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Passing the WorkKeys

Eight hopefuls sit for workplace assessment test
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8:25

Thursday
morning,
test proctor
Terry
Logan
escorted
eight peo-
ple from
the lobby Slim Smith
at East
Mississippi
Community College to a classroom
equipped with desktop computers, a
calculator and pencil and paper.
I was clearly the oldest of the
eight people taking the WorkKeys
test, but that wasn’t the only thing
that distinguished me from the
others.
I was taking the test to take it.
The others, ranging from
21-year-old Jarvis Jackson to
30-year-old Kendall Minor, were
taking the test to “make it.”
Although WorkKeys is not
required as part of the job applica-
first step to a career
with better pay and
more stability’
Kendall Minor of Columbus
on passing the WorkKeys test
tion, Jackson hoped the test would
bolster his chances of landing a po-
sition at PACCAR. Minor needed to
pass the test to qualify for EMCC’s
welding program.
Brandi Kelly, 25, of Columbus,
needed to pass the test to qualify for
EMCC’s medical billing program.
For each, Thursday was the
culmination of 10 or more hours of
online practice tests to which those
who sign up for the WorkKeys have
access.
There in the quiet of the
classroom, we listened as Logan
explained how to access the test
questions through passwords.
Then, we began the test.
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Jessika Hayes,
Planting a seed: Coding Academy students
a student at
Golden Triangle teach fifth graders basic coding skills
Coding Academy
and Columbus By ISABELLE ALTMAN emy, stood at the head of a a certain direction depending
Municipal School ialtman@cdispatch.com “maze” — laid out with tape on which key on the remote
District coding on the auditorium floor — as control Richardson tapped,
and STEM intern, Friday morning the audi- a group of fifth graders fanned with the ultimate goal being
works on a com- torium at Franklin Elementa- out beside him. Some of them that the remote control could
puter program ry School was filled with the had their attention focused on direct the robot through the
to code robots chatter of students — and the a remote control in Richard- maze.
during CMSD’s buzzing of robots those stu-
coding week at son’s hand. Others were look- The ball rolled to the end of
Franklin Ele- dents helped program. ing at a small round robot at the first stretch of the maze,
mentary School Quinn Richardson, an the start of the maze. made a sharp left and then
Friday morning. eight-month student of the The fifth graders had pro- continued on, always turning
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Say What?
Did you hear? “Leaders on the left and the right are using this phenomenon
Bill Shine resigns from White as a way of drumming up support, claiming they’re victims.”
Deborah Lipstadt, a history professor at Emory University, on
the intensifying national debate over Israel. Story, 5A.
House communications post
Former Fox News executive will join Ask Rufus
the president’s re-election campaign
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The Associated Press tion of anonymity.
The announcement
WASHINGTON — Bill took many in the West
Shine, a former Fox News Wing by surprise, though
executive who took over as there were signs of unrest
President Donald Trump’s lately. Shine did not join
communications director Trump on his high-stakes
last summer, exited the trip to Vietnam for a sum-
White House on Friday, the mit with North Korea’s
latest person to step away Kim Jong Un.
from a job that has become Still, Trump said in a
a revolving door within the statement: “We will miss
turbulent West Wing. him in the White House,
Shine will join the pres- but look forward to work-
ident’s Republican re-elec- ing together on the 2020
tion campaign, the White Presidential Campaign,
House said in a laudato- where he will be totally in-
ry statement that quot- volved.”
ed Trump and other top Shine was Sean Han-
White House officials. nity’s top producer for
When Shine joined the several years at Fox News
administration, he was Channel, rising to network
viewed as an experienced leadership when founding
hand whose television ex- chief executive Roger Ailes
perience could help shape was forced out following
Trump’s message. But like sexual misconduct allega-
others before him, Shine tions. Shine wasn’t accused Courtesy photo
was forced to grapple with of such misdeeds, but he Gee’s Bend, Alabama, quilters Mary Ann Pettway, left, and China Pettway display a quilt made by Mary Ann.
a president who preferred was named in lawsuits Both Mary Ann and China have exhibited quilts at the Smithsonian Institution.
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The test is divided
into three sections —
applied math, workplace
documents and graphic
literacy. Each section has
38 questions and test-tak-
ers are given 55 minutes
to complete each section.
From the first ques-
tion of the first section
until the last question of
the last section, it’s clear
everything is devoted to
real-life work situations.
For example, math
questions are presented
as word problems related
to a job situation. They
range from the simplest
math to conversions
to and from the metric
system.
The workplace docu-
ments section requires
the test-taker to glean
from the material es-
sential facts related to
specific questions. In the
graphics literacy section,
test-takers must be able
to analyze a wide range of
different types of graphics
to answer questions.
Tests are graded on
four levels — bronze,
silver, gold and platinum.
Silver is considered a
passing grade.
The scoring system,
Huerkamp said, is de-
signed to determine what
jobs a test-taker can be
expected to perform.
“If you score at a
bronze level, you’re going
to be great at about 15
percent of the jobs,”
Huerkamp said. “At silver,
you should be able to
perform about 65 percent
of the jobs. At gold, you’re
capable of handing 80 to
85 percent of the jobs. If
you get a platinum, you
can probably knock it out
of the park in just about
any job.”
The scores
Full disclosure: I didn’t
knock it out of the park.
Wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Alabama
on behalf of aborted embryo
Suit filed against Alabama Women’s
Center for Reproductive Alternatives
By KIM CHANDLER
The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
— An Alabama probate
judge has recognized the
legal rights of an aborted
embryo just months after
voters approved a state
constitutional amend-
ment recognizing the
rights of the unborn.
A civil rights attor-
ney said the lawsuit to
Around the state
No more donated socks
for inmates after drugs
sewn into pair
TUPELO — Friends
and relatives of inmates
in a northeast Mississippi
jail can no longer bring
them clothing after drugs
were found hidden in
some clothes.
Local news outlets re-
port Lee County Sheriff
Jim Johnson changed the
policy after finding nar-
cotics sewn into socks.
Officials are charging
a woman, 22-year-old
Emily Yingling of Blue
Springs, with introducing
contraband into a jail. Two
inmates also face charges
— 27-year-old James Ea-
ton of Saltillo and 38-year-
old Randell Button of Blue
Springs. It’s unclear if any
of the three has a lawyer
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Jarvis Jackson, 21, of Columbus, holds his test results
from Thursday’s WorkKeys test. Jackson hopes passing Keys test will allow him to enroll in EMCC’s welding
the test will help his chances of landing a job at PACCAR. program, which begins on April 6.
Upon completing my
tests, Logan stepped
outside the classroom,
briefly explaining my test
results.
“You got pretty close
to platinum,” she said.
The range of possible
scores are 65 to 90.
In applied math, I
scored an 82 — metric
conversions were my
undoing. I also scored an
82 in graphics literacy,
which might have been
better if I paid attention
to the time limit. Of the
three sections, it was
the one section that I
failed to complete all the
questions (answering 35
of 38).
I scored the highest
— an 87 — in workplace
documents.
Those scores qualified
me for gold status in all
three sections.
Logan said I could
expect to receive my
WorkKeys certificate in
about a week, although
the certificate can be
downloaded and printed
from the ACT website
48 hours after taking
the test for anyone who
which the ruling applies
is unlikely to persevere in
the face of the Supreme
Court’s 1973 decision le-
galizing abortion.
Ryan Magers, 21, filed
the wrongful-death suit
in February against the
Alabama Women’s Cen-
ter for Reproductive Al-
ternatives, which he says
prescribed an abortion
pill to his ex-girlfriend.
Johnson says inmates
now must buy underwear,
socks and T-shirts from
the jail commissary.
The sheriff says the
jail previously allowed
people to bring Bibles to
inmates, but stopped that
too after finding a weapon
hidden in one and cocaine
sewn into another.
Man gets 30 years in
prison for shooting
wife in pizza fight
BRANDON — A Mis-
sissippi man has been
sentenced to 30 years in
prison for shooting and
killing his wife after an
argument over heating a
pizza.
Rankin County District
Attorney John Bramlett
Jr. tells media outlets that
54-year-old John Pres-
@
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
Kendall Minor, 30, of Columbus, said passing the Work-
Test proctor Terry Logan goes over the results of the
WorkKeys test with Brandi Kelly, who plans to enroll
in EMCC’s medical billing program. Kelly will need to
retake the math section of the test, but said she’s con-
fident she’ll pass that section on her next try. “I was
pretty close, so I’m not too disappointed,” she said.
needs them sooner.
Jackson, the third to
finish the test, said he got
what he came for.
“I needed a silver and
was able to get it,” said
the Columbus native.
“Some of the test was
hard, but I had used the
practice test and felt
The abortion pill is legal.
Magers’ attorney, J.
Brent Helms, told The As-
sociated Press on Friday
that Magers disagreed
with his girlfriend’s deci-
sion to have an abortion
and tried to talk her out of
it. She was 17 at the time
and he was 19, Helms
said.
“He wanted to be
a father to his child,”
Helms said. “He says no
father should have to go
through this.”
Dalton Johnson, owner
ton Finch was sentenced
Thursday on second-de-
gree murder charges.
Finch was convicted
of shooting Amy Renee
Stewart on Dec. 31, 2016.
Authorities say sher-
iff’s deputies arrived at a
house near Pelahatchie
to find the door open and
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students can re-take a
section at the cost of $20.
“Our goal is to get
everyone who takes the
test where they need to
be,” Huerkamp said.
Tests are conducted
twice a week at EMCC
and at least once a month
on a Saturday, based on
demand. High school
students throughout the
Golden Triangle also take
the test.
In addition, some
companies such as
PACCAR use a different
version of the WorkKeys
test to assess employees
for promotions or new
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
assignments.
Minor emerged from
his short conversation
with Logan clearly
documents and graphics pleased.
literacy, but fell just short “I got the score I need-
in applied math. ed,” the Starkville native
“I’m a little disappoint- said. “Now, I can move on
ed, but not too much,” to the next step.”
said Kelly, who currently Minor has previously
works as a waitress. “I attended EMCC to study
knew the math part was business, but it wasn’t
going to be hard. Math a good fit. He currently
has always been hard for sells insurance, but now
me.” that he’s passed the
For those who, like WorkKeys test he’s qual-
Kelly, fall short, EMCC ified to pursue a career
provides chances to change.
retake the test — or “I hope to get into the
individual sections of welding program here,”
the test. Huerkamp said he said. “It starts April 6,
EMCC can also provide so I’m all set. Hopefully,
tutoring for would-be it will be the first step to
test-takers. a career with better pay
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
The test costs $50, but and more stability.”
pretty good about it. Now,
the next step is applying
at PACCAR.
“I’m happy to get this,”
he added. “It will open
the door, I hope.”
For Kelly, the results
were mixed.
She got the silver she
needed in workplace
of the Alabama Women’s
Center, said in a state-
ment that the lawsuit
“seeks to undermine a
woman’s fundamental
right to abortion.”
“This is yet one more
attempt to harass and in-
timidate abortion provid-
ers. While anti-abortion
opponents hope to push
abortion care out of reach
in Alabama, we remain
steadfast in our commit-
ment to serving the wom-
en of our state,” Johnson
said.
a blood-covered Finch
standing over Stewart’s
body.
Finch showed officers
a single-barrel shotgun,
initially saying the gun
fired by accident. He later
told deputies he and Stew-
art argued over the pizza,
and Finch shot her.
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Roses and thorns

A rose to
a community
organization that
hopes to assist
in the recovery
from the Feb. 23
storm, working with local agen-
cies and organizations while
sustaining support for the re-
covery effort after state and na-
tional relief organizations have
left. The Community-based
Recovery Committee will
organize as a 501(c)3 nonprofit,
allowing it to receive govern-
ment funds and grants. It will
include volunteers from non-
profits, agencies and religious
groups to coordinate issue-spe-
cific volunteers and comple-
ment and supplement existing
recovery programs. CBRC will
coordinate volunteers and man-
age recovery efforts, including
home repairs and rebuilding,
on a long-term basis and will
ensure that people with needs
don’t fall through the cracks or
lose access to help long-term.
The CBRC will appoint volun-
teer members to one of several
subcommittees, which will
focus on everything from man-
aging state and federal funds,
deciding how they are best
used, coordinating volunteers,
writing grants for additional
recovery efforts, and helping
those affected with long- and
short-term needs.
A rose to
the Greater
Starkville
Development
Partnership and
Starkville offi-
cials for providing the public an
opportunity to listen, learn and
ask questions about annexation
during a Thursday “Lunch and
Learn” session. Mayor Lynn
Spruill gave a presentation
— the same that consultant
Mike Slaughter, who has been
working with the city since it
began its annexation study,
presented to aldermen in early
February — during the Lunch
and Learn. The presentation
touched on a variety of topics,
from how Starkville’s popula-
tion will change to the number
and type of housing units
in the proposed annexation
area, to the number of street
lights needed for the new area
and how much sales and ad
valorem taxes it’s expected
to generate. The success of
an annexation relies heavily
on support from those most
affected by those plans, so it’s
important that citizens have
the opportunity to understand
the process and present their
own ideas and suggestions.
A rose to
Mississippi State
University for its
donation of a bus
to the Oktibbeha
County Emer-
gency Management Agency to
be used as a mobile command
center. MSU donated the bus
— a 24-passenger Goshen
Coach that was in service from
1996-2018 — on Friday. The
bus could serve as a workspace
for events ranging from storm
responses to search and rescue
operations. It can be used for
anything that would require
OCEMA officials to be on
the scene, making their work
more efficient and timely. We
applaud the university for their
generous donation. Ultimate-
ly, it will improve emergency
response efforts throughout
the county.
A rose to
the Starkville
High School
boys basketball
team, which
played Meridian
Saturday evening in Jackson
for the State 6A championship.
The Yellow Jackets advance to
the title game by holding off
Brandon, 64-61 Wednesday
as SHS ran its record to 29-1.
Starkville and Meridian will be
familiar foes in the title game.
On Nov. 8, the Yellow Jackets
defeated Meridian, 60-53 in
the second game of the season.
Win or lose, making it to the
title game is a notable achieve-
ment. Congratulations, Yellow
Jackets!

Letters to the editor

Voice of the people
Does Columbus have a spending freeze?
While some travel expense has been reduced,
the Columbus city council voted 4-2 in favor of
spending $100,000 to a company to study the
street light needs of our fair city. Anyone driving
at night around the city can see the difference
between LED street lights and the old incandes-
cent ones. Paying that sum of money for a study,
when we have a $880,000 deficit in spending,
seems like some are not thinking rationally about
our finances. Several weeks ago a lady gave a
very passionate plea for a speed bump in her
neighborhood and was turned down due to the
spending freeze. What has changed? The motion
to table the street light issue was a reasonable
motion. Do we have only two councilmen that are
interested in getting our city finances back in
control? Those in government have a saying, “a
million here, a million there, soon you’re talking
about real money.” Is this the case in the “Friend-
ly City”? We can’t seem to keep up with the
drainage, street repairs and other general upkeep
now. The storm clean up is going to cost a lot,
even if we get reimbursed for part of it. I just have
a problem spending money we don’t have, unless
there is money the elected officials have that they
are not telling the public about. By the way, how
big is the city reserve? Now the city’s financial
mystery has changed to an “investigative pro-
ceeding.” Let’s have a little transparency.
I have one other beef with a decision the
council just made on the termination of Inves-
tigator Adams. The vote was 4-2. Do we have 2
councilmen that condone what could be classified
Local voices
as embezzlement, the use of city vehicle on city
time to interview for another job in another town?
Having worked closely with the police depart-
Area school kids learning life
ment for two-plus years, maybe I expect too much
out of our officers. They have overcome a lot
in the department and are almost at the autho-
lessons playing chess
rized number of 70. If an officer wants to better On a recent Monday children were getting I have been teaching chess for
themselves, I have no problem, but do it on your afternoon, I am stand- in line to leave. A child nearly three decades. There is no
own time and own dime as they say. In closing, I ing in front of a large whispered to me, “I greater feeling than to see a child
support our police department, they do a job that demonstration board love chess.” grasp a chess concept or solve
takes a special calling to do. I know that if I need displaying knights, On Sundays, thanks a problem. Their eyes light up.
them, all I’ve gotta do is make a call. Thank you! bishops, pawns, and to the efforts of En- They become confident. I know
God Bless America and Columbus. other chess pieces in glish teacher and chess first-hand how that confidence
Lee Roy Lollar a famous pattern. A sponsor Scott Curtis, will impact other areas of their
Columbus white rook is giving I teach a group of stu- lives.
check to a black king. dents at the Mississippi Chess has many benefits for
In front of me are School for Mathemat- children. When they enter the
MUW name about 14 students from ics and Science. world of chess, they learn sports-
Help me out with this people: Why is MUW still Annunciation Catholic Isaac Miller The small group of manship, problem-solving skills,
called Mississippi University for Women when you School. high school students study techniques and tenacity. As
have men attending there? I would hate to be ap- I ask the class, “How does spend part of their weekend going they improve, their confidence
plying for a job and my boss say, “You went to wom- black get out of the check?” About over the patterns, openings, and grows. Also, chess is a way chil-
en’s college and you are a man?” This just does not six hands shoot up. The children, endings. They tell me they play dren with a competitive streak
make any sense to me. straining and contorting their and practice during the week, can channel their ambition into
Mike Willis bodies to get their hand as high as which might be why they have positive growth.
Columbus it can go; all have an answer. progressed so far in so short a I too fell in love with the game
I point to 8-year-old Amy Can- period. At a recent scholastic state when I was a child. It can never be
cellare. “The king can flee,” she tournament, they took home four truly mastered and thus has pro-
says. of the top five places. Several of vided me with endless room for
“Correct,” I say. “And who can them will retain a passion for the improvement as I uncovered layer
remember the three ways to get game their whole life. upon layer of the Royal Game’s
out of check?” Answers burst out On Thursdays, I teach an complexity. I studied every day,
Our View: Local Editorials from the children. “Capture.” after-school chess class at Colum- finally reaching number 18 in the
Local editorials appearing in this space represent the
opinion of the newspaper’s editorial board: Birney ”Block.” “Flee.” bus High School, with the help of country for players under 21 years
Imes, editor and publisher; Peter Imes, general manag- I am proud of them. They are music instructor, Doug Browning. old.
er; Slim Smith and senior newsroom staff. To inquire quick studies. On the first Thursday class, we A few months ago, I partnered
about a meeting with the board, please contact Peter On Mondays and Wednesdays, only had three students. Within with an anonymous benefactor,
Imes at 662-328-2424, or e-mail voice@cdispatch. I teach chess at Annunciation a couple weeks, that number has who like me, would like to see
com. Catholic School. Last December, doubled. the game more prevalent in area
when I offered to teach a chess I anticipate the number grow- schools. Chess has had a pro-
Voice of the People class at ACS, Marketing Director ing even each week, as the kids in foundly beneficial impact on my
We encourage you to share your opinion with readers Katie Fenstermacher and Princi- the class share their enthusiasm life. We believe it can have that
of The Dispatch. pal Joni House were quick to jump for the game with their friends. same impact on area schoolchil-
Submit your letter to The Dispatch by: at the opportunity. I was amazed at how quickly dren.
E-mail: voice@cdispatch.com Through their efforts and those students grasped concepts such D. Isaac Miller has been playing
Mail: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 of parents like Amy’s mother, as “smothered mate” and “de- chess since he was 5 and compet-
In person: 516 Main St., Columbus, or 101 S. Lafay- Nichole Cancellare, the children flection.” They began to change ing in tournaments since he was
ette St., No. 16, Starkville.
have found a new passion. Their their openings around, no longer a teenager. A nationally ranked
All letters must be signed by the author and must
include town of residence and a telephone number for love for chess and knowledge of moving the rook pawns, but rather player, Miller has recently moved to
verification purposes. Letters should be no more than the game has, in just two months, attempting to control the center of Columbus to join his brother who
500 words, and guest columns should be 500-700 grown quickly. the board and activate their pieces recently retired from the Air Force.
words. We reserve the right to edit submitted informa- After one Wednesday class, as I quickly. Chess is helping them Miller’s email address is dmillere-
tion. was putting up the pieces and the develop problem-solving skills. sq@live.com.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, March 10, 2019 5A

Trump surveys Alabama devastation, pays respects to victims

‘We saw things that you wouldn’t believe’ people, including four children
and a couple in their 80s, with
wife held hands as they paused
in front of each of the markers.
had just handed food to “have a
good time.”
President Donald Trump ten victims belonging to a sin- Trump shook his head as he This time, however, Trump
gle extended family. stood in front of one, which had appeared to avoid any such dis-
By JILL COLVIN wouldn’t believe,” said Trump,
and JAY REEVES The trip was a familiar one been decorated with a tiny pair tractions aside from some hub-
overlooking a debris field
The Associated Press for Trump, who, now in the of children’s sneakers. bub caused by his decision to
strewn with branches and oth-
third year of his presidency, has Trump has, at times, strug- sign Bibles, which Providence
er wreckage in Beauregard,
BEAUR E- traveled to the sites of numer- gled with his role as consol- Baptist Church had been dis-
which bore the brunt of Sun- ous disasters and tragedies, in- er-in-chief during trips to
GARD, Ala. — day’s storm. Mangled metal tributing, along with clothing
Standing near cluding hurricanes, shootings survey damage and meet with and other supplies, including
siding, wood planks, piping and and wildfires. tragedy victims. He memora-
the slab that’s all electric wires lay strewn on the diapers, toiletries and personal
that is left of one The day began with an aerial bly tossed paper towels into a
ground, along with remnants of care products.
survey of the area by helicopter, crowd as he surveyed damage
family’s garage, everyday life: clothing, a sofa, Before signing autographs or
which flew over swaths of land following hurricanes in Puerto
President Donald a bottle of Lysol cleaner and a posing for photos with the vol-
where trees had been flattened. Rico — a move that some saw
Trump on Friday Trump welcome mat encrusted with Trump and his wife, Melania, as inappropriate given the cir- unteers there, Trump thanked
surveyed the dev- dirt. also visited a church serving cumstances — and marveled law enforcement officials and
astation wrought by a powerful Trump and the first lady as a makeshift disaster relief at a yacht that floodwaters had other first responders, as well
tornado that ripped through a spent the afternoon meeting center for survivors. He later deposited on a family’s proper- as Homeland Security Sec-
rural Alabama town, uprooting with survivors, victims’ fam- observed a moment of silence ty during a trip to the Carolinas. retary Kirstjen Nielsen, who
trees, tearing homes from their ilies and volunteers trying to before white wooden crosses “At least you got a nice boat oversees the Federal Emergen-
foundations and killing nearly rebuild after the massive torna- commemorating each of the out of the deal,” Trump told the cy Management Agency, which
two dozen people. do carved a path of destruction victims. family. He was caught on cam- is assisting state and local re-
“We saw things that you nearly a mile wide, killing 23 Head bowed, Trump and his era telling a person to whom he sponse efforts.

