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City moves ahead with development code rewrite

First draft expected by early March
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
Starkville is hoping to
have the first draft of a
long-awaited development
code rewrite completed by
early March.
The development code
lays out the city’s require-
ments for certain zoning
and land type designations
and the processes for build-
ing new developments or
altering existing ones —
whether they be residential,
commercial or industrial.
particular zone type and see
its requirements at a glance.
The code rewrite is Havelin said it also takes City Planner
meant to revamp and mod- development goals laid out Daniel Hav-
in the city’s comprehensive elin talks to
ernize the development.
plan, adopted in 2016, and Starkville
City Planner Daniel Hav- aldermen
elin, who has worked on the codifies them. about the city’s
rewrite alongside Assistant “It’s taking these place in-progress de-
City Planner Emily Corban, types (land use designa- velopment code
said the process is correct- tions), which we are con- rewrite at a
ing errors city staff have stantly referring to, and Friday afternoon
discovered in land use des- putting them in a zone that’s work session.
ignations and emphasizing a similar to what they were The city is using
described as being in the the rewrite to
more user-friendly code for
first place,” Havelin said. correct place
ordinary citizens. type errors and
For example, the updated At Friday’s work session streamline its
code will include a chart that in City Hall, Havelin said the development
will allow someone looking code rewrite is about 64 per- code.
to develop something in a See Code rewrite, 6A Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff

‘48 Hours’ Labor End of the Younger days

Day murders
special delayed
Episode pushed
to Jan. 19 air date
Dispatch Staff Report

A “48 Hours” special on

Starkville’s infamous Labor Day
murders that was scheduled to air
on Saturday has been pushed back
one week.
The special, which chronicles
the September 1990 murders
of 65-year-old Betty Jones and
81-year-old Kathryn Crigler, will
air on CBS at 9 p.m. Jan. 19.
Though the special was origi-
nally scheduled to be shown this
weekend, CBS News Executive Di-
rector of Communications Richard
Huff informed The Dispatch after
Friday’s print deadline it had been
delayed due to a breaking develop-
ment Friday in the case of 13-year-
old Jayme Closs, a Wisconsin child
who was found safe after being re-
ported missing on Oct. 15, 2018.
Closs’ parents were found dead
in their Barron, Wisconsin, home
the day she went missing, accord-
ing to a CNN report on the case.
CBS instead aired a special on
that case on Saturday.
Amanda Lien/Dispatch Staff
Lisa Younger Neese stands in the vault at the Lowndes County Chancery Clerk’s office in Columbus on Friday. Neese has an-
nounced she will retire from office at the end of this term, ending a 36-year career in public service. She started as a deputy
chancery clerk in 1983 and was first elected chancery clerk in 2002.

Lien joins Dispatch

staff as local Neese to retire from Lowndes chancery
government reporter clerk post after 16 years in office
Dispatch Staff Report

Amanda Lien has

Started as deputy under her father in 1983 fice in 1983 and won her first election
as clerk in 2002, the year her father —
By Amanda Lien At the end of the year, Neese will be who convinced the initially reluctant
joined The Dispatch
alien@cdispatch.com Neese to run — retired.
staff as local govern- taking that photograph home, as she
“I told him, ‘Daddy, I can’t,’ but he
ment reporter for Co- ends her own 36-year career in public
When Lowndes County Chancery kept saying I needed to do it,” she re-
lumbus and Lowndes service, including the last 16 years as
Clerk Lisa Younger Neese thinks called. “He talked me into doing it, and
County. an elected official. he backed me all the way.”
about her inspiration to seek public of-
Lien, 20, is a Min- fice, she looks at a photograph sitting Neese announced last week she will As chancery clerk, Neese is respon-
nesota native who on top of a cabinet in her office. not seek another term as chancery sible for a swath of duties, from record-
Lien
came to Columbus In the frame is the face of her late clerk. ing land documents and deeds to filing
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. father, Charles Jerome Younger, who “Winning is fun, but I think it’s time divorce and adoption papers. She also
She started with The Dispatch on served as the longtime chancery clerk for me to go on home and enjoy life,” personally files mental disability and
Monday. before Neese succeeded him in 2002. she said. “I want to spend time with drug commitment affidavits and can
In her role, Lien will cover pub- “I think of him every day,” Neese my husband and my mother. I have be appointed by a judge to be the ad-
lic meetings in Lowndes County said of her father, who passed away in two sisters, and they don’t work, so I ministrator of someone’s estate.
— including those of the Board 2009. “I loved him and I watched how want to spend time with them.” It’s a lot of responsibility, Neese
See Lien, 6A he treated people.” Neese started as a deputy in that of- See Neese, 3A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

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biography to have slept with 20,000 information, contact Jana Al- Jan. 14:
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women? Starkville Oktib-
2 The Come As You Are sign in Aber- West Point/Clay County Arts org, or 662-582-0049. beha Consoli-
deen, Washington, welcomes visitors Council hosts a reception
dated School
to the hometown of what musician? from 2-3 p.m. to open a
3 What did OutKast tell listeners to Tommy Valentine exhibit at Friday, Jan. 18 District Board
of Trustees, 6
“shake it like” in their song “Hey Ya”? the Louise Campbell Center ■ Memphis Jones: The
Braden Greggs p.m., Greensboro
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Kindergarten, Caledonia Center
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presents Memphis Jones

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5 According to his creator, what fic-
tional character’s name means “white
skin” in ape talk?
wpccac.com.
& The City Limits from B.B.
King’s Blues Club on Beale
Street at 7:30 p.m. in the
Jan. 15: Board of
Aldermen, 5:30
p.m., City Hall
Full forecast on Answers, 6D Tuesday, Jan. 15 Rosenzweig Arts Center Jan. 22: OCH
page 2A. ■ Lowndes Relay for Life Omnova Theater, 501 Main Regional Medical
Kickoff: Get involved in the St.. CAC member tickets Center Board of
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Sunday
Say What?
Did you hear? “We are already hurting, and it’s just adding more
fuel to the fire.”
2019 Songwriters Hall class: Birmingham, Alabama, resident Keisha Brown on the
government shutdown suspending federal cleanups at

Missy, Cat Stevens, John Prine Superfund sites around the nation. Story, 7B.

Missy Elliott is first female rapper Ask Rufus

inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame
By MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
The new class of song-
writers will officially be
inducted on June 13 at the
A Fire, Post Roads and a Bicentennial
T
NEW YORK — Missy Marriott Marquis Hotel in
Elliott is making history New York City. Songwrit-
as the first female rapper ers are eligible for induc-
inducted into the Song- tion after writing hit songs here
writers Hall of Fame, remains
for at least 20 years.
whose 2019 class also in- a lot of
Stevens, who also goes
cludes legendary British confu-
by Yusuf (the name he
singer Cat Stevens and sion over
took when he convert-
country-folk icon John when the
ed), has been a respected
Prine. Columbus
writer since releasing his
The organization an- Bicen-
debut in 1967. He’s had a
nounced the new group of tennial
inductees Saturday. Other string of Top 40 hits, from
“Peace Train” to “Morning should be
inductees include Tom T. Rufus Ward
Has Broken.” And “The celebrat-
Hall, who Johnny Cash ed. To that
called his “all-time favorite First Cut Is the Deepest,”
which he wrote five de- we can add, ‘Which Columbus is
songwriter”; Jack Temp- which?’
chin, who co-wrote songs cades ago, has become a Courtesy photo
hit for multiple artists, in- While that may seem like an An 1859 illustration of the arrival of a stage coach carrying mail and
for the Eagles and Glenn odd question, it seems there were
Frey’s solo albums; and cluding Rod Stewart and passengers at an early frontier village. The arrival on Jan. 1, 1821, of the
Sheryl Crow. four towns in Alabama named first mail to be delivered to Columbus would have been an exciting but
Dallas Austin, the song- Columbus around 1819-22. long awaited day as the Columbus Post Office had been established 10
writer behind radio hits Prine’s inclusion is ex-
The question to be answered is months earlier on March 6, 1820.
for TLC, Monica, Pink, tra-special since he was
when was Columbus, Mississippi,
Boyz II Men, Madonna nominated for this year’s offices and post roads was directed
officially recognized as a town.
and more. Rock and Roll Hall of to look at establishing a post route
While Columbus was charted
Elliott is just the third Fame but didn’t make the in Alabama “… from Tuskaloosa to
as a town in Mississippi on Feb.
rapper to enter into the cut. The 72-year-old has Columbus, in Marion County, by
10, 1821, it was referred to as
Songwriters Hall, follow- become an affable song- the court-house …”
the Town of Columbus by a Dec.
ing Jay-Z and Jermaine writing guru for many of 6, 1819, Alabama legislative act. The Columbus post office was
Dupri’s inductions in 2017 Nashville’s talented young Although Columbus was officially established on March 6, 1820. On
and 2018, respectively. artists, including rock- called a town in Alabama, I have May 13, 1820, President James
While she’s written her er Dan Auerbach of the found no record of it being incor- Courtesy photo Monroe signed into law an act
own raps, Elliott has also Black Keys, country reb- On May 18, 1820, the National to create new postal routes in
porated in Alabama. That raises of Intelligencer of Washington pub-
lent her writing skills to el Sturgill Simpson, and the question of why it was officially America. The first mentioned for
everyone from Beyonce the married Americana lished a list of new post roads that
called a town but not incorporated. had been established by an act Alabama was: “From Tuscaloosa,
to Whitney Houston to the darlings Jason Isbell and The reason may be that at of Congress on May 13. The first by Marion County Court House, to
late icon Aaliyah. Amanda Shires. least three other early towns in route mentioned in Alabama was Columbus.” Then on Aug. 22, 1822,
Alabama also claimed the name from Tuscaloosa to Columbus. Return J. Meigs Jr., the postmaster
of Columbus. One was on the general (Return was his name),
CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Warrior River, one on the Tennes- house, a stable, and a blacksmith’s issued a call for “Proposals For
see River and one was two miles shop. If Noah Webster should ever Carrying Mails of United States.”
Office hours: Main line: publish his dictionary, we hope he The proposals were to be submit-
from the Alabama River in south
n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 will explain this word, so that we ted by Oct. 11, with service to start
Alabama. Also, several Alabama
Email a letter to the editor? towns settled about the same time may know how far our feelings are in December. Postal route 70 was
HOW DO I ... n voice@cdispatch.com as Columbus were not incorpo- to be moved when we read of so “From Tuscaloosa by Marion c. h.
Report a missing paper? rated until mid-November to late distressing a calamity.” Definitely to Columbus, once in two weeks.”
n 662-328-2424 ext. 100 Report a sports score? December 1820. By that time it not Columbus, Mississippi, as the According to the history of
n Toll-free 877-328-2430 n 662-241-5000 was realized that the state line then 1820 census showed 107 people Columbus published in the 1848
n Operators are on duty until Submit a calendar item? being surveyed would probably living in the town and it grew sig- edition of Oscar Keeler’s Almanac,
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community Tuscaloosa, which is several That brings us back to when did Columbus by the U.S. Post Office
Buy an ad? Columbus actually become a town.
n 662-328-2424 years older than Columbus, was arrived on Jan. 1, 1821. From the
Submit a birth, wedding not incorporated until Dec. 13, The legislative act which first first congressional call for mail
Report a news tip? or anniversary announce- 1819. Present-day Columbus, mentioned Columbus concerned service to Columbus until the
n 662-328-2471 ment? Mississippi, however, is the only voting precincts in Marion County, first mail delivery occurred was
n news@cdispatch.com n Download forms at www. Columbus I have found mentioned Alabama. Marion County prior to almost a year. As the December
cdispatch.com.lifestyles in 1817-21 Alabama legislative acts. 1821 included all of present-day 1819 Alabama act that referred
The story of one of the other Lowndes and Monroe counties to the Town of Columbus also set
Physical address: 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39701 Columbus, Alabama, towns is south of Gaines Trace (Smithville Henry Grier’s house as the seat of
an interesting one. In May 1822, area) and east of the Tombigbee. justice and the location for a “log
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511 The act that passed on Dec. 6,
several newspapers ran an article court-house” to be built, it was
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 that reported: “Nearly the whole 1819 read: “That separate elections the apparent moving force for the
village Columbus, in the state of shall be opened and held agree- establishment of a new post route
Mississippi, was destroyed by fire able to law, in and for the county of to the Marion County Courthouse
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the same time other newspapers din, in Wilson’s settlement; at the tive act also clearly distinguished
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The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320) intelligence that the town of Co- The rapid growth of Columbus, the Town of Columbus.
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Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS
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516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 this famous town consisted of one congressional committee on post Rufus Ward is a local historian.

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MUW names new vice president of administration and CFO

Ellard previously led
community colleges
in Alabama
BY MARY POLLITZ
mpollitz@cdispatch.com
Mississippi University for
Women has announced Mark
Ellard as its new vice president
of administration and chief fi-
nancial officer.
Ellard entered his new role
with MUW on Monday, replac-
ing previous CFO Nora Miller,
who was appointed the universi-
ty’s president in September.
Ellard’s appointment still
awaits approval from the State
Institutions
Higher Learning
of
board of trust-
ees, which meets
Thursday.
“I am happy to
be there and look
forward to mak-
ing a contribution Ellard
to the university, to the area and
to the community,” Ellard said.
“It’s a great opportunity for me
just based on the history and
reputation of the university. I’m
honored to be chosen.”
Ellard previously served as
CFO for nearly two decades
with Bevill State Community
College in Jasper, Alabama. Be-
fore his tenure with Bevill State,
he worked for the state auditor’s
office in Alabama where he
audited colleges and universi-
ties for nearly a decade, which
pushed him into higher educa-
tion.
In recent years, Ellard served
as interim president for three
separate community colleges
in Alabama, most recently with
Southern Union State Commu-
nity College. Ellard’s lengthy
experience with higher educa-
tion was key in the university’s
decision to hire, Miller said.
“We had a strong pool of can-
didates, but Mark’s experience
was just perfect,” Miller said.
“He’s got 20 years of higher edu-
cation experience. I’m very con-
fident in his abilities and look
forward to him being a part of
our leadership team at the W.”
Throughout the first week of
work, Ellard said he’s been busy
familiarizing himself with the
staff and campus. In his role,
he will primarily operate the
university’s finances, adminis-
tration, human resources and
campus operations, all of which,
Ellard said, he has done in the
past.
“Most of the things I’ve done
in the past are perfectly aligned
with what the job duties are in
this new position,” Ellard said.
“I’ve overseen accounting func-
tions, facilities, human resourc-
es, resources management and
planning events. Most of every-
thing that I’ve done in the past
17 to 20 years at the community
college level is perfectly lined up
with my responsibilities here.”
Though Ellard said he had
never visited Columbus or the
university before his interview,
he had heard stories from col-
leagues and students raving
about MUW and its history.
“I had known about the W for
a long time,” Ellard said. “When
I saw the (job advertisement) I
knew it would be a great fit for
me. I’m excited about being
there. I love the people at MUW.
(The) big reason for me want-
ing to accept the job was after I
came over for the campus inter-
view and had a chance to meet
everybody and get to know
them, I really wanted to become
a part of them.”

Man arrested as accessory to December shooting Mississippi businesses

Suspect turned himself in on charge
related to shooting into Garrard
Road apartment
Dispatch Staff Report
A Starkville man is in
jail after he turned him-
self in to police for his role
in a shooting at an apart-
ment complex last month.
Starkville Police De-
partment Public Infor-
mation Officer Brandon
Lovelady said Christo-
pher Evans, 26, has been
charged with shooting
ask for focus on
into a dwell-
ing as an
Lovelady said no inju-
ries were reported from worker training
accessor y
to the Dec.
the incident.
Evans appeared in
26 incident. Starkville municipal court ‘We truly have to be focusing
The inci- on Saturday, where his
dent hap- bond was set at $50,000. on making sure we’re giving our
pened at an He’s being held in the Ok-
a p a r t m e n t Evans tibbeha County Jail.
citizens the opportunity
complex SPD is still investi-
on Garrard Road. Ev- gating the shooting, and to really get the skills they need’
ans turned himself in on Lovelady said further ar- Mississippi Economic Council
Thursday. rests may be pending. Executive Director Scott Waller
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers and offi-

Tollison wins Mississippi Senate leadership post
Oxford Republican succeeds Sen.
Terry Burton of Newton, who had
been pro tem the past three years
By EMILY
WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A Re-
publican from Oxford has
been sworn in to the sec-
ond-highest leadership
position in the Mississippi
Senate.
Sixth-term Sen. Gray
Tollison was unanimously
elected Senate president
pro tempore on Friday by
colleagues from both par-
Around the state
Fitch touring to start
Mississippi attorney
general campaign
JACKSON — The sec-
ond-term state treasurer
in Mississippi is traveling
the state next week to an-
nounce as a candidate for
attorney general.
Republican Lynn Fitch
ties. He succeeds Repub-
lican Sen. Terry Burton of
Newton, who had been pro
tem the past three years.
The pro tem presides
over the 52-member Sen-
ate when the lieutenant
governor is not available
and often works with the
lieutenant governor to
round up votes on import-
ant bills.
“I appreciate the duties
and the seriousness of
this position,” Tollison told
has appearances set for
Monday in Jackson and
Meridian, Tuesday in
Gulfport and Hattiesburg
and Wednesday in Tupe-
lo, Holly Springs and Her-
nando.
Fitch grew up in Holly
Springs and lives in Rid-
geland. She is a former
senators.
“I want to
you to know
my door
will always
be open for
each and
every one of
Tollison
you.”
Burton resigned as pro
tem Tuesday on the first
day of the 2019 legislative
session, weeks after his
third DUI arrest in recent
years. Burton remains in
the Senate but is not seek-
ing re-election.
Tollison, a 54-year-old
attorney, is also not seek-
ing re-election this year.
He served as a Democrat
assistant attorney general
and former director of the
state Personnel Board.
The current attorney
general, Democrat Jim
Hood, is not seeking a
fifth term. Instead, he’s
running for governor.
Fourth-term Republi-
can state Rep. Mark Bak-
from 1996 until late 2011,
then became a Republican.
Republican Lt. Gov.
Tate Reeves appointed Toll-
ison in 2012 as chairman of
the Education Committee,
one of the most influential
positions in the Senate. Al-
though it’s unusual for the
Senate president pro tem-
pore to be chairman of a
major committee, Tollison
will remain as Education
chairman this session.
Burton, 62, was sworn
in to the Mississippi Sen-
ate in January 1992 as a
Democrat. He became a
Republican in December
2002.
er of Brandon has filed
qualifying papers to run
for attorney general. No
Democrat has announced
for the office.
Candidates’ qualify-
ing deadline is March 1.
Party primaries are in
August, and the general
election is in November.
cials told business leaders Thursday that they’re
hearing their concerns about needing more and
better-educated workers, noting efforts to improve
child care and produce more high school gradu-
ates.
The Mississippi Economic Council, the state’s
chamber of commerce, made workforce develop-
ment one of its main priorities in this year’s Leg-
islature as it met Jackson for its annual day at the
state capitol.
“We truly have to be focusing on making sure
we’re giving our citizens the opportunity to real-
ly get the skills they need,” said Scott Waller, the
council’s executive director.
The focus comes as unemployment remains low
in Mississippi, making it harder for businesses to
find workers easily.
Gov. Phil Bryant and officials in his admin-
istration touted efforts to expand and improve
child care, saying it would help parents enter the
workforce today, as well as lead to better-educated
workers in the next generation. The state recently
announced a $10.6 million grant that it intends to
use to better train workers at child care centers
and also help low-income families find education
and workforce training programs.
“We work with the entire family,” Bryant said of
the state Department of Human Services.
Bryant’s administration is also aiding some
large businesses in setting up child care centers as
a way to enable parents to enter the workforce, cit-
ing Milwaukee Tool in Greenwood as one example.

Neese
Continued from Page 1A
said, more than she saw
her father undertake
when he was chancery
clerk and she was a depu-
ty clerk. She gives credit
to the four deputy clerks
she oversees for running
the chancery clerk’s of-
fice so well.
“I don’t know what I’d
do without those girls,”
she said. “Because this
is a fun job, but it’s a se-
rious job, too. We’ve had
some ugly people (come
in the office), you know,
but what we try to do is
solve their problems. And
they do a great job.”
Neese has served as
president for the Missis-
sippi Chancery Clerks
Association. She’s also
heavily involved in the
community as a mem-
ber of the Columbus Ex-
change Club and Lown-
des County Republican
Women.
“I’m still going to do
those things,” she said.
“You know, I’m not going
to die. But life is so short.
It’s time for me to go on
home and enjoy life.”
Jim Davidson, a fellow
Exchange Club member
who retired in December
after 12 years as a chan-
cery judge, has known
Neese since she was a
child.
“I helped build her dad-
dy’s swimming pool when
I was in high school,” he
said.
As a lawyer for de-
cades before being elect-
ed to the bench, Davidson
said he witnessed Neese
make the transition from
able deputy to a “great
clerk.”
“She runs a first-class
office,” But it’s bittersweet.”
Davidson Managing Editor Zack
said. “She’s Plair contributed to this
been really
article.
good at un-
derstand-
ing she’s a
servant of
the people, Davidson
and that really shines
through.
“She’s a people person
and really easygoing,” he
added. “... She’s always
been on the cutting edge
of what’s going on in the
county.”
Neese said she plans
to enjoy “every minute” of
her job as she serves her
final year.
“It’s the best job in
Lowndes County,” she
said. “Sixteen years has
flown by for me. … It’s
time for someone young-
er to have this position.

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Our View

Roses and thorns

A rose to
Lowndes County
Chancery Clerk
Lisa Neese, who
has decided not
to run for a fifth
term this year. When Neese
retires at the end of the year, it
will mean the end of 36 years of
service in the chancery clerk’s
office, including 20 years as a
deputy clerk. Neese’s cheerful
disposition, accessibility and
regular presence at almost
every county function will
certainly be missed. We also
applaud other county officials
who have chosen not to run
again, including sheriff Mike
Arledge (eight years as sheriff
and 12 years as justice court
judge) and supervisor Bill
Brigham (eight years). Thanks
for your service to our commu-
nity.
A rose to
Amanda Swanton
and Mississippi
State’s Center for
Center for Entre-
preneurship and Outreach who
have teamed up to establish the
first non-profit for the center,
which serves as a think-tank
and business incubator operat-
ed through the university’s Col-
lege of Business. As a 16-year-
old, Swanton was diagnosed
with an obscure heart condi-
tion known as postural ortho-
static tachycardia syndrome, or
POTS and started a non-profit
to raise awareness of funding
for research. Now as a 20-year-
old freshman at MSU, the
Illinois native has turned to the
Center for Entrepreneurship
to establish a POTS chapter in
Mississippi. The collaboration,
with support from the Partner-
ship, hopes to raise $100,000
this year. It also marks the first
time the Center has taken on a
non-profit project. We applaud
all involved in this worthy
cause.
A rose to the
Lowndes County
Board of Supervi-
sors for approv-
ing the funding
for a renovation in the county
courthouse that will provide de-
fense attorneys a private space
in the courthouse to meet with
clients. The cost is minimal –
$34,000 – but the benefits are
real. In our system of justice,
defendants are entitled to a fair
trial and effective counsel. Pro-
viding that space means that
the attorney/defendant are pro-
vided a secure, private place in
the courthouse to discuss their
case. We commend the super-
visors for understanding that
this expenditure furthers the
cause of justice in our county.
A rose to
Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden
Triangle and
trauma sur-
geon Dr. Brad
Beckham for their launch of a
program to teach high school
students the basics in how
to control bleeding during
life-threatening situations. On
Wednesday, Beckham instruct-
ed a group of Heritage High
School Anatomy & Physiology
students on the Stop the Bleed
program, a national campaign
launched by the American Col-
lege of Surgeons. In addition
to providing the students with
some important information
that can be used in emergen-
cies, it also helps students
make the connection between
what they study in class and
the real-world situations.
Hospital officials have plans to
bring the Stop the Bleed pro-
gram to all of the schools in the
county. That’s a great idea.

Letters to the editor

Thank you
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day was rec-
ognized earlier this week. I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to express my sincere gratitude to who responded
from The W Police, Columbus Police, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Lowndes County Sheriff Department, Mis-
sissippi Bureau of Investigations, Mississippi Department
of Corrections, Mississippi State Highway Patrol, the U.S.
Marshals Service, and all other first respondents and our
faculty and staff who helped to secure our campus. It was
an unfortunate situation, but the tremendous and cooper-
ative response we received showed the benefit of all the
multi-agency drills we have done over the years.
Please be assured that this recent incident is no
reflection on the safety of our campus or our community.
Thanks again to all first responders for your service.
Nora R. Miller, President
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus

Wants and needs

What do you want? To be successful? To provide for
your family? To be accepted? To be loved?
We each have different wants and needs. There is a
difference between a want and a need. A want might be
described as a thing we desire, but if, we don’t get it, we
could get along OK. A need is something that is nec-
essary to perhaps exist. Food, clothing and shelter are
needs.
Some in government want power to tell us, what we
want. Some use their power to create needs for some, so
around we go. Some want to tax those filthy rich people,
that create most of the jobs, so they can make us more
beholden to the government for free stuff. I have been Partial to home
taught that there is no free stuff. Somebody pays for it.

On tour with swamp rocker Tony Joe White

The government doesn’t have plenty of money. Their job
is not to give us free stuff.
Say what you want, President Trump is trying his
best to straighten out some of the messes that have been
created from past administrations, both Democrat and
Republican. There are those who spew their hatred for
Trump in the media and other outlets. Some want him im-
peached, others want bodily harm to come to him. Why?
Because his policies are improving our economy. Amer-
ica being respected on the world stage and securing our
borders are no reasons to hate the man. Unemployment
is down, new jobs are up, what’s the problem with that?
Think what might be accomplished if more would support
Trump. He is working for nothing. He’s wealthy enough
to buy off some of those that are his critics if he wanted
to. He is trying to fix some of the problems created before
he was elected. Did I say he was elected? Take a deep
breathe and think about it.
We lock our houses, fence in our yards and lock our
cars for what reason? To protect what is ours and what we
have worked for. I remember the times when this wasn’t
necessary, but times have changed. Securing our border
is not a bad thing, it’s the common sense thing.
President Trump is different from the politicians in
power, both Democratic and Republican. He is a business
man that has made a living in private business and not
from the tax payers trough the politicians are feeding
from. He has kept his campaign promises or is trying to
keep them, with no help from the Dems and very little
from his party. Big government is not the answer, Social-
ism is not the answer. As I have said before working to-
gether to “Make America Great Again” is not a bad thing.
One closing thought, “Raise gasoline taxes while the
per gallon price is low”? This to go for infrastructure? I
thought legalizing liquor, gambling, sports betting and
the lottery were going to solve all our money woes. Our
schools need money, or infrastructure is falling a part,
where has all that money gone? We need more account-
ability maybe.
God Bless America.
Lee Roy Lollar, Jr.
Columbus
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At the head of a column
two weeks ago about a
walk in the rain along
Moore’s Creek, I quoted
the opening lines from “A
Rainy Night in Georgia,”
and attributed the tune
to Brook Benton, who in
1970 took it to the top of
the Billboard charts.
First thing Sunday
morning on the day the
column ran, my friend Birney Imes
Gerry Jeffcoat called with
feigned indignation saying Tony Joe White wrote
“A Rainy Night in Georgia.” Brook Benton is who
had a hit with it was my feeble rejoinder.
Gerry, a retired surgeon, saw Tony Joe in the
early 70s at a place in Denver called Marvelous
Marv’s, and I think it’s safe to say the experience
was indelible. He and a couple of his med-school
classmates had a table next to the stage. Gerry,
who has a formidable memory, says Tony Joe was
the best live performance he ever seen, “and I’ve
seen everybody, including Elvis.”
Here’s the headline for his obituary in “Rolling
Stone”: “Swamp Rock Icon Tony Joe White Dead
at 75; Gravelly-voiced singer known for ‘Rainy
Night in Georgia’ and ‘Polk Salad Annie’ had
his songs covered by Elvis Presley, Tina Turner,
Waylon Jennings.”
White died in October.
Others who recorded White’s songs: John
Anderson, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Way-
lon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Joe Cocker, Shelby
Lynne, Dusty Springfield, Ray Charles, even Tom
Jones.
Nashville drummer Bryan Owings toured with
White during the final decade of the singer’s life.
Bryan’s dad was the late WCBI-TV meteorologist
with the same name. His mother, Joanne, and two
brothers, Bart and wife Linda and Bruce, live in
Columbus.
When I phoned Bryan Saturday morning, he
was watching a gang of turkeys frolicking in his
yard. He says the birds took up residence in his
neighborhood after Nashville’s 2010 floods.
Bryan will soon be leaving for New Zealand
where he will be playing with John Prine. It won’t
be his first trip to that part of the world. He toured
New Zealand and Australia three times with Tony
Joe.
Bryan’s association with the Louisiana-bred
swamp rocker resulted in a lot of international
travel.
As is the case with many American musicians
who fade into obscurity at home, Tony Joe’s
candle never flickered in Europe, especially in
France.
“For some reason the French people picked up
on it,” said Bryan. “French fans never left him. We
used to play all over France, three and four times
a year.”
Bryan accompanied White for recent gigs in
New York City, LA and the Grammy museums in
LA and Cleveland (Mississippi).
“You could be in the middle of nowhere and
someone would come up and say TONY JOE
WHITE,” said Bryan. “He had a following wherev-
er we played.”
In a 2014 interview White talked about the
genesis of his songwriting.
When I got out of high school I went to Marietta,
Georgia. I had a sister living there. I went down
there to get a job and I was playing guitar … at the
house and stuff. I drove a dump truck for the high-
way department and when it would rain you didn’t
have to go to work. You could stay home and play
your guitar and hang out all night.
So those thoughts came back to me when I
moved on to Texas about three months later. I heard
(Bobbie Gentry’s) ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ on the radio
and I thought, man, how real, because I am Billie
Joe, I know that life. I’ve been in the cotton fields. So
I thought if I ever tried to write, I’m going to write
about something I know about.
… I sat down and thought ... well I know about
poke (sallet) because I had ate a bunch of it and
I knew about rainy nights because I spent a lot of
rainy nights in Marietta, Georgia.
So I was real lucky with my first tries to write
something that was not only real and hit pretty close
to the bone, but lasted that long. So it was kind of
a guide for me then on through life to always try to
write what I know about.
As for Owings, he has upcoming tours with
Prine and Emmylou Harris with whom he has a
long association. Still, I don’t expect it’ll quite be
like touring with Tony Joe, who was vibrant up to
the end.
“He had been doing great and we had played
NYC a few weeks before he passed,” Owings said.
“He was rocking the joint.
“He was a great guy, a special friend.”
Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.com) is the for-
mer publisher of The Dispatch.
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Federal workers get $0 pay stubs as shutdown drags on

‘We’re America. We can do better than this.’
Air traffic controller Josh Maria via Twitter
By BRADY McCOMBS Employees posted pictures
and MICHELLE SMITH of the pay statements on Twit-
The Associated Press ter and vented their frustration
as the standoff over President
Federal employees received Donald Trump’s demand for
pay stubs with nothing but zeros $5.7 billion for a border wall
on them Friday as the effects entered its 21st day. This week-
of the government shutdown end, it will become the longest
hit home, deepening anxieties shutdown in U.S. history.
about mortgage payments and “I saw the zeros in my pay
unpaid bills. stub today, and it’s a combina-
All told, an estimated 800,000 tion of reality setting in and
government workers missed just sadness,” air traffic con-
their paychecks for the first troller Josh Maria told The As-
time since the shutdown began. sociated Press after tweeting
a screenshot of his paystub.
“We’re America. We can do
better than this.”
The missed paychecks were
just one sign of the mounting
toll the shutdown is taking on
Americans’ daily lives. The
Miami airport is closing a ter-
minal this weekend because
security screeners have been
calling in sick at twice the
normal rate. Homebuyers are
experiencing delays in getting
their loans.
Roughly 420,000 federal em-
ployees were deemed essential
and are working unpaid. An
additional 380,000 are staying
home without pay. While fur-
loughed federal workers have
been given back pay in pre-
vious shutdowns, there is no
guarantee that will happen this
time.
Workers are turning to
Uber, Lyft and other side gigs
to pick up some money in the
meantime.
Ellen Jackson, a Transpor-
tation Security Administration
officer based in Las Vegas,
is driving full time for a ride-
share company to get by. The
59-year-old is planning to retire
in April.
“I don’t want to borrow any
money,” said Jackson, an Air
Force veteran who said she
makes about $38,000 a year as
a TSA officer. “I don’t want to
get into a deeper hole.”
Fellow Las Vegas-based
TSA agent Julia Peters applied
for food stamps on Thursday
and was approved. She said five
of the eight other applicants at
the benefits office were also
TSA workers.
In Falls Church, Virginia,
outside Washington, a school
district held a hiring fair for
furloughed federal employees
interested in working as substi-
tute teachers.

