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Amphitheater could host free events by spring

12 city employees for two projects
that will secure
With the approv-
al of two bids to
receive accompanying the perimeter on build a front en-
try wall and pe-
the north and east
raises with promotions sides of the facil-
rimeter fencing
along the east
ity. The council
they received in 2019 unanimously ap-
side of the Sen.
Terry Brown
proved the low bid Stafford Amphitheater
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
of $309,360 from during Tues-
JMorgan Co. of Columbus to day’s Columbus
More than four years after con- build the brick wall/entry way on City Council
struction started, the first event the north end of the venue. The meeting, the
council also voted unanimously venue may be
at the Sen. Terry Brown Amphi-
to approve the low bid of $86,300 available for
theater could be held, perhaps in free events as
time for the Market Street Festi- to Columbus Fence Co. for the
early as May,
val concert. fencing along the eastern perim- according to city
During Tuesday’s city coun- eter. engineer Kevin
cil meeting, City Engineer Kev- “As you know, the state Legis- Stafford,
in Stafford announced low bids See Amphitheater, 8A Dispatch file photo

Hawkins starts sheriff term Higgins looks

with personnel changes
Brent Swan made chief
deputy; Ric Higgins
named jail administrator
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Newly-elected Sheriff
Eddie Hawkins is set-
tling into his new posi-
tion at Lowndes County
Sheriff’s Office and has
already started planning
his changes — starting
with switching around
Swan
personnel.
Hawkins, who began
the position Monday, has
named investigator Brent
Swan his chief deputy —
“my No. 2 guy,” he said —
after former chief deputy
and interim sheriff Greg
Wright retired at the be- Higgins
ginning of the year. Swan,
who left his position as head of Colum-
bus Police Department’s Criminal In-
vestigation Division in March 2018 to
work for LCSO, said he was surprised
and honored to get the new position.
“I was actually very surprised by
even being asked,” he said. “It was ab-
solutely an opportunity I could not pass
up and I’m excited for the sheriff’s de-
partment.”
Hawkins also named Capt. Ric Hig-
gins administrator of Lowndes County
Adult Detention Center. Higgins left
his position as CPD’s head of patrol
last month, and is replacing Capt. Ryan
Rickert, who is now working as an in-
vestigator, Hawkins said.
Hawkins also moved Capt. Archie
Williams, former commander of the
Columbus-Lowndes County joint nar-
cotics task force, to be head of LCSO’s
training division.
“He’s got a wealth of knowledge and
experience and he can (work with)
some of our younger guys that need to
be trained,” Hawkins said. “He’ll be do-
ing a good job there.”
Hawkins has not named a new head
of the narcotics unit. Lt. Darrell Nabors
is head of investigation for “right now,”
he said. Lt. Tony Cooper, who was head
of investigations for the last few months
of 2019 after Wright was promoted to
chief deputy, is still an investigator and
is working with the Attorney General’s
forward to
working with
new state
administration
‘Glenn McCullough has
been an unadulterated
trainwreck at MDA’
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Golden Triangle
LINK CEO Joe Max
Higgins said he has
high hopes for the
future of economic
development in the
Golden Triangle,
updating Columbus
Higgins
Rotarians Tuesday
on prospective proj- Inside
ects and a political n OUR VIEW:
change at Mississip- Next MDA
pi Development Au- head needs
fresh plan for
thority. working with
Specifically, he economic
said he’s going to developers.
drink a glass of Page 6A
Scotch in celebration
of MDA head Glenn McCullough’s
retirement at the end of the month.
Higgins, one of the state’s most
prominent economic develop-
ers, has long been a critic of Mc-
Cullough’s.
“Glenn McCullough has been an
unadulterated trainwreck at MDA,”
Higgins told Rotarians during their
weekly meeting at Lion Hills Cen-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff ter.
Newly-elected Sheriff Eddie Hawkins began his new job at Lowndes County Sher- “I’ve got a bottle of Scotch that
iff’s Office Monday. He has named investigator Brent Swan as chief deputy and is was sent to me about Christmas,”
making several other personnel changes at the department. he later added. “That stayed in Scot-
land for three years and one month
Internet Crimes Against Children Task best of our ability and put them in plac- so it could be Scotch. ... The cork’s
Force, which Cooper has been a mem- es that are good for the department and coming out of that at the end of the
ber of for more than 10 years. good for the needs of the community.” month. I’m probably going to drink
Hawkins added there are several it in one drinking.”
still-open positions which he needs to Goals From the LINK’s formation in
fill. Each of the moves are to build his Hawkins said his No. 1 priority in 2003 through 2014, Higgins said,
own staff and “revamp” how the depart- the new position is to look at LCSO’s it saw an average of $445 million
ment works. standard operating procedures and pol- in investments and 479 jobs creat-
“We’ve got a good staff here,” he icies to ensure they comply with state ed per year. In the four years since
said. “Each one of these guys brings and federal laws, and “make sure we’re McCullough became head of MDA,
a unique set of skills to the table and using the best practices we can as a de- that number has dropped to $229
we’re going to try to utilize them to the See Hawkins, 8A See LINK, 8A

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one that is played on a clay court — French Jan. 10:
■ Exhibit reception: The
Open, U.S. Open or Wimbledon? Lowndes County
Columbus Arts Council hosts
2 What plaza boasts a Christmas tree School Board
that’s been topped with a 550-pound a free reception from 5:30-7
p.m. for “Worlds Collide: Clay to regular meeting,
Swarovski crystal star since 2004? 12:30 p.m.,
3 Which U.S. state is home to the Grand Play,” an exhibit of ceramics by
Ole Opry? Stephen Phillips and photogra- Central Office
Amelia Alexander Jan 13: Colum-
4 What award-winning 77-year-old Face the phy by Erik Studdard in the main
Preschool, Annunciation bus Municipal
Nation anchor announced that he would be gallery of the Rosenzweig Arts

62 Low 40
retiring in 2015 after 46 years at CBS? Center, 501 Main St. Artwork School Dis-
High 5 Which historic French cabaret once fre- by CAFB youth will be in Artist trict Board of
Mostly sunny
quented by Toulouse-Lautrec celebrated its Trustees regular
Alley. For more information,
125th birthday in 2014? meeting, 6 p.m.,
Full forecast on Answers, 8B columbus-arts.org or 662-328-
page 3A. 2787. Brandon Central
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High-stakes decision looms for Trump in showdown with Iran

Democrats calling announced plans to address the

on president to avoid
a military escalation
with Iran
By DEB RIECHMANN
and ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WA S H I N G -
TON — Pres-
ident Donald
Trump faces one
of the greatest
tests of his pres-
idency after Iran
launched ballistic
Trump
missiles at Iraqi
bases housing U.S. troops. It
was Iran’s most brazen direct
assault on America since the
1979 seizing of the U.S. Embas-
sy in Tehran.
The strikes pushed Tehran
and Washington perilously
close to war and put the world’s
attention on Trump as he
weighs whether to respond with
more military force. The Repub-
lican president huddled with his
national security advisers on
Tuesday night but offered no
immediate indication of wheth-
er he would retaliate. He said
in a tweet that “All is well!” and
nation on Wednesday morning.
The Iranian strikes came
days after Trump authorized
the targeted killing of Gen.
Qassem Soleimani, the head
of Iran’s elite Quds Force. Iran
had pledged to retaliate, though
its actions did not appear to re-
sult in any American casualties,
according to a U.S. official. The
missiles targeted two bases —
one in the northern Iraqi city
in Irbil and the other at Ain al-
Asad in western Iraq.
A lack of U.S. casualties
could give Trump an opening
to de-escalate the mounting
tensions with Iran and pull the
nation back from the brink of
war. Trump, who is seeking re-
election at the end of the year,
campaigned for president on
a promise to keep the United
States from engaging in “end-
less war.”
Still, Trump’s rhetoric in re-
cent days has been menacing.
Just hours before Tuesday’s
missile strikes, the president
told reporters in the Oval Of-
fice: “If Iran does anything that
they shouldn’t be doing, they’re
going to be suffering the conse-
quences, and very strongly.”
Democrats called on Trump
avoid a military escalation with
Iran.
Oil up, stocks down after Iran missile attack on US troops
By JOE McDONALD ongoing, adding “So far, so good!”
AP Business Writer Iran’s foreign minister described the missile fir-
BEIJING — Oil prices rose and global stock
ings as “proportionate measures in self-defense.”
Financial markets have been on edge about
markets fell Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at
possible U.S.-Iranian conflict and disruption of oil
U.S. bases in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of an
supplies since last week’s killing of Gen. Qassem
Iranian general.
Soleimani by a U.S. drone in Baghdad.
Brent crude futures, the benchmark for inter-
national oils, spiked more than $3 per barrel in Brent crude was up 78 cents at $69.05. At the
start of trading, it spiked $3.48 to $71.75 before
London before retreating.
Stock markets in London and Frankfurt retreating.
Benchmark U.S. crude was up 55 cents to
opened lower and Tokyo’s benchmark fell nearly
2 percent before recovering some of its losses. $63.25 per barrel in electronic trading on the
New York Mercantile Exchange. It earlier jumped
Hong Kong and Shanghai also retreated.
“Investors appear to be pricing for an all-out $2.95 to $65.65 before settling back.
Higher prices for imported oil could push up
war,” said Jingyi Pan of IG in a report.
The Pentagon said Iran fired more than a doz- inflation in economies including China and India,
en missiles at bases in Iraq used by U.S. troops. making it harder for central banks to support
President Donald Trump tweeted “All is well!” growth by easing monetary policy, said Rajiv
and that casualty and damage assessments were Biswas of IHS Markit in a report.
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., the no longer be bound by the 2015 to disclose more details about
chairman of the House Foreign nuclear agreement and vowed the intelligence that led to the
Affairs Committee, said the ad- to retaliate against the U.S., its American strike that killed
ministration needs to quickly allies and American interests. Soleimani.
“extricate us from what could Iraq’s parliament also voted to Top Senate Democrats, cit-
lead into a full-fledged war with expel U.S. troops from Iraq,
ing “deep concern” about the
terrible casualties.” Engel said which would undermine efforts
lack of information coming from
he feared the situation “spirals to fight Islamic State militants
out of control.” in the region and strengthen the Trump administration about
The fallout for Trump’s or- Iran’s influence in the Mideast. the Iran operation, called on
der to kill Soleimani has been The counterattack by Iran Defense Department officials to
swift. came as Trump and his top provide “regular briefings and
Iran announced that it would advisers were under pressure documents” to Congress.

Pelosi’s next move on impeachment Nissan ex-chair set for first

unclear as Senate waits
House Speaker appears in no rush to
transmit the articles of impeachment
as Democrats push to hear from
more witnesses
By LISA MASCARO, MARY
CLARE JALONICK and
ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press
WA S H -
INGTON —
Senate Ma-
jority Leader
Mitch Mc-
Connell said
Tuesday
he has the
votes to start Pelosi
President Donald Trump’s
impeachment trial as
soon as House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi releases the
documents, winning sup-
port from GOP senators
to postpone a decision on
calling witnesses.
The announcement
is significant, enabling
McConnell to bypass
for now Democratic de-
mands for new testimony
as he launches the third
impeachment trial in the
nation’s history. It could
begin this week if Pelosi
sends the articles of im-
peachment to the Senate.
But Pelosi gave little
indication Tuesday of her
next move. She cut short
an impeachment discus-
sion with her leadership
team late at the Capitol
when an aide handed her
a note about the crisis un-
folding in the Middle East.
She asked Democrats to
“pray,’’ according to a law-
maker at the closed-door
session.
Pelosi appears in no
rush to transmit the arti-
cles of impeachment as
Democrats push to hear
from more witnesses but
McConnell focuses Re-
publicans on a strategy
for speedy acquittal. The
Senate can’t start the pro-
ceedings until the charges
against Trump are sent.
“We have the votes,”
McConnell told reporters
about his proposal that
would set the rules for a
trial and would be mod-
eled after President Bill
Clinton’s impeachment
20 years ago. He said the
question of new witnesses
and documents will be ad-
dressed later “and not be-
fore the trial begins.”
public appearance after escape
By ZEINA KARAM
The Associated Press
Dozens of local and internation-
al journalists gathered outside the
The contours of a Sen-
ate trial have been in dis- BEIRUT — The disgraced for-
press syndicate where he was to hold
his news conference, several hours
pute for weeks. Pelosi is
delaying transmission of
mer chairman of Nissan is expected
to speak to journalists in Beirut on
before his scheduled appearance.
Lebanese authorities have not made
the articles as Democrats Wednesday, more than a week after
his dramatic escape from Japan ahead any comments about the news confer-
press for testimony from
former national security of his trial for alleged financial mis- ence and it was not immediately clear
whether they intend to summon him
adviser John Bolton and conduct.
other new witnesses. The highly anticipated news con- for questioning.
“Sadly, Leader McCon- ference by Carlos Ghosn will be Ghosn’s daring and improbable es-
cape has perplexed and embarrassed
nell has made clear that his his first public appearance since he
loyalty is to the President smuggled himself from Tokyo to Bei- Japanese authorities after he skipped
and not the Constitution,” rut, arriving in the Lebanese capital bail and managed to flee the country
Pelosi wrote to colleagues where he grew up and is regarded by despite supposedly rigorous surveil-
late Tuesday. She said the many as a national hero. lance.
process he is outlining
“is not only unfair but de-
signed to deprive Senators
and the American people
of crucial documents and
testimony.’’
Pelosi told House lead-
ers Tuesday she believed
the strategy was work-
ing, according to those in
the private meeting. She
called on McConnell to
“immediately” reveal the
details of his proposal.
“People are united,”
said Democratic Rep.
Mike Thompson of Cali-
fornia about the mood in
the House caucus.
McConnell has resisted
calling new witnesses and
expects the trial to end
with the GOP Senate ma-
jority voting to acquit the
president of the charges,
and without Trump’s re-
moval from office.

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Aldermen table request for development near floodplain

Duplex developers assure project will
adhere to 100-year flood standard
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
S TA R K-
V I L L E
— Recent
storms and
flooding
took center
stage at a
local gov-
e r n m e n t Kemp
meeting for the second
time this week at Tues-
day’s board of aldermen
meeting.
The board tabled a re-
quest for a conditional use
permit to build duplexes
on three lots northeast of
the intersection of South
Lafayette Street and
Gillespie Street. The land
is not on a floodplain but
is just across the street
from one, City Engineer
Edward Kemp said.
Aldermen want to be
absolutely certain the
plans for the property ad-
hered to the city’s storm-
water ordinance, updated
last year and effective
as of September. It re-
quires new developments
to provide stormwater
mitigation to withstand
a 100-year storm event,
or 9.4 inches of rain over
24 hours. The region has
experienced several ep-
isodes of constant rain-
fall over more than 24
hours each in the past few
months.
During the public
hearing for the condition-
al use request, Charles
Ware told the board the
development would cause
the west side of Lafayette
Street — where some
of his relatives live — to
flood more than it already
does.
“Concrete doesn’t
absorb water like dirt,”
Ware told The Dispatch.
“If you’re going to build a
huge concrete path upon
that hill, you may put (in)
underground storage of
water, but the water’s got
to go someplace, and that
hill’s going to be sloped
from east to west.”
Jason Pepper of Pep-
per Surveying and Map-
ping told the board he
and his client who owns
the property are aware of
the stormwater ordinance
and intend to follow it.
Kemp said the intent
is for the development to
detain stormwater under-
ground and release it at a
rate the drainage system
can handle.
“We’re not saying
we’re going to fix the
(flooding) problem,”
Kemp said. “We’re saying
we’re not going to make it
any worse.”
Ward 7 Alderman Hen-
ry Vaughn said he was
still unsure of this, and
the board unanimously
approved Ward 4 Alder-
man Jason Walker’s pro-
posal to table the request
until the next meeting.
The decision was a
necessary precaution,
Ward 5 Alderman Hamp
Beatty told The Dispatch
after the meeting.
“We’re getting rain
events now that our sys-
tem can’t handle, and as
Starkville builds and de-
velops, it’s going to con-
tinue to happen,” Beatty
said. “We’ve just got to
be careful and make sure
that we do it right.”
Addressing and mit-
igating the impact of
storms on the community
was the primary topic of
discussion at Monday’s
Oktibbeha County super-
visors as well. The county
has spent months consid-
ering joining the Tombig-
bee River Valley Water
Management District, a
state agency that does
flood control, cleanup and
repair projects on water-
ways of all sizes. Citizens
came forward with con-
cerns about the impacts
of heavy rains and floods
on their property, but the
board of supervisors did
not reach an agreement
on whether to join the wa-
ter management district.
Severe weather pat-
terns and events will like-
ly become more frequent
thanks to climate change,
and the city’s best bet is
to be prepared both fi-
nancially and in terms
of the stormwater ordi-
nance, which goes “about
as far as any other city
has gone,” Mayor Lynn
Spruill said.
“We can’t ever total-
ly get to the point where
we can mitigate an event
of the magnitude that we
had in 2019,” she said.
“We had two days where
it rained four inches more
than it had ever rained be-
fore. You can only do so
much.”

BUY THE BOOK

Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff

Madison Morgan, 19, of Iuka, and her mom, Leslie Morgan, go over the book list at the Mississippi University
for Women bookstore on Monday afternoon. Morgan will begin her first semester at The W when spring classes
begin today. She is a transfer student from Northeast Mississippi Community College majoring in Management
Information Systems.

