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Center for Medicare and Monday as a candidate for Inside
Special Focus Facility due n OUR VIEW:
Aurora Health and
Medicaid releases list of to a “persistent record of As Americans
poor care.” age, elder
Rehabilitation, a
nursing home in East
lowest quality nursing homes The Center for Medi- care deserves
care and Medicaid (CMS)
action now. Columbus, has been
Page 6A named a candidate
BY MARY POLLITZ released a list of candidate for a Special Focus
mpollitz@cdispatch.com nursing home facilities for Facility, a federal
SFF, a program designed to rehabilitate program designed
Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, a poor performing nursing homes under to identify poor
nursing home in East Columbus, is con- federal scrutiny. CMS previously only re- performing nursing
sidered one of the lowest-rated nursing leased SFF nursing homes. The release homes. The Center
homes in the state, according to a report for Medicare and
of previously non-public candidate in- Medicaid named
released by the Center for Medicare and formation came after Pennsylvania U.S. five candidates in
Medicaid. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey re- Mississippi as the
The nursing home, located on Emer- quested nursing home SFF candidates be lowest performing in
ald Drive, is one of more than 400 nursing released for public knowledge. the state.
homes nationwide that was recognized See Aurora, 3A Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff

Tupelo man
Top of her classes indicted on
cyberstalking,
extortion charges
Suspect threatened
to falsely accuse victim
of pedophilia
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com

A Tupelo man has

been indicted for
cyberstalking and
threatening to have
police arrest another
man on false accusa-
tions of pedophilia.
Oktibbeha County
grand jurors indicted Lambert
James Lambert, 32, in January for
charges of cyberstalking, extortion
and possession of methamphet-
amine. Lambert was served his in-
dictment on Wednesday.
Lambert is accused of sending
threatening text messages to a
couple, which were received by the
male victim. According to court
files, on June 2 and June 3, 2018,
Lambert threatened to “falsely
expose” the man for pedophilia
and “have the victim arrested for
sex-related crimes.”
Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff
Marian Turner, 17, shows off her graduation honor cords while wearing her Spelman College sweatshirt at her See Indictment, 8A
home Tuesday morning. Turner graduated valedictorian of Columbus High School with a 4.581 GPA and simulta-
neously graduated from East Mississippi College Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0. Turner is the daughter of Brian
and Aubra Turner.

CHS Valedictorian graduates Summa Cum Laude at EMCC Lowndes candidates

BY MARY POLLITZ
mpollitz@cdispatch.com
‘I knew her GPA was up there, but I didn’t field questions at
Columbus High School 2019
know she would be graduating with the citizen forum
graduate Marian Turner hasn’t
made a B in class since elementary
highest honors. That meant a lot. We are BY AMANDA LIEN
school.
Her academic dreams and goals
just so proud of her.’ alien@cdispatch.com

Aubra Turner Candidates for chancery clerk,

wouldn’t allow it. In May she grad-
uated as valedictorian of CHS with
a 4.581 grade point average. But
before that, she graduated Sum-
ma Cum Laude at East Mississippi
Community College with a 4.0.
While taking dual enrollment
classes at EMCC and Mississip-
pi University for Women, Turner
wasn’t even set on graduating with
her associate’s degree before get-
ting her high school diploma, but it
happened anyway.
“I took 23 classes in all,” Turner
said. “I didn’t decide to graduate
(from EMCC). It kind of happened
on accident. I just took too many
classes.”
Turner’s mother, Aubra, knew
her daughter performed well at
EMCC, but she didn’t know how
well until she attended her gradua-
tion.
“I was just shocked. It was very
unexpected,” Aubra said. “When I
went to the graduation and opened
up the program and saw she was
graduating Summa cum Laude,
that’s when it really hit me. I knew
her GPA was up there, but I didn’t
know she would be graduating with
the highest honors. That meant a
lot. We are just so proud of her.”
See Turner, 3A
District 1 supervisor, District 17
state senator and District 1 justice
court judge in Lowndes County
touted their years of job experi-
ence, business ownership and com-
munity involvement as reasons why
they would make the best public
servants at a candidates forum at
the Caledonia Community Center
Thursday night.
A group of Caledonia residents,
led by Amanda Boltwood and sup-
ported by Caledonia Mayor Mitch
See Forum, 8A

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Did you hear? “In anxious times, we look for scapegoats. And old
‘Dr. John,’ funky New Orleans people are a ready scapegoat ...”
Ashton Applewhite, a New York-based writer and ageism
‘night-tripper’ musician, dies at 77 activist, on a recent poll that shows younger workers are
viewing an aging workforce negatively. Story, 5A.

‘He showed the world Louisiana’s rich

musical heritage, and his passion
for music has left a mark on the A Thousand Words
industry unlike any other’
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards
The Associated Press musical heritage, and his
passion for music has left a
NEW ORLEANS — Dr. mark on the industry unlike
John, the New Orleans sing- any other.”
er and piano player who Drummer Ringo Starr
blended black and white was among the first musi-
musical styles with a hoo- cians to weigh in on Twitter.
doo-infused stage persona “God bless Dr. John peace
and gravelly bayou drawl, and love to all his family I
died Thursday, his family love the doctor peace and
said. He was 77. love,” the Beatles legend
In a statement released tweeted.
through his publicist, the Fellow New Orleans
family said Dr. John, who
singer Irma Thomas said he
was born Mac Rebennack,
was loved around the world.
died “toward the break of
“He was just a mystical per-
day” of a heart attack. They
son,” Thomas told WVUE
did not say where he died
television when asked what
or give other details. He
had not been seen in public made his music special. “He
much since late 2017, when did what he liked best and
he canceled several gigs. He was very unique with his
had been resting at his New style.”
Orleans area home, publi- His spooky 1968 de-
cist Karen Beninato said last but “Gris-Gris” combined
year in an interview. rhythm ‘n blues with psyche-
Memorial arrangements delic rock and startled listen-
were being planned. “The ers with its sinister implica-
family thanks all whom have tions of other-worldly magic,
shared his unique musical employing a piano style both
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
journey, and requests pri- rollicking and haunting. He
City employees Kevin Edmond, Tyrone Eddins, Derreck Cross and Carl Robinson anchor down a park bench at
vacy at this time,” the state- later had a Top 10 hit with Leadership Plaza in downtown Columbus Tuesday morning.
ment said. “Right Place, Wrong Time,”
“Dr. John was a true Lou- collaborated with numerous
isiana legend,” Louisiana top-tier rockers, won mul-
Gov. John Bel Edwards said tiple Grammy awards and
in a statement. “He showed was inducted into the Rock
the world Louisiana’s rich & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Mississippi investigates shooting death of official’s father

‘My father passed away tragically after a to law enforcement about the
investigation but was not autho-
son County, as did his father.
The Republican was named
ment officers under investiga-
tion in shootings. The Simpson
yearslong struggle with a brain injury and rized to discuss the matter pub- agriculture commissioner in County Sheriff’s Department
licly told The Associated Press 2018 after serving 10 years in said they would not release the
related illness. Please pray for our family and that it’s about the death of the the Mississippi House, where names of any officers involved
Rev. Harry Noble Gipson, the he was an advocate of gun own- in the Thursday shooting.
we ask for a period of privacy to grieve.’ father of Commissioner Andy ers’ rights and often spoke in MBI said it would provide
State agriculture commissioner Andy Gipson Gipson. support of law enforcement of- information to the district attor-
Andy Gipson said in a state- ficers. ney’s office.
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS The Simpson County Sher- ment Thursday: “My father Harry Gipson, who was 70, An obituary from the fam-
The Associated Press iff’s Department said Thursday passed away tragically after was a homebuilder and Baptist ily said Harry Gipson had re-
it had “an officer-involved shoot- a yearslong struggle with a pastor who had worked at sever- mained active in ministry even
JACKSON — The father of
Mississippi’s agriculture com- ing.” The Mississippi Bureau of brain injury and related illness. al churches in central Mississip- after suffering traumatic brain
missioner has died, and author- Investigation said it is examin- Please pray for our family and pi. Andy Gipson is an attorney injury from several accidents,
ities are investigating whether ing the case and declined to re- we ask for a period of privacy to and Baptist pastor. including a mule wagon wreck, a
he was shot by a sheriff’s dep- lease details. grieve.” MBI said it has a policy of not fall off a forklift and a life-threat-
uty. A source who spoke directly Andy Gipson lives in Simp- releasing names of law enforce- ening motorcycle wreck.

Around the state

Mississippi man
arrested for shooting at
delivery driver
LAUREL — Deputies
say a Mississippi man
fired a gun at a lost pro-
pane gas delivery truck
driver.
Jones County deputies
tell WDAM-TV that Tom-
my Plisco was arrested
Wednesday and charged
with aggravated assault.
Bail was set at $10,000.
It’s unclear whether Plis-
co has a lawyer.
The arrest came after
deputies were called to
Plisco’s home and inter-
viewed the truck driver.
He tells deputies he mis-
takenly pulled onto Plis-
co’s property, knocked
on the door, and was pre-
paring to leave after no
one answered. The driver
says Plisco came out yell-
ing, accusing him of tres-
passing.
Deputies say Plisco
fired and hit the driver’s
side of the truck three
times. Deputies say Plis-
co told investigators he
threatened to kill the driv-
er because the driver hit a
fig tree.
The driver denies hit-
ting the tree.
Crikey! Kangaroo on
the loose in south
Mississippi
GULFPORT — It isn’t
Australia but residents of
a Mississippi town might
be feeling like they’re
down under.
News outlets report
that Jojo the kangaroo
went missing from an
elementary school in
Gulfport Wednesday
morning. Cody Breland
of Wild Acres Wildlife
Photography & Mobile
Petting Zoo was showing
children various animals
when Jojo got scared and
hopped away.
Breland says resi-
dents shouldn’t try to
capture Jojo because
he’ll be spooked and can
hop really quickly.
According to The
SunHerald, a Facebook
user on Wednesday
night jokingly posted
side-by-side photos of
a kangaroo and a pot of
stew, claiming that he
found the kangaroo on
the side of the road and
ate it.
South Mississippians
weren’t pleased and the
user says he received
death threats.
The newspaper says
Jojo hadn’t been found
as of Thursday morning.
Mississippi man leaves
$642K to county school
district
GULFPORT — A Mis-
sissippi man who died
in April left more than
$642,000 to the Harrison
County School District.
News outlets report
the donation by 84-year-
old Darrell Saucier is the
largest in the district’s 63-
year history. Superinten-
dent Roy Gill says there
isn’t yet a concrete plan
on how the money will be
used. He says the money
has been deposited in a
separate district bank ac-
count and the public will
be able to track how it’s
spent.
Saucier had no imme-
diate family when he died,
and court records say he’s
survived by nieces and
nephews. The district’s
public relations special-
ist, Trang Pham-Bui, says
the district doesn’t know
much about Saucier. Gill
says he has been trying to
track down more informa-
tion.

Aurora
Continued from Page 1A
Nursing homes listed
as candidates are among
the lowest performing
nursing homes in their
states, and potentially
could become an SFF
facility once the current
facility graduates or is
terminated from the SFF
program. Aurora is one of
five such nursing homes
in Mississippi.
“We provide each state
with a list of five facilities
that essentially preform
the worst on the health
inspection surveys,” Kate
Goodrich, CMS director
of the center for clinical
standards and quality,
said in a press conference
call Wednesday. “These
(candidates) typically are
facilities that have sys-
temic issues with quality
and safety. They really
are the poorest perform-
ers.”
According to the CMS
website, Aurora has faced
one federal penalty in the
last three years. That fine
amounted to more than
$16,000 on Sept. 13, 2018,
the date of the last health
inspection. During that
inspection, Aurora faced
eight health deficien-
cies, including failing to
protect residents from
all types of abuse; fail-
ure to provide basic life
support; failure to devel-
op a plan that meets all
residents’ needs; failure
to post nurse staffing in-
formation daily; failure to
honor residents’ right to
request or refuse treat-
ment; failure to imple-
ment an infection preven-
tion and control program;
and failure to provide lab
tests when ordered.
Specifically the in-
spection cites an incident
where a resident, who
goes unnamed in the
report, was found unre-
sponsive and CPR was not
administered in a “timely
manner.” The resident
died. The report did not
indicate when the inci-
dent occurred.
The citations report
few other residents were
affected, and that all cita-
tions were corrected Oc-
tober of that same year.
In Mississippi, there
is only one nursing home
that can be named an SFF
at a time. Goodrich said
there are 88 SFF slots
in the country and five
candidates for each slot.
Once a nursing home be-
comes an SFF facility, it
has a set amount of time
to implement a corrective
action plan or face losing
Medicare and Medicaid
funding.
CMS performs one un-
announced health inspec-
tion a year and completes
evaluations whenever a
formal complaint is made
against a nursing home.
After completing annual
health inspections, CMS
provides the state agen-
cy with the list of five
candidates per slot and
the state agency nomi-
nates the priority facility
to receive the “increased
scrutiny.” Candidates and
SFF nursing homes are
compiled after CMS finds
deficiencies during these
inspections. Inspectors
assign nursing homes
points depending on the
“scope and severity” of
deficiencies, and the
nursing homes with the
most points are identified
as candidates.
Goodrich added facil-
ities are all ranked on a
five-star system, with five
being the best, based on
health inspections, staff-
ing levels and quality
measures. Nursing home
reviews and comparisons
can be found on the CMS
Nursing Home Compare
website. Of more than
15,000 nursing homes,
about 3,000 hold the low-
est overall one-star rat-
ing, including Aurora.
Aurora received a one-
star rating for both health
inspection and quality
measure rating, while the
staffing rating received
an average three-star re-
view.
Aurora Administrator,
R.J. Alipour, was not in
the office when contacted
by The Dispatch, and no
administrators returned
calls by press time. The
nursing home’s legal
name is Aurora Australis
LLC according to the Sec-
retary of State’s office.
William Orand serves as
president. Orand did not
return calls to The Dis-
patch by press time.
The process
Goodrich said while
candidate facilities don’t
receive the same scruti-
ny as SFF facilities, they
could face penalties in-
cluding fines, denial of
Medicare or Medicaid
funding for new resi-
dents, and directed plans
of action to alleviate sys-
tematic issues.
SFF nursing homes
and candidates are cho-
sen largely based on fed-
eral resources, Goodrich
added.
Seema Verma, CMS
administrator, included
a letter in CMS’s report
to senators showing the
budgetary constraints
that limit the number of
SFF facilities at a time.
“The total number of
SFF slots and total num-
ber of SFF candidates
nationally are based on
availability of federal re-
sources,” Verma’s letter
said. “In 2014, Federal
budget reductions, as
part of sequestration, led
to a reduction in the num-
ber of slots national to 88,
and the candidates were
reduced to 440.”
In 2010, there were
167 SFF facilities and
835 candidates, the letter
says.
Goodrich added SFF
nursing homes typically
remain as such for 12 to
18 months. An SFF re-
ceives twice as many in-
spections, two a year, as
a non-SFF facility. A nurs-
ing home can graduate
from the list after passing
two consecutive inspec-
tions, six months apart,
showing the facility has
overcome its “systematic
issues.”
Since 2005, Goodrich
said 90 percent of facili-
ties have graduated from
the SFF list while 10 per-
cent have been terminat-
ed from the Medicare
program.
“CMS urges every
American to consult
their doctors, their fami-
lies, their loved ones and
Nursing Home Compare
before making decisions
about nursing home
care,” Goodrich said. “Ad-
ministrator Verma has
made ensuring quality
care in nursing facilities
a priority and recently an-
nounced a five-part plan
that focuses on strength-
ening requirements for
health and safety for nurs-
ing homes, working with
states to enforce these
statutory and regulatory
requirements, increasing
the transparency of nurs-
ing home performance on
Nursing Home Compare
and promoting improved
outcomes for residents
while reducing unneces-
sary paperwork burden.
... CMS work isn’t done.
We’re just getting start-
ed.”

