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Business moves
with Mary
Lofts at Lee
available to rent;
restaurant, event
space there near
completion
PLUS: Mexican
Restaurant opening in
downtown Columbus;
Starkville meat shop
opening soon
BY MARY POLLITZ
biz@cdispatch.com
T
he
re-
de-
velopment
of the
former
Lee Mid-
dle School
property
at Military
Road and
Highway
82 is Mary Pollitz
starting to
show tangible results.
More than a year after devel-
oper Scott Berry purchased the
15-acre property for a mixed-use
project, the Lofts at Lee, a rent-
able events venue and restaurant
are all near completion.
Berry, who purchased the
property in June 2018, said the
“finishing touches” are almost
complete with the high-end
loft apartments — which were
converted from the old class-
rooms in the historic school. He
is accepting lease agreements
starting this month with 20 one-
and two-bedroom apartments.
Lofts at Lee will also have three
furnished three-bedroom apart-
ments for short-term rentals such
as Airbnb.
Over the course of construc-
tion, Berry said passersby and
familiar folks have walked the
halls to reminisce about a part
of history from the 1950s school
that shuttered in 2011.
See Business, 6A
Southside homeowners seek local historic designation
Local district tag would restrict certain
exterior construction, alterations
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
COLUMBUS —
For 40 years, a sec-
tion of Columbus’
Southside has been
recognized as a his-
toric district by the
National Register
of Historic Places, a
largely honorary dis- Boggess
tinction noted Mere-
dith Massey of the Mississippi De-
partment of Archives and History.
During it’s Monday meeting,
Columbus Historic Preservation
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Thursday | January 9, 2020
Area fire towers hold sentimental
value long after falling out of use
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
The long-unused fire tower south of Maben used to be both a means of spotting forest fires and a “place of
mischief,” Maben residents said. Now the steps to the hut on top have rotted, but the tower is a source of fond
memories for some area natives.
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com ‘(My aunt) had a certain start time, I believe it was 9
or 10 a.m., and she would stay up there until 5 p.m.,
D
avid Young remembers
climbing the stairs to the
top of the fire tower in Dou- and then she would go back at night and make a spot
ble Springs, about five miles south
of Maben, when he was a teenager
check. I went with her several times at night because
to “look around and see what’s
up.” Booter Fulgham, however,
you could see forever. If there was a fire burning in
remembers the tower as a “place of Columbus, you could see it from Cliftonville.’
mischief.” Maben resident Cecil Simmons
“That’s where you would take
your date parking, if you want to Oktibbeha County fire coordinator
Bill Kitchens, a public outreach for-
call it that,” Fulgham said. “The Kirk Rosenhan said.
ester with the Mississippi Forestry
law would come out a lot of times The tower on Maben-Sturgis
Commission.
and run everybody off.” Road is one of two still standing in
People stationed in the huts at
Teenage shenanigans aside, fire Oktibbeha County, and the other
the top of the towers would watch
towers were the primary means is on Highway 12 southwest of
for smoke, and when two towers
of pinpointing the exact location Starkville on the way to Longview.
spotted the same fire, they gave
The latter is being used as a radio
of a wildfire before technological the exact coordinates to authorities
advances put them out of use, said and sent them to put out the fire, See Fire Towers, 6A
Commission took a step toward
adding a designation that will re-
quire homeowners in the district
to comply with a city ordinance for
construction, alterations and addi-
tions.
If approved, Southside will be-
come the second of the city’s three
national historic districts to be
designated as a Local Historic Dis-
trict, a federal program designed
to preserve the historic integrity
of neighborhoods throughout the
country. This map shows the area in South Columbus under consideration to become a Local Historic
MDAH officials, including District. If approved, a city ordinance would place restrictions on certain exterior construction,
See Southside, 6A renovations and alterations to homes within the district.
Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public
1 As of 2017, what is the most popular Today meetings
dog breed in the United States, accord- Jan. 14:
■ Exhibit reception: The
ing to the American Kennel Club? Starkville-Oktib-
Columbus Arts Council hosts
2 How many gold-plated flags are on the beha Consoli-
World Series trophy? a free reception from 5:30-7
p.m. for “Worlds Collide: Clay to dated School
3 Which country offers its citizens the
most time off with 22 paid vacation days Play,” an exhibit of ceramics by District Board of
and 13 paid holidays — Spain, Sweden Stephen Phillips and photogra- Trustees meet-
or Austria? phy by Erik Studdard in the main ing, 6 p.m., 401
4 What is the name of Big Bird’s buddy gallery of the Rosenzweig Arts Greensboro St.
(who couldn’t be seen by grown-ups in Center, 501 Main St. Artwork Jan. 17:
episodes before 1985)? by CAFB youth will be in Artist
5 Which car company did Daimler sell off Starkville Board
Alley. For more information,
at a loss in 2007 after paying a whop- of Aldermen
ping $37 billion for it in 1998? columbus-arts.org or 662-328-
work session,
Answers, 6B 2787.
1:15 p.m., City
■ Regional Business After
Hall
Hours: The Columbus-Lowndes
Inside Chamber of Commerce presents Jan. 21:
a members’ Regional Business Starkville Board
Business 5B Dear Abby 4B
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 5A After Hours from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Christopher Tuggle spends his time of Aldermen
Comics 4B Opinions 4A at Paccar Engine Co., 1000 homeschooling his children and is a life meeting, 5:30
Crossword 3B Paccar Drive, Columbus. coach with the Columbus Spartans. p.m., City Hall
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US, Iran step back from

the brink; region still on edge
‘Iran appears to be
standing down, which
is a good thing for all
parties concerned ...’
President Donald Trump
House to vote on restraining Trump’s
military actions against Iran
By MATTHEW DALY and ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press

By ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and
Iran stepped back from the brink
of possible war on Wednesday as
President Donald Trump signaled
he would not retaliate militarily for
Iran’s missile strikes on Iraqi bases
housing U.S. troops. No one was
harmed in the strikes, but U.S. forc-
es in the region remained on high
alert.
Speaking from the White House,
Trump seemed intent on deescalat-
ing the crisis, which spiraled after
he authorized the targeted killing
last week of Iran’s top general, Qa-
ssem Soleimani. Iran responded
overnight with its most direct as-
sault on America since the 1979 sei-
zure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran,
firing more than a dozen missiles at
two installations in Iraq. The Penta-
gon said Wednesday that it believed
Iran fired with the intent to kill.
Even so, Trump’s takeaway was
that “Iran appears to be standing
down, which is a good thing for all
parties concerned and a very good
thing for the world.”
Despite such conciliatory talk,
WASHINGTON — The House will vote Thursday on a measure limit-
ing President Donald Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran
as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general inten-
sified.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the planned vote in a one-
page statement that said last week’s drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem
Soleimani was “provocative and disproportionate.”
The Democratic war powers resolution seems certain to pass over
solid Republican opposition. A similar proposal by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.,
faces an uphill fight in the GOP-run Senate.
Because of a procedural dispute between the two parties, it was un-
clear whether Thursday’s vote would be a step toward binding Trump’s
hands on Iran or a symbolic gesture of opposition by Democrats.
Republicans say the proposal — a special type of resolution that does
not get the president’s signature — does not have the force of law. Dem-
ocrats say that under the 1973 War Powers Act, it would be binding if also
approved by the Senate. The matter has not been definitively decided by
federal courts.
the region remained on edge, Hours after Trump spoke, an ‘in-
and American troops including a coming’ siren went off in Baghdad’s
quick-reaction force dispatched Green Zone after what seemed to be
over the weekend, were on high small rockets “impacted” the diplo-
alert. Last week Iranian-backed mi- matic area, a Western official said.
litia besieged the U.S. Embassy in There were no reports of casualties.
Baghdad, and Tehran’s proxies in Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman
the region remain able to carry out of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned
attacks such as the one on Dec. 27 that it was “perhaps too early to
that killed a U.S. contractor and set tell” if Iran will be satisfied that the
off the most recent round of hostil- missile strikes were sufficient to
ities. avenge the Soleimani killing.

Facebook again declines to limit political ad targeting

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO —
Facebook has decided not
to limit how political ads
can be targeted to specif-
ic groups of people, as its
main digital-ad rival Goo-
gle did in November to
fight misinformation. Nei-
ther will it ban political ads
outright, as Twitter did
last October. And it still
won’t fact check them, as
it’s faced pressure to do.
Instead, it is announc-
ing much more limited
“transparency features”
that aim to give users
slightly more control over
how many political ads
they see and to make its
online library of political
ads easier to use.
These steps appear
unlikely to assuage crit-
ics — including some of
the company’s rank and
file employees — who say
Facebook has too much
power and not enough
limits when it comes to its
effects on elections and
democracy itself.
Since last fall, Face-
book has insisted that it
won’t fact-check political
ads, a move that critics say
gives politicians license to
lie in ads that can’t be easi-
ly monitored by outsiders.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg
has repeatedly argued that
“political speech is import-
ant” and that Facebook
doesn’t want to interfere
with it.
Google, the digital ads
leader, is limiting politi-
cal-ad targeting to broad
categories such as sex,
age and postal code.

Severe storms,
twisters will be
possible across
the South
The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
— Severe storms includ-
ing tornadoes are possible
from eastern Texas across
the Deep South later this
week, putting millions of
people at risk, forecasters
said Wednesday.
More than 9 million peo-
ple live in parts of Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Louisiana where there is
an enhanced risk of severe
weather on Friday, accord-
ing to the Storm Prediction
Center.
Winds of up to 70 mph
will be possible in parts of
Alabama on Saturday, the
National Weather Service’s
Birmingham office warned.
Similar conditions are
expected in Louisiana. “All
modes of severe weather
appear to be in play with
this system, including the
threat of tornadoes in addi-
tion to large hail and dam-
aging winds,” forecasters
at the weather service’s
Shreveport, Louisiana, of-
fice said in a briefing on the
incoming storm system.
The threat moves east-
ward Saturday, with the
potential bull’s-eye cov-
ering millions of people
across much of Mississippi
and Alabama, plus parts of
eastern Louisiana and the
Florida Panhandle. Storms
could reach as far north as
the Ohio Valley.
Heavy rains are possible
in addition to damaging
winds, according to the
Storm Prediction Center.
Many streams already are
at or near flood levels be-
cause of earlier storms.
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Mississippi moms question state as they bury slain inmates

‘They’re not releasing any information. It
seems like they’re trying to hide something.’
Rotonia Gates, mother of slain inmate Walter “Keon” Gates
By JEFF AMY
and STACEY PLAISANCE
The Associated Press
HAT TIESBURG — Man-
slaughter isn’t supposed to be
a death sentence. Nor is bur-
glary. Nor is armed robbery,
selling cocaine or stealing a
vehicle.
But that is what the mothers
of three inmates say was ulti-
mately given to their sons, all
of whom were killed in prison
violence last week. As they plan
their children’s funerals, they
are demanding answers. They
want to know what happened,
and why.
All three prisoners were
slain by fellow inmates at Mis-
sissippi State Penitentiary at
Parchman last week. Two other
inmates were killed in prisons
elsewhere in the state. The out-
break of violence has brought
national attention to problems
that have long plagued Mis-
sissippi’s overstretched prison
system.
The mothers were told by
their sons’ fellow inmates that
their deaths were gruesome.
“He was beat. He was
stabbed. His chest, stomach.
... He has, well, he had, a lot
of bruises and things on him,”
says Jeffrie Holliman of Hat-
tiesburg, mother of 32-year-old
Roosevelt Holliman, who died
Jan. 2.
Rotonia Gates, the mother of
Walter “Keon” Gates, says she’s
been told not to look at the body
of her 25-year-old son after he
was repeatedly stabbed on Dec.
31. But she says inmates with
contraband cellphones sent her
graphic pictures and descrip-
tions of what happened.
“All the information I’ve got-
ten has come from inside,” says
Gates, a Southaven resident.
Denorris Howell’s body was
so covered in blood that Sun-
flower County Coroner Heather
Burton initially announced he
had been stabbed on Friday,
but later revised that to say
he’d suffered a different kind of
neck wound.
Relatives of all three inmates
say they have few answers from
prison officials , and they ques-
tion whether guards acted
properly.
“They’re not releasing any
information,” Rotonia Gates
says. “It seems like they’re try-
ing to hide something.”
The Mississippi Department
of Corrections has provided few
answers to repeated questions
from The Associated Press
about the cause and manner of
the prisoners’ deaths and how
the department has responded.
“I have no information to
add to your story or stories,”
spokeswoman Grace Simmons
Fisher said in an email Wednes-
day. “Thank you for asking.”
Advocacy groups have asked
the U.S. Department of Justice
to investigate. They have criti-
cized state lawmakers and offi-
cials for writing laws that they
say have resulted in Mississippi
having the third-highest incar-
ceration rate in the U.S.
Prison officials themselves
say they have only had enough
money to fill half of available
guard posts, and they say the
pay is far too low. The starting
salary for guards is $25,650.

Caledonia man dies after being Building permits

City of Columbus
pinned under water by felled tree Dec. 30, 2019-Jan. 2, 2020
■ Deborah T. Owens; 2892 Hwy. 50 E. & 822 Alabama
St.; Sign for Orbit Fireworks; Same
■ Columbus Redevelopment Authority; 221 4th St. N.;
Dispatch Staff Report des County Coroner Greg pinned him under about a friend found his body Demolish residence; Columbus Public Works
Merchant said. two feet of water, accord- Wednesday night after ■ Charisse Dennis; 304 Vance St.; Electrical permit;
A “freak accident” Todd Waldrop was ing to a text message they went looking for him Livingston & Sons
claimed the life of a struck by a tree he had Merchant sent to media because he had not re- ■ Freddie Jones; 723 16th St. N.; Electrical permit; Wel-
42-year-old Caledonia don Electric
cut down in north Lown- members this morning. turned home from hunt-
■ Josh Halverson; 2611 4th Ave. N.; Electrical permit;
man Wednesday, Lown- des County, which then Waldrop’s wife and ing, Merchant said. Weldon Electric
■ Steve Ruth; 818 N. McCrary Road; Electrical permit;
Weldon Electric
■ Earwood Family Properties, LLC; 133 Yorkville Road E.
(N.E. Building) Electrical permit; Malone Electric
Area arrests ■ Josh Henderson; 602 Plain St.; Electrical and plumbing
permit; Same
■ Ossie Taylor; 616 Peach St.; Plumbing permit; Sweden-
The following arrests
burg Plumbing
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Garrett Butler, 23,
was charged with posses-
sion of a Schedule I drug
and assault on a police of-
Butler Rogers Carpenter Hill Young Rice
ficer.
n Evelyn Rogers, 57,
was charged with parole
violation.
n Jessie Carpenter, 39,
was charged with aggra-
vated assault, possession
of a stolen firearm and
possession of a weapon by
Phillips Savage Holbrook Logan Duncan Bingham
a felon.
n Octavious Hill, 38,
was charged with parole
violation.
n Jarquarious Young,
18, was charged with pos-
session of a stolen firearm.
n Kylin Rice, 19, was
charged with burglary of
a vehicle. Turnipseed McMorris Lucious III Brown Jones McCoy
n Charmarvious Phil- larceny and two counts of mestic violence. n Devontay Jones, 21,
lips, 23, was charged with credit card fraud. n Christopher McMor- was charged with receiv-
possession of a stolen fire- n Jonathan Duncan, ris, 28, was charged with a ing stolen property, tres-
arm. 54, was charged with third bench warrant and a hold passing and disorderly
n Terrence Savage, 37, offense DUI. for another agency. conduct.
was charged with a bench n Gelisa Bingham, 30, n George Lucious III, n Angela McCoy, 59,
warrant. was charged with felony 19, was charged with flee- was charged with tres-
n Antrell Holbrook, 36, taking of a motor vehicle. ing law enforcement and
passing.
was charged with a bench n Marquavius Turnip- reckless driving.
warrant. seed, 21, was charged with n Laci Brown, 24, was
n Bralan Logan, 23, burglary of a residence, charged with possession
was charged with grand malicious mischief and do- of a controlled substance.

