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18 MONTHS AFTER LEGALIZATION, SPORTS
BETTING BRINGS BIG BUCKS TO MISSISSIPPI
$526.3 million has been
wagered on sports in
Mississippi, generating $59.6
million in taxable revenue
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com

PHILADELPHIA — Don Coleman is in the

wrong Philadelphia.
The devoted fan of the Philadelphia Eagles
is seated in the middle of the Sportsbook at
Timeout Lounge at the Golden Moon Hotel
and Casino in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Two
weeks prior, in Tunica, he bet on a playoff
game between the Eagles and the Seattle Sea-
hawks. Now he’s back for more.
It’s Jan. 19, and Coleman, 56, of Mantee, has
come to watch the Kansas City Chiefs play the
Tennessee Titans in the AFC championship
game. He put down a $100 bet on the Chiefs
to win by more than 7.5 points, so he’s intently
fixed on the three screens in the front of the
sportsbook that are showing the game. He
never considered placing any other bets: “You
get in trouble that way.”
Coleman doesn’t gamble too often — “I
can’t afford it,” he said — and he’s only been
to the Philadelphia sportsbook once before.
There, he bet on the Chiefs against the New
England Patriots in last year’s AFC title game,
watching his chosen team lose in overtime.
But a year later, he’s cheering on Kansas
City once again, enjoying an atmosphere he
called “like being at the movies.” The sports-
book has privacy, a good-sized concession
stand, plenty of comfortable chairs and tables
and a full bar up front.
“I think it gives, if you gamble responsibly,
more entertaining things to do in Mississip-
pi besides sitting around the house on the
porch,” Coleman said.
Mississippi officially legalized sports bet-
ting on Aug. 1, 2018, after a Supreme Court
ruling struck down a nationwide ban that May,
and Coleman and fellow bettors have flocked
to casinos statewide. Since legalization, $526.3
See SPORTS BETTING, 6A

Renovations to Turner Hall bring Demonstration School ‘back to life’

Mississippi
University for
MUW rededicates state’s first my, that’s my name.’”
Turner served 10 years
Women Presi-
dent Nora Mill- laboratory school; building now to house as principal of the Demon-
stration School, Missis-
er and Alma
Turner admire speech-language pathology program sippi’s first “laboratory
a portrait of school” for training teach-
Turner that
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN newly renovated Turner ers. The school opened
ialtman@cdispatch.com Hall. in 1907 and moved into
hangs outside
her old office “After the name was what is now Turner Hall in
in Turner Hall, COLUMBUS — From placed on the building, I 1929, where generations
formerly the 1985-1995, Alma Turner came by one day and nearly of Columbus’ elementa-
Demonstra- spent part of nearly every had a heart attack,” Turner ry students and MUW’s
tion School, week day in her office at joked during a re-dedica- teachers-in-training spent
on MUW’s the Demonstration School tion ceremony for the build- their days. The Demonstra-
campus on Mississippi University ing, which was attended by tion School closed in 2005,
Friday. Turner
for Women’s campus. more than 200 local and and the building remained
was a prin-
cipal of the On Friday, she was back, state officials, MUW facul- empty for nearly 15 years
Demonstra- standing outside the office ty and students and former before re-opening after an
tion School for looking at the wall where students and teachers of $8.2 million renovation,
10 years. her portrait now hangs, the Demonstration School. paid for by state general ob-
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff welcoming visitors to the “I looked up and said, ‘Oh See TURNER HALL, 8A

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2A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Snowdrops, Harbinger of Spring and Hope
L
ast week
snow-
drops
began
blooming in
profusion
from Colum-
bus to West
Point and all
around.
Its small
pretty white
flowers reflect
Rufus Ward
a long and
varied mix of
history and tradition. It
was the flower traditional- related later blooming
ly planted at the graves of snowflakes are flow-
infants and it was a flower ers with an amazing
symbolizing hope.
Snowdrops were the
first flower whose story
really fascinated me. My
grandmother, Lenore
Hardy Billups, dug them
up at the old 1780s Hardy they were actually pop-
home place in Virginia
and brought them back
to Columbus. It was one
of her favorite flowers
and growing up I recall
our yard filled with them
every year in the late win- the snowdrop dares ap-
ter. As an art student at
New Orleans’ Newcomb
College in 1909, she
decorated a pottery vase
as a bed of snowdrops.
She called the vase
Snowdrops and gave it to
me with the story of the
snowdrops from Virginia. In the spring of 1823,
I also recall that my
grandmother would not
allow the snowdrops in
the yard to ever be cut
and brought inside. That
harkened back to the
1700s and 1800s tradition Georgia, paper said:
of it being bad luck to
do so, as they were the
flowers of infants’ graves. brightly shinning) snows
In 1821, the Edinburgh
Magazine ran an article
on the proper decoration
of graveyards. It called
the snowdrop “the earth-
ly cradles of infancy and
childhood.”
However, as snow-
drops were the most
noticeable flower of late
winter, they were also a
symbol of hope, as they
foretold winter would
end and spring would
come. An article in the
Sept. 7, 1870, New York
World described an act
of charity during fight-
ing in the then ongoing
Franco-Prussian War as,
“On the face of the mad
chaos, the old symbol has while winter is still with
availed to call forth, here
and there, the peaceful
blooms of charity and de- or March. The flowers
votion, which raise their
prophecy of a better age,
as snowdrops foretell the
Grand Village of the Natchez
Indians getting upgrade
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATCHEZ — Ever
wondered how the Nat-
chez Indians lived in the
18th century?
Soon, visitors of the
Grand Village of the Nat-
chez Indians will be able
to see with their own eyes
exactly that, with the help
of 21st century technolo-
gy.
Mississippi Depart-
ment of Archives and His-
tory officials will offer a
new virtual reality exhibit
in March, The Natchez
Democrat reported. Us-
ing cellphones, visitors
will get a three-dimen-
sional interactive view of
the site’s Indian mounds
and other landmarks.
The virtual reality
tour is part of an effort to
broaden the visitor expe-
rience at the state histori-
cal site, Grand Village Di-
rector Lance Harris this
week told the Natchez-Ad-
ams Economic Develop-
ment Council. Harris and
MDAH Executive Direc-
tor Katie Blount detailed
plans for the Grand Vil-
Tell your child a bedtime story.
spring amid
winter colds.”
And so also
it may be that
the snowdrops
outlining an
infant’s grave
symbolize
that just as
winter turns
to spring the
pain of death
turns to res-
urrection with
Christ.
Snowdrops and the
heritage. They have
been popular flowers in
American gardens for
more than 250 years. Of-
ten thought of as an old
Southern garden plant,
ular across the country
from New England to the
South. The Feb. 4, 1797,
New London, Connecti-
cut, Weekly Oracle re-
ported that “Already now
pear ...(and) Had chang’d
icicle into a flower.” An
article on flowers in a
1795 Charleston, South
Carolina, newspaper,
The Columbian Herald,
reported “Snowdrops
expanded February 11.”
The Charleston Courier
called the snowdrop “the
early herald of warmth
and of verdure (that is
fresh green vegetation).”
An 1867 Augusta,
“to-morrow the diffuli-
gent (probably effulgent or
will give place to Spring;
the snow drops will lift
their heads.” An article
appeared in several 1852
newspapers referring
to spring as the time
to make nosegays, a
small bouquet or bunch
of flowers, from “snow-
drops, violets and spring
beauties.”
The history of snow-
drops and the very
similar snowflakes go
much further back than
the 1700s and 1800s. The
two plants look much
alike with the most no-
ticeable difference being
snowdrops tend to begin
blooming in February
us, but snowflakes tend
to bloom in early spring
are so close in appear-
ance that in the 1500s,
the noted herbalist John
lage and other state sites
at the weekly meeting of
area economic leaders.
Harris said the Grand
Village would also be
changing in the next
couple of months all of
its exterior signage. The
signage will offer a more
complete telling of the
Natchez Indian story than
what is currently on the
site, Harris said.
Blount said telling a
broader story about the
Native American expe-
rience and other inhabi-
tants of Southwest Missis-
sippi is one of the current
priorities of the depart-
ment.
“Since we opened the
two Mississippi Muse-
ums in December 2017,
Natchez and this region
are our focus,” Blount
said. “We have welcomed
300,000 people to those
sites since we opened,
and I believe those visi-
tors need to come to Nat-
chez.”
Development of the
Grand Village is one of
the department’s highest
priorities, Blount said.
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ASK RUFUS
the Garden of Eden, He
created snowdrops. They
were His sign to them
that each year winter
would end, and spring
would soon follow.
Writing in the May 14,
1874, Interior, a Chica-
go paper, Amelia Barr
reflected on the flowers
heralding spring: “God
might have sent an angel
when the flood was over,
but he sent a leaf; and
so, also, when winter has
blustered and sobbed
away his passion, God
sends the spring with
Snowdrops in her hands.
Therefore, let us go now
into the gardens and
look for these comforters
among flowers... ‘Make
thou our spirits pure and
clear, as those first snow-
drops of the year.’”
Courtesy photo
Snowdrops began blooming in our yard last week, reminding us that in due time Rufus Ward is a local
winter will give way to spring. historian.
Courtesy photo
As an art student at New Orleans’ Newcomb College in
1909, my grandmother decorated this vase which she
called Snowdrops.
Grard called the snow- Stories and legends arose
drop “the Early Bloom- surrounding them. One
ing Bulbous Violet” of the more interest-
and the snowflake “the ing legends concerned
Late Blooming Bulbous Adam and Eve. After
Violet.” God removed them from
They were both
popular garden flowers
in medieval Europe and
England. There is a
tradition that monks from
Rome brought the first
snowdrops to England in
medieval times. Although
the flowers had no known
herbal or medicinal val-
ue, they were popular in
the gardens of monaster-
ies. There are references
to the flowers as early
as the 1400s, when they
were cherished for their
beauty and associated
with the Virgin Mary.
In addition to the new
exhibits coming this
spring, Harris detailed
other changes MDAH
hopes to accomplish.
MDAH is working to
raise approximately $6
million to add a new mu-
seum exhibition space,
auditorium and open-air
pavilion, among other
changes. The new build-
ings will significant-
ly expand the existing
4,000-square-foot build-
ing, which has become
cramped and in need of a
significant revamp, Har-
ris said.
Harris said MDAH
hopes to install a new
“Three Sisters Garden”
and build replica struc-
tures on the mounds to al-
low visitors to explore the
site as it appeared in the
18th century. The struc-
tures will be designed
and built using historical
written accounts, corrob-
orated with archaeologi-
cal research.
“That type of informa-
tion simply does not exist
anywhere else in North
America,” Harris said.
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Reeves: Pay raise for teachers, no new money for prisons

‘As we continue to work with the Legislature, my priority is simple:
We should pay our teachers as much as we can possibly afford’
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON —
Mississippi Gov.
Tate Reeves has
released his bud-
get proposal that
includes pay rais-
es for teachers
and no additional
Reeves
money for the
troubled state prison system.
Reeves is recommending a
$1,500 salary bump for teachers
during the coming school year.
That’s $500 more than a propos-
al being considered by the state
Senate.
Reeves’ pay recommendation
is part of his proposed state bud-
get for the fiscal year that be-
gins July 1. In the plan released
Friday, Reeves recommends
that the state spend the same
amount on the Department of
Corrections in the coming year
as in the current year.
The state prison system was
rocked by violence in recent
weeks, and corrections officials
have requested money to repair
buildings that are in poor condi-
tion. Reeves has said Mississip-
pi needs to improve its prison
system.
“We do not want to blindly
request an increase to achieve a
vague ambition.,” Reeves wrote
in his budget. “We want to ask
for targeted investment.”
The governor said he’s ask-
ing the state Department of
Finance and Administration to
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
analyze Corrections spending.
“We anticipate that we will
need to work continuously with
the Legislature throughout the
upcoming session to properly
determine the exact funding
necessary to achieve our broad-
er reforms,” Reeves said. “That
cannot be done until we shed
more light on the inner financial
workings of the department.”
Teachers are receiving a
$1,500 pay raise in the current
school year, which was approved
by lawmakers during the elec-
tion-year session of 2019. Many
politicians, including Reeves,
campaigned on promises to fur-
ther increase teacher salaries
that have long been among the
lowest in the U.S.
“As we continue to work with
the Legislature, my priority
is simple: We should pay our
teachers as much as we can pos-
sibly afford,” Reeves wrote in
the budget narrative. “I will be
happy to support any raise that
they believe accomplishes that
vital task.”
Writing a state budget is a
long process. Legislators con-
ducted budget hearings and
started analyzing agencies’ re-
quests several months ago.
In December, the 14-member
Joint Legislative Budget Com-
mittee released its recommen-
dations for a nearly $6.3 billion
state budget. That would be
nearly $94 million less than the
state is set to spend during the
current year, about a 1.5 percent
decrease.
Reeves was lieutenant gover-
nor the past eight years, and he
was a member of the Joint Legis-
lative Budget Committee when
it made its recommendations.
He was inaugurated as governor
on Jan. 14.
Legislators who write the
budget often ignore sugges-
tions made by governors. All
122 House members and all 52
senators will get to vote on bud-
get details by early May.
Reeves recommends spend-
ing $100 million for workforce
training.
“We must help workers to
compete for quality, high-paying
jobs,” he wrote. “We must train
them for the jobs of the future,
so that they can achieve more
prosperity for their families.
Reeves also recommends
that Mississippi put more mon-
ey into a classroom supply fund,
that the state increase the sup-
plement for teachers who earn
and maintain national board
certification and that the state
provide bonuses for teachers
who work in under-served ar-
eas.

Panel: Dem who won by 14 votes Inmate dies at privately run

should remain as state rep
Hester Jackson McCray, the first African American woman
to hold a state legislative seat from DeSoto County, was
inaugurated along with all other legislators on Jan. 7
BY EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Missis-
sippi lawmakers should
not overturn an election
in which a Democrat de-
feated a Republican in-
cumbent by 14 votes to
capture a state House
seat, a bipartisan commit-
tee said Wednesday.
After hearing testi-
mony from local election
officials, the committee
voted unanimously to
recommend that the full
House uphold Hester
Jackson McCray’s win
over Ashley Henley in the
Nov. 5 general election.
The Republican-led
House could consider the
recommendation some-
time next week. Although
such election challenges
are rare, it is unusual for
a Mississippi legislative
body to reject a commit-
tee’s recommendation.
McCray was inaugu-
rated along with all other
legislators on Jan. 7. She
is the first African Amer-
ican woman to hold a
state legislative seat from
DeSoto County.
“I’m satisfied with
their decision,” McCray
said after the committee
voted.
She said she is look-
ing forward to “getting to
work for the people ... who
sent me down here.”
McCray and Henley
ran in House District 40,
which encompasses a por-
tion of DeSoto County in
the northwestern corner
of the state. DeSoto has
been Mississippi’s fast-
est-growing county for
years, and it’s not far from
Memphis, Tennessee.
Henley served in the
District 40 seat for one
term, having defeated Mc-
Cray in the 2015 election.
Henley filed papers in ear-
ly December to challenge
the results of the 2019
election, saying she found
what she believed to be
irregularities in the way
some votes were cast.
Henley’s petition said
several people voted us-
ing addresses where they
no longer live; one person
who owns multiple prop-
erties voted at a property
that’s not where the per-
son claims to live; another
person voted in District
40 despite living in a dif-
ferent district; and one
person voted at the wrong
precinct.
Henley’s petition said
election officials failed to
get some voters’ signa-
tures. It said two ballots
marked in favor of Henley
prison in north Mississippi
Company spokesman: ‘No foul
were found in an equip-
ment bag, apparently dis- play is suspected’ in death of
carded.
DeSoto County Elec- 52-year-old inmate
tions Commission chair- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
man Danny Klein and
the county’s circuit clerk, JACKSON — An autopsy will be conducted on
Dale Thompson, testified
a 52-year-old Mississippi inmate who died in a pri-
to the committee hearing vately run prison.
the election challenge
Nora Ducksworth was in Marshall County
Wednesday.
Correctional Facility, which is operated by Man-
Klein said signatures
agement & Training Corp.
are not required on the
Company spokesman Issa Arnita said in a
documents mentioned in
news release that “no foul play is suspected” and
the petition. He also said
election officials checked Ducksworth died Thursday of what appeared to
be “natural causes.”
to ensure that the number
of ballots cast matched At least 14 inmates have died in Mississippi
prisons since late December. Most of the deaths
other documents from
election day. were at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at
“I’d say the will of the Parchman, and most occurred during outbursts
voters was carried out,” of violence.
Klein said. Prison records show Ducksworth was convict-
Henley is not asking ed in Jones County in 1993 on charges of murder
the House to declare her and armed robbery, and he was given two life sen-
the winner. Rather, her tences.
petition asks representa-
tives to declare the Dis-
trict 40 seat vacant and
order a new election.
“By viewing the evi-
dence, I couldn’t say I won
(and) I couldn’t say she
won,” Henley said.

Shepard Smith receives University of Mississippi media award

Smith, who grew up in Holly Springs,
spent more than 20 years anchoring
FOX News before leaving the
network last year
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OXFORD — Former
Fox News Channel anchor
Shepard Smith is set to re-
ceive a journalism award
from his alma mater, the
University of Mississippi.
The university’s
School of Journalism and
New Media announced in
a news release that Smith
is the latest to be honored
with its Silver Em award.
Smith is to receive the
award during a ceremony
April 1 in Oxford.
Smith, who grew up in
Holly Springs, spent more
than 20 years anchoring
FOX News before leaving
the network last year.
“Shepard Smith em-
bodies what a journalist
should be: for decades,
he has reported the news
without fear or favor,” said
Debora Wenger, assistant
dean for innovation and
ing to the university’s
release. “And even if it’s
external partnerships and
professor of journalism.
just the car wreck, or the
city council meeting, or
“Because he got his start the game you are writing
in journalism here at the about, you have responsi-
University of Mississippi, bility to do as well as you
we feel extraordinarily can and tell the story as Tell your child a bedtime story.
proud of all he has accom- effectively as possible.”
plished.”
Smith, speaking to
University of Mississippi
students last year, said
his teachers emphasized
journalism’s commitment
to the public.
“You have a responsi-
bility to people who rely
on you to find out what in
the world is going on,” he
said in October, accord-

AROUND THE STATE

Sheriff: Man charged
in wife’s death in 2018
granted bond
POPL A RV IL L E —
Nearly two years after be-
ing charged in connection
to the death of his wife, a
Mississippi man has been
granted bond.
Charles Bowman re-
ceived bond Thursday
bond after his first court
appearance in Pearl Riv-
er County in September
2018, the television sta-
tion reported. It’s unclear
why he was granted bond
now. The terms of the
bond were also unclear.
If he bonds out, he
would be issued an ankle
monitor from the Missis-
sippi Department of Cor-
per day, to the Issaquena
County Regional Correc-
tional Facility. Under a
contract the city approved
Jan. 23, the new price is
$35 per inmate, per day,
the Vicksburg Post re-
ported.
Vicksburg houses
people charged with
misdemeanor offenses
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or awaiting initial court
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.

afternoon, Pearl River rections while he awaits appearances on felony Major

Sun.
7:01p
Mon.
7:19p
County Sheriff David Alli- trial, WLOX-TV reported. charges at the Issaquena Minor 1:22p 1:22p
Major 7:23a 7:45a
son told WLOX-TV. facility and at the Mad- Minor 2:17a 3:05a

Bowman was arrest- Vicksburg increases ison County Jail in Can-

Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

ed in Utah in July 2018,
about two weeks after the
body of his wife, Kathleen
Bowman, was found at
his home. He had been
charged with first-degree
murder after her remains
were identified.
Bowman was denied
payment to Issaquena
regional jail
VICKSBURG — A Mis-
sissippi city is increasing
the amount it pays to keep
inmates in a jail in another
location.
Vicksburg had been
paying $28 per inmate,
ton. The city does that
because there’s no room
at the local jail in Warren
County.
A proposed new War-
ren County Jail is expect-
ed to have sufficient room
to house city inmates
once it opens.
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Opinion
4A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020
OUR VIEW
Roses and thorns
A rose to Jimmy Woodruff, who will take
over as director at the Frank P. Phillips YMCA
on Feb. 17, replacing Andy Boyd, who retired in
December after 11 years in the position. Wood-
ruff grew up in Columbus, participating in YMCA
programs in the downtown facility. Also like
Boyd, Woodruff is known for his genial nature,
helpfulness and embrace of the YMCA’s mission. After 38 years
in the grocery business — including 17 years as the manager at
the Columbus Kroger, Woodruff said he plans to apply the same
“people first” attitude that guided him through his previous
career. We wish him every success.
A rose to Mississippi University for Wom-
en, which will host its fourth annual “Imagine,
Inspire Challenge Symposium” on Thursday and
Friday. This year’s conference is titled “Stem
Cell Therapies in 2020: Healing, Hope or Hype.”
During Friday’s keynote address, Texas-based
artist Dario Robleto will join MUW alumna Dr. Doris A. Taylor,
director of regenerative medicine at the Texas Heart Institute, for
a conversation on the deep connections between art and science,
focusing in particular on Taylor’s groundbreaking research in
trying to create a functioning human organ. Saturday’s events
include six lectures, followed by a Q&A session with Robleto and
Taylor. Although the symposium has only been around for three
years, it has already established itself as one of the most intrigu-
ing and informative programs the university has to offer. Certain-
ly, this year will be no exception.
A rose to Starkville Community Theatre,
which brought home top honors form the Missis-
sippi Theatre Association’s annual film festival in
categories including Best Production (“A Public
Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About
the Death of Walt Disney”), Best Director (Gabe
Smith), Best Actor (Paul Ruff) and Best Supporting Actor (Ben
Christmas) during the four-day event. The honors only confirm
STC’s long tradition of outstanding live theatre. We applaud not
only the STC but also the community, whose support is critical to
the continued success of the program.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Voice of the people
Questions spending decisions
I saw in the paper last week where our city politicians said
they were being frugal with our money. As I predicted in a
previous letter the tap is back wide open. J5 is getting the $7,500
per month salary plus whatever percentage they decide to hit us
with. They will be “overseeing” the amphitheater, fire station 4,
street lights and storm damage from last year. Does J5 have a
lifetime contract with the city? I have never seen a council vote
for us to continue being fleeced by them, but yet we are.
They are going to build a wall across the front of the amphi-
theater soon and an iron fence along the river. Keep in mind
the western property line will still be wide open for the graffiti
artists that enjoy spraying a $3,000,000 canvas. Since we are a
frugal city the cost of the wall will be a little over $300,000. That
breaks down to about $1,800 per linear foot. Are the bricks gold?
The fence costs $86,000, which is about $180 per linear foot. I
don’t know how they do it that cheap.
Webster Electric was out at the amphitheater last week doing
repairs from the flood, which we will get to pay for over and over
in time due to future floods. There are real cameras in place now
that do record. Since there is no wifi, this data will not be trans-
mitted anywhere and due to the voids in the fence an artist only
needs to put on a disguise and begin spraying. He will be long
gone before it is discovered. The camera wiring job was about as
shoddy as I have ever seen. But I guess that is the type of job you
get when you are being frugal. I can’t wait to see how much they
saved us on that system.
We the city of Columbus deserve much better than we get
from our Mayor, the entire City Council, District Attorney, Neil
Schaffer and J5. It is time to show all of them the door after the
next election.
Kerry Blalock
Still angry citizen
Impeachment commentary
For the stable folks among us who tore themselves away from
impeachment of late, allow me to provide my biased summary:
1) The President blocked first-hand witnesses from testifying
and refused to provide critical documents requested by the House;
2) Despite this, the House majority deemed the evidence they
had more than sufficient and moved the proceedings to the Senate;
3) First-hand witness John Bolton was then given legal clear-
ance to testify;
No witnesses? How? Acquittal was never in question but hear-
ing additional witnesses remained possible. For that to happen, at
least four Republican senators would need to vote with Democrats.
Thursday, retiring senator Lamar Alexander emerged as the most
likely fourth Republican.
Thursday night, Alexander, a long-time friend of Senate Major-
ity leader Mitch McConnell, showed his hand. Convinced that the
House managers had successfully proven their case, and finding
the President’s actions inappropriate, he saw no need for any addi-
tional evidence.
I can’t know Alexander’s mind but I sure know what it looks
like. Did he not need to hear more witnesses or just not want to?
Or that Mitch McConnell didn’t. You can guess what I think. Still,
for the first time in history an impeachment proceeding will have
taken place without the presentation of a single witness. Gosh, I’d
have liked to hear Bolton - maybe Trump’s act went past merely be-
ing ‘inappropriate. Without Bolton, how can we be certain it didn’t?
4) The Senate has defeated a motion to hear witnesses, and is
poised to acquit the President.
Now what? Suppose a future President doesn’t feel he or she is
being fairly impeached - a President whose party holds a majority
in the Senate. That President will be able to refuse to cooperate,
just as President Trump did, and still be acquitted. Just flat out
refuse.
Welcome to our future.
Paul Mack
Columbus
Dispatch
The
CARTOONIST VIEW
MISSISSIPPI VOICES
Section 230 has destabilized our country
P
rofessional
journalism is
struggling,
giving way to fake
news. This is bad for
the country.
One bad clause
in the Communica-
tions Act of 1996 is
the cause. In Sec-
tion 230, the U. S.
Congress exempted
Google, Facebook Wyatt Emmerich
and other Internet
platforms from our
libel laws.
Never in the thousand-year history of our
culture and its common laws, have publish-
ers been given immunity from libel. The
result of this misguided legislation has been
a news disaster in the United States.
Facebook can sell $60 billion in advertis-
ing around content over which it has zero
legal responsibility. Google makes even
more money, yet has no legal responsibility
if libelous information appears on its search
results.
Compare this to a newspaper, magazine,
book, radio or television station. If the
Northside Sun publishes a libelous letter to
the editor, we can get sued, even though we
didn’t write the letter. Same with all tradi-
tional media.
Meanwhile, anybody can post anything
to Facebook, no matter how libelous, and
Facebook has immunity.
Just last year, a group of terrorist victims
sued Facebook for allowing terrorists to
use its platform for communicating and
planning terrorist attacks. In a 66-page
ruling the Second Circuit U. S. Court of
Appeals ruled that, based on Section 230 of
the Communications Act of 1996, Facebook
didn’t create the content, therefore it was
not responsible.
This is how the Russians can use Face-
book to manipulate our elections by posting
mountains of fake news. Facebook can let it
happen because it can’t be sued.
Ironically, the more Facebook tries to
edit, control or create content, the more
likely it hurts its libel exemption. That’s why
Facebook has no reporters, no journalists,
and tries to stay as far away from the con-
tent has possible.
It’s a case of see no evil, hear no evil,
speak no evil all the way to the bank.
It’s a brilliant business model for Face-
book, Twitter, etc. They pay nothing for
content. Allow anybody to say anything. Sell
billions of ads around this chaos and fakery.
Then zero exposure no matter how fake the
content.
Section 230 says that “No provider or
user of an interactive computer service shall
be treated as the publisher or speaker of any
information provided by another informa-
tion content provider.”
Without this exemption, which exists
in no other country, Facebook and Google
would be legally responsible for the content
on their platforms. Fake news would not
exist and the internet would be a much more
responsible, legitimate space. Real journal-
ism written by real journalists would still be
thriving.
Here’s a example: John Seigenthaler, one
of the nation’s most respected editors, was
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the victim of libel by an anonymous blogger.
The blogger accused Seigenthaler of being
a suspect in the assassination of President
Kennedy.
The fake news went viral. It showed up on
Google search results and even Wikipedia.
Here is a respected editor who had lived
an exemplary life of integrity. Yet if you Goo-
gled his name, the first result was about his
involvement in the Kennedy assassination.
In a normal world, with normal libel
laws, Seigenthaler could have sued Google,
Facebook and Wikipedia for allowing such
false information on their websites. But not
so today in the United States. Seigenthaler’s
reputation was demolished. Yet the plat-
forms profiting from the libel were able to
avoid punishment because of Section 230.
Seigenthaler was an influential man and
he was able to publicize his fight and get
some corrective action before he passed
away. But there are millions and millions of
less powerful people who have been libeled
and defamed on the Internet and they have
no course of action.
One of my best friends was libeled by a
local blog. Most of the facts were wrong.
Some were completely out of context. The
anonymous posters piled on. My friend had
to change careers. The damaging comments
still appear when you Google his name.
Now you may say that Facebook isn’t
making the posts. True enough. But they
are making billions selling advertising
around these posts yet claiming zero re-
sponsibility. The faker the news, the more
viral. The more viral, the more eyeballs and
the more advertising dollars for Facebook,
etc. This vicious cycle creates a cauldron of
falsity and irresponsibility that is eroding
the fabric of our country.
Democratic Presidential frontrunner Joe
Biden met with the editorial board of the
New York Times last week. “Section 230
should be revoked, immediately should be
revoked, number one. For Zuckerberg and
other platforms,” Biden told the editorial
board.
President Trump has done a terrible
disservice to traditional, reputable news es-
tablishments by equating what they do with
the new internet phenomenon of fake news.
No doubt, professional journalists have
bias. Every writer does. There is bias in
what you choose to write about. There is
bias in the facts you pick. There is bias in
the words you choose. Editorials and opin-
ion columns are designed to be biased.
But bias is not the same as outright
fakery. There is a world of difference. I may
dislike Section 230, but I am most definitely
not making this up. What I am writing about
is real.
The fact that the American public has
trouble distinguishing fake news with
legitimate, if biased, reporting is profoundly
disturbing. The Russians saw how desta-
bilizing this could be to our country and
jumped right on it.
Meanwhile, Congress does nothing to
correct this horrendous mistake, leaving the
tech billionaires to wash their hands of the
danger this presents to our culture and our
country.
Wyatt Emmerich is the editor and publish-
er of The Northside Sun, a weekly newspaper
in Jackson. He can be reached by e-mail at
wyatt@northsidesun.com.

