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Punishments to fit the crime?

Habitual offender laws can result in defendants spending decades behind bars
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Dusty Houser’s son has nev-
er met his grandfather outside a
Mississippi Department of Cor-
rections facility.
Houser was in his early 20s
in 2007 when his father, Paul
Houser of Caledonia, was sen-
tenced to 60 years in prison
after a jury convicted him of
possessing precursors to mak-
ing methamphetamine. That
means Dusty Houser has spent
D. Houser Colom
most of his adult life with his fa-
ther in prison.
“It’s been hard,” he said.
“You run into problems with
raising your child or something
like that. You just want that
parental guidance. ‘Hey, son,
you’re doing good.’ ... It is really
hurtful.”
The sentence was based on
state statutes mandating judges
give those sentenced as “habit-
ual offenders” — i.e., someone
who has been convicted of at
least two prior felonies — the
maximum sentence under the
law. At the time, precursor to
methamphetamine carried a
maximum of 30 years (it’s since
changed to eight), and because
the prior charges were also
drug charges, that doubled the
sentence.
The law has since been
amended to allow judges a little
more discretion in levying sen-
tences.
“That type of sentence is not
possible today,” said Scott Co-
lom, District Attorney over the
16th District Court of Missis-
sippi, which covers Lowndes,
Oktibbeha, Clay and Noxubee
counties.
But Houser is still in prison
until 2067, though 16th District
Court Judge Jim Kitchens, who
presided over Houser’s case,
said Houser will be eligible for
parole after serving 15 years.
Houser isn’t alone. More
than 2,000 inmates in MDOC
are serving maximum sentenc-
es under the habitual offend-
er laws, and more than 900 of
those are serving 20 or more
years, according to a report
compiled by FWD.us Mississip-
pi, a coalition of groups pushing
See Sentencing, 6A

Columbus to TITLETOWN
cease upkeep
at Luxapalila
Creek Park
after 20 years
COO: City no longer has
‘time or manpower’
to maintain park owned
by Corps of Engineers
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com

In a sense, word of
mouth played a role
in the fate of Luxa-
palila Creek Park in
southern Lowndes
County. The park
has gone from popu-
lar to “dangerous” to Armstrong
all-but-forgotten over
the past two decades. Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
In November, the Columbus City WEST POINT WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: West Point players hold up the number “four” after
Council voted to end its agreement Saturday’s 38-26 state championship victory. West Point captured its fourth straight Class 5A state title and its 11th in
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- school history. MORE COVERAGE, SEE PAGE 1B.
neers to maintain the park.
In 2001, the city entered a 25-
See Park Maintenance, 8A

Authorities search for

Future of Starkville rental property debate unclear
Some aldermen refuse to consider short-term rental
missing EMCC student restrictions without long-term rental regulations
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
BY TESS VRBIN dinance, she said.
Police are looking tvrbin@cdispatch.com “It might come up at the next meet-
for an East Mississip- ing, it might come up in January, or it
pi Community Col- STARKVILLE — Some Starkville might not come up at all if nobody wants
aldermen attempted on Tuesday to ex- Spruill Carver Beatty
lege student believed to do it,” Spruill said.
to have run away pand the ongoing debate over potential The board of aldermen voted 5-2 received several complaints from con-
Wednesday. restrictions on short-term rentals in on Tuesday to postpone the previously stituents about long-term rentals in
William Felks, residential neighborhoods, saying long- scheduled Dec. 17 vote on the short- residential neighborhoods, mostly
17, was last seen term rentals in the same areas should term rental ordinance for properties about noise, garbage, parking and yard
leaving the library Felks be considered too. like Airbnbs, first proposed in late Sep- maintenance. Some of those long-term
on the Golden Triangle campus in But there is no guarantee that long- tember and amended 17 times since. rentals are occupied by Mississippi
Mayhew at 4:17 p.m., according term rentals will be discussed or even Ward 1 Alderman Ben Carver asked for State University students rather than
to a press release from the EMCC researched, Mayor Lynn Spruill said. the vote, and he told The Dispatch that families.
Police Department. A later press The board will have to vote at a future he hopes the discussion continues. Those in favor of short-term rent-
release said authorities believe he meeting on whether to direct city staff Spruill, Carver and Ward 5 Alder- al regulations have said they are con-
See MISSING, 3A to conduct the research and draft an or- man Hamp Beatty all said they have See rental regulations, 6A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

1 A branch of what art museum attracted Today Columbus: This 5:30 meetings
over a million visitors to the Basque region p.m. presentation Dec. 9:
■ Book signing: Retired titled “A Night at Aunt
of Spain in its first year of operation? Columbus
Air Force Colonel and
2 Who became the first American woman Tilly’s Country Kitchen” Municipal School
nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, in former Vietnam War POW
combines music and Board of Trustees
2004? Smitty Harris of Tupelo
drama at Fairview Bap- regular meeting,
3 What U.S. president’s administration will sign copies of his
tist Church, 127 Airline 6 p.m., Brandon
Charlie Alan Walker suggested that ketchup be considered a book, “Tap Code,” from
vegetable in school lunches? Road, Columbus. Free. Central Services
Fifth grade, Heritage 2-4 p.m. at the Tennes-
4 What Marvel Comics superhero is also All are welcome.
see Williams Home and Dec. 13:

62 Low 56 the king of the African country of Wakanda? Welcome Center, 300 ■ First Christmas:
Lowndes County
High 5 In 1849, what did Walter Hunt invent in Main St., Columbus. Cop- Bring the family to this
Supervisors, 9
Cloudy three hours to pay off a $15 debt — a cork- recreation of an interac-
ies of “Tap Code” will be a.m., County
Full forecast on
screw, parachute or a safety pin? tive Bethlehem village
Answers, 2D available for purchase. Courthouse
page 3A. ■ Columbus Girl Choir: between 6-8 p.m. at
Brickerton, Military Road, Dec. 13:
The Columbus Girl Choir Patricia Hollis grew up
Columbus. See village Lowndes County
in Columbus. She likes to
Inside is in concert at 3 p.m.
at Poindexter Hall on the merchants and crafts- go fishing, cook and sew. School District
Classifieds 1D Lifestyles 1C Mississippi University men, soldiers and a live Hollis has been participat- Board of Trustees
Comics 5D Obituaries 7B for Women campus. $10 nativity at this annual ing in the Salvation Army’s regular meeting,
Crossword 2D Opinions 4,5A suggested donation. event presented by First Red Kettle Campaign for 12:30 p.m.,
140th Year, No. 231 Dear Abby 3C Scene & Seen 6C ■ Merry Christmas Baptist Church. Free. the past three years. Central Office

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WASSAIL FEST

Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

Courtney Stringer, left, walks around Rae’s Jewelry after testing out the store’s wassail, while Jake Norman, 13, right, validates a judging card during Wassail Fest Friday
night in Columbus. Norman’s grandfather owns and operates Rae’s Jewelry and his parents are Tim and Erin Norman. Rae’s Jewelry and other downtown merchants partici-
pated in the annual holiday event during which businesses compete to see who makes the tastiest wassail.

Ask Rufus

A story of early Columbus

I
t is always Ovid P. Brown
interesting when had settled in
different early Columbus in 1819
accounts and stories where he lived in
merge into a single a log home which
narrative. I was his son, Stephen,
recently rereading described in 1861
a letter to the editor as being “situated
that the late Doug on the south side of
Stone had once sent Main Street upon
to The Commercial the brow of the hill,
Dispatch and found a few hundred yards
just such a story east of the old Co-
about Columbus’ Rufus Ward lumbus Ferry.” The
early times. earliest accounts of
The letter contained an Ovid have him as the captain of
excerpt from George Brown’s a keelboat transporting salt and
1877 autobiography. Brown sugar to Columbus from Mobile
had written that in 1821 he was in 1819. The Mobile Gazette
in South Carolina studying of February 2, 1820, reported
medicine when his brother that Brown’s barge, Southern
Ovid Brown came for a visit and Trader, had cleared the port of
convinced him to come to the Mobile for Columbus.
new town of Columbus. There There remains the question
he could continue his medical of who Dr. Barry was and why a
studies “under the direction of frontier doctor would have been
Doctor Barry a very popular a good doctor to study medicine
physician of that place.” under.
I found it strange that Brown Dr. B.C. Barry may have
would want to leave South Car- been a frontier doctor but in the Drawing by Frank Swords
olina to study under a doctor in summer of 1821, a successful Columbus in 1821 consisted “of two rows of cabins about 200 yards long — not a brick house in the
a remote frontier town. Howev- surgery he and Dr. Hender- place, and but one framed house — and that was a hotel kept by Richard Barry.”
er, like the pieces of a puzzle, son performed on a patient at
several different accounts fit Barry’s Columbus office made the operation received, George
together to tell a story. national news. This would have Brown’s wanting to study
In his 1877 autobiography been on Ovid’s mind when he medicine under Dr. Barry
Brown described his first visited George in the fall of 1821 makes sense. Dr. Barry had
impressions of Columbus in the and would have made a real moved to Columbus in 1819 and
fall 1821: impression on George. Barry’s died in 1824. The records in
“My brother kept a hotel and office was in a small two-story the probate of his estate show
I boarded with him. The now framed house with Dr. Barry’s that when he died, he had a
flourishing city of Columbus office on the first floor and the house under construction on
consisted then of two rows of Masonic Lodge on the second the southwest corner of Fifth
cabins about 200 yards long — (the present site of the Varsity Street South and College Street.
not a brick house in the place, Building).
Claims filed in the estate for
and but one framed house — The account of the operation
and that was a hotel kept by was first carried in The Missis- building materials allowed the
Richard Barry. (Gideon Lince- sippi State Gazette of Natchez late Sam Kaye to reconstruct
cum’s 1819 residence was the on July 14, 1821, under the the appearance of the house,
first frame building.) I assisted headline “Interesting Opera- which was a 16-by-40 foot frame
to dig stumps out of the street. tion” and it later appeared in dwelling. That site was close to
The Choctaw Indians occupied newspapers from St. Louis to what was the early route of the
the lands on the opposite side Boston. According to the Nat- Columbus-Pickensville Road.
of the river. They came over chez paper: At the time of his death, in
frequently to trade and were “On the 25th of March ..., addition to his medical prac-
very peaceable and friendly. It Doctors Henderson and Barry tice, Barry was involved in the
was in the spring or Summer in of Columbus performed an Courtesy image contract to provide mail service
1822 (actually March 1823) that operation of Lithotomy (remov- A reconstruction of Dr. B.C. Barry’s 1824 house by the late Sam on the route.
the first steamboat arrived at al of kidney or Gall stones) on Kaye based on invoices for building materials in Barry’s estate file in
this place that ever came up the Tishee Mingo, Chief speaker It is always interesting to fit
the Billups-Garth Archives in the Columbus Lowndes Public Library.
Tombigbee river. The name of it of the Chickasaw nation. They various seemingly unrelated
was the Cotton Plant.” extracted nineteen separate in his 63rd year, and was much rapid, and he at this time is pieces of history together to tell
George Brown would spend cohuti, weighing in the whole emaciated by the disease and considered out of danger. [com- a story lost in time.

The Dispatch
18 months in Columbus with between two and three ounces. very far exhausted by the op- municated by a spectator.]” Rufus Ward is a local histo-
his brother Ovid. The patient is supposed to be eration. His recovery has been With the national coverage rian.

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Business partner acquitted Parents sue Mississippi

in $85M Mississippi Ponzi scheme official over shared
72-year-old acquitted of securities and commodities in which he told approximately 300
investors, including a Hollywood
autopsy photos
fraud and wire fraud charges Thursday in Jackson producer and U.S. Republican Sen.
Roger Wicker, they could make up Lawsuit accuses Meridian chief
to 13 percent returns on their in-
The Associated Press Prosecutors had argued McHen-
ry recruited investors for Arthur vestments. Adams skimmed some administrative officer of invading
JACKSON — The former busi-
ness partner of a Mississippi man
Lamar Adams while the two worked
together in a shared office from
for himself and used some to pay 10
percent commissions to salesmen
family’s privacy and intentionally
convicted of running a Ponzi
scheme in which investors lost
2010 to 2018. Adams was sentenced
last year to about 19 years in pris-
such as McHenry, a March indict-
ment alleged.
inflicting emotional distress
more than $85 million has been on for the scam. McHenry did re- Federal receiver Alysson Mills The Associated Press
found not guilty of assisting in the cruit investors for Adams’ business, said there are dozens more vic-
crime. Madison Timber Properties, but tims, many elderly, who entrusted MERIDIAN — Parents of a late 21-year-old Mis-
Jurors acquitted William didn’t know it was a Ponzi scheme, their life savings to the two. Mills sissippi man are suing a city official they say invit-
McHenry, 72, of securities and his defense contended. received a $3.4 million judgment ed the public to view autopsy photos of their son
commodities fraud and wire fraud Assistant Federal Public Defend- against McHenry in a separate civil and discuss the case.
charges Thursday in federal court er Abby Brumley said Adams was suit to restore some of those funds, The lawsuit by Todd and Rae Andreacchio filed
in Jackson. solely responsible for the scheme The Clarion Ledger reported. Tuesday accuses the chief administrative officer of
Meridian of invading their privacy and intentional-
ly inflicting emotional distress, according to The
Meridian Star. Such efforts by Richie McAlister
were conducted in an attempt to lead the public
to conclude their son took his own life, the lawsuit
Area arrests states.
The following arrests “For reasons unknown, he became deeply de-
were made by Lowndes termined to convince a now skeptical public that
County Sheriff’s Office: Christian Andreacchio did, in fact, commit sui-
n Carlos Morgan, 41, cide,” the lawsuit states.
was charged with com- Rae Andreacchio has said the family has rea-
mercial burglary. sons to believe their son was killed. In 2017, a jury
n Keith Richardson, chose not to indict two people in the death of An-
37, was charged with dreacchio, the case at the heart of the podcast “Cul-
Morgan Richardson Williams Tipton Johnson Brown pable.”
commercial burglary and
armed robbery. Meridian officers found Andreacchio dead in
n James Williams, 33, his home in February 2014 from a single gunshot
was charged with traf- wound to the head.
ficking of controlled sub- “After a mere 45-minute investigation, local po-
stances, possession of a lice ruled his death a suicide, despite substantial
weapon by a felon, proba- evidence that points to Christian’s death not only
tion violation, possession being a homicide, but premeditated murder,” the
of marijuana and contempt podcast’s website says.
of court. Hunter Evans Stewart Cooper Davis Lathan The podcast launched in June of this year and
seemed to spark renewed interest. A district prose-
n Rickey Tipton, 61, 25, was charged with cap- juana and disorderly con- was charged cutor announced in August that she would reopen
was charged with posses- ital murder. duct. with a bench the case if new evidence came to light. Last month,
sion of methamphetamine, n Trevelle Brown, 20, n Lakorian Stewart, warrant. the City Council asked the U.S. Department of Jus-
possession of a controlled was charged with posses- 30, was charged with con- n Mar- tice to investigate how the city handled the case.
substance, possession of sion of a stolen firearm. spiracy, a MDOC hold, no vin Lathan, The podcast’s creators also have offered a reward
marijuana in a vehicle, n Darrin Hunter, 41, driver’s license, disregard- 39, was of up to $100,000 for new information leading to a
expired tag and no insur- was charged with an ing a traffic device and no charged conviction.
ance. MDOC hold an disturbing insurance. with a bench
Keller- This isn’t the only allegation of misconduct
family peace. n Earnest Cooper, 47, warrant. against McAlister. City Council Member Weston
The following arrests n Christopher Evans, was charged with posses- n Ca- McCaskill Lindemann tried to remove McAlister’s salary on
were made by the Oktibbe- 27, was charged with pos- sion of a controlled sub- price Keller-McCaskill, Tuesday over an audio recording shared online this
ha County Sheriff’s Office: session of a Schedule I stance and DUI other. 26, was charged with a week that reportedly features McAlister threaten-
n Shundray Johnson, drug, possession of mari- n William Davis, 56, bench warrant. ing violence against Lindemann and discussing
photos related to Andreacchio’s death.
McAlister didn’t respond to the newspaper’s
requests for comment. Andreacchio’s parents are
also suing a Hattiesburg man who they say upload-
ed the photos online and led an effort to discount

One in hospital, one in custody after Friday hit-and-run the theory that their son was killed.

Suspect charged with leaving the authorities

arrived.
the victim to Baptist Me-
morial Hospital-Golden
scene of an accident with injuries About an Triangle, and she was

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT fice responded to a call

A Lowndes County
man is in law enforcement
custody and a woman in
a Jackson hospital after a
hit-and-run early Friday
morning.
Deputies with Lown-
des County Sheriff’s Of-
on Hughes Road at about
12:45 a.m. where they
found a 46-year-old Co-
lumbus woman had been
struck by a vehicle, ac-
cording to an LCSO press
release. The suspect ve-
hicle had left the scene of
the collision by the time
hour later,
invest iga -
later flown to University
of Mississippi Medical
Disaster declaration for Mississippi
tors arrest-
ed Char-
Center in Jackson for fur-
ther treatment. LCSO au-
areas in Oct. 26 storms
lie Tamar thorities said they do not The Associated Press
Owens
Owens, Jr., know the victim’s current
36, of Gregory Road, and condition. President Donald Trump on Friday approved a
charged him with leaving Owens is currently disaster declaration for parts of Mississippi affect-
the scene of an accident in custody at Lowndes ed by severe weather that hit in late October, U.S.
with injuries. County Adult Detention Sen. Roger Wicker’s office said.
An ambulance took Center with no bond. Trump approved Gov. Phil Bryant’s request for
the declaration a day after the entire Mississippi
congressional delegation requested the declara-
tion in a letter.
The declaration makes available federal re-
sources to supplement state recovery efforts

West Point man accused of sending threatening text messages following the straight-line winds and flooding of
Oct. 26. Affected counties include: Alcorn, Cov-
ington, Itawamba, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Leake,
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT Hosey, 36, of Eshman Av- for his arrest was issued. $3,250 bond for both Lee, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pontotoc, Pren-
enue, has been charged The press release said charges. tiss, Scott, Simpson, Smith, and Tippah.
A West with cyberstalking by the victim was formerly in
Point man sending electronic com- a relationship with Hosey
was arrest- munications that threaten and that in the text, Hosey
ed Thursday to harm a person, accord- threatened the victim
for cyber- ing to a Lowndes County with bodily harm. Hosey
stalking af- Sheriff’s Office press re- was also charged with
ter allegedly lease. The victim in the misdemeanor domestic
threatening case reported the mes- violence.
Hosey
another per- sages on Nov. 17. Hosey He was released from
son over text. turned himself in to Lowndes County Adult
Reginald Legare LCSO the day the warrant Detention Center on

18-year-old arrested in armed robbery

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT midnight on the suspect and released
Tuesday, ac- a video that showed a
Starkville police ar- cording to hooded figure in black
rested an 18-year-old man a Starkville entering the convenience
Friday morning for an Police De-
store, pointing a gun at
armed robbery on Tues- partment
day night. the checkout counter and
press re-
Brandon Jackson lease. SPD leaving with a bag.
of Starkville allegedly had asked Jackson Jackson is being held
robbed the Sprint Mart on for community assistance in the Oktibbeha County
Academy Road just before Wednesday in finding Jail on $100,000 bond.
SOLUNAR TABLE
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Sun. Mon.
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Missing
Major 10:04a 10:48a
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of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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was picked up by someone he knows and is still with that person, and that EMCCPD
has reclassified the case as that of a runaway.
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Our View

Roses and thorns

A rose to
the Noxubee
County Tigers
and West
Point Green
Wave football
teams, which reached the state
championship games in their
classes. Noxubee County fell
just short of bringing home
its second state title in three
years with a 25-15 loss to
Jefferson Davis County in Fri-
day’s 3A championship game.
The Green Wave, seeking its
fourth straight 4A title, met
Picayune in Saturday’s late
championship game. Gold-
en Triangle teams are quite
accustomed to playing for
state titles, of course. Heritage
Academy won the MAIS title
last week and almost without
fail at least one area team plays
for a championship.
A rose to the
people behind
all the commu-
nity events that
have helped
us get in the
Christmas spirit. Monday, the
cities of Starkville and Colum-
bus officially kicked off the
Christmas season with their
annual Christmas parades,
which continue to be a treat for
adults and kids alike. That was
followed by Thursday’s Christ-
mas tree lighting ceremony,
which featured carols by the
Choral Society and a synthetic
snow fall, always a treat for
the kids. On Friday, downtown
Columbus merchants cele-
brated its annual Wassail Fest.
For the 16th year, businesses
opened their doors Friday
evening, providing their own
versions of “wassail,” a tradi-
tional Christmas drink, in a
friendly competition. These
events help bring us together
and provide a bit of a jump-
start to the holiday season.
We thank everyone involved in
staging these events for their
hard work.
A rose to the
Columbus Po-
lice Department
for its efforts
to discourage
would-be crim-
inals from victimizing citizens
in popular shopping areas.
Beginning on Black Friday,
the CPD has been operating
its mobile command center,
first at Walmart and later at
Leigh Mall. The heightened
police presence is an effort to
cut down on shopping-relate
crimes — shoplifting, use of
counterfeit money, car burglar-
ies and theft. The presence is a
reassuring sight for shoppers
and a deterrent to those with
bad intent. The CPD is to be
commended for its effort to en-
sure a safe and happy Christ-
mas shopping season.
A rose to
Columbus Air
Force Base
and the USAF
Thunderbirds,
which an-
nounced last week the return
of the popular “Wings Over
Columbus” airshow. The two-
day event, highlighted by the
precision flying of the Thun-
derbirds, will be held April
25-26 at the base. Usually,
the event is held every other
year, but this year will be the
first appearance of the Thun-
derbirds since 2016. The 2018
event was canceled after a
tragic crash that killed a Thun-
derbird pilot in a Nevada show
shortly before the scheduled
Columbus show. We’re delight-
ed to welcome the return of
Wings Over Columbus, which
has drawn up to 50,000 people
in past years. We are certain
the big crowd will return again
in April and thank CAFB for
brining this fun and inspiring
event back to our community.

