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Residents
weigh in on The Lost Child Club
sidewalk plan Candlelight event set for tonight to honor
the memories of departed children
through city
survey
Starkville receives 500
responses in first week;
survey to close at end of
December
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

About a decade
ago, when Starkville
Mayor Lynn Spruill
was the city’s chief
administrative of-
ficer and Ward 2
Alderman Sandra
Sistrunk was serving
her first term, city Spruill
leaders wanted to
install “sidewalks to
nowhere.”
Spruill said she
still thinks the con-
cept was “foolish,”
but Sistrunk said it
has worked out for
the city. Sistrunk
“We continued to
try to build some with the idea that
they would, over time, knit togeth-
er and connect various parts of the
city, and it turns out that’s what’s Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
See SURVEY, 3A David and Pattie Little of Starkville lost their 18-year-old daughter, Lake, on July 6, 2019, in a plane crash in Ox-
ford. The Littles say they have relied on their Christian faith and reaching out to others who have lost children as
coping mechanisms since the tragic loss of their youngest child.

‘
Y
ou see that life will become a thing made of holes. Absences.
LCSD to hold Losses. Things that were there and are no longer. And you
realize, too, that you have to grow around and between the
virtual classes gaps, though you can put your hand out to where things were and feel
that tense, shining dullness of the space where the memories are.’
first week after — Helen Macdonald, “H is for Hawk”

holiday break SLIM SMITH

ssmith@cdispatch.com
time membership in a club no one
ever wants to be a part of.
who left too soon.
Both the Littles and the Demp-
seys plan to participate, they said.

D
Tonight at 7 p.m., The Compas-
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN wight and June Dempsey sionate Friends, an international As candles are lit tonight at 7
ialtman@cdispatch.com joined the club on Feb. non-profit organization dedicated p.m. local time, hundreds of thou-
8. David and Pattie Little to hope and healing for parents sands of people commemorate and
Students at Lown- arrived on July 6, 2019. Betty Clyde who have lost a child, will conduct a honor the memory of all children
des County School Sharp has been in the club for 25 worldwide candle-lighting cere- who have passed away.
District will attend years now. (Full disclosure: the mony. For the 24th year, the grief Now believed to be the largest
classes virtually reporter joined this club on Aug. 2, support group will unite family and mass candle lighting on the globe,
during the first week 2019). friends around the globe in lighting the ceremony will create a virtual
back after holiday They are but a few of the untold candles for one hour to honor the 24-hour wave of light as it moves
break, Superinten- thousands of people who have paid memories of the sons, daughters, from time zone to time zone.
dent Sam Allison told dues of unspeakable grief for a life- brothers, sisters and grandchildren See THE LOST CHILD CLUB, 5A
the school board at Allison
its Friday meeting.
See LCSD, 3A

LCSD board president, attorney leave masks off during school board meeting
Barksdale said he left mask off so attendees would date at all the schools.
However, those restric-
other board members, the
board secretary and Alli-
lengthy executive session
that ended the meeting,
understand him when he presided over meeting tions were not in place in
the boardroom, where
son.
Barksdale said he kept
during which the public
was asked to leave the
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN staff who reported testing day’s meeting that he does neither Board President his mask lowered while room so the board could
ialtman@cdispatch.com positive for COVID-19 at not believe the virus is Robert Barksdale nor presiding over the public discuss several student
Lowndes County School spreading through class- Board Attorney Jeff Smith part of Friday’s meeting and personnel matters.
At the end of a week District, Superintendent rooms due to the use of wore masks during the so that meeting attendees “I just didn’t have one
that saw a decrease in the Sam Allison reported to plastic dividers between public meeting, despite could hear him. He said on when I was up there
number of students and the school board at Fri- students and a mask man- sitting within six feet of he wore it throughout the See MASKS, 3A

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Pre-K, Annunciation a.m.-1 p.m. at board of trustees
presidential election to Emmanuel Macron, in 2017?

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Clay County family first in longterm 4-County

project to connect some members to internet
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
4-County Electric Power As-
sociation has provided its first
family with broadband internet
access, according to a 4-County
press release.
On Friday, Mary Shannon
and her family became the first
customers of FASTnet, 4-Coun-
ty’s new subsidiary company,
when technicians connected the
Shannons’ Clay County home
with a high-speed broadband
signal.
“We’re very excited about be-
ing the first customers and get-
ting the high speed internet,”
Shannon said in the release.
“We haven’t had good internet
service for a long time, and
we’re really excited about get-
ting it.”
The Friday event — which
also saw a brief ceremony and
refreshments at the Shannons’
home — is the beginning of
4-County’s plan to connect
homes throughout rural parts
of Clay, Noxubee and Choctaw
counties. 4-County members
previously voted to amend the
cooperative’s Certification of In-
corporation so the co-op could
provide members with internet
access in addition to electric
power.
The project is funded through
a grant from Mississippi Elec-
tric Cooperatives Broadband
COVID-19 Grant Program, es-
tablished by the state Legisla-
ture in July, which is giving $65
million to cooperatives through-
out the state to start connecting
members to broadband, the
release says. Each cooperative
can use up to $6 million, and
4-County is matching the grant
with $7 million of its own funds
to begin connecting homes.
“This is a monumental day
for 4-County and its members,”
4-County CEO Brian Clark said
in the release. “We’re really hap-
py for the Shannon family and
for all those members we plan to
connect in the months and years
ahead. 4-County is entering a
new area of service. But, like al-
ways, we’re prepared to deliver.”
Officials stressed in the
press release that, because of
the specifications of the grant,
not all members will be able to
get broadband through FAST-
net initially.
Members with questions
can contact 4-County officials
at 800-431-1544 or via email at
broadband@4county.org.

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden election victory

Trump had called lawsuit ‘the big one’ it “has not demonstrated
a judicially cognizable
the authority to turn away
lawsuits between states,
olution of the lawsuit.
Trump complained
Three Trump appoin-
tees sit on the high court.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS allowing Trump to serve interest in the manner in said they would have that “within a flash,” the In his push to get the
another four years in the which another State con- heard Texas’ complaint. lawsuit was “thrown out most recent of his nom-
WASHINGTON — White House. ducts its elections.” But they would not have and gone, without even inees, Justice Amy Co-
The Supreme Court has In a brief order, the Justices Samuel Alito done as Texas wanted — looking at the many rea- ney Barrett, confirmed
rejected a lawsuit backed court said Texas does and Clarence Thomas, setting aside those four sons it was brought. A quickly, Trump said she
by President Donald not have the legal right to who have said previously states’ 62 electoral votes Rigged Election, fight would be needed for any
Trump to overturn Joe sue those states because the court does not have for Biden — pending res- on!” post-election lawsuits.
Biden’s election victory,
ending a desperate at-
tempt to get legal issues
rejected by state and
federal judges before the
nation’s highest court and
subvert the will of voters.
Trump bemoaned
the decision late Friday,
tweeting: “The Supreme
Court really let us down.
No Wisdom, No Cour-
age!”
The high court’s or-
der earlier Friday was a
stark repudiation of a le-
gal claim that was widely
regarded as dubious, yet
embraced by the presi-
dent, 19 Republican state
attorneys general and 126
House Republicans.
Trump had insisted
the court would find the
“wisdom” and “courage”
to adopt his baseless posi-
tion that the election was
the product of widespread
fraud and should be over-
turned. But the nation’s
highest court emphatical-
ly disagreed.
Friday’s order marked
the second time this
week that the court had
rebuffed Republican re-
quests that it get involved
in the 2020 election out-
come and reject the vot-
ers’ choice, as expressed
in an election regarded
by both Republican and
Democratic officials as
free and fair. The justices
turned away an appeal
from Pennsylvania Re-
publicans on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Elec-
toral College meets to for-
mally elect Biden as the
next president.
Trump had called the
lawsuit filed by Texas
against Georgia, Mich-
igan, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin “the big one”
that would end with the
Supreme Court undoing
Biden’s substantial Elec-
toral College majority and

Senate sends Trump

defense bill he has
vowed to veto
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The
Senate on Friday approved
a wide-ranging defense
policy bill, sending it to
President Donald Trump,
despite his threat to veto
the bill because it does not
clamp down on big tech
companies he claims were
biased during the election.
The 84-13 vote mir-
rored an earlier, over-
whelming margin in the
House, suggesting that
both chambers have
enough votes to override a
potential veto.
The Senate vote had
been expected Thursday
but was delayed after Re-
publican Sen. Rand Paul
of Kentucky objected to
the measure, saying it
could limit Trump’s ability
to draw down U.S. troops
from Afghanistan and
Germany.
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Survey
Continued from Page 1A
happened,” Sistrunk said.
“This term, it’s been sur-
prising and refreshing to
see neighborhoods and
parts of town that are in-
terested in having that
connectivity.”
The Parks and Recre-
ation department is con-
ducting a survey asking
residents how often they
use the city’s parks, side-
walks and bicycle paths,
how accessible they are
and what the city could
do to improve them. The
data from the survey will
help city officials create
a master plan for future
sidewalks, bike paths and
other pedestrian infra-
structure.
Both the city and the
Greater Starkville De-
velopment Partnership
posted links to the survey
Dec. 4 on both Twitter and
Facebook so residents can
access and fill out the sur-
vey.
Starkville received a
grant of about $50,000,
part of the National Rec-
reation and Park Associ-
ation’s 10-Minute Walk
Grant program, in Septem-
ber 2019 to fund both the
study and the master plan.
The NRPA periodically
awards 10-Minute Walk
Grant money to 10 com-
munities throughout the
United States “in support
of city planning and policy
efforts that help increase
access to high-quality,
close-to-home parks and
public green space,” ac-
cording to the press re-
lease announcing the 10
recipients that included
Starkville.
The city had initially
planned to conduct a more
in-depth study earlier this
year, but the COVID-19
pandemic delayed it, Parks
and Recreation Executive
Director Brandon Doherty
said. The NRPA offered
Starkville an extension of
the time allowed to con-
duct the study and create
the master plan, with a
deadline of March. The
city will most likely close
the survey at the end of
December, Doherty said.
The survey has had
about 500 responses in
the week since the city
released it, to Spruill’s sur-
prise.
“I’m delighted that peo-
ple are interested enough,
are paying attention and
are willing to let us know
what they think,” Spruill
said. “That’s one of the
real successes of our walk-
ing paths and biking trails
and that sort of thing, that
people care and are start-
ing to notice and want to
talk about them and par-
ticipate in the planning.”
Spruill and Doherty
both said they hope for a
couple hundred more re-
sponses.
“We want to make sure
it’s a very wide spectrum
of responses so it’s not
concentrated in one age
group or demographic,”
Doherty said.
City officials have not
yet looked at the respons-
es to the survey.
‘We’re trying to
bring the community
together’
Spruill said sidewalks
are one of the city’s top
priorities, and Sistrunk
said she has seen foot traf-
fic increase significantly
throughout the city over
the past several years.
“(The sidewalk) on
South Louisville Street,
south of Highway 12,
I’m surprised constantly
by how much it’s used,”
Sistrunk said. “Everything
from high school students,
moms with babies and
people who have been to
the Dollar General.”
Sidewalks are often
used as necessary trans-
portation rather than just
recreation. Some areas re-
ceive so many pedestrians
that a path has been worn
into the ground, such as
the side of Highway 12
next to the westbound
lane outside Green Oaks,
before the city put down a
sidewalk there last year.
The board of alder-
men will authorize Ala-
bama-based H&H Con-
struction and Excavation,
via the consent agenda
at Tuesday’s meeting, to
extend a sidewalk on the
west side of Stark Road,
north to the intersection
with GT Thames Drive.
The $10,277 for the project
will come from bond mon-
ey the city has set aside for
sidewalks.
The city’s goals for
sidewalk and bike path
improvements go hand-in-
hand with its street main-
tenance and improvement
goals, Spruill and Doherty
both said. City Engineer
Edward Kemp presented a
street maintenance policy
to the board in October,
with the roads that receive
the most traffic set to re-
ceive maintenance first.
Doherty said the city
hopes to create more out-
door opportunities for cit-
izens in general.
“We’re trying to bring
the community together
with family and friends,
and these types of things
are critical for the develop-
ment of the city,” he said.

