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County seeks federal funds to replace levee at county lake

If levee breaks, it could affect 112 households
By Tess Vrbin away,” said Darren Herring, district
tvrbin@cdispatch.com director for U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly
(R-1st District).
The Oktibbeha The waters of Oktibbeha Coun-
County Lake Dam
The lake is in the northeastern
ty Lake Dam could pose danger to portion of the county, west of Coun-
is nearly empty in
nearby residents if the levee is not ty Lake Road, which includes the
places. The water
level has been replaced, according to county offi- bridge on the levee. It was built in
deliberately low cials. the 1960s and holds about 3,406
since 2016, when If it breaks, 17,500 acres of near- acre feet, or more than 148 million
the Mississippi by land would flood to some extent, cubic feet, of water at normal oper-
Department of and about 250 people would have to ating conditions. Its full capacity
Environmental evacuate at least 112 households, is more than 454 million cubic feet
Quality inspected county emergency management di- over 935 acres.
the dam and
found the levee
rector Kristen Campanella said. The county has minimized pres-
to be in serious “At the rate of deterioration the le- sure on the levee by limiting the
need of repair. vee is facing right now, time is a very amount of water in the dam since
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff valuable thing that’s slowly slipping See Levee, 6A

Prather leaving READY TO PLAY

Partnership after
almost 7 years
Will become Mississippi
Main Street community
development director
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

After more than a year as inter-

im CEO for the Greater Starkville
Development Partnership, Jennifer
Prather will start a new role with
the statewide tourism development
agency Mississippi Main Street As-
sociation on Oct. 1.
As community development di- Prather
rector, Prather will be the liaison
between MMSA and its 53 member
communities, including Starkville,
where she will be based. MMSA’s
member communities range in size
from larger cities like Gulfport, Bi-
loxi and Tupelo to smaller ones like
Byhalia and Saltillo.
Prather is looking forward to do- Spruill
ing the same kind of community de-
velopment work for other cities that she has done
for Starkville, she said.
“I’m really excited to help support them in the
work that they’re already doing,” Prather said.
Prather’s work for a city within MMSA was a Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
key part of her receiving the job, board president Joshua Moaughan, left, returns the ball to his teammate while playing doubles with Jonathan Corpstein, right,
Kevin Stafford said in a Monday press release. at the Mississippi University for Women tennis team’s first practice of the fall season Monday night at MUW.
See Prather, 3A The team’s first scrimmage of the season will be held next Thursday.

CVB debates who should

fund certain festivals
Roast-n-Boast to receive no tax funding Joe Langford
helps his
because of confusion about interlocal agreement grandson Rhett
Hall, 3, take
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN ing of local events. meat off of the
ialtman@cdispatch.com grill in this file
But that suggestion came only after photo from 2017
pointed barbs and letters exchanged Roast-n-Boast.
COLUMBUS — Officials with
Lowndes County, the city of Columbus through local media outlets between The festival
and Columbus-Lowndes Convention the CVB and county supervisors, and may go without
after multiple events went without funds from the
and Visitors Bureau all said they were
2-percent tourism
open to a sit-down meeting to clari- funding from any of the entities.
sales tax for this
fy language in interlocal agreements District 5 Lowndes County Super- year’s event.
among the entities regarding the fund- See CVB, 3A Dispatch file photo

Weather Five Questions Calendar Coming Sunday Public

1 In 1994, Bill Gates paid over $30 mil- Sept. 18-19, 22, 24-27, 29 meetings
lion to buy a notebook belonging to what Today: Starkville
■ “Pride and Prejudice”: Starkville
historical figure and artist? Board of Aldermen,
2 What legume also shares its name Community Theatre presents this play
5:30 p.m., City Hall
with a hip-hop group? by Kate Hamill, based on the Jane Aus-
Sept. 27: Starkville
3 Chévre cheese comes from the milk of ten novel, at 7:30 p.m. (except 2 p.m.
Board of Aldermen
what animal? Sept. 22) at the Playhouse on Main,
4 What’s the only pasta one should eat work session, 1:15
Jasper Sanders 108 E. Main St., Starkville. Reserva-
for good luck on New Year’s Day, accord- p.m., City Hall
Sixth grade, Caledonia tions open only to season ticket hold-
ing to Sicilian tradition? Oct. 1: Starkville
ers until Sept. 12, when ticket sales

96 Low 70
5 Who is the pirate leader in Treasure Board of Aldermen,
Island — Billy Bones, Long John Silver or open to the public. Tickets are $15;
High Captain Nemo? $10 for students, at 662-323-6855.
5:30 p.m., City Hall
Mostly clear Oct. 7: Oktibbeha
Answers, 6B County Board of
Full forecast on
page 2A. Thursday, Sept. 19 Supervisors, 5:30
■ Town & Tower: Mississippi Univer- p.m., Chancery
sity for Women President Nora Miller Courthouse
Inside gives a university update at this meet- Oct. 8: SOCSD
ing at 11:30 a.m. in the Pope Banquet Board of Trustees
Classifieds 6B Health 6A
Comics 5B Obituaries 5A Room on campus. Lunch cost is $15, regular meeting, 6
Crossword 3B Opinions 4A payable at the door. RSVP by Sept. 16 Find out who was voted Best of the p.m., Greensboro
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Tuesday
Did you hear?
Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as
Hurricane Humberto swirls away
The Associated Press ty of McLean’s Town.
Roberts was one of
MCLEAN’S TOWN, Ba- thousands of people begin- IN THE NATION
hamas — Jeffrey Roberts ning to return to salvage

Talks set to carry on but no

lifted a mustard-yellow what few scraps they can
curtain from the ground to from the devastation of
hunt for passports and oth- Dorian, even as the dark
er documents at the place

deal yet in UAW strike vs GM

storm clouds of Tropical
where his family’s home
Storm Humberto hovered
stood before Hurricane
above to remind that the
Dorian blasted into Grand
Bahama Island. storm season has not yet
What was underneath passed. The Associated Press working next to someone, doing company also said it offered higher
was sodden and unrecog- “We got to take what the same job and they’re making profit sharing, “nationally leading”
nizable. He shuffled across God gives us,” Roberts DETROIT — Talks are set to a lot more money,” he said. “They health benefits and an $8,000 pay-
a white tile floor, the only said. resume Tuesday after a pause should be the making the same as ment to each worker upon ratifica-
clear sign this had once In this case, at least, overnight, but there was no end to me. They’ve got families to sup- tion.
been a house, and found that was a break: Hum- the strike against General Motors. port.” Before the talks broke off, GM
a pair of rusty old pliers, berto narrowly missed the Brian Rothenberg, spokesman Kane said GM workers gave up offered new products to replace
only to toss them in frus- island over the weekend for the UAW, said Tuesday “They pay raises and made other conces- work at two of four U.S. factories
tration. They clattered and was projected to curve are talking, they’ve made prog- sions to keep GM afloat during its that it intends to close.
across the tiles, breaking north and then northeast, ress, we’ll see how long it takes.” 2009 trip through bankruptcy pro- The company pledged to build
the silence that had envel- staying well off of Florida’s The walkout by upward of tection. a new all-electric pickup truck at
oped the fishing communi- east coast. 49,000 United Auto Workers “Now it’s their turn to pay us a factory in Detroit, according to a
members has brought to a stand- back,” he said. “That was the person who spoke to The Associat-
still more than 50 factories and promise they gave.” ed Press on condition of anonymity.
parts warehouses in the union’s UAW Vice President Terry The person was not authorized to
Bermuda to face 670 miles west of Bermuda first strike against the No. 1 U.S. Dittes told GM that the company’s disclose details of the negotiations.
on Monday evening with automaker in over a decade.
lashing from Humberto maximum sustained winds Workers left factories and
latest offer might have made it
possible to reach an agreement if
The automaker also offered to
open an electric vehicle battery
MIAMI — The U.S. Na- of 90 mph. The storm was formed picket lines shortly after it had come earlier. plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where it
tional Hurricane Center moving east-northeast at 7 midnight Monday in the dispute has a huge factory that has already
says it expects Hurricane mph. over a new four-year contract. The stopped making cars and will be
Humberto to lash Bermu- Over the next few days, union’s top negotiator said in a let- closed. The new factory would be
da with high winds and
heavy rain later this week.
swells generated by Hum- ter to the company that the strike ‘Now it’s their turn in addition to a proposal to make
berto will roil the north- could have been averted had the
The center in Miami western Bahamas coast as company made its latest offer to pay us back. electric vehicles for a company
called Workhorse, the person said.
said Monday that Humber- well as the southeastern
to had strengthened and U.S. Atlantic coast from
sooner.
The letter dated Sunday sug-
That was the It’s unclear how many workers
the two plants would employ. The
could become a major hur- central Florida to North
ricane by Tuesday night or Carolina. Such swells
gests that the company and union
are not as far apart as the rheto-
promise they gave.’ closures, especially of the Ohio
plant, have become issues in the
Wednesday morning. The could pose life-threatening ric leading up to the strike had Paul Kane, from South 2020 presidential campaign. Pres-
Bermuda Weather Service surf and rip current con- indicated. Negotiations continued Lyon, Michigan, ident Donald Trump has consis-
has issued a tropical storm ditions to swimmers and Monday in Detroit after breaking a 42-year GM employee tently criticized the company and
watch for the island. surfers. off during the weekend. demanded that Lordstown be re-
Humberto was about SOURCE: AP But Rothenberg said the two opened.
sides have come to terms on only “We are disappointed that the Kristin Dziczek, vice president
2% of the contract. company waited until just two of labor and industry for the Center
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Buy an ad? community it out quickly and solidly.” “We are willing to meet as fre- when it made part of its offer pub-
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Physical address: 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39701 GM’s transmission plant in Tole- Rothenberg said that GM on The strike shut down 33 man-
do, Ohio, workers who said they Monday cancelled the workers’ ufacturing plants in nine states
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511 have been with the company for company-sponsored health insur- across the U.S., as well as 22
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 more than 30 years were con- ance, but the UAW had policies in parts-distribution warehouses. It’s
cerned for younger colleagues place and is covering striking work- the first national strike by the union
who are making less money under ers. since a two-day walkout in 2007 that
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516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 northwest region that
left thousands in need of helping a friend put a Dave McGregor, pres-
food, water and shelter. blue tarp on a damaged ident and COO of the
The list of missing stands roof. He said he was wor- Grand Bahama Power
at an alarming 1,300 peo- ried about his brother in Company, said crews
ple and the death toll at Abaco given the tropical would resume restoring
50. But officials caution storm. power as soon as possi-
the list is preliminary and “He’s still there. I don’t ble.
many people could just know why,” he said. “We are back in storm
be unable to connect with The hurricane center preparation mode again,
loved ones. said most of Humberto’s
unfortunately,” he said.
The storm originally heavy squalls were oc-
Guterres, who was in
threatened to exacerbate curring north and east of
Abaco on Saturday, said
the nation’s problems, the center of the storm,
he was “horrified” by the
but conditions appeared which passed just east of
level of “systematic dev-
to normalize Saturday af- Abaco. However, govern-
astation.”
ternoon. ment officials in the Baha-
At 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, mas took no chances and “Hurricane Dorian has
the U.S. National Hurri- urged people in damaged been classified as Catego-
cane Center said Hum- homes to seek shelter as ry 5. I think it’s Category
berto was located about they announced that aid Hell,” the U.N. secre-
135 miles (217 kilome- efforts would be tempo- tary-general said after his
ters) north-northwest of rarily affected. visit.
Great Abaco Island and “The weather system He said storms pow-
was moving 7 mph (11 will slow down logistics,” ered by climate change
kph) north-northwest said Carl Smith, spokes- had grown more intense,
with maximum sustained man for the National and he implored the in-
winds of 60 mph (97 kph). Emergency Management ternational community to
The Bahamian govern- Agency. learn from the example of
ment discontinued a trop- The distribution of Abaco and Grand Baha-
ical storm warning earlier meals in Grand Bahama ma and provide support.
SOLUNAR TABLE in the evening. was reduced ahead of the “We have always had
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game. Weather forecasters storm, and a spokesman many hurricanes, but
Tues. Wed.
Major 2:30a 3:12a say Humberto will like- for the United Nations now they are more in-
Minor
Major
8:46p
2:51p
9:16p
3:33p
ly become a hurricane World Food Program said tense, and they are more
Minor 9:18a 10:13a
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
Sunday as it moves away all flights into its logistics frequent,” he said.
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
from the Bahamas, but hub in Marsh Harbor in SOURCE: AP
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Seventh Avenue Heritage Festival canceled due to lack of funding

Karriem calls off annual event after Seventh Avenue Heritage Fes-
tival. In August, the city coun-
affected by those funds,” he
said. “We just couldn’t wait to
distributed in two payments.
“That’s what we have always
funding request held up in mayor’s office cil approved a request from
Karriem to close off streets in
see when we were going to get
the money, so I started calling
done,” Carpenter said. “We
disperse half of the money in
BY SLIM SMITH has with the city and county set the area during the festival and sponsors last week, notifying advance and the other half af-
ssmith@cdispatch.com aside $60,000 for four specified another request to permit beer them that we had to cancel. It’s ter the event. That’s always
events in the city and $30,000 sales at the festival. sad. This is one of the oldest been our procedure.”
C OL U M BU S for three events in the county. “When we got the request, events in the city.”
— District 41 Karriem said there is no
Seventh Avenue Heritage Festi- we didn’t wait 30 days,” Car- Karriem said he believes
State Rep. Kabir provision in the interlocal
val is one of the four specified penter said. “We sent it in right the mayor intentionally delayed
Karriem has can- away. We are doing what we are forwarding the request to the agreement that calls for that
city based festivals and was method of payment, though
celed this year’s told to do. If we are told to write CVB.
meant to receive $15,000 from — as Carpenter pointed out —
Seventh Avenue a check, we’ll make that hap- “I feel it’s malicious,” Kar-
tax funds. that is how festivals, including
Heritage Festi- pen. That’s all I can say.” riem said. “I have been asking
Under the terms of the inter- Karriem’s, have received CVB
val, scheduled Columbus Mayor Robert about the money for some time
for Oct. 4-5, be- Karriem local agreements, those funds
Smith said he had thought Kar- now. My mother asked the may- funding in the past.
cause the city of are to be released by the CVB
riem’s request had been sent to or about it two Thursdays ago. “Go look at the agreement,”
Columbus failed to the event organizer “within
the CVB soon after his office Councilmen (Stephen) Jones he said. “There’s no language
to comply with 30 calendar days” after the city
received it. and (Joseph) Mickens told me that says that. It just lists the
terms of the in- or county has been notified of “(Karriem) sent the letter they would ask the mayor about amount for each festival. The
terlocal agree- the request. in at about the same time that it. I just don’t accept this was
Karriem provided a letter full amount should be sent upon
ment for funding councilman (Gene) Taylor sent accidental.” the request if you are going by
from the 2-per- dated June 25, asking for the in his request for the (South- Smith flatly refuted that ac-
city to request the release of the interlocal agreement. They
cent restaurant side Blues Festival), which was cusation.
Smith the $15,000 designated for the seem to be making things up as
sales tax. over the July 4th weekend,” “Why would I do that on
event in the interlocal agree- they go.”
The restau- Smith said. “I thought my sec- purpose? It’s ludicrous,” Smith
rant tax, which collects rough- ment. Karriem said not getting the
retary had sent both of them in. said. “As it is, he’s still getting
ly $2 million per year, gained CVB Executive Director She hadn’t. I’ll take responsibil- the money three weeks before fund in a timely matter was par-
approval in the Legislature in Nancy Carpenter said her office ity for that.” his event. It’s up to him what ticularly galling.
March after the previous tax was not notified of the request Karriem said the uncertain- happens with the festival. He’s “I had really worked hard in
had not been renewed the previ- until last week. An item on this ty of when he would receive the going to get the money he re- the Legislature in support of
ous year. Interlocal agreements evening’s city council agenda funds caused him to cancel this quested.” getting the tax back,” he said.
the Columbus-Lowndes Con- calls for discussion/approval year’s event. Karriem also questioned “So for this to happen, it’s real-
vention and Visitors Bureau for payment of $7,500 to the “So much of what we do is why the festival money is being ly a slap in the face.”

