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Area cities grapple with regulating food trucks

Some brick-and-mortar gas, who runs the truck with his wife Isa-
bel. He said property owners or business
Taco Amigo
owner Randy
businesses welcome food owners — usually along the restaurant
strip on Highway 45 North — have invit-
Vanegas serves
customers at his
trucks nearby; others ed them to set up shop nearby.
“We want to try and feel out differ-
food truck in the
Tractor Supply
parking lot off
worry they steal customers ent areas,” he said Thursday, where his Highway 45
truck was parked in the parking lot of North Thursday
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN Tractor Supply. “We do want to go a little evening. Taco
ialtman@cdispatch.com bit further into downtown. We’ve had in- Amigo is the only
vitations to go to downtown by business- food truck to be
In the month since Taco Amigo es, but it just stays so busy with us in this issued a privilege
opened in Columbus, it has been bounc- area.” license by the
ing from parking lot to parking lot and But they haven’t been invited every- city of Colum-
business to business serving tacos, en- where. In a Facebook post Wednesday, bus, which only
chiladas, tamales and other Mexican cui- CJ’s Pizza owner Brent Teague said he’d requires them to
sine out of a truck. operate in com-
called the owners of Towne Square, the mercial zones
The first, and as yet only, food truck shopping center where his restaurant is with permission
to receive a privilege license in Colum- located, and had Taco Amigo removed from private
bus has been doing steady business, said from the parking lot after he felt the property owners.
owner and Hamilton native Randy Vane- See Food Trucks, 8A Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

CPD investigates OUT OF THIS WORLD

fatal shooting
at abandoned
house
Investigators believe
shooting a result of
multiple people gathered
for illegal activity
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

Columbus police are investi-

gating a fatal shooting in an aban-
doned house Thursday afternoon.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg
Merchant confirmed Xavier Dora,
18, of Columbus, died in surgery
at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Gold-
en Triangle Thursday night, hours
after he was shot. Another victim
in the same incident sustained non
life-threatening injuries, according
to a Columbus Police Department
press release.
No arrests have been made in
the case.
The shooting occurred in a Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff

house near the intersection of 17th
Street and Fifth Avenue South at
about 4:30 p.m., the press release
said. CPD Chief Fred Shelton said
See SHOOTING, 8A
Local artist Anstacia Doughty paints a rocket ship Thursday afternoon on the side of a utility box at the corner of Main Street
and Catfish Alley. It was the finishing touches to her “Shooting for the Stars” theme that included images of an astronaut and
the sun in clouds on other parts of the box. Main Street Columbus chose Doughty, a 2013 Mississippi University for Women
graduate, as one of the artists to paint a utility box downtown as part of an ongoing artistic beautification project. Of the
13 boxes Main Street hopes to don with art, three are complete and artists have been selected to paint three others. Main
Street is still accepting artist applications for the remaining seven.

Andy Boyd is
Andy Boyd retiring as YMCA director
retiring at the
end of the year
Boyd’s tenure saw Columbus renovations, Camp Pratt
as director for
the Frank P.
sale, membership drive that saved New Hope facility
Phillips YMCA in By Slim Smith Like so many Columbus boys, Boyd
Columbus and ssmith@cdispatch.com
Lowndes Coun- spent his summers and Saturdays at the
ty. He served Y.
in the role for When Andy Boyd was chosen as di- “It’s funny,” Boyd said. “I’ve been do-
more than 10 rector of the Frank P. Phillips YMCA in ing a lot of recollecting lately. I grew up
years. Before 2009, no one had to show him around the in Columbus and rode my bike to the Y
that he frequent- facility. every day in the summer, played every
ly volunteered He knew it by heart, you could say. sport they had and even remember the
with the Y and Boyd, 62, will retire as director at
served a stint names of all my coaches.
on its board of year’s end, marking another chapter “It was the place kids went,” he add-
directors. in what has been a life-long association ed. “I’d come down here on Saturday and
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GOP gives Trump unapologetic

embrace over impeachment
‘Something’s strange
there. Apart from the
fact that they want to
protect the president
Impeachment trial plans
in disarray as Congress heads home
The Associated Press

at the cost of the WASHINGTON —

Constitution.’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
By ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press
WA S H I N G T O N
— Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell
called on his Re-
publican-led Senate
Thursday to keep the
impeached President
Donald Trump in of-
fice, as the chamber Trump
edged toward a fray that spotlights
the GOP’s most unapologetic em-
brace yet of Trump.
“A political faction in the lower
chamber has succumbed to parti-
san rage,” said McConnell, R-Ky., a
day after the Democratic-controlled
House voted to impeach Trump, de-
spite an extraordinary show of fealty
by Republicans voting unanimously
against the move. He added later:
“’The Senate must put this right. We
must rise to the occasion.”
The Senate seems certain to keep
Trump in office with overwhelming
GOP support in a trial likely to start
in January. Coupled with House
Republicans’ solidarity Wednesday,
that underscores a remarkable turn-
around from four years ago, when
many GOP lawmakers wanted noth-
ing to do with the insurgent and in-
flammatory Trump campaign.
Now, the impeachment battle
spotlights how firmly Republicans
are tethered to a president whose
loyalty from his party’s core conser-
vative voters is matched only by his
opponents’ loathing for him.
Trump boasted about GOP uni-
ty during the impeachment vote.
‘We remain at an impasse’
Congress has headed
home for the holidays Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
leaving plans and a possi-
ble timeline for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in disarray.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Thursday that Sen-
ate Republicans must provide details on witnesses and testimony before
she would send over the charges for Trump’s trial. No deal, replied
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after meeting with his Senate
Democratic counterpart.
“We remain at an impasse,” he said.
As darkness fell and lawmakers prepared to depart for the year, McCo-
nnell wondered from the Senate floor why in the world the Republicans
should give ground to persuade House Democrats “to send us something
we do not want.”
McConnell and the Democrats’ Senate leader, Chuck Schumer of New
York, met for about 20 minutes in their first attempt to negotiate the con-
tours of an agreement on running the rare Senate impeachment trial that
was expected to start in January.
McConnell favors a swift trial, without the new witnesses Democrats
want, and he holds a clear tactical advantage if he can keep his 53-mem-
ber Senate majority united. Schumer, who also met privately with Pelosi,
has to bet that GOP senators won’t hold the line and Republicans will peel
away as public pressure mounts for a fuller trial.
For the record, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he had
met with Trump and “he is demanding his day in court.”
“You’ve never seen a Republican years,” he said. “This is a different
Party, zero negative votes. Zero,” era that we’re in for Republicans,
he said Thursday. “That hasn’t hap- and I don’t know where it’s going to
pened almost ever because the Re- go.”
publicans are not necessarily known “They are who they are,” House
for that.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said
Yet it’s unclear what the political Thursday when asked about the
impact on GOP candidates will be. lack of daylight between the presi-
Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., ut-
dent and his party’s rank-and-file.
tered GOP blasphemy this fall when
She also challenged GOP law-
he said he was open to considering
makers’ comments during Wednes-
impeachment. He announced his
retirement from Congress the next day’s debate comparing Trump’s
day. He ended up joining his col- impeachment to the Japanese attack
leagues in opposing impeachment on Pearl Harbor and the crucifixion
Wednesday and said that vote fur- of Jesus Christ.
ther aligned his party to Trump. “Something’s strange there,” she
“And that’s not necessarily the said. “Apart from the fact that they
Republican Party that I’ve been part want to protect the president at the
of and been a funder for, for many cost of the Constitution.”

Buttigieg-Warren clash on campaign trail spills into debate

‘We need to defeat Donald Trump.
We shouldn’t try to do it with one
hand tied behind our back.’
2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg
By STEVE PEOPLES,
KATHLEEN RONAYNE and
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The
long-festering feud be-
tween Elizabeth Warren
and Pete Buttigieg erupted
Thursday night in a high-
stakes debate that tested
the strength of the Dem-
ocratic Party’s shrinking
pool of presidential con-
tenders just six weeks be-
fore primary voting begins.
Buttigieg, the 37-year-
old mayor of South Bend,
Indiana, has emerged as an
unlikely presidential pow-
er player, gaining ground
with a centrist message.
Warren, the Massachusetts
senator who has become
his progressive foil, at-
tacked Buttigieg’s fundrais-
ing practices. And Minne-
sota Sen. Amy Klobuchar,
who is competing with
Buttigieg for moderate vot-
ers, challenged his limited
governing experience.
The debate came a day
after a highly contentious
vote to impeach President
Donald Trump, which
showed in dramatic relief
how polarized the nation is
over his presidency. With
the Republican-controlled
Senate likely to acquit
him, the stakes are high
for Democrats to select a
challenger who can defeat
Trump in November.
The forum highlighted
the choice Democrats will
have to make between pro-
gressive and moderate, old-
er and younger, men and
women and the issues that
Buttigieg Warren
will sway the small but crit-
ical segment of voters who
will determine the election.
The candidates sharply
disagreed about the role of
money in politics, the value
and meaning of experience
and the direction of the
American health care sys-
tem.
In the most pointed ex-
change, Warren zeroed in
on Buttigieg’s recent pri-
vate meeting with wealthy
donors inside a California
“wine cave,” the details of
which were recounted in
a recent Associated Press
story.
“Billionaires in wine
caves should not pick the
next president of the Unit-
ed States,” she charged.
Buttigieg, who has
surged into the top tier of
the Democratic Party’s
2020 primary in part be-
cause of his fundraising
success, did not back down.
“We need to defeat Don-
ald Trump,” he responded,
noting that Trump’s reelec-
tion campaign has already
accumulated hundreds
of millions of dollars. “We
shouldn’t try to do it with
one hand tied behind our
back.”
The focus on Buttigieg
at the Los Angeles debate
highlighted his strength
in the Democratic Party’s
turbulent primary contest
just 46 days before voting
begins, with polls show-
ing him at or near the lead
in Iowa’s kickoff caucus.
But the confrontation also
raised broader concerns
about the direction of the
race: Democrats are not
close to unifying behind a
message or messenger in
their quest to deny Trump
a second term.
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Atmos adding 250 customers in Starkville, Judge: Prison has 10

none in rural Oktibbeha County
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Atmos Energy
Corporation still has
not found rural areas
in Oktibbeha County
to be reasonable can-
didates for natural
gas expansion but is
working to expand
natural gas service Morgan
to 250 residences in
Starkville, Atmos
public affairs employ-
ees say.
The company also
has added a gas line
to the industrial park
that is under con-
struction in the north- Lesley
ern part of the city.
“Utility infrastructure is just crit-
ical to economic growth, not only
for the region but for the state as a
whole, so we’re really excited about
things that are going on in the Gold-
en Triangle,” Atmos Vice President
of Public Affairs Bobby Morgan
said.
Natural gas expansion is in prog-
ress at new and growing subdivi-
sions such as Adelaide, Acadiana
Park, Country Club Estates and
College View Apartments, Morgan
said. Additionally, Atmos completed
two projects to alleviate natural gas
pressure issues in Starkville neigh-
borhoods, one on Old West Point
Road a few years ago and one on
Locksley Way this year, according
to Atmos Mississippi Division pub-
lic affairs director Robert Lesley.
Both Morgan and Lesley said At-
mos is actively looking for residen-
tial areas in the rest of the county
that would be worth installing natu-
ral gas lines.
In March, the Mississippi Public
Service Commission announced it
had established a $5 million fund
that could be used to expand nat-
ural gas lines in rural areas across
the state. The fund would allow
Atmos to immediately develop the
lines and then reimburse the com-
mission over time, forgoing $5 mil-
lion in immediate profits.
The rural expansion program, as
Atmos calls it, lowers the threshold
of the density of houses considered
economically feasible for adding
a natural gas line. Atmos looks for
“the right ratio” of homes in a given
square mileage, and some streets
have several houses but not enough,
Lesley said.
“We get contacted by people who
say, ‘Hey, we’ve got this area, would
you come take a look at it?’” he said.
“So far, we haven’t found the right
combination.”
While Atmos has not found op-
portunities for rural growth in Ok-
tibbeha County, it’s working on proj-
ects that could add 300 customers
in rural areas of Lowndes County,
Morgan said.
Industrial growth
The rural expansion program
is one of two in which the Public
Service Commission works closely
with Atmos, and the other provides
natural gas service to industrial
and commercial ar-
eas such as the North
Star Industrial Park,
Northern District
Public Service Com-
missioner Brandon
Presley said.
The park has been
Presley
the only major in-
dustrial or commercial request in
Oktibbeha County in the past few
years, Presley said.
City and county leaders ap-
proved the industrial park in 2016,
but a lawsuit challenging the rezon-
ing of the land near the intersection
of highways 82 and 389 delayed de-
velopment for almost three years.
The suit ended in September with
the Mississippi Supreme Court’s
decided not to the review the case
that had been decided in the city’s
favor in lower courts.
The industrial park is a rare sit-
uation where Atmos can take an
“if you build it, they will come” ap-
proach, Lesley said. Installing nat-
ural gas lines is too expensive to
do without existing developments,
but previous industrial parks in
Starkville have had no trouble find-
ing tenants, so Atmos and the Pub-
lic Service Commission decided
installing gas service at North Star
was worth it, he said.
“We’ve done all the land acqui-
sition, which is usually the hardest
and most time-consuming part of a
project,” he said. “We’ve got a path
to that industrial park, so if a pros-
pect does land, we can run that pipe
as quickly as possible.”
days to release former
WorldCom CEO
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — A New York judge who ordered
the release from prison of WorldCom’s former top
executive, Bernard Ebbers, after he served 13
years of a 25-year prison sentence on Thursday
gave prison authorities 10 days to free him.
U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni said the
U.S. Bureau of Prisons was authorized for that
length of time to delay his release so it can make
necessary arrangements.
A day earlier, she reduced his sentence to time
served, granting his lawyer’s request for compas-
sionate release for the 78-year-old Ebbers. Prose-
cutors had opposed it.
Ebbers has been imprisoned since September
2006 after he was convicted in 2005 on securities
fraud charges stemming from an $11 billion ac-
counting fraud at the Clinton, Mississippi-based
WorldCom. The company collapsed and went into
bankruptcy in 2002, causing large losses to stock-
holders.
Emerging from bankruptcy in 2004 after mov-
ing to Ashburn, Virginia, the company re-brand-
ed itself as MCI and was bought in 2006 by Veri-
zon Communications.
Attorney Graham Carner, representing
Ebbers, said that he and the Ebbers family were
hoping he’ll be released as soon as possible.
“The family is elated with the Judge’s decision
to allow compassionate release, and are now fo-
cusing their efforts on getting him home and ar-
ranging for medical review and care once he ar-
rives,” Carner said in an email.
The lawyer said the family was working with
the Bureau of Prisons and the hospital where
Ebbers was taken on Wednesday to coordinate
transfer plans that will safeguard his health.