Masks
Continued from Page 1A
talking, because people can’t under-
stand what I say,” Barksdale said.
“... I wore my mask in and I took my
mask off when I was talking. When
I was in executive session, I had
a mask on, and when I left I had a
mask on.”
Smith, however, walked into
the boardroom before the meet-
ing started wearing a mask. As he
walked to the board table, he took it
off, saying he “brought this in case
(Dispatch reporter) Slim Smith was
here.”
He then put the mask in his
pocket and sat next to Allison
throughout the entirety of the pub-
lic meeting.
Slim Smith covered the school
board’s Oct. 9 meeting during
which Jeff Smith also didn’t wear his
mask. The Dispatch subsequently
criticized Jeff Smith’s action with
a “thorn” in the Oct. 11 Roses and
Thorns section of the opinion page.
Since October, Lowndes Coun-
ty has been added to a list of more
than 60 counties in the state under
a mask mandate per an executive
order by Gov. Tate Reeves, mean-
ing citizens are legally required to
wear masks in public.
Cases have been growing in
Lowndes County — which has seen
more than 3,000 cases since the
start of the pandemic — and the
state, which saw more than 2,000
new cases a day on Dec. 3, Dec. 4
and Wednesday.
Barksdale said “it possibly
could” be the board’s place to in-
struct others at public meetings to
wear their masks. He said he could
not say why Smith or anyone else
did not wear a mask.
Other board members present,
as well as district personnel and
media present, all wore masks.
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Lowndes County School District
Board President Robert Barksdale
presides over the school board’s
meeting at the district’s central
offices Friday, while Board Attorney
Jeff Smith sits next to him. Neither
Barksdale nor Smith wore masks
throughout the public meeting,
though Barksdale said he wore his
mask during the meeting’s execu-
tive session and when he entered
and left the building. He said he
left it off in the public part of the
meeting so attendees could hear
him speak.

LCSD
Continued from Page 1A
The break begins on
Dec. 21, and classes start
back on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
However, Allison said, stu-
dents will not actually re-
turn to campus until Jan.
11. That way, he said, if
any students are exposed
to or contract COVID-19
during Christmas, New
Year’s or other holiday
celebrations and gather-
ings, they will not imme-
diately return to school
and be around teachers
and other students.
“It just gives us a good
10 days between the New
Year’s (holiday and the
start of school),” Allison
told The Dispatch Friday
after the board meeting.
LCSD has seen an un-
usually high number of
students and staff con-
tract the virus, with 37
cases reported the week
after Thanksgiving. Al-
lison told board mem-
bers that he believes the
majority of those cases
were from people getting
together after Thanks-
giving and said several of
the staff and students who
tested positive did not
even return to campus be-
fore getting their results.
This past week, Alli-
son reported, there had
been 22 positive cases in
the district reported as of
the start of Friday’s board
meeting at 12:30 p.m.
— a significantly lower
number than just after
Thanksgiving.
Allison reiterated that
he doesn’t believe the vi-
rus is spreading through
classrooms. He said there
are plastic dividers be-
tween students, that staff
and students are all re-
quired to wear masks and
that there is at least four
feet of distance between
students.
In answer to a question
from board member Jane
Kilgore, he said the virtu-
al classes would include
students in pre-K and
self-contained special ed-
ucation classrooms.
One of the frustrations
for Allison has been the
number of students who
never tested positive who
still had to be quarantined
because of exposure to the
virus. He said he hopes by
putting a 10-day buffer
between holidays and the
start of in-person classes, is under a mask mandate
the district will limit the per an executive order by
number of students who Gov. Tate Reeves. Cas-
have to be quarantined. es have been growing in
“We’re hoping that that Lowndes County, which
will help keep cases out has seen more than 3,000
of the building,” he told cases since the start of
the board. “The thing the pandemic, and the
about it, and I was on state, which saw more
(State Health Officer) Dr. than 2,000 new cases a
(Thomas) Dobbs’ call this day on Dec. 3, Dec. 4 and
morning, and you hear Wednesday.
across the state, we’re
not seeing close contacts
in the classroom. There
are some cases, but for
the most part those peo-
ple that are close contact
in the classroom, it’s not
spreading, because we’re
wearing masks in the
classroom.”
He also told the board
the district changed its
quarantine policies from
14 days to 10 days after
exposure to COVID-19,
per a change of guidelines
from the Mississippi State
Department of Health,
which followed a change
in guidelines from the
Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention.
Lowndes County is one
of more than 60 counties
throughout the state that

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Peel Funeral Home of arrangements. Northington Markam lings, Helen Culpepper at Cornerstone Wor-
and Crematory, Col- Mrs. Dean was and the late Grady of Maben, Jessie John- ship Center. Lowndes
lege Street location is born May 12, 1935, in Burleson. He attend- son of South Fulton, Funeral Home of Co-
in charge of arrange- Friendship, Alabama, ed New Hope School Tennessee, Frank John- lumbus is in charge of
ments. to the late Jackson Lo- and was a graduate of son of Trenton, Tennes- arrangements.
Mrs. Adair was born renzo and Ina Wilkins Caldwell and MUW. He see, Walter Johnson of Mr. Handley was
June 5, 1923, to the late Shelton. was formerly employed Jackson, Tennessee, Le- born Sept. 30, 1961, in
J.E. Sanders and Pearl In addition to her with Mississippi State roy Johnson of Verona Columbus, to Barbara
and Eddie Johnson of
Loftis Sanders. She parents, she was pre- University. Sue Peacock Hand-
was a member of First ceded in death by her In addition to his Humboldt Tennessee; ley and the late Carl
United Presbyterian husband, Harlan Bruce mother, he is sur- and 24 grandchildren. Dean Handley. He was
Church. Dean; and siblings, Bir- vived by his children, formerly employed as
In addition to her teen Edwards, Mozelle Amanda Burleson of Mary Colvin the owner and operator
parents, she was pre- Langston, Edna Plym- Hattiesburg and Grady COLUMBUS — of Precision Frame
ceded in death by her an, Betty Dean, Inelle Clay of New Hope; and Mary Colvin, 92, died and Body and attended
husband, Elton Adair; McGee, Alvin Shelton, brother, Terry Burleson Dec. 11, 2020, at the Cornerstone Worship
and siblings, Arnett Bobby Shelton, Shorty of North Carolina. Windsor Place. Center.
Sanders and Irma Shelton, Joe Shelton, Arrangements are In addition to his
Sanders. Eugene Shelton and Willie Johnson incomplete and will be father, he was preceded
She is survived by Roland Shelton. STARKVILLE — announced by Carter’s in death by his sister,
her children, Mike She is survived by Willie Earl Johnson, 76, Funeral Services of Bonnie York; and one
Adair, Pat Adair and her children, Dianne died Dec. Columbus. grandchild.
Scott Adair; eight Lacey, Deborah Pugh, 6, 2020, in In addition to his
grandchildren; and Darleane Spain and Tupelo. Christopher Handley mother; he is survived
three great-grandchil- Cindy Corbett. Grave- STEENS — Christo- by his wife, Gina Han-
dren. Pallbearers will be side pher Handley, 59, died dley; daughter, Kristy
Memorials may be Johnny Dean, Jona- services Dec. 11, 2020. Sansing; brother, Ray
made to the Trinity
than Gann, David Hill, will be at Funeral services will Handley; and one
Healthcare Family Hayes Plyman, Dale 11 a.m. be at 2 p.m. Saturday, grandchild.
Group, 230 Airline Shelton and Allan Ott. Monday, Johnson

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Lawson McDavid
LOWNDES COUN-
TY — Lawson McDa-
vid, 38, died Dec. 3,
2020.
Graveside services
are at 1 p.m. today,
in Beulah Grove Full
Gospel Baptist Church
of Artesia, with Annie
Hines-Goode offici-
ating. Van Hoose and
Steele Funeral Services
of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. McDavid was
born July 27, 1982, in
Artesia, to L.C. McDa-
vid and the late Shef-
ford Jean McDavid.
In addition to his
father, he was preceded
in death by his sister,
Yotashia Bailey.
Nelda Bozeman
SULLIGENT, Ala. —
Nelda Lois Bozeman,
83, died Dec. 9, 2020, at
her residence.
Funeral services
were at 11 a.m. Satur-
day, at Otts Funeral
Home, with Arnold
Sheets and Edward
Puckett officiating.
Visitation was one
hour prior to services.
Otts Funeral Home of
Sulligent was in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Bozeman was
Elma Turner
Road, Columbus, MS, in Josey
39702. Mary Elizabeth Creek Cemetery. Visi-
Campbell tation is from 2-5 p.m.
Mavis Egger COLUMBUS — today, at West Memo- Elma Jean Turner, 75, of
SULLIGENT, Ala. Mary Elizabeth Camp- rial Funeral Home. Steens, MS passed away
— Mavis Jean Egger, bell, 83, died Dec. 11, West Memorial Funeral Thursday, December 10, 2020,
76, died Dec. 8, 2020, at peacefully at her residence.
2020, at Baptist Memo- Home of Starkville is
North Mississippi Med- A graveside service will be
rial Hospital-Golden in charge of arrange-
ical Center of Tupelo. Sunday, December 13, 2020,
Triangle. ments.
Funeral services A private family He is survived by his at 1:30 PM at Providence
were at 2 p.m. Saturday, Methodist Cemetery, Maben,
service will be held. wife, Verlene Johnson;
at Union Chapel Baptist Memorial Gunter Peel children, Vicky White MS with Morris James
Church, with B.J. Mills officiating and Lowndes
Funeral Home and Cre- Wallick, Ronald Walter,
officiating. Burial fol- matory, College Street Rona Ann Walter, Ora Funeral Home Columbus, MS
lowed in New Prospect directing. A visitation will be held 30 minutes
location is in charge of Ware, Walter Collins
Cemetery. Visitation and Charles Walter; before service.
arrangements.
was from 12:30 p.m. stepchildren, Keis- Mrs. Turner was born on July 25, 1945, in Pell
Mrs. Campbell was
until time of service. ha Warren, Sharron City, AL to the late Buster and Stella Brown.
born Sept. 23, 1937,in
Otts Funeral Home of Jordan, Likim Jordan, She graduated from Leeds High School in 1963.
Columbus, to the late
Sulligent was in charge Mrs. Turner retired after 30 years of real estate
David and Thelma LaMarcus Jordan and
of arrangements. in Columbus, MS. Mrs. Turner was married to
Perkins Steger. She was Derrick Jordan; sib-
Mrs. Egger was born Kyrk Turner for over 56 years. She enjoyed being
formerly employed as a
Dec. 27, 1946, in Lamar a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. Her favorite
homemaker.
County, Alabama, to times were spent a Lake Lorgan Martin with
In addition to her
the late Clifton East- family and friends.
parents, she was pre-
mand and Mary Lou In addition to her parents, Mrs. Turner is
ceded in death by her preceded in death by her sisters, Betty Maxwell
Seaborn. She was a son Steve Allen Camp-
graduate of Sulligent and Joan Overstreet.
bell. Mrs. Turner is survived by her husband, Kyrk
High School and was She is survived by
formerly employed with Turner, JR.; daughters, Tami (Rodger) Jinks of
her husband, Kenneth Columbus, MS and Tina (David) Berryhill of
First State Bank. She Campbell, Sr.; children,
was a member of Union Thelma Christine
Hamilton, MS; grandchildren, Devi (J.P) Moon,
Chapel Baptist Church. Josh and Brett Perry, James Allen Williamson,
Kemp of Hamilton and Zakk (Michelle) Berryhill, Nikk Berryhill,
In addition to her Kenneth Campbell Jr.
parents, she was of Caledonia; sister, Anne Adair Courtney (Blaine) Melancon, Katie and Jacob
preceded in death by Graveside Services: Berryhill; great-grandchildren, Kara, Lucas,
Linda Gerhart of Foley, Sunday, Dec. 13 • 2 PM and Kahlan Berryhill, John Turner Moon, and
her son, Christopher Alabama; and three Friendship Cemetery
Egger; and sister, Linda College St. Location Connor Berryhill.
grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Zakk Berryhill, Nikk
Eastman.
She is survived by Charlie Upton Berryhill, Jacob Berryhill, Josh Perry, Brett
her husband, Johnny Gerry Burleson Incomplete Perry and James Allen Williamson.
Lee Egger; children, COLUMBUS —Ger- 2nd Ave. N. Location Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Sharon Johnson and ry Burleson, 50, died Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis,
Dec. 8, 2020 at Baptist Mary Elizabeth TN 38105.
Deloris Barns both of
Sulligent; five grand- Memorial Hospi- Campbell Compliments of
children; and one tal-Golden Triangle. Incomplete
College St. Location
Lowndes Funeral Home
A private family ser- www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
great-grandchild.
vice will be held. Lown-

