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Lowndes could land $200M solar farm project

Supes approve fee-in-lieu agreement to help
bring Origis Development to megasite
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
A $200 million solar farm
that would both generate and
store electric power could
come to Lowndes County after
supervisors approved a resolu-
tion of intent Monday morning
to offer a fee-in-leiu agreement
to help bring the power compa-
ny to the area.
MS Solar 5, a Dela-
ware-based branch of solar en-
ergy company Origis Develop-
ment, is considering Lowndes
County as the location for its
facility, said Joe Max Higgins,
CEO of the Golden Triangle
Development LINK.
The final de-
cision rests with
The LINK does not usual-
ly disclose an incoming com-
soon, Higgins said, construc-
tion could start by spring and
the company and pany’s real name until a deal the plant could be fully opera-
tional by fall 2022.
the Tennessee is finalized, Higgins said,
Valley Authori- but Origis reached out to the The resolution of intent the
ty, the latter of LINK last week asking to be supervisors passed Monday
which will have unveiled. morning would allow the coun-
to award the Higgins “Normally we … will use ty to enter a fee-in-lieu agree-
contract to the a code name,” Higgins said. ment with the company con-
company for it to come to the “(But Origis) said, ‘Hey, we tingent upon the completion of
county, Higgins said. are ready. We wanna come out the project. Under the agree-
“If Origis and TVA come to of the closet. We wanna tell ev- ment, the company would only
terms, then this project will erybody who we are.’” pay one-third of the county
happen,” he said. If TVA awards the contract See SOLAR FARM, 6A

‘AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE’:

Warner
MSU displays 19th century tapped as new
cannon outside Grant Library Oktibbeha fire
coordinator
Howard: Supes continue
to ‘nonchalantly step
over’ lake issue
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

S TA R K V ILLE
— Patrick Warner
became Oktibbeha
County’s new and
second-ever fire ser-
vices coordinator by a
3-2 vote Monday after
the board of supervi- Warner
sors interviewed four
candidates and had
a 20-minute closed-
door debate.
Warner is a Win-
ston County native
and a Mississippi
State University grad-
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch uate with 15 years of Montgomery
Duffy Neubauer, dressed as a U.S. regular from the 1840s, holds up a projectile found in the Model 1841 cannon pre- experience in Oktib-
sented Monday at Mississippi State University. The cannon it came from, which likely saw action in the Mexican-American beha County fire ser-
and Civil wars, is now sitting outside the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library on Mississippi State University’s campus. vice. He is a member
of both the Mississip-
Model 1841 ‘6-pounder’ pi Task Force and the
National Volunteer
likely saw action in Fire Council. He is
also an associate in-
Mexican-American, Civil structor at the Missis- Howard
sippi Fire Academy
wars, possibly with Grant and oversees a Meridian Communi-
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN ty College degree program for fire-
ialtman@cdispatch.com fighters and law enforcement.
District 1 Supervisor and Board

D
uffy Neubauer, the curator
of the Starkville Civil War
Arsenal and a self-pro-
claimed “cannon guy,” was clean-
ing the barrel of a Model 1841
“6-pounder” cannon in December
when he came across something
he didn’t expect.
As he pulled out broken bottles
and trash that had accumulated
during the decades the cannon
spent at Veterans Memorial Park in
Jackson, he hit something “really
hard” about three feet into the
barrel.
“I had some tools (so) reached
down in there ... and produced this
three-inch Confederate round,”
Neubauer said Monday, holding
up the projectile for a crowd of a
few dozen spectators to see at the
unveiling of the cannon, which now
The rare Model 1841 “6-pounder” was unveiled at Mississippi State Uni-
versity Monday in front of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library.
sits outside the Ulysses S. Grant
Presidential Library at Mississippi
State University’s campus. “If you
can look ... you can see the fuse
hole right in front. Don’t ask me
what it was doing in there. It has
been fired.”
The round was a very common
projectile fired at the Battle of
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
Vicksburg in 1863, Neubauer said,
but the cannon in which he found it
may have seen even more action —
and more American history.
The cannon is on loan indefinite-
ly to MSU from Mississippi Depart-
ment of Archives and History, said
MSU Chief Communications Offi-
See CANNON, 3A
President John Montgomery said
Warner’s work at MCC set him apart
from the other three candidates.
Warner succeeds Kirk Rosen-
han, who was the first and only per-
son to hold the position in Oktibbe-
ha County after the state created it
in 1988. Rosenhan announced his
intent to retire in December.
Warner said he wants the fire de-
partments to be better-trained, bet-
ter-equipped and faster to respond
to emergencies.
“This community means a great
deal to me and I want to see it
thrive,” he said.
Montgomery, District 2 Supervi-
sor Orlando Trainer and District 4
Supervisor Bricklee Miller voted in
favor of appointing Warner. Marvell
Howard of District 3 and Joe Wil-
liams of District 5 voted against and
later told The Dispatch their first
See SUPES, 3A

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Trump faces accusers: What

to watch during his big speech
State of the Union’s
theme is ‘The Great
American Comeback’
BY LAURIE KELLMAN
The Associated Press
WA S H I N G T O N
— Who’s clapping
now?
On the brink of
his Senate acquittal,
President Donald
Trump will be un-
leashing “relentless
optimism” during his Trump
third State of the Union address, a
speech designed to pivot from his
impeachment to his drive for re-
election. Trump is speaking from
a position of strength, with nearly
complete control of the Republican
Party. The theme of his speech:
“The Great American Comeback.”
It’ll be a different experience for
Democrats, nearly all of whom vot-
ed for Trump’s impeachment in the
House. Where Trump will point to
GOP unity ahead of the 2020 elec-
tions, Democrats and their difficult
nomination will be on display after
a long night of uncertainty in Iowa’s
kickoff caucuses.
The contrast with Trump’s State
of the Union address last year will
be stark. Then, Democrats were
triumphant just a few days after
taking control of the House. Speak-
er Nancy Pelosi had forced Trump
to reopen the government. Her
smirking clap, eye-to-eye with him,
mocked the president of the United
States in front of the world.
What to watch during Trump’s
speech at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday:
Trump and Pelosi
They haven’t spoken since Pelosi
stood up, pointed at Trump across a
table at the White House and blunt-
ly suggested he is controlled by the
president of Russia. “All roads lead
to Putin,” she said, before stalking
out.
The extraordinary moment last
October was captured in a now-fa-
mous photograph that Trump re-
leased and Pelosi slapped across
the top of her Twitter page. At other
times, she’s questioned his “man-
hood” and he’s called her “crazy.”
Impeachment has only inflamed
Trump trial closing arguments
aim at voters, history
BY LISA MASCARO AND ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Closing arguments Monday in President Donald
Trump’s impeachment trial were directed more toward history than to
sway the outcome, one final chance to influence public opinion and set
the record ahead of his expected acquittal in the Republican-led Senate.
The House Democratic prosecutors drew on the Founding Fathers
and common sense to urge senators — and Americans — to see that
Trump’s actions are not isolated but a pattern of behavior that, left un-
checked, will allow him to “cheat”’ in the 2020 election.
Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff implored those few Republican senators
who have acknowledged Trump’s wrongdoing in the Ukraine matter to
prevent a “runaway presidency” and stand up to say “enough.”
“For a man like Donald J. Trump, they gave you a remedy and meant
for you to use it. They gave you an oath, and they meant for you to ob-
serve it,” Schiff said. “We have proven Donald Trump guilty. Now do
impartial justice and convict him.”
The president’s defense countered the Democrats have been out to
impeach Trump since the start of his presidency, nothing short of an
effort to undo the 2016 election and to try to shape the next one, as early
primary voting begins Monday in Iowa.
“Leave it to the voters to choose,” said White House counsel Pat
Cipollone.
He called for an end to the partisan “era of impeachment.”
All that’s left, as the Senate prepares to acquit Trump on charges that
he abused power and obstructed Congress, is for Americans to decide
now and in the November election, as the third presidential impeach-
ment trial in the nation’s history comes to a close.
things. Pelosi last week said Trump and often-stated sense of grievance
will never have a true acquittal be- and is known for going off-script.
cause the Senate did not hold a real Look for roaring applause and
trial with witnesses. But, she’s said cheers from Republicans, who have
with relish, “He’ll be impeached for- almost completely stuck with the
ever.” retribution-loving president.
Trump, meanwhile, is poised
to claim vindication in yet another The big picture
“witch hunt” by Democrats who, he Trump is sure to use the speech
says, just wanted to overturn the to try to remind the country of what
2016 election. he’s accomplished.
Watch them for any spark of ci- The White House would not say
vility. Pelosi and many Democratic whether it is modeling Trump’s
women are expected to wear suf- speech on President Bill Clinton’s
fragette white to the speech. in 1999, amid his own impeachment
trial. Clinton never mentioned the
Tone I-word.
The White House said last week Look for Trump, like Clinton,
to look for “can-do optimism in the to promote a strong economy.
face of unjustified pessimism we are Trump is expected to lead with talk
hearing from some in Congress.” about what the White House calls
But officials would not guarantee a “blue-collar boom.” There have
that Trump will stick to his speech. been gains in blue-collar wages un-
The president will be in the same der Trump, though some of those
room as his accusers at a moment of gains have faded as Trump’s trade
impending victory. He has a strong war hurt manufacturing.

Democrats lay big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election

State party officials said final results would be released a field of nearly a dozen
candidates who had spent
later Tuesday and offered assurances that the problem much of the previous year
fighting to win the open-
was not a result of ‘a hack or an intrusion’ ing contest of the 2020
campaign and, ultimately,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ocratic Party officials its coveted “first” status. the opportunity to take on
from releasing results State party officials President Donald Trump
DES MOINES, Iowa from Monday’s caucus, said final results would this fall.
— Democratic party of- the much-hyped kick- be released later Tuesday The candidates didn’t
ficials in Iowa worked off to the 2020 primary. and offered assuranc- wait for the party to re-
furiously Tuesday to de- It was an embarrassing es that the problem was solve its issues before
liver the delayed results twist after months of pro- not a result of “a hack or claiming, if not victory,
of their first-in-the-na- moting the contest as a an intrusion.” Officials progress and moving on
tion caucus, as frustrated chance for Democrats to were conducting quality to next-up New Hamp-
presidential candidates find some clarity in a jum- checks and verifying re- shire.
claimed momentum and bled field with no clear sults, prioritizing the in- “It looks like it’s going
plowed ahead in their front-runner. tegrity of the results, the to be a long night, but
quest for the White Instead, caucus day party said in a statement. we’re feeling good,” for-
House. ended with no winner, no The statement came mer Vice President Joe
Technology problems official results and many after tens of thousands of Biden said, suggesting
and reporting “inconsis- fresh questions about voters spent hours Mon- the final results would
tencies” kept Iowa Dem- whether Iowa can retain day night sorting through “be close.”