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Slimantics
Election challenge will tell us Legislature’s true intent
E
very January that any bill to will be this year will be re- We’ll see. that District 40 voters were
when the 174 expand Medicaid vealed in how it deals with an Roberson said he expected unhappy with Henley’s perfor-
members would be “dead election dispute over who will the committee to render its de- mance.
of the Mississippi on arrival” in the represent District 40, which is cision in three to four weeks, Henley’s dramatic decline
Legislature con- House, even though located in DeSoto County. which is not a good sign. in support in District 40, as
vene in Jackson, Medicaid expan- In the November election, It ought to take one phone evidenced by the certified
there is much sion was widely Democrat Hester Jackson call and one question: Did the results of the election, confirm
talk of bi-partisan supported during McCray defeated incumbent Secretary of State’s office cer- the will of the people.
cooperation and a the 2019 election Republican Ashley Henleyby tify the results on the District Now, we’ll see the will of
desire to represent campaigns, even by 14 votes but Henley chal- 40 election? the Legislature.
all Mississippians. Republican candi- lenged the results, claiming It did? OK. Case closed. Seating Henley would
But actions dates. voter irregularities. The state Welcome to the Legislature, mean nothing in terms of the
speak louder than Slim Smith Most Mississip- Constitution gives the two Ms. McCray. balance of power in the House,
words. Usually, any pians understand chambers the authority to But as it is with a trial, the where Republicans have a
evidence of those noble ideas the economic benefits repre- resolve any election disputes. longer the jury is out, the bet- comfortable super-majority.
fly out the window in about a sented by Medicaid expan- To settle the matter, Gunn ter it is for the accused. It would also be terrible
week’s time as the legislators sion, especially its role in chose an even mix of Republi- There is something about optics for a Legislature whose
scurry, rat-like, to their tribal securing the financial future cans and Democrats to serve District 40 folks should know. pledges of “even-handed, fair
holes and proceed, with only of the state’s rural hospitals. on a committee that will deter- It is among the most conser- and transparent” still ring
the rarest exceptions, along To put it in medical terms, our mine who will be seated. vative districts in the state through the Capitol.
ideological and party lines. rural hospitals are in critical I’m kidding, of course. The and also the fastest growing, Is this the year the Leg-
For the eternal optimists, condition. Republican Speaker chose thanks to “white flight” from islature makes good on its
there’s always at least some That one man gets to make four Republicans and one nearby Memphis. promises of bi-partisan efforts
slim chance that “this year will the decision is not the way our Democrat for the committee. In 2015, Henley routed to benefit all Mississippians?
be different.” government should work. To Among those selected were McCray for the House seat by I’ll be sure to let you know.
We’ve already seen evi- that, Gunn says, in so many Starkville Republican Rob almost a 3-to-1 margin. That Slim Smith is a columnist
dence to the contrary, unfortu- words, “tough.” Roberson who promised the McCray, who is black, would and feature writer for The
nately. House Speaker Phillip That aside, another sign of process would be even-hand- wipe out that voter deficit to Dispatch. His email address is
Gunn pronounced Wednesday just how tribal our Legislature ed, fair and transparent. win a narrow victory suggests ssmith@cdispatch.com.

Letters to the editor

Voice of the people
Remembering Ann Palmer
Monday, you had a beautiful
announcement of a “life well lived”
of Mrs. Ann Palmer in your pages.
She was 102 years old and was well
known for her many good deeds. But
I knew her for her great work for the
Tennessee Williams Tribute before
her death. She saw the first play in
Memphis — in a garden — by the
literary giant born in Columbus and
still celebrated by a tribute each year.
And, she married her beloved Ed who
was an actor in the play!
She was a great lady who loved the
arts, and Columbus will miss her. I
know I will!
Brenda Caradine
Columbus

Responds to McLaughlin letter

I also ignored the women. Marga-
ret Thatcher invaded the Falklands.
Indira Gandhi crushed Pakistan in
1971. Golda Meir won the Yom Kippur
war. Going back farther, Boudica
tried to drive the Romans out of
Britain. Since the United States has
not had a woman President, I can only
wonder what Hillary might have done.
Race in AMERICA

The Great Recession: ‘reparations’ gone bad

I did not mention World War II,
which was thrust upon us, nor the
anti-Communist frenzy which led us
into Korea and Vietnam and Cuba, but

not because there were Democrats
in the White House for these events.
I ignored them because they were ei-
ther existential threats or we thought
they were.
I included highways and Grenada
and Panama and a once-defeated Iraq
because they were not.
Except for highways, they were
taking candies from babies. The
washing of the spears, as it were.
Neville Chamberlain has been a
handy symbol since his dangerous
misjudgments. He led a country
devastated by an unimaginably brutal
war only twenty years before, and
his need not to repeat that led him
to ignore his national intelligence
reports on Adolph Hitler and choose
appeasement.
Unfortunately, people who favor
military solutions have, over the
years since, equated diplomacy with
appeasement. That is simplification
worthy of President Trump himself.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
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S
ome of the Democrat- and writing loans to those In 1995, Obama, representing 186
ic candidates for presi- who were at high risk of blacks, filed a class action mortgage
dent support studying defaulting. If banks didn’t discrimination lawsuit against Citi-
reparations to blacks to comply with these rules, bank. The case was settled, and his
compensate for slavery. But regulators reined in their clients got mortgages. But, according
in many ways, America has ability to expand lending to the Daily Caller in 2012, just 19
made reparations to blacks. and deposits. of Obamas 186 clients still had their
What are race-based “These new HUD rules homes. About half had gone bankrupt
preferences if not a form of lowered down payments and/or had their homes in foreclo-
compensation for historical from the traditional 20 per- sure.
wrongs? Many cities have cent to 3 percent by 1995 Incredibly, at least two of his for-
“set-aside” programs that and zero down-payments mer clients now believe banks should
award government con- Larry Elder by 2000. What’s more, be prevented from lending to people
tracts to minority contrac- in the Clinton push to who otherwise cannot afford their
tors. President Lyndon issue home loans to lower homes. One client said: “If you see
Johnson pushed his Great Society income borrowers, Fannie Mae and some people don’t make enough mon-
programs to “end poverty and racial Freddie Mac made a common practice ey to afford the mortgage, why should
injustice.” to virtually end credit documentation, you give them a loan? There should be
But few think of the federal gov- low credit scores were disregarded, some type of regulation against giving
ernment’s housing policy, particularly and income and job history was also people loans they can’t afford.”
the Community Reinvestment Act, or thrown aside. The phrase ‘subprime’ Lending standards became so lax
the CRA, as a form of reparations. But became commonplace. What an un- that virtually anyone who could fog
that is exactly what it was and still is. derstatement.” up a mirror got a home. Then along
In many ways, the so-called Great Re- But is it true that banks were dis- came the recession, and a lot of people
cession of the late 2000s was a prod- criminating against minority borrow- lost homes that they would not have
uct of affirmative action and a form of ers? bought in the first place but for lax
reparations gone bad. Really bad. CATO, in 1999, said despite lending standards. The result? Ac-
In 1999, almost a decade before the widespread accusations and lawsuits cording to the Federal Reserve, from
Great Recession, the libertarian Cato alleging discriminatory lending, the 2010 to 2013, white household median
Institute issued a warning about the facts show otherwise. CATO said: “Re- net worth — a household’s assets
CRA, which President Jimmy Carter searchers using the best available data minus its liabilities — increased 2.4%.
signed in 1977. The CRA was based find very little discernible home-mort- But black net worth fell from $16,600
on the assumption that racist lenders gage lending discrimination based on to $11,000, a four-year drop of 34%.
denied mortgages to credit-worthy area, race, sex or ethnic origin. ... As another of Obama’s former clients
would-be borrowers, particularly “Other well-structured studies also put it, “(Banks) were too eager to lend
minority applicants. The act initially found no evidence of redlining or un- money to many who didn’t qualify.”
merely sought data on banking prac- warranted geographic discrimination. In 1999, the Cato policy paper on
tices to encourage lenders to practice Thus, the claim that lenders redlined the CRA made the following recom-
fairness in granting mortgages. or were biased in making loans for the mendation: “The Clinton administra-
But President Bill Clinton, in 1995, purchase of homes in central cities tion wants an even stricter CRA. But
added teeth to the CRA. Economists is not supported. Nor did the studies more than two decades of its oper-
Stephen Moore and Lawrence Kudlow find that financial institutions dis- ation suggest that repealing rather
explained: “Under Clinton’s Housing criminated against actual or potential than tightening the act would be the
and Urban Development (HUD) secre- borrowers on the basis of the racial or economically and socially responsible
tary, Andrew Cuomo, Community ethnic composition of neighborhoods.” thing to do.”
Reinvestment Act regulators gave What caused this narrative that Too bad nobody listened.
banks higher ratings for home loans racist banks refused would-be minori- Larry Elder is a best-selling author
made in ‘credit-deprived’ areas. Banks ty borrowers? and nationally syndicated radio talk-
were effectively rewarded for throw- Enter lawyers like then private show host. To find out more about Larry
ing out sound underwriting standards citizen and attorney Barack Obama. Elder, visit www.LarryElder.com.
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Underfunded IRS struggles to send refunds, answer calls

Office of Taxpayer Advocate: Agency
answered only 29 percent of the 100
million telephone calls it got during
the 2019 fiscal year
By SARAH
SKIDMORE SELL
AP Personal Finance Writer
2019 was another
tough year for the IRS, ac-
cording to a new federal
report.
Burdened with years
of budget cuts and a re-
cent increase in workload
to implement a new tax
law, the IRS struggled to
deliver on its mission in
the past fiscal year. The
annual report from the
Office of Taxpayer Advo-
cate found that in the 2019
fiscal year, among other
problems, the IRS was
late in sending legitimate
refunds to many taxpay-
ers and failed to answer
the majority of phone
calls from taxpayers.
The agency also failed to
collect billions in unpaid
taxes.
The Taxpayer Advo-
cate’s role — while inside
the IRS — is to ensure
sure taxpayer rights are
being fairly represented.
Among those duties is
an annual report to Con-
gress, which lists the
most serious problems
facing taxpayers. The re-
port is often critical of the
agency, and this year’s
edition released Wednes-
day was no exception
The Advocate’s report
found that the IRS is one
of the lowest performing
federal agencies in terms
of customer service. The
agency answered only 29
percent of the 100 mil-
lion telephone calls it got
during the 2019 fiscal
year.
That’s a problem not
just for those wanting
help filing taxes, but also
those with more serious
issues. People facing en-
forcement action — such
an increased workload.
Its budget has been re-
31 percent of its remain-
ing workforce will retire
as wage garnishment,
bank levies or more —
duced by about 20 percent
since 2010, after adjust-
within the next 5 years.
“The biggest issue
were not always able to
reach the IRS to make
ing for inflation. And the the IRS faces in on the
number of full-time em- resources, being just un-
them aware of hardships, ployees has declined by derfunded for a long time.
which could potentially about 22 percent during That shows up in custom-
free them from those lev- that time. Meanwhile it er service...audits, the IT
ies. had to manage a sweep- system is way out of date,”
The IRS has increased ing overhaul of federal tax said Mark Mazur, direc-
the online tools and assis- law. The agency’s future tor of the nonpartisan
tance it provides to tax-
looks challenging too: A Tax Policy Center. “On all
payers. At the same time, recent report from the fronts they are under-re-
other forms of live sup-
IRS estimates that about sourced.”
port, such as Taxpayer
Assistance Centers,have
dwindled, so some people
still find it difficult to get
the help they need.
The primary prob-
lem is that IRS has been
struggling with a massive
shortage of funding and

