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‘The only way we can get it together is together’ Hospital trust

fund ‘in good
shape’ despite
rocky October
Financial advisers tell
supes to expect year-
end market rebound
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com

Typically, the fi-

nancial advisers
entrusted with man-
aging Lowndes Coun-
ty’s hospital trust
fund present their
findings in a clear,
dispassionate manner
during their semi-an- Bush
nual reports to the
county supervisors.
Brian Bush of
Stephens Capital
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff Management depart-
An estimated 150 people turned out Wednesday evening at Mississippi State’s Chapel of Memories to participate in a vigil of re- ed from that script
membrance for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings and as a show support for the university’s Jewish community. Wednesday.
“Happy Hallow- Youngblood

MSU students, faculty address hate head-on een,” Bush said as

he began his presentation. “Octo-
ber has proven to be a pretty scary

at vigil remembering Pittsburgh shooting victims

month.”
A short time later, Allyson Young-
blood of Renasant Wealth Manage-
ment greeted supervisors in a sim-
Jewish, Christian, Muslim groups pledge unity before penheimer — addressed
the audience during the
ilar tone.
“We’ve got about five hours left
standing-room only crowd in attendance 45-minute vigil.
There are 20-to-30
until trading for the month of Octo-
ber ends,” she said. “It can’t come
By Slim Smith along with one rose for everyone who active members of Hillel, quick enough.”
ssmith@cdispatch.com has lost their lives in hate crimes — according to its presi- Both comments elicited know-
dent Tyler Daniel, and ing chuckles from the supervisors,

W
ednesday’s vigil of remem-
brance at Mississippi State
University’s Chapel of Memo-
ries for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
victims could be described in a variety
of ways.
One way is by the numbers.
Twelve white roses — one for each
of the victims of Saturday’s massacre
at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh
adorned a table in front of the chapel
pulpit.
Ten speakers — including mem-
bers of Hillel (the university’s Jewish
Student Association), MSU President
Mark Keenum, MSU Vice President
for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt, MSU
Student Association President Myah
Emerson, Muslim Student Association
adviser Rani Sullivan, Baptist pastor
Bert Montgomery and Rabbi Seth Op-
about as many people are who have watched the value of their
Daniel stock holdings dip precipitously
affiliated with Temple
B’Nai Israel in Columbus, the Golden during a month when the market
Triangle’s lone temple, Oppenheimer lost $2 trillion in value.
said. Despite a Wednesday rally, NAS-
Seating capacity at the Chapel of DAQ lost 9 percent of its value over
Memories is 125. the course of the month, its biggest
Well before the start of the vigil, monthly drop since November 2008.
every seat was occupied and another The S&P 500 (down nearly 7 per-
See Vigil, 6A See Trust fund, 3A

HALLOWEEN FUN

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff Laura Daniels/Special to The Dispatch

Bryson Parker, 3, gets candy from Janie Ashcraft during the Boo Parade in downtown Starkville Public Library children’s librarian Loraine Walker reads to
Columbus Wednesday morning. Bryson is the son of Ashely Parker. He attends St. Paul’s children during Halloween Storytime at the library Wednesday.
Episcopal Church. SEE MORE HALLOWEEN PHOTOS ON PAGE 2A.

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

1 What do Destiny’s Child think you’re Today the Rosenzweig Arts Center, meetings
not ready for — according to their 501 Main St., Columbus. Ella Nov. 5: Lowndes
■ Community Thanksgiving Benton discusses Swedish
song “Bootylicious”? County Board of
2 What role did U.S. congressman Service: The non- Mora Clocks 9 a.m. Friday Supervisors, 9
Ben Jones play on “The Dukes of denominational, non-political (coffee/pastries 8:30 a.m.). a.m., Courthouse
Hazzard”? Christian Community in Prayer Show/sale is open 10 a.m.- Nov. 6: Colum-
3 What comic book antihero becomes Committee hosts this 6 p.m. 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-4
Dr. Bruce Banner when relaxed? bus City Council,
Quinton Hall event at the YMCA, 602 p.m. Saturday. All free. Visit
4 Who was the first Hispanic Ameri- 5 p.m., Municipal
Third grade, Cook Elementary Second Avenue S., Columbus. Columbus, 800-920-3533, Complex
can elected for the Baseball Hall of
It will be led by Bo Jeffares,
70 Low 48
Fame? 662-329-1191. Nov. 7: Colum-
5 What country is home to Antwerp, Eli Box, James Black, Sandra
High bus Municipal
Rainy
Bruges and Ghent? DePriest and George Irby.
Friday School District
Full forecast on Answers, 6B ■ Citywide Tailgate: This board review
page 2A. Today through United Way of North Central
Mississippi fundraiser from
meeting, 10:30
a.m., Columbus
Inside Saturday 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in and near High School
■ Art ’n Antiques: A com- downtown Starkville features Maeve Crider, 1, pic- Nov 9: Lowndes
Business 4B Dear Abby 4B plimentary wine and cheese foods by businesses and tured at Starkville Public County School
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 5A preview party from 6-8 p.m. participants vying for the title Library’s Halloween Sto- Board, 12:30
Comics 4B Opinions 4A Thursday opens this arts and of Best Citywide Tailgater. $5 rytime, is the daughter of p.m., Central
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Thursday
Say What?
Did you hear? “When you’re trying to make everything perfect
Rare drop in NRA election every single time, the results weren’t in our favor.”
Mississippi State University head football coach
spending as gun-limit groups rise Joe Moorhead. Story, 1B.

National Rifle Association has put

$11M into midterm races this year MORE SCENES FROM HALLOWEEN
The Associated Press shooting, is spending near-
ly $5 million.
WASHINGTON — The It’s the first time under
National Rifle Association current campaign finance
— long seen as a kingmak- laws that the NRA might
er in Republican politics be outspent by gun control
— is taking a lower profile groups, though the orga-
in this year’s high-stakes nization often ramps up
midterm campaign, a sign spending late in the cam-
of the shifting dynamics of paign. That money won’t
the gun debate as the GOP show up in federal financial
fights to maintain its grip reports until after Election
on Congress. Day.
The NRA has put $11 It all underscore a
million into midterm races
changing political land-
this year — less than half
scape on guns after a series
what it spent four years
of election year mass shoot-
ago in a campaign that gave
ings, including the Febru-
Republicans full control of
ary massacre at a Parkland,
Congress. This year’s to-
tals are also far below the Florida, high school that
$54 million the group spent left 17 people dead, and Sat-
in 2016 on both the presi- urday’s deadly attack at a
dential and congressional Pittsburgh synagogue.
races. “The politics of guns has
The shift comes as changed,” said Jim Kessler,
spending to support tough- the senior vice president
er gun control measures for policy at Third Way, a
has surged. Everytown centrist think tank. “The
for Gun Safety, a group groups supporting more
founded by former New gun safety restrictions are
York City Mayor Michael smarter than in the past
Bloomberg, pledged $30 and have more resources,
million for this year’s elec- both in terms of people and
tion, and has continued to money, than in the past.”
put new money into com- With polls showing that Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
petitive races in the final the majority of Americans James Woodard and Britta Grace Passanante, both 3, get candy from Caitlin Rice during the Boo Parade in
days. A political action com- now support at least some downtown Columbus Wednesday morning. James is the son of Jason and Stephanie Woodard. Britta Grace is the
mittee formed by Gabby tightening of gun laws, the daughter of Matthew and Katie Passanante. Both attend First United Methodist Church Early Learning Center.
Giffords, the former con- issue is no longer taboo in
gresswoman wounded in a swing districts.

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FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

Oregon police:
TONIGHT
Cooler with areas of
FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy and
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny
SUNDAY
Times of sun and clouds
MONDAY
A shower and
Men arrested in
low clouds
46° 58°
cooler
37° 67° 45° 70° 52°
thunderstorm around
73° 58°
pumpkin smashing
ALMANAC DATA
Columbus Wednesday
crime spree
The Associated Press
TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW
Wednesday 82° 63°
Normal 72° 46° GRANTS PASS, Ore.
Record 88° (1961) 27° (1955)
PRECIPITATION (in inches)
— Police in the southern
Wednesday 0.00 Oregon town of Grants
Month to date 2.20 Pass have arrested two
Normal month to date 3.98
Year to date 50.22 men suspected in a pump-
Normal year to date 45.50 kin-powered crime spree,
TOMBIGBEE RIVER STAGES ending weeks of incidents
In feet as of Flood 24-hr. of smashed gourds and bro-
7 a.m. Wed. Stage Stage Chng.
Amory 20 11.36 -0.33
ken car windows.
Bigbee 14 3.60 -0.20 Shown are tomorrow’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. The Oregonian/Oregon-
Columbus 15 4.65 -0.05 Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold Warm Stationary Jetstream Live reports Jacob Solomon
Fulton 20 9.20 +0.60
Tupelo 21 1.22 -0.08
-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
and Adrian Ochoa, both 19,
FRI SAT FRI SAT
face multiple counts of crim-
LAKE LEVELS City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
In feet as of 24-hr. Atlanta 64/44/t 63/45/s Nashville 54/40/c 63/44/s inal mischief in connection
Boston 65/56/r 62/42/r Orlando 87/65/t 76/64/pc
7 a.m. Wed. Capacity Level Chng.
Chicago 50/36/c 53/44/pc Philadelphia 72/59/sh 60/42/pc with at least 50 vehicles
Aberdeen Dam 188 163.33 +0.16 Dallas 72/50/s 74/56/pc Phoenix 83/58/s 84/58/s vandalized and damaged
Stennis Dam 166 136.79 +0.16 Honolulu 85/75/pc 85/74/sh Raleigh 72/54/t 63/41/s
Bevill Dam 136 136.48 +0.09 Jacksonville 81/53/t 71/52/s Salt Lake City 64/43/c 55/40/pc between Oct. 7 and 23, au-
SOLUNAR TABLE Memphis 60/43/pc 66/51/pc Seattle 60/50/r 56/50/r thorities said.
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
Police say Solomon and
fish and game.
Major Minor Major Minor SUN AND MOON MOON PHASES Ochoa drove around town at
Thu. 8:28a 2:14a 8:54p 2:41p THU FRI NEW FIRST FULL LAST night snatching pumpkins
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Starkville to add sewer service to Roundhouse Road

Area annexed in 1998 has gone 20
years without city service
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
Starkville Utilities will
soon initiate a project to
bring sewer service to
more than a dozen homes
on Roundhouse Road that
have lacked it, despite the
area being annexed into
the city limits 20 years
ago.
Terry Kemp, director
of the Starkville Utilities
Department, said work
will begin in the next two
weeks on a $546,977 proj-
ect to install sewer lines
to 16 or 17 homes near
Roundhouse Road on the
north side of town.
“We’ll be installing
sewer up on North Mont-
gomery, (at) Rock Hill
Road, and making that
connection to tie Round-
house in,” Kemp said.
“Then we’ll be making a
connection through that
location all the way over
to Highway 389. The ar-
eas at that location that
are inside the city that
have not been served with
sewer — this addresses
that area.”
The city of Starkville
has awarded a bid for
the project to Colum-
bus-based Perma Corpo-
ration.
Kemp said SUD will
pay for half of the project’s
cost. The other half is be-
ing covered by a $546,977
Community Development
Block Grant.
Roundhouse Road,
which juts off of Rock Hill
Road just north of Gar-
rard Road, was brought
Kemp Spruill
into Starkville under the
city’s last annexation in
1998.
Since then, Kemp said,
the homes in the area
have used on-site sewer
collection, such as septic
tanks.
The new project comes
amid debate over the city
annexing even more terri-
tory — and criticism that
the city didn’t fully take
care of its obligations
from 20 years ago.
“This has taken a lot
of effort and hard work
to get to this point, but
we’re pleased to be pro-
viding sewer service to
an area that really needs
it,” Kemp said. “There’s
a small number of homes
that did not have access
to our gravity sewer sys-
tem.”
While the homes will
soon be receiving sew-
er service from the city
of Starkville, Kemp said
they have received and
will continue to receive
water from the Rock Hill
Water Association.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said she was pleased to
see the city moving to
provide sewer service to
another area that lacks it
from the 1998 annexation.
She said there were cost
issues that may not have
been properly considered
in the annexation in order
to provide service to areas
like Roundhouse Road.
It has taken time for
the city to add services
to the annexed areas, she
said, partly due to low
population density that
of getting a grant. It has
got to service an adequate
has not grown since the
annexation. While she
number of people.
“But at every oppor-
said the city is constant- tunity, where we can, we
ly looking for help in the will continue to search for
form of grants, such as grants that will allow us
the one that will help pay
to serve people in these
for the Roundhouse Road areas,” she later added.
project, factors such as
population density can
make it difficult to get
them.
“It’s an economic feasi-
bility issue and that’s one
of the things we’re con-
stantly looking for help
on,” Spruill said. “Round-
house is the last remain-
ing truly dense area, and
that allows us to serve
them. That’s part of the
feasibility consideration

