987 Senior Bowl.
Herrod had more than 1,300 tackles during his 11-year career in
the NFL, playing 10 years with the Indianapolis Colts and one year with
the Philadelphia Eagles.
Alabama
Lyons selected Alabamas 2013 SEC Legend
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Alabama great and College Football Hall
of Fame inductee Marty Lyons was selected to the Southeastern Con-
ferences 2013 Football Legends Class on Thursday when the league
office announced representatives from the SEC West.
Lyons, a native of Pinellas Park, Fla., was one of the Crimson
Tides great defensive linemen who played for legendary coach Paul
Bear Bryant from 1976-78. He was a consensus All-American in 1978
and a two-time All-SEC selection in 1977 and 1978. Lyons made 202
tackles in his career with six forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
From Special Reports
Basketball
WNBA Playoffs
(x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-three)
Eastern Conference
Atlanta vs. Washington
Thursdays Game
Washington 71, Atlanta 56, Washington leads
series 1-0
Saturdays Game
Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m.
x-Mondays Game
Washington at Atlanta, TBA
Chicago vs. Indiana
Todays Game
Indiana at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Sundays Game
Chicago at Indiana, 2 p.m.
x-Tuesdays Game
Indiana at Chicago, TBA
Western Conference
Minnesota vs. Seattle
Todays Game
Seattle at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Sundays Game
Minnesota at Seattle, 4 p.m.
x-Tuesdays Game
Seattle at Minnesota, TBA
Los Angeles vs. Phoenix
Thursdays Game
Phoenix 86, Los Angeles 75, Phoenix leads
series 1-0
Saturdays Game
Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
x-Mondays Game
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 2 0 0 1.000 36 31
Miami 2 0 0 1.000 47 30
N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 28 30
Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 46
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 61 52
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 41 41
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 40 39
Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 11 47
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 41 34
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 41 55
Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 16 37
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 19 36
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 71 34
Denver 2 0 0 1.000 90 50
Oakland 1 1 0 .500 36 30
San Diego 1 1 0 .500 61 61
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 52 48
Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 79 86
N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 54 77
Washington 0 2 0 .000 47 71
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 39 31
Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 48 47
Carolina 0 2 0 .000 30 36
Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 34
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 55 51
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 55 49
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 66 54
Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 54 65
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 41 10
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 51 55
San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 37 57
Arizona 1 1 0 .500 49 48
Thursdays Game
Kansas City 26, Philadelphia 16
Sundays Games
San Diego at Tennessee, Noon
Arizona at New Orleans, Noon
St. Louis at Dallas, Noon
Cleveland at Minnesota, Noon
Houston at Baltimore, Noon
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, Noon
Detroit at Washington, Noon
Tampa Bay at New England, Noon
Green Bay at Cincinnati, Noon
Atlanta at Miami, 3:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.
Jacksonville at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 3:25 p.m.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Mondays Game
Oakland at Denver, 7:40 p.m.
Chiefs 26, Eagles 16
Kansas City 10 6 0 10 26
Philadelphia 6 0 3 7 16
First Quarter
KCFG Succop 33, 12:08.
KCBerry 38 interception return (Succop
kick), 11:12.
PhiAvant 22 pass from Vick (run failed), 5:06.
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
PhiFG Henery 29, 6:29.
Fourth Quarter
KCCharles 3 run (Succop kick), 12:57.
PhiMcCoy 41 run (Henery kick), 11:36.
A69,144.
KC Phi
First downs 19 21
Total Net Yards 395 431
Rushes-yards 37-147 28-260
Passing 248 171
Punt Returns 2-12 3-14
Kickoff Returns 3-96 3-78
Interceptions Ret. 2-34 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 22-35-0 13-30-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-25 5-30
Punts 5-43.6 4-37.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-3
Penalties-Yards 9-65 6-45
Time of Possession 39:07 20:53
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGKansas City, Charles 20-92,
A.Smith 10-33, Davis 6-25, McCluster 1-(minus
3). Philadelphia, McCoy 20-158, Vick 5-95,
Brown 3-7.
PASSINGKansas City, A.Smith 22-35-0-
273. Philadelphia, Vick 13-30-2-201.
RECEIVINGKansas City, Avery 7-141,
Charles 7-80, McGrath 4-31, Sherman 1-10,
Jenkins 1-6, Bowe 1-4, McCluster 1-1. Philadel-
phia, Avant 5-87, Jackson 3-62, Cooper 2-29,
Celek 2-18, Ertz 1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALSKansas City, Succop
51 (WR). Philadelphia, Henery 48 (WL).
CFL
Todays Game
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Montreal vs. Hamilton, 3 p.m. (at Moncton,
N.B.)
Toronto at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.
Sundays Games
B.C. at Saskatchewan, 3:30 p.m.
College Schedule
Thursdays Games
EAST
Glenville St. 31, Fairmont St. 14
SOUTH
Clemson 26, NC State 14
Jackson St. 35, Texas Southern 7
West Alabama 45, Florida Tech 3
No. 3 Clemson 26,
North Carolina State 14
Clemson 3 10 7 626
NC State 0 7 0 714
First Quarter
CFG Catanzaro 49, 9:58.
Second Quarter
CFG Catanzaro 45, 14:46.
NCStThornton 21 run (Sade kick), 11:03.
CCooper 11 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro
kick), 2:23.
Third Quarter
CBryant 30 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro
kick), 5:25.
Fourth Quarter
CBryant 15 pass from Boyd (run failed),
11:27.
NCStThomas 4 run (Sade kick), 3:50.
A57,583.
C NCSt
First downs 22 18
Passing 244 213
Comp-Att-Int 24-37-0 20-37-1
Return Yards 8 0
Punts-Avg. 5-36.4 6-40.2
RUSHINGClemson, McDowell 14-68, How-
ard 7-45, Boyd 13-38, Brooks 5-17, S.Watkins
1-3. NC State, Underwood 2-54, Thomas 14-
30, Shirreffs 4-23, Thornton 1-21, R.Smith 3-17,
Dayes 6-16, Creecy 6-4.
PASSINGClemson, Boyd 24-37-0-244. NC
State, Thomas 20-36-1-213, Team 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVINGClemson, S.Watkins 10-96,
Bryant 6-73, Hopper 4-25, M.Williams 1-25,
Cooper 1-11, McDowell 1-10, Seckinger 1-4.
NC State, R.Smith 5-51, Underwood 4-35, Pay-
ton 3-26, Valdes-Scantling 2-27, Ramos 2-23,
Cherry 2-16, Thornton 1-32, Purvis 1-3.
Todays Game
FAR WEST
Boise St. at Fresno St., 8 p.m.
Saturdays Games
EAST
Wake Forest at Army, 11 a.m.
Vanderbilt at UMass, 11 a.m.
Georgetown at Brown, 11:30 a.m.
Tulane at Syracuse, 11:30 a.m.
Yale at Colgate, Noon
Columbia at Fordham, Noon
Chowan at Sacred Heart, Noon
Lincoln (Pa.) at St. Francis (Pa.), 1 p.m.
Bucknell at Cornell, 2 p.m.
Stony Brook at Villanova, 2 p.m.
Kent St. at Penn St., 2:30 p.m.
