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BUSINESS MOVES WITH MARY

Walmart store hours restricted to 7 am-8:30 pm

Belk, movie theaters in Starkville, Columbus temporarily close In Columbus,
hometown restau-
The trend is start-
ing in Starkville, as
BY MARY POLLITZ working with the guidelines set Nationwide, Belk has an- rant favorites such well, with classic
Biz@cdispatch.com by the Centers for Disease Con- nounced its temporary closure as Zachary’s, Prof- go-tos closing their
fit’s Porch, Umi and dining areas for the

A
lot has changed since last
week.
One day I was get-
ting ready for the men’s SEC
basketball tournament and the
next I had to figure out when I
can drive to the coast to see my
parents, or even if I should.
With the COVID-19 corona-
virus numbers in America con-
tinuing to rise, it seems like our
lives have continued to change
daily. Area businesses have tried
trol and Prevention, which leads
to new updates everywhere we
look. Here in the Golden Trian-
gle, trends of temporary store
closures, or drastic changes in
how businesses operate, are
sweeping through our towns.
Walmart has announced its
typically 24-hour locations will
only be open 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
“until further notice.” The limit-
ed hours allow the staff to clean,
sanitize and stock products
efficiently.
until March 30. Area residents
who frequent the Columbus more have started to foreseeable future.
location are free to still shop the shift to online, to-go Those include
big box retailer online. or delivery business Restaurant Tyler,
The Malco Theater chain, only. Bin 612, Shipley’s
which includes the Columbus Visit Columbus Donuts, Umi and
location, and the UEC chain that has been updating more.
includes the Starkville theater, its list rapidly for Mary Pollitz Local favorite
have both closed temporarily. new restaurant The Veranda and
Movie-goers can continue social hours and openings, new restaurant
distancing with Netflix, Hulu so be sure to check out the link Georgia Blue have both closed
and home-popped popcorn and before you have your dinner for the foreseeable future.
can stay up to date with both plans set at https://bit.ly/3b3w- Several restaurant chains
theaters on social media. p1w. See BUSINESS, 6A

SOCSD will stay

Courts remain open closed next
for business amid pandemic week; other
schools likely
to follow suit
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

One area school

district has an-
nounced it will be
closed next week,
while two others ex-
pect to make a simi-
lar decision soon.
Starkville-Oktib-
beha Consolidated Thomas
School District canceled classes
for the week of March 23-27 on
Wednesday, according to Public In-
formation Officer Nicole Thomas.
Lowndes County School District
Superintendent Sam Allison said
his district is waiting to make a de-
cision on school closings until after
hearing from Gov. Tate Reeves,
who will address the subject in a
speech that will be streamed on
Facebook Live at 10 a.m.
See SCHOOLS, 3A

Some lower courts suspend trials, plea Local jails suspend

dates for upcoming weeks; clerks ask inmate visitations COVID-19 PUBLIC NOTICES
Hospitals change visiting policies
public to call offices, go online Family members can Both Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden
Triangle in Columbus and OCH Regional

BY ISABELLE ALTMAN virus by implementing measures

ialtman@cdispatch.com
As businesses truncate or
close altogether due to the spread
of COVID-19, area court systems
have remained open to the public
and plan to stay that way — with
some caveats.
Following President Donald
Trump’s declaration of a national
emergency Friday, the Mississip-
pi Supreme Court handed down
an emergency administrative or-
der mandating that courts have
to remain open and “should con-
tinue normal business hours as
much as possible.” However, the
Court also ordered judges and
clerks to minimize spreading the
such as limiting court proceed-
ings to only the public and mak-
ing sure jurors who may have
been exposed to the virus don’t
come into the courthouse. Indi-
vidual judges have the discretion
to control their dockets or post-
pone trials scheduled through
April 10.
In response, area circuit courts
— which handle felony criminal
cases and some civil matters —
and chancery courts — which
handle divorces, land issues and
custody issues — have remained
open and still plan to hold court,
at least for now.
“We are taking heed to that
See COURTS, 3A
still talk online to
those in custody
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
While COVID-19 spreads
throughout the United States
and public officials try to limit
the amount of direct contact be-
tween individuals, jail inmates
have even fewer ways to meet
with family and loved ones.
Both Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center and Oktibbe-
ha County Jail have suspended
all visitations that aren’t online
for the next few weeks.
See JAILS, 6A
Medical Center in Starkville announced
changes to their visitation policies
Monday, limiting hours and access to
some entrances and canceling scheduled
events and group meetings. For details on
the new visitation policies, visit the OCH
website at www.och.org or the Baptist
site at www.baptistonline.org/locations/
golden-triangle.
Kids’ run canceled
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
is canceling the Get Ready to Run Kids’
One-Mile Fun Run scheduled for April 4 on
the campus of Mississippi State Universi-
ty the company announced Wednesday.
Downtown Spring Open House
Main Street Columbus has canceled the
Downtown Spring Open House, its annual
kick-off to the spring shopping season,
which was scheduled for April 3-4 in
downtown Columbus.

See NOTICES, 6A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 What insect’s abrupt disappearance Today through Saturday MEETINGS
inspired the coinage of the term “colo- March 20: Co-
■ Canceled: “Farce of Nature”: The
ny collapse disorder” in 2006? lumbus Municipal
Columbus Arts Council and Columbus
2 Which cheese appears in modern School District
versions of tiramisu? Community Theatre present this South-
Board of Trustees
3 The U.S. began allowing visitors to ern-fried farce directed by Melanie Tubbs
special-call, 3:30
bring Cuban cigars home with them in at 7:30 p.m. nightly, plus a 2 p.m. Satur-
2015 as long as they cost less than p.m., Brandon
Jamces Cancellare day matinee. Tickets are $10 in advance,
what—$11, $101 or $1,001? $12 at the door, if available. For tickets or Central Services
Fifth grade, Annunciation April 6: Lowndes
4 Who starred as nearly every mem- information, visit columbus-arts.org/cct

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ber of the Lump family in the 1996 or call 662-328-2787 (closed Mondays). County Board of
remake of “The Nutty Professor”?
High 5 In what decade were barcode scan-
Supervisors, 9
a.m., Courthouse
Cloudy and warm
Full forecast on
ners and UPCs first used in supermar-
kets?
March 20, 28, 31 April 7: Columbus
■ Canceled: Music events: Mississippi City Council, 5
page 3A. Answers, 6B
University for Women Department of Mu- p.m., Municipal
sic events listed previously are canceled. Complex
INSIDE April 10:
Business 4B Dear Abby 3B Saturday Lowndes County
Classifieds 5B Obituaries 5A ■ Canceled: Symphony Masterworks: James Bailey works in School Board,
Comics 3B Opinions 4A This Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra maintenance control at 12:30 p.m.,
141st Year, No. 7 Crossword 6B concert is canceled. Columbus Air Force Base. Central Office

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How long will Americans be fighting the coronavirus?

‘In many ways, this situation is unprecedented ald Trump said the U.S. may be
managing the outbreak through
when people with infections
don’t pass the virus on to others.
that between 40 and 80 percent
of the global population could
— we’re trying to take some actions to curb July or August. And New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo said
“Basically, if I infect one
other person or more ... then
become infected. Based on an
analysis of data from China, sci-
the spread and timing of this pandemic’ the state’s number of coronavi- the epidemic can take off. If I entists found that the majority
Stephen Morse, a disease researcher rus cases may peak — not end infect less than one person and of new infections are transmit-
at Columbia University in New York — in 45 days. everybody infects less than one ted by people with mild symp-
The overall message is that person, then the epidemic will toms who may not even know
BY CHRISTINA LARSON as more and more convert to de- the country will be fighting decline,” said Elizabeth Hallo- they’re ill, said Jeffrey Shaman,
AND MICHELLE R. SMITH livery-only options. the virus outbreak for a matter ran, a disease researcher at the a public health expert at Colum-
The Associated Press How long will this last? Sci- of months, at least, not days or University of Washington. bia University.
entists say there isn’t a simple weeks. Based on data from China Even if most people recover
WASHINGTON — In a mat- answer. Each model of how the dis- and from cruise ships, scientists
ter of days, millions of Ameri- and only a fraction of total in-
“In many ways, this situa- ease could spread relies on data estimate that unless measures
cans have seen their lives up- fections are severe enough to
tion is unprecedented — we’re and assumptions about popula- are taken to limit the spread,
ended by measures to curb the require hospitalization — about
trying to take some actions to tion dynamics, demographics, each infected person will infect
spread of the new coronavirus. 14 percent, scientists estimate
curb the spread and timing of health care capacity and other about 2 or 3 others, leading to
Normally bustling streets factors, said Rebecca Katz, a an exponential growth of the — the sheer scale of the epidem-
this pandemic,” said Stephen
are deserted as families hunker public health expert at George- virus. ic will put enormous strain on
Morse, a disease researcher
down in their homes. Many of at Columbia University in New town University. If the virus makes a jump to hospitals, healthcare workers
those who do venture out try York. The challenge for designing a new person every two to five and other patients who may see
to stay a safe distance from Yes, there have been past dis- models of what will happen next days, as scientists calculate, unrelated procedures delayed.
anyone they encounter, even as ease outbreaks that scientists in the U.S. is that limited testing then a single infected person Scientists now agree that
they line up to buy now-precious can draw some lessons from for COVID-19 means research- could lead to 4,142 total infec- measures to break or slow the
commodities like hand sani- but, in those cases, the disease ers don’t know what the starting tions within a month — assum- chains of transmission are cru-
tizer. Parents juggle childcare was largely allowed to run its point is — how many people are ing nothing is done to break cial to ensure that emergency
as schools close, perhaps for course. “So those models don’t already infected. chains of transmission. rooms aren’t quickly over-
the rest of the school year. And precisely apply,” Morse said. In simplest terms, scientists Unless such measures are whelmed by surges in critically
restaurants and bars sit empty On Monday, President Don- say that the epidemic will slow put in place, scientists estimate ill patients.

Trump taps emergency powers as virus relief plan proceeds

President also signed
an aid package
guaranteeing sick leave
to workers who fall ill
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON —
Describing himself as
a “wartime president”
fighting an invisible
enemy, President
Donald Trump on
Wednesday invoked
rarely used emergen-
cy powers to marshal Trump
critical medical supplies against the
coronavirus pandemic. Trump also
signed an aid package — which the
Senate approved earlier Wednesday
— that will guarantee sick leave to
workers who fall ill.
Trump tapped his authority under
the 70-year-old Defense Production
Act to give the government more
power to steer production by pri-
vate companies and try to overcome
shortages in masks, ventilators and
other supplies.
Yet he seemed to minimize the
urgency of the decision, later tweet-
ing that he “only signed the Defense
Production Act to combat the Chi-
nese Virus should we need to invoke
it in a worst case scenario in the fu-
ture.”
“Hopefully there will be no need,”
he added, “but we are all in this TO-
GETHER!”
The mixed messaging came as
Trump took a series of other extraor-
dinary steps to steady the nation, its
day-to-day life suddenly and funda-
mentally altered.
The Canada-U.S. border, the
world’s longest, was effectively
closed, save for commerce and es-
sential travel, while the administra-
tion pushed its plan to send relief
checks to millions of Americans.
Trump said he will expand the na-
tion’s diagnostic testing capacity and
deploy a Navy hospital ship to New
York City, which is rapidly becoming
an epicenter of the pandemic, and
another such ship to the West Coast.
And the Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Department will suspend
foreclosures and evictions through
April to help the growing number
of Americans who face losing jobs
and missing rent and mortgage pay-
ments.
But as Trump laid out efforts to
help the economy, markets plum-
meted. Gone were nearly all the
gains that the Dow Jones Industrial
Average had made since Trump took
office.
The administration announce-
ments came on a fast-moving day of
developments across the capital, its
empty streets standing in contrast to
the whirlwind of activity inside the
grand spaces of the White House
and the Capitol.
The Senate overwhelmingly
passed a second coronavirus re-
sponse bill, which Trump signed
Wednesday night. The vote was a lop-
sided 90-8 despite worries by many
Republicans about a temporary new
employer mandate to provide sick
leave to workers who get COVID-19.
The measure is also aimed at mak-
ing tests for the virus free.