2 men accused of gluing winning

numbers onto lotto ticket
Columbus men charged with offenses
including uttering counterfeit
instrument over $1,000
The Associated Press
FLOWOOD — Au-
thorities in Mississippi
say two men attempted
to scam the state lottery
commission by submit-
ting a losing ticket that
had the winning numbers
glued onto it.
Odis Latham, 47, and
Russell Sparks, 48, were
arrested Monday and
charged with offenses
including uttering coun-
terfeit instrument over
$1,000.
lumbus, were set to ap-
pear in court Tuesday.
The state lottery com-
mission called Flowood
It’s unclear if they have
lawyers.
police about the fake tick-
et earlier that morning,
Sgt. Adam Nelson said.
Officers were told the
suspects presented an
altered $100,000 ticket
that appeared to have the
winning numbers glued
onto it.
The men, both of Co-

4 indicted, accused of helping police shooting suspect

The Associated Press
BILOXI — Indict-
ments have been issued
against four men accused
of trying to help a sus-
pect escape after the fatal
shooting of a Mississippi
police officer.
Wanya Toquest Atkin-
son, 20, Davian Atkin-
son, 21, Joshua Michael
Kovach, 21, and Dalentez
kinson, 19, evade police change of clothes, know-
after the fatal shooting ing he was being sought.
of Biloxi Police Officer Sullivan is to be sen-
Robert McKeithen in May tenced after the charge
outside the police station. against Darian Atkinson
Wanya Toquest Atkinson is resolved.
and Davian Atkinson are
Darian Atkinson’s broth-
ers.
A Biloxi detective pre-
viously said Darian Atkin-
son walked 8 miles from
his mother’s home to the SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates

Latavian Brice, 20, were Biloxi police station May peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Wed. Thurs.
—
all indicted on charges of 5 with the goal of killing Major
Minor
10:43p
4;47p 5:40p
accessory after the fact a police officer. Darian Major 11:09a 12:05p
Minor 6:27a 7:28a
to capital murder and Atkinson was indicted Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
hindering prosecution, in November on a capital

news outlets reported. It’s
unclear whether the four
men have attorneys who
can comment on their be-
half.
According to a Harri-
son County grand jury,
the four men are accused
of helping Darian At-
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murder charge. A trial
date hasn’t been set.
A fifth man, Andre Sul-
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Aldermen table request for development near floodplain

Duplex developers assure project will
adhere to 100-year flood standard
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
S TA R K-
V I L L E
— Recent
storms and
flooding
took center
stage at a
local gov-
e r n m e n t Kemp
meeting for the second
time this week at Tues-
day’s board of aldermen
meeting.
The board tabled a re-
quest for a conditional use
permit to build duplexes
on three lots northeast of
the intersection of South
Lafayette Street and
Gillespie Street. The land
is not on a floodplain but
is just across the street
from one, City Engineer
Edward Kemp said.
Aldermen want to be
absolutely certain the
plans for the property ad-
hered to the city’s storm-
water ordinance, updated
last year and effective
as of September. It re-
quires new developments
to provide stormwater
mitigation to withstand
a 100-year storm event,
or 9.4 inches of rain over
24 hours. The region has
experienced several ep-
isodes of constant rain-
fall over more than 24
hours each in the past few
months.
During the public
hearing for the condition-
al use request, Charles
Ware told the board the
development would cause
the west side of Lafayette
Street — where some
of his relatives live — to
flood more than it already
does.
“Concrete doesn’t
absorb water like dirt,”
Ware told The Dispatch.
“If you’re going to build a
huge concrete path upon
that hill, you may put (in)
underground storage of
water, but the water’s got
to go someplace, and that
hill’s going to be sloped
from east to west.”
Jason Pepper of Pep-
per Surveying and Map-
ping told the board he
and his client who owns
the property are aware of
the stormwater ordinance
and intend to follow it.
Kemp said the intent
is for the development to
detain stormwater under-
ground and release it at a
rate the drainage system
can handle.
“We’re not saying
we’re going to fix the
(flooding) problem,”
Kemp said. “We’re saying
we’re not going to make it
any worse.”
Ward 7 Alderman Hen-
ry Vaughn said he was
still unsure of this, and
the board unanimously
approved Ward 4 Alder-
man Jason Walker’s pro-
posal to table the request
until the next meeting.
The decision was a
necessary precaution,
Ward 5 Alderman Hamp
Beatty told The Dispatch
after the meeting.
“We’re getting rain
events now that our sys-
tem can’t handle, and as
Starkville builds and de-
velops, it’s going to con-
tinue to happen,” Beatty
said. “We’ve just got to
be careful and make sure
that we do it right.”
Addressing and mit-
igating the impact of
storms on the community
was the primary topic of
discussion at Monday’s
Oktibbeha County super-
visors as well. The county
has spent months consid-
ering joining the Tombig-
bee River Valley Water
Management District, a
state agency that does
flood control, cleanup and
repair projects on water-
ways of all sizes. Citizens
came forward with con-
cerns about the impacts
of heavy rains and floods
on their property, but the
board of supervisors did
not reach an agreement
on whether to join the wa-
ter management district.
Severe weather pat-
terns and events will like-
ly become more frequent
thanks to climate change,
and the city’s best bet is
to be prepared both fi-
nancially and in terms
of the stormwater ordi-
nance, which goes “about
as far as any other city
has gone,” Mayor Lynn
Spruill said.
“We can’t ever total-
ly get to the point where
we can mitigate an event
of the magnitude that we
had in 2019,” she said.
“We had two days where
it rained four inches more
than it had ever rained be-
fore. You can only do so
much.”

BUY THE BOOK

Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff

Madison Morgan, 19, of Iuka, and her mom, Leslie Morgan, go over the book list at the Mississippi University
for Women bookstore on Monday afternoon. Morgan will begin her first semester at The W when spring classes
begin today. She is a transfer student from Northeast Mississippi Community College majoring in Management
Information Systems.

2 men accused of gluing winning

numbers onto lotto ticket
Columbus men charged with offenses
including uttering counterfeit
instrument over $1,000
The Associated Press
FLOWOOD — Au-
thorities in Mississippi
say two men attempted
to scam the state lottery
commission by submit-
ting a losing ticket that
had the winning numbers
glued onto it.
Odis Latham, 47, and
Russell Sparks, 48, were
arrested Monday and
charged with offenses
including uttering coun-
terfeit instrument over
$1,000.
lumbus, were set to ap-
pear in court Tuesday.
The state lottery com-
mission called Flowood
It’s unclear if they have
lawyers.
police about the fake tick-
et earlier that morning,
Sgt. Adam Nelson said.
Officers were told the
suspects presented an
altered $100,000 ticket
that appeared to have the
winning numbers glued
onto it.
The men, both of Co-

4 indicted, accused of helping police shooting suspect

The Associated Press
BILOXI — Indict-
ments have been issued
against four men accused
of trying to help a sus-
pect escape after the fatal
shooting of a Mississippi
police officer.
Wanya Toquest Atkin-
son, 20, Davian Atkin-
son, 21, Joshua Michael
Kovach, 21, and Dalentez
kinson, 19, evade police change of clothes, know-
after the fatal shooting ing he was being sought.
of Biloxi Police Officer Sullivan is to be sen-
Robert McKeithen in May tenced after the charge
outside the police station. against Darian Atkinson
Wanya Toquest Atkinson is resolved.
and Davian Atkinson are
Darian Atkinson’s broth-
ers.
A Biloxi detective pre-
viously said Darian Atkin-
son walked 8 miles from
his mother’s home to the SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates

Latavian Brice, 20, were Biloxi police station May peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Wed. Thurs.
—
all indicted on charges of 5 with the goal of killing Major
Minor
10:43p
4;47p 5:40p
accessory after the fact a police officer. Darian Major 11:09a 12:05p
Minor 6:27a 7:28a
to capital murder and Atkinson was indicted Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
hindering prosecution, in November on a capital

news outlets reported. It’s
unclear whether the four
men have attorneys who
can comment on their be-
half.
According to a Harri-
son County grand jury,
the four men are accused
of helping Darian At-
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murder charge. A trial
date hasn’t been set.
A fifth man, Andre Sul-
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White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI

Rules won’t affect how federal agencies such
as law enforcement use facial recognition
and other forms of artificial intelligence
By MATT O’BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
The Trump administration
is proposing new rules to guide
future federal regulation of arti-
ficial intelligence used in med-
icine, transportation and other
industries.
But the vagueness of the prin-
ciples announced by the White
House is unlikely to satisfy AI
watchdogs who have warned of a
lack of accountability as comput-
er systems are deployed to take
on human roles in high-risk so-
cial settings, such as mortgage
lending or job recruitment.
The White House said that in
deciding regulatory action, U.S.
agencies “must consider fair-
ness, non-discrimination, open-
ness, transparency, safety, and
security.” But federal agencies
must also avoid setting up re-
strictions that “needlessly ham-
per AI innovation and growth,”
reads a memo being sent to
U.S. agency chiefs from Russell
Vought, acting director of the
Office of Management and Bud-
get.
“Agencies must avoid a pre-
cautionary approach that holds
AI systems to such an impossi-
bly high standard that society
cannot enjoy their benefits,” the
memo says.
The rules won’t affect how
federal agencies such as law
enforcement use facial recogni-
tion and other forms of AI. They
are specifically limited to how
federal agencies devise new AI
regulations for the private sec-
tor. There’s a 60-day public com-
ment period before the rules
take effect.
“These principles are inten-
tionally high-level,” said Lynne
Parker, U.S. deputy chief tech-
nology officer at the White
House’s Office of Science and
Technology Policy. “We pur-
posely wanted to avoid top-
down, one-size-fits-all, blanket
regulations.”
The White House said the
proposals unveiled Tuesday are
meant to promote private sector
applications of AI that are safe
and fair, while also pushing back
against stricter regulations fa-
vored by some lawmakers and
activists.
Federal agencies such as the
Food and Drug Administration
and the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration will be bound to fol-
low the new AI principles. That
makes the rules “the first of their
kind from any government,” Mi-
chael Kratsios, the U.S. chief
technology officer, said in a call
with reporters Monday.
Rapid advancements in AI
technology have raised fresh
concern as computers increas-
ingly take on jobs such as diag-
nosing medical conditions, driv-
ing cars, recommending stock
investments, judging credit risk
and recognizing individual fac-
es in video footage. It’s often
not clear how AI systems make
their decisions, leading to ques-
tions of how far to trust them
and when to keep humans in the
loop.

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Gene Egli
STARKVILLE —
Gene Edward Egli,
M.D., 92, died Jan. 5,
2020.
Services will be at
2:30 p.m. Saturday at
Welch Funeral Home.
Burial will follow at
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Visitation will be one
hour prior to services
at the funeral home.
Welch Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
Dr. Egli was born
Aug. 17, 1927, to the
late Edward and Sadie
Musselman Egli. He
graduated high school
in Gilmore City, Iowa,
was a graduate of Iowa
State University, and
a 1960 graduate of the
University of Mississip-
pi School of Medicine.
He was a U.S. Army vet-
eran and was formerly
employed in the farm-
ing industry, as a high
school vocational agri-
cultural teacher, and as
a county agent. He was
also employed with the
Animal Science De-
partment at Mississippi
State University and
practiced family medi-
cine in Fairfield, Iowa.
He served as a medical
missionary in Africa
and other countries.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his siblings,
Lester, Opal, Eleanor,
Willard, Joseph, Ruby,
Marlon, Carvel and
Kenneth.
He is survived by
his wife, Nell; daugh-
ters, Susanne, Carol,
Julia and Janet; eight
grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Ellis Wilder
CARROLLTON, Ala.
— Ellis Junior “Gritty”
Wilder, 72, died Jan. 6,
2020, at Pickens Coun-
ty Medical Center.
Home Going Cele-
bration services will
be at 11 a.m. Saturday
at Mt. Hebron Baptist
Church in Aliceville,
with the Rev. Tonnie
Jones officiating.
Burial will follow at
Old Bethany Church
Cemetery. Visitation
will be from 2-6 p.m.
Friday at Lavender’s
Funeral Service. Laven-
der’s Funeral Service of
Aliceville is in charge
of arrangements.
Donnell Ireland
EUTAW, Ala. —
Donnell Dewayne “Big
Hoss” Ireland, 24, died
Jan. 1, 2020, in Epes,
Alabama.
Home Going Cele-
bration services will
be at noon Saturday
at Zion Valley Baptist
Church in Panola. Buri-
al will follow at Greater
Salem A.M.E. Zion
Area obituaries
Baptist Church Cem- ning Apostolic Church. parents, he was preced- al Gunter Peel Funeral
etery. Visitation will In addition to his ed in death by his wife, Home and Crematory,
be from noon-6 p.m. parents, he was pre- Mary Trimm Benett; Second Avenue North
Friday at Lavender’s ceded in death by his daughter, Ginger Ben- location.
Funeral Service. Laven- stepfather, Raymond nett; brothers, Charlie,
der’s Funeral Service of Pennington; and Tines and Bonnie
Aliceville is in charge sisters, Shelby Jean Bennett; and sisters,
of arrangements. Hankins and Maylene Twillar Edwards and
Gail Hankins Wall.
Willie Mae Ratliff.
Rosie Jackson He is survived by his He is survived by his
DAYTON, Ohio — sisters, Betty Brewer son, Darrell Bennett
Rosie Lee “Baby Ray” of Helena and Doris of Amory; daughter,
Hinton Jackson, 93, Stoves of Bessemer; Amanda Simmons of
died Jan. 4, 2020, in and brothers, Henry Moulton, Alabama;
Dayton. Hankins of Booneville sisters, Opal Bishop
and Steve Hankins of
Home Going Cele- of Nettleton and Nell
bration services will Duluth, Georgia. Sargent of Bigbee; Ann I. Palmer
be at 11 a.m. Saturday Memorials may grandchildren, seven Visitation:
be made to Gideon’s Saturday, Jan. 11 • 10-11 AM
at New Wright Baptist grandchildren; and The Earlene Robertson Room of
Church, with the Rev. International, P.O. Box nine great-grandchil- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Robert W. Jackson 140800, Nashville, TN Memorial Service:
dren. Saturday, Jan. 11 •11 AM
Jr. officiating. Burial 37214. Pallbearers will be St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
will follow at Bigbee Josh Bennett, Cody College St. Location
Baptist Church Ceme- Darnell Morris Bennett, Dustin Sim-
tery. There will be no SHREVEPORT, mons, Colton Simmons, Theo Burns
visitation. Lavender’s La. — Darnell Stinson Incomplete
Josh Stanphill and 2nd Ave. North Location
Funeral Service of Morris, 62, died Jan. Spencer Brock.
Aliceville is in charge 5, 2020, in Shreveport, James Reeves
of arrangements. Louisiana. James Reeves Incomplete
Arrangements are COLUMBUS — 2nd Ave. North Location
James Hankins Jr. incomplete and will be
James Reeves, 91, died
VERNON, Ala. — announced by Century
Jan. 8, 2020, at the
James Erval Hankins Hairston Funeral Home memorialgunterpeel.com
Windsor Place.
Jr., 75, died Jan. 4, of Columbus.
Arrangements are
2020, at Generations of incomplete and will be
Vernon. Randell Bennett announced by Memori-
Services are at 1 AMORY — Randell
p.m. today at Chandler Doyle Bennett, 81, died
Funeral Home Chapel, Jan. 6, 2020.
with William Kirkman Services will be at 2
officiating. A graveside p.m. Thursday at Beth-
service and burial will el Apostolic Church,
follow at Lamar Mem- with the Rev. Roy Hill,
ory Gardens. Visita- Stanley Blaylock and
tion will be one hour Anthony Simmons
prior to services at the officiating. Burial will
funeral home. Chan- follow at Jones Chapel
dler Funeral Home of Cemetery. Visitation
Vernon is in charge of is from 5-8 p.m. today
arrangements. at the church. Cleve-
Mr. Hankins was land-Moffett Funeral
born Dec. 9, 1944, to Home of Amory is in
the late James Er- charge of the arrange-
val Hankins Sr. and ments.
Henrietta Pennington Mr. Bennett was
Hankins. He was a born Sept. 15, 1938,
U.S. Army veteran and to the late Hoyle and
served in the National Rachel Bennett. He was
Guard. He was formerly formerly employed as a
employed as a truck concrete finisher, car-
driver and a factory penter and painter and
worker and served as was a member of Bethel
a minister. He was a Apostolic Church.
member of New Begin- In addition to his

Diabetic Mississippi man
reunited with missing service dog
The Associated Press
OCEAN SPRINGS —
A Mississippi man with
type 1 diabetes has been
reunited with his miss-
ing service dog that was
scared off by fireworks
late last month.
The black Labrador
retriever named Bella,
outfitted with a microchip
and a red and black col-
lar that identifies her as
the “Best Dog Ever,” was
finally spotted Monday
morning less than a mile
from the Cokely family’s
home. The family post-
ed an update online that
promised a reunion party
would be held this week-
end for Bella and owner
Jacob Cokely. Bella ap-
pears to be in relatively
good shape, according to
the post.
Jacob Cokely and his
family were offering
$1,000 for Bella’s safe re-
turn. She ran off in the St.
Martin area near Ocean
Springs on Dec. 30, news
outlets reported. She
and Jacob Cokely were
playing outside when she
was startled by apparent-
ly early New Year’s Eve
fireworks, the 19-year-old
Cokely said.
“She saved my life plen-
ty of times,” he told The
Sun Herald of Biloxi.
Bella is able to sense
when his blood sugar is
too high or low and he
needs to take his med-
icine, he said. Her help
with managing his con-
dition is why he even felt
comfortable getting his
own place, he said. This
was the first time he had
been without her in two
years, according to the
newspaper, which says
Cokely searched for Bella
every night since she dis-
appeared.
Gloria Butler
Gloria Jane Butler, 62, of Co-
lumbus, MS passed away Mon-
day, January 6, 2020, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital-GT.
Visitation will be Thursday,
January 9, 2020, from 1:00-2:00
PM at Lowndes Funeral Home,
Columbus, MS. A funeral service
will follow at 2:00 PM in the Chap-
el, with Bro. Kenny Gardner offici-
ating. Interment will be in Memorial Gardens, with
Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Butler was born July 14, 1957, in Guin, AL, to
the Virginia Colburn and the late Lee Roy Vaughn.
Mrs. Butler graduated from Marion County High
School in 1976. She enjoyed horseback riding on TN
Walking Horses, and she had a passion for horses.
She also competed in horse shows, and later en-
joyed trail riding. She did security at Baptist, and
then was a police officer at Mississippi University
for Women. Mrs. Butler was a loving mother and
grandmother. She enjoyed spending time with her
grandchildren. She was a beloved wife to the late
Randall Butler.
Mrs. Butler is survived by her son, Anthony “Tony”
Bulter of Columbus, MS; daughter, Melanie Butler of
Columbus, MS; grandchildren, Alexander Johnson
and Mya Taylor; mother, Virginia Colburn Vaughn;
two sisters, Glenda Vaughn and Dianne (Donnie)
Pearson; and brother, Randall (Kim) Vaughn.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Fears of Sanders win growing