Arkansas at Rutgers, 2:30 p.m.
Wagner at Delaware, 5 p.m.
Monmouth (NJ) at Holy Cross, 5 p.m.
Lafayette at Penn, 5 p.m.
Lehigh at Princeton, 5 p.m.
CCSU at Albany (NY), 6 p.m.
Michigan at UConn, 7 p.m.
SOUTH
Middle Tennessee at FAU, 11 a.m.
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.
FIU at Louisville, 11 a.m.
Marshall at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.
North Texas at Georgia, 11:21 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Duke, 11:30 a.m.
Warner at Jacksonville, Noon
Jacksonville St. at Georgia St., 1 p.m.
Davidson at Johnson C. Smith, 1 p.m.
Southern U. at MVSU, 1 p.m.
Towson at NC Central, 1 p.m.
SE Louisiana at Samford, 2 p.m.
Northwestern St. at UAB, 2 p.m.
Tennessee at Florida, 2:30 p.m.
West Virginia at Maryland, 2:30 p.m.
VMI at Virginia, 2:30 p.m.
Mars Hill at W. Carolina, 2:30 p.m.
SC State vs. Benedict, at Columbia, S.C.,
3 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Norfolk St., 3 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.
Grambling St. at Alabama St., 5 p.m.
Hampton at Coastal Carolina, 5 p.m.
Appalachian St. at Elon, 5 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman at Florida St., 5 p.m.
Charlotte at James Madison, 5 p.m.
Berry at Mercer, 5 p.m.
The Citadel at Old Dominion, 5 p.m.
Liberty at Richmond, 5 p.m.
Colorado St. at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Texas Southern at Jackson St., 6 p.m.
Savannah St. at Miami, 6 p.m.
E. Kentucky at Morehead St., 6 p.m.
Langston at Nicholls St., 6 p.m.
Birmingham-Southern at Stetson, 6 p.m.
Morgan St. at W. Kentucky, 6 p.m.
Rhode Island at William & Mary, 6 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Wofford, 6 p.m.
Troy at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m.
Auburn at LSU, 6:45 p.m.
Weber St. at McNeese St., 7 p.m.
Tennessee St. at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m.
MIDWEST
W. Michigan at Iowa, 11 a.m.
Louisiana Tech at Kansas, 11 a.m.
Toledo at Cent. Michigan, 11 a.m.
San Jose St. at Minnesota, 11 a.m.
Florida A&M at Ohio St., 11 a.m.
Ball St. at E. Michigan, Noon
Indianapolis at Drake, 1 p.m.
Austin Peay at Ohio, 1 p.m.
SE Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Murray St. at Bowling Green, 2:30 p.m.
Delaware St. at N. Dakota St., 2:30 p.m.
S. Dakota St. at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m.
Maine at Northwestern, 2:30 p.m.
Michigan St. at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.
Purdue at Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio), 3 p.m.
Duquesne at Youngstown St., 3 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Akron, 5 p.m.
Dartmouth at Butler, 5 p.m.
Abilene Christian at Illinois St., 6 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas at Missouri St., 6 p.m.
E. Illinois at N. Illinois, 6 p.m.
Missouri at Indiana, 7 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Houston vs. Rice, 2 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Baylor, 3 p.m.
Alcorn St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 6 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Prairie View, 6 p.m.
Incarnate Word at Sam Houston St., 6 p.m.
Montana St. at Stephen F. Austin, 6 p.m.
SMU at Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
Texas St. at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Bacone at Lamar, 7 p.m.
Kansas St. at Texas, 7 p.m.
UTSA at UTEP, 7 p.m.
FAR WEST
Panhandle St. at Montana, 2 p.m.
Harvard at San Diego, 2 p.m.
Idaho St. at Washington, 2 p.m.
Utah St. at Southern Cal, 2:30 p.m.
N. Iowa at N. Colorado, 2:35 p.m.
South Dakota at N. Arizona, 6 p.m.
Arizona St. at Stanford, 6 p.m.
Oregon St. at San Diego St., 6:30 p.m.
Hawaii at Nevada, 7:05 p.m.
Portland St. at UC Davis, 8 p.m.
W. Illinois at UNLV, 8 p.m.
S. Utah at Sacramento St., 8:05 p.m.
Wyoming at Air Force, 9:15 p.m.
Utah at BYU, 9:15 p.m.
New Mexico St. at UCLA, 9:30 p.m.
Idaho at Washington St., 9:30 p.m.
Conference USA
East Division
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
East Carolina 1 0 31 13 2 1 93 66
Marshall 0 0 0 0 2 1 138 48
Middle Tenn. 0 0 0 0 2 1 82 79
UAB 0 0 0 0 0 2 48 90
FIU 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 115
So. Miss. 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 102
FAU 0 1 13 31 1 2 47 75
West Division
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Tulane 1 0 24 15 2 1 97 63
N. Texas 0 0 0 0 2 1 95 60
Rice 0 0 0 0 1 1 54 66
UTEP 0 0 0 0 1 1 77 63
Tulsa 0 0 0 0 1 2 57 112
UTSA 0 0 0 0 1 2 69 107
La. Tech 0 1 15 24 1 2 56 78
Saturdays Games
FIU at Louisville, 11 a.m.
Middle Tennessee at FAU, 11 a.m. (CSS)
Louisiana Tech at Kansas, 11 a.m. (FS1)
Marshall at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.
North Texas at Georgia, 11:21 a.m.
Tulane at Syracuse, 11:30 a.m.
Houston vs. Rice at Reliant Stadium, 2 p.m.
(Fox Sports South)
Northwestern St. at UAB, 2 p.m.
UTSA at UTEP, 7 p.m.
Southeastern Conference
East
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Georgia 1 0 41 30 1 1 76 68
S. Carolina 1 1 65 66 2 1 92 76
Missouri 0 0 0 0 2 0 96 37
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 2 1 111 79
Florida 0 0 0 0 1 1 40 27
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 1 2 80 69
Vanderbilt 0 2 60 74 1 2 98 77
West
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Auburn 1 0 24 20 3 0 93 53
Mississippi 1 0 39 35 3 0 114 71
Alabama 1 0 49 42 2 0 84 52
Arkansas 0 0 0 0 3 0 89 38
LSU 0 0 0 0 3 0 138 57
Texas A&M 0 1 42 49 2 1 159 108
Mississippi St 0 1 20 24 1 2 74 52
Saturdays Games
Vanderbilt at UMass, 11 a.m. (ESPNEWS)
North Texas at Georgia, 11:21 a.m. (WCBI)
Arkansas at Rutgers, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Tennessee at Florida, 2:30 p.m. (WCBI)
SMU at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
Colorado St. at Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Troy at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. (Fox Sports
South)
Auburn at LSU, 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Missouri at Indiana, 7 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
Southwestern Athletic
Conference
East
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Alcorn St. 1 0 35 28 2 1 105 91
Alabama A&M 1 0 23 9 1 2 30 64
Jackson St. 2 0 65 30 2 2 88 90
Alabama St. 1 1 63 69 1 2 85 93
MVSU 0 1 28 35 0 3 52 86
West
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Southern U. 1 0 62 59 1 2 89 176
Prairie View 1 1 96 75 1 2 99 103
Texas Southern 0 2 20 72 0 3 37 127
Ark-Pine Bluff 0 1 39 40 0 3 64 160
Grambling 0 1 9 23 0 3 53 118
Thursdays Game
Jackson St. 35, Texas Southern 7
Saturdays Games
Southern U. at MVSU, 1 p.m.