Omar furor reflects intensifying As budget deficit rises,

national debate over Israel few in Washington
‘Leaders on the left and the right are using this Omar, a freshman congress-
woman from Minnesota, sparked
seem to care
phenomenon as a way of drumming up support, turmoil within the Democratic cau-
cus with her criticisms of Israel and
Treasury Department figures
claiming they’re victims.’ suggestions that Israel’s supporters
wanted lawmakers to pledge “alle-
show a 77 percent spike in the
Deborah Lipstadt, a history professor at Emory University
giance” to a foreign country. Divid- deficit over the first four months
By DAVID CR ARY tered with tough responses, and ed Democrats eventually drafted a
AP National Writer efforts to reconcile the differences resolution that condemned a wide of the budget year
have gained little traction. range of bigotry and did not men-
NEW YORK — tion Omar by name. By ANDREW TAYLOR
Among those fearing escalation
For Congress, the al- One of the first two Muslim wom- The Associated Press
is Deborah Lipstadt, a history pro-
legations of anti-Sem- en in Congress, Omar supports a
fessor at Emory University and au- WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit is
itism directed toward contentious part of the overall dis-
thor of a new book, “Antisemitism: ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and
Rep. Ilhan Omar have pute — the Boycott, Divestment,
no precedent. Yet on Here and Now,” about the recent few in Washington seem to care.
Sanctions movement, or BDS,
college campuses, in resurgence of anti-Semitism in the which promotes various forms of And even if they did, the political dynamics that
state legislatures and United States and Europe. She calls boycotts against Israel. enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago
in many other venues Omar herself an optimist, but she says it’s Some celebrities — including has disappeared, replaced by bitter partisanship and
nationwide, the polarized debate hard to be hopeful in the current po- actress Natalie Portman and singer chronic dysfunction.
about Israel is a familiar conflict litical climate. Lana Del Ray — have withdrawn That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest
and likely to intensify in the months “Leaders on the left and the right from appearances in Israel in re- budget , which will promptly be shelved after landing
and years ahead. are using this phenomenon as a way cent months out of concern over with a thud on Monday. Like previous spending blue-
Fueled by a wave of youthful ac- of drumming up support, claiming Israeli policies. Several scholarly prints, Trump’s plan for the 2020 budget year will
tivists, including many Jews align- they’re victims,” she said. “I fear it associations, including the Ameri- propose cuts to many domestic programs favored by
ing with Muslims, criticism of Isra- will get far worse before it gets bet- can Studies Association and the As- lawmakers in both parties but leave alone politically
el’s policies toward the Palestinians ter.” sociation for Asian American Stud- popular retirement programs such as Medicare and
has grown in volume and scope, Congress has never experienced ies, have supported an academic Social Security.
with persistent calls for boycotts this kind of furor involving a Mus- boycott, even as other associations Washington probably with devote months wres-
and disinvestment. Pro-Israel orga- lim member accused of anti-Semi- and academic leaders have opposed tling over erasing the last remnants of a failed 2011
nizations and politicians have coun- tism. that campaign. budget deal that would otherwise cut core Pentagon
operations by $71 billion and domestic agencies and
foreign aid by $55 billion. Top lawmakers are pushing
for a reprise of three prior deals to use spending cuts
or new revenues and prop up additional spending
rather than defray deficits that are again approach-
ing $1 trillion.
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on WikiLeaks It’s put deficit hawks in a gloomy mood.
“The president doesn’t care. The leadership of
the Democratic Party doesn’t care,” said former Sen.
Former Army intelligence analyst has Fifth Amendment right
against self-incrimination.
marshals can handle her
medical care. Prosecutor Judd Gregg, R-N.H. “And social media is in stampede
said she objects to the secrecy of the “I will not participate
in a secret process that I
Tracy McCormick said
the jail and the marshals
mode.”
Trump’s budget arrives as the latest Treasury
grand jury process morally object to, partic- have assured the govern- Department figures show a 77 percent spike in the
deficit over the first four months of the budget year,
ularly one that has been ment that her medical
By MAT THEW BARAK AT a brief hearing in feder- used to entrap and per- needs can be met. driving by falling revenues and steady growth in
The Associated Press al court in Alexandria Amy Bertsch, spokes- spending.
secute activists for pro-
in which Manning con- woman for the Alexandria Trump’s 2017 tax cut bears much of the blame,
tected political speech,”
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — firmed she has no inten- jail, confirmed Friday along with sharp increases in spending for both the
she said in a statement re-
Former Army intelligence tion of testifying. She told that Manning had been Pentagon and domestic agencies and the growing
leased after she was taken
analyst Chelsea Manning, booked. federal retirement costs of the baby boom generation.
the judge she “will accept into custody.
who served years in pris- whatever you bring upon The judge said she will
on for leaking one of the me.” remain jailed until she
largest troves of classified Manning has said she testifies or until the grand
documents in U.S. history, objects to the secrecy of jury concludes its work.
was sent to jail Friday for the grand jury process Manning’s lawyers had
refusing to testify before and already revealed ev- asked that she be sent to
a grand jury investigating erything she knows at her home confinement in-
WikiLeaks. court-martial. She said stead of the jail because of
U.S. District Judge prosecutors have granted complications she faces in
Claude Hilton ordered her immunity for her tes- receiving gender-affirm-
Manning to jail for civil timony, which eliminates ing medical care.
contempt of court after her ability to invoke her The judge said U.S.
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Coding
Continued from Page 1A
left or right in the nick of
time until it reached the
end of the tape.
“That’s it, y’all made it
through the maze,” Rich-
ardson told the students,
giving them all double
high-fives. “Y’all are pro-
grammers. ... That’s pret-
ty cool, right?”
It was the last day of
“coding week,” during
which Richardson and
other students from the
Coding Academy had
been in and out of Colum-
bus Municipal School Dis-
trict elementary schools,
teaching fifth graders
the basics of computer
coding. CMSD hosted a
similar week for second
graders in November.
The ‘language of the
21st century’
The Golden Triangle
Coding Academy is an
11-month program that
teaches coding and oth-
er technological skills to
high school graduates.
The academy’s director
Sarah Lee and instruc-
tor Angela Bluitt worked
with CMSD Superinten-
dent Cherie Labat to have
those student coders go
into CMSD’s elementa-
ry schools to teach kids
how to program robots
— and hopefully spark
an interest in computer
coding and other STEM
(science, technology, en-
gineering, math) skills,
said CMSD coding and
STEM intern Jessika
Hayes, who helped orga-
nize the coding weeks.
“(We’re explaining
to the students) how to
write programs and give
robots instructions, why
we have to give them in-
structions, what languag-
es they understand and
how easy it is to program
them,” said Hayes, who is
also a student at the Cod-
ing Academy.
The students use
block coding — a coding
language already written
— to write directions for
the robots, programming
them to move in different
directions or to flash dif-
ferent color lights depend-
ing on the commands.
CMSD Superintendent
Cherie Labat said the
coding weeks, apart from
being a great partner-
ship between the school
district and the Coding
Academy, will encourage
young children to think
about whether they’re
interested in science
and technology fields
Ole Miss leader: Groups to
weigh in on Confederate statue
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A faculty
group at the University of
Mississippi on Thursday
added its voice to those
asking that a Confeder-
ate monument be shifted
from its current spot on
campus, as the universi-
ty’s leader said campus
groups’ opinions could
influence a final decision.
Faculty Senate Chair
Brice Noonan said that
body voted unanimously
for a resolution recom-
mending the statue’s re-
location to a Confederate
cemetery on campus.
The resolution, similar to
those passed earlier this
week by two student gov-
ernment groups, says the
current placement “un-
dermines our mission to
maintain an inclusive and
safe environment.”
The move came hours
after Interim Chancellor
Larry Sparks said in a
statement that he’s wait-
ing on campus groups’
recommendations on the
issue before deciding if he
Tell your child a bedtime story.
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Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Franklin Elementary School fifth graders Xavion Body, Brody Stokes, front, Bryant Jennings and Donquavius Bankhead, back, look on as the
robots, called Finches, perform commands the students programmed them to do in Franklin’s auditorium Friday morning. Students from the
Golden Triangle Coding Academy visited each elementary school in the Columbus Municipal School District last week teaching fifth grade
students the basics of computer coding.
and particularly whether most of the elementary ed in the code itself. has to code those or has volved and want to pur-
they might be interest- students. “Some of them get it to develop those,” Aiken sue this as a career,” she
ed in coding, which she “They get really excit- really fast,” he said. “I’m said. “Kids have asked us said. “The tech field is
called the “language of ed,” Aiken said. “There’s surprised. I’m learning if we programmed Fort- one of the most lucrative
the 21st Century.” The a lot of different angles more about the program nite (a video game) or fields there is and there’s
earlier they’re introduced we come at it from. Some to show them extra stuff.” things like that. I’m like, always space for another
to STEM fields, the more kids are interested in the He said it opens their ‘No, but someone did.’” programmer.
likely they are to be confi- color mixing, some kids eyes to a new field they Hayes agreed. “Just plant a seed, and
dent they can be success- are interested in making haven’t been exposed to. “I just want to spark as long as we have pro-
ful in those fields, she it drive.” “In our introduction, that fire inside of them grams like this going on,
said. And still some of the we talk about apps and that makes them ask we’ll water that seed,” she
“It’s important that fifth graders are interest- games and that someone more questions, get in- added.
they get exposed to
STEM-related fields at
an early age,” she said.
“...The exposure early on
will lead to them having
high self-advocacy as it
relates to technology and
science.”
The robots used in
the coding weeks were
purchased with $4,000 in
donations from Columbus
Light and Water earlier
this year, Labat previous-
ly told The Dispatch, and
will help teachers imple-
ment coding curricula in
the classrooms.
‘Space for another
programmer’
Hayes and Coding
Academy student Kev-
in Aiken said they had
positive responses from
will ask the College Board
to vote on moving the stat-
ue to a Confederate ceme-
tery on campus.
“This is an important
decision and issue for our
university,” Sparks said.
“We understand that oth-
er campus constituents
are considering resolu-
tions.”
Sparks said College
Board trustees, who gov-
ern Mississippi’s eight
public universities, ulti-
mately must vote to move
the statue. Sparks said
that before any move, the
university must consult
with the Mississippi De-
partment of Archives and
History, which regulates
government construction
that might affect historic
structures. Sparks said
the university also must
include a justification that
the cemetery is a suitable
location for the statue.
A 2004 Mississippi law
says war monuments, in-
cluding those commem-
orating the Confederacy,
can’t be altered but can be
moved to a “more suitable
location.”
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YELLOW Jackets sting Meridian for

school’s fourth state championship
By BRANDON SHIELDS
Special to the Dispatch
JACKSON — Another state title
heading back to the Golden Trian-
gle.
Behind the play of Zeke Cook
and a late fourth-quarter run, the
30-1 Yellow Jackets were able to
get past Meridian 61-46 to claim
the MHSAA Boys’ Class 6A State
Championship at the Mississippi
Coliseum Saturday night.
The 15-point win over Meridian
is Starkville’s (30-1) fourth state
title in school history and it’s first
state championship since 2015.
“Meridian is a tough team and
very well coached and we got a lot
of respect for them. I told the guys
before the game ‘we got to be the
tougher team,’” said Starkville
head coach Greg Carter. “Zeke has
come a long way as a basketball
player and winning this for the se-
niors that are like my own kids is
special.”
After the first quarter ended with
the game tied at 9-all, Starkville
opened the second quarter on a 9-2
run to go up 18-11 and ended the
first half with a 7-point advantage
(22-15).
In the third quarter, the Yellow
Jackets would build a 15-point lead
at 38-23, but Meridian ended the
quarter on a 11-0 run to pull with
four points of a tie at 38-34.
Starkville maintained its 4-point
spread (44-40) midway through the
fourth quarter when the Jackets
would go on a 11-3 run to go up 55-
43 and pull away.
“I told the guys before the game
that this game will have runs and
every time they have a run, we’ve
got to stay calm and bounce back
and respond and that’s what we
did,” Carter said. “We knew this
team could get the job done in
January when we started peaking.
Before the season I didn’t think we
could, but the kids worked hard and
got the job done.”
Cook had a game-high 15 points
and nine rebounds to lead Starkville
and was named the game’s Most Chris Todd/Special to The Dispatch
Starkville’s Albert Plair (24) shoots against Meridian in
Valuable Player.
the Class 6A finals of the MHSAA C Spire State Bas-
“I just had to do what I had to ketball Championships at the Mississippi Coliseum in
See Starkville, 4B Jackson Saturday.

Prep football Women’s College Basketball

Firm, gritty, stable McCowan leads
Pulphus looks to return pride to Falcon football Mississippi State
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com

Under new head coach Joshua Pul-

phus, there’s no way to know yet what
offensive and defensive schemes the
Columbus High School Falcons will
run this fall.
But if Pulphus’ mentor, West Point
head coach Chris Chambless, taught
him anything, the character of the
2019 Falcons is already all but certain.
“They will be a physical, grit-
ty team,” said Chambless, who has
twice hired Pulphus as an assistant
with his storied Green Wave jugger-
naut, most recently as the tight ends/
offensive line coach in 2018. “Josh will
find a system that suits his talent. But
no matter what, they’re going to block
and they’re going to tackle. If the kids
stick with him, and the community
and the administration back him,
things will change for that program
quick.”
“Change” is nothing new for Fal-
con football. When the school dis-
trict’s board of trustees hired Pul-
phus Thursday evening, he became
the program’s third head coach in
as many seasons. The changing fac-
es, though, have produced stagnant,
frustrating results, with Columbus
managing a meager 2-20 record over
the last two seasons – including a win-
less 2018 under first-year coach Eric
Rice, who was ousted so abruptly he
wasn’t even on the sidelines for the
team’s final game.
Instead Pulphus and Columbus
Athletic Director Joe Garrett hope
this change will bring stability to the
program on and off the field.
“What struck me is he wants to
build a foundation for winning seasons
that will focus on students’ academic
and athletic achievement,” said Gar-
rett, who is completing his first year
as AD. “He’s a cordial person who can
build relationships in the community,
Facing an uphill battle to restore Columbus’ rich football heritage, newly hired
Joshua Pulphus is ready to get the Falcons’ football program back to respect-
ability.
but he’s very firm, especially when it
comes to the rules. He’s not just some- tainty he faces in his new position.
body who will implement the rules.
He will also demonstrate them.”
Ledrico Isaac/Special to The Dispatch
Pulphus said he knows the uncer-
See Pulphus, 3B
to SEC finals
BY ADAM MINICHINO
aminichino@cdispatch.com
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Teaira McCow-
an showed how deadly she can be Satur-
day when she has a “feel” for the game.
In the process, the Southeastern Con-
ference Player and Defensive Player of the
Year pushed the Mississippi State wom-
en’s basketball team one step closer to a
goal that has eluded it for the last three
years.
McCowan had a team-high 27 points
and 16 rebounds, while Anriel Howard
added 19 points and 10 rebounds to power
top-seeded MSU to a 71-56 victory against
No. 5 seed Missouri in the semifinals of
the SEC tournament at Bon Secours Well-
ness Arena.
MSU (29-2) will take on No. 10 seed
Arkansas, which upset No. 3 seed Texas
A&M 58-51 in the other semifinal, at 1
p.m. Sunday (ESPN2). The winner will
receive the SEC’s automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament.
“I just had to get a feel for the game,”
said McCowan, the 6-foot-7 senior, who
was 11-for-18 from the field and 5-for-5
from the free-throw line. “The first time
was turning, turning to them, it was offen-
sive fouls. I was just trying to do my work
early, mirror the ball, see where it was
coming, then duck in.”
McCowan, who was named a finalist
for the Wooden Award prior to the game,
was referring to her 12-point, 13-rebound
effort in MSU’s 75-67 loss to Missouri on
Feb. 14 in Starkville. McCowan was 4-for-
11 from the field and committed three
fouls. She rebounded from that effort by
carving out space deep in the paint to
make it easier for her to score. The Bull-
dogs also were more patient on offense in
looking for McCowan, as they moved the
ball from passer to passer to create a bet-
ter angle to feed McCowan.
See McCowan, 4B

Women’s College Basketball

MUW Owls’ women capture USCAA national basketball championship

Owls Communications
Special to the Dispatch
UNIONTOWN, Pa. – After starting
the game down 7-0, the MUW Owls
women’s basketball team clawed its way
back to defeat the University of Maine
– Fort Kent, 69-46, in the United States
Collegiate Athletic Association Wom-
en’s Basketball Division I Championship
finals.
The W got off to a slow start, allowing
the Bengals to pull ahead 7-0 to kick-off
the first quarter. During the Maine run,
The W missed two layups, didn’t con-
nect on a 3-point shot and was charged
with a turnover.
Qiayon Bailey scored the Owls’ first
two points of the game on a pair of free
throws, followed by a layup by Keyahna
Jones after a defensive rebound by
Tenazhia Hinkson to cut the Bengals
lead to 7-4.
After missed opportunities on both
ends of the court the remainder of the
first quarter, Maine managed to add
three points to the scoreboard on a trey
by Lacey Lauren and the Owls’ Autumn
Taylor had a layup to close the quarter
10-6 in favor of the Bengals.
The W came back in the second pe-
riod with a different defensive strategy
which kept the Bengals off the board,
and the Owls regrouped offensively to
tie the game at 10-all on a Meosha Bar-
num jumper with 8:16 left before half.
A Taylor layup gave the Owls their
first lead of the game (12-10), but Maine
quickly returned the favor with a layup
of its own to knot things up at 12-12.
Bailey’s jumper with 4:09 left in the
second period gave MUW its second
lead of the game, 15-14, and the Owls
went on take a slim 23-20 advantage into
halftime.
The W kept Maine scoreless for most Chris Jenkins/University Relations
The Mississippi University for Women’s basketball team celebrated its national
See MUW, 4B championship following its 69-46 win over the University of Maine-Fort Kent.
2B Sunday, March 10, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly CALENDAR Basketball

0-1), Auburn 13-34 (Brown 4-9, Okeke 3-5,
Doughty 2-5, Harper 2-7, Dunbar 1-2, McLem-
ore 1-3, McCormick 0-1, Purifoy 0-2). Fouled
Baseball At A Glance
Saturday Men’s Out—Schofield. Rebounds—Tennessee 37 All Times EDT
Basketball Prep Baseball Major Scores
EAST
(Alexander, G.Williams 9), Auburn 26 (Spencer,
Okeke 5). Assists—Tennessee 14 (Bone 7), Au-
burn 16 (Harper 8). Total Fouls—Tennessee 18,

Kansas City
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct.
10 6 .625
McCowan named finalist for Wooden Award Monday’s Games Cornell 66, Dartmouth 51
Dayton 78, Duquesne 67
Auburn 16. A—9,121 (9,121). Baltimore 9 6 .600
STARKVILLE – Teaira McCowan was named a finalist for the Starkville High Spring Break, TBA, TBA Fairleigh Dickinson 66, Robert Morris 62 Saturday’s Women’s Minnesota
Toronto
8 6 .571
8 6 .571
Wooden Award ahead of No. 5 Mississippi State’s game in the semifinals George Mason 81, George Washington 65
Major Scores Houston 8 6 .571
of the SEC Tournament on Saturday. New Hope at Northridge, 1 p.m. Hartford 78, Mass.-Lowell 70
EAST New York 7 6 .538
La Salle 72, Fordham 57 Seattle 7 6 .538
The senior leads the Bulldogs in scoring (17.3 ppg) and rebounding New Hope at Sipsey Valley, 7 p.m. NC State 73, Boston College 47 Cornell 57, Dartmouth 47
Drexel 77, Towson 44 Cleveland 8 7 .533
Penn 58, Brown 51
(13.4 rpg). She entered the SEC Tournament leading the league and
ranked fourth nationally in field goal percentage (65.3 percent). McCowan
Prep Softball Pittsburgh 56, Notre Dame 53
Providence 83, Butler 70
Fordham 76, Duquesne 34
Harvard 69, Columbia 56
Oakland
Los Angeles
Detroit
8 7 .533
9
7 9 .438
8 .529
Kansas St. 72, West Virginia 59
closed the regular season with 71 blocks which was 16th in the country. Monday’s Game Rhode Island 94, UMass 75
Lafayette 63, Army 61 Chicago 6 8 .429
Seton Hall 79, Villanova 75 Tampa Bay 6 9 .400
The Brenham, Texas, native was a unanimous first-team All-SEC Caledonia vs. Gulf Coast Classic (Gulf Shores, St. Bonaventure 66, Saint Louis 57 Loyola (Md.) 58, Navy 45
Marist 65, Manhattan 51 Boston 6 9 .400
selection and was named Player of the Year by both the Associated Press Ala.), TBA
St. Francis (Pa.) 72, LIU Brooklyn 64
Monmouth (NJ) 64, Canisius 53 Texas 4 9 .308
Temple 67, UCF 62 NATIONAL LEAGUE
and the league’s coaches. She excelled on both ends of the floor and was Penn 75, Brown 53
named Defensive Player of the Year as well. College Baseball UMBC 62, Albany (NY) 54
Vermont 73, Maine 57
Yale 81, Princeton 59
Princeton 80, Yale 68
Providence 70, Xavier 62