Letter to the editor

Voice of the people
Doesn’t agree city deserves
recognition for financial state
The spin by our city is making me
dizzy.
Mr. Dillon is not happy with The
Commercial Dispatch’s coverage of the
$2.4 million savings in eight months. He
thinks they deserve to be thrown a bone
in Sunday’s paper. Maybe they are start-
ing to feel the walls closing in on them.
Well they are. I paid my property taxes
(unlike a lot of our city officials) as soon
as the bills arrived last month. I gritted
my teeth as I cut the checks and looked
at the increase I had to pay. I also raised
my medical deductible to $5,000 so I
could afford my premiums. Mr. Dillon
and other city employees have a $500
deductible, and I’m sure he can’t relate.
The very same people that put us in
this financial mess now want praise for
doing their job of getting us out. Part
of the so-called savings is a $450,000
refund from the federal government for
the city hall renovation, the one that had
a leaky roof after completion. Getting a
refund is not savings at all and should
not be included in the figures.
This administration relies on igno-
rance and lack of attention of the pop-
ulace. Our debt is up over 700% in the
last 10 years. You approve no bid deals
like the street lights. We will be paying
around $800 per light. This should
have been done by the light and water
department as lights needed servicing.
But if we did that there would not be
a need to pay overpriced contractors
and no money for the Mayor’s BFF and
city project manager Jabari Edwards
and J5. The good news is FEMA and
MEMA will probably pay off next year,
and we will be flush with cash and the
tap can be turned back on. This will be
good news for J5 since they had over
$600,000 in tax liens against them last
April. They have since paid some of
the liens off. The bad news is now they
and associated businesses are currently
accumulating more and have in excess
of $1,000,000 in unsatisfied federal tax
liens according to public records. Most
of the liens are due to unpaid 941 taxes.
When an employer withholds money
from your check that is 941 tax. That is
your money and they are required to
send that amount in quarterly. Based
on public records they don’t have any
problem spending money on property
in Bent Tree, 60 acres on Officers Lake
Road, new headquarters downtown and
high rise offices in Atlanta and an other-
wise lavish lifestyle.
Is this the kind of management the
city needs? Our police and fire depart-
ments are in crisis mode with no end in
sight. Employee turnover is high and
morale is low. Public works is as bad as
ever and now we have See Click Fix at
$8,500 per year. Almost four years ago
I had the Mayor, COO, city engineer,
the ward councilman and Public Works
director out to look at a drainage prob-
lem off of Highway 45. I was told the
city would take care of it and as usual it
has not been touched. So if having all of
these people who are in charge out to
look at this problem didn’t fix it, do you
think an app will? This is just another
waste of tax dollars.
In the end, of course they will just
raise your taxes to cover whatever
waste they create in the future and tell
you what a great job they are doing. Mr.
Dillon wants us to throw him a bone.
Throwing something really sounds
good, maybe something a little bigger
and heavier!
Kerry Blalock
Columbus
Mississippi voices
Medical marijuana initiative could help curb opioid problem
Joel Bomgar, successful sissippi’s law will be much three states limit it only to constitution-
tech entrepreneur and state different than Arkansas and al amendments. This is too bad. You re-
representative from Madi- Louisiana, where a limited ally don’t want something as specific as
son, is leading the charge to number of companies are medical marijuana as part of the state
bring medical marijuana to selected by the government constitution. It should be a new law. But
Mississippi. to supply the cannabis. that’s the way it’s set up in Mississippi.
It’s a personal crusade Bomgar’s plan is to have Here’s the list of conditions that will
from Bomgar, whose smarts the Mississippi Department be allowed to be treated with medical
and drive make any project of Health regulate medical marijuana: cancer, epilepsy or other
of his likely to succeed. He marijuana, but to allow any seizures, Parkinson’s disease, Hunting-
watched both his parents enterprise meeting the qual- ton’s disease, muscular dystrophy, mul-
suffer pain and nausea as ifications to enter the new tiple sclerosis, cachexia, post-traumatic
they battled cancer. He Wyatt Emmerich business. This is a much stress disorder, positive status for hu-
doesn’t want anybody in different approach that man immunodeficiency virus, acquired
Mississippi to suffer the way they did. Bomgar believes will actually deliver immune deficiency syndrome, chronic
“I lost both of my parents to cancer results. Arkansas and Louisiana are or debilitating pain, amyotrophic
at a young age, both after long battles still floundering to get medical marijua- lateral sclerosis, glaucoma, agitation of
with cancer and in spite of being on na off the ground. dementias, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative
the very best chemotherapy available,” The initiative would require a colitis, sickle-cell anemia, autism with
Bomgar told me. “Even though they licensed physician to prescribe med- aggressive or self-injurious behaviors,
were both on the best opioid painkillers ical marijuana for specific illnesses. pain refractory to appropriate opioid
on the market, both of my parents died Bomgar has no appetite for recreational management, spinal cord disease or
in extreme pain and constant nausea legalization, a view he believes most severe injury, intractable nausea, severe
as the cancer cells took over and shut Mississippians share. (There are sev- muscle spasticity, and similar diseases.
down their bodies from the inside. No eral initiative efforts to legalize recre- If you go to https://www.medicalm-
one should have to watch someone they ational marijuana in Mississippi led by arijuana2020.com/faq, you will find a
love pass away in that much pain and other groups.) huge amount of information on medical
agony. This initiative would make a Bomgar believes his initiative will marijuana, including dozens of medical
very real difference in so many people’s quickly allow 15,000 or so Mississip- studies showing the effectiveness of
lives and also help curb the devastating pians to get prescriptions, improving medical marijuana in the treatment of
opioid epidemic.” their lives. He cites studies that show a dozens of illnesses and diseases. The
Bomgar has put $600,000 of his own 25 percent decrease in opioid deaths in FAQ goes into great detail about how
money into the Medical Marijuana 2020 states that have effectively implemented the law will work in Mississippi.
initiative. He has raised another $1.2 medical marijuana. I asked Bomgar, a state representa-
million, which led to the successful There are about 350 opioid deaths tive, why medical marijuana isn’t being
submission of about 86,185 signatures a year in Mississippi, so a 25 percent addressed through the normal legisla-
to the Secretary of State (12 percent of reduction would save 75 lives a year. tive process. He said it’s just a hot pota-
the total votes cast in the last guberna- The text of the initiative is as follows: to issue and legislators would rather the
torial election before the initiative.) The Initiative Measure No. 65 proposes voters decide this one directly. Kind of
initiative is on track for appearing on to amend the Mississippi Constitution like the state flag issue. Politicians hate
the 2020 Mississippi election ballot. to allow qualified patients with debilitat- to be forced to take a stand on contro-
Bomgar told me only 20 percent of ing medical conditions, as certified by versial issues that might alienate blocks
the funding has come from national Mississippi licensed physicians, to use of votes.
groups. medical marijuana. This amendment The Center for Disease Control says
Polls are showing 65 percent of Mis- would allow medical marijuana to be there were 70,237 opioid deaths in the
sissippians support medical marijuana. provided only by licensed treatment United States in 2017. Opioids, after all,
It’s very likely this will pass. centers. The Mississippi State Depart- are just medical heroin. Meanwhile,
Louisiana and Arkansas recently ment of Health would regulate and en- nobody has ever died of a medical mari-
passed medical marijuana, Louisiana force the provisions of this amendment. juana overdose.
through the state legislature and It is a strange aspect of Mississip- This seems like a no-brainer to me.
Arkansas through a ballot initiative like pi’s initiative law that any initiatives Wyatt Emmerich is the editor and
Bomgar is attempting. can only change the state constitution publisher of The Northside Sun, a weekly
Bomgar studied all the medical mari- rather than the state statutes. Of the 30 newspaper in Jackson. He can be reached
juana laws in the 33 states. He says Mis- states that allow public initiatives, only by e-mail at wyatt@northsidesun.com.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, December 8, 2019 5A

An open letter to all of you privately disgusted Republicans

This is an open
letter to all of you
privately disgusted
Republicans.
It’s prompted by
the fact that in the
last few days, two
of your colleagues
have come forward
to share with us your
angst.
One was actually
an ex-colleague, Leonard Pitts
former GOP Rep.
Charlie Dent. He told CNN that
you continue to support Donald
Trump because pressure from
the base — the almighty base
— forces you to. “But there’s
no question,” he added, “hav-
ing spoken to many of them
privately, they’re absolutely
disgusted and exhausted by the
president’s behavior.”
Democratic Rep. Gregory
Meeks seconded that emotion.
“If you talk to my Republican
colleagues off the record,
they’re all very
concerned,” he said,
also on CNN.
It’s not that
we haven’t heard
similar sentiments
before. To the
contrary, they have
surfaced repeatedly
over the last four
years. But ladies
and gentlemen, your
lament has reached
the point — and
breached the point — of sheer
tiresomeness.
As the scope of Trump’s
abuse of power grows ever more
obvious, as his contempt for
the rule of law grows ever more
plain, as leaders of your party
offer ever more threadbare justi-
fications and rationalizations for
that which is neither justifiable
nor rational, we receive word
that you folks are “privately ...
disgusted?”
As Rick Perry and others
claim Trump as God’s “chosen
one,” as a new Economist/
YouGov poll finds that most
Republicans rank him a better
leader than Lincoln himself,
as the party grows ever more
indistinguishable from a cult,
with Trump as he who must not
be questioned, he whose wis-
dom is beyond mere mortal ken,
we hear that off the record, you
lot are “very concerned?”
One struggles for adjectives
to convey how little that means,
how insignificant is the comfort
it offers.
Sixty years ago, Martin Lu-
ther King issued a warning: “If
you fail to act now, history will
have to record that the greatest
tragedy of this period of social
transition was not the strident
clamor of the bad people, but
the appalling silence of the good
people.”
King was addressing white
racial moderates, but it is
remarkable — and disheart-
ening — how well his warning
fits you, who have prioritized
your own political backsides
above truth, above honor, above
national interest. As the country
lurches toward a precipice
from which it will not recover,
you count votes. In a time that
demands every good man and
woman raise their voices, you
embrace the appalling silence
instead.
War criminals are set free.
And appalling silence.
A Russian attack unan-
swered. And appalling silence.
Children dying in our care.
And appalling silence.
Except we are given to
understand that in private, you
grumble from time to time. And
Lord, what are we supposed to
do with that information? Are
we expected to sympathize with
your dilemma? Please.
We are posing for history
here, ladies and gentlemen. One
day we will be judged by what
we said and did not say, the
stands we took and did not take,
in this moment of peril. And
you, the party of Reagan and
Eisenhower, T.R. and the ap-
parently overrated Lincoln, are
coming up well short. Where is
your courage? Who broke your
moral compass?
Enough with your private
disgust and off-the-record
concern. The times are calling.
They demand you stand up like
American women and American
men — stand up like John Mc-
Cain would long ago have done
— and speak what you know to
be true, what we all know to be
true.
Or else, at the very least,
please shut up completely. Let
the rest of us mourn our coun-
try in peace.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner
of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for
commentary, is a columnist for
the Miami Herald. Email him at
lpitts@miamiherald.com.

Red death,
blue health?
Josef Stalin is reputed to
have said: “The death of one
man is a tragedy. The death
of millions is a statistic.” In
the hands of New York Times
columnist Paul Krugman, the
deaths of thousands can be a
partisan bludgeon.
A number of scholars have
pondered the recent rise in
deaths of despair — those at-
tributed to alcoholism, suicide
and drug overdoses. Krugman Mona Charen
sees a chance to make a crude
red state/blue state compari-
son.
“I looked at states that voted for Donald Trump
versus states that voted for Clinton in 2016, and calcu-
lated average life expectancy weighted by their 2016
population. In 1990, today’s red and blue states had
almost the same life expectancy. Since then, however,
life expectancy in Clinton states has risen more or less
in line with other advanced countries, compared with
almost no gain in Trump country. At this point, blue-
state residents can expect to live more than four years
longer than their red-state counterparts.”
So, vote Democrat, live four years longer?
Krugman muses that many blue states expanded
Medicaid and that obesity tends to be higher in red
states. Residents of blue states also have higher levels
of education. That’s about the sum of his analysis, but

Michael Bloomberg: Tax the it’s enough for him to declare that the “conservative”
diagnosis of what has gone wrong in America, i.e.
that the decline of traditional values has had negative

poor for their own good effects, is “dead wrong.”

Let’s examine some
of the many reasons
why billionaire Michael
Bloomberg is wasting his
money on his bid to win
the Democratic nomina-
tion for president.
First, none of the
Democratic candidates
can win the nomination
without the black vote.
That means the former
New York City mayor Larry Elder
needs to pry black voters
from former vice presi-
dent Joe Biden, who owes his front-runner status
to the black voters who embrace him, given his
eight years as a loyal second-in-command to
the extremely popular former President Barack
Obama. Bloomberg has his work cut out for him.
Consider the recent New York Times op-ed by
a Times black columnist, Charles M. Blow, who
said, “No black person — or Hispanic person or
ally of people of color — should ever even consid-
er voting for Michael Bloomberg in the primary.”
Blow urged blacks, Hispanics and their “allies”
to reject Bloomberg because of his allegedly
“racist” stop-and-frisk policy. Bloomberg recent-
ly apologized for the policy, after defending it
only months ago.
Second, Bloomberg, despite an estimated
net worth of over $50 billion, is still an old,
white male in a gender/race/ethnicity identi-
ty-obsessed party where being an old, white,
male presidential candidate — Biden excepted
— is an increasingly tough sell. Bloomberg’s
a determined gun controller, although unlike
former Democratic presidential candidate Beto
O’Rourke, Bloomberg does not — at least not yet
— push a “mandatory buy-back” plan. But, like
O’Rouke, Bloomberg never bothers to ask how
many Americans defend themselves every year
with a firearm.
Third, then-Mayor Bloomberg, even beyond
the typical “progressive” Democrat, attempted
to take the nanny state to a level that New York
state’s highest court rejected as an overreach.
After placing restrictions on smoking in parks
and bars, regulating tanning salons, banning
the use of trans fats in restaurants and requir-
ing chain restaurants to post meal calories,
Bloomberg attempted to ban sugary drinks
larger than 16 ounces in some restaurants,
movie theaters and other businesses. The liberal
New York high court said, “By choosing among
competing policy goals, without any legislative
delegation or guidance, the Board engaged in
law-making and thus infringed upon the legisla-
tive jurisdiction of the City Council.”
Bloomberg acknowledges that his sugary
soda tax would have fallen disproportionately
on the poor, who also disproportionately drink
sugary drinks, just as cigarette taxes dispropor-
tionately fall on the poor who disproportionately
smoke cigarettes. But Bloomberg easily justifies
it: “Some people say, well, taxes are regressive.
But in this case, yes they are. That’s the good
thing about them because the problem is in peo-
ple that don’t have a lot of money. And so, higher
taxes should have a bigger impact on their be-
havior and how they deal with themselves. So, I
listen to people saying, ‘Oh, we don’t want to tax
the poor.’ Well, we want the poor to live longer so
that they can get an education and enjoy life. And
that’s why you do want to do exactly what a lot of
people say you don’t want to do.” So the “poor,”
according to Bloomberg, “can get an education”
because they’ll “live longer”?
All of this makes Bloomberg the very defi-
nition of the “moral busybody” scorned by
respected writer C.S. Lewis, who said: “Of all
tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the
good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
It would be better to live under robber barons
than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The
robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his
cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those
who torment us for our own good will torment us
without end for they do so with the approval of
their own conscience.”
Why not levy taxes on the rich people to deter
them from engaging in “unhealthy” behavior?
Why not a wealth tax on luxury cars, diamonds,
private air travel, five-star hotel suites, McMan-
sions and pricey restaurants, you know, to help
the spiritually empty rich curb their unhealthy
consumerism? Through minimum wage laws, we
forbid employees from earning below a certain
amount. So why not a maximum wage law? After
all, President Obama said, “I do think at a certain
point you’ve made enough money.”
As to Bloomberg’s argument that the poor
need to be coerced into making better, more
healthful decisions, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “I
know no safe depository of the ultimate powers
of the society but the people themselves; and
if we think them not enlightened enough to
exercise their control with a wholesome discre-
tion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but
to inform their discretion by education. This is
the true corrective of abuses of constitutional
power.”
Freedom, by definition, means people can
and will make choices others will not like. But
to encourage people to make better decisions,
one does not rob them of freedom of choice. One
uses persuasion, not compulsion.
Good luck, Mr. Bloomberg.
Larry Elder is a best-selling author and nation-
ally syndicated radio talk-show host. To find out
more about Larry Elder, visit www.LarryElder.
com.
“Sentence first, verdict afterward” said the Red
Queen. Comparing red states and blue states this way
is facile.
First, it’s essential to stress that the decline in life
expectancy is a nationwide phenomenon that hits all
ethnic groups and both sexes. Of the states with the
worst statistics — West Virginia, Ohio, New Hamp-
shire, Maine and Vermont — three are blue states, one
is red, and one is purple.
It seems dubious to assume that Medicaid expan-
sion, which happened mostly within the past five years,
could have had such a dramatic effect in so short a
time. Some of the states that expanded Medicaid, like
Louisiana and Alaska, have some of the highest rates
of premature deaths. Only 14 states have not expanded
Medicaid, and they are disproportionately poorer states
in the Deep South.
We do know that these “deaths of despair” as Princ-
eton’s Anne Case and Angus Deaton dubbed them,
are the result of behaviors. Unlike in poorer countries,
where impure drinking water or infectious disease
takes a large toll, our premature deaths arise from drug
addiction, alcohol abuse and suicide.
Suicide is on the rise, not just among middle-aged
and older Americans, but among the young as well. Be-
tween 2007 and 2017, youth suicide increased by 56%,
and suicide attempts quadrupled. The prime suspect
here is social media. Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and
their competitors can induce anxiety and depression
among teenagers eager for peer approval. Many spend
most of their waking hours unnaturally attached to
screens, which deliver pleasure but also bullying and
belittling. A high school teacher noted that the cafeteria
used to be the noisiest room in the school. No longer.
It’s now a tableau of darting fingers and uneasy eyes.
Maybe social media is not the problem. It’s proba-
bly too soon to know. Human behavior is complicat-
ed. Some states have more guns than others (which
contributes to suicide deaths). Some have more access
to Fentanyl.
There is no debate in the literature that the decline
of two-parent families is associated with poorer out-
comes for children (though divorce sometimes makes
adults happier). And there is emerging evidence that
loneliness — another effect of family breakdown — has
become more of a public health problem than obesity.
Men raised in fatherless homes are more prone to job-
lessness, drug addiction and a range of other troubles
than those raised by two parents. They are also more
vulnerable and damaged than their sisters who are
raised in the same circumstances.
Here’s the twist, and the part Krugman completely
missed: Many of the people in blue states who are keep-
ing the life expectancy figures up are actually living in
a traditional way, even if they vote Democrat. The col-
lege-educated upper-third in America follows bourgeois
virtues. They get an education, get a job, get married
and have children, in that order. The blue states are full
of them. New Mexico and Alabama, not so much.
So it’s Krugman’s partisan point scoring, not the
“conservative diagnosis,” that’s dead wrong.
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and
Public Policy Center.
6A Sunday, December 8, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Lawsuit: Mississippi police sexually harassed teen girl

The Associated Press
BILOXI — Police officers of
a Mississippi city are accused
of sexually harassing a teen
girl during a traffic stop.
The girl’s mother is now
suing the city of Biloxi in the
hopes of preventing other girls
from suffering the same treat-
ment, The Sun Herald report-
ed.
The lawsuit alleges that the
pajama-clad girl was driving to
pick up her older sister from a
casino one night in July 2018
when she was pulled over. The
girl was ordered out of her car,
where several male officers told
her to keep her hands down “in
a blatant attempt to look at her
breasts” and made inappropri-
ate sexual remarks, it says.
After consenting to a field
sobriety test, the girl was ar-
rested on charges including
driving under the influence of
a substance other than alcohol,
driving without a license, driv-
ing with an expired tag and a
traffic violation. Police say she
was initially pulled over for
running a red light.
A drug and alcohol screen-
ing taken at a hospital after the
girl’s arrest showed no drugs
or alcohol in her system, the
lawsuit says. The DUI charge
was dropped soon after the ar-
rest.
The lawsuit, which has been
moved from state to federal
court, accuses the officers and
city of false arrest and impris-
onment, sexual harassment
and other offenses. It seeks un-
specified damages.
Biloxi denies any wrongdo-
ing or that any sexual harass-
ment occurred.

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Continued from Page 1A
for criminal justice re-
form in the state. Most of
them are not eligible for
early release or parole.
People like J. Robert-
son, director of Employ-
ability and Criminal Jus-
tice at the conservative
group Empower Missis-
sippi, argue the laws im-
pose unfair punishments
for many people who are
addicted to drugs or who
were convicted of nonvio-
lent offenses.
“The problem with
the habitual statutes in
Mississippi is that they’re
really broad and they
lead to disproportionate
sentences,” Robertson
said. “... It results in peo-
ple in some cases getting
a life sentence for some-
thing as simple as drug
possession of marijuana
possession, which is not
only a poor use of our tax
dollars, but it just doesn’t
comport with I think
how most Mississippians
view our criminal justice
system, which is that the
punishment should fit the
crime.”
But others, like Kitch-
Robertson Kitchens
ens, disagree.
“At some point, soci-
ety has the right to have
some peace from people
who continue to violate
the law,” Kitchens said.
Three strikes
Mississippi’s habit-
ual offender laws were
passed in the 1990s, when
American society was
seeing higher-than-av-
erage crime rates and
many states imposed
“three strikes” laws. For
Mississippi, those laws
manifested as the “little”
habitual law — mandat-
ing maximum sentences
for anyone convicted as
a habitual offender with
two or more prior felony
convictions — and the
“big” habitual law, which
mandated that the defen-
dant serve life in prison if
one of those convictions
was for a violent crime.
“The kind of thought
was ‘three strikes, you’re
out,’ was the moniker
that was used to promote
these kind of laws,” Rob-
ertson said. “... Since
then, a lot of states have
started to examine ac-
tually how effective are
these at reducing crime.”
Both Robertson and
Colom are skeptical that
harsh sentencing laws
deter criminal behavior,
particularly when the
criminals have drug hab-
its.
“Historically they
were too severe,” said Co-
lom. “I think that when it
comes to drug addiction
... it’s actually more im-
pactful to address the ad-
diction itself.”
Robertson added a lot
of criminal behavior is
impulsive, without crim-
inals considering long-
term consequences.
But Kitchens said the
point of the law was not to
deter criminal behavior.
“The habitual offender
statutes were set up not
so much as a deterrent
but to incapacitate people
who kept using the sys-
tem over and over again,”
he said.
He added they haven’t
been used often in the
16th District. Prosecu-
tors have the option of
whether to charge some-
one as a habitual offend-
er, and Kitchens said
both Colom and former
District Attorney Forrest
Allgood often offered
deals where defendants
had the option to plea
to lesser charges with
shorter sentences.
Prosecutors have
always had the option
whether to charge some-
one as a habitual offender.
Colom said he prioritizes
violent crimes, while also
taking into account fac-
tors such as the age of the
defendant or the length of
time between offenses.
Those are many of the
same factors Kitchens
considers when deter-
mining whether to levy
the maximum sentence,
now that he has some dis-
cretion. He also considers
whether the defendant
took responsibility and
what the victim wants.
But Robertson pointed
out the law allows a sys-
tem in which someone
could go to prison for
decades or even life for
crimes as simple as bur-
glary.
“There are always
huge disparities in sen-
tencing from community
to community,” Robert-
son said. “You can talk to
families who have a fam-
ily member who might
have been in the same
situation as the Houser
family, but because they
lived in a different coun-
ty, they were charged
differently and didn’t re-
ceive the same penalty.
It’s problematic from that
perspective.”
Robertson said a “con-
servative estimate” for
how many tax dollars
go to housing those sen-
tenced under habitual
offender enhancements
currently is more than
$70 million.
“In a rural poor state
like Mississippi, there
are better uses for those
tax dollars that could ac-
tually help reduce crime
if they’re invested in
education or treatment
or methods that are ac-
tually more effective in
reducing crime than just
handing out long prison
sentences,” he said.
Kitchens doesn’t think
money is a good argu-
ment against the laws, es-
pecially if the laws keep
drug dealers in prison
instead of on the streets
looking for customers.
“What’s it worth to you
or your family not to have
a family member who’s
addicted to drugs?” he
said.
Dusty said he wished
the law would look more
closely at people like his
father, who he said never
harmed anyone and was a
loving father and son.
“There are people that
are deserving of redemp-
tion,” he said. “...Don’t
throw the key away and
lock them up.”