AROUND THE STATE
Project will make Picayune train
station more accessible
PICAYUNE — Amtrak is set to
begin construction on a $4 million
project to make a train station in
south Mississippi more accessible
for people with disabilities.
The project will bring the Pica-
yune station into compliance with
requirements of the Americans
Supes
Continued from Page 1A
choice was Austin Check,
the county’s firefighter
training coordinator.
Howard and Williams
both said they thought
Check’s extensive knowl-
edge of the county and ex-
perience securing grants
for the county’s fire depart-
ments made him the right
person for the job.
The other two candi-
dates were Laurie Grace,
an MSU faculty member
who volunteered for the
Central Oktibbeha Vol-
unteer Fire Department;
and Ryan Thompson, who
worked for the Starkville
and Columbus fire depart-
ments and was a training
officer at the Adaton/Self
Creek Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
The board unanimously
voted to pay Warner $1,000
per month for the part-time
contractor position. Ro-
senhan was paid $600 per
month.
Road project discussion
turns into lake debate
The county might can
receive federal funds to
turn Hail State Boulevard
and Poor House Road into
four-lane roads, Trainer
told the board. The Mem-
phis-based Pickering en-
gineering firm asked for
almost $100,000 from the
county to cover the pre-
Cannon
Continued from Page 1A
cer Sid Salter. Produced
in 1846, the cannon would
have been used in the
Mexican-American War
and the Civil War, said
MSU President Mark
Keenum, who also serves
on MDAH’s board of
trustees.
The cannon caught
Keenum’s eye while he
was touring the basement
of a Jackson museum
which stored historical
artifacts. He reached out
to MDAH about loaning
it to MSU for display out-
side Grant Presidential
Library.
Keenum said he also
reached out to Shiloh
National Military Park,
which loaned the univer-
sity a carriage to set the
cannon on. After weld-
ing students from East
Mississippi Community
College repaired the car-
riage, the whole display
was taken to the fourth
floor of MSU’s Mitchell
Memorial Library.
According to informa-
tion provided by MSU,
the Model 1841 “6-pound-
er” weights 876 pounds
and is more than 65 inch-
es long. It could fire a
6-pound projectile 1,500
yards and was a “critical
asset” of the U.S. Army’s
field artillery arsenal in
the 1800s.
In the 1890s, the
6-pounder was turned
over to the Mississippi
National Guard where
it remained until the
Guard gave it to the
City of Jackson in 1911,
Neubauer said. It stayed
in Veterans Memorial
Park until the 1970s or
1980s, when it was put in
storage where Keenum
later came across it.
Keenum said the
cannon has a connection
not only to American his-
tory but to Mississippi’s
history.
“We had young men
leave here in 1846 ... to
go off and fight in Mex-
ico,” he said. “This can-
non was commissioned
in 1846 just on the eve of
the start of the Mexican
with Disabilities Act, the Picayune
Item reported.
The largest item in the federally
funded project will be a new acces-
sible boarding platform that will be
about 400 feet long, said Amtrak
spokesman Marc Magliere.
“Boarding platforms of all dif-
ferent shapes and sizes are on our
routes, and we’re working to make
all of them compliant with the ADA,
liminary stages of the proj-
ect, and Miller suggested
board approval.
Howard attempted to
amend the motion and ask
County Engineer Clyde
Pritchard to start drawing
up plans to reconstruct
the Oktibbeha County
Lake Dam, which showed
early signs of breaching
in mid-January. Develop-
ing the plans would cost
$250,000 and take about
four months, Pritchard
said.
Howard said such a
commitment made sense
when the rest of the board
was willing to pledge
$100,000 “with no second
thoughts” for a road project
without guaranteed out-
side funding, and he chas-
tised the board for being
hesitant to push forward
with a solution regarding
the lake.
“I didn’t want to say this,
but I think the Oktibbeha
County Lake’s problem is
it was born on the wrong
side of the tracks, because
we’re so nonchalantly con-
tinuing to step over this
issue,” Howard said.
Miller did not accept
Howard’s amendment, and
the original motion passed
with a 4-1 vote. Howard
was the sole dissenter and
said he could not vote yes
“in good conscience.”
The board voted 3-2
Keenum Salter
War. It most likely saw
action in Mexico, possi-
bly with young men from
Mississippi.
“This is truly history,
if you will, coming to
life,” he added.
Connection to Grant
The Grant Presiden-
tial Library and Frank
and Virginia Williams
Collection of Lincolniana
makes MSU one of only a
handful of universities in
the country with its own
presidential library and a
destination for scholars
and authors wanting to
do a “deeper dive” into
the history of the Civil
War, Keenum said —
“not from the Northern
perspective or the South-
ern perspective, but an
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which benefits everyone,” said
Magliere.
The walkway from the parking
lot to the platform will be updated
to include ramps and handrails.
New lighting and warning strips
will be added, and drainage will be
improved. A lift enclosure will raise
and lower people with wheelchairs
or other mobility devices so they
can roll on and off of trains.
Jan. 21 for a measure to
potentially foot half the
bill for about $8 million of
construction at the lake in
order to increase its chanc-
es of receiving a low-inter-
est federal funding source.
Miller and Montgomery
were the two dissenting
votes.
The 10 pumps moving
water from the lake to the
emergency spillway have
reduced the lake level
by 8.6 feet since Jan. 14,
Pritchard said, though it
will likely rise three to four
feet due to rainfall later this
week. Half an inch of rain-
fall adds four feet to the
lake, which receives water
from an 18-mile radius.
Bringing the county
lake up to the standards
of the Mississippi Depart-
ment of Environmental
Quality would involve
completely removing the
existing dam and building
a new one with larger con-
trol valves so the county
can control the water level
more easily. It would also
involve building a new
emergency spillway and a
temporary detour road be-
low the levee.
Pritchard said the only
other option is for the coun-
ty to abandon the lake,
and Montgomery said the
board should consider this.
“First and foremost,
the lake has to be safe,” he
American perspective.”
Salter said the mem-
orabilia for Grant and
Lincoln available at the
library is “the best in
the country” and called
the 6-pound cannon a
“magnificent” addition to
the library.
“The fact that schol-
ars are coming here, not
just from the Confeder-
ate perspective or the
Union perspective, but
as scholars who want
a holistic study of the
period — the run-up to
the war, the conditions
that led to war, the
conduct of the war and
consequences of that and
then the aftermath and
reconstruction,” Salter
said. “We’ve had (nation-
ally acclaimed historian)
Ron Chernow here, the
most prominent Grant
scholars in the country.
This has turned out to
be a real destination for
people who are serious
students of the Civil War
and who don’t have an
agenda.”
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 3A
CPD arrests suspects
in separate shootings
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Two Columbus men face aggra-
vated assault charges after investi-
gators connected them to two un-
related shootings in the city earlier
this year.
Columbus Police Chief Fred
Shelton confirmed Mark Anthony
McCoy, 55, of Avenue A, is the sus-
pect in a shooting on Sixth Street McCoy
South on Jan. 5, that sent one per-
son to a hospital in another city for
trauma care. Investigators located
said. “I would love to keep McCoy at the Cook County Jail in
the lake, but at the same Chicago and arrested him Satur-
time, we’re hearing about day.
(projects) that we can’t af- Columbus police also arrested
ford.” Terrius Montai Armistad, 19, of
Sylvan Road, for a shooting on Jan. Armistad
Blackjack Road bids 24. Armistad allegedly shot a man
The county’s plans to re- in his 20s at his home on 20th Street North. The
build and expand a portion victim was taken to North Mississippi Medical
of Blackjack Road from Center in Tupelo.
Armistad was arrested Friday. Both he and
Bardwell Street west to
McCoy are in custody at Lowndes County Adult
Stone Boulevard have been
Detention Center. McCoy’s bond has been set at
in the works for years, and
$175,000. Armistad’s bond has not been set.
the county obtained all the
necessary easements in
late 2019 after much delay.
The supervisors unan-
imously voted to accept a
bid of $8 million from Co-
lumbus-based Burns Dirt
Construction. It was not Mississippi has at least 15th
the lowest of the four bids
the county received, but
the supervisors expressed
inmate death in recent weeks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
concerns about a pending
lawsuit related to Site Mas-
JACKSON — Another inmate has died in Mis-
ters Construction, which is sissippi, bringing the total to at least 15 in the
based in Alabama but has a state prison system since late December.
location in Clay County. Jesus Garcia, 39, was found unresponsive in
Board attorney Rob his cell Saturday at the Wilkinson County Cor-
Roberson urged the board rectional Facility, according to a statement from
to accept a bid instead of Management & Training Corporation, the private
waiting to negotiate engi- company that operates the prison.
neering and construction A company spokesman, Issa Arnita, said in the
fees. statement Sunday that medical staff unsuccess-
“We’ve been dealing fully tried life-saving measures, and the cause
with this for a long time and manner of Garcia’s death are under investi-
and we’re kind of in be- gation.
tween a rock and a hard “There were no obvious signs of assault,” Ar-
place,” Roberson said. nita said.
“We’ve got expenses that Inmates have died at publicly run and privately
we’re going to be out (for) run prisons in Mississippi since late December.
regardless.” Most died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at
Parchman, and many of their deaths came amid
outbursts of violence.
More than two dozen inmates are suing the
state over prison conditions.
Garcia was serving a 20-year sentence on a
capital rape conviction from northern Mississip-
Neubauer said pi’s DeSoto County, according to state Depart-
Ulysses S. Grant was ment of Corrections records. He was sentenced
a lieutenant and quar- in 2006.
termaster during the
Mexican-American War,
meaning he handled
supplying the troops
with artillery, food and
other supplies. Neubauer
says he “can’t believe”
Grant wouldn’t have
had a connection to the
particular 6-pounder
now sitting in Mitchell
Memorial Library during
the Mexican-American
War, and that even if he
hadn’t, it’s equally likely
he came across it in the
Civil War.
“I can’t prove it, but
I sure like to think he
walked by this cannon,”
Neubauer said.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR CARTOONIST VIEW

Voice of the people
Shepard Smith and FOX News
Shepard Smith is set to receive a media award
from his alma mater, the University of Mississip-
pi.
A member of the network’s founding staff in
1996, Mr. Smith became increasingly conspicu-
ous at FOX News for his skepticism on Trump.
FOX News’ “motto” was that it was Fair and
Balanced up until 2017. Then, it became Trump
news, so they had to do away with Fair and
Balanced.
That placed Smith on the wrong-side of
Trump.
But before Smith left FOX, in one of his
reports about Trump and his administration, he
states: Why is it lie after lie after lie?
The truth will always matter.
James Hodges
Steens

CAMPAIGN 2020
Donors are a lousy way to
gauge political support
T
o get onstage at
the last Demo-
cratic debate, a
candidate had to have
received contributions
from at least 225,000
donors. That disquali-
IMPEACHMENT