Chicago
W L Pct.
11 6 .647
She is on the watch lists for the Lisa Leslie award, honoring the Today’s Games SOUTH St. John’s 76, Seton Hall 51 San Diego 8 5 .615
UConn 92, East Carolina 65 Atlanta 9 6 .600
nation’s top center, as well as the Naismith Player of the Year award, Ark.-Pine Bluff 91, MVSU 57 Los Angeles 8 6 .571
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award, Wade Trophy and the Maine at Mississippi State, Noon Auburn 84, Tennessee 80 SOUTH
Philadelphia 8 6 .571
Cent. Arkansas 70, Northwestern St. 63 Appalachian St. 59, South Alabama 50
Gillom award, given to the top collegiate basketball player in the state of Holy Cross at Southern Miss, 1 p.m. Clemson 67, Syracuse 55 Arkansas St. 75, Louisiana-Lafayette 73 Milwaukee
Washington
8 8 .500
7 7 .500
Davidson 73, Richmond 69 Belmont 59, UT Martin 53
Mississippi. Northern Kentucky at Alabama, 1 p.m. Charleston Southern 79, Longwood 67 New York 7 8 .467
ETSU 68, Chattanooga 64 Pittsburgh 7 8 .467
McCowan broke State’s career records for double-doubles (64), UAB at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. FIU 73, North Texas 58 Gardner-Webb 75, SC-Upstate 67
Arizona 6 7 .462
Georgia St. 73, Georgia Southern 66
rebounds (1,417) and SEC Player of the Week awards (10). Florida St. 65, Wake Forest 57 St. Louis 6 7 .462
All balloted players have been certified by their university to meet College Softball Georgia St. 90, Georgia Southern 85
Grambling St. 66, Alabama A&M 58
Grambling St. 71, Alabama A&M 61
Hampton 88, Winthrop 63
High Point 70, Campbell 69
Colorado
San Francisco
5 8 .385
5 8 .385
or exceed the qualifications for the Wooden Award as set forth by coach Today’s Games Jackson St. 82, Alabama St. 70
Jackson St. 78, Alabama St. 58 Miami 6 10 .375
Wooden when the Award was established. The qualifications include: James Madison 74, Towson 73 Cincinnati 4 8 .333
James Madison 56, Delaware 51
candidates must exhibit strength of character, both on and off the court; Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Kentucky 66, Florida 57
Marshall 76, FAU 61 Louisville 78, NC State 68 Saturday’s Games
MVSU 82, Ark.-Pine Bluff 63 N.Y. Mets 10, Boston 2
candidates must be full-time students in an accredited NCAA college or Arkansas at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. Mississippi St. 92, Texas A&M 81
Maryland 73, Michigan 72 Minnesota 10, Pittsburgh 1
Nicholls 69, SE Louisiana 63 Baltimore (ss) 17, Tampa Bay 15
university; candidates must be making progress toward graduation and Southern Miss at North Texas, 1 p.m. North Carolina 79, Duke 70 Mississippi St. 71, Missouri 56
Atlanta 6, Detroit 4
Nicholls 72, SE Louisiana 55
have a cumulative 2.00 grade point average since enrolling in their school; Missouri at Alabama, time TBA
South Alabama 78, Appalachian St. 71
Northeastern 83, Elon 57 Houston 9, St. Louis 3
South Carolina 66, Georgia 46 Toronto 8, Philadelphia 7
candidates must contribute to team effort; candidates must excel in both Northwestern St. 78, Cent. Arkansas 74
offense and defense; and candidates should be considered on their Men’s College Golf Southern Miss. 81, UTSA 48
Troy 74, Coastal Carolina 67
UAB 64, Old Dominion 50
Radford 48, Presbyterian 43
Troy 89, Coastal Carolina 76
Chicago Cubs (ss) 11, L.A. Angels (ss) 4
Cleveland 7, Colorado (ss) 1
performance over the course of the entire season. Today’s Game UNC-Greensboro 77, Samford 70 UALR 57, Louisiana-Monroe 38 Chicago White Sox 12, Texas 2
UCF 66, Tulsa 54 L.A. Dodgers 2, Seattle 0
Voting will take place from March 19th to March 26th, and voters take UNC-Wilmington 93, Elon 86 Milwaukee (ss) 11, Oakland 2
into consideration a player’s entire season of play, as well as the opening Mississippi State at Desert Mountain Intercolle- Virginia 73, Louisville 68 VCU 61, Dayton 52
Chicago Cubs (ss) 8, San Francisco 0
Wofford 99, VMI 72 William & Mary 83, Hofstra 72
rounds of the NCAA Tournament. giate (Scottsdale, Arizona) MIDWEST MIDWEST Milwaukee (ss) 5, L.A. Angels (ss) 1
Arizona (ss) 13, Kansas City 5
Cent. Michigan 78, Toledo 45
The Wooden Award All-American Team, consisting of the nation’s Monday’s Games Bradley 53, Loyola of Chicago 51
Drake 95, Bradley 63 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore (ss) 1
Georgetown 86, Marquette 84 Miami 2, Washington 1
top five players and the finalists for the Wooden Award, which is widely Ole Miss at Lamkin San Diego Classic (San Kansas 78, Baylor 70 E. Michigan 67, Ball St. 57
Arizona (ss) vs. Colorado (ss) at Monterrey,
Illinois St. 54, N. Iowa 53
considered the most prestigious honor in college basketball, will be Kansas St. 68, Oklahoma 53
Iowa St. 75, Kansas 58 MX, 7:10 p.m.
announced following the “Elite Eight” round of the NCAA Tournament and Diego, California) Mississippi 73, Missouri 68
Kent St. 62, Buffalo 53 Cincinnati vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 8:40
N. Iowa 60, Drake 58 p.m.
will be the focus of a 30-minute show on April 3rd on ESPNU at 5:30pm. Southern Miss at Border Olympics (Laredo, Purdue 70, Northwestern 57 Miami (Ohio) 66, Akron 49
Missouri St. 76, Indiana St. 66 Sunday’s Games
Football Texas)
Texas Tech 80, Iowa St. 73
UMKC 76, Chicago St. 61 N. Illinois 74, W. Michigan 71
Notre Dame 91, Syracuse 66
Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla.,
1:05 p.m.

Alabama football begins spring practice Friday Women’s College Golf Xavier 81, St. John’s 68
SOUTHWEST
Abilene Christian 81, Incarnate Word 52
Ohio 76, Bowling Green 68
S. Dakota St. 88, Purdue Fort Wayne 50
Atlanta vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla.,
1:05 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama football began its spring practice Today’s Games Arkansas 82, Alabama 70 S. Illinois 80, Evansville 60
South Dakota 74, N. Dakota St. 51 N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla.,
Lamar 83, McNeese St. 58
slate on Friday afternoon, working two hours on the Thomas-Drew Alabama at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (Hilton Louisiana-Lafayette 90, Arkansas St. 87, OT UMKC 100, Chicago St. 50 1:05 p.m.
Valparaiso 81, Loyola of Chicago 74 Toronto vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05
Practice Fields in helmets and shorts. Louisiana-Monroe 79, UALR 62
Head Island, South Carolina) Oklahoma St. 85, West Virginia 77 SOUTHWEST p.m.
The Tide will now take time off for the spring break holiday before Abilene Christian 102, Incarnate Word 53 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla.,
returning to the practice fields on Monday, March 18. The Friday workout Men’s College Tennis Prairie View 98, Alcorn St. 64
Sam Houston St. 68, Stephen F. Austin 57 Baylor 100, Texas Tech 61
Houston Baptist 74, Texas A&M-CC 56
1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. Houston at West Palm Beach,
was the Crimson Tide’s first on the spring schedule as part of 14 total Today’s Games
TCU 69, Texas 56
Lamar 81, McNeese St. 68 Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Texas A&M-CC 76, Houston Baptist 69 St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla.,
practices leading up to Alabama’s annual A-Day Game on Saturday, April Texas-Arlington 81, Texas State 73 Prairie View 90, Alcorn St. 61
13 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Southern Miss at East Tennessee State, 11 a.m. FAR WEST South Florida 72, Houston 55 1:10 p.m.
San Francisco (ss) vs. Oakland (ss) at Mesa,
Arizona St. 72, Arizona 64 Southern U. 60, Texas Southern 49
The A-Day matchup is scheduled for a 1 p.m. kickoff and will air live Mississippi State at Florida, Noon Boise St. 80, Air Force 52 Stephen F. Austin 83, Sam Houston St. 75 Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Texas-Arlington 44, Texas State 41 Arizona (ss) vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz.,
on ESPN2. Ole Miss at South Carolina, Noon Colorado 78, Southern Cal 67
FAR WEST 4:05 p.m.
Oregon St. 85, Washington St. 77 San Diego vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz.,
Alabama set to host annual Pro Day Tuesday Alabama at Vanderbilt, Noon Seattle 83, Grand Canyon 76, OT
UNLV 65, Colorado St. 60
CS Bakersfield 92, Utah Valley 73
Hawaii 69, CS Northridge 68 4:05 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will host its annual Texas vs. San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale,
Mississippi University for Women at Huntingdon Wyoming 88, New Mexico 81 Idaho St. 73, Idaho 67
Montana 75, Sacramento St. 67 Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Pro Day at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 19. Coverage of the event will air College, 2 p.m. The Associated Press N. Arizona 79, N. Colorado 68 Oakland (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glen-
live on the SEC Network and the NFL Network from 11-2 p.m. New Mexico St. 92, California Baptist 64 dale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
The list of draft-eligible Crimson Tide players participating in some Women’s College Tennis Men’s Top 25 Fared
Saturday
Pepperdine 87, Pacific 84
Portland St. 68, Montana St. 55
Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05
p.m.
portion of Pro Day includes: Isaiah Buggs, Joshua Casher, Ronnie Clark, Today’s Games 1. Gonzaga (29-2) did not play. Next: vs. San Saint Mary’s (Cal) 70, Loyola Marymount 38 Seattle (ss) vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz.,
4:10 p.m.
Lester Cotton Sr., Johnny Dwight, Damien Harris, Hale Hentges, Josh Francisco or Pepperdine, Monday. Seattle 70, Grand Canyon 55
L.A. Dodgers vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale,
Jacobs, Austin Jones, Derek Kief, D.J. Lewis, Christian Miller, Jamey Vanderbilt at Alabama, 11 a.m. 2. Virginia (28-2) beat Louisville 73-68. Next: UC Davis 80, UC Santa Barbara 44
Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
ACC Tournament. UC Irvine 65, Long Beach St. 60
Mosley, Ross Pierschbacher, Irv Smith Jr. Saivion Smith, Deionte Thomp- Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. 3. North Carolina (26-5) beat No. 4 Duke 79-70. UC Riverside 75, Cal St.-Fullerton 67 Cleveland vs. Seattle (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 4:10
p.m.
Next: ACC Tournament. Weber St. 70, E. Washington 66
son, Jonah Williams, Quinnen Williams and Mack Wilson. Mississippi University for Women at Huntingdon 4. Duke (26-5) lost to No. 3 North Carolina 79- Colorado (ss) vs. Arizona (ss) at Monterrey,
The Associated Press
Baseball College, 2 p.m. 70. Next: ACC Tournament.
5. Tennessee (27-4) lost to Auburn 84-80. Next:
SEC Tournament. Women’s Top 25 Fared
MX, 5:10 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05
Alcorn State at Alabama, 4 p.m.
Final game of Ole Miss Classic cancelled due to weather 6. Kentucky (26-5) beat Florida 66-57. Next: Saturday
1. Baylor (28-1) beat Texas Tech 100-61. Next:
p.m.
Detroit vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05
OXFORD, Miss. – Due to showers in the Oxford and Lafayette Monday’s Games SEC Tournament.
7. Michigan (26-4) at No. 9 Michigan State. vs. Kansas State, Sunday. p.m.
2. UConn (29-2) beat East Carolina 92-65. N.Y. Mets vs. Houston at West Palm Beach,
County area, Sunday’s Ole Miss Classic finale between Ole Miss and Southern Miss at Incarnate Word, 10 a.m. Next: Big Ten Tournament.
Next: vs. South Florida, Sunday. Fla., 1:05 p.m.
8. Texas Tech (26-5) beat Iowa State 80-73.
Pittsburgh has been cancelled. No makeup date will be scheduled for the Next: Big 12 Tournament. 3. Louisville (29-2) beat No. 9 N.C. State 78-68. Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05

on the air
contest. 9. Michigan State (24-6) vs. No. 7 Michigan. Next: vs. No. 4 Notre Dame, Sunday. p.m.
Next: Big Ten Tournament. 4. Notre Dame (29-3) beat No. 18 Syracuse 91- Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla.,
It is the third game Mother Nature has wiped from the Rebels’ 10. LSU (25-5) vs. Vanderbilt. Next: SEC Tour- 66. Next: vs. No. 3 Louisville, Sunday. 1:05 p.m.
schedule in 2019, after Ole Miss’ matchups with Ohio State and Loyola nament. 5. Mississippi State (29-2) beat Missouri 71- Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz.,
Marymount were also cancelled due to rainy conditions. Today 11. Purdue (23-8) beat Northwestern 70-57.
Next: Big Ten Tournament.
56. Next: vs. No. 15 Texas A&M or Arkansas,
Sunday.
4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz.,
The Rebels return to action on Wednesday at the Ole Miss Softball AAF FOOTBALL 12. Houston (28-2) did not play. Next: at No. 20 6. Oregon (28-3) vs. No. 25 UCLA. Next: vs. 4:05 p.m.
No. 7 Stanford or Washington, Sunday. San Francisco vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale,
Complex, welcoming Austin Peay to Oxford for a 6 p.m. matchup. The Cincinnati, Sunday.
game will be streamed live on SEC Network+, with Will Kollmeyer and
3 p.m. — Memphis at Atlanta, CBS Sports 13. Kansas (23-8) beat Baylor 78-70. Next: Big 7. Stanford (26-4) vs. Washington. Next: vs. No.
6 Oregon or No. 25 UCLA, Sunday.
Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix,
12 Tournament.
Lindsey Goubeaux on the call. Network 14. Florida State (25-6) beat Wake Forest 65- 8. Maryland (28-3) beat Michigan 73-72. Next: 4:05 p.m.
57. Next: ACC Tournament. vs. No. 10 Iowa or Rutgers, Sunday. Oakland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz.,
Tennis 7 p.m. — San Antonio at Arizona, NFL
AUTO RACING
15. Virginia Tech (23-7) did not play. Next: ACC
Tournament.
9. N.C. State (26-5) lost to No. 3 Louisville 78-
68. Next: TBA.
10. Iowa (24-6) vs. Rutgers. Next: vs. No. 8
4:10 p.m.
Kansas City (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz.,
9:40 p.m.
Ole Miss women’s tennis hosts rival MSU in Powder Blue Out 12:30 p.m. — IndyCar Racing: Firestone Grand
16. Marquette (23-8) lost to Georgetown 86-84.
Next: Big East Tournament. Maryland, Sunday or TBA.
11. Oregon State (24-7) did not play. Next: vs.
Kansas City (ss) vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise,
Ariz., 10:05 p.m.
OXFORD – The Ole Miss women’s tennis team renews its rivalry 17. Nevada (27-3) vs. San Diego State. Next:
TBA.
with Mississippi State Sunday with a 1 p.m. match in Oxford scheduled Prix, St. Petersburg, Fla., NBC Sports Network MWC Tournament.
12. South Carolina (21-9) did not play. Next: Braves 6, Tigers 4
18. Kansas State (24-7) beat Oklahoma 68-53.
to be played outside at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center located off COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Next: Big 12 Tournament. TBA.
13. Kentucky (24-7) did not play. Next: TBA.
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19. Buffalo (28-3) did not play. Next: MAC
Fraternity Row. 11 a.m. — Rutgers at Indiana, Big Ten Network Tournament. 14. Gonzaga (27-3) did not play. Next: vs. Saint Incarte cf 3 0 0 0 Hrrison 2b 3 1 1 0
If the match is moved due to impending inclement weather, it will be Mary’s or Loyola Marymount, Monday. C.Pache cf 2 1 1 2 P.Kozma 2b 2 0 0 0
20. Cincinnati (25-5) did not play. Next: vs. No.
11 a.m. — Houston at Cincinnati, CBS 12 Houston, Sunday. 15. Texas A&M (24-6) vs. Arkansas. Next: vs. Acn Jr. lf 2 1 0 0 Goodrum 3b 1 1 0 0
relocated to the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center, located along No. 5 Mississippi State, Sunday or TBA. J.Ramos lf 2 1 1 1 B.Dixon 3b 2 0 0 0
Manning Way. 11 a.m. — Patriot League Tournament: Teams 21. Wisconsin (21-9) did not play. Next: at Ohio
State, Sunday. 16. Miami (24-8) did not play. Next: TBA. Freeman 1b 3 0 0 0 Cstllns rf 3 0 1 0
17. Marquette (24-6) did not play. Next: vs. St. Wilkins 1b 1 0 0 0 H.Cstro pr 2 0 1 0
The match is being dubbed a “Powder Blue Out,” with fans encour- TBD, semifinal, CBS Sports Network 22. Wofford (27-4) beat VMI 99-72. Next: vs.
ETSU, Sunday. John’s, Sunday. B.McCnn c 2 0 1 1 Cabrera 1b 2 0 1 0
aged to wear powder blue to support the Rebs. In addition, there will 11 a.m. — Illinois at Penn State, FS1 23. Villanova (22-9) lost to Seton Hall 79-75. 18. Syracuse (24-8) lost to No. 4 Notre Dame Jackson c 2 0 0 0 Rdrguez pr 1 0 0 0
91-66. Next: TBA. Camargo ss 3 1 2 0 Stewart lf 3 1 1 2
also be a giveaway in which the first 100 fans in attendance will receive Next: Big East Tournament.
a “Baby Got Backhand” shirt in coordination with the Powder Blue Out 12 p.m. — Big South Tournament: Teams TBD, 24. Maryland (22-9) did not play. Next: Big Ten 19. Iowa State (24-7) beat Kansas 75-58. Next:
vs. No. 21 Texas or TCU, Sunday.
L.Marte ss 1 0 1 0 V.Reyes lf 1 0 0 0
Clbrson 3b 3 0 0 0 Pterson dh 2 0 0 0
Tournament.
promotion. championship, ESPN 25. UCF (23-7) lost to Temple 67-62. Next: AAC 20. Arizona State (20-10) did not play. Next: Kzm Jr. 3b 1 1 1 1 J.Rgers ph 1 0 0 0
A.Dvall rf 3 0 1 1 J.Mrcer ss 2 0 1 1
Tournament. TBA.
Mississippi State (10-4, 1-1 SEC) travels to Oxford having split two 1 p.m. — Iowa at Nebraska, Big Ten Network 21. Texas (22-8) vs. TCU. Next: vs. No. 19 Iowa Neslony rf 1 0 0 0 Alcntra ss 0 1 0 0
matches during the SEC’s opening weekend. In their latest match, the 1 p.m. — Patriot League Tournament: Teams Mississippi St. 92, State, Sunday or TBA.
22. Drake (25-5) beat Bradley 95-63. Next:
A.Riley dh 3 0 2 0 Greiner c 3 0 0 0
Co.Lien ph 1 0 0 0 Sanchez c 1 0 0 0
Bulldogs defeated Florida for the first time in program history. Down 3-1, Texas A&M 81 MVC quarterfinals, Friday. A.Blnco 2b 3 1 1 0 J.Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Anastasia Rentouli, Meredith Roberts and Tamara Racine helped MSU TBD, semifinal, CBS Sports Network TEXAS A&M (13-17) Mekowulu 3-9 5-6 22. Florida State (23-8) did not play. Next: TBA. Vlnzela 2b 1 0 0 0 Cameron cf 1 0 1 1
24. Rice (25-3) did not play. Next: vs. Southern Totals 37 6 11 6 Totals 33 4 7 4
battle back. The Florida victory was State’s lone win over a Top 50 ranked 1 p.m. — UConn at East Carolina, ESPNU 11, Nebo 3-5 2-3 8, Mitchell 5-13 3-3 14, Collins
0-2 0-0 0, Flagg 8-15 3-3 23, J.Walker 0-1 0-2 0, Miss. or North Texas, Thursday. Atlanta 011 000 310—6
team this season, but the Bulldogs allowed just one match point across six 1:10 p.m. — Missouri Valley Tournament: Teams Chandler 6-10 1-2 15, Mahan 0-1 0-0 0, French 25. UCLA (20-11) vs. No. 6 Oregon. Next: vs. Detroit 012 000 010—4
3-4 2-2 10. Totals 28-60 16-21 81. No. 7 Stanford or Washington, Sunday. E_Mercer (1). DP_Atlanta 1, Detroit 1. LOB_At-
matches to begin February.
The Bulldogs feature two ITA ranked players in No. 81 Emma
TBD, championship, CBS MISSISSIPPI ST. (22-9) Perry 3-6 0-0
No. 5 Mississippi St. 71,
lanta 5, Detroit 9. 2B_Camargo (3), Riley (1),
Stewart (2), Cameron (4). HR_Pache (2), Ra-
7, Holman 6-10 2-3 16, Carter 6-12 0-0 18,
Antonaki and No. 113 Magda Adaloglou, a freshman and sophomore, 2 p.m. — Atlantic Sun Tournament: Teams TBD, Q.Weatherspoon 7-14 4-5 20, Peters 7-12 2-3
Missouri 56 mos (1), Kazmar Jr. (2). SB_Acuna Jr. (1).
21, Ado 1-1 1-4 3, Feazell 0-0 0-0 0, Woodard
respectively. championship, ESPN 3-7 1-1 7, Gray 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-63 10-16 MISSOURI (23-10) Porter 1-4 1-2 3, Al- IP H R ER BB SO
The Rebels own a commanding 53-7 lead in a series that dates back 92. dridge 0-3 0-0 0, Cunningham 11-16 6-6 33, Atlanta
3 p.m. — SMU at South Florida, ESPNU Halftime—Mississippi St. 46-34. 3-Point Roundtree 0-1 1-2 1, Smith 1-4 0-0 3, Schuchts Newcomb 2 2-3 3 3 3 3 2
to 1975. Ole Miss has recorded winning streaks of 25 and 27, respectively, 2-4 1-2 5, Tahane 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Creasy 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
and leads 22-3 in Oxford. 3:20 p.m. — Wisconsin at Ohio State, CBS Goals—Texas A&M 9-21 (Flagg 4-7, French
2-2, Chandler 2-3, Mitchell 1-7, Collins 0-2), Chavis 2-3 0-0 6, Green 0-0 0-0 0, Troup 2-5 Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 0 1
0-0 5, Winfrey 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 19-40 9-12 56.
The series has been more even in recent years, with the Bulldogs 7:30 p.m. — MAAC Tournament: Teams TBD, Mississippi St. 16-34 (Carter 6-9, Peters 5-10,
Holman 2-5, Q.Weatherspoon 2-7, Perry 1-2, MISSISSIPPI ST. (29-2) Howard 7-14 2-2
Jackson
Venters W, 1-0
1 2 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 1
claiming two of the last three matches. Last season, then-No. 6 Ole semifinal, ESPNU Woodard 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— 19, McCowan 11-18 5-5 27, Danberry 4-11 2-2 Winkler H, 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
10, Espinoza-Hunter 1-6 1-2 4, Holmes 4-9 0-0 Carle H, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Miss defeated then-No. 27 MSU 4-1. The Rebels swept doubles, while Texas A&M 29 (Mekowulu 15), Mississippi St.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 34 (Holman 9). Assists—Texas A&M 10 (Flagg 8, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, Scott Clouse S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tea Jandric, Sabina Machalova, Anna Vrbenska and eventual national 3), Mississippi St. 22 (Peters 8). Total Fouls— 0-3 0-0 0, Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Wiggins 1-2 0-0 3, Detroit
champion and graduate Arianne Hartono all won in two sets. 11 a.m. — ACC Tournament: Teams TBD, cham- Texas A&M 14, Mississippi St. 17. A—8,732 Totals 28-63 10-11 71. Fulmer 3 4 2 2 1 3
(10,575). Missouri 14 12 15 15 —56 Greene H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
The last time on the court, Ole Miss (3-5, 0-2 SEC) fell to then-No. pionship, ESPN2 Mississippi St. 16 21 17 17 —71 Hardy H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
43 Florida and then-No. 10 South Carolina last week on the road. Tereza 11 a.m. — A-10 Tournament: Teams TBD, cham- Mississippi 73, 3-Point Goals—Missouri 9-21 (Porter
0-1, Aldridge 0-3, Cunningham 5-9, Roundtree
Alcantara H, 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
Stumpf L, 0-1 BS, 0-1 1 3 3 3 0 2
Janatova picked up the only win Friday for the Rebels against Florida. The
pionship, ESPNU Missouri 68 0-1, Smith 1-2, Schuchts 0-1, Chavis 2-3, Farmer 1 2 1 1 0 2
Gamecocks swept past the Rebels on Sunday. MISSISSIPPI (20-11) Stevens 2-4 4-4 9, Troup 1-1), Mississippi St. 5-12 (Howard 3-5, Reininger 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 p.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, T.Davis 2-10 3-3 7, Shuler 7-9 1-2 18, Tyree Espinoza-Hunter 1-3, Scott 0-2, Wiggins 1-2). HBP—by—Vizcaino (Mercer).
Four of Ole Miss’ five losses this season have come against teams 6-13 6-7 21, Hinson 2-4 0-0 4, Buffen 2-5 3-3 8, Assists—Missouri 10 (Aldridge 5), Mississippi WP—Newcomb, Winkler, Alcantara.
currently ranked in the ITA Top 50 (then-No. 9 Michigan, then-No. 21 quarterfinal, FS2 Olejniczak 2-3 0-0 4, D.Davis 0-3 2-2 2, Rodri- St. 17 (Danberry 5). Fouled Out—Missouri Umpires_Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First,
guez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-51 19-21 73. Cunningham, Rebounds—Missouri 23 (Troup Joe West; Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Jerry
UCF, then-No. 43 Florida and then-No. 10 South Carolina). The Rebels 1 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Teams TBD, champi- MISSOURI (14-16) Tilmon 4-9 3-4 11, 4), Mississippi St. 32 (McCowan 16). Total Layne.
fifth loss came at the hands of Purdue on the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, and Puryear 3-6 0-0 6, Pinson 8-12 2-2 20, Watson Fouls—Missouri 16, Mississippi St. 19. Techni- T—2:49. A—6,800
while the Boilermakers were not ranked and are not currently gaining onship, ESPN2 4-10 3-4 14, Geist 4-9 2-2 12, M.Smith 2-4 0-0 cal Fouls—None.A—0.
votes, their victories during that weekend catapulted them into the poll for
multiple weeks.
2 p.m. — Big-12 Tournament: Teams TBD, semi-
5, Nikko 0-1 0-0 0, Suggs 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-
52 10-12 68.
Halftime—Missouri 34-26. 3-Point
NBA
All Times EST
Transactions
final, FS1 Goals—Mississippi 8-22 (Shuler 3-4, Tyree EASTERN CONFERENCE Saturday’s Transactions
Veterans Cameron Kriscunas and Jandric possess three-match win Atlantic Division BASEBALL
streaks in singles. Jandric is 13-7 this season, while Kriscunas secured a 2:30 p.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, 3-7, Buffen 1-2, Stevens 1-3, Hinson 0-1, D.
Davis 0-1, T.Davis 0-4), Missouri 8-17 (Watson W L Pct GB American League
quarterfinal, FS2 3-7, Geist 2-3, Pinson 2-5, M.Smith 1-1, Suggs Toronto 47 19 .712 — DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned LHP Matt Hall
golden match (6-0, 6-0) against Alcorn State. 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Missis- Philadelphia 41 25 .621 6 and RHP Sandy Baez to Toledo (IL) and RHP
Next up, the Rebels hosts another archrival, Alabama, on Friday, 3 p.m. — American Athletic Tournament: Teams sippi 22 (Buffen 6), Missouri 27 (Tilmon 7). Boston 40 26 .606 7 Franklin Perez to Lakeland (FSL).
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Bryan
March 15 at 3 p.m. CT. Assists—Mississippi 9 (Shuler 4), Missouri 12 Brooklyn 35 33 .515 13
TBD, semifinal, ESPN2 (Pinson 6). Total Fouls—Mississippi 16, Mis- New York 13 53 .197 34 Abreu and C Garrett Stubbs to minor league
Softball 4:30 p.m. — Big-12 Tournament: Teams TBD,
souri 18. A—11,050 (15,061).
Southern Miss. 81, Utsa 48