Turner
Continued from Page 1A
Turner’s academic
goals started early when
she began researching
colleges and universities
as a freshman in high
school. She discovered
Spelman College, a pri-
vate women’s college in
Atlanta ranked as the
No. 1 Historically Black
College and University
by U.S. World and News.
“I saw the students
they accept. I knew it
was competitive,” Turn-
er said. “I wanted to get
there and at least get ac-
cepted. My support sys-
tem was my mom and dad
and grandparents (and)
they all encouraged me
to keep going. At first it
was no B’s, then nothing
below a 95, then 98.”
To get to Spelman,
Turner decorated her
resume with more than
15 organizations, hold-
ing positions in each
extra-curricular she
picked up. Being a mem-
ber of the Mayor’s Youth
Council, Lowndes Young
Leaders, CHS mock tri-
als, beta club, golf, band
and more, Turner said
she stayed busy juggling
meetings, high school
and college course work.
“That was different,”
Turner said. “It was just
time management. I had
a schedule set where I
would do my high school
classes during school
time. My college class-
es, I would do those after
school or on the week-
ends. Dealing with the
classes and the different
organizations I was in, it
was stressful. It just kept
building each year, but I
used Spelman as motiva-
tion to keep going.”
In nearly 20 years of
teaching, Monte Ewing,
CHS 10th grade English
teacher and Beta Club
sponsor, said she’s never
met a student quite like
Turner and likely never
will.
“I’ve personally never
met a person like her, as
driven, diligent and as
kind,” Ewing said. “She’s
the most humble person
I’ve ever met. She’s been
amazing since the day I
met her. She’s been con-
sistent. She’s just incred-
ible.”
Chasing a dream
Throughout her se-
nior year, Turner applied
and was accepted into
20 different colleges
and universities, includ-
ing Howard Universi-
ty, Dilliard University,
Jackson State University
and Xavier of Louisiana.
She compiled more than
$400,000 in scholar-
ships.
After she found out
she was accepted into
Spelman, Turner wait-
ed for financial aid and
scholarships to pour in.
Nearing May, Turner had
no word from Spelman.
“That was a very
stressful time for us,” Au-
bra said. “We were about
to give up on it. I told
her ‘Marian, you might
have to look at a second
choice.’ She was getting
scholarships coming in
and she had to say which
school she was going to,
but we didn’t know. Oth-
er schools were writing
her and we needed an
answer.”
One day while Turn-
er was watching Netflix
on her computer, she
opened an email reveal-
ing she not only got a
scholarship to Spelman,
but a free ride nearing
$200,000.
“I told my mom and
we just started scream-
ing,” Turner said.
While writing more
than 30 scholarship rec-
ommendation letters
for Turner, Ewing said
she remembered Turner
talking about Spelman as
a freshman.
“She knew she wanted
to be better,” Ewing said.
“She told me as a ninth
grader she wanted to go
to Spelman. I just kind of
looked at her. Spelman
is a great aspiration, but
a lot of times it’s really
expensive and they give
out very few free rides.
It was my prayer for her
that she would get the op-
portunity. She really put
in the work and I’m so
proud I could cry.”
Gearing up for Spel-
man, Turner said she
plans to double major in
international studies and
Spanish. Her passion
for Spanish started ear-
ly, when she was at Joe
Cook Elementary.
“I did Spanish there.
I ended up falling in love
with the culture and I
thought it would be nice
to study other countries
and cultures and learn
about how things work
there,” Turner said.
Tempted to go into the
political field, for now
Turner said she wants to
study global policy and
international develop-
ment and is simply excit-
ed about moving into the
honor’s dorms on cam-
pus.
“I’m just excited about
a new environment,”
Turner said. “Going from
Columbus to Atlanta is
going to be a big differ-
ence. I’m just excited
to meet new people and
see how everyone else is.
It’s going to be nice. I’m
just relieved it’s all over
with now and I’m getting
ready for Spelman.”
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Mary Hairston
COLUMBUS —
Mary Ella Hairston, 81,
died June
1, 2019, at
her resi-
dence.
Ser-
vices
will be
at 2 p.m.
Hairston
Saturday
at Brick
M.B. Church, with
the Rev. Everett Little
officiating. Burial will
follow at the church
cemetery. Visitation
is from 3-8 p.m. today
at Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Ms. Hairston was
born May 10, 1938,
in Columbus, to the
late Jim Hairston and
Virgie Patmon. She
was formerly employed
as a caregiver and a
member of Brick M.B.
Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her siblings, Classie
Griffin, Flora Allen,
Easter Mae Patmon,
Randle Hairston and
Steve Hairston.
She is survived by
her children, Diane
House of Apple Valley,
California, Turkessa
Hairston, Kenneth
Hairston and Robbion
Carter, all of Colum-
bus; siblings, Cora
Jennings and Thelma
McGee, both of Colum-
bus, and Ida M. Davis
of Fayetteville, North
Carolina; and eight
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Billy Griffen, Leon
McGee, Roger Allen,
Marcell Griffen, Antho-
ny McGee and Martin
Andrews.
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Mary Bays in charge of arrange- bama, Steve McAdams both of Columbus, and ments.
ments. of Newnan, Georgia Christopher Hendrix of Mrs. Heard was born
NOXUBEE — Mary
Louise Clark Bays, Mr. Lumpkins was and David McAdams of Oklahoma City, Okla- April 13, 1937, in Lamar
66, died May 27, 2019, born in Hattiesburg, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama; homa; daughter, Ebony County, to the late
at Noxubee General Amanda Reno Wells and seven grandchildren; Gholson of Texas; Charlie Otts and Lucile
Hospital. Edward Lumpkins. He and eight great-grand- brothers, Anderson Williams Otts. She at-
Services will be at was formerly employed children. Gholson and James Gh- tended Sulligent School
11 a.m. Saturday at as a barge loading truck olson; and sister, Dora and was a member of
St. Mark Church of operator. Annie Pointer Gholson. Depriest Chapel Free-
Holiness, with the Rev. In addition to his COLUMBUS — An- will Baptist Church.
James A. Gillespie offici- parents, he is survived nie Grace Pointer, 77, William Jones In addition to her
ating. Burial will follow by his fiancée, Sarah died May HAMILTON — Wil- parents, she was pre-
at the church cemetery. Johnson of West Mem- 29, 2019. liam E. Jones, 90, died ceded in death by her
Visitation is from noon- phis. Services June 5, 2019, at Monroe sister, Kathleen Lee.
6 p.m. today at Carter’s will be at 2 Regional Hospital in She is survived by
Funeral Services. Car- Josephine Baker p.m. Satur- Aberdeen. her husband, James B.
ter’s Funeral Services COLUMBUS — Jo- day at Ca- Services will be at 2 “J.B.” Heard of Caledo-
of Macon is in charge of sephine Baker, 81, died naan M.B. p.m. Sunday at Tis- nia; daughters, Jeanine
arrangements. June 2, Church. dale-Lann Memorial Browning and Lisa
Pointer
Mrs. Bays was born 2019, at Burial will Funeral Home Chapel Stockman, both of Cale-
follow at in Aberdeen, with donia; brothers, Earlie
Oct. 9, 1952, in Noxubee her resi-
County, to Louise Clark dence. Sandfield Cemetery. Russell Kyzar officiat- Otts of Vernon, Ala-
and the late Albert Services Visitation is from noon- ing. Burial will follow bama, and Jerry Otts
Thomas Clark. She was will be 5 p.m. today at Lee- at McDuffie Cemetery of Sulligent; sisters,
a member of St. Mark at 2 p.m. Sykes Funeral Home. in Hamilton. Visitation Emma Jane Jackson
Church of Holiness. Sunday Lee-Sykes Funeral will be from 5-9 p.m. and Mildred Lowery,
In addition to her at West Baker Home of Columbus, is Saturday at the funeral both of Sulligent and
in charge of arrange- home. Tisdale-Lann
mother, she is survived Lowndes Hilda Nolen of Ham-
by her children, Spen- High School, with the ments. Memorial Funeral ilton; five grandchil-
son Bennett Sr. and Rev. John W. Baker Ms. Pointer was born Home of Aberdeen is dren; 10 great-grand-
Shavonne Grassree, officiating. Burial will July 28, 1941, in Colum- in charge of arrange- children; and two
both of Macon, and follow at St. John M.B. bus, to the late Robert ments. great-great-grandchil-
Mary Ann Grassree Church Cemetery. Vis- Pointer and Rosie Lee Mr. Jones was born dren.
of Columbus; siblings, itation is from noon-6 Sims Pointer. She was to the late Ben Jones
and Katie Gibson
Delois Clark Smith of p.m. today at Carter’s formerly employed with Joseph Harkins
Melrose Park, Illinois, Funeral Services. Car- Johnson Tombigbee Jones. He was formerly COLUMBUS — Jo-
Willie Dean Williams of ter’s Funeral Services of Furniture Manufactur- employed as a truck seph “Hawk” Harkins,
Highland Point, Illinois, Columbus is in charge ing Company and as driver with Penthouse
70, died June 3, 2019, at
and Aubrey Nichols of arrangements. a caregiver. She was Furniture.
Baptist Memorial Hos-
of Olive Branch; 11 Mrs. Baker was a member of Canaan In addition to his
pital-Golden Triangle.
grandchildren; and one born Oct. 20, 1937, in M.B. Church. parents, he was preced-
Home Going Cele-
great-grandchild. Starkville, to the late In addition to her par- ed in death by his wife,
bration services will
Pallbearers will be Amzie and Claudine De- ents, she was preceded Ruth Elois Pounders
be at 1 p.m. Saturday,
Spenson Bennett Sr., loach. She was formerly in death by five siblings. Jones; son, Paul Randle
June 15, 2019, at the
Leroy Golden, Albert employed as a laborer She is survived Jones; daughter, Peggy
D. Nelson; two sisters; James and Lola Laven-
Thomas Clark III, with Sanderson Plumb- by her sisters, Mary
and eight brothers. der Memorial Chapel
Johnny Smith, Verdell ing and a member of St. Roberts of Pahrump,
He is survived by his of Lavender’s Funeral
Gillespie and Shunessy John M.B. Church. Nevada, Gloria Latham,
sons, William K. Jones Home in Aliceville,
Sherrod Jr. In addition to her par- Hattie Joyce Pointer
and Sarah Jane Point- of Lucedale and Jeffrey Alabama, with the Rev.
ents, she was preceded
er, all of Columbus; A. Jones of Hamilton; David Johnson officiat-
Bernice Hill in death by her daugh-
and brothers, Henry sisters, Barbara Jones ing. Burial will follow
NOXUBEE — Ber- ter, Nellie Baker; and
Pointer, Charlie Pointer of Hurley, Debbie Jones at New Cumberland
nice Jones Hill, 69, died siblings, Pauline Rice,
and Curtis Pointer, all and Betty Joiner, both Church Cemetery in
May 30, W.T. Deloach, Ruth
of Chicago Heights, of Forrest, and Carolyn Carrollton. Visitation
2019, at Hart, Mamie Deloach,
Illinois, and Tommy Graham of Wade; broth- will be from 5:30-7 p.m.
her resi- James Deloach, Augus-
Pointer of Columbus. ers, Jessie James Jones Friday, June 14, 2019, at
dence. ta Miller, Irene Brack-
of Cullman, Alabama the funeral home. Lav-
Services ett, Leonard Deloach,
ender’s Funeral Service
will be Johnnie Deloach, Larry Jonnie Gholson and Orson Cook Jr. of
of Aliceville is in charge
at 2 p.m. Deloach, Mary Deloach COLUMBUS — Jon- Tupelo; and numer-
ous grandchildren, of arrangements.
Saturday at and Idella Bankhead. nie Lee Gholson, 51,
Hopewell Hill She is survived by died May great-grandchildren
M.B. her husband, Tillman 29, 2019, and great-great-grand- Bob Vandevender
Church in Brooksville, Baker of Columbus; at Baptist children. MACON — Bob
with the Rev. George children, Andrew Baker, Memorial Vandevender, 91, died
Cain officiating. Burial Jerry Baker, Josie Stur- Hospi- Avie Heard June 5, 2019.
will follow at the church divant, Pearlie Moody, tal-Golden CALEDONIA — Services will be
cemetery. Visitation is Claudia Baker and Triangle. Avie Lou Heard, 82, at noon Saturday at
from noon-6 p.m. today Lasonia Brownlee, all of Ser- died June 6, 2019, at her Cockrell Funeral Home
at Carter’s Funeral Ser- Columbus, John Wesley vices will Gholson residence. Chapel. Burial will
vices. Carter’s Funeral Baker and Natarsha Jor- be at noon Services will be at 11 follow at Jackson Field
Services of Macon is dan, both of Starkville, Saturday at Armstrong a.m. Saturday at Otts Cemetery near Preston.
in charge of arrange- Tony Deloach of Craw- M.B. Church, with the Funeral Home Chapel Visitation will be one
ments. ford, and Tillman Baker Rev. Vaughn officiating. in Sulligent, Alabama, hour prior to services
Mrs. Hill was born III of Madison; siblings, Burial will follow at with Don Taggart, at the funeral home.
Feb. 28, 1950, in Noxu- Robert Lee Deloach and Sandfield Cemetery. Harvey Coplin and Cockrell Funeral Home
bee County, to the late Lucille Gordon, both of Visitation is from noon- Randy Kennedy offici- of Macon is in charge of
Hope Foote and Bra- Columbus; 41 grandchil- 6 p.m. today at Century ating. Burial will follow arrangements.
zella Jones Page. She dren; 67 great-grand- Hairston Funeral home. at Northington/Heard Memorials may be
was formerly employed children; and 10 Century Hairston Cemetery. Visitation made to St. Jude Chil-
great-great-grandchil- is from 6-8 p.m. today dren’s Research Hospi-
with United Technolo- Funeral Home of Co-
gies and a member of dren. lumbus is in charge of at the funeral home. tal, 262 Danny Thomas
Hopewell M.B. Church. Pallbearers will be arrangements. Otts Funeral Home is Place, Memphis, TN
In addition to her par- Tarrique Baker, Chris- Mr. Gholson was in charge of arrange- 38105.
ents, she was preceded topher Baker, Tony De- born Aug. 7, 1967, in
in death by her son, loach, Jarvie Mayfield, Columbus, to the late If you had no idea
Marcus Hill; two broth- Michael Sturdivant and Woodie E. Gholson and what to get her for
ers; and two sisters. Damian Baker. Dora Franks. He was Valentine’s Day...
She is survived by formerly employed as
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Earl Hill Jr.; children, VERNON, Ala. — of Columbus and as a overwhelming
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and Kenneth Hill, all Services will be at 11 wife, Elisa Whitfield couple with Lowndes Funeral Home & Crematory.
of Macon, and Diane a.m. Saturday at Dowdle Gholson of Columbus;
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Texas; siblings, Mary Burial will follow at Ken- and Antrawn Gholson,
Mosley and Gennie nedy City Cemetery.
Haller, both of Saginaw, Visitation will be one
Michigan, Brazella hour prior to services
Bush and Delois Wilker- at the funeral home
son, both of Brooksville; chapel. Dowdle Funer-
32 grandchildren; and al Home of Millport,
seven great-grandchil- Alabama, is in charge of
dren. arrangements.
Pallbearers will be Mrs. McAdams was
Stanley Smith, Tra- born March 26, 1926,
vis Maxwell, Patrick in Birmingham, Ala-
Maxwell, Davine Beck, bama, to the late Mr.
Timothy Bland and Stephen Marion Turner
Brandon Hill Sr. and Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Turner. She was for-
Austin Lumpkins merly employed as an
WEST MEMPHIS, educator with Kennedy
Ark. — Austin Skylar Elementary and a book-
Lumpkins, 25, died June keeper with Kennedy
4, 2019, in Mississippi Lumber Co., White Pole
County, Arkansas. and Timber and Brown
Services will be Wood Preserving. She
at noon Saturday at was a member of Ken-
Deaton Funeral Home nedy U.M. Church.
Chapel in Belmont. In addition to her par-
Burial will follow at ents, she was preceded
Tishomingo City Cem- in death by her hus-
etery in Tishomingo. band, Mr. James Searcy
Visitation is from 6-9 McAdams.
p.m. today at the funeral She is survived by
home. Deaton Funeral her sons, Terry McAd-
Home of Belmont is ams of Sulligent, Ala-
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Poll: Some younger workers Is Estate or

view aging workforce negatively
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Nearly 20 percent of
Americans over the age of 65 were employed or
actively looking for work last year, up from less
than 12 percent two decades prior
By ANDREW SOERGEL
For The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Some younger
workers aren’t particularly thrilled
to see a rising share of older Amer-
icans forgo retirement and contin-
ue working, according to a recent
poll by The Associated Press-
NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research.
The poll found that workers un-
der the age of 50 were significantly
more likely to view America’s ag-
ing workforce as a negative devel-
opment when compared with their
nancial uncertainty following the
Great Recession all are believed
to be contributing to America’s
steadily graying workforce. Nearly
20 percent of Americans over the
age of 65 were employed or actively
looking for work last year, up from
less than 12 percent two decades
prior, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
But the increased prevalence of
older workers has led some to be-
lieve seniors are holding back the
country’s economic momentum
by remaining in the workforce.
plications for their own careers.
“One of the myths that’s out
there causing younger and older
people to butt heads is the idea
that ‘Oh, it’s because these older
people are on the job preventing
me from getting the job I want,’”
says Steve Burghardt, a 74-year-
old professor of social work at the
City University of New York who
thinks Americans are “looking
for someone younger or someone
older to blame” for inequality, job
displacement and other economic
problems.
Research is mixed on the ag-
ing workforce’s overall impact on
the U.S. economy. Adam Ozimek,
a senior economist at Moody’s
Analytics, says his prior research
efforts have suggested a growing
population of older workers can
slow productivity and ultimately
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older counterparts. About 4 in 10
respondents ages 18 to 49 and 44
percent of the youngest respon-
dents ages 18 to 29 said they con-
sider the trend to be a bad thing for
American workers. Just 14 percent
of those age 60 and over said the
same.
“I don’t think in things like IT
and medicine you’re as effective a
worker (at 65 years old) as you are
at 50,” says Katie Otting, a 29-year-
old living near San Diego. “If some
65-year-old is in a position that he’s
not ready to quit because he wants
a better pension and there’s some-
one else ready to take that job,
they’re not going to replace him.”
An aging population, elevated
health care costs and lingering fi-
Men were slightly more likely than
women to cite the aging workforce
as a problem for U.S. workers (32
percent to 27. And about a third (34
percent) of more affluent respon-
dents earning more than $100,000
annually said the same, slightly
more than the 24 percent of those
earning less than $30,000 who said
so.
By contrast, about 6 in 10 Amer-
icans age 60 and over say the trend
has actually been a good thing for
the economy, compared with 3 in
10 Americans under 30 who think
that.
About a third of Americans un-
der 50 who have noticed the trend
in their own workplace believe the
aging workforce has negative im-
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But he says there’s little evidence
to suggest that the presence of old-
er workers is “crowding younger
workers out of promotions,” not-
ing that many of the workers who
would naturally move up and re-
place positions currently held by
baby boomers are not millennials
but rather middle-aged members
of Generation X.
“In anxious times, we look for
scapegoats. And old people are a
ready scapegoat, especially if you
are forced out of having a public
presence or are forced (out of a
job),” says Ashton Applewhite, a
New York-based writer and ageism
activist.

Boom in electric scooters leads to more injuries, fatalities

In the U.S. alone, riders took 38.5 million trips
on rentable scooters in 2018, according to the National
Association of City Transportation Officials
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
and AMANDA MORRIS
The Associated Press
Andrew Hardy was
crossing the street on an
electric scooter in down-
town Los Angeles when a
car struck him at 50 miles
per hour and flung him 15
feet in the air before he
smacked his head on the
pavement and fell uncon-
scious.
The 26-year-old
snapped two bones in
each leg, broke a thigh-
bone, shattered a knee-
cap, punctured a lung and
fractured three vertebrae
in his neck, in addition to
sustaining a head injury.
“My brother thought
I was dead,” said Hardy,
who wasn’t wearing a hel-
met.
Doctors told Hardy
he’d likely be paralyzed
for life. Five months lat-
er, he has learned to walk
again. But he says he’ll
never ride another scoot-
er.
“These scooters
should not be available to
the public,” Hardy said.
“Those things are like a
death wish.”
As stand-up electric
scooters have rolled into
more than 100 cities
worldwide, many of the
people riding them are
ending up in the emergen-
cy room with serious inju-
ries. Others have been
killed. There are no com-
prehensive statistics avail-
able but a rough count by
The Associated Press of
media reports turned up
at least 11 electric scooter
rider deaths in the U.S.
since the beginning of
2018. Nine were on rented
scooters and two on ones
the victims owned.
With summer fast ap-
proaching, the numbers
will undoubtedly grow
as more riders take to
the streets. Despite the
risks, demand for the
two-wheeled scooters
continues to soar, popu-
larized by companies like
Lime and Bird. In the U.S.
alone, riders took 38.5
million trips on rentable
scooters in 2018, accord-
ing to the National Asso-
ciation of City Transporta-
tion Officials.
Riders adore the
free-flying feel of the
scooters that have a base
the size of a skateboard
and can rev up to 15 miles
per hour. They’re also
cheap and convenient,
costing about $1 to un-
lock with a smartphone
app and about 15 cents
per minute to ride. And
in many cities, they can
be dropped off just about
anywhere after a rider
reaches their destination.

Ex-deputy in Parkland school shooting out of jail on reduced bail

56-year-old charged with child convicted, he faces a po-
tential maximum prison
His attorney, Joseph
DiRuzzo, said Peterson
neglect, culpable negligence and sentence of nearly 100
years.
should not face the ne-
glect and negligence
perjury stemming from 2018 shooting While out on bail, Pe- charges because he was
not legally a caregiver
terson cannot possess a
By CURT ANDERSON and perjury stemming firearm or take any job in- with direct responsibility
AP Legal Affairs Writer from the February 2018 volving children, Scherer for the welfare of the stu-
shooting that left 17 dead said. Peterson, dressed in dents.
FORT LAUDER-
at Marjory Stoneman beige jail clothes, did not
DALE, Fla. — A former
Florida deputy charged Douglas High School. If speak during the hearing.
with 11 criminal counts
after failing to confront
the gunman in the Park-
land school massacre was
released from jail Thurs-
day after a judge reduced
his bail and lifted some
restrictions.
Scot Peterson walked
out of the Broward Coun-
ty Jail with his attorneys
after Circuit Judge Eliz-
abeth Scherer set bond
at $39,500, down from
the initial amount of
$102,000. Peterson said
nothing before getting
into a car that drove him
away.
Scherer also eliminat-
ed a previous require-
ment that Peterson wear
a GPS monitor. His bond
is secured by $330,000 in
real estate and he will be
allowed to go to his home
in North Carolina.
“He’s going to be on
standard pretrial re-
lease,” the judge said.
Peterson, 56, is
charged with child ne-
glect, culpable negligence
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As Americans age, elder care deserves action now

America faces a crisis few
of us seem to be giving much
attention, even though the
odds are good that most of us
will someday be dramatically
affected by it.
This week, the federal Cen-
ter for Medicare and Medicaid
released a list of 440 nursing
homes in the U.S. that would
warrant closer scrutiny if funds
were available. These facilities,
called Special Focus Facili-
ties (SFF) candidates, have a
history of providing poor care,
based on CMS’s annual inspec-
tions. One of the 440 facilities
on the list is in Columbus.
Because of budget lim-
itations only 88 facilities are
officially SFFs and therefore
subject to the closer monitor-
ing prescribed by the program,
which means there’s sort of a
waiting list for a facilities that
might warrant that closer su-
pervision. That’s certainly not
the kind of waiting list anyone
wants to be on.
It’s a serious issue. Most
of those people have limited
finances and are confined to
their nursing homes. In fact,
Medicaid funds the vast major-
ity of the 1.4 million Americans
in the nation’s 16,000 nursing
homes.
In recent years, the shift in
elder care has gone to home
care. In fact, it’s the largest
growing job in the nation, with
2.9 million people employed to
provide health care to patients
who remain in their homes.
But finding and retaining
these workers is difficult. The
one-year turnover rate is as 74
percent, which can be attribut-
ed to a great degree to low pay
(the average home healthcare
provider makes $22,000 per
year).
Options are few, often un-
safe and increasingly cost-pro-
hibitive.
Americans currently spend
$300 billion on elder care each
year, which is a staggering six
times the budget of the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
And that’s where we are
now.
By 2050, it is estimated that
the over-65 population state
will soar from 47.8 million to
88 million, including 10 million
over age 90.
Until now, Medicare and
Medicaid have provided most
of the money needed to take
care of our elderly population.
But at the moment, even
sustaining those federal
programs at current levels of
funding is a subject of fierce
political debate. As noted, we
lack the funding needed to
provide closer inspection for 80
percent of the facilities with a
history of providing poor care,
much less to actually care for
the elderly. We are not only
failing, we are falling further
behind.
Yet increasing funding, giv-
en the current political climate,
is out of the question.
Americans must insist that
our leaders take this issue
seriously and begin to work on
a workable plan.
It may well turn out to be
greatest public health issue we
will face in this century.

