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City will advertise amphitheater bids to start phase 2

Columbus City
Franchise agreement approved for C Spire to bring
Council voted
to advertise for gigabit internet service to Columbus
bids to begin the
second phase of By Tess Vrbin cil agreed to advertise was fencing and
construction on tvrbin@cdispatch.com a front wall, funded by $500,000 in 2019
the Sen. Terry bond money from the Legislature.
Brown Amphithe- City councilmen voted “The good news is, it’s already been
ater in down- unanimously Tuesday to designed, so what we did was we backed
town Columbus advertise for bids to begin up and looked at the lowest-hanging
at Tuesday’s construction of the second
meeting. The fruit, if you will, to provide safety and
phase of the Sen. Terry security in that facility,” City Engineer
amphitheater
currently has a Brown Amphitheater. Kevin Stafford said.
stage, but still The $3.2 million first The entire phase will cost $2.5 mil-
needs seats, phase was completed in Stafford lion, and the city does not yet have a plan
gates and food/ August 2017, almost two to fund the rest, Mayor Robert Smith
beverage and years after the groundbreaking on the told The Dispatch.
administrative
west bank of the Tombigbee River at the The end of the calendar year is not a
facilities, an
estimated $2.5 Columbus Riverwalk. Phase 2 will in- good time to take bids, so the city should
million endeavor. clude seating, gating, concession stands advertise now but not take bids until Jan-
Dispatch file photo and restrooms, but the portion the coun- See Council, 8A

MHP trooper SETTING THE GAME PLAN

arrested
for domestic
violence
Officer accused
of slamming woman
into car, damaging
windshield
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

Columbus police
have arrested a Mis-
sissippi Highway Pa-
trol officer who is ac-
cused of slamming a
woman into a car and
causing her to hit her
head. Sims
Devodrick Sims,
33, of Brisbain Drive, faces mis- Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
demeanor charges of malicious New Hope High School girls basketball coach Nick Christy talks to his players during a timeout in their game against Lamar
See Sims, 8A County Tuesday night at New Hope. New Hope defeated Lamar County 58-26. MORE COVERAGE, 1B.

Mississippi National Guard becoming ‘operational force’

State’s citizen soldiers deploying
overseas, taking part in critical missions
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com
Eighty-seven paratroop-
ers landing in trees at
Camp Shelby Army Base
may sound like bad news.
Major Gen. Janson
Boyles, adjutant general for
the Mississippi Army Na-
tional Guard, didn’t entirely
see it that way.
“It got a lot of attention,”
Boyles told Columbus Ro-
tary Club members at their
weekly meeting Tuesday at
Lion Hills Center.
The incident garnered
national media exposure
on Oct. 3, when a portion of
the 4th Brigade Team 25th
Infantry Division based
out of Alaska parachuted
into high winds above the
Army National Guard and
Reserve training base in
Hattiesburg. Those jump-
ers were trying to hit a drop
zone about the size of a foot-
ball field, Boyles said, when
they encountered a gust of
wind at about 700 feet that
“pushed them into the trees
unexpectedly.”
Despite the miscue,
Boyles said, it drew atten-
tion to a first time training
mission that proved to be
a big deal for Mississippi.
The active duty division of
650 troops offloaded equip-
ment at the Port of Gulf-
port, spent three weeks
training at Camp Shelby
and then completed their
training at Fort Polk, Lou-
isiana. The purpose was
readiness training for an
overseas mission, Boyles
said, but the impact for the
state was evident.
“We’re still looking at
the numbers, but we think
they spent a lot of money on
food and restaurants in Hat-
tiesburg,” he said.
Boyles, a Mississippi
State University graduate
who Gov. Phil Bryant ap-
pointed adjutant general in
Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff
2016, lauded the National Major Gen. Janson Boyles, adjutant general for the Mississippi National Guard,
Guard as a major economic visits with Columbus Rotarians Jimmy Parker, left, and Corky Smith, right, after
generator for the state and speaking to the club Tuesday at Lion Hills Center. Boyles touted the operation-
See Boyles, 8A al readiness of the National Guard and its economic impact for the state.

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GOP-requested witness rejects Trump ‘conspiracy theories’

‘The allegations against Vice President Biden
are self-serving and non-credible’
Former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker
By COLLEEN LONG known Biden as an honorable
and ERIC TUCKER man for more than two decades,
The Associated Press rebuffing debunked corruption
allegations that Trump is said
WASHINGTON — Sought to have wanted the Ukrainians
by Republicans to testify, the to investigate in exchange for
former U.S. special envoy to military aid to hold off Russian
Ukraine spoke up instead for aggression.
Democrat Joe Biden in Tues- “The allegations against Vice
day’s impeachment hearings, President Biden are self-serv-
rejecting “conspiracy theories” ing and non-credible,” Volker
embraced by President Donald declared.
Trump and some of his allies. Broader corruption in
Kurt Volker said he has Ukraine was “plausible,” but
corruption by Biden wasn’t, he
said.
Volker testified alongside
former White House national
security official Tim Morrison
in the second hearing of the day
in the House’s impeachment in-
quiry, only the fourth in history
against a U.S. president.
Morrison, also requested by
GOP members on the House
Intelligence Committee, said at
the outset that he was not there
to question the “character or in-
tegrity” of any of his colleagues,
though earlier Tuesday Repub-
lican lawmakers used his prior
comments to try to discredit an-
other witness, Lt. Col. Alexan-
der Vindman. The White House
even circulated a tweet that was
an earlier quote by Morrison
questioning Vindman’s judg-
ment.
Democrats say there may
be grounds for impeachment in
Trump’s push for Ukraine’s new
leadership to investigate his
Democratic rival and the 2016
U.S. election as he withheld
military assistance approved by
Congress.
Trump says he did nothing
wrong and dismissed the hear-
ings as a “kangaroo court.”
Volker was the first person
to come behind closed doors in
the inquiry that started in Sep-
tember, resigning his position
shortly before he did so.
Since then, a parade of wit-
nesses has testified publicly
and privately about what they
recalled about the July 25
phone call between Trump and
Ukraine’s new leader, Volody-
myr Zelenskiy. Many of those
statements cast doubt on Volk-
er’s account that he didn’t know
the Ukraine gas company Buris-
ma was tied to Biden, and that
he wasn’t aware of a possible
quid pro quo offered by Trump.
A number of White House
and State Department officials
were listening to the call, but
Volker was not.

Democratic debate: Rising Buttigieg could face attacks

Presidential candidates will debate tonight in Atlanta
By BILL BARROW
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Pete
Buttigieg’s dramatic rise
from little-known Indiana
mayor to a leading Demo-
cratic presidential candi-
date faces its toughest test
on Wednesday, with rivals
poised to lob debate-stage
attacks in an effort to stall
his momentum.
The debate in Atlanta
marks the first time Butti-
gieg will face other White
House hopefuls as an un-
disputed member of the
top tier.
The 37-year old mayor
of South Bend, Indiana,
gained significant ground
in recent months in Iowa,
party, particularly do-
nors, worried there’s no
which holds the nation’s he could come under fire one positioned to defeat
first caucuses in Febru- from his rivals like never President Donald Trump.
ary. He is bunched at the before. Former President Barack
top of most polls in Iowa “Anytime a candidate Obama took the unusual
step last week of warning
with candidates who have pops up above the pack,
the party against moving
much longer political re- there’s a vigorous effort
sumes: former Vice Pres- to vet them,” said Demo- too far to the left.
ident Joe Biden and Sens. cratic strategist Zac Pet- Speaking to that anx-
Elizabeth Warren of Mas- kanas. “Buttigieg is going iety, former Massachu-
sachusetts and Bernie to have to prove that his setts Gov. Deval Patrick
Sanders of Vermont. recent rise is not just a entered the Democratic
Some surveys are be- flash in the pan.” race last week. Billion-
ginning to show him tak- Biden, Warren and aire Michael Bloomberg,
ing a more convincing Sanders have all faced the former New York City
lead in the race. similar scrutiny in previ- mayor, is openly flirting
Buttigieg still fac- ous debates, and those at- with a bid.
es plenty of hurdles to tacks did little to change Neither Patrick nor
clinching the Democratic the trajectory of the race. Bloomberg will be on-
nomination, particularly The debate will unfold stage Wednesday.
winning over black and at a moment of uncertain- The debate airs on
other minority voters. ty about the Democratic MSNBC from 9 p.m. to 11
But his Iowa rise means field, with some in the p.m. EST.

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products
ijuana, not nicotine. Offi- cent with the AMA if they
‘... We must keep nicotine products cials believe a thickening were seeking a ban on all
out of the hands of young people’ agent used in black mar-
ket THC vaping products
tobacco products that are
smoked, including e-cig-
AMA President Dr. Patrice Harris may be a culprit. arettes,” said Jonathan
The outbreak has Foulds, a tobacco addic-
By LINDSEY TANNER surge in underage teen
AP Medical Writer “shined a light on the fact tion specialist at Penn
use of e-cigarettes, which
that we have very little State University. “But
typically heat a solution evidence about the short- right now, nicotine elec-
The American Medi- that contains nicotine.
cal Association on Tues- and long-term health con- tronic cigarettes are com-
“It’s simple, we must sequences of e-cigarettes peting with and replacing
day called for an immedi- keep nicotine products and vaping products,” the most harmful legal
ate ban on all electronic out of the hands of young Harris said. About 2,100 product in this country.”
cigarettes and vaping de- people.” Dr. Patrice Har- people have gotten sick; Gregory Conley, presi-
vices. ris, AMA’s president, said 42 have died. dent of the American Vap-
The group adopted in a statement. The AMA has pre- ing Association, a pro-va-
the sweeping stance at a The doctors’ group viously sought bans on ping advocacy group, said
policy-making meeting in said a separate health e-cigarette flavors and the Centers for Disease
San Diego. It aims to lob- issue also prompted its ads. Control and Prevention
by for state and federal action — the recent U.S. Some observers say has made clear that its
laws, regulations or legal outbreak of lung illnesses the AMA’s position is focus “is not store-bought
action to achieve a ban, linked to vaping. Most of flawed and has little nicotine vaping products,
but the industry is sure to those sickened said they chance of achieving a but illicit contaminated
fight back. vaped THC, the high-in- sweeping ban. THC oil cartridges sold
The AMA cited a ducing ingredient in mar- “I would be 100 per- by drug dealers.”

Tropical Storm Sebastien strengthens, no land threat

The Associ ated Press
MI A MI — Tropical
Storm Sebastien has
strengthened in the At-
lantic but is expected to
stay over open waters. slight strengthening is The storm is cen-
The storm’s maxi- possible over the next tered about 235 miles Art happens.
mum sustained winds 48 hours but Sebastien northeast of the Lee- 328-ARTS
Wednesday are 50 mph. is expected to be ab- ward Islands and is
The U.S. National Hur- sorbed by a cold front in moving northwest near
ricane Center says some a few days. 8 mph.
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Suit seeks to block prosecutor from excluding black jurors

Lawsuit stems from the Supreme Court
overturning the murder conviction of Curtis
Flowers, citing racial bias in jury selection
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
Four black voters and a
branch of the NA ACP sued
a Mississippi prosecutor on
Monday, asking a federal judge
to order him to stop excluding
African Americans from juries.
The lawsuit against Dis-
trict Attorney Doug Evans is
an outgrowth of a case where
the U.S. Supreme Court over-
turned a murder conviction of
an African American man, cit-
ing racial bias in jury selection.
Evans has tried Curtis Flow-
ers six times for murder in a
1996 slaying, charging that he
gunned down four people exe-
cution-style in a Winona furni-
ture store.
The lawsuit, filed in federal
court in Greenville, asks U.S.
District Judge Debra Brown to
permanently order Evans and
his assistants to stop using pe-
remptory challenges to remove
African American jurors be-
cause of their race. The district
is a rural expanse of northern
Mississippi that includes Atta-
la, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada,
Montgomery, Webster and
Winston counties.
“Other than voting, serv-
ing on a jury is the most sub-
stantial opportunity that most
citizens have to participate in
the democratic process,” the
complaint says. The plaintiffs
are represented by the NA ACP
Legal Defense and Education
Fund and the MacArthur Jus-
tice Center.
Evans didn’t immediately
respond to an email seeking
comment late Monday. He has
previously disputed allegations
that he sought to exclude black
jurors because of their race.
The complaint cites an anal-
ysis of jury strikes by Evans
from 1992 to 2017 by American
Public Media’s “In the Dark”
podcast. It found Evans of-
fice used peremptory strikes,
which lawyers typically don’t
have to explain, to remove 50
percent of eligible black jurors,
but only 11 percent of eligible
white jurors. The analysis was
performed as part of a series of
episodes questioning Flowers’
conviction in a sixth trial, af-
ter three earlier verdicts were
thrown out and two trials end-
ed in hung juries.
“The statistical disparity in
the cases from 1992 through
2017 is inexplicable on non-ra-
cial grounds, and court records
from jury selection in the fifth
circuit court district since 2017
suggest that the practice con-
tinues now,” the lawsuit states.
Among the plaintiffs are the
Attala County branch of the
NA ACP, former NA ACP state
president Charles Hampton
and Sharon Young. She was
struck from the jury by prose-
cutors in 2004 in one of Flow-
ers’ trials — a case in which
the plaintiffs say Evans used
all 15 of his strikes to remove
African Americans.
Evans’ exclusion of black ju-
rors from Flowers’ case was at
the center of Flowers’ appeal to
the U.S. Supreme Court. In an
opinion by Justice Brett Kava-
naugh, the court ruled 7-2 that
during more than 20 years, Ev-
ans pursued a “relentless, de-
termined effort to rid the jury
of black individuals,” with the
goal of an all-white jury.

Area arrests
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Tera Cantrell, 34,
was charged with accesso-
ry after the fact.
n Kobe Barker, 21, was
charged with aggravated
assault with a weapon or Cantrell Barker Pace Riley Hunter Dora
other means to produce
death and armed robbery.
n Richard Pace, 21,
was charged with statuto-
ry rape.

The following arrests

were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Angie Riley, 38, was
charged with burglary of a
residence.
n Lorenzo Hunter,
34, was charged with an
MDOC hold, suspended
driver’s license and no tag.
n Tommy Dora, 26,
was charged with posses-
sion of a weapon by a felon,
a MDOC hold and mali-
cious mischief.
n Derrick Jordan, 42,
was charged with posses-
sion of cocaine and ex-
pired driver’s license.
n Angela Starsky, 43,
was charged with a bench
warrant.
n Taylor Buchanan, 23,
Jordan Starsky Buchanan Hamilton Bell Stallings
was charged
with two
counts of
agg ravated
assault and
an order of
attachment.
n Edwin Barber
Outlaw Grayer Tate Hampton
Hamilton,
64, was charged with pos- peace. vated assault and a MDOC
session of a controlled n Alexis Stallings, hold.
substance, possession of 39, was charged with two n Darron Grayer, 29,
marijuana in a vehicle, counts of malicious mis- was charged with felony
possession of parapherna- chief, two counts of grand threats.
lia, DUI other, resisting larceny and a MDOC hold. n Casey Tate, 42, was
arrest and careless driv- n Kelvin Barber, 23, charged with aggravated
ing. was charged with a circuit domestic violence.
n Ronnie Bell, 42, was court order. n Deatrick Hampton,
charged with domestic vi- n Devierre Outlaw, 26, 39, was charged with third
olence and disturbing the was charged with aggra- offense DUI.

Around the state

Mississippi governor-
elect looks to hire for
administration
JACKSON — Mississip-
pi Gov.-elect Tate Reeves
says he is looking to hire
talented and driven people
to work in his administra-
tion.
The Republican was
elected Nov. 5 and begins
his four-year term Jan. 14.
He said during a news
conference Monday that
his focus since the election
is “laying the groundwork
for success.” He said he
wants to improve work-
force training, attract jobs,
improve education and im-
prove public safety.
Reeves says people can
apply for jobs at www.dfa.
ms.gov/reevestransition.
Reeves is the current
lieutenant governor. He
will succeed Republican
Gov. Phil Bryant, who is
finishing a second term.
fatally shot the man when
he would not do what they
told him to do.
Three children were
inside the home, but they
were not injured.
Mississippi Bureau of
Investigation officers is ex-
amining the case, as with
all officer-involved shoot-
ings.
Mississippi road worker
charged with fuel theft
from county
MERIDIAN — A for-
mer Mississippi road work-
er has been arrested on
charges of stealing county
fuel and selling it on the
black market.
The Lauderdale County
Sheriff’s Department says
former county road em-
ployee Jerry Glenn Mor-
gan of Toomsuba is free on
bond after being charged
with embezzlement.
Chief Deputy Ward
Calhoun estimates about
$237,000 in diesel fuel
owned by the county was
taken over a two-year pe-
riod.
He says there were sus-
picions in the past based
on monitoring of an elec-
tronic program, and Mor-
gan was arrested Friday.
It’s unclear whether
Morgan has a lawyer who
could speak on his behalf.
Calhoun says the man was
responsible for fueling and
maintaining county vehi-
cles.
Officials haven’t said
who is suspected of pur-
chasing fuel that was taken
from the county.

Mississippi police
fatally shoot man in
domestic disturbance
HORN LAKE — Mis-
sissippi authorities say at
least one police officer shot
and killed a man who was
being investigated in the
shooting of his own wife.
DeSoto County District
Attorney John Champi-
on tells WMC-TV that a
child in Horn Lake called SOLUNAR TABLE
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911 Tuesday morning to peak-feeding times for fish and game.

Wed. Thurs.
say their father shot their Major
Minor
7:22p
1:24a
8:16p
2:33a
mother. Major 7:49a 8:42a
Minor 3:03p 3:41p
Officers responded Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
to the home and learned

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the man was inside with a
weapon.
Champion says some
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arrangements.
Mr. Taylor was born Feb. 1,
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to the late Sherman Taylor and
Sallie Mae Gates Taylor. He was
a U.S. Army veteran, serving
during the Korean War, and was
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can Bosch. He was a member of
Liberty Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his
wife, Betty Lowe Taylor; and
brother, Lon Taylor.
She was formerly employed with
Lamar County Hospital and was
a member of Kingville Church of
Christ.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her
husband, Billy G. Johnson; and
brothers, James Vice and Ray
Vice.
She is survived by her
daughters, Carolyn Browning
and Vicki Morrow of Florence;
sister, Cynthia Dollar of Kenne-
dy; five grandchildren; and 12
great-grandchildren.
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and will be announced by Lown-
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Man pleads guilty to triple

homicide in Mississippi
31-year-old sentenced to life for each
murder conviction and 20 years
for aggravated assault
The Associated Press
CARROLLTON — A
Mississippi man who ad-
mitted killing his wife and
two other people at a par-
ty pleaded guilty Monday.
Michael Barnhill, 31,
of Winona, pleaded guilty
in Carroll County to three
charges of first-degree
murder and one charge of
aggravated assault.
Circuit Judge Joseph
Loper sentenced Barnhill
to life in prison for each
murder conviction and
20 years for aggravated
assault.
Carroll County Sher-
iff Clint Walker said in
March that Barnhill shot
and killed his wife, Mar-
lee Jones Barnhill, on
March 1, the night before
what would have been
her 27th birthday. Walker
said Barnhill also fatally
shot the party’s hosts, Jim
and Jamie Brooks Harrell.
Walker said the shoot-
ings happened after Mar-
lee Barnhill tried to stop
her husband from driving
drunk.
An indictment said
Barnhill fired at another
woman at the party, Am-
ber Garrard.
The Greenwood Com- Annelle Hochhauser
monwealth reported that Visitation:
Wednesday, Nov. 20 • 9:30-10:30 AM
Marlee Barnhill’s sister, College St. Location
Ashley White, spoke in Graveside Service:
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court Monday.
Friendship Cemetery
“Your series of bad
decisions cost us all so
much. ... The things you
have taken from us are
innumerable,” White told
Michael Barnhill.
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a capital murder charge memorialgunterpeel.com
against Michael Barnhill,
which could have carried
the death penalty.

