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Policy-violating EMCC hype videos contain

violence, sex, drug, gang references
East Missis- Alsobrooks: EMCC employees, contractors produced
sippi Commu-
nity College videos that violated school policy, copyright law
head football
coach Buddy
Stephens
By Zack Plair and Garrick Hodge
zplair@cdispatch.com; ghodge@cdispatch.com
more than 30. The videos
show game and practice n OUR VIEW:
Inside
talks with his footage of EMCC football Taken together,
players in this Pregame “hype” videos players and coaches in- EMCC’s hype
Dispatch file shown to the East Missis- terwoven with clips from videos show
historic lack of
photo. School sippi Community College
officials have movies, television shows oversight.
football players for at least and rap music videos that Page 4A
confirmed
“hype” videos three seasons violated Alsobrooks said the col-
shown to the copyright law and the col- lege doesn’t have the proper licenses to
football team lege’s acceptable use pol- use in that manner.
for several icy, President Scott Also- Alsobrooks Further, the music lyrics in the vid-
seasons brooks told The Dispatch. eos, as well as some of the movie and
through 2018 In August, three reporters for The television clips, contain graphic lan-
contained Dispatch viewed as part of a Missis- guage — including profanity, references
inappro-
priate and sippi Public Records Act request hype to violence, sex, drugs and gang activity.
unlicensed videos school officials confirmed were EMCC players and coaches were shown
material. shown to the football team during the in the videos, but for highlight purposes
Dispatch file photo 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons, a total of See EMCC, 6A

Operation County seeks new 4-H director

Triple Beam as work continues at horse park
nets 149
area arrests
Joint operation
between state, federal,
Golden Triangle law
enforcement captures
suspects in drug cases,
violent crimes
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

Almost 150 sus-

pects wanted for
sex offenses, drug
charges and violent
crimes throughout
the Golden Triangle
area were arrested
during a six-week
McKittrick
joint operation be-
tween federal and area law enforce-
ment earlier this summer, authori- Courtesy photo
ties announced Wednesday during The new horse park and the Lowndes County Extension Office can be seen in this aerial photograph. The second and final
a press conference in West Point. phase is nearing completion, with bleachers, railing and a gravel parking lot to be added, among other improvements. A trac-
The joint initiative called “Oper- tor will also be purchased to maintain the ground of the arena. The total cost of the project is $2.2 million.
ation Triple Beam” took place from
about mid-July to late August and in-
volved sheriff’s offices from Lown-
Park’s unfinished arena already ins, who oversees operations
of the extension service in
des, Oktibbeha and Clay counties hosting events with hundreds of youth Lowndes County. “We’ll get
it over to Mississippi State
and police departments from Co-
lumbus, Starkville and West Point, By Slim Smith ous director, Sharon Patrick, and they’ll advertise the posi-
along with state and federal agen- ssmith@cdispatch.com thanks primarily to the coun- tion. Over the next few weeks,
cies. ty’s new $2.6 million horse they’ll get the resumes of the
The U.S. Marshal’s Service im- Mississippi State Exten- park complex on Tom Rose people who applied and pick
plemented “Operation Triple Beam” sion Service Agent Reid Nev- Road. Nevins Sanders four or five people to inter-
more than 10 years ago, an initiative ins expects to have a new 4-H On Monday, the Lowndes county reimburses the state view. We might make that hire
that teams up marshals and other director for Lowndes County County Board of Supervisors organization for the director’s by the end of the year, but if
federal law enforcement with local by the end of the year. authorized payment for up to salary. not, certainly we hope to have
authorities for six weeks at a time to The program that person $50,000 for the 4-H position. “The board order went out somebody by January.”
pool resources and arrest suspects takes over will be far different The director is an employee of Monday and my boss picked Nevins said there are cur-
See Operation triple beam, 3A than it was under the previ- the Extension service, but the it up (Tuesday),” said Nev- See Horse Park, 6A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

1 What slo-mo-heavy TV series rode Today through Saturday meetings
a wave of success for 11 seasons Oct. 15:
■ Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium: A diverse group
before getting a big screen reboot in Lowndes County
2017 with Zac Efron? of Southern writers and scholars present their work at
Supervisors, 9
2 What war’s veterans were the first this annual event at The W. Author readings are free to
a.m., County
to be eligible for the GI Bill? the public. For a complete schedule, visit muw/edu/welty.
Courthouse
3 In Homer’s Odyssey, what is the
name of Odysseus’s dog — Ajax, Oct. 15:
Makira Hinton
First grade, Caledonia
Anthrax or Argos? Friday Columbus
4 What is the name for a group of ■ Asylum Hill talk: Ralph Didlake of the University Municipal

85 Low 66
owls — a bevy, covey or parliament? of Mississippi Medical Center speaks at noon at the School Board of
High 5 What computer strategy game Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, 314 Seventh St. N., Trustees regular
Partly sunny
allows you to play as a member of the on “The Asylum Hill Cemetery Project.” Free to the public. meeting, 11:30
Terran, Zerg or Protoss races? For more information, contact Mona Vance-Ali, 662-329- a.m., Brandon
Full forecast on
page 2A. Answers, 8B 5304. Central Services
■ Welty Gala: This annual fundraiser for the MUW Schol- Oct. 15:
arship Fund features New York Time best-selling author Columbus City
Inside John Feinstein at 7 p.m. at Trotter Convention Center in Council regular
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reach an estimated
an impeachment inquiry.
The closest thing to
doubt expressed by one
Polls show close divide over
impeachment and removal
of Fox’s prime-time hosts
came last week when Carl-
3M to 4M people son wrote a column for the
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each weeknight his co-founder Neil Patel.
Fox News poll found 51
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They wrote that Trump
should not have asked
Ukraine to investigate for-
percent of Americans For first time, Biden declares
now say Trump should
Trump must be impeached
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ics of President Donald Biden and that “there’s no
Trump who wonder about way to spin this as a good be impeached and
the tenacity of his support- idea.” The Associated Press
ers need only to spend Carlson has yet to re- removed from office
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proceedings closely
time, Tucker Carlson ref- ter to the House saying it his office to help his own re- candidate Joe Biden
and are slightly more
erenced “impeachment in- would not cooperate with election.
likely to approve than
sanity.” Sean Hannity said the inquiry, but Carlson Biden made the remarks as part of a blistering 25-minute speech
disapprove of the in-
the president’s opponents in New Hampshire, departing from his usual campaign pitch and sig-
played it in the last half of quiry itself. But the
are involved in “insane, naling that he will aggressively confront Trump as the president faces
his show, when he inter- public is more close- Trump
obsessive, compulsive, an impeachment inquiry rooted in his unfounded accusations that the
viewed Republican U.S. ly split over whether President Don-
psychotic witch hunts.” A former vice president and his son had nefarious dealings in Ukraine.
Rep. Devin Nunes. ald Trump should be removed from
guest on Laura Ingraham’s Trump is “shooting holes in the Constitution,” Biden said, by asking
Ingraham was the only office.
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one of the three anchors Several polls published since
tleblower who reported ate with the resulting House impeachment inquiry.
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the story and said the nounced the start of an impeach-
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White House counsel had ment inquiry on Sept. 24 show a
a suicide bomber. cataloguing a litany of Trump’s actions that the former vice president
made a strong argument. shift in views from earlier this year
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ment impeachment is not vestigates whether Trump violated
lion to 4 million people Biden as he and his advisers debated internally the best way to handle
a constitutional undertak- his oath of office in asking the gov-
each weeknight — the Trump’s broadsides. Biden had alternated between muted dismissals
ing,” Ingraham said. “It’s ernment of Ukraine to investigate a
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Research project will study food safety in SOCSD cafeterias

Board hears update on status of school roofs
BY TESS VRBIN more accurate thermometer
tvrbin@cdispatch.com and reduce the likelihood of
foodborne illness. Knight and
STARKVILLE — The Brent Fountain, an MSU asso-
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consoli- ciate Extension professor in
dated School District Board of the Food Science, Nutrition and
Trustees approved a research
Health Promotion Department,
project at its Tuesday board received a grant from the Shack-
meeting that could make school ouls Honors College to conduct
cafeterias safer. the project.
Emily Knight, a senior nu- The study should create a
trition student at Mississippi new set of best practices for
State University, will collect monitoring food temperatures,
data comparing the traditional- SOCSD director of child nutri-
ly used temperature devices in tion Ginny Hill said. The district
school cafeterias to the results already keeps samples of every
of using a more sensitive device. meal that is prepared and works
The project aims to identify the with the state Department of
Health in order to
trace responsibil-
ity in the case of
foodborne illness,
she said.
Fountain told
The Dispatch that
the idea for the
Fountain
project resulted
from conversations at a Missis-
sippi Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics meeting earlier this
year. SOCSD has a contract with
dietitians to create standardized
recipes.
“Some foods are different
in terms of thickness and con-
sistency, so if you use the tra-
ditional method of measuring
temperature with a bimetallic
stamp thermometer, are you go-
ing to get an accurate tempera-
ture?” Fountain said.
The Mississippi Department
of Education can implement the
results of the project in school
districts statewide, he said.
The project will be finished
in the spring, Fountain said, and
Knight will present her findings
to the board.
Additionally, local architect
Thomas Stewart reported to the
board on the state of the roofs
of every building in the district.
Stewart is the owner of the Ar-
chitectonics firm and is under
contract with SOCSD to moni-
tor and work on its roofs.
Most of the roofs in the
school district are in decent
shape, Stewart said, and some
were re-roofed in the last few
years. The leaky roofs at Over-
street Elementary School need
the most work because the
building is aging, he said.
“Our Band-Aid option was
to spend a few thousand dollars
to try to stop leaks temporari-
ly,” Stewart told The Dispatch.
“If we re-roof the whole build-
ing, we’re probably looking at
$500,000 or something like that,
but at this point it’s just a guess-
timate.”
Stewart’s presentation was
simply an update and the board
did not authorize any new roof-
ing projects on Tuesday.

Operation Triple Beam FEMA center at East Columbus

Continued from Page 1A
on outstanding warrants.
So far the operations have
taken place in more than
80 cities nationwide, in-
cluding Tupelo last year.
Danny McKittrick,
head U.S. marshal over
the Northern District of
Mississippi, said this time
the marshals wanted to fo-
cus on a larger area than
just one county because
suspects who hear federal
agents are in town often
cross county lines to hide
for a few days. By having
the operation all over the
Golden Triangle, officers
focused on one area at a
time before moving to an-
other and hopefully have a
greater impact.
“So much of what hap-
pens in Columbus hap-
pens in Starkville and
happens in West Point,”
McKittrick said. “They’re
all kind of joined at the hip,
so people cross the county
lines freely. We believe
this won’t last forever, but
hopefully the funding will
exist and when the need
arises, we’ll come back
and do another operation
here.”
McKittrick and Deputy
Commander of the Mar-
shals Fugitive Task Force
Mike Quarles said during
the initiative, law enforce-
ment seized about $70,000
worth of illegal narcotics
and about 70 firearms,
many of which have been
linked to other crimes.
“The whole issue of
guns in our communities,
and the unenviable job
that school systems have
and being sure schools
are safe and that you don’t
have active shooter situ-
ations,” McKittrick said.
“You never know what you
prevent when you come in
and perform an operation
like this.”
The initiative also in-
volved local sex offend-
er compliance checks,
meaning law enforcement
checked to ensure regis-
tered sex offenders in the
area have updated their
addresses and other infor-
mation with the Depart-
ment of Public Safety, as is
required by law.
McKittrick said sever-
al of those arrested had
been tied to gang activity
not only throughout the
Golden Triangle but in
major cities out of state,
such as Chicago. About
25 of the 149 total arrested
are expected to be tried in
federal court.
Pooling resources
McKittrick said the
operation was “critical
just from an intelligence
standpoint” as it allowed
local and federal agencies
to exchange information
and resources, a senti-
ment that was echoed by
local officers.
“A lot of times they give
us an opportunity to get to
places and
people that
we may not
be able to do
just on our
own,” said
Capt. Brett
Wa t s o n
with Oktib- Watson
beha Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office. “Any
agency working by itself
has to spread its assets
over a whole bunch of dif-
ferent things at one time,
so any time you can bring
outside resources to bear
it’s helpful.”
Clay County Sheriff Ed-
die Scott said it’s particu-
larly helpful to exchange
information about crimes
that cross state borders.
“To give you an ex-
ample, someone may be
bringing in dope from
Atlanta, but at the same
time, with this coalition
here, you had members
of the U.S. Border Secu-
rity,” he said. “They may
have information on who’s
carrying it to Atlanta. Just
basically all
the informa-
tion’s com-
Gym will be open Columbus Day
ing togeth- DISPATCH STAFF REPORT them from seeking assistance.
er. There’s a There, people can meet with repre-
lot of infor- The Federal Emergency Manage- sentatives from FEMA, the U.S. Small
mation that ment Agency Disaster Recovery Cen- Business Administration and other
was gath- ter in Columbus will be open from 10 state, federal and volunteer agencies.
ered from Scott a.m. until 2 p.m on Saturdays and will These personnel are available at the
this (that) can be used to also be open for its regular weekday DRC to explain their programs and
continue investigations. hours (9 a.m. until 6 p.m.) on Colum- to offer guidance in navigating the
Just because arrests have bus Day (Monday). FEMA application process. Appli-
been made doesn’t mean The Columbus DRC is located in cants should have their FEMA reg-
the investigations are the East Columbus Gym at 22 Law- istration number and Social Security
over.” rence Dr. number when visiting a DRC.
Capt. Archie Williams, FEMA officials suggest those in Those seeking assistance are ad-
commander of the joint need of assistance as a result of the vised to register with FEMA before
narcotics task force be-
tween Lowndes County
Feb. 23 tornado and area flooding, vis- visiting a DRC. To register, visit Di-
it the DRC on the Columbus Day holi- sasterAssistance.gov or call 800-621-
Sheriff’s Office and Co- day if work duties may have prevented 3362.
lumbus Police Depart-
ment, said the operation
involved a lot of long hours
but was a good opportuni-
ty to work with law en-
forcement partners.
“It’s wonderful to have
relationships such as that
where you
can have
as sist a nce
and carry
out inves-
tigations
in certain
ways and
p r o s e c u t e Williams
certain cas-
es, from the local state to
federal level,” he said. “It
really benefits our county
and community to be able
to work with everyone and
get that done.”
Williams said of the 149
arrests, approximately
85 of them were arrested
on charges in Lowndes
County and Columbus.
Of those, he said about 47
were narcotics arrests and
22 were for violent crimes.
Scott and Watson could
not provide breakdowns
for how many of the ar-
rests were from Oktibbe-
ha and Clay counties by
press time, but a spokes-
person from the U.S. At-
torney’s Office in Oxford
said the office would prob-
ably release those num-
bers later today.

Around the state

DNA test confirms
identity of 5-year-old
boy found dead
MERIDIAN — A DNA
test confirms that remains
found in a garbage bag in a
Mississippi basement were
those of a 5-year-old boy.
Lauderdale County Cor-
oner Clayton Cobler tells
The Meridian Star that the
state crime lab released
results Monday confirm-
ing Jakie Toole’s identity.
He died from blunt force
trauma, with an autopsy
finding broken ribs.
The child’s caregiver,
35-year-old Celeste Lou-
ise Smith, has told police
varying stories about what
happened. In one version,
Smith told police she beat
Toole after he cried during
a bath. Toole was disabled Cheap thrills.
and had trouble walking or Go for a walk.
talking.
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Taken together, EMCC’s hype videos show historic lack of oversight

In medicine, it is important
to distinguish the symptom
from the cause.
In today’s edition, we pres-
ent a story on the use of “hype
videos” produced for East Mis-
sissippi Community College’s
football team. The videos,
some produced by EMCC staff
and others produced by outside
sources at a cost of thousands
of taxpayer dollars, contain
what would probably be consid-
ered as objectionable content
— graphic images of violence,
sexuality, drugs, gang activity,
all generously sprinkled with
inappropriate language, includ-
ing crude sexual and racial
terms. Furthermore, music and
video clips were used in viola-
tion of copyright laws, accord-
ing to the school president.
Additionally, the videos were
in violation of EMCC’s own
“acceptable use” policy.
The videos in question were
not used for promotional or
marketing purposes. Their
sole purpose was to motivate
the team the night before each
game.
The propriety of the content
of the videos is possibly debat-
able. Some will be offended
by the content and question
whether tax dollars should
be spent on that sort of thing.
EMCC’s own policy states that
answer is “no.”
Others will argue the
content of the video is simply a
reflection of youth culture and
ask, reasonably, if the audience
— i.e. the 100 or so people
affiliated with the team — was
not offended, what real offense
has occurred?
Beyond content, there is the
matter of how taxpayer money
is being used. Over the past
10 years, EMCC has all but
exhausted what was $11-mil-
lion in its primary operating ac-
count. A lot of that budget-bust-
ing appears to be attributed
to EMCC’s highly-successful
football team. Last year, the
EMCC athletic department
spent $2 million while budget-
ed for just $1.2 million.
While failure to obtain
proper licensing and avoid
copyright violations aren’t
likely to result in severe conse-
quences — the violations were
not committed as a means of
generating profits and were
exposed to a small audience —
those lapses suggest a cavalier
attitude toward following the
rules.
That the content of the vid-
eos violates the school’s own
“acceptable use” policy also
suggests an attitude of indiffer-
ence, if not defiance.
Readers may draw their own
conclusions to how serious any
one of these issues may be.
Yet when taken together,
we are convinced that each is
a symptom of an illness that
must be taken seriously.
Together, they paint a pic-
ture of a football program that
has been left to its own devices
without appropriate oversight
from school administration.
It’s easy to understand that
dynamic. Since the arrival of
Buddy Stephens as football
coach in 2008, EMCC has won
an unprecedented five national
championships and seven state
titles.
There is a saying: Nothing
exceeds like excess. In this
situation, that can be amended:
Nothing exceeds like success.
It seems clear that the
success of the team has given
Stephens broad, perhaps un-
questioned, power.
That power, when so con-
centrated in one person, can be
a dangerous thing.
We fear that until now, the
EMCC administration has
failed to exercise its oversight
responsibilities.
That is the illness. The
symptoms are these videos
and the lapses of judgment that
accompanied them.
EMCC President Scott Also-
brooks, who arrived in January
and had no prior knowledge
of the videos, seems to under-
stand this. Upon learning of
the existence of the videos, he
has initiated an investigation
and appears to be addressing
the illness: a lack of adminis-
trative oversight.

