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Crack-down Getting into gear

results in
250 arrests
in N. Miss.
Sheriffs applaud
results, networking
opportunity from
process
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

More than 250

suspects of violent
crimes were arrest-
ed in a month-long
combined operation
of law enforcement
in North Mississippi
last month.
Sheriff’s depart- Arledge
ments in both Lown-
des and Oktibbeha Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff
counties, as well as Starkville High School robotics team member Camille Smith, 16, right, acts as a field scientist while driver Luca
Starkville Police De- Hoffman, 13, places the rubber ducky wildlife into the fishing net. The school’s robotics team will compete at the
state competition at Mississippi State University’s Humphrey Coliseum Oct. 19-20.
partment, worked
with more than 30
other law enforce-
ment agencies, in-
cluding the U.S. Gladney
Three area teams to compete in BEST robotics
Marshals Service
and Mississippi Bureau of Investi-
gation, during the operation, which
began in mid-August and lasted
challenge; RoboJackets seek seventh state title
BY MARY POLLITZ
through September. mpollitz@cdispatch.com
It’s one of several combined op-
erations North Mississippi agen- When Camille Smith started her
cies have worked over the years junior year of high school, she knew
that both crack down on crimes and she wanted to help the environ-
strengthen bonds and networking ment. But it wasn’t until she joined
between law enforcement depart- the robotics team that she decided
ments, Lowndes County Sheriff to become an environmental engi-
Mike Arledge said — something neer.
LCSO is almost always involved in Smith, 16, joined the Starkville
because one of the county’s depu- High School’s RoboJackets team be-
ties is a federal marshal. cause of her friend. Now, she works
“A lot of cities and counties don’t on the marketing team to sell her
have that,” Arledge said. “We’ve robot to a panel of judges during
been part of the U.S. marshals ser- the state competition at Mississippi
vice for about 11 years. We’re just
State University Oct. 19-20.
about included in just about any op-
Smith also serves as the “field
eration.”
scientist” during the robotics
According to a press release Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff
matches by collecting rubber ducks Starkville High School robotics team member Sidharth Nagarajan, 15,
from the U.S. Department of Jus-
and sea turtles the SHS robot catch- directs robot driver Luca Hoffmann, 13, not pictured, to safely raise the
tice, the goal of the joint operation
es during the competition. She said recycling box to a raised platform.
was to identify and arrest violent
finding a place on the team wasn’t
criminals, particularly those in-
as difficult as she first imagined. Competition team. BEST is a mid- Southeast regional competitions in
volved in gang activity, in northeast
“It’s really impressive how every- dle and high school program where that span.
Mississippi. In addition to 255 ar-
one works together,” Smith said. “I students build a functioning robot Nearly 50 students from grades
rests, authorities also seized more
thought it would be harder to learn, within six weeks. Each year, BEST 6-12 have worked together the past
than $52,000 worth of narcotics
but everyone made it easier. They creates a new game for students to five weeks in preparation for state
and 76 firearms and even recover-
take their time to explain things.” play. competition at Humphrey Colise-
ing a handful of stolen vehicles.
Starkville High School’s Robo- The RoboJackets have partic- um. The winning team will advance
While the majority of the arrests
Jackets are a BEST (boosting en- ipated in BEST for the past eight to the regional competition at Au-
took place in Monroe County, Lee
County and other areas north of gineering science and technology) years — winning six state and two See Robojackets, 6A
the Golden Triangle, both Lown-
See Arrests, 3A

CMSD officials tight-lipped on Craig Shannon firing

Deputy superintendent reportedly
faces termination; Lenoir-Barr
retiring at end of month
BY ZACK PLAIR
AND MARY POLLITZ
zplair@cdispatch.com; mpollitz@
cdispatch.com
Craig Shannon, deputy
superintendent for Colum-
bus Municipal School Dis-
trict, is reportedly facing
termination.
Multiple sources, both
within the school district
and with otherwise direct
Shannon Labat
knowledge of the situa-
tion, confirmed off-the-
record to The Dispatch
that Shannon was given a
notice of termination late
last week and he has ap-
pealed that decision to the
CMSD Board of Trustees.
Superintendent Cherie
Labat is recommending
Shannon’s termination,
sources said.
Shannon’s appeal af-
fords him a hearing be-
fore an impartial hearing
officer within 30 days,
after which the board will
review the evidence pre-
sented and either affirm
or overturn the termina-
tion. He will remain on the
district’s payroll at least
until the hearing begins,
sources said, but he is not
working for the district
pending the appeal.
CMSD trustees voted
to grant an appeal hearing
for an employee termi-
nation during an execu-
tive session Tuesday and
hired Starkville attorney
Dolton McAlpin as the
hearing officer.
Board President Jason
Spears, however, would
not confirm if the hear-
ing was for Shannon. La-
See CMSD, 6A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

Weston Holliman
Second grade, Caledonia
1 What song is played in the eighth Today meetings
inning of every Boston Red Sox game Oct. 12: Board
■ Claude Bourbon in concert: The Columbus Arts
at Fenway Park? of Aldermen
Council presents this UK-based guitar virtuoso at
2 What sinking building was reopened work session,
to visitors in 2001 after engineers 7:30 p.m. at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main
St. Tickets at columbus-arts.org, or 662-328-2787. 1:15 p.m., City
spent over a decade stabilizing it?
3 What cast member has held the lon- Hall
gest tenure on “Saturday Night Live”?
4 What car maker did Swatch team up
Friday Oct. 15: Board
of Supervisors,
■ Oktoberfest: The W hosts Oktoberfest from
with to manufacture the first SMART 5:30 p.m., Ok-

74 Low 45
care in 1994? 5-8 p.m. at Bryan Green Gazebo on campus. Food,
crafts, games and more. Costume contest for all tibbeha County
High 5 What is the longest book in the
“Harry Potter” series? ages at 6 p.m. Courthouse
Partly sunny and cooler Oct. 16: Board
Full forecast on Answers, 6B
page 2A. Saturday of Aldermen,
5:30 p.m., City
■ Art in the Park: Free children’s arts fest from 9
Hall
Inside a.m.-1 p.m. at McKee Park in Starkville includes dem-
os and hands-on activities. Visit starkvillearts.org. Oct. 23: OCH
Business 5B Dear Abby 4B ■ Oktoc Country Store: From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Isabelle McLemore, of Regional Medical
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 5A Oktoc Community Club (Oktoc and Robinson Roads), Starkville, has taught at Center Board of
Comics 4B Opinions 4A enjoy Brunswick stew, baked goods, farmers market, Sudduth Elementary for 12 Trustees, 4 p.m.,
Crossword 6B silent auction, live music and more. years. OCH

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Thursday
Say What?
Did you hear? “... That’s probably as proud of a team that I’ve
Ronald Reagan is back on the coached just because of the heart and the effort.”
Columbus High School slow-pitch softball coach Eric
Thornton after the Mississippi High School Activi-
campaign trail — as a hologram ties Association Class III State playoffs. Story, 1B.

‘We wanted to make President

Reagan as lifelike as possible. It’s a Michael charges into Southeast
stunning experience.’
John Heubusch, executive director
of the Reagan Foundation after slamming north Florida
By AMANDA LEE MYERS gan Foundation. “It’s a
Core of storm will move
The Associated Press

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. —

stunning experience.”
In two other holograms,
Reagan appears in a suit
across eastern Georgia Fast, furious: How Hurricane Michael
A characteristic twinkle
in his eye, Ronald Reagan
and tie inside the Oval Of-
fice and in horseback rid-
into central South grew into a 155 mph monster
waves to a crowd from
aboard a rail car in a ho-
ing pants, carrying a lasso Carolina on Thursday By SETH BORENSTEIN
alongside his dog, Victory, AP Science Writer
logram revealed Wednes- at his beloved ranch. All By JAY REEVES
day at the late president’s and BRENDAN FARRINGTON
namesake library in
three holograms will be
on display to visitors of the The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Moist air,
warm waters in the Gulf of Mexi-
‘Everything was there
Southern California.
“We think we made a
Ronald Reagan Presiden-
tial Library, west of Los An-
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The
co, and ideal wind patterns super-
charged Hurricane Michael in the
for it to reach its
most powerful hurricane on record
good beginning, but you
ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” the
geles, starting Thursday.
They will be shown in
to hit Florida’s Panhandle left wide
hours before it smacked Florida’s
Panhandle.
potential and it did’
destruction and at least two people NOAA climate and hurricane
digital resurrection of the a specially designed room Hurricane Michael was barely a
dead and wasn’t nearly finished expert Jim Kossin
nation’s 40th president that will be the first stop hurricane Tuesday morning, with
says in his steady voice as Thursday as it crossed Georgia,
for guests. Seats are set winds of 90 mph. A little over a day later, it had transformed into a mon-
a flurry of balloons falls in now as a tropical storm, toward the
up in front of a stage, and ster. When it made landfall Wednesday afternoon, it was blowing at 155
front of him. Carolinas, that are still reeling from
a curtain opens up to thun- mph. That’s a 72 percent increase in wind speed in less than 33 hours.
Reagan, who died in epic flooding by Hurricane Flor-
derous applause at Rea- “Michael saw our worst fears realized, of rapid intensification just
2004 at age 93, was speak- ence.
gan’s campaign stop more before landfall on a part of a coastline that has never experienced a Cat-
ing about the nation’s A day after the supercharged
than three decades ago. egory 4 hurricane,” University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian
future during a 1984 storm crashed ashore amid white
The computer-generat- McNoldy said Wednesday morning.
campaign stop but easily sand beaches, fishing towns and
ed imagery for the holo- Hurricanes have something called a potential intensity. That’s how
could have been referenc- military bases, Michael was no
grams was created start- strong a storm can get if all other factors are aligned, said National
ing the technology that longer a Category 4 monster pack-
ing with a silicone cast of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate and hurricane expert
ing 155 mph winds. As the tropical
brought him back to life Reagan’s head that was Jim Kossin said. Michael had nothing holding it back.
storm continued to weaken it was
in 2018. The audio used photographed from vari- “Everything was there for it to reach its potential and it did,” Kossin
still menacing the Southeast with
is edited from his real re- ous angles with 300 cam- said.
heavy rains, blustery winds and
marks. eras. His head was then As Michael’s eye started coming ashore, it boasted the third lowest
possible spinoff tornadoes.
“We wanted to make digitally “placed” on the central pressure of any storm to hit the United States, behind only a
Authorities said at least two peo-
President Reagan as life- body of an actor portray- 1935 Labor Day storm and 1969’s Camille.
ple have died, a man killed by a tree
like as possible,” said ing the president with full
falling on a Panhandle home and
John Heubusch, execu- costumes and backdrops at 21 mph. The core of Michael will Twisted street signs lay on the
according to WMAZ-TV, an 11-year-
tive director of the Rea- for the three scenarios. old girl was also killed by a tree fall- move across eastern Georgia into ground. Palm trees whipped wild-
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The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320) FBI: Man planned to bomb National Mall on Election Day
Published daily except Saturday. Entered at the post office at Columbus, Mississippi.
Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS The Associated Press charged a New York man of Tappan, was charged planned to use the bomb
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with building a 200-pound Wednesday with unlaw- to kill himself and draw
Published by Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company Inc., NEW YORK — Fed- bomb they say he planned fully manufacturing a de- attention to a political
516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 eral authorities have to detonate on Election structive device and inter- system called sortition, in
Day on the National Mall state transportation and which public officials are
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE in Washington. receipt of an explosive. chosen randomly rather
Paul Rosenfeld, 56, Prosecutors said he than elected.
It was not immediately
clear whether Rosenfeld
TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY had an attorney. A mes-
Clear Mostly sunny and Mostly sunny and nice Mostly cloudy Periods of sun with a sage left with the federal
pleasant shower possible
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ALMANAC DATA often represents newly
Columbus Wednesday
arrested criminal defen-
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Wednesday 87° 71° dants, wasn’t immediately
Normal 79° 53° returned.
Record 90° (2010) 34° (1951)
PRECIPITATION (in inches) The FBI raided Rosen-
Wednesday 0.03 feld’s home Tuesday and
Month to date 0.03
Normal month to date 1.25
found a functional bomb
Year to date 48.05 in his basement that con-
Normal year to date 42.77 sisted of black powder
TOMBIGBEE RIVER STAGES inside a plywood box,
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Mississippi police took property without legal authority

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director said judge to approve seizures, as
they already were required to
ported abolishing the old law.
A built-in repeal provision
documents don’t show clear-
ly whether an agency sued to
he didn’t know the law, which allowed police do with larger amounts. voided the old law on June 30. seize property.
Civil liberty and proper- Such measures are routine in Mississippi Bureau of Nar-
to seize $20K in property associated with ty rights groups have long Mississippi laws, allowing pe- cotics Director John Dowdy
raised alarms nationally about riodic review by lawmakers. In said he didn’t know the law had
illegal drugs, had expired until September the dangers of police seizing this case, two bills that would expired until September, when
property without sufficient le- have continued the adminis- a Rankin County prosecutor
By JEFF AMY local agencies under a law that gal safeguards. Supporters of trative forfeiture law died in a notified him.
The Associated Press lapsed on June 30.
Mississippi’s change say the House committee this spring. “Honestly, we were unaware
That law allowed police to
JACKSON — Mississippi po- old administrative forfeiture But police kept on taking of the sunset provision,” he
take $20,000 or less in prop-
lice agencies have been seizing erty associated with illegal law didn’t provide enough pro- property after June 30. The said. “We thought that had
cash, guns and vehicles with- drugs, regardless of whether tection against questionable Bureau of Narcotics database been fixed in the legislative
out legal authority for months someone was convicted crim- seizures. shows at least 15 agencies filed session.”
after a state law changed and inally, unless an owner fought “The judicial forfeiture had paperwork documenting ad- On Sept. 10, the Mississip-
police didn’t notice. the seizure in court within 30 safeguards built in, but with the ministrative seizures. There pi Justice Institute, an arm of
An Associated Press re- days. Police agencies keep 80 administrative forfeiture, your could be many more. Jackson the conservative Mississippi
view of a Mississippi Bureau percent of the money, with 20 stuff was basically guilty until County’s South Mississip- Center for Public Policy, wrote
of Narcotics database shows percent going to a district attor- proven innocent and you had pi Metro Enforcement Team to Dowdy pointing out the
more than 60 civil asset for- ney or the Bureau of Narcotics. to sue the state to get it back,” removed from the database change. Dowdy said he had al-
feitures with nearly $200,000 Now, Mississippi agencies said state Rep. Joel Bomgar, a documents relating to at least ready heard about the change
in property taken by state and must sue in court and get a Madison Republican who sup- five forfeitures. Some other by then.