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Mayo Ruffin, 87, of North- ACROSS
Suspect’s DNA sought in case port, AL, passed away Sunday,
November 17, 2019, at D.C.H.
1 Ollie’s pal
5 Hammer part
9 Spelunking
of UFC fighter’s stepdaughter Regional Medical Center.
Visitation will be Wednes-
day, November 20, 2019, from
sites
11 Be generous
19-year-old last an already scheduled hear-
ing.
1:00-2:00 PM at Lowndes Fu- 12 Ease up
13 Reviled
neral Home. A funeral service
seen on Oct. 23 Yazeed is charged in the will follow at 2:00 PM in the 14 Diner sand-
disappearance of 19-year- chapel, with Bro. Steve Lam- wich
The Associated Press old Aniah Blanchard. She 15 Bringing up
mons officiating. Interment will
was last seen Oct. 23 at a be in Memorial Gardens, with Lowndes Funeral 17 Very hot
AUBURN, Ala. — In- convenience store in Au- 19 Opposition
vestigators are seeking a Home directing.
burn, Alabama. She hasn’t Mr. Ruffin was born May 23, 1932, in Pickens vote
DNA sample from a man been found. 20 Court event
charged in the kidnapping County, AL, to the late Mamie Burgess Ruffin
Her car was later found Dorrah and Horace Newt Ruffin. Mr.Ruffin mar- 21 Sinking signal
of a missing college stu-
abandoned over 50 miles ried the love of his life, Mrs. Betty Jean Wallace, 22 Act the
dent who’s the stepdaugh-
away. Police said the car in Columbus, MS, on May 8, 1964. He was a coquette DOWN 23 Carter’s
ter of UFC heavyweight
Walt Harris. contained evidence that member of many clubs, including Silvertan Club, 24 Light touch 1 Strike defiers successor
Prosecutors on Tues- Blanchard had suffered a Lions Club, Kiawana’s Club, New Hope Service 26 Wedding 2 Laptop’s kin 24 South Dakota
day filed a motion seeking life-threatening injury. Club, Air Base Community Council, 12 Man cover-ups 3 Film set on capital
permission to take a DNA The charging docu- Supper Club, American Legion, VFW, and the 29 Polite ad- Pandora 25 Spanish
sample from Ibraheem Ya- ment says a witness iden- Chittlerling Club. Mr. Ruffin enjoyed spending dress 4 Take home region
zeed. A judge said he will tified 29-year-old Yazeed time with his family, watching car racing, going 30 Getting warm, 5 Blacken 27 Petite
hear arguments on the re- as the man he saw force camping, and was an avid Auburn fan. He attend- so to speak 6 Telemundo 28 Traps
quest Wednesday during Blanchard into a car. ed Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Columbus, MS. He 32 Senate event viewer 29 Knitted wrap
worked for Cash Distributing as a Sales Manager 34 Pitch’s kin 7 Fight sites 30 Muse count
and retired after 48 years. 35 Inert gas 8 Shaped like a 31 Disgusting
In addition to his parents, Mr. Ruffin is preced- 36 Texas player pie slice 33 Goes bad
ed in death by his son, Billy Fowler; and sister, 38 Authored 10 Continuing 37 Take a load
Tiny Shelton. 39 Ohio city story off
Mr. Ruffin is survived by his wife of 55 years, 40 Camera part 11 Carpet type
Betty Jean Wallace Ruffin of Northport, AL; 41 Thomas 16 Pep up
daughters, Mitzi (Mike) Carter of Northport, Hardy heroine 18 Division
AL, and Karen Conklan of Columbus, MS; 21 Mix up
grandchildren, Christy Brackin, Len Bracken,
Matthew (Melanie) Carter and Melissa Carter;
6 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grand-
children.
Pallbearers will be Matthew Carter, Wes
Shelton, Doug Shelton, Tim Derby, Todd Der-
by and Michael Connell. Honorary pallbearers
will be Melissa Carter, Len Brackin and Christy
Brackin.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,
TN 38105.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net

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Report: Mississippi laws cause Are You Ready

‘extreme’ prison sentences
Mississippi has the third-highest imprisonment rate
among U.S. states, after Louisiana and Oklahoma
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi’s ha-
bitual offender laws are causing
“extreme” prison sentences that are
disproportionally affecting African
American men and are costing the
state millions of dollars for decades
of incarceration, according to a
new report by a nonprofit advocacy
group founded by technology and
business executives.
The report released Tuesday by
FWD.us — a group also known as
Forward — says long prison sen-
tences do not improve public safety.
“Deterrence, in the case of long
sentences, is the idea that people
est imprisonment rate among U.S.
states, after Louisiana and Oklaho-
ma, according to the Justice Depart-
ment.
The FWD.us report is based on
information from the Mississippi
Department of Corrections. It says
that in June, Mississippi had 2,635
inmates sentenced as habitual of-
fenders. It says 906 of them were
sentenced at least 20 years in pris-
on, and nearly half of those — 439 —
were sentenced to at least 50 years.
Under habitual offender laws, a
person with previous convictions
can face extra years in prison for
conviction of an additional crime.
The FWD.us report says enhanced
cent of those receiving sentences of
at least 20 years.
“The list of crimes defined as ‘vi-
olent’ in Mississippi law is lengthy
and includes some offenses that do
not involve the use of force against a
person, such as breaking into a ga-
rage,” the report says. “For example,
a person could be sentenced to life
in prison for marijuana possession
if they had one prior conviction for
stealing from a garage and one prior
conviction for drug possession.”
The report is being released
weeks ahead of a new Mississippi
legislative session that begins in
early January. The senior criminal
justice reform director for FWD.
us, Zoe Towns, told The Associated
Press that the report is intended to
spur discussion among lawmakers.
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As Epstein died, guards allegedly shopped online and slept

Prosecutors said security footage minutes, guards Tova
Noel and Michael Thom-
A lawyer for Thom-
as, Montell Figgins, said
confirmed that no one entered the as sat at their desks just
15 feet from Epstein’s cell,
both guards are being
“scapegoated.”
area where Jeffrey Epstein was shopped online for furni- “We feel this is a rush
ture and motorcycles, and to judgment by the U.S.
housed on the night he died walked around the unit’s attorney’s office,” he said.
common area, the indict- “They’re going after the
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, and possibly preventable. ment said. During one low man on the totem pole
LARRY NEUMEISTER “The defendants had a
and TOM HAYS two-hour period, it said, here.”
duty to ensure the safety both appeared to have Noel’s lawyer, Ja-
The Associated Press
and security of federal in- been asleep. son Foy, said he hoped
NEW YORK — Two mates in their care at the Prosecutors said se- to “reach a reasonable
jail guards responsible Metropolitan Correction- curity footage confirmed agreement” with the gov-
for monitoring Jeffrey Ep- al Center,” U.S. Attorney that no one entered the ernment that could avoid
stein the night he killed Geoffrey S. Berman said. area where Epstein was a trial.
himself were sleeping “Instead, they repeatedly housed on the night he Both correctional of-
and browsing the inter- failed to conduct mandat- died — evidence that ficers pleaded not guilty
net instead, according to ed checks on inmates, might also dampen con- Tuesday afternoon and
an indictment released and lied on official forms spiracy theories by peo- were released on $100,000
Tuesday charging the to hide their dereliction.” ple who have questioned bond.
guards with lying on pris- Instead of making re- whether he really took his
on records to cover them- quired rounds every 30 own life.
selves.
The grand jury indict-
ment provides a damning
glimpse of safety lapses
inside a high-security
unit at the Metropolitan
Correctional Center in
New York, where Epstein
had been awaiting trial on
sex trafficking charges.
The indictment, lean-
ing in part on images
from security cameras
on the cell block, also
contains new details rein-
forcing the idea that, for
all the intrigue regarding
Epstein and his connec-
tions to powerful people,
his death was a suicide

Alabama man
charged in killing
of rival college
football fan
The Associated Press

LIT TLEVILLE, Ala.

— An Alabama sheriff
says two football fans “got
into it” while watching the
Louisiana State Univer-
sity-Alabama game and
one is accused of fatally
shooting the other during
a fight.
Colbert County Sheriff
Frank Williamson told the
Florence TimesDaily that
a group gathered to watch
the Nov. 9 game at David
Allen Fulkerson’s home in
Littleville. James Michael
Roland Merritt was cheer-
ing for LSU, who beat Ala-
bama that day 46-41.
Court documents say
the fight escalated when
Fulkerson thought Merritt
called him an expletive.
Williamson says Fulker-
son shot Merritt and add-
ed that alcohol was a “big”
factor. Fulkerson contends
he acted in self-defense
during the fight.
News outlets report
Merritt died Friday after
nearly a week on life sup-
port. Fulkerson is charged
with murder.
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Letters to the editor

Voice of the people
Disheartened
by weakening virtues
Regarding President Trump’s
support of veterans, the President did
sign a bipartisan bill, extending for
one year the 2014 Veterans Choice
Program (a bipartisan action signed by
President Obama). In addition, the new
bill expands the availability of services
outside VA facilities. President Trump
has issued helpful executive orders,
including one that improves protection
for whistleblowers. Most important, the
President acknowledges the sacrifices
of people in the military, doing so with
fanfare. But the depth of this esteem
is not the same for some in the mili-
tary. Those who are members of small
religious groups (such as Muslims) are
often disrespected. Immigrants are
less welcome, in the military and the
nation, though over 65,000 members
of the military are either non-citizens
or naturalized citizens. Transgender
members have been explicitly told they
do not belong. Veterans critical of the
President are made unwelcome, shown
by the President’s responses to unap-
proving military leaders and his dishon-
orable treatment of Senator McCain.
This disregard extends beyond the
military to people in the Intelligence
offices, the State Department, the
Judiciary, federal and state agencies,
organizations of environmentalists,
medical and legal advocates, scientists
and academics. President Trump holds
in disdain anyone who challenges him.
Inclusion in his country is small.
But the worst offense is to values of
decency and gratitude. Civility is dis-
couraged and contempt for public ser-
vice and the law is promoted. I am sad-
dened by how people are being treated,
and I’m disheartened by the weakening
of these virtues. It took generations of
hopes and efforts, learning and reform,
to achieve what we have and are now in
the midst of tearing apart.
Mike Murphy
Columbus
Responding to claims in Gross letter
Gross states President Trump signed
an executive order for Veterans to
receive care outside of the Veterans
Affairs Medical System in Jan. 2018.
He further states that no other presi-
dent has done this, sir.
AP fact check: Trump takes credit
for Obama’s gains for vets.
Trump says he passed a private
sector health care program, Veterans
Choice, after failed attempts by past
presidents for the last “45 years.”
That’s not true.
The Choice program, which allows
Veterans to see doctors outside the
government-run VA system, at tax payer
expense, was first passed in 2014 under
President Barack Obama.
The truth matters but not to Trump.
In the same letter, Gross states Pres-
ident Trump donated his first quarter
salary to the Department of Veteran
affairs in May of 2018.
No other president would do that, sir.
Trump even took it one step farther.
In Jan. 2018, the Trump Foundation
did a fundraising in Iowa just for Veter-
ans.
Last week, a state Judge ordered
President Trump to pay $2 million
in damages to non profit groups on
Thursday after the president admitted
misusing money raised by the Trump
Foundation to promote his presidential
bid, pay off business debts and pur-
chase a portrait of HIMSELF for one of
his hotels.
No other president would do that
either.
It’s ironic that during Trump’s
presidential campaign, he railed against
the Clinton Foundation for being so
corrupt, and now, because of this, the
Trump Foundation has closed.
The truth matters but not to Trump.
Laying hands on Trump doesn’t
seem to be helping him.
He’s lying more than ever.
James E. Hodges
Steens
Feels we are attacking our heroes
I wasn’t clear enough in my chal-
lenge to Mr. Gross, apparently. For the
record, I really meant for him to show
evidence that the architects of the Con-
stitution — meaning those who chiefly
wrote it — meant for the citizens to
pledge blind loyalty to elected officials,
even those with whom they strongly
disagreed. While Mr. Gross did an
excellent job of showing the patriotism
of those who signed the Declaration of
Independence, that’s not what I asked.
Wrong document, wrong question. Mr.
Gross did not provide any examples
of the type I wanted. No matter, there
aren’t any.
New mini-topic: Senator Ron Johnson
(R-Wisconsin), the latest Republican
legislator to imitate a pretzel, wrote a
lengthy — and, in my view, unhinged —
letter Monday to Republican members
of the House Intelligence and Oversight
committees. In it, he attacked Lt. Col.
Alexander Vindman, a veteran of the
Iraq war who was awarded the Purple
Heart and who has since distinguished
himself at the Pentagon so much that
he was selected in 2018 for a post in the
White House as a deputy in the Nation-
al Security Council (NSC). Wow, seems
like impeccable credentials to me.
Senator Johnson first says that “a
significant number of bureaucrats and
staff members within the executive
branch have never accepted President
Trump as legitimate and resent his
unorthodox style and his intrusion onto
their turf.” Fair enough. As much as I
think that statement is nuts, conspir-
acies have happened on occasion. But
then Johnson goes into hyperdrive —
and, in my view, all the way to crazy
town — by saying that “it is entirely
possible that Vindman fits this pro-
file.” Well, I suppose. It is also entirely
possible that there are five tons of gold
bullion buried in my back yard, but I
wouldn’t bet on it.
I am willing to bet, though, that most
people would look at Vindman and say,
“Hmmm. Lifetime of service. Nearly
got killed in Iraq. Trusted to work in
the White House. I think I can believe
this man.” Because, if you can’t believe
someone with Vindman’s credentials,
then who could you believe? If you dis-
credit people like Vindman then there
is nowhere left for us, as a country, to
stand.
Paul Mack
Columbus

Namaste
Human nature and celebrity
The major religious faiths believe
that God created this wonderful uni-
verse and then He made Adam and
Eve within seven days. They were
in the Garden of Eden but they did
something wrong one day. Tempt-
ed by Satan they ate fruits from a
forbidden tree. The first humans
committed the first sin, thus they
were thrown out of Eden Garden.
Maybe that’s why the English poet,
Alexander Pope wrote, “to err is
human.” Jiben Roy
There are traffic rules and laws
practiced all over the world, and
people accept them. But still there are accidents every day.
Someone is bound to make mistakes.
In this earthly world, there are many people in different
fields who become a role models for others. In fact, the role
model can be celebrities political leaders, artists, writers,
academics, scientists, technologists, businessmen or even re-
ligious personalities. People want to see everything perfect in
their role models. But in reality, many celebrities abuse their
power by committing adultery, tax evasion, academic fraud or
other sins.
People admire an honest political leader, but how would
you feel if you find that the leader is connected in unethical
works? What about when the artist or writer you like so much
is convicted of a horrible crime?
You won’t find a perfect human. In this day of digital jour-
nalism, no one can hide anything. However, there is law of the
land and there is unethical activity that may be or may not be
illegal.
Think about the Jeffrey Epstein’s saga! He saved many
celebrities by killing himself. Did he kill himself?
Why did he commit suicide? Was it because of guilt, shame
or embarrassment? Fully knowing the criminal nature of acts,
people still do them.
I find the word “whistleblower” fascinating. Certain
wrong-doings become exposed. I wonder why someone didn’t
come forward to expose the activities of Epstein much earlier.
It’s an underworld activity, so it’s possible a whistleblow-
er’s life will be in danger. We know there is a United Nations
Commission on Human Rights. Similarly, the UN should
encourage the whistleblowing process in every country and
whistleblowers should be given international protection.
Like guilt and shame, I think humans are being trapped by
two un-denying lusts: sex and money.
Knowing the facts of what happened to Epstein, there are
still people who are involved in the same business. Even in the
future there will be a new Epstein doing similar activities.
It’s interesting whenever someone does shameful or guilty
acts, they think there is no way people will find it. Time
changes, so does technology, and also people become smart-
er. Who would have thought there would be a #metoo move-
ment resulting in so many celebrities in all fields disappearing
in a short amount of time? Some are in jail too.
Humans are bound to do mistakes because this is in their
genetic code, whether it is coming from Adam and Eve or
nature.
But the uncertainty remains. People can die any time. I am
sure this uncertainty makes people more conscious regarding
guilt and shame. The ordinary common people don’t want to
leave this world with a bad reputation. Truly speaking, major-
ity common people are honest, God loving and try hard not to
do mistakes. Who wouldn’t be overwhelmed when you read a
survey results where 11 out of 12 wallets dropped in Finland’s
capital found their way back to their owners?
Jiben Roy, a native of Bangladesh, teaches chemistry and
pharmaceutical sciences at Mississippi University for Women.
His email address is royjiben@yahoo.com.
State of the nation
Barriers zigzag across America like a scar
A few words about
walls.
Unsurprisingly, the
one Donald Trump is
trying to build on the
southern border — the
one he swore Mexico
would pay for — has
proven, like most things
he touches, an embar-
rassing failure. First
came news early this
month that smugglers Leonard Pitts
have been able to cut
through the barrier with a simple reciprocating
saw, available at Home Depot for prices starting
at less than $100. Then, TBS’ “Full Frontal with
Samantha Bee” aired a segment demonstrating
that the wall, which Trump has said “can’t be
climbed,” can actually be climbed in as little as 15
seconds and by climbers as young as eight.
Maybe Mexico should demand a refund.
In the meantime, and with much less fanfare,
construction continues on a wall of much fur-
ther-reaching consequences. You see, while the
wall on the border is supposed to repel immi-
grants and smugglers, this one repels something
many of us find even more threatening: contradic-
tory opinions. Consider three recent news stories:
n In Washington, the White House announc-
es it will cancel government subscriptions to
The Washington Post and New York Times. The
administration calls it a cost-saving measure, but
the truth is obvious. Trump famously hates both
newspapers.
n In Citrus County, Florida, county commis-
sioners reject the local library’s request for a
digital subscription to The Times. Says Commis-
sioner Scott Carnahan, “Fake news, OK, I agree
with President Trump. I don’t want the New York
Times in this county.”
n In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the library reports
that an unknown patron has been hiding books
critical of Trump and conservatism, deliberately
mis-shelving them in other sections of the library.
As that person explained in a note, “I am going to
continue hiding these books in the most obscure
places I can find to keep this propaganda out of
the hands of young minds.”
The sheer snowflakery of all this cannot, of
course, be overstated. And yes, it reeks of an-
ti-intellectualism, that proud, bullyboy ignorance
that has too often fed books — and bodies — into
bonfires.
But this also speaks to barriers of intellectual
— and emotional — separation that now zig-
zag across America like a scar, splitting towns,
colleges, churches, workplaces, friendships and
families. Nor is the barrier only being built from
one side. As liberal college students demand “safe
spaces” and “trigger warnings” so they won’t
have to confront contradiction of their beliefs, it
becomes painfully clear this wall is a bipartisan
project. And that should concern us all.
This is no argument for false equivalence, nor
even for civility. But it is an argument for intellec-
tual freedom — for honoring people’s sacred right
to speak and to hear.
The genius of America has always been that
it believed in the marketplace of ideas, believed
we should have access to the broadest possible
range, and that if we did, we would, more often
than not, choose the good over the bad, the right
over the wrong, the intelligent over the stupid.
Yes, that trust has been sorely tested lately,
but is the answer to abandon it completely? To do
so would be to abandon everything that makes
this country worth the trouble. To do so would be
craven and un-American. As in commissioners
of a podunk Florida county defending its citizens
from The New York Times.
One doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
That wall Trump is trying to build against immi-
grants will go down as an expensive boondoggle.
But you know what will cost us more in the long
run?
Any wall we build against ourselves.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer
Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami
Herald. Email him at lpitts@miamiherald.com.
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News about town

