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Columbus man dies in MDOC custody

Beard was serving 20-year manslaughter sentence in Central for autopsy, Ruth
said.
Associated Press. The AP re-
ports that at least 19 prisoners
Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County Beard is the
most recent
have died in that time, some of
natural causes and some as a re-
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN nounced dead at a Rankin Beard had been in custody MDOC inmate sult of the violence.
ialtman@cdispatch.com County hospital at about 1 a.m. at Central Mississippi Correc- death since the Several federal lawsuits have
Wednesday, Rankin County tional Facility in Brandon. His end of December, been filed against MDOC, al-
A man convicted of man- Coroner David Ruth confirmed death appears to be from nat- when violence Beard leging the state’s prison system
slaughter in Lowndes County to The Dispatch. Ruth did not ural causes, according to an began breaking leaves prisoners in “abhorrent
has died in Mississippi Depart- give a cause of death but said it MDOC press release. His body out in prisons, particularly the conditions” where their medi-
ment of Corrections custody. “definitely” did not appear to be has been sent to the State Med- Mississippi State Penitentiary cal needs are routinely ignored.
Omar Beard, 36, was pro- homicide. ical Examiner’s Office in Pearl at Parchman, according to The See BEARD, 6A

BUSINESS MOVES
WITH MARY
Soft Skills University prepares
students to enter workforce
Glo moves
to historic
Starkville
building
Humble Taco opening
in Starkville, TraxPlus
in Columbus
BY MARY POLLITZ
Biz@cdispatch.com

E
xcit-
ing
news
continues
to boom in
Starkville.
The for-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff mer Rex
Lu McCrary pretends to interview for a job with his wife Katie McCrary at the Career and Technical Center on Theater
Wednesday. The couple own McCrary West Construction, one of the founding businesses of the FORGE Foun- on Main
dation, which works with area students to prepare them to enter the workforce. Lu and Katie McCrary spoke to Street will
students about soft skills to prepare them for today, when more than 300 students will have mock interviews have a new
with area industries as part of FORGE Foundation’s Soft Skills University. “Glo” by
Mary Pollitz
the end of
More than 300 students interview with area them for today, when more than 300
students will have their own mock
this year.
According to Glo’s press
businesses at Career Technical Center interviews with representatives
from more than 30 area businesses
release, the Rex Theater will
undergo a $1.2 million renovation
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN whom he owns McCrary West Con- and organizations. through a partnership between
ialtman@cdispatch.com The McCrarys are among the
struction — put on for area high Glo, Castle Properties and the
founding members of the FORGE
school students from both Lowndes Starkville Masonic Lodge.
At least one of Lu McCrary’s in- (Family Organizations Recruiting
County and Columbus Municipal Glo’s new permanent home
terviews Wednesday did not go well. Great Employees) Foundation made
school districts at LCSD’s Career will be the latest evolution to the
He fist-bumped the interview- up of eight local businesses in con-
and Technical Center. It was the company that began as a class
er rather than shaking her hand, struction-related fields. The organi-
first day of the two-day Soft Skills zation began holding programs to project-turned-startup business
wore a backward baseball cap and
University for the students, and the teach area students how to prepare through the Mississippi State
sunglasses, told the interviewer he
was “taking a break from life” and McCrarys wanted to show them ex- for the workforce, starting with a University College of Business.
offered to show her his tattoos. amples of job interviews that went soft skills program at Caledonia Originally a drink light maker, the
Luckily it was a mock interview well and interviews that did not. High School four years ago. The company has since expanded to
with his wife Katie McCrary — with That was in hopes of preparing See WORKFORCE, 3A also make light-up bath and body
products.
Glo founder Hagan Walker and
See BUSINESS, 6A

Work resumes at amphitheater Workers from Joe Morgan

Construction continue
work on the front wall/
after flooding subsides entry at the Sen. Terry
Brown Amphitheater on
the Island. The recent
Stafford: Recent heavy as the first flood, which INSIDE
filled the grounds with n OUR VIEW:
flooding and subsequent
rains have not seriously
floods have been ‘exception’ silt and damaged some Criticism of
city over river-
delayed the project,
of its electrical compo- side flooding said City Engineer Kevin
BY SLIM SMITH Stafford. The city expects
nents. is unfair.
ssmith@cdispatch.com Page 4A work on the front wall,
“Aside from some silt
along with the perimeter
Work has resumed on the Sen. Terry removal, the amphithe- fencing on the east side
Brown Amphitheater, a pretty good in- ater didn’t sustain any substantial dam- of the facility, to be com-
dicator the effects of the second major age,” City Engineer Kevin Stafford said. pleted in early July.
flood of the facility were not as severe See AMPHITHEATER, 6A Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff

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House makes lynching a federal

crime, 65 years after Till
‘From Charlottesville to El Paso, we are still being
confronted with the same violent racism and hatred
that took the life of Emmett and so many others’
BY MAT THEW DALY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sixty-five
years after 14-year-old Emmett
Till was lynched in Mississippi, the
House has approved legislation des-
ignating lynching as a hate crime
under federal law.
The bill, introduced by Illinois
Rep. Bobby Rush and named after
Till, comes 120 years after Con-
gress first considered anti-lynching
legislation and after dozens of simi-
lar efforts were defeated.
The measure was approved 410
to 4 on Wednesday. The Senate
unanimously passed virtually iden-
tical legislation last year, although
that bill wasn’t named for Till. Pres-
ident Donald Trump is expected
to sign the bill, which designates
lynching as a federal hate crime
punishable by up to life in prison, a
fine, or both.
Rush, a Democrat whose Chi-
cago district includes Till’s former
home, said the bill will belatedly
achieve justice for Till and more
than 4,000 other lynching victims,
most of them African Americans.
Till, who was black, was brutally
tortured and killed in 1955 after a
Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush
white woman accused him of grab-
bing her and whistling at her in a
Mississippi grocery store. The kill-
ing shocked the country and stoked
the civil rights movement.
“The importance of this bill can-
not be overstated,’’ said Rush, a
member of the Congressional Black
Caucus. “From Charlottesville to El
Paso, we are still being confronted
with the same violent racism and
hatred that took the life of Emmett
and so many others. The passage of
this bill will send a strong and clear
message to the nation that we will
not tolerate this bigotry. “
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.,
who represents the area where Till
was abducted and murdered, called
the anti-lynching bill long overdue,
but said: “No matter the length of
time, it is never too late to ensure
justice is served.’’
House Majority Leader Steny
Hoyer, D-Md., used similar lan-
guage to urge the bill’s passage.
“It is never too late to do the right
thing and address these gruesome,
racially motivated acts of terror that
have plagued our nation’s history,’’
he said, urging lawmakers to “re-
new our commitment to confront-
ing racism and hate.’’
The bill was unanimously sup-
ported by Democrats. Three Re-
publicans — Louie Gohmert of
Texas, Thomas Massie of Kentucky
and Ted Yoho of Florida — opposed
the bill, along with independent
Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan.
Gohmert said he supported the
bill’s concept, but preferred that
those accused of lynching in Texas
be tried in state court, where they
could face the death penalty.
Massie said he opposed the ex-
pansion of federal hate-crime laws.
“A crime is a crime, and all victims
deserve equal justice,’’ he said in a
statement. “Adding enhanced pen-
alties for ‘hate’ tends to endanger
other liberties such as freedom of
speech.”
Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of
California, who chairs the Congres-
sional Black Caucus, called lynch-
ing a lasting legacy of slavery.
“Make no mistake, lynching is
terrorism,’’ she said. “While this
reign of terror has faded, the most
recent lynching (in the United
States) happened less than 25 years
ago.’’
Although Congress cannot tru-
ly rectify the terror and horror of
these acts, Bass said, a legislative
body that once included slave own-
ers and Ku Klux Klan members will
belatedly “stand up and do our part
so that justice is delivered in the fu-
ture.’’

Biden nabs Clyburn endorsement before SC primary

House majority whip’s support could for Clyburn’s wife, Emily.
The support could
help Biden avoid limping across the help Biden avoid limping
across the finish line in
finish line in Saturday’s balloting Saturday’s balloting in
South Carolina, where
in South Carolina he has long led in polling,
particularly among the
BY MEG KINNARD heading into South Caro- Biden Clyburn
black voters, who com-
AND BILL BARROW lina’s primary. prise most of the Dem-
It had long been ex-
The Associated Press “I can think of no one pected that Clyburn, the ocratic electorate. But
better suited, better pre- House majority whip, that lead has tightened
NORTH CHARLES- pared, I can think of no in recent months, in part
would support Biden. The
TON, S.C. — U.S. Rep. one with the integrity, because of Vermont Sen.
men were in Congress
Jim Clyburn, the high- no one more commit- together for more than a Bernie Sanders’ momen-
est-ranking black mem- ted to the fundamental decade, with Clyburn also tum after success in other
ber of Congress and the principles that make this working closely with the early state contests. An-
kingmaker of South Caro- country what it is than Obama administration other factor is the focus
lina’s Democratic political my good friend,” said in his House leadership of candidates including
orbit, on Wednesday en- Clyburn, appearing with roles. Biden was among California billionaire Tom
dorsed Joe Biden’s pres- Biden at an event in North the presidential hopefuls Steyer, who has spent mil-
idential campaign. The Charleston. and other political nota- lions of dollars on ads in
backing could provide a He called on the peo- bles who attended two the state and worked to
much-needed boost for ple of South Carolina to days of funeral and home- build relationships with
the former vice president “stand with” Biden. going services last year black voters.

Labor union unveils $150M campaign to help defeat Trump

Service Employees International Union and will run through No-
vember’s general elec-
fire about the rules be-
ing rigged against us and
claims nearly 2 million members tion, reflects the urgency
of what union president
needing to elect people
that are going to stand
BY STEVE PEOPLES states and voters of color Mary Kay Henry calls “a with workers.”
AP National Political Writer who typically don’t vote. make-or-break” moment The union’s campaign
The investment marks for working people in will span 40 states and
WASHINGTON — the largest voter engage- America under Trump’s target 6 million voters fo-
One of the nation’s largest ment and turnout opera- leadership. cused largely in Colorado,
labor unions is unveil- tion in the history of the “He’s systematically Florida, Michigan, Min-
ing plans to invest $150 Service Employees In- unwinding and attacking nesota, Nevada, Penn-
million in a nationwide ternational Union, which unions. Federal workers sylvania, Virginia and
campaign to help defeat claims nearly 2 million rights have been total- Wisconsin, according to
President Donald Trump, members. The scope of ly eviscerated under his details of the plan shared
a sweeping effort focused the campaign, which qui- watch,” Henry said in an with The Associated
on eight battleground etly launched last month interview. “We are on Press.