Steens man arrested for attacking grandfather

Suspect charged
with abuse of the elderly
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Steens man was arrested earli-
er this week after allegedly attack-
ing his grandfather.
Mason Lee McBrayer, 24, of
4016 Hwy 12 E., has been charged
with abuse of the elderly.
Deputies with Lowndes County
Sheriff’s Office responded to a call
from a home on Pebble Creek Drive
in Steens at about 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The victim, McBrayer’s grandfa-
ther, reported Mc-
Brayer had attacked
er, the victim went to a neighbor’s
home and called 911.
him and his dog
earlier that evening,
According to the report, the vic-
tim had two small lacerations on his
according to a LCSO head, as well as a laceration, bruise
report. and lump on his right bicep.
The victim said The victim reported his head,
McBrayer was vis- neck and right shoulder and arm
iting and began McBrayer were hurting “very badly” but that
cussing, yelling and kicking items he didn’t think he needed to go to
across the living room floor. At one the hospital, the report said. The
point, the victim said, McBrayer victim also said he wanted McBray-
kicked the victim’s three-pound er punished to the furthest extent
dog across the room. of the law.
The victim then said McBrayer McBrayer is out of Lowndes
hit him in the head, knocking him County Adult Detention Center on
unconscious. About an hour lat- $1,000 bond.

Arrests
Continued from Page 1A
des and Oktibbeha coun-
ties received assistance
from marshals in serving
indictments handed down
in the most recent grand
jury sessions.
As important, Arledge
and Oktibbeha County
Sheriff Steve Gladney
said, was the law enforce-
ment networking aspect
the operation provided.
“It just helps to net-
work with so many differ-
ent city, county (agencies)
and federal marshals,”
Arledge said. “You have
such a big network to
help one another. And of
course it helps when you
have numbers. … Say
you’re going to make 10
arrests in one night in one
area. You may have 20 of-
ficers or 30 officers there.
… You’ve got a show of
force.”
Gladney agreed.
“If something happens
in this county, I want as
much help as I can get,”
he said. “We have good
relationships with all
these different agencies
and we certainly call on
them when we need them
and when they need our
assistance, we’ll assist
them.”
Arledge raised the
example of a case sever-
al months ago in which
several Columbus resi-
dents were implicated in
a crime in Georgia. When
U.S. marshals came to
Lowndes County to ar-
rest the suspects, they re-
ceived help from local law
enforcement.
On the other hand,
when a suspect from a Co-
lumbus crime is located
in Biloxi, he said, all he
has to do is make a call.
Gladney added it’s im-
portant for larger agen-
cies to assist smaller
ones.
“Some of the counties,
especially these rural
counties, they might not
have but eight or 10 dep-
uties total,” Gladney said.
“If something happens,
something big, in their
county, they need assis-
tance and manpower too.
We’re more than glad to
pitch in and help, do what-
ever we can.”

Around the state

2 toddlers, woman hurt
in Jackson by unknown
shooter
JACKSON — Two tod-
dlers and a woman have
been shot walking out of
a house in Mississippi’s
capital city, and police say
they’re stumped about
who the shooter might
have been.
Jackson police spokes-
man Sgt. Roderick
Holmes says the shoot-
ing happened Wednesday
morning along a four-lane
street near downtown.
All three were taken to
a hospital. Holmes says
the 23-year-old woman
was shot in the leg. Her
2-year-old daughter, shot
in the abdomen, was un-
dergoing surgery and was
listed in critical condition.
A 2-year-old boy was shot
in the hand.
The woman says she
doesn’t know where the
shots came from. Holmes
says officers looked for
a person or a vehicle in-
volved, but found no one.
He says no other injuries
or property damage has
been found.
Man to be questioned
again in woman’s death
BRANDON — A Mis-
sissippi man is being
questioned again in the
death of a woman found
dead in a burned car in
August.
Latasha Patrick John-
son was found dead in her
burned car in the Bien-
ville National Forest near
Morton on Aug. 7.
Scott County Coroner
Joe Bradford tells WLBT-
TV that the 32-year-old
woman’s cause of death
hasn’t been determined
by the state medical ex-
aminer because she was
so badly burned.
A man arrested Tues-
day in Rankin County
after a police chase on
felony evasion, drug pos-
session and theft charges
had already been ques-
tioned in Johnson’s death.
A farmer says he found his
stolen tools in the man’s
vehicle Tuesday, chasing
him until police took over
the pursuit.
Scott County Sheriff
Mike Lee says he will now
interview the man again.
Timber site removed
from EPA Superfund
list
HAT TIESBURG — A
Mississippi timber site
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Service target-
ed for cleanup nearly two
decades ago has been re-
moved from the agency’s
Superfund list.
The Hattiesburg Amer-
ican reports Davis Tim-
ber Co. in Lamar County
was targeted for cleanup
because of groundwater,
soil and sediment contam- was arrested Tuesday and
ination by the facility. is scheduled to make an
The 30-acre site was initial appearance Wednes-
just one of 18 sites deleted day before a federal magis-
Wednesday from the agen- trate in Jackson. It was not
cy’s Superfund list. immediately clear whether
EPA spokeswoman he is represented by an at-
Molly Block says sites can torney.
be removed from the list Conviction would carry
when they undergo certain up to 15 years in prison and
tests and pass a five-year a $250,000 fine.
review. The EPA says there
is no longer any threat to
people near the site.
The site’s federal-
ly-funded cleanup began
in 2011 and ended about a
year later. The agency has
issued land use restric-
tions on the site and an
area around it.
Federal prison guard
faces bribery indictment
JACKSON — A federal
prison guard in Mississip-
pi has been indicted on one
charge of taking a bribe
from an inmate.
Court records that
were unsealed Tuesday
show Anthony Robinson
of Yazoo City is accused
of accepting an unspeci-
fied amount of money in
exchange for bringing to-
bacco into the Yazoo City
Federal Correctional Com-
plex. Tobacco is consid-
ered contraband in prison.
The indictment says
this happened in March
2016.
A news release from the
U.S. attorney’s office says
the 39-year-old Robinson
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How Trump enabled the abuses of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince

Two years ago it would have
been inconceivable that the
rulers of Saudi Arabia, a close
U.S. ally, would be suspected
of abducting or killing a critic
who lived in Washington and
regularly wrote for The Post —
or that they would dare to stage
such an operation in Turkey,
another U.S. ally and a NATO
member. That the regime now
stands accused by Turkish gov-
ernment sources of murdering
Jamal Khashoggi, one of the
foremost Saudi journalists, in
the kingdom’s Istanbul consul-
ate could be attributed in part
to the rise of Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, the
kingdom’s 33-year-old de
facto ruler, who has proved as
reckless as he is ambitious. But
it also may reflect the influence
of President Trump, who has
encouraged the crown prince
to believe — wrongly, we trust
— that even his most lawless
ventures will have the support
of the United States.
The Obama administra-
tion distanced itself from the
Saudi leadership because of its
opposition to the nuclear deal
with Iran, and because of the
misbegotten Saudi intervention
in Yemen, which has led to
thousands of civilian deaths in
indiscriminate bombing. But
soon after taking office, Mr.
Trump moved dramatically to
restore relations. He made Ri-
yadh — rather than Ottawa or
Mexico City — the destination
for his first foreign visit; there
he quickly succumbed to the
over-the-top displays of fealty
and promises of huge arms
purchases by his hosts.
Unlike previous presidents,
Mr. Trump did not raise human
rights issues with Saudi lead-
ers, though the crown prince
has imprisoned hundreds of
liberal activists, including
women who advocated the
right to drive. When scores of
businessmen and royal family
members were detained in
late 2017 in what amounted to
a massive shakedown — most
were released after turning
over assets to the regime —
Mr. Trump was approving. “I
have great confidence in King
Salman and the Crown Prince
of Saudi Arabia,” he tweeted.
“They know exactly what they
are doing.”
When the crown prince vis-
ited Washington in March last
year, Mr. Trump received him
at the White House and again
made no mention of human
rights. “The relationship is
probably the strongest it’s ever
been,” he said. “We understand
each other.” The president
bragged about hundreds of
billions in arms purchases he
said the Saudis had promised,
saying, “Saudi Arabia is a very
wealthy nation, and they’re
going to give the United States
some of that wealth.”
Some of those deals have
yet to materialize, but the
administration continues to
support Saudi bombing in
Yemen, reversing the Obama
administration’s withdrawal
of targeting and refueling sup-
port. After one airstrike killed
dozens of children in August,
Congress conditioned U.S. aid
on a certification by the admin-
istration that the regime was
taking steps to avoid civilian
casualties. Despite evidence to
the contrary, the certification
was issued.
Could this record have
encouraged the crown prince
to believe that he could take
drastic action to silence one
of his most prominent critics
without damaging his relations
with Washington? If so, the
administration’s response thus
far would not have altered his
conclusion. Not until Monday,
six days after Mr. Khashoggi’s
disappearance, did Mr. Trump
and Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo speak out; even then
they offered no criticism, only
expressions of concern and an
appeal for investigation.
Some in Congress have
had more to say: Republican
senators such as Bob Corker
(Tenn.), Marco Rubio (Fla.)
and Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.)
and Democrats including Tim
Kaine (Va.), Dianne Feinstein
(Calif.) and Chris Murphy
(Conn.) have warned of the
consequences of an attack on a
journalist. Mr. Murphy tweeted
that if the Turkish allegation
of murder is true, “it should
represent a fundamental break
in our relationship with Saudi
Arabia.” That is the right re-
sponse.
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Even birth control is under attack
should not be secret. In my There was a time when “become pregnant the first offer. They shouldn’t have the right to
opinion, the cost are an attempt Republicans and Democrats year.” take federal tax dollars for services
to dissuade the Dispatch and generally agreed that access This is basically an they fail to provide.
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future. unwanted pregnancies as some big enterprises to like a wide range of women’s health
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HR person should be able to hit rare. Those days are over. for one, now runs 22 clinics the big one, modern birth control, is
a few keys and print out list of The Trump administration and is starting a $240 mil- missing. Thus, women wanting real
employees with salaries. Easy is indulging a religious hard lion campaign to open more. birth control wander in under false
enough. right, helping it merge the Obria offers only natural pretenses.
politics of abortion and birth family planning. It takes a certain level of governmen-
City releases video of coun- control into one. Froma Harrop “A woman needs choice,” tal insanity to make it harder for poor
There has long been said Obria CEO Kathleen women to obtain birth control. We saw
cilman implicated in Bargain a “pro-life” faction that Eaton Bravo, “but you can’t the results starting in 2011, when Tex-
Hunt embezzlement extends its opposition to abortion to have a choice if the only clinic that a as cut state funding for family planning
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it is clearly time to step down. a tiny number of people. Only 4 percent hood.” Women who had their acts together
of U.S. adults think contraception is Not true. Many clinics other than obtained inexpensive contraceptives
the_real_sassy: At the very immoral, according to Pew Research Planned Parenthood provide effective through the mail (with prescriptions by
least he needs to admit to doing Center polling. Even among Catholics birth control but do not offer abortion Texas providers). Some drove to Mexi-
it and stop trying to deny it. I who attend Mass weekly, a mere 13 services. And in any case, the law co, where birth control is sold over the
can’t see him stepping down. percent consider artificial contracep- prohibits using federal funds to pay for counter.
He sure has lost a lot of people’s tion to be sinful. abortion. Less organized poor women simply
trust though. Nonetheless, Donald Trump wants Bravo has this to say about hormon- got pregnant. After 2011, births by
to divert money intended to help low-in- al birth control (the kind that really women on Medicaid rose 27 percent.
frank: Kudos to The Com- come women obtain birth control to works): Women “don’t want to live People may believe as they choose.
mercial Dispatch and CPD clinics that refuse to provide birth con- every day having to take a carcinogen.” But a government policy designed to
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publishing this video and story. condoms — in other words, anything control poses a “very, very small” add- having children they don’t want is
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ously? “natural family planning.” of wine a week, and that is very low. the year 2018. If you don’t want to, vote
The Mayo Clinic considers this Calling the pill, the ring, an IUD or a accordingly Nov. 6.
frank: He is elected so I method one of the least effective forms contraceptive implant a carcinogen is Froma Harrop, a syndicated colum-
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Poll finds partisan divide in concerns for election security

Survey: Democrats have grown increasingly
concerned about election security while
Republicans have grown more confident
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — With the mid-
term elections less than a month
away, a strong majority of Amer-
icans are concerned the nation’s
voting systems might be vulner-
able to hackers, according to a
poll released Wednesday.
That is roughly unchanged
from concerns about election
security held by Americans
just before the 2016 presi-
dential election, but with a
twist. Two years ago, it was
Republicans who were more
concerned about the integrity
of the election. This year, it’s
Democrats.
The survey from The Uni-
versity of Chicago Harris
School of Public Policy and
The Associated Press-NORC
Center for Public Affairs Re-
search found that Democrats
have grown increasingly con-
cerned about election security
while Republicans have grown
more confident.
By 58 percent to 39 per-
cent, Democrats are more
likely than Republicans to say
they are very concerned about
hackers affecting U.S. election
systems. That represents a flip
from the results of a similar
survey taken in 2016.
The same partisan divide
exists in the confidence Amer-
icans hold in the accuracy of
vote tallies for the upcoming
midterm elections. Republi-
cans are more confident, a re-
versal from 2016.
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans are
at least somewhat concerned
about potential hacking, with
45 percent saying they are
extremely or very concerned.
Just 22 percent have little or
no confidence that votes will
be counted accurately. Those
results are similar to a poll
conducted in September 2016.
“People are right to be con-
cerned,” said Lawrence Nor-
den, a voting system expert
with The Brennan Center for
Justice at New York Universi-
ty School of Law. “The critical
thing I hope people understand
is that there are lots of things
that can be done to deal with
cyberattacks on our election
infrastructure, and there has
been a lot done since 2016.”