Letter to the editor

Voice of the people
Disturbed by US pullback in Syria
Regarding a letter by Paul Mack
published on October 8th, here are
a few facts more facts to consider
in that case. All of them add to my
concern about President Trump’s
seemingly reckless decision to
abruptly remove US troops from
northern Syria — without warning to
his own military.
Fact #1: Turkey has said that it
will be invading and attacking the
region (last night?) within the next
24 hours. This will, according to
knowledgeable observers, without
question lead to thousands more
Kurdish lives lost, since our Kurdish
(former) allies in the region do not
have resources to match the sophis-
ticated weaponry of the Turkish
military.
Fact #2: David Ignatius, columnist
for the Washington Post and special-
ist on the Middle East, reports that
11,000 Kurdish fighters have already
died fighting ISIS in Syria and
24,000 additional fighters have been
wounded. By comparison, this is
over a period in which fewer than 10
US soldiers died in that same effort.
Fact #3: These very same Kurdish
fighters are currently holding 11,000
ISIS prisoners. You have to wonder
what will happen to these prisoners
if the Kurdish soldiers are largely
wiped out as expected.
I find these 3 facts either morally
troublesome or terrifying, depend-
ing upon the fact. I am betting that I
am not alone.
Opinion #1 (not mine): To learn
why Brett McGurk, former special
presidential envoy for the Global Co-
alition to Counter ISIS for President
Trump, thinks we have not defeated
ISIS at all, see his opinion piece
in the Washington Post entitled,
“Trump said he beat ISIS. Instead,
he’s giving it new life.”
Bill Parker
Columbus
Appreciates column on litter
I am very appreciative of you
writing this column. One of the
things which irks me are the trashy
roadways in Lowndes County! Many
years ago I took a bus trip through
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and
around the Great Lakes. I noticed
how clean the roadways were. And
as did you, I also noticed when we
got back into Mississippi how the
roadways were trashy! It is a bad
reflection on the character of the
people who live here. They must be
too lazy to place it in a bag until they
get to a trash receptacle. I wish our
law enforcement would enforce the
littering law. I copied the following
from sp.mdot.ms.gov website: “The
Mississippi Department of Trans-
portation spends well over $3 million
each year for litter removal from
state maintained highways, and still
this is not enough to keep our road-
ways clean. In fact, a recent survey
showed that Mississippi is 30 percent
more littered than other states. This
is a disgrace.”
Patsy Robertson
Columbus
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State of the nation
The rise of young black conservatives
This past weekend, I
spoke for the second time
at the second annual Black
Leadership Summit in
Washington, D.C., hosted
by Turning Point USA.
Turning Point was founded
in 2012 by then-18-year-old
Charlie Kirk. Its website
describes its goal as seeking
“to identify, educate, train,
and organize students to
promote the principles of
freedom, free markets, and
limited government.”
In addition to the Black Leadership
Summit, Turning Points holds other
annual gatherings, including the Young themselves as bottom-up movements
Women’s Leadership Summit, the
Young Latino Leadership Summit and
the Student Action Summit. Turning
Point, according to Kirk, has estab-
lished chapters at over 1,000 college
campuses across the country. In a short sponsors and objectives.”
time, the organization has become quite
a force.
In an interview with Business In-
sider, Kirk asked: “Have you ever seen
a conservative shout down a liberal
speaker on campus? Isn’t that kind of
strange, though, that the left does that
every day and conservatives don’t?” He
argues: “We live in a broken culture.
Where the conservative movement is
making gains really quick and where
the left is really struggling right now
is that we are offering remedies for a
broken culture.”
Not too surprisingly, Turning Point
is not without controversy. A column in
the conservative Washington Examin-
er written by a college senior insists:
“TPUSA is initially attractive to many
young people due to the organization’s
savvy marketing using memes, posters,
and catchy slogans such as ‘socialism
sucks.’ And at first glance, this may
seem like a good thing for the conserva- in a country of opportunity where their
tive movement.
“But everyone should be concerned
by the mainstreaming of TPUSA and
Kirk. ... In reality, it’s an organization
that pulls kids too young to know
any better into a group that’s deeply
troubled and dishonest at
its core.”
A piece in the Wall Street
Journal written by a senior
at Dartmouth criticizes
groups like Turning Point
for receiving funding
by wealthy donors. The
student wrote: “These
groups are well-organized,
well-funded political
operations, not grass-roots
Larry Elder gatherings or student-led
movements. There’s noth-
ing necessarily wrong or
unethical about them, but they often
convey a deliberately false image of
when in fact they are top-down, high-
ly purposive national organizations.
Students approached by their recruiters
— or handed “educational” material by
their activists — should ask about their
What I know is this: Some 400 young
blacks recently gathered in D.C., where
they heard criticism of Democrats,
liberals and the left. Speakers such as
former Turning Point Communications
Director Candace Owens, now a pod-
cast host for Prager University, ques-
tioned blacks’ overwhelming allegiance
to the Democratic Party, arguing that
the party pushes the narrative of sys-
temic, structural and institutional rac-
ism for power and votes. After I spoke,
young person after young person came
up to me and said things like, “You
introduced me to economics professors
Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams,”
and, “because of you and your books
and videos, I began to question the
horrible things I was taught about the
‘racist’ Republican Party.”
These young people did not think of
themselves as victims. They recognized
their good fortune as Americans living
own future will be bright if they work
hard. In my speech, I quoted black
liberal Harvard sociology professor
Orlando Patterson, who 28 years ago
wrote: “The sociological truths are
that America, while still flawed in its
race relations ... is now the least racist
white-majority society in the world; has
a better record of legal protection of
minorities than any other society, white
or black; offers more opportunities to a
greater number of black persons than
any other society, including all those of
Africa.”
At last weekend’s summit, the narra-
tive of “structural racism” by the police
was challenged with facts, studies and
data. The Democrats’ opposition to
private vouchers was questioned, given
studies showing that school choice
improves reading and math scores,
graduation rates and parental satis-
faction. Democratic policies of repara-
tions, race-based preferences, govern-
ment-mandated minimum wage and
taxes on job creators were challenged.
I have known Sowell and Williams
for nearly 30 years. Their presence
loomed large this weekend in Washing-
ton, D.C. For years, they were lonely
voices questioning blacks’ devotion to
the Democratic Party. They have long
argued that the welfare state has desta-
bilized families, encouraging women
“to marry the government” and men
to abandon their financial and moral
responsibilities. They have long argued
against the job-destroying impact of the
minimum wage. They have long argued
that one’s fate is determined not by
racism but by one’s willingness to invest
in oneself through education, hard work
and sacrifice.
Turning Point’s Black Leadership
Summit shows that Sowell’s and
Williams’ books, columns, television ap-
pearances and speeches have spawned
a generation of hopeful young black
men and women who believe in them-
selves. These bright, energetic young
people get it. As then-first lady Barbara
Bush said, “Your success as a family,
our success as a society, depends not on
what happens in the White House, but
on what happens inside your house.”
What a weekend!
Larry Elder is a best-selling author
and nationally syndicated radio talk-
show host. To find out more about Larry
Elder, visit www.LarryElder.com.

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John Quinn
WEST POINT —
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‘We’re not alone’ — ‘Sesame
Street’ tackles addiction crisis
Data: 5.7 million children under age
11 live in households with a parent
with substance use disorder
By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK — “Sesa-
me Street” is taking a new
step to try to help kids nav-
igate life in America — it’s
tackling the opioid crisis.
Sesame Workshop is
exploring the backstory
of Karli, a bright green,
yellow-haired friend of El-
mo’s whose mother is bat-
tling addiction. The initia-
tive is part of the Sesame
Street in Communities re-
sources available online.
“Sesame Street” cre-
ators said they turned
to the issue of addiction
since data shows 5.7 mil-
lion children under age 11
live in households with a
parent with substance use
disorder.
“There’s nothing else
Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — A
Philadelphia jury on Tues-
day awarded $8 billion in
punitive damages against
Johnson & Johnson and
one if its subsidiaries over
a drug the companies
made that the plaintiff’s
attorneys say is linked
to the abnormal growth
of female breast tissue in
boys.
Johnson and Johnson
immediately denounced
the award after the jury’s
decision in the Court of
Common pleas, saying it’s
“excessive and unfound-
ed” and vowing immedi-
ate action to overturn it.
The antipsychotic drug
Risperdal is at the center
of the lawsuit, with the
plaintiff’s attorneys argu-
Area obituaries
with the Rev. Elbert
Lee officiating. Burial
will follow at Siloam/
Mhoon Valley Cem-
etery. Visitation is
from 3-6 p.m. today at
Carter’s Mortuary Ser-
vice Chapel. Carter’s
Mortuary Service of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Quinn was born
July 14, 1943, in Missis-
sippi, to the late Silas
Quinn and Annie Ruth
Quinn.
He is survived by his
wife, Dorothy Quinn;
sons, Travis Quinn
and Donavan Quinn;
daughter, Sheila Quinn;
brothers, Silas Quinn,
Henry Quinn, David
Quinn, Bobby Quinn
and Walter Quinn;
sisters, Virgie O’neal,
Minnie Merritt, Sarah
Pernell, Annie B. Lake
and Arma T. Randle;
and five grandchildren.
Tommie Williams
STARKVILLE —
Tommie L. Williams,
89, died Oct. 6, 2019, in
Tupelo.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Saturday at Austin
Church of Christ Holi-
ness, USA, in Sessums,
with Dr. Michale Taylor
officiating. Burial will
follow at Ebenezer
Cemetery in Starkville.
Visitation is from noon-
5 p.m. Friday at Cen-
tury Hairston Funeral
Home. Century Hair-
ston Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Williams was
born May 26, 1930, in
Starkville, to the late
Willie Pearson and
Leola Dickerson.
out there that address-
es substance abuse for
young, young kids from
their perspective,” said
Kama Einhorn, a senior
content manager with Ses-
ame Workshop. It’s also a
chance to model to adults
a way to explain what
they’re going through to
kids and to offer simple
strategies to cope.
“Even a parent at their
most vulnerable — at
the worst of their strug-
gle — can take one thing
away when they watch it
with their kids, then that
serves the purpose,” Ein-
horn said.
This summer in Man-
hattan, The Associated
Press looked on as puppe-
teers, producers and show
creators crammed into a
small studio in the non-
ing it’s linked to abnormal
growth of female breast
tissue in boys, an incur-
able condition known as
gynecomastia.
Johnson & John-
son used an organized
scheme to make billions
of dollars while illegally
marketing and promoting
the drug, attorneys Tom
Kline and Jason Itkin said
in a statement.
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He is survived by his
sons, Emmitt Johnson
of Meridian and Rodney
L. Akins of Starkville;
daughter, Greta Taylor
of Midland, Georgia;
brother, Lavon Wil-
liams of Starkville;
sisters, Celia Watkins
and Susie Tate, both
of St. Louis, Missouri,
and Bertha Brown of
Saginaw, Michigan; six
grandchildren; and 14
great-grandchildren.
Rita Jordan
STEENS — Rita
Faye Jordan, 64, died
Oct. 6, 2019, at UAB
Hospital in Birming-
ham, Alabama.
Visitation is from 6-8
p.m. today at Chandler
Funeral Home. Chan-
dler Funeral Home of
Vernon is in charge of
arrangements.
Ms. Jordan was
born Jan. 27, 1955, in
Kentucky, to the late
Woodrow and Emily
Jordan. She was owner
and operator of a lawn
care service.
She is survived by
her daughters, Cassan-
dra Marie Collier and
Jessica Belle Collier,
both of Fayette; her sis-
ters; and three grand-
children.
Billie Reeves
BARTAHATCHIE
— Billie Gail Wofford
Reeves, 72, died Oct. 8,
2019, at North Mis-
sissippi Medical Cen-
ter-Gilmore in Amory.
Services will be at
1 p.m. Friday at Cleve-
land-Moffett Funeral
Home in Amory, with
Kevin Crook officiating.
Burial will follow at
profit’s Manhattan head-
quarters to tape some of
the upcoming segments.
Karli, voiced and ma-
nipulated by puppeteer
Haley Jenkins, was joined
by a young girl — 10-year-
old Salia Woodbury,
whose parents are in re-
covery.
“Hi, it’s me, Karli. I’m
here with my friend Salia.
Both of our parents have
had the same problem —
addiction,” Karli told the
camera.
“My mom and dad told
me that addiction is a sick-
ness,” Salia said.
“Yeah, a sickness that
makes people feel like
they have to take drugs
or drink alcohol to feel
OK. My mom was having
a hard time with addiction
and I felt like my family
was the only one going
through it. But now I’ve
met so many other kids
like us. It makes me feel
like we’re not alone,” the
puppet continued.
Kline and Itkin said
that Johnson & Johnson
was “a corporation that
valued profits over safety
and profits over patients.”
Thousands of lawsuits
have been filed over the
drug, but the attorneys
said this was the first
in which a jury decided
whether to award punitive
damages and came up
with an amount.
Sullivan Cemetery in
Bartahatchie. Visita-
tion will be two hours
prior to services at the
funeral home. Cleve-
land-Moffett Funeral
Home of Amory is in
charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Reeves was
born March 27, 1947, to
the late Avery Win-
fred and Inell Booker
Wofford. She attended
Starkville schools and
was a member of Cen-
ter Hill Baptist Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
daughter, Dana Harris;
and sister, Judy Sim-
mons.
She is survived by
her sons, Craig Reeves
of Krum, Texas, Jason
Reeves of Bartahatchie,
and Shawn Reeves
of Tuscaloosa; sister,
Patricia White of South
Carolina; 12 grand-
children; and three
great-grandchildren.
Lucille Alexander
Visitation:
Thursday, Oct. 10 • 5-8 PM
Friday, Oct. 11 • 10-11 AM
2nd Ave. North Location
Services:
Friday, Oct. 11 • 11 AM
2nd Ave. North Location
Burial
Memorial Gardens of Columbus
Fran Hawkins
Visitation:
Friday, Oct. 11 • 12-2 PM
College St. Location
Services:
Friday, Oct. 11 • 2 PM
College St. Location
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
Josh Jourdan
Visitation:
Friday, Oct. 11 • 2-3 PM
2nd Ave. North Location
Services:
Friday, Oct. 11 • 3 PM
2nd Ave. North Chapel
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
memorialgunterpeel.com
Thursday, October 10, 2019 5A
Josh Jourdan
Joshua Wayne “Josh” Jourdan, age 33, of Co-
lumbus, MS, passed away October 7, 2019, at
Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be Friday, October 11,
2019, at 3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chap-
el, 2nd Ave. North location, with Rev. Ryan Thorn
and Tony Montgomery officiating. The interment
will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until the time
of the service. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral
Home & Crematory, 2nd Ave. North location, has
been entrusted with the arrangements.
Josh was born December 1, 1985, in Colum-
bus, MS, to Wayne and Nita Linnville Jourdan of
Columbus, MS. He graduated from Columbus
High School and Mississippi University for Wom-
en and attended Belmont University of Nashville,
TN.
In addition to his parents, survivors include
his daughter, Ava Jade Jourdan of Columbus,
MS; sister, Jennifer Jourdan Edwards of Colum-
bus, MS; and paternal grandmother, Marguerite
Jourdan of Columbus, MS.
Pallbearers will be Trent Thompson, Brian
Thompson, Cody Thompson, Brad Montgomery,
Tony Montgomery and David Montgomery.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Fran Hawkins
Frances Ann “Fran” Easley Hawkins, age 79,
of Columbus, MS, passed away October 9, 2019,
at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo,
MS.
Funeral services will be Friday, October 11,
2019, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funer-
al Home & Crematory, College St. location, with
Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. The interment will
immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visi-
tation will be from 12:00 PM until the time of the
service. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home
& Crematory, College St. location, has been en-
trusted with the arrangements.
Mrs. Hawkins was born July 30, 1940, in Co-
lumbus, MS, to the late James W. and Tip Smith
Easley. She worked as a bookkeeper for many
years for Hunter Distributing. Mrs. Hawkins was
a member of the Columbus Host Lions Club and
the Northaven Garden Club.
Survivors include her son, Eddie Hawkins
(Mary Helen) of Columbus, MS; daughter, Beth
Hawkins (Chris Barksdale) of Columbus, MS;
brother, Buddy Easley (Kathy) of Columbus,
MS; sisters, Carolyn Blake (Late Phil Blake) of
Columbus, MS, Glenda Beard (Wayne) of Co-
lumbus, MS, Cynthia McGee (Forrest) of Me-
chanicsville, VA, and Rose Coggins (Danny) of
Columbus, MS; grandchildren, Taylor Cox (Co-
rey), Trey Hawkins, and Mallory Glasgow; great-
granddaughter, Kendall Cox; and several nieces
and nephews.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to Mississippi Lions
Eye Bank, P.O. Box 642, Horn Lake, MS 38637.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
903 College Street • Columbus, MS
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EMCC
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only, and no one affiliated with
the school is shown using foul
language.
Until 2018, EMCC employ-
ees produced the content for
the hype videos. Last year, how-
ever, according to documents
EMCC provided The Dispatch,
outside contractors became in-
volved in their production. One,
in particular, was paid more
than $3,000 for videography
and production in 2018, some of
which was related to the hype
videos. Other contractors were
paid lesser amounts for similar
work.
Alsobrooks said he under-
stands the videos were shown
only to the team during private
meetings the night before each
game during football season.
They were meant for motiva-
tion. School officials also indi-
cated similar hype videos were
made for several seasons prior
to 2016.
“This should have been
looked at a lot closer,” Also-
brooks told The Dispatch. “This
is certainly not stuff that should
have been produced (by EMCC
staff or paid contractors) and
shown to our students. … It was
inappropriate, and we’re still
trying to get to the bottom of it.”
The Dispatch reporters were
allowed to view and take notes
from the material at the law of-
fice of EMCC attorney Michelle
Easterling in West Point, but
the school had not provided
The Dispatch its own copies
of the videos as requested by
press time, citing potential is-
sues with copyright. The Dis-
patch is filing a public records
complaint against EMCC with
the Mississippi Ethics Commis-
sion to obtain the videos.
EMCC’s acceptable use pol-
icy prohibits college personnel
or contractors from “viewing,
storing, or distributing ob-
scene, pornographic, or ob-
jectionable material,” among
other things. It also explicitly
addresses adherence to copy-
right law and licensing require-
ments.
Alsobrooks said, in his opin-
ion, the hype videos through
2018 violated that policy. This
season, he said, all video ma-
terial shown falls within policy
guidelines.
“We had policies that were
broken and we’ve had to deal
with that,” he said. “… I think
this started innocently enough,
but (videography) people got
better at it, and nobody put
their foot on the brake as they
should have.”
The videos
In the videos The Dispatch
reviewed, song lyrics, which
are unedited, include racial
slurs — such as dozens of uses
of the N-word — and dozens of
instances of graphic profanity,
such as the F-word.
Lyrics also reference mul-
tiple sexual acts, selling and
using drugs, and one song spe-
cifically lists multiple gangs by
name.
In one instance, a clip tak-
en from a music video shows a
woman in lingerie crawling on
all fours toward the camera and
later on a bed. Lyrics demean-
ing women incorporated in the
clips include such things as, “I
wish I wouldn’t have f----- that
b----, she’s insane,” and “Cut
that b---- a thousand times” and
“100 dead b----es.”
In some highlight videos,
the sound of a gunshot is
synced with defensive players
making a big hit.
An opening scene for one
hype video is a clip from the
comedy sketch show “Key and
Peele,” where the two actors
are shown in football uniforms
starting a fight that escalates to
an attempted stabbing.
Each video integrates
EMCC game highlights from
the week before, and school
officials confirmed the players
specifically requested the mu-
sic used for each video.
It is unclear how much head
football coach Buddy Stephens
knew about the videos or their
content. He refused multiple
requests for comment for the
article.
The investigation,
steps forward
Alsobrooks, who began his
tenure as president in January,
first learned about the hype
videos when Lowndes Coun-
ty District 5 Supervisor Leroy
Brooks confronted him about it
during a board of supervisors’
meeting in August.
Brooks said an EMCC trust-
ee had shown him clips and he
found the material inappropri-
ate.
“Prior to that, I had heard
rumblings about the videos but
I didn’t know for sure,” Also-
brooks told The Dispatch. “We
started investigating. I basi-
cally went to our (information
technology) guys and asked
‘What do we have, and where
is it?’”
The videos were stored in
the school’s servers, he said,
and after viewing them, he said
he discovered the college did
not possess all the necessary
licenses to use the material in
that way.
EMCC officials have since
consulted an attorney who
deals with copyright issues
to determine the school’s po-
tential liability and the proper
steps forward, Alsobrooks said.
“We didn’t make any profit
off of it … but we didn’t have
the necessary licenses so we’re
not supposed to use that stuff,”
Alsobrooks said. “I hope this
instance can serve as a valuable
lesson to other schools that
when it comes to copyright,
it’s gets a little deeper than you
think.”
Now, Alsobrooks said, all
videos with licensed music are
required to be the “clean, ra-
dio-edit” version. The college
also has begun requiring third
party contractors for videog-
raphy to sign an agreement to
EMCC’s acceptable use policy.
Alsobrooks said he doesn’t
believe the hype video issue
has strained relations between
him and athletic administra-
tion, specifically Stephens.
“We’re not going to agree on
everything, but collectively we
have to work for the betterment
of our students and the ad-
vancement of EMCC’s mission,
whether we’re friends or not,”
Alsobrooks said.
Sports reporter Theo DeRosa
contributed to this report.