Is Bernie’s year of power at hand?
C
an a septuagenarian
socialist who just
survived a heart
attack and would be 80
years old in his first year
in office be elected presi-
dent of the United States?
It’s hard to believe but not
impossible.
As of today, Bernie
Sanders looks like one of
the better, if not best, bets
for the nomination. Polls Patrick Buchanan
have him running first or
second in the first three
contests: Iowa on Monday, and then
New Hampshire and Nevada.
If Bernie can best main rival Joe
Biden in Iowa, he will likely thump
Joe in New Hampshire. Biden’s cam-
paign, built around “electability,”
could suffer a credibility collapse
before he reaches South Carolina,
where Joe is banking on his African
American base to rescue him if
necessary and give him a send-off
victory straight into Super Tuesday.
If Sanders can beat Biden two or
three times in the first four prima-
ries in February, the last remain-
ing roadblock on Sanders’ path
to the nomination could be Mike
Bloomberg’s billions.
Hillary Clinton may sneer,
“Nobody likes him,” but Bernie has
a large, dedicated, loyal following,
especially among millennials, and
tens of thousands more small-dollar
donors than any other Democratic
candidate.
He is flush with cash. He has a
radical agenda that appeals to the
ideological left and the idealistic
young. The rising star of the party,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is cam-
paigning alongside him.
And, say what you will, Sanders
is no trimmer or time-server. He has already here. He would decriminal-
consistently voted his values and
views. He voted no to Bush 41’s Gulf
War, no to Bush 43’s Iraq War, no to
NAFTA, no to GAT T. In the ‘80s,
when President Reagan battled the
Marxist Sandinistas in Nicaragua,
Sanders was on the other side.
Hillary Clinton was right
S
urely you remember
the “basket of deplor-
ables.”
That was Hillary
Clinton’s2016 character-
ization of some Donald
Trump supporters. Ob-
servers saw it as a major
gaffe, and conservatives
erupted in hot, “How dare
you!” indignation at the
idea there was anything
deplorable about voting Leonard Pitts
for a lying, racist, misog-
ynistic, vagina-grabbing,
deadbeat.
Few people, if any, dared point out and disavows — the mockery. But
the obvious. Which is that Clinton
was right.
Well, welcome to déjà vu all over
again. Recently on CNN, Don Lemon “unprofessional,” and added that,
presided over a segment about
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,
who recently blew up at an NPR
reporter for having the temerity to
ask him about Ukraine. The reporter look for CNN.”
says Pompeo challenged her to find
that country on a map, which she
did. Panelist Rick Wilson, a former
GOP strategist, opined that Pompeo
“knows deep within his heart that
Donald Trump couldn’t find Ukraine
on a map if you had the letter U and
a picture of an actual physical crane
next to it.”
At which Lemon started laughing
and could not stop. He lowered his
head to the desk as Wilson and a
second panelist, New York Times
columnist Wajahat Ali, adopted dumb USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Har-
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But what makes Sand- ident Trump has done to demonize
ers an appealing candi- and harm immigrants, including his
date for the Democratic racist and disgusting Muslim ban.”
nomination may prove Leaders of the center-left think
poisonous to him as a par- tank Third Way warn that a Sanders
ty nominee in the fall. nomination risks a Democratic rout
For what does Bernie of the magnitude of the 49-state
promise? losses of George McGovern in 1972
Free tuition at public and of Walter Mondale in 1984.
colleges and forgiveness Vulnerable Democrats in moder-
of all student debt. “Medi- ate and swing districts would have
care for All,” a single-pay- to jump ship, abandoning the ticket
er government-run health to survive the slaughter.
care system that would Fearful of such an outcome to a
require a huge hike in Sanders-Trump race, super PACs
middle-class taxes and abolish run by moderate Democrats have
private health insurance for the 160 begun to dump hundreds of thou-
million Americans currently en- sands of dollars into attack ads to
rolled. blunt his momentum in Iowa.
He would break up the big banks, What Socialist Jeremy Corbyn did
go after Wall Street, add $60 tril- to Britain’s Labour party — leading
lion of federal spending in the next it to the worst defeat since the 1930s
decade, and raise income, corporate, — Sanders could do to the Demo-
capital gains, estate and inheritance cratic Party, write Jon Cowan and
taxes. Jim Kessler of Third Way.
He would expand the govern- In 2016, Sanders ran a surpris-
ment’s share of the U.S. economy ingly strong race for the nomina-
to levels rivaling that of France, the tion, and it was later learned that a
highest in the free world. supposedly neutral DNC had been
Bernie was first to back the in the tank for Hillary Clinton. The
Green New Deal and pledges to Democratic establishment, the party
reach carbon neutrality in 10 years elite, had collaborated to put the fix
in energy and transportation. As for in against Bernie.
our oil, gas and coal producers, says Yet Sanders supported Clinton
Sanders, they “have evaded taxes, that fall. If, however, Bernie’s last
desecrated tribal lands, exploited chance at the nomination is aborted
workers and poisoned communities.” by an establishment piling on, party
How would Sanders deal with super PACs running attack ads
the millions of illegal migrants now against him, and major media taking
within the country? He’d welcome time out from trashing Trump to
them all in. break Sanders, the Democratic
Bernie has proposed the abolition Party will have the devil’s time of it
of Immigration and Customs En- bringing Bernie’s backers home in
forcement and Customs and Border the fall.
Protection and wants to provide a Bernie’s believers might just
pathway to citizenship for the 11 conclude that the real obstacle to
million to 22 million illegal migrants their dream of remaking America is
neither the radical right nor Donald
ize border-jumping and give health Trump, but the elites within their
and welfare benefits to the invaders. own party.
He would decriminalize the Patrick J. Buchanan, a nationally
breaching of America’s borders. syndicated columnist, was a senior
“My first executive orders,” advisor to presidents Richard Nixon,
tweeted Bernie last week, “will be Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. His
to reverse every single thing Pres- website is http://buchanan.org/blog.
rube accents in mockery bor. He’s on the boat, being ferried
of Trump supporters. out to this iconic site, and he pulls
Wilson: “Donald then-Chief of Staff John Kelly aside.
Trump’s the smart one “Hey, John, what’s this all about?” he
— and y’all elitists are asks. “What’s this a tour of?”
dumb!” Maybe if it were a one-off, you
Ali: “’You elitists with could ignore it. But from his disin-
your geography and your terring of Frederick Douglassto the
maps — and your spell- creative spellings of his tweets to his
ing!’” geographic gaffes (We just got back
Trump World was from the Middle East,” he once an-
predictably, if hypocrit- nounced — in Israel) Trump produc-
ically, outraged. Lemon es daily, glaring and incontrovertible
would later assert that he evidence of his intellectual dullness.
was laughing only at the Which, in Trump World, will
initial joke and that he didn’t hear — cost him absolutely nothing. Small
wonder. A 2015 survey by the
the Poynter Institute, among other Pew Research Center found that
journalism professionals, was unper- among Americans with college and
suaded. It called Lemon’s behavior post-graduate degrees, progressives
outpace conservatives by a wide
“Bending over and laughing until margin. In other words, the right is
you cry while being oblivious to what less well educated. In Trump, they’ve
your guests are doing was not a good found someone who validates their
look for Lemon. It was an even worse inchoate biases and fears — and they
don’t much care that he doesn’t know
You’ll get no argument here. what happened at Pearl Harbor.
Lemon’s attack of the tee-hee-hees If you happen to be one of those
reflected poorly on him, his employ- crazy folks who thinks knowing stuff
er and his profession. is good — especially on the world
But Lemon’s response to it aside, stage — that’s frightening. And it
Wilson and Ali’s jokes — riffing as it lends a certain perspective to Lem-
does not just on Trump World’s igno- on’s lapses. Once again, a side issue
rance, but on its hostility to knowl- takes center stage.
edge — strikes a chord. Consider an And the obvious goes unsaid.
anecdote from the new book “A Very Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the
Stable Genius” by Philip Rucker and 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary,
Carol Leonnig. It’s about Trump’s is a columnist for the Miami Herald.
visit to a sacred American shrine, the Email him at lpitts@miamiherald.
com.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 5A
Stepping around
human misery
A
ttending
a meet-
ing near
Union Station
in Washington,
D.C., requires
me to park a few
blocks away and
then walk under a
bridge to an office
building. People
in business attire,
like me, step Mona Charen
carefully around
the homeless men
and women who have pitched tents under
the bridge. They look filthy and misera-
ble, especially in winter.
The persistence of large numbers of
homeless Americans is one of the signal
policy failures of the past two generations.
A 2015 survey found that more than half a
million people are homeless on any given
night. According to Mentalillnesspolicy.
org, about 45 percent of them are suffer-
ing from mental illness. When they are
not on the street, many severely mentally
ill people wind up in even worse surround-
ings. Jane Brody of The New York Times
reports that “the country’s three largest
facilities housing the mentally ill are jails:
the Twin Towers in Los Angeles, the Cook
County Jail in Chicago and Rikers Island
in New York City.” More mentally people
are in jails and prisons than in hospitals.
Some homeless people are on the
streets or in shelters due to misfortunes
that no human society ever completely
eliminates, but most are afflicted by
mental illness or have substance abuse
problems or both. According to the Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 60% of the chronically
homeless have mental health issues.
Governments at every level spend
billions on the homeless, yet the numbers
sleeping on the streets remain high. In
Republican and Democratic administra-
tions, in liberal and conservative regions,
thousands of disabled people, some
veterans who have served their country,
sleep under bridges and in abandoned
buildings, and eat out of trash bins.
This is the long tail of the de-institu-
tionalization policy adopted in the 1960s,
when America closed down most of its
mental hospitals, dumping the mentally ill
onto the streets and calling it compassion.
Films like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest” cemented the public perception
that mental health treatment (especially
electroshock therapy) was thinly veiled
torture. Since 1955, there has been a 95%
reduction in the number of psychiatric
beds available. To be sure, there were
abuses in asylums, but our experience
over the past 50 years has shown that we
cannot do without them entirely without
paying a price. It costs more to house a
mentally ill person in prison than it would
in a mental hospital, and prisons are
ill-equipped to meet the needs of people
whose minds are their worst enemies.
While we certainly need more beds
for psychiatric patients, mental hospitals
are not the only option for helping these
needy people. Programs like Assisted
Outpatient Treatment permit judges to
supervise patients’ compliance with drug
and therapy regimens and have been
shown to reduce harmful behaviors,
arrest rates, homelessness and victimiza-
tion among the severely mentally ill.
Governments have also failed to pri-
oritize treating the severely mentally ill.
Many research and treatment dollars go
to the “worried well” rather than to those
with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and
major depression. The National Institutes
of Mental Health, for example, released a
draft of its five-year plan for research in
December 2019. It was heavily weighted
toward basic brain research at the ex-
pense of more pressing research needs.
Dr. E. Fuller Torrey of the Treatment
Advocacy Center, while acknowledging
that some basic brain research is called
for, listed a number of areas that cry out
for research. A few examples: 1) Patients
complain that when they are prescribed
generics, they don’t do as well. Study is
needed into the efficacy of generic drugs
for psychiatric cases. 2) Many drugs
prescribed for mental disorders have
only been studied for acute effects. More
research is needed into their long-term
effects. 3) Electroconvulsive therapy is
underused in the U.S. compared to other
advanced nations (thanks, “Cuckoo’s
Nest”). Evidence from other nations
suggests that it is safe and effective.
Controlled, randomized trials are needed.
4) Probiotics have shown promise for
the treatment of mental disorders. More
study is needed. 5) Four studies have
shown a significant connection between
cat ownership in childhood and schizo-
phrenia. Studies of toxoplasmosis are
needed.
In the 1960s, we persuaded ourselves
that closing down mental hospitals was
the humane solution to a problem. Today,
we are arguably tolerating an even less
humane model. The mentally ill, so vul-
nerable and in need of care, are crowding
emergency rooms, languishing in prisons
and sleeping under bridges. It’s a cliche
to say that this should not be the case in
the wealthiest country in the world, but
it’s true.
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at the
Ethics and Public Policy Center.
6A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

SC looks to Mississippi as it works to improve education

‘We want to be Mississippi. That’s how far they have come.’
BY JEFFREY COLLINS
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. — When
South Carolina House Speaker
Jay Lucas was looking for ideas
to improve education in South
Carolina, he was surprised to
find out Mississippi, often last
or near last in the nation, had
passed his state by.
Mississippi fourth graders
made some of the biggest im-
provements in math and reading
scores in the country last year,
transforming the state so many
others had dismissed or only
compared themselves to in order
to make themselves feel better.
“We want to be Mississippi.
That’s how far they have come,”
Lucas said Thursday as he intro-
duced Mississippi Education Su-
perintendent Carey Wright be-
fore she gave a nearly hourlong
presentation to South Carolina
South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas
House members on her state’s
success.
South Carolina and Missis-
sippi both started working to
improve reading in early elemen-
tary school about six or seven
years ago.
Wright’s program increased
the numbers of students reading
at the proper grade level when
they leave third grade from 52
percent to about 85 percent.
South Carolina passed what it
called Read to Succeed and spent
more than $200 million. Reading
scores for the state’s third grad-
ers actually dropped, according
to the National Assessment of
Education Progress.
Mississippi set higher goals
and standards for its programs.
It put some of the best elemen-
tary educators the state could
find into roles as literacy coach-
es, and required all elementary
teachers to pass a test showing
they understood the science of
reading and how children need
to both recognize patterns of
letters in words and their mean-
ing in context. The state also
focused on students struggling
the most with reading.
“They expected more from
their students,” Lucas said. “And
they continue to expect more.
We expected less.”
Mississippi offered free pro-
fessional development to any
early childhood education pro-
viders, public or private, be-
cause Wright said younger chil-
dren can make the biggest leaps
academically with the right help.
“We are proving what the
power of high quality pre-k
does,” she said.
Leaders in South Carolina
are trying to figure out what to
do next to overhaul education.
Lucas frequently said lawmak-
ers and others are dealing with
more than 40 years of neglect.
The major overhaul bill the
House passed last March re-
mains on the Senate floor. Sen-
ators adjourned Thursday after
eight days of debate with little
obvious progress.
Lucas said the House will
keep moving forward. He wants
to give the South Carolina Ed-
ucation Oversight Committee
more power, although he is still
thinking about the exact details
before he files a bill.
And in case the big overhaul
bill fails in the Senate, the South
Carolina House on Thursday
passed a bill of rights for teach-
ers that includes a guaranteed
30-minute break from students
and requires they get paid when
administrators require them to
do extra tasks. A bill reducing
the number of standardized
tests passed earlier this week.
One other way South Caro-
lina’s overhaul efforts have dif-
fered from Mississippi is the role
of teachers. In South Carolina,
teachers have been more vocal
calling for change. Last spring
they staged a 10,000-person ral-
ly. Now, some teacher groups
are asking lawmakers to scrap
the big overhaul bill and start
over, saying educators had too
little input last year.
In Mississippi, Wright said
she made sure to give teachers
as much professional develop-
ment as they wanted and kept
them in the loop. The group of
60 teachers she formally sought
for advice has now grown to 400.
“That sent a message to
teachers that we cared about
them,” Wright said.
Wright is impressed with
South Carolina’s efforts to pay
teachers more. The state in-
creased teacher salaries by 4
percent in 2019 and Lucas and
the governor are looking at a flat
$3,000 increase this year, which
would bump average pay to
about $56,000, above the South-
eastern average.

Sports betting
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million has been wagered
on sports in Mississippi,
generating $59.6 million
in taxable revenue.
That has meant a wind-
fall for the state, which
earns 8 percent of that
taxable revenue to spend
on. Another 4 percent
goes to local governments
where the casinos are lo-
cated — a majority are
around Mississippi’s Gulf
Coast. In 2019, the state
hauled in $3.56 million
in tax revenue, and local
governments received an-
other $1.78 million.
“People like doing it,
and it’s bringing money to
the state,” Coleman said.
At the casino
At casinos, Ameristar
Vicksburg sportsbook
manager Keith Hardy
said, sports betting in
Mississippi is huge.
“It’s revitalized all
the other departments:
slots, poker, table games,
restaurants,” Hardy said.
“It’s just brought in a lot
more foot traffic. Folks
don’t just come in and
make a bet: They come in
and have a burger or play
some blackjack.”
One former Golden
Triangle resident — who
spoke to The Dispatch on
the condition of his name
not being printed — said
he and his friends do just
that, taking trips to Phil-
adelphia or Vicksburg six
to eight times during foot-
ball season. Staying at the
casino hotel, they’ll play
golf, eat at a nice restau-
rant and hit the casino,
where some of his friends
will spend half the night
playing table games.
He estimated his aver-
age sports bet is $100 to
$300 — mostly on foot-
ball games, though he’s
bet on the NCAA basket-
ball tournament before.
‘It’s revitalized all the other departments: slots, poker,
table games, restaurants. It’s just brought in a lot more
foot traffic. Folks don’t just come in and make a bet:
They come in and have a burger or play some blackjack.’
Ameristar Vicksburg sportsbook manager Keith Hardy
During “March Mad-
ness” in 2019, he and his
friends got lucky at the
blackjack tables and de-
cided to place a $1,500 bet
on Kentucky — and won.
When sports gambling
was legalized in the state,
he “really was shocked.”
“Mississippi is general-
ly so behind on anything
that’s alcohol-related,
gambling-related, any-
thing out of the norm,” he
explained.
Mississippi became
just the third state in the
nation to offer sports bet-
ting, and 13 states cur-
rently offer it. It is legal
but not yet operational in
seven other states and the
District of Columbia.
Neither Alabama nor
Louisiana, though, is
among those states, and
bettors flock across the
border.
“I think it really is awe-
some,” he said. “There’s
so many people even on
the coast that live in New
Orleans who will go over
to Bay St. Louis and on
into Biloxi. I think it was
huge. When you’re in
Philadelphia, there are
probably more Alabama
people in the casino then
there are Mississippi.”
A ‘neighborhood effect’
The migration of bet-
tors to nearby states
where sports betting is
legal has created what
American Gaming As-
sociation President and
CEO Bill Miller called
a “neighborhood effect”
among state legislators
who don’t want to get left
behind. Active legislation
to sanction sports betting
is being discussed in 15
states, including Califor-
nia and Florida. Louisiana
and Alabama are among
the 15 states with no such
legislation.
With the expanding
landscape, Miller said,
legal sports gambling has
reached new heights. By
the end of the year, he ex-
pects roughly 100 million
U.S. adults to be able to
make a legal sports bet in
their home states. Miller
said 26 million Americans
will place bets — legal or
illegal — on today’s Super
Bowl, on which $6.8 bil-
lion dollars are at stake.
The AGA sees legal
sports betting as a means
toward abolishing that
sizable illegal market,
Miller said. The perfor-
mance of sports gambling
in 2019 is “validation that
we’re gaining traction.”
He also noted the un-
tapped potential sports
betting could unleash for
sports leagues, particu-
larly the NFL. Viewership
is up in the league by 5
percent for the second
straight year, and 16.5
million people tune in
each week.
Currently, there are
70 partnerships between
sports entities and gam-
ing companies; Miller
expects that number to
surpass 100 this year as
leagues realize the finan-
cial possibilities.
“The relationship be-
tween sports and gaming
will only continue to grow
as the market expands
and matures in the U.S,”
Miller said.
A controversial subject
House Bill 967, passed
in 2018, officially legal-
ized sports betting in
Mississippi — with con-
siderable objections.
In the Mississippi
House of Representa-
tives, the first vote on the
bill failed with 53 “nay”
votes. A day later, though,
it passed 92-22. The Sen-
ate passed the bill 46-6 on
March 1.
State Sen. Charles
“Chuck” Younger (R-Co-
lumbus)
said he was
p er s ona l ly
against the
bill, but vot-
ed yes when
his constitu-
ents voiced
their sup- Younger
port. Rep.
Gary Chism
( R - C ol u m -
bus) voted
against the
bill twice.
Both leg-
islators not-
ed the prob- Chism
lems sports gambling
can cause in a state with
as high a poverty rate as
Mississippi.
“I’m afraid that peo-
ple are going to be using
money that supports their
family to do this, and so I
wasn’t for it,” Chism said.
“It’s just like alcohol,
drugs or anything else,”
Younger agreed. “They
get hooked on it, and they
can’t stop.”
According to Les Ber-
nal, director of the na-
tional organization Stop
Predatory Gambling, 60
percent of Americans
don’t have $1,000 in the
bank for emergency ex-
penses. Throw gambling
into the equation, and
states are “ripping people
off” with legalized gam-
bling, he said.
“Sports is the latest
frontier for it,” Bernal
said. “It’s a form of con-
sumer financial fraud
that directly contributes
to the poverty and fi-
nancial problems that ...
hundreds of thousands of
Mississippi citizens are
dealing with already.”
But Rep. Kabir Kar-
riem (D-Columbus) voted
yes on the bill, saying it
could help detract from
the dangers of illegal
gambling.
“I think there are a lot
of avenues where you can
do outside
sports bet-
ting, and I
just thought
it would
be a legal
way, since
they’re do-
ing it any- Karriem
way, to get some kind of
revenue from it,” Karriem
said.
Paying off
Saturday marks 18
months since sports bet-
ting was officially autho-
rized in Mississippi, and
the state has reaped the
benefits.
According to Missis-
sippi Gaming Commis-
sion executive director
Allen Godfrey, $5 million
was wagered in the state
during Super Bowl 53
last year. During the 2019
NCAA tournament, $14.4
million was bet in the
state.
Even so, Mississippi
fell short of its projections
for sports gambling for
the first fiscal year, from
July 1, 2018, to June 30,
2019. The state expected
roughly $5 million in tax
revenue from sports gam-
bling alone but pulled in
about $4 million in all.
However, Mississippi
saw an increase in its to-
tal gross gaming revenue.
“If the overall gross
gaming revenue is high-
er, then I believe it did
what it was supposed to
do,” Godfrey said. “Did
we meet the projection
of the sports betting tax
revenue? We didn’t, but
we surpassed it with the
tax from the gaming rev-
enue.”
Much of the tax rev-
enue generated for the
state goes to transporta-
tion improvements, which
will be supplemented by
the state lottery. Power-
ball and Mega Millions
tickets went on sale
Thursday.
“There’s just some
frustrations that still go
along with it, but I think
it’s really cool that Mis-
sissippi got out in front
of this, and I think it’s a
great revenue booster,”
the former Golden Trian-
gle resident said. “Espe-
cially with the lottery and
everything coming, hope-
fully some of that money
will be given back to the
state for improvements.”
Coleman, too, is happy
to see legal sports betting
in the state — especially
that day, when the Chiefs
roared back from a 10-0
deficit to beat the Ti-
tans 35-24, covering the
spread and cashing his
bet.
“I feel pretty good,”
Coleman said.
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Trump acquittal GTR TERMINAL OPENING