New York limousine service operator Rising interest rates weigh

charged in crash that killed 20 on high-flying tech stocks
The Associated Press

28-year-old charged with criminally negligent homicide Wednesday on a highway

The Associated Press
COBLESKILL, N.Y.
— A limousine service
operator was charged
Wednesday with crimi-
nally negligent homicide
in a crash that killed 20
people, while police con-
tinued investigating what
caused the wreck and
whether anyone else will
face charges.
Nauman Hussain,
28, showed little emo-
tion as he was arraigned
Wednesday evening in an
Albany-area court, and
he ignored shouted ques-
tions from reporters as he
left after posting $150,000
bond. A judge had entered
a not guilty plea for him.
Earlier, his lawyer said
that Hussain wasn’t guilty
and that police were rush-
ing to judgment in investi-
gating Saturday’s stretch
limo wreck .
But State Police Super-
intendent George Beach
said Hussain hired a driv-
er who shouldn’t have
been behind the wheel of
such a car, and the vehicle
shouldn’t have been driv-
en after state inspectors
deemed it “unservice-
able” last month.
“The sole responsibil-
ity for that motor vehicle
being on the road on Sat-
urday rests with Nauman
Hussain,” Beach said,
though he noted that in-
vestigators continue look-
ing into whether anyone
else should be held ac-
countable in the crash.
Hussain’s car was
packed with luggage
when he was stopped
near Albany, Schoharie
County District Attorney
Susan Mallery said.
Hussain’s lawyer, Lee
Kindlon, said his client
felt unsafe at home be-
cause he’d gotten threats.
The company, Prestige
Limousine, has come un-
der intense scrutiny since
a 19-seater limo ran a stop
sign and plowed into a
parked SUV at the bottom
of a long hill Saturday.
The impact killed two pe-
destrians and 18 people in
the limo, which was tak-
ing a group to a birthday
bash.
LOS ANGELES — Technology and internet
stocks have led the way for much of Wall Street’s
bull market run, propelling the stocks of big
names like Apple, Amazon and Google’s parent
company sharply higher along the way.
Now those high-flying stocks are at the fore-
front of a wave of selling as investors fret about the
possible impact of a recent surge in interest rates.
Those jitters gave the Nasdaq composite in-
dex, which as a high concentration of technology
companies, its biggest loss in more than two years
Wednesday. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix
and Alphabet, Google’s parent company, all post-
ed steep declines.
“The sell-off was perhaps a little overdone,”
said Lindsey Bell, investment strategist at CFRA.
“A lot of it may have been investors just kind of
taking profits in some of the high-flyers of the
year that also have high valuations.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped from
3.05 percent early last week to more than 3.20 per-
cent Wednesday, a seven-year high.

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Maurine Hollis
COLUMBUS —
Maurine F. Hollis, 88,
died Oct. 10, 2018, at
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announced by Lowndes
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Patrick Aris
COLUMBUS — Pat-
rick Aris, 53, died Oct.
6, 2018, at his resi-
dence.
Memorial services
will be at 5 p.m. Thurs-
day at 2485 Dale Road
in Caledonia. Lee-
Sykes Funeral Home is
in charge of arrange-
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Mr. Aris was born
Sept. 18, 1965, in
Florida, to the late
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He attended Caledonia
schools and was for-
merly employed as a
heavy machine oper-
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In addition to his par-
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Rolland DeCaire.
He is survived by his
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George Davis Jr.
COLUMBUS —
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died Oct. 11, 2018, at
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Arrangements are
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Jana Canida
COLUMBUS — Jana
Paige Canida, 55, died
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residence.
Arrangements are
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announced by Lowndes
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Sallie Springer
COLUMBUS — Sal-
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died Oct. 10, 2018, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
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Robert Cavender
CALEDONIA —
Robert “Bob” Olen
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Legislative report evaluates local taxes in Mississippi

Group: 68 cities and 14 counties collecting local islative Committee on Performance
Evaluation and Expenditure Review,
taxes on hotel stays and restaurant meals, for or PEER.
The only way for any city or coun-
purposes such as promoting tourism or development ty to set a local tax is to get permis-
sion from the Legislature. For years,
The Associated Press ism or development. the Mississippi Municipal League
Legislators this year authorized has asked lawmakers to change the
JACKSON — A watchdog group another six cities to levy such tax- case-by-case procedure and allow a
says 68 cities and 14 counties in Mis- es, and cities could begin collecting general option for a local sales tax.
sissippi are collecting local taxes on them if local voters approve. Critics say people who travel
hotel stays and restaurant meals, for The findings are in a report re- from other areas pay local sales tax-
purposes such as promoting tour- leased Wednesday by the Joint Leg- es without receiving benefits.

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burn, Alabama.
In this year’s BEST
game, Current Events,
students must build a ro-
bot than can travel along
a current, which is a mov-
ing beam several feet off
the ground, and pick up
“ocean pollution.”
The SHS robot consists
of wood, motors, gears,
aluminum and piano wire.
Student teams from
Starkville Christian
School and Starkville
Christian Home Educa-
tors also will compete in
this year’s state competi-
tion.
A game with new
challenges
Unlike previous years,
the robots are no longer
roaming the ground, rath-
er balancing on a 3.5-inch
beam. SHS senior driver,
Marshall Skelton said
that was the biggest chal-
lenge he’s faced in his ten-
ure with robotics.
“The past four years
have been wheels on the
ground,” Skelton said.
“This year we are on a
beam and it’s totally dif-
ferent. So figuring out a
way to get something that
won’t flip off the beam
was the most complicat-
ed. We’ve never done this
before.”
While traipsing down
the beam, the driver has
to knock rubber ducks
for the “field scientist” to
save in a fishing net. Next,
the driver has to move the
telescope arm to gather
ping-pong balls which
simulate micro-plastics
in the ocean, and bottles.
The driver has to gather
the “pollution” and give it
to the field engineer.
The field engineer
collects the pollution in
recycling boxes. Without
the robot touching the
box, the driver lifts the
box with a piano wire and
raises it to a higher plat-
form. All of these steps
have to come together in
a three-minutes match,
while four other teams
play the same game si-
multaneously.
RoboJacket sophomore
Sidharth Nagarajan, 15,
is competing at BEST for
the first time. Through-
out the past five weeks,
he’s helped design and
build the robot.
“I learned the engi-
neering process, how to
use trial and error, when
to measure correctly and
how to use calculations to
make sure you only have
to do something once,”
Nagarajan said. “This is
my first time doing it, but
it’s exciting.”
Denise Adair, Robo-
Jacket mentor and SHS
faculty member, said
BEST offers various ways
for students to partici-
pate beyond robotics and
engineering. During the
competition, students will
be judged on multiple pre-
sentations, the competi-
tion itself and even spirit
and sportsmanship.
Other than the robot-
ic competition, a group
of students will market
their robot and company
“StarkTech” to a panel
of judges. Adair said the
marketing committee
acts as business own-
ers and CEO’s to try and
“sell” their product.
Adair said, with less
than two weeks until com-
petition, the team is on
track but the new game
offered new challenges.
She added the team is
ready, but not overly con-
fident, because in BEST
anything can happen.
“This year, the game is
tough,” Adair said. “It’s a
great game. It talks about
recycling and the ocean.
The kids have really em-
braced the game. They’re
really excited about the
game, but it’s going to be
difficult.”
Other local teams
participating
Starkville Christian
School Cougarbots is
celebrating its 10th year
participating in BEST.
With 18 students from
seventh-12th grade, Ha-
ley Martin, team mentor,
said the students have
been working diligently
to prepare for the upcom-
ing competition.
Unlike previous years,
she said, this game pre-
sented students with
more planning, trouble-
shooting and prototyping.
The team spent the first
few weeks of build season
creating multiple robots
with cardboard to combat
this year’s game.
“It took them a couple
weeks of brainstorming,
we had several different
designs for the robot,”
Martin said. “It has been
an amazing challenge for
these kids. It’s been real-
ly cool seeing them work
through all of these chal-
lenges.”
The Starkville Chris-
tian Home Educators
(SCHE) Eclipse robotics
team has been preparing
nearly every weekday for
BEST, with the team con-
sisting of home-school
students from Lowndes,
Oktibbeha and Clay coun-
ties. SCHE celebrates its
13th year with BEST and
has expanded to 28 partic-
ipating students.
Team mentor Beth
Lane said the program
provides real-life skills
and hands-on learning for
students.
“I think this is a won-
derful program for kids
to be involved in,” Lane
said. “It doesn’t cost
anything for teams to
participate, and it pro-
motes STEM (science,
technology, engineer-
ing and math) first, but
also promotes self-con-
fidence, team-building
skills. It promotes things
that don’t have to do with
just building robots, like
speech and art.”

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bat has declined several
requests for comment on
Shannon’s employment
status or who is perform-
ing Shannon’s tasks in his
stead.
The Dispatch’s at-
tempts to reach Shannon
have been unsuccessful,
and the district discontin-
ued service to his school
cell phone after Tuesday’s
board meeting.
Shannon has worked
at CMSD for 10 years, in-
cluding a stint as Colum-
bus High School principal
before becoming deputy
superintendent. The board
appointed him interim su-
perintendent in February
— in the wake of former su-
perintendent Phillip Hick-
man’s firing. He served in
that capacity until Labat’s
arrival in June.
Shannon’s firing comes
as the district’s assistant
superintendent, Pamela
Lenoir-Barr, announced
her retirement effective
Oct. 31.
Lenoir-Barr has worked
for the district as Stokes-
Beard Elementary princi-
pal, and in 2013 became
director for accountability
and compliance.

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PREP SLOW-PITCH SOFTBALL
Hustle extends season for CHS
Timely hitting, aggressive baserunning keys to reaching third round
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
M’Kya Smith would like you to think
she is quiet.
Don’t let her fool you, though, because
Columbus High School slow-pitch softball
coach Eric Thornton said his sophomore
catcher/pitcher/shortstop can be one of
the loudest players on the team.
Smith let her bat do the talking Tues-
day in a pivotal moment to help Co-
lumbus extend its season. Smith’s line
drive to center field in the eighth inning
propelled Columbus to a 13-12 victory
against Grenada in Game 2 and a sweep
of their best-of-three series in the Missis-
sippi High School Activities Association
(MHSAA) Class III State tournament.
“We put up a good fight,” Smith said.
“We were cheering our team on. We had
COLLEGE
BASEBALL
Gordon
excited
to be back
for 2019
After move to pitcher,
redshirt senior could
get chance to hit
By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — If
Mississippi State’s 2018
baseball season hadn’t
ended in Omaha, Nebras-
ka,, Cole Gordon might
not be a part of the 2019
season.
Last year was Gordon’s
fourth as
a Bulldog.
Every play-
er must find
a life after
baseball at
some point,
and in the
Gordon final weeks
of MSU’s
run to the College World
Series, Gordon wondered
if his time had arrived.
A few months later, Gor-
don is taking swings in an
indoor facility, preparing
for one more ride.
Gordon’s choice to re-
turn to MSU for 2018-2019
is good news for a bull-
pen and a lineup trying
to break through for the
program’s first national
championship. MSU will
conclude fall practice this
weekend with its yearly
intrasquad world series.
Game 1 of the best-of-
three series will be at 4
p.m. Thursday, The series
will continue at 7:30 p.m.
Friday and at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday.
“After Omaha, I took
some time, went home and
when coach (Chris) Lem-
onis was hired, he called
me in his office and we
talked about it,” Gordon
said. “From then on, I was
going to do everything I
could to come back. I felt
like we left off in a place
where we should have
finished. I think it’s some-
thing we need to go back
and finish.”
Lemonis’ pitch to
Gordon wasn’t difficult.
See GORDON, 3B
Fall world
series
at dudy noble field,
starkville
n Game 1 — 4 p.m. Today
n Game 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Friday
n Game 3 — 11:30 a.m.
Saturday
faith in ourselves. We just cheered and
pumped our team up because they were
dropping their heads.”
Columbus (19-10) will take on North-
west Rankin at 5 p.m. Thursday in
Flowood in a best-of-three series. The
winner will advance to take on the win-
ner of the best-of-three series between
Tupelo and reigning champion Neshoba
Central for the North State title.
Columbus, which defeated Starkville
in the first round, is in the third round
of the playoffs for the first time under
Thornton, who also coaches the school’s
fast-pitch team. Last season, Columbus
lost to Neshoba Central in the second
round of the playoffs. In 2016, New Hope
eliminated Columbus in the first round.
Thornton said the Lady Falcons ad-
vanced after hearing they didn’t have
See COLUMBUS, 4B
PREP FOOTBALL
Starkville Academy’s Matt Miller makes a move past a Canton Academy tackler in their
game last week in Starkville.
VOLS REMAIN CONNECTED
Nicholson’s term ‘connective tissue’ describes how team has bonded
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Numbers don’t
matter to Walker Tranum.
The senior offensive/defensive lineman
enjoys his starting position, but like so many
of his Starkville Academy teammates he rec-
ognizes the production of the first-stringers
isn’t the key to the football team’s success.
Instead, the Volunteers have come to rely
on a mind-set in which the backups and the
Johnson plays dual role for Jackets
By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The statistics prove
Ty Johnson is a natural linebacker.
With 30 tackles, the middle linebacker is
tied for fourth on the Starkville High School
football team. His one forced fumble proves
he gets to the football with purpose.
But while Johnson plays a big role in
limiting Starkville’s opponents to 9.2
points per game, he also has played a
pivotal role in helping Starkville score 49
points per game as long snapper.
“In ninth grade, my daddy told me to do
what I can do to get on the field,” Johnson
said. “They asked for a long snapper, and
I didn’t really know what to do, so I just
got up there. It’s progressed from there.”
Most high schools struggle to find a
long snapper because it requires a spe-
cialized skill. Even those who master that
skill set might not be good enough ath-
letes to cover and to tackle the way long
snappers are asked to do in punt teams.
Johnson has proven he can handle both
roles. He will showcase his versatility
again at 7 p.m. Friday when Starkville
(6-1, 2-1 region) goes on the road to take
on Madison Central (6-1, 3-0) in a Missis-
sippi High School Activities Association
(MHSAA) Class 6A Region 2 game.
Johnson said he never studied the tech-
nique of how to be a long snapper when
he started to play the position. Instead, he
based his development on feel.
“They say it’s trying to keep the mus-
The W Soccer
n The Mississippi University for Women’s
men’s and women’s soccer teams lost to
B
SPORTS EDITOR SECTION
Belhaven on Wednesday. The W men lost 3-1 Adam Minichino
to fall to 3-8-1. Kyle Rodriguez scored for the
Owls. The W women lost 2-0 to fall to 2-11. SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018
Adam Minichino/Dispatch Staff
Columbus High School slow-pitch softball coach Eric Thornton, left, sophomore
M’Kya Smith, and the rest of the Lady Falcons will travel Thursday to Flowood to
take on Northwest Rankin in the third round of the Mississippi High School Activities
Association (MHSAA) Class III State tournament.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
No. 1 Alabama
has knack for
scoring quickly
By JOHN ZENOR
The Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Fans of the
No. 1 Alabama football
team can’t take their time
getting settled in for the
start of games.
They might miss a
touchdown, or two or
three.
The top-ranked
Crimson Tide hasn’t Tagovailoa
wasted time pouncing on
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch opponents this season, jumping out to
big leads that have effectively taken
away any drama about the outcome.
“Whenever we can do that, it real-
ly brings a lot of energy at the start of
the game,” tight end Hale Hentges said
Monday. “Everyone was all pumped up
See ALABAMA, 3B
Game 7
third-stringers push each other to make the n Missouri, 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN;
entire team stronger. WJEC-FM 106.5).
“You have to be selfless,” Tranum said.
“If you’re selfish and you do everything you
want to do not for the team it is going to start
hurting the team. Being selfless helps us
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
win because we know what it is good for and
what happens when you’re not.”
BASKETBALL
MSU adds guard
Starkville Academy coach Chase Nich-
olson calls it “connective tissue” because
he, too, knows each player on the team’s
See VOLUNTEERS, 3B
to Class of 2019
The Mississippi State women’s
basketball added another talented
Inside guard to its mix Wednesday when
n MORE PREP FOOTBALL: Weekly Preview Aliyah Matharu, a 5-foot-7 guard from
Page. Page 2B Bishop McNamara High School in
Washington, D.C., gave her verbal
cle memory of a good snap,” Johnson said. commitment to coach Vic Schaefer.
“When I have a good snap, I try to have Matharu is rated a three-star guard
the same fluid motion.” by espnW and the No.
Johnson has applied the same trial and 72 prospect in the Class
error to playing linebacker. of 2019 by All-Star Girls
“I had to focus more on going downhill. Report.
I still have to work on that,” Johnson said. Matharu was one
“I’m used to taking on blocks but not with of five highly rated
my hands. I just run into them and off players to visit Starkville
them. That’s something I’m working on. late last month for an official
Footwork, staying low while you’re mov- visit. She joined Zia Cooke, Matharu
ing. You really have to perfect your craft.” a 5-9 guard from Rogers
Starkville defensive coordinator Kevie High School (Ohio), Rickea Jackson, a 6-2
Thompson has seen the growth. forward from Detroit Edison Public Acad-
“Ty’s one of those you could tell him he emy, Maori Davenport, a 6-4 center from
needs to improve or work on something,” Charles Henderson High (Ala.), and Endi-
Thompson said. “He’s one of those clinic ya Rogers, a 5-6 guard from Bishop Lynch
kids because he’ll do it exactly the way High (Texas). Cooke is espnW’s No. 7
you told it to him or maybe even better prospect in the Class of 2019. She is rated
than you pitched it to him.” No. 9 by ASGR. Jackson is ranked No. 9
While Johnson’s mind-set has helped by espnW and No. 5 by ASGR. Davenport
him solidify his spots as a starter, Thomp- is ranked No. 15 by espnW and No. 25 by
son said Johnson is most useful as a leader. ASGR. Rogers is rated No. 35 by espnW
“He’s one of those true leaders,” and No. 42 by ASGR.
Thompson said. “He’s one of those kids Matharu is expected to join Jayla
that honestly, four or five years from now, Hemingway, a 5-9 guard from Houston
if he’s done with college and asks me for High (Tenn.), JaMya Young, a 5-7 guard
a job if I’m a head coach somewhere, I’d from Loranger High (La.), and Esmery
hire him. You either got it or you don’t, Martinez, a 6-foot forward from Hamil-
and he’s a natural born leader.” ton Heights Christian Academy (Tenn.)
Follow Dispatch sports writer Brett in MSU’s Class of 2019.
Hudson on Twitter @Brett_Hudson — Adam Minichino
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Week 9 Slate Week 9 Slate