Failed coup of a failing establishment

fied Mike Bloomberg.
He has only one donor:
himself.
That rule sounded

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nice and democratic t has been a bad few Trump failed to 2020, lest he win a second term.
with a small “d,” but Froma Harrop days for the estab- invite Ukrainian Pres- For four years, elements of the
actually, it is a highly lishment, really bad. ident Volodymyr Zel- liberal establishment — in the
flawed way to measure a candidate’s ability to In a 51-49 vote, the enskiy to the White media, “deep state” and major
win a national election. The Democratic National Senate refused to call House, and held up institutions — have sought to
Committee has wisely just removed that require- witnesses in the im- military aid to Kyiv destroy Trump. First, they aimed
ment from the next debate, scheduled for Feb. 19 peachment trial of Don- for several months, to to smear him and prevent his
in Nevada. ald Trump and agreed get Zelenskiy to hold election, and then to overturn it as
This will almost certainly give Bloomberg a to end the trial Wednes- a press conference to having been orchestrated by the
place at the podium in Las Vegas. All he has to do day, with a near-certain announce that Kyiv Kremlin, and then to impeach and
is reach 10 percent in four national polls, and he’s majority vote to acquit was looking into how remove him, and then to block
almost there. the president of all Hunter Biden got on him from running again.
Some believe this change was made to help charges. Patrick Buchanan the board of a corrupt The damage they have inflicted
Bloomberg. They may be right. But there was As weekend polls energy company at a upon our country’s institutions is
something odd about keeping a Democrat who show socialist Bernie Sanders retainer of $83,000 a month while serious.
is obviously a top contender off the debate stage. surging into the lead for the nom- his father was the chief interna- U.S. intelligence agencies
Recent polls show Bloomberg — along with Joe ination in the states of Iowa, New tional monitor of corruption in are being investigated by U.S.
Biden — best able among Democrats to defeat Hampshire and California, the Ukraine. Attorney John Durham for their
President Donald Trump. sense of panic among Democratic The specific indictment: role in instigating an investigation
It’s time to stop dismissing Bloomberg as Party elites is palpable. Trump’s suspension of military of a U.S. presidential campaign.
nothing more than a gazillionaire trying to buy Former Secretary of State and aid imperiled “our national secu- The FBI has been discredited
the election. He was a three-term mayor of New Joe Biden surrogate John Kerry rity” by denying arms to an “ally” by exposure of a conspiracy of
York City. That’s a bigger and harder job than any was overheard Sunday at a Des who was fighting the Russians top-level agents to spy on Trump’s
of the other candidates ever held. The borough Moines hotel talking of the “pos- over there, so we don’t have to campaign.
of Brooklyn alone has four times the population sibility of Bernie Sanders taking fight them over here. The media, by endlessly echo-
of Bernie Sanders’ state of Vermont. And the down the Democratic Party — And what was the outcome of ing unproven claims that Trump
down whole.” it all? was a stooge of the Kremlin, dis-
differences between New York’s and Vermont’s
Tuesday, Trump takes his Zelenskiy got his meeting with credited themselves to a degree
ethnic, racial, religious and economic diversity
nationally televised victory lap in the president. He got the military unknown since the “Yellow Press”
can hardly be compared.
the U.S. Capitol with his State of aid in September. He did not hold prostituted itself to get us into war
Money is money. If buying the election is the
the Union address, as triumphant the press conference requested. with Spain. Media claims to be
concern, then the sums spent should matter more
Majority Leader Mitch McCo- He did not announce an investiga- unbiased pursuers of truth have
than where funds came from. That would also
nnell and a humiliated Speaker tion of the Bidens. suffered, not only from Trump’s
apply to Sanders. He dropped an astounding $50
Nancy Pelosi sit silently side-by- No harm, no foul. attacks, but from their own biased
million in the last three months of 2019 on his
side behind him. How did President Obama and bigoted coverage and com-
campaign — at least $15 million more than Biden,
Democrats may declare the handle Ukraine? mentary.
Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg each spent.
Trump impeachment a victory for After Vladimir Putin annexed The NSC and State Depart-
Sanders and Warren boast that they take mon-
righteousness, but the anger and Crimea and intervened to protect ment have been exposed as
ey only from small donors. That seems more dem- outrage, the moans and groans pro-Russian secessionists in the employing individuals with an
ocratic but mainly on the surface. Their claims now coming off the editorial and Donbass, Obama’s White House exaggerated view of their role in
are partly false. Both campaigns have tapped op-ed pages and cable TV suggest restricted U.S. lethal military aid the origination and the execution
millions obtained from deeper pockets. the media know otherwise. to Kyiv and provided blankets and of foreign policy. Disloyalty and
The argument that politicians relying on small History, we are told, will meals ready to eat. animosity toward the chief execu-
donations can’t be bought by moneyed interests vindicate what Pelosi and the What punishment did House tive appear to permeate the upper
goes only so far. You could say the same of a mul- Democrats did and stain forever and Senate Democrats and echelons of the “deep state.”
tibillionaire who isn’t taking money from anybody. the Republican Party for voting to anti-Trump media demand for Not in our lifetime have the
Even less valid is the case that legions of small acquit. the pause in sending weapons for institutions of government and
donors reflect electability. Sanders has a core of Perhaps, but only if some Ukraine? the establishment been held in
passionate supporters who have contributed near- future Howard Zinn is writing the Capital punishment, a political lower regard.
ly $60 million in donations less than $200 in the history. death penalty. Almost all now concede we
2020 cycle. But passion does not necessarily win Reality: The impeachment of Democrats demanded that a have become an us vs. them
elections. Votes do. How come Biden, whose fund- Trump was an attempted — and Republican Senate overturn the nation.
raising has been pathetic, still does better than failed — coup that not a single election of 2016, make Trump the How we accomplish great
Sanders in most national polls — among Demo- Republican supported, only first president ever impeached things again, giving our seem-
cratic voters as well as the general electorate? Democrats in the House and their and removed, and then ensure ingly unbridgeable differences,
Like Sanders, Trump has a cultlike following Senate caucus. The impeachment that the American people could remains a mystery.
and has amassed his own mountain of small of Trump was an exercise in pure never vote for him again. Patrick J. Buchanan, a nation-
checks. According to OpenSecrets, in the 2020 partisanship and itself an abuse of Nancy Pelosi’s House and the ally syndicated columnist, was a se-
cycle, he has raised over $44 million from small power. Democratic minority in the Sen- nior advisor to presidents Richard
donors. Warren raised slightly less. What was the heart of the ate were demanding that a Repub- Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald
But now the question must be asked: What Democrats’ case to remove lican Senate do their dirty work Reagan. His website is http://bu-
about voters who don’t give money to any candi- Trump? and keep Trump off the ballot in chanan.org/blog.
dates? If you’re poor, you may have higher priori-
ties for that $25 than a politician’s campaign.
And if you have two jobs and three kids
running around, you’re probably not online on
political websites hours a day. You’re not at rallies.
And if you’re not engaged that way, you probably
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from the man provided to The As-
sociated Press on Monday.
The 35-year-old man thanked his
doctors, nurses and other staff at
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Reana Lackey, 54, died
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Cemetery. Visitation
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Mrs. Lackey was
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was a member of Amo-
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She is survived by
her children, Kymber-
ly Clardy and Joshua
Kylee Clardy; siblings,
Jimmy Lackey of
Tupelo, Brad Lackey
of Saltillo, Shaun Kelly
of Pontotoc and Kay
Lackey of Pontotoc.
Easter Robinson
COLUMBUS — Eas-
ter Marie Robinson,
56, died Jan. 26, 2020,
at Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Trian-
gle. Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lee-
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Macon.
Bobby Mixon
MACON — Bobby
Mixon, 85, died Jan. 31,
2020, at Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lee-
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Macon.
Margie Wells
BROOKSVILLE —
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Feb. 1, 2020, at her
residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lee-
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ter in Everett, Washington, about
30 miles north of Seattle, according
to the statement from the unidenti-
fied man given to the AP by hospital
officials.
The unidentified man fell sick
after returning home from a visit to
China and was admitted to the hos-
pital on Jan. 20. He was still there as
of last Friday and is now in isolation
at home, monitored by officials with
the Snohomish Health District in
coordination with the hospital.
“I am at home and continuing to
get better,” the man said. “I ask that
AREA OBITUARIES
Robert Garner
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
— Robert Earl Garner,
62, died Jan. 27, 2020, at
DCH Regional Medical
Center of Tuscaloosa.
Services will be at
noon Saturday, at New
Canaan Baptist Church
of Aliceville, Alabama.
Burial will follow in
New Cemetery. Laven-
der’s Funeral Service of
Aliceville is in charge
of arrangements.
Jeremiah Mills
ETHELSVILLE,
Ala. — Jeremiah “Jay”
Mills died Jan. 30, at
Methodist University
Medical Center of
Memphis, Tennessee.
Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. Sat-
urday, at Strawbridge
Cemetery of Ethels-
ville, Alabama. Vis-
itation will be from
4-6 p.m. Friday, in the
James and Lola Laven-
der Memorial Chapel
of Lavender’s Funeral
Service. Lavender’s
Funeral Service of
Aliceville is in charge
of arrangements.
Bertha Jones
ALICEVILLE,
Ala. — Bertha Mae
Windham Jones died
Feb. 1, 2020, at Pickens
County Medical Center
of Carrollton, Alabama.
Services will be at 1
p.m. Saturday, at New
Wright Baptist Church
of Aliceville, Alabama.
Burial will follow at
New Cemetery. Laven-
der’s Funeral Service of
Aliceville is in charge
of arrangements.
Paul Smith Sr.
SULLIGENT, Ala. —
Paul Anthony Smith Sr.,
61, died Feb. 2, 2020.
Services are at 2 p.m.
today, at Otts Funeral
Home Chapel of Sulli-
gent, Alabama. Visita-
tion is one hour prior to
services at the funeral
home. Otts Funeral
Home of Sulligent,
Alabama is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Smith was born
Jan. 22, 1959, in Mobile,
Alabama, to the late
Durell Homan
Visitation:
Sunday, Feb. 9 • 12:30-2 PM
2nd Ave North Location
Services:
Sunday, Feb. 9 • 2 PM
2nd Ave North Chapel
Burial
Greenhill Memorial Gardens
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the media please respect my priva-
cy and my desire not to be in the
public eye.”
The man added in the statement:
“I appreciate all of the concern ex-
pressed by members of the public,
and I look forward to returning to
my normal life.”
The hospital has been coordinat-
ing with U.S., state and local health
officials about the man’s care.
The hospital declined to provide
information about when he was dis-
charged or the process of his dis-
charge from the hospital.
Mary Gilmore. He was
formerly employed in
and Charles Sullivan;
nine grandchildren;
construction. and one great-grand-
In addition to his child.
mother, her was pre-
ceded in death by his
son, Danny Carruth;
Luevern Bland
COLUMBUS — Lu-
and infant daughter
evern Tucker Bland,
Mary Rose Smith.
93, died Feb. 3, 2020,
He is survived by his
at Windsor Place of Co-
wife, Kathy Smith; chil-
lumbus. Arrangements
dren, Amanda Reeves,
are incomplete and will
Paul Smith Jr., and
Time Carruth; siblings, be announced by Car-
Jeannie Schmidt, Lynn ter’s Funeral Services
Love, Darlene Smith of Columbus.
Eddie Smith
Charles Edmond Smith, 64,
of Kodak, TN, and formerly of
Columbus, MS, passed away in
his home, January 29, from a
short battle with cancer. Born
in West Point, MS, and known
to most as “Eddie,” he attended
Caldwell, then New Hope high
schools before starting a career
of paint contracting/wallpaper
hanging which spanned most of
his adult life. His later years included becoming
a certified gunsmith and owner of The Gunsmith
Shop, in Sevierville, TN. Preceded in death by
his parents, Charles Arden and Carolyn Smith,
this talented painter, woodworker, and overall
craftsman, leaves behind his wife of forty-one
years, Sally (Jones) Smith, also formerly of
Columbus; daughter, Lucy Smith Pike (Jason) of
Birmingham, AL; son Wesley Smith (Sarah) of
Seymour, TN; and sisters, Kay Smith Davidson
(Tom) of Columbus and Lorrie Smith Abrams
(Billy) of Birmingham, AL. His sweet legacy also
includes three wonderful grandchildren, Arden
Pike, Lily Pike and Carlie Smith.
At Eddie’s request, there will be no public
service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
gifts be sent to Mountain View Church, 1125
Church Street, Dandridge, TN 37725, a true body
of Christ whose support has been immeasurable
to this family.
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Vester Heritage
Ethelsville — Vester Mae Burgess Heritage,
87, of Ethelsville, AL passed away February 2,
2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus,
MS.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Tuesday,
February 4, 2020, at Mineral Springs Baptist
Church in McShan, AL, with Bro. Dan Finney
officiating. Burial will follow in the church
cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform
directing. Visitation will be immediately
following the service at the church.
She was preceded in death by her husband
of 66 years, Lester Owen Heritage; her parents;
brothers, Graydon Burnice “G. B.” Burgess and
James Leburn “Dick” Burgess and his wife, Doris;
and her sister, Maxine Eliott White Newman.
Survivors include her sisters, Johnie Ludine
McGahey of Tuscaloosa, AL and Arba Della
Shelton of Liberty, AL; her special family, Wanda
Aldridge and her late husband, Elmer, Natalie
Gilliland and Shannon and Octavia “Tavie”
Gilliland; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Vester was born November 26, 1932, in Pickens
County, Alabama to the late Robert Graydon
Burgess and Nettie Mae Lindsey Burgess. She
was a retired employee of McShan Lumber
Company with many years of service.
Her nephews will serve as Pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials
to Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
Fund, c/o Gary Manning, 401 1st Street N.,
Reform, AL 35481.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 5A
Rush Limbaugh says he’s been
diagnosed with lung cancer
BY LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES — Conservative radio host
and Republican kingmaker Rush Limbaugh said
he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
Addressing listeners on his program Monday,
Limbaugh said he will take some days off for fur-
ther medical tests and to determine treatment.
“I have to tell you something today that I wish
I didn’t have to tell you,” announced Limbaugh,
69. The cancer diagnosis was confirmed by two
medical institutions in late January after he ex-
perienced his only symptom so far, shortness of
breath, on his Jan. 12 birthday weekend, he said.
He was reluctant to discuss personal matters
and distract from his work, he said, and wasn’t
seeking to cover up his illness. He realized it was
better to be honest and avoid the speculation that
would follow when he has to miss being on air for
treatment or as the result of treatment, Limbaugh
added.
Peggy Kellum
Peggy Turner Kellum, 75,
of Columbus, MS passed away
Saturday, February 1, 2020, at
her residence.
Visitation will be Monday,
February 3, 2020, from 6:00 PM
to 8:00 PM at Lowndes Funer-
al Home, Columbus, MS. A fu-
neral service will be Tuesday,
February 4, 2020, at 11:00 AM
at Fairview Baptist Church, Co-
lumbus, MS with Bro. Tommy Gillon and Bro.
Kevin Jenkins officiating. Interment will be in
Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, MS with Lown-
des Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Kellum was born December 8, 1944, in
Moorehead, MS to the late Mary Adams and
Marshall Turner. She was a member of Fairview
Baptist Church in Columbus, MS for many years.
Mrs. Kellum worked in banking for over 38 years
having worked for First Columbus Bank, First
Federal Bank, National Bank of Commerce and
Cadence Bank. She loved cooking and spending
time with her family. Mrs. Kellum enjoyed read-
ing and watching Ole Miss football.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in
death by her husband, Jimmy Doyle Kellum, Sr.;
sister, Patsy Enlow; brothers, Howard Turner,
Boyd Turner and James Marshall Turner.
Mrs. Kellum is survived by her son, Jim (Me-
lissa) Kellum, Jr. of Caledonia, MS; daughters,
Mendy (Tim) Beatty, Melony (Wes) Beard, Mar-
laina (Mike) Drummond all of Columbus, MS;
grandchildren, Shelbie Kellum, Emily Kellum,
Sasha Drummond, Dillon (Lindsey) Beard, Daw-
son Beard, Dallas Beard; great-grandchild, Jes-
se Beard; sisters, Carolyn (Leroy) Atkins, Linda
Williamson.
Pallbearers will be Dillon Beard, Dawson
Beard, Dallas Beard, Mike Beatty, Jeff Kellum
and Tony Turner.
Memorials may be made to Fairview Baptist
Church Missions 176 Airline Road, Columbus,
MS 39702.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Durell Homan
Durell Homan, age 98, died
Sunday February 2, 2020, at
Vineyard Court Nursing Home
in Columbus.
Services will be held Sunday
February 9, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. at
the 716 2nd Ave North Chapel
of Memorial Gunter Peel Funer-
al Home with Rev. Jamie Cum-
mins officiating; burial with
U.S. Navy honors, will follow at Greenhill Me-
morial Gardens in Reform, AL. Visitation will be
held Sunday from 12:30 p.m. until service time at
the funeral home.
Mr. Homan was born on February 27, 1921 in
Millport, Alabama, to the late Lindsey Strickland
(Doc) Homan and Florence Kelly Homan. He was
a member of McBee Baptist Church and a U.S.
Navy Veteran. He was a retired employee of Bal-
dor Electric, and Shipley’s Donuts. He enjoyed
riding horses, gardening that he shared with the
community, and watching Alabama football. Mr.
Homan loved God, his family and his friends. In
addition to his parents he was preceded in death
by his wife Ruby Nell Bobitt Homan, his sisters,
Mozell Shaw, Lou Ellen Wilson, Helen McCool,
Aline (Obedie) Shelton, and Minnie (Stub) Hud-
son, and his brothers, Lewis Homan, and Jessie
Homan, and his son-in-law Joe Farley.
He is survived by his daughter, Mary Fran-
ces Farley; grandchildren, Lex Farley, Sandy
(Todd) Dyson, Jana (Bo) Rowland; great-grand-
children, Tiffany Thompson, Dusty Dyson,
Kelli Thompson, Allie Dyson, Erin Farley; and
great-great-grandchildren, McKinley Perkins
and Madeline Sanders
Pallbearers will be Lex Farley, Dusty Dys-
on,Bo Rowland, Kevin Rowland, Logan Sanders,
Dillon Mason and Ryan Mann.
The Homan family would like to extend a
heartfelt thank you, to the Staff at Vineyard
Court and Encompass Health.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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Pelvic exams are
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It seems the pelvic
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vagina and uterus for
medical problems has
been done for millennia:
There are versions of the
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in textbooks from the
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AD. In the 20th century,
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for teenage girls. But in
this century, there are
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Services Task Force, the
American College of Ob-
stetricians and Gynecol-
ogists and the American
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ly state pelvic exams and
cervical tests are tough, but tell your doc
cancer given ev- no, unless you’re given a
screen- ery year! medically specific reason
ings are The for the exam or test.
no longer exams Mehmet Oz, M.D. is
routinely aren’t host of “The Dr. Oz Show,”
recom- needed to and Mike Roizen, M.D. is
mended prescribe Chief Wellness Officer and
for most most Chair of Wellness Institute
females contra- at Cleveland Clinic. To
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age of 21. and are into “The Dr. Oz Show” or
So why Drs. Oz and Roizen often un- visit www.sharecare.com.
does a necessary
new study by researchers for diagnosing sexually
from the Centers for Dis- transmitted diseases.
ease Control and Preven- Plus, the potential for
tion along with colleagues false-positive test results,
from the University of overdiagnosis, anxiety
California-San Francisco and unnecessary costs
estimate that more than are enormous.
half of the 2.6 million pel- Parents, be aware of
vic exams given to young these guidelines and help
women 15 to 20 annually your daughters get the
— that’s 1.4 million of medical attention they
them — are potentially need without subjecting
unnecessary? Plus, 1.6 them to unnecessary
million unnecessary Pap exams. Young women, it’s