Cancer group finds biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate

Decline in deaths seems to have been
accelerated by recent lung cancer
treatment advances
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — Re-
searchers on Wednesday
reported the largest-ever
one-year decline in the
U.S. cancer death rate,
a drop they credited to
advances in lung-tumor
treatments.
The overall cancer
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Pat Waldrop
COLUMBUS — Pat
Waldrop, 42, died Jan.
“It’s absolutely driven
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counts for about a quarter
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said. Take lung cancer out
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rate drop is 1.4 percent,
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same period. But the Can-
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decline was larger — and
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Minnie Armour
COLUMBUS — Min-
nie Starnes Armour,
74, died Jan. 8, 2020, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital-Golden Triangle.
Most lung cancer cas-
es are tied to smoking,
and decades of declining
smoking rates led to fall-
ing rates of lung cancer
illnesses and deaths.
But the drop in deaths
seems to have been accel-
erated by recent lung can-
cer treatment advances,
Siegel said.
Experts mainly credit
advances in treatment.
Topping the list are re-
finements in surgery, bet-
ter diagnostic scanning,
and more precise use of
radiation.
Services will be at 2
p.m. Sunday at Butler
Pentecostal Church
in Shuqualak. Burial
will follow at Butler
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 6-8 p.m. Saturday
Flossie Howard
Flossie “Lucy” Howard, age 94, of Columbus, MS,
died January 7, 2020, at Aliceville Manor Nursing
Home.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM on Thursday,
January 9, 2020, at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel,
with Bro. Steve Strickland officiating. Burial will
follow in Tabernacle Cemetery in Ethelsville, AL,
with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.
Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately
following the service at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John
Howard; her parents; and ten siblings.
Survivors include her daughter, Martha Hildreth
and husband, Jimmy; sister, Odell Herron; two
grandchildren, Chris Hildreth (Kristy) and Kevin
Hildreth (Jennifer); and three great-grandchildren,
Abby Williams, Max Williams and Kati Hildreth.
Mrs. Howard was born November 30, 1925, in
Carrollton, Alabama, to the late James F. McCool and
Mary Pritchett McCool. She was a retired employee
of Beneke Corporation in Columbus, MS.
Pallbearers will be Chris Hildreth, Kevin Hildreth,
Max Williams, Butch Hildreth, Wayne Hildreth and
Rob Finley.
Honorary Pallbearers are her Two Rivers
neighbors and Aliceville Manor Nursing Home.
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8, 2020, in Columbus.
Arrangements are
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Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North
location.
Kuydgalyn McClusky
COLUMBUS — Kuy-
dgalyn McClusky, 54,
Arrangements are
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Columbus.
Samuel Eaves
LOUISVILLE —
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at Cockrell Funeral
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Memorials may be
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dren’s Research Hospi-
tal, 262 Danny Thomas
Place, Memphis, TN
38105.
James M. Reeves
James M. Reeves passed away
on January 8, 2020, at the age
of 91. James was born on July 3,
1928, in Pickensville, AL, to the
late Morris M. Reeves and Annie
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PM at Lowndes Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be Friday,
January 10, 2020, at 11:00 AM at
Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel,
with Bro. Glenn Miller officiating.
Interment will be in Memorial Gardens, Columbus,
MS.
Mrs. Fraser was born March 3, 1933, in Ontario,
Canada, to the late John William and Catherine
Forbes McBurney. She loved spending time with her
friends and family. Mrs. Fraser enjoyed crossword
puzzles, playing solitaire, needlework, crocheting,
reading books and watching hummingbirds. She
held several jobs during her lifetime, including bank
teller, secretary, and a homemaker for many years
and helped do anything that needed to be done
around the farm.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in
death by her husband, William “Bill” Fraser; siblings,
Audrey Garner, Alex McBurney, Marie McIntosh,
Donna Vigar and Ruth Johnson; and son-in-law,
Michael Lawson.
Mrs. Fraser is survived by her sons, Glenn (Donna)
Fraser of Clanton, AL, Raymond (Chhorvy) Fraser of
Cerritos, CA, Keith (Meredith) Fraser of Columbus,
MS, and Terry (Kim) Fraser of Aliceville, AL; daughter,
Sherri Lawson of Embro, Ontario; grandchildren,
Elizabeth (Brad) Yates, Wesley Fraser, Whitney
Brackin, Catherine (Donald) Saxon, Lauren (Sage)
Nelson, Jordan (Adam) Matheson, Audrey Fraser,
Jared “Bubba” Lawson, Monika Fraser, Elizabeth
Fraser and Jayden Fraser; 9 great-grandchildren;
sister, Margaret (Bill) Armstrong; brother, Doug
(Elsie) McBurney; and dearest friend, Faye Gentry.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Fraser, Jared Lawson,
Brad Yates, Donald Saxon, Sage Nelson, David Plant
and Adam Matheson.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Steve Kesler, Hank
Williams, Mark Freeman and Randall Turner.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
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basketball. Following graduation, James attended
Copiah-Lincoln Community College on a football
scholarship, transferring after his freshman year to
Mississippi State University. During this time, James
played semi-pro baseball with the Columbus Red
Birds.
When the Korean War escalated, James joined
the Army for a two-year tour and was assigned to
the medical detachment 932 F. A. 31st Division Artil-
lery unit. While in the military, he completed Army
Leadership School at Fort Jackson, SC and medical
training at Fort Sam Houston Medical Center in
Houston, TX.
Following military service, James reenrolled at
Mississippi State University and married Juanita
Parra on August 29, 1952. James graduated from
Mississippi State University in 1953, with a busi-
ness degree, and immediately started his career as
a purchasing manager with Mitchell Engineering
Company in Columbus. During his career, James
completed the requirements as a Certified Purchas-
ing Manager and was a member of the National
Association of Purchasing Managers, where he was
named Purchasing Man of the Year. James retired
from Ceco Building Systems, formerly Mitchell Engi-
neering Company in 1993, as Vice President of Pur-
chasing after 41 years.
Juanita and James were married for 28 years, un-
til she passed away from cancer on September 17,
1980. Subsequently, James met and married Edith
Repult Harris from Tupelo, MS in 1988. Edith and
James traveled extensively during their lives to-
gether and enjoyed attending sporting events at
Mississippi State University. James and Edith were
married for 28 years, until she passed away from
cancer on December 25, 2016.
James is preceded in death by his sister, Ann Tate
and is survived by his sister, Martha Sue Mims (Joe)
and brother, William E. Reeves (Betty).
Services will be held at Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home, Second Avenue North location, in
Columbus, at 2:00 PM Friday, January 10, 2020, with
Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Visitation will be one
hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. Internment
will be Vaughn Cemetery in Steens, MS. Memorial
Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, Second Av-
enue North location, has been entrusted with the
arrangements.
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Massey, attended Mon-
day’s meeting in an ad-
visory capacity and will
serve as a liaison between
the city and federal of-
ficials who administer
the program, which has
designated 2,300 neigh-
borhoods throughout the
country and 55 in Missis-
sippi.
The Downtown His-
toric District earned the
Local Historic District
(LHD) status in 1996.
Although recognized
on the National Regis-
try since 1980, some
residents in the area,
including commission
members, say it’s time
for Southside to apply for
LHD status.
“It’s been 24 years
since downtown became
a Local Historic Dis-
trict and we feel it’s time
Southside made the move
as well,” said commission
member Joe Boggess,
who owns the historic
Whitehall property. “The
designation we have now
does not do anything to
protect properties from
inappropriate alterations
or construction that are
incompatible with the
history and character of
the area. With the (LHD),
anyone in the district who
seeks a building permit
would be required would
have to take their plans to
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tower, and
the former
“has just
been sit-
ting there,”
Rosenhan
said.
South-
Rosenhan
ern Lown-
des County once had a
fire tower on the aptly
named Fire Tower Road
near Crawford before an
area family of Columbus
bought, disassembled
and moved the tower
further north, across
Highway 45 Alternate
from Artesia for private
use.
There was another
tower a few miles away,
just south of the Nox-
ubee County line near
Cliftonville. Maben
resident Cecil Simmons
grew up in nearby
Deerbrook, and he said
his aunt climbed up the
tower every day from
November to March to
watch for fires.
“She had a certain
start time, I believe it
was 9 or 10 a.m., and
she would stay up there
until 5 p.m., and then she
would go back at night
and make a spot check,”
Simmons said. “I went
with her several times at
night because you could
see forever. If there was
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“If you were a gradu-
ate of this school and you
walk this hallway, you’ll
know you went to school
here,” Berry said.
When Berry pur-
chased the lot, he voiced
commitments to rede-
veloping the area for
Columbus. With the lofts
project almost done, the
auditorium has been ren-
ovated and revitalized for
a rentable venue. In fact,
the venue has already
reserved its first event:
a wedding in March.
Berry said he is taking
reservations and depos-
its starting this week
for any event after the
March wedding. The new
space could be rented for
corporate events, meet-
ings, weddings and even
concerts.
“The lighting in there,
wow. It just has excellent
natural light,” Berry said.
“It’s got a lot of flexibility
too. You could have up to
1,000 people.”
With construction
continuing throughout
the development, Berry
added a restaurant, with
the Historic Commission
to make sure it’s compati-
ble with the requirements
laid out of the city’s LHD
ordinance.”
On Monday, the com-
mission voted to take the
next step in the process,
asking the city to apply
for a grant to conduct a
new survey of the district.
Columbus federal pro-
grams director George
Irby will ask the city coun-
cil to apply for the grant at
the council’s next meet-
ing on Jan. 21.
The grant is a 50/50
match. Massey said
MDAH will hire a firm to
conduct a survey to deter-
mine the total number of
buildings in the district.
“The going rate is $32
per building,” Massey
said.
Boggess estimated
there are 300 to 400 build-
ings (the survey does
not include outbuildings
such as detached garag-
es, workshops or sheds),
which would mean a total
cost of between $9,600
and $12,800.
Monday’s meeting
drew a crowd of about 75.
Most, but not all, support-
ed applying for the LHD
designation.
The Southside district
runs from the Mississip-
pi University for Women
campus to First Street
a fire burning in Colum-
bus, you could see it from
Cliftonville.”
Simmons’ aunt
manned the tower during
peak fire season, which
is typically from October
to mid-April, Kitchens
said. October is the driest
month of the year and
usually the time of the
first killing frost, and
March tends to have high
winds that make it easier
for fires to spread, he
said.
“That’s our typical fire
season, unless we go into
a drought situation in the
summer, when vege-
tation may look green
but doesn’t have a lot of
moisture in it, so we can
have large fires that time
of the year (as well),”
Kitchens said.
In times of lower fire
danger, people would
climb the towers twice a
day to check for fires but
would not have to stay up
there all day, he said.
‘They stick out like a
sore thumb’
MFC still owns
many of the fire towers
throughout the state,
Kitchens said. Some of
the ones that have been
sold were taken down,
and others have been
used as radio towers
which he is partnering
with Paul Lavender to
operate, should open by
late March in the school’s
former cafeteria. Though
still battling between
names, Berry said the
high-end restaurant will
add another dining option
for Columbus residents.
“It’s going to be an
upscale steak and sea-
food restaurant,” he said.
“We’re finishing up the
interior, but the kitchen
is actually the old cafe-
teria’s kitchen and the
dining area will be where
you ate when you went to
school.”
Downtown Columbus
is booming with restau-
rant news as a new Mex-
ican restaurant prepares
to open on Main Street.
La Campana Mexican
Restaurant is slated to
open at 400 Main St. by
the end of February.
Columbus developer
Chris Chain owns the
building, which formerly
housed Old 82 Restau-
rant and Front Door,
Back Door.
A representative from
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Wiegel Bigelow
and from College Street
to Seventh Avenue.
City building inspec-
tor Kenneth Wiegel said
that while the city council
will act on Irby’s request
to pursue the grant, that
does not commit the city
to approve the LHD des-
ignation. Wiegel said he
expects the city to hold at
least one public hearing
after the survey is com-
pleted and the Historic
Commission makes an
official request for LHD
designation.
“Citizens will have the
opportunity to have their
say on this,” Wiegel said.
Boggess said he under-
stands some homeowners
may fear the LHD desig-
nation will make renova-
tions more difficult and,
perhaps, more costly.
“We understand that,”
he said. “But it’s import-
ant to remember that
these requirements would
affect only the parts of he
homes that are visible
from the street. It’s not
as though every change
like the one in Double
Springs.
Anyone interested in
purchasing a fire tower
can contact the property
and fleet management
division of MFC, he said.
Rosenhan said he has
been trying for years to
convince MFC to donate
the Double Springs fire
tower to the county.
The tower needs some
repair work, and he has
received requests from
private entities to turn it
into a microwave tower,
but “I can’t spend money
on it because we don’t
own it,” he said.
Kitchens estimates
that MFC started “phas-
ing out” fire towers as
a tool in the late 1980s.
Nowadays, most wildfires
are detected by airplanes
and by citizens calling
MFC’s wildfire reporting
hotline, 1-833-MFC-
FIRE, he said.
Even so, Simmons
and Wayne Dewberry, a
fellow Maben resident,
remember when the
towers were still vital to
locating fires.
“They had the best
technology in that day,”
Simmons said. “They had
coordinates, and they
could see a blaze and
report it to somebody in
Jackson. It was all part of
Chris Chain’s office con-
firmed the new restau-
rant opening on Main
and said the restaurant
will be managed by
the same owners who
operate Starkville’s Casa
Bravo.
A representative from
La Casa Bravo could not
be reached by press time
today.
With these chapters
coming to fruition,
classroom-lofts, auditori-
um-turned-hip-venue and
cafeteria-now-restaurant,
Berry’s next project lies
with the old gymnasium
with no clear-cut conclu-
sion.
“That’s the next thing
I’m tackling,” Berry said.
“We’re going to clean it
up first.”
Carnivores and meat
lovers get ready to pig
out, or rather beef up,
your menu with a new
hormone-free butcher
shop in Starkville.
Welcome Home Beef,
a business owned by the
Sanders family, is slated
to open by the end of this
month at 329 University
someone wants to do will
be affected by the LHD
designation. The idea is
that moving to this desig-
nation will protect proper-
ty values. That’s a good
thing for every property
owner.”
Massey said LHDs
have been careful not to
make requirements oner-
ous for property owners.
“What people do on
the interior or in the areas
of the homes that aren’t
in view from the street
really doesn’t fall under
this,” she said. “We have
55 LHDs in the state and
the response has been fa-
vorable. In some instanc-
es, the designation makes
property owners eligible
for tax credits. The desig-
nations have been well-re-
ceived. We think it’s a
good program.”
Commission chairman
Barbara Bigelow said the
commission is working
closely with MDAH as it
proceeds.
“We were glad that
representatives from the
Mississippi Department
of History and Archives
were able to join us to
answer questions and ad-
vise use as we move for-
ward,” Bigelow said. “I
was also glad to see the
interest from the commu-
nity would be affected by
this.”
the state network of fire
towers.”
Dewberry said he
climbed the Double
Springs tower many
times when he was
younger and the steps
were still intact.
“It’s in pretty bad
shape now,” Dewberry
said. “A lot of the steps
have fallen out and rot-
ted.”
Kitchens said MFC
removed the stairs from
some towers statewide to
keep people from climb-
ing them.
Not all of Simmons’
memories of the tower
were positive. He thinks
it was 1965, he said, when
a cropduster airplane
flew into the Cliftonville
tower and crashed to the
ground, killing the pilot.
Luckily, no one else was
on the plane or the tower,
he said.
Then and now, fire tow-
ers serve as landmarks
in the Golden Triangle
region, Simmons said.
“In my day, if you
were giving somebody
directions and they were
anywhere near the fire
tower, that was always a
reference point,” he said.
“If they’re still standing,
they probably (still) are,
because they stick out
like a sore thumb.”
Drive. Co-owner Will
Sanders said the butcher
shop plans to open Mon-
day through Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Partnered with local cat-
tle farmers in the south
and a family-owned farm
in Glenville, Nebraska,
Welcome Home offers
customers “unbelievably
tender and tasty” beef
products.
“We buy southern cat-
tle around here and give
them to another family
farm in Nebraska where
they aren’t fed any hor-
mones and are on all-nat-
ural non GMO feed and
they process it,” Sanders
said. “We’re really excit-
ed to bring this quality
beef to Starkville.”
Keep up to date on the
Sanders Family and Wel-
come Home Beef with
their Facebook page. A
new shipment of fresh
meat will be delivered
Jan. 20 with roasts, ham-
burger meat and steaks.
If you don’t stay tuned
with Starkville’s newest
shop on the block, it
might be a missed-steak.
Sports
An updated look at MSU’s head coaching candidates
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The
Mississippi State head
coaching search has been
a whirlwind.
Just a day after Patriots
special teams coordinator
Joe Judge seemed primed
to take over at his alma
mater, he was named the
head coach of the New
York Giants.
With MSU now miss-
ing on one of their top
candidates, it’s back to
the drawing board to a
degree in Starkville. That
said, here are a few po-
tential options to replace
recently fired Joe Moor-
head:
Steve Sarkisian — Ala-
bama offensive coordi-
nator
While it may not have
been the first name that
came to mind at the be-
ginning of MSU’s head
coaching search, Steve
Sarkisian has quickly ris-
en to the top of potential
candidates.
A source close to the
situation told The Dis-
patch on Wednesday
nothing is imminent with
Sarkisian’s hiring, but he
could be in the mix.
A seven-year head
coaching veteran who
spent the past season as
the offensive coordinator
for Nick Saban at Ala-
bama, he compiled a 46-
35 record between stops
at Washington and Uni-
versity of Southern Cali-
fornia.
Success aside, Sark-
isian comes with some