All games start at 7 p.m. Friday (unless noted) All games start at 7 p.m. Friday (unless noted)
Admission at all stadiums is $8 Admission at all stadiums is $8

Southaven at Columbus Oak Hill Aca. at West Memphis (Ark.)

n RECORDS: Southaven 2-5 (1-2 in Mississippi High n RECORDS: Oak Hill Academy 4-4; West Memphis
School Activities Association 1-6A); Columbus 0-7 (0-3) Christian 4-3
n LAST WEEK: Southaven lost for the third time in n LAST WEEK: Oak Hill Academy saw a two-game
winning streak snapped with a 35-7 loss at Central
four games with a 29-7 home loss to region rival Tupelo
Holmes Christian ... Jake Makamson had a fumble return
... The Chargers led 7-0 at halftime ... Kalen Chambers
touchdown for the Raiders; West Memphis Christian saw
had a 50-yard interception return ... Southaven was held a two-game winning streak snapped with a 50-22 loss
to 11 yards; Columbus remained winless after a 47-6 at Tunica Academy ...The Black Knights trailed 34-6 at
region loss at Horn Lake ... The Falcons trailed 40-6 at halftime
halftime ... Columbus’ points came on an 85-yard pass n ON THE LINE: Oak Hill Academy plays its final road
from Jaelan Craddieth to Jervorius Vance ... Columbus game of regular season
was held to 132 yards n PLAYER TO WATCH: Oak Hill Academy junior free
n ON THE LINE: Columbus celebrates Homecoming safety Jonah Caskey helps anchor the defense
n LAST SEASON: Oak Hill Academy 14,
with a must-win game to remain in playoff contention
West Memphis Christian 13
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Columbus junior running back
Devarkas Ramsey has three 100-yard rushing games
Columbus Christian at Lee (Ark.)
this season n RECORDS: Columbus Christian 1-6; Lee Academy
n RADIO/INTERNET: WMSV-FM (91.1) 3-3
n LAST SEASON: Southaven 44, Columbus 14 n LAST WEEK: Columbus Christian was open ... Two
weeks ago, the Rams dropped a 36-11 home decision to
Leake Central at New Hope Oak Hill Academy; Lee Academy saw a two-game winning
n RECORDS: Leake Central 0-7 (0-1 in MHSAA streak snapped with a 46-22 loss at West Memphis
4-4A); New Hope 0-8 (0-2) Christian ... The Cougars trailed 34-6 at halftime ...
n LAST WEEK: Leake Central dropped a 27-14 deci- Sophomore Daniel Strange ran for 105 yards and two
sion at home to Kosciusko in its first region game ... The touchdowns
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch n ON THE LINE: Columbus Christian looks to snap a
Gators trailed 15-14 at halftime ... Senior Cy Rushing
scored on the ground, while junior Daryonn Love scored
Heritage Academy’s Noel Fisher pushes through a defender to score a six-game losing streak
touchdown against Winston Academy last week in a 35-7 victory. n PLAYER TO WATCH: Sophomore quarterback Pres-
through the air; New Hope dropped a 33-14 region ton Lane has thrown for 450 yards and five touchdowns

TOP GOAL AWAITS PATRIOTS

decision at Kosciusko ... The Trojans trailed 19-0 at to lead Lee Academy
halftime ... Braylen Miller scored on a 10-yard run, while n LAST SEASON: Lee Academy 32,
Tre Bailey had a kickoff return touchdown Columbus Christian 0
n ON THE LINE: The winner stands to earn the fourth
playoff berth from the region DeSoto School at Hebron Christian
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Leake Central senior Jay Nash
has rushed for 387 yards and three touchdowns to lead
Heritage Academy-Starkville Academy could decide district title n RECORDS: DeSoto School 3-4 (3-4 in Mississippi
Association of Independent Schools Eight-Man District
1); Hebron Christian 1-7 (1-7)
the Gators By Adam Minichino GAME OF WEEK n LAST WEEK: DeSoto saw a three-game winning
n LAST SEASON: New Hope 27, Leake Central 6 aminichino@cdispatch.com Heritage Aca. at Starkville Aca. streak snapped with a 56-38 home loss to Marvell
n RECORDS: Heritage Academy 6-2 (2-0 in (Arkansas) ... The Thunderbirds trailed 34-16 at halftime
Pontotoc at Caledonia The waiting is nearly over. Mississippi Association of Independent Schools ... Senior Thomas Edwards threw for two scores and
n RECORDS: Pontotoc 7-1 (2-0 in MHSAA 2-4A); 2-AAA); Starkville Academy 8-0 (2-0 in MAIS
For months, the teasers have 2-AAA)
rushed for another; Hebron Christian earned its first win
Caledonia 3-4 (1-1) of the season with a 26-8 home victory against North
n LAST WEEK: Pontotoc won its third-straight game
been all over the Heritage Academy n LAST WEEK: Heritage Academy won its Sunflower Academy ... Bradley Scott ran for 182 yards
(second in region) with a 45-7 win at Amory ... The War-
field house. Whether it is the pic- third-straight game with a 35-7 home victory and two touchdowns
riors led 38-7 at halftime ... Senior Gabe Harmon rushed tures of the Starkville Academy foot- against Winston Academy ... The Patriots led n ON THE LINE: Hebron Christian looks for back-to-
35-0 at halftime ... Junior quarterback Carter
for 185 yards and two touchdowns; Caledonia won its ball team’s 2017 state championship Putt threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns;
back wins
first region game by taking a 34-20 win at Mooreville ... rings or the “check list” poster board Starkville Academy beat Canton Academy 35-10
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Hebron Christian received a
10-tackle performance from Doug Loden against North
The Confederates led 27-6 at halftime ... Junior Brandon that lists beating Starkville Academy at home ... The Volunteers led 14-3 at halftime Sunflower Academy
Edmondson ran for 71 yards and three touchdowns as the team’s No. 1 goal, Heritage ... Senior Taylor Arnold scored two touchdowns n LAST SEASON: Did not meet
n ON THE LINE: Caledonia can close in on a playoff Academy has looked forward to its n ON THE LINE: Winner clinches MAIS 2-AAA
championship Hatley at Aberdeen
berth by upsetting the region leader next meeting against its archrival for n PLAYER TO WATCH: Heritage Academy ju-
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Caledonia sophomore lineman n RECORDS: Hatley 5-3 (1-1 in MHSAA 4-3A);
a long time. nior Kelvin “K.J.” Smith leads the rushing attack
Brandon Chrest leads the Confederates with 87 tackles Aberdeen 4-4 (1-1)
n LAST SEASON: Pontotoc 30, Caledonia 6
At 7 p.m. Friday, the Patriots will for the Patriots, while junior quarterback Garrett
n LAST WEEK: Hatley saw a five-game winning streak
finally get their opportunity when Lewis leads the Volunteers
snapped with a 33-17 home region loss to Houston ...
n RADIO/INTERNET: WLZA-FM (96.1)
Starkville at Madison Central they take on the Volunteers in a n LAST SEASON: Starkville Academy 17,
The Tigers led 10-6 at halftime ... Micah Turner and
n RECORDS: Starkville High 6-1 (2-1 in MHSAA pivotal Mississippi Association of Heritage Academy 14
Markhel Hunt scored touchdowns; Aberdeen dropped a
26-18 home decision to Choctaw County in region play ...
2-6A); Madison Central 6-1 (3-0) Independent Schools (MAIS) Class The Bulldogs trailed 20-18 at halftime ... Senior quarter-
n LAST WEEK: Starkville bounced back from its first AAA, District 2 showdown at J.E. Lo- back Fred Fields scored two touchdowns
loss of the season with a 79-0 home victory against- gan Field. as they are off to an 8-0 start (2-0 in n ON THE LINE: Winner enhances chances at first-
Greenville ... The Yellow Jackets led 49-0 at halftime
“The biggest message we preach district). They have three shutouts round playoff game at home
... Sophomore Luke Altmyer threw for 196 yards and n PLAYER TO WATCH: Aberdeen sophomore
five touchdowns; Madison Central won its sixth-straight
to the kids is yeah, it’s Starkville, this season and have allowed only 60
linebacker Ja Nolan Jones leads the Bulldogs with 62
game with a 24-17 region win at Warren Central ... The
yeah, the rivalry, but this is the third points. tackles
Jaguars trailed 14-10 at halftime ... Sophomore Duke year in a row we’re playing them for Heritage Academy (6-2, 2-0) has n RADIO/INTERNET: WWZQ-AM (1240); WAMY-AM
Arnold ran for 121 yards and a touchdown the district championship,” Heritage bounced back after losses to Lamar (1580)
n ON THE LINE: Starkville looks for better success in Academy coach Sean Harrison said. School and Pillow Academy to earn n LAST SEASON: Aberdeen 38, Hatley 28
its second region road game “That’s a testament to our kids’ work, victories against Magnolia Heights,
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Starkville senior running back a testament to their coaching staff, a Hamilton at Sebastopol
Leake Academy, and Winston Acad- n RECORDS: Hamilton 1-6 (0-4 in MHSAA 3-1A);
Rodrigues Clark has rushed for 781 yards and 14 testament to their team that we con- emy. Last week, junior quarterback Sebastopol 2-5 (1-3)
touchdowns
tinue to meet to decide this thing. I Carter Putt threw for 185 yards and n LAST WEEK: Hamilton lost its sixth-straight game
n RADIO/INTERNET: WKBB-FM (100.9)
am proud of our kids and where we two touchdowns in a 35-7 victory with a 26-8 region loss at Ethel ... The Lions trailed
n LAST SEASON: Starkville 14, Madison Central
6 (regular season); Starkville 27, Madison Central 24
have gotten to. The message this against Winston Academy. 19-0 at halftime; Sebastopol lost its third-straight game
(postseason) week is that this is a trophy game.” The Patriots have used a balanced with a 28-12 setback at Leake County in region play ...
Harrison earned a 26-17 victory in attack that features junior running The Bobcats trailed 14-6 at halftime ... Senior Javiers
West Point at Olive Branch his first taste of the rivalry in 2016. Johnson ran for 114 yards and a touchdown
back Kelvin “K.J.” Smith leading the
n RECORDS: West Point 6-1 (3-0 in MHSAA 1-5A); He said the rivalry is “fun” even n ON THE LINE: Hamilton faces must-win to keep its
ground assault.
Olive Branch 7-0 (3-0) though the nature of it has changed playoff hopes alive
n LAST WEEK: West Point won its fourth-straight Harrison feels the game will come n PLAYER TO WATCH: Sebastopol senior linebacker
over the years because so many of
game with a 47-7 region home victory against Lake Cor- down to limiting turnovers and mis- Kaden Goss has a team-high 42 tackles
the players know each other and so
morant ... The Green Wave led 33-0 at halftime ... Junior takes and great defense. He believes n LAST SEASON: Hamilton 34, Sebastopol 21
many things about their peers. Har-
Brandon Harris scored three touchdowns; Olive Branch
rison said the recent success of both his team is capable of playing at a
remained undefeated with a 13-7 region win at Grenada Kosciusko at Noxubee County
teams makes the game more appeal- high level on defense, which is some- n RECORDS: Kosciusko 3-4 (2-0 in MHSAA 4-4A);
... The Chargers led 7-6 at halftime ... Senior Cole
ing because there is a lot more riding thing he knows the Volunteers will Noxubee County 3-5 (0-1)
Catledge has thrown for 273 yards and a touchdown
n ON THE LINE: West Point risks its 23-game region on the outcome. be able to do thanks to defensive co- n LAST WEEK: Kosciusko beat New Hope 33-14 in
winning streak against undefeated foe Last season, Starkville Acade- ordinator Brad Butler and assistant region play at home; Noxubee County saw its 30-game
n PLAYER TO WATCH: West Point senior Jake Cham- my rode the momentum of a 17-14 coach Bubba Davis. region winning streak snapped with a 27-26 loss at
bless has thrown for 462 yards and six touchdowns to victory against Heritage Academy Heritage Academy will counter Louisville ... The Tigers fell on a last-second field goal
n ON THE LINE: Noxubee County looks to avoid 0-2
lead the Green Wave
in Columbus to a district champion- with an offense that has put up 296
start in region play
n RADIO/INTERNET: www.supertalk.fm
ship and a victory against Indianola points. The Patriots have scored less n PLAYER TO WATCH: Noxubee County senior
n LAST SEASON: West Point 51, Olive Branch 7
Academy in overtime in the MAIS than 35 points only once. Ja’Qualyn Smith has rushed for 511 yards and five touch-
(regular season); West Point 39, Olive Branch 6
(postseason) Class AAA State title game. The Vol- “I want them to have fun. I want downs to lead the Tigers
unteers haven’t slowed down, either, See Patriots, 3B n LAST SEASON: Noxubee County 49, Kosciusko 27