Grambling St. at Alabama St., 5 p.m.
Alcorn St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 6 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Prairie View, 6 p.m.
Jackson State 35,
Texas Southern 7
Texas Southern 0 7 0 0 7
Jackson St. 7 7 14 735
First Quarter
JSUC.Moore 2 run (Deising kick), 5:20.
Second Quarter
TSUPorter 2 run (Medina kick), 3:57.
JSUJav.Jones 0 blocked punt return (Deising
kick), :23.
Third Quarter
JSUSims 2 run (Deising kick), 5:42.
JSUSims 1 run (Deising kick), :32.
Fourth Quarter
JSUCapler 2 run (Deising kick), 10:30.
A13,801.
TSU JSU
First downs 8 19
Passing 111 81
Comp-Att-Int 9-17-0 8-16-0
Return Yards 0 9
Punts-Avg. 10-35.2 6-42.8
RUSHINGTexas Southern, Porter 13-30,
Christophe 9-29, Perkins-Loving 4-2, Team
1-(minus 5), J.Small 6-(minus 18). Jackson St.,
C.Moore 14-86, Gooden 7-46, Ja.Moore 9-42,
Sims 11-37, Capler 1-2, Wells 1-1, Ingram 1-0.
PASSINGTexas Southern, J.Small 6-11-0-
90, Christophe 3-6-0-21. Jackson St., C.Moore
8-16-0-81.
RECEIVINGTexas Southern, Plummer 4-47,
Shipman 3-58, Clark 1-4, Porter 1-2. Jackson
St., Gooden 4-22, Singleton 2-47, Perkins 1-9,
Dani.Williams 1-3.
Golf
PGA Tour Championship
Thursday
At East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta
Purse: $8 million
Yardage: 7,307; Par 70 (35-35)
First Round
Henrik Stenson 30-3464
Adam Scott 36-2965
Billy Horschel 34-3266
Steve Stricker 35-3166
Roberto Castro 34-3367
Dustin Johnson 34-3468
Sergio Garcia 33-3568
Charl Schwartzel 35-3368
Webb Simpson 34-3468
Jordan Spieth 34-3468
Jason Day 35-3368
Justin Rose 33-3568
Graham DeLaet 33-3568
Kevin Streelman 34-3569
Brandt Snedeker 35-3469
Matt Kuchar 34-3569
Zach Johnson 35-3469
Luke Donald 35-3570
Brendon de Jonge 33-3770
Boo Weekley 34-3670
Gary Woodland 36-3470
Bill Haas 35-3570
Hunter Mahan 34-3670
Jim Furyk 36-3470
Phil Mickelson 36-3571
D.A. Points 37-3572
Keegan Bradley 36-3672
Nick Watney 34-3872
Tiger Woods 36-3773
Jason Dufner 37-3774
PGA European Italian
Open
Thursday
At Golf Club Torino, Turin, Italy
Purse: $2 million
Yardage: 7,208; Par: 72
First Round
Ricardo Gonzalez, Argentina 65
Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 65
Maximilian Kieffer, Germany 65
Marcus Fraser, Australia 66
David Higgins, Ireland 67
Steve Webster, England 67
Seve Benson, England 68
James Kingston, South Africa 68
Jorge Campillo, Spain 68
Francesco Molinari, Italy 68
Simon Thornton, Ireland 68
JB Hansen, Denmark 68
Richard Finch, England 68
Johan Edfors, Sweden 69
David Drysdale, Scotland 69
Edoardo Raffaele Lipparel, Italy 69
Andreas Hartoe, Denmark 69
Felipe Aguilar, Chile 69
Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 69
James Ruth, England 69
Thomas Aiken, South Africa 69
Simon Dyson, England 69
Estanislao Goya, Argentina 69
Soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 14 9 6 48 46 36
Montreal 13 8 6 45 46 39
Sporting K.C. 13 9 6 45 41 27
Houston 11 10 7 40 32 35
Chicago 11 11 6 39 36 40
Philadelphia 10 10 9 39 37 39
New England 10 11 7 37 39 32
Columbus 10 14 5 35 33 39
Toronto FC 4 14 11 23 24 42
D.C. 3 19 6 15 18 46
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 15 8 4 49 37 27
Real Salt Lake 14 9 6 48 52 37
Colorado 12 8 9 45 37 30
Los Angeles 13 10 5 44 45 35
Portland 10 5 13 43 44 31
FC Dallas 10 8 10 40 40 41
Vancouver 10 10 8 38 39 38
San Jose 10 11 8 38 29 40
Chivas USA 6 15 8 26 28 49
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie
Todays Game
Colorado at Portland, 9 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Vancouver at Montreal, 1 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Toronto FC, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
D.C. United at New England, 6:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.
Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Sundays Game
FC Dallas at New York, 4 p.m.
Tennis
ATP World Tour Moselle
Open
Thursday
At Les Arenes de Metz
Metz, France
Purse: $621,700 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Singles
Second Round
Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Andreas Seppi (3),
Italy, 6-4, 6-4.
Florian Mayer (8), Germany, def. Lukas Lacko,
Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Albano
Olivetti, France, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-1.
Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Kenny de
Schepper, France, 6-2, 6-3.
Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Philipp
Kohlschreiber (4), Germany, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5),
2-1, retired.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Rohan Bopanna, India, and Edouard
Roger-Vasselin (1), France, def. Nicholas Mon-
roe, United States, and Simon Stadler, Germa-
ny, 6-3, 6-2.
Paul Hanley, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil,
def. Julian Knowle, Austria, and Marcelo Melo
(2), Brazil, 6-3, 6-2.
Nicolas Mahut and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France,
def. Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich (4),
Germany, 7-6 (11), 7-5.
Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Raven Klaas-
en, South Africa, def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy
Ram, Israel, 6-4, 6-4.
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Thursdays Moves
BASEBALL
National League
CHICAGO CUBS Named Allen Hermeling as
senior director, corporate partnerships.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS Acquired LHP
Matthew Spann from Tampa Bay to complete
an earlier trade.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
TORONTO RAPTORS Signed F Chris
Wright, G Carlos Morais and G Julyan Stone.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS Signed CB Drayton
Florence. Waived C Brian Folkerts.
CINCINNATI BENGALS_Signed LB J.K.
Schaffer to the practice squad.
CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed RB Willis
McGahee.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHLSuspended Tampa Bay F Adam Erne
for three preseason games for delivering
an illegal check to the head of St. Louis F
Vladimir Sobotka and Detroit F Teemu Pulk-
kinen for four preseason games for boarding
Chicago D Michael Kostka.