Boyd
Continued from Page 1A
play basketball and then
go over to the Ritz Cafe.
You could get a cheese-
burger and a Pepsi for 47
cents. I still remember
that.”
For Boyd, his associa-
tion with the Y extended
beyond childhood. He be-
gan coaching youth sports
at the Y even before finish-
ing his degree at Missis-
sippi State and continued
to coach as his three sons
participated in the Y sports
leagues, and he eventually
served on the organiza-
tion’s board of directors.
When Charlie Box
stepped down as Y direc-
tor, he remained on the
board, helping choose his
successor.
“It was an easy deci-
sion,” Box said. “In a lot of
ways Andy paralleled my
path to the job. We both
coached at the Y for years
and years and served on
the board. So I got to know
him pretty well. When I
left, I felt like we couldn’t
have found a better person
for the job. He had a heart
for the Y.”
The Frank P. Phil-
lips YMCA was founded
in 1924. The downtown
building opened in 1931.
Today, the Y also includes
facilities in Caledonia and
New Hope.
Although others have
served as director for lon-
ger tenures, Boyd will be
remembered for his lead-
ership during a tumultu-
ous 10-year stint with tri-
umphs and challenges.
“When you think of
Andy’s time there, financ-
es were really a big chal-
lenge,” said board member
Bill Brigham. “He did a
great job with the finances
under some very difficult
circumstances. He made
some personal sacrifices,
too. He’ll be leaving now
with our finances in a lot
better shape.”
Boyd’s tenure featured
a major and long-overdue
renovation at the Colum-
bus facility completed
in 2016, the crowning
achievement of his ten-
Boyd also played a
prominent role in the Y’s
decision to sell Camp
Pratt, where generations
of kids attended the Y’s
summer camp, in January
2018.
Those moves, Boyd
said, not only reflected
new realities of the Y’s
mission but set the Y on
firm financial footing and
affirmed what Boyd calls
its “elevator message.”
“Everybody knows the
Y, but the question for
some is what are we all
about,” Boyd said. “For
us, it’s youth develop-
ment, healthy living and
social responsibility. All
of the things we do fit un-
der that umbrella.”
Boyd said sale of Camp
Pratt was a difficult deci-
sion, given the place it
held in the memories of
thousands of camp-goers
since the 1930s.
In the end, however,
Boyd said he and the
board felt the sale was in
the best longterm inter-
est of the Y.
“Times change. Kids
change,” he said. “We
didn’t have the money to
invest in sustaining the
property. When we sold
the property, we were
able to take those pro-
ceeds and pay down some
debt, put a little money
in reserve and do some
other things at our facili-
ties. It was hard to justify
the expense of keeping
something we only used
eight weeks a year when
there were so many other
needs. Having said that,
it was a very difficult de-
cision, but we felt — and
still feel — it was the right
decision.”
The renovation at
the Columbus Y, com-
pleted over six months
and funded primarily
through member dona-
tions, remains a high
point in Boyd’s tenure.
Although the biggest
feature of the renovation
was the conversion of
the original gym into a
Healthy Living Center
where the bulk of the
facility’s exercise equip-
ment now resides, he is
most proud of the com-
mon area that was cre-
ated when the Y’s main
entrance was shifted
to Second Avenue. The
area contains tables and
chairs. A pot of coffee
is always available for
members to relax and
talk to each other.
“I think it’s the best
thing we did (in the ren-
ovation),” Boyd said.
“When you walk in the
front door and sit down
and have a cup of coffee
there are all kids of folks
there — black, white,
kids, older folks, rich,
poor, people with differ-
ent ideas. You can’t put a
measure on that. It’s the
community right there.
People get along. I think
that room is a communi-
ty more than any other
place in town.
“That’s important to
me. I’ve always under-
lined the C in YMCA,”
he added. “Everything
we do here is based on
Christian principles. We
want to be that place for
our community.”
Effusive in his praise
of both the board and his
staff, Boyd said he’s leav-
ing on good terms.
“I began thinking a
couple of years ago, that
it was getting pretty near
time for someone else to
take over, someone who
could get above the trees
and see everything to
keep this thing moving
in the direction it needs
to go.” he said. “That was
the easy part, knowing
it was time to step aside.
The hard part was writ-
ing that letter (of resig-
nation). I’d sit down to
write it and I just couldn’t
do it. It took forever.
And giving the letter to
Bill (Brigham) was even
harder.”
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Mrs. Pegues was
born Dec. 21, 1925,
in Oxford, to the late
Elroy Flemings and
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Elizabeth Best of San
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Kenneth Pegues of
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of arrangements. of Columbus, Ohio, Joe Columbus is in charge Chapel C.M.E. Church.
He is survived Abrams and Beatrice of arrangements. In addition to her
by his wife, Elnor F. Thompson, both of Co- Mrs. Covington was parents, she was pre-
Spencer-Jones; chil- lumbus; and 10 grand- born April 18, 1940, ceded in death by her
dren, Charlette Jones, children. in West Point, to the husband, Charles Cov-
Kristy Spencer, Ronnie late Cliff and Mary ington Sr.; and siblings,
Galberth, Nicole Biggs James Barton Ann Walker. She was Levi Walker and Cliff
and Jeremy Spencer; REFORM, Ala. — a 1962 graduate of the Walker Jr.
sisters, Annie B. Neal, Ministerial Institute
James “Jimmy” David She is survived
Paticia Bush, Pamela Barton, 56, died Dec. and College and a 1966
Jones, Mary Ann Jones, graduate of Mississippi by her son, Charles
14, 2019, at his resi- Covington Jr. of Tupelo;
Mary Lousie Jones, dence. Industrial College. She
Laura Ann Jones and was formerly employed and siblings, Rosetta
A memorial service Sanders of Memphis,
Helen Jones; and broth- will be held at 3 p.m. as a teacher with the
ers, Clarence Jones Tupelo Public School Tennessee, Melissa
Sunday at Chandler
Sr., John Allen, Willie System and was a Ferbee of Hornlake
Funeral Home Chapel.
Jones, Joe Jones and Visitation will be one member of Mt. Zion and Rebecca Smith of
Johnny Jones. hour prior to the ser- M.B. Church and Lane Pensacola, Florida.
vice. Chandler Funeral
Nathniel Jenkins Home of Vernon is
STARKVILLE — in charge of arrange-
Nathniel “Nay” Jenkins, ments.
88, died Dec. 8, 2019, in Mr. Barton was born
St. Louis, Missouri. March 4, 1963, to Car-
Services will be at
olyn Barton Brown and
11 a.m. Saturday at the late David Barton.
Sixteenth Section M.B. He was formerly em-
Church. Burial will
ployed as a nurse.
follow at the church
In addition to his
cemetery. Visitation is
mother, he is survived
from 3-6 p.m. today at
by his stepfather, Jo
West Memorial Funeral Brown of Reform;

more information, call 662-
328-2471.
Dorothy Kelley
WEST POINT —
Dorothy Lee “Dot”
Kelley, 66, died Dec.
13, 2019, at North Mis-
sissippi Medical Center
in Tupelo.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
St. Paul M.B. Church,
with the Rev. Eddie A.
Longstreet officiating.
Burial will follow at
West Point Memorial
Gardens. Visitation is
from 3-6 p.m. today at
Carter’s Mortuary Ser-
vices Chapel. Carter’s
Mortuary Services of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Kelley was
born March 26, 1953, in
West Point, to the late
Earnest Stennis and
Ora Lee Bell.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her brother, Norris
Bell; and sister, Annie
Spann.
She is survived by
her husband, Willie
Kelley of West Point;
Jimmy Hurley Jr.
QUINCY — Jimmy
Harold “Pebo” Hurley
Jr., 56, died Dec. 18,
2019, at his residence.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Saturday at Cleve-
land-Moffett Funeral
Home, with Jacky Mc-
Neese officiating. Buri-
al will follow at Hurley
Family Cemetery. Vis-
itation is from 5-8 p.m.
today at the funeral
home. Cleveland-Mof-
fett Funeral Home of
Amory is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Hurley was born
April 21, 1963, to James
H. Sr. and Linda Sey-
more Hurley. He attend-
ed Becker Schools and
was formerly employed
in the area furniture
plants and as a carpet
layer.
He was preceded
in death by his sister,
Amanda Head.
In addition to his par-
ents, he is survived by
his sister, Lori Reeves
of Bartahatchie.
Pallbearers will be
Randy Weaver, Harold
Guyton, Josh Head,
John Head, Tony Head
and Ronnie Hurley.
Floye Williams
Home. West Memo- and stepbrothers,
rial Funeral Home of Dale Brown and Lane
Starkville is in charge Brown, both of Gordo.
of arrangements. Floye Jean Fowler Williams, age 68, of Columbus,
MS, passed away December 18, 2019, at Baptist Me-
He is survived by
his children, Fredrick
Cornelia Covington morial Hospital.
TUPELO — Corne- Funeral services will be Saturday, December 21,
Jenkins, Ellis Jenkins,
lia W. Covington, 79, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel,
Patricia Kimball, Gary
died Dec. 716 2nd Ave. North location, with Rev. Chris Rut-
Jenkins, Anthony
13, 2019, ledge officiating. The interment will immediately
Jenkins, Jeanette Dixon
at North follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon, AL. Visi-
and Jan Alexander; and
Mississip- tation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of the ser-
siblings, Ida Yeates,
pi Medical vice. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crema-
Ruby Copeland, Hat-
Center in tory, 2nd Ave. North location, has been entrusted
tie Roberson, Mattie
Nichols, Mary Jenkins, Tupelo. with the arrangements.
Almedia Jenkins and Services Mrs. Williams was born December 3, 1951, in
Covington
John Jenkins. will be at Sardis, MS, to the late Floyd and Adell Scarbrough
11 a.m. Fowler. Mrs. Williams was a Baptist.
Saturday at Mt. Zion In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
Hettie Easley M.B. Church in West death by her husband, Robert Ray Williams.
Hettie Easley, 71, died
Point, with Harold B. Survivors include her daughters, Brenda Beasley
Dec. 16, 2019, at Baptist Wilson officiating.
(Steven) of Columbus, MS, and Beverly Smith (Jeff)
Memorial Burial will follow at
of Columbus, MS; brother, Jerry Wayne Fowler of
Hospi- the church cemetery.
Starkville, MS; sisters, Joyce Vadalabene (Joe) of
tal-Golden Visitation is from noon-
Columbus, MS, and Rose Marie Mordecai (Charles)
Triangle. 6 p.m. today at Carter’s
of Vernon, AL; grandchildren, Ashley Smith, Steven
Services Funeral Service. Car-
Ray Beasley, Tony Beasley and Stephanie Beasley;
will be ter’s Funeral Service of
and great-granddaughter, Rose Marie Beasley.
at 2 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Steven Ray Beasley, Tony Bea-
Sunday sley, Joe Vadalabene, Barry Godsey, Mark Biller and
at United Easley
Matt Biller.
Christian
Baptist Church, with
Steven L. James Sr. of-
ficiating. Visitation will
be one hour prior to
Sign the online guest book at
services at the church. www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Carter’s Funeral
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Services of Columbus

son, Aaron Kelley of
West Point; daughter,
Shonia Lewis of Little
Elm, Texas; brothers,
Alvin Quinn of West
Point and Danny Col-
lins of Clarksville, Ten-
nessee; sisters, Sandra
Collins of West Point
and Patricia Quave of
Pascagoula; and five
grandchildren.
Ada Pegues
COLUMBUS — Ada
Mae Pegues, 93, died
Dec. 12, 2019, in Co-
lumbus.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
Hopewell M.B. Church,
with the Rev. David
Johnson officiating.
Burial will follow at
Memorial Gardens
Cemetery. Visitation is
from noon-6 p.m. today
at Century Hairston
Deputies want help IDing victim
of confessed serial killer
The Associated Press
GULFPORT — “Do
you recognize me,” pleads
a sketch of young black
woman believed to be
killed by confessed se-
rial killer Samuel Little.
Her mouth is drawn into
a frown, her dark hair ei-
ther short or pinned up in
a hand-drawn sketch Little
provided to law enforce-
ment.
Little began confess-
ing to killings last year
and has so far admitted to
killing at least 93 people
across the United States
between 1970 and 2005.
Five of those killings were
of women he picked up
near Gulfport, Mississippi,
according to the Harrison
Seth Gordon
COLUMBUS — Seth
Gordon, 85, died Dec.
19, 2019, at Vineyard
Court Nursing Home.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Charlie Jones
STARKVILLE —
Charlie James Jones,
65, died Dec. 16, 2019,
in Starkville.
Services will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday at
West Memorial Funer-
al Home. Burial will
follow at Public Ceme-
tery. Visitation is from
1-6 p.m. today at the
funeral home. West Me-
morial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
County Sheriff’s Office.
Only three of the victims
have been identified so
far, and related arrest war-
rants have been issued.
The sheriff’s office
shared the sketch Mon-
day and asked for the pub-
lic’s help in identifying
the woman, believed to
have been in her early to
mid-20s before she disap-
peared prior to December
1992.
“My body was placed
outdoors in a grassy area
somewhere in Gulfport,”
the sketch reads.
The FBI considers Lit-
tle to be the most prolific
serial killer in U.S. his-
tory, and he’s recounted
his crimes in near-photo-
graphic detail.
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Easley was
born Nov. 24, 1948, in
Columbus, to Queen E.
Sherman and the late
Curtis Dumas. She was
formerly employed as a
line operator with Red
Kap Industries and was
a member of United
Christian Baptist
Church.
In addition to her fa-
ther, she was preceded
in death by her sister,
Mary L. Irions.
In addition to her
mother, she is survived
by her children, Jef-
frey Smith, Jacquline
Easley and Joan Barry,
all of Columbus, Erika
Easley of Irvin, Texas,
John Easley and John
memorialgunterpeel.com
Michael Irions, both
of Columbus, Ohio;
siblings, Leander Irions
Edgar Adams
Edgar Hardy Adams, 80, of
Pat Robertson Ethelsville, AL, passed away
Memorial Service:
Friday, Dec. 20 • 2 PM Wednesday, December 18, 2019,
Stateline Baptist Church at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT,
2nd Ave. North Location
Columbus, MS.
Visitation will be Saturday, De-
Floye Williams
Visitation: cember 21, 2019, from 11:30-1:00
Saturday, Dec. 21 • 1-2 PM PM at Lowndes Funeral Home. A
2nd Ave. North Location
Services:
funeral service will follow at 1:00
Saturday, Dec. 21 • 2 PM PM in the chapel, with Bro. Ken-
2nd Ave. North Location neth Heneger officiating. Inter-
Burial
Furnace Hill Cemetery ment will be in Ebenezer Methodist Church Cem-
Vernon, AL etery, Millport, AL, with Lowndes Funeral Home
directing.
Sarah Adkins Mr. Adams was born July 19, 1939, in Alabama, to
Incomplete the late Ethel Duckworth and Ed Adams. Mr. Adams
2nd Ave. North Location
married the love of his life, Elizabeth Vail, on August
8, 1958, in Columbus, MS. He attended Liberty As-
sembly of God in Millport, AL. Mr. Adams worked
for APAC Mississippi as a heavy equipment operator
for 31 years. He also worked at Falcon for 6 years,
and then he was self-employed. He loved spending
time with his grandchildren and great-grandchil-
dren.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Adams is preceded
in death by his sisters and brothers.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife of 61 years,
Elizabeth Vail Adams; sons, Morris (Cindy) Adams
of Ethelsville, AL and Scot (Toni) Adams of Millport,
AL; daughters, Lori (Steve) Chitwood of Ethelsville,
AL and Carla White of Ethelsville, AL; grandchildren,
Brian (Andrea) Dell, Brandy Nicole Hall, Eric (Ra-
chel) Adams, Jeremy Steven Chitwood, Joshua Trey
Chitwood, Justin (Nicole) Thomas Chitwood, Jona-
than Charles White, Jaleb (Chelsey) Scot White, Kari
(Blake) Elizabeth Moore and Kory Scot Adams; and
great-grandchildren, Hunter, Laken, Kinsley, Wyatt,
Gracie, Charlie, Drake, Bennon, Adalyn, Abigail, Isa-
bella, Ryker, Amelia, Waverly, Daylin, Raelynn, and
Colton.
Pallbearers will be Brain Adams, Eric Adams, Jer-
emy Chitwood, Josh, Chitwood, Justin White, Jaleb
White, Kory Adams, Hunter Chitwood and Blake
Moore. Honorary pallbearers will be Bro. James
Gardner, Dr. Cameron Huxford, Dr. John King, Dr.
Brett Brown, Bud Phillips, Jimmy Graham, Kenneth
Vail, Charles Vail, Timmie Vail and William Butler.
Memorials may be made to Liberty Assembly of
God, 268 Ruffin Road, Millport, AL 35576.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
cdispatch.com
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Sundays after: Survivor makes

use of pain through activism
‘As sick as I was, as bad as it was, that’s when I
started becoming an advocate’
Mark Belenchia, founder of a Mississippi chapter of the national
group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
By JULIET LINDERMAN
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mark Belenchia
didn’t stay quiet.
He told his mother and his uncle,
in the mid-1970s. He told a parish
priest, then the vicar general, in
1985. Still, the clergyman Belen-
chia said sexually abused him when
he was a child in Shelby, Mississip-
pi, remained in collar and cassock.
“It showed me that the system
says you’re insignificant. It doesn’t
matter what you said, or what hap-
pened to you,” Belenchia said.
Belenchia would not be ignored.
Over the years, his quest for an-
swers, to try and make sense of his
own personal tragedy, transformed
into a crusade against clergy abuse
that’s become his life’s focus. Ac-
tivism, he said, gives him purpose
and direction. Through this work
he makes use of his pain, to help
other survivors struggling to cope
with theirs.
The abuse began when Belen-
chia was 12 and lasted three years,
he said, maybe four. But the events
of his youth cast a shadow over his
life for decades after.
He felt shame and guilt for allow-
ing himself to get close the priest,
who’d decorated the church rectory
like a clubhouse and plied young
boys from the neighborhood with
liquor.
He felt anguish and panic when,
at 43, Belenchia plunged into a de-
pressive episode that resulted in
hospitalization, intensive psychiat-
ric treatment and an extended leave
from his systems engineer position
at IBM that eventually turned into
medical retirement.
He felt defeated when a bishop
told him his story was a one-off, “an
anomaly,” and resigned when he re-
luctantly accepted a $44,000 settle-
ment from the Diocese of Jackson in
exchange for a promise not to tell.
(In a statement to The Associated
Press, a lawyer for the diocese ac-
knowledged Belenchia’s abuse, and
said the diocese has not included a
confidentiality clause in any settle-
ment agreement since 2002 unless
it was insisted upon by the victim.)
He felt empowered to go public
after reading an article about two
local brothers suing the church,
and validated when five men from
across Mississippi came to him af-
terward with stories of their own
abuse at the hands of the same cler-
gyman.
Becoming an advocate
And then, Belenchia got angry.
“As sick as I was, as bad as it
was, that’s when I started becom-
ing an advocate,” Belenchia said. “I
realized I’d been screwed into the
ground, twisted, turned, manipulat-
ed, run through the ringer. I wanted
to be part of the movement.”
He didn’t return to work at
IBM. Instead Belenchia, now 64,
launched a Mississippi chapter of
the national group Survivors Net-
work of those Abused by Priests.
“It hurts, but it also helps,” he
said.
He travels up and down the Mis-
sissippi Delta, offering support for
those reluctant to speak, those try-
ing to make their stories known and
those just trying to stay afloat, help-
ing them find therapy, file lawsuits,
and feel seen.
People like Joshua Love, 36, who
was beaten and sexually abused by
two friars at St. Francis of Assisi
School in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Love had been depressed, unable to
make ends meet. The two men are
bonded like family, Belenchia said.
He recently helped Love get the
lights turned back on.
‘All I want is the truth’
An antique crucifix hangs on
the wall of Belenchia’s home office
tucked away in his garage but it’s
purely ornamental — it belonged to
his grandmother: a relic from the
old world, an homage to his Italian
heritage and his upbringing.
He disavowed religion more than
a decade ago— first Catholicism,
then Christianity, then all forms of
worship and spiritual belief. Rea-
son, he said, is his guiding princi-
ple.
“The best thing for me was to get
away from it and when I did, I re-
leased this guilt, this fear of death,
this fear of hell,” he said. “I let go,
and I retained my humanity, and in
doing that I felt free.”
Belenchia takes comfort in what
he can see and feel. Working with
his hands in his wood shop is a
salve, he said: the physicality of the
process is something like medita-
tion.
Belenchia isn’t interested in
pushing for church reforms.
“All I want is the truth,” he said.
“Restitution, justice and the truth.”