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Continued from Page 1A
cerned about neighbor-
hood safety when so
many unfamiliar people
come and go in short suc-
cession, and Spruill said
she has not heard any
safety concerns related to
long-term rentals.
The common thread
between the concerns
about both types of rent-
als is the preservation of
the character of the neigh-
borhood, Spruill said.
“Short-term and long-
term rentals create a bit
of angst for different rea-
sons, but (both) because
the neighborhood is no
longer the two-car, mom
and dad, kids in the yard
type of neighborhood,”
she said. “It’s not your
traditional expectation.
Times have changed, and
how do we accept those,
absorb those and make
(everyone) good neigh-
bors at the same time? I
think there are ways to do
that.”
Spruill owns several
long-term rental proper-
ties, including apartment
complexes, though none
of them are in single-fam-
ily residential neighbor-
hoods. Even so, she said
she will not participate in
the dialogue or formation
of any ordinances pertain-
ing to long-term rentals
due to the conflict of inter-
est, so Ward 6 Alderman
and Vice Mayor Roy A.
Perkins will preside over
all meetings related to the
issue.
Perkins and Carver
both said Tuesday that
they believe it is only fair
for the city to consider
regulating short-term
and long-term rentals to-
gether in one ordinance.
Spruill and Beatty both
disagree, saying the two
rentals have different
problems and solutions.
“I think (Tuesday’s
vote) was a delaying
tactic, basically, a what-
aboutism, a way to get out
of the quagmire that you
find yourself in by point-
ing at somebody else,”
Spruill said.
Existing rules
and regulations
Mike Ryan and Dan-
ielle Heitzmann, both
long-term rental property
managers in Starkville,
told The Dispatch they do
not believe the city should
impose more regulations
on long-term rentals.
Ryan said he is self-em-
ployed and owns four sin-
gle-family homes for rent.
Heitzmann is the prop-
erty manager for Kraker
Properties, owned by her
father, Michael Kraker.
The company rents out
about 10 single-family
homes, she said.
Both Ryan and Heitz-
mann said they check
with their tenants to make
sure they are taking care
of the property and fol-
lowing the rules, such as
bringing in their garbage
cans from the curb.
“We do a good job as
owners to make sure
our tenants are being
good neighbors, whether
they’re students or fam-
ilies or whatnot, so we
haven’t had to deal with
any complaints that we’re
making people unhap-
py because of our rental
properties,” Heitzmann
said.
Chapter 17 of Title 27
of state statute requires
all businesses to pay for a
privilege license, and city
attorney Chris Latimer
said at Tuesday’s meeting
that this is the basis for
the license fee put forth in
the proposed short-term
rental ordinance. Carver
took issue with this and
said it requires further
discussion.
Chapter 8 of Title 89
lays out the state’s re-
quirements for landlords
and tenants, and there is
no mention of a privilege
license or fee in Section
23, which enumerates the
duties of the landlord spe-
cifically.
Ryan said Tuesday’s
vote is an attempted mon-
ey grab by city leaders.
“I think they need to
get back to running the
government and leave the
people making a living
alone,” he said.
Aldermen’s involvement
in the debate
Beatty and Ward 2 Al-
derman Sandra Sistrunk
were the only aldermen to
attend the two public in-
put sessions for the short-
term rental proposal.
Spruill, who led the input
sessions with Beatty and
Sistrunk, said the entire
board of aldermen was in-
vited and informed of the
times and locations.
Carver said he was
unable to attend both ses-
sions and that his absence
“is a side narrative.” Per-
kins declined to comment
when asked why he did
not attend.
Perkins said he has
never received any com-
plaints from
constitu-
ents about
shor t-ter m
or long-
term rent-
als. He be-
lieves both
should be Perkins
a dd r e s s e d
in the same ordinance,
but there is no way to
know yet what that ordi-
nance might look like, he
said.
“I will give close con-
sideration to any measure
or matter that comes be-
fore the board that con-
tains both short-term and
long-term rentals,” Per-
kins said.
Spruill said it is too
early to tell whether the
debate will continue.
“It was a 5-2 vote to ta-
ble it, and usually if you
have strong sentiment
about not addressing
something in particular,
it means you don’t want to
address it at all,” she said.
“But there was also a lot
of dialogue about adding
long-term rentals to it.”
Beatty has advocated
for regulations on short-
term rentals since he was
running for his seat in a
special election in May.
He agreed with Spruill
that postponing the vote
on the ordinance was
likely a way to stall the de-
bate, but he said he does
not believe the discussion
is over and would like to
start a committee to look
into long-term rental is-
sues.
“The pushback from
the short-term rental
(proposal) will look like a
trip to Disneyworld com-
pared to when you start
dealing with hundreds of
rental units in Starkville
and dozens and dozens of
property owners,” Beatty
said.
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US flu season arrives early, US firms keep hiring,

driven by an unexpected virus easing worries
of weakening economy
CDC estimates there have already been 1.7M flu illnesses, states, though not neces-
sarily at intense levels in
16K hospitalizations, and 900 flu-related deaths nationally each, the CDC said.
Unemployment rate now at a half-
By MIKE STOBBE be hard on children and many serious complica-
Last flu season start-
ed off as a mild one but
century low of 3.5 percent
AP Medical Writer people younger than 50. tions, she said. turned out to be the lon- The Associated Press
Louisiana was the first Health officials tend to gest in 10 years. It ended
NEW YORK — The state to really get hit hard, consider a flu season to be with around 49,000 flu-re- WASHINGTON — American businesses have
U.S. winter flu season is with doctors there saying officially underway when lated deaths and 590,000 complained for years that they can’t find the workers
off to its earliest start in they began seeing large — for at least three weeks hospitalizations, accord- they need to fill available jobs. November’s robust
more than 15 years. numbers of flu-like illness- in a row — a significant ing to preliminary esti- hiring gain suggests that at least some have found
An early barrage of ill- es in October. percentage of U.S. doc- mates. a way to do so.
ness in the South has be- Children’s Hospital tor’s office visits are due It was bad, but not as With the unemployment rate now at a half-cen-
gun to spread more broad- New Orleans has already to flu-like illnesses. That’s bad as the one before it, tury low of 3.5 percent, many economists have also
ly, and there’s a decent seen more flu cases this now happened, CDC offi- when flu caused an esti- warned that hiring would soon slow simply because
chance flu season could fall than it saw all of last cials said this week. mated 61,000 deaths and there are fewer unemployed workers available.
peak much earlier than winter, said Dr. Toni The agency on Friday 810,000 hospitalizations. That day may still come, but it didn’t in Novem-
normal, health officials Gross, the hospital’s chief estimated that there have Those 2017-2018 esti- ber. Employers added 266,000 jobs last month, the
say. mates are new: The CDC
of emergency medicine. already been 1.7 million most since January. Monthly hiring has, in fact,
The last flu season to last month revised them
Last month was the bus- flu illnesses, 16,000 hospi- picked up since earlier this year: It averaged 205,000
rev up this early was in down from previous esti-
iest ever at the hospital’s talizations, and 900 flu-re- for the past three months, up from a recent low of
2003-2004 — a bad one. mates as more data — in-
emergency department. lated deaths nationally. 135,000 in July.
Some experts think the cluding actual death cer-
Officials had to set up a tri- The most intense pa- Friday’s jobs report largely squelched fears of a
early start may mean a lot
age system and add extra tient traffic had been tificates — came in. recession that had taken hold in the summer. Steady
of suffering is in store, but
shifts, Gross said. occurring in a six states In both of the previous job growth has helped reassure consumers that the
others say it’s too early to
“It is definitely causing stretching from Texas to two flu seasons, the flu economy is expanding and that their jobs and in-
tell.
symptoms that will put Georgia. But in new num- vaccine performed poorly comes remain secure. That should boost spending
“It really depends on
you in bed for a week,” bers released Friday, CDC against the nasty predomi- and growth in the months ahead.
what viruses are circu-
including fever, vomit- officials said the number nant virus. It’s too early to President Donald Trump seized on the strong
lating. There’s not a pre-
ing and diarrhea. But the of states with intense ac- say how well the vaccine is jobs report as he tries to focus voters’ attention on
dictable trend as far as if
hospital has not had any tivity rose last week to 12. performing right now, Ep- the state of the economy rather than the impeach-
it’s early it’s going to be
deaths and is not seeing Flu is widespread in 16 person said. ment inquiry being led by House Democrats.
more severe, or later, less
severe,” said Scott Epper-
son, who tracks flu-like
illnesses for the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control
and Prevention.
There are different
types of flu viruses, and
the one causing illnesses
in most parts of the coun-
try is a surprise. It’s a ver-
sion that normally doesn’t
abound until March or
April.
That virus generally
isn’t as dangerous to old-
er people — good news,
since most flu hospitaliza-
tions and deaths each win-
ter occur in the elderly.
However, such viruses can

Supreme Court
keeps federal
executions
on hold
By MARK SHERMAN
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The
Supreme Court on Friday
blocked the Trump ad-
ministration from restart-
ing federal executions
next week after a 16-year
break.
The justices denied the
administration’s plea to
undo a lower court ruling
in favor of inmates who
have been given execution
dates. The first of those
had been scheduled for
Monday, with a second set
for Friday. Two more in-
mates had been given exe-
cution dates in January.
Attorney General Wil-
liam Barr announced
during the summer that
federal executions would
resume using a single
drug, pentobarbital, to put
inmates to death.
U.S. District Judge
Tanya Chutkan in Wash-
ington, D.C., temporarily
halted the executions af-
ter some of the chosen in-
mates challenged the new
execution procedures in
court. Chutkan ruled that
the procedure approved
by Barr likely violates the
Federal Death Penalty
Act.
The federal appeals
court in Washington had
earlier denied the admin-
istration’s emergency plea
to put Chutkan’s ruling on
hold and allow the execu-
tions to proceed.
Federal executions are
likely to remain on hold at
least for several months,
while the appeals court in
Washington undertakes
a full review of Chutkan’s
ruling.
The Supreme Court jus-
tices directed the appeals
court to act “with appro-
priate dispatch.”

cdispatch.com
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Longtime Mississippi community

college president to retire
The Associated Press
RAYMOND — The longest-serv-
ing community college leader in
Mississippi history says he will retire
June 30.
Hinds Community College Pres-
ident Clyde Muse announced his
plans Wednesday to the board of
trustees.
Muse became president July 1,
1978 of what was then called Hinds
Junior College, the college said in a
news release. By the time he retires,
Muse will have been the school’s
leader 42 years, and he will have
been an educator 68 years.
Muse was a teacher and coach
in Canton and Starkville before be-
coming a principal in Starkville, the
release says. He was superintendent
of schools in Hinds County from 1969
to 1971, leading the district through
desegregation in 1970.

Courtesy photo
The Columbus City Council voted last month to end its agreement with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to maintain Luxapalila Creek Park, shown in this courtesy photo.
The city will end upkeep of the park and its facilities on Dec. 31, 2020.

Park maintenance
Continued from Page 1A
year agreement to main-
tain the park grounds,
facilities and roads for
the 128-acre site located
outside of city limits. The
city and county had joint-
ly maintained the park
prior to 2001.
A provision permitted
the city to end the agree-
ment by serving a one-
year note, which the city
exercised during the Nov.
19 council meeting. City
maintenance of the park
and its facilities will end
on Dec. 31, 2020.
“It’s kind of a shame,
in a way,” Columbus Chief
Operations Officer David
Armstrong said. “It real-
ly is a beautiful spot. But
we just couldn’t justify the
time and expense needed
to keep it up. We felt like
our public works depart-
ment should be concen-
trating on the work in city
wards instead of main-
taining a park that’s not in
the city limits.”
Armstrong said the
council’s decision came
after Kevin McCauley
from the Corps of Engi-
neers asked him to meet
at the park in early No-
vember to discuss im-
provements the Corps
wanted the city to make at
the park.
“I met (McCauley) and
he was telling me, ‘Cut
these trees down. Cut this
back. Do this. Do that,’”
Armstrong said. “I told
him, ‘I know you would
like to have this done,
but you have to realize
the park is not used and
we don’t have the time or
manpower to keep up a
park that isn’t used.’”
When Armstrong re-
layed that conversation
with city leaders, the
council voted to end its
maintenance agreement.
Armstrong said the de- really is a
mise of the park has been beautiful
a long time coming. area, but
“It was used a lot when it needs so
we started taking care much work,
of the park,” Armstrong I doubt (the
said. “But then, there supervi-
started to be a lot of crim- sors) would
inal activity out there, Sanders
have any
drug deals, some vio- interest in taking it over.”
lence. It started to scare The fate of the park ap-
people. It’s in a pretty pears to be an open ques-
secluded place and when tion.
people started talking “I really don’t know
about the crime out there, what (the Corps) intends
people just didn’t feel safe to do with it,” Armstrong
any more. said.
“We decided to shut McCauley was not
down part of the park available to answer ques-
where there was a pa- tions about the park.
vilion and picnic tables
because it was a place
where criminal activity
was getting pretty bad,”
he added. “Now, there’s a
boat ramp, but other than
that, there’s not much of
anything out there.”
Once considered un-
safe, Luxapalila Creek
Park seems to have been
an all-but-forgotten place.
“When you mention
(the park) people don’t
seem to even know any-
thing about it,” he said. “A
lot of people have heard
about it, but haven’t been
out there and don’t even
know where it is. Occa-
sionally, you’ll see a few
people down there fish-
ing, but that’s about it. I
don’t think the boat ramp
is used much, if at all.”
Although the park is lo-
cated in Lowndes County,
Harry Sanders, president
of the Lowndes County
Board of Supervisors,
said the board hasn’t been
approached by the Corps
to consider bringing the
park into the county’s
park system.
“We haven’t heard
from them, at least I ha-
ven’t,” Sanders said. “It

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West Point running back Dantariyus Cannon (12) runs through a Picayune defender near the goal line Saturday.

West Point beats Picayune in MHSAA Class 5A

championship game for historic 11th state title
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
HAT TIESBURG — West Point se-
nior running back Dantariyus Cannon
could see it: The play was stuck in
Corbin Kelley’s head.
Kelley, a junior quarterback for the
Green Wave, was still beating himself
up over what had just happened late in
the second quarter. The late throw on
an out route he delivered. The Pica-
yune defender jumping on it for a mas-
sive pick-six to bring the Maroon Tide
within a point in Saturday night’s MH-
SAA Class 5A championship game at
M.M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg.
So Cannon went over, telling his
quarterback what Kelley needed to
hear.
“‘Don’t let one play get you down,’”
Cannon said. “‘Play the next play.’”
On third-and-8 on West Point’s first
drive in the second half, Kelley did. He
fired a pass to Cannon, who picked his
quarterback up again and converted
the first down. Two plays later, West
Point was in the end zone via a 5-yard
touchdown run from Brandon Harris.
“We came down a little bit, but
Coach told us to keep our heads up
and just do what Wave do: just keep
rolling,” Harris said.
The drive put West Point up 28-20,
put a stop to Picayune’s momentum
and gave the Green Wave the boost
they sorely needed. Kelley and the
Green Wave were over the hump and
on their way to 38-26 win and a fourth
straight state title.
“Just as good as the first one,” head
coach Chris Chambless said.
West Point rolled right on through
to its 11th state championship in
school history, matching South Pa-
nola for the most ever in the state of
Mississippi.
“It’s more than a team,” Cannon
said of the Green Wave’s dynamic pro-
gram. “We’re just like family. I love
those guys. I wish I could stay anoth-
er year and play with every single last
one of the guys I just played with.”
The senior was instrumental in
getting his team to its fourth title in a
row, converting a critical fourth down
on West Point’s first drive to help the
Green Wave match a Picayune score.
“We told Coach to go for it,” Can-
non said. “He had faith in us. We went
for it. We just knew we were gonna get
it.”
Cannon did, and Harris ran left for
a 3-yard touchdown on the very next
play. He finished with two rushing
scores, a passing touchdown and his
second straight championship game
Most Valuable Player award.
“He’s a baller,” Chambless said.
“He’s a dog. That joker just gets the job
done. There’s no adversity that he can
face that’s gonna knock him down.”
Not even a high ankle sprain could
stop Harris, who played through the
injury the entire postseason and still
proved effective. While Harris ran for
58 yards on 15 carries, Cannon ran for
135 yards on 13 carries, providing the
foundation of the Green Wave’s rush-
ing attack.
“I told him before the game, he’s
gotta have a good game for us to win,
and he certainly did,” Chambless said
of Cannon. “He does whatever we tell
him to do, whatever’s asked of him, he
does it 100 percent.”
The West Point defense, too, had
big moments against a Picayune team
that came in averaging 51.9 points per
game and hadn’t been held below 35
points all year. After Cameron Thom-
as capped a 13-play, 73-yard opening
drive with a touchdown for the Ma-
roon Tide, the Green Wave forced
three straight three-and-outs, and the
West Point offense cashed in.
Kelley found tight end TJ Anderson
for an 18-yard touchdown early in the
second quarter, and less than three
minutes later, Harris hit a wide-open
Jordan Rupert down the right side of
the field for a 52-yard score. Just like
that, West Point was up 21-7, with the
See West Point, 6B

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Kiffin becomes coach at Ole Miss, steps down at FAU

The Associated Press
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Lane
Kiffin is back in the SEC, taking
over at Ole Miss.
Kiffin and the Rebels made
the announcement Saturday af-
ter Florida Atlantic defeated UAB
in the Conference USA champi-
onship game, the Owls’ second
league title in his three seasons. It
had been college football’s worst-
kept secret since Friday, and the
schools ended all doubt Saturday
afternoon by conceding that the
deal has been made.
“I am truly honored and hum-
bled to join the Ole Miss family,
and recognize this as a special
opportunity to lead Rebel Football
into the future,” said Kiffin, who
will be introduced in Oxford, Mis-
sissippi on Monday.
If there was any doubt when
Saturday began, it went away once
a short video clip of his son’s reac-
tion to the news went public. ES-
PN’s SEC Network tweeted out a
clip of Kiffin’s son Knox being told
that he was getting on a jet Mon-
day — because his father has a
new job.
“Your dad is the new head coach
of Ole Miss,” a woman on the tape
says to the boy.
“Let’s go!” Knox Kiffin re-
sponds, before chanting “S-E-C!
S-E-C!”
Indeed, the SEC is going to be
Kiffin’s playground once again.
And Lane Kiffin — who wanted
the attention Saturday in his news
conference to be on FAU’s win —
conceded that he had watched the
clip of his son about 25 times.
“That was awesome to see his
reaction,” Kiffin said. “That’s just
special. For those of you who have
children, to see your child react
like that, it’s pretty neat.”
He then paused and smiled.
“But I blame his mom for put-
ting that out there,” Kiffin said.
Kiffin went 26-13 in his three
Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports
seasons at Florida Atlantic and
Florida Atlantic Owls head coach Lane Kiffin looks on during the second half on Nov. 10 against
See Kiffin, 6B the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at FAU Football Stadium.
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BRIEFLY Burrow completes Heisman coronation, LSU routs Georgia 37-10