baggage. He was fired at
USC due to a handful of
alcohol-related incidents
— issues that were later
MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
MSU defense disappears in loss to Alabama
By GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
— The bad news contin-
ued for the Mississippi
State men’s basketball
team Wednesday.
A few days after suf-
fering a 12-point loss in
its Southeastern Confer-
ence opener to Auburn,
the Bulldogs endured
their second straight dou-
ble-digit defeat, dropping
a 90-69 contest to Ala-
bama in Tuscaloosa.
If there’s somewhat of
a silver lining for MSU,
a good portion of its fan-
base has been distracted
by any and every football
coaching search rumor to
even notice the 0-2 start
in SEC play. That doesn’t
make the results count
any less, though.
A team that started
the season with NCAA
tournament aspirations
is quickly facing dire cir-
cumstances with a road
matchup against confer-
ence heavyweight LSU
looming and the Bull-
dogs’ NET and KenPom.
com rankings continuing
to fall.
Nevertheless, junior
point guard Nick Weath-
erspoon preached pa-
tience after the blowout
As outspoken as coaches come, Washington State coach Mike Leach has earned a reputation for his brashness
— something that could bode well for a blue-collar program like MSU.
found to have occurred
during his time at Wash-
ington.
Beyond the off the
field problems, Sarkisian
would offer a compelling
addition to an Egg Bowl
rivalry that already fea-
tures fiery Ole Miss head
coach Lane Kiffin.
Sarkisian was Kiffin’s
replacement in Los An-
geles after the former
was famously left on the
tarmac when he was oust-
ed as head coach at USC.
Sarkisian also took over
as the Alabama offensive
coordinator when Kif-
fin left his post with the
Crimson Tide to become
the head coach at Florida
Atlantic.
Alabama guard Jaylen Forbes charges Mississippi
State guard Nick Weatherspoon on Wednesday at
Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
loss, referring to the Bull-
dogs starting 0-2 in SEC
play last season, yet put-
ting together an impres-
sive run down the stretch.
“We’ve been here be-
fore,” Weatherspoon said.
“A lot of these guys, we’ve
been here before. All we
can do is try to go and
beat LSU Saturday and
continue to get better.”
Both MSU’s offense
and defense could use
some of Weatherspoon’s
suggested improve-
ments. On the defensive
end, MSU is allowing an
average of 85 points in
conference play. Offen-
sively, the Bulldogs have
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
Mike Leach — Washing-
ton State head coach
There’s perhaps no
greater wild card in col-
lege football than Mike
Leach.
As outspoken as coach-
es come, he’s earned a
reputation for his brash-
ness — something that
could bode well for a blue
collar program like MSU.
While Leach doesn’t
have any obvious ties to
MSU or the state of Mis-
sissippi, he reportedly
interviewed for the head
coaching vacancy with
Athletic Director John
Cohen in recent days. A
source with immediate
Marvin Gentry/USA TODAY Sports
yet to surpass the 40-per-
cent shooting mark in an
SEC contest.
“We’ve got to grow,”
MSU coach Ben Howland
said. “I think for a couple
of our guys, it’s our first
true (SEC) road game.
For Iverson (Molinar)
and D.J. (Stewart Jr.), who
I thought both got pretty
significant minutes, they
got their opportunities
that are going to continue
to come to them. We’ll be
better next time.”
With Alabama’s win,
that marked the seventh
straight time in the se-
ries the home team has
earned the victory. It was
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knowledge of the situ-
ation also told The Dis-
patch Wednesday he was
“not off the table” as a po-
tential candidate.
And while Leach’s
personality would drive
most athletic directors
insane, there’s a method
to the madness. Running
a wide-open air raid of-
fense known for its gau-
dy passing numbers, he’s
compiled a 139-90 record
in 18 years between stops
at Washington State and
Texas Tech.
Say what you will about
Leach, but he’s won ev-
erywhere he’s been — no-
tably at places that lack
the glitz and glam of their
Power Five Conference
also the first conference
win for first-year Alabama
coach Nate Oats.
“I thought our defen-
sive effort in the second
half was as good as it has
been all year,” Oats said.
The Crimson Tide’s
John Petty Jr. and Kira
Lewis Jr. wore MSU on
the defensive end, as
the dynamic guard duo
scored 18 and 17 points,
respectively. James Bold-
en (11 points), Galin
Smith (11) and Jaden
Shackleford (10) were the
other Alabama players in
double figures.
“I give them credit,
Lewis and Petty were ter-
rific, as they have been
all year long,” Howland
said. “They run a style
where Lewis is really able
to penetrate and create
so much by his quick-
ness and speed. It makes
it very difficult because
they spread you out so
wide.”
At the halftime, Ala-
bama found itself ahead
42-34. The Crimson Tide
shot 45.5 percent from
the floor and held MSU to
38.2 percent in the half.
Shortly out of the
break, the Crimson Tide
opened a 15-point lead
after Petty Jr. juked pre-
See HOOPS, 3B
Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports
competitors.
Todd Grantham — Flor-
ida defensive coordi-
nator
After guiding MSU to
one of its best defenses
in school history, Todd
Grantham would enjoy
a homecoming of sorts
should he land the job.
Grantham — who has
spent the past two sea-
sons on Dan Mullen’s
staff at Florida — was also
an assistant under Mullen
during the 2017 season
— his last in Starkville. A
longtime assistant coach
in college and the NFL,
he worked as the associ-
ate head coach and defen-
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Columbus gears up
with key district
stretch looming
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Rubi Marquez knew it
was time.
The sophomore mid-
fielder is one of the three
captains on the Colum-
bus girls soccer team, but
she had never addressed
her teammates before.
But after Tuesday’s
8-0 home loss to Grena-
da, Marquez felt she had
to say something. She
held her fellow Falcons
accountable for the poor
attitude they showed and
the energy they lacked.
“She spoke up and
talked about how we need
to keep our heads up and
bounce back from it and
our energy just wasn’t
where it needed to be,”
Columbus coach Daniel
Meador said Wednesday.
“She just took it upon her-
self to try to make a nega-
tive a positive.”
For the Falcons, Mar-
quez’s speech touched on
important themes. The
regular season is flying
by for Columbus, which
now has a 1-2 district re-
cord and sits third in its
four-team district includ-
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sive coordinator at Geor-
gia between 2010 and
2013 before a three year
stop at Louisville.
There’s some ques-
tion as to how Grantham
would handle running his
own program, but his fa-
miliarity with MSU would
give him insight into the
school and team no other
coach on this list has.
Billy Napier — Louisiana
head coach
It ain’t over till it’s over
— at least that’s been
MSU’s approach to Lou-
isiana head coach Billy
Napier. After publicly de-
nying his candidacy for
the job, Cohen has report-
edly made another run at
the former Alabama and
Clemson assistant this
week.
Napier’s name has long
been linked to the MSU
opening but the interest
hasn’t been there thus far.
Following an 11-3 sea-
son this year, his name
also figures to be in the
running at Baylor given
Matt Rhule’s departure to
the NFL.
Should Napier look to
make a jump, it’s likely
he’d do it at Baylor rath-
er than try and compete
in the ever-powerful SEC
West.
It isn’t totally out of
the question Cohen can
convince Napier to take
on the job, but it’d be far
fetched at this point.
Other names to watch
Bill Clark — UAB head
coach
Skip Holtz — Louisi-
ana Tech head coach
Troy Calhoun — Air
Force head coach
ing Grenada, New Hope
and West Point. The Fal-
cons must pass either the
Trojans or the Chargers
to qualify for the play-
offs, and they’ve got one
game left against each
district opponent. That
slate starts today when
Columbus travels to Gre-
nada looking to make up
for Tuesday’s loss.
Marquez knows the
Falcons (6-8-1) will fol-
low up on the things she
pointed out in their final
district games.
“We will be more pre-
pared as a team,” she
said. “We will come with
great energy. I think it
will be fine.”
With Marquez’s emer-
gence — she played
sparingly as a freshman
— and six seniors on
the squad, Columbus
has renewed its hopes of
staying competitive in its
district.
The Falcons had
struggled to qualify for
the playoffs in a Class
6A district featuring Ox-
ford and Tupelo, but the
move down to Class 5A
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briefly NFL
Prep Basketball
West Lowndes girls top Class 1A in new poll
Heisman reunion: 5 winners suit up for Ravens-Titans matchup
The West Lowndes girls basketball team was
ranked first in Class 1A in this week’s Impact Sports
The Associated Press incredible.” sion,” Griffin said. “I hill, Mariota has been special club. That’s why
MHSAA poll, released Monday. For all he accom- know we’re focused on playing the role of the the modern football
The Panthers (11-0) were ranked ahead of Hickory OWINGS MILLS, plished at Louisville beating the Tennes- opposing quarterback world has never before
Flat, Pine Grove, Tupelo Christian Prep and Simmons Md. — The top prize for during that amazing see Titans, and if the on the scout team, this seen five Heisman win-
in the Class 1A poll. individual excellence in season three years ago, Heisman package is week doing his best imi-
West Lowndes will host Nanih Waiya on Friday. ners in uniform at the
college football is the Jackson would gladly part of that, that’s what tation of Jackson for the
In other polls: same NFL game.
The Heritage Academy boys (11-6) was ranked Heisman Trophy. For trade his statue for the we’re going to do.” Tennessee defense. “There are only so
second in Class 4A of the new Impact Sports MAIS the first time in the Su- opportunity to hoist the Griffin chuckled Mariota has played
poll, which was also released Monday. per Bowl era, five win- few of us, and every
trophy in Miami on Feb. when asked the signif- in each of the past two
Starkville Academy (10-4) came in fifth in the ners of that prestigious year there’s only one
2. icance of having Bal- games, however, throw-
rankings.
keepsake are expected more,” Griffin said. “So
Simpson Academy topped the Patriots by finishing “That’s the trophy timore’s Heisman trio ing a 24-yard pass to
in first place. Brookhaven Academy was ranked third, to suit up in the same I want,” Jackson said. being joined at the sta- A.J. Brown in the reg- this game, it’s some-
and Pillow Academy was fourth. game, each in pursuit “That’s the best trophy dium by Mariota (Ore- ular-season finale win thing that you’ll reflect
New Hope (13-1) was ranked third in the Class of the NFL’s most cov- you can get playing gon, 2014) and Henry in Houston and a 4-yard on later in life and
5A boys poll. Center Hill and Saltillo landed ahead of think, ‘That was a re-
the Trojans; Hattiesburg was fourth, and Forest Hill
eted team award — the football. That’s what I (Alabama, 2015). toss to Dion Lewis in
was fifth. Vince Lombardi Tro- want, that’s what the “I wouldn’t say we’re last week’s playoff win ally cool moment.’ But
The Trojans will visit West Point on Friday. phy. team wants, that’s what getting dressed and go- over New England. when you’re in the mo-
The Columbus girls (11-3) were ranked fourth Baltimore will bring we’re going to get.” ing out on the field and Mariota will hit the ment, it’s not as if we’re
in the Class 5A poll behind Brookhaven, Cleveland three Heisman winners
Central and Lafayette. Holmes County Central rounded Jackson hopes to saying, ‘Oh man, there’s free-agent market in all walking around with
out the top five. (Lamar Jackson, Mark receive help from In- five Heisman Trophy March. HEISMAN on the back
The Falcons will travel to Grenada today, as their Ingram, Robert Grif- gram (Alabama, 2009) winners out there.’ But Henry and Ingram of our shirt or carrying
game scheduled for Friday was moved up. fin III) into Saturday and backup quarter- it is a cool aspect of the both surpassed 1,000 our Heisman Trophies.”
Impact Sports will have a group of coaches ranking night’s playoff game
the top five boys and girls teams in public and private
back Robert Griffin III game,” Griffin said. yards rushing this year. Like Jackson, Grif-
classifications throughout the year. against Tennessee, (Baylor, 2011). Griffin “Maybe we’ll get a pic- The former Crimson fin wasn’t even aware
Highlights, video clips and scores can be sent to which has a pair of play- will start on the bench ture after the game, but Tide stars won’t neces- he was on the brink of
Billy Thomas of Impact Sports by at BillyThomas0565@ ers (Marcus Mariota, against the Titans and I know that’s not what sarily have to seek each
gmail.com or by text at 662-549-3918. sharing in a historic
Derrick Henry) who Ingram is question- we’re thinking about other before Saturday’s
The full poll can be viewed on Impact Sports’ moment.
accepted the trophy able with a calf injury, right now.” game because they just
website, maximpactsports.com.
presented annually to “If no one told me
but earlier this season The Titans benched recently spoke.
the most outstanding all three were in the Mariota in mid-October “I talked to Mark the there were five Heisman
West Lowndes boys take down McAdams performer in college Trophy winners in the
Jataquist Brown scored 19 points to lead the West backfield for what was after the offense man- other day, and we were
Lowndes boys basketball team to an 88-42 home win football. dubbed “ The Heisman aged only one touch- just catching up,” Hen- game, it wouldn’t click
over McAdams on Tuesday. “Five? I didn’t even Package.” down in a 10-quarter ry said. for me,’’ RG3 said. “But
Darrell Brooks added 18 points, and Jherquaveus think about that,” said Could we see it again span and was coming Winning the yeah, now that people
Sanders and Decamby Willis each scored 13. Kelvin have been saying it, I’m
Wilburn scored nine, and Fredrick Rice scored eight. Jackson, who won the this weekend? off a shutout loss in Heisman Trophy au-
The Panthers will host Nanih Waiya on Friday. 2016 Heisman with Lou- “It could resurface, Denver. Since being re- tomatically makes the honored to be part of
isville. “It’s going to be but that’s not my deci- placed by Ryan Tanne- recipient part of a very that.”
Prep Soccer
Tuesday’s scores
Caledonia girls 7, West Point 0
Caledonia boys 8, West Point 0
Grenada girls 8, Columbus 0
Metcalf’s breakout day another step for Seahawks rookie
Oxford girls 9, Starkville 2
Oxford boys 5, Starkville 1
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Metcalf is hoping he an outlier based on how receptions, four touch- Metcalf knows as
has a few more weeks the second half of the downs and was averag- his numbers increase
SOURCE: From Special Reports RENTON, Wash. — before giving full reflec- season has gone. ing about 17 yards per so will the attention
Amid an avalanche of tion on his rookie sea- “It was cool, but like catch. It was solid, but he receives from oppo-
CALENDAR attention following the
best game of his career
son. He may have a sig- I said it’s time to focus not spectacular num- nents. He was shut out
nificant role in whether in,” Metcalf said of the bers from the rookie. by Arizona in Week 16
Today to date, DK Metcalf al- than happens or not attention. “Can’t harp In the nine games when Metcalf had his
Prep Girls Soccer lowed himself a little bit when Seattle travels to on just that one mo- that followed — includ- only game of the sea-
Caledonia at Starkville, 5:30 p.m. of reflection. Green Bay on Sunday in ment.” ing that Week 9 win son without a catch.
Columbus at Grenada, 5:30 p.m. What would have the NFC playoffs with Metcalf was the star over the Bucs — Met- He doesn’t know how
Mississippi School for Math and Sci- happened if he hadn’t the winner advancing of the NFL combine last calf has 42 receptions Green Bay will defend
ence at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. unexpected slid out of to the conference cham- year, but his draft slide for 658 yards while his him this week.
Prep Boys Soccer the first round of the pionship game. was a running headline responsibilities with- Nate Carroll said one
Caledonia at Starkville, 7 p.m. NFL draft last April? He played a major until the Seahawks fi- in Seattle’s offensive of the balances Metcalf
Magnolia Heights at Starkville Acade- What if all the hype that
part in Seattle getting nally took him off the scheme have expanded. had to learn as the year
my, 5:30 p.m. surrounded his perfor-
to this point. Metcalf board late in the second While the game against progressed has been
Columbus at Grenada, 7 p.m. mance at the NFL com-
set an NFL postseason round. He was criti- the Eagles was the best letting Metcalf use his
Mississippi School for Math and Sci- bine had led to hearing
record among rookies cized for his route-run- of his young career, physical advantages of
ence at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. his name called on the
with 160 yards receiv- ning skills shown in Metcalf had been build- size and power to his
Prep Girls Basketball first night of the draft
and not a day later when ing on seven catches college at Mississippi ing toward that kind of benefit.
Choctaw County at Starkville Academy, and a touchdown in and some evaluators be- performance for weeks. “He wants to run
6 p.m. the Seattle Seahawks
swooped into grab the last week’s 17-9 win lieved his ceiling would Seattle coach Pete through everybody,
Calhoun Academy at Columbus Chris-
wide receiver with the over Philadelphia to be as a big target who Carroll said Metcalf which I love that part of
tian Academy, 6 p.m.
64th overall pick. open the postseason. could only run straight had disappointment him, and we all do and it
Prep Boys Basketball
“It was a perfect sit- His 53-yard touchdown down the field. from the Seahawks’ gets us all going,” Nate
Choctaw County at Starkville Academy,
uation for me,” Metcalf catch in the third quar- “When he came in, I earlier meeting against Carroll said. “But at the
7:30 p.m.
said on Wednesday. ter gave Seattle a 17-6 was pretty confident he the Eagles — which same time, you’ve got to
Calhoun Academy at Columbus Chris-
“At the moment I was lead, and his 36-yard was able to do a lot of also finished 17-9 — make sure that the ball
tian Academy, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s College Basketball mad, but after every- catch on the final drive things that a lot of peo- and wanted a chance to safety is paramount.
Mississippi State at Missouri, 6 p.m. thing was said and done clinched the victory. ple weren’t giving him atone for the previous That’s the next evolu-
Tennessee at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. looking back at it I’m His performance credit for,” Seattle wide game. tion right there is just
UTEP at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. just happy that I land- drew attention and ac- receivers coach Nate “He didn’t play the understanding when to
Holmes Community College at East Mis- ed here. Great quar- colades from all over, Carroll said. game he wanted to and when not to. I think
sissippi Community College, 5:30 p.m. terback. Great offense. even a shout out from Metcalf’s season play last time we were that’s been the coolest
Men’s College Basketball Great team. Great or- LeBron James on social turned in Week 9 when there,” Pete Carroll thing is just seeing him
Holmes Community College at East Mis- ganization. We’re in the media. It was a break- he had six catches said. “It was important be able to just feel com-
sissippi Community College, 7:30 p.m. playoffs still playing out game because of for 123 yards against to him to put that to fortable about there
while a lot of teams are the stage and the im- Tampa Bay. Up to that rest. He was very com- and just play fast every
on the air at home.” portance. But it wasn’t point, Metcalf had 23 petitive about it.” chance he gets.”