CVB
Continued from Page 1A
visor Leroy Brooks sug-
gested a joint meeting
during Friday’s board of
supervisors regular ses-
sion while referencing a
letter CVB board attorney
Chris Hemphill wrote,
which printed in Thurs-
day’s edition of The Co-
lumbus Packet. In the let-
ter, Hemphill demanded
an apology from supervi-
sors who had been quoted
in The Packet as saying
the CVB gave “the run-
around” to organizers of
the annual barbeque com-
petition Roast-n-Boast,
who had gone before the
CVB board asking for
funding.
“What I’ve said … at
least at the beginning of
the year is that we need
to get with (Columbus
Mayor Robert Smith) and
(CVB Executive Director
Nancy Carpenter) and
get this thing worked out
because it doesn’t serve
any useful purpose for
them printing letters in
the paper about what we
said,” Brooks said, later
adding Hemphill’s letter
was “petty.”
“If people on the board
over there don’t want to
be on the board, they
need to get off,” he added.
“If the director don’t want
to be director, she needs
to retire. I just don’t think
anybody’s got time for all
this foolishness.”
Carpenter did not re-
spond directly to Brooks’
comment, but said she
would be happy to meet
with Smith and supervi-
sors to further discuss
who would fund what
events.
CVB board president
Steve Wallace said at the
board’s regular meeting
Monday that he had been
thinking the same thing.
“The county and the
city get a pretty big chunk
of money, and by legis-
lative action it has got
to be spent on tourism,”
Wallace said. “... I think
it would be a great idea
were we to contact the
city and county and see if
we could just sit down.”
CVB signed interlo-
cal agreements with the
city and county earlier
this year to divide funds
collected from the 2-per-
cent restaurant sales tax,
which brings in about $2
million per year. The state
Legislature passed a law
mandating the city receive
$400,000 for parks and
tourism-related events,
the county $300,000 for
parks and tourism-related
events, the Golden Trian-
gle Development LINK
$250,000 and CVB the
remainder. Per the inter-
local agreements, CVB
must allocate, from its
share, $15,000 each for
four designated festivals
in the city and $10,000
each for three county
based festivals.
Festivals
without funding
Since the implementa-
tion of the 2-percent tax,
which just came back on
the books in June after a
year of not being collect-
ed, events which previ-
ously received some fund-
ing from CVB have gone
without unless specifical-
ly listed in the interlocal
agreements.
One such upcoming
event is the Roast-in-
Boast, scheduled for Oct.
4-5. Earlier this summer,
organizers asked the
CVB for $5,000 to help
with the event, which or-
ganizer Kris Davis said
is what CVB provided the
event in 2017.
Though Carpenter pro-
vided Davis with promo-
tional materials like visi-
tors brochures, she said
CVB did not give Roast-
n-Boast any funding this
year.
Davis said she and oth-
er organizers went first to
the city council, who told
them the city didn’t have
the money, and then back
to CVB.
“We were directed to
go to the county, who then
directed us back to the
CVB,” she said.
She said Roast-n-Boast
will have to get its money
primarily from corporate
sponsorships and private
fundraisers this year.
Carpenter told The Dis-
patch Friday CVB doesn’t
have funding available to
provide money to festivals
and events not specified
in the agreements.
“We have a budget and
we’re going to adhere to
our budget,” she said.
“We really don’t have flex-
ibility at this time.”
Roast-n-Boast isn’t
alone. Carpenter said in
the past CVB had a bud-
get of about $167,000 to
fund cultural events and
sports and fishing tour-
naments. Some of those
include the annual Ten-
nessee Williams Tribute
Festival, which was held
earlier this month, the
upcoming SLW Fishing
Tournament, the 55 and
Over Tennis Tournament
held in the spring, Wings
Over Columbus and Fire-
works on the Water —
which CVB funds with
Columbus Air Force Base
— multiple soccer tourna-
ments and other sporting
events.
While some events,
like Tennessee Williams
Tribute, were held with-
out CVB funds this year,
others, like Fireworks on
the Water, were not held
at all.
It was the Roast-n-
Boast funding issue that
prompted comments from
county supervisors and
the letter from Hemphill.
“We had our attorney
write the letter because
it was said that we gave
people the runaround,
which we do not, and that
we were not telling the full
truth,” Carpenter said.
“Well, we did. We told
them, ‘This is what the
city can use the money
on.’ I just went straight to
the interlocal agreement.”
However, neither the
city nor the county pro-
vided funding for Roast-n-
Boast, Davis said, adding
the event would rely on
corporate sponsorships
and planned fundraisers
instead.
Agreements to meet
While the city could not
provide the funding due
to financial constraints,
supervisors’ board attor-
ney Tim Hudson said he
was concerned state law
legally prohibits the coun-
ty from funding events
not specified in other leg-
islation.
“Sort of a real general
rule is the municipali-
ties can spend money on
anything unless it’s pro-
hibited,” Hudson said.
“Counties are the exact
opposite. We can’t spend
any money unless it’s au-
thorized. ... There’s been
several things in the past
that have been like one-
time things (where) we
would get legislative au-
thority to do that.”
Carpenter argued lan-
guage in the House Bill
that governs the use of
the 2-percent tax says
supervisors can use the
county’s $300,000 for
tourism.
“It clearly states what
both the city and the coun-
ty can use their $400,000
and $300,000 on as far as
recreation, tourism, …
tourism-related events
and entertainment,” she
said.
But Hudson said that
wording is too vague and
may not override the al-
ready-existing legislation
about what counties can
and can’t fund. He said he
would rather have a legal
opinion from the state
attorney general’s office
before donating money
to Roast-n-Boast or other
events.
Also, both the city and
county have earmarked
their respective share of
the tourism tax to fund
infrastructure improve-
ments at parks.
Sanders said the
Roast-n-Boast just proved
the city, county and CVB
needed to meet to discuss
policy moving forward
because it would be a
problem for CVB to only
fund festivals listed in the
agreement.
“Roast-n-Boast brings
in considerable business,”
he said. “People come
from all over and stay
in hotels. It’s a big deal.
They’re bringing money
in. It’s not a festival. It’s
a tourism event, but the
CVB doesn’t want to fund
it for some reason.”
Mayor Smith also
agreed to the meeting.
“It would probably be a
good idea for all parties to
sit down and go over this
and make sure we’re all
on the same page,” Smith
said.
CVB board member
DeWitt Hicks suggested
Wallace and Carpenter
have a prepared list of
events they feel deserve
funding when the meet-
ing takes place.
Carpenter agreed,
pointing out fishing tour-
naments and sporting
events are also major driv-
ers of tourism in the area.
“What we don’t need
to do is wait (to have the
meeting),” she said.

Prather
Continued from Page 1A
“We look forward to
getting her on board and
tapping into the energy
and new perspectives
she brings to the MMSA
table,” Stafford said.
Prather joined the
Partnership in January
2013 as special events
and projects coordinator
and later served as direc-
tor of tourism before she
was appointed interim
CEO in June 2018. Scott
Maynard, the previous
CEO, left to become the
program director of em-
ployer relations at Flori-
da State University’s ca-
reer center.
Prather has seen the
city “grow exponential-
ly” since she first joined
the partnership, and she
appreciated working
with a variety of people
and organizations to
foster that growth, she
said.
“My job gave me the
opportunity to work
with the community and
really get to know the
people who make up our
success,” she said.
The city’s relation-
ship with Mississippi
State University has
blossomed, she said, and
she is particularly proud
of her work to build a
connection between the
city and the orientation
program for incoming
MSU freshmen.
“It really allowed us to
be the first point of con-
tact for people who were
coming to Starkville to
make it their home for
the next four years,”
Prather said.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said she looks forward
to continuing to work
with Prather in her new
role.
“We will certainly
miss her creativity and
the focus of the events
that have made a differ-
ence in making us a des-
tination,” Spruill said.

Correction
n In Sunday’s edition, The Dispatch misreported the county millage for 2019. It was 44.01 mills. Also, $467,000
is the Fiscal Year 2020 value of a county school district mill.

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MARY ANN HARDY Controller

Letters to the editor

Finds recent editorial misguided
This letter is provided in response to
the editorial opinion that appeared in the
Commercial Dispatch on September 5,
2019, entitled “Our View: Corporations
Should Honor Good Faith Deals with
the Community.” In this opinion piece,
the writer (presumably the editor)
calls in question the integrity of Steel
Dynamics by alleging that the company
is attempting to exploit or “play shell
games” with its fee-in-lieu of ad valorem
tax agreement with Lowndes County.
This is simply not the case and your
opinion printed on September 5 reflects,
at best, misinformation provided to the
newspaper or, at worst, uninformed and
careless journalism.
In this article, you do correctly state
that fee-in-lieu of tax agreements have
served as an important tool for attract-
ing manufacturing and other industries
to our county. Without such tools at our
disposal, we would never have attracted
such companies to our community who
have invested billions of dollars and
created thousands of jobs.
You wrongly allege that Steel Dy-
namics is somehow engaging in “bait
and switch maneuvers,” which somehow
“violate the spirit of the [fee-in-lieu]
agreement.” On the contrary, Steel Dy-
namics has lived up to each of its fee-in-
lieu agreements with our community in
every possible way. Four (4) such agree-
ments are currently in place and have
been negotiated between the company
and the county each time the company
has made a substantial, qualifying new
capital investment at the mill site. The
most recent fee-in-lieu agreement was
executed in 2017 as an incentive to have
Steel Dynamics construct and operate
its new paint line facility in lowndes
County (as opposed to another mill loca-
tion). As part of this new agreement, the
county agreed to tax Steel Dynamics’
taxable inventory under the latest fee-
in-lieu arrangement which is permitted
as such inventory turns over multiple
times each year. The 2017 fee-in-lieu
agreement was diligently negotiated and
was ultimately approved unanimously
by each of the undersigned Supervisors.
This agreement was also approved and
executed by the county tax assessor,
Greg Andrews, and was certified by the
Mississippi Development Authority as
compliant with the State’s fee-in-lieu
laws.
Any implication that Steel Dynam-
ics is acting as anything other than
an outstanding corporate neighbor
is misguided and just plain wrong.
Since completing the new steel mill
in 2007, the company has paid more
than $87,500,000 in county and school
property taxes and fee-in-lieu payments.
This amount reflects only the payments
made directly by Steel Dynamics. It
does not reflect the additional millions
in taxes paid by the various steel pro-
cessors, vendors and other companies
that have located in Lowndes County
because of the steel mill.
Steel Dynamics directly provides jobs
for more than 780 people, and at average
annual salary/wage rate that is more
than twice the county average. These
780 employees do not include the hun-
dreds more working for related proces-
sors, vendors and other companies- jobs
that would not exist in the county but for
Steel Dynamics.
In addition to tax revenues and job
opportunities, Steel Dynamics has
consistently supported our community
in other ways. The company recent-
ly sponsored a house for Habitat for
Humanity home build in Columbus;
and they routinely support other local
organizations such as the Pushmataha
Area Council (Boy Scouts), the Good
Samaritan Medical Clinic, United Way,
the Salvation Army Christmas drive,
Mississippi School for Math & Science,
the Rotary Foundation, Columbus Arts
Council, Columbus Police and Fire
Departments, the Boys & Girls Club,
Columbus Lowndes Parks and Recre-
ation, Columbus Air Force Base, as well
as multiple other schools and non-profit
groups.
Misguided opinions or articles, such
as your September 5th opinion, damage
our ability to successfully attract new
industries to the Golden Triangle. Also
understand that our existing industries
have other plants around the country,
and in some cases around the world.
Local plants compete with sister plants
in other places for limited resources and
capital for expansions and continued
operations. When a community begins
to be perceived as being an unfriendly
or hostile place for reinvestment, our
community can suffer when such deci-
sions are made. Each of the undersigned
Supervisors asks that the newspaper
formally print a retraction of the Sep-
tember 5th opinion piece as it relates to
Steel Dynamics.
Harry Sanders
Bill Brigham
John Holliman
Jeff Smith
Leroy Brooks
Lowndes County Supervisors
Peter Imes responds: The Dispatch’s ed-
itorial board agrees the above-referenced
editorial was unfair in lumping SDI’s
fee-in-lieu agreement with the practices of
Caledonia Energy Partners. SDI’s fee-in-
lieu was fairly negotiated with the board of
supervisors and was approved by multiple
local and state entities; Caledonia Energy
Partners appears to have been purpose-
fully deceitful in efforts to reduce their
tax burden. We apologize to SDI, who has
a record of being an excellent corporate
citizen. The Dispatch strives for accuracy
and fairness. If you think we got some-
thing wrong, please email us at news@
cdispatch.com and voice@cdispatch.com.
Concerned with Columbus streets
Pity those of us who often visit
church members, friends, and/or family
at the hospital. The street leading to
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden
Triangle happens to be one of the worst
in this town. I complain each and every
time I drive down it because it is so worn
out it beats you to death. But you know,
it really embarrasses me to think of
visitors (or patients) from other towns
to be subjected to riding on this street.
Columbus must develop some pride
in ownership of our city we like to call
“The Friendly City.” I personally don’t
think we’re being very friendly when
people have to ride on streets such as
this. But, of course, this isn’t the only
street needing repairs — not by a long
shot. We just happened to go to the hos-
pital today to visit a church member, and
I once again complain about it.
Please, please Columbus... do some-
thing about our streets. It’s tearing up
our vehicles, bruising our bodies and
generally making our blood pressure go
higher!
Sarah Studdard
Columbus