born Oct. 26, 1937, in
Tishomingo, to the late
James Monroe Phillips
and Lilly Mae Knight.
She attended Mary D.
Bradford High School
and was formerly
employed with OMC
Boats.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
sister.
She is survived by
her husband, James
J. Bozeman; children,
Janie Johnson of Man-
tachie, Judy Starling
of Panama City Beach,
Florida, Brenda Hed-
rick of Fulton, Linda
Stegall of Indiana,
Sherry Bozeman of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Pam Sheffield of Pana-
ma City Beach, Florida,
Lisa Stegall Pugh of
Nettleton, Bethanie
McAbee of Hamilton,
Bobby Stegall of Fulton
and Keith Bozeman
of Bedford, Texas; 21
grandchildren; and 12
great-grandchildren.
Anne Adair
COLUMBUS —
Anne S. Adair, 97, died
Dec. 10, 2020, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital
Golden-Triangle.
Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. today,
in Friendship Ceme-
tery. Memorial Gunter
cdispatch.com
des Funeral Home of
Royal Mayfield Columbus is in charge
COLUMBUS — of arrangements.
Royal R. Mayfield, 61,
died Dec. 10, 2020, at
born Dec. 18, 1969, in
Baptist Memorial Hos- Columbus, to Doris
pital-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Sally Authier
COLUMBUS — Sara
Virginia “Sally” Auth-
ier, 84, died Dec. 12,
2020, at her residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Memori-
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North
location.
Doris Dean
MILLPORT, Ala. —
Doris Nadine Dean, 85,
died Dec. 11, 2020, at
North Mississippi Med-
ical Center of Hamilton,
Alabama.
A private family
service will be at 11
a.m. Monday, at Dow-
dle Funeral Home,
with Luke Bozeman
and Larry Shelton
officiating. Graveside
services for family and
friends will follow in
Macedonia Cemetery.
Dowdle Funeral Home
of Millport is in charge
Sue Stock
memorialgunterpeel.com
Mr. Burleson was
Sue Barron Watson Stock,
92, died peacefully, surrounded
with the love of her devoted
family and steadfast caregivers,
at her home in The Orchard in
Ridgeland, MS on Tuesday,
November 24, 2020.
She was born on November
6, 1928. She attended Crystal
Springs High School and
graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s
College in Lynchburg, VA where she was awarded
a Phi Beta Kappa Key. After graduation she
worked briefly as a reporter on The Lexington
Advertiser in Lexington, MS where she met
her husband, Henri P. Watson, Jr. They lived
in Lexington sixteen years before moving to
Jackson, MS with their four children. In Jackson,
Sue earned her Master’s Degree in English
Literature from Mississippi College.
Sue was a member of the Gallery League, the
Symphony League, and the Great Books Study
Club. She was a faithful communicant of St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, MS.
In 1982, Sue married George Stock who
farmed near Hollandale. They lived in Greenville
where Sue was an enthusiastic member of the
Garden Horticulture Committee and taught an
adult Sunday school class along with her friend,
Jo Ann Nye.
Sue later moved back home to Jackson. She is
preceded in death by her parents, James Nelson
Barron and Mary Newton Barron.
Survivors include son, Phillip Watson of
West Chester, PA; son, Jim Watson and his
wife Carol Bibler of Kalispell, MT; daughter,
Virginia Watson Griffee and her husband Mark
of Memphis, TN; son, Paul Watson and his wife
Vanessa of Madison, MS; five grandchildren;
step-son, Christopher Watson of Ridgeland,
MS; and her brother, John Barron and his wife
Meredith of Columbus, MS.
A Memorial Service will be held at a later
date at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral.
Arrangements are in the care of Sebrell Funeral
Home.
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The Lost Child Club
Continued from Page 1A
‘When one
person is missing
the whole world
seems empty.’
— Pat Schweibert,
“Tear Soup: A Recipe
for Healing After
Loss”
It’s been 11 months
since Dwight Dempsey of
Starkville lost the elder of
his two sons, Dylan, to an
accidental death. He was
only 22 years old.
There are times when
the emotions are as pow-
erful, as raw and over-
whelming as they were on
that life-altering February
day.
“Yesterday was one
of those days,” Dempsey
said Friday. “My son
was on my mind so bad.
You cry when a leaf falls.
There’s no reason. It just
happens.”
It’s been almost a year
and a half since Lake
Little, 18, died in a plane
crash in Oxford.
“I talk to her all the
time,” said Pattie Little,
her mom, who lives in
Starkville. “I’ll be going
through the house and
see her picture and find
myself talking to her. I’ll
ask her opinion about
something I’m thinking
about doing, just some
small thing. I know she’s
not here, but I feel her
presence.”
Sharp, who lives in Co-
lumbus, lost her 29-year-
old son Dudley Hutchin-
son 25 years ago.
“It’s always with you,
no matter how long it’s
been,” she
said. “I’ve
lost two
husbands
and two
stepsons,
too. Losing
a child is
something Sharp
you just
don’t get
over, but you can get
through it.”
Twenty-one years ago,
Dempsey also lost his
19-year-old sister to lupus.
Even as he struggled
with the pain of that loss,
he remembers vividly
the effect it had on his
parents.
“After seeing what my
parents went through,
I always said to myself,
‘Man, I hope I don’t have
to go through that. I don’t
think I can do it,’” he said.
“Now, here I am.”
The question for the
Littles and Dempseys and
so many others: How?
“You’re going to grieve
your child the rest of your
life,” said David Little,
who serves as Starkville
Ward 3 alderman. “I
figured that out pretty
quick.”
Even so, David and Pat-
tie believe they’ve made
progress over the past
year and a half, something
they attribute to a combi-
nation of relying on their
faith and the support of
Dylan Dempsey, his mom June Dempsey, father Dwight
Dempsey and brother Dalton Dempsey pause for a
photo during one of Dalton’s track meets at Missis-
sippi College last year. Dylan Dempsey, 22, died Feb.
8. Tonight, the Dempseys will be among thousands of
people worldwide who will participate in a candle-light-
ing ceremony to honor the memories of children who
have passed away.
the community.
“I’ve felt closer to the
Lord than I ever have,”
David said. “I’ve en-
grossed myself in scrip-
tures, seeking answers
and comfort and seeking
God’s grace.”
Likewise, the support
from the community has
been essential in their
journey.
“The community has
just been amazing,” Pattie
said. “It may be someone
just dropping by to visit
a little while, a card or a
message. I can’t tell you
how many times things
like that have happened
just at the moment I need-
ed it.”
It’s much the same
with the Dempseys.
“There are two things
that have helped the
most,” Dempsey said.
“One of them has been all
the friends we have. The
day they found out about
Dylan, our driveway was
full of people. It wasn’t just
those first couple of days,
either. It was constant.
Both June and I have had
so much support.
“The other thing has
been David and Pattie,”
he added. “They’ve been
wonderful through this
whole thing. It’s still fresh
with them, and they’ve
guided and helped us so
much. David is so good
about sending a verse or a
passage that almost every
time seems to deal with
what I’m going through
right at that moment.”
‘I see people, as
they approach me,
trying to make
up their minds
whether they’ll ‘say
something about
it’ or not. I hate if
they do, and if they
don’t.’
— C.S. Lewis,
“A Grief Observed”
In the months since the
deaths of their children,
the Littles and the Demp-
seys have noticed that it
is sometimes difficult for
friends to know how to
approach them.
Their advice: Don’t be
reluctant to bring up the
subject.
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don’t have to explain
anything. You get it. You
understand it in a way
that people who have
never gone through it
can’t.”
‘There was no
sudden, striking,
and emotional
Courtesy photo/Dempsey Family
transition. Like the
warming of a room
or the coming of
daylight. When
you first notice (the
changes) they have
already been going
“A lot of people don’t
on for some time.’
feel comfortable,” David — C.S. Lewis, about
said. “Some are scared how grief changes
to mention her name or over time, in “A Grief
tell a story they remem- Observed”
ber about Lake. But
that’s exactly what we
want to hear. Make us Few can know the
laugh. Share a memory. grief of loss much better
Don’t be afraid.” than Sharp, who’s lost
Dempsey said there is five family members.
something almost like a “When something
paralysis when encoun- like this happens, you’re
tering people at times. going to think, ‘How
“You can see the ex- can life have meaning?’’’
pression on their faces,” Sharp said. “I asked that
he said. “They are want- question myself. When
ing to say something, but my son died, he was
they are afraid to upset 29 years old. He had a
you. But we want people son who was less than 2
to acknowledge it. Don’t years old, and his wife
avoid it. Sometimes, all was pregnant. I had been
you need to do is give a
widowed, and I knew she
hug. That opens the door
needed all the love and
for us. We may feel like
support she could get.
talking about it. There
That gave me a purpose.
are times that’s what we
need. Other times, it’s I knew what I had to do
just that little acknowl- was to be strong for her.”
edgement and that’s all Sharp said what
that’s needed.” remains, all these years
later, are the memories.
“I’m 80 now, and I can
tell you that memories
‘Shared joy is a are what life is made of,”
double joy; shared she said. “Losing a child,
that’s the worst kind
sorrow is half of pain. It takes time,
sorrow.’ years, but someday,
—Swedish Proverb what you will have are
memories, wonderful
memories.”
Both families say that
the most special com-
forts come from people
who have had that
shared experience and
that sharing their own
grief is therapeutic for
them as well.
The Littles are not
only members of the
club — they are active
members.
“Really, it’s what gives
me the most joy now,”
Pattie Little said.
“We’ve had so many
people reach out to
us, so if we can help
someone else going
through what we’ve gone
through, we want to do
it,” she added. “When
you’re new to it, you’re
just lost. We understand
that and it’s helped us,
too, just to be there sup-
porting them, sharing
what we know.”
Dempsey agreed.
“When you help
somebody who is going
through the same thing
you’re going through,
it helps you both,”
Dempsey said. “You
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PARTIAL TO HOME
Small-town boys
One of the plea-
sures of living near
downtown is the
variety of options
the walker has just
outside his or her
front door, i.e. The
Riverwalk and/or
soccer park, MUW
campus, Friendship
Cemetery. And so it
was Tuesday after-
noon I set out in the Birney Imes
general direction of
the river.
On this day, catty-corner to
the old Marble Works building
on South Fourth Street, Linda
Harris was stringing up Christ- magazine about his explora-
mas lights in her front yard.
Linda’s son, Monta (pro-
nounced “Montay”), a boxer,
used to have a speed bag in
the back and it wasn’t uncom-
mon to pass by and hear the
rat-a-tat-tat of his leather bag.
Monta now lives out Highway
69 and still teaches boxing, his it had been a city sidewalk. We
mother said.
On South Second Street at
the railroad tracks ornithol-
ogist Paul Mack, binoculars
around his neck, was headed
home after making his daily
birding circuit of Friendship
Cemetery.
Mack said he’d
identified more
than 30 species in
the cemetery. “Not
bad for this time of
year.”
After visiting
with Paul, I turned
west toward the
trestle. There are
other trestles in our
area, but “the tres-
tle” is the railroad
crossing just below
Carrier Lodge.
Billy Hairston beautifully
evokes this setting in a piece
he wrote for “Catfish Alley”
tions with James, a boyhood
friend who lived here beside
the river.
“We knew the fields and
forests, the swamps and
sloughs, the gravel bars. We
crossed the railroad trestle
with no more concern than if
sat on the middle pier and shot
bottles and sticks with our .22s
while trains rumbled by above
us. …
“James and me, and the Riv-
er, we were a ‘one-of-a-kind,’ a
unique confluence in time and
space. We won’t be back.”
To the east, the reddish-gold light of the
waning sun imprinted the shadow of the old
graffiti-covered bridge onto the wall of trees
clinging to the bank.
I’d been thinking about an-
other “one-of-a-kind” country
boy, who died last week, one
who had a childhood similar to
the one Billy describes.
By the time he was 6,
according to his obituary in
the New York Times, Chuck
Yeager was roaming the hills
of his native West Virginia
shooting rabbits and squirrels
for his family’s dinner table.
Yeager, who died at 97,
was the first pilot to break the
sound barrier, a deed celebrat-
ed in the movie of Tom Wolfe’s
book “The Right Stuff.” Yea-
ger, as it happens, was a hero
several times over.
Straight out of high school,
he enlisted in the Air Force
where he was made a mechan-
ic. Despite having thrown up
on his first flight in an airplane,
Yeager applied to become a pi-
lot. As he later wrote, because
he noticed the pilots were the
ones with the pretty girls and
clean hands.
As time would show, his
savant-like sense of the capa-
bilities of the machine he was
flying and his coolness under
pressure eminently qualified
him for the job.
Yeager shipped out to En-
gland in 1943 and not long af-
ter was shot down over France.
With the help of the French
resistance, a wounded Yeager
assisting a fellow aviator, also
wounded, hiked over the Pyre-
nees into neutral Spain.
Ordinarily, downed pilots
were not allowed back into
combat, but Yeager persisted,
all the way up the chain of
command to Supreme Allied
Commander Dwight Eisen-
hower.
On Oct. 12, 1944, Yeager,
leading three fighter squad-
rons over Bremen, Germany,
shot down five German planes
becoming an ace in one day. A
month later he shot down four
planes in one day.
Later in life, Yeager bristled
at questions about “having the
right stuff,” the implication be-
ing his ability was something
he was born with.
“All I know,” Yeager said, “is
I worked my tail off learning
how to fly and worked hard at
it all the way. If there is such a
thing as the right stuff in pilot-
ing, then it is experience. The
secret to my success was that
somehow I always managed to
live to fly another day.”
Ten minutes after leaving
Paul, I was standing on Billy’s
trestle above the middle pier.
The surface of the river was
smooth as a mirror, its current
barely perceptible in the water
below. To the east, the red-
dish-gold light of the waning
sun imprinted the shadow of
the old graffiti-covered bridge
onto the wall of trees clinging
to the bank.
A faint breeze, seemingly
without direction, whispered
through the leaves of the
white-barked sycamores.
Birney Imes (birney@
cdispatch.com) is the former
publisher of The Dispatch.