Other editors Cartoonist views

30 years after
Tiananmen, the
tanks are gone
but the oppressive
Chinese state
remains
Thirty years ago (Tuesday), the world
watched in horror as Chinese troops cracked
down brutally on peaceful protests by
students who sought to give the Chinese
people more say over their daily lives. The
lingering image of the pro-democracy move-
ment, though, was from the next day, when
a lone, unarmed man stopped a column of
tanks in Tiananmen Square. It was a symbol
of courage, defiance and the power of an
individual — sustained, perhaps, by the fact
that he’s never been identified and his fate is
unknown.
To many in the West, the crackdown was
but a death rattle of an authoritarian system
on the wrong side of history. As the growing,
liberalized Chinese economy spread pros-
perity across the country, and as the internet
opened a window into free-world thought
and culture, they believed the pressure for
democracy and self-determination would
become irresistible.
In the three decades since then, the
Chinese economy has, in fact, grown spec-
tacularly, lifting tens of millions of people out
of poverty and creating a strong middle class.
But the technology that helped Chinese peo-
ple to connect to one another in unprecedent-
ed ways also enabled Orwellian surveillance
and propaganda operations that have helped
cement the Chinese Communist Party’s au-
tocratic grip on power. The Chinese govern-
ment has also used concerns about terrorism
as a pretext to enact cynical security laws
that give it even more power to spy on online
traffic, suppress dissent and block foreign
nonprofits from assisting its critics.
Meanwhile, by allowing some public
pushback on the digital margins, tolerating
small-scale online agitation for consumer
protection or improvements in public works,
the government pantomimes the account-
ability found in a democracy. True change
remains a mirage.
As a result, China’s pro-democracy
movement seems to be sustained mainly
by activists who’ve fled to safer shores. It’s
telling that while we in the West can still see
the “Tank Man” photos, watch the video and
read about the incident, the Chinese govern-
ment is trying to erase them from its people’s
memory.
But then, tanks are so 20th century.
Today, the fist of Chinese oppression is best
symbolized by the “reeducation” camps in
Xinjiang province, roughly 2,000 miles west
of Tiananmen Square, where the Chinese
government has detained up to 2 million
Muslims in an effort to combat alleged
separatism and religious extremism among
the native Uighurs. Not coincidentally, the
province is a key outpost in China’s “Belt and
Road” initiative that aims to increase China’s
exports to and its influence over south Asia,
Africa and Europe.
We certainly hope that China’s growing
prosperity and integration into global com-
merce will prove inimical to its authoritarian
impulses. But the years since the Tiananmen
Square protests have shown us that progress
toward liberty and democracy is not inevita-
ble. In China, the government sells “stability”
as the guarantor of the economic growth that
the public craves, when its real aim is to keep
the forces of change at bay.
Los Angeles Times
The Cost of Lies
Lessons of Chernobyl
On the morning of “almost Mephistophelean safe, the Soviet government said.
April 28, 1986, an em- proportions.” The reactor For good measure, the TASS news
ployee of the Forsmark was open and spewing ra- agency added that the U.S. had expe-
nuclear power plant an dioactivity. Scores were rienced “2,300 nuclear accidents and
hour north of Stockholm already dead, more were breakdowns in 1979 alone.”
was returning from a dying an agonizing death While the world reeled from
restroom break when from acute radiation reports of a massive nuclear plume
his shoes set off the poisoning, and thousands dropping poison whichever way the
radiation alarm. Soon were inhaling and eating wind blew; while frantic but secret
klaxons were sounding and drinking the radioac- efforts were underway in Soviet
everywhere. Technicians tive isotopes that would Ukraine to staunch the flow; and
scoured the plant. No cause miscarriages, while some 200,000 people had to
leak. After performing Mona Charen stillbirths, and thyroid flee their homes (leaving livestock
chemical and other anal- and other cancers. As the and pets behind as the HBO se-
ysis, they determined Economist summarized, ries dramatizes in sad detail), the
that the radiation wasn’t coming “Chernobyl led to thousands of official statements from the Kremlin
from Forsmark. It wasn’t even com- deaths, including that of the Soviet were as noxious as the site itself.
ing from Sweden. It was fallout from Union.” Denouncing a “Poisoned Cloud of
Chernobyl, 700 miles away. While communist party officials Anti-Sovietism,” Moscow News
The excellent HBO series “Cher- were bundling their families out of pointed the finger at a “premeditated
nobyl” offers an overdue glimpse Ukraine, the people were kept in the and well-orchestrated campaign” to
into the leviathan of lies that was the dark. Doses of potassium iodide, if “cover up criminal acts of militarism
Soviet system. Some have nitpicked administered within 10 days, can by the USA and NATO against peace
that a composite character was protect against thyroid cancer. But and security.”
created or that the trial scene at there was no program to distribute The catastrophe was a direct
the end wasn’t historically accu- the medicine. The Ukrainian sur- result of official lies. The Chernobyl
rate, but these exercises in poetic geon general asked that people be reactor, like others of Soviet design,
license don’t detract from the overall warned to at least stay inside, wash lacked several key safety features —
impact, and are, in any case, openly their vegetables, avoid drinking milk but operators were kept in igno-
acknowledged, not concealed. and take other precautions, but the rance.
Lies were the Soviet regime’s Central Committee demanded that It is hard to know just how many
native tongue. From the annual May Day parades proceed as usual, people were killed outright or
“record” grain harvests to the Katyn along with outdoor weddings and suffered later cancers and other
Forest massacre and from the Gulag bike races. On May 1 in Kiev, as in- pathologies because of the accident.
to Lysenkoism to the shootdown visible fallout rained down, children The Soviet state directed that only
of KAL007 to the Holodomor; the in shirtsleeves marched past review- the most severe cases of radiation
system was a black hole from which ing stands that usually held Soviet sickness be noted in patients’
truth could not escape. officials. They stood empty. records. Estimates of deaths vary
When Sweden demanded an The Soviets kept their eye on the from several thousand to hundreds
explanation of the radiation, the ball — deceit. Phone lines were cut of thousands. As tragic as they were,
Soviets denied that anything was to Chernobyl to prevent unautho- those deaths were a tiny fraction
amiss. Days later, when other Euro- rized truth from escaping, while the of the millions starved, shot and
pean governments were detecting official machinery of propaganda worked to death by the Soviet Union.
fallout and when U.S. satellites had revved up. As Robert McConnell It was among the most
photographed Chernobyl’s smolder- reported in National Review, a Soviet soul-crushing of regimes in human
ing roof, the official news agency television “news” report showed a history, and lies were at the core of
grudgingly acknowledged that an photo of the damaged reactor and its corruption. The Soviet Union is
accident had killed “two people” but explained: “As you can see for your- gone, but deceit lives on. The “Cher-
that “the situation had now been self there is no enormous destruc- nobyl” series is a timely reminder
stabilized and (is) under control.” tion that some Western agencies are and a metaphor: Lying, when it
A later (post-Soviet) Ukrainian writing about, or no great fires, as becomes a way of life, is radioactive.
parliamentary report described such there are no thousands of dead...” Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at
reassurances as “disinformation” of The air and water in Kiev were the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

The Verdict
The following cases were heard in the recent Circuit Court term: May 13-31
Jim Kitchens
■ Tony Armstrong,
Third DUI, five years
MDOC, one years house
arrest to serve, four years
post-release supervision;
■ Jaylen Barker, pos-
session of marijuana with
intent to distribute, dis-
missed without prejudice;
■ Gary Baswell Jr.,
possession of metham-
phetamine, revoked sen-
tence based on violation
of probation, 120 days in
Technical Violation Cen-
ter;
■ Lemond B. Cole-
man, seven counts sale of
cocaine, dismissed;
■ Margaret Collie, bur-
glary of a shed reduced to
possession of stolen prop-
erty, remanded to Caledo-
nia Municipal Court;
■ Jarret Cooper
Cooperwood, possession
of cocaine, dismissed;
■ James Steven Flake,
fourth DUI, five years
MDOC, to be served as
one year house arrest,
four years post-release;
■ Autravious Gaston,
kidnapping, resentenced
to 30 years MDOC to run
consecutive to any other
sentence;
■ David Michael
Gauthier, possession of
a weapon by felon; dis-
missed without prejudice;
■ Charity Harkins-Fer-
guson, aggravated as-
sault, 20 years MDOC, at-
tempted murder and two
counts aggravated assault
domestic violence retired
based on plea;
■ Jeffrey Harris,
armed robbery, revoked
sentence, three years
MDOC;
■ Shaundra Harris,
sale of morphine, three
years MDOC, to be
served through one year
house arrest, two years
post-release;
■ Nathan Shundell
Harrison, robbery, re-
voked sentence, five years
MDOC;
■ Shatrell Liddell, pos-
session of stolen property,
five years non-adjudicated
probation;
■ Jonathan Marshall,
burglary of a dwelling,
dismissed;
■ Gregory Moore, pos-
session of methamphet-
amine, violated terms
of suspended sentence,
three years MDOC, alco-
hol and drug program;
■ Richard Earl Morgan
III, possession of metham-
phetamine, three years
MDOC, eight months
to serve, two years, four
months suspended, two
years post-release;
■ Rufus Neal III, bur-
glary of a dwelling, five
years MDOC to be served
through one year house
arrest, four years super-
vised probation;
■ Lawrence Lavell
Porter, possession of
methamphetamine, 20
years MDOC, possession
of cocaine, eight years
MDOC, trafficking meth-
amphatemine, possession
of cocaine, possession of
stolen property retired
based on plea;
■ Christopher Dail
Sanders, burglary of a
commercial building,
seven years MDOC, five
years to serve, two sus-
pended, two years post-re-
lease;
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■ Lyman Lucas Scar-
brough, felony taking of
a motor vehicle, revoked
probation, 120 days in
Technical Violation Cen-
ter;
■ Joann Smith, intimi-
dating a witness reduced
to simple assault, re-
manded to Columbus Mu-
nicipal Court, intimidat-
ing a witness dismissed
without prejudice;
■ Marrio Stewart,
aggravated assault, 15
years MDOC, 15 years
suspended, 18 months in
LCADC, five years proba-
tion;
■ Benjamin Nathan-
iel Strong, possession of
methamphetamine, pos-
session of cocaine, six
years MDOC, six years
suspended, one year
LCADC, five years proba-
tion;
■ Barbara Tenney,
transfer of cocaine, re-
voked sentence, five
years MDOC, drug and
alcohol program;
■ Kwame Thomas,
trafficking methamphet-
amine, possession of a
weapon by a felon, other
charges, dismissed with-
out prejudice;
■ Kenneth Walton,
Jr., four counts false pre-
tense, dismissed without
prejudice;
■ Reginald Benard
Wilkins, lesser included
petit larceny, guilty by
jury, six months LCADC;
■ James Earl Wil-
liams, felony taking of
a motor vehicle, retired
based on separate indict-
ment; and
■ Brandon Windham,
felony child abuse, five
years MDOC, four years
to serve, one suspended,
one year post-release.
Lee Coleman
■ Alcus Adams, two
counts uttering forgery,
dismissed without preju-
dice;
■ Jonquil Veonquez
Laquinsha Ball, exploita-
tion of a child, 12 years
MDOC, six years to
serve, six suspended, five
years post-release super-
vision;
■ Chad Barfield, pos-
session of morphine, 15
years MDOC, one year to
serve in Lowndes County
Adult Detention Center,
15 suspended, five years
post-release supervision,
sale of morphine dis-
missed based on plea;
■ Billy R. Billups, pos-
session of marijuana, re-
voked sentence, one year
house arrest;
■ Deondre Tyrone
Bonner, possession of
cocaine with intent to
distribute, eight years
MDOC, child endanger-
ment and felony fleeing
dismissed based on plea;
■ Jerry Lee Burrus,
touching a child for lust-
ful purpose, 15 years
MDOC, 10 to serve, five
suspended, five years
post-release, sexual bat-
tery and three counts of
touching a child for lust-
ful purposes retired to
files based on plea;
■ Joniel Burton, sale
of cocaine, eight years
MDOC, additional counts
dismissed based on plea;
■ David Chambers,
touching a child for lust-
ful purposes, dismissed
based on indictment in
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Lafayette County; ■ Glaster Smith, bur- MDOC for assault, 20 MDOC, four years to
■ Tyler Coleman, ag- glary of a commercial years MDOC, 15 to serve, serve, six suspended,
gravated DUI; 10 years building, modified sen- five suspended for rob- second count dismissed,
MDOC, 10 suspended, tence, long term drug bery, five years post-re- previous count suspend-
five years probation; and alcohol treatment at lease, additional counts ed sentence revoked, six
■ James Ray Conn, MDOC; dismissed based on plea; years MDOC;
burglary of an automo- ■ Cody Swink, felony ■ Gary Matthew Ellis, ■ Jerry M. Rogers,
bile, seven years MDOC fleeing in a motor vehi- possession of metham- burglary and larceny of
to be served through two cle, five years MDOC, phetamine, eight years
a dwelling, suspended
years house arrest, five five suspended, five years MDOC, two years to
sentence revoked, three
years post-release; probation; and serve, six suspended, five
years, 354 days MDOC;
■ Deshaun Curry, sale ■ Devin Thompson, years post-release;
■ Johnny Spratt Jr.,
of cocaine, eight years grand larceny, five years ■ Kevin Lorenzo Ham-
possession of a weapon by
MDOC, sale of cocaine MDOC, five years sus- ilton, aggravated assault
a felon, revoked post-re-
retired based on plea; pended, five years proba- and possession of a weap-
lease, 10 years MDOC,
■ Hiraschio Doss, pos- tion, child endangerment, on by felon, dismissed
one year drug and alcohol
session of a weapon by a manufacture of marijua- without prejudice;
treatment;
felon, 10 years LCADC, na retired based on plea. ■ Dennis Deon Hicks,
■ Nicholas Darnell
one year to serve, nine Jr., burglary of a dwell-
Stone, possession of
suspended, five years Lee Howard ing, 10 years MDOC, five
post-release; ■ Cory Beard, felony years to serve, five years a weapon by a felon,
■ Aaron Dumas, traf- taking of a motor vehicle, suspended, five years suspended sentence
ficking marijuana, 15 suspended sentence par- post-release; partially revoked, two
years MDOC, five years ■ Dekariol Hopkins, years MDOC, five years
tially revoked, one year
to serve, 10 suspended, failure to register as a sex post-release;
MDOC;
five years post-release; offender, dismissed with- ■ Lonnell Thompson
■ Bobby Brewer Jr.,
■ Lavoris Fisher, pos- out prejudice; Jr., three counts aggra-
possession of marijuana,
session of methamphet- ■ Jonnie W. Lewis,
dismissed without preju- vated assault, four counts
amine, revokved-modi- false pretense, dismissed
dice; of armed robbery, dis-
fied sentence, one year without prejudice;
■ Phillip G. Brown, missed without prejudice;
house arrest, one year ■ Mark Anthony Mc-
sale of cocaine, suspend- ■ Marc Kelcey Weath-
post-release; Corkle, possession of
ed sentence based on ers, possession of a weap-
■ Keith Green, bur- methamphetamine, three
completion of long term on by a felon, five years
glary of an automobile, years MDOC;
alcochol and drug pro- MDOC, five years sus-
dismissed without preju- ■ Lewis Niles Mealer,
gram; pended, five years proba-
dice; touching a child for lust-
■ Charles Camp, utter- tion;
■ Austin Huffman, at-
ing forger, revoked sen- ful purpose, dismissed ■ Brandon Windham,
tempted auto-burglary,
tence, five years MDOC; without prejudice;
five years non-adjudicat- felony child abuse, five
■ Koda Volvin, sale ■ David Lee Newman,
ed probation; years MDOC, four years
of cocaine, revoked sen- possession of a weapon
■ Earl Randle Hum- to serve, one suspended,
tence, five years MDOC; by felon, 10 years MDOC,
bers, possession of a one year post-release;
■ James Cutrer, five years to serve, five
weapon by a felon, eight ■ Padraic Williams,
possession of metham- suspended, five years
years MODC, possession possession of cocaine,
phetamine, three years post-release;
of methamphetamine re- dismissed without preju-
MDOC; ■ Gary Scott Peeks,
tired based on plea; dice; and
■ Jeremy Jamal Jef- ■ Lamarcus Juvante domestic violence aggra-
Davis, aggravated DUI, vated assault, 15 years ■ Lavoris D. Yates,
ferson, burglary of an
suspended sentence MDOC; possession of marijuana
automobile, seven years
based on completion of al- ■ Jared Powell, false with intent to distrib-
MDOC, four years to
cohol and drug program; pretense, dismissed; ute, 13 years MDOC,
serve, three suspended,
■ Tommie Deloach Jr., ■ Marco Danelle Rob- eight years to serve, five
three years post-release
supervision; aggravated assault and inson, embezzlement suspended; five years
■ Gregory Cole John- armed robbery, 20 years under contract, 10 years post-release.
son, two counts felony
fleeing in a motor vehi-
cle, five years MDOC,
five suspended, five years
probation;
■ Raymond Kelley,
possession of a firearm by
a felon, five years MDOC;
■ Chad Latham, pos-
session of oxycodone,
revoked suspended sen-
tence, 10 years MDOC,
possession of metham-
phetamine dismissed;
■ Justin Daniel Lee,
false pretense, dismissed;
■ Tavares Mason,
grand larceny, revoked
sentence, five years
MDOC;
■ Allen Torrez Moon,
robbery, nine years
MDOC, four years to
serve, five suspended,
five years post-release;
■ Joseph W. Murphy,
false pretense, dismissed
without prejudice;
■ Terrance Patton, ut-
tering forgery, retired to
files based on plea in Clay
County;
■ Derrick Eugene Por-
ter, possession of meth-
amphetamine, five years
MDOC;
■ Brandon Rogers,
malicious mischief, five
years non-adjudicated
probation;
■ Frederick Contrell
Ross, possession of mar-
ijuana, retired based on
separate plea;
■ Cheyterian Smith,
aggravated assault do-
mestic violence, 30 years
MDOC, 20 to serve, 10
years suspended, five
years post-release, shoot-
ing into a dwelling, aggra-
vated assault dismissed
based on plea;
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False pretense charge dismissed for suspect who escaped from MDOC
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A Columbus man arrested
for false pretense and escap-
ing Mississippi Department of
Corrections custody is no lon-
ger facing the false pretense
charge.
Justin Lee, 30, who is cur-
rently in MDOC custody, had
his false pretense charge dis-
Forum
Continued from Page 1A
Wiggins, organized the
forum to encourage pub-
lic participation in the
voting process, Boltwood
said. The forum, the first
of two to be held before
primary elections in Au-
gust, was attended by
more than 100 people who
submitted questions to
the candidates in writing
beforehand.
“I’m really happy with
the turnout and participa-
tion, honestly,” Wiggins
said. “I’m glad people
came out and submitted
questions. It’s good to
hear people care and want
to be engaged.”
Candidate responses
Cindy Egger Goode
and Jessica Lancaster
Pierce, both Republicans,
will face off in the prima-
ry for chancery clerk.
District 1 supervisor
candidates Steven Pyle,
Independent, and incum-
bent Harry Sanders, Re-
publican, will wait until
November for their turn.
However, both sets of can-
didates had something
in common: they had to
explain the duties of their
position and why they
were best suited to hold it
in response to questions
submitted at the forum.
Goode, who spoke first,
explained
the chan-
cery clerk’s
office pri-
marily files
records —
ever y t hi ng
from land
deeds to di- Goode
vorce or cus-
tody agreements, military
discharges and estates.
She referenced her 14
years of experience work-
ing as a deputy chancery
clerk under current Chan-
cery Clerk Lisa Younger
Neese, who will retire at
the end of the year, as well
as her 15 years as a parale-
gal in county court, when
explaining her qualifica-
tions for the role.
“I want to continue to
offer the same kind and
quality service that we’ve
been offering for years,”
she said. “Lisa has set
such a good example that
I want to continue to fol-
low.”
Pierce said she would
draw on her
exper ience
working in
the chan-
cery clerk’s
office for
eight years,
as well as
her work Pierce
at Cadence
Bank for the past three, to
succeed in the position.
“In my experience, peo-
ple coming into the office
need a friend,” she said.
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Continued from Page 1A
The indictment file
says Lambert demanded
a vehicle and money while
making the threats.
Lambert was also in-
dicted for possession of
methamphetamine, for
having between .1 and two
grams of the drug.
According to his indict-
ment, Lambert is a habit-
ual offender, with previ-
ous convictions in Alcorn
County in April 2009 for
uttering forgery and Feb-
ruary 2017 for auto bur-
glary.
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missed without
prejudice, accord-
ing to Lowndes
County Circuit
Court records.
Lee was arrested
on the outstand-
ing warrant in
December 2017 Lee
after escaping from the Green-
wood Work Center in Leflore
“Maybe they’re filing es-
tate papers or dealing
with something else that’s
difficult, and they need
someone to walk them
through that process.”
On the supervisor’s
side, Sanders explained
that — contrary to some
people’s belief, he said —
the board of supervisors’
role is not to mainly take
care of county roads.
“We leave that to the
road de-
partment,”
said Sand-
ers. “One of
our major
responsi-
bilities is
financial
m a n a g e - Sanders
ment. We’re
responsible for raising the
millage, approving what
the school district asks
for. It’s imperative that
people know about money
to be in that position.”
Pyle, who owns two
businesses in Colum-
bus and Starkville, said
he feels he is skilled at
large-scale financial man-
agement because of his
experience in business.
His primary concern, he
said, is making Lowndes
County an attractive place
to work and live.
“I believe we need good
change,” he
said. “There
are so many
things evolv-
ing before
us. I want
to look at a
spor tsplex,
things they Pyle
have in
Starkville and in Tupelo
that will attract money and
new residents to Lowndes
County.”
While fielding ques-
tions about state spend-
ing, state Senate Dis-
trict 17 Libertarian
candidate Danny Bedwell
and Republican incum-
bent Chuck Younger had
differing views about
the use of taxes. Bedwell
said he was opposed to
the addition of any more
statewide taxes, especial-
ly those meant to pay for
infrastructure such as
bridge repairs like the one
on Highway 182 in New
Hope this summer.
“We’re already taxed
too much,” he said.
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County. Authorities at the time voked following his 2017 arrest. which he said was headquar-
said Lee had written a $13,000 Because of that and the fact that tered in Nashville, Tennessee.
check from a nonexistent bank the victim received the vehicle More than 100 people from the
account and used it at a local back after Lee’s arrest, 16th Golden Triangle paid $15 each
car dealership in September of Circuit District Judge Lee Cole- to participate in the show, with
that year. man ordered the dismissal of the hopes of winning one of two
Lee, who was already serv- the 2017 charge. promised recording contracts
ing a 13-year sentence for sim- Lee attempted to hold a tal- with the record company. The
ple assault on a police officer ent show late July 2017 on behalf talent show, which was expect-
and two other counts of false of a non-existent record compa- ed to be held at the Columbus
pretense, had his parole re- ny called “Gemini Records,” Fairgrounds, never took place.
“ T here’s Hemphill, a law part- isn’t getting any smaller. Republican, and Joseph
plenty of ner at Dunn and Hemphill I want to always be avail- Mickens, Democrat, did
money in in downtown Columbus, able to help other judges. not attend.
the (Mis- emphasized that while he Because I’m retired, I Party primaries are
sissippi De- does work at a law practice can be.” set for Aug. 6. The gen-
partment when not on the bench, he Chancery clerk can- eral election will be held
of Trans- is “always available” to sign didates Andre Roberts, Nov. 5.
portation’s) warrants and conduct other
budget for Bedwell business as needed.
bridge repairs. … But “Ask narcotics officers
we’re being wasteful. We in Columbus
just need to trim the fat.” or Lowndes
Younger “did not dis- County,” he
agree” with Bedwell, but said. “Ask
said that he believed state- another
wide taxes were the best judge how
way to pay for infrastruc- many times
ture. I’ve signed
“Sure, we waste mon- w a r r a n t s Hemphill
ey,” he at my law
said. “This office. … My availability
is Ameri-
ca. But we
is not an issue. … Even
though I do practice law,
have to pay I am available at all times
for things to sign warrants or bonds
s o m e h ow. whenever I’m needed.”
This is the Kilgore, who resigned
best way to Younger as Caledo-
do it in my nia town
opinion.” marshal in
Attendees also ques- Ja nu a r y,
tioned whether District said that
1 justice court judge can- since he is
didates incumbent Chris retired, he
Hemphill and Ben Kilgore, is available
both Republicans, had oth- “all the Kilgore
er jobs or commitments. time, at any
Justice court judges serve time.”
every three weeks and “I see this (office) as
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Campbell turns into