Trust fund
Continued from Page 1A
cent) and the Dow (down
5 percent) saw their worst
months in years, too.
The effect on the coun-
ty’s $32.5-million trust
fund was a $1.3 million hit
as a result of the awful Oc-
tober trading.
Even amid those sober-
ing reports, both Bush and
Youngblood said there re-
mains reason for optimism
going forward.
“We’re in the second
longest bull market in
history,” Bush said. “Bull
markets don’t last forever
and there is going to be a
recession. But we’re not
seeing anything that leads
us to believe there is going
to be a recession any time
in the foreseeable future.
It’s probably at least nine
to 12 months in the fu-
ture.”
Bush citied strong
consumer confidence,
steady GDP growth, low
‘Right now, we’re looking at 17
different things that the markets
are uncertain about, including the
mid-term elections. But that’s not
uncommon in mid-term election years.’
Allyson Youngblood of Renasant Wealth Management
unemployment and steady
corporate earnings as evi-
dence that October’s per-
formance was a market
correct rather than the
leading edge of a reces-
sion.
Youngblood agreed.
“October was a bad
month, no question,” she
said. “There was a lot of
uncertainty. Right now,
we’re looking at 17 differ-
ent things that the mar-
kets are uncertain about,
including the mid-term
elections. But that’s not
uncommon in mid-term
election years.”
Youngblood said recent
history favors a year-end
rebound.
“Over the last 10 years,
90 percent of the time the
market has been up by an
average of 7 percent in No-
vember and December,”
she said.
But it’s that one year
in 10 that supervisors re-
member.
Each year, the county
can withdraw up to 3 per-
cent in trust fund profits
based on the value of its
stock holdings as of Dec.
31, while it must leave the
principal untouched.
In 2016, a notable dip in
the market in November
and December wiped out
much of the fund’s profits.
By Dec. 31 of that year,
there was just $73,000 in
profits available to be with-
drawn from the fund.
In the four other years,
the county could have
withdrawn an average of
$900,000.
Even so, the county’s
exposure to the whims
of the market is limited.
Only 40 percent of the
trust fund is invested in
equities. The balance of
the fund is held in bonds,
which have grown slightly,
and cash.
“Despite what’s hap-
pened in October, the fund
is still in good shape,”
Bush said.

Marriages and divorces

Lowndes County lyn Stamper; Oct. 13
Marriages
■ Antonio Lewis and Mahogani
Leonard; Oct. 1
■ Joshua Thrasher and Lind-
sey Staples; Oct. 5
■ Donte Hill and Latajia Co-
chran; Oct. 5
■ Roderick Smith and Aysia
Houston; Oct. 6
■ Bobby Barksdale and Nicole
Sharp; Oct. 6
■ Timothy Roland and Mary
Jordan; Oct. 10
■ Rolando Chavez and Adri-
enne Eichhron; Oct. 12
■ Robert Hendrix and Jeanne
Weeks; Oct. 12
■ Joshua Hodge and Holli
Carter; Oct. 13
■ Jeffrey Matthews and Kate-
■ Jerquin Hunter and Shalisa
Davis; Oct. 15
■ Anthony Finch II and Taylor
Atkins; Oct. 15
■ Forrest Powers and Meri
Griggs; Oct. 16
■ Bailey Parker and Hannah
Hays; Oct. 17
■ Brandon Robinson and Inez
Amos; Oct. 19
■ Robert Sanderson and Kim-
berly Chambliss; Oct. 19
■ Tony Guin and Amber Staf-
ford; Oct. 20
■ Jerry Fortenberry and Chris-
topher Austin; Oct. 20
■ Vincent Henry and Rhonda
Shoemaker; Oct. 20
■ Anthony Frymire and Saman-
tha Lee; Oct. 21
■ Jonathan Johnson and Dru-
cilla Beckum; Oct. 23
■ Brian Pounders and Jamie
Cannon; Oct. 27
■ Robert Berry and Marion
Orazi; Oct. 30
Divorces
■ James L. Bluitt and Shirley
Ann Bluitt; Oct. 3
■ Patrisa Cook and Joe S.
Cook; Oct. 4
■ Robert Blunt and Crystal
Blunt; Oct. 4
■ Lanora E. Chandler and
Robert M. Chandler; Oct. 4
■ Rochelle Denise Shelton
and Christopher Deeven Shel-
ton; Oct. 3
■ Marquis Jermaine Gardner
and Arlisia Leshay Cheeks;
Oct. 10
■ Brittany Michelle Childs and
John Cody Childs; Oct. 10
■ Michael Love and Warrenet-
ta Love; Oct. 18
■ Neil A. Riddle and Lore Z.
Riddle; Oct. 17
■ Michael A. Ward and Sheba
D. Ward; Oct. 17
■ Amanda Brooke Moore and
Michael Brian Moore; Oct. 16
■ Olawale Azeez Asubiaro
and Regina Michelle Phillips;
Oct. 17
■ Luis Felipe Serrano Solano
and Yair R. Rubinov; Oct. 15
■ David Lee Pratt and Shelia
Ann Harris Pratt; Oct. 23

Building permits
City of Columbus
Oct. 24-30, 2018
■ Columbus & Clotye Jones;
2401 5th St. N.; Sign Permit;
Same
■ P & D Builders, Inc.; 514-
524 11th St. N.; Remodel;
Same
■ J. David Sullivan; 2001
Hidden Valley Dr.; Rebuild
porch and supports; Byrum
Construction
■ Ray Boltwood; 171 Moore’s
Creek Road; Erect outdoor
stage; Same
■ Possum Town Properties;
803 6th Ave. N.; Demolish
dwelling; Nichols Construction
■ George Elsberry; 1605 Sem-
inole Road; Replace one-car
carport; Same
■ Thomas & Deborah Neal;
202 McHall Dr.; Electrical
Permit; Mike Nickoles
■ Deblin Hayes; 620 Water-
works Road; Electrical Permit;
Jimmy Chism
■ Bud Phillips; 3491 Bluecutt
Road, Ste. 1; Electrical Permit;
Gordon Via
■ Swoope Realty; 709 18th
Ave. N.; Electrical Permit;
Gordon Via
■ Thomas & Deborah Neal;
202 McHall Dr.; HVAC inspec-
tion; Jonathan Hutchins
■ Columbus Housing Author-
ity; 805 William Washington
Trace; HVAC inspection; Man-
nie Brown
■ Carl Jones; 1713 8th Ave.
N.; Gas inspection; Leon Tabor
■ McCarty Realty; 1220 11th
Ave. S.; Gas inspection; Leon
Tabor
■ Edward Dunlap; 123 Wool-
bright St.; Gas inspection; Jeff
Swedenburg
■ Gloria Jones; 825 8th St.
S.; Gas inspection; Leon Tabor
■ Christopher Butler; 805
Military Road; Gas inspection;
Leon Tabor
■ Elliott Trimuel; 823 Railroad
St.; Gas inspection; Leon
Tabor
■ Mark Bledsoe; 816 Fallwood
Dr.; Gas inspection; Scott
Rushing
■ 13th St. Apartments, LLC;
815 13th St. N., Apt. E5; Gas
inspection; Harold Pounders
■ Ann Bittle; 621 Hemlock
St.; Gas inspection; Harold
Pounders
■ Bill Haywood; 418 10th St.
N.; Gas inspection; Harold
Pounders
■ Melvin & Regina Redmond;
405 10th St. N.; Gas inspec-
tion; Leon Tabor
■ Lucketa M. Griffin; 1606
Bell Ave.; Gas inspection;
Leon Tabor
■ Doris McSwine; 418 9th
Ave. S.; Sewer inspection;
John Caddis

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The nation
Funny how the stock market tweets come and go
After a long
absence, another
“Stock Market up”
tweet was issued
Wednesday by
Donald Trump.
He’d been the trou-
badour singing his
own praises when
the Dow Jones
industrial average
hit new highs, but
when falling stock Froma Harrop
prices wiped out
most of the gains for 2018, the
music stopped. He was back
even though the Dow was still
sharply down for October.
On down days, Trump
blames the market lows on
Federal Reserve Chairman Jay policy, seeing as we were in
Powell. Powell’s been raising
interest rates, a concern for
stock investors. Trump told
the Wall Street Journal editori-
al board that he appointed
Powell expecting “a low-in-
terest-rate guy.” (Trump also
reportedly believed that he
could more easily influence
Powell than the
other candidates.)
Turns out that
Powell is running
an independent
Fed, as he should.
And no, the Fed is
not raising rates
to rain on Trump’s
“winning” parade.
The Fed is raising
rates because that’s
what a responsible
central bank would
do at this time of strong job
numbers and a long-running
economic expansion. Yes,
the rates were kept very low
during Barack Obama’s ten-
ure, but that was also normal
the jaws of a deep recession.
Hence the Journal’s headline:
“Trump Flunks Fed Politics.”
Presidents only partly
control what happens in the
economy. And as we keep
hearing, the stock market is
not the economy. Still, Trump
takes ownership of the Dow
when it sizzles. This year, it
mostly hasn’t. And if you’re
going to use numbers taken
out of economic context, even
his sizzle has been exagger-
ated. In Trump’s first year in
office, the S&P 500 rose about
23 percent. In Obama’s first
year, it was up 43 percent.
As Trump would tell you,
Obama inherited a stock
market so down and out it had
nowhere to go but up. And
as Obama would respond, he
left Trump a strong economy
with a stock market already
booming.
Back in the real economy,
things look good — if you’re
not peeking ahead. Unemploy-
ment is quite low. Economic
growth has slowed from
earlier in the year but is still
strong. And consumer confi-
dence remains high.
But things look less rosy
for the indicators investors
watch closely. The economic
stimulus from the tax cuts is
clearly fading. For example,
business investment, which
grew at an 11 percent rate
in the first quarter, shrank
to less than 1 percent in the
third. The stock market is
further spooked by Trump’s
continual trade warmongering
against China.
The tax cuts were paid
for with borrowed money.
After the quick fix wears off,
we still owe the money. That
and increased government
spending — both courtesy of
Trump and the Republican
Congress — is why the Trea-
sury expects to issue twice
as much debt this year as last
year. Ramped-up government
borrowing also sends interest
rates higher.
Deficits under presidents
must be judged by the cards
presidents were handed.
Obama faced a trillion-dollar
deficit the day he took of-
fice. The financial crisis had
pushed the economy into free-
fall — causing tax revenues
to crash and social spending
to automatically spike. But by
the time Obama left office,
the deficit had fallen by two-
thirds.
The only honest way to
measure added debt is as a
percentage of the economy.
Using this yardstick, Obama
places fifth among the presi-
dents.
No. 1 is Franklin D. Roos-
evelt, burdened with both the
Great Depression and World
War II. He’s followed by Wood-
row Wilson. Then comes Ron-
ald Reagan, under whom the
debt rose 186 percent. George
W. Bush places fourth, with
debt up 101 percent. Under
Obama, debt rose 74 percent.
So Trump’s bragging
tweets will probably continue
to come and go. Sophisticated
investors, now as earlier, will
walk past the tent.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Provi-
dence (Rhode Island) Journal.
Her e-mail address is fharrop@
gmail.com.