The Associated Press heat, Burrow spun to LSU came into targeting. Fromm twist- aspect of this game was
College Football his left to get away from the game as the sec- ed an ankle and had to another strong perfor-
MSU’s Dantzler to forgo final year of ATLANTA — Joe lineman Travon Walk- ond-highest scoring go to the medical tent mance from LSU’s de-
eligibility, turn pro Burrow finished off his er, whirled back to his team in the country be- to get taped up, though fense. Maligned much
STARKVILLE -- Mississippi State junior cornerback likely Heisman Trophy right to send Walker hind Ohio State. They he was able to finish the of the season, they
Cameron Dantzler is going pro. coronation with another sprawling to the turf, figured to have a tough- game. followed up a 50-7 rout
Dantzler, a Hammond, Louisiana. native, dazzling performance then delivered a pass on er time against Geor- Not that it mattered.
announced his decision Friday on social media with the
of Texas A&M in the
following statement:
and No. 1 LSU locked the run while sprinting gia’s stellar defense, Fromm , who guid- regular-season finale
“First off I would like to thank God for giving me up a spot in the College toward the LSU sideline ranked No. 2 in points ed Georgia to the cusp with another champi-
this opportunity to play this game called football. I am Football Playoff for the with another defender allowed. but Burrow of the national title two onship-worthy showing
excited to announce that I will be forgoing my senior first time, dominating in hot pursuit. kept the Bulldogs on years ago as a fresh- against the Bulldogs,
year and entering the 2020 NFL Draft. After praying No. 4 Georgia 37-10 in
over it and discussing with my family, I have decided Justin Jefferson their heels the entire man, had a forgettable who were held to 286
now is the best time for me to pursue my dream of the Southeastern Con- hauled in the throw game. performance in what yards.
playing in the NFL. I would like to thank the University, ference championship just beyond midfield It was by far the most has been the worst sea- Georgia: Jake
entire coaching staff and all my teammates. I am forever game Saturday. and took off down to points Georgia has giv- son of his college ca- Fromm came into the
grateful for every member of the Bulldogs community The Tigers, going reer.
#HAILSTATE!”
the Bulldogs 9 for a 71- en up their season. Un- season projected as a
Dantzler will leave Starkville as one of the most for their first national yard play. Three plays til Saturday, they held He was 20 of 42 for high NFL draft pick
productive secondary players of the past decade. After title since 2007 season, later, Burrow delivered every opponent under 225 yards, including a who would likely go pro
redshirting his first year on campus, he played in all 13 will either return to his third TD pass of the 20 except South Car- pair of interceptions, after his junior season.
games his redshirt freshman season. As a sophomore Atlanta or head west to game, hooking up with olina, which stunned and didn’t get much Now, it’s not a reach to
he was named to the All-SEC second team by the
Associated Press and is a candidate for the Jim Thorpe
suburban Phoenix for a Terrace Marshall Jr., the Bulldogs in double help from his team- say he might be better
Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Bednarik Award semifinal game on Dec. on a 4-yard touchdown overtime nearly two mates. Tyler Simmons off returning for his
this season. 28. Their bowl site and pass that essentially fin- months ago. dropped a deep ball on
senior season to try to
In nine games this season, Dantzler recorded 31 opponent will be an- ished off the Bulldogs. There was no such the very first posses-
tackles -- two for a loss -- and two interceptions. boost his stock. He has
nounced on Sunday, but Burrow wasn’t done. drama in this one. sion, and Matt Landers
Reports have circulated that Dantzler does not plan now failed to complete
they surely made a per- Derek Stingley’s sec- Just total domination couldn’t hang on to a
to play in MSU’s upcoming bowl game. The destination even half his passes in
of that game will be announced this afternoon. suasive case to be the ond pick of Jake Fromm by the Tigers. throw in the end zone
five straight games.
SOURCE: Ben Portnoy top overall seed in the turned the ball back Marshall hauled in when Georgia still had
four-team field. over to the prolific LSU a pair of touchdown a glimmer of hope.
Girls Prep Basketball Burrow was all over offense at the 13, and passes, also gathering a Further compound- Up next
the stat sheet for LSU Burrow wasted no time 7-yard scoring play that ing Georgia’s miserable LSU: Makes its first
Columbus bests Baldwyn appearance in the Col-
The Columbus Falcons took care of business (13-0, No. 2 CFP). He finding Justin Jefferson propelled LSU to a 14-0 showing: Star kicker
against Baldwyn Friday, winning a 50-37 contest. threw for 349 yards for an 8-yard TD that lead in the first quarter. Rodrigo Blankenship, lege Football Playoff,
Aniya Saddler led Columbus with 26 points and and four touchdowns. sent many in the pre- Ja’Marr Chase capped the leading scorer in which began in 2014.
seven steals. Meanwhile, Sercora Tate had eight points The Tigers last played
He was the Tigers’ sec- dominantly Georgia a 75-yard drive on the school history, missed
and nine rebounds, while Bri Smith chipped in 11
rebounds. ond-leading rusher with crowd heading for the Tigers’ opening pos- a pair of field goal at- for a national title
Meanwhile, the boys team defeated Baldwyn 41 yards on 11 carries, exits at Mercedes-Benz session with a 23-yard tempts . during the 2011 season,
Friday, 50-37. often leaving the Bull- Stadium. touchdown catch. Georgia finally when they went 12-0 in
The Columbus girls are back in action against reached the end zone the regular season, cap-
Noxubee County at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Macon, while the
dogs grasping at air as LSU left no doubt it is It was a painful loss
boys tip off at 7:30 p.m. he twirled this way and the king of the mighty — literally — for the with just under 12 tured the SEC title with
that. He even caught a SEC, completing its run Bulldogs, who were minutes remaining on a blowout of Georgia,
Pickens Academy falls to Southern Fromm’s 2-yard TD but were blanked 21-0
The Pickens Academy girls basketball team ran pass on a ball that was through a gauntlet of making their third
into a rough patch at the Southern Academy Christmas batted down at the line the league’s top teams. straight appearance in pass to George Pickens. by Alabama in the BCS
Tournament in Greensboro, Alabama, falling to South- and wound up his arms, The Tigers had already the SEC title game. Two championship game.
ern 52-21. Lizzie Noland led Pickens Academy with five
points, while Audrey Fondren had four. Both Latham
taking off for a 16-yard knocked off Alabama, players were carted off The takeaway Georgia: Appears
and Audrey Fondren were all-tournament selections. gain. Florida and Auburn. the field with apparently LSU: The Tigers likely to make its sec-
Pickens Academy is back in action at home Friday The Heisman-wor- Now, they can add the major injuries. Another could certainly take ond straight appear-
against Tuscaloosa Academy. thy moment came late Bulldogs to the list, player wobbled off with pride in putting up 481 ance in the Sugar Bowl
Women’s College Basketball in the third quarter. ensuring the SEC will a concussion after be- yards on a defense of against Baylor, loser of
With Georgia (11-2, No only get one team in the ing leveled on a kickoff Georgia’s caliber, but the Big 12 champion-
The W’s Taylor scores career-high 31 points 4 CFP) bringing the national playoff. that was penalized for the most encouraging ship game.
in losing effort
Playing without one of its leading scorers, Kyla
Temple, The W women’s basketball team fell 59-54 on
the road at Trinity Baptist College on Saturday afternoon
in Trinity Gym.
Senior Autumn Taylor carried the offensive load in
Temple’s absence, scoring 31 points for a game-high
and a career-high. Saturday’s game marks the second
time this season that Taylor scored at least 20 points
No. 16 Memphis wins AAC title, coach heads to Florida State
in a game.
Senior forward My’Neka Frazier put up her third
The Associated Press coach directed all of his touchdown. nursing a sore shoulder every one of those guys
double-double of the season with 17 and 16 rebounds. postgame comments to Gibson ran for 130 the first game, brought in that locker room.”
The W (2-6) shot 45.2 percent from the floor, but MEMPHIS, Tenn. — his team. yards, including a 65- stability to the Cincinna-
Memphis coach Mike
committed 25 turnovers.
The Owls are back in action at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Norvell made his final
“We knew this was
going to be a game that
yard TD dash.
Cincinnati (10-3, No.
ti offense and the ability
to scramble out of trou-
Takeaway
when they host Voorhees College. Cincinnati: Ridder
home game at Liberty was going to come down 20 CFP) had taken a 24- ble – a trait not shown by
Men’s College Basketball Bowl Memorial Stadium to responses,” Norvell 23 lead with 4:23 left on Memphis’ White.
was key in giving the
Bearcats a chance in the
Harris racks up 33 points, but Owls fall memorable. said. “How we respond- Sam Crosa’s 33-yard field Ridder threw for 233 championship game.
Keith Harris broke his career-high for the second Norvell and the Ti- ed to adversity. How we goal. That gave Memphis yards and ran for 113
time this season, putting up 33 points against Talladega He was able to scramble
gers captured the Amer- responded to success the ball back with plenty more, including a 15-yard
College Saturday afternoon in Emma ‘Ody’ Pohl
ican Athletic Conference more than backup Ben
Gymnasium. Despite the offensive effort, it was not at times. But that’s the of time. touchdown in the first
championship — after Bryant, who played in
enough to keep the Owls in the game and The W men’s character and the heart They used most of it half as Cincinnati took a
failing the previous two the first game between
basketball team fell 78-57 versus the Tornadoes. of these kids.” before Gibson’s score. 14-10 lead into the break.
Tyler Jackson was the only other Owl in the years — as Brady White’s the two teams.
On the game-winning “We were excited it In the second half,
double-figures during Saturday’s competition. The New
6-yard pass to Antonio scoring drive, Norvell was our turn to get the Memphis benefitted Memphis: White, a
Orleans, La. native scored 12 points with a team-high second-team all-confer-
seven rebounds. Gibson for a touchdown leaned on Gibson, who ball,” White said, adding, from a pair of field goals
Harris also had five steals, one block, and three with 1:14 left gave No. 16 capped the march cor- “That last drive, we knew – 52 and 50 yards — by ence selection, complet-
rebounds. Memphis a 29-24 victory ralling the TD pass. Gib- without a doubt we were kicker Riley Patterson ed just 18 of 40 passes
The W (2-6) struggled from the field for most of over No. 21 Cincinnati on son was the workhorse going to execute the way as the teams exchanged for 253 yards. Memphis
the game. The Owls shot 32.1 percent overall and 23.1
Saturday. during the drive, carry- we know how to. We were leads. was able to remain close
percent from behind the arc.
Both teams struggled with turnovers. Talladega suf- Florida State will in- ing the ball five straight going to own the football Cincinnati drove to with Patterson’s field
fered 20 to the Owls 18. The W benefited more from its troduce Norvell as its times for 23 yards, giving and do what we did. We the Memphis 26 on its goals. The victory – a
opponent’s miscues, scoring 25 points off of turnovers new coach Sunday, two Memphis (12-1, No. 17 in were able to move the final possession, but school-record 12th for
while holding the Tornadoes to 17.
people with direct knowl- CFP) third-and goal from ball.” stalled. the season – is expected
The W men’s basketball team will be back in action
on Tuesday, Dec. 10 when it hosts Voorhees College edge of the decision told the Bearcat 6. It was closer than the “We didn’t find a way,” to earn Memphis a berth
after the women’s game concludes. The Associated Press. On the play, Gibson season-finale between Cincinnati coach Luke in the Cotton Bowl. A
SOURCE: From Special Reports They spoke on condition split right instead of lin- these eight days ago, Fickell said of falling hint that the Cotton Bowl
of anonymity because ing up in the backfield. which Memphis won short. “We didn’t have invitation is imminent
the official announce- He came in motion, 34-24, earning the right the answers there at the may have come from the
CALENDAR ment has not been made. caught the screen pass to host this game. This end. But it wasn’t for lack Memphis staff passing
As for Norvell, he from quarterback Brady time, Cincinnati had of preparation. It wasn’t out the Cotton Bowl
Today wasn’t tipping his hand White and with three starting quarterback from a lack of fight and Teleconference infor-
Women’s College Basketball regarding his future. blockers in front of him, Desmond Ridder avail- it certainly wasn’t from a mation after Sunday’s
West Virginia at Mississippi State, 1 Instead, the Memphis skirted in for the winning able. Ridder, who was lack of care and love for invitations are issued.
p.m.

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College Football
Saturday’s championship games
SEC Championship,
LSU 37, Georgia 10
Georgia 0 3 0 7 — 10
LSU 14 3 17 3 — 37
First Quarter
LSU_Chase 23 pass from Burrow (York kick),
9:09.
LSU_Te.Marshall 7 pass from Burrow (York kick),
:12.
Second Quarter
UGA_FG Blankenship 39, 11:28.
LSU_FG York 41, 2:22.
Third Quarter
LSU_FG York 28, 8:20.
LSU_Te.Marshall 4 pass from Burrow (York kick),
2:18.
LSU_Jefferson 8 pass from Burrow (York kick),
:45.
Fourth Quarter
UGA_Pickens 2 pass from Fromm (Blankenship
kick), 11:41.
LSU_FG York 50, 7:41.
A_74,150.
UGA LSU
First downs 20 26
Rushes-yards 25-61
Passing 225 349
36-132
Comp-Att-Int 20-43-2 28-38-0
Return Yards 0
Punts-Avg. 4-48.8
0
2-45.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-17 5-45
Time of Possession 26:22
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
33:38
RUSHING_Georgia, Herrien 8-24, Cook 5-23,
Swift 2-13, White 5-5, Fromm 5-(minus 4). LSU,
Edwards-Helaire 15-57, Burrow 11-41, Curry 5-26,
Davis-Price 4-10, (Team) 1-(minus 2).
PASSING_Georgia, Bennett 0-1-0-0, Fromm 20-
42-2-225. LSU, Burrow 28-38-0-349.
RECEIVING_Georgia, Pickens 4-54, Robertson
4-52, Simmons 3-40, Herrien 3-23, Swift 3-18,
Woerner 1-16, Blaylock 1-11, Cook 1-11. LSU, Jef-
ferson 7-115, Edwards-Helaire 7-61, Te.Marshall
5-89, Chase 3-41, Moss 2-12, Dillon 2-11, Burrow
1-16, McMath 1-4.
CIN_Warren 3 run (Crosa kick), 7:21.
MEM_FG Patterson 52, 3:54.
Fourth Quarter
L.Stanley 3-(minus 1), Hopkins 4-(minus 18). FAU,
Davidson 11-128, Emmons 12-40, Tronti 3-30, Ro-
bison 4-30, Mason 2-20, Leconte 5-14, McCam-
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Georgia, Blankenship MEM_FG Patterson 50, 14:47. mon 2-9, Tisdale 2-9, W.Wright 1-6.
52, Blankenship 37. LSU, York 48. CIN_FG Crosa 33, 4:23. PASSING_UAB, Prince 0-1-0-0, Ty.Johnston
MEM_Gibson 6 pass from B.White (run failed), 4-11-1-42, Hopkins 4-7-1-42. FAU, B.Robinson
1:14. 0-1-0-0, Robison 17-37-1-267, Tronti 1-1-0-32.
Big 12 Championship, A_33,008. RECEIVING_UAB, Watkins 3-43, Pittman 2-13,
CIN MEM Blakes 1-12, M.Mitchell 1-9, Grossman 1-7. FAU,
Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23 (OT) First downs 21 25 Antoine 5-112, H.Bryant 4-39, Mason 3-36,
Baylor
Oklahoma
0 13 0
10 0 10
10 0 — 23
3 7 — 30
Rushes-yards 39-221 45-194 Harrison 2-22, B.Robinson 1-32, W.Wright 1-31,
Passing 233 253 J.Mitchell 1-18, Raine 1-9.
First Quarter Comp-Att-Int 16-37-1 18-40-1 MISSED FIELD GOALS_FAU, Rivas 49.
OKL_Brooks 6 run (Brkic kick), 9:31.
OKL_FG Brkic 44, 4:51.
Return Yards 56 72
Punts-Avg. 6-39.5 5-44.4
Second Quarter
BAY_FG Mayers 44, 10:20.
BAY_Thornton 33 pass from Bohanon (Mayers
Fumbles-Lost 2-1
Penalties-Yards 11-70
Time of Possession 28:58
1-0
4-40
31:02
College Basketball
Saturday’s scores
kick), 2:59.
BAY_FG Mayers 28, :08. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SOUTHERN MISS. 72,
Third Quarter
OKL_FG Brkic 24, 7:53.
RUSHING_Cincinnati, Ridder 11-113, Warren
23-99, Doaks 3-6, Tucker 2-3. Memphis, Gibson
S. ILLINOIS 69
S. ILLINOIS (4-6)
OKL_Basquine 18 pass from Hurts (Brkic kick),
3:09.
11-130, Gainwell 18-44, P.Taylor 11-38, (Team) Domask 6-11 1-2 17, Benson 1-2 4-8 6, L.Jones
1-(minus 2), B.White 4-(minus 16).
Fourth Quarter
OKL_FG Brkic 24, 10:31.
BAY_Ebner 81 pass from Zeno (Mayers kick), 9:41.
PASSING_Cincinnati, Ridder 16-36-1-233,
(Team) 0-1-0-0. Memphis, B.White 18-40-1-253.
3-6 3-4 9, McGill 3-5 6-7 12, Suggs 3-6 1-2 8,
Gooch 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 1-6 0-0 3, Davis 0-1 0-0
0, Francois 4-6 4-4 14. Totals 21-43 19-27 69.
RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Pierce 5-87, Mbodj 2-63,
SOUTHERN MISS. (3-7)
BAY_FG Mayers 27, 3:25.
First Overtime
Medaris 2-28, Deguara 2-22, Geddis 2-21, Tucker
1-8, Jackson 1-2, Warren 1-2. Memphis, Coxie
Stevenson 5-5 5-7 15, Harper-Baker 9-11 1-2 20,
Draine 3-7 3-4 12, Malone 1-5 0-0 3, Smith 0-1 0-0
OKL_Stevenson 5 run (Brkic kick), :00.
A_65,191.
9-165, Gainwell 3-40, Gibson 3-32, P.Taylor 2-(mi- 0, Dean 1-1 0-1 2, Konontsuk 2-3 1-2 5, McCoy 0-0
nus 2), K.Jones 1-18. 0-0 0, Leslie 0-1 1-2 1, Watson 6-13 2-2 14. Totals
First downs
BAY OKL
8 21
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. 27-47 13-20 72.
Rushes-yards 29-35 50-146 Halftime_S. Illinois 42-34. 3-Point Goals_S. Illi-
Passing 230 287 C-USA Championship, nois 8-23 (Domask 4-6, Francois 2-4, Suggs 1-3,
Brown 1-6, Benson 0-1, Davis 0-1, McGill 0-2),
Comp-Att-Int 9-27-0 17-24-1
Return Yards 60 44 FAU 49, UAB 6 Southern Miss. 5-13 (Draine 3-5, Harper-Baker
1-2, Malone 1-3, Leslie 0-1, Konontsuk 0-1, Wat-
Punts-Avg. 8-38.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-0
6-41.2
2-1
UAB
FAU
3 3
14 21 7
0 0—6
7 — 49 son 0-1). Fouled Out_Konontsuk. Rebounds_S.
Penalties-Yards 4-37 6-50 First Quarter Illinois 22 (McGill 6), Southern Miss. 21 (Harp-
er-Baker 11). Assists_S. Illinois 10 (McGill 4),
Time of Possession 23:24 36:36 FAU_Emmons 1 run (Rivas kick), 5:25.
UAB_FG Vogel 44, 1:45. Southern Miss. 17 (Malone 7). Total Fouls_S.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FAU_Antoine 75 pass from Robison (Rivas kick), Illinois 18, Southern Miss. 20. A_2,009 (8,095).
RUSHING_Baylor, Lovett 3-19, Bohanon 9-15,
Hasty 3-12, Ebner 4-4, C.Brewer 6-(minus 3),
1:32.
Second Quarter
Zeno 4-(minus 12). Oklahoma, Brooks 17-59, FAU_J.Mitchell 18 pass from Robison (Rivas kick), OLE MISS 83,
Stevenson 8-48, Hurts 23-38, Lamb 1-2, (Team)
1-(minus 1).
14:09.
FAU— (Rivas kick).
CS BAKERSFIELD 67
PASSING_Baylor, C.Brewer 3-6-0-15, Bohanon UAB_FG Vogel 36, 4:59.
CS BAKERSFIELD (4-7)
Stith 4-4 7-10 15, Moore 7-12 2-4 17, Person 1-1
4-15-0-56, Zeno 2-6-0-159. Oklahoma, Hurts
17-24-1-287.
FAU_H.Bryant 8 pass from Robison (Rivas kick),
:26.
0-0 2, Perry 6-12 4-8 16, Buckingham 2-5 0-0 6,
RECEIVING_Baylor, Ebner 2-84, Thornton 2-62, Third Quarter
Lee 1-4 0-0 2, Readus 1-1 4-4 6, Allen 0-1 0-0 0,
McCall 1-5 1-4 3, Edler-Davis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals
Platt 1-78, Henle 1-7, Sneed 1-5, Fleeks 1-(minus
2), Hasty 1-(minus 4). Oklahoma, Lamb 8-173,
FAU_Emmons 1 run (Rivas kick), 3:57.
Fourth Quarter
23-47 18-30 67.
Basquine 2-24, Brooks 2-24, Rambo 2-23, Willis FAU_Mason 20 pass from Robison (Rivas kick),
MISSISSIPPI (6-3)
Sy 4-5 1-3 10, Buffen 5-7 0-3 10, Tyree 4-10 11-
1-17, Stevenson 1-14, Stogner 1-12.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
9:51.
A_14,387.
14 20, Shuler 6-12 0-0 15, Hinson 6-8 9-12 23,
UAB FAU
Curry 0-0 0-0 0, Hunter 1-1 1-2 3, Collum 0-1 0-0
0, Crowley 0-1 2-2 2, Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
AAC Championship,
First downs 14
Rushes-yards 40-139
29
42-286
26-45 24-36 83.
Passing 84 299
Halftime_Mississippi 40-37. 3-Point Goals_CS
Memphis 29, Cincinnati 24 Comp-Att-Int 8-19-2 18-39-1
Bakersfield 3-12 (Buckingham 2-4, Moore 1-5,
McCall 0-1, Edler-Davis 0-2), Mississippi 7-18
Cincinnati 7 7 7 3 — 24 Return Yards 18 35
Memphis 10 0 10 9 — 29 Punts-Avg. 7-45.9 3-56.0
(Shuler 3-7, Hinson 2-3, Sy 1-1, Tyree 1-4, Crow-
ley 0-1, Buffen 0-1, Collum 0-1). Fouled Out_Sy.
First Quarter
CIN_Warren 6 run (Crosa kick), 12:27.
Fumbles-Lost 2-0
Penalties-Yards 11-83
1-0
7-90
Rebounds_CS Bakersfield 31 (McCall, Stith,
MEM_FG Patterson 29, 8:21. Time of Possession 31:05 28:55
Buckingham, Moore 5), Mississippi 18 (Sy 7). As-
sists_CS Bakersfield 16 (Perry 8), Mississippi 18
MEM_Gibson 65 run (Patterson kick), 2:36.
Second Quarter INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
(Tyree, Shuler 6). Total Fouls_CS Bakersfield 25,
CIN_Ridder 15 run (Crosa kick), 2:37. RUSHING_UAB, S.Brown 18-65, Ty.Johnston
Mississippi 19. Technicals_CS Bakersfield coach
Rod Barnes 2. Ejected_null. A_6,276 (9,500).
Third Quarter
MEM_B.White 1 run (Patterson kick), 11:59.
7-59, Brown Jr. 5-26, Haden 2-6, Wooden 1-2,