Musings

The right to bear vapes

The vaping industry, tragical-
ly unrepresented by the National
Rifle Association, is in danger of
seeing its profitable berry- and
s’mores-flavored business go up
in smoke, or at least in vapor.
The doctors say vaping kills you.
I’m an old-fashioned pipe
smoker. Not so long ago, I was
sitting outside at my job, peace-
fully puffing a pipe, when I was
approached by one of the office
vapeheads, a guy in his 20s. Marc Dion
“Oh, you smoke a pipe,” he
said, puffing on a metal and
glass contraption that looked like a see-through carbure-
tor.
“Yeah,” I said. “It’s like vaping, but for men.”
I suppose my 62-year-old somewhat tweedy self can
be excused for throwing the oldest insult of all at another
man, which is to say that the other man is doing some- Campaign 2020
thing a woman would do. Maybe someday that kind of
sexist insult will vanish from America, but if the young
guys I know are a good indication, it’s gonna take a while.
Down here at the scratch-ticket end of the economy,
Something’s off about Elizabeth Warren
we are greatly encouraged to be manly men, to be “alpha Ed Rendell The Congressional Biden beating Trump by double
males.” In fact, “beta male” is one of the insults my young recently whacked Research Service digits. Most also have Sanders
male buddies sling at each other, usually while vaping. Elizabeth Warren determined that the and Warren besting Trump but
They say it the same way me and my buddies said, “Hey, when she bashed Joe tax’s effect on these by far less comfortable margins.
Nancy,” to each other as an insult. Biden for taking rich businesses would Remember also that, in 2016,
At an age when most high school boys could clean donors’ money. The have been “modest” Hillary Clinton easily outran
me up in a fist fight, I am rapidly withdrawing from most former Pennsylvania because it was “rela- Trump in the popular vote. It was
expressions of traditional maleness, though I can still governor wrote that tively small.” The tax her narrow losses in a few key
be counted on for a few things: I work hard. I keep my he himself had run a is now “temporarily” states that delivered an Electoral
promises. And I plunge nearly all of my paycheck into “swanky” fundraiser suspended. College victory, and the presiden-
household expenses. for Warren’s Senate Republicans were cy, to Trump. The latest poll num-
Still, I don’t own a motorcycle, or a “Kill ‘Em All, Let race, for which she delighted to work with bers in these states show Biden
God Sort ‘Em Out” T-shirt, and I carry a modestly sized thanked him royally. Froma Harrop Warren on this issue. ahead of Trump and Warren quite
jackknife in my pocket, not a saw-toothed monster on my Furthermore, she Their tack is to kill vulnerable.
belt. transferred $10.4 million of her Obamacare by taking away the In Wisconsin, according to
Most governments like traditional masculinity. It fills big-money hauls into her presi- means to pay for it. The medical recent polls, Biden would defeat
the armed forces with young men. It makes us vote for dential campaign while bragging device tax could have raised $29 Trump by 9 points and Warren
our guns over our wallets. It ensures that we will never that she was only accepting small billion over 10 years. would tie. In Michigan, Biden
look at our skinny paychecks and considering joining donations. If Warren didn’t have the guts beats Trump by 10 points and
forces with underpaid women, underpaid men, minority Calling that maneuvering to defend this relatively minor Warren wins by 6. Let’s assume
group members and, worst of all, gays. It ensures that we sleazy would be overdoing it, contribution to expanding health that Biden would take his home
will forever have more interest in flying the Confederate but there is certainly something coverage, how would she secure state of Pennsylvania.
flag than we have in walking a picket line to rid ourselves untoward about it. the trillions required to provide And there are the other swing
of our own bondage. Warren refuses to say what government health care for every- states. In Texas and Arizona,
Oh, sure, we kill ourselves at an alarming rate, but taxes she would raise to cover her one? Add to that her expensive polls have Biden edging out
only a beta male doesn’t see the charm of, the outright “Medicare for All” health care vows to make four-year college Trump, Warren probably not.
maleness of, going out with the taste of gun oil on your plan. Bernie Sanders’ similar free, cancel student loan debt and Ohio and Nevada polls have
tongue. Alpha male swagger drives us to mass shootings, vision — a single-payer plan that provide universal day care for Biden ahead by about 8 points
and Nazism, and woman beating, and excessive drinking does away with private coverage children. and Warren in a tie with Trump.
and everything but rebellion against those who really — would cost an estimated $33 Politicians often dangle free The biggest surprise is New
hurt us. trillion over 10 years. stuff — minus plans to fund them Hampshire, where Biden would
We are strong, but we are misdirected. And we are Recall Warren’s efforts to — and some of these proffered win the general election by 10
more misdirected every day, being told from all sides repeal the medical device tax. benefits are desirable. But shoot- points, but Warren would proba-
that the only acceptable form of manhood is a uniform (It covered such equipment as ing off such a long list of extrava- bly lose.
or a gun, or both. “Don’t Tread On Me,” says the flag we X-ray scanners, MRI machines gant promises insults the public’s We know polls can be volatile
hang up in our garage, but a foot is on our neck every and pacemakers.) The tax was intelligence. and at times unreliable. But so
minute of our lives, until the nursing home strips our intended to help subsidize health And how is she going to many arrows point to Warren’s
soon-to-be-widow of every dime we ever saved because coverage under the Affordable square her populist appeals to weaknesses in a general election.
only beta males want national health insurance. Care Act. working-class voters with her There really is something off
As for the vaping industry, tell them to tape a bullet It happens that a good number support for nearly open borders? about her. The sooner Democrats
to the side of every vape item they sell. They will thus of medical device companies One can’t deny Warren’s figure that out, the better their
become constitutionally protected instruments of democ- live in Warren’s state. Warren smarts, verve and ability to speak chances to defeat Trump in 2020.
racy that cannot be banned no matter how many die. insisted that the tax had to go “so plain English. At the same time, Froma Harrop, a syndicated
Marc Dion, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a Massachusetts device companies Democrats can’t ignore her shaky columnist, writes for the Provi-
reporter and columnist for The Herald News, the daily can continue to innovate and save poll numbers against Donald dence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her
newspaper of his hometown, Fall River, Massachusetts. For lives.” That’s the argument used Trump. Nearly all the recent gen- e-mail address is fharrop@gmail.
more on Dion, go to go to www.creators.com. to justify high drug prices. eral election matchups show Joe com.
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Shelton and Willie Church. Burial will
Mae Shelton. She was follow at the church
formerly employed as cemetery. Visitation will
a seamstress with Red be one hour prior to the
Kap Industries and a services at the church.
member of Congrega- Dowdle Funeral Home
tional Worship Center. of Millport, Alabama,
In addition to her is in charge of arrange-
parents, she was ments.
preceded in death by Mr. Wharton was
her husband, Edward born April 25, 1932, to
Petty; and siblings, the late Thomas Jef-
Ann Shelton McKinley, ferson and Vada Fields
Elnora Johnson, Marie Wharton. He was a
Godfrey, Willie L. Shel- U.S. Army veteran and
ton and Fred Shelton. formerly employed with
She is survived by Seminole Manufactur-
her children, Edward ing in Columbus. He
Petty Jr. of Columbus, was a member of Mace-
Latarshish Renea donia Freewill Baptist
incomplete and will be
announced by Lown-
des Funeral Home of
Columbus.
Larry Whitely
COLUMBUS — Lar-
ry Whitely, 67, died
Sept. 16, 2019, at his
residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Tommie Rice
STARKVILLE —
Tommie c. Rice, 77,
of arrangements. all of Starkville, MS;
He is survived by his and brothers, Sammie
wife, Thelma Edwards Rice, Edward Rice, Rob-
Rice of Starkville; son, ert Rice, Aaron Rice,
Tommie L. Rice of Olive Vernon Rice and Melvin
Branch; daughters, Rice, all of Starkville.
Nanette Davis of Chi-
cago Heights, Illinois, Freddie Fields
Doris Duckworth of COLUMBUS —
Grand Rapids, Michi- Freddie Fields passed
gan, Patricia Robinson away.
and Beverly Ray, both Arrangements are
of Starkville; sisters,
incomplete and will be
Fannie Williams of announced by Memori-
Chicago, Illinois; Cara al Gunter Peel Funeral
Thompson, Betty Bak- Home and Crematory,
er, Cecelia Ashford and Second Avenue North
Elizabeth Wadlington, location.

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Mary Petty
COLUMBUS —
Mary Sue Petty, 66,
died Sept. 11, 2019, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital-Golden Triangle.
Services
will be at
11 a.m.
Wednes-
day at
Bibleway
Pro-
gressive
Church Petty
of God in
Christ, with Grover
Richards officiating
Burial will follow at
Memorial Gardens
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 3-8 p.m. today at
Congregational Wor-
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Funeral Services of
Columbus is in charge
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Mrs. Petty was born
Jan. 24, 1953, in Steens,
to the late Frank
Rosa Smith
died Sept. 13, 2019, in
Petty-Linson of Jack- Church. Starkville.
son, Howard Petty of In addition to his Services will be at
Memphis, Tennessee, parents, he was pre- 11 a.m. Wednesday at
Elliott Petty of Liberty, ceded in death by his Rosa Jean Smith, 70, of
West Memorial Chapel. Columbus, MS, passed away
Alabama, and Kristal wife, Ella Mae Whar- Burial will follow at
Petty of Horn Lake; sib- ton; daughter, Pamela Sunday, September 15, 2019, at
Rest Haven Cemetery. Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN.
lings, Virginia Dunlap Kay Barnes; and sister, Visitation is from 1-6
of Stockbridge, Geor- Willette Wheat. Visitation will be Wednesday,
p.m. today at the funer- September 18, 2019, from 6-8
gia, Henrietta Bass He is survived by his al home. West Memo-
of Phoenix, Arizona, sons, Gary Wharton PM at Lowndes Funeral Home.
rial Funeral Home of Funeral service will Thursday,
Abraham Shelton and and Ronnie Wharton, Starkville is in charge
Joseph Shelton, both both of Vernon; sisters, September 19, 2019, at 3 PM at
of Columbus; 18 grand- Louise Vail, Kathryn Lowndes Funeral Home Chap-
children; and seven Oglesby, Jean Bolling el, with Pastor Jerry Oakes and
Bro. Jammie Turner officiating.
grandchildren. and Patricia Hollis;
brothers, Charles
Mrs. Smith was born September 22, 1948, in
Luf Kin, TX, to the late Merrell Meredith and
Thyra Ford Wharton, Frank Whar-
Rosa Lee Chavers. She married her husband,
PEWEE VALLEY, ton, Buren Wharton
Mason Smith, on March 15, 1991, in Eustace, TX.
Ky. — Thyra Mae Ford, and Doug Wharton;
Mrs. Smith was a member of Gun Barrel First
93, died Sept. 15, 2019, and two grandchildren.
Assembly of God in Gun Barrell, TX before mov-
at Friendship Health ing to Columbus, MS, where then she attended
and Rehab in Pewee Travis Lindsey 1st Assembly in Sulligent and Asbury Commu-
Valley, Kentucky. MACON — Travis nity Church. She retired from being a preschool
Services will be Lindsey died Sept. 15, teacher. She was a loving wife and mother and
at 10 a.m. Saturday 2019, at his residence. will be dearly missed.
at Fairview Baptist Services will be at In addition to her parents, Mrs. Smith is pre-
Church in Columbus. 11 a.m. Wednesday ceded in death by her husband of 21 years, Ma-
Burial will follow at at Good Hope Baptist son Smith; sons, Jimmy Haley and Kevin Haley;
Friendship Cemetery. Church. Burial will Freddie Fields granddaughters, Afton Bragg and Shellie Haley.
Visitation will be one follow at Salem Ceme- Incomplete Mrs. Smith is survived by children, Candice
hour prior to services tery. Visitation will be 2nd Ave. North Location (Cliff) Bragg and Chester Maxey; brother, Vester
at the church. Lown- two hours prior to the Meredith; and grandchildren, Brittney Haley
des Funeral Home of services at the church. Biller, Laura Haley Curtis, Ricky Haley, Mariah
Columbus is in charge Cockrell Funeral Home Haley Villines, Grant Haley, Griffin Haley, Cage
of arrangements. of Macon is in charge of Bragg, Kristina Maxey, Rickey Maxey and Em-
arrangements. ery Maxey.
James Wharton Memorials may be made out to the American
MILLPORT, Ala. Robin Bennett Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300,
— James Wharton, 87, COLUMBUS — Rob- Rockville, MD 20852.
died Sept. 16, 2019, in in Dale Bennett, 61, memorialgunterpeel.com
Columbus. died Sept. 16, 2019, at Compliments of
Services will be at Baptist Memorial Hos- Lowndes Funeral Home
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2 p.m. Friday at Mace- pital-Golden Triangle.
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AROUND THE WORLD

Taliban kill 24 at Afghan

president’s rally; Ghani unhurt
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghani-
stan — A Taliban suicide
bomber on a motorcycle
targeted a campaign ral-
ly by President Ashraf
Ghani in northern Af-
ghanistan on Tuesday,
killing at least 24 people
and wounding 31. Ghani
was present at the venue
but was unharmed, ac-
cording to his campaign
chief.
Just hours later, an ex-
plosion struck near the
U.S. Embassy in Kabul
but details on that blast
were not immediate-
ly known. The Taliban
claimed both attacks.
The violence comes
as Afghanistan faces
presidential elections on
Sept. 28 — a vote the Tal-
iban vehemently oppose.
The insurgent group has
warned Afghans not to
vote in the election, and
said their fighters would
target election campaigns
as well as polling stations.
In Tuesday’s attack in
northern Parwan prov-
ince, the bomber rammed
his motorcycle packed
with explosives into the
entrance of the venue
where Ghani was cam-
paigning on the outskirts
of the city of Charakar.
There were many wom-
en and children among
the casualties, said Dr.
Qasim Sangin, a local of-
ficial.
Wahida Shahkar,
spokeswoman for Par-
wan’s governor, said the
rally had just begun when
the explosion occurred.
Local television foot-
age of the attack showed
twisted wreckage and Campaigning for the
charred remains of mili- Afghan elections resumed
tary and police vehicles last week after President
that were apparently po- Donald Trump declared
sitioned near where the that the U.S.-Taliban talks
powerful blast which have been going
Firdaus Faramarz, on for months in the Gulf
spokesman for the Kabul Arab state of Qatar are
police chief, said there over.
was no immediate infor- Most presidential can-
mation about any casu- didates had suspended
alties in the Kabul blast, their campaigns while
which took place near negotiations were tak-
Massood Square, a deep- ing place and as the U.S.
ly congested intersection peace envoy, Zalmay
in the center of Kabul. Khalilzad, said a deal was
NATO and U.S. com- all but signed.
pounds are located near- Trump’s tweets at the
by as are several Afghan beginning of September
government ministries. declaring the deal and
Zabihullah Mujahid, the talks were “dead”
a Taliban spokesman, launched the war-bat-
released a statement to tered nation on an elec-
the media saying Taliban tion campaign.
suicide bombers were be- Ghani, who had been
hind both attacks. sidelined during much of
In Parwan, Mujahid the talks between Khalil-
said the bomber targeted zad and the Taliban, re-
presidential guards who sumed campaigning im-
were protecting Ghani mediately and had been
and the rally, along with steadfast in his demand
other members of the that presidential polls
security forces. It wasn’t should take place.
immediately known if any Khalilzad and some of
of Ghani’s guards were Ghani’s rivals, however
among the casualties. had talked of establishing
Mujahid claimed the an interim administration
suicide bomber in Kabul to run the country while
targeted an Afghan army a peace deal was imple-
base. mented.
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you’re unable to get adequate sun exposure, vitamin D
supplements are a good alternative.
Source: healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

Minimize in-flight flatulence
Too close for comfort, cheek to
jowl, packed together like sardines.
All of these phrases accurately
describe the seating in the coach
section of just about every commer-
cial airline. That’s why one of the
last things that you, or the people
seated closely around you, need
to contend with while on board is
flatulence.
The average person (male
or female, old or young) passes
gas about 14 times a day when at
ground level. But after lift-off, as
you gain altitude, the gases in your
insides tend to expand by about
30 percent, even in a pressurized
cabin. The result? High Altitude
Flatus Expulsion or HAFE.
Cabins are pressurized to
around 6,000 to 8,000 feet. Think
Boulder or Aspen. In fact, Colorado
researchers published a study in
the Western Journal of Medicine
that found HAFE also occurs on
mountain hikes; their name for the
condition: Rocky Mountain bark-
ing spiders.
The good news is that wheth-
er you’re crossing a mountain
pass or reading a copy of Inflight
magazine, the right diet and OTC
anti-gas medicines can quell your
tumultuous tummy. So before you
fly, skip beans, broccoli, cabbage
and other foods that you know will
give you gas, such as dairy or spicy
foods. Drink plenty of water and
stick with proteins
and good fats found
in tuna, salmon,
nuts and avocados.
If you do get hit,
it’s not smart to
hold back (and usu-
ally impossible).
That can result in
painful intestinal
cramps, elevated
blood pressure and
reduced blood ox- Drs. Oz and Roizen
ygenation, all bad
for your cardiovas-
cular system.
The smartphone diet
Actress Emma Watson (Hermi-
one Granger in the “Harry Potter”
series) compares her social media
use to counting calories: “It’s so
important to keep an eye on what
your daily diet is. In the same way
we think about what we eat, we
should think about what we read,
what we’re seeing, what we’re
engaging and what we’re interact-
ing with every day.” That may be
elementary, dear Watson, but that
simple truth is something many
folks seem to have overlooked.
Research has shown that
spending too much time on smart-
phones can trigger insomnia and
depression. But did you know that
smartphone overuse also contrib-
utes to obesity? A study presented
at the American College of Cardi-
ology Latin American conference
found that being on
your smartphone
for five-plus hours
a day boosts your
risk for obesity by
a hefty 43 percent.
Why? Because it
dramatically in-
creases sedentary
behavior and the
inclination to snack
on fast food and
sugar-added treats
and beverages.
So, to help shed
excess weight, try the Smartphone
Diet:
■ At night, leave your phone
outside the bedroom.
■ Uninstall your stickiest apps!
Can’t stop playing games or post-
ing pictures? No more CandyCrush
or Instagram.
■ Use your phone to get mov-
ing: Download a pedometer with a
step reminder. Attend a video yoga
class. Set a “Stand up!” alarm that
goes off every 30 minutes, then run
in place or walk the dog.
■ If all else fails, invest in a
“dumb phone” that only allows you
to call and text. That may be the
smartest move of all!
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
www.sharecare.com.