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rently more than 300 kids
who are active in Lowndes
County 4-H. He expects
that number to increase as
the new facility expands
programs, especially live-
stock and horse-related
programs.
“We’re already grow-
ing,” Nevins said. “So,
yeah, we expect to see
it continue to grow. This
will allow us to take it to a
whole new level. We have
300 or so on our mailing
list, but we’ve reached
thousands more through
our programs and schools
and other events. We ex-
pect those numbers to re-
ally grow.”
The horse park is lo-
cated on a 22-acre site and
includes a 5,000 square-
foot office complex that is
home to the Extension ser-
vice and 4-H. The biggest
feature, a 45,000 square-
foot covered open air are-
na, is not yet finished.
“As far as our long
range plans, there’s a lot
we want to do,” said board
of supervisors president
Harry Sanders. “But for
right now, we have a punch
list of about $60,000 that
our contractor needs to
complete.”
Nevins said that even
in its unfinished state, the
arena has been used.
“We can utilize it, even
though we haven’t opened
it up,” Nevins said. “We’ve
already had some events
there. We had a conser-
vation field day last week
for about 250 kids from
around the county. In the
past we’ve had it at Lake
Lowndes. If we had had
that at Lake Lowndes (this
year), you could burn slap
up.
“It’s not for just horses
and livestock,” he added.
“We can use it for any-
thing you need a covered
space for, when it’s raining
or hot outside.”
Nevins said he hopes
to have work completed
and necessary equipment
purchased — a tractor to
maintain the dirt surface
of the area, rails and stalls
for livestock, bleachers
and a graveled parking lot
for horse trailers soon.
“We’ve had a lot of peo-
ple calling wanting to use
it to ride their horses, but
we can’t do that until we
have this equipment in
place,” Nevins said.
Nevins said the bene-
fits of the arena go beyond
4-H.
“All sorts of groups are
interested,” Nevins said.
“The East Mississippi
Community College rodeo
team has called, so has Sil-
verstock, a barrel-racing
group. When we get every-
thing place, I think we can
see something going on
out here every weekend.”

Building permits
City of Columbus
Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2019
■ Betty Bryan; 901 7th Ave.
N.; Remodel ; Hatcher Con-
struction
■ Sipsey River Oil Corp.; 1402
Main St.; Addition; Precision
Metal Buildings
■ BH Properties, LLC; 409
13th Ave. S.; Demolition;
DAVCO, LLC
■ BH Properties, LLC; 612
15th St. N.; Demolition; Ex-
pansions, LLC
■ BH Properties, LLC; 911
Shady St.; Demolition; Expan-
sions, LLC
■ BH Properties, LLC; 1713
Bell Ave.; Demolition; Expan-
sions, LLC
■ BH Properties, LLC; 1915
15th Ave. N.; Demolition;
Expansions, LLC
■ Cade Properties & Invest-
ments; 72 Honeysuckle Ln.;
Reroof; Doug Wheeler Roofing,
Inc.
■ T. L. Phillips & Henry Weiss;
501 7th St. N., Ste. 8; Electri-
cal permit; Gordon Via
■ David Gatewood; 1604 9th
St. S.; Electrical permit; Same
■ Dillard Truelove Trust; 507
18th Ave. N., Ste. 1; Mechan-
ical permit; BDM Industrial
Services, LLC
■ Ngoc Mai Nguyen; 703 Hwy.
45 N.; Mechanical permit;
Climate Tech
■ Paul Bolton; 1504 Hickory
Ln.; Mechanical permit; Mid
South Air Conditioning Inc.
■ Brickyard Properties Ltd. et
al; 2222 Military Rd.; Plumb-
ing permit; Justin Klutts
■ Annunciation Catholic
Church; 811 3rd Ave. S.
(Parsonage); Plumbing permit;
Swedenburg Plumbing
■ CMSD-Union Academy;
1425 10th Ave. N.; Plumbing
permit; Swedenburg Plumbing
■ Robbie Upton; 427 10th St.
S.; Plumbing permit; Truesdale
Plumbing
Lowndes County
Oct. 3-9, 2019
■ Brian Butler; 1188 Frisco
Rd.; Set up mobile home;
Owner
■ Brian Butler; 1188 Frisco
Rd.; Move mobile home;
Alan’s Mobile Home
■ The Grove; 508 Lehmberg
Rd.; Set up mobile home (2x);
Todd Ables
■ The Grove; 508 Lehmberg
Rd.; Move mobile home (2x);
Mid South Installers
■ Francisco Martinez; 675
Black Creek Rd.; Set up mo-
bile home; Mark Thompson
■ Francisco Martinez; 675
Black Creek Rd.; Move mobile
home; Columbus Homes
■ Estella Clark; 1119 John
Smart Rd.; Set up mobile
home; RM&R Services
■ Estella Clark; 1119 John
Smart Rd.; Move mobile
home; Master Mobile Homes
■ John Castleman; 238
Cal-Vista Dr.; Set up mobile
home; Owner
■ John Castleman; 238
Cal-Vista Dr.; Move mobile
home; Yeager Mobile Home
■ Delmo Payne; 876 Mogowah
Ranch Rd.; Set up mobile
home; Welford Electric
■ Delmo Payne; 876 Mogowah
Ranch Rd.; Move mobile
home; Casey Cooper
■ Jody Hankins; Oswalt Road;
Construct storage/shop;
Owner
■ Matt Bradford; 249 A.Q.
Stanley Rd.; Set up mobile
home; Owner
■ Matt Bradford; 249 A.Q.
Stanley Rd.; Move mobile
home; T & B Mobile Homes
■ John Barnes; 314 Lauren
Ln.; Set up mobile home;
Jimmy Estes
■ John Barnes; 314 Lauren
Ln.; Move mobile home; Co-
lumbus Homes
■ Chris Brag; 96 Mac Davis
Rd.; Construct pool; A & A
Construction
■ Mark Bean; 86 Big Tom
Rd.; Addition to s/f residence;
McNees Construction
■ David Miller; 514 Old Macon
Rd.; Construct s/f residence;
Owner
■ Don Harding; 53 Church
St.; Addition to s/f residence;
Owner
■ Elonzie Colbert; Highway 45
Alternate South; Construct s/f
residence; Dismuke Construc-
tion
■ Walker; Crestview Circle;
Construct s/f residence;
Clardy Home Development
■ GTR Airport; 2080 Airport
Rd.; Construct fire pump build-
ing; Byrum Construction
■ James Woodson; 131 Ringo
Way; Construct s/f residence;
New Creations
■ Spec; 4308 Old Wolfe Rd.;
Construct s/f residence; Frye
Tile & Exterior
■ Jerry Mitchell; 3860 New
Hope Rd.; Set up mobile
home; Todd Ables Electric
■ Jerry Mitchell; 3860 New
Hope Rd.; Move mobile home;
Mid-Mississippi Homes &
Transport
■ Douglas Croke; 4180 Hwy.
373, Lot 206; Set up mobile
home; Douglas Croke
■ Douglas Croke; 4180 Hwy.
373, Lot 206; Move mobile
home; Alan’s Mobile Home
■ Greg Havens; 2326 Spruill
Rd.; Remodel s/f residence;
Stan Rector Construction
■ William Johnston; West
Plymouth Road; Construct
s/f residence; Potts Metal
Building
■ Denise Malone; 275 Allison
Hardy Rd.; Construct s/f
residence; Murray Develop-
ment Co.
■ Hermos & Shantrell Grand-
erson; Granderson Drive; con-
struct s/f residence; Owner
■ Chris Moberly; 431 A.Q.
Stanley Rd.; Construct s/f
residence; Owner

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GM workers worry about

paying bills as strike continues
Estimate: General Motors has lost over $1.6B since
strike began, and is now losing about $82M per day
By JOHN SEEWER
and TOM KRISHER
The Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio — Nearly four
weeks into the United Auto Work-
ers’ strike against General Motors,
employees are starting to feel the
pinch of going without their regu-
lar paychecks.
They’re scaling back at the gro-
cery, giving up on eating at restau-
rants and some are taking on part-
time jobs while trying to get by on
weekly strike pay of $250.
“In a couple of more weeks, I
think everybody’s going to be call-
ing the bank or their creditors, go-
ing, ‘Hey, probably going to be late
or delinquent,’” said Mike Armen-
trout, who works at GM’s transmis-
sion plant in Toledo.
While pressure is intensifying
to reach a deal, the losses for both
sides are mounting and spilling
over into the auto supply chain.
Striking full-time workers are
losing roughly $1,000 each week,
and that’s not counting the over-
time many of them make.
Dolphin Green, a temporary
worker at an engine and transmis-
sion plant in the Detroit suburb
of Romulus, Michigan, took a job
washing dishes at a restaurant to
help make ends meet.
“I’m willing to sacrifice as long
as possible,” he said.
He’s only been with GM for four
months, making just under $16 per
hour, but has hopes of going full-
time so he can support a family.
Use of temporary workers has
been a major issue in the contract
negotiations, along with outsourc-
ing work to other countries, a point
that surfaced on Tuesday.
Green has cut spending and has
a girlfriend with a good job. But
he’s worried about a child support
payment coming up at the end of
the month and has talked to his
case worker about temporarily re-
ducing the payments.
Dennis Earl, president of UAW
Local 14 in Toledo, said the union
is doing what it can to help workers
by advising them how to deal with
bills that are piling up.
The union hall’s kitchen is serv-
ing meals around the clock and
donations of food and household
items are pouring in from other la-
bor groups in the area. “Nobody’s
going to go hungry,” he said.
“As this goes on and becomes
more difficult, there’s going to be
some agitation, but for the most
part these people are in it for the
long haul,” he said.
A Wall Street analyst estimates
that GM has lost over $1.6 billion
since the work stoppage began,
and is now losing about $82 million
per day. At some point, the losses
will exceed what GM would save
in holding out for more favorable
terms from the union.
GM dealers across the coun-
try report still-healthy inventory
on their lots, but they’re running
short of parts to fix their custom-
ers’ vehicles, and some have had to
cancel service appointments.