Celebrities get virus tests, raising concerns of inequality

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Ce-
lebrities, politicians and
professional athletes faced
a backlash this week as
many revealed that they
had been tested for the
coronavirus, even when
they didn’t have a fever or
other tell-tale symptoms.
That’s fueling a percep-
tion that the wealthy and
famous have been able to
jump to the head of the
line to get tested while oth-
ers have been turned away
or met with long delays.
The concerns over
preferential treatment un-
derscores a fundamental
truth about inequalities
baked into the American
health care system —
those with the financial
means can often receive a
different level of service.
Asked about the issue
Wednesday, President
Donald Trump said the
well-to-do and well-con-
nected shouldn’t get pri-
ority for coronavirus tests.
But the wealthy former
reality star conceded that
the rich and famous some-
times get perks.
“Perhaps that’s been
the story of life,” Trump
said during a briefing at
the White House. “That
does happen on occasion.
And I’ve noticed where
some people have been
tested fairly quickly.”
On Wednesday, the
Brooklyn Nets profes-
sional basketball team an-
nounced the entire team
was tested last week upon
returning from San Fran-
cisco after a game against
the Golden State Warriors.
The team found a private
lab to do the work, and on
Tuesday announced that
four of its players were
positive for the virus, in-
cluding perennial All-Star
Kevin Durant.
Even though public
health resources were not
used, it raised the ire of
many including New York
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who
turned to Twitter to voice
his objections.
“We wish them a
speedy recovery,” the
mayor wrote. “But, with
all due respect, an entire
NBA team should NOT
get tested for COVID-19
while there are critically
ill patients waiting to be
tested. Tests should not be
for the wealthy, but for the
sick.”
Like Robin Fraser.
The 30-year-old has
fibromyalgia and an auto-
immune disorder that put
her at high risk for com-
plications if she contracts
the virus. She’s been run-
ning a fever and coughing
since last week. Her doc-
tor recommended she get
tested at the emergency
room, but there she was
told there weren’t enough
tests, so she can’t get one.
“That’s just not fair,”
said Fraser, who lives in
Victor, New York, near
Rochester.

Schools
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“ We’re
pretty sure
there will
be no school
next week,
but we didn’t
want to
make an an-
nouncement Allison
until we
heard what the governor
was going to say about
this,” Allison said.
Cherie Labat, super-
intendent of the Colum-
bus Municipal School
District, said a decision
on closing schools will
be made at a special-call
meeting of the district
board of trustees sched-
Courts
Continued from Page 1A
order,” said
Lowndes
C o u n t y
Chancer y
Clerk Cin-
dy Egger
G o o d e .
“ H o w e v e r,
Goode
we are pro-
tecting our
customers, our public,
our community and also
our employees. We are
constantly wiping down
the counters with Clorox
wipes or spraying with
Lysol. We have hand sani-
tizer for the customers to
use. We are disinfecting
any writing pens. ... We
understand that there is
some business that needs
to be handled in the court-
house. We’re just asking
that if it’s something that
can wait for the next cou-
ple of weeks, if it’s some-
thing that we can handle
with them over the phone
or through email, we’ll be
more than happy to han-
dle things like that.
“We cannot shut down,
and we are not going to
shut down,” she added.
Court hearings are
still going on, she said,
but attendance is limited
to only judges, attorneys,
the involved parties and
bailiffs.
In Clay County Circuit
Court, which is current-
ly holding a special trial,
Circuit Clerk Kim Hood
said her office is taking
similar precautions.
“On the very first day,
we met everybody at the
door and asked them if
they’d been out of the
country or if they had felt
sick,” Hood said. “And of
course if either one, they
were released immedi-
ately and weren’t even in
BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
March 9-12, 2020
■ C Spire/Telepak Networks;
Brookmore Drive; Bore along
road; Jennifer Childs, agent
■ S&R Property Co LLC; 136
Gaylane Drive; repair fire dam-
age; Will Greenlaw
■ Jason Parks; 705 16th
Avenue South; Replace siding;
same
■ John Fields; 423 8th Street
South; Siding and secure door;
Van Yates
■ James Hill et al; 1412 23rd
Street North; Demolish s/f
residence; Columbus Public
Works
■ Anderson Tate et al; 2311
Bell Avenue; Demolish s/f
residence; Columbus Public
Works
■ Aces High Property; 904
College Street; Bathroom
addition; Derrick Flynn
■ Richard Gardner; 705 North
Gaywood Avenue; Privacy
Fence; same
■ Landmark Enterprises;
3189 Highway 45 North, Suite
E; Sign for 1st Franklin Finan-
cial; Electric City Signs & Neon
AROUND THE STATE
Mississippi researchers working on
another coronavirus test
JACKSON — Leaders at the Uni-
versity of Mississippi Medical Center
said Wednesday that physicians and re-
searchers there are working to develop
a test for the new coronavirus amid high
demand for test kits nationwide.
Many Mississippi government agen-
cies, meanwhile, are limiting activities
uled for 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Schools in all three dis-
tricts were out this week
as an extension of spring
break, a response to the
global COVID-19 pan-
demic.
Columbus and
Starkville school districts
began providing meals to
home-bound children this
week. Allison said his dis-
trict is preparing a meals
program as well, which
will be implemented once
a decision on school clos-
ings is made.
Mississippi University
for Women has postponed
its May graduation, as
well as Magnolia Chain
Hood Livingston
with the jurors.”
Like Lowndes Chan-
cery Court, clerks and
other court employees are
also ensuring surfaces
are clean and that jurors
and others in the court-
house have plenty of hand
sanitizer.
The larger issue is
when Clay County’s cir-
cuit term beings April
6. The first day of each
term, those with jury
summons or pending
charges all report to the
courthouse. While Clay
County’s docket is signifi-
cantly smaller than Lown-
des County’s, Hood said,
it’s still a concern.
“Right now we do not
know if ... we are going
to call in another jury,”
she said. “We’re waiting
to see where it goes from
here. Right now, I’ve got a
week or so before I sum-
mon jurors for April 6. ...
As far as court continu-
ing, I think it will contin-
ue as far as everybody
signing in and things like
that. I have not heard oth-
erwise.”
Oktibbeha County Cir-
cuit Court’s term begins
at the end of April, and
Circuit Clerk Tony Rook
said it’s possible that term
will be held without any
jurors.
“We’ll finalize that in
the next couple of weeks,”
he said.
In Lowndes County,
where circuit court’s next
■ Cable One; 3109 College
Street; Signs for Sparklight;
Gator Sign Company
■ James & Bonnie Smith; 324
23rd Street North; Repair roof;
Sammie Hill Construction
■ Marcel A Pilate; 1002 Moss
Street; New s/f residence; Will
Greenlaw
■ Pamela Renee Lacy; 623
12th Street North; Finish
demolition of s/f residence;
Leroy Lacy
■ Sandra Pilkinton; 1055
Greenbriar Drive; Electrical
permit; Guerry Electric LLC
■ Rufus Harris Jr; 102 Max-
well Lane, Apt 9; Electrical
permit; Jimmie Chisim
■ Grey Car Properties LLC;
3255 Highway 45 North; Elec-
trical permit; Chad Weldon
■ Benny Johnson; 417 Wool-
bright Street; Electrical permit;
Vertis Lee
■ Carl Jones; 1112 18th
Street North; Electrical permit;
Jimmie Chism
■ Gerald S Lavender; 1505
Highway 45 North; Electrical
permit; Guerry Electric
■ Leonardo D. Floyd; 120
Beech Street; Electrical per-
because of the global pandemic.
The state reported 34 confirmed cas-
es of the virus as of Wednesday, up from
21 Tuesday. The state Health Depart-
ment said 513 people had been tested in
Mississippi by Wednesday.
Dr. Richard Summers, associate vice
chancellor for research at the Universi-
ty of Mississippi Medical Center, said it
will likely be a couple of weeks before
teams there develop test kits.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
and Nursing Pinning
ceremonies in response
to the current COVID-19
crisis, the university an-
nounced in a statement
Wednesday.
The statement said
plans to celebrate grad-
uates will be announced
at later date and when
deemed safe following
the COVID-19 pandemic
national emergency.
As of Wednesday, Mis-
sissippi State Department
of Health had reported 34
confirmed cases of the
virus across 14 counties.
An update on that total is
expected after press time
today.
Rook Barksdale
term begins May 11, Cir-
cuit Clerk Teresa Barks-
dale and the judges have
more time to plan.
“We’re anticipating no
changes until closer to
time,” Barksdale said.
She said the court is
planning to go ahead with
grand jury, which begins
next month, as planned.
Aside from court pro-
ceedings, clerks’ offices
have also remained open
for transaction of general
business, but every clerk
The Dispatch spoke to
asked that citizens con-
duct that business over
the phone or online as
much as possible — for
their own safety, as well
as that of those in the
courthouse.
Clerks have placed
signs on the doors to their
offices mandating anyone
with symptoms of flu or
COVID-19 not enter.
Marriage licenses and
payment of fines have to
be done in person at Lown-
des County Circuit Court,
Barksdale said, but she is
asking those with any oth-
er needs to call her office
instead. Goode has asked
that citizens who must
come in to conduct busi-
ness do so by themselves,
without bringing any fam-
ily members, particularly
children, along. Rook has
asked that customers use
hand sanitizer before en-
tering his office.
Oktibbeha County
mit; Jimmie Chism
■ Northside MB Church;
1512 9th Avenue North, Apt
2; Plumbing permit; P& H
Plumbing
■ Dorothy Roseburgh; 135
Brown Street; Plumbing per-
mit; Weathers A/C
■ Theodoric James; 1104
5th Avenue North; Plumbing
permit; Tabor Plumbing
■ Andrew Colom; 407 Wool-
bright Street; Plumbing permit;
Tabor Plumbing
Lowndes County
March 18, 2020
■ Michael Ellis; Hornets Nest
Cove; Construct s/f residence;
owner
■ H&R Agri Power; S. Frontage
Road; Construct commercial
bldg.; Weathers Construction
■ Kevin Yoder; 320 Whisper-
ing Pines Road; Construct
storage/shop; owner
■ Devin Yoder; Noel Wells
Road; Construct s/f res./shop
■ Steve Robinson; 3285 Tab-
ernacle Road; set up mobile
home; owner
■ Steve Robinson; 3285 Taber-
PSC directs utilities
not to cut off services,
MDOT eases truck
weight limits
The Mississippi Public
Service Commission is-
sued an order prohibiting
all water, sewer, natural
gas and electricity provid-
ers from shutting off utili-
ties for 60 days, Northern
District Commissioner
Brandon Presley an-
nounced Wednesday in a
statement.
Presley’s statement
noted the PSC has worked
with the state attorney’s
general office to ensure
Chancery Clerk Sharon
Livingston is reducing
her staff to two clerks in
the morning and two in
the afternoon starting to-
day.
“So far this week, it’s
been low traffic,” she said.
“... I’m trying to limit it to
just like 10 people in the
office (at a time) besides
my staff.”
Both Lowndes and Ok-
tibbeha chancery courts
have land records online.
The clerks said they
would remain open “un-
less the Supreme Court
orders otherwise,” Rook
said.
“We do have plans to
postpone or extend cer-
tain day-to-day activities
if the situation continues
to escalate,” he said.
Justice, municipal
courts
Most lower courts in
the area have gone one
step further and suspend-
ed court for the following
weeks.
Judges have suspend-
ed court for Starkville
and Columbus Municipal
courts and Oktibbeha
County Justice Court,
but all the offices are still
open.
Columbus Municipal
Clerk Wendy Blunt said
plea days and trials for
the next two weeks will be
rescheduled. Her office is
coming up with plans for
customers to pay fines on-
line or call to plead guilty
or not guilty to minor in-
fractions such as traffic
violations. However, visi-
tors can still come to the
Municipal Complex to pay
fines or get a restraining
order for domestic abuse
situations.
nacle Road; move mobile home;
McNairy Mobile Homes
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the shutoff ban also ap-
plies to utilities not under
PSC jurisdiction.
Presley said later that
a PSC future directive
could suspend with late
fees and interest on de-
linquent accounts. He en-
couraged consumers to
continue to pay their bills.
“This doesn’t mean
the services are free,”
he said in Wednesday’s
statement.
The Mississippi De-
partment of Transporta-
tion (MDOT) announced
Wednesday it has autho-
rized temporary weight
increases for commercial
vehicles providing direct
“Any kind of court busi-
ness we’re basically do-
ing, we’re just not holding
court in the courtroom as
of right now,” she said.
Oktibbeha Justice
Court is not holding ses-
sions again until April
14, clerk Shalonda Sykes
said, though she stressed
her office was still open
— and judges are still
meeting with defendants
who need bond set by go-
ing straight to the county
jail.
The same goes for
Starkville Municipal
Court, said Municipal
Clerk Joni Hogue.
“We’ve suspended
court for sure for the rest
of the month, and then
we’re just kind of taking it
week by week,” she said,
adding anyone with an up-
coming court date should
call her office.
The only court still
open is Lowndes County
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court Tuesday as normal,
said Justice Clerk Linder
Erby.
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congregate too much in
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explaining that bailiffs
ensured the courtroom
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people and that those peo-
ple weren’t sitting close
together. “... There was
plenty of space between
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with.”
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OUR VIEW
Staying at home doesn’t mean staying in home
A
s the COVID-19 virus
continues to move
through the country,
health and government officials
at every level have been urging
citizens to stay at home. San
Francisco, in fact, issued a
“shelter-in-place” order earlier
this week.
For home-bound school
children, employees who have
been ordered to work from
home, those who have been
laid off from their jobs and
others who have voluntarily
chosen to stay at home, the
stresses that go with self-isola-
tion, often described as “cabin
fever,” are likely to emerge, if
they haven’t already.
Not to parse words, but it
may be worth noting that “stay
at home” does not me “stay IN
home.”
Even our recent weather
appears to be making the case
for getting out of doors.
Study after study — going
back as far as World War I
when soldiers who were treat-
ed in outdoor facilities were
observed to convalesce more
quickly than those confined to
conventional hospital medical
wards — the benefits of being
outdoors have been rarely
disputed.
What was initially accepted
anecdotally has since been
proven scientifically.
Studies had shown proof
that spending time outdoors
can lower blood pressure
and stress hormones, reduce
nervous system arousal and
enhance the immune system.
Psychologists say time in
nature increases self-esteem,
reduces anxiety and improves
mood.
In our community, even
Mother Nature is playing her
role. Spring weather, with
temperatures reaching the
high 70s, has arrived. In nor-
mal conditions, such pleasant
spring weather would tempt us
to get outside. We should all
give in to that temptation while
maintaining social distancing.
Now, as we brace ourselves for
what may be an extended pe-
riod of semi-isolation, getting
outside seems to be just what
the doctor ordered.
In San Francisco, there are
a few exceptions to the city’s
shelter at home order — doctor
and pharmacy visits, essential
service employees and grocery
shopping. Exercise is also an
exception, which speaks to the
health benefits of spending
time out of doors.
So get out of the house. It’s
an excellent time to garden, sit
on the porch or take a walk. It
can be in your neighborhood or
at parks, walking trails or even
in the woods.
You’ll feel better — physical-
ly, emotionally, even spiritually.
So find your inner Henry
David Thoreau and enjoy your
own Walden time.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR CARTOONIST VIEW