Lawsuit: Diabetic Miss. inmate died asking for insulin

Woman’s daughter is suing Jackson
County, the sheriff’s office, sheriff,
jailers and the then-contracted
health care provider
The Associated Press
PASCAGOULA — A
wrongful death lawsuit
claims a diabetic Missis-
sippi inmate, jailed for al-
legedly violating her own
protection order, died
while pleading for insulin
from authorities and med-
ical personnel who largely
ignored her.
The woman’s daugh-
ter, Kayla Rush, is suing
Jackson County, the sher-
iff’s office, sheriff, jailers
and the then-contracted
health care provider, The
Sun Herald of Biloxi re-
ports. She’s seeking un-
specified punitive and
compensatory damages
for negligence, pain and
failure to provide Cindy
Michelle Arnold, 38, with
standard medical care.
“People who are in jail
are even more vulnerable
because they don’t have
access their own med-
icine,” Rush’s attorney,
Christopher Klotz, said.
“So, they are counting on
the jail for medicine that
could be lifesaving. When
a jail fails to take responsi-
bility, then things like this
happen.”
Arnold was found
dead on the floor of her
Jackson County jail cell
in September 2018, just
two days after being ar-
rested and charged with
violating her protective
order against her former
common-law husband.
Authorities said she had
called her ex and invited
him to her home, where
they got into a dispute.
Klotz said he still is
waiting for the results of
her autopsy.
The state Bureau of
Investigation has investi-
gated Arnold’s death and
a grand jury determined
there was no criminal
wrongdoing. The county
later ended its contract
with health care provider Are You Ready
Comprehensive Medical
Associates, Inc.
Sheriff Mike Ezell said
to Discuss Your
he could not comment on
pending litigation. Attor-
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with killing eight peo-
ple is unlikely to use an
insanity defense when
he goes on trial, one of
his attorneys has told a
judge.
Willie Cory Godbolt
sat silently Wednesday
during a court hearing on
the status of his case, the
Daily Leader reported.
He is scheduled for trial
starting Feb. 10. Jurors
will be chosen from DeSo-
to County, more than 250
miles to the north. They
will be brought to south
to hear the case in Lin-
coln County, where the
a psychological evalua-
tion, but Lincoln County
Assistant District Attor-
ney Brendon Adams said
prosecutors had not been
given the results.
“We’ve received noth-
ing from defense. We are
getting closer to time,”
Adams told Circuit Judge
David Strong.
Godbolt, 37, is charged
with killing a Lincoln
County sheriff’s deputy,
his own mother-in-law
and six other people at
three houses in and near
Brookhaven. He has
pleaded not guilty to four
murder, two counts of
kidnapping and one count
of armed robbery. He has
been jailed without bail
since his arrest on May
28, 2017, hours after the
killings.
Godbolt has made sev-
eral brief court appear-
ances for status hearings.
Adams on Wednesday
questioned defense attor-
ney Allison Steiner, who
is with the capital defense
counsel division of the
state public defender’s
office, about sharing the
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“You’re not telling me
as we sit here that there’s
any issue of competence,
are you?” Strong asked.
Steiner said she did
not anticipate an insanity
defense.
The prosecution
brought up no new issues
to discuss at Wednes-
day’s hearing, which
Godbolt attended. Sever-
al of the victims’ relatives
sat in the courtroom and
watched in silence.

Adams Co. sheriff: Man committed crime so he could be housed in jail

The Associated Press
NATCHEZ — A man
suspected to be homeless
intentionally broke win-
dows at local government
buildings in Mississippi so
he could spend the night
in jail to shelter from the
cold, a county sheriff said.
The man smashed
glass at the Adams Coun-
ty Courthouse and Adams
County Sheriff’s Office in
Natchez early Thursday
morning, Sheriff Travis
Patten said. Patten didn’t
publicly identify the sus-
pect, but said he walked
into the office and asked
if he could sleep in the jail
due to the weather condi-
tions. Deputies told the
man that wasn’t allowed
for liability reasons, to
which Patten says the man
replied: “I will make you
lock me up then.”
He then crossed the
street and busted out the
windows on the first floor
of the courthouse with his
elbow before returning to
the sheriff’s office and us-
ing a table to do the same,
Patten told the Natchez
Democrat. The man was
arrested and taken into
custody.
Patten said the incident
highlights the need for
greater resources to aid
the area’s homeless popu-
lation.
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Our View
Food trucks and restaurants can live in harmony
W
hen new products
and services enter
the market, it often
takes a while for necessary
rules and regulations to be
crafted.
Recently, we’ve seen an
example in Columbus on the
subject of food trucks when a
local restaurant owner com-
plained on social media about
a food truck that had opened
shop near his restaurant.
While the food truck busi-
ness has been booming across
the country for more than a
decade, the trend is only now
arriving in the Golden Trian-
gle.
Columbus has just one
licensed food truck vendor.
Starkville has several.
In both cities, food truck
operators must obtain licenses
from the city. In both cities,
food trucks can operate on
public property only by the
city’s permission. In Starkville,
food truck operators can only
operate on public property
for a 24-hour period, which
ensures these mobile eateries
do no become de facto perma-
nent restaurants operating on
public land.
As was the case with the
Columbus restaurant, the
potential for conflict between
traditional brick-and-mortar
restaurants and food trucks is
to be expected, something that
represents a challenge for city
officials.
We do not expect, nor do we
desire, that city governments
take sides in these conflicts.
Both types of businesses
should be permitted to suc-
ceed or fail on their own
merits. Competition is healthy,
providing residents with more
options.
At the same time, regula-
tions must protect the interests
of both groups. Brick-and-
mortar restaurants, obviously,
are confined to the space they
occupy and come with much
more overhead. Food trucks,
obviously, are mobile and have
the advantage of going where
the customers are, rather than
the other way around.
This mobility provides
convenience to the customer
in a way that brick-and-mortar
stores may not.
But there is a question of
fairness in play here, too. Food
truck operators should be
respectful of brick-and-mortar
restaurants’ space.
It is not a simple matter.
Restaurant owners should
have no expectation of an
exclusive market. A restaurant
in a shopping center, for exam-
ple, cannot prohibit someone
from opening a restaurant
next door. The same principle
applies loosely, at least, to a
food truck.
Even so, food trucks should
not be allowed to set up shop
outside the front door of a
restaurant whenever the owner
pleases.
The best solutions probably
aren’t going to made through
government regulations, but
by mutual respect between
brick-and-mortar and food
truck restaurateurs.
For private property,
responsibility also lies with
property owners/landlords. In
the above example, ideally, the
owner of the shopping center
would allow the food truck
only in places that won’t dis-
rupt brick-and-mortar tenants.
In public spaces, regula-
tions should encourage cooper-
ation rather than choose sides.
Since it seems the food
truck business will only
increase, local governments
would be wise to study how
other cities have addressed the
matter and learn from them.

Letter to the editor

Voice of the people
Comments on impeachment
Republicans argued that Dem-
ocrats were impeaching Trump
because they can’t beat him in 2020.
This is nothing but propaganda.
The only way the Republicans can
defend Trump is with propaganda
and more lies. Just imagine trying to
defend a pathological liar by telling
the truth. One of Trump’s lawyers
from years back said he is a believer
in the big-lie theory. If you say some-
thing again and again, people will
believe you. We see this everyday,
like MAGA.
It has worked on Lindsey Graham.
In the primary, Graham said, if you
really want to make MAGA, tell
Trump to go to h--l.
With Trump and the conservatives
network, FOX, showing 50 percent
of the people want Trump impeached
and removed from office, against 41
percent who don’t, how is he going to
make those 50 percent great?
And just last week, he tweeted
his poll numbers have gone through
the roof. The red hats are becoming
meaningless, other than a reminder,
which must of us will want to forget.
State of the nation
Letting our values out of their cage
Again I refer you back to the big-
lie theory.
And another propaganda line

the Republicans use is saying the
Democrats are impeaching Trump to
reverse the 2016 election.
Trump and the Republicans won’t
be around after 2020, because this
election will be decided by Ameri-
cans instead of the Russians.
All the hoaxes and conspiracies
will be gone.
James Hodges
Steens
Troubled by comments and
attitudes at Trump rallies
Wednesday, more than one Repub-
lican House representative compared
President Trump’s suffering during
the impeachment process to that of
Jesus during the sham-trial that led
to his crucifixion.
I find the President’s suggestion
that recently deceased and long-time
very popular Michigan representa-
tive, John Dingell, as looking up from
hell quite un-Christ-like. Dingell’s
widow, Debbie, who ran for his
vacated seat and won, cast her vote
in favor of impeachment. That he
did this while at a campaign rally in
Michigan, no less, underscores my
conclusion. That’s just one of many,
many similar examples.
Far more troubling to me, though,
are the large numbers of people who
attend these rallies and laugh at what
he says. That Trump maintains the
degree of support he has suggests
they are not the only ones. I thought
we as a country were better than this.
Besides, had Jesus been allowed
to call his own witnesses, he would
have.
Paul Mack
Columbus
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M
y God, they put the present moment. the “send her back!” mentality that
Jesus and his Where do we find the too often, in the Donald Trump era,
parents in cages, awareness we need to seems to be what American democ-
as though that’s what U.S. save the planet and save racy sounds like. Cynicism castrates
Customs and Border Patrol ourselves? idealism. Yet when cynicism rules,
agents would do — you The awakening called what you’re left with is a berserk
know, keep the spirit of for today is enormous and national policy that hides behind a
love and compassion from it is spiritual in nature. It wall of lies and public relations as it
entering the United States is an awakening that push- commits unending murder and de-
of America. es humanity beyond the struction, including self-destruction.
Are they suggesting us-vs.-them mentality that Consider, for instance, the Wash-
there’s an equivalence here has trapped us behind our ington Post’s recent unveiling of “the
between the divine family Robert Koehler national borders. Only Afghanistan Papers,” the 21st centu-
and a bunch of illegals ... with some sort of one- ry’s version of the Pentagon Papers,
drug dealers, rapists, possi- world consciousness can which indicate that no lessons what-
ble killers of American citizens? we begin stepping back from the edge soever were learned in those earlier
The Claremont (California) United of extinction: can we dismantle every decades of military insanity: “U.S.
Methodist Church has tossed a shock single nuclear weapon on the planet; officials constantly said they were
bomb into the season of wreaths and can we transcend our dependence making progress. They were not,
holiday shopping. Its caged nativity on fossil fuels and start building an and they knew it,” the Post informs
scene — which has become national eco-sustainable global infrastructure; us after examining some 2,000 pages
news — has, you might say, opened can we redefine conflict, whether at of secret interviews about the war,
the border, at least in the minds the individual or the national level, which they managed to obtain via the
of many Americans who until now not as something we have to kill but Freedom of Information Act, after a
haven’t paid any emotional — any as a chance to learn and grow. three-year legal battle.
soul-deep — attention to the plight And what I see in that caged The Post quotes, for instance, a
of asylum seekers and their children nativity scene is the place where this three-star general, Douglas Lute,
trapped there. It’s as though religion one-world consciousness begins: with who is described as the Afghan “war
is supposed to be relevant to the the awareness that every human life czar” under both Bush and Obama:
issues of the day. is sacred, that no one is illegal, that “We were devoid of a fundamental
“We’ve heard of their plight; we’ve everyone is a citizen of the one planet understanding of Afghanistan — we
seen how these asylum seekers have om which we live. didn’t know what we were doing,”
been greeted and treated,” Rev. Kar- Dismantling ICE, you might say, is Lute said in his secret interview in
en Clark Ristine told a Los Angeles the first step in saving the polar ice. 2015. “What are we trying to do here?
Times reporter. “We wanted the Holy Win Without War defines one of We didn’t have the foggiest notion of
Family to stand in for those name- the principles at the core of a new, what we were undertaking.”
less people because they also were transcendent U.S. foreign policy thus: The U.S. spent over a trillion dol-
refugees.” “The location of someone’s birth lars waging this clueless war, even as
Ristine also said of the caged nativ- should never confine them to pover- it was spending at least three trillion
ity scene: “We don’t see it as political. ty, war, or environmental insecurity. dollars destroying Iraq, wreaking im-
We see it as theological.” The United States must safeguard measurable harm and failing, in both
This is the only place in which universal human rights to dignity, countries, to advance even short-term
I would part ways with her: It’s equality, migration, and refuge. All political “interests.”
incredibly political — and that’s a people have the right to seek oppor- The enormity of the country’s
good thing. Politics without soul is tunity, safety and stability through lethal foreign-policy cluelessness is
the path to disaster, and it’s the path migration. We must always prioritize beyond virtually everyone’s imagina-
Planet Earth is on. As climate change approaches based on human dignity tion, even those who are in the middle
simmers and erupts around us, as and diplomacy over those that vilify of it. Yet the only certainty when it
endless war and violence shatters or dehumanize others or use coer- comes to national policy is that anoth-
lives and foments a global refugee cri- cion or force. Our investments in er war is on the way.
sis in the tens of millions, as nuclear the United States and abroad must Or is change possible?
weapons continue to hold the planet reflect our shared stake in the health The answer is yes, if we can un-
hostage to the whims of a few global and well-being of the world’s most cage our values and start recreating
“leaders,” we’re caught in a geopolit- marginalized populations, the planet, our politics.
ical system defined by nation-states and in recognition of our mutual Robert Koehler is a nationally
and nationalism that is absolutely interests.” syndicated writer. His email address is
clueless about how to proceed beyond This is, of course, the opposite of koehlercw@gmail.com.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Friday, December 20, 2019 7A

US watching North Korea

for ‘Christmas gift’ missile launch
The North Koreans issued the warning in early ues, they gain new capabilities to
try new missiles to threaten us and
December, saying the Trump administration was our allies in new ways,”
The North Koreans warned of
running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiation a possible “Christmas gift” in ear-
ly December, saying the Trump
By LOLITA C. BALDOR scribed it as “crucial” and experts administration was running out
The Associated Press believe that it may have involved an of time to salvage nuclear negotia-
engine for a space launch vehicle or tions, and it was up to the U.S. to
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is long-range missile. Officials worry choose what “Christmas gift” it
closely watching North Korea for that it could be a prelude to the pos- gets from the North.
signs of a possible missile launch sible launch of an intercontinental Victor Cha, a Korea expert at the
or nuclear test in the coming days ballistic missile in the coming days Center for Strategic and Interna-
that officials are referring to as a or weeks. tional Studies, said a review of the
“Christmas surprise.” Any test involving an ICBM possible launch sites in North Ko-
A significant launch or test would have the most serious impact rea show that they are a “basically
would mean the end of North Ko- on the diplomatic effort because ready to go.” He said the expected
rea’s self-imposed moratorium it would be considered a move by launch could be a test of a sea-based
and raise tensions in the region. It North Korea to acquire the ability ballistic missile or a solid-fuel rock-
would also be a major blow to one of to strike the United States, or, even et.
the Trump administration’s major worse, to show they already have it. Using solid fuel allows North Ko-
foreign policy initiatives: the drive “North Korea has been advanc- rea to more quickly fuel up a rocket,
to get North Korea back to negotia- ing. It has been building new capa- providing less lead time for the U.S.
tions to eliminate its nuclear weap- bilities,” said Anthony Wier, a for- or others to prepare for a launch.
ons and missiles. mer State Department official who Sea-based launches are also more
Earlier this month, the North tracks nuclear disarmament for the difficult to locate and would give
conducted what U.S. officials say Friends Committee on National less warning or time for the U.S. to
was an engine test. North Korea de- Legislation. “As long as that contin- react.

Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries

‘This is the first time since the
French Revolution that there will be
no midnight Mass’
Cathedral rector Patrick Chauvet
By THOMAS ADAMSON
The Associated Press
PARIS — Notre Dame
kept Christmas going
even during two world
wars — a beacon of hope
amid the bloodshed.
Yet an accidental fire in
peacetime finally stopped
the Paris cathedral from
celebrating Midnight
Mass this year, for the
first time in over two cen-
turies.
As the lights stay dim
in the once-invincible
855-year-old landmark,
officials are trying hard
to focus on the immediate
task of keeping burnt-out
Notre Dame ‘s spirit alive
in exile through service,
song and prayer.
It has decamped its
rector, famed statue, lit-
urgy and Christmas cele-
brations to a new tempo-
rary home pending the
restoration works, just un-
der a mile away, at anoth-
er Gothic church in Paris
called Saint-Germain
l’Auxerrois.
And there it will re-
main, as works slowly
progress to rebuild the ca-
thedral after the April 15
fire destroyed its lead roof
and spire and was mo-
ments away from engulf-
ing its two stone towers.
“This is the first time
since the French Revolu-
tion that there will be no
midnight Mass (at Notre
Dame),” cathedral rector
Patrick Chauvet told The
Associated Press.
There was even a
Christmas service amid
the carnage of World War
I, Chauvet noted, “be-
cause the canons were
there and the canons had
to celebrate somewhere,”
referring to the cathe-
dral’s clergy. During
World War II, when Paris
was under Nazi occupa-
tion, “there was no prob-
lem.” He said that to his
knowledge, it was only
closed for Christmas in
the period after 1789,
when the anti-Catholic
French revolutionaries
turned the monument
into “a temple of reason.”
Christmas-in-exile at
Saint-Germain l’Auxer-
rois this year will be a his-
tory-making moment.
“We have the opportu-
nity to celebrate the Mass
outside the walls, so to
speak... but with some in-
dicators that Notre Dame
is connected to us,” Chau-
vet said.
Those indicators in-
clude a wooden litur-
gical platform that has
been constructed in the
Saint-Germain church to
resemble Notre Dame’s
own. A service will be led
at midnight on Dec. 24
by Chauvet to a crowd of
faithful, including many
who would normally wor-
ship in the cathedral, ac-
companied by song from
some of Notre Dame’s
now-itinerant choir.

Asian shares mixed as markets yawn at impeachment

By ALEX VEIGA
and STAN CHOE
AP Business Writers
Stocks were mixed in
early trading in Asia on
Friday after Wall Street
posted more record
highs, extending the mar-
ket’s gains for the week.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 in-
dex edged 0.2 percent
lower to 23,809.33, while
the Kospi in Seoul was
almost unchanged, at
2,196.45. The S&P ASX
200 in Sydney slipped 0.2
percent to 6,821.10. Hong
Kong’s Hang Seng index
edged 0.1 percent higher
to 29,538.00.
Technology companies
led stocks higher on Wall
Street Thursday, extend-
ing the market’s gains for
the week and pushing the
major indexes to more re-
cord highs. Reports that
Treasury Secretary Ste-
ven Mnuchin said a trade
deal with China was fin-
ished and ready for sign-
ing after the holidays also
spurred buying.
“Indeed, agreement
of the ‘Phase 1’ deal be-
tween the U.S. and China
has removed quite a lot of
uncertainties in the out-
look for 2020, and with
the global growth revival
trade is looking better
and better by the day, eq-
uity investors are reveling
in the holiday cheer,” Ste-
phen Innes of AxiTrader
said in a commentary.
The broad gains on
Wall Street erased the
S&P 500’s slight losses
from a day earlier. The
benchmark index has
notched gains six out of
the past seven days.
A batch of encourag-
ing earnings reports from
several big companies
helped keep investors in
a buying mood. Rite Aid,
Conagra Brands and Mi-
cron Technology rose
after posting quarterly
results that exceeded an-
alysts’ forecasts.
Stock indexes were lit-
tle changed for much of
the day. Stocks, bonds,
gold and a measure of fear
among investors on Wall
Street made only modest
moves in the first day of
trading after President
Donald Trump’s impeach-
ment by the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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Mississippi sets rule on pensions and legislative service

Rule: State government retirees can
continue collecting pension benefits while
also being paid to serve in the Legislature
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi
government retirees can contin-
ue collecting pension benefits
while also being paid to serve
in the Legislature, under a rule
finalized this week.
The board of the Mississippi
Public Employees Retirement
System voted in February to
draft the new rule. That was the
first of several steps aimed at
putting it into place by January,
when the new four-year legisla-
tive term begins.
The board approved initial
adoption of the rule in April and
final adoption on Tuesday.
The retirement system’s ex-
ecutive director, Ray Higgins,
said in a statement Wednesday
that officials had to check with
the IRS to make sure the sys-
tem, commonly called by its
acronym PERS, would maintain
its tax-exempt status.
“Our hope was to receive an
affirmative ruling from the IRS
prior to the proposed January 1,
2020, effective date of the regu-
lation revisions,” Higgins wrote.
“PERS made a strong, good
faith effort to make this possi-
ble. While we have yet to receive
an official ruling from the IRS,
PERS did receive word from the
IRS via telephone that an affir-
mative ruling is expected.”
Based on that, the board
went ahead with the vote Tues-
day, he said. However, Higgins
also said if the IRS does not give
the expected approval, “we will
likely have no choice but to re-
vise the regulation, which may
mean that the current and his-
torical regulation will go back
into effect.”
The Mississippi retirement
system had a longstanding rule
that said state elected officials
could not receive salaries and
pension benefits simultaneous-
ly.
Attorney General Jim Hood
issued a nonbinding legal opin-
ion in November 2018 contra-
dicting the rule.
The retirement system re-
quested a clarification that
Hood’s office issued Jan. 24.
Hood’s second opinion pro-
vided more guidance. For ex-
ample, it said that members
now in the Legislature could not
start taking a pension without a
90-day break in service, unless
they had recorded such a break
in service between leaving a
state job and getting elected to
the Legislature, or unless there
was some other exception.

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truck set up too close to
his establishment.
“If you think you’re
gonna park a food truck
right next to my restau-
rant in the same parking
lot and poach my custom-
ers then think again,” the
post read.
Vanegas said the in-
cident was a misunder-
standing. The owner of
another Towne Square
business invited Vanegas,
apparently without telling
the property owner. When
the property owner told
the Vanegases to leave,
they complied.
Teague and his wife
and CJ’s Pizza co-owner
Courtney Teague declined
to comment when reached
by The Dispatch, but in
the Facebook post Teague
shared concerns about
whether a food truck is
subject to the same type
of regulations as a brick-
and-mortar restaurant.
“I’m not sure about tax-
es but I sure am interest-
ed in knowing if they’re
required to complete the
same serve safe certifica-
tion and I’m pretty sure
they need permits to op-
erate a food truck in the
city and on certain prop-
erties,” he said in a com-
ment on the post.
Vanegas said it’s a con-
cern he’s heard before.
“People say, ‘Oh, food
trucks, they don’t pay no
rent,’ but we have a prep
kitchen,” he said. “We pay
rent on our prep kitchen.
We pay for a city privilege
license.”
Rules and regulations
While legally food
trucks are required to ad-
here to the same fees and
regulations as brick-and-
mortar establishments
— including a privilege
license to operate within
city limits and a health
certificate from the state
— there are not special
regulations or ordinanc-
es specifically for food
trucks in Columbus, city
officials said.
Columbus does have
a transient vendor ordi-
nance on the books, but
that applies to more to
door-to-door salespeople
and similar businesses.
Instead, food trucks are
required to pay the same
fee for privilege licens-
es that brick-and-mortar
businesses do, said Lown-
des County Tax Assessor
Greg Andrews. Those fees
start at $20 for a business
of 1-3 employees, rises to
$30 for a business of 3-10
employees and increases
from there depending on
the actual number of em-
ployees. Food trucks are
also required to obtain the
same food permit from the
state as other restaurants.
As to where the food
trucks can locate inside
the city,
Va negas
would have
to have per-
mission
from the
property
owner be-
fore setting Wiegel
up shop,
said city building official
Kenny Wiegel. The idea
behind that is that prop-
erty owners or restaurant
owners wouldn’t want a
food truck that could com-
pete with a brick and mor-
tar establishment already
located on the property.
“You have to be on
commercially zoned pri-
vate property with proper-
ty owner permission and
naturally out of any right-
of-way,” he said.
If Vanegas or any other
food truck owner wanted
to sell food on public prop-
erty, he would have to re-
ceive special permission
from the planning and
zoning commission and
the mayor and city coun-
cil, Wiegel said.
Food truck boom in
Starkville
The case is different in
Starkville, where city of-
ficials actively encourage
food trucks. Last month,
the city held its first Food
Truck Friday, during
which food trucks from
Eupora, Kosciusko, Win-
ona and Jackson all sold
food at Cadence Plaza.
“I want them ... to
feel comfortable com-
ing when-
ever they
want to,”
Starkville
Mayor Lynn
Spruill said.
F o o d
trucks in
S t a r k v i l l e Spruill
are subject
to the same state regu-
lations and fees as food
trucks anywhere else in
Mississippi, but instead of
paying privilege license
fees, food truck owners
must pay a transient li-
cense fee — $100 for the
first three months and
$25 to renew for another
three months.
However, the city ordi-
nances are set up so that
food trucks can pretty
much park in any public
parking space for up to 24
hours, Spruill said.
She added those re-
quirements are obviously
different for brick-and-
mortar establishments
— those business owners
pay privilege license fees
that begin at $20 and in-
crease depending on the
number of employees, but
also adhere to building
regulations not applicable ford said — it’s only log- his business existing is a
to food trucks. ical that they tackle food threat to brick-and-mor-
“They’ve also got to trucks at the same time. tar restaurants in the city,
have evacuation, escape, “I suspect in the com- pointing out there are al-
all the things that go with ing months ... we’ll have ready permanent restau-
having a brick and mor- some discussion on it,” he rants side by side.
tar presence somewhere said. “Obviously people are
which is entirely different Vanegas said he is fine enjoying it,” he added.
than having a food truck with the city zoning an “They’re coming here. ...
which has to meet a fire
code,” she said. “ ... There
area for food trucks or Everybody that has come
forming a food truck park. has said, ‘This is what Co-
are certainly different
He added he doesn’t think lumbus needed.’”
requirements that come
with each type of ser-
vice.”
In Columbus, both
Wiegel and
planning
and zoning
chair Kev-
in Stafford
told The
Dispatch
there are
no special Stafford
ordinances dictating
where food trucks can be
in relation to other build-
ings, though Wiegel said
city officials would use
National Fire Protection
Association recommen-
dations for food trucks if
they needed to determine
whether the food truck
was parked in a danger-
ous spot right now.
However, there’s a
chance the city will ad-
dress food trucks in the
ordinances within the
coming months. The
commission is current-
ly looking at addressing
businesses being run out
of modular vehicles, Staf-

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investigators believe at to call Golden Triangle 530-7151. All calls are
least five people were Crime Stoppers at 800- confidential.
in the abandoned house
engaging in some type
of illegal activity, that an
argument broke out and
the two victims were shot
as a result. All the people
involved knew each other.
“We do have solid leads
we are investigating and
have several persons of
interest that we are look-
ing to question at this
time,” he said in the press
release.
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Sports
With the early signing period behind it, where does MSU turn next?
Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Joe Moorhead reacts with his family after the Egg Bowl against the Mississippi Rebels at Davis Wade Stadium on Nov. 28.
STARKVILLE — The
beginning of the early
signing period Wednes-
day came and went with
as little drama as Mis-
sissippi State coach Joe
Moorhead has seen in his
21 years of coaching.
And while MSU’s 22
commitment-haul was
good for the nation’s No.
25 recruiting class ac-
cording to 247sports.com,
the final touches remain
to be seen.
Speaking with the
media following Wednes-
day’s festivities in the re-
cruiting lounge beneath
Davis Wade Stadium,
MSU women dominate Duel in the Desert opener
From Special Reports
A 35-11 run to end
the game pushed No.
15 Mississippi State to
a wire-to-wire 86-61 vic-
tory against USF in the
first game of the Duel in
the Desert tournament at
Cox Pavilion.
The Bulldogs (10-2)
will take on the winner
of UNLV vs. Virginia in
the championship game
of the event at 4:30 p.m.
on Saturday. The game
will be broadcasted on
FloHoops and will be
streamed for free by the
MSU Radio Network.
The Bulls (7-5) cut
the game to one point
in the third quarter, but
MSU stepped up its play
on both ends of the floor
to erase USF’s rally and
Moorhead broached what
his next steps will be.
“We’re going to have
a certain amount to give
going forward,” he said.
“(I’ll) talk to (Director of
Recruiting) Mike Villa-
grana, (Director of Player
Personnel) Matt Wilson
and (Director of Commu-
nications) Rod (Gibson)
and them. On my desk
(Thursday), I want the top
available players out of ju-
nior college, grad transfer
and at the high school
level at certain positions
that we’re going to target.
We’re going to find out
who they are, and we’re
Mississippi State women’s basketball
hopes of a comeback. In
the fourth quarter, MSU
shot 58 percent from the
field compared to just
25 percent shooting for
South Florida.
While
USF held
a 43-39 ad-
vantage on
the glass,
Mississip -
pi State
dominated
down low
Schaefer
with a 38-
18 scoring edge in the
paint and an 18-8 advan-
tage on second-chance
points. Defensively, the
Bulldogs forced the Bulls
into 24 turnovers behind
15 steals and turn that
into 27 points.
“I’m proud of our kids,”
head coach Vic Schaefer
Mississippi State Football
going to go like hell after
them to try and fill those
remaining spots and I’m
on to 2021.”
According to one
source close to the situa-
tion, MSU stands to add
anywhere from one to
four players depending on
NFL Draft decisions and
attrition.
Of the three catego-
ries of player Moorhead
mentioned — junior col-
lege, graduate transfer
and high school — one
obvious player to watch
is three-star Hinds Com-
munity College receiver
Jonquarise Patterson.
said in a news release.
“Give South Florida
credit. They fought back
and got it to one in the
third quarter. I thought
we were really lethargic
in the third quarter. We
just didn’t come out with
the same zeal as we had
played with in the first
half. Chloe Bibby car-
ried us early offensive-
ly then she cooled off.
Xaria Wiggins came off
the bench and did a nice
job. We found a rhythm
defensively then got in
transition and played
very well up and down.
The press I think kicked
in late in the third. In the
fourth, I thought they got
tired, and that is where
I thought we were really
good.”
MSU was fueled by
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Patterson, who previ-
ously signed with MSU
out of Pearl High School
in the class of 2018, nev-
er made it to campus and
has spent the past two
seasons between Jones
County Junior College
and Hinds. He again com-
mitted to the Bulldogs
Sept. 16, but did not sign
on Wednesday.
Patterson tweeted the
following statement on
his decision:
“...Unfortunately I will
not be signing with any
school today! I still have
business to handle in the
classroom. I’ve made mis-
Bibby, who finished with
a season-high 21 points
behind five 3-pointers
to go along with nine re-
bounds and two steals.
Rickea Jackson recorded
the first double-double of
her career with 17 points
and a career-high 10
boards.
Jessika Carter
chipped in 15 points and
six rebounds, while Jor-
dan Danberry tallied 12
points, five assists, four
steals and two blocks to
round out the double-dig-
it scorers.
Bibby was on fire in
the first quarter, drop-
ping 17 points behind
five 3-pointers, which
tied her career high.
State held USF to just
four points during the
See WBB, 4B
takes in the past that has
me in the position I’m in
now. I can’t question God
for what he has in store
for me. All I can say is
don’t forget about me, I’m
coming (to) take what’s
mine.”
Should Patterson not
end up in Starkville, for-
mer Penn State receiver
Justin Shorter is a name
worth watching. Ranked
as one of the top-10 trans-
fers in the country by
247sports.com, Shorter
was recruited to Happy
Valley when Moorhead
was still the Nittany Li-
ons’ offensive coordinator
Marve reportedly
headed to Florida State
Dispatch Staff report
STARKVILLE — Mis-
sissippi State linebacker
coach Chris Marve is re-
portedly set to become
the newest member of
Mike Norvell’s staff at
Florida State according
to multiple outlets.
Josh Newberg of
Noles247 first reported
the news that the first-
year linebackers coach
was headed to Tallahas-
see.
The Dispatch reached
out to a Mississippi State
athletics representative
and coach Joe Moorhead
but neither party could
confirm or deny the ru-
mors at this point.
A former All-SEC
standout at Vanderbilt,
he spent five seasons at
his alma mater as a defen-
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in 2017. And while current
Michigan offensive coor-
dinator Josh Gattis was
his primary recruiter, the
familiarity is there.
Shorter’s list of suit-
ors stands to be lengthy.
A New Jersey native, he
was the No. 8 recruit in
the country and No. 1 re-
ceiver in the 2018 class —
choosing Penn State over
in-state Rutgers, Mich-
igan, Virginia Tech and
Miami, among others.
Beyond receiver, MSU
could stand to add anoth-
er offensive lineman as
they are set to lose start-
See MSU, 4B
sive quality control assis-
tant, defensive graduate
assistant and linebackers
coach.
“I can see why he was
an All-SEC football play-
er because he coaches
like he plays,” Moorhead
said of Marve during fall
camp. “He’s very passion-
ate and knowledgeable
and is a great communi-
cator with the kids. He
does a good job motivat-
ing. I think the guy is a
future coordinator and
head coach down the
line. He is doing a great
job with the linebackers
so far.”
MSU is set to play Lou-
isville in the Music City
Bowl Dec. 30, though it
remains unclear whether
Marve will be on the Bull-
dog sidelines.
2B Friday, December 20, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Russia plans to file appeal against Olympic ban