‘Flash drought’ brings dust and dread to southern farmers

More than 45 million residents
in 12 southern states are now living
in some type of drought conditions
By JEFF MARTIN
The Associated Press
CARTERSVILLE, Ga.
— In a vast expanse of
the South stretching from
Texas to Maryland, there
are growing concerns
for the cattle, cotton and
corn amid a worsening
drought fueled this past
summer by record high
temperatures.
One of the bullseyes
marking the nation’s dri-
est areas is Bartow Coun-
ty, Georgia, where ex-
treme drought conditions
have kicked up buckets
of dust and left cattle pas-
tures bare in farm coun-
try northwest of Atlanta.
It has been among the
hardest-hit areas in the
more than 12 southern
states where more than
45 million residents are
now living in some type
of drought conditions, the
most recent U.S. Drought
Monitor report shows.
Across the South, the
drought has ravaged the
pastures where cattle and
other livestock feed. The
majority of those lands
are in either poor or very
poor condition in Geor-
gia, Alabama, Kentucky,
Tennessee, the Carolinas
and West Virginia, the
U.S. Department of Ag-
riculture reported in its
most recent crop report.
Pasture and range condi-
tions were in even worse
shape in Virginia, where
71 percent of the land is in
poor or very poor shape.
“Looking ahead if we
don’t get enough rain and
the pastures don’t recov-
er, we’ll be dipping into
winter feeding hay before
time, or have to liquidate
some cattle,” said Dean
Bagwell, a cattle farmer
in Bartow County.
“It is frustrating with
the weather, complicat-
ed by cattle prices not as
high as we’d like to see
them,” he said. “So if you
are forced to sell, then
you’re going to have less
income. It just all plays
into the frustration of try-
ing to make a living farm-
ing.”
At a farm where peo-
ple come to see the kan-
garoos, camels and other
wildlife in Cartersville,
Georgia, owner Scott Al-
len points out the “baked
mud” and cracked Earth
in the bed of a small
stream near his zebras.
“It’s been probably bet-
ter than 60 days since we
had any precipitation that
amounted to anything,”
Allen said. “The dust is
just relentless.”

Wealthy counties get many FEMA buyouts of flood-prone homes

Study: Better-off local governments
have the resources to apply for and
administer the programs
By JANET
McCONNAUGHEY
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS —
FEMA buys flood-prone
homes more often in
wealthy, populous coun-
ties than in poor, rural ar-
eas, even though lower-in-
come rural areas may
be more likely to flood
frequently, a new study
finds.
The reason is proba-
bly that better-off local
governments have the re-
sources to apply for and
administer the programs
— and that could keep
many of the people who
most need buyouts from
getting them, according
to the study Wednesday
in the journal Science Ad-
vances.
As climate change in-
creases flood risks, there
will be greater need to
move people and property
out of danger, turning the
land to open space, lead
researcher Katharine
Mach of the University of
Miami said during a press
teleconference Tuesday.
“When it comes to
weather and climate
events ... we are unambig-
uously behind the eight-
ball,” she said, noting that
U.S. storm damages in
2017 alone totaled more
than $300 billion. Those
included Hurricanes Har-
vey and Maria and river
floods.
The study of publicly
available FEMA data iden-
tified 3,780 completed
buyouts — those in which
every building had been
demolished and the land
maintained as open space
— from 1989 through
2017. The average buyout
takes 5.7 years, the re-
searchers said.
In all, more than 43,600
buildings were bought.
Buyout costs weren’t part
of this study because the
data was patchy, Mach
said in an email.
If only communities
with planners and 25 per-
cent in matching funds
are using FEMA’s flood
buyback programs, such
grants probably aren’t go-
ing to reach people who
may need it most, said re-
searcher A.R. Siders, an
assistant professor at the
University of Delaware.
FEMA doesn’t choose
where to buy buildings:
local and state govern-
ments decide whether and
where to offer buyouts,
David Maurstad, deputy
associate administrator
for insurance and mitiga-
tion, said in a response
emailed Wednesday.
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Trump: US doesn’t ‘endorse’

Turkey’s assault on Syria
‘From the first day I entered the political arena, lashed out over sharp criticism of
his decision to pull back U.S. troops
I made it clear that I did not want to fight these from northeastern Syria, insisting
he is focused on the “BIG PIC-
endless, senseless wars — especially those that TURE” that doesn’t include Amer-
ican involvement in “stupid endless
don’t benefit the United States’ wars” in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump “Fighting between various
groups that has been going on for
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE dorse this attack and has made it hundreds of years. USA should
and ROBERT BURNS clear to Turkey that this operation is never have been in Middle East,”
The Associated Press a bad idea,” Trump said. Trump said in a series of tweets.
He said no American soldiers are “The stupid endless wars, for us,
WASHINGTON — President in the area. are ending!”
Donald Trump said Wednesday the “From the first day I entered the Trump’s words are at odds with
U.S. does not endorse Turkey’s mil- political arena, I made it clear that I longstanding U.S. policy of keeping
itary assault on Syria, calling the did not want to fight these endless, thousands of American troops in the
operation a “bad idea.” senseless wars — especially those strategically important region, and
Trump’s written statement was that don’t benefit the United States,” his decision is being condemned by
issued hours after Turkey, a NATO Trump added. “Turkey has commit- some of his staunchest Republican
ally, launched an offensive against ted to protecting civilians, protect- allies.
Kurdish fighters in Syria, who have ing religious minorities, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,
helped the U.S. against the Islamic Christians, and ensuring no human- a close Trump ally, stepped up his
State but are viewed by Turkey as itarian crisis takes place and we will criticism of the president Wednes-
terrorists. Trump’s recent decision hold them to this commitment.” day, telling “Fox & Friends” that if
to pull back U.S. troops leaves those He said the U.S. will monitor the Trump “follows through with this, it
fighters vulnerable. situation closely. would be the biggest mistake of his
“The United States does not en- Earlier Wednesday, Trump presidency.”

Around the world

European Union sees hope in Brexit talks

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson er said he was working
together with EU Brexit
exit the bloc, ending al-
most half a century of U.K.
has vowed to take his country out negotiator Michel Barnier
on a last-gasp solution.
membership that brought
economic and diplomatic
of the European Union on Oct. 31 “Personally, I don’t ex-
clude a deal. Michel and
clout to both sides.
For now, Juncker in-
with or without a divorce deal myself are working on a sisted Johnson needed to
deal,” Juncker said. stop pouring all the blame
By RAF CASERT still be settled amicably. He refused to be more
and JILL LAWLESS on the EU for the negoti-
Across the European specific but made clear
The Associated Press ating standstill. On Tues-
Parliament, voices reso- that Brexit talks between
day, Johnson’s Downing
nated with frustration that the two sides haven’t
BRUSSELS — Despite one of the most important Street office claimed EU
come to an irreparable
having only days to bridge events for both the EU and standstill. intransigence had made
wide divisions over Brex- the U.K. in decades had British Prime Minister it “essentially impossible”
it, the European Union turned into a tone-deaf Boris Johnson has vowed for the UK to leave with a
maintained a semblance dialogue only three weeks to take his country out of deal.
of hope Wednesday that ahead of Britain’s planned the EU on Oct. 31 with or “We are not accept-
the acrimonious fight over Oct. 31 departure. without a divorce deal. If ing this blame game that
Britain’s departure from EU Commission Pres- Britain does leave, it will started in London,” Junck-
the bloc could somehow ident Jean-Claude Junck- be the first EU nation to er said.

2 dead in attack targeting German

synagogue on Yom Kippur
The Associated Press
HALLE, Germany —
A heavily armed assailant
ranting about Jews tried to
force his way into a syna-
gogue in Germany on Yom
Kippur, Judaism’s holiest
day, then shot two people
to death nearby in an at-
tack Wednesday that was
livestreamed on a popular
gaming site.
The attacker shot at the
door of the synagogue in
the eastern city of Halle
but did not get in as 70 to
80 people inside were ob-
serving the holy day.
The gunman shouted
that Jews were “the root”
of “problems” such as fem-
inism and “mass immigra-
tion,” according to a group
that tracks online ex-
tremism. It said a roughly
36-minute video posted on-
line featured the assailant,
who spoke a combination
of English and German,
denying the Holocaust be-
fore he shot a woman in
the street after failing to
enter the synagogue. He
then entered a nearby ke-
bab shop and killed anoth-
er person before fleeing.

Super typhoon on track to drench Japan’s main island

The Associated Press
TOKYO — Japan is
bracing for a super ty-
phoon on track to hit cen-
tral and eastern regions
over the three-day week-
end, with sport events and
domestic flights canceled
and sandbags given away
to minimize potential
damage from torrential
rains and strong winds.
Typhoon Hagibis has
already caused cancella-
tions of two Rugby World
Cup matches that were to
be played Saturday.
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Starkville receiver Rufus Harvey reels in a long catch over the middle during Friday night’s game against Germantown at Starkville High School.

Wideout Harvey standing out for Starkville

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Starkville
senior receiver Rufus Harvey is
hard to describe.
For one, he’s a touch guard-
ed — almost quietly charismat-
ic.
Speaking with a reporter
Wednesday, Harvey’s thinly
braided dreadlocks hid under
a gray hoodie as he nervously
chuckled through a handful of
questions regarding his stand-
out season thus far.
“We’ve got good receivers
all across the board…” he said
trailing off into an antsy laugh.
And while the interview
setting brought on some ner-
vousness, Harvey is boisterous
when it comes to his play on the
football field.
The 5-foot-10 speedster is as
athletic as they come. A one-
time basketball standout, he
gave up the game to focus on
football — though he often re-
minds onlookers what he’s ca-
pable of on the hardwood.
“We see him in the gym
dunking like he’s 6-foot-3,”
Starkville football coach Chris
Jones quipped. “He’s probably
the best basketball player in
the school ... He’s that kind of
talent.”
While Starkville’s offense
is littered with weapons, it’s
Harvey who drives the ship. A
three-year starter, he plays ev-
erywhere from wide receiver to
running back to wildcat quar-
terback.
Jones compared him to for-
mer college greats in Florida’s
Percy Harvin and West Virgin-
ia’s Tavon Austin.
“Teams game plan to stop
No. 6,” junior quarterback Luke
Altmyer said.
Having grown up playing
tailback, Harvey fits alongside
Altmyer in the backfield. But
with a crowded running backs
room, he’s thrived as a receiver.
Through seven games,
he’s totaled 446 yards and five
touchdowns on just 34 recep-
tions this season — all of which
are on pace to break his stand-
out totals from last year.
Athletically, his leaping abili-
ty allows him to contend against
bigger corners. Take the Sept.
27 game against South Panola,
for instance. Stepping into the
pocket, Altmyer looked down-
field, pumped once and lofted a
ball toward the left sideline.
Whipping his head around,
Harvey contorted his body, got
underneath his defender and
jumped close to three feet off
the ground. With his arms out-
stretched, he reached high into
the air and snatched the ball
above a South Panola defender
a la Randy Moss.
“He got like a 40-inch ver-
tical jump on that,” Altmyer
joked.
Given Harvey’s dynamism,
Jones has begun keeping a “Ru-
fus touch chart.” As running
backs coach JD Poss keeps
a drive chart, he also makes
note of how many times Harvey
receives the ball throughout
the game — though the exact
scripted number fluctuates
week to week.
“He’s so good,” starting
running back Amariyon How-
ard said. “Anytime we need a
long play to get us a new set of
downs, we can call on Rufus.
He’ll probably get us the first
down or a touchdown.”
With a standout start to the
season, accolades have be-
gun to roll Harvey’s way. Fol-
lowing last week’s 138-yard,
one-touchdown effort against
Germantown in which he also
passed for a 12-yard score, he
was named the Starkville Daily
News’ OCH Regional Medical
Center Athlete of the Week.
Harvey was also selected for
the Mississippi roster for this
year’s Mississippi/Alabama
All-Star Game.
See HARVEY, 5B

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West Lowndes seeks upset of No. 2 Smithville Cards oust Braves

By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com from NLDS with
”our offensive line is our de-
fensive line,” King said — who
played well against the top-
Albert Plair and Kelvin Wil-
burn will play key roles.
“They can’t just key on one
West Lowndes
coach Anthony King knows
football

his program isn’t yet where it

wants to be.
That disparity is clearly
exemplified by the Panthers’
opponent Friday: Smithville, a
perpetually strong team that
West Lowndes has never beat-
en.
“Smithville is a tradition-
al football powerhouse, and
their guys believe,” King said.
“We’re trying to get our guys to
believe.”
The Panthers (6-1) can go
a long way toward believing if
they can notch a win over the
Seminoles (5-1), the No. 2 team
in Class 1A, in Friday’s home
game.
It’s a tough task, but West
Lowndes came two scores from
beating current No. 1 Nanih
Waiya on Sept. 20, and the Pan-
thers think they can pull off the
upset this time.
West Lowndes is led by a
host of two-way linemen —
historic first inning
ranked Warriors and hope for
a repeat performance against
Smithville.
“They’re not very big,” se-
nior lineman Tommie Malone
said. “I don’t think they can
stop us. If Nanih Waiya couldn’t
stop us, then I don’t think any
team can.”
The Panthers’ line will be
the key to a game in which
weather might play a deciding
factor. The contest hasn’t been
rescheduled like many around
the state, but thunderstorms
projected to make landfall Fri-
day could shake up both teams’
plans.
And for King, whose team
relies far less on the passing
game than Smithville does,
that’s a point in the Panthers’
favor. West Lowndes is happy to
depend on the rushing efforts
of senior Jherquaveus Sanders,
who will return to action after
missing last week’s game with
a sprained ankle, and seniors
player, so it’s gonna be tough to
defend,” Plair said.
And even the small roster
that is a Class 1A custom, the
Panthers have even more depth
behind their seniors, fielding
junior Marcquez Holliday and
sophomore Marquez Shelton.
“Where most teams depend
on one player, I think we’ve got
about four or five,” King said.
“We’ve got a lot of weapons.”
It’s a welcome new feeling
for a school that has historical-
ly been wanting for depth all
over the field.
“Every year we used to be
one or two players away,” King
said. “Now I think we’ve got
pretty much everything we Brett Davis/USA TODAY Sports
need this year.” Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz walks to the
West Lowndes might have dugout after being removed in the first inning of Game 5 on
all it needs, but it remains to Wednesday at SunTrust Park in Atlanta. Foltynewicz and Max
be seen how far that will take Fried combined to give up 10 runs in the first inning alone, pro-
the Panthers. Friday’s game pelling the Cardinals to a 13-1 win and sending St. Louis to the
is their final home contest of National League Championship Series against Washington.
the year, and a road matchup
See PANTHERS, 5B For more coverage, please see Page 5B
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New Hope set for rescheduled road game

Austin Frayser/Dispatch file photo

New Hope quarterback Ryan Burt (16) looks for a receiver over the middle during a game against Columbus earli-
er this season. The Trojans (2-5) will be seeking improved passing from the senior signal caller today at Saltillo.

Trojans’ contest at Saltillo moved up a day because of weather concerns

By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
After New Hope’s sec-
ond straight division loss,
Friday’s 34-0 shutout at
the hands of Lake Cormo-
rant, Trojans coach Wade
Tackett was honest about
where his team stands.
“We need it right now,”
Tackett said.
New Hope has five
district games to go, be-
ginning with Thursday’s
game against Saltillo —
rescheduled from Friday
due to weather concerns.
While the game is on
the road, it might be the
Trojans’ best chance to
get a district win, with the
Tigers coming off a 34-7
loss at West Point. But
New Hope has to clean up
plenty of things about its
game to make sure.
“We just need to do
better up front, stay on
our blocks,” Tackett said.
“Backs gotta be a little bit
better about finding the
hole and hitting it. We’ve
gotta complete more pass-
es.”
If the Trojans can get
an excellent passing game
from quarterback Ryan
Burt and a star turn from
running back Braylen
Miller, they should have
a great chance at a road
district win New Hope
desperately needs.
“We need to get some-
thing rolling now,” Tack-
ett said.
Noxubee County (4-3)
at Corinth (5-1)
Noxubee County is
happy to be back on track
and back in the Class 3A
rankings after last week’s
19-12 win over Houston
snapped a three-game
losing streak.
But the Tigers know
the work doesn’t stop
there.
They’ve got another
ranked opponent to deal
with on Thursday when
they visit Corinth (5-1),
the third-ranked team in
Class 4A.
“They run the ball
very well, score a lot of
points,” Noxubee County
coach Teddy Young said.
“To stop that type of of-
fense we’ve gotta win in
the trenches. We’ve gotta
have penetration.”
The Tigers will also
have to stop Corinth se-
nior running back Tamer-
on Patterson, who rushed
for four scores last week
in a blowout of Tishomin-
go County. Young knows
his squad will have to
gang-tackle the “tough
runner” to put the clamps
on the Warriors’ offense.
If Noxubee County’s
own offense can really get
it going — quarterback
Marlon Windham has
shown improvement but
still needs to make leaps
in diagnosing coverage,
Young said — and limit
the turnovers that near-
ly cost them the game
against Houston, the Ti-
gers may just be able to
keep that momentum go-
ing.
Columbus High, Heri-
tage Academy, Starkville
Academy, West Point and
Caledonia all expect to
play Friday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Road matchup with Holmes looms for Lions