among Democratic establishment
‘You need a candidate with a message that can
help us win swing voters in battleground states.
The degree of difficulty dramatically increases
under a Bernie Sanders candidacy.’
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
By STEVE PEOPLES
and ALEX ANDRA JAFFE
The Associated Press
DES MOINES,
Iowa — Increasingly
alarmed that Bernie
Sanders could be-
come their party’s
presidential nominee,
establishment-mind-
ed Democrats are
warning primary Sanders
voters that the self-described dem-
ocratic socialist would struggle to
defeat President Donald Trump and
hurt the party’s chances in premier
House, Senate and governors’ rac-
es.
The urgent warnings come as
Sanders shows new signs of strength
on the ground in the first two states
on the presidential primary cal-
endar, Iowa and New Hampshire,
backed by a dominant fundraising
operation. The Vermont senator
has largely escaped close scrutiny
over the last year as his rivals doubt-
ed the quirky 78-year-old’s ability to
win the nomination. But less than a
month before Iowa’s kickoff caucus-
es, the doubters are being forced to
take Sanders seriously.
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm
Emanuel, previously a senior aide to
President Barack Obama, warned
Democrats that Sanders’ status as a
democratic socialist and his unwav-
ering support for “Medicare for All”
won’t play well among swing voters
in the states that matter most in
2020.
“You need a candidate with a
message that can help us win swing
voters in battleground states,”
Emanuel said in an interview. “The
degree of difficulty dramatically
increases under a Bernie Sanders
candidacy. It just gets a lot harder.”
The increasingly vocal concerns
are coming from a number of po-
litical veterans tied to the Obama
administration and the 2020 field’s
moderate wing, including those
backing former Vice President Joe
Biden, former South Bend, Indiana,
Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Colorado
Sen. Michael Bennet.
In some ways, the criticism is not
surprising.
Sanders has spent decades fight-
ing to transform the nation’s politi-
cal and economic systems, creating
a long list of political adversaries
along the way. Many people con-
nected to Hillary Clinton, for ex-
ample, still blame Sanders for not
working hard enough to support
her after their long and bitter presi-
dential primary feud in 2016. Some
Democrats still accuse him of not
being enough of a team player.
Sanders’ chief strategist Jeff
Weaver dismissed the growing crit-
icism as a reflection of the strength
of his candidacy.
He raised more money than any
other Democratic candidate in the
last quarter — virtually all of it from
small-dollar donors — and he’s con-
sidered a legitimate contender to
win Iowa and New Hampshire next
month.
“People in establishment Wash-
ington are terrified of Bernie Sand-
ers,” Weaver said. “The truth of the
matter is their centrist tacking over
the years has led us to the place
where someone like Donald Trump
can get elected.”
Less than four weeks before Io-
wa’s Feb. 3 caucuses, Sanders’ crit-
ics are making a concerted effort to
turn up the volume.
The ranks of the concerned in-
clude many Democrats tasked with
preserving the party’s majority in
the House and expanding its mi-
nority in the Senate and governors’
mansions across the country.
California Rep. Ami Bera, a lead-
er in the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee’s “frontline”
program to protect vulnerable
House members this fall, warned
that a Sanders nomination would
force more than 40 Democratic
candidates in competitive districts
— most of which were carried by
Trump four years ago — “to run
away from the nominee.”

Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago

President’s club in Florida has had lead investigative agen-
cy in the matter and his
Iranian general in a sur-
prise attack in Iraq.
at least three trespassing events department has no com-
ment. The Secret Service
On Sunday night, an
hour before Trump de-
over the past 14 months, two of them asked that a request for
comment be submitted by
parted from Palm Beach
International Airport, a
involving Chinese nationals email. It did not immedi- Florida man who had been
ately respond to the email. dishonorably discharged
By TERRY SPENCER took office three years The White House press from the Marines for sex
The Associated Press ago. office declined comment. offenses was arrested af-
Palm Beach police re- The president and his ter authorities said he got
FORT LAUDERDALE, cords show officers were family were not at Mar- past two checkpoints by
Fla. — There was an un- called to Mar-a-Lago on a-Lago on Monday. They falsely identifying himself
specified incident involv- Monday night to assist the had left the club Sunday as part of the president’s
ing the Secret Service at Secret Service but most for Washington, D.C., af- helicopter crew.
President Donald Trump’s of the report is redacted, ter spending the previous Mar-a-Lago has had its
Mar-a-Lago club in Flori- including the name of the two weeks at the resort. own security breaches,
da, but authorities would individual who was con- Security at the club and with at least three tres-
not say Tuesday what tacted. other Trump properties passing events over the
happened — the latest in Police spokesman has been heightened past 14 months, two of
a series of incidents at the Michael Ogrodnick said since last week when the them involving Chinese
club since the president the Secret Service is the U.S. military killed a top nationals.

Around the world

Ukrainian airplane crashes near Iran’s capital, killing 176
Officials said they suspected a mechanical issue brought coming back to Ukraine
after winter holidays.
down the 3½-year-old Boeing 737-800 aircraft Ukraine’s President
Volodymyr Zelenskiy ex-
The Associated Press sile attack on Iraqi bases nationals included two tended his condolences to
housing U.S. soldiers, passengers and the nine the families of the victims.
SHAHEDSHAHR, but both Ukrainian and crew. There were also 10 His office said he had cut
Iran — A Ukrainian Iranian officials said they Swedish, four Afghan, his visit to Oman short
passenger jet carrying suspected a mechanical three German and three and was returning to Kyiv
176 people crashed on issue brought down the British nationals, he said. because of the crash. The
Wednesday, just minutes
3½-year-old Boeing 737- Airline officials said country’s Prime Minister
after taking off from the
800 aircraft. most of the passengers Oleksiy Honcharuk con-
Iranian capital’s main
airport, turning farmland The plane carried 167 were en route to the firmed the casualty toll.
on the outskirts of Teh- passengers and nine crew Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, “Our task is to estab-
ran into fields of flaming members from different transiting through there lish the cause of the crash
debris and killing all on nations. Ukraine’s foreign to other destinations. of the Boeing and provide
board. minister, Vadym Prys- Staff at the Boryspil air- all necessary help to the
The crash of Ukraine taiko, said that there were port in Kyiv, told The As- families of the victims,”
International Airlines 82 Iranians, 63 Canadi- sociated Press that pas- said parliament speaker,
came hours after Iran ans and 11 Ukrainians on sengers on this flight are Dmytro Razumkov, in a
launched a ballistic mis- board — the Ukrainian usually Iranian students Facebook statement.

Storms bring relief and danger to Australian wildfires

By ROD McGUIRK
The Associated Press
CANBERRA, Austra-
lia — Thunderstorms and
showers brought some
relief for firefighters bat-
tling deadly wildfires
across Australia’s drought-
parched east coast on
Wednesday, but also
raised concerns that light-
ning will spark more fires
before dangerous hot and
windy conditions return.
Around 2,300 firefight-
ers in New South Wales
state were making the
most of relatively benign
conditions by frantically
consolidating containment
lines around more than
110 blazes and patrolling
for lightning strikes, state
Rural Fire Service Com-
missioner Shane Fitzsim-
mons said.
“Unfortunately with
lightning strikes, it’s not
always the next day they
pop up,” Fitzsimmons told
the Australian Broadcast-
ing Corp.
“They can smolder
around in trees and in
root systems for a couple
of days and pop up under
drier, hotter conditions, so
we are very mindful of that
as we head into Friday,” he
added.
The containment work
comes as the death toll
since the fires flared in
September rose by one
to 26. Matt Kavanagh, a
43-year-old Victoria state
firefighter, was killed in
a vehicle crash on Friday,
officials said. Kavanagh
was on the road working
to extinguish unattended
campfires when the crash
happened, said Chris
Hardman, Forest Fire
Management Victoria’s
Chief Fire Officer. It took
police a few days to investi-
gate his death before they
confirmed it was linked to
his work on the wildfires,
and therefore part of the di-
saster’s official death toll.
“He’s such a well-loved
guy,” Hardman told re-
porters. “For those people
who knew Matt, it’s going
to take a long time. I can’t
imagine what that family
is going through and what
Matt’s colleagues are go-
ing through. It’s just such
a very sad day.”
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN

CLUBS
n AARP COLUMBUS
AARP meets the first Wednesday of each
month at 10 a.m. in the Community Room
of Regions Bank, Main Street, Columbus.
Programs are geared to the needs and
interests of seniors 50 and up. For more
information, call 662-889-9496.
n AARP STARKVILLE
AARP Starkville meets the first Thursday of
each month at 10 a.m. in the Community
Room of Cadence Bank, West Main Street,
Starkville. Speaker will be Richard Hark-
ness with MSU Department of Plant and
Soil Science. For information, call Eileen
Carr-Tabb, 662-312-3431.
n EAST LIONS CLUB
The Columbus East Lions Club meets every
second and fourth Monday of the month at
65 Airline Road. For more information, call
662-549-3421 or 662-574-7552.
n HOST LIONS CLUB
The Columbus Host Lions Club meets
every Friday at noon at EMCC Lion Hills
Center for a buffet lunch and business
gathering.
n POSSUM TOWN TOASTMASTERS
Possum Town Toastmasters meet every
Friday at 7 a.m. at the Church of Christ,
Columbus. To become a better communi-
cator and leader, call 662-549-3483.
n POSSUM TOWN QUILTERS
Possum Town Quilters meet at 9:30 a.m.
the second and fourth Saturdays of each
month at the Rosenzweig Arts Center (low-
er level), 501 Main St., Columbus. Check
us out at possumtownquilters.blogspot.
com.
n LOWNDES REPUBLICAN WOMEN
Lowndes County Republican Women meets
the second Tuesday of each month at
the Lion Hills Center, 2331 Military Road.
Buffet line opens at 11:15 a.m., with call
to order at noon.
n GT QUILTERS GUILD
The Golden Triangle Quilters Guild meets
at 5:30 p.m. every third Thursday at the
Starkville Sportsplex Activities Building.
■ BREAKFAST WITH THE BULLDOGS
MSU alumni, friends are invited to Break-
fast with the Bulldogs on second Thurs-
days each month at Starkville Café. Dutch
treat breakfast 7:30 a.m. Contact Carol
Moss Read at carolmoss@bellsouth.net or
662-312-0637.
n TOPS
Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. 288 meets
Tuesdays at Community Baptist Church,
Yorkville Road East, Columbus. Weigh-in
begins at 5:30 p.m. Contact Pat Harris,
662-386-0249.
n TOPS
Take Off Pounds Sensibly No. 270 meets
Thursdays at 4370 Cal-Kolola Road,
Caledonia. Weigh-in begins at 5-5:30 p.m.
Contact Michelle Holliman, 662-386-3650.
n SENIOR CRAFTS
Senior Crafts meets at the Starkville
Sportsplex Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Crafts provided by the parks department.
For information, call Lisa Cox, 662-323-
2294.
n QUILTING CLUB
Quilting Club meets in the activities room
adjacent to the multi-purpose facility at
the Starkville Sportsplex Thursdays 10
a.m.-noon. Bring your own project to work
on. For information, call Lisa Cox, 662-
323-2294.
Health Notes
n FREE MAMMOGRAMS
Baptist Golden Triangle offers free mam-
mogram screenings to area women 35 or
above, have no insurance coverage, or live
in Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Clay, Monroe or
Chickasaw counties. Walk-ins accepted. To
see if you qualify or for more information,
call 662-244-2979.
n CPR CLASSES
Baptist Golden Triangle offers CPR classes
for the community at 6 p.m. in the Patient
Tower. Preregistration required. Call the
Education Department, 662-244-2498.
n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Baptist Golden Triangle offers Childbirth
and Breastfeeding classes each month, 6
p.m., in room 6, near the Gift Shop, $20.
For information or to register, call 662-
386-5592.
n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Emerson Family Center in Starkville offers
childbirth classes from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
every Tuesday. For more information, call
662-320-4907.
n CANCER SUPPORT
Baptist Cancer Center hosts a support
group for cancer survivors and their fami-
lies, noon-1 p.m. the third Friday of every
month. Lunch provided. For information
and location, call 662-244-2923.
■ DIABETES SUPPORT
Baptist Golden Triangle hosts day classes
for Diabetes Support on third Wednesdays
of each month, 10-11 a.m. in Patient Tower
room 6. For information, call Lacy Smith,
662-244-1392.
n CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER
This support group for caregivers meets
at 11:30 a.m. every fourth Thursday at
First United Methodist Church, 602 Main
St., Columbus. A study of the book “No
Act of Love is Ever Wasted: The Spirituality
of Caring for Persons with Dementia” is
underway.
n ABUSE RECOVERY GROUP
A Domestic Abuse Recovery Group meets
Thursdays at 6 p.m. through Safe Haven
Inc. Group counseling for rape recovery is
available. For information, call 662-327-
6118.
n BAPTIST VOLUNTEERS
Baptist Golden Triangle seeks caring, com-
passionate volunteers to help in a variety
of hospital settings. For information, call
Lisa Bowers,662-244-1165.
n DRUG/ALCOHOL INTERVENTION
Narconon offers drug and alcohol interven-
tions. For free screenings or referrals, call
1-800-431-1754.
n GOLDEN TRIANGLE AA
Golden Triangle AA meets daily for
support. If you want to drink, that is your
business. If you want to stop drinking, that
is our business. For information, call 662-
327-8941.
n AL-ANON MEETING
The Columbus Al-Anon Family Groups meet
Mondays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
When you don’t know where to turn be-
cause someone drinks too much, we can
help. For information, call 888-425-2666
or go to msafg.org.
OTHER EVENTS
n COACHES’ MEETING
The Lowndes Recreation Summer Baseball
and Softball Coaches’ meetings are at
6 p.m. Jan. 9 for baseball and 7 p.m. for
softball; and 6 p.m. Jan. 16 for Wee-Ball
and T-Ball. All meetings are at the New
Hope Community Center, 381 Stadium
Road. For more information, call 662-328-
0885 or visit lowndescreation.com.
n BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
REGISTRATION
Registration for the Lowndes Recreation
Summer Baseball and Softball Programs is
Jan. 2-Feb. 22 at the Recreation office, 17
Airline Road (rear of Driver’s License Build-
ing). Wee-Ball for ages 3-12, T-ball, coach-
pitch, baseball and fast-pitch softball
available. $60 pp/$70 online registration.
All games at Lake Lowndes State Park. For
information, call 662-328-0885 or visit
lowndesrecreation.com.
n AUDUBON SOCIETY
The Oktibbeha Audubon Society meets at
7 p.m. Jan. 9 in Mississippi State’s Clay
Lyle Entomology Building. Natasha Murphy
presents “Falconry as a Conservation
Tool.” The public is invited.
n VALENTINE’S GALA
The Stephen D. Lee Foundation hosts its
10th Valentine’s Day Gala from 7-10 p.m.
Feb. 14 at the Stephen D. Lee Home,
316 Seventh St. N., Columbus, featuring
special desserts and floral arrangements.
Contact Eulalie Davis, 662-328-3088, for
information and reservations.
n SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
The Mississippi Association of Supervisors
is accepting scholarship applications from
all graduating high school seniors for the
Minority Scholarship. Must be submit-
ted March 15. For applications or more
information, visit www.mssupervisors.org/
minority-caucus.
n JA SCHOLARSHIPS
Junior Auxiliary of Columbus is accepting
scholarship applications from Lowndes
County graduating high school seniors.
Must be submitted by Feb. 7. For applica-
tions or information, visit jacolumbus.org/
applications or email jacolumbusscholar-
ships@gmail.com.
n BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Starkville Library Book
Sale is the first Monday of each month at
the Starkville Public Library, 326 University
Drive.
n ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING
Memphis Town Community Action Group
meets fourth Tuesdays at 6 p.m. to
discuss issues related to the Kerr-McGee
site. For information, contact Leon Hines,
662-574-6109.
n 50 DRESSES MINISTRY
Reach1 Teach1 Ministries’ 50 Dresses
Ministry Program to the Golden Triangle
area helps those in need of a dress or
suit for a job search. Donations accept-
ed. Call Regional Coordinator Cequeila
Bigbee, 870-627-2859 or e-mail 1delivere-
din2014@gmail.com.
n JOB/LIFE SKILLS TRAINING
The Christian Women’s Job Corps-Golden
Triangle offers free job and life skills train-
ing classes Feb. 4-April 30. Orientation is
Feb. 4. Limited Space. For more informa-
tion, call 662-772-3016.
n WALKING GROUP
J.L. King Center’s Families First of Oktib-
beha County invites the community to join
its Walking Group at 6:30 a.m. Monday-Fri-
day at Westside Park, 700 N. Long St.,
Starkville.

n EFFECTIVE PARENTING
Family Resource Center, Columbus
campus, 1575 Second Ave. N., offers free
effective parenting classes, with insight
on child safety, appropriate discipline,
effective communication and more. For
information, call 662-368-3603.
n FREE COMPUTER CLASSES
Emerson Family Center, Starkville, offers
free computer classes 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays.
Call 662-320-4607.
n FREE TUTORING
Family Resource Center, 1575 Second
Ave. N., Columbus, offers free tutoring,
computer use and printing services for
pre-K-eighth grade. Limited slots. Call 662-
368-3603.
n PARENT CAFÉ
Emerson family Center, Starkville, offers
Parent Café meetings 11 a.m.-noon every
Monday. For more information, call 662-
418-5193 or visit fcp-parentcafe.com.
n TENN-TOM WATERWAY MUSEUM
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Transportation Museum, 318 Seventh St.
N., Columbus, is open for tours Mon-
day-Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. School field trips,
civic clubs, church groups encouraged. For
group tours, call 662-328-8936 or 662-
574-5794.