The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russia
has signaled it will file an
appeal against its four-
year Olympic ban due to
World Anti-Doping Agen-
cy sanctions which Pres-
ident Vladimir Putin on
Thursday branded “un-
fair.”
The Russian anti-dop-
ing agency’s supervisory
board voted Thursday to
file an arbitration case
with the Court of Arbi-
tration for Sport (CAS) in
Switzerland. WADA last
week ruled Russia had
manipulated doping lab-
oratory data to cover up
past offenses.
Putin said it was not
fair to threaten Russia
with more doping-relat-
ed punishment, and that
any sanctions should be
on an individual basis. “I
think it is not just unfair
but not corresponding to
common sense and law,”
Putin said.
The case will likely
be referred to CAS with-
in the next 10-15 days,
supervisory board chair-
man Alexander Ivlev said.
After a panel of three CAS
arbitrators is chosen,
a verdict will be issued
within three months.
“The ball will be in
WADA’s court and the
issue will be discussed
in a legal context,” Ivlev
said. “We consider the
argumentation to be fair-
ly strong and we will see
how the issue develops.”
Thursday’s decision
must be approved by an-
other panel of Russian
sports and anti-doping
figures, but that seems a
formality.
Most of the panel’s
members, including the
Russian Olympic Commit-
tee and Russian Paralym-
pic Committee, have
said they want an appeal.
Sports officials are likely
to have substantial influ-
ence over how the case
is argued and the hiring
of lawyers, rather than
leaving it in the hands of
Russian anti-doping agen-
cy CEO Yuri Ganus. He
is a frequent critic of top
officials and has said the
appeal has little chance of
success.
Senior political figures
including Putin had also
signaled they wanted an
appeal filed.
“We need to wait calm-
ly for the relevant rulings,
including the arbitration
court ruling and we’ll
know what position we’re ti-Doping Agency, which decisive action that puts
in,” Putin said Thursday. wanted a blanket ban on in place a complete ban,
“Russian athletes have Russian athletes. which is allowed for and
been training and will USADA chief execu- proportional to the inten-
keep training for all com- tive Travis Tygart said he tional fraud, deception,
petitions.” wasn’t surprised by Rus- and destruction of clean
The WADA sanctions, sia’s plans to appeal and athletes and the Olympic
announced last week, ban said it was another exam- values seen here.”
the use of the Russian ple of the country refus- Putin added that
team name, flag or anthem ing to take responsibility WADA’s recommended
at a range of major sports for its doping program. four-year ban on Russia
competitions over the next “Yet again, they deny hosting major sports
four years, including next accountability and con- competitions would have
year’s Olympics and the tinue to waste precious little effect, pointing to
2022 soccer World Cup. and limited resources in the 2022 men’s volleyball
However, Russian ath- an effort to weasel out of world championships as
letes will be allowed to the consequences, all the an event Russia intends
compete as neutrals if while leaving clean ath- to keep.
they pass a vetting pro- letes of the world without WADA demands
cess which examines their justice or clarity on their events are moved unless
history of drug testing, path forward,” Tygart it’s “legally or practi-
and possible involvement said in a statement. “Let’s cally impossible” to do
in cover-ups at the lab. hope CAS has the inde- so, which could create a
That has prompted an- pendence and courage loophole for event orga-
ger from some Western to see through these nizers who don’t want to
athletes and organizations machinations and final- break financial commit-
like the United States An- ly stand firm and take ments.

Mayo Clinic announces college

football’s comeback players
The Associated Press
Georgia Southern of-
fensive lineman Drew
Wilson, Oregon State
quarterback Jake Luton
and Salisbury State re-
ceiver Octavion Wilson
have been selected the
Mayo Clinic Comeback
Players of the Year.
The winners were an-
nounced Thursday and
they will be honored at
the College Football Play-
off semifinal at the Fiesta
Bowl on Dec. 28.
Luton suffered sea-
son-ending injuries the
past two seasons, but re-
turned this year to pass
for 28 touchdowns and
three interceptions.
Octavion Wilson start-
ed his career at Division
III powerhouse Mount
Union, but was forced
to give up football and
school after a heart con-
dition led to lingering
issues with pain and even-
tually depression. He re-
turned to the game after
three years away.
Drew Wilson returned
to action this year and
regained his starting job
after missing all last sea-
son recovering from a de-
tached retina that left him
legally blind in his right
eye.
He needed four sur-
geries to fix his eye and
the recovery forced him
to not only miss the 2018
season, but the entire fall
academic semester. Doc-
tors were not sure what
caused his retina to de-
tach, Wilson said. He was
told it might have traced
back to an injury he had
in high school that caused
bleeding behind his eye
that was treated with ste-
roids.
Wilson returned to
Georgia Southern in the
2019 spring semester
and began working with
strength and condition-
ing coaches to get back
into playing shape. The
300-pounder had gotten
up to 340 because of inac-
tivity.
“I was a week on
bed rest. I couldn’t lift
weights. I couldn’t run.
I couldn’t walk,” Wilson
said.
He was given clear-
ance by a doctor to return
to football, but he did not
participate in spring prac-
tice. Instead, he focused
on getting his weight
down and his strength up
for preseason camp.
“My first practice was a
big deal for me. You know
I told myself that I could
play again, but I didn’t
know how my vision was
going to effect me, seeing
a blitz or seeing some-
body walk up on the line. I
was kind of nervous about
that at first,” Wilson said.
“After that first practice, I
was like, ‘Man, I can real-
ly do this.’”
Wilson starts at right
tackle for Georgia South-
ern and helped pave the
way for a triple-option
attack to run for 261.5
yards per game (eighth
in the nation). The Eagles
finished 7-5 and were the
only team to beat Sun Belt
Conference champion Ap-
palachian State.
Georgia Southern
plays Liberty in the Cure
Bowl on Saturday in Or-
lando, Florida.
Wilson said his left eye
is starting to take over the
work that his right eye
can no longer do and life
is pretty normal. He has
one more surgery coming
after the season to have a
cataract removed.
“I can do everything
that I did before this hap-
pened,” he said, “but now
I have to check every-
thing twice.”
A $30,000 donation will
be made to the general
scholarship funds of the
winners’ schools. Half
the donation will made in
the name of the winners
and the other half will
be made in the names of
six finalists who received
honorable mention for
their comeback seasons:
Notre Dame defensive
back Shaun Crawford,
Saint Xavier quarterback
Alex Martinez, Kentucky
defensive end Josh Pas-
chal, Chapman offensive
lineman Hunter Spriggs,
Northern Iowa receiver
Isaiah Weston and Min-
nesota defensive back An-
toine Winfield Jr.
Drew Wilson was se-
lected by a vote Associ-
ated Press college foot-
ball poll voters. Octavion
Wilson was chosen by a
vote of the COSIDA (Col-
lege Sports Information
Directors of America)
small-college advisory
board. Luton was chosen
by a combination of AP
vote, COSIDA, the Fiesta
Bowl organization and the
editors of the Touchdown
Illustrated.

Doughty rallies No. 12 Auburn

for 79-73 win over NC State
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. —
Samir Doughty scored 11
of his 24 points over the fi-
nal 4:33 and No. 12 Auburn
beat North Carolina State
79-73 Thursday night.
The Tigers (10-0) re-
mained the only unbeaten
Power Five team with per-
haps their toughest win of
the season.
The Wolfpack (8-3)
briefly took a lead on
Braxton Beverly’s layup
with 5:23 left but couldn’t
score again for the next
four-plus minutes.
Doughty started a
late 10-point surge with
a scoop shot, but his big-
gest was a back-breaking
3-pointer from the corner
to beat the shot clock with
25 seconds left. He was
perfect on six foul shots
down the stretch.
Austin Wiley had a
breakaway dunk when
Wolfpack players were
slow to get back follow-
ing a turnover. Doughty
also turned the ball over
and stole it right back,
winning the scramble for
a loose ball and calling a
timeout from the floor to
save possession.
J’Von McCormick’s
layup with 2:12 left gave
Auburn a 72-64 lead.
Markell Johnson broke
the North Carolina State
drought with a short
jumper with 1:21 left. Af-
ter Doughty made two
more foul shots, Pat An-
dree cut the Wolfpack’s
deficit to 74-69 with a
3-pointer with 55 seconds
to play.
McCormick had 14
points for Auburn and Aus-
tin Wiley added 10 points
and eight rebounds.
C.J. Bryce had 21
points and 11 rebounds to
lead North Carolina State
before fouling out with
1:38 left. Johnson added 17
points, 10 assists and six
rebounds.
Johnson made a buzzer
beater from midcourt Sun-
day to beat UNC-Greens-
boro 80-77 but didn’t get
a chance for more heroics
this time.
DJ Funderburk added
12 points.
Big picture
North Carolina State:
Had a three-game winning
streak snapped. Commit-
ted 28 fouls with Devon
Daniels also fouling out.
Auburn: Off to just its
fifth 10-0 start and first
since the 1998-99 season.
Has won 22 of its last 23
games.
First half runs
Auburn built a dou-
ble-digit lead with 12
straight points in the first
half. North Carolina State
then answered with a 17-2
run for a 33-28 lead.
Technically speaking
Officials called three
technical fouls. Bryce and
Auburn’s Allen Flanigan
drew double technicals
with 14:35 left and Johnson
was whistled for another
not long after.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Friday, December 20, 2019 3B

BRIEFLY Led by Mathieu, Chiefs’ defense becoming among NFL’s best

Women’s College Basketball The Associated Press been the disruptive field for the winning der statesman of that the Chiefs (10-4) down
MUW’s Taylor drops 36 in loss to Blue Mountain force in the second- touchdown, it was the quintet at 27 years old. the stretch.
Autumn Taylor had a career-making night, scoring
36 points with 10 rebounds to lead the Mississippi
K ANSAS CITY, Mo. ary that the Chiefs final straw. Thornhill and Fuller They head to Chi-
University for Women Thursday night. Yet, The W fell — Tyrann Mathieu had envisioned with they Within a week, the are just 24 and Ward cago on Sunday, then
against Blue Mountain College 80-60 in Columbus. an interception in the signed him to a $42 Chiefs had decided to is 23, the same age face the Chargers at
My’Neka Frazier also had a strong showing with 11 end zone taken away by million, three-year con- fire longtime coordina- as some guys playing
points and 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of Arrowhead Stadium,
the season.
a penalty, another that tract — not to mention tor Bob Sutton and jetti- their final seasons of knowing that a pair of
The W (3-10) went shot 53.8 percent from the floor he just couldn’t grasp, the consummate lead- son a series of veterans college football. wins coupled with a Pa-
while Blue Mountain put up more shots, 30-for-73, for a then one more poten- er for a defense quickly — such as safety Eric They’ve played be- triots loss would give
41.1 percent field goal percentage. The Toppers found tial pick fall just out of rounding into form. Berry and linebacker yond their years, es-
success from beyond the arc, making 13 of 34 from them the No. 2 seed
his reach and onto the “It doesn’t neces- Justin Houston, who pecially of late. The
e-point range. in the playoffs and a
The teams were equal in their rebound efforts snowy turf of Arrow- sarily matter who we had once been linch- Chiefs have held five
head Stadium last Sun- first-round bye. It also
with each team bringing down 33 boards. The Owls play or where we play,” pins but were no lon- of their past six oppo-
struggled with ball handling ,suffering 28 turnovers day. means they could get
Mathieu said. “I think ger productive — and nents to 212 yards or
while forcing 15 from Blue Mountain. BMC outscored By that point, all everybody is showing rebuild the unit from fewer in sack-adjusted another shot against
The W in points off turnovers 40-11 and second-chance the Patriots at home
points 10-6. the Chiefs safety could up to work and commit- the ground up. Steve passing totals, and that
The W women’s basketball team will get a long do was lean back with ting themselves to the Spagnuolo was brought includes the past three. if both were to reach
break for the holiday season before returning to court a smile and begin to process, understand- in as the new coordina- They aren’t run-of-the- the AFC championship
on Saturday, Jan. 4 when it travels to LSU –Shreveport. make a snow angel. ing that we have some tor, he switched from a mill scrubs they are game.
Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
“You know,” time until the actual 3-4 base to a 4-3 system shutting down, either. Those are a lot of
Men’s College Basketball Mathieu said later, game, so it is important and general manager They range from veter- “ifs,” of course, but
The W can’t keep up with Blue Mountain “they gave me all that to get as much informa- Brett Veach began to ans such as Kirk Cous- one thing is certain:
Keith Harris scored 23 points and Carlos Wilkerson money, it could have tion as possible. With fill out the roster with ins and Philip Rivers to The Chiefs certainly
had 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 74-61 loss to Blue
bought me some longer that, you kind of begin players that were a bet- a likely Hall of Fame feel better about their
Mountain College Thursday evening in Columbus.
The W (2-10) shot 41.2 percent from the floor arms or something.” to build confidence. If ter fit. quarterback in Brady, chances of making a
making 21 of its 51 field goals. From three-point range, The Chiefs are per- anything, I think we’re The secondary was who managed only crucial defensive stop
the Owls made 6-of-22 (27.3 percent) from beyond the fectly happy with what playing confidently de- a particular focus. 169 yards passing in a in the fourth quarter
arc and 13-of-23 (56.5 percent) at the free-throw line. it has bought them so
The Owls outrebounded the Toppers 38-33 and
fensively. Very aggres- The Chiefs for years 23-16 home loss to the should they advance
the two teams tied in points in the paint (30) and bench far. sive. That’s what you have struggled to cover Chiefs two weeks ago. that far again.
points (20). The W struggled with turnovers with 22 The centerpiece want at this point of the downfield, and that’s “I knew from the “Ultimately, it is just
miscues while forcing 15 from BMC. The Toppers alongside pass rusher season.” a disaster waiting to beginning they were playing well on first
took advantage of the missteps to scored 30 points off Frank Clark of their It’s also what the happen in the modern, going to be good,”
turnovers while holding the Owls to 10. and second down, un-
offseason defensive Chiefs lacked at this pass-happy NFL. But Chiefs quarterback
The Owls will be back in action on Monday, Dec. 30 derstanding that we
when they host Lyon College. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. overhaul, Mathieu has point last season. by signing Mathieu, Patrick Mahomes said.
do have some guys
Source: From Special Reports made play after play While their defense drafting Thornhill and “Tyrann, you know how
up front that can re-
for the Chiefs as they was generally poor the bringing in cornerback smart he is and how he
CALENDAR rolled to a fourth con- entire way, it didn’t re- Bashaud Breeland to sits on routes, and you
ally wreck a game,”
secutive AFC West ally bite them until the work alongside Char- could see Juan popping Mathieu said. “I think
Today title. He is the team’s AFC title game, when varius Ward and Ken- from the first day he on the back end, we
Prep Girls Soccer third-leading tackler, they continually failed dall Fuller, the Chiefs got here. You could see are truly confident in
West Point at New Hope, 5 p.m. has three picks to tie to get Tom Brady and suddenly had a nickel the talent that he had what we can do and in
Pontotoc at Starkville, 5:30 p.m. with rookie safety Juan the New England of- package that could ri- that he could be a spe- our abilities. We study
Prep Boys Soccer Thornhill for the team fense off the field. And val just about any in the cial player. And you’re a lot. A combination of
West Point at New Hope, 7 p.m. lead and even has a when the Chiefs lost league. seeing that now as he all of those things have
Pontotoc at Starkville, 7 p.m. couple of sacks on well- the coin toss in over- A young package, gets more and more ex- really given us some
Prep Girls Basketball timed blitzes. time and watched the too. Mathieu and perience.” confidence going for-
Heritage Academy at Jackson Prep, 4 In other words, he’s Patriots march down- Breeland are the el- That bodes well for ward.”
p.m.
New Hope at Itawamba Agricultural, 6
p.m.
West Point at Noxubee County, 6 p.m.
Starkville Christian at Columbus Chris-
tian Academy, 5:30 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball
Heritage Academy, Columbus at Joe
Big Air: Winter daredevils take over the home of the Braves
Horne Christmas Classic (Columbus
hosting), TBA The Associated Press lieve that bringing a selves off the end of city limits, the cen- It’s nice being able to
Starkville at All-American Classic, World Cup-sanctioned the run. terpiece of a massive wear a T-shirt and hit
Tupelo, TBA ATLANTA — The Big Air event to the While more natural complex that also in- a jump, and the snow
Starkville Christian at Columbus Chris- crack of the bat has Southeast for the first settings are surely the cludes hotels, shops, seems to be holding
tian Academy, 7 p.m. been replaced by the time will expand the preference of the com- restaurants, offices, up.”
New Hope at Itawamba Agricultural, swoosh of skis and popularity of a sport petitors — there are apartments and a mu- McMorris agreed.
7:30 p.m. snowboards at Sun- that won raves during much longer runoff ar- sic venue. “It’s actually a real-
West Point at Noxubee County, 7:30 Trust Park. its Olympic debut at eas and plenty of room Vowing to make ly nice temperature to
p.m. Gnarly, indeed. the 2018 Pyeongc- to warm up — they the development more have grippy snow,” he
Women’s College Basketball The home of the At- hang Games but draws recognize the value of than just a baseball said. “It’s not icy.”
Louisiana at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. lanta Braves is hosting scant attention the rest temporary structures park, Braves officials Julia Marino, a Win-
Saturday a Big Air competition of the time. and artificial snow in have sought out events ter X Games gold med-
Prep Girls Basketball this weekend, bring- “People will just be expanding the reach of beyond the diamond, alist, competed in the
Heritage Academy at Kirk Academy, ing a hip new winter super-hyped to see their sport. from a Billy Joel con- Big Air event at Fen-
noon sport to the heart of something they’ve In 2016, a Big Air cert to a college foot- way Park, not far from
Prep Boys Basketball the deep South. never really seen with competition was held ball game involving her Connecticut home-
Columbus hosts Joe Horne Christmas A daring group of their own eyes,” said at Boston’s Fenway nearby FCS school town.
Classic, TBA snowboarders and ski- Mark McMorris, a Ca- Park, the oldest sta- Kennesaw State. The 22-year-old
Heritage Academy at Kirk Academy, ers will be soaring off nadian snowboarder. dium in the major Big Air is the most snowboarder hopes to
1:30 p.m. a 15-story tower that “I don’t really know leagues. audacious venture be- get the same sort of
Women’s College Basketball looks like a massive what they’re going to Now, it’s coming to yond the stadium’s pri-
vibe in Atlanta, which
Mississippi State at Duel in The Desert, erector set in the mid- be able to make of it, one of the newest. mary purpose.
hosted the 1996 Sum-
TBA dle of the 41,000-seat but I think it’s a pretty That’s really a thrill As if welcoming
mer Olympics but has
Men’s College Basketball baseball stadium, mak- eye-opening, wow-fac- for American freestyle the winter stars to the
ing their runs down a scant experience with
Ole Miss at Southeastern Louisiana, tor sport.” skier Caroline Claire, A-T-L, the temperature
treacherous slope cov- winter sports.
1 p.m. The only Big Air who spends much of dipped into the 20s the
ered with 800 tons of “It kind of brings
competition at last her free time watching night before the first
artificial snow in a city year’s Winter Games her favorite team, the practice. the snow competition
on the air that rarely experienc- was for snowboarders. New York Yankees. Under a bright, sun- to the city, to the peo-
ple, instead of the peo-
es the white stuff. The acrobatic ski- “My family, we’re ny sky, it warmed into
Today Instead of Freddie ers will get their own huge baseball fans,” the low 50s Thursday. ple having to come out
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Freeman hitting hom- event in 2022 at Bei- she said. “It kind of “I personally like to the mountains,” Ma-
6 p.m. — Central Connecticut State at ers, it will be Olympic jing, where a massive runs in our blood and the weather,” said the rino said. “That way, a
Penn State, BTN lot of people can come
6 p.m. — Binghamton at Pittsburgh, gold medalist Red Ge- new tower has already I watch it religiously. 19-year-old Gerard,
ACCN rard and Co. perform- been completed. To be in a ballpark like who famously won and watch it. The sta-
6 p.m. — Southern Methodist at Geor- ing all sorts of twists, Unlike other free- this, which is pretty gold in the slopestyle dium environment
gia, SECN flips and gyrations. style events, which new, and to be in At- competition at Pyeo- means thousands and
8 p.m. —Jacksonville at Clemson, thousands of people
ACCN “I was so excited,” require a variety of lanta with the Braves, ngchang after staying
8 p.m. — North Dakota State at Mar- Gerard said, standing jumps and moves, Big who are such a storied up late binge-watching can have comfortable
quette, FS1 right behind what is Air is essentially a sin- franchise and a really “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” seats and watch us
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) normally home plate gle run down a steep good team currently, and sleeping through do our thing, which is
Noon — Illinois at Missouri, SECN after practicing Thurs- pretty cool.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL slope that looks a bit just being here is real- his alarm.
1 p.m. — The Bahamas Bowl: Charlotte day. “Hopefully kids like a ski jump, giving ly exciting for me.” “You don’t have to “As much as we can
vs. Buffalo, Nassau, Bahamas, ESPN will see this and they’ll the athletes a chance SunTrust Park fully bundle up. We’re get our sport on the
6:30 p.m. — The Frisco Bowl: Utah be like, ‘Mom, dad, can to show off their tricks opened in 2017 in the always layering up map, it’s good for snow-
State vs. Kent State, Frisco, Texas, I get a snowboard?’” in one soaring display bustling suburbs just completely to the point boarding and good for
ESPN2
7 p.m. — NCAA DIII: Wisconsin (White- U.S. officials be- after they fling them- outside the Atlanta where you feel warm. all the athletes.”
water) vs. North Central College (Ill.),
Championship, Shenandoah, Texas,
ESPNU
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m. — Dallas at Philadelphia, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — New Orleans at Golden
State, ESPN
College Football
North Carolina (6-6) vs. Temple (8-4), 11 a.m. Kansas State (8-4) vs. Navy (10-2), 2:45 p.m. North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Ukeme Elig-
(ESPN) (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 26 we. Placed OT Trent Brown on IR.
NHL HOCKEY Pinstripe Bowl, New York Arizona Bowl, Tucson, Ariz. Hula Bowl, At Honolulu TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed TE Codey
6 p.m. — Toronto at NY Rangers, NHLN Bowl Glance Wake Forest (8-4) vs. Michigan State (6-6), 2:20 Wyoming (7-5) vs. Georgia State (7-5), 3:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. McElroy from the practice squad.