ace for Arkansas
By CHIP SOUZA
The Associated Press

FAYET TEVILLE, Ark. — Isaiah Campbell

looked hard at the financial package he was offered
last spring as a mid-round draft pick of the Los Ange-
les Angels. The immediate impulse was to sign and
begin his professional baseball career.
Instead, Campbell chose to return
to Arkansas for his junior season. It
was a risky business decision, but for
Campbell there was unfinished busi-
ness.
It has worked out well for the 6-foot-
4 right-hander, who has worked hard
to become the ace on the Razorbacks’
staff this season. Pitching coach Matt Campbell
Hobbs said Campbell’s unshakable
belief in himself is what helped him become a consis-
tent top-of-the-rotation pitcher.
“He just has an unbelievable amount of will and
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Mississippi State junior catcher Dustin Skelton has provided a spark in many ways for the Bulldogs by starting 50 belief that he knew that there was more for him at
games at catcher this season. He is a key reason why MSU (49-13) earned a No. 6 national seed and is prepared Arkansas,” said Hobbs. “And he knew there was
to play host to No. 11 national seed Stanford (45-12) at 2 p.m. Saturday in Game 1 of the NCAA Tournament more for him professionally to put himself in a better
Starkville Super Regional. situation.”
Belief is one thing, but delivering on the field is

POISED POP BEHIND PLATE

Junior catcher Skelton sparks
Bulldogs on offense, defense
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE —
Dustin Skelton had a bat-
tle on his hands.
another. In 16 starts this season, Campbell is 11-1
with a 2.27 earned run average and 108 strikeouts
in 103 innings with 19 walks. He held opponents to
a .207 batting average. In the brutal Southeastern
See Campbell, 4B
Super Regionals OTHER Super
Schedule Regionals
Stanford (45-12) at
Mississippi State (49-13)
Friday’s Games
n East Carolina (47-16) at
Auburn playing
through tragedies
Skelton had
n Game 1 — 2 p.m. Louisville (47-16), 11 a.m.
fresh op- Saturday (ESPN2) (ESPN2)
portunity. n Game 2 — 8 p.m. n Oklahoma St. (39-19) at
“I
wanted to
come
just

After splitting time at
catcher with Marshall
Gilbert last season, the
position was up for grabs
at the start of the Missis-
sippi State baseball team’s
2019 season.
With Chris Lemonis
taking over the program
from Gary Henderson,
Shifting between the No. 5 and 6 spot in the batting
order, Mississippi State junior catcher Dustin Skelton
has provided consistency between sophomores Justin
Foscue and Rowdey Jordan. He is batting .308 with 50
RBIs and 10 home runs in 54 starts.
out
Sunday (ESPNU)
n Game 3 — Monday
6 p.m. (ESPN2)
here and x-if necessary
impress the Skelton
new coach- Ole Miss (40-25) at
ing staff,” he said. “Really
Arkansas (44-17)
n Game 1 —
that was the only thing on
11 a.m. Saturday (ESPN)
my mind.”
n Game 2 — 2 p.m.
Skelton has made quite Sunday (ESPNU)
an impression. The 6-foot, n Game 3 — 3 p.m.
See Skelton, 2B (ESPN2) x-if necessary
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Mississippi State junior catcher Dustin Skelton has
helped manage a pitching staff that has 49 victories
this season. He is fifth in the Southeastern Conference
in steal attempts against and is tied for first in the with
19 runners caught stealing.
Texas Tech (42-17),
2 p.m. (ESPN2)
n Duke (34-25) at
off the field
Vanderbilt (52-10), 5 p.m. By JOHN ZENOR
(ESPN2) The Associated Press
n Michigan (44-19) at
UCLA (51-9), 8 p.m.
(ESPN2) AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn’s baseball team is
heading to the super regional trying to secure a
Saturday’s Games
berth in the College World Series while coping with
n Auburn (36-25) at
North Carolina (45-17), off-field tragedies.
11 a.m. (ESPN2) Auburn swept through the NCAA
n Florida St. (39-21) at LSU
regionals, upsetting No. 3 nation-
(40-24), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
al seed Georgia Tech with Steven
Williams’ walk-off homer helping to
propel them into Saturday’s matchup
with North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
It was a feat for Auburn to cele-
brate amid some tough times on and
off the field. Bramblett
Longtime Auburn broadcaster
Rod Bramblett and his wife, Paula, were killed in a
car accident on May 25. Five days before the Bram-
bletts’ deaths, Auburn police officer William Buech-
ner — a baseball season ticket holder — was killed
and two other officers wounded while reporting to a
domestic disturbance.
Williams reflected this week on Bramblett not
being around to broadcast his heroics.
“In the postgame interview room, coach (Butch)
Thompson said every Auburn fan was just hearing
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch See Auburn, 4B
Inside
n College Baseball: See more college baseball.
Page 2B

Golf

MSU’s Pichaikool, Alabama’s Jeon set for action at Arnold Palmer Cup
From Special Reports
ROLAND, Ark. — Missis-
sippi State’s Peng Pichaikool
and Alabama’s Jiwon Jeon will
represent their programs this
weekend on one of college golf’s
greatest stages.
Pichaikool and Jeon will
start play Friday at the Arnold
Palmer Cup at the Alotian Club
as members of the International
Team.
The co-ed foursomes and Ohio State’s Will Grimmer and land, native also tied his person-
competition will foursomes at 10 Furman’s Haylee Harford for al-best season stroke average
see collegiate a.m. and at 4 p.m. the USA. with a 71.15 mark, previously
golfers from the Saturday, and The event will be lives- established as a freshman in
United States singles matches treamed via GOLFChannel. 2016-17.
face off against at 11 a.m. Sun- com and live results can be ac- In May, Pichaikool was
foreign-born stu- day. cessed at Golfstat.com. named to the GCAA/Ping
dent-athletes. In the open- As a junior in 2018-19, All-Southeast Region Team for
The competitors Pichaikool Jeon ing round, Pichaikool carded a team-best the second time in his career.
will play three Pichaikool will seven top-15 finishes. He tied Jeon will play for the Inter-
days in four formats, which in- pair up with South Carolina’s for 10th at the NCAA Louis- national Team for the second
cludes mixed fourball to open at Lois Kaye Go in representing ville Regional to conclude the consecutive year. She quali-
11 a.m. Friday, rounds of mixed the International Team against campaign. The Bangkok, Thai- See Golf, 4B

Track and Field

Tide’s Warren claims 2nd place in NCAA Outdoors

From Special Reports
AUSTIN, Texas —
Senior Portious Warren
took second in the wom-
en’s shot put and the
4x400-meter relay team
broke a 32-year-old school
record Thursday to lead
the Alabama track and
field team at the NCAA
Outdoor Championships
at Mike A. utive throws of 59 feet or abama coach Dan Waters way she handled it and of 61-3/4 (18.61). The only
Myers Sta- better in the finals series, said. “She just kept work- the way she attacked her Alabama women’s shot
dium on the which included a best ef- ing at it and getting better final event as a collegian.” putter to post a mark over
Un iversit y fort of 59 feet, 5 inches and better each meet. To Warren, who was third 57 feet, she owns the top-
of Texas. (18.11 meters). That mark have her go out with a in the shot put at the 10 throws in school histo-
Wa r r e n led the competition until huge series of throws like NCAA Indoor Champion- ry.
was the Arizona State’s Saman- that was great to see. To ships in March after fin- “After not scoring at
only throw- Warren tha Noennig posted a ca- get edged by such a small ishing 11th at last year’s this meet last year I’m
er with reer-best 59-6 1/4 (18.14) margin on one of the last outdoor champions, set grateful for to finish in
more than to edge past Warren. throws of the meet … it’s the school record in the the top two tonight,” War-
one toss better than 59 “Portious has had a tre- tough, but I couldn’t be shot put during the out- ren said. “It just shows
feet. She has four consec- mendous senior year,” Al- prouder of her and the door season, with a toss See Track, 4B
2B Friday June 7, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

College Baseball

Stanford has deep, balanced

pitching staff set for Super Regional
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The Starkville
Super Regional is set.
With No. 11 national seed Stan-
ford (45-12) and No. 6 national seed
Mississippi State (49-13) set for
Game 1 of the NCAA tournament’s
Starkville Super Regional at 2 p.m.
Saturday (ESPN2), this breakdown
of the Stanford pitching staff serves
as the final installment of a posi-
tion-by-position breakdown of the
Cardinal.
Stanford will rely on Erik Miller,
Brendan Beck, and Alex Williams
to help it advance to the College
World Series in Omaha, Nebras-
ka. Miller and Beck have started
15 games this season and boast
earned run averages of 3.15 and
3.25, respectively. Beck leads the
team with 88 2/3 innings.
Williams has an 8-1 record in his
last 10 starts. He has lasted at least
six innings in his last four starts,
while three were seven innings or
longer.
Williams threw a complete game
against Sacramento State in the
opening round of the NCAA tour-
nament’s Stanford Regional. He al-
lowed three runs on six hits.
Stanford will turn to Will Mat-
thiessen, Jack Little, and Austin
Weiermiller out of the bullpen. Mat-
thiessen is 6-2 with a 3.71 ERA in 15
appearances — seven in relief.
Little and Weiermiller have
made 24 appearances apiece — all
in relief. Weiermiller, who has two
saves, likely will pitch in the middle
innings. Little has 12 saves in 38 in-
nings.
Jacob Palisch and Zach Grech
also should see action. Palisch and
Grech have 97 1/3 innings between
them. Grech has the most appear-
ances of any Stanford pitcher this
year with 30.

Things to know about NCAA super regionals

By ERIC OLSON
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Su-
per regionals are the next
stop on the NCAA base-
ball tournament’s Road to
Omaha.
Four of the best-of-
three series are Friday
through Sunday, with
the other four Saturday
through Monday. The
eight winners advance to
the College World Series
at TD Ameritrade Park in
Omaha starting June 15.
Some things to know
heading into the round of
16:
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
SWEEP?
No. 1 national seed
UCLA (51-9) is in position
to become the first school
to sweep the baseball and
softball national titles in
the same year. The Bru-
ins’ softball team won the
Women’s College World
Series in Oklahoma City
this week, beating Okla-
homa in the best-of-three
finals. “It would be very,
very special,” coach John
Savage said. “Softball
has done their part. We
both played for a national
championship in 2010 and
South Carolina beat us. It
would be remarkable.”
BEEN THERE, DONE
THAT
Seven of the 16 teams
are in super regionals for
the second-straight year:
Arkansas (44-17), Auburn
(36-25), Duke (34-25),
Mississippi State (49-13),
North Carolina (45-15),
Texas Tech (42-17), and
Vanderbilt (52-10). Flori-
da State (39-21) is making
its nation-leading 17th ap-
pearance, and North Car-
olina has the best all-time
record in the round of 16
at 14-4 (.778). Michigan
(44-19) is a relative new-
comer, having not made
super regionals since
2007.
LET’S DO IT AGAIN
Two super regionals
match conference rivals.
Big 12 Conference:
Oklahoma State (39-19)
at Texas Tech. Red Raid-
ers swept three games in
Lubbock, Texas, in late
April.
Southeastern Con-
ference: Ole Miss at Ar-
kansas. Rebels took two
of three in Fayetteville,
Arkansas, in late March.
There is one nonconfer-
ence rematch: Michigan
beat UCLA 7-5 in Los An-
geles on March 8.
FIVE FIRST-ROUNDERS
Five first-round picks
in the Major League Base-
ball draft will be playing:
Vanderbilt outfielder JJ
Bleday, No. 4 overall,
Marlins; Texas Tech in-
fielder Josh Jung, No.
8, Rangers; UCLA first
baseman Michael Toglia,
No. 23, Rockies; MSU
pitcher Ethan Small, No.
28, Brewers; and North
Carolina second baseman
Michael Busch, No. 30,
Dodgers.
OFFENSE, OFFENSE,
OFFENSE
Ole Miss (40-25) bat-
ted a tournament-best
.404 with nine home
runs in regionals and out-
scored three opponents
41-7, a school record for
runs in a regional. Flori-
da State batted .375 with
10 homers and 11.7 runs
per game. Ole Miss’ Tim
Elko (.778) and Anthony
Servideo (.769) had the
best on-base percentages
among players advancing
to super regionals. Other
top batting teams: East
Carolina, .341; LSU, .330;
MSU, .327; and Auburn,
.324. The hottest hitter
coming out of regionals is
Florida State’s Mike Sal-
vatore, who went 9 for 14
(.643) with a homer and
double.
IT COMES DOWN TO
PITCHING
The top eight pitching
teams in regionals, and 16
of the top 24, advanced.
Texas Tech allowed just
three earned runs in 27
innings (1.00 ERA) and
averaged 10.3 strikeouts
per nine innings. Arkan-
sas had the only other
sub-2.00 earned run av-
erage, at 1.67, and Louis-
ville averaged 11 Ks per
nine innings to lead sur-
viving teams. Stanford’s
Brendan Beck, who made
a start and relief appear-
ance, pitched 10 1/3 shut-
out innings.

Skelton
Continued from Page 1B
202-pound junior from Olive Branch
has started 50 games at catcher this
season. His other four appearances
came at designated hitter. Gilbert,
and freshmen Hayden Jones and
Luke Hancock have combined for
12 starts at catcher.
Skelton’s play has been a key
reason why MSU (49-13) earned a
No. 6 national seed and is prepared
to play host to No. 11 national seed
Stanford (45-12) at 2 p.m. Saturday
in Game 1 of the NCAA tourna-
ment’s Starkville Super Regional.
The winner of the series will ad-
vance to the College World Series
in Omaha, Nebraska.
Shifting between the No. 5 and
6 spot in the batting order, Skelton
has provided consistency between
sophomores Justin Foscue and
Rowdey Jordan. He is batting .308
with 50 RBIs and 10 home runs in
54 starts. When Skelton bats in the
No. 6 hole, MSU is 19-3.
A tweak to his batting stance has
helped Skelton raise his average 70
points from last season. Working
with hitting coach Jake Gautreau,
Skelton added a slight leg kick.
As the ball approaches during an
at-bat, he taps his front toe back
toward his body to help load his
swing and to set his timing.
“I always knew I had power, and
that toe-tap is allowing me to stay
in my legs and get to (the ball),” he
said.
Defensively, Skelton is fifth in
the Southeastern Conference in
steal attempts against and is tied
for first in the with 19 runners
caught stealing
“Growing up I’ve always had
quick hands,” Skelton said. “I’ve al-
ways been able to catch and throw.
That’s just 100 percent natural abil-
ity.”
Beyond the aforementioned abil-
ity, he pointed to volunteer assis-
tant Kyle Cheesebrough’s scouting
work as an added influence. During
games the two trade signals on
which runners may attempt a steal
—affording Skelton a slight heads
up.
Onlookers caught a glimpse
of Skelton’s defensive prowess in
MSU’s NCAA tournament opening
round victory against Southern.
In the first inning of the Bull-
dogs’ 11-6 victory, Jaguars second
baseman Johnny Johnson struck
out on a 1-2 pitch from freshman
starter JT Ginn. Skelton then shot
out of his stance and fired to Fos-
cue at second base. Standing on the
bag, Foscue awaited a stumbling
Tyler LaPorte, who was at least an
arms-length behind the throw.
Strike him out. Throw him out.
Two down.
“That kid is really fast and I
knew when I got him by four or five
steps, ‘Hey yeah I got you,’ ” Skelton
said.
His skills were validated
Wednesday afternoon, when the
Miami Marlins selected him in the
18th round of the Major League
Baseball First-Year Player draft.
Originally taken out of Magnolia
Heights in the 36th round, Skelton
said there was little incentive to
skip college given where he was
drafted. Even now, with a profes-
sional contract in tow, Skelton is
most concerned with helping the
Bulldogs to their second-straight
College World Series appearance.
“I want to do whatever I can to
help the team win, regardless of
whether it’s throw out a runner in
the bottom of the ninth or hit a ho-
mer in the bottom of the ninth,” he
said.