Pharmacies say prescribers

bear opioid crisis responsibility
Judge has scheduled an October trial for claims against
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, HBC and Discount Drug Mart
By ANDREW
WELSH-HUGGINS
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio —
Doctors and other health-
care practitioners who
write prescriptions bear
ultimate responsibility
for improper distribution
of opioids to patients,
not pharmacists who are
obliged to fill those pre-
scriptions, a series of
pharmacy chains argued
in federal court.
The filings, which were
submitted Monday to the
federal judge in Cleveland
who has been overseeing
the national opioid law-
suits, asked the judge to
rule in the pharmacies’
favor and reject claims
brought by some Ohio
counties. The judge has
scheduled an October tri-
al for claims against CVS,
Rite Aid, Walgreens, HBC
and Discount Drug Mart.
Officials from Summit
and Cuyahoga counties,
home to Akron and Cleve-
land respectively, allege
that pharmacies contrib-
uted to the addictions cri-
sis by filling prescriptions
for an “excessive volume”
of opioids written by doc-
tors and other practi-
tioners.
Such allegations
ignore the role that
cash-for-medication “pill
mills” played, along with
Internet pharmacies, in-
dependent pharmacies,
clinics and others, the fil-
ings said. In many cases,
those entities dispensed
medications in greater
volume than the chains
being sued are accused
of doing, the pharmacies
said.
The allegations by
Cuyahoga and Summit
counties also ignore the
fact that pharmacies dis-
pensed drugs based on
doctors’ prescriptions,
who ultimately must bear
responsibility, Monday’s
filing said. All those pre-
scriptions were written by
practitioners authorized
by the state of Ohio and
registered with the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, according to
the pharmacies.
“A prescription for a
controlled substance is
an order for a medication
that may be issued only
by a physician or other au-
thorized healthcare prac-
titioner,” lawyers for the
pharmacy chains argued.
“While pharmacists are
highly trained and li-
censed professionals,
they did not attend med-
ical school and are not
trained as physicians.”
Attorneys leading the
opioid lawsuits said Tues-
day their goal continues
to be holding pharma-
cies accountable for not
meeting requirements to
actively prevent the di-
version and abuse of pre-
scription painkillers.
“Pharmacies saw the
devastating consequenc-
es of this public health
crisis firsthand and we
will show they did little to
nothing to address them,”
the attorneys said in a
statement.
The judge was sched-
uled to hear a broader
case last year, but most
parties settled. Talks con-
tinue toward a possible
national settlement that
could end all the lawsuits
related to the epidemic,
which has killed more
than 400,000 in the U.S.
since 2000.

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Hawkins
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partment.” LCSO was accredited by
the state of Mississippi in February
2019, one of the few sheriff’s offices in
the state to do so, Hawkins said.
“Now we need to make sure that
we’re doing everything that we need
to do for the accreditation and our de-
partment to make sure that our poli-
cies and procedures are in line with
federal laws and we’re using the best
practices we can,” he said.
He also plans to meet with CPD
Chief Fred Shelton to talk not only
about the joint task force but other
crime-related issues that affect the
city and county.
Hawkins added he plans to be more
visible at community events and make
sure citizens know him and know how
they can get in touch with him and his
department if they have a problem.
One of his more long-term goals
is to improve the department’s tech-
nology to make deputies’ work more
efficient.
“During my whole campaign, I ran
on more visibility,” he said. “Putting
deputies back out in the communities.
Doing things for the communities.
And one way to do that is by utilizing
technology and putting computers in
vehicles so that the guys don’t have to
respond back here to the sheriff’s de-
partment to sit down here and write
a report. They can do it in the field Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
and keep them out in the field where Newly-elected Sheriff Eddie Hawkins, right, talks with Deputy Clint
they’re more visible, deterring crime, Sims in the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday. Hawkins has
able to respond to different situations been making personnel changes in the department in the few days he
faster, things like that.” has been on the job.

LINK
Continued from Page 1A
million and 303 jobs per
year — and that was af-
ter the LINK expanded
its services to work on re-
cruiting industrial devel-
opment in Oktibbeha and
Clay counties in addition
to Lowndes County.
“For those of you that
are struggling with do-
ing math in your head,
we have seen a 40 per-
cent reduction in our an-
nounced (projects and
investments) and a 40 per-
cent reduction in our an-
nounced jobs in the four
years that administration
has been here,” he said.
Higgins said he has
faith in newly-elected gov-
ernor Tate Reeves to get
MDA back on track and
bring investments back to
Mississippi.
“He has been engaged
with corporate people. ...
He has been engaged with
us, with other economic
developers,” Higgins said.
“He understands what the
issue is, he knows what
Mississippi needs and ...
I’ve got very, very high
hopes for him.”
Higgins said he and
other economic develop-
ers in the state have been
looking at Mississippi’s
existing economic incen-
tive programs and work-
ing on ways to streamline
them and make them
more user-friendly for po-
tential developers.
“I think we’re at the
mall — including demo-
lition, renovation or de-
malling — Higgins spoke
more broadly about retail
in the city.
He said Hull repre-
sentatives were open to
working with Columbus
Redevelopment Authority
to demolish and replace
dilapidated buildings
along Columbus’ “retail
corridor” along Highway
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff 45, from about Highway
Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Hig- 82 to Bluecutt Road.
gins speaks with Rotary member Wanda Holley after “His end goal is: he
the club’s weekly meeting at Lion Hills Center Tuesday. wants to make the ‘hood’
Higgins talked with Rotarians about retail and industrial
development in Lowndes County, and the high hopes a better place,” Higgins
he has for development in Mississippi under new- said.
ly-elected Gov. Tate Reeves’ administration. He added Hull repre-
sentatives — along with
table at least being able a $1 billion investment in other retail firms who had
to say, ‘May I make a sug- Lowndes County and $3 been looking at buying
gestion, may I make a sug- billion total, Higgins said. the mall before the auc-
gestion?’” he said. “Not The other would be a $2 tion — were concerned
saying, ‘do this, do that’ billion to $4 billion invest- that there was “too much
because we’re not, but we ment in Lowndes County retail space” in the city for
are getting to make sug- alone. However, Higgins its size.
gestions for what we think did not disclose many “This is not necessarily
needs to happen. And not details on either of those Hull’s idea,” he said. “I’m
just who runs (MDA) but projects since they have telling you, this is stuff
that we learned talking to
how it’s structured and not been finalized.
five or six (retail special-
how we incentivize and In response to ques-
ists).
fund deals in the future. tions from multiple Rotar-
“The town’s got not
That’s probably the most ians, Higgins spoke about enough support for the
important part.” potential plans for Leigh space we’ve got,” he add-
Higgins also took the Mall, which Augusta, ed.
opportunity to talk about Georgia-based retail firm He said if Hull does
two potential projects that Hull Property Group pur- demolish part of the mall,
could come to the Infin- chased late last year for they would probably re-
ity megasite in Lowndes $3.5 million in an online place those retail spaces
County. For one of them, auction. While The Dis- with medical centers,
the company would have patch previously reported which he said are “traffic
plants in Lowndes, Oktib- that Hull is looking at sev- generators” and “tax gen-
beha and Clay counties — eral possible plans for the erators too, by the way.”

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lature set aside $500,000
(for the project) last year,”
Stafford told the council.
“That money won’t be
enough to complete ev-
erything we want to do
there, but it will allow us
to continue with some ma-
jor additions. Together,
the two projects come in
at a little under $400,000.”
Ward 3 Councilman
Charlie Box asked if the
remaining money would
be enough to complete re-
stroom facilities.
“That’s a lot bigger
ticket item than what we
have left over,” Stafford
said. “We could bring in
port-a-potties like we do
for other events until we
can build permanent re-
strooms. That would allow
us to go ahead and use the
venue in the short-term.”
Stafford suggested
using the remaining
$104,340 to build a con-
crete pad and install
plumbing on the site
where the permanent re-
strooms could be built.
“We could sit the port-
a-potties on the pad for
the time-being,” he said.
Although the work,
when completed, will not
allow the facility to host
paid events because the
west side of the property
will not have fencing, it
will allow for free events.
“The main thing that
needed to happen was to
secure the east side so
that kids couldn’t wander
off toward the (Tombig-
bee) River,” Stafford said.
“That’s a safety issue
that will be addressed by
these two projects.”
With a 150-day con-
struction contract, Staf-
ford said the amphi-
theater work may be
completed in time to host
the Market Street Festival
concert in May.
“If all goes well, it
could be ready by then,”
Stafford said. “I’ve talked
to (Main Street Columbus
director) Barbara Bige-
low about that and she’s
interested. That would be
a great way to open the fa-
cility, but it all depends on
how quickly the work gets
done.”
The stage for the am-
phitheater was complete
in 2017 with funds from
the Legislature.
In other business, the
council approved promo-
tions and pay increases said it
for 12 city employees that would not.
had been delayed since “ T here
last summer. aren’t go-
At the time of the pro- ing to be
motions, the city’s budget any ad-
crisis prevented the city ditional
from providing the ac- h i re s ,”
companying raises. The Smith said. Smith
employees were told then “ T h e s e
the pay raises would be employees are just tak-
provided in 2020. ing on additional duties
“This was something that they have already
we’ve been talking about being doing since last
since October or sooner,” year. What we’re doing
Box reminded the coun- tonight is providing the
cil. raises that go along with
Ward 2 those extra duties.”
Council- The promotions/pay
man Joseph raises went to one Co-
Mickens lumbus Police Depart-
asked for ment employee, five Co-
clarity on lumbus Fire and Rescue
what the employees, three Public
p r o m o - Works employees and
tions would Box three Parks and Recre-
mean. ation employees.
“ W ith The council unan-
these pro- imously approved the
motions, promotions and pay rais-
does that es.
mean the Conf lict disclosure:
city is go- Managing Editor Zack
ing to hire Plair took part in editing
people to fill Mickens this article. He is current-
their old po- ly involved in legal pro-
sitions?” Mickens asked. ceedings with the city of
Mayor Robert Smith Columbus.
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Long’s scoring, rebounding LEAD PATRIOTS TO VICTORY

Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch

Heritage Academy forward Jared Long dunks the ball on a fast break after coming up with a steal late in the game Tuesday in Columbus.

By Theo Derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Jared Long and the
Heritage Academy boys
basketball team are final-
ly getting up to speed.
Long, three other
starters, several role play-
ers and head coach Russ
Whiteside were all part
of the Patriots’ champion-
ship football team. Most
of them, Long included,
were “slow coming on”
when they made the tran-
sition back to basketball
in late November.
Not anymore.
Long led all scorers
with 20 points Tuesday as
Heritage Academy routed
rival Starkville Academy
63-37, and his impact was
felt in far more than just
the scorebook.
“In the last few games,
he’s really been big for
us,” Whiteside said. “Jar-
ed can do about what he
wants to do with his ath-
leticism and his length.
When he wants to defend,
he can really defend.”
Long showed off his
rebounding prowess, too,
outleaping Volunteers
left and right to grab any-
thing and everything off
the glass.
“When you double him,
and people are scram-
bling, it’s hard to get him
blocked off the boards
because he’s getting a
running start,” Starkville
Academy coach Bill Ball
said. “You can see his ath-
leticism … He’s just a bad
matchup for us. I thought
he hurt us on the boards
as much as anything.”
With Long and big
man Eli Acker providing
second chances on the
offensive end and keeping
the Volunteers to one shot
on defense, the Patriots’
defense cracked down.
The Pats held the Vols to
just seven points in each
of the first two quarters
and five in the third.
“I thought we did a
really good job with pres-
suring the basketball in
the halfcourt and making
it difficult for them to get
into some offense,” Wh-
iteside said. “I was really
proud of them because
we had struggled some
defensively. Ball pres-
sure was big, and we did a
good job of getting to the
help side as well.”
Meanwhile, the Patri-
ots (11-6) seemed to have
no such trouble scoring.
Acker made his post
presence known again,
scoring 14 points; seniors
Reid Huskison and Steele
Altmyer each scored six.
Altmyer made his re-
turn to the lineup after
missing a little over a
week with a sprained an-
kle, which he said still
limited him a bit Tuesday.
“He was really good
for us,” Whiteside said.
“If you saw his ankle, you
would wonder how in the
world he’s doing what he’s
doing.”
After missing a large
portion of last season with
a broken foot, Altmyer
was determined to make
it back as soon as he could
after spraining his ankle
Dec. 28.
“I’ve been icing a lot,
doing a lot of rehab to
get back out here, and
it showed,” he said. “I’m
glad I’m back.”
With Altmyer back in
the fold, the Patriots are
inching closer to their
full potential: The team’s
deep roster features a
whopping nine seniors
— that’s new ground for
Whiteside.
“I’ve never had a team
with this many seniors
and playing this many
seniors,” he said, “but I’m
glad we’ve got them.”
Starkville Academy girls
60, Heritage Academy 34
Given its small roster,
the Starkville Academy
girls team focuses a lot on
its defense.
The Volunteers don’t
have the depth to con-
stantly press or create a
lot of turnovers, Ball said,
so it comes down to the
fundamentals: staying in
front of offensive players,
defending the interior and
boxing out for defensive
rebounds.
The Vols stress de-
fense heavily at every
practice, junior Lillee
Alpe said, and that ef-
fort paid off in a big way
Tuesday. Starkville Acad-
emy (10-7) came out with
some early offensive fire-
power, locked down Her-
itage Academy (9-10) on
the other side of the court
and posted a 60-34 win
over its rival school.
“We’re starting to un-
derstand and play a lit-
tle better together,” Ball
said.
The Vols held Patriots
seniors Bailey Harris and
Sydney Adair under 10
points apiece, a rare per-
formance by the two dy-
namic scorers. Freshman
forward Lucy Sharp had
10 points to lead Heritage
Academy on an offensive
off night.
“We’ve gotta do a bet-
ter job of figuring out
ways to score when they
take certain people away,”
Heritage Academy coach
Moe Reed said.
Junior forward Caro-
See prep, 4B

MSU men prepare for first SEC road contest MSU alumnus
By Garrick Hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — ing to KenPom.com, with
Shortly after Mississippi
State’s loss to Auburn in
its Southeastern Confer-
ence opener Saturday,
men’s basketball coach
Ben Howland said his
team needed to play with
more poise.
The fifth-year coach
felt his players too often
fell into a trap of playing
too fast and out of con-
trol, and would benefit
from running more of
the team’s halfcourt sets
instead of settling for
rushed shots. That con-
cept may prove difficult
against Alabama, MSU’s
first SEC road opponent at
6 p.m. Wednesday in Tus-
caloosa, Alabama.
The Crimson Tide play
at the fourth-fastest pace Judge hired by
New York Giants
in the country, accord-
their average offensive
possession lasting 15 sec-
The Associated Press because the deal is not
onds. done.
“We have to control the EAST RUTHER- Mentored by Bill Beli-
tempo,” Howland said. FORD, N.J. — The New chick and Nick Saban in
“They play very quick- York Giants and New a 15-year career, Judge
ly and shoot a ton of 3s, England Patriots assis- would become a head
that’s the key to their deal. tant Joe Judge are work- coach for the first time.
They’re taking 30 3-point- ing on a deal for him to At 38, he would be one
ers per game, they’re liter- become the team’s head of the youngest NFL
ally the Houston Rockets coach, a surprising move coaches. Sean McVay of
of college basketball.” for the four-time Super the Los Angeles Rams
Alabama guards Kira Bowl-winning franchise currently is the youngest
Lewis and John Petty han- that tumbled to the bot- at 33.
dle the bulk of the scor- tom of the NFL in recent Judge has won three
ing for the Crimson Tide, years, a person familiar Super Bowls with New
as both contribute 16.6 with the negotiations told England in eight years
points per game. The Associated Press. as an assistant on Be-
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
“There’s not a pair The person spoke lichick’s staff. He was
Mississippi State’s Nick Weatherspoon (0) dunks
of better guards in our over Auburn’s Isaac Okoro (23) during their college to the AP on condition the fifth candidate the
See msu, 4B basketball game Saturday in Starkville. of anonymity Tuesday See judge, 4B
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briefly Caledonia’s Rollins signs with Itawamba Community College