Rankings WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Week 9

School
Class Overall
1. Horn Lake (5)
W-L Pts Pvs
(8-0) 100 2
2. Hattiesburg (5) (7-0) 98 1
3. Brandon (1) (7-1) 91 3
4. Northwest Rankin (6-1) 79 4
5. Starkville (6-1) 64 6
6. West Point (6-1) 60 5
7. Madison Central (6-1) 43 7
8. Olive Branch (7-0) 25 8
9. Clinton (7-1) 17 10
10. East Central (7-0) 14 9
Also Receiving Votes: Jackson Prep 5,
Louisville 2, Oak Grove 2, Lafayette 2,
Corinth 1, Tupelo 1, Madison-Ridgeland
Aca. 1.
Class 6A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Horn Lake (9) (8-0) 106 1
2. Brandon (2) (7-1) 101 2
3. Northwest Rankin (6-1) 89 3
4. Starkville (6-1) 78 4
5. Madison Central (6-1) 66 5
Also Receiving Votes: None.
Class 5A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Hattiesburg (10)
2. West Point (1)
(7-0) 109 1
(6-1) 99 2
3. Olive Branch (7-0) 88 3
4. Lafayette (5-2) 77 4
5. Picayune (5-2) 42 5
Also Receiving Votes: West Jones 25.
Class 4A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. East Central (8) (7-0) 104 1
2. Louisville (3) (7-1) 102 2
3. Pontotoc (7-1) 89 3
4. Poplarville (6-1) 76 4
5. Mendenhall (7-0) 56 5
Also Receiving Votes: Corinth 13.
Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. North Panola (10) (6-1) 109 1
2. Winona (1) (8-0) 98 2
3. Houston (6-1) 81 3
4. Jefferson Davis County (6-2) 48 4
5. Water Valley (7-1) 38 T5
Also Receiving Votes: North Pontotoc
21, Velma Jackson 13, Columbia 13,
Booneville 12, Jefferson County 7.
School
Class 2A
1. Taylorsville (11)
W-L Pts Prv
(8-0) 110 1
2. Scott Central (8-0) 97 2
3. Collins (6-1) 89 3
4. Pelahatchie (7-1) 78 4
5. Pisgah (7-1) 60 5
Also Receiving Votes: Calhoun City 6.
Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Simmons (11) (8-0) 110 1
2. Nanih Waiya (7-1) 96 3
3. Lumberton (7-1) 83 2
4. Stringer (7-1) 79 4
5. Biggersville (8-0) 54 5
Also Receiving Votes: Noxapater 12,
Smithville 6.
Class Private Schools
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Jackson Prep (11) (8-0) 110 1
2. Madison-Rdglnd Aca. (8-0) 99 2
3. Starkville Aca. (8-0) 78 4
4. Jackson Aca. (5-2) 70 3
5. Indianola Aca. (7-1) 58 5
Also Receiving Votes: Adams Christian
12, Lamar School 7, Simpson Aca. 6.
All Associated Press members in
Mississippi are eligible to participate
in the high school football poll. Those
who voted for this week’s poll are: The
Commercial Dispatch, Columbus; The Daily
Corinthian, Corinth; Greene County Herald,
Leakesville; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-
Gulfport; The Hattiesburg Post,
Hattiesburg; The Oxford Eagle,
Oxford; Starkville Daily News, Starkville;
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo;
The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WTVA-TV,
Tupelo; WJTV, Jackson.
All-Star Games
The Bernard Blackwell game will be Dec. 8
in Gulfport.
The Mississippi/Alabama game will be Dec.
17 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Starkville faces huge road test in region
W
ell, it looks like we have fair Gators or Trojans Patriots or Volunteers
weather coming to town
Will New Hope get win No. 1? Will there be a better game in
this weekend.
It’s hard to imagine, but New the state than Heritage
As the rides be-
Hope will play host to Leake Central Academy-Starkville Academy?
gin to crank up, so
in region play. Both teams are win- Our two biggest area academy
do the playoff races.
Put off buying less on the season. rivals will meet Friday night in
that Halloween New Hope (0-8) has struggled on Starkville.
candy one more the defense. The Trojans have made Heritage Academy (6-2) and
weekend and get strides on offense. Starkville Academy (8-0) are having
phenomenal seasons. Each team is
set for some of the This season has been equally
treats on this week’s Scott Walters difficult for Leake Central (0-7). 2-0 in district play.
schedule. Slight advantage to New Hope The winner could be in the top
Here is what to spot for the MAIS playoffs.
playing at home. The winner likely
watch for from Week 9: Home-field advantage isn’t out of
will earn a Class 4A playoff berth.
the question for both.
Forget all that, though, it’s Heri-
Yellow Jackets or Jaguars Chargers or Falcons tage-Starkville week.
Can Starkville survive this Will the Falcon mascot enjoy
road test?
After falling to Northwest Rankin
Homecoming? Whippets or Tigers
Columbus (0-7) will play host to Will Noxubee County start a
two weeks ago, Starkville might Southaven (2-5) for Homecoming in
take a different bus route to this new streak?
region play. Noxubee County (3-5) will play
week’s huge region showdown at
Each year, Homecoming at Co- host to Kosciusko (3-4) with the hope
Madison Central.
lumbus is a festive event. We even it can start a new region winning
Both teams are 6-1. Madison
Central holds a one game lead in the have had three different costumed streak. Louisville stopped Noxubee
mascots in attendance for past
region. County’s 30-game march last week.
It’s hard to imagine Starkville victories. A new streak will begin Friday.
finishing third in the region. That’s Columbus will play three of its Scott Walters is a sports writer for
why this is a must-win game for the final four at home. The Falcons The Dispatch. He can be reached at
Yellow Jackets. should take advantage of that oppor- swalters@cdispatch.com. Follow him
This will be loads of fun. tunity and finish strong. on Twitter @dispatchscott.
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CALENDAR Baseball
Major League Baseball
Volunteers
Prep Football Playoffs Continued from Page 1B
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Thursday’s Game (Best-of-seven, x-if necessary)
American League
40-plus man roster has a role if the squad is go- drop-off when someone enters the game.
Schedule 2B Houston vs. Boston ing to reach its potential. Like Tranum, senior Conner Mclaughlin
All Games on TBS
“The team has meshed together, so when it plays a dual role on the offensive and defensive
Prep Volleyball Saturday’s Game
Houston (Verlander 16-9) at Boston (Sale
splits off on offense and defense it is still on the
Today’s Match 12-4), 7:09 p.m.
Sunday’s Game
lines. He, too, has seen an increase in the num-
New Hope at Lafayette, 6 p.m. Houston at Boston, 6:09 p.m. same page with what is going on,” Nicholson ber of players who are making contributions
Tuesday’s Game
said. “The heartbeat and the body is the team every week. Mclaughlin believes the competi-
College Football Boston at Houston, 4:09 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
and then you have the branches and they all
Saturday’s Games
Boston at Houston, 7:39 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 18 tion the Volunteers see in practice fosters the
Southern Mississippi at North Texas, 1 p.m. Boston at Houston, 7:09 p.m. connect together. You can’t have a great offense confidence the starters have in their backups
x-Saturday, Oct. 20
Missouri at Alabama, 6 p.m. Houston at Boston, 4:09 p.m. or a great defense without having a team aspect to know they can do their jobs.
x-Sunday, Oct. 21
Ole Miss at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m. that everybody wants to be great and every-
Houston at Boston, 6:39 p.m.
“You see them in practice getting better,”
College Cross Country National League body understands they have to share and they Mclaughlin said. “You see people that you
Game 2 Fox; All others FS1
Friday’s Meet Los Angeles vs. Milwaukee have to have their role.” didn’t know what they’re going to do and now
Friday’s Game
Alabama, Southern Mississippi at Florida State Los Angeles (Kershaw 9-5) at Milwaukee, Starkville Academy will put its connective they’re stepping up and making big-time plays
7:09 p.m.
Invitational (Tallahassee, Florida) Saturday’s Game tissue to the test at 7 p.m. Friday when it plays
Saturday’s Meets Los Angeles at Milwaukee, 3:09 p.m. in big games. It doesn’t surprise me. These
Monday’s Game host to Heritage Academy in a Mississippi As-
Mississippi University for Women at Mississippi Milwaukee at Los Angeles, 6:39 p.m. coaches do a good job getting people where
College Invitational Tuesday’s Game sociation of Independent Schools (MAIS) Class
Milwaukee at Los Angeles, 8:09 p.m. they need to be.”
Mississippi State at Arturo Barrios Invitational x-Wednesday, Oct. 17 AAA, District 2 game at J.E. Logan Field.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m. Nicholson points to sophomore running
(College Station, Texas) x-Friday, Oct. 19 Junior wide receiver/linebacker Matt Miller
Ole Miss at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (Madison, Los Angeles at Milwaukee, 7:39 p.m. back C.J. Jackson, junior wide receiver/defen-
x-Saturday, Oct. 20 feels Nicholson’s use of “connective tissue” fits
Wisconsin) Los Angeles at Milwaukee, 8:09 p.m. sive back Ben Brown, junior wide receiver/de-
the Volunteers because so many of his team-
College Rifle Basketball mates know how to play on both sides of the fensive back Noah Aweau, senior wide receiv-
Saturday’s Match NBA Preseason ball. Nicholson said even more players have er/defensive back Zak Kelly, sophomore slot
Wednesday’s Games
Ole Miss vs. Memphis/Army (West Point, New Orlando 102, Memphis 86 taken advantage off their chances as the season back/linebacker Gage Johnson, junior offen-
York) Toronto 118, Brooklyn 91
Washington 102, Detroit 97 has progressed to build the team’s depth. As a sive/defensive lineman Taylor Ray, and junior
Sunday’s Match Atlanta 130, San Antonio 127
offensive/defensive lineman Jacob Linley as a
Ole Miss at Army
Miami 140, New Orleans 128
Chicago 104, Indiana 89
result, players like Miller, running back Taylor
Portland 116, Phoenix 83 Arnold, wide receiver Nason Heflin, and many few examples of players who have emerged in
Men’s College Soccer L.A. Lakers 123, Golden State 113
Today’s Games others have been able to get timely breaks to different ways and have the right attitudes to
Saturday’s Match Toronto at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
help all of the Volunteers be the best they can
Mississippi University for Women at Centenary
Utah at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Maccabi Haifa at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
ensure they are fresh at pivotal junctures.
College, 1 p.m. Friday’s Games “If we get tired, I know somebody can come be.
Charlotte at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Detroit vs. Cleveland at East Lansing, in there,” Miller said. “I am a main defensive “These seniors and teams in the past have
Women’s College Soccer Michogan, 6 p.m.
Guangzhou Long-Lions at Washington, 6 p.m. player and I play a little offense, and when I get all set the tone that you have a role and you
Today’s Matches San Antonio at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Brooklyn at New York, 6:30 p.m. tired I know somebody can roll in there behind have to perform that role,” Nicholson said. “No
UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m.
Ole Miss at LSU, 6 p.m.
Denver at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Houston at Memphis, 7 p.m.
me and pick up the slack and I can just sit and matter how much sometimes you want to be a
Friday’s Match
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Portland, 9 p.m.
take the defense.” part of more we’re looking out for the team. We
Mississippi State at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers vs. Golden State at San Jose,
California, 9:30 p.m.
Miller said all of the coaches have done a can’t look out for the single individual. When
Saturday’s Match great job preparing players behind the starters your time is called and your number is called,
Mississippi University for Women at Centenary Football to make surer they are ready to contribute. He we expect you to step up no matter what it is.”
College, 3 p.m. NFL said he has seen a huge jump in the confidence Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
Today’s Game
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m.
Men’s College Tennis Sunday’s Games of a lot of the players to know there won’t be a Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor

Patriots
Seattle vs Oakland at London, UK, Noon
Friday’s Matches Chicago at Miami, Noon
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, Noon
Alabama at Samford Fall Invite (Birmingham, Buffalo at Houston, Noon
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, Noon
Alabama) Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Noon
Arizona at Minnesota, Noon Continued from Page 2B
Women’s College Tennis L.A. Chargers at Cleveland, Noon
Carolina at Washington, Noon them to enjoy the moment and the opportuni- goal list, and it always will be,” Harrison said.
L.A. Rams at Denver, 3:05 p.m.
Friday’s Matches ty,” Harrison said. “It has been kind of funny
Jacksonville at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. “It has been a lot of fun the past three years.
ITA Southern Regional Championships (Oxford) Baltimore at Tennessee, 3:25 p.m.
this week. I have heard more Xs and Os talk
Kansas City at New England, 7:20 p.m. The next goal to win the district championship
Women’s College Volleyball
Open: Detroit, New Orleans
Monday’s Game out of the kids than I have heard in three years, right under it is still very much in reach and
San Francisco at Green Bay, 7:15 p.m.
Friday’s Matches so that is interesting. I think they are locked could be decided.
Canadian Football League into the magnitude of the game other than the
Missouri at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Friday’s Game “We’re really hitting our stride now. We re-
Mississippi State at Arkansas, 7 p.m. Hamilton at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
rivalry.” ally hit it with Leake (a 41-20 victory) and it
Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 1 p.m. Harrison said he doesn’t expect to get any of continued on through this past Friday, so we’re
Junior College Football Ottawa at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
BC at Calgary, 7 p.m. his injured starters out for this week. He hopes
Saturday’s Games really playing our best football of the year right
College Schedule to have a few of them back for later in the sea- now. I am excited to see that carry over to this
Holmes at EMCC, 2 p.m. Today’s Games
son, but he hopes the Patriots’ depth will hold
Itawamba at Mississippi Delta, 2:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Friday. They’re playing great football. Like I
Texas Tech at TCU, 6:30 p.m. up against a group of Volunteers that goes 44
Georgia Southern at Texas State, 6:30 p.m. said, those coaches do a good job, especially
strong. C.J. Jackson and Payne Lancaster are
on the air Friday’s Games
EAST the only players listed with one position on coach Butler with the defense. They’re stin-
Starkville Academy’s roster. gy. They get to where they’re supposed to be.
Today
Holy Cross at Harvard, 6 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
South Florida at Tulsa, 6 p.m. Despite all of the pomp and circumstance They run to the football really well, which is
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAR WEST why taking care of the football is so important.
6:30 p.m. — Texas Tech at TCU, ESPN Air Force at San Diego State, 8 p.m. surrounding the game, Harrison said he wants
Arizona at Utah, 9 p.m. his players to relax, to play loose, and to have We’re going to get some opportunities to strike
6:30 p.m. — Georgia Southern at Texas State,
ESPNU Saturday’s Games fun. The Patriots shouldn’t need any extra mo- and we need to make sure we take advantage
FOOTBALL
EAST
Akron at Buffalo, 11 a.m. tivation to make sure they’re ready to deliver an of them because we don’t expect them to make
6 p.m. — High school, Archer (Ga.) at Grayson Cornell at Colgate, 11 a.m. effort that will allow them to accomplish their many mistakes.”
Maine at Rhode Island, 11 a.m.
(Ga.), at Loganville, Georgia, ESPN2 St. Francis (Pa.) at Wagner, 11 a.m. No. 1 goal. Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
GOLF
Louisville at Boston College, 11:30 a.m.
“Beating Starkville is always at the top of our Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor

12:30 p.m. — LPGA Tour, LPGA KEB Hana Bank
Championship, first round, at Incheon, South
Korea (same-day tape), TGC
9:30 p.m. — PGA Tour, CIMB Classic, second
round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, TGC
3:30 a.m. (Friday) — European PGA Tour, British
Masters, second round, at Surrey, England, TGC
NFL
7:20 p.m. — Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, WLOV
and NFL Network
NBA
9 p.m. — Preseason, Utah at Sacramento, NBA
TV
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League, Russia vs.
Sweden, at Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, ESPNEWS
6:30 p.m. — Men, International friendly, United
States vs. Colombia, at Tampa, Florida, FS1
6:30 p.m. — 2018 CONCACAF Women’s
Championship, Group Stage, Group B: Cubs vs.
Jamaica, at Edinburg, Texas, FS2
9 p.m. — 2018 CONCACAF Women’s
Championship, Group Stage, Group B: Costa
Rica vs. Canada, at Edinburg, Texas, FS1
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
6 p.m. — Ole Miss at LSU, SEC Network
Friday
AUTO RACING
Gordon
Fordham at Lehigh, 11:30 a.m.
CCSU at Bryant, Noon
Bucknell at Monmouth (NJ), Noon
Columbia at Penn, Noon
Brown at Princeton, Noon
James Madison at Villanova, Noon
Mercer at Yale, Noon Continued from Page 1B
Elon at Delaware, 2:30 p.m.
Georgetown at Lafayette, 2:30 p.m. “I think he wanted to and didn’t think about After making his decision in the summer,
Temple at Navy, 2:30 p.m.
Stony Brook at New Hampshire, 2:30 p.m. it,” Lemonis said. “He got hot late, what a fun Gordon waited for fall practice to resume. He
Michigan State at Penn State, 2:30 p.m.
William & Mary at Towson, 3 p.m. ride, and now I think professionally he’s got a then learned he might have a chance to hit.
Sacred Heart at Dartmouth, 5 p.m.
Richmond at Albany (NY), 6 p.m.
shot if he can show it all year long.” Gordon was a full-time hitter in 2016 (.333 in
Robert Morris at Duquesne, 6 p.m. Lemonis is referring to Gordon’s postseason 18 at-bats). He started 2017 the same way with
SOUTH
Tennessee at Auburn, 11 a.m. run in which he dropped his earned run aver- 28 at-bats in the first three weeks. As injuries
Rutgers at Maryland, 11 a.m.
Hampton at Presbyterian, 11 a.m.
age (ERA) from 4.87 to 4.26. He earned a win decimated the bullpen, MSU turned to Gordon
Florida at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m. in an elimination game against Oklahoma in as one of its emergency pitchers. He logged 55
Duke at Georgia Tech, 11:20 a.m.
Morehead State at Davidson, Noon the Tallahassee Regional and struck out 10 in 1/3 innings and started nine times.
Wofford at Furman, Noon seven scoreless innings in the Nashville Super
Delaware State at Howard, Noon Last season, he pitched 61 1/3 innings and
Marist at Jacksonville, Noon Regional. Gordon also threw 7 1/3 scoreless in-
Florida A&M at North Carolina A&T, Noon didn’t have an at-bat. He admits he missed hit-
nings in the College World Series.
Kennesaw State at Gardner-Webb, 12:30 p.m.
ting has enjoyed working off the rust this fall.
Troy at Liberty, 1 p.m. Gordon said the trip to Omaha and the re-
Tennessee State at Murray State, 1 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman at South Crolina State, turning players for the 2019 season motivated That work is another reason his comeback has
1 p.m.
him to return to Starkville. worked out.
ETSU at The Citadel, 1 p.m.
Alcorn State at Alabama A&M, 2 p.m. Ending his season that way is why he is back. “Most of the time, I missed it when I was out
MVSU at Jackson State, 2 p.m.
VMI at Samford, 2 p.m. “Coach Lemonis was a big part of it and him running with the pitchers and everyone else
Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee-Martin, 2 p.m. was taking (batting practice),” Gordon said.
Western Kentucky at Charlotte, 2:30 p.m. wanting me back made a big impact, but also
“It’s fun. It’s the part of the game that everyone
Georgia at LSU, 2:30 p.m. the guys we have coming back and how we
UCF at Memphis, 2:30 p.m.
Marshall at Old Dominion, 2:30 p.m. came together,” Gordon said. “It’s really hard loves doing.”
Texas A&M at South Carolina, 2:30 p.m.
to leave that when you have a chance to do it Follow Dispatch sports writer Brett Hudson
Chattanooga at Western Carolina, 2:30 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State, 3 p.m. again.” on Twitter @Brett_Hudson
New Mexico St. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 4 p.m.

9 a.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series,
Talladega 250, practice, at Talladega, Alabama,
FS2
Alabama
Houston Baptist at Southeaastern Louisiana,
4 p.m.
Alabama State at South Alabama, 4 p.m.
Va. Lynchburg at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Coastal Carolina, 5 p.m.

10:30 a.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck

Series, Talladega 250, final practice, at Talladega,
Alabama, FS2
4:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck
Series, Talladega 250, practice, at Talladega,
Alabama, FS2
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6 p.m. — USF at Tulsa, ESPN
8 p.m. — Air Force at San Diego State, CBS
Sports Network
9 p.m. — Arizona at Utah, ESPN
DRAG RACING
5 p.m. — NHRA, Carolina Nationals, qualifying,
at Concord, North Carolina, FS1
FOOTBALL
6 p.m. — High school, Good Counsel (Md.) at
State John’s College H.S. (Washington), ESPN2
GOLF
11:30 a.m. — LPGA Tour, LPGA KEB Hana Bank
Championship, second round, at Incheon, South
Korea (same-day tape), TGC
2 p.m. — Champions Tour, SAS Championship,
first round, at Cary, North Carolina, TGC
10 p.m. — PGA Tour, CIMB Classic, third round,
at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Morgan State at Savannah State, 5 p.m.
Missouri at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Continued from Page 1B
Mississippi College at North Alabama, 6 p.m.
Virginia Tech at North Carolina, 6 p.m.
and excited to play right off the ally good job of executing the utes against the Razorbacks
Sam Houston State at Northwestern State, bat, but whenever we can go reads on a lot of these plays. and 28 by the second quarter
6 p.m.
Miami at Virginia, 6 p.m. and execute exactly what you “It’s been a real asset for us against Louisiana-Lafayette
Houston at East Carolina, 6:30 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at FIU, 6:30 p.m.
wanted to do right off the bat, to be able to get off to a good and Ole Miss.
MIDWEST it brings a lot of confidence to start in games and get a little Alabama has avoided com-
Toledo at Eastern Michigan, 11 a.m.
Iowa at Indiana, 11 a.m. the game plan.” bit of a lead. But we’re going ing out sluggish in any game
Oklahoma State at Kansas State, 11 a.m.
Nebraska at Northwestern, 11 a.m.
Alabama, which will play to play better and better de- despite being heavily favored
Minnesota at Ohio State, 11 a.m. host to Missouri on Saturday fenses as we go, so that will in every one.
Stetson at Drake, 1 p.m.
night, opened the 65-31 victo- become more challenging.”
Missouri State at Indiana State, 1 p.m.
“It just doesn’t matter who
Montana at North Dakota, 1 p.m. ry against Arkansas with a 76- If Alabama fans aren’t nec-
Austin Peay at Southeast Missouri, 1 p.m.
Butler at Valparaiso, 1 p.m. yard touchdown catch by tight essarily riveted to their seats we play,” Hentges said. “It
Kent State at Miami (Ohio), 1:30 p.m.
end Irv Smith Jr. Before 10 in the final minutes, the open- doesn’t matter if were favored.
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame, 1:30 p.m.
Western Michigan at Bowling Green, 2 p.m. minutes ticked off the clock, ing ones have been much It doesn’t matter if we’re not fa-
Ball State at Central Michigan, 2 p.m.
Southern Illinois at Illinois State, 2 p.m. the Crimson Tide had scored more enticing. vored. We’re going to go in ev-
Youngstown State at South Dakota St., 2 p.m.
Purdue at Illinois, 2:30 p.m. two more touchdowns with Here are some highlights of ery single time and just do our
Ohio at Northern Illinois, 2:30 p.m. drives consuming just 4 min- Alabama’s fast starts: job, execute. I think that really
West Virginia at Iowa State, 6 p.m.
Northern Iowa at South Dakota, 6 p.m. utes, 2 seconds. n Tua Tagovailoa is 18- speaks to our focus as a team.”
North Dakota State at Western Illinois, 6 p.m.
All told, Alabama has for-20 for 462 yards and six Tailback Damien Harris
Wisconsin at Michigan, 6:30 p.m.
scored 238 points in the first touchdowns before the half of
SOUTHWEST said the success boils down
Alabama-Birmingham at Rice, Noon
Southern Mississippi at North Texas, 1 p.m. half while allowing just 34. the past two games combined. to that focus — on “the little
Nicholls at Abilene Christian, 2:30 p.m.
Baylor at Texas, 2:30 p.m. The team could have gone He only attempted one sec- things” and film study and ex-
Incarnate Word at Lamar, 3 p.m. scoreless in the second half of ond-half pass. ecuting every play correctly.
Central Arkansas at Stephen F. Austin, 3 p.m.
Southern U. at Prairie View, 5 p.m. every game and still be unde- n The Tide’s 39.7-point first Safety Deionte Thompson
Grambling State at Texas Southern, 6 p.m.
feated. half average would rank 26th doesn’t mind those quick and
Louisiana Tech at UTSA, 6 p.m.

7 p.m. — National League Championship Series,

Game 1, Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee, FS1
NBA
7 p.m. — Preseason, Houston at Memphis, Fox
Sports Southeast
9:30 p.m. — Preseason, L.A. Lakers vs. Golden
State, at San Jose, California, ESPN2
SOCCER
Ole Miss at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.
FAR WEST
Coach Nick Saban said it nationally and fourth in the early scores that give the de-
Washington at Oregon, 2:30 p.m. boils down to execution and a Southeastern Conference in
fense a nice cushion, if not al-
Army at San Jose State, 2:30 p.m.
good game plan, particularly points per game. Tagovailoa
New Mexico at Colorado State 3 p.m.
Idaho at Montana State, 3 p.m. those early scripted plays of- and Co. are also averaging ways much of a break.
UNLV at Utah State, 3 p.m. “It’s just our offense,”
Northern Colorado at Portland State, 4 p.m. fensively by coordinator Mike 375.7 yards in the first half of
Dayton at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Locksley. games. Thompson said. “They can
Eastern Washington at Weber State, 5 p.m.
UCLA at California, 6 p.m. “That has been able to take n Alabama scored on its score fast. I don’t know how
Idaho State at UC Davis, 6 p.m.
advantage of some situations first offensive play against Ar- everybody else feels about it,
Sacramento State at Southern Utah, 7 p.m.

1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League, Croatia vs.