NBA
Warriors’ Thompson set to return for NBA Finals Game 4
By JANIE McCAULEY
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Every-
one knows about Klay Thomp-
son’s ability to get dangerously
hot in a hurry on offense.
His stingy defense might
just be the thing that matters
most when he returns for the
Golden State Warriors in Game
4 of the NBA Finals on Friday
night with his team trailing To-
ronto 2-1.
“We can’t fall into the trap of
thinking offense alone is going
to win us another championship
Summer Camps
Elite Skills Baseball Camp
The 2019 Elite Skills Baseball Camp will be held June
3-5 at Trip Carson Field for players, grades K-5.
Cost is $80. Campers should wear baseball pants, and
bring their gloves, bats and batting helmets.
For more information, contact Justin Flake at 662-315-
2403 or Chris Ball at 662-386-0608.
MUW Summer Volleyball Clinics
Mississippi University for Women will host four
position-specific volleyball clinics this summer for
youth players.
A defense/libero clinic will be held July 15, fol-
lowed by a setters clinic July 16, a hitter/blocker clinic
July 17 and an all skills clinic July 18.
Cost is $50 per session. In order to participate,
each camper must complete a signed registration
form, a facility accident waiver and a photo release
form.
Registration and all forms for the clinic are avail-
able at https://www.owlsathletics.com/camps/camps-
list. For more information contact Roxanne Hernandez
at 662-329-6572.
on the air
Today
AUTO RACING
8:55 a.m. — Formula One: Canadian
Grand Prix, practice session 1, Canada,
ESPNU
12:55 p.m. — Formula One: Canadian
Grand Prix, practice session 2, Canada,
ESPNU
2 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Series: practice, Brooklyn, Mich., FS2
3 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity Series: final prac-
tice, Brooklyn, Mich., FS2
3 p.m. — Formula Three: W Series, Bel-
gium (taped), NBCSN
4 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Series: final practice, Brooklyn, Mich., FS1
5 p.m. — ARCA Series: The Michigan 200,
Brooklyn, Mich., FS1
5:30 p.m. — IndyCar: IndyCar Series Tex-
as, qualifying, Fort Worth, Texas, NBCSN
8 p.m. — NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck
Series: The Rattlesnake 400, Fort Worth,
Texas, FS1
COLLEGE BASEBALL
11 a.m. — NCAA Tournament: East Caroli-
na vs. Louisville, Louisville Super Regional,
Game 1, ESPN2
2 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Oklahoma
State vs. Texas Tech, Lubbock Super Re-
gional, Game 1, ESPN2
5 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Duke vs.
Vanderbilt, Nashville Super Regional, Game
1, ESPN2
8 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: UCLA vs.
Michigan, Los Angeles Super Regional,
Game 1, ESPN2
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
7:30 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Men’s and Women’s Out-
door Championships: Finals, Day 3, Austin,
Texas
GOLF
5 a.m. — European Tour Golf: GolfSixes,
Day 1 group play, Portugal, GOLF
11 a.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: ShopRite LPGA
Classic, first round, Galloway, N.J., GOLF
2 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: RBC Canadian
Open, second round, Ontario, GOLF
6 p.m. — Web.com Tour Golf: BMW Charity
Pro-Am, second round, Greer S.C. (taped),
GOLF
11:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Champions Golf:
Japan Championship, second round, Japan,
GOLF
5:30 a.m. (Saturday) — European Tour
Golf: GolfSixes, Day 2 knockout round,
Portugal, GOLF
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m. — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, MLB
6 p.m. — NY Yankees at Cleveland OR
Tampa Bay at Boston, MLB
NBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Toronto at Golden
State, NBA Finals, Game 4, ABC
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8:20 a.m. — FIFA U-20 World Cup: Colom-
bia vs. Ukraine, quarterfinal, Poland, FS2
11:20 a.m. — FIFA U-20 World Cup: Italy
vs. Mali, quarterfinal, Poland, FS2
1:30 p.m. — UEFA: Ireland vs. Denmark,
Euro 2020 qualifier, Denmark, ESPNEWS
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m. — FIFA World Cup 2019: France vs.
South Korea, Group A, France, FS1
TENNIS
4 a.m. — The French Open: Men’s and
Women’s Singles semifinals, Amanda Ani-
simova vs. Ashleigh Barty, Johanna Konta
vs. Marketa Vondrousova, Rafael Nadal
vs. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic vs.
Dominic Thiem, Paris, TENNIS
6 a.m. — The French Open: Men’s Singles
semifinals, Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer
and Novak Djokovic vs. Dominic Thiem,
Paris, NBCSN
10 a.m. — The French Open: Men’s and
Women’s semifinals, Paris, NBC
10 a.m. — The French Open: Men’s and
Women’s semifinals, Paris, NBCSN
or letting that end of the floor
affect our defense,” Stephen
Curry said on the heels of a
postseason career-best 47-point
performance in the Warriors’
Game 3 defeat.
Thompson is scheduled to
play Friday barring any further
issues with his strained left
hamstring after he sat out the
123-109 loss Wednesday, while
Kevin Durant remains side-
lined as he attempts to work
back from a strained right calf.
With the way Kawhi Leon-
ard, Kyle Lowry and Danny
Green delivered time and again
Baseball
American League Glance
All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York
Tampa Bay
39 22 .639 —
37 23 .617 1½
Boston
Toronto
33 29 .532 6½
23 39 .371 16½
Baltimore 19 43 .306 20½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 41 20 .672 —
Cleveland
Chicago
31 31 .500 10½
29 32 .475 12
Detroit 23 36 .390 17
Kansas City
19 43 .306 22½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 43 21 .672 —
Texas 32 28 .533 9
Oakland 31 31 .500 11
Los Angeles 30 33 .476 12½
Seattle 26 40 .394 18
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 6, Chicago White Sox 4
Toronto 11, N.Y. Yankees 7
Cleveland 9, Minnesota 7
Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 0
Texas 2, Baltimore 1, 12 innings
Boston 8, Kansas City 0
L.A. Angels 10, Oakland 9
Seattle 14, Houston 1
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 1
Boston 7, Kansas City 5
Houston 8, Seattle 7, 14 innings
N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 2
Minnesota 5, Cleveland 4
Texas 4, Baltimore 3
Oakland 7, L.A. Angels 4
Friday’s Games
Arizona (Kelly 5-6) at Toronto (Stroman 3-7),
7:07 p.m.
Minnesota (TBD) at Detroit (Boyd 5-4), 7:10
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (German 9-1) at Cleveland (Ple-
sac 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Chirinos 6-2) at Boston (Porcello
4-5), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Anderson 6-4) at Texas (Lynn 7-4),
8:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Ynoa 0-2) at Houston (Cole 5-5),
8:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Nova 3-5) at Kansas City
(Bailey 4-6), 8:15 p.m.
Seattle (Gonzales 5-6) at L.A. Angels (Heaney
0-0), 10:07 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 4-2) at Boston (Price
3-2), 1:05 p.m., 1st game
Oakland (Bassitt 3-1) at Texas (Palumbo 0-0),
2:05 p.m., 1st game
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 8-1) at Kansas City
(Keller 3-7), 2:15 p.m.
Arizona (Greinke 6-2) at Toronto (Sanchez
3-6), 3:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Cashner 6-2) at Houston (Valdez
2-2), 4:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Gibson 6-2) at Detroit (TBD), 4:10
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-2) at Cleveland (Plut-
ko 1-1), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (TBD) at Boston (TBD), 6:10 p.m.,
2nd game
Oakland (TBD) at Texas (Sampson 4-3), 9:05
p.m., 2nd game
Seattle (Kikuchi 3-3) at L.A. Angels (TBD),
10:07 p.m.
National League Glance
All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 35 27 .565 —
Atlanta 33 29 .532 2
New York 30 32 .484 5
Washington 28 34 .452 7
Miami 23 37 .383 11
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
34 27 .557 —
35 28 .556 —
31 29 .517 2½
Pittsburgh 30 31 .492 4
Cincinnati 28 33 .459 6
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 43 20 .683 —
Colorado 32 29 .525 10
San Diego 32 31 .508 11
Arizona 31 32 .492 12
San Francisco 25 36 .410 17
Wednesday’s Games
Cincinnati at St. Louis, ppd.
Washington 6, Chicago White Sox 4
Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 11 innings
Philadelphia 7, San Diego 5
Pittsburgh 7, Atlanta 4
N.Y. Mets 7, San Francisco 0
Miami 8, Milwaukee 3
Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 8
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Mets 7, San Francisco 3
Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 1
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1
Milwaukee 5, Miami 1
Colorado 3, Chicago Cubs 1
San Diego 5, Washington 4
Friday’s Games
St. Louis (Mikolas 4-5) at Chicago Cubs
(Hamels 4-2), 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Mahle 2-5) at Philadelphia (Eflin
5-5), 7:05 p.m.
Arizona (Kelly 5-6) at Toronto (Stroman 3-7),
7:07 p.m.
Atlanta (Soroka 6-1) at Miami (Urena 4-6),
7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Senzatela 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom
3-5), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Davis 0-0) at Milwaukee (Woodruff
7-1), 8:10 p.m.
Washington (Fedde 1-0) at San Diego (Mar-
gevicius 2-6), 10:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-0) at San Francisco
(Pomeranz 1-6), 10:15 p.m.
Soccer
Binnington, Blues beat Bruins 2-1, lead Stanley Cup 3-2
By JIMMY GOLEN
The Associated Press
BOSTON — From last place in the
league to the brink of their first Stanley
Cup championship, the St. Louis Blues
need one more win to complete their im-
probable journey.
They have a young goaltender lead-
ing the way.
Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots,
and the Blues withstood the emotional
rush of Zdeno Chara’s return to beat the
Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night and take a
3-2 lead in the best-of-seven final. They
can win the championship at home in
Game 6 on Sunday night.
“We’ve had quite the season so far.
We’ve been through quite a lot,” defen-
seman Colton Parayko said. “But we
continued to battle. We never gave up
on each other. It put us closer together,
especially now.”
One game after chopping down the
Bruins’ giant captain with a deflected
puck off his jaw, the Blues quieted the
rest of a city still celebrating its last
championship: The New England Pa-
triots were receiving their Super Bowl
rings a few miles away, the second in
what Bostonians hoped would be a third
title in the last 12 months.
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for the Raptors to answer every ly and in these type of moments
big shot by Curry, Thompson’s are thrown into his minutes. So
defense will be a key part of the you would love to have him out
two-time defending champions’ there on that end of the floor as
adjustment as they try to even well, especially with a team like
the series at home before anoth- Toronto.”
er trip to Toronto. Thompson, who was injured
“People fall in love with his late in Golden State’s Game 2
shooting and how hot he can get win at Toronto, even surprised
on the offensive end, but the way the Raptors when he didn’t take
that our team plays defensively the court for tipoff.
and the chemistry that we have The Raptors still had him on
and the experience, he’s right the board to play when the team
at the forefront of that,” Curry left the locker room just before
said. “And it’s a tough adjust- game time.
ment when guys who haven’t Not facing Thompson be-
been in that position consistent- came a key advantage and all
Auto Racing
Saturday’s Games
Arizona (Greinke 6-2) at Toronto (Sanchez
3-6), 3:07 p.m.
Cincinnati (Roark 4-4) at Philadelphia (Pivetta Auto Racing Glance
3-1), 4:05 p.m. All Times Eastern
Atlanta (Teheran 3-4) at Miami (Richards 3-5),
4:10 p.m.
NASCAR CUP SERIES
FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400
Pittsburgh (Lyles 5-3) at Milwaukee (Davies
6-0), 4:10 p.m.
Site: Brooklyn, Michigan.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 2:05 p.m., practice,
Colorado (Gray 5-4) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-4),
7:15 p.m.
4:05 p.m. (FS2); Saturday, qualifying, 12:05
p.m. (FS1); Sunday, race, 2 p.m., FS1.
L.A. Dodgers (Hill 2-1) at San Francisco (Sa- Track: Michigan International Speedway (oval,
mardzija 3-4), 7:15 p.m. 2 miles).
St. Louis (Flaherty 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Les- Race distance: 400 miles, 200 laps.
ter 4-4), 7:15 p.m. Last year: Clint Bowyer took first after starting
Washington (Scherzer 3-5) at San Diego (Lau-
er 5-4), 10:10 p.m.
12th.
Last race: Kyle Busch won for the fourth time in
Pirates 6, Braves 1 2019 at Pocono.
Atlanta Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Fast facts: Busch is the favorite for this week-
end’s race at 11-4. But the best he’s ever
finished at Michigan’s spring event is fourth.
Acn Jr. cf 4 0 1 0 Newman 2b-3b 4 0 0 0 Busch won Brooklyn’s fall race in 2011. ...Kevin
D.Swnsn ss 4 0 0 0 B.Rynld lf 4 1 2 0 Harvick won the spring start in Michigan a year
F.Frman 1b 3 1 1 1 S.Marte cf 4 0 0 0 ago. ...Joey Logano is just six points back of
Dnldson 3b 4 0 0 0 Bell 1b 4 2 3 2 Busch for the series lead despite winning just
Mrkakis rf 4 0 0 0 Moran 3b 3 1 1 2 one race. That’s largely because Logano has
Riley lf 4 0 2 0 Liriano p 0 0 0 0 finished in the top five seven times in 14 races.
B.McCnn c 3 0 2 0 El.Diaz c 1 0 1 1 Next race: Toyota/Save Mart 350, June 23,
Flowers ph 0 0 0 0 G.Plnco rf 4 1 1 1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California.
Albies 2b 3 0 1 0 C.Tcker ss 3 0 1 0 Online: http://www.nascar.com
Fltynwc p 2 0 0 0 Stllngs c 2 0 0 0 XFINITY SERIES
Joyce ph 0 0 0 0 F.Vazqz p 0 0 0 0 LTI PRINTING 250
Camargo ph 1 0 0 0 Archer p 1 0 0 0 Site: Brooklyn, Michigan.
Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 A.Frzer 2b 1 1 1 0 Schedule: Friday, practice, 1:05 p.m., practice,
J.Webb p 0 0 0 0 3:05 p.m. (FS2); Saturday, qualifying, 10:30
Clbrson ph 1 0 0 0 a.m. (FS2), race, 1:30 p.m., FS1.
Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 31 6 10 6 Track: Michigan International Speedway.
Atlanta 100 000 000—1 Race distance: 250 miles, 125 laps.
Pittsburgh 030 000 03x—6 Last year: Austin Dillon won despite starting
E_Newman (5). DP_Atlanta 2, Pittsburgh 1. 13th.
LOB_Atlanta 10, Pittsburgh 3. 2B_B.McCann Last race: Cole Custer won the pole and the
(5), Bell 3 (25), El.Diaz (5), C.Tucker (8). HR_F. race at Pocono.
Freeman (16), Moran (8), G.Polanco (6). SB_ Fast facts: Dillon came from the second-fur-
Donaldson (1). S_D.Swanson (1), Archer (2). thest back of any driver in 2018 to win at
IP H R ER BB SO Michigan. Christopher Bell started 38th before
Atlanta winning in Phoenix. ...Custer passed Tyler Red-
Foltynewicz L,1-5 6 6 3 3 1 5 dick on the last lap by going low last weekend.
Newcomb
Webb
1 1 1 1 0
1 3 2 2 0
1
1
Reddick hit the wall earlier in the final circuit
and got loose down the stretch, allowing Custer
to overtake him. ...Reddick’s lead heading to
Pittsburgh
Archer W,3-5 6 6 1 1 2 6 Michigan is 77 points over Bell and 99 points
Liriano H,5
Vazquez S,15-16 1
1 2-3 0 0 0
1-3 1 0 0
0
2
1
1
over Custer.
Next race: June 16, Iowa Speedway, Newton,
Iowa.
Archer pitched to 2 batters in the 7th
Newcomb pitched to 1 batter in the 8th
Online: http://www.nascar.com
WP_Webb.
TRUCK SERIES
SPEEDYCASH.COM 400
Umpires_Home, Rob Drake; First, Chris Segal;
Second, Mike Winters; Third, Tim Timmons.
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Thursday, practice, 3:05 p.m., 5:05
T_2:58. A_18,232 (38,362). p.m. & 7 p.m.; Friday, qualifying, 5:35 p.m.,
race, 9 p.m., FS1.
Basketball Track: Texas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 250.5 miles, 167 laps.
WNBA Glance Last year: Johnny Sauter led 51 laps to win in
All Times EDT Fort Worth.
Last race: Kyle Busch took first in Charlotte.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB Fast facts: Busch has already won five races
Connecticut 4 1 .800 — in 2015. Sauter, Ross Chastain and Austin Hill
Indiana 2 1 .667 1 have each won as well. ...Ross Chastain an-
nounced on Tuesday that he will compete for
Washington
Chicago
2 1 .667
1 2 .333
1
2 a truck title this season. Chastain, who at the
beginning of 2019 declared for Xfinity points,
Atlanta
New York
1 3 .250
0 3 .000
2½
3 will have to win a race and be in the top-20 in
WESTERN CONFERENCE points to earn a playoff bid.
Next race: M&M’S 200 presented by Casey’s
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 4 1 .800 — General Store, June 15, Iowa Speedway, New-
ton, Iowa.
Seattle 3 2 .600 1
Las Vegas 2 2 .500 1½ Online: http://www.nascar.com
Los Angeles 2 2 .500 1½ FORMULA ONE
Phoenix 1 2 .333 2 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
Site: Montreal.
Dallas 0 2 .000 2½
Schedule: Friday, practice, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 103, Chicago 85 (ESPNU); Saturday, practice, 11 a.m. (ESPN2),
Thursday’s Games qualifying, 2 p.m. (ESPNEWS); Sunday, race,
Connecticut 89, Los Angeles 77 2 p.m. (ABC)
Las Vegas 92, Atlanta 69 Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (2.71 miles)
Minnesota 58, Phoenix 56 Race distance: 189.6 miles, 70 laps.
Friday’s Games Last year: Sebastian Vettel won from the pole.
Dallas at Indiana, 7 p.m. Last race: Lewis Hamilton won in Monaco, his
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m. fourth victory in five starts
Saturday’s Games Fast facts: Hamilton, who has won six times in
Montreal dating back to 2007, leads the series
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.
with 137 points. Valtteri Bottas is second with
Tennis 120 points, followed by Vettel (82) and Max
Verstappen (78). ... Rubens Barrichello set
the course record for a lap at 1:13.622 back in
French Open Results 2004. ...The Montreal circuit made its first ap-
PARIS — Results Friday from the French Open pearance on the F1 schedule in 1978.
at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in paren- Next race: French Grand Prix, June 23, Circuit
theses): Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France.
Women’s Singles Online: http://www.formula1.com
Semifinal INDYCAR
Ashleigh Barty (8), Australia, def. Amanda Ani- DXC TECHNOLOGY 600
simova, United States, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. Site: Fort Worth.
Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, def. Schedule: Thursday, practice, 8 p.m.; Friday,
Johanna Konta (26), Britain, 7-5, 7-6 (2). practice, 3 p.m., qualifying, 6:45 p.m., NBCSN;
Women’s Doubles
Semifinal
Saturday, race, 8:45 p.m., NBCSN.
Track: Texas Motor Speedway.
Saisai Zheng, China and Ying-Ying Duan, Chi- Race distance: 357.12 miles, 248 laps.
na, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium and Johanna Last year: Scott Dixon held off Simon Pa-
Larsson (15), Sweden, 6-4, 6-4. genaud and Josef Newgarden to win in Texas.
Juniors Men’s Singles Last race: Newgarden and Dixon took first in
Semifinal Detroit’s doubleheader.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (7), Denmark, def. Fast facts: Dixon finished last on Saturday after
Martin Damm Jr (10), United States, 6-4, 6-2. a crash before winning on Sunday. Dixon now
Toby Alex Kodat, United States, def. Shintaro
Mochizuki, Japan, 6-3, 6-4.
has 45th IndyCar victories and is within seven
wins of tying Mario Andretti for second on the
Juniors Women’s Singles
Semifinal
all-time list. ...Newgarden, who has two wins
and four podiums in eight races, leads the se-
Leylah Annie Fernandez (1), Canada, def. ries with 316 points. Fellow American Alexan-
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (3), Colombia, der Rossi is second with 301. ...This weekend’s
6-2, 6-4. race is the second of five ovals on the schedule
Emma Navarro (8), United States, def. Qinwen in 2019.
Zheng (5), China, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Next race: Grand Prix at Road America, June
Juniors Men’s Doubles 23, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Quarterfinal Online: http://www.indycar.com
Thiago Agustin Tirante, Argentina and Matheus
Pucinelli de Almeida (5), Brazil, def. Bu Yuncha-
NHRA DRAG RACING
HEARTLAND NATIONALS
okete, China and Zane Khan (4), United States, Site: Topeka, Kansas.
6-3, 6-2. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 4:15 & 7:30 p.m.;
Sergey Fomin, Uzbekistan and Gauthier Onclin Saturday, qualifying, 11:30 a.m. & 2:45 p.m.;
(8), Belgium, def. Pablo Llamas Ruiz, Spain and Sunday, finals, 2:55 p.m.
Juan Bautista Torres, Argentina, 7-6, 6-2. Track: Heartland Motorsports Park.
Juniors Women’s Doubles Last year: Clay Millican took the Top Fuel title.
Quarterfinal Last race: Steve Torrence won in Chicagoland.
Diane Parry, France and Natsumi Kawaguchi Fast facts: Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car),
(1), Japan, def. Hurricane Tyra Black, United Deric Kramer (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro
States and Lea Ma (5), United States, 6-4, 6-2. Stock Motorcycle) also won last weekend.
But it’s St. Louis — whose Rams lost
to the Patriots in the 2002 Super Bowl,
and whose Cardinals fell to the Red Sox
in the 2004 and 2013 World Series —
that is one win from skating off with the
Stanley Cup.
“We’ve got a big job ahead of us, that’s
the way I look at it,” said coach Craig Be-
rube, who took over when Mike Yeo was
fired in November with the team mired
in last place in the Central Division. “I
hope our team looks at it that way.”
Ryan O’Reilly and David Perron
scored for St. Louis, which has won two
straight since a 7-2 loss at home in Game
3. It was the first time in the series a
team has won two in a row.
Tuukka Rask stopped 19 shots and
Jake DeBrusk scored for Boston.
“It’s behind us now, but it’s tough,”
said Bruins forward Noel Acciari, who
was flattened on what the Bruins thought
was an illegal hit right before Perron’s
goal. “Tough pill to swallow. It’s a must-
win from here on out.”
Chara left Game 4 dripping blood
after taking that puck off his face, but
he gave the building a lift when he fol-
lowed Rask onto the ice for the pregame
skate wearing a full-face shield. He got
a lengthy cheer for his introduction,
and he went out of the way to deliver the
Friday, June 7, 2019 3B
five Toronto starters scored in
double figures — and Curry
was forced to take on a greater
load.
“He’s a great defender. I
think he’s one of the best, right
up there at the top of the best
wing defenders in the league,”
Raptors coach Nick Nurse said
of Thompson. “He’s probably
underrated in that department.
He really puts in some awe-
some defensive performances
for them, especially when they
really need them.”
...Torrence has won four straight starts. He beat Thursday, June 6: St. Louis 2, Boston 1
Terry McMillen, Richie Crampton and Antron Sunday, June 9: Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Brown to secure his 31st career win. ...Brittany x-Wednesday, June 12: St. Louis at Boston,
Force is second to Torrence in the standings.
But she’s 160 points off the lead.
8 p.m.
Next race: Thunder Valley Nationals, June 14-
16, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tennessee.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
Soccer
OTHER SERIES Major League Soccer
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Friday, Northern Tour, River Cities Speedway,
Glance
Grand Forks, North Dakota; Saturday, Granite
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
City Speedway, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. W L T Pts GF GA
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
Philadelphia 8 4 4 28 28 18
Hockey Montreal
D.C. United
Atlanta
8 7 3 27 21 28
7 4 6 27 23 18
8 5 2 26 19 11
NHL Playoff Glance New York 7 5 3 24 25 16
All Times EDT
FIRST ROUND
New York City FC 5 1 8 23 23 17
Toronto FC
Orlando City
5 6 3 18 24 23
5 7 3 18 22 21
(Best-of-7)
Chicago 4 6 6 18 24 23
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Columbus 4, Tampa Bay 0 Columbus 5 9 2 17 16 24
New England 4 8 4 16 17 33
Wednesday, April 10: Columbus 4, Tampa
Bay 3 Cincinnati 3 11 2 11 14 33
Friday, April 12: Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sunday, April 14: Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 1
Tuesday, April 16: Columbus 7, Tampa Bay 3 Los Angeles FC 11 1 4 37 39 13
Boston 4, Toronto 3 LA Galaxy 9 6 1 28 22 19
Thursday, April 11: Toronto 4, Boston 1 Seattle 7 4 5 26 26 21
Saturday, April 13: Boston 4, Toronto 1 Houston 7 3 3 24 21 14
Monday, April 15: Toronto 3, Boston 2 FC Dallas 6 6 3 21 20 20
Wednesday, April 17: Boston 6, Toronto 4 Minnesota United 6 6 3 21 23 24
Friday, April 19: Toronto 2, Boston 1 Real Salt Lake 6 8 1 19 21 27
Sunday, April 21: Boston 4, Toronto 2 San Jose 5 6 3 18 21 25
Tuesday, April 23: Boston 5, Toronto 1 Vancouver 4 6 6 18 17 20
Carolina 4, Washington 3 Sporting Kansas City 3 5 6 15 24 25
Thursday, April 11: Washington 4, Carolina 2 Portland 4 7 2 14 19 26
Saturday, April 13: Washington 4, Carolina 3, Colorado 3 9 3 12 24 34
OT NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Monday, April 15: Carolina 5, Washington 0 Wednesday, June 5
Thursday, April 18: Carolina 2, Washington 1 Montreal 2, Seattle 1
Saturday, April 20: Washington 6, Carolina 0 Thursday, June 6
Monday, April 22: Carolina 5, Washington 2 New York City FC 5, Cincinnati 2
Wednesday, April 24: Carolina 4, Washington Friday, June 7
3, 2OT Sporting Kansas City at Toronto FC, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 0 Saturday, June 8
Wednesday, April 10: N.Y. Islanders 4, Pitts-
burgh 3, OT
FC Dallas at San Jose, 3:30 p.m.
New York at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 12: N.Y. Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1 Minnesota United at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 14: N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1
Tuesday, April 16: N.Y. Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Dallas 4, Nashville 2
Transactions
Wednesday, April 10: Dallas 3, Nashville 2 Thursday’s Moves
Saturday, April 13: Nashville 2, Dallas 1, OT
American League
BASEBALL
Monday, April 15: Nashville 3, Dallas 2
Wednesday, April 17: Dallas 5, Nashville 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed OF DJ Stew-
Saturday, April 20: Dallas 5, Nashville 3 art on the 10-day IL. Recalled INF/OF Stevie
Monday, April 22: Dallas 2, Nashville 1, OT Wilkerson from Norfolk (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS — Sent SS Jordy Mercer to
St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 2
Wednesday, April 10: St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1
Friday, April 12: St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 3
Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned INF Tay-
Sunday, April 14: Winnipeg 6, St. Louis 3 lor Ward to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled RHP Jai-
Tuesday, April 16: Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1, OT me Barria from Salt Lake. Announced RHP John
Curtiss elected free agency in lieu of accepting
Thursday, April 18: St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2
Saturday, April 20: St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2 an outright assignment.
Colorado 4, Calgary 1 SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed OF Braden
Thursday, April 11: Calgary 4, Colorado 0 Bishop on the 10-day IL.
Saturday, April 13: Colorado 3, Calgary 2, OT TAMPA BAY RAYS — Released C Erik Kratz.
Monday, April 15: Colorado 6, Calgary 2 Sent 2B Joey Wendle to Charlotte (FSL) for a
rehab assignment.
Wednesday, April 17: Colorado 3, Calgary 2,
OT National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned OF Jim Adduci
Friday, April 19: Colorado 5, Calgary 1
San Jose 4, Vegas 3 outright to Iowa (PCL).
Wednesday, April 10: San Jose 5, Vegas 2 COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed LHP Mike
Dunn on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Monday.
Friday, April 12: Vegas 5, San Jose 3
Sunday, April 14: Vegas 6, San Jose 3 Selected the contract of RHP Peter Lambert
Tuesday, April 16: Vegas 5, San Jose 0 from Albuquerque (PCL). Sent OF Charlie
Thursday, April 18: San Jose 5, Vegas 2 Blackmon to Albuquerque for a rehab assign-
Sunday, April 21: San Jose 2, Vegas 1, 2OT ment. Transferred LHP Harrison Musgrave to
Tuesday, April 23: San Jose 5, Vegas 4, OT the 60-day IL.
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated C Aus-
(Best-of-7) tin Barnes from the 10-day IL. Optioned C Will
EASTERN CONFERENCE Smith to Oklahoma City (PCL)kill.
Boston 4, Columbus 2 SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated SS Fernan-
Thursday, April 25: Boston 3, Columbus 2, OT do Tatis Jr. from the 10-day IL. Optioned INF Ty
France to El Paso (PCL).
Saturday, April 27: Columbus 3, Boston 2, 2OT
Tuesday, April 30: Columbus 2, Boston 1 FOOTBALL
Thursday, May 2: Boston 4, Columbus 1 National Football League
Saturday, May 4: Boston 4, Columbus 3 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released OL Andrew
Monday, May 6: Boston 3, Columbus 0 Lauderdale. Claimed OL Desmond Harrison off
Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 0 waivers from Cleveland.
Friday, April 26: Carolina 1, N.Y. Islanders 0, OT
Sunday, April 28: Carolina 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
Wednesday, May 1: Carolina 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OT Ka’John
Armstrong.
DETROIT LIONS — Waived WR Jordan Small-
Friday, May 3: Carolina 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 wood. Signed WR Jermaine Kearse.
WESTERN CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms
St. Louis 4, Dallas 3 with QB Carson Wentz on a four-year contract
Thursday, April 25: St. Louis 3, Dallas 2 extension through the 2024 season.
Saturday, April 27: Dallas 4, St. Louis 2 Canadian Football League
Monday, April 29: St. Louis 4, Dallas 3 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released OL An-
Wednesday, May 1: Dallas 4, St. Louis 2 drew Peterson. Signed WR Ron’quavion Tarver
Friday, May 3: Dallas 2, St. Louis 1 and DL Trenton Thompson.
HOCKEY
Sunday, May 5: St. Louis 4, Dallas 1
Tuesday, May 7: St. Louis 2, Dallas 1, 2OT National Hockey League
San Jose 4, Colorado 3 DALLAS STARS — Signed D Roman Polak
and F Mattais Janmark to one-year contract
Friday, April 26: San Jose 5, Colorado 2
Sunday, April 28: Colorado 4, San Jose 3 extensions.
Tuesday, April 30: San Jose 4, Colorado 2 SOCCER
Thursday, May 2: Colorado 3, San Jose 0 Major League Soccer
Saturday, May 4: San Jose 2, Colorado 1 MLS — Fined Portland Timbers M Sebastian
Monday, May 6: Colorado 4, San Jose 3, OT Blanco and D Larrys Mabiala for violating heads
Wednesday, May 8: San Jose 3, Colorado 2 to the face against the LA Football Club. Fined
CONFERENCE FINALS Atlanta United FJosef Martinez for simulation/
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
embellishment against the Chicago Fire.
COLLEGE
Boston 4, Carolina 0 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE — Named
Debbie Williamson supervisor of women’s bas-
Thursday, May 9: Boston 5, Carolina 2
Sunday, May 12: Boston 6, Carolina 2 ketball officials.
Tuesday, May 14: Boston 2, Carolina 1 COLONIAL STATES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday, May 16: Boston 4, Carolina 0 — Announced Valley Forge will join the confer-
WESTERN CONFERENCE ence as a core member, effective July 1, 2020.
St. Louis 4, San Jose 2 AUGUSTA — Announced the resignation of as-
Saturday, May 11: San Jose 6, St. Louis 3 sistant men’s basketball coach Drew Gibson to
Monday, May 13: St. Louis 4, San Jose 2 take the same position at Navy.
Wednesday, May 15: San Jose 5, St. Louis 4,
OT
BRADLEY — Named Halley Morell women’s
golf coach.
Friday, May 17: St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 ETSU — Announced sophomore QB Cade
Sunday, May 19: St. Louis 5, San Jose 0 Weldon is transferring from Miami and junior QB
Tuesday, May 21: St. Louis 5, San Jose 1 Chance Thrasher from Coastal Carolina.
STANLEY CUP FINALS NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Jacob Mishkin
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) men’s and women’s tennis coach.
St. Louis 3, Boston 2 NIAGARA — Signed women’s basketball coach
Monday, May 27: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 Jada Pierce to a contract extension through the
2022-23 season.
Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis 3, Boston 2, OT
Saturday, June 1: Boston 7, St. Louis 2 VANDERBILT — Named Carlos Daniel men’s
Monday, June 3: St. Louis 4, Boston 2 basketball strength and conditioning coach.
game’s first hit, just 15 seconds in, on
Brayden Schenn. When things went bad
later, the crowd tried to spur the team on
with chants of “Chara!”
But the 42-year-old defenseman’s
toughness could only carry so far.
O’Reilly scored in the opening minute
of the second period, backhanding in a
rebound for his third goal in his last five
periods. It was still 1-0 midway through
the third when the referees disregarded
a leg sweep by Tyler Bozak that knocked
Acciari out of the game. But he was still
on the ice when Perron followed with a
shot that banked off Rask’s pad and into
the net. The fans responded with a vul-
gar chant and a shower of rally towels;
the public address announcer eventually
asked them to stop.
Boston seemed inspired — or at least
desperate — and cut the deficit to one
goal on a delayed penalty with about
6 1/2 minutes left. Torey Krug took a
high stick to the face at the blue line but
he played on, straightened his helmet
and dished the puck to DeBrusk for a
one-timer past Binnington.
Boston pulled Rask with a little more
than a minute left and earned several
chances, but couldn’t get the puck past
Binnington.
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Campbell
Continued from Page 1B
Conference, Campbell
was 7-1 with a 2.30 ERA
and against TCU in the
regional last weekend he
allowed only one run over
eight innings with eight
strikeouts.
After the 24th-round
selection by the Angels a
year ago, he was drafted
last week by the Seattle
Mariners at No. 76 over-
all in competitive balance
round B. Campbell also
was named to the Colle-
giate Baseball Magazine
All-America team after
not being selected to the
All-SEC team.
“Last weekend could
not have gone any better
“We won a regional then I
got to hear my name called
on the first day of the draft
and I got to celebrate that
with my family. I got to live
my childhood dream.”
Campbell will take the
ball Saturday when Ar-
kansas (44-17) plays host
to Ole Miss (40-25) in
the opener of their super
regional The Rebels have
won three of five games
against the Razorbacks
this season, but Campbell
owns one of those wins,
going seven innings and
allowing just four hits in a
5-3 win.
It will likely be the last
time he takes the hill at
Coach Dave Van Horn and for his parents be-
echoed Hobbs’ assess- cause that was a big de-
ment that the biggest dif- cision to turn down that
ference for Campbell this money and come back.
season was his mental ap- But he believed in himself
proach, but a slight tweak and he wanted to be here.
to his arm slot also paid Not only has he gotten
dividends in better control better, but he was drafted
and allowed him to better higher and got his degree.
shape his breaking pitch- He’s a special kid and
es. there are not a lot of those
Campbell’s success out there.”
story will have a lasting Campbell, who comes
impact on the Arkansas from a military family, was
program, Van Horn said. born in Portugal and also
“I will be able to use lived in Germany and Tur-
his story down the road. key before the family set-
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said. “I saw a Facebook post of what left behind by the Brambletts. The headphones and microphone prep- only once. The difficulty 5 9 1 8 4 6 3 2 7
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nitely, I wish he would have been
there to do it, but I’m glad I could
give that moment to the Auburn
family.”
Bramblett was better known for
his calls of Auburn football and bas-
ketball games but had done play-
by-play guy for Auburn baseball
since 1993. He called the games
for Auburn baseball through the
late-season slump, the injuries and
an embarrassing Southeastern
Conference Tournament loss.
Players wore stickers on their
batting helmets with a microphone
between Bramblett’s initials above
the phrase “Forever Auburn.”
Thompson doesn’t think he has
regional tournament at Georgia
Tech. Seeing the suit — something
he rarely takes on a baseball trip —
he had worn to the service later on
the team bus was “the most heart-
broken I’ve been.”
He said baseball has been a
needed diversion.
“Probably another blessing of
us still playing baseball is allowing
us to let it sink in slowly instead of
hitting us right between our eyes,”
Thompson said.
But he’s not trying to make this a
“win-for-Rod” moment. He believes
that would be disservice to Bram-
blett, who Thompson frequently
huddled with at practices and who
“I just want to make sure that
we honor them, and that we’re not
using Rod and Paula to try to win
a baseball game,” Thompson said.
“We want them with us and to hon-
or them and the children (Shelby
and Joshua) that are still here.
“In the same way, I want to make
sure I’m a respectful coach, be-
cause your season’s still going on.
We’re only honoring him. We’re not
trying to use his name to get one
more base hit, or one more magi-
cal moment. They’re with us, and
I’ll take whatever happens with our
ball club.”
Auburn swept through the re-
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fied as an automatic pick based on
Golfstat’s NCAA Player Rankings,
as well as wins, high finishes and
strength of schedule.
The Daegu, South Korea, native
finished the year at No. 9 overall in
the latest Golfstat collegiate rank-
ings and No. 10 in the Women’s
World Amateur Golf Rankings,
while leading Alabama in stroke
average (71.84), average vs. par
(-0.19) and victories (1).
Jeon’s International women’s
team also includes Ana Belac
(Duke), Sofia Garcia (Texas Tech),
Lois Kaye Go (South Carolina),
Leonie Harm (Houston), Frida Kin-
hult (Florida State), Agathe Laisne
(Texas), Julie McCarthy (Auburn),
Lorna McClymont (SRUC Elm-
wood), Hira Naveed (Pepperdine),
Gabriela Ruffels (USC) and Kar-
oline Stormo (Kent State). Mich-
igan’s Jan Dowling (Canada) and
Columbus State’s Mark Immelman
(South Africa) will coach the Inter-
national team.
Alabama women’s golf coach
Mic Potter also will represent Al-
abama in the annual event. Potter
was named the co-head coach of
the United States Team and will
guide his squad against Jeon’s
International Team. Potter and
Vanderbilt men’s coach Scott Lim-
baugh make up the U.S. co-head
coaches.
Potter has coached 45 WGCA
All-Americans in his career at Al-
abama and Furman, 15 conference
players of the year, 74 all-confer-
ence honorees, one NCA A cham-
pion, two U.S. Women’s Amateur
champions, and one British Wom-
en’s Amateur champion.
The Arnold Palmer Cup was
co-founded by Arnold Palmer and
The Golf Coaches Association of
America (GCA A) and began at the
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando,
Fla. in 1997. The United States
leads the series 12-9-1.
Teams receive a point for each
individual match victory and a
half-point for each halved individ-
ual match.