Prep Football
Noxubee County falls to Jefferson Davis County
Noxubee County’s Jaylon Barnett (15) blocks a punt late in the 4th quarter of Friday’s state championship game in Hattiesburg.
By Theo Derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
HATTIESBURG — to Jefferson Davis County
Noxubee County wide
receiver Jaqualon Sher-
rod dropped to one knee
around the 30-yard line.
Coach Teddy Young
placed a hand on Sherrod’s
back as the senior knelt.
The medal around Sher-
rod’s neck — the medal
none of the Tigers want-
ed — hung close to the
ground.
In his free hand, Young
held the second-place tro-
phy for the MHSAA Class
3A championship game.
On the opposing sideline,
Jefferson Davis County
hoisted its first-place tro-
phy high and swarmed
around it, but Young car-
ried Noxubee County’s
award low, and the Tigers
stood motionless in a
straight line along the hash
marks, their backs turned
to the celebration that had
Blindsided: After ‘scary’ neck injury, Noxubee County
wide receiver Chrishaad Rupert on road to recovery
By Theo Derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
MACON — Chrishaad
Rupert sat in the car with
his arms hanging at his
sides.
He couldn’t move
them.
Rupert, a junior wide
receiver at Noxubee
County High School, had
never had a serious injury
playing football before.
He never expected one,
and he never prepared for
one.
So just like the hit that
he’ll never forget, he nev-
er saw it coming.
‘Don’t give up’
It came in Senatobia
on Nov. 15, in the second
round of the MHSAA
Class 3A playoffs. The
Tigers tried a trick play,
but Rupert fumbled the
ball. Instead of falling on
it, he went to scoop it up
and keep running. That’s
when a Warriors defender
blindsided him, his shoul-
der connecting with Ru-
pert’s neck.
Rupert tried to get up
just begun.
Thus was the scene af-
ter Noxubee County lost
25-15 on Friday at M.M.
Roberts Stadium in Hat-
tiesburg, missing out on a
chance for its second title
in three years. The Tigers
failed on scoring chance
after scoring chance, con-
ceded four long scores and
found themselves in an
unfamiliar position: on the
losing end of a state title
game.
“I couldn’t believe it,”
Sherrod said. “I can’t be-
lieve it.”
Sherrod turned in one
of Noxubee County’s fin-
est performances Friday,
catching 10 passes for 118
yards, but he knew the Ti-
gers were capable of more.
Dropped passes — more of
them than Young had seen
in any game all season —
cost Noxubee County, and
Sherrod knew it.
off the turf, but he real-
ized his arms wouldn’t
move. Team personnel
got him up, and Rupert’s
legs — perfectly fine —
did the rest.
He was taken to the
emergency room at North
Oak Regional Medical
Center in
an ambu-
lance.
“It was
scary,” Ru-
pert said.
Rupert
was diag-
nosed with Rupert
a cervical
sprain,
meaning a muscle or liga-
ment in his neck had been
stretched or torn. He got
a steroid injection and
some pain medication.
He was lucky, relative-
ly speaking, but he was
told what he didn’t want
to hear: His junior season
was over.
“I don’t like being off
the field,” Rupert said. “I
like playing football.”
But Rupert, still unable
to move his arms, had
bigger worries. While
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CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
“I feel like I let my team
down,” he said. “I feel like
we should have won today.
We messed up big time on
a couple big plays. We let
our coach down.”
The Tigers punted on
their opening possession of
the second half, then failed
on four separate drives,
turning it over on downs
three times and tossing an
interception on the fourth.
Noxubee County got
into Jefferson Davis Coun-
ty territory on all four
possessions. On the most
promising effort, quarter-
back Marlon Windham
was stopped a yard short
on a fourth-down run to the
Jaguars’ 3-yard line.
“We just couldn’t put it
in,” Young said. “I think if
we would have put it in, we
probably would have had a
different outcome.”
The Tigers forced a
three-and-out from there,
got their hands on the en-
Noxubee County finished
off its shutout win, Ru-
pert’s aunt, Patricia Tay-
lor-Ramsey, drove him
back to Macon.
“She was trying to give
me pep talks: ‘Don’t give
up,’ stuff like that,” Ru-
pert said.
Rupert didn’t, and the
next morning, he could
move his arms again. But
the pain in his neck hadn’t
gone away.
‘I wish he was
out there with us’
Despite the pain, de-
spite the risk, despite the
doctor’s timeline, Rupert
still wanted to play in Fri-
day’s state championship
game.
Then he talked with
his mom.
No, she told him. Don’t
get hurt worse.
“I really didn’t dis-
agree because mamas
know best,” Rupert said.
He dreams of playing
in the NFL and wants to
go to Mississippi State,
Ole Miss or Oregon to
play in college. Risking
suing punt and got the ball
back at the Jags’ 24, but
once again, the Jefferson
Davis County defense held.
Windham couldn’t con-
nect with Sherrod or Coby
Lockett on the first two
plays, had a pass dropped
by Jeffery Malone on third
down and watched as run-
ning back Bobby Shank-
lin ran for four yards on
fourth-and-10, ending the
Tigers’ hopes of cutting the
deficit to a single score.
“We had good drives;
we just didn’t capitalize at
the right time,” Sherrod
said. “We missed out on
the big plays.”
While Noxubee County
couldn’t find the big plays,
Jefferson Davis County
had no trouble.
Quarterback Lyric Hall
found running back Keyser
Booth for a 36-yard passing
touchdown to open the
scoring, and three minutes
later, Booth busted free up
it to play Friday wouldn’t
be wise, Rupert knew, but
the thought of being un-
able to play with his team-
mates was hard to bear.
“I wish he was out
there with us,” junior de-
fensive lineman Travorus
Hatcher said. “He’s one
of the key players in our
receiving corps, and I just
hate that he couldn’t play
his junior year out with
us.”
Rupert had 376 receiv-
ing yards this season and
slotted in as one of the
Tigers’ best wideouts,
alongside Jeffery Malone,
Coby Lockett and Jaqua-
lon Sherrod.
“He went through the
struggle and the grind
with us,” Noxubee Coun-
ty head coach Teddy
Young said. He played
a big part in the season,
getting us to the playoffs
and getting us where
we’re at.”
The Tigers could have
used Rupert on the field
Friday rather than on the
sidelines, too. Plenty of
drops from the Noxubee
County receiving corps
the middle for an 80-yard
rushing score.
“I gave it my all for my
last game of the season,
and I just had to do my job
for my team,” Booth said.
Noxubee County got
back within a score on a 33-
yard touchdown pass from
Windham to wideout An-
thony Little Jr. in the sec-
ond. Then Deandre Shorts
broke a 39-yard run for a
touchdown to give the Jag-
uars a two-score halftime
lead.
Booth gave Jefferson
Davis County its last big
spark and a game-sealing
touchdown in the fourth.
He capped an eight-play,
76-yard drive that took
four crucial minutes off
the clock by bursting free
for a 42-yard touchdown
run — more than Jaguars
coach Lance Mancuso ever
expected.
“I told Keyser, ‘Man,
you’re gonna get the foot-
played a big role in the
Tigers’ 25-15 loss, and
Rupert’s absence exacer-
bated the problems.
“He’s one of our bet-
ter receivers in the one
on one,” Young said. “He
runs great routes, and
we truly could have used
him tonight.”
Rupert tried his hard-
est. He attempted to prac-
tice a couple of times,
Hatcher said, but the pain
in his neck was too much.
So Friday morning,
when the state champion-
ship game kicked off, Ru-
pert found himself watch-
ing from the Tigers’
sideline. He could only
watch as his team fell to
Jefferson Davis County,
25-15.
“I don’t like it, because
I like being out here,
competing with my team-
mates and stuff,” Rupert
said. “I can have fun with
them, but (it’s) kind of
sad.”
Looking ahead
Rupert still feels
guilty about the play that
Sunday, December 8, 2019 3B
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
ball. Just get us first
downs,’” Mancuso said.
Booth finished with 17
carries for 188 yards and
three total touchdowns,
helping the Jaguars re-
peat 2017’s state title-win-
ning performance.
“My hat’s off to ev-
ery kid in our program,”
Mancuso said. “My hat’s
off to every coach and
administrator. I’m just so
thankful and happy for
the people at Jeff Davis
County.”
Across the field, Young
and the Tigers were left
to watch and wonder af-
ter an unexpected playoff
run carried them to Hat-
tiesburg.
“It was a great season,”
Young said. “I love my se-
nior class. It was my first
year as the head coach,
and they bought into ev-
erything I was selling. I
just wish we could have
won it for them.”
got him hurt.
“I was kind of sad and
mad, because I knew I
could have done that play
better,” he said. “I just
knew it was my fault.”
Reminders of the play
still linger. The stiffness
he feels in his neck when
it’s cold outside. Three
days of ice on his neck,
then Tiger Balm. The
pain pills he has to take
every six hours. How
he has to hold his neck
straight, so it won’t hurt.
But he’s looking
ahead, too.
Rupert expects to be
completely fine come
springtime. That means
spring football practice
— and track season,
where he wants to com-
pete for the first time.
And not long after-
ward, he’ll be back on the
field for his senior season
with the teammates he
missed.
“Most of them are
family members, and I’m
gonna miss playing with
them,” Rupert said.
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FROM NEW HOPE TO HATTIESBURG

Stevenson playing bigger role for

Southern Miss in sophomore season
By Theo Derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com

HAT TIESBURG —
Before Tyler Stevenson
sank the first of two free
throws to win Saturday’s
game for Southern Miss,
he cast a glance to the
sideline, looking for the
coach who brought him to
Hattiesburg.
Assistant coach Clar-
ence Weatherspoon knew
what to do. He told the
typically “hyper” Steven-
son to relax.
“I just needed to calm
down and just know that
I could make free throws,
because I knew I could
just sink them,” Steven-
son said.
The former New Hope
standout faced the bas-
ket, ignoring some trash
talk from a Southern Illi-
nois player trying to get
into his head.
“‘Ah, he just missed his
first two, he’s not gonna
make these two,’” Steven-
son recalled. “That gave
me a little confidence.”
Calm and confident,
Stevenson’s first free
throw was nothing but
net. His second rattled Southern Miss athletics
home. Stevenson had tied Southern Miss’ Tyler Stevenson, center, dunks a ball in a college basketball game earlier this season.
his career high of 15
points, and less than 30 game despite playing son. gles’ offseason workouts. And he played the which is off to a 3-7 start
seconds later, Southern less than 20 minutes per And Stevenson is just First-year head coach Jay end of the game with to the season. The Eagles
Miss had its first Divi- contest. And back home as connected to his old Ladner, cognizant of the four fouls, picking up have three more games
sion I win of the season, in the Golden Triangle, teammates. Over the work Stevenson had been the third and fourth in a — including a Dec. 16
a 17-point comeback win his maturation isn’t go- Trojans’ fall break, Ste- putting in, rewarded him six-second span just over contest with Texas Tech
over the Salukis at Reed ing unnoticed. venson came back to the with a scholarship. two minutes into the peri- — before Stevenson gets
Green Coliseum. “It’s always a reward New Hope gym. Players “Whatever Coach tells od. Ladner put Stevenson a few days off for Christ-
“It feels good that I as a coach to be able to still ask him for advice — me to do, I’m gonna do back in with 5:55 to go, mas, and he knows where
can help my team win,” see your former players a couple Trojans inquired it, and I’m gonna do it to and Stevenson avoided he’s going to spend them:
Stevenson said. succeed,” New Hope how to bounce back from the best of my ability,” fouling out. Back in the New Hope
After playing spar- head coach Drew Mc- poor shooting nights. Stevenson said. “Just go “They told me to play gym, spending time with
ingly as a walk-on last Brayer said. “I told them we all hard and give it every- smart because they former teammates and
year, Stevenson has McBrayer got to see have them,” Stevenson thing I’ve got so I can needed me,” he said. “I influencing younger play-
taken on a bigger role Stevenson play on TV said. “I have them; every- help the team.” just had to play smart ers. After all, McBrayer
for Southern Miss in in the Battle 4 Atlantis body has them. You’ve On Saturday, he did because I knew my team said, Stevenson’s influ-
his sophomore season. tournament in the Baha- just gotta stay in the gym just that, making all five needed me to help them ence is still felt at New
Saturday was just his mas in late November; and stay locked in.” of his shots and hitting get the win.” Hope.
third career start, but he’s either watched or That mentality got five of seven shots from It was a much-need- “It’s still fresh in their
he averages 9.8 points listened to every South- Stevenson noticed this the line, including the ed win for a struggling mind there,” McBrayer
and 4.6 rebounds per ern Miss game this sea- summer during the Ea- clinching two. Southern Miss team, said.

Southern Miss erases 17-point deficit, edges Southern Illinois

By Theo Derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
HAT TIESBURG —
Leonard Harper-Baker
was tired of losing.
The Southern Miss
men’s basketball team
was 2-7, having dropped
four straight games and
seven of eight. The Gold-
en Eagles hadn’t beaten
a Division I team all sea-
son. And Saturday, they
trailed 4-5 Southern Illi-
nois 24-7 less than nine
minutes into the game.
Harper-Baker re-
membered what South-
ern Miss coach Jay Lad-
ner had instilled in his
team in the prior days:
“‘We’re gonna get what
we put in.’”
This time, the Gold-
en Eagles got what they really,” Harper-Baker
wanted. said.
They rallied, tying He broke the Eagles’
the game at 25, then scoring drought just
pulled ahead late. They over three minutes into
weathered a last-min- the game, with South-
ute run by the Salukis, ern Illinois already up
went ahead with under 8-0.
30 seconds to go on two He scored the first
free throws from New basket after the Salu-
Hope product Tyler Ste- kis took their biggest
venson and pulled out a lead of the game, a 24-7
72-69 win over Southern advantage, and scored
Illinois (4-6) at Reed twice more as the Ea-
Green Coliseum. gles battled back.
And Harper-Baker, And he sank a
a redshirt senior for- 3-pointer to give South-
ward from Detroit, led ern Miss its first lead, a
the way. He scored 20 28-27 advantage, after
points on 9-of-11 shoot- things looked hopeless
ing and grabbed 11 re- early on.
bounds to give Southern “They had more en-
Miss (3-7) its third win ergy than us to start the
of the season. game off,” Harper-Bak-
“I was just locked in, er said. “We had to pick
it up.” nois clambered back give Southern Miss get
He and sophomore into the ballgame. Eric the lead back.
guard Gabe Watson McGill got fouled on “It feels really good
keyed the 18-1 run that a 3 and made all three knowing that I could
answered the Southern free throws, and Harwin sink the free throws and
Illinois onslaught; Wat- Francois’ open layup help my team win the
son had eight points in tied the game at 67-all. game,” he said.
the stretch. But the Sa- Francois made two free Then Draine came
lukis regained control throws with 1:27 to go to up with a big steal and
briefly, taking a 42-34 put the Salukis ahead. made both of his free
halftime lead. “They were on a lit- throws. Southern Illi-
But less than four tle run; we were in a nois’ Marcus Domask
minutes into the sec- drought,” Draine said. missed a 3-pointer at the
ond half, a Watson layup Draine split a pair of buzzer, and the Eagles
put Southern Miss back free throws, and Harp- completed the come-
ahead, 46 -45. The Ea- er-Baker ended up with back win.
gles stretched the lead the ball after a hectic se- For Southern Miss,
as high as 65-55 with quence of three straight Saturday’s victory was
under five minutes to go bad passes. The Eagles a good first step toward
when LaDavius Draine found Stevenson under where the team wants to
drained a 3-pointer, the basket, where he be, Draine said. But it’s
then Harper-Baker stole was fouled. Stevenson, just a start.
the ball and slammed playing with four fouls “We’re still trying to
home a dunk. since early in the half, put everything togeth-
Then Southern Illi- sank both free throws to er,” he said.

Hinson leads balanced effort in Ole Miss victory against CSU Bakersfield
The Associated Press
OXFOR D, Miss. —
A fter suffering through
a four-game stretch of
painfully slow starts,
Mississippi coach Ker-
mit Davis admitted it
was nice to see a re-
versal of fortune in an
83 - 67 win over CSU Ba-
kersfield on Saturday.
“ We got off to a great
start offensively,” said
Davis, whose club raced
to a 15 -2 lead in the
opening four minutes
and never trailed.
“A fter four tough
games with four tough
starts and getting only
one win, it was great to
see the ball go in today.”
Blake Hinson scored
23 points as Ole Miss
(6 -3) placed five play- respectively. The Road- Ole Miss: The win a Rebels point guard. Af- and that something like
ers in double figures. runners trailed 40 -37 could not have come at a ter a warm ovation from that would happen so
Breein Tyree scored 20 at halftime and stayed better time after losing the home crowd during quickly.”
points, Devontae Shuler within striking dis- three of the four previous pregame introductions,
added 15 and K J Buffen
and K hadim Sy had 10
tance until a 13 -3 Ole games. A few hiccups Barnes received an ex-
tended standing ovation
Quotable
Miss run in the final were expected from an Barnes was asked
points apiece. Ole Miss four minutes settled the athletic team that fea- as he left the court after about the crowd response
shot 26 of 45 (58 per- issue. tures only one senior, being ejected for protest- in his return to Oxford
cent) from the field, Tyree, in a prominent ing a technical foul with as the CSU Bakersfield
including 7 of 18 (39%) role. The balanced scor- 12:30 remaining.
from 3 -point distance.
Big picture ing effort was comple- “I have to step up and
coach.
CSU Bakersfield: The “This university’s
“Our starters really mented by a game-high defend our guys,” Barnes
Roadrunners will be meant a ton to me, the
gave us good minutes seven rebounds from Sy said. “There was never
road-tested when West- people here. I’m thankful
today,” Davis said. “ We and six assists apiece a curse word. I didn’t
ern Athletic Conference for the hospitality, but I
knew Bakersfield and from Tyree and Shuler. demean the referees.
play begins in January. didn’t expect anything
Rod’s (Barnes) team I’ve never had (that type
would compete and be This loss opened a five- of) call ever in 30 years different. It’s Ole Miss.”
physical. We definite- game set in 22 days, with Standing ovation that I’ve ever called the
ly needed this win and only one home date. CSU ejection officials a name, a curse Up next
we’re happy to get it.” Bakersfield impressive- CSU Bakersfield word, indicating any- CSU Bakersfield: Vis-
Taze Moore led CSU ly battled back from the coach Rod Barnes thing, insinuating any- its Idaho on Saturday.
Bakersfield (4 -7) with slow start and Stith fin- coached Ole Miss to thing but professional- Ole Miss: Hosts Mid-
17 points while Czar ished 4 of 4 from the field the Sweet 16 of the 2001 ism. It’s disappointing dle Tennessee State, for-
Perry and Shawn Stith and 7 of 10 from the free NCA A Tournament after this happened at the merly coached by Kermit
added 16 and 15 points, throw line. a distinguished career as university where I played Davis, on Saturday.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, December 8, 2019 5B

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Vic Schaefer still being tested by Mississippi State’s ‘immaturity’

‘I think the biggest thing right now is we’re just a very immature, young team.’
MSU women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer

BY BEN PORTNOY things to me that are big deals that a

bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — It’s been a trying
month for Mississippi State coach Vic
Schaefer.
Needing to replace three starters
— including No. 3 overall WNBA draft
pick Teaira McCowan — Schaefer wel-
comed six newcomers to Starkville this
season. And while the Bulldogs sit at
8-1 with their lone loss coming to No.
1 Stanford, the eighth-year head coach
remains perturbed with his young
squad’s attention to detail.
“I think the biggest thing right now
is we’re just a very immature, young
team,” he said. “And that immaturity is
spread out throughout things like be-
ing places on time. When you’re gone
for a week and you have places to be,
things to do, being on time is import-
ant. We’ve got issues with that. That’s
just a discipline thing.”
Speaking with the media Wednes-
day, Schaefer was relatively upbeat after
his team finished second in the Greater
Victoria Shootout with wins over San
Francisco and Wisconsin-Green Bay.
But as he concluded his press confer-
ence, he sifted through a list of “little
things” he wanted fixed.
“Not to air out our laundry, but those
are the things to me in coaching that
I’ve found hurt you down the line in
games,” Schaefer said. “If you’re not
disciplined enough to sign my door like
you’re supposed to, being on time, we
lost something on the trip — we lost an
item that we don’t need to be losing on
the trip — you can go on and on and
I’ve got a whole list here. Those are
lot of places aren’t. Some coaches don’t
care about that stuff. I do.”
For Schaefer, little things have be-
come a preaching point throughout
this season. Following MSU’s 40-point
win over Troy Nov. 18, he maligned
his team in a now-infamous postgame
presser for being late to shootaround.
That said, Schaefer is a noted stu-
dent of detail. He is, of course, the
same coach who spends nearly two or
three minutes at every postgame press
conference scribbling on the box score
what he liked and didn’t like before of-
fering his opening statement.
“I just think those are the things that
are important, especially with young
kids trying to develop toughness, dis-
cipline — those things that to me in
a game for us that we’ve always had,”
Schaefer said.
And while Schaefer has been pub-
licly annoyed with his team’s immatu-
rity, the Bulldogs remains among the
nation’s elite. Entering the week, MSU
sat at No. 10 in the latest Associated
Press top 25 poll — behind just No. 6
South Carolina out of the Southeastern
Conference.
Further, MSU has already racked
up a non-conference road win at Mar-
quette and will look for another mar-
quee win over West Virginia Sunday at Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
home. Mississippi State head coach Vic Schaefer discusses a call with game official
The Mountaineers — who have been Cameron Inouye during the second quarter of their NCAA college basketball game
in and out of the AP poll all year — en- against Troy on Nov. 18 in Starkville.
ter the matchup at 5-1, and also boast be the minute details that Schaefer will tention to detail. “They’re great kids
former MSU commit Esmery Martinez continue to key in on. — I love them to death. I love coaching
as the team’s third-leading scorer. “These are just all things that we’re them. I love the challenge of them. But
And whether MSU pulls out a victo- teaching our young, immature team these are things that we’re addressing
ry against West Virginia or not, it will right now,” Schaefer said of the inat- right now which is nothing unusual.”

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP ACC CHAMPIONSHIP

No. 6 Oklahoma beats No. 8
Baylor 30-23 in OT for B12 title
By The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — No.
6 Oklahoma has done all it can,
winning a fifth Big 12 title in a
row with another close win over
No. 8 Baylor.
Now the Sooners wait to see
if they are going to get in back
in the College Football Playoff.
That is up to the selection com-
mittee, though it will be virtu-
ally impossible to keep Oklaho-
ma from being one of those four
teams.
“I hope they see the Big 12
champions. They’ve got a job to
do, I get that,” coach Lincoln Ri-
ley said after Oklahoma’s 30-23
overtime win Saturday.
“We’ve had a job to do as a
team ... and ultimately win the
Big 12 championship,” he said.
“We’ve done that.’’
Rhamondre Stevenson had a
5-yard touchdown run in over-
time, and then true freshman
Jacob Zeno — whose two long
passes in the fourth quarter
helped tie the game — was
under constant pressure when
Baylor got its last chance.
A day after No. 5 Utah lost in
the Pac-12 championship game,
and before No. 4 Georgia fell
37-10 to No. 1 LSU in the SEC
title game, Oklahoma (12-1, No.
6 CFP) became the first team
in any league to win 10 confer-
ence championship games. It
Ebner with 9:41 left in regula-
tion and a 78-yarder to Chris
Platt that set up John Mayers’
27-yarder with 3:25 left to make
it 23-all.
“It’s not supposed to be
easy,” Oklahoma quarterback
Jalen Hurts said.
After Oklahoma scored on
three plays to start overtime,
the Sooners put the heat on
Zeno. He was sacked for a 10-
yard loss, and then he was un-
der duress again when he flung
a game-ending pass that fell to
the turf harmlessly.
The Bears had only 105 to-
tal yards before the 81-yard TD
pass in the fourth quarter by
Zeno, who had played in only
one game and was the scout
team quarterback imitating
Hurts in practice this week.
They finished with 265.
Hurts, who last year led Al-
abama’s comeback win over
Georgia in the SEC title game,
was 17-of-24 passing for 278
yards and a touchdown. CeeD-
ee Lamb had eight catches for
173 yards after missing the pre-
vious game against the Bears.
Brewer was taken out of the
game not long after bulling over
a defender at the end of a 7-yard
run early in the second quar-
ter. He finished that series and
played one more, apparently
hitting his head on the ground
No. 3 Clemson tops No. 22 Virginia 62-17
Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) carries the ball while being defended by Vir-
ginia Cavaliers safety Joey Blout (29) in the 2019 ACC Championship Game Saturday at Bank of
America Stadium.
By The Associated Press
CHARLOT TE, N.C. —
Trevor Lawrence threw four
touchdown passes, three to
Tee Higgins, and No. 3 Clem-
son won its fifth consecutive
Atlantic Coast Conference
title with a 62-17 victory over
No. 22 Virginia on Saturday
night.
The defending national
champion Tigers (13-0; No. 3
CFP) have won 28 games in a
even without leading receiver
Joe Reed out due to injury.
Perkins threw a 20-yard
scoring pass to Hasise Dubois
to tie it 7, just the second TD
pass allowed by Clemson in
its past seven games.
Virginia’s defense sacked
Lawrence twice in the open-
ing half (Clemson had al-
lowed only 11 sacks in the
regular season) and Perkins
accounted for 177 yards the
first 30 minutes — nearly as
Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports
No. 3 Clemson 62, No. 22 Virginia 17
Virginia 7 0 7 3—17
Clemson 14 17 14 17—62
First quarter
CLE_Higgins 19 pass from Lawrence (Potter kick), 11:11
UVA_Dubois 20 pass from Perkins (Delaney kick), 6:22
CLE_Ross 59 pass from Lawrence (Potter kick), 4:46
Second quarter
CLE_FG Potter 47, 13:23
CLE_Etienne 26 run (Potter kick), 9:10
CLE_Higgins 7 pass from Lawrence (Potter kick), :49
Third Quarter
UVA_Jana 8 pass from Perkins (Delaney kick), 8:21
CLE_Higgins 11 pass from Lawrence (Potter kick), 6:12
CLE_L.Dixon 23 run (Potter kick), 1:00
Fourth Quarter
UVA_FG Delaney 35, 13:11
CLE_FG Potter 24, 10:45
CLE_Brice 4 run (Potter kick), 8:13
CLE_Mellusi 4 run (Potter kick), 1:26
UVA CLE
First downs 23 28
Rushes-yards 27-104 38-211

was the 13th Big 12 title over-
all for the Sooners, who went to
the playoff three of the past four
when being sacked by Kenneth
Murray, before Gerry Bohanon
took over.
row and head to the College
Football Playoff with chance
for a third crown in four years.
many as the 194 yards the Ti-
gers allowed in a 38-3 win last
Passing 283 408
Comp-Att-Int 30-48-3 21-29-0
Return Yards 76 36
Punts-Avg. 5-39.0 1-30.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0