US aviation system is starting

to show strains from shutdown
Union for air traffic controllers sued
the government, claiming they are
illegally being denied pay
By DAVID KOENIG
AP Airlines Writer
The partial govern-
ment shutdown is start-
ing to strain the national
aviation system, with un-
paid security screeners
staying home, air-traffic
controllers suing the gov-
ernment and safety in-
spectors off the job.
Miami International
Airport is providing the
most visible evidence yet
that the shutdown is at
least making air travel
less convenient.
Facing double the
usual number of absenc-
es among unpaid TSA
screeners, the Miami air-
port will close one of its
concourses most of Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday
to make sure TSA can ad-
equately staff the remain-
ing security checkpoints.
Meanwhile, the nation-
al union representing air
traffic controllers — who
are also working without
pay during the shutdown,
entering its 22nd day Sat-
urday — sued the govern-
ment, claiming they are
illegally being denied pay.
And aviation-safety in-
spectors are still off the
job, deemed not to be es-
sential enough to keep
working during the shut-
down.
AWOL screeners
The Transportation
Security Administration
said that 5.1 percent of
screeners were absent on
Thursday, up from 3.3 per-
al-North America, “and al-
though they have advised
us that they are continu-
ing to hire and train, we
are very concerned about
a prolonged government
cent on the same date last shutdown.”
year. The TSA has 51,000
transportation-securit y
officers, who have contin- Terminal closure
ued to work because they Miami International,
are deemed essential em- the nation’s 25th-busiest
ployees. airport, plans to close off
Screeners represent Concourse G at 1 p.m. for
just 6 percent of govern- the next three days and
ment workers who didn’t shift a dozen flights a day
get paychecks Friday be- to other terminals.
cause of the shutdown. “Our wait times have
Airline-industry officials been normal and opera-
worry that they are partic- tions have been smooth
ularly likely to stop show- so far, but the partial clo-
ing up because their rela- sure is being done in an
tively low pay means they
abundance of caution,”
could quickly struggle to airport spokesman Greg
pay bills without money
Chin said Friday.
coming in.
Screeners start around
$24,000 a year, and most
earn between $26,000
and $35,000, according to
TSA.
The agency has very
few tools to deal with a
severe shortage. It has a
team of non-essential em-
ployees who are trained
to screen air travelers,
but that is only a stop-
gap designed to cover for
shortages at one or two
airports during a natural
disaster.
January is a relatively
light travel period, but
industry officials worry
what will happen if the
shutdown lingers and
more TSA employees
leave for jobs that include
a paycheck.
“TSA only has what
it has,” said Christopher
Bidwell, the vice presi-
dent for security at the
trade group Airports
Council Internation-

GOP lawmakers sure disaster

funds will not be used for wall
By JILL COLVIN,
LISA MASCARO,
and ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
Republican lawmakers
expressed optimism Fri-
day that the Trump ad-
ministration would spare
billions of dollars in un-
spent disaster relief funds
earmarked for areas in-
cluding hurricane-pound-
ed Puerto Rico as they
search for money to build
the president’s promised
border wall.
Backlash Friday was
swift to news that the
White House had directed
the Army Corps of Engi-
neers to comb through its
budget, including $13.9
billion in emergency funds
that Congress earmarked
last year, to search for
potential funding as Pres-
ident Donald Trump con-
tinues to weigh signing a
national emergency dec-
laration to build the wall
without Congressional
signoff. The details were
spelled out by a congres-
sional aide and adminis-
tration official familiar
with the matter who spoke
on condition of anonymity
because they were not au-
thorized to speak publicly.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw,
R-Fla., tweeted that act-
ing White House Chief of
Staff Mick Mulvaney had
“assured Texans that he
understood the deep con-
cerns about using Harvey
relief funds for the bor-
der” during a meeting
with newly sworn-in Re-
publicans Friday.
Crenshaw told The As-
sociated Press the White
House was “still looking
at the legal options,” but
was “very sympathetic”
to concerns raised by him
and other members of the
group.
Republican Rep. Kevin
Brady of Texas also told
reporters Friday after
his talks with the White
House: “I feel confident
disaster relief dollars will
not be tapped.”
The Army Corps re-
quest was the latest sign
that the administration
is laying the groundwork
for a possible emergen-
cy order as negotiations
between Trump and con-
gressional Democrats to
reopen the partially shut-
tered government have
ground to a halt.
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Columbus considers converting all street lights to LED

$2.8 million project The 4-2 vote followed a pre-
sentation from Russ Phillips,
could save city almost co-founder of Path Company,
an energy savings contractor
$400K annually with offices in Memphis and
Jackson, that included the proj-
By Zack Plair ect cost estimate, as well as a
and Amanda Lien projection the city could save
zplair@cdispatch.com; alien@cdis- nearly $400,000 per year.
patch.com
Phillips was on the agenda
for the city council’s regular
Columbus
meeting on Tuesday. A sched-
leaders are con-
uling conflict prohibited him
sidering an esti-
from attending that meeting,
mated $2.8 mil-
so the council opted to hear
lion project to his presentation in the Friday
take ownership morning special-call.
of all the city’s Councilmen Joseph Mick-
street lights and Box ens, of Ward 2, and Stephen
replace them Jones, of Ward 5, opposed
with more ener- the measure, both citing they
gy-efficient LED
lights.
wanted to wait until at least
Tuesday to vote.
In return, the “I wanted more time to
city hopes to re- look over it and research this
alize hundreds company,” Jones told The Dis-
of thousands of patch. “I’m open-minded to
dollars in annual Jones supporting the project, espe-
energy and main- cially if it saves us money.”
tenance costs. Phillips approached city of-
City councilmen voted in a ficials in the fall to see if they
special-call meeting Friday to would be interested in his com-
request proposals from energy pany completing a study and
service contractors to coordi- presenting the findings. He
nate the process. Once one is said his company intends to
hired, the company will audit bid for the consultant contract,
the city’s street light equipment as well.
value and usage cost. Then the Path has worked with at
company would bring in con- least two cities in Tennessee
tractors for the LED replace- on similar projects.
ment work if the city wishes to Russell said the feasibility
move forward with the project. study produced soft projec-
tions and a formal audit was
the only way to produce hard
numbers.
The project
by the numbers
Now, Columbus Light and
Water owns the 4,309 street
lights in the city, and has so far
replaced 371 with LED bulbs.
The city pays CLW for the
power, as well as for 14 percent
of the value of the equipment,
CLW Director Todd Gale said.
Together, that
amounted to
$515,658 in 2018,
roughly $350,000
of which was the
equipment fee.
If the city pro-
ceeds with the
LED project, it Gale
would cut the an-
nual cost to CLW to $119,047,
according to Path’s numbers.
That includes energy cost sav-
ings and eliminating the 14
percent equipment fee because
the city would essentially buy
out CLW’s interest in the street
lights.
That ends up being a bet-
ter deal for the city than CLW
continuing to gradually replace
existing lights with LEDs, Gale
said, because that would cause
the equipment value to contin-
ue to rise.
“Over the last few years,
by us adding fixtures, adding
lights at the request of the may-
or and the council, that pot of
money has gone up, so they’re
continuing to pay more each
year,” Gale said. “I don’t see
how their bill would ever go
down unless they start taking
lights out, and you know that’s
not going to happen.
“For someone trying to sell
power, it’s not a good thing,” he
added, referring to CLW’s po-
tential lost revenue long-term.
“(But) to be honest ... if all the
numbers work out, it’s kind of a
no-brainer (for the city).”
To do the project, the city
would likely borrow the funds,
which Gale said would be $2.8
million plus consultant and le-
gal fees. From that loan, the
city would pay CLW close to
$850,000 to get the lights off
the utility’s books.
The loan would be repaid in
10 years, with the created sav-
ings amounting to more than
the expected payment. In fact,
Path projects the city would see
a net savings of $96,000 (after
the loan payment) the first year.
“The net savings would be
more significant over time,”
Ward 3 Councilman Char-
lie Box said. “… I was totally
against this at first, but when
I found out how this would be
structured, it became obvious
to me it was a win-win.”
Box said the more efficient
LED light, like those installed
downtown, are also brighter,
making them a safer option
for citizens, especially in high-
crime areas.
“We’ve been needing to do
this for a while,” Box said. “Peo-
ple are always calling us want-
ing them.”
Jones, who firmly believes
the project is worth looking
into, said he doesn’t want to
rush into a situation where the
city is borrowing to save mon-
ey.
“Especially in our current
budget situation (the city op-
erated at an $881,000 deficit
in Fiscal Year 2018), we would
have to carefully consider
whether to take that risk,” he
said.
A bidding advantage
With Path already having its
foot in the door, Box said that
company has a clear advantage
in the bidding process.
However, he pointed to oth-
er instances — most recently
when the city chose a retail
development firm — when the
company who presented the
idea was not selected. In that
case, Memphis-based NaviRe-
tail approached the city first,
but The Retail Coach in Tupe-
lo ultimately secured the con-
tract.
“(Path) having done this
study absolutely should give
them an advantage,” Box said.
“That doesn’t necessarily mean
they’ll get it.”

Code rewrite
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cent complete.
Starkville began its
code rewriting process in
2017, after adopting the
updated comprehensive
plan.
Starkville aldermen
approved a $219,973 con-
tract in June 2015 with
The Walker Collaborative
LLC, a Tennessee-based
firm, to draft the city’s
comprehensive plan and
update the code. The con-
tract included $140,913
for the comprehensive
plan and $76,060 for the
code rewrite. The city ad-
opted the plan in Decem-
ber 2016 and the firm con-
tinued work on the code
rewrite into 2017.
“We had a consultant
doing it,”
Mayor Lynn
Spruill said.
“We’re now
doing it
in-house.
We had a
f u nd a m e n -
tal product Spruill
from which
to work, but we quickly re-
alized that in a lot of cases
the consultants are giving
you boilerplate sort of
stuff from which to work
and we needed to tailor it
to our community.”
Fixing errors
Havelin said city
staff first discovered a
place-typing error along
Lindbergh Boulevard,
which runs through the
heart of residential ar-
eas north of Highway 12.
Land east of the road was
place typed for a tradition-
al single-family neighbor-
hood — which fit with the
homes built on the land.
However, to the west,
the land was place-typed
as a rural neighborhood,
which requires one house
per three acres and does
not match the character
of the homes built in the
area.
“Obviously, that was
majorly wrong,” Havelin
said. “Once we discov-
ered that, we went par-
cel-by-parcel and found
errors that were from
a shift in the property
line to absolutely labeled
wrong.
“That’ll be one of the
things we’ll have to do —
to get the board to adopt
and modify the place
type map in the compre-
hensive plan,” he added.
“There’s also going to be,
ultimately, a new zoning
map as part of all this.”
Simplification efforts
for the code rewrite in-
clude adjusting its zoning
designations, of which
there are currently more
than 20.
The new zoning map
update, Havelin said,
will not necessarily re-
purpose property — es-
pecially land already in
use, though some names
may change. He said, for
example, that the term
“C-2” zoning — what has kind of make that easier.” marked difference from now,” she
been commonly known as The city is also looking the city’s current “dry” said. “It’s
“highway commercial” — to make the code more code. time. I’m
might no longer be used, accessible for the ordi- “Any ordinance should very, very
but it will be replaced by nary user. Havelin said be easily understood,” he excited
something that holds the the staff has looked to ex- said. “When it gets too about this.”
same requirements. amples from other cities, wordy and you start los- Spruill
Havelin and Corban in Mississippi and across ing the professionals who said the up-
are also trying to build in the U.S., on how to make deal every day with the date is part Sistrunk
infill rules for the updated the code easier to under- wording, then the average of what she
code, which will encour- stand. citizen’s not going to get sees a normal, healthy
age new development to He said part of the it.” work to keep the city’s
fit with what’s around it in drafting process will in- Ward 2 Alderman San- processes up-to-date.
similarly-zoned areas. clude creating graphics dra Sistrunk said she feels “Every community
“You’ll take what’s to more easily illustrate it’s a good time to update ought to be looking at
around you,” he said. what the requirements Starkville’s code, much of what it does every five to
“You’ll line up with the laid out in the code’s var- which is decades old. 10 years,” she said. “This
houses around you. Your ious sections mean. “A lot of our old code is a part of that normal
sides will be set back sim- It should, he said, be a is what, 50 to 60 years old growth process.
ilarly to those. If there’s
parking in the front, you
can park in the front. If
not, you can park on the
sides or the back like they
do. Your building’s got to
be similar to the height
of the buildings around
you.”
Streamlining
and modernizing
Havelin said the code
rewrite also aims to
streamline certain pro-
cesses. For example, he
said someone looking to
subdivide a residential lot
into two lots now has to go
through the same process
as a developer looking to
build a 200-lot neighbor-
hood.
“It’s the same process,
the same requirements,
and that’s a little more
than it needs to be,” he
said. “We’ve put in stuff to

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of Supervisors and the
Columbus City Council.
She also will provide en-
terprise and investigative
coverage on government
issues and how public pol-
icy affects local citizens.
“Ever since I was a
little kid, I’ve wanted to
be a reporter,” she said.
“When I was younger, it
was because I wanted to
know everything about
everything. I was very
nosy. As I got older, I real-
ized how important a free,
ethical and fair press is to
communities, and I want-
ed to be a part of that. I
want to provide fair, unbi-
ased reporting to the peo-
ple in my community so
they have the information
they need to direct their
lives.
“I’m excited to be in
Columbus, a communi-
ty where citizens are so
engaged,” she added. “I
want to be an informed
citizen, myself, and so I
take very seriously the re-
sponsibility of informing
my fellow citizens as best
I can.”
Lien graduated from
Temple University in De-
cember with a bachelor’s
degree in journalism.
While completing her
studies, she worked for a
year at The Spirit newspa-
per in Delaware County,
Pennsylvania, as public
affairs reporter. She has
also served internships
with the New York Times
and Philadelphia Enquir-
er.
“Amanda has an ener-
gy and enthusiasm that
fits in very well in our
newsroom,” Managing
Editor Zack Plair said.
“She’s smart and is will-
ing to get out into the
community and work
hard. To have someone
here with Amanda’s de-
sire to produce strong
community journalism is
an asset not only to The
Dispatch but to Columbus
and Lowndes County cit-
izens.”

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Wisconsin man arrested in teen’s

abduction, parents’ deaths
13-year-old escaped after Ex-kidnapping
three months of captivity victim: Jayme
Closs needs space,
The Associated Press

BARRON, Wis. — A 21-year-old man

killed a Wisconsin couple in a baffling
scheme to kidnap their teenage daugh-
ter, then held the girl captive for three
months before she narrowly managed
to escape and reach safety as he drove
around looking for her, authorities said.
Jayme Closs, 13, was skinny, dishev-
eled and wearing shoes too big for her
when she approached a stranger and
pleaded for help Thursday near the
small, isolated north woods town of Gor-
don, where police said she was being
held by Jake Thomas Patterson.
Within minutes, Patterson was pulled
over and jailed on kidnapping and homi-
cide charges for what authorities said
was his meticulously planned shotgun
attack at the girl’s home in October.
The news that Jayme was safe set off
joy and relief 60 miles away in her home-
town of Barron, population 3,300, ending
an all-out search that gripped the state,
with many people fearing the worst the
longer she was missing.
“My legs started to shake. It was awe-
some. The stress, the relief — it was
awesome,” Barron County Sheriff Chris
Fitzgerald said, describing the moment
he learned Jayme had been found.
Jayme told one of the neighbors in
Gordon who took her in that she had
walked away from a cabin where she had
been held captive.
“She said that this person’s name was
Jake Patterson, ‘he killed my parents and
took me,’” said another neighbor, Kristin
Kasinskas. “She did not talk about why
or how. She said she did not know him.”
The sheriff said investigators are
trying to figure out what happened to
Jayme during her captivity and why she
was seized, and gave no details on how
she escaped except to say Patterson was
not home at the time. He said there is no
evidence Patterson knew Jayme or her
family or had been in contact with her
time to heal
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Katie Beers’ joy
quickly turned to deep concern when
she learned 13-year-old Jayme Closs
had been found alive in rural Wiscon-
sin nearly three months after police
say a man shot and killed her parents
then abducted the girl from their
home.
“She is going to have to grieve the
loss of her parents and also come to
terms with the fact she was abducted,
escaped and whatever (other) hell she
went through,” said Beers. “And it’s
not going to be easy.”
Beers knows that better than most.
Sunday will mark 26 years since a
then-10-year-old Beers was rescued
from an underground concrete bun-
ker in Bay Shore, New York, where
she had been held captive for more
than two weeks by a family friend
who’d lured her to his home with the
promise of birthday presents.
As Jayme begins to process her
trauma, experts and former victims
say what she needs most is space and
time to discuss it on her own terms.
And with the help of a supportive and
understanding family, she likely will
be able to recover and live a happy
life.
on social media.
“I know all of you are searching for
the answer why any of this happened,”
Fitzgerald said. “Believe me, so are we.”
The sheriff said that he did not know
if Jayme had been physically abused but
that she was hospitalized overnight for
observation and released. Investigators
were still interviewing her, and she was
“doing as well as circumstances allow,”
he said.

Surgeons fear pelvic mesh

lawsuits will spook patients
Mississippi among states pursuing
lawsuits that claim the surgeries
ruined some women’s quality of life
By GENE JOHNSON
The Associated Press
SEAT TLE — Doctors
who specialize in female
pelvic medicine say law-
suits by four states —
Washington, California,
Kentucky and Mississip-
pi — over products used
to treat pelvic floor dis-
orders and incontinence
might scare patients away
from the best treatment
options — or maybe even
push the products off the
market.
Sixty-three Washing-
ton surgeons signed a
letter to state Attorney
General Bob Ferguson,
arguing his consum-
er-protection lawsuit
against Johnson & John-
son and its Ethicon Inc.
subsidiary is off-base.
The lawsuit says the com-
panies failed to disclose
risks associated with the
products, but in their let-
ter the doctors said they
were never deceived and
that the case is based on
a misconception about
how they assess dangers
posed by medical proce-
dures.
“We have served on na-
tional and regional med-
ical societies in women’s
health,” wrote Dr. Jeffrey
Clemons, a pelvic recon-
structive surgeon in Taco-
ma. “It is astonishing to us
that the AG is proceeding
with this lawsuit without
first availing themselves
of the significant experi-
ence and expertise of this
group.”
At issue is “transvagi-
nal mesh” — plastic mesh
products that are implant-
ed to correct a variety of
pelvic floor disorders.
They came on the U.S.
market in the late 1990s
to treat stress urinary
incontinence — a condi-
tion triggered by physical
activity like coughing,
sneezing or running that
is common and some-
times debilitating in wom-
en after childbirth. The
treatment involves using
a thin mesh strip, called
a “mid-urethral sling,” to
support the urethra, the
tube that carries urine
away from the bladder.

US starts withdrawing supplies from Syria

In coming weeks, about 2,000 troops
are expected to depart Syria
By ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON — gent of about 2,000 troops
The U.S. military says it
has started pulling equip-
ment, but not troops, out
of Syria as a first step in
meeting President Don-
ald Trump’s demand for
a complete military with-
drawal.
The announcement
is fueling concern about
how quickly the U.S. will
abandon its Kurdish al-
lies, amid contradictory
statements recently by
Trump administration
officials on an exit time-
table.
The withdrawal began
with shipments of mili-
tary equipment, U.S. de-
fense officials said. But in
coming weeks, the contin-
is expected to depart even
as the White House says
it will keep pressure on
the Islamic State group.
Once the troops are gone,
the U.S. will have ended
three years of organiz-
ing, arming, advising and
providing air cover for
Syrian, Kurdish and Arab
fighters in an open-ended
campaign devised by the
Obama administration to
deal the IS group a lasting
defeat.
“The fact that a cou-
ple thousand uniformed
personnel in Syria will be
withdrawing is a tactical
change. It doesn’t mate-
rially alter our capacity
to continue to perform
the military actions that
we need to perform,”
Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo said Saturday
in the United Arab Emir-
ates.
Uncertainty over the
timing and terms of the
Syria pullout have raised
questions about the
Trump administration’s
broader strategy for fight-
ing Islamic extremism,
including Trump’s stated
intention to reduce U.S.
forces in Afghanistan this
summer.
U.S. airstrikes against
IS in Syria began in Sep-
tember 2014, and ground
troops moved in the fol-
lowing year in small num-
bers.

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8A Sunday, January 13, 2019
US flu season poised
to be milder than last
year’s harsh one
Last season, an estimated 80,000
Americans died of flu and its
complications — the disease’s highest
death toll in at least four decades
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — It’s
early, but the current flu
season is shaping up to be
gentler than last winter’s
unusually brutal one, U.S.
health officials said.
In most parts of the
country, most illness-
es right now are being
caused by a flu strain that
leads to fewer hospitaliza-
tions and deaths as the
kind of flu that dominat-
ed a year ago, according
to officials at the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention. Vaccines also
work better against it,
said the CDC’s Dr. Alicia
Fry.
So is the U.S. in for a
milder flu season?
“If (this strain) contin-
ues to be the predominant
virus, that is what we’d ex-
pect,” Fry said.
Last season, an esti-
mated 80,000 Americans
died of flu and its compli-
cations — the disease’s
highest death toll in at
least four decades. In
recent years, flu-related
deaths have ranged from
about 12,000 to 56,000,
US stocks drift in a
quiet close to another
winning week
‘After some of the initial gains we
saw earlier in the week I think it’s
just a rally looking tired’
Baird investment strategist Willie Delwiche
By STAN CHOE
and ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK — U.S.
stock indexes nestled a
hair lower on Friday af-
ter the falling price of oil
weighed on energy com-
panies, but the S&P 500
nevertheless closed out
its third straight winning
week following a brutal
stretch in December.
It was a day full of
broken streaks — oil fell
for the first time in two
weeks, and the yield on
the 10-year Treasury note
sank to its first loss in
more than a week — but
the market remained calm
through it. Gradual moves
for markets in recent days
have offered a respite fol-
lowing the tumultuous
trading that rocked inves-
tors in late 2018.
“After some of the ini-
tial gains we saw earlier
in the week I think it’s just
a rally looking tired,” said
Tests confirm 2 more cases
of deer disease in Mississippi
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Two
more cases of debilitating
deer disease have been
confirmed in Mississippi,
bringing the total to six.
The Mississippi De-
partment of Wildlife, Fish-
eries and Parks tells the
Clarion Ledger that tests
confirm two deer shot
by hunters in Marshall
County had chronic wast-
ing disease. The north
Mississippi county earlier
reported its first case.
The contagious and
fatal neurological disease
causes deer to have trem-
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
according to the CDC.
The CDC has no esti-
mate of deaths so far this
season, partly because it’s
so early. Flu usually takes
off after Christmas and
peaks around February.
On Friday, the CDC
released its regular week-
ly flu update, showing
that it was reported to be
widespread in 30 states
last week, up from 24 the
week before.
The health agency also
released new estimates of
how the flu season is play-
ing out. It said:
■ About 6 million to 7
million Americans have
become ill since flu sea-
son kicked off in the fall.
■ About half were sick
enough to go to see a doc-
tor.
■ Roughly 70,000 to
80,000 have been hospi-
talized.
The CDC usually
doesn’t make those esti-
mates until a flu season is
over, but researchers have
been working on the mod-
el for nearly a decade and
believe it is sound enough
to use while the season
is still going on, officials
said.
Willie Delwiche, invest-
ment strategist at Baird.
“I think it’s probably not
much more than a chance
for people to digest the
move and try to get a
sense of whether we’ve
had a bounce — and this
is it — or maybe a pause
as we continue to move
higher.”
The S&P 500 edged
down by 0.38 points, or
less than 0.1 percent, to
2,596.26. Last month, a
typical day for the index
was a swing 10 times that.
The Dow Jones In-
dustrial Average dipped
5.97 points, or less than
0.1 percent, to 23,995.95.
The Nasdaq composite
lost 14.59, or 0.2 percent,
to 6,971.48, and the Rus-
sell 2000 index of smaller
stocks ticked up by 1.95,
or 0.1 percent, to 1,447.38.
It was the first loss for
the S&P 500 in six days,
and much of the reason
for it was the falling price
of oil.
ors and other movement
problems and lose weight.
Issaquena County has re-
ported two cases, while
Pontotoc County has re-
ported one.
The disease is present
in 25 other states. Ten-
nessee has confirmed 24
cases in two counties bor-
dering Mississippi.
Wildlife Bureau di-
rector Russ Walsh says
Mississippi tested about
6,000 deer in the last year
to determine the disease’s
prevalence.
Officials encourage
hunters to submit killed
deer for testing.
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Falcons stifle Trojans on defensive end

By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Phillip Morris loves defense.
After playing for and then
coaching with longtime Colum-
bus High School boys basket-
ball coach Sammy Smith, it’s
easy to tell how Morris’ affinity
for pressure and hard-nosed
play was nurtured. Those
qualities blossomed as Morris
grew as an assistant coach un-
der Luther Riley, Gary Griffin,
and Anthony Carlyle and was a
part of two state championship
squads with the Falcons.
Morris’ passion for defense
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
still burns now that he is run-
Tijah McCrary (5) drives to the goal for Columbus Saturday night.
ning the show at Columbus
High.
“Yeah. Yeah. There you go,”
Morris said as two Columbus
players trapped a New Hope
player in front of the scorer’s
table to force New Hope coach
Drew McBrayer to call a time-
out.
Later in the third quarter,
Morris implored the Falcons
to keep up the intensity in their
half-court defense as he said,
“Get him. Get him. Don’t let
him out.”
Morris’ encouragement
helped Columbus set the tone
with its defense in the third
quarter en route to a 59-48 vic-
tory against New Hope in a Mis-
sissippi High School Activities
Association (MHSAA) non-re-
gion game at New Hope High.
“The first time we played
them that is kind of how we
spread the lead out,” Morris
said. “In the second half, we
just kicked the pressure up and
pressed them a lot and tried to
make them give it up, which
they did. We didn’t do a good
job of finishing the game, but
we’re still learning how to fin-
ish games.”
Tijah McCrary had a game-
high 23 points (25 in his team’s
scorebook) to lead Columbus
(8-11), which was coming off a
See FALCONS, 6B

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Ole Miss 81, No. 14 Mississippi State 77

Young Rising Rebels

players step up, stun
shine in Bulldogs
rivalry
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Successful offensive

teams set up their opponents and lay the
By Adam Minichino groundwork for the next possession.
aminichino@cdispatch.com
After watching his teammates hit 11
3-pointers against No. 14 Mississippi State
STARKVILLE — Robert
Woodard II, Reggie Perry, and on Saturday, Breein Tyree saw an opportu-
Blake Hinson made an impres- nity to get into the act. This time, though, it
sion in their first installment of wasn’t from the 3-point line.
the Mississippi State-Ole Miss Positioned on the right wing, Tyree
rivalry. watched as Nick Weatherspoon came out
Woodard II to guard him on the left wing and glanced
and Perry did Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch for a screener. Instead of waiting for a team-
First-year Ole Miss men’s basketball coach Kermit Davis instructs freshman forward KJ mate to come or settling for a shot from be-
most of their Buffen (14) during Saturday’s 81-77 road win at Mississippi State.
damage in the hind the arc, Tyree penetrated with the left
first half for the hand — the same side he hurt in the open-

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN

Bulldogs, who ing minute. The Bulldogs were the only
led by two points ones who felt any pain after Tyree’s move.
at halftime. Tyree’s left-handed layup with 49.8 sec-
Woodard II But Hinson onds remaining propelled Ole Miss to an
ultimately had 81-77 victory against No. 14 Mississippi
the upper hand, Davis’ Rebels make most of coach’s return home by pulling upset win See BULLDOGS, 6B
pouring in a

T
game-high 26 he 1983 comedy, but
points in Ole movie Saturday’s
Slimantics
Miss’ 81-77 vic- “Trad- remake was dling pocket change. Ole
tory against ing Places,” no laughing Miss finished runner-up
No. 14 MSU in starring Eddie matter for in 20 games last year and
Perry a Southeast- Murphy and about 10,000 of finished dead last in the
ern Conference Dan Akyrod, the 10,021 who SEC.
game before a was a comic crowded into The prospects weren’t
crowd of 10,021 farce built on the Hump for any better going into this
at Humphrey the premise the Saturday season. Ole Miss was
Coliseum. of a homeless matinee. pegged to finish 14th the
“I was just scam artists In what was preseason poll, which
kind of feeling and a pampered Slim Smith a thoroughly some people thought
it, and my team- commodities entertaining might be a little high, even
mates looking broker places as part of a game played in an electric in a 14-team league.
Hinson bet by a couple of sinister atmosphere, Ole Miss
for me, too,” Hin- Mississippi State, by
son said. “Every millionaires. scored the game’s last four comparison, was supposed
time I came into the huddle If you were to recast the points for an 81-77 win. to be the state’s up-and-
they said, ‘Just keep shooting movie with Kermit Davis To appreciate the signif- coming program. In his
it.’ They kept feeding it to me Jr. and Ben Howland and icance of what is happen- fourth season, Howland,
and they were finding me open. use basketball as the back- ing, a little background is with a roster filled with
I was feeling it, and they knew I drop, the movie would look required. talented veterans and
was feeling it, too, so they were a lot like Saturday’s game When Davis was named highly-touted newcomers,
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
giving it to me to shoot.” at Humphrey Coliseum as the Rebels coach in were picked fourth in the
between Davis’ Rebels and 2018, he took over a team Mississippi State’s Tyson Carter (23) rises
Hinson was 8-for-16 from league, a dark-horse con- up to take a shot against Ole Miss Satur-
the field, including 5-for-11 Howland’s Bulldogs. that was living in a refrig- tender for the SEC title. day in Humphrey Coliseum.
See NOTEBOOK, 6B The 1983 movie was a erator box and panhan- See SLIMANTICS, 6B

NFL: Playoffs

Prescott, Cowboys ousted by Rams

By GREG BEACHAM
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — C.J. An-
derson rushed for 123 yards and
two touchdowns, and Todd Gur-
ley rushed for 115 more yards
and another TD in the Los An-
geles Rams’ first playoff victory
in 14 years, 30-22 over the Dal-
las Cowboys in the divisional
round on Saturday night.
Gurley and Anderson pun-
ished the Cowboys’ normally
sturdy run defense and sent the
second-seeded Rams (14-3) to
the NFC championship game
Inside
n DOME SWEET DOME: Saints
host Eagles today. Page 4B
for the first time in 17 years. Los
Angeles racked up a franchise
playoff-record 273 yards on the
ground — also the most ever al-
lowed in the postseason by the
Cowboys.
The long-struggling Rams
had won only one postseason
game since their last trip to
the Super Bowl in February
2002, but 32-year-old coach
Sean McVay has added his first
playoff victory to his spectacu-
lar two-season franchise turn-
around.
Ezekiel Elliott rushed for a
TD and Amari Cooper caught
an early TD pass for the Cow-
boys (11-7), who still haven’t
won a playoff game on the road
in 26 years. After winning the
NFC East and beating Seattle
last week, Dallas lost in the di-
visional playoff round for the Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports
sixth consecutive time. Dallas wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) runs the ball as Los Ange-
Also Saturday, Kansas City les free safety Lamarcus Joyner (20) moves to defend during the
beat Indianapolis, 31-13. first half Saturday night.
2B Sunday, January 13, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly CALENDAR Basketball

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
and two wild cards per conference advance to
CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with 2B
Scooter Gennett, SS Jose Peraza, OF Yasiel
Puig and RHPs Anthony DeSclafani, Michael
NBA playoffs. Lorenzen and Tanner Roark on one-year con-