Health brief
The Scurtis join Baptist
Golden Triangle
Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Triangle
welcomes two new inter-
nal medicine physicians
to its staff, Paul Scurti,
DO, and his wife, Connie
Scurti, DO. They come
to Columbus from the
Holzer Health System in
southeastern Ohio, where
they both practiced inter-
nal medicine on an out-
patient basis. The Scurtis
also mentored medical
students from West
Virginia School of Os-
teopathic Medicine and
Ohio University School
of Osteopathic Medicine.
Connie Scurti will serve
as assistant director of
the internal medicine res-
idency program at Baptist
Golden Triangle, while
her husband will serve on
the program faculty and
P. Scurti C. Scurti
be in practice at BMG
Internal Medicine Clinic
Originally from near
Wheeling, West Virgin-
ia, Paul is a cum laude
graduate of Bethany
College in Bethany, with
a bachelor’s degree in
biology and completed
medical school at the
West Virginia School of
Osteopathic Medicine.
He completed his intern-
ship and residency in
internal medicine at Ohio
Valley Medical Center in
Wheeling in 2011, where
was selected Internal
Medicine Resident of the
Year in 2010-2011 and In-
fectious Disease Resident
of the Year in 2009-2010.
He served as past chief
of the Internal Medicine
Department, medical
staff president-elect,
medical staff treasurer
and as a Clinical Assis-
tant Professor at the West
Virginia School of Os-
teopathic Medicine. He
is board certified by the
American Osteopathic
Board of Internal Medi-
cine. Paul Scurti is also a
Fellow in the College of
Osteopathic Internists.
Originally from Green-
wood, Connie is a cum
laude graduate of Mis-
sissippi State University,
with a bachelor’s degree
in biological engineer-
ing. At MSU, she was
the Bagley College of
Engineering Congressio-
nal Fellow in the office
of Congressman Charles
W. Pickering. She is a
2009 graduate of the
West Virginia School of
Osteopathic Medicine in
Lewisburg and complet-
ed a residency in internal
medicine at Ohio Valley
Medical Center in Wheel-
ing. She was recognized
for having the highest
in service examination
score in 2012.
Her professional
memberships include the
Fellow in the American
College of Osteopathic
Internist; American
Osteopathic Board of
Internal Medicine certi-
fication; and core faculty,
Internal Medicine Resi-
dency program at Ohio
Valley Medical Center in
Wheeling.
The couple and their
two daughters reside in
Columbus.

Levee
Continued from Page 1A
2016, when a Missouri
Department of Environ-
mental Quality inspec-
tion confirmed the levee
needed repairs, Oktibbe-
ha County District 3 Su-
pervisor Marvell Howard
said. The initial goal was
to keep the water at least
five feet below a normal
level, but parts of the lake
are currently drained dry.
Even so, the water’s
continuous downstream
movement, called seep-
age, still affects the levee,
Herring said.
Herring and Willy
Weddle, a field represen-
tative for Kelly’s office,
visited the lake and met
with county leaders on
Sept. 10 to discuss plans
and funding for replac-
ing the levee, emergency
spillway and floodgate
valve. They met with
Campanella, Howard,
County Engineer Clyde
Pritchard and County
Administrator Emily Gar-
rard.
The offices of U.S.
Rep. Michael Guest, 3rd
District, and U.S. Sen.
Roger Wicker, both Re-
publicans, have also been
monitoring the situation
and offered support, How-
ard said. The lake strad-
dles the line between the
1st and 3rd Congressio-
nal Districts, prompting
Guest and Kelly’s mutual
interest in replacing the
levee.
Safety is the main con-
cern for all involved, Wed-
dle said.
“School buses cross
that levee twice a day
carrying children to and
from school,” he said.
“We saw underneath that
bridge that there is a very
imminent danger there,
certainly for the total
population that crosses
it, but especially for our
children.”
The entire project
could cost up to $8 mil-
lion, including replacing
part of County Lake Road
and constructing a de-
tour, Howard said.
The county is consid-
ering three federal grant
options, but they are com-
petitive and could take a
while to obtain, so it is not
guaranteed that the coun-
ty will have the funds be-
fore the levee breaches,
Campanella said. that leads to set up like
Meanwhile, the limit- that at any time.”
ed amount of water in the The amount of support
dammed area has a neg- for the project will hope-
ative impact on econom- fully lead the county to a
ic development near the funding source “before
lake, Howard said. The something tragic hap-
Wet N Wild water park at pens,” she said.
Kampgrounds of America
on the lake had to close
after the water level went
down in 2016, he said.
“There was also a sig-
nificant amount of devel-
opment taking place on
the south end of the lake
because a lot of people
wanted waterfront prop-
erty and wanted to be
along the water,” How-
ard said. “Now that has
slowed down tremen-
dously because there’s no
water.”
The lack of water does
not eliminate the prob-
lem, Campanella said.
“Even though the lake
has been drained down,
it doesn’t take long to fill
back up when we have
steady, heavy rainfall in
short periods of time,”
she said. “With hurricane
season at its peak and not
being over until Novem-
ber, we could see activity

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Moorhead Monday

Matt Bush/USA Today Sports

Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Joe Moorhead walks off the field after the second quarter against the Kansas State Wildcats Saturday at Davis
Wade Stadium.

Garrett Shrader’s redshirt, secondary

depth and banged up running backs
By Ben Portoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Two
games into the season, the
redshirt musical chairs has
begun at Mississippi State.
Having divided players
into color-coded columns
of green, yellow and red,
coach Joe Moorhead and
his staff revisited the ongo-
ing decision making Mon-
day morning. Moorhead
said there are “more than a
handful” of freshman who
will not see extended action
this season.
Most notably, freshman
quarterback Garrett Shrad-
er is inching nearer and
nearer to the maximum
four games played before
this season counts toward
his four years of eligibility.
With starting quarter-
back Tommy Stevens con-
tinuing to battle a shoul-
der issue that forced him
from Saturday’s game and
junior Keytaon Thompson
dealing with a lingering
upper-body injury from fall
camp, Shrader’s redshirt
has quickly come into ques-
tion.
That said, Moorhead
said Monday he would not
shy away from playing a
quarterback should red-
shirt eligibility come into
question.
“We want to make sure
that the guy who is on the
field is the guy that we need
to perform at a high level
and if that affects a red-
shirt, it affects a redshirt,”
he said. “But we’ve got to
do what’s best for the team
first and foremost the indi-
vidual second and the kids
understand that.”
Secondary depth coming
into focus
MSU has long preached
on how deep this year’s sec-
ondary is. That theory is
getting an early test with
No. 1 junior corner Cam
Dantzler dealing with a low-
er body injury.
Dantzler, who was in-
jured during warm ups
Saturday and didn’t play, is
listed as day-to-day. In the
interim, freshmen Martin
Emerson Jr. and Jarrian
Jones continue to shine in
their ever-growing roles.
Emerson and Jones, or
“Thing One” and “Thing
Two” as they are nick-
named, have earned high
praise through the season’s
first three weeks — includ-
ing from Moorhead.
“They’re maturing at a
really fast rate,” Moorhead
said. “And I think a lot of
that goes back to their abil-
ity but also their desire to
perform well at a high lev-
el and the preparation that
goes into it. Those are two
guys that we’ve been very
pleased with so far.”
Ahead of the freshman
duo, Tyler Williams and
Maurice Smitherman bore
the brunt of coverage re-
sponsibilities in Dantzler’s
absence.
Should Dantzler not be
able to go again this week it
will again be Williams and
Smitherman tasked with
slowing Kentucky receiv-
er Lynn Bowden and Troy
transfer quarterback Saw-
yer Smith.
See mSU, 4B