Voice of the people
Where are the tests?
On March 2 the Trump adminis-
tration promised Americans that “by
the end of the week health officials
will be able to perform one million
coronavirus tests.” That is, by March
5th.
That was 14 days ago. As of March
18th, somewhat under 40,000 tests
have been performed and 8,000 cases
had been confirmed. I have heard
several experts say that there are
likely 10 (or more) times as many
cases as have been confirmed - that’s
a minimum of 80,000.
Since March 2, the “million” tests
that would be available has increased
to “millions.”
It’s now two weeks later. I have
one question for the President and
his team: Where are those millions
of tests?
Potentially thousands of lives are
at risk now that might not have been.
Paul Mack
Columbus

OTHER EDITORS
A way to support
locally owned
businesses
While the public waits for the
number of coronavirus cases to peak
and eventually start decreasing, it is
clear that many of us — with sports
temporarily mothballed and most
entertainment venues shut down — MISSISSIPPI VOICES
will have more time on our hands
than usual.
Here’s a gentle suggestion to fill a
bit of that empty space. Coronavirus necessitates regulation reevaluation
A
Anyone who can afford it should
s a deadly virus has discourage home access Food delivery business such as
stop by a few of their favorite locally
spread across the and affect those unable to DoorDash, PostMates, GrubHub, Uber
owned businesses and buy a gift
nation, many of us travel, and arbitrary deliv- Eats, and others, are playing a critical
certificate to use later.
have been forced to em- ery policies, that limit what role in getting food from restaurants
Small businesses, such as re-
brace alternative work and truckers can haul in order to to your house. Yet these groups and
tailers and restaurants, are certain
life patterns from those we prop up certain distributors. others have long been discouraged
to be hard hit by the slowdown of
previously occupied. Some The Mississippi State from operating by limiting what they
commerce that controlling this
of these strategies have Board of Medical Licensure are allowed to deliver and favoring
virus looks as though it may require.
been a bit alien, including announced a temporary eas- existing businesses, such as taxi
Though the enterprises are small,
remote work and the need ing of a series of regulations companies over Uber, or restaurants
they play a vital role in communities
for food delivery amidst that allowed an increase in over food trucks. During the current
of every size, particularly those that
self-isolation. Yet, in truth, telemedicine. This change virus outbreak, many of these same
dot rural Mississippi.
we have been empowered Hunter Estes will serve critically import- companies are removing delivery fees
Buying a gift certificate today
to embrace innovation in ant to easing the stress on in order to make it easier for people to
will give these merchants a little bit
this period. our hospitals and healthcare get vital supplies.
of extra cash when their business is
The modern digital economy has workers as we seek to flatten the curve Other existing companies, restau-
sure to be down. The purchase also
given us the ability to craft unique ap- and ensure medical treatment gets to rants, and grocery stores are turning
will allow the buyer to pick out some-
proaches to work and consumption that those who need it most. to delivery and curbside pickup in
thing later on, when things return to
never would have been possible just a In the midst of this crisis, every order to stay open and continue oper-
normal.
few years ago, and it should not have time a government official comes out ating. Yet, while a virus highlights the
This is a win-win idea. Think
taken a pandemic to embrace policies and announces that we are suspending importance of resource access for the
about it.
and regulatory changes that encourage such a rule, it is worth asking if we many who are forced to currently stay
Greenwood Commonwealth
this new age sharing economy. truly needed it in the first place. Why home, what about those who, due to
For too long, states have over-regu- were we limiting healthcare operators ailment or ability, were already so often
lated and under-embraced innovation that could have brought more facilities forced to stay home? Over-regulating
and entrepreneurship. These rules to rural communities? Why were we food, healthcare, and resource access
Our View: Local Editorials have stifled opportunities and their limiting doctors’ ability to connect with seems terrible during a time of crisis,
Local editorials appearing in this space repre-
sent the opinion of the newspaper’s editorial
negative impacts on the market are on their patients through the internet, es- but it has been hurting people long
board: Peter Imes, editor and publisher; Zack full shameless display amidst a crisis pecially when this could have mitigated before the coronavirus.
Plair, managing editor; Slim Smith and senior that truly tests us on a society-wide potential hospital exposure to viruses I am thankful that many of our
newsroom staff. To inquire about a meeting scale. Many of these types of regula- and bacteria amongst the elderly? Why societal leaders, recognizing the need
with the board, please contact Peter Imes at tions are revealed to be little more than did we stop truckers from hauling food to create alternative opportunities for
662-328-2424, or e-mail voice@cdispatch.
com.
hollow shells of protectionism. They and alcohol in the same truck, when work and consumption, have been
are policies that carry little good, while this could have streamlined critical de- willing to set aside their entrenched
discouraging certain businesses from liveries, especially when communities opposition to innovation and remove
Voice of the People even attempting to operate. are in need of resources? some of these burdensome rules and
We encourage you to share your opinion with
readers of The Dispatch. Amidst the current crisis, states I can’t help but wonder if the leg- regulations. Moving forward, hopefully
Submit your letter to The Dispatch by: around the country are removing some islature feels slightly ridiculous for we can take an equally open mindset to
E-mail: voice@cdispatch.com of these barriers such as those pertain- shutting down these changes previous- new opportunities beyond this crisis,
Mail: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 ing to certificates of need, which limit ly along with many others. This year, after all, many of these rules have hurt
In person: 516 Main St., Columbus, or 101 S.
Lafayette St., No. 16, Starkville.
what healthcare providers can open along with legislation that would have us for too long.
All letters must be signed by the author hospitals or care centers, telemedi- allowed for certificate of need changes, I just wish it hadn’t taken a pandem-
and must include town of residence and a cine rules, which limit the ability for the Mississippi Senate killed the direct ic to realize that.
telephone number for verification purposes. doctors to talk with their patients via shipment of wine to your house. When Hunter Estes is the Development
Letters should be no more than 500 words, online video access, licensing require- so many stores are forced to close, Manager of the Mississippi Center for
and guest columns should be 500-700
words. We reserve the right to edit submitted ments that restrict qualified doctors and many of us are quarantined in our Public Policy, the state’s non-partisan,
information. from practicing, alcohol policies that homes, this policy seems all the worse. free-market think tank.
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States suspending standardized tests as schools close

‘With this health crisis, educators, students,
parents and their families need to be
dedicated to keeping their families safe.
That’s stressful enough without having to
worry about a standardized test ...’
Texas State Teachers Association spokesman Clay Robison
BY JIM VERTUNO
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — Closing
schools to combat the spread
of the coronavirus is having a
sweeping impact on an annual
rite of spring: the standardized
tests that are dreaded by mil-
lions of students and teachers
alike.
Several states have canceled
standardized testing for this ac-
ademic year as they face school
closures that could last weeks or
months. The tests were sched-
uled to begin in early April in
many states.
While that’s easing the bur-
den on students and teachers,
it’s also creating problems. The
federal government requires
states to perform annual stan-
dardized assessments under the
Every Student Succeeds Act.
And education groups warn that
moving classes online won’t de-
liver equitable learning across
states, school districts and even
within classrooms.
Several states have asked
U.S. Secretary of Education Bet-
sy DeVos to waive those require-
ments. The department has said
states can apply for a waiver on a
case-by-case basis, but no blan-
ket waiver has been announced.
In a recent advisory to
schools, the department said it
generally doesn’t grant broad
waivers from the assessments
that provide valuable informa-
tion for parents, teachers and
schools. But it said it would
consider a targeted waiver for
schools badly hit by the current
“extraordinary circumstanc-
es.”
“It’s time for Betsy DeVos to
do the right thing on behalf of
our students and waive state-
wide assessments,” Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said
Tuesday. “When our kids get
back to school, our number one
priority must be ensuring they
have the resources they need to
get back on track.”
The department did not im-
mediately respond to a request
for comment.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on
Monday canceled the annual
State of Texas Assessments
of Academic Readiness tests
for about 3.5 million students.
More than half of the state’s
1,200 school districts, includ-
ing the largest in Dallas and
Houston and Austin, are facing
prolonged school closures.
That was a relief for Lisa
Ivy, a 16-year science teacher
in Round Rock, Texas, whose
fifth-grade daughter had been
facing a STA AR test to deter-
mine if she would advance to
middle school.
“I watch the anxiety created
by these tests, as a teacher and
a mom,” Ivy said. Her daughter
knew what was at stake and was
getting nervous that school clo-
sures would disrupt the final
weeks of learning and review
before the critical exam.
“Watching her get scared
about it was crazy,” Ivy said. “I
feel like schools didn’t want to
cancel because we had STA AR
test.”
In Washington state, where
schools are closed statewide
until at least April 24, Gov. Jay
Inslee canceled standardized
testing. In Ohio, where schools
are scheduled to be closed for
several weeks, Gov. Mike DeW-
ine said: “If we can’t have test-
ing this year, we will not have
testing this year. The world will
not come to an end.”
The Texas test is a high-
stakes assessment that starts
in third grade and can stop
poor-performing students from
advancing to the next grade
level or even graduating high
school. Test scores are also
used to evaluate teachers.
While Abbott’s office said
some districts may still want
evaluations this year to collect
learning data, the Texas State
Teachers Association heralded
the decision to say they’re not
required.
“With this health crisis, ed-
ucators, students, parents and
their families need to be dedi-
cated to keeping their families
safe. That’s stressful enough
without having to worry about
a standardized test to advance
or graduate,” TSTA spokesman
Clay Robison said.