Bob Smith/EMCC Athletics

EMCC quarterback Connor Neville prepares to throw a pass against East Central on
Sept. 26 at Sullivan-Windham Field in Scooba.
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
East Mississippi Com-
munity College’s nation-
al title hopes may be
dashed, but the Lions still
have plenty to play for.
After EMCC (4-2) lost
its second game of the sea-
son — typically a death
knell for teams trying to
win a National Junior Col-
lege Athletic Association
title — coach Buddy Ste-
phens admitted that the
Lions had moved on but
that there are still plenty
of goals in front of them:
Helping players graduate
and receive Division I
scholarships. Competing
for a state championship.
Making a bowl game.
That all starts for the
Lions with a road game
against Holmes (2-4) at
6:30 p.m. Thursday in
Goodman. The Bulldogs
are coming off a 27-21
loss at Itawamba, a team
EMCC routed earlier in
the year, but Stephens
is aware that the week
prior, Holmes handed
Northwest Mississippi its
first loss of the season.
Northwest then came into
Scooba and doled out a
56-36 loss to EMCC, so
Stephens and the Lions
know Holmes is not a
team to be overlooked.
Statistically, Thurs-
day’s matchup shouldn’t
be close. The Lions aver-
age close to twice as many
points per game. But
EMCC has been suscepti-
ble on the road before —
see a 24-16 season-open-
ing loss at Hinds — and
the Lions haven’t looked
much like the world-beat-
ers they’ve been in sea-
sons past.
To avoid disappoint-
ment Thursday, the Li-
ons will have to key in on
Holmes’ rushing attack.
Northwest’s Chris Calvert
led the charge last week
and often gashed the
EMCC defense for big
runs, and Holmes might
bring more of the same
with a rushing average of
255.5 yards per game —
though the Bulldogs av-
erage just 35.5 yards per
game through the air.
In the Bulldogs’ 47-
42 win against Holmes,
three different backs
averaged more than 10
yards per carry, and all
three scored. Kyren Bat-
ey had 16 carries for 162
yards and two scores,
Danny Woodard had sev-
en carries for 114 and a
pair of touchdowns, and
Devontaye Bankston
scored on one of his six
carries for 63 yards. All
in all, Holmes ran circles
around the Rangers to the
tune of 480 yards rushing.
Given the occasion-
al weakness of EMCC’s
defense, the Lions will
need to take steps to con-
tain the Bulldogs’ ground
game. Holmes rarely
turns to the pass — Batey
had just seven passing at-
tempts against Northwest
and six against Itawamba
— so homing in on the
run should be enough.
On the other side of
the ball, if EMCC quar-
terback Connor Neville
can limit turnovers, the
Lions should find success
against a vulnerable pass
defense. Neville strug-
gles against heavy pres-
sure in the pocket, but he
shouldn’t encounter too
much resistance against
a defense that gives up
262.5 passing yards per
contest.
EMCC averages 340
yards per game through
the air, so if Neville can
avoid interceptions, the
Lions have a clearly de-
marcated path to success.
So if it can manage to
do a few critical things
right, EMCC will have a
road win and a start to-
ward reaching the goals it
still hopes to achieve.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, October 10, 2019 3B

COMMENTARY
briefly
College Volleyball MLB needs to put Shoeless Joe back in the game
MSU falls to 0-5 in SEC with loss at Alabama The Associated Press League Baseball. Jackson batted .375 asks for forgiveness.” the simple bronze
The Mississippi State volleyball team dropped Put Shoeless Joe with a Series-record Jackson, who gravestone. When
Wednesday’s match to Alabama in four sets in Tuscalo- GREENVILLE, S.C.
osa, Alabama, falling to 0-5 in Southeastern Conference back in the game. 12 hits — a mark that couldn’t read or write, someone arrives in
play this season. — In a different time, stood for 45 years. He relied on his wife, Ka- search of Shoeless Joe’s
it was an attractive lit-
The Bulldogs, who are 11-6 on the season man-
aged to win a marathon 39-37 second set, but it was the tle two-bedroom home,
‘I gave my best’ hit Chicago’s only ho- tie, to fire off letters resting place, all they
“God knows I gave mer (this was at the end pleading for his rein- need do is ask a worker
only one they took. The Crimson Tide won the first set constructed in the early
25-18, won the third set 25-17 and took the match with a my best in baseball at of the dead-ball era) statement. All were on the grounds.
1940s out of red brick and led his team with ignored. He actually “Joe Jackson’s grave?
25-19 fourth set. all times and no man
Gabby Waden led MSU in kills with 18, while and owned by one of the both five runs and six received two votes in You mean Shoeless
on earth can truthfully
Amarrah Cooks and Deja Robinson each had 11. greatest players ever to judge me otherwise.” RBIs. He struck out just balloting for the initial Joe?” one drawled when
MSU’s next match is at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at grace the diamond, a The highfalutin two times in 32 at-bats, class to the Baseball this intrepid reporter
Tennessee (8-6, 2-2 SEC). towering yet tragic fig- words, plastered on the handled 30 chances in Hall of Fame in 1936 came in search of it not
ure who lived the last side of the Shoeless the outfield without an and was still getting a too long ago. “It’s right
College Football half of his life and went Joe Jackson Museum, error and was posthu- modicum of support over there.”
to his grave as a pariah, might ring hollow to mously figured in the a decade later but has
MSU falls to 0-5 in SEC with loss at Alabama shunned and scorned
Sports agent Bus Cook will be the speaker at the
by the national pastime.
those who know him sabermetrics world to been formally barred ‘A tragic story’
Starkville Quarterback Club’s meeting at 7 p.m. today at largely as the most have tacked on 0.58 from any consideration The Shoeless Joe
the Starkville Country Club. Now it’s a museum, prominent of eight wins (known as win under rules passed in Jackson Museum is run
Cook, who attended Ole Miss, was the agent for right across the street
former NFL stars Brett Favre and Randy Moss. He White Sox players who probability added, or the wake of Pete Rose’s on a shoestring bud-
currently represents players including Russell Wilson,
from Greenville’s retro allegedly conspired WPA) to his team’s to- banishment from the get by a small group
Cam Newton and Myles Garrett. minor league ballpark, with gamblers to lose a tal. That was the sec- game. of faithful volunteers.
He will be joined by Mississippi State defensive line dedicated to preserving World Series. ond-highest total for Jackson died in 1951, The hours are skimpy.
coach Deke Adams, who will give the Scouting Report. the memory of the man To this day, it re- any player in the Se- three weeks before Saturdays only, from 10
Cook’s speech is sponsored by Shipley Do-Nuts and
Cadence Bank.
who once lived within mains baseball’s great- ries, surpassed only by Christmas at the age of a.m. to 2 p.m.
Social hour starts at 6 p.m., and a dinner of fried its walls. est stain (sorry, Ste- teammate Dickey Kerr, 63 (or perhaps 64), in But bigger plans are
or baked catfish, black-eyed peas, turnip greens and Shoeless Joe Jack- roids Era). who wasn’t in on the fix what was a small bed- in the works.
cornbread will be served with a salad bar and dessert son. On Oct. 9, 1919, and won both his starts room but now houses Wallach’s son, Dan,
at 6:30 p.m. “It is one of the Chicago completed the with a 1.42 ERA. various artifacts relat- will soon be moving
greatest stories,” says shameful deed with a “If Joe Jackson was ed to his life. A wood- from Chicago to run
College Tennis Michael Wallach, who 10-5 loss in Game 8 of throwing the World Se- en seat from Comiskey the museum full time,
Oradini wins at ITA All-American Champs leads the museum’s the best-of-nine series, ries,” Wallach scoffs, Park. A set of dishes. A with an eye toward ex-
Mississippi State tennis player Giovanni Ora- board of directors. “So handing the champion- “that was not the way to battered old glove. Even panding both operating
dini won his first match Wednesday to start the ITA
All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
many of the baseball ship to the Reds by a go about it.” a picture of the white- hours and its mission
Oradini, ranked No. 24, waited out a rain delay of players in the Hall of margin of five games to haired Landis, staring in the community. The
Fame, their story is back sternly from the
more than three hours and beat TCU’s 86th-ranked Luc
Fomba 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. their career. Joe has
three.
White Sox starter
‘America does not great beyond.
museum will also be
moving — literally, as
Oradini will face No. 29 Gabriel Decamps of UCF
in the next round at a time to be determined today. He is
three parts to his story: Lefty Williams did his hold a grudge’ Wallach disputes the workers take the entire
the only Bulldog competing at the event. before, during and af- part in the decisive Even though all of notion that Shoeless Joe house to a spot just up
Social hour starts at 6 p.m., and a dinner of fried ter. All three are roman- contest by giving up the Black Sox were died a broken man. He the street, clearing the
or baked catfish, black-eyed peas, turnip greens and tic stories.” four straight hits after acquitted at a celebrat- hated being known as way for a new develop-
cornbread will be served with a salad bar and dessert Growing up in a getting his lone out, ed 1921 trial, baseball a cheater but played in ment at its current (and
at 6:30 p.m. moved quickly to re-
Southern mill town putting his team in a the minor leagues into actually second) loca-
SOURCE: From Special Reports without a day of formal four-run hole before it move a scourge that his 40s, sometimes un- tion.
schooling. ever came to bat. With threatened its very ex- der an assumed name, The home was
CALENDAR A brilliant baseball three losses in three istence.
Gambling and fix al-
or with outlaw teams brought in from its orig-
career that was snuffed starts, there is little that weren’t governed inal spot three miles
out in its prime. legations were as much by organized baseball.
Today The life he built af-
doubt about his guilt.
a part of the game as He owned a liquor store
away to coincide with
College Football Ditto for first baseman the opening of Fluor
ter being kicked to the Chick Gandil, shortstop balls and strikes, so the and a dry cleaning busi- Field in 2006.
East Mississippi Community College at
curb by the game he Swede Risberg, pitcher owners appointed for- ness, while his wife in- As part of this lat-
Holmes Community College, 6:30 p.m.
loved. Eddie Cicotte, center mer federal judge Ke- vested in real estate and est move, the museum
Mississippi Delta Community College
Even now, on the fielder Happy Felsch nesaw Mountain Landis probably would’ve been will get a new gift shop
at Itawamba Community College, 6:30
100th anniversary of and utility infielder to clean things up. De- called a house flipper — check out the “Re-
p.m.
the Chicago White Sox Fred McMullin. Third spite the courtroom ver- in today’s world. The instate Shoeless Joe
Prep Volleyball
finishing off their infa- baseman Buck Weaver dict, the powerful new couple never had any Jackson” T-shirt — and
New Hope at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m.
mous throwing of the is a more complicat- commissioner banned children but seemed to open up more space for
Women’s College Soccer
Auburn at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. 1919 World Series to ed figure, apparently all eight players for life live a comfortable, gen- exhibits.
Talladega College at Mississippi Univer- the Cincinnati Reds, aware of the plot but not — a harsh edict that erally happy life. Shoeless Joe may
sity for Women, 4 p.m. stamping themselves taking part. stands to this day. They are now bur- never get into the Hall
Men’s College Soccer for eternity as the Black Then there’s Shoe- Wallach actually has ied side by side in of Fame. But he de-
Talladega College at Mississippi Univer- Sox, Shoeless Joe stirs less Joe. no problem with Landis’ Woodlawn Memori- serves at least a men-
sity for Women, 6 p.m. up harsh feelings and While there are decision. al Park, not far from tion in Cooperstown,
Men’s College Tennis fierce debate about his conflicting accounts “Baseball was going their home-turned-mu- some remembrance of
Mississippi State at ITA All-American place — or, more ac- as to what he acknowl- to fall apart if Kenesaw seum. There are no his entire body of work
Championships, All Day curately, non-place — edged, Wallach con- Mountain Landis did signs pointing out their and not just those eight
within the game. cedes that Jackson ac- not come in and say, gravesite in the sprawl- infamous games a cen-
Well, this is not a cepted $5,000 from the ‘There will be no cheat- ing cemetery, but ev- tury ago.
Friday plea to exonerate a man gamblers and was fully ing in baseball,’” Wal- eryone seems to know “It’s a tragic story,”
Prep Football
who surely made some aware of the scheme. lach says. “Now, would where is. Avid fans, who Wallach says. “But we
Grenada at Columbus, 7 p.m.
awful mistakes. But his performance on I have forgiven Joe be- perhaps view Jackson have ways to fix trage-
Starkville Academy at Bayou, 7 p.m.
It is a call for com- the field largely seems fore his life was over? I through the sympathet- dies.”
Lamar Academy at Heritage Academy,
passion. to back up the claim think so. Why? Because ic prism of movies such Yes, we do.
7 p.m.
Jackson’s centu- Shoeless Joe made for that’s who America is. as “Eight Men Out” Major League Base-
Columbus Christian Academy at Ben’s
ry-long banishment is the rest of his life. America does not hold and “Field of Dreams,” ball, say it’s so.
Ford (La.), 7 p.m.
long enough. He played to win in a grudge if someone still leave baseballs and Welcome back Shoe-
Oak Hill Academy at Carroll Academy,
Say it’s so, Major 1919. shows remorse and cleats and bats around less Joe.
7 p.m.
Noxubee County at Corinth, 7 p.m.
West Point at Lake Cormorant, 7 p.m.
Baseball
Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 Class 6A Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 161 123 St. Louis 3 2 0 1 5 8 7
Joyce ph 1 0 0 0 Cleveland 2 3 0 .500 92 122 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 9 5
Hebron Christian at Desoto School, 7 O’Day p 0 0 0 0
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Madison Central (15) (6-0) 150 1 Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 99 114 Nashville 3 2 1 0 4 13 9
p.m. MLB Playoff Glance Teheran p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 11 12 Totals 33 1 6 1
2. Brandon (5-2) 121 3 Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 80 136
West
Winnipeg 4 2 2 0 4 14 15
WILD CARD 3. Starkville (5-2) 117 2 Dallas 4 1 3 0 2 10 12
Victory Christian at Banks (Ala.), 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1: Washington 4, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis
Atlanta
1012 000 000—13
000 100 000—1 4. South Panola (6-1) 91 4
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 148 113
Chicago 1 0 1 0 0 3 4
Wednesday, Oct. 2: Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 1 Minnesota 2 0 2 0 0 4 9
Starkville at Greenville, 7 p.m. E_Freeman (1), Albies (2). DP_St. Louis 0, Atlan- 5. Pearl (3-2) 44 5 Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123 Pacific Division
ta 1. LOB_St. Louis 6, Atlanta 7. 2B_Edman (3), Others receiving votes: Oxford 38, Petal 26, L.A. Chargers 2 3 0 .400 103 94 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Smithville at West Lowndes, 7 p.m. (Best-of-5)
DIVISION SERIES Fowler (1), Wong (3), DeJong (1), Freeman (1). D’Iberville 7, Biloxi 6. Denver 1 4 0 .200 90 106 Edmonton 3 3 0 0 6 14 9
3B_Edman (1). HR_Donaldson (1). S_Wong (1). Class 5A NATIONAL CONFERENCE Anaheim 3 3 0 0 6 8 3
New Hope at Saltillo, 7 p.m. American League IP H R ER BB SO School W-L Pts Prv East Vegas 3 2 1 0 4 12 6
Houston 2, Tampa Bay 2 St. Louis 1. West Point (11) (6-1) 145 1 W L T Pct PF PA Calgary 3 1 1 1 3 9 9
Mooreville at Caledonia, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2 Flaherty W,1-1 6 4 1 1 1 8 2. Picayune (4) (6-0) 137 2 Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 141 111 Vancouver 3 1 2 0 2 10 8
College Volleyball Saturday, Oct. 5: Houston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Gallegos 1 0 0 0 0 0 3. West Jones (6-0) 122 3 Dallas 3 2 0 .600 131 90 Los Angeles 3 1 2 0 2 11 17
Monday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay 10, Houston 3 Brebbia 1 1 0 0 0 1 4. Laurel (5-1) 101 4 N.Y. Giants 2 3 0 .400 97 125 Arizona 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
Mississippi University for Women at Ca- Tuesday, Oct. 8: Tampa Bay 4, Houston 1 Cabrera 1 1 0 0 0 1 5. Lafayette (4-2) 89 5 Washington 0 5 0 .000 73 151 San Jose 4 0 4 0 0 5 17
Today: Tampa Bay (Glasnow 6-1) at Houston (Cole Atlanta Others receiving votes: Provine 6. South NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
tawba Valley, 3 p.m. in Hanceville, Ala. 20-5), 6:07 p.m. (FS1) Foltynewicz L,1-1 1-3 3 7 6 3 0 Class 4A W L T Pct PF PA overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 0 Fried 1 2-3 4 4 4 1 2 New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 115 116 and two wild cards per conference advance to
Men’s College Tennis Friday, Oct. 4: N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 4 Jackson 2-3 2 2 1 1 2 School
1. South Pike (9)
W-L Pts Prv
(7-0) 144 1
Carolina 3 2 0 .600 129 107 playoffs.
Tomlin 2 1-3 2 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 147 148
Mississippi State at ITA All-American Saturday, Oct. 5: N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2
Newcomb 2 0 0 0 0 3 2. Greenwood (5) (7-0) 138 2 Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 102 152
Tuesday’s Games
Dallas 4, Washington 3, OT
Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1 3. Corinth (1) (5-1) 115 3
O’Day 1 0 0 0 0 2 North
Championships, All Day National League Teheran 1 0 0 0 0 2 4. Louisville (5-2) 108 4 W L T Pct PF PA
Winnipeg 4, Pittsburgh 1
Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Carolina 6, Florida 3
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech Thursday, Oct. 3: L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0
HBP_Jackson (Ozuna), Flaherty (Acuña Jr.).
WP_Fried.
5. Itawamba AHS
Others receiving votes: none.
(7-0) 95 5 Green Bay
Detroit
4 1 0 .800 119 93
2 1 1 .625 97 95 Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
Invite, All Day Friday, Oct. 4: Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2
Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 4
Umpires_Home, Tom Hallion; First, Ed Hickox; Class 3A Chicago 3 2 0 .600 87 69 Anaheim 3, Detroit 1
Nashville 5, San Jose 2
Second, Pat Hoberg; Third, Alan Porter; Right, Jim School W-L Pts Prv Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 112 73
Monday, Oct. 7: Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 Wolf; Left, Sam Holbrook. 1. Columbia (9) (5-1) 132 1 West Los Angeles 4, Calgary 3, OT