CAROLINA HURRICANES Recalled G Mike
Murphy from Charlotte (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Assigned
Fs Alex Aleardi, Sean Collins, Jake Hansen,
Andrew Joudrey, Jeremy Langlois, Broc Little,
Spencer Machacek, Jonathan Marchessault,
Lukas Sedlak, Dalton Smith and Trent Vogel-
huber; and D Thomas Larkin, Joe Lavin, Austin
Madaisky, Patrick McNeill, Blake Parlett and
Frederic St. Denis to Springfield (AHL) and F
Kerby Rychel to Windsor (OHL).
EDMONTON OILERS Signed C Ryan
Nugent-Hopkins to a seven-year contract
extension.
PHOENIX COYOTES Assigned F Darian
Dziurzynski, F Brett Hextall, F Philip Lane,
F Mark Louis, F Jordan Martinook, F Tobias
Rieder, F Ethan Werek, D Mathieu Brisebois,
D Daine Todd and G Louis Domingue to Port-
land (AHL).
SOCCER
LA GALAXYSigned Club President Chris
Klein to a multi-year contract extension.
COLLEGE
BROWN Named Paul Halas mens assistant
basketball coach.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN Announced RB
Torrance Hunt was suspended indefinitely from
competition on the football team for a violation
of team and University rules.
NYU Named Gene Kobilansky assistant
wrestling coach.
A year ago, the Lady Patriots surprised some
by securing the No. 3 seed out of the North
for the state tournament. This year, the team
has had its share of ups and downs en route to
a fnish that left it as the No. 6 seed and with a
matchup against third-seeded Madison-Ridge-
land Academy at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Redbird
A feld.
We have not played up to our capabilities,
Harris said. We have been searching for the
right answer, the right chemistry. We had one
of those sit-down-and-work-it-out-sessions
(Wednesday at practice) to try to get everybody
on the same page because we are searching for
answers. We are not pulling in the right direc-
tion. We have to have all of the oars going in the
same direction if we are going to get this thing
going straight.
Harris said it has been a challenge for him
and the players to re-capture the momentum of
last season, when the program made signifcant
strides in Harris frst season. Two losses to Car-
roll Academy ended the regular season on a down
note for the Lady Patriots, but Harris said he has
been stressing that a new season begins Satur-
day. His hope is that the team meeting earlier this
week will have cleared the air and allowed all of
the players to put aside their differences and con-
centrate on one goal: Keeping the season alive.
My biggest concern as a coach is we just
think were going to do the same thing we did last
year and just walk into the tournament and sur-
prise some people, Harris said. I dont think that
is going to be the case this year. Were not going
to surprise people because people know what we
did last year and they cant sleep on us. Are there
teams out there better than us? Obviously be-
cause we re the No. 6 seed. But we can beat some
of those teams, and they know that, too.
Our kids have to know that we cant just
show up. We had magic happen last year. We
have to make it happen this year.
Pitcher Kaitlyn Oswalt is dealing with a sore
pectoral muscle that bothered her at the end of
the regular season. The transfer from New Hope
High School has transitioned into the circle and
taken over for Madison Sears. She hopes the
team can learn from its meeting Wednesday, but
she admits she isnt sure how things will turn out.
She said the players talked about all of the neg-
ativity they had on their minds and the relation-
ships they have with each other. She feels the con-
versation helped a lot and that she hopes the team
capitalizes on its chance to have a fresh start.
If were not playing around during warmups
youll know were serious and want to play, Os-
walt said. If we can hit, we usually do really
good. If we cant hit, we usually do really bad.
Infelder Macy Nordquist also said the team
benefted from the team meeting. She is looking
forward to having the home-feld advantage,
but she knows the team will have to adopt a new
mind-set if it wants to experience the same kind
of magic it felt last season.
Were going to have to forget about every-
thing that has gone on before and all of the
team drama tat we have had or anything any-
one has said, Nordquist said. Were just go-
ing to have to treat it like a brand-new season
and like nothing has every happened and that
this is the beginning.
Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor.
Softball
Continued from Page 1B
By JOHN ZENOR
Jim McElwain has labored in
college footballs Mecca under
Alabama coach Nick Saban and
run the offense for two national
championship teams.
Now Colorado States coach,
McElwain will
return to Bry-
ant-Denny Stadi-
um on Saturday
night as a heavy
underdog trying
to fnd a way to
beat his old boss
and stop former
quarterback pupil
AJ McCarron.
Its really strange with the
coaches that are there, the peo-
ple in the organization as well,
McElwain said. I fnd myself
looking at the wrong side of the
flm sometimes. Im excited for
our opportunity and the orga-
nizations opportunity to go see
the Mecca, to see what its all
about.
And when he says all , McEl-
wain includes everything from
the cleanliness of facilities to the
stadium and parking attendants.
Everything that makes Mecca
Mecca.
McElwain was the Crimson
Tides offensive coordinator
from 2008-11, so he has an in-
teresting perspective on the
program that added another title
last season and the coach who
runs the show.
McElwain, who is looser and
more outgoing than Saban, prais-
es his former bosss methods, or
his oft-cited process. He also
offers insights to why Saban is
successful enough to have his
program pushing to become the
frst team to win three straight
national titles in the modern era.
He doesnt sit, hes always
moving for what they can do bet-
ter, McElwain said. No matter
what it is, there is always a review
of anything they do over how
they can get better or what they
can do. The process in which
everything is detailed. Those
guys know exactly what theyre
doing in practice today. They
know that they have to compete
or they wont be playing.
They know on Tuesday what
exactly is going to be installed
and how it works. Wednesday
and Thursday, its a detailed ma-
chine. They go in before Thurs-
days practice and get the frst
eight (plays) introduced. Those
guys can recite the frst eight
and not even have to call them
into the huddle. They take such
pride in their preparation to go
dominate an opponent and to not
just win. They go to dominate
their opponent and to dominate
every play. Its fascinating. The
guy is something special.
As an example, he cites Sa-
bans success in recruiting and
evaluating talent. But McElwain
also counters one perception
some might have about Saban,
whom he says is by no means a
control freak.
There are a lot of outside
people just trying to pick and
fnd out whatever, McElwain
said. No, the guys detailed.
Hes a hard worker and he wants
you to be complete in what you
do, in every aspect. Well last time
I checked, thats the blueprint for
any organization and Fortune
500 company there is.
Be detailed in everything
you do, work hard, and be com-
plete in what you do. Dont leave
little things hanging out.
McElwain left a program that
was 48-6 during his four-year
tenure. He led Colorado State to
a 4-8 record last season, the pro-
grams best since 2008, and an
upset of Colorado.
I think hes done as good of
a job with the players he has as
anyone possibly could, Saban
said. I think theyve got good
players. Theyve been very pro-
ductive in the way theyve played
on offense and they have really
good balance.
I have as much respect for
Jim McElwain as a coach as any-
body thats ever worked for me.
McElwains last game at Ala-
bama was the Tides 21-0 victory
against LSU in the January 2011
BCS championship game, when
McCarron was named MVP.
McCarron is 32-3 as a starter
with two national titles (he was
redshirted during the 2009 sea-
son). His former position coach
is certainly impressed with how
well hes doing these days.
I think AJs playing as well as
anybody in the country, McEl-
wain said. Im proud of that. He
plays the game the way it should
be played and he knows when to
take his shots or when to take his
check downs. He has a true com-
mand now.