Pro football Golf

AP source: Saints’ Brees has torn ligament in thumb With his dad as his caddie,
The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS —
Saints quarterback Drew
Brees has been diag-
nosed with a torn liga-
ment near the thumb of
his throwing hand that is
expected to sideline him
at least six weeks, said a
person familiar with the
situation.
Brees has elected to
have surgery, but it is not
yet clear when the oper-
ation will take place or
who will perform it, the
person said. The person
spoke to The Associat-
ed Press on condition of
anonymity Monday be-
cause the diagnosis has
not been announced.
Brees left Sunday’s
game against the Los
Angeles Rams in the first
quarter after the thumb
on his right hand hit the
hand of on-rushing Rams
defensive lineman Aar-
on Donald on the follow
trough of a throw.
The Saints lost the
game 27-9, with backup
Teddy Bridgewater go-
ing 17 for 30 passing for
165 yards during the last
three-plus quarters.
Saints coach Sean
Payton declined on Mon-
day to go into detail about
Brees’ condition or even
rule him out for this Sun-
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) leaves the field following the 27-9
loss against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
day’s game in Seattle.
“They’re still in the
midst of evaluating it,”
said Payton, adding that
Brees had received one
diagnosis and was in the
process of getting a sec-
ond opinion.
Payton also declined
to address what his of-
fense would look like
without Brees under cen-
ter going forward.
“I’m sorry, I’m just not
going to answer hypo-
thetical questions right
now,” Payton said. “I’m
Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports
not going to do it.” late-season games that
When asked how well held no postseason im-
the Saints had built a plications, he has missed
team that could absorb only one start because of
playing without Brees, an injury in his previous
13 seasons with New Or-
Payton said, “We’re get-
leans. The Saints narrow-
ting ready to find out,”
before backtracking a bit. ly lost that 2015 game at
“Hopefully the news Carolina, with Luke Mc-
is good and the length of Cown at quarterback.
time, if there is any that Brees is the NFL’s all-
he’s out, will be shorter time leader in comple-
than longer. But, again, tions with 6,621 and yards
that’s part of our sport.” passing with 74,845.
While Brees, as a His 522 touchdowns tie
healthy player, has been him for second all-time
a held out of a couple See Brees, 4B
17-year-old West Point golfer
Trolio becoming a household name
BY theo derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — line.”
When 17-year-old Cohen
Trolio needs a caddie, he
doesn’t have to look far.
No further than Old
Waverly Golf Club, where
the teaching professional
is VJ Trolio, Cohen’s fa-
ther.
“I’m the cheapest, most
efficient walking caddie
he’s got,” VJ said with a
laugh.
The two have honed
their skills through years
of practice, and Cohen
reaped the benefits this
summer. In mid-August,
Cohen, a junior at Oak
Hill Academy, reached
the semifinals of the U.S.
Amateur in Pinehurst,
North Carolina, a rare
achievement for a golfer
as young as he is.
“It was a cool experi-
ence,” Cohen said. “It was
cool having Dad on the
bag.”
For VJ, it’s a simple
matter when Cohen’s in
the middle of a round. “On
the course it’s about stick-
ing to expectations, stick-
ing to strategies, sticking
to routines, encourage-
ment picking out the good
It can be harder when
VJ has to switch from
coach and caddie to father
— it’s the hardest relation-
ship to balance, he said —
but he and Cohen have
figured out a working ar-
rangement.
“We try our best to de-
fine the lines when you’re
a coach and when you’re
a dad, and we leave coach
and student, that relation-
ship, outside our front
door and always try to
make sure we’re dad and
son when we walk in that
door,” VJ said.
And it wouldn’t be
possible without Cohen’s
mother Allison, who takes
Cohen to most of his tour-
naments. But unlike VJ,
Cohen and little brother
Collins, Allison doesn’t
play golf.
“Thank goodness,” VJ
said. “That’s the reason
she’s level-headed and she
can help us.”
Allison and Collins
See trolio, 4B
2B Tuesday, September 17, 2019
BRIEFLY Steelers’ Roethlisberger done for season with elbow injury
The Associated Press
McCowan named to WNBA
All-Rookie team PIT TSBURGH — Ben Ro-
STARKVILLE — Teaira McCowan is no stranger ethlisberger likes to point out
to success. that he’s played through the
A first-team All-American and 2019 SEC Player of
the Year, McCowan earned the first of her major profes-
end of every contract he’s ever
sional honors when she was unanimously selected to signed. It’s tangible proof of
the WNBA’s 2019 All-Rookie Team per a news release. the longtime Pittsburgh Steel-
McCowan, the No. 3 overall pick by the Indiana ers quarterback’s commit-
Fever in this past April’s draft, finished her inaugural ment both to the game itself
campaign averaging 10 points, nine rebounds and 1.29
blocks per game. and the franchise he’s led to a
The Bryan, Texas native also set a Fever record pair of Super Bowl titles.
with five-straight double-doubles this season. That commitment will
Joining McCowan on the All-Rookie team were be tested over the coming
Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, Phoenix months.
Mercury forward Brianna Turner, Dallas Wings guard
Arike Ogunbowale and Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie The 37-year-old’s aching
Young. right elbow needs surgery.
Ogunbowale, Young and Turner all played colle- His 16th season is over just
giately at Notre Dame and were a part of the 2018 team two weeks in. His future is
that defeated MSU in the national championship game.
Ogunbowale notably nailed a game-winning 3-pointer
uncertain. And the keys to the
with 0.1 seconds remaining to deliver the Fighting Irish offense Roethlisberger oper-
the title. ated so deftly for so long are
Collier, who played her college ball at UCONN, was now in the hands of backup
named the WNBA’s overall Rookie of the Year. Mason Rudolph, who was in
elementary school when the
EMCC back up to fifth in new player known universally as
NJCAA football poll Big Ben became a full-fledged
NFL starter in the fall of 2004.
East Mississippi Community College has moved It’s an arrangement Roeth-
back up to fifth place in the new National Junior College
Athletic Association poll, released Monday.
lisberger stressed is tempo-
EMCC (2-1) was fifth in the poll two weeks ago rary.
before falling a spot to sixth. The Lions were in the top “This is shocking and
spot to begin the season before their loss at Hinds. heartbreaking for me, to miss
Hutchinson (Kansas) kept the top spot, receiving this much of a season and
10 first-place votes. Butler (Kansas) was a close second
with the other six first-place votes. feel like I am letting down so
Northwest Mississippi and Mississippi Gulf Coast many people,” Roethlisberger
also finished ahead of EMCC. said in a statement Monday af-
Among the rest of the top 20, Copiah-Lincoln is ter being placed on injured re-
eighth, Jones is 13th and Hinds is 19th.
EMCC travels to face Mississippi Delta (0-3) on
serve. “I can only trust God’s
Thursday. plan, but I am completely de-
Source: From Special Reports termined to battle through
this challenge and come back
CALENDAR stronger than ever next sea-
son.”
Today The end of this season ar-
Prep Softball rived suddenly. The Steelers
Columbus at Starkville, 5/6:30 p.m.
Leake at Starkville Academy, 4 p.m.
Hebron Christian at Newton Academy,
Baseball
5 p.m.
Prep Volleyball American League
Saltillo at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. East Division
Starkville High at New Hope, 6:30 p.m.
New York
W L Pct GB
98 53 .649 _
Caledonia at Shannon, TBA Tampa Bay 89 62 .589 9
College Volleyball Boston
Toronto
79 70 .530 18
59 91 .393 38½
Central Baptist College at Mississippi Baltimore 49 101 .327 48½
University for Women, 6 p.m.
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Thursday Minnesota
Cleveland
92 58 .613 _
87 63 .580 5
College Football Chicago 65 85 .433 27
East Mississippi Community College at Kansas City 55 95 .367 37
Detroit 45 104 .302 46½
Mississippi Delta Community College, West Division
W L Pct GB
7 p.m. Houston 98 53 .649 _
Coahoma Community College at Oakland 90 60 .600 7½
Texas 74 77 .490 24
Itawamba Community College, 6:30 Los Angeles 68 82 .453 29½
p.m. Seattle 62 88 .413 35½
Prep Soccer Sunday’s Games
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 4
Pillow at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. Boston 6, Philadelphia 3
Heritage Academy at Columbus Chris- Cleveland 7, Minnesota 5
Baltimore 8, Detroit 2
tian Academy, 4 p.m. Houston 12, Kansas City 3
Prep Softball Oakland 6, Texas 1
Columbus at Caledonia, 5/6:30 p.m. L.A. Angels 6, Tampa Bay 4
Seattle 11, Chicago White Sox 10
New Hope at Starkville, 5/6:30 p.m. Monday’s Games
Prep Volleyball Detroit 5, Baltimore 2
Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 3
Columbus at Starkville, 5:30 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 9:07 p.m.
Kemper Academy at West Lowndes, 6 Tuesday’s Games
p.m. L.A. Angels (Suarez 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Seve-
rino ), 5:35 p.m.
Saltillo at New Hope, 6:30 p.m. Seattle (Gonzales 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Keller 1-4),
Caledonia at Itawamba Agricultural, 6:05 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Toronto (Thornton 5-9) at Baltimore (Bundy 6-14),
6:05 p.m.
Women’s College Soccer Detroit (Boyd 8-11) at Cleveland (Plesac 8-6),
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. 6:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Rodríguez 5-9) at Boston (Eovaldi
Belhaven University at Mississippi 1-0), 6:10 p.m.
University for Women, 5 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Giolito 14-9) at Minnesota
(Pérez 10-7), 6:40 p.m.
Men’s College Soccer Texas (Lynn 14-10) at Houston (Verlander 18-6),
Belhaven University at Mississippi 7:10 p.m.
University for Women, 7 p.m. Kansas City (López 4-7) at Oakland (Anderson
12-9), 9:07 p.m.
College Volleyball Tampa Bay (Snell 6-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling
Jackson State at Mississippi State, 4-4), 9:10 p.m.
Noon Wednesday’s Games
Kansas City at Oakland, 2:37 p.m.
North Florida at Mississippi State, 7 L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 5:35 p.m.
p.m. Seattle at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
on the air Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 6:40 p.m.
Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
Texas at Houston, 7:10 p.m.
Today
COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) National League
6 p.m. — Notre Dame at Indiana, BTN
East Division
W L Pct GB
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) z-Atlanta 93 58 .616 _
5 p.m. — Florida State at Florida, SEC Washington 82 67 .550 10
Philadelphia 76 72 .514 15½
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL New York 77 73 .513 15½
7 p.m. — Triple-A National Champion- Miami 52 98 .347 40½
z-clinched playoff berth
ship: Teams TBD, Memphis, Tenn., FS1 Central Division
MLB BASEBALL
St. Louis
W L Pct GB
84 66 .560 _
7 p.m. — TBA, ESPN Chicago 82 68 .547 2
9 p.m. — Miami at Arizona (joined in Milwaukee
Cincinnati
81 69 .540 3
70 81 .464 14½
progress) OR Kansas City at Oakland,
MLB
Pittsburgh
65 85 .433 19
West Division
W L Pct GB
SOCCER (MEN’S) x-Los Angeles 97 54 .642 _
11:55 a.m. — UEFA Champions Arizona 77 74 .510 20
San Francisco 72 78 .480 24½
League: Inter Milan vs. Slavia Prague, San Diego 68 82 .453 28½
Group F, TNT Colorado 66 85 .437 31
x-clinched division
2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League:
Napoli vs. Liverpool, Group E, TNT Sunday’s Games
Boston 6, Philadelphia 3
SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Washington 7, Atlanta 0
6:30 p.m. — NWSL: Houston at North Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 6
Carolina, ESPNEWS Chicago Cubs 16, Pittsburgh 6
Colorado 10, San Diego 5
TENNIS San Francisco 2, Miami 1
5 a.m. — ATP: The Moselle Open, Early Cincinnati 3, Arizona 1
L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2
Rounds, Metz, France, TENNIS; WTA: Monday’s Games
The Toray Pan Pacific and Guangzhou Arizona 7, Miami 5
Opens, Early Rounds, TENNIS Milwaukee 5, San Diego 1
St. Louis 4, Washington 2
9 p.m. — WTA: The Korea, Toray Pan Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 2
Pacific and Guangzhou Opens, Early Colorado 9, N.Y. Mets 4
Rounds, TENNIS Tuesday’s Games
Seattle (Gonzales 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Keller 1-4),
5 a.m. (Wednesday) — ATP: The Mo- 6:05 p.m.
selle Open, Early Rounds, Metz, France, San Francisco (Rodríguez 5-9) at Boston (Eovaldi
1-0), 6:10 p.m.
TENNIS; WTA: The Toray Pan Pacific Philadelphia (Velasquez 6-7) at Atlanta (Keuchel
and Guangzhou Opens, Early Rounds, 8-5), 6:20 p.m.
TENNIS San Diego (Paddack 9-7) at Milwaukee (González
2-2), 6:40 p.m.
WNBA BASKETBALL Washington (Corbin 12-7) at St. Louis (Mikolas
6 p.m. — Playoff: Teams TBD, ESPN2 9-13), 6:45 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gray 10-7) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish
8 p.m. — Playoff: Teams TBD, ESPN2 6-6), 7:05 p.m.
Wrestling N.Y. Mets (Stroman 8-13) at Colorado (Melville
5 p.m. — World Wrestling Champion- 2-2), 7:40 p.m.
Miami (Smith 8-10) at Arizona (Young 7-4), 8:40
ship, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. NBCSN p.m.
Wednesday Tampa Bay (Snell 6-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling
4-4), 9:10 p.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) Wednesday’s Games
Washington at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.
6 p.m. — Purdue at Kentucky, ESPNU N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.
7 p.m. — Stanford at Nebraska, BTN Miami at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.
8 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU Seattle at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
GOLF Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.
9 p.m. — Asian Tour Golf: The Shinhan San Diego at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
Dongae Open, first round, Incheon, Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
South Korea, GOLF
4 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Brewers 5, San Diego 1
Golf: The BMW PGA Championship, first San Diego Milwaukee Panik ph
ab r h bi ab r h bi
round, Surrey, England, GOLF Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 Grisham rf-lf 4 0 0 0 Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 37 9 13 9 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 36 48
HORSE RACING France ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Grandal c 4 0 0 0 New York
Martini lf 4 0 0 0 Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0
2 p.m. — Saratoga Live: From Saratoga Reyes p 0 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 2 2 0 E_J.Davis (7). LOB_New York 8, Colorado 7. 2B_
Springs, N.Y., FS2 Machado 3b 3 1 0 0 Taylor rf 0 0 0 0 Rosario (28), P.Alonso (29), Arenado (31). HR_
MLB BASEBALL Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1 Thames 1b 4 1 2 0
Myers cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Cain cf 4 1 0 0
Noon — Washington at St. Louis, MLB Naylor rf 2 0 1 0 Spangenberg 2b 3 0 2 IP H R ER BB SO
3 New York Florida 1 0 29 21 3 0 98 41
Urías ss 3 0 0 0 Arcia ss 3 0 1 1 Matz L,10-9 4 6 7 7 2 4
Hedges c 3 0 0 0 Davies p 1 0 0 0 Lockett 1 1 0 0 0 0
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were moving down the field
late in the second quarter
against Seattle on Sunday
when Roethlisberger twice
clutched his elbow following
pass attempts. Though he
stayed in for the remainder
of the drive — including a
pair of completions with his
arm in obvious pain — when
the Steelers came out for the
second half, their captain
wore a white baseball cap and
watched from the sideline as
they lost 28-26 to drop to 0-2 .
Enter Rudolph, taken in the
third round in the 2018 draft,
who beat out Josh Dobbs for
the backup job during the pre-
season. Now the 24-year-old is
tasked with helping the Steel-
ers emerge from an early hole
without their unquestioned
leader.
“It’s kind of sucky circum-
stance with our leader and
good friend going down,” Ru-
dolph said. “He would want
me to step up and lead to the
best of my ability. That’s what
I’ve always believed in and
that’s what I’m going to do.”
Roethlisberger underwent
an MRI late Sunday. While
the nature of his injury hasn’t
been disclosed, team doctors
decided surgery was the best
course of action. Roethlis-
berger will undergo the proce-
dure later this week. There is
no timetable for any possible
return.
“It’s really surreal,” guard
David DeCastro said. “But at
the same time, you’ve got to
have a football player mental-
Richards p 1 0 0 0 Shaw ph 1 1 1 1 Familia 1 2 1 1 1 0
Yardley p 0 0 0 0 Peralta p 1 0 0 0 Avilán 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Jankowski ph 1 0 0 0 Claudio p 0 0 0 0 Sewald 1-3 2 0 0 0 0
Bolanos p 0 0 0 0 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 Díaz 1 2 1 1 0 0
Allen ph 0 0 0 0 Colorado West
Margot ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Senzatela W,10-10 6 8 4 4 1 4
Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 32 5 8 5 Pazos H,2 1 0 0 0 0 2
San Diego 000 100 000 — 1
Milwaukee 010 211 00x — 5
E_Garcia (5). DP_San Diego 1, Milwaukee 0.
LOB_San Diego 4, Milwaukee 4. 2B_Hosmer (28),
Braun (28), Thames (22), Arcia (13). 3B_Spangen-
berg (2). HR_Shaw (7).
IP H R ER BB SO
San Diego Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0
Richards L,0-1 3 2-3 5 3 3 0 5
Yardley 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
Bolanos 3 3 2 2 1 2
Reyes
Milwaukee
1 0 0 0 0 2
Davies W,10-7 5 2 1 1 2 4
Peralta H,5
Claudio
2 0 0 0 1 4
1 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 3
WP_Richards.
Umpires_Home, Jerry Meals; First, Ron Kulpa;
Second, Tom Woodring; Third, Bruce Dreckman.
T_2:35. A_33,215 (41,900).
Cardinals 4, Nationals 2
Washington St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi E_Sánchez (8), Jiménez (3), Sanó (16). DP_Chi-
Turner ss
Eaton rf
4 0 0 0 Fowler rf
4 0 0 0 Wong 2b
2 2 0 0
3 0 0 0
Rendon 3b 4 1 2 1 Goldschmidt 1b 21 0 0 Wade Jr (1). HR_McCann (17), Jiménez (28).
Soto lf 3 1 0 0 Ozuna lf 4 1 2 4
A.Cabrera 2b 4 0 1 0 DeJong ss 3 0 0 0
Zimmerman 1b 3 0 0 0 Molina c 4 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO
Robles cf
Gomes c
3 0 1 1 Edman 3b 4 0 2 0
3 0 1 0 Bader cf 4 0 0 0
Strasburg p 1 0 0 0 Dak.Hudson p 2 0 0 0 Fry 2-3 1 0 0 0 0
Rainey p 0 0 0 0 J.Martínez ph 1 0 0 0 Cordero 1 0 0 0 0 1
Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Brebbia p 0 0 0 0
Doolittle p 0 0 0 0 Miller p 0 0 0 0
Strickland p 0 0 0 0 C.Martínez p 0 0 0 0
Suero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2 Totals 29 4 5 4 Romo H,14 1-3 1 1 1 0 1
Washington
St. Louis
000 101 000 — 2
200 000 20x — 4
E_Zimmerman (3). LOB_Washington 4, St. Louis
7. 2B_Ozuna (21). HR_Rendon (34), Ozuna (28).
SB_Molina (5), Wong (23), Edman (13), Fowler (8).
S_Strasburg (5).
Washington
IP H R ER BB SO
Strasburg 5 3 2 2 4 6
Rainey 1 1 0 0 0 2
Doolittle L,6-5 2-3 0 1 1 1 2
Strickland 1-3 1 1 1 1 0
Suero
St. Louis
1 0 0 0 0 1
Dak.Hudson W,16-7 7 5 2 2 2 1
Brebbia H,10 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Miller H,27 1
C.Martínez S,20-23
WP_Strickland.
1-3 0 0 0 0 0
1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Umpires_Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Jim Wolf;
Second, John Tumpane; Third, Manny Gonzalez.
T_3:04. A_42,812 (45,538).
Cubs 8, Reds 2
Cincinnati Chicago (33), Mercer (9). SF_Lugo (4).
ab r h bi ab r h bi IP H R ER BB SO