OUR VIEW ASK RUFUS

Roses and thorns Watercolor Memories

I
A rose to Main Street Colum-
bus for making sure a cancelled
Christmas event doesn’t go entire-
ly for naught. Main Street Direc-
tor Barbara Bigelow announced
that shoppers in downtown
Columbus have an opportunity to win one of
two grand prizes totaling $1,000 in gift certif-
icates. It starts with picking up a “Passport to
Whoville” at any of 16 participating downtown
businesses. The passport project was originally
to be part of a Dec. 4 “Grinch Fest in Whoville”
event. The fest, however, was canceled due to
rising COVID-19 concerns. We applaud Main
Street’s efforts to encourage residents to do
their shopping in our locally-owned downtown
businesses.
A rose to 4-County Electric
Power Association for its decision
to allow public access to its wifi
hotspot from its parking lot on
South Frontage Road just east the
Highway 793 (airport) exit. For
those without access to high-speed internet, es-
pecially students, access through 4-County pro-
vides an important service. The decision comes
after 4-County announced its plans to provide
broadband service to its 48,000-plus customers
in September. 4-County CEO Brian Clark said
4-County hopes to extend the free access to
other areas as well. We applaud 4-County for its
decision to share this important resource with
the public.
A thorn to District 1 Supervi-
sor Harry Sanders who attended
the Dec. 7 supervisors meeting
despite being aware that he may
have been exposed to COVID-19
from fellow supervisor John
Holliman. Sanders had lunch with Holliman on
Friday prior to the meeting. Holliman tested
positive for the coronavirus Saturday and did
not attend Monday’s meeting. Sanders said he
did not feel compelled to stay away from the
meeting because both men wore masks and
maintained six-feet of social distancing during
the lunch. It is important to remember, howev-
er, that both measures are precautions and do
not prevent transmission of the virus. At a time
when the virus is eclipsing records for numbers
of cases and deaths, this was not a chance worth
taking. Sanders should have either skipped the
meeting or participated via phone, something
many local governments have been doing since
the pandemic started. Now is not the time to be
lax on guarding against the virus.
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recently
pur-
chased
a watercol-
or at the
Colum-
bus Arts
Council’s
gift shop at
the Rosenz-
weig Arts
Center.
It was of Rufus Ward
the gullies
at Allison’s Wells by the late Dr.
Mary Evelyn Stringer, a long-time
art professor at MUW. Allison’s
Wells was an old resort located
nine miles north of Canton which
was established in the 1870s and
burned in 1963. From 1948 until
1963, every late spring, summer,
and early fall there were gath-
erings of the Allison Art Colony
which usually included MSCW
(MUW) art department faculty
and students.
The art colony’s beginnings
were described by Hosford La-
timer Fontaine in “Allison’s Wells,
The Last Mississippi Spa”: “The
birth of The Allison Art Colony
was in 1948 when Leigh Latimer
was walking in the rose garden
with John and Hosford Fontaine
and Mildred and Karl Wolf, and
Leigh exclaimed ‘Wouldn’t this be
a grand place for an art colony’.”
So began the Allison Art Colony
which within a few years under the
leadership of noted Jackson artist
Karl Wolfe, gained a national repu-
tation and in 1949 was the subject
of a Sunday feature in the New
York Times. Courtesy photo
The colony included faculty and “Clay Monolith” a watercolor painted during the 1950s by the late Dr Mary
students from colleges across the Evelyn Stringer, a long time MUW art professor and former instructor at the
south including the University of Allison Art Colony. Many a game of capture the flag was once played in the
Florida, Newcomb College, LSU, gullies around that monolith.
Washington University, Georgia taine wrote that Hudson, Stringer, located just across Way Road from
Tech, Ole Miss, the W and a num- Summer, and the students who the old resort site. A popular camp
ber of others. came with them “brought fresh- game was “capture the flag” and
A real “moving force” when ness and gaiety” to the colony. for many years it was played in the
the colony was beginning was (The Art and Design Department gullies.
Dr. Ralph Hudson, the head of building on the W campus was I recognized the “Clay Mono-
MSCW’s Art and Design Depart- designed by Hudson in 1960 and lith” of Dr. Stringer’s painting as a
ment. For about 12 years, art is now Summer Hall and the Ralph pinnacle deep in the gullies around
students from the W attended Hudson Art Gallery.) whose base a flag had sometime
Allison Art Colony weekends un- When I saw the watercolor by been placed during a rousing game
der Hudson and faculty members Dr. Stringer, I immediately rec- of capture the flag. It is not only a
Mary Evelyn Stringer and Eugenia ognized it as being the gullies at beautiful watercolor but brought
Summer. According to Hudson al- Allison’s Wells. Behind the site back grand memories of sum-
most 200 W art students attended where Allison’s Wells once stood is mers of 25 years ago. The gullies
sessions of the Allison Art Colony. a series of deep gullies. They run gradually became overgrown with
The contribution of the W along the north facing high ground vegetation and the game moved to
instructors to the art colony was overlooking the Big Black River better locations, but memories of
more than just teaching. Stringer bottom. A picturesque scene, they the gullies remain.
and Summer served as mentors to became the subject of drawings The gallery gift shop at the
the students and often contributed and paintings by artists at the art Rosenzweig Arts Center has many
paintings to colony fund raisers. In colony. fascinating and beautiful works by
1954, noted colony artists Karl and My memories of the gullies, local artists and craftsmen for sale.
Mildred Wolfe, Caroline Compton, which are located on the property It is well worth a Christmas shop-
Andrew Bucci, Marie Hull, and the of the Episcopal Diocese of Mis- ping visit there. Who knows, you
W’s Mary Evelyn Stringer gave sissippi, have nothing to do with might even stumble across your
paintings that were the grand door the art colony. For over 20 years own memories brought back to life
prizes at the art colony’s “Artists I served on the staff of Episcopal by a local artist.
and Models Fancy Ball.” Mrs. Fon- Camp Bratton-Green which is Rufus Ward is a local historian.
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start of classes A grassroots

from Jan. 6
until Jan. 11
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Christmas
C
iting an abundance of
caution, Mississippi State
University announced that
the start of Spring 2021 semester
classes will be slightly postponed
from Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to
Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, as MSU
continues to monitor the impacts
of COVID-19 on public health and
safety.
“As we’ve repeatedly said, our
primary responsibility is to safe-
guard our students, faculty, and
staff during this health crisis,” said
MSU Executive Vice President
and Provost David R. Shaw. “At
this juncture, as COVID-19 is now
a growing threat in Mississippi,
this course of action is prudent and
provides us the best opportunity
to make the transitions necessary
to most effectively balance our ed-
ucational responsibilities as well.
We know that with New Year’s Eve
celebrations there is the possibility
of additional exposures and infec-
tions; this delay will allow time for
infections to run their course prior
to students’ return to campus.”
This action is in keeping with
guidance received from the Missis-
sippi Board of Trustees of Institu-
tions of Higher Learning, the U.S. Tess Vribin/Dispatch Staff
Centers for Disease Control and Ashton Hayes, right, walks into a photo of a photo of the Clements family of New Hope — from left, Bridges, Jodi,
Prevention, and the Mississippi Gaines and Justin — taken by Darian Brown, second from left, on Thursday at a Christmas lights display outside
State Department of Health. the New Hope Community Center. Ashton, 3, is the daughter of Anna Douglas Brown, left.
Classes are scheduled to
resume on Monday, Jan. 11, but
MSU will continue to monitor
this situation in the coming days.
Community volunteers start growing
Students, faculty, staff and their
families should monitor the
msstate.edu website, MSU social
a new tradition in New Hope
media accounts and their email for BY JAN SWOOPE
updated information. jswoope@cdispatch.com
In the Spring Semester 2021,