Referee Mike Defee went to week over South Carolina. Penalties-Yards 3-27 4-25
seasons. And while Virginia (9-4; But it was impossible to
Time of Possession 33:14
Individual statistics
26:46

It was the second time in
four games that Oklahoma beat
the Bears (11-2, No. 7 CFP),
the sideline and asked Rhule
to get Brewer checked out, be-
cause the ref said the quarter-
No. 23 CFP) and quarterback RUSHING_Virginia, Perkins 17-58, Taulapapa 8-43, Arm-
contain Clemson’s offense. strong 2-3. Clemson, Etienne 14-114, L.Dixon 8-47, Lawrence
Bryce Perkins put forth a
Higgins had scoring catch- 6-24, Dukes 3-10, Brice 2-8, Mellusi 3-7, Rencher 1-3, (Team)
game plan that caused the Ti- 1-(minus 2).

back “just seems a little bit out es of 19 and 7 yards, Justyn PASSING_Virginia, Griffin 1-1-0-2, Perkins 27-43-2-266,
who in coach Matt Rhule’s de- gers to sweat early on, there Armstrong 2-4-1-15. Clemson, Lawrence 16-22-0-302, Brice
of it.” Ross went 59-yards for an- 5-7-0-106.
but season two years ago lost 11 was no stopping Clemson’s RECEIVING_Virginia, Dubois 10-130, Kemp 9-66, Jana
Bohanon directed Baylor on other touchdown (the second 6-62, Cowley 2-10, Taulapapa 1-10, Brissett 1-3, Mitchell 1-2.
games with a depleted roster in dazzling set of experienced Clemson, Higgins 9-182, Ross 3-94, W.Swinney 3-38, Ladson
scoring drives on its last two longest in ACC Championship 1-57, Overton 1-19, Allen 1-11, Etienne 1-9, Price 1-5, L.Dixon
the aftermath of a scandal that playmakers led by Lawrence
possessions before halftime. game history) and Etienne 1-(minus 7).
led to the firing of two-time Big and Higgins on the way to MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

He threw a 33-yard touchdown broke free for a 26-yard touch-

12 champion coach Art Briles.
Rhule said Oklahoma should
be in the playoff regardless of
any other results.
As for his team, Rhule told
them to “feel that pain” of watch-
ing the Sooners celebrate.
“Let that drive you in the
offseason,” he said. “But at the
same time, also understand
what we’ve done.”
The Bears tied the game
after Zeno came in during the
fourth quarter, the second
quarterback used after starter
Charlie Brewer left the game
in the second quarter following
a big hit he delivered on a de-
fender.
There was an 81-yard catch-
and-run touchdown by Trestan
to Tyquan Thornton before a
28-yard field goal by Mayers
put the Bears up 13-10 at half-
time — even with only 98 total
yards.
Three weeks after their big-
gest comeback ever, a 34-31 win
at Baylor after a 25-point defi-
cit, the Sooners jumped ahead
10-0 on the Bears.
Lamb turned a short catch
into a 71-yard gain to the 7 on
Oklahoma’s second drive, set-
ting up Kennedy Brooks’ 6-yard
TD run. On the next drive,
Lamb’s 26-yard catch came be-
fore Gabe Brkic kicked the first
of his three field goals — he has
made a school-record 17 in a
row this season without a miss.
ACC championship game
records for points and yards
(621),
Lawrence set an ACC ti-
tle-game record with his four
touchdown throws and had
302 yards passing, his second
best total this season, and
completed 16 of 22 passes be-
fore coming out in the third
quarter.
Higgins finished with 182
yards receiving yards and the
three TDs, both bests in ACC
Championship game play.
Travis Etienne had 114
yards, his eighth game over
100 yards this season.
Virginia and Perkins ap-
peared to have a game plan
to compete with the Tigers,
down run as Clemson opened
a 31-7 lead by halftime.
Perkins, the ACC’s leader
in total offense, had 324 of the
Cavaliers’ 387 yards, which
were a season high allowed
by Clemson’s defense this
season.
The Cavaliers played with-
out leading receiver and the
ACC’s top kick returner in Joe
Reed due to injury.
The takeaway
Virginia: The Cavaliers
showed creativity and ability
in devising and executing a
game plan designed to make
Clemson sweat. But the gap
between Virginia and the Ti-
gers — as it is for most every-
one else in the ACC — was too
wide to overcome without per-
fection on nearly every snap.
Clemson: The Tigers
showed once more they had
no equals this season in the
ACC. The challenge now
grows more difficult with
Clemson likely facing off
against LSU or Ohio State in
the national semifinals.
Up next
Virginia awaits its bowl as-
signment, most likely the Or-
ange Bowl.
Clemson will head to the
College Football Playoff with
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West Point quarterback Brandon Harris (2) looks for running room around the edge of Picayune’s defense.

Brandon Harris, Dantariyus Cannon power West Point to fourth straight title
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
HAT TIESBURG — West
Point senior backs Dantariyus
Cannon and Brandon Harris of-
ten swap roles on the field.
“We switch out in the
games,” Cannon said. “I let him
get my plays. He lets me get his
plays.”
Outside of school, the two
talk a lot, hang out, always
talking about football. Even
outside of practices and games,
they’ll go out and throw the
football around.
“We do a lot, me and Bran-
don,” Cannon said. “We do a lot
together.”
As a result, the two have
cultivated a strong relationship
as the Green Wave’s star run-
ning backs. Between the two
of them, Cannon knows, there’s
nothing they can’t do.
Saturday night at M.M. Rob-
erts Stadium in Hattiesburg, in
the MHSAA Class 5A champi-
onship game against Picayune,
the two made that abundantly
clear.
Playing their last high
school game together, Cannon
and Harris led West Point’s of-
fensive attack and carried the
Green Wave to their fourth
straight championship. Harris
scored twice on the ground and
tossed a touchdown pass, while
Cannon led the Green Wave in
rushing and converted two of
the biggest plays of the game.
On fourth down on West
Point’s first drive, Cannon
wound up with the ball on a
reverse and pulled it down af-
ter looking to pass. He ran 17
yards to the 3-yard line, and it’s
not hard to guess who cleaned
up on the next play for a 3-yard
touchdown. (It was Harris, of
course.)
That’s typical for West Point,
Cannon said: Either of the two
is happy to reach pay dirt when
the other is gassed or on the
sidelines.
“I get down there, if I can’t
go, he’ll go,” Cannon said.
It was the case again early in
the third quarter on what was
perhaps the biggest drive of the
game for West Point. To answer
two straight Picayune scores
at the end of the first half, Can-
non caught a 19-yard flare from
Corbin Kelley on third down,
and after Jimothy Mays got
West Point down to the 5, Har-
ris ran it in for his second rush-
ing score.
Though he’s still battling
a high ankle sprain, Harris
showed out for the Green Wave,
enough to receive his second
straight Most Valuable Player
award. To Cannon, there was
no question: Harris would still
be playing.
“I told him, push through,”
Cannon said. “This is our last
game; we gotta eat.”
The two backs did just that
in their final contest, combin-
ing for 193 yards on 28 carries
on the ground to end their West
Point careers on top once again.
And just like the last three
years, they did it together.
“Me and Brandon, when me
and Brandon together, we un-
stoppable,” he said. “Can’t no-
body stop me and Brandon.”

West Point
Continued from Page 1B
Picayune defense caught
off guard both times by
unusual play designs.
“Our play-calling was
excellent tonight,” Cham-
bless said. “It is each
week. They’re very cre-
ative in the ways they get
the ball down the field.”
But Picayune, which
seemed a little shell-
shocked when West Point
took its lead, struck quick-
ly to get right back in it.
After a West Point punt
rolled dead at the Maroon
Tide 24, Thomas ran 76
yards down the right side-
line for a touchdown with
3 minutes, 5 seconds to
go in the first half. On the
first play of West Point’s
next drive, Jaylen Hall
jumped on Kelley’s pass
and returned it 39 yards
for a touchdown. Austin
Samples missed the extra
point, so West Point took
a one-point lead into half-
time.
“We gave up some,”
Chambless said. “We
knew we would. It’s how
you bounce back and
how you get back up
that’s gonna define who
wins games.”
The Green Wave got
right back off the mat.
They came out in the
put the game away for
good. Harris connected
with Anderson on a 57-
yard pass over the mid-
dle to the Picayune 10,
and Tae Gibbs punched
in a 2-yard score on third
down to bring the lead
back to two scores.
Picayune brought
the ball down the field,
but Hickman’s pass on
fourth-and-7 from the
West Point 10 fell in-
complete, and the Green
Wave went into victory
formation.
“We played hard,”
Chambless said. “Good
things happen.”
West Point will lose
plenty of its key players
— including Harris, Can-
non, Mays, Anderson
and linebacker Tyron
Orr, among others — to
graduation, but Cham-
bless is already looking
forward to next season.
A record-tying fifth con-
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch secutive title could just
West Point linebacker Jykeon Cunningham (11) stops Picayune ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage. be on the horizon.
“We just do what we
second half determined critical third-and-8, Jim- a 24-yard field goal to went the distance for a do every year,” Chamb-
to put the Tide away, othy Mays ran 23 yards put West Point up 31-20, 70 -yard receiving score, less said. “We’re getting
and they relied on their to the Picayune 5, and but Picayune answered though the Maroon Tide back in the weight room
three senior backs to do Harris took the football again. Thomas caught couldn’t connect on their Monday, trying to get
it. Cannon snagged Kel- in from there. an Isaac Hickman pass two-point pass. back and improve next
ley’s for 19 yards on that Alex Harper kicked over the middle and West Point quickly year.”

Kiffin
Continued from Page 1B
is 61-34 in parts of eight
seasons as a college head
coach at Tennessee, USC
and FAU.
Kiffin takes over an
Ole Miss program that
hasn’t produced a win-
ning season since going
10-3 in 2015 and winning
the Sugar Bowl, capping
a string of four straight
bowl appearances. The
Rebels went 4-8 this sea-
son.
Kiffin replaces Matt
Luke, an Ole Miss alum
who was fired Sunday af-
ter going 15-21 in three
seasons.
“We’ve got to find a
head coach who can walk
into a room, and absolute-
ly take over that room and
galvanize people, bring
them back,” Ole Miss ath-
letic director Keith Carter
said earlier in the week.
“I think people want to
support, they want to
come back, they want to his father Art Briles’ staff back in the SEC — three was 1-2 against the Rebels when the ruling came out
come to Ole Miss football at Baylor when that pro- years after his stint as in Kiffin’s three seasons and is now with the San
games, but we just lost gram was rocked by a sex- Alabama’s offensive co- as offensive coordinator Francisco 49ers.
some of that luster.’’ ual assault scandal. There ordinator ended and he with the Crimson Tide, The news of those
Enter Kiffin. was some newsmaking; wound up starting anew losing in 2014 and 2015 sanctions broke the day
It was always assumed Kiffin brought in players at FAU. before winning in 2016. before FAU hosted the
that bigger schools would from the Netflix docu- Kiffin said the FAU The NCAA forced 2017 C-USA title game.
come calling for Kiffin mentary “Last Chance U.” players changed him. Ole Miss to vacate 33 The news that Kiffin was
again. He made about $3 He offered scholarships “They’ve done a great wins over a six-year pe- in position to leave for
million in salary over his to kids who are still sev- job and they’ve helped riod — including those Owls for Ole Miss, some-
time at FAU, and now will eral years from college. me,” Kiffin said. “They’ve two wins over Alabama. what ironically, broke the
likely command more And there, of course, was kind of taught me. I was Kiffin tweeted that Ala- day before FAU hosted
than that annually from Twitter, where Kiffin’s used to all players think- bama coach Nick Saban’s
this year’s C-USA title
the Rebels. dry sense of humor could ing they were going to the record should then be
game.
His tenure with FAU make news as soon as he NFL and your job is to get changed as well, noting
He’s left some jobs on
will likely be remembered touched the send button. the players drafted the that if those two outcomes
bad terms. Not this time.
as exactly what Kiffin He acknowledged he highest that you can. This no longer count “we only
needed. FAU won a bunch was too young to handle place changed me to real- lost once together.” He left FAU as a champi-
of games — more in his the job when the Oakland ize, I’ve got a bigger call- The reason why Ole on.
three seasons than they Raiders made him a head ing than that. My calling Miss had to vacate those “You don’t win two
did in the previous seven coach at 31, or when he is to really help these kids wins because the NCAA conference champion-
combined — and did so got hired at Tennessee at develop.” found the school commit- ships because you hire a
without any hint of major 32, or when he got hired The next chapter is at ted numerous recruiting head coach,” Kiffin said.
scandal. at USC at 34. Ole Miss, where Kiffin violations — including “You have to have a lot of
There was some con- He’s 44 now. He’s ap- has some history. some by Kiffin’s brother, things in place and a lot
troversy; Kiffin brought parently learned to live in In 2009, his lone sea- former Rebels defensive of people helping. That’s
in Kendal Briles as his the public eye, or at least son at Tennessee, the Vol- line coach Chris Kiffin. what happened here.”
first offensive coordina- how to deal with constant unteers went to Oxford Chris Kiffin was coach- That’s what Ole Miss
tor, after Briles was on scrutiny. And now he’s and lost 42-17. Alabama ing for his brother at FAU hopes can happen again.
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Ceremony honors those killed in 1941 Pearl Harbor attack

1941 aerial assault that morning.

killed more than

2,300 U.S. troops
By AUDREY McAVOY
The Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii
— More than 2,000 people
attended a ceremony Satur-
day to remember those killed
when Japanese planes bombed
Pearl Harbor 78 years ago and
launched the U.S. into World
War II.
Organizers of the public
event at the Hawaii naval base
say attendees included about a
dozen survivors of the Dec. 7,
1941, attack, the youngest of
whom are now in their late 90s.
Herb Elfring, 97, of Jackson,
Michigan, said being back at
Pearl Harbor reminds him of all
those who have lost their lives.
“It makes you think of all the
servicemen who have passed
ahead of me. As a Pearl Harbor
survivor, I’m one of the last cho-
sen few I guess.” He’s the only
member of his old regiment still
living.
Elfring was in the Army,
assigned to the 251st Coast
Artillery, part of the California
National Guard. The unit’s job
was to protect airfields but they
weren’t expecting an attack
Elfring was standing at the
edge of his barracks at Camp
Malakole a few miles down the
coast from Pearl Harbor, read-
ing a bulletin board when Jap-
anese Zero planes flew over. “I
could hear it coming but didn’t
pay attention to it until the
strafing bullets were hitting the
pavement about 15 feet away
from me,” he said.
A moment of silence was held
at 7:55 a.m., the same time the
assault began. U.S. Air Force
F-22 fighter jets flying overhead
in missing man formation broke
the quiet.
Retired Navy Adm. Harry
Harris, currently the U.S. am-
bassador to South Korea, was
scheduled to deliver remarks,
along with Interior Secretary
David Bernhardt.
The ceremony comes on the
heels of two deadly shootings
at Navy bases this week, one
at the Pearl Harbor Naval Ship-
yard and another at Naval Air
Station Pensacola in Florida.
Rear Adm. Robert Chad-
wick, commander of Navy Re-
gion Hawaii, said the military
community has received an
outpouring of love and support
from Hawaii after the shooting
at “our beloved shipyard” earli-
er this week.
“Our thoughts and prayers
remain with the families of the
Navy vet’s ashes destined
for sunken Pearl Harbor battleship
The Associated Press Bruner said he wanted to return to his ship
because few people go to cemeteries, while more
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, than 1 million people visit the Arizona each year.
then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second- He also saw it as a way to join old friends who
to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of never made it off the warship.
the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped “I thought, well, all my buddies are right here.
a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the And there are a lot of people who come to see the
battleship’s ammunition storage compartment. ship,” Bruner told The Associated Press in an in-
He lived to be 98 years old, marrying twice terview in 2016, three years before he died in his
and outliving both wives. He worked for a refrig- sleep in September. Bruner traveled from his La
eration company for nearly four decades. Mirada, California, home to attend Pearl Harbor
Saturday, divers placed Bruner’s ashes inside anniversary events many times.
the battleship’s wreckage, which sits in Pearl The Navy began interring Pearl Harbor sur-
Harbor where it sank during the attack 78 years vivors on their old ships in 1982. The wrecks
ago that thrust the United States into World War of only two vessels remain in the harbor — the
II. The Southern California man will be the 44th Arizona and USS Utah — so survivors of those
and last crew member to be interred in accor- ships are the only ones who have the option to
dance with this rare Navy ritual. The last three be laid to rest this way. Most of the ships hit that
living Arizona survivors plan to be laid to rest day were repaired and put back into service or
with their families. scrapped.
victims and everyone affected,” of being hit, taking most of its that they deserve,” Conter said.
Chadwick said. crew down with it. Conter said his doctor has
A Pearl Harbor National Me- Lou Conter, 98, was the only vowed to keep him well until
morial spokesman said security survivor from the USS Arizona he’s 100 so he can return for the
was beefed up as usual for the to make it to this year’s cere- 80th anniversary.
annual event. mony. Two other survivors are
The USS Arizona still rests
The 1941 aerial assault killed still living. Conter was sick last
more than 2,300 U.S. troops. year and couldn’t come. He said in the harbor today and is a
Nearly half — or 1,177 — were he likes to attend to remember grave for more than 900 men
Marines and sailors serving on those who lost their lives. killed in the attack. Each year,
the USS Arizona, a battleship “It’s always good to come nearly 2 million people visit the
moored in the harbor. The ves- back and pay respect to them white memorial structure built
sel sank within nine minutes and give them the top honors above the ship.

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WEST POINT —
Birtyce Dean Cooper-
wood, 66, died Dec. 2,
2019, at UAB Hospital
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bama.
Services will be at
noon Monday at Mt.
Pisgah Waverly M.B.
Church, with the
Rev. Darren Harris
Sr. officiating. Burial
will follow at Lee Hill
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 2-5 p.m. today at
Carter’s Mortuary Ser-
vice Chapel. Carter’s
Mortuary Service of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Cooperwood
was born May 5, 1953,
in West Point, to the
late Joseph Douglas
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Nikki Douglas, both of Sulligent was in charge North Mississippi Med- and as alderman for the Funeral Home Chapel,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, of arrangements. ical Center in Tupelo. City of Amory. He was a with the Rev. Kenny
Charetta Clark and Jes- Mrs. Gilstrap was Services are at 2:30 member of First United Gardnerl officiating.
sica Cooperwood, both born Jan. 17, 1935, in p.m. today at Cleve- Methodist Church in Visitation will follow
of West Point; brothers, Lamar County, to the land-Moffett Funeral Amory. the service at the
Henry Douglas of West late Harvey Otts and Home, with the Rev. In addition to his par- funeral home. Skelt-
Point and Earlie B. Essie Gosa. She was a Claire Dobbs, the Rev. ents, he was preceded on Funeral Home of
Douglas of Fort Wayne, graduate of Sulligent Wesley Pepper and in death by his broth- Reform, Alabama, is
High School and was
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Douglas of West Point formerly employed with Burial will follow at and Boyd Puckett; and ments.
and Jo Lee of Fort Healthtex in Guin, Mc- Haughton Memorial sister, Jewel Holley Mr. Terry was born
Wayne, Indiana; 18 Coy Manufacturing in Park. Visitation is from Tibbets. Oct. 5, 1961, in Colum-
grandchildren; and 14 Sulligent and Gattman 1-2:15 p.m. prior to He is survived by his bus, to the late Earnest
great-grandchildren. Sportswear in Gattman. services at the funeral wife, Sylvia Mattison; Terry and Shirley
In addition to her home. Cleveland-Mof- daughters, Gena Glenn Spruill Terry. He was
Nancy Turner parents, she was pre- fett Funeral Home of of Amory and Melinda formerly employed
WINFIELD, Ala. — ceded in death by her Amory is in charge of Blackthorn of Mem- with Robertson Wreck-
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arrangements. er Service.
died Dec. 5, 2019, at and sisters, Glenda two grandchildren.
Mr. Mattison was He is survived by his
Northport DCH. B. Angus and O’Lee Pallbearers will
born Jan. 16, 1937, wife, Carolyn Terry;
Services are at 2 Chandler. be Phil Sullivan, Ray
She is survived by in Aberdeen, to the daughters, Latasha
p.m. today at Dowdle late Wilbert and Dora Luker, James Sund- Terry and Ashely Pear-
her husband, A.C. Gil-
Funeral Home. Burial Derrick Mattison. He strom, Dakota Sund- son; sons, Michael Ter-
strap of Sulligent; son,
will follow at Meadow was a 1955 graduate strum, Orein Holley, ry, Joshua Terry and
Joey Gilstrap of Detroit;
Branch Cemetery in of Hatley High School and Jeremy Thorn. Jamie Terry; siblings,
brother, James Otts of
Kennedy. Visitation and was formerly Earnest Terry, Cindy
Lackey; sisters, Judy
is one hour prior to
McSpadden of Hamil- employed as a teacher Michael Terry Terry, Brenda Terry,
services at the funeral in Brunswick, Georgia, COLUMBUS — Mi- Janet Smith, Sherrie
ton, Patsy Puckett of
home. Dowdle Funeral Amory, Tupelo, and chael Shane Terry, 58, Gluenscampt, Lester
Sulligent and Jo Ruth
Home of Millport is with Itawamba Junior died Nov. 30, 2019, at Spruill, Ricky Spruill,
Rowe of Tremont; two
in charge of arrange- grandchildren; and five College. He served on his residence. Lisa Spruill and Lynn
ments. great-grandchildren. the Amory Museum A memorial service Spruill; and nine grand-
Ms. Turner was born Pallbearers were Board, the Zoning and will be held at 6 p.m. children.
Jan. 21, 1958, to the Brian Gilstrap, Blake Planning Committee Monday at Skelton See Obituaries, 8B
late James and Louise
Crowley Turner. She
Gilstrap, Tim Otts,
Doug Puckett, Billy Joe
attended Kennedy Black and Dean Mc-
Church of God.
Spadden.
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parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her William Mattison
brothers, Luther, Joe, AMORY — William
Harvey Mattison, 82,
Eddie Joe and Bennie.
died Dec. 5, 2019, at
She is survived by
her son, John Ridge-
way; sisters, Bonnie
Thornton and Abbie
Gordon; brothers,
Leo Turner and Billy
Turner; and two grand-
children.
Robbie Gilstrap
SULLIGENT, Ala. —
Robbie Faye Gilstrap,
84, died Dec. 5, 2019, at
North Mississippi Med-
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ical Center in Tupelo. Visitation:
Services were at 2 Tuesday, Oct. 8 • 1-2 PM
p.m. Saturday at Otts Annunciation Catholic Church
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Nissan gives workers 2 unpaid days off as US sales slump

Japanese automaker’s U.S. sales this year says the furloughs will “optimize
business performance and com-
ury brand models in the U.S. are
in a sales slump, including the
November 2018 arrest of former
Chairman Carlos Ghosn. Allega-
are down 7.8 percent through November petitiveness.”
All of Nissan’s U.S. facto-
company’s top seller, the Nissan
Rogue compact SUV, with sales
tions against him include under-
reporting of his compensation
The Associated Press The company’s U.S. sales ries and offices will be affected down 12.6 percent so far this and breaching trust by making
this year are down 7.8 percent by the furloughs including the year. dubious payments.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Nissan through November. North American headquarters Nissan’s profit from July Last summer the Japanese au-
Motor Co. is making its U.S. fac- Nissan says nearly all of its in Franklin, Tennessee, near through September was half of tomaker said it would cut 12,500
tory and office employees take 21,000 U.S. workers must take Nashville. Nissan and Infiniti what it earned a year ago. The jobs, or about 9 percent of its
two days off without pay amid Jan. 2 and 3 off without compen- dealerships will remain open. company’s sales and brand pow- global workforce, to pare costs
slumping sales. sation. A company statement Most Nissan and Infiniti lux- er have crumbled following the and turn around its business.