now likely
Wednesday; Senate
nixes witnesses
Trial will resume Monday for final
arguments, with time Monday and
Tuesday for senators to speak
BY LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER AND ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Senate nar-

rowly rejected Democratic demands to
summon witnesses for President Donald
Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday,
all but ensuring Trump’s acquittal in just
the third trial to threaten a president’s
removal in U.S. history. But senators
pushed off final voting on his fate to next
Wednesday. Trump
The delay in timing showed the weight of a historic
vote bearing down on senators, despite prodding by the
president eager to have it all behind him in an election
year and ahead of his State of the Union speech Tues- Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
day night. Golden Triangle Regional Airport Executive Director Mike Hainsey addresses a group gathered for the
Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon- unveiling of the newest airport terminal opening. Members of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport board
nell spoke by phone to lock in the schedule during a of directors cut a ribbon to introduce the terminal, a $2 million dollar project which was opened this past
tense night at the Capitol as rushed negotiations pro- Friday, at the local airport.
ceeded on and off the Senate floor. The trial came to a
standstill for about an hour. A person unauthorized to
discuss the call was granted anonymity to describe it.
The president wanted to arrive for his speech at the
Capitol with acquittal secured, but that will not happen.
Instead, the trial will resume Monday for final argu-
ments, with time Monday and Tuesday for senators to
Trump to tout U.S. ‘comeback’ at State of the Union speech
speak. The final voting is planned for 4 p.m. Wednes- BY A AMER MADHANI to highlight his administration’s joint session of Congress Tues-
day, the day after Trump’s speech. The Associated Press efforts to bolster the economy, day
Trump’s acquittal is all but certain in the Senate, tighten immigration rules and But for the second straight
where his GOP allies hold the majority and there’s no- WASHINGTON — President lower prescription drug costs just year, Trump will deliver his
where near the two-thirds needed for conviction and Donald Trump will use next as his reelection effort acceler- speech with a cloud over his pres-
removal. week’s State of the Union to pro- ate. idency as his Senate impeach-
Nor will he face potentially damaging, open-Senate mote what he calls the “Great “I think it’s safe to say the ment edges to a rancorous close.
testimony from witnesses. American comeback,” according speech will celebrate American Last year, Trump was forced to
Despite the Democrats’ singular focus on hearing to a senior administration official. economic and military strength postpone his speech because of
new testimony, the Republican majority brushed past The speech comes at a mo- and present an optimistic vision the longest government shut-
those demands and will make this the first impeach- ment when Trump is hoping to of America’s future,” said the se- down in the nation’s history trig-
ment trial without witnesses. Even new revelations Fri- put his Senate impeachment nior administration official, who gered by bitter partisan battle
day from former national security adviser John Bolton trial behind him. White House briefed reporters on the broad over his push for funding for his
did not sway GOP senators, who said they’d heard officials say Trump wants to use outlines of the speech that Trump border wall along the U.S.-Mexi-
enough. the nationally-televised address is scheduled to deliver before a co border.
That means the eventual outcome for Trump will
be an acquittal “in name only,” said Rep. Val Demings,
D-Fla., a House prosecutor, during final debate.
Trump was impeached by the House last month on
charges that he abused power and obstructed Congress
as he tried to pressure Ukraine to investigate Demo-
cratic rival Joe Biden, using military aid as leverage as
the ally fought Russia. He is charged with then block-
ing the congressional probe of his actions.
Senators rejected the Democrats’ effort to allow new
witnesses, 51-49, a near party-line vote. Republicans
Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah voted
with the Democrats, but that was not enough.

Delaney, longest-running
Democratic candidate,
ends 2020 bid
Former Maryland
congressman has
been running for
president since
July 2017
BY ASHRAF KHALIL
AND HUNTER WOODALL
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. —
John Delaney, the lon-
gest-running Democratic
candidate in the 2020 pres-
idential race, is ending his
campaign after pouring
millions of his own money
into an effort that failed to
resonate with voters.
The announcement,
made Friday morning,
further winnowed down a
primary field that had once
stood at more than two
dozen.
“At this moment in time,
this is not the purpose God
has for me,” Delaney said,
in an interview with CNN.
“We’ve clearly shaped the
debate in a very positive
way.”
The former Maryland
congressman has been
running for president since
July 2017, though Del-
aney’s early start did little
to give him an advantage in
the race or raise his name
recognition with Demo-
cratic primary voters.
In a field dominated by
well-known candidates
from the liberal wing of the
party, Delaney, 56, called
for a moderate approach
with “real solutions, not
impossible promises,” and
dubbed the progressive
goal of “Medicare for All”
to be “political suicide.”
Delaney last appeared
on the Democratic debate
stage in July 2019 but con-
tinued to campaign even
as his presidential effort
largely failed to gain trac-
tion. Delaney joins other
candidates like Montana
Gov. Steve Bullock and
former Colorado Gov. John
Hickenlooper who un-
successfully tried to woo
moderate voters before
ending their respective
campaigns.
Campaign finance re-
ports showed Delaney’s
campaign was more than
$11 million in debt largely
because of loans Delaney
made to his campaign.
At the end of December,
months after he had last
been on a debate stage, the
former lawmaker had just
under $140,000 in cash on
hand.
Before billionaires
Tom Steyer and Michael
Bloomberg entered the
presidential race and used
their substantial wealth
to gain attention, Delaney
tried a similar approach.
Back in March, he prom-
ised to donate $2 to charity
for every new donor who
donated on his website.
Then in October, Delaney
dangled “two club-level”
World Series tickets, with
hotel and airfare included,
as a prize for those that do-
nated to his campaign.

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Turner Hall
Continued from Page 1A
ligation bonds.
Now the building will
house the university’s de-
partment of speech-lan-
guage pathology, in-
cluding the Speech and
Hearing Center, which
serves area residents who
have trouble communicat-
ing.
It’s a program that’s
particularly close to Turn-
er’s heart, she said. Her
daughter LaChun, who
was born with severe de-
velopment disabilities,
attended the Speech and
Hearing Center as a child
to work on her communi-
cation skills.
When LaChun began,
Turner said, she didn’t
use words at all and only
pointed to what she want-
ed. When the therapists
in the speech-language
pathology program began
working with her, they
started her out trying to
say the word “cow.”
“On one of our many,
many trips to Le Bon-
heur Children’s Hospital
in Memphis for a routine
checkup, we passed a
pasture with a lot of beau-
tiful cows,” Turner said.
“LaChun looked out of
the window and said very,
very plainly: ‘Cow. Cow.’
We nearly had an accident
and had to find a place to
stop so we could just enjoy
the moment. We couldn’t
wait to tell the therapists
back at The W.”
Bringing back
memories
The renovations,
designed by Colum-
bus-based architecture
firm PryorMorrow, main-
ly upgraded the exist-
ing classroom spaces to
more modern furnish-
ings, while adding a new
classroom that holds
up to 140 students, said
MUW president Nora
Miller.
“With this being a his-
toric building, we had to
maintain the windows,
the corridors, the ceiling
height,” Miller said. “At
the same time, we had to
provide the acoustic en-
vironment for the speech
and hearing clinic, so it
was a challenge.”
Despite those chal-
lenges, the building itself
was in good shape, said
Miller, adding: “It just
had really good bones.”
Now that the depart-
ment has its own space,
Courtney Veasey, a speech-language pathology student at Mississippi University for Women, demonstrates
special equipment used to aid those with communication disabilities, while her fellow student Anna Fennell, right,
looks on during a tour of Turner Hall on Friday. The equipment works by tracking eye movement so that users can
type messages by looking at a keyboard.
Turner Hall gets its name from Alma Turner, who was
the principal of the Demonstration School from 1985-
1995. Turner said she was “filled with joy and extreme-
ly honored” by the building’s new name.
department heads hope
to be able to expand the
speech-language pa-
thology program, creat-
ing more jobs for what
Miller called “one of the
fastest-growing occupa-
tions,” growing at about
20 percent a year.
The students and fac-
ulty moved into Turner
Hall in October.
“I love it. It’s nice to
have an updated large
space to be able to serve
our clients and people
from the community in
the best way possible,”
said Anna Fennell, a first-
year graduate student,
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
who gave tours of Turner
Hall Friday.
Fennell plans to work
with children after she
graduates, though she
still doesn’t know wheth-
er she’d like to do so in a
hospital clinic setting or
a school. One of the good
things about MUW’s pro-
gram, she said, is that
the students do a med-
ical rotation, meaning
they spend a semester
working in area school
districts and medical cen-
ters, so she can see how
she likes each setting.
The new building
includes modern class-
teachers who toured the
renovations Friday morn-
ing, who would point out
their old fifth grade class-
room here, or the audito-
rium where they put on
a production of Eudora
Welty’s “The Shoebird”
there.
Allen Bryan, who at-
tended the Demonstra-
tion School from 1986-
1991, said he can still
remember that particular
production.
“Ms. Eudora Welty
herself was in the front
row,” said Bryan, who
had a “bit part” in the
show. “And we had all
these little costumes with
feathers on them. It was
so cute.”
He said he also has
memories of playing
with “oobleck” — a weird
substance made of corn
starch and green food col-
oring — in science class,
and seeing MUW stu-
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff dents visiting the school,
though he added at the
time he didn’t understand
they were there learning
how to teach.
“I’m still looking
around at the renova-
tions,” he said before em-
barking on his own tour
of the building. “...It’s
much more modernized
now. But also having seen
it when it was sitting emp-
ty, it’s far better than that
now. I’m interested to see
which rooms are the same
rooms and which rooms
have been reconfigured,
but that front hall — the
entrance coming in and
then seeing the doors on
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff either side — that’s exact-
Community members tour the computer lab for grad- ly where the front offices
uate students of Mississippi University for Women’s
were, Dr. Turner’s office
speech-language and pathology program in Turner Hall
there. That brought back
on MUW’s campus Friday morning. MUW administrators
hosted a rededication ceremony for Turner Hall, for- memories.”
merly the Demonstration School, after which graduate Turner said she is hap-
students took attendees through the new building. py to know her old stomp-
ing grounds will be a
rooms, office space and students or clients’ family place to prepare students
a computer lab. It also members to observe ther- who, in the future, will
holds several sound-proof apy sessions. help out people like her
rooms for therapy, which The changes weren’t daughter.
are separated from ob- enough to throw off the “This is a wonderful
servation rooms by a one- former Demonstration way to bring a building
way window, allowing School students and back to life,” she said.

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Betty, Allen and Nora Bryan tour the large therapy room at the newly renovated Turner
Hall on Mississippi University for Women’s campus Friday morning. Allen Bryan is a
former student of the Demonstration School, which was housed in the building from
1929-2005. MUW held a rededication ceremony in honor of the $8.2 million renova-
tion of Turner Hall, which now houses MUW’s speech-language pathology program.

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Pictured is the front lobby and sign in desk of the new speech-language pathology
department and Speech and Hearing Center in Turner Hall on Mississippi University
for Women’s campus. Attendees at a Friday ceremony honoring Turner Hall, includ-
ing former students and teachers of the Demonstration School which used to be
housed in the building, were encouraged to sign their names in the guest book.
Sports
PREP SOCCER
New Hope exits playoffs after 3-0 loss to Ridgeland
Set pieces dooms Trojans
BY DAVID MILLER
Special to The Dispatch
NEW HOPE — They knew what was coming
and had practiced for it all week.
But when the New Hope boys’ soccer team
lined up Saturday to defend its first set piece
against Ridgeland, the Trojans learned their
preparation was for naught. Ridgeland’s Luis
Ramirez slipped free at the near post to head
home a corner kick in the seventh minute. The
score was the first of three set-piece goals for
Ridgeland, which dominated New Hope in a 3-0
win in the second round of the Class 5A play-
offs.
Just three minutes from the half, Ridgeland’s
Lenin Penaloza slotted home a free kick from
near midfield, calmly collecting a brilliant-
ly-placed ball at the back post to give the Titans
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a 2-0 lead. In the 64th minute, the Trojans’ in-
ability to clear deep crosses into the box would
prove fatal once more, when Arturo Rivera
would rip a low shot past Vicente Lugo. The
goal came off a corner kick that wasn’t cleared,
and Penaloza chested the loose ball right at Lu-
go’s left foot for a clean finish.
“We’re a good team and definitely could have
done a lot better, obviously,” said Hays Lums-
den, New Hope captain. “But when they got
those three goals off those set pieces — we’d
been working on that — and when they got
those goals, it killed the vibe and killed the mo-
mentum.
“We’d been working on it all week, talked it
over and over, and we let that beat us.”
The Trojans (14-2-2) endured a triple-over-
time win against Lafayette in the first round
last week, a year after being bounced in dou-
ble -overtime in the first round. Their loss New Hope sophomore forward Trey Parnell (18) fights for posses-
See NEW HOPE, 4B sion against Ridgeland right back Joseph Lemus.
MSU BASKETBALL
BULLDOGS
BULLY VOLS
Second half surge lifts
MSU to win over Tennessee
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Everything was clicking for
Mississippi State in the second half Saturday.
Nick Weatherspoon was flirting with a tri-
ple-double. D.J. Stewart had his best offensive out-
put of his career. Reggie Perry quitely had another
20-point plus performance.
And the Bulldogs (14-7, 5-3 SEC) were shoot-
ing more than 70 percent from the floor in the sec-
ond half until the final two minutes. Hard to lose
that way.
“That’s usually going to be a winning formula,”
MSU coach Ben Howland said.
It all added up to the Bulldogs’ fifth straight
Southeastern Conference win, a 86-73 victory
over Tennessee (12-9, 4-4) at Humphrey Colise-
um. After getting past the Vols, MSU has climbed
to at least fourth place in the SEC standings after
an 0-3 start in conference play and has won five of
its last six overall.
“That was obviously a really big win for us
against a really good program and team,” How-
land said. … We just have to keep taking care of
our business here. We have a chance here to be
See MSU, 4B
FEATURED PHOTO: Mississippi State’s D. J. Stew-
art (3) shoots a three-point shot over the defense of
Tennessee’s Santiago Vescovi (25) during the second
half of their NCAA college basketball game Saturday,
Feb. 1, 2020 in Starkville. Photo by Jim Lytle/Special
to The Dispatch.
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
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SECTION
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PREP BASKETBALL
RL Mattix
scores 30
to help
New Hope
boys sweep
Columbus
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
As soon as RL Mattix buried a 3-point-
er from the left wing to put the New Hope
boys basketball team up 16 points against
Columbus, he jogged into the backcourt to
high-five freshman LJ Hackman.
The slap of their hands reverberated
across a packed but quiet gym.
Less than two minutes into the third
quarter, Mattix and his teammates had put
the Falcons’ crowd to bed early. The senior
scored 30 points in all, leading the charge
for New Hope in a 75-51 win at Columbus
on Friday.
“He had a great game,” New Hope coach
Drew McBrayer said. “I thought RL played
very well considering that he didn’t score
Tuesday night. … Tonight, he shot the ball
extremely well.”
New Hope improved to 20-1 with the
victory. The Trojans won all six of their
district games, capturing the No. 1 seed in
the district tournament beginning Feb. 11
in Grenada.
Mattix had 15 points in the first quarter
alone, keeping his team afloat while Colum-
bus played its best quarter of the game —
senior AJ Brownlee hit a layup at the buzz-
er to put New Hope up 19-17 at the end of
the period.
As McBrayer alluded to, Mattix was
held scoreless against Grenada on Tues-
day, though he nearly had a double-double
with rebounds and assists. Hitting his first
few shots built his confidence for a strong
showing Friday.
“I had to bounce back from last game,”
he said. “… I had to get in a rhythm early,”
he said.
The rest of his team took a little while to
warm up, but in typical New Hope fashion
this year, the Trojans turned it on quickly.
New Hope scored 17 points in the sec-
ond quarter, held Columbus to just eight
and took a 36-25 lead into the break.
“We just start getting comfortable,” Mc-
Brayer said. “The more comfortable we get,
the more relaxed we play. It’s hard to match
our energy a lot of times, so the longer the
game goes on, the better off we are.”
The opposite was true for Columbus (14-
9). Much like in a 65-55 loss at New Hope
on Jan. 17, the Falcons faded after the first
quarter.
“It was the same thing we did last game,”
Morris said. “We played in the first quarter:
made shots, got it going. Second quarter,
it just got away. Those guys just wanted it
more than us.”
In the third quarter, the Falcons scored
just eight points again, and New Hope con-
tinued to pull away. The Trojans had a 51-
33 lead by the end of the period, and they
scored 24 points to Columbus’ 18 in the
fourth quarter to notch a comfortable win.
“It’s always fun to beat a rival like that,”
McBrayer said. “I thought the boys played
with an extreme amount of energy tonight
and took care of business.”
See COLUMBUS, 4B
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BRIEFLY At long last, Chiefs’ Sammy Watkins finds peace — and role
Prep Basketball THE ASSOCIATED PRESS physically. City. for the playoffs, when a good chance Watkins
Starkville Academy boys fall to That’s why Watkins It all started Week the Chiefs needed him will be asked to take
MIAMI — Conven- spurned interest from 1 in Jacksonville, when most. And he delivered a pay cut. And failing
Madison-Ridgeland Academy tional wisdom suggests wide receiver-needy Watkins took advan- when they called his
STARKVILLE — The Starkville Academy boys that, they could cut him
Sammy Watkins should Dallas Cowboys two tage of all the attention number, catching sev-
team lost to Madison-Ridgeland Academy 66-55 in outright and save $14
Friday’s home game.
have signed anywhere years ago and signed a paid elsewhere and en passes for 114 yards
but Kansas City, where million in cap space
Jawon Yarbrough had 24 points to lead the $48 million, three-year caught nine passes for with a memorable 60-
Volunteers. Dre Frazier, Randall Futral and George Delp the Chiefs had a pair of deal with the Chiefs. 198 yards and three yard touchdown grab while carrying only $7
each scored eight. go-to targets in Tyreek He wanted to be part of touchdowns in a show- in their AFC champion- million in dead money.
Other scores Hill and Travis Kelce something special, not case performance. He ship game against the “I’m a big Sammy
- Starkville boys 89, Houston 63, Saturday and a talented but un- fan,” Chiefs coach Andy
THE something spe- had six catches against Tennessee Titans.
- Starkville girls 57, Houston 37, Saturday
proven quarterback in cial. Oakland the next week, “I think that’s one Reid said. “I thought
- Starkville Christian girls 47, Grace Christian 29,
Saturday
Patrick Mahomes. “We have so many and seven against Min- of the best decisions I coming out there
- Grace Christian boys 40, Starkville Christian 37, He could have been superstars on this nesota later in the sea- ever made in my life is weren’t a lot of receiv-
Saturday the No. 1 wide receiver team,” he explained, son, grabbing key pass- coming to this team,” ers I saw play better
- Starkville boys 88, Germantown 52, Friday somewhere. He could “and so many guys that es when everyone else he said, “and literally
- Germantown girls 47, Starkville 45, Friday than him at the college
have gone to a team can catch the ball. Cer- was covered. we’re dominating every
- Madison-Ridgeland Academy girls 58, Starkville with a polished quarter- tain guys that people “I think you see that game. We’ve been the level. He sustained
Academy 34, Friday some injuries, in partic-
back. can’t even name and if teams are going to put best offense and hav-
- Pontotoc boys 97, Caledonia 47, Friday
In truth, he picked don’t even notice. So attention on other guys ing the best organiza- ular a couple to his feet,
- Pontotoc girls 74, Caledonia 25, Friday
- Grenada boys 82, West Point 72, Friday the Chiefs precisely my focus is to bring the like Tyreek or Kelce,” tion, the best coaches which are tough for a
- Grenada girls 49, West Point 37, Friday because he wanted nei- energy. Go out there Mahomes said with a hands-down, the best wide receiver. When we
College Basketball ther of those things. every day in practice, shrug, “we have a guy teammates. A lot of un- got him here, I felt like
Watkins has always and in games, and go like Sammy Watkins selfish guys, man. It’s if we could just keep
MUW men can’t close against Champion Christian shouldered a huge of- out there and compete that can beat your cor- amazing.”
MUW senior guard Tre Pinkston led the Owls with him healthy and rehab
fensive burden, wheth- at the highest level. I let ner every single day.” Watkins might have
a game-high 27 points on the road against Champion him and get him back
Christian College Saturday, but it wasn’t enough as The er he was starring at the coaches figure out When injuries to show some unself-
Clemson or during his both mentally and phys-
W fell 88-83 inside Champion Christian Community everything else.” popped up again, forc- ishness if he wants to
Center. NFL start in Buffalo or It’s been a refreshing ing Watkins out of the remain with the Chiefs. ically — that’s a tough
Aiding Pinkston in scoring were senior guards his lone season with the change for the 26-year- lineup, he didn’t have The Chiefs are thing when you’re a
Keith Harris and Tavonta Jones, who put up 13 points Los Angeles Rams. He old Watkins, whose sea- to defend himself like poised to make Ma- first-round pick and you
each. Harris, a Starkville native, also had a team-high 7 was the priority in the son will culminate in he has much of his ca- homes the NFL’s high- get hurt. Unfortunately,
rebounds. Rounding out the double-digit scoring, Brien
passing game, and the the Super Bowl against reer. When he didn’t est-paid quarterback, you get labeled.
Kimmons added 11 from the bench.
The W is back in action at 7 p.m. on Tuesday on the player opposing defens- the San Francisco 49ers catch another TD pass and defensive tackle “But he’s fought
road against Lyon College. es wanted to take away. on Sunday just across the rest of the regular Chris Jones and sev- through that,” Reid con-
And with that burden the state from Fort My- season, he didn’t have eral other players are
Prep Soccer came sometimes un- ers, where he grew up. to hear from so many due to get paid. And
tinued, “and he’s done
Caledonia girls end season with 1-0 playoff loss a heck of a job for us.
realistic expectations It’s been a season that critics. with Watkins counting
The Caledonia girls soccer team just couldn’t find among fans, often wear- perfectly sums up the Instead, he had the $21 million against the I know he didn’t make
the back of the net Saturday afternoon against Newton the Pro Bowl, but he’s a
ing on him mentally just highs and lows that time he needed to re- salary cap next season,
County. Pro Bowl-caliber player.
The Confederates saw their season end with as much as the injuries have defined his career, hab his injury and get with a base salary of
the quarterfinal loss. Newton County will face West that have plagued his and ultimately why he back on the field. He $13.75 million and none He’s a big part of what
Lauderdale in the state semifinals. career had worn on him signed with Kansas was mentally strong of it guarantee, there’s we can do.”
Source: From Special Reports