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Pro Football
Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. with INF Asdrúbal Cabrera and 1B Eric Thames on
Iowa 49, Southern Cal 24 Senior Bowl Saturday’s Games one-year contracts.
5 p.m. — Dakar Rally 2020: Stage 5, Cheez-It Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Minnesota at Houston, 4 p.m. Frontier League
Al-’Ula to Ha’il, Saudi Arabia (taped),
NFL Playoff Glance Phoenix
Air Force 31, Washington State 21
North vs. South, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 26
Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Boston, 6 p.m.
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed OF Isaac Be-
nard to a contract extension.
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 4 Saturday, Dec. 28 Hula Bowl L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed LHP Lars
NBCSN Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT Camping World Bowl At Honolulu Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Liquori.
Orlando, Fla. East vs. West, 9:30 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 8 p.m. NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed LHP Antho-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Tennessee 20, New England 13
Notre Dame 33, Iowa State 9 Milwaukee at Portland, 9 p.m. ny Auletta to a contract extension. Signed RHP
Sunday, Jan. 5
5 p.m. — Drexel at Towson, CBSSN Cotton Bowl Classic Brendan Butler, RHP Kevin Long, and RHP Hemly

6 p.m. — Memphis at Wichita State,

Minnesota 26, New Orleans 20, OT
Seattle 17, Philadelphia 9
Divisional Playoffs
Arlington, Texas
Penn State 53, Memphis 39 Pro Basketball College Basketball
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NEW YORK BOULDERS — Signed RHP Tim Pon-

ESPN2 Saturday, Jan. 11

Peach Bowl
NBA Glance to to a contract extension.
Minnesota at San Francisco, 3:35 p.m. (NBC)
Atlanta
CFP Semifinal: LSU 63, Oklahoma 28 EASTERN CONFERENCE Wednesday’s Scores SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed RHP
Junior Harding.
6 p.m. — Louisiana Tech at Texas (San Tennessee at Baltimore, 7:15 p.m (CBS) Fiesta Bowl

Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB American U. 68, Army 60
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed OF Blake
Sunday, Jan. 12 Glendale, Ariz. Adams, C Austin Biggar and INF Adam Sasser.
Antonio), ESPNU Houston at Kansas City, 2:05 p.m. (CBS) CFP Semifinal: Clemson 29, Ohio State 23
Boston
Toronto
25 10 .714 —
25 13 .658 1½
Binghamton 79, UMBC 75
Boston U. 84, Lehigh 67
BASKETBALL
Seattle at Green Bay, 5:40 p.m. (FOX) Monday, Dec. 30 National Basketball Association
6 p.m. — Purdue at Michigan, FS1 Conference Championships SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Philadelphia 24 14 .632 2½ Colgate 92, Loyola (Md.) 70 NBA — Fined Golden State coach Steve Kerr
Brooklyn 16 20 .444 9½ Duquesne 78, Saint Joseph’s 60
7 p.m. — Hofstra at Northeastern, Sunday, Jan. 19 Dallas New York 10 28 .263 16½ $25,000 for verbally abusing a game official and
Western Kentucky 23, Western Michigan 20 Georgetown 87, St. John’s 66 failing to leave the court in a timely manner fol-
AFC, 2:05 p.m. (CBS) Southeast Division Hartford 80, Mass.-Lowell 68
CBSSN NFC, 5:40 p.m. (FOX) Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tenn.
W L Pct GB Lafayette 82, Holy Cross 64
lowing an ejection during a Jan. 6 game against
Sacramento. Fined New York Knicks F/C Bobby
Pro Bowl Miami 27 10 .730 — Marist 70, Fairfield 58
8 p.m. — Arizona at Oregon, ESPN Sunday, Jan. 26 Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28 Orlando 18 20 .474 9½ Navy 60, Bucknell 56
Portis $25,000 for recklessly making contact
Redbox Bowl Charlotte 15 25 .375 13½ New Hampshire 57, Maine 51
above the shoulders of an airborne shooter during
8 p.m. — Minnesota at Michigan State, At Orlando, Fla. Santa Clara, Calif. a Jan. 7 game.
AFC vs. NFC, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Washington 12 25 .324 15 Rhode Island 69, Davidson 58
California 35, Illinois 20 MIAMI HEAT — Signed G Gabe Vincent. Waived
ESPN2 Super Bowl Orange Bowl
Atlanta 8 30 .211 19½
Central Division
Stony Brook 81, Vermont 77
UConn 67, Tulane 61 G Daryl Macon.
Sunday, Feb. 2 Miami Gardens, Fla. FOOTBALL
8 p.m. — Murray State at Jacksonville At Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida 36, Virginia 28

Milwaukee
W L Pct GB
33 6 .846 —
UMass 77, La Salle 69
National Football League
NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 5:30 p.m. SOUTH
Tuesday, Dec. 31 LOS ANGELES RAMS — Announced the resigna-
State, ESPNU (FOX) Belk Bowl
Indiana 23 15 .605 9½ Alabama 90, Mississippi St. 69
tion of special teams coordinator John Fassel to
Detroit 14 24 .368 18½ Auburn 83, Vanderbilt 79
8 p.m. — Washington at Stanford, FS1 Charlotte, N.C.
Kentucky 37, Virginia Tech 30
Chicago 13 25 .342 19½ Campbell 64, UNC-Asheville 62 take the same position with Dallas.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Joe Judge coach.
College Football
Cleveland 10 27 .270 22 Duke 73, Georgia Tech 64
9:30 p.m. — Washington State at Sun Bowl WESTERN CONFERENCE ETSU 64, UNC-Greensboro 57 Canadian Football League
El Paso, Texas Southwest Division Florida St. 78, Wake Forest 68 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Extended the contract
California, PAC-12N Bowl Glance Arizona State 20, Florida State 14 W L Pct GB Furman 73, Chattanooga 66 of DB Brian Walker.
Liberty Bowl Houston 25 11 .694 — HOCKEY
10 p.m. — Brigham Young at St. Bahamas Bowl
Friday, Dec. 20 Memphis, Tenn. Dallas 23 14 .622 2½
LSU 79, Arkansas 77
Longwood 74, Charleston Southern 56 National Hockey League
Navy 20, Kansas State 17 ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Barrett Hay-
Mary’s, ESPN2 Nassau
Alamo Bowl
San Antonio
Memphis
16 20 .444 9
16 22 .421 10
NC State 73, Notre Dame 68
New Orleans 86, Cent. Arkansas 78 ton.
Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9
San Antonio CALGARY FLAMES — Agreed to terms with D
10 p.m. — Arizona State at Oregon Frisco (Texas) Bowl
Texas 38, Utah 10
New Orleans 13 25 .342 13 Pittsburgh 73, North Carolina 65
Rasmus Andersson on a six-year contract ex-
Kent State 51, Utah State 41 Northwest Division Radford 67, Gardner-Webb 64
State, ESPNU Saturday, Dec. 21 Arizona Bowl
Tucson, Ariz.
W L Pct GB SC-Upstate 83, Hampton 73 tension.
SOCCER
Celebration Bowl Denver 26 11 .703 — St. Bonaventure 61, George Mason 49
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) At Atlanta Wyoming 38, Georgia State 17 Utah 25 12 .676 1 W. Carolina 97, VMI 85 Major League Soccer
NC A&T 64, Alcorn State 44 Wednesday, Jan. 1 Oklahoma City 21 16 .568 5 Winthrop 79, High Point 57 D.C. UNITED — Re-signed G Earl Edwards Jr.,
10 a.m. — Quinnipiac at Rider, ESPNU New Mexico Bowl Citrus Bowl Portland 16 22 .421 10½ Wofford 67, Samford 62 through the 2020 season.
Albuquerque Orlando, Fla. Minnesota 14 22 .389 11½ MIDWEST LOS ANGELES FC — Signed D Tristan Blackmon
4 p.m. — Austin Peay at Tennessee San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11 Alabama 35, Michigan 16 Pacific Division Bradley 72, Evansville 52 to a three-year contract extension through the
Outback Bowl W L Pct GB 2022 season, with a club option for 2023.
Tech, ESPNU Cure Bowl
Orlando, Fla. Tampa, Fla. L.A. Lakers 30 7 .811 —
Cincinnati 75, Tulsa 44
Fort Wayne 77, W. Illinois 69 MEMPHIS 901 FC — Named Tim Howard sporting
Minnesota 31, Auburn 24 director.
5 p.m. — Duke at Virginia, ACCN Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16
Rose Bowl
L.A. Clippers 26 12 .684 4½
Sacramento 15 23 .395 15½
Illinois 71, Wisconsin 70
National Women’s Soccer League
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Indiana 66, Northwestern 62
5 p.m. — Michigan at Ohio State, BTN FAU 52, SMU 28 Pasadena, Calif.
Oregon 28, Wisconsin 27
Phoenix 14 23 .378 16 Kansas 79, Iowa St. 53 HOUSTON DASH — Acquired F Katie Stengel and
the 22nd overall draft pick from Utah Royals FC for
Camellia Bowl Golden State 9 30 .231 22 Nebraska-Omaha 66, North Dakota 62
6 p.m. — Baylor at Connecticut, ESPN Montgomery, Ala. Sugar Bowl Tuesday’s Games Saint Louis 63, George Washington 58 Houston’s natural second-round picks in the 2020
Arkansas State 34, FIU 26 New Orleans Detroit 115, Cleveland 113 Seton Hall 83, Xavier 71 and 2021 NWSL College Drafts.
6 p.m. — Mississippi State at Missouri, New Orleans Bowl Georgia 26, Baylor 14 Portland 101, Toronto 99 SOUTHWEST SKY BLUE FC — Acquired F Margaret “Midge”
Appalachian State 31, UAB 17 Thursday, Jan. 2 Oklahoma City 111, Brooklyn 103, OT McNeese St. 88, Abilene Christian 84 Purce and the natural 2021 first round draft pick
SECN Las Vegas Bowl Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Memphis 119, Minnesota 112 Nicholls 61, Lamar 52 from Portland Thorns FC for MF Raquel “Rocky”
Washington 38, Boise State 7 Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6 Sacramento 114, Phoenix 103 Rodriguez.
7 p.m. — Louisville at Miami, ACCN Monday, Dec. 23 Gator Bowl L.A. Lakers 117, New York 87
Northwestern St. 72, Incarnate Word 66
Oklahoma 72, Texas 62 COLLEGE
Jacksonville, Fla. BIG 12 CONFERENCE — Fined West Virginia
7 p.m. — Maryland at Iowa, BTN Gasparilla Bowl
At Tampa, Fla. Tennessee 23, Indiana 22
Wednesday’s Games
Miami 122, Indiana 108
SMU 81, UCF 74
Sam Houston St. 67, SE Louisiana 62 coach Bob Huggins $10,000 for referring to an
8 p.m. — Louisiana State at Texas UCF 48, Marshall 25 Friday, Jan. 3
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
San Antonio 129, Boston 114
Toronto 112, Charlotte 110, OT
Texas A&M-CC 73, Stephen F. Austin 72 officiating crew as “three blind mice” after a Jan.
4 loss at Kansas.
Tuesday, Dec. 24 FAR WEST
A&M, SECN Hawaii Bowl Boise Orlando 123, Washington 89 Boise St. 73, UNLV 66 ALBANY (NY) — Named Vic Cegles as deputy
athletic director and Leslie Moore as associate
Honolulu Ohio 30, Nevada 21 Denver 107, Dallas 106 CS Northridge 95, Long Beach St. 77
GOLF Hawaii 38, BYU 34 Saturday, Jan. 4 Houston 122, Atlanta 115 California Baptist 83, CS Bakersfield 75 athletic director for facilities, scheduling and game
Thursday, Dec. 26 Armed Forces Bowl New Orleans 123, Chicago 108 S. Dakota St. 80, Denver 68 operations.
6 p.m. — PGA Tour: The Sony Open, Independence Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Utah 128, New York 104 San Diego St. 72, Wyoming 52 EAST CAROLINA — Announced the retirement of
Shreveport, La. Tulane 30, Southern Miss 13 Milwaukee 107, Golden State 98 San Jose St. 70, Nevada 68 defensive line coach Jeff Hanson.
First Round, Honolulu, GOLF Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0 Monday, Jan. 6 Today’s Games UC Santa Barbara 63, Cal Poly 45 GEORGIA — QB Jake Fromm announced he will
Quick Lane Bowl Lendingtree Bowl Boston at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. enter the NFL draft.
NBA BASKETBALL Detroit Mobile, Ala. Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m. MINNESOTA — S Antoine Winfield Jr. announced
6 p.m. — Boston at Philadelphia, TNT
8:30 p.m. — Houston at Oklahoma
Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30

Military Bowl
Friday, Dec. 27
Louisiana-Lafayette 27, Miami (Ohio) 17
Monday, Jan. 13
College Football Championship
Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Transactions Wednesday’s moves
he will enter the NFL draft.
OREGON STATE — Signed football coach Jon-
athan Smith to a three-year contract extension
Annapolis, Md. New Orleans Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m. BASEBALL through the 2025 season.
City, TNT North Carolina 55, Temple 13 Clemson (14-0) vs. LSU (14-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans at New York, 6:15 p.m. American League PITTSBURGH — Agreed to terms with men’s bas-
Pinstripe Bowl Saturday, Jan. 18 Miami at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. DETROIT TIGERS — Acquired C Eric Haase from ketball coach Jeff Capel on a two-year contract
NHL HOCKEY New York East-West Shrine Classic Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m. Cleveland for cash considerations. Designated extension through the 2026-27 season.
Michigan State 27, Wake Forest 21 At St. Petersburg, Fla. San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. RHP Dario Agrazal for assignment. SAN DIEGO STATE — Announced the retirement
7:30 p.m. — Nashville at Chicago, Texas Bowl East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFL) Charlotte at Utah, 8 p.m. National League of Rocky Long football coach. Promoted defensive
Houston NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Orlando at Phoenix, 8 p.m. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Extended the con- line coach Brady Hoke to football coach.
NBCSN Texas A&M 24, Oklahoma State 21 At Pasadena, Calif. L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:45 p.m. tract of Craig Counsell through the 2023 season. WISCONSIN — C Tyler Biadasz announced he will
Holiday Bowl American vs. National, 4 p.m. (FS1) Milwaukee at Sacramento, 9 p.m. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms enter the NFL draft.
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Hoops
Continued from Page 1B

season All-SEC first team
selection Reggie Perry
out of his socks on the pe-
rimeter with a stepback
3-pointer. That put MSU
in a gigantic hole, facing
a 51-36 deficit.
“He’s capable of mak-
ing tough shots,” Oats
said of Petty Jr. “What
may be bad shots for oth-
er guys may not be so bad
for him.”
The Bulldogs trimmed
the deficit to six points
with 12 minutes remain-
ing, but Perry picked
up his fourth foul of the
game, halting their mo-
mentum. After sitting
for a brief period, Perry
fouled out with 6:56 re-
maining with his team
down 12 points. He fin-
ished with 14 points and
five rebounds. Alabama
ran away with the contest
after that.
Weatherspoon led
MSU with a team-high
20 points, while Robert
Woodard II chipped in 14
points and nine rebounds.
The Bulldogs shot 37.7
percent from the floor and
allowed the Crimson Tide
to shoot 49.1 percent.
“We need to figure
it out on transition de-
fense,” Woodard II said.
“We’ve been giving up
too many open 3s. It’s just
about getting tough out
there.”
MSU is back in action
at 7 p.m. Saturday in a
road matchup against
LSU.