Saturday Friday, Dec. 20

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1 p.m. — New Mexico Bowl: Central
Michigan vs. San Diego State, ESPN
1:30 p.m. — Cure Bowl: Liberty vs.
Georgia Southern, CBSSN
2:30 p.m. — Boca Raton Bowl: SMU
vs. FAU, ABC
4:30 p.m. — Camellia Bowl: FIU vs.
Arkansas State, ESPN
6:30 p.m. — Las Vegas Bowl: Boisie
State vs. Washington, ABC
8 p.m. — New Orleans Bowl: Appala-
chian State vs. UAB, ESPN
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
11 a.m. — Kansas at Villanova, FOX
11 a.m. — Indiana at Notre Dame,
ESPN
Noon — Illinois at Missouri, SECN
1 p.m. — Texas at Providence, FOX
1:30 p.m. — Utah State at Florida, FS1
2 p.m. — UCLA at UNC, CBS
2:30 p.m. — Belmont at Alabama,
SECN
5 p.m. — Lehigh at Auburn, SECN
7:30 p.m. — Oregon State at Texas
A&M, SECN
8 p.m. — LSU at USC, FS1
Bahamas Bowl, Nassau
p.m. (ESPN)
Texas Bowl, Houston
(CBSSN)
Alamo Bowl, San Antonio
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — signed DB Bryce Bart-
Buffalo (7-5) vs. Charlotte (7-5), 1 p.m (ESPN)
Frisco (Texas) Bowl
Oklahoma State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 5:45
p.m. (ESPN)
Texas (7-5) vs. Utah (11-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Jan. 1 Transactions Thursday’s moves
lett, DL Dwayne Beckford, DL Darrell Brown, RB
Devontae Jackson and WR Malik Richards.
Kent State (6-6) vs. Utah State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. Holiday Bowl, San Diego Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. HOCKEY
BASEBALL
(ESPN2) Iowa (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-4), 7 p.m. (FS1) Michigan (9-3) vs. Alabama (10-2), Noon. (ABC)
American League
National Hockey League
Saturday, Dec. 21 Cheez-It Bowl, Phoenix Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. NHL — Fined Colorado D Samuel Girard
Celebration Bowl, at Atlanta Air Force (10-2) vs. Washington State (6-6), 9:15 Minnesota (10-2) vs. Auburn (9-3), Noon (ESPN) BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP $1,957.89 for boarding Chicago F Alex DeBrincat
NC A&T (8-3) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m. (ABC) p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Martin Perez on a one-year contract.
National League
during a Dec. 18 game.
New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque
Central Michigan (8-5) vs. San Diego State (9-3),
Saturday, Dec. 28
Camping World Bowl, Orlando, Fla.
Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans CINCINNATI REDS — Signed LHP Wade Miley to
DALLAS STARS — Assinged F Tye Felhaber from
the Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) to the Texas Stars
1 p.m. (ESPN) Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Iowa State (7-5), 11 a.m. Georgia (11-2) vs. Baylor (11-2), 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) a two-year contract. (AHL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Brad
Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. (ABC) Thursday, Jan. 2
Holman minor league pitching coordinator; Matt
DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Calvin Pick-
Liberty (7-5) vs. Georgia Southern (7-5), 1:30 p.m. Cotton Bowl Classic, Arlington, Texas Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl ard from Grand Rapids (AHL).
(CBSSN) Penn State (10-2) vs. Memphis (12-1), 1 p.m. Cincinnati (10-3) vs. Boston College (6-6), 2 p.m. LeCroy minor league quality control coordinator; WINNIPEG JETS — Claimed G Eric Comrie off
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl (ESPN) (ESPN) Michael Tejera pitching coach for Fresno (PCL);
Billy Gardner Jr. manager and Sam Narron pitch-
waivers from Detroit.
SMU (10-2) vs. FAU (10-3), 2:30 p.m. (ABC)
Camellia Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.
Peach Bowl, Atlanta
CFP Semifinal, LSU (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (12-1),
Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla.
Indiana (8-4) vs. Tennessee (7-5), 6 p.m. (ESPN) ing coach for Harrisburg (EL); Justin Lord pitching
American Hockey League
LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Agreed to terms
FIU (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 4:30 p.m. 3 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 3 coach of Fredericksburg (Carolina); Mario Lisson with F Max Willman on a professional tryout con-
manager, Jorge Mejia hitting coach, Pat Rice
(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise
pitching coach for Hagerstown (SAL); Patrick An-
tract.
Las Vegas Bowl CFP Semifinal, Ohio State (13-0) vs. Clemson (13- Ohio (6-6) vs. Nevada (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) SOCCER
Boise State (12-1) vs. Washington (7-5), 6:30 p.m. 0), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 4 derson manager of Auburn (NYP); and Edwin Hur- Major League Soccer
(ABC) Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas tado pitching coach, Wilson Valdez infield coach,
Stolmy Pimentel assistant pitching coach for the
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed D Bill Tuiloma to
New Orleans Bowl
UAB (9-4) vs. Appalachian State (12-1), 8 p.m.
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, Dallas
Western Kentucky (8-4) vs. Western Michigan (7-
Southern Miss (7-5) vs. Tulane (6-6), 10:30 a.m.
(ESPN) DSL Nationals.
a multiyear contract extension.
National Women’s Soccer League
(ESPN) 5), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 6 Frontier League CHICAGO RED STARS — Acquired F Makenzy
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed LHP Karl Crai-
Monday, Dec. 23 Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn. Lendingtree Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
gie and LHP Scott Sebald to contract extensions.
Doniak from Utah for a 2021 second-round draft
Gasparilla Bowl, at Tampa, Fla. Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Louisville (7-5), 3 p.m. Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3), pick.
UCF (9-3) vs. Marshall (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN) 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) NEW YORK BOULDERS — Signed RHP Alex REIGN FC — Announced the franchise was ac-
Tuesday, Dec. 24 Redbox Bowl, Santa Clara, Calif. Monday, Jan. 13 Fishberg to a contract extension.
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed SS Jett
quired by the OL Groupe. Announced Jean-Michel
Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu
BYU (7-5) vs. Hawaii (9-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Illinois (6-6) vs. California (7-5), 3 p.m. (FOX)
Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Fla.
College Football Championship, New Orleans
Fiesta Bowl winner vs. Peach Bowl winner, 7 p.m. Manning.
Aulas will serve as chairman of the club’s board
of directors.
Thursday, Dec. 26 Florida (10-2) vs. Virginia (9-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN) BASKETBALL COLLEGE
NBA G League
Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La. Tuesday, Dec. 31 Saturday, Jan. 18
CAPITAL CITY GO-GO — Added C Asauhn Dix-
DREW — Named Alyssa Broccoli director of vol-
Miami (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (9-3), 3 p.m. Belk Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. East-West Shrine Classic, At St. Petersburg, leyball and women’s volleyball coach.
(ESPN) Kentucky (7-5) vs. Virginia Tech (8-4), 11 a.m. Fla. on-Tatum from the player pool. MEMPHIS — Men’s basketball C James Wiseman
Quick Lane Bowl, Detroit (ESPN) East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFL) FOOTBALL announced he has withdrawn from school.
National Football League
Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Eastern Michigan (6-6), 7 p.m. Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, At Pasadena, Calif.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Jermaine
WILLIAM PENN — Named Tucker Black women’s
(ESPN) Florida State (6-6) vs. Arizona State (7-5), 1 p.m. American vs. National, 4 p.m. (FS1) wrestling coach.
Friday, Dec. 27 (CBS) Saturday, Jan. 25 Grace to the practice squad. Released QB Eric
Military Bowl, Annapolis, Md. Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. Senior Bowl, At Mobile, Ala. Dungey from the practice squad.
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Brees chasing more history as Saints visit Tannehill, Titans

The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
— Ryan Tannehill has fol-
lowed Drew Brees since
he was still in high school.
So Tannehill couldn’t miss
watching at least a little
bit as the Saints quarter-
back wrote his name into
the NFL record book a
couple of more times.
“Obviously, he was on
fire,” Tannehill said of
Brees. “Kind of a cool mo-
ment for him, a guy that
I’ve respected for a long
time as a person, as a play-
er. … So to be able to see
him break that record,
he’s sustained success for
a long period of time, and
I was happy for him.”
That was Monday
night. On Sunday, Tanne-
hill and the Titans (8-6)
get a chance at the Saints
(11-3) with Brees having
grabbed the NFL’s career
touchdown pass record
at 541. Brees also set the
NFL mark for the highest
completion rate in a single
game, completing 29 of 30
passes for 96.7%.
This could be quite the
show. It’s the first time
since the NFL went to a
16-game schedule in 1978
that two starting quarter-
backs with a passer rat-
ing of 114 or better have
played this late in the sea-
son, though Patrick Ma-
homes and Philip Rivers
came close last season in
Week 15.
Brees is the league
leader in both passer
rating and completion
percentage (115.3 rating
and 75.8%) just ahead of
Tannehill (114.6 rating
and 71.5%). Brees and the
Saints are chasing a first-
round bye to go with their
NFC South title.
Tannehill is 6-2 since
taking over as the starter
trying to help the Titans
earn their second playoff
berth in three seasons,
which took a hit with a
24-21 loss to Houston last
week.
Now with his second
NFL team after being
traded away by Miami in
March, Tannehill is try-
ing to earn a new contract
after this season. Brees
spent his first five seasons
in San Diego before land-
ing in New Orleans. Brees
is in his 14th season with
the Saints, and he said
changing teams offers a
fresh start.
“It’s kind of like rees-
tablishing the foundation,
but you’re also drawing
on your experiences as
a starting quarterback,”
Brees said. “I mean, how
many games did Ryan
Tannehill start prior to
arriving in Tennessee, a
lot? He’s an experienced
veteran quarterback, but
yeah, new environment,
new system and yet you’re
bringing some experi-
ence and wisdom along
with it and that’s a big
deal.”
Saints coach Sean
Payton says he’s been im-
pressed with Tannehill’s
decision-making in Ten-
nessee and how quickly
he’s getting the ball out,
helped by the Titans’ run
game and Pro Bowl run-
ning back Derrick Henry.
“You can see the con-
fidence that he’s playing
with,” Payton said. “I
think he’s 6-2 now since
he’s been their starter, so
it’s pretty impressive to
watch.”
More history looming
Brees completed his
final 22 passes in a 34-7
win over the Colts and he
need only complete his
first four passes against
the Titans to set anoth-
er NFL record for most
consecutive completions.
That mark currently is
shared by Nick Foles,
Philip Rivers and both
Tennessee quarterbacks.
Marcus Mariota, now on
the bench, completed 25
straight over two games
last November, while
Tannehill had 25 straight
completions for Miami
over two games in Octo-
ber 2015.
Saints receiver Mi-
chael Thomas is closing
in on his own NFL history.
He’s had eight games
this season with at least
10 catches, including the
win over the Colts, for the
most such games in a sin-
gle season in NFL history.
He leads the NFL with
133 catches and 1,552
yards. He needs only 11
catches to pass Marvin
Harrison’s league record
of 143 catches in 2002 for
most in a single season.
Impressive rookie
Titans wide receiver
and Starkville native A.J.
Brown leads all rookies
with 893 yards receiving
this season and also has
four 100-yard receiving
games. With two games
left, he could become the
first NFL rookie with five
100-yard receiving games
since Amari Cooper in
2015 with Oakland.
Altered front
The Saints are try-
ing to adapt along the
defensive line after two
former first-round draft
choices — end Marcus
Davenport and tackle
Sheldon Rankins — had
season-ending injuries
two games ago. The de-
fense had just one sack
last week, a big drop from
two weeks earlier when
the Saints had nine in At-
lanta.