England, at Rijeka, Croatia, ESPN2
Hawaii at BYU, 9:15 p.m.
Boise State at Nevada, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Southern California, 9:30 p.m.
Wyoming at Fresno State, 9:30 p.m.
that we see from the defense,” kansas and Texas A&M but I love it. When they score
Saban said. “And I think the n The Crimson Tide scored first and they score fast, I love
quarterbacks have done a re- 21 points in the first 10 min- it.”
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Columbus
Continued from Page 1B
a chance to go on the road to
beat Grenada. Columbus ig-
nored the comments and took
Game 1 8-7. It then rallied from
an 11-5 deficit in the bottom of
the sixth thanks to some timely
hitting and hustle.
“I told them at the end of the
game that’s probably as proud of
a team that I’ve coached just be-
cause of the heart and the effort,”
Thornton said. “You could prob-
ably point out 15 different plays
and things that happened that if
you’re going 80 percent not 100
we don’t make those plays, or safe
at first, or things don’t happen.
The girls were selfless.
“It was pretty neat because
it was the bottom of our lineup
that hadn’t hit well all night. In
the first game, the top half of our
lineup carried us. We talked real
hard about making sure we were
running everything out and hus-
tling and made everything tough
on them. We didn’t hit the ball
real well. We hit some dribblers
that we just beat out and took
some chances on some balls in
the outfield and made them make
some tough plays.”
Thornton said the final play
epitomized his team’s feisty
nature. With the bases loaded
and two outs, he said his team’s
runner from first base had a
hard slide into second base on a
ground ball to second base. He
said the hustle play might have
played a role in the infielder cov-
ering second base dropping the
ball.
Thornton said the Lady Fal-
cons have had an up-and-down
season in which they have lost
some games he thought they
should win. He also said there
were games the team didn’t
show the effort he wanted to
see. Thornton said the team has
solidified a lineup in the final
three weeks and has played a lot
better, especially at the plate. He
also credited the development of
some younger players for helping
to elevate the team’s chances for
success.
“We have a pretty good mix,”
Thornton said. “Our outfield
is pretty much all juniors. We
have a 10-th-grader at first base,
a 10th-grader that catches, a
ninth-grader at second, and three
or four girls who are ninth-grad-
ers who have rotated in and out at
various positions.”
Smith said she did her part to
help raise the team’s spirits af-
ter it fell behind in Game 2. She
also credited Haleigh Gore and
Keayra Hughes for helping to fire
up their teammates to keep the
season alive. Gore, Hughes, Ber-
niya Hardin, Beyonce McCrary,
and Chelsea Smith are the only
seniors on a 31-player roster. The
Lady Falcons have 16 players in
grades seven through 10.
“We just have to keep it to-
gether and stay confident,” Smith
said.
Thornton said many of the
players on the slow-pitch roster
also play on the school’s fast-pitch
team. He said he isn’t sure if this
will be the final year for slow-pitch
softball in the MHSAA. He said a
recent survey conducted by the
MHSAA didn’t identify enough
teams that were interested in
playing the sport in 2019-2020, so
he said everyone likely will have
to wait until November for a final
decision.
On Thursday, tough, Thorn-
ton said Columbus, which
finished second to Tupelo in
its region, won’t wait to try to
make things happen. He hopes
the Lady Falcons, who weren’t
able to practice Wednesday due
to the rain, will come out with
the same amount of enthusi-
asm and determination to reach
uncharted territory since the
slow-pitch classes have merged.
“I think the fact that we
have some younger ones that
maybe don’t understand and
don’t know is probably a ben-
efit for us,” Thornton said. “I
don’t think they understand the
pressure of it. Some of them
might. They had the mind-set
(against Grenada) that people
didn’t believe in them. I think
when they saw they could com-
pete with Grenada it just kind of
changed their mind-set. I think
if we carry that over (to North-
west Rankin) I think we have
got a chance. That is what we
have been preaching all year: If
you give 100-percent effort, you
give yourself a chance no mat-
ter who you’re playing.”
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Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: dark rabbit hole. I told his parents I can’t have
I have been — SELF-CON- them over because all the
dating the SCIOUS GIRL- responsibility falls on me. My
most amazing FRIEND “no” should suffice, but my
man for the past DEAR mother-in-law hopes to argue
11 months. As GIRLFRIEND: me into hosting.
we approach the Your “amazing” We don’t have children
one-year anni- man appears because I knew I would end
versary of the to be a loose- up raising them alone. I don’t
day we met, this lipped lush. Not want the in-laws here “hinting”
“perfect” man is knowing him, I that they need us to help them
showing some can’t guess the when my husband won’t lift a
ZITS not-so-perfect
traits. I was un-
degree to which
he blacks out
finger.
I recently became dis-
lucky in love for when he’s been abled, and my in-laws keep
many years until drinking. Some pressuring me to share my
he swept me off alcoholics don’t diagnosis with them. They
my feet. We have
Dear Abby remember what think I should cheerfully do all
both become happened the the work of hosting them as a
extremely close with each night before. Others simply way to fight my disability!
other’s respective friends and don’t WANT to remember, so They are extremely nosy.
family. they claim amnesia. I am now blocking her calls. I
He’s everything I have Regardless of how you know they will spend their time
been searching for in a life feel about him, for your own here trying to get a look at my
partner and husband. But well-being, draw the line and medications and any financial
when he drinks, he confides tell him he needs to stop information left out. What else
his deep fears of dating me drinking. If he’s as alcohol-de- can I do? — UNMERRY IN
GARFIELD and enumerates each and
every one of my relationship
pendent as I suspect he is, he
will give you an argument or
LOUISIANA
DEAR UNMERRY: You
insecurities — nagging, an outright refusal. And that’s should all try to achieve a
anxiety, loneliness, etc. The your cue to tell him if he wants workable compromise, if
next day he acts like nothing a future with you, he will have that’s possible. Ask your MIL
happened! He swears up and to make a choice. if she’s prepared to take some
down that it was the alcohol DEAR ABBY: My in-laws are of the responsibility off your
talking and he doesn’t mean angry that I have declined to shoulders if she and her hus-
any of the harsh words he host them over the holidays band visit. Suggest they stay
spoke the night before. this year. My husband is in a hotel or motel rather than
Should I believe him? never helpful. When company burden you. And your husband
Please don’t let me be the comes, he sits on his mobile (their son) should back you up
naive girl traveling down a phone while I do everything. on this.

CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
11). If your life were a town,
this year would represent a
population boom. You’ll have
more than the usual amount
of company, especially while
adventuring. Other highlights
include: prime tickets to an
event, lots of inside jokes that
add richness to your group’s
story and a new skill to add to
your bag. Taurus and Cancer
BABY BLUES adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 14, 6, 22, 12 and 40.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You might be surprised at what
makes you super happy. That’s
why it’s so important to try new
things. Today, it’s lucky to do
this with someone you trust.
Tackling fresh experiences to-
gether will create a tight bond.
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Self-absorption is a state
of fear. The trepidation may be
mild in variety, a low current
of worry that the world is not
safe for us. Therefore it’s best
to tend to what is known. The
self-absorbed will need your
compassion today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Do you walk around this fair
thinking, “I’ve already ridden
all the rides I want to?” You’re
missing something. Either you
ruled it out as too scary or too
mild when, in fact, there’s a
thrill inside that’s just your size.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
This is the cosmic opportunity
of the day: If you did it once,
you can do it again. And if you
haven’t done it, you’re due. Be-
lieve it, and make your move.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
highest form of flattery is imita-
tion. Remember that time you
followed someone just to make
that person feel good about his
or her choice? It was big-heart-
ed, but you won’t need to go
that far today to make people
feel good.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Don’t worry; you will be
something better than you were
before. And this mistake? It’s
not a setback. It’s actually the
mechanism through which im-
provement is made possible.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). To forward your personal
journey, you’ll have to ditch a
lot of the bad, or rather, the
less-than-optimum. And now
you’ll get even stricter with
yourself, only because you want
certain results that take sacri-
fice. You’re ready.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Your role requires you to
live in your head more than
you’d like to, reviewing possibil-
ities, playing out different sce-
narios, testing things mentally.
Take frequent breaks to stay
fresh. This one is important.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). No one can do what you
do. Stop being so hard on your-
self. You’re losing perspective
on how special you are. To give
yourself credit isn’t narcissistic;
in fact, it’s the spiritual generos-
ity that helps you be more kind
today.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). To understand others
takes emotional wit, social clev-
erness and a better than aver-
age awareness. To understand
yourself takes these things plus
courage and acceptance.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Do you ever wonder what
sort of peace you’d experience
through a day without talking?
Maybe you can’t go the whole
day, but things will change with
even a few quiet hours. Silence
is a teacher.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). For primates, the standard
is to reject or, more likely,
attack anyone outside of the
group. For humans, inclusion is
often the very reason the group
thrives. There’s much to absorb
from those who are different
from us.

Old timer
SOLUTION:
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Business
Business moves with Mary

Columbus hotel for sale

Plus: Starkville nursery Window World
is open Monday
from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday
from noon-5 p.m.
now open through Friday
8 a.m.-5p.m and
A Starkville couple opened
Twigs Nursery and Landscap-

I
f you’re driving past the Mag-
nolia Bowl, you may have seen
a Rhett Realty sign perched in
front of Columbus Inn and Suites.
Columbus Inn and Suites, 506
Hwy 45 N., is a 90-room inn priced
at $1.45 million on a nearly 3-acre-
lot. The inn has a fully-equipped
restaurant, kitchen, pool and meet-
ing areas.
The property was originally built
as a Holiday Inn in 1960 and then
contained 62 rooms. It featured a
banquet room and a coffee shop.
Farther down 45, Window World
opened at 134 Lincoln Road, next to
Walmart. The exterior and interior
window installation store opened
earlier this month. Window World
was founded in North Carolina
in 1995, and has now grown to
more than 200 stores nationwide.
Saturdays from
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
All the way
up 45, across
from Hank’s
#1 BBQ, a new
sign reading
Waldrop and
Mary Pollitz
Co. Real Estate
is now poised
on the old Cross Golf Cart building
at 5736 Hwy. 45 N. According to
Lowndes County Tax Assessor’s
office, Dustin Waldrop purchased
the building in late July.
Coming back into town Grass-
roots Natural Candle Company
moved across the street to 127
Fifth St. N. Grassroots offers a
large natural candle selection, jew-
elry, soap, signs, bath bombs and
even homemade laundry detergent.
It’s open Monday through Saturday
ing, 7653 Oktoc Road, last week.
Kandiace Brown said she met
her husband Kody in a nursery
while they were both studying
horticulture at Mississippi State
University. MSU graduates
Kody and Kandiace stayed in
Starkville with Kody’s land-
scaping business and together
decided to open a one-stop-shop
for all the necessities to turn your
thumb green.
Twigs offers a variety of plants,
flowers, arrangements, seeds, pots,
garden tools, Mississippi-made
items, pottery and of course land-
scaping. It’s open Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m.-6
p.m., Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-4
p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Got business tips? Email them to
mpollitz@cdispatch.com.

Business briefs
Richmond named
among Top Trial
Lawyers
Butler Snow is pleased
to announce that Orlando
R. Rich-
mond Sr.
has been
named to
Benchmark
Litigation’s
2019 Top
100 Trial
Lawyers. Richmond
He has also
been ranked a Local Liti-
gation Star and Litigation
Star by the publication.
He has nearly 30
years of experience and
served as lead counsel or
co-counsel in numerous
jury trials in state, federal
and military venues.
products, toxic torts and
environmental issues.
He is consistently
recognized as one of the
country’s leading trial
attorneys. AmLaw’s The
Litigation Daily profiled
him as its Litigator of the
Week, May 11, 2018.
He is a fellow of the
American College of Trial
Lawyers, the Internation-
al Academy of Trial Law-
yers and the Mississippi
Bar Foundation, and is
a member of the Ameri- She is also a graduate
can Bar Association, the of the Universidad del
Bar Association of the Zulia, Medical School
Fifth Federal Circuit, the in Maracaibo, Venezu-
Mississippi Bar Associ- ela. She completed her
ation, the Magnolia Bar residency in internal
Association, the Inter- medicine at Morris-
national Association of town Medical Center in
Rincon Henriquez
Defense Counsel and the Morristown, New Jersey.
Capital Area Bar Associ- the Universidad del She is board certified
ation. He is a member of Zulia Medical School in in internal medicine by
Butler Snow’s pharma- Maracaibo, Venezuela
the American Board of
ceutical, medical device in 2008 and completed
Internal Medicine.
and health care litigation his residency in internal
group, The couple live in Co-
medicine at Morristown lumbus. They are looking
He received his un- Medical Center in Mor-
dergraduate degree from forward to the birth of
ristown, New Jersey, in their twin boys later this
Jackson State University 2015. He also completed
and his Juris Doctor from fall.
a fellowship in pulmonary
Georgetown University. disease and critical care
at Hahnemann University
Baptist welcomes Hospital in Philadelphia,
husband/wife Pennsylvania, in 2018.
physicians He received the Out-
standing Resident Award
Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Triangle for both his second and
welcomes new husband third years of residency
and wife physicians, in the Department of
Dr. Ciro Rincon and Dr. Medicine, Atlantic Health
Rosana Henriquez. They Systems, Morristown
both joined the staff in Medical Center. He is
July 2018. board certified in both
Rincon specializes in internal medicine and
pulmonology and crit- pulmonary medicine.
ical care medicine. He Henriquez is an inter-
is in practice at Golden nist and has joined the
Triangle Pulmonology hospital’s team of hospi-
and Sleep. talists, or hospital-based
He is a graduate of physicians.