Local Prep Basketball

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Friday’s Games
Carolina 4, Buffalo 3
tracts.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms
RHPs Chad Bettis, Jon Gray, Scott Oberg, LHP
Columbus basketball squads sweep Oxford Monday’s Games Toronto
Philadelphia
32 12 .727 —
27 16 .628 4½
Winnipeg 4, Detroit 2
Calgary 4, Florida 3
Tyler Anderson, INF Trevor Story and C Tony
Wolters to one-year contracts.
Both Columbus High School basketball teams moved to 2-0 in Mis- Columbus Christian at Starkville Academy Boston 25 16 .610 5½ Pittsburgh 7, Anaheim 4 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms
sissippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 6A, Region Brooklyn 21 23 .477 11 Saturday’s Games with RHP Pedro Baez, RHP Josh Fields, RHP
Oak Hill Academy at Calhoun Academy New York 10 32 .238 21 New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 2 Yimi Garcia, OF/INF Enrique Hernandez, OF
2 play with a doubleheader sweep of Oxford Friday night at home. Southeast Division N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Joc Pederson, SS Corey Seager and OF Chris
In the opener, the Lady Falcons took a 58-17 victory. Tuesday’s Games W L Pct GB Boston 3, Toronto 2 Taylor on one-year contracts.
Miami 21 20 .512 — Columbus 2, Washington 1, OT MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with C J.T.
For Columbus (14-2), Hannah White had 22 points, while JaTyler Forest Hill at Columbus Charlotte 19 22 .463 2 Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 3 Realmuto, LHP Adam Conley, SS Miguel Rojas,
Turner had 14 points. Montreal 3, Colorado 0
New Hope at Louisville Washington
Orlando
18 25 .419 4
17 24 .415 4 Detroit 5, Minnesota 2
RHP Dan Straily and RHP Jose Urena on one-
year contracts.
The Columbus boys (7-11) took a 59-53 victory in the nightcap. Itawamba AHS at Caledonia Atlanta 13 29 .310 8½ Vegas at Chicago, late NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with
n New Hope basketball teams split pair with Kosciusko: At Central Division St. Louis at Dallas, late RHPs Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndegaard, Zack
Columbus, the New Hope High School basketball teams split a MHSAA Noxubee County at Vardaman W L Pct GB Arizona at Edmonton, late
Ottawa at San Jose, late
Wheeler, OF Michael Conforto and LHP Steven
Milwaukee 29 12 .707 — Matz on one-year contracts.
Class 4A, Region 4 doubleheader with Kosciusko Friday night at home. Noxapater at Hamilton Indiana 28 14 .667 1½ Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, late PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms
Detroit 18 23 .439 11 Today’s Games with OF Aaron Altherr, LHP José Álvarez, RHP
The New Hope boys (9-8, 2-0) boys won 56-34, while the New Heritage Academy at Magnolia Heights Chicago 10 32 .238 19½ Nashville at Carolina, 11:30 a.m. Jerad Eickhoff, 3B Maikel Franco, 2B César
Hope girls (7-9, 1-1) dropped a 50-46 decision. N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 5 p.m. Hernández, LHP Adam Morgan, RHP Hector
Starkville Academy at Leake Academy Cleveland 8 35 .186 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Néris and RHP Vince Velasquez to one-year
n Starkville High School basketball teams sweep Murrah: At Florida at Vancouver, 6 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Kirk Academy Southwest Division
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
contracts. Signed INF Gift Ngoepe, LHP Ed-
Jackson, the Starkville High School basketball teams swept Murrah in W L Pct GB ward Paredes and INF Andrew Romine to minor
a pair of close Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Thursday’s Game Houston 24 17 .585 — Arizona at Calgary, 8:30 p.m. league contracts.
San Antonio 25 18 .581 — PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms
Class 6A, Region 3 games Friday night.
In the girls game, Jalisa Outlaw had 14 points to lead Starkville to a
Winston Academy at Columbus Christian
Friday’s Games
New Orleans
Dallas
20 22 .476 4½
20 22 .476 4½
Transactions with OF Corey Dickerson and RHP Keone Kela
on one-year contracts. Claimed RHP Aaron
42-41 victory. Amaya Ford and Amaria Strong added nine points for the
Memphis 19 23 .452 5½
Northwest Division
Saturday’s Moves Slegers off waivers from Minnesota. Designat-
ed RHP Dario Agrazal for assignment.
Tupelo at Columbus W L Pct GB
FOOTBALL
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms
Lady Yellow Jackets (11-3, 2-0 region). National Football League
In the boys game, Zeke Cook had 22 points to help Starkville rally New Hope at Leake Central Denver
Oklahoma City
28 12 .700 —
25 16 .610 3½
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Freddie with RHPs Michael Wacha and Dominic Leone
and OF Marcell Ozuna on one-year contracts.
Kitchens coach.
for a 62-61 victory. Caledonia at Pontotoc Portland
Utah
26 17 .605 3½
22 21 .512 7½
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed QB Jake Rudock SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms
to a reserve/futures contract. with LHP Will Smith on a one-year contract.
The Yellow Jackets (16-1, 2-0) used a 20-8 fourth quarter to come Starkville High at Madison Central Minnesota 20 22 .476 9 HOCKEY WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to
Pacific Division terms with SS Trea Turner and 3b Anthony
from behind to get the victory. West Point at Grenada W L Pct GB
National Hockey League
ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Michael Rendon on one-year contracts.
Jamarrion Brown added 13 points for Starkville. Golden State 28 14 .667 — BASKETBALL
Noxubee County at Kosciusko L.A. Clippers 24 18 .571 4
Bunting to Tucson (AHL).
n Victory Christian Academy boys’ basketball team wins: L.A. Lakers 23 20 .535 5½
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated G Macken- NBA G League
Dallas Colom had 24 points Friday night to lead the Victory Christian Okolona at Aberdeen Sacramento 21 21 .500 7
zie Blackwood and F Marcus Johansson from WESTCHESTER KNICKS — Waived F Phil
Carr.
injured reserve. Assigned G Cam Johnson to
Academy boys basketball team to a 76-59 victory against Tuscaloosa Heritage Academy at Starkville Academy Phoenix 10 33 .233 18½ Binghamton (AHL). FOOTBALL
COLLEGE National Football League
Christian Academy. Oak Hill Academy at Central Holmes Academy Friday’s Games MIAMI — Named Eric Hickson running backs ARIZONA CARDINALS — Named Vance
Atlanta 123, Philadelphia 121
Andrew Bishop had 20 points, and Solomon Hill had 14 points, 16 Columbus Christian at Starkville Christian Washington 113, Milwaukee 106
coach and Butch Barry offensive line coach. Joseph defensive coordinator and Bill Davis
linebackers coach.
rebounds, and four blocked shots for the Eagles (15-3). Indiana 121, New York 106 Friday’s Moves CHICAGO BEARS — Named Chuck Pagano
n Heritage Academy boys’ basketball team wins: At Colum- Saturday’s Games Toronto 122, Brooklyn 105 BASEBALL defensive coordinator.
Dallas 119, Minnesota 115
bus, Eli Acker had 16 points Friday night lead a balanced scoring attack Mooreville at Caledonia Houston 141, Cleveland 113
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended
Detroit LHP Gregory Soto 20 games, pursuant
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Greg Roman
offensive coordinator.
Portland 127, Charlotte 96
in the Heritage Academy boys basketball team’s 62-47 victory against Columbus girls at Warren Central Utah 113, L.A. Lakers 95
to Article XII(B) of the Basic Agreement. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Retained defensive
American League coordinator Mike Pettine.
Hartfield Academy. Starkville High at Choctaw County Classic Golden State 146, Chicago 109 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated C NEW YORK JETS — Named Adam Gase
Jared Long had 14 points, Cameron Bell had 12, and Mack Howard Saturday’s Games Andrew Susac for assignment. Claimed INF coach.
Okolona at Noxubee County Detroit 109, L.A. Clippers 104 Hanser Alberto off waivers from the N.Y. Yan- PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Named Teryl
had 10 for the Patriots. Miami 112, Memphis 108
The Heritage Academy girls won 50-42. Prep Soccer Orlando 105, Boston 103
Minnesota 110, New Orleans 106
kees. Agreed to terms with RHP Dylan Bundy,
RHP Mychal Givens, and INF Jonathan Villar
on one-year contracts.
Austin senior defensive assistant coach.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Keith
Armstrong special teams coordinator and Har-
n Starkville Academy basketball splits with Canton Acad- Monday’s Matches Oklahoma City 122, San Antonio 112 BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with old Goodwin assistant head coach/run game
emy: At Starkville, the Starkville Academy basketball teams split with Denver at Phoenix, late INF Brock Holt, LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, SS coordinator.
Pillow Academy at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Sacramento, late Xander Bogaerts, OFs Mookie Betts and Jackie HOCKEY
Canton Academy Friday night at home. Chicago at Utah, late Bradley Jr., Cs Sandy Leon and Blake Swihart National Hockey League
In the opener, the Lady Volunteers (15-7) won 33-30. Mary Peyton Washington School at Heritage Academy, 5 p.m. Today’s Games and RHPs Matt Barnes, Brandon Workman and NHL — F Rick Nash announced his retirement.
Philadelphia at New York, Noon
Passons led Starkville Academy with 11 points. Vardaman at MSMS, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Washington, Noon
Steven Wright on one-year contracts.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with
ARIZONA COYOTES — Traded D Jacob
Graves and a 2019 sixth-round draft pick to
Canton Academy won the boys’ game. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Matches Houston at Orlando, 5 p.m.
1B José Abreu, RHP Alex Colomé, LHP Carlos Philadelphia for C Jordan Weal.
Rodon and INF Yolmer Sanchez on one-year NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned G
n CCA wins in boys’ basketball: The Columbus Christian New Hope at Caledonia, 5 p.m. Golden State at Dallas, 6 p.m. contracts. Troy Grosenick to Milwaukee (AHL).
Rams remained unbeaten in district play Friday night, defeating Kemper Portland at Denver, 7 p.m. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Egor
Academy 66-41. The Rams were led in scoring by Lawson Studdard Starkville High at Murrah, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. SS Francisco Lindor on a one-year contract. Yakovlev to Binghamton (AHL).
with 22 points. He was followed by Jonathan Peal with 10 points and
Dakota Shaw with 9.
Thursday’s Match
MSMS at Choctaw Central, 5:30 p.m.
Football Claimed RHP A.J. Cole off waivers from the
N.Y. Yankees.
DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Signed G Casey
DeSmith to a three-year contract extension.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Acquired D Jan
n Starkville High soccer team shocks Madison Central:
NFL Playoffs LHPs Matthew Boyd, Blaine Hardy, Daniel Nor- Rutta, along with a seventh-round draft pick in
Friday’s Matches Divisional Playoffs ris and OF Nicholas Castellanos on one-year
contracts.
2019, from the Chicago Blackhawks for D Slater
At Starkville, the Starkville High School boys’ soccer team beat the Saturday, Jan. 12 Koekkoek and a fifth-round pick in 2019.
Kosciusko at Caledonia, 5 p.m. Kansas City 31, Indianapolis 13 HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms OF American Hockey League
nation’s top-ranked team, Madison Central, 1-0 at home Friday night. L.A. Rams 30, Dallas 22 Jake Marisnick, RHP Will Harris, RHP Lance GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Named Bran-
Maverick Brasher scored the lone goal for the Yellow Jackets. Louisville at New Hope, 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 McCullers Jr., RHP Collin McHugh, RHP Ro- don Nelson director of game presentation and
Los Angeles Chargers at New England, 12:05 berto Osuna, RHP Brad Peacock and RHP Mitchell Hoffman corporate partnerships fulfill-
Madison Central took the girls’ match, 4-0. Columbus Christian at Pillow Academy, 5 p.m. p.m. (CBS) Ryan Pressly on one-year contracts. ment coordinator.
The Yellow Jackets are now 13-2 overall and 1-1 in region play, KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Assigned 3B Ches-
Heritage Academy at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 3:40 p.m. (FOX)
Conference Championships lor Cuthbert outright to Omaha (PCL).
MANITOBA MOOSE — Assigned D Justin
Woods and Jacob Cederholm to Jacksonville
while the Lady Jackets fell to 10-4-1 and 0-2. Starkville High at Northwest Rankin, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms (ECHL).
n Heritage Academy soccer records tie, loss in weekend NFC with RHP Cam Bedrosian, RHP Luis Garcia, UTICA COMETS — Returned D Craig
play: The Heritage Academy soccer team tied Washington School 0-0, Saturday’s Match L.A. Rams vs. New Orleans-Philadelphia win- LHP Andrew Heaney, 2B Tommy La Stella,
RHP Hansel Robles and LHP Tyler Skaggs on
Wyszomirski to Manchester (ECHL).
ner, 2:05 p.m. (FOX) ISOCCER
before dropping a 1-0 decision to Bayou Academy. Starkville High at New Hope, 11 a.m. AFC one-year contracts. National Women’s Soccer League
L.A. Chargers-New England winner at Kansas MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with
Men’s College Basketball City, 5:40 p.m. (CBS) OF Byron Buxton, RHP Kyle Gibson, OF Max
WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Waived G Kelsey
Wys.
Mississippi University for Women Today’s Game Hockey
Kepler, RHP Trevor May, RHP Jake Odorizzi,
LHP Taylor Rogers, OF Eddie Rosario and 3B
Miguel Sano on one-year contracts.
TENNIS
USTA — Announced the retirement of CEO and
executive director Gordon Smith, effective at
Women’s basketball defeats Wesleyan College Mississippi University for Women at Campbells- NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with
NHL LHP Zach Britton on a three-year contract, with
the end of the year.
COLLEGE
MACON, Ga. — The Mississippi University Women women’s bas- ville University Somerset, 2 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE SS Didi Gregorius, LHP James Paxton, C Aus-
ALABAMA — OT Jonah Williams, DL Quinnen
Atlantic Division tin Romine, OF Aaron Hicks and RHPs Dellin
ketball team had four players in double figures as The W beat Wesleyan Tuesday’s Games GP W L OT Pts GF GA Betances, Sonny Gray and Tommy Kahnle Williams, TB Josh Jacobs and TE Irv Smith Jr.
will enter the NFL draft.
College 96-31 on Saturday afternoon in Porter Gymnasium. Florida at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay 44 34 8 2 70 183 125 on one-year contracts and with RHP Drew
ARMY — Promoted defensive assistant John
Toronto 43 28 13 2 58 156 119 Hutchinson and OF Matt Lipka on minor league
Senior Tenazhia Hinkson led the Owls with 19 points, her eighth Boston 44 25 15 4 54 128 114 contracts. Designated INF Hanser Alberto for Loose to defensive coordinator.
double-figure scoring effort in 15 games this season. Junior Qiayon LSU at Ole Miss, 8 p.m. Buffalo 44 23 15 6 52 128 125 assignment. ETSU — Signed football coach Randy Sanders
to a two-year contract extension.
Bailey put up 17 points while Starlandria Walton and Keyahana Jones Wednesday’s Game Montreal
Florida
45 23 17 5 51 135 139
43 17 18 8 42 137 155
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms
with LHP Sean Manaea, INFs Jurickson Profar FLAGLER — Named Connor Gettemy director
of sports performance.
scored 15 and 12 points respectively. Jones tallied her fifth double-dou- Alabama at Missouri, 8 p.m. Ottawa 45 17 23 5 39 142 174 and Marcus Semien and OFs Mark Canha and
GEORGIA — Promoted co-offensive coordina-
Detroit 46 16 23 7 39 128 158 Khris Davis on one-year contracts.
ble of the season, leading her team with 11 rebounds. Thursday’s Games Metropolitan Division SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with tor James Coley to offensive coordinator.
The W (11-4) dominated nearly every statistical category in the GP W L OT Pts GF GA LHP Roenis Elias on one-year contracts. GEORGIA TECH — Named Pat Boyle football
Southern Miss at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Washington 43 27 12 4 58 153 126 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with 3B research and analytics coordinator, analysts
game. The Owls forced 43 turnovers and scored 40 points off those Pittsburgh 44 25 13 6 56 159 127 Matt Duffy, C Mike Zunino and RHP Chaz Roe Joe Battaglia (offense) and Ronell Williams (de-
miscues. The Owls turned the ball over just 16 times and Wesleyan only Selma University at Mississippi University for Columbus 43 25 15 3 53 139 133 on one-year contracts. fense), and brand manager Santino Stancato.
N.Y. Islanders 43 24 15 4 52 129 116 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded C Russell MEMPHIS — Promoted senior defensive assis-
scored two points off The W turnovers. The Owls narrowly missed the Women, 7:30 p.m. Carolina 44 21 18 5 47 117 127 Martin and cash to the L.A. Dodgers for RHP tant Kevin Clune to linebackers coach.
rebounding battle 28-27 but outscored Wesleyan on second-chance MIAMI — Named Dan Enos offensive coordina-
Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 44 18 19 7 43 121 150
New Jersey 44 17 20 7 41 128 148
Andrew Sopko and INF Ronny Brito. Agreed to
terms with RHP Joe Biagini, 3B Brandon Drury, tor/quarterbacks coach.
points 17-4, had a 68-16 advantage in the paint and held a 27-2 edge in Arkansas at Ole Miss, Noon Philadelphia 45 16 23 6 38 123 160 RHP Ken Giles, OF Randal Grichuk, OF Kevin MICHIGAN STATE — Promoted quarterbacks
bench scoring. WESTERN CONFERENCE Pillar, RHP Aaron Sanchez, RHP Marcus Stro- coach Brad Salem to offensive coordinator/run-
Alabama at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Central Division man and 2B Devon Travis. ning backs coach, assistant defensive backs
GP W L OT Pts GF GA National League coach Don Treadwell to wide receivers coach
Morris College at Mississippi University for
Mississippi State Women, 3 p.m.
Winnipeg
Nashville
Dallas
44 28 14 2 58 152 125
46 27 15 4 58 142 116
45 23 18 4 50 120 119
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to
terms with LHPs Andrew Chafin and Robbie
Ray, 3B Jake Lamb, OF Steven Souza Jr. and
and Mike Tressel to assistant head coach in ad-
dition to his duties as defensive coordinator and
linebackers coach. Reassigned co-offensive
Men’s tennis starts strong at Arizona State Southern Miss at Old Dominion, 3 p.m. Colorado
Minnesota
44 20 16 8 48 151 141
43 22 18 3 47 122 120
RHPs Taijuan Walker, Matt Andriese, SS Nick
Ahmed and RHP Archie Bradley on one-year
coordinator/running backs coach Dave War-
ner to quarterbacks coach, tight ends coach
TEMPE, Ariz. – Four singles wins highlighted a strong finish by Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis 42 18 20 4 40 118 133 contracts. Jim Bollman to offensive line coach and wide
members of the Mississippi State men’s tennis team on Saturday, Chicago 46 16 22 8 40 134 167 ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with receivers coach Terrence Samuel to assistant
closing out competition at the Tempe Collegiate Cup. Women’s College Basketball
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
INF Charlie Culberson, OF Adam Duvall, LHP
Sam Freeman and RHPs Mike Foltynewicz,
defensive backs coach. Named Mark Staten
tight ends coach/special teams coordinator.
Three of MSU’s singles wins came against opponents from Arizona Today’s Games Calgary 46 29 13 4 62 166 132 Kevin Gausman, Arodys Vizcaino and Dan OHIO STATE — Named Matt Barnes special
San Jose 46 26 13 7 59 163 140 Winkler on one-year contracts. Named Dana teams coordinator/assistant secondary coach.
State, while one came against a foe from TCU, Friday’s main opponent. Ole Miss at Kentucky, Noon Vegas 47 27 16 4 58 142 124 Brown vice president/scouting. SIENA — Named Andrew Sanders fitness pro-
In doubles, the Bulldogs split four matches. Anaheim 45 19 18 8 46 109 136 CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with SS gramming coordinator and assistant strength
Seventh-ranked Niclas Braun and Giovanni Oradini closed out Alabama at Texas A&M, 1 p.m. Edmonton 44 21 20 3 45 124 141 Addison Russell, 3B Kris Bryant, 2B Javier and conditioning coach.
Vancouver 46 20 21 5 45 131 147 Baez, OF Kyle Schwarber, LHP Mike Mont- TEMPLE — Named Rod Carey football coach.
their weekend by pulling out a tough 7-6(3) victory over Arizona State’s Monday’s Game Arizona 43 19 21 3 41 112 121 gomery and RHPs Kyle Hendricks and Carl UTAH — Named Andy Ludwig offensive coordi-
Los Angeles 45 17 25 3 37 100 134 Edwards Jr. on one-year contracts. nator/quarterbacks coach.
Makey Rakotomalala and Justin Roberts. Bulldogs Gregor Ramskogler Mississippi State at Auburn, 6 p.m.
and Stedman Strickland also notched another doubles triumph, defeat- Tuesday’s Game
ing TCU’s Bertus Kruger and Eduardo Roldan 6-3.
MSU’s 36th-ranked Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic dropped a
Huntingdon College at Mississippi University for
Women, 5:30 p.m.
on the air
hard-fought 7-5 decision to Sun Devils Dominik Kellovsky and Nathan
Ponwith. ASU’s Andrea Bolla and Tim Ruehl downed Florian Broska Thursday’s Games Today NBA
and Trevor Foshey 6-4. Selma at Mississippi University for Women, 5:30 BOWLING Noon — G Leake, Erie at Raptors 905,
On the singles side, the 11th-ranked Borges moved back into the p.m. NBA TV
win column with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win against Kellovsky. Oradini also 10 a.m. — PBA: Oklahoma Open,
posted a victory, earning it in straight-set fashion against Roberts 6-1, South Carolina at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. Shawnee, Oklahoma, FS1 8:30 p.m. — Cleveland at LA Clippers,
7-6(5). Closing out MSU victories against ASU opponents was Rakic, Charlotte at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. BOXING NBA TV
who defeated Rakotomalala in comeback fashion 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. Tennessee at Alabama, 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. — PBC: Prelims, Los Ange- NHL
Ponwith and Bolla were the two Sun Devils who posted wins over Saturday’s Games 5 p.m. — NY Rangers at Columbus,
Bulldogs, defeating No. 67 Braun and No. 78 Broska, respectively. les, California, FS1
Morris College at Mississippi University for COLLEGE BASKETBALL NHL Network
State’s 93rd-ranked senior Foshey posted a quick 7-5, 6-2 win
against TCU’s Sander Jong, while Ramskogler dropped a tough three- Women, 1 p.m. 11 a.m. — Butler at Xavier, CBS SOCCER
set decision to the Horned Frogs’ Bertus Kruger. Old Dominion at Southern Miss, 4 p.m. Sports Network 8:10 a.m. — Premier League: Everton
n Track and field fares well in Birmingham: At Birmingham, Sunday’s Games vs. Bournemouth, NBC Sports Network
Alabama, while Friday saw a strong day from Mississippi State’s 11 a.m. — Villanova at Creighton,
LSU at Alabama, 1 p.m. 10:25 a.m. — Premier League: Tot-
runners, field athletes garnered many of the highlights at Saturday’s WLOV
Vulcan Invitational to conclude the season-opening weekend for the Florida at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. tenham vs. Manchester United, NBC
2:30 p.m. — Massachusetts at Day-
track and field squad. College Rifle ton, FS1 Sports Network
State brought home the top two finishers in the men’s high jump, Saturday’s Meet TENNIS
while also earning top-three finishes in the men’s shot put and men’s 3 p.m. — East Carolina at Central
triple jump, as well as both 3000m races. Ole Miss at West Virginia Florida, ESPNU 6 p.m. — Australian Open: Day 1, first
“This weekend was a great learning experience for us,” interim Men’s College Tennis 4;30 p.m. — George Mason at Rhode round, ESPN2
head coach Chris Woods said. “We did some great things and we Wednesday’s Match Island, NBC Sports Network 10 p.m. — Australian Open: Day 1,
found out what areas we need to work on. I want us to take the lessons first round, ESPN2
learned this weekend and apply them this upcoming week in practice Ole Miss vs. Texas (Orlando, Florida), 11 a.m. 5 p.m. — Memphis at Tulane, ESPNU
Saturday’s Matches 6:30 p.m. — Northwestern at Michi- 2 a.m. (Monday) — Australian Open:
and in our next meets. If we do that, we’re set up for more success next
weekend.” Michigan at Alabama, 1 p.m. gan, Big Ten Network Day 1, first round, ESPN2
Reggie Miller set a career-best in the high jump, leaping 2.15m
(7-0.5) to win the event. DeVantre Young finished second, clearing
Chattanooga at Alabama, 6 p.m. 9 p.m. — UCLA at Oregon State, FS1 Monday
2.05m (6-8.75). Women’s College Tennis WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL
In her MSU debut, freshman Peyton Mickelson got her career off Monday’s Matches 11 a.m. — Cincinnati at Central 5:30 p.m. — Nebraska at Indiana, FS1
on a strong note, shattering State’s freshman record in the pole vault Ole Miss at NCTC Invitational (Palm Springs, Florids, ESPNU 6 p.m. — Holy Cross at Bucknell, CBS
with a vault of 3.50m (11-5.75). Noon — South Florida at Connecticut, Sports Network
California)
“I’m particularly proud of how Reggie competed today,” Woods
said. “Not only did he set a personal-best and win his event, but he was Thursday’s Matches ESPN 6 p.m. — Syracuse at Duke, ESPN
just two bars away from qualifying for nationals. His performance today Ole Miss at Hawaii Spring Invitational Noon — Providence at Seton Hall, FS2 6 p.m. — South Florida at Pittsburgh,
helped put himself in a good position for the rest of the season. I’m Friday’s Matches Noon — Ole Miss at Kentucky, SEC ESPNU
also very proud of how Peyton came in today put her name in the MSU Ole Miss at Hawaii Spring Invitational Network 8 p.m. — Texas at Kansas, ESPN
record book early on in her career by breaking the freshman record in
her first college meet and setting herself up for future success.” Saturday’s Matches 1 p.m. — Duquesne at George Mason, 8 p.m. — Baylor at Oklahoma State,
For the second time in as many days, sophomore Alicia Viveros Ole Miss at Hawaii Spring Invitational CBS Sports Network ESPNU
earned a personal-best mark in the shot put, this time throwing 14.28m Mississippi State vs. Chattanooga (Birmingham), 1 p.m. — Alabama at Texas A&M, WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
(46-10.25) to earn a fifth-place finish. Viveros’ performance was her 10 a.m. ESPNU 6 p.m. — Michigan State at Ohio
third total personal record achieved this weekend, and also moved her
Mississippi State at Samford, 4 p.m. 2 pm. — Rutgers at Nebraska, Big Ten State, Big Ten Network
into third place all-time in program history in the indoor shot put. In the
same event, Chardae Tryon threw a personal-best 13.63m (44-8.75). Sunday’s Matches Network 6 p.m. — Iowa at Minnesota, ESPN2
In the men’s shot put, Jeremiah Pierce earned a second-place UAB at Alabama, 10 a.m. 2 p.m. — Tennessee at Georgia, ESPN 6 p.m. — Mississippi State at Auburn,
finish with a throw of 15.40m (50-6.25). Belmont at Alabama, 4 p.m. 2 p.m. — Missouri at Florida, SEC SEC Network
Gralyn Jones also set a personal best in a third-place finish in the
triple jump, posting a mark of 14.72m (48-3.5). College Track and Field Network NBA
To close out the day, Carly Terp and Chandler Underwood both Friday-Saturday’s Meets 3 p.m. — Fordham at St. Louis, CBS 6 p.m. — Memphis at Houston, Fox
earned third-place finishes in the 3000m. Underwood did so in 9:41.25, Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South- Sports Network Sports Southeast
a personal best for the junior. ern Miss at Commodore Invitational (Nashville, 4 p.m. — Purdue at Northwestern, Big 7:30 p.m. — Charlotte at San Antonio,
n Edwards joins softball class: At Starkville, hailing as one of
Tennessee) Ten Network NBA TV
the top recruits in the 2019 recruiting class, outfielder Kiki Edwards
signed as the sixth member of the 2019 Mississippi State softball Mississippi State at Samford Mult (Birmingham, 4 p.m. — South Carolina at LSU, SEC NHL
signing class as announced by head coach Vann Stuedeman. Alabama) Network 6:30 p.m. — Montreal at Boston, NBC
Edwards, a native of Woodbridge, Virginia, was ranked nationally
by FloSoftball as the No. 88 recruit of the 2019 signing class and has Junior College Basketball COLLEGE WRESTLING Sports Network
Monday’s Games Noon — Iowa at Minnesota, Big Ten SOCCER
been a proven champion on every level of competition.
“Often times I heard the comment, “You’ll know when you know,” Women: Itawamba at Arkansas Midsouth, 5 p.m. Network 1:55 p.m. — Premier League: Man-
Edwards said. “Well, the moment I stepped foot on campus, I knew that Men: Itawamba at Arkansas Midsouth, 7 p.m. GOLF chester City vs. Wolverhampton, NBC
Mississippi State was where I wanted to continue my education and 1 p.m. — Web.com Tour: The Baha- Sports Network
Women: EMCC at Coahoma, 6 p.m.
softball career. The coaching staff, the environment and the tradition
Men: EMCC at Coahoma, 8 p.m. mas Great Exuma Classic, first round, TENNIS
immediately won my heart. My family is from Mississippi, so to return
home and be a Bulldog is the best feeling ever!” Thursday’s Games Bahamas, TGC 8 p.m. — Australian Open: Day 2, first
A four-year letterwinner at Osbourn Park High School, Edwards Women: Northwest at EMCC, 5:30 p.m. 5 p.m. — PGA Tour, Sentry Tourna- round, ESPN2
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SOCCER
Adult soccer league looks for rebirth in Columbus
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Soccer continues to experience a re-
birth in the city of Columbus.
Tom Velek hopes 2019 brings a re-
newed commitment and energy to con-
tinue to help grow the sport in Colum-
bus. To that end, Velek, the director
of the Columbus Soccer Organization
(CSO), and the CSO are partnering
with the city of Columbus and working
with Lowndes County to bring back an
adult soccer league.
Velek said the city of Columbus had
an adult soccer league several years
ago that played at the Downtown Co-
lumbus Soccer Complex. He hopes the
new version of the league will be able
to learn the lessons of how the other
league was run and to have a plan to
build interest.
“I wanted to bring back adult soccer
because I think it is important for a pro-
gram to offer stuff not just to kids but
to adults,” Velek said.
Registration is open and runs
through Jan. 25. The league is open
to men and women ages 19 and older.
Most of the games will be in February
and in March. Velek said the teams will
play at least one weeknight and on Sun-
day afternoons.
The fee is $55, which includes refer-
ee fees and free entry to the Friendly
City Shootout Tournament on March
23-24 at the Downtown Columbus Soc-
cer Complex. The fee also includes
field set-up and facility use fee paid to
Columbus Parks & Recreation.
Those interested in playing can reg-
ister online at the Columbus United
webpage (https://columbusunitedsoc-
cer.com).The games will be played on
Basketball
Saturday’s Men’s
College Scores
EAST
Boston U. 75, Navy 69
Bucknell 55, American U. 54
Buffalo 88, Miami (Ohio) 64
CCSU 77, Mount St. Mary’s 68
Colgate 91, Lehigh 78
Columbia 102, Elmira 63
Dartmouth 81, Harvard 63
DePaul 79, St. John’s 71
Duquesne 85, Saint Joseph’s 84
Georgetown 96, Providence 90, 2OT
Georgia Tech 73, Syracuse 59
Holy Cross 77, Lafayette 70
LIU Brooklyn 80, Robert Morris 73
Loyola (Md.) 66, Army 64
Maine 66, Albany (NY) 62
Mass.-Lowell 74, UMBC 63
Monmouth (NJ) 65, Manhattan 49
NC A&T 93, Delaware St. 70
NC Central 61, Md.-Eastern Shore 48
Oklahoma St. 85, West Virginia 77
Princeton 62, Penn 53
Richmond 76, George Washington 56
Sacred Heart 98, Bryant 70
Saint Louis 71, La Salle 64
St. Bonaventure 71, Fordham 64
St. Francis Brooklyn 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 68
Stony Brook 62, New Hampshire 44
Temple 82, South Florida 80, OT
Vermont 81, Hartford 62
Wagner 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 60
SOUTH
Abilene Christian 75, SE Louisiana 72
Auburn 93, Georgia 78
Austin Peay 72, UT Martin 70
Belmont 109, E. Kentucky 93
Bethune-Cookman 71, Howard 63
Charleston Southern 101, Longwood 91
Charlotte 65, FAU 60
Chattanooga 80, Samford 75
Coll. of Charleston 71, Delaware 58
Davidson 64, VCU 57
Duke 80, Florida St. 78
ETSU 72, Mercer 68, OT
Florida A&M 69, Savannah St. 64
Gardner-Webb 64, SC-Upstate 59
Georgia St. 74, Louisiana-Monroe 73
Grambling St. 69, Southern U. 63
Hampton 83, UNC-Asheville 61
Hofstra 74, Elon 71
Jackson St. 59, Alcorn St. 52
Jacksonville St. 90, SIU-Edwardsville 54
James Madison 74, Towson 65
Liberty 69, Jacksonville 53
Lipscomb 95, Stetson 71
Louisiana Tech 73, Middle Tennessee 56
Louisiana-Lafayette 87, Georgia Southern 85
Louisville 83, North Carolina 62
MVSU 72, Alabama A&M 63
Marshall 70, W. Kentucky 69
Miami 76, Wake Forest 65
Mississippi 81, Mississippi St. 77
NC State 86, Pittsburgh 80
New Orleans 79, McNeese St. 66
Nicholls 77, Houston Baptist 76
Norfolk St. 80, Coppin St. 66
North Alabama 61, NJIT 55
North Florida 87, Florida Gulf Coast 66
Northeastern 90, William & Mary 70
Old Dominion 75, FIU 74
Radford 79, Presbyterian 77
SC State 72, Morgan St. 68
Southern Miss. 73, UAB 68
Tennessee 78, Florida 67
Texas A&M 81, Alabama 80
Texas State 70, Appalachian St. 69
Texas-Arlington 61, Coastal Carolina 58
UNC-Greensboro 89, Furman 79
UNC-Wilmington 97, Drexel 83
Virginia 63, Clemson 43
W. Carolina 94, The Citadel 82
Winthrop 80, High Point 63
Wofford 90, VMI 76
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 97, Cent. Michigan 87, OT
California Baptist 77, Chicago St. 75
Detroit 93, Milwaukee 84
E. Michigan 95, Kent St. 61
Ill.-Chicago 73, Cleveland St. 56
Indiana St. 72, Evansville 66, OT
Iowa 72, Ohio St. 62
Kansas St. 58, Iowa St. 57
Loyola of Chicago 67, Illinois St. 64
Marquette 70, Seton Hall 66
Minnesota 88, Rutgers 70
Murray St. 85, SE Missouri 67
N. Illinois 73, Akron 56
North Dakota 71, W. Illinois 65
Notre Dame 69, Boston College 66
Oakland 90, Green Bay 78
Ohio 70, Ball St. 52
S. Dakota St. 84, Oral Roberts 65
Toledo 85, W. Michigan 77
Valparaiso 65, S. Illinois 61
Youngstown St. 82, IUPUI 76
SOUTHWEST
Cent. Arkansas 75, Lamar 68
Kansas 73, Baylor 68
LSU 94, Arkansas 88, OT
Northwestern St. 61, Stephen F. Austin 59
Oklahoma 76, TCU 74
Prairie View 79, Texas Southern 73
SMU 77, Tulsa 57
Sam Houston St. 66, Incarnate Word 52
Texas Tech 68, Texas 62
Troy 90, Arkansas St. 85, OT
UALR 91, South Alabama 62
UTSA 76, North Texas 74
FAR WEST
Air Force 62, San Diego St. 48
Boise St. 87, San Jose St. 64
Colorado St. 91, New Mexico 76
Long Beach St. 82, UC Davis 77
Montana 88, N. Colorado 64
New Mexico St. 73, CS Bakersfield 62
Pepperdine 76, San Diego 71
S. Utah 84, N. Arizona 82
Stanford 85, Arizona St. 71
Utah St. 71, Wyoming 55
Ole Miss 81,
No. 14 Miss. State 77
MISSISSIPPI (13-2): Olejniczak 3-4
0-0 6, T.Davis 5-10 0-0 12, Tyree 5-12 8-9 19,
Shuler 3-7 2-3 10, Hinson 8-16 5-8 26, Naylor
0-0 0-0 0, Buffen 0-0 0-0 0, Stevens 2-6 0-0
6, D.Davis 1-3 0-0 2, Rodriguez 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 27-58 15-20 81.
MISSISSIPPI ST. (12-3): Holman 2-5
2-3 8, Ado 3-6 0-0 6, Peters 6-15 1-1 16,
Q.Weatherspoon 6-12 6-8 18, N.Weather-
spoon 5-10 0-0 11, Perry 3-7 1-2 7, Carter 2-6
0-0 4, Woodard 3-3 1-2 7. Totals 30-64 11-16
77.
Halftime—Mississippi St. 41-39.
3-Point Goals—Mississippi 12-31 (Hinson
5-11, Shuler 2-4, Stevens 2-4, T.Davis 2-5,
Tyree 1-6, D.Davis 0-1), Mississippi St. 6-21
(Peters 3-9, Holman 2-4, N.Weatherspoon
1-2, Carter 0-2, Q.Weatherspoon 0-2, Perry
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the Weyerhaeuser Field, an Under-12
field, at the Downtown Columbus Soc-
cer Complex. The goals will be U-12
goals.
Teams will be co-ed. Velek said
there are no minimums or maximums
for the number of men or women on
each team.
Velek said he did a lot of research
on other adult leagues in the state of
Mississippi. He said the new league
will feature teams of seven-vs.-seven
instead of the traditional 11-vs.-11 to
make it easier for teams to join the
league and to reduce the physical de-
mands of playing on a larger field.
“We’re looking forward to it. We
hope to have four to five teams and
have everybody play everybody and to
end with a tournament,” Velek said.
Velek said individuals and teams
can register. He said that allows for
churches or businesses or other orga-
nizations to sign up and get involved.
He said groups need to indicate when
they register that they would like to
play together.
“League rankings will be kept, but
the focus is on fun,” Velek said.
Velek said the league will use a sin-
gle center referee. With one referee,
there won’t be any offsides.
“It means everyone will have a high
forward and a sweeper, but it allows us
to keep the per-player fees low,” Velek
said.
Zachary’s Restaurant in Columbus
will partner with and be a sponsor of
the adult soccer league. It will provide
a 15-percent discount on food for all
registered players. After their match-
es, players should wear their jersey to
the restaurant to get the discount.
0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Missis- Halftime—Southern Miss. 33-32.
sippi 27 (Stevens 8), Mississippi St. 35 (Ado 3-Point Goals—UAB 6-23 (Perry 3-6, Scott-
11). Assists—Mississippi 15 (Tyree 5), Mis- Grayson 1-3, Bell 1-6, Bryant 1-6, Gueye 0-1,
sissippi St. 11 (Peters 4). Total Fouls—Mis- Sullivan 0-1), Southern Miss. 11-26 (Draine
sissippi 17, Mississippi St. 17. Technicals— 5-8, Edwards 2-4, Harper-Baker 1-2, Wat-
Buffen, Hinson, Stevens, N.Weatherspoon. son 1-3, Holland 1-4, Griffin 1-5). Fouled
A—10,021 (10,575). Out—None. Rebounds—UAB 34 (Sullivan
9), Southern Miss. 35 (Harper-Baker 10). As-
sists—UAB 13 (Bryant 6), Southern Miss. 16
No. 18 Kentucky 56, (Griffin 10). Total Fouls—UAB 19, Southern
Miss. 14. A—2,886 (8,095).
Vanderbilt 47
VANDERBILT (9-6): Ryan 1-7 0-0 3,
Nesmith 5-11 0-0 11, Shittu 4-10 0-1 8, Lee
2-6 4-6 9, Toye 3-7 1-3 9, Brown 0-0 0-0 0,
Miss. Valley State 72,
Moyer 2-4 1-2 7, Wetzell 0-1 0-0 0, Evans 0-1 Alabama A&M 63
0-0 0. Totals 17-47 6-12 47. ALABAMA A&M (2-15): Kennedy 6-15
KENTUCKY (12-3): Johnson 6-8 2-2 15, 0-0 12, Scissum 2-5 0-0 4, Miller 1-6 0-0 2,
Washington 1-4 1-4 3, Travis 2-6 1-2 5, Herro Johnson 2-7 2-4 7, Reeder 2-7 0-0 4, Houston
1-3 2-2 4, Hagans 7-9 1-2 15, Richards 1-2 1-1 0-0 2, Seville 0-0 0-0 0, Wiley 2-11 2-2 6,
0-0 2, Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0, Quickley 4-9 Jones 0-2 2-2 2, Todd 7-9 3-4 21, Goulbourne
1-2 12, Baker 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 22-44 8-14 56. 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 24-64 9-12 63.
Halftime—Vanderbilt 30-28. 3-Point
Goals—Vanderbilt 7-25 (Moyer 2-4, Toye 2-6,
MVSU (3-13): Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Koracin
2-2 1-2 5, Simmons 0-3 0-0 0, Barnes 0-2 0-0
Lee 1-2, Ryan 1-6, Nesmith 1-6, Shittu 0-1), 0, Jones-Rollins 6-10 0-0 16, Scott 3-11 0-3
Kentucky 4-16 (Quickley 3-7, Johnson 1-2, 8, Allison 1-1 0-0 2, Ejeh 4-7 0-1 8, Green 4-7
Washington 0-1, Hagans 0-1, Herro 0-2, Bak- 0-0 11, Eckwood 2-3 0-0 5, Evans 5-10 4-7 17.
er 0-3). Fouled Out—Johnson. Rebounds— Totals 27-56 5-13 72.
Vanderbilt 20 (Toye 6), Kentucky 35 (Travis Halftime—MVSU 42-26. 3-Point
11). Assists—Vanderbilt 7 (Lee 3), Kentucky Goals—Alabama A&M 6-19 (Todd 4-6,
10 (Herro, Hagans 4). Total Fouls—Vanderbilt Goulbourne 1-1, Johnson 1-3, Miller 0-1,
14, Kentucky 14. A—22,504 (23,500). Jones 0-2, Reeder 0-2, Wiley 0-4), MVSU
13-26 (Jones-Rollins 4-6, Green 3-4, Evans
Texas A&M 81, 3-6, Scott 2-5, Eckwood 1-1, Simmons 0-2,
Barnes 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—
Alabama 80 Alabama A&M 35 (Kennedy 11), MVSU 29
TEXAS A&M (7-7): Mekowulu 2-3 0-0 4,
Starks 4-17 3-4 12, Chandler 2-7 0-0 4, Mitch-
(Scott 7). Assists—Alabama A&M 3 (Miller,
Todd, Johnson 1), MVSU 14 (Eckwood, Scott,
ell 6-13 4-5 18, Flagg 4-7 8-12 16, J.Walker Evans 3). Total Fouls—Alabama A&M 15,
0-3 6-8 6, Nebo 10-12 1-1 21, Collins 0-0 0-0 MVSU 15. A—1,997 (5,000).
0, Mahan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 22-30 81.
ALABAMA (10-5): Hall 4-10 6-7 14, In-
gram 1-6 3-4 6, Jones 0-2 1-2 1, Lewis 5-9 Jackson State 59,
3-4 14, Mack 4-10 1-4 10, Reese 2-5 0-0 4,
Giddens 0-0 0-2 0, A.Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Pet- Alcorn State 52
ty 7-12 2-3 22, Norris 2-6 2-3 7. Totals 26-62 ALCORN ST. (4-11): Andrews 4-11 2-2
18-29 80. 12, Brewer 1-3 1-2 3, M.Howard 4-11 0-0 11,
Halftime—Alabama 43-32. 3-Point Allen 1-4 0-1 2, Crosby 2-4 1-2 6, Plain 0-0
Goals—Texas A&M 3-19 (Mitchell 2-6, Starks 0-0 0, Givens 0-1 0-0 0, R.Johnson 5-9 1-2
1-6, J.Walker 0-1, Mahan 0-1, Mekowulu 0-1, 12, Campbell 1-1 0-0 2, Scott 2-8 0-0 4. Totals
20-52 5-9 52.
Flagg 0-2, Chandler 0-2), Alabama 10-27
(Petty 6-11, Lewis 1-3, Mack 1-4, Ingram JACKSON ST. (4-11): J.Johnson 0-0
1-4, Norris 1-4, A.Johnson 0-1). Fouled 0-0 0, McKinnis 3-4 2-2 8, Howell 3-8 4-4 10,
Out—Jones, Norris. Rebounds—Texas Ross 0-7 7-9 7, Wallis 5-11 2-6 12, L.Howard
A&M 37 (Flagg, Nebo 7), Alabama 41 (Hall 4-6 0-2 8, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Walker 3-10 3-3
16). Assists—Texas A&M 8 (Starks, Flagg, 10, Bozeman 0-0 1-3 1, McIntosh 0-0 0-0 0,
Chandler 2), Alabama 13 (Ingram, Lewis 3). Everett 0-0 0-0 0, Love 0-0 0-0 0, Shelton 1-3
Total Fouls—Texas A&M 21, Alabama 25. 0-0 3. Totals 19-51 19-29 59.
A—12,288 (15,383). Halftime—Alcorn St. 33-20. 3-Point
Goals—Alcorn St. 7-21 (M.Howard 3-7, An-
drews 2-7, Crosby 1-1, R.Johnson 1-3, Allen
LSU 94, 0-3), Jackson St. 2-19 (Shelton 1-2, Walker
Arkansas 88, OT 1-7, Brown 0-1, Howell 0-1, Wallis 0-1, L.How-
ard 0-1, Ross 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Re-
LSU (12-3): Bigby-Williams 0-2 0-1 0,
bounds—Alcorn St. 29 (Andrews 7), Jackson
Reid 10-12 3-4 27, Waters 6-15 4-4 17, Taylor
7-8 6-6 21, Mays 5-13 3-4 15, Days 0-4 0-0 St. 36 (McKinnis 11). Assists—Alcorn St. 11
(M.Howard 4), Jackson St. 10 (Walker, Wallis
0, Williams 3-3 0-1 6, Smart 2-7 2-2 8. Totals
3). Total Fouls—Alcorn St. 22, Jackson St. 12.
33-64 18-22 94.
ARKANSAS (10-5): Bailey 3-7 2-2 8, A—1,902 (8,000).
Gafford 14-19 4-9 32, Jones 6-10 8-9 22, Joe
2-5 1-2 5, Harris 2-7 2-4 7, Chaney 6-8 0-1 12,
Osabuohien 0-2 0-0 0, Embery 1-4 0-0 2, Sills No. 7 Kansas 73,
0-4 0-1 0. Totals 34-66 17-28 88. Baylor 68
Halftime—LSU 50-42. End Of Regu- KANSAS (14-2): D.Lawson 7-12 3-6 17,
lation—Tied 81. 3-Point Goals—LSU 10-25
(Reid 4-4, Smart 2-4, Mays 2-6, Taylor 1-2,
Grimes 2-7 2-2 7, Dotson 3-4 7-10 14, Vick
6-10 0-1 18, Garrett 1-2 2-4 4, McCormack
Waters 1-6, Days 0-3), Arkansas 3-16 (Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Lightfoot 0-0 0-0 0, Agbaji 4-5 1-2
2-5, Harris 1-4, Joe 0-1, Osabuohien 0-1, 10, Moore 0-2 0-0 0, K.Lawson 1-2 1-2 3. To-
Sills 0-2, Embery 0-3). Fouled Out—Chaney, tals 24-44 16-27 73.
Smart, Bigby-Williams. Rebounds—LSU
BAYLOR (9-6): Butler 4-9 2-2 14, Mc-
34 (Williams 10), Arkansas 28 (Gafford 7).
Assists—LSU 15 (Waters 11), Arkansas 21
Clure 1-8 2-2 4, Mason 3-12 3-4 11, Kegler
2-8 0-1 5, Vital 5-13 0-4 10, Thamba 3-5 0-0
(Harris 6). Total Fouls—LSU 28, Arkansas 24.
6, Gillespie 1-4 0-0 2, Teague 0-0 0-0 0, Ban-
Technicals—Reid.
doo 3-6 1-1 9, Mayer 3-10 1-1 7. Totals 25-75
9-15 68.
Halftime—Kansas 35-25. 3-Point
No. 3 Tennessee 78,
Florida 67
Goals—Kansas 9-16 (Vick 6-8, Dotson 1-1,
Agbaji 1-2, Grimes 1-4, Moore 0-1), Baylor
9-31 (Butler 4-8, Bandoo 2-4, Mason 2-8,
TENNESSEE (14-1): Williams 8-11 3-4
20, Schofield 6-11 0-0 14, Alexander 1-2 0-0 Kegler 1-4, Vital 0-2, Mayer 0-2, McClure
2, Pons 1-3 0-0 3, Bone 3-8 0-0 8, Fulkerson 0-3). Fouled Out—Dotson. Rebounds—Kan-
1-1 0-0 2, Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Turner 4-8 2-3 12, sas 26 (Grimes 6), Baylor 44 (McClure 10).
Bowden 5-11 6-7 17. Totals 29-55 11-14 78. Assists—Kansas 13 (Dotson 5), Baylor 14
FLORIDA (9-6): Hayes 2-3 4-7 8, Allen (Butler 4). Total Fouls—Kansas 19, Baylor 23.
A—9,091 (10,284).
6-9 1-1 18, Hudson 1-7 0-0 2, Locke 4-10 4-4
16, Nembhard 1-10 0-0 2, K.Johnson 2-4 0-0
5, Bassett 1-3 4-4 7, Stone 0-4 4-5 4, Ballard
No. 1 Duke 80.
2-4 0-0 5, Okauru 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-54 17-
21 67.
Halftime—Florida 38-35. 3-Point No. 13 Florida State 78
Goals—Tennessee 9-23 (Schofield 2-5, Bone DUKE (14-1): Reddish 9-15 0-4 23, De-
2-5, Turner 2-6, Williams 1-1, Bowden 1-3, Laurier 0-0 0-0 0, Barrett 10-19 8-9 32, Wil-
liamson 5-10 0-0 11, Jones 4-13 0-1 8, White
Pons 1-3), Florida 12-32 (Allen 5-6, Locke
1-5 0-0 3, Bolden 1-3 1-1 3, O’Connell 0-0 0-0
4-9, K.Johnson 1-2, Ballard 1-3, Bassett
1-3, Stone 0-2, Nembhard 0-3, Hudson 0-4). 0. Totals 30-65 9-15 80.
FLORIDA ST. (13-3): Cofer 8-13 0-0 21,
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Tennessee
Koumadje 3-3 1-2 7, Mann 4-10 1-1 9, Walker
32 (Williams 9), Florida 23 (Hayes 7). As-
sists—Tennessee 15 (Bone 5), Florida 11 0-6 2-2 2, Forrest 1-3 3-4 5, Kabengele 7-13
8-9 24, Gray 0-1 0-0 0, Polite 0-1 0-0 0, Nich-
(Nembhard 5). Total Fouls—Tennessee 19,
ols 0-5 0-0 0, Savoy 2-6 5-6 10, Vassell 0-1
Florida 16.
0-0 0. Totals 25-62 20-24 78.
Halftime—Florida St. 39-38. 3-Point
Goals—Duke 11-24 (Reddish 5-8, Barrett
No. 11 Auburn 93, 4-7, Williamson 1-3, White 1-4, Jones 0-2),
Georgia 78 Florida St. 8-25 (Cofer 5-8, Kabengele 2-3,
Savoy 1-5, Polite 0-1, Vassell 0-1, Mann 0-2,
GEORGIA (9-6): Claxton 6-12 3-7 15,
Hammonds 2-6 4-5 9, Ogbeide 2-4 0-0 4, Nichols 0-2, Walker 0-3). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Duke 27 (Williamson 8), Florida
Jackson 5-10 2-2 16, Hightower 4-8 2-2 12,
Wilridge 0-2 0-0 0, Ngumezi 0-1 0-0 0, Sargi- St. 36 (Kabengele 10). Assists—Duke 14
unas 1-1 0-0 3, Harris 1-4 2-2 5, Crump 5-10 (Jones 6), Florida St. 16 (Forrest 6). Total
2-2 14, Fagan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 15-20 Fouls—Duke 15, Florida St. 14. A—11,675
78. (12,100).
AUBURN (12-3): Okeke 1-5 2-2 4, Wiley
3-6 3-5 9, Doughty 4-9 0-0 11, Harper 6-15
6-6 22, Brown 6-11 0-0 15, McLemore 7-10 Iowa 72,
1-2 15, Spencer 2-4 0-0 4, McCormick 1-1 0-0
2, Dunbar 4-7 1-2 11. Totals 34-68 13-17 93. No. 16 Ohio State 62
Halftime—Auburn 48-38. 3-Point OHIO ST. (12-4): A.Wesson 4-7 3-4 13,
Young 3-5 0-0 6, K.Wesson 1-5 0-0 2, Woods
Goals—Georgia 11-29 (Jackson 4-8, High-
tower 2-5, Crump 2-5, Sargiunas 1-1, Ham- 1-5 0-0 2, Muhammad 2-9 2-2 7, Ahrens 2-3
0-0 6, LeDee 2-8 2-3 6, Washington 1-4 0-0
monds 1-2, Harris 1-3, Ngumezi 0-1, Wilridge
2, Jallow 3-6 0-0 8, Jackson 3-7 1-2 10. Totals
0-2, Claxton 0-2), Auburn 12-25 (Harper 4-9,
Doughty 3-4, Brown 3-4, Dunbar 2-4, Mc- 22-59 8-11 62.
IOWA (14-3): Cook 5-10 5-9 15, Garza
Lemore 0-2, Okeke 0-2). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Georgia 27 (Hammonds 10),
Auburn 31 (McLemore 9). Assists—Georgia
6-7 3-4 16, Wieskamp 3-7 4-4 10, Moss 3-7
2-2 9, Bohannon 1-7 3-4 6, N.Baer 2-8 0-0
17 (Jackson 5), Auburn 16 (Harper 7). Total 4, Kriener 5-7 0-0 11, Dailey 0-1 0-0 0, Mc-
Caffery 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 25-55 18-25 72.
Fouls—Georgia 18, Auburn 20.
Halftime—Ohio St. 26-24. 3-Point
Goals—Ohio St. 10-25 (Jackson 3-4, Jallow
2-3, A.Wesson 2-3, Ahrens 2-3, Muhammad
Southern Mississippi 73, 1-5, Young 0-1, LeDee 0-1, Woods 0-1, Wash-
UAB 68 ington 0-2, K.Wesson 0-2), Iowa 4-16 (Kriener
1-1, Garza 1-2, Bohannon 1-3, Moss 1-4,
UAB (10-7): Gueye 5-9 2-2 12, Sullivan
7-10 0-0 14, Bell 2-10 3-6 8, Bryant 4-13 0-0 Wieskamp 0-2, N.Baer 0-4). Fouled Out—
9, Perry 4-12 1-2 12, Pearson 0-1 0-0 0, Butler Jackson. Rebounds—Ohio St. 36 (K.Wesson
3-3 0-0 6, Lovan 2-4 0-1 4, Scott-Grayson 1-5 6), Iowa 34 (Cook 8). Assists—Ohio St. 14
0-0 3. Totals 28-67 6-11 68. (A.Wesson 4), Iowa 15 (Bohannon 8). Total
SOUTHERN MISS. (10-7): Rowe 2-4 Fouls—Ohio St. 23, Iowa 15.
0-0 4, Harper-Baker 4-8 8-12 17, Holland 1-5
0-0 3, Edwards 5-8 6-6 18, Griffin 2-11 0-0
Friday’s Men’s
5, Jacdonmi 0-0 0-0 0, Stevenson 0-1 0-0 0, College Scores
Daniel 0-1 0-0 0, Watson 3-6 0-0 7, Hampton EAST
0-1 0-0 0, Draine 6-9 2-3 19. Totals 23-54 16- Niagara 95, Iona 90
21 73. Rider 82, Canisius 73
Sunday, January 13, 2019 3B
briefly
Alabama
Swimming and diving teams win on Senior Day
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama swimming and diving teams
picked up a pair of wins on Senior Day in the Alabama Aquatic Center
Saturday, with the men downing Florida State, while the Crimson Tide
In July, Velek, Randy Francisco, women beat Miami and lost a close one to FSU.
Armando Leyva, Danielle Linton, and “I was really pleased with the spirit and the intensity of the racing
Lee Milam took the initial steps to help today,” UA head coach Dennis Pursley said.
grow soccer in Columbus by re-form- Prior to the meet, Alabama celebrated its 14-member senior class.
ing the CSO. The goal was to develop a “Our seniors competed hard and put up some great performances
today,” Pursley said. “More than that though, they showed great leader-
plan and to formulate ideas to get more ship, which they’ve done all season.”
players and people involved in soccer in The No. 11-ranked Alabama men, led by the senior duo of Laurent
the area. The group works closely with Bams and Robert Howard, beat the No. 21 Seminoles, 183-117. Bams
won the 100 breaststroke and 100 freestyle, while Howard took the top
Columbus United, the competitive arm
spot in the 50 and 200 freestyles. The duo also swam legs on a pair of
of CSO and the city of Columbus, the winning relays for good measure, giving them a clean sweep in their
city, and the county. This is the first final home meet.
time in the city a director and a board The Tide kicked the day off by getting a win from the 200 medley
relay of junior Zane Waddell, Bams, senior Knox Auerbach and Howard.
of directors will run soccer.
In addition to taking the top spot in both relays, and getting four
In the fall, nearly 700 players were individual victories from Howard and Bams, Waddell (100 backstroke),
involved in the city’s recreational soc- junior Daniel Kober (500 freestyle) and freshmen Nico Hernandez-Tome
cer league. Velek hopes to build on (1,650 freestyle) and Nicholas Perera (400 individual medley), also
picked up wins on the day.
that momentum by bringing back the
Waddell, Bams, sophomore Sam DiSette and Howard closed the
adult soccer league and to bring back meet with a win in the 200 freestyle relay.
TOPSoccer, a community-based train- On the women’s side of the slate, No. 25 Alabama defeated Miami,
ing and team placement program for 225-7, and fell to No. 21 Florida State, 159-141.
young athletes with disabilities, orga- “I’m pleased with the job the women did,” Pursley said. “While we
took a hit in the win-loss column, they were a lot more competitive with
nized by youth soccer association vol- Florida State, and the score was closer than it was on paper coming into
unteers. the weekend,” Pursley said.
CSO was incorporated as a non-prof- The women were led by freshman Kensey McMahon, who was
it organization in 2008. Velek, who dominant in the distance events, winning the 400 individual medley as
well as the 500 and 1,650 freestyles. Fellow rookie Rhyan White picked
has served in a variety of capacities up a pair of wins on the day, touching the wall first in the 100 and 200
with Columbus United and Colum- backstrokes.
bus-Lowndes Recreation Authority, Also picking up wins for the Tide women were sophomore Flora
which is now Columbus Recreation Molnar (100 butterfly) and freshmen Morgan Liberto (200 butterfly) and
Kalia Antoniou (50 freestyle).
Authority. He said in July he always “It’s been a month since we’ve competed and a lot has happened
believed CSO had the potential to have in that time with final exams, the holidays and a pair of training camps,”
a board to help it move soccer forward Pursley said. “I think we’re on track to finish the way that you want to
on multiple fronts. He said a new year finish the season.”
The Alabama men and women resume action on Feb. 8 at the
brings new energy and a renewed push Auburn Invitational.
to provide opportunities for everyone n Gymnastics places second in quad meet: At Tuscaloosa,
in Columbus who wants to play or to be Alabama, the Alabama gymnastics team posted a 196.175 in its second
involved with soccer. quad meet of the season in front of 10,361 fans in Coleman Coliseum
Friday night, finishing a tenth of a point behind Denver and a tenth and
For more information, including a half ahead of Michigan. Bowling Green State rounded out the meet
rules, go to https://columbusunited- with a 189.675.
soccer.com, or contact Velek at tvelek@ “I told the ladies when we pulled together at the end, ‘there is so
yahoo.com. much to be proud of. You represented this University with such pride
and dignity,’” UA head coach Dana Duckworth said. “Our fans put out a
Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam lot of energy. It was really fun to compete tonight with over 10,000 fans
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Alabama closed the meet strong with 49.275 on the floor exercise,
paced by a 9.875 from senior Abby Armbrecht and a pair of 9.9s from
sophomore Lexi Graber and freshman Shallon Olsen.
Siena 71, Marist 66 Akron 74, Bowling Green 71
SOUTH Buffalo 66, Miami (Ohio) 59
Maryland 78, Indiana 75 Cent. Michigan 89, N. Illinois 66 “I really enjoyed performing in front of the whole crowd,” Olsen
N. Kentucky 68, Wright St. 64 E. Michigan 64, W. Michigan 61 said. “We’ve been working so hard in the gym and to finally go and
Green Bay 60, Youngstown St. 42
Southeastern Kent St. 58, Toledo 47 show that to everyone was really a great feeling.”
Memphis 71, Wichita St. 50 The Crimson Tide started the night with a 49.175 on the vault, led
Conference Men Milwaukee 59, Cleveland St. 53
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Murray St. 64, SE Missouri 59 by 9.875s from Olsen and Graber. Freshman Emily Gaskins and senior
Tennessee 3-0 1.000 14-1 .933
Ole Miss 3-0 1.000 13-2 .867
Ohio 90, Ball St. 75
S. Dakota St. 68, Oral Roberts 55
Ariana Guerra scored matching 9.85s on the uneven bar, pushing the
LSU 2-0 1.000 12-3 .800 South Dakota 69, Purdue Fort Wayne 51 Tide to a 49.050 team score.
S. Carolina 2-0 1.000 7-7 .500
Kentucky 2-1 .667 12-3 .800 Texas 64, Iowa St. 62 Armbrecht came up after a fall, and proceeded to lead the way on
Auburn 1-1 .500 12-3 .800 SOUTHWEST
Alabama St. 58, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56 the balance beam, where the Tide made the most improvement from a
Alabama 1-2 .333 10-5 .667
Arkansas 1-2 .333 10-5 .667 Appalachian St. 62, Texas State 49 week ago, tallying a 48.675.
Baylor 79, TCU 55
Florida 1-2 .333 9-6 .600
Houston 78, Temple 65 “I think I can speak for everyone when I say we’re really proud of
Georgia 1-2 .333 9-6 .600
Texas A&M 1-2 .333 7-7 .500 Lamar 57, Cent. Arkansas 37 this team,” Graber said. “We made so many improvements and we
Oklahoma St. 65, Texas Tech 57
Missouri 0-1 .000 9-4 .692
Rice 76, UTEP 42 didn’t let a fall change our performance. We came back really strong
Miss. State 0-2 .000 12-3 .800
Vanderbilt 0-3 .000 9-6 .600 Sam Houston St. 76, Incarnate Word 56 when facing adversity.”
Stephen F. Austin 84, Northwestern St. 56
Saturday’s Games Texas Southern 52, Prairie View 44 Graber and Olsen shared top honors on the floor exercise, while
Missouri at South Carolina, ppd/ Texas-Arlington 79, Coastal Carolina 53 Graber tallied a season-best 39.300 in the all-around.
Auburn 93, Georgia 78 Tulane 61, SMU 43
After opening the season with back-to-back quad meets at home,
Kentucky 56, Vanderbilt 47 UTSA 57, North Texas 54
LSU 94, Arkansas 88, OT FAR WEST Alabama travels to Athens, Ga., to take on the Georgia Bulldogs next
Ole Miss 81, Mississippi State 77 BYU 74, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 73
Texas A&M 81, Alabama 80 Boise St. 99, San Jose St. 68 Friday in the Tide’s first dual meet of the season.
Tennessee 78, Florida 67 Cal Poly 75, UC Santa Barbara 67 n Men’s basketball falls on final play: At Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
Today’s Game California Baptist 89, Chicago St. 52
Missouri at South Carolina, Noon Fresno St. 79, Nevada 63 trailing for nearly the entire game, Texas A&M had a chance to defeat
(SEC Network+) Gonzaga 97, Portland 71 Alabama on the road.
Monday’s Games Hawaii 65, UC Davis 60
With 3.4 seconds left, TJ Starks caught the inbound pass, which
No games scheduled Idaho St. 73, Sacramento St. 43
N. Colorado 73, Montana 62 was lobbed over his head because Alabama was pressing, sprinted
AP Men’s Top 25 Fared New Mexico 70, Colorado St. 58
right outside the 3-point arc, and with his momentum still going toward
Saturday’s Games New Mexico St. 61, CS Bakersfield 59
1. Duke (14-1) beat No. 13 Florida State 80- Pacific 79, San Diego 47 the baseline, floated a shot that banked in for an 81-80 victory .
78. Next: vs. Syracuse, Monday. Pepperdine 69, San Francisco 50
2. Michigan (16-0) did not play. beat Illinois Portland St. 77, Weber St. 59 It was the Aggies’ first SEC and road win of the season.
79-69; Next: vs. Northwestern, Sunday. Rio Grande 66, Grand Canyon 50 “Hopefully, this (win) gives us some energy and confidence,” Texas
3. Tennessee (14-1) beat Florida 78-67. Next: S. Utah 82, N. Arizona 76 A&M coach Bill Kennedy said.
vs. Arkansas, Tuesday.
4. Virginia (15-0) beat Clemson 63-43. Next:
San Diego St. 70, Air Force 61
Santa Clara 83, Loyola Marymount 75 The winning possession was set up by Alabama’s struggles from
vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech, Tuesday. UC Irvine 65, CS Northridge 61
5. Gonzaga (15-2) at San Francisco. Next: vs. Utah St. 50, Wyoming 42
the free-throw line. With the Crimson Tide leading by a point, Kira Lewis
Loyola Marymount, Thursday. Utah Valley 58, Seattle 55 Jr. went to the line and made only 1 of 2.
6. Michigan State (14-2) did not play. Next: at
Penn State, Sunday. Friday’s Women’s “Even if he would have made it, we would have tried to tie the game
up with a 3,” Starks said. “It did give us a little bit of life once he missed
7. Kansas (14-2) beat Baylor 73-68. Next: vs.
Texas, Monday.
College Scores
8. Texas Tech (15-1) beat Texas 68-62. Next: EAST the free throw.”
vs. No. 20 Iowa State, Wednesday. DePaul 69, Georgetown 64 Up to the final possession, Starks had struggled, shooting just 3
9. Virginia Tech (14-1) did not play. Next: at Marquette 91, Villanova 55
No. 4 Virginia, Tuesday. Providence 67, St. John’s 66 of 16 for nine points. The Aggies turned to the combination of Savion
10. Nevada (16-1) beat Fresno State 74-64. Seton Hall 82, Creighton 75 Flagg and Josh Nebo to score on the inside with a combined 37 points.
Next: at Boise State, Tuesday. Siena 62, Manhattan 56
11. Auburn (12-3) beat Georgia 93-78. Next: Towson 88, Northeastern 83 They both finished with seven rebounds, which led the team.
at Texas A&M, Wednesday. SOUTH “They had a stretch there, where for whatever reason, we were just
12. North Carolina (12-4) lost to Louisville 83- Elon 76, Coll. of Charleston 68
62. Next: vs. Notre Dame, Tuesday. James Madison 77, Hofstra 54
William & Mary 70, UNC-Wilmington 64
out of position on post defense, especially on Nebo,” Alabama coach
13. Florida State (13-3) lost to No. 1 Duke 80-
MIDWEST
Avery Johnson said. “He got the ball where he wanted to.”
78. Next: at Pittsburgh, Monday.
14. Mississippi State (12-3) lost to Missis- Bradley 75, Evansville 68 The Aggies outscored the Crimson Tide by 48-30 inside the
Butler 63, Xavier 41
sippi 81-77. Next: vs. Florida, Tuesday.
Drake 69, Loyola of Chicago 60
3-point line.
15. N.C. State (14-2) beat Pittsburgh 86-80.
Next: at Wake Forest, Tuesday. IUPUI 82, Detroit 47 Of the 40 minutes of the game, Alabama led for 36 minutes.
Ill.-Chicago 69, Oakland 65
16. Ohio State (12-4) lost to Iowa 72-62. Next:
Indiana St. 59, Illinois St. 44
John Petty had his best game of the season for the Crimson Tide,
vs. Maryland, Friday.
17. Houston (16-1) beat Wichita State 79-70. N. Dakota St. 68, W. Illinois 60 scoring 22 points off six 3-pointers. Donta Hall recorded his seventh
N. Iowa 71, Valparaiso 52 double-double of the season, finishing with 14 points and a season-high
Next: at SMU, Wednesday.
18. Kentucky (12-3) beat Vanderbilt 56-47. FAR WEST
Next: at Georgia, Tuesday. Arizona 60, California 55 16 rebounds.
19. Buffalo (15-1) beat Miami (Ohio) 88-64. Stanford 72, Arizona St. 65 Alabama has struggled holding onto a lead, and Saturday wasn’t
Next: at Western Michigan, Tuesday.
20. Iowa State (12-4) lost to Kansas State 58- SEC Women any different. It built an 11-point lead by the end of the first half, and
57. Next: at No. 8 Texas Tech, Wednesday. Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. early in the second half, led by 12. Halfway through the second half, its
21. Marquette (14-3) beat Seton Hall 70-66. Miss. State 3-0 1.000 15-1 .938
Next: at Georgetown, Tuesday. Missouri 3-0 1.000 14-3 .824 lead was down to three, and it gave up its first lead of the game at the
22. Indiana (12-4) did not play. Next: vs. Ne- S. Carolina 3-0 1.000 11-4 .733 7:34 mark.
Kentucky 2-1 .667 15-2 .882
braska, Monday.
23. Oklahoma (13-3) beat No. 25 TCU 76-74. Auburn 2-1 .667 14-2 .875 “I just feel like they went on a run down the stretch,” Alabama
LSU 2-1 .667 11-4 .733
Next: vs. Kansas State, Wednesday.
Georgia 2-1 .667 11-5 .688
forward Tevin Mack said. “Time ended up being on their side. We didn’t
24. St. John’s (14-3) lost to DePaul 79-71.
Next: vs. Creighton, Wednesday. Tennessee 1-2 .333 12-3 .800 have enough time down the stretch for us to make our run.”
Texas A&M 1-2 .333 12-4 .750
25. TCU (12-3) lost to No. 23 Oklahoma 76-74.
Arkansas 1-2 .333 12-5 .706
Next: vs. West Virginia, Tuesday.
Saturday’s Women’s
Alabama
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
1-2 .333 9-7
0-3 .000 6-11
0-3 .000 5-11
.563
.353
.313
Ole Miss
College Scores Florida 0-3 .000 4-12 .250 Women’s tennis kicks off year on high note
EAST
American U. 61, Army 51 Saturday’s Games PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Ole Miss Women’s Tennis opened its
Boston U. 58, Lehigh 45 No games scheduled 2019 schedule Friday, pulling off a solid day of performances at the
Bryant 73, Mount St. Mary’s 68 Today’s Games
Bucknell 56, Lafayette 47 Ole Miss at Kentucky, Noon (SEC Network) National Collegiate Tennis Classic, held at the La Quinta Resort and
Canisius 75, St. Peter’s 62 Alabama at Texas A&M, 1 p.m. (ESPNU) Country Club.
Davidson 77, Rhode Island 67 Tennessee at Georgia, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Fairleigh Dickinson 74, CCSU 67 Missouri at Florida, 2 p.m. (SEC Network) The field of competitors included defending national champions in
George Washington 46, Dayton 45 Vanderbilt at Arkansas, 2 p.m. No. 1 Stanford and No. 8 UCLA, as well as west coast foes in Arizona
Hartford 61, Vermont 32 South Carolina at LSU, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)
and San Diego.
Holy Cross 78, Loyola (Md.) 60 Monday’s Game
Maine 76, Albany (NY) 65 Mississippi State at Auburn, 6 p.m. Junior Alexa Bortles was flawless in individual action, gliding
Marist 56, Fairfield 46 (SEC Network)
Mass.-Lowell 67, UMBC 55 through the first round over San Diego’s Gemma Garcia 6-2, 7-5 and
Md.-Eastern Shore 59, NC Central 49 AP Women’s Top 25 Fared then continued to roll, defeating a familiar foe in UCLA’s Alaina Miller
NC A&T 67, Delaware St. 47 Saturday’s Games
Navy 62, Colgate 49 1. Notre Dame (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. in identical 6-3, 6-3 decisions. Miller and Bortles faced each other last
Niagara 58, Iona 46 Wake Forest, Sunday. May in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Championships, with the Bruin
Penn St. 62, Illinois 48 2. Louisville (14-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Quinnipiac 67, Monmouth (NJ) 38 Georgia Tech, Sunday. emerging as the victor.
Robert Morris 75, St. Francis Brooklyn 56 3. UConn (13-1) did not play. Next: vs. South Senior Allie Sanford also won her first round of singles, grueling
Sacred Heart 80, Wagner 68 Florida, Sunday.
St. Francis (Pa.) 80, LIU Brooklyn 66 4. Baylor (13-1) beat TCU. 79-55 Next: at Kan- through a three-hour affair with USD’s Maria-Paula Torres before
Stony Brook 82, New Hampshire 63 sas, Wednesday. emerging victorious. After dropping the opener 6-7, she fired back to
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 80, MVSU 60
5. Oregon (14-1) did not play. Next: at UCLA,
Sunday. take sets two and three at 6-4, 7-6. The momentum was short lived,
Belmont 69, E. Kentucky 43 6. Stanford (13-1) did not play. Next: at Ari- however, as the veteran dropped her second round contest to Arizona’s
Charleston Southern 81, Longwood 74 zona, Sunday.
Charlotte 68, FAU 47 7. Mississippi State (15-1) did not play. Emma Wilson, ranked 86th in the latest ITA Rankings (November 2018).
Chattanooga 76, ETSU 67 Next: at Auburn, Monday. The pair teamed up for doubles play, but couldn’t perfect the 3-for-3
Florida Gulf Coast 105, North Florida 66 8. N.C. State (16-0) did not play. Next: at Vir-
Furman 65, W. Carolina 55 ginia, Sunday against the Toreros, falling 6-3 to Tyrina/Chow.
Georgia St. 56, Louisiana-Monroe 41 9. Maryland (15-1) beat Michigan 83-69. Next: Partners and classmates Anna Vrbenska and Tereza Janatova
High Point 78, Gardner-Webb 61 at No. 23 Michigan State, Thursday.
10. Oregon State (13-2) did not play. Next: at received a first round bye in doubles, but each fell in second-round
Howard 61, Bethune-Cookman 40
Jackson St. 88, Alcorn St. 66 Southern Cal, Sunday. singles action. The juniors each boast a singles rating from the latest
Jacksonville 64, Liberty 52
Louisiana-Lafayette 59, Georgia Southern 48
11. Texas (14-2) beat No. 20 Iowa State 64-
62. Next: at Kansas State, Wednesday. ITA Rankings, with Vrbenska tied at 114 and Janatova at 112.
Maryland 83, Michigan 69 12. Syracuse (13-2) did not play. Next: vs. n Records set in indoors opener: At Birmingham, Alabama,
Mercer 76, Samford 68 North Carolina, Sunday.
Middle Tennessee 75, Louisiana Tech 38 13. Tennessee (12-3) did not play. Next: at Ole Miss men’s and women’s track & field got off to a solid start to the
Morehead St. 85, Tennessee St. 62 Georgia, Sunday. 2019 indoor season at UAB’s Blazer Invite on Friday, highlighted by an
Morgan St. 62, SC State 51 14. Gonzaga (16-1) beat Portland 97-72. Next:
New Orleans 88, McNeese St. 76 at BYU, Thursday. individual title from sophomore Peyton Weissmann in the pole vault and
Nicholls 77, Houston Baptist 54 15. Marquette (13-3) did not play. Next: at a slew of other impressive performances from both Rebel newcomers
Norfolk St. 68, Coppin St. 63 Georgetown, Sunday.
and returnees alike.
16. Kentucky (15-2) did not play. Next: vs.
North Alabama 72, NJIT 60
Old Dominion 95, FIU 68 Mississippi, Sunday. Weissmann – a native of Grapevine, Texas – had a day to remem-
Presbyterian 70, SC-Upstate 54 17. Iowa (11-4) did not play. Next: at No. 18
Radford 70, Winthrop 49 Minnesota, Monday.
ber, winning the pole vault at a new indoor best of 5.20m (17-00.75).
18. Minnesota (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Weissmann memorably cleared the same height at the SEC Outdoor
SE Louisiana 74, Abilene Christian 71
SIU-Edwardsville 51, Jacksonville St. 47 No. 17 Iowa, Monday.
19. Arizona State (11-4) did not play. Next: vs.
Championships as a freshman in 2018, but entering Friday his indoor
Southern U. 86, Grambling St. 81
Stetson 80, Lipscomb 65 No. 24 California, Sunday. best was just 4.83m (15-10.00).
Tennessee Tech 99, E. Illinois 88 20. Iowa State (13-3) lost to No. 11 Texas 64-
Troy 87, Arkansas St. 79 62. Next: at West Virginia, Wednesday.
His vault today pushes him from eighth to third on the all-time Ole
Tulsa 75, East Carolina 55 21. South Carolina (11-4) did not play. Next: Miss indoor list, and he is now one of just four Rebels to ever clear 17
UAB 71, Southern Miss. 60 at LSU, Sunday.
UALR 65, South Alabama 42 22. Florida State (14-1) did not play. Next: vs.
feet both indoors and outdoors, joining Kyle Wallace, Baker Vinci and
UNC-Asheville 60, Campbell 52 Clemson, Sunday. Olympic bronze medalist, Sam Kendricks. Weissmann also stands at
UT Martin 74, Austin Peay 65
VCU 68, Richmond 43
23. Michigan State (12-3) did not play. Next: at
Ohio State, Monday.
No. 5 on the NCAA Indoor qualifying list as of Friday.
W. Kentucky 85, Marshall 55 24. California (10-4) did not play. Next: at No.
Wofford 93, UNC-Greensboro 66 19 Arizona State, Sunday. —From Special and Wire Reports
Wright St. 61, N. Kentucky 55 25. Indiana (14-2) did not play. Next: at Wis-
MIDWEST consin, Sunday.
4b Sunday, January 13, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