CLUBS
n AARP COLUMBUS
AARP meets the first Wednes-
day of each month at 10 a.m.
in the Community Room of
Regions Bank, Main Street, Co-
lumbus. Programs are geared
to the needs and interests of
seniors 50 and up. For more in-
formation, call 662-889-9496.
n AARP STARKVILLE
AARP Starkville meets the first
Thursday of each month at 10
a.m. in the Community Room
of Cadence Bank, West Main
Street, Starkville. Speaker will
be Richard Harkness with MSU
Department of Plant and Soil
Science. For information, call
Eileen Carr-Tabb, 662-312-
3431.
n EAST LIONS CLUB
The Columbus East Lions Club
meets every second and fourth
Monday of the month at 65
Airline Road. For more infor-
mation, call 662-549-3421 or
662-574-7552.
n HOST LIONS CLUB
The Columbus Host Lions Club
meets every Friday at noon
at EMCC Lion Hills Center for
a buffet lunch and business
gathering.
n POSSUM TOWN
TOASTMASTERS
Possum Town Toastmasters
meet every Friday at 7 a.m. at
the Church of Christ, Co-
lumbus. To become a better
communicator and leader, call
662-549-3483.
n POSSUM TOWN
QUILTERS
Possum Town Quilters meet
at 9:30 a.m. the second and
fourth Saturdays of each
month at the Rosenzweig Arts
Center (lower level), 501 Main
St., Columbus. Check us out at
possumtownquilters.blogspot.
com.
n LOWNDES REPUBLICAN
WOMEN
Lowndes County Republican
Women meets the second
Tuesday of each month at the
Lion Hills Center, 2331 Military
Road. Buffet line opens at
11:15 a.m., with call to order
at noon.
n GT QUILTERS GUILD
The Golden Triangle Quilters
Guild meets at 5:30 p.m. every
third Thursday at the Starkville
Sportsplex Activities Building.
■ BREAKFAST WITH THE
BULLDOGS
MSU alumni, friends are invited
to Breakfast with the Bulldogs
on second Thursdays each
month at Starkville Café. Dutch
treat breakfast 7:30 a.m.
Contact Carol Moss Read at
carolmoss@bellsouth.net or
662-312-0637.
■ DULCIMER PLAYERS
Friendly City Strummers meet
twice monthly to practice and
teach others to play dulcimers.
Join for $10/year for the whole
family. Dulcimers available to
borrow. Contact David Saum,
662-386-6836 or DrSaum@
cableone.net, or the Switzers,
662-312-6025.
n TOPS
Take Off Pounds Sensibly
No. 288 meets Tuesdays at
Community Baptist Church,
Yorkville Road East, Columbus.
Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m.
Contact Pat Harris, 662-386-
0249.
n TOPS
Take Off Pounds Sensibly No.
270 meets Thursdays at 4370
Cal-Kolola Road, Caledonia.
Weigh-in begins at 5-5:30 p.m.
Contact Michelle Holliman,
662-386-3650.
n SENIOR CRAFTS
Senior Crafts meets at the
Starkville Sportsplex Tuesdays,
10-11:30 a.m. Crafts provided
by the parks department. For
information, call Lisa Cox, 662-
323-2294.
n QUILTING CLUB
Quilting Club meets in the
activities room adjacent to the
multi-purpose facility at the
Starkville Sportsplex Thurs-
days 10 a.m.-noon. Bring your
own project to work on. For
information, call Lisa Cox, 662-
323-2294.
n FREE PSA
SCREENINGS
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
free prostate PSA screenings
for men over 40. Screenings
are every other month. No
screenings for November or De-
cember. To make an appoint-
ment or for more information,
call 662-244-4673.
n CPR CLASSES
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
CPR classes for the community
at 6 p.m. in the Patient Tower.
Preregistration required. Call
the Education Department,
662-244-2498.
n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
Childbirth and Breastfeeding
classes each month, 6 p.m.,
in room 6, near the Gift Shop,
$20. For information or to reg-
ister, call 662-386-5592.
n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Emerson Family Center in
Starkville offers Childbirth
classes from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
every Tuesday. For more infor-
mation, call 662-320-4907.
n CANCER SUPPORT
Baptist Cancer Center hosts
a support group for cancer
survivors and their families,
noon-1 p.m. the third Friday of
every month. Lunch provided.
For information and location,
call 662-244-2923.
■ DIABETES SUPPORT
Baptist Golden Triangle hosts
day classes for Diabetes
Support on third Wednesdays
of each month, 10-11 a.m.
in Patient Tower room 6. For
information, call Lacy Smith,
662-244-1392.
n CARING FOR THE
CAREGIVER
This support group for caregiv-
ers meets at 11:30 a.m. Nov.
21 at First United Methodist
Church, 602 Main St., Colum-
bus. A study of the book “No
Act of Love is Ever Wasted:
The Spirituality of Caring for
Persons with Dementia” is
underway.
n ABUSE RECOVERY
GROUP
A Domestic Abuse Recovery
Group meets Thursdays at 6
p.m. through Safe Haven Inc.
Group counseling for rape
recovery is available. For infor-
mation, call 662-327-6118.
n BAPTIST VOLUNTEERS
Baptist Golden Triangle
seeks caring, compassion-
ate volunteers to help in a
variety of hospital settings. For
information, call Lisa Bow-
ers,662-244-1165.
n DRUG/ALCOHOL
INTERVENTION
Narconon offers drug and
alcohol interventions. For free
screenings or referrals, call
1-800-431-1754.
n GOLDEN TRIANGLE AA
Golden Triangle AA meets
daily for support. If you want to
drink, that is your business. If
you want to stop drinking, that
is our business. For informa-
tion, call 662-327-8941.
n AL-ANON MEETING
The Columbus Al-Anon Family
Groups meet Mondays and
Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. When
you don’t know where to turn
because someone drinks too
much, we can help. For infor-
mation, call 888-425-2666 or
go to msafg.org.
OTHER EVENTS
n MENNONITE DISASTER
SERVICE
The Mennonite Disaster Ser-
vice will be in Columbus Nov.
20-21 to assist storm victims
with such as roof replacement,
indoor repairs and yard work.
For more information, contact
Community Recovery of Lown-
des County, communityrecove-
rylowndes@gmail.com.
n SENIOR CITIZEN
THANKSGIVING
The Columbus Recreation
Department, Columbus Police
Department and Columbus
Fire Department will deliver
meals for 25th Annual Senior
Citizen’s Thanksgiving Program
Nov. 28. Meals may also be
picked up at Stokes Beard
Magnet School, Columbus. For
information, call Sherry Ellis,
706-992-4499.
n VEGAN FOOD FESTIVAL
The Mississippi Live Vegan
Food Festival is 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Nov. 30 at 760 Starkville Rd.
in Crawford. Special guests
are Cindy Ayers of Foot Print
Farms and celebrity chef Andre
Rush. Free event. Vendors and
attendees register at https://
msvegfest.eventbrite.com. For
more information, call 662-
242-8906 or email, healing-
springsfarmacyms@gmail.com.
n WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
DAY MAKES
The G.V. Sonny Montgomery
Center for America’s Veterans
is among nonprofits participat-
ing in the “What A Difference
A Day Makes” program. Voting
is open through Nov. 30. Win-
ner will receive $5,000 grant
from Region’s Bank. To vote,
visit regions.doingmoretoday.
com. For more information,
call Jennifer Elmore, 334-240-
1220.
n FALL CLOTHES DRIVE
The Starkville Oktibbeha
Consolidated School District
hosts its Fall Clothes Drive now
through Dec. 6. Donations will
benefit and be accepted at all
SOCSD elementary and middle
schools. New or gently-used
dress-code clothing, sizes
infant to adult XXL, hygiene
items and more needed.
n ARTESIA CHRISTMAS
PARADE
The Artesia Christmas Parade
is 6 p.m. Dec. 5 in downtown
Artesia. All floats, cars, trucks,
bands, etc. are welcome. Cash
door prizes will be given away.
For more information, call 662-
272-5104.
n CALEDONIA
CHRISTMAS PARADE
The Caledonia Christmas
Parade is 6 p.m. Dec. 7. The
theme is “What Christmas
Means To Me“. For more infor-
mation or to request an entry
form for floats, organizations,
clubs, antique cars, etc., call
Duane Perkins, 662-436-1385
or Caledonia Town Hall, 662-
356-4117.
n FREE NOTARY
SERVICES
Reach 1 Teach 1 Outreach
Ministries offers free notary
services in December for indi-
viduals, businesses and citizen
services. For more information,
call 870-627-2859 or 662-425-
1816.
n DISASTER LEGAL
ASSISTANCE
The Young Lawyers Division
Disaster Legal Services
Committee of The Mississippi
Bar, in conjunction with FEMA,
American Bar Association
Young Lawyers Division, Mis-
sissippi Emergency Manage-
ment Agency and Mississippi
Center for Legal Services,
provides free disaster legal
assistance efforts to those
affected by recent storms in
Clay, Humphreys, Issaquena,
Lowndes, Monroe, Sharkey,
Warren and Yazoo Counties
from Feb. 22-March 29. Call
1-877-691-6185 Monday-Fri-
day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
n BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Starkville
Library Book Sale is the first
Monday of each month at the
Starkville Public Library, 326
University Drive.

Health Notes
n LUNCH AND LEARN
The Great American Smoke
Out 2020, a Lunch and Learn
session with Mississippi
Tobacco Free Coalition Project
Director Yolanda Pruitt, is
noon-1 p.m. Nov. 21 in the first
floor classroom, OCH Regional
Medical Center, Starkville.
Blood pressure screenings,
fitness activities information
and healthy diet counseling
available.
n FREE MAMMOGRAMS
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
free mammogram screenings
to area women 35 or above,
have no insurance coverage,
or live in Lowndes, Oktibbeha,
Clay, Monroe or Chickasaw
counties. Walk-ins accepted.
To see if you qualify or for more
information, call 662-244-
2979.
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Columbus woman pleads

to stealing $80K from parents
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Columbus wom-
an will spend five
years in prison after
she pleaded guilty
last week to stealing
$80,000 from her par-
ents.
Darlene McKinley
Thompson, 59, plead- Thompson
ed to exploitation of a vulnerable
adult in Lowndes County Circuit
Court Friday, according to an Attor-
ney General’s Office press release.
Judge Jim Kitchens sentenced
Thompson to 10 years in Mississip-
pi Department of Corrections, with
five years to serve and five suspend-
ed.
Thompson’s parents are now de-
ceased, the press release said.
“Unfortunately, these types of
cases are more common, and they
are often difficult to prove due to
the victim’s medical state and be-
cause family members may even-
tually have a right to the funds,”
said Attorney General Jim Hood
in the press release. “It’s import-
ant for families to make sure they
are taking proper measures before
drawing money from a loved one’s
account, such as having in writing
who has access and by keeping a
check on the bank account activity
to prevent fraud by another family
member.”

Voting suit challenges Mississippi law on citizenship proof

Lawsuit challenges law requiring naturalized U.S. citizens
to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote
By EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A new
federal lawsuit challeng-
es a Jim Crow-era law in
Mississippi that requires
naturalized U.S. citizens
to show proof of citizen-
ship when they register to
vote.
The lawsuit was filed
Monday by the Missis-
sippi Immigrants Rights
Alliance.
A Mississippi law en-
acted in 1924 requires
naturalized citizens to
show a certificate of natu-
ralization or another sim-
ilar document that proves
citizenship when they reg-
ister to vote. Mississippi
residents born in the U.S.
must only check a box on
a voter-registration form
to say they are citizens.
The lawsuit says the
system is unconstitution-
al because it treats one
group of citizens different-
ly from others.
The Lawyers’ Commit-
tee for Civil Rights Under
Law and the Mississip-
pi Center for Justice are
among the groups repre-
senting the plaintiffs. The
Lawyers’ Committee said
in a news release that Mis-
sissippi is the only state
that requires naturalized
citizens to prove citizen-
ship before registering to
vote.
“The Fourteenth
Amendment’s Equal Pro-
tection Clause itself draws
no distinction between cit-
izens born or naturalized
in the United States. In
the eyes of the Constitu-
tion, they are one and the
same,” the lawsuit says.
“Naturalized citizens are
American citizens in ev-
ery sense of the term, and
they must be treated as
such.”
The lawsuit is filed
against Secretary of State
Delbert Hosemann, who is
the state’s chief elections
officer. Hosemann de-
clined to comment on the
lawsuit Monday, spokes-
woman Anna Moak said.

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uary, Stafford said.
The amphitheater,
named after the late Dis-
trict 17 state senator,
included a 42-by-56-foot
stage in phase 1.
The original plans
called for the state to fund
the entire project through
the Legislature’s annu-
al bond program. The
project received $2.1 mil-
lion in 2015 and another
$1.1 million in 2016, but
the Legislature did not
approve funding for the
project in its 2017 or 2018
sessions.
Councilman Joseph
Mickens, of Ward 2, asked
Stafford if there is a time
frame for completion, and
Stafford said the facility
needs seating, restrooms
and concessions before it
can be open to the public
for paid events.
“It’s an open-air grass
amphitheater right now,
so it won’t bring in any
Mickens Armstrong
more revenue as it stands
today,” Stafford said.
The council also ap-
proved a contract with
C Spire to bring gigabit
internet, live streaming
television service and
home telephone service
to Columbus residents at
no cost to the city. The
agreement lasts 10 years
and allows for a possible
10-year renewal, Chief
Operating Officer David
Armstrong said.
Lowndes County ap-
proved a 25-year franchise
agreement with C Spire
in August. In return, the
county will receive 5 per-
cent of customer revenue it gives the citizens of Co-
from C Spire’s television lumbus another option,”
service. Armstrong said he said.
C Spire made a similar Conflict disclosure:
initial proposal to the city, Managing Editor Zack
but the city hired a ne- Plair took part in editing
gotiator that added more this article. He is currently
revenue to the contract, involved in legal proceed-
eliminated automatic re- ings with the city of Colum-
newals and “didn’t leave bus.
anything on the table.”
The city will receive a
percentage of customer
revenue, Armstrong said,
though he did not have an
estimated dollar amount.
The city already has a
15-year cable franchise
lease with Sparklight,
formerly Cable One, that
began in May 2014. The
agreement produced
$186,000 in city revenue
the first year but had
dropped to $132,000 by
the fourth year, Arm-
strong said.
“(The C Spire contract)
is good for two reasons: it
gives us more income and

Sims
Continued from Page 1A
mischief and domestic
violence, according to Co-
lumbus Municipal Court
documents. The docu-
ments say that on Nov. 11,
Sims grabbed a woman
by the arm and pushed
her into a car, where she
struck her head. The
report also says Sims
punched a car windshield,
causing less than $1,000
worth of damage.
Several days later, Mu-
nicipal Judge Gary Good-
win signed a warrant for
Sims’ arrest.
Sims was not on duty
or acting in his official
capacity at the time of the
incident. It involved a per-
sonal vehicle.
A MHP spokesperson
confirmed Sims is an
MHP trooper, but did not
release further details.
Sims has been released
from Lowndes County
Adult Detention Center
on recognizance.

Boyles
Continued from Page 1A
one that is playing an ev-
er-increasing role on the
world stage.
Units like the 155th
Armor Brigade based at
Camp Shelby have served
numerous Middle East
deployments, including in
combat zones. Mississip-
pi National Guard engi-
neers and an air defense
artillery unit are involved
in the Defender 2020
mission, Boyles said, in
which American forces
are “showing a posture of
strength” along Eastern
Europe’s border with Rus-
sia for the first time since
the mid-1980s.
The Mississippi Na-
tional Guard even hosts
two air wings — in Merid-
ian and Jackson, respec-
tively — and three C-17
large cargo planes based
in Jackson were involved
in the raid that killed ISIS
leader Abu Bakr al-Bagh-
dadi in Syria last month.
“Mississippi is not just
this strategic force the
national armed services
uses,” he said. “We are an
operational force.”
But because the Na-
tional Guard consists
of citizen soldiers — as
opposed to active duty
professional soldiers —
deploying them overseas
means taking them from
their communities, fami-
lies and jobs.
“So when you mobilize
the National Guard, you
take the nation with you,”
he said.
Boyles also briefly
touched on plans for the
state’s National Guard ar-
mories.
Since he’s become ad-
jutant general, the Missis-
sippi National Guard has
reduced from 84 to 68 ar-
mories, with plans to get
down to 58 over the next
year, a number that will
accommodate its force of
10,000 soldiers.
They did it by divest-
ing old armories to local
governments where they
were built.
“We had cities (and
counties) that wanted ar-
mories back for school
systems. Some of them
wanted them for mainte-
nance facilities,” he said.
“One of them actually
wanted it for a grocery
store. … They rented the
facility to a grocery store
chain for $1.”
About every four years,
Boyles said, the guard
needs to build a new ar-
mory. Also, this year the
Legislature appropriated
$4 million to upgrade ex-
isting facilities, he said.
“You need to be divest-
ing those federally fund-
ed facilities back to the
communities and build
new ones,” Boyles said.
“That needs to be a con-
tinuing process and we
haven’t really done a good
job of that the last 20 or 30
years.”
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Sharpshooting New Hope boys improve to 2-0 in rout
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
NEW HOPE — New
Hope senior Gabe Dick-
erson will shoot from any-
where if it’s far enough.
From the corner. From
the top of the key. Even
from the “T” in the word
Trojans, emblazoned in
black paint several feet
behind the 3-point line
on the right wing of New
Hope’s home court.
“I’ve gotta stop doing
that because it is kind of
out of hand,” Dickerson
said. “It’s kind of like a
habit.”
But on Tuesday,
against Alabama foe La-
mar County, the Trojans
were happy to support
their teammate’s habit.
Dickerson made four of
the team’s 10 3-pointers,
including three in quick
succession in the second
quarter, and New Hope
piled on the points to rout
Lamar County 84-31.
“That’s pretty much
our game,” Dickerson
said. “We’ll kick and pop
3s.”
Forced to undertake
that style of play due to
size (or lack thereof), the
Trojans found the shoot-
ing stroke they lacked in a
67-47 win over Northeast
Lauderdale last week.
“Our first game, we
didn’t shoot it very well,
so we concentrated a lot
on that,” New Hope coach
Drew McBrayer said. “I
thought we did a lot better
job this time.”
With hot shooting
from the outset, the Tro-
jans were able to stick to
what they do best.
“We’re gonna push the
floor really hard, we’re
gonna get up and down
the floor really fast, and
we’re gonna shoot a bunch
of 3s,” McBrayer said.
The strategy worked
from the start, as New
Hope (2-0) went on a
19-0 run in the first quar-
ter to separate from the
Bulldogs. A 3-ball from
AJ Brownlee capped the
streak and put New Hope
ahead 24-4, and the Tro-
jans led 29-6 at the end of
the quarter.
MSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Schaefer remaining patient with young squad after postgame outburst
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — ly and with rebounding,”
Less than 24 hours after
Mississippi State coach
Vic Schaefer offered a
sermon on his team’s ef-
fort following Monday’s
122-82 win over Troy, he
hopped behind the podi-
um once more.
Speaking with more
than 150 fans on the sec-
ond floor of the Mize Pa-
vilion for the first of his
weekly luncheons, he
revisited the postgame
spiel.
“It felt like someone
died in there, y’all,” he
said — only half kidding.
While he didn’t belea-
guer the point, Schaefer’s
message was clear — his
squad’s talent is there,
but the maturity remains
a work in progress.
New Hope’s Tyler Terry shoots the ball as Lamar County’s Collin Hassell attempts
to block the shot during a game Tuesday night at New Hope. New Hope defeated
Lamar County 84-31.
“We knew we had to
come out early with a lot
of energy and try to put it
away early and just play
our game,” senior guard
RL Mattix said.
The sizable margin al-
lowed McBrayer to give
his whole bench play-
ing time — every Tro-
jan played at least some
during the first half, a
sign of some welcome
breathing room for New
Hope.
Dickerson was one of
the Trojans’ reinforce-
ments off the bench, and
McBrayer was glad to see
the scoring he brought.
“When you can bring
a kid off the bench that
comes in and shoots the
ball that well, it’s really
nice,” McBrayer said. “I
thought he played a good
game tonight.”
Mississippi State’s Jessika Carter shoots over Troy’s Kate Rodgers during the
second quarter of Monday’s game in Starkville.
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tory of the season.
“We wanted to get
high-percentage shots
and do that through our
tempo — find the opening
whether it was attacking
or kicking to somebody,”
Christy said. “Getting
that tempo, getting that
early lead set the tone for
the rest of the game.”
The Bulldogs man-
aged just two late buck-
ets in the first quarter,
which ended with New
Hope ahead 19-4. Lamar
County cut the deficit a
bit in the second thanks
to too many “frustration
fouls” called on the Tro-
jans, Christy said. He had
to sit three of his start-
ers during the quarter
thanks to foul trouble.
“That’s what sparked
them coming back: We
weren’t able to get the
tempo on offense because
we were running a bunch
of subs,” Christy said.
The Trojans’ bench
— emptied plenty in the
blowout — did admira-
bly, though, giving their
coach reliable options
outside of the starting
five.
And when the sec-
ond half began, New
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff Hope went right back to
the things with which it
found success in the first
quarter. The Trojans out-
Dickerson’s long-range vastly different from last scored the Bulldogs 16-2
accuracy complement- year’s 2-9 opening; the in the third quarter.
ed the steady scoring Trojans lost each of their “We hustled more,” se-
of senior guards Mattix first four games. For that, nior center Juquala Sher-
and Jaylen Smith. Smith Mattix was grateful. rod said. “We pushed it
scored 17 points, includ- “It’s a better start than more.”
ing one 3-pointer. last year,” he said. Sherrod and junior
Mattix made two shots guard Anna Prince tied
from deep and finished for the team lead with
with 14 points, though 16
New Hope girls 58, 10 points apiece. Junior
Lamar County 26
was within reach. In the forward Reed McGlothin
All week, New Hope
third quarter, freshman and seniors India Mays
girls basketball coach
LJ Hackman tried an al- and Imoni Harris each
Nick Christy stressed to
ley-oop off the backboard scored eight.
his team the importance The team effort let the
to Mattix, but he couldn’t
finish it. of high-percentage shots. Bulldogs coast to their
“We do it in practice,” On Tuesday, in a blow- first win of the season
Mattix said. out win over Lamar Coun- after losing a lead late
The miss was mean- ty, it was clear the Trojans against Northeast Lau-
ingless, as New Hope held listened. derdale last Tuesday.
a 65-20 lead. Not long af- They pushed the pace “To know we can play
ter, a running clock was early, didn’t settle for con- well as a team gives us
enacted thanks to the tested layups or distant more confidence for later
mercy rule, and the Tro- jumpers, and ran out to on in the season,” Sher-
jans kept the pressure on a 19-0 lead over the Bull- rod said.
to win 84-31. dogs. It was smooth sail- The Trojans will face
That gives New Hope ing from there: New Hope Noxubee County at home
a 2-0 start to its season, won 58-26 for its first vic- on Monday.
“We are skilled offen-
sively — we need to do
work on things defensive-
he said Monday. “It is
early, only November, so
I always have to keep that
in mind.”
Just four games into
the season, it’s still early
to draw many meaningful
conclusions from MSU’s
efforts, but the Bulldogs
do remain a team that
is fresh-faced and wide-
eyed as they replace
three starters from last
season’s Elite Eight team.
Speaking with the
media following the lun-
cheon, Schaefer pointed
to freshman guard Ali-
yah Matharu’s instinct to
crash the boards despite
playing point guard as
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
an example of the learn-
See Schaefer, 3B
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
MISSISSIPPI STATE
B
SECTION
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NOTEBOOK
Bulldogs
prepping for
neutral site
tourney
By GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — For
the first time this season,
the Mississippi State
men’s basketball team is
going on the road.
Well, kind of.
The Bulldogs will play
three games in four days
at the Myrtle Beach In-
vitational at Coastal Car-
olina’s HTC Center in
Conway, South Carolina,
starting with Tulane at 1
p.m. Thursday.
Depending on the re-
sult of MSU’s matchup
against the Green Wave,
the Bulldogs will either
play No. 17 Villanova or
Middle Tennessee in the
afternoon Friday. They’ll
take Saturday off before
playing one of Utah,
Coastal Carolina, Ohio
or Baylor on Sunday at a
time to be determined.
“There’s a lot of bene-
fits (to this tournament),”
MSU coach Ben How-
land said. “You’re play-
ing really good teams
on a neutral court. A lot
of teams don’t want to
play a home-and-home.
They don’t want to come
to Starkville, and I don’t
want to go to Philadel-
phia. So you get three
games where you stay in
the same place. It’s good
for camaraderie for the
players.”
Meanwhile, crowds
could be small for MSU’s
games, considering the
Bulldogs couldn’t play
tournament host Coastal
Carolina until the final
day of the tournament.
“You just have to bring
your own energy,” MSU
guard Tyson Carter said
of playing in neutral site
tournaments.
Regardless of the out-
come of Game 1, How-
land and the rest of the
coaching staff are going
to have a quick turn-
around to game plan for
Villanova or Middle Ten-
nessee State.
“When you play that
second game, there’s
not a whole lot of prepa-
ration for it in terms
of going through their
stuff,” Howland said.
“Especially when you’re
playing in the afternoon
the next day. We’ll do a
walkthrough that night
after we play Tulane and
probably do one in the
morning as well.”
MSU will stick to its
eight-man rotation for
the tournament, and like-
ly won’t make any adjust-
ments to players’ min-
utes despite the packed
schedule.
“The toughest part
is playing three games
in four days,” Howland
said. “It’s a lot of games
all scrunched together.
We’re playing eight guys,
and those guys are play-
ing a lot of minutes. I am
happy it’s not like the
SEC Tournament where
there’s no off day in be-
tween. That day off on
Saturday helps all teams,
and it helps the health
and safety of the players.”
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BRIEFLY COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Women’s College Basketball
Southern Miss beats Ole Miss in Hattiesburg
A back-and-forth fourth quarter resulted in a big
home win for the Southern Miss women’s basket-
Buffen, Tyree double up to send Ole Miss past Seattle
ball team against visiting Ole Miss on Tuesday in The Associated Press a jumper by Luis Rodri- hawks struggled offen- The Rebels finished 4 of in each of their four
Hattiesburg. guez, for a 52-24 lead sively, shooting 16 of 56 17 (23.5 percent) from season-opening wins at
The Eagles (4-1) used a 7-0 run in the middle of the OXFORD — The with 11:09 left. Buffen (28.6%) from the field the 3-point line and a home. This time it was
quarter to storm back and take the lead. They held on Ole Miss Rebels had had a game-high eight and 4 of 17 (23.5%) from season-best 19 of 22 a 21-5 run, highlighted
for a 59-53 victory. two different defensive
“What a great basketball game,” Southern Miss rebounds, while Tyree 3-point range. (86.4 percent) from the by Tyree and reserve
head coach Joye Lee-McNelis said in a news release performances in a 65- added a game-high five Ole Miss outre- free-throw line. freshman guard Austin
from the school. “Unbelievable basketball game by two 52 win over Seattle on assists. bounded the Redhawks Crowley, that built an
very, very good basketball teams early in the year. We Tuesday, and it did not
were just fortunate enough to be able to win.” go unnoticed by coach
“After we built the 39-31. Big picture insurmountable 30-14
Senior Shonte Hailes scored 17 points for Southern lead, we seemed to lose “Virginia is the Seattle: The Red- lead. Ole Miss has been
Kermit Davis. impressive in racing
Miss, making 7 of 12 field goals. our way, and we just top defensive team in hawks managed only
“For 29 minutes, we
For the Rebels (2-2), Dominique Banks had 13 didn’t compete. Seattle America, but Ole Miss two field goals, 2-of- to a 4-0 start, but the
points, and Jayla Alexander had 11. guarded them at the
kept playing hard,” Da- is top five,” Seattle 18 shooting, during a non-conference sched-
The Eagles will kick off the Lady Eagle Classic level we expect,” Davis
in Hattiesburg with their next game, a Nov. 29 contest vis said. “Things are re- coach Jim Hayford said. 12-minute stretch in the ule increases in diffi-
said. “In the final eight
against Mississippi Valley State. ally fixing to change in “It’s so hard to score on first half that settled the culty immediately with
minutes or so, I was em-
Ole Miss’ next game is at 2 p.m. Saturday against the next two weeks with them. Our men battled issue. three consecutive road
Louisiana Tech in Oxford. barrassed as I’ve been
the teams we’re about and finished, but you’ve Physically, Hayford’s games.
as head coach here by
the way we played.” to play. The schedule got to give Ole Miss club did not appear over-
EMCC suffers first loss at Wildcat Classic goes up. We will com- credit. They were good matched and has a solid Up next
The East Mississippi Community College women’s Ole Miss (4-0) was
basketball team lost for the first time this season never seriously threat- pete. We won’t make last year. They’re better inside-outside combina- Seattle: The Red-
Monday at the Pearl River Community College Wildcat ened as KJ Buffen and that mistake again.” this year.” tion with 6-foot-9 Myles hawks face Bucknell in
Classic in Poplarville. Terrell Brown scored Ole Miss shot 21 of Carter and Brown, the the NIT Season Tip-Off
A late offensive foul called on EMCC sealed a
Breein Tyree scored
61-57 loss to host Pearl River. 13 and 10 points, re- 17 points for Seattle 49 (43 percent) from the offensive leader in ev- on in Orlando, Fla. On
Taylor Lattimore led the Lions (4-1) in scoring spectively. The Rebels (2-4), 10 in the second field, including a 1-for- ery statistical category. Monday.
with 18 points. Ja’Mia Hollings recorded her third dou- led 30-17 at halftime half, and the Redhawks 10 stretch in the final Ole Miss: The Reb- Ole Miss: Visits No.
ble-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Topazia and by as many as 28 closed the game with a four minutes after the els have put together 16 Memphis on Satur-
Hawkins scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
The Lions will host Coastal Alabama–North at 5:30 points, the final time on 17-2 run. But the Red- issue had been decided. decisive scoring spurts day.
p.m. Friday in Scooba.