Other editors
State Crime Lab
moving at snail’s pace
Sam Howell, the director of the Mis-
sissippi Crime Lab, tries to sound un-
derstanding of the funding shortages
that have slowed his facility to a crawl in
getting its work done.
The state’s coroners are not so charita-
ble.
In an extensive article published this
past weekend in the Clarion Ledger of
Jackson, several of the county coroners
grouse mightily not only about the delays
but the corners that the Crime Lab is cut-
ting on some of the work it does perform.
“Cutting” may be a poor choice of
words, though, since what has the coro-
ners especially concerned is the medical
examiners’ decision to increasingly bypass
traditional autopsies, in which a corpse is
cut open to determine cause of death, for
speedier visual examinations and a look at
the deceased person’s medical records.
Questions also have been raised as to
whether the Crime Lab is breaking a state
law that requires autopsies on all inmates,
except those on death row, who die while
in state custody. There has been a rash of
such deaths this year.
Howell says that the statute, which was
put on the books decades ago, may be Mississippi voices
antiquated, given the advances in medical
technology. But that’s not his call to make,
nor that of anyone else who works in the
Crime Lab. If state law mandates an autop-
Americans move to low tax states
sy be performed, and a visual examination Few people would see lost, they added 119. pi? We can follow the lead of high-
does not meet the definition of an autopsy, argue with the beauty of Tennessee, a state growth, low-tax states in the South-
then the Crime Lab needs to follow the law, a California sunset. The without an individual in- east that have lower taxes, lighter
regardless of what its funding or staffing bright lights of Times come tax, is home to one licensure and regulatory burdens,
situation is, unless the law is changed. Square are tough to of the lowest tax rates in and a smaller government.
Not moved by the death of criminals compete with. But there the country with a tax This past session, the legislature
behind bars? You might be moved by this: is one thing that can top burden of 6.5 percent. debated a bill known as the “Brain
Given the current performance of the the allure of California or And they are reaping Drain” Tax Credit. It would have
Crime Lab, not only are prosecutions being Manhattan: your pocket- the benefits of smart provided a three-year income-tax
inordinately delayed for all sorts of crimes, book. fiscal policy. The Wall exemption to recent college gradu-
but some perpetrators might literally be While many on the left Street Journal reported ates who are Mississippi residents.
getting away with murder. Without “cut” may argue that a certain in May: “Alliance-Bern- And there was an additional two-
autopsies, the potential increases that foul class of Americans enjoy Brett Kittredge stein Holding LP plans to year exemption for those who start
play in a death could go undetected. the high-tax, high-reg- relocate its headquarters, a business. It passed the House
The irony with the problems at the ulation burdens of our chief executive and most unanimously but died in the Senate
Crime Lab is that Mississippi spent more most liberal cities and states, and of its New York staff to Nashville, without a vote.
than $30 million just a couple of years ago the perceived protections that go Tenn., in an attempt to cut costs…In States are in competition with
building a modern, well-equipped facility, with it, the numbers paint a differ- a memo to employees, Alliance-Ber- one another. We know this because
but it hasn’t put up the money to adequate- ent picture. nstein cited lower state, city and we routinely offer incentives for
ly operate it. The Crime Lab is running Americans are moving to lower property taxes compared with the select companies in the form of sub-
a third below full staffing. With only two tax states where they are able to New York metropolitan area among sidies or tax breaks, or we propose
overworked medical examiners, there are keep more of the money they earn. the reasons for the relocation. eliminating the individual income
days when no autopsies get done because This isn’t a talking point, but a sta- Nashville’s affordable cost of living, tax for three to five years for recent
they are both called away to testify at tistical reality based on migration shorter commutes and ability to college graduates.
trials. Howell told the Jackson newspaper data. Unfortunately, Mississippi is draw talent were other factors.” While we are always in favor of
that his operating budget this year is lower on the wrong side of both taxes and, Twenty-six states had a tax lower taxes, these moves are just
than what it was more than a decade ago. as a result, in-migration. burden of 8.5 percent or greater. Of an acknowledgement that our tax
The scenario has a familiar ring to it. Sales, property, and individual those 26, 25 had a net out-migra- burden hurts individual opportunity
Mississippi lawmakers took the same half- income taxes, as a percentage of tion. Only Maine was able to buck and the state’s economic growth.
way approach with highways, spending personal income in Mississippi, are the trend. And not surprisingly, of We have succeeded in phasing
billions to build nice, new ones, but not in- 9.9 percent, according to CATO the 17 states that had net migration out the lowest income tax bracket.
vesting nearly enough to keep them up. It Institute. That’s pretty high. In fact, gains in 2016, all but one has a tax Instead of eliminating the income
was a penny-wise, pound-foolish approach, only 14 states, including traditional burden of less than 8.5 percent. All tax for just a few, we should work on
as it now will cost much more to repair the high tax states like California, Con- totaled, more than 500,000 individ- eliminating the income tax for all
crumbling transportation infrastructure necticut, New Jersey, and New York, uals moved from the top 25 high- taxpayers. And instead of offering
than if it had been taken care of all along. fared worse. All neighboring states est-tax states to the 25 lowest-tax incentives to just a few, our goal
There are costs to a Crime Lab that op- had lower tax burdens than Missis- states in 2016. Those high tax states should be to create the most busi-
erates at a snail’s pace, too. Cases drag out, sippi. What effect does this have? lost an aggregate income of $33 ness-friendly climate in the country
running up the tab of prosecution. Victims Mississippi had a net migration billion. – for all types, sizes, and industries.
and their families are left hanging, waiting loss of over 3,500 in 2016. On a per Along with the relatively high A public policy based on freedom
for justice to be done. Insurance settle- capita basis, this means Mississippi individual tax burden, our business is the recipe high-growth states
ments are held up. And crimes potentially lost 100 residents for every 88 the tax climate sits at 31st best, ac- have adopted. It’s how we’ll grow
go unsolved, while those who committed state gained. This is parallel with cording to the Tax Foundation. Not our economy in Mississippi, too.
them run free. migration loses in Louisiana. Ala- terrible, and actually better than Brett Kittredge is the Director of
It’s a bad situation that’s not going to get bama and Arkansas were essentially Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisi- Marketing and Communications for
any better until the state decides to invest flat in terms of migration while Ten- ana, but not great either. The same Mississippi Center for Public Policy,
what it takes to properly run the place. nessee added over 13,000 residents. report had Tennessee at 16. the state’s non-partisan, free-market
Greenwood Commonwealth For every 100 residents that Tennes- So what can we do in Mississip- think tank.
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GETTING READY Suspect in grocery

store shooting indicted
on murder charges
Suspect accused of killing two in
Kentucky Kroger store last week
By BRUCE SCHREINER
The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The white man accused

of opening fire in a Kentucky grocery store and
parking lot, killing two black people, was indicted
Wednesday on murder charges, but it’s too soon
to determine if the death penalty will be sought,
a prosecutor said.
The suspect, Gregory A. Bush, was indicted by
a grand jury on two counts of murder, one count
of criminal attempted murder and two counts of
first-degree wanton endangerment stemming
from the attack at a Kroger store in suburban
Louisville last week.
Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney
Tom Wine told reporters Wednesday that he first
wants to talk to the victims’ families before decid-
ing whether to pursue the death penalty against
Bush, 51.
“Quite frankly, it is too early to talk to them
about that weighty decision,” Wine said.
The prosecutor said he’ll talk to the families
Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff “at the appropriate time,” after they’ve had time
Designer Ralph Null puts finishing touches Wednesday on permanent autumn and Christmas arrangements he to grieve.
has created at his Columbus home for Sunday’s Fall and Winter Floral Design Show. The benefit for the Columbus Bush’s indictment means his case will proceed
Arts Council begins at 2 p.m. at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. An auction of designs and a light re- to Jefferson County Circuit Court in Louisville.
ception will follow Null’s demonstrations. Advance tickets are $20 until 5 p.m. Saturday either at the arts center, Bush was seen on surveillance video trying to
or by calling 662-328-2787, and until midnight Saturday if purchasing via columbus-arts.org. Tickets at the door enter a historically black church minutes before
Sunday are $25. the Kroger shootings but was not able to enter
the church, police said. The police chief of the
town outside Louisville where the shooting hap-
pened said he believes the killings were racially
motivated.

Synagogue rampage suspect

indicted on second day of funerals
46-year-old suspect charged in 44-count
indictment with murder, hate crimes and other
offenses that could bring the death penalty
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
The Associated Press
PIT TSBURGH — The suspect
in the Pittsburgh synagogue massa-
cre was indicted by a federal grand
jury Wednesday, and members of
a grief-stricken Jewish community
endured another round of funerals
for victims of the worst anti-Semitic
attack in American history.
Robert Bowers, a 46-year-old
truck driver who authorities say
raged against Jews as he gunned
down 11 and wounded six, was
charged in a 44-count indictment
with murder, hate crimes and other
offenses that could bring the death
penalty. The indictment, which was
expected, was announced on the
second day of a weeklong series of
funerals for congregants who per-
ished in the mass shooting at Tree
of Life synagogue.
“Today begins the process of
seeking justice for the victims of
these hateful acts, and healing for
the victims’ families, the Jewish
community, and our city,” U.S. At-
torney Scott Brady said in a state-
ment. “Our office will spare no
resource, and will work with profes-
sionalism, integrity and diligence,
in a way that honors the memories
of the victims.”
One after another, services were
held for three more victims of the
rampage: Joyce Fienberg, 75; Mel-
vin Wax, 87, and Irving Younger, 69.
“It can’t be fixed,” Robert Libman
said at his sister’s funeral, clutching
his chest as he described the pain
of losing her. “My sister is dead. My
sister was murdered. There was no
one I know like her. Pure goodness.
... She was the most tolerant and
gentle person that I’ve ever known.”
Fienberg’s sons, Anthony, of Par-
is, and Howard, of Vienna, Virginia,
said she spent five years caring for
their father as he battled cancer,
then, after his death a few years
ago, devoted more of her time and
energy to Tree of Life. She was a re-
tired researcher at the University of
Pittsburgh.
“My mom would be very angry
that her funeral wasn’t able to be
at Tree of Life, and that her friends
lost Saturday couldn’t be here,”
Howard Fienberg said.
DOJ: Pipe bomb
suspect searched
targets, photos online
By CURT ANDERSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Pipe bomb sus-
pect Cesar Sayoc searched for addresses of his
targets online and had photos of many of them on
his cellphone, including one of Michelle Obama’s
driver’s license, federal prosecutors said in a let-
ter outlining more evidence against him.
The letter sent by Justice Department prose-
cutors in New York to a Miami federal judge also
says Sayoc began plotting the “domestic terror
attack” in July while living in his van. The old
white vehicle was plastered with photos praising
Donald Trump and targeting his critics, depict-
ing some of Sayoc’s alleged opponents with red
crosshairs on their faces.
The FBI says Sayoc ultimately mailed 15 im-
provised explosive devices to prominent Demo-
crats, Trump critics and media outlets before he
was arrested in the van last week.