Miami
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
31 34 .477 —
camp. Reassigned RHP Akeem Bostick, OF
Ronnie Dawson, C Chuckie Robinson and INFs
Taylor Jones and IF Joshua Rojas to minor
EMCC Lady Lions battle No. 10 Co-Lin tough before drop- semifinal, FS1 UTSA (17-14) Bior 2-4 2-2 6, Frohnen 1-2 Orlando 31 36 .463 1 league camp.
1-2 3, Jackson 2-15 0-0 5, Wallace 2-14 2-2 7, Charlotte 30 35 .462 1 TEXAS RANGERS — Assigned RHPs Taylor
5 p.m. — Big-10 Tournament: Teams TBD, cham-
ping doubleheader pionship, ESPN2
De Nicolao 7-13 1-4 18, Rodriguez 2-4 1-2 5,
Van Ry 0-1 0-0 0, Stanojevic 0-1 1-2 1, Iyaye
Washington 27 38 .415 4
Atlanta 22 45 .328 10
Guerrieri and Michael Tonkin and LHPs Miguel
Del Pozo and Brady Feigl to minor league
WESSON – The East Mississippi Community College softball team 1-4 1-2 3, Plummer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-59 Central Division camp.
opened MACJC conference play by battling 10th-ranked Copiah-Lincoln 5:30 p.m. — American Athletic Tournament: 9-16 48.
SOUTHERN MISS. (19-11) Edwards 2-6
W L Pct GB National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned LHP Luiz
x-Milwaukee 49 16 .754 —
to the final out of Friday’s opening game before falling, 3-2. Game 2 wasn’t Teams TBD, semifinal, ESPNU 0-0 5, Magee 7-10 1-2 19, Hampton 2-5 0-0 5, Indiana 42 24 .636 7½ Gohara and RHPs Huascar Ynoa and Patrick
as close, as the Lady Lions came out on the short end of a 13-4 decision. Holland 2-5 0-0 6, Griffin 5-12 2-2 13, Harp- Detroit 33 31 .516 15½ Weigel to Gwinnett (IL).
6 p.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, er-Baker 3-8 0-0 9, Rowe 2-3 0-0 4, Stevenson Chicago 19 48 .284 31 COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP
In the day’s opening game, the Lady Lions took advantage of a pair 1-3 0-0 2, Marshall 1-2 0-0 2, Jacdonmi 0-0 0-0 Cleveland 16 50 .242 33½ Rayan Gonzalez to Albuquerque (PCL).
of hit batsmen and two Co-Lin errors to manufacture two first-inning runs quarterfinal, FS2 0, Draine 5-9 0-0 13, Watson 1-2 0-0 3, Daniel WESTERN CONFERENCE MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned OF Magneuris
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-65 3-4 81. Southwest Division Sierra and RHPs Jordan Yamamoto, Kyle Keller
and stake starting pitcher Britney Bonney to an early 2-0 lead. 7 p.m. — Pac-12 Tournament: Teams TBD, cham- Halftime—Southern Miss. 40-26. 3-Point W L Pct GB and Elieser Hernandez to New Orleans (PCL);
The Lady Wolves knotted the score at 2-2 in the third inning on pionship, ESPN2 Goals—UTSA 5-27 (De Nicolao 3-6, Jackson Houston 40 25 .615 — RHP Jorge Guzman to Jacksonville (SL); and
Hannah Walls’ two-run double which plated Callie Fortenberry and 1-7, Wallace 1-10, Iyaye 0-1, Rodriguez 0-1, San Antonio 37 29 .561 3½ RHP Jordan Holloway to Jupiter (FSL).
Katelyn Hayman. 8:30 p.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, Plummer 0-1, Van Ry 0-1), Southern Miss.
16-34 (Magee 4-7, Harper-Baker 3-4, Draine
New Orleans 30 38 .441 11½ NEW YORK METS — Released 3B T.J. Rivera.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHPs
Dallas 27 38 .415 13
That’s where the score stayed during the late innings as Bonney and quarterfinal, FS2 3-7, Holland 2-5, Edwards 1-2, Hampton 1-2, Memphis 27 40 .403 14 JT Brubaker, Luis Escobar and Mitch Keller to
Watson 1-2, Griffin 1-4, Marshall 0-1). Fouled Northwest Division Indianapolis (IL). Reassigned C Jason Delay,
Co-Lin’s Kaytlon Ward became locked in a pitchers’ duel. EMCC had COLLEGE SOFTBALL Out—None. Rebounds—UTSA 34 (Rodriguez W L Pct GB RHPs Dario Agrazal and Eduardo Vera and
its opportunities to score late in the game but left two runners stranded 11 a.m. — Tennessee at Florida, SEC
9), Southern Miss. 46 (Edwards 9). Assists_ Denver 43 22 .662 — LHPs Elvis Escobar and Blake Weiman to mi-
UTSA 10 (Wallace 5), Southern Miss. 17 (Grif- Oklahoma City 40 26 .606 3½ nor league camp.
during each of the last three innings. In the top of the seventh with fin 11). Total Fouls—UTSA 9, Southern Miss. Portland 39 26 .600 4 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms
the score still tied, a two-out triple by Madelyn Wilkes (Noxapter) was 1 p.m. — Missouri at Alabama, SEC 14. A—4,780 (8,095). Utah 37 28 .569 6 with RHPs John Brebbia, Giovanny Gallegos,
followed by a walk to Mackenzie Dolan (Union). But, Ward got EMCC first 3 p.m. — LSU at Texas A&M Arkansas 82, Alabama 70 Minnesota 30 35 .462 13
Pacific Division
John Gant, Ryan Helsley, Dakota Hudson, Mike
Mayers, Daniel Ponce de Leon and Alex Reyes;
baseman Blake Bond (Winona) to line out to right field to keep the game 5 p.m. — Arkansas at Ole Miss, SEC ALABAMA (17-14) Hall 1-3 1-2 3, H.Jones W L Pct GB LHPs Genesis Cabrera, Austin Gomber and Ty-
3-8 1-3 7, Lewis 5-11 1-1 12, Petty 3-8 0-0 8, ler Webb; INFs Yairo Munoz, Drew Robinson,
deadlocked. Golden State 45 20 .692 —
In the home half of the seventh, a one-out single by Fortenberry
COLLEGE WRESTLING Mack 4-9 3-6 14, Reese 3-6 1-2 9, Smith 2-2
3-6 7, Schaffer 0-2 0-0 0, A.Johnson 2-5 0-0 5,
L.A. Clippers 38 29 .567 8 Edmundo Sosa and Ramon Urias; and OFs
Sacramento 33 32 .508 12 Harrison Bader, Adolis García, Tyler O’Neill,
preceded Walls’ two-out double to put both runners in scoring position. 3 p.m. — Big-10 Championship, Big Ten Network Norris 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 25-57 10-20 70. L.A. Lakers 30 35 .462 15 Lane Thomas and Justin Williams on one-year
ARKANSAS (17-14) Gafford 11-17 7-9 Phoenix 15 51 .227 30½ contracts. Renewed the contracts of RHPs
Harmoni Ashley then stroked a hard ground ball up the middle to bring GOLF 29, Osabuohien 1-5 0-0 2, Joe 5-11 3-3 15, x-clinched playoff spot Jack Flaherty and Jordan Hicks.
home the winning run for Copiah-Lincoln. 11:30 a.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Arnold Palmer
Sills 4-7 0-0 11, Harris 0-3 2-2 2, Bailey 1-6 Friday’s Games SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Ander-
3-4 5, Chaney 1-5 0-0 2, Henderson 0-0 0-0 son Espinoza to Lake Elsinore (Cal).
In addition to being out-hit 9-6, the Lady Lions left nine runners on 0, Embery-Simpson 2-3 0-0 5, Holmes 1-1 0-0
Charlotte 112, Washington 111
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Reassigned
base in the opener, including seven in scoring position. Invitational, final round, Orlando, Fla., GOLF 3, M.Jones 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 29-65 15-18 82.
Orlando 111, Dallas 106
RHPs Carlos Navas and Kieran Lovegrove to
Detroit 112, Chicago 104
Bonney, a freshman out of Madison Central High School, was the 1:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Arnold Palmer Invita- Halftime—Arkansas 36-31. 3-Point
Goals—Alabama 10-24 (Mack 3-5, Petty 2-4, Houston 107, Philadelphia 91 minor league camp.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned RHP
tough-luck loser in going the distance for EMCC. The rookie right-hander Memphis 114, Utah 104
tional, final round, Orlando, Fla., NBC Reese 2-4, Norris 1-2, A.Johnson 1-2, Lewis
1-3, Schaffer 0-1, H.Jones 0-3), Arkansas 9-20 Miami 126, Cleveland 110 James Bourque and C Raudy Read (PCL).
scattered nine hits, struck out three and walked only one over the seven FOOTBALL
4:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Champions Golf: Hoag (Sills 3-5, M.Jones 2-4, Joe 2-5, Holmes 1-1, Toronto 127, New Orleans 104 National Football League
innings. Embery-Simpson 1-2, Bailey 0-1, Osabuohien Golden State 122, Denver 105 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Agreed to terms with TE
In Game 2, the Lady Lions again grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the Classic, final round, Newport Beach, Calif., GOLF 0-1, Harris 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Re- L.A. Clippers 118, Oklahoma City 110 Dwayne Allen on a two-year contract.
bounds—Alabama 31 (Hall 8), Arkansas 35 Saturday’s Games HOCKEY
first inning of the nightcap on Dolan’s two-out, two-run homer off Co-Lin’s NBA G LEAGUE BASKETBALL (Gafford 16). Assists—Alabama 9 (Lewis, Sacramento 102, New York 94 National Hockey League
Mackenzie Gros with Megan Cummins aboard. 12 p.m. — Westchester Knicks vs. Maine Red Petty, Reese 2), Arkansas 15 (Harris 4). Total Brooklyn 114, Atlanta 112 NHL — Fined Anaheim F Nick Ritchie
Fouls—Alabama 14, Arkansas 14. A—16,253 Sunday’s Games $4,121.86 for cross-checking.
The unbeaten Lady Wolves promptly responded by batting around to Chicago at Detroit, 12 p.m.
score five runs on just two hits off Wilkes in the bottom half of the inning. Claws, NBA (19,368).
Indiana at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.
DALLAS STARS — Signed C Justin Dowling to
a two-year, two-way contract extension.
Highlighted by Marley Poole’s three-run blast a frame later, Co-Lin scored NBA BASKETBALL Auburn 84, Toronto at Miami, 3:30 p.m. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Carl Gr-
five runs again in the second and then added three more tallies in the third 5:00 p.m. — New Orleans at Atlanta, NBA No. 5 Tennessee 80 New Orleans at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Orlando at Memphis, 6 p.m.
undstrom from Ontario (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled Fs Eric
TENNESSEE (27-4) Alexander 3-5 0-0 6,
to comfortably move ahead 13-2. 7:30 p.m. — Phoenix at Golden State, NBA G.Williams 8-12 9-10 25, Schofield 4-9 2-2 13,
Houston at Dallas, 7 p.m. Tangradi and Brandon Gignac from Bingham-
Milwaukee at San Antonio, 8 p.m. ton (AHL).
EMCC tacked on solo scores in the fourth and fifth innings on Bone 7-15 1-2 17, Turner 1-9 0-0 3, Walker 0-0
New York at Minnesota, 8 p.m. American Hockey League
Bond’s solo homer – her second of the year – and Wilkes’ RBI single, NHL HOCKEY 0-0 0, Fulkerson 0-1 0-0 0, Bowden 6-10 1-2 16,
Phoenix at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Recalled
Jal.Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 13-16 80.
respectively. Bond and Wilkes had two hits apiece in the nightcap for the 6:30 p.m. — Boston at Pittsburgh, NBC Sports AUBURN (22-9) Spencer 0-1 2-2 2, Monday’s Games D Ryan Mackinnon and Mike Cornell from
Worcester (ECHL).
Okeke 9-14 1-1 22, Brown 4-10 4-5 16, Harp- Sacramento at Washington, 7 p.m.
Lady Lions. Network er 5-13 4-4 16, Dunbar 1-3 2-4 5, Purifoy 0-2 Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m. HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Signed G Adam
Coach Austin McNair’s 0-7 EMCC Lady Lions will resume confer- Detroit at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Huska to an amateur tryout.
0-0 0, McLemore 2-4 2-2 7, Doughty 2-5 3-4 9,
ence play following spring break by traveling to Senatobia to take on 9 p.m. — Los Angeles at Anaheim, NBC Sports McCormick 3-4 1-2 7. Totals 26-56 19-24 84. Charlotte at Houston, 8 p.m. SAN JOSE BARRACUDA — Assigned F Colby
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m. McAuley to Orlando (ECHL).
Northwest Mississippi on Wednesday, March 20. Network Halftime—Tennessee 41-35. 3-Point
Goals—Tennessee 9-28 (Schofield 3-4, Boston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS — Assigned
F Matt Marcinew to Manchester (ECHL).
— From Special Reports Bowden 3-7, Bone 2-8, Turner 1-8, G.Williams
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College basketball

MSU drills Texas A&M to go 22-9 Peters and Holman

BY ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Special to the Dispatch

STARKVILLE — After two

straight losses, the Mississippi
State men’s basketball team was
looking for some confidence as it
heads to SEC Tournament.
The Texas A&M Aggies were
exactly what the doctor ordered.
Mississippi State hit 16 3-point-
ers and had little trouble with Tex-
as A&M, as the Bulldogs rolled to a
92-81 win over the Aggies on Satur-
day at Humphrey Coliseum.
It was a big win for the Bulldogs,
who improved to 22-9 on the year
and 10-8 in the SEC. Howland said
he felt like the Bulldogs secured
their spot in the NCA A Tourna-
ment with the win.
“I’m really happy for our team
and really excited for our seniors to
go out with a very important win,”
Howland said. “This was big for us
to get to 22. The regular season is
over now and it was a successful
regular season. You look at our
body of work. We won 10 games in
this league and that will bear out as
teams and leagues advance.”
The victory enabled the Bull-
dogs (22-9, 10-8 SEC) to capture
10 SEC victories for the first time
since the 2007-08 season. Missis-
sippi State also secured the No.
6 seed at next week’s SEC Tour-
nament and will face the winner
of Texas A&M-Vanderbilt during
Thursday’s quarterfinal round. Tip
time is slated for approximately
8:30 p.m. televised by SEC Net-
work.
The Bulldogs opened up the
game with a trio of 3-pointers and
led 13-6 with 15:18 left in the half.
Texas A&M pulled within one
point on two different occasions at
20-19 and at 27-26 with 4:34 left in
the half. But that’s when junior Ty-
son Carter started to warm up from
deep as he hit a three to spark a 9-0
run and give State a 36-26 lead with
2:35 left in the first half. Carter fin-
ished the half with three straight
3-pointers as the Bulldogs led 46-
34 at the half.
“I thought Tyson was fantas-
Columbus’ Robert Woodard II (12) puts up a second half jumper.
tic in the first half, stretching out
that lead in the first half,” Howland
said. “He is playing well in general
in this run we have been on, win-
ning six of our last eight games.”
The Bulldogs hit nine of 16
3-pointers in the first half, much
to the dismay of Texas A&M coach
Billy Kennedy.
“Mississippi State is playing, re-
ally, really well,” Kennedy said. “I
know they have lost two games on
the road. When Tyson Carter and
Lamar Peters shoot the ball like
that, they are tough to beat. They
made 16 threes and most of them
were open, but they made some
tough shots. I thought our guys did
a good job but for the most part, we
just ran into a team that was better
tonight.”
The biggest suspense in the
second half was whether seniors
Lamar Peters and Aric Holman
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
would reach the 1,000-point mark
for their careers, which both did.
The Bulldogs led by as many as 19
points in the second half.
“I didn’t know Lamar did it,”
Howland said of Peters passing
the century mark. “I knew we were
trying to get Eric a bucket late be-
cause they said he was one point
short. Lamar shot the ball as well
as he has shot it in the last month,
because of the work he has put in
the last month. That’s important to
build that confidence back up as we
head into the SEC Tournament.”
Peters led the Bulldogs with 21
points, while Weatherspoon fin-
ished with 20 points. Close behind,
Carter had 18 points on 6 of 9 shoot-
ing from 3-point range. Holman
had 16 points and nine rebounds,
while Reggie Perry and Robert
Woodward each contributed seven
points apiece.
top 1,000 point mark
BY ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Special to the Dispatch
STARKVILLE — Seniors Lamar Peters and Aric
Holman went out with style on Senior Day at Mississip-
pi State on Saturday.
Both players surpassed the 1,000-point mark and
scored in double digits as they helped the Bulldogs to a
92-81 win over Texas A&M.
Mississippi State coach Ben Howland
was quick to thank his the three seniors
who arrived with him in Aric Holman and
T.J. Gray, along with Quinndary Weath-
erspoon.
“Really excited for Q, Eric and TJ,”
Howland said. “We all came in together.
I have been so blessed to be their coach, Peters
to get to know them. They have been ter-
rific leaders. They came in the beginning
when it was a tough starting point. We
have improved each year and this is the
best team we have had, without question.
We know we are an NCAA tournament
team, which is something that every play-
er who goes to college dreams of.”
Holman finished the day with 16 points Holman
and nine rebounds, including starting
the game with a 3-pointer from the corner to get the
Bulldogs rolling.
“It was a great moment,” Holman said on scoring his
1,000th career point. “Especially doing it here at the
Hump. I really appreciate all the fans who came out to-
night. At first, it was a sad moment but as it went on, it
was more of an accomplishment. I wanted to make a
change here and Mississippi State.”
Peters also passed the 1,000-point mark as he fin-
ished with a game-high 21 points.
“It was a nice accomplishment,” Peters said. “It was
a big moment for me. I’ve been spending lot of time in
the gym, working on my fundamentals.”
Weatherspoon also finished with 20 points to help
the Bulldogs pull away in the second half.
“Q has had a wonderful career, has scored 1955
points,” Howland said. “He’s having a nice career at
Mississippi State. But more importantly, he has helped
to lead us back to the NCAA Tournament after 10 years,
and that’s the big news. That’s really exciting.”
Even Texas A&M coach Billy Kennedy had some
nice words for Weatherspoon after the game.
“I think he’s the most underrated guard in the league
the last four years,” Kennedy said. “I think he’s the best
all-around guard in the league. I’m glad to see him go,
I can say that.”