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Pro Football
Kitchens earns Browns’ job after role as coordinator
CLEVELAND — Freddie Kitchens had something on his coaching
resume no other candidate could match. He made Baker Mayfield a
Well-rested Saints ready for surprising Eagles
better quarterback. By BRET T MARTEL wild-card round with a 16-15 victory in vin Kamara, who had 1,592 yards and
Kitchens, who helped Mayfield turn his rookie season into a re- The Associated Press which quarterback Nick Foles — who’s 18 TDs from scrimmage, were both
cord-breaking one during an impressive eight-game stint as the Browns
offensive coordinator, was named Cleveland’s 17th full-time coach won four straight starts since taking healthy scratches in Week 17.
on Saturday, capping a remarkable personal rise up the coaching ranks.
NEW ORLEANS — Saints coach over for injured starter Carson Wentz Meanwhile, two starting offensive
His next goal: Take the Browns where they’ve never been — the Sean Payton dismisses the premise — engineered a late scoring drive linemen who’ve been nursing injuries
Super Bowl. that the Eagles could derive extra mo- capped by a fourth-down touchdown — left tackle Terron Armstead (chest)
“It’s an honor to be named the head coach of the Cleveland tivation from the widespread percep- pass. And that only stood up after Chi- and right guard Larry Warford (knee)
Browns,” Kitchens said in a release. “As I’ve said before, I think Cleve- tion that New Orleans ran up the score
land and I get along pretty well. My family and I have really enjoyed our cago kicker Cody Parkey’s “double-do- — both sat out the regular-season fina-
time with this organization and in this community over the last year. on them when they met in November. ink” miss on a field-goal attempt that le.
“There are a lot of great people in this front office that I’m excited “My question would be: We’re all hit both the upright and crossbar in the “Our O-line being healthy, back to
to continue to work alongside with a singular focus on winning. I’ve playing hard in these divisional playoff final seconds. pretty much 100 percent, guys are just
been to one Super Bowl that didn’t end the way I wanted it to and that games, right?” Payton began, referring
disappointing memory is what really drives me. Our goal is to work Philadelphia likely will need more excited, rejuvenated and ready to play,”
extremely hard to earn the right to raise that Lombardi Trophy for our
to Sunday’s rematch in the divisional offense in the Superdome, where the Kamara said.
fans and this city.” round of the NFC playoffs. “Are you Saints averaged 37 points in Drew Armstead has yet to confirm he’ll be
The affable 44-year-old Kitchens is the ninth coach since the going to play harder” because of a per- Brees’ seven home starts before the re- ready, but he practiced this week and
Browns’ 1999 expansion rebirth and fourth hired since 2012 by owners. ceived slight? cord-setting QB got a rest day during said with a smile, “I feel good about
As it turns out, general manager John Dorsey didn’t have to search far Still, Payton expects a more com-
or wide for “a man of character, a guy who can instill leadership into the club’s anti-climactic regular-sea- Sunday.”
these young men.” petitive affair than the Saints’ 48-7 son finale.
blowout of the Eagles on Nov. 18, which
Kitchens was there the whole time.
“We had a deliberate and thorough process and one thing became gave Philadelphia the dubious distinc-
Some other story lines surrounding Dump offs
evident — that Freddie is the best person to lead the Cleveland the third Eagles-Saints playoff clash Both teams are adept at using run-
tion of becoming the first reigning since Payton and Brees joined forces
Browns,” said Dorsey, who has lifted the Browns from laughable to
Super Bowl champion to lose by that ning backs as receivers. Kamara (81
legitimate in just one year. “We saw firsthand what Freddie is able to do. in New Orleans in 2006. catches, 709 yards) is New Orleans’
He showed that he is consistent on a day in and day out basis and that wide a margin in the following regular
he is a true leader. season. second-leading receiver behind Mi-
“He helped unify our players in a tough time. He raised the bar for The Eagles (10-7) appeared to be Starting fast chael Thomas. Mark Ingram also has
our offense last year, and I have no doubt he is going to raise the bar for
sinking fast when their loss in New Or- The Eagles have won 19 straight been effective on screens for New Or-
our entire team.” games when they score in the first leans.
Kitchens will be formally introduced Monday at a news conference leans dropped them to 4-6. But they’ve
in FirstEnergy Stadium. rallied to win six of seven since, includ- quarter, including 7-0 this season. Meanwhile, the Saints anticipate the
It’s hard to imagine Kitchens was part of Dorsey’s long-term vision ing a road victory against the Los An- They scored on a field-goal drive last Eagles to look for former Saints run-
when he was hired to coach running backs on Hue Jackson’s staff after geles Rams that helped New Orleans week in the first quarter. It’ll be even ning Darren Sproles, who, like Foles,
11 seasons as an Arizona assistant. But when Jackson and coordinator
(13-3) capture the conference’s top more important to score early against did not play in the previous meeting.
Todd Haley were fired on Oct. 29, Kitchens took the offensive reins and the high-powered Saints. New Orleans “Darren has got incredibly good
Mayfield and his teammates took off. seed.
Under Kitchens’ leadership, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s “They’ve kind of been in a playoff is 5-0 when leading after one quarter, instincts on setting up some of these
draft threw 19 of his NFL rookie record 27 touchdown passes. Mayfield role really going back to those games, 9-0 when leading at halftime and won screens,” said Payton, who employed
erased any doubts he’s the coveted franchise quarterback that has
needing to win to get in,” Payton noted. eight times by double-digit margins. Sproles similarly from 2011-13. “Quite
eluded the Browns for decades. “We are starting the games better honestly, we haven’t been as good this
Kitchens and Mayfield connected on a personal level, two former “So it’s impressive.”
college quarterbacks who bonded over a shared passion and senses of Now the Eagles, who opened as now over the last six, seven games,” year as we have in other years in that
humor. They grew tight and the Browns are counting on that relationship 10-point underdogs this week, can ruin Eagles offensive coordinator Mike area, but a lot of it depends on the op-
to flourish. the Saints’ Super Bowl dreams with a Groh said. “Defense is doing a really ponent you’re playing.”
“It was great working with and learning from Freddie last year,” good job getting off the field early in
Mayfield said after Kitchens’ hiring was announced. “He has such a second straight road upset.
creative mind. He creates mismatches and just put guys in position to “We’re looking forward to it,” Ea- the game. We’re able to get the lead.” Proven protection
take advantage of their opportunities. He puts trusts in us as players. gles tight end Zach Ertz said. “We’re Coach Doug Pederson has deferred Although All-Pro defensive linemen
He’s the same guy every day.” a completely different team than we the kickoff to the second half whenev- Aaron Donald (20½ sacks), J.J. Watt
Mayfield was a different player under Kitchens, who figured out
were seven weeks ago. I don’t think the er the Eagles have won the coin toss. (16) and Khalil Mack (12½) combined
creative ways to protect the 23-year-old. The Browns improved across Perhaps he’ll reconsider if he wins the
the board statistically — they averaged 6.8 yards per play — and team that showed up on that Sunday is for 49 sacks this season, they were all
became one of the league’s must-watch teams over the last two months even remotely close to the team that we toss this week. held without a sack against Philadel-
as Kitchens unveiled unique formations and trick plays. are right now.” phia.
Now, he’s Cleveland’s top dog.
n Bears hire Pagano as coordinator: At Lake Forest, Illinois,
Such a lopsided loss in New Orleans Rested Saints An offensive line featuring All-Pro
the Chicago Bears rode a dominant defense to the NFC North could have resulted in finger-pointing Several prominent Saints players center Jason Kelce, Pro Bowl right
championship in a breakout season. They hope to keep it going with a and a fractured locker room, Ertz sug- haven’t played in more than two weeks. guard Brandon Brooks and tackles
new coordinator. gested. Instead, Ertz said, “It was a ral- Brees, who completed an NFL sin- Lane Johnson and Jason Peters has
The Bears hired former Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano lying point for our season.” gle-season record 74.4 percent of his held up well against their best compe-
to replace Vic Fangio on Friday, hoping he can help them build on what
they accomplished this season. The Eagles survived last week’s passes, and dynamic running back Al- tition.
Pagano inherits one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses after Fangio
left to take the Denver Broncos’ head coaching job. He will get to work
with one of the league’s best pass rushers in Khalil Mack as well as two
other All-Pros in cornerback Kyle Fuller and safety Eddie Jackson.
Pagano led Indianapolis to a 53-43 record and two AFC South
Hester no longer obscure after block
championships from 2012 to 2017. He was forced to take a leave of ab- By ROB MA ADDI see where the ball went after appeared in 14 games as a on the defensive line, includ-
sence early in his first season to get treated for leukemia. With offensive The Associated Press he touched it. rookie. ing All-Pro Fletcher Cox,
coordinator Bruce Arians serving as interim head coach, the Colts went
9-3 in his absence after a 1-2 start.
“I felt I didn’t get enough The Eagles promoted Brandon Graham, Chris
PHILADELPHIA — of it because when I looked him to the active roster in Long, Tim Jernigan and
They won 11 games and made the playoffs in each of Pagano’s
Treyvon Hester’s fingertips back, it looked like it was October and he worked him-
first three seasons before injuries to quarterback Andrew Luck took a Haloti Ngata.
toll. Before taking the Indianapolis job, he spent four seasons under made the second-year pro a on the right path,” Hester self into becoming a part of “I’m trying to make a
John Harbaugh in Baltimore — as secondary coach from 2008 to 2010 popular guy in Philadelphia. said. “I turned back and it the defensive line rotation.
and defensive coordinator in 2011, when the Ravens went 12-4 and name for myself but I got a
The Eagles (10-7) are bounced off and the rest was Hester has played anywhere
ranked third in total defense. lot of vets out here helping
Pagano was a consultant for the NFL last season. heading to New Orleans history. between 16 and 58 percent
(13-3) for a divisional play- me out, helping me improve
“He is a great teacher with an aggressive mentality that fits our “I didn’t see it bounce off of the snaps in 12 games. my game, so I’m grateful,”
style of football,” coach Matt Nagy said. “He is a man of high character off game Sunday because because I was so frustrat- He got his first NFL sack on
and has a passion for the game that will no doubt add to the culture we Hester barely tipped Cody he said. “Without Haloti
ed. I heard the reaction of Deshaun Watson in Week 16
have already started building at Halas Hall.”
Parkey’s 43-yard field-goal Ngata, I wouldn’t have been
The Bears went 12-4 in their first season under Nagy after four the crowd and saw the team and was on the field for 12
straight last-place finishes and made the playoffs for the first time in attempt just enough to send running out there. It was a snaps against the Bears. able to get the push that I got
eight years. They finished with their best record since the 2006 team the ball bouncing off the up- surprise. I couldn’t believe it “Treyvon has come up because we both get down
went 13-3 and reached the Super Bowl. right and crossbar, securing happened.” big for us,” defensive coor- there and try to get the guy
The season ended on a gut-wrenching note when Cody Parkey’s in front of us out of the way,
potential winning field goal hit the left upright and crossbar in the a 16-15 win at Chicago in the Hester began the sea- dinator Jim Schwartz said.
closing seconds of a 16-15 wild-card loss to the defending Super Bowl wild-card round. son on Philadelphia’s prac- “He got his hand up and did so credit to him.”
champion Philadelphia Eagles. “It’s crazy. My social me- tice squad after Oakland what he was supposed to Hester said it was the
In four seasons, Fangio helped transform a defense that ranked dia (following) tripled,” Hes- released him at the end of do at the right time and we first time he blocked a field
among the worst in franchise history. Now, he finally has a head coach-
ter said Friday. training camp. He was a sev- were able to get the win.” goal in his career and it was
ing job after 32 years as an assistant in the NFL.
Like Fangio, Pagano has experience running 3-4 defenses. He The 6-foot-2, 304-pound enth-round pick by the Raid- Hester is surrounded by the first one in the postsea-
also figures to have plenty of autonomy, with Nagy focused on the defensive tackle didn’t even ers out of Toledo in 2017 and talented, experienced guys son in franchise history.
development of the offense and quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.