Blandino 2b 3 0 1 0 Zobrist 2b 4 1 2 1 Baltimore
Garrett p
Kuhnel p
0 0 0 0 Wick p 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Lucroy ph 0 0 0 0
Alaniz p
Herget p
0 0 0 0 A lmora Jr. cf 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Castellanos rf 5 0 1 2
Graterol ph 1 0 1 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 Alexander W,1-3 6 4 1 1 0 3
Ervin lf 3 0 1 1 Phelps p
Suárez 3b 2 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 3 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 Cisnero
Aquino rf 5 0 0 0 Schwarber lf 4 1 1 3 McKay H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
Casali c 3 0 0 1 Bote 2b 0 0 0 0 Jiménez S,7-12 1 3 0 0 0 2
Lorenzen cf 3 0 0 0 Contreras c 4 1 2 0
Peraza ss 4 1 2 0 Caratini 1b 3 1 0 0
VanMeter 1b 1 0 0 0 Heyward cf-rf 2 1 1 1
Dietrich ph-1b 3 0 0 0 Hoerner ss 4 1 1 0
Gausman p 0 0 0 0 Hamels p 1 0 0 0 Kansas 0 0 0 0 1 1 31 29
Colón ph 0 1 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0
Sims p 1 0 1 0 Kemp ph
Bowman p 0 0 0 0 Mills p
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Barnhart ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Happ ph-2b 2 1 1 0
Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 33 8 10 7
Cincinnati 001 100 000 — 2
Chicago 300 002 03x — 8
E_Alaniz (1). DP_Cincinnati 1, Chicago 0. LOB_
Cincinnati 11, Chicago 7. 2B_Peraza (15), Hey-
ward (20), Castellanos (18). HR_Schwarber (37).
SB_Ervin (4). SF_Ervin (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
Gausman L,0-2 2 3 3 3 0 2
Sims 2 1 0 0 2 1
Bowman 1 0 0 0 1 1
Garrett 0 2 2 2 0 0
Kuhnel 1 1 0 0 0 0
Alaniz 1 1-3 2 3 3 1 2
Herget
Chicago
2-3 1 0 0 1 0
Hamels
Cishek H,12
3 1-3 3 2 2 5 4
2-3 0 0 0 1 1
Mills W,1-0 2 1 0 0 0 3
Wick H,5
Ryan
2 0 0 0 0 1
2-3 2 0 0 1 0
Phelps 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
HBP_Hamels (Colón), Garrett (Caratini).
Umpires_Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Laz Diaz; Sec-
ond, Tony Randazzo; Third, Cory Blaser.
T_3:27. A_33,753 (41,649).
Rockies 9, Mets 4
New York Colorado Keller 0 1 0 0 1 0
ab r h bi ab r h bi J.Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nimmo cf 5 1 1 1 Story ss 4 1 1 3 Arizona Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 37 62
McNeil 3b 5 1 2 2 Murphy 1b 5 1 1 0
Conforto rf 5 0 0 0 Arenado 3b 5 1 2 1
Canó 2b 3 0 0 0 Blackmon rf 5 1 2 0 Chafin BS,0-3 0 1 1 0 0 0
P.Alonso 1b 4 1 2 0 McMahon 2b 3 1 0 0
J.Davis lf 4 0 0 0 Desmond lf 4 1 2 1
Rosario ss 4 0 2 1 Hampson cf 4 1 3 2 McFarland H,7 2-3 2 0 0 0 0
Nido c 1 1 1 0 Butera c 3 1 1 0
Guillorme ph 1 0 0 0 Senzatela p 2 1 1 2
Familia p 0 0 0 0 Tapia ph 1 0 0 0 pitched to 2 batters in the 8th, Ray pitched to 1
Avilán p
Sewald p
0 0 0 0 Pazos p 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Estévez p 0 0 0 0
Díaz p 0 0 0 0 Y.Alonso ph 1 0 0 0 HBP_Lopez 3 (Flores,J.Rojas,Lamb). WP_Guer-
Lowrie ph 0 0 0 0 Diaz p
Matz p 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 rero.
Lockett p 0 0 0 0
Rivera c
1 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 T_3:25. A_15,897 (48,519).
Colorado
102 100 000 — 4
010 600 11x — 9
Nimmo (6), McNeil (21), Desmond (18), Story (33).
ity, next guy up and move on. career-high 5,129 yards. He
But with a guy like that it’s a signed an extension in April
little different. Easier said that runs through the 2021
than done that’s for sure.” season and would carry him
Roethlisberger has been to the eve of his 40th birth-
Pittsburgh’s starter since tak- day. He spoke openly during
ing over for Tommy Maddox in training camp about his love
Week 2 of the 2004 season as a of the game returning, a re-
rookie, developing a signature kindling that happened to
style for his ability to extend coincide with wide receiver
plays, a method dubbed “Ben Antonio Brown’s offseason
being Ben.” Yet that style departure for Oakland fol-
evolved over the years as he lowing an ugly falling out
matured from raw game man- with the club.
ager to one of the most prolific Despite that optimism,
passers in league history. Roethlisberger’s season was
His start on Sunday off to a sluggish start. He
marked the 218th appearance failed to get the Steelers into
of his career, second most the end zone during a blow-
in the history of a franchise out loss to New England in
that dates to 1932. He holds Week 1 and was just 8 of 15
the club record in just about for 75 yards against Seattle,
every major statistical pass- though he did complete 5 of
ing category, including yards 6 passes on the drive that
(56,545), touchdowns (363), marked his final plays of the
attempts (7,230) and comple- season.
tions (4,651). Roethlisberger com-
Roethlisberger didn’t just plained of elbow pain after fall-
put up numbers, he won. A ing to the Patriots but played
lot, going 144-71-1 in the reg- through it, a testament to the
ular season and 13-8 in the toughness that’s defined his ca-
playoffs, restoring the Steel- reer. He’ll need to rely on that
ers to glory in the process. tenacity as he faces a lengthy
His 6-yard touchdown pass rehabilitation while weighing
to Santonio Holmes with 35 whether a 17th season is worth
seconds left in the 2008 Super the physically demanding road
Bowl against Arizona gave the it will take to get there.
Steelers their sixth title and “The Steelers committed
is considered one of the sem- three years to me this offsea-
inal moments in Super Bowl son and I fully intend to honor
history. my contract and reward them
He entered 2019 coming with championship level play,”
off the best statistical sea-
son of his career. He cap-
Roethlisberger said. “I will do
all I can to support Mason and
tured the NFL passing title the team this season to help
last fall after throwing for a win games.”
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 1 2 101 67 San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 72 34
Kentucky 0 1 21 29 2 1 97 70 L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 36
South Carolina 0 1 23 47 1 2 115 81 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 49 46
Vanderbilt 0 1 6 30 0 2 30 72 Arizona 0 1 1 .250 44 50
W L PF PA W L PF PA Thursday’s Games
Alabama 1 0 47 23 3 0 151 36 Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14
Estévez 1 0 0 0 1 2 Mississippi 1 0 31 17 2 1 81 61 Sunday’s Games
Diaz 1 1 0 0 1 1 Auburn 0 0 0 0 3 0 106 43 Dallas 31, Washington 21
Familia pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. LSU 0 0 0 0 3 0 165 55 Detroit 13, L.A. Chargers 10
Umpires_Home, Ryan Blakney; First, Chad Mississippi St 0 0 0 0 2 1 100 74 San Francisco 41, Cincinnati 17
Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 2 1 113 34 Houston 13, Jacksonville 12
Fairchild; Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Mike
Estabrook. Arkansas 0 1 17 31 2 1 92 78 Indianapolis 19, Tennessee 17
T_3:09. A_28,505 (50,398). Saturday’s Games
Georgia 55, Arkansas St. 0
Baltimore 23, Arizona 17
New England 43, Miami 0
Buffalo 28, N.Y. Giants 14
Twins 5, White Sox 3 Kansas St. 31, Mississippi St. 24
Alabama 47, South Carolina 23
Seattle 28, Pittsburgh 26
Green Bay 21, Minnesota 16
Chicago Minnesota
ab r h bi ab r h bi Mississippi 40, SE Louisiana 29
Arkansas 55, Colorado St. 34
Kansas City 28, Oakland 10
Chicago 16, Denver 14
García cf-rf 4 1 1 0 Arraez 2b 4 0 3 2
Moncada 3b 4 0 2 0 Polanco ss 3 1 1 1 Florida 29, Kentucky 21 L.A. Rams 27, New Orleans 9
Abreu dh 3 0 0 1 Cruz dh 4 0 1 1 Texas A&M 62, Lamar 3
Auburn 55, Kent St. 16
Atlanta 24, Philadelphia 20
Monday’s Games
Jiménez lf 4 1 1 1 Rosario lf 4 0 0 0
McCann c 4 1 1 1 Garver c 3 0 2 1 LSU 65, Northwestern St. 14 Cleveland 23, N.Y. Jets 3
Skole 1b 2 0 0 0 Cave rf 4 0 0 0 Missouri 50, SE Missouri 0 Thursday, Sept. 19
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m.
Castillo ph 1 0 0 0 Sanó 3b 3 1 1 0
Mendick ss 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez 1b 4 2 1 0 Saturday, Sept. 21 Sunday
Sánchez 2b 2 0 0 0 Wade Jr cf 3 1 1 0 LSU at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m.
Tennessee at Florida, 11 a.m.
Miami at Dallas, Noon
Oakland at Minnesota, Noon
Goins rf 3 0 1 0 LaMarre cf 0 0 0 0
Engel pr-cf 0 0 0 0 California at Mississippi, 11 a.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, Noon
Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 32 5 10 5 Southern Miss. at Alabama, 11 a.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, Noon
Chicago
Minnesota
110 000 001 — 3
020 012 00x — 5
Auburn at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Missouri, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at Indianapolis, Noon
Detroit at Philadelphia, Noon
Kentucky at Mississippi St., 3 p.m.
San Jose St. at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.
Denver at Green Bay, Noon
N.Y. Jets at New England, Noon
cago 2, Minnesota 1. LOB_Chicago 4, Minnesota
6. 2B_Moncada (30), Polanco (37), Garver (14),
Notre Dame at Georgia, 7 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m.
SF_Abreu (10), Polanco (6). Pac 12 Glance New Orleans at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
North
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Cleveland, 7:20 p.m.
Chicago California 1 0 20 19 3 0 70 49 Monday, Sept. 23
López L,9-14 5 1-3 9 5 5 2 2
Washington St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 148
Oregon 0 0 0 0 2 1 133
48
36
Chicago at Washington, 7:15 p.m.
Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 1 2 109 90
Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 2 Washington 0 1 19 20 2 1 118 54 Browns 23, Jets 3
Minnesota Stanford 0 1 20 45 1 2 64 97 Cleveland 6 10 7 0—23
Berríos W,13-8 7 1-3 5 2 2 2 8 South New York 0 3 0 0— 3
Duffey H,13 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Southern Cal 1 0 45 20 2 1 103 73
First Quarter
Cle_FG Seibert 23, 10:27.
Rogers S,27-33 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Ariz. St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 59 21 Cle_FG Seibert 48, 6:15.
Umpires_Home, Mike Everitt; First, Lance Barrett; Utah 0 0 0 0 3 0 96 29 Second Quarter
Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Jansen Visconti. Arizona 0 0 0 0 2 1 131 100 Cle_Chubb 19 run (Seibert kick), 10:16.
T_2:42. A_21,850 (38,649). Colorado 0 0 0 0 2 1 109 92 NYJ_FG Ficken 46, 2:56.
UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 95 Cle_FG Seibert 43, :00.
Third Quarter
Tigers 5, Orioles 2 Friday’s Games Cle_Beckham 89 pass from Mayfield (Seibert
Baltimore
ab r h bi
Detroit
ab r h bi
Washington St. 31, Houston 24
Saturday’s Games
kick), 3:32.
A_78,523.
Alberto 3b-2b 4 0 1 0 Reyes cf 4 1 2 2 Air Force 30, Colorado 23, OT
Mancini 1b 5 1 2 1 Mercer 2b 3 2 1 2 BYU 30, Southern Cal 27 Cle NYJ
Santander rf 4 0 1 0 Cabrera dh 4 0 0 0 UCF 45, Stanford 27 First downs 16 13
Núñez dh 3 0 0 0 Candelario 1b 2 0 0 0 Arizona St. 10, Michigan St. 7 Total Net Yards 375 262
Villar 2b-ss 4 1 1 0 Dixon lf
Hays cf 3 0 1 1 Lugo 3b
4 0 1 0
3 1 1 1
Utah 31, Idaho St. 0
Oregon St. 45, Cal Poly 7
Rushes-yards 21-70
Passing 305
24-93
169
D.Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 Demeritte rf 4 1 1 0 California 23, North Texas 17 Punt Returns 4-48 1-5
Severino c 3 0 0 0 Rogers c 2 0 0 0 Washington 52, Hawaii 20 Kickoff Returns 1-23 3-50
Smith Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 W.Castro ss 3 0 1 0
Wilkerson lf 4 0 1 0
Martin ss 2 0 1 0
Oklahoma 48, UCLA 14
Arizona 28, Texas Tech 14
Oregon 35, Montana 3
Interceptions Ret. 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 19-35-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-20
1-13
23-31-0
4-32
Ruiz ph-3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 29 5 7 5
Friday, Sept. 20
Utah at Southern Cal, 8 p.m.
Punts 6-38.5 7-47.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Baltimore
Detroit
000 001 100 — 2
200 021 00x — 5
Saturday, Sept. 21
California at Mississippi,11 a.m.
Penalties-Yards 9-85
Time of Possession 29:41
12-89
30:19
LOB_Baltimore 9, Detroit 5. 2B_Mancini (33), Washington at BYU, 2:30 p.m. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Reyes (15). 3B_Villar (5), Reyes (4). HR_Mancini Oregon at Stanford, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona St., 9 p.m.
RUSHING_Cleveland, Chubb 18-62, D.John-
son 3-8. New York, Bell 21-68, Montgomery
UCLA at Washington St., 9:30 p.m. 3-25.
PASSING_Cleveland, Mayfield 19-35-1-325.
New York, Siemian 3-6-0-3, Falk 20-25-0-198.
Means L,10-11 5
Kline 1
2-3 6 5 5 2 3
1-3 1 0 0 1 0 Big 12 Glance RECEIVING_Cleveland, Beckham 6-161,
Chubb 4-36, D.Johnson 3-42, Landry 3-32,
Eades
Detroit
1 0 0 0 0 2
W L PF PA W L PF PA Ratley 2-50, Harris 1-4. New York, Bell 10-61,
Kansas St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 132 38 R.Anderson 4-81, Crowder 4-40, Montgomery
Oklahoma St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 148 71 3-15, Bellamy 1-5, D.Thomas 1-(minus 1).
Farmer H,14
1 2 1 1 0 2
2-3 0 0 0 1 1 Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 3 0 167 59 MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Baylor 0 0 0 0 2 0 119 31
TCU 0 0 0 0 2 0 73 20
HBP_Farmer (Núñez), Eades (Candelario).
Umpires_Home, Roberto Ortiz; First, Lance
Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 2 1 97 41
Texas 0 0 0 0 2 1 131
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 2 1 71 78
72 Transactions Monday’s moves
Barksdale; Second, Chris Segal; Third, Bill Welke. Iowa St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 46 44 BASEBALL
T_2:35. A_14,142 (41,297).
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Matt Blood
Friday’s Games
director of player development; Kevin Buck
Diamondbacks 7, Marlins 5 Kansas at Boston College, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games director of baseball administration; and Mike
Miami Arizona Kansas St. 31, Mississippi St. 24 Snyder director of pro scouting. Promoted Brad
ab r h bi ab r h bi West Virginia 44, NC State 27 Ciolek to supervisor, domestic scouting oper-
Berti 3b 5 0 1 2 Flores 2b 2 1 1 0
M.Rojas ss 5 0 0 0 Dyson pr-cf 1 1 0 0
Oklahoma St. 40, Tulsa 21 ations; Di Zou to manager, baseball systems;
and Hendrik Herz and Chad Tatum to scouting
Iowa 18, Iowa St. 17
Castro 2b 4 0 1 0 J.Rojas lf 4 1 1 0 TCU 34, Purdue 13 analysts. Claimed RHP Eric Hanhold off waiv-
Alfaro c 4 0 0 0 Marte cf-2b 4 0 1 1
Ramirez rf-lf 3 1 1 0 Escobar 3b 3 2 2 1
Texas 48, Rice 13 ers from the New York Mets. Designated LHP
Ty Blach for assignment.
Oklahoma 48, UCLA 14
Prado 1b 1 0 0 0 Lamb 1b 3 0 1 4 Arizona 28, Texas Tech 14 National League
N.Walker ph-1b 2 1 1 2 Jones rf 3 0 0 0
Brinson cf 4 1 2 0 Hirano p 0 0 0 0
Saturday, Sept. 21 CINCINNATI REDS — Selected the contract of
INF Christian Colón from Louisville (IL).
Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa St., 11 a.m.
Dean lf 0 1 0 0 Leyba ph 1 0 0 0 SMU at TCU, 2:30 p.m. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed INF Cor-
Guerrero p 0 0 0 0 Crichton p 0 0 0 0
Kinley p 0 0 0 0 McFarland p 0 0 0 0
West Virginia at Kansas, 3:30 p.m. ban Joseph off waivers from San Francisco.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled C Luis Tor-
Baylor at Rice, 6 p.m.
Holaday ph 1 0 1 0 Ginkel p 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma St. at Texas, 6:30 p.m. rens from Amarillo (TL). Reinstated RHP Gar-
Keller p 0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 3 0 0 0
J.Smith p 0 0 0 0 Vargas 2b 1 0 1 0
rett Richards from the 60-day IL. Transferred
Pro Football
LHP Adrian Morejon to the 60-day IL.
Lopez p 2 0 0 0 C.Kelly c 3 1 1 0 FOOTBALL
Sierra ph-rf 2 1 1 0 Ray p 2 0 0 0
National Football League
López p
Chafin p
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
NFL Glance ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived injured DT
AMERICAN CONFERENCE Ra’Shede Hageman.
Almonte rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 33 5 8 4 Totals 32 7 9 7
East CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Elijah
McGuire from the practice squad. Placed QB
W L T Pct PF PA
Miami 000 000 500 — 5 New England 2 0 0 1.000 76 3 Drew Stanton on injured reserve.
Arizona 101 001 40x — 7
E_Castro (12), Kinley (0), Chafin (0). DP_Miami
Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 45 30 GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed S Raven
Greene on injured reserve.
N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 19 40
1, Arizona 1. LOB_Miami 6, Arizona 7. 2B_Marte Miami 0 2 0 .000 10 102 MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Mark
(34), Lamb (6). HR_N.Walker (6), Escobar (34).
SB_J.Rojas (2).
South Fields to the practice squad.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Claimed TE Kaden
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 1 1 0 .500 41 42 Smith off waivers by the San Francisco 49ers.
IP H R ER BB SO Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 43 47 Waived RB Paul Perkins.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed QB Luke Falk from
Miami Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 60 32
Lopez 6 5 3 3 0 6 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 38 53 the practice squad. Waived S Bennett Jackson.
Guerrero L,1-1 0 2 3 3 1 0 North TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed WR
Kinley BS,0-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 W L T Pct PF PA Amara Darboh to the practice squad. Wavied
Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 82 27 WR Emanuel Hall from the practice squad.
Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 36 46 Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DL Ste-
Ray
López
6 1 1 1 4 7
0 2 3 3 1 0
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 29 61
West
fan Charles, DL Jeremiah Clarke, OL Tristan
Nichelson and DB Robert Priester to the prac-
W L T Pct PF PA tice roster.
Hirano W,4-5 1 1 0 0 0 0
Crichton H,1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0
Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 68 36
Oakland 1 1 0 .500 34 44
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 40 37 ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G David
Ginkel S,0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Guerrero pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Keller
Denver 0 2 0 .000 30 40
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Tendeck, D Axel Bergvist, D Dennis Busby,
D Connor Hall, D Brady Lyle, C Liam Kirk, C
East David Levin, C Valentin Nussbaumer and RW
batter in the 7th, López pitched to 3 batters in the
Dallas
W L T Pct PF PA
2 0 0 1.000 66 38
Eric Uba to their junior teams.
American Hockey League
7th, Chafin pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 52 51 LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Re-signed F
N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 31 63
Washington 0 2 0 .000 48 63
Steven Swavely to a one-year contract.
COLLEGE
Umpires_Home, Gerry Davis; First, Nick Mahrley;
Second, Brian Knight; Third, Pat Hoberg.
South FORDHAM — Named Lindsey Scherf assistant
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 45
track and field/cross country coach.
MINNESOTA STATE — Named Scott Nelson
director of marketing and community engage-
New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 39 55
Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 50
mant.
PROVIDENCE — Named Kevin Gould men’s
College Football
North assistant lacrosse coach/offensive coordina-
W L T Pct PF PA tor.
SEC Glance Green Bay
Detroit
2 0 0 1.000 31 19
1 0 1 .750 40 37
RANDOLPH — Named Shakena Richardson
women’s assistant basketball coach.
East
W L PF PA W L PF PA Minnesota
Chicago
1 1 0 .500 44 33
1 1 0 .500 19 24
VIRGINIA — Signed men’s basketball coach
Tony Bennett to a one-year contract extension.
Georgia 1 0 30 6 3 0 148 23 West
Missouri 0 0 0 0 2 1 119 44 W L T Pct PF PA
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AP Top 25 Reality Check