You’ve always said you

wanted to be buried in
the dress you wore to your
Trump says border troops could hit 15K, surprising Pentagon granddaughter’s wedding.
By ZEKE MILLER The Pentagon says lead-up to the midterm reach 14,000, saying that Preplanning takes care of
and ROBERT BURNS all the decisions so your
“more than 7,000” troops elections. was “not consistent with
The Associated Press family doesn’t have to.
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could reach a maximum about 5,200 were being Command, told reporters
the U.S.-Mexican border of about 8,000 under pres- deployed. The next day, the number would exceed
could reach 15,000 — ent plans. the Air Force general run- the initial contingent of
roughly double the num- The troop numbers ning the operation said 5,200, but he offered no
ber the Pentagon said it have been changing at more than the initially an- estimate of the eventual David W. Miller passed away in Columbus, MS,
currently plans for a mis- a dizzying pace, with nounced total were going, total. on October 30th, 2018. He succumbed peacefully
sion whose dimensions Trump drawing a hard and he pointedly rejected following a brief battle with cancer. He was 81.
are shifting daily. line on immigration in the a news report that it could David was born and raised in Quincy, IL,
where he attended St. James Lutheran Parochial
School. He went on to graduate at Quincy Senior
High. Wanting to travel, David then joined the
Air Force, where he served our country for 20
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Vigil
Continued from Page 1A
25 or so stood along the
perimeter of the pews as
students and Starkville
residents, black and
white, Jewish, Muslim
and Christian, young
and old came to pay their
respects to the 11 slain
in Pittsburgh and offer
their support to the small
local Jewish population
on campus.
“Your support means
more to us than words
can describe,” Daniel
said in opening the vigil.
“Please, reach out to the
Jewish community, your
Jewish friends. Let them
know you consider this
an attack on you, too.”

Tolerance and Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff

Rabbi Seth Oppenheimer addresses a standing-room only audience at Mississip-
understanding pi State’s Chapel of Memories Wednesday during a vigil of remembrance for the
As fellow members of victims of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. About 150 people attended the cer-
Hillel described their an- emony, which featured 10 speakers from the university’s student body and adminis-
guish over the Pittsburgh tration as well as members of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith.
murders and shared their
say?” Emerson asked. “I to you in this moment There have been so many
own experiences with an-
cannot find those words. that we feel no space canaries that the flock is
ti-Semitism, the students
I don’t have a word, but I between us,” Sullivan large enough to blot out
urged the audience to
am here. Your fellow stu- said. “The response to the sun. Gay nightclubs
stand against hate in all
dents may not have words racism, to anti-Semitism, are attacked. Women
its manifestations, draw-
to say to you, either, but to hate in all its forms is are beaten or killed for
ing parallels between
we are here. You are not to live your faith. It is to saying ‘no.’ Trans people
Saturday’s slaughter and
alone. We are with you.” be more Jewish than you are attacked and beaten.
hate crimes committed
Keenum urged the au- have been before. It is to Students are shot down
against other minority
dience to remain unified. be more Muslim than you at schools. People are
groups.
“Mississippi State have been before. It is to accosted for the sin of
“Over the last several
University is a commu- be more Christian than speaking Spanish. Fellow
days, I have heard de-
nity, a family,” he said. you have been before. Americans are shot and
bates of this
“We are diverse. We are “If you practice your killed for the crime of
being a gun
inclusive. We are here for true faith, the sanctity of shopping while black. On
problem
each other. We respect life will be preserved and and on and on I could go.
or a men-
every single member of your utmost goal will be “We have entered an
tal health
our family, regardless of the preservation of it,”
problem,” age of divisive political
race, ethnicity, orienta- she added.
said Joseph speech,” he continued.
tion, gender identity or Rabbi Oppenheimer
Metz, “We preach fear rather
religious belief. Respect closed the vigil by
past-presi- Metz than hope from the podi-
is a fundamental value reciting the names of the
dent of Hil- ums of power. Instead of
here on this campus and Pittsburgh victims as the
lel and a graduate student looking to the future, like
is a value that gives us audience stood with lit
at MSU. “Those discus- Lot’s wife we are frozen
our structure during candles in remembrance.
sions are wrong. This is by looking back to the
challenging times such Before reading the
not a gun problem or a halcyon past that never
as this.” names of the dead,
mental health problem, was. All of us who still
but a people problem, a Oppenheimer urged the
believe in love and hope
hate problem. Calls for unity audience not to consider
and recognize the divine
“It’s a problem that Sullivan, a professor the tragedy as an isolated
event. hand of holiness in each
doesn’t just occur within and adviser to MSU’s
Muslim Student Associ- “I must have heard soul must come together
the Jewish community, to fight this hatred. As
but with all minority ation, made it clear the that this act of domestic
Muslim students stood terrorism is a canary in my mentor once said, the
communities within the only way we can get it
United States,” he added. with their Jewish class- the coal mine five times
mates. from the talking heads on together is together.”
“Our communities are
viewed as lesser and “They want you to television,” Oppenheimer
un-American. It’s time know that we are so close said. “What nonsense.
to rid ourselves of these
notions of hate and learn
to accept one another
for who we are, for what
we offer and for what
we stand for. It’s time to
put down hate and start
working toward accep-
tance and understand-
ing.”
As president of the
MSU Student Associa-
tion, Emerson was asked
early on to speak at the
vigil, but she confessed
upon addressing the audi-
ence she struggled with
what to say.
“What word could
I give you? What can I

1 dead, thousands
without power as
storms hit South
The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
— Storms moving through
the Deep South with howl-
ing wind and pounding rain
were blamed for at least
one death and left nearly
110,000 homes and busi-
nesses without electricity
early Thursday.
At least two other people
were sent to a hospital be-
cause of a possible tornado
touchdown in Louisiana,
and forecasters said the
weather threat would last
hours more.
The Storm Prediction
Center reported trees and
utility lines down across
a wide area from eastern
Louisiana to northwest Al-
abama, and radar showed
storms reaching from the
Gulf Coast to the Ohio Val-
ley.
The Mississippi Depart-
ment of Public Safety said
Alcorn State University
student Jayla A. Gray, 19, of
Jackson died when the car in
which she was a passenger
struck a tree that had fallen
across a highway near the
town of Port Gibson, which
is about 60 miles southwest
of the capital of Jackson.
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Wiggins, Carter look for transformation on court for No. 6 Bulldogs

By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Judging
from the smile that lights up
Jessika Carter’s face, it’s hard
to imagine her when she is mad.
The same can be said for
freshman guard Xaria Wiggins,
Carter’s classmate on the 2018-
19 Mississippi State women’s
basketball team. Both players
have great personalities and
wonderful smiles that draw you
in and make you want to learn
more about them.
The same could be said of
former MSU standouts like
Ketara Chapel and Breanna
Richardson. When those two
players started their careers
in Starkville, MSU coach Vic
Schaefer sometimes said they
were too nice and that they
needed to get mean.
This season, Schaefer hopes
to see Wiggins and Carter
transform themselves into im-
pactful personalities players on
the court.
“Those two kids probably
have the biggest chance to im-
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pact our team this year if we can
get them ready and they can get
acclimated,” Schaefer said last
month at SEC Media Day. “They
are talented kids and great kids
who work hard every day. They
are always smiling. I think they
are great kids. I think that is the
challenge for freshmen a lot of
times. You have to teach them
for two hours a day I need you
to be a monster.”
MSU won’t need Wiggins
and Carter to make that change
Thursday for the team’s annu-
al on-campus media day, but
Schaefer would like to see signs
both players are getting there
by 6 p.m. Friday when MSU
plays host to Central Missouri
in an exhibition game at Hum-
phrey Coliseum.
The Bulldogs could need
Wiggins and Carter to play
an even bigger role following
the graduation of four starters
from a program-best 37-win
team. MSU is still waiting on a
ruling by the NCAA about the
eligibility of transfers Andra
Espinoza-Hunter (Connecticut)
and Promise Taylor (Ole Miss)
for this season. With them, the
Bulldogs would have an active
roster of 12 players. Without
them, Schaefer would be left
with 10 available players, in-
cluding only two true centers
(Teaira McCowan and Zion
Campbell).
The versatility of Wiggins
and Carter could make it easier
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STARKVILLE — Chase Nich- STARKVILLE — Mississippi

olson felt a sense of normalcy re-
turn to the Starkville Academy
football program last week.
Following back-to-back loss-
es, some left the Volunteers left
for dead after they slipped from
contending for a Mississippi As-
sociation of Independent Schools
(MAIS) Class AAA, District 2 ti-
tle to finishing third behind Her-
itage Academy and Leake Acade-
my.
But Nicholson has preached
about learning from mistakes to
get better. That mantra served
Starkville Academy well last week
in a 41-7 victory against Cathedral
Unit School.
“There is a big difference when
there is a sense of urgency that
this could be your last one — that
you’re going to make sure you
State’s return to the precipice of
a 400-yard game was met with
much acclaim with more than
just the win that came with it. It
was MSU (5-3, 2-3 Southeastern
Conference) running for 4.6 yards
per carry while throwing for 241
yards, the first time going for
more than 200 since Week 3.
Even if a few weeks later than
desired, this was the representa-
tion of what head coach Joe Moor-
head wanted: immediate success
while laying the foundation for
more of the same long term.
Moorhead delivered that
message in the midst of MSU’s
midseason struggles, to some
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch criticism, but the win over Texas
Starkville High School running back KJ Lawrence (26) looks for running room during the first A&M showed what Moorhead
half of a game against Murrah earlier this season. had in mind. In establishing that
vision, Moorhead had to start by

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sell out, you leave everything out
there,” Nicholson said. “I think
the guys’ mentality of OK, the
past two weeks, that has been
bad, we could have done better, it
would have been nice if we would
have won those, but this could
be it. That shows you they’re not
ready for it to end because they
came out and played with the in-
tensity and the emotion that they
did.”
No. 6 seed Starkville Acade-
my (9-2) will try to build on that
momentum when it plays host to
No. 14 Adams County Christian
Academy at 7 p.m. Friday in the
second round of the MAIS Class
AAA playoffs at J.E. Logan Field.
The winner will advance to
take on the winner of the game
between No. 2 seed Heritage
Academy and No. 7 Leake Acade-
my. Heritage Academy would play
host to the game if it wins.
Nicholson was proud of his
players for playing to the level
they’re capable of against Cathe-
dral.
“We never gave them a chance
to breathe,” Nicholson said. “They
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Gee, Starkville High finding stride with game left in regular season
By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — William Stewart’s first
interaction with Khiry Gee was, frankly, for-
gettable.
Starkville High School’s offensive line
coach is also its driver’s ed teacher; he had
the now junior safety in his class and didn’t
hear much from Gee. He was present, but he
was far from a presence.
Stewart saw that presence as soon as Gee
started practicing in front of Stewart.
“He was in my drivers ed class, quiet, nev-
er said a word, then he shows up out here at
practice and he’s picking everything off, he’s
making these amazing catches and it’s like,
‘Where’d you come from?’” Stewart said.
“Khiry Gee, he just came out of nowhere.”
In a matter of weeks, Gee went from the
player no one knew to the player no one knew
how to best use.
Gee’s season started with an impressive
precedent to set, catching one pass for 26
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yards as a wide receiver while notching three
tackles, two pass break-ups and an intercep-
tion as a safety, proving he has the athleticism
to both well. Since then the Yellow Jackets
have made him a full-time safety, but his raw
ability remains on display for a Yellow Jacket
defense closing its regular season 7 p.m. Fri-
day at Clinton (7-3, 3-3 region).
“He’s taken ownership to playing free
safety,” Starkville head coach Chris Jones
said. “At first he was wanting to play receiv-
er more than playing DB; we went both ways
trying to figure it out. At this level, we try to
hone in on one side so it can help you down
the line instead of playing both ways, getting
tired, taking a play off because you’re looking
forward to getting back on offense so you’re
going to save yourself on defense. That’s why
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doing it himself.
Moorhead said he evaluated
his own playcalling before the
Texas A&M game and saw play-
calling that didn’t look like his. In
advising quarterback Nick Fitz-
gerald to avoid overthinking and
play the game more instinctually,
he made himself do the same.
“I talked to the team the night
before the game and told them I
was trying to gameplan and call
the perfect play every single time,
and that’s just not realistic,” Moor-
head said. “When you’re trying to
make everything perfect every
single time, the results weren’t
in our favor. I went back to game-
planning it, calling it aggressively
and doing what we do well. Dictat-
ing the tempo of the game rather
than reacting to the tempo of the
game, I think that’s something
that may have been missing in the
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No. 1 EMCC enters playoffs as favorites