Men’s College Basketball

EMCC stays unbeaten at Wildcat Classic
The East Mississippi Community College men’s
Southern Miss falls to balanced Iowa State
basketball team stayed undefeated with a pair of wins at The Associated Press Wolverines, Iowa State game midway through First-year coach Jay 23 when he was on the
the PRCC Wildcat Classic in Poplarville. will get either Alabama the second half. Ladner substituted his floor, the best showing
The Lions narrowly defeated LSU-Eunice 67-66 on AMES, Iowa — De- or North Carolina the Iowa State once entire starting five less on the team. ...Iowa
Monday and routed Baton Rouge Community College spite some continued
85-40 on Tuesday.
following day, followed again struggled from than two minutes into State was outrebound-
Jakorie Smith led the team with 20 points on 8-of-
struggles from 3-point by an undetermined op- beyond the arc though. the second half. That’s ed on the offensive
11 shooting Tuesday. KJ Riley scored 15, and Arecko range, Iowa State had ponent next Friday. After going just 3 of 25 not the move of a coach glass 13-7. ...Gabe Wat-
Gipson Jr. scored 11. no trouble blowing past “It was ugly games in a win over Northern happy with his team. son was 1 of 14 shooting
The Lions will travel to Niceville, Florida, to face Southern Miss. at times. It was a phys- Illinois its last time out, Iowa State: The for the Eagles. ...The
Northwest Florida State College in the NWF State The stakes get much
Classic at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. ical game at times. I’m Iowa State was 5 of 22 Cyclones have shown Cyclones shot 22 of 30
higher next week, proud of the way we against the Eagles. the ability to get buck- from the line. ...Iowa
starting in eight days closed the first half,”
College Football against Michigan in the Iowa State coach Steve
“I don’t think they’re ets inside and from State scored 17 points
bad looks,” Haliburton mid-range. Iowa State off of turnovers and
Paul Jones to speak at Starkville QB Club Bahamas. Prohm said. “Some didn’t allow a fast-break
Paul Jones, who covers Mississippi State athletics said. “We just shot the scored 28 points in the
Solomon Young things we’ve got to get point.
for 247Sports.com, will be the speaker at Thursday’s ball rough.” paint and was 18 of 30
meeting of the Starkville Quarterback Club at the scored 14 points, Pren- better at from an of- George Conditt had on 2s. Iowa State also
tiss Nixon added 13 and fensive standpoint...it’s
Starkville Country Club.
Mississippi State special teams coordinator Joey Iowa State thumped early, we’ve got to con-
nine points, six re- forced 16 turnovers. He said it
Jones will deliver the Scouting Report. Thursday’s bounds and four blocks “We’re at our best when “It’s game four.
Southern Miss 73-45 on tinue to grow. We’ve got
program begins at 7 p.m. off the bench for the Cy- we’re moving the bas- They’ll fall,” Nixon said
Tuesday for its second a great test ahead of us
A dinner of fried/baked chicken, green beans, clones. ketball,” Haliburton about the team’s strug-
mashed potatoes and rolls will be served with a salad straight win. next week with Michi-
Tyrese Haliburton Boban Jacdonmi said. “Consistency, gles from beyond the
bar and dessert at 6:30 p.m. gan and a host of really
had 12 points with nine scored 10 points for the we’re not there where arc.
good teams.”
Golden Eagles (1-3). we need to be right
Prep Basketball assists and three steals After a sluggish
CCA holds No. 1 ranking in new MAIS poll for the Cyclones (3-1), start, Iowa State held
Southern Miss went 0 of
16 from the 3-point line
now.” Up next
The Columbus Christian Academy boys basketball who used a 15-2 run to the Golden Eagles The Eagles host Wil-
team kept the No. 1 ranking in Class 2A of the Midsouth close the first half as scoreless for nearly five and didn’t shoot its first The numbers liam Carey on Sunday.
Association of Independent Schools in the new Impact they pulled away. minutes in building a free throw until there Iowa State’s Ra- Iowa State plays
Sports MAIS Coaches Poll, released Monday.
But things won’t be 33-20 halftime lead. was 2:47 left. sir Bolton was just 2 Michigan in the Battle
The Heritage Academy boys team dropped from
first in Class 4A to fifth. so easy at the upcoming The Cyclones then of 8 from the field for 4 Atlantis tournament
Impact Sports will have a group of coaches ranking Battle 4 Atlantis tourna- reeled off 11 points in The big picture eight points. But the in the Bahamas on Nov.
the top five boys and girls teams in public and private ment. After facing the a row to make it a 60-34 Southern Miss: Cyclones were plus- 27.
classifications throughout the year.
Highlights, video clips and scores can be sent to
Billy Thomas of Impact Sports by at BillyThomas0565@
IOWA ST. (3-1)
Pro Football
Florida 23, Missouri 6 Boston at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
gmail.com or by text at 662-549-3918. Alabama 38, Mississippi St. 7 Thursday’s Games Jacobson 0-3 1-2 1, Young 5-8 4-6 14, Nixon 5-11 Edmonton 23 14 6 3 31 76 63
The polls can be accessed on Impact Sports’ Georgia 21, Auburn 14 Portland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. 1-2 13, Bolton 2-8 4-6 8, Haliburton 3-4 5-6 12, Arizona 22 13 7 2 28 64 49
website, maximpactsports.com. NFL Glance Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14 New Orleans at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Conditt 4-5 1-2 9, Griffin 3-5 0-0 7, Lewis 0-1 2-2 2,
Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 1-4 0-0 3, Boothe 0-1
Vegas 23 11 9 3 25 72 67
Vancouver 22 10 8 4 24 70 65
AMERICAN CONFERENCE LSU 58, Mississippi 37
East Texas A&M 30, South Carolina 6 Atlanta at Detroit, 6 p.m. 2-2 2, Schuster 0-0 0-0 0, Steyer 0-0 0-0 0, Grill Calgary 24 10 11 3 23 62 73
Charlotte at Washington, 6 p.m. 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 23-52 22-30 73. Anaheim 22 10 10 2 22 59 64
Prep Volleyball

Buffalo
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 9 1 0 .900 287 108
7 3 0 .700 211 170
Saturday
Samford at Auburn, 11 a.m.
W. Carolina at Alabama, 11 a.m.
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
Halftime_Iowa St. 33-20. 3-Point Goals_Southern
Miss. 0-16 (Harper-Baker 0-1, Draine 0-2, Malone
San Jose 22 10 11 1 21 65 78
Los Angeles 21 8 12 1 17 53 75
Miami at Chicago, 7 p.m. 0-3, Konontsuk 0-4, Watson 0-6), Iowa St. 5-22
Caledonia lands four on all-division team N.Y. Jets
Miami
3 7 0 .300 164 255
2 8 0 .200 139 305
ETSU at Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Georgia, 2:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. (Nixon 2-6, Haliburton 1-2, Griffin 1-3, Jackson
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
Four Caledonia High School volleyball seniors South Cleveland at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. 1-4, Lewis 0-1, Jacobson 0-1, Boothe 0-1, Grill 0-1, cards per conference advance to playoffs.
W L T Pct PF PA UT Martin at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m. Boston at Denver, 8 p.m. Bolton 0-3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_South- Monday’s Games
made the MHSAA Class 4A, Region 2 all-division team. Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 227 206 Arkansas at LSU, 6 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 8 p.m. ern Miss. 32 (Jacdonmi 8), Iowa St. 37 (Conditt, Washington 5, Anaheim 2
Teammates Tori Brooks, Ansley Brown, Camryn Houston 6 4 0 .600 245 232 Tennessee at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Young 6). Assists_Southern Miss. 12 (Konontsuk Arizona 3, Los Angeles 0
Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197 Abilene Christian at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. 4), Iowa St. 16 (Haliburton 9). Total Fouls_South- Tuesday’s Games
Johnson and Maddy Suggs made up half of the Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 189 222 ern Miss. 20, Iowa St. 10. A_13,810 (14,384). Columbus 5, Montreal 2
all-division first team.

North
W L T Pct PF PA College Football Playoff College Basketball Florida 5, Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT
The Confederates made it to the state semifinals
this year, the best finish in school history.
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
8 2 0 .800 341 196
5 5 0 .500 200 202 Rankings
Tuesday
Tuesday’s Scores
EAST
Prep Basketball Minnesota 4, Buffalo 1
Boston 5, New Jersey 1
Cleveland
Cincinnati
4 6 0 .400 192 228
0 10 0 .000 147 276 1. LSU (10-0) Albany (NY) 78, SUNY-Potsdam 52 Impact Sports Ottawa 4, Detroit 3
St. Louis 3, Tampa Bay 1
Coll. of Charleston 76, Marshall 66
SOURCE: From Special Reports

West
W L T Pct PF PA
2. Ohio State (10-0)
3. Clemson (11-0) Dartmouth 108, Thomas (ME) 59 MAIS Coaches Poll Winnipeg 2, Nashville 1
Carolina 4, Chicago 2
4. Georgia (9-1) Delaware 79, St. Francis (Pa.) 64 Boys
Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 308 256 Class 5A Dallas 6, Vancouver 1
5. Alabama (9-1) Lafayette 86, Penn 75 Colorado 3, Calgary 2
Oakland 6 4 0 .600 225 250
CALENDAR 6. Oregon (9-1) Maryland 74, Fairfield 55 1. Madison-Ridgeland Academy
L.A. Chargers 4 7 0 .364 224 218 2. Presbyterian Christian School Vegas 4, Toronto 2
7. Utah (9-1) New Hampshire 77, CCSU 63 Edmonton 5, San Jose 2
Denver 3 7 0 .300 172 197 Northeastern 101, Holy Cross 44 3. Jackson Academy
8. Penn State (9-1) Today’s Games
9. Oklahoma (9-1) Penn St. 98, Bucknell 70 4. Jackson Prep
NATIONAL CONFERENCE 5. Parklane Academy Ottawa at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
East
W L T Pct PF PA
10. Minnesota (9-1)
11. Florida (9-2)
Providence 93, Merrimack 56
Rhode Island 70, Nicholls 65
Sacred Heart 84, Brown 63 1. Simpson Academy
Class 4A Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
12. Wisconsin (8-2)
Prep Girls Soccer Dallas 6 4 0 .600 286 197
13. Michigan (8-2) SOUTH 2. Hartfield Academy Buffalo at Boston, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 234 230 Alabama 81, Furman 73 3. Hillcrest Academy
Philadelphia at Mississippi School for N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 14. Baylor (9-1)
15. Auburn (7-3) Boston U. 78, South Carolina 70 4. Brookhaven Academy Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
Washington 1 9 0 .100 125 253 5. Heritage Academy Philadelphia at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Davidson 91, Nevada 71
Mathematics and Science, 5:30 p.m. South 16. Notre Dame (8-2)
E. Kentucky 99, Alice Lloyd 63 Class 3A Anaheim at Florida, 6 p.m.
W L T Pct PF PA 17. Iowa (7-3) 1. Clinton Christian Academy Vancouver at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Prep Boys Soccer New Orleans 8 2 0 .800 238 199 18. Memphis (9-1) George Mason 65, Loyola (Md.) 61
Georgia Southern 98, Mercer 88 2. Marshall Academy Calgary at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Carolina 5 5 0 .500 228 257 19. Cincinnati (9-1) Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Mississippi School for Atlanta 3 7 0 .300 220 262 20. Boise State (9-1) LSU 77, UMBC 50 3. Columbia Academy
4. Carroll Academy Tampa Bay at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
21. Oklahoma State (7-3) Liberty 55, Navy 48 Winnipeg at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Mathematics and Science, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay 3 7 0 .300 277 313
North 22. Iowa State (6-4) Louisiana Tech 76, MVSU 43 Class 2A
Toronto at Arizona, 8 p.m.
Mississippi 65, Seattle 52 1. Columbus Christian Academy
Prep Girls Basketball W L T Pct PF PA 23. Southern California (7-4)
24. Appalachian State (9-1) Morgan St. 88, Regent University 52 2. Union Academy San Jose at Vegas, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 Murray St. 79, S. Illinois 66 3. Greenville Christian School
Itawamba AHS at Starkville, 6 p.m. Minnesota 8 3 0 .727 289 205 25. SMU (9-1)
NC State 87, Alcorn St. 64 4. Glenbrook Academy Friday’s Games
Chicago 4 6 0 .400 169 174 5. Rossville Academy New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Starkville Aca. at Choctaw Co., 6 p.m. Northwestern St. 67, Louisiana College 60
Detroit 3 6 1 .350 244 272 Class 1A N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.
Heritage Aca. at Tishomingo Co., 6 p.m.
West
W L T Pct PF PA Pro Basketball Samford 70, Manhattan 57
South Alabama 98, Spring Hill 72 1. Desoto County Academy
2. Delta Streets Academy
Starkville Chr. at Kemper Aca., 6 p.m. San Francisco 9 1 0 .900 295 155
Seattle 8 2 0 .800 275 254
NBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
UNC-Wilmington 113, NC Wesleyan 53
Virginia 61, Vermont 55
MIDWEST
3. Prairie View Academy
4. Delta Academy
Transactions Tuesday’s moves
Oak Hill Aca. at Kirk Aca., 6 p.m. L.A. Rams 6 4 0 .600 243 198 Atlantic Division Bradley 69, Norfolk St. 57 5. Riverdale Academy BASEBALL
Arizona 3 7 1 .318 248 317 W L Pct GB Chicago St. 89, Purdue University Northwest 77 Girls
Winona Chr. at Hebron Chr., 6 p.m. Boston 11 2 .846 — Dayton 93, Nebraska-Omaha 68 Class 5A
American League
SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Kristopher Ne-
Thursday’s Games FIU 107, Cleveland St. 61 1. Jackson Academy
Prep Boys Basketball Cleveland 21, Pittsburgh 7
Toronto 9 4 .692 2
Philadelphia 8 5 .615 3 Iowa St. 73, Southern Miss. 45 2. Madison-Ridgeland Academy
grón assistant to director of player development.
BASKETBALL
3. Parklane Academy
Itawamba AHS at Starkville,, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games
Baltimore 41, Houston 7
Brooklyn 5 8 .385 6 Kansas 75, ETSU 63
Kansas St. 62, Ark.-Pine Bluff 51 4. Jackson Prep
National Basketball Association
New York 4 10 .286 7½ PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Signed F Car-
Starkville Aca. at Choctaw Co., 7:30 Indianapolis 33, Jacksonville 13 Southeast Division Kent St. 75, Purdue Fort Wayne 68 5. Presbyterian Christian School
Class 4A
melo Anthony to a contract through January.
Atlanta 29, Carolina 3 W L Pct GB Milwaukee 79, North Dakota 70 FOOTBALL
p.m. New Orleans 34, Tampa Bay 17 Miami 9 3 .750 — N. Iowa 87, UT Martin 67 1. Leake Academy National Football League
Orlando 6 7 .462 3½ Radford 67, Northwestern 56 2. Hartfield Academy
ATLANTA FALCONS — Released OL Anthony
Heritage Aca. at Tishomingo Co., 7:30 Dallas 35, Detroit 27
Minnesota 27, Denver 23 Charlotte 6 8 .429 4 S. Dakota St. 78, North Alabama 73 3. Simpson Academy
Coyle from the practice squad. Signed DE Austin
Atlanta 4 9 .308 5½ The Citadel 74, SE Missouri 69 4. Pillow Academy
p.m. N.Y. Jets 34, Washington 17
Washington 3 8 .273 5½ W. Michigan 102, Alma 56 5. Bayou Academy
Larkin to the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS — Waived LB James Vaugh-
Buffalo 37, Miami 20 Wichita St. 74, Gardner-Webb 52 Class 3A
Starkville Chr. at Kemper Aca., 7:30 San Francisco 36, Arizona 26
Central Division
W L Pct GB Youngstown St. 66, NC Central 60 1. North Delta Academy ters. Signed RB Jeremy McNichols and LB De-
Oakland 17, Cincinnati 10 2. Lee Academy (Miss.) wayne Hendrix to the practice squad.
p.m. New England 17, Philadelphia 10
Milwaukee 10 3 .769 — SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 82, Texas Southern 51 3. Clinton Christian Academy CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed DE Freedom
Indiana 8 6 .571 2½ Akinmoladun and WR Cody Thompson to the
Oak Hill Aca. at Kirk Aca., 7:30 p.m. L.A. Rams 17, Chicago 7 Detroit 4 9 .308 6 Houston 97, Rice 89 4. Kirk Academy
5. Bowling Green Academy practice squad.
Open: N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee, Green Bay Cleveland 4 9 .308 6 North Texas 80, NC A&T 60 CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed S Morgan
Winona Chr. at Hebron Chr., 7:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Chicago 4 10 .286 6½ Oral Roberts 73, Rogers State 60 Class 2A
Burnett on IR.
Kansas City 24, L.A. Chargers 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE UTEP 66, New Mexico 63 1. Manchester Academy
Women’s College Basketball Thursday, Nov. 21 Southwest Division FAR WEST 2. Claiborne Academy DENVER BRONCOS — Placed FB Andy Janovich
on IR. Signed TE Orson Charles.
Gonzaga 72, Texas-Arlington 66 3. Centreville Academy
Coastal Alabama–North at East Missis- Indianapolis at Houston, 7:20 p.m.
Houston
W L Pct GB
11 3 .786 — Grand Canyon 69, Montana St. 56 4. Greenville Christian School LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Waived LS Matt
Sunday, Nov. 24 5. Marvell Academy Overton. Signed G Spencer Drango from the
sippi Community College, 5:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, Noon Dallas 8 5 .615 2½ Pacific 64, Coppin St. 60
San Francisco 100, CS Bakersfield 70 Class 1A practice squad.
Miami at Cleveland, Noon Memphis 5 9 .357 6 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived RB Mark Walton.
Mississippi State at Jackson State, 7 Seattle at Philadelphia, Noon New Orleans 5 9 .357 6 Santa Clara 101, Notre Dame de Namur 54 1. Riverdale Academy
2. Briarfield Academy NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR Gun-
San Antonio 5 9 .357 6 Southern Cal 91, Pepperdine 84 ner Olszewski on IR. Signed OL Isaiah Wynn from
p.m. N.Y. Giants at Chicago, Noon
Northwest Division Stanford 76, Md.-Eastern Shore 55 3. Franklin Academy
the practice squad.
Carolina at New Orleans, Noon W L Pct GB Washington 72, Maine 53 4. Delta Academy
Men’s College Basketball Denver at Buffalo, Noon Denver 9 3 .750 — Weber St. 130, West Coast Baptist 50 5. Deer Creek Academy PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed DE L.T. Wal-
ton on IR. Signed LB Tuzar Skipper from the N.Y.
Detroit at Washington, Noon Wyoming 76, Detroit 49
Mississippi State at Tulane in Myrtle Oakland at N.Y. Jets, Noon
Utah 8 5 .615 1½ Giants practice squad.