By MATTHEW STEVENS
mstevens@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE What a
difference a year makes.
Last year, Troy was a dou-
ble-digit underdog that scared
Mississippi State in a sec-
ond-half run before falling
30-24. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday
(Fox Sports South), Troy wont
be the plucky underdog look-
ing for attention. The Trojans
know they have it.
Were not breaking any
records here
winning games
(against Bowl
Champi onshi p
Series schools),
but we have
been compet-
itive in a lot of
those games,
Troy coach Lar-
ry Blakeney said. And weve
won a few of them.
Troy (1-2) will have many
of its key offensive players for
MSU, including senior quar-
terback Corey Robinson, the
NCAAs active leader in pass-
ing yards (11,128) and comple-
tions (971). Before arriving at
Troy, the 6-foot-1 quarterback
set a national high school re-
cord with 91 touchdown passes
at Lone Oak High School in Pa-
ducah, Ky.
Corey is a very smart foot-
ball player, Blakeney said. He
is much better than he was as
a youngster. Hes always been
able to throw it, but he has a lot
more knowledge. In the quar-
terback position, you get a lot
more criticism and a lot more
praise either way.
Robinson moved into sec-
ond place in career passing
touchdowns with 68, trailing
Florida Atlantics Rusty Smith
(76). Robinson also is used to
having success against MSU.
He was 32 of 46 for 343 yards
last year while attacking John-
than Banks and Darius Slay,
who went on to be NFL sec-
ond-round drafts, in the sec-
ondary. Robinsons second-half
success was a part of Troys
572 total yards, the third-most
given up by a MSU defense un-
der coach Dan Mullen.
You want to try to get pres-
sure on him, Mullen said.
He gets rid of it quick and he
knows exactly where hes go-
ing with the ball. If you want
to spread him out all over the
place, theyre going to run the
ball. They were able to do that
last year when we wanted to
start defending the pass.
The speed and tempo of
Troys offense caused prob-
lems for MSU last year, but
defensive coordinator Geoff
Collins defensive held that the
same philosophy in check for
three quarters last week at Au-
burn. The defense had success
thanks in part to three sacks
and four tackles for loss.
Last year, that wasnt a fun
feeling for us, Collins said.
The kids remember that, and
we dont have to sell them on
what this Troy football team
can do.
In a 34-31 overtime win over
in-state rival Alabama-Bir-
mingham two weeks ago, Rob-
inson set a Football Bowl Sub-
division record for completion
percentage in a game after go-
ing 30 of 32 for 319 yards and
one touchdown. His comple-
tion percentage of 93.8 broke
Steve Sarkisians record of 91.2
percent set in 1995 at BYU.
(Mississippi State) knows
we have some players, and if
we take care of ourselves, well
be fne Saturday, Robinson
said. As long as we take care
of the football, we know we can
compete.
Follow Matt Stevens on
Twitter @matthewcstevens.
Blakeney
College Football
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From Special Reports
GOODMAN The
No. 9 Itawamba Commu-
nity College football team
remained undefeated
Thursday night with a 13-
10 victory against Holmes
C.C. in a MACJC North
Division game.
It was a typical night
in the MACJC, ICC coach
Jon Williams said. In this
league anybody can beat
anybody on any given
night. Its always big when
you can go on the road
and win in this division.
The Indians (4-0, 2-0
MACJC North) struck
frst when sophomore
quarterback Andrew
Goodman (Charlotte,
N.C.) found freshman
wide receiver Jacquez Mc-
Millian (Southaven) over
the middle for a 60-yard
catch and run. Jeb Millen-
der (Pontotoc) kicked the
extra point at the 5-min-
ute, 17-secondmark of the
frst quarter.
Goodmans 5-yard
touchdown run early in
the second quarter gave
ICC a 13-0 halftime lead.
The Bulldogs (0-4, 0-2
MACJC North) broke into
the scoring column when
an errant snap went over
the head of Millender and
out of the end zone for a
safety with 8:10 left in the
fourth quarter.
We started losing our
focus and making mental
mistakes that gave them
opportunities late in the
game, Williams said.
Like any good football
team, Holmes did a good
job of taking advantage of
our mistakes to get back
in the game.
With 1:07 remaining,
HCC quarterback James
Ayers scored a 2-yard run
and found David Huffnes
for the two-point conver-
sion to make it 13-10.
McMillian recovered
the ensuing onside kick
and the Indians kneeled
their way to the victory.
I thought how our
special team players re-
sponded after last week
was really big for us,
Williams said. Instead of
panicking, they did what
we work on every day in
practice, made sure they
secured the football, and
came up with a big play
for us to be able to get the
win.
Goodman was 15 of 33
for 151 yards. He also had
12 carries for 64 yards and
a score.
McMillian had three
catches for 71 yards, while
Chris Ingram (Southav-
en) had 14 carries for 95
yards to help the Indians
accumulate 361 yards of
total offense.
We didnt have our
best offensive perfor-
mance of the year, but
give credit where credit
is due because Holmes
had a lot to due with our
struggles offensively,
Williams said. They are
a really good football team
that gets after you all four
quarters of the ballgame
and we did just enough to
be able to come away with
a win.
The Indians defense
had 23 tackles for loss.
Sophomore linebacker CJ
Jackson (Water Valley)
led the way with eight
tackles (fve solo, three
assists) with four tackles
for a loss of 9 yards.
ICC will play host to
Northwest Mississippi
C.C. for Homecoming at 4
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at
Eaton Field.
n Northeast Mississippi 34,
Northwest Mississippi 21: At Senato-
bia, Former West Oktibbeha High School
standout LaVontis Smith caught three
touchdown passes Thursday night to
help the Tigers improve to 2-2 and 2-0 in
the MACJC North Division.
Smith, a freshman, caught touch-
down passes of 25 and 27 yards from
Jeremy Liggins. He also caught a 65-
yard scoring pass from Jerrard Randall.
Smith had seven catches for 180 yards
on the evening, while Liggins was 6 of 13
for 154 yards.
Former West Point High School
standout Tez Lane had one carry for 8
yards.
Also for Northeast Mississippi, for-
mer West Point standout DeQuinten
Spraggins had three solo tackles (four
overall), former Noxubee County High
standout Antonio Ryland had two solo
tackles (five overall), including one for
a loss. Former Starkville High standout
Johnny Smith had one tackle and an
interception, and former Columbus High
standout Jabari Edwards had two tack-
les.
Karsten Miller was 26 of 39 for 348
yards and three touchdowns for the
Rangers (1-3, 1-1). Former Columbus
High standout Damian Baker had 17
carries for 77 yards. He also had five
catches for 37 yards. Former Starkville
High standout Kentrell Spencer had two
catches for 42 yards, including a 30-yard
touchdown catch.
No. 9 ICC edges Holmes
to remain undefeated
By JOHN ZENOR
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
Southeastern Conference
Commissioner Mike Slive
remains very critical of the
NCAAs rules governing
agents, an issue that contin-
ues to plague his league.
I feel like the current
NCAA rules and regula-
tions are part of the prob-
lem, theyre not part of the
solution, Slive said Thurs-
day in an interview with
The Associated Press. It
was virtually a repeat of
his message at SEC media
days three years ago when
agent-related incidents also
prompted investigations at
three schools.