T
he Mississippi Associa-
tion of Community and
Junior Colleges (MAC-
JC) is set for their big party
this weekend.
East Mississippi
Community College
football coach Buddy
Stephens is back in
his role as host.
The MACJC foot-
ball playoffs begin
Saturday. For a sec-
ond straight season,
all four participants Scott Walters heavy favorite in this
are ranked nation-
ally by the National
Junior College Athletic Associ-
ation (NJCAA).
No. 1 EMCC (9-0) will play
host to No. 16 Copiah-Lincoln
Community College (6-3) in
Scooba, while No. 6 Jones
College (8-1) will play host to
No. 5 Northwest Mississippi
Community College (8-1) in
Ellisville.
The winners play the
following week at the
South Division champi-
on (Jones) for the state
championship.
Don’t let the closeness
of the national rankings
fool you, EMCC is a
four-team tournament.
“It’s a loaded field this year,”
Stephens said. “It’s one of
those rare years — like last
year — where any team can
win the championship. You just
have to focus on yourself at
this time of year. You just set
the goal of playing your best.
For us, over the years, that is
usually enough.”
In Stephens’ 11 seasons as
head coach at EMCC, the Lions
have put together a 12-3 playoff
record. The team has now qual-
ified for the postseason nine
times, losing in the first round
three times but winning both
games needed for a state title
on the other six occasions.
A year ago, the Lions won
their sixth MACJC state
championship the hard way.
In a field where all four teams
were ranked in the Top 12 JuCo Weekly.org Photo
nationally, EMCC beat No. 6 East Mississippi Community College’s Adrian Miller celebrates a
touchdown against Northeast Mississippi Community College.
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Week 12 Slate
All games start at 7 p.m. Friday (unless noted)
Admission at all stadiums is $8
Hernando at Columbus
n RECORDS: Hernando 3-7 (1-5 in MHSAA 1-6A);
Columbus 0-10 (0-6 in MHSAA 1-6A)
n LAST WEEK: Hernando dropped its second straight
with a 23-22 home region loss to Oxford ... The Tigers
led 15-14 at halftime ... For Hernando, senior Ladarrion
Darden ran for 121 yards and a score, while senior Dylan
Faulk threw for 162 yards and another score; Columbus
remained winless with a 37-0 home region loss to South
Panola ... The Falcons trailed 23-0 at halftime ... Colum-
bus was held to 93 total yards
n ON THE LINE: Final regular-season game ... Both
teams have been eliminated from postseason consider-
ation
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Hernando senior Kelly Smith
has 41 receptions for 688 yards and six touchdowns to
lead the Tigers this season
n RADIO/INTERNET: WMSV-FM (91.1)
n LAST SEASON: Hernando 21, Columbus 14
Starkville at Clinton
n RECORDS: Starkville High 9-1 (5-1 in MHSAA
2-6A); Clinton 7-3 (3-3 in MHSAA 2-6A)
n LAST WEEK: Starkville High won its fourth straight
with a 38-17 home region win over Warren Central ...
The Yellow Jackets led 21-7 at halftime ... For Starkville,
senior Rodrigues Clark ran for 188 yards and three
touchdowns; Clinton snapped a two-game losing streak
with a 51-0 home region win over Greenville ... The
Arrows led 34-0 at halftime ... For Clinton, Bryce Turner,
Desmyn Baker, Demoire Johnson and Chase Moore each
had an interception return for touchdown
n ON THE LINE: Starkville High has clinched the No.
2 seed from the region; Clinton earns the No. 4 seed
with a win and a Warren Central loss (home to Provine)
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Starkville High sophomore
Luke Altmyer has thrown for 1,623 yards and 17
touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets this season ...
On defense, senior Zach Evans leads the Yellow Jackets
with 64 total tackles this season
n RADIO/INTERNET: WKBB-FM (100.9)
n LAST SEASON: Starkville High 21, Clinton 15
West Point at Lewisburg
n RECORDS: West Point 9-1 (6-0 in MHSAA 1-5A);
Lewisburg 2-8 (0-6 in MHSAA 1-5A)
n LAST WEEK: West Point won its seventh straight
with a 41-7 home region win over Saltillo ... The Green
Wave led 28-0 at halftime ... For West Point, senior Jake
Chambless threw for 164 yards and a pair of touch-
downs to lead the Green Wave; Lewisburg dropped its
sixth straight with a 21-7 region home loss to Grenada
... The Patriots trailed 21-7 at halftime ... For Lewisburg,
sophomore Blake Speed ran for 57 yards and the team’s
lone touchdown
n ON THE LINE: West Point has clinched the No. 1
seed from this region; Lewisburg has been eliminated
from postseason consideration
n PLAYER TO WATCH: West Point junior Dantariyus
Cannon has rushed for 560 yards and three touchdowns
to lead the Green Wave this season
n RADIO/INTERNET: www.supertalk.fm
n LAST SEASON: West Point 63, Lewisburg 3
West Lowndes at Sebastopol
n RECORDS: West Lowndes 2-8 (2-5 in MHSAA
3-1A); Sebastopol 3-7 (2-5 in MHSAA 3-1A)
n LAST WEEK: West Lowndes dropped its fourth
straight with a 38-12 region loss at Ethel ... The
Panthers trailed 19-6 at halftime ... For West Lown-
des, junior Quay Sanders led the rushing attack with
a touchdown; Sebastopol dropped its second straight
with a 56-14 home region loss to French Camp Academy
... The Bobcats trailed 56-0 at halftime ... For Sebas-
topol, sophomore Nosika Melendez ran for a team-high
94 yards ... Freshman Jacob Williams and sophomore
Jaheim Johnson scored the team’s touchdowns
n ON THE LINE: Final regular-season game ... Both
teams have been eliminated from postseason consider-
ation
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Sebastopol senior Javiers
Johnson has rushed for 930 yards and 10 touchdowns
to lead the Bobcats this season
n LAST SEASON: West Lowndes 36, Sebastopol 18
Vardaman at Hamilton
n RECORDS: Vardaman 3-7 (2-5 in MHSAA 3-1A);
Hamilton 1-8 (0-7 in MHSAA 3-1A)
n LAST WEEK: Vardaman dropped a 26-0 region de-
cision at Noxapater ... The Rams trailed 6-0 at halftime
... For Vardaman, senior Tyras Armstrong led the rushing
attack with 17 yards ... Vardaman finished with 88 total
yards; Hamilton dropped its eighth straight with a 52-12
home loss to Leake County in region play ... The Lions
trailed 36-6 at halftime
n ON THE LINE: Final regular-season game ... Both
teams have been eliminated from postseason consider-
ation
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Vardaman senior lineback Mi-
chael Williams leads the Bulldogs with 106 total tackles
this season
n LAST SEASON: Hamilton 16, Vardaman 6
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we did it.”
Gee readily admits he misses playing both ways
— “It’s a lot of me that misses playing wideout. I
like to get the ball and run, a lot.” — but it’s also
clear the experiment is workout out well enough
for him. He is second on the team with two inter-
ceptions and leads the team in interception return
yards (38) and pass break-ups (six). He has also
forced a fumble in his 25 tackles.
While it may not be a big priority at the moment,
Gee’s contributions at wide receiver were a big
help. His 26-yard touchdown catch in the Noxubee
County game came when Starkville was still trying
to work through life without senior wideout Tonor-
ris Brookins Jr. and breaking former quarterback
Malik Brown into that position. The Yellow Jackets
(9-1, 5-1 region) are more settled there now and
need depth in the defensive backfield after Bernard
Thomas’s injury, and they knew they had a capable
athlete in Gee.
Eventually, they had a willing participant.
“You got to learn to love it,” Gee said. “It was for
the team. I’ll do whatever it takes for the team to
win.”
Gee’s natural athleticism was one of Jones’ in-
spiring factors for asking Gee to change positions,
pointing to Gee’s sister Ralesheia, who is a long
jumper for the Ole Miss track and field team.
Jones says, “it’s in his DNA to be an athlete,”
which is why Gee’s wide receiver days might not be
permanently over.
With the regular season ending this week and
do-or-die football on tap, Jones isn’t ruling out the
possibility of Gee having to go back to wide receiv-
er if a team need dictates such.
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Heritage Academy faces district rival in second round of playoffs
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Familiarity breeds distrust.
Playing multiple games in a sea-
son against a common opponent also
leads coaches to try to guess which
adjustments their rival will make
for a second, third, or even fourth
matchup.
That’s the predic-
ament Sean Harrison
finds himself in this
week as the No. 2 seed
Heritage Academy
football team finaliz-
es preparations for its
game against No. 7
Harrison
Leake Academy at 7
p.m. Friday in the sec-
ond round of the Mis-
sissippi Association of
Independent Schools
(MAIS) Class AAA
playoffs at C.L. Mitch-
ell Field.
But Harrison has
Smith said all season that he
has a mature group,
so he doesn’t believe his players will
look past a district rival the Patriots
defeated in the regular season.
“They understand the first game
meant nothing,” Harrison said. “I
stood up Monday and said, ‘We beat
them last time. That is the last time
we’re going to talk about last time,’
and we haven’t talked about last time
since then.
“It is a new week. Leake is play-
ing as good as anybody in the state
right now, so it is like you’re playing
a new team, and we’re going to have
to come out and play well to win it.”
Getting brackets ready
The winner will advance to take
on the winner of the game between
No. 6 seed Starkville Academy and
No. 14 Adams County Christian
School. Heritage Academy would
play host to the game if it wins.
Heritage Academy beat Leake
Academy 41-20 on Sept. 28 in Mad-
den the District 2 opener for both
schools. The Patriots won their last
three regular-season games to clinch
the district title. Last week, Heritage
Academy beat Lee (Miss.) Academy
41-6 in the first round.
Leake Academy (9-2) closed its
regular season with three-straight
victories, including a last-second 29-
20 victory against Starkville Acade-
my. The Rebels kicked a field goal in
the waning seconds and then recov-
ered a fumble in the end zone on the
final sequence. The victory helped
them to finish second in the district,
but they still were a lower seed than
the Volunteers.
Last week, Leake Academy routed
No. 10 St. Aloysius 48-7. Senior run-
ning back Sam Wilder had 31 carries
for 215 yards and six touchdowns in
the win. For the season, Wilder, a
5-foot-7, 167-pounder has rushed for
1,983 yards and 29 touchdowns.
Wilder had 18 carries for 122
yards in the first matchup against
Heritage Academy. Harrison said
the Patriots know what to expect
against the Rebels but they still will
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Week 12
Curtain call time for Classes 1A, 5A, 6A
N
ow that we have wrapped up
carving those pumpkins, it’s
time to take a look at the new
weekend in high
school football.
In the Missis-
sippi High School
Activities Associ-
ation (MHSAA),
the quest for state
titles begins in
three classes, while Scott Walters
three other classes
wrap up the regular
season.
In the Mississippi Association of
Independent Schools (MAIS), every-
one is in postseason.
Here is what to watch for from
Week 12:
Yellow Jackets or Arrows
Will this be another epic
Starkville-Clinton game?
Most likely not.
Starkville is the firm No. 2 from
the region, while Clinton has been
eliminated.
Over the years, we have had
some great battles.
This time around, Starkville will
look to stay healthy for next week.
GAME OF WEEK
Leake Aca. at Heritage Aca.
n RECORDS: Leake Academy 9-2 (3-1 in
MAIS 2-AAA); Heritage Academy 9-2 (4-0 in MAIS
2-AAA)
n LAST WEEK: Leake Academy won its fourth
straight by beating St. Aloysius 48-7 in a home
playoff game ... The Rebels led 28-0 at halftime
... For Leake Academy, senior Sam Wilder ran for
215 yards and six touchdowns; Heritage Acade-
my won its sixth straight with a 52-10 home win
over Lee Academy to start postseason play ... For
Heritage Academy, junior Kelvin “KJ” Smith ran
for 139 yards and four touchdowns
n ON THE LINE: MAIS Class AAA Playoffs,
Second Round ... Winner faces either Adams
County Christian or Starkville Academy in next
round
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Heritage Academy
junior Carter Putt threw for 140 yards and two
touchdowns in the win over Lee Academy
n EARLIER THIS SEASON: Heritage Academy
41, Leake Academy 20
have to stay focused and try to con-
tain Wilder.
“What is consistent in every film
you watch is how hard they play,”
Harrison said. “That has continued.
… Their game plan is to get it to
Sam Wilder, and get it to him early
and often. We’re going to have to do
a great job on defense tackling him
and against the run game.”
Lots of weapons
While Wilder might be the Reb-
els’ biggest weapon, Harrison likes
the fact the Patriots have multiple
weapons in the running and passing
attacks. Junior Kelvin “K.J.” Smith
has emerged as a tough back to bring
down. Junior quarterback Carter
Putt has thrown for more than 2,000
yards thanks to a wealth of weapons
that includes senior Moak Griffin,
senior Lex Rogers, junior Noel Fish-
er, and junior Jared Long. Harrison
said having six multiple players who
can “take it to the house” on any play
makes his offense hard to handle.
Harrison also praised an offensive
line of Ethan Bumgarner, Chapman
Cooper, Clay Walters, Parker Ray,
and Eli Acker (Fox Walters rotates in
two tight end set) and the work of of-
fensive line coach Tobias Smith. Har-
rison said Smith has helped a line
that was inexperienced last season
develop into a force in 2018.
“The offense has gotten so good
it is like when we get a gain of 4
(yards) it is a disappointment,” Har-
rison said. “That’s just a testament to
them and to their work ethic. Tobias
has done such a good job with that
offensive line. They’re a completely
different animal than they have been
the past two years.”
Heritage Academy will have
senior J.R. Lott and junior Banks
Hyde available Friday. Both players
missed the first meeting against
Leake Academy. He said Acker, who
missed some of the game against
the Rebels, should be able to go the
whole game.
Still, coaches love to analyze and
crunch numbers and watch game
film over and over, which is why Har-
rison is trying to cover all his bases
and to make sure the Patriots are
ready for anything and everything.
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Tigers or Falcons
Will Columbus find the win
column?
Well, Columbus has one final
chance to do just that in the regu-
lar-season finale against Hernando
at home.
There would be nothing better
for the seniors than seeing a 16-
game losing streak end with a win
over Hernando.
A year ago, these two teams play
quite the game with Hernando win-
ning just before midnight, 21-14.
Another close battle coming
Friday, but hopefully not until mid-
night.
Trojans or Warriors
Can New Hope advance?
We have reached postseason play
in MHSAA Class 4A.
New Hope will celebrate its final
year in that class with a first-round
playoff game at Senatobia.
The Warriors will need to build
some numbers during the offseason
in hopes to compete in Class 5A.
A year ago, New Hope almost
pulled off a first-round shocker.
They get another shot Friday.
Week 12 Slate
All games start at 7 p.m. Friday (unless noted)
Admission at all stadiums is $8
New Hope at Senatobia
n RECORDS: New Hope 1-10 (1-3 in MHSAA 4-4A);
Senatobia 6-4 (5-0 in MHSAA 1-4A)
n LAST WEEK: New Hope dropped its second
straight with a 46-7 region loss at Noxubee County ...
The Trojans trailed 25-7 at halftime ... For New Hope, CJ
Sanders scored his team’s lone touchdown on a fumble
recovery in the end zone; Senatobia won its fifth straight
with a 39-38 home region win over Corinth ... Senatobia
trailed 17-13 at halftime ... For Senatobia, junior John
Michael Foster threw for 194 yards and a pair of touch-
downs
n ON THE LINE: MHSAA Class 4A Playoffs, First
Round ... Winner faces either Pontotoc or Yazoo City in
next round
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Senatobia senior Deondre
House has rushed for 1,306 yards and 15 touchdowns
to lead the Warriors this season
n LAST SEASON: Did not meet
New Albany at Noxubee County
n RECORDS: New Albany 7-4 (3-2 in MHSAA 1-4A);
Noxubee County 6-5 (3-1 in MHSAA 4-4A)
n LAST WEEK: New Albany closed region play with
a 20-13 home win over Ripley ... The teams were tied at
13 at halftime ... For New Albany, senior Loden Bolen
threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns; Noxubee
County won its third straight with a 46-7 home region win
over New Hope ... The Tigers led 25-7 at halftime ... For
Noxubee County, junior Khristopher White threw for 207
yards and a pair of touchdowns
n ON THE LINE: MHSAA Class 4A Playoffs, First
Round ... Winner faces either Greenwood or Amory in
next round
n PLAYER TO WATCH: New Albany junior Bryson
Prather has rushed for 755 yards and 14 touchdowns to
lead the Bulldogs this season
n LAST SEASON: Did not meet
Aberdeen at Booneville
n RECORDS: Aberdeen 5-6 (2-3 in MHSAA 4-3A);
Booneville 10-0 (5-0 in MHSAA 1-3A)
n LAST WEEK: Aberdeen dropped its seconds
straight with a 58-38 region loss at South Pontotoc
... The Bulldogs led early 24-14 before trailing 29-24
at halftime ... For Aberdeen, senior Brandan Williams
ran for 185 yards and a pair of touchdowns; Booneville
remained undefeated with a 34-14 region home win over
Belmont to close out the regular season ... The Blue
Devils led 21-7 at halftime ... Booneville has scored 20
or more points in every game this season
n ON THE LINE: MHSAA Class 3A Playoffs, First
Round ... Winner faces either Water Valley or Yazoo
County in next round
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Booneville senior Dallas
Gamble has rushed for 1,209 yards and 15 touchdowns
to lead the Blue Devils this season
n RADIO/INTERNET: WWZQ-AM (1240); WAMY-AM
(1580)
n LAST SEASON: Did not meet
Adams County Chr. at Starkville Aca.
n RECORDS: Adams County Christian 10-1 (3-0 in
MAIS 5-AAA); Starkville Academy 9-2 (2-2 in MAIS 2-AAA)
n LAST WEEK: Adams County Christian won its
sixth straight with a 30-19 road win at Bowling Green
(Louisiana) ... The Rebels led 22-12 at halftime ... For
Adams County Christian, Jakarius Caston scored a pair
of touchdowns; Starkville Academy snapped a two-game
losing streak by beating Natchez Cathedral Unit School
40-6 at home in its playoff opener ... The Volunteers led
40-0 at halftime ... For Starkville Academy, senior Taylor
Arnold ran for 103 yards with a pair of touchdowns
n ON THE LINE: MAIS Class AAA Playoffs, Second
Round ... Winner faces either Leake Academy or Heritage
Academy in next round
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Starkville Academy sophomore
CJ Jackson scored pair of touchdowns in the playoff win
over Natchez Cathedral Unit School
n RADIO/INTERNET: WLZA-FM (96.1)
n LAST SEASON: Starkville Academy 31, Adams
County Christian 0
Lee (Arkansas) Aca. at Columbus Chr.
n RECORDS: Lee (Arkansas) Academy 4-5; Colum-
bus Christian 2-7
n LAST WEEK: Lee (Arkansas) Academy ended the
regular season with a two-game losing streak thanks to
a 44-8 home loss to Tunica Academy ... The Cougars
trailed 22-0 at halftime ... For Lee Academy, sophomore
Preston Lane scored the lone touchdown; Columbus
Christian Academy was open ... In its final regular-sea-
son game, Columbus Christian Academy beat Deer Creek
School 21-20 at home to win the district championship
... Isaiah Cooper had two touchdowns, and Lawson Stud-
dard caught a touchdown pass to help the Rams snap a
seven-game losing streak.
n ON THE LINE: MAIS Class A Playoffs, First Round
... Winner faces Union Christian Academy in next round
n PLAYER TO WATCH: Columbus Christian Academy
looks to Dakota Shaw at quarterback
n EARLIER THIS SEASON: Lee (Arkansas) 52, Colum-
bus Christian 38
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Rebels or Patriots
Can Heritage Academy beat
Leake Academy for a second
time?
We can go ahead and assume
Leake Academy has been looking
forward to this rematch in the sec-
ond round of the MAIS Class AAA
playoffs.
Heritage Academy played argu-
ably its best game in a 41-20 regu-
lar-season win.
Both teams are 9-2 overall. That
tells you each has been doing some-
thing good this season.
Hopefully, the Patriots — playing
at home — will be ready.
Rebels or Volunteers
Will Starkville Academy ad-
vance?
The reigning MAIS Class AAA
state champions will have their
hands full when Adams County
Christian comes to J.E. Logan Field.
This season’s best performance
will be needed and is possible.
Scott Walters is a sports writer for
The Dispatch. He can be reached at
swalters@cdispatch.com. Follow him
on Twitter @dispatchscott.
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for MSU to get by if Espinoza-Hunt-
er and Taylor aren’t able to play.
Wiggins said she has been working
at the two (shooting guard) and the
three (small forward), while Carter
said she is seeing time at the four
(power forward) and the five (cen-
ter). Both players said it has been
tough learning multiple positions
and adjusting to playing the style of
defense Schaefer wants. Still, they
have shown they are ready to ac-
cept the challenge of being immedi-
ate contributors.
“I think I make (learning how to
play two positions) harder than it
needs to be,” Carter said after wres-
tling to find an answer for several
seconds.
In MSU’s three-game tour of It-
aly in August, Carter was third on
roon-White scrimmage, Wiggins effort Schaefer expects.
had 17 points and was 7-for-11 from “Every day I am getting better
the field. She had four turnovers. and better because I am going out
Carter had 10 points and four re- there and asking questions and
bounds and was 4-for-6 from the getting my reps in,” Carter said.
field. “(Ketara) makes sure I know what
“At first, I was kind of slow com- I am doing.”
ing into it,” Wiggins said. “The Carter said she played center in
games we played in Italy and the high school and in travel ball. Now,
scrimmage definitely helped me. though, she has to adjust and know
I feel like I am up to speed with when to get out of the way when
them.” players drive. If she plays the four,
Wiggins said her confidence has Carter will be counted on to pass.
“went way up.” She said she wasn’t She feels she is comfortable work-
sure where Schaefer was going to ing in a high-low set because she
put her, but she said he has shown knows where taller players — Car-
he has faith in her to be “a scorer.” ter is 6-foot-5 — like to receive the
Most of that playing time has come basketball.
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Continued from Page 1B