Gap between elite and rest grows

The Associated Press
Before the season there was
talk of a clear dividing line in col-
lege football between the elite pro-
grams, true national championship
and perennial playoff contenders,
and everybody else.
Through three weeks of the col-
lege football season, not much has
changed. No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Ala-
bama, No. 3 Georgia, No. 5 Oklaho-
ma and No. 6 Ohio State have been
dominant and look like the class of
the country.
LSU has crept into the middle of
that bunch, sitting at No. 4 in the lat-
est AP Top 25 college football poll
presented by Regions Bank. The
yards rushing, four touchdowns. Ranked: Too low.
Kyler Murray’s first three starts No. 16 Oregon (3-0)
last year: 67.3% completions, 863 Next: at Stanford.
yards passing, eight touchdowns, Reality check: The Ducks have
one interception, 169 yards rush- gone off on overmatched compe-
ing, two touchdowns. tition since botching the Auburn
Baker Mayfield’s first three game.
starts in 2017: 76.8 completions, Ranked: Little too low.
1,046 yards passing, 10 touch- No. 17 Texas A&M (3-0)
downs, no interceptions, no yards Next: vs. No. 8 Auburn.
rushing or touchdowns. Reality check: The Aggies
Ranked: Just right. have dominated two patsies and
No. 6 Ohio State (3-0) were smothered by the best team in
Sudoku
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Reality check: The defense, their level this week.
ranked ninth in the nation at 3.85 Ranked: About right.
yards per play, is what makes it No. 18 Iowa (2-0) Sudoku
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placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
tempting to put Ohio State in the Next: vs. Middle Tennessee, Sudoku 4 5 3 2 1 8 6 9 7
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Tigers moved in on the strength of Clemson. But we’ll tap the brakes Reality check: Is anything more based onthe a 9x9
is to place numbers 1 2 6 7 5 9 4 3 8
a wildly entertaining win at No. 12 for a little longer. Iowa than a game-sealing punt? grid
Texas. Their victory in Austin rates Ranked: About right. 1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 7 6 1 8 3 4 2 5 9
Ranked: Just right. given
as the season’s most impressive No. 7 Notre Dame (2-0) No. 19 Washington State so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 5 9 8 6 7 2 3 4 1
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column and each 3x3 the
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accomplishment so far. We’ll see Next: at No. 3 Georgia. (3-0) numbers 2 3 4 5 9 1 8 7 6
how that stands up, but there hasn’t Reality check: Hard to know Next: vs. UCLA. contains the1same to 9 number
in
6 4 5 9 2 7 1 8 3
the empty spaces so
been all that many marquee match- what to take seriously in a 50-point Reality check: Mike Leach’s only once. The difficulty 3 8 7 1 4 6 9 2 5
that each row, each
ups from which to choose. blowout, but the Irish gave up a cou- magic is fielding pretty much the level increases from
column and each 9 1 2 3 8 5 7 6 4
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coming off a playoff appearance, co and currently rank 120th in the mostly recruiting in the two/three- the same number only once. The difficulty level
and No. 8 Auburn, which claims a nation at 4.96 per carry against. star bin. increases from Monday to Sunday.
neutral-field victory against No. 16 Ranked: Too high. Ranked: About right
Oregon, could argue they belong No. 8 Auburn (3-0) No. 20 Boise State (3-0)
in that group, too. Reality Check is Next: at No. 17 Texas A&M. Next: vs. Air Force.
more skeptical. The Fighting Irish Reality check: Will coach Gus Reality check: The Broncos
and Tigers have a chance to stick it Malzahn work in QB Joey Gate- will have their hands full in their
to the doubters next weekend, with wood as a runner to go with Bo Nix? division with Air Force, Utah State
Notre Dame heading to Georgia Ranked: Too low. and Wyoming all looking pretty
and Auburn to No. 17 Texas A&M. No. 9 Florida (3-0) good.
The call here is Notre Dame and Next: vs. Tennessee. Ranked: Just right.
Auburn are closer to No. 15 UCF Reality check: QB Feleipe No. 21 Virginia (3-0)
than Clemson, and the AP voters Franks (leg) has his limitations, but Next: vs. Old Dominion
should be showing the Knights a things probably won’t get easier for Reality check: The second-best
little more love in a world where the the Gators without him. team in the ACC. For whatever
difference between No. 7 and No. 17 Ranked: About right. that’s worth right now.
(or higher) seems marginal. No. 10 Utah (3-0) Ranked: Just right.
No. 1 Clemson (3-0) Next: at Southern California. No. 22 Washington (2-1)
Next: vs. Charlotte Reality check: Winning at BYU Next: at BYU.
Reality check: The Tigers al- looks better every week. Reality check: The next three
most look a little bored offensively. Ranked: About right. games (at BYU, vs. USC and at
Ranked: Just right. No. 11 Michigan (2-0) Stanford) will determine whether
No. 2 Alabama (3-0) Next: at No. 13 Wisconsin. the Cal game was just a blip.
Next: vs. Southern Miss Reality: Time for that new of- Ranked: Too high.
Reality check: In two games fense to start producing. No. 23 California (3-0)
against Power Five opponents, the Ranked: Too high. Next: at Mississippi.
Tide is averaging 3.30 yards per No. 12 Texas (3-0) Reality check: Congratulations
rush and allowing 3.95 per rush. Next: vs. Oklahoma State. on the ranking, Bears, but this of-
Even this early, that’s unusual. Reality check: A defense lean- fense is still really sketchy, 99th in
Ranked: Just right, though the ing on lots of inexperienced players the nation at 5.13 per play.
‘Bama benefit of the doubt is get- hopes it won’t be without sopho- Ranked: If Washington is
ting stretched. more LB Joseph Ossai (shoulder) ranked, guess Cal should be, too.
No. 3 Georgia (3-0) now that Big 12 play is starting. No. 24 Arizona State (3-0)
Next: vs. No. 7 Notre Dame Ranked: Too low. Next: vs. Colorado.
Reality check: The Bulldogs No. 13 (tie) Wisconsin (2-0) Reality check: The Sun Dev-
have barely broken sweat and seem Next: vs. No. 11 Michigan. ils are 5-1 under coach Herm Ed-
to have discovered some young Reality check: The Badgers wards in games decided by three
playmakers on the outside in fresh- will probably give up some points points. Not sure how much of
men George Pickens and Dominick this week. this is a sustainable skill and how
Blaylock. Ranked: Just right. much is good fortune.
Ranked: Just a touch too high, No. 13 (tie) Penn State (3-0) Ranked: Road wins will get
based on solely on competition. Next: at Maryland, Sept. 27. you in the bottom of the rankings
No. 4 LSU (3-0) Reality check: The Nittany Li- three weeks into the season. Just
Next: at Vanderbilt ons look more like a collection of right.
Reality check: Joe Burrow is talented players than a cohesive No. 25 TCU (2-0) ACROSS
completing 83 percent of his pass- team so far. Next: vs. SMU.
1 Brisk pace
es, best in the nation. Ranked: Too high. Reality check: Could this be
Ranked: A touch too low. No. 15 UCF (3-0) another TCU team that comes off
5 Alda and Arkin
No. 5 Oklahoma (3-0) Next: at Pittsburgh the radar to contend in the Big 12? 10 News sum-
Next: vs. Texas Tech, Sept. 28. Reality check: The competition Ranked: See Arizona State. mary
Reality check: Jalen Hurts’ first questions will never cease, but the Just right. 12 Math compar-
three starts this year: 80% comple- Knights certainly look capable of Instead of Washington what ison
tions, 880 yards passing, nine touch- running with any team outside of about Oklahoma State or Kansas 13 Gowns and
down passes, no interceptions, 373 that top tier of elites. State? tuxes
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ris (80) during the first quarter Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Defensive offsides was called on the play.
4B Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Pro Football
Beckham puts on show in MetLife return, Browns top Jets 23-3
The Associated Press
EAST RUTHER-
FORD, N.J. — Odell
Beckham Jr. had an
89-yard touchdown
catch and a spectacular
one-handed grab in his
return to MetLife Sta-
dium, and Baker May-
field and the Cleveland
Browns did just enough
to beat the short-hand-
ed and banged-up New
York Jets 23-3 on Monday
night.
Beckham, traded from
the Giants in March,
helped the Browns (1-
1) bounce back from a
30-point loss to Tennes-
see in their opener to top
the Jets (0-2).
New York lost quar-
terback Trevor Siemian
to an ankle injury in the
second quarter, and Luke
Falk — promoted from
Brees
Continued from Page 1B
with New England’s Tom
Brady, 17 behind retired
former Indianapolis Colts
and Denver Broncos quar-
terback Peyton Manning.
The Saints are practic-
ing this week in the Se-
attle area before playing
the Seahawks on Sunday.
New Orleans’ five games
after they face Seattle are
against Dallas, Tampa
Bay, Jacksonville, Chica-
go and Arizona, followed
by a Week 9 bye.
Bridgewater, a sec-
ond-year Saints who re-
turned to New Orleans
this season on a one-year,
$7.2 million free-agent
deal, is the primary back-
up.
Taysom Hill, who plays
Trolio
Continued from Page 1B
made the trip with VJ and
Cohen in Pinehurst, and
so did Cissye Gallagher,
a former LPGA player
and the wife of former
PGA Tour player Jim Gal-
lagher. The Trolios have
a close relationship with
the Gallaghers, and Co-
hen credits Jim Gallagher
in particular for improv-
ing his game.
“He knows a lot, so
when I have big things
coming up, I’ll always
give him a call,” Cohen
said. “Me and him just jell
because we’re both golf
nerds.”
And when the two face
off for matches, Cohen
more than holds his own
— but Gallagher’s a tricky
foe.
“He still gets me,” Co-
hen said. “He’ll get me
sometimes.”
Gallagher and VJ have
both been all over — “you
name a golf course, he’s
played it,” Cohen said of
Gallagher — and they’ve
made it to places Cohen
has never been but as-
pires to play someday.
That includes Augusta,
home of The Masters, and
Cohen knows how close
MSU
Continued from Page 1B
Running backs room or
doctor’s office
While the secondary
has taken their lumps on
the injury front, the MSU
running backs room has
been decimated of late.
Senior Nick Gibson,
who Moorhead said didn’t
practice all of last week,
remains day-to-day with
a lower body issue, while
senior Alec Murphy is
done for the season.
With Murphy and Gib-
son banged up, that leaves
just junior Kylin Hill and
true freshman Lee With-
erspoon to shoulder the
load.
Given Hill’s past in-
jury history and With-
erspoon’s greenness,
that’s a far cry from the
three-headed attack MSU
boasted at the season’s
outset.
“We’d like to get Nick
back as quickly as we
the practice squad earlier
in the day — played the
rest of the game. Siemi-
an was starting in place
of Sam Darnold, who’s
sidelined for at least a few
weeks while recovering
from mononucleosis.
The Jets couldn’t get
anything going on of-
fense, and the Browns
blew open the game late
in the third quarter.
Falk led the Jets on
their longest drive of
night to that point — 60
yards — but Le’Veon
Bell could only get 1 yard
on a fourth-and-2 pass,
turning the ball over on
downs at the Browns 11.
On the very next play,
Mayfield hit Beckham
with a slant pass, and the
receiver outran the Jets’
defenders all the way to
the end zone for an 89-
yard TD that put Cleve-
a variety of skill posi-
tions on offense and also
plays on special teams,
is the third string QB. It
remains to be seen how
his playing time at vari-
ous positions will be af-
fected if he is elevated to
second-string QB while
Brees is out.
Bridgewater’s last start
was with the Saints in the
final regular season game
of 2018, when New Orle-
ans had already locked up
the top seed in the NFC
playoffs. Bridgewater
completed 14 of 22 passes
for 118 yards, one TD and
one interception in a 33-14
loss to Carolina.
Earlier in his career, he
was 17-11 as a starter with
he came to changing
that. Had he made it to
the U.S. Amateur finals,
he would have received a
spot in The Masters, and
he would have also been
granted an exemption
into the U.S. Open. But
there’s time for that later.
“I just turned 17, so I
got a good ways to go,”
Cohen said. “And I hope-
fully have plenty of chanc-
es to play in The Masters.
And if not, then we’ll see
what happens, but I’m not
too disappointed about it.”
For now, Cohen’s fo-
cused on his junior sea-
son at Oak Hill, where as
well as golf he plays varsi-
ty basketball.
“Basketball is a whole
lot easier than hitting a
golf ball,” Cohen said.
“But when it’s cold out-
side, it’s 7:30, 8 o’clock at
night, when it gets dark at
four, there’s really noth-
ing else to do.”
Understandably, Co-
hen is choosing to focus
on golf only when he
moves to the next level.
He committed to LSU the
summer after his fresh-
man year, and he’s look-
ing forward to playing
can,” he said. “Ideally it
would be like it was the
first game-and-a-half —
Kylin is going to be the
starter, Nick is going to
be the backup and then
you utilize Lee as neces-
sary.”
In the interim, wide re-
ceiver Malik Dear could
also be used to bolster the
group. A running back
during his time at Murrah
High School, Dear took
one snap in the backfield
Saturday against Kansas
State.
“Very, very high foot-
ball IQ,” Moorhead said
of Dear. “So we pressed
into duty at running back
a little bit last week, got in
for a snap and did real well
but I think he’s capable of
doing those things at tail-
back.”
One welcome addition
would be junior college
transfer Kareem Walk-
er — who is currently
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land up 23-3 with 3:32 And, that wasn’t all for ed by a spectacular 33- as a rookie in 2014. On
remaining in the third Beckham, who finished yard, one-handed grab this one, Mayfield found
quarter. with six catches for 161 that got Cleveland down Beckham down the right
The touchdown came yards and the TD. to the Jets 4. sideline, and the receiver
after Beckham called He helped the Browns It was reminiscent stuck out his right hand
out Jets defensive coor- take a 3-0 lead on their of Beckham’s high- to snare the ball behind
dinator Gregg Williams first possession on Aus- light-reel, one-handed re- Nate Hairston — in near-
last Thursday, saying tin Seibert’s 23-yard field ception for the Giants on ly the same spot as his
the coach — then with goal — a drive highlight- “Sunday Night Football” big catch five years ago.
the Browns — instructed
players to hurt him in a
preseason game in 2017.
Williams denied Beck-
ham’s accusations, jok-
ingly asking reporters:
“Odell who?” Williams,
who led the Browns to
a 5-3 record as their in-
terim coach last season,
also chided reporters for
giving Beckham atten-
tion.
Well, Williams clearly
knows who Beckham is
now. The coach was seen
shouting angrily on the
sideline after Beckham’s
touchdown.
the Minnesota Vikings
before a major knee in-
jury sidelined him for all
of 2016 and nearly all of
2017.
At 1-1, the Saints are
tied for first place in the
NFC South. They entered
the season with high ex-
pectations after advanc-
ing to the NFC title game
last season, losing to the
Rams in a game marred
by officials’ non-call of
pass interference and
helmet-to-helmet contact
fouls committed by Rams
defensive back Nickell
Robey-Coleman against
then-Saints receiver Tom-
mylee Lewis.
under coach Chuck Win-
stead in Baton Rouge.
“He’s an awesome
coach, one of the best out
there for sure,” Cohen
said. “The atmosphere
around the team is cool.
I’m good friends with a lot
of kids who are coming in,
so it’s exciting.”
VJ, who knows the
importance of the rela-
tionship between a young
golfer and their coach,
also knows Winstead’s
skill. He’s happy with Co-
hen’s choice.
“t doesn’t matter to me
where they go,” VJ said.
“They just better love the
coach.”
VJ made it clear he had
no golf input on the deci-
sion — it was Cohen’s own
to make.
“I play dad on the whole
college thing,” he said. “I
just completely play dad.”
So while Cohen’s still
around, VJ makes sure
there’s still time for them
to play a round at Old Wa-
verly or Mossy Oak, clear
of any lessons or tourna-
ment obligations.
“On Sunday afternoons
we get out there and get
dirty with it,” VJ said.
enrolled at MSU but re-
mains ineligible to play.
Moorhead said he has one
more administrative issue
to clear up before he can
start practicing.
Other news and notes
Also on the injury
front, Dareuan Parker re-
mains day-to-day with an
injury he suffered in the
season opener against
Louisiana. Parker has not
played the past two weeks
though Moorhead said he
participated in practice
Monday.
As for the suspensions
that continue to hold a
cloud over the MSU pro-
gram, Moorhead said
Monday he would not
elaborate on why senior
defensive tackle Lee Au-
try missed the season
opener, played against
Southern Miss, and then
was suspended once more
against Kansas State.
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Dak Prescott spreading the wealth in hot start for Cowboys