AP Exclusive: Barr creating task force on prison misconduct

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Justice Department is cre-
ating a special task force to
address criminal miscon-
duct by federal Bureau of
Prison officers at several
correctional facilities after
a loaded gun was found
at the same jail where
wealthy financier Jeffrey
Epstein killed himself,
Attorney General William
Barr told The Associated
Press.
In an interview with
the AP, Barr said he was
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Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Saturday, at Skelt-
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Cemetery. Visitation
will follow at the funeral
home. Skelton Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Simpson was
born April 8, 1958, in
Louisville, Kentucky,
to Rev. Dr. P. Joe Whitt
and the late Martha Lee
Drake Whitt. She was
formerly employed as
an educator and a mem-
ber of Carrollton Baptist
Church.
In addition to her
earlier this month. The
gun’s discovery followed a
weeklong lockdown that
turned up other contra-
band —including cell-
phones, narcotics and
homemade weapons —
and led to a criminal probe
by prosecutors in Manhat-
tan into guard misconduct
focusing on the flow of con-
traband into the lockup.
The establishment of
the task force comes as
the nation’s jails and pris-
ons are on high alert in
response to the threat of
the coronavirus, stepping
up inmate screenings,
Zachary Cochran, Brad
Hoover, Greg Hoover,
Heath Simpson, Ricky
Findley, John Findley,
John Fuller, Mark Full-
er, Tim Fuller and Bob
Fuller.
Memorials may be
made to St. Jude Chil-
dren’s Hospital, 501
St. Jude Place, Mem-
phis, TN 38105 or to
Children’s Hospital of
Alabama, 1600 7th Ave-
nue S., Birmingham, AL
35233.
Maudine Bishop
COLUMBUS —
Maudine W. Bishop, 85,
died March 19, 2020, at
Windsor Place.
Arrangements are
sanitizing cells and can-
celing visitation at all 122
federal correctional facil-
ities across the country.
Correctional officers and
other Bureau of Prisons
staff members who work
in facilities in areas con-
sidered hotspots for the
coronavirus or at medical
referral centers — which
provide advanced care for
inmates with chronic or
acute medical conditions
— are also undergoing en-
hanced health screenings,
including having their tem-
perature taken before they
report for duty each day.
Mansie Hathcock
Services:
Private Family Committal
Corinth National Cemetery
College Street Location
Jane Niles
Services to be held
at a later date.
2nd Ave North Location
Jo Nell Alford
Jo Nell Alford, passed away Saturday, March 7,
2020, at D.C.H., Tuscaloosa, AL.
A memorial service was Saturday, March
14, 2020, at 3:00 PM at Covenant Presbyterian
Church, Columbus, MS.
Mrs. Alford was born February 23, 1928, to
the late Murray Valcus and Lilly Goolsby White
in Winfield, AL. She married Jack D. Alford,
August 6, 1948, in Winfield, AL and they moved
to Columbus from Huntsville, AL in 1975. Mrs.
Alford was a member of Covenant Presbyterian
Church. She was a graduate of the University
of Alabama where she received two bachelors
degrees, one in Mathematical Education and
the other in Vocational Home Economics.
Mrs. Alford taught math in Huntsville City
Schools, Huntsville, AL, and Heritage Academy,
Columbus, MS. She was a lifetime member of
Delta Kappa Gamma.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Alford was
preceded in death by her husband, Jack D.
Alford, Sr., and brothers, Murray White and
William White.
Mrs. Alford is survived by her son, Jack
(Lisa) Alford, Jr., Tuscaloosa, AL; daughters,
Rebecca (Joe) Ready, Westminster, MD and
Marilyn (Lance) Bennett, Cleveland, TN; six
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and
brother, Daniel (June) White.
Memorials may be made to Covenant
Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 2588, Columbus,
MS 39704.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
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mother, she was pre-
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Beachler.
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Larry Lee
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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden,
who circled moon, dies at 88
BY MARCIA DUNN AP
Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. — Apollo 15 astronaut
Al Worden, who circled
the moon alone in 1971
while his two crewmates
test-drove the first lunar
rover, died Wednesday at
age 88.
Worden died in his
sleep at a rehab center in
Houston following treat-
ment for an infection, said
friend and colleague Tom
Kallman.
“Al was an American
hero whose achievements
in space and on Earth will
never be forgotten,” said
NASA Administrator Jim
Bridenstine in a statement.
He also praised Worden
father, she is survived
by her husband, Randy
Simpson; children, Erin
Simpson Shirley, Ethan
Simpson and Elliott
Simpson; siblings, Pam
Goodman and Alicia
Cochran; and four
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
for his appearances on
“Mister Rogers’ Neighbor-
hood” to explain his moon
mission to children.
Worden flew to the
moon in 1971 along with
David Scott and Jim Irwin.
As command module pilot,
Worden remained in lunar
orbit aboard the Endeav-
our while Scott and Irwin
descended to the surface
and tried out NASA’s first
moon buggy.
Scott is one of four
moonwalkers still alive. Ir-
win died in 1991.
“’Line of Grey, Be Thou
at Peace!’ Godspeed Al,”
tweeted Apollo 11 moon-
walker Buzz Aldrin, bor-
rowing from their West
Point alma mater.
Mansie Hathcock
Mansie Hubert Hathcock, Jr., age 87, of
Columbus, MS, passed away March 16, 2020, at
Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen, MS.
A private family committal will be Friday,
March 20, 2020, at Corinth National Cemetery
in Corinth, MS. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral
Home & Crematory 903 College St. location is in
charge of arrangements.
The son of the late Mansie H. Hathcock, Sr.,
and Lizzie Mae McDonald Hathcock was born
May 21, 1932, in Doerun, GA. He grew up in the
Baptist Church. He retired as a SMSGT from
the U. S. Air Force after 20 years and also from
the United States Postal Service after 25 years.
He graduated from Rollins College in Orlando,
FL, on May 26, 1979, with a degree in business.
While in the military, he traveled the world
serving in the United States Navy and Air Force.
He served in the Korean War and Vietnam War.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded
in death by his wife, Agnes Irene McAuley
Hathcock; and son, John Mahlon Adams, Jr.
He is survived by his grandson Daniel Adams
and his wife Christy; two great grandchildren,
Lauren and Landon Adams, all of Columbus, MS;
daughter-in-law, Sharon Adams of Hamilton, MS;
sister-in-law, Mary Ann Keahl of Henderson, NV;
and numerous cousins.
Memorials may be made to The Gideons
International, P.O. Box 2174, Columbus, MS,
39704-2174.
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College Street • Columbus, MS
March 12, 2020, at Garden
Hills Personal Care Home in
Columbus, MS.
Funeral services were held
at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday,
March 14th, at Porter Funeral
Home, with Dr. Danny Irvin
officiating. Interment was in
Mashulaville Baptist Cemetery. Porter Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lee was born on September 18, 1948, in
Noxubee County, to the late Harold and Virginia
Lee. He was a graduate of Macon High School
and Mississippi State University, with a degree
in accounting. He was a working partner of
Harold Lee and Sons Lime in Macon and was
in the National Guard Air Corp for many years.
He enjoyed watching church, the news, bargain
shopping, keeping up with politics, and dedicated
himself to fixing anything that was broken.
He loved working in his beautiful yard and his
prized peach orchard. Some knew Larry as a
solitary man and a man of few words, but he was
a good-hearted soul, and he loved his parents and
his siblings. He is going to be greatly missed.
He is survived by his siblings, Donna (Albert)
Wolfe of Ackerman, MS, Shirley Eaves of
Columbus, MS, and Harold (Nan) Lee, Jr. of
Louisville; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Ron Eaves, Wendell Eaves,
Jeremy Eaves, Jonathan Wolfe and Van Misso.
Memorials may be made to the American
Parkinson Disease Assn, apdaparkinson.org.
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Business
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have since eliminated lobby or in-
house seating this week, but still al-
low drive-thru, pick-up and delivery.
McDonald’s, Starbucks, Chik-fil-a,
Taco Bell, Arby’s, KFC and Buffalo
Wild Wings have already gone that
route, and the list will only grow.
If you’re up for supporting area
restaurants, it’s time to check out
Lazy Guys, Uber Eats and Colum-
bus 2 Go to get that food delivered
right to your door. Customers can
pay via mobile apps or over the
phone, depending on the service.
Columbus 2 Go and Lazy Guys
are both offering no-contact deliv-
ery to help combat the spread of
COVID-19. Your delivery driver
will pick up your order from an area
restaurant, knock on your door, drop
off your meal and leave to help stop
the spread.
On the other side of grocery
news, Kroger announced updated,
limited hours for varied stores na-
tionwide, though as of this morning,
Starkville and Columbus location
hours have not changed.
Although healthier and younger
individuals may not be as suscep-
tible to the most severe symptoms
of COVID-19, those who raised and
loved us are. All this week, the Cale-
donia Shop and Save on Cal Kolola
Road has offered an “elderly only
hour.” Through Saturday, from 6-7
a.m., customers 60 years and older
can shop with ease and in a less
crowded environment.
A prominent store chain in our
area, Dollar General, announced a
similar concept. The first hour of
every day is designated for “senior
shoppers.” For those non-senior
shoppers, try to plan your trips after
the 7-8 a.m. hour.
Representatives also announced
all stores would close an hour earli-
er, 9 p.m. for most stores, to allow for
employees to restock and clean.
The business world has changed
entirely from a week ago, and it’s
likely to continue. While we all try to
adapt and figure this out, be sure to
help out when you can and, above all,
stay safe.

Jails
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In Lowndes County,
where inmates have not
been able to meet face-to-
face with family members
for the last year, that sim-
ply means closing down
the kiosk in the jail’s front
lobby, where loved ones
could speak to inmates
through a Skype-like pro-
gram.
It’s a different story in
Oktibbeha County, where
family members tradition-
ally could come speak with
inmates through a glass or
meet with them in person,
said Sheriff Steve Gladney.
“We’re just trying to
limit as much contact with
the public as possible,”
Gladney said.
It can be particularly
hard on trustees, inmates
whose charges are typi-
cally non-violent or misde-
meanor and who do work
around county offices,
such as maintenance. The
trustees have always been
able to meet
with their
families
in person,
Gladney
said.
Still, he
said, for now
they under- Gladney
stand the virus is causing
everyone to limit their con-
tact.
“I haven’t had a single
complaint from them,” he
said.
Both Lowndes Coun-
ty Sheriff Eddie Hawkins
and Chief Deputy Brent
Swan declined to com-
ment further on the jail’s
new policies, but said in
a press release they are
also trying to limit contact
between inmates and the
public as much as possible.
“Public safety and well-
ness of our community
is a top priority,” the re-
lease said. “The spread of
COVID-19 will be closely
monitored and necessary
precautions will be exer-
cised to reduce the spread
of this virus.”
But even with family
prevented from seeing in-
mates at the jails, inmates
still come into contact with
each other and with law
enforcement.
Gladney said inmates
are not congregating in
large groups anymore,
except for outside exer-
cise for an hour each day.
For the most part, he said,
they are in their cells or
pods, areas with a limited
number of inmates.
In Lowndes County,
law enforcement are try-
ing to limit the number of
inmates with misdemean-
or or non-violent charges,
with law enforcement re-
viewing intake on a “case
by case basis,” the LCSO
press release said.
Both Gladney and
Lowndes County offi-
cials said any inmate with
symptoms of COVID-19
will go to the hospital and
not be admitted in the jail.
Lowndes County person-
nel have now made a tem-
perature test part of the
intake process.
Additionally, personnel
and inmates at both jails
are using hand sanitizer
and cleaning surfaces to
keep the jails sanitary and
limit the spread of the vi-
rus as much as possible.
“We’re still going to
enforce the law,” Gladney
said. “We’re still going
to do our job. If it’s some-
body that we bring in and
they can bond out, then
they’ll bond out immedi-
ately. But there are some,
depending on he severity
of the crime, that maybe
couldn’t. Those are just
the ones we have to deal
with on a day-to-day basis.
We’re just being smart, be-
ing careful, cautious.”

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YMCA restricting facility

access
The Frank P. Phillips YMCA
has restricted access to its
facilities to local members
only, temporarily suspending
guest and nationwide member
access. It has also suspended
all group fitness classes (land
and water), family swim times,
rec swim times, swim team
practice, Saturday birthday
parties and Homeschool PE.

MEMA gathering info to

help small businesses
The Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency (MEMA)
is gathering information on the
economic loss to small busi-
nesses throughout the state
as a result of the COVID-19
outbreak.
MEMA is collecting this infor-
mation so that Mississippi may
request an Economic Injury
Declaration from the Small
Business Administration to aid
in the economic loss suffered
as a result of the COVID-19
event. For more information
contact Todd DeMuth at tde-
muth@mema.ms.gov

Social Security offices

close to in-person visits
All Social Security offices in
Mississippi have closed to
in-person visits, according to
a Mississippi Social Security
Offices press release. Those in
need of services can call local
offices or visit Social Securi-
ty’s website at www.socialse-
curity.com.