By Ben Portnoy really hard, and come in allowed him to be a stal- there and compete.” “It’s great for the
Men’s College Basketball bportnoy@cdispatch.com and compete for a start- wart in the center of the Beyond his on-field program,” Blake said.
Harris scores 21 as MUW beats Rhodes ing position,” Caledonia Caledonia attack. ability, Rollins’ signing “And for the younger
CALEDONIA — coach Thomas Blake Perhaps as impres- with ICC has a larg-
Keith Harris led the Mississippi University for kids to see these older
Women men’s basketball team with 21 points as the Wes Rollins is getting said. “I know they’re a sive, his strong foot has er significance within kids getting scholar-
Owls beat Rhodes College 70-62 on Tuesday at Pohl his chance. good team but he’s go- also been on display on the program. While
Gymnasium. A prolific midfielder ships and things like
Harris, a Starkville High and East Mississippi ing to be a big part of the gridiron, where he Caledonia has long pro- that to go and play for
Community College product, went 7 of 13 from the field for the Caledonia boys what they’re trying to doubles as the place- duced collegiate soccer
soccer team, Rollins an- these schools, I think
and made 3 of 8 3-pointers. do next year and after kicker for Caledonia. talent, its most recent
Milos Zeradjanin scored 12 points, Tre Pinkston nounced his collegiate that.” “His intensity level college-bound athlete it definitely gives more
scored 10 points, and Carlos Wilkerson grabbed 10 decision Tuesday as he A dynamic midfield- — he always gives 100 gives underclassmen interest for the program
rebounds for the Owls (5-10). — not just from future
The W will host Pensacola Christian College at 7 signed with Itawamba er, Rollins has flashed percent,” Blake said. a role model and blue-
p.m. Friday. Community College. a quick footspeed “That’s something you print to aspire toward players but from par-
“I think they’re get- through the middle love as a coach. You in hopes of one day ents and things such as
SOURCE: From Special Reports ting a player who is that, coupled with a know you’re going to reaching the next level that. I think it’s good for
going to come in, work strong work ethic, has have a guy come out as well. the program.”
CALENDAR
Today
Men’s College Basketball
Mississippi State at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Ole Miss at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Thursday
Prep Girls Soccer
Mississippi School for Math and Sci-
Mattix gives New Hope boys wild win over Houston
ence at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. By Theo DeRosa Imoni Harris scored The Caledonia boys boys team beat South and Will Teague, Tyler
Prep Boys Soccer tderosa@cdispatch.com 12 points, and Juquala team beat Mooreville Panola 88-58 in Tues- Looney and Jonathan
Columbus at Grenada, 7 p.m. Sherrod scored nine 44-38 in Tuesday’s road day’s home game. Peal each scored seven
Mississippi School for Math and Sci- HOUSTON — RL points and added seven game. Coltie Young led the points.
ence at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Mattix scored 26 rebounds. Cooper McCleskey Yellow Jackets (14-2) The Rams will host
Prep Girls Basketball points and hit the ty- scored 23 to lead the with 22 points. Mekhi Calhoun Academy on
ing and go-ahead free
Choctaw County at Starkville Academy,
throws with a second Columbus boys 61, Confederates, and Von- Myles scored 12 points, Thursday.
ta Martin scored 12. and Forte Prater scored
6:30 p.m.
to go, giving the New West Point 25
Calhoun Academy at Columbus Chris-
Hope boys team a 78- WEST POINT —
Caledonia will host
Houston on Friday.
11. Columbus Christian
Starkville will host
tian Academy, 6:30 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball 77 road win at Houston The Columbus High
Germantown on Friday.
Aca. girls 59, Newton
Choctaw County at Starkville Academy, on Tuesday. boys team beat West
Point 61-25 in Tuesday’s Mooreville girls 41, County Aca. 49
The lead changed STEENS — The Co-
8 p.m.
Calhoun Academy at Columbus Chris- four times in the final game in West Point. Caledonia 36 Starkville girls 66, lumbus Christian girls
tian Academy, 8 p.m. minute alone, but the Tre Dismuke led the MOOREVILLE — South Panola 64 beat Newton Coun-
Trojans (14-1) came Falcons with 18 points, The Caledonia girls lost STARKVILLE — ty Academy 59-49 on
Women’s College Basketball
out on top. and Gabe Williams 41-36 to Mooreville on The Starkville girls Tuesday in Steens.
Mississippi State at Missouri, 6 p.m.
DJ Hughes scored scored 12. Tuesday in Mooreville. survived South Panola Kylie Emerson had
Tennessee at Ole Miss, 7 p.m.
14 points and grabbed The Falcons will Tenizia Lathan had 66-64 on Tuesday in 20 points to lead the
Holmes Community College at East Mis-
nine rebounds for New travel to face Grenada 19 points for the ’Feds, Starkville. Rams. Audrey Foreman
sissippi Community College, 5:30 p.m.
Hope. Jaylen Smith on Friday, and West and Shanti Kidd scored Amaya Ford led the scored 14 points, and
Men’s College Basketball
scored 11 points and Point will host New six. Yellow Jackets with 29 CC Devos scored 11.
Holmes Community College at East Mis-
had five assists, Caleb Hope. points. Jada Odneal
sissippi Community College, 7:30 p.m.
Parr scored 10 points West Lowndes girls scored 12, and Bray- Oak Hill Aca. boys 60,
Friday and had nine rebounds, Columbus girls 50, 68, McAdams 42 land Ferguson scored
Carroll Aca. 42
Prep Girls Soccer
and LJ Hackman had
eight points and eight
West Point 20 The West Lowndes 11.
WEST POINT —
Winona at New Hope, 5:30 p.m. WEST POINT — girls beat McAdams The Oak Hill Academy
St. Andrew’s at Mississippi School for
rebounds. The Columbus girls 68-42 on Tuesday in Co- Columbus Christian boys team beat Carroll
New Hope will trav-
Math and Science, 5:30 p.m.
el to face West Point on
beat West Point 50-20 lumbus. Aca. boys 65, Newton Academy 60-42 in Tues-
on Tuesday in West Tydajasha Hood
South Pontotoc at Caledonia, 5:30 pm.
Friday. Point. led the Panthers with
County Aca. 31 day’s home game.
Prep Boys Soccer STEENS — The Co- Daniel Harrington
Winona at New Hope, 7 p.m. Aniya Saddler 16 points. Marvaysha scored 19 points to lead
lumbus Christian Acad-
St. Andrew’s at Mississippi School for New Hope girls 53, scored 17 points to lead Seals scored 14, and
emy boys team beat the Raiders (14-2).
Math and Science, 7 p.m. Houston 49 the Falcons. DJ Jackson
scored 11, and Nitirah
Quankeria
scored 10.
Halbert
Newton County Acade- Oak Hill Academy
South Pontotoc at Caledonia, 7:15 p.m. HOUSTON — The my 65-31 in Tuesday’s will host Winona Chris-
Prep Girls Basketball New Hope girls beat Barry scored 10. tian on Friday.
home game.
Columbus at Grenada, 6 p.m. Houston 53-49 on Tues- Starkville boys 88, Lawson Studdard
New Hope at West Point, 6 p.m. day in Houston. Caledonia boys 44, South Panola 58 scored 31 points to lead Other scores
Choctaw County at Noxubee County, 6
p.m.
Anna Prince led the Mooreville 38 STARKVILLE — the Rams. Dakota Shaw Oak Hill Aca. girls
Trojans with 15 points. MOOREVILLE — The Starkville High scored eight points, 37, Carroll Aca. 35
Germantown at Starkville, 6 p.m.
Nanih Waiya at West Lowndes, 6 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Lamar, 6 p.m.
East Rankin Academy at Starkville
Pro Football Hockey
Santa Clara, Calif. W L Pct GB PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named Mike Rabelo
Academy, 6 p.m. California 35, Illinois 20 L.A. Lakers 30 7 .811 — assistant hitting coach.
Meridian HomeSchool at Starkville NFL Playoff Glance
Orange Bowl L.A. Clippers 26 12 .684 4½
NHL Glance
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Named Antoan
Richardson first base, outfield and baserunning
Miami Gardens, Fla. Sacramento 15 23 .395 15½
Christian, 6 p.m. Wild-card Playoffs Florida 36, Virginia 28 Phoenix 14 23 .378 16 EASTERN CONFERENCE coach and Nick Ortiz quality assurance coach.
Saturday, Jan. 4 Tuesday, Dec. 31 Golden State 9 29 .237 21½ Atlantic Division WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms
Winona Christian at Oak Hill Academy, Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT Belk Bowl Monday’s Games GP W L OT Pts GF GA with 2B Starlin Castro on a two-year contract.
Boston 44 25 8 11 61 146 113 Can-Am League
6 p.m. Tennessee 20, New England 13 Charlotte, N.C.
Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30
Washington 99, Boston 94
Orlando 101, Brooklyn 89 Tampa Bay 42 25 13 4 54 156 127 NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Santiago
Sunday, Jan. 5
Columbus Christian Academy at Kem- Minnesota 26, New Orleans 20, OT Sun Bowl Indiana 115, Charlotte 104 Toronto 44 24 15 5 53 159 141 Chirino to a contract extension.
El Paso, Texas Philadelphia 120, Oklahoma City 113 Florida 43 22 16 5 49 153 146 Frontier League
per Academy, 6 p.m. Seattle 17, Philadelphia 9
Arizona State 20, Florida State 14 Denver 123, Atlanta 115 Buffalo 43 19 17 7 45 127 135 EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Sent C Rob Calabrese
Divisional Playoffs to the Windy City ThunderBolts to complete a pre-
Utah 128, New Orleans 126 Montreal 44 18 19 7 43 139 143
Prep Boys Basketball
 Saturday, Jan. 11 Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tenn. Dallas 118, Chicago 110 Ottawa 43 16 22 5 37 118 149 vious trade.
Minnesota at San Francisco, 3:35 p.m. (NBC)
Columbus at Grenada, 7:30 p.m. Tennessee at Baltimore, 7:15 p.m (CBS)
Navy 20, Kansas State 17 San Antonio 126, Milwaukee 104 Detroit 44 11 30 3 25 96 168 GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed C Tanner Mur-
phy and INF Cody Regis.
Alamo Bowl Sacramento 111, Golden State 98 Metropolitan Division
New Hope at West Point, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 San Antonio Tuesday’s Games GP W L OT Pts GF GA LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed LHP Colton
Houston at Kansas City, 2:05 p.m. (CBS) Texas 38, Utah 10 Detroit 115, Cleveland 113 Washington 44 30 9 5 65 161 130 Harlow.
Choctaw County at Noxubee County, Seattle at Green Bay, 5:40 p.m. (FOX) Arizona Bowl Portland 101, Toronto 99 N.Y. Islanders 42 27 12 3 57 120 108 NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Andrew
Conference Championships Dundon and OF Demetrius Moorer to contract ex-
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19
Tucson, Ariz. Oklahoma City 111, Brooklyn 103, OT
Memphis 119, Minnesota 112
Pittsburgh 43 26 12 5 57 146 116
Carolina 43 25 16 2 52 145 123 tensions. Signed RHP Ryan Evans.
Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17
Germantown at Starkville, 7:30 p.m. AFC, 2:05 p.m. (CBS) Wednesday, Jan. 1 Sacramento 114, Phoenix 103 Philadelphia 43 22 15 6 50 137 134 NEW YORK BOULDERS — Signed RHP Connor
NFC, 5:40 p.m. (FOX) Citrus Bowl L.A. Lakers 117, New York 87 Columbus 44 21 15 8 50 117 121 Leedholm and 1B Glen McClain.
Nanih Waiya at West Lowndes, 7:30 Pro Bowl Orlando, Fla. Today’s Games N.Y. Rangers 42 20 18 4 44 138 141 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Received OF
Miami at Indiana, 6 p.m. New Jersey 42 15 20 7 37 109 148 Troy Alexander from the St. Paul Saints of the
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26 Alabama 35, Michigan 16
Outback Bowl San Antonio at Boston, 6 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE American Association for a player to be named
At Orlando, Fla.
Heritage Academy at Lamar, 7:30 p.m. AFC vs. NFC, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Tampa, Fla. Toronto at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Central Division later.
BASKETBALL
Super Bowl Minnesota 31, Auburn 24 Washington at Orlando, 6 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
East Rankin Academy at Starkville Sunday, Feb. 2 Rose Bowl Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis 44 27 10 7 61 138 121 National Basketball Association
Pasadena, Calif. Houston at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Colorado 44 25 15 4 54 159 130 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Waived F Mar-
Academy, 7:30 p.m. At Miami Gardens, Fla.
Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27 Chicago at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Dallas 42 24 14 4 52 115 104 quese Chriss.
NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 5:30 p.m. FOOTBALL
Meridian HomeSchool at Starkville (FOX)
Sugar Bowl New York at Utah, 8 p.m. Winnipeg 43 23 16 4 50 133 131
Minnesota 43 20 17 6 46 133 144 National Football League
New Orleans Milwaukee at Golden State, 9 p.m.
Christian, 7:30 p.m. Georgia 26, Baylor 14 Thursday’s Games Nashville 42 19 16 7 45 144 143 CAROLINA PANTHERS — Named Matt Rhule
Boston at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Chicago 44 19 19 6 44 128 143 coach. Signed DE Efe Obada to a one-year con-
College Football
Thursday, Jan. 2
Winona Christian at Oak Hill Academy, Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m. Pacific Division tract extension.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA DALLAS COWBOYS — Named Mike McCarthy
7:30 p.m. Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6 Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Bowl Glance Gator Bowl Houston at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. Arizona 45 25 16 4 54 133 114 coach.
Columbus Christian Academy at Kem- Friday, Dec. 20 Jacksonville, Fla. Friday’s Games Vegas 46 24 16 6 54 147 137 DETROIT LIONS — Promoted Hank Fraley to
Bahamas Bowl Tennessee 23, Indiana 22 Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m. Edmonton 45 23 17 5 51 137 142 offensive line coach and Billy Yates to assistant
per Academy, 7:30 p.m. Nassau Friday, Jan. 3 New Orleans at New York, 6:15 p.m. Calgary 45 23 17 5 51 125 135 offensive line coach. Signed RB Tra Carson to a
Miami at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver 43 23 16 4 50 143 134 reserve/future contract.
Men’s College Basketball Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9
Frisco (Texas) Bowl
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Boise Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m. San Jose 45 19 22 4 42 121 151 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OT Brandon
Pensacola Christian at MUW, 7 p.m. Kent State 51, Utah State 41 Ohio 30, Nevada 21 San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. Anaheim 43 17 21 5 39 113 136 Hitner to a reserve/future contract.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed DB Juan Thorn-
Saturday, Dec. 21 Saturday, Jan. 4 Charlotte at Utah, 8 p.m. Los Angeles 44 17 23 4 38 112 140
Celebration Bowl Armed Forces Bowl Orlando at Phoenix, 8 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime hill on IR. Signed G Ryan Hunter.

on the air At Atlanta

NC A&T 64, Alcorn State 44
Fort Worth, Texas
Tulane 30, Southern Miss 13
L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:45 p.m.
Milwaukee at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Tuesday’s Games
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL
Tashawn Bower to a future contract.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Dylan Mabin
New Mexico Bowl Monday, Jan. 6
Today Albuquerque
San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11
Lendingtree Bowl
Mobile, Ala.
Carolina 5, Philadelphia 4, OT
Arizona 5, Florida 2
to a reserve/future contract.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed TE Alex
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
5:30 p.m. — St. John’s at Georgetown,
Cure Bowl
Orlando, Fla.
Louisiana-Lafayette 27, Miami (Ohio) 17
Monday, Jan. 13
College Basketball N.Y. Islanders 4, New Jersey 3, OT
Tampa Bay 9, Vancouver 2
Ellis, DT Albert Huggins, QB Kyle Lauletta, C
Keegan Render, CB Tremon Smith and WRs River
Cracraft, Marcus Green and Marken Michel to re-
FS1
Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
College Football Championship
New Orleans
Tuesday’s Scores Washington 6, Ottawa 1
Detroit 4, Montreal 3 serve/future contracts.
EAST TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed OLB Quin-
FAU 52, SMU 28 Clemson (14-0) vs. LSU (14-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN) N.Y. Rangers 5, Colorado 3
6 p.m. — Pittsburgh at North Carolina, Camellia Bowl Saturday, Jan. 18
Boston College 60, Virginia 53
Boston 6, Nashville 2 ton Bell, C Anthony Fabiano, S Deiondre’ Hall, DL
Brown 79, Johnson & Wales (RI) 53
ACCN Montgomery, Ala. East-West Shrine Classic Cornell 100, SUNY-Purchase 68 St. Louis 3, San Jose 2 Jeremiah Ledbetter, TE Jordan Leggett, CB Herb
Miller, OT Brad Seaton and RB Aca’Cedric Ware to
Arkansas State 34, FIU 26 Calgary 2, Chicago 1
6 p.m. — Northwestern at Indiana, BTN New Orleans Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFL)
Houston 78, Temple 74
Columbus 4, Anaheim 3 reserve/future contracts.
Maryland 67, Ohio St. 55
6 p.m. — Davidson at Rhode Island, Appalachian State 31, UAB 17 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Quinnipiac 80, Rider 61 Pittsburgh 4, Vegas 3 WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Dr. Kevin
Las Vegas Bowl Today’s Games Wilk medical consultant.
CBSSN Washington 38, Boise State 7
At Pasadena, Calif. Rutgers 72, Penn St. 61
Washington at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. HOCKEY
American vs. National, 4 p.m. (FS1) Virginia Tech 67, Syracuse 63
6 p.m. — Notre Dame at North Carolina Monday, Dec. 23 Saturday, Jan. 25 SOUTH Winnipeg at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned RW Kiefer
State, ESPN2 Gasparilla Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
Senior Bowl East Carolina 62, South Florida 59 Dallas at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
Thursday’s Games Sherwood to San Diego (AHL).
At Mobile, Ala.
6 p.m. — Tulsa at Cincinnati, ESPNU UCF 48, Marshall 25 North vs. South, 1:30 p.m.
Florida 81, South Carolina 68
Kentucky 78, Georgia 69 Winnipeg at Boston, 6 p.m. BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Lawrence Pilut
from Rochester (AHL).
6 p.m. — Mississippi State at Alabama, Hawaii Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 24 Sunday, Jan. 26 Louisville 74, Miami 58 Vancouver at Florida, 6 p.m.
DALLAS STARS — Recalled D Joel Hanley from
Hula Bowl Edmonton at Montreal, 6 p.m.
SECN Honolulu At Honolulu
MIDWEST
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Texas (AHL). Placed D John Klingberg on injured
Akron 84, W. Michigan 69
7:30 p.m. — Seton Hall at Xavier, FS1 Hawaii 38, BYU 34 East vs. West, 9:30 p.m. Ball St. 88, Buffalo 68 Arizona at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. reserve, retroactive to Jan. 1.
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned D Kale
Thursday, Dec. 26 Buffalo at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
8 p.m. — Duke at Georgia Tech, ACCN Independence Bowl
Bowling Green 78, Miami (Ohio) 76
Nashville at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Clague to Ontario (AHL).
Cent. Michigan 68, N. Illinois 67
8 p.m. — Illinois at Wisconsin, BTN
8 p.m. — Tulane at Connecticut,
Shreveport, La.
Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0
Quick Lane Bowl
Pro Basketball Drake 65, Loyola of Chicago 62
Kent St. 84, Toledo 77
Minnesota at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vegas, 9 p.m.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Named John Hynes
coach. Acquired F Michael McCarron from the
Montreal Canadiens for F Laurent Dauphin.
CBSSN Detroit NBA Glance Missouri St. 67, Illinois St. 63
N. Iowa 68, Indiana St. 60 Columbus at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. American Hockey League
Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30 EASTERN CONFERENCE AHL — Suspended Bridgeport D Kyle Burroughs
8 p.m. — Oklahoma at Texas, ESPN2 Friday, Dec. 27 Atlantic Division Nebraska 76, Iowa 70 Friday’s Games
Arizona at Carolina, 6:30 p.m. two games and Utica F Vincent Arseneau one
Ohio 74, E. Michigan 68
8 p.m. — Arkansas at Louisiana State, Military Bowl W L Pct GB
Providence 81, Marquette 80 Ottawa at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. game.
Annapolis, Md. Boston 25 9 .735 — ECHL
ESPNU North Carolina 55, Temple 13 Toronto 24 13 .649 2½ S. Illinois 63, Valparaiso 50 Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Saturday’s Games ECHL — Suspended South Carolina D/LW Jaynen
8 p.m. — Vanderbilt at Auburn, SECN Pinstripe Bowl Philadelphia 24 14 .632 3 TCU 59, Kansas St. 57
Tennessee 69, Missouri 59 Vancouver at Buffalo, Noon Rissling and Worcester LW Yannick Turcotte two
Brooklyn 16 20 .444 10 games.
NBA BASKETBALL New York
Michigan State 27, Wake Forest 21 New York 10 27 .270 16½ Villanova 64, Creighton 59 Los Angeles at Carolina, 6 p.m.
SOCCER
Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
6:30 p.m. — Denver at Dallas, ESPN Texas Bowl Southeast Division SOUTHWEST
Baylor 57, Texas Tech 52 Montreal at Ottawa, 6 p.m. Major League Soccer
W L Pct GB
9 p.m. — Milwaukee at Golden State, Houston
Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State 21 Miami 26 10 .722 — Texas A&M 57, Ole Miss 47 Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. LOS ANGELES FC — Announced that the club
and F Rodolfo Zelaya have mutually agreed to
New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.
ESPN Holiday Bowl Orlando 17 20 .459 9½ FAR WEST
N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 7 p.m. part ways.
Air Force 79, Utah St. 60
NHL HOCKEY San Diego Charlotte 15 24 .385 12½
Washington 12 24 .333 14
Anaheim at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. NEW YORK CITY — Named Matt Goodman chief
operating officer and chief commercial officer.
Iowa 49, Southern Cal 24 Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.
6:30 p.m. — Washington at Philadel- Cheez-It Bowl Atlanta 8 29 .216 18½
Texas A&M 57, Ole Miss 47 Columbus at Vegas, 9 p.m. NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed Ms Jared
phia, NBCSN Phoenix

Central Division
W L Pct GB OLE MISS (9-5) Dallas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Stroud and Chris Lema.
Air Force 31, Washington State 21 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Named Mark
9 p.m. — Dallas at Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 28 Milwaukee 32 6 .842 — Shuler 5-18 1-2 12, Tyree 10-19 0-1 26, Buffen 0-3 Pannes CEO.