Soccer Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Continued from Page 1B
has helped them become been one of the team’s top departure of Rachel La- Jethrow has begun the Sudoku
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assistant for the past two out here and said she’s got “I just put the idea in piece back by the end based onthe
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Rush’s daughter Maya and kept trying and learn- Meador said. “She’s just Their home stretch be- contains the1same to 9 number
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scored “95 percent” of the ing,” Meador said. “What been phenomenal taking the empty spaces so
gins with tonight’s match only once. The difficulty 4 6 7 3 8 5 2 9 1
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when Maya graduated,
her father resigned.
But even with the de-
parture, Marquez said,
the Falcons haven’t strug-
gled much to score.
“It’s difficult, but I
think us as a team have
been scoring more,” Mar-
quez said. “I think more
individuals have been
able to get chances to
score more.”
Senior Destiny McCoy
has taken on a big role in
her first year ever playing
soccer, recruited to the
team by head cheerlead-
ing coach and soccer as-
sistant Marissa Hackler.
McCoy has consistently
when she gets out there.
She’s no quit. She never
gets tired, and she’s ready
to keep playing. She’s
been a big contribution.”
McCoy started slow
and caught stride midsea-
son, allowing Marquez
and her teammates to see
her talent on display for
the first time.
“We didn’t expect her
to progress so much,”
Marquez said. “We didn’t
see that, ‘Wow, she really
is good,’ until Coach put
her in.”
Meador also coaxed
senior softball star C’Asia
Grayer into taking over
at goalkeeper after the
because it’s her first time
to ever play goalkeeper,
but she’s been just able to
keep a lot of shots out of
the net that your jaw just
drops. It’s like, ‘How did
she get to it?’”
The Falcons run a 4-4-
2 formation — Marquez
plays an attacking mid-
field role, with Alexus Gil-
lian in a defensive mid po-
sition — and it took a hit
when defender Krishua-
na Jethrow sprained her
knee Dec. 17 at Nettleton.
“We’ve missed her
a ton,” Meador said. “It
hasn’t really been the
same without her filling
that spot on defense.”
inclement weather. The
the same number only once. The difficulty level
Falcons host New Hope increases from Monday to Sunday.
on Tuesday and travel to
West Point next Thursday
to conclude their district
slate.
Meador knows it’s a
tough road ahead, but
he thinks Columbus still
has the talent to be com-
petitive in its region. The
Falcons will have to show
it tonight.
“We still have the big
ones in front of us and
have everything in our
hands,” he said. “We can
still achieve it if we can
turn this around after yes-
terday’s game.”

College Football

LSU’s Burrow, Jefferson lead AP all-bowl team

The Associated Press
Joe Burrow and Justin
Jefferson were easy se-
lections for The Associat-
ed Press All-Bowl Team
after they connected for
four first-half touchdowns
in LSU’s College Football
Playoff semifinal blowout
of Oklahoma.
Selecting the rest of
the team wasn’t nearly as
simple.
Although the season
won’t end until LSU faces
Clemson in the champion-
ship game Monday night
in New Orleans, all the
postseason games with
“bowl” in the title have
been played. So why wait?
Because some defens-
es run a 4-3 scheme, some
run a 3-4 and others use
the nickel as their base
defense, AP included four
linemen, four linebackers
and five defensive backs
in picking the honorees.
There are also 13 players
on offense, since we in-
clude an all-purpose play-
er and a third running
back.
There were far more
receivers than tight ends
worthy of consideration,
so we left out the tight end
position and went with
three receivers instead.
Maybe next year.
Offense
Quarterback
Joe Burrow, LSU
(Peach): The Heisman
Trophy winner tied a bowl
record by throwing seven
touchdown passes in the
top-ranked Tigers’ 63-28
victory over No. 4 Okla-
homa — all in the first
half Burrow went 29 of 39
for 394 yards passing. He
also had a touchdown run.
Running back
Journey Brown, Penn
State (Cotton): Brown
rushed for 202 yards and
two touchdowns on just 16
carries in the 13th-ranked
Nittany Lions’ 53-39 tri-
umph over No. 15 Mem-
phis. He scored from 32
and 56 yards away.
Lamical Perine, Flor-
ida (Orange): Perine ran
for 138 yards and caught
five passes for 43 yards in
the ninth-ranked Gators’
36-28 victory over No. 24
Virginia. Perine had two
touchdown runs and one
touchdown catch.
Xazavian Valladay, Wy-
oming (Arizona): Valla-
day rushed for 204 yards
and one touchdown on 26
carries as Wyoming beat
Georgia State 38-17. He
also caught three passes
for 91 yards, including a
63-yard score.
Wide receiver
Justin Jefferson, LSU
(Peach): Jefferson caught
four of Burrow’s seven
touchdown passes. Jeffer-
son ended up with 14 re-
ceptions for 227 yards.
Jerry Jeudy, Alabama
(Citrus): Jeudy caught an
85-yard touchdown pass
on No. 9 Alabama’s first
play from scrimmage and
finished with six recep-
tions for 204 yards in a
35-16 victory over No. 17
Michigan.
Tyler Johnson, Minne-
sota (Outback): Johnson
had 12 receptions for 202
yards and two touch-
downs as No. 16 Minneso-
ta defeated No. 9 Auburn
31-24.
Line
Tremayne Anchrum
and Jackson Carman,
Clemson (Fiesta): Clem-
son’s two offensive tack-
les helped limit Heisman
Trophy finalist Chase
Young in the third-ranked
Tigers’ 29-23 victory over
No. 2 Ohio State in the
other CFP semifinal.
Samuel Cosmi, Texas
(Alamo): Cosmi anchored
a line that helped Texas
rush for 231 yards against
a 12th-ranked Utah team
that had been leading the
nation in run defense.
Utah also ranked third in
total defense, but Texas
gained 438 total yards in
its 38-10 victory.
Charlie Heck, North
Carolina (Military):
North Carolina’s left tack-
le led a line that allowed
no sacks against Temple,
which had 39 during the
regular season. North
Carolina gained 534 yards
in a 55-13 blowout.
Ford Higgins, Navy
(Liberty): Navy’s center
helped pave the way for
quarterback Malcolm
Perry’s 213-yard rush-
ing performance as the
21st-ranked Midshipmen
edged Kansas State, 20-
17. Navy controlled the
ball for 36½ minutes
against a Kansas State
team that was ranked
fourth in time of posses-
sion.
James Hudson, Cincin- had seven solo tackles,
nati (Birmingham): The seven assists, three tack-
Michigan transfer made les for loss, two sacks, two
his Cincinnati debut as forced fumbles and two
a starting left tackle and pass breakups against
helped the 23rd-ranked Memphis.
Bearcats gain 343 yards Rashad Smith, Florida
in a 38-6 rout of Boston Atlantic (Boca Raton):
College. Smith scored on a 34-yard
All-purpose fumble return and also
Lynn Bowden Jr., Ken- had a 22-yard intercep-
tucky (Belk): The receiv- tion return as well as 11
er - t ur ned - qua r terback tackles in FAU’s 52-28 tri-
rushed for 233 yards and umph over SMU.
two scores and threw Secondary
ACROSS
a game-winning touch- Khoury Bethley, Ha-
1 Folded food
down pass with 15 sec- waii (Hawaii): Bethley
5 Brawl
onds remaining in Ken- made 10 solo tackles - one
11 Pressing
tucky’s 37-30 victory over for loss - and picked off
need
Virginia Tech. two passes in a 38-34 vic- 12 Rest
tory over BYU. His sec-
13 Pharmacy
Defense ond interception clinched unit
Line the game with 25 seconds 14 1867 pur-
A.J. Epenesa, Iowa left. chase
(Holiday): The Associ- Brady Breeze, Oregon 15 Cruel
ated Press All-America (Rose): Breeze scored on 17 Termite’s
second-team defensive a 31-yard fumble return cousin
end collected 2 ½ sacks and also forced a fumble 18 Hymn singers
and forced a fumble as the to set up No. 7 Oregon’s 22 Batter of
19th-ranked Hawkeyes go-ahead touchdown in verse
defeated No. 22 Southern a 28-27 victory over No. 24 Good judg-
California, 49-24. 11 Wisconsin. He had 11 ment
tackles and a pass break- 25 Anjou answer column ous position
Malcolm Koonce, Buf-
falo (Bahamas): Koonce up. 26 Slugger 20 “Got it”
Antwan Collier and Williams DOWN 21 Some wines
had two of Buffalo’s five
sacks in a 31-9 rout of Richie Grant, Central 27 When ex- 1 Waiting 22 Dove calls
Charlotte. He also forced Florida (Gasparilla): pected rewards 23 Pop’s sister
a fumble and had five Grant had 10 tackles in a 30 Arson yield 2 Opera piece 28 Polished
tackles. 48-25 win over Marshall 32 Boat’s back 3 Quite aloof 29 Tooth layer
Jesse Lemonier, Lib- and opened the scoring 33 Runner on 4 Like some 30 Wagon puller
erty (Cure): Lemonier with a 39-yard intercep- snow chats 31 “Never mind!”
had eight tackles and re- tion return. Collier had a 34 Babe’s bed 5 Greek group 35 Knights’ titles
34-yard interception re- 38 Seasoned 6 Keepsakes 36 School near
corded two sacks to im-
prove his two-year career turn, two fumble recover- sausage 7 Cochise’s Windsor
ies and six tackles. 41 Falafel holder people 37 Works leather
sack total to 20½. He was
Richard LeCounte, 42 First game 8 Trig function, 38 Pop’s boy
named the game’s most 43 Computer
valuable player after Lib- Georgia (Sugar): Le- for short 39 Orangutan,
symbol 9 Inquire e.g.
erty’s 23-16 victory over Counte picked off two
44 Staircase 10 Sailing site 40 Detective
Georgia Southern. passes in the fifth-ranked
posts 16 Pig’s place Archer
Kenny Willekes, Mich- Bulldogs’ 26-14 victory
45 Addition 19 In a precari-
igan State (Pistripe): over No. 8 Baylor.
Willekes made nine tack- Elijah Molden, Wash-
les, forced a fumble and ington (Las Vegas):
delivered 1½ sacks in Molden had a 31-yard in-
Michigan State’s 27-21 tri- terception return, forced
umph over Wake Forest. a fumble and made nine
Linebacker tackles in Washington’s
Joseph Ossai, Texas 38-7 victory over No. 18
(Alamo): Ossai posted Boise State.
nine tackles — six for
loss — and three sacks Special teams
against Utah. Kicker
Jeremiah Owusu-Kora- Riley Patterson, Mem-
moah, Notre Dame phis (Cotton): Patterson
(Camping World): Techni- made all six of his field-
cally listed as a rover, Ow- goal attempts, connect-
usu-Koramoah recorded ing from 37, 41, 42, 44,
nine tackles — four for 48 and 51 yards away.
loss — and three sacks in His accuracy gave him a
the 14th-ranked Fighting slight edge over WKU’s
Irish’s 33-9 victory over Cory Munson, who made
Iowa State. He also forced a game-winning 52-yard-
and recovered a fumble. er in the First Responder
Micah Parsons, Penn Bowl but missed a 29-
State (Cotton): Parsons yard attempt earlier.
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PREP FOOTBALL
Game of regions: Contentious school merger spawns champion
The Associated Press
LINEVILLE, Ala. —
Fans are encouraged to
come on the field before
the football games at
Central High School of
Clay County and form
two lines, creating a path
from the back of the end
zone toward midfield.
From there, the Vol-
unteers make a grand en-
trance, bursting through
a red and blue banner
that is wider than the goal
posts and taller than the
crossbar. A puff of smoke
is added for effect as the
band plays “Battle Hymn
of the Republic.”
The team has helped
bond two communities
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
that were once fierce
rivals, then reluctant
partners and now proud
supporters of a two-time
Class 5A state champion.
It has taken the better
part of a decade to get
used to.
“A lot of folks, the only
time they’re on this cam-
pus is at a football game,”
said Tommy Wood, the
public address announcer
for Clay Central’s football
games, on a chilly Novem-
ber night as he prepared
for the Volunteers’ first
playoff game. “Whether
you’re from Lineville or
you’re from Ashland, and
you came right here and
had an opportunity to sit
by folks who you never sat
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with at a game before.
“I think that is the one
common thread that has
really bound this togeth-
er. To me, that’s kind of
the thing that’s solidified
this entire merger.”
Small-town football
is thriving in this east
Alabama county, popu-
lation 14,000 and home
to Mount Cheaha, the
highest point in the state.
While overall participa-
tion in high school foot-
ball has been on the de-
cline in the U.S., the trend
has not been as dramatic
in the Deep South and
Alabama seems to have
bucked it altogether.
According to the Na-
tional Federation of State
High School Associa-
tions, the number of par-
ticipants in Alabama high
school football in 2018-19
increased by nearly 1,000
from the total recorded
in 2014-15. The number
of participants dropped
in the other 10 states that
are home to Southeastern
Conference schools over
that same period.
Alabama is also pro-
ducing more major col-
lege football players than
ever before.
In 2018, Alabama was
the listed home state for
3.3% of FBS players, ac-
cording to the NCAA,
eighth among the 50
states. In 2008, 2.8% of
FBS players came from
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
We need
advice
about how to re-
spond to friends
and family who
poke fun or show
disdain because
of our healthy
lifestyle. We
are in our 60s.
We rarely eat
out, and when
we do, we avoid
fast food. We
cook most of our
meals with an
emphasis on veg-
Dear Abby
etables, fruits,
fish and chicken. We exercise
regularly and have occasional
treats. We have no chronic
illnesses and aren’t on any
medications.
For some reason, our food
choices rub people the wrong
way. If we are asked why we
are in good health, we answer,
“Over the years, we’ve learned
not to consume foods or
beverages that make us feel
bad.” If we’re invited out to
eat and order the baked salm-
on with broccoli instead of
the burger and fries, we hear,
“Your diet is so BORING.” We
usually laugh and shrug it off,
but we don’t think our diet is
boring. We simply enjoy being
healthy and know that food
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan.
9). You’re so adept at making
your own luck that it will prob-
ably catch you off guard when
you don’t have to. Fortunate
surprises will happen while
you’re relaxing. Next month,
you’ll raise your financial status
by simply asking for what’s fair.
You’ll help family and take on
new responsibilities, creating
wins for the whole group. Leo
and Libra adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 8, 3, 33, 37 and
41.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). A project frustrates. It’s
because you’re looking at the
minor aspects when what you
need is a broad perspective.
Get away from your work for a
while, and then you’ll come back
Alabama, ninth national-
ly, and in 2013, it was 2.5%
and ranked 11th.
Comparing 2008 to
2018, Alabama’s number
of FBS players passed
Michigan, Illinois and
Pennsylvania, the small-
est of which (Michigan)
has twice as many people.
Maybe not coincidentally,
the University of Alabama
won five national cham-
pionships over that span
and played for another.
Auburn also won a na-
tional championship and
played for another.
Clay Central has been
a modest contributor:
There were three scholar-
ship players on FBS ros-
ters this season who went
is “medicine.”
Should we con-
tinue to keep our
mouths shut? —
HEALTHY LIVING
DEAR
HEALTHY: YEP!
Your friends and
family react the
way they do be-
cause seeing you
eat the way you
do makes them
feel self-con-
scious about
their own food
choices. Con-
tinue laughing
and shrugging to
age 100. The others may not
be as fortunate as you.
DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend
recently discovered that I am
still talking to another girl I
used to date. I’ll call her Kyra.
Kyra and I had agreed we
would remain strictly friends,
and the breakup was before
I started dating my current
girlfriend, “Jan.” Jan is devas-
tated by this, and I can some-
what understand why. She got
cheated on multiple times in
her last relationship.
Do you think I was cross-
ing a boundary by wanting
to maintain the friendship
with Kyra? Or should I have
dropped it when I started
dating Jan? I’m asking you
with an idea.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
People will try to rush you along.
Unless you’re merging onto a
freeway or traffic circle, there is
no reason to let anyone else’s
sense of timing influence your
impeccable flow.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Sales! That’s where your talent
lies today. Whether it’s selling
something as simple as a social
plan to your friends or as com-
plicated as a hot property to a
testy buyer, you’ll be a winner.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
There’s no offering in the entire
world that is right for everyone.
You’ll objectively figure out why
what you’re doing is right for
certain people and not others
so you can broaden or narrow
to Clay Central, including
North Carolina defensive
back D.J. Ford.
It wasn’t that long
ago the football tradition
around here seemed to
be in danger. In 2012,
Clay County High School
in Ashland and Lineville
High School in the neigh-
boring town were merged
in brand new buildings.
Pooled resources and
upgraded facilities were
touted as benefits, but the
trepidation was real. The
Clay County-Lineville ri-
valry, after all, had come
to define the towns and
their residents.
The football games
epitomized the rivalry,
but it ran even deeper.
because everyone I talk to
agrees with me, and everyone
Jan talks to agrees with her. I
assume it’s because people
agree with whoever is telling
the story. You are unbiased,
and your opinion would be
greatly appreciated. — DOING
THE RIGHT THING IN UTAH
DEAR DOING: There’s
nothing wrong with remaining
friends after a breakup. Jan
is insecure because her last
boyfriend cheated on her, and
who can blame her? However,
that is her problem, and you
shouldn’t make it yours. Your
mistake was not telling Jan
when you first started dating
that you are still in touch
with Kyra — and that she’s a
platonic friend, nothing more.
Jan does not have the right to
control your friendships, and
you shouldn’t let it happen.
DEAR ABBY: How do you
cut off a person who talks
constantly without a break?
By the time there’s a lull in
her speech, I have forgotten
what I wanted to add to the
conversation. — WORD IN
EDGEWISE IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR WORD: I have en-
countered compulsive talkers
like her. They are exhaust-
ing. Remember, she has to
breathe SOMETIME. The
minute she starts to inhale,
start talkin’!
your appeal according to your
goals.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Lov-
ing a person for their potential
isn’t really love because it’s a
rejection of who the person is
right now. One way to tell love
from its imposters is that love
is always happening in the
present.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
People who mean well aren’t
always helpful, and people who
are careless or ill-intended don’t
always hurt. Take the feelings
out of your choice. The thing
to consider strongly now is
ability. Who can, and is likely to,
deliver?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Yours will be the action that
starts others moving. The most
beneficial direction will be one
that’s tidy, clean and simple. Tie
loose ends and resolve clutter,
and loved ones will follow your
lead.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). People can feel how much
you appreciate them, even when
you don’t make a big fuss about
it. Public praise isn’t always
appropriate, but when it is, all
who witness your genuineness
and enthusiasm will be motivat-
ed by it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You are a role model to
people, only you don’t usually
notice this, as you’re not overly
obsessed with what others are
gleaning from your interactions.
You’ll notice today though, in
the flattery of copycats.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Decisions don’t have to
make sense to be good. When
you feel you are being guided,
it’s a pretty big deal. Have the
guts to follow through on your
intuition, and you’ll look back
with a grateful heart.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Rally behind your people.
Right now, they crave your
support. In fact, saying nothing
will be taken as a slight. Return
all emails. You have the power
to uplift.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You are trading dysfunc-
tional patterns for routines and
habits that better support your
well-being. The changes them-
selves are so small, they are
barely perceptible to the outside
world right now. Just wait.
Lost for words
SOLUTION:
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Business
Moon river: Rocket part ferried
on the mighty Mississippi
Largest rocket stage NASA has assembled since
the Apollo missions will undergo testing at the
Stennis Space Center in Mississippi
By STACEY PLAISANCE
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — With a brass
band playing and a parade of work-
ers sporting Mardi Gras beads, a
huge component of a new rocket
system was wheeled slowly from a
New Orleans spacecraft factory on
Wednesday to a barge that will float
it up the Mississippi River for testing.
The recently completed “core
stage” of NASA’s Space Launch Sys-
tem, which dwarfed the hundreds of
NASA and Boeing employees, was to
be taken to the Stennis Space Center
in Mississippi, about 50 miles north-
east of New Orleans. Space Launch
System rockets are expected to even-
tually take astronauts to the moon as
part of NASA’s Artemis program.
The core stage — which mea-
sures 212 feet from end to end and
more than 27 feet in diameter — was
transported like a giant Carnival float
from the Michoud Assembly Center
in eastern New Orleans to the barge
as workers took pictures.
It will undergo tests at Stennis
ahead of the first Artemis launch,
currently planned for 2021, said Tony
Castilleja, a systems engineer with
the Boeing Space Team.
The SLS core stage, with four
huge engines, is the largest rocket
stage NASA has assembled since
the Apollo stages that first powered
crewed missions to the Moon.
It will be used for Artemis I, a test-
flight without a crew.
Artemis II is to send up a crewed
spacecraft. The third mission, Arte-
mis III, would put a man and woman
on the south pole of the moon, with
an eye toward a continued presence
that would lead eventually to a trip to
Mars.
Terry Teal, a NASA employee for
30 years, was among the first sent
from Houston to New Orleans to
begin work on the SLS rocket eight
years ago. He brought his wife and
stepdaughter to witness the roll-
out. He said it’s an exciting time for
those who worked on the rocket and
the family members who supported
them.
The core stage is the spine of
the SLS rocket. Its four RS-25 en-
gines will produce 2 million pounds
of thrust. The liquid hydrogen tank
and liquid oxygen tank hold 733,000
gallons of propellant.