Beach Invite, 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Noon

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota 8 6 .571 2
Oklahoma City 5 9
Portland
.357 5
5 10 .333 5½ Ole Miss 65, Seattle 52 Hockey WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Released LB Noah
Spence. Signed LB Carroll Phillips from the prac-
tice squad.
East Mississippi Community College at Dallas at New England, 3:25 p.m. Pacific Division SEATTLE (2-4)
Carter 1-3 4-4 6, Jones 2-9 2-2 7, Da Campo 2-4 NHL Glance HOCKEY
Green Bay at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. W L Pct GB EASTERN CONFERENCE National Hockey League
Northwest Fla. State College, 7:30 p.m. Open: Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas City, L.A. L.A. Lakers 12 2 .857 — 0-0 5, Brown 6-16 5-6 17, Means 2-12 3-4 7, Hun-
dal 0-1 0-0 0, Dallas 0-1 0-0 0, Economou 1-1 2-2 Atlantic Division CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Tobias Rieder
Chargers L.A. Clippers 9 5 .643 3 GP W L OT Pts GF GA to Stockton (AHL). Recalled F Zac Rinaldo from
4, Nettles 2-9 0-0 6, Hopkins 0-0 0-0 0, Hauge 0-0

on the air Monday, Nov. 25 Phoenix 7 6 .538 4½ Boston 21 13 3 5 31 75 54 Stockton.

0-0 0. Totals 16-56 16-18 52.
Baltimore at L.A. Rams, 7:15 p.m. Sacramento 6 7 .462 5½ OLE MISS (4-0) Florida 21 11 5 5 27 79 76 LOS ANGELES KINGS — Activated F Gabriel
Golden State 3 12 .200 9½ Sy 2-6 2-2 7, Buffen 6-10 0-0 13, Shuler 2-4 1-2 6, Montreal 21 11 6 4 26 74 67 Vilardi from the injured/non-roster list and as-
Monday’s Games Tyree 3-8 4-4 10, Rodriguez 2-7 5-6 9, Curry 0-1 Buffalo 21 10 8 3 23 60 63 signed him to Ontario (AHL).
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
6 p.m. — Princeton at Indiana, BTN
College Football New York 123, Cleveland 105
Indiana 115, Brooklyn 86
Toronto 132, Charlotte 96
0-0 0, Collum 0-1 0-1 0, Hunter 1-5 4-4 6, Miller
0-2 0-0 0, McBride 0-0 0-0 0, Crowley 3-3 0-0 6,
Toronto 23 9 10 4 22 73 81
Tampa Bay 18 9 7 2 20 65 62
Ottawa 21 9 11 1 19 59 69
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned G Cory
Schneider to Binghamton (AHL). Activated D Sami
Vatanen off IR.
6 p.m. — Columbia at St. John’s, FS1 SEC Standings Houston 132, Portland 108
Williams 2-2 3-3 8. Totals 21-49 19-22 65.
Halftime_Mississippi 30-17. 3-Point Goals_Seat- Detroit 23 7 13 3 17 54 86 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Called up F Pascal
East Milwaukee 115, Chicago 101 tle 4-17 (Nettles 2-5, Da Campo 1-2, Jones 1-5, Metropolitan Division Laberge from Reading (ECHL) to Lehigh Valley
8 p.m. — The Citadel at Illinois, BTN Conference All Games Dallas 117, San Antonio 110 Hundal 0-1, Brown 0-1, Means 0-3), Mississippi GP W L OT Pts GF GA (AHL).
9 p.m. — BYU at Boise State, CBSSN W L PF PA W L PF PA Boston 99, Phoenix 85 4-17 (Shuler 1-1, Williams 1-1, Sy 1-2, Buffen 1-2, Washington 23 16 3 4 36 89 69 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F Cory Co-
Georgia 6 1 183 71 9 1 324 105 Minnesota 112, Utah 102 Collum 0-1, Miller 0-2, Tyree 0-2, Hunter 0-2, Ro- N.Y. Islanders
19 15 3 1 31 63 46 nacher from Syracuse (AHL).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Florida 6 2 249 136 9 2 356 156 L.A. Clippers 90, Oklahoma City 88 driguez 0-4). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Seat- Carolina 21 13 7 1 27 74 61 SOCCER
6:30 p.m. — Toledo at Buffalo, ESPN2 Tennessee 3 3 108
Kentucky 3 5 145
156
160
5 5 239
5 5 221
230
201
Tuesday’s Games
Golden State 114, Memphis 95
tle 27 (Jones, Means 6), Mississippi 35 (Buffen 8). Pittsburgh 21 11 7 3 25 71 55
Philadelphia 21 10 7 4 24 63 65
Major League Soccer
INTER MIAMI — Signed F Jerome Kiesewetter.
6:30 p.m. — Akron at Miami (Ohio), Assists_Seattle 7 (Brown 4), Mississippi 15 (Tyree
South Carolina 3 5 159 221 4 7 266 275 New Orleans 115, Portland 104 5). Total Fouls_Seattle 17, Mississippi 18. A_6,316 Columbus 20 8 8 4 20 50 65 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Re-signed D
ESPNU Missouri
Vanderbilt
2 4 99 141
1 6 92 259
5 5 260
2 8 150
195
353
Sacramento 120, Phoenix 116
L.A. Lakers 112, Oklahoma City 107
(9,500). N.Y. Rangers 18 8 8 2 18 60 66
New Jersey 20 7 9 4 18 51 74
Brandon Bye.
United Soccer League
NBA BASKETBALL West Today’s Games WESTERN CONFERENCE LEAGUE TWO — Awarded a franchise to South
6:30 p.m. — Golden State at Dallas,

Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
New York at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
San Antonio at Washington, 6 p.m.
Iowa St. 73,
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Bend, Ind. to be known as the South Bend Lions
and begin play next season.
ESPN LSU 6 0 271 177 10 0 478 238 Charlotte at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss 45 St. Louis 22 13 4 5 31 65 62 COLLEGE
9 p.m. — Boston at LA Clippers, ESPN Alabama 6 1 315
Texas A&M 4 2 182
155
155
9 1 468
7 3 340
175
203
Cleveland at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Golden State at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
SOUTHERN MISS (1-3)
Harper-Baker 4-7 0-0 8, Jacdonmi 5-8 0-0 10,
Colorado 21 13 6 2 28 76 61
Winnipeg 22 13 8 1 27 61 65
ALABAMA — Granted a one-year contract exten-
sion to athletic director Greg Byrne.
NHL HOCKEY Auburn 4 3 202 135 7 3 308 178 Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Konontsuk 0-6 0-1 0, Watson 1-14 0-0 2, Draine Dallas 22 12 8 2 26 61 53 ARKANSAS — Reinstated sophomore F Reggie
7 p.m. — Washington at NY Rangers, Mississippi St 2 5 165
Mississippi 2 5 188
236
222
4 6 265
4 7 299
310
297
Orlando at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m.
2-7 0-0 4, Dean 3-6 0-0 6, Stevenson 1-6 0-0 2,
Weatherspoon 0-0 0-0 0, Muse 0-0 0-0 0, Rigby
Chicago 21 9 8 4 22 63 63
Nashville 20 9 8 3 21 71 68
Chaney to the men’s basketball team.
MEMPHIS — Named Lauren Ashman executive
NBCSN Arkansas 0 6 105 239 2 8 223 362 Utah at Minnesota, 7 p.m. 1-1 1-1 3, Malone 3-9 0-0 6, Leslie 1-1 0-0 2, Smith Minnesota 21 8 11 2 18 57 70 associate athletics director/senior woman admin-
Saturday’s Games Houston at Denver, 8 p.m. 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 22-66 1-2 45. Pacific Division istrator.
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Scouting the showdown with national

Green Wave
Like MSU (4-0), Tu-
lane enters the matchup
undefeated, boasting a
3-0 record. Yet, the Green
Wave sit at No. 265 in
KenPom.com’s rankings
(out of 365 teams), not
having bested an oppo-
nent ranked better than
317th nationally.
According to KenPom.
com, Tulane hasn’t been
efficient on offense (270th
nationally in adjusted effi-
ciency) or defense (255),
but has forced opponents
into a plethora of turn-
overs, getting a takeaway
on 25.2 percent of defen-
sive possessions.
“They’re going to play
all zone for 40 minutes,”
Howland said. “They run
a matchup zone, a 1-1-
3 where they match up
with you. You also have to
prepare for a press. They
have four high-major
transfers that are starting
for them now.”
Tulane is led by Te-
shaun Hightower, a Geor-
gia transfer averaging
19.3 points per contest.
Despite having a potential
powerhouse Villanova
looming, Howland didn’t
overlook the matchup
against the Green Wave.
“We’ve got to win, so
all I’m focused on is Tu-
lane,” he said.
Bulldogs No. 1 in
offensive rebounding
MSU has been all
over the offensive glass.
The Bulldogs are No. 1
in offensive rebound per-
centage (45.7) according
to KenPom.com, which
is partly why MSU’s
shooting percentage sits
around 49 percent after
four games. Against New
Orleans on Saturday,
MSU collected 18 offen-
sive boards.
“That’s our best attri-
bute this year,” MSU for-
ward Reggie Perry said
of offensive rebounds.
“That’s one of Robert
(Woodard II’s) best attri-
butes, KeyShawn (Fea-
zell) and Abdul (Ado) are
all really good at it. I feel
like that’s one of my best
skills. I guess that’s just a
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch matter of us being on the
Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland talks to D.J. Stewart during a timeout in the second half Sunday. court more this year.”

Schaefer
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ing curve. While he ap-
preciates the effort, as
the No. 1 guard on the
floor he said he needs
her in transition defense
— a place the Bulldogs
struggled Monday night,
allowing 32 points on the
break.
“Aliyah wants to re-
bound, but I’ve got her
at point guard, and I
can’t have her rebound,”
Schaefer said. “ But she
wants to get every re-
bound — well I’ve got
to get her back (on de-
fense).”
And while Matharu’s
youth is just one instance
of the Bulldogs’ inexperi-
ence, there’s been plenty
to like over the season’s
first two weeks.
Sophomore Jessika
Carter, who was named
the SEC Player of the
Week, notched back-
to-back double-doubles
against Murray State
and Troy and is averag-
ing 18.8 points and 12.3
points per game.
A different player
than the now departed
Teaira McCowan — who
was chosen No. 3 overall
in the 2019 WNBA Draft
— Schaefer noted her
ability to back down de-
fenders and spot up from
outside the paint make
her more of a finesse
threat than her prede-
cessor.
“She’s confident and
knows that I’m confident
in her,” Schaefer said.
“She’s got the green
light. There’s not a shot
that I don’t want her to
take. She’s really im-
proved her range.”
Further, while the
Bulldogs were outre-
bounded 51-48 Monday
by the Trojans — the na-
tion’s No. 1 rebounding
team — junior forward
Chloe Bibby has shown
promise on the interi- about seven rebounds
or. Though she played per night.
just 18 games before “I need (Jackson) and
suffering a season-end- Chloe at about seven,
ing knee injury, she fin- and if we can keep Jessi-
ished the season averag- ka in that eight, nine, 10
ing just 4.1 boards per range — now you’ve got
game. By contrast, she’s a chance to make up for
notching 6.8 rebounds what you lost in Teaira
per night through four and Anriel (Howard),”
games this season. Schaefer said. “You’re
With Bibby hauling in not going to get two peo-
nearly double as many re- ple that take up what you
bounds as she did a sea- lose in those two, but you
son ago, Schaefer is also can do it by committee.”
looking for more pro- Speaking on his
duction from freshman team’s defense and the
forward Rickea Jackson. youth that continues
In a perfect world, he to test him as a coach,
said, both would average Schaefer spent most of
the hour-long luncheon
cracking jokes — both
at his and his own team’s
expense.
Having had a night to
digest the win coupled
with a few quips for the
crowd, he’s confident
Monday’s let down can
serve more as a learning
experience as his squad
looks to make its fourth-
straight Sweet 16.
“Hindsight is always
20/20,” Schaefer said.
“And a good night’s rest
cures a lot of issues. I am
proud of my players and
where we are right now
at 4-0.”

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Heritage Academy girls win at Oak Hill Academy
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — Lucy
Sharp scored 17 points
and grabbed 12 rebounds
to lead the Heritage Acad-
emy girls basketball team
to a 45-33 win at Oak Hill
Academy on Tuesday in
West Point.
The Patriots led 23-
17 at the half and pulled
away for their second vic-
tory over the Raiders this
season.
On the boys side, the
Raiders notched a two-
point victory over the
Patriots, payback for the
two-point win Heritage
Academy handed Oak
Hill last Monday in Co-
lumbus. The Pats had led
21-20 at halftime.
Heritage Academy will
travel to face Tishomingo
County on Thursday. The
girls game will start at 6
p.m., and the boys game
will start at 7:30 p.m.
Noxubee County boys
49, Newton 43
MACON — Montreal
Chandler scored 15 points
to lead the Noxubee
County boys basketball
team to a 49-43 home win
over Newton on Tuesday.
Samuel Sledge scored
11 points for the Tigers,
and Jadakiss Williams
had 10. Austin McCloud
and Darnavious Lockett
each scored six.
The Tigers boys team
will face Calhoun City at
the Okolona Classic on
Saturday.
Newton girls 45, Noxu-
bee County 41
MACON — The Nox-
ubee County girls team
came up short, 45-41, in
Tuesday’s home game
against Newton.
Carenciuna Owens
had 10 points to lead the
Tigers. Zacaree Rupert
and Aadijah Williams
each scored nine. Jakeia
Walker scored six and
led the team in rebounds
with six. Aaliyah Brandy
scored five points, and
Kirsten Barnett scored
two.
The Tigers will travel
to face New Hope at 6 p.m.
Monday.
Other scores
Okolona boys 58, West
Point 45
Starkville Christian
girls 38, French Camp
Academy 36
French Camp Acad-
emy boys 53, Starkville
Christian 34

PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP

MSMS sweeps West Point

By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Tierah Macon had a
hat trick for the Missis-
sippi School for Mathe-
matics and Science girls
soccer team and Camer-
on Wright had the same
for the boys team in the
Blue Waves’ sweep of
West Point on Tuesday
at the Columbus Soccer
Complex.
Macon’s first career
hat trick helped the girls
team (2-2-1) to a 6-0 win.
Mandy Anderson, Ashley
Mangus and Emily Berry
also scored.
“Tonight we built on
lessons learned in our ear-
lier matches,” head coach
Chuck Yarborough said.
“Our communication was
solid, and I’m pleased
with our increasing pace
in possession.”
On the boys side,
Wright’s three tallies
spurred a 6-1 win over the
Green Wave. Trevor Allen,
Tejus Kotikalapudi and
Collin Jeck also scored for
the MSMS (1-3).
“We definitely played
with more intensity and
demonstrated our values
much better in the sec-
ond half,” head coach Tim
Wood said.
The Blue Waves face
district foe Philadelphia
on Thursday at the Co-
lumbus Soccer Complex.
Amory boys 6,
Columbus 0
Reed Stanford scored
twice for Amory, and Co-
lumbus (2-5) dropped
Tuesday’s home match
6-0 to the Panthers.
Stanford netted both
goals in the first half, and
the Panthers took a 4-0
lead at halftime.
Amory girls 3,
Columbus 0
Morgan Mitchell had
two goals for Amory as
Columbus (2-4-1) was
shut out 3-0 by Amory on
Tuesday in Columbus.
The Falcons boys and
girls teams will play a
doubleheader on Friday at
Nettleton.
Other scores
New Hope boys 6, Ne-
shoba Central 0
New Hope girls 2, Ne-
shoba Central 0
Caledonia boys 3,
Mooreville 0
Caledonia girls 3,
Mooreville 2
4B Wednesday, November 20, 2019
LSU, Ohio State, Clemson, Georgia remain atop CFP rankings
The Associated Press
The College Football
Playoff rankings were
unchanged at the top
this week, with LSU first
followed by Ohio State,
Clemson and Georgia.
The selection com-
mittee’s third weekly
rankings had little move-
ment in the top 10, with
Alabama fifth followed
by Oregon, Utah, Penn
State, Oklahoma and
Minnesota.
The committee could
face an interesting de-
cision with Alabama in
the coming weeks. The
Crimson Tide lost quar-
terback Tua Tagovailoa
for the season to a hip in-
jury Saturday. Alabama
faces Western Carolina
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
this weekend, so play-
ing backup Mac Jones
shouldn’t make much
difference. On Thanks-
giving weekend, the Tide
will face Auburn with its
No. 2 quarterback, which
should give the commit-
tee a better read on what
kind of a team Alabama
is now.
Minnesota and Bay-
lor, both of which lost for
the first time last week-
end, dropped in the rank-
ings. Minnesota went
from eighth to 10th after
losing at Iowa. Baylor
slipped from 13th to 14th
after blowing a 25-point
lead to Oklahoma.
Ohio State and Penn
State play this weekend
in a game that could es-
sentially eliminate the
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Nittany Lions from the
playoff race.
The highest ranked
team from outside the
Power Five conferences
is Memphis at 18th,
one ahead of American
Athletic Conference ri-
val Cincinnati, and two
ahead of Boise State
from the Mountain West.
The highest-ranked
team from outside the
Power Five with a confer-
ence championship re-
ceives a bid to one of the
New Year’s Six bowls.
Where is this going?
It certainly looks as
if the Southeastern Con-
ference is positioned to
have two teams in the fi-
nal four, but it’s far from
a slam dunk.
Tagovailoa’s injury
complicates the evalu-
ation of Alabama, and
it is difficult to see how
it does anything but
harm the Crimson Tide’s
chances. There is no way
to argue the Tide is as
good without one of the
two or three best quar-
terbacks in the country
and with a backup who
has shown to be capable
but not a star.
Of course, the rest
of Alabama’s roster is
still about as good and
deep as it gets in col-
lege football. There is a
case to be made that if
Jones and Alabama win
at Auburn in impressive
fashion they could get
the Cardale Jones bump
from the committee. You
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My husband
and I were
getting ready to
leave after dinner
at a restaurant
we’ve patronized
for 15 years.
I went to the
ladies’ room and
was washing my
hands when a
waitress I don’t
care for came
barging in, got in
my face and start-
ed yelling at me.
I tried to leave,
Dear Abby
but she wouldn’t
let me out of the restroom. I
asked her several times to let
me out, and she kept telling
me no. When she finally let me
go, I told the man in charge
what she did.
My husband called him
later, but the manager believed
the waitress, who said that I
started it. Another waitress
who calls me her “sister” didn’t
answer the texts I sent her. I
am very hurt that she ignored
me. Clearly, she believes the
waitress, too.
The restroom encounter left
red marks all over my arm, but
the manager didn’t care. The of-
fender has left town and moved
out of state. I’m 74 and was
tempted to go to the police but
didn’t. Now I wish I had pressed
charges. Should I have? —
BEATEN UP IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR BEATEN UP: There
is probably more to this story
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
20). You’ll direct your powerful
imagination well, turning hopeful
visions into realities that ben-
efit many. You’ll lead a group,
assigning tasks that keep every-
one productive and on purpose.
Love is the main event of 2020.
The effort you apply to projects
will pay off financially. June
brings a decision in your favor.
Gemini and Capricorn adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 6,
21, 13, 8 and 39.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You’ll find yourself in a position
to give an impromptu speech
or pitch. Your quick wit, good
manners and some training
you picked up along the way
might remember in 2014,
Jones stepped in for an
injured J.T. Barrett in the
Big Ten championship
game and led Ohio State
to a historic 59-0 rout of
Wisconsin. That game
nudged the Buckeyes
past TCU and Baylor and
into the fourth seed.
The problem for Ala-
bama is unless LSU col-
lapses down the stretch,
the Tide is locked out of
the SEC championship
game. Alabama was
probably going to need
some help working its
way back into the top
four even before Tagov-
ailoa’s injury. Now, it
seems the Tide will need
some real chaos in other
conferences to extend its
streak of playoff appear-
than what you
have written, but
yes, you should
have notified the
police. You were
assaulted and
falsely impris-
oned in that
restroom. Had
you contacted the
police and gone
to an emergency
room about the
marks on your
arm, you would
have had proof
about what the
woman did to you.
DEAR ABBY:
My husband and
I were getting
ready to leave after dinner at a
restaurant we’ve patronized for
15 years. I went to the ladies’
room and was washing my
hands when a waitress I don’t
care for came barging in, got
in my face and started yelling
at me. I tried to leave, but
she wouldn’t let me out of the
restroom. I asked her several
times to let me out, and she
kept telling me no. When she
finally let me go, I told the man
in charge what she did.
My husband called him
later, but the manager believed
the waitress, who said that I
started it. Another waitress
who calls me her “sister” didn’t
answer the texts I sent her. I
am very hurt that she ignored
me. Clearly, she believes the
waitress, too.
The restroom encounter left
red marks all over my arm, but
the manager didn’t care. The of-
will come to your aid. You’ll
impress!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
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venture. Go cautiously forward.
Destiny will be cast in early
stage decisions. At the very
least, you’ll be setting a tone for
future involvement.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
When you know your reasons,
the next move will be rath-
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know your reasons, do some
brainstorming in a notebook.
Your pen will reveal to you the
secrets of your heart and mind.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You will be given a stage and an
audience that feels safe to you.
ances to six.
So that leaves LSU
and Georgia sitting in the
top four and on course to
meet in the SEC cham-
pionship game. Barring
upsets over the next two
weeks, LSU will enter
unbeaten and Georgia
will be 11-1. (Note: Texas
A&M is now the SEC’s
Agent of Chaos, playing at
Georgia on Saturday and
LSU the next Saturday in
College Station, Texas).
If Georgia were to win
the SEC, beating an un-
beaten LSU in the pro-
cess, it is probably safe to
assume the Tigers would
still have done enough
with victories against Al-
abama, Florida, Auburn
and Texas to stay in the
top four.
fender has left town and moved
out of state. I’m 74 and was
tempted to go to the police but
didn’t. Now I wish I had pressed
charges. Should I have? —
BEATEN UP IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR BEATEN UP: There
is probably more to this story
than what you have written, but
yes, you should have notified
the police. You were assaulted
and falsely imprisoned in that
restroom. Had you contacted
the police and gone to an emer-
gency room about the marks on
your arm, you would have had
proof about what the woman
did to you.
DEAR ABBY: My older sister
has just been diagnosed with
cervical cancer. The HPV vac-
cine might have protected her
from it, had it been available to
our generation.
A few of us were out to
lunch recently, and when I
asked a younger sister if her
granddaughter had received the
vaccine, she went off on me
like I had asked something terri-
ble. Do you think I was wrong
for asking? I have grandkids
and would not be offended if
someone asked me that ques-
tion. — CONCERNED SISTER
DEAR CONCERNED SISTER:
If you and the younger sister
are close, then I don’t think
your question was offensive.
However, if you are not,
because it was asked in front
of friends, she may have inter-
preted it as an implication that
her granddaughter — who is, of
course, pure as the driven snow
— is sexually active, which
made her defensive.
You’re free to express ideas in a
more concentrated, imaginative
and colorful way than before.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
It will not be enough to do a
thing one time. Repetition will
bring you new insights, ideas
and meanings. It will be a good
seven to 10 repetitions before
you start to see benefits and
revelations.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
It’s a day to share. Don’t be shy.
Speak up with your suggestions.
Give others a chance to show
you why their ideas are better
or to see the merit of your ideas
and make revisions accordingly.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Strong, clear motives will drive
you. People can tell what you
want and why. You’ll come
across as understandable and
likeable. If they can help, they
will.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The day requires you
to deal more than the usual
amount in emotional weather.
You’ll interpret faces and moods
quite well and do justice to
the poetic potential inside of a
moment.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). What could be interpreted
as a rejection could also be
interpreted as inopportune tim-
ing — or opportune timing, all
proverbial bullets dodged. Much
boils down to how two people’s
needs and wants align.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). It doesn’t matter if the
work will be received by a top
client, a shaky prospect, an en-
emy or no one at all. Your sense
of responsibility dictates that
you do the job right no matter
who will be on the receiving end.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You are comfortable with
intimacy and will derive a great
deal of pleasure and strength
from being around your close
friends today. Also, it will be
easy for you to get to know new
people.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re so quick to volun-
teer, it’s as though your hand
is metal and the ceiling is a
magnet. Just don’t take on too
much. Limit yourself to one or
two projects at a time.
Head in the clouds
SOLUTION:
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Family tradition

familyfeatures.com
Seared salmon with pine nut, caper
and fennel topping is one of the
dishes below that can be prepared
right on the stovetop.

Elevate holiday
cooking with
seasonal
skillet dishes
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff FAMILY FEATURES
From left are Judi Jarrett and her mother, Helen Reed, and Eleanor Ellis with her daughter, Pam Bullock. Reed

T
and Ellis are sisters; Jarrett and Bullock are first cousins. The Columbus women are pictured at Bullock’s home he rush of the holiday
Nov. 14 with Jarrett’s whole wheat dinner rolls and Ellis’ pecan pie. They are a preview of items that will be at the season — shopping for gifts,
59th annual Country Store Bake Sale from 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Stephen D. Lee Home at 316 decorating the house, host-
Seventh St. N. The sale benefits maintenance of the historic home. ing loved ones and other added
obligations — can be challenging.

The Country Store Bake Sale is back Restore balance and holiday cheer
by treating yourself and others
who are home for the holidays to a

— just in time for Thanksgiving no-fuss, relaxing dinner that feels

celebratory.
Supported by a menu that
can be prepared entirely using a
BY JAN SWOOPE
skillet, you can easily add to the
jswoope@cdispatch.com
holiday spirit while also lowering

P
am Bullock and her cousin stress levels typically associated
Judi Jarrett were both born with this time of year. Start with
and raised in Columbus, and a main course like seared salmon
each made their way out into the with pine nut, caper and fennel
world when they were grown. As topping, which can go a long way
adults, they traveled great distanc- toward building a tasty holiday
es, as military families do, and meal. Paired with long-cooked
lived in different, often exciting green beans with tomatoes and
locales. garlic, the savory salmon and
complementary side can be on
Today, how- IF YOU GO: the family table in less than an
ever, they ■ WHO: The Associa-
are happy to tion for the Preserva- hour then capped off by a seasonal
have made tion of Antiquities in stovetop apple pie.
their way
Columbus and Lowndes See Skillet dishes, 6B
County
home, back ■ WHAT: 59th annual
to Columbus, Country Store Bake Sale
where their ■ WHEN: Tuesday,
Nov. 26, 10 a.m.-noon
mothers, sis- (Beginning 8 a.m., Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
Eleanor Ellis’ pecan pie is made from a recipe she got from her mother-in-

ters Eleanor shoppers may pick up
Ellis and Hel- numbers for the line
en Reed, still that forms prior to the
10 a.m. start bell)
A chef’s advice
law, Geneva Redus Shelton.
Columbus and Lowndes County, The second floor houses the Flor-

live. Bullock ■ WHERE: S.D. Lee
returned in Home, 316 Seventh St.
2011. Jarrett N., Columbus
for stress-free
which organizes the event to help ence McLeod Hazard Museum.
maintain the circa 1847 home and “The cafeteria was on the bot-
museum listed on the National tom floor. Mrs. Spurlock had her

in 2013.
Interesting-
ly, wherever they lived, no matter
the distance, it wasn’t unusual
for them to call home to ask their
holiday cooking
Register of Historic Places. home economics classes upstairs,”
For Ellis and Reed especially, recalled Ellis.
helping out stirs memories from “She was very strict,” Reed
long ago. As young girls, they each added. FAMILY FEATURES
took home economics classes in What the sisters gained in those

moms cooking questions about
a signature dish, especially at
holiday time. Those family favor-
ites are just one of the traditions
shared by the women. Another is
taking part every year in the Coun-
try Store Bake Sale at the Stephen
D. Lee Home each November, on
the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
The mothers and daughters are
all members of the Association for
the Preservation of Antiquities in
the Lee Home when it served as
part of the S.D. Lee junior high
school, before the school was
destroyed by fire in late 1959. The
home was heavily damaged, but
a determined preservation effort
saved it from being demolished.
Today it serves as a community
venue. The main floor offers an ele-
gant setting for weddings, recep-
tions and numerous other events.
H
classes complemented lessons
learned at home.
“My mother always had us help
her in the kitchen,” said Reed,
one of 10 siblings. “My dad always
wanted to help out, too.”
Having made goodies for the
Country Store Bake Sale for many
years, the sisters are pleased
to have their daughters equally
See Bake Sale, 6B
ow many times have you
heard someone say they’ve
slaved away in the kitchen
all day? Stress in the kitchen can
easily arise for a variety of reasons,
especially when you’re strapped for
time and have a never-ending to-do
list.
As a survivor of Gordon Ram-
say’s MasterChef competition,
Caitlin Meade — a top four finalist
on season eight — understands the
pressure all too well. To decrease
See Advice, 6B

BUTTER TOGETHER

Tuscan chicken pasta? More like ‘Tucson’ chicken pasta

I
got home from
work last Friday
night, and I real-
ly, really, really did
not want to cook. At
all. Do you feel me,
ladies and gentle-
men? By the end of
a full week of teach-
ing, the last thing I
want to do is figure
out something to
feed my family. Amelia Plair
I mean, I love
them and all, but they expect
to eat three times a day. Can
you believe that? I gan casting about for a hands- steps of Christina — my inimi- grater, and that amount totaled
just think it’s a little off recipe to use them in so I table mother — and millions of more than the amount called
selfish, is all. Why could change into my pajamas mamas who came before her: I for in the original. I never keep
can they not be and fuzzy socks while supper winged it. chicken broth on hand, and so I
more like puppies? cooked. I subbed diced tomatoes for used some water and a gener-
Or fish? Two meals This recipe is one I’d been sun-dried and omitted the spin- ous tablespoon of Better than
a week seems much meaning to try for ages, but it ach entirely. I used up the bag Bullion.
more reasonable. calls for sun-dried tomatoes of pasta I had and the whole
I sautéed the chicken
But alas. My and fresh baby spinach. I never brick of cream cheese instead
family members have sun-dried tomatoes on of just 6 ounces ... because re- breast, dumped in the other
are human, not hand and only rarely have ally, what am I going to do with ingredients, and scurried off to
fish, and so I had to fresh spinach. We are really two piddling ounces of leftover my room to change. And you
figure something more of a canned tomato and cream cheese? know what? It turned out pretty
out. I knew I had frozen spinach sort of family, if I grated the Parmesan until tasty, even if Zack does insist
boneless, skinless chicken you want to know the truth. it was so thin I became afraid on calling it “Tucson” chicken
breasts in the fridge, so I be- And so I followed in the foot- my knuckles would scrape the See Butter Together, 6B
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Bake sale
Continued from Page 5B
involved now. Jarrett, who was
recruited into bake sale ser-
vice by Bullock, serves as co-
chair with Paulette Garton for
this year’s Nov. 26 event. Rita
Douglass serves as president
of the antiquities society.
About 60 or so bakers will
bring homemade cakes, pies,
candies, breads, jellies, jams,
cheese straws and more to
the Lee Home at 316 Seventh
St. N. The made-from-scratch
treats will be festively present-
ed to shoppers eager to fill out
their Thanksgiving feasts.
The sale begins promptly
at 10 a.m. next Tuesday with
the ringing of a bell. However,
beginning at 8 a.m., shoppers
may stop by the Lee Home for
a brief preview and to pick up
in advance a number for the
line-up that forms prior to the
10 a.m. bell.
“It works quite well; we
have coffee and cookies for
those who want to come by
and get a number,” Bullock
said. “When the sale starts
we open the door and let in
five numbers at a time. They’ll
have a about five minutes, and
then another five people go in.”
Proceeds make a difference
Funds raised by the sale
have provided numerous
benefits for the historic home
in the past, from roof repair
to handicapped access im-
provements. This year’s event
will go toward renovation of
the kitchen and to add canvas
awnings over some of the
entrances, Jarrett said. The an-
tiquities society also strives to
maintain an emergency fund
for unexpected repairs.
Ellis said, “I am thrilled
and thankful that they saved
the building because there are
a lot of memories there. It’s
important that we take care
of it and leave it for the next
generations to come.”
Jarrett, her niece, agreed.
“I think it’s important that
we continue to keep the Lee
Home as preserved as we can,”
she remarked. “I think it’s a
part of our heritage.”
PECAN PIE
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup light Karo
Pinch of salt
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla n In a large bowl, proof the yeast
1 cup chopped pecans in the hot water. Whisk in the honey
and melted butter and salt. Stir in
n Mix all ingredients together, the whole wheat flour enough so a
adding chopped pecans last. Pour soft dough forms. (You may need to
into an already-made crust or make use a bit more or less flour.)
your own crust. Decorate center of n Turn out dough onto a floured
pie with pecan halves. Bake at 350 F surface and knead until it is smooth
for 30-40 minutes or until the middle and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place
does not shake. dough in a greased bowl. Cover and
(Source: Eleanor Ellis, originally from let it rise in a warm place until it
Geneva Redus Shelton) doubles in size.
n Punch the dough down and knead
for about a minute. Let dough rest
EASY WHOLE WHEAT for 10 minutes. Divide dough into 24
equal pieces.
DINNER ROLLS n Shape each piece into a ball, tuck-
Prep time: 20 minutes ing the ends under. Place them into a
Cook time: 20 minutes greased 9-by-13-inch pan or into two
Total time: 2 hours, 40 minutes greased 10-inch baking pans. Cover
and let them rise again until double.
2 packages active dry yeast n While they are rising, preheat oven
1 3/4 cups hot water to 375 F. Bake for 20-25 minutes
1/2 cup honey or until baked through and lightly
1/2 cup butter, melted browned. Brush them again with
4 3/4 cups whole wheat flour, melted butter while they are hot, if
divided desired. Serve warm.
2 teaspoons salt (Source: Judi Jarrett)

Skillet dishes
Continued from Page 5B
These dishes and
more can be created
for holiday festivities
with the help of kitchen
equipment like Anolon
Advanced Home skil-
lets, part of a collection
designed for everyday
cooking with heavy-
gauge hard anodized
aluminum construction
for durability and even
heating. With a triple-lay-
er, sapphire-reinforced
interior that resists chip-
ping, the cookware offers
durability and easy clean-
ing along with features
like nonstick exteriors,
convenient volume mark-
ings for saucepans and
stockpots, and comfort-
able SureGrip handles.
Find more inspiration
to make the holiday
season special at Anolon.
com.
SEARED SALMON WITH
PINE NUT, CAPER
AND FENNEL TOPPING
Yield: 4 servings
1/2 cup pine nuts
2 tablespoons olive oil,
divided
1 shallot, finely chopped
(about 3 tablespoons)
1/2 medium fennel bulb,
cored and finely chopped
3 tablespoons drained capers
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh orange
zest
2 tablespoons thinly sliced
fresh basil
1/2 teaspoon, plus 1/8 tea-
spoon, salt, divided
4 skin-on salmon fillets (6-7
ounces each)
1/4 teaspoon ground black
pepper
n Heat nonstick skillet over
medium heat. Add pine nuts
and cook, shaking pan often,
about 4-5 minutes until lightly
browned. Transfer pine nuts
to medium bowl.
n In same skillet over medi-
um heat, heat 1 tablespoon
oil. Add shallot and fennel;
cook, stirring occasionally,
3-4 minutes until slightly soft-
ened. Add capers and cook 1
minute. Transfer to bowl with
pine nuts. Stir in remaining
oil and orange zest. Let cool
5 minutes before adding
basil and 1/8 teaspoon salt;
reserve.
n Season salmon with re-
maining salt and pepper. Heat
skillet over medium heat until
hot. Add salmon, flesh-side
down, and cook 5 minutes
until nicely browned. Flip
salmon and continue cooking
4-5 minutes until skin is crisp
and salmon is cooked through
but still slightly translucent
in center. Place one salmon
fillet on each of four serving
plates; top each with pine nut
mixture.
(Source: Anolon Gourmet
Cookware)
LONG-COOKED GREEN
BEANS WITH TOMATOES
AND GARLIC
Yield: 4 servings
2 tablespoons extra-virgin
olive oil
1/4 cup yellow onions,
minced
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 1/2 pounds green beans,
ends trimmed
3 large ripe tomatoes, peeled,
seeded and chopped
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper,
to taste
n In nonstick skillet over medi-
um heat, warm olive oil.
n Add onions and cook until
soft, stirring occasionally, 7-10
minutes. Add garlic and contin-
ue stirring 1 minute. Add green
beans and tomatoes; cover and
cook over low heat until green
beans are soft, 25 minutes.
n Season with salt and pep-
per, to taste. Cook, uncovered,
until liquid is almost gone, 2-3
minutes.
(Source: Analon Gourmet
Cookware)
STOVETOP APPLE PIE
Yield: 1 10-inch pie
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup, plus 2 teaspoons,
sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground cinna-
mon or apple pie spice
6 medium Granny Smith ap-
ples, peeled, cored and cut into
eight wedges each
1 refrigerated pie crust
2 teaspoons cream
n In 10-inch nonstick skillet
over low heat, melt butter; re-
move from heat. Stir in 1/2 cup
sugar and cinnamon. Arrange
apple wedges evenly in skillet,
overlapping as needed.
n Heat oven to 350 F.
n In skillet over medium heat,
cook sugar mixture until it is
light amber in color and bubbly,
8-10 minutes.
n Carefully place pie crust on
top of apples; cut few slits in
pastry to allow air to escape.
Brush pastry with cream and
remaining sugar. Bake 25-30
minutes, or until crust is golden
brown and apples are tender.
Serve warm or at room tem-
perature.
(Source: Analon Gourmet
Cookware)