on the air
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington 7, L.A. Dodgers
3, 10 innings
St. Louis 3, Atlanta 2
Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6
AUTO RACING Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0
Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1
7:55 p.m. — Formula One: The Japa- Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings
Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis 13, Atlanta 1
nese Grand Prix, practice session 1,
Suzuka, Japan, ESPNEWS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL American League
N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston-Tampa Bay winner
5 p.m. — Bethune-Cookman at North Saturday: N.Y. Yankees at Houston or Tampa Bay
Carolina Central, ESPNU at N.Y. Yankees, 7:08 p.m. (Fox or FS1)
Sunday: N.Y. Yankees at Houston or Tampa Bay at
7 p.m. — Syracuse at N.C. State, ESPN N.Y. Yankees, 7:08 p.m. (Fox or FS1)
Tuesday, Oct. 15: Houston at N.Y. Yankees or N.Y.
8:15 p.m. — Louisiana (Monroe) at Yankees at Tampa Bay (Fox or FS1)
Wednesday, Oct. 16: Houston at N.Y. Yankees or
Texas State, ESPNU N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay (Fox or FS1)
GOLF x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Houston at N.Y. Yankees or
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay (Fox or FS1)
2 p.m. — PGA Tour: The Houston Open, x-Saturday, Oct. 19: N.Y. Yankees at Houston or
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees (Fox or FS1)
first round, Houston, GOLF x-Sunday, Oct. 20: N.Y. Yankees at Houston or
MLB BASEBALL Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees (Fox or FS1)
National League
6 p.m. — A.L. Division Series: Tampa St. Louis vs. Washington
Friday, Oct. 11: Washington at St. Louis, 7:08 p.m.
Bay at Houston, Game 5, FS1 (TBS)
NBA BASKETBALL Saturday, Oct. 12: Washington at St. Louis, 3:08
6:30 a.m. — Preseason: Brooklyn vs. p.m. (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at Washington (TBS)
LA Lakers, Shanghai, NBA Tuesday, Oct. 15 St. Louis at Washington (TBS)
9:30 p.m. — Preseason: Minnesota at x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Washington
(TBS)
Golden State, NBA x-Friday, Oct. 18: Washington at St. Louis (TBS)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Washington at St. Louis (TBS)
NFL FOOTBALL
WORLD SERIES
7:20 p.m. — NY Giants at New En-
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
gland, FOX/ NFL Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record (Fox)
SOCCER (MEN’S) Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record (Fox)
Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record (Fox)
1:30 p.m. — Euro 2020 Qualifier: x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record (Fox)
Northern Ireland vs. Netherlands, Rot- x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record (Fox)
T_3:17. A_43,122 (41,149). 2. West Marion (5) (7-0) 108 4
3. North Panola (5-1) 92 2
Nationals 7, Dodgers 3, 4. Magee (1)
5. Noxubee County
(7-0) 76 NR
(4-3) 50 NR
10 innings Others receiving votes: Houston 40, Booneville
Washington Los Angeles 35, Senatobia 30, Winona 20, Seminary 6, Amory
ab r h bi ab r h bi 6.
T.Turner ss 4 0 0 0 Pederson rf 4 1 2 0 Class 2A
Eaton rf 4 1 0 0 Pollock ph 1 0 0 0 School W-L Pts Prv
Rendon 3b 5 3 3 1 Muncy 2b-1b 5 1 1 2
Soto lf 4 2 2 2 J.Turner 3b 3 0 0 0
1. Philadelphia (10) (6-1) 136 1
(tie) Taylorsville (3) (6-1) 136 3
Kendrick 2b 5 1 1 4 Bellinger cf 4 0 1 0 3. Bay Springs (5-1) 107 2
Doolittle p 0 0 0 0 Beaty 1b 3 0 1 0 4. Scott Central (5-1) 68 4
Zimmerman 1b 5 0 1 0 Kershaw p 0 0 0 0
5. South Delta (1) (7-0) 31 NR
Suzuki c 1 0 0 0 Maeda p 0 0 0 0 Baltimore 26, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Gomes pr-c 2 0 1 0 Freese ph 1 0 0 0 (tie) East Webster (1) (6-1) 31 5
M.Taylor cf 5 0 1 0 Kelly p 0 0 0 0 Others receiving votes: Calhoun City 27, North
Strasburg p 1 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 Side 25, Charleston 18, Lake 14, Walnut 7.
Class 1A
Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0 Seager ss 4 0 0 0
Rainey p 0 0 0 0 Hrnndz lf-2b 4 1 2 1 School W-L Pts Prv
Corbin p 0 0 0 0 Smith c 4 0 0 0 1. Nanih Waiya (11) (5-2) 147 2
Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Buehler p 2 0 0 0 2. Smithville (2) (5-1) 127 3
Hudson p 0 0 0 0 C.Taylor lf 2 0 0 0 3. Noxapater (5-2) 108 1
Dozier ph-2b 1 0 0 0 4. Lumberton (5-2) 98 T4
Totals 39 7 9 7 Totals 37 3 7 3 5. Simmons (1) (4-2) 93 T4
Washington 000 001 020 4—7
Los Angeles 210 000 000 0—3
Others receiving votes: Resurrection Catholic
(1) 22, West Lowndes 6.
E_Kendrick (3), Seager (1). DP_Washington 1, Los
Angeles 1. LOB_Washington 8, Los Angeles 6.
Private Schools
School W-L Pts Prv
2B_Rendon 2 (3), Pederson (2). HR_Rendon (1),
Soto (2), Kendrick (1), Muncy (3), Hernández (1). 1. Heritage Aca. (12) (8-0) 147 1
2. Jackson Prep (6-1) 130 2
SB_Bellinger 2 (3).
3. St. Joseph, Greenville (7-0) 117 3
IP H R ER BB SO
Washington 4. Madison-Ridgeland (3) (6-2) 112 4
Strasburg 6 6 3 3 1 7 5. Pillow Aca. (6-1) 94 5
Rainey 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Others receiving votes: none.
Corbin 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 3
Hudson W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 All Associated Press members in Mississippi are
Doolittle 1 0 0 0 0 1 eligible to participate in the high school football
Los Angeles poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are:
Buehler 6 2-3 4 1 1 3 7 Boswell Media, Kosciusko; The Commercial Dis-
Kershaw BS,0-1 1-3 2 2 2 0 1 patch, Columbus; Bolivar Commercial, Cleveland;
Maeda 1 0 0 0 0 3 The Daily Corinthian, Corinth; Greene County
Kelly L,0-1 1 1-3 3 4 4 2 2
Jansen 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Herald, Leakesville; Delta Democrat-Times,
Greenville; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; Hat-
HBP_Buehler (Suzuki), Corbin (J.Turner).
Umpires_Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Tripp tiesburg Impact, Hattiesburg; The Natchez Dem-
Gibson; Second, Will Little; Third, Jordan Baker; ocrat, Natchez; Starkville Daily News, Starkville;
Right, Doug Eddings; Left, Ted Barrett. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The
Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WTVA-TV, Tupelo;
T_4:06. A_54,159 (56,000).
WCBI, Columbus.
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 4 0 0 1.000 127 57
Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118
L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134
Arizona 1 3 1 .300 100 138
Sunday’s Games
Buffalo 14, Tennessee 7
Philadelphia 31, N.Y. Jets 6
Arizona 26, Cincinnati 23
Minnesota 28, N.Y. Giants 10
New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 24
New England 33, Washington 7
Oakland 24, Chicago 21
Houston 53, Atlanta 32
Carolina 34, Jacksonville 27
Denver 20, L.A. Chargers 13
Green Bay 34, Dallas 24
Indianapolis 19, Kansas City 13
Open: Detroit, Miami
Monday’s Games
San Francisco 31, Cleveland 3
Today
N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:20 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 13
Carolina vs Tampa Bay at London, UK, 8:30 a.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, Noon
New Orleans at Jacksonville, Noon
Houston at Kansas City, Noon
Washington at Miami, Noon
Cincinnati at Baltimore, Noon
Seattle at Cleveland, Noon
San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 3:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
Tennessee at Denver, 3:25 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Jets, 3:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, 7:20 p.m.
Open: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, Oakland
Monday, Oct. 14
Detroit at Green Bay, 7:15 p.m
Hockey
NHL Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 4 3 0 1 7 18 11
Boston 4, Vegas 3
Wednesday’s Games
Buffalo 5, Montreal 4, OT
Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 0
Vancouver 8, Los Angeles 2
Today’s Games
Detroit at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Washington at Nashville, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Vegas at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Florida at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Anaheim at Columbus, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.
Transactions
Wednesday’s moves
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released CB Chris
Jones. Signed LB Ramik Wilson.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released TE Cole
Herdman from the practice squad. Signed DB
A.J. Howard to the practice squad.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed DT Bijhon
Jackson on the practice squad IR. Signed DT
Greg Gilmore to the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS — Released QB Tyler Bray.
Re-signed TE Bradley Sowell.
DENVER BRONCOS — Placed CB De’Vante
Bausby on IR. Signed CB Coty Sensabaugh.
DETROIT LIONS — Released DE Eric Lee from
the practice squad. Signed RB Wes Hills to the
practice squad.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed TE Ian Bunting
to the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed TE James
O’Shaughnessy on IR. Signed TE Ben Koyack.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed DT Xavier
Williams on IR. Waived G Ryan Hunter. Signed
DT Terrell McClain and G Stefen Wisniewski.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Waived WR Marcell

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Toronto 4 2 1 1 5 16
Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 10
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Ateman. Released DT Justin Ellis from IR.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed CB Ajene
Harris to the practice squad.
TENNIS Cardinals 13, Braves 1 Mississippi Poll Montreal 3 1 0 2 4 13 14 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released LB/S
St. Louis Atlanta Overall NFL Glance Tampa Bay 3 1 1 1 3 11 10 Deone Bucannon, QB Nick Fitzgerald and RB
9:30 p.m. — ATP/WTA: The Shanghai ab r h bi ab r h bi School W-L Pts Prv AMERICAN CONFERENCE Florida 3 1 2 0 2 9 14 Tony Brooks-James from the practice squad.
Fowler cf-rf 5 2 1 2 Acuña Jr. cf 2 0 0 0 1. Madison Central (16) (6-0) 150 1 East Ottawa 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 Signed LB Noah Dawkins from Cincinnati’s
Masters & The Tianjin Open, Quarterfi- Cabrera p 0 0 0 0 A lbies 2b 4 0 1 0 2. West Point (6-1) 114 2 W L T Pct PF PA Metropolitan Division practice squad. Signed QB Chad Kanoff and RB
Wong 2b 3 2 2 2 Freeman 1b 4 0 2 0 New England 5 0 0 1.000 155 34 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Darius Jackson to the practice squad.
nals, TENNIS Goldschmidt 1b 5 1 2 0 Donaldson 3b 4 1 1 1
3. Starkville (5-2) 102 3
Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 90 70 Carolina 4 4 0 0 8 17 11 Canadian Football League
4. Brandon (5-2) 97 4
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Molina c
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5 1 0 0 Duvall lf 4 0 0 0
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Miami
0 4 0 .000 39 101
0 4 0 .000 26 163
Washington 4 2 0 2 6 10
N.Y. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 10
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WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Acquired QB
Zach Collaros and a fifth round draft selection in
6. South Panola (6-1) 73 6
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7. Oxford (5-1) 55 7
South Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 8 3 the 2020 CFL draft from the Toronto Argonauts
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3 1 2 0 2 7 8 for Winnipeg’s third round selection in the draft.
WNBA BASKETBALL Edman rf-3b 5 2 2 2 Swanson ss 4 0 0 0 8. West Jones
9. West Jones
(3-2) 35 9
(5-0) 24 8
Houston 3 2 0 .600 131 110 Pittsburgh 3 1 2 0 2 9 9 HOCKEY
DeJong ss 4 1 2 2 Foltynewicz p 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 113 115 Columbus 3 1 2 0 2 7 14 National Hockey League
7 p.m. — WNBA Finals: Connecticut at Flaherty p 3 1 0 1 Fried p 0 0 0 0 10. Petal (4-1) 16 10 Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 111 118 New Jersey 3 0 2 1 1 6 16 BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned D Axel Andersson
Gallegos p 0 0 0 0 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 Others receiving votes: West Marion 9, Corinth Tennessee 2 3 0 .400 98 76 WESTERN CONFERENCE to Moncton (QMJHL).
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4B Thursday, October 10, 2019
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Nats shock Dodgers with Kendrick’s slam in 10th
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
Howie Kendrick hit a tie-
breaking grand slam off
in the 10th inning and the
Washington Nationals,
boosted by a stunning
rally against Clayton Ker-
shaw, beat the Los Ange-
les Dodgers 7-3 Wednes-
day night and advanced
to the NL Championship
Series against St. Louis.
Anthony Rendon and
Juan Soto homered on
consecutive pitches to
overcome a 3-1 deficit in
the eighth against Ker-
shaw, a three-time Cy
Young Award winner.
Soto had started the
comeback from a 3-0 hole
with an RBI single in the
sixth off starter Walker
Buehler, then hit a 449-
foot drive of Kershaw.
Adam Eaton walked
against Joe Kelly lead-
ing off the 10th, Rendon
doubled on a drive that
lodged in the left-field
wall and Soto was inten-
tionally walked.
Kendrick, 4 for 19 with
one RBI in the series,
fouled off a pitch and then
hit a 97 mph fastball over
the wall in dead center
for his second career
slam. The other was a
game-ending, 11th-inning
drive against San Francis-
co in August 2017. Center
fielder Cody Bellinger
chased the ball all the way
to the wall, putting his
arms up against the fence
as he ran out of room.
“It was electric. Proba-
bly the best moment of my
career,” said the 36-year-
old Kendrick, a 14-year
big league veteran who
played for the Dodgers
and Los Angeles Angels.
“We never gave up. The
city had faith in us. The
fans had faith in us. We
believed in ourselves, ev-
erybody came through
for us.”
Dodgers fans started
Washington Nationals second baseman Howie Kendrick reacts after his grand slam during the 10th inning.
exiting as the bases emp-
tied.
The wild-card Nation-
als open the NLCS at the
Cardinals on Friday night.
Washington overcame a
19-31 start, finished 93-
69 and then rallied from a
3-0, eighth-inning deficit
to beat Milwaukee 4-3 in
the NL wild-card game
and bounced back from
down 2-1 in the best-of-
five series against the
Dodgers.
“Oh, man, keep fight-
ing,” Rendon said. “I
think that’s the story of
maybe this organization.”
The seven-time de-
fending NL West champi-
on Dodgers, who led the
NL with 106 wins, remain
without a World Series ti-
tle since 1988.
“Disappointing is prob-
ably an understatement,”
manager Dave Roberts
said.
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Daniel Hudson got the
win, retiring Will Smith
on a drive to the right
field warning track with
one on and one out in the
ninth, then getting Chris
Taylor on a liner to center.
Sean Doolittle pitched
a perfect 10th for the Na-
tionals, ending a streak
of three straight NLCS
appearances by the Dodg-
ers.
The Nationals/Mon-
treal Expos franchise won
a postseason series for
only the second time, the
first since the Expos beat
Philadelphia in a 1981 Di-
vision Series caused by
the midseason players’
strike.
“I’m really excited for
the boys in that clubhouse
that fought all year,” man-
ager Dave Martinez said.
Kershaw sat on the
bench after the home
runs, looking forlorn,
bowing his head and hold-
ing it with his hands.
“It’s a terrible feeling,”
Kershaw said.
The left-hander had re-
placed Buehler with two
on and two outs in the sev-
enth, and struck out Ea-
ton on three pitches. Rob-
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erts didn’t second-guess
his decision to stay with
Kershaw in the eighth.
“He’s probably the
best pitcher of our gen-
eration,” Roberts said.
“It just didn’t work out.
There’s always going to
be second-guessing. I’ll
take my chances any day
on Clayton.”
Stephen Strasburg fell
behind 2-0 after eight
pitches. Joc Pederson
doubled on a drive that
went through an opening
in the left-field wall — the
crowd saw it land in the
seats and thought it was
a home run — but he was
awarded the double after
a video review. Muncy,
who had been 0 for 12
against Strasburg, drove
a fastball over the cen-
ter-field wall.
Kiké Hernández hom-
ered on Strasburg’s sec-
ond pitch of the second
inning, another fastball,
for a 3-0 lead.
Strasburg gave up
three runs and six hits
in six innings, struck out
seven and walked one.
Buehler allowed one
run and four hits in 6 2/3
innings before Kershaw
came in.
There was a scary mo-
ment when Buehler hit
Suzuki in the left wrist
and the ball shot up and
knocked off his helmet as
the ballpark went silent.
Suzuki fell to the ground,
grabbing his face. He
walked off his under his
own power and was re-
placed by Yan Gomes,
who moved behind the
plate in the bottom half.
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Harvey
Continued from Page 1B

And though he’s been
recognized statewide, he
hasn’t received the big-
time collegiate offers Al-
tmyer and Howard have.
Currently, Harvey’s offer
sheet reportedly includes
Southern Miss, South Al-
abama, Arkansas State,
Austin Peay and Samford,
among others, while his
lone Power Five scholar-
ship offer to date is Illi-
nois.
That said, he’s re-
mained upbeat and pos-
itive regarding his colle-
giate options.
“He’s not selfish at all,
and it’s hard to find kids
like that these days,”
Jones said. “He hasn’t
come to me one time ask-
ing me about an offer, or
why this school won’t of-
fer him, or whatever the
case may be.”
College choices aside,
Harvey is focused on the
task at hand — helping
Starkville to a win Friday
at Greenville.
“We just need to come
out and do what we do at
practice, execute in the
game,” he said. “Throw
the ball well, run the ball
well, and we’re just trying
to come out well Friday
night.”