Workforce
Continued from Page 1A
program has since grown
into the two-day soft skills
workshop ending with the
mock interviews for stu-
dents, which was held for
the first time last year.
“We did not realize
how much (students)
needed to learn until we
did the interview process
last year and we did not
realize how badly kids
needed to be instructed
on how to make eye con-
tact and shake hands,”
Katie McCrary said. “Our
generation was taught
that. Our parents taught
us and we had it in classes
and different things, and
these kids, they’re not
grasping that.”
More practice,
more feedback
The McCrarys and
representatives from oth-
er businesses and orga-
nizations, such as Hamil-
ton-based Tronox and the
Chamber of Commerce’s
Golden Triangle Leader-
ship program, spoke with
students at CTC about
how to prepare to enter
the workforce — broach-
ing topics from nonverbal
cues and communication
to how to build a resume
and cover letter.
The latter in particu-
lar caught the attention
of Zachary
Wilson, a MSU Music Maker Productions is a stu-
senior from
McKellar
Te c h n o l o -
gy Center
and stu-
dent body
p r e s i d e n t Wilson
of Colum-
bus High School, who
attended the workshop
with about 65 of his fellow
students. While Wilson
said a lot of the topics cov-
ered were just reinforc-
ing things he’d already
known, others were en-
tirely new to him.
“I didn’t know much
about a cover letter,” he
BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
February 17-20, 2020
■ Ming Zhu Chen & Lan Lin;
4512 Alabama Street; Super
Crown Wings signs; same
■ Darla Harris; 350 Waverly
Ferry Road; Slab and metal
building; Earl Harris
■ Fairview Baptist Church;
202 Short Brown Street; Dem-
olition; same
■ DG Lucedale LLC/Picayune
LLC; 1914 Highway 45 North;
Remodel; David Smith Con-
struction
■ Xavier Fairley; 1604 5th Av-
enue North; Electrical permit;
Jimmie Chism
CORRECTION
■ In Wednesday’s edition, The Dispatch incorrectly reported the number of
homes Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity has built. Since its founding in
1989, the organization has built 50 homes. We regret the error.
The Commercial Dispatch strives to report the news accurately. When we print an
error, we will correct it. To report an error, call the newsroom at 662-328-2424, or
email news@cdispatch.com.
Golden Triangle Leadership member LeAnn Alexander,
right, shows the difference in dress between her fellow
members Elizabeth Lavender, Greg Webb and Brian
Anderson to high school students while Nikki Nicholson,
left, looks on at the Career and Technical Center off
Lehmberg Road during a soft skills workshop Wednesday.
said. “I didn’t know that
I needed to put the most
important information on
the front page (of my re-
sume). And I didn’t know
that the length should
be about two pages and
that usually the employ-
ers don’t get past the first
page.”
The topic the speak-
ers really wanted to drive
home was the use of social
media. Katie McCrary
told the students the first
thing she does when she
gets an application is
looks up the applicant
on Facebook. No matter
what the applicant’s priva-
cy settings are, she said,
she can see the profile
and background photos
on the page and that gives
her a first impression.
The speakers also em-
phasized the use of social
media and cell phones
can impact their jobs once
they have it. They’ve had
employees get in trouble
for taking pictures at cli-
ents’ businesses and then
posting them online or
getting into arguments
with others on Facebook,
Katie McCrary said.
“They can’t ever hear
enough how cell phones
and social media, while it’s
■ Dr. Ashley Harris and Jenni-
fer Harris; 1502 Hickory Lane;
Electrical permit; Electrical
Service Plus LLC
■ GOVIUS; 315 Cecil Street;
Electrical permit; Weldon
Electric
■ Ming Zhe Chen & Lan Lin;
512 Alabama Street; Mechan-
ical permit; Columbus Fire
Service
■ Ming Zhe Chen & Lan Lin;
512 Alabama Street; Me-
chanical permit; Triangle Air &
Electrical Inc
■ Frank Loftis Real Estate;
1003 3rd Avenue North;
Plumbing permit; P&H Plumb-
ing
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good, it can also cost you
your job. It can cost the
company you’re working
for money,” said Christee
Holbrook, president of
Graham Roofing and an-
other founding member
of FORGE, who helped
organize the event. “...
We have so many stories
amongst us about what so-
cial media and cell phones
have done.”
Chris Bray, director
of McKellar, said the so-
cial media portion of the
presentation was one that
stuck with kids.
“Talking with some
of the students after-
wards ... they just didn’t
understand the social
media part of it, the per-
manence of that and how
it can affect them long-
term,” Bray said. “...They
didn’t realize (employ-
ers) checked that type of
stuff.”
But the biggest topic
was preparation for inter-
views and making a good
first impression — from
what to wear to how to in-
teract with other employ-
ees at a business.
“We never want them
to think we’re trying to
change who they are,”
Katie McCrary said. “...
■ ARC FD73SLB001 LLC;
1412 Main Street; Plumbing
permit; Roto Rooter
■ Dorothy Roseburgh; 104
Brown Street; Plumbing per-
mit; Weathers Air Conditioning
Inc
■ Deshawne Peak; 1416 7th
Street North; Plumbing permit;
Tabor Plumbing
Lowndes County
February 20-26, 2020
■ Caldwell; A.Q. Stanley Road;
construct s/f residence;
Clardy Home Development
■ Ridgely; Border Springs;
construct s/f residence;
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 3A
Starkville man charged
We’re never trying to do
with five burglaries,
that. We’re simply trying
to teach them how they including one at Dirt Cheap
can excel and how they
can be ahead of the group DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
when they go to apply for
jobs. There are things A Starkville man was arrested
that show respect and Tuesday for five burglaries within
there are simple ways that the past week, most recently at Dirt
Cheap on Louisville Street early
you do things in business-
Tuesday morning, according to a
es. A lot of these kids just
Starkville Police Department press
don’t have a clue, and they
release.
get it once you say it and Lanie Stallings, 51, was charged
once you practice it with
with four other burglaries on High- Stallings
them. It just becomes re- way 12 between Friday and Tuesday. He appeared
ally valuable to them and
in Starkville Municipal Court Wednesday and
their success.” is being held in the Oktibbeha County Jail on
Today’s interviews of
$25,000 bond.
the students will go from No information is available about what Stall-
8 a.m.-1 p.m., Holbrook ings attempted to steal, and no other arrests are
said. Students will be di- expected, but more charges are expected, SPD
vided into groups and in- Public Information Officer Brandon Lovelady
terview with businesses said.
based on their interest
and programs.
“If you’re in culinary,
someone in the restaurant
business or catering or
entertainment is going to
38 Special coming to MSU in April
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interview them,” she said.
“If they’re in education,
Classic rock band 38 Special will perform for
it’ll be some form of edu-
free at the Mississippi State University Amphi-
cator. ... We tried to make
theater on April 22, MSU announced in a press
it program-specific.
release Wednesday.
“The more they can do
The band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in
it or the more comfortable
1974 and is known for their songs “Hold On Loose-
they can get, the more
ly,” “Caught Up In You” and “Teacher, Teacher.”
feedback they can get on
1980s tribute band The Molly Ringwalds will
it, it’s going to help them
be 38 Special’s supporting act. The five-piece
in the long run,” she add-
band formed in New Orleans in 1999 and is known
ed.
for their stage outfits inspired by Prince and Mi-
Both business repre-
chael Jackson.
sentatives and area edu-
cators said the Soft Skills dent-run nonprofit that has brought a variety of
University is an example well-known artists to campus in more than 50
of the benefits of a part- years. Recent concerts include rapper A$AP Ferg
nership between area in February 2018 and blues-rock singer ZZ Ward
schools and industry. in September 2015.
“I want to see our stu- Music Maker Productions also produces the
dents receive a stellar ed- annual Old Main Music Festival on campus,
ucation in Mississippi and which includes both local and national musicians,
Lowndes County and go and hosts the Battle of the Bands at Bulldog Bash
to work in Lowndes Coun- every September.
ty,” said Sunny Brownlee,
CTC student services co-
ordinator. “The partner-
ship between us and Mc-
Kellar and our industry
partners ... I think it paves
the way for our students
to have a prosperous fu-
ture.”
Clardy Home Development
■ Jordan, Jay and Julie; 681
Steger Road; construct s/f
residence; Don White Con-
struction
■ Hall, James and Dale; 2072
Jess Lyons Road; construct
storm shelter; owner
■ Yoder, Kevin; 320 Whisper-
ing Pines Road; demolish s/f
residence; owner
■ Coover Chris; Adams Road;
Construct Barn; owner
■ Roberts, Cassandra; 10424
Hwy 45 N.; set up mobile
home; Mark Thompson
■ Roberts, Cassandra; 10424
Hey 45 N.; move mobile home;
Pontotoc Home Transport
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OUR VIEW
Criticism of city over riverside flooding is unfair
W
hen finally completed, at a
date yet to be known, the Ter-
ry Brown Amphitheater will
be a concert facility capable of seating
of audience of 3,000.
For now, it appears to serve another
purpose: A punching bag for those
skeptical of the city’s leadership.
There is nothing new in this dy-
namic, of course. Fifty years ago, after
NASA’s successful effort to put a man
on the moon, the complaint emerged,
“We can send a man to the moon,
but we can’t do...” You still hear that
argument from time to time, all these
years later.
Finding a scapegoat to articulate
frustrations appears to be within our
nature at times and, as scapegoats go,
the amphitheater is an easy target.
Although the facility will be ready
for limited use by July, when the sec-
ond phase of construction is complet-
ed, the project will remain a work in
progress.
So when people have to dodge pot-
holes or some other problem emerg-
es, some are inclined to look at the
unfinished amphitheater and question
the city’s priorities. “We can build an
amphitheater that floods, but we can’t
pave our streets,” is the complaint
we’re hearing.
That the amphitheater has now
flooded twice in a 13-month period
certainly doesn’t help the amphithe-
ater’s public image.
Yet there are some misconceptions
about the amphitheater than cast the
city’s project in an unfair light.
First, it should be noted that no city
funds have been used for the construc-
tion of the project. Although it’s likely
the city will have to foot the bill for the
completion of the project, funding for
the project has come through $3.5 mil-
lion in state bond allocations.
If your street needs repaving, it’s
not because the city used that money
to build the amphitheater.
The flooding issue also reveals the
scapegoat nature of the criticism.
Like the Riverwalk and the Soccer
Complex, the amphitheater was de-
signed with the potential for flooding
in mind.
Unfortunately, back-to-back near-
ly-unprecedented floods have given
critics of the project ammunition to
attack the city. This notion that the
city chose to build on a site prone to
the type of flooding we’ve seen recent-
ly is revisionist nonsense. None of the
engineering reports suggested the
site would have the potential for the
type of flooding we’ve seen the past
two years. The project moved forward
with the best information available at
the time.
Interestingly, the city is also
bearing the brunt of the criticism over
the location of the Columbus Soccer
Complex, built on the east side of the
river. Built as a collaboration between
the county and the city, we’ve heard
not a peep of recent criticism directed
toward the county supervisors for the
decision to build the complex there,
which, by the way, is at a lower eleva-
tion than that of the amphitheater.
Was the amphitheater a good idea
in general? There are plenty of rea-
sons to say no, but at this point we’ve
committed to it.
Perpetuating the idea the amphi-
theater was knowingly built in an area
prone to floods like we’ve seen the
past two years is irresponsible. Also,
that the entirety of the soccer complex
flooding criticism is laid at the feet
of city leadership strongly suggests
scapegoating.
There may be any number of rea-
sons to be skeptical of the amphithe-
ater project, but a misdirection of city
funds or a failure to consider flooding
vulnerability in choosing the site are
not among them.
Might as well blame the moon-land-
ing for that, too.

CAMPAIGN 2020

Experience Sanders
couldn’t buy, even with
Bloomberg’s money
M
ike Bloomberg was
elected New York may-
or two months after
the outrage of Sept. 11, 2001.
He took over a city reeling with
grief and suffering economic
losses tied to the terrorist at-
tacks. Rather than lay off public
workers who had performed
gallantly in the crisis, he raised
taxes on the well-to-do.
The conservative media
beat him up with their usual Froma Harrop
argument that tax hikes kill
off business. The opposite happened. The city grew new
veins. Bloomberg led this revival with grit and smarts, not
his personal wealth.
That’s what Bloomberg should be talking about and
everyone else should be hearing. Bloomberg must explain
that he brings to the table an experience and success in
public service unmatched by any other candidate.
A New York mayor must manage the nation’s largest
city, a cauldron of races and ethnicities. That’s why it is
called the second toughest job in America. Bloomberg was
elected to it three times.
There is something perverse about Bernie Sanders ac-
cusing Bloomberg of racism. The ‘60s was a time of rising
crime, racial tension and white flight (followed by black
middle-class flight) out of the cities. In 1968, Sanders
joined a liberal white flight to the whitest state, Vermont.
He and other ex-New Yorkers could hang around
Burlington coffee shops and plan a socialist utopia without
having to deal with angry black people. (Cameo appear-
ances at civil rights marches did not hide that fact.)
Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk policy -- for which he has
apologized -- was a great mistake because it mostly swept
up black and Latino men simply going about their busi-
ness. But it was intended to take guns off the streets in a
city where up to 96% of the shooting victims were black or
Latino.
Sanders voted against the Brady bill five times. Con-
sider the racial implications of his saying that he opposed
gun control because guns weren’t a problem in Vermont.
Bloomberg’s activism in this area has won him the
endorsement of prominent African Americans. One is
Rep. Lucy McBath, who lost her 17-year-old son to gun
violence. A Democrat, McBath made headlines in 2018 by
flipping the suburban Atlanta seat once occupied by Newt
Gingrich. Hers is the sort of district that would be imper-
iled were Sanders at the top of the ticket.
I happen to think that mass extinction as the Earth
burns up is a bigger issue than some boneheaded com-
ments Bloomberg may have made in the pre-“Me Too” era.
When President Donald Trump said he’d pull the United
States out of the Paris climate agreement, Bloomberg
was the American voice assuring our allies that American
cities, states and businesses would take over from Wash-
ington and meet the goals. He has helped lead that effort.
Sanders is the only Democrat to oppose a tax on
carbon, widely considered one of the essential tools for
reducing emissions. Canada, Western Europe and all of
Scandinavia have put prices on carbon. So have California
and nine states in the Northeast.
Bloomberg is right that he’s the only candidate to have
started a business, actually a good thing. His fortune
made selling data to the financial industry, Bloomberg
knows where the money comes from and how to tax it.
Wall Street has expressed shock at his proposals to tax
financial transactions, toughen stress tests for banks and
so on.
Bloomberg’s bottom line is that he left moneymaking
to pursue a life of doing the really hard stuff in public
service. Populist ranting can be entertaining, and Sanders
is good at it. But his bottom line is having accomplished
almost nothing in his 29 years as a professional politician
in Washington.
Clearly, Bloomberg has strengths that Sanders couldn’t
buy, even with Bloomberg’s money.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for the
Providence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is
fharrop@gmail.com.
MISSISSIPPI VOICES
2020 could be the year of
alcohol freedom in Mississippi
O
ne hundred years
ago, almost to the
day, our nation
crippled the alcohol
industry and swept its
economic impact under
the rug with the launch
of nationwide prohibi-
tion. In banning alcohol,
we opened the door for
the legend of Al Capone,
for the literature of F.
Scott Fitzgerald in the Hunter Estes
Great Gatsby, and for
the great sport that is
NASCAR. And yet, it is now time to fully close the
door on this failed policy in Mississippi.
You may think that prohibition ended long ago,
but in truth, antiquated laws and regulations have
remained on the books which have crippled many
small businesses, stifled entrepreneurship, and
left Mississippi in the dust when it comes to the
modern boom of the alcohol industry. Luckily,
sensing the shift in public opinion, a series of bills
have been introduced this year in our legislature
that would work to release the shackles which
have so long weighed down our market in the
state.
Sunday sale of alcohol. Grocery stores allowed
to sell wine. Direct shipment of wine. Expansion
of liquor licenses. Privatization of distribution.
Craft brewery freedom. Regulatory reform. A
range of great bills have been introduced that
would dramatically empower both the consumer
and the entrepreneur. These ideas have the ca-
pacity to decisively make this the year of alcohol
freedom, and officially end prohibition in the
state.
This legislation is not just about alcohol, but
about one’s fundamental right to make decisions
for ourselves without the government trying to
make decisions for us. Does the state believe
we are not intelligent enough to control our
own lives? While this expansion of freedom and
personal liberties should truly be enough to stir
the heart of any patriot into action, it is also worth
noting the dramatic economic impact that these
policies could have on our communities.
With many of our leaders discussing work-
force development and constantly seeking to
attract new business into the state, often with
taxpayer money or resources, it becomes all the
more critical that we embrace existing market
opportunities and encourage entrepreneurship lo-
cally. Give the craft brewer the freedom he needs
to run a successful business, the store owner the
freedom she needs to expand and open multiple
stores, and the consumer the chance to choose
where he wants to purchase his wine.
The 2018 Economic Impact Study of Amer-
ica’s Beer, Wine & Spirits retailers found that
beverage retailers alone create more than 2.03
million jobs from the sale of alcohol. The direct
economic impact of the retail industry is “more
than $122.63 billion annually; the total economic
impact of the industry is $363.33 billion annually.
This creates $47.9 billion in local, state, and fed-
eral taxes.” Yet, we have turned our back on these
jobs and this investment, by restraining our local
businesses and making it difficult, if not impossi-
ble for them to operate.
Furthermore, while the entire alcohol indus-
try is growing around the country, the Beverage
Information Group has found that it is the small
businesses in the market who are expanding the
fastest. Thus, in continuing our current poli-
cies, we hurt local small businesses the most.
With massive restrictions on how breweries and
distilleries can sell directly to customers, it is
no wonder that Mississippi is annually ranked
last in terms of craft beer production. While this
industry operates with $650 of economic produc-
tion per capita in Vermont, in Mississippi it only
produces $150 per capita. This industry is so
impactful, the University of Vermont even offers a
program on the business of craft beer.
Imagine the degree of growth we could experi-
ence if we released the chains that we have used
for so long to tie down our small businesses in
Mississippi, within the alcohol industry and be-
yond. Only by finally and truly ending prohibition
in the state, can we launch an economic expan-
sion powered by alcohol freedom.
Not only do we deserve the liberty to build
businesses and make consumption choices
without government shutting us down, but we
deserve to experience the economic growth and
investment in our economy that so many other
states are currently seeing. I dream of the day
that I can enjoy a locally brewed beer with the
knowledge that I live in a state that encouraged
that small business to flourish and expand rather
than wither.
Hunter Estes is the Development Manager for
Mississippi Center for Public Policy, the state’s
non-partisan, free-market think tank.
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Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case

The newest case from California brings the
total number infected in the U.S. to 60, most Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS it said. That pushes the region’s overall cases to
of them evacuated from outbreak zones above 350. Iran’s death toll is highest outside of
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia China, where the outbreak began.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS person in the U.S. is infected on Thursday banned foreign pilgrims from enter- Saudi Arabia’s barring of pilgrims from Mecca,
— someone in California who ing the kingdom to visit Islam’s holiest sites over home to the cube-shaped Kaaba that the world’s
WA S H I N G - doesn’t appear to have the usu- the new coronavirus, potentially disrupting the 1.8 billion Muslims pray toward five times a day,
TON — President al risk factors of having traveled plans of millions of faithful ahead of the Muslim and also the holy city of Medina, appeared un-
Donald Trump abroad or being exposed to an- fasting month of Ramadan and as the annual hajj precedented in modern history. The kingdom’s
declared that a other patient. pilgrimage looms. Al Saud ruling family stakes their legitimacy in
widespread U.S. At a White House news con- The decision showed the growing worry across overseeing and protecting the sites. Authorities
outbreak of the ference, Trump sought to mini- the Mideast about the virus as Iran confirmed that also suspended entry to travelers from nations af-
new respiratory mize fears as he insisted the U.S. infected cases in the country spiked by over 100, fected by the new virus who hold tourist visas for
virus sweeping Trump is “very, very ready” for what- to 254 now. A total of 26 people have died so far, the kingdom.
the globe isn’t ever the COVID-19 outbreak
inevitable even INSIDE brings. Under fire about the gov-
as top health n BUSINESS: ernment’s response, he put Vice navirus stressed that schools, person, it would be a first in this terized by fever and coughing
authorities at World shares President Mike Pence in charge businesses and individuals need country and a sign that efforts to and in serious cases shortness
slump after
his side warned president’s of coordinating the efforts. to get ready. contain the virus’ spread haven’t of breath or pneumonia, have
Americans that announcement “This will end,” Trump said “We do expect more cases,” been enough. occurred since the new virus
more infections on virus plans. of the outbreak. “You don’t want said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the “It’s possible this could be an emerged in China.
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are coming. to see panic because there’s no Centers for Disease Control and instance of community spread The newest case from Cali-
Shortly after reason to be panicked.” Prevention. of COVID-19,” the CDC said in fornia brings the total number
Trump spoke Wednesday, the But standing next to him, If the CDC confirms that the a statement. infected in the U.S. to 60, most of
government announced a wor- the very health officials Trump latest U.S. case doesn’t involve More than 81,000 cases of them evacuated from outbreak
risome development: Another praised for fighting the new coro- travel or contact with an infected COVID-19, an illness charac- zones.