NBCSN
TENNIS
2 a.m. — ATP/WTA: The ATP Cup, Day
6 Group Stage AND The Auckland Open,
Early Rounds, TENNIS
5 a.m. — ATP: The ATP Cup, Day 6
Group Stage, Brisbane, Perth, and
Sydney, Australia, TENNIS
5 p.m. — ATP/WTA: The ATP Cup, Day 7
Quarterfinals AND The Auckland Open,
and The Brisbane International, Early
Rounds, The Shenzhen Open, Quarterfi-
nals, TENNIS
Transactions
0-0 0, Hinson 1-9 0-0 2, Sy 1-5 1-2 3, F.Miller 0-1
Camping World Bowl Indiana 23 14 .622 8½
0-0 0, Collum 0-1 0-0 0, Crowley 0-1 2-2 2, Hunter
National Women’s Soccer League
Orlando, Fla. Detroit 14 24 .368 18 NWSL — Announced the resignation of president
Notre Dame 33, Iowa State 9 Chicago 13 24 .351 18½ 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 18-60 4-7 47. Tuesday’s moves Amanda Duffy to become executive vice president
Cotton Bowl Classic Cleveland 10 27 .270 21½ TEXAS A&M (7-6) BASEBALL of Orlando City, effective Feb. 15.
Arlington, Texas WESTERN CONFERENCE Flagg 4-10 2-2 11, Nebo 5-5 7-9 17, Gordon 2-6 0-1 American League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed M Jaye Bois-
Penn State 53, Memphis 39 Southwest Division 5, Mitchell 4-11 0-0 9, E.Miller 0-2 2-2 2, Chandler BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated RHP Eric siere.
Peach Bowl W L Pct GB 0-6 2-2 2, French 2-3 0-0 4, Jackson 0-3 2-2 2, Hanhold for assignment. Agreed to terms with INF USL Championship
Houston 24 11 .686 — José Iglesias on a one-year contract.
Atlanta
CFP Semifinal: LSU 63, Oklahoma 28 Dallas 23 13 .639 1½
Gultekin 2-2 1-1 5, Aku 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-48
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms C
LOUDOUN UNITED — Re-signed G Colin Miller
and Ds Peabo Doue and Robert Dambrot.
16-19 57.
Fiesta Bowl San Antonio 15 20 .429 9 Halftime_Mississippi 29-19. 3-Point Goals_Mis- Jason Castro on a one-year contract. Designated USL League One
Glendale, Ariz.
CFP Semifinal: Clemson 29, Ohio State 23
Memphis
New Orleans
16 22 .421 9½
12 25 .324 13
sissippi 7-27 (Tyree 6-13, Shuler 1-5, Crowley 0-1,
LHP Adalberto Mejía for assignment.
National League
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION II — Signed M
Mayele Malango, F Connor Presley and Ds Collin
Monday, Dec. 30 Northwest Division F.Miller 0-1, Sy 0-1, Hinson 0-6), Texas A&M 3-17 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms Verfurth and Nick Woodruff.
(Gordon 1-1, Mitchell 1-4, Flagg 1-5, French 0-1,
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl W L Pct GB
Jackson 0-2, Chandler 0-4). Rebounds_Mississip-
with RHP Jimmy Nelson on a one-year contract. COLLEGE
Dallas Denver 25 11 .694 — MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Austin Brice GEORGIA — G Solomon Kindley will enter the
Western Kentucky 23, Western Michigan 20 Utah 24 12 .667 1 pi 32 (F.Miller 6), Texas A&M 36 (Nebo, E.Miller for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Corey NFL draft.
Music City Bowl Oklahoma City 21 16 .568 4½ 9). Assists_Mississippi 12 (Shuler 6), Texas A&M 8 Dickerson on a two-year contract. Named James RUTGERS — Named Augie Hoffmann offensive
Nashville, Tenn. Portland 16 22 .421 10 (Flagg 3). Total Fouls_Mississippi 20, Texas A&M Rowson bench coach, Billy Hatcher first base/out- assistant.
Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28 Minnesota 14 22 .389 11 13. A_5,982 (12,989). field coach, Wellington Cepeda bullpen coach and XAVIER (NO) — Named Adrian Holloway baseball
Redbox Bowl Pacific Division Eddy Rodriguez catching coach. coach.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Wednesday, January 8, 2020 3B

Delay of game: National title on hold amidst 2-week wait

The Associated Press
CLEMSON, S.C. —
Clemson quarterback
Trevor Lawrence was
ready to get right back
on the field to play for
another College Foot-
ball Playoff title after
the Tigers’hard-fought
semifinal win over Ohio
State last month.
That changed once
he woke up the next day.
“I was really sore so I
was glad to get some ex-
tra time,” he said.
But there have been
questions whether the
longest break in the
CFP’s six seasons has
been good for the sport,
especially in the shad-
ows of the NFL playoffs.
It will be 16 days
since top-ranked LSU
(14-0; No. 1 CFP) and
No. 3 Clemson (14-0;
No. 3 CFP) last played
by the time the teams
meet in New Orleans on
Jan. 13.
But like Lawrence,
it seems most everyone
from the coaches and
players to Superdome
officials and fans seem
to have rolled with the
break as they wait for
the showdown — of
course, they didn’t have
much of a choice.
It apparently didn’t
hurt ticket sales.
CFP executive direc-
tor Bill Hancock said the
game is a sellout — just
like the first five CFP
championships And
even with the ongoing
NFL playoffs, Hancock
believes the buildup and
excitement for the col-
lege title is as strong as
ever despite the lengthy
layoff.
Hancock said the
proximity of LSU’s
campus (about 80 miles
northwest of New Or-
leans in Baton Rouge)
guarantees an intensity
and excitement for the
event.
“I think this buzz is
because of the popular-
ity of college football,
plus the match up of two
great teams,” Hancock
said in a text to The As-
sociated Press.
Clemson coach Dabo
Swinney has been in
four of the last five
CFP championships,
winning in 2016 after a
nine-day break and last
season when the Tigers
again had nine days
to get back to campus
after the Cotton Bowl
in Dallas before flying
cross-country to Cali-
fornia.
The quick turn didn’t
seem to bother Clem-
son during its 44-16 title
game victory over Ala-
bama.
“You know, I’d pre-
fer to just go play, to
be honest with you, if I
was writing the sched-
ule out,” Swinney said.
“But hey, things always
happen the way they’re
supposed to, and in this
particular case I’m real-
ly glad that we’ve got a
couple extra days.”
This is LSU’s first
time in the CFP title
game, but the Tigers
are not letting the wait
get to them. It was three
weeks between LSU
winning the Southeast-
ern Conference cham-
pionship over Georgia
before defeating Okla-
homa in the Peach Bowl
to reach the champion-
ship.
“A game like this you
just have to stay in your
routine and don’t stray
from it,” said quarter-
back Joe Burrow, the
Heisman Trophy winner.
“You can really pump
yourself up and get a
little too excited, but
I’m just going to stay in
my routine, do what I’ve
been doing, and treat it
like any other week.”
The break has made
it easier for some fans
to make arrangements,
said Ted King, a lifelong
Clemson fan who has
been to the team’s three
previous trips to the
CFP’s final game.
He remembers a
year ago trying to book
flights and a hotel in
California — the game
was played in Santa
Clara, NFL home for the
San Francisco 49ers —
for he and wife, Chris,
before Clemson’s semi-
final game with Notre
Dame was over.
“I am so glad for that
extra week,” said King,
a retired executive with
a utility company.
This time, the Kings
will drive South, stop-
ping to see family in Al-
abama before arriving
in New Orleans on Sun-
day. On the way back,
they’ll stop in Alabama
and Georgia for more
visits before returning
to Irmo, just north of
South Carolina’s capital
of Columbia.
“We get to have some
family time and get to
see the Tigers play for a
title,” King said.
ESPN announcer
Chris Fowler said the
delay was simply a quirk
of this year. Teams had
two bye weeks this sea-
son, something that’s
not normal to the game.
“Ideally, for momen-
tum and fan interest,
you don’t want to wait 16
days,” he said. “We will
be prepared because
that’s a lot of time to get
ready for teams that we
already know.”
LSU coach Ed Org-
eron, a Louisiana native
who has his team on the
verge of its first national
title since 2007, under-
stands some of his down
time will be fielding calls
from hometown people
desperate for tickets.
“Obviously, we can’t
let it be a distraction,” he
said. “Obviously, it can
be a distraction for me.”
Where the break
might most affect the
game is on defense, said
ESPN analyst Kirk Herb-
streit. The teams’ coor-
dinators Dave Aranda of
LSU and Brent Venables
of Clemson — two of the
highest paid assistants
at more than $2 million
a year — will have extra
study time to find flaws
in the opposing defense.
“They’ve got the same
amount of time as well,“
Clemson linebacker
Chad Smith, “so it’s go-
ing to be interesting to
see how all these weeks
come into play Monday.”

Baylor’s Matt Rhule agrees to become Panthers’ next coach

The Associated Press
CHARLOT TE, N.C.
— David Tepper is en-
trusting Baylor’s Matt
Rhule to lead the Carolina
Panthers out of what he
views as a cycle of “long-
term mediocrity.”
The Panthers own-
er hired the 44-year-old
Rhule on Tuesday to be-
come the team’s next
head coach. He replaces
Ron Rivera, who was fired
with four games remain-
ing in the 2019 season.
The deal is worth $62
million over seven sea-
sons, with incentives
to make even more for
winning. said a person
familiar with the situa-
tion. The person spoke to
The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity
because the team has not
released contract details.
The NFL Network was
first to report the contract
terms.
The deal makes Rhule
the sixth-highest-paid
coach in the NFL, ac-
cording to Forbes. The
five coaches ahead of him
— New England’s Bill
Belichick, Seattle’s Pete
Carroll, Oakland’s Jon
Gruden, New Orleans’
Sean Payton and Balti-
more’s John Harbaugh —
have all won Super Bowls.
The Panthers met
with Rhule at his home in
Waco, Texas, on Monday,
and Tepper liked what he
heard and moved swift-
ly to make a hire. Rhule,
who is from New York
City, had been scheduled
to visit with his home-
town New York Giants lat-
er in the week and Tepper
didn’t want to lose him.
“You have a new owner
who is committed to do-
ing things the best way.
He’s a very much a pro-
cess-oriented person,”
Rhule told ESPN Central
Texas radio on Tuesday.
“That is really all I want-
ed. I wanted to go to a
place that isn’t going to
flail in the wind, that is
going to be rooted and
has a process they believe
in. As we talked last night
it was clear their process
and my process could be
one and the same.”
Rhule said it was dif-
ficult to leave Baylor, but
that “I felt like my work
was done and it was time
to try and turn around an-
other program.”
Rhule has a history of
rebuilding college teams.
He was named Baylor’s
coach on Dec. 6, 2016, af-
ter an investigation found
the private Baptist univer-
sity had not responded
adequately to allegations
of sexual assault by play-
ers, resulting in the firing
of Art Briles. The Bears
went 1-11 in their first sea-
son under Rhule in 2017
with a depleted roster, but
the team improved to 7-6
in 2018 and won a bowl
game. Baylor went 11-1 in
the regular season in 2019
before losing to Oklaho-
ma in the Big 12 champi-
onship game and Georgia
in the Sugar Bowl.
Prior to Baylor, Rhule
also helped rebuild Tem-
ple’s program, leading
the Owls to back-to-back
10-win seasons in 2015
and 2016 after going 2-10
in his first season.
The Panthers are also
in need of a major rebuild.
Carolina suffered sev-
en-game losing streaks
in the second half of the
2018 and 2019 seasons,
and failed to reach the
playoffs. The Panthers
haven’t won a playoff
game since 2015, when
they went 15-1 in the reg-
ular season and lost to the
Denver Broncos in the Su-
per Bowl.
This marks the first
time the Panthers have
dipped into the colle-
giate ranks to hire a head
coach. Previous coach-
es were Dom Capers,
George Seifert, John Fox
and Rivera. Perry Fewell
was the interim coach af-
ter Rivera was fired, go-
ing 0-4.
The decision rep-
resents a bit of gamble for
Tepper considering Rhule
has only spent one season
working in the NFL, that
coming as an assistant of-
fensive line coach for the
Giants in 2012.
Shortly after Tepper
fired Rivera, he seemed to
downplay the possibility
of hiring a college coach,
saying, “I do understand
the difficulty of the tran-
sition (from college)
though. ... Anybody who’s
been around football un-
derstands the difficulty of
that transition.”
Tepper also said at the
time he wanted a coach
with an offensive back-
ground who would bring
a “modern and innovative
approach” to the game.
The team interviewed
former Packers coach
Mike McCarthy and
Chiefs offensive coordi-
nator Eric Bieniemy, and
had planned to talk with
Patriots offensive coor-
dinator Josh McDaniels
and Vikings offensive co-
ordinator Kevin Stefanski
later in the week.
But Tepper made the
decision that Rhule was
his guy.
Rhule was a walk-
on linebacker at Penn
State, winning three bowl
games.
The son of a preach-
er, he has coached on
both offense and defense
during his coaching ca-
reer, which began in 1998
at Albright College.
Tepper stressed in De-
cember it will take time to
build the Panthers into a
consistent winner — but
he’s willing to be patient.
“If you don’t think it
takes time to build some-
thing great, if you think
something great gets
built in one second, then
that’s wrong,” he said.
“You shouldn’t expect it,
fans shouldn’t expect it.
I’m not talking about one
year, I’m talking of a stan-
dard that will be built and
sustained, OK?”
Rhule now must hire a
coaching staff.
He is close with Detroit
Lions quarterbacks coach
Sean Ryan, who could
be a potential candidate
as offensive coordinator.
Baylor defensive coor-
dinator Phil Snow could
be a candidate to fill that
same role with Carolina.

Payton: Saints identifying ways to shore up 13-win squad

The Associated Press
METAIRIE, La. — Saints coach
Sean Payton and players who’ve been
in New Orleans the past few years
have endured a cruel kind of three-
peat.
Three straight seasons have ended
with playoff losses in which the deci-
sive points were scored on the final
play. The latest loss Sunday came in
overtime against the Minnesota Vi-
kings, who also knocked the Saints
out of the playoffs three seasons ago
on a 61-yard touchdown as time ex-
pired in regulation.
Bouncing back yet again would re-
quire a franchise first.
The Saints, who’ve won the NFC
South the past three seasons, have
never made the playoffs four years in
a row.
Uncertainty surrounds the futures
of record-setting quarterback Drew
Brees, who turns 41 next week, as
well as a handful of other prime con-
tributors who are either becoming
free agents or in position to hold out
for extensions.
Michael Thomas successfully held
out before the final season of his first
contract. Dynamic running back Al-
vin Kamara, one of the Saints’ most
productive players the past three sea-
sons, is at that juncture now.
Payton acknowledged the chal-
lenge of keeping the current roster
intact.
“Our job is to try to protect as best
we can the guys we feel like mov-
ing forward are going to help us the
we’d like to have (won’t get) a chance
to play somewhere else. That’s part of
the business.”
Payton said Tuesday that he’s be-
gun identifying priorities aimed at im-
proving an already formidable roster.
“There’s some musts right now that
are at least in my mind positions that
we have to solidify to be better,” Pay-
ton said, declining to name specific
positions. “And I think we’ll try to do
that any way, shape or form.”
The Saints entered the 2019 season
embracing Super Bowl expectations.
They nearly made it that far a sea-
son earlier, only to have high-profile
officiating mistakes go against them
when they were trying to close out the
NFC championship game against the
Los Angeles Rams.
But their 13-3 record wasn’t quite
good enough this time to earn a first-
round bye, and a narrow upset at home
in their postseason opener brought a
season of promise to a sudden and dis-
appointing end.
Betting on Brees
It sounds like the Saints expect
Brees, whose 74.3% completion rate
ranked second in NFL history behind
only his 2018 mark of 74.4%, to be
back for a 20th season, even though
he hasn’t committed to that publicly
yet.
“Knowing him, I highly doubt he’s
done,” left tackle Terron Armstead
said. “I’m pretty confident” Brees will
return.
Added Payton: “I think he wants to
Memorable success
When Brees injured his thumb in a
Week 2 loss and needed surgery, the
Saints surprisingly responded by win-
ning five straight with backup Teddy
Bridgewater at quarterback. When
Brees returned, he continued his as-
sault on the NFL record books. Al-
ready the NFL’s leader in completions
and yards passing since last season,
Brees became the career leader in
touchdowns when he eclipsed Peyton
Manning’s previous mark of 539 in
December.
Thomas responded to his contract
extension with an NFL single-season
record 149 catches. Defensive end
Cameron Jordan, who also signed an
extension, had a career-high 15 1/2
sacks.
The Saints also found a new return
man in 5 -foot-6 undrafted rookie De-
onte Harris, who was voted All-Pro.
Third-string QB Taysom Hill con-
tinued to blossom in his role as a util-
ity player, effective as an option QB
and as a receiving tight end, whether
he was blocking on the perimeter or
making big catches down-field. He
also continued to thrive on special
teams.
Free agents
In addition to Brees, the Saints
enter the offseason with 17 other
unrestricted free agents, including
starters such as safety Vonn Bell, de-
fensive tackle David Onyemata, left
guard Andrus Peat, cornerback Eli
Apple and receiver Ted Ginn Jr. Oth-
ers who played regularly include line-
Retaining Bridgewater, who was
the highest-paid back-up in the NFL,
could be difficult after the case he
made to be a starter elsewhere next
season. Bridgewater declined com-
ment about his future this week.
Contract decisions
The Saints claimed cornerback Ja-
noris Jenkins when the Giants waived
him. Jenkins had an interception in
two regular season games for New
Orleans and a forced fumble in the
playoff game.
Now the Saints have to decide if
they want to pay him the $11.2 million
he’s due next season or try to negoti-
ate an extension.
Jenkins, who had a career-best five
interceptions in 2019 (four with New
York) said he wants to remain in New
Orleans. Payton indicated the feeling
is mutual, saying he was “impressed”
by Jenkins’ performance.
How to get it right
Bringing back Brees make sense,
given his extraordinary efficiency
in recent seasons. But to keep Brees
performing at a high level will require
more depth at receiver — something
the club struggled with this season —
and a continued commitment to invest
in offensive linemen.
Defensively, the Saints were sound
and maybe just needed better luck
with injuries. Two starters — de-
fensive tackle Sheldon Rankins and
defensive end Marcus Davenport —
were lost to injuries the last month of
the season. One of their top lineback-