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and school property tax-
es for 10 years, starting
from when the project is
completed, said Coun-
ty Administrator Ralph
Billingsley. After that,
the company would be-
gin paying full taxes.
Fee-in-lieu agree-
ments are common in
Lowndes County for
industries investing at
least $100 million.
The solar farm, if built,
would initially gener-
ate 200 megawatts each
year, with the potential
of a further expansion to
reach an annual rate 350
megawatts in the future,
Higgins said.
“To put a face on that,
Steel Dynamics is Ten- ties for installing the so-
nessee Valley Authori- lar panels, Higgins said,
ty’s biggest customer,” and the staff to maintain
he said. “(It) uses about the panels on site would
360 megawatts (per be between 10 to 20.
year).” But the most import-
The project would be ant benefits, Higgins
the first solar farm in said, are the amount of
Mississippi that can both renewable power and tax
generate and retain pow- revenues the county and
er at the same time, Hig- the school district would
gins said. The site would receive.
occupy hundreds of “It’s gonna pay about
acres west of Charleigh $400,000 in taxes to
Ford Drive and extend Lowndes County (each
all the way south to the of the first 10 years un-
northern border of the der the fee-in-lieu agree-
1,144-acre Infinity Meg- ment),” he said, “and it’s
asite, Higgins said. gonna pay more than
The project would that... probably close
bring to the region hun- to $500,000 in county
dreds of job opportuni- school taxes each year.”
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JACKSON’S 24 POINTS LEAD MSU WOMEN OVER GEORGIA
Mississippi State’s Rickea Jackson (5) shoots the ball ahead of the defense from Georgia’s Jordan Isaacs (20) during the second quarter of their NCAA college basketball
game Monday in Starkville.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — As
freshman guard Rickea
Jackson helped herself off
the floor, junior guard An-
dra Espinoza-Hunter let
out an exacerbated yell.
“Come on!” Espino-
za-Hunter exclaimed as
she helped Jackson off
the floor after the latter
finished through contact
and a whistle for two of
her 24 points on the night.
Flashing the rugged
offensive ability to finish
in and around the rim
mixed with a dynamic
Red-hot Bulldogs hoping for upset of No. 15 Kentucky
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — His-
torically speaking, the
Mississippi State men’s
basketball team has had
very little success against
college basketball blue
blood Kentucky.
The Bulldogs are far
from alone in that regard,
of course. But that’s prob-
ably not going to make
MSU fans feel any better.
Kentucky owns a 85-
18 record all-time against
the Bulldogs and has won
the last 13 matchups. MSU
hasn’t beaten the Wild-
cats since the 2008-2009
season, when it capped
off a three-game winning
streak against Kentucky
with a 66-57 victory in
Lexington.
Tuesday night, the cur- Mississippi State’s Reggie Perry (1) dunks over Tennessee’s Olivier Nkamhoua
See MBB, 4B (21) during their NCAA college basketball game Saturday in Starkville.
baseline jumper, Jackson
capped off her second
straight 20-point outing
as she carried the Bull-
dogs (20-3, 8-1 SEC) to
a 67-53 win over Georgia
(12-10, 3-6 SEC) Monday
at Humphrey Coliseum.
“It was a matter of me
just knocking it down,”
Jackson said of finding
her stroke after a 3-for-10
start. “When my team-
mates give me the ball
and have confidence in
me it gives me confidence
to keep shooting.”
“She plays like a guard
and can score at all three
MISSISSIPPI STATE 67, GEORGIA 53
levels,” Georgia coach
Joni Taylor added. “You
run out to her, she goes
by you; you don’t she can
shoot it and she rebounds.
And then on their drib-
ble-drive, when you’re
switching it she ends up
on smaller guards and
she can just raise up and
shoot over them. She’s
really, really good. Hard
assignment for us defen-
sively.”
Affording their oppo-
nents a slow start eerily
reminiscent of MSU’s
stagnant opening frame
against Auburn last week,
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the maroon and white-
clad Bulldogs finished the
first quarter just 4 of 19
from the field while being
out-rebounded 14-9.
Following another
lackadaisical first 10 min-
utes, MSU responded to
the tune of a 13-0 run to
open the second quarter.
With a Jackson layup and
a free throw from soph-
omore center Jessika
Carter, sophomore guard
Xaria Wiggins — who
has proved to be an ener-
getic offensive talent off
the bench over the past
two weeks — notched a
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
B
SECTION
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
3-pointer from the wing to best. But man that second
stretch the Bulldogs’ lead quarter was really good,
to seven. that third quarter wasn’t
too bad.”
Prolific second quar-
ter in tow, the Bulldogs While Jackson and
further distanced them- Carter shouldered the of-
selves as Jackson and fensive load, it was a lowly
Carter — who earned shooting night for the rest
her eighth double-dou- of MSU’s roster. Of the
ble of the season with a 10 other players that saw
15-point, 11-rebound ef- the floor against Georgia,
fort — combined for 15 only junior Chloe Bibby,
of MSU’s 22 third quarter sophomore Myah Taylor
points on 7-of-10 shooting. and Wiggins hit two or
“We’ve just been able more shots as the rest of
to win when it hasn’t been the Bulldogs combined
our best,” MSU coach Vic for 11 of 34 shooting.
Schaefer said. “Tonight’s “You can’t coast in the
first quarter wasn’t our See WBB, 4B
MSU lands Stanford
quarterback Costello
BY BEN PORTNOY staff would take a look
bportnoy@cdispatch.com into the transfer portal
for potential upgrades to
STARKVILLE — the roster.
The Pirate is making a
“It’s a new resource
splash.
nowadays,” he said. “It’s
Entering his first
both pos-
spring as head coach at
itive and
Mississippi State, Mike
n e g a t i ve ,
Leach landed a com-
but it can
mitment from former
Stanford quarterback KJ be a re-
Costello Monday night source. I
— who announced his don’t think
intention to transfer to it can be
Costello
MSU for his final year ignored
of eligibility via Twit- for any po-
ter following a visit to sition. Football’s a com-
Starkville over the week- petitive sport, and you’re
end of Jan 25 and 26. always trying to upgrade.
Speaking with the me- Of course, everybody, re-
dia during his introduc- gardless of position, re-
tory press conference members somebody that
Jan. 10, Leach said his See MSU, 4B
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BRIEFLY Time passages: Mahomes leads comeback for the ages for KC
Prep Football THE ASSOCIATED PRESS three touchdowns out said receiver Tyreek Hours earlier, to cel- Watkins who torched
Starkville’s Luke Altmyer commits to Florida State of that offense over the Hill, who would soon ebrate its 100th year, the 49ers premier de-
Starkville High School quarterback Luke Altmyer is
MIAMI GARDENS, short span of 5 min- prove critical in turn- the NFL brought four fensive back, Richard
headed to Tallahassee. Fla. — They were cel- utes, 1 second late in ing around the game. “I centenarian World War Sherman, at the line of
A three-star recruit and the No. 397 player in ebrating the passage the fourth quarter and told Pat, ‘It’s 20-10 with II veterans to midfield scrimmage and got be-
247Sports.com’s national rankings, Altmyer committed of time as much as pulled out a 31-20 victo- seven minutes left — to preside over the pre-
to coach Mike Norvell and Florida State Monday hind him for the easiest
football at this Super ry over San Francisco c’mon bro,’ And all Pat game coin flip. Halftime
morning via Twitter.
Bowl: 100-year-old war 38-yard catch he’ll ever
Norvell, who was formally announced as the new in a game that seemed did, he just told me to featured a hip-shaking,
veterans at midfield all but lost. believe.” pole-climbing celebra- make. Three plays later,
head coach at FSU Dec. 7, previously recruited the
Starkville signal-caller during his time at Memphis for the pregame coin Three times during Hill believed. And he tion of Latina heritage, it was 24-20.
-- most notably visiting SHS on a helicopter during the flip, a 50-years-young this postseason, Ma- started running. courtesy of 43-year- Less than 90 sec-
Yellow Jackets’ 24-20 win over South Panola Sept. 27. pop diva handling half- homes and the Chiefs Up against a defense old Shakira and Jenni- onds after that, it was
Altmyer completed 251 of his 374 passes for 3,093
time, and, of course, a have trailed by 10 points that had allowed a total fer Lopez, who hardly 31-20, and long-suffer-
yards and 37 touchdowns to just five interceptions as a
junior -- helping Starkville to the Mississippi High School quarterback who turns or more, and all three of eight completions looked like the 50-year- ing Kansas City had
Activities Association 6A semifinals. 25 this year saving the times they’ve come on downfield throws old she is — where has won the Super Bowl.
In addition to Florida State, the 6-foot-2, 175 pound best part of the show for back to win by dou- all season, the receiver the time gone? It didn’t take long
quarterback also reportedly boasted offers from Mis- last. ble-digits themselves. with track-star speed Chiefs fans had been
sissippi State, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, LSU, Missouri, for the questions to
That quarterback is That’s a first. But even somehow found a soft asking the same ques-
Oregon, Louisville, Wake Forest and North Carolina start coming about
State among others. Patrick Mahomes of the that history-making spot deep in the 49ers tion for a while now.
a young team with a
Kansas City Chiefs. feat doesn’t do justice to secondary. Mahomes, It had been 50 years
It is easy, especially young quarterback and
College Basketball what Mahomes pulled harassed all night since their team last ap-
after the improbable, off in the final game of into quick, off-target peared in, and won, the a grizzled old coach in
Perry earns second SEC Player of the Week honor blink-and-you-miss -it the NFL’s much-cele- throws, dropped 13 Super Bowl. Mahomes, Reid who thinks young:
For the second time this season, Mississippi State Could this be the first of
escape act he engi- brated centennial. yards behind the line the quarterback who
forward Reggie Perry has been named the Southeast-
ern Conference’s player of the week. neered to win the title After Mahomes of scrimmage, sur- coach Andy Reid hand- many?
Perry, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, averaged 25.5 Sunday, to say Ma- threw the first postsea- veyed the field — then picked and traded away “I mean, obviously,
points and 10 rebounds in wins against Florida and Ten- homes — a mobile, dual son interception of his stepped up and heaved draft picks to get, was I’ve had a great start
nessee. He is the only player in the league averaging a threat with a rocket arm three-year-old career it. The ball dropped soft supposed to change all to my career,” said Ma-
double-double per game.
— is what the perfect —”I hit him right be- as a feather into Hill’s that. homes, who finished
Perry shares the honor with Arkansas’ Mason
Jones, who averaged 32 points and 8.5 rebounds in quarterback will look tween the ‘5’ and the arms. Four plays later, But when the smoke with 286 yards, two
two contests. like as the NFL gets ‘4,” he said of the pick Kansas City, only mo- cleared from J-Lo and touchdowns and two in-
MSU is back in action against Kentucky at 8 p.m, ready to embark on its to linebacker Fred War- ments earlier thinking the third quarter start-
Tuesday at Rupp Arena. terceptions, in flicking
second century of foot- ner — the 49ers drove of concession speeches, ed, he was no better.
ball next season. it away.
EMCC earns road sweep at Holmes 55 methodical yards to was within three points. “We knew it would
It was two vastly different games for each of the But what Mahomes take a 20-10 lead. There was 6:13 left in be a close game, and Does he see himself
East Mississippi Community College basketball teams, did on a cool, crisp eve- There was 2:35 left the game. there would be some as the new face of the
but the Lions left Holmes with a pair of victories Monday ning in South Florida NFL?
on in the third quarter “I’m not sure exactly challenges,” Reid said.
night.
The men grinded out a 66-65 victory in overtime, was grounded in the and the Chiefs, used to what happened,” 49ers “He kept firing. That’s “There are a lot of
while the women cruised to a 73-49 win. most basic of sports buzzing up and down coach Kyle Shanahan what he did. The guys young quarterbacks,
On the men’s side, Trae Pittman forced overtime concepts, one that the field to the tune of said, when asked to around him just be- and still a lot of veteran
by scoring a basket in the final seconds to send the harkens to the days of 51 and 35 points in the reflect on the play that lieved in him. We all guys that are playing at
contest to overtime at 59 apiece. Jakorie Smith led the leather helmets and two earlier games this swung the momentum. did.”
Lions with his seventh double-double (18 points, 11 a very high level,” he
rebounds), while Quamontae Monfort had 12 points
long bus rides to the postseason, had gained Rarely has a game After the touchdown said. “So, I just try to
and KJ Riley chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds. games. 187 yards and amassed turned so rapidly. Rare- that made it 20-17, it be the best Patrick Ma-
Danny Washington scored 10 points and dished out “My mindset,” Ma- only 136 passing. They ly has a team still be- took all of three plays
five assists, while Arecko Gibson Jr. had nine points
homes I can be.”
homes said, “is always had scored a measly hind on the scoreboard for the Chiefs defense
and nine boards. EMCC advances to 14-5 and 7-1 in to play and compete to touchdown and a field seemed so destined to to get the ball back to Which, as the Nin-
league play. ers, the NFL and the
For the women, EMCC extended its winning streak
the very end.” goal and hadn’t cracked win. Mahomes.
And so he did. He in- a single play longer It all happened so On the next posses- entire Super Bowl-view-
to 12 games, the longest win streak of coach Sharon
Thompson’s career. jected life into a stymied than 19 yards. fast, in fact, that every- sion, he struck for an- ing audience discov-
Taylor Lattimore had 17 points and five assists, offense that looked all “I wasn’t feeling thing before it felt like a other long play — this ered Sunday night, was
while Ja’Mia Hollings contributed 16 points and 12 but done-for, coaxed good about it at all,” mirage. one to receiver Sammy certainly good enough.
rebounds for her 10th double-double of the year.
EMCC is back in action Thursday in a road match-
up with Coahoma Community College.
SOURCE: From Special Reports