Track
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how much coach (Derek
Yush) has prepared me
to be the athlete that I am
and put me into a better
position moving forward
into the pros.”
The Crimson Tide’s
last race of the night,
the semifinals of the
4x400-meter relay, saw ju-
niors Takyera Roberson,
Katie Funcheon, Mauri-
cia Prieto, and Natassha
McDonald break the pre-
vious school mark to win
their semifinal heat and
advance to Saturday’s fi-
nal with a time of 3 min-
utes, 28.51 seconds. The
previous school standard
of 3:28.56 was set in 1987
by Sandra Latham along
with Olympians Flora Hy-
acinth, Pauline Davis and
Lillie Leatherwood.
“We’ve been gunning
for that record for a while,
so it was great to take it
off the board tonight,”
Waters said. “We have a
great group of sprinters
this year and they really
came together tonight to
give themselves an op-
portunity to score some
big points in the relay on
Saturday.”
The Tide’s 4x100 relay
opened the night by earn-
ing a spot in Saturday’s
championship final. Soph-
omore Daija Lampkin, ju-
nior Mauricia Prieto, se-
nior Krystal Sparling and
sophomore Tamara Clark
ran a 43.17 in the semifi-
nals, the Tide’s second
fastest time of the season
and tied for fifth best all-
time at UA.
In addition to the 4x100
and 4x400 relays, se-
nior Stacey Destin (high
jump), juniors Esther Gi-
tahi (5,000) and Abigail
Kwarteng (high jump)
and sophomore Samantha
Zelden (javelin), are still
set to compete this week.
The Tide men close
out their NCAA Outdoor
Championships run Fri-
day. Seniors Kord Fergu-
son (discus) and Gilbert
Kigen (5,000 meters),
along with junior Shelby
McEwen (high jump), will
be in action for the Tide.
Kigen was second in the
10,000 meters Wednes-
day night, while McEwen
is the defending NCAA
Indoor Champion in the
high jump and was sec-
ond outdoors last season.
MSU’s Lewis finishes
21st in 800
Mississippi State’s
Alon Lewis failed to ad-
vance from the 800 semi-
finals Thursday.
Lewis, running in the
far outside lane of the
second heat, clocked in
at 2:12.08 to finish 21st.
She finished her career
with the fourth-fastest
800 time in school history
after she posted a 2:04.98
at the NCAA East Prelims
to advance to the Champi-
onships this year.
“She is one of the
most-decorated and spe-
cial athletes I’ve ever
had the privilege to work
with,” MSU interim head
coach Chris Woods said.
“Over her time here she
has definitely made me a
better coach. I appreciate
everything she’s done for
this university and our
track and field program.
She’s been an instrumen-
tal part of changing the
culture of this program.”
The Lake Worth, Flor-
ida, native scored at five
of her eight SEC Champi-
onships and won a confer-
ence title indoors on the
distance medley relay in
2017.
After adding three
marks to the MSU out-
door top-five this season
in the 800, 4x800 and
sprint medley relays,
Lewis ends her career
tied with Erica Bougard
for the all-time lead with
11 total top-five marks
in MSU’s outdoor record
book. Indoors, she boasts
another six such marks,
which ranks third, and
her 17 total record-book
runs are second only to
Bougard’s 21.
The women’s jave-
lin was also originally
scheduled to compete
Thursday night, but due
to weather delays earlier
in the day, the event was
pushed to 2:30 p.m. Fri-
day. MSU’s Sarah Blake
will throw the javelin at
the Championships for
the third-straight year in
the second flight.
Ole Miss has strong
efforts on second day
of meet
The Ole Miss track
and field concluded its
outdoor season Thursday
with a handful of stel-
lar performances on the
women’s side.
“It has been a long
season, and I am proud
of the way our team has
competed this week,”
Ole Miss coach Connie
Price-Smith said. “We
have a lot to look forward
to next year with all of our
qualifiers except Lindsey
(Murray) returning. I was
so excited to see our un-
derclassmen come here
and perform without fear
on the biggest stage, and
it make me really happy
for the future.”
Freshman sprinters
Brandee Presley and Jay-
da Eckford competed in
the 100 and 200. Presley,
a Bixby, Oklahoma native
who just two weeks ago
shocked the formchart ACROSS
with an NCAA qualifying 1 Where Akitas
performance at the East originated
Regional despite entering 6 Chops into cubes
ranked No. 43, took 12th 11 City on the
overall for second-team Mohawk
All-America honors with 12 Make blank
a school record time of 13 Doled out
11.24 (+0.5). Her time 14 Dull finish
15 Lobbying org.
today tied eight-time
16 Demonstrated
All-American Teneeshia
18 Bat wood
Jones’ record of 11.24
19 Joplin piece
(+0.5) set back in 2000. 20 “Yo!”
Eckford, who is from 21 Course needs
Clinton, entered the 200 23 Clan symbol
with the wind-legal school 25 Gun
record of 23.06 (+1.0, No. 27 Essen article
2 all-time), and she bet- 28 TV grouch modeling 17 Brewery feature
tered that today with a
23.00 into a 0.1 head-
30 Sets the price at
33 Stick in a pack
22 Brief time
DOWN 24 Pot brew
wind. She finished third 34 Trig function, for 1 Accept eagerly 26 Cleared out
in the first heat and 11th short
2 Relaxed 28 Beat at the track
overall for second-team 36 Got together
3 Diamond spot 29 Harry’s friend
All-America honors. 37 Strong insect of
4 Tennis feat 31 Stovetop item
Both were members of old cartoons 32 Didn’t go
5 Consumerist
the women’s 4x100-meter 39 — loss Ralph 33 Roof feature
40 Spread around,
relay alongside freshmen 6 Satyr, e.g. 35 Gown part
Kelly Rowe and junior
as a rumor
41 Out of practice
7 Turkey neighbor 38 Maze runners
Kaira Simmons, who all
43 Javelin’s kin
8 Protectors at
home
42 First número
earned second-team sta- 44 Tibia’s end
tus after finishing 12th at 9 Reverence
45 Cut off
43.54. 10 Squalid
46 Did some
Senior pole vaulter
Lindsey Murray, a sev-
en-time NCAA qualifier
and the Ole Miss record
holder indoors and out-
doors, ended her ca-
reer with a second-team
All-America finish after
tying for 16th. Murray
would have needed to
clear her school record
of 4.35m (14-3 1/4) to ad-
vance to the next bar.
Sophomore Lisa Vo-
gelgesang also competed
in the 3,000 steeplechase.
The German native, who
made the final of the
U20 World Champion-
ships last summer for her
home country, finished
eighth in the first heat at
10:00.39, which was good
for 16th place and sec-
WHATZIT ANSWER
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College roundup to the NCAA Round of 16, where