County suspends parks

services
Lowndes County Parks and
Recreation have closed recre-
ation facilities and suspended
sports programs and services
until April 1. Those who have
paid for facility rentals will be
fully refunded within approxi-
mately three weeks.

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reacting to COVID-19
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Sports
SANKEY ‘OPTIMISTIC’ ABOUT FOOTBALL SEASON
SEC commissioner says eligibility, fall baseball remain fluid
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey addresses media after the decision to cancel the SEC men’s basketball tournament on Thursday in Nashville. During a teleconference
Wednesday, Sankey discussed the conference’s plans for a return to practice for spring sports — he wasn’t optimistic — and the status of the fall football season.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Life
for Southeastern Con-
ference Commissioner
Greg Sankey has changed
swiftly.
Less than two weeks
removed from sitting
courtside at the SEC
women’s basketball tour-
nament in Greenville,
South Carolina, as re-
nowned acrobat Red Pan-
da performed a halftime
show during a semifinal
Free agent deals not yet official as NFL year begins Olympic leaders
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tom Brady preparing
to trade the red, white
and blue threads of this
century’s most success-
ful franchise for one of
the NFL’s bottom feeders
served as the highlight
of a topsy-turvy start to
the league’s new year
Wednesday.
Brady, 42, will take his
six rings from his unpar-
alleled 20-year reign in
New England to Tampa,
where the Buccaneers
have sat out the playoffs
every season since 2007.
During that time,
Brady has won 18 play-
off games and half of his
record-tying six Super
Bowls.
Like the rest of every-
day life that’s been upend-
ed by the new coronavi-
rus pandemic, the start of
free agency was anything
but normal, with Brady’s
deal and most every other
one in semi-limbo.
Free agent contracts
and trades agreed upon
in recent days or weeks
won’t become official un-
til players can undergo
physicals and sign their
new deals — meaning
matchup between Missis-
sippi State and Kentucky,
Sankey had clearly shift-
ed his attention swiftly by
Wednesday as he fielded
questions regarding the
SEC’s approach to the
growing coronavirus pan-
demic on a conference
call with media members.
“Last Wednesday, liter-
ally at this time, we were
sitting in a athletics direc-
tors meeting in the midst
of a discussion about
the impacts of the coro-
navirus,” he said in his
A general view of One Buc Place at AdventHealth Train-
ing Center on Wednesday in Tampa, Florida. Longtime
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is expected to sign
with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
they aren’t being paid
under their new deals.
The NFL has barred trav-
el to team facilities by
free agents and also has
banned team personnel
from traveling to meet
with players as a safe-
guard against the new
coronavirus.
Several people familiar
with a memo the league
sent to the 32 teams on
Tuesday night tell The As-
sociated Press that while
teams can announce
reaching agreements
with free agents or con-
cluding trades, nothing is
official. The people spoke
opening statement. “Our
imaginations at that time
hadn’t gone to the extent
we’ve experienced over
the last week — although
we had any number of
contingency plans.”
While the conference
officially canceled the
rest of its 2019-20 athlet-
ic year Tuesday and put a
hold on all practices and
team meetings — both
voluntary and involuntary
— through April 15, San-
key offered further clarity
on the growing impact
Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports
on condition of anonymity
because the information
has not been made public
by the NFL or the teams.
Although information
on dozens of contract
agreements and a slew of
trades has been leaked,
teams were not allowed to
complete the deals until
the 4 p.m. EDT Wednes-
day start of the 2020 NFL
business year. However,
all of those transactions
now come with the cave-
at that the signings and
physicals need to occur.
Of course, if a club
drafts a contract and
sends it digitally to a play-
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the coronavirus could
have on the impending
football season.
“That doesn’t mean
we’ll be back to normal
or to practice activities
April 16,” he said. “It was
just a date certain that al-
lows our administrators
to communicate with our
coaches, our coaches with
their student-athletes that
has resulted in the depar-
tures from campus.”
“If you look at the na-
tional public messaging
about no gatherings above
er, he can sign it remotely
and send it back to the
team. Then teams must
submit it to the league
and that would constitute
official signing. But few, if
any, teams would be will-
ing to do that without con-
ducting a physical.
Players can under-
go physicals locally, but
many teams have ex-
pressed being uncom-
fortable with such an ar-
rangement.
The new coronavirus
causes only mild or mod-
erate symptoms such as
fever and cough in most
cases, with severe illness
more likely in the elderly
and those with existing
health problems.
Among the players
moving in free agency in
one of the busiest years
of action are such stars
as Brady, Philip Rivers
and Jason Witten. While
they certainly can afford
to wait for everything
to become official, it’s a
strange dynamic in what,
of course, is a strange
time.
The NFL has delayed
the offseason schedule
See NFL, 2B
50 (people),” Sankey con-
tinued, “it’s certainly dif-
ficult to conduct any foot-
ball practice under that
limitation, and even with
smaller numbers have
been communicated, 10 is
often referenced, thereby
making it impossible into
May, has been stated. So
I’m not going to be overly
optimistic about the re-
turn to practice. We hav-
en’t fully pre-closed that
opportunity, but I think,
practically, that window is
pretty narrow.”
back IOC’s stance
after criticism
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA — Region-
al Olympic officials
on Wednesday rallied
around the IOC and
backed its stance on open-
ing the Tokyo Games as
scheduled, as direct crit-
icism from gold medalist
athletes built amid the
coronavirus outbreak.
Leaders of continental
Olympic groups praised
the IOC after a confer-
ence call to update them
on coronavirus issues
four months before the
opening ceremony in To-
kyo on July 24.
“We are living through
an unpredictable crisis
and as such, it is import-
ant that we have one poli-
cy, expressed by the IOC,
and we follow that policy
in unison,” the Italy-based
European Olympic Com-
mittees said.
However, when the In-
ternational Olympic Com-
mittee published an inter-
view with its president,
Thomas Bach, after a sep-
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Sankey also said that
his focus remains on go-
ing forward with football
season as planned when
asked if there was a time-
table or protocol in which
the SEC could cancel foot-
ball games in bulk, rather
than take things week by
week.
“We’ll obviously think
about everything going
forward because we’re
being guided by public
health information and
decision-making,” he
See SANKEY, 2B
arate call with athlete rep-
resentatives, it prompt-
ed a four-time Olympic
champion to urge post-
poning the games.
Bach acknowledged
that many athletes were
concerned about quali-
fying events being can-
celed, but noted that there
were still four months to
go until the games are set
to be opened.
“We will keep acting in
a responsible way in the
interests of the athletes,”
Bach said.
British rowing great
Matthew Pinsent wrote
on Twitter that the com-
ments from Bach, his for-
mer IOC colleague, were
“tone deaf.”
“The instinct to keep
safe (not to mention obey
govt instructions to lock
down) is not compatible
with athlete training,
travel and focus that a
looming Olympics de-
mands of athletes, specta-
tors organisers,” Pinsent
wrote. “Keep them safe.
See OLYMPICS, 2B
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BRIEFLY NFL
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College Baseball
Mississippi State to refund baseball tickets of practices amid the the Patriots. Lineback- Jordan Howard and G
STARKVILLE -- The Mississippi State Athletic uncertainty — meet- er Elandon Roberts Ereck Flowers. The
department rolled out a system Tuesday to reimburse ings and organized is expected to follow total value of the new
ticket holders for baseball games that were canceled
due to COVID-19 concerns. team activities (OTAs) linebacker Kyle Van deals is more than
If interested, season ticket holders may receive would have begun in Noy (four years, $51 $222 million.
a prorated refund for the remaining games on the April. Becoming fa- million) and O-line- BRONCOS: A day
schedule, put the ticket toward a prorated rate for miliar with new sur- man Ted Karras to the after losing out on
the 2021 season or convert one’s Bulldog Club seat
donation into a tax-deductible gift to the 2020 Bulldog
roundings, teammates Dolphins. NT D.J. Reader to the
Club Scholarship Fund. and coaching staffs for While Brady’s rep- Bengals, the Broncos
Those interested in prorating tickets toward next the likes of veterans resentatives and the acquired five-time Pro
season must notify the MSU Ticket Office by March 31, Brady, Rivers and Wit- Buccaneers worked Bowl DL Jurrell Casey
while patrons who would like to convert their tickets into ten — who collectively out details of their from the Tennessee
a gift are asked to contact the Bulldog Club by phone or
email by the same date. spent 52 years with contract, teams went Titans for a 2020 sev-
Individual game tickets will also be refunded. their original teams — ahead with their plans enth-round pick.
All refunds are to be processed by May 1. and the dozens of oth- to bolster their rosters Casey, due $11.2
er players changing amid all the uncertain- million this season
Men’s College Basketball addressed must wait. ty: and under contract
Three Bulldogs enter transfer portal Several of Brady’s DOLPHINS: From through 2022, plugs
Three Mississippi State men’s basketball players ex-teammates are also tanking to banking, a gaping hole on Den-
who rarely saw the court last season are headed out leaving Foxborough the Dolphins have ver’s D-line just as
of Starkville. and many of them are been the busiest team the free agent acqui-
Freshmen guards Elias King and Devin Butts and
redshirt sophomore forward Prince Oduro have all reuniting with former on a spending spree, sition of C-G Graham
entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, Mississippi State Patriots assistants committing a whop- Glasgow fills a big
compliance confirmed to The Dispatch on Wednesday. Matt Patricia in De- ping $133 million in need on the O-line.
None of the three made a major impact for the troit and Brian Flores guarantees to seven STEELERS: Pitts-
Bulldogs in their abruptly halted season, which came to
in Miami. players. burgh turned the
an end a day before Mississippi State was set to play in
the SEC tournament in Nashville. Linebacker Jamie After making By- opening day of free
Oduro saw the most action, appearing off the Collins (three years, ron Jones the NFL’s agency into a family af-
bench in 21 games. But he played an average of just 4 $30 million) and de- highest-paid corner- fair for the Watt family,
minutes per contest and averaged 1.2 points per game fensive tackle Danny back, the Dolphins agreeing to terms with
and 0.9 rebounds per game.
King and Butts each played in six games; neither Shelton (two years, also have agreed to OLB T.J. Watt’s old-
earned a start. King scored 10 points total in the course $8 million) are head- deals with C Ted Kar- er brother, FB Derek
of the season, while Butts scored six. ed to Detroit, which ras, LB Kyle Van Noy, Watt, on a three-year
also acquired safety DEs Shaq Lawson and contract worth $9.75
SOURCE: From Special Reports
Duron Harmon from Emmanuel Ogbah, RB million.

Olympics
Continued from Page 1B
Call it off.” athletes’ troubled prepa- steam” for the games. this stage; and any spec-
On Tuesday, one of the rations for Tokyo — “as Responding to the crit- ulation at this moment
IOC’s 100 members had facilities close and qual- icism, the IOC said it was would be counter-produc-
broken ranks in a rare ification events are can- “counting on the responsi- tive,” the IOC said.
public criticism of the celed all over the world” bility and solidarity of the That message was re-
body’s unwavering strat- — were echoed by 2016 athletes.” peated after Wednesday’s
egy. Olympic pole vault cham- Wickenheiser sits on conference call by IOC
“I think the IOC insist- pion Katerina Stefanidi. the official IOC athlete executive board member
ing this will move ahead, “The IOC wants us to panel, which is chaired Robin Mitchell, the inter-
with such conviction, is keep risking our health, by Olympic swimming im leader of the group of
insensitive and irrespon- our family’s health and champion Kirsty Coven- national Olympic bodies
sible given the state of public health to train try. Coventry is a mem-
known as ANOC.
humanity,” said Hayley every day?” Stefanidi ber of the IOC executive
“We share the view that
Wickenheiser, a four-time wrote on Twitter. “You board and has been a loy-
Olympic hockey gold are putting us in danger al Bach supporter on ath- we must be realistic, but
medalist from Canada. right now, today, not in 4 letes’ rights issues. not panic,” Mitchell said
Wickenheiser, who is months.” On Tuesday, the IOC in a statement released by
training to be a doctor and Neither Wickenheis- repeated its steadfast the IOC on behalf of the
was voted to the IOC by er nor Stefanidi, who is stance after a conference Oceania Olympic group.
fellow athletes at the 2014 a candidate for athlete call with sports govern- The Rome-based Euro-
Sochi Olympics, wrote on elections scheduled for ing bodies, many of which pean Olympic group did
her Twitter account she Tokyo, directly cited IOC have not completed quali- acknowledge the “unprec-
was elected “to represent president Thomas Bach, fication events for Tokyo. edented disruption to our
and protect athletes.” who has urged competi- “There is no need for daily lives caused by the
Her concern about tors to prepare “with full any drastic decisions at outbreak of COVID-19.”