Quarterbacks take center stage in Chargers, Pats

Chicago already had a top-10 defense when general manager
Ryan Pace swung a blockbuster trade for Mack just before the start of
the season. That move showed just how serious the Bears were about
making a jump after going 14-34 in three seasons under former coach
John Fox.
The defense jumped to a different level with Mack drawing double By KYLE HIGHTOWER a game since becoming the Chargers going into Foxborough, they’re unde-
teams, Fuller and Jackson emerging, and Pro Bowl defensive end The Associated Press
Akiem Hicks wreaking havoc. Linebacker Roquan Smith showed star starter in 2006. feated there and they’re tough to beat,
potential after being drafted with the No. 8 overall pick. Linebacker Rivers, who led his team to five wins period. It doesn’t matter where you play
Leonard Floyd and defensive tackle Eddie Goldman had solid seasons, FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom in its last six regular-season games the Patriots; they’re tough to beat.”
and it all added up to this. Brady typically shrugs off any mention and a road win at Baltimore in the wild-
n Kubiak most likely not to return to Broncos: At Englewood, of records or milestones he sets. card round last week , said he’s tried to
Colorado, Gary Kubiak won’t return to run the Denver Broncos offense
after all for new head coach Vic Fangio, a person with knowledge of the
But even he had to chuckle at the keep past shortcomings against New Tough streak
decision told The Associated Press on Friday. one he and Chargers quarterback Phil- England out of his mind this week. In addition to earning his first post-
The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ip Rivers will mark when they meet in “It’s not something you think about season win over New England, Rivers
sensitive nature of the discussions, said it became apparent over the Sunday’s divisional playoffs. a whole lot,” he said. “It exists and it’s will also be trying to help the Chargers
last 24 hours that Kubiak wasn’t the right fit because of philosophical Brady, who will be 41 years and 163 there but again, and I mean this, I don’t end their recent struggles in the divi-
differences over scheme and staff.
Kubiak had wanted to bring back some of the assistant coaches
days old, and Rivers, at 37 years and 36 feel that I’m playing Tom. Certainly, sional round.
who have followed him throughout his coaching career along with days old, will combine to be the oldest it’s a Tom Brady-led team and we know Each of the Chargers’ past three
dusting off schemes that were successful in another era but don’t fit with pair of quarterbacks to face each other how things work with the quarterback trips to the playoffs have ended in this
the Broncos’ quest to modernize their approach. in an NFL playoff game, breaking the and the head coach that have the re- round — 24-17 to Denver in 2013, 17-14
Kubiak remains under contract with the Broncos and will continue mark Brady held with Peyton Man- to the New York Jets in 2009 and 35-24
in his role as a senior personnel adviser to general manager John cord attached to it. We’ve got a heck of
Elway. ning. a challenge.” to Pittsburgh in 2008.
After rejecting Kubiak’s return to the field, the Broncos set their “Nice,” Brady said of the impending It will also be a chance to earn a signa-
sights on San Francisco QBs coach Rich Scangarello, but ESPN
reported that the 49ers denied Denver’s request to interview him for
footnote. “Nice and old.”
Sunday will be just the fourth play-
ture win for second-year Chargers coach Gordon’s a go
their offensive coordinator job. Anthony Lynn, who has steered Los An- Chargers running back Melvin Gor-
So, Fangio remains on the looking for someone who will resusci-
off meeting between the teams, with geles through its relocation and a season don is expected to be active Sunday,
tate a Denver offense that has sputtered under four different starting the Patriots holding a 2-1 edge. that included a game in London. despite missing the first practice of
quarterbacks and three coordinators in the post-Peyton Manning era. Rivers enters Sunday with a 1-7 re- To have another chance at this stage the week to rest the knee injury he sus-
And the surprising development with Kubiak curbs anticipation that cord against the Patriots, including 0-4 of his career to notch a playoff win tained in their wild-card win over the
the Broncos could go after Baltimore veteran quarterback Joe Flacco , in games in Foxborough and 0-2 in the
who lost his starting job to rookie Lamar Jackson. Kubiak worked well against a New England team that has Ravens. He was limited for Thursday’s
playoffs. Rivers earned his lone victory been the standard in the conference is
with the former Super Bowl MVP in 2014 when he was the Ravens’ workout, but removed from the injury
offensive coordinator. against New England during the 2008 an opportunity not lost on Rivers. report on Friday.
n Pettine remaining on Packers’ new staff: At Green Bay, Wis- regular season, when the Chargers Here are some things to watch for in
consin, Mike Pettine is staying as defensive coordinator of the Packers. Los Angeles’ offense is at its best
were still in San Diego. Brady was side- Sunday’s game:
New coach Matt LaFleur announced the decision Friday, answer- when Gordon can take the pressure off
lined for that game by a knee injury
ing one of his biggest questions just three days after being hired. Rivers. He had an 87-yard touchdown
In his first year, Pettine installed a 3-4 scheme and had mixed and Matt Cassel started in his place.
Road warriors in last year’s regular-season meet-
results. First-round draft pick Jaire Alexander showed signs he will Brady is 7-0 as a starter against Riv-
One thing that gives the Chargers ing with the Patriots. He also has 12
become the top cornerback the Packers desperately need, and Green ers .
Bay was ranked No. 12 in pass defense (234.5 yards per game), a big confidence heading into Foxborough touchdowns in the Chargers’ past nine
The Patriots (11-5), who captured
improvement over 2017.
is their record away from Los Angeles games on the road, including playoffs.
Green Bay finished 6-9-1 and out of the playoffs for the second their 10th straight AFC East title this
straight year. As the Packers wrapped up for the offseason last week, season, will be seeking their eighth this season.
Pettine said he was hoping to return to keep building. consecutive trip to the AFC title game. The Chargers are facing a Patriots Weather factor
“Of course, the foundation is the hardest thing to get right, and I feel The Chargers (13-4) haven’t even team that is 8-0 in Gillette Stadium this The forecast for Sunday in Foxbor-
that a lot of it has been built — and we’ve made a lot of mistakes,” he ough is 29 degrees, which recently has
said. “I think we learned, especially me personally, too, I’ve learned a lot been to the conference title game since season. But Los Angeles is 8-1 on the
of cases of what not to do versus what to do.” losing 21-12 to the Patriots during the road , with its lone blemish coming been a good thing for the Patriots.
The Packers did pile up 44 sacks, tied for eighth in the league, 2007 season. against the crosstown Los Angeles They are 13-0 at home since 2011 in
though injuries struck the defensive line. Green Bay lacked a consistent Rivers played in that game just days Rams. games in which the temperature was
rush at outside linebacker except for surprise sacks leader Kyler “We have a tough football team, 32 degrees or colder .
Fackrell (10½).
removed from tearing the ACL in his
Defensive lineman Kenny Clark also liked the new scheme, which right knee. He limped his way through no doubt. I believe that. I think going The Chargers contemplated stay-
saw 17 different players get at least a half-sack. it while being intercepted twice and on the road, it really doesn’t faze this ing on the East Coast after last week’s
Longtime defensive star Clay Matthews is a free agent after finish- failing to throw a touchdown pass. team,” Lynn said. game in Baltimore, but ultimately de-
ing with a career-low 3½ sacks in his 10th season with the Packers. It’s become the toughness brand “We love ball, we like playing foot- cided to return to California to prac-
—From Wire Reports
for a quarterback that hasn’t missed ball, we like competing and we know tice.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL briefly

Miami hires former Alabama coordinator Enos College Football

By TIM REYNOLDS
The Associated Press
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Manny
Diaz has his offensive coordinator.
And now Miami will wait and see if
that offensive coordinator just happens
to arrive with a national-title-winning
quarterback.
Dan Enos was announced Friday as
the new leader of the Miami offense,
coming to the Hurricanes after one
season as quarterbacks coach and
associate head coach at national run-
ner-up Alabama. Enos was slotted to
become the new offensive coordinator
for the Crimson Tide, but emerged last
week as Diaz’s top target with the Hur-
ricanes.
It took several days to get all the lo-
gistics worked out, but Diaz had known
since long before Alabama’s appear-
ance in the College Football Playoff
title game earlier this week that Enos
was probably going to be his pick.
“When word got to me that he had
an interest in our job, I was floored by
that because I had so much respect
for him,” said Diaz, who took over as
Miami coach last week. “I also under-
stood where he was, and that he had a
good job. The fact that he felt like the
best thing for him and his family was to
come to the University of Miami was,
to be honest, quite humbling.”
The question now becomes if some-
one else is leaving Alabama for Miami.
Jalen Hurts, who went 26-2 as Ala-
bama’s starter before losing the job to
Tua Tagovailoa, has put his name into
the NCAA’s transfer portal. He worked
closely with Enos this season and he
and Diaz have followed each other on
Twitter in recent days.
Diaz could not comment specifically
on Hurts since he has not signed with
Miami. But it’s been clear that Miami
is looking for help at quarterback,
where right now it seems like N’Kosi
Perry and Jarren Williams will go into
spring ball as the candidates for the
starting job.
Miami’s offense sputtered last sea-
son, the major reason why the Hurri-
canes were a disappointing 7-6. Diaz
did not retain any of the offensive
coaches when he took the job following
the surprise retirement of Mark Richt,
and has insisted that quarterback play
in 2019 must be better — whether the
answer is already on Miami’s campus,
or if a graduate transfer (which Hurts
is) has to be brought aboard.
“If bringing someone from the out-
side spurs one of our guys to bring
his level to the point where they can
uphold the standard of being the quar-
terback at the University of Miami, out-
standing,” Diaz said. “This is an equal
opportunity employer. We do not care
who plays quarterback for us. But we
do care that it’s played at the standard
that the great ones who have come be-
fore have set.”
Enos was a quarterback at Michi-
gan State. He was head coach at Cen-
tral Michigan from 2010 through 2014,
and has been an assistant at 10 other
schools.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join a
program as rich in tradition as the Uni-
versity of Miami,” Enos said in a state-
ment distributed by the school. “Coach
Diaz has a clear vision for this program
as we move forward and it’s an honor to
help build the Hurricanes in his image.
This was an opportunity I felt I couldn’t
pass up.
“I also want to express my sincere
appreciation to Nick Saban and the Al-
abama program for giving me the op-
portunity to coach there this past sea-
son. I learned so much during my time
there and I will always be grateful.”
Diaz said he plans to reveal more
hires to his offensive staff as early as
Saturday.
Alabama defensive lineman Ray arrested
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama defensive lineman LaBryan Ray
has been arrested on a public intoxication charge.
Tuscaloosa Police spokeswoman Lt. Teena Richardson says Ray
was arrested Friday at about 7 p.m. after refusing to leave an establish-
ment at Midtown Village. Security detained him until police arrived.
Officers determined that Ray was intoxicated. He was booked at
Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $500 bond.
Ray was a backup last season as a sophomore but had 39 tackles,
six tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. The former five-star recruit from
Madison, Alabama, is likely to contend for a starting role next season
with Quinnen Williams and Isaiah Buggs leaving.
Alabama coach Nick Saban says in a statement that “we will
evaluate what we need to do in terms of appropriate discipline and
rehabilitation as we move forward.”
n Hurricanes add to staff: At Coral Gables, Miami, the Miami
Hurricanes announced the hirings of running backs coach Eric Hickson
and offensive line coach Butch Barry on Saturday.
Hickson is a native of nearby Fort Lauderdale and spent 2018
as running backs coach at Kansas State. Barry spent the last four
years as the assistant offensive line coach with the NFL’s Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. He served the previous five seasons at Central Michigan
under new Miami offensive coordinator Dan Enos.
Hickson played at Kansas State, rushing for 2,537 yards and
25 touchdowns. He previously coached at two high schools in South
Florida.
Barry played his college football at Central Michigan.
n Texas Tech adds Cooks to staff: At Lubbock, Texas, Texas
Tech has hired Oklahoma assistant and former NFL defensive back
Kerry Cooks to be safeties coach.
The school in Lubbock on Friday announced the hiring of Cooks,
who’s spent nine seasons at Oklahoma and previously was an assistant
at Notre Dame.
Cooks, who was an All-Big Ten selection as a senior in 1997
at Iowa, was selected in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the
Minnesota Vikings.
n Oklahoma quarterback Kendall enters portal: At Norman,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma backup quarterback Austin Kendall has entered
the NCAA transfer database portal.
A university spokesperson confirmed Kendall’s entry Friday.
Other schools can now contact Kendall. He has already graduated,
so he would be eligible to play immediately.
Kendall was Baker Mayfield’s backup in 2016 and battled Kyler
Murray for the starting job into fall camp this past season. Murray won

Five Crimson Tide players declare for draft

By JOHN ZENOR
The Associated Press
Four Alabama players
are skipping their final sea-
sons to enter the NFL draft,
including All-America left
tackle Jonah Williams and
Outland Trophy-winning
defensive lineman Quinnen
Williams.
Those projected
first-rounders announced
their intentions on Friday,
along with versatile tailback
Josh Jacobs and tight end
Irv Smith Jr.
Jonah Williams and Quin-
nen Williams are unanimous
All-Americans rated as po-
tential Top 10 picks. They
helped lead the Crimson
Tide to a Southeastern Con-
ference title before losing
44-16 to Clemson in the na-
tional championship game.
The exodus of under-
classmen has become an an-
nual rite for the talent-rich
Tide.
Alabama cornerback
Saivion Smith is entering
the NFL draft.
Smith announced his de-
cision Saturday on Twitter,
becoming the fifth Crimson
Tide underclassmen to turn
pro this week.
“This is probably going to
sound like a Grammy accep-
tance speech but I just have
a lot of thank yous because
this place really, it’s an in-
credible program that coach
(Nick) Saban’s built but it
runs because of all the peo-
ple that work in the coach-
ing and support staff roles,”
said Jonah Williams, before
naming staffers in a number
of different departments.
Jonah Williams won the
Southeastern Conference’s
Jacobs Blocking Trophy. He
started every game of his
Tide career, the first at right
tackle and the past two on
the left side.
“These guys have always
been exemplary in all the
things they’ve done to help
themselves, in terms of their
work ethic, their character,
the choices and decisions
they’ve made, which is what
has created the opportunity
for them,” Saban said.
Alabama has other stand-
out players who haven’t
announced their plans yet.
That group includes safety
Deionte Thompson, a pro-
jected first-round pick, and
linebacker Mack Wilson.
Defensive lineman Rae-
kwon Davis and cornerback
Trevon Diggs have already an-
nounced they’re staying put.
Smith wasn’t present at
the announcement because
he’s attending the wedding
of fellow tight end Hale
Hentges this weekend.
Quinnen Williams is a
third-year sophomore who
won the Outland Trophy as
the nation’s top interior line-
man on either side of the ball.
The 6-foot-4, 295-pounder
had a breakout season in his
first season as starter, lead-
ing the team with 17 tackles
for loss and ranking third
with 66 tackles.
“I dreamed of this day al-
most every day when I was
a little kid when I was play-
ing little league football in
Birmingham,” he said. “Just
to see I made it become a
reality, like I get a chance
to enter the draft. Most peo-
ple don’t get a chance from
where I’m from.
“Most people have the
athletic ability or the ability
to do it, but can’t get past dif-
ferent distractions and stuff.
To see I defeated all the
odds and the negativity and
just everything in general,
I defeated it all. It made me
emotional kind of to see that
I’ve came from a long way,
seen a lot of stuff when I was
young.”
Quinnen Williams said
he spent considerable time
talking on the phone about
the decision to Saban, who
he called “like the Godfa-
ther of early leaving.”
Jacobs and Smith are
also listed as potential late
first-rounders in at least one
mock draft.
Jacobs was a diverse
threat for the Tide on of-
fense and special teams.
He ran for 640 yards and a
team-high 11 touchdowns
while catching 20 passes for
247 yards and three scores.
Once a lightly recruited
player who was a late addi-
tion to his Alabama recruit-
ing class, he averaged 30.6
yards on 14 kick returns
with a TD.
Smith emerged as a weap-
on this season. He caught 44
passes for 710 yards and sev-
en touchdowns.
His father, Irv Smith Sr.,
is a former NFL tight end
who was a first-round pick
by the New Orleans Saints
in 1993.
the job and eventually won the Heisman Trophy. Kendall completed 28
of 39 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns without an intercep-
tion at Oklahoma.
Oklahoma still is strong at quarterback. Spencer Rattler, the con-
sensus No. 1 quarterback in the class of 2019, signed with the Sooners
last month. Tanner Mordecai, a freshman this past season, was rated a
four-star recruit by ESPN and a three-star prospect by 247Sports and
Rivals.
n Michigan adds Campanile as defensive assistant: At Ann
Arbor, Michigan, Anthony Campanile is joining Michigan’s football
program as a defensive assistant.
The school announced the hiring Friday night.
Campanile spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Boston
College and the previous four on the staff at Rutgers. He was a co-de-
fensive coordinator at Boston College in 2018.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says Campanile provides flexibility
with his experience working on both sides of the ball and at multiple
positions.
Campanile earned his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers in 2007
and coached at the high school level before returning to Rutgers as a
defensive assistant.
n Moore to coach offensive line at West Virginia: At Morgan-
town, West Virginia, new West Virginia coach Neal Brown has brought
offensive line coach Matt Moore with him from Troy.
Brown announced Moore’s hiring Friday.
Moore was offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at
Troy for the past four years. He also served stints as an assistant at
Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee and Texas Tech.
Some of West Virginia’s linemen from the past season won’t
be around to work with Moore. Offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste has
declared for the NFL draft, and center Matt Jones announced earlier
Friday he is heading to Youngstown State as a graduate transfer.
Brown and defensive coordinator Vic Koenning were introduced
at a news conference Thursday. Koenning had the same job for four
seasons under Brown at Troy.
n Georgia promotes Coley to coordinator: At Athens, Georgia,
James Coley was promoted to Georgia’s offensive coordinator on
Friday, taking over a lead role after Jim Chaney left for Southeastern
Conference rival Tennessee.
The 45-year-old Coley served as co-offensive coordinator this
past season, handling the quarterbacks while Chaney called plays and
worked with the tight ends.
Coley came to Georgia when Kirby Smart was hired as head
coach in 2016, overseeing the wide receivers for two seasons.
“James has been a critical part of our staff since we came to
Georgia,” Smart said. “He’s done an incredible job in all aspects of his
responsibilities including coaching wide receivers for two years, serving
as co-offensive coordinator this past season coaching the quarter-
backs, and recruiting. James has extensive coordinator experience
during his entire coaching career and will transition easily into his new
role.”
Coley moved up after Chaney’s surprising departure to a fellow

Clemson celebrates title with cigars, doughnuts

By PETE IACOBELLI
The Associated Press
CLEMSON, S.C. — All-American
Christian Wilkins tossed doughnuts
and showed off a victory cigar.
On a chilly, overcast morning, Clem-
son celebrated its second national foot-
ball title in three seasons Saturday
before thousands of roaring fans. Spec-
tators stood seven or eight deep along
the parade route.
Trevor Lawrence, who threw for 347
yards and three touchdowns in the title
game against Alabama, rode a flat-bed
torial laughter.
Wilkins had a tearful outburst on
national TV following the 44-16 rout
of Alabama on Monday night in Santa
Clara, California. He wanted to clear
the air on that one.
“I’m not sorry I cried,” he said. “I’m
sorry I’m such an ugly crier.”
The Tigers became the first major
school to finish 15-0 since Penn in 1897
with its College Football Playoff game
wins over Notre Dame (30-3 in the
Cotton Bowl) and Alabama. The feat
had Swinney and several of his players
son’s basketball game with No. 4 Vir-
ginia.
The group will gather again for a
White House visit Monday. “What a
game, what a coach, what a team!”
President Donald Trump tweeted.
The Tigers will have some ques-
tions to answer before continuing their
run. Ferrell was among four starting
defensive underclassmen to declare
for the NFL draft after the Tigers re-
turned from California.
Tackle Dexter Lawrence along with
linebacker Tre Lamar and champion-
SEC East team. He received a hefty pay raise from the Volunteers, who
were one of the league’s worst offensive teams in 2018.
Georgia, on the other hand, averaged 238.8 yards rushing and 5.9
yards per carry to lead the SEC in both categories for a second straight
season. The Bulldogs finished 11-3 after squandering a 14-point lead to
Alabama in the conference championship game, costing them a return
to the College Football Playoff, and losing to Texas in the Sugar Bowl.
Coley assumes control of an offense that will have to replace sev-
eral key players. Running back Elijah Holyfield, tight end Isaac Nauta,
and receivers Riley Ridley and Mecole Hardman are leaving after their
junior seasons to enter the NFL draft. Also, touted quarterback Justin
Fields is transferring to Ohio State after failing to earn much playing
time behind two-year starter Jake Fromm.
Coley previously worked as the offensive coordinator and quar-
terback coach at Miami (2013-15) and offensive coordinator at Florida
State (2010-12). While with the Seminoles, he worked with three quar-
terbacks who went on to become first-round NFL draft picks: Christian
Ponder, EJ Manuel and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.
A native of Miami, Coley served as an offensive assistant with the
Miami Dolphins under Nick Saban in 2005-06. His coaching resume
also includes a stint as a graduate assistant on Saban’s staff at LSU in
2003, when the Tigers claimed the BCS national championship.

truck with dozens of teammates.
The parade ended outside the sta-
dium where the players line up to run
down the hill before games.
Coach Dabo Swinney accepted the
Cotton Bowl trophy and the national
championship prize in a mostly full
arena.
Wilkins, Clemson’s heart and soul
this season, rode with a box of dough-
nuts, throwing some to the crowd along
the way. He and fellow All-American
defensive lineman Clelin Ferrell were
caught on the stadium video board
taking victory cigars from wrappers
and putting the unlit stogies to their
mouths as they broke out in conspira-
touting Clemson as the best team in
college football history.
“I feel like it’s not really up for de-
bate,” Ferrell said.
Swinney echoed those sentiments,
proclaiming his latest group “the best
ever. Drop the mic.”
He lauded his players for their dil-
igence in having the highest grade-
point average in team history and for
their fortitude in dealing of with the
death of teammate C.J. Fuller to blood
clots this past October.
“These trophies do not define us,”
he said. “Our culture defines us.”
To loud cheers, Swinney and the
players came out at halftime of Clem-
ship defensive MVP in cornerback
Trayvon Mullen also chose to give up
their eligibility to turn pro. Barring
any late NFL declarations, Clemson
will have to replace at least seven start-
ers on defense including their entire
front four as Wilkins and defensive end
Austin Bryant were seniors.
“I won’t be missing the champion-
ships we won,” Ferrell said. “I’ll miss
the people we won them with.”
There were more than 15,000 peo-
ple in the center of town Monday night
to watch several big screens with
the game. Fans were at the airport
Wednesday and back on campus to
greet the team.
Pro Basketball
Maverick lose Barea to season-ending injury
DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea tore his right
Achilles tendon in a game against Minnesota, a season-ending setback
for a key Mavericks’ reserve.
Barea was injured in the second half of the Mavericks’ 119-115
victory in Minneapolis on Friday night. The team said Saturday that
Barea was weighing his options for surgery.
The 34-year-old Barea was averaging 10.9 points and a team-high
5.6 assists as a key part of the second unit for Dallas. The injury is likely
to mean a significant increase in playing time for rookie Jalen Brunson,
a two-time NCAA champion at Villanova and second-round draft pick.
Barea is in his second stint with the Mavericks after being a catalyst
for Dallas’ rally from a 2-1 deficit in the 2011 NBA Finals against Miami.
The Mavericks won the franchise’s only title in six games.
n Thunder retires Collison’s number: At Oklahoma City, the
Oklahoma City Thunder will retire Nick Collison’s No. 4 in March.
The team made the announcement in a news release on Saturday.
The ceremony will take place when the Thunder hosts the Toronto
Raptors on March 20. The crowd favorite’s number will be the first the