Congressman seeks investigation of church’s sex abuse deals

‘There is a stark difference in the treatment
of the financial settlements of survivors
of abuse by Catholic officials in Mississippi
because of their race and economic disparities’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A congressman is ask-
ing the Department of
Justice to investigate set-
tlements to two men who
say they were victims of
clergy abuse at a Catholic
school in Mississippi.
In a letter, U.S. Rep.
Bennie Thompson says
Catholic officials “exploit-
ed” the young men, The
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson
Clarion Ledger reported.
They were paid far less
than what others have re-
ceived through legal set-
tlements with the church,
the Mississippi Democrat
said.
The request for an in-
vestigation comes after
The Associated Press
made details of the cases
public in a story last year.
The two cousins told
the AP they were repeat-
edly abused during the
1990s, as elementary
school students at St.
Francis of Assisi School
in Greenwood, Mississip-
pi. The cousins were each
paid $15,000.
The settlements,
Thompson wrote, were
“far less than what many
other sex abuse victims
have received through le-
gal settlements with the
Catholic church.”
He added that he be-
lieves church officials
took advantage of La Jar-
vis Love and his cousin,
Joshua Love, because
they are black and poor,
The Greenwood Com-
monwealth reported.
“There is a stark differ-
ence in the treatment of
the financial settlements
of survivors of abuse
by Catholic officials in
Mississippi because of
their race and economic
disparities,” Thompson
wrote.
In 2006, the Diocese
of Jackson, Mississippi,
settled a handful of law-
from Wisconsin have
been traveling to the Mis-
suits with 19 victims,
17 of whom were white,
sissippi Delta in brown
robes and sandals to ful-
for $5 million and an av-
erage payout of more
fill that mission among
the region’s black res-
than $250,000 for each
survivor. More recent
idents since the early
1950s.
settlements have ranged
even higher, including The group involved
an average payment of in the Mississippi cases
nearly $500,000 each for is the Franklin, Wiscon-
abuse survivors in the St. sin-based Franciscan
Paul-Minneapolis archdi- Friars, Assumption of
ocese. the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Franciscan order Province.
was established in the
early 13th century by St.
Francis of Assisi to evan-
gelize and work among
the poor.
Franciscan Friars

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Ole Miss apologizes to black protesters arrested in 1970

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OXFORD — The Uni-
versity of Mississippi has
apologized to dozens of
African Americans who
were arrested in 1970 for
protesting racial inequal-
ity on the mostly white
campus where Confeder-
ate images were a deeply
ingrained part of campus
culture.
“I am sorry it took us 50
years to do this,” Provost
Noel Wilkin said Tues-
day during a conference
called, “Black Power at
Ole Miss: Remembrance,
Reckoning, and Repair at
Fifty Years.”
The university also
awarded a diploma to one
of the people who was ar-
rested. Linnie Liggins —
now married and known
as Linnie Liggins Willis —
had completed her course-
work before her arrest but
the university at the time
refused to give her the
diploma she had earned.
She has worked as execu-
tive director at Lucas Met-
ropolitan Housing Author-
ity in Toledo, Ohio.
On Feb. 24, 1970, 40
members of the Black
Student Union presented
a list of demands to the
university’s chancellor,
Porter L. Fortune Jr., The
Daily Mississippian re-
ported. They wanted the
university to hire more
black faculty members,
begin a black studies
program and eliminate
Confederate imagery at
a time when many white
students still waved rebel
flags at football games.
Also in February 1970,
a group of black students
burned a Confederate flag
and danced on tables in
the cafeteria to the music
of B.B. King. The next day,
almost half of the black
students at the university
participated in a protest
during a campus concert
of Up With People, a inter-
national traveling group
that sang upbeat songs,
including at least one tune
about racial inclusion. A
photo published in the
student newspaper at the
time showed that some
of the protesters stood on
stage with their fists in
the air — a symbol of the
black power movement.
During and after the
concert, 89 people were
arrested and sent to a lo-
cal jail or to the Missis-
sippi State Penitentiary at
Parchman. They were re-
leased the next day. Eight
of the students were sus-
pended from the universi-
ty: Donald Ray Cole, John
Donald, Theron Evans Jr.,
Paul D. Jackson, Linnie
Liggins, Kenneth May-
field, lva Ruth Peyton and
Henriese Roberts.
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Business
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his business partner
Anna Barker have been
on the lookout for a larger
property for the company,
which currently operates
out of a former house on
the corner of East Lamp-
kin and Montgomery
streets.
“We’re so excited to
firmly place our roots
in Starkville,” Walker
said in a press release.
“What started in a 30
square-foot closet as a
student startup, Glo has
transformed into a local
business employing more
than 15 members of our
community.”
The Rex Theater, at
103 W. Main St., might
just be the new hidden
gem downtown. The site’s
history goes back more
than a century when the
Freemasons purchased
the property at the corner
of Main and Washington
Street in 1906. Although
the original lodge was
destroyed in a 1929 fire, it
was rebuilt in 1931 where
the Rex Theater was built
on the ground level.
“Even as a member, I
was unaware of the for-
mer glory of this space,”
said Starkville Freema-
son Kyle Jordan. “When
I became Master of the
lodge, I had high hopes of
restoring our building so
we could shift our focus
from maintaining our
property to philanthropic
efforts, member outreach
and retention.”
Throughout the
renovation process, Mark
Castleberry, owner of
Castle Properties, will
work with the Nation-
al Parks Service and
Mississippi Department
of Archives and History
to ensure the building’s
history remains intact.
“I’m absolutely elated
that we have found a
place that allows us to
stay in Starkville and a
partnership with Mark
and The Masonic Lodge
will help revitalize our
downtown,” Walker said.
Speaking of Glo, Glo
Pals is now partnering
with an all-time favorite
children’s show, “Sesa-
Hagan Walker and Anna Barker of Glo, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, Masonic Lodge
director Kyle Jordan and developer Mark Castleberry of Castle Properties announce
Glo’s new location at the Rex Theatre in downtown Starkville Tuesday afternoon. The
company launched as a startup through the Mississippi State University College of
Business and now operates from a former house at the intersection of East Lamp-
kin and Montgomery streets.
me Street.” Sunny days,
sweeping the clouds
away, Glo’s kid-friendly
light-up cubes for bath
time will soon feature
your favorite “Sesame
Street” characters.
Elsewhere in
Starkville, it’s been years
of planning, changing
and anxious waiting, but
Humble Taco has finally
found its place.
Chef Ty Thames, of
Eat Local Starkville, con-
firmed to The Dispatch
he hopes to open the
Southern-style Mexican
restaurant in the former
City Bagel building (511
University Drive) in time
to celebrate Cinco de
Mayo.
Humble Taco will be
added to the eateries
owned by Eat Local
Starkville, which includes
The Guest Room, Bin 612
and Restaurant Tyler.
Initially, the local-
ly-sourced eatery was
slated to open at the cor-
ner of Highway 182 and
Jackson Street, the for-
mer Humble Oil Service
Station. With construc-
tion costs and location
changes, Thames said
he’s finally glad to see the
restaurant’s opening date
within his sights.
“It has been a long
road, there’s no doubt
about it,” Thames said.
“There’s been ups and
downs. You can’t control
life. … It’s been a lot of
changes, but we finally
got to where we pulled
the trigger on it. It’s still
a little nerve-wracking,
but we are excited about
bringing this offering to
Starkville.”
With the new restau-
rant opening, Thames
said Restaurant Tyler
General Manger Hunter
Smith will be added as a
partner and operate the
new eatery.
In Columbus, you
may have noticed anoth-
er business pop-up on
Frontage Road near The
Granite Guys.
TraxPlus, a forestry
and construction sales,
parts and service com-
pany, opened a location
at the start of this year at
2891 S. Frontage Road.
TraxPlus first opened in
Hickory in 2013. Repre-
sentatives from Trax-
Plus said the company
expanded to Summit and
Columbus to “meet the
needs of its customers.”
Check out TraxPlus
Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
Headed out toward
East Columbus, Furni-
ture Medic by Southern
Restoration opened late
last year. The furniture
repair company, owned
by Suzy Robertson and
Chad Thomas, is located
at 2412 Hwy. 69 S. and
is managed by Stephen
Farrar.
Farrar said Furniture
Medic can restore water
and fire damage, reface
and refinish cabinetry,
furniture refinishing and
re-polishing, and on-site
furniture repair.
Furniture Medic
first opened in 1992 and
now has more than 300
independently owned and
operated franchises in
more than 40 states.
If you’re in need of a
furniture fix that’s got
you in a pinch, give Far-
rar a call at 662-328-2784.
For Thomas, the need
to open Furniture Medic
in Columbus was simple:
the high demand of furni-
ture repair, both commer-
cial and residential.

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“ Shor t-
term, it did
cause some
delays in
the electri-
cal repairs
from the
flood last
year, but Stafford
long-term it hasn’t de-
layed the project.”
The $3.2 million stage
for the amphitheater sits
on The Island alongside
the Tombigbee River near
downtown. The city is
using $500,000 in state
funding to prepare the
facility for limited use,
which includes building
perimeter fencing on the
river side of the site and
the brick wall entrance at
the north end.
Stafford said work on
both of those projects re-
sumed soon after the wa-
ters from the President’s
Day flooding subsided.
“Even though we’ve
had rain since then, it has
been a week-long rain.
It’s been a day here, a day
there,” Stafford said. “The
soil there is sandy, plus
there’s a natural slope so
that’s allowed the water to
run off pretty fast.”
As a result, employees
from Columbus Fence Co.
(perimeter fencing) and
Joe Morgan Construction
(front wall) have resumed
work. Stafford said both
companies believe they’ll
be able to complete the
work by the initial ear-
ly-July contract deadline.
As for the electrical
repairs, Stafford said the
estimated cost is likely to
be substantially less than
initial $138,000 estimate.
“That estimate was to
replace everything, kind
of a worst-case scenario,”
Stafford said. “In reali-
ty, as we get ready to do
the work, it’s likely the
cost of what has to be re-
placed is probably closer
to $40,000.”
City Public Informa-
tion Officer Joe Dillon
said the repair costs will
be reimbursed through
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency funding.
“With this situation,
where you’re working
with FEMA, you need to
get estimates that cover
all the potential costs,”
Dillon said. “It’s much
easier to have a repair
come in below estimate
than have to go back to
FEMA and request more
funds.”
As for dealing with
potential flooding going
forward, Stafford said
there’s not much that can
be done.
“The short answer is
aside from raising some
of the electrical, there’s
not anything that can
be done,” Stafford said.
“What’s important to re-
member is that this kind
of flooding really doesn’t
have a precedent. We’ve
had two really unusual
floods in the past year, but
they still remain the ex-
ception.”
Stafford said a future
flood would likely not
damage the perimeter
fencing on the river side.
“It’s brick and steel
fencing and the flood wa-
ter is a current that ap-
plies pressure,” he said.
“It’s just a rise in the
water level. So, if we do
have another flood, about
the only thing that would
need to be done is some
cleaning. The fence isn’t
likely to be damaged.”
Stafford said the U.S.
Corps of Engineers’ esti-
mate of the depth of the
river near the site show it
is not currently an issue.
“It runs 14 to 26 feet
deep there,” Stafford said.
“At some point, that part
of the river will have to
be dredged, but the river
depth now isn’t a prob-
lem.”

Beard
Continued from Page 1A
In the most recent lawsuit, filed Tuesday, attorneys are asking for a class-action suit
to cover all current and future inmates at Parchman, The AP reported. The U.S.
Justice Department announced earlier this month that its civil rights division will
investigate Parchman and other state prisons.
Beard was one of three suspects to plead guilty in 2019 to the shooting death of
Eddie Bankhead, 34, in 2011. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but his ten-
tative release date was scheduled for October 2030, according to MDOC’s website.