MSU will revert to the attendance
policy outlined in AOP 12.09.
However, recognizing the potential
for more absences due to illness, if
a student is experiencing COVID
symptoms or is in quarantine,
requiring at least two consecutive
absences, the student must provide
documentation from either the
Dean of Students or the Longest
Student Health Center.
Updates are available at https://
www.msstate.edu/newsroom/
article/2020/02/msu-monitor-
ing-coronavirus. Questions can
be addressed to custserv@opa.
msstate.edu.
MSU Libraries receives
Janice Cleary Sheet
Music Collection,
becomes one of
largest sheet music
repositories in the U.S.
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
R
honda Dye got the electrician’s
call Monday evening. Every-
thing necessary to power up
a Christmas display she and fellow
volunteers had erected outside the
New Hope Community Center was
completed. She didn’t waste any time.
Dye and her husband, Richard, drove
the short distance to the site. She
flipped the switch, then felt a relieved
thrill as all the LED lights and spots
came on, illuminating the scene
before her. A 40-foot-long shimmer-
ing “tunnel” of arches glowed. The
10-foot Christmas tree twinkled with
multi-colored bulbs. Two friendly
inflatable polar bears filled with air.
The nearby open-air pavilion dripped
with icicle lights. And at the center of
it all, a nativity scene.
After taking in the sight for a
while, the Dyes turned to go home,
leaving the display lit for all to see.
“That first night after we turned
it on, we were walk-
ing to the car and a
zumba class was just
getting out nearby,”
recalled Dye. Unseen
by the participants, she
overheard the group’s
oohs, aahs and happy
Courtesy photo
During a Dec. 5 workday to put up a Christmas display at the New
exclamations.
“Just listening to it,
Dye
Hope Community Center, Jessica Tackett and Rhonda Dye look over a
spruce tree newly planted by the Lowndes Recreation Department. The I thought this is almost like a Secret
Santa thing. This is cool.”

M
fast-growing evergreen will be part of what is expected to become an
ississippi State University annual holiday attraction. See NEW HOPE, 8A
Libraries is significantly
expanding its printed mu-
sic resources and becoming one of
the largest sheet music repositories
in the country with the donation
of the Janice Cleary Sheet Music
Collection. IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER

Looking back at a ‘natural’ Christmas

A resident of Omaha, Nebraska,
Cleary assembled one of the largest
sheet music collections in the Unit-