State attorneys general look to head Uber reports more

off T-Mobile-Sprint deal in court
Texas, Nevada, Colorado and
Mississippi have dropped out of the
lawsuit over the past two months
after reaching separate settlements
By TALI ARBEL
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK — A
high-drama telecom deal
is heading to court.
T-Mobile, in its attempt
to buy Sprint for $26.5 bil-
lion, has already notched
approvals from key feder-
al regulators. Now it must
convince a federal judge
that the 14 state attorneys
general suing to stop the
deal are wrong. A trial
starts Monday in U.S. Dis-
trict Court in New York
and is expected to last
several weeks.
If T-Mobile prevails,
the number of major U.S.
wireless companies would
shrink to three from
four. A combined T-Mo-
bile-Sprint would become
a fiercer competitor to
larger Verizon and AT&T
Elon Musk cleared of defamation in ‘pedo guy’ tweet trial
By BRIAN MELLEY
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
Elon Musk defeated defa-
mation allegations Friday
from a British cave explor-
er who claimed he was
branded a pedophile when
the Tesla CEO called him
. But the states argue that
having one fewer mobile
carrier would reduce com-
petition and cost Ameri-
cans billions of dollars in
higher phone bills.
T-Mobile and Sprint
provide cheaper alter-
natives to Verizon and
AT&T, and T-Mobile
has branded itself the
“Un-carrier,” one that has
made consumer-friendly
changes such as bringing
back unlimited-data plans
and shattering two-year
service contracts. There
are concerns that less
competition would put
an end to these types of
changes, although T-Mo-
bile says that won’t hap-
pen.
The deal got the nod
from both the Justice
Department and the Fed-
“pedo guy” in an angry
tweet.
Vernon Unsworth, who
participated in the rescue
of 12 boys and their soccer
coach trapped for weeks in
a Thailand cave last year,
had sought $190 million
in damages for the shame
and humiliation caused by
eral Communications
Commission, thanks
to T-Mobile’s unusual
commitment to create a
brand-new mobile carrier
in a deal with satellite-TV
company Dish.
T-Mobile agreed to sell
millions of customers to
Dish and to rent its net-
work to the fledgling ri-
val while it built its own.
Absent that arrangement,
the Justice Department
said, the deal would have
been bad for consumers.
Dish would start provid-
ing cellphone service
after buying Sprint’s
current prepaid-service
business. Dish is also re-
quired to build a faster,
next-generation network,
known as 5G, over the
next several years.
The states says the
Dish fix isn’t good enough.
In a court filing, lawyers
argued that T-Mobile and
Sprint shouldn’t be al-
lowed to combine “based
on the hope that Dish will
one day grow into a viable
wireless company equal
the man his lawyer called
a “billionaire bully.”
It took less than an hour
for an eight-person jury in
Los Angeles federal court
to reject Unsworth’s claim
after a four-day trial.
Musk said the verdict
restored his faith in hu-
manity as he quickly left
to a competitor that al-
ready exists today.”
T-Mobile, which prom-
ised not to raise prices for
three years, defends its
deal as good for compe-
tition. It repeats previous
arguments that the com-
bined T-Mobile and Sprint
will be able to build a bet-
ter 5G network — a prior-
ity for the Trump admin-
istration — than either
company could manage
on its own.
The states’ challenge is
led by New York and Cal-
ifornia and includes coun-
terparts from 11 other
states and the District of
Columbia. Texas, Nevada,
Colorado and Mississip-
pi have dropped out over
the past two months after
reaching separate settle-
ments in which T-Mobile
typically promised 5G
service in the states and
steady prices or low-price
options. But analysts say
their withdrawal won’t
matter, as it takes only
one state to see the case
to completion.
the court with his security
detail.
Musk — who deleted
the tweet and later apolo-
gized for it — had asserted
the expression was noth-
ing more than a flippant
insult that meant “creepy
old man,” not pedophile.
than 3,000 sexual
assaults on 2018 rides
Figure includes 235 rapes
across the company’s 1.3 billion
rides in the U.S. last year
By R ACHEL LERMAN and BARBAR A ORTUTAY
The Associated Press
SAN FR ANCISCO — Uber, as part of a long
anticipated safety report, revealed that more
than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during
its U.S. rides in 2018.
That figure includes 235 rapes across the com-
pany’s 1.3 billion rides last year. The ride-hailing
company noted that drivers and riders were both
attacked and that some assaults occurred be-
tween riders.
The Thursday report, which the company
hailed as the first of its kind, provides a rare look
into the traffic deaths, murders and reported
sexual assaults that took place during billions of
rides arranged in the U.S. using Uber’s service.
It is part of the company’s effort to be more trans-
parent after years of criticism over its safety re-
cord.
In 2017, the company counted 2,936 reported
sexual assaults — including 229 rapes — during
1 billion U.S. trips. Uber bases its numbers on re-
ports from riders and drivers, meaning the actual
numbers could be much higher. Sexual assaults
commonly go unreported.
“I suspect many people will be surprised at
how rare these incidents are; others will under-
standably think they’re still too common,” Uber
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted about the re-
port. “Some people will appreciate how much
we’ve done on safety; others will say we have
more work to do. They will all be right.”
Uber’s share price dropped more than 1 per-
cent in after-hours trading.
Uber and competitor Lyft have faced harsh
criticism for not doing enough to protect the safe-
ty of their riders and drivers. Dozens of women
are suing Lyft, claiming the company should
have done more to protect them from driver as-
saults. A Connecticut woman sued Uber last
month, claiming she was sexually assaulted by
her driver.

Obituaries
Continued from Page 7B

Bob Gray
COLUMBUS — James Robert
“Bob” Gray, 90, died Dec. 6, 2019, at
his daughter’s residence.
Arrangements are incomplete
and will be announced by Memorial
Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Cre-
matory College Street location.
Margie McTaggart
WEST POINT — Margie Vanessa
McTaggart, 60, died Dec. 5, 2019, at
her residence.
A Celebration of Life visitation
is from 1-3 p.m. today at Robinson
Funeral Home. Robinson Funeral
Home of West Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Ms. McTaggart was born April 5,
1959, to the late Mason Henry and
Ruthie Mae Childress McElhenney.
She is survived by her sons, Lucas
McTaggart of West Point and Mat-
thew McTaggart of Dandridge, Ten-
nessee; daughters, Sara Re of Canton,
Georgia, and Elizabeth Dimino of
Starkville; brothers, Mason Henry
McElhenney and Phillip Woods;
sister, Mazie Smith Wall; and seven
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the
Sally Kate Winters Children’s Home,
P.O. Box 1233, West Point, MS 39773
or The Mission, P.O. Box 328, West
Point, MS 39773.
Virginia Cox
COLUMBUS — Virginia P. Cox,
82, died Dec. 6, 2019, a UAB-Bir-
mingham, Alabama.
Services are Monday at 2 p.m. at
Fairview Baptist Church in Colum-
bus. Burial will follow at Fellowship
Cemetery in Mathiston. Visitation
is Monday from noon until service
time at the church. Lowndes Funeral
Home of Columbus is entrusted with
arrangements.
Susan Smith
COLUMBUS — Susan Lough
Smith, 86, died Dec. 7, 2019, at her
residence.
Arrangements are incomplete and
will be announced by Memorial Gunt-
er Peel Funeral Home and Cremato-
ry, Second Avenue North location.
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A world of
Christmas

Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

Beth Gillian, left, puts a doll representing Ireland on the Columbus Air Force Base International Spouses Group tree in the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library
Monday. At right, Olga Almazam adds a doll representing Mexico. The group researched multiple countries to make traditional dress for more than three
dozen dolls for the tree, part of the library’s annual Festival of Trees. Twenty-three trees decorated by local organizations and businesses will be on display
throughout the month. The public is invited to an open house from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at the library at 314 Seventh St. N.

Friends celebrate their bond with international flair

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

A
customary stillness at the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public Library gave way
to some hustle and bustle Monday
morning. Christmas was in the air. Through-
out the stately building on Seventh Street
North, volunteers from organizations and
businesses that had “adopted” a tree and
chosen a theme were busy decorating for the
library’s annual Festival of Trees. Nowhere
was the task more cheerful than around a
tree being decked out by eight ladies, all
from countries other than the United States.
The women belong to the Columbus Air
Force Base International Spouses Group.
The idea of doing an “international tree”
was proposed by Patricia Wilson, who
spearheaded the founding of the group in
2003. The other members were all in. So,
for the past few months, they have collected
and cleaned dolls, researched countries and
costumes, sewn and stitched. The result is
a tree celebrating 38 countries around the Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
world. The vibrant costumes and miniature Members of the International Spouses Group from Columbus Air Force Base decorate their
national flags represent more than a Christ- adopted tree at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Monday morning.
mas project; they reflect the bond these English. Wilson learned that the woman, been involved in all its activities, including
women who ended up in the same small city unfamiliar with the language and knowing serving as a hostess during the Columbus
in Mississippi — from Australia, Mexico, no one, had virtually retreated into isolation. Pilgrimage, something the group regularly
Japan, Peru, China, the Philippines and
Wilson became aware of similar situations takes part in.
Iceland — have formed.
with other spouses. “I have friends now and it makes me
For some spouses over the years, it has
“I realized we needed to do something,” happy,” she smiled. “And now we’ve decided
been a lifeline.
she said. With the support of the then-wing to retire here!”
“The purpose is to reach out to the inter-
commander and his wife, the group was
national spouses who are coming in from
different countries,” said Wilson. Originally established by 2004. Wilson approached ■■■
from Mexico, she moved to Mississippi in squadron commanders and student pilot
2003 from Ramstein Air Base in Germany squadrons to spread the word. The group For the library tree, Geduld and the rest
when her husband, now a simulator instruc- has thrived, even though its size fluctuates of the group met at Wilson’s home to design
tor, came to CAFB. She remembers what an as pilot classes and personnel arrive and costumes for 38 dolls they collected with the
adjustment it was. depart. It’s been as large as 50-plus; cur- help of the CAFB Thrift Store.
“We don’t want the spouses to feel so rently there are about 10 participants. One “We just ran with it,” Wilson said. “We
isolated. We’re just trying to help them out, is Wendy Geduld, from near Beijing, China, did research to find authentic costumes
help them find resources, show them things a sprawling capital of more than 20 million from different countries. The girls brought
like how to shop at the commissary and in people. Her husband, a simulator instructor, their glue guns, needles and thread. We’d
town. If they don’t speak English, the goal has been stationed at CAFB three separate usually get together twice a week, and if
is to try to find somebody in Columbus who times. some of them couldn’t come by, they’d pick
speaks their language.” “The first couple of times, I am miserable up a doll and take her home to work on.”
The need for such a support system was — such a small place, no friends,” Geduld Interestingly, most of the international
impressed on Wilson early, when a CAFB said. “But third time, I met Patricia and met costumes are made from scrap materials
squadron commander contacted her, re- the group.” Wilson saved while making numerous Pil-
questing her help at the hospital to translate That was six years ago. Geduld dis- grimage gowns.
for an Air Force spouse who didn’t speak covered a support network and has since See International bond, 5C
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White Christmas marks 103rd year at First Methodist

Community is invited plained. A substantial amount
of groceries is purchased in
to special service in bulk before the pageant and
staged in the Family Life
Columbus Dec. 15 Center, ready to be combined
with items donated during the
BY JAN SWOOPE
service.
jswoope@cdispatch.com
Taylor estimates that at least

C
hristmas is a season of
tradition, and one of Co-
lumbus’ longest-standing
December traditions began at
First United Methodist Church
more than a century ago. On
Sunday, Dec. 15, it continues
when that congregation invites
the community to join in the
103rd White Christmas, a 5
p.m. pageant of drama and mu-
sic, with a mission emphasis.
“White Christmas is one of
my favorite ser-
vices of the whole
year; it’s remem-
bering the story,”
said Elizabeth
Swartz, FUMC
director of lay
ministry and
communication. Swartz
“And everyone
brings gifts of canned or other
non-perishable food items, or
monetary gifts — all wrapped
in white — to bring to the altar.
Afterwards, we go to the Fami-
ly Life Center where those gifts
are combined with other items
to make food baskets.
“We pack at least one basket
for each year of the pageant, so
this year we’ll be doing at least
103,” said Swartz.
At the end of the evening,
everyone participating is en-
couraged to stay for a meal and
fellowship.
Rebecca Taylor oversees
the food ministry activity that
follows the pageant.
Dispatch file photo
“She has it down to a
science,” Swartz said. “She
compiles the list (of recipients)
Dispatch file photo
ABOVE: Kathryn Phillips (Mary)
receives God’s plan from Kayne
Whittle (Gabriel) during the
100th annual White Christmas
Pageant at First United Meth-
odist Church in Columbus in
this Dispatch file photo. LEFT:
Ginger Pate, 16, bags food do-
nated during the 100th annual
White Christmas Pageant at
First United Methodist Church
in Columbus in this Dispatch
file photo. Ginger is the daugh-
ter of Robert and Stephanie
Pate.
in conjunction with Helping
Hands.”
Each family receives usually
three bags of staple groceries
and a canned ham, Taylor ex-
100 volunteers traditionally
help assemble the groceries
in bags. Recipient families are
notified by letter of the time
and place to pick up the food at
the church.
“We have a huge team of
volunteers who
make (White
Christmas) pos-
sible — including
the musicians,
narrators, people
who do cos-
tumes, people
Taylor
who write scripts
and many more,”
Swartz remarked. “We could
not do it without them.”
The evening, she added,
is an outreach into the com-
munity. “And maintaining the
tradition is a special honor.”
After about 15 years of
spearheading the White Christ-
mas food ministry, Taylor finds
the effort is still fulfilling.
“I think we feel like we’re
the hands and feet of God, I
really do,” she said. “We’re out
there doing, working like he’d
want us to be working, helping
others.”
For more information about
the White Christmas event,
email Swartz at elizabeth@co-
lumbusfumc.org, or contact the
church office, 662-328-5252.

WHIMSY OF DESIGN

Columbus artist Heather

Hewett paints a utility
box at the corner of
Fifth Street North and
Third Avenue North,
near Franklin Academy
in Columbus Nov. 30.
The project is part of
Main Street Columbus’
“Adopt a Box” program.
Hewett chose Truffula
trees from Dr. Seuss’
book “The Lorax” for
her design. This box,
sponsored by Financial Send in your News About Town event.
email: community@cdispatch.com
Concepts, is the second
to be painted downtown.
When the program is Subject: NATS
completed, a total of
13 utility boxes will
have been decoratively
painted by a variety of
local artists.­—
­ Courte-
sy photo

Worth the drive

Observatory to offer program on the ‘Christmas star’
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH latest biblical as well as powerful telescopes. The
scientific research. planetarium can be used

R
ainwater Observato-
ry in French Camp
offers a free program
for the Christmas season
called “The Christmas
Star” on Friday, Dec. 13
at 7 p.m. Observatory
director Edwin Faughn is
the presenter.
“The Christmas Star”
or “Star of Bethlehem” has
been debated among sci-
entists and theologians for
centuries. Was it a comet,
supernova, planetary con-
junction, a biblical allegory
or totally supernatural
event that announced
the birth of Jesus Christ?
Faughn will lead an infor-
mative journey to reveal
more about this incredible
celestial event using the
Faughn is also an artist
and lecturer specializing
in space sciences and has
presented hundreds of
presentations to diverse
groups including but not
limited to universities,
museums, science centers,
schools, churches of most
major denominations and
other faith based and civic
organizations. His original
artwork has been featured
in and on the covers of
numerous international
space science magazines,
exhibitions and planetari-
um productions.
After the presentation,
weather permitting, an
observing session will
be held using some of
Rainwater’s collection of
if the outdoor observing is
clouded out.
Rainwater Observa-
tory and Planetarium is
located one mile east of the
Natchez Trace Parkway off
Mississippi Highway 413,
near the village of French
Camp in Choctaw County.
It is an approximate one-
hour drive from Columbus,
about 40 minutes from
Starkville.
Come early and enjoy
Steak Night at the Coun-
cil House Café, another
support ministry of French
Camp Academy.
For more information,
contact Faughn at Rainwa-
ter Observatory at 662-
547-7283 or email info@
rainwaterobservatory.org.
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calendar
Today
Book signing — Retired Air
Force Colonel and former Vietnam
War POW Smitty Harris of Tupelo will
sign copies of his book, “Tap Code,”
from 2-4 p.m. at the Tennessee
Williams Home and Welcome Center,
300 Main St., Columbus. Copies
of “Tap Code” will be available for
purchase.
Columbus Girl Choir — The
Columbus Girl Choir is in concert at 3
p.m. at Poindexter Hall on the Missis-
sippi University for Women campus.
$10 suggested donation.
Merry Christmas Columbus
— This 5:30 p.m. presentation
titled “A Night at Aunt Tilly’s Country
Kitchen” combines music and drama
at Fairview Baptist Church, 127
Airline Road, Columbus. Free. All are
welcome.
First Christmas — Bring the
family to this recreation of an inter-
active Bethlehem village between
6-8 p.m. at Brickerton, Military Road,
Columbus. See village merchants
and craftsmen, soldiers and a live
nativity at this annual event present-
ed by First Baptist Church. Free.
Starkville Holiday Tour of
Homes — The Starkville Civic
League presents this tour of four
homes from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are
$25 today at the Starkville Public
Library, which hosts a reception
from 1-4 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 9
West Point Christmas
Parade — “Christmas in
Paradise” is the theme for this
parade that begins at 6:30 p.m. and
will go down Commerce Street and
Main Street in West Point. The city
Christmas tree lighting will be at 6
p.m. For more information, contact
the Growth Alliance, 662-494-5121.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
Columbus Sings “Messiah”
— See details at top of calendar.
Wednesday and Thursday,
Dec. 11-12
Holiday Bazaar — Sixty-five
vendors from throughout the South-
east will set up at this annual bazaar
from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at The Mill, 600
Russell St., Starkville. For more in-
formation, contact Paige Watson at
The Partnership, 662-323-3322.
Thursday, Dec. 12
Festival of Trees — The
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library
hosts an open house from 4-6
p.m. at 314 Seventh St. N. Enjoy
refreshments, music and crafts
while viewing trees decorated by
local organizations and businesses,
on display now. Vote for your favorite
through noon Dec. 11. For more
Dispatch file photo
information, contact the library, 662-
329-5300.
Sunday, Dec. 15
White Christmas Pageant
— Columbus’ First United Method-
ist Church, 602 Main St., hosts its
103rd White Christmas pageant at 5
p.m., featuring drama, choral music
and orchestra. The service with a
mission emphasis encourages all
attending to bring gifts of canned
foods (or monetary gifts) wrapped
in white, to bring to the altar area
during the service. After the pag-
Tuesday, Dec. 10
Columbus Sings
“Messiah” — This
annual presentation
of Handel’s “Messiah”
by a regional choir and
orchestra is 6 p.m. and
8 p.m. at Annunciation
Catholic Church, 823
College St., Columbus.
Free tickets to ensure
seating are available
at Visit Columbus, the
Columbus Arts Council,
Impressions by Susan
and the Tennessee
Williams Home and
Welcome Center.
eant, help assemble food bags in the
Family Life Center.
Friday, Dec. 20
Celtic Christmas — The Co-
lumbus Arts Council presents a Celtic
Christmas concert with Jil Chamb-
less, Ed Miller and Scooter Muse at 7
p.m. at the Rosenzweig Arts Center,
501 Main St. Advance tickets are
$15 for CAC members, $17 non-mem-
bers. Day-of-show tickets are $17, if
available. Limited seating. Get tickets
at columbus-arts.org, or by calling
662-328-2787 (closed Mondays).