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Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies and shortstop Dansby Swanson leave the dugout after losing to the
St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the 2019 National League Division Series at SunTrust Park in Atlanta.
ATLANTA — The St.
Louis Cardinals turned
the diamond into a giant
pinball machine, dinging
hits all over SunTrust
Park.
By the time the Atlan-
ta Braves finally got the
third out, it was the most
productive first inning in
postseason history.
The Cardinals scored
10 runs their first time
up and dealt Atlanta an-
other playoff heartbreak,
routing the Braves 13-1
in decisive Game 5 of the
NL Division Series on
Wednesday.
“That was crazy,” said
Marcell Ozuna, one of five
players who batted twice
in the stunning outburst.
“We got a good opportuni-
ty — and we took it.”
Before many fans had
reached their seats, the
Cardinals were already
booking their plans for
the NL Championship Se-
ries, where they will face
Washington in a best-of-
seven set beginning Fri-
day at Busch Stadium.
The Nationals knocked
off the favored Los Ange-
les Dodgers 7-3 in their
own Game 5, getting a
grand slam from Howie
Kendrick in the 10th in-
ning.
It will be St. Louis’ first
NLCS trip since 2014.
“We know we can beat
anyone at this point,” Kol-
ten Wong said.
For the Braves, it
might take a while to get
over this debacle.
After pitching seven
scoreless innings in a
Game 2 win, Mike Fol-
tynewicz retired only
one hitter before getting
yanked. First baseman
Freddie Freeman booted
a potential double-play
ball that might have lim-
ited the damage. The
Cardinals scored their
final run of the inning on
a strikeout — a wild pitch
in the dirt that skipped
away from catcher Brian
McCann.
“We just strung togeth-
er a bunch of great at-
bats,” Wong said.
It was Atlanta’s 10th
straight postseason round
loss since its last victory
18 long years ago, tying
the ignominious mark set
by the Chicago Cubs be-
tween 1908 and 2003.
Carrying on the tradi-
tion that started at Atlan-
ta-Fulton County Stadi-
um, moved on to Turner
Field and is now becom-
ing an annual occurrence
at SunTrust Park, it was a
visiting team that got to
celebrate in the A-T-L.
The Cardinals broke
out T-shirts and caps,
hopped around in the
middle of the infield and
gathered on the pitcher’s
mound for a team portrait
with the center field video
board looming as a back-
drop.
For the 13th time in 21
postseason appearances
since moving to Atlanta,
the Braves finished the
year with a loss on their
home field.
“It was more of a shock
than anything,” said Josh
Donaldson, whose homer
provided the lone Atlan-
ta run. “You don’t expect
something like that to
happen, especially with
how well we played all
season.”
The Cardinals batted
around and got more than
halfway through their or-
der a second time before
the Braves even came to
the plate.
Tommy Edman, Dex-
ter Fowler and Wong all
had two-run doubles as
St. Louis equaled the
highest-scoring inning
in postseason history, a
record set by the Phila-
delphia Athletics against
the Chicago Cubs in the
1929 World Series. It was
matched by the Detroit
Tigers (1968 World Series
vs. St. Louis), the Ana-
heim Angels (2002 ALCS
vs. Minnesota) and, now,
the Cardinals.
No team had ever
scored 10 runs in the very
first inning of a postsea-
son game. It was the first
time the Braves franchise
has allowed that many
opening-inning runs in
any game since they were
in Boston on July 2, 1925,
against the Brooklyn Rob-
ins.
The Cardinals made
several changes after
their 10-spot in what
might’ve been the first set
of defensive moves ever
made by a team before
its opponent had batted.
There was no need to wor-
ry about any more offense
with budding ace Jack
Flaherty on the mound,
coming off one of the
great second halves by a
starting pitcher in base-
ball history.
“We took the crowd out
of it,” Fowler said. “We
knew Folty would try to
get ahead of us. We were
trying to get some good
pitches to hit. It was a lit-
tle easier to see the ball
today.”
Manager Mike Shildt
let the 23-year-old Fla-
herty throw 104 pitches
over six innings, surren-
dering four hits for the
first postseason win of
his blossoming career.
Flaherty loaded the bases
in the fifth after drilling
Ronald Acuña Jr. with a
fastball, but induced an
inning-ending groundout
from Freeman.
This one, though, will
long be remembered for
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Cardinals: After miss- name
ing two weeks with a 13 Madame
strained left hamstring, Curie
2B Wong has held up well 14 Stew
in his postseason return. 15 Complex
Braves: 2B Ozzie 17 Blonde shade
Albies remained in the 19 Mardi Gras
game after appearing to city
hurt his right hand in the 20 Chum
third inning. A trainer 23 Selected
gave Albies’ hand a quick 25 Ernst’s art
examination during a 26 “Heed this waste rock
pitching change. advice ...” DOWN 20 Boardwalk’s
28 “Frozen” 1 Sleuth Spade partner
Up next queen 2 Lawyers’ org. 21 Mix up
After a second straight 29 Fishing gear 3 Unexpected 22 Surgical tool
NL East title, the Braves 30 Take in candidate 24 Reggae’s kin
head into the offseason 31 Fragrant tree 4 B — boy 25 Bashful pal
with a solid nucleus of 32 Individually 5 Math state- 27 Prepares to
young talent but the bur- 33 Whale or ment play
den of another postseason walrus 6 Instructional 31 Disconcerted
flop. 35 Bolivian city 7 Nautical 33 Deck worker
38 Slow mover greeting 34 Writer Rice

Panthers
41 Banded 8 Sailor 35 Research site
quartz 9 Go astray 36 Hitherto
42 Cousin’s dad 10 Calendar box 37 Golf goal
Continued from Page 1B 43 Yawning, 16 Dickens boy 39 Poorly
perhaps 17 High points 40 Guitarist Paul
with No. 3 Noxapater next again, the Panthers will 44 Banana 18 Sedimentary
week kicks off a slate of be prepared.
three road games that will “Last time we played
end the regular season. them, we weren’t ready
“Even though we lost for them,” Malone said. “If
one game — we shouldn’t we see them again, we’re
have lost that game, and gonna be ready for them.”
we should be 10-0 — I But the Panthers know
think we’ll be 9-1,” Malone
better than to get ahead of
said. “I’m hoping that God
themselves. West Lown-
lets us.”
If West Lowndes can des remains squarely fo-
beat both Smithville and cused on the task at hand:
Noxapater — no easy beating Smithville on Fri-
task — it would have an day.
excellent shot of hosting a “I think it’ll be a hard-
playoff game as the No. 2 fought game, but I think
seed in its district. And if we’ll come out on top re-
they run into Nanih Waiya gardless,” Malone said.
David Miller/Dispatch file photo
West Lowndes receiver Albert Plair is tackled by
Kemper County’s Izaiah Bourrage after a catch during
a game on Sept. 7. Plair is one of the Panthers’ top
rushing and receiving threats and should play a big role
in Friday’s game against No. 2 Smithville.
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

NBA postpones media sessions in Shanghai amid China rift

The Associated Press
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told
the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lak-
ers on Wednesday that the league is still
expecting them to play as scheduled this
week, even while the rift between the
league and Chinese officials continued
in ways that clearly suggested the two
planned games in Shanghai and Shen-
zhen were anything but guaranteed.
The NBA called off scheduled media
sessions Wednesday for both teams. At
least two other NBA events to be held
Wednesday before the start of the Chi-
na games were canceled as part of the
fallout that started after Houston Rock-
ets general manager Daryl Morey post-
ed a since-deleted tweet last week that
showed support for anti-government
protesters in Hong Kong.
“Given the fluidity of the situation,
today’s media availability has been
postponed,” the league said. The ses-
sions were not rescheduled Wednesday,
though having them on Thursday —
game day in Shanghai — remains pos-
sible.
Later Wednesday in Washington, a bi-
partisan group of lawmakers — includ-
ing the rare alignment of Republican
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New
York — sent a letter to Silver saying
the NBA should show the “courage and
integrity” to stand up to the Chinese
government. They asked the NBA to,
among other things, suspend activities
in China until what they called the selec-
tive treatment against the Rockets ends.
“You have more power to take a stand
than most of the Chinese government’s
targets and should have the courage and
integrity to use it,” the lawmakers told
Silver. The NBA did not have any imme-
diate comment on the letter, and it was
unclear if Silver had even seen the doc-
ument.
In Shanghai, the mood surrounding
the game that — if played — will fea-
ture LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and
other big NBA names was anything but
festive. An NBA Cares event that was to
benefit the Special Olympics was called
off, as was a “fan night” celebration that
was to be highlighted by the league an-
nouncing plans to refurbish some out-
door courts in that city. And workers in
multiple spots around Shanghai were
tearing down large outdoor promotion-
al advertisements for Thursday’s Lak-
ers-Nets game.
The teams are also supposed to play
Saturday in Shenzhen.
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo
has joined the list of companies that
have suspended ties with the NBA for
now, only adding to the uncertainty sur-
rounding the China games. Vivo was a
presenting sponsor of the games, and
on Wednesday there was no reference
to the game in Shanghai on the list of
upcoming events scheduled at Mer-
cedes-Benz Arena. Other firms such as
apparel company Li-Ning announced
similar moves earlier this week, as the
rift was just beginning.
Silver said Tuesday in Tokyo that he
supports Morey’s right to free speech.
Several Chinese companies have sus-
pended their partnership with the NBA
in recent days, and Chinese state broad-
caster CCTV said it will not broadcast
the Lakers-Nets games.
“I’m sympathetic to our interests here
and to our partners who are upset,” Sil-
ver said. “I don’t think it’s inconsistent
on one hand to be sympathetic to them
and at the same time stand by our prin-
ciples.”

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cial media whose her brother’s sui- We decided several years ago
brother died by cide. We went to that he could stop working, as
suicide several school decades my income is enough for both
months ago. She ago but were not of us. He runs our household
was the one who close friends. I and is invaluable to me, not
found him. They don’t know her only as manager of our house-
were close, and I personally very hold, but also because he
think he was her well, and we live looks after the affairs of both
last immediate several hours our aging parents. Our kids are
ZITS family member.
She has posted
apart. How can
I help her if she
grown, so there’s no need for
child care.
openly about how really is thinking When we go to social func-
horrible this expe- about suicide? It tions, invariably he gets asked,
rience has been seems critical to “So, what do you do?” When
and how sad she
Dear Abby me, but I don’t we say he’s retired, people
feels. know what I look at him suspiciously. I
More recently, however, her should do or how fast to act. suspect they think he’s taking
posts have become increas- — CARING IN VIRGINIA advantage of me, when that
ingly bleak. She shares that DEAR CARING: Contact couldn’t be further from the
she’s having trouble sleeping your friend through messaging truth. There is no way I could
and she is so sad and feels on Facebook, tell her you are be as successful in my career
completely alone because she concerned about her, and without his support. What
has no more family. She gets ask to talk with her. You are would be a good response? I
supportive comments from right to be concerned. Urge think it hurts his feelings, but
GARFIELD her Facebook “friends,” but
continues to sound hopeless.
her to join a grief support
group or talk with a mental
he keeps it quiet. — GOOD
THING GOING OUT WEST
She has started posting that health professional about her DEAR GOOD THING:
she’s going to get off FB loss and feelings of depres- Congratulations on having a
because all she can talk about sion and isolation. Give her partnership that is working
is her brother and she knows the number for the National so well. People often ask this
everyone is sick of hearing Suicide Prevention Lifeline: question as a way of starting
about it. She writes that she 800-273-8255. If she calls the a conversation with someone
does not think she will be here hotline, she may be able to get they don’t know. Your husband
much longer. a referral there. You are being might answer it by saying, “I’m
I know that someone who a good friend. Let’s hope she retired now, but I used to work
hints at suicide should not be takes our advice. in ——. What do YOU do?”

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
10). The intensity gets turned
up in the first three weeks when
you’re required to learn quickly
and advance to the next level of
an organization or social strata.
Your life will adjust every month
in some small way to support
the person you’re becoming.
Here comes better health and
a general outlook of optimism.
Gemini and Virgo adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 7, 20,
1, 44 and 38.
BABY BLUES ARIES (March 21-April
19). Ideas inspire but until you
implement the knowledge you
really don’t know anything. As
part of your body, your brain
needs to feel the entire system
in action in order to assimilate
things right.
TAURUS (April 20-May
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
20). If only you could order up
the people you want to meet,
picking them out of a menu as
you would a chicken salad. Wait,
you actually can do this, either
digitally online, or spiritually.
The spiritual way works better.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Could you do it alone? Yes.
Should you? No. It won’t be as
fun. You won’t remember it as
well. It will be harder to motivate
yourself to the finish line. Use
the accountability built into
groups.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Things are only complicat-
ed until you understand how
they work. Even the knottiest
situation comes unraveled when
you know which string to cut, or,
in today’s situation, where the
power button is located.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Is
your strategy working? Right
now, it’s hard to tell through the
dim fog of complication. Don’t
let it stop you. Assume all is
well and inch your way forward.
Better to hang on a moment
longer than to quit when you’re
almost there!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
What you give to others is an
easy smile, a warmth, a recep-
tiveness that lets them know
they are being seen, heard and
appreciated in the best possible
light. This gift is worth more
than gold.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Repeating your stories to others
may be a social faux pas, but
repeating them to yourself is
personal development. Why not
write it down? Give yourself the
chance to frame things, if possi-
ble, in a way that’s joyful.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Once you lost a cellphone
in your own house, proving that
things can get tricky in familiar
environments where you’re mov-
ing quickly and unconsciously.
You need others to call you so
you’ll remember where you’ve
been.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). People learn better when
various senses are utilized
including touch. A simple, reas-
suring pat on the shoulder will
actually help comprehension.
Whether you’re the student
or teacher, you can use the
principle.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19). Among the specific
qualities you’re looking for in
a companion, a good sense of
humor will top the list. Also,
laughter has a way of eliminat-
ing your need for some of the
other qualities, rendering them
null and void.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). The fun part of your day will
include research and gathering
data. Not everyone who agrees
to help you will come through,
but don’t stress. The ones who
do show up will be just the ones
you need.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). One reason you’re afraid
to relax is that you don’t entirely
trust what’s going on around
you. Will it be OK to let down
your guard? Is your vigilance
necessary to keep this world
spinning? There’s only one way
to find out.