ed States, spanning over 175 years
and containing nearly 50,000 pieces
featuring a wide variety of compos-
ers including George Gershwin,
Eubie Blake, Charles L. Johnson,
Cole Porter, Henry Mancini, Jerry
Herman and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
For many years, MSU has pos-
sessed the Charles H. Templeton
Sr. Sheet Music Collection with
over 20,000 sheets of show tunes,
ragtime and popular music dated
as early as the 1860s. Like the late
Templeton, Cleary especially loves
the ragtime genre.
“Adding a collection of this
magnitude and significance to the
See MUSIC COLLECTION, 8A
S
ounds worse staring sullenly they were originals. Among spiky round sweetgum balls,
than it was, into hand-held the different creations were long thin trumpet creeper
but while screens, thumbs hard-tack flour-and-salt cook- seed pods, little wild gourds,
making natu- being their only ie ornaments and garlands of pecans, acorns, pine cones,
ralistic holiday moving parts. chains made from glued rings colorful bits of lichens, shiny
decorations from Making our of colorful strips of craft green magnolia leaves with
garden gleanings own Christmas paper. their furry brown backs, and
I took off a minor tree decorations Did I mention this was way carefully-snipped bits of holly
part of my face. was a boring-day before the internet, when we and berries.
Started out activity put into only got a handful of black- Like Rumpelstiltskin
as a nostalgic play by my mom, and-white TV channels? weaving golden garments
throwback to the Felder Rushing who worked tire- Mom would have us forage from common straw, we
not-so-glorious lessly at keeping for whatever materials we coaxed those materials into
days of my youth, four restless could scavenge from both our ornaments using rough jute
attempting something like kids occupied during wintry yard and across the street string, craft paint, fast-dry-
anyone with one too many holidays. What we made in my great-grandmother’s ing white glue, and, in those
kids bouncing off the walls or weren’t great, mind you, but naturalistic garden. Think See FELDER, 8A
8A SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020
New Hope
Continued from Page 7A
Mission accomplished
for the community
members who decided
everyone needed a dose
of cheer in a season that
was losing its Christmas
parades, parties and
pageants to a global
pandemic.
“Usually our church
has a Christmas expe-
rience,
something
for families
to bring
the kids to,
but due to
COVID-19
regulations,
we weren’t Tackett
able to put
that on,” said volunteer
Jessica Tackett. She and
Dye both attend New
Journey Church in New
Hope. “We still wanted
to do something for the
community to be able to
enjoy, something to bring
people together, but in a
safe manner.”
When Dye suggested
an outdoor attraction, the
brainstorming began.
“It just took some
people saying this is what
we want to do, and we’re
going to make it happen,”
Tackett said. “And if
Rhonda gets something
on her mind, she’s going
to make sure it’s going to
get done.”
Dye remarked, “I re-
alized a bunch of things
were being canceled, and
we wanted people to be
able to enjoy a little bit of
Christmas, not to have
2020 be a complete wash.
So much has been taken
away.”
Between mid-No-
vember and the official
opening of the display
Felder
Continued from Page 7A
pre-environmental days,
colorful glitter. I suspect
some of that glitter is still
floating around.
Anyway, during last
week’s MPB radio broad-
cast I was reminiscing
during this abundance of
spare time about delving
into recreating some of
the craftsy holiday décor
from my childhood. I
was enthralled with a
cute ornament made by
Shelly Battista, a Master
Gardener friend from
Crystal Springs — a long,
skinny Santa face painted
on a dried okra pod. Said
I’d love to make some
myself, and fished aloud
for more ideas.
During the broadcast I
received a listener’s email
with a photo of her favor-
ite homemade creations
which were other-worldly
stars made from sweet-
gum balls with toothpicks
glued into the seed holes,
spray painted, then dust-
ed with glitter.
Inspired, I set about
making some nature-craft
things along these lines,
which involved a lot of
suspicious-looking walk-
ing around the neighbor-
hood looking for fodder,
Music collection
Continued from Page 7A
library will not only great-
ly expand the holdings of
the library but also the
type of research that can
be conducted here,” said
MSU Libraries Associate
Dean Stephen Cunetto.
“This collection will be
used for years to come
by musicologists, artists
interested in sheet music
covers and those studying
the influences music has
on society.”
Internationally
renowned pianist, rag-
time entertainer and
seven-year Templeton
Ragtime and Jazz Festi-
val artistic director Jeff
Barnhart encouraged the
Cleary family to donate
their extensive collection
to MSU after Cleary’s son
Jim reached out seeking a
new home for it.
As Barnhart recounts,
“Janice Cleary, who is still
with us at the age of 95,
Aubree Jordan, 7, and Abel Snyder, 2, of New Hope play
in a winter display after a socially distant tree lighting
on Thursday at the New Hope Community Center.
held Thursday evening,
complete with hot choc-
olate and refreshments,
Dye, Tackett and a band
of other volunteers got
the job done, first coordi-
nating with the Lowndes
Recreation Department
for permission to put the
display up at the walking
track at the community
center. Recreation Man-
ager Roger Short was
quickly on board.
“I said I would love
for them to do it,” Short
said. “A
group came
to me and
wanted to
start doing
a tradition.”
Short even
arranged
for a 10-foot Short
Arizona
spruce tree to be planted
for the purpose.
“It’s a fast-growing
evergreen; it’ll be a great
Christmas tree. It’ll grow
and be there for them
to use every year,” said
Short.
In addition to Short
and the Recreation De-
partment, the coalition
making the first annual
display a reality included
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
You might be surprised
at the ornaments you can
fashion from nature’s gifts.
and risking my health
trekking to a hobby store
for supplies.
First thing up was
something my kids and
I put together one year
for holiday presents, a
“gourdian angel” made
from a pair of angel wings
cut from thin tin with tabs
inserted into slits oppo-
site each other in a dried
gourd. Later I built a gum-
ball tree from a twiggy
branch off a thorny shrub
— in my case a hardy
citrus tree, but a twiggy
crape myrtle branch
would work — and
stood it up in a clay
pot, and festooned the
stickers with red and
couldn’t read a stitch of
music but enjoyed the way
her collection brought
people together to per-
form, listen to and enjoy
pieces found therein. She
also wanted to be sure
her collection would be
shared by as many people
as possible into perpetu-
ity,” he said.
Barnhart’s encourage-
ment to the family was
due to his knowledge
of the care and effort
the university gives to
preserving and providing
access to its holdings.
MSU has received much
recognition for preserv-
ing physical pieces of the
Templeton Collection and
making them available
digitally.
“Mrs. Cleary did a
fantastic job of preserving
the collection, and we
look forward to exploring
it more in the days to
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year with help from the
community, so people
can come see it and get
in the Christmas spirit.”
Dye has returned to
the display many nights
since Monday, often
sitting in her vehicle in
the parking lot, enjoying
seeing others smile.
“Once there were like
six teenagers; they were
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff taking pictures, doing
Tik Tok and just having a
blast, and I’ve seen other
families come out and
Robert and MaryAnn take family pictures. ...
Benton of Military It’s amazing. Words can’t
Hardware, who donated describe how happy it
or provided materials at makes me to see people
cost, Chad Weldon and happy. This was a labor
Chris Weathers of Wel- of love.”
don Electric, Kevin Conn Editor’s note: The
with Conn Construction, display at the New Home
Rexel Southern Electric, Community Center at
New Journey Church and 381 Stadium Road will be
other volunteers who illuminated every night
contributed skills and through at least New
time. Year’s Eve.
“All these people
donated to this project,
and without them we
could not have made this
possible,” Tackett said.
The vision is that the
display will become larg-
er every year and be an
anticipated annual event.
Dye noted, “We want
to get the community
involved. My vision is
maybe next year others
will want to add to it — it
could be the Y, or the
Boys and Girls Club, a
school group, or maybe
a family who wants to set
up something.”
“We started this and
hope in years to come to
grow it year after year,”
added Tackett. “This is
just a start. We want to
have more lights and
more inflatables each
green gumdrops. Cheesy,
sure; but ... yeah.
I made little trees and
stars from twigs, wove
mini-wreaths from vines
and berries, sprinkled
glitter over Elmer’s Glue
designs squeezed onto
magnolia leaves, and
hot glue gunned acorns,
tiny pinecones and frilly
lichens onto everything.
It was that latter trick
that led to my accident.
Not-so-funnily, my inex-
perience with a hot glue
gun led me to acciden-
tally get clear molten
glop on a finger, which I
instinctively stuck in my
mouth to cool off. And it
stuck to my procheilon
— that little fleshy bump
some of us have on the
bottom middle of our up-
per lip. Which promptly
stuck fast onto my glued
fingertip.
I couldn’t sip hot coffee
for days, but could still
smile at my retro-rustic
creations.
Felder Rushing is a
Mississippi author, colum-
nist, and host of the Gestalt
Gardener on MPB Think
Radio. Email gardening
questions to rushing-
felder@yahoo.com.
come,” said Cunetto. He
said the Cleary collection
will be housed in Mitchell
Memorial Library’s Spe-
cial Collections.
Cleary’s love for rag-
time began when her late
husband John took her to
the movie “Alexander’s
Ragtime Band.” Years
later, the Clearys heard
touring Robert Darch,
nicknamed “Ragtime
Bob,” play his ragtime
special at a local hotel
lounge in Omaha, Ne-
braska. Darch, a native of
southwest Missouri, was
an original ragtime musi-
cian who helped estab-
lish one of the country’s
first ragtime festivals.
Cleary discussed sheet
music with Darch, and he
encouraged her to start a
collection.
For more on MSU
Libraries collections, visit
library.msstate.edu.
Sports
COMMENTARY
Hodge: Anemic offense holds Bulldogs back from upset
STARKVILLE — In the last two con-
tests previous to Saturday’s matchup
with Auburn, Mississippi State built a bit
of goodwill from its fanbase by playing
exciting, tightly contested games while
shorthanded
against Ole Miss
and Georgia,
even if both were
losing efforts.
That narra-
tive tried to sur-
vive for a third
straight game, as
MSU coach Mike
Leach said the
Bulldogs were Garrick Hodge
below the 53-
man threshold
once again following his team’s 24-10
loss to Auburn. Alas, even in what was
a one-possession game for most of the
night, fans in Davis Wade Stadium and
those watching on TV would probably
tell you they watched paint dry.
Despite loss,
Arnett keeps
proving worth
for Dawgs
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE —
Zach Arnett stepped off
the sideline and flexed
toward his oncoming de-
fense.
Having stopped Au-
burn on one of its two
fourth-down attempts in
Saturday’s 24-10 loss to
the Tigers in Starkville
midway through the
second quarter, Arnett’s
energy along the MSU
bench in that split sec-
ond and throughout the
contest offered a further
glimpse into the Bull-
dogs’ gruff-talking defen-
sive coordinator whose
unit continues to over-
achieve.
“This is a bold state-
ment, but he’s probably
the best defensive coor-
dinator I’ve had,” senior
linebacker Erroll Thomp-
son said of Arnett.
On paper, Saturday
stood to be a coming out
party of sorts for long
See ARNETT, 3B
Stewart scores
32, but MSU
men fall to
Dayton in 2OT
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
A career-high 32
points from D.J. Stewart
and an acrobatic play by
Iverson Molinar at the
end of regulation weren’t
enough for Mississippi
State to leave Atlanta
with a statement victory
over Dayton on Saturday.
In a tightly contested
affair on a neutral court,
the Bulldogs made 9 of 22
free throws for a putrid
charity stripe shooting
percentage of 40 percent
that proved to be the
difference in their 85-82
double-overtime loss to
the Flyers.
“It’s gut-wrenching
to lose shooting 9-for-22
from the foul line,” MSU
coach Ben Howland said
in a postgame interview.
“Three of them were on
the front end of a one-
and-one. Any time you
miss the front end of a
one-and-one, that’s two
points you’re missing out
on.”
After Dayton made a
pair of free throws with
5 seconds left in regula-
tion to take a two-point
lead, Molinar went coast
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SECTION
The first half was reserved for kick-
ers only, with both teams combining
to go 2 of 15 on third down en route to
three combined field goals. Auburn’s of-
fense was such a mess it saw a running
back run into a receiver on a play when
the guard is pulling, Bo Nix scrambling
for his life every play because the offen-
sive line couldn’t block anybody and so
much misdirection it almost looks like
the offense itself was confused. Nix also
didn’t complete a single pass in the third
quarter, either.
Nevertheless, MSU couldn’t take
advantage of an opposing signal caller
who finished with 125 passing yards on
32 attempts. Leach, an offensive-mind-
ed coach, saw his air raid limited to less
than 300 total yards for the fifth time in
nine games and averaged a paltry 3.6
yards per play.
His team will finish the regular sea- Photo by Jared Thomas
son with no more than three wins. Freshman wide receiver Jaden Walley (31) was a rare bright spot for the Bulldogs
In his postgame interview, Leach again in Saturday’s game against Auburn. The D’Iberville High School product caught
eight passes against the Tigers to set the freshman single-season receiving record
See HODGE, 3B at Mississippi State. Walley eclipsed Mardye McDole’s mark Saturday.
AUBURN 24, MISSISSIPPI STATE 10
Tiger tamed: Auburn downs Mississippi
State on senior night in Starkville
Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics
Auburn’s Colby Wooden (25) brings down Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers (2) during Saturday’s game at Davis Wade Stadium.
BY BEN PORTNOY quarterback Will Rogers was it found production in freshman back. Following another Bigs-
bportnoy@cdispatch.com forced to scramble side to side receiver Jaden Walley. Walley, by 24-yard rush — part of his
or step up in the pocket as the who broke Mardye McDole’s 26-carry, 192-yard night — Bo
STARKVILLE — For nearly dismal offensive line play of single-game freshman receiv- Nix shook an MSU defender out
50 minutes Saturday, Mississip- weeks past returned. When ing record in the Egg Bowl two of his shoes and scampered into
pi State defensive coordinator Rogers was able to find time, weeks ago, snatched McDole’s the end zone for the night’s final
Zach Arnett’s unit held firm Geor’quarius Spivey, Cameron freshman single-season receiv- score.
against an Auburn offense that
Gardner and the revolving door ing record against the Tigers as “Me personally, I think it’s
converted just five of 16 on third
of Bulldog receivers not named he caught eight passes for 100 just a hat tip to them,” senior line-
downs on the night.
Jaden Walley mistimed jumps, yards. backer Erroll Thompson said of
But facing third-and-16 from
cut too slowly out of their breaks After trading four field goals how Bigsby was able to find so
the MSU 32-yard line, ma-
or just flat out dropped balls that and one miss by MSU kicker many holes. “I feel like they did
ligned Tiger quarterback Bo
would’ve given MSU a sem- Brandon Ruiz, Nix’s pass to Wil- a lot of great things, schemed up
Nix snapped the Bulldog de-
blance of rhythm. liams gave Auburn the big play it a lot of great things.”
fense like a toothpick as he hit
And then there were the pen- had misfired on throughout Sat- Following a two-point conver-
Seth Williams over the top for
alties. Auburn and MSU com- urday’s contest and a 13-point sion connection between Nix
a game-clinching touchdown
bined for 10 flags — including lead with 10:03 remaining. and Ze’Vian Capers to push the
in the front right corner of the
two unsportsmanlike conduct With the door seemingly final margin to 14 points, Wil-
north end zone at Davis Wade
fouls, a kick-catch interference slammed shut, Bulldog fresh- liams danced around the back
Stadium to give Auburn a 24-10
and a roughing the kicker call man receiver Lideatrick “Tulu” edge of the south end zone trad-
win in Starkville.
— and 125 yards in the game’s Griffin barked back with a ing verbal jabs with the MSU
“We’ve just got to make the
opening half. speedy 65-yard kickoff return fans gathered in the lower level
plays that are expected of us,”
Tiger defensive back Ladari- to set up MSU at the Auburn 30- boxes at the foot of Scott Field.
junior receiver Austin Wil-
us Tennison also saw one of the yard line. Following two incom- For a team that showed fight
liams said. “The regular plays,
more egregious hits of the night pletions and a heady 13-yard in near misses against Georgia
you don’t have to do anything
initially called targeting over- scramble on third down, Rogers and Ole Miss in recent weeks,
extraordinary. We had some
turned, much to the chagrin of found Williams wide open over Leach’s squad fell short of the
opportunities tonight. We just
those inside Davis Wade Stadi- the middle to bring the Bull- necessary bite needed Satur-
need to click better and execute
um and the keyboard cowboys dogs back within six. day.
— each person on the field, me
watching from home. As MSU pulled back within “I’m sure Will’s got a couple
included, everyone.”
“If you give me $10,000, I’ll striking distance, Auburn run- throws he’d like to have over
After two weeks of relative
offensive aptitude against No. give you the best explanation ning back Tank Bigsby blud- again,” he said. “Some of those
9 Georgia and Ole Miss, MSU in your entire life,” head coach geoned the Bulldog defensive were a combination of protec-
promptly fell back to earth in Mike Leach said in jest post- front on back-to-back runs of tion and routes clearing and
Saturday’s first half. game. 15 yards — the latter of which things like that. We’ve just got
Snap after snap during the For what MSU lacked in true he dragged a gaggle of maroon to fight through it and improve
opening 30 minutes, freshman offensive consistency Saturday, and white clad defenders on his as a team.”
2B SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020
Columbus girls hold off Starkville; Jackets boys beat Falcons
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — In
the closing minutes of Fri-
day’s game at Starkville
High School, Columbus
girls basketball coach
Yvonne Hairston cast
a glimpse at the score-
board.
Hairston took stock
of the Yellow Jackets’
growing second-half foul
count, of the dwindling
time left. She issued her
instructions to her team:
continue getting to the
basket, draw whistles and
“stick” as many foul shots
as possible.
Senior point guard DJ
Jackson and the Falcons
listened.
Jackson made all 13
of her attempts from the
charity stripe, including
eight in the fourth quar-
ter, as Columbus (5-2)
fended off a late Starkville
comeback for a 49-40 road
win on Friday night.
“It was just a good
feeling,” Hairston said.
“When the pressure was
on, they made their free
throws.”
Jackson, who finished
with 23 points, said her
clutch performance from
the stripe “lifted a big
weight” off her shoulders
in addition to giving the
Falcons a big road win.
But with the heavy em-
phasis Columbus’ guards
place on making their foul
shots, Jackson had no dif-
ficulty Friday.
“I’m just able to get up
there and knock it down
every time I’m on the
line,” she said.
Her ability to do so was
critical in a game in which
Starkville (3-2) made a
furious fourth-quarter
comeback. Trailing by 14
points to begin the period,
the Yellow Jackets cut the
lead to 43-40 on a layup
from Louisiana-Monroe
commit Amaya Ford with
exactly a minute left. But
after a timeout, Jackson
was fouled and made
both free throws, and
Starkville’s Jada Odneal
missed a 3-pointer. The
Jackets never scored
again.
Still, Starkville coach
Kristie Williams said, her
team’s late-game perfor-
mance was encouraging
for its contests to come,
including a quick turn-
around Saturday against
Brandon. The Jackets
won that game 46-40.
“Fourth quarter, we
looked like a brand new
team, but we didn’t do it
the first three quarters,”
Williams said.
After Ford scored
eight of Starkville’s first
10 points to pace the Jack-
ets to a 15-10 lead eight
minutes in, the home
team suddenly went cold.
Starkville scored just
eight points in the next
two quarters, including a
mere three in the second
period.
“You can’t win games
when you only score
three points in a quarter,”
Williams said. “You have
to put together more good
quality effort when you go
out and try to score.”
A stout Columbus de-
fense made that plenty dif-
ficult Friday. The Falcons
kept their hands out on
defense per their coach’s
instruction, tightened up
on shooters and kept Ford
out of the paint. In doing
so, they forced several
turnovers that led to fast-
break layups as part of a
25-5 Columbus run.
“That was big for us,”
Jackson said of the take-
aways. “That just comes
with being aggressive
and in control.”
Columbus — playing
with a full roster for the
first time this season
thanks to injuries and
COVID-19 contact trac-
ing — hosts West Lown-
des on Tuesday. They’ll
go into the contest with
the momentum of Fri-
day’s rivalry win.
“It was good for us to
just step up,” Hairston
said.
Starkville boys 52,
Columbus 43
After Starkville High
School sophomore Makhi
Myles missed his second
straight free throw in the
fourth quarter Friday,
Jackets teammate Coltie
Young outjumped Colum-
bus senior Steve Turner
and tapped in a putback
layup.
Young then raced back
to the other end of the
floor and leapt to block
Turner’s attempt at a
layup of his own.
In just two posses-
sions, the Starkville
senior had embodied —
albeit in reverse order —
what his team strives to
do every game, the three
words written in black
stencil lettering on the
back of their gray warm-
up T-shirts: DEFEND
AND REBOUND.
“We did just that to-
night: defending and
rebounding,” Starkville
assistant Ed Townsel said
after the Jackets (6-0) fin-
ished off a 52-43 win over
the Falcons (4-3).
Starkville, ranked No.
1 in the state by Max-
Preps, hardly played a
pretty game Friday but
locked down on defense
in order to secure the vic-
tory.
“We couldn’t make
shots,” Townsel said.
“We couldn’t make free
throws. But the good
thing is, we guarded the
whole game. … That’s
what won us the game to-
night.”
The Jackets pulled
away from the Falcons
in the fourth quarter af-
ter leading just 36-35
through three. Young
said Starkville was well
aware it wasn’t playing
up to potential and that
something had to change.
“We just had to pick up
our game and play harder
in the second half,” Young
said.
An alley-oop from se-
nior guard Eric Green
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to Myles and a 3-ball by
Kylan Baggett pushed
Starkville’s lead to six,
and a late and-one by
Keyvon Pearson solidi-
fied the outcome.
Myles, seeing playing
time in the frontcourt
with Jamarvious Phillips
and Jacob Reese both
out Friday, impressed in
his time on the floor. He
finished with 13 points to
lead the Jackets.
“I think he was really
prepared for it,” Townsel
said. “He’s getting better
and better as he plays,
stronger and stronger as
he plays.”
The sophomore even
tried to throw down a
slam dunk early in the
contest to the astonish-
ment of the home bench.
“At the beginning,
when he tried to dunk it,
that surprised us,” Town-
sel said. “That’s the first
time we’ve seen that.”
Young, Pearson and
Green each had 10 points
for Starkville. Blake Bur-
nett led Columbus with 18
points, and Willie Young
added 11.
Falcons coach Phil-
lip Morris said his team
delivered an “OK perfor-
mance” without key con-
tributors Tre Dismuke
(strained MCL) and
Ethan Conner. Columbus
held Starkville to just one
made 3-pointer on what
Townsel called “no tell-
ing” how many attempts.
“We were down two
starters, but I think with
the guys we had, we did a
good job,” Morris said.
Other scores
Prep Girls Basket-
ball
Starkville 46, Brandon
40
BRANDON — The
Starkville girls beat Bran-
don 46-40 in Saturday’s
road game.
Amaya Ford had 20
points and six rebounds
for the Jackets.
Starkville will next
play Friday at the Tupelo
Classic.
Amory 48, New Hope
46, OT, Friday
NEW HOPE — The
New Hope girls lost to
Amory 48-46 in overtime
in Friday’s home game.
Reed McGlothin had
15 points to lead the Tro-
jans. Anna Prince had 13,
and Taylor Brownlee had
eight.
New Hope’s next game
is at home Friday against
Itawamba Agricultural.
Hartfield Academy 56,
Starkville Academy 39
FLOWOOD — The
Starkville Academy girls
were defeated 56-39 by
Hartfield Academy in Sat-
urday’s road game.
Lillee Alpe scored 12
points for the Volunteers.
Starkville Academy’s
next game is Tuesday
against Winston Acade-
my.
Indianola Academy 47,
Oak Hill Academy 44, Fri-
day CALEDONIA — Jarvis field Academy 39-38 on
WEST POINT — The Leigh hit two free throws Saturday in Flowood.
Oak Hill Academy girls with 1.5 seconds to go, The Vols rebounded
were edged 47-44 by Indi- giving the Caledonia boys from a 33-18 deficit to out-
anola Academy on Friday a 45-43 win over South score the Hawks 21-5 in
in West Point. Pontotoc at home Friday. the fourth quarter.
Mary Beth Briggs Leigh was the Cava- Jawon Yarbrough had
led the Raiders with 16 liers’ leading scorer with 13 points for Starkville
points. Sara Nash and 20 points as Caledonia Academy.
Carley Wooten each improved to 1-1 in district
scored 12. play. Prep Girls Soccer
Oak Hill’s next game is The Cavs will play at Tupelo 3, Caledonia 0,
Thursday at home against Itawamba Agricultural on Friday
Central Holmes Chris- Tuesday in Fulton.
tian. Prep Boys Soccer
Oak Hill Academy 47, Starkville 4, South Pa-
South Pontotoc 62, Indianola Academy 24, nola 1, Friday
Caledonia 31, Friday Friday STARKVILLE — The
WEST POINT — The Starkville boys soccer
Prep Boys Basket- Oak Hill boys beat Indi- team beat South Pano-
ball anola 47-24 in Friday’s la 4-1 in Friday’s home
Starkville 73, Brandon home game. match.
67, 4 OT Cameron Dill had 19 Dominique Bush had
BRANDON — It took points and eight rebounds a hat trick for the Yellow
four overtimes, but the for the Raiders. Jackets, and Ethan Pull-
Starkville boys beat Bran- iam added a goal.
don 73-67 in quadruple Starkville Academy 39, Starkville’s next match
overtime in Saturday’s Hartfield Academy 38 is Tuesday at Kosciusko.
road game. FLOWOOD — The
Eric Green had 30 Starkville Academy boys Grenada 7, Columbus
points for the Yellow Jack- came back to beat Hart- 0, Friday
ets.
New Hope 71, Corinth
56
BIGGERSVILLE —
The New Hope boys beat
Corinth 71-56 on Satur-
day at the BIGG Classic at
Biggersville High School.
Caleb Parr led the Tro-
jans with 20 points. Eric
Caldwell had 19, LJ Hack-
man had 12, Ty Crowell
had 10, and Jorden Ed-
wards had nine.
New Hope 75, Amory
51, Friday
NEW HOPE — The
Trojans also used a big
first half to beat Amory
75-51 in Friday’s home
game.
The Trojans led the
Panthers 47-23 at the half
en route to the big win.
Hackman led New
Hope with 22 points. Parr
had 14, Edwards had 12,
and Carson Latham had
nine.
Caledonia 45, South
Pontotoc 43, Friday
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Bulldog Bullets: MSU can’t muster enough offense to get past Auburn
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Well,
$21 million reasons might
have saved Gus Malz-
ahn’s job even if Auburn
lost to Mississippi State
Saturday.
But an MSU offensive
performance that inspired
nobody made damn sure
to preserve the oft-ma-
ligned Tigers’ coach in a
24-10 loss at Davis Wade
Stadium.
Considering Bo Nix
and Auburn’s offense
were putrid for three
quarters, MSU players
will wake up tomorrow
thinking what could have
been for a third straight
game. Instead, the Bull-
dogs will try to salvage
their season finale against
Missouri.
As always, for those
who are new to Bulldog
Bullets, The Commercial
Dispatch will bring you
an instant reaction blog of
Mississippi State football
games posted immediate-
ly after the final gun filled
with short observations
and commentary.
To the Bulldog Bullets:
— A senior day when
there’s one more home
game left. Odd, but not
even in the top 100 things
out of place in 2020.
— This game had
more chippiness to it than
the Egg Bowl. With the
amount of dumb penalties
from both sides, there’s
going to be a lot of un-
happy coaches doing film
breakdown tomorrow.
— Both teams offen-
sively in the first half: 2
of 15 on third down com-
bined. A paltry 78 total
yards for MSU with 2.8
yards per play. Three
combined field goals.
Yuck. At least the score
wasn’t 3-2.
— Let’s start with Au-
burn. I think I understand
the fans’ angst over Mal-
zahn now because good
lord Auburn’s offense was
a mess. We’ve got run-
ning backs running into
receivers when the guard
is pulling, Bo Nix scram-
bling for his life every
play because the offensive
line can’t block anybody,
and so much misdirection
it almost looks like the of-
fense itself is confused.
— MSU’s offense
wasn’t any better. Au-
burn defensive backs
shut down almost every
attempted checkdown
to the running back,
Geor’quarius Spivey
dropped what could have
been a touchdown pass,
and the offensive line con-
sistently faltered in pass
protection.
— Nix did not com-
plete a single pass in the
third quarter. He missed
wide open receivers left
and right. He finished
15 of 32 for 125 yards.
His performance was
begging the Bulldogs to
beat the Tigers, and they
couldn’t do it.
— If Auburn wasn’t
called for targeting after
that hit on Jo’quavious
Marks, I don’t know what
targeting is anymore.
— MSU didn’t get a
single first down until
a minute left in the first
quarter.
— For as much heat
as the secondary has tak-
en most of the season,
MSU’s defensive backs
showed up for most of Sat-
urday.
— A nice season con-
tinues for wide receiver
Jaden Walley, who broke
a single season MSU re-
cord for most receiving
yards in a freshman sea-
son (562 and counting).
The previous record was
held by Mardye McDole,
who had 510 yards in
1977.
— Mike Leach burned
a timeout early in the
third quarter only to miss
a field goal.
— I actually liked the
blitz call from Zach Ar-
nett on what was eventu-
ally Auburn’s touchdown
to Seth Williams on third-
and-long. At that point,
the score was 9-3 with the
Tigers on the edge of field
goal range. Nix hadn’t
demonstrated any ability
to convert deep passes ac-
curately, and the defense
had gotten consistent
pressure on the Auburn
signal caller all night. Just
didn’t work out.
— Tank Bigsby saved
Auburn. The running
back thrashed MSU’s de-
fense for 192 yards on 26
carries.
— Marquiss Spencer
sure spent a long time lay-
ing on the field following
his injury. Ten MSU staff-
ers surrounded him. Both
MSU and Auburn players
took a knee on the field as
an eerie silence hushed
Davis Wade. Eventual-
ly, he had to be carried
off on a backboard. Sure
hope everything is alright
there.
— And then of all
things, Spencer, the
player lying motion-
less on the field for an
uncomfortable amount
of time, was called for
targeting on that play.
What can you do?