Advice
Continued from Page 5B
the stress and make your
hosting experience more
enjoyable, consider put-
ting these tips from Chef
Meade into practice.
n Prep before you
begin: Practice the “mise
en place” method — a
French term alluding
to having everything in
place before cooking.
Measure ingredients,
chop vegetables and
prepare utensils to create
a steady workflow.
n Plan in advance,
like a chef: Prep the main
dish the night before,
have easy appetizers as-
sembled ahead of guests’
arrival and outsource
sides to family and
friends.
n Save money by
getting spicy: Before it’s
time to cook, pre-make
spices. Since many store-
bought blends can be
overpriced, this is a way
to save both time and
money while personaliz-
ing your own flavors.
n Save table wine for
drinking and use cooking
wine: A secret ingredient
and important pantry
staple for Chef Meade,
cooking wine is perfect
for when she needs to
make a pan sauce or add
flavor. It’s even saved
her from having to open
a nice bottle of table
wine, as most recipes call
for less than a cup. An
option like Holland House
Cooking Wines delivers
consistent, bold flavor
while standing up to high
temperatures. Available
in Sherry, Marsala, Red
and White, there are
plenty of flavor-boosting
options.
n Create your own
stock: Many recipes call
for chicken stock. One
way to save money and
time at the store is to
create your own. Save any
leftover poultry carcass-
es, wing tips, neck and
bones. Add onion peels,
celery tips, carrot tops
and other vegetable
scraps in the freezer.
When you’re ready to
make a batch, fill a large
pot with the leftovers,
cover with water, bring
to a boil and simmer 1-2
hours for stock that can
last up to one year.
For more stress-free
holiday recipes, visit hol-
landhouseflavors.com.
SPINACH FETA
AND ARTICHOKE DIP
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 2 hours
Servings: 10-12
Nonstick cooking spray
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 package (12 ounces) frozen
spinach, thawed and excess
liquid drained
2 cans (14 ounces each)
whole artichokes, drained and
chopped
1 can (8 ounces) sliced
water chestnuts, drained and
chopped
1 1/4 cups low-fat mozzarella
cheese
3/4 cup feta cheese,
crumbled, plus additional for
garnish
1 1/4 cups low-fat Greek
yogurt
1/4 teaspoon red pepper
flakes (optional)
1/2 cup Holland House White
Cooking Wine Lime wedges, avocado, n Add cooking wine, salsa meal, if desired. Cook on high
1 package (8 ounces) re- cilantro, sour cream, cheese, verde and chicken stock. 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
duced-fat cream cheese tortilla chips, jalapeños n Cover and cook 3 hours. n Add shredded chicken back
Salt and pepper, to taste
n Remove chicken and allow to slow cooker and serve
Garnishes (optional): feta n Turn slow cooker on low; to rest, covered, for 15 min- with lime wedges, avocado,
cheese, roasted red peppers add oil, onions and chicken. utes before shredding. cilantro, sour cream, cheese,
Distribute chili seasoning n Add beans, peppers, corn tortilla chips and jalapeños, if
n Grease 6-8-quart slow cook-
er with nonstick cooking spray. evenly over chicken and and hominy to slow cooker. For desired.
n In slow cooker, mix garlic, onions. thicker consistency, add corn- (Source: Cate Meade)
spinach, artichokes, water
chestnuts, mozzarella, feta,
yogurt and red pepper flakes.
n In a small saucepan over
medium heat, simmer cooking
wine 3 minutes. Stir in cream
cheese and turn off heat.
n Transfer cream cheese and
wine mixture to slow cooker;
add salt and pepper, to taste,
and stir to combine ingredi-
ents.
n Cook on low for two hours.
n Transfer to a serving
bowl and garnish with feta
and roasted red peppers, if
desired.
(Source: Cate Meade)
WHITE HOMINY
CHICKEN CHILI
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 4 hours
Servings: 8
2 tablespoons olive or avoca-
do oil
2 medium yellow onions, diced
1 1/4 pounds boneless, skin-
less chicken breast
1 packet of white chili sea-
soning
1 cup Holland House White
Cooking Wine
1 jar (16 ounces) chunky salsa
verde
4 cups unsalted vegetable
stock
1 can (16 ounces) cannellini
beans, drained and rinsed
1 large poblano or green pep-
per, diced
1 bag (10 ounces) frozen
fire-roasted corn
1 can (29 ounces) white homi-
ny, drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons cornmeal
(optional)
Toppings recommendations:

Butter Together
Continued from Page 5B
pasta because it’s so far
from the original.
Amelia Plair is a mom
and high school teacher in
Starkville. Email reaches
her at mamabadgerplair@
gmail.com.
CREAMY TUSCAN
CHICKEN PASTA
2 very large (about 4 pounds
total) boneless, skinless
chicken breasts (butterflied to
make 4 thinner breasts)
1 tablespoon cooking oil
2 teaspoons paprika
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1 medium yellow onion,
chopped
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
4 1/2 cups chicken broth or
equal parts chicken bouillon
paste plus water
1 cup milk
16 ounces penne pasta
8 ounces cream cheese
1 1/2-2 cups freshly grated
Parmesan cheese (do not sub-
stitute the stuff in the can)
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
n Press sauté button on
Instant Pot. While pot heats,
slice chicken breasts hori-
zontally to create four thinner
breasts. Season both sides
with salt, pepper, and paprika.
When pot is hot, add a drizzle
of oil.
n Add seasoned chicken
breasts and cook on each
side about 2 minutes, until
browned but not cooked
through. Remove breasts to a
plate. Add butter and onion to
the pot; cook onions about 2
minutes.
n Add chicken broth (or water
and bullion) to the pot and
scrape to deglaze the bottom
of the pot. Add seasonings,
milk, and pasta to the pot.
Place breasts on top of sub-
merged pasta. Close Instant
Pot lid and set to cook on high
pressure for 5 minutes. When
timer beeps, release the pres-
sure and remove the lid.
n Place chicken on a plate
and tent foil over top. Add
Parmesan, cubed cream
cheese, and drained tomatoes
to the pot. Stir occasionally
until cheeses melt. Slice
chicken into bite-sized pieces
and return it to pot. Taste
and add salt and pepper, if
necessary. Sauce will be thin
but will thicken upon standing.
Top each portion with extra
Parmesan if desired.
(Source: Adapted — a lot —
from tastesbetterfromscratch.
com)