CALENDAR
Analysis: From ‘Andy Who?’ to Super Bowl champion
Tuesday THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in day in and day out, reason other than to He studied management issues,
Prep Boys Soccer he’s there at 3 in the win games and win Holmgren, groomed conservative playcall-
MIAMI GARDENS, morning and he leaves them with great peo- Brett Favre and was ing and other coaching
Heritage Academy at Magnolia Heights,
Fla. — When Andy at 11. I don’t think he ple. We bust our tails to ready to call the shots, blunders in the past,
4 p.m.
Lamar School at Starkville Academy,
Reid walked into an in- sleeps. I’ve tried to do that as coaches and even though he had no Reid made all the right
5 p.m.
terview with the Phila- beat him in and I never players. That’s the part experience as a head calls this time and Ma-
Men’s College Basketball delphia Eagles armed can. He’s someone that that I think needs the coach at any level and homes did his thing.
Mississippi State at Kentucky, 8 p.m. with a 6-inch binder works harder than any- respect. You take care was never a coordina- While the Chiefs and
MUW at Lyon College, 7 p.m. containing notes on one I’ve ever known and of that, everything else tor. their fans celebrated on
Prep Girls Basketball how to build a winning he deserved it, so I’m happens. That’s not re- A Philadelphia news- the field at Hard Rock
Germantown at Starkville, 6 p.m. team, management was glad we were able to go ally where my mind paper greeted Reid with Stadium, Reid’s former
Noxubee County at Columbus, 6 p.m. sold. out there and get that goes. It’s probably the a headline that said: players in Philadelphia
West Point at Choctaw County, 6 p.m. But it took him 21 trophy for him.” last thing on my mind.” “Andy Who?” shared their happiness.
Ethel at West Lowndes, 6 p.m. years and two teams to Reid had more wins Reid was more than His name is etched Hall of Fame safety
Heritage Academy at district tourna- win it all. than any coach in NFL willing to discuss how in NFL history now. Brian Dawkins posted a
ment, Lamar, TBA Big Red finally got history without a cham- he planned to celebrate. Reid turned the Ea- video on Twitter saying
Prep Boys Basketball his Super Bowl title pionship. He’d lost his “I’m getting a double gles into a winner in his he shed “tears of joy”
Germantown at Starkville, 7:30 p.m. thanks to Patrick Ma- only other Super Bowl cheeseburger with ex- second season and won
watching Reid win.
Noxubee County at Columbus, 7:30 homes leading the resil- appearance with the Ea- tra cheese,” he joked. more games than any
Donovan McNabb,
p.m. ient Kansas City Chief- gles 15 years ago. Win- Reid was an un- coach in franchise his-
sin another comeback who gave the Chiefs
West Point at Choctaw County, 7:30 ning his first champi- known assistant coach tory, but was 1-4 in NFC
in the playoffs, a 31-20 a pep talk Thursday,
p.m. onship as a head coach in Green Bay when championship games.
victory over the San wrote on Twitter: “So
Ethel at West Lowndes, 7:30 p.m. and Kansas City’s first Eagles owner Jeffrey He was fired after 14
Heritage Academy at district tourna- Francisco 49ers on Sun- in 50 years likely solid- Lurie plucked him from seasons and immediate- happy for my guy. Well
ment, Lamar, TBA day night. ifies his Hall of Fame the Packers, convinced ly landed in Kansas City deserved for the @
Chiefs. Now give him
Wednesday For two weeks lead- credentials. he was the right man and turned the Chiefs
the credit he deserves.
Prep Girls Basketball ing to the game, Ma- But the 61-year- to turn around a los- into a playoff team right
homes and his team- old Reid, known for ing franchise. Reid had away. First Class coach,
Heritage Academy at district tourna-
mates talked about how wearing floral shirts worked under Mike After losing another friend & dad.”
ment, Lamar, TBA
Prep Boys Basketball badly they wanted to and poking fun at his Holmgren and meticu- conference champion- Reid said his “heart
Heritage Academy at district tourna- win for Reid. They were weight, didn’t want to lously prepared for the ship game at home last went out to those guys”
ment, Lamar, TBA elated after they did it. talk about his coaching moment to become a year, the Chiefs over- because “we were so
Men’s College Basketball “He’s one of the best legacy. head coach. He put to- came a 24-0 deficit in close so many times”
South Carolina at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. coaches of all-time and “I don’t care about gether that infamous the divisional round, but he was thrilled the
he already was before that. I really don’t,” binder filled with ev- two 10-point deficits in Eagles got their Super
ON THE AIR we won this game but Reid said. “This is a erything from practice the AFC title game and Bowl title two years
ago under his protege,
we wanted to get that pure team sport. I love schedules to an expla- rallied after the 49ers
Today trophy just because he that part of it. That’s nation on why a long took a 20-10 lead into Doug Pederson.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) deserved it,” Mahomes why I got in it. I didn’t snapper is such an im- the fourth quarter. Now, Reid has his
6 p.m. — Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, said. “The work he puts get in it for any other portant position. Plagued by clock ring, too.
ACCN
6 p.m. — Massachusetts at Rhode
Island, CBSSN
6 p.m. — Duke at Boston College,
ESPN
6 p.m. — Ohio State at Michigan,
No. 3 Oregon hands No. 4 UConn worst home loss since 2005
ESPN2
6 p.m. — Tennessee at Alabama, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Geno? He’s an icon and rebounds and nine UConn (19-2) scored the paint.
ESPNU great coach.” assists for the Ducks the first two points, and It was the first time
6 p.m. — Rutgers at Maryland, FS1 STORRS, Conn. It was UConn’s worst (20-2), falling short then the Ducks reeled the Ducks have beat-
6 p.m. — Auburn at Arkansas, SECN — Kelly Graves and
7 p.m. — Penn State at Michigan home loss on any court of increasing her off 10 straight points, en the Huskies in four
State, BTN Oregon made history, since Dec. 5, 2005, NCA A-record 23 tri- forcing a UConn time- meetings. The teams’
8 p.m. — Colorado State at Fresno handing UConn one of when North Carolina ple-doubles. out. The Huskies tried initial game was a re-
State, CBSSN its worst home losses beat the Huskies by “To walk into this to rally, but Satou Sa- gional final in the 2017
8 p.m. — Mississippi State at Ken- under Geno Auriem-
tucky, ESPN 23 points in Hartford, arena, we were all star- bally hit a 3-pointer just NCAA Tournament that
8 p.m. — Oklahoma at Texas Tech, ma. their other home. struck looking at the before the buzzer at the UConn won by 38 points.
ESPN2 Ruthy Hebard had UConn’s previous walls and banners,” Io- end of the quarter to Auriemma was wear-
8 p.m. — Xavier at DePaul, FS1 22 points and 12 re- worst margin of de- nescu said. “It’s where take a 22-12 lead. ing a No. 8 Kobe Bryant
8 p.m. — Missouri at Texas A&M, SECN bounds as No. 3 Or- feat at Gampel was 17 we’re trying to get our “We took control shirt under his sports
10 p.m. — Air Force at Nevada, ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL egon rolled past the points against Iowa in program and model af- early and maintained it. jacket. Auriemma was
6:30 p.m. — Milwaukee at New Orle- fourth-ranked Huskies 1990 and against Syra- ter them. Huge for us Good defensive energy,” friends with Bryant and
ans, TNT 74-56 on Monday night, cuse in 1992. The Hus- to do what we did, but Graves said. his daughter Gianna,
9 p.m. — San Antonio at LA Lakers, UConn’s first loss on kies were beaten by 25 still a lot of room for im- UConn was able to who was interested in
TNT
NHL HOCKEY campus in seven years. points in 1980 by St. provement.” get within seven in the playing at UConn. The
7 p.m. — Chicago at Minnesota, UConn had never John’s when the team The Ducks built a second quarter, but Io- Huskies honored the
NBCSN had a defeat this bad played at The Field big lead early in the nescu and the Ducks pair, who died in a heli-
SOCCER (WOMEN’S) while playing in Gam- House. much-anticipated answered to go into the copter crash on Jan. 26,
5:20 p.m. — CONCACAF Olympic Qual-
ifying Tournament: Canada vs. Mexico, pel Pavilion, which “They came in here matchup, disappoint- half leading 44-31. in their exhibition game
FS2 opened in 1990. and did something that ing the sellout crowd. They extended the against the U.S. national
TENNIS “It means a lot. This very few people have UConn hadn’t lost on advantage in the sec- team last Monday.
4 a.m. — ATP/USTA: Montpellier-ATP, is hallowed ground, been able to do,” Au- campus since falling ond half to as many as “Someone sent it to
Córdoba-ATP, Pune-ATP, USTA Pro
Circuit Dallas & Midland Early Rounds, so to speak,” Oregon riemma said. “In that to Notre Dame on Jan. 21 points. UConn ral- me that was at the Lak-
TENNIS coach Graves said of first quarter it was evi- 5, 2013. The Huskies lied behind hot 3-point ers game the other night
5 a.m. — ATP/USTA: Montpellier-ATP, the win. “They’ve been dent that physically we were beaten by No. 2 shooting to get within 12 when they put all those
Córdoba-ATP, Pune-ATP, USTA Pro so good for so long. It couldn’t match up with Baylor by 16 points in but did not get closer. out,” Auriemma said.
Circuit Dallas & Midland Early Rounds,
TENNIS means a great deal. ... them tonight, plain and Hartford last month, Crystal Danger- “So because they sent
4 p.m. — ATP/USTA: Córdoba-ATP, Fed It’s icing on the cake simple.” ending the team’s 98- field led UConn with it to me they thought
Cup, USTA Pro Circuit Early Rounds, — a pretty sweet cake. Sabrina Ionescu game home winning 19 points. The Huskies enough of it, I thought
TENNIS Who doesn’t look up to added 10 points, nine streak. were outscored 44-14 in I should wear it.”
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 3B

Change looming as NASCAR season arrives with Daytona 500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH,
Fla. — The sky isn’t fall-
ing — or at least it doesn’t
feel that way — as NA-
SCAR heads into the
first of two seasons full of
change.
In the three months
since Kyle Busch won his
second championship,
NASCAR took its awards
ceremony to Nashville,
Tennessee, and was ea-
gerly embraced. The Hall
of Fame ceremony last
month focused on Joe
Gibbs and his elite or-
ganization, which won a
record 19 of 36 races last
season as Busch earned
Joe Gibbs Racing its fifth
Cup Series title.
Drivers will return
to the track at Daytona
International Speedway
on Saturday and the sea-
son-opening Daytona 500
is Feb. 16.
“We’re coming off of a
very good year, I felt like
last year, where we’re
really getting some mo-
mentum back,” NASCAR
Chairman Jim France
said. “It’s exciting now,
going into this coming
year.”
Since replacing his
nephew as head of the
family business in August
2018, Jim France has been
a steady guide for a series
trying to stop a slide in
every important metric.
Attendance and television
ratings may have finally
bottomed out, but spon-
sorship dollars are as
hard to find as ever and
cost-cutting is a major pri-
ority across the entire in-
dustry.
So the last full season
for seven-time NASCAR
champion Jimmie John-
son is also the last year
for the current race car.
The “Next Gen” car is on
schedule to race in 2021,
and the project is expect-
ed to trim millions from
team budgets because its
parts and pieces will re-
quire a smaller workforce.
Even before that, NA-
SCAR for 2020 made
long overdue tweaks to
the schedule with a few
seismic shifts: Phoenix
will host the champion-
ship-deciding finale in
November, Martinsville
Speedway got both a night
race and the penultimate
playoff race, Daytona
gave up its traditional July
Fourth weekend to India-
napolis Motor Speedway
(and will now host the fi-
nal regular season race)
and Pocono Raceway is
going to host two Cup Se-
ries races in one weekend.
NASCAR was able to
make those changes de-
spite five-year contracts
that had given track own-
ers stability. But fans
have complained about
the stale schedule and
2020 was NASCAR’s first
chance to make even
small changes.
The contracts expire
this year, and NASCAR
will essentially have the
ability to reconfigure
the entire schedule for
2021. NASCAR, a private
company owned by the
France family, last year
swallowed International
Speedway Corp., giving
Jim and his niece, Lesa
France Kennedy, the pow-
er to do just about any-
thing they want.
“It makes a big differ-
ence,” Jim France said of
the merger. “It gives us
an opportunity to respond
quicker to the changing
environment out here
with the economy and all
the things that are going
on that impact motor-
sports. It was a major big
step that we needed to
make probably for quite a
while.”
NASCAR this year will
debut a new sponsorship
model in which the elite
Cup Series will not have
a single entitlement part-
ner. The Winston Cup/
Nextel Cup/Sprint Cup/
Monster Energy Cup will
be just the Cup Series
going forward, with “pre-
mier partners” Busch
Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO
and Xfinity taking on
large roles.
As Jim France and
Lesa France have found
their footing, the stock
car series has shown flex-
ibility, too: After acknowl-
edging the rules package
was a bust at short tracks
and road courses, NA-
SCAR did an about face
and made changes for
those specific venues.
Adapting to it all will
be Johnson, who said
this year will be his last
as a full-time NASCAR
driver. His 19th season
will be his last attempt to
win a record eighth Cup
championship, but John-
son said he has shaken off
the pressure of chasing
Richard Petty and Dale
Earnhardt and plans to
enjoy his time in the No.
48 Chevrolet.
“I’ve been able to have
some clarity and to really
understand it on a deeper
level,” said Johnson, now
44. “One thing that I’ve
come to grips with and
I’m enjoying letting go of
is: I feel like I’ve been a
bit out of character and a
bit focused on a number, a
statistic — and I’ve never
in my life been that way.
I’ve never raced that way.”
“”I’m out there one fi-
nal time,” he added. “This
is just one final time, and
it feels so good to be able
to let go of that chasing
part.”
The chase will be on for
drivers hoping to fill John-
son’s seat at Hendrick Mo-
torsports. Alex Bowman
is also in a contract year
driving Rick Hendrick’s
No. 88, meaning two top
seats at an elite team are
in rare play.
Among the drivers in
a crowded free agent pool
are former series champi-
on Brad Keselowski and
teammate Ryan Blaney,
who were both involved in
a major Team Penske off-
season shakeup. Looking
for a spark after failing to
get any of its cars into the
championship-deciding fi-
nale, Penske swapped the
crew chiefs for all three of
its drivers, two of whom
are in contract years.
“I personally needed to
be challenged,” Keselows-
ki said. “A lot of us were
pretty comfortable and
this certainly removes
any feeling of comfort.”
Kyle Larson is consid-
ered the top free agent
in this year’s pool and he
likely has three options:
He can stay with Chip Ga-
nassi, who lets him race
sprint cars; move to Stew-
art-Haas Racing and drive
for Tony Stewart, who
may be even more lenient
than Ganassi has been; or
he can scale back the ex-
tracurricular racing and
drive for Hendrick.
Larson has won just six
career Cup races, but is
considered to be the best
of NASCAR’s next gener-
ation and is only 27. His
courtship and ultimate
decision will likely impact
all other major driver ne-
gotiations.
It’s a full house at Joe
Gibbs Racing, which put
three Toyotas in the fi-
nal four last season and
returns its entire lineup,
with Christopher Bell fi-
nally earning his promo-
tion to the Cup Series in a
satellite ride for Leavine
Family Racing. It was
the only place to put Lar-
son’s sprint car-loving
buddy, who
was ready
for the big
leagues
but stuck
in Gibbs’
crowded
system.
Bell will
Gibbs
be in a race
for top Cup
rookie alongside two-time
Xfinity Series champion
Tyler Reddick and Cole
Custer. The trio raced
each other for the Xfinity
title the last two seasons.
The race for the final
four slots at Pheonix is
wide open, assuming
teams figure out how to
match Gibbs on the track.
Busch hasn’t missed a
beat and spent a decent
part of January in a sports
car, making his debut at
the prestigious Rolex 24
at Daytona in his own at-
tempt to stay sharp.
His push for title No. 3
begins with the Daytona
500, a race he has never
won. Busch was second to
teammate Denny Hamlin
in last year’s 1-2-3 Gibbs
sweep, and he very much
wants to win the race him-
self.
Busch gets to show
what he’s got starting
Sunday with both an exhi-
bition race and qualifying
for the Daytona 500.