CALENDAR
Today SEC roundup: Auburn tops Kentucky in Top 25 matchup
Women’s College Basketball
Alabama at Ole Miss, 2 p.m. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS scored 30 points and tory over Missouri on job hitting the shots Crean said. “They fig-
Monday Samir Doughty
Jimmy Whitt Jr. added Saturday. they get. They finished ured out a way to get
Prep Girls Basketball 26 as Arkansas beat Martin praised Kot- at 32.8% (19 of 58), the better.”
Heritage Academy at district tourna-
scored 23 points while Alabama 82-78 on Sat- sar’s aggressiveness, fifth time in six games Edwards had eight
ment, Lamar, TBA
making 14 of 15 free urday night, ending drive and hustle in fin- they’ve shot less than points in a 15-6 run to
Hebron Christian at Hamilton, 6 p.m.
throws and No. 17 Au- Alabama’s eight-game ishing with his second 40%. open the second half,
Noxubee County at Kosciusko, 6 p.m.
burn finished strong in home winning streak. double-double this sea- “For the most part, giving Georgia (12-
Prep Boys Basketball
a 75-66 win over 13th- Jones and Whitt son and fourth of his we got a lot of shots 9, 2-6 Southeastern
Heritage Academy at district tourna-
ranked Kentucky on carried the Arkansas career. that we liked,” Pinson Conference) its first
ment, Lamar, TBA
Saturday in an NCA A offense throughout the But it’s the youthful said. “We’ve just got to double-digit lead. He
Hebron Christian at Hamilton, 7:30
Tournament rematch. game, combining for leadership of Couis- knock them down.” added a breakaway
p.m.
Isaac Okoro made nearly 70% of the Ra- nard that’s lifted Kot- South Carolina has power jam with less
Noxubee County at Kosciusko, 7:30
a key 3-pointer and zorbacks points. sar and his teammates played strong defense than three minutes
p.m. scored 14 points for After trailing for during a stretch where during its recent run remaining, stretching
Women’s College Basketball the Tigers (19-2, 6 -2 most of the first half, the Gamecocks (13- and that continued the lead to 59-42.
Georgia at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. Southeastern Confer- Arkansas (16 -5, 4-4 8, 5-3 Southeastern against Missouri. “I just thought he
East Mississippi Community College at ence), who dominated Southeastern Confer- Conference) have won The Gamecocks was incredible,” said
Holmes Community College, 5:30 p.m. the final four minutes. ence) built its largest three in a row and five held the Tigers to 1-of- Texas A&M coach
Men’s College Basketball It wasn’t nearly as lead of the game at 64- of their past six SEC 10 shooting on the way Buzz Williams. “I
East Mississippi Community College at big as their 77-71 over- 57 with a layup from games. to an 11-3 start. Things thought his impact
Holmes Community College, 7:30 p.m. time victory over the Whitt. “I really feel like only got worse for Mis- on winning may have
Wildcats (16 -5, 6 -2) Alabama (12-9, 4-4) that’s given our team a souri after that. been as good as it’s
Tuesday that vaulted Auburn to South Carolina
Prep Boys Soccer responded with a 9-2 chance,” South Caroli- been all year, particu-
its first Final Four last run and an Alex Reese na’s Martin said. “And scored on five of six larly on the glass.”
Heritage Academy at Magnolia Heights, season, but it moved tip-in gave Alabama a helped Maik, which he possessions in the Wendell Mitchell
4 p.m. the Tigers into a tie
Lamar School at Starkville Academy, 69-66 lead with 4:11 to needed.” opening period to led Texas A&M (10-10,
for second place in the go, putting the home Kotsar, at 6 -foot-10, stretch things to 30-15 4-4) with 13 points. The
5 p.m. SEC.
Men’s College Basketball crowd into a frenzy. is talented and relent- on T.J. Moss’ 3-pointer. Aggies’ streak of three
The Tigers hadn’t However, that would less. But confronta- The Gamecocks straight SEC road wins
Mississippi State at Kentucky, 8 p.m. played a ranked team
MUW at Lyon College, 7 p.m. be the last lead Ala- tion? That’s not his forced nine turnovers was snapped.
all season but face game, his coach said. and had eight blocks It was Edwards’ sec-
Prep Girls Basketball bama had, and the fi-
league leader No. 22 Having Couisnard, the first 20 minutes. ond career double-dou-
Germantown at Starkville, 6 p.m. nal field goal it would
LSU next Saturday. a tough-minded leader Kotsar was a huge part ble — and his second
Noxubee County at Columbus, 6 p.m. make until hitting a
Immanuel Quickley who’s unafraid to call of South Carolina’s in as many games. He
West Point at Choctaw County, 6 p.m. 3-pointer as time ex-
led Kentucky with 23 out teammates for sub- defense with eight de- had 23 points and 10
Ethel at West Lowndes, 6 p.m. pired.
points before fouling par play, has unified fensive rebounds, four rebounds in Georgia’s
Heritage Academy at district tourna- Jalen Harris fin-
out in the final min- the team during SEC blocks and a steal in 72-69 loss at Missouri
ment, Lamar, TBA ished with 11 points.
ute, taking away the play, Martin said. his 10 minutes. on Tuesday night.
Arkansas entered
Wildcats’ top 3-point The Tigers were
the game first in the It certainly did for Edwards is the
ON THE AIR shooter with point
guard Ashton Hagans
country in 3-point de- Kotsar, who made his without second- and
third-leading scorers
nation’s top-scoring
fense, allowing oppo- first seven shots and freshman with his av-
Today already on the bench Mark Smith and Jere-
nents to shoot 24.6% had eight defensive erage of 19.3 points
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) with five fouls. Tyrese miah Tilmon for this
from behind the arc, boards in the opening per game. Crean
11 a.m. — Miami at Pittsburgh, ACCN Maxey added 22 points one. Smith came out in
12 p.m. — Georgetown vs. St. John’s, and Alabama entered half as the Gamecocks said Edwards’ effort
while stars Hagans the second half of Mis-
New York, CBS fourth in the country built a double-digit against the Aggies
12 p.m. — Illinois at Iowa, FS1 and Nick Richards souri’s last game with
in 3-point field goals lead. was his most complete
2 p.m. — Utah at UCLA, FS1 struggled. lower back issues and
made, so something Kotsar also had “thus far.”
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) Hagans fouled out was out of the lineup at
11 a.m. — Iowa at Michigan, BTN had to give. four of South Caroli- “But as I said to
on a steal attempt with South Carolina.
11 a.m. — Duquesne at Virginia Com- Alabama made its na’s nine blocks — the him near the end of
3:36 left and Auburn Tilmon has missed
monwealth, CBSSN first two 3-point shots team’s best showing in the game, it’s all got to
11 a.m. — South Florida vs. Cincinnati, leading 62-60. He had the past eight games
as part of 12-0 run to SEC play this season. turn up now that we’re
ESPNU five points — his sec- with a stress fracture
open the game, but “We got stops,” into February,” Crean
12 p.m. — Tennessee at South Caroli- ond lowest total of the in his left foot.
na, ESPN2 then missed their next Kotsar said. “And we said.
season — and three as-
12 p.m. — Florida at Kentucky, SECN
sists while committing nine and finished 8 of got confidence on of- Led by Edwards,
1 p.m.— Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, fense.” Georgia outrebound-
ACCN six turnovers. 31 from deep overall Edwards scores 29
(26%). Missouri (10-11, ed Texas A&M 44-34.
1 p.m. — Saint Louis at George Wash-
ington, CBSSN
Richards had seven
Jaden Shackel- 2-6), which rallied from points as Georgia He said his message
points, half his season tops Texas A&M,
1 p.m. — Winter Tour Exhibition: U.S. at average, and seven re- ford had five of those 20 points down to beat to teammates was to
Louisville, ESPN
1 p.m. — Iowa State at West Virginia, bounds. 3-pointers for Alabama Georgia last Thursday, 63-48 focus on Aggies fresh-
Auburn outscored and tied his career cut a 16 -point lead to ATHENS, Ga. — man rebounding lead-
ESPNU
1 p.m. — UCLA at Arizona State, PAC- foul-plagued Kentucky high with 28 points. 52-43 with 11 minutes Just when Georgia er Josh Nebo.
12N 16 -6 down the stretch Reese added 14 left. But Kotsar hit players were at risk of “I said box out Nebo
2 p.m. — Rutgers at Minnesota, ESPN2
after trailing much of points for the Crimson two free throws and a losing their confidence and I’ll go grab the
2 p.m. — Texas A&M at Louisiana short jumper to start a and perhaps their sea- rebound,” Edwards
State, SECN the way. Danjel Pu- Tide, and Kira Lewis
4 p.m. — Arkansas at Missouri, SECN rifoy started that hot Jr. scored 12. 9-0 run and restore the son, Anthony Edwards said. Nebo had only
NFL FOOTBALL streak with a 3-pointer Gamecocks’ comfort- lifted his game and his two points and five re-
5:30 p.m. — Super Bowl LIV: San Fran- and Okoro buried an- South Carolina able margin. team. bounds.
cisco vs. Kansas City, Miami, FOX “Maik played his Now coach Tom Dismal shooting
NBA BASKETBALL other for a 68-62 lead dismantles Missouri
1 p.m. — New Orleans at Houston, ABC with 2:36 left. best game in a uniform Crean hopes to see hurt the Aggies. Tex-
NHL HOCKEY Kentucky didn’t 76-54 here,” South Carolina’s even more from his as A&M shot only 20%
11:30 a.m. — Pittsburgh at Washing- make a field goal over COLUMBIA, S.C. Martin said. freshman leader. from the field, making
ton, NBC — Maik Kotsar, a se- Couisnard finished Edwards recorded 19 of 59 shots.
COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S) the final 2:15.
Auburn capped a nior and the last player with 15 points and A J a double-double with A drive to the bas-
1 p.m. — Illinois at Maryland, BTN
3 p.m.— Auburn at Georgia, ESPN drama-filled week af- left from South Caro- Lawson 13 off three 29 points and a ca- ket by Edwards gave
3 p.m. — Stanford at Oregon State, ter rallying from 19 lina’s Final Four run 3-pointers for South reer-high 15 rebounds Georgia a 22-21 lead,
PAC-12N points down in the sec- of 2017, had his best Carolina. to lead Georgia past and Sahvir Wheeler’s
COLLEGE WRESTLING game of the season. Xavier Pinson had Texas A&M 63-48 on layup before time ex-
3 p.m. — Wisconsin at Purdue, BTN ond half for an 83-82
FIGURE SKATING overtime win over Mis- Gamecocks coach three of Missouri’s Saturday, pired in the first half
4 p.m. — ISU U.S. Championships: Ex- sissippi. Frank Martin says four 3-pointers and The Bulldogs pushed the advantage
hibition, Greensboro, N.C. (taped), NBC a big assist goes to led the Tigers with 12 snapped a four-game to three points at 24-
TENNIS freshman point guard points. losing streak. 21.
2:30 a.m. — The Australian Open: Jones, Whitt lead Ar- Jermaine Couisnard. Missouri has lost “We were definite- Edwards sank two
Men’s Final, Melbourne, Australia, kansas over Alabama,
ESPN Kotsar had a sea- five of its past six ly going to be deal- 3-pointers and added
7 a.m. — The Australian Open: Men’s 82-78 son-high 21 points and games. ing with a confidence a reverse layup in the
Final, Melbourne, Australia (taped), TUSCALOOSA, 11 rebounds in South Pinson said the Ti- crisis, and our guys strong run to open the
ESPN2 Ala. — Mason Jones Carolina’s 76 -54 vic- gers must do a better worked through this,” second half.

MSU, SCHAEFER CONTINUING TO CONTEND WITH EBBS AND FLOWS OF YOUTH
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Vic
Schaefer’s patience is be-
ing tested.
A noted perfectionist
on and off the court, the
2020 Mississippi State
women’s basketball team
has forced Schaefer —
who’s in the midst of his
eighth year in Starkville
— to be more patient with
the inconsistencies that
come with a young squad.
“Look, I learn some-
thing new about this team
just about every day,” he
said Friday. “I think what
we’ve seen is how well
they can play and we’ve
also seen the flip side of
how they’ve struggled at
times. And so my job is
to get the to get that con-
sistency from home every
day in practice, and every
night and again, when the
lights come on.”
While Schaefer contin-
ues to cope with the ebbs
and flows of his team, the
past two weeks have prov-
en a microcosm of how
up and down this year’s
squad can be.
In last week’s 81-79
loss to No. 1 South Caro-
lina, the Bulldogs looked
the part of a top-10 team
nationally.
While Gamecocks
freshman center Aliyah
Boston controlled the in-
Caledonia seniors Benson, Allen sign to play soccer together at MCC
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA — together for the Eagles
Thomas Blake knew
expectations were high
when he took over the
Caledonia soccer pro-
grams this year.
Soon after he got the
job, he met with the
Confederates girls team
for the first time, telling
his players they should
expect to compete for
the MHSA A Class 4A
north half champion-
ship.
After Blake spoke,
Caledonia’s four seniors
came up to him with a
message.
“They said, ‘That’s
not good enough. We
don’t want the north
half. We want all of it,’”
Blake recalled. “When
they told me that, I had
a good feeling that this
was gonna be a special
season.”
It was for the Confed-
erates, who beat Corinth
on the road in the first
round of the playoffs
Safeties first: Polamalu, Atwater heading to Hall of Fame
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — He grew
his hair so long, it flowed
out of his helmet and ob-
scured the name on the
back of his jersey.
Didn’t matter. Every-
one knew where to find
Troy Polamalu on Sun-
days.
The Steelers great
earned a spot in the Pro
Football Hall of Fame
along with another
hard-hitting safety, Steve
Atwater of Denver. Also
voted in Saturday were
receiver Isaac Bruce,
running back Edgerrin
James and guard Steve
Hutchinson.
Polamalu said he went
six or seven years, maybe
longer, without cutting
his hair during the prime
of his career, which last-
ed from 2003-14.
But as much as for the
hair, he earned the nick-
name “Tasmanian Dev-
il” for how he changed
the way people thought
about the safety position
— bolting around the
field, making plays from
practically anywhere. No
quarterback, runner or
terior, it was crafty play-
making from freshmen
Aliyah Matharu, Rickea
Jackson and JaMya Min-
go-Young — who com-
bined for 40 points on the
night — that kept MSU
within striking distance.
Matharu and Jackson
proved similarly dynamic
in wins over Vanderbilt
and Auburn — scoring 10
and 22 points respective-
ly in either game — as
the Bulldogs were forced
into tighter contests than
initial projections fore-
casted.
“I’m young, and I’m
learning,” Matharu said
following MSU’s 82-46
win over UT-Martin Nov.
11. “But my teammates
don’t get on me when I
mess up, and I feel like
that’s really helping me.
When I make a mistake
they take their time with
me, they’re patient, they
tell me what I’m supposed
to do, and they guide me.”
And while the fresh-
men contingent has
proved vital of late, the
Bulldogs’ youth has
shown in victories over
SEC-bottom dwellers.
In Thursday’s win over
an Auburn squad that sits
1-7 in conference play,
MSU totaled 18 turnovers
— 11 of which came in the
first half. Of those, soph-
omore stalwart guard
Myah Taylor accounted
Claire Benson, left, and Clara Allen will both play soccer at Meridian Community
College next year.
on Tuesday. Caledo-
nia finished three wins
away from the title its
seniors wanted, but Fri-
day morning — one day
before a home matchup
with Newton County in
the north half semifinal
receiver was safe.
Selected in his first
year of eligibility, Pol-
amalu was a four-time
All-Pro, was voted to
eight Pro Bowls and fin-
ished with two Super
Bowl rings in three trips.
His pick-6 against Joe
Flacco in the 2008 AFC
title game was part of a
dominating performance
in what might have been
his best season; he had
seven interceptions that
year and the Steelers won
the Super Bowl.
Polamalu will go in
during the same year
as Pittsburgh coach Bill
Cowher and defensive
back Donnie Shell, each
of whom were voted in
as part of the hall’s spe-
cial centennial class de-
signed to celebrate the
NFL”s 100th year.
“It’s a huge blessing to
go in with Coach Cowher
and a tremendous hon-
or to go in with Donnie
Shell because the Steel-
ers’ defenses in the ‘70s
laid our foundation,” Pol-
amalu said.
Though game-chang-
ing safeties were noth-
ing new to the league,
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MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Mississippi State’s Jessika Carter (4) shoots ahead of Auburn’s Erin Howard (24)
during the first quarter of their NCAA college basketball game Thursday in Starkville.
for four of them, while
Mingo-Young notched
two and a plus-minus
rating of -4 in 17 minutes
played.
In Taylor’s case, the
game proved as a learn-
ing experience of sorts. A
redshirt sophomore, the
Olive Branch native has
been forced into a larger
role this year following
the departure of start-
ing point guard Jazzmun
Holmes. With that, Tay-
lor’s minutes per game
— two of those seniors
got to see their college
dreams realized.
Forward Claire Ben-
son and defensive mid-
fielder Clara Allen, who
have played together
since they were 4 years
Polamalu could line up
near the linebackers, or
the defensive linemen, or
deep in the backfield, and
wreck a game plan from
any of those spots.
“He’s waking people
up to the impact a safe-
ty can have in today’s
game,” another safety,
John Lynch, said in an
interview while Polamalu
was in his prime.
Lynch, in Miami this
week as GM of the 49ers,
was also among the 15
finalists whose resumes
were debated and dis-
cussed throughout the
day by the panel of four
dozen voters. But he did
not make the cut. Nei-
ther did Tony Boselli, the
dominant Jaguars offen-
sive lineman whose ca-
reer lasted only 91 games
because of shoulder inju-
ries. The Jaguars are still
without a player in the
hall.
An offensive lineman
did make it, though. It
was Steve Hutchinson,
who played guard for the
Seahawks, Vikings and
Titans over a 12-year ca-
reer. He’d been a finalist
in all three years since
have jumped from 11.2 to
25.1 — albeit to mixed re-
sults. Entering Monday’s
game against Georgia,
she’s averaging 2.42 as-
sists for every turnover
— down from Holmes’
4.81:1 turnover/assist ra-
tio.
“It’s definitely some-
thing that’s eye opening
for me,” Taylor said of
her lowly performance
Thursday. “It’s some-
thing that I’m going to
have to go to work on and
Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
old, signed their letters
of intent to play soccer
at Meridian Community
College, are not ready to
part ways just yet.
“Me and Clara have a
lot of chemistry on the
field, but we get along
becoming eligible and
broke through in this, a
class that didn’t include
any slam dunks — or
a single quarterback
among the list of final-
ists.
Atwater made it — in
his 16th year of eligibili-
ty, no less. — and became
the first home-grown
Broncos defender to join
the hall. (An honor many
in Denver believe should
belong to Orange Crush
linebacker Randy Grad-
ishar.)
Atwater said when he
got the much-anticipated
knock on his hotel door
“it was pretty obvious it
wasn’t the maid so I was
pretty excited. I’m ex-
tremely honored to go in
with all these men.”
A two-time All-Pro
who won two Super
Bowls, Atwater prowled
the backfield and de-
livered vicious hits to
anyone coming across.
One irony of Atwater’s
late-recognized great-
ness is that many of his
whiplash-inducing hits
would be illegal in to-
day’s NFL.
Though receivers were
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
take responsibility for
that and how we started
and the turnovers and
things like that. I just
have to be better.”
Sophomore center
Jessika Carter has also
had her own share of
struggles in staying on
the court this season. In-
cluding Thursday’s win
over Auburn, Carter has
now received two fouls
before halftime in three
of MSU’s past four games
— forcing limited back-
really well off the field,
too,” Benson said.
Their plans of playing
only came to fruition in
the last few weeks. On
Jan. 13, Meridian coach
Mike Smith took notice
of Benson at the ’Feds’
game against Pontotoc,
where he had come to
watch Allen.
“He asked me, ‘Is No.
2 a senior?’” Allen said.
“I was like, ‘Yes, sir, she
is.’”
Allen gave Smith
Benson’s name and con-
firmed that her team-
mate wanted to play in
college, something she
wasn’t sure about early
in the year.
“At the beginning of
the season, I didn’t re-
ally know what I wanted
to do, but I knew that I
loved to play soccer,”
Benson said. “As I got
into my senior year and
I started playing, I real-
ized that I didn’t really
want to stop playing.”
Smith soon gave Ben-
son a way to continue
mostly at risk, it was his
shoulder-to-shoulder dis-
integration of 250-pound
Chiefs running back
Christian Okyoe, “The
Nigerian Nightmare,”
while mic’d up on “Mon-
day Night Football” in
1990 that truly put Atwa-
ter on the map.
James may not have
had a singular moment
like that, but he was a
bastion of versatility and
durability. He made a
name for himself with his
ability to carve out room
on the ground while play-
ing in Peyton Manning’s
offense with the Colts
from 1999-2005. James
also played three seasons
with the Cardinals and
a half-year with the Sea-
hawks.
James finished with
more than 3,300 yards
receiving and more than
12,000 yards rushing. He
won the NFL rushing ti-
tle in 1999 and 2000, no
small thing given Man-
ning was revving up his
career at the time. James
joins Colts wideout Mar-
vin Harrison in the hall,
which will give Manning
more company next year
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 3B
up options Promise Tay-
lor and Yemiyah Morris
into more minutes than
Schaefer would prefer.
“You know we need
a need to give (Jessika)
some rest and obviously
Jess has shown she can
be in foul trouble a little
bit. And, and so it helps
to have a big down there
that can give you some
mettle,” he said Friday.
Inconsistencies aside,
the Bulldogs still sit at
19-3 and 7-1 in SEC play
— just one game behind
conference leader South
Carolina. And while the
Gamecocks may have
the edge in the race for
the regular season SEC
title, there’s no denying
how this talented Bulldog
squad can contend when
hitting on all cylinders.
“I said it yesterday in a
staff meeting, ‘Hey, I real-
ly do know how to fix it.’”
Schaefer said. “I’ve seen
this before. I know how
to deal with it. I know
how to fix it and I’ll fix it.
If you’re trying to teach
and mold and mentor and
get people’s attention — I
know how to do all that
— and that’s what being
a coach is. Every team
is different, every year
is different. This (team)
just happens to be a little
bit more different than
what we’ve had in the last
few.”
her career. Just a couple
days after Allen settled
on Meridian in January,
Benson decided to join
her longtime friend —
something neither of
them really expected.
“We never planned
on going to the same
college,” Allen said. “It
was never an idea that
we had or even thought
may be possible. Now
that it’s here, it feels
so right, and it feels so
good, and I’m honestly
so excited.”
With Caledonia’s
playoff run now over,
the pair of teammates
will take their chemis-
try to the next level.
“Me and Claire have
always just worked re-
ally well together,” Al-
len said. “We know how
each other play, and so
we can read each oth-
er really well. On the
field, we’re kind of just a
package deal: We come
together. I’m really glad
that we get to continue
to play at the next level
together.”
when he’ll be a shoo-in
to join them on his first
ballot.
Bruce was a headliner
in “The Greatest Show on
Turf,” the pass-happy at-
tack run by Hall of Fame
quarterback Kurt War-
ner when the Rams were
in St. Louis. This was
Bruce’s sixth season of
eligibility and his fourth
time as a finalist.
His 15,208 yards re-
ceiving over 16 seasons
were second in the NFL
record book when he re-
tired in 2009. But he was
never selected an AP All-
Pro, and some critics dis-
missed his stats as being
more a sign of his longev-
ity and the passing era he
played in than any mark
of true greatness.
There were no seniors
announced Saturday,
as they were folded into
the centennial class.
Others going in as part
of that class, which was
announced last month,
included Harold Carmi-
chael, Alex Karras and
former commissioner
Paul Tagliabue.
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New Hope
Continued from Page 1B
Saturday ends a banner
year that saw the Tro-
jans score their most
goals in a season under
coach A ndrew Olsen.
The Trojans also con-
ceded 10 fewer goals
than they did last sea-
son.
“A lot of heart, a lot
of grind,” Olsen said of
his players. “ This is my
fourth year here, so I’ve
had some of them since
they were freshmen.
They’ve worked hard
since July, in the heat,
running bleachers and
doing ever ything I’ve
asked them. To see all
the hours they’ve put in,
to see it end like this, it
kind of sucks.”
R idgeland dominated
New Hope in multiple
facets of the game, in-
cluding time of posses-
sion and shots on goal.
New Hope’s fast-break
offense and attempts
to get Trey Parnell
loose on the wing nev-
er materialized beyond
long-distance shots and
a few close calls near
the top of the box.
New Hope countered
at half by bringing more
players into the center
of its offense and ex-
perimented by f lipping
Parnell to the left wing.
But Penaloza’s patrol in
center defense proved
impenetrable, Olsen
said.
“ We had our chanc-
es but couldn’t connect
in the box,” Olsen said.
“ We talked all week of
getting shots from dis-
tance because we knew
[R idgeland] liked to
drop back some.”
R idgeway’s advan-
tage in skill and pace
was complemented by
“real crisp” passes that
were “right at their
feet,” which the Titans
used to continually
open up New Hope’s
back line, Lumsden
said.
“ That ’s just some -
thing we didn’t really
have today,” Lumsden
said. “ We usually pass
really good.”
Still, it was R ide -
gland’s size and lethal-
it y on set pieces that
turned an other wise
resilient Trojan team
into one chasing their
season. Both Lumsden
and Olsen said they
hadn’t faced a team as
accurate on set pieces
as R idgeway.
“ Then [R idgeland]
comes in with the size
they have, and they
bring a lot of numbers
high, constantly press-
ing up,” Olsen said.
“ They just cause a bit
of mass confusion, then
they have a guy come in
with a delayed run, and
he cleans it up.”
New Hope has been
to the playoffs in all
four seasons under Ol- David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
sen, including reaching New Hope midfielder Jacob Wilson plows through a Ridgeland player in an effort to
the second round twice. secure the ball.