From Special Reports
STARKVILLE — For the
second year in a row and the
fourth time in program history,
the Mississippi State men’s ten-
nis team will serve as one of 15
host sites for the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association’s annual In-
tercollegiate Tennis Association
(ITA) Kick-Off Weekend Jan.
25-26, 2020, at the A.J. Pitts Ten-
nis Centre.
MSU, which ended the 2019
season ranked ninth nationally
after reaching the NCAA Round
of 16 for the second-straight year
and the third time in four sea-
sons, will welcome Oklahoma
and Southeastern Conference
foes South Carolina and Georgia
to Starkville for the event.
MSU, which also claimed the
SEC tournament crown for the
second-straight season, faced all
three teams at least once in 2019.
First-round matches will take
place Saturday, Jan. 25. A conso-
lation match will be played Sun-
day morning, Jan. 26, before the
winners of the two first round
matches square off Sunday af-
ternoon. The winner will move
on to the ITA National Team In-
door Championship in February
in Madison, Wisconsin.
The weekend will mark the
12th year of the event. MSU will
make its 11th appearance — its
fourth as a host. Saturday’s first
match will feature Oklahoma
against South Carolina. After
the Sooners and Gamecocks
square off, MSU will take on
Georgia.
Oklahoma finished the 2019
season ranked 17th nationally
after going 17-11 and advancing
it dropped a 4-1 decision at Wake
Forest in the Super Regional
round.
South Carolina comes to
Starkville after concluding the
year ranked 19th in the country
with an 18-10 mark. The Bull-
dogs and Gamecocks played
twice in 2019, with MSU coming
out on top in both meetings.
Georgia finished 14-11 this
year and ranked 21st nationally.
This season, MSU claimed a 4-3
victory over the Athens-based
Bulldogs in Starkville.
Alabama, Ole Miss softball
players honored
AUSTIN, Texas — Alabama’s
Bailey Hemphill and Kaylee
Tow and Ole Miss’ Kylan Beck-
er were named Thursday to the
Collegiate Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA)
Division I Softball Academic
All-America Team.
Hemphill, a junior, was
named this year’s Google Cloud
Division I Softball Academic
All-America Team Member of
the Year, while Tow, a sopho-
more, earned CoSIDA Academic
All-America recognition.
Hemphill carries a 3.99 cu-
mulative grade-point average as
a human development and fami-
ly studies major. She earned sec-
ond-team Academic All-America
honors last season, making her
the seventh softball player in
program history with multiple
accolades.
On the field, Hemphill earned
National Fastpitch Coaches As-
sociation (NFCA) second-team
All-America honors and broke
the Alabama single-season re-
cords in home runs (26) and
RBIs (84), tying the SEC record
in the former.
Tow, who earned third-team
honors this season, has a 4.00
cumulative GPA as a marketing
major. She earned President’s
List distinction in each of her
four semesters in Tuscaloo-
sa. She was this year’s NCAA
Elite 90 award recipient at the
Women’s College World Series,
awarded annually to the stu-
dent-athlete with the highest
cumulative grade-point average
among the championship field
for each of the NCAA’s 90 men’s
and women’s championships
across its three divisions.
On the field, Tow had a .309
batting average and tied the Ala-
bama single-season record with
66 walks.
Becker, a senior, earned sec-
ond-team Academic All-Ameri-
ca honors. She is the third Reb-
el to receive the honor, and the
first since 2001.
Becker, an Exercise Science
major, led the SEC and ranked
fifth nationally with 84 hits, the
second highest total in school
history. Becker broke three sin-
gle-season school records, reg-
istering 55 runs, nine triples,
and 34 stolen bases.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
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EAR ABBY: yond the tragedy, KEN IN NEW ENGLAND
My aunt had those closest to DEAR HEARTBROKEN:
a stillborn her should sug- When it happens again – and
baby 20 years gest she talk with it may — apologize, explain
ago. At the time, a therapist now that it’s embarrassing, and you
I was a teenager. or join a support don’t know why it happens.
Ever since then group. Then THANK her for being as
she has lived a That said, I classy as she has been about
morbid lifestyle am not sure her it.
— like you’d see wish that her DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-
in a scary movie. little angel be law is starting a business and
After the first year, mentioned at your has offered my husband a job
ZITS she threw a party grandfather’s he is well-qualified for. I think
with a cake for all funeral was out it’s a bad idea to mix family and
of us, and wanted of line. Although business. I should mention that
us to sing “Happy the baby was still- it’s my husband’s brother, and
Birthday” to a born, I’m sure the in the past when my husband
baby that never
Dear Abby loss was grieved has done odd jobs for him, he
lived. by your grandfa- has had trouble getting paid
When my grandfather died ther as well as your aunt. for them. Do you agree with me
recently, she made sure the DEAR ABBY: Our oldest son that it’s a bad idea for my hus-
preacher announced that my has had a girlfriend for almost band to work for his brother? —
grandfather also had another two years. She’s a lovely, kind NOT SO SURE
grandchild. I found out that and quality person, the type DEAR NOT: Working for
when her cat died she kept it you would want him to marry. a relative can pack a double
in the house for several days The problem I’m having is whammy because of unre-
because she didn’t want to let that I have slipped and called solved emotional baggage
GARFIELD it go. her by the name of his former that can come with the job,
It bothers us a lot, because girlfriend. This happens some- but it’s not always a bad thing.
she acts like she is the victim times during casual conversa- Sometimes it works out very
in life and tries to make people tion, especially when I’m not well. However, because your
feel guilty for being happy. How concentrating. I have tried to be husband’s brother has a history
do we talk to her? — CRYSTAL careful because I don’t want to of not paying his debts, I agree
IN NEVADA hurt her or my son’s feelings, with you that in this case, it
DEAR CRYSTAL: Your aunt but sadly, I have. would be a bad idea.
should have sought grief coun- I know she has heard me Dear Abby is written by
seling after she lost her baby. at least a couple of times. I Abigail Van Buren, also known
That she would throw a birthday have no affinity for the former as Jeanne Phillips, and was
party a year later and expect girlfriend. Abby, this is dam- founded by her mother, Pauline
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Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June
7). Every magician knows that
magic is not an outcome but
a process in which dozens of
unspectacular moves are exe-
cuted to create the dazzling end
result. You’ll be the magician of
your life. Wishing on a birthday
candle will be the first move
in producing a breathtaking
transformation. The windfall
BABY BLUES is in October. Cancer and Leo
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 39, 30, 19, 7 and 32.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
To be effective in a room you
have to read it first. Check out
everyone’s posture. Who’s lean-
ing in? Those are the helpers
ready for opportunities to solve
problems, mix it up, catch the
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
trouble before it happens.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re engaged and enthusias-
tic so the work goes by quickly,
and unfortunately, so does the
play. Take pictures and notes as
a way of making moments last.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You don’t get your shot when
you’re good enough or when
you deserve it. You get your
shot when it comes up. Seize
opportunity. You’ll either be
surprised by what you can do or
taught by it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
It’s true that people are motivat-
ed by money. But for most, the
financial end is neither the sole
motivation nor is it in the top
three. You’ll be considering what
makes a job worthwhile to you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Peo-
ple make assessments based
on what they already know
about the world. The more they
know, the less likely they are to
arrogantly assume knowledge.
The smartest people question
everything, including them-
selves.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
If you think too far into the
situation, you’re likely to get lost
in details and complications,
making it impossible to take
a stance. Though this state is
closer to truth, it’s further away
from action.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Whether it’s ticket price of the
movie or the backlash from
a jealous friend that comes
when you’ve paid attention to
someone new, every dalliance
requires a tribute. The wise fac-
tor this into their decisions.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Intention is half the battle.
You won’t do everything right
just because you have love in
your heart, but you’ll be inspired
to listen better and consider the
other person more carefully, and
that’s a start.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). While some express love
effusively, enthusiastically and
with bold demonstration, others
would prefer to quietly provide
something you need, which can
be equally as loving.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Most would say that
selfishness is an objectively
unattractive quality, and yet
some are subconsciously drawn
to selfish people for reasons
that might be mysterious even
to themselves. Consider your
attractions carefully today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Just when you think
you’ve outgrown a situation, a
new challenge will crop up to
engage and teach you. Don’t be
too quick to move on or write
anything off.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You might feel yourself shy-
ing away from a situation, which
is actually a good indicator that
you should go forward instead.
The only way to conquer fear is
to let it dissipate through the
action it was so afraid of.

Sweat it out
SOLUTION:
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Auxiliaries in Ministry
Peter’s Rock Temple Church of
God in Christ, 223 Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Dr. W. in Starkville, concludes
its Starkville District Auxiliaries in
Ministry meetings with a special class
at 6 p.m. and the program at 7 p.m.
June 7. Guest speaker will be Pastor
Elder Larry Lewis of Light House
COGIC. Guest Psalmist will be Min.
Matthew Donaldson. The public is in-
vited to attend. For more information,
call 662-323-5119.
Church Anniversary
Friendship M.B. Church, 1107
12th Ave. S., hosts its Annual Church
Anniversary Program at 3 p.m. June 9.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Edward Rod-
gers and the Hopewell M.B. Church
Family of Birmingham, Alabama. The
public is invited to attend.
Vacation Bible School
Mt. Zion M.B. Church, 2221
14th Ave N., hosts its Vacation Bible
School from 5:30-7:30 p.m. nightly
for all ages. The public is invited to
attend.
Annual Revival
Union M.B. Church, 101 Weaver
Road, hosts its Annual Revival ser-
vices 7 p.m. nightly June 11-13. Guest
speaker will be the Rev. Randy Conley
of Third Mt. Olive M.B. Church in West
Point. The public is invited to attend.
Vacation Bible School
Stephen Chapel M.B. Church,
2008 Seventh Ave. N., hosts its
Vacation Bible School 6 p.m. nightly
June 11-14. The public is invited to
attend.
Pastoral Anniversary
Hebron C.M.E. Church, 1910
Steens Road, hosts its 14th Pasto-
ral Anniversary Program for the Rev.
Earnest Sanders Sr. and First Lady
Rose Sanders. Guest speaker will be
the Rev. Therman Cunningham Sr.
and the Oak Grove Church Family.
The public is invited to attend.
Pastor Anniversary
Faith Harvest Church, 4266 Sand
Road, hosts its Pastor and First
Lady Dent’s Anniversary Program at
7 p.m. June 21, with guest speaker
will be Pastor Marcellus Nabors and
at 2 p.m. June 23, with guest speak-
er Pastor Michael Tate. The public is
invited to attend.
Grief Share Support
A grief share support group
meets at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday
through July 30 at the Mission,
2494 E. Church Hill Road, in West
Point.
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets from 6-7
p.m. every first and third Monday of
Religious briefs
each month in the downtown YMCA
Board Room. Inquire and seek infor-
mation to succeed spiritually, phys-
ically and financially and be eager
to be a blessing to the community,
churches and families through the
Word of God. The public is invited
to attend. For more information, call
Pat Fisher Douglas, 662-251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner,
Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center,
923 Ridge Road, Columbus, hosts a
fellowship dinner and youth service
every third Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102
12th Ave. S., invites the public to
join its Gospel Book Club from 6-7
p.m. every fourth Friday of each
month to study and discuss one
chapter of the King James Bible
each month. For more information,
call Lillian Murray, 662-570-1974 or
662-570-5595.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief and
Mourning offers a grief support
group at 6 p.m. every second Thurs-
day of the month at United Christian
Baptist Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving journey
easier.” For more information, call
662-327-0604 or e-mail unitedchris-
tian@cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church, 2201 Mili-
tary Road, and Meadowview Church,
300 Linden Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m. every
Sunday at The Assembly Church
(next to Lowe’s) and at 6 p.m. every
Tuesday at Meadowview Church.
Get help, healing and support for
any habit, hurt or hang-up using the
Christ-centered 12 steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every second and third Saturday,
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center hosts a
prayer for the youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church, 2221 14th Ave. N., hosts
free coffee and a prayer community
outreach service from 8-9 a.m. every
fifth Saturday. For information, con-
tact Jesse Slater, 662-328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins invites
the public to tune in to WTWG, radio
1050 AM for Perfecting the Saints
Broadcast, Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Women Prayer,
Worship Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106
22nd St. S., holds a prayer and wor-
ship service every Thursday from 5-6
p.m. Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for prayer
requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting Out-
reach Ministry invites the public to
call in with their prayer requests at
662-327-9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106
22nd. St. S., Columbus, holds prayer
service Thursday nights 5-6 p.m.
Contact Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322. Church service times: Sunday
school 10 a.m.; Sunday worship
11:15 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study
7 p.m. For information, call Pastor
District Elder Lou Nabors, 662-329-
1234.
Fitness Transformations
The Transformational Church,
2301 Jess Lyons Road, hosts box-
ing lessons Mondays and Wednes-
day from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss boot
camp Tuesdays and Thursdays 5-7
p.m. and both on Saturdays 9-11
a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational Church,
2301 Jess Lyons Road, hosts Youth
Fellowship from 7-8:30 p.m. every
Tuesday. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation
available. For information, call Iris
Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Texas couple stands by story Woman who lifted Arizona mosque items gets probation
The Associated took pamphlets, fliers homa City bomber) Tim-
after US cardinal pushes back Press

PHOENIX — A wom-
and other items from
a fenced-in courtyard
othy McVeigh,” Superior
Court Judge Mark Brain
behind the place of wor- told Gonzales before he
Couple have accused His wife, Laura Pontikes, had ap-
proached DiNardo’s Galveston-Houston
an captured on video ship. handed down the sen-
making derogatory com-
top U.S. Cardinal Daniel archdiocese in April 2016 to report that
the then-vicar general had taken advan-
ments about Muslims as
Gonzales, who faces
a 30-day deferred jail
tence.
Prosecutor Neha
she and a friend lifted
DiNardo of mishandling a tage of problems in her marriage and Qurans and other items
sentence if she does not
satisfactorily complete
Bhatia sought three
years of probation and a
business to manipulate her into a sex- from an Arizona mosque
sexual misconduct case ual relationship. Emails turned over to was sentenced Tuesday her probation, posted a 90-day deferred jail sen-
the archdiocese and AP show that while to two years of probation social-media video of the tence, saying Gonzales
involving his former deputy the sexual relationship grew, Monsignor for an aggravated crimi- encounter — including brought her children
Frank Rossi heard Pontikes’ confessions, nal damage conviction. footage of her starting along as she desecrated
By NICOLE WINFIELD
counseled her husband on their strained Tahnee Savanna Gon- a shouting match with the mosque.
The Associated Press
marriage and solicited hundreds of zales was ordered to a Muslim man after Gonzales apologized
VATICAN CITY — The Texas couple thousands of dollars in donations for the complete 225 hours of he walked out of the and said she now views
that accused top U.S. Cardinal Daniel Di- church. community service and mosque and tried to pet the crime as a moral
Nardo of mishandling a sexual miscon- Houston police are now investigat- write a letter of apology her dog. failing on her part and
duct case involving his former deputy is ing. Following inquiries by AP, Rossi’s to the mosque where “Muslims are not all has reflected on how the
denying his office’s claims against them, new bishop placed him on leave Tuesday she, an adult friend and terrorists any more than encounter negatively af-
saying the church is mistreating them pending the outcome of the police inves- Gonzales’ three children Christians are all (Okla- fected her children.
the way it mistreats other victims. tigation. Rossi’s lawyer confirmed that
DiNardo’s Galveston-Houston archdi- he was cooperating with the investiga-
ocese has said that the couple fabricated tion but declined further comment.
quotes in an Associated Press story and The case is significant because Di-
demanded $10 million, and that it “cate- Nardo is heading up the U.S. Catholic
gorically rejects” the story as biased and Church’s response to the clergy sex
one-sided. George Pontikes said Wednes- abuse scandal, which exploded anew
day he stood by his comments recount- last year worldwide. As president of the
ing meetings with DiNardo in 2016 and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Di-
2017, and called the diocese’s response Nardo will lead a meeting next week to
disappointing but not surprising. approve new measures for accountability
“It is another example of a smoke over abuse.
screen designed to cover up wrongdo- The archdiocese turned down repeat-
ings,” said Pontikes, president and CEO ed requests from the AP for an interview
of the Houston-based construction firm with DiNardo, with the latest rejection on
Satterfield & Pontikes. Wednesday.