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WESTBURG’S HOMER HELPS BULLDOGS DOWN ALCORN STATE
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Al-
corn State center fielder
Jordan McGowan simply
turned and watched.
Trotting a handful
of steps before letting
his brief jaunt come to
a standstill, McGowan
peered into the rigs in
right center field at Dudy
Noble Field as Mississip-
pi State junior shortstop
Jordan Westburg’s 410-
foot homer skied into the
stands at 104 miles per
hour, giving the Bulldogs
the game-breaking hit
they desperately sought
all afternoon in their 8-4
win over the Braves on
Wednesday afternoon.
“Personally, I didn’t
want to go to sleep last
night — I was extremely,
pissed off, embarrassed,
whatever word you want
to describe it,” Westburg
said, referencing Tues-
day’s upset loss to Texas
Southern. “I just wasn’t
happy; I know a lot of the
guys weren’t happy. But
like I said last night, it’s
one loss, and it’s early
in the season. To just be
able to come back to the
ballpark today and play
another game right away
is the best thing for us,
and it gets your mind off
that loss really quick —
especially when you turn
around with a win.”
Just one day removed
from expressing his dis-
Cohen talks renovations, mental health
care and more in speech to Kiwanis Club
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State Ath-
letic Director John Cohen
has a vision.
Speaking with mem-
bers of the Columbus
chapter of Kiwanis Inter-
national on Wednesday
afternoon at Lion Hills
Center and Golf Club, Co-
hen offered a wide-rang-
ing overview of the MSU
athletic department and
the new initiatives his
arm of the university has
begun offering in recent
years.
Chief among the an-
nouncements, the fourth-
year athletic director said
the new Mississippi State
Tennis Pavilion is sched-
uled to be completed by
May. An indoor facility
that cost an estimated
$8 million according to
the university, it will sit
on what was previously
an extra football practice
field.
“What I’ve discovered
in dealing — and if any-
one in this room deals
in construction, I don’t
mean to throw shade —
everytime it rains, it’s
almost like the construc-
tion is a month behind,”
Cohen quipped of the
project. “But no, that’s
just how it works.”
Following the com-
pletion of the new tennis
facility, Cohen said Hum-
phrey Coliseum is next
in line for renovations.
Opened in 1975, The
Hump houses both the
men’s and women’s bas-
ketball teams, and its im-
provements are expected
Junior Houston Harding was largely effective Wednesday in his first start in a Mississippi State uniform.
gust at MSU’s inability
to plate runners against
the Tigers, Westburg’s
hit was one of just a hand-
ful of positive blips from
an otherwise forgettable
day for the majority of the
maroon and white-clad
hitters.
Entering the day hit-
ting a combined .242
on the season, the Bull-
dogs left 14 men on base
against a Braves pitching
staff that barely reached
the mid-80s on the ra-
dar gun in center field
— though Westburg and
classmates Tanner Allen
and Justin Foscue did re-
Mississippi State Athletic Director John Cohen, left,
poses with Kiwanis Club of Columbus President Taylor
Richardson on Wednesday at Lion Hills.
to cost between $40 and
50 million, though an ex-
act number has not been
calculated. According to
Cohen, the physical con-
struction on the arena is
slated to begin in April
2021.
“It needs it,” he said.
“It’s desperately caught
in that era, and we need to
make some major chang-
es in the concourse; we
need to have premium
seating; we need to have
better areas for our stu-
dent-athletes. We’re go-
ing to address all those
issues.”
Other major an-
nouncements Cohen in-
MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL
cord six hits, four RBIs
and five runs scored be-
tween the three of them.
“I think we weren’t
staying true to our ap-
proach a lot yesterday and
some today, and I think
that’s why we left so many
guys on base,” Westburg
said. “But we’ve just got to
stick with it, man — just
one game at a time, one
pitch at a time. Just stick
to ourselves and not try
and be too big. We’re go-
ing to come through and
be just fine.”
On the mound, MSU
junior starter Houston
Harding was largely ef-
Courtesy of Ralph Carter
cluded as part of a nearly
30-minute speech includ-
ed an emphasis on MSU’s
initiatives for student ath-
lete development. Most
recently, third-, fourth-
and fifth-year MSU stu-
dent-athletes were re-
quired to attend a job fair
Monday night in which
they met with over 60
businesses.
In preparation for the
networking night, the
MSU athletic department
helped its student-ath-
letes with workshops in
professional dress, re-
sumes and other funda-
mental pieces to the job
hunting process. Partici-
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Austin Perryman/Mississippi State Athletics
fective before losing his
command late. Follow-
ing a stingy first four in-
nings of work in which he
struck out seven batters,
Harding promptly afford-
ed a walk and three sin-
gles — the last of which
was a two-RBI poke from
the Braves’ Tristin Garcia
— before being yanked
in favor of junior reliever
Chase Patrick.
“It was mainly excite-
ment because it’s a dream
come true to come out
there and get my first
start for the Dawgs,”
Harding said of his emo-
tions pregame. “But other
pants were also provided
business cards for their
meetings with prospec-
tive employers.
Cohen also highlight-
ed MSU’s recent hiring
of two full-time mental
health professionals in
the athletic department
as a major move in the
current climate of colle-
giate athletics.
“When I took over as
the athletic director just
three years ago, we had
no mental health care
specialist to take care of
our 368 athletes,” he said.
“And let me tell everyone
in the room, we are in a
different age now.
“I will tell you that
some of our kids come
from backgrounds and
have seen things that
none of us can even imag-
ine. We have to have the
infrastructure for that,
and we do at Mississippi
State University.”
Beyond the admin-
istrative side of things,
Cohen sounded off on
MSU’s recent success on
the playing field. He ran
through everything from
football and its recent hir-
ing of head coach Mike
Leach to the women’s
golf team’s victory at the
Westbrook Spring Invita-
tional in Peoria, Arizona,
last weekend.
“Our women’s golf
team has really, really ex-
celled and moved forward
due to some really good
recruiting classes by
(coach) Ginger (Brown-
Lemm) and her staff,”
Cohen said, referencing
the tournament win.
than that (it was) just mild
jitters today.”
“He was pretty good
today for his first outing
for us,” MSU coach Chris
Lemonis said. “I’d like to
see him be a little more
efficient, but I thought he
was pretty good out there.
We’re going to need him.”
Following Harding’s
extended outing, Patrick
fanned five of the six bat-
ters he faced, giving him
seven strikeouts in five in-
nings of work this season.
Lemonis also turned
to junior college products
Jared Shemper and Jax-
en Forrester for the sev-
MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL
Bulldogs rally past
Central Arkansas on
key fifth-inning error
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE —
With two on and two out
in the bottom of the fifth
inning Wednesday, Mis-
sissippi State senior left
fielder Candace Denis hit
the ball hard but right at
Central Arkansas sec-
ond baseman Mary Kate
Brown. Trailing 2-1, the
Bulldogs had put their
first two batters of the
fifth aboard, but now the
inning — and a prime
opportunity for the Bull-
dogs to tie
the game
or take the
lead — was
over.
Or so it
seemed.
The ball Davidson
glanced off
Brown’s glove and rolled
into shallow right center
field. Freshman short-
stop Madisyn Kennedy
scored from third, soph-
omore right fielder Chloe
Malau’ulu scored from
second, and Mississippi
State had turned what
looked like another emp-
ty threat into a 3-2 lead.
“We were a little down
at first and a little qui-
et, so once we got that
momentum back, it was
lights out for all of us,”
catcher Mia Davidson
said.
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B
SECTION
enth and eighth innings,
respectively. Facing a
collective nine batters,
Shemper and Forrester
combined for four strike-
outs in two innings of
two-hit ball.
Senior Riley Self
earned the final nod of
the afternoon, tossing a
scoreless ninth inning.
MSU now heads to Cal-
ifornia for a three-game
set against Long Beach
State. Game one of the
set is scheduled for 8 p.m.
Friday.
“We leave at 5 a.m.
tomorrow ,so I’m not ea-
ger for that,” Lemonis
quipped. “But I am ea-
ger to play in some good
weather. I mean, Long
Beach State is good, and
they’re playing good right
now, so it’s going to be a
good test for us.”
Dawg notes
Lemonis said post-
game there is no update
on freshman JT Ginn’s
long-term status follow-
ing a recent bout with
arm soreness.
Ginn is scheduled to
miss another start in this
weekend’s trip to Long
Beach State. Senior Carl-
isle Koestler will take the
ball Friday in his place,
while redshirt freshman
Christian MacLeod and
sophomore Eric Ceranto-
la will pitch Saturday and
Sunday, respectively.
From there, the Bull-
dogs (13-3) rode that
wave to a 6-3 win over the
Bears (11-6) in Wednes-
day’s nonconference
game at Nusz Park in
Starkville.
“I really like the way
the team responded,”
said head coach Saman-
tha Ricketts, who singled
out Davidson for her ef-
forts. The junior led off
the bottom of the fourth
with a triple and scored
on a groundout to cut into
a 2-0 Central Arkansas
lead.
“Even before she got
the big hit, you could
just tell it was coming be-
cause of the way she was
talking and leading and
bringing the girls in and
telling them, ‘There’s no
need to press. We’ve got
this,’” Ricketts said. “I re-
ally liked everything she
was doing on and off the
field for us there.”
In the fifth, Kennedy
walked to lead off the in-
ning, and Malau’ulu sin-
gled. Senior second base-
man Lindsey Williams
bunted the runners over,
but junior third base-
man Montana Davidson
popped out, setting up
the showdown between
Denis and Bears reliever
Kamryn Coleman. Denis
knew the team’s strategy
with the low tempera-
See SOFTBALL, 2B
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BRIEFLY
Women’s College Basketball
Sharapova retires from tennis at age 32 with 5 Slam titles
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS used to garnering so Around that time, ances, including at the bledon in 2004. She
EMCC advances to MACJC tournament final much attention for so she signed a “lifetime” Australian Open in Jan- would beat Williams
The East Mississippi Community College women’s Maria Sharapova
basketball team beat Southwest Mississippi Community
long, with or without a contract with a racket uary. That turned out to again at that year’s sea-
College 62-53 on Wednesday in Scooba to advance
was a transcendent star racket in hand. company, a deal that be the last match of her son-ending tour cham-
to Thursday’s Mississippi Association of Community & in tennis from the time “I’ve been pretty eventually was ended. career and made her 0-2 pionship to improve to
Junior Colleges tournament final. she was a teenager, good in the past, bal- And two weeks after this season. 2-1 against the Ameri-
Sophomore Tye Metcalf had 24 points on 8-of-13 someone whose grit and ancing my time with that, she would win the In an essay writ- can — and never won
shooting for the Lions (23-2) in the victory, and freshman groundstrokes earned
Ja’Mia Hollings added 13 points and 13 rebounds.
my sponsors with my U.S. Open trophy while ten for Vanity Fair and another one of their
EMCC pulled away after fighting the Bears to a 21-21 her a career Grand tennis, because I know wearing an outfit that Vogue about her deci- matchups, dropping the
tie at the half. Slam and whose off- my priority. At the end resembled a sparkly sion to retire, posted on- next 19 in a row.
EMCC has now won 18 straight games. court success included of the day, what I love black cocktail dress, line Wednesday, Shara- Powerful at the base-
The Lions, who have already clinched a spot in millions of dollars more doing is competing, part of the “couple of pova asks: “How do you line and famous for a
the NJCAA Region 23 tournament, will face three-time
reigning state champion Jones College at 5:30 p.m.
in endorsement deals and that’s where my sides” persona she cul- leave behind the only never-give-up attitude,
today in the state title game at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum than prize money. heart is at: on center tivated. life you’ve ever known?” Sharapova reached No.
in Scooba. And yet, Sharapova court,” Sharapova said Two years later, She disclosed that 1 for the first time at 18
walked away from her in a 2006 interview with though, Sharapova she “had a procedure in 2005. After adding
Thompson named MACJC coach of year sport rather quietly The Associated Press missed the tournament to numb my shoulder to her second major tro-
EMCC women’s basketball coach Sharon Thomp- Wednesday at the age right before that year’s at Flushing Meadows get through the match” phy at the U.S. Open
son was named the MACJC women’s basketball coach of 32, ending a career U.S. Open. because she needed a half-hour before walk- the following year, she
of the year Wednesday.
Thompson has guided the Lions to a 23-2 record
that featured five major “There are a cou- surgery on her shoul- ing on court for a first- collected an Australian
through Wednesday’s MACJC tournament semifinal. championships, time at ple of sides of me,” she der, which has trou- round exit at last year’s Open title in 2008, and
The Lions are undefeated in conference play and have No. 1 in the WTA rank- said then. “There’s the bled her off and on ever U.S. Open, writing: “I then won the French
won 18 straight games. ings, a 15-month dop- Maria that’s a tennis since; she had another share this not to garner Open in 2012 and 2014.
It’s the second such honor for Thompson, who also ing ban and plenty of player. There’s the Ma- operation on that joint pity, but to paint my new Sharapova is one of
took on the athletic director role at EMCC this year. She
was named coach of the year in the 2008-09 season. problems with her right ria that is a normal girl. in 2019. reality: My body had only six women in the
Additionally, five Lions were named to the all-MAC- shoulder. And there’s the Maria She lost the last four become a distraction.” professional era to win
JC team between the men’s and women’s basketball There was no good- who’s a businesswom- matches she played at Sharapova burst each major tennis title
programs. bye tournament, no last an. And that’s where major tournaments, onto the tennis scene at at least once. She made
Hollings and Metcalf were named to the all-confer-
ence first team, and Taylor Lattimore was named to the
moment in the spot- the ‘Maria Sharapova with first-round exits in 17 by upsetting Serena 10 Grand Slam finals in
second team. light, for someone so brand’ comes into play.” her past three appear- Williams to win Wim- all, going 5-5.