Survey: Companies added 202K jobs in December

By JOSH BOAK
AP Economics Writer
BALTIMORE — U.S.
companies added 202,000
jobs in December, led by
robust hiring in construc-
tion, trade, transportation
and utilities, according to
a private survey.
Payroll processor ADP
said Wednesday that the
bulk of the hiring was
among smaller and mid-
sized businesses with
fewer than 500 employees.
Hiring in November was
also revised upward to
124,000, a sign that the job
market was stronger than
past surveys initially sug-
gested.
Construction firms add-
ed 37,000 jobs in Decem-
ber. The trade, transpor-
tation and utilities sector
added a combined 78,000.
Health care and social
assistance accounted for
46,000 new jobs.
Still, not every industry
is hiring. Manufacturers
shed 7,000 workers. Lei-
sure and hospitality lost
21,000 jobs last month.
It typically takes rough-
ly 100,000 or so new jobs
a month to absorb popula-
tion growth and keep the
unemployment rate from
rising.
Friday’s government
employment report is ex-
pected to show an increase
of 155,000 jobs with the un-
employment rate holding
at 3.5 percent. ADP’s fig-
ures don’t include govern-
ment hiring and frequently
diverge from the govern-
ment’s official report.
But Ian Shepherdson,
chief economist at Panthe-
on Macroeconomics, said
the ADP figure was solid
enough that the govern-
ment report might show
gains of 190,000.

Lebanon issues
travel ban for
fugitive ex-Nissan
chief Ghosn
The Associated Press