middle part of the season
that won’t be missing go-
ing forward.
“I think it goes back
to the balance aspect of
wanting to run it and pass
it with equal effectiveness
and if one gets shut down,
being able to lean to the
other. I said the passing
game was the issue, but
for whatever reason, I
feel going into that game,
I said, ‘I have to remem-
ber what got us here,’ and
that’s what we’re going to
do going forward.”
The foundation of this
turnaround was laid in
those moments when
others were questioning
Moorhead.
Moorhead did not
mince words about the
offensive performances at
the time and even called
the criticism, “warrant-
ed.” When the on-field re-
sults weren’t what he was
hoping for, he took pride
in what happened behind
the scenes, knowing what
was going on there would
ultimately breed the de-
sired result.
“I like the way our cul-
ture’s heading and the way
the kids are understand-
ing the things we teach
on a daily basis to sustain
a successful program: dis-
cipline, attention to detail,
selflessness,” Moorhead
said after the loss to Flor-
ida. “I’m confident in the
direction of the program
and I’m confident in our
staff and players.
“Like I said, we’re
not looking for a one-
year build here. We’re
looking to put together
a long-term, sustainable
program where we’re
consistent in our behav-
ior and that will in term
lead to consistency in our
production where it’s not
eight wins, six wins, sev-
en wins. We want to make
sure that as we build this,
we’re building it at the
highest level.”
The players received
that message just as in-
tended. As freshman safe-
ty Marcus Murphy put
it, all the team did at that
time was, “practice what
we preach.
“Everybody had
bought in,” Murphy said.
“We have great leader-
ship in (defensive tack-
le) Jeffery (Simmons),
(defensive end) Gerri
Green, (defensive end)
Montez Sweat, (quarter-
back Nick) Fitz(gerald),
(running back) Aeris Wil-
liams. Everybody bought
into the program because
everybody competes to
the standard of Mississip-
pi State. We have our own
standard.”
Through enforcing
that standard through
hard times — and Moor-
head going out of his way
to enforce it himself —
MSU is exacting that ex-
act vision. The way MSU
beat Texas A&M — stout
defense supported by a
trademark Moorhead of-
fense — is the template
Moorhead plans on fol-
lowing from here on out.
“While short term suc-
cess is imminent, is going
to happen and we want it
to happen immediately,”
Moorhead said, “myself,
my staff and this team,
we’re building a program
here, we’re not just build-
ing a team. We want to
make sure we have long-
term sustained success
in addition to what we’re
going to accomplish this
year.”
Follow Dispatch sports
writer Brett Hudson on
Twitter @Brett_Hudson