Hodge
Continued from Page 1B
said nobody expected the
Bulldogs to play Auburn
this close at the start of
the season. Probably a
fair point. But those same
would-be fortune tellers
would probably also pre-
dict MSU beat Arkansas
by double digits and that
Auburn wouldn’t get ab-
solutely humiliated by Al-
abama in the Iron Bowl.
Point being: Things
change.
Most of the talk lead-
ing up to the game was
around the bubbling
cauldron of Gus Malz-
ahn’s future at Auburn
for what seems like the
third straight year, af-
ter turning in another
disappointing season
(in Tigers fan’s eyes, at
least). Even though $21
million reasons may have
kept Malzahn in place if
the Tigers lost Saturday,
dropped passes, poor pro-
tection and consistently
thwarted checkdown at-
tempts made darn sure
he stayed in place for at
least another year. A vid-
eo circulated on social
media after the game that
showed Malzahn danc-
ing in celebration in the
locker room following the
win, which, sadly, was
probably one of the more
agile moves anyone affili-
ated with either program
made all night.
Of course, there were
positives. Zach Arnett’s
defense held up relative-
ly well for the most part
until getting beat deep in
the fourth quarter when
the unit that had carried
the Bulldogs for three
quarters just looked
gassed.
Probably the biggest
positive of the night re-
sulted in the early diag-
nosis of Marquiss Spen-
cer, who made fans at
Davis Wade hold their
collective breath when
he laid motionless on the
field for an uncomfortable
amount of time after sus-
taining an injury. Both
MSU and Auburn players
took a knee on the field
in support of Spencer.
Eventually, the 6-foot-4,
300-pound defensive end
had to be carried off on a
backboard. But so far, so
good.
“(He’s) moving
around, looks very posi-
tive,” Leach said regard-
ing Spencer postgame.
To add insult to (liter-
al) injury, officials called
Spencer, the dude laying
on his back on the field,
for a targeting penalty.
This after what looked to
be a textbook targeting
call was overturned in the
first half.
“If you give me
$10,000, I’ll give you the
best explanation you’ve
heard in your entire life,”
Leach said of the over-
turned call. Even guys
who get paid $5 million
a year like to avoid fines,
too.
MSU will attempt to
salvage something be-
sides moral victories in
its season finale against
Missouri next week. But
it’s going to need its of-
fense to perform better.