The Associated Press
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas
Cowboys receivers and tight
ends have seven touchdown
catches through two games,
the same number of TDs the en-
tire offense had in the first five
games last year.
Dak Prescott’s hot start has
plenty to do with depth at posi-
tions that looked promising in
the preseason, and have deliv-
ered in a pair of victories over
NFC East rivals for the defend-
ing division champions.
“Everybody’s alive,” coach
Jason Garrett said after Sun-
day’s 31-21 win at Washington.
“You want to be able to feature
certain guys in your offense,
but we also want to be able to
say, ‘Hey, I’ll throw it to this
guy. He’s open. Let’s give him
a chance.’”
The best case in point
against the Redskins was re-
ceiver Devin Smith. A 2015
second-round pick by the New
York Jets after helping Ohio
State win a national champion-
ship, Smith sustained a pair of
knee injuries that wrecked his
career.
Smith’s 51-yard touchdown
catch sparked a second consec-
utive game with five straight
scoring drives for Dallas (2-0).
It also made Smith the fifth re-
ceiver with a catch of at least 25
yards from Prescott, who had
five of those type of plays in the
35-17 season-opening win over
the Giants.
Prescott completed his last
18 passes to tie the longest
streak of his career, finishing
26 of 30 for 269 yards and three
touchdowns. He has completed
82 percent of his passes for 674
yards with seven TDs and one
interception in two games.
Amari Cooper and Jason
Witten have two touchdowns
receiving apiece, while Smith,
Randall Cobb and Blake Jarwin
have one.
“Bottom line is we’re having
a lot of guys show up,” owner
Jerry Jones said. “We’re hav-
ing a lot of receivers show up,
getting some great work in our
front. I wouldn’t take back these
first two in any parts of it.”
What’s working
The plan to get RB Ezekiel
Elliott up to speed is coming
along nicely after the two-time
rushing champion missed the
entire preseason holding out for
a new contract.
Elliott reached 100 yards
(111) thanks to a 27-yard run
the play before Prescott took a
knee to run out the clock. The
fourth-year back was right on
his career average of 25 touch-
es (23 carries, two catches for 9
yards) in 53 snaps after getting
14 touches on 37 plays in the
opener.
The biggest breather for El-
liott came on an 11-play drive
that ended with Brett Maher’s
25-yard field goal early in the
fourth quarter. Rookie Tony
Pollard took the whole series,
getting three carries for all 22
of his yards rushing and his
only catch, a 3-yarder.
“I think slowly and surely,
I’m getting back in my rhythm
and knocking the rust off,” El-
liott said. “I feel good about ev-
erything going forward.”
What needs help
The Dallas defense is a little
light on turnovers and sacks
so far. Getting takeaways has
been a persistent problem, and
the Cowboys have two through
two games, a pair of fumbles
against the Giants.
While Tyrone Crawford had
an important sack of Washing-
ton’s Case Keenum when the
Dallas offense was struggling
in the first half, it was the only
one. The Cowboys sacked Eli
Manning just once as well.
Stock up
It figured that new offen-
sive coordinator Kellen Moore
would incorporate Prescott’s
ability as a runner, and so far
the 31-year-old play-caller has.
Prescott had the longest car-
ry for a quarterback in Dallas
history with a 42-yarder to set
up one of his three touchdown
passes. Prescott’s 69 yards
rushing were the second most
of his career.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My 40-year-
old daughter,
“Marta,” and I
are widows. I’m
retired, and my
daughter has a
small home-based
business. She
and her three
children live with
me. Because the
cost of living is
ZITS high in our city,
living together has
allowed us to pool
our resources
and co-parent my
grandkids. Dear Abby
Marta has had
a boyfriend for
a year and a half. I have not
warmed to him. He has four
kids by a previous girlfriend
or wife. The youngest is 18
months old. He works at a gro-
cery store, and I just don’t see
a viable future for my daughter
with him.
My dilemma: She sneaks
GARFIELD him in, and he spends the night I know she regrets not being
several nights a week. Marta
never asked my permission. I
guess she assumed it is OK.
To me it is unseemly and un-
trustworthy on both their parts.
It sends the wrong message to
my grandchildren. My mistake
was not having said anything to
her the first time it happened.
How should I proceed now? —
BOTHERED IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR BOTHERED: Proceed
by having an adult conversation
with your daughter and tell her
exactly how you
feel about this
arrangement.
While whether or
not the boyfriend
is good enough
for Marta is not
your decision to
make — face it,
she’s 40 now —
the talk may clear
the air. If her sex
life is important
to her, she may
opt to look for
another place to
live, so don’t be
surprised if she
does.
DEAR ABBY: I
had major surgery
eight months ago. When I came
out from under the anesthesia,
I was disappointed to find my
wife wasn’t there. It turned
out she had left the hospital
to have lunch with my sister
instead of eating on-site.
I have expressed my dis-
appointment to her twice, and
there, but every few months
the memory of what felt like
abandonment rises up and
depression sets in, often for
several days. How do I let this
go? — POST-SURGERY BLUES
DEAR P.S.B.: Your wife did
not abandon you; she had
lunch with your sister. It was a
mistake she regrets. You were
feeling helpless and vulnera-
ble, which is normal.
I’m wondering if your reac-
tion could be connected to the
surgery or medications. Please
talk about this with your doctor.
If that doesn’t help, a licensed
mental health professional can
help you get beyond this. Your
doctor or health care provider
can refer you to someone who
can help with these episodes
of depression.
DEAR ABBY: My dear friend
has a terrible habit of ALWAYS
talking about her husband,
“Bennet.” According to her, he
can do everything and knows
everything. In one evening she
mentioned his name 19 times.
(I counted.) For the record,
Bennet is an average guy and
nondescript in every way. Even
her kids think he is royalty.
How can I kindly tell her
she is embarrassing herself,
and her friends find it annoy-
ing? This has been going on
for years, and it keeps getting
worse. — NOT IMPRESSED IN
THE EAST
DEAR NOT IMPRESSED: For
the record, Bennet must be
doing something right or his
family wouldn’t idolize him the
way you say they do.
If you think there is
anything you can “kindly” say
to your dear friend about her
Knight in Shining Armor being
nondescript in every way, you
are dreaming. Tell your friend
you appreciate how proud she
is of her husband, but you’d
like to hear about some other
subjects. If it falls on deaf
ears, see her less often if you
must, but don’t smash her
idol.

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.
17). Throughout the year,
there will be times you’ll live
it up and laugh it down, and
those will work brilliantly. More
times, you’ll work through the
challenge with meticulous and
determined persistence —
you’ll have so much of that at
your disposal. And your vitality
increases with lifestyle changes
you make in November. Cancer
and Gemini adore you. Your
BABY BLUES lucky numbers are: 18, 1, 3, 33
and 50.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You can be mean to yourself
sometimes. You wouldn’t
hang out with people who
talk to you the way you talk
to yourself when you’re being
mean. Interrupt the pattern. Try
distracting yourself with positive
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
influences.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The way that words, ideas and
art are conceived will have a
direct correlation with how they
are received. What comes from
the heart will go to the heart.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Taking charge of your own focus
seems like a basic right, but
your life and work can be so
tied in to the lives and work of
others that autonomous acts
can be surprisingly hard to carry
out. At least you’re needed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’re going to have a hard time
carrying out the goals you be-
lieve you should be committed
to, but it won’t be hard at all to
do the things you really want
to do. So the trick is in wanting
what’s good for you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Success will be a matter of
taking charge of your definition
of it and then honoring that. Be
reasonable, and start small.
Also, there’s really no point in
getting mired in a history of all
the things that haven’t worked
so far. Clean the slate.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You used to give yourself
credit for learning new things,
but these days, picking up new
skills is a daily adaptation to the
escalating pace of technology.
Still, pat yourself on the back.
You keep getting smarter!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Humans are social creatures
for which the approval of others
can be a matter of trivia or
a matter of survival. Luckily,
you’re in for a few days of ease
with a relaxed attitude that
doesn’t change based on your
approval rating.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The things that reward one
person may not mean much
to another. It will be especially
important to get this right on a
you-to-you basis, as it will be
hard to motivate yourself with-
out the proper reward.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Time and trust are the
themes of the day. Timeframes
have a lot to do with people’s
willingness to participate. Tell
people upfront the amount of
time they’ll be expected to put
in. Start brief, and build.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). What appears from the
outside to be a solidly built
relationship may be, from the
perspective of those living in
it, more like a set piece on a
stage. Respect that every rela-
tionship is different, and make
no assumptions.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). The role of caregiver can
be a soul-enriching one to take
on, especially when the other
person really is your responsibil-
ity. But when the other person
is taking advantage of your
kindness, it’s another dynamic
entirely.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). New relationships will
start with a simple hello. No
special knowledge or attractive
qualities need come into play,
because what really matters in
building rapport is the exchange
of pleasant vibes.

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Call us: 662-328-2424
Legal Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0176-JNS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the estate of
ANTHONY SCOTT FLORA de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 12th day of
September, A.D., 2019. This is
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es-
tate to Probate and Register
same with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, within ninety (90) days
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
This the 13th day of Septem-
ber, 2019.
/s/ Rosemary Beaver
ROSEMARY BEAVER
PUBLISH: 9/17, 9/24, &
10/1/2019
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the Office of Purchasing. The
bid opening will be held in the
Office of Purchasing, Whitfield
Hall, 1100 College Street,
Columbus, MS at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 3, 2019 at
which time they will be publicly
opened and read. Specifica-
tions may be obtained from:
Office of Purchasing
Whitfield Hall
1100 College Street, MUW
1628
Columbus, MS 39701
Telephone (662) 329-7126
Mississippi University for Wo-
men reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
PUBLISH: 9/10 & 9/17/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
CLIFTON SHONE HORTON AND
TONI ANNE MARIE HORTON
PLAINTIFFS
VERSUS
NICHOLAS KERRIA VAUGHN
AND KIMBERLY MARIE HOPE
DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0443-RPF
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: NICHOLAS KERRIA
VAUGHN, whose last known ad- person, who is great at
dress is 309 21st Street
North, Columbus, Mississippi
39701. You have been made a follow through and details.
Defendant in the suit filed in
this Court by Clifton Shone Hor-
ton and Toni Anne Marie Hor-
ton, in a Petition for Child Cus- what flexible hours.
tody and Other Relief.
You are summoned to appear
and defendant against the
complaint or petition filed
against you in this action at
9:00 A.M. on the 13th day of
November, 2019, in the
courtroom of the Oktibbeha
County Courthouse/Chancery
Building at Starkville, Missis-
sippi, and in case of your fail-
ure to appear and defend a
judgment will be entered
against you for the money or
other things demanded in the
complaint or petition.
You are not required to file an screen, able to lift heavy
answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND
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the 28th day of August, 2019. 662-328-5670 for appt.
LISA YOUNGER NEESE, Chan-
cery Clerk Lowndes County,
Mississippi
BY: /s/ Tina Fisher
D.C.
PUBLISH: 9/3, 9/10, &
9/17/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JAMES EUGENE
SPARKS, DECEASED
CAUSE NO: 2019-0115-F
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
James Eugene Sparks, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 27th day of June,
A. D., 2019. This is to give no-
tice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the
first publication date of this No-
tice to Creditors. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
This the 11th day of Septem-
ber, 2019.
/s/CYNTHIA DESHAY SPARKS,
EXECUTRIX
McEwen Law Firm
Steven R. McEwen
P. O. Box 709
Columbus, MS 39703
PUBLISH: 9/17, 9/24, &
10/1/2019
All notices must be
emailed to
classifieds@
cdispatch.com.
Legal Notices
The following vehicles have
been abandoned at
Auto Mart LLC or Jim’s Towing
1009 Gardner Blvd / 1020 ½
Gardner Blvd
Columbus, MS 39702
2004 Chevrolet Impala
VIN #2G1WF52E949115666
2004 Honda CLX
VIN #JHLRD68474C004155
If not claimed they will be sold
on September 24th, 2019, at
10 AM at 1020 1/2 Gardner
Blvd., Columbus, MS by Auto
Mart LLC or Jim’s Towing. They
will be sold for monies owed
for the tow bill, storage fees,
and legal fees.
Witnessed this the 12th day of
Sept, 2019.
Auto Mart LLC
Publish: 9/17 and 9/23/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF VERONICA MINNIE
HAGAN
DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2019-0157
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the 7879.
undersigned upon the Estate of
Veronica Minnie Hagan, De-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 4th day of
September, 2019. This is to
give notice to all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate
to probate and register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the
first publication date of this No-
tice to Creditors. A failure to so
probate and register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 5th day of September,
2019.
/s/ Larry Dewayne Hagan
LARRY DEWAYNE HAGAN, Ex-
ecutor
PUBLISH: 9/10, 9/17, &
9/24/2019
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!
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Too much
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placing a garage
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terminal, 9,500 sq. ft.
153 ACRES on Hwy 50 E at
end of Brewer Rd. 4 green
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sale ad today!
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shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
office/shop. Buildings can
fields, exc hunting, sand,
gravel & clay deposits.
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