Business around the state

Kitchen equipment maker expands in Mississippi, hiring 12
DE KALB — A commercial kitchen equipment maker is expanding in eastern
Mississippi, investing $600,000 with plans to hire 12 workers over the next year.
Nokomis is a unit of Advance Tabco of Edgewood, New York. It announced plans
Tuesday for its De Kalb factory.
The company currently employs 32 there, and is spending $325,000 to buy a
building from Kemper County.
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Legal Notices 0010 Tree Services 1860 General Help Wanted 3200 Apts For Rent: Other 7080
The following vehicles A&T Tree Service THE DISPATCH
have been abandoned Bucket truck & stump is looking for an
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Call Jimmy for a free es- insurance benefits,
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personal leave and op- sign and get
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VIN#
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or 662-549-2902
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DAY OF OCTOBER, medical examiner’s cer- given numbers. The object
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JARRETT'S TOWING, dents need apply. Fax is
1 to place
to 9 in thethe numbers
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the empty spaces
row, each
EAST, COLUMBUS, MS. Posting daily receipts 4490 or email to so that each row, each
and electronic funds jm.sitemasters LARGE INDOOR
2 OR 3BR, brick home,
window a/c, gas heat, column and each 3x3 box 3 5 2 1 8 4 7 9 6
Publish: 10/4, 10/11,
& 10/18/2018
transfers, processing
credit card payments,
@yahoo.com GARAGE SALE
Sat, 10/13, 8am-12pm.
COLEMAN fenced yard. Close to
shopping! $575/mo +
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RENTALS only once. The difficulty
reconciling bank state- Antiques 4060 7379 Hwy 12 East, $350 dep. 1120 6th only once. The difficulty 4 6 7 5 1 8 2 3 9
Building & Remodeling 1120 ments and credit card Steens. RAIN OR SHINE TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
Ave. N. 662-352-4776. level increases from
statements as well as ANTIQUE MAHOGANY level increases from 5 3 1 7 9 2 4 6 8
CJ'S ROOFING & HOME filing and processing buffet & china cabinet. 1 BEDROOM Monday to Sunday.
Monday to Sunday.
Houses For Sale: Caledonia
2 BEDROOMS
Difficulty Level 10/10
REMODELING. Roofing outgoing mail. Excellent condition. General Merchandise 4600
(Shingles or Metal) & $500. 662-605-0187. 8450
Roof Repairs, Concrete Required Skills include MILLERMATIC 180 wire 3 BEDROOMS
Pressure Washing, Car- accounts payable and welder. New in box. Alu- 3BR/2BA brick home on
Bargain Column 4180
minum spool, CO2 LEASE, 1.6 acres, apx 1500sqft
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pentry & Handyman receivable, general

Work. Veteran & Senior ledger and balance FREE PIANO. Come pick bottle. $1200 firm. Text with 1BR/1BA rental
Discounts! 662-397- sheet working know- up. 662-328-2990. If no only. 662-386-2915. DEPOSIT unit currently rented for
$250/mo. Fenced back-
0800, FREE ESTIMATE. ledge; experience with answer leave message. AND yard & newly updated.
data entry, record keep-
SUGGS CONSTRUCTION tions
ing and computer opera- OPEN FACE reel. No rod. WATER HEATERS: 19 CREDIT CHECK $110,000. Call
662-574-0082.
Building, remodeling, Shimano. Designed for gallon & 40 gallon, both
metal roofing, painting
& all home repairs.
professionals. Banham
Must be proficient with Mgg 10 X FG. Magnetic
Whirlpool, still in boxes.
662-251-8499. 662-329-2323 Lots & Acreage 8600
Microsoft Excel, have backlash control. $50.
662-242-3471 good customer rela- FALL SPECIAL
662-242-4210.
tions skills and ability to Sporting Goods 4720 2411 HWY 45 N 1.95 acre lots.
Tom Hatcher, LLC multi task. Good/bad credit.
Custom Construction, NEW RCA Digital TV ED SANDERS Gunsmith COLUMBUS, MS 10% down, as low as
Restoration, Remodel- Competitive salary, re- Converter/Recorder w/ Open for season! 9-5, $299/mo. Eaton Land.
ing, Repair, Insurance tirement and health- 2yr. plan+6 ft. HDMI Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat. 662-361-7711
Commercial Property For
claims. 662-364-1769. care benefits available. cable+Clear TV HDTV Di- Over 50 years experi-
Licensed & Bonded gital indoor antenna. ence! Repairs, cleaning, Rent 7100
$60. 662-364-1421. refinishing, scopes TWO ELM Lake residen-
Please forward your re-
mounted & zeroed, COMMERCIAL PROPER- tial lots for sale. One lot
Childcare 1180 sume to Accounting Di- TIES/Retail/Office
vision, P.O. Box 7648, SCRABBLE CROSS- handmade knives. in Cork Village border-
WORD Game. New in Located: Hwy 45 Alt, Spaces starting @ ing #9 fairway. Ready to
CHILDCARE SERVICES Columbus, MS 39705 $285/mo. Downtown &
box. $12. Full size iron North of West Point, build on. $27000 OBO.
Look No Further!! Qual- East Columbus loca- One large lot overlook-
ity Childcare Services bed. No rails. $20. Call turn right on Yokahama
662-364-1421. Blvd, 8mi & turn left on tions. 662-435-4188. ing #17 green. Ready to
Are Available For The General Help Wanted 3200 build on. $28.000 OBO.
Golden Triangle Area!! Darracott Rd, will see
Farm Equipment & Supplies OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 662-889-3103.
Call 662.343.8386 or CONSTRUCTION FORE- sign, 2.5mi ahead shop
square feet. 294
662.813.3672. MAN: 10 years heavy 4420 on left. 662-494-6218.
Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
Serious Inquiries Only, field experience, med. ing terms. Available
Please!! to large earthwork, 2016 JOHN Deere now. 662-328-8254.
5100E Tractor, 210 Free Pets 5100 NEW SINGLEWIDE:
water, sewer, storm Big, 3BR/2BA, Central
drain and asphalt pav- hours. $46,500. Houses For Rent: Northside
General Services 1360 Also, 2016 15ft JACK RUSSELL Fiest A/C. Skirting, delivery,
ing projects - local. Re- mixed/blue heeler. 7110 set-up & tie down in-
MUSIC THEORY LES- sponsible for site super- Kubota Bush hog avail. Male. 3 months. cluded. Only $37,900.
SONS vision, manage cost, 205-329-1790.
662-605-0187. 1706 RIDGE Rd. Like Columbus Home Center
$25 per hour capable of getting top new, 3BR/2BA. New ap- 662-570-1375
Chords, Scales, Modes production and perform- COMPACT TRACTOR pl, 22 ac w/ pond,
& more! Call Jimbo @ ance from site person- Massey Ferguson 1225. Pets 5150 woods & wildlife. Close
662-364-1687 nel, and take a project 600 hours. 3 cylinder, to CAFB. $1100/mo or THE MARVEL
If no answer leave from start up through diesel, Automatic, LAB PUPPIES, 4 mos possible Rent to Own. 4BR/2BA, Central A/C.
voicemail or text. completion meeting power steering. old, have had shots. Military discount avail- Skirting, delivery, set-up
deadlines. Fax resume 662-327-5785. Free to good home. Call able. 662-418-8077. & tie down incl.
RETAINER WALL, drive- to 662-492-4490 or or text 662-435-2069. Only $51,900.
way, foundation, con- email to jm.sitemasters Firewood / Fuel 4450 2BR COTTAGE on Hwy Columbus Home Center
crete, masonry restora- @yahoo.com 45 N. 3 miles South of 662-570-1375
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 CAFB. No pets. No HUD.
tion, remodeling, base- FIREWOOD FOR Sale.
ment foundation, re- Various lengths. Call 662-549-0149.
662-295-2274 FOX RUN COMPANY LLC THE PRIDE - 28x72,
pairs, small dump truck 1 & 2 BR near hospital. ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA 4BR/2BA, Central A/C.
hauling (5-6 yd) load & CONTRACTOR SEEKING $550-600/mo. Military house for rent. Big yard. Skirting, delivery, set-up
demolition/lot cleaning. experienced carpenter Furniture 4480 discount offered, pet & tie down included.
Burr Masonry with lots of experience. Carport. W/D hookup.
area, pet friendly, and Nice neighborhood. Only $59,900.
662-242-0259. Please call: BEDROOM SET- Full size
662-570-9464 for info. sleigh bed, dresser with
furnished corporate $780 per month. 70 W Columbus Home Center
mirror, chest, and night-
apartments available. Thomas Dr. 3 min from 662-570-1375
WORK WANTED: ON SITE SECURITY. ON CAFB. 504-813-1200.
stand for sale. $1,000. SITE MAINTENANCE. ON
Licensed & Bonded-car- Brand new mattress set Wanted To Buy 8850
pentry, painting, & de- SITE MANAGEMENT. 24-
included. Cash only! HOUR CAMERA SUR- Houses For Rent: South 7140
molition. Landscaping, Electricians & Helpers 662-570-4341. If no an- FORD 3910, 3930,
gutters cleaned, bush needed in Golden Tri- VEILLANCE. Benji @ 3BR HOUSE for rent. 4630 or 5030 diesel.
swer, leave a msg. 662-386-4446
hogging, clean-up work, angle area for multiple 2006 4th Ave. S. Must be rock solid &
pressure washing, mov- projects. Competitive Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. $550/mo.+550/dep. still looking good. 662-
ing help & furniture pay, health insurance & Garage Sales: East 4510 Sat/Sun by appt only. 662-889-4864 or 328-5248. Lv msg &
repair. 662-242-3608 retirement benefits. 662-242-7627. If no phone # if I am out.
Apply on line at 1602 GARDNER Blvd.
Sat. 10/13 4a-10a. answer leave message.
webster-electric.com 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- Auto Access Parts 9050
Housekeeping 1380 or call 601-626-0200. Household items, cloth-
ing, furniture, & more. ments & townhouses. Houses For Rent: Caledonia
HUDSON CLEANING Call for more info. 7160 FLOORMATS FOR Toyota
SERVICE. Commercial 5850 HWY 50 E. (be- 662-328-8254. Camry, Two sets. Both
or Residential. Free side HudCo) Fri & Sat, 3BR/2BA, 811 Main St. for the 2015-2017
Quotes! Cleaning level THE COMMERCIAL Dis- 7a-12p. Clothes, DVDs, CH/A, appl incl. $850/ Camry. $100. Cash ACROSS
options. Refs available. patch is seeking a dishes, tools, collect- 1BR UPSTAIRS Apt. mo + $850 dep w/ 1 only! 662-570-4341. If
662-251-0351. mechanically-minded in- ibles, etc. $450/mth rent & dep year lease. No pets. no answer, leave msg. 1 Church areas
dividual to work in its req. Convenient to town 662-329-2917 or 6 Urges on
Lawn Care / Landscaping pressroom. Applicants
must be comfortable
ALL DAY Sale. 109
Brown St. Sat. 7a-3p.
& CAFB. No hud. No
pets. 662-328-2340.
662-574-9708. Need a 11 Dear, in Dijon
1470 working around heavy Kids, ladies & men Houses For Rent: Other 7180 12 Kick out
machinery, adhering to clothing & shoes, home
JESSE & BEVERLY'S
tight deadlines and decor & more. Apts For Rent: South 7040
TWO PROPERTIES, COL:
13 Bashful
LAWN SERVICE. Mow-
ing, cleanup, landscap- must have an eye for 2BR/1BA, 7th St.S. @ 14 Quite small
DOWNTOWN 1BR - This 15th Ave.S. $500/mo.
ing, sodding, & tree cut- detail & quality. Flexible HUGE SALE @ large 1 bedroom apart- $500 dep. Nice home, 15 Old deliverer
hours are a must. Email Columbus Fairgrounds
ting. 356-6525.
resume to Oct 13, 7am-2pm.
ment has been recently quiet area. WD hookup.
renovated. It features
NEW RIDE? 17 Silly goose
mfloyd@cdispatch.com Good stuff, good prices!
TERRA CARE or drop resumes off at
2BR/1BA, 12th Ave.N.
great natural light, hard- @ 15th St.N. $575/mo. FIND ONE IN THE 19 Flying mammal
Landscaping L.L.C. 516 Main St, wood floors, tall ceil- $575 dep. Nice home, CLASSIFIEDS 20 Eat late
Phone: 662-549-1878 Columbus, MS 39701. FALL GARAGE sale. 112 ings and access to a
Landscaping, Property No phone calls please. Deerfield Dr. off Lehm- shared laundry room.
quiet area. WD hookup. 23 Finn’s friend
berg. Thur. 12p-6p. & 713-291-0996.
Clean Up, Plant Care,
Fri. 8a.-12p.
$750 rent and $750 de- 25 — facto
Bush Hogging, posit. Utilities included. 2BR/1BA, office, new
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Garage Sales: New Hope 4530 Peter, 662-574-1561. dryer, 2 car garage, 28 Roasting spot
HELP WANTED – EXPER- 2002 VOLVO S80 T6, 4
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App., ref., & lease reqd. door sedan. Good AC,
MENT OPERATORS 2 & Sat. 7-2. Furn., Michelin radials. puzzles
SULLIVAN'S PAINT NEEDED FOR LOCAL DOWNTOWN APTS: Close to Columbus,
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Certified in lead
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ABLE TO MAINTAIN & apartments available. Water, garbage, & lawn
removal. Offering spe- OPERATE DOZERS AND wagon & more!
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cial prices on interior & EXCAVATORS. Fax re- quired. Call 662-364- $600/mo. $500 dep. 32 Bond, for one
exterior painting, pres- 1610. 662-242-2923. 4 Rocker Clapton 24 Longing
sure washing & sheet sume to 662-492-4490 33 High point
rock repairs. or email to jm.sitemast 5 Extra action 25 Hot blood
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Apts For Rent: West 7050 custom home, big mas-
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VIP
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son
Rentals
Bluetooth, backup cam-
tions for 2 positions: patio, 2 car garage,
era, cloth seats, 25.8 9 Lion’s home 33 Enthusiasm
delivery personnel & 20x30 bonus room, Ap-
MPG average of life of
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general help. Driver pls Furnished. $750/
must know the area & Apartments mo + $600 damage vehicle. Clean & excel-
lent condition.
43 Holmes’s creator 16 James of “West- 35 Mass of gum
have good driving his-
& Houses
dep. New Hope School
Asking $13,495.
44 Run-down world” 36 Brouhaha
tory. Apply in person @ District. 662-574-9472.
662-574-7481.
1325 Main St.
M-F, 3-5 & SAT, 9-1. 1 Bedrooms DOWN
17 Concerning 37 Take wing
ALLSTUMP GRINDING
No phone calls. 2 Bedroooms Campers & RVs 9300 1 Drama division
18 Spirited attack 39 Crumb bearer
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We can grind all your is looking to hire a New
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Furnished & located on Wilkins Wise
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
upsilon 21 Deplete
Unfurnished
WATERFRONT 2BR/1BA 3 Like some choc-
places, blown over have good social skills Hookups available.
in Hamilton. Direct ac-
roots, hillsides, back- and be self motivated. $300/mo. 662-328-
yards, pastures. Free No exp. req. Benefits 1, 2, & 3 Baths cess to the TENN-TOM.
Community boat ramp.
8655 or 662-574-7879.
estimates. You find it, available. Serious in- Lease, Deposit Large deck overlooking
we'll grind it!
662-361-8379
quiries. Call Brad Price water. Updated home
& Credit Check 1200 sqft. CH/A.
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@ 662-251-6463.
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327-8555
General Help Wanted 3200
1 “Sweet
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Apts For Rent: Other 7080
125 BECK Dr.

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Military & 6th Ave N.
Located off Old 82 E.
1.5BR/1BA. $450/mo. 2 Leaning
Tower of Pisa
CH&A and Owner pays $450 dep. No pets. No

What water. $350 per month,

deposit required.
662-352-4776.
HUD. 662-574-7614.
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historic district, 1 block 7653 or 601-940-1397.
from downtown, $575/
4 Mercedes-
For
mo. + $575 dep. NO
PETS. 662-574-8789. Commercial Property 8050
Peaceful & Quiet area.
FOR LEASE. Convenient Benz
In FIRST FULL MONTH
store. Black Creek
Community on Military
Rd. & Blackcreek Rd.
RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- Ideal location. 1100
room Apts/Townhomes. sq. ft. shelving space,
5 “Harry
Stove & refrigerator.
$335-$600 Monthly.
200 sq. ft. grocery
store space & 155 sq.
Potter and
CLASSIFIEDS Credit check & deposit. ft. cooler space.
Coleman Realty, 662-242-6439 or
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