Temple introduces Carey as Diaz replacement

By JEFF NEIBURG
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Tem-
ple University athletic direc-
tor Patrick Kraft smiled and
let out a little laugh when
he took the podium to in-
troduce the school’s newest
head coach, Rod Carey.
“I feel like Bill Murray
in ‘Groundhog Day,’” Kraft
said Friday.
It was just 29 days ago
that Kraft and the universi-
ty welcome Miami defensive
coordinator Manny Diaz as
the replacement for Geoff
Collins, who left for Georgia
Tech after two years at Tem-
ple. But that changed quick-
ly after Hurricanes coach
Mark Richt unexpectedly
retired on Dec. 30. Some 12
hours later, Diaz had a five-
year deal with Miami, and
the Temple job was vacant
again.
“We got punched a little,”
Kraft said. “You were like,
‘Whoa.’ And then you get
back at it.”
Temple started a new
search that officially ended
Friday with the hiring of
Carey from Northern Illi-
nois. Kraft said the param-
eters of the search didn’t
necessarily change, but a
wider net was cast than the
previous search, and being a
head coach was a little more
important this time around.
“Every search has its own
personality,” Kraft said. “No
matter if it was 17, 18, 20,
30 days before, you have to
re-evaluate yourself. You
have to look at what’s the
right person for this time in
this program. We took our
time to find our coach. We
wanted someone who truly
understood North Philadel-
phia and truly understood
who we were. Someone who
wanted to be here. ... Some-
one who saw who we are and
who we can be.
Carey coached in parts of
seven seasons at Northern
Illinois, leading the Huskies
to six bowl games (all loss-
es) and compiling a 52-30
record.
He was the 2013
Mid-American Conference
coach of the year and won
two MAC championships.
franchise retires since moving from Seattle to Oklahoma City before the
2008-09 season.
Collison announced his retirement last May after spending all 15
years of his career with the Thunder franchise, which was the Seattle
SuperSonics when he was drafted 12th overall in 2003. He appeared in
910 regular season games with 177 starts and posted career averages
of 5.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 20.4 minutes per game.
n Griffin scores 44 on return home: At Los Angeles, Blake
Griffin kept his emotions to himself in his return to Staples Center for the
first time against his old team.
After scoring 44 points in the Detroit Pistons’ 109-104 victory over
the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, he allowed himself a trip down
memory lane.
“The best thing to be a part of is something that is bigger than
yourself and that is what that was,” he said in a crowded hallway outside
the Pistons’ locker room. “I don’t look at what I did.”
Griffin was greeted with cheers during pregame introductions and
received a standing ovation after a first-quarter video tribute from the
team that drafted him first overall in 2009.
Griffin stuck his right arm in the air and then brought his raised
hands together in a thankful gesture without smiling. He clearly wanted
to beat the team that stunningly traded him last January after he had
signed a $171 million, five-year extension.
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59-53 victory against Oxford on
Friday night at home. That win
helped the Falcons to improve
to 2-0 in Class 6A, Region 2 play.
Against New Hope, Greg
King and Gabe Williams added
eight points and Jerome Sher-
rod and Rod Grays had seven.
Columbus led 26-22 at half-
time and 37-26 after three
quarters. The pressure defense
finally started to wear the Tro-
jans down in the fourth quar-
ter, as the Falcons were able to
force turnovers and get out in
transition. Morris said that is a
recipe for success with players
who have accepted roles and are
playing hard on both ends of the
floor.
“Guys are figuring out their
roles,” Morris said. “Like I told
you earlier in the year, around
district time we wanted to get
tuned up, and I think that’s what
is happening. I think we’re do-
ing a pretty solid job with what
we have got.”
Columbus will play host to
Tupelo at 6 p.m. Friday in a key
doubleheader for the girls and
boys teams. The game will help
determine seedings for the re-
gion tournament, which will at
Tupelo High.
Presley Langford led New
Hope (9-9) with 10 points. LJ
Hackman had nine, Korey
Chandler had eight, and Jaylen
Smith had seven for the Trojans,
who were coming off a 56-34
victory against Kosciusko on
Friday night. Caleb Parr had 16
points, Chandler added 10, and
Javaris Roberts added nine in
the win that helped the Trojans
improve to 2-0 in Class 4A, Re-
gion 4.
Despite the loss to Colum-
bus, New Hope coach Drew
McBrayer, whose team had
won seven of eight prior to the
rematch, was pleased his team
didn’t quit. The Falcons built
their lead to as many as 18 four
times in the fourth quarter, but
the Trojans used their pressure
defense to make the visitors
earn every point.
“That’s one of the things I
told them in the locker room
that we’ll learn from this,” Mc-
Brayer said. “We were down
and the game could have gotten
out of hand and you kept fight-
ing and battling. That is going to
pay off. It might not be this year.
It might not be next year, but
you’ll go back and remember
that one day.”
The win helped Columbus
sweep the season series against
New Hope. Columbus earned a
56-42 victory on Dec. 22, 2018,
at Columbus High. King had
24 points in that game. True to
the nature of Morris’ team, the
Falcons had different players
emerge in the rematch against
the Trojans, which he feels
shows his players are settling
into roles.
McBrayer also feels his
team, which has eighth-grad-
ers and freshmen in key roles,
understands the importance of
playing together. That will be
even more important because
the Trojans will be without se-
nior Krash Pascasio for at least
two more weeks. McBrayer said
Pascasio, who was on crutches
and had a boot on his right foot,
was injured earlier this week
against Noxubee County.
“Their mentality is almost
like you said that they don’t know
any better and they’re just going
to go play hard,” McBrayer said
when asked how he thinks his
team will react without Pasca-
sio. “That is what we have done
all year. We’ll try to figure it out.
There are enough pieces to plug
in and plug around as long as we
keep battling and fighting and
working every day.”
n Columbus girls 63, New
Hope 27
Yvonne Hairston hopes si-
lence is a recipe for a champion-
ship.
Earlier this week, Columbus
lost to Center Hill 37-34 on the
road. For a “special” team with
title aspirations, Hairston said
the performance wasn’t accept-
able, which is why she has is-
sued an edict of silence for her
players in practice. She said
the players can only talk when
they’re on defense. In all other
activities, silence and focus are
the objectives.
“We have set a goal for our-
selves and we have to reach it,”
Hairston said. “This is a special
group that we have. When you
are given an opportunity, you
can’t just let it slip away, and
they know that, too. We don’t
want to get caught slippin’. We
got caught slippin’ with Center
Hill.”
Columbus (15-2) responded
from the loss with a 58-17 victo-
ry against Oxford on Friday to
improve to 2-0 in the district.
Against New Hope, JaTyler
Turner had 23 points and Han-
nah White added 15. The Lady
Falcons led 22-17 in the second
quarter after a 3-pointer by the
Lady Trojans’ Anna Prince.
From there, Columbus extend-
ed the margin to 31-17 at half-
time and then turned on the jets
in the third quarter.
“It is all about what we do in
the district to position ourselves
for the district tournament,”
Hairston said. “We still can’t
talk because we still have one
on the line (on Friday night)
and we’re going to get in there
at practice and get really, really
focused.”
India Woods led New Hope
with 11 points.
New Hope will take on Lou-
isville in a region doubleheader
Tuesday.
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That was the story-line
as recently as a week ago,
at any rate.
Yet today, it is Ole
Miss that is at the top of
the standings and it is the
Bulldogs, who through
two SEC games have
played defense just good
enough to almost win,
who are at the bottom.
Even early in the sea-
son, it was pretty obvious
that the prognosticators
had misjudged the Reb-
els. Davis has never been
in the habit of finishing
last. In fact, in 16 years
at Middle Tennessee
State, his previous job,
Davis had just one losing
season.
Until a week ago,
Davis has proved that the
Rebels weren’t terrible
at all.
Now? Suffice to say,
folks are starting to look
at Ole Miss much differ-
ently.
The Rebels are l3-2
overall and 3-0 in the con-
ference after Saturday’s
win. More importantly,
they’ve already won two
road games, which are
pure gold.
A week ago, State
was 12 -1 and No. 14 in
the country. Today, the
Bulldogs are 12-3 and
0-2 in the league. This is
not what was expected,
either.
When the Top 25 poll
comes out Monday, the
Rebels and Bulldogs will
trade places. Ole Miss
will be in, the Bulldogs
will be out.
Lest Rebel fans are
tempted to pop the cham-
pagne corks or Bulldog
fans are contemplating
renting their garments
and sitting in ashes, it’s
wise to note that the
basketball season is still
in the opening act. There
are likely to be a few plot
twists along the way.
Outrageous fortune and
fickle fate may wait just
around the corner.
But for today, it’s shak-
ing up to be one heckuva
story, especially the role
Kermit Davis Jr. is play-
ing in this drama.
Kermit Davis Jr.
attended both the first
and most recent game at
Humphrey Coliseum. In
1975, he was a teenager
watching his dad, Kermit
Davis Sr., coach the
Bulldogs to a win over
Indiana State.
The younger Davis
had no divided loyalties
then. He didn’t Saturday,
either.
Davis, who went on to
play at Mississippi State,
admitted that returning
to Humphrey Coliseum
did conjure up a few old
memories.
“I hadn’t been in Hum-
phrey for a long time, I
really haven’t,” he said,
‘but some things run
through your mind as a
kid who grew up in this
building. It was a little
strange.”
Admittedly for Bulldog
fans, losing to Ole Miss is
about as pleasant as get-
ting dentistry performed
by a blacksmith. But even
the most grudge-bearing
Bulldog can spare a kind
thought for Davis, a MSU
alumnus, who has paid
his penance for ancient
sins.
Those most surprised
by the Rebels’ sudden
ascendancy, are perhaps
unfamiliar with Davis’
journey to Ole Miss.
He had his first head
coaching job by age 28
(Idaho) and by 30 landed
a big-time job at Texas
A&M. He was a young
rising star in the profes-
sion.
But his one year at
Texas A&M in 1990 was
a disaster, ending in a
recruiting scandal that
landed the Aggies on
probation and very nearly
ending his career as a
head coach. Davis even-
tually landed at Middle
Tennessee and seemed
destined to finish his
career in the mid-majors.
But Davis bloomed
where he was planted.
Over 16 seasons, he led
MTSU to seven postsea-
son tournaments, a run
punctuated by his upset
win over second-seeded
Michigan State in 2016.
When Ole Miss parted
ways with Andy Kennedy,
opportunity at long last
knocked for Davis.
Davis, now 59, hasn’t
looked back, either. Not
even Saturday. Especially
not Saturday.
“I have so much
respect fro Mississippi
State and their program,”
Davis said. “But you
know, it’s amazing how
the good Lord, he puts
you in places you’re
supposed to be. My path
is exactly right for Ole
Miss. It’s a special place.
We absolutely love it. I’m
at the place I need to be
at.”
No, Saturday was no
fond trip down memory
lane for Davis.
He’s not going in that
direction.

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Continued from Page 1B
from 3-point range. He eclipsed
his previous career high of 17
with a career-best day from be-
hind the arc.
“He puts in so much work,”
Ole Miss coach Kermit Davis
said. “Blake is there every day
early. … Good things happen to
guys that work like he does.”
After the game, Hinson, who
was one of three Rebels to get
a technical foul, admitted he
probably showed a little too
much emotion. KJ Buffen and
Bruce Stevens also were called
for technical fouls, as was
MSU’s Nick Weatherspoon.
Davis apologized for the
technical fouls, and said it was
a long, long, long time since he
has had players get them.
MSU coach Ben Howland
wasn’t pleased with his the
Bulldogs guarded — or tried to
guard — Hinson.
“We did, obviously, a horrible
job on Blake Hinson,” Howland
said. “We knew what we was —
he was a 3-point shooter The
first one he made in the second
half, we were playing off of him,
which is just inexcusable. This
is two games in a row where we
have had the power forward on
the opposing team have career
nights against our defense.
“I have always been a coach
that believes defense wins first.
We really have done a poor job
defending here the last few
games.”
Woodard II and Perry pro-
vided a lift off the bench of
MSU (12-3, 0-2 SEC). Woodard
II scored on a dunk off an assist
from Lamar Peters, hit a jump-
er off a pass from Aric Holman,
and drained a jump shot off a
crossover dribble in which he
was fouled and converted the
three-point play.
“It is all about being ready,”
Woodard II said. “Whenever
your name is called, be ready to
contribute and give coach what-
ever he wants and needs to help
his team win.
The former Columbus High
School standout and two-time
Mississippi Gatorade Player
of the Year did his damage
in eight minutes. Woodard II
played only one minute in the
second half.
Howland took the blame for
that, saying he needs to do a
better job using Woodard II at
the four (power forward), espe-
cially when the Bulldogs need
to get out to the perimeter to
defend the 3-point arc.
Perry had seven points, sev-
en rebounds — including at
least one “grown-man rebound”
when he went over an Ole Miss
player to snare the ball and
score — and two steals in 21
minutes.
Controlling emotion
Howland also wasn’t pleased
with the Bulldogs’ 15 turnovers.
Those mistakes contributed to
the Rebels’ 18-11 edge in points
off turnovers. That advantage
helped negate the Bulldogs’ 38-
26 difference in points in the
paint and their 38-30 rebound-
ing edge.
‘We had too many turnovers,
especially out of our two main
ballhandlers,” Howland said,
referring to Quinndary Weath-
erspoon (five) and Peters (four).
The Rebels had 10. “We have to
do a better job of having more
trust and patience offensively
with one another.”
Nick Weatherspoon’s third
foul came on his technical foul.
“I thought we got emotional
tonight,” Howland said. “Nick’s
third foul on the technical was
really a tough break for us in
the first half because it kept
him out of the game, and it kept
him from starting the second
half. He is our best perimeter
defender.”
Staying in the game
MSU appeared to have con-
trol in the first half when it took
a 32-21 lead on Peters’ 3-pointer
with 7 minutes, 37 seconds to
go.
But MSU went 3-for-8 from
the field down the stretch. Nick
Weatherspoon picked up his
technical foul at the 5:19 mark
and missed the rest of the half.
The Bulldogs also committed
four turnovers — a charge by
Quinndary Weatherspoon, Ab-
dul Ado missed a pass from
Peters in the lane, a travel by
Holman, and a force by Peters
on a one-on-one move to end
the half.
“I thought the last six min-
utes was the key to the whole
game,” Davis said. “Mississippi
State had momentum, TD (Ter-
ence Davis) got his third (foul),
and I just thought we kind of
held tight. Devontae Shuler
made some big plays at the end
of the first half. We finally went
to a zone and got them stopped
somewhat.”
Praise for Shuler
Devontae Shuler was the
lowest of the Rebels’ double-fig-
ure scorers with 10 points. The
sophomore guard also had
six rebounds, one assists, and
three turnovers in 36 minutes.
As one of Ole Miss’ primary
ballhandlers, Davis said Shul-
er has played a key role in the
team’s 3-0 start in SEC play.
“Devontae plays Most Valu-
able Player minutes for us every
game,” Davis said.
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State in a Southeastern
Conference game before
a crowd of 10,021 at Hum-
phrey Coliseum.
“I just attacked him
(for) a wide-open layup,”
said Tyree, who had 19
points on 5-for-12 shoot-
ing from the field. He also
had five assists and zero
turnovers in 35 minutes.
“That’s the one you want
to get at the end of the
game.”
Tyree added two free
throws with 9.5 seconds
left after MSU (12-3, 0-2)
had two possessions in
which it had an opportu-
nity to tie the game or to
take the lead.
Quinndary Weath-
erspoon (team-high 18
points) missed a 3-pointer
from the left wing on the
Bulldogs first attempt to
tie the game. Lamar Pe-
ters (15 points) appeared
to have his left-handed
drive down the left lane
blocked near the goal.
Abdul Ado grabbed the
rebound, but he was
stripped when he dribbled
the ball to gain his bal-
ance.
Blake Hinson led Ole
Miss with a game-high
26 points. The freshman
guard/forward was 8-for-
16 from the field, includ-
ing 5-for-11 from 3-point
range. Terence Davis (12
points) and Devontae
Shuler (10) also scored
in double figures for
the Rebels, who earned
their 10th-straight victo-
ry. They also have won
nine of the last 11 games
against the Bulldogs.
Ole Miss matched
a season high with 12
3-pointers on a sea-
son-high 31 attempts.
The 38.7-percent shoot-
ing effort from behind the
arc enabled the Rebels to
shoot 46.6 percent from
the field, which was a lit-
tle off their 50.2-percent
mark entering the game.
That mark was second in
the SEC at the start of play
Saturday.
The 12 3-pointers were
the most MSU has allowed
this season. The total was
one shy of the 13 hit by
Wofford. The 31 attempts
were the most against the
Bulldogs in a game.
“They were slipping
a lot, in terms of the
screens, which they do,”
Mississippi State coach
Ben Howland said. “They
are a very good offensive
team. Basically, they’re
playing with four guards
a lot of time out there, so
you have to be aware of
that.
“In the first half, I
thought we defended the
three pretty well. They
were 5-for-16. In the sec-
ond half, they really got it
going.”
Tyree nearly wasn’t
around to take the win-
ning shot or see any of the
3-pointers. One minute
into the game, Tyree tried
to get through a screen on
the left wing and banged
his left shoulder against
the Mississippi State
player. He writhed on the
court in pain for a few sec-
onds before the officials
stopped play. Tyree left
the game but returned
with a little more than 16
minutes to play in the half.
Tyree said the pain
was “severe”, but he said
adrenaline took over and
allowed him to return. At
halftime, Tyree returned
with two black adhesive
strips that looked like
Band-Aids on his shoulder
and his shoulder blade.
“It just shows a lot for
his character and his
toughness to come back
and to play,” said Davis,
who added the screen was
legal, “and then continue
to play and it didn’t go as
great for him. He didn’t
make a lot of shots, but he
played, and that’s what ex-
perienced guards, expe-
rienced players, you have
to draw from those guys.
That was one of the key el-
ements to us winning the
game.”
MSU held the largest
lead of the game, 32-21,
with 7 minutes, 37 sec-
onds to go in the first half
after a 3-pointer by Peters.
The Bulldogs couldn’t ap-
ply the knockout blow,
though, and led 41-39 at
halftime.
Howland said his play-
ers appeared to down at
the break even though
they led. He said they
have to do a better job of
stay on an even keel and
not falling victim to the
emotions in a game.
Ole Miss turned the
tide in the second half,
building a 72-64 lead on
a dunk by Tyree with 6:20
to go. Peters responded
with seven points in the
next two-plus minutes,
and Aric Holman added a
3-pointer, but he missed a
free throw on what could
have been a four-point
play.
The Bulldogs had oth-
er opportunities down the
stretch, but Terence Davis
blocked a drive by Peters
and Quinndary Weather-
spoon had a 3-pointer go
in and out. Still, Howland
said the Bulldogs didn’t
execute as well as they
needed to.
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H. Simpson Sr. and Sal-
lie Elizabeth Simpson
and was formerly em-
ployed as a professor of
Agricultural Econom-
ics at Mississippi State
University. He was a
member of Longview
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his
wife, Joyce Davis Simp-
son; children, Debra
Greer, Teresa Thomp-
son and Jamie Simpson;
brother, Robert P. Simp-
son; six grandchildren;
and three great-grand-
children.
Memorials may be
made to T.K. Martin
Center, P.O. Box 9736,
Mississippi State, MS
39762.
Sandra Stewart
WEST POINT —
Sandra Jean Stewart,
75, died Jan. 10, 2019, at
North Mississippi Med-
ical Center in Tupelo.
Services will be at 2
p.m. Sunday at Rob-
inson Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev.
Byron Davis officiating.
Burial will follow at Me-
morial Gardens Cem-
etery. Visitation will
be one hour prior to
services at the funeral
It’s also undergoing
$15 million in renovations
and city officials want to
keep it looking nice. So,
in June, city officials ad-
opted a wide-ranging list
of regulations that includ-
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with high levels of arsenic,
lead and other contami-
nants in the soil that the
Environmental Protection
Agency has been scrap-
ing up and carting away,
house by house.
As President Donald
Trump and Congress bat-
tle over Trump’s demand
for a wall on the southern
U.S. border, the 3-week-
old partial government
shutdown has stopped
federal work on Super-
fund sites except for cases
where the administration
deems “there is an immi-
nent threat to the safety
of human life or to the pro-
tection of property.”
EPA’s shutdown plans
said the agency would
home. Robinson Funer-
al Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Stewart was
born Oct. 30, 1943, in
Clay County, to the late
Ivodale Husband and
Woodrow McLemore.
She was formerly em-
ployed as a LPN.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, William
Stewart; and sister,
Mamie Hill.
She is survived
by her sons, William
Stewart Jr. and Richard
Stewart, both of West
Point; brother, Lexi
Wiggins of Starkville;
sister, Sara Forrester
of Pheba; three grand-
children; and two
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Kristen Stewart, Chris
Stewart, Ricky Stewart,
Mike Hill, CW Wal-
ters and David Wayne
Blansett.
Memorials may be
made to New Life Min-
istries, 608 W. Main St.,
West Point, MS 39773.
Romona Clark
VERNON, Ala. —
Romona Ann Clark,
71, died Jan. 10, 2019,
at Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Services will be at 3
p.m. Sunday at Chan-
dler Funeral Home
ed an Alabama first: The
public beachfront became
smoke free.
Al.com reports the ban
is part of a national trend.
From the beachfronts of
New Jersey to Florida,
politicians are looking to
snuff the butts in an effort
to lure tourists and keep
the popular tourist attrac-
tions from looking like
ashtrays.
Sunday, January 13, 2019 7B
evaluate about 800 Super-
fund sites to see how many
nation “wholly depends”
on the length of the shut-
unclear if state workers or
contractors were continu-
could pose an immediate
threat. As an example of
down.
“Unless there is im-
ing work.
But long before the
that kind of threat, it cited
an acid leak from a mine
mediate risk like a storm,
a flood, a week or two of
shutdown began, Brown
harbored doubts the clean-
that could threaten the slowdowns is not going to up was working anyway.
public water supply. That’s very likely affect the clean- “My main concern is
the hazard at Northern up at the site,” Bellow said. the health of the people
California’s Iron Mountain In north Birmingham, out here,” said Brown,
mine, where EPA workers Brown said it’s been a cou- who has asthma. “All of us
help prevent an unending ple of weeks since she’s are sick, and we’ve got to
flow of lethally acidic run- spotted any EPA crews function on medicine ev-
off off the Superfund site at people’s houses. It was ery day.”
from spilling into rivers
downstream.
Practically speaking,
said Bonnie Bellow, a
former EPA official who
worked on Superfund pub-
lic outreach at the agency,
the impact of the stoppage
of work at sites across the
Chapel with Eddie We had questions about cremation.
Finch officiating. Burial
will follow at Lamar We found the
Memory Gardens. Visi- answers here.
tation will be two hours
prior to services at the
Call today.
funeral home. Chan-
dler Funeral Home is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory
Mrs. Clark was
Columbus, MS • (662) 328-1808
born Sept. 29, 1947, in
Birmingham, to the late
John and Evelyn Stacy
Perry. She was formerly
employed in the quality
control department of
Emerson.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, James
William Clark Jr.; son,
Michael Clark; broth-
ers, John Perry, Samuel
Perry, Van Perry, Dan-
ny Perry and Wayne
Perry; and sister, Faye
Morrow.
She is survived by
her daughter, Sherry
Hill of Blount Coun-
ty; son, Jim Clark of
Vernon; sister, Gracie
Wentworth; and two
grandchildren.
Ruby Wheeler
COLUMBUS —
Ruby Wheeler, 88, died
Jan. 12, 2019.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
Mavis Harris
announced by Lowndes
Funeral Home.
Mavis Renie Harris, age 90,
died Wednesday, January 09,
2019, at Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital, Columbus.
Graveside services will be
held Sunday, January 13, 2019
The smoke free public
beach is part of an ordi-
at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Bap-
tist Church Cemetery with Rev.
nance that also bans pets,
fireworks, alcoholic bev-
David Honeycutt officiating.
Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral
erages, open fires, drones
and laser pointers.
Home & Crematory, 2nd Ave. North location is in
charge of arrangements.
Gulf Shores Recreation Mrs. Harris was born on Monday, March 26,
and Cultural Affairs Di-
1928, in Kennedy, AL, to the late Johnnie Melvin
rector Grant Brown says
and Mattie Lou Howard Junkin. Mrs. Harris was
enforcement is not rig-
orous but fines are stiff.
a 1947 graduate of New Hope High School and
Violators could face fines a retired employee of United Technologies. She
of up to $500 and jail time. was a kind, caring and gentle person that loved
her husband, children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren immensely. She enjoyed her class
and family reunions and visits from her very
dear long time friends and caring neighbors. She
loved all animals and adopted many of them. She
was a blessing to all that knew her and will be
sadly missed.
In addition to her parents she was preceded
in death by her husband, Fred Harris; her sis-
ters, Mozelle Orr and Shelby Jean Sloan; and her
brothers, Marshall Junkin and Herbert Junkin.
Survivors include her daughters, Patricia
Smith (Douglas), Gainesville, FL, Jennifer Up-
church (Jerry), Sinton, TX, Dianne Vanslyke
(Walter), Caledonia, MS and Phyllis Randolph
(Mark), Vernon, AL; sons, Ricky Harris, Steens,
MS and Danny Harris, Steens, MS; sister-in-law,
Maxine Junkin, Columbus, MS; eight grand-
children, Tracy Graff (Richard), Kenneth Smith
(Jen), Christopher Smith, Dianna Henshaw
(Ace), Nicole Van Slyke, Mary Elizabeth Harris,
Stephanie Schrimsher (Adam) and Justin Ran-
dolph; and nine great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, you may send a donation to
the building fund for Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
at 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd., Columbus, MS 39702.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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GOLF

Promising group of youngsters taking charge on professional tour

By DOUG FERGUSON
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — Leave it to
the oldest rookie to best illus-
trate how the PGA Tour has be-
come such a young man’s game.
Chris Thompson tried for 19
years to reach the highest lev-
el of golf, and he finally earned
a PGA Tour card when he was
42. With every year he spent
on mini-tours from Florida to
Arizona, he couldn’t help but
notice that getting better only
meant keeping up.
“It’s a profession that not
many good players get out of,
but there’s always good players
getting into it,” Thompson said.
Stewart Cink knows what
he’s talking about it.
Cink and Tiger Woods ar-
rived on the PGA Tour at rough-
ly the same time and were voted
rookie of the year in consecu-
tive seasons (1996 and 1997).
Woods got an early start in the
fall of 1996 and won two times
in eight starts, so that became
his rookie season. Cink’s first
full season was 1997.
“So really, we started play-
ing fulltime the same year,” he
said. “For the first three years,
he was the only player younger
than me. That put me at 23, 24,
25. There was no younger play-
er besides Tiger Woods than
me my first three years.
“How many players on the
tour now are 25 and under?”
Cink asked. “Forty?”
He was close. There are 29
players with full status on tour
who are 25 or younger. That in-
cludes Jordan Spieth and Justin
Thomas, who already have won
majors and reached No. 1 in the
world. It includes Jon Rahm and
Bryson DeChambeau and Xan-
der Schauffele, all of whom are
among the top 10 in the world
ranking.
“They play a lot more,
against better competition
when they’re younger now,”
Cink said. “And they’re just
more seasoned when they come
out here. There is no break-in
period anymore like there used
to be because you don’t need to
learn.”
When he started two de-
cades ago, Cink said most play-
ers — Woods is an exception in
almost every way — had to rein-
vent the wheel and learn to play
the style of golf required on the
PGA Tour.
“Now you just come out here,
guns blazing,” he said.
More are on the way.
Woods went straight from
college to the PGA Tour. Play-
ing on sponsor exemptions, he
made enough money to secure
a full card in just four tourna-
ments, and then he won in Las
Vegas in his fifth start as a pro.
It took nine years before that
happened again. Ryan Moore,
the NCAA and U.S. Amateur
champion, did it in 12 events in
2005, helped mightily by a run-
ner-up finish in the Canadian
Open.
Only three other players had
done that since 1980, a short list
that included Phil Mickelson,
who won as an amateur.
Now?
Spieth didn’t have a card on
any tour in 2013 and effective-
ly secured his card in six tour-
naments. Rahm got it done in
three starts after he turned pro
in 2016. What was the exception
is not the norm, but it’s getting
there.
Scott Verplank, who won the
1985 Western Open when he
was an amateur, watched the
NCAA Championship in Still-
water, Oklahoma, last spring
and he couldn’t believe what
he was seeing. And it wasn’t
just his alma mater, Oklahoma
State, winning the title. Just
about every team that reached
the quarterfinals of match play
had players who looked like
they were ready for the PGA
Tour.
Charles Howell III also went
to Oklahoma State and keeps
tabs on college golf, “so I kind
of knew what was coming.”
“All these guys were hitting
the ball over 300 yards and they
all putt great,” he said. “You
get Justin Thomas come out
and win a bunch. Jordan Spieth
comes out and wins a bunch. So
when they do that, then that’s
a veteran’s job gone. That’s an-
other veteran’s job gone. That’s
just how it works.”
Not entirely.
Golf doesn’t have a 53-man
or 25-man roster like the NFL
or Major League Baseball. And
the beauty of golf is that no
other sport can be so ageless.
Remember, Mickelson won last
year when he was 47 at a World
Golf Championship.
Howell’s point was that it’s
getting even more difficult to
win as tour cards go to younger
and younger players.
“When I first started on tour,
the best players were the older
players,” Howell said.
Woods — again, the excep-
tion — was No. 1 and on his way
to four straight majors in How-
ell’s first full season in 2001.
But the top 10 in the world was
filled with players in their 30s
— Mickelson and Vijay Singh,
Ernie Els and Davis Love III,
Colin Montgomerie and Hal
Sutton.
“Now I’ve gotten older, it’s
shifted the other way,” How-
ell said. “And the best players
seem to be the younger players.
So you go look now at all the
guys that we talk about, that
we focus on — Jordan, McIlroy,
Justin Thomas, etc. These are
all the young guys. And they’re
the sport’s best.”

Kuchar holds lead at Sony Open; Reavie, Cink close

By DOUG FERGUSON
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — The
easygoing vibe in Hawaii
is a perfect fit for Matt
Kuchar, who spends as
much as a month at a time
on the islands when his
schedule allows.
The Sony Open is more
about work than play, and
he’s having just as much
fun.
Kuchar ran off four
birdies in five holes to
start his second round
Friday, handled the par
5s at Waialae again and
finished with another
round of 7-under 63 to
take a one-shot lead over
Andrew Putnam.
“To shoot 7 under
back-to-back is unexpect-
ed, but awfully excited,” end, Spieth ran off two No. 6. that Reavie made more of the islands, and plans
Kuchar said with the birdies, missed a 10-foot The PGA Tour only be- eagles than birdies, and to stay another few weeks
same smile he wears for birdie putt and then nar- gan keeping hole-by-hole the one shot that made after the Sony Open. He
most any occasion. rowly missed chipping in records in 1983, and no him think the ball might likes it better when he can
Kuchar was at 14-un- go in the hole led to a par.
for eagle. one had ever made three play a few tournaments.
der 126, matching the “I loved the fight,” Spi- eagles in one round on “Apparently, I need to He became eligible for
lowest 36-hole score of eth said. “I feel like I was par 4s since then. Reavie go buy a lottery ticket to- the winners-only field at
his PGA Tour career. He trying to win the tourna- didn’t think all that much day,” Reavie said. Kapalua last week by win-
also had a 126 in Las Ve- ment trying to make the about it until he piped a That would be a good ning at another beach re-
gas in 2008. cut, which is not some- drive on No. 8 and hit a idea, except Hawaii sort — Mayakoba — last
Putnam, playing in thing I want to get used wedge that covered the doesn’t have a lottery. For year, opening with rounds
the afternoon, had a bo- to.” flag. now, he has to figure out of 64-64, the kind of start
gey-free 65 and was one He returns in two “It was on a good line, how to make up four shots he has enjoyed at Waialae.
shot behind. Chez Reavie weeks at Torrey Pines. and that was the only on Kuchar. Clearly, the 40-year-
(65) and Stewart Cink No one had a more time it crossed my mind Cink made nine bird- old is in a better spot than
(62) were four behind. memorable round than — ‘Wow, could we make ies in his round of 62. when he had gone more
Jordan Spieth had a Reavie. He holed out for another one?’” he said. Marc Leishman (64) and than three years without
short week after a long eagle three times from “The other two, I just hit Ted Potter Jr. (65) were at winning and was left off
break from golf. In his the fairway — a sand the shot I was trying to 9-under 131 the Ryder Cup team for
2019 debut, Spieth had wedge from 101 yards on see and it was going at the Kuchar sometimes the first time in 10 years.
a 66 and missed the cut No. 10 at the start of his hole. Never expected it comes to Hawaii with his He felt as though he was
by one shot. Needing to round; a 9-iron from 149 to go in. It’s always a sur- wife and two kids even grinding too hard, and
birdie the last four holes yards on No. 16, and a gap prise when it disappears.” when he’s not playing that’s not a trait he wears
to qualify for the week- wedge from 135 yards on So odd was this round golf. He has been to five well.

Sabbatini starts new chapter with Slovakian debut at Sony Open

By DOUG FERGUSON
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — Rory Sabba-
tini has been playing the Sony
Open the last 20 years, and this
one was different before he hit
a shot.
Start with the flag stitched
onto his golf bag.
And when he stepped to the
first tee Thursday, he heard
words never uttered on the PGA
Tour.
“From Bratislava, Slovakia,
Rory Sabbatini.”
Golf fans know him as the
42-year-old South African with
plenty of spunk and enough
game to have won six times on
the PGA Tour, who played in
the Presidents Cup and once
reached as high as No. 8 in the
world.
That changed during a cere-
mony in New York last month,
when Sabbatini became a nat-
uralized citizen of Slovakia,
home of his wife, Martina.
He now plays under the Slo-
vak flag.
“Just to support her and to
support our son,” Sabbatini
said. “Getting Slovak citizen-
ship is important to them, just
as important as her getting her
U.S. citizenship. So I’m support-
ing her, and the added benefit
was her cousin is the director
of golf development in Slovakia,
and we thought this was an op-
portunity.”
One benefit is the Olym-
pics, though Sabbatini said that
wasn’t his primary motive.
After a ceremony at the Con-
sulate General of the Slovak
Republic in New York, Sabba-
tini said he hoped playing for
Slovakia would be a source of
inspiration for young players
in a country that has only eight
other players listed in the Offi-
cial World Golf Ranking, three
of them amateurs.
The next Slovak behind Sab-
batini is Petr Valasek at No.
1,930.
The Olympics take no more
than two players from each
country — a maximum of four if
they are among the top 15 in the
world ranking — until it reach-
es the 60 players. So while Sab-
batini is No. 201 in the world,
his Olympic ranking this week
is at No. 49.
“Obviously, if things happen
to fall the way they possibly
could, that would be fantastic,”
Sabbatini said. “But I think golf
being back in the Olympics is
definitely a great advantage
for golf all over the world. I just
truly hope that we can really
get the program to develop in
Slovakia, and if the Olympics
would happen to boost it, that
would be fantastic.”
His wife’s cousin is Rastislav
Antal, the vice president of the
Slovak Golf Association. He
said last month at the New York
ceremony that his hope was for
Sabbatini to raise interest in the
country so that children would
get hooked on golf.
There are more golf courses
in Palm Beach County, where
Sabbatini lives, than Slovakia.
Among the best is Penati Golf
Resort, a Jack Nicklaus design
where the European Challenge
Tour last staged an event in
2016.
The winner was Espen Kosf-
stad of Norway, and his victo-
ry qualified him for the 2016
Olympics in Rio.
An Olympic golfer playing
under the Slovak flag seemed
unlikely until Sabbatini became
a citizen.
“Her cousin came up with
the idea,” Sabbatini said. “This
is an opportunity to bring more
kids into the game of golf, be-
cause they really haven’t had
an exposure on an international
stage to really have someone to
follow. They have a lot of hockey
players, skiers, tennis players,
all sports. But nobody in golf.”
Sabbatini, who won the
World Cup with Trevor Immel-
man for South Africa in 2003,
last won on the PGA Tour in
2011 at the Honda Classic.
That’s where he met his wife a
few years later.
“It was my first event, and I
wanted to see the profession-
al level, how they were, what’s
their routines,” she said. “This
is why I came there.”
Sabbatini says he has been
three or four times to Slovakia,
a central European country that
shares borders with Austria,
the Czech Republic, Poland,
Ukraine and Hungary. Bratisla-
va is near the Austrian border,
an hour from Vienna. They have
a place they rent when there.
Where this leads? Sabbatini
doesn’t know.
He played college golf in Ar-
izona, made it to the PGA Tour
on his first try and won in his
second year.
He has never played more
than two European Tour events
in one season, and his last ap-
pearance was the Czech Mas-
ters in 2016.
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Building Hope

Courtesy photo
Janet Robertson of Columbus, far right, celebrates graduation day with happy kindergarten children at Hope School in Africa’s Ngedo sector of Rwanda in
December 2017. Robertson, a New Hope Middle School science instructor, spent five years in Rwanda and was instrumental in helping establish and build
the school envisioned by its founder, Chantal Mubarure, next to Robertson, along with a teacher, at left. Robertson returned to Columbus in May 2018 and
continues to serve as educational advisor to Hope School.