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Nebo, Texas A&M rally after halftime, defeat Ole Miss

The Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION,
Texas — Josh Nebo
scored 17 points on 5-for-
5 shooting, grabbed
nine rebounds and col-
lected four blocks as
Texas A&M wiped out a
10-point halftime deficit
and defeated Ole Miss 57-
47 on Tuesday night.
“We’ve just really been
getting after it in practice,
and working hard,” Nebo
said. “We knew it eventu-
ally would translate.”
The Rebels leaped
to a 29-19 halftime lead
thanks to Breein Tyree’s
hot hand and the Aggies’
collective cold shooting.
Tyree scored 21 points
in the first half, thanks
to sinking 8-of-10 field
goals, including 5-of-7
3-pointers. Meantime the
Aggies missed all 10 of
their 3-point attempts in
the first 20 minutes, and
finished 3-of-17 from long
range.
Tyree entered the con-
test averaging 16.5 points
per game, good for sev-
enth in the SEC. But the
Aggies (7-6, 1-1 South-
eastern Conference) fig-
ured out how to minimize
the guard, and went on
a hot streak of their own
to start the second half,
in outscoring the Rebels
15-3 to grab a 34-32 lead
with about 12 minutes re-
maining in the game.
A&M first-year coach
Buzz Williams earned his
first SEC victory, and was
especially animated on
the sidelines during the
game.
“It has nothing to do
with me, I just have the
ultimate respect for how
hard our guys are try-
ing,” Williams said of his
extra emotion.
A&M guard Wendell
Mitchell scored all nine
of his points in the sec-
ond half, when the Ag-
gies outscored the Rebels
38-18.
“In the first half it was
just one guy,” Mitchell
said of Tyree’s scoring
flurry. “Everything was
falling for him. We fo-
cused on him and made
sure no one else got go-
ing, as well. And in the
second half we had to
fight.”
Tyree led the Rebels
(9-5, 0-1) with 26 points.
Emanuel Miller also fin-
ished with nine rebounds
for the Aggies. The Ag-
gies had started SEC play
with a loss at Arkansas
on Saturday, while the
Rebels played their first
conference game after a
loss at Wichita State on
Saturday.
Rebels coach Kermit
Davis also coached at
A&M for a lone season
(1990-91), and the NCAA
hit the Aggies with a ban
from postseason play in
1991-92 and two years
probation following his
tenure in College Station.
“Give a lot of credit to
Buzz and his staff and his
players, they competed
really hard,” Davis said.
“Their team is really im-
proving, and they’re a
tough group. They’re go-
ing to be a tough out for a
lot of teams here.”
Big picture
Ole Miss: Davis had
a rugged tenure at A&M
nearly three decades ago,
finishing 8-21 in one sea-
son, and Tuesday’s set-
back perhaps brought up
bad memories for Davis
in this part of the prairie.
Texas A&M: Williams
said last week his team
might not be favored in
any conference game,
and at times Tuesday he
appeared prophetic. But
his teams have long been
known for their grinding
style, and that was evi-
dent in the second half, in
wearing down the Rebels.
Highlight reel
Mitchell missed a
layup, but Nebo was there
for a follow-up slam dunk
to a roar from the few
thousand fans on hand.

Prep
Continued from Page 1B
line Wood dominated inside for
the Vols, taking advantage of
a considerable size advantage
inside against the Pats’ Kaicey
Chitmon. Wood slipped inside
for layup after layup Tuesday,
finishing with 21 points on the
night to lead all scorers.
“I thought they did a re-
ally good job of going inside
and finding the mismatch on
the post player with Caroline
Wood,” Reed said. “She had
a really, really good game for
them.”
Wood’s six points in the first
quarter alone were enough
to outscore Heritage Acade-
my in the period, as the Pats
were down 13-5 heading into
the second. It didn’t get better
from there for the home team,
as Starkville Academy pulled
away to a 34-15 halftime lead.
“I was kind of disappointed
with how we handled adversi-
ty a little bit,” Reed said. “We
didn’t step up to the plate like I
wanted to.”
That goes back to the Vols’
frustrating defense, which
forced plenty of missed shots
by Heritage Academy from all
areas of the court. The defense
was “the difference in the game
tonight,” Alpe said, and the big
rivalry win was encouraging for
a young team starting to come
together.
“I think it means everything
is paying off,” Wood said.
Alpe hits 1,000-point
milestone in win
Alpe had no idea she came
into Tuesday night’s game with
998 points in her Starkville
Academy career.
And until she made her
third basket of the contest — at
which point a Volunteers coach
yelled, “1,004!” — she was un-
aware she’d reached an import-
ant milestone.
Alpe scored 12 points Tues-
day, more than enough to push
her across the 1,000 mark she
hadn’t ever thought about. After
the contest, the team presented
Alpe with a commemorative
basketball with her accomplish-
ment written upon it.
“I was not expecting it at all,
so it felt really good,” Alpe said.
“I had no idea.”
For Ball, the moment was a
nice culmination of all the work
the junior guard poured into it.
“What a huge accomplish-
ment for a young lady who’s put
countless hours in the gym,”
Ball said. “A very humble play-
er who doesn’t force the action.
She just lets the game come to
her. She’s a huge part of what
we’re trying to do this year. So
proud for her and this accom-
plishment.”
In Ball’s view, Alpe’s mile-
stone Tuesday was trumped by
the Volunteers’ victory.
“I know the biggest accom-
plishment for her tonight was to
win this game the way we did,
in that fashion,” Ball said. “That
just kind of made it a little bit
sweeter.”

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
league,” Howland said.
Scoring hasn’t been a
problem for Alabama (7-
6, 0-1 SEC) considering
it averages 83.9 points
per night. Defensively is a
different story, though, as
the Crimson Tide are al-
lowing opponents to score
an average of 79.7 points
per game. After a horrif-
ic 2-4 start to the season
(including nonconference
“We’ll be tested on the
road playing in a foreign
environment. It’ll be us
against the world. But in
some ways I think that
can be a positive. I’ve had
that happen with different
teams.”
After the bout with the
Crimson Tide, MSU (9-4,
0-1) has a road matchup
Carter trying to work
with LSU at 7 p.m. on Sat-
urday.
ble passer,” Howland said
he told the scout regard-
ing Perry. “He’s so special
for a guy that is 6-foot-9,
you want to run as much
as you can through him.”
In MSU’s 80-68 loss to
Auburn, Perry had a dou-
ble-double with 21 points
and 12 rebounds.
of 37 from the field.
Nevertheless, his
teammates haven’t lost
confidence in his ability.
“After the game, I tex-
ted Reggie and told him
we have to talk to Tyson,”
MSU guard Nick Weath-
erspoon said. “Because
he’s our brother before
basketball. I sent Tyson
a text and told him he’s
the best shooter I’ve ever
played with. So, keep
shooting. They’re going
to fall eventually.”
Rankings
According to KenPom.
com, Mississippi State is
ranked 52nd, while Ala-
bama is ranked 57th. The
website predicts a 78-75
Alabama victory. Mean-
while, the NET rankings
prefer Alabama, with
the Crimson Tide being
ranked 64th and the Bull-
dogs being placed at No.
76.

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losses to Penn and Rhode through shooting
Island), Alabama has qui-
etly won three of its last
Perry earning attention struggles
After a prolific start to

four games and nearly
knocked off Florida on
the road in its SEC open-
er, yet blew a nine-point
lead with two and a half
minutes remaining Satur-
day.
“Those guys are really
talented,” Howland said.
of NBA scouts the season offensively, se-
NBA scouts have visit-
ed MSU recently, includ-
ing one from the Mem-
phis Grizzlies on Monday
to get a look at sophomore
forward Reggie Perry,
among other players.
“This guy is an incredi-
Classifieds?
nior guard Tyson Carter
has cooled off in recent
weeks. Against Auburn,
Carter was 1 of 11 from
the floor and scored four
points in the contest. In
his last four games com-
bined, Carter has shot 8

Judge
Continued from Page 1B
Giants interviewed since firing Pat Shur-
mur on Dec. 30. Among those, Mike Mc-
Carthy agreed Monday to become the
Dallas Cowboys’ new coach. Another
candidate, Matt Rhule, who was sup-
posed to interview with New York on
Tuesday, is instead headed to the Caro-
lina Panthers, according to people famil-
EmploymEnt
ly ranked as one of the NFL’s top units.
He added receivers to his responsibili-
ties in 2019. He coached kicker Stephen
BUSInESS
REntalS
Gostkowski to the All-Pro team in 2015
and special teams captain Matt Slater to
the same honors in 2016 and this season.
Belichick called Judge “an excellent
coach” and said he excelled in his added

iar with those situations.
The third new coach tabbed for the
NFC East in a week — Ron Rivera was
hired by the Washington Redskins on
REal EStatE
duties this season.
“Joe’s done a great job. He’s done a
great job with the kicking game,” Beli-
chick said. “He’s expanded the role a lit-

Wednesday — Judge would take over
a team that went 4-12 and 5-11 in Shur-
mur’s two seasons and has been to the
playoffs just once since winning the
Super Bowl after the 2011 season. He
GaRaGE SalES
tle bit and that’s kind of had a little bit of
a ripple effect in the way we’ve organized
the kicking game, but that’s all worked
out pretty efficiently. Joe’s done a good

would be the Giants’ fourth head coach
since Tom Coughlin was let go after
the 2015 season. Ben McAdoo, hired in
2016, didn’t last two seasons. Steve Spag-
mERchandISE
job of organizing that, as well as taking
care on some other things with the of-
fense and particularly receivers.”
Judge met with Giants co-owner John
Mara, general manager Dave Gettleman

VEhIclES
nuolo, currently Kansas City’s defensive
and vice president of football operations
coordinator, served as interim coach af-
Kevin Abrams at the team’s New Jersey
ter McAdoo was fired in ‘17.
headquarters on Monday.
Judge, the Patriots’ special teams
The Giants had been expected to in-

coordinator and wide receivers coach,
would inherit a team with a talented
young quarterback in Daniel Jones and
former rookie of the year running back
Saquon Barkley. The Giants have the
commUnIty
terview Patriots offensive coordinator
Josh McDaniels this week along with
Baylor’s Rhule. But Rhule did not inter-
view with them, the person said.

fourth pick in this year’s draft and ap-
proximately $85 million in salary-cap
money to spend.
The Patriots lost to the Tennessee Ti-
SERVIcES
New York also had been given per-
mission by Dallas to speak with former
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett about the
head coaching job. An interview was
planned later this week, the person said.

tans on Saturday night in the wild-card
round.
Judge joined the Patriots as a special
teams assistant in 2012 and helped guide
them to Super Bowls titles in the 2014,
’16 and ’18 seasons.
Before joining New England, he spent
three years in the same role under Sa-
ban at Alabama. He won titles with the
Crimson Tide in 2009 and ‘11. He also
coached at Mississippi State and Bir-
mingham-Southern.
With Judge as special teams coordina-
tor since 2015, New England consistent-
lEGalS
Garrett’s contract with the Cowboys
does not expire until next week.
There have been reports the Giants
are considering Garrett for a job as a
coordinator or quarterbacks coach, but
the person said the new coach will deter-
mine his staff.
Others interviewed were Kris Rich-
ard, the Dallas defensive assistant coach
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Culinary Camp at EMCC’s Lion Hills Center last May with, from left, Emerson Montgomery, 9, of Steens; Izzy Gil- dishes including main courses,
man, 10, of Columbus; and Miriam Edwards, 7, of Starkville.
smoothies, desserts, sides and
more. Because these recipes can

So, you want to ‘eat better’ this year? be made in advance and frozen for
later use, they’re perfect for on-
the-go families and busy lifestyles.
BY JAN SWOOPE lot,” she noted. For example, these frozen sand-
jswoope@cdispatch.com Being careful about what we’re wiches make for an easy grab-and-
go breakfast while make-ahead

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putting into our bodies doesn’t
ight days into the new year, mean living without flavor. Herbs lasagna simplifies busy evenings
resolution-makers every- and spices can open our palates. and banana split cups can appease
where are trying to instill Try using them in the place of salty those dessert cravings.
new habits. Many are striving to seasonings or rubs, or “anything These and other family-friend-
eat “better.” Some are already that has the word ‘salt’ in it,” said ly recipes are part of Dole’s
struggling. Shannon Lindell, head Smith. “Instead of using celery healthy-living alliance with
of the East Mississippi Community salt, change to celery powder; gar- Disney’s Frozen 2. For details, visit
College Hospitality and Culinary lic salt, change to garlic powder; dole.com/Disney. Follow Dole at
Department, and Baptist Memorial onion salt, change to onion powder. #Dole and #DoleRecipes.
Hospital-Golden Triangle Clinical You get the same flavor, but you See Frozen, 6B
Dietitian Lacy Smith offer some don’t get the same sodium.”
tips to help keep us on track —
steps we can weave into our daily
routine.
Timely reminders
No surprise that the website
Mix it up. That’s one suggestion webmd.com also recommends
from Lindell to anyone hoping to
put a healthier, cleaner spin on
loading up on vegetables and
fruits, choosing whole fruits
Opt for nutrition
their overall diet in 2020. Courtesy photo
instead of juices, which have less
Clinical dietitian Lacy Smith is a FAMILY FEATURES
“I think we get in a rut around fiber and more sugar. Aim for at

here; we all eat the same things ev-
ery day,” she said. “Try to get more
variety and color on your plate.”
The rule of thumb, she explained,
is the more color on the plate, the
more nutritious the meal. “It’s
not that hard to incorporate some
more vegetables on your plate; add
some broccoli, rice or greens,” Lin-
dell suggested. “Maybe try things
that you haven’t tried before, like
couscous and quinoa. They both
cook really quickly.”
Smith, a registered and licensed
dietitian, agreed, recommending
we reach for fresh or frozen vegeta-
bles and fruits more than canned.
Show your heart some love
FAMILY FEATURES Association. More than
25 years of research
registered and licensed dietitian
and diabetes program coordinator
at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Gold-
en Triangle in Columbus.
“It’s OK to do frozen since we’re
not in farmers market season, but
avoid frozen foods that have sauc-
es; they’ll be packed with sodium
and calories.” Sodium content in
canned foods is generally higher
than frozen foods.
If you do use canned vegetables,
Smith recommended pouring off
the liquid it’s packed in and putting
the food in a fresh pot of water to
cook.
“You’ll be lowering the sodium a
least five to nine servings of fruits
and vegetables each day, depend-
ing on the calories you need and
your level of physical activity.
The site also reminds us to add
more whole grains to our diets. Re-
fined grains like white bread, pasta
and rice lose nutrients during
processing. Instead, choose whole
wheat bread and pasta, and brown
or wild rice. Opt for other whole
grains like oatmeal, popcorn, bar-
ley or bulgur. Studies show a diet
high in whole grains can lower risk
of heart disease, type 2 diabetes
and colon cancer.
See Eating better, 6B
D
iscovering a better version
of yourself is all about strik-
ing balance. That’s especial-
ly true when it comes to making
smarter food choices that you can
maintain over time.
A sustainable, long-term
healthy eating approach, such as
the Atkins low-carb lifestyle, em-
phasizes variety and balance. Start
planning a low-carb menu filled
with high-fiber carbohydrates, op-
timal protein and healthy fats with
these tips from Colette Heimowitz,
vice president of nutrition and
education for Atkins.
Fill up with fiber-rich foods.
Foods like vegetables, nuts, seeds,
low-glycemic fruit (like berries)
and whole unrefined grains are
considered carbohydrates, but
they don’t raise your blood sugar
the way processed carbs do. Fiber
slows the entry of glucose into
your bloodstream so you don’t
experience insulin spikes that en-
courage your body to produce and

W
hile heart
disease is a
leading cause
of death for both men
and women in the
United States, many of
the risk factors associ-
ated with the condition
can be controlled with
dietary and lifestyle
changes. By centering
your meals around bet-
ter-for-you ingredients
and recipes, you can
show your heart some
extra love.
Consider walnuts,
which are a heart-
healthy food certified
by the American Heart
store body fat. Try to eat between
shows walnuts may
25-35 grams of fiber a day.
play a key role in heart
Reduce inflammation. A low-
health. In fact, the U.S.
carb approach eliminates refined
Food and Drug Admin- and processed foods and sugars
istration approved one
that can cause inflammation. Fo-
of the first qualified cus on foods that decrease inflam-
health claims for a mation, such as colorful low-glyce-
whole food, finding that mic vegetables, low-sugar fruits,
eating 1 1/2 ounces of protein and healthy fats such as
walnuts per day as part olive oil. The ground turmeric in
of a low-saturated fat this golden milk recipe offers an
and low-cholesterol diet easy way to fight inflammation
while not increasing ca- without sacrificing flavor.
loric intake may reduce Find more recipes like these for
the risk of coronary salmon and asparagus sheet pan
heart disease. or spicy crispy chickpeas and ideas
Additionally, wal- for a balanced, low-carb approach
nuts are the only nut familyfeatures.com to eating well at Atkins.com.
See Walnuts, 6B Read on for a recipe for these Greek cucumber walnut bites. See Nutrition, 7B
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Freeze up to 3 months. Remove plastic
ROYAL FROZEN SWEET wrap; bake lasagna from frozen, covered
POTATO LASAGNA with foil, at 375 F 1 hour. Uncover and
bake 15 minutes, or until top is golden
Prep time: 45 minutes brown and internal temperature reaches
Cook time: 1 hour, 5 minutes 165 F.
Servings: 8