Lions
Continued from Page 1B
Jones and No. 4 Northwest — both “Going undefeated in our league and-outs than their liking.
on the road — to win the state title. is one of the hardest things to do in However, the defense consis-
The victory over Northwest was all of football,” Stephens said. “You tently gets the offense the ball back
a 67-66, double-overtime thriller. can analyze this or talk about that. and eventually the superior team
That win avenged the lone regu- In the end, you had a nine-week will win. The bulk of the team’s
lar-season defeat — another loss season and went 1-0 in every week. injuries have been on the offensive
at Northwest. That loss is what That’s quite impressive.” side of the ball, too.
put the Lions on the road in the When Cliff Collins returned as Then there is also the Lions
playoffs in the first place. defensive coordinator before the truckload of non-offensive touch-
This season, there was no such 2017 season, he vowed to make the downs. EMCC had a streak of
mid-season letdown. EMCC defense one of the best in six straight games with at least ACROSS
EMCC won all nine games it the nation. one punt block snapped against 1 Criticize harshly
played in the regular season for a This year, he is well on his way Northeast. 5 Burning
fourth time. The three previous to that promise. The Lions shut out That right there is mind bog-
10 Vietnam city
times all ended with national cham- two opponents, held five opponents 12 Debussy suite
gling. 13 Burger topper
pionships. to 13 or fewer points and also held
What it tells you is that Ste- 14 O’Neill work
The Lions won by an average four opponents under 100 total
phens is the mastermind behind all 15 Fall mo.
margin of 33.3 points per game. yards.
areas of the game. If there is one 16 Riot queller
That being said they did have In a league where high-flying
their close calls. A last-season offense has always been the norm, area lacking on a given day, there 18 Pre-show ad
field goal lifted EMCC past East Stephens has made a concerted will be so many other areas ready 20 Mamie’s mate
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nationally and focused squarely on 23 Homer’s neigh-
In the regular-season finale, every statistical category possible.
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EMCC played through a driving On offense, this has been
It doesn’t matter how the team 24 Red Rose
rain storm in a mud pit to put away atypical EMCC team. While the 26 Calls on
Northeast Mississippi Community Lions did top 47 or more points six got to the party. What matters now
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29 Velocity 3 “West Side Story” 25 Gets away
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east was not impressive by any been many two-minute scoring Scott Walters is a sports writer role 27 Dolphin home
abbr. 4 Cattle call 28 Tear off
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methodical offensive attack. The 36 Class leader 6 Jamie of 33 Feared eel
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6 p.m. — Ohio at Western Michigan, CBS Sports Network DOWN 22 Muse of music
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or ESPNU 24 Kneecap
6:30 p.m. — Temple at UCF, ESPN Columbus boys at Callaway Classic 2 Knight’s weapon
GOLF Columbus girls at Canton Tiger Classic
4 a.m. — European PGA, Turkish Airlines Open, first round, Caledonia, New Hope at Caledonia Classic
at Antalya, Turkey, TGC
3:30 p.m. — PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Men’s College Basketball
Open, first round, at Las Vegas, TGC Friday’s Game
10:30 p.m. — LPGA Tour, TOTO Japan Classic, first round, Fayetteville State at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.
at Shiga, Japan, TGC Saturday’s Game
NBA Mississippi University for Women at Tougaloo College, 5
6:30 p.m. — Sacramento at Atlanta, Fox Sports Southeast p.m.
7 p.m. — Milwaukee at Boston, TNT
9:30 p.m. — New Orleans at Portland, TNT Women’s College Basketball
NFL Today’s Games
7:20 p.m. — Oakland at San Francisco, WLOV and NFL Mississippi University for Women at Philander Smith, 5 p.m.
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Mississippi College at Alabama, 7 p.m.
NHL
1 p.m. — Winnipeg vs. Florida, at Helsinki, Friday’s Games
Finland, NBC Sports Network LeMoyne-Owen at Ole Miss, 3 p.m.
SOCCER Central Missouri at Mississippi State, 6 p.m.
7 p.m. — MLS playoffs, Knockout round,
Columbus at D.C. United, ESPN2 Junior College Basketball
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER Thursday’s Games
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Volunteers
Continued from Page 1B
“They couldn’t catch their breath.
That’s what we want out of our guys
week in and week out. It is going to get
harder every week, but when you play
like that you have a chance to consume
somebody.”
Sense of urgency needed
Nicholson said the Volunteers have to
maintain that sense of urgency. He said
he isn’t worried about trying to play that
way again because his team has been
focused about re-starting the clock each
week.
This week, Starkville Academy will
have to do that against a familiar oppo-
nent. ACCS (3-7) was forced to forfeit
its first seven games due to an ineligible
player.
The Rebels, who haven’t lost on the
field this season, likely would have
been one of the top-five seeds that are
awarded to the district champions, but
the forfeits dropped them in the power
points rankings. Last week, ACCS beat
Bowling Green (La.) Academy 30-19 in
Franklinton, Louisiana.
Last season, ACCS beat Heritage
Academy 42-12 in the second round of
the playoffs and then lost to eventual
state champion Starkville Academy 31-0
in the third round in Starkville.
In 2016, ACCS beat Starkville Acade-
my 35-7 in the second round. It went on
to lose to Indianola Academy 42-7 in the
state title game.
Nicholson said none of the history
matters because both teams are differ-
ent. They also are going to use different
strategies to win Friday. Thoughts about
next week also won’t matter if the Volun-
teers don’t show up and play their best
game to stay alive.
“The push is to remember who you’re
playing for,” Nicholson said. “It is not for
last year. It’s not about what you’re play-
ing for. It’s about the person next to you
and knowing that at any moment it could
end, so you give everything you’ve got.
If you do that, we will see where it takes
us next week.”
Growth at quarterback
Nicholson praised the progression of
junior quarterback Garrett Lewis. He
said he has talked to Lewis about not
having to shoulder all of the responsibil-
ity and that he has to be a leader. Nichol-
son said Lewis continues to relax and to
figure out how to handle and to show his
emotions on the field.
“He had a bad night against Heritage.
It was his first loss as a starter. There
are so many things you can look at,”
Nicholson said.
“It almost lifted a burden off him be-
cause nobody wants to lose, but he put
too much on his shoulders and didn’t
know what to do with it.”
Nicholson convinced Lewis it was the
responsibility of the head coach to worry
about everything and that he had to lis-
ten to him and lead his team.
He said Lewis did that last week,
which helped them develop a “synched”
relationship.
Nicholson said it will be important for
Lewis and the rest of the Volunteers to
continue to learn from their mistakes
and to bounce back as quickly as possi-
ble because time is even more of a pre-
cious commodity at this time of the year.
“Through two losses, he has contin-
ued to show leadership,” Nicholson said.
“It is the little things, like it is OK to
have fun and to smile and you can still
play well and play focused with a smile
on your face. He is becoming more and
emotional, and that’s a good thing be-
cause his guys need to see he is having
fun and playing with emotion. Focus
comes with that.”
Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: the person tobacco products can lead to
I have a goes into the addiction. Good for you!
co-worker bathroom “like When the government, in
I work closely clockwork,” and its wisdom, finally clamped
with. Almost let HR try to get down on the tobacco compa-
every day I hear her the medical nies in an attempt to prevent
her throwing up intervention she yet another generation from
in the bathroom. so desperately becoming addicted, I thought
It happens like appears to need. that would be the end of it.
clockwork. It’s Throwing up Imagine my consternation
gotten to the repeatedly can when they came out with
point where I’m result in damage flavored vaping fluids to se-
ZITS extremely con- to the digestive duce more young people. It’s
cerned. Although tract. shameless!
it has been going DEAR ABBY: Rather than tell the
on for years, it I am a young teacher, talk to your parents
seems to have teenage dancer. about what’s going on so they
gotten worse.
Dear Abby My friends in can quietly mention it to the
I don’t feel dance class parents of the other girls.
comfortable enough to bring are wonderful except for one DEAR ABBY: Why has the
this up to her, but something thing. Four of them hide in our word “veggies” replaced “veg-
has to happen. I’m afraid I’ll dressing rooms, bathroom etables”? When people say
embarrass her, make her quit, and anywhere else they won’t “veggies,” to me it sounds like
etc., but her life is more im- be seen to smoke e-ciga- they are talking to a child. —
portant than that. We are both rettes. GROWNUP EATER IN GEORGIA
in management positions, My one close friend asked DEAR EATER: It’s probably
but I am not her superior (in me once if I wanted to try it. because “vegetables” has
GARFIELD case that changes your advice When I said no, she knew at least three syllables and
about what to do or who to better than to press further. people have a tendency to
tell). Do I mention this to HR? Other friends keep telling me shorten words that have more
Our boss runs his mouth a it’s fun. I know if I did it and than one syllable. It may also
lot, and I don’t know if I can my parents found out, they be because parents think it’s
say anything without it getting would kill me. Plus, I don’t a way of making them appear
around. — WORRIED FOR HER want to get caught up in that more palatable to small
DEAR WORRIED: I wonder deadly cycle. children.
if anyone else you work with What should I do? Tell my Dear Abby is written
has noticed what you have. teacher and risk losing friends by Abigail Van Buren, also
Talk to someone in HR and or leave it alone? After all, it’s known as Jeanne Phillips, and
explain that you’re concerned only hurting them, right? — was founded by her mother,
that a fellow employee BAFFLED AT BALLET Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
(unnamed) may suffer from DEAR BAFFLED: You are Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
a life-threatening illness and an intelligent young lady to P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,
CANDORVILLE need help. Point out the time recognize that “sampling” CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
1). You’ve weathered storms
of all sorts, and now it’s time
to revel in emotional sunshine.
Not one to let life overwhelm
you, you’ll make an exception in
matters of love. Developments
in your personal life inspire
special events, travel and the
integration of other families and
friend groups. Libra and Leo
BABY BLUES adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 18, 3, 33, 28 and 50.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The best people to be around
aren’t the ones who nag you to
be different; they are the ones
who make you want to be better
by modeling a different way of
being.
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Sometimes you’re the appren-
tice, and sometimes you’re the
master. To help another person
give life to their dreams is a gift
to you as well, and vice versa.
The roles are interchangeable
and equal.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
What you learn today will light
your way. Tomorrow will be
better because of it. If there’s
some waiting around or a little
stress, it’s par for the course.
Life is on track. Things are
getting better.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Many appreciate what you do.
Not everyone. The ones who
get it really get it. Those are the
ones you’re aiming your best
efforts toward. Keep company
with those who uplift.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’ll solve the problem by
thinking less and feeling more.
Imagine yourself as a coral-like
receptor, with the ocean flowing
around and through you. As you
move in response, how can it be
anything but right?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
There are a few dynamics at
play that are no longer ideal for
you, to say the least. You can
always make a change. That’s
an option you have; you just
have to decide to take it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
To have an awareness of your
shadow side is a start. But to
know that your shadow is actu-
ally just the flip side of the best
that’s in you is the golden ticket
to success.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Don’t underestimate the
detrimental impact of too much
seriousness. A deficit of fun is
a drain on vitality. It may not be
noticeable at first, but letting
the levels get too low puts all
that’s good in jeopardy.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You won’t forget your man-
ners. You almost never do, and
that is among the reasons you’ll
be chosen for today’s task,
which calls for someone who
can be reliably polite.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). There are a few options on
the table, one of which seems
particularly appealing if not for
the fact that it will take a very
long time to realize. Don’t let
that deter you. The time will
pass no matter what you’re
doing.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Nothing develops a person
quite like traveling. And you
needn’t go far. Even a visit
inside the next-door neighbor’s
house will fortify you. The
important part is that you learn
about others. Ask questions.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). If silliness is a skill, it’s an
important one. People need silli-
ness. It takes a certain amount
of confidence to risk being seen
as foolish. And it involves an
instinct for guessing what will
make the other person laugh.