Softball
On the men’s side, Jakorie Smith made the
all-MACJC first team, and Donte Powers was named to
the second team.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will compete
in the NJCAA Region 23 tournament from March 3-6 Continued from Page 1B
in Clinton.
tures and the icy wind is a great job by her: a down innings is always overall. UAB at 7 p.m. Friday
Danberry lands on community service team that permeated the quality at-bat, and she an emphasis for the “We tell them a solo and 3 p.m. Saturday,
Mississippi State graduate guard Jordan Danberry park: keep the ball on hits it through the mid- Bulldogs, according to shot’s not gonna kill against Alcorn State at
was named to the Southeastern Conference Communi- the ground and come dle, and that’s it.” Ricketts. anybody, but we don’t
ty Service team, the league announced Wednesday. 5:30 p.m. Saturday and
what may. Denis stole second, “If we’re able to get want to walk a cou-
Danberry has participated in six community service 12:30 p.m. Sunday and
events this season, including working with children with “Especially with and Mia Davidson fol- on the board and an- ple people in front of
the conditions and the against UT Martin at 3
autism and special needs through Camp of the Rising lowed with an RBI sin- swer back, we want to a home run,” Ricketts
Sun and Baseball Buddies. weather, we were trying gle to left to score her. come right back out and said. “They’re doing a p.m. Sunday.
Along with teammates, she visited children with to focus more hard and Central Arkansas third put a zero up,” she said. good job. They’ve had Ricketts said Wil-
severe illnesses in the hospital in Jackson when the cox’s parents and
Bulldogs played at Jackson State this season.
down and make them baseman had a shot at Troy transfer Annie some good challenges
Danberry was also named a semifinalist for the Na- kick the ball around a Denis as she streaked Willis, who relieved se- out in California and grandparents might be
ismith Defensive Player of the Year Award on Tuesday. little bit, because we toward the plate but nior Alyssa Loza in the again tonight, and it’s in attendance for the
One of 10 players on the list, she is one of just two weren’t gonna really get either didn’t see her or circle in the third inning just good to see what tournament, and the
SEC players to earn the honor. She ranks 22nd nation- anything out of the park decided not to take the and earned the win, did they can do with their
ally in total steals and 32nd in steals per game, helping UAB squad might fea-
on a day like today,” chance, letting the Bull- just that in the sixth backs up against the
the Bulldogs to a No. 12 national rank in turnovers ture some of Wilcox’s
forced per game with 21.4. Ricketts said. dogs steal an extra run. inning after hitting the wall a little bit.”
So Denis smacked In the bottom of leadoff batter. Junior Beginning Friday, former high school
Along with the honor, Danberry also earned a
spot on the Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Coleman’s 1-1 pitch on the sixth, Mississippi Emily Williams pitched the Bulldogs will host teammates. No matter
Midseason Team. the ground at Brown, State got two more on around a solo home run the Snowman (Alex who’s there, Ricketts
Mississippi State hosts Arkansas at 8 p.m. today at
Humphrey Coliseum. who found it too hot to run-scoring singles in the top of the seventh Wilcox Memorial) tour- said the event will be
handle. Sprinting from from Malau’ulu and for the save, and with a nament, which honors a “celebration” rather
Jackson named SEC freshman of the week third base to home with sophomore pinch-hitter four-run lead, Ricketts the life of former Mis- than a tragic occasion.
Mississippi State freshman forward Rickea Jack- her head down as soon Jackie McKenna. said she preferred the sissippi State player “I think we want
son was named the Southeastern Conference freshman as she saw contact, “It is important giv- home run to a series of Alex Wilcox. Wilcox, to make sure we do a
of the week, the league announced Tuesday. Kennedy didn’t know ing our pitchers some potentially troublesome 18, died after playing
For Jackson, it’s the third time this season she has good job of continuing
what had happened un- cushion, knowing that walks. This season, in- her freshman season
earned the honor.
til she was halfway to when they throw the cluding this past week- with the Bulldogs while to remember in Alex’s
Jackson had a career-high 34-point performance honor but also celebrate
Thursday as the Bulldogs came back to defeat Auburn the plate. ball in there, we’re gon- end’s Mary Nutter Clas- receiving treatment for
in overtime, 84-78, in Auburn, Alabama. She had 15 “I was like, ‘Oh, yes, na have their backs,” sic in Palm Springs, ovarian cancer. her life and everything
points in Sunday’s home loss to Alabama in Starkville. Candace, great job!’” Kennedy said. California, the team’s The three-day event she stood for,” Ricketts
She is averaging 17.7 points this season, which Kennedy said. “That Having those shut- walk numbers are down features games against said.
leads all SEC freshmen and is fourth among all SEC
players. Her 48.6 percent shooting clip from the field
ranks second among freshmen in the conference, and
her mark of 5.6 rebounds per game ranks fifth. CSO announces new
Women’s College Golf
MSU’s Gilliam named SEC golfer of the week
Mississippi State freshman Ashley Gilliam was
collegiate scholarship
named the Southeastern Conference women’s golfer of
The Columbus ers who played all or
the week, the league announced Wednesday. Soccer Organization most of their soccer
Gilliam led the Bulldogs to a win at the Westbrook is happy to announce with CSO have been
Invitational in Peoria, Arizona, this past weekend. She the establishment of awarded roster spots
posted a program record-tying 13-under-par 203, tying the $500 CSO Colle- on college teams in
for second individually. Including three straight top-three
finishes, Gilliam has now finished inside the top 10 in giate Scholarship, for the last five years
four straight events. which scholarship alone.
At the Westbrook Invitational, she led Mississippi applications will be But the schol-
State to a total team score of 32-under par, tying the accepted from March arship isn’t just for
12th-lowest team score in NCAA Division I history and
1 to May 1. players continuing to
beating the Bulldogs’ record by 10 full strokes.
Gilliam shot 13 birdies and an eagle over the Any individual play in college. While
course of the tournament in Peoria, shooting par or who played soccer consideration will be
below on 52 of 54 holes. Her 5-under score helped the with a CSO team at given to players who
Bulldogs to an 18-under second round — the sixth-best the under-15 level or are playing soccer in
round by a team in Division I history.
Gilliam has broken the Mississippi State freshman
above is eligible to college, all applica-
record for the most rounds of par or better with 13 and apply. tions are welcomed
for the most rounds in the 60s with five. The scholarship and encouraged. In-
fund was established cluded are four-year
Prep Boys Basketball by generous dona- institutions, com-
Heritage Academy boys advance to semifinal tions in honor of Ma- munity colleges and
The Heritage Academy boys basketball team beat rolyn Albertson, the workforce training
Presbyterian Christian School 53-45 on Wednesday grandmother of Co- programs. Individu-
at Mississippi College in Clinton to advance to the lumbus United coach als must show institu-
semifinals of the Midsouth Association for Independent Dave Albertson. It tional need.
Schools overall tournament.
Eli Acker had 19 points and 10 rebounds for
recognized her life The initial award
the Patriots, and Jared Long had 17 points and 19 and the important is for $500, and the
rebounds. Carter Putt had six points, and Reid Huskison contributions that award can be re-
had seven assists. the Albertson family newed for an addi-
The Patriots will face Jackson Prep in the semifinal has made to soccer in tional three years af-
round at 7:15 p.m. Friday. The winner of the contest
would face the winner of Friday’s other semifinal the area. In 2019, the ter the initial award.
between Madison-Ridgeland Academy and Simpson CSO board voted to Applicants must
Academy in the final at 3 p.m. Saturday. use these donations apply each year for
as the seed funds for renewal. The CSO
Prep Baseball the scholarship. Board of Directors
Caledonia routs Louisville in home contest “My grandmother will make the fi-
The Caledonia baseball team demolished Louisville often spoke about nal decision on all
18-1 in Wednesday’s home game in Caledonia. how she would’ve awards and renewals.
Thomas Tucker and Westlee Honeycutt each drove liked to have been “This scholarship
in two runs for the Confederates (3-1). Tucker went 2 for has been a long-term
able to go to college.
3 with a double, and Honeycutt went 1 for 1.
Tony Brooks went 1 for 2 with a double and an RBI. I know she is looking goal of mine and
Josh Pitts was the winning pitcher with five strike- down on this with CSO,” CSO Presi-
outs, two hits and no runs allowed in three scoreless joy, knowing funds dent Tom Velek said.
innings. donated in her honor “Sometimes our play-
Caledonia hosts rival New Hope at 6 p.m. Friday.
will help a young per- ers think they need
SOURCE: From Special Reports son in this way,” Dave to go to a different
Albertson said in a program to ensure
news release from success at the next
ON THE AIR CSO. level. This is not the
Today A local business case. This scholar-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) has made a three- ship demonstrates
6 p.m. — Wisconsin at Michigan, year commitment our commitment
ESPN2 to further contrib- not just to player de-
6 p.m. — Indiana at Purdue, FS1 ute to the funds to velopment but also
9 p.m. — Arizona at Southern Califor- insure awarding of our players’ futures.
nia, ESPN the scholarship to Being a player with
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) a deserving player, CSO means more
8 p.m. — Arkansas at Mississippi according to the re- than putting on your
State, SECN lease. cleats for a team. It
NBA BASKETBALL CSO has a consis- means having the
7 p.m. — Portland at Indiana, TNT tent record of having support of an organi-
9:30 p.m. — LA Lakers at Golden its players continue zation behind you —
State, TNT on to play soccer in both as a player and
college. Over 20 play- as a student.”

Deep wide receiver class jockeying at NFL scouting combine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — If
your favorite NFL team
doesn’t have a Tyreek
Hill, Julio Jones or Court-
land Sutton streaking
down the field, making
cornerbacks cringe and
constantly redefining the
highlight catch, just wait.
Chances are good
they’ll grab one in this
year’s draft.
The NFL scouting
combine in Indianapo-
lis features a tantalizing
wide receiver class unlike
anything ever seen at the
league’s annual gathering
of top prospects.
“You’ve probably heard
every GM and coach talk
about this wide receiver
class; it is a good one,”
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
Jets GM Joe Douglas
said. “Just watching them
go across the stage, there
is a lot of talented players
and we see how much the
pass game affects the Na-
tional Football League. So
we do feel good about this
group.”
Actually, teams feel
great about the 2020 re-
ceivers.
Teams are more will-
ing than ever to bypass
the old wait-and-watch
standby for a plug-and-
play approach with
bigger, faster, quicker
pass-catchers coming
out such as Calvin Ridley
and D.J. Moore who made
an immediate impact in
2018, followed by Dee-
bo Samuel, DK Metcalf,
Marquise Brown, Terry
FAMILY CIRCUS
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McLaurin and Starkville
High School product A.J.
Brown, who wasted no
time establishing their
credentials last season.
“There is a lot more
receivers coming into the
draft because there’s just
a lot more receivers in
college football and high
school football,” Rams
GM Les Snead said. “A lot
of teams running three,
four, five wides.”
It starts way before col-
lege.
“I think in today’s day
and age where these guys
were starting 7 on 7, it’s
almost like AAU basket-
ball,” Packers GM Brian
Gutekunst said. “The re-
ceivers are so much more
advanced in terms of
their fundamentals com-
ing into college and the
league than maybe they
have been in the past.
It’s really just the NFL of-
fense that will take time.
So I think there’s some
guys sitting here today
that I think will have a
chance to make a pretty
immediate impact, and
I’m excited about that.”
Receivers may still
need to adjust to the
NFL’s press coverage but
just as often they’re the
ones putting the DBs on
their heels from the get-
go.
“Historically, receivers
have struggled a little bit
with the learning curve
up to the NFL. But in the
last three, four or five
years, we’ve seen a lot of
guys make immediate”
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I’ve been
married to
my husband for
21 years. We’ve
had our ups and
downs, but our
relationship is
solid.
For the last
year, I have
watched as my
husband has be-
come closer to my
sister. It started
with phone calls
every once in a
while to check on Dear Abby
how she’s doing.
(She lives in our second home
in a different state.) Then it
turned into hours-long conver-
sations a few times a week.
When I told him it made me very
uncomfortable, he said they are
just “very, very good friends.”
About six months ago, he
started calling me by her name
at inappropriate times. I told
him he has been murmuring her
name in my ear while we’re in
bed. He said he was sorry, and
he would make some changes
to the relationship with my sis-
ter. The changes he made were
to talk to her every night for
hours at a time. Then he need-
ed to go to our other house “to
get it ready for winter.” He was
alone with her for two weeks
and then extended his stay by
another week because she is
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.
27). Life doesn’t usually come
in this contest-style manner,
so this is quite exciting. The
tension builds through the next
15 weeks, and then there’s a
chance to prove yourself. You’ll
rise to the occasion. The payout
will be lovely for you. Mostly,
this will be personal equity,
relationships that buoy you and
joyful times. Libra and Scorpio
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 3, 33, 25, 19 and 42.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
There are things you shouldn’t
and won’t do because you
learned, through the years,
that they are behaviors that,
while they might have served a
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020
impacts, said Ravens gen-
eral manager Eric DeCos-
ta.
“Especially last year,
if you look at the class,
you’ll see a bunch of guys
come in right away and
make big plays. We were
fortunate last year with
Marquise and even Miles
(Boykin) to a degree
made plays for us. We’re
excited about those two
guys and we look at this
year’s draft class as an
opportunity for us to im-
prove at the position even
more.”
The draft class in-
clude Colorado’s Laviska
Shenault, Alabama’s Jerry
Jeudy and Henry Ruggs
III, Oklahoma’s CeeDee
Lamb, LSU’s Justin Jeffer-
son, Arizona State’s Bran-
“having health
issues.”
I told him I
think he’s having
an emotional af-
fair with my sister,
but he disagreed.
I’m in constant
panic mode and
don’t know what
to do. Any advice?
— SUSPICIOUS IN
THE NORTHWEST
DEAR SUS-
PICIOUS: I don’t
blame you for
being as upset as
you are because,
to say the least,
what your husband has been
doing is inappropriate. Have you
talked to your sister about this?
If you haven’t, you should.
I am surprised that you
didn’t go with him when he
went to visit “Sissy” and help
her with her “health issues.”
That he extended his stay with
her makes me wonder if there
may be more going on than an
emotional affair.
You need more support
than a newspaper column can
provide. Make an appointment
with a licensed marriage and
family therapist, if only to calm
your panic and gain an ally. If
you can convince your husband
to go, it might allay your fears.
But if he isn’t interested — go
alone.
DEAR ABBY: I have a dream
purpose once, are now useless
and dumb.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
It’s just good marketing to tell
people about when the job is
starting and when it’s finished.
As for the middle-bits, people
get very bored with those. Best
to leave those parts out.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You have to listen to sentences
a few times to truly understand
their meaning -- a sign of intel-
ligence. Today, this will be true
of verbal, literary and musical
sentences.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). It’s hard to say what is a
negative influence. Sometimes
a negative influence can be the
3B
don Aiyuk and Clemson’s
Tee Higgins.
Just to name a few.
The wide receiver
group is “as deep as I’ve
seen,” NFL draft analyst
Daniel Jeremiah said.
“I’ve got 27 wide receiv-
ers with top-three round
grades in this draft. And
consider average 31 are
taken. We had a max of
35 taken in (2015). So this
is a really phenomenal
group of wideouts.”
There’s someone for
everyone this year.
“Receiver, of all po-
sitions, probably comes
in the Baskin Robbins
31 flavors,” Bills general
manager Brandon Beane
said. “Size, speed, length,
run after catch, all sorts
of variables.”
job and enjoy every part of it,
except for the lunch hour. The
time for my break isn’t debat-
able, nor is the area. We have a
specific area for eating, and we
aren’t supposed to bring food to
our work station.
During lunch time, seven
to 10 people talk politics every
day. It doesn’t help that we are
on opposite sides of the fence,
but even if we weren’t, I’m tired
of all the nastiness on both
sides.
I have politely asked them
to discuss topics other than
politics. I even talked to my
boss about it, but he said it’s
not up to him what people
talk about on their down time.
Sometimes he joins us in the
lunchroom and contributes to
the topic. One of my co-workers
is eight months pregnant, and
she gets so worked up, I worry
she’ll go into premature labor.
What should my next step, short
of quitting, be? — LOSING MY
APPETITE
DEAR LOSING: Unless there
is a rule specifying that you
must eat your lunch inside the
office, consider taking your
lunch break outside. When the
weather is mild, it could be
a nice, quiet break. If it’s too
cold to eat outside, you could
do it in your car and listen to
music. However, if that’s not
possible, the solution to your
problem might be as simple as
noise-canceling headphones.
most positive thing that hap-
pens in the situation, especially
when the situation involves a
wrongheaded crowd.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Deficiencies are something
to celebrate. How can people
possibly fill in your blanks if you
don’t leave a blank? Pause. Let
others bring the appropriate
skill.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). The best thing to do with
a situation you don’t like is to
ignore it. Giving time and words
to bad situations is like pouring
money into an investment that’s
tanking.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Self-worth is a tricky area. On
days like today we have to won-
der, “How much does it really
matter whether our opinions of
ourselves are low or high?” The
group must move forward; find a
place in the lineup and mush.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). What you call things will be
really important, as will be the
words you choose in gener-
al. For instance, do you say
“sleepy” or “exhausted”? One
is tender, the other dangerous.
Overall, it will be your aim to
tone down the drama.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). People-pleasing isn’t an
illness or a fault; it’s a way
of getting through the world.
You’ll be aware of those trying
to please you, and you’ll speak
to something else in them —
something more essential to
who they really are.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). There’s a lot of stress
involved in looking for things
under this Mercury retrograde,
but you can avoid it all by simply
putting things back where you
found them.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). There is no entertainment
value in people being respectful
of one another, but there are
other worthier values. Things
work better. That’s something!
Question: Do you want “better”
or “more interesting”?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). On the lookout for new
experiences, you’ll think little of
the risk or cost today, which is
why you should consider bring-
ing an earth sign along: Taurus,
Virgo or Capricorn.
Step outside
SOLUTION:
4B THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Business
World shares slump after Trump
announcement on virus plans
Traders concerned the global economy
could stumble as major industrial
countries struggle to contain outbreak
BY ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
Shares fell in Europe
and Asia on Thursday
after President Donald
Trump announced the U.S.
was stepping up its efforts
to combat the virus out-
break that began in China,
as the number of cases sur-
passed 81,000.
Germany’s DAX lost
2.2 percent to 12,498.88
and the CAC 40 in Paris
dropped 2.3 percent to
5,59.99. In London, the
FTSE 100 lost 2.5 percent
BUSINESS BRIEF
Zachary’s wins MS
Restaurant Neighbor
Award
Zachary’s Restaurant
of Columbus, MS is proud
to announce that it has
been awarded the MS
Restaurant Neighbor
Award for a third year
in a row by the National
Restaurant Association
Educational Foundation.
This prestigious state
award honors restau-
rants that go above and
beyond in community
service and philanthro-
py. It aims to inspire
other restaurateurs to
get or stay involved in
their local communities.
to 6,869.80. The future for
the Dow Jones Industrial
Average fell 0.5 percent to
26,779.00 and the future
contract for the S&P 500
was 0.6 percent lower, at
3,092.20.
Trump told reporters
late Wednesday that he
was open to spending
“whatever’s appropriate”
to fight the virus, after the
Senate Democratic Leader
Chuck Schumer of New
York suggested $8.5 bil-
lion instead of the request-
ed $2.5 billion. He put Vice
Causes supported by
Zachary’s are wide-rang-
ing but focus mainly on
local non-profits and
community movements.
Every facet of Zachary’s
presence in Columbus is
based on building rela-
tionships and giving back
with either delicious food,
donations, or fundraisers
put together by their
dedicated staff.
Zachary’s raised over
$33,441.00 for local and
national causes over the
course of 2019. The staff
also provided over 2,600
hours of volunteer hours
to charitable organiza-
tions across the Golden
Triangle Area after a dev-
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President Mike Pence in
charge of the response to
appear that any bounce in
stocks is likely to be short-
the virus outbreak.
Traders are concerned
lived. And eventually, the
markets could fall deeper
the global economy could as investors start to think
stumble as major industrial what’s the point of trying
countries struggle to con- to pick the bottom in the
tain the outbreak. News of short term.”
hundreds of new infections Japan’s Nikkei 225 in-
in China and elsewhere dex lost 2.1 percent to
helped pull share prices 21,948.23, while in Aus-
lower Thursday in Asia. tralia, the S&P ASX/200
“Previous crisis play- dropped 0.8 percent to
books have all revolved 6,657.90. Hong Kong’s
around buying the dip in climbed 0.3 percent to
equities, so I wonder just 26,778.62.
how much further the fire
sale will go before the
market at least starts to
scale in again,” Stephen
Innes of AxiCorp. said in a
report. “But based on last
night’s price action, it does
astating fire shut them
down for months. Ev-
eryone at the restaurant
would like to thank our
patrons for supporting us
so readily during such a
trying year. Although we
have re-opened and are
back to business as usual,
we will forever remember
and be thankful for every
bit of help that came from
our community during
that time.
Thank you for helping
us to achieve this major
award for the third year
in a row! We would not be
able to make the impact
we do without your con-
tinued support!