BEIRUT — Lebanese
prosecutors have issued
a travel ban for fugitive
ex-Nissan chief Carlos
Ghosn, following an Inter-
pol-issued notice, a judi-
cial official said Thursday.
Lebanon last week re-
ceived an Interpol-issued
wanted notice, which is
a non-binding request to
law enforcement agencies
worldwide that they locate
and provisionally arrest a
fugitive. Ghosn arrived in
Lebanon on Dec. 30 after
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LEGALS
Call us: 662-328-2424
Legal Notices
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on February 27,
2013, Jared R. Rivers, an un-
married man executed a cer-
tain deed of trust to Denise
McLaurin, Trustee for the bene-
fit of Regions Bank d/b/a Re-
gions Mortgage which deed of
trust is of record in the office
of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi in Book 2013 at Page
6387; and
WHEREAS, Regions Bank dba
Regions Mortgage has hereto-
fore substituted Shapiro &
Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated December 17,
2019 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2019 at Page
27149; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Regions Bank dba Regions
Mortgage, the legal holder of
said indebtedness, having re-
quested the undersigned Sub-
stituted Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land and
property in accordance with the
terms of said deed of trust and
for the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees,
trustee's fees and expense of
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & ages, not penalty, by any bid-
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- der who fails to carry out the
ee in said deed of trust, will on terms of the proposal. The Bid
February 6, 2020 offer for sale Bond, if used, shall be payable
at public outcry and sell within to the Owner. Bonds on the
legal hours (being between the project must be received on or
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of the project and no bid may be
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- Bids must be firm for a period
bus, MS 39701, to the highest of forty-five (45) days after the
and best bidder for cash or cer- scheduled time of opening.
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- BOND: A 100% Performance-
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot 32 of Westwood Subdivi-
sion, Second Extension, a sub- Mississippi will be required
division of the City of Colum-
bus as shown by a plat of
same recorded in Plat Book 2, tified of the award of the con-
Page 85, in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi; SUBJECT, CERTIFICATE OF RESPONSIBIL-
HOWEVER to those restrictive
covenants and conditions con- prime or subcontractor for pub-
tained in an instrument ex-
ecuted by McBryde & Shelton,
Inc., dated April 15, 1964 and fifty thousand dollars
recorded in Deed Book 351 at ($50,000) to perform con-
Page 191 in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 6th day of January, 2020. ficate number appears on the
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
615 N Browder Street
Columbus, MS 39702
19-025342
Publication Dates: January 9,
16, 23 and 30, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
BRUCE WAYNE BRADLEY
PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
REBECCA FAYE MORRIS
THOMPSON
DEFENDANT
CAUSE NO: 2015-0194-S
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO REBECCA FAYE MORRIS
THOMPSON an adult non-resid- STEPHENSON, DECEASED
ent citizen of the State of Mis-
sissippi or not to be found
therein on diligent inquiry and
the Post Office and physical ad- AMANDA BUTLER, EXECUTRIX
dresses are unknown. You
have been made parties in the NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Complaint for Child Custody
and Other Relief filed in the
Court by Bruce Wayne Bradley. been granted and issued to
You are summoned to appear
in this cause at 9:00 o'clock
A.M. on the 19th day of Febru- STEPHENSON, deceased, by
ary, A.D., 2020 in the Chan-
cery Courthouse in Columbus,
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
and in the case of your failure
to appear and defend this mat- sons having claims against
ter will be forced to default all said estate to Probate and Re-
rights.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten ANSWER either admitting
or denying each allegation in
the Complaint to Charles Eas-
ley, Jr., Attorney whose ad-
dress is Post Office Box 1472, ber, 2019.
Columbus, MS 39703-1472.
YOUR ANSWER MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NO
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS PUBLISH: 12/26/19, 1/2/20,
FROM THE DATE OF FIRST PUB- & 1/9/20
LICATION. IF YOUR ANSWER IS
NOT MAILED OR DELIVERED
AND YOU APPEAR AT SAID
TIME, A JUDGMENT MAY BE
ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR
THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF WHEREAS, on May 3, 2012,
DEMANDED IN THE COM-
PLAINT FOR DIVORCE AND
OTHER RELIEF.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND
OFFICIAL SEAL OF said Court of gage Electronic Registration
Lowndes County, Columbus,
Mississippi, this 18th day of
December, 2019.
Lisa Younger Neese
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi
(SEAL)
BY: Tina Fisher
PUBLISH: 12/26/19, 1/2/20,
& 1/9/20
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received at
Columbus Light & Water De-
partment located at 420 4th
Avenue South, Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, 39701 until 2:00 p.m.
on Thursday, February 13,
2020 for:
Columbus Light & Water Con-
trol Room
Columbus Light & Water De-
partment
(Columbus, Mississippi)
PryorMorrow Project Number:
2019105
Bid documents are being made
available via original paper
copy or electronically. Planhold-
ers are required to log-in or re-
gister for an account at
www.pryor-morrowplans.com to
view and order Bid Documents.
All planholders are required to
have a valid email address for
registration. Bid documents are
non-refundable and must be
purchased through the website.
Electronic bids are not re-
quired; however, a submission
of an electronic bid in lieu of a
sealed bid shall be submitted
at www.pryor-morrowplans.com.
Questions regarding website re-
gistration, online orders elec-
tronic bidding please contact
Plan House Printing at (662)
407-0193.
Bid preparation will be in ac-
cordance with Section 00200 –
Instructions to Bidders, bound
in the Project Manual.
BID GUARANTEE: Proposals
shall be submitted with Propos-
al Security in the form of Certi-
fied Check or acceptable Bid
Bond in an amount equal to at
least five percent (5%) of the
base bid; such security is to be
forfeited as liquidated dam-
before the period scheduled for
withdrawn after the scheduled
closing time for the project.
PERFORMANCE-PAYMENT
Payment Bond issued by a
surety company authorized to
do business in the State of
within ten (10) days after the
successful bidder has been no-
tract to him.
ITY: All bids submitted by a
lic works or public projects
where said bid is in excess of
tracts enumerated in Section
31-3-21, Mississippi Code of
1972, shall contain on the out-
side or exterior of the envel-
ope or container of such bid
the contractor’s current certific-
ate number. No bid shall be
opened or considered unless
such contractor’s current certi-
outside or exterior of said en-
velope or container or unless
there appears a statement on
the outside or exterior of such
envelope or container to the ef-
fect that the bid enclosed
therewith does not exceed fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000).
When bids are submitted elec-
tronically, the requirement for
including a certificate of re-
sponsibility, or a statement
that the bid enclosed does not
exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), on the exterior
of the bid envelope shall be
deemed in compliance by in-
cluding the same information
as an attachment with the elec-
tronic bid submittal.
The Owner reserves the right to
reject any or all bids and to
waive irregularities.
Publish:
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF CLAUDESTER W.
CAUSE NO. 2019-0249
Letters Testamentary have
AMANDA BUTLER, Executrix of
the Estate of CLAUDESTER W.
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the
16th day of December, 2019.
This is to give notice to all per-
gister same with the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, within ninety (90) days
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 19th day of Decem-
/s/ Amanda Butler
AMANDA BUTLER, Executrix
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
Sarah Ann W. Andrews, a
single woman executed a cer-
tain deed of trust to Real Es-
tate Closing Services Inc.,
Trustee for the benefit of Mort-
Systems, Inc. as nominee for
GMFS, LLC, its successors and
assigns which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2012 at Page 10387;
and
WHEREAS, GMFS LLC has
heretofore substituted Shapiro
& Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated November 29,
2019 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2019 at Page
26333; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
Trustee for the benefit of Mort-
gage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. as nominee for
GMFS, LLC, its successors and
assigns which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2012 at Page 10387;
and
WHEREAS, GMFS LLC has
heretofore substituted Shapiro
& Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated November 29,
2019 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice
LegalinNotices
Book 2019 at Page
26333; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
GMFS LLC, the legal holder of
said indebtedness, having re-
quested the undersigned Sub-
stituted Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land and
property in accordance with the
terms of said deed of trust and
for the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees,
trustee's fees and expense of
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
ee in said deed of trust, will on AFTER THE 26th DAY OF
January 16, 2020 offer for sale DECEMBER, 2020, WHICH IS
at public outcry and sell within THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA-
legal hours (being between the TION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of MAILED OR DELIVERED, A
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER
bus, MS 39701, to the highest RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PE-
and best bidder for cash or cer- TITION.
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- of your Response with the
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot No. Thirty (30) of GREEN-
ACRES SUBDIVISION, SECOND Issued under my hand and seal
EXTENSION, a subdivision ac-
cording to a map or plat there- of December, 2019.
of which is on file and of re-
cord in the office of Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi in Plat Book 2 at Page Clerk
80, reference to which is
hereby made in aid of and as a
part of this description.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 18th day of December,
2019.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
403 25Th Ave N
Columbus, MS 39705
19-024392
Publication Dates: December
26, January 2 and 9, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
Cause No:19-cv-00227
THE GROVE AT COLUMBUS,
LLC PLAINTIFF
Vs.
CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISSIS-
SIPPI; ROBERT WILLIS; HELEN
WILLIS; MCBRYDE INC.; WAR-
DELL MCGEE; TERRI MCGEE;
SAMUEL WILSON; VANESSA
WILSON; COLUMBUS
LOWNDES HABITAT FOR HU-
MANITY; DAVID PLUMB;
PAMELA PLUMB; KATHERINE
LAMB; GREEN TREE LTD.;
RICKEY L. MCGILL; HILBERT
WILLIAMS; LISA MIMS; DON-
ALD CLARDY; REBECCA
CLARDY; MAYE WEATHERS; JU-
LIA POTTER; SUSAN W. PAYNE;
SHIRLEY BOWLES; ALL PER-
SONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING
EQUITABLE OR LEGAL IN-
TEREST IN THE SUBJECT PROP-
ERTY, BEING 74.85 ACRES IN
SECTION 18 TOWNSHIP 18 S
RANGE 17 W; THE WORLD DE-
FENDANTS
SUMMONS
THE COMMERCIAL DIS-
PATCH seeks a motivated,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
contracted carrier for the
TO: CITY OF COLUMBUS, MIS- Brooksville & Macon area.
SISSIPPI; ROBERT WILLIS; Excellent opportunity to
HELEN WILLIS; MCBRYDE INC.; earn money for college.
WARDELL MCGEE; TERRI
MCGEE; SAMUEL WILSON; Must have good transporta-
VANESSA WILSON; COLUM- tion, valid driver's license
BUS LOWNDES HABITAT FOR & insurance. Delivers on
HUMANITY; DAVID PLUMB; Sunday morning and Mon.-
PAMELA PLUMB; KATHERINE Fri. afternoons. Apply at
LAMB; GREEN TREE LTD.; The Commercial Dispatch,
RICKEY L. MCGILL; HILBERT 516 Main Street in Colum-
WILLIAMS; LISA MIMS; DON-
bus. No phone calls
ALD CLARDY; REBECCA
CLARDY; MAYE WEATHERS; JU- please.
LIA POTTER; SUSAN W. PAYNE;
SHIRLEY BOWLES; ALL PER-
SONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING
EQUITABLE OR LEGAL IN-
TEREST IN THE SUBJECT PROP-
ERTY, BEING 74.85 ACRES IN
SECTION 18 TOWNSHIP 18 S
RANGE 17 W; THE WORLD DE-
FENDANTS
All persons, having or claiming
any interest, legal or equitable
in the following described land
situated in Lowndes County,
Mississippi, to-wit:
COMMENCING AT AN EXIST-
ING RAILROAD SPIKE AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF SEC-
TION 18, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH
RANGE 17 WEST, LOWNDES
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI; THENCE
SOUTH 88° 27’ EAST 3982.50
FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01° 21’
EAST 1301.01 FEET TO AN EX-
ISTING PIPE AT THE PURPOR-
TED NORTHEAST CORNER OF
THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
THE NORTHEAST QUARTER,
THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF
THE PROPERTY HEREIN TO BE
DESCRIBED; THENCE SOUTH
1° 21’ EAST 668.67 FEET TO
AN EXISTING 12 INCH OAK
TREE; THENCE NORTH 88° 37’
WEST 1335.61 FEET TO AN EX-
ISTING FENCE POST; THENCE
SOUTH 1° 25’ EAST 655.34
FEET TO AN EXISTING PIPE;
THENCE NORTH 88° 46’ WEST
1319.71 FEET TO AN EXIST-
ING IRON PIN; THENCE NORTH
1° 26’ WEST 661.92 FEET TO
AN EXISTING IRON PIN;
THENCE NORTH 88° 50’ WEST
1277.96 FEET TO AN EXIST-
ING PIPE ON THE EAST ROW OF
LEHMBERG ROAD (PAVED 40’
ROW); THENCE NORTH 01° 24’
WEST ALONG THE EAST ROW
413.08 FEET TO A ½” REBAR;
THENCE SOUTH 88° 41’ EAST
883.07 FEET TO A ½” REBAR;
THENCE NORTH 00° 49’ EAST
ALONG A FENCE 253.10 FEET
TO A FENCE CORNER; THENCE
SOUTH 88° 41’ EAST 3041.36
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-
NING, CONTAINING 74.85
ACRES AND BEING IN AND A
PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF
THE NORTHWEST QUARTER
AND THE SOUTHWEST
QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST
QUARTER OF SECTION 18,
TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE
17 WEST, LOWNDES COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI.
LEHMBERG ROAD (PAVED 40’
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QUARTER OF SECTION 18,
Legal Notices 18 SOUTH, RANGE
TOWNSHIP Houses For Rent: North
Rentals Garage Sales
17 WEST, LOWNDES COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI. 3BR/1.5BA. Single garage,
nice neighborhood, 3 min.
You have been made Defend-
from CAFB. 1058 S.
ants in the suit filed in this
Court by The Grove at Colum-
Ads starting at $25 Perkins Rd. $780/mo. Two free signs
504−813−1200.
bus, LLC seeking to quiet and
confirm title to real property in Apts For Rent: North Estate Sales
Lowndes County, Mississippi. Houses For Rent: East
Large 1 Bedroom, upstairs 2212 NEW HOPE RD.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a written re- apartment for rent. $450/ 2BR/1BA. Gas heat & Indoor Garage Sale. Rain or
sponse to the Complaint filed month and $450 deposit. stove. Convenient to shine. All day Fri., Sat. &
against you in this cause to Water, Sewer, and Trash shopping. 133 King St. Sun. Lots of shoes,
$525/mo. Call 662−352−
Cory M. Williamson, Haymans included. No Pets. No clothes, purses, tables,
and Company, PLLC, Attorney Smoking. Located between 4776. dishes, jewelry, etc.
for the Plaintiff, whose ad- Columbus and CAFB. 901−293−7608.
dress is 299 S. 9th Street, Ox- $450.00. 205−243−3653.
ford, Mississippi 38655. 3 OR 4BR/1.5BA. Newly
INSIDE ESTATE/MOVING
renovated, w/d hookup, all
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE stainless steel appliances SALE
1BR/1BA DUPLEX APT.
1015 11th Ave. N. $300/ included, fenced backyard. 446 Merry Valley Dr.
mo. Water furnished. Call Call 662−425−6954. Columbus, MS
Sat., Jan. 11; 7a−until
Doris, 662−630−0208, Furniture, TVs, bass boat,
4BR/2.5BA BRICK HOME lamps, etc.
located on large lot w/ 2 Everything Must Go!
YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO FOX RUN APARTMENTS car garage. Fresh paint & Rain or Shine!
1 & 2 BR near hospital. tile floors in kitchen &
JUDGEMENT BY DEFAULT WILL
BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU $595−$645 monthly. bathrooms. Located at Garage Sales: North
Military discount, pet area, 495 Emerald Dr. $1,200/
pet friendly, and furnished mo + dep. Available 2/1.
INSIDE SALE! Fri: 9−6 @
corporate apts. 770−658−7726. 310 24th Ave N. DR table
24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL
You must also file the original w/ 6 chairs, armoire, pics,
GYM. ON SITE SECURITY. Mobile Homes for Rent linens, dishes, accessories
ON SITE MAINTENANCE. & womens scrubs.
Clerk of this Court within a ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
reasonable time afterward. 1909 ROBERSON ST. 3BR/
24−HOUR CAMERA
2BA, $650/mo + $650
SURVEILLANCE. Benji &
Merchandise
dep. No smoking. No pets.
of said Court, this the 20th day Ashleigh, 662−386−4446. No HUD. 662−549−3328.
Lisa Younger Neese 2BR MOBILE HOME $400
Lowndes County Chancery
STUDIO APARTMENT FOR
RENT. Hwy. 45 between mo./$400 dep. In between Ads starting at $12
Columbus & CAFB. West Point & Columbus on
By: Tina Fisher, D.C. Hwy. 50. 662−275−0666. Firewood / Fuel
No pets. No smoking.
Please Publish: $400 rent & $400 deposit.
662−328−2340. FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
December 26, 2019 2BR/2BA. All appliances
January 2, 2020 included. CH/A, water Various lengths.
662−295−2274.
January 9, 2020 Apts For Rent: West furnished. $450 mo. +
$300 dep. Must have
General Merchandise
VIP
references. 662−356−
Employment
6413 or 662−251−5003.
WANTED FREON R12.
Rentals
We pay CA$H.
3BR/2BA Trailer, New R12 R500 R11.
Call us: 662-328-2424 Hope school dist. $500/
Convenient.
Apartments & Houses mo & $500 dep. No pets, Certified professionals.
Customer Service no drugs, no partying. Call refrigerantfinders.com/ad
1 Bedrooms
b/w 10a−7p. 662−386− 312−291−9169
2 Bedroooms
FRONT DESK RETAIL 4292. NO TEXT MGS.
Sporting Goods
RECEPTIONIST NEEDED.
M-F 7:45-5:00 3 Bedrooms
Every other Sat 7:30-12:00 New Hope Mobile Home ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
Must have valid drivers Furnished & Unfurnished Park 2 prime lots open OPEN FOR SEASON!
license. Good customer − BRING YOUR HOME! 9−5: Tues−Fri &
service skills a must. 1, 2, & 3 Baths Andrews Mobile Home 9−12: Sat.
Lease, Deposit
Email resume to Park has 2 prime Over 50 years experience!
mobile home/RV lots Repairs, cleaning,
lcrt@cableone.net
& Credit Check for rent in quiet heart of refinishing, scopes
New Hope. Roll your mounted & zeroed,
LOCAL COMPANY looking
for receptionist/secretary. viceinvestments.com new home right in. handmade knives.
327-8555
Previous experience Availability limited, so Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
act fast and be a part of of West Point, turn right on
helpful but not necessary.
Computer skills a must. our friendly established Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
Email resume to: Apts For Rent: Other community! Application left on Darracott Rd, see
& references required. sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
job106@cdispatch.com OR
Lot 1 − small lot left. 662−494−6218.
mail to: Blind Box 673, c/o 1ST MONTH − RENT FREE!
The Commercial Dispatch, 1−2 BR Apt: $350−395 between great
PO Box 511, 1−2BR TwnHome: neighbors, ideal for long
Community
$625−650 −term RV. We will
Columbus, MS 39703.
Lease, Dep, Credit Check. prepare electric pole.
General Help Wanted Coleman Realty $175/month includes
water and sewer. First
662−329−2323
GARDEN CENTER month free with 6 Ads starting at $12
month lease and
EMPLOYMENT:
deposit.
Sales experience, basic Good Things To Eat
Lot 6 − oversized lot
knowledge of plants & ideal for 16 x 80 or
landscape maintenance. double wide, $185/
THE TOMATO HOUSE
Submit work experience/ Vine−ripened hydroponic
month includes water
history & 3 references to: and sewer. We will
tomatoes & more! Available
Blind Box 672 c/o now! 16132 Hwy 45 N,
prepare site. First
The Commercial Dispatch Macon, next to Noxubee Co
month free with High School. 662−352−
PO Box 511 minimum 12 month
Columbus, MS 39703 1270 or 662−425−9116.
lease. Please call Pam,
601−310−3528.
Pets
GENERAL LABORER
needed. Valid driver's li-
cense, transportation & ex- Office Spaces For Rent AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD
PUPPIES. Exc. ped. Blk/
perience required. Will train
on the job if needed. Call red. Vet checked, w/s,
OFFICE SPACE FOR
Jesse & Beverly's Lawn LEASE. 1112 Main St., wormed. Ready to go! 662
−213−4609.
Service at 662-356-6525. Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
Plenty of private parking.
662−327−9559. LINEBACK DUN MARE
HORSE. 6 yrs. old. $200.
Call 662−242−0703.
Real Estate Did you
?
know
SEVERAL 2 & 3 BR UNITS
AVAILABLE. Various
locations−$435.00 & up.
Ads starting at $25
NO HUD. Call Long & Long
@ 662−328−0770. Commercial Property For Sale
Apts For Rent: Other SENSATION ADULT
STORE/SMOKE SHOP
For Sale. 662−549−4760. In 2015 The Dispatch won the
Restaurant / Hotel
COLEMAN Houses For Sale: North
Daniel E. Phillips Freedom of
RENTALS Information Award for our
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
FSBO: 3BR/2BA, 3304 5th investigative journalism.
1 BEDROOM St N. Fenced back yard w/
sm shop. Great neighbor−
2 BEDROOMS
3 BEDROOMS
hood. $110,000. 662−356
−4764 or 901−848−0051. Five Questions:
LEASE, Houses For Sale: Caledonia
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DEPOSIT FSBO: 3BR/2BA ON 2.5
1 Labrador
AND ACRES. 1600 sqft. retriever
CREDIT CHECK Completely remodeled.
$178,000. 662−386−
7113.
662-329-2323 2 30
Lots & Acreage
2411 HWY 45 N
3 Austria
1 ACRE OF LAND on Sand
COLUMBUS, MS Rd. Has a mobile home w/
water, lights, septic tank &
Commercial Property For Rent elevated. 662−241−7384.
4 Snuffleupagus
RESTAURANT SPACE WINTER SPECIAL. 1.75
AVAILABLE. 1200 sq. ft. acre lots. Good/bad credit.
$1100/mo. Serious 10% down, as low as
5 Chrysler
inquiries only. 662−328− $299/mo. Eaton Land.
8655 or 662−574−7879. 662−361−7711.
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