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
something good here now as we keep
getting better.”
It also cleared what had been a sub-
stantial roadblock in recent years by tak-
ing out its conference rival from Knox-
ville. Entering Saturday’s contest, the
Volunteers had won four straight con-
tests against the Bulldogs and 10 of the
last 12 meetings.
But perhaps most importantly, the
win likely helps put MSU on the right
side of the NCAA tournament bubble, at
least for now. After a monumental road
upset of Florida Tuesday, ESPN still had
the Bulldogs as one of the first teams out
in the bracketology projections, while
CBSSports put MSU in the tournament
as a No. 11 seed. KenPom.com projects
Mississippi state to win all but two (road
matchups with Kentucky and Arkansas)
of its 10 remaining games. That would
put the Bulldogs at 22-9 overall and 11-7
in SEC play.
Nevertheless, first things first.
MSU found itself trailing at halftime
for the third straight game, as Tennes-
see led 34-28 entering the break thanks
to a 5 of 9 shooting clip from beyond the
arc.
“I’m getting tired of us being down
at the half and always having to mount
comebacks,” Howland said.
The Bulldogs put together a 10-0 run
in the second half that gave them a 45-40
lead, mostly by forcing Tennessee to foul
in the paint. Tennessee got in foul trou-
ble early, picking up seven team fouls
with 14:13 remaining. The Bulldogs nev-
er trailed from that point on.
Down low, MSU scored 32 points in
the paint.
“The second half, they just dominat-
Mississippi State’s Nick Weatherspoon (0) drives the lane and around Tennessee’s San-
tiago Vescovi (25) during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game Saturday,
Feb. 1, 2020 in Starkville.
ed us inside,” Tennessee coach Rick
Barnes said. “We didn’t have an answer
for it. That’s what’s frustrating … You
give up 58 points in a half, you don’t de-
serve to win. Period.”
Perry continued what looks to be a
formidable SEC Player of the Year cam-
paign against the Volunteers, recording
his SEC leading 12th double-double with
24 points and 12 rebounds. In his last
three conference games, Perry, a 6-foot-
10 forward, has done a big chunk of his
damage at the free throw line. Against
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Tennessee, the sophomore made 12 of
15 free throws and has now converted 32
of 37 charity stripe shots in that three-
game stretch. As a team, MSU made 25
of 30 free throws Saturday.
“He’s doing a great job there,” How-
land said. “And it doesn’t just happen.
He’s a tireless worker there.”
D.J. Stewart, considered the team’s
second best perimeter defender be-
hind Weatherspoon, continues to make
progress on the offensive end. The red-
shirt freshman was rewarded with a
career-high 20 points and made 6 of 9
shots, four coming from beyond the arc.
“It was amazing,” Stewart said.
“Shoutout to the fans and shoutout to
Reggie for finding me.”
Meanwhile, Weatherspoon racked up
a career-high nine assists. The junior
point guard has had at least six assists
in four of his last five games, all with
two turnovers or less. He also scored 11
points and grabbed eight rebounds.
“We were trying to get out in transi-
tion and I was trying to find Reggie as
often as I could in transition,” Weather-
spoon said. “I have to thank my team-
mates for knocking shots down, because
they’re the reason I’m getting all these
assists.”
Robert Woodard II, who Howland
dubbed “Mr. consistency” Saturday,
was the other MSU player in double
figures, contributing 14 points on a 7 of
10 shooting night. The Bulldogs outre-
bounded Tennessee 36-24 and shot 57.1
percent from the floor, 69.2 percent in
the second half.
Earlier in the week, Weatherspoon
pleaded with fans on social media to
“pack the Hump.” He was pleased with
Saturday’s turnout, the second largest
home crowd of the season for MSU, with
8,113 fans in attendance.
“It was great, they were a big part of
why we were getting stops,” Weather-
spoon said. “I also feel like D.J. was feed-
ing off the crowd with those 3-pointers.
They really played a big role tonight.”
MSU is back in action against at 8
p.m. Tuesday against Kentucky at Rupp
Arena.

Columbus
Continued from Page 1B

Columbus girls 49, New Hope 33
On Jan. 17 at New Hope, the Colum-
bus girls came out firing, jumping out to
a 21-1 lead on the Trojans and coasting
to an eventual 62-17 win.
Things were different Friday.
“We just didn’t make the shots,” Co-
lumbus coach Yvonne Hairston said.
“We did a lot of the things we were sup-
posed to. We got them to turn the ball
over. We just could not capitalize on
their mistakes tonight.”
Yet the Falcons (19-3) still won com-
fortably, a 49-33 victory over New Hope
(10-10) that served as a testament to Co-
lumbus’ skill this season. Even on an off
shooting night, the Falcons were able
to beat their crosstown rivals and finish
district play undefeated.
“That’s a blessing to be able to do
that,” Hairston said.
The first quarter alone was an indi-
cation that things wouldn’t come quite
as easily for Columbus as they did
two weeks ago. The Falcons scored
just seven points, uncharacteristically
struggling to convert off takeaways and
missing more jumpers than usual. Still,
Columbus kept New Hope to just three
points and scored seven of its own.
The Falcons opened it up a bit by
halftime, holding a 24-13 lead, but af-
terward, they could never quite find
the second level they showed in the two
teams’ first meeting. New Hope nev-
er got too close, but the Trojans hung
around.
“Columbus is a good team — give
them credit for that,” New Hope coach
Nick Christy said. “But you can’t be de-
feated before the game starts. I think
we had a different mindset. They were
ready to play today. We made a lot of
mistakes that we need to fix going for-
ward, but overall, the effort was there.
We came and competed. We didn’t get
the result that we wanted, but I was glad
to see the girls compete …”
Even still, it wasn’t enough to beat
the Falcons. Senior Aniya Saddler led
the team with 19 points and five re-
bounds, four steals and three assists.
Junior DJ Jackson scored 11 points, and
senior Bri Smith paired nine points and
10 rebounds.
Friday was the final regular-season
home game for the Falcons’ seniors
(Saddler, Smith, Nitirah Barry and Ser-
cora Tate), but if things go right in the
district tournament and the playoffs be-
yond, Columbus’ seniors will get a few
more chances to play together.
“I was having bittersweet moments
because I’ve been with this team for
four years,” Smith said. “I’ve enjoyed
every moment of it, and I don’t want to
leave.”

TENNIS
Living ‘American Dream,’
Sofia Kenin wins her 1st
Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia —
Back in 1987, 11 years before
new Australian Open champion
Sofia Kenin was born, her par-
ents left Moscow for New York
City, eager to escape the Sovi-
et Union and live in the United
States because, as her father,
Alex, put it: “You want to see
the world. You want a better fu-
ture for your kids.”
Alex took English classes
and attended computer school
during the day; he drove for a
car service at night, straining
to understand the dispatcher’s
radioed instructions.
“It was very tough,” he says
now, “but it’s amazing the
things you do when you need to
survive.”
Just before Sofia was born,
the family briefly returned to
Russia so Grandma and other
relatives could help with the
baby. A few months later, the
Kenins went back to New York.
Eventually, they settled in Pem-
broke Pines, Florida, and it was
in the driveway of their home
there that Sofia, at age 3½,
found her calling.
“I wasn’t into any other toys.
I always liked to play with balls
and with a racket. So my dad
said, ‘Let’s go try it and play.’
Obviously I had great hand-eye
coordination. I saw I was really
different than other players,”
she said, a Champagne flute an
arm’s length away as she spoke
with a small group of report-
ers after Saturday had turned
to Sunday at Melbourne Park.
“And people said, ‘You know
she’s really special. Something
about her.’ ... And look where I
am.”
Indeed, look at where, and
who, she is: owner of a Grand
Slam trophy and expected to be
No. 7 — the highest U.S. wom-
an currently — when the WTA
rankings are released Monday.
Kenin won the last four
games of the final at Melbourne
Park with some gutsy play at the
most crucial moments, beating
two-time major winner Garbiñe
Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
One key sequence decided
the outcome.
Kenin faced three break
points while serving at 2-all,
love-40 in the third set. All
she did was conjure up an ace
and four point-ending ground-
strokes on exchanges that all
lasted 11 shots or more.
“She pulled out something
unbelievable,” said Alex Kenin,
who is his daughter’s coach and
calls her “Sonya,” the Russian
nickname for Sofia.
In all, Kenin converted five
of six break points and erased
10 of Muguruza’s 12.
“Especially in the important
moments, I think,” Muguruza
said, “she came out with win-
ners.”
Muguruza said she thought
Kenin handled the emotions
of a major final debut well and
didn’t seem to show any jitters.
Alex Kenin, though, said he
could tell earlier in the day his
child was nervous because he
saw “tears in her eyes” and she
was “trying to hold it back.”
The victory made Kenin
the youngest Australian Open
champion since 2008, when
Maria Sharapova — someone
else with Russian roots whose
game was grown on the courts
of Florida — was 20.
Kenin also will be the young-
est American to make her top-
10 rankings debut since Serena
Williams was 20 in 2002.
It was a win over Williams
in the third round of the 2019
French Open, Kenin’s deepest
run at a Grand Slam tournament
until this week, that helped pro-
vide a boost that keeps propel-
ling her forward.
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Smart leads No. 22 LSU past Ole Miss
LSU 73, Ole Miss 63
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU guard
Javonte Smart inbounded the ball to
himself off the back of Mississippi’s
Carlos Curry under the Ole Miss bas-
ket and immediately scored as Curry
fouled him.
LSU coach Will Wade said the play
wasn’t designed, but certainly lived up
to the surname of the player who pulled
it off at a time when the Tigers were try-
ing to stunt the Rebels’ momentum in
the second half.
“Just a really, really smart play for
the and-1,” Wade said. “That was a big
sequence.”
Smart scored 13 of his season-high
21 points in the last 16 minutes, and No.
22 LSU extended its winning streak
to 10 games with a 73-63 victory over
struggling Mississippi on Saturday.
Smart “was very, very aggressive.
Our team did a good job of giving him
space to operate,” Wade said. “He did a
great job of forcing the action and get-
ting downhill.
“He’s not the best morning person,”
Wade continued, alluding to the 11 a.m.
local time tip-off. “So, for him to get up
at 7 a.m. and be running around and
going full speed like he was, that was a
good sign that it was probably going to
be a good day.”
Marlon Tayor had 13 points and 11
rebounds and freshman Trendon Wat-
ford scored 13 points for LSU (17-4, 8-0
SEC), which is off to its best start in
conference play in 39 years.
Devontae Shuler scored a ca-
reer-high 28 for Ole Miss (10-11, 1-7),
which has lost two straight and eight of
its last nine.
“They got us in every facet early,”
Ole Miss coach Kermit Davis said.
“Our team is a work in progress. We’re
disappointed but we’re not discour-
aged. Kind of a reset year and we’ll get
it fixed. I really like what LSU is doing
and they’ll win a lot of games.”
Flipped script
These teams met two weeks earli-
er in Oxford, with the Tigers pulling
out a four-point victory in which Ole
Miss guard Breein Tyree scored a ca-
reer-high 36 points.
LSU looked determined not let the
rematch come down to a ending, break-
ing the game open with an early 25-2
run for a 32-11 lead. The Tigers opened
up a 24-point advantage when Watford
scored his 11th point on a free throw
that made it 40-16 before Ole Miss cut it
to 40-20 at halftime.
Tyree was held scoreless in the first
half and finished with nine points.
“They just got on top of Breein,” Da-
vis said. “His energy level has to stay
high when he’s not making shots. ...
LSU was physical with him, did some
timely switching, and when that hap-
pens you have to make other players
better.”
NFL
Family affair: NFL a father-son business for Chiefs, Niners
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — San Francisco 49ers
coach Kyle Shanahan grew up living
the life of a football coach’s son. He
liked it so much, he decided he wanted
to be just like his dad.
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark
Hunt grew up living the life of a foot-
ball magnate’s son. All signs pointed
toward the likelihood that he’d be-
come the magnate, himself, someday.
A child following in his parents’ foot-
steps is a delicate balancing act, even
when the whole world isn’t watching.
When it plays out in public, the way it
does in the NFL, everyone gets to see
the successes and failures unveiled in
real time.
From the owner of the local car
wash or bakery to the coach of one Su-
per Bowl team and the owner of anoth-
er, questions abound about the propri-
ety of kids following their parents into
business, regardless of the number of
zeroes on the bottom line.
“The child has to ask, ‘Is this a
feeling of obligation, which creates
a noose around your neck, or is this
a real passion of yours?’” says Jean
Meeks-Koch of The Family Business
Consulting Group. “And the parent
has to ask ‘Am I pushing my beliefs
onto them and providing them expe-
riences that create my belief system,
or am I opening their world to a lot of
experiences, and they happen to fall in
love with my passion, too?’”
Shanahan, in search of his first Su-
per Bowl title, learned a lot of what he
knows from his dad, Mike, who has
three Super Bowl rings of his own
back at home. Hunt, owner and chair-
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Mississippi Rebels guard Bryce Williams (13) and LSU
Tigers guard Marlon Taylor (14) battle for a rebound during the second half at the
Maravich Assembly Center.
Second-half surge
Ole Miss briefly rallied back with-
in single digits by scoring the first
12 points of the second half, which
amounted to a 16-0 run that made it 40-
32.
The game leveled off after that, how-
ever, and Smart helped LSU gradually
rebuild its lead to 21 with just less than
seven minutes left. Smart was 7-of-12
shooting without attempting a 3 and
was 7-of-9 on free throws.
“There was a lack of energy com-
ing out of halftime. They had some big
shots,” Smart said. “We just try to bring
the energy to bring the team back up.”
Taylor also was instrumental in hold-
ing off the Rebels with 12 second-half
points, hitting two 3s to go with his
usual soaring dunks. LSU’s Emmitt
Williams blocked four shots to go with
nine points and seven rebounds.
The Tigers shot 47.9% and outre-
bounded the Rebels 42-30.
Big picture
Mississippi: While the Rebels
could take some satisfaction form get-
ting back in the game in the second
half, their early hole proved too deep
for a team that shot just 35.6%. Ole
Miss’ Khadin Sy scored nine of his 11
points in the second half, but was one
of just two Rebels with as many as 10
points.
LSU: A Tigers team that spent
most of this season unranked has
now become historically significant
at LSU. The last time the Tigers won
their first eight SEC games was 1981,
‘I think a lot of kids follow their parents into work,
especially if they have a good relationship with them.’
San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan
man of the Chiefs, inherited the team
along with his siblings when his trail-
blazing father, Lamar, died in 2006.
Talk about pressure. The parents
have to think of preserving their rep-
utations, to say nothing of the millions
or billions of dollars they might have
piled into their company, as they em-
bark on the task of figuring out wheth-
er their kid has the same acuity for the
work as they do. The kids, meanwhile,
must navigate the need to protect the
family legacy while also fending off
jealousy from those who sense they
didn’t earn their way to the top.
Potential pitfalls? They’re every-
where.
“In one word, the challenge is ‘cred-
ibility,’” said Dana Telford, who also
works at The Family Business Con-
sulting Group. “If you think about it,
credibility isn’t really something you
earn, per se. You can try to show cred-
ibility through your achievement. But
really, it has to be granted.”
Growing up while his dad was
coaching both in San Francisco (as
offensive coordinator) and Denver (as
OC and head coach), Shanahan spent
a lot of energy trying to play the game,
even though his size (slight) and speed
(or lack thereof) limited his upside.
But, Shanahan said, the amount of
time he spent with his dad — in the of-
fice, in the meeting rooms, on the field
as a ballboy — led to a lot of learning
by osmosis.
“I think a lot of kids follow their
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widely considered the best season in
LSU history. That team went to the
Final Four, losing to eventual nation-
al champion Indiana in the national
semifinals. Meanwhile, LSU improved
to 83-0 since the 1966 -67 season when
leading by 20 or more at halftime.
Pistol Pete
LSU commemorated the 50th an-
niversary of late Hall-of-Famer Pete
Maravich setting the all-time NCAA
scoring record. That game also was
played against Ole Miss at LSU, in an
arena known as the Cow Palace on Jan.
31, 1970. LSU now plays in a stadium
that opened in 1973 and was renamed
the Pete Maravich Assembly Center
shortly after his death in 1988.
Maravich broke Oscar Robertson’s
record of 2,973 points that had stood
since 1960 and finished his three-year
career (not including his season on the
Tigers’ freshman squad) with 3,667
points during an era with no shot clock
or 3-point line. No player has come
within 400 points since.
At halftime, Maravich’s former
teammates joined his wife, Jackie Mc-
Lachlan, and son, Jaeson, for an on-
court ceremony in which the family was
presented a plaque and commemora-
tive basketball as a packed crowd stood
in applause. The stadium video boards
also played Maravich highlights, in-
cluding his record-setting basket.
Up next
Mississippi: Hosts South Carolina
on Wednesday.
LSU: Visits Vanderbilt on Wednes-
day.
parents into work, especially if they
have a good relationship with them,”
Shanahan said. “They enjoy what they
do, and they get to grow up seeing a
line of work all the time. I think foot-
ball’s no different.”
When he was hired in Houston to
coach receivers at age 26 by Mike Sha-
nahan’s good friend and former assis-
tant, Gary Kubiak, Kyle became the
youngest position coach in the league.
And when Kubiak promoted him to
run the offense, Kyle became the
youngest coordinator in the league.
Kyle then left the Texans to become
offensive coordinator for his dad,
who had become head coach of the
Redskins.
It led to predictable criticism, espe-
cially as the Redskins struggled under
the coaching of the Shanahans.
“If you hire your son, you better win
all your games,” former Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden told the Wash-
ington Post as charges of nepotism
grew louder over the course of the
Redskin’s struggles. “Because he’s
usually the first to get criticized.”
If Shanahan’s biggest risk was los-
ing football games, imagine the stakes
for the Hunt family when Clark took
over the franchise.
It’s not an uncommon transfer; 17
of the NFL’s 32 teams, none worth
less than $1.95 billion according to
Forbes, have been passed from one
generation to another at least once.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 5B
ROUNDUP
No. 1 Baylor 68,
TCU 52
WACO, Texas — MaCio Teague
scored 19 points with five 3-pointers and
No. 1 Baylor set a program record with
its 18th win in a row, 68-52 over TCU on
Saturday.
Teague made consecutive 3-pointers
in a 36-second span to cap a 14-0 run in
the first half that put the Bears (19-1, 8-0
Big 12) ahead to stay. He hit two more
3s early in the second half before TCU
made a run.
Desmond Bane, the Big 12’s sec-
ond-leading scorer at 16.5 points per
game, scored all 14 of his points af-
ter halftime. During a 13-2 run by the
Horned Frogs (13-8, 4-4), Bane scored
six in a row before a dunk by PJ Fuller
got them within six at 51-45 with 8 1/2
minutes left. That was the closest they
would get.
Baylor guard Jared Butler, who was
the league’s fourth-leading scorer at
15.4 ppg, missed his first six shots and
was scoreless before the break. He fin-
ished with 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting.
No. 2 Gonzaga 83,
San Francisco 79
SAN FRANCISCO — Corey
Kispert’s three-point play with 1:33 left
put his team ahead for good and he add-
ed a jumper with 34 seconds remaining,
helping Gonzaga extend its winning
streak to 15 games.
Khalil Shabaaz made a 3-pointer with
six seconds left to make it a two-point
game in a furious, back-and-forth finish
— and that described most of the sec-
ond half. Admon Gilder made two free
throws with 3.6 seconds left to seal the
win.
Filip Petrusev had 23 points and 11 re-
bounds playing in foul trouble and Drew
Timme scored 19 for the Zags (23-1, 9-0
WCC), who ran their West Coast Confer-
ence regular-season winning streak to
36 games for the longest such unbeaten
run in the nation for a conference. USF
(16-8, 5-4) had won its last two games.
No. 3 Kansas 78,
Texas Tech 75
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon Dotson
scored 21 points and Marcus Garrett
added 15 points for Kansas.
The Jayhawks (18-3, 7-1 Big 12) led
76-75 with 14 seconds to play before
Ochai Agbaji knocked down two free
throws. The Red Raiders were unable to
come away with a basket to complete the
upset.
TJ Holyfield led Texas Tech (13-8,
4-4) with 19 points.
No. 5 Florida State 74,
Virginia Tech 63
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Devin Vassell
tied an ACC record by shooting 7 for 7
from 3-point range and scored 27 points
to lift Florida State.
Vassell helped the Seminoles (18-3,
8-2) rebound from Tuesday night’s loss
at Virginia that snapped a 10-game win-
ning streak. Florida State remained a
game out of first place in the ACC stand-
ings.
Tyrece Radford paced the Hokies
(14-8, 5-6) with 18 points. Virginia Tech
lost its third consecutive game.
No. 6 Louisville 77,
North Carolina State 57
RALEIGH, N.C. — Ryan McMahon
made seven 3-pointers and scored a sea-
son-high 23 points for Louisville.
Jordan Nwora added 14 points for the
Cardinals, who maintained their hold on
the Atlantic Coast Conference lead with
their eighth straight win. Louisville (19-
3, 10-1) led by 17 points late in the first
half and responded to an N.C. State (14-
8, 5-6) run midway through the second
half by pushing the margin right back
out to 15 points.
C.J. Bryce scored 15 points for the
Wolfpack (14-8, 5-6).
No. 7 Dayton 70,
Fordham 56
DAYTON, Ohio — Trey Landers
matched his season high with 18 points,
Obi Toppin also had 18 and Dayton got
its 16th straight win over the Rams.
The Flyers (20-2, 9-0 Atlantic 10) had
little problem extending their streak
against the Rams (7-14, 1-8). Dayton
hasn’t lost to Fordham since Jan. 4,
2005, a 66-56 Rams win at the Rose Hill
Gym.
Jalen Cobb had 22 points for Ford-
ham.
Creighton 76,
No. 8 Villanova 61
PHILADELPHIA — Denzel Ma-
honey had 21 points and Mitch Ballock
had nine of his 15 points in the second
half to help Creighton defeat Villanova.
Ty-Shon Alexander added 16 points
and Marcus Zegarowski scored 13 for
the Bluejays (17-5, 6-3 Big East), who
have won four in a row while avenging a
64-59 home loss to the Wildcats on Jan.
7.
Collin Gillespie and Justin Moore
each had 18 points for Villanova (17-4,
7-2), which had won seven in a row.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
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NFL

Legs of 49ers’ Gould, Chiefs’ Butker could decide Super Bowl

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — Robbie Gould wasn’t
sure he’d ever be in this position again,
this close to a Super Bowl title.
Heck, he didn’t even know a few
months ago if he’d still be with the San
Francisco 49ers.
“Yeah, it’s been,” Gould said with a
pause. “It’s been interesting.”
The veteran kicker was coming off
another outstanding season a year ago
when the 49ers placed the franchise
tag on him last February. Frustrated
with stagnant contract talks, Gould
requested a trade. He wanted out to be
closer to his wife and three children in
Chicago, where he played his first 11
NFL seasons.
But, in mid-July, Gould ended his
holdout as he and the 49ers agreed
on a four-year, $19 million contract
extension. Now, he has a chance to cap
a hectic 12 months with an elusive —
and, at one time, seemingly unlikely —
championship.
“I think it’s been a year where I’ve
been able to learn more and grow as a
player and a person,” Gould said. “The
ultimate goal that I’ve always had was
to win a Super Bowl and we have that
opportunity this weekend.”
Not only that, Gould could end up
playing a key role in whether the 49ers
get the franchise’s sixth title. Same for
Kansas City’s Harrison Butker, who
could help deliver the Chiefs their first
Super Bowl win since 1970.
In a game for which the betting line
has been just 1 or 1 1/2 points in the
Chiefs’ favor since the odds came out
almost two weeks ago, the big legs on
In this file photo, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (7) speaks with the media at
the JW Marriott Turnberry.
either sideline could make the differ-
ence.
“That’s part of the position,” Butker
said. “I think that’s what makes it fun.
I mean, I don’t think anybody would
want to be playing this position if it
didn’t come down to big moments. You
know, I think those pressure moments
are really where you can shine and
show off kind of all that hard work that
you’ve been putting in.”
Four times in Super Bowl history,
a kicker has decided in the closing
moments which team was hoisting
the Lombardi Trophy in a shower of
confetti — and which team was back in
the locker room wondering what could
have been.
Jim O’Brien’s 32-yard field goal for
Baltimore with 5 seconds remaining
led the Colts to a 16-13 win over Dallas
in 1971 in Miami. Adam Vinatieri
booted New England to two titles: His
48-yarder as time expired beat the
then-St. Louis Rams in 2002, and his
41-yarder defeated Carolina in 2004.
Then, of course, there’s Buffalo’s
Scott Norwood, whose 47-yard attempt
sailed wide right in 1991 and sent the
New York Giants home with a champi-
onship. Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports
“We approach every kick like it’s the In this file photo San Francisco 49ers kicker Robbie Gould arrives for Super Bowl LIV
Opening Night at Marlins Park.
game-winning kick,” Gould said, “no
matter whether it’s Week 1 or the Su-
per Bowl, whether it’s the first quarter Chicago when the Bears lost 29-17 seventh-round pick by Carolina in
or the fourth quarter.” to Peyton Manning and the Colts in 2017 out of Georgia Tech. After being
The 37-year-old Gould has had lots Miami in 2007. Gould, who made his waived in favor of Graham Gano a
of big kicks fly off his right foot over only field goal try in that game, figured week into the season, he was claimed
the years. But this is only the second there would be plenty more opportuni- by the Chiefs.
time they will come on the NFL’s big- ties. Instead, 13 years and two teams His 38 field goals set an NFL rookie
gest stage. — he played for the Giants in 2016 — record and he’s now the second-most
He was in his second season with later, Gould is finally back. accurate kicker in history behind only
“I was 23 and I didn’t know any bet- Baltimore’s Justin Tucker. Not bad for
ter, you know what I mean?” he said. “I a guy who didn’t start kicking until
think a big part of it this time around is high school.
just really enjoying it and soaking it up “Yeah, kicking wasn’t even in my
and taking every moment to appreciate head,” Butker said. “I was a big Atlanta
the significance of what this is.” Falcons fan. I loved watching Michael
That’s because he’s not sure if there Vick. I liked football, but it wasn’t
will be a next time. While he has no necessarily thinking about, ‘Oh, I want
plans to stop playing any time soon, to be a kicker and make the big kick in
Gould knows a lot needs to happen to the Super Bowl.’”
even have this opportunity. Yet, here he is.
And plenty has happened since his He’s 35 of 39, including 12 straight
last Super Bowl appearance, including makes, but has missed four extra
getting married and he and his wife points this season — something to
having three children. keep an eye on for Sunday.
“I’m excited to share the moments Still, after kicking in the AFC cham-
with those guys this time around,” he pionship the last two seasons, Butker
said. “The game has grown tremen- is fully confident heading into the
dously in 13 years. I think when it does biggest game of his career.
come down to the actual game, though, “Maybe for the Super Bowl, there
it is just a football game, right?” will be more cameras and flashes, but
Gould is 28 of 36 on field goal other than that, it’s just going to be
attempts in 13 games this season, but another big game,” Butker said. “The
has made his last 15 tries after the field is the same size. The uprights are
Bears went through four long snappers the same size.
Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports and rookie punter Mitch Wishnowsky “You’ve just got to go out there and
settled in as the holder. do what you’ve been doing your whole
The 24-year-old Butker was a life.”