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Invitation For Bids
Notice is, hereby, given that
the Columbus Light and Water
Department, Columbus, Missis-
sippi, will receive bids in the of- AND BEING SITUATED IN
fice of the General Manager un- LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
til 10:00 a.m. on December 6, SIPPI, AND BEING MORE PAR-
2019 according to Section 27-
105-305 of the Mississippi
Code of 1972, annotated, for
the privilege of keeping on de-
posit the funds of the Colum-
bus Light and Water Depart-
ment for the period beginning
January 1, 2020 and ending
December 31, 2022.
Bid envelope should be plainly
marked “Bid for Keeping
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dressed to: Columbus Light
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sippi 39703.
The Columbus Light and Water NORTH ALONG THE EAST
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and to hold bids for a period of 140 FEET; RUNNING THENCE
thirty (30) days before award or WEST PARALLEL WITH THE
rejection.
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Light and Water Department
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Publish:
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November 27, 2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOP- is believed to be 2021 COL-
TION OF THE HEREINAFTER
NAMED MINOR
KIMBERLY DAVIS SANDLIN
AND JONATHAN SANDLIN, PETI- tion of the property, the legal
TIONERS
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SUMMONS
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TO: Unknown
You have been made a Defend- INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL PLLC, as Trustee therein, as
ant in the suit filed in this
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said Complaint or Petition at
9:00 o’clock a.m., on
Thursday, the 16th day of Janu-
ary, 2020, in the Chancery
courtroom of the Lowndes
County Courthouse in Colum-
bus, Mississippi, and in case
of your failure to appear and
defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the Complaint or Peti-
tion.
You are not required to file an
Answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal executed and delivered a cer-
of said Court, this the 11th day tain Deed of Trust unto Allan B sion of the sale, or credit bid
of October, 2019.
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi
Lisa Younger Neese
By: Tina Fisher
Deputy Clerk
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/19
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
WHEREAS, default has oc-
curred in the performance of
the covenants, terms and con- August, 2019, Mortgage Elec-
ditions of a Deed of Trust
dated December 2, 1998, ex-
ecuted by DENNIS R TEDFORD, ing, A Plainscapital Company,
conveying certain real property assigned said Deed of Trust
therein described to ROWAN H. unto PrimeLending, A Plain-
TAYLOR, JR., as Trustee, for
CENDANT MORTGAGE CORPOR- ment recorded in the office of
ATION, Original Beneficiary, to
secure the indebtedness
therein described, as same ap- 18260; and
pears of record in the office of
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes WHEREAS, on the 20th day of
County, Mississippi filed and
recorded December 9, 1998, in said Deed of Trust substituted /s/ Jillian Wilson,
Deed Book 1260, Page 621 ;
and
WHEREAS, the beneficial in-
terest of said Deed of Trust
was transferred and assigned
to U.S. Bank National Associ-
ation, not in its individual capa- WHEREAS, default having been Little Rock, AR 72201
city but solely as Trustee of
NRZ Pass-Through Trust X; and indebtedness secured by the
WHEREAS, the undersigned,
Rubin Lublin, LLC has been ap- having requested the under-
pointed as Substitute Trustee; signed so to do, on the 27th
and
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder
of said Deed of Trust, having
requested the undersigned so
to do, as Substitute Trustee or east front door of Lowndes
his duly appointed agent, by vir- County Courthouse, 505 2nd
tue of the power, duty and au-
thority vested and imposed
upon said Substitute Trustee
shall, on December 11, 2019
within the lawful hours of sale
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fied funds ONLY, the following
described property situated in
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
to wit:
ALL THE FOLLOWING DE-
SCRIBED PROPERTY, LYING
AND BEING SITUATED IN
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI, AND BEING MORE PAR-
TICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
THAT PART OF LOT ONE (1) OF
SQUARE 22 OF C.L. WOOD`S
SURVEY OF SAID CITY OF
COLUMBUS DESIGNATED AS
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MORE PARTICULARLY DE-
SCRIBED AS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH-
EAST CORNER OF SAID
SQUARE 22, RUNNING THENCE adp/F19-0569
NORTH ALONG THE EAST
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID PUBLISH: 11/6/2019,
SQUARE 22, A DISTANCE OF 11/13/2019 & 11/20/2019
WHEREAS, the beneficial in-
terest of said Deed of Trust
was transferred and assigned
to U.S. Bank National Associ-
ation, not in its individual capa-
city but solely as Trustee of
NRZ Pass-Through Trust X; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned,
Rubin Lublin, LLC has been ap- having requested the under-
pointed as Substitute Trustee; signed so to do, on the 27th
and
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder
of said Deed of Trust, having
requested the undersigned so
to do, as Substitute Trustee or east front door of Lowndes
his duly appointed agent, by vir- County Courthouse, 505 2nd
tue of the power, duty and au-
thority vested and imposed
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upon said Substitute Trustee
shall, on December 11, 2019
within the lawful hours of sale
between 11:00AM and 4:00PM Mississippi, to-wit:
at the southeast front door of
Courthouse proceed to sell at
public outcry to the highest and Subdivision, a subdivision of
best bidder for cash or certi-
fied funds ONLY, the following
described property situated in
Lowndes County, Mississippi, Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
to wit:
ALL THE FOLLOWING DE-
SCRIBED PROPERTY, LYING
TICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
THAT PART OF LOT ONE (1) OF I will only convey such title as
SQUARE 22 OF C.L. WOOD`S
SURVEY OF SAID CITY OF
COLUMBUS DESIGNATED AS
LOT J, ACCORDING TO MAP OR WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this
PLAT THEREOF, ON FILE AND
OF RECORD IN THE LAND RE-
CORDS OF LOWNDES COUNTY, Dean Morris, LLC
MISSISSIPPI, AND BEING
MORE PARTICULARLY DE-
SCRIBED AS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH-
EAST CORNER OF SAID
SQUARE 22, RUNNING THENCE adp/F19-0569
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
SQUARE 22, A DISTANCE OF
SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID
SQUARE 22 FOR A DISTANCE
OF 104 FEET; RUNNING
THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL
WITH THE EAST BOUNDARY OF ecuted a Deed of Trust to Jay
SQUARE 22 FOR A DISTANCE
OF 140 FEET TO A POINT ON
THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE
OF SAID SQUARE 22; RUN-
NING THENCE EAST ALONG
THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE the office of the Chancery Clerk
OF SAID SQUARE 22 FOR A
DISTANCE OF 104 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: The
street address of the property
LEGE ST, COLUMBUS, MS
39701. In the event of any dis- WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust
crepancy between this street
address and the legal descrip-
description shall control.
Title to the above described
property is believed to be good, 2019 in Book No. 2019 at
but I will convey only such title Page 1234 thereof; and
as is vested in me as Substi-
tute Trustee.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT-
ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
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Tel: (877) 813-0992
Fax: (404) 601-5846
PUBLISH: 11/13/2019,
11/20/2019, 11/27/2019,
12/04/2019
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF Lowndes
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of
July, 2018, Jamie Ball II and
Jazmin Ball, Husband and Wife, at public sale and outcry to the
Polunsky, Trustee for Mort-
gage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. as nominee for
Primelending, A Plainscapital
Company, Beneficiary, to se-
cure an indebtedness therein
described, which Deed of Trust p.m.) at the southeast front
is recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi in MORT
Book 2018 at Page 15456;
and
WHEREAS, Jamie Ball II and
Jazmin Ball, Husband and Wife to-wit:
is also known as Jamie O. Ball,
II per the land records of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
and
WHEREAS, on the 28th day of
tronic Registration Systems,
Inc. as nominee for Primelend-
sCapital Company, by instru-
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in
MORT Book 2019 at Page
September, 2019 the Holder of Sincerely,
and appointed Dean Morris,
LLC as Substitute Trustee by
instrument recorded in the of-
fice of the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk in Mort Book 2019 at
Page 20213; and
made in the payments of the
said Deed of Trust, and the
holder of said Deed of Trust,
day of November, 2019, I will
during the lawful hours of
between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 PUBLISH: 11/20, 11/27, &
p.m., at public outcry, offer for 12/4/2019
sale and will sell, at the south
Ave. North at Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, for cash to the
highest bidder, the following
described land and property
situated in Lowndes County,
Lot Two (2) of Autumn Trail
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
as found in Plat Book 4 at
Page 43 in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi. Subject,
however, to those restrictive
covenants and conditions
dated December 21, 1984 and
recorded in Deed Book 740 at
Pages 497-498, inclusive, in
the office of the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi.
I will only convey such title as
is vested in me as Substitute
Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this
1st day of November, 2019.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste.
404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
instrument recorded in the of-
fice of the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk in Mort Book 2019 at
Page 20213; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the payments of the
indebtedness secured by the
said Deed of Trust, and the
holder of said Deed of Trust,
day of November, 2019, I will
during the lawful hours of
between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., at public outcry, offer for
sale and will sell, at the south
Ave. North at Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, for cash to the
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highest bidder, the following
described land and property
situated in Lowndes County,
Lot Two (2) of Autumn Trail
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
as found in Plat Book 4 at
Page 43 in the office of the
County, Mississippi. Subject,
however, to those restrictive
covenants and conditions
dated December 21, 1984 and
recorded in Deed Book 740 at
Pages 497-498, inclusive, in
the office of the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi.
is vested in me as Substitute
Trustee.
1st day of November, 2019.
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste.
404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
PUBLISH: 11/6/2019,
11/13/2019 & 11/20/2019
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on the May 31,
2007, Mary D Williams, ex-
Morris, Attorney Morris & Mc-
Calla, Trustee for the use and
benefit of JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., which Deed of
Trust is on file and of record in
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, in Deed of Trust June 5,
2007, in Book No. 2007, at
Page 16142 thereof; which
was modified on November 13,
2017, in Book No. 2017, at
Page 25225
was ultimately assigned to
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC
by assignment on file and of re-
cord in the office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
Mississippi, on January 22,
WHEREAS, the legal holder of
the said Deed of Trust and the
note secured thereby, substi-
tuted Wilson & Associates,
of, by instrument recorded in
the office of the aforesaid
Chancery Clerk in October 21,
2019, in Book No. 2019, at
Page 22189 thereof; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the performance of the
conditions and stipulations as
set forth by said Deed of Trust,
and having been requested by
the legal holder of the in-
debtedness secured and de-
scribed by said Deed of Trust
so to do, notice is hereby giv-
en that Wilson & Associates,
PLLC f/k/a Adams & Edens,
P.A., Substitute Trustee, by vir-
tue of the authority conferred
upon me in said Deed of Trust,
will offer for sale and will sell
highest and best bidder for cer-
tified funds paid at the conclu-
from a bank or other lending
entity pre-approved by the suc-
cessor trustee, during the leg-
al hours (between the hours of
11 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock
door of Courthouse, on Decem-
ber 11, 2019, the following de-
scribed land and property be-
ing the same land and prop-
erty described in said Deed of
Trust, situated in Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi,
LOT NO. THREE (3) of BLOCK
NINE (9) of ROBERTSON'S AD-
DITION to the City of Colum-
bus, Mississippi, as shown by
official map of said City of
Columbus, Lowndes County,
Mississippi.
Title to the above described
property is believed to be good,
but I will convey only such title
as is vested in the aforemen-
tioned Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE , this
the 7th day of November,
2019.
WILSON & ASSOCIATES, PLLC,
Substitute Trustee
PREPARED BY:
Wilson & Associates, PLLC
400 West Capitol Avenue
Suite 1400
(501)219-9388
File # 342359
PUBLICATION TO BEGIN ON:
November 20, 2019
PUBLICATION TO END ON:
December 4, 2019
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Classifieds
Ads appear in The Commercial Dispatch,
The Starkville Dispatch and Online
Legal Notices
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES,
LLC PLAINTIFF
VS.
WAYNE DAVIS, SR. a/k/a
WAYNE VINCENT DAVIS, SR.;
SHARON A. DAVIS a/k/a SHAR-
ON ANN DAVIS; MARK SPEARS;
AMANDA D. SPEARS; MASTER
FINANCIAL; DEAN MORRIS LLC,
solely in its capacity as Substi-
tute Trustee; AND ANY AND
ALL PERSONS HAVING AN IN-
TEREST IN THE SUBJECT PROP-
ERTY BEARING THE ADDRESS
OF 129 CAIDE COVE, COLUM-
BUS, MS 39705 DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 2019-0530-DE
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSSISSIPPI
TO: Master Financial, whose
current post office address and
street address are unknown to
the Plaintiff after diligent
search and inquiry to ascertain
same.
The Complaint against you
which is on file at the Lowndes
County Chancery Court, Colum-
bus, Mississippi, in the above
numbered cause, is important
and you must take immediate
action to protect your rights.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a written re-
sponse to the Complaint filed
against you in this action to
Kimberly D. Putnam, Attorney
for Plaintiff, whose address is
1820 Avenue of America, Mon-
roe, Louisiana, 71201.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
AFTER THE 6TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 2019 WHICH IS
THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUB-
LICATION OF THIS SUMMONS.
IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO
MAILED OR DELIVERED, A
JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL
BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU
FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER
RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE
COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your Response with the
Clerk of this Court within a
reasonable time afterward.
LISA YOUNG NEESE
LOWNDES COUNTY
CHANCERY COURT CLERK
COLUMBUS, MS.
(SEAL)
BY: Tina Fisher, D.C.
Date 10/17/2019
PUBLISH: 11/6, 11/13 &
11/20/2019
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
RAIL SPUR CONSTRUCTION to
STEEL DYNAMICS INCORPOR-
ATED
ARC# MS-19400
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed Bids for the construc-
tion of the Rail Spur Construc-
tion to Steel Dynamics Incor-
porated will be received by the
Lowndes County Board of Su-
pervisors at the offices of
Lowndes County Board of Su-
pervisors located at 505 2nd
Avenue North, Columbus, MS
39701 until January 6, 2020 at
10:00 a.m., at which time the
Bids received will be publicly
opened and read. The Project
consists of constructing Rail
Spur Construction to Steel Dy-
namics Incorporated.
Bids will be received for a
single prime Contract. Bids
shall be on a lump sum and/or
unit price basis, with additive
and/or deductive alternate bid
items as indicated in the Bid
Form.
The Issuing Office for the Bid-
ding Documents is: Calvert-
Spradling Engineers, Inc.;
7085 Highway 45 North Altern-
ate; P.O. Drawer 1078; West
Service Directory
Point, MS 39773. Prospective
Bidders may examine the Bid-
ding Documents at the Issuing
Office on Mondays through Fri-
days during regular business
hours, and may obtain copies
of the Bidding Documents from
the Issuing Office as de-
Promote your small business starting at only $25
scribed below.
Printed copies of the Official
Bidding Documents and Tech-
General Services
nical Specifications may be ob-
tained from the Issuing Office,
A &the
during T TREE
hours SERVICES
indicated
Bucket
above, upontruck
payment& stump
of a non- June,
removal.
refundable Freeofest.
deposit
$_150.00_
Serving forColumbus
each set.
Checks for 1987.
since Documents Substitute
Bidding Senior
shall be payable
citizen to Calvert-
disc. Call Alvin @
Spradling Engineers,
242−0324/241−4447 Inc. Upon
request
"We’ll and receipt
go out on aof limb for Mort
the doc- help Book
ument deposit indicated above 11255; and
you!"
plus a non-refundable shipping
charge, the Issuing Office will
transmit the Bidding
One callDocu-
will bring
ments via delivery service. The Affidavit was recorded via in-
662-328-2424
shipping charge amount will de- strument appearing in the
pend on the shipping method
selected by the prospective
Bidder. The date that the Bid-
ding Documents are transmit-
ted by the Issuing Office will be Deed Book 2016 at Page 433;
considered the Bidder’s date of and
receipt of the Bidding Docu-
ments. Partial sets of Bidding
Documents will not be avail-
able from the Issuing Office.
Neither Owner nor Engineer will said Deed of Trust, and the
be responsible for full or par-
tial sets of Bidding Documents, having requested the under-
including Addenda if any, ob-
tained from sources other than day of November, 2019, I will
the Issuing Office.
Official bid documents can be
downloaded from Central at
www.centralbidding.com. Elec-
tronic bids can be submitted at County Courthouse, 505 2nd
www.centralbidding.com. For
any questions related to the
electronic bidding process,
please call Central Bidding at
225-810-4814.
Minority and Woman Owned
Business Enterprises are soli-
cited to bid on this contract as corner of the Northwest Quarter
prime contractors and are en-
couraged to make inquiries re- Section 12 Township 16 South,
garding potential subcontract-
ing opportunities, equipment,
material and/or supply needs. North 89 degrees 06 minutes
The Lowndes County Board of
Supervisors is an Equal Oppor- to an iron pipe; thence South
Lowndes County Board of Su-
pervisors located at 505 2nd
Avenue North, Columbus, MS SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
39701 until January 6, 2020 at
10:00 a.m., at which time the
Bids received will be publicly
TICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
opened and read. The Project
consists of constructing Rail
Spur Construction to Steel Dy-
COUNTY OF Lowndes
WHEREAS, on the 19th day of
namics Incorporated. August, 2014, Ralph S Carter
Bids will be received for a
To place ads starting at only $12,
and Christi D Carter Husband
and Wife, executed and de-
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
single prime Contract. Bids livered a certain Deed of Trust
shall be on a lump sum and/or unto Timothy L Gowan, Trustee
unit price basis, with additive for Mortgage Electronic Regis-
and/or deductive alternate bid tration Systems, Inc. as nomin-
itemsTHE DISPATCH
as indicated nBid
in the CDISPATCH.COM
ee for BankFirst WEDNESDAY,
n Financial Ser- NOVEMBER 20, 2019 n 7B
Form. vices, Beneficiary, to secure an
indebtedness therein de-
The Issuing Office for the Bid- scribed, which Deed of Trust is
ding Documents is: Calvert- recorded in the office of the
Legal NoticesEngineers, Inc.;
Spradling Legal NoticesClerk of Lowndes
Chancery Legal Notices
7085 Highway 45 North Altern- County, Mississippi in Mort
ate; P.O. Drawer 1078; West Book 2014 at Page 17742; SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NO-
Point, MS 39773. Prospective and TICE OF SALE
Bidders may examine the Bid-
ding Documents at the Issuing WHEREAS, on the 15th day of WHEREAS, on the March 23,
Office on Mondays through Fri- June, 2015, Mortgage Electron- 2017, William T Ray, Sr and
days during regular business ic Registration Systems, Inc. Martha D Ray, executed a
hours, and may obtain copies as nominee for BankFirst Finan- Deed of Trust to J. Douglas
of the Bidding Documents from cial Services, assigned said Dalrymple, Trustee for the use
the Issuing Office as de- Deed of Trust unto U.S. Bank and benefit of Mortgage Elec-
scribed below. National Association, by instru- tronic Registration Systems,
ment recorded in the office of Inc., as beneficiary, as nomin-
Printed copies of the Official the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in ee for American Southwest
Bidding Documents and Tech- Mort Book 2015 at Page Mortgage Corp., its suc-
nical Specifications may be ob- 13055; and cessors and assigns, which
tained from the Issuing Office, Deed of Trust is on file and of
during the hours indicated WHEREAS, on the 10th day of record in the office of the Chan-
above, upon payment of a non- June, 2019 the Holder of said cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
refundable deposit of Deed of Trust substituted and Mississippi, in Deed of Trust
$_150.00_ for each set. appointed Dean Morris, LLC as March 24, 2017, in Book No.
Checks for Bidding Documents Substitute Trustee by instru- 2017, at Page 6495 thereof;
shall be payable to Calvert- ment recorded in the office of
Spradling Engineers, Inc. Upon the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust
request and receipt of the doc- Mort Book 2019 at Page was ultimately assigned to
ument deposit indicated above 11255; and Freedom Mortgage Corporation
plus a non-refundable shipping by assignment on file and of re-
charge, the Issuing Office will WHEREAS, on the 27th day of cord in the office of the Chan-
transmit the Bidding Docu- January, 2016, a Scrivener's cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
ments via delivery service. The Affidavit was recorded via in- Mississippi, on October 10,
shipping charge amount will de- strument appearing in the 2018, in Book No. 2018, at
pend on the shipping method aforesaid land records to cor- Page 21570 and Correction As-
selected by the prospective rect an error in the legal de- signment on October 28, 2019
Bidder. The date that the Bid- scription in the subject deed of in Book No. 2019 at Page
ding Documents are transmit- trust; this Affidavit appears in 22845 thereof; and
ted by the Issuing Office will be Deed Book 2016 at Page 433;
considered the Bidder’s date of and WHEREAS, the legal holder of
receipt of the Bidding Docu- the said Deed of Trust and the
ments. Partial sets of Bidding WHEREAS, default having been note secured thereby, substi-
Documents will not be avail- made in the payments of the tuted Wilson & Associates,
able from the Issuing Office. indebtedness secured by the PLLC, as Trustee therein, as
Neither Owner nor Engineer will said Deed of Trust, and the authorized by the terms there-
be responsible for full or par- holder of said Deed of Trust, of, by instrument recorded in
tial sets of Bidding Documents, having requested the under- the office of the aforesaid
including Addenda if any, ob- signed so to do, on the 27th Chancery Clerk on October 23,
tained from sources other than day of November, 2019, I will 2018, in Book No. 2018, at
the Issuing Office. during the lawful hours of Page 22456 thereof; and
between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
Official bid documents can be p.m., at public outcry, offer for WHEREAS, default having been
downloaded from Central at sale and will sell, at the south made in the performance of the
www.centralbidding.com. Elec- east front door of Lowndes conditions and stipulations as
tronic bids can be submitted at County Courthouse, 505 2nd set forth by said Deed of Trust,
www.centralbidding.com. For Ave. North at Columbus, Mis- and having been requested by
any questions related to the sissippi, for cash to the the legal holder of the in-
electronic bidding process, highest bidder, the following debtedness secured and de-
please call Central Bidding at described land and property scribed by said Deed of Trust
225-810-4814. situated in Lowndes County, so to do, notice is hereby giv-
Mississippi, to-wit: en that Wilson & Associates,
Minority and Woman Owned PLLC f/k/a Adams & Edens,
Business Enterprises are soli- Beginning at the Northeast P.A., Substitute Trustee, by vir-
cited to bid on this contract as corner of the Northwest Quarter tue of the authority conferred
prime contractors and are en- of the Southwest Quarter of upon me in said Deed of Trust,
couraged to make inquiries re- Section 12 Township 16 South, will offer for sale and will sell
garding potential subcontract- Range 17 West, Lowndes at public sale and outcry to the
ing opportunities, equipment, County, Mississippi; thence highest and best bidder for cer-
material and/or supply needs. North 89 degrees 06 minutes tified funds paid at the conclu-
West along an existing fence sion of the sale, or credit bid
The Lowndes County Board of line a distance of 413.70 feet from a bank or other lending
Supervisors is an Equal Oppor- to an iron pipe; thence South entity pre-approved by the suc-
tunity Employer, and hereby no- 02 degrees 9 minutes West a cessor trustee, during the leg-
tifies all Bidders will be af- distance of 1285.81 feet to a al hours (between the hours of
forded the full opportunity to nail in thence centerline of a 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock
submit bids in response to this paved county road known as p.m.) at the southeast front
invitation and will not be dis- Duncan Road; thence South 79 door of Courthouse, on Decem-
criminated against on the degrees 36 minutes East along ber 4, 2019, the following de-
grounds of race, color, religion, the said centerline, a distance scribed land and property be-
sex, national origin, age, disab- of 100.0 feet; thence South 81 ing the same land and prop-
ility, sexual preference, marital degrees 44 minutes East along erty described in said Deed of
or veteran status, or any other the said centerline, a distance Trust, situated in Lowndes
legally protected status in con- of 100.0 feet; thence South 82 County, State of Mississippi,
sideration for an award. degrees 41 minutes East along to-wit:
the said centerline a distance
The successful bidder must of 216.58 feet to a railroad Lot No. 16 of Block 2 of
comply with the Davis-Bacon spike; thence North 02 de- Malone Subdivision Extension,
Act which requires that all grees 09 minutes East a dis- a subdivision of Lowndes
laborers and mechanics shall tance of 1339.32 feet to the County, Mississippi, according
be paid at rates not less than Point of Beginning, and contain- to the map or plat of said sub-
those determined by the De- ing 12.5 acres, more or less. division now on file in the of-
partment of Labor to be prevail- fice of the Chancery Clerk of
ing for the locality in which the LESS AND EXCEPT that portion said county and recorded in
project is located. reserved for road right of way Plat Book No. 2 at Page 29.
purposed and all being located SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the
This project is being funded in and situated in the Northwest covenants and restrictions set
part by the Appalachian Region- Quarter of the Southwest forth in that certain agreement
al Commission (ARC) Grant Quarter of Section 12, Town- between Robert C. Malone and
#MS-19400 and the rules and ship 16 South, Range 17 West, Thomas McCrary dated Novem-
regulations therein apply. Lowndes County, Mississippi. ber 9, 1957, and recorded in
Deed Book 271 at Page 325 in
Bid security shall be furnished I will only convey such title as the office of the Chancery Clerk
in accordance with the Instruc- is vested in me as Substitute of Lowndes County, Missis-
tions to Bidders. Trustee. sippi.
Sponsor: Lowndes County WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this Title to the above described
Board of Supervisors 31st day of October, 2019. property is believed to be good,
By: Harry Sanders but I will convey only such title
Title: President Dean Morris, LLC as is vested in the aforemen-
Date: November 15, 2019 Substitute Trustee tioned Substitute Trustee.
Publish: November 20, 2019 & 855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste.
November 27, 2019 404, Bldg. 400 WITNESS MY SIGNATURE , this
Ridgeland, MS 39157 the 4th day of November,
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO- (318) 330-9020 2019.
TICE OF SALE
adp/F03-0912 Sincerely,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI /s/ Jillian Wilson,
PUBLISH: 11/6/2019, WILSON & ASSOCIATES, PLLC,
COUNTY OF Lowndes
11/13/2019, 11/20/2019 Substitute Trustee
WHEREAS, on the 19th day of
August, 2014, Ralph S Carter PREPARED BY:
and Christi D Carter Husband Wilson & Associates, PLLC
and Wife, executed and de- 400 West Capitol Avenue
livered a certain Deed of Trust Suite 1400
unto Timothy L Gowan, Trustee Little Rock, AR 72201
for Mortgage Electronic Regis-
All notices must be (501)219-9388
tration Systems, Inc. as nomin- emailed to File # 332125
ee for BankFirst Financial Ser-
vices, Beneficiary, to secure an classifieds@
indebtedness therein de- PUBLISH: 11/13, 11/20 &
scribed, which Deed of Trust is cdispatch.com. 11/27/2019
recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes Read local.
County, Mississippi in Mort cdispatch.com
Book 2014 at Page 17742;
and
WHEREAS, on the 15th day of
June, 2015, Mortgage Electron-
ic Registration Systems, Inc.
as nominee for BankFirst Finan-
cial Services, assigned said
Deed of Trust unto U.S. Bank
National Association, by instru-
ment recorded in the office of
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in
Mort Book
General 2015 at Page
Services Lawn Care / Landscaping Sitting With The Sick / Elderly
13055; and
WORK
WHEREAS, WANTED:
on the 10th day of JESSE & BEVERLY’S RN NURSE seeking to sit
Licensed
2019&the Bonded−
Holder of said LAWN SERVICE. w/ elderly person in home,
carpentry,
Deed painting,
of Trust & and
substituted Mowing, cleanup, hospital or nursing home.
appointed
demolition. Dean Morris, LLC as
Landscaping, landscaping, sodding, Light housekeeping
Trustee by
gutters cleaned, instru-
bush & tree cutting. included. Ask for Mary,
ment recorded
hogging, in the office
clean−up work,of 662−356−6525 662−356−6578.
the aforesaid Chancery
pressure washing, moving Clerk in
& 2019 atrepair.
furniture Page Painting & Papering
662−242−3608.
SULLIVAN’S PAINT Got leaky pipes? Find a
WHEREAS, on the 27th day of
January,
2016, a Scrivener's
you results.
SERVICE. Special Prices.
Interior and Exterior
plumber in the classifieds.
Painting. 662−435−6528
aforesaid land records to cor-
rect an error in the legal de-
scription in the subject deed of
trust; this Affidavit appears in
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the payments of the
indebtedness secured by the
holder of said Deed of Trust,
signed so to do, on the 27th
during the lawful hours of
between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., at public outcry, offer for
sale and will sell, at the south
east front door of Lowndes
Ave. North at Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, for cash to the
highest bidder, the following
described land and property
situated in Lowndes County,
Mississippi, to-wit:
Beginning at the Northeast
of the Southwest Quarter of
Range 17 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi; thence
West along an existing fence
line a distance of 413.70 feet
8B WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Employment
Call us: 662-328-2424
General Help Wanted
THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
PLANING AND DEVELOP-
MENT DISTRICT is accept-
ing applications for part-
time personal care attend-
ants to work in the Golden
Triangle area. Applicants
must have a valid driver’s
license, reliable transporta-
tion and liability insurance
on vehicle. Contact Minnie
Lindsey at the Golden Tri-
angle Planning and Devel-
opment District, 106 Miley
Drive, Starkville, MS. No
telephone calls please.
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.
THE COMMERCIAL DIS-
PATCH seeks a motivated,
contracted carrier for the
Brooksville & Macon area.
Excellent opportunity to
earn money for college.
Must have good transporta-
tion, valid driver's license
& insurance. Delivers on
Sunday morning and Mon.-
Fri. afternoons. Apply at
The Commercial Dispatch,
516 Main Street in Colum-
bus. No phone calls
please.
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Apts For Rent: North
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DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA
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CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
historic district, 1 block
from downtown.
Apartments & Houses $575/mo. + $575 dep.
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2 Bedroooms
COLEMAN
3 Bedrooms
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ces provided. Washer/
Dryer connections. 2411 HWY 45 N
Deposit required. Call
662−436−2255 for
COLUMBUS, MS
further details.
Background checks Commercial Property For Rent
required. $500.
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
truck terminal, 9,500 sq.
Apts For Rent: Other
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
office/shop. Buildings can
1ST MONTH − Rent Free! be rented together or
1BR Apt − $350−$385
separately. All w/ excellent
2BR Apt − $395−$495 access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
2BR TwnHome − $625
Lease, Dep & Credit Check.
662−327−9559.
Coleman Realty
662−329−2323. RESTAURANT SPACE
AVAILABLE. 1200 sq. ft.
$1100/mo. Serious
DOWNTOWN 1BR inquiries only. 662−328−
8655 or 662−574−7879.
This large 1 bedroom
apartment has been
recently renovated. It Houses For Rent: North
features great natural light,
hardwood floors, tall 2BR/1BA HOLLY HILLS
ceilings and access to a RD. $900/mo. No pets.
shared laundry room. No HUD. 662−549−2302.
$750 rent and $750 Leave message.
deposit. Utilities included.
No pets please. Call Peter, 3BR/1BA Stove, ref, a/c.
662−574−1561. Good area. HUD, $565
dep/monthly. Credit check.
Coleman Realty,
662−329−2323.
3BR/2BA CH/A, Hwy 45 N. Lots & Acreage
Caledonia Schools. No
pets. $800/mo. $800 dep. FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre
1 yr lease. Weathers
lots. Good/bad credit. 10% many others.
Rentals, 662−574−0345. down, as low as $299/mo. Paul, 901−435−6668
Open Mon−Fri, 8a−4p.
Eaton Land.
662−361−7711.
COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES.
2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3 Riverfront Property For Sale
bath townhouses. $625 to
$675. 662−549−9555. GREAT RENTAL OR COZY
Ask for Glenn or text. COTTAGE ON RIVER FOR
SALE. 199 Riverchase Dr.
UPPER NORTH in West Point. 2BR/1.5BA,
COLUMBUS. 75 Big Tom 1.5 lot, fenced in, 50 ft.
Rd. 4BR/2BA. $1350/mo. enclosed steel slip, 40 ft.
No pets. Call 662−574− dock with hook up & new
8090 for appointment. a/c. Available Dec./Jan.
$165,000. 662−574−
Houses For Rent: New Hope 1209.
3BR/1BA Fresh paint, new
carpet, fenced, all appl.
included. NO HUD. $775/
mo. & $775 dep. Ref req.
662−574−9749.
Houses For Rent: Caledonia Appliances
3BR/1.5BA 1600 sqft.
Nice sun room. Caledonia
Washer/Dryer: Chest
Freezer: Lift Chair
Community
School District. No dogs. Washer and Dryer 2 years
$765/mo + $765 dep. old $500. Ads starting at $12
8155 Hwy. 12 near Old 7.1 CUFT Hotpoint Chest
Country Store. 662−245− Freezer: 10 Months old, Good Things To Eat
1191 or 662−549−9298. $200. Recliner−Rocker lift
chair: Lazy Boy New: $500.
Houses For Rent: Other 662−570−1730.
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REAL ESTATE
662−328−0770 GENUINE IVORY necklace
by Priscilla, $12.
LEASE/PURCHASE: Damascus steel 13.5"
Bowie knife, hand made in
3BR/1BA, Just
renovated. Like new, the US with sheath, new in
box, $30. 662−244−5861.
brick house with Central
H&A, No Pets.
3BR/1BA, clean and ROUND OAK Pedestal table
move−in ready, Central with three chairs, $55. Call
H&A, $600/mo. No
662−244−5861.
Pets. 107 King Street.
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA
apartment, Central TOSHIBA LAPTOP
H&A. Walk to MUW, computer, $65. Call 662−
church, shops. $675/ 244−5861.
mo. No Pets, No HUD.
Firewood / Fuel
WEST POINT: 1BR/1BA
spacious apartment.
Appliances and water FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
Various lengths.
furnished. $375/mo.
662−295−2274.
No Pets, No HUD. Travel & Entertainment
STARKVILLE: 2BR/1.5 Furniture
BA, Central H&A, new
appliances. $550/mo. LIVING ROOM SET MUSICIANS "Use it
No Pets. 104 Womack.
Loveseat & chaise for sale. before you lose it".
NEW!!! $290. 662−242− That’s how the saying
2884. Leave a message.
Mobile Homes for Rent goes and it applies all
the more for Christian
General Merchandise musicians and singers
RENT A CAMPER!
CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL! who have a God−given
WANTED FREON R12. talent but are ignoring
Utilities & cable included,
from $145/wk − $535/
month. Columbus & County
We pay CA$H.
R12 R500 R11.
their calling and content
to click a tv remote
Convenient. instead of getting out
School locations. 662−242
−7653 or 601−940−1397. Certified professionals. and "turning on"folks to
Jesus!
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312−291−9169 Hey, I am an older
Office Spaces For Rent Christian drummer with
many years experience
GREAT, CONVENIENT Sporting Goods who LOVES to play
LOCATION! Office space for Southern Gospel,
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N. ED SANDERS GUNSMITH Country Gospel,
662−574−3970. 662−570 OPEN FOR SEASON! traditional Christian,
−3970
9−5: Tues−Fri & Bluegrass Gospel and
9−12: Sat. etc. and am looking for
other talented
Over 50 years experience!
OFFICE SPACE FOR Repairs, cleaning, musicians willing to
LEASE. 1112 Main St., step up and step out to
refinishing, scopes
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
of private parking. 662−
mounted & zeroed, proclaim the Good
handmade knives. News in music and
327−9559. song. I have the time,
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
of West Point, turn right on practice space,
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn resources and some
Real Estate
left on Darracott Rd, see contacts to make it
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on happen for a dynamic
group willing to just
left. 662−494−6218.
step out boldly in joy
Ads starting at $25 and Faith.
Wanted To Buy I am looking specifically
Houses For Sale: East for guitar, keys, bass
OLD RECORDS: Pre−1975 and a dynamic,
45’s especially large outgoing lead singer
2 Bedroom, 2 full bath
quantities. Also old
brick house for sale. Large and back−up singers
WINDUP phonographs & who are not afraid to
lot. House has living room,
78rpm records esp. on
2 bedrooms, kitchen/ make it happen in
labels: Broadway, public. Young, old,
dining and step down den.
Champion, Conqueror,
Great starter home or male,female, white,
Crown, Gennett, Herwin,
rental property. $12,000. black or green does not
Melotone, Okeh, Oriole,
662−574−3671 matter as long as you
Paramount, Perfect, QRS, have the talent and
Romeo, Silvertone, heart for the job. Think
Superior, Supertone,
about doing it mainly for
Vocalion, Brunswick, the sheer enjoyment
Columbia, Victors, many,
but also we could take
it to churches,
reunions, the pavilion in
downtown Columbus on
a nice day, etc., etc. as
we desire. Practice
once a week and work
on selections in
between on your own.
Now is the right time to
USE your talent before
it is gone and you might
have to answer to the
"Bandleader up
there"as to why you let
You’ll find the best deals it go to waste! If
interested send me a
Leave message. when you advertise text at (706) 575−9399
and shop here! and I will get back with
you and collect names
Garage Sales ads.cdispatch.com
until we have enough
folks to get started. I
KNOW there must be
lots of local talent for
Two free signs this, so...? 706−575−
Estate Sales Vehicles 9399
ESTATE SALE STORE Ads starting at $12
548 Hwy. 45 N.
Frontage Rd. Autos For Sale Need a new
companion?
662−435−0641
or 662−352−4460
1986 CHEVROLET
CORVETTE. Low mileage
(107k), lots of documen−
Merchandise tation/receipts since
1992. Lots of recent high
dollar repairs completed.
This is a must see!!
Ads starting at $12 $7,500. Clear MS title in
hand. 662−329−1252.
Antiques
2015 TOYOTA CAMRY X SE
CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Dealer maintained, runs
Magnolia Antique Mall great, loaded w/ options.
Sat., Nov. 23, 2019 Just 130k miles. Only
10AM−5PM $12,500. Call 501−545−
When looking
302 Alabama St. 7750. Local!
Houses For Sale: Other
for a new pet,
adoption is
always a
good option.
Five Questions:
1 Smeagol
2 Taller
3 Chicken
Pot Pie
4 Scotland
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