Sankey
Continued from Page 1B
said. “But my hope is we
can return to our normal,
organized activities, our
normal experiences and
be part of that celebration
around soccer, cross coun-
try, volleyball, football in
the fall, but we’ll have to
see.
“Last week at this time
I was preparing for basket-
ball games, and I think all
of us will have a responsi-
bility to contingency plan
appropriately without
making predictions,” he
added.
Beyond football con-
cerns, Sankey provided
added insight into the po-
tential of extra eligibility
for those athletes who saw
their spring and winter
seasons cut short. Given
an eight-page analysis of
how the issue could be
approached by his compli-
ance staff, he and the rest
of the conference office
are hoping something can
be resolved.
“I think that applies to
a set of winter sports and
would just observe my
view we need to work in
a time-efficient manner
with the spring sports
situation,” Sankey said.
“There does need to be
a conversation about the
disrupted winter sports,
which for us would include
both men’s and women’s
basketball, swimming and
diving, gymnastics and
equestrian. I don’t have
the answer to that right
now, even in my mind.”
Sankey also deflected
talk of potential for a fall
baseball season in which
teams could compete for a
2020 league championship
in an altered format.
“I’ve not seen those
ideas at this point and
would reserve judgment
on that in this moment,
speaking as a person that
played college baseball at
a time when you played a
lot of games in the fall,” he
said.

RACING
Through wars and world turmoil, Kentucky Derby runs on
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Great Depres-
sion and World War I
and World War II didn’t
stop the Kentucky Der-
by, a race that has been
run without interruption
since it began in 1875.
But for the first time in
75 years, it will miss the
month of May.
Churchill Downs post-
poned the opening leg of
the Triple Crown from
May 2 to Sept. 5, due to
concern over the corona-
virus pandemic that has
wreaked havoc with the
world’s sports calendar.
“At no point did we
ever consider canceling
the Kentucky Derby,”
said Bill Carstanjen, CEO
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
of Churchill Downs Inc.
In 1945, the track in
Louisville, Kentucky,
almost didn’t have a
choice. That year the race
for 3-year-old colts was
staged over a month past
its traditional date on the
spring calendar.
That January, horse
racing was banned nation-
wide. Jimmy Byrnes, di-
rector of the Office of War
Mobilization in Washing-
ton, viewed it as a waste of
valuable resources. Men
that could be serving
in the war instead were
working in track opera-
tions, gambling on racing
was hugely popular, and
gas and tire rubber was
being consumed heavily
in transporting horses to
FAMILY CIRCUS
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
tracks.
In late January, U.S.
troops in Europe had just
concluded the Battle of
the Bulge, the bloodiest
fought by them in the war.
Still to come in the Pacific
was Iwo Jima, an equally
fierce and bloody battle in
which the Allies defeated
Japanese forces at the end
of March. An Allied victo-
ry loomed, but was not yet
assured.
Not until Germany sur-
rendered on May 7, 1945,
was the ban on racing was
lifted. That led to the Der-
by being run on June 9.
The recent end of the
war still kept many peo-
ple from traveling long
distances to Louisville.
However, about 75,000
people attended and wa-
gered a Derby day record
of $2,380,796, including
a record $776,408 on the
Derby itself. Ridden by
future Hall of Famer Ed-
die Arcaro, Hoop Jr. won
by six lengths against 15
rivals over a muddy track.
The Derby was in peril
another time, too.
Byrnes had come close
to banning the sport in
1943, however, racing
powers prevailed in keep-
ing it going.
That year, there were
travel restrictions im-
posed by World War II
and no out-of-town tickets
were sold. Still, the Der-
by endured, with Count
Fleet winning in front
of 65,000. He went on to
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I’m 16
and have
had trouble with
romance for as
long as I can re-
member. I’ve had
almost 80 crushes
since kindergar-
ten. I counted.
Right now I
am close to a
relationship with a
boy at my school
who is a year
older. I have had
feelings for “Ben”
for almost a year, Dear Abby
and I found it was
mutual a few months ago. He
invited me to coffee but later
canceled, explaining that he
wasn’t emotionally prepared,
which was clear. He feels the
way he does for a reason. Ben
is a transgender male, and
his mother disapproves, as do
many of our classmates.
Two months ago, we agreed
to be “just friends ... for now.”
Since then, no feelings have
changed for either of us. How-
ever, I know Ben still isn’t ready, mind that he is on a long and
largely because of his mother’s
and his classmates’ influence.
I’m getting impatient. I’ve
been in relationships before, the schoolwork, find a sport or other
middle-school kind, and I know
how my brain functions. Right
now, I worry obsessively about
how he feels. This will subside
after a real relationship starts.
But before that happens, the is-
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March
19). You’re naturally inquisitive
in matters of achieving excel-
lence and, because of this, you
will turn mediocre entities into
works of greatness. You’ll take
what works and maximize it until
you get results that are nothing
short of marvelous. Seize a
prime opportunity in October.
A relationship risk pays off in
November. Libra and Sagittarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 3, 37, 2, 22 and 18.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
It’s not so much what you do,
but who you are while you’re
doing it that matters. Who you
feel like you are is not the same
thing, but for today’s purposes,
win the Triple Crown that
year, sweeping the Derby,
Preakness and Belmont
stakes.
The only other Derby
not run in May came in
1901, when it occurred on
April 29. His Eminence
led all the way in defeat-
ing four rivals.
This year’s postpone-
ment will require changes
to the points system used
to decide the 20-horse
field for the Derby. More
qualifying races at tracks
around the country will
be added this summer.
Trainers will need to ad-
just training and racing
schedules for their hope-
fuls.
“I’m going to have to
back off some of them that
sue is all-consum-
ing. I constantly
rehash concerns
we need to talk
about in my mind,
and I don’t know
how to ignore
them until we can
speak again. It
makes my grades
suffer.
I blame Ben’s
mother and
classmates for
the stress he’s
under. They’re
the reason for his
dysphoria and
panic attacks.
I’m angry. I want her to leave
her son alone. How can I wait
peacefully and get over my
bitterness toward his mother? —
CRUSHING TEEN IN OHIO
DEAR TEEN: Anger, frustra-
tion and bitterness can make
people sick. You need to find
ways to get your mind off this
budding romance and channel
these negative emotions, if only
because Ben isn’t ready for
what you have in mind. Bear in
complicated journey. (Give him
props for honesty.) Then buckle
down and concentrate on your
activity you can involve yourself
in and, if your school doesn’t
have a Genders and Sexualities
Alliance, consider going online
to gsanetwork.org and starting
one at your school.
it’s close enough.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Suffering is caused by arguing
with reality. It’s optional, but if
you’re going to struggle, it may
as well be a fight for something
beautiful, like art or poetry.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
The empirical evidence you
gather is neutral and devoid of
answers; however, your synthe-
sis of it will be the solution to
tough problems. It’s not what
things are but what they mean
that matters.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You will be involved in a slow
build. This thing is happening
moment by moment, day by day,
person by person. In time, you’ll
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020 3B
are ready to go right now,”
said four-time Derby-win-
ning trainer Bob Baffert,
who has a handful of top
prospects. “The thing is
to keep them healthy.”
While the coronavirus
brings daily upheaval, the
Derby and its traditions of
sipping mint juleps, wear-
ing fancy hats and sing-
ing “My Old Kentucky
Home” will go on, albeit
on Labor Day weekend.
“We’re going to have a
Kentucky Derby in Sep-
tember and that’s fine,”
said trainer Mark Casse,
whose Derby contender is
Enforceable. “It would’ve
been terrible if we didn’t
have a Kentucky Derby at
all.”
DEAR ABBY: I work in the
medical field in a family prac-
tice. I love my job and helping
people, but the problem is, my
boss never tells the truth to our
patients and overcharges them
anytime he gets a chance. The
sicker the patient, the more
heartless he is with them. He
has told some patients that we,
the assistants, told him they
owe him money.
It has reached a point where
I cannot handle it anymore.
Knowing that I see everything
he does, he now can’t stand
me and constantly criticizes
everything I do. He has become
verbally aggressive and abusive.
I know this is unhealthy for
me. I have insomnia because of
it, and when I do get to sleep,
I have nightmares about this
situation. Abby, please help me
because I do not know what
service to contact to make
a complaint against him. —
SCARED IN GEORGIA
DEAR SCARED: Document
everything you have observed.
Then talk to your local police
about possible fraud being
committed by your employer.
Next, contact your state medical
board and report what has been
going on at the expense of the
patients. If these patients are
senior citizens, reach out to your
Area Agency on Aging (aging.
georgia.gov/locations), because
the “good doctor” may be com-
mitting elder abuse, which could
land him in the prison system.
have the thrill of momentum.
Today, you have the steady hum
of patience.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
will do your best work once you
get out of your own way. It may
help you not to think of yourself
as the creator of this. Divest
yourself of judgment and allow
the generative process to fulfill
itself.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Your skillful command of words
will serve your dazzling logic,
resulting in feats of leadership
that more conventionally power-
ful people will envy.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Clean your input. Television,
news feeds, email, direct mail
— it’s a barrage. Though there’s
so much to ignore, you’re still
being subtly influenced in that
fraction of a second before you
must decide to ignore it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You live to amuse today,
and you’ll do so masterfully,
mostly because you observe
the first rule of entertainment,
which is to “read the room.”
When your message fits the
appetites of the group, you’re
golden.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You’re creative and ana-
lytical. You’ll envision possible
glorious outcomes and then
back up and ask “what if?” so
that you might also anticipate
the possible obstacles.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Ralph Waldo Emerson sug-
gested that one sign of success
is when you’ve won “the respect
of the intelligent people and the
affection of children.” You’ll nail
that today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Any role you take on will re-
quire you to communicate your
ideas, listen well and organize
your life so that you are where
you need to be when you need
to be there and with everything
necessary to do the job.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Put in place systems to
help you get around a weakness
and maximize a strength. Any
practice that allays your worries
and keeps you organized
and confident will free up the
time and energy you need to
succeed.
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Business
Coronavirus layoffs spark
surge in state jobless claims
Claims rising after officials ordered
millions of Americans to stay home as
a precaution against spreading virus
BY DAVID A. LIEB
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY,
Mo. — In Ohio, more than
48,000 people applied for
jobless benefits during
the first two days of this
week. The tally during
the same period the prior
week: just 1,825.
In neighboring Penn-
sylvania, about 70,000
people sought unemploy-
ment aid in a single day —
six times the total for the
entire previous week.
Jobless claims are
surging across the U.S.
Automakers shut North American
plants over coronavirus fears
Nissan will close
U.S. plants
starting on Friday
BY TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT — Con-
cerns about the spreading
coronavirus forced most
of North America’s auto
plants to close, at least
temporarily.
Ford, General Motors,
Fiat Chrysler, Honda, and
Toyota said they would
shut down all factories
in the region, citing con-
cerns for employees who
work in close quarters
building automobiles. Nis-
san will close U.S. facto-
ries. Hyundai shut down
its Alabama plant after a
worker tested positive for
the virus.
Detroit’s three auto-
makers said their closures
would begin this week,
BUSINESS AROUND THE STATE
Company operating in
Mississippi to sell part
of business
NEW ALBANY — A
refrigeration firm with op-
erations in Mississippi is
selling part of its business
to another company.
Standex Refrigerat-
ed Solutions Group has
agreed to sell its Mas-
after government offi-
cials ordered millions of
workers, students and
shoppers to stay at home
as a precaution against
spreading the virus that
causes the COVID-19 dis-
ease.
“We’ve been getting
flooded with calls,” said
John Dodds, director of
the nonprofit Philadelphia
Unemployment Project.
“It’s going to be a big
mess, a double mess: ill-
ness and unemployment.”
The growing number
of people filing for unem-
ployment checks raises
while Honda and Toyota
will start next week. Nis-
san will close U.S. plants
starting Friday. Closings
will run from a few days to
over two weeks, but most
automakers said they’ll
have to evaluate the
spread of the virus before
reopening.
“We have been taking
extraordinary precautions
around the world to keep
our plant environments
safe, and recent develop-
ments in North America
make it clear this is the
right thing to do now,”
GM CEO Mary Barra said
in a statement.
Detroit’s three auto-
makers alone will idle
about 150,000 workers.
They likely will receive
supplemental pay in ad-
dition to state unemploy-
ment benefits. The two
checks combined will
about equal what the work-
ers normally make. GM
said pay was still being ne-
ter-Bilt and Nor-Lake re-
frigeration businesses to
Ten Oaks Group for $11
million, the Northeast
Mississippi Daily Journal
reports that.
The company operates
a Master-Bilt manufactur-
ing facility in New Albany.
RSG makes refrigerated
cabinets and walk-ins for
customers in the food ser-
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
fresh questions about
whether states have stock-
Trump’s administration
is proposing an econom-
piled enough money since
the last recession to tide
ic stimulus package that
could approach $1 tril-
over idled workers until
the crisis ends. Some fear
lion and include sending
checks to Americans
the demand for help could within a matter of weeks
outpace the states’ ability to help them pay for gro-
to pay claims. ceries, bills, mortgages
“Our unemployment
and rent. The Senate gave
insurance fund is getting final approval Wednes-
hit pretty hard right now,”
day to a separate bill that
said Gov. Gina Raimondo
would inject $1 billion into
of Rhode Island, where
state unemployment in-
coronavirus-related job-
surance programs.
less claims accelerated
from zero to nearly 18,000
in barely one week.
Raimondo, a Demo-
crat, said the state needs
to start replenishing its
fund and appealed for
help from the federal gov-
ernment.
President Donald
gotiated with the United
Auto Workers union.
Ford said it will work
with union leaders in the
coming weeks on plans
to restart factories. The
union has been pushing
for factories to close be-
cause workers are fearful
of coming into contact
with the virus.
At GM’s pickup truck
assembly plant in Flint,
Michigan, workers have
been apprehensive ever
since the virus surfaced
in the U.S., said Tommy
Wolikow, a union member
who delivers parts to the
assembly line.
Wolikow, 38, said he
comes in close contact
with other workers and
was afraid of catching the
virus and passing it to his
two daughters ages 2 and
7.
“That’s the thing that I
was scared the most about,
being the one to bring it
home to them,” he said.
vice and retail end mar-
ket.
The closing is expect-
ed to occur in the next 45
days. Standex said that
until the sale is complete,
it will be “business as usu-
al.”
In fiscal 2019, RSG re-
ported about $150 million
in revenue and about a $1
million operating loss.