Cowboys QB Prescott plans to

play through shoulder injury
The Associated Press
FRISCO, Texas — Dak
Prescott is simply reliv-
ing his college days with a
shoulder injury that is lim-
iting him in practice for the
first time in four seasons as
quarterback of the Dallas
Cowboys.
As for whether the 2016
NFL Offensive Rookie of
the Year will miss his first
game as a pro when the
Cowboys try to wrap up a
playoff spot at Philadelphia.
That’s a no.
“I’ll be good to go Sun-
day,” Prescott said Thurs-
day, a day after coach Ja-
son Garrett revealed that
Prescott wouldn’t be throw-
ing in practice to start the
week after getting his right
shoulder crunched at the
end of a run early in Dallas’
44-21 win over the Los An-
geles Rams last week.
Prescott has shown up
on the injury report before
with minor, nagging is-
sues, but never been forced
to yield practice reps to his
backup. Cooper Rush did
those honors the first two
workouts this week.
In Prescott’s mind,
something about all this is
nagging, too.
“It’s just annoying,”
Prescott said of the pain
he was experiencing. “It’s
nagging. Definitely dealt
with a lot more pain. So it’s
just nagging.”
And familiar, going
back to his days as a Mis-
sissippi State standout, be-
fore he was the forgotten
fourth-round pick who rose
to sudden NFL stardom as
a rookie when Tony Romo
got hurt in 2016.
“I’ve been fortunate I
guess in the NFL not deal-
ing with it,” said Prescott,
who is second in the NFL
in yards passing while lead-
ing the NFL’s No. 1 offense.
“But in college, this was
a once-every-other-week
thing, especially running
as much as I did. It’s not
anything that I haven’t
had before. I know how to
handle it and we’re taking
the right approach.”
News of the shoulder
issue overshadowed Fox
television analyst Troy
Aikman’s revelation last
Sunday that Prescott
told him before the Rams
game that there was a
hairline fracture in his
right index finger.
Garrett volunteered
the finger injury after it
happened against Chicago
two weeks ago, but didn’t
offer specifics. The coach
still didn’t want to discuss
details after hearing what
was said by Aikman, a for-
mer Dallas quarterback.
Neither did Prescott,
who has started every
game in his career — 65
and counting, playoffs in-
cluded.
“Not that I know of,”
Prescott said when asked
if he had a hairline frac-
ture. “I’ve overcome it at
this point.”
But did he have one?
“I wasn’t sure if there
was one,” said Prescott,
who also has been dealing
with a sprained left wrist.
“Obviously the finger
hurts a little bit. It’s anoth-
er just one of those annoy-
ing deals that you just deal
with.”
Annoying, nagging,
whatever, there hasn’t
been much question
among Prescott’s team-
mates over whether he
would play.
“Knowing Dak, you’d
have to kill him to keep
him off the field,” right
guard Zack Martin said.
Tight end Jason Wit-
ten, back for a 16th season
after spending a year in
retirement as a broadcast-
er, went through plenty of
weeks with Romo limited
or not practicing, particu-
larly late in the career of
the club’s all-time passing
leader.
This is different sim-
ply because Prescott had
never missed any practice
time. But there’s been no
change in Prescott’s pres-
ence.
“He’s been reminding
us, ‘I’m going to be fine.
Here’s what I’m think-
ing,’” Witten said. “That
communication, in the
meetings, there’s a team
we’re familiar with, but
you get in these type
of games, those details
matter.

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first six minutes of the
game to take an early 29-
15 lead.
The Bulls opened the
second stanza with a 7-0
run to cut the game to
single digits, but MSU
shot 45 percent from the
field in the half to enter
halftime up 47-37. The
Bulldogs forced nine
turnovers in the half with
eight steals and turned
that into 13 points.
South Florida began
the third frame with an-
other 7-0 run and cut
MSU’s lead to one point
at 51-50. However, the
defense came up big,
holding the Bulls score-
less for more than four
minutes. During the
stretch, State used a 13-0
run to extend its lead to
66 -53.
The Bulldogs closed
the game strong by
shooting 58 percent
from the floor in the final
frame while outscoring
the Bulls 20-8 to cruise
to the 25-point victory.

MSU
Continued from Page 1B

ers Tyre Phillips and
Darryl Williams to grad-
uation.
Of note, MSU did add
offensive tackle pros-
pects Calvin McMillian
and Grant Jackson in
the early signing period
along with walk-on offen-
sive guard JT Zakkak out
of Gulfport, but stand to
find more interior talent.
The Bulldogs were
in the mix at one point
with now-LSU signee
Xavier Hill — an offen-
sive guard out of Olive
Branch, but he passed
on MSU to head to Baton
Rouge after decommit-
ting from Alabama earli-
er this fall.
Three-star offensive
guard and former Mis-
souri commit Jalen St.
John is reportedly set to
take an official visit to
Starkville Jan. 17, but
Arkansas remains heavi-
ly in the mix for his ser-
vices.
That said, whether
MSU adds another pros-
pect or not to its already
impressive haul, Moor-
head was noticeably con-
fident in the trajectory
of his program following
Wednesday’s Early Sign-
ing Period.
“Now, for three
straight years having
top-25 classes, building
on the momentum of two
Egg Bowl wins, building
on the momentum of 10
straight bowl games —
two under this staff and
I think Coach (Jackie)
Sherrill was the last one
to have two (bowl ap-
pearances) in his first
two years,” Moorhead
said Wednesday. “The
momentum and the pos-
itivity — it’s all very ex-
citing.”

Stars Simmons, Young lead defenses in Clemson-Ohio St. clash
The Associated Press
CLEMSON, S.C. —
There is little doubt the
nation’s best defensive
player will take the field
at the Fiesta Bowl when
No 2 Ohio State faces No.
3 Clemson for a trip to the
national championship
game.
The only debate for
some is which sideline
he’s on.
Buckeyes defensive
end Chase Young and
Clemson linebacker Isa-
iah Simmons have won
plenty of awards and
shown the skills that will
make them high NFL
draft choices, perhaps as
soon as this spring. The
two juniors are key cogs
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
for the nation’s top two
overall defenses, with
Clemson leading the way.
Young led Ohio State
(13-0, No. 2 CFP) and the
nation with 16.5 sacks this
season on the way to win-
ning the Hendricks and
Bednarik awards. The
6-5, 265-pounder from
Maryland was a finalist
for the Heisman Trophy.
Young had four sacks
in Ohio State’s first of
two wins over Wisconsin,
then had three in a criti-
cal victory against Penn
State after missing the
previous two games due
to suspension.
Young has done all this
despite opponents using
extra bodies to get in his
way.
FAMILY CIRCUS
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
“”Teams put a lot more
focus on chipping Chase,
putting a guard on Chase,
doubling Chase,” said
Buckeyes freshman defen-
sive end Zach Harrison.
It hasn’t really work as
Young had 21 tackles for
loss and six forced fum-
bles despite missing those
two November games.
“When a play has to be
made, we make it, get off
the field for the offense,”
Young said. “I think that’s
the best thing we can do.”
Clemson’s Simmons
has a similar style for the
Tigers (13-0, No. 3 CFP),
although no offense is ever
sure if he will line up in the
secondary or closer to the
line of scrimmage.
“What he brings to
the table is unmatched,”
Tigers safety K’Von Wal-
lace said. “I feel like he’s
changing the style of
sports today.”
Simmons, the 6-foot-4,
230-pounder from Kan-
sas, describes himself as
a Swiss Army knife, able
to fit and excel wherever
Tigers defensive coordina-
tor Brent Venables needs
him.
He leads Clemson with
93 tackles, but his versa-
tility and coverage skills
show up elsewhere on the
stat sheet: He also tops the
team with seven sacks and
seven passes broken up
this season.
His play won him the
Butkus award along with
the Atlantic Coast Confer-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My husband
and I are
retired and finan-
cially comfort-
able. I have my
spending money,
and he has his.
The problem is,
he doesn’t want
me to spend any
money on my
granddaughter.
I pick her
up from school
every day, give
her an afternoon
snack, and on
Dear Abby
Friday, we stop
and get something special. My
husband thinks my daughter
should pay for my gas and
provide snacks for her child.
I disagree. I love doing things
for my granddaughter and buy-
ing things for her every once
in a while. When I do, he goes
nuts, packs up his clothes and
goes to his camp. After a few
days he will call.
I have lived with this be-
havior all our married life (55
years). He has fussed so many
times and made me so de-
pressed, I just want to die. He
says he loves me, but I won-
der. If he loved me, he would
want me to be happy — doing
things with my granddaughter
and getting her pretty things
every now and then because it
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
20). The words you cherished
and wanted to believe will finally
be proven and shown this year.
You will trade places with some-
one for a while to learn about
a business or culture. A fun
diversion becomes a serious
consideration for a lifestyle
choice. You’ll change your
appearance to reflect a surge
of confidence. Libra and Cancer
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 24, 33, 28 and 7.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Maybe you’re tired of the way
things are and the situation
is causing you pain. Or maybe
you’re inspired by a glittering
example of who you want to be.
Either way, you’re determined to
create something different.
ence defensive player of
the year.
Venables said Simmons
was a skinny prospect
who never stopped mov-
ing and developed himself
through hard work and
studying the game.
“I’ve said it once, I’ve
said it 100 times, he plays
so hard,” Venables said.
“His endurance is like
nothing I’ve ever been
around. That’s his best at-
tribute.”
He has a knack, Ven-
ables added, for know-
ing the right gap to go
through when he’s called
on to rush the passer. And
he is lightning fast.
Simmons got his first
taste of starting last sea-
son in the Tigers’ unde-
makes me happy.
I don’t go out
and get my hair
or nails done.
I don’t drink or
smoke, and we
don’t go out to
eat at expensive
restaurants. His
complaining is
driving me crazy,
and I can’t live
like this any-
more. She’s 10
and growing up
so fast. All I want
is to enjoy her
the little while
I have left. Ad-
vice? — BLOCKED GRANDMA
IN LOUISIANA
DEAR GRANDMA: After
55 years of tolerating your
husband’s tantrums and
controlling behavior, I seriously
doubt you are going to get him
to change. You can, however,
change the way you react to it.
If you have money of your own,
he does not have the right to
tell you how to spend it. Let
him go camping, and while
he’s gone, enjoy your time
with your granddaughter. If he
“goes nuts” — which I assume
means becomes verbally abu-
sive — leave the room.
Ask yourself whether you
are better off with this man or
without him. And if you truly
cannot live like this anymore,
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Alas, love is not always, as the
classic song suggests, a “ma-
ny-splendored thing.” Although,
with the Venus change, you’ll
get a new perspective on what-
ever bothers you about it, and
things will start to shift.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
There’s high value in light-
hearted relationships. When
your spirit feels heavy and the
weather inside your head goes
gray, people who are easy to be
around are like a breeze blowing
away the clouds.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
There will always be a question
to answer, a mess to clean up,
a broken thing to fix. However,
these do not always fall under
your jurisdiction. Involvement is
Friday, December 20, 2019 5B
feated run to the national
title.
With the front four of
last year’s defense off to
the NFL, Simmons was
called to take a larger lead-
ership role this year. He
considered the NFL last
winter before deciding he
had more to learn before
leaving Clemson.
Simmons and Young
are found in many mock
drafts for the upcoming
NFL draft. First, though,
the Dec. 28 showdown in
the playoff semifinals.
Simmons said he does
not see the game as his
chance to prove he’s every
bit the star as Young, just
the next opportunity for
the Tigers to keep their
landmark run going.
talk to an attorney and explore
your options.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I have a friend of 35 years
I’ll call Hank. Hank had an ac-
cident three months ago. His
vehicle was totaled, and he
has been depending upon us
to take him grocery shopping
and to various appointments.
When we take him, he often
adds additional stops without
asking ahead of time, which
turns a quick trip into a mara-
thon shopping excursion.
We still work part-time,
while Hank is retired. He is
procrastinating about buying
another vehicle, citing various
reasons why he can’t find the
right one, and we are becom-
ing exhausted from driving him
around. We have mentioned
several times that he needs to
get a vehicle; his response is,
“It’s not easy.”
We feel sad that our
friendship has taken this turn.
We have tried to be as helpful
as possible, but our patience
is wearing thin. What do you
suggest? — WORN OUT IN
THE SOUTHWEST
DEAR WORN OUT: I
suggest you stop making
yourselves so available when
Hank asks for transportation.
If you do, it may stimulate him
to look more diligently for a
new vehicle, or explore other
rideshare options.
optional. It’s about time you
practiced the art of doing noth-
ing at all.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In
order to see the world how it
is, you must be able to lift the
lenses you’re looking through
and take off the filters and rules
you’ve superimposed. Don’t
worry; you can put your own
reality glasses back on after
you’re done.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Thinking of others is akin to
running a street-cleaning vehicle
through the avenues of your
mind. It brushes your synapses
clean and makes all the rest of
your thinking flow better.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You want to take part in a
scene; you don’t want to take it
over. This is the message you
need to convey subtly, not with
talk but with your tone and, of
course, your actions. Once they
understand you, all will relax.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). There’s a paradox in want-
ing, as want motivates you while
also limiting you. Desire en-
slaves. Maybe you can’t reason
your way out of wanting, but you
can and should question why.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21). Unsure where
another person stands, you
may be tempted to send mixed
messages in an attempt to see
what resonates. This takes too
long. Risk rejection. Ask a direct
question. Dispense with the
cloudy and opt for the clear.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Symmetry is satisfying
not just in aesthetics but in all
things. Put money in; get the
same value out. Talk as much
as you listen, etc. Today’s
symmetrical features may not
be immediately detectable. Wait
for it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). To moralize things like food
or spending opens a whole bag
of complicated psychology you
don’t need right now. No one
is “bad” for eating a cookie or
“good” for saving a buck. Ex-
plore new mindsets and styles
of self-talk.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Maybe there are no magic
bullets or miracle lifehacks, but
looking for them and trying new
things will be a great deal of fun
anyway, especially when your
expectations are realistic.
What’s up with you?
SOLUTION:
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Evangelical magazine Christianity

Today editorial: Trump must go
A Pew Research Center survey in August found
77 percent of white evangelical Protestants
approving of President Trump’s job performance
By ELANA SCHOR
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — A major evan-
gelical Christian magazine found-
ed by the late Rev. Billy Graham
on Thursday published an edito-
rial calling for President Donald
Trump’s removal from office.
The editorial in Christianity To-
day — coming one day after the
Democratic-controlled House of
Representatives made Trump the
third president in American histo-
ry to be impeached — raised fresh
questions about the durability of his
support among the conservative
evangelicals who have proven to be
a critical component of his political
base.
The magazine’s editorial, written
by editor-in-chief Mark Galli, envi-
sions a message to those evangeli-
cal Christians who have remained
stalwart Trump backers “in spite of
his blackened moral record.”
“Remember who you are and
whom you serve,” Galli’s editorial
states. “Consider how your justi-
fication of Mr. Trump influences
your witness to your Lord and
Savior. Consider what an unbeliev-
ing world will say if you continue
to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral
words and behavior in the cause of
political expediency.”
Galli’s editorial recalls that the
magazine was starkly critical of for-
mer President Bill Clinton’s moral
fiber during the Democrat’s 1998
impeachment proceedings, calling
Clinton “morally unable to lead.”
“Unfortunately, the words that
we applied to Mr. Clinton 20 years
ago apply almost perfectly to our
current president,” the editorial
stated.
At the core of its indictment
of Trump is what Galli described
as the “profoundly immoral” act
of seeking the assistance of the
Ukrainian government in a bid “to
harass and discredit” a Democrat-
ic rival, former Vice President Joe
Biden.
The magazine’s editor-in-chief
took no position about whether
Trump should be removed from of-
fice through a Senate conviction or
a defeat at the ballot box next year,
calling that a matter of “prudential
judgment.”
Christianity Today was founded
more than six decades ago by Gra-
ham, a leader of the modern evan-
gelical movement who counseled
multiple past presidents on matters
of faith.
But those storied roots in the
evangelical Christian community
underscore the editorial’s poten-
tially limited ability to pry Trump’s
most ardent evangelical supporters
from his side: One leader among
pro-Trump Christians is Graham’s
son, Rev. Franklin Graham.
And Graham is hardly alone
among the white evangelicals who
have remained loyal to the pres-
ident amid nearly three years of
political tumult. A Pew Research
Center survey in August found 77
percent of white evangelical Prot-
estants approving of Trump’s job
performance.
The White House did not imme-
diately return a request for com-
ment on the editorial.
Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser
to Trump, tweeted that the editorial
is “shameful and constitutionally
ignorant.” “Pious ‘Never Trumpers’
who feel morally justified about this
#impeachmentcircus are as mor-
ally reprehensible as Democrats,”
Ellis tweeted.