The 49ers play old-school football with a modern twist

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — The San Francis-
co 49ers play old-school foot-
ball with a twist.
Coach Kyle Shanahan’s of-
fense is run-oriented, but the
Niners don’t just line up and
play power football. Shanahan
designed a creative scheme
featuring a variety of motions,
jet-sweeps and play-action that
takes pressure off quarterback
Jimmy Garoppolo.
“The more you see how
people try to defend you and
how people stop you, the more
things you try to put in to coun-
teract that,” Shanahan said.
San Francisco had the
league’s No. 2 rushing offense
in the regular season and it
has been even better in the
playoffs. Garoppolo threw only
eight passes in the NFC cham-
pionship game against Green
Bay because he didn’t have
to do much. Raheem Mostert
ran for 220 yards and the Nin-
ers totaled 285 on the ground.
They had 186 yards rushing in
a playoff win over Minnesota.
“It’s more exotic smash-
mouth because they don’t go
right at you the entire time but
they still want to pound you
into submission,” Hall of Fame
running back Jerome Bettis
said.
Shanahan borrowed some
of his dad’s ideas, adding his
own flavor to the zone block-
ing system. Mike Shanahan
won two Super Bowls with
John Elway and Terrell Davis
in Denver in the 1990s. Da-
vis combined for 3,758 yards
rushing and 36 touchdowns in
those two seasons. The Niners
don’t have one guy like Davis
so they relied on Mostert, Te-
vin Coleman and Matt Breida.
They also give the ball to some
wide receivers more than other
teams.
“They use deceptions with
all kinds of motions, smokes,
behinds and arounds to cre-
ate backside issues,” Hall of
Fame running back Marshall
Faulk said. “They basically
use old-school zone plays that
his dad ran in Denver. I like
the creativeness and the way
he’s doing it and it doesn’t mat-
ter which back is back there,
they’ll gouge you.”
The younger Shanahan has
grown as a playcaller since he
first arrived in San Francisco
in 2017. He uses two backs of-
ten, including a fullback. But
he’ll also call passes out of that
formation to create disception.
“Our offense from my rook-
ie year against Carolina is
much different than what it is
now,” tight end George Kittle
said. “And, it’s really fun, too.
Just being part of the evolution,
how it’s grown and how it’s
changed is really fun because
you can look back, ‘Wow, man,’
that’s what we were doing and
‘It’s more exotic smash-mouth because they
don’t go right at you the entire time but they
still want to pound you into submission.’
Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis
now we’re doing this stuff, and guys, especially on the O-Line
it was so much more fun. for going into our third year,
“Just the fact we basically I think helps guys execute all
install new plays every single the stuff,” Shanahan said. “You
week, we have a whole new can put in some new stuff and
playbook every single week, it it doesn’t overwhelm the guys,
makes football really fun. You and then just add in some of
get to learn every single week the speed element with all of
techniques, how to block guys. our backs, a number of our re-
The similarities always carry ceivers who have helped in the
over, but the difference is what run game, not just blocking,
makes it exciting.” but also that they’re a threat to
The success of San Francis- get the ball out a lot of times. I
co’s rushing attack begins with think all that ties together.”
the offensive line led by left If the Niners can dominate
tackle Joe Staley and left guard on the ground against Kan-
Laken Tomlinson. The unit’s sas City and keep Patrick Ma-
cohesiveness allows Shanahan homes on the sideline, that will
to be more creative. boost their chances of winning
“Playing with a group of the Super Bowl.

Family affair
Continued from Page 5B
In a cautionary tale of how fraught these
succession plans can be, the trustees for
late Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen,
determined to keep the team in the fam-
ily, are in the middle of a multi-year rash
of litigation and waiting while they try
to decide which of Bowlen’s seven kids
should eventually run the team. (His
29-year-old daughter, Brittany, currently
has the inside track.)
The Chiefs didn’t face those succes-
sion issues when Lamar Hunt died. The
grandson of an oil tycoon who was one
of the richest men in the world and son
of the man for whom the AFC champion-
ship trophy is named, Clark Hunt had set
himself up as The Man.
He paid his dues along the way. He
went to Southern Methodist and got
his degree in business and finance. He
played a key role in the operation of Ma-
jor League Soccer, the league the Hunts
helped start; at one time they owned
three teams in the league.
“It’s fair to say that was a test drive for
him,” said Doug Logan, who served as
MLS commissioner in its early years.
Then, early in his tenure as chairman,
Hunt found himself in a power struggle
with his strong-willed and powerful GM,
Carl Peterson. Hunt showed Peterson
the door and took some criticism for it,
but weathered the storm. The Chiefs
have won their division four straight
years and are back at the Super Bowl for
the first time since 1970.
“He kicked him out the door and that
really made a statement that he was go-
ing to run it,” Logan said. “And he has,
and he’s been very successful.”
In some ways, the coaches who call
the shots on the field impact the bottom
line much the same as the billionaires
who own them. But unlike the owners,
the coaches are in a transient profession.
They are notoriously replaceable, and
those decisions are almost exclusively
based on the win-loss record.
“They see it all,” said 49ers tight ends
coach Jon Embree, whose son works as
the team’s quality control coach. “By
seeing it all, they’re seeing the good, the
bad, the awful.”
Whether it’s coaching, ownership
or running a family car dealership, the
bottom line doesn’t waver much: Kids
have to do it because they love the job,
not because they love their parents, and
parents have to love their kids enough to
know when it’s a good fit and when it’s
not.
“When I have my son in my arms, is
my goal to control him and have him do
my bidding and toe the line?” Telford
says. “Or is to say, ‘I want you to find
yourself and carve a path in your life that
brings you the highest level of fulfillment
and happiness that you can find? That’s
the decision families have to make.”
In the case of one Super Bowl coach
and one Super Bowl owner, all the an-
swers lined up.
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FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy

The treatment is a specially prepared peanut
powder swallowed daily in tiny amounts that
are gradually increased over months
BY LAURAN NEERGA ARD
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON — The first
treatment for peanut allergies
is about to hit the market, a big
step toward better care for all
kinds of food allergies — but
still a long way from a cure.
Friday’s approval by the
Food and Drug Administration
promises to bring some relief to
families who’ve lived in fear of
an accidental bite of peanuts at
birthday parties and play dates,
school cafeterias and restau-
rants. Named Palforzia, it was
developed by Aimmune Thera-
peutics.
“It’s been a life-changer,”
said Nina Nichols, 18, of Wash-
ington, whose first encounter
with peanuts as a toddler — a
peanut butter cracker shared
by a friend — required a race
to the emergency room. She en-
tered a Palforzia research study
as a teen and calls it “a security
blanket.”
The treatment is a specially
prepared peanut powder swal-
lowed daily in tiny amounts that
are gradually increased over
months. It trains children’s and
teens’ bodies to better tolerate
peanut so that an accidental
bite is less likely to cause a se-
rious reaction, or even kill in
severe cases.
Palforzia users still must
avoid peanuts just like they al-
ways have.
The treatment is not for ev-
eryone. Palforzia can cause side
effects, including occasional
severe allergic reactions. The
FDA is requiring that doctors
and their patients enroll in a
special safety program, and pa-
tients must take the first dose
and each increased dose under
supervision in a certified health
center.
And if youngsters stop tak-
ing the daily dose, they lose the
protection.
Shots have long been used
to induce tolerance for aller-
gies to bee stings or pollen. But
swallowing an allergen to build
tolerance is a new twist — one
that scientists call “oral immu-
notherapy.” And peanuts are
just the first food to be tackled.
Tests for eggs, milk and tree
nuts are underway.
But because of the draw-
backs, scientists also are devel-
oping next-generation options
that work differently. Next up
for FDA review: A skin patch
for peanut allergy.
“For so long, we had nothing
to offer these patients,” said Dr.
Pamela Guerrerio of the Nation-
al Institutes of Health, which
funded much of the research
that led to food allergy thera-
pies. “We finally have a treat-
ment. That’s a big step.”
Aimmune executives said
Friday they hope doctors can
begin prescribing the treat-
ment in “a matter of weeks.”
They set the treatment’s list
price at $890 a month, but how
much patients will pay depends
on their insurance. Aimmune
says it is working with insur-
ance companies for coverage,
and will offer a patient co-pay
assistance program.
Food allergy is a growing
problem
Millions of Americans have
food allergies, including about 1
in 13 children, and the numbers
have increased in recent years.
Peanut allergy is the most com-
mon one among children, and
among the most dangerous.
Accidental exposures are fre-
quent, with about 1 in 4 affect-
ed children winding up in the
emergency room every year.
What happens: The immune
system overreacts to the food
by triggering an inflammatory
cascade. On average, children
can experience hives, wheezing
or worse from just a 30th of a
single peanut, sometimes even
less, said Dr. Hemant Sharma,
who leads oral treatment stud-
ies at Children’s National Hos-
pital in Washington.
Until now, all doctors could
advise was to read food labels
and avoid anything that might
contain hidden peanuts. De-
cades ago, attempts at shots
were deemed too risky for food
allergies. Then, in 2006, re-
searchers at Duke University
and the University of Arkansas
reported tantalizing signs that
swallowed treatments might
work instead.
How it works
Doctors prescribe a minis-
cule Palforzia starting dose.
The powder, stored in a cap-
sule, is mixed into any unheat-
ed food, such as Nichols’ fa-
vorite fruit smoothies. Patients
take the first dose in a doctor’s
office, in case of a bad allergic
reaction. Every few weeks, the
dose is increased until after
about six months, they’re tak-
ing the equivalent of about one
peanut.
In a study of nearly 500 chil-
dren, two-thirds who received
Palforzia could eat the equiva-
lent of two peanuts — and some
three or four — compared to
just 4 percent of patients given
a dummy drug.
A few hundred allergy doc-
tors around the country already
offer their own version of the
treatment, using store-bought
peanut flour — or similar op-
tions for other food allergies —
to customize doses for patients
outside of research studies.
The warnings
Palforzia users still must car-
ry their rescue medicine, such
as EpiPens, to treat severe aller-
gic reactions. Most experience
at least mild side effects, such
as hives or stomachaches, and
about a fifth dropped out of the
study, said Dr. Scott Sicherer, a
pediatric allergist at Mount Si-
nai Hospital in New York.
As for severe reactions, they
struck about 9 percent of pa-
tients treated in the Palforzia
study, nearly three times the
number in the placebo group
and prompting debate about the
drug’s usefulness.
“There is a trade-off,” Sich-
erer said. Families and doctors
together will have to decide
“does it make sense for me or
my child?”
Other options
Other allergy treatments in
the pipeline:
■ DBV Technologies’ Vi-
askin is a daily patch that con-
tains small amounts of peanut
protein absorbed through the
skin, in hopes of fewer side ef-
fects.
■ Allergen drops under the
tongue are in early-stage test-
ing but showed promise in a re-
cent study from the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
■ Shots to block allergic re-
actions deliver antibodies that
tamp down the inflammatory
cascade that follows accidental
exposure. A Stanford Universi-
ty pilot study suggested a sin-
gle shot could block a peanut
reaction for two to six weeks.
“Palforzia is a step forward,”
said Children’s National’s Shar-
ma. “What all of us hope for that
would be truly revolutionary is
a treatment that’s curative, that
really gets rid of the food aller-
gy permanently.”

Judge allows AP to be heard in dispute over Saints emails

BY JIM MUSTIAN
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — A
judge ruled Friday that
The Associated Press
may be heard in a court
dispute over whether to
release hundreds of con-
fidential emails that detail
the New Orleans Saints’
behind-the-scenes public
relations work to help area
Roman Catholic leaders
deal with a sexual abuse
crisis.
The news organiza-
tion filed a motion urging special master to deter- and advocates.” even helping select which posed the AP’s motion,
the release of the emails, mine next month whether The Saints maintain names to include on the the team has said it does
which surfaced in a law- the documents should be their public relations work list of credibly accused not object to the 276 doc-
suit against the Archdio- made public. That hearing for the church in 2018 and clergy. uments being made pub-
cese of New Orleans but was scheduled for Feb. 20. 2019 was minimal, deal- “This case does not in- lic at a later stage in the
remain confidential, call- Mary Ellen Roy, an at- ing mostly with “messag- volve intensely private in- litigation. An attorney for
ing them a matter of pub- torney for the AP, told re- ing” and managing media dividuals who are dragged the NFL team objected to
lic interest. That request porters after the hearing inquiries around the arch- into the spotlight,” the AP some of the confidential
was opposed by the arch- that Louisiana law is clear diocese’s release of its list argued in a court filing, materials being filed into
diocese and the Saints, on the issue of whether the of 57 credibly accused “but well-known mega-in- the record Friday.
who argued the communi- news organization may be clergy. stitutions that collect mil- “Neither the Saints
cations were private. heard in court. She called But attorneys for about lions of dollars from local nor any of their personnel
Judge Ellen Hazeur the emails “an issue of ex- two dozen men suing the residents to support their have anything to hide,”
of Orleans Parish Civil traordinary interest” for church say the emails activities.” the team said in a state-
District Court agreed the the heavily Catholic com- show Saints executives While the Saints op- ment.
emails were of “public munity, adding it’s also doing damage control
concern” and ordered a “important for the victims for the archdiocese and

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US bars foreigners coming from China for now over virus fear
‘It is likely that we will continue to see more
cases in the United States in the coming days
Delta, American and United suspend flights between US, China
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to suspend most of its China routes but continue
and weeks, including some limited person- a few.
NEW YORK — Delta Air Lines and Amer- All three carriers said they were responding
to-person transmissions’ ican Airlines said Friday they will suspend all to a sharp drop in demand for the flights and
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar flights between the U.S. and China, making Thursday’s U.S. State Department advisory tell-
them the first U.S.-based airlines to do so and ing Americans not to travel to China because
BY KEN MORITSUGU days and weeks, including joining several international carriers that have of the outbreak. International experts have la-
AND ZEKE MILLER some limited person-to-per- stopped flying to China as the coronavirus out- beled the coronavirus a global public-health
The Associated Press son transmissions,” Azar said. break continues to spread. emergency.
“The American public can be United Airlines announced that it will sus- American was under extra pressure after
WASHINGTON — The Unit- assured the full weight of the pend flights to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu the union representing its pilots sued to halt
ed States on Friday declared a U.S. government is working to but continue flights to Hong Kong. the flights and told its members not to operate
public health emergency and safeguard the health and safety American said it will stop flying to China flights to China because of the health risks. The
took drastic steps to significant- of the American people.” starting Friday and running through March 27. largest flight attendants’ union also urged the
ly restrict entry into the country Americans returning from Delta plans to wait until Feb. 6 to suspend Chi- U.S. carriers to stop flying to China.
because of a new virus that hit China will be allowed into the na operations to help travelers there leave the Several major international airlines, includ-
China and has spread to other country, but will face screening ing Air France, British Airways and Scandina-
country, then stop the flights through April 30.
nations. at select ports of entry and re- vian Airlines, had already suspended service to
United said its action would run until March
President Donald Trump has quired to undertake 14 days of China.
28. On Thursday, United had announced plans
signed an order that will tem- self-screening to ensure they
porarily bar foreign nationals, don’t pose a health risk. Those
other than immediate family returning from Hubei province, sign that prompted the World certain legal requirements. Dr. Anthony Fauci, infec-
of U.S. citizens and permanent the center of the outbreak, will Health Organization to declare Dr. Robert Redfield, director tious diseases chief at the Na-
residents, who have traveled in be subject to up to 14 days of the outbreak a global emergen- of the Centers for Disease Con- tional Institutes of Health, said
China within the last 14 days. mandatory quarantine. cy. The death toll stood at 213, trol and Prevention, said that one reason the U.S. stepped up
The new restrictions, which Beginning Sunday, the U.S. including 43 new fatalities, all in while the risk in the U.S. is low, its quarantine measures was an
take effect at 5 p.m. EST on Sun- will also begin funneling all China. “I want to emphasize that this alarming report from Germa-
day, were announced by Health flights to the U.S. from China A public health emergency in is a significant global situation ny that a traveler from China
and Human Services Secretary to seven major airports where the U.S. allows the government and it continues to evolve.” had spread the virus despite
Alex Azar, who is coordinating passengers can be screened for to tap additional resources to There are seven cases of this showing no symptoms. Fauci
the U.S. response. illness. send to states, such as emer- virus in the U.S. and all were contrasted it with the response
“It is likely that we will con- The virus has infected al- gency funding and if necessary travelers except for a Chica- to recent outbreaks of Ebola,
tinue to see more cases in the most 10,000 people globally in drugs or equipment from the na- go man who caught it from his which can’t be spread unless
United States in the coming just two months, a troublesome tional stockpile, and to suspend wife, who had been in China. someone is very ill.

Super Bowl ads serve up politics Democrats return

— and an escape from it
Nearly 100M viewers are expected
to tune into Sunday’s Super Bowl
BY MAE ANDERSON
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — Ameri-
cans weary of a seemingly
endless barrage of politi-
cal news may be looking
for a respite as they settle
in to watch the Super Bowl
on Sunday.
They won’t get it, al-
though the real-world in-
terruption should at least
be brief.
For what may be the
first time, national poli-
tics will invade the one
of the biggest TV events
of the year. Democratic
presidential candidate
Michael Bloomberg and
President Donald Trump
have shelled out millions
of dollars to broadcast
campaign ads during the
game, when nearly 100
million viewers are ex-
pected to tune into Fox.
The political intrusion
may have been inevitable.
Not only is the U.S. in the
middle of a presidential
impeachment trial, Super
Bowl Sunday falls right
before the Iowa caucuses
on Monday and the State
of the Union address by
Trump on Tuesday.
In good news for the
weary, however, those ads
will likely be the exception
of the night. Most brands
are taking extra care to
steer clear of politics, in-
stead aligning themselves
with celebrities, hit songs,
and nostalgia to guarantee
the widest appeal possible
while avoiding potentially
divisive territory.
“People are just fa-
tigued with the polar-
ization of society,” said
Peter Daboll, CEO of Ace
Metrix, which measures
advertising effectiveness.
“Advertisers are trying to
take a little more centrist
approach.”
Will politics steal
the show?
Bloomberg released
his ad on Thursday. It
focuses on gun violence
and portrays Bloomberg
as someone willing to
take on the gun lobby.
The Trump campaign
released one of two
30-second ads that touts
wage growth and low-
er unemployment rates.
“The best is yet to come,”
Trump says in the ad.
The very presence of
national campaign ads
during the Super Bowl
is unprecedented, said
Charles Taylor, a mar-
keting professor at Villa-
nova University. January
is usually too early for
national politics, given
that the presidential elec-
tion isn’t until November.
But this year, “taking out
a Super Bowl ad in this
context can be viewed
as a show of strength or
signal of confidence,” he
said.
Most marketers, how-
ever, are taking great
pains to not allude to the
current political climate.
Amazon is one exception,
although its spot only
makes oblique referenc-
es to national affairs. In
it, Ellen DeGeneres and
Portia de Rossi imagine
life in different time pe-
riods before the Alexa
voice assistant; in the ad,
a newsboy says his news-
paper has “fake news”
and a Richard Nixon-like
character asks his secre-
tary to remind him to de-
lete his tapes.
Those who avoid poli-
tics will likely fare better
this year, said Kim Whit-
ler, a professor at the
University of Virginia’s
Darden School of Busi-
ness. “Gearing up for a
national election, I think
people are just exhausted
from the heaviness of the
news,” she said. “This is
that moment of escape
when people are look-
ing to have a break from
news.”
to leadoff Iowa
for final pitch to voters
Monday’s Iowa caucuses will
formally begin the process of
selecting a Democratic nominee
to take on Trump in the fall
BY ALEX ANDRA JAFFE
The Associated Press
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — After weeks of
fits and starts, the battle to win Monday’s Iowa
caucuses reaches a crescendo this weekend as
Democratic presidential candidates crisscross
the state eager for a breakout moment that could
shake up a race dominated so far by a persistent
top tier of four contenders.
For the first time this week, the six candidates
making the biggest play for Iowa were all in the
state. Freed from President Donald Trump’s im-
peachment trial for the next several days, Sens.
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klo-
buchar quickly returned to Iowa eager to make up
for lost time Saturday. Warren arrived late Friday
and went straight to an impromptu event at a Des
Moines bar to share a beer with dozens of cheer-
ing supporters.
The senators joined Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
and Andrew Yang, who have had the state to
themselves for much of the past month and have
used that time to position themselves as above the
Washington fray.
This weekend is the culmination of a year of
intense campaigning in Iowa, where the leadoff
caucuses will formally begin the process of se-

Police open fire at ‘impaired’ driver in Mar-a-Lago breach
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALM BEACH, Fla.
— Law enforcement
agents opened fire on an
SUV driver who smashed
through two security
checkpoints at Mar-a-
Lago on Friday in what
authorities described as
the actions of “an obvi-
ously impaired” driver
but not an intentional at-
tack on President Donald
Trump’s resort.
The driver, Hannah
Roemhild, 30, of Con-
necticut, who identifies
herself on her Facebook
page as an opera sing-
er, was later arrested at
a nearby motel. No one
was injured, authorities
said, and Trump was not
at the Palm Beach club at
the time, although he was
scheduled to arrive there
later in the day.
Roemhild was not at
any time “even remotely
close” to getting into the
“inner perimeter” of the
president’s resort, Palm
Beach County Sheriff Ric
Bradshaw said at a news
conference.
lecting a Democratic nominee to take on Trump
in the fall.
Many of the candidates were spending this fi-
nal stretch working to boost turnout in the state’s
biggest Democratic counties and population cen-
ters. They were trading the intimate town halls
that have characterized much of the campaign
for big, sometimes star-studded rallies. On Fri-
day night, Sanders campaign held a rally with the
indie band Bon Iver, and on Saturday, the band
Vampire Weekend was to join the Vermont sena-
tor for a concert.
Lifestyles
Empowered
Entrepreneurial women get a big boost from a new group
Golden Triangle Business Women organizers Misty McCraw of West Point, left, and Kaitlin Mullins of Starkville represent GTBW at a recent
event in Starkville. The nonprofit group offers training resources and support to women throughout the area who own a small business or are
interested in starting one.
Members at a recent Golden Triangle Business Women meeting are, in front, from left, Rekeshia Lee-Williams, Tamesha Perry, Kait-
lin Mullins, Mary Elizabeth Phillips, Misty McCraw. Second row: Blair Snively, Michelle Tehan, Elizabeth Casano, Nikki Rives, Eliza-
beth Lavender, Kristen Duffee, Kathy Willcutt, Diana Janus, Sharon Jones. Third row: Lacy Arant, Rebecca Kraker, Kathleen Oliveria.
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
I
t might be a form of business world
karma that Misty McCraw and
Kaitlin Mullins chanced to meet in
2019. It occurred first through their
computers, when both were taking
part in a national online entrepreneurs’
group and McCraw, of West Point, post-
ed a message asking if anyone in the
network happened to live nearby. She
received a response from just down the
road — from Mullins, in Starkville.
The more the two women compared
notes, the more they realized their
common ground. Both hold full-time
jobs, McCraw in human resources
at Columbus Brick Co., Mullins at
Mississippi State University. They are
also both owners of small businesses,
or “side hustles.” McCraw has Blue
Magnolia LLC, an online store creating
custom apparel and T-shirts. Mullins
does custom monogramming and
embroidery through her family’s fabric
store in Columbus, Magnolia Heir-
looms; she also has an Etsy shop, Sew
Sweet Tee Co.
The enterprising women began
meeting periodically to talk over issues
they had encountered in business and
to use each other as accountability
partners. Both had discovered there
seemed to be few places locally for
women to turn for resources to succeed
in small business.
“So, we thought, why don’t we try to
start a group ourselves?” McCraw said.
The result is Golden Triangle Business
Women. The goal is to empower and
connect women across the Golden
Triangle area who own — or hope to
start— small businesses. GTBW wants
to create an environment that encour-
ages women to live out their dreams of
being entrepreneurs.
■■■
McCraw and Mullins set the first
meeting for May 2019, not without
jitters.
“When we first started this, we
were kind of doing it scared,” McCraw
admitted. “We had no idea if anyone
would show up for the first meeting.
When we had five people come, we
were on the moon!”
Since then, response has exceeded
expectations. About 20 women now
attend meetings the third Monday of
each month in locations throughout
the Golden Triangle. Most months
feature speakers who share specific
professional advice, from how to best
utilize social media, to guidance from
a CPA. The group is also steadily
gaining followers on Facebook and
Instagram from not only inside but
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outside the area, women who don’t
have access to a similar resource
where they live.
“We have people at meetings from
all different industries, from all three
counties, people from in their 20s to
in their 50s,” said McCraw. “It’s really
an all-inclusive group no matter what
stage (of business) you are, from
people who just have a business idea
and aren’t really sure how they want to
start that business, to people who have
been in business for several years.
They may be established but may want
to try some new things.”
Mullins said, “I think what I like
most is just meeting with other women
and knowing that other people are in
my situation. And the resources that
have been brought in have been really
helpful to all of us.”
Support plays a big role. The main
obstacle women with small businesses
often face, Mullins said, is the juggling
act.
“Part of (the benefit of the group) is
just having someone else who under-
stands being a small business owner.
A lot of members are full-time employ-
ees, mothers, wives, and they have
volunteer commitments, so trying to
just juggle it all and still feel like you’re
accomplishing what you want to (is
hard).”
See EMPOWERED, 5C
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Actress, author to speak at African American History Banquet

Saturday event to be held in West Point ful seasoned citizen in
our community who has
BY JAN SWOOPE bell Center for the Arts in invested her time, energy
jswoope@cdispatch.com downtown West Point, and and resources in assisting
others for decades.”