A local teacher helps ‘build a bridge’ between continents

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

W
hen Janet Robertson stands be-
fore her New Hope Middle School
science students, the class has her
full attention. But there are quiet moments,
after-hours or during down time, when her
mind travels 8,000 miles away. It returns to
the east-central African Republic of Rwanda,
to other young faces, most of them only 3 to
7 years old. It wasn’t so long ago that Robert-
son was with those children who were going
to school in structures with no electricity
and latrines for restrooms. As an educator
and missionary in Rwanda for almost five
years, the alumna of New Hope High School
and Mississippi University for Women came
to know that country decimated by genocide
in 1994. For two years — from 2016 to May
2018, when she returned to Mississippi —
her efforts have focused on helping to build
a Christian primary school in one of the
most impoverished areas of the country, the
eastern province, Ngedo sector. There, Hope
School embraces the power of education to
disrupt the cycle of poverty and strives to
offer the area’s most vulnerable children a
real opportunity to learn. An opportunity to
improve life for themselves and, hopefully,
eventually their homeland.
Challenges to building the new school
were many, but before leaving Africa eight
Courtesy photo
months ago, Robertson was able to see the
Janet Robertson of Columbus, at right, is pictured at the construction site of Hope School in
doors open. It gladdens her heart. September 2017 with school founder Chantal Mubarure, left, and a local government official.
“The children now have their own chairs,
with backs, and they have tables without volunteer in education. She got firm support been volunteering as educational advisor by
splinters. We have windows, a lot of light!” from her family and her church, Columbus providing her high level of expertise in both
she said, extolling features taken for granted Church of Christ. classroom teaching and training to increase
in American schools. In a place with even Mubarure told The Dispatch via email the quality of education ... After going back
very little running water, every advancement that Hope School was established in the to the U.S., we are still working together, and
merits gratitude. Ngedo sector because there was no existing she is still doing (the) best to serve though
formal preschool. she cannot be physically on (the) field.”
■■■ “These children come from the poorest Robertson continues to act as education-
families, and they cannot have access to this al advisor to the school with 115 Rwandan
The vision for Hope School originated kind of education otherwise. By offering children in preschool through second-grade.
in Rwanda with Chantal Mubarure, who them free preschool education, they would They began their new school year earlier
founded Hope Assistance Foundation. She be ready for primary school and become this month. Plans are to add a new grade
and Robertson met when Robertson taught more competitive in the future. In addition, each year as they advance, through sixth
Mubarure’s children as a science specialist the chain of poverty would therefore be bro- grade.
for two years at an international school in the ken through education.” In blue shirts and black shorts, for boys,
capital city of Kigali. At the end of that two- Of Robertson, Mubarure said, “I cannot skirts for girls, they report daily to the new
year contract, Robertson returned to Colum- find words to explain (her) role. She has and building where they receive porridge at
bus and “sold everything — dishes, furni- still is a true partner in this ministry. Since breakfast and rice and beans at midday.
ture, truck” in order to return to Rwanda as a the early implementation process, (she) has See Robertson, 6C
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calendar
Today
Exhibit opening — The West
Point/Clay County Arts Council hosts
a reception from 2-3 p.m. to open
a Tommy Valentine exhibit at the
Louise Campbell Center for the Arts,
235 Commerce St., West Point. Free.
Visit wpccac.com.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
Lowndes Relay for Life
Kickoff — Get involved in the
Lowndes County Relay for Life by
attending a kickoff event at 5:30
p.m. at the Columbus Fire & Rescue
training facility, 1601 Main St.
Become part of the event leadership
team. For more information, contact
Jana Alford at jana.alford@cancer.
org, or 662-582-0049.
Friday, Jan. 18
Memphis Jones — The Colum-
bus Arts Council presents Memphis
Jones & The City Limits from B.B.
King’s Blues Club on Beale Street
at 7:30 p.m. in the Rosenzweig Arts
Center Omnova Theater, 501 Main
St.. CAC member tickets are $15 in
advance/$17 at the door. Non-mem-
bers, $20/$22. Get tickets at colum-
bus-arts.org or call 662-328-2787
(closed Mondays).
Saturday, Jan. 19
Symphony orchestra — See
details at top of calendar.
Monday, Jan. 21
Day of Giving — Following
a free 8 a.m. breakfast at Trotter
Convention Center in Columbus,
volunteers will distribute school sup-
plies to teachers to help finish the
school year, sponsored by Visit Co-
lumbus, City of Columbus, Board of
Supervisors, Sodexo, United Way of
Lowndes County and The W. Register
for the breakfast at muw.edu/mlk. To
volunteer, email volunteer@uwlc-ms.
org or call 662-328-0943.
Unity Breakfast/Day of
Service — Mississippi State
honors Martin Luther King Jr. with
a 25th annual Unity Breakfast at 8
a.m. and 9 a.m. program at The Mill,
600 Russell St., Starkville (first-
come, first-served; doors open 7:30
a.m.). For reserved tables through
sponsorship, call Tyrel Jernigan,
662-325-2493. After the program,
volunteers will help at sites in the
community. To sign up to volunteer,
go to mlkdaystarkville.com.
West Point MLK Celebration
— Communities, churches and clubs
are encouraged to join an assembly
of marchers departing East Half Mile
Street and Dr. Martin Luther King St.
(Navastar and the Old B&W parking
lot) in West Point at 9 a.m., ending
at Mary Holmes College Gymnasium
for a program at 10 a.m. For more
information, contact Anna Jones,
662-494-1024 (day) or 662-494-
1173 (evening).
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Lowndes MSU Alumni As-
sociation — Learn more about
spreading the Maroon and White as
this chapter hosts a business and
organizational meeting at 6 p.m.
at the Lowndes County Extension
office, 485 Tom Rose Road, Colum-
bus. Share ideas and learn about
the mission. Food provided. RSVP
to Adrienne Morris at adriennem-
orris1999@gmail.com, or Janet
Downey at jdowney@alumni.msstate.
edu, or 662-325-8515.
Thursday, Jan. 24
Exhibit reception — The
Starkville Area Arts Council hosts
a free reception at 5:30 p.m. in
The Partnership lobby, 200 E. Main
St., Starkville, for “Endangered
Mississippi.” MSU architecture
students explore small homes and
large plantation stables in need of
revitalization.
Jan. 25-March 8
Smithsonian Water/Ways
Exhibition — This traveling
interactive exhibit at the Tennes-
see-Tombigbee Waterway Transpor-
tation Museum, 318 Seventh St. N.,
Columbus, explores how water af-
fects the way we live, work, worship,
create and play, and how to sustain
this resource for the future. A Main
Street exhibition made possible by
the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Courtesy photo
Saturday, Jan. 19
Symphony orchestra — The Starkville-MSU Symphony Orches-
tra presents “Our America” at 7:30 p.m. in MSU’s Lee Hall. Celebrate
both new and historic works of American music. Free to the public.
Visit starkvillesymphony.org.
For more information, call 662-328- holders open Jan. 22. General
8936. admission opens Jan. 25. 662-323-
6855.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
GSDP annual banquet — The Saturday, Feb. 2
Frostbite Half-Marathon —
Greater Starkville Development Part-
nership hosts its annual banquet at This 9 a.m. half-marathon, 10K and
The Mill at 6:30 p.m. For information 5K begins and ends on Starkville’s
or tickets, visit GSDPBanquet.com. Main Street. Find details and reg-
istration info at raceroster.com, or
email starkvillefrostbitehalf@gmail.
Jan. 31, Feb. 1-3, Feb. 5-9 com. Awards and post party at noon,
“The Heiress” — Starkville in conjunction with SOUPer Bowl.
Community Theatre presents this SOUPer Bowl — Sample soups
stirring costume drama about a from local chefs and eateries on
young woman in the Victorian Age Starkville’s Main Street downtown
challenging strictures placed on her from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Vote for your
life by society and a domineering favorite. Advance tickets are $15
father. Show times 7:30 p.m. (except adults; $5 children. Get them at
Feb. 3, 2 p.m.) at Playhouse on starkville.org, or The Partnership,
Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville. 200 Main St., Starkville. For more
Reservations for SCT season ticket information, call 662-323-3322.

Memphis Jones brings a dose of Beale Street to the Triangle

CAC event is American Advertising
Corp.
Friday, 7:30 p.m. Jones told The Dis-
patch, “Our band has
in Columbus traveled internationally
together, and we’re excit-
BY JAN SWOOPE ed to come to Columbus!”
jswoope@cdispatch.com “I love his style,” said
IF YOU GO:
WHO: Columbus Arts Council
WHAT: Memphis Jones and
The City Limits Band
WHEN: Friday, Jan. 18; 7:30
p.m.
WHERE: Rosenzweig Arts Cen-
ter, 501 Main St., Columbus
TICKETS: CAC members
$15 advance/$17 at door;

F
rom blues to soul
and rock ’n’ roll,
Memphis Jones de-
livers a Memphis-music
experience to every audi-
ence. Jones’ high-energy
infotainment is a weekly
fixture at B.B. King’s
Blues Club on world-fa-
mous Beale Street.
On Friday, Jan. 18, the
Columbus Arts Council
brings Jones and his
band, The City Limits,
to the Rosenzweig Arts
Center Omnova Theater
at 501 Main St. in down-
town Columbus.
Moment-manufac-
turer, dot-connector,
storyteller, encourager
— all have been used to
describe Memphis Jones.
“People need to hear
him; he’s that good,” said
Jan Miller, who first saw
Jones perform in Tupelo
at a conference in 2016
Memphis Jones, left, and The City Limits Band — Kirk Barkley on drums, Mike
Stoker on bass and vocals — will be in concert at the Columbus Arts Council’s
Rosenzweig Arts Center Friday at 7:30 p.m. Get tickets at columbus-arts.org, or call
662-328-2787 (closed Mondays).
and recommended him
to the Columbus Arts
Council. Miller, of Colum-
bus, is director of field
services for Mississippi
Main Street Association.
“He has such a gift of
storytelling through his
music,” Miller continued.
“He knows so much, and
he draws you in. I fell in
love with him.”
To say Jones, a
Memphis native, is pas-
sionate about his city’s
music and its roots is
an understatement. He
shares that passion not
only as a performer, but
also by leading music
and culture tours in his
hometown, by emceeing
festivals, hosting videos
or interviewing Lisa Ma-
Courtesy photo
rie Presley. He can deliv-
er a conference keynote
address, work the K Love
Awards Show or appear
in Memphis Convention
and Visitors Bureau
promos. Past clients have
included Elvis Presley
Enterprises, Graceland,
MAST Travel Network,
Mississippi Public Health
Association and the
Miller. “He’s got that cool
factor. He can really sing
and can really talk about
music — and we love
music here.”
How to go
CAC member tickets
are $15 in advance; $17
at the door. Non-member
tickets are $20 advance;
$22 at the door. On the
day of the concert, show
your ticket at Thai by
Thai or Zachary’s restau-
rants for a 10 percent
meal discount.
Purchase tickets at co-
lumbus-arts.org, or at the
arts center at 501 Main
St. (closed Mondays). Or
call 662-328-2787.
Concert sponsors
non-members $20/$22, at
columbus-arts.org or 662-328-
2787, or at the RAC at 501
Main St. (closed Mondays).
(Show your ticket for day-of-
show 10 percent discount at
Thai by Thai and Zachary’s
restaurants.)
include Glenn and Jan
Miller, Tommy and
Kay Jones, Hyatt Place,
Mitchell Distributing, the
Mississippi Arts Com-
mission and ArtWorks.
Concessions will
be available Friday by
donation, including soft
drinks, beer, set-ups and
snacks.
For tickets or informa-
tion, visit columbus-arts.
org or call 662-328-2787.

Columbus-Lowndes Public Library earns Star status

BY JAN SWOOPE n Total program how many Winning Star libraries
jswoope@cdispatch.com attendance per capita books are will receive a certificate

C
olumbus-Lowndes
Public Library
System is among
12 library systems in the
state recently named as
Mississippi Library Stars
for Fiscal Year 2017. The
concept of Library Stars
comes from the national
professional magazine,
Library Journal. The pub-
lication separates library
systems into categories
by expenditures they re-
port on the annual Public
Library Statistics report
submitted to the Institute
for Museum and Library
Services. The star rat-
ings are then calculated
by comparing libraries’
in the following areas:
n Mississippi Mea-
sures (an amalgamation
of statistics on interli-
brary loan, statewide
database use, number
of registered users and
items withdrawn)
n Circulation per
capita
n Public internet ter-
minal uses per capita
While Mississippi
does not currently have
any national Library
Journal Library Stars,
the Mississippi Library
Commission has award-
ed Mississippi Library
Stars to the best-scoring
libraries in this state,
recognizing the three
highest-scoring library
systems in each of four
expenditure categories
(with Level IV being
the highest expenditure
level).
Columbus-Lowndes
Public Library System
is recognized in Level
III, along with Sunflower
County Library Sys-
tem and Lincoln-Law-
rence-Franklin Regional
Library System.
“It’s based on annual
statistics we have to
turn in each year — how
many people are com-
ing through our doors,
checked
out within
a year,
how many
people are
logging
Busbea
on,” said
Library
Director Erin Busbea.
“We see a lot of usage —
not just in Columbus, but
Caledonia, Crawford and
Artesia.”
The numbers show
the library is a valuable
part of the community.
“People very much
need the library as a re-
source for finding books
for school, entertainment
for their children or re-
sources for an adult who
needs to find a job, espe-
cially if you don’t have
internet access at home,”
said Busbea, citing a few
examples of why patrons
visit the library. “I think
we’re one of the only free
places in town that offers
computers.”
and a Mississippi Star
Library star to feature on
their website.
The Mississippi
Library Commission
supports innovative pro-
grams and initiatives to
strengthen and enhance
library services for all
Mississippians. The
agency is funded by the
Mississippi Legislature,
with additional funding
provided through the
Institute of Museum and
Library Services under
provisions of the Library
Services and Technology
Act, offering leadership
in library services, ad-
vocacy and training for
library professionals and
paraprofessionals.
For more informa-
tion about the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public
Library System, call
662-329-5300. The main
library is located at 314
Seventh St. N.

Tell your child a bedtime story.

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MSU to celebrate MLK Jr.’s life, legacy

with Unity Breakfast, Day of Service
MSU Office
of Public Affairs
IF YOU GO: staff and assistant to the State Kaelyn, Jessica and Marcus Jr.
WHO: Mississippi State University Superintendent of Education at At the conclusion of the pro-

Courtesy photo
Marcus L. Thompson, deputy
commissioner and chief admin-
istrator officer for th Mississippi
Institutions of Higher Learning,
will be keynote speaker Jan.
21 at Mississippi State’s 25th
annual Unity Breakfast and Day
of Service.
M
ississippi State is hon-
oring Martin Luther
King Jr.’s life and lega-
cy as a minister, humanitarian
and civil rights activist during
the university’s 25th Annual
Unity Breakfast and Day of
Service Monday, Jan. 21.
Breakfast will be served
promptly at 8 a.m., followed
by a 9 a.m. program at The
Mill at MSU, 600 Russell St. in
Starkville. Seating is available
on a first-come, first-served
basis, and doors open at 7:30
a.m.
Reserved tables are avail-
able through sponsorship. For
details, contact Tyrel Jernigan,
coordinator of diversity
initiatives for MSU’s Office
of Institutional Diversity and
Inclusion, at 662-325-2493 or
tjernigan@oidi.msstate.edu.
WHAT: Unity Breakfast, Day of
Service
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 21, 8 a.m.
(doors open 7:30 a.m.)
WHERE: The Mill at MSU, 600 Rus-
sell St., Starkville
COST: Free (first-come, first-served)
Marcus L. Thompson,
deputy commissioner and
chief administrative officer for
the Mississippi Institutions of
Higher Learning, is keynote
speaker.
Also serving as system
diversity officer, Thompson
is responsible for providing
leadership and consultation
to develop and implement
equity and diversity strate-
gies throughout the public
university system. Pastor of
Mountain Ridge United Meth-
odist Church in Brandon, he
previously served as chief of
the Mississippi Department of
Education.
Thompson has served as an
educator in the Jackson Public
and Copiah County school
districts. In addition to holding
an endorsement to teach in
elementary education, he is
licensed to teach English, his-
tory, mathematics and Spanish.
Thompson holds a bachelor’s
degree in history and Spanish
and a Master of Education in
elementary education from
Mississippi College.
A strong proponent of
community and human capital
development, he is a member
of the Mississippi Economic
Development Council and Kap-
pa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
Thompson and his wife,
LaToya Redd Thompson, are
parents of three children—
gram, MSU’s Maroon Volun-
teer Center will encourage par-
ticipants to engage in a “Day of
Service” at various sites around
the local community. Volunteer
opportunities are available at,
among others, Camp Semi-
nole, McKee Park, Ms. Smith’s
Educational Services, Sam D.
Hamilton Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge, Oktibbeha
County Heritage Museum,
Palmer Home Thrift Store,
The Salvation Army, Sally
Kate Winters Family Services,
Oktibbeha County Fire Station
and Starkville Community
Theatre. For more information
and to sign up as a volunteer,
visit mlkdaystarkville.com.
Learn more about MSU’s
Office of Institutional Diversity
and Inclusion at oidi.msstate.
edu.

Former rodeo rider exhibits MLK celebration

tribute to unsung heroes in West Point
Free reception
at 2 p.m. today announces plans
opens show by SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH

A
Tommy Valentine Martin Luther King Jr. celebration spon-
sored by Davidson Chapel CME Church
in West Point in West Point is set for Monday, Jan. 21. It
begins with a 9 a.m. procession from the parking
SPECIAL TO THE lot at East Half Mile Street and Dr. Martin Luther
DISPATCH King Drive (the former B&W/Navistar parking

A
n exhibit of pencil
drawings by Clay
County artist Tom-
my Valentine opens with
a 2 p.m. reception today
at the Louise Campbell
Center for the Arts at 235
Commerce St. in down-
town West Point.
“A Tribute to Unsung
Heroes” captures the
character of black cow-
boys, horses, old barns,
homes and landscapes
observed and imagined
by Valentine.
“Drawing, for me, is
something that I have
done since childhood,”
Valentine said. “As a
child, my teachers in
the Mt. Zion two-room
school house always
relied on me to draw
illustrations and holiday
decorations on the chalk-
board. When it closed in
the ’60s, I finished school
at Beasley (now West
Clay).”
Valentine remembers
spreading out paper and
pencils on the kitchen
table. There he drew
scenes he observed
during his day. As a
youngster he would
see the farm workers,
especially the wranglers
and their work with the
animals on horseback.
Capturing these images
became his passion.
Working from memory
and imagination, his
drawings bring to life the
world of hard work and
camaraderie between
man and animal.
Even before finishing
school, Valentine was
a valued farm hand,
learning the “ropes”
(pun intended) from his
grandfather, Tom Valen-
tine, and father, Vernon
Valentine. Riding horses,
working the cattle as
a cowboy, learning the
sky and weather signs,
animal behavior and how
to run a successful ranch
and farm became Valen-
tine’s calling.
He became fascinated
with the idea of black
cowboys and rodeo
riders, researching and
observing them in action
whenever possible. Larry
Moseley from Chicka-
Clay County artist Tommy Valentine is pictured with two of his drawings included in “A
Tribute to Unsung Heroes” at the Louise Campbell Center for the Arts in West Point.
saw County was the first
black cowboy he saw
riding bulls. Inspired by
Moseley’s courage and
skill, Valentine joined
the rodeo circuit as a bull
rider himself.
He cites black cow-
boy Joe Bell as the best
roper/cowboy he ever
encountered, and Glen
Robinson as another
cattleman he worked
and learned from at the
West Point Stockyards
and Sale Barn. He also
enjoyed his time with
Prairie Livestock and the
stockmen there.
Other opportunities
arose. A very long and
successful career at
B&W provided a good liv-
ing for Valentine and his
family. But after his “day
job” ended, he continued
to farm, raise cattle and
enjoy life from the back
of a horse. Retiring after
30 years from B&W
allowed Valentine to do
what he really wanted:
work with cattle.
Valentine speaks
fondly of Dr. Gordon Haz-
ard, for whom he worked
many years. “Dr. Hazard
was so knowledgeable
about the animal health
lot) to Mary Holmes College Gymnasium. A free
program featuring guest speaker Lesha Agnew
of Chandler’s Temple CME Church of Verona
begins at 10 a.m.
All communities, churches and organizations
are encouraged to participate in the celebration
march and invited to bring banners to show their
representation.
In the event of bad weather, the march will
be replaced by a motorcade to the gymnasium
located at 1032 Highway 50.
Long-sleeve T-shirts are available at Davidson
Chapel CME Church at 136 Martin Luther King
Drive, for $15 per shirt.
“We are encouraging churches to provide
transportation along the march route and back to
the former B&W/Navistar parking lot after the
program,” said event coordinator Anna Jones.
For more information about the celebration,
contact Jones at 662-494-1024 (day) or 662-494-
1173 (evening).
School news
NEMCC Honors
Courtesy photo Kelsie Nicole Gerhart and Elizabeth Dale
Phillips, both of Columbus, were among 188
students of Northeast Mississippi Community
College named to the 2018 President’s List.
and well-being, feed 22. The Center for the Those students named to the President’s List
crops and intricacies of Arts will be staffed on
achieved a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a
rotating fields for grazing certain Wednesdays 4.0 scale.
cattle. We handled about from 1-4 p.m. for visitors Nykia Samone Betts, Hannah Makayla Cox
1,900 head on a regular to see the show. and Javier DeVonte’ Shinn, all of Columbus,
basis. Usually I rode a For more information Ciearra Kadejah Harris of Crawford and Made-
horse and he took his or to schedule a tour lyn Grace Essaryof Starkville were among397
little truck, and together
of the exhibit, contact students named to the 2018 Vice President’s List.
the two of us could round Kathy Dyess, 662-494- Those students named to the Vice President’s
up the herd and get them
5678. List achieved at GPA of 3.5-3.99 on a 4.0 scale.
moved without much fuss
or bother. He was such
fun to work with,” said
Valentine.
Valentine and his
wife, Patricia, still enjoy
country life, living on the
same land his grandfa-
ther worked. Valentine
continues to pass along
his knowledge, skill
and love of the land and
animals to his grand-
children and any others
interested in seeing life
from the back of a horse.
“My drawings have
allowed me to capture
the spirit of the ranch-
ers, farm workers and
especially the horses that
I so love. I appreciate so
much the opportunity to
share my work with the
public,” said Valentine.
Sponsored by the
West Point/Clay County
Arts Council, the exhibit
will hang through Feb.

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‘Black Panther’ inspired Golden Triangle

artwork on display at The W UNCF banquet set
Reception is Thursday,
Jan. 31, 5:30-7 p.m.
for Friday at The W
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T
MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
his Friday

I
n an exhibition at the Mississip-
pi University for Women Gal-
leries, ceramic artist Stephen
Phillips displays his most recent
artwork, all of which are functional
vessels in which he explores the
juxtaposition of textures and col-
ors. The exhibition runs through
Friday, Feb. 8, with a reception on
Thursday, Jan. 31 from 5:30 to 7
pm.
Phillips’ work primarily features
two series of vessels, one of which
he calls his “Black Panther Series.”
This group of pots are raku fired,
which leaves the surface a matte
black color. The pieces are finished
with a gold wax-turned-bronze
color on the front.
The other series, which is equal-
ly bold, features stoneware fired
with dark blue and black glazes in
sweeping linear embellishments.
All of his pots feature design ele-
ments inspired by Native American
and African pottery. Many of the
pots have depressions created by
his finger on the surface, a remind-
er of the artist’s touch.
Phillips is a local artist who
graduated from The W in 2013 with
his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in
studio art. He transferred to The
W from East Mississippi Commu-
nity College–Scooba. During his
academic programs, Phillips was
recognized for his artistic achieve-
ments. In 2011, he won the First
Place Ceramics Award in the com-
petitive Mississippi Collegiate Art
Competition. He also won awards
in ceramics and printmaking in the
annual juried student exhibitions
at The W. In 2008, Phillips earned
the Artistic Achievement Award
from EMCC.
Since graduation, Phillips has
shown his work at the Ohr-O’Keefe
Stephen Phillips’ ceramic artistry is showcased at The W Galleries through
Feb. 8. The public is invited to a Jan. 31 reception for the Crawford resi-
dent at Summer Hall on campus.
Museum of Art in Biloxi, the
Rosenzweig Arts Center and the
R.E. Hunt Museum, both in Co-
lumbus. This current show is his
first professional solo exhibition. In
2015, Phillips established “Ste-
phen’s Potter House Productions”
in his hometown of Crawford.
Courtesy photo
The Mississippi University for
Women Galleries, located on the
first floor of Summer Hall, are
open Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., following the university
calendar. The Galleries and the
reception are free and open to the
public.
marks
the date
of the Golden
Triangle United
Negro College
Fund (UNCF)
Banquet. The
event begins at
6:30 p.m. at the
Nancy Hogarth
Dining Center on
the Mississippi
University for
Women campus
in Columbus.
Keynote
speaker for the Courtesy photo
evening will be Goldie M. Turner-Smith
retired Milwau-
kee Public School
administrator Goldie M. Turner-Smith. Admis-
sion is a donation of $30.
The UNCF is the nation’s largest and most
effective minority education organization. It
provides scholarships, internships and operat-
ing funds for 39 historically black colleges and
universities. Rust and Tougaloo Colleges are the
two schools funded in the state of Mississippi
through funds raised from UNCF.
Banquet committee chairperson Tavetia
Hughes noted that community businesses,
organizations and individuals are encouraged to
generously donate to the UNCF and that these
contributions will be acknowledged during the
banquet.
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste but a great
thing to invest in,” said Hughes.
For more than 67 years, UNCF has raised
more than $3.4 billion dollars to help more than
350,000 students attend and graduate from
college. It has distributed more funds to help
minorities attend school than any entity outside
of the U.S. government.
Contributions may be made payable to GTR
UNCF and mailed to P.O. Box 7915, Columbus,
MS 39705, or may be made at the banquet.
For more information, contact Hughes at 662-
327-4538, or call 662-242-5149.

Playing in the dirt

New year, new start

S
hould old acquain-
tances be forgotten?
Well, of course not!
But how
about mak-
ing some
new ones?
Did you
make any
new year’s
resolutions?
Did they Carrigan
include be-
coming a better gardener
or learning from scratch?
How about just learning
about something you
don’t know anything
about? Do you know
how to graft? How about
starting plants from
seeds? (Not as easy as
you might think). How to
compost or raise worms,
and why you might
want to? Well, to find
the answers to all these
questions and make
new friends to boot,
why not sign up for the
next session of Master
Gardener classes? The
next session of classes
begins Feb. 19 at 1 p.m.
at the Lowndes County
Extension office at 485
Tom Rose Road. Call the
office at 662-328-2111 for
an application. See you
soon.
Now, for January tips:
n Planning — If
cabin fever has you down
in the dumps, this is the
perfect remedy: seed
catalogs. Yep, an hour
of browsing one or more through March, fertilize n Pest control — n Mulching — Mulch and a cup of hot cocoa.
of the myriad seed/gar- trees and shrubs. Apply Control scale on broad- lilies with compost. Sharon Carrigan of
den catalogs will perk lime to lawns if needed. leaf trees with dormant Now, go out and play Columbus shares monthly
you right up. Begin by (You can get help with oil. in the dirt, or hit your gardening guidelines on
putting on paper any this through the local n Pruning — Trim easy chair with a garden behalf of the Lowndes
new things you want to Extension office.) nandinas. catalog, a pad of paper County Master Gardeners.
try growing this year.
Whether flowers or veg-
gies or both, you can list
all the interesting, beau-
tiful or strange plants
that catch your fancy.
Also, put on paper where
these wonderful things
will be planted. Then
make out your order for
some or all of those new,
old or interesting plants
or seeds. (Don’t go over-
board. LOL).
n Preparation — If
they will be going into an
already established spot,
plan to till it or turn the
dirt and enrich it with
some compost or cow
manure. Plan a new spot
by marking it off, tilling
and enriching before
planting.
n Equipment — If
you are still bored, this
is the time to sharpen
mower blades and clean
and sharpen hand tools.
You might also order new
or additional pots and
plant labels. Check the
condition of sprayers and
assess the need for new
or additional sprinklers.
n Planting — Set out
trees and shrubs. Plant
sweet peas, poppies and
larkspur.
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Southern Gardening

Consider three winning plants for landscapes, gardens

T
his January’s
temperatures
have been
drastically different
from what we saw
during last year’s
first month.
January 2018
brought one of the
coldest and longest
cold snaps that
my Ocean Springs
garden has experi- Gary Bachman
enced, and winter
protection was critical. Since
I primarily garden in contain-
ers, I moved almost my whole
garden and landscape into my
garage to ride out the cold,
and these plants lived there
for 14 of the first 21 days of the
month.
This year, while we’ve had
some chilly weather on the
coast, my tomatoes are still
going. In fact, we picked fresh
cherry tomatoes on Jan. 6.
Now, I realize that date is an
anomaly, and it will get cold,
but I’m enjoying the winter so
far.
While there is not much gar- trees mature, the bark begins
dening we can do any winter, it
is the planning season for the
upcoming spring and summer.
Plants that every gardener
should consider growing are
the Mississippi Medallion
winners.
The Mississippi Nursery
and Landscape Association
established the Mississippi
Medallion program in 1996 to
increase awareness of plant ma- sippi State University trials.
terials and to promote sales and Iridescent, hot-pink flowers
production of ornamental plants cover the plants throughout
in Mississippi. Compared to
national campaigns, such as
All-American Selections and
Perennial Plant of the Year, the
Mississippi Medallion program
focuses on plants adapted to
Mississippi’s environment to
benefit both consumers and the
green industry.
Before every-
one’s attention
turns to the 2019
selections, let’s re-
flect on a few of the
great plants from
past years.
Delta Jazz crape
myrtle, a 2015
Mississippi Medal-
lion, was developed
right here in Mis-
sissippi. Delta Jazz
was a new crape
myrtle with unusual foliage
that emerges a rich raspber-
ry-maroon and then matures
to dark mahogany-brown.
This foliage color accents
the clusters of medium, pink
flowers in the late summer.
The spectacular flowers are
actually large panicles com-
posed of many small flowers.
These panicles can be more
than eight inches long. The
small flowers have a crinkled
edge resembling crepe paper,
hence the common name.
Crape myrtles have other
outstanding qualities. As the
to peel or exfoliate, revealing
the inner bark colors ranging
from gray-green to dark cin-
namon-red. Delta Jazz makes
a fantastic landscape feature
plant.
Fireworks gomphrena,
a 2010 winner, is another
Gary Bachman/Mississippi Extension Service
must-have plant. It contin- Iridescent, hot-pink flowers cover Fireworks gomphrena until fall frosts. The bright-yellow tips
ues to be an outstanding give the appearance of exploding fireworks and inspire the name for this 2010 Mississippi Me-
garden performer in Missis- dallion winner.
vegetable season, the heir- garden for almost 10 years, den and landscape this year.
loom tomato Cherokee Purple and every year it is a good Gary Bachman is an Ex-
the summer until fall frosts. is a great choice. This is a pop- producer. This plant will have tension and research professor
The bright-yellow tips give ular heirloom tomato that is to be trellised or caged, as it of horticulture at the Missis-
the appearance of exploding thought to have been selected is a vigorous indeterminate sippi State University Coastal
fireworks. Provide plenty of and grown by the Cherokee grower. The fruit start ma- Research and Extension Center
space because this plant has tribe in North Carolina. It’s turing in my Ocean Springs in Biloxi and hosts Southern
the potential to be up to 4 feet known for the purplish color garden around mid-June. Gardening television and radio
tall and 4 feet wide. and rich taste that makes a Take some time this winter programs. Contact him at
Since we’re getting ready great tomato sandwich. I have and dream about the plants southerngardening@msstate.
for the spring and summer grown Cherokee Purple in my you want to grow in your gar- edu.

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create chrysalises, and
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Now through Feb. 15,
local schools have the
opportunity to apply to
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of these kits.
The caterpillars take
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Once they emerge as
butterflies, they can be
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Both butterflies and
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Robertson
Continued from Page 1C
“We had to feed them some-
thing. We had kids fall out on
the floor from hunger,” Robert-
son remarked.
Attendance guidelines are
firm, and while parents do not
pay for their child to go there,
they are required to attend
teacher conferences and be
involved through a PTO-type
organization.
■■■
Don Cole is an elder at Co-
lumbus Church of Christ and
serves on its missions commit-
tee. The church has partnered
in developing the school.
“When Janet came home
(from Rwanda), she did not
leave her passion
for Hope School
behind,” said
Cole, a retired
U.S. Air Force
lieutenant colo-
nel and visiting
professor of
political science Cole
at Lipscomb
University in Nashville,
Tennessee. “She was drawn
to this area that was, by any
measure, under-served. It
really stole her heart, and the
most amazing thing is that she
and Chantal basically created
something out of nothing in a
very poor country.”
In addition to Robertson’s
home church, other area
churches, businesses, groups
and individuals have shown a
heart for Hope School.
“It’s interesting to see how
building the school has united
different denominations who
have been a part of sponsoring
the children and the school.
The people of Columbus have
been involved over the last sev-
eral years, impacting a school
on another continent. This
community is probably one
of the most giving I’ve seen. I
can’t emphasize enough how
much people here have been
involved.”
That includes some New
Hope Middle School students.
As they learned more about
what some parts of the world
have to endure to receive an
education, they wanted to help.
Within about a 10-day span
before Christmas, some of Rob-
ertson’s sixth-grade science
students and some of math
teacher Heather Henry’s sixth-
and seventh-grade students
voluntarily contributed to help
sponsor Hope School children.
“Some gave up their snack
money; one boy gave his birth-
day money,” Rob-
ertson shared.
“It has been a
thing to behold
to see how their
understanding
of other cultures
has unfolded.”
Henry said, Henry
“I want my
students to have compassion
for other people in the world.
I also want them to appreciate
the value of the education they
receive, because they don’t
have to pay for it, and that’s not Courtesy photo
something that is a guaranteed Children at Hope School in Rwanda, Africa, are pictured in their new school building, with new desks
right everywhere in the world.” and chairs, about to have a basic meal.
Enhancing knowledge of
the wider world is beneficial, of Christ, 2401 Seventh St. N.,
she continued. Columbus, 39705, with “Hope
“A lot of our students hav- School Rwanda” on the memo
en’t traveled beyond this area, line. Contributions may also be
so they don’t really understand made online at hopeassistance.
the global impact they can org.
potentially have.” Robertson is eager to share
the story of Hope School.
■■■ “I’ll speak to anybody —
Sunday School classes, civic
Currently Robertson is fo- groups,” said the advocate who
cused on helping find sponsors hopes to visit Rwanda again
for each child at Hope School. this summer. She invites oth-
A donation of $100 per student ers to learn more at the Hope
will supplement school sup- Assistance Foundation website,
plies, food and teacher training hopeassistance.org. A search
and salaries for a year. for “Janet Robertson-Rwanda”
Cole remarked, “A hundred links to a Facebook page devot-
dollars goes a whole lot further ed to the school. Email reaches
in Rwanda than it does here, her at janetrobertson13@
and that’s what we’re doing yahoo.com.
now, trying to make sure these A new little school on a
kids get sponsored.” dusty, dirt road in Rwanda has
Sponsors are able to com- become “a beautiful bridge”
municate with the child they between the vast continent of
are partnered with. Africa and a small communi-
“It ties people to the school ty in Mississippi, Robertson
in a personal way,” Robertson said. A bridge with potential
said. to impact a life, a family, a vil-
Donations for Hope As- lage, a generation. “It’s really
sistance Foundation may be amazing,” she said, “what can Courtesy photo
mailed to Columbus Church be done.” Parents attend a kindergarten graduation at Hope School in Rwanda.

club note

Courtesy photo
Keith Baca of The Cobb Institute of Archaeology speaks at the Jan. 3 meeting of the
Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha DAR chapter in Starkville.

Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha DAR pottery pieces left behind and other

Keith Baca of The Cobb Institute
of Archaeology of Mississippi State
University was the guest speaker at Jan.
3 at the Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha DAR chapter
meeting in Starkville.
He shared information about original
habitants of Mississippi, particularly
the villages and burial sites around the
Natchez Trace. The Natchez Trace —
from the Mississippi River at Natchez
to the Cumberland River at Nashville,
Tennessee — was a prehistoric series of
footpaths made by American Indians.
Researchers from the 1930s used
artifacts to assume date and associa-
tions of types of Indians based on those
same types of instruments found at
other verified sites. For example, the
projectile points which would have been
wrapped in leather to grasp were mostly
ceremonial in this area.
The Bynum Mounds can be visited
in Chickasaw County and the extensive
research at that site was first in a series
of archaeology research published by
the National Parks Service.
The chapter’s next meeting is 2 p.m.
Feb. 7 at Cadence Bank in Starkville.

OUT THERE
Jan. 18-Feb. 17 – “Twelve Angry Men” (theatrical production), Ford Center, Oxford. fords.
org.

Jan. 21 – Harlem Globetrotters, BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo (2 p.m.) 662-841-6528,

bcsarena.com.

Jan. 25-26 – Northeast Mississippi Championship Rodeo, BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo.

662-841-6528, bcsarena.com.

Jan. 29 – Ballet Hispanico, Riley Center, Meridian. 601-696-2200, msurileycenter.com.

Feb. 7 – Aquila Theatre’s “Frankenstein,” Riley Center, Meridian. 601-696-2200, msuri-

leycenter.com.
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Greg Stewart, Jerry Hodson L.L. and Bill Gates, Diesha Walker

COMFORTS OF COLOR
A Jan. 5 reception at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center opened “Comforts of Color,” a show of abstract art quilts
by Karen Arzamendi.

Mike and Karen Arzamendi

Carlos Rosales, “Cheezeburger” Jessica Wallace, Clara Ortega, Bernice Jones

Judy Stokes, Maria Shows Faye Asadi, Virginia Branch Patsy Winklepleck, Mark Sanderson

Luke, Laura and Caroline Armstrong Maggie, Ace and Rosemary Christopher

TODDLER
TIME
Boys and girls age 4
and under attended
Toddler Time at the
Starkville Sports-
plex Thursday.

Heather and James Summerlin Mary Brook, Lillion Thomas

Kristen and Mac Fyke Karen and Lexi Herndon

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Tractor Supply and FFA seeking grant applications through Feb. 11

Agriculture educators invited to apply
for grants ranging from $500-$5,000
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
invited to submit a detailed
proposal for a new or existing
$500 to $5,000 will be funded in
the spring based on the amount
of funds raised. Donations will
fund grants in the same state
they were donated.
“Tractor Supply is proud of
applying for a grant can visit
FFA.org/grantsforgrowing and
submit their application. Chap-
ters located near a TSC store
are invited to come by and help
in the fundraising efforts, while
$830,000, enabling 271 grants
to be awarded and impacting
more than 30,000 students.
“Since the program’s
inception, Grants for Growing
has raised more than $2.2

F
or the fourth consecutive
year, Tractor Supply Co.
and FFA are partnering
for the Grants for Growing
campaign, a competitive grant
program that provides funding
to FFA chapters across the
country for the development
or improvement of a proposed
agricultural project. The appli-
cation period extends through
Feb. 11.
Agriculture educators are
project that benefits both the
larger community as well as fu-
ture FFA members. Applicants
must outline how the chapter
will start, sustain or expand on
the project.
Following the application
period, Tractor Supply will host
a fundraiser from Feb. 13-24,
inviting customers to make do-
nations in-store or online with
purchase to support the future
projects. Grants ranging from
its enduring support of FFA, an
organization that prepares stu-
dents to be the future leaders of
the agricultural industry. The
Grants for Growing program
is just one more way Tractor
Supply can assist these young
people in their pursuit of study-
ing and advancing the rural
lifestyle, while also benefiting
their communities,” said Jessi-
ca Holmes, marketing manager
at Tractor Supply Co.
FFA advisors interested in
raising awareness for their ag-
riculture programs. Chapters
that participate in an in-store
activity during the fundraiser
can submit a fulfillment form to
receive additional points toward
their grant application. Chap-
ters do not need to be located
near a store to win a grant.
In 2018 Tractor Supply was
able to fully fund more projects
than ever due to the support
of stores across the country.
The campaign raised a record
million and funded close to
1,000 grants for agriculture
projects across the country,”
said Christi Korzekwa, senior
vice president of marketing at
Tractor Supply. “We look for-
ward to inspiring future leaders
and positively impacting the
agricultural industry with our
2019 program.”
For more details about the
program, visit tractorsupply.
com/FFA.

Making your own home-cleaning products? Some pro tips

By K ATHERINE ROTH useful to know what to the cleaning properties dows, Condon, at Better
The Associated Press use in a pinch when you of various household Homes & Gardens,

T
o reduce waste and
avoid unnecessary
plastic bottles and
chemicals — and to save
money — many people
are opting to make clean-
ing products from scratch
at home. You can find
an abundance of recipes
for household cleaning
products online, along
with reusable glass spray
bottles designed to hold
them.
But not all homemade
cleaning products are
created equal, and some
simple concoctions can
be downright dangerous.
“To have an unla-
beled cleaning product
in a Mason jar with kids
around can be a dan-
gerous thing,” warns
Carolyn Forte, director
of the home appliances
and cleaning products lab
at Good Housekeeping.
“And be careful never to
mix bleach with anything
but water. Certain combi-
nations can be toxic.”
Baking soda and vin-
egar also should not be
combined. Mixed togeth-
er they are ineffective at
cleaning and, if contained
in a jar, likely to explode,
she warns.
So when making your
don’t have time to rush to
the store, says Stephanie
Sisco, home editor at
Real Simple magazine.
And many homemade
cleaning combinations
do work, with far fewer
chemicals than in many
store-bought brands.
To help people make
gentle cleaning products
at home, Mike and Mar-
tha Robinson founded
Cleaning Essentials,
which sells sturdy glass
bottles in various colors
and sizes, labeled with
recipes for solutions
that can be made using
mostly vinegar, water and
essential oils.
“Sixty years ago our
grandparents wouldn’t
have gone to the store
Ali Rainer/Cleaning Essentials via AP
This photo provided by Cleaning Essentials shows the for cleaners. They would
company’s reusable cleaning bottle and recipes for have used vinegar,
nontoxic cleaners. baking soda, some elbow
grease, and been health-
own cleaning mixtures at “Making your own win-
ier for it,” says Mike
home: dow cleaner may be OK,
Robinson.
■ Double check the but years of chemistry
Katy Kiick Condon,
safety of the combination and safety research have senior editor for home
you choose; gone into products like design at Better Homes
■ Keep all products laundry and dishwasher & Gardens magazine,
out of reach of children detergents and furniture agrees: “Just steam, hot
or pets; polishes, and you don’t water and some elbow
■ And list all ingredi- want to risk accidentally grease can accomplish
ents clearly on the jar or damaging something a lot.”
spray bottle. that’s precious to you,”
Test your cleaning Forte says. Do’s:
mixture before using it. Even so, it can be Know the basics about
products:
■ Baking soda is a
great deodorizer and is
useful as a mild abrasive;
■ Vinegar cuts
grease, removes mineral
deposits and has disinfec-
tant qualities;
■ Lemon juice with
some salt can remove
rust stains.
Don’ts:
■ NEVER combine
bleach with anything but
water. And remember
that baking soda and
vinegar, while trusted
standbys individually, are
ineffective for cleaning
if combined — and will
bubble up explosively.
■ Don’t use lemon
on wood, since it can de-
stroy protective finishes,
says Sisco.
■ Don’t overdo it
with vinegar, which can
dull surfaces, she says.
There’s a reason that
cleaning-product recipes
call for adding water.
Recipes:
With the above basics
in mind, here are a few
recipes recommended by
the pros.
Window cleaner: For
clean, streak-free win-
swears by the combina-
tion of 2 cups hot water,
1 tablespoon corn starch,
1/4 cup white vinegar
and 1/4 cup rubbing
alcohol. “I tested a bunch
of recipes, and this one is
hands-down the best for
mirrors and windows,”
she says.
All-purpose cleaner:
Sisco, at Real Simple, rec-
ommends combining 2
tablespoons lemon juice,
2 cups of water and 1/2
teaspoon of castille soap,
such as Dr. Bonner’s.
For a stronger cleaner,
she recommends mixing
1/2 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup
vodka, 10 to 20 drops of
essential oil and 1 1/2
cups water.
Carpet cleaner: Sisco
recommends blotting the
stain then saturating it
with club soda. “The bub-
bles will work the stain
to the surface,” she says.
Then coat it with a hefty
dose of table salt, which
will absorb the stain, she
says. “Then just vacuum
it up once it’s dry, maybe
12 hours later. It’s a good
overnight cleaning solu-
tion, and great for wine
and other stains. The key
is to blot all excess stain
before starting with club
soda and salt.”

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I
started working
in engineering
in the late 1980s
and thought it was
“cute” that we all wore
Hawaiian shirts when
the guys went out for
Friday lunches. Now
we’re in our 50s, and
many of my peers still
honor that tradition.
I no longer find
it cute. In fact, I’m
finding it embarrassing
because men over
50 — especially cur-
mudgeonly engineers
— should not be wearing Hawai-
ian shirts. They look like horrible
Caribbean cruise ship tourists.
In addition, their favorite lunch
destinations are usually in a part
of town where there’s
a big university, and
they add the element
of creepiness by ogling
the young coeds.
I find myself hiding
or inventing meetings
so I can avoid being
part of this Friday cir-
cus of embarrassment.
How do I just tell them
that the reason I no
longer go along is their
curmudgeonly displays
of creepiness? —
Dear Abby SOLE TAILORED SHIRT
IN TEXAS
DEAR SOLE:
There’s no way to politely tell your
co-workers their attire and the way
they comport themselves is an
embarrassment. Say instead that
these lunches “aren’t your thing”
anymore.
It would be a kindness to diplo-
matically point out that their ogling
is inappropriate. Hope they take
the hint, but don’t be surprised if
you hear that some of the coeds
complained to the managers of the
restaurants, and your pals have
been asked to take their lunches
elsewhere.
DEAR ABBY: My husband’s
parents live in Vietnam. He has
decided to take a two-to-three-week
trip there soon — at a time when
it’s impossible for me to accompany
him because I’m a schoolteacher.
The purpose of the trip is to attend
a cousin’s wedding and visit his
parents.
We have known each other eight
years and have been married for
one year. He always talked about
taking me to Vietnam so I could see
where he was born and sightsee
with him. But now he is choosing
to go at a time when I cannot, and
using his cousin’s wedding as his
excuse to “need” to make the trip.
(He didn’t think it was necessary to
attend this cousin’s older brother’s
wedding a few years ago.) I suggest-
ed he wait until summer to visit,
when I’d be free to travel with him.
I feel his going without me is a
negative commentary on his feel-
ings for me and our marriage. He
doesn’t see it that way at all. What
is your opinion? — POSSIBLY HOME
ALONE IN IOWA
DEAR POSSIBLY HOME: Your
husband may feel closer to the
cousin who is being married than
to the older brother whose wedding
he skipped. In my opinion, you are
taking his decision to attend this
wedding much too personally. I also
think you should be a better sport
about the fact you can’t join him,
and impress upon him that you are
looking forward to the time he CAN
take you to his home country so you
can see where he grew up and enjoy
the “grand tour” he promised.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail
Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
Phillips, and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
For everything you need to know
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Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan.
13). After months of research,
you’ll home in on a project wor-
thy of your vigorous focus, and
then you’ll prove that grit and
determination make anything
possible. Also featured: an
unexplainable and wonderful
coincidence, the happy ending
to a story that’s been years in
the making and the mastery of
a new skill. Aries and Gemini
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 26, 4, 44 and 19.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Many have suggested that
the best ideas are born out
of extreme boredom. To test
the theory, though, you’d have
to get past the mild boredom
stage, which is more irritating
than painful.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Laughter is a release, a bonding
agent, a prescription for health,
a weapon and more. When
someone laughs at your jokes
today — not a polite laugh but
an honest-to-goodness “I get
you” laugh — it feels like love.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). More often than not, it
seems that when you go where
curiosity leads you, it leads you
straight to a cash register. Is it
worth the ticket price? Today it
will be.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Because of your can-do
attitude, “can do” has become
your brand. People think of you
when there’s something to be
done. If you say yes, you’ll get
more and more to do, until you
say no.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Things to ignore: unhelpful
thoughts, matters of little
consequence, petty thinkers
who magnify tiny errors, repet-
itive worries. (If you’re paying
attention to the warning that
worries represent, once should
be enough.)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Everything out of the ordinary
will take extra effort to make
happen. It will require force. You
probably won’t feel like doing
it at first, but do it anyway, be-
cause extraordinary happenings
cannot occur on a typical day.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
The collective mind is subject
to a group hypnosis so strong
that most people have zero
awareness of the spell and
would deny it if pressed. But
something happens to wake
you up. You have seen the trick
and now cannot unsee it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Some people never say
“I don’t know.” It makes them
uncomfortable, afraid even. It’s
destabilizing. But seeing as all
learning is born of ignorance,
you’ll forget about appearanc-
es, humble yourself and open
your mind.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The need for exploration
is a real human need, central
to the survival of our species
and as important as other vital
needs. When you feel stuck,
bored or dissatisfied, it’s a
signal that you need to quest,
investigate and discover.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You enjoy being enter-
tained and participate actively,
bringing an aware and critical
part of yourself to the media of
your choosing. You also place
limits, so as not to let other
people’s dreams become your
life.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). All the magic will be
outside your comfort zone, en
route to the adventure. You
won’t feel like going. It will take
a lot of energy to force yourself,
but if you don’t do it, you’ll be
seriously missing out.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). On the surface, it will
seem as if you’re not like the
others, but actually, you’re
exactly like the others. They
feel the same way but aren’t ex-
pressing it. So express yourself
and you’ll forge a path.

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m.
Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-664-0852
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
LLC
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4
p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob
Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church
10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul
Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
We unlock 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
cars
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
RESIDENTIAL FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday
5 p.m. Worship at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer
Service Wednesday 6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr.
Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W.
Yarber, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR M.B. CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of
Student Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist
Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala.
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday,
5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner,
Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
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OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st
and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed. before
3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th
Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
(1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-
327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples,
Pastor.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325
Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30
a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles,
Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry
Mitchell, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-
0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible
class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning
Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard,
Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday
Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett,
Minister of Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life
Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://
eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-769-
5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur
Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@
gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15
a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord,
Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
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CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess
Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd.,
Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917
15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School
8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship
Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study
6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221.
Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-
2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday
Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12
p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-
2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest
Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col.
Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321
Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-
574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Anne Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior
Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-
Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30
p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-
328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7
p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill,
Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Charity Gordon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m.,
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene
Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers &
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Lead Pastor. Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate Pastor.
Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m..
Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service
first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor,
Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham,
Pastor. 662-329-3555
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service
9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South
Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric
Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2,
6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Rickey C. Green, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie
Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15
p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor.
662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
— 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth
Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-
3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,
INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45
p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T.
Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-
3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m.
Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor.
662-327-4303
EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes
Andrews, Pastor. 662-855-5006
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608
Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES
— 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer
Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren
Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday www.memorialgunterpeel.com
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-
1856
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m.
Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-
4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119
7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards,
Pastors.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES
Since 1960
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 24 Hour Towing
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
1024 Gardner Blvd.
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES 328-8277
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8:30 a.m. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Rone F. Burgin, Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m.,
10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided
through age 3. Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail:
nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday
7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North
Frontage Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the
right) Sunday Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor.
662-251-2432
1721 Hwy 45 N
UNITED PENTECOSTAL ® Columbus, MS
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850 662.848.0919
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
TRINITY PLACE
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
1750
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Offering independent living apartments, personal
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Hunting • Fishing
Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
John Richards, Pastor.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 662-323-1742
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. Rev. Wayne Bruchey, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
The McBryde Family
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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refund for days not published.
A&T Tree Service QUALITY CONTROL
REGULAR RATES East Mississippi Com-
munity College is com-
Bucket truck & stump MANAGER NEEDED.
WHEEL CHAIR $50. Call
removal. Free est. Immediate opening at
4 Lines/6 Days ........................ $19.20 mitted to assuring that Columbus Air Force 662-328-7739.
Serving Columbus
4 Lines/12 Days...................... $31.20 the College and its pro- since 1987. Senior Base. Construction
4 Lines/26 Days...................... $46.80 grams are free from dis- citizen disc. Call Alvin @ experience required.
crimination and harass- 242-0324/241-4447 Email resume to: Farm Equipment & Supplies
Rate applies to commercial operations ment based upon race, josh@gsiconstruct.com
"We'll go out on a limb 4420
and merchandise over $1,000. color, ethnicity, sex, for you!" eric@gsiconstruct.com
pregnancy, religion, na-
SUPER SAVER RATES tional origin, disability, HAY FOR SALE. Some
6 Days ...................................... $12.00 age, sexual orientation, General Help Wanted 3200 stored in barn and out.
gender identity, genetic 662-386-9122.
12 Days.................................... $18.00 information, status as a PART TIME OFFICE Let your
Over 6 lines is $1 per additional line. U.S. veteran, or any oth- ADMIN/SECRETARY fingers do the
er status protected by needed for Furniture 4480
Six lines or less, consecutive days. Rate applies to small church. walking.
state or federal law. The
private party ads of non-commercial nature for
merchandise under $1,000. Must include price in
following person has Monday & Wednesday, Find your JAMESON SLEEPER
been designated to 16 hours per week. Sofa, full size, 4 inch
ad. 1 ITEM PER AD. No pets, firewood, etc. handle inquiries regard- Tech and social media dream job in mattress, excl cond,
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GARAGE SALE RATES
ing the non-discrimina-
tion policies: Theresa For more info, call 662-327-3518, leave
4 Lines/1 Day ........................... $9.20 Harpole, Director of Hu- 662-574-1972 message if no answer.
man Resources, P.O.
4 Lines/3 Days ........................$18.00 Box 158, Scooba, MS
Price includes 2 FREE Garage Sale signs. Rain 39358, Telephone:
(662)-476-5274, E-mail:
Guarantee: If it rains the day of your sale, we will tharpole@eastms.edu.
re-run you ad the next week FREE!
You must call to request free re-run. Publication Dates:
January 13, 2019 and
FREE SERVICES January 20, 2019
Bargain Column Ad must fit in 4 lines (ap- LOWNDES COUNTY
proximately 20 characters per line) and will run SCHOOLS
for 3 days. For items $100 or less ONLY. More
than one item may be in same ad, but prices may
not total over $100, no relists. NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Free Pets Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days. COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Lost & Found Up to 6 lines, ad will run for
6 days. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-
These ads are taken by e-mail or in person at our EN THAT SEALED BIDS

office. Ads will not be take by telephone.
0 Legals
1000 Service
1030 Air Conditioning & Heating
1060 Appliance Repair
1070 Asphalt & Paving
1090 Automotive Services
1120 Building & Remodeling
1150 Carpeting/Flooring
1180 Childcare
1210 Chimney Cleaning
1240 Contractors
4390 Computer Equipment
4420 Farm Equipment &
Supplies
4450 Firewood
4460 Flea Markets
4480 Furniture
4510 Garage Sales
4540 General Merchandise
4570 Household Goods
4630 Lawn & Garden
4660 Merchandise Rentals
4690 Musical Instruments
Grow
WILL BE RECEIVED BY
THE LOWNDES COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
IN THE OFFICE OF SU-
PERINTENDENT OF EDU-
CATION, 1053 HIGH-
WAY 45 SOUTH,
COLUMBUS, MS. UNTIL
2:00 PM ON
THURSDAY, JANUARY
31, 2019 FOR DIS-
TRICT WAN SERVICE
FOR THE LOWNDES
COUNTY SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT. BIDS WILL BE
OPENED ON FRIDAY,

1250 Computer Services
1270 Electrical
1300 Excavating
1320 Fitness Training
1330 Furniture Repair &
Refinishing
1360 General Services
1380 Housecleaning
1390 Insulation
1400 Insurance
1410 Interior Decorators
1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
1500 Locksmiths
1530 Machinery Repair
4700 Satellites
4720 Sporting Goods
4750 Stereos & TV’s
4780 Wanted To Buy
5000 Pets & Livestock
5100 Free Pets
5150 Pets
5200 Horses/Cattle/Livestock
5250 Pet Boarding/Grooming
5300 Supplies/Accessories
5350 Veterinarians
5400 Wanted To Buy
6000 Financial
6050 Business Opportunity
your business
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 AT
10:00 AM. ALL BIDS
PRICES SHALL BE FIRM
AND APPROVED BY LC-
SB FOR THE DISTRICT.
INTERESTED BIDDERS
MAY PICK UP OR RE-
QUEST BY PHONE (662-
244-5000) SPECIFICA-
TIONS FOR THE ABOVE
AT THE OFFICE OF SU-
PERINTENDENT OF EDU-
CATION. PLEASE DIR-
ECT ALL INQUIRES TO
MRS. JEANISE AN-
DREWS, TECHNOLOGY
COORDINATOR, BY

from the ground up!

1560 Mobile Home Services
1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering
1650 Pest Control
1680 Plumbing
1710 Printing
1740 Roofing & Guttering
1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers
1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick
1790 Stump Removal
1800 Swimming Pools
1830 Tax Service
1860 Tree Service
1890 Upholstery
1910 Welding
2000 Announcements
2050 Card of Thanks
2100 Fraternal & Lodge
2150 Good Things To Eat
2200 In Memorial
2250 Instruction & School
2300 Lost & Found
2350 Personals
2400 Special Notices
2600 Travel/Entertainment
3000 Employment
3050 Clerical & Office
3100 Data Processing/ Computer
6100 Business Opportunity
Wanted
6120 Check Cashing
6150 Insurance
6200 Loans
6250 Mortgages
6300 Stocks & Bonds
6350 Business for Sale
7000 Rentals
7050 Apartments
7100 Commercial Property
7150 Houses
7180 Hunting Land
7190 Land for Rent/Lease
7200 Mobile Homes
7250 Mobile Home Spaces
7300 Office Spaces
7350 Resort Rentals
7400 River Property
7450 Rooms
7500 Storage & Garages
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
7600 Waterfront Property
8000 Real Estate
8050 Commercial Property
8100 Farms & Timberland
8150 Houses - Northside
EITHER PHONE (662-
244-5018) OR EMAIL
(JEANISE.ANDREWS@LO
WNDES.K12.MS.US)
THE LOWNDES COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO REJECT ANY
AND/OR ALL BIDS AND
TO NEGOTIATE WITH
THE LOW BID/BIDDER.
MR. LYNN WRIGHT, SU-
PERINTENDENT
SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION
LOWNDES COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
PUBLISH: JANUARY 6 &
JANUARY 13, 2019
What do you need to plant the seeds
for a successful business — ofce space, equipment,
Building & Remodeling 1120
HOME REPAIRS & CON-
STRUCTION WORK
WANTED. Carpentry,
small concrete jobs,
transportation, employees, CUSTOMERS?
electrical, plumbing,
roof repairs, pressure
washing and mobile
home roof coating and
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3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
3200 General Help Wanted
3250 Management Positions
3300 Medical/Dental
3350 Opportunity Information
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
3600 Sales/Marketing
3650Trades
3700Truck Driving
4000 Merchandise
4030 Air Conditioners
4060 Antiques
4090 Appliances
4120 Auctions
4150 Baby Articles
4180 Bargain Column
4210 Bicycles
4240 Building Materials
4250 Burial Plots
4270 Business Furniture &
8200 Houses - East
8250 Houses - New Hope
8300 Houses - South
8350 Houses - West
8450 Houses - Caledonia
8500 Houses - Other
8520 Hunting Land
8550 Investment Property
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
8700 Mobile Home Spaces
8750 Resort Property
8800 River Property
8850 Wanted to Buy
8900 Waterfront Property
9000 Transportation
9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
9200 Aviation
9250 Boats & Marine
9300 Camper/R.V.’s
9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
too small. 549-7031.
SUGGS CONSTRUCTION
Building, remodeling,
metal roofing, painting
& all home repairs.
662-242-3471
Tom Hatcher, LLC
Custom Construction,
Restoration, Remodel-
ing, Repair, Insurance
claims. 662-364-1769.
Licensed & Bonded
General Services 1360
FREE TRAINING for
JOB SEEKING WOMEN;
COMPUTER TRAINING,
RESUME WRITING, & IN-
TERVIEW SKILLS;
Tues & Thurs Evening
classes start February
5th. Enroll now at Chris-
tian Women's Job
Corps. Min H.S. Dip-
loma or Equivalent re-
quired. Call 662-722-
3016 or 662-597-1030

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Equipment 9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
4300 Camera Equipment 9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses PAINTING/CARPENTRY
4330 Clothing 30 years experience.
9550 Wanted to Buy Great prices. Call
4360 Coins & Jewelry
Leslie, 662-570-5490.
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Houses For Sale: Other 8500 Business Opportunity 6050
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
APARTMENTS & TOWNHOUSES Columbus: 411 Main
HOUSES (OVER 200 MANAGED) St. Office, Retail, Res-
taurant Space available.
DOWNTOWN LOFTS Call 423-333-1124.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
WANTED BUSINESS
PARTNER.
TO SEE VIRTUAL TOURS OF Columbus-Local Only.
17 Years in China Mfg.
ALL AVAILABLE PROPERTIES, 30 years lighting/signs
PLEASE CONTACT US AT LED lighting/LED Signs
Solar & Wind Products.
662-328-1124
My Skills: Tech Support,
Sales & Marketing.
What are your skills?
www.robinsonrealestate.com 850-557-8555
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
520 11TH Street North-
“You’ll like our 2BR/1BA, updated,
personal service.” brick, central H&A, ap-
pliances, flooring, paint.
$450/month. NO pets.
NO HUD. Credit check.
Call Long & Long, Re-
altors @ 662-328-0770.
Available NOW.
FOX RUN COMPANY LLC
1 & 2 BR near hospital.
$595-645/mo. Military
Houses For Sale: Other 8500 discount offered, pet
area, pet friendly, and
furnished corporate
apartments available.
ON SITE SECURITY.
ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
24-HOUR CAMERA
SURVEILLANCE.
Benji @ 662-386-4446
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
Sat/Sun by appt only.
Apts For Rent: West 7050
VIP
Rentals
COLEMAN
Apartments
& Houses
1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
3 Bedrooms
Furnished &
Unfurnished
1, 2, & 3 Baths
Lease, Deposit
& Credit Check
viceinvestments.com
327-8555
Apts For Rent: Caledonia 7060
3BR/1BA Duplex. No
Smoking. No Pets. 1 yr.
lease. $550/month +
deposit. 662-356-4958
or 662-574-0227.
Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070 Starkville. 4,000 sq. ft
SMALL APT, walking dis-
tance to MSU. Partially
furnished incl W/D w/
ch/a. $500/mo + dep. TIES/Retail/Office
Call 662-722-0020,
leave msg or text.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
1BR/1BA Apts for rent.
College Manor Apts, dir-
ectly across from MUW.
Completely renovated,
incl granite countertops,
SS appls & W/D. 12 mo
lease, dep req, $650/
mo. 662-425-3817.
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-
ments & townhouses.
Call for more info.
662-328-8254.
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA,
CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
historic district, 1 block
from downtown, $625/
mo. + $625 dep. NO
PETS. 662-574-8789.
Peaceful & Quiet area.
FIRST FULL MONTH
RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed-
room Apts/Townhomes.
Stove & refrigerator.
$335-$600 Monthly.
Credit check & deposit.
Coleman Realty,
662-329-2323.
JANUARY AVAILABILITY
(NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS)
Downtown Area-
2BR/1BA, CH&A, hard-
wood, appliances, no
pets, spacious, walk to
MUW. NO HUD.
Agent Owned.
$675.00/$675.00.
Convenience-
2BR/1BA, almost fin-
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Yesterday’sANSWER
answer
Find Sudoku
ished make-over. CH/A, YESTERDAY’S
new flooring, paint, ap-
Sudoku is a number-
pliances & more. No
pets, no HUD. placing puzzle based on
Sudoku is a number-
8 6 4 3 7 1 2 9 5
What agiven 2 5 1 9 6 4 3 7 8
Agent Owned.
9x9 grid with several
placing puzzle based on
2019 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
$450.00/$450.00.
a 9x9 grid with several
West Point-
numbers. The object 3 7 9 5 2 8 6 1 4
Large 1BR/1BA, gas
space heat, window air.
Water furnished. No
You’re 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
given numbers. The object
is to place the numbers
is to place the numbers
1 to 9 in the empty spaces
9
7
1
8
6
5
8
6
4
3
2
9
7
4
5
2
3
1
Looking column and each 3x3 box
pets or HUD. so that each row, each
Agent Owned. so that each row, each 4 3 2 1 5 7 8 6 9
$375.00/$375.00 with column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number 5 4 3 7 9 6 1 8 2
approved application.
For contains the same number
only once. The difficulty
only once. The difficulty 6 9 8 2 1 3 5 4 7
Long & Long, Realtors level increases from
662-328-0770
In Monday to Sunday.
level increases from 1 2 7 4 8 5 9 3 6
Monday to Sunday.
Difficulty Level 1/11
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RENT A fully equipped
camper w/utilities &
cable from $145/wk -
AND $535/month. Colum-
CREDIT CHECK bus & County School
locations. 662-242-
7653 or 601-940-1397.
662-329-2323 Houses For Sale: Southside
8300
2411 HWY 45 N 2BR/1BA Gas stove &
COLUMBUS, MS heat. Move-in ready. 1
BR Apt. attached that
needs work. $21,000.
Commercial Property For 417 17th St. S.
Call 662-327-8712.
Rent 7100
117 DR. Martin Luther Investment Property 8550
King Jr. Dr. West in
GRAVEL FOR SALE on
building. Call 662-323- private property. Approx
5119. 6 acres. Will sell or
lease property located
in NE Noxubee County.
COMMERCIAL PROPER-
601-405-3717.
Spaces starting @
$285/mo. Downtown & Lots & Acreage 8600
East Columbus loca- 1.7 Acres on Hwy 12.
tions. 662-435-4188. Excellent building site,
cleared. Close to gas
OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 plant, Caledonia school
square feet. 294 district. $15,000.
Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- 662-356-6035.
ing terms. Available
now. 662-328-8254 2.28 +/- Acre Lot.
149 Tanyia Lane. Off of
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Lake Lowndes Road.
Columbus Office, Retail, Has asphalt drive &
Restaurant Space avail- parking, 1200 ft. shop
able. Call 662-328- w/ living area, septic
8655 or 662-574-7879. tank & water meter. No
trailers. $45,000. Call
662-574-0345.
Houses For Rent: Northside
7110 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!
A Stable growth invest-
2 AVAILABLE: 2BR/1BA ment. FSBO: 72 Acres
near CAFB. $450/mo + in Webster Co., near
$350 dep. 662-889- Mantee. Mature pines
1122. (75yr), hardwoods
(50yr), 10ac hay field,
2BR HOUSE. Stove, ref., 2ac pond, w/county
w/d hookup, window road frontage/utilities,
a/c, heat electric. superb potential home
$485/mo. Lease- site & recognized
dep.+credit check. Cole- school. 45 minutes to
man Realty. 329-2323. MSU. 334-277-9744.
LOWNDES COUNTY 45
COLONIAL TOWN- acres on Sobley & Dav-
HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed- is Rd. Excellent hunting.
room w/ 2-3 bath town- 1 mile west of Hwy. 69.
houses. $600 to $695. Small creek runs thru
662-549-9555. Ask for property. $1375 per ACROSS
Glenn or text. acre. 205-799-9846 or 1 Block
205-695-2248.
6 Swift horses
HOUSE WITH APART- WINTER SPECIAL
MENT NEAR MUW. 1.95 acre lots.
11 “Don’t Cry for
323 13th St. N. 3 Blks Good/bad credit. Me” singer
from MUW. L/r, d/r, 10% down, as low as
b/r, kitchen, large f/r $299/mo. Eaton Land.
12 From the area
w/ fireplace, 2BR/3BA. 662-361-7711 13 Prison-based
Laundry room, outside
fenced patio, screened Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
14 Writer Brookner
side porch & work room 15 Moved slowly
WITH ATTACHED APART- NEW 2017, 16x80 MH
MENT B/r, d/r, kitchen @ The Grove, Colum-
17 Oxford VIP
& bathroom. NO HUD. bus. 3BR/2BA, never 18 Stage signal
Ref. req. Dep. req. lived in, can be moved.
Pets allowed w/ extra New Hope Sch. Dist.
19 Staggering
dep. $1075/mo. $29k. 662-769-2565. 22 Danson of “The
662-386-7506.
Autos For Sale 9150 Good Place”
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 23 Writer Susan
1965 MUSTANG, Red,
Automatic, 6cyl, A/C & 24 Keats, for one
3BR/2BA Trailer, New
Hope school dist. power steering. 25 Crunchy veggie
$16,000.
$500/mo & $500 dep.
662-386-2367. 27 Ready to go
Call between 10a-7p.
662-386-4292. 1991 MERCEDES 500
30 Party worker 4 Nevada neighbor 27 Tar
NO TEXT MESSAGES. SL. Serviced as re- 31 Log chopper 5 Clint Eastwood 28 Thrill
NICE 3BR/2BA MH in
quired. 106k miles, 32 Tough wood film 29 Movie ad
2 tops. Excellent buy!
West Lowndes school $12,500. 662-356- 33 Sand substance 6 Imitating 30 Fills parts
district. $485/mo +
$485 dep. 662-242-
6035. 35 Snowboarder 7 Friend of Harry 34 Eastern monk
7653 or 662-308-7781. SUPER CHARGED 2004 White and Hermione 36 Much of N.
Monte Carlo SS. Dale 38 Some surreal art
Jr. Signature Edition. 8 Like lemon juice Amer.
$3500. 662-570-2601. 39 High-strung 9 Conducting needs 37 Hoop attachment
Campers & RVs 9300 40 Ham it up 10 Informal talk
41 Work byproduct 16 Wants
TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
located on Wilkins Wise 42 Less common 20 Peter Fonda film
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
Hookups available. 21 Back muscle
$300/mo. 662-328- DOWN 24 Flamenco cry
8655 or 662-574-7879. 1 Show 25 Popular nut
Trailers & Heavy Equipment 2 Broad way 26 Fuel gas
9450 3 Chopped
1999 MACK Dump
Truck & 30,000lb Trail-
boss Tag-A-Long Trailer,
both good condition.
Can be seen at 5356
Hwy 182 E, Columbus.
Call 662-328-6203 or
662-574-6202.
Five Questions:
1 Wilt Cham-
berlain
2 Kurt Cobain
3 A Polaroid
picture
4 Bill Clinton
and Andrew
Johnson
WHATZIT ANSWER
5 Tarzan Log cabin