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CALL US: 662-328-2424
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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on March 12,
2007, Larry Shirley, Sr., mar-
ried and Larry Shirley, Jr. un-
married executed a certain
deed of trust to Bryan P.
Griffin, Trustee for the benefit
of Wells Fargo Financial Missis-
sippi 2, Inc. which deed of trust
is of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2007 at Page 7288; and
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. has heretofore substi-
tuted Shapiro & Brown, LLC as
Trustee by instrument dated
January 8, 2020 and recorded
in the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk's Office in Book 2020 at
Page 494; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the leg-
al holder of said indebtedness,
having requested the under-
signed Substituted Trustee to
execute the trust and sell said
land and property in accord-
ance with the terms of said
deed of trust and for the pur-
pose of raising the sums due
thereunder, together with attor-
ney's fees, trustee's fees and
expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on
March 12, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within
legal hours (being between the
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer-
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot Number 37 of and in the
Airline Subdivision, a Subdivi-
sion of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, as shown by the map
or plat thereof of record in Sub-
division Plat Book No. 2, Page
1, in the Office of the Chan-
cery Clerk, of Lowndes County,
Mississippi.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 6th day of February, 2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
105 Mchall Dr
Columbus, MS 39702
19-025492
Publication Dates:
February 13, 20, 27 and March
5, 2020
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on September 23,
2005, Randy Macon, a single
man executed a certain deed
of trust to ReconTrust Com-
pany, N.A., Trustee for the be-
nefit of Mortgage Electronic Re-
gistration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., its successors and
assigns which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2005 at Page 27757;
and
WHEREAS, Carrington Mort-
gage Services, LLC has hereto-
fore substituted Shapiro &
Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated January 28,
2020 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2020 at Page
2127; and
WHEREAS, default having been deed of trust is of record in the
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and Lowndes County, State of Mis-
the entire debt secured thereby sissippi in Book 2017 at Page
having been declared to be due 13505 and re-recorded in Book
and payable in accordance with 2017 at Page 14138; and
the terms of said deed of trust,
Carrington Mortgage Services,
LLC, the legal holder of said in- d/b/a Regions Mortgage has
debtedness, having requested heretofore substituted Shapiro
the undersigned Substituted
Trustee to execute the trust
and sell said land and property 2020 and recorded in the
in accordance with the terms of aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
said deed of trust and for the
purpose of raising the sums
due thereunder, together with
attorney's fees, trustee's fees WHEREAS, default having been
and expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & the entire debt secured thereby
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Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- having been declared to be due
ee in said deed of trust, will on and payable in accordance with
March 12, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
legal hours (being between the Mortgage, the legal holder of
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of quested the undersigned Sub-
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- property in accordance with the
bus, MS 39701, to the highest terms of said deed of trust and
and best bidder for cash or cer- for the purpose of raising the
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- trustee's fees and expense of
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot No. Fifty-Five (55) of and in
he Airline Subdivision, a subdi-
vision of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, as shown by the map
or plat thereof of record in Sub-
division Plat Book No. 2 at
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Page 1 in the Chancery Clerk's
0ffice of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi; SUBJECT TO the re-
strictive covenants and condi-
tions contained in the instru-
ment executed by Harris Hol-
land, et al, dated November 26
1952, filed for record on
December 1, 1952, and recor-
ded in Deed Book No. 234 at
Pages 197-200, inclusive, of
the land records of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
2127; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Carrington Mortgage Services,
LLC, the legal holder of said in-
debtedness, having requested
the undersigned Substituted
Trustee to execute the trust
and sell said land and property
in accordance with the terms of
said deed of trust and for the
purpose of raising the sums
due thereunder, together with
attorney's fees, trustee's fees
and expense of sale.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & the entire debt secured thereby
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- having been declared to be due
ee in said deed of trust, will on and payable in accordance with
March 12, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
legal hours (being between the Mortgage, the legal holder of
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of quested the undersigned Sub-
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- property in accordance with the
bus, MS 39701, to the highest terms of said deed of trust and
and best bidder for cash or cer- for the purpose of raising the
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- trustee's fees and expense of
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot No. Fifty-Five (55) of and in
he Airline Subdivision, a subdi-
vision of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, as shown by the map
or plat thereof of record in Sub-
division Plat Book No. 2 at
Page 1 in the Chancery Clerk's
0ffice of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi; SUBJECT TO the re-
strictive covenants and condi-
tions contained in the instru-
ment executed by Harris Hol-
land, et al, dated November 26
1952, filed for record on
December 1, 1952, and recor-
ded in Deed Book No. 234 at
Pages 197-200, inclusive, of
the land records of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 10th day of February,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
207 Mchall Dr
Columbus, MS 39702
20-025660
PUBLISH: 2/13, 2/20, 2/27 &
3/5/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
RE: THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF DAVLIN C. KEREKES,
DECEASED
NO.2020-PR-015-JNS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
WHEREAS, Letters of Adminis-
tration upon the Estate of Dav-
lin C. Kerekes, Deceased (the
“Estate”), were duly issued to
the undersigned as Adminis-
trator of the Estate by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi on Febru-
ary 12, 2020; therefore, legal
notice is hereby given that all
persons having claims against
the Estate are required by law
to have them filed, probated,
and registered with the Clerk of
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, at Colum-
bus, Mississippi, within ninety
(90) days’ time from the date
of first publication of this no-
tice, and the failure to file, pro-
bate, and register their claims
with the Clerk within the time
will forever bar the claims.
/s/ George A. Kerekes
George A. Kerekes, Adminis-
trator of the Estate of Davlin C.
Kerekes, Deceased
OF COUNSEL:
J. Gordon Flowers (MSB No.
5378)
Drew C. Bigelow (MSB No.
105663)
BRUNINI, GRANTHAM, GROW-
ER & HEWES, PLLC
Attorneys at Law
190 E. Capitol Street, Suite
100
Post Office Drawer 119
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Telephone: (601) 948-3101
Email: gflowers@brunini.com
dbigelow@brunini.com
PUBLISH: 2/27, 3/5, &
3/12/2020
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2017,
Ryan J. Baswell and Whitney
Baswell, husband and wife ex-
ecuted a certain deed of trust
to Denise McLaurin, Trustee for
the benefit of Regions Bank
d/b/a Regions Mortgage which
office of the Chancery Clerk of
WHEREAS, Regions Bank
& Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated February 12,
fice in Book 2020 at Page
3268; and
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the terms of said deed of trust,
said indebtedness, having re-
stituted Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land and
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees,
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on
March 26, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within
legal hours (being between the
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer-
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi, to-wit:
Tract I:
A lot or parcel of land located
in the Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section
23, Township 18 South, Range
the benefit of Regions Bank
d/b/a Regions Mortgage which
deed of trust is of record in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi in Book 2017 at Page
13505 and re-recorded in Book
2017 at Page 14138; and
WHEREAS, Regions Bank
d/b/a Regions Mortgage has
heretofore substituted Shapiro
& Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
strument dated February 12,
2020 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2020 at Page
3268; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
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tions of said deed of trust and
the terms of said deed of trust,
said indebtedness, having re-
stituted Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land and
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees,
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on
March 26, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within
legal hours (being between the
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer-
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi, to-wit:
Tract I:
A lot or parcel of land located
in the Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section
23, Township 18 South, Range same with the Chancery Clerk
17 West, Lowndes County, Mis- of Lowndes County, Missis-
sissippi, and being more partic- sippi, within ninety (90) days
ularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest
corner of the Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 23, 2020.
Township 18 South, Range 17
West, Lowndes County, Missis- /s/ Gene Douglas Holliman, Jr.
sippi; thence East 19.3 feet;
thence South parallel with the
West boundary line of said
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
of Section 23, a distance of
345.0 feet to the initial point of
this description;
FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF
BEGINNING, run thence East
parallel with the South bound-
ary line of said North west
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- FAX: (662) 328-6890
east Quarter (S1/4) of said
Section 23, a distance of
414.23 feet; thence South par- PUBLISH: 2/27, 3/5, &
allel with the West boundary
line of said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) of said Sec-
tion 23, a distance of 105 feet; FUEL FARM TANK REPLACE-
thence West parallel with the
South boundary line of said
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) COLUMBUS, MS
of said Section 23, a distance
of 414. 23 feet to a point on
the East right of way line of a
public road known as McDavis be received by the City of
Road; thence North along the
said East right of way of said
public road for 105 feet, more
or less, to the initial point of
this description and containing the 31st day of March 2020, at
1.0 acres, more or less.
Tract II:
A tract of land located in the
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
of Section 23, Township 18
South, Range 17 West,
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
and being more particularly de- 10,000-gallon fuel storage
scribed as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest County Airport, including but
corner of said Northwest
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- isting Av-Gas and Jet-A piping.
east Quarter (SE') of Section
23; run thence East a dis-
tance of 19.3 feet to the initial secutive calendar days for the
point of beginning of the prop-
erty herein described:
FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF
BEGINNING run thence South
parallel with the West bound-
ary of said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
320.0 feet to a point; run
thence East parallel with the
South boundary of said Northw- 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Air-
est Quarter (NW1/4) of the
Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) a
distance of 389.23 feet to a
point; run thence South paral-
lel with the West boundary of
said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
25.0 feet to a point; run thence Any questions that bidders
West parallel with the South
boundary of said Northwest
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- 2100, Columbus, MS, 39704,
east Quarter (SE1/4) a dis-
tance of 389.23 feet to a
point; run thence North paral-
lel with the West boundary of
said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
25.0 feet to the initial point of low:
beginning, containing 0.2
acres, more or less.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 24th day of February,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Read local.
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
cdispatch.com
561 Mac Davis Road
Columbus, MS 39702
20-025885
Publication Dates: February 27, the same basis as the non-res-
March 5, 12 and 19, 2020
east Quarter (SE1/4) a dis-
tance of 389.23 feet to a
point; run thence North paral-
said Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
ADS APPEAR IN THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH,
lel with the West boundary of
Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
THE STARKVILLE DISPATCH AND ONLINE
25.0 feet to the initial point of
beginning, containing 0.2
acres, more or less.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 24th day of February,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Legal Notices
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
561 Mac Davis Road
Columbus, MS 39702
20-025885
Publication Dates: February 27,
March 5, 12 and 19, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF PATRICIA H. HOLLI-
MAN, DECEASED
NO. 2020-0038-JNS
GENE DOUGLAS HOLLIMAN,
JR. AND DARREN LEE HOLLI-
MAN, CO-EXECUTORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to
Gene Douglas Holliman, Jr. and
Darren Lee Holliman, Co-Ex-
ecutors of the Estate of Patri-
cia H. Holliman, deceased, by
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the 25
day of February, 2020. This is
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es-
tate to Probate and Register
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 25 day of February,
Gene Douglas Holliman, Jr.
/s/ Darren Lee Holliman
Darren Lee Holliman
OF COUNSEL:
William F. Gillis (MSB 4854)
Crowell Gillis & Cooper, PLLC
Post Office Box 1827
Columbus, MS 39703
PHONE: (662) 243-7329
wgillis@cgclawpllc.com
3/12/2020
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
MENT - REBID
COLUMBUS-LOWNDES COUNTY
AIRPORT
Proposals for the Fuel Farm
Tank Replacement project will
Columbus, Mississippi at the
Columbus-Lowndes County Air-
port (368 Fabritek Drive) until
10:00 a.m. (Central Time) on
which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read
aloud. Proposals received after
this time will not be accepted
and will be returned unopened.
The work is generally de-
scribed as follows: Removal
and replacement of two
tanks at the existing fuel farm
at the Columbus-Lowndes
not limited to retrofitting the ex-
SERVICE DIRECTORY
The Contract time is 30 con-
Base Bid. No additional Con-
tract time will be awarded for
Additive Alternates. Liquidated
damages in the amount of
$500 will be assessed for
PROMOTE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS STARTING AT ONLY $25
each consecutive calendar day
thereafter.
AAutomotive Services
pre-bid conference is planned
for this project on March 24,
port Conference Room at the
Columbus-Lowndes County Air-
port, 368 Fabritek Drive,
Columbus, MS 39702. It is
strongly recommended that
prospective bidders attend the
pre-bid conference.
might have should be directed
Carpet & Flooring Inc., P.O. Box
to Neel-Schaffer,
662-328-4547
CARPET (phone), 662-
INSTALLATION.
328-8552 (fax)&toRepairthe atten-
Re−Stretch also
tion of Zach Foster.
avail. I accept select jobs.
Call Walt, 662−574−8134.
All proposals that are mailed
shall be sent to the City of
Columbus at the address be-
Columbus – Lowndes County
Airport
368 Fabritek Drive
Columbus, MS 39702
Bidders must be qualified un-
der Mississippi Law and show
a current Certificate of Re-
sponsibility
DAVID’S issued
CARPETby the&Mis-
sissippiUPHOLSTERY
Board of Public Con-
tractors establishing
CLEANINGclassifica-
tion as 1to Room
construction
the value and type of
− $50
work −on$70
which he
2 Rooms
is authorized to bid. Contract-
3+ Rooms − $30
ors must be qualified under EA
Rugs−Must
Mississippi Law andBe beSeen
re-
gisteredCar
sissippi
withUpholstery
the State of Mis-
and as a
Cleaning
eral contractor
licensed gen-
Available
capable of per-
662−722−1758
forming the required work.
Awarding public contracts to
non-resident Bidders will be on
ident bidder’s state awards
contracts to Mississippi Con-
tractors bidding under similar
circumstances. In order to en-
sure that Mississippi’s Golden
Rule is followed, state law re-
quires a non-resident bidder to
attach to his bid, a copy of
his/her resident state’s cur-
rent laws pertaining to such
state’s treatment of non-resid-
ent contractors.
The Contract Documents (draw-
ings, specifications, proposal