M
any will remem-
ber Bern Nadette
Stanis as daughter
“Thelma” on the popular
CBS sitcom “Good Times,”
which ran from 1974 to
1979. Others may rec-
ognize her as the author
of four books, including
“Situations 101: Relation-
ships” or “The Last Night:
A Caregiver’s Journey.”
The Brookylyn, New
York, native who attended
Julliard and was once Miss
Brooklyn, will soon be in
the Golden Triangle.
On Saturday, Stanis
takes on the role of key-
note speaker at the second
annual African American
History Banquet in West
Point’s UFCW Union Hall.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for
the 6 p.m. event presented
by Northside Christian
Church. The hall is located
at 400 Lewis O’Dneal Road.
Stanis will sign copies
of her books at the banquet
and also on Friday, Feb. 7 at
10 a.m. at the Louise Camp-
on Sunday morning, Feb.
9 at Northside Christian
Church.
“Our church hosts
an annual Black History
Month celebration and the
vision for that is to invite
a guest with a significant
background to encourage
and inspire those of us in
the Golden Triangle,” said
Northside’s pastor, Orlando
Richmond.
Saturday’s banquet will
also include recognition
of Difference Makers
honorees Johnnie Harris,
Willene Jefferson and
Travis Outlaw. Harris is as-
sistant women’s basketball
coach at Mississippi State
University and a Women’s
Basketball Coaches Asso-
ciation Division 1 Assistant
Coach of the Year. Outlaw,
a Starkville native and
former NBA player, is a
philanthropist with respect
to his hometown, Rich-
mond said.
Of Jefferson, the pastor
said, “She is a wonder-
Entertainment at the
banquet will be by Artistik,
Jermaine Taylor and Tafaye
Smith. Willie Davis serves
as program chair of the
event.
Richmond said, “Feb-
ruary is Black History
Month, and we want to do
two things: One, we want
to recognize the significant
achievements of African
Americans in this country
over the years; but, two, we
want to be mindful of the
current contributions and
inspire others. History is
living and continuing.”
How to go
Tickets to the African
American History Banquet
are $30 (stage section), $25
(middle section) or $20
(rear section). A limited
number of tickets may be
available at the door.
For tickets or informa- Courtesy photo
tion, contact Dorothy Ry- Bern Nadette Stanis will speak at the second annual African American History
land at 662-275-2474 or at Banquet in West Point Saturday. She will also attend a book signing in West
dryland2000@gmail.com. Point Friday.

The W recognizes campus community members for inclusion, impact

MUW UNIVERSITY the desegregation of The
RELATIONS W, Mexican holidays’

M
ississippi Univer-
sity for Women
honored campus
community members for
their work in enhancing
diversity and promoting
cultural diversity.
Penny Mansell was
announced as the 2020
Excellence in Diversity
and Inclusion Award
recipient, and the MUW
Galleries under the
direction of Beverly Joyce
received the Initiative Im-
pact Award at a luncheon
Jan. 27.
Mansell has directed
the Child Parent Develop-
ment Center (CPDC) for
three years. The pre-
school, located on The
W’s campus, operates
at full-capacity serving
children 12 months to 4
years of age.
“Ms. Mansell recog-
nizes the importance of
including all children,
especially those with
special needs, in the
classroom and worked to
create a place for them
at the CPDC. She sought
additional training and
obtained additional cre-
dentials for herself, earn-
ing her Special Needs
Preschool Credential,
and inspired and encour-
aged all CPDC teachers
Beverly Joyce, left, and Penny Mansell accept awards during the annual Diversity and Inclusion and Impact
Awards Luncheon Jan. 27.
to do the same,” said
Marty Hatton, division
head for the Division of
Education and Outreach.
In his recommen-
dation letter, Hatton
highlighted Mansell’s im-
plementation of a learn-
ing module design that
supports full inclusion in
the learning environment
from infant to toddler.
Hatton also recognized
Mansell’s partnerships
with area school districts
to screen and provide
early interventions and
referrals for children and
families needing extra
assistance.
Hatton said, “In every
aspect, Ms. Mansell’s
work with the CPDC
demonstrates inclusion
and seeks to provide the
best in preschool educa-
tion and in support of the
families and care provid-
ers in the region.”
The MUW Galleries,
Chris Jenkins/MUW University Relations
under the direction of
Joyce, was recognized for
maintaining an excellent
variety of artistic and ed-
ucational programming
that fosters diversity and
inclusion.
Through program-
ming and exhibitions, the
gallery has highlighted
cultural and ethnic tradi-
tions and the culture of
women artists who live in
the South.
“The MUW galleries
exemplifies excellence in
diversity and inclusion. I
am proud of the work that
Dr. Joyce, her staff and
university faculty do to
collaboratively provide a
place for creative expres-
sion and communication
that benefits us all,” said
Shawn Dickey, chair of
the Department of Art
and Design.
Each year IHL allows
each university the
opportunity to nominate
one individual for the IHL
Excellence in Diversity
and Inclusion Award.
Nominees are evaluated
based on positive contri-
butions to the campus
and the state, including
advancing diversity on
campus and within the
university campus com-
munity, exemplifying ser-
vice universities provide
to local communities and
the state, and demon-
strating accomplish-
ments that have benefited
all Mississippians. Each
university nominee will
be recognized in conjunc-
tion with the IHL Board
meeting Feb 20.

EMCC barbering, cosmetology services available to public

SPECIAL TO THE the public is invaluable.” for nine months. Classes
DISPATCH All services are for both programs began

T
he Barbering
and Cosmetology
programs on East
Mississippi Community
College’s Golden Trian-
gle campus are offering
haircuts, shaves and
salon services to the gen-
eral public at discounted
rates.
The services are avail-
able Tuesdays, Wednes-
days and Thursdays from
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Walk-ins
are welcome, but appoint-
ments are encouraged
for chemical treatments,
such as perms or hair
relaxers.
Barbering services
include facials, shaves
and all types of haircuts,
including fades and
clipper cuts. The Bar-
bering program, which
is located in room 122 of
the Douglas Building,
is equipped with barber
chairs, manicure and
pedicure stations and
shampoo chairs.
East Mississippi Community College student Claire Henderson of Eupora styles the
hair of her classmate, Haley Evans of Winona. Haircuts and salon services are avail-
able to the public through EMCC’s Barbering and Cosmetology programs.
Services in the Cosme-
tology program include
facials, pedicures, man-
icures, various coloring
techniques, as well as
hairstyling, waves and
straightening. The Cos-
metology department,
located in room 125 of
the Douglas Building,
mirrors a full-service
salon, with a customer
service desk, hair cutting
and washing stations,
and manicure and pedi-
cure stations.
“While this is a great
opportunity for the public
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to get a reduced rate,
the real beneficiaries
are our students,” said
David Long, who is over
both the Barbering and
Cosmetology programs.
“The experience they
gain by providing hair-
cuts and salon services to
performed under the
supervision of Long or
other instructors.
Cosmetology student
Claire Henderson of
Eupora said she enjoys
working with the public.
“It is great experience
for us and the people who
come in here know we
are still students,” Hen-
derson said. “When you
give them a service that
is really great that they
were not expecting, they
really appreciate it.”
Barbering student
Tedarrious Barr of
Crawford has been cut-
ting hair for friends and
members of his family.
He is looking forward to
working with the public.
“I am definitely ready
to get that experience,”
Barr said.
Students in both the
Barbering and Cosme-
tology programs must
receive 1,500 hours of
training before sitting for
state exams and are in
class for 40 hours a week
in August 2019, and the
students are more than
halfway through with
their training.
A joint graduation
ceremony for students in
both programs will take
place June 18. This will
be the first graduates
from EMCC’s Barbering
program, which was
added last year.
“Our Barbering pro-
gram really took off and
the interest in our Cos-
metology program has al-
ways been high,” EMCC
Associate Dean of In-
struction Michael Busby
said. “People are always
going to need haircuts
and salon services, and
there is a demand for our
graduates.”
To schedule an
appointment with the
Barbering program, call
662-243-1815. The num-
ber for the Cosmetology
program is 662-243-1915.
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CALENDAR
Thursday, Feb. 6
Tree giveaway — The Lowndes
County Soil and Water Conservation
District will give away free trees
between 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (while
supplies last) at 2282 MLK Jr. Drive,
Columbus. One bundle per person.
For more information, call 662-328-
5921, ext. 3.
Opening reception — The
Columbus Arts Council hosts a free
reception from 5:30-7 p.m. at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main
St., opening an exhibit of paintings
by Frank McGuigan in the gallery,
and by Joy Phillips in Artist Alley.
For more information, visit colum-
bus-arts.org or call 662-328-2787.
Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 7-8
Rotary Classic Rodeo —
See details at top of calendar.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Natural Health Expo — From
fitness and foods to integrative
care, this expo organized by the
Homestead Education Center takes
place at Trinity Presbyterian Church,
607 Hospital Road, Starkville,
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and connects
community residents with local
resources for long-term health. For
more information, go to thehome-
steadcenter.org.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Science Night at the Muse-
ums — Hosted by MSU Museums
and Galleries, this family-friendly
night-out from 5:30-8:30 p.m. fea-
tures museum tours, science demos
and fun activities is free to all ages
at Hilbun Hall, Harned Hall and Cobb
Institute of Archaeology, all on Lee
Boulevard on the MSU campus. For
more information visit museums.
msstate.edu.
Friday, Feb. 14
Lee Foundation Valentine’s
Day Gala — Specialty desserts
and elegant florals are center stage
as the Stephen D. Lee Foundation
hosts its 10th annual Valentine’s
Day Gala from 7-10 p.m. at the Ste-
phen D. Lee Home, 316 Seventh St.
N., Columbus. For information and
reservations, contact Eulalie Davis,
662-328-3088.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
The Orators lecture — The
Mississippi State Shackouls Honors
College presents V. Denise James,
director of Women’s and Gender
Studies at the University of Dayton,
with “An Imperfect Person, Called
Hero” at 2 p.m. in the Griffis Hall
Forum Room. A reception follows.
For more information, contact Don-
na Clevinger, 662-325-2522.
Friday, Feb. 21
Spring recital — Mississippi
University for Women presents
a spring recital at 7:30 p.m. in
Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 7-8
Rotary Classic Rodeo
— This Starkville Rotary Club
fundraiser features rodeo action
at 7 p.m. nightly at the Mississippi
Horse Park in Starkville. On Friday,
kids 12 and under get in free. On
Saturday from 5-6:30 p.m., kids
enjoy pony rides and a petting
zoo, free with admission to the
rodeo. Adult tickets are $15 at the
door, $12 in advance. Saturday
kids’ tickets are $5 (3 and under
attend free). Get advance tickets
at Oktibbeha County Co-op, RAM/
Parker-McGill, Starkville CVB and
Tractor Supply in Starkville and Co-
lumbus. Visit mshorsepark.com.
bestthingsms.com
Poindexter Hall on campus. Free to
the public.
Commerce St. Free to the public.
Sunday, Feb. 23 Monday, Feb. 24
Bands concert — Mississippi
Reflect & Rejoice — Mis-
sissippi State presents this Black
State Department of Music pres- History Choral Concert at 7 p.m. at
ents a concert by its community, Starkville’s First Baptist Church, 106
concert and symphonic bands at
E. Lampkin St. Free to the public.
2 p.m. in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth
Auditorium on campus.
Sundays at the Center Tuesday, Feb. 25
— The West Point/Clay County New Music at The W — This
Arts Council hosts a program by Mississippi University for Women
the Fifth Street Performing Arts choral concert featuring new music
students at 2 p.m. at the Louise begins at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall
Campbell Center for the Arts, 521 on campus. Free to the public.

Mortyakova elected to board of directors for NASM

MUW UNIVERSITY sent the point of view of an institution on behalf
RELATIONS our region to the associ- of the NASM as part of
ation.”

J
ulia Mortyakova
wants to provide the
best education and
training for all students.
Mortyakova’s volun-
teer efforts in developing
the quality of music
teaching and learning
in the United States
have been a key part of
those efforts. The work
Mortyakova has done
with the National As-
sociation of Schools of
Music (NASM) has been
another integral part to
ensuring the success of
the students at the associ-
ation’s 640 members.
In her new capacity
as chair of Region 8 and
with her election to the
NASM’s board of direc-
tors, Mortyakova will
have a bigger voice in her
three-year term to help
represent the states of
Mississippi, Kentucky,
Alabama and Tennessee.
“I am very honored,”
said Mortyakova, who
is the chair of the De-
partment of Music at the
Mississippi University for
Women. “I hope to do my
Julia Mortyakova
part in representing the
region and helping other
departments and other
music executives in the
region.”
Mortyakova previously
served a term as the vice
chair of Region 8, but that
position didn’t serve on
the board of directors.
Her responsibilities as
chair of Region 8 and as
a member of the board
of directors include
conducting Region 8’s
meeting at the annual
NASM meeting and serv-
ing as a spokesperson
and a liaison for all of the
schools in the region and
the NASM.
The NASM was found-
ed in 1924 and is the prin-
cipal accreditor for higher
education in music. The
W was the first school in
the state of Mississippi
to be accredited by the
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NASM in 1935.
“As a member of the
board of directors, I will
be more involved in the
association than I have
been,” Mortyakova said.
“I think this will involve
me in the larger conver-
sation with the leadership
of the association, so I
think that will be a very
useful part of professional
development for me. It
also will help me repre-
Mortyakova has been
a driving force for music
on campus since she
arrived in 2012. She is the
director and organizer
of the Music by Women
Festival, which will hold
its fourth annual event
March 5-7 in Poindexter
Hall on The W campus.
The festival will include
papers, presentations,
lecture-recitals and
performances relating
to the subject of music
composed, taught and
performed by women.
“We are proud of
this recognition of Dr.
Mortyakova’s leadership
by this national associa-
tion,” W President Nora
Miller said. “Dr. Mortya-
kova’s establishment
of our annual Music by
Women Festival, now cel-
ebrating its fourth year,
is evidence of her leader-
ship in her field.”
Mortyakova also is an
active visiting evaluator
for the NASM, which
involves being part of
an on-site team of music
executives that is sent to
an accreditation process.
She has been associated
with the NASM since
2012.
Mortyakova said she
has received a lot of help
from the NASM through
the years, so she under-
stands the importance of
her responsibilities. She
said her new position also
will help raise the profile
of The W.
“A lot of times smaller
institutions may not be
as prominent as larger
schools on the national
stage just because people
may not know about us or
understand the problems
we face,” Mortyako-
va said. “To have that
represented to the larger
music community will be
beneficial to them so they
know the issues everyone
in the membership faces.
“I am proud to have
been elected to this
position, and I hope to do
my best to represent The
W and our region to the
larger musical commu-
nity.”

OUT THERE
Feb. 6 – Lyle Lovett and his
Acoustic Group, Riley Center,
Meridian. 601-696-2200,
msurileycenter.org.
Feb. 8 – The Righteous Brothers
(Bill Medley/Bucky Heard), Ford
Center, Oxford. 662-915-1217,
fordcenter.org.
– Aquila Theatre presents
George Orwell’s “1984,” Riley
Center, Meridian. 601-696-
2200, msurileycenter.org.
Feb. 18 – The Chieftains,
The Irish Goodbye Tour, Alys
Stephens Center, Birmingham.
205-975-2787, alysstephens.
org.
– Flamenco Vivo Carlota
Santana presents Reflejos
Flamencos, Riley Center,
Meridian. 601-696-2200,
msurileycenter.org.
March 12 – Harry Connick
Jr., Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson.
tickermaster.com.
March 19 – An Evening with
Bruce Hornsby, Riley Center,
Meridian. 601-696-2200,
msurileycenter.org.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I paid $5,000
for a seven-day cruise with
my grandkids. All I asked
was for them to pack a carry-on
and a backpack. My granddaugh-
ter and son are having a problem
with it. I tried explaining that I’m
handicapped and do not want to
check a large bag for her because
it’s a convenience issue. There’s
laundry service onboard the ship.
When I went to help her pack,
my son said I was being unrea-
sonable, and is now threatening
to cancel our time with our grand-
children! My husband and I are
heartbroken. He ordered us to
leave his home and said we were
being ridiculous! I don’t know what to think.
Am I being unreasonable? We never told
them how much we have spent.
We just explained that a checked
bag would cause us more stress.
We also rented a compact car
for after our cruise to take the
grands, who are 15 and 16, to the
mall and a theme park. We don’t
understand the big deal. — CRUIS-
ER GRANDMA
DEAR CRUISER: Your letter
proves the truth of the adage “no
good deed goes unpunished.” To
say your son overreacted would be
an understatement.
As hosts, you and your hus-
Dear Abby band have the right to issue some
guidelines. Inexperienced travel-
ers are often tempted to overpack,
and that appears to be true here. If you haven’t
raised the subject with your son of the cost of
the cruise and your worry about hauling around
large pieces of luggage in the small rented car,
you should. At least then he will understand
why you have given “the grands” a limit. If they
want to bring larger bags, the kids should be
responsible for paying whatever additional cost
there might be. At 15 and 16, both should also
be able to lug around their own suitcases. It’s a
teaching opportunity!
DEAR ABBY: A friend of mine had a baby
several months ago. She behaves like she’s the
first and only woman ever to have given birth. It
has consumed her to the point that she sends
me at least half a dozen photos a day. When
I try to shift the conversation to other things,
she invariably brings the topic back to her
baby. She left my wedding early without saying
goodbye (she was in the wedding party!) to go
be with her baby.
I wonder if giving her a subtle reality check
would be helpful, or if it would destroy our
friendship. I’d love for it to continue, but it
seems like a one-way street. — FRUSTRATED
FRIEND
DEAR FRUSTRATED: Before giving your
friend a reality check, I suggest giving yourself
one. Your friend doesn’t talk about anything
else but the baby because nothing else is as
important to her. By sending you those pic-
tures, she isn’t trying to annoy you. She’s trying
to include you in watching her precious little
one develop. Because this bothers you to the
extent that you would write to me about it, take
a step back for a while rather than say anything
to her that you may later regret.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con-
tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 2). A
few layers deep (and you’ll dig down
and get there in the next 10 weeks)
and you discover your soul’s most
aligned desires. You have everything
you need to bring this into being!
Because your intentions of so pure
this year, even arbitrary action will
help you make your dreams come
true. Taurus and Cancer adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 1, 11,
18 and 40.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). One
perk of making mistakes is the dose
of humility that often comes with
the gaffe, which is usually enough to
inoculate a person from the disease
of self-seriousness.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The reason you are so drawn to the
music is that you can hear your own
soul in there and feel its determina-
tion to dance in that world with or
without the rest of you, like a date
that’s gotten away from you at the
nightclub of life.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If
you’re wondering why people tell
you their problems, it’s because
you look them right in the eyes and
make them feel seen, like they
belong and like there’s hope where
they’re headed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s
like everyone on the planet was put
here to teach you something. You’ll
learn 10 things by lunchtime. By
midafternoon, you’ll be ready for the
recess bell to ring.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re
starting to see how your life would
be different if you changed a certain
set of daily behaviors. This block
will change together because each
action is a cue that triggers the next
action.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Amusement lives outside of ex-
pectation. Where the outcome is
predicted, there is no delight. So
you’ll include a surprise — nothing
big, and the size isn’t the point. The
point is that they don’t know it’s
coming.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The
to-do list is long. Choose fun ones
to cross off first. Activities must be
very satisfying for you or you’re not
going to do them with any kind of
regularity, if you do them at all.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
You’re purchasing life with life,
trading effort for result. You need ev-
idence (preferably sensory evidence)
that you’re headed in the right
direction. Ask for it! Get a “receipt”
you can feel.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Once things get rolling, you’ll have
no problem keeping up with them.
So don’t worry your pretty head
about the future. Just start building
something to put on the wheels.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Time is a multiplier. Whatever you
feed it on a regular basis, it will get
to work on making more of that.
Sometimes what you’re feeding
it is less, and, in that case, the
same rule applies only in negative
numbers.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Whether you run this day via a
system of logic or you run it with the
intuition of your gut, you’ll end up in
the same place. Though you’ll get
there much faster with intuition.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
When you think about it, you’ve
known love galore, and still, like a
royal who never wears the same
gown twice, love shows up in new
ways. Sometimes, it’s a celebration
in your heart. Other times, it’s a
prayer or a sweet, soft song.
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MUSEUM WORK CONTINUES: Alice Lancaster, seated, and Pam Bullock joined other Bernard Romans DAR
Chapter members as they continued cleaning, organizing and labeling memorabilia at the Columbus War Museum
Jan. 20. In September 2019, the chapter made a three-year commitment to rehabilitating the museum located
inside the Columbus Municipal Complex at 1501 Main St.

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Northwood Garden Club members, from left, Kathy Whitecar, Kitty Brewer, Libba Sheffield and Beth Reed host-
essed the group’s annual soup luncheon Jan. 20 at the Senior Enrichment Center in Columbus.

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Northwood Garden Club of Columbus held its annual soup luncheon on Jan. 20 at the Senior Enrichment
Center in Columbus. President Carmen Montgomery presided over the business meeting. Members enjoyed
four choices of soups prepared by hostesses Kathy Whitecar, Kitty Brewer, Libba Sheffield and Beth Reed.
Enrichment Center Director Carla Guyton spoke to members about the many activities available to seniors
at no charge, including cards, games, sewing, meetings and crafts. Betty Dill presented garden tips for winter
pruning.
The club’s next meeting will be Feb. 18 at the home of Kathy Howell. ACROSS
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12 Words of
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13 Depressing
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met at Cadence (Idaho motto)
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right. Each member
made a pair of ster-
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igh school juniors
interested in
health care and
other science-related
careers can apply to
participate in an explor-
atory, four-week summer
program at Mississippi
State University.
The Rural Medical and
Science Scholars Pro-
gram is now accepting
applications for the class
of 2020. The program
begins May 31 and ends
June 26.
Participants are
introduced to the social
live on campus and take
two health science col-
lege courses, earning six
hours of college credit.
They will tour medical
facilities and shadow
various medical and
health care professionals,
including physicians and
dentists.
Workshops aimed
at strengthening study
skills, communication
skills and critical think-
ing skills kick off the pro-
gram. Participants also
will meet with faculty and
students at the University
of Mississippi School
in lab-based learning the Provost and Execu-
activities. tive Vice President, and
Applicants must be the Office of Rural Health
academically successful
and Primary Care sup-
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have an ACT score of
For more information
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finished their junior year
apply, visit the Extension
of high school. Program
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participants are required
to attend the entire pro- sion.msstate.edu/rms.
gram without absences. Mississippi State
The program fee of University is an equal
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housing, textbooks and For disability accommo-
the application fee. Food dation, contact program
and weekend travel costs director Ann Sansing at
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IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER

Let potted plants bring nature indoors

W
ho
knew
my
cheery collec-
tion of durable
potted plants
had such deep
roots?
It’s not quite
the Hanging
Gardens of
Nineveh,
but my little Felder Rushing
cottage home,
overstuffed with furni-
ture-like tropical beauties
and racks of cascading
foliage, comforts me all
year — especially this
chilly month, connecting
me with the outdoors.
I’m not a pioneer,
of course; over 3,000
years ago East Asians
were perfecting indoor
plant culture long before
mythical Babylon and the
better-documented Medi-
terranean gardeners.
Farther north it
was largely out of favor
until European explorers
began hauling exotic but
cold-sensitive plants from
afar, aided by
the inven-
tion of glass
“Wardian cas-
es” which pro-
tected tender
plants from
saltwater and
cold during
extended treks
and voyages.
But up
until Victorian
times, only a
few wealthy folks could af-
ford glass windows, much
less large, lean-to green-
house-like “orangeries”
where they overwintered
citrus and other tender
trees. For middle- and
working-class folks, indoor
plants couldn’t handle the
low light and cold of cot-
tages and terrace houses,
and the air itself which
was seriously polluted
from coal fires.
That’s why Aspidistra,
one of the sturdiest survi-
vors, was called “cast iron
plant.” It was so popular
that George Orwell used it
as a symbol of conformity,
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
This ribbon plant is, Felder
Rushing says, “as nice as
a piece of furniture.”
writing that “there will be
no revolution in England
while there are Aspidistras
in the windows.”
Improvements in air
quality and indoor lighting
and heating, coupled with
a cheerier outlook on life,
created a perfect wave
for bringing more Nature
indoors, reaching fer-
vor-pitch in the 1960s and
’70s (remember macramé
hangers?).
Interestingly, about
three-quarters of over a
hundred attendees at a
recent plant swap I helped
with in England were un-
der 30. Several expressed
how, because they’re
stuck indoors all winter
with computer screens
and TV, indoor plants are
important living envi-
ronmental connections.
Plus, because they move
around a lot, their “phyto-
pets” are portable hobbies
that light up their rooms
without requiring as much
commitment as, say, a cat
or rabbit.
By the way, while
keeping plants indoors
unquestionably livens
things up — bringing
comfort and the satisfac-
tion of keeping something
alive with little real effort
— recent research has
shown that they make
practically no difference
in indoor air quality. Not
enough to measure, much
less matter.
Sorry, but the over-
hyped Mississippi-con-
ducted NASA research
of the 1980s, leapt on by
the potted plant industry
as a feel-good marketing
campaign, was conducted
in small sealed chambers,
not real-life rooms with
doors, windows and recir-
culating air. So, grow them
because you love them,
not because they clean
your air.
Me, I’m growing way
too many. To accommo-
date all my leafy lovelies,
I added on a large room
with large energy-effi-
cient, double-pane win-
dows on three sides and
a tile floor that’s easy to
mop dry. I arranged them
so they create and share
jungle-like humidity. Plus,
when I water them, they
drip onto those below and
eventually into pans that
can be emptied easily.
While I do coddle a few
fussy plants, over the de-
cades I’ve found that there
are only a couple dozen or
so really dependable ones
that can tolerate the some-
times low-light, relatively
cool temperatures and —
most importantly — low
humidity of indoors.
Typically, they have
broad, slick leaves which
are able to collect max-
imum light and resist
drying out too quickly.
There are quite a few,
but my favs include my
Ficus (rubber tree, fiddle
leaf fig, weeping fig),
Sansevierias, Chinese
evergreen (Aglaonema),
Pothos vine, ribbon plant
and other Dracaenas,
Philodendrons, Begonias,
dumb cane (Dieffenba-
chia), wax Hoya vine,
dwarf Shefflera, and quite
a few succulents. Oh, and
the now oft-overlooked
Aspidistra.
Look-good, feel-good
potted plants: nothing
new, still relevant.
Felder Rushing is a Mis-
sissippi author, columnist,
and host of the “Gestalt
Gardener” on MPB Think
Radio. Email gardening
questions to rushingfelder@
yahoo.com.