Columbus library Snow Day Visit 662tix.

com to purchase

to feature Santa and ‘snow’

advance tickets to
the events below:

Special event is 10 a.m.-noon Dec. 14
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
by CLPLS to invoke Christmas
cheer and to provide the smallest
Dec. 20
Law of Nature from Houston, Texas, returns to
to see the library’s “Festival of
Trees” Christmas trees that will
Starkville and Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern with a
show beginning at 10 p.m. Tickets are $5. Get
be on display at the same time, 10 percent off your meal with proof of online
ticket purchase.
said Erin Busbea, director of

T
he Columbus-Lowndes
Public Library System
(CLPLS) will host its
annual Snow Day on Saturday,
Dec. 14 from 10 a.m.-noon. Snow
Day is free and will take place at
the downtown branch’s upstairs
meeting room and is sponsored
by the Friends of the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public Library.
Those attending will have a
chance to see snow magically
created, take photos with Santa
and more.
All are encouraged to wear
their favorite pajamas to watch
magician David Strange create
snow before their very eyes,
followed by photos with Santa
and Miz Claus. Snow Day is an
annual children’s program held
library customers with a snow
day they may not actually receive
from Mother Nature.
“We’re looking forward to
another Snow Day where we can
lounge about with our smallest
patrons, watch an awesome
magic show, eat some cookies,
and even catch a glimpse of
Santa and Miz Claus,” said Tori
Hopper, children’s services and
programming coordinator for
CLPLS. “This event is completely
family-friendly, and we ask that
children be accompanied by
an adult for the duration of the
program.”
The Snow Day program has
been a treat for young library
patrons and for library staff, too.
The event also provides a chance
CLPLS. Dec. 31
“This year is our ninth annual The Rotary Club of Columbus hosts Countdown
Snow Day, and every year we to History at Lion Hills Center in Columbus. The
have just a little more fun. It is New Year’s Eve gala benefiting PolioPlus is 9
always so heartwarming seeing p.m.-1 a.m. BYOB; mixers provided. State of
the children’s eyes light up when Shade entertains. Tickets are $30 ($60/cou-
they come into the library during ple; $220 for table of 8).
this holiday season,” Busbea
Dec. 31
said. “Not only do they get to
Ring in the new year at Dave’s Dark Horse in
experience a real-life magic show Starkville to the music of Mookie Wilson and
during the program, but they also the M.O.C. from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Tickets are $5.
get to see all of the Christmas Get 10 percent off our meal with proof of online
trees that are decorated within ticket purchase.
the library, and that is where the
true magic of Christmas is seen.”
To learn more about Snow Day
or other children’s programs at
the Columbus-Lowndes Public
Library System, contact Hopper OUT THERE
at thopper@lowndes.lib.ms.us or Through Jan. 20 – Ice skating (designated
at 662-329-5300. dates), BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. $12/
skater (includes skate rental); season
pass $100. 662-841-6573, bcsarena.com.

Dec. 9 – Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Thalia

Mara Hall, Jackson. 601-960-1537,

Mississippi Blues Trail recognizes the city of Amory thaliamarahall.net.

Dec. 10 – The Hip Hop Nutcracker,

Special to The blues legacy through Amory native Lucille Launched in 2006 Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham.
Dispatch the talents of locals who Bogan was a prominent by the Mississippi alysstephens.org.
later became perform- blues recording artist in Blues Commission,
JACKSON — ers in the genre,” said the 1920s and ‘30s, and the Mississippi Blues Dec. 13-15 – “A Christmas Carol,” Fayette

A
new Mississip-
pi Blues Trail
marker in Amory
recognizes the lineage
of musicians linked to
the historic railroad
city.
“The railroad lines
of Amory carried more
than freight out into the
world. They also helped
to carry Mississippi’s
Visit Mississippi Direc-
tor Craig Ray.
Several generations
of blues, soul and gos-
pel performers came
from the families of
African-American work-
ers employed in Amory
by the Frisco railroad
line. Others worked
as sharecroppers or
for local businesses.
other native performers
have included Frank
Swan, James Whitfield,
Roger and Dudley McK-
inney, the Top Hats,
Al Rachel and Michael
Freeman.
The marker is locat-
ed at 314 Main St. N. It
is the 207th installment
on the Mississippi
Blues Trail.
Trail commemorates Civic Center, 530 Temple Ave. N. (7 p.m.
the people, places and Dec. 13-14; 2 p.m. Dec. 15). Tickets at
history of blues music, ticketleap.com.
the American art form
responsible for shaping Dec. 14 – An Elvis Christmas, North
modern popular music. Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Tupelo.
The free Mississippi 662-842-8433.
Blues Trail app is avail-
able now for iOS and Dec. 15 – Celtic Women: The Best of
Android devices. For Christmas Tour, Riley Center, Meridian.
additional information, 601-696-2200, msurileycenter.com.
visit msbluestrail.org.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: At 18, I married
my high school sweetheart.
After 20 years of marriage
and four wonderful children,
my husband decided the grass
was greener elsewhere, and we
divorced. He paid no attention to
my children or my grandchildren
when they were young.
He has since remarried, has a
child with his current wife and acts
like he’s Father of the Year. Last
weekend one of my grandchildren
got married. My blowhard of an
ex brought a picture of himself,
my son, my grandson and my
great-granddaughter saying he’d
had this picture taken of four gen-
erations of the family. He never mentioned that if
it hadn’t been for ME giving birth to our children, on that.
none of them would have even been there.
Am I overly sensitive to feel like
a second-class citizen when we
attend a family function? Must I
continue to say nothing, or speak
up? How do others handle this situ-
ation? — CLUELESS IN THE EAST
DEAR CLUELESS: They handle it
by choosing their battles careful-
ly. I think it’s important that you
ask yourself why anything your ex
says would make you feel like a
second-class citizen. He appears
to have moved on with his life
more quickly than you have moved
on with yours. Concentrate your
Dear Abby efforts on expanding your horizons
— your interests and friendships —
and you will find anything he might
say will be far less important to you. Trust me
DEAR ABBY: I’m a public school teacher with
a word of advice to parents who wonder why
their children misbehave, argue with them and
act out with attention-getting behaviors: PUT
DOWN YOUR CELLPHONES AND PAY ATTENTION
TO THEM!
I just finished a parent-teacher conference
with a mother whose children argue, pout and
scream when she tells them to do something at
home. Her children are not disabled, nor do they
demonstrate these behaviors in my classroom.
Abby, during the entire meeting, that woman
texted on her phone. How rude!
The next time I meet with someone who pulls
that, I’ll ask if she (or he) would like to suspend
the meeting until their pressing business (pun
intended) is finished. Maybe the parent needs
to be embarrassed in order to realize how inap-
propriate texting or talking on the phone is when
she (or he) is face-to-face with another person
unless the other person says it’s OK. — HAS TO
VENT
DEAR VENT: Vent away. I agree that what the
mother did was disrespectful. It prevented you
from effectively giving her information about her
child that she needed to know.
As great a benefit as technology has been
to society, it appears to also be a double-edged
sword. By that I mean, while it fosters commu-
nication, it has kept parents from bonding with
their toddlers and young people from learning to
effectively communicate with each other face-
to-face. The ultimate result of this is yet to be
determined, but I cannot stress strongly enough
the importance of people finding a balance so
they can form healthy relationships. I hope your
letter will serve as a wake-up call to someone
who needs a reminder.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded
by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 8).
This year has a most inspired balance
of chaos and order, leading you to
innovate in life and work. Your time
with loved ones is golden because
you plan it so well, leaving room to
get swept up in the unplanned parts.
Tightening down on your budget
makes it possible to travel and expe-
rience more of the world. Virgo and
Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 20, 14, 3, 33 and 18
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Achievement is based in a realis-
tic plan. If the plan is wishful and
includes an element of luck for it to
work, then it’s not realistic. Start
where you are and change one small
thing.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It is
said that generosity begins at home.
Without self-compassion, compas-
sion for others is a show based on
approval and external validation. True
compassion extends as infinitely
inward as it does outward.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Histor-
ically, people worked to put bread on
the table. Now there’s much more per-
sonal identity tied into it. A sense of
purpose in work is as or more crucial
to you now than the compensation.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Though nutritious food and a decent
amount of sleep are keystones of your
self-care, perhaps the most important
element is a gentle and supportive
way of being in your own mind.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Most
mistakes aren’t crimes. Overreactions
are a waste of energy. Those who
know something of the world are bet-
ter at keeping things in perspective.
These are the people you choose to
hang out with.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Though you reserve the right to be
interested or uninterested in whatever
does or doesn’t catch your fancy,
you’re willing to try a little harder
to hook into an idea for the sake
of a loved one seeking support or
company.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The
negligent authority figure brushes
things off with a sense that others
are being unreasonable in their feel-
ings. Of course, feelings follow their
own logic, and the wise will at least
make an attempt at decoding.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If
the situation seems like a game of
elementary school dodgeball in which
the teams are painstakingly chosen
by fellow classmates, then perhaps
the general organization process isn’t
quite forward-thinking enough.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
It’s like you need instructions for a
thing you thought you knew how to do
already. Skills are like home decor.
They need a good dusting off every
once in a while, and this is that time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
You’ve been a little unaware of your
own needs, probably because some-
one else’s have been so apparent.
This mode is fine for the short term,
but it’s unsustainable. Get back to
treating yourself as you would a loved
one.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). In
every interaction, you think of the oth-
er person and how their experience of
it is going. This is indicative of great
skill in the task at hand, as it is only
possible to think of others after the
job you’re doing is automatic to you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). As
much as you might dream of a future
era, it’s still the daily things you
experience that will fortify your soul.
There’s something in your routine
that needs tweaking, and you’ll spot
it.
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The 4-H of Lowndes County program held its annual awards dinner Nov. 21 at the Mississippi State University Extension Lown-
des County Office in Columbus. Youth were presented award certificates and medals for achievements throughout the past
year of activities and competitions.
Beware of eating your feelings over the holidays
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
F
ood is a temporary
self-soother for those
who use gooey goodies
to self-medicate painful emo-
tions, says author, colum-
nist, educator and therapist
Melisssa Martin, Ph.D.
Eating prompts the brain to
release endorphins, known
as “feel good” chemicals.
These chemicals include the
neurotransmitter dopamine,
which the brain interprets
as pleasure, according to a
research study described in
the 2018 journal Cell Metab-
olism.
“Emotional eating refers
to consumption of food for
the purpose of regulating
one’s emotional states. Eat-
ing palatable foods — com-
monly, foods that are sweet,
fatty, or high in carbs — may
improve our mood tempo-
rarily, but that short-lived
comfort comes at the cost of
weight gain and other health
issues,” according to a 2019
article in Psychology Today.
4-H: HEAD, HEART, HANDS, HEALTH
Emotions surrounding the
holiday season may trigger
binge eating. They can
include:
n Loneliness. Being alone
for the holidays, for what-
ever reason, may bring on
sadness.
n Grief. Holidays may
elicit memories of deceased
loved ones and feelings of
loss and sorrow.
n Divorce. Newly di-
vorced individuals in the pro-
cess of moving on may expe-
rience a myriad of emotions.
Breakups and relationship
issues can lead to confusion,
anger, and guilt.
n Finances. The cost
of holiday celebrations can
spark worry and fear. Plan-
ning, shopping, and cooking
can initiate the urge to stress
eat.
n Unrealistic expecta-
tions. Not all family mem-
bers or friends can make it
to the Christmas dinner. Dis-
appointment may increase
eating.
n Christmas shopping,
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large crowds, and rude
drivers. ‘Tis the season so be
prepared.
What can you do to curb
holiday binge eating? The
first step is awareness of
the problem. The second
step is to make a plan with
coping skills. Ask for support
from trustworthy family or
friends. What do you need in-
stead of food when emotions
are overwhelming? How can
you prevent and manage
stress attributed to the busy
season?
Use a hunger scale
A hunger scale can help
you learn how to tell the
difference between biolog-
ical hunger and psycholog-
ical hunger. Psychological
hunger is a desire to eat that
is caused by emotions.
An article at HealthLink-
BC described a hunger scale.
When you become hungry,
rate your hunger on a scale
of 1 to 10, with 1 being starv-
ing and 10 being so full you
feel sick. A rating of 5 means
Courtesy photo
you’re comfortable — neither
too hungry nor too full.
1 — Starving, weak, dizzy
2 — Very hungry, cranky,
low energy
3 — Pretty hungry, stom-
ach is growling a little
4 — Starting to feel a little
hungry
5 — Satisfied, neither hun-
gry nor full
6 — A little full, pleasantly
full
7 — A little uncomfortable
8 —Feeling stuffed
9 — Very uncomfortable,
stomach hurts
10 — So full you feel sick
If you feel like eating but
your hunger level is a 6 or
higher on the scale, stop and
check your emotions.
Emotional cravings are a
signal that you need some-
thing else instead of food.
Managing a mood with food
is taking comfort from some-
thing that is not meant to
comfort. Learning to manage
feelings is the key to manag-
ing binge eating during the
holidays.
School news
Dumas, Wingo
named Who’s Who
Aarionna Dumas of Co-
lumbus and Ashley Wingo of
Starkville were among students
recently named “Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Community and Junior Col-
leges” at Hinds Community
College.
To receive this honor, stu-
dents are nominated by faculty
or staff based upon their aca-
demic excellence, leadership,
citizenship and service to the
college and/or the community,
as well as participation in extra-
curricular activities.
William Carey
University honors
William Carey University re-
leased its honor’s list for the Fall
2019 trimester. Local student
named to the President’s List
was Jeanna Cathryn Williams of
Columbus.
Local students named to the
Dean’s List were Taylor Mack-
enzie Braddock of Columbus,
Lewis Steel Bateman and Kayla
Nicole Williamson, both of
Starkville.
Those named to the pres-
ident’s list have a perfect 4.0
grade point average and those
named to the dean’s list have at
least a 3.5 grade point average.
Coggins inducted
into Phi Kappa Phi
Josh Coggins of Starkville
was recently inducted into the
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi,
the nation’s oldest and most se-
lective collegiate honor society
for all academic disciplines, at
Mississippi State University.
He is among approximate-
ly 30,000 students, faculty,
professional staff and alumni to
be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi
each year.
Art happens.
328-ARTS
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In the garden with Felder

Some year-end decisions in the garden

M
y leaf and
compost
pile is
breaking my mind’s
heart. Heaps of
once-had-to-have
plants have been
left to rot into more
useful soil amend-
ments.
After decades
of avid collecting,
watering, fertilizing, Felder Rushing
primping, lugging
indoors and back
out with every season’s change, plus a couple of important
I finally had to let some plants
go. Like old books on a groan-
ing shelf, they had multiplied
into a burgeoning jungle,
crowding me out of my smallish cluding nearly all of the past 10
sunroom which doubles as my
office. Not enough room at the
inn.
Oh, I gave a few away, but to
be candid some of my favorite
plants, mostly succulents and
cacti, aren’t all that exciting
to most gardeners. You gotta
be a little nutty to appreciate
the subtle differences between
20 or so variations The most popular extra or even crushed aluminum
of “mother-in-law drainage ingredient is inexpen- cans.
tongue” Sansevieria. sive perlite, which is a volcanic All this to say that when I got
So, on a sunny ash, heated and puffed up into home, mixed my potting soil
day last week I laid small white bits like crunchy blend on my driveway, filled my
them all side by side popcorn. It improves soil drain- new pots, and stored the rest
outside my potting age and prevents compaction as in a trashcan, I started making
shed and went to the potting soil naturally decompos- life-and-death decisions.
garden center to get es and packs down. But because Unusual or memorable
new pots that would perlite “floats” out of potting plants got repotted and pruned
both look good and soil during watering, I often add back for the winter, with cut-
fit along the window a little expanded clay, which is tings stored in plastic bags to
wall. sort of like non-absorptive kitty share later. I usually mix two or
Also got some litter. Sometimes I go with fairly three different plants together
fresh potting soil, finely-ground limestone. They in medium or large pots, both
both help potting soil hold up for looks and to reduce the num-
ingredients to make it better Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo for years. ber of pots I have to water or
for succulents and other plants Instead of filling the bottoms By the way, instead of filling move around. Plus, they create
whose roots can rot easily — of his pots with gravel, Felder the bottoms of my pots with small humidity zones that help
Rushing covers the larger drain-
and because I travel a lot, in- age holes with cut-up bits of gravel, I simply cover the big- them cope with indoors better.
yellow mesh dish scrubbers or ger drainage holes with cut-up My angst aside, the leftover
summers, from my other home small pieces of window screen. bits of a worn-out yellow mesh plants that didn’t get spread out
in England, can stand going for dish scrubber, or sometimes to other gardeners are now hap-
months without being watered. a long time. A bad potting soil with small pieces of a window pily headed towards being next
Not all potting soils are is mostly cheap finely-ground screen; this keeps potting soil year’s pepper and tomato soil.
equal; some are downright bark plus a little of the more in and ants out. I also set all my Felder Rushing is a Mississip-
terrible. A good one will hold expensive peat. When I get one pots atop three or four small pi author, columnist, and host of
water in absorbent peat moss, of those, I usually add a little “pot feet” so dripping water will the “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB
yet let excess water drain away extra stuff to help make it bet- evaporate rather than stain my Think Radio. Email gardening
without drying out too quickly; ter, either a little more peat or floor or rot my deck; easy pot questions to rushingfelder@
it should also hold up and last something for better drainage. feet can be made of small rocks yahoo.com.

International bond
Continued from Page 1C
But first, the rescued
Barbies and Barbie-like
dolls had to undergo
cleaning and rehab.
“We used YouTube —
how to wash and style
her hair, how to comb her
hair, suggestions on how
to make the clothes ...
you’d be surprised what’s
on YouTube,” Wilson
chuckled.
“They even put rollers
in the dolls’ hair,” said
Rosana Williams, orig-
inally from Lima, Peru.
She’s been in Columbus
three years with her
husband, a simulator in-
structor. She is a bilingual
secretary and interpreter
and works with Span-
ish-speaking individuals
wanting to learn English.
“It was all very well
done; they researched
the costumes for each
doll, and it needed to be
precise,” she remarked.
Karen Widner from
Sydney, Australia,
outfitted a doll in her
home country’s Olympic
colors of green and gold,
adding a traditional wide-
brimmed Akubra hat.
She’s been in Columbus
about 18 months; her
husband is the logistics
readiness squadron com-
mander. Widner discov-
ered the spouses group
shortly before Pilgrimage
and was soon recruited as
a tour hostess. The group
helped her get to know
her new community.
“It’s one thing to move
to a different city in the
military every couple of
years, but to move to a
whole new country and
not know anyone — it’s
just good to connect with
others who know what
you’re going through,”
she said. “Their under-
standing and acceptance
— and being able to share
stories with them — has
been fantastic.”
■■■
Thirty-eight costumed
dolls went up on the
library tree in short order
Monday, thanks in large
part to the “practice tree”
Wilson’s husband put up
at home. The dolls were
all pre-wired, “so that
when we got there, all we
had to do is put them up,”
Wilson said.
As each person placed
the doll they had outfitted
in their own country’s tra-
ditional dress, thoughts
may have drifted to
Christmases they had
celebrated there.
For Widner, that would
mean much warmer
weather, for December
falls in Australia’s sum-
mer.
“It’s definitely widely
celebrated, but it’s sum-
mer there, so tradition-
ally our Christmases are
outdoors, around the
barbecue. We do turkey,
but also seafood and lob-
ster tails. It’s a bit more
relaxed,” she said.
If Williams were in
Peru, where the popula-
tion is largely Catholic,
she would expect to be at
church at midnight on the
24th.
“In Peru, we have
a late dinner and then
go to church, and we
come back and open the
presents,” she said. “The
cuisine at Christmas is
many of the same things
(as here), turkey, sweet
potatoes ... but we don’t
have pumpkin pie.”
In central Japan, where
Tamami Sugo is from,
observing Christmas is
very popular, she said.
“But after Christmas Courtesy photo
Day, we have to clean up Beth Gillian, left, and Tamami Sugo outfit dolls during a work session at Patricia Wil-
everything; in Japan we son’s home. Costumes were made from materials left over from making Pilgrimage
have big celebration for hostess gowns, which Wilson has done for several years.
New Year’s Day, so we
have to change all the
decorations. The New
Year’s is the biggest, cele-
brated from Jan. 1-3.”
The International
Spouses Group, Williams
said, is all about learning
of each other’s cultures
and being together.
“To me, it is a su-
per-needed friendship.
It’s like a sisterhood
almost,” she said. “It’s not
just international wives by
title. We really share our
experiences, our lives,
our different foods, dif-
ferent languages — and
somehow we all under-
stand each other.”
Editor’s note: To learn
more about the group,
email Wilson at patricia-
hausfrau@yahoo.com.

Courtesy photo
Members of the CAFB International Spouses Group pictured Dec. 2 at the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public Library are, at left in front, Karen Widner, originally from Austra-
lia, and Olga Almazam of Mexico. Behind them are Wendy Geduld of China and Beth
Gillian from the Philippines. At right, in front, is Cristina Mercer of the Philippines
and, behind her, Tamami Sugo of Japan. In back are Rosana Williams of Peru, left,
and Patricia Wilson, originally from Mexico. Sigga Head, from Iceland, not pictured,
also helped make costumes.
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CHRISTMAS
MOVIE MAGIC
A “Christmas Movie
Magic” theme for
Columbus’ parade held
Dec. 2 delighted the
young and young at
heart.

Ashley and Dennis Smith Heather and Brooks Weber, Skyler Stapp

Rod Bigham, Bill Kidd Gavin Weatherspoon, Kesha Irions

Madison Shumpert, Cindy Evans, Tawny McCleon Krystin, Heather and Brooks Hamilton

STARKVILLE
CHRISTMAS
PARADE
Starkville’s parade Dec.
2 had a “Town & Gown”
theme, celebrating the
partnerships and down-
town presence the MSU
College of Business and
The Idea Shop Maker’s
Space, Glo and the MSU
Research & Technology
Corp. have made. — Aus-
tin Frayser/Special to The
Dispatch

Kim and Elowen Doyle Diego and Trish Corrigan

Katy, A.J. and Mike Richey Jacob and Jackie Payne

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 662-
664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth
classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
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CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
Pastor. 662-328-5915
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EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Interim Pastor Ron
Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright, Youth
Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr.,
Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells,
Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m.
Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except
5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship.
Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
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Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before
1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed.
before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed.
before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7
p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st &
3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor.
662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th Ave. N.
Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 10:45
a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study
7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH —
325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford,
Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School
9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6
p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday
10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph
Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Larry
Ferguson, Interim Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah
Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.
com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday
Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-
328- 4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S.
Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday) 9:45 a.m.,
(3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6
p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060
Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul
Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister
of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson, Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible
Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay Street.
www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900
North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd.
9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan,
Minister.
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CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday
10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess
Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd.,
Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917
15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School
8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship
Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study
6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221.
Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-
2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday
Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12
p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-
2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest
Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col.
Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321
Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-
574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.
com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior
Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-
Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30
p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-
328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7
p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill,
Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m.,
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene
Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m. Rev. Jimmy
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Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate
Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m..
Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service
first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor,
Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham,
Pastor.
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service
9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South
Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric
Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2,
6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie
Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15
p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor.
662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
— 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth
Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-
3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,
INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45
p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T.
Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER — 3288 Cal-
Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor. 662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-
3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m.
Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor.
662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608
Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES
— 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer
Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren
Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday
716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF JESUS
CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-241-
6723
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter and Pastor. 662-
630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m.
Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-
4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119
7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards, Since 1960
Pastors. 24 Hour Towing
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner
of Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., 1024 Gardner Blvd.
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 328-8277
7:30 p.m. 662-798-0259
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 8
a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail:
nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor, 1721 Hwy 45 N
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
® Columbus, MS
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor. 662.848.0919
UNITED PENTECOSTAL Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750 Offering independent living apartments, personal
PRESBYTERIAN care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community.
“Our Bottom Line Is People”
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Hunting • Fishing
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Oktibbeha County Co-Op
John Richards, Pastor.
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FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 662-323-1742
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.),
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray
The McBryde Family
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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