Slive is adamant change
is needed. What we had
hoped for was for a total
rethink of the rules and
regulations as they relate to
agents, Slive said. A task
force was formed and began
to do some work and then
for reasons Im not clear on,
the conversations ended.
Hes pushing for chang-
es in the NCAA that include
affording prospect-heavy
leagues like the SEC, which
had 63 players chosen in
this years NFL draft, the
authority to create rules to
curb such problems.
The agent issue is in the
news again forefront once
again even as several SEC
teams are in the mix to ex-
tend the leagues national
title streak to eight seasons.
A recent Yahoo report
said a runner for agents
provided improper benefts
to football players at Ala-
bama, Tennessee, and Mis-
sissippi State.
Its potentially the most
damaging of several issues
involving an SEC team,
player or coach since the
summer.
Sports Illustrated cited
widespread violations at
Oklahoma State that began
under current LSU coach
Les Miles. Texas A&M
Heisman Trophy winner
Johnny Manziel was sus-
pended a half-game by the
school for inadvertent
rules violations involving
autographs.
Slive said its nothing
like the situation he in-
herited in taking over the
SEC in 2002. Five football
programs at that time were
on probation or under in-
vestigation. He said with
individuals and organiza-
tions progress is two steps
forward with an occasional
one step backward.
No coaches were cited as
participants in any wrong-
doing in the Yahoo report,
and Slive said such allega-
tions are about individual
not institutional behavior.
All three schools have said
theyre reviewing the alle-
gations, and Tennessee has
made the only current play-
er named in the report
defensive lineman Maurice
Couch ineligible.
There is no relationship
to these events that have
occurred to what took place
years ago, because frst of
all our institutions deal with
these issues in a very, very
comprehensive, clear way
with integrity, Slive said.
We have a very different
environment than we had
in 2002 when I came.
Slive: NCAA rules on
agents part of problem
Blakeney, Troy believe they
will be able to move football
McElwain back at Alabama
as coach of Colorado State
Mcelwain
Saban
Hicks met with Brown over lunch and told him
about the call, according to several people who
spoke with the AP. He asked Brown if he was
ready to retire.
Brown, who had just fnished his 15th season
at Texas, said he wanted to keep coaching and
the matter was dropped.
On his weekly radio show Thursday night,
Saban said he didnt know anything about the
meeting and said hes too old to start over some-
place else. He also joked about Sexton talking to
another school.
Thats what theyre supposed to do. Thats
why I hired the guy. Thats why I pay him, Sa-
ban said.
Nothing went on that I know of. I mean, I
dont know about any of this stuff. I havent talk-
ed to anybody about that situation. They have a
coach there that Ive got a lot of respect for. Every
year its something. Last year, it was the Cleve-
land Browns. The year before it was something
else, going back to the NFL, Saban said. But
(wife) Terry and I are very happy here in Tusca-
loosa. We really love the University of Alabama.
Brown, who is under contract until 2020 and
will be paid $5.4 million this year, won the 2005
national title and lost to Sabans Alabama team
in the 2010 championship game.
sophomore quarterback
Dontreal Pruitt. EMCC
intercepted six passes,
including two returns for
touchdowns. Drew White
hit all 10 extra-point at-
tempts, and freshman
sensation Kameron Myers
blocked a punt.
We came on the road
and took care of our busi-
ness, said Stephens, who
is 5-1 in division openers.
We did not let them get in
our heads. We were better
than that. As a coach, I am
supposed to point out we
didnt run the ball well (19
rushes, 80 yards) and that
we had too many penalties
(10 for 105 yards).
But also as a coach I am
supposed to point out I am
awfully proud we played
the way we did. We will
have to be better for other
games down the road. For
now, we are pretty good.
EMCC beat its second
winless opponent this sea-
son. It will play a third win-
less foe (Coahoma C.C.) at
2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28,
for Homecoming in Scoo-
ba. Only one regular-sea-
son opponent is ranked.
For the frst time being,
though, the Lions faced
some adversity. EMCC
didnt score on three of
its frst four possessions,
committed one turnover,
and led 7-0 after one quar-
ter. Last season in EMCCs
56-0 victory, Mississippi
Delta didnt cross midfeld.
The Trojans (0-4, 0-2) got
there on their second pos-
session Thursday night.
We faced some adver-
sity early in the game,
Pruitt said. We responded
and really hit that adversity
right in the mound. Coach
had been waiting to see
how we would respond. Ev-
ery day in practice he tells
us it is not going to always
be easy. I think it was not
the kind of start we wanted,
but things got a lot better
after that.
EMCC scored on four
straight possessions in the
second quarter and led 35-0
at halftime. Lakenderic
Thomas had two rushing
touchdowns in the quarter
to help EMCC push its edge
against opponents in the
frst half to 163-0 this sea-
son.
It is pretty amazing
when the offense fnds that
next gear, EMCC sopho-
more linebacker Christian
Russell said. We gave up
some big plays tonight,
but the shutout was never
in doubt. We have a streak
going, and we plan to keep
that up.
EMCC hasnt allowed
a touchdown in the last
13 quarters defensively.
Fenest Armstrong, Russell,
A.J. Stamps, Allen Senti-
more, Deshadrick Truly,
and Breland had intercep-
tions. Truly returned his 31
yards, and Breland took his
22 yards for the fnal two
touchdowns.
We are real high-tempo
on defense, Breland said.
But everything is sim-
ple. We are not complex.
The base defense gives
us a chance to make plays
without thinking. The fun
thing about this team is we
scored 70 points but we ar-
ent anywhere near our full
potential.
Stephens feels the same
way. It is natural to draw
comparisons between this
team and the 2011 national
championship squad. With
back-to-back winless oppo-
nents on the horizon, Ste-
phens wants his players to
rest and to get healthy. The
stretch run will be more
challenging. However, he
expects the team to keep
grinding when the tem-
peratures start to fall and
the games matter more.
This team understands
what lies ahead, Stephens
said. Last year, the team
turned out to not be ready
for the adversity that hit at
the end of the year. You can
defnitely tell a different de-
meanor in this team. Every-
thing is personal.
Russell has seen a lot
of growth and maturity in
a defense that has three-
straight shutouts for the
frst time in school histo-
ry.
This team is having
a lot of fun, Russell said.
None of the games have
been close. However, we
got something special
lined up for when we are
in a tight game.
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swalters@cdispatch.com
MOORHEAD Don-
treal Pruitt and Justin
Mack teamed up to help
lead Laurel High School
to the Mississippi High
School Activities Asso-
ciations Class 4A North
State championship in
2011.
On Thursday night at
Joe Randall Stadium, the
duo showed they still have
that chemistry.
Mack was part of
Pruitts career-high 495-
yard passing night that
helped the No. 5 East
Mississippi Community
College football team roll
past Mississippi Delta
C.C. 70-0 in its MACJC
North Division opener.
Mack had a career-high
three receptions for 61
yards, including a 43-yard
touchdown in the second
quarter.
It is great to be a part
of such a high-scoring
offense, Mack said. We
could have scored more,
but sometimes we just try
to take it easy. Everybody
rotates in and out and
gets a lot of playing time.