Relay for Life 2020

Empowered
Continued from Page 1C
■■■
By the end of 2019,
several GTBW members
approached the orga-
nizers to say they were
eager for even more
in-depth training. In re-
sponse, the group, which
holds 501(c)(7) nonprofit
social club status, cre-
ated a paid membership
format that allows women
to access weekly busi-
ness training through a
private Facebook page, to
complement the in-per-
son meetings. January’s
theme was goal-setting.
Training can be shared
through video sessions,
live interviews or some-
times workbook type
training. As an example,
McCraw and Mullins re-
cently created a PDF so
members could complete
a SWOT analysis — an
assessment of strengths,
weaknesses, opportuni-
ties and threats, to help
plan business goals for
the next year.
Memberships are $10
per month, or $100 for a
year. Those dollars offset
costs of training supplies,
the website, meeting
refreshments, T-shirts
and any expense involved
in setting up at events.
“Every dollar goes
back into the group in
one aspect or another,”
said McCraw.
As the group grows,
McCraw and Mullins
hope to increase com-
munity involvement,
including talking with
youth groups about en-
trepreneurship. The two
are, McCraw said, well-
matched in personality to
work together.
“I’m the kind of per-
son who has 1,000 ideas
a minute, and she’s like,
‘OK, let’s think about
this,’” McCraw laughed.
“I’m the gas pedal, and
she’s the brakes. She is
so good at jumping in
and keeping us on track.”
■■■
The first nine months
for GTBW have been
exciting, the organizers
said. Feedback from
members like Helen
Reeves of West Point and
Sharon Jones of Caledo-
Golden Triangle Business Women members listen to a
speaker at one of the group’s monthly gatherings. Pic-
tured, from left, are Sharon Jones, Patricia Cartwright,
Rekeshia Lee-Williams and Tameshia Perry.
nia constantly remind
McCraw and Mullins why
the group was started.
Reeves is director
of radiology at North
Mississippi Medical
Center in West Point, but
she also wants to become
a motivational speaker.
She will soon launch a
blog.
“I would never have
done that if I hadn’t start-
ed going to the meet-
ings,” she said. “It helped
me narrow down what I
wanted to do.”
One of her goals is to
help particularly women
become better leaders,
especially women who
have come through diffi-
cult backgrounds.
“(The group) has been
very inspiring. We’ve
had a lot of speakers that
have exposed us to ways
to help grow your busi-
ness that you wouldn’t
have come up with on
your own,” Reeves con-
tinued. “We’ve also had
speakers that told us of
their hardships and what
they learned ... to help
you meet your expecta-
tions quicker, avoid some
of those trials and errors
they’ve gone through so
you don’t have to repeat
them.”
Jones is general
Lowndes County, MS
20/20 Catch the Vision —
Find a Cure
there is a group that Enter to win in our Valentine’s Day raffle
wants to support them in
any way it can.
$10 per ticket
“Being part of it is 1 Raffle winner includes the following:
rewarding,” Jones said, $50 Gift Certificate to Harvey’s Restaurant
1 Night Hotel Stay at the Hyatt Place in Columbus, MS
“just getting around Leo’s Luxury Limos Ride - Hyatt Place to Harvey’s
those women who are and back to Hyatt Place
successful and who are $65 Gift Certificate to Allegro MedSpa
encouraging you to be Raffle tickets will be available for purchase through Monday,
successful, too.” Feb. 10th. Drawing will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 11th.
Editor’s note: The next A member of the Relay Committee will contact the winner
within 24 hours of drawing to claim the prize.
Golden Triangle Business No response will result in a re-draw.
Women meeting is Feb.
17. For more information, Tickets are available for sale at the following locations:
go to goldentrianglebusi- Westmoreland Dermatology Center
nesswomen.org, email Gary’s Pawn & Gun (both locations)
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visit the group’s Facebook Thank you for your support of Relay for Life 2020
page.
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manager at Best Western
Executive Suites in Co-
lumbus. The transplant-
ed New Yorker is also
involved in a nonprofit
called Paroled2Pride,
training non-violent
felons to work in the
hospitality industry.
She used to be affiliated
with a women’s business
network in Tupelo but
was glad to find a group
closer to home.
“It enhances me in my
training and also enhanc-
es me at my work, to get
new business ideas, to
keep up with changes in
business. I like the pro-
fessionalism of the group
and the accountability
and moral support,”
Jones said.
Reeves added,
“There’s just a great
camaraderie. It’s a great
place to be really open
about what your fears
and weaknesses are
and not feel like you’re
exposing yourself, but
that you’re being uplifted
in how to overcome those
things.”
McCraw and Mull-
ins want to spread the
message to women in
the area with a passion
or dream of owning their
own business — full-time
or on the side — that

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WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
U-STORE MINI WAREHOUSES
for storage space in which to
store personal property and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and U-STORE MINI WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that U-STORE
MINI WAREHOUSES will offer
for sale the following tenants
at U-STORE MINI WARE-
HOUSES, 75 True Grit Road,
Columbus, MS 39702, at 9:00
a.m. on the 15th day of Febru-
ary A.D. 2020.
Title to the personal property to but at such sale, RENT A
be sold is believed to be good, SPACE will convey only such
but at such site, U-STORE MINI title as is vested in it pursuant
WAREHOUSES will convey only to its leases and as allowed
such title as is vested in it pur- under Mississippi Code Annot-
suant to its lease with the fol-
lowing and as allowed under
Mississippi Code Annotated
Section 85-7-121 etseq (Supp WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
1988).
Name
Unit Number
Laura Blue
#152
Ryan Bush
#86
Ashley Jones
#7
Richard Lee
#69/#70
Chaz McIntyre
#106
Annie Webber
#145/#185/#209
Tammy White
#43
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 27th day of January,
A.D. 2020.
U-STORE MINI WAREHOUSES
By: Owner, Robbie Shaw
PUBLISH: 2/2 & 2/9/2020
State of Mississippi
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
RENT-A-SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
BERNARD BROOKS
– UNIT 6003
FALEICHA BRYANT
– UNIT 6103
TEKESHIA DARNELL
– UNIT 210
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT-A-SPACE 1526
GARDNER BLVD. SUITE 1,
COLUMBUS, MS will be sold at
10:30 AM on FEBRUARY 21,
2020.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-
SPACE will convey only such
title as is vested in it pursuant
to its leases and as allowed
under Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
JANUARY 27, 2020.
RENT-A-SPACE
By: MANAGER
PUBLISH: 2/2/2020
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Legal Notices
State of Mississippi
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
RENT A SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
VANESSA COOPER
9 under Mississippi Code Annot-
JOHN DOE
36
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT A SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT A
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT A SPACE 3431
HWY 12 EAST STEENS, MS
39766 will be sold at 10:00
AM on FEBRUARY 21, 2020.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
JANUARY 27, 2020.
RENT A SPACE
By: MANAGER
PUBLISH: 2/2/2020
State of Mississippi
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
RENT A SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
BRANDY WALKER
R205
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT A SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT A
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT A SPACE 216
LINCOLN ROAD, COLUMBUS,
MS 39705 will be sold at 9:30
AM on FEBRUARY 21, 2020.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT A
SPACE will convey only such
title as is vested in it pursuant
to its leases and as allowed
under Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
JANUARY 27, 2020.
RENT A SPACE
By: MANAGER
PUBLISH: 2/2/2020
State of Mississippi
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
RENT-A-SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
DEWAYNE JONES
F1719
DEWAYNE JONES
F1723
ABBY RIPPY
D1500
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT- A- SPACE 406
WILKINS WISE RD COLUMBUS,
MS will be sold at 9:00 AM on
FEBRUARY 21, 2020.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-
$25 2/2/2020 &
SPACE will convey only such
title as is vested in it pursuant
2/9/2020
to its leases and as allowed
GeneralMississippi
under Services Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WORK WANTED:
Licensed & Bonded.
WITNESS
Carpentry,MYminor
SIGNATURE ON
electrical,
JANUARY 27, 2020.insulation,
minor plumbing,
painting, demolition,
RENT-A-SPACE
gutters cleaned, pressure
By: MANAGER
washing, landscaping,
cleanup work,
PUBLISH: moving help.
2/2/2020
662−242−3608.
GRAVEL
$360 per load.
Local delivery, 14 yd truck.
Backhoe & Dozer work.
662−497−1388
PAINTING &
CARPENTRY
30 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
GREAT PRICES.
Call Leslie,
662-570-5490
MONOGRAMMING
Just for Ladies
Mossy Oak Mall • West Point
662-492-4221 • Mon.-Sat.
CHILDREN’S & LADIES’ CONSIGNMENT
F1719 ant to said Leases is author-
ized to sell the personal prop-
DEWAYNE JONES erty to satisfy the past due and
F1723 any other charges owed to it by
the following tenants.
ABBY RIPPY
D1500 NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that J & J Mini
WHEREAS, default has been Storage will confiscate after
made in the payment of the February 29th , 2020 & sell for SECTION
rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu- cash all personal property in
ant to said lease is authorized storage units leased by the fol-
to sell the personal property to lowing tenants at J & J Mini
satisfy the past due rent and Storage :
any other charges owed to it.
Lorenzo Sims
NOW THEREFORE, notice is Unit D14 THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020
hereby given that RENT-A-
SPACE will offer for sale, and Darin Gray
will sell at auction to the Unit C1
Legal Notices
highest bidder and best bidder Legal Notices Medical / Dental
for cash all personal property Keith Winston
in the storage. Said property C11
located at RENT- A- SPACE 406
WILKINS WISE RD COLUMBUS, WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
MS will be sold at 9:00 AM on this the 20th day of January,
2020.
FEBRUARY 21, 2020.
Title to the personal property to J & J Mini Storage
be sold is believed to be good, By: A.D.
but at such sale, RENT-A-
SPACE will convey only such PUBLISH: 2/2/2020 &
title as is vested in it pursuant 2/9/2020
to its leases and as allowed
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
EMPLOYMENT
JANUARY 27, 2020.
CALL US: 662-328-2424
RENT-A-SPACE
By: MANAGER
Customer Service
PUBLISH: 2/2/2020
LOCAL LAW FIRM is seek-
ing Receptionist/Secretary.
Previous experience
helpful but not necessary.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF Computer skills a must.
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI Email resume to:
job106@cdispatch.com
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF FREDDIE L. HARTLEY,
Deceased
CONTINA MCDONALD, Petition-
er
RENTALS
CAUSE NO. 2019-0215 ADS STARTING AT $25
SUMMONS Apts For Rent: South
(By Publication)
TO: ALL HEIRS OF FREDDIE L. TWO 1BR/1BA APTS
HARTLEY, DECEASED located at 121 5th St. S.
$700/mo. 662−328−
You have been made a party to 8655.
a Petition to Determine Heirs
at Law and Statutory Wrongful
Death Beneficiaries filed in this Apts For Rent: West
Court by Contina McDonald, Pe-
VIP
titioner, and biological daugh-
ter of Freddie L. Hartley, de-
ceased, seeking a determina-
Rentals
tion of the rightful heirs at law
and statutory wrongful death
beneficiaries of Freddie L.
Hartley, deceased. Apartments & Houses
You are summoned to appear
and defend against this re- 1 Bedrooms
quested relief at 9:30 a.m. on
February 18, 2020, before the
2 Bedroooms
3 Bedrooms
Honorable Paula Drungole-
Ellis., in Clay County Chancery
Court, 365 Court Street, West Furnished & Unfurnished
Point, Mississippi, 39773, and
in case of your failure to ap-
pear and participate, a judg- 1, 2, & 3 Baths
ment will be entered against Lease, Deposit
you for the relief requested in
the Petition herein referenced. & Credit Check
You are not required to file an viceinvestments.com
327-8555
answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED under my hand and Apts For Rent: Other
seal of said Court, this the
Buy.
17th day of December , 2019.
1ST MONTH − RENT FREE!
LISA YOUNGER NEESE 1−2 BR Apt: $350−395
LOWNDES COUNTY CHAN- 1−2BR TwnHome:
CERY CLERK $625−650
Lease, Dep, Credit Check.
By: Shantrell W. Granderson Coleman Realty
DEPUTY CLERK
662−329−2323
Prepared By:
Patrick S. Wooten (MSB
#9779) SCHWARTZ & ASSO-
CIATES, P.A.
Post Office Box 3949
Jackson, Mississippi 39207-
3949
Tel: (601) 353-1215
Fax: (601) 949-7929
Email: pwooten@1call.org
Sell.
PUBLISH: 1/26, 2/2, &
2/9/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with J
& J Mini Storage for storage
space in which to store person-
al property and
COLEMAN
WHEREAS, default has been
Discover.
made in the payment of rent
and J & J Mini Storage pursu-
ant to said Leases is author- RENTALS
ized to sell the personal prop- TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
erty to satisfy the past due and
any other charges owed to it by 1 BEDROOM
the following tenants.
2 BEDROOMS
NOW THEREFORE, notice is 3 BEDROOMS
hereby given that J & J Mini
Storage will confiscate after
LEASE,
© The Dispatch
February 29th , 2020 & sell for
cash all personal property in DEPOSIT
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at J & J Mini AND
Storage : CREDIT CHECK
In the
Lorenzo Sims
Unit D14
662-329-2323
Darin Gray
Unit C1 2411 HWY 45 N
Classifieds section.
Keith Winston COLUMBUS, MS
C11
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 20th day of January,
2020.
J & J Mini Storage
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General Services Tree Services
JEWELRY REPAIR
J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket truck.
Insured/bonded.
RKERS
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ON
estimate, 662−386−6286.
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Did you
100 Russell St.
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W ELER Starkville, MS
J
know
662-268-8058
CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY
$545 plus Filing Fee Looking for goods
CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY
All Attorney Fees Through The Plan or services?
Jim Arnold, Attorney
In 2014, The
662-324-1666
Dispatch started
104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville
Lowndes County
Lawn Care / Landscaping
Imagination
JESSE & BEVERLY’S Library, a non-
profit that
LAWN SERVICE
Mowing, cleanup,
Find it in the
landscaping, sodding, promotes early
& tree cutting.
662−356−6525 childhood literacy.
Painting & Papering
The
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SULLIVAN’S PAINT
SERVICE. Special Prices.
Interior and Exterior
Painting. 662−435−6528
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Houses For Sale: Other Commercial Property For Rent
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
truck terminal, 9,500 sq.
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
office/shop. Buildings can
be rented together or
separately. All w/ excellent
access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
662−327−9559.
Houses For Rent: North
3BR/2BA BRICK Home,
ch/a, stove, dw, & fridge
furn. Fenced backyard.
1204 6th St. N. $785/mo
+ dep. 662−352−4776.
COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES.
2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3
bath townhouses. $625 to
$675. 662−549−9555.
Ask for Glenn or text.
Houses For Rent: East
4BR/2.5BA BRICK HOME
located on large lot w/ 2
car garage. Fresh paint &
tile floors in kitchen &
bathrooms. Located at
495 Emerald Dr. $1,100/
mo + $1,000 dep. Avail
Feb 1. 770−658−7726.
Mobile Homes for Rent
2BR MOBILE HOME $400 Houses For Sale: Caledonia
mo./$400 dep. In between
West Point & Columbus on FSBO: 3BR/2BA ON 2.5
Hwy. 50. 662−275−0666. ACRES. 1600 sqft.
Completely remodeled.
$178,000. 662−386−
Houses For Sale: Other
7113.
One call will bring you results.
662-328-2424
Mobile Homes for Rent
RENT A CAMPER!
CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL!
Utilities & cable included,
from $145/wk − $535/
month. Columbus & County
School locations. 662−242
−7653 or 601−940−1397.
Office Spaces For Rent
OFFICE SPACE FOR
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
Plenty of private parking.
662−327−9559.
REAL ESTATE
ADS STARTING AT $25
Houses For Sale: North
FSBO: 3BR/2BA, 3304 5th
St N. Fenced back yard w/
sm shop. Great neighbor−
hood. $110,000. 662−356
−4764 or 901−848−0051.
Houses For Sale: New Hope
16 WIDNER IN NEW HOPE
Newly remodeled. 3BR/
2BA home. Approx. 1,500
sq. ft. Has 25’x30’ wired
metal shop w/ roll−up front
& side door. $164,900.
662−549−9298.
Lots & Acreage
WINTER SPECIAL. 1.75
acre lots. Good/bad credit.
10% down, as low as
$299/mo. Eaton Land.
662−361−7711.
MERCHANDISE
ADS STARTING AT $12
Bargain Column
DAISY RED RIDER 70th
Anniversary Edition. BB gun
in exc cond. $50. 662−
574−3377, leave msg.
Houses For Sale: Other
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Bargain Column
FREE TREE GIVEAWAY!
2/6/20, 8:30am−4:00pm
Lowndes Co SWCD,
2282 MLK Jr. Dr
328−5921, ext.3
One Bundle Per Person.
General Merchandise
ESTATE SALE − ONGOING
FEB 1−29. ALL MUST GO!
662−435−0641. 548 Hwy.
45 N. Frontage Rd. 10−till.
By appt: 662−352−4460.
Furn, home decor, linens,
Tonneau cover, comm kit
items, etc. No junk.
PROFORM TREADMILL
$300. Call 662−549−
4560 or 662−240−1507.
QUALITY COMPUTER
SERVICE & REPAIR.
PCs & Laptops.
Hardware & Software.
Windows, MacOS, Linux.
Call Kevin @ 773−231−
7349 and leave voicemail.
Golden Triangle Area.
WANTED FREON R12.
We pay CA$H.
R12 R500 R11.
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Certified professionals.
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Sporting Goods
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
OPEN FOR SEASON!
9−5: Tues−Fri &
9−12: Sat.
Over 50 years experience!
Repairs, cleaning,
refinishing, scopes
mounted & zeroed,
handmade knives.
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
of West Point, turn right on
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
left on Darracott Rd, see
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
left. 662−494−6218.
Shop
Classifieds
COMMUNITY
ADS STARTING AT $12
Good Things To Eat
THE TOMATO HOUSE
Vine−ripened hydroponic
tomatoes & more! Available
now! 16132 Hwy 45 N,
Macon, next to Noxubee Co
High School. 662−352−
1270 or 662−425−9116.
Instruction & School
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Corps Class Spring
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Computer Training,
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Interview Skills for Job
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Enrolling now for Tues &
Thurs starting February
4th at Christian
Women’s Job Corps.
Min H.S. Diploma or
Equivalent required. Call
662−722−3016 or visit
cwjcgtms.org
Pets
AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD
PUPPIES. Exc. ped. Blk/
red. Vet checked, w/s,
wormed. Ready to go! 662
−213−4609.
Pet Supplies / Accessories
Happy Jack® LiquiVict 2x:
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by U.S. CVM against hook
& round worms in dogs.
At Tractor Supply.
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Looking for
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Five Questions:
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Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Ke nne th Mo ntg o m ery
Proudly serving our community
for over 30 years
2500 Military Road Suite 1
Columbus, MS
662-328-7500 WEST REALTY COMPANY
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Don West, Broker/Owner
Northeast Exterminating
If it Jimmy Linley • Richard Linley
crawls, Columbus
call... 662-329-9992
BRISLIN, INC.
Sales • Service • Installation
Residential • Commercial • Industrial
Since 1956
www.brislininc.com
4051 Military Road • 662-328-5814
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC
www.hydrovaconline.com
Jarrett’s Towing
Wrecker Service
5209 N. Hwy 182 E. • Columbus, MS 39702
329-2447
If no answer 251-2448 cars
R Free Estimates
LER OO
EE FIN Licensed
& Insured
W H INC. G FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
COMMERCIAL
“A Family Business Since 1946”
RESIDENTIAL
662-328-3625 • 662-328-7612
Rae’s Jewelry
Authorized Dealer
Citizens and Pulsar Watches
Downtown Columbus 662-328-8824
When Caring Counts...
FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY
1131 Lehmberg Rd., Columbus • 662-328-1808
Shelton Cleaners
3189 Hwy 45 N. • 328-5421
1702 6th St. N. • 328-5361
APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC.
Michael Bogue & Employees
Lake Norris Rd. 328-6555
Telephone: 662-327-1467
P.O. Box 1278 • 1616 7th Ave. S., Columbus, MS 39703
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope
Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
662-664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military
Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery
provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-
6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch
McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible
Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Jeff Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771
Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth
classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe
LLC
Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle
Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW,
Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-
3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday
School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490
Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes
6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844
Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.
cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy.
50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by
Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m.,
Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting,
Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m.
Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben
Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
We unlock Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621
Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40
Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or
662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912
11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy
Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
— 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH —
Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship
5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics
Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday
7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding,
Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner
Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Interim Pastor Ron Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.
com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver
Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628
East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8
a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley,
Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake
Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups
for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway
50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin
Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe
Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday
Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth
& Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday -
Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www.
newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave.
and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel,
Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
1st 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-
7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor
High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill
Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852
Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH —
12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11
a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor.
sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282
E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST
CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams,
Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2
blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104
Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St.
Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH —
Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship
6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright,
Youth Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@
yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy.
373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957
Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference
Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1131
Woodlawn Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. Rev. William
Sparks, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Kenny Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd,
4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-
744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess
Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr.
Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-
434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand
Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or
662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert
Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry
Johnson, Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East
North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot
#4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A.
Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New
Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor
Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m.
Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal
- Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus
Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir
Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L.
White, Pastor.
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PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH
— 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible
Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213
Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH —
4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S.
(1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin,
Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th
Ave. N. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.
Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups
Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St.
Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00
a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver
Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive,
Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150
Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH —
8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David
Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-
4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy.
45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-
2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30
a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland
Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday
School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder
Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew
Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-
5939 or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808
College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m.,
Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation
Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey
Waldrep, Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary.
Larry Ferguson, Interim Pastor. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave.
N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main
St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah
Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.
com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd.
Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister.
662-328- 4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th
St. S. Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday)
9:45 a.m., (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
327-6060 Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401
7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson,
Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m.,
Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HW Y. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay
Street. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903
Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess
Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
— 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens
Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery,
Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828
10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45
a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis
Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes,
Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840
Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
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LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103
Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts,
Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville
Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH
OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday
7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m.,
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday
Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-
327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military
Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer
Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th
Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor.
662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor.
662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father
Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven
Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH —
321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest.
662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College
St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday
Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy
Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer
Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership
Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-
5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W.
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter
662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study
7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-
327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old
Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson,
Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-
monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
UNIVERSALIST
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple
B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday.
662-620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible
Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.)
— 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m.
Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton
Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11
a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30
p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50
Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3
p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Eugene Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10
a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417
Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning
worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602
Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m.
Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell
Bradley, Associate Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
80 Old Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St.
S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road,
Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45,
Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday
Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-
4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road
East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia
Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham, Pastor.
NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2169 S. Montgomery St., Starkville. Sunday School 9:30-
10:30 a.m., Young Adult Bible Study (ages 18-30) Thursday
6:30 p.m. Tyrone Stallings, Pastor. 662-324-0789
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy
Tentoni, Pastor.
PLAIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1579
Sun Creek Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 8:45-9:45
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6-7 p.m. Rev.
Sylvester Miller III, Pastor. 662-324-0036
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th
St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45
a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional
Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.,
Adult/Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult
Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m.
John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor
Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St.
S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday
5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges,
Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m.,
Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-
328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and
6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College
St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m.
Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11
a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER
— 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor.
662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S.
McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor.
662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109
Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7
p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98
Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st
Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba)
Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH —
1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST
MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning
Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP
CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St.,
Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David
T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742
Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday
School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For
more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-
1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or
Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
— 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-
327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information,
call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr.
Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11
a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon.
Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail:
livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every
1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study
10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-
9843 or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441
18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP —
2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF
JESUS CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service
9 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662- www.memorialgunterpeel.com
241-6723
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd.,
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old,
5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck
Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY
CHURCH — 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer
Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter
and Pastor. 662-630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St.,
Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella,
Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY —
2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie
Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner of
Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 7:30 p.m. SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
662-798-0259 Since 1960
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 24 Hour Towing
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. 1024 Gardner Blvd.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER
MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday
328-8277
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus.
Sunday Worship 8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
8 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis,
Pastor. 662-230-3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.
stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North
McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny
L. Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601
14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF
LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human
Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267
Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH
— 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45
a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106
22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District
Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7
p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6
Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon,
Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875
Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747
E-mail: nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH
MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday
10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women
Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922
17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge
Road. Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor.
1721 Hwy 45 N
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL ® Columbus, MS
CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia.
Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell,
662.848.0919
Pastor. 662-356-0202 Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) “Our Bottom Line Is People”
— 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 Hunting • Fishing
p.m. John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd
Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: 662-323-1742
201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke
Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt
Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m.,
Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd
Wednesdays 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship
Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha,
Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy.
82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m.,
Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting
6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
The McBryde Family
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th
St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 Specializing in industrial accounts
p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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