After Super Bowl win, Chiefs already eyeing repeat next year
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — It took the
Chiefs five full decades
to bring the Lombardi
Trophy back to Kansas
City.
They don’t intend to
wait that long again.
With confetti still
swirling and their thrill-
ing Super Bowl triumph
over the San Francisco
49ers mere minutes old,
most of the Chiefs were
already talking about
next season. They got
a taste of reaching the
AFC title game last sea-
son and it drove them to
make it back this season,
and now that they’ve had
a taste of winning the
championship, the or-
ganization’s mindset is
quite simple: Why stop at
just one?
“Next year we’re com-
ing back,” Chiefs defen-
sive tackle Chris Jones
said. “We’re coming back
for a repeat.”
There’s plenty of rea-
sons to believe they can
do it. The Chiefs will re-
turn just about every key
piece that delivered the
city its first champion-
ship in 50 years, includ-
ing Super Bowl MVP
Patrick Mahomes, break-
out star
Damien
Williams
and the
core of
their re-
built de-
f e n s e ,
along with Jones
a coaching
staff that’s
gotten plenty of interest
for head coaching jobs
elsewhere.
So perhaps it was no
surprise that most Las
Vegas sports books al-
ready have installed the
Chiefs as 6-to-1 favorites
to win the Super Bowl
next season. The Balti-
more Ravens and NFC
champion Niners were
close behind.
“I’m really excited
about it. You get one, you
want to get another,” said
Andy Reid, who finally
got to bask in his first Su-
per Bowl championship
after 21 years of coach-
ing. “But we’ve got to
backpedal a minute and
enjoy this one, and then
we’ll get busy on the next
one.”
There certainly will
be plenty of time to
celebrate. The Chiefs
wrapped up some me-
dia obligations in Miami
on Monday, then were
to head back to Kansas
City, where an entire city
was prepping for a victo-
ry parade Wednesday.
Not long after that,
though, expect Reid and
general manager Brett
Veach to get down to
business.
The Chiefs are likely
to make Mahomes the
NFL’s highest-paid play-
er this offseason, the
first opportunity he will
have to sign a contract
extension. The Chiefs
also must decide what to
do with Jones, one of the
league’s premier defen-
sive linemen, who is eli-
gible for free agency but
has expressed his desire
to remain with the team
on a long-term deal.
“Why wouldn’t I want
to be here?” he asked.
“We have a chance to be
a dynasty.”
The Chiefs also had
a number of role play-
ers whose deals are
expiring, and bringing
them back or unearth-
ing replacements will
be crucial during free
agency. Among them
are defensive linemen
Terrell Suggs, Emman-
uel Ogbah and Xavier
Williams, wide receiver
Demarcus Robinson, and
cornerbacks Bashaud
Breeland and Kendall
Fuller.
Another question
facing the Chiefs: What
will they do with Sam-
my Watkins, who proved
his worth with a massive
playoff run capped by
five catches for 98 yards
in the Super Bowl. He is
due to count $21 million
against the salary cap
next year, so the Chiefs
are likely to ask him to
take a pay cut or restruc-
ture his contract or be
forced to release him.
“If we keep going the
way we’re going, the
sky is the limit for this
team,” said Watkins, who
contradicted reports he
might even sit out next
season by insisting he’d
return. “Why not? We’ll
come back and win next
year.”
But even with all those
holes to fill, the Chiefs
are still in enviable
shape. They have argu-
ably the league’s best
quarterback and one of
its most electrifying
pass-catchers in Tyreek
Hill. They have one of
its premier tight ends in
Travis Kelce and a run-
ning back in Damien
Williams, who gashed
the 49ers for 104 yards
rushing with TDs on the
ground and through the
air.
On defense, they have
elite pass rusher Frank
Clark and safety Tyrann
Mathieu — the prize ac-
quisitions last offseason
who came up big in the
Super Bowl — signed to
contracts that will keep
them in Kansas City at
least two more years.
“It will be important
to keep a couple of those
other guys and obviously
continue to get better,
whether that’s through
the draft or free agency,”
Mathieu said. “The most
important thing is our
core is intact. We’ve got a
hell of a football team, so
we are looking forward
to next season already.”
There have been
seven franchises that
have won back-to-back
Super Bowls, including
the Pittsburgh Steelers,
who did the trick twice
in the 1970s. That now
becomes the goal for a
team that sees a window
of dominance opening
in the AFC, where the
Chiefs and Ravens al-
ready have begun to re-
place the New England
Patriots as the gold stan-
dard.
“I think as long as we
keep the people that we
have in this organiza-
tion on this team, with
the coach that we have,
I think we have a chance
to be good year-in and
year-out,” Mahomes
said. “It’s not going to
be easy. We’re sitting
here right now, and I
know that going back,
we’re going to have next
year to play a lot of great
football teams. There’s
a lot of great teams in
this league, so you un-
derstand that. But at the
same time, just try to get
better every year.”
Not just to reach the
pinnacle of the game. At
long last, the Chiefs fi-
nally have accomplished
that.
The task facing them
now is staying there.

49ers’ great turnaround season pulls up short in Super Bowl

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI GARDENS,
Fla. — The San Fran-
cisco 49ers’ remarkable
turnaround ended up
just a few minutes shy of
a Super Bowl title.
After becoming only
the third team to go to
the Super Bowl a year
after winning four or
fewer games, the 49ers
stumbled at the end and
lost 31-20 to the Kansas
City Chiefs on Sunday
night.
“It was a great sea-
son,” linebacker Fred
Warner said. “I can’t
take anything away from
what we’ve done. To go
4-12 and then go to the
Super Bowl and have a
chance to win in it, it’s
one of those things that
will hurt for a while. I’m
going to do everything
in my power to make
sure we’re better.”
The Niners (15-4)
were poised to join the
1999 St. Louis Rams as
the only teams to win a
Super Bowl a year after
going 4-12. Instead, they
join the 1988 Bengals
as a four-win team that
came so close to a cham-
pionship a year later but
faltered at the end.
In this same stadium
21 years ago, Joe Mon-
tana and San Francisco
drove past Cincinnati
for the winning score in
a 20 -16 victory. The col-
lapse for this version of
the Niners was on both
sides of the ball. The
offense fell apart in the
fourth quarter and the
defense got burned for
big plays by Patrick Ma-
homes that turned a 20 -
10 lead into a 31-20 loss
in the blink of an eye in
a crushing loss.
“You could see it in
the guys eyes in there.
It means something
to guys,” quarterback
Jimmy Garoppolo said.
“That means you’ve got
guys that care about
what they’re doing, guys
who care about each oth-
er. We’re a young team
and we’ve got a very
bright future. We’ve got
to take this in stride and
remember this feeling
and let it fuel us in the
offseason.”
Jimmy G
Garoppolo’s first full
season as a starter had
ups and downs. He led
the team to 13 wins in
the regular season with
four fourth-quarter
comebacks and three
games with at least four
TD passes. But he also
showed a propensity
for baffling mistakes.
His 18 turnovers in the
regular season were the
most of any player in the
postseason, and then he
threw two interceptions
in the Super Bowl.
Remarkable rookies
A big reason for opti-
mism for the Niners was
the play of their top two
picks in the 2019 draft.
No. 2 overall pick Nick
Bosa became a dom-
inant defensive end,
makinbg nine sacks in
the regular season and
four more in the playoffs
on the way to winning
AP Defensive Rookie of
the Year.
Second-round re-
ceiver Deebo Samuel
showed he has the abil-
ity to be a star, excelling
as a runner, receiver
and blocker. He set a
Super Bowl record for
receivers with 53 yards
rushing against the
Chiefs and also had five
catches for 39 yards. His
physical play sets the
tone for the Niners.
Breakout star
One of the feel-good
stories of the season was
the play of running back
Raheem Mostert, the
former special teams
standout who proved
he can be a No. 1 back
after being cut by six
teams. He led the team
with 772 yards rushing
in the regular season
and then had 220 yards
and four TDs in the NFC
title game against Green
Bay.
He ran for 58 yards
and a TD in the Super
Bowl and should get a
chance for more work
next season.
Free agency
The Niners will have
some difficult decisions
when it comes to free
agency this offseason
with several key play-
ers set to hit the open
market next month. The
three biggest potential
unrestricted free agents
are defensive lineman
Arik Armstead, who had
a breakthrough season
with 10 sacks; safety
Jimmie Ward, who was a
key part of the league’s
stingiest pass defense;
and receiver Emmanuel
Sanders, who sparked
the passing game after
his midseason addition.
San Francisco also
can give extensions to
key players like tight
end George Kittle and
defensive tackle De-
Forest Buckner, which
might not leave much
money left for other free
agents.
How to get it right
The Niners won’t
have to improve much
to contend again next
season. Many of the
key pieces are in place
from a team that won
13 games in the regular
season and made it to
the Super Bowl.
San Francisco could
use help at cornerback
across from Richard
Sherman and will need
another top receiver if
Sanders leaves in free
agency.
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SEC,” Schaefer said.
“You’re not getting by
anybody, you’re not get-
ting a shot on anybody.
You have got to under-
stand there is a level and
a speed of the game that
if you’re not at it, it’s go-
ing to be hard for you.”
Beyond the offensive
outputs, Monday offered
a far cleaner ball-han-
dling effort than MSU
has seen over the past
month. After averaging
13.6 turnovers their last
five games, the Bulldogs
recorded just nine turn-
overs against their red
and white counterparts
— marking the first
time since a Nov. 30 loss
to Stanford in the Great-
er Victoria Invitational
MSU finished with sin-
gle-digit turnovers in a
game.
Notably, it was a
heady effort from Taylor
who backed up a dismal
outing against Auburn
with seven points, three
rebounds and three as-
sists to just two turn-
overs Monday.
“I turned the ball over
a lot against Auburn,”
she conceded postgame.
“So my focus was to
come into this game and
be better and to learn
from it and I think that’s
what I did. I still have a
lot to work on but I’m go-
ing to continue to watch
film and continue to see
what’s open.”
With the victory,
Schaefer’s bunch now
hits a stretch of three-
straight games against
ranked opponents,
starting Thursday in
Knoxville against No.
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rent Bulldogs face their
Southeastern Confer-
ence foe in what has tra-
ditionally been a house
of horrors for most col-
leges that don’t have the
word Kentucky printed
on the front of their jer-
seys: Rupp Arena.
“At the end of the day,
it’s a basketball court,”
MSU coach Ben How-
land said. “They’ve got a
great home court advan-
tage. You’ve got to play
really well to beat any-
body on the road, much
less Kentucky which
has the best home court
advantage in our con-
ference. It’s just a great
atmosphere for basket-
ball on a national level. I
don’t know if there’s any
better home court in the
entire country.”
Long losing streak
to UK aside, MSU en-
ters its latest clash with
Kentucky with perhaps
its best opportunity to
upset the Wildcats that
it has had in the last
decade. The Bulldogs
come to Lexington rid-
ing a hot streak, winning
their last five conference
contests and boasting
the early favorite for
SEC Player of the Year
in Reggie Perry, the only
MSU
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But if you can upgrade,
that’s the point of a team
game.”
A graduate transfer,
Costello is expected to
be immediately eligible
and is a likely candidate
to start under center
in 2020. In 28 games at
Stanford, the Newport
Beach, California native
completed 495 of 791
passes for 6,151 yards and
49 touchdowns to just 18
interceptions.
Costello entered the
transfer portal in De-
cember following an in-
jury-shortened redshirt
junior season in which
he appeared in just five
games for the Cardinal.
In 2018, he guided Stan-
ford to a 9-4 record while
throwing for 3,540 yards
and 29 touchdowns.
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Mississippi State’s Jessika Carter (4) shoots ahead of the defense from Georgia’s Mal-
ury Bates (22) during the second quarter of their NCAA college basketball game Monday
in Starkville.
23 Tennessee — a place minimal practice time as playing (at Tennessee)
MSU has won just twice they’ll play three games on Thursday — they
in program history. And in the next six days. better be,” Schaefer
though the Bulldogs “It’ll be a little bit of a said. “Because I know
have won six of their past challenge for this group they’re probably going
seven games against the but I know they’ll be ex- to be ready for us in what
Volunteers, MSU faces cited about going and should be a great game.”
athlete in the league av- Wildcats sit in a tie for fense on and off the ball.
eraging a double-double second in the SEC with Quickley is playing un-
(17 points, 10 rebounds Auburn after dropping believably. He’s shooting
per game). a 75-66 road matchup 48 percent from three in
“We’re preparing for to the Tigers Saturday. the conference which is
their team. They’re ob- With a win, the Bulldogs mind boggling.”
viously a great team and would move into a tie for While the depth in
really well-coached,” at least third place in the the front court has been
Howland said. “A hall league, depending on shallower than a typical
of fame coach [in John what Auburn does on the Calipari-led team, UK’s
Calipari], and an excel- road against Arkansas best player down low is
lent backcourt.” Tuesday. a good one. Kentucky
In its last three con- As Howland said, the forward Nick Richards
tests, MSU (14-7, 5-3 Wildcats are a guard- has been one of the most
SEC) has faced halftime heavy team, relying on ACROSS
efficient post players in
deficits of eight, 10 and the contributions of Im- 1 “Sesame
the nation, shooting 65.9
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those three games, and per game) and Ashton tionally. Like Quickley,10 “The Waste
had a chance to win the Hagans (12.8 ppg and Richards (14 ppg, 8.2 Land” poet
third on the final pos- seven assists per night), rebounds per night) has 12 Kitchen
session. Howland said a who Perry said is the come-on
scored 10 -plus points in
victory won’t be in the conference’s hardest his last 10 contests. 13 Raised
cards if his team gets off defender to score on at “Nick Richards has number
to a slow start against SEC Media Days in Oc- been an unbelievable 15 Harris and
the Wildcats, though. tober. story in terms of his Asner
“We’ve got no chance Quickley has notched growth as a player and 16 Ump’s call
unless we play 40 con- 10 -plus points in 10 how dominant he’s been 17 Rent out
secutive minutes of re- straight games and in over the course of the 18 Join forces
ally good basketball,” 16 of 20 contests over- last dozen games or so,”20 Thinker
Howland said. “That’s all, while sporting a Howland said. “He’s a Descartes
what we’ve got to do as 91.3 percent free-throw special talent and obvi-21 Steal 43 Nuisance vers’s secret
a team moving forward.” shooting clip. ously a huge factor for 22 Casino figure identity
Meanwhile, No. 15 “I think Hagans is re- them offensively. Both 23 Compassion DOWN 19 Silent per-
Kentucky (16 -5, 6 -2) has ally special,” Howland not only on the block, 25 Stare in 1 Trouble formers
put together an NCA A said. “He’ll be up for but he can face up and
disbelief 2 Dodges 20 Fit for a king
tournament worthy sea- defensive player of the make 15-17 foot-shots
28 Urges on 3 Woodcutting 24 Swindler
son to this point, but not year. His hands are just which I didn’t know he
31 Historic times tool 25 Rises
necessarily an elite cam- lethal. He’s so good at could do until this year.
paign like its fans expect anticipating and creat- He looks really good do-
32 Bays 4 Sock part 26 Awaken
on a yearly basis. The ing havoc with his de- ing it.” 34 Huck’s pal 5 Treaty 27 Grassy plains
35 Sleeve filler 6 Make mistakes 29 Infer
36 Zodiac animal
7 Muddied up 30 Barrel pieces
37 Of the highest 8 Be about to 33 Refine ore
quality happen 35 God of war
40 Grammar 9 Coffee bar 38 Sense of self
topic orders 39 Summit
Once in Starkville, town — Brandon — as More recently, for- 41 Writer’s work 11 Acting com-
Costello will join an al- former Wildcats signal mer City College of San 42 Mexican pany
ready crowded quarter- caller and current Jack- Francisco quarterback money 14 Kara Dan-
back room alongside sonville Jaguar Gardner and 2019 WSU starter
sophomore Garrett Minshew. Anthony Gordon threw
Shrader and junior Keyta- “That whole quarter- for 5,596 yards and 48
on Thompson. back room, we’ve just got touchdowns — both Pac
With Thompson red- to see what we have and 12 records — in his final
shirting last season, see who can do what and year in Pullman. He was
Shrader saw extended try to put everyone in the named a second team All-
time in place of graduate best position that moves PAC 12 performer for his
transfer Tommy Stevens the needle,” Leach said.
efforts.
— who battled a string of In terms of transfers,
“From my experience,
injuries and inefficiency Leach has shown a pro-
a lot of times, the guys on
throughout 2019. He com- pensity for success with
the portal that are trying
pleted 88 of 153 passes poaching quarterbacks
for 1,170 yards and eight from the FBS and junior to get opportunities to
touchdowns while adding college ranks throughout play, maybe they are low-
another 587 yards and six his 18-year head coach- er on the depth chart,”
touchdowns rushing. ing career. Leach said. “Other times,
Mid-year enrollee Will Following stops at sometimes, it’s a fit situa-
Rogers could also factor Northwest Community tion. I don’t think it can be
into the mix this year and College and East Caroli- ignored. It’s now a factor
down the line. Rogers na, Minshew led the na- in recruiting and kind of a
was a target of Leach’s tion in passing at Wash- reality of our business. If
at Washington State and ington State during the you can upgrade from the
comes from the same 2018 season. portal, you need to do it.”