Dontreal is our leader out
there, and he gets the ball
to everybody.
Pruitt was 30 of 41
for 495 yards. His touch-
downs to Antoinne Ad-
kins, Mack, and Brandon
Acker give him 16 for the
season. The lone intercep-
tion was on a tipped ball.
The 495 passing yards is
third most in a game in
Buddy Stephens six sea-
sons as head coach at the
school.
When we are on the
left hash, he is a high
probability of getting the
ball, Pruitt said. It all
depends on the coverage
because I am trying to get
the ball to everybody. The
thing about Justin is he al-
ways has my back. I know
he is always prepared to
make a play.
While nine EMCC
players caught at least
one pass Thursday night,
there is something spe-
cial about a Pruitt-to-
Mack connection. The
duo found the end zone to-
gether 21 times as seniors
at Laurel.
It feels great to still
be together after all these
years, Mack said. We
try to keep going to see
how much better we can
become.
Dominant defense
EMCC first-year defensive coor-
dinator Jordan Lesley said no major
changes were planned for the defense
this season. However, he said the Lions
would do things much faster, hoping to
replicate the up-tempo style of play from
the offense.
We have less reads this year,
EMCC sophomore defensive back A.J.
Stamps said. It is all about reacting to
the ball. This team has been known for
its offense all of these years. We are
trying to bring something on our side of
the ball.
Mississippi Delta had 217 yards of
total offense and 20 first downs. How-
ever, the Trojans crossed midfield three
times and got no closer than the EMCC
28-yard line on the games final posses-
sion.
EMCC has three-straight shutouts
and has allowed a nation-best one touch-
down this season. The Lions had mon-
ster games from D.J. Pettway, Jimmie
Gipson, and Stamps.
EMCC also had six interceptions,
and now holds a 17-7 turnover advantage
for the season.
Around the MACJC
The biggest news around the MAC-
JC on Thursday night happened in Per-
kinston, where No. 14 Jones Junior Col-
lege beat No. 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast
C.C. 52-42. Jones (4-0) has beaten Gulf
Coast in back-to-back seasons.
EMCC, Jones, No. 6 Copiah-Lincoln
C.C., and No. 9 Itawamba C.C. are the
states remaining undefeated teams
each at 4-0. EMCC only faces one in that
group in the regular season ICC on
Oct. 24 in Scooba.
Notes
EMCC has outscored its first four
opponents 247-6, including 163-0 in the
first half. The Lions havent allowed
a point in 13 straight quarters. Bud-
dy Stephens is 6-0 against Mississippi
Delta. The Trojans had won nine straight
meetings before his arrival. The 70
points scored is the second most in
school history, and the margin of victory
is the all-time largest. Seven of EM-
CCs eight offensive possessions were
under the magic mark of two minutes.
With seven receptions for 136 yards, An-
toinne Adkins became the first 100-yard
receiver for EMCC this season. The 136
yards is 14th-most by a receiver under
Stephens.
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College Football
East Miss. Comm. College 70,
Mississippi Delta C.C. 0
EMCC 7 28 14 21 70
Delta 0 0 0 0 0
First Quarter
EMCC Dontreal Pruitt 31 pass to Antoinne Adkins
(Drew White kick).
Second Quarter
EMCC Lakenderic Thomas 10 run (White kick).
EMCC Thomas 1 run (White kick).
EMCC Pruitt 21 run (White kick).
EMCC Pruitt 43 pass to Justin Mack (White kick).
Third Quarter
EMCC Todd Mays 3 run (White kick).
EMCC Pruitt 45 pass to Brandon Acker (White kick).
Fourth Quarter
EMCC Mays 18 run (White kick).
EMCC Deshadrick Truly 31 interception return
(White kick).
EMCC Ken Breland 22 interception return (White
kick).
Team Statistics
EMCC MDCC
First Downs 20 20
Rushes-Yards 19-80 39-36
Passing Yards 493 181
Comp.-Att.-Int. 31-44-1 17-42-6
Return Yards 210 107
Penalties 10-105 1 1-99
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: EMCC Todd Mays 6-29, Dontreal Pruitt
4-29, Lakenderic Thomas 6-21, Preston Baker 2-3,
Kameron Myers 1-(-2); Delta Edward McCadney
8-25, JaMichael Winners 2-23, Terence Phinisee 3-11,
Roshard Burney 8-3, Christian Stephney 4-1, Alex
Johnson 2-1, Jarvis Robinson 2-0, Jaylon Daniels 1-(-
3), Lane Williams 9-(-25).
PASSING: EMCC Dontreal Pruitt 30-41-493-1,
Todd Mays 1-3-(-2)-0; Delta Lane Williams 9-22-76-
3, Jaylon Daniels 8-20-105-3.
RECEIVING: EMCC Antoinne Adkins 7-136, Bran-
don Acker 2-93, C.J. Bates 7-90, Justin Mack 3-61,
J.T. Tolbert 3-51, Jorrell Thurmon 1-31, Todd Mays
4-15, Brandon Bell 3-11, Isaac Johnson 1-5; Delta
Passarrio Collins 3-58, Carlton Archer 3-40, Christian
Stephney 3-32, Jalon Jones 1-19, Edwards McCadney
2-17, Kameron Carter 2-9, Raheem Sanders 1-7, Joey
Jefferson 1-3, Jaylon Daniels 1-(-4).
Pruitt, Mack team to make EMCC go
EMCC
By The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. Clemson strug-
gled to get its offense running in high
gear and spent much of Thursday night
fghting to protect a slim lead. The third-
ranked Tigers still did enough to stay
unbeaten in the kind of game that often
has slipped away in recent years.
Tajh Boyd threw for 244 yards and three
touchdowns to help Clemson beat North
Carolina State 26-14, winning its Atlantic
Coast Conference opener on the road.
Clemson came in averaging 45 points
and 490 yards, but didnt score its frst
touchdown until late in the frst half.
Boyd leads No. 3 Clemson past N.C. State
Victory
see Victory Christian have
another successful week.
Next weeks game, though,
isnt the matchup that
counts in the CFA stand-
ings. That game will come
Oct. 18, when Victory Chris-
tian plays host to its rival in
its regular-season fnale.
With less than 20 players
on the roster, Hamm hopes
Sharps attitude continues
to fuel the teams success.
I have been pleased that
this team has toughed it
out throughout the game,
Hamm said. We have been
fortunate not to have inju-
ries and the little things, like
cramps. I have been really
pleased the importance of
playing through things and
to do their responsibilities.
Sharp said the Eagles
had to adjust to Fulgham,
a sophomore quarterback,
and limited numbers. He
said Hamm and the coaches
have stressed preparation
and the need for everyone to
play their roles. If everyone
does that to their best abil-
ity, Sharp has confdence
the team will be remem-
bered for coming together
and overcoming the lack of
depth to do big things. The
key, though, will be doing it
as a group.
It is important to keep
the ball rolling and not to
have a slip-up right before
we play Tuscaloosa, Sharp
said. We just need to stay
at the top of our game and
keep our confdence up.