forms, general conditions, etc.)
may be examined at the follow-
ing locations:
Office of Aeronautics, Missis-
sippi Department of Transport-
ation, 401 North West Street,
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 2310 Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Dr., Colum-
bus, MS 39705
Bid documents are being made
available via original paper
copy. Plan holders are re-
quired to register for an ac-
count at www.neel-schaffer-
plans.com to view and order
Bid Documents. All plan hold-
ers are required to have a val-
id email address for registra-
tion. Bid Documents are non-re-
COLUMBUS, MS ings, specifications, proposal TION TRUCKS.
forms, general conditions, etc.)
Proposals for the Fuel Farm may be examined at the follow- Bid proposals (NO PRICING) will
Tank Replacement project will
be received by the City of
Columbus, Mississippi at the
ing locations:
Office of Aeronautics, Missis-
be accepted until 4PM on
Monday, March 16, 2020.
Columbus-Lowndes County Air-
port (368 Fabritek Drive) until
10:00 a.m. (Central Time) on
sippi Department of Transport-
ation, 401 North West Street,
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Bid specifications and proced-
ures may be obtained by con-
tacting the General Manager
the 31st day of March 2020, at Monday-Friday between the
which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read
To place ads starting at only $12,
Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 2310 Mar- hours of 7AM-4PM at 662-327-
tin Luther King Jr. Dr., Colum- 6660 or at
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
aloud. Proposals received after
this time will not be accepted
bus, MS 39705 www.centralbidding.com. Bid
proposals maybe submitted by
and will be returned unopened. Bid documents are being made sealed envelope to Golden Tri-
available via original paper angle Waste Services, 1311 In-
The workTHE DISPATCH
is generally de- n CDISPATCH.COM
copy. Plan holders nare THURSDAY,
re- FEBRUARY
dustrial 27,Columbus,
Park Rd. 2020 n 5B
scribed as follows: Removal quired to register for an ac- MS 39701 or by electronic sub-
and replacement of two count at www.neel-schaffer- mission at
10,000-gallon fuel storage plans.com to view and order www.centralbidding.com.
tanks at the existing fuel farm Bid Documents. All plan hold-
atLegal
theNotices
Columbus-Lowndes Legalare
ers Notices
required to have a val- Legal
All Noticesbid proposals must
sealed
County Airport, including but id email address for registra- be on file with the General
not limited to retrofitting the ex- tion. Bid Documents are non-re- Manager prior to or by the ac-
isting Av-Gas and Jet-A piping. fundable and must be pur- ceptance date and time as
chased through the website. stated above. Bid proposals
The Contract time is 30 con-
secutive calendar days for the
Electronic bids shall be submit- must be sealed and clearly
ted through www.neel-schaffer- marked on the outside of the
Base Bid. No additional Con- plans.com. Please contact Plan envelope: (6) 2020 MODEL,
tract time will be awarded for House Printing at (662) 407- REAR LOADING REFUSE COL-
Additive Alternates. Liquidated 0193 with questions regarding LECTION TRUCKS, BID PRO-
damages in the amount of website registration, electronic POSAL DATE: MONDAY,
$500 will be assessed for bidding, and online orders. MARCH 16, 2020. Bid propos-
each consecutive calendar day als can be hand delivered to
thereafter. Bidder’s attention is invited to 1311 Industrial Park Rd.
the Instructions to Bidders rel- Columbus, MS 39701.
A pre-bid conference is planned ative to pre-award, equal em-
for this project on March 24, ployment opportunity require- All electronic bid specifications
2020 at 10:00 a.m. in the Air- ments, and non-segregated fa- and procedures may be ob-
port Conference Room at the cilities. tained at
Columbus-Lowndes County Air- www.centralbidding.com. For
port, 368 Fabritek Drive, Bids must be submitted on the questions relating to electronic
Columbus, MS 39702. It is standard form of bid proposal downloads, please call Central
strongly recommended that and must include a Bid Bond in Bidding at 225-810-4814.
prospective bidders attend the the amount of 5% of the Bid.
pre-bid conference. The successful bidder will be Bid proposals will be evalu-
required to execute the stand- ated and vendors that submit-
Any questions that bidders ard form of Contract and Agree- ted acceptable proposals will
might have should be directed ment, together with a 100% be invited to bid no later than
to Neel-Schaffer, Inc., P.O. Box Performance Bond and a 100% 2PM Tuesday, March 17, 2020
2100, Columbus, MS, 39704, Payment Bond, within 10 days to submit priced bids. Final bid-
662-328-4547 (phone), 662- after formal award of the con- ding will be held by electronic
328-8552 (fax) to the atten- tract. reverse auction on Wednesday,
tion of Zach Foster. March 18, 2020 at www.cent-
The bidder shall guarantee to ralbidding.com beginning at
All proposals that are mailed hold his bid good and may not 10AM and ending at 11AM (un-
shall be sent to the City of withdraw his bid for a period of less extended by anti-sniping.)
Columbus at the address be- 90 calendar days after the
low: scheduled closing time for re- Electronic bids may be submit-
ceiving bids. ted at www.centralbidding.com.
Columbus – Lowndes County For any questions related to
Airport The award, if made, will be the electronic bidding process,
368 Fabritek Drive made to the party submitting please call Central Bidding at
Columbus, MS 39702 the bid deemed most favor- 225-810-4814.
able to the City of Columbus at
Bidders must be qualified un- the time the conditions are The Board of Commissioners
der Mississippi Law and show stipulated. The City of Colum- reserves the right to accept or
a current Certificate of Re- bus reserves the right to reject reject any or all bids received.
sponsibility issued by the Mis- any and all bids for any reason
sissippi Board of Public Con- and to waive any informalities Golden Triangle Cooperative
tractors establishing classifica- or irregularities in the bids re- Service District reserves the
tion as to the value and type of ceived. right to utilize “anti-sniping” for
construction work on which he reverse auctions. Anti-Sniping
is authorized to bid. Contract- BY: /s/ Robert E. Smith, Sr. is a tool that automatically ex-
ors must be qualified under Mayor tends the bid time for reverse
Mississippi Law and be re- auctions by 5 minutes if a
gistered with the State of Mis- FOR: City of Columbus, MS vendor places a bid in the final
sissippi and as a licensed gen- 5 minutes of the auction.
eral contractor capable of per- BID OPENING: March 31, 2020
forming the required work. Published by order of the Board
ADVERTISING DATES: of Commissioners of Golden
Awarding public contracts to February 27, 2020 Triangle Cooperative Service
non-resident Bidders will be on March 5, 2020 District.
the same basis as the non-res-
ident bidder’s state awards ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS By: Mary Ann Gilliland
contracts to Mississippi Con- General Manager
tractors bidding under similar GOLDEN TRIANGLE COOPERAT-
circumstances. In order to en- IVE SERVICE DISTRICT Publish Dates:
sure that Mississippi’s Golden 2/27/20, 3/5/20
Rule is followed, state law re- Notice is hereby given that
quires a non-resident bidder to sealed or electronic bid propos- IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
attach to his bid, a copy of als will be received by the LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
his/her resident state’s cur- Board of Commissioners for SIPPI
rent laws pertaining to such Golden Triangle Cooperative
state’s treatment of non-resid- Service District for (6) 2020 BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING,
ent contractors. MODEL, (25) CUBIC YARD LLC PLAINTIFF
HIGH COMPACTION REAR
The Contract Documents (draw- LOADING REFUSE COLLEC- V.
ings, specifications, proposal TION TRUCKS.
forms, general conditions, etc.) LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K.
may be examined at the follow- Bid proposals (NO PRICING) will SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY
ing locations: be accepted until 4PM on FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH
Monday, March 16, 2020. FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE
Office of Aeronautics, Missis- FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE
sippi Department of Transport- Bid specifications and proced- LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B.
ation, 401 North West Street, ures may be obtained by con- SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN
Jackson, Mississippi 39201 tacting the General Manager HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
Monday-Friday between the SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
Neel-Schaffer, Inc., 2310 Mar- hours of 7AM-4PM at 662-327- KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
tin Luther King Jr. Dr., Colum- 6660 or at SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
bus, MS 39705 www.centralbidding.com. Bid THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
proposals maybe submitted by PEACH FLOWERS SMITH,
Bid documents are being made sealed envelope to Golden Tri- a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
available via original paper angle Waste Services, 1311 In- DECEASED DEFENDANTS
copy. Plan holders are re- dustrial Park Rd. Columbus,
quired to register for an ac- MS 39701 or by electronic sub- CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F
count at www.neel-schaffer- mission at
plans.com to view and order www.centralbidding.com. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Bid Documents. All plan hold-
ers are required to have a val- All sealed bid proposals must THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
id email address for registra- be on file with the General COUNTY OF LOWNDES
tion. Bid Documents are non-re- Manager prior to or by the ac- TO: Larry Smith
fundable and must be pur- ceptance date and time as Mykle K. Smith
chased through the website. stated above. Bid proposals Judy K. Smith
Electronic bids shall be submit- must be sealed and clearly Unknown Heirs of Eddie B.
ted through www.neel-schaffer- marked on the outside of the Smith, Sr. Deceased
plans.com. Please contact Plan envelope: (6) 2020 MODEL, Unknown Heirs of Eddie B.
House Printing at (662) 407- REAR LOADING REFUSE COL- Smith, Jr., Deceased
0193 with questions regarding LECTION TRUCKS, BID PRO- Unknown Heirs of Peach
website registration, electronic POSAL DATE: MONDAY, Flowers Smith a/k/a Peach
bidding, and online orders. MARCH 16, 2020. Bid propos- Flower Smith, Deceased
Bidder’s attention is invited to
als can be hand delivered to
1311 Industrial Park Rd. You have been made a Defend-
the Instructions to Bidders rel- Columbus, MS 39701. ant in the suit filed in this
Childcare
ative to pre-award, equal em- General Services Lawn Care
Court / Landscaping
by Bayview Loan Servi-
ployment opportunity require- All electronic bid specifications cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
ments, and non-segregated fa-
CHILDCARE SERVICES and procedures
GRAVEL. $360 mayPER be ob-
LOAD. ing a judgment
JESSE & in favor of the
BEVERLY’S
tained at
cilities.Look No Further!! Local delivery, 14 yd truck. PlaintiffLAWN for confirmation
SERVICE of title
Quality Childcare Services www.centralbidding.com.
Backhoe & Dozer work. For and reformation of certain in-
Mowing, cleanup,
BidsAre must be submitted
Available For Theon the questions
Mobilerelating
HometoPads electronic
& struments
landscaping,in the chain of title
sodding,
standard form of bid proposal downloads, please call Central related & to tree
certain real property
Golden Triangle Area!! Driveways. cutting.
and must include a Bid Bond in Bidding at 225-810-4814. described below and located in
662.343.8386
the amount of 5% of theorBid. 662−497−1388 Lowndes 662−356−6525
County, Mississippi
662.813.3672.
The successful bidderSeriouswill be Bid proposals will be evalu- and other equitable relief as
Inquiries Only, Please!!
required to execute the stand- ated and vendors that submit- Painting & Papering
specifically described in the
MONOGRAMMING
ard form of Contract and Agree- ted acceptable proposals will Complaint. Defendants in this
Generaltogether
ment, Services with a 100% be invited to bid no later than action are Larry Smith, Mykle
Just for Ladies
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
Performance Bond and a 100% 2PM Tuesday, March 17, 2020 SERVICE. K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Special Daisy
Prices.
Payment 10 days to submit priced bids. Final bid- Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
A & TBond,TREEwithin
SERVICES Interior and Exterior
after formal truck
Bucket award & of stump
the con- ding will be held by electronic Flowers Sykes, Tommie Lee
tract. reverse auction on Wednesday, Painting. Flower, Jr. 662−435−6528
a/k/a Tommie Lee
removal. Free est. March Mossy18,Oak Mall •atWest
2020 Point
www.cent- Flowers, Jr., Eddie B. Smith, III,
Are you a
Serving
The bidder Columbus
shall guarantee to 662-492-4221beginning
ralbidding.com • Mon.-Sat.at any and all heirs of Eddie B.
holdsince
his bid1987.
good and Senior
may not 10AM and ending
CHILDREN’S at 11AM (un- Smith, Sr., deceased, any and
& LADIES’ CONSIGNMENT
painter?
withdraw
citizen his bid Call
disc. period@of less extended by anti-sniping.) all heirs of Eddie B. Smith, Jr.,
for aAlvin
90242−0324/241−4447
calendar days after the deceased, and any and all
scheduled closing time for Electronic bids may be submit- heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
for re-
JEWELRY REPAIR
"We’ll go out on a limb
ceiving bids. you!" ted at www.centralbidding.com. a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
For any questions related to ceased and the lawsuit relates
The award, if made, will be RKERS bidding process, to the following subject prop-
the electronic
WORK
made toWANTED:
the party submitting please PA call Central Bidding at erty:
ON
J.
Licensed
the bid deemed & Bonded.
most favor- 225-810-4814. Three (3) acres of land lying in
able to the City
Carpentry, of Columbus
minor electrical,at the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
the time the conditions are The Board of Commissioners100 Russell St. Section Two (2), Township 17
minor plumbing, insulation, E
W ELER Starkville, MS
J
stipulated. The
painting, demolition,City of Colum- reserves the right to accept or North, Range 16 East,
bus reserves the right to reject reject any or all 662-268-8058
bids received. Lowndes County, Mississippi,
gutters cleaned, pressure
any and alllandscaping,
washing, bids for any reason Advertise
described as follows:
and to waive any informalities Golden Triangle Cooperative Beginning at the Southeast
cleanup work, moving
or irregularities in the bids re-help. Service
CHAPTER District reserves the
7 BANKRUPTCY here to
Corner of the Southwest
662−242−3608. right to$545utilize
ceived. plus“anti-sniping”
Filing Fee
reverse auctions. Anti-Sniping
for Quarter (SW1/4), Southeast
grow your
Quarter (SE1/4), Section Two
isCHAPTER
a tool that13 BANKRUPTCY
BY: /s/
GETRobert
YOURE.PRIVACY
Mayor FENCE NOW!
Smith, Sr.
All Attorney
tends
automatically
Feestime
the bid Through
ex-
business.
(2), Township 17 North, Range
The Plan 16 East, Lowndes County, Mis-
for reverse
auctions by 5 minutes if a sissippi; thence North along
Reasonable pricing. Jim places
Arnold, Attorney
FOR: City of Columbus, MS
New installations &
fence maintenance.
vendor
5 minutes of
662-324-1666
a bid
the
BID OPENING: March 31, 2020 104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville
in the final the East
auction.
Gotline of said
leaky 1/4--1/4
pipes?
Section, a distance of 498’ to
Find a plumber
a stake; thence continue north
Text/Call 662−549−7167. Published by order of the Board along in thethe classifieds.
fence line a distance
ADVERTISING DATES: of Commissioners of Golden of 1242.6’ to an iron pin, the
February 27, 2020 Triangle Cooperative Service corner of the J.C. Perry lot and
March 5, 2020 District. also the point of beginning of
this three-acre lot; thence con-
By: Mary Ann Gilliland tinuing North along the fence
General Manager line a distance of 578’ to a
stake; thence North 88 de-
Publish Dates: grees 00’ West a distance of
2/27/20, 3/5/20 214’ to a stake; thence South,
three (3) degrees 42’ West a
distance of 154’ to a point;
thence South parallel to the
East line of said 1/4--1/4 Sec-
tion, a distance of 429’ to a
stake; thence South 88 de-
grees 00’ East a distance of
223.8’ to the point of begin-
ning. According to survey made
by W.B. Lowrance, dated
1/8/81, attached hereto as Ex-
hibit “B”.
Together with a twenty (20)
foot wide easement for in-
gress and egress from the
West side of said property to
the existing public road, which
runs East and West on the
North line of the Southwest
Quarter (SW1/4) of the North-
east Quarter (NE1/4)
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
Plaintiff.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F
6B TO: Tommie Lee Flower, Jr.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,a/k/a
2020Tommie Lee Flowers, Jr.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
LegalSTATE
THE Notices OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: Larry Smith
Mykle K. Smith
Judy K. Smith
Unknown Heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr. Deceased
Unknown Heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Jr., Deceased
Unknown Heirs of Peach
Flowers Smith a/k/a Peach
Flower Smith, Deceased
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
15743 Basin Ln
Victorville, CA 92394
Legal Notices Apts For Rent: Other Lots & Acreage
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this 1.75 ACRE LOTS.
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
Good/Bad Credit Options. ON THE WEB
Good credit as low as 10%
ing a judgment in favor of the
Plaintiff for confirmation of title down, $299/mo. Eaton Visit www.cdispatch.com
Land, 662−361−7711.
for a printable copy of
and reformation of certain in-
struments in the chain of title.
Defendants other than you in
this action are Larry Smith, these puzzles.