Rebels rally at Missouri, earn 20th victory

FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A steal
and a finger-roll by Devontae
Shuler broke a 66-66 tie with
1:28 to go, and the sophomore
helped lead the Ole Miss men’s
basketball team to a comeback
victory at Missouri Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Rebels (20-11, 10-8 SEC)
rallied from a 10-point deficit in
the second half to earn their
20th victory of the season and
secured a winning conference
record heading into next week’s
SEC Tournament.
Ole Miss was led by elite
guard play from Shuler and
Breein Tyree, who accounted
for 39 of the Rebels’ 73 points.
Tyree poured in a game-high 21
points, his 17th game with 20 or
more this season, going three
of four from beyond the arc all
while playing a team-high 38
minutes. Shuler added 18 points
of his own on 7 of 9 shooting,
matching Tyree’s mark of three
made from long range.
The Rebels showed why
they lead the conference in free
throw percentage, going 19 of
21 at the line (90.5 percent).
The defense showed up late in
crunch time, as Ole Miss held
Missouri without a field goal for
the last three plus minutes.
The Tigers (14-16, 5-13 SEC)
were led by freshman Xavier
Pinson, who had a career-high
20 points on 8 of 12 shooting.
Missouri had three other dou-
ble-figure scorers in Torrence
Watson (14), Jordan Giest (12),
and Jeremiah Tilmon (11).
While five different Rebels
scored in the first six minutes,
Ole Miss jumped out to an early
lead thanks to its defense. The
Rebels held Missouri without a
bucket for seven minutes, only
allowing a pair of free throws.
Behind seven early points from
Tyree, Ole Miss held a 17-10
advantage midway through the
first half.
Missouri used a pair of big
runs to grab the game’s mo-
mentum. A 14-2 run flipped a
seven-point Ole Miss lead into
a five-point deficit. After the
Rebels got within three, the
Tigers went on an 8-0 run to
bump their cushion to double
digits. Shuler drilled a three to
stop the bleeding, but Ole Miss
went into the locker room down
34-26.
The Tigers came out and
pushed the difference back to
double digits before the Rebels
made their comeback to tie the
game. With his team trailing
43-33, head coach Kermit Da-
vis called timeout to regroup
the Rebels. The call paid off
as a 13-3 run over 4:15 tied the
game. Bruce Stevens, Shuler
and Tyree all hit threes during
the stretch. The NBA-range
long ball by the Rebels’ leading
scorer tied the game at 46-46
with 12:19 left in the game, forc-
ing a Missouri timeout.
Missouri scored six straight
points coming out of the time-
out. The Tigers remained in
front, but not for long. KJ Buffen
hit a corner three followed by
an old-fashioned three-point
play that sliced the margin to
two. Tyree drained a three from
the wing, and just like that, Ole
Miss took the lead 60-59. On
the next possession, Shuler
stole the ball before delivering
a thunderous dunk to increase
the lead to three.
A three-point cushion turned
into a three-point deficit before
Terence Davis threw the ham-
mer down and drew the foul.
Going to the line, the senior
completed the three-point play
to tie the game at 66-66 with
2:02 to go. On the next posses-
sion, Shuler came up with an-
other steal and raced down the
floor. The sophomore’s sweet
finger roll put Ole Miss back in
front. The Rebels got another
stop, and with the shot clock
winding down, Shuler hit a
jumper from the elbow to make
it 70-66 with 52 seconds left.
Ole Miss made three of four
free throws down the stretch,
forcing a pair of misses on the
defensive end, to wrap up a big
road victory prior to the confer-
ence tournament.
Up next, the Rebels head
to Nashville for the SEC Tour-
nament. Ole Miss is already
guaranteed to play in a sec-
ond-round game on Thursday,
March 14th.
TIP-INS
n Improving to 10-8 in SEC
play, Ole Miss earned a winning
conference record for the fifth
time in the last seven years.
n Ole Miss finishes with a
winning road record (5-4) in
conference play for the first
time since 2014-15 (6-3), the last
time it made the NCAA Tourna-
ment.
n The Rebels secured their
10th 20-win season the past 13
years.
n Ole Miss beat Missouri
for the 11th time in the last 12
matchups, taking a 12-2 lead in
the all-time series.
n Ole Miss earned its third
home-and-home sweep of the
season (Auburn, Georgia).
n Kermit Davis became only
the third coach in school histo-
ry to win 20 games in his first
season as head coach, joining
Andy Kennedy and Rod Barnes.
n Devontae Shuler scored
18, the highest-scoring game of
his career in SEC play.
n Breein Tyree produced his
17th 20-point game of the sea-
son with a game-high 21 points.
n Trailing by eight at the
half, Ole Miss overcame a half-
time deficit of more than five
points on the road for the first
time since at Vanderbilt two
years ago (Feb. 4, 2017).
n The Rebels trailed by as
many as 10 in the second half
before the comeback victory.

Pulphus
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But he feels he’s equal to the
task.
“Stability is very import-
ant, and with the recent turn-
over in coaches in Columbus, I
know it’s a huge issue,” he said.
“Sometimes, you’ve got to take
a leap of faith, trust God, trust
your abilities and trust the lead-
ers around you.
“I trust this administration
is wanting to turn the program
around the right way for the
right reasons,” he added. “I’m
excited, and so looking forward
to, helping bring the pride back
to Columbus football.”
An ‘everywhere’ man
Pulphus, 34, is no stranger to
coaching football in North Mis-
sissippi. This won’t even be his
first stop in Columbus.
The Okolona native started
his coaching career in 2008 as a
running backs/defensive backs
coach at Aberdeen.
From there, he went to
West Point, coaching running
backs under Chambless from
2010-12, then was co-defensive
coordinator for a season in Co-
lumbus under head coach Tony
Stanford. He later spent two
years in New Hope (2014-15)
and one in Starkville (2016) as
defensive coordinator. Pulphus
earned his first head coaching
job in Kemper County in 2017,
where his team went 3-8 in his
only season at the helm before
he returned to West Point.
“Moving up in this profes-
sion is tough,” Pulphus said.
“You work hard for the oppor-
tunity to be a head coach, and
those opportunities don’t come
often. So I’m very thankful for
this one.”
Pulphus knows he faces an
uphill battle building a winner
at Columbus, which last made
the playoffs in 2016.
At first glance, dropping
from 6A to 5A in the Mississippi
High School Athletics Associa-
tion classifications could seem
to make that feat easier. But,
as Pulphus points out, the “re-
ward” for that step down is play-
ing in the same region as West
Point, winner of three consecu-
tive Class 5A titles, and another
perennial powerhouse, Lafay-
ette County.
“It’s going to be an uphill
battle, one we’ll have to fight to
win day-by-day,” Pulphus said.
“From my time in Columbus be-
fore, those kids were resilient,
so I don’t think these kids will
shy away from the challenge
ahead. … Looking at the film, I
know the talent and potential is
there.”
Making the most of that tal-
ent starts immediately. And
Pulphus’ “new normal,” at least
for the rest of the spring, will
be teaching Mississippi studies
and world geography at West
Point High during the school
day – where he will complete
his 2018-19 teaching contract –
then driving as many evenings
as possible to Columbus to start
getting his Falcons in shape.
“We’re about to love the
weight room,” Pulphus said.
“We’ve got to get bigger, stron-
ger, faster. There’s no time to
waste because right now, we’re
behind. While we’re establish-
ing an offseason weight and
conditioning program, every-
body else is already looking
toward spring football prac-
tice. So we have to catch up big
time.”
The Chambless effect
Pulphus regards Chambless,
who has led West Point for 20
years, as the man who took a
young, green-behind-the-ears
assistant coach and “showed
me the ropes.”
“A lot of times, it was his pay-
ing attention to the little things
others might overlook,” Pul-
phus recalled. “That was every-
thing from the grass-cutting to
making sure all the helmets fit
right. … Every day, in just how
he carries himself, he puts his
trust in his players and coaches,
and he stresses ‘taking care of
business now.’”
Chambless, for his part,
remembers the ambitious Pul-
phus taking great lengths to
learn how to do things right.
“Even if it was 110 degrees
in summertime, he was right
there with me asking questions
and soaking in whatever he
could,” Chambless said. “As a
coach, he’s extremely coach-
able himself. That’s what you
have to be.
“Columbus is getting a coach
with dedication and passion for
the kids and athletics in gen-
eral,” he added. “It will take
an army (community, school
leaders, players and coaches)
to turn it around, but he will ac-
cept the challenge. … He’s go-
ing to want to win right away.”
Chambless, though, plans to
keep winning. But he welcomes
the prospect of a competitive
rivalry with one of his proteges
that will begin when the two
meet this fall.
“It’s going to be fun,” Pul-
phus said. “But in order to be
the best, you have to beat the
best. You don’t get into coach-
ing to be afraid of competition.”
No matter the score, or the
winner, Chambless said he’ll
always be a willing resource for
advising his former assistant if
asked.
“He’ll be calling. We’ll be
talking. He knows that,” Cham-
bless said.
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College Baseball Women’s College Basketball

Owls suffer loss McCowan’s “feel” for the game

against Crowley’s
Ridge College
Owls Communications
Special to the Dispatch
The Mississippi University for Women
baseball team was unable to complete the
sweep against Crowley’s Ridge College,
dropping the third and final game 10-3
Friday.
The loss marks The W second setback
of the season, as the Owls fall to 7-2.
The Pioneers struck first in the top of
the first inning with a two-run homer, and
they added two additional runs in the fifth
and four in the sixth to stretch their lead
to 8-0.
Not be counted out, the Owls offense
came alive in the eighth inning. With
one out, Prince Tolbert doubled to push
RJ Cox to third and in scoring position.
Cox then scored on a passed ball, while
Tolbert advanced to third and then scored
on a triple by Reese Wagner. A sacrifice
fly from Heath Ford would bring Wagner
home and close the Owls’ scoring rally.
At the plate, Cox led the Owls with a
3-for-4 effort with one run, while Ford and
Wagner both picked up an RBI.
Will Peters started on the mound for
MUW, lasted five innings and was sad-
Chris Jenkins/University Relations
Prince Tolbert, senior outfielder, takes a
pitch during MUW’s 10-3 loss Friday.
dled with the loss. The Tallassee, Ala.
native finished with six strikeouts, gave
up five hits and was charged with four
earned runs.
Courtlan Frost and Luke Hobson also
saw action on the mound during the ef-
fort. Frost pitched one inning, while Hob-
son tossed the final three innings with
one strikeout and gave up five hits and
two earned runs.
Next up for the Owls will be Blue
Mountain College on Tuesday, March 12.
The first pitch of the doubleheader is set
for 12 p.m.
too much for Missouri Tigers
BY ADAM MINICHINO
aminichino@cdispatch.com
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Teaira Mc-
Cowan showed how deadly she can be
Saturday when she has a “feel” for the
game.
In the process, the Southeastern
Conference Player and Defensive Play-
er of the Year pushed the Mississippi
State women’s basketball team one
step closer to a goal that has eluded it
for the last three years.
McCowan had a team-high 27
points and 16 rebounds, while An-
riel Howard added 19 points and 10
rebounds to power top-seeded MSU
to a 71-56 victory against No. 5 seed
Missouri in the semifinals of the SEC
tournament at Bon Secours Wellness
Arena.
MSU (29-2) will take on No. 10 seed
Arkansas, which upset No. 3 seed Tex-
as A&M 58-51 in the other semifinal,
at 1 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2). The winner
will receive the SEC’s automatic bid to
the NCAA tournament.
“I just had to get a feel for the
game,” said McCowan, the 6-foot-7 se-
nior, who was 11-for-18 from the field
and 5-for-5 from the free-throw line.
“The first time was turning, turning
to them, it was offensive fouls. I was
“I thought she was really, really spe-
cial. Anriel is getting more and more
comfortable playing with her and find-
ing her, and T finding Anriel. I think
this duo is finally getting some chem-
istry between the two, enjoying the
success of one another. I think that is
part of the reason why they’re playing
so well together.”
Missouri coach Robin Pingeton ad-
mitted her team had its “hands full”
against MSU’s first-team All-SEC per-
formers. The roles were reversed in
he meeting in the regular season, as
Missouri outscored MSU 30-24 in the
paint. The Tigers also scored 24 points
off turnovers. Schaefer referenced
both points in his post-game interview,
so it wasn’t surprising to see the Bull-
dogs flip those numbers. McCowan
and Howard fueled MSU’s 40-16 edge
in points in the paint. The Bulldogs
also committed only eight turnovers
and held a 14-4 advantage in points off
turnovers.
“I felt like they attempted to do that
in our first game, too, and we held our
ground a little bit better,” Pingeton
said. “But we gave up a lot of really
deep post catches. When you’re 6-7
and you get it right under the rim, that
is awfully challenging to stop. I didn’t
think we did a good enough job hold-

Dramatic 9th-inning comeback earns just trying to do my work early, mirror

the ball, see where it was coming, then
duck in.”
ing our ground.”
Sophie Cunningham (game-high
33 points) scored all of Missouri’s
McCowan, who was named a final-

EMCC 18-17 win in Friday home split

BY DAVID ROSINSKI
Special to the Dispatch
SCOOBA – In their first game action
in nearly two weeks due to rain and wet
field conditions throughout the region,
the Lions of East Mississippi Community
College split an eventful home baseball
doubleheader with East Central Commu-
nity College Friday afternoon at Gerald
Poole Field.
After a series of comebacks resulted
in a dramatic 18-17 walk-off victory for
EMCC in the opener, the Warriors earned
the split with a 15-3 run-rule win in the
nightcap.
In an opening contest that featured 35
runs, 34 hits, 21 walks and eight home
runs surrendered by 10 combined pitch-
ers between the two teams, it was Austin
Beech’s walk-off, two-out RBI hit to the
opposite field on a 3-2 pitch in the bottom
of the ninth inning that closed out the
memorable slugfest.
The climactic comeback began after
East Central scored six runs in the top of
the seventh to take a 17-15 lead into the
final frame. Following a lead-off strike-
out, ECCC’s Tanner Knight gave up back-
down the right-field foul line to set up
Beech’s game-winning hit.
Trailing 15-11, the visitors respond-
ed two innings later by batting through
the lineup in the seventh to reclaim the
lead. The benefactor of some wildness by
Lion pitching and a two-run shot by Da-
kota Kennedy in the inning, East Central
scored six times to take back the lead at
17-15.
Morgan, a product of Harrison Central
High School, powered EMCC’s 20-hit at-
tack by going 4-for-5 at the plate, includ-
ing two homers, with four RBIs and four
runs scored. Miller, a 23rd-round draft
pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates a year ago
out of Spanish Fort, Ala., went 3-for-6
with four runs batted in, while Gulfport’s
Dillon Brown also had three hits in the
opener.
In sharp contrast to the opener, East
Mississippi’s bats were silenced in the
nightcap, as East Central hurlers Javian
Stone and Evan Keith combined to strike
out 13 Lion batters while allowing just two
third-inning hits over five innings. The
Warriors broke open a tight 4-3 contest by
sending 15 batters to the plate during a
ist for the Wooden Award prior to the
game, was referring to her 12-point,
13-rebound effort in MSU’s 75-67 loss
to Missouri on Feb. 14 in Starkville.
McCowan was 4-for-11 from the field
and committed three fouls. She re-
bounded from that effort by carving
out space deep in the paint to make it
easier for her to score. The Bulldogs
also were more patient on offense in
looking for McCowan, as they moved
the ball from passer to passer to create
a better angle to feed McCowan.
“She is a really good player,” Mis-
souri redshirt junior center Hannah
Schuchts said. “I think she is a tough
load to handle for any team. We tried
our best, but she is a really good play-
er. I think she is going to go on to do
some really big things.”
McCowan did her part, too, with
two assists. She often was quick to rec-
ognize the collapsing defense and pass
the ball back out. McCowan’s willing-
ness, as MSU coach Vic Schaefer said,
to allow the Bulldogs “to play through
her” was a primary reason they had 17
assists.
“She is the most unselfish big kid in
the country, as well as so many other
things as a five player,” Schaefer said.
points in an 11-0 run that cut MSU’s
lead to 43-38 with 2 minutes, 48 sec-
onds to go in the third quarter. Andra
Espinoza-Hunter hit a 3-pointer off an
assist from McCowan to help trigger
an 11-3 run to close the quarter. Mc-
Cowan scored off a give-and-go from
Danberry, hit two free throws, scored
off a layup following a turnover, and
scored again at the rim off a pass from
Jazzmun Holmes. The flurry gave
MSU a 54-41 lead entering the fourth
quarter. The Bulldogs led by at least
nine the rest of the way.
Schaefer praised McCowan for
playing “careful” and not being a “bull
in a china cabinet” like he felt she was
in the first meeting against Missouri.
He also likes the growing chemistry
between McCowan and Howard and
hopes it continues to grow stronger
with crack at the program’s first SEC
tournament title on the line Sunday.
“I just thought tonight she was re-
ally special,” Schaefer said. “When we
went to her, she delivered. At the same
time I just think her and Anriel are get-
ting more comfortable with each other
every day and enjoying each other’s
success.”
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McCowan
to-back solo blasts to Dillon Morgan and nine-run fourth inning en route to earn-
Zarin Cole which tied the score at 17-all. ing the doubleheader split. The big hits
Freshman shortstop Tyler Miller then in the game-deciding frame were two-run
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in front of Jeremy Davis’ pinch-hit double ley. “She is a really good her team had its “hands za-Hunter hit a 3-point-

MUW
Continued from Page 1B
of the third quarter while
going on a 12-point run
to go up 35-20 before the
Bengals finally dented the
scoreboard with a 2-point
jumper with 2:45 left.
After playing three
quarters with a total of
63 points scored by both
teams, the fourth quarter
turned into an offensive
circus as The W posted
31 points on the board,
10 more than Maine’s
21-point total.
In the fourth quarter,
Fort Kent scrambled to
overcome its double-digit
deficit, but they were no
match for the Owls’ de-
fense.
After its lackluster first
half, MUW shot 56 per-
cent from the field over-
all, 40 percent on 3-point
attempts and 69.6 percent
from the free throw line.
Playing all but two
minutes, junior forward
Qiayon Bailey went 12-
for-17 from the floor and
4-for-7 at the free-throw
line to lead the Owls with
a season-high of 28 points.
The West Point native also
pulled down two offensive
rebounds and five defen-
sive boards Because of
her effort, she received
All-Tournament Team hon-
the All-Tournament team
along with Bailey.
In Friday’s contest,
Keyahna Jones pulled off
her 10th double-double
of the season to lead the
Owls in a 73-59 victory
over Paul Quinn College
in the semifinal round.
The junior center from
Lufkin, Texas, was 7-for-9
from the floor and 2-for-
2 at the free throw line
to total 16 points against
the Tigers’ defense. She
pulled down four offensive
boards and seven defen-
sive boards to tie team-
mate Autumn Taylor for a
game-high 11 rebounds.
With 11 points of her own,
Taylor joined Qiayon Bai-
ley who scored 13 points to
round out the double-digit
effort for the Owls..
MUW struggled early
on with a sluggish offense,
committing several mis-
cues to open the game to
allow Paul Quinn to sneak
ahead 4-0. A minute and
a half after tip-off, Jones
pulled down a rebound
and hit a put-back basket
to score the Owls’ first
points of the game. Paul
Quinn then went on an
8-2 run before Taylor split
free-throws after a shoot-
ing foul to cut the Tigers
lyn Duke.
Paul Quinn scored sev-
eral consecutive baskets
to tie the Owls at 21-21
with 4:39 left in the second
quarter. For the remain-
der of the period the two
teams exchanged baskets
to result in a 30-30 tie at
the break.
The start of the third
period was much of the
same, as the Tigers and
the Owls traded baskets
for the first minutes for a
string of ties.
With 2:58 left in the
third period, the Owls
outscored Paul Quinn 9-4
to enter the fourth ahead
55-48.
Duke scored the first
basket of the fourth to
extend the Owls lead to
57-48 and the W contin-
ued to score pushing to a
15-point lead with 5:55 left
in the game.
Undaunted, the Tigers
started to chip away at the
Owls’ lead and trailed by
eight with under four min-
utes left to play, but the W
snapped back with several
baskets to close out the
game 73-59.
“The Owls played well
together today,” said head
coach Howard White. “We
were able to come togeth-
player,” Missouri red-
shirt junior center Han-
nah Schuchts said. “I
think she is a tough load
to handle for any team.
We tried our best, but
she is a really good play-
er. I think she is going to
go on to do some really
big things.”
McCowan did her
part, too, with two as-
sists. She often was
quick to recognize the
collapsing defense and
pass the ball back out.
McCowan’s willing-
ness, as MSU coach Vic
Schaefer said, to allow
the Bulldogs “to play
through her” was a pri-
mary reason they had 17
assists.
“She is the most un-
selfish big kid in the
country, as well as so
many other things as
a five player,” Schaefer
said. “I thought she was
really, really special. An-
riel is getting more and
more comfortable play-
ing with her and find-
ing her, and T finding
Anriel. I think this duo
is finally getting some
chemistry between the
two, enjoying the suc-
cess of one another. I
think that is part of the
reason why they’re play-
ing so well together.”
Missouri coach Rob-
in Pingeton admitted
full” against MSU’s er off an assist from
first-team All-SEC per- McCowan to help trig-
formers. The roles were ger an 11-3 run to close
reversed in he meeting the quarter. McCowan
in the regular season, scored off a give-and-go
as Missouri outscored from Danberry, hit two
MSU 30-24 in the paint. free throws, scored off
The Tigers also scored a layup following a turn-
24 points off turnovers. over, and scored again at
Schaefer referenced the rim off a pass from
both points in his post- Jazzmun Holmes. The
game interview, so it flurry gave MSU a 54-41
wasn’t surprising to see lead entering the fourth
the Bulldogs flip those quarter. The Bulldogs
numbers. McCowan and led by at least nine the
Howard fueled MSU’s rest of the way.
40-16 edge in points in Schaefer praised
the paint. The Bulldogs McCowan for playing
also committed only “careful” and not being a
eight turnovers and “bull in a china cabinet”
held a 14-4 advantage in like he felt she was in
points off turnovers. the first meeting against
“I felt like they at- Missouri. He also likes
tempted to do that in the growing chemis-
our first game, too, and try between McCowan
we held our ground a lit- and Howard and hopes
tle bit better,” Pingeton it continues to grow
said. “But we gave up stronger with crack at
a lot of really deep post the program’s first SEC
catches. When you’re tournament title on the
6-7 and you get it right line Sunday.
under the rim, that is aw- “I just thought tonight
fully challenging to stop. she was really special,”
I didn’t think we did a Schaefer said. “When
good enough job holding we went to her, she deliv-
our ground.” ered. At the same time I
Sophie Cunningham just think her and Anriel
(game-high 33 points) are getting more com-
scored all of Missouri’s fortable with each other
points in an 11-0 run that every day and enjoying
cut MSU’s lead to 43-38 each other’s success.”
with 2 minutes, 48 sec- Follow Adam Minich-
onds to go in the third ino on Twitter @ctsport-
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ors and was named Cham-
pionship Game MVP.
Senior forward
Tenazhia Hinkson pulled
off her fifth double-dou-
ble of the season with 15
points and 14 rebounds,
while Autumn Taylor
rounded out the Owls’
double-digit scoring effort
with 13 points. As a re-
sult of their performance,
both ladies were named to
lead to 12-5.
The Owls had a surge
of energy offensively to
go on a 6-0 run to close
out the quarter and enter
the second period trailing
Paul Quinn by only a point
(12-11).
The W notched its first
lead of the game shortly
after the start of the quar-
ter on a pair of jumpers by
Meosha Barnum and Kat-
er as a team and overcome
Paul Quinn’s first-quarter
run. We did a great job
rebounding the basket-
ball and handling their
pressure defense. We also
did a great job defensively
making them take tough
shots. Offensively we were
able to get the shots we
wanted.
“Overall, we played a
smart game.”
Starkville
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do to get it done,” Cook
said. “I’ve come a long
way as a player, and
when things go hard
bounce back up and I
did that and it paid off.”
Tyler Talley added
12 points for Starkville,
while Atavius Jones
chipped in 11 points for Traemond Pittman
the Yellow Jackets. had 13 points to lead Me-
“This feeling never ridian, while Makeem
gets old and, as a team, Roberts and Vontrell
we had a bet for about a Pringle each added 11
month that if we won a points for the Wildcats
state championship I got (26-5), who were in the
to dunk,” Carter said. “I 6A state title game for a
think I can still do it.” third straight season.

Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ expands long-term care benefits
2020 candidates Sens. Cory Booker of
New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
and Kamala Harris of California say they’ll
support Sanders’ more ambitious bill
By RICARDO
ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ber-
nie Sanders is raising the stakes
of the “Medicare for All” debate
by expanding his proposal to
include long-term care, a move
that is forcing other Democrat-
ic presidential candidates to
take a stand on addressing one
Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats line up
behind marijuana legalization
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A
growing list of Democrat-
ic presidential contenders
want the U.S. government
to legalize marijuana, re-
flecting a nationwide shift
as more Americans look
favorably on cannabis.
Making marijuana le-
gal at the federal level is
the “smart thing to do,”
says California Sen. Ka-
mala Harris, a former
prosecutor whose home
state is the nation’s larg-
est legal pot shop. New
Jersey Sen. Cory Booker,
a prominent legalization
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health care system.
Medicare for All is unlikely
to advance in the GOP-con-
trolled Senate, but it’s a defin-
ing issue in the early days of the
Democratic primary and candi-
dates have pointed to their sup-
port of Sanders’ legislation as
proof of their progressive bona
fides.
advocate on Capitol Hill,
says the war on drugs has
been a “war on people.”
Former Texas Con-
gressman Beto O’Rourke,
who appears poised to join
the 2020 Democratic field,
has written a book argu-
ing marijuana legalization
would hobble drug cartels.
In an email to supporters
this week, he called again
to end the federal prohibi-
tion on marijuana.
“Who is going to be the
last man — more likely
than not a black man —
to languish behind bars
for possessing or using
marijuana when it is le-
gal in some form in more
Area obituaries
active in the Fidelity
Sunday School Class,
adult choir, and Senior
Adult Fellowship. She
later became a mem-
ber of Mantee Baptist
Church where she was
active in Sunday School,
adult choir, missions,
and senior adult activi-
tes.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
brother, John Wilson
Boyd.
She is survived by
her sister, Lillian F.
Boyd, of Mantee.
Pallbearers will be
Calvin Boyd, Shawn
Boyd, Brady Boyd, Wil
Boyd, Sam Stone, and
Phil Ferguson.
Memorials may be
made to Mantee Baptist
Church Building Fund,
P.O. Box 161, Mantee,
MS 39751 or to Bart-
lett United Methodist
Church, 5676 Stage
Road, Bartlett, TN
38134.
Susie Tate
COLUMBUS — Su-
sie Tate, 67, died March
8, 2019.
Services are incom-
plete and will be an-
nounced by Lee Sykes
of Columbus.
John Williamson
STARKVILLE —
John Samuel William-
son, 62, of Starkville,
died March 7, 2019, at
his home.
Services are at
1 p.m. today at The
Storehouse at Christian
World Missions.
Mr. Williamson was
born July 20, 1956, in
Greenwood, MS, to
John Cecil and the late
Norma Goff William-
son.
He was a veteran
of the United States
Marine Corp. He was a
journeyman electrician
with Ingalls Shipyard, a
member of the Meridi-
an Electricians Union,
and a truck driver for
several years.
In addition to his
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ate
Some moder-
Democrats
said how long-term care might
affect that.
hundred billion dollars a year.
Several independent estimates
have criticized
the cost of such
Sanders’ move, confirmed
by his office, follows action by
for the broader program have
ranged from about $25 trillion
an expansive pro- Medicare for All allies in the over 10 years to $36 trillion, al-
posal and by add- House to incorporate a gener- though supporters say it would
ing the long-term ous long-term care benefit in be considerably less.
care provision, Sanders their newly introduced legisla- Still, the general idea of a
Sanders could tion. Medicare for All would re- government long-term care pro-
further expose that divide. place the current mix of private gram has broad backing.
So far, 2020 candidates Sens. and government financing for About two-thirds of U.S.
Cory Booker of New Jersey, health care with a system paid adults favor a long-term care
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York for by the government and fund- program similar to Medicare,
and Kamala Harris of Califor- ed by higher taxes according to an Associated
nia say they’ll support Sanders’ As with the rest of Medi- Press-NORC Center for Public
more ambitious bill. Sen. Eliza- care for All, supporters aren’t Affairs Research poll last year.
beth Warren of Massachusetts saying how they would pay for That includes 76 percent of
also backed the 2017 version long-term care, which experts Democrats and 56 percent of
of Medicare for All but has not estimate could cost several Republicans.
Democratic candidate Warren
sets televised Mississippi forum
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A Democratic presidential hope-
than half of the states in Richard Nixon unleashed ful is planning a televised forum from Mississippi.
this country?” O’Rourke a war on marijuana and Jackson State University says U.S. Sen. Eliza-
wrote. other drugs and it helped beth Warren of Massachusetts will participate in
It’s a far different ap- carry him to a second a March 18 forum that will be televised on CNN.
proach from the not-so- term. The Clarion Ledger reports CNN Chief Wash-
distant past, when it was This year, leading ington Correspondent Jake Tapper will moderate
seen as politically damag- Democrats hold similar the event. It’s planned as part of a Warren cam-
ing to acknowledge smok- positions supporting le- paign swing through the Deep South.
ing pot and no major pres- galization. Presidential Jackson State President William Bynum Jr.
idential candidate backed hopefuls in the Senate says the 7,300-student university isn’t endorsing
legalization. who have co-sponsored Warren.
In 1992, then-White Booker’s legislation to The 69-year-old Democrat announced her run
House candidate Bill Clin- end the federal prohibi- for president last month. She’s already made a
ton delivered a famously tion include Harris, New swing through South Carolina, which hosts the
tortured response about York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, earliest southern presidential primary, as well as
a youthful dalliance with Elizabeth Warren of Mas- Georgia.
cannabis, claiming he sachusetts and Vermont’s Democratic hopefuls Cory Booker of New
tried it as a graduate stu- Bernie Sanders, who cam- Jersey and Kamala Harris of California visited
Mississippi last year to support Democrat Mike
dent in England but “didn’t paigned on decriminaliz-
Espy’s unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate.
inhale.” And two decades ing pot in his 2016 presi-
before that, President dential bid.
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Peggy Sue Coleman
COLUMBUS — Peg-
gy Sue Coleman, 66,
died March 8, 2019.
Services are incom-
plete and will be an-
nounced by Lee Sykes
of Columbus.
Virginia Lee
COLUMBUS —
Virginia Lee, 82, died
March 8, 2019 at Baptist
Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Services are today
at 2:30 p.m. at Fairview
Baptist Church. Visita-
tion is today from 1-2:30
p.m. at the church. cdispatch.com
Lowndes Funeral
Home of Columbus is
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Gladys Faulkner
MILLPORT, Ala.
— Gladys Price Faulk-
ner, 82, died March 8,
2019, at Generations of
Vernon.
Services are today
at 2 p.m. in the chapel
of Chandler Funeral
Home with Sonny
McLellan officiating.
Burial will follow at Wal-
nut Grove. Visitation
is today from 1-2 p.m.
prior to the service.
Mrs. Faulkner was
born December 27,
1936, in Lowndes Coun-
ty, to the late William
and Hattie Price. She
owned a cloth shop
in Millport and was a
member of the Millport
Church of Christ.
Survivors include
her husband, Banks
Faulkner of Millport;
son, Terry Faulkner of
Millport; and daugh-
ter, Linda Faulkner of
Columbus.
6B Sunday, March 10, 2019
College baseball
Mississippi State sweeps doubleheader
from Maine to open weekend series
Special to the Dispatch
STARKVILLE – Behind a pair of sol-
id pitching performances, No. 8 Missis-
sippi State ran its winning streak to 10
games with a doubleheader sweep of
Maine on Friday at Dudy Noble Field.
The Bulldogs notched a win in Game 1
by a score of 9-2, before taking Game 2
by a final of 5-1.
Each game followed a similar path,
with State (14-1) using a multi-run in-
ning to open the scoring before scratch-
ing across runs to gain the cushion on
the Black Bears (0-11). The two wins
pushed State’s winning streak to 10
games. It is the longest winning streak
since winning 12 games from April 30-
May 25, 2016.
Redshirt-junior Ethan Small (1-0) got
the start in game one, threw six innings
and allowed one unearned run. The left-
hander fanned 10 and walked his first
two batters of the season, but earned
his first win of the year. Senior Jared Li-
ebelt tossed the final three innings and
allowed one run on four hits with three
strikeouts to post his first career save.
Sophomore Jordan Westburg hit his
first home run of the season in game one
– a three-run shot in the fifth inning --
and added another RBI later to account
for four total runs batted in during Game
1. Six different Bulldogs posted multi-
hit efforts in the first contest, as seniors
Elijah MacNamee and Jake Mangum,
junior Gunner Halter, sophomores West-
burg and Justin Foscue, and freshman
Hayden Jones all collected two hits.
“Anytime you win, that’s good,” said
Mangum on sweeping the doublehead-
er. “I think we’re 14-1 right now, so sign
me up…We look good. We have a little
day off tomorrow, we’ll get some things
going a little bit, straighten some things
out that we need to work on, get a good
lift in and be ready to go on Sunday.”
The second game featured six strong
innings on the mound for freshman JT
Ginn (4-0), who allowed one run on six
hits. He fanned eight batters and didn’t
issue a walk to win his fourth-straight
decision to start his career.
“The fastball was good tonight,” said
Ginn on what was working for him gainst
the Black Bears. “I feel like command
was shaky at some points, but we just
[let Maine] hit it in after the first two in-
nings and I was able to get it out. Then
I get to the bullpen and let those guys
switch it up.”
The trio of freshman Brandon Smith,
junior Colby White and graduate student
Cole Gordon each tossed one scoreless
frame to close it out, as the three com-
bined to strike out five hitters and not
allow a baserunner.
“The last couple of weeks they (Ethan
Small and JT Ginn) have been really
good,” said MSU head coach Chris Le-
monis. “Both of them were still good to-
day, Ethan walked his first two guys of
the year.
“And I give them [Maine] credit, they
put some balls in play, found some holes,
put a little pressure on us. We maybe
don’t make a couple of plays that we
could make that caused us a little bit of
stress early, but they both just compete.
They’re really good. It’s nice having
those two guys run out there, game one
and two.”
The trio of freshman Brandon Smith,
junior Colby White and graduate student
Cole Gordon each tossed one scoreless
frame to close it out, as the three com-
bined to strike out five hitters and not
allow a baserunner.
“I think we’ve figured out our roles,”
College tennis
MSU men’s tennis match at South Carolina
suspended; Dogs face No. 9 Florida Sunday
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
STARKVILLE – No. 10 Mississippi
State men’s tennis team will have to wait
a bit longer to resume its match at No.
29 South Carolina, as persistent rains
through the night led to wet courts Sat-
urday morning, forcing the match to be
suspended until Monday at noon at the
Carolina Tennis Center.
Before returning to the Palmetto
State to complete that match, MSU (10-
2, 2-0 SEC) travels south to Gainesville,
Florida, for a top-10 battle at 9th-ranked
Florida (8-2, 2-0) on Sunday. First serve
is set for noon at the Alfred A. Ring Ten-
nis Complex, the site of the 2019 SEC
Men’s Tennis Championship.
MSU’s match at South Carolina was
suspended midway through singles
play Friday with the Bulldogs holding a
1-0 lead after taking a tightly-contested
doubles point. USC got a quick advan-
tage with a win on Court 1 before the
Bulldogs notched the first point of the
match for the fifth straight match and
the 23rd time in 24 outings. State held
a set advantage on Courts 4 and 5, while
the Gamecocks were up a set on Courts
1 and 2, with the other two courts in late
deadlocks in the first set.
The Bulldogs are currently ranked
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said Lemonis. “We’ve [had] a chance
to see our guys in some different envi-
ronments. We’ve played on the road.
My biggest concerns coming in [to the
season] was the bullpen. Maybe they’ve
exceeded expectations because those
guys have really done a nice job. I think
that’s what makes us really special in
some ways is we have a power bullpen
and we know we have a couple of really
good starters.
“And our offense is gritty. You can say
we’re power, or speed, or whatever, but
they’re just tough and they show up to
compete and they love to play the game.”
It took a while for the bats to get
cranked up in Game 1, as Hayden Jones
started the fifth inning with a leadoff
single, stole second base before a Gun-
ner Halter infield single to third base
put runners on first and second with one
out. Jake Mangum drove in the first run
of the game with an RBI single, and then
Westburg delivered his first home run of
the season – a three-run shot – to push
the lead to 4-0.
In the top of the sixth, the Black
Bears got an unearned run thanks to a
throwing error by Foscue and an RBI
ground from Joe Bramanti. After re-
cording the first out of the frame, Ethan
Small allowed a single to Caleb Krebs,
which was followed by a base hit by Dan-
ny Casals. On Casals’ hit, Foscue made
a diving stop on the ball, but his throw
was wide, allowing Krebs to advance to
third. Krebs came in to score on a Bra-
manti fielder’s choice.
Maine starter Nick Silva retired the
first two batters he faced in the bottom
of the sixth before three-straight hits ac-
counted for two runs and ended Silva’s
night. Jones started the rally with a dou-
ble to right-center field and Rowdey Jor-
dan followed with an RBI single. After
Jordan stole second base, Halter singled
to score the second run of the inning
and end the outing for Silva. After Nich-
olas Sincola entered the game, Mangum
delivered his second RBI single of the
night, following a Halter stolen base.
Mississippi State Quick Hitters
n Winning Streak – The Bulldogs
have now won 10-striaight games to
mark the longest winning streak since
reeling off 12-straight victories from
April 30-May 25, 2016.
n Starting Pitching – The duo of
Ethan Small and JT Ginn combined to
throw 12 innings in two starts. They al-
lowed just two runs – one earned – struck
out 18 batters and walked only two. The
duo allowed just nine hits – one for extra
bases – and each collected the win.
n Cole Gordon – Extended his score-
less innings streak to 24 2/3 innings
with a perfect ninth inning in game two.
Struck out two and got a flyout to end the
game.
n Gunner Halter – Posted four hits,
scored three runs and drove in one RBI
in two games.
n Elijah MacNamee – Had four hits,
scored two runs and stole one base in
the two games.
n Starting Nine – The same lineup
started each game for MSU, with eight
of the nine starters collecting at least
one hit and seven of those posting multi-
ple hits during the doubleheader.
Maine Quick Hitters
n Danny Casals – Collected three
hits – including a double – stole two bas-
es and scored one run.
n Joe Bramanti – Drove in one RBI
and reached base three times in two
games.
n Cody Pasic – Doubled and drove in
one RBI in a game one start.
10th nationally, marking the 17th
straight edition of the rankings in which
MSU has appeared in the top 25 and its
13th appearance in a row in the top 10.
In the ITA national singles rankings,
two-time All-American Nuno Borges
leads three State players at No. 3 in the
nation, while Giovanni Oradini comes in
at 102nd nationally. State boasts a pair of
ranked doubles tandems in third-ranked
Braun and Giovanni Oradini and No. 7
Borges and Strahinja Rakic.
Florida enters Sunday’s match com-
ing off a 6-1 win against Ole Miss in
Gainesville Friday night. The Gators
field four ranked singles players, includ-
ing No. 24 Oliver Crawford, 48th-ranked
freshman Sam Riffice, No. 54 Andy An-
drade and No. 79 Johannes Ingildsen.
In doubles, four UF tandems are
ranked inside the ITA’s top 80. Brian
Berdusco and Ingildsen are ranked
ninth nationally, while Andrade and
Crawford team up to form the nation’s
14th-ranked duo. Andrade and Riffice
are ranked 27th, while McClain Kessler
and Duarte Vale are ranked No. 73 and
play at the No. 1 position for the Gators.
After taking on the Gators and South
Carolina, State will return to the A.J.
Pitts Tennis Centre to host No. 17 Ala-
bama at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
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Rev up
An iconic car inspires one owner to try to get a new club started

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch

Vantee Summerville of Columbus is pictured with his 2001 Chevy Corvette Wednesday. The Army veteran and former chemical technician and educator
hopes to hear from other enthusiasts interested in forming a Corvette club for sharing interests and some community service.

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

A
fter a more than 30-year career, plus
13 years in the Army and Active
Guard Reserves, Vantee Summerville
finally “scratched an itch” he’d had since his
days at Columbus’ Hunt High School. Today,
it gleams in his driveway, a sleek, powerful
machine in metallic navy blue.
“I’ve always had a desire for a Corvette,
I just didn’t have the money,” Summerville
laughed. “It’s always been my favorite — the
design, the looks, the power.”
Following retirement, he indulged.
“It was the No. 1 thing in starting to get
some things I want,” he said of his 2001
model. “I really love the car.”
The former chemical technician, edu-
cator and military personnel specialist is
enjoying his Corvette so much, he’s hoping
to find others who feel the same way about
theirs. He’d like to get a Corvette club start-
ed. He’s run some ads and spread the word,
hoping to connect with other enthusiasts in
the area. A club would be more than just a
congenial way for members to share their
interest; it would be an opportunity to serve
the community.
“We can be doing some things just to
help Columbus out, like raising some money Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
for (groups like) the Red Cross,” said Sum- Vantee Summerville looks over the engine of his 2001 Corvette Wednesday. After wanting a
merville. Corvette since high school, he acquired one in 2016.
Fellow Corvette owner Columbus Mayor
show at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New manracer.com and other sites.
Robert Smith endorses the idea.
York City. At the time, European automak- By the end of 1953, production moved to
“A Corvette club would be an asset to the
ers dominated the sports car market. In St. Louis, Missouri; 3,640 Corvettes were
City of Columbus,” said Smith,
June of that year, the first production Cor- produced in 1954.
who has a 1989 turquoise blue
vette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Sales didn’t take off in the early years,
convertible and a 2017 blue
Michigan. It featured an all-fiberglass body, but as the car evolved from a racy con-
Grand Sport model. “The club
a 150-horsepower engine and a starting vertible to a race-toughened performance
could be active in the commu-
price tag of around $3,500, according to machine, the luster of legend began to take
nity by doing volunteer work, hold. “Hollywood” helped things along. One
history.com. Three hundred two-seater
car show activities and con- convertibles were made, all with polo white of four black 1954 Corvettes produced was
tests, fun events and fundrais- exteriors and sportsman red interiors. The driven by main character “Mike Hammer”
ing programs to help citizens Smith only options offered were a heater and an in the 1955 Mickey Spillane private eye film
in need of assistance.” AM radio. “Kiss Me Deadly,” giving many film-goers
And besides, it’s just plain fun to share a The name Corvette originated with Chev- their first taste of the sports car in action.
passion for an American icon. rolet public relations man Myron Scott, who “I used to watch a TV show called ‘Route
thought naming the car for the fast strike 66’ starring Martin Milner and George
Beginning a legend ships called corvettes from World War II Maharis,” said Smith. “They drove a 1960
Chevrolet’s prototype Corvette debuted would appeal to American men, especially Corvette.”
in January 1953 at the GM Motorama auto those who had served, according to gentle- See Corvette club, 6C
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calendar
Tuesday, March 12
Quilt reception — See details
at right.
Thursday, March 14
Exhibit reception — Starkville
Area Arts Council opens an exhibit
by Laurie Burton of Starkville with
a reception from 5:30-7 p.m. at
The Partnership , 200 E. Main St.,
Starkville. Free to the public.
Sunday, March 17
St. Patty’s Pawty — This
benefit for the Columbus-Lowndes
Humane Society is 1-6 p.m. at Zach-
ary’s, 205 Fifth St. N. Live music,
green beer, pet parade, raffle and
more. Food by Huck’s Place. $10. For
information or to make donations,
contact Colin Krieger, 662-329-
7653.
Friday and Saturday,
March 22-23
New Narrative Festival and
Conference — Hear about
topics ranging from global food se-
curity, the Mississippi Choctaws and
unmanned aerial systems research
to new social landscapes at this
two-day event at The Mill Conference
Center, 100 Mercantile Lane, in
Starkville. Learn more and register at
newnarrativefestival.msstate.edu, or
contact John Forde, 662-325-8033.
Sunday, March 24
Rust College Choir — St.
James United Methodist Church, 722
Military Road, Columbus, hosts this
acclaimed a capella choir at 6:30
p.m. Admission donation is $10
adults; $5 youth 12-18 (children 11
and under attend free). For more
information, contact Tavetia Hughes,
662-327-4538.
Wednesday, March 27
Noon Tunes — This spring
series of lunchtime concerts at
Trotter Convention Center’s Court-
yard in downtown Columbus kicks off
with music by Jase Dalrymple from
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Food will be
available for purchase. Other Noon
Tunes dates are April 3, 10 and 24.
For more information, contact Main
Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Rita Williams is pictured with one of more than 100 barn quilts along
the Buttahatchee Barn Quilt Trail in Lowndes and Monroe Counties.
Thursday through Saturday,
March 28-30
Ragtime Jazz Festival,
Gatsby Gala — The 13th annual
Charles H. Templeton Ragtime Jazz
Festival at Mississippi State Univer-
sity’s Mitchell Memorial Library and
other locations features multiple
performing artists and silent films.
The Gatsby Gala kicks off the festival
with a 1920s-inspired fashion show
and exhibits at the library March 28.
Dispatch file photo
Get more information and tickets at
festival.library.msstate.edu. or call
662-325-6634.
Thursday through Sunday,
March 28-31
MUW Homecoming — Missis-
sippi University for Women’s home-
coming features numerous activities
including musical performances, art
exhibitions and presentations and
more. Find the schedule of events at
Tuesday, March 12
Quilt reception —
The Columbus-Lowndes
Public Library hosts a
noon reception for its an-
nual quilt exhibit. Rita Wil-
liams of the Buttahatchee
Barn Quilt Trail is speaker.
The display will be up until
April 26. For more infor-
mation, contact Brenda
Durrett, 662-329-5304
or bdurrett@lowndes.lib.
ms.us.
longblueline.muw.edu.
March 28-April 6
Columbus Spring Pilgrim-
age — Home and garden tours,
Tales from the Crypt, a crawfish and
shrimp boil, a half marathon and 5K,
Catfish in the Alley, Artisans Alley
and a garden party are among high-
lights of the 79th annual Columbus
Pilgrimage. Go to VisitColumbusMS.
org for a list of events, or call 800-
920-3533.