Arnett
Continued from Page 1B
maligned Auburn quar-
terback Bo Nix. A five-
star recruit and top-35
recruit according to the
247 Sports composite
rankings, Nix has been
anything but consistent
through his first season
and change on The Plains.
But boasting a talented
receiver trio in Anthony
Schwartz, Eli Stove and
Seth Williams and facing
a depleted MSU second-
ary, Nix, at least on paper,
had a chance to make
things happen downfield
Saturday in Starkville.
Instead, Arnett’s
shorthanded bunch gave
Nix all sorts of fits. Play
after play, the former all-
world prospect retreated
as far as 25 yards back
behind the line of scrim-
mage as the Bulldog
linebacking corps led by
senior Erroll Thompson
and sophomore Aaron
Brule danced all through
the Tiger backfield. On
the back end, sophomore
safeties Shawn Preston
and Collin brought earth-
quaking hits with each
ensuing snap, daring re-
ceivers to run in their air
space so as to afford them
a chest full of shoulder
pads.
Duncan delivered per-
haps the most crushing
blow of the night as he
flattened an Auburn re-
ceiver minutes after Ti-
ger defensive back Ladar-
ius Tennison delivered a
seemingly egregious hit
on MSU running back
Jo’quavious Marks that
was initially called tar-
geting but was later re-
versed.
“If you give me
$10,000, I’ll give you
the best explanation in
your entire life,” MSU
head coach Mike Leach
quipped postgame.
While the Bulldogs
faded down the stretch in
Saturday’s contest — a fa-
tigue Leach attributed to
being below the “national
limit,” likely in reference
to his COVID-19 affected
scholarship numbers —
the Bulldog defense gave
MSU chances when it
needed it most. It held Au-
burn to just five of 16 on
third down, allowed just
165 yards through the
first three quarters and
forced Nix to misfire on
11 of his final 14 passes.
“I think he’s done a tre-
mendous job,” Leach said
of Arnett. “I think our de-
fense continues to grow,
as well.”
Entering Saturday,
MSU sat No. 54 nation-
ally in total defense — a
nearly 20-spot jump from
last season under the
direction of Bob Shoop.
For Arnett, the marked
improvement is sure to
bring other suitors.
Speaking with the
media during his week-
ly availability, Arnett,
who was nominated as
a finalist for the Broyles
Award honoring the top
assistant coach in college
football earlier this week,
was asked about his fu-
ture at MSU and whether
he’d given any thought
to what his future plans
might look like. But like
most coaches annually
asked the “What’s next?”
question, he largely
dodged it. Arnett spoke
on the Southern hospital-
ity he’s received and how
appreciative he was of
his neighbors welcoming
him to the community.
“I’ve absolutely loved
it here,” he said. “First of
all I get to work with an
absolutely fantastic head
coach who’s a future Hall
of Famer, obviously. So
for a young coach to get
to learn from (Leach)
and the other guys on
the staff who’ve had a lot
more years experience
and a lot more knowl-
edge — the opportunity
to learn from those guys
is incredibly invaluable.”
Whether Arnett re-
mains in Starkville be-
yond this year remains
to be seen and given his
work this fall, as mag-
nified Saturday night,
others will be hot on his
trail. But for the time
being, he’s giving MSU
chances in games when
its high-flying air raid of-
fense falls to Earth.
“He comes in; he puts
the time in,” Thompson
said. “He won’t tell you
that, but he really puts in
the work and the time in
behind the scenes. We’re
really just feeding off of
him, and we’re kind of
like the finished product.”

Basketball
Continued from Page 1B
to coast and utilized a screen set by Abdul Ado, at-
tacking the rim while falling down and converting the
game-tying layup, sending the contest into overtime.
At the end of the first overtime, Molinar had a chance
to be the hero again but could only watch as his 15-foot
game-winning attempt clanked off the rim.
Stewart finished 13 of 22 from the field in his career
day while Molinar chipped in 20 points and seven as-
sists.
“D.J. was phenomenal,” Howland said. “He just did
so many good things for us offensively.”
Tolu Smith, who played most of the second half with
four fouls, was the only other Bulldog in double figures
(13), while he also grabbed seven rebounds.
The Bulldogs shot 45.3 percent from the field and 5
of 17 beyond the arc. Dayton shot 52.7 percent from the
floor, made 8 of 22 from long range and converted 19
of 26 free throws. The Flyers struggled with ball pro-
tection, committing 17 turnovers throughout the after-
noon. Jalen Crutcher led Dayton with 23 points, while
Ibi Watson contributed 21.
MSU is back in action against Central Arkansas at 7
p.m. Wednesday at Humphrey Coliseum.

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NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 8th day of January,
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- will sell at auction to the
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to HWY 12 EAST STEENS, MS
be sold is believed to be good, 39766 will be sold at 9:30 AM
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- Title to the personal property to
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et title as is vested in it pursuant
seq (Supp 1988).
Jonathan Ensz – B10
Margaret Slaughter – B37
Damon Cruse – B41
Tansley Mason – B45
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that RENT-A-
hereby given that FRIENDLY SPACE will offer for sale, and
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- will sell at auction to the
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
Legal Notices
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504
Highway 69 South, Columbus,
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 8th day January,
A.D. 2021 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
time by the auctioneer/man-
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Stacy Norris – H64
Angela Johnstone – H7
Dewayne Edward Roby – H55
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
County of Lowndes
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
JARON ANDREWS C4014
ROB WINTER C4014
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT- A- SPACE
2193 LAKE LOWNDES RD
COLUMBUS, MS will be sold at
10:00 AM on JANUARY 8,
2021.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-
SPACE will convey only such
title as is vested in it pursuant
to its leases and as allowed
under Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
DECEMBER 7, 2020.
RENT-A-SPACE
By: MANAGER
PUBLISH: 12/13/2020
State of Mississippi
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
RENT A SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
JONATHAN BURGESS 54
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT A SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT A
SPACE will offer for sale, and
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT A SPACE 3431
on JANUARY 8, 2021.
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT A
SPACE will convey only such
to its leases and as allowed
under Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
DECEMBER 7, 2020.
RENT A SPACE
By: MANAGER
PUBLISH: 12/13/2020
State of Mississippi
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
RENT-A-SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
GREG BLAUGH C1012
NYA ASHANTE SYKES C1208
JUDY ASTROV D1510
DEWAYNE JONES F1723
SOPHIE WASHINGTON K2204
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property:
GREG BLAUGH C1012
NYA ASHANTE SYKES C1208
JUDY ASTROV D1510
DEWAYNE JONES F1723
SOPHIE WASHINGTON K2204
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to
satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
Legal Notices
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT- A- SPACE 406
WILKINS WISE RD COLUMBUS,
MS will be sold at 9:00 AM on
JANUARY 8, 2021.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-
SPACE will convey only such
title as is vested in it pursuant
to its leases and as allowed
under Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
(Supp1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
DECEMBER 7, 2020.
RENT-A-SPACE
By: MANAGER
PUBLISH: 12/13/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
at 8:30 am on the 8th day of
January, A.D. 2021 and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- ies in the Golden Triangle
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to tegration and the Christian
be sold is believed to be good, school ministry. A minim-
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- equivalent) is required. Two
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et ferred, but not required. In-
seq (Supp 1988).
AJ Budgins – N155, N212
Tyqunia Skequria Kidd – N152
Camaryn Barry – N40
Susan Mackay – N11, N62
Derek Wallace – N127
Van T. Shelton – N126
Jessica Ramirez – N145
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 10th day of December,
A.D. 2020.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: C.H.L.
Publish: 12/13, 12/20 &
12/27/2020
Booze Legal Notices
I, Ledrico Isaac, in-
tend to make applica-
tion for a change in
location of: an On-
Premise retailer's per-
mit Under the provi-
sions of the local Op-
tion Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Laws,
Section 67-1-1, et.
seq., Mississippi
Code of 1972.
If granted a change
from Ledrico Isaac do-
ing business as Yo'
Bar LLC, who is now
operating at 1920-2
Hwy 45 N., Colum-
bus, MS, I propose to
operate under the
tradename of Yo' Bar
LLC at 3500 Bluecutt
Rd., Lowndes of
Columbus, MS
39705.
The name, title, and
address of the owner
of the above named
business are:
Ledrico Isaac
Sole Owner
2609 Niles Road
Columbus, MS
39705
If any person wishes
to request a hearing
to object to the issu-
ance of this permit a
request for a hearing
must be made in writ-
ing and received by
the Department of
Revenue within (15)
fifteen days from the
first date this notice
was published.
Requests shall be
sent to:
Chief Council, Legal
If any person wishes
to request a hearing
to object to the issu-
ance of this permit a
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lack some educational re-
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right of the Districts Board
of Directors to amend the
required educational quali-
fications.
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December 18, 2020
Paper Applications must be
received prior to December
18, 2020.
Apply to TRVWMD
ATTN: Jack Savely
P.O. Box 238
Pontotoc, MS 38863
or jack.savely@gmail.com
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is accepting applications
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Religion
Wait on the Lord
S
ometimes upset over the way pecting His promised strength God to choose the best time waiting for us to stop trying to
when we pray evil people prosper to help us rise above life’s dis- to change our circumstances. make things happen ourselves
to God con- in their wicked tractions and difficulties. Even Then, we can be like Job and and wait on Him. For He knows
cerning a situation, schemes against us. the strongest people get tired say, “All the days of my ap- what’s best for us. “Therefore
He will answer us Instead, we should sometimes, but God’s power pointed time will I wait, till my the Lord will wait, that He may
right away. Then rest in the Lord and and strength never stops. So change come.” (Job 14:14) KJV. be gracious to you; And there-
there are times wait patiently for the next time we feel like we While we’re waiting on fore He will be exalted, that He
when we pray, He Him to deal with can’t make another step, we the Lord we need to be very may have mercy on you. For
tells us to wait. them. By doing have to remember God will careful that we keep His ways. the Lord is a God of justice;
Waiting is one of this we won’t let renew our strength. “But they When we do this, God prom- Blessed are all those who wait
the hardest thing anger, resentment that wait upon the Lord shall ises to exalt us to inherit the for Him.” (Isaiah 30:18) NKJV
for us to do, but Sherry Ivy or hatred build up renew their strength; they shall land. He also assures us that Minister Sherry Ivy is a
God will strengthen in us. “Be still in mount up with wings as eagles; the wicked will be destroyed Minister of The New Providence
our hearts as we wait for the the presence of the Lord, and they shall run, and not be wea- and we will see it. “Wait on the M. B. Church (Healing & Yoke
answer. “Wait on the Lord: be wait patiently for him to act. ry; and they shall walk, and not Lord, and keep his way, and he Destroying Ministry) in Macon
of good courage, and he shall Don’t worry about evil people faint.” (Isaiah 30:31) KJV shall exalt thee to inherit the Mississippi, under the lead-
strengthen thine heart: wait, who prosper or fret about their It’s difficult to wait on the land: when the wicked are cut ership of her husband, Pastor
I say, on the Lord.” (Psalm wicked schemes.” (Psalm 37:7) Lord when we want change off, thou shalt see it” Willie J. Ivy Sr. You can contact
27:14) KJV NLT right away. Nevertheless, we So be encouraged today and her via email at minsivy@
We should not fret or get Waiting upon the Lord is ex- have to be patient and allow always remember: The Lord is yahoo.com

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