After scoring six touch-
downs, Sharp said his con-
fdence is high not just in
his abilities but all of his team-
mates. Hamm hopes Sharp
and Bolton can keep it going.
I felt Anthony did a re-
ally good job running the
ball, Hamm said. We
had talked about fnishing
the runs, running through
tackles, not being tackled
by one guy, and making it
diffcult on the defense. The
running game is balanced
up this year and the de-
fense cant really determine
which way were going with
more of a split-back attack
(with Sharp and Bolton).
That ground game
helped erase the memory
of the loss to Evangel Chris-
tian and the teams worst
practice of the season, ac-
cording to Hamm, in the
days leading up to the Tab-
ernacle game. Hamm said
Victory Christians perfor-
mance last week gives him
confdence that the team
can realize the potential that
he saw in the preseason.
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Church, 5114 Highway 182 E.,
hosts choir day Sept. 22, 3
p.m. The theme is Incredible
God. For information, call
662-549-1298.
Gospel concert
Tabernacle United Meth-
odist Church, 6015 Taberna-
cle Road in Ethelsville, Ala.,
hosts the Heartmen Quartet
in concert Sept. 22, 6 p.m. A
love offering will be received.
For information, call 205-657-
4051 or 256-493-0011.
Revival
Pleasant Ridge MB
Church, 2384 Highway 389
in Woodland, hosts a fall
revival Set. 24-26, 7 p.m.
nightly. The guest speaker
is the Rev. Anthony McIn-
tosh of Mt. Bell MB Church.
For information, contact
Brenda Hamilton, 662- 456-
4311.
Revival
Spring Hill MB Church in
Macon hosts a revival Sept.
25-27, 7 p.m. nightly. The
guest speaker is Dr. James
Boyd of Zion Gate Church.
Beneft program
Second Baptist Church in
Brooksville hosts a beneft
program for Albert Williams r.,
Lamar Williams and Nathaniel
Smith Sept. 27, 7 p.m.
Friendship MB Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., cele-
brates the third pastoral an-
niversar y of Henry G. Wilson
Sept. 29, 3 p.m. The guest
speaker is Homer Cannon of
Bethel MB Church.
Youth explosion
Millers Chapel MB Church
hosts a youth explosion Sept.
29, 11 a.m. The guest speak-
er is the Rev. George Cain of
Hopewell MB Church.
Fifth Sunday
The Gethsemane Mt.
Moriah District Association
hosts a 5th Sunday Fellowship
Sept. 29, 3 p.m. at Blackjack
MB Church in Starkville. The
guest speaker is the Rev. Ever-
ett Little.
Fifth Sunday
Open Door Church of God,
711 Thayer Ave. S., hosts a
ffth Sunday family and friends
program Sept. 29, 11:45 a.m.
Dinner will be served.
Gospel meeting
Highway 69 Church of
Christ, 2407 Highway 69 S.,
meets Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.
and Sept. 30- Oct. 3, 7 p.m.
nightly. The guest speaker is
Kip Green.
Gospel singing
Maben Church of God,
3965 Crowley Road in Maben,
hosts Debra Perry and Jaidyns
Call in concert Sept. 29, 11
a.m.
Fifth Sunday
Mt. Olivet District One
Missionary Society hosts a
ffth Sunday program Sept. 29,
1:30 p.m. The guest speaker
is Lyndia Michell.
Revival
Starkville Church of God,
100 Locksley Way, hosts a
revival Sept. 29, 10 a.m. and
6 p.m.; and Sept. 30- Oct. 2,
7 p.m. nightly. For information,
call 662-323-0352.
Choir concert
United Christian Baptist
Church celebrates their
33rd Choir Anniversar y
Concer t Oct. 6, 6 p.m. at
the Rent Auditorium on
the MUW Campus. Free
admission.
Homecoming
The Crawford United
Methodist Church hosts their
annual homecoming Oct. 6,
11 a.m. with dinner on the
ground following the service.
Bring your favorite covered
dish. For Information, call
662-272-5671.
Deacon day
El Bethel MB Church hosts
Deacons Day Program Oct. 6,
3 p.m. The guest speaker is
the Rev. Michael McGaha of
Pleasant Plain MB Church.
Welcome back
Open Door C.O.G., 711 S.
Thayer Ave., hosts a welcome
back service for Johnnie Brad-
ford Oct. 6, 11:45 a.m.
Revival
Interdenominational Alli-
ance of Ministers hosts their
annual city and county wide
revival at Stephen Chapel MB
Church, 514 20th St. N., Oct.
7-11, 7 p.m. nightly. The guest
speaker is the Rev. Alphonso
Bowen of Nanafalia, Ala.
Prayer breakfast
A community prayer
breakfast is Oct. 12 at the
Trotter Convention Center.
Health fair, 7:30- 9 a.m.;
morning glor y, 8:15- 8:45
a.m.; and the main event,
9-11 a.m.
Gospel singing
Reform First Free Will
Baptist Church, Highway 17
South in Reform Ala., hosts
the Kingsmen Quartet Oct. 13,
2:30 p.m. A love offering will
be received. For information,
205-375-2572 or 205-399-
7224.
Installation service
Mt. Ary MB Church, 291
S. Frontage Road, hosts the
installation of the Rev. Erick
Logan Oct. 13, 3 p.m. The
guest speaker is the Rev. Ben-
ny Henry of Mt. Olive Baptist
Church. For information, call
662-329-2944.
Ordination services
Millers Chapel MB
Church hosts a deacon
ordination ser vices of Jerr y
Barner, Jerr y Hull, James
Harlan, Julius Spann and
Kelvin Brown Oct. 18, 3
p.m. The guest speaker is the
Rev. Jesse Slater.
Yeates Chapel MB Church
celebrates the pastoral an-
niversary of LT and LaRonda
Gathings Jr. Oct. 20, 2:30
p.m. The guest speaker is
Gregory Wright of Center Hill
Baptist in Houlka.
religious briefs
ACAPULCO, Mexi-
co Days usually start
long before sunrise in La
Pintada, where able-bod-
ied men and the women
without young children
leave home before 6 a.m.
to work the coffee felds
around the tiny village
deep in the rugged green
mountains of southern
Mexico.
But Monday was a holi-
day, and rain fell all day be-
cause of the tropical storm
off the coast, so far more
people than usual stayed
home, napping under
warm blankets or cooking
for the Independence Day
celebration in La Pintadas
little cobblestone square.
Families gossiped.
Children played at their
parents feet. Then, sud-
denly, the earth trembled.
For a split second every-
one thought it was one of
the regions regular earth-
quakes. But then a tidal
wave of dirt, rocks and
trees exploded off the hill
above the village, sweep-
ing through the center of
town, burying families in
their homes and sweeping
wooden houses into the
bed of the swollen river
that winds past La Pintada
on its way to the Pacifc.
Everyone who could
ran into the coffee felds.
It smothered the homes
and sent them into the riv-
er. Half the homes in town
were smothered and bur-
ied, said Marta Alvarez,
a 22-year-old homemaker
who was cooking with her
2-year-old son, two broth-
ers and her parents when
the landslide erupted.
Grief strikes tiny Mexican
village after landslide
AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez
A car lays buried in mud after fooding triggered by Trop-
ical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Thursday.
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