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The following vehicles have
been abandoned at
Auto Mart LLC
1009 Gardner Blvd
Columbus, MS 39702
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee
VIN #1J4GW58S6XC702746
If not claimed it will be sold on
March 20, 2020, at 10 AM at
1009 Gardner Blvd., Colum-
bus, MS by Auto Mart LLC. It
will be sold for monies owed
for the tow bill, storage fees,
and legal fees.
Witnessed this the 11th day of
March, 2020.
Auto Mart LLC
Publish: 3/13 and 3/19/20
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2005,
Laketia Underwood, single ex-
ecuted a certain deed of trust
to Kirk Smith, Trustee for the
benefit of Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for SouthStar Fund-
ing, LLC, its successors and
assigns which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2005 at Page 16630 and
re-recorded in Book 2005 at
Page 25214; and
WHEREAS, Deutsche Bank Na-
tional Trust Company, as Trust-
ee for GSAMP Trust 2005-HE5
has heretofore substituted
Shapiro & Brown, LLC as Trust-
ee by instrument dated March
7, 2014 and recorded in the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
fice in Book 2014 at Page
5776; and
WHEREAS, default having been 1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and 39157, the attorney for the
the entire debt secured thereby Plaintiff.
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
the terms of said deed of trust, MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as Trustee for
GSAMP Trust 2005-HE5, the
legal holder of said indebted-
ness, having requested the un- THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
dersigned Substituted Trustee
to execute the trust and sell
said land and property in ac-
cordance with the terms of said AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY
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 & able time afterward.
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on Issued under my hand and seal
April 9, 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 Lowndes County, Mississippi
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- (Seal)
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer- SUBMITTED BY:
tified funds the following de-
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
sissippi, to-wit:
Lot Six (6) of East Emerald Es- Ridgeland, MS 39157
tates, Part One, a subdivision
in and to the City of Columbus, 5609 (fax)
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
as shown by map or plat there- Publish: February 27, 2020
of of record in Subdivision Plat March 5, 2020
Book 2 at page 99 in the of-
fice of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
subject, however, to restrictive
covenants and conditions as
shown by instrument dated
March 22, 1966, and recorded The U.S. Army Corps of Engin-
in Book 371, pages 533 - 535, eers had contracted a certified
land records of Lowndes
County, MS.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 6th day of March, 2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
2103 Shannon Ave
Columbus, MS 39702
20-026035
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING,
LLC PLAINTIFF
V.
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, THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH,
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
DECEASED DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: Tommie Lee Flower, Jr.
a/k/a Tommie Lee Flowers, Jr.
15743 Basin Ln
Victorville, CA 92394
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.
Defendants other than you in
this action are Larry Smith,
Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Eddie B. Smith,
III, unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr., deceased, un-
known heirs of Eddie B. Smith,
Jr., deceased, and unknown
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
ceased.
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,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your response with the Clerk
of this Court within a reason-
of said Court, this 18th day of
February, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
BY: s/ Tina Fisher
D.C.
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
No. 2247)
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
Ste 702
(769) 524-2300; (601) 510-
March 12, 2020
March 19, 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE
commercial applicator to apply
Federal EPA approved aquatic
herbicides to control noxious
species of aquatic weeds in
the Tennessee-Tombigbee Wa-
terway. Treatment areas will
be:
Aberdeen, Aliceville, Amory,
Bay Springs, Columbus, Fulton,
Gainesville, Montgomery,
Rankin and Smithville Lakes.
Treatments are scheduled to
begin and will continue as
needed throughout the year. In-
quires can be directed to the
Corp of Engineers office, 5000
North Frontage Road, Colum-
bus, MS 39701. Telephone
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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
WHEREAS, default has oc-
curred in the performance of
the covenants, terms and con-
ditions of a Deed of Trust
dated February 2, 2001, ex-
ecuted by A J STEVENSON, JR.,
DEBORRAH LYNN STEVENSON,
conveying certain real property
therein described to *NONE
STATED*, as Trustee, for
CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE
COMPANY, Original Beneficiary,
to secure the indebtedness
therein described, as same ap-
pears of record in the office of
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi filed and
recorded February 13, 2001, in
Deed Book 1359, Page 152 ,
and re-recorded March 27,
2001 in Deed Book 1365,
Page 529; and
WHEREAS, the beneficial in-
terest of said Deed of Trust
was transferred and assigned
to Towd Point Mortgage Trust
2018-3, U.S. Bank National As-
sociation, as Indenture Trust-
ee; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned,
Rubin Lublin, LLC has been ap-
pointed as Substitute Trustee;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder
of said Deed of Trust, having
requested the undersigned so
to do, as Substitute Trustee or
his duly appointed agent, by vir-
tue of the power, duty and au-
thority vested and imposed
upon said Substitute Trustee
shall, on April 9, 2020 within
the lawful hours of sale
between 11:00AM and 4:00PM
at the southeast front door of
Courthouse proceed to sell at
public outcry to the highest and
best bidder for cash or certi-
fied funds ONLY, the following
described property situated in
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
to wit:
LOT 11 AND SOUTH HALF OF
LOT 10, OF AND IN PINE
HAVEN SUBDIVISION, AS
SHOWN AND RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 2 AT PAGE 62 IN
THE CHANCERY CLERK`S OF-
FICE OF LOWNDES COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: The
street address of the property
is believed to be 86 ELMORE
STREET, COLUMBUS, MS
39702. In the event of any dis-
crepancy between this street
address and the legal descrip-
tion of the property, the legal
description shall control.
Title to the above described
property is believed to be good, having been declared to be due
but I will convey only such title and payable in accordance with
as is vested in me as Substi-
tute Trustee.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT-
ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL stituted Trustee to execute the
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. trust and sell said land and
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MS.
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PUBLIC SALE ON THE 10TH OF Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section
APRIL 2020 AT COREY HER- 23, Township 18 South, Range
RING AUTOMOTIVE, 1230 17 West, Lowndes County, Mis-
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JOY PETERS, DE-
CEASED
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020-0057
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
EXECUTORS’ NOTICE TO CRED-
ITORS OF JOY PETERS, DE-
CEASED: Letters of Testament-
ary having been granted on the
12th day of March 2020, by
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, in said
Cause No. 2020-0057, to the
undersigned upon the estate of
Joy Peters, Deceased, notice is
hereby given to all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate
to present the same to the
Clerk of said Court for probate
and registration within ninety
(90) days from the first date of
publication of this notice, oth-
erwise such claim or claims not
probated will be forever barred.
THIS THE 12th day of March,
2020.
/s/John R. Peters, Jr.
John R. Peters, Jr., Executor of
the Estate of Joy Peters, De-
ceased
Timothy L. Gowan
2874 Jefferson Street
Post Office Box 401
Macon, MS 39341
(662) 726-2000
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PUBLISH: 3/19, 3/26, &
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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
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-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
SERVICE DIRECTORY
the terms of said deed of trust,
Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
Mortgage, the legal holder of
said indebtedness, having re-
quested the undersigned Sub-
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and 4:00
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Building & Remodeling
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505REMODELING,
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BRICK
bus,work,
MS 39701, to the highest
painting, storm
and best bidder for cash or cer-
damage or following
additions.
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scribedFree estimates.
property situated in
40 years
Lowndes County,experience.
State of Mis-
sissippi, to-wit:
662−570−3430
Beginning at the Northwest
corner of the Northwest Quarter
(NW1/4) of the Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4)
DAVID’S of Section
CARPET & 23,
Township 18 South, Range 17
UPHOLSTERY
West, Lowndes County,
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parallel with the South bound-
ary line of said North west
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South-
east Quarter (S1/4) of said
Section 23, a distance of
414.23 feet; thence South par-
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;
thence West parallel with the
South boundary line of said
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
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
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
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-
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est Quarter (NW1/4) of the
the benefit of Regions Bank FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF
d/b/a Regions Mortgage which BEGINNING, run thence East
deed of trust is of record in the parallel with the South bound-
office of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi in Book 2017 at Page
ary line of said North west
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South-
east Quarter (S1/4) of said
13505 and re-recorded in Book
2017 at Page 14138; and
Section 23, a distance of
414.23 feet; thence South par-
allel with the West boundary
WHEREAS, Regions Bank line of said Northwest Quarter
d/b/a Regions Mortgage has
heretofore substituted Shapiro
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thence West parallel with the
2020 and recorded in the South boundary line of said
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of 414. 23 feet to a point on
WHEREAS, default having been the East right of way line of a
made in the terms and condi- public road known as McDavis
Legal Notices
tions of said deed of trust and Legal Notices
Road; thence North along the Legal Notices
the entire debt secured thereby said East right of way of said
having been declared to be due public road for 105 feet, more IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
and payable in accordance with or less, to the initial point of LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
the terms of said deed of trust, this description and containing SIPPI
Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
Mortgage, the legal holder of
1.0 acres, more or less.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
said indebtedness, having re- Tract II: TATE OF MARTHA POPE WEST
quested the undersigned Sub- A tract of land located in the
stituted Trustee to execute the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of CAUSE NO. 2020-0025-F
trust and sell said land and the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
property in accordance with the of Section 23, Township 18 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
terms of said deed of trust and South, Range 17 West,
for the purpose of raising the Lowndes County, Mississippi, THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
sums due thereunder, togeth- and being more particularly de- LOWNDES COUNTY
er with attorney's fees, scribed as follows:
trustee's fees and expense of Letters Testamentary have
sale. Commencing at the Northwest been granted and issued to the
corner of said Northwest undersigned upon the Estate of
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- Martha Pope West, deceased,
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- east Quarter (SE') of Section by the Chancery Court of
ee in said deed of trust, will on 23; run thence East a dis- Lowndes County, Mississippi,
March 26, 2020 offer for sale tance of 19.3 feet to the initial on the 27th day of February,
at public outcry and sell within point of beginning of the prop- 2020. This is to give notice to
legal hours (being between the erty herein described: all persons having claims