You have been made a Defend-

ant in the suit filed in this
Court by Bayview Loan Servi-
cing, LLC (the “Plaintiff”) seek-
ing a judgment in favor of the
Plaintiff for confirmation of title
and reformation of certain in-
struments in the chain of title
related to certain real property
described below and located in
Lowndes County, Mississippi
and other equitable relief as
specifically described in the
Complaint. Defendants in this
action are Larry Smith, Mykle
K. Smith, Judy K. Smith, Daisy
Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Tommie Lee
Flower, Jr. a/k/a Tommie Lee
Flowers, Jr., Eddie B. Smith, III,
any and all heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr., deceased, any and
all heirs of Eddie B. Smith, Jr.,
deceased, and any and all
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
ceased and the lawsuit relates
to the following subject prop-
Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Eddie B. Smith,
MERCHANDISE
III, unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr., deceased, un- ADS STARTING AT $12
known heirs of Eddie B. Smith,
Jr., deceased, and unknown
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith Burial Plots
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
ceased. Two Burial plots in Mem−
orial Gardens, Columbus.
You are required to mail or Close to trees and the
hand deliver a copy of a writ- white statue.
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action $900 each, sold together.
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III, 662−364−2106.
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway, Farm Equipment & Supplies
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
Plaintiff.
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RENTALS
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
TRACTOR. A set of one row
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE cultivators w/ hydraulic lift,
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS 1 BEDROOM has been repainted, looks
good & runs good, $3500.
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH 2 BEDROOMS Call 662−436−2037.
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF 3 BEDROOMS
THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE- General Merchandise
SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR LEASE,
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16 East, Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi; thence North along
of said Court, this 18th day of
February, 2020. BOARDS. given
so thatnumbers.
each row, each The 3 2 8 1 6 4 7 9 5
the East line of said 1/4--1/4 Commercial Property For Rent 24"x23" object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
numbers 7 1 4 5 9 2 3 6 8
contains the1same to 9 number
in
Section, a distance of 498’ to Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk $0.50 each.
a stake; thence continue north
along the fence line a distance
Lowndes County, Mississippi
BY: s/ Tina Fisher
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR 100 in stock. the empty spaces so 9 8 2 7 1 5 6 4 3
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft. Visit 516 Main St. or only once. The difficulty 5 4 7 8 3 6 2 1 9
of 1242.6’ to an iron pin, the D.C. truck terminal, 9,500 sq. that each row, each
corner of the J.C. Perry lot and (Seal)
call 662−328−2424. level increases from
also the point of beginning of
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft. column and each 1 3 6 2 4 9 8 5 7
office/shop. Buildings can Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday. Difficulty Level 2/26
this three-acre lot; thence con- SUBMITTED BY:
be rented together or
tinuing North along the fence
line a distance of 578’ to a
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
No. 2247) separately. All w/ excellent Sporting Goods the same number only once. The difficulty level
stake; thence North 88 de- MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC access & Hwy. 82 visibility. increases from Monday to Sunday.
grees 00’ West a distance of 1020 Highland Colony Pkwy, 662−327−9559. ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
214’ to a stake; thence South, Ste 702 OPEN FOR SEASON!
three (3) degrees 42’ West a Ridgeland, MS 39157 Houses For Rent: North 9−5: Tues−Fri &
distance of 154’ to a point; (769) 524-2300; (601) 510- 9−12: Sat.
thence South parallel to the 5609 (fax) 2BR/1.5BA @ 8827 HWY Over 50 years experience!
East line of said 1/4--1/4 Sec- 45 N. CH/A, carport & in− Repairs, cleaning,
tion, a distance of 429’ to a Publish: February 27, 2020 door utility room. Caledonia refinishing, scopes
stake; thence South 88 de- March 5, 2020 Schools. $700/mo & dep mounted & zeroed,
grees 00’ East a distance of March 12, 2020
223.8’ to the point of begin- March 19, 2020 req. 205−712−5901. handmade knives.
ning. According to survey made Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
by W.B. Lowrance, dated COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. of West Point, turn right on
1/8/81, attached hereto as Ex- 2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3 Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
hibit “B”. left on Darracott Rd, see
EMPLOYMENT
bath townhouses. $625 to
Together with a twenty (20) $675. 662−549−9555. sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
foot wide easement for in- left. 662−494−6218.
gress and egress from the Ask for Glenn or text.
West side of said property to
the existing public road, which CALL US: 662-328-2424 GREAT LOCATION! Dead

runs East and West on the
North line of the Southwest
Quarter (SW1/4) of the North-
east Quarter (NE1/4)
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
Plaintiff.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
General Help Wanted
CALEDONIA BUSINESS
needs General Laborer.
Valid driver's license,
transportation & experi-
ence helpful. Will train on
the job if needed. Call
Jesse & Beverly's Lawn
Service at 662-356-6525.
VEHICLES
end street. Very private and
country atmosphere with
city convenience. Updated
and remodeled. $850/mo.
901−413−8121. ADS STARTING AT $12
Houses For Rent: South
Autos For Sale
FOR RENT: 408 11th Ave
S. 3BR/2BA, CH/A, 2005 FORD FIVE
garage, fenced yard, quiet HUNDRED SEL $4000
neighborhood, recent well maintained, very good
remodel. Call 662−752− condition, no accidents,
9010. new tires, garage kept,
regular maintenance. Call

RENTALS
Houses For Rent: Other 662−570−5673.
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
RENTALS Campers & RVs
THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR ADS STARTING AT $25 802 17th St. N. All
electric, 2BR/1BA, 2012 JAYCO EAGLE 5th
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED Renovated with fresh WHEEL. 39ft, 4 slide−outs.
Apts For Rent: West 2BR, 48" TV & 27" TV.
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY paint, new appliances,
OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED $26,500. 662−386−9605.

VIP
ceramic tile bath.
IN THE COMPLAINT. $435/mo. Lease,
You must also file the original deposit, credit check. Motorcycles & ATVs

Rentals
of your response with the Clerk No pets.
of this Court within a reason-
able time afterward. 1993 KAWASAKI
Issued under my hand and seal 1933 Cherry St. 2BR/ VOYAGER XII Only 25,500
of said Court, this 18th day of Apartments & Houses 1BA, CH&A, fresh paint, miles. Runs & looks good.
February, 2020. appliances. Lease,
1 Bedrooms
No problems. $3000 OBO.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk deposit, credit check. Can be seen local.
2 Bedroooms
Lowndes County, Mississippi $435/mo. No Pets 501−545−7750.

3 Bedrooms
BY: s/Tina Fisher Downtown Area. 2BR/
D.C.
(Seal) 1BA. CH&A, hardwood,
1999 ROADSTAR 1600
Furnished & Unfurnished appliances. Walk to
Only 45k miles. Hard bags,
SUBMITTED BY: MUW, churches, shops. ACROSS
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB 1, 2, & 3 Baths $675/mo. No Pets, no rider & passenger back
rests w/ luggage rack, has 1 Make sense
Lease, Deposit
No. 2247) smoking. Lease,
MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC deposit, credit/ windshield. Ready to ride! 6 Parking pro
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
Ste 702
& Credit Check reference check. $3000 OBO. Can be seen
local. 501−545−7750. 11 Silly one
NO HUD. 12 Cartoon
Ridgeland, MS 39157 viceinvestments.com
327-8555
(769) 524-2300; (601) 510-
South Columbus. 3 BR/ genre
5609 (fax)

Publish: February 27, 2020

1BA brick house.
Renovated, CH&A, new Need a new 13 Had title to
14 Excessive
March 5, 2020
March 12, 2020
March 19, 2020
Apts For Rent: Other
appliances, carpet,
fresh paint. Lease until
closing with approved
companion? 15 Item of little
value
1ST MONTH − RENT FREE! applicant. No pets. No 17 Avril follower
1−2 BR Apt: $350−435 smoking. $675. Lease, 19 Manx, for one
1−2BR TwnHome: deposit, credit check.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF $625−650 NO HUD. 20 Block up
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
Lease, Dep, Credit Check. 23 Stamping
Coleman Realty LONG & LONG REAL need
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, 662−329−2323 ESTATE 25 Bullfight
LLC PLAINTIFF 662−328−0770
beast
V. 26 “Unlikely!”
Mobile Homes for Rent
LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K.
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA 28 Altar ex- DOWN idea!”
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY CH&A, 1 story, W/D, RENT A CAMPER! change 1 Previously 21 Shakespear-
FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH historic district, 1 block 29 Sofa’s cousin
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE from downtown.
CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL! 2 Market indi- ean spirit
FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE $575/mo. + $575 dep.
Utilities & cable included, 30 Attach a cator 22 Tourist stop
from $145/wk − $535/mo patch
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B. NO PETS. 662−574−8789. 3 “You said it!” 24 Scoreboard
When looking
SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN Columbus & County School
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
Peaceful & Quiet area. locations. 662−242−7653 31 Storage site 4 Manual reader abbr.
SR., DECEASED, THE UN- or 601−940−1397. 32 Completely 5 Rickshaw’s kin 25 Young one
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
RV/MOBILE HOME SITE
near CAFB, Caledonia
for a new pet, 33 Get crazy
35 Viking of the
6 Bank fixture
7 Last Stuart
27 Lengths of
service
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH, comics ruler 31 Yawning,
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
DECEASED DEFENDANTS
schools. Call 601−940−
1397. adoption is 38 Did some
yard work
8 Top
9 Outback bird
perhaps
33 Intent look
always a
Office Spaces For Rent
CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F 41 Knock for a 10 Course need 34 Yarn
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION OFFICE SPACE FOR loop 16 Gradually 35 Bowler, e.g.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. good option. 42 Bugs bugs
him
appears, as a
film scene
36 Writer Tan
37 Opening
You’ll find the best deals Plenty of private parking.
662−327−9559. 43 Used a 17 Some skirts 39 Mouse-spot-
TO: Tommie Lee Flower, Jr. when you advertise keyboard 18 Battery end ting cry
a/k/a Tommie Lee Flowers, Jr.
15743 Basin Ln and shop here! 44 Looks for 20 “I have no 40 Hosp. staffers

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