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9550 Wanted to Buy
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0010 MINI- General Services 1360 General Help Wanted 3200 Apts For Rent: East 7020 Houses For Rent: Northside Lots & Acreage 8600
WAREHOUSES will offer 7110
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI for sale, and will sell at JOB OPENINGS in
TRAVEL TRAILERS & 1 ROOM/1 BATH. TWO ELM LAKE
COUNTY OF LOWNDES auction to the highest RVS Cleaned, repaired Columbus, MS for the Utilities included. RESIDENTIAL LOTS
bidder for cash all per- 2BR/1BA HOUSE
sonal property in stor- & serviced. 132 Lincoln following: $400/mo. 1 person 601 21ST ST. N. One lot in Cork Village
NOTICE OF SALE General Maintenance
age units leased by the Rd. Columbus, MS. For Worker: Must have ex- only. 662−328−8655. $575/mo. $575 dep. bordering #9 fairway.
WHEREAS, the follow- following tenants at an estimate, call Chris, perience in mainten- Ready to build on.
ing tenants entered in- FRIENDLY CITY MINI- 662−889−4507. ance and repair of Apts For Rent: West 7050 $27000 OBO. One large
to leases with WAREHOUSES 308 equipment and build-
3BR/1.5BA house in
Columbus. 1801 MLK lot overlooking #17
VIP
Shoney Drive Columbus,
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES for stor- MS, immediately follow- Lawn Care / Landscaping
ings which requires
practical skill and know-
Dr. $695/mo. $695
dep. 770−316−1714
green. Ready to build
on. $28.000 OBO. Call
Rentals
ing sale on Alabama 1470
age space in which to
store personal property Street on the 5th day of
ledge in such trades as
painting, carpentry,
or 770−316−7212. Fred, 662−889−3103.
July A.D. 2019. All auc-
and
tions are with reserve
COMMERCIAL BUSH plumbing, masonry and
HOGGING weed eating, electrical work also per- Apartments NORTH COLUMBUS−− Autos For Sale 9150
WHEREAS, default has and therefore all units form maintenance on CLOSE TO CAFB 3BR/
been made in the pay- can be withdrawn from
tiling & leveling, &
clearing overgrown lots. equipment and ma-
& Houses 2BA, stove, refr, 2010 CHEVY IMPALA
1 Bedrooms
ment of rent and the sale at any time by chinery. dshwash, w/d hookups, Blue, 4 door, 6 cyl.
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- the auctioneer/ man- Owner, Operator Carpenter/Millwright: carport, fenced−in 107k miles. Showroom
WAREHOUSES pursu- ager. licensed & insured. 17 Must have experience in 2 Bedroooms backyard. 1−year lease, clean. Local Owner.
3 Bedrooms
ant to said Leases is years experience. Willie general carpentry and credit check. $900/mo. $5000. See at 59
authorized to sell the Title to the personal
personal property to sat- property to be sold is
Murray Jr. 662−242− concrete work.
Agricultural Tractor Op-
$900 dep. Coleman Amanda Dr. in New
Furnished &
8809. Free estimates. Hope Park Subdivision
isfy the past due and believed to be good, but Quotes by job not acre. erator: Must have Class Realty 662−329−2323
off of Yorkville Rd. E.
Unfurnished
any other charges owed at such sale, FRIENDLY A CDL & experience with or 662−251−5683.
to it by the following ten- CITY MINI-WARE- agricultural tractors. 662−327−3081.
ants. HOUSES will convey All jobs are working on 1, 2, & 3 Baths
SEVERAL 1, 2, & 3
BEDROOM units
only such title as is ves- Tenn-Tom Waterway
Lease, Deposit
TERRA CARE
NOW THEREFORE, no- ted in it pursuant to its LANDSCAPING L.L.C. Project, must be 18 available soon. Various
2015 AUDI A8L
QUATTRO 29,000 mi.
tice is hereby given that lease with the following Phone: 662−549−1878 years old with clean, val-
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- and its allowed under & Credit Check locations. $375.00 − White w/ nugget brown
Landscaping, Property id driver’s license and $600.00 mth. Refer−
WAREHOUSES will offer Mississippi Code Annot- Clean Up, Plant Care, pass pre-employment
viceinvestments.com ences & good credit
interior. Premium pkg.,
327-8555
driver assist pkg., fully
for sale, and will sell at ated Section 85-7-121
et seq (Supp 1988).
drug screen. EOE
Bush Hogging, Herbicide Send resume or apply required. No pets, NO loaded, wi−fi paid for 1
auction to the highest
bidder for cash all per- Spraying. @: R & D Maintenance
HUD. Call Long & Long yr. 662−256−7845.
@ 662−328−0770.
sonal property in stor- Claudia Keating Services
Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070
age units leased by the N138 3600 West Plymouth Rd
Houses For Rent: New Hope
2015 CHEVY IMPALA
Columbus, MS 39701
Blk, 4dr, 6cyl, 82k mi,
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- Deanna Carter JESSE & BEVERLY’S 1BR/1BA W/ PRIVATE 7130
N226 LAWN SERVICE. PROGRESSIVE HEAT- BATH AVAILABLE. showroom clean, local
Alabama St. Columbus, Mowing, cleanup, ING & Cooling, Inc. is Apartment is 4BR w/ 3 3BR/1.5BA NEAR Lake owner, $9,600. See @
Emitra Humphries landscaping, sodding, & seeking an experienced established roommates. Lowndes. CH/A, private, 59 Amanda Dr. in New
N10 tree cutting. 356−6525. HVAC Technician. Ap- Walking distance from extra nice. No smoke, Hope Park Subdivision
2019. All auctions are plicants must have veri-
fiable experience and
MSU Campus. $450/ HUD or pets. $750/mo. off of Yorkville Rd. E.
with reserve and there- Kimberly Fowler mo. 662−415−0693 or + dep. Call 549−3329. 662−327−3081.
N133 Tree Services 1860 good work references.
662−415−2707.
withdrawn from the sale
at any time by the auc- Ladarius Jackson 10155 Darracott Ac- Houses For Rent: South 7140 CREDIT UNION DEALS
tioneer/manager. N231 Bucket truck & stump cess Road Apts For Rent: Other 7080 LOCAL RECLAIMED
Aberdeen, MS 3BR/2BA HOUSE Open VEHICLES
Title to the personal Patricia Webber Mon.-Fri. 8AM-4PM floor plan w/ concrete FINANCING AVAILABLE
Phone: 662-369-3694
property to be sold is N216 floors, fireplace, large MAKE OFFER AT
since 1987. Senior or 662-328-1080.
believed to be good, but fenced in backyard, CREDITUNIONDEALS.CO
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ carport. $1,000/mo.
CITY MINI-WARE- N220 242−0324/241−4447 Bargain Column 4180 M
205−683−5663
"We’ll go out on a limb
only such title as is ves- Stella Randle for you!" 42" HUSQVARNA RID− Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
ING LAWNMOWER. 2017 Zinger Crossroads
lease with the following
Bagger attached, new 123 BECK DR, 32ft RV
and its allowed under WITNESS MY SIGNA- blades, cuts/cranks 2005 Nissan Titan
TURE on this the 6th COLUMBUS. 14 x 64.
Mississippi Code Annot- J&A TREE REMOVAL
good, smokes while cutt 2006 Dodge Ram
ated Section 85-7-121 day of June, A.D. 2019. Work from a bucket 2BR/1BA. $450/mo.
Pickup 3500
et seq (Supp 1988). truck. Insured/bonded. −ing, $100. 574−1212. $450/dep. Includes
2012 Nissan Altima
FRIENDLY CITY Call Jimmy for free garbage. No pets. No
Carl Gardner MINI-WAREHOUSES estimate,
COMPANION
HUD. 662−574−7614. 2016 Toyota RAV4
COMPOUND MITER
E237 By: L.O. 662−386−6286. SAW, $50 cash.
2018 Toyota RAV4
2015 Jeep Wrangler
3BR/2BA TRAILER,
Chandra L. Johnson Publish: 6/7, 6/14, & Glass storm door, size New Hope school dist. 2017 Jeep Wrangler
E283 6/21/2019 Personals 2350 32x80, $20 cash. Call $500/mo & $500 dep. 2016 Ford Transit T−
662−549−2039. No pets, no drugs, no 350 VAN
David Kuhn 2008 GMC Yukon
E265 Air Cond & Heating 1030 LOOKING FOR
NEW JOVIAL stroller. partying. Call b/w 10a−
COMPANIONSHIP A 7p. 662−386−4292. Denali
$35. Office Jet scan/
Deshaun Garrett AIR CONDITION: New successful 67 y/o man NO TEXT MGS. 2010 Dodge Charger
printer 5255. $45.
installation, repairs, 2013 Dodge Charger
E99 is looking for a lady in
Deskjet color printer RENT A fully equipped
maintenance or service. their 60s, who would 2005 Honda Odyssey
1112. $20. 662−242−
Frederick Smith Also auto air condition like companionship & camper w/utilities & 2008 Chevrolet HHR
E230 repairs or service. Call maybe more. I love to
3290. 662−552−4200. DOWNTOWN 1BR − cable from $145/wk − 2017 Chevrolet Impala
Latoya Smith
John @ 549−7031 go to MSU athletic SONY CYBERSHOT This large 1 bedroom
apartment has been
$535/month. Columbus 2001 Ford Expedition
games, out to dinner, Sony H−300 digital & County School 2009 Ford Escape
E372
Building & Remodeling 1120 church activities & camera. $80. New Rice recently renovated. It locations. 662−242− 2013 Buick Lacrosse
more. Must be healthy, Cooker. 8 cups. $15. features great natural 7653 or 601−940− 2013 Chevrolet Equinox
Michael Anderson light, hardwood floors,
E211 in good shape, kind, Call BJ 662−242− 1397. 2012 BMW 3 Series
HOME REPAIRS &
CONSTRUCTION WORK outgoing & attractive. 3290. 662−552−4200. tall ceilings and access
Oscar Taylor, Jr. WANTED. Carpentry, We would meet first for to a shared laundry Commercial Property 8050 CREDIT UNION DEALS
E95 small concrete jobs, lunch or dinner. Must Furniture 4480 room. $750 rent and
3 ACRES CLEARED.
LOCAL RECLAIMED
$750 deposit. Utilities
Percolia Craddieth
electrical, plumbing, live in Columbus,
Starkville or West Point TWO PIECE LIVING included. No pets 1375 sq. ft. shop w/
VEHICLES
FINANCING AVAILABLE
roof repairs, pressure
E207
washing and mobile areas. Please send ROOM SET New please. Call Peter, power. 1256 sq. ft. MAKE OFFER AT
picture or note, phone loveseat and chaise for 662−574−1561. building w/ power. CREDITUNIONDEALS.CO
WITNESS MY SIGNA- home roof coating and
number included to P.O. sale. $500 662−240−4110. M
TURE on this the 6th underpinning. No job
day of June, A.D. 2019. too small. 549−7031. Box 8415, Columbus, 662−242−2884 205−683−5663
FRIENDLY CITY
MS 39705. Leave a message.
COLEMAN Houses For Sale: Other 8500
MINI-WAREHOUSES Garage Sales: East 4510 RENTALS HOUSE/ (AND) FOR SALE ’05 Ford
TOM HATCHER, LLC TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS MORTGAGE FOR SALE. Explorer. 3 seat, cold a/
By: L.O. Custom Construction, Clerical & Office 3050
118 STEWART AVE. Sat ADDRESS: 2108 c, head works, 192,000
Publish: 6/7, 6/14, &
Restoration, THE COMMERCIAL Dis- 7a−12p. Metal chairs, 1 BEDROOM PAULETTE RD. MACON miles, $3700. Will
6/21/2019
Remodeling, Repair, patch seeks a part-time lrg. mirror, coffee 2 BEDROOMS MS 39341 4 bedroom negotiate some.
circulation assistant.
IN THE CHANCERY 662−364−1769. Position reports to the
tables, jewelry & more. 3 BEDROOMS 2 bath. $310,000. ’99 Jeep Grand
Licensed & Bonded. circulation manager and General Merchandise 4600
662−708−0071. Cherokee. 4x4, inline, 6
cylinder, engine has
will assist in all duties LEASE,
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COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI REDUCED: RIVER been changed out,
pertaining to the ser-
IN RE: THE MATTER OF DO ALL SERVICE Home vice and distribution of
FOR SALE Whitney DEPOSIT HOME IN WEST POINT! 115,000 miles on new
Piano , good condition. Great area. Across from engine, cold a/c, heat,
THE ESTATE OF repair & remodel of all the newspaper to sub-
$200. LG washer & AND water w/ access to
kind & size. Experience, scribers. Candidate
CHARLIE "CHARLES" $3200.
CARROLL MEDLEY, DE- reliable, references must have flexibility on dryer, like new. $600. CREDIT CHECK Tenn−Tom waterway. ’00 Chevy Lumina. 6
CEASED
available. Free
hours (Daily and some Call 662−549−2039. 4BR/2BA w/ 2 acres & cylinder engine, 4 door,
Saturday nights). Must
CAUSE NO.: 2018-0048 estimates. Call Chris, have attention to detail, CHINA GARDEN 662-329-2323 large screened in room. low mileage engine,
$195,000. Call: 103,000 miles, heat/
662−889−4507. self-starter, exceptional Porcelain Dinnerware.
KAREN KEEN PETITION- customer service skills, Prestige pattern, 8−
662−245−4273 or air does not work,
662−889−1228. clean, new tires,
ER Carpet & Flooring 1150 able to pass a drug place sitting w/ all 2411 HWY 45 N
screen, must have good accessories, $350 $2300.
RULE 81 SUMMONS transportation, current COLUMBUS, MS Lots & Acreage 8600 Call 662−242−0267.
cash.
(Summons by Publica- driver's license and in-
surance. Please send Hilton sewing machine 225 ACRES W/ HOUSE Boats & Marine 9250
tion)
resume to The Commer- in cabinet , $35. As is, Commercial Property For IN LOWNDES CO. Fron−
cash.
THE STATE OF MISSIS- cial Dispatch, PO Box Rent 7100 tage on Hwy 50 E & 2013 TAHOE 195
SIPPI 511, Columbus, MS Kenmore sewing Brewer Rd. Excellent DECKBOAT. V8 engine
39703 or email to machine in cabinet, developmental property.
FOR RENT LOCATED w/ low hours. Runs
TO: ANY AND ALL UN- mfloyd@cdispatch.com. $25. As is, cash. NEAR DOWNTOWN. Clay, gravel & sand great. Ready to hit the
KNOWN HEIRS OF No phone calls, please. Call 662−549−2039. 3,000 sq. ft. truck deposits. Will divide. water. Located in
Charlie "Charles" Car-
roll Medley, deceased,
terminal, 9,500 sq. ft. 205−799−9846 or Starkville. $23,900.
General Help Wanted 3200
USE HAPPY JACK ®
shop & 3,200 sq. ft. 205−695−2248. Call or text 662−341−
and any and all per- PARACIDE to control
sons claiming or having DAVID’S CARPET & office/shop. Buildings 0374.
UPHOLSTERY APARTMENT MAINTEN- fleas & ticks on dogs & A RARE FIND... 68
a legal or equitable in- can be rented together
terest in the Estate of CLEANING ANCE TECH: Must have cats. Eliminate doggy or separately. All w/ wooded acres, Campers & RVs 9300
knowledge of light elec- odor restore healthy close to Columbus,
Charlie "Charles" Car- 1 Room − $40 excellent access & Hwy.
roll Medley, deceased. 2 Rooms − $70 trical duties, plumbing, coat. At Tractor Supply Realtor owned. Call
general maintenance, (www.kennelvax.com)
82 visibility. 662−327− 2011 HEARTLAND
3+ Rooms − $30 EA 9559. 662−312−5184. BUMPER PULL
You have been made a make ready units. Must
Rugs−Must Be Seen be able to pass crimin- CAMPER 2011
Defendant in the suit Car Upholstery
Lawn & Garden 4630 SUMMER SPECIAL.
filed in this Court by al and drug test. Must
OFFICE SPACE 1.75 acre lots. Good/
hreartland north country
Cleaning Available have DL and your own lakeside bumper pull
Lisa Younger Neese, HAYES DAYLILLIES AVAILABLE. Located on bad credit. 10% down,
Chancery Clerk and Peti- 662−722−1758 transportation. Please Open Garden. May 27− travel trailer model
email resume to Catfish Alley. 450 sq. ft. as low as $299/mo.
tioner, seeking to De- June 29. Digging from 29RKS. Purchased new
termine Heirs at Law of arast@hughesmgt.com w/ 1/2 bath. $400/mo. Eaton Land. 662−361− April 2012, one owner,
Charlie "Charles " Car- General Services 1360
8a−12p Mon.−Sat; 662−328−8655. 7711.
Other times by calling non−smoker. Large u−
roll Medley, deceased. shaped wrap around
662−251−6665. 1069
You are summoned to WORK WANTED: APARTMENT MAINTEN- kitchen counter. Dining
appear and defend New Hope Rd.
Licensed & Bonded− ANCE SUPERVISOR. table with 4 chairs.
against the complaint or carpentry, painting, & Responsible for all
petition filed against Sporting Goods 4720 Couch been covered
demolition. Landscap− maintenance staff. since purchase, makes
you in this action at
ing, gutters cleaned, Responsibilities: elec-
9:30 a.m. on 17th day ELLIPTICAL MACHINE into full bed, air
of July, 2019, in the bush hogging, clean−up trical, plumbing, build- Sole Elliptical E35 in mattress and pump
ing maintenance,
Courtroom of the Chan- work, pressure washing, troubleshooting, make excellent condition. Nice included. 2 euro−
cery Court Building in moving help & furniture ready, pool mainten- quiet machine. $450 recliners less than 3
the City of Columbus, repair. 662−242−3608. ance, prefer HVAC certi- 662−574−1561 years old. Walk thru
Lowndes County, Mis- fied. Must pass crimin- bath with neo−angle
sissippi, and in case of al background check Free Pets 5100
your failure to appear RETAINER WALL, and drug screening. Val-
shower. Queen size
and defend, a judgment driveway, foundation, bed in bedroom with a
id DL and must have FREE KITTENS Two
will be entered against brand new mattress. To
concrete, masonry your own vehicle. eight−week old kittens
you for the money or Please send resume to view camper call or text
other things demanded
restoration, remodeling, free to good homes.
662−364−2226.
arast@hughesmgt.com
in the complaint or peti- basement foundation,
tion. repairs, small dump
One boy and one girl,
both grey tabbies. Litter Even if you Additional photos
don’t get out much
available at request.
truck hauling (5−6 yd) box trained and good
You are not required to load & demolition/lot OUR COMPANY is seek- with people. $0.00 662
$10,000 negotiable.
file an answer or other cleaning. Burr Masonry, ing an experienced car- −549−4519 these days, you can $10,000.00 662−364−
2226
penter. The ideal can-
still “go shopping” in the
pleading but may do so 662−242−0259.
if you desire. didate will have an eye
Pets 5150
Motorcycles & ATVs 9400
Classifieds. You can find
for detail, be depend-
Issued under my hand able, have good commu- FEMALE CORGI &
HILL’S PRESSURE
and seal of said Court,
this 4th day of June
nication skills, reliable
WASHING Commercial/ transportation & basic FEIST MIXED Black & exactly what you’ve 1993 KAWASAKI
VOYAGER XII Only
white, wormed, up−to−
been looking for.
2019. Residential. House, tools. We specialize in
date shots. Call 662− 25,500 miles. Runs
concrete, sidewalks & home remodels & new
mobile washing. Free construction. Call 386−4517. & looks good. No
Lisa Younger Neese
problems. $3500.
Find someone to mow the lawn
CHANCERY CLERK est. 662−386−8925 662-312-3130 for info.
Business For Sale 6350 501−545−7750.
BY: Shantrell W. General Help Wanted 3200 •
Find someone to clean the house
Granderson, D.C. RESTAURANT FOR 1999 ROADSTAR 1600
SALE OR LEASE Only 45k miles. Hard
PUBLISH: 6/7, 6/14, & Opportunity to own/ • bags, rider & passenger
6/21/2019
operate an established
profitable strong Find that special recliner back rests w/ luggage
•
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI rack, has windshield.
COUNTY OF LOWNDES customer base and Ready to ride! $3500.
excellent reputation For Buy a computer system 501−545−7750.
•
NOTICE OF SALE info please email:
thisisforsell@yahoo.com Five Questions:
WHEREAS, the follow- Buy a used car
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
ing tenants entered in-
to leases with •
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES for stor-
3−4BR/1.5BA DUPLEX. Buy that rare coin 1 Maxx
age space in which to
Newly renovated. Large
backyard, HUD for your collection
store personal property . . . and lots more
2 Carhenge
accepted, at 1010 6th
and
The CommerCial
Ave. N. Call 662−425−
0332.
WHEREAS, default has
been made in the pay-
3 “The
DispaTCh
ment of rent and
FOX RUN APARTMENTS
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
WAREHOUSES pursu-
ant to said Leases is
$595−$645 monthly.
Military discount, pet
Breakfast
authorized to sell the area, pet friendly, and Club”
516 Main St.
personal property to sat- furnished corporate
isfy the past due and
Columbus, MS 39701
apts. 24−HOUR
any other charges owed
4 Germany
PROFESSIONAL GYM.
to it by the following ten- ON SITE SECURITY.
662-328-2424
ants.
ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
NOW THEREFORE, no-
5 “Snow
tice is hereby given that 24−HOUR CAMERA
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FRIENDLY CITY MINI- SURVEILLANCE. Benji @
WAREHOUSES will offer
for sale, and will sell at
662−386−4446. Crash”
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