Military brief
Erby graduates
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class
Kierra M. Erby graduated from basic
military training at Joint Base San An-
tonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an in-
tensive, eight-week program that
included training in military discipline
and studies, Air Force core values,
physical fitness and basic warfare
principles and skills. Erby
Airmen who complete basic
training also earn four credits toward an associate
in applied science degree through the Community
College of the Air Force.
Erby is the daughter of Stanley L. and Sandra F.
Erby of Columbus.
She is a 2012 graduate of Columbus High
School. She earned an associate degree in 2014
from Northeast Mississippi Community College in
Booneville.

Courtesy photo
MISSISSIPPI DAR: Several area DAR chapter members were among those elected to office at the Mississippi
State Society Daughters of the American Revolution 113th State Conference in Jackson Feb. 15. These offi-
cers-elect will assume responsibilities after the national DAR Continental Congress in Washington, D.C. in June.
From left are Montine Bond, curator (Yazoo City, Yazoo Chapter); Leslie Bruning, librarian (Natchez, William Dun-
bar); Rachel Tate, historian (Rosedale, Mississippi Delta); Patricia Anderson, registrar (Jackson, Rebecca Cravat);
Deborah Cannon, treasurer (Madison, Annandale); Elizabeth Herring, organizing secretary (Waynesboro, Chicka-
sawhay); Shana Fondren, corresponding secretary (Eupora, Old Choctaw County); Alice Lancaster, recording sec-
retary (Columbus, Bernard Romans); Amelia Langford, chaplain (Carthage, Old Robinson Road); Laurie Triplette,
second vice regent (Oxford, David Reese); Priscilla Harper, first vice regent (Yazoo City; Yazoo); and Hellen Polk,
state regent (Starkville, Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha).

Free reception Thursday opens show in Starkville

SPECIAL TO THE John Bateman. “We want
DISPATCH this program to expand
and benefit both artists

S
tarkville Area Art
Council’s next Art
in Public Places Ex-
hibit will highlight artist
Laurie Burton. A kickoff
reception is 5:30-7 p.m.
Thursday, March 14 at
The Partnership at 200 E.
Main St. in Starkville.
Burton works with
mixed media and found
objects, landscape and
surreal painting, and
occasional furniture
making. She graduated
from Mississippi State
University where she
majored in marketing and
minored in fine art. She
is the owner of WildRose
Studio and Gallery, a ren-
ovated 1930s bungalow
on South Jackson Street
in Starkville. The gallery
is open by appointment
only. A visit will include
Burton’s energetic and
scruffy little dog, Ripley,
and possibly her elusive
six-toed cat, Lefty.
The public is invited to a reception from 5:30-7 p.m.
Thursday at The Partnership in Starkville opens an
exhibit by Laurie Burton of Starkville.
Burton’s honors
include a Merit Award at
SAAC’s own 2017 Cotton
District Arts Festival Ju-
ried Art Show, and third
place at the 2007 Prairie
Arts Festival Juried Art
Show. Burton’s work has
been featured in many
exhibitions across the
state and was recently
featured in a show called
and the community.”
Works will be available
for purchase. This show
will run through April 8.
SAAC sponsors the
Cotton District Arts Fes-
tival, runs art education
programs and awards al-
most $25,000 each year in
grants and scholarships
throughout Starkville and Art happens.
Oktibbeha County. For
additional information,
328-ARTS
visit starkvillearts.org​.
Courtesy photo
“Before Their Time: A
Del Rendon Foundation
Legacy Series” in the
Colvard Student on the
Mississippi State campus.
“SAAC’s Art in Public
Places program strives
to bring a gallery experi-
ence to Starkville while
also introducing artists
to the community,” says
SAAC Executive Director

OUT THERE
March 22 – Casting Crowns,
BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. 662-841-
6528, bcsarena.com.
March 29 – Monterey Jazz Festival on
Tour, Riley Center, Meridian. 601-696-
2200, msurileycenter.com.
March 30 – Tuscaloosa Bicentennial
Bash (Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit,
St. Paul & The Broken Bones, The
Commodores, Moon Taxi, Blind Boys of
Alabama). Tuscaloosa Amphitheater,
tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
March 31 – Jason Isbell and the 400
Unit, BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. 662-
841-6528, bcsarena.com.
April 6 – The Heart Behind the Music
Songwriters’ Showcase (Melissa
Manchester, Darryl Worley, Mo Pitney,
John Ford Coley), Riley Center, Meridian.
601-696-2200, msurileycenter.com.
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MSU’s Women’s History Month: entertainment, empowerment

MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS

M
ississippi State Uni-
versity is celebrating
Women’s History
Month with a variety of fun,
free programs on the Starkville
campus. Activities include:
n March 18-26 — A Wom-
en’s History Month Art Gallery
exhibition showcasing commu-
nity-submitted, female-centric
pieces. A reception March 18
at 4 p.m. takes place in Colvard
Student Union’s second-floor
art gallery. Both events are
sponsored by MSU’s Center
for Student Activities and the
Holmes Cultural Diversity
Center.
n March 21, 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m. — Female Faculty and
Staff Mixer at the café inside
Barnes & Noble at MSU.
Holmes Cultural Diversity
Center is an event sponsor.
n March 21, 7-9 p.m. —
“Putting Down Your Crown,”
a Holmes Cultural Diversity
Center-sponsored event where
black women can discuss
Photo by Megan Bean
their challenges and cultivate A “Yes We Canvas Painting Party” is among activities planned for Mississippi State’s celebration of Women’s History Month.
fellowship while engaging in
interactive activities centered presented by Jilly Bean’s Pail of Pickering has received numer- n March 27, 4 p.m. — “Sex response from contemporary
on empowerment. The pro- Paint in Starkville. ous awards over the years for Object: The Emotional Impact feminists following the Wom-
gram takes place in Suite 220 n March 26, 6 p.m. — service to her local community of Misogyny and Feminism’s en’s Marches of 2017. A 5:30
at Colvard Student Union. “Girl, You Deserve Better” and state. Her talk is spon- Response,” presented by p.m. reception will immediate-
n March 22, 11 a.m.-2 in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth sored by the President’s Office, MSU’s Gender Studies pro- ly follow in Colvard Student
p.m. — “Yes We Canvas: Auditorium. Christy Pickering Holmes Cultural Diversity gram. In Bettersworth Audito- Union’s Old Main Lounge.
Painting Party,” sponsored by will share personal experienc- Center, MSU Athletics, Delta rium, Jessica Valenti will give For more information on
the Holmes Cultural Diversity es from an abusive relationship Gamma Sorority, the Center a talk about her recent book, Women’s History Month events
Center at Barnes & Noble café. and discuss how she eventu- for Student Activities, and Of- “Sex Object,” focused on sexu- at MSU, contact Hannah Reyes
Supplies will be provided for ally found happiness. A Biloxi fice of Fraternity and Sorority al objectification, the emotional at 662-325-2691 or hreyes@
this instructional painting class certified public accountant, Life. impact of misogyny, and the oidi.msstate.edu.

Club notes
Northaven Woods the group in the Garden that are being probed by way Museum to see the well as cotton bales, a ma- was sure which was the
Prayer, Conservation a group from Ole Miss. traveling Smithsonian jor source of area wealth. proper name, but there
Garden Club Pledge and Pledge of He stated these graves Exhibit Water/Ways, He told of the steamboat was a time when you
Barbara Bailey hosted Allegiance. Eleanor Ellis have probably already noting water’s role in the “Eliza Battle,” which would not pick these
the February meeting read minutes and Judi been moved to the Na- settlement of Columbus. burned and sank during a flowers and bring them
of the Northaven Woods Jarrett gave the financial tional Cemetery. Funds He talked of the impor- freak storm in 1858, with inside, as they were for
Garden Club Feb. 19 at report; all were approved. are now being raised to tance of water transpor- a loss of 60 persons and planting on graves. It
the Senior Enrichment Pridmore introduced erect a monument to the tation in the early days 2,000 bales of cotton. made a nice ending for a
Center. local historian Rufus union soldiers. of Columbus, which had In closing, he shared garden club talk.
President Elwanda Ward, who told about the Ward encouraged the steamboats traveling the legend of the snow Soup and dessert were
Pridmore called the missing union graves at club to visit the Tennes- from Mobile to Columbus bell, snow drop or snow served and the meeting
meeting to order and led Friendship Cemetery see-Tombigbee Water- hauling passengers as flake. He said he never adjourned.
4C Sunday, MARCH 10, 2019
April marks Easter return to Carnegie Hall for Packwood
MSU choral director
will conduct Haydn
Masterwork
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
—
E
aster Sunday holds a
special significance for
Gary Packwood. It was
Easter Sunday in 2012 when
the director of the Mississippi
State University Choir made
his Carnegie Hall debut under
the auspices of MidAmerica
Productions, conducting his
ensemble in a program of devo-
tional music.
Now, seven years later,
again on Easter Sunday, April
21, at 1 p.m., he will return to
the legendary New York venue
for MidAmerica to lead a large
chorus, four vocal soloists and
the New England Symphonic
Ensemble in Joseph Haydn’s
MY BOOK AT SALE SCHOOL: First-graders at Sale Elementary School in Columbus recently received the book
“Choose Good Food” for their home libraries through a My Book of Lowndes County grant. Students, from left, are
Weston Talley, Mason Dodd, Landyn Abrams, Maddox Minor and Jamaal Thompson. Behind them are the Columbus
Falcon mascot and My Book volunteers Jo Shumake and Debbie Swartz. Before receiving their books, students
were given fruit and learned about healthy eating from Mia Johnson, Columbus Municipal School District food
services director. By the end of the school year, the My Book grant will provide all CMSD first-graders, and West
Lowndes Elementary first-graders, with five books each.
COOK READS WITH MY BOOK: First-grade students at Cook Elementary School in Columbus recently received a
book entitled “The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes” through a My Book of Lowndes County grant. Pictured, from left,
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are Jakaylan Williams, Kayley Chamblee, Storie Hood and Pia Jones. Prior to receiving their books, students heard
from Dr. Susanne Cunningham of Curtis Optometry Group about what to expect when visiting the eye doctor and
ways to keep their eyes healthy.
masterpiece, the “Lord Nel-
son Mass.” The chorus once
again will include members
of his own Mississippi State
University Choir, as well as the
Starkville High School Choir.
“The Mississippi State Uni-
versity Singers are looking for-
ward to returning to Carnegie
Hall in 2019,” said Packwood.
“We had a wonderful experi-
ence seven years ago, and this
time we get to make music with
two very special high school
choirs from Mississippi and
Florida — we are so excited!”
​“ We are thrilled to be a part
of this special performance!”
said Jennifer Davis, director
of the Starkville High School
Choir. “It is a unique honor to
represent Starkville in New
York City under the baton of
Dr. Gary Packwood.”
Haydn’s “Missa in Angusti-
is” (Mass in Time of War) was
one of six grand masses com-
posed towards the end of his
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Gary Packwood
life. It acquired the nickname
“Lord Nelson Mass” because
of the British war hero’s great
victory over Napoleon, which
occurred around the time
the work was composed and
99.49%
premiered in 1798. With its
dramatic use of trumpets and
The Starkville High School
Choral Department is made
drums, the majestic work con-
cludes with an impassioned,
up of seven ensembles/choirs
with more than 130 singers.
noble cry for the achievement The All-Superior program con-
of everlasting peace. sistently boasts large numbers
Packwood will conduct of all-staters and singers who
the New England Symphonic continue to sing at the college
Ensemble; soloists Dana Lynne and university level. SHS sing-
Varga, soprano, Augusta Caso, ers have performed in Disney
and New York City, and for the
mezzo-soprano; Victor Starsky,
Mississippi State University
tenor; and Brandon Coleman,
Choral Colloquium.
bass-baritone; and a choir
drawn from ensembles repre-
senting Mississippi, Pennsylva- Tickets
nia, New York and Florida. Concerts in the Isaac Stern
Packwood has appeared Auditorium/Ronald O. Perel-
throughout the U.S., Brazil, man Stage are $150, $100 and
Italy, Malaysia, France, Austria $50. Get tickets by contacting
and the Czech Republic. He CarnegieCharge at 212-247-
is currently program admin- 7800, visiting the Carnegie
istrator and director of choral Hall Box Office at 57th Street
studies at Mississippi State and Seventh Avenue in New
University, where he teaches York, New York, or by going
undergraduate and graduate online to carnegiehall.org.
conducting, and conducts all For more information,
four of the University’s choral contact molly.waymire@piptix.
ensembles. com
SCHOOL NEWS
Mississippi College honors
Mississippi College released its honors
list for the 2018 Fall Semester.
President’s List
Columbus: Nicholas Ellis, Frank
Mullins III, Danielle Owens and Lindsey
Stuart;
Starkville: Sara Duncan;
Dean’s List
Caledonia: Lindsey Cousar;
Columbus: Hunter Sykes;
Macon: Emily Malone, Dalton Outz
and Keelea Wood;
Starkville: Isaac Jackson, Chele West-
brook, Dalton Demp and Carly Capple-
man;
West Point: Marlee Melcher
To be eligible for the President’s List,
a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point
average, based on a 4.0 system. To be
eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must
maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based
on a 4.0 system. The student must take
a full course load of at least 12 semester
hours of undergraduate credit with all
academic courses impacting their grade
point average.
White named scholar
East Mississippi Community College
sophomore Jordan White of Dekalb has
been named a 2019 Co-
ca-Cola Academic Team
Silver Scholar. She will be
Courtesy photo
recognized in local and
statewide ceremonies and
during Phi Theta Kappa’s
annual convention April 4-6
in Orlando, Florida, and
receive a $1,250 scholar- White
ship through the program
sponsored by the Coca-Cola Scholars
Foundation and administered by the Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society. She is among
50 students nationwide awarded one of
the scholarships. Selection is based on
scores earned in the All-Academic Team
competition, academic achievement,
leadership and engagement in college and
community service.
White will graduate from EMCC in
May and plans to transfer to Mississippi
State University. She hopes to eventually
earn a doctorate in medicine from the Uni-
versity of Mississippi Medical Center.
President of the Eta Upsilon chapter
of Phi Theta Kappa on EMCC’s Scooba
campus, White was named Most Dis-
tinguished Chapter President during
the Mississippi/Louisiana Region 2019
Awards Gala March 1-2 at MSU. In Feb-
ruary, she received EMCC’s HEADWAE
award for academic excellence. She is
a student ambassador, president of the
SGA and vice president of the Math and
Science Club.
Cousar Ellis Outz
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WHO’S WHO: Lindsey Cousar of Caledo-
nia, Nicholas Ellis of Columbus and Dalton
Outz of Macon are among 79 Mississippi
College students who received “Who’s
Who” recognition at the Clinton campus.

In the garden with Felder
Almost anything goes when it comes to recycled planters
W
hile a lot
of my job
is to share
interesting garden
techniques and
“how-to” informa-
tion, sometimes I’m
asked for help with
interpersonal or
social issues.
Happened just
the other day after
a library lecture Felder Rushing
when an attend-
ee begged me to
arbitrate a marital dispute by
writing about the uncouthness
of planting flowers in the front
yard ... in a toilet. It was a lose-
lose situation for everyone,
including me.
Instead, I ruminated on
ingenious recycled containers
I’ve encountered over my long
career, in home and fancy bo-
tanic gardens and prestigious
flower shows where innovative
humor can garner attention.
And the wackier the container,
the more effective it can be.
I’ve seen plants growing in
faded blue jeans stuffed with
potting soil and set on park
benches. And in every conceiv- common.
able type of hat and helmet,
and opened drawers of office
cabinets, concrete construction see them in children’s garden
blocks, upside down umbrellas, areas of even very upscale
sofas and chairs, beds and en-
tire walls made of plastic soda
bottles cascading with plants.
Anything that holds potting
soil and has drainage holes is
fair game.
In my garden alone I have
planted flowers, herbs and
small vegetables in shoes,
boots, buckets, baskets,
gloves, wagons, seashells, tin
cans, an old Weber grill and
a saxophone with succulents
cascading from the open keys.
An all-time favorite of mine is
gaily-spray painted five-gallon
buckets with drainage holes
drilled in the bottoms.
And I cannot for the life
of me see the philosophical
difference between planting in
a recycled half whisky barrel
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and an inverted car
or truck tire. And
no, there is no sig-
nificant health risk
in growing vegeta-
bles in the latter.
I grow herbs in
both a large galva-
nized horse water
trough and one of
my granny’s old
kitchen wash pots.
And in an antique
pedestal sink and
claw-foot bathtub
from my great-grandmother’s
house. Oh, and a porcelain
chamber pot that had been
discarded up under the house
because it had a rusty hole in
it (planted with petunias, of
course. Think about it).
So, once past the “ew”
factor, why not a toilet? I can
show you photos of many
I’ve encountered in gardens
across five continents, even in
England. Granted, they were
more joke than anything, but to
avoid bruising the delicate sen-
sibilities of some dear readers,
I won’t include a photo. Suffice
to say, they are surprisingly
But, not-so-surprisingly,
more than anywhere else I
botanic gardens, including the
ones in Memphis, New Orle-
ans and Atlanta. Their clear
message almost always has
to do with recycling, and they
are usually part of an overall
bathroom scene with sinks,
bathtubs and even partly-open
mirrored medicine cabinets
hung on the walls. Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
One summer when I was Recycled tires for planters? Why not? Felder Rushing has encountered planters made from everything
presenting a lecture at a water from old blue jeans to umbrellas.
conservation conference in San
Antonio, Texas, I was invited old water guzzling type toilets. marital guidance, I deflected. to be tacky with recycled plant-
to be the judge of a display of There were some hilarious Actually made things worse ing containers, really ramp it
toilet gardens put together ones, but the one I liked the with my tip for anyone wanting up!
by local celebrities including most had a colorful blend of to give this a go: Because dis- Felder Rushing is a Mississip-
a popular TV weatherman tomato and pepper plants, let- playing just one planted toilet pi author, columnist, and host of
and the Extension horticul- tuce, Swiss chard and herbs; it nearly always comes across the “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB
ture agent. The lighthearted was called, appropriately, “the poorly, the trick is to use three Think Radio. Email gardening
competition was designed to salad bowl.” or more. questions to rushingfelder@
highlight the phasing out of So, not being much on Other words, if you’re going yahoo.com.
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JA of Columbus announces 2019 Charity Ball court

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdisptch.com

J
unior Auxiliary of Colum-
bus has announced the
members of its 69th annual
Charity Ball court that will be
presented March 30 at Trotter
Convention Center. The high
school seniors will be intro-
duced to the audience at 8 p.m.,
preceding presentation of the
Charity Ball king and queen,
whose identities are not re-
vealed until the ball. The event
is the JA chapter’s primary
fundraiser supporting multiple
service projects that benefit the
children of Lowndes County.
The evening includes a per-
formance by New Hope High
School’s Showstoppers, plus
live entertainment by Soul-
station Band and a breakfast
which begins at 9:30 p.m.
Breakfast and balcony
tickets are $25, available at Mil-
itary Hardware located at 1002
13th St. N. in Columbus. For
more information about tickets, Photo by Chris Jenkins
contact Mary Tana Garner at Members of the Junior Auxiliary of Columbus 2019 Charity Ball court are, seated from left, Lores Katherine Sharp, Emily Quinn Howard,
662-327-6010. Cooper Lane Stanley, Anna Elizabeth Billingsley and Lane Patricia Gerber. Standing, from left, are Mary Virginia Fields, Andrew Moak
Griffin, John Rhett Lott, William Chapman Cooper, Parker Harrington Ray, Maxwell Andrews Gee and Georgiana Hood Brown. Not pic-
Charity Ball court tured, Charles Hampton Hudnall.
Members of the 2019 Chari-
ty Ball court are: n William Chapman Coo- ren Eugene Gerber Mr. and Mrs. Edison James daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
n Mary Virginia Fields, per, son of Mrs. Fran Fulton n Andrew Moak Griffin, Lott neth Todd Stanley
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cooper and Mr. William Thom- son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew n Parker Harrington Ray, n Anna Elizabeth Billings-
Christian Bomley and Mr. and as Cooper Moak Griffin son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney ley, daughter of Ms. Amy Sib-
Mrs. John Fredric Fields n Maxwell Andrews Gee, n Emily Quinn Howard, Alton Ray ley Billingsley and Mr. Ralph
n Georgiana Hood Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jody Wade daughter of Ms. Ramsey n Lores Katherine Sharp, Martin Billingsley
daughter of Mrs. Christopher Gee Howard and Mr. Kevin Barry daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis n Charles Hampton Hud-
Nathanial Dickey and Mr. and n Layne Patricia Gerber, Howard Sharp nall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel
Mrs. Walter Russell Brown daughter of Mr. and Mrs. War- n John Rhett Lott, son of n Cooper Lane Stanley, Harvey Hudnall.

Corvette club
Continued from Page 1C
That show on CBS
from 1960 to 1964
followed its protagonists
as they drove across
America. It became a pop
culture classic, a symbol
of freedom and adven-
ture, and the co-star-
ring Corvette became
a “dream car” for many
viewers.
The ’60s continued
to be good to the brand.
Bands like The Beach
Boys and Jan and Dean
wove the car into song
lyrics. Astronaut Alan
Shephard and other
Mercury astronauts —
American heroes — were
put behind the wheel of
Corvettes, thanks to an
arrangement with Gener-
al Motors. Silver screen
appearances began
adding up. The Chevy plained Ulmer. it,” said Ulmer. up in April in Memphis, people that love what
’Vette was well on its way Columbus has had Summerville is look- Tennessee. He hopes I love,” he added. “We
to a permanent place in Corvette clubs in the ing for others who share some members might can get together and do
American culture. past, the Caledonia man that enthusiasm. He want to make the trip. something worthy for the
“There’s always been said. He would welcome would like to hear soon “We could tailgate up community, too.”
a passion for Corvettes. a resurgence and issues from anyone interested there together to Mem- Editor’s note: Anyone
I love them an open invitation to any in getting a new Corvette phis and meet a whole lot interested in a new area
myself,” group to come out to club up and running, of other Corvette own- Corvette club may contact
said Carl Southern Cruisers activ- especially since a major ers,” said Summerville. Vantee Summerville at
Ulmer. He ities. He also organizes Corvette show is coming “I like to be around 662-242-0960.
grew up Cars & Coffee, a gather-
working ing of vintage and newer
on older cars at Columbus’ Hitch-
cars and ing Lot Farmers Market
has been Ulmer on Saturday mornings
a member from 7:30-10:30 a.m.,
of the Southern Cruisers beginning April 20. He
since 1996. That car knows how much sharing
club organizes large an interest enhances the
auto shows like Cruisin’ enjoyment.
the River and charitable “Once you get into a
fundraisers. Members group, it’s camaraderie,
may have “anything from it’s fellowship with people
a 1930s model hot rod to who have the same pas-
a 2020 Corvette,” ex- sions. I live it. I breathe

Tell your child a bedtime story.