Song Fest
Ruby Ellis presents the
23rd Annual End of the Year
Song Fest at 5 p.m. Dec. 29 at
the Lowndes Activity Center in
Propst Park, 2864 7th Ave. N.
Guest groups will be Sent By
God of East St. Louis, Illinois,
the Grayer Singers, Unique
Voices, Golden Gates, Con-
nected, Tim Frierson, Changed,
Motivation, Committed, Mighty
Voices, Mighty Travelers and
the Mississippi Traveling
Stars. For more information,
call Ruby Ellis, 662-549-4878
or Wanda, 228-313-6058.
Watch Night Service
Pleasant Grove Pools M.B.
Church, 3000 Waverly Ferry
Road in West Points, hosts its
Watch Night Service at 10 p.m.
Dec. 31, 2019. Guest speaker
will be the Rev. Jamal Wilson
of St. Paul M.B. Church in Co-
lumbus. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call 662-494-8652.
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets
from 6-7 p.m. every 1st and
3rd Monday of each month in
the downtown YMCA Board
Room. Inquire and seek infor-
mation to succeed spiritually,
physically and financially and
be eager to be a blessing to
the community, churches and
families through the Word of
God. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call Pat Fisher Douglas, 662-
251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner,
Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Cen-
ter, 923 Ridge Road, Colum-
bus, hosts a fellowship dinner
and youth service every 3rd
Sunday.
Religious briefs
1102 12th Ave. S., invites the
public to join its Community
Gospel Book Club from 6-7
p.m. the last Friday of each
month to study and share
views of the Holy Bible. Open
to all ages and ethnicities. For
more information, call Lillian
Murray, 662-570-1974.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief
and Mourning offers a grief
support group at 6 p.m. every
2nd Thursday of the month
at United Christian Baptist
Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more in-
formation, call 662-327-0604
or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church,
2201 Military Road, and
Meadowview Church, 300 Lin-
den Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m.
every Sunday at The Assem-
bly Church (next to Lowe’s)
and at 6 p.m. every Tuesday
at Meadowview Church. Get
help, healing and support for
any habit, hurt or hang-up
using the Christ-centered 12
steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every 2nd and 3rd
Saturday, Pleasant Ridge
Faith Center hosts a prayer for
the youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
service from 8-9 a.m. every Road, hosts boxing lessons
5th Saturday. For information, Mondays and Wednesday
contact Jesse Slater, 662- from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss
328-4979. boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both
Radio Program on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in Youth Fellowship
The Transformational
to WTWG, radio 1050 AM
for Perfecting the Saints
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
Broadcast, Wednesdays 8:30
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tues-
a.m. day. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation
Women Prayer, available. For information,
Worship Service call Iris Roberson, 662-295-
Church of the Eternal 7456.
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds
a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting
Outreach Ministry invites the
public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd. St. S., Co-
lumbus, holds prayer service
Thursday nights 5-6 p.m.
Contact Marie Nabors, 662-
549-4322. Church service
times: Sunday school 10
a.m.; Sunday worship 11:15
a.m.; Tuesday Bible study 7
p.m. For information, call Pas-
tor District Elder Lou Nabors,
662-329-1234.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- Auctions will begin at 8:30
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- A.M. on the 3rd day of January,
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 903
Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 3rd day of January, bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in drawn from the sale at any
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- be sold is believed to be good,
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
be sold is believed to be good, seq (Supp 1988).
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Alexandria Tutton 283
Alvin Ellis 349
Deona Glass 472
Eric Vaughn 461
Jerry Stockman 246
Jonathan Morris 266
Kashayla Lewis 480
Mary Smith 227
Michael Anderson 211
Ramona Frierson 43
Reva Butler 287
Sarah Sykes 46
Tyterena Moten 51
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Crystal Rutherford 64
Damon Cruse 41
Demetria Triplett 47
Margaret Slaughter 37
Robert Irwin 62
Tansley Mason 40, 45
Walter Smith, Jr. 46
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 3rd day of December,
A.D. 2019.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O.
Publish: 12/6, 12/13, &
12/20/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF BLEWETT WILLIAM
THOMAS, DECEASED
Title to the personal property to
CAUSE NO: 2019-0194-RPF be sold is believed to be good,
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CURTIS
LEE MOORE DECEASED
REGINALD J. MOORE,
ADMINISTRATOR
NO. 2019-0221-JNS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters of Administration have
been granted and issued to the charges owed to it by the fol-
undersigned upon the estate of lowing tenants.
CURTIS LEE MOORE deceased,
by the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
on the 11th day of December
A.D., 2019. This is to give no-
tice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from
this date. A failure to so Pro-
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 16th day of October,
2019.
/s/ Reginald J. Moore
REGINALD J. MOORE
PUBLISH: 12/20/19,
12/27/19 & 1/3/20
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the Jennie Johnson 96
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- Alexis Roby 78
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- this the 3rd day of December,
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
at 8:30 am on the 3rd day of
January, A.D. 2019 and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in Publish: 12/6, 12/13, &
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/ man-
ager.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504
Highway 69 South, Columbus,
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 3rd day of January,
A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Ashley Hubert 22
Kyron Taylor 98
Lons Brandon 16
Wendy Blunt 60, 104
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
A.D. 2019.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O.
12/20/2019
One call will bring you results.
662-328-2424
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS on March 14, 2017,
JOHN A. MURPHY executed a
land Deed of Trust to J.
Douglas Dalrymple, Trustee, for
the benefit of JANE G. SMITH,
which Deed of Trust is recor-
ded in Trust Deed Book 2017
at Page 5822 in the office of
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said Land Deed of
Trust and the entire debt se-
cured thereby having been de-
clared to be due and payable in
accordance with the terms
thereof and the legal holder of
said indebtedness having re-
quested the undersigned Trust-
ee to execute the trust and sell
said land and property in ac-
cordance with the terms of said
Land Deed of Trust for the pur-
pose of raising the sums due
thereunder, together with attor-
ney’s fees, trustee’s fees, and
expense of sale;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, J.
Douglas Dalrymple, Trustee in
said Deed of Trust will on
December 27, 2019, offer for
sale at public outcry, and well
within legal hours (between the
hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00
P.M.) At the Main Front Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
to the highest and best bidder
for cash, the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
to wit:
Lot No. 13 of and in Bluecutt
Estates, a subdivision of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
as per map or plat recorded in
Plat Book 3 at Page 33 in the
Office of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi.
SUBJECT TO restrictive coven-
ants and conditions contained
in deed date November 23,
1976, recorded in Deed Book
550 at page 150 and amended
by instrument dated May 11,
1977, recorded in Book 562 at
Page 219, all in the land re-
cords in the Office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
Mississippi.
I will convey only such title as
is vested in me as Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 27th day of November,
2019.
J. DOUGLAS DALRYMPLE,
Trustee
Publication Dates: December
6, 2019, December 13, 2019,
December 20, 2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF RICHARD CARROL
SACKETT, DECEASED
KELLY ELAINE GIBBONS,
EXECUTOR
NO. 2019-0655-JNS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to
Kelly Elaine Gibbons, Executor
of the Estate of Richard Carrol
Sackett, deceased, by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the 17
day of December, 2019. This is
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es-
tate to Probate and Register
same with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, within ninety (90) days
from the date of first publica-
tion of this Notice. A failure to
so Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 17 day of December,
2019.
/s/ Kelly Elaine Gibbons
Kelly Elaine Gibbons, Executor
OF COUNSEL:
William F. Gillis (MSB 4854)
Crowell Gillis & Cooper, PLLC
Post Office Box 1827
Columbus, MS 39703
PHONE: (662) 243-7329
FAX: (662) 328-6890
wgillis@cgclawpllc.com
PUBLISH: 12/20/19,
12/27/19 & 1/3/20
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF SANDRA JANE CLEGG,
DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2019-0244-DE
DAVID HERBALY, EXECUTOR
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to
DAVID HERBALY, Executor of
the Estate of SANDRA JANE
CLEGG, deceased, by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the 3rd
day of December, 2019. This is
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es-
tate to Probate and Register
same with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, within ninety (90) days
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 4th day of December,
2019.
/s/ David Herbaly
DAVID HERBALY, Executor
PUBLISH: 12/6, 12/13, &
12/20/2019
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on NOVEMBER 16,
2006, DANNY CUNNINGHAM
AND VICTORIA CUNNINGHAM
executed a Deed of Trust to
Law Offices of Carter & David-
son, Trustee(s) for the use and
benefit of Decision One Mort-
gage Company, LLC , Lender
which Deed of Trust which is
on file and recorded on
NOVEMBER 17, 2006 as Deed
of Trust Book 2006 at Page
33134, LOWNDES, in the of-
fice of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi.
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the payment of the
debt(s) and obligation(s)
thereby secured by the said
Deed of Trust and the current
holder of said Deed of Trust,
AMERICAN CAPITAL GROUP,
LLC, (the “Holder”), appointed
the undersigned, Cruikshank
Ersin, LLC, as Substitute Trust-
ee, by an instrument recorded
in the aforesaid Chancery Clerk
of LOWNDES County, Missis-
sippi in Book 2019, at Page
23882 with all the rights,
powers and privileges of the
original Trustee named in said
Deed of Trust; and
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that the entire in-
debtedness has been declared
due and payable as provided in
said Deed of Trust by the Hold-
er, and that as agent for the
undersigned, Cruikshank Ersin,
LLC, Substitute Trustee, by vir-
tue of the power and authority
vested in it, will on January 10,
2020 between the hours of 11
o’clock am and 4 o’clock pm at
the southeast front door at the
County Courthouse of Lowndes
Mississippi, proceed to sell at
public outcry to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the follow-
ing described property situated
in LOWNDES County, Missis-
sippi, to wit:
Lot Number 16 of RIDGELAND
SUBDIVISION, PHASE I, a sub-
division in and of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, as more
particularly described and set
forth in Plat Book 3 at Page 37
in the Office of the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi.
Parcel ID Number:
.42W00000319
Address/Description: 1501
JESS LYONS RD, COLUMBUS,
MS 39705.
Current Owner(s): DANNY CUN-
NINGHAM AND VICTORIA CUN-
NINGHAM.
Should the undersigned be-
come the last and highest bid-
der at the foreclosure sale, the
Substituted Trustee is hereby
authorized to transfer and as-
sign said bid and to convey
title to said foreclosed prop-
erty to the Secretary of Veter-
ans Affairs, an Office of the
United States of America, or
the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, an Office
of the United States of Amer-
ica, or whomever the under-
signed shall authorize. The
statement in the Substituted

Whitney Petty 281
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 3rd day of December,
A.D. 2019.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O.
Publish: 12/6, 12/13, &
12/20/2019
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0247-RPF
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
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WILDA M. THOMAS PETITIONER CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will signed has requested transfer
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NOTICE OF EXECUTRIX TO ted in it pursuant to its lease Substituted Trustee’s Deed
CREDITORS OF BLEWETT WILLI- with the following and its al- shall be binding on the under-
AM THOMAS, DECEASED lowed under Mississippi Code signed and conclusive evid-
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Letters Testamentary having seq (Supp 1988). or other parties thereto and
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same to the Clerk of said Court Stella Randle 14 concrete, electrical & Call or text Joe Seals, Professional service. paid property taxes; any re-
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cording to law within ninety Thomas Irvin 115 roofing, fascia & soffit 662−769−5494 ments or set-back lines that
(90) days from this date or they repairs, pressure washing may be applicable; any prior li-
Lawn Care / Landscaping ens or encumbrances as well
Did you
Trespasser 118 & mobile home repairs.
as any priority created by a fix-

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undersigned upon the estate of No Job Too Small.
GUY MORTON VILLENEUVE, de- This the 21st day of November, William Thomas III 223 JESSE & BEVERLY’S ture filing; a deed of trust; and
know
662−549−7031. ACCEPTING
any matter thatNEW CLIENTS
an accurate
ceased, by the Chancery Court 2019. LAWN SERVICE.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on survey
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of Lowndes County, Missis- General Services Mowing, cleanup,
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sippi, on the 16th day of WILDA M. THOMAS this the 3rd day of December, landscaping, sodding,
December, A.D., 2019. This is Executrix of the Estate of A.D. 2019. equity of redemption,
more enjoyable statutory
in the
A & T TREE SERVICES & tree cutting. or otherwise, homestead, and
to give notice to all persons Blewett William Thomas, De- 662−356−6525 comfort of their own home.
having claims against said es- ceased FRIENDLY CITY Bucket truck & stump dower
Gentleare expressly
Touch Home waived
Carein
tate to Probate and Register MINI-WAREHOUSES removal. Free est. said Deed of Trust, and the
offers a variety of non−
title is believed to be good, but
same with the Chancery Clerk Prepared by: By: L.O. Serving Columbus Painting & Papering medical services
of Lowndes County, Missis- Jay Howard Hurdle (MSB# since 1987. Senior the undersigned willto the
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The sale of the property de-
scribed above shall be subject
to all matters shown on any re-
corded plat; any and all liens
against said property for un-
paid property taxes; any re-
strictive covenants, ease-
ments or set-back lines that
may be applicable; any prior li-
ens or encumbrances as well
as any priority created by a fix-
ture filing; a deed of trust; and
any matter that an accurate
survey of the premises might
disclose; and All right and
equity of redemption, statutory
or otherwise, homestead, and
dower are expressly waived in
said Deed of Trust, and the
title is believed to be good, but
the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute
Trustee.
WITNESS my signature, today,
this 25th day of November,
2019
/s/ Abigail Ersin
Substituted Trustee
The Commercial Dispatch,
516 Main Street in Colum-
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please.
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in theseveral
empty spaces 4 2 1 3 9 8 7 5 6
PUBLISH: 12/6, 12/13,
man Resources Office at located on large lot w/ 2 handmade knives. given
so thatnumbers.
each row, each The 6 7 8 1 4 5 2 3 9
(662) 513-7772 for more car garage. Fresh paint &
12/20, & 12/27/2019 information about minim- tile floors in kitchen &
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
of West Point, turn right on
numbers 9 3 5 2 6 7 8 1 4
um requirements or to com- bathrooms. $1,200/mo + Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn contains the1same to 9 number
in
8 6 7 9 5 2 1 4 3
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NO- plete an application. dep. 770−658−7726. left on Darracott Rd, see the empty spaces so
only once. The difficulty 2 1 3 6 8 4 9 7 5
TICE OF SALE sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on that each row, each
NMRC IS AN EQUAL OP- level increases from
WHEREAS, on September 25, PORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
VERY NICE 3BR/1BA left. 662−494−6218. column and each 5 4 9 7 3 1 6 8 2
1997, Vernies M. Coleman ex-
renovated brick home. Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday. Difficulty Level 12/19

ecuted a deed of trust for the Central H&A, new appl−

the same number only once. The difficulty level
Community
benefit of Green Tree Financial iances & more. NO pets.

Business increases from Monday to Sunday.

Servicing Corporation, which
deed of trust was recorded on
September 29, 1997, in Book
1203, Page 652 in the office
of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
and
WHEREAS, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee, as
successor to U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as Trust-
ee, which was successor to
First Trust National Associ-
ation, as Trustee, for Home Im-
provement Loan Trust 1997-E,
the holder of the deed of trust,
substituted McCalla Raymer
Leibert Pierce, LLC as Trustee,
as authorized by the terms
thereof, by instrument recor-
ded on October 25, 2019, and
No HUD. Good references
required. 107 King Street.
Call Long & Long @ 662−
328−0770. $600/mth. Ads starting at $12
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spread at large upon the re-
cords in the office of the afore-
said Chancery Clerk in Book
MORT 2019, Page 22701, pri-
or to the posting and publica-
tion of this notice; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of the deed of trust, and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of the deed of trust,
and the legal holder of said in-
debtedness, U.S. Bank Nation-
al Association, as Trustee, as
successor to U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as Trust-
ee, which was successor to
First Trust National Associ-
ation, as Trustee, for Home Im-
provement Loan Trust 1997-E,
has requested the under-
signed Substitute Trustee to
execute the trust and sell said
land, property and improve-
ments in accordance with the
terms of the deed of trust for
the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees, Substi-
tute Trustee’s fees and ex-
penses of sale;
THEREFORE, on December 27,
2019, the undersigned Substi-
tute Trustee in the deed of
trust, will offer for sale at pub-
lic outcry and sell to the
highest bidder for cash, within
legal hours (being between the
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.) at the Southeast front
door of the Lowndes County
Courthouse in Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, the following de-
scribed land, property and im-
provements lying and being
situate in Lowndes County,
Mississippi, to-wit:
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$400 rent & $400 deposit.
662−328−2340.
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601−310−3528.
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15 “Lenore”
writer
LOTS NINE (9) AND TEN (10)
Office Spaces For Rent 16 Working
OF BLOCK NO. ONE (1) OF
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LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- 662−574−3970. 19 Banned
SIPPI, AS PER MAP OR PLAT
Apartments & Houses
pesticide
THEREOF MADE BY D. E.
FIELD, C. E. NOW ON FILE AND OFFICE SPACE FOR 20 Pig’s place
OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 1,
PAGE 79, OF THE RECORDS OF
1 Bedrooms LEASE. 1112 Main St., 21 Paper pack
23 “The Re-
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- 2 Bedroooms Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
of private parking. 662− hearsal” painter mate 24 Opening
3 Bedrooms
SIPPI, IN THE CHANCERY
327−9559.
CLERK'S OFFICE, IN COLUM- 25 Lot buy 45 Stable 26 Speaks from
BUS, MISSISSIPPI.
Furnished & Unfurnished 27 Cardi B mothers memory
specialty
Real Estate
I WILL CONVEY only such title 46 Tatter 28 Phone feature
1, 2, & 3 Baths
When looking
as is vested in the Substitute 28 Gave a hoot
Trustee. 29 Bashful
Lease, Deposit 30 Scheme DOWN friend?
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this
& Credit Check Ads starting at $25 33 Possesses
the 26th day of November,
2019 viceinvestments.com
for a new pet,
34 Force mem-
ber
1 Nursery item
2 Sneaker part
31 Comfortable
32 Like Russian
3 Tries to justify
327-8555
Commercial Property For Sale dolls
/s/ James L. DeLoach
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce,
LLC
SENSATION ADULT adoption is
36 Pigged out
37 Uncle Sam’s
4 Lamb’s mother
5 Did some
33 Women’s
rooms
STORE/SMOKE SHOP
Substitute Trustee
299 South 9th Street
Oxford, MS 38655
Apts For Rent: Other
For Sale. 662−549−4760.
always a
home
39 “For sure!”
tailoring
6 Cool cat
35 Hunger
signals
Houses For Sale: Caledonia 40 Do some 7 Give off
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File No.: 5628919 tailoring 8 Tries to get 42 Sound of
FSBO: 3BR/2BA ON 2.5
ACRES. 1600 sqft. 41 Jack Sprat’s 9 FBI employees delight
PUBLISH: 12/06/2019,
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