Nonstick cooking spray

1 tablespoon olive oil MAKE AHEAD FROZEN
1 medium DOLE® White Onion, chopped
1 package (8 ounces) Dole Mushrooms,
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Prep time: 15 minutes, plus cooling time
sliced Cook time: 25 minutes
2 garlic cloves, minced Servings: 8
1 1/2 pounds 99 percent fat-free lean
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5 cups Dole Baby Spinach 8 eggs
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4 medium Dole Sweet Potatoes, peeled
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4 cups Dole Baby Spinach
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breaking up turkey with side of wooden
spoon. Add spinach, Italian seasoning
and salt; cook 3 minutes, or until spinach
wilts. Stir in marinara; cook 1 minute.
n In food processor, pulse cashews 20
times, or until small crumbs form. In
medium bowl, stir cottage cheese and
cashews.
n Shingle 1/3 of sweet potato slices in
bottom of prepared dish; top with 1 cup
cottage cheese mixture followed by 1 1/2
cups turkey mixture. Repeat layers twice;
sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and cover
tightly with foil. Bake 45 minutes; remove
foil. Bake 20 minutes, or until top is
golden brown.
Tip: To freeze lasagna, wrap tightly once
cooled with layer of plastic wrap then foil.
2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add
spinach; cook 3 minutes, or until spinach
wilts, stirring occasionally. Stir milk, salt,
pepper and vegetables into eggs; transfer
to prepared dish. Bake 25 minutes, or
until set and internal temperature reach-
es 160 F; cool and cut into eight equal
pieces.
n Assemble sandwiches with muffins,
sausage patties and egg mixture; wrap
tightly with plastic wrap and freeze up to
2 weeks.
n Unwrap one sandwich; wrap loosely
with paper towel. Heat in microwave
oven on high 2 1/2-3 minutes, or until
completely heated through and internal
temperature of sausage and egg mixture
reaches 165 F.
sliced the same number only once. The difficulty level
1 ripe Dole Banana, peeled and thinly
increases from Monday to Sunday.
sliced
2tablespoons chopped roasted unsalted
peanuts
n Line 12-cup mini muffin tin with mini
cupcake liners.
n In small, microwave-safe bowl, heat
chocolate chips in microwave oven on
high 1 minute, or until melted, stirring
every 20 seconds; stir in oil.
n Fill cupcake liners with half of choc-
olate mixture; top with strawberries,
banana, remaining chocolate mixture and
peanuts.
n Freeze in airtight container at least 1
hour, or up to 2 weeks.

Walnuts
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significantly high in
omega-3s, with 2 1/2
grams of alpha-linolenic
acid per ounce. Walnuts
can add this essential
nutrient to dishes like
these American Heart
Association Heart-Check
Mark certified recipes for
Greek cucumber walnut
bites and banana bread
overnight oats.
Find more information
and heart-healthy recipes
at walnuts.org/heart-
health.
GREEK CUCUMBER
WALNUT BITES
Prep time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 English cucumber, ends
trimmed (about 14 ounces)
1/2 cup roasted red pepper
hummus
1/2 cup reduced-fat crumbled
Banana bread overnight oats with walnuts can be part
of a low-saturated fat, low-cholesterol diet.
feta cheese
5 cherry tomatoes, quartered
n Heat oven to 350 F.
n On small baking sheet, ar-
range walnuts evenly. Bake 8
minutes, checking frequently,
until toasted.
n Slice cucumber crosswise
into 3/4-inch thick slices. Us-
ing small spoon, gently scoop
out and discard center of
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each cucumber slice, leaving
bottom and sides intact.
n In small bowl, stir 6 table-
spoons chopped walnuts and
hummus. Spoon walnut-hum-
mus mixture into each cucum-
ber slice and top with reserved
chopped walnuts, feta cheese
and quartered tomatoes.
(Source: Beth Stark, RDN,
LDN, on behalf of the Califor-
nia Walnut Board)
BANANA BREAD
OVERNIGHT OATS
Prep time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
3 ripe bananas, sliced
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 tablespoon ground cinna-
mon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup chopped California
walnuts, divided
1 tablespoon maple syrup
3 cups skim milk
n In large container with
lid, add sliced bananas. Use
potato masher or fork to mash
bananas until smooth.
n Add oats, cinnamon, salt,
vanilla, half the chopped
walnuts, maple syrup and
milk. Combine thoroughly and
refrigerate overnight.
n To serve, divide among
four canning jars or glass
containers with lids. Top each ACROSS
with remaining walnuts before
serving.
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Source: Recipe courtesy of 5 Ten-armed
Crowded Kitchen on behalf of swimmers
the California Walnut Board 11 Stratford’s
river
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Water, anyone? Sip trendy right now — but ed than (many realize),” nutrient evaluation, fit- 15 Curry on TV
plenty of it, instead of that doesn’t lead to long- the dietitian noted. “The ness tracking and more. 16 Visitor to Oz
soft drinks and juices term success.” body likes a routine, even “You can enter in your 17 School paper
heavy in sugar. Remem- It’s important not to if you’re retired or stay- exercise, even if you’re 19 Old hand
ber water can curb your skip meals, she add- at-home.” cleaning the house, and 22 Argo captain
hunger and even fend off ed, and to get 30 to 60 In the quest to elevate it’ll tell you what calories 24 “Beat it!”
fatigue. minutes of exercise most our diet, Lindell encour- you burned,” she added. 26 Nerve impulse
Beware fad diet days of the week. ages us to be more curi- In the end, eating relayer Preminger 20 Tear down
trends, Smith cautioned. And sleep? It plays a ous about what we eat. more intelligently for a 27 Judy’s 21 Poet Khayyám
“Use moderation and role, too. “You can bar code longer, more energetic daughter DOWN 22 Pokes roughly
portion control — things “I think we’re seeing a scan what you eat and life comes down to being 28 Bessie 1 Sweeping story 23 Car bar
we’ve heard about our lot in our outpatient con- it’ll tell you how many mindful. It becomes Smith’s music 2 Writer Hunter 25 Brisk pace
whole lives — instead of sultation, connecting the carbs, how much protein more do-able, Lindell 30 Cruise ship 3 Identifies 29 Like seawater
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SALMON AND
ASPARAGUS SHEET PAN
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Net carbs: 4.41
1 bunch thin spear asparagus
1 tablespoon, plus 1/4 tea-
spoon, extra-virgin olive oil
1/8 teaspoon salt, divided
2 salmon fillets (4 ounces
each), no more than 3/4-inch
thick
1 pinch black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil-based
mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon minced or
pressed garlic
1 tablespoon grated Parme-
san cheese
n Heat oven to 425 F.
n Wash asparagus and
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Garlic powder and chili powder give these spicy, crispy
chickpeas a flavorful boost.
remove woody ends. Place on
rimmed baking sheet and toss
with 1 tablespoon olive oil
and pinch of salt. Arrange in
single layer, leaving space for
salmon. Place salmon skin-
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side down on sheet. Brush
with remaining olive oil and
season with remaining salt
and pepper. Place in oven and
bake 12 minutes.
n In small bowl, combine may-
onnaise, lemon juice, mustard
and garlic.
n Remove sheet pan from
oven, sprinkle asparagus
spears with cheese and
cook 3 minutes, or until fish
reaches 145 F and asparagus
spears are tender and begin-
ning to brown on tips.
n Plate one fillet and half the
asparagus, drizzle each plate
with about 2 tablespoons may-
onnaise sauce and serve.
SPICY CRISPY
CHICKPEAS
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Net carbs: 8.3
1 can (15 1/2 ounces) chick-
peas
1 tablespoon ghee (or clarified
butter), melted
3/4 teaspoon salt
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: I
don’t know
how to han-
dle this. My hus-
band of 29 years
spends more
time with his sis-
ter and her family
than he does
with me and our
children. If I say
anything about it,
he jumps all over
me, defending
her. He says she
doesn’t have any-
one to help her.
But Abby, she has
Dear Abby
two grown sons
and a husband she recently
decided to divorce.
I think his relationship with
his sister is weird, and other
people have said they think
so, too. One person even
called it creepy. When I told
my husband I thought it was a
weird relationship, he yelled at
me. I can no longer talk about
his sister with him; it’s off
limits. Please help. — ONLY
THE WIFE
DEAR ONLY THE WIFE: Has
your husband always been
close to this sister? It may be
the reason he is spending time
with her. I’m sure she wouldn’t
be divorcing her husband if
the marriage had been a bed
of roses, and she may need
private time with her brother to
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan.
8). People depend on you, and
this puts the fire in your belly to
make something happen. You’ll
learn tips and tricks that turn
into money and relationships.
You’ll experience closeness,
fun and a great sense of safety
inside of love. Libra and Virgo
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 5, 20, 44, 18 and 9.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Every time you act from your
inner authority, you grow in con-
fidence and charisma. Check
in with yourself to make sure
you’re making decisions that
are not just right for the eyes of
society but are right for you.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). With children or those
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili
powder
n Heat air fryer to 390 F 3
minutes.
n Using fine mesh sieve,
drain and rinse chickpeas.
Use towel to gently pat chick-
peas dry, removing skins. In
small bowl, toss chickpeas
with ghee and salt.
n Cook in single layer in air
fryer 6 minutes. Pause and
shake bowl; cook 6 minutes.
Pause and shake bowl; cook 3
minutes.
n In separate small bowl,
sprinkle chickpeas with spices
and toss to evenly coat. Chick-
peas can be stored in open
container at room temperature
up to 3 days.
GOLDEN MILK
Prep time: 8 minutes
help her detoxify.
That said,
that he spends
more time with
his sister than
with you and the
children is unusu-
al. It makes me
wonder about the
state of your own
marriage. If there
is stress and ten-
sion the two of
you can’t resolve
together, you
may need to con-
sult a licensed
marriage and
family therapist.
DEAR ABBY: Our 47-year-
old son remarried two years
ago. We have a 15-year-old
grandson from his previous
marriage who lives with his
mom and who visits his dad
every other weekend. We are
not close with our new in-laws,
who live out of state.
We recently found out that
they have purchased a second
home very close to our son.
The problem is, the home is
located within a nudist colony
and, therefore, we assume
they are in fact nudists.
Should this be a problem for
us (we are both 70), or should
we not be concerned? — WON-
DERING IN THE SOUTH
DEAR WONDERING: I don’t
think there is anything to
who can’t care for themselves,
it’s appropriate to participate
unselfishly. But in relationships
with capable adults, if only one
person is doing the caring and
compromising, it’s a problem.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You have a fully formed identity
beyond the time you spend with
loved ones, and this is part of
what makes it so exciting to
spend time together. Everyone
brings unique attributes to the
table.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). People change when they
want to and are ready to and
know how to. You may want
to change, or you may want
someone else to. Staying out of
one another’s process and still
7B
Cook time: 7 minutes
Servings: 3
Net carbs: 3
1 cup canned unsweetened
coconut milk
1 cup plain unsweetened
almond milk
1 cup water
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 1/2 teaspoons ground
turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground cinna-
mon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground black
pepper
10 drops liquid stevia extract
n In small pan, whisk coconut
milk, almond milk, water, coco-
nut oil, turmeric, cinnamon,
ginger and pepper. Warm over
medium heat until hot but not
simmering, about 7 minutes.
Remove from heat, whisk
in sweetener and serve in a
bowl.
be worried about. If you are
concerned that your grandson
will “see” something shocking,
please know that he can find
whatever he is curious about
on his computer or cellphone.
However, if you are worried
that either of you will be forced
to view or participate in nude
activities when you visit your
son, all you have to say is, “I
think we’ll stay at a nearby
hotel, thank you.”
DEAR ABBY: I recently
attended a wedding and was
videotaped while I was danc-
ing. I was shown the tape later
at a family gathering. I’m not
a great dancer, and I looked
silly, so I asked that the video
be deleted. Instead, it was
passed around and everyone
laughed and made fun of
me. It was embarrassing and
hurtful.
My husband says I’m over-
reacting. Am I? I said nothing
and don’t intend to, but I can’t
get it out of my mind. — DANC-
ING FOOL IN OHIO
DEAR DANCING FOOL: Your
feelings are your feelings.
Nobody wants to be made fun
of. But you have two choices:
The first is to continue to
stew about it. The second is
to join in the laughter, admit
you don’t dance like a gazelle
— few people do — and let it
go. If you downplay it, it will go
away.
being supportive will be tricky
and yet doable.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Love
is not blind. It is actually love’s
deceiving doppelganger, infat-
uation, that chemically alters
the mind, affecting perception
in numerous ways. Account for
this phenomenon with today’s
fixations.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You will ponder what you are
and what you might be. The in-
sights available to you await in a
quiet space outside of the day’s
events and responsibilities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ve tried things that worked
and things that didn’t. As you
experiment, watch out for a
rebound situation. Opposite
energies can be equally harm-
ful. Often the best route out of
harm’s way is a side step.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). If you feel an overwhelming
urge toward the energies of pity
or rescue, this is a red flag to
heed. It points to a tendency to
take responsibility for more than
you should in the deal.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You are a role model to
people. You forget this but will
be reminded of it today with the
flattery of copycats. It really is
the biggest compliment, though
it also makes you think twice
about what you’re modeling.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Multitasking isn’t usually
the best way to get things done,
but today you have a knack for
working on 10 things at once.
As long as two of the 10 things
aren’t driving and texting, the
day will be a winner.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’ll meet someone in
a position to accept your gifts
and help you go places -- that
is if you know where you want
to go. If you can’t show it on a
map, then try and relay as vivid
a picture of it as possible.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). What do you think would
happen if you were to raise your
expectations of love? You might
be disappointed or delighted
by the way people rise to the
occasion. It’s a risk that could
be worth it.
Doubting Thomas
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but excludes dial-up service.
Voice telephone service is
provided at rates which start at Please call Franklin Telephone
$20.00 per month for residen- Company, Inc. at 1-877-422-
tial customers and $25.00 per 1212 or write us at P. O. Box
month for business line cus-
tomers. Broadband Internet ac- visit our web-site at
cess service is provided at
rates which start at $28.39 per tional information or with ques-
month for residential custom-
ers and $44.99 per month for
business customers. Franklin
Telephone Company, Inc. would qualify for Lifeline.
be pleased to provide you with
specific rates for voice and
broadband for your area upon
request. Use of these services
may result in added charges in-
cluding taxes, surcharges, and
fees. In addition, Franklin Tele-
phone Company, Inc. provides
one copy of its annual local dir-
ectory free without charge.
Touchtone service is available
at no additional charge.
Franklin Telephone Company,
Inc. also offers qualified cus-
tomers Lifeline service. Life-
line is a non-transferable, fed-
eral benefit that makes
monthly voice or broadband
service more affordable. The
program is limited to one dis-
count per household. Eligible
households may apply the
monthly Lifeline discount to
either broadband service
(home or wireless) or voice ser-
vice (home or wireless) but not
both. Lifeline customers also
have the option to apply the
discount to a service bundle,
such
Medicalas/ home
Dental phone and home
internet. The Lifeline voice ser-
vice also includes toll blocking
to qualifying customers without
charge. The current discount
provided under the Company’s
Lifeline service is $9.25 per
month for each month that the
customer qualifies.
A household is eligible for the
Lifeline discount if the custom-
er’s annual household income
is at or below 135% of the fed-
eral poverty guidelines. You
may also qualify for the Life-
line program if a customer, a
dependent, or the customer’s
household participates in one
or more of the following pro-
grams: Medicaid, Supplement-
al Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram (SNAP), Supplemental Se-
curity Income, Federal Public
Housing Assistance (Section
8), or Veterans and Survivors
Pension Benefit.
Other terms and conditions ap-
ply. For example, customers
must apply for Lifeline and
provide proof of eligibility be-
fore receiving the Lifeline As-
sistance Credit. Customers
must also recertify their contin-
ued eligibility every year. Addi-
tionally, as long as a qualified
individual agrees to toll block-
ing, that individual is not re-
quired to pay a deposit prior to
our service being offered. A
complete set of terms for
these programs is available at
Franklin Telephone Company
Commercial offices.
Please call Franklin Telephone
Company, Inc. at 1-877-422-
1212 or write us at P. O. Box
278, Meadville, MS 39653 or
visit our web-site at
http://www.ftcweb.net for addi-
tional information or with ques-
tions. We encourage you to
contact Franklin Telephone
Company if you believe you
qualify for Lifeline.
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fees. In addition, Franklin Tele-
phone Company, Inc. provides
one copy of its annual local dir-
ectory free without charge.
Touchtone service is available
at no additional charge.
Franklin Telephone Company,
Inc. also offers qualified cus-
tomers Lifeline service. Life-
line is a non-transferable, fed-
eral benefit that makes
monthly voice or broadband
service more affordable. The
program is limited to one dis-
count per household. Eligible
households may apply the
monthly Lifeline discount to
either broadband service
(home or wireless) or voice ser-
vice (home or wireless) but not
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both. Lifeline customers also
have the option to apply the
discount to a service bundle,
such as home phone and home
internet. The Lifeline voice ser-
vice also includes toll blocking
to qualifying customers without
charge. The current discount
provided under the Company’s
Lifeline service is $9.25 per
month for each month that the
customer qualifies.
A household is eligible for the
Lifeline discount if the custom-
er’s annual household income
eral poverty guidelines. You
may also qualify for the Life-
line program if a customer, a
household participates in one
grams: Medicaid, Supplement-
gram (SNAP), Supplemental Se-
curity Income, Federal Public
Housing Assistance (Section
8), or Veterans and Survivors
Pension Benefit.
ply. For example, customers
provide proof of eligibility be-
fore receiving the Lifeline As-
sistance Credit. Customers
must also recertify their contin-
ued eligibility every year. Addi-
tionally, as long as a qualified
individual agrees to toll block-
ing, that individual is not re-
quired to pay a deposit prior to
complete set of terms for
these programs is available at
Franklin Telephone Company
Commercial offices.
278, Meadville, MS 39653 or
http://www.ftcweb.net for addi-
tions. We encourage you to
contact Franklin Telephone
Company if you believe you
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