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF against said estate to Probate
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of BEGINNING run thence South and Register same with the
the County Courthouse of parallel with the West bound- Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
Lowndes County, located at ary of said Northwest Quarter County, Mississippi, within
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum- (NW1/4) of the Southeast ninety (90) days from the first
bus, MS 39701, to the highest Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of publication date of this Notice
and best bidder for cash or cer- 320.0 feet to a point; run to Creditors. A failure to so Pro-
tified funds the following de- thence East parallel with the bate and Register said claim
scribed property situated in South boundary of said Northw- will forever bar the same.
Lowndes County, State of Mis- est Quarter (NW1/4) of the
sissippi, to-wit: Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) a This the 28th day of February,
distance of 389.23 feet to a 2020.
Tract I: point; run thence South paral-
A lot or parcel of land located lel with the West boundary of /s/ Felicia West Elmore
in the Northwest Quarter said Northwest Quarter Felicia West Elmore, Co-Execut-
(NW1/4) of the Southeast (NW1/4) of the Southeast or
Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of
23, Township 18 South, Range 25.0 feet to a point; run thence /s/ Marcus Lance West
17 West, Lowndes County, Mis- West parallel with the South Marcus Lance West, Co-Execut-
sissippi, and being more partic- boundary of said Northwest or
ularly described as follows: Quarter (NW1/4) of the South-
east Quarter (SE1/4) a dis- Publish: 3/5, 3/12, &
Beginning at the Northwest tance of 389.23 feet to a 3/19/2020
corner of the Northwest Quarter point; run thence North paral-
(NW1/4) of the Southeast lel with the West boundary of
Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 23, said Northwest Quarter IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
Township 18 South, Range 17 (NW1/4) of the Southeast LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
West, Lowndes County, Missis- Quarter (SE1/4) a distance of SIPPI
sippi; thence East 19.3 feet; 25.0 feet to the initial point of
thence South parallel with the beginning, containing 0.2 IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
West boundary line of said acres, more or less. TATE OF MARY MAGDALENE
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of SMITH, DECEASED
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) I WILL CONVEY only such title
of Section 23, a distance of as vested in me as Substi- CAUSE NO.: 2020-0035-PDE
345.0 feet to the initial point of tuted Trustee.
this description; PATRICIA ANN SMITH
FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on MITCHELL, EXECUTRIX
BEGINNING, run thence East this 24th day of February,
parallel with the South bound- 2020. NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ary line of said North west
Quarter (NW1/4) of the South- Shapiro & Brown, LLC STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
east Quarter (S1/4) of said SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Section 23, a distance of
414.23 feet; thence South par- Shapiro & Brown, LLC Letters Testamentary have
allel with the West boundary 1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite been granted and issued to the
line of said Northwest Quarter B-202 undersigned upon the Estate of
(NW1/4) of the Southeast Flowood, MS 39232 Mary Magdalene Smith, de-
Quarter (SE1/4) of said Sec- (601) 981-9299 ceased, by the Chancery Court
tion 23, a distance of 105 feet; of Lowndes County, Missis-
thence West parallel with the 561 Mac Davis Road sippi, on the 11th day of March
South boundary line of said Columbus, MS 39702 2020. This is to give notice to
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of 20-025885 all persons having claims
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) against said estate to Probate
of said Section 23, a distance Publication Dates: February 27, and Register same with the
of 414. 23 feet to a point on March 5, 12 and 19, 2020 Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
the East right of way line of a County, Mississippi, within
public road known as McDavis ninety (90) days from the first
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or less, to the initial point of will forever bar the same.
this description and containing
1.0 acres, more or less. This the 16th day of March
2020.
Tract II:
A tract of land located in the /s/ Patricia Ann Smith
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of Mitchell, Executrix
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
of Section 23, Township 18
South, Range 17 West,
PUBLISH: 3/19, 3/26, &
4/2/2020
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
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Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
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
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and Register same with the
6B THURSDAY,
Chancery Clerk of MARCH
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Lowndes 19, 2020
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from the first
Legal Notices date of this Notice
publication
to Creditors. A failure to so Pro-
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 16th day of March
2020.
/s/ Patricia Ann Smith
Mitchell, Executrix
PUBLISH: 3/19, 3/26, &
4/2/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE: ESTATE OF MICHAEL
SESSUM, DECEASED
DEBBIE SESSUM GADDY, EX-
ECUTRIX
CAUSE NO.: 2020-0044-JNS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
MICAHEL SESSUM, Deceased,
by the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
on the 17th day of March, A.D.,
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to Probate
and Register same with the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from this date.
A failure to so Probate and Re-
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
This the 17th day of March
2020.
/s/ Debbie Sessum Gaddy WHEREAS, the undersigned,
Rubin Lublin, LLC has been ap-
DEBBIE SESSUM GADDY
pointed as Substitute Trustee; 3BR/1.5BA TOWNHOME @
and
PUBLISH: 3/19, 3/26, &
4/2/2020
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder
of said Deed of Trust, having
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF requested the undersigned so
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- to do, as Substitute Trustee or
SIPPI his duly appointed agent, by vir-
tue of the power, duty and au-
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING,
LLC PLAINTIFF
thority vested and imposed
upon said Substitute Trustee
shall, on April 9, 2020 within
V. the lawful hours of sale
between 11:00AM and 4:00PM
LARRY SMITH, MYKLE K. at the southeast front door of
SMITH, JUDY K. SMITH, DAISY Courthouse proceed to sell at
FLOWERS HAWKINS, SARAH public outcry to the highest and
FLOWERS SYKES, TOMMIE LEE best bidder for cash or certi-
FLOWER, Jr., a/k/a TOMMIE
fied funds ONLY, the following
LEE FLOWERS, Jr., EDDIE B.
described property situated in
SMITH, III, THE UNKNOWN Lowndes County, Mississippi,
HEIRS OF EDDIE B. SMITH,
SR., DECEASED, THE UN-
KNOWN HEIRS OF EDDIE B.
SMITH, JR., DECEASED, and
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
PEACH FLOWERS SMITH,
a/k/a PEACH FLOWER SMITH,
DECEASED DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 2020-0080F
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE 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
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-
erty:
Three (3) acres of land lying in
the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)
Section Two (2), Township 17
North, Range 16 East,
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
described as follows:
Beginning at the Southeast
Corner of the Southwest
Quarter (SW1/4), Southeast
Quarter (SE1/4), Section Two
(2), Township 17 North, Range
16 East, Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi; thence North along
the East line of said 1/4--1/4
Section, a distance of 498’ to
a stake; thence continue north
along the fence line a distance
of 1242.6’ to an iron pin, the
corner of the J.C. Perry lot and
also the point of beginning of
this three-acre lot; thence con-
tinuing North along the fence
line a distance of 578’ to a
stake; thence North 88 de-
grees 00’ West a distance of
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
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY
OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your response with the Clerk
of this Court within a reason-
able time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 18th day of
February, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
Lowndes County, Mississippi
BY: s/Tina Fisher
D.C.
(Seal)
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CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
TION 33, TOWNSHIP 18
historic district, 1 block 7am−6pm ACROSS
SOUTH, RANGE 17 WEST, For rates call
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- from downtown. ADS STARTING AT $12 662−386−8591
1 Wine valley
SIPPI, AND BEING DESIGNED $575/mo. + $575 dep. 5 Seine straddler
AS LOT 22, OF AN UNRECOR- NO PETS. 662−574−8789.
DED PLAT OF THE ERNEST MA- Peaceful & Quiet area.
Bargain Column 10 Make
ashamed
Need a new
SON PROPERTY. TOGETHER
WITH AND INCLUDING A PER- Ladies pink handle knife 12 Plain silly
PETUAL AND PERMANENT
EASEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF COLEMAN assisted open 440
stainless steel blade.
companion? 13 Like some
INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER RENTALS Says razor tactical on colognes
AND ACROSS THE PROPERTY
THEREFORE CONVEYED TO
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS handle, beautiful knife. 14 Joe of “The
$12. 662−244−5861 Irishman”
STEVE BRYANT FOR EASE-
MENT PURPOSES IN THAT
1 BEDROOM
15 Slalom ma-
WARRANT DEED DATED APRIL 2 BEDROOMS MK PORTABLE
17, 1971, AND RECORDED IN neuver
BOOK 434, AT PAGE 461, OF 3 BEDROOMS MASONARY & Tile saw,
$40. 662−251−3387. 16 “Golly!”
THE LAND RECORDS OF
LEASE, 18 Consider
© The Dispatch
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI. appropriate
DEPOSIT Rifle/shotgun carrying
case, has 3 large 20 Seine sum-
PROPERTY ADDRESS: The
street address of the property
AND equipment pockets on mer
is believed to be 201 MASON CREDIT CHECK side, new, never been
21 Boyfriend
DR E, COLUMBUS, MS 39702. used. $20. 662−244−
23 Roulette bet 46 Vaccine cheery
662-329-2323
In the event of any discrep- 5861.
24 Primary
When looking pioneer 24 Amber wine
ancy between this street ad-
dress and the legal description
Truck drivers knife has 26 Kisser 25 Appended
of the property, the legal de-
scription shall control.
2411 HWY 45 N picture of semi with trailer 28 Scoundrel DOWN 27 Take advan-
Title to the above described
COLUMBUS, MS
property is believed to be good, Commercial Property For Rent
and American flag on
handle. Has lock back
blade. Still in case. $8.
for a new pet, 29 Has dinner
31 Unmatched
1 New parents’
choices
tage of
28 Hooded
adoption is
32 Start a round
but I will convey only such title
as is vested in me as Substi-
662−244−5861. 2 Mistreat snakes
tute Trustee. FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR 36 Flowering 3 Out of style 30 Georgia
plant with a 4 Inquire airport code
always a
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft. WHIRLPOOL WASHER
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT-
ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
truck terminal, 9,500 sq. 2 cycle, works good, $100.
662−242−2766 or 662−
citrusy scent 5 Water bearer 33 Letter after
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 39 Spoil 6 Over again psi
good option.
office/shop. Buildings can 352−6371.
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. be rented together or 40 Contract 7 Bacon strips 34 Deadly
428 North Lamar Blvd, Suite
separately. All w/ excellent Farm Equipment & Supplies add-on 8 Spurs on 35 Candid
107 access & Hwy. 82 visibility. 41 Michelangelo 9 Confiscated 37 Top-rated
Oxford, MS 38655 662−327−9559. JOHN DEERE MODEL M
rlselaw.com/property-listing TRACTOR. A set of one row work 11 Health class 38 Geometry
Tel: (877) 813-0992 Houses For Rent: North 43 Stood topic calculation
Five Questions:
cultivators w/ hydraulic lift,
Fax: (404) 601-5846 has been repainted, looks 44 Heart, for one 17 Greek vowel 42 Auditing org.
HOUSE FOR RENT
PUBLISH: 03/12/2020, 2−3 Bedroom w/ 1.5 Bath
good & runs good, $3500. 45 Dancer’s 19 G-man’s org.
Call 662−436−2037.
03/19/2020, 03/26/2020, boss 22 Musically
1 Honey
Fenced in yard. $675.
04/02/2020 662−549−9555.
Furniture
Ask for Glenn or text.
bee
LIVING ROOM SET
Houses For Rent: New Hope
EMPLOYMENT
Loveseat & chaise for sale.
3 Bedroom/2 Bath House NEW!! $300.
w/ fenced back yard in 662−242−2884. Leave a
CALL US: 662-328-2424 New Hope. Renovation message.
2 Mascar-
currently underway w/ new
ceramic tile & wood floors,
General Help Wanted QUEEN MATTRESS and
pone
bathroom fixtures, kitchen boxspring with poster
CARPENTER NEEDED w/ at appliances & all new paint. headboard, $200.
least 4 yrs. of experience. $900.00. 917−324−3347. Call 662−242−2348.
Ideal candidate will have an
eye for detail, be depend-
Need fast cash?
3 $101
able, have good communic-
ation skills, reliable trans-
portation & basic tools. We
specialize in home remod-
els & new construction.
Call 662-570-9464 for info.
4 Eddie
OFFICE HELP NEEDED!
Murphy
Must know: Quickbooks,
Microsoft Excel, Purchas-
ing, Inventory & Sales.
Fax resume to
662-327-7004
5 1970s
or email to
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