Madison Square Garden

SOLUTION:
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Business
Business briefs
Arnett, Clark graduate
Brian Arnett and Jerome Clark were
among several Fire Chiefs and Senior
Fire Officers who gradu-
ated Sept. 26, 2019, from
the Mississippi Executive
Fire Officer program at
the Mississippi State Fire
Academy in Jackson.
The MS Executive Fire
Officer program is an ad-
vanced course designed Arnett
for managers in the fire
service. This course
provides senior officers
and others in key leader-
ship roles with an un-
derstanding of advanced
fire service management
and administrative skills,
as well as the ability to Clark
conduct research, analyze
data and develop solutions to complex
issues.
This program is a joint initiative be-
tween the Mississippi State Fire Acade-
my and Meridian Community College’s
Emergency Services Degree program.
The MS Executive Fire Officer pro-
gram spans one year and includes four
three-day sessions at the Mississippi
State Fire Academy. Completion of the
program accredits the participant to the
National Fire Protection Association
Fire Officer Levels III-IV. The partici-
pant also receives six associate degree
credits to be used toward an Associate
of Allied Science degree in Fire Protec-
tion Technology.
Fields joins Butler Snow
Mississippi State University graduate
Cameron Lacy Fields has joined Butler
Snow’s Ridgeland office,
and will practice with the
firm’s commercial litiga-
tion group.
Prior to joining Butler
Snow, Fields primarily
worked in insurance
defense litigation in
first-party and third-party Fields
disputes involving a range
of insurance policies. She also has expe-
rience in a wide range of other general
litigation matters, including defending a
pharmaceutical company in a wrongful
termination matter, defending attor-
neys in breach of contract matters and
defending a potential franchisee in a
breach of contract and specific perfor-
mance suit.
Fields is a member of The Mississip-
pi Bar. She received her undergraduate
degree, magna cum laude, from Missis-
sippi State University and her Juris Doc-
tor, magna cum laude, from Mississippi
College School of Law, where she was
the articles editor and associate editor
of Mississippi College Law Review.

Mississippi AG: Deal should bring

state better internet service
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mis-
sissippi Attorney Gen-
eral Jim Hood says the
state will settle its part
of a lawsuit that opposed
the merger of cellphone
companies T-Mobile and
Sprint.
Fourteen states and
the District of Columbia
have been part of the law-
suit. The merger awaits
final federal approval.
Hood said Wednes-
day that under the Mis-
sissippi agreement, the
new company will make
a next-generation “5G”
network available to at
least 62 percent of Missis-
sippi’s general and rural
populations within three
years of the merger. He
said that by six years, the
company will make the
fast service available to
92 percent of Mississip-
pi’s general population
and 88 percent of its rural
population.
Hood is a Democrat
running for governor.
He said the deal should
help with education and
economic development
because of better internet
access.

Good luck? US, China to begin

13th round of trade talks
By PAUL WISEMAN
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON — U.S.
and Chinese negotiators
are scheduled to begin a
13th round of talks Thurs-
day aimed at ending a
15-month trade war that is
worrying global investors
and weighing on the world
economy.
Chinese Vice Premier
Liu He will lead a delega-
tion into meetings in Wash-
ington with U.S. Trade
Representative Robert
Lighthizer and Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
The world’s two biggest
economies are deadlocked
over U.S. allegations that
China steals technology
and pressures foreign
companies to hand over
trade secrets as part of a
sharp-elbowed drive to
become a world leader in
advanced industries such
as robotics and self-driving
cars.
Under President Donald
Trump, the United States
has slapped tariffs on more
than $360 billion worth
of Chinese imports and
is planning to hit another
$160 billion Dec. 15. That
would extend to import tax-
es to virtually everything
China ships to the United
States. China has hit back
by targeting about $120 bil-
lion in U.S. goods, focusing
on farm products.
The high cost of the tar-
iffs and uncertainty over
when and how the trade
war will end have taken an
economic toll, especially
on manufacturing compa-
nies. A private survey last
week found that U.S. fac-
tory output had dropped to
its lowest level since 2009,
when the economy was in
the grips of a deep reces-
sion.
Expectations for this
week’s talks are low. Bei-
jing has been reluctant to
make the kind of substan-
tive policy reforms that
would satisfy Washington.
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LEGALS
Call us: 662-328-2424
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The following vehicles have
been abandoned at Bob's Tow-
ing, LLC, at 123 East Ply-
mouth Road Columbus, MS
39705.
2000 WHITE HONDA ACCORD
VIN#1HGCG5661YA124030
TAG- LTL-673 MS
2006 SILVER HONDA ACCORD
VIN#1HGCM56316A032248
TAG- KTA-6219 MS
2006 TAN LINCOLN ZEPHYR
VIN#3LNHM26166R626885
TAG- CYA-3961 MS
2011 SILVER CHEVY MALIBU
VIN#1G1ZD5E13BF335868
TAG- LVQ-948 MS
2003 SILVER CHEVY TAHOE
VIN#1GNEC13V13R121542
TAG- LTB-1822 MS
2001 WHITE HONDA ACCORD
VIN#1HGCG56421A071486
TAG- ITSDAAG (MS)
2006 WHITE FORD F-250
VIN#1FTSW20PX6EC73314
TAG- LT1-4273 MS
2002 RED DODGE INTREPID
VIN#2B3AD56M12H103685
TAG- LTA-8381 MS
2010 SILVER PONTIAC G6
VIN#1G2ZA5E02A4147039
TAG- LTA-7468 MS
2000 MAROON JEEP GRAND
CHEROKEE
VIN#1J4G248S9YC165023
TAG- LTC-5115 MS
1996 MAROON TOYOTA
PICKUP FOX RUN APARTMENTS
VIN#4TAVL52N7TZ124393
1 & 2 BR near hospital.
TAG- LT8-986 MS $595−$645 monthly.
Military discount, pet area,
IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT
CLAIMED THEY WILL BECOME
pet friendly, and furnished
THE PROPERTY OF BOB'S TOW- corporate apts.
ING, LLC AND WILL BE SOLD 24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL
ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2019 AT GYM. ON SITE SECURITY.
12:00PM AT THE ABOVE AD- ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
DRESS. WE ALSO RESERVE
ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
THE RIGHT TO RETAIN THE 24−HOUR CAMERA
VEHICLE. THESE VEHICLES
SURVEILLANCE. Benji &
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SAL- Ashleigh, 662−386−4446.
VAGE AND ARE NOT DRIVABLE.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
KEYS.
PUBLISH: 10/3, 10/10, &
VIP
10/17/2019
Rentals
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& Houses
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AGENCY has an opportun-
ity for an experienced cus-
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ive or a person interested
in pursuing a career in in-
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only. Send resumes to:
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MACHINE OPERATORS
needed. Must be willing to
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tions, submit to & pass
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rolls of fabric up to 75 lbs,
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prehension. AA/EOE. Call
662-328-5670 for appt.
Music Minister/Director
Position Available: First
Baptist Church,Vernon, AL
is in search of a bi-voca-
tional music minister/dir-
ector. To apply for this pos-
ition please bring your re-
sume to the church or you
can forward your resume to
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Pay based on experience.
Send resumes to:
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PO Box 511
Columbus, MS 39703
THE COMMERCIAL
Dispatch is seeking a
mechanically-minded
individual to work in its
pressroom. Applicants
must be comfortable work-
ing around heavy ma-
chinery, adhering to tight
deadlines and must have
an eye for detail & quality.
Flexible hours are a must.
Must pass drug test. Email
resume to
mfloyd@cdispatch.com or
drop resumes off at 516
Main St,
Columbus, MS 39701.
No phone calls please.
General Help Wanted
Men's retail store seeks
PT Sales Person for store
sales & general duties.
Mail resumé to:
Blind Box 670
c/o Commercial Dispatch
Columbus, MS 39703
SUBWAY OF Columbus is
now taking applications for
opening shift at Walmart
location. To set an inter-
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Medical / Dental
RN/LPN: PRN position
available Mon-Fri mornings
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Men's retail store has the
following positions:
PT Mature Sales Person.
Experience a plus.
Experienced Seamstress
for men's tailoring.
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c/o Commercial Dispatch
PO Box 511
Columbus, MS 39703
Rentals
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Apts For Rent: North
Apts For Rent: West
1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
3 Bedrooms
Furnished & Unfurnished
1, 2, & 3 Baths
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327-8555
LEASE WITH OPTION TO
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renovated 3BR/1BA brick
home features make it like
1ST MONTH − Rent Free! new: new flooring, new
1BR Apt − $350−$385 paint, new central heat and
2BR Apt − $395−$495 air. Large lot in great area.
2BR TwnHome − $625
NO HUD, No pets. $650/
Lease, Dep & Credit Check. mo. Lease, deposit, credit
Coleman Realty check. Call Long & Long @
662−329−2323. 662−328−0770.
DOWNTOWN 1BR
This large 1 bedroom
apartment has been
recently renovated. It
features great natural light,
hardwood floors, tall
ceilings and access
to a shared laundry room.
$750 rent and $750
deposit. Utilities included.
No pets please. Call Peter,
662−574−1561.
DOWNTOWN APT on 5th
St. 2BR/1BA. 1100 sqft
$700/mo. W/D. Deck on
back. Avail Aug 1st. 662−
327−2588.
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Apts For Rent: Other Furniture Sporting Goods
COLEMAN Real Estate Too much BABY ROOM FURNITURE: ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
STUFF?
Dresser, changing table (no OPEN FOR SEASON!
RENTALS pad), and infant crib(no 9−5: Tues−Fri &
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
Ads starting at $25 mattress)−converts to 9−12: Sat.
daybed and is currently Over 50 years experience!
1 BEDROOM Lots & Acreage packed back in box. All Repairs, cleaning,
matching pieces. Oak refinishing, scopes
2 BEDROOMS 356.7 ACRES ON HWY. 69 color. Light scratches but mounted & zeroed,
3 BEDROOMS S. 5 mi. from Columbus. nothing broken. Very good handmade knives.
30−year old mature pines, condition! Would like to sell Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
LEASE, of West Point, turn right on
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green fields, good hunting. all together if possible for
$300 OBO for all. Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
DEPOSIT $3000/ac. Bud Phillips,
662−549−2302. Cash or PayPal accepted. left on Darracott Rd, see
AND 662−397−4840 sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
left. 662−494−6218.
CREDIT CHECK FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre
lots. Good/bad credit. 10% Two Piece Living Room Set
662-329-2323 down, as low as $299/mo. A loveseat and chaise for
sale. Brown and blue.
Eaton Land.
Vehicles
662−361−7711. New!!! Leave a message.
2411 HWY 45 N $300.00 662−242−2884
COLUMBUS, MS General Merchandise
Garage Sales
SEVERAL 1, 2, & 3 BR Start your USE ITCHNOMORE®
Ads starting at $12
de-cluttering by
UNITS AVAILABLE. Various shampoo to treat ’hot
spots’, doggy odor, & Motorcycles & ATVs
locations. Lease, Deposit, Two free signs
placing a garage
Credit Check. No Pets. non−specific allergies
without a prescription. 2004 KAWASAKI Drifter.
$375 and up. Call Long & 1500cc, Vance & Hines
Estate Sales At Tractor Supply.
Long @ 662−328−0770.
Commercial Property For Rent
sale ad today! (www.kennelvax.com) loud muffler, 32,400mi.
Looks like an Indian M/C.
Lawn & Garden $4500. 662−352−4776.
FOR RENT LOCATED
NEAR DOWNTOWN. 3,000
Estate Sale of the late Ads starting at... HAYES DAYLILLIES FALL
SALE! OCT 10−12. 8AM−
Karen Coleman
sq. ft. truck terminal,
1 day $10
127 Lee Road, 6PM. 1069 New Hope Rd.
Community
9,500 sq. ft. shop & 3,200
Columbus, Ms 39705 662−251−6665.
sq. ft. office/shop.
Country Antiques will be
3 day $18
Buildings can be rented hosting and estate sale
together or separately. All
w/ excellent access & Hwy.
at the home of the late
Karen Coleman in
Ads starting at $12
6 day $34
82 visibility. 662−327− Columbus, Ms. Items
9559. Special Notices
include but are not
Houses For Rent: North limited to: oak
secretary, primitive $25 REWARD for any
kitchen table, oak table Price includes 4 lines of text; information leading to the
2BR/1BA HOLLY HILLS and six chairs, two $1/line after base cost. person who is destroying
RD. $900/mo. No pets. wooden wardrobes, my garden & fig trees @
No HUD. 662−549−2302. 906 Mike Parra Rd. Call
Leave message.
small bookshelves,
queen size four−post 662−434−9229.
bed, mattress and
Merchandise
3BR/2BA. 26 Noblin Rd. boxsprings, desks,
Central HVAC, carport, near
upholstered couch, old Free Pets
CAFB. $650/mo. $500 upright piano, a number
dep. Call 662−889−1122.
os oaken side tables,
spare chairs, music, Ads starting at $12
3BR/2BA CH/A Hwy. 45 N.
Free kittens to a good
stereo system, CDs, home Five eight−week
Caledonia Schools. No cassettes, DVDs, Farm Equipment & Supplies old kittens need homes.
pets. $1,000/mo. $1,000
records, dressers, white They are litter−box
dep. 1 yr. lease. Weathers full bedroom suite, HAY FOR SALE. 20 − 4X5 trained, good with
Rentals, 662−574−0345.
rockers, sewing fertilized bales in barn. people and sweet−
Open Mon.−Fri. 8a−4p. machines, arts and $35/bale. 662−386−9122 natured. $0.00 662−
crafts, pictures, washer or 662−386−3132. 549−4519
COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. and dryer, refridgerator,
2 & 3 bedroom w/ couch, bookcases,
2−3 bath townhouses. lamps, picture frames, Firewood / Fuel
$600 to $750. TVs, computer, copier,
662−549−9555. old toys, 2004 FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
Ask for Glenn or text. Mitsubishi Spyder, Various lengths.
Five Questions:
wicker patio furniture, 662−295−2274.
PRICE REDUCED: LARGE shop tools, Christmas
3BR/2BA. Remodeled, decorations, and more!
1 Baywatch
modern appl, dw, ch/a,
carport, washer/dryer Sale dates are: Need a
hookup, quiet. 3254 October 11 and 12 from
Military Rd. $800/mo +
dep. 662−574−8559.
8am to 5pm. 662−369 new car?
−0761 facebook.com/
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2 World War
Houses For Rent: East
4BR/2.5BA BRICK HOME Garage Sales: North
II
located on large lot w/ 2
car garage. Fresh paint &
2624 LYFORD Dr. Sat. 7a−
tile floors in kitchen & 5p. Some antiques,
bathrooms. $1,200/mo +
dep. 770−658−7726.
dishes, clothes & more.
Gate opens @ 7a.
3 Argos
Houses For Rent: South
38 SWEET GUM LANE.
Sat, 7am until. Lots of
items to see!
Start in the classifieds section for
4 Parliament
MULTI FAMILY Inside/
Outside. 1905 Old your buying and selling needs!
Aberdeen Rd Fri. 7a.−6p. &
Sat 7a.−2p. Tools, dishes,
flowers, toys, lamp, chair,
Ads starting at $12 for one week!
5 StarCraft
and lots of misc. items.
Priced to sell.
Autos For Sale
Houses For Rent: Other
3BR/1.5BA In Vernon, AL
Nearly brick home located
on a large yard w/ a
carport, large porch w/
patio & other amenities.
Call 810−877−5211 or
205−714−6029.
Mobile Homes for Rent
NICE DW 3BR/2BA MH In
Columbus School Dist.
No HUD. No Section 8.
$600/mo + 600 dep.
601−940−1397 or
662−549−8861.
Office Spaces For Rent
GREAT, CONVENIENT
LOCATION! Office space for
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N.
662−574−3970.
OFFICE SPACE FOR
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
of private parking. 662−
327−9559.
Storage & Garages
MINI WAREHOUSES
Service Directory
Four convenient self
storage locations in the
Columbus & New Hope
areas for household &
commercial storage.
Rent online at
friendlycitymini.com
or call 662−327−4236.
Promote your small business starting at only $25
Carpet & Flooring Excavating General Services Plumbing
WORK WANTED: Licensed
CLAY GRAVEL, fill clay, & Bonded−carpentry, ACME, INC.
& top soil for sale! painting, & demolition. Stan McCown
Easy access off 82 East Landscaping, gutters Licensed Plumber
Can load & deliver. cleaned, bush hogging, "We fix leaks."
Stokes Excavation:
662−689−0089.
clean−up work, pressure
washing, moving help &
662−386−2915
General Services
furniture repair.
662−242−3608.
Tree Services
Lawn Care / Landscaping J&A TREE REMOVAL
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: A & T TREE SERVICES Work from a bucket truck.
$99 WHOLE HOUSE Bucket truck & stump Insured/bonded. Call
DAVID’S CARPET & JESSE & BEVERLY’S
removal. Free est. Jimmy for free estimate,
UPHOLSTERY LAWN SERVICE.
Serving Columbus 662−386−6286.
CLEANING Mowing, cleanup,
since 1987. Senior
1 Room − $40 landscaping, sodding,
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
2 Rooms − $70 & tree cutting.
242−0324/241−4447 662−356−6525
3+ Rooms − $30 EA "We’ll go out on a limb for
Rugs−Must Be Seen you!" Painting & Papering
Car Upholstery
Cleaning Available DUMP TRUCK Hauling QUALITY PAINTING.
662−722−1758
Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt, Ext/Int Paint.
Grating Driveways & Trailer Sheet Rock Hang & Finish.
Parks. 18 ton truck. $525/ Free Estimates.
Got leaky pipes? Find a load, Col.
Grow your business.
Ask for specials! Larry
plumber in the classifieds. Walter, 662−251−8664. Webber 662−242−4932.