Super Bowl betting brings big business to sports books
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
— Business was brisk at
sports books around the
country on Super Bowl
Sunday, with customers
risking money on every-
thing from the coin toss
at the start of the game, to
the color of the Gatorade
dumped on the winning
coach, Kansas City’s Andy
Reid, at the end of it.
The Kansas City Chiefs
beat the San Francisco
49ers 31-20 in a game
that was forecast to be
among the most heavily
wagered-on championship
games ever.
Revenue reports began
trickling in Monday eve-
ning, including the $54.2
million wagered by gam-
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DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
blers in New Jersey, the
state whose U.S. Supreme
Court victory in 2018
cleared the way for the
expansion of legal sports
betting to many parts of
the country. That total
surpassed the $34.8 mil-
lion New Jersey gamblers
bet on the Super Bowl last
year.
New Jersey’s 10 retail
sports books and 19 sports
wagering mobile applica-
tions lost $4.28 million, for
a negative hold percentage
of 7.8%
Ron Baumann, regional
president for Caesars En-
tertainment, which owns
three Atlantic City casinos,
said its sports books at
Bally’s and Harrah’s were
jammed.
“We exceeded what we
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thought we would do by
far,” he said. “We sold out
every seat we had, every
inch of seating.”
The two books handled
over 10,000 bets. And the
increased foot traffic also
gave the casinos a measur-
able boost in table games
and slot revenue, and food
and beverage sales, though
Baumann would not reveal
exact figures for either.
Nevada, the country’s
largest sports betting mar-
ket, said it will not release
its figures until Tuesday
because one of its licens-
ees had technical problems
while compiling data. But
MGM Resorts and Cae-
sars Entertainment both
reported multimillion-dol-
lar wins from the game.
Last year, Nevada
sports books took in $146
million worth of bets on
the Super Bowl, down from
$158 million a year earlier.
Mississippi regulators
reported taking in $6.7 mil-
lion worth of bets on this
year’s game, but did not
immediately calculate how
much of that was paid out
to customers who made
winning bets.
In Rhode Island, the
beloved New England Pa-
triots were not in the Super
Bowl for the first time in
four years, and gamblers
showed less interest in
betting on someone other
than Tom Brady. The $5.5
million wagered was about
84% of the $6.5 million wa-
gered last year when the
Patriots beat the Los Ange-
les Rams.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am trying
hard to let go
of my paralyzing
fear of driving,
which has pre-
vented me from
getting a license.
I am not sure why
I get so nervous
and afraid when
I get behind the
wheel. I really
need a car to get
my family and my-
self around. I just
wish I knew what
was causing this. Dear Abby
Could you please
help me figure it out? -- FEAR OF
DRIVING
DEAR F.O.D.: Gladly. The
quickest way to get to the bot-
tom of what’s causing your fear
of driving would be to discuss it
with a licensed mental health
professional -- if possible, one
who specializes in treating
patients with phobias. Your
physician or your health insur-
ance company should be able
to refer you to someone who is
qualified.
DEAR ABBY: A few months
ago, my wife and I invited anoth-
er couple over for dinner. The
husband was on his phone the
entire time, showing us YouTube
videos he apparently thought
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.
4). Like trying to take a picture
of the moon with your phone,
you’ll take flights of imagination
that can’t be aptly captured,
but do try! Describe what you
see; invent; be creative. Stop
buying into the judgment that
it’s child’s play. It is the most
important work you’ll do! The
sky is closer to your head than it
has ever been. Aries and Cancer
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 8, 14, 3, 33 and 27.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Your personal internal operating
system is always updating to
keep current with advances of
the times and needs of the mo-
ment. Today there’s a clash with
the old programs, but don’t you
worry; all bugs will get fixed.
Rhode Island’s sports
books had a hold per-
centage of 14.6%, or
twice the level of what
Paul Grimaldi, a spokes-
man for the state reve-
nue department, termed
“good.” That worked
out to a hold of about
$805,000 for the sports
books, about half of
which goes to the state.
Last year when the Pats
won, the sports books
lost $2.3 million.
Elsewhere in New En-
gland, New Hampshire
gamblers bet more than
$2.3 million on the Su-
per Bowl; the state only
began sports betting on
Dec. 30.
“We are extremely
pleased with the results
from our first Super Bowl
were interesting.
After dinner, he
lamented that
he had run out of
data and wanted
us to provide our
Wi-Fi password
so he could
continue watching
his videos. I
begrudgingly gave
him access, but
was really irked
by it. Isn’t it rude
for a dinner guest
to ask to use your
Wi-Fi? -- NOT SO
INTERESTED
DEAR NOT SO
INTERESTED: It was not rude to
ask for your Wi-Fi password. In
some circles, it’s normal. What
WAS rude was for one guest to
monopolize the conversation
the way that dinner guest did. I’ll
bet it will be a long time before
you invite that couple again.
DEAR ABBY: I need help
dealing with a neighbor prob-
lem. “Diane” and I have been
neighbors for five years. We
both have daughters in elemen-
tary school who ride the bus.
At the bus stop, Diane always
manages to point out something
about my daughter or me that
makes me uncomfortable. She’ll
ask things like, “Are those new
shoes?” “I like that jacket. Was
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The ones who know you well
may notice the weight beneath
your apparent whimsy, but more
than likely it’s the complete
strangers who will really see
you, which is why it’s important
to talk to unfamiliar people.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). There are those for whom
vulnerability is repellent, as it
reminds them of their short-
comings and the cost of being
unguarded. Such a condition
is unfortunate and not to be
personalized by those who do
not possess it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Your logical mind doesn’t care
that most of the things you
worry about never happen. It
will still generate as many worri-
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 5B
and our first month over-
all of sports betting, and
we look forward to con-
tinuing to build on this
success as we engage
more and more players,”
said Charlie McIntyre,
executive director of the
New Hampshire Lottery.
Mattias Stetz, chief
operating officer of Rush
Street Interactive, which
operates the PlaySugar-
House.com and BetRiv-
ers.com online betting
sites, said the Super Bowl
generated 10 times the
amount of bets that his
company sees from a reg-
ular-season NFL game.
Delaware saw $2.1 mil-
lion in bets and a hold of
$229,000. Oregon took in
nearly $2 million in bets
and kept about $150,000.
it expensive?” “You have a new
hairdo; did it cost much?” Or
“Wow, how can you afford such
nice clothes for your daughter?”
“Are those new jeans? How
much were they?”
I find her prying annoying
and quite rude. Most of the oth-
er parents avoid her, probably
because of this behavior. I work
to afford the things I have, and I
don’t feel I need to discuss what
I spend for my child or myself
with anyone. Other than this,
she’s a nice neighbor. What’s
the best way to get her to stop
asking these questions? I try to
ignore them, but this has been
going on for years, and I’m at
a loss. -- ANNOYED IN NORTH
CAROLINA
DEAR ANNOYED: The surest
way to get your neighbor to stop
asking these kinds of questions
would be the direct approach.
Tell her questions of that nature
make you uncomfortable and to
please stop asking. If she per-
sists, repeat it until she finally
gets the message.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
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Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
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some possibilities as you want
it to. You can and should shut it
down with a fun distraction.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Trying new routines can be like
trying on new clothes. They
don’t always fit right away,
but things can be jiggled,
smoothed, altered to fit. Maybe
it’s just one adjustment — like
the right shoes — that pulls
everything together.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Passivity is not always
weakness. Sometimes it’s a
strategy to buy the time needed
to get a better sense of things.
An assertive response might be
overkill. Do what the situation
requires and no more than that.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Familiarity can blind you to how
someone really is. That’s why
spending time with outsiders
can have an enormously (and, in
your case, pleasantly) enlighten-
ing effect.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). When the feeling is strong,
it’s hard not to act on it, and
yet you also pride yourself in
having a will that is as strong
or stronger than any feeling
that could come up. Small acts
of self-control build emotional
muscle tone.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You’ve been praised and
encouraged, and you’ve also
known an opposite dynamic.
Both have motivated you. You
can credit your success to how
you interpret, think about and
use the things that happen to
you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). The reason you make an
effort to include those who
seem a little uncomfortable
or outside of the situation is
because you know what that’s
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
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People who appreciate what you
bring to the table won’t make
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it’s earned. This is because
there’s a certain amount of risk
you’re willing to take, and you’d
rather err on the side of believ-
ing in the good of humanity.
United we stand, divided we fall
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hereby notifies all bidders that
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The following vehicle has been
abandoned at Shelton’s Tow-
ing, 1024 Gardner Blvd.,
Columbus, MS 39702.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF ROSETTA BLUITT, DE-
CEASED
WILLIAM D. BLUITT, PETITION-
ER
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0105-RPF
Rentals
296.000 Utilities & cable included, R12 R500 R11.
TON
discriminated against on the
grounds of race, color, or na- from $145/wk − $535/ Convenient.
tional origin in consideration for month. Columbus & County Certified professionals.
POLYMERIZED-EMULSIFIED AS-
PHALT, GRADE CRS-2P
an award. Apartments & Houses School locations. 662−242 refrigerantfinders.com/ad
−7653 or 601−940−1397. 312−291−9169
1,920.000
GAL
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
are on file in the Office of the 1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes RV/MOBILE HOME SITE Sporting Goods
COARSE AGGREGATE COVER near CAFB, Caledonia
County, the County Engineer's

1998 Honda Accord (purple) SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

VIN#1HGCG565XWA051163
The vehicle will be put up for
sale on the 19th day of Febru-
ary, 2020 at 10:00 am at
Shelton’s Towing, 1024 Gard-
ner Blvd, Columbus, MS
39702.
PUBLISH: 2/4 & 2/11/2020
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT
LAW OF ROSETTA BLUITT, DE-
CEASED, AND ANY AND ALL
UNKNOWN PERSONS CLAIM-
ING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, AND IN-
TEREST IN AND TO THE STATE
OF ROSETTA BLUITT
MATERIAL, SIZE 56 (CRUSHED
STONE OR SLAG)
office and the Office of the
State Aid Engineer, 412 E.
3 Bedrooms schools. Call 601−940−
1397.
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
OPEN FOR SEASON!
74.000 Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jack-
CY son, Mississippi. This project Furnished & Unfurnished Office Spaces For Rent
9−5: Tues−Fri &
shall be constructed in accord- 9−12: Sat.
RUMBLE STRIPS, GROUND-IN ance with the latest edition of 1, 2, & 3 Baths OFFICE SPACE FOR
Over 50 years experience!
0.432
MI
the Mississippi Standard Spe-
cifications for State Aid Road
Lease, Deposit LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Repairs, cleaning,
refinishing, scopes
15" CORRUGATED POLYETHYL-
and Bridge Construction. & Credit Check Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. mounted & zeroed,
Plenty of private parking. handmade knives.
ENE PIPE PLANS AND PROPOSALS may viceinvestments.com 662−327−9559. Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
327-8555
64.000 be secured from Robert L. Cal-
LF of West Point, turn right on
vert, County Engineer for
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn

State of Mississippi
County Of Lowndes
NOTICE OF SALE LIQUIDATION
WHEREAS, the following ten-
REAL ESTATE
You have been named by Willi-
am D. Bluitt, Administratrix of RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS (TYPE P. 0. Drawer 1078, West Point. left on Darracott Rd, see
I) The Cost is seventy-five dollars
Apts For Rent: Other sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
the Estate of Rosetta Bluitt,
who is seeking the judicial de- 16.000 ($75.00) for plans and seventy- left. 662−494−6218.
termination of heirs at law of EA five dollars ($75.00) for the 1ST MONTH − RENT FREE!
Rosetta Bluitt, Deceased. proposal, non-refundable 1−2 BR Apt: $350−395 ADS STARTING AT $25
MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC 1−2BR TwnHome:

COMMUNITY
ants entered into leases with You are summoned to appear LUMP SUM Certified check or bid bond for
LS
$625−650 Houses For Sale: North
The Grove Mini Warehouses for and defend against Adminis- five percent (5%) of the total Lease, Dep, Credit Check.
storage space in which to store tratrix’s Petition to Determine bid, made payable to Lowndes Coleman Realty
personal property and Heirs at 9:00 a.m. on the 4th ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION County and the State of Missis- FSBO: 3BR/2BA, 3304 5th
662−329−2323
day of March, in the Chancery SIGNS sippi must accompany each St N. Fenced back yard w/ ADS STARTING AT $12
WHEREAS, default has been Court of Chickasaw County, loc- 0.00 proposal. sm shop. Great neighbor−
made in the payment for rent ated in Houston, Mississippi, SF hood. $110,000. 662−356
and The Grove Mini Ware- and in case of your failure to Bidders are hereby notified that −4764 or 901−848−0051. Instruction & School
houses pursuant to said appear and defend, a judg- 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC any proposal accompanied by
leases is authorized to sell the ment will be entered against EDGE STRIP (CONTINUOUS letters qualifying in any man-
personal property to satisfy the you for the money or other WHITE) (60 mil) Houses For Sale: New Hope
ner the condition under which
past due rent and other things demanded in the mo- 0.432 the proposal is tendered will be
charges owed to it by the fol- tion and you will be forever MI considered an irregular bid and 16 WIDNER IN NEW HOPE
lowing tenants: barred. such proposal will not be con- Newly remodeled. 3BR/
4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC sidered in making the award. 2BA home. Approx. 1,500
Marguita Stallings You are not required to file an TRAFFIC STRIPE (SKIP YELLOW) sq. ft. Has 25’x30’ wired
A1 answer or other pleading but (90 mil) Official bid documents can be
0.216
metal shop w/ roll−up front
$150.85 you may do so if you desire. downloaded from Central at & side door. $164,900.
MI www.centralbidding.com. Elec-
Synetra Neal tronic bids can be submitted at
662−549−9298.
Issued under my hand and the
A2 seal of said Court this the 30th TWO-WAY YELLOW REFLECT- www.centralbidding.com. For
IVE HIGH PERFORMANCE Houses For Sale: Caledonia Christian Women’s Job
$141.85 day of January, 2020. any questions related to the Corps Class Spring
RAISED MARKERS electronic bidding process,
Jason Hines 15.000 please call Central Bidding at 2020−FREE TRAINING
Cindy Egger Goode, Chancery FSBO: 3BR/2BA ON 2.5
A8 Clerk EA 225-810-4814. ACRES. 1600 sqft. Evening classes in
$106.85 Completely remodeled. Computer Training,
By: /s/Shantrell W. Grander- EROSION CONTROL ITEMS: Harry Sanders, President Resume Writing &
Angel Jones
$178,000. 662−386−
son, D.C. Lowndes County Board of Su- Interview Skills for Job
A18 AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE pervisors 7113.
Seeking Women.
$106.85 PUBLISH: 2/4, 2/11, 2.200
TON Lots & Acreage Enrolling now for Tues &
2/18/2020 Publish: February 4, 2020 Thurs starting February
Brenda David February 11, 2020
A23 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER 4th at Christian
OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD WINTER SPECIAL. 1.75
COLEMAN
$217.40 (13:13:13) Women’s Job Corps.
CONSTRUCTION MISSISSIPPI 1.650
acre lots. Good/bad credit. Min H.S. Diploma or
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA- TON 10% down, as low as
Tata Vaughn RENTALS Equivalent required. Call

EMPLOYMENT
A26 TION $299/mo. Eaton Land. 662−722−3016 or visit
AMMONIUM NITRATE TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS 662−361−7711.
$106.85 cwjcgtms.org
AND 1.100
Sonja Holt TON 1 BEDROOM
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF CALL US: 662-328-2424 2 BEDROOMS
MERCHANDISE
A31
$186.85 SUPERVISORS SEEDING Pets
SECTION 900
2.200
Customer Service 3 BEDROOMS
Lonnie Sanders Jr. AC AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD
A32 LEASE, ADS STARTING AT $12
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: VEGETATIVE MATERIALS FOR LOCAL LAW FIRM is seek- PUPPIES. Exc. ped. Blk/
$126.85
MULCH
Sealed bids will be received by 4.400
ing Receptionist/Secretary. DEPOSIT red. Vet checked, w/s,
wormed. Ready to go! 662
Barbara Anderson
the Board of Supervisors of Previous experience AND Bargain Column
B4 TON −213−4609.
Lowndes County, Mississippi at helpful but not necessary.
$308.70
the Lowndes County Court- SOLID SODDING Computer skills a must. CREDIT CHECK FREE TREE GIVEAWAY!
house, Columbus, Mississippi, 50.000 Email resume to: 2/6/20, 8:30am−4:00pm Pet Supplies / Accessories
662-329-2323
Otavian Holt
B24 until 10:00 a.m. on the 16th SY job106@cdispatch.com Lowndes Co SWCD,
$306.85 day of March and shortly there- 2282 MLK Jr. Dr Happy Jack® LiquiVict 2x:
after publicly opened for the GEOTEXTILE FABRIC STABILIZA- 328−5921, ext.3 recognized safe & effective
Marissa Perkins construction of 0.215 miles of TION (TYPE III) General Help Wanted 2411 HWY 45 N One Bundle Per Person. by U.S. CVM against hook
BOX BRIDGE AND AP- 660.000
B25
$119.85 PROACHES on the WOLFE SY COLUMBUS, MS General Merchandise
& round worms in dogs.
ROAD being known as Project THE COMMERCIAL At Tractor Supply.
No.STP-0753- TEMPORARY SILT FENCE D I SPA T C H is seeking a Commercial Property For Rent (www.kennelvax.com)
Arline Hughes
B38 00(003)/106496-701000 in 2,200.000 mechanically-minded indi- 2 TIRES w/ rims &
$206.85 Lowndes County, Mississippi. LF vidual to work in its press- hubcaps. Fits 2004 Ford
room. Applicants must be FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
Five Questions:
Taurus,$25 EA; 2 Butane
PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK TEMPORARY STREAM DIVER- comfortable working around DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
Walter Smith Jr. Tanks 1o gla. & 5 gal., $15
ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOL- SION truck terminal, 9,500 sq.
C5
LOWS: heavy machinery, adhering ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
for both; Mink Coat−hip
$307.95 1.000 to tight deadlines and must length, Autumn Haze, size
1 Detroit—It
EA office/shop. Buildings can
ITEM have an eye for detail & 10, $500 Cash Only. Call
Donald Henley be rented together or
C9 QUANTITY LOOSE RIPRAP, 200 LB. quality. Flexible hours are a 662−352−1440.
happens at the
UNIT
separately. All w/ excellent
$126.85 300.000 must. Must pass drug test. access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
TON Email resume to 662−327−9559. ESTATE SALE − ONGOING
Cobo Center.
Cheryl Ferguson ROADWAY ITEMS: mfloyd@cdispatch.com FEB 1−29. ALL MUST GO!
C13 WATTLES 12" or drop resumes off at 662−435−0641. 548 Hwy.
$203.70 MOBILIZATION 50.000 Houses For Rent: North
LUMP SUM LF
516 Main Street 45 N. Frontage Rd. 10−till.
LS Columbus, MS 39701. 3BR/2BA BRICK Home, By appt: 662−352−4460.
Cancance Perry
2 Rob Lowe—
C14 WATTLES, 20" No phone calls please. ch/a, stove, dw, & fridge Furn, home decor, linens,
$256.85 CLEARING AND GRUBBING 750.000 Tonneau cover, comm kit
furn. Fenced backyard.
Literally.
LUMP SUM LF items, etc. No junk.
LS 1204 6th St. N. $785/mo
Lassandra Jackson + dep. 662−352−4776.
C14 BOX BRIDGE ITEMS:
REMOVAL OF BOX CULVERT Over 100 pairs of Name
$186.85
(STA. 16+93) BOX BRIDGE CONCRETE, Good help isn’t COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. Brand Women’s Shoes for
3 Joe the
Greg Moore 1.000 CLASS "BB" Sale Sale starts February 6
UN 2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3
C26 312.100
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$126.85
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that The Grove
Mini Warehouses liquidation
sale will take place at 510
Lehmberg Road, Columbus, MS UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION
39702 on February 15, 2020
at 10:00 A.M.
PUBLISH: 1/28, 2/4, &
2/11/2020
Plumber
CY of Name Brand Women’s
REMOVAL OF PAVEMENT (ALL $675. 662−549−9555.
if you know Ask for Glenn or text. Shoes for Sale starting as
TYPES) (ALL DEPTHS) REINFORCEMENT
2,789.000 low as $9.99! Some are
45,226.000 new in the box! Location;
SY LB
where to look. Houses For Rent: East
4 Purple
Meeting Room, 303
Shoney Drive Columbus,
(FM)
1,613.000
PROJECT NO.STP-0753-
00(003)/106496-701000 Start your 3 BR/1BA HOUSE Poplar
St. 425/mo. 425/dep. No
MS, 39705. $10.00 662−
LOWNDES COUNTY 889−8928
CY search here. Hud. No Section 8. 205−
5 Scorpion—
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: 442−2011 or 601−940−
PROFORM TREADMILL
BORROW EXCAVATION (F.M.E.) 1397.

The following vehicle has been 3,227.000
abandoned at Shelton’s Tow-
ing, 1024 Gardner Blvd.,
Columbus, MS 39702.
(CONTRACTOR FURNISHED)
(CLASS 9)
CY
GRANULAR MATERIAL (LVM),
(CLASS 3, GROUP B)
They can be
CONTRACT TIME: 100 Working $300. Call 662−549−
Days 4560 or 662−240−1507.
4BR/2.5BA BRICK HOME
BASIS OF AWARD
located on large lot w/ 2
car garage. Fresh paint & QUALITY COMPUTER frozen and
RENTALS thawed, live
tile floors in kitchen & SERVICE & REPAIR.
The award, if made, will be
made to the lowest qualified bathrooms. Located at PCs & Laptops.

Windows, MacOS, Linux. for two days

2010 Chevrolet Impala (Blue)
VIN#2G1WA5EK7A1267410
The vehicle will be put up for
sale on the 19th day of Febru-
ary, 2020 at 10:00 am at
Shelton’s Towing, 1024 Gard-
ner Blvd., Columbus, MS
39702.
PUBLISH: 2/4 & 2/11/2020
3,916.000 bidder on the basis of pub- 495 Emerald Dr. $1,100/ Hardware & Software.
CY lished quantities. mo + $1,000 dep. Avail
ADS STARTING AT $25
7349 and leave voicemail. underwater
Feb 1. 770−658−7726. Call Kevin @ 773−231−
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(CLASS B) directed to the State and Fed- Golden Triangle Area.
Apts For Rent: South Mobile Homes for Rent
and survive for
4,347.000 eral laws governing selection of
SY and employment of labor.
LIME
TWO 1BR/1BA APTS
MINIMUM WAGE RATES for this located at 121 5th St. S.
2BR MOBILE HOME $400
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91.000 project have been predeter-
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$700/mo. 662−328− West Point & Columbus on
TON mined by the Secretary of the 8655. Hwy. 50. 662−275−0666.
Department of Labor in accord-
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ance with the requirements of
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TON the expenditure of FEDERAL
All notices must be SOIL-CEMENT-WATER MIXING
AID HIGHWAY FUNDS and are
set out in the labor regulations
emailed to (MULTIPLE PASS MIXERS)
3,840.000
contained in the proposal.

classifieds@ SY The Board of Supervisors

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(12.5mm) in any contract entered into
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minority business enterprise
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HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST) to submit bids in response to A & T TREE SERVICES SULLIVAN’S PAINT
(9.5mm) this invitation and will not be Bucket truck & stump SERVICE. Special Prices.
296.000 discriminated against on the removal. Free est. Interior and Exterior
TON RKERS
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MATERIAL, SIZE 56 (CRUSHED
74.000
are on file in the Office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, the County Engineer's
you!" 662-268-8058 Work from a bucket truck.
Insured/bonded.
office and the Office of the DAVID’S CARPET & Call Jimmy Prescott for free
WORK WANTED:
State Aid Engineer, 412 E. UPHOLSTERY estimate, 662−386−6286.
Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jack- CLEANING Licensed & Bonded. CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY

CY son, Mississippi. This project
shall be constructed in accord-
RUMBLE STRIPS, GROUND-IN ance with the latest edition of
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Buy,
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2 Rooms − $70 minor plumbing, insulation, CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY
painting, demolition,
3+ Rooms − $30 EA All Attorney Fees Through The Plan
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MI cifications for State Aid Road
Car Upholstery washing, landscaping, Jim Arnold, Attorney
and Bridge Construction. cleanup work, moving help.
15" CORRUGATED POLYETHYL- Cleaning Available
662−242−3608.
662-324-1666
ENE PIPE PLANS AND PROPOSALS may 662−722−1758 104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville
64.000 be secured from Robert L. Cal-

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LF
MONOGRAMMING
vert, County Engineer for

Discover.
Lowndes County, Mississippi, General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping
RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS (TYPE P. 0. Drawer 1078, West Point.
I)
16.000
The Cost is seventy-five dollars GRAVEL. $360 PER LOAD.
($75.00) for plans and seventy- Just for Ladies JESSE & BEVERLY’S

classifieds!
EA five dollars ($75.00) for the Local delivery, 14 yd truck. LAWN SERVICE
Backhoe & Dozer work. Mowing, cleanup,
MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC
proposal, non-refundable
Mobile Home Pads & Mossy Oak Mall • West Point landscaping, sodding, In The Dispatch
LUMP SUM Certified check or bid bond for Driveways. 662-492-4221 • Mon.-Sat. & tree cutting. Classifieds section.
LS five percent (5%) of the total 662−497−1388 CHILDREN’S & LADIES’ CONSIGNMENT 662−356−6525
bid, made payable to Lowndes
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION County and the State of Missis-