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PANCAKE SUPPER
D
SECTION

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church hosted its annual Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Supper in Columbus on Tuesday.

Charlie Clemons, Jackson Frye, Kenny Frye Jr., Joni Frye, Hutch Clemons, Jack Clemons, Karen Frye Catherine Horton, Synthia Williams

Genny Vidrine, Sherri Nozik

Ben Roach, Rev. Anne Harris Evie Vidrine, Sheri Lipsey, Kenny Frye

Chris and Carol White, Russel Craddock Austin Check, B.J. Harrison, Kerri Matthews, Chase Ray

LUNCH AND LEARN

The Greater Starkville Development Partnership hosted a Lunch and Learn at The Mill at MSU
in Starkville Wednesday.

John Rigsby, Frank and Barbara Matta, Ruth and Armando de la Cruz Mike Okhuysen, Chris Taylor, Mike Crayson, Pat Lane

Granville and Faye Barker, Helen Ward Ruth and Keith Remy, Sherrie and David Van Landingham, Nancy Walsh
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Southern Gardening

Spring weather encourages lichen growth in landscapes

T
he seasons
are playing
tricks on us
with cold tempera-
tures following
warm. I want to
address a landscape
issue that’s gener-
ating quite a few
questions.
It’s not a new is-
sue, as it pops up at
this time every year. Gary Bachman
And it’s not the an-
nual, angst-causing
pruning of the crape myrtles.
I want to focus on a subject I
write about most years, and
that is lichens.
Lichens become prominent
and concern many gardeners
who venture out in the nice,
early spring weather to take
stock of their landscapes and
gardens. This is a time of the
season when many deciduous
trees and shrubs haven’t start-
ed to leaf out for the year, and
lichens become very notice-
able.
Already, the calls and
emails are coming in. The
questions all have a common
theme. Trees and shrubs are
in decline, and the plants have
a gray-green mold growing
on the trunk and
branches. Because
it doesn’t look natu-
ral, people assume
this stuff is respon-
sible for the tree
and shrub prob-
lems, so they ask if
there is a spray that
can take care of the
“problem.”
This gray-green,
moldy-looking
material is actually
an organism called lichen, an
unlikely combination of fungus
and alga that lives in a symbi-
otic relationship on plant bark.
The alga supplies the food via
photosynthesis, and the fungus
gathers the water and other
needed nutrients.
Lichens are very interest-
ing organisms that are found
throughout the world. They are
always on tree trunks, which
they use only for support. In
fact, lichens will grow on any
hard surface outdoors, from
wooden fences to rocks and
birdhouses. I’ve even seen
them growing on a satellite
dish.
Now, it is true that lichens
are more likely to be seen
on stressed woody trees and
Late winter and early spring create the perfect environment for
lichen growth, as on the side of this small tree trunk.
shrubs. The canopy or leaf
cover on these struggling
plants tends to thin out, letting
more light into the interior of
the canopy.
Since the alga carries out
photosynthesis in the higher
light situation, the lichens grow
more noticeable in these situa-
tions. They get blamed for the
plant decline when, in fact, the
stresses causing the problems
Gary Bachman/MSU Extension Service
are abiotic and environmental,
like drought or excessive heat.
Lichens come in several
forms, from spreading and
crusty to wavy folds and
specimens that look like hairy,
multi-branched balls.
Late winter and early spring
create the perfect environ-
ment for lichen growth. After
a rain, the lichens can appear
to bloom as small, round
structures appear and produce
spores.
It really isn’t necessary to
remove these naturally oc-
curring organisms. The best
strategy to ward off unwanted
lichens is to keep the landscape
plants in optimum condition. A
healthy and well-growing plant
has a canopy that discourages
lichen growth.
Be sure to follow the Missis-
sippi State University Exten-
sion Service recommendations
for watering, fertilization
and other best management
practices. Light pruning of
damaged branches encourages
new branch growth, which, in
turn, helps establish a denser
canopy.
I personally think that
lichens add a touch of patina
to our landscape plants, so sit
back and enjoy the lichens that
appear in your landscape this
spring.
Gary Bachman is an Ex-
tension and research professor
of horticulture at the Missis-
sippi State University Coastal
Research and Extension Center
in Biloxi and hosts Southern
Gardening television and radio
programs. Contact him at south-
erngardening@msstate.edu.

Butterflies abound in mountainous Mexican winter habitat

‘Our trip was amazing. There are
really no words to describe it.’
Monarch butterfly sanctuary visitor Denise Siraco
By KIM CURTIS
The Associated Press
CERRO PELÓN
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
SANCTUARY, Mexico —
word, gobsmacked.
It’s challenging to con-
vey the sheer magic of wit-
nessing tens of thousands
of butterflies hanging
really no words to de-
scribe it. When we found
the colony, it seemed to go
on forever.”
In the U.S., two sepa-
rate populations of mon-
archs are divided by the
Rocky Mountains. While
the western population
primarily sticks to the Cal-
ifornia coast, the eastern
to make the trip, with each
one traveling part of the
way.
The exception is a
“super-generation” of mon-
archs that lives eight times
longer than their relatives.
These super-monarchs
can travel 50 or 100 miles
a day, riding on thermal
air currents as high as a
break from the weight
of the insects, explained
guide Ellen Sharp, who,
along with her husband,
Joel Moreno Rojas, runs
a butterfly business in
nearby Macheros.
“No one is entirely sure
why they choose these
trees,” Sharp said. “But
one of the reasons is the
at the same sites in 2017,
according to Xerces, a
nonprofit conservation
group. Reasons for the
decrease include climate
change, habitat loss and
pesticide use.
But the eastern popula-
tion is rising. Several rang-
ers at Cerro Pelón who
were born and raised in

A
s the group made
its way up the
rugged mountain
path toward the clearing,
their heavy, crunching
bootsteps turned to
near-silent tiptoeing, their
friendly chitchat dropped
to whispers, giddy smiles
appeared on faces and
eyes brimmed with tears.
The first-time visitors to
this mountain monarch
butterfly reserve were, in a
from trees in giant clumps,
sunning themselves on the
hillside or fluttering in the
sky like snowflakes. But
after experiencing it, it’s
easier to understand folks
like these, most of whom
had traveled from the U.S.
to Mexico solely to see the
monarchs.
“Our trip was amazing,”
said Denise Siraco, who
was visiting from New
Hampshire. “There are
population makes its way
down from southern Can-
ada and the northeastern
United States across thou-
sands of miles to spend
the winter at one of about
20 colonies in the Mexican
states of Michoacán and
Mexico. No single insect
completes the entire
journey as the average
butterfly only lives about
a month. Instead, it takes
three or four generations
mile above the ground,
according to the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture.
When they reach Mexi-
co, they roost in trees, like
the cedar and oak at Cerro
Pelon, and cluster together
to stay warm.
A recent group of but-
terfly watchers saw thou-
sands clumped together
in what looked like huge
hornets’ nests hanging
from branches that can
microclimate. The old-
growth trees radiate heat,
so they stay warm through
the winter.” The monarchs
generally arrive at the
beginning of November
and are headed north by
mid-March.
The western population
has declined dramatical-
ly in recent years. Last
November, surveyors at 97
sites found 20,456 mon-
archs compared to 148,000
the area said they haven’t
seen butterflies in their
current numbers since
they were children. And
the latest numbers support
their observations.
At the end of January,
Mexican officials an-
nounced that the overall
population of monarch
butterflies wintering in
central Mexico was up 144
percent over the previous
year.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My
ex-husband raised
my son as his
own from the time he
was an infant. Now my
son’s biological father is
saying he wants our son
to stay away from my
ex-husband. However,
my ex-husband and my
son have a very strong
bond. I believe the bond
is even stronger than
what he has with his
biological father.
They are both good
dads, but my ex-hus-
band devotes more
one-on-one time to my son than his
biological father. I am confused. Must
I distance him from my ex since we
are no longer married? My son is now
6. — AT ODDS IN IOWA
DEAR AT ODDS:
The boy’s father may
sense that his son
isn’t as bonded to him
as he is to his former
stepdad, which is why
he is saying this. I have
always believed that
more love and positive
reinforcement is better
than less. By that, I
mean I see no reason
why you cannot expose
your child to anyone
you wish, including your
Dear Abby former husband. Be-
cause you are confused
about what your rights
are as a mother, discuss this with an
attorney.
DEAR ABBY: We have some new
neighbors, and recently the wife has
developed the habit of “dropping by.”
It is becoming apparent that she’d
like to develop a social relationship
— lunches, etc. — but this is NOT
something I want to encourage.
My husband and I are extremely
private people. What socializing we
do is with family. We are willing to be
good neighbors but are not interested
in further involvement. In fact, we
are beginning to view her visits as
intrusive.
I am unsure how to approach this
without offending her and appearing
to be rude. Abby, you have a way of
phrasing things in a positive manner,
and I’d appreciate your insight as to
how I can let her know her visits are
not welcomed and we prefer not to
establish anything beyond a cordial
neighbor relationship. — PRIVATE IN
THE SOUTHEAST
DEAR PRIVATE: Phrase it this way:
“We realize you are new in town and
are reaching out, but my husband
and I are very private people and we
socialize only with family.” Then sug-
gest some options available in your
community that will provide her an
opportunity to get involved and meet
new people.
DEAR ABBY: I have a suggestion
for “Still Grieving in Montana” (Jan.
5), who found out only after the death
of her brother that he was homeless.
She was grieving with the thought
that she had been unable to help him.
I would suggest from now on she
make it a point to help other home-
less men. A way to do that would be
by visiting a local homeless center
and doing whatever she can to lend a
hand. Rather than spend more money
on therapists, assisting people who
need it may not only make her feel
better, but also benefit the community
in an important and meaningful way.
— EAST WINDSOR, N.J., READER
DEAR READER: Channeling grief
into an activity can be therapeutic
and can lessen depression. Thank
you for writing. I’m glad you suggest-
ed it.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van
Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
What teens need to know about
sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along
with peers and parents is in “What
Every Teen Should Know.” Send your
name and mailing address, plus
check or money order for $8 (U.S.
funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet,
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-
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included in the price.)

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY
(March 10). The universe
makes a game out of getting
you to smile in big, small and
unexpected ways. In April, you’ll
get so caught up in service and
duty that ego needs to change
and fade. Summer brings ex-
ploration and renewal. Be bold
in addressing what you want,
and later you’ll be able to help
others get what they want, too.
Aries and Capricorn adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 45,
1, 11 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Just because someone sounds
smart doesn’t make that per-
son correct. Highly intelligent
people can be extremely artic-
ulate about foolish things, and
your gut will tell you when this
is the case.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Once you start making
distinctions and delineations,
it’s hard to know where to stop.
This is the nature of boundary
setting. It’s almost as if you
need a boundary on setting
boundaries.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
How about if, before you finish
a big project, you get started on
the next one? This keeps you
moving ever forward without the
awkward lulls and dips that can
happen when things end.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
If you could go back in time and
warn your younger self, what
warning would you issue? What
diversion would you suggest?
These are the same ideas
that will work well for today’s
circumstance.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If no
one listens to advice yet people
come to you for advice, what
then? Recognize they don’t
want what they say they want.
Give attention — soft, recep-
tive and undivided. It’s better
than advice anyway.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
While searching for solutions,
don’t start with the appropriate
ones. Not today. Also, the really
good ideas and solutions will
come from mentally backing
up to before the problem even
started.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). Just because your latest
attempt didn’t work out doesn’t
mean you should give up the
chase. Try again. Address the
negatives you found the last
time around. You’ll be luckier
now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’ve experienced the
pettiness of others before,
and you know how people’s
focus on insignificant things
can negatively affect the mood.
You’ll go the other direction and
spend your time on the things
that matter in the long run.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21). Interpersonal
dynamics will work in the
opposite sequence than seems
logical. For instance, you’ll
trust a person and then find the
person to be trustworthy, and
you’ll befriend a person before
the person seems friendly.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You motivate others so
well because either someone
did this for you or no one did
and you learned to do this
for yourself through worldly
examples. Use your gift. People
around you will need it today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Fixing the small thing
might just teach you that bigger
things are janky. The framework
itself may be flawed. It could
be the institution that’s broken.
Even so, don’t get discouraged.
Tend to what you can.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). It is one thing to be
spiritual while walking the halls
of a monastery engulfed in
the majesty of holy music and
14th-century paintings. It’s
quite another to be spiritually
aligned in a 21st-century traffic
jam. You’ll do your best!

Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Kenneth Montgomery
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m.
Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-664-0852
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
LLC
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4
p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob
Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church
10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul
Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
We unlock 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
cars
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
RESIDENTIAL FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday
5 p.m. Worship at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer
Service Wednesday 6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr.
Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W.
Yarber, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR M.B. CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of
Student Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist
Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala.
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday,
5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner,
Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
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OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st
and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed. before
3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th
Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
(1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-
327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples,
Pastor.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325
Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30
a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles,
Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry
Mitchell, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-
0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible
class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning
Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard,
Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday
Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett,
Minister of Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life
Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://
eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-769-
5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur
Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@
gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15
a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord,
Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
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CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess
Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd.,
Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917
15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School
8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship
Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study
6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221.
Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-
2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday
Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12
p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-
2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest
Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col.
Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321
Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-
574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Anne Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior
Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-
Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30
p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-
328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7
p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill,
Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Charity Gordon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m.,
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene
Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers &
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Lead Pastor. Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate Pastor.
Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m..
Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service
first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor,
Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham,
Pastor. 662-329-3555
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service
9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South
Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric
Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2,
6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Rickey C. Green, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie
Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15
p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor.
662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
— 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth
Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-
3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,
INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45
p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T.
Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-
3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m.
Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor.
662-327-4303
EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes
Andrews, Pastor. 662-855-5006
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608
Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES
— 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer
Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren
Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday www.memorialgunterpeel.com
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-
1856
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m.
Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-
4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119
7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards,
Pastors.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES
Since 1960
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 24 Hour Towing
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
1024 Gardner Blvd.
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES 328-8277
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8:30 a.m. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Rone F. Burgin, Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m.,
10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided
through age 3. Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail:
nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday
7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North
Frontage Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the
right) Sunday Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor.
662-251-2432
1721 Hwy 45 N
UNITED PENTECOSTAL ® Columbus, MS
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850 662.848.0919
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
TRINITY PLACE
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
1750
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Offering independent living apartments, personal
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Hunting • Fishing
Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
John Richards, Pastor.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 662-323-1742
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. Rev. Wayne Bruchey, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
The McBryde Family
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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We tell readers & Houses
2016 CAT Skidsteer w/
what they need 1 Bedrooms
mulcher. <1,000 hrs, to know to buy 2 Bedroooms
$88,500. 2016 John 3 Bedrooms
Deere 5100E Tractor,
210 hrs. $39,500.
what they need.
205-329-1790. Furnished &
Unfurnished
FORD TRACTOR Model 1, 2, & 3 Baths
3930 w/ 14 pieces of
Sporting Goods 4720
Lease, Deposit
equipment in excellent
condition. $12,500.
2012 HUNTVE Game & Credit Check
Changer. 4x4 electric
Call 662-574-8437. side-by-side. Runs good. viceinvestments.com

Furniture 4480
Great hunting or street
vehicle. $3,200 OBO. 327-8555
Call 662-251-8921.
BLACK BEDROOM set, Apts For Rent: Other 7080
$700. New mattresses, Business Opportunity 6050
still in plastic, $275. 1BR/1BA Apts for rent.

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HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
Bissell carpet cleaner,
Columbus: 411 Main
College Manor Apts, dir-
ectly across from MUW.
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Toyota Camry floormats, St. Office, Retail, Res- Completely renovated, YESTERDAY’S
taurant Space available.
$80. New fabric steam- incl granite countertops, Sudoku is a number-
er, $40. 662-242-2884. Call 423-333-1124. SS appls & W/D. 12 mo
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Mortgages 6250 mo. 662-425-3817. 9x9 grid with several
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Historic Downtown
Columbus. 2,000 sqft. is to place the numbers
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Looking socolumn
that each row, each
Call 662-574-8410. now? Try again now. throughout. Open floor.
Still? Great! 778−998− Very nice. Incl W&D. so that each row, each
and each 3x3 box 7 2 5 1 9 8 3 4 6
9988 $1200/mo. Call column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number 6 9 2 3 1 5 4 7 8
FOR SALE. Wood frame
bunk beds. US em-
bossed in wood. As-
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
662-328-8655.

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nuts & bolts. Philco 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed-
room Apts/Townhomes. Monday to Sunday. 5 4 3 7 8 2 1 6 9
Ford old record console $595-645/mo. Military Stove & refrigerator. Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 3/08

w/ tubes. Make offer. discount offered, pet $335-$600 Monthly.

662-361-0070. area, pet friendly, and Credit check & deposit.
furnished corporate Coleman Realty,
apartments available. 662-329-2323.
Lawn & Garden 4630 ON SITE SECURITY. CLASSIFIEDS
ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
2018 JOHN Deere Lawn ON SITE MANAGEMENT. 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- www.cdispatch.com
Tractor. 17.5HP, 42" 24-HOUR CAMERA ments & townhouses.
SURVEILLANCE. Call for more info.
cut. 2yr warranty. Like
662-328-8254. Houses For Rent: Caledonia
new cond. $1,095 Benji @ 662-386-4446
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. 7160
($1700 new).
Sat/Sun by appt only.
662-356-4511.

Apts For Rent: Other 7080

COLEMAN 2BR/1BA. Caledonia
area. 1 yr. lease. $650
RENTALS rent. plus dep. No pets.
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS No smoking. 662-574-
0227 or 662-356-4958.
1 BEDROOM
2 BEDROOMS Houses For Rent: Other 7180
3 BEDROOMS 3BR/3BA, Brick, 2640
sqft, 32x32 LR/DR
LEASE, combo, 25x25 library, lg
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laundry room, new appl,

DEPOSIT custom drapes, dbl car-
port, security system.
AND $149,500. Will trade.
615-849-5597.
CREDIT CHECK
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
662-329-2323 2BR/2BA CH/A, W/D,
Bargain Column 4180 Caledonia School Dis-
trict. Nice condition.
4- 15" Alloy Rims for 2411 HWY 45 N $450/mo. plus $200
truck. 5 hole. $100. COLUMBUS, MS dep. 662-356-6413 or
Call 662-275-0343. 662-251-5003.

Commercial Property For RENT A fully equipped

DUST COLLECTOR for camper w/utilities &
wood working shop. 1 Rent 7100 cable from $145/wk -
HP with pipes. $100. $535/month. Colum-
Call 662-275-0343. COMMERCIAL PROPER- bus & County School
TIES/Retail/Office locations. 662-242-
Spaces starting @
$285/mo. Downtown & 7653 or 601-940-1397.
FULL SIZE mattress &
box spring set. Like East Columbus loca-
tions. 662-435-4188. Houses For Sale: East 8200
new, excellent condi-
tion, must see. Will take 3BR/1BA Brick home.
$80 for the pair. Call OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 221 Robinwood Circle.
662-242-2635. square feet. 294 Approx 1200sqft. Single
Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- carport, natural gas
ing terms. Available heat, window ac, stove,
WROUGHT IRON patio now. 662-328-8254. fridge, dishwasher &
chairs, 2, green with ceiling fans. $41,000.
oak leaf design. $50 for
both. 662-251-3205. HISTORIC DOWNTOWN 662-329-2917 or
Columbus Office, Retail, 662-251-9708.
Houses For Sale: Other 8500 Restaurant Space avail-
able. Call 662-328- Houses For Sale: Other 8500
8655 or 662-574-7879.
RIVER HOME, nice!
RETAIL SPACE Available Great area in WP.
in Historic Downtown. Across from water with
404 Main St. 3,000 access to Tenn-Tom
sq. ft. $1,300/mo. waterway. 4BR/2BA
Call 662-328-8655 with 2 acres & large
or 662-574-7879. screened in room.
$212,000
Call: 662-245-4273 or
Houses For Rent: Northside 662-889-1228
7110
Lots & Acreage 8600
2BR/1BA. 94 Harris Dr.
$450/mo. $300 dep. 16.9 acres on Self
Caledonia Schools. Creek Rd. 11.3 acres
Near CAFB. on New Light Rd. (Both ACROSS
off of Maben-Sturgis 1 Insipid
2BR/1BA 49 Ruthie Dr. Rd.) $1,500/ac. Call
$450/mo. $300 dep. 662-465-7611, 662- 6 Cap feature
Columbus Schools. 418-9096, 662-323- 11 Custom
Near CAFB. 1237 or 662-418-4176.
12 Concert setting
SPRING SPECIAL
Call 662-889-1122.
1.95 acre lots. 13 Longtime senator
CHARMING 3BR/3BA
Good/bad credit. Thurmond
10% down, as low as
home for rent. Hard- $299/mo. Eaton Land. 14 Unspoken
wood floors, granite 662-361-7711 15 Mars, e.g.
countertops, central air,
two master suites, Mobile Homes for Sale 8650 17 Corn setting
basement for storage, 18 Before now
quiet neighborhood. 1 05' 16X80. 3BR/2BA.
year minimum, Exc. cond. 1.8 ac of 19 Wrestling holds
$1,295/mo.
Call 662-425-3817.
land. Ethelsville, AL. 22 Bow wood
Brick unpinned, covered
front & back porch, car- 23 Laundromat
COLONIAL TOWN- port, storage bldg., sights
HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed- backup generator,
room w/ 2-3 bath town- storm cellar, shingle 24 Cop’s concern
houses. $600 to $695. roof. 662-364-1208. 25 Walked with
662-549-9555. Ask for purpose
Glenn or text. Autos For Sale 9150
27 Braille bit 2 “All the world’s —” 27 Senile sort
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Houses For Rent: South 7140 gold, 4 door, 4 cyl, 57k 30 Tiger features 3 Constricted 28 Threat phrase
2BR/1BA Gas stove miles, manual trans, 31 Coronado’s gold 4 Wildly eager 29 Flung
cold AC. Good cond.
& heat. Move-in ready.
$4200. 662-549-5358. 32 Mine find 5 Tart candy 30 Up to now
417 17th St. S.
$450/mo. $450 dep. 33 Declares 6 Big tub 34 British river
Campers & RVs 9300
Call 662-327-8712. 35 Prominent 7 Radio’s Glass 36 Memorable time
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
TOMBIGBEE RV Park, 38 Squashed circles 8 District 37 Cub’s cave
located on Wilkins Wise
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full 39 Earlier 9 Burger toppers
Hookups available. 40 Like Thor and 10 Assesses
$300/mo. 662-328-
8655 or 662-574-7879. Odin 16 Makes fun of
41 Showed again 20 Quarry rock
Need a 42 Called off 21 Catch sight of
24 Dernier —
DOWN 25 Rake with gunfire
1 Lane for com- 26 Small quake
muters
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