Run out of luck

SOLUTION:
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Business
Business moves with Mary

New salon and boutique in Columbus

Plus: Starkville gym
holds grand opening
different restaurants in
downtown Columbus:
12, you might have
seen Head Over Heels
Front Door/Back Door
that closed in February
opened its new location
this past month. Head

T
here’s a new one-stop salon
and boutique at 423 Main St.
Walking by Faith Salon
and Faith Fabulous Boutique held
its grand opening Oct. 27. Owners
Sherlonda Hopson and Joe Bafford,
offer hair, makeup, a barber shop
and women’s clothes. Though the
boutique currently only offers
unique and affordable women’s
clothes, they will be adding men’s
clothes soon. They currently
have four employees and are open
Tuesday through Saturday from 9
a.m.-6 p.m.
Also on Main Street, Party
and Paper has officially closed
its doors. But don’t worry, Party
and Paper owner Susan McKay
is holding a grand opening for
Impressions by Susan, at 424 Main
St., today.
McKay will have wine and
cheese from 4-7 p.m. The print
and stationary shop will be open
Tuesday through Friday from 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
Another building on Main
Street has officially been sold. The
building, 411 Main St., housed two
2014, and the Old 82 over Heels, 450 High-
Restaurant that opened way 12 Suite B, offers
in 2014 and closed in shoes, handbags, jewel-
2016 before opening ry and custom clothing
and closing again this Monday through Satur-
past year. day from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Columbus developer The Flower Com-
Chris Chain sold the pany expects to open
building to his sister, Mary Pollitz
at its new location by
Holly Newman. this Monday. Currently
Newman said the building of- located on Russell Street, owner
fers retail or restaurant space and
Whitney Wofford said the new
is currently being marketed for a
building, at 401 E. Lampkin St.,
new tenant.
offers a larger space. The Flower
Over in Starkville, if you’re
Company is open Monday through
looking to burn some calories, Or-
ange Theory Fitness held its grand Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and
opening Wednesday. The gym, at Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and
401 University Dr., offers one-hour offers personalized floral arrange-
fitness classes every day from 5 ments and gifts.
a.m.-6:45 p.m. Big Buns and More, a cinnamon
The gym offers one-hour work- roll bakery, held its grand open-
out sessions for cardiovascular and ing last Friday. The bakery, 332
strength training, while moni- Highway 12 W., is open Tuesday
toring your heart rate. General through Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5:30
Manager Jason Edwards said the p.m., Fridays from 7:30 a.m.-10
initial class is free and membership p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m-4
costs vary depending on how many p.m.
classes you decide to take. Got business tips? Email them to
If you’re driving on Highway mpollitz@cdispatch.com.

New Starkville Ambassadors

Courtesy photo
The Greater Starkville Development Partnership recently recognized the 2018-19 Ambassador team. This group
is committed to promoting chamber businesses in the Starkville community. Pictured from left to right front
row: Libby Gerald, Mary Jane Runnels, Pat Lane, Nina Welch, Peggy Buckley, Caitlin Rackley and Rebecca Tabb.
Second row from left: Carrie-Beth Randall, Kelly Cutshall, Donna Sims, Barbara Foster, Lateshia Butler, Kather-
ine Little, Adrienne Morris, Candy Crecink. Back row from left: Hagan Walker, Matt Matthews, Jason Ryder, Brian
McCaskill, Brad Jones, Gerry Logan, Terry Long, John Crecink–. Not pictured: Cory Lucius, Cole Brazil, Courtney
Cox, Patrick Linley, Bill Thurlow, Anna-Marie Nickels, Christina Lucas and Jay Cook. New elected Ambassadors
pictured: Donna Sims, Caitlin Rackley, Carrie-Beth Randall, Gerry Logan and Katherine Little.

Call center expands in south Mississippi, hiring 231 people

Mississippi Development Authority woman Tammy Craft says
the state is providing Sav-
is hiring seasonal workers
in addition to permanent
to provide $130K for worker training iLinx $130,000 for worker
training.
workers.
Craft says new jobs will
The Associated Press plans Tuesday. The com- SaviLinx says a con- pay $14.83 per hour, on av-
pany, which already has tract with an unnamed erage.
HATTIESBURG — A 260 work-at-home agents government agency is ex- SaviLinx says its office
call center is expanding in the Hattiesburg area, is panding. is in a Historically Un-
in south Mississippi, with leasing 43,000 square feet The company is invest- derutilized Business Zone,
plans to hire 231 people. at a former mall. ing more than $350,000 enabling competition for
SaviLinx of Brunswick, Mississippi Develop- and will complete hiring certain federal contracts
Maine, announced its ment Authority Spokes- early next year. SaviLinx by hiring area residents.
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TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF IN THE COUNTY COURT 1FMRU15L33LA16972 PEEPLES PECANS DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, 124 HIGHLAND Ave, Ab-
SALE OF LOWNDES COUNTY Custom cracking, CH&A, 1 story, W/D, erdeen. OPEN HOUSE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IF THESE VEHICLES ARE shelling, & blowing your historic district, 1 block Nov. 3 & 4. 3BR/1BA,
WHEREAS, on April 27, NOT CLAIMED THEY pecans. We also sell from downtown, $625/ perfect starter home or
2015, Elizabeth Baker, REGIONS BANK WILL BE PUT UP FOR shelled, halved, & mo. + $625 dep. NO investment property.
Unmarr, executed a PLAINTIFF PUBLIC SALE ON THE pieces! 662-574-1660. PETS. 662-574-8789. $62,500. Produces
Deed of Trust to W. 26TH DAY OF NOVEM- Peaceful & Quiet area. $600/mo income.
BER, 2018 AT 10:00 TOMATOES NOW Avail-
Stewart Robison, Trust- VS. NO. 2018-0466- able. Hwy. 45 Macon Call Em, 662-436-8560.
ee for Green Tree Servi- CV2 AM AT MARTY'S SER- FIRST FULL MONTH Ashley Realty, 209 E.
VICE CENTER, 1233 662-352-1270 or 662- RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed-
cing LLC, Beneficiary, 425-9116. Commerce St, Aberdeen
which Deed of Trust is CHARLIE FENSTER, JR. GARDNER BLVD, room Apts/Townhomes.
recorded in Land Deed and ANY AND ALL UN- COLUMBUS MS. Stove & refrigerator. Lots & Acreage 8600
Clerical & Office 3050 $335-$600 Monthly.
of Trust Book 2015, at KNOWN OCCUPANTS
Page 9608-9611, in the DEFENDANTS PUBLISH: 10/25, 11/1 LOCAL, FAST-paced, pro- Credit check & deposit. 2.28 +/- Acre Lot.
office of the Chancery & 11/8/2018 fessional company is Coleman Realty, 149 Tanyia Lane. Off of
Clerk of Lowndes SUMMONS looking for a Bookkeep- 662-329-2323. Lake Lowndes Road.
County, Mississippi; Building & Remodeling 1120 ing Assistant to help in Has asphalt drive &

AND WHEREAS, this

THE STATE OF MISSIS-
SIPPI
Deed of Trust was ulti-
mately assigned to TO: Charlie Fenster, Jr.
Ditech Financial LLC, by and Any and All Un-
instrument recorded in known Occupants
Book 2018, at Page 1514 Bell Avenue
19093-19098, in the of- Columbus, Mississippi
fice of the Chancery 39701
Clerk aforesaid;
You have been made a
CJ'S ROOFING & HOME
REMODELING. Roofing
(Shingles or Metal) &
Roof Repairs, Concrete
Pressure Washing, Car-
pentry & Handyman
Work. Veteran & Senior
Discounts! 662-397-
0800, FREE ESTIMATE.
handling day-to-day ac-
counting and finance COLEMAN parking, 1200 ft. shop
w/ living area, septic
activities. RENTALS tank & water meter. No
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS trailers. $45,000. Call
Responsibilities include 662-574-0345.
Posting daily receipts 1 BEDROOM
and electronic funds
transfers, processing
2 BEDROOMS 3.5 Acre Lot. 3 estab-
lished trailer lots. Play-
credit card payments, 3 BEDROOMS ground. Located on
reconciling bank state- Morgan Lane. Off of
ments and credit card LEASE, Harris Road. Caledonia

© The Dispatch
AND WHEREAS, default Defendant in the suit SUGGS CONSTRUCTION statements as well as Schools. $25,000.
having been made in filed in this Court by Re- Building, remodeling, filing and processing DEPOSIT 662-574-0345.
payment of the in- gions Bank, Plaintiff, metal roofing, painting outgoing mail.
debtedness secured by seeking possession of & all home repairs. AND
said Deed of Trust, and property at 1514 Bell FALL SPECIAL
the holder of the note Avenue, Columbus, Mis-
662-242-3471 Required Skills include CREDIT CHECK 1.95 acre lots.
accounts payable and Good/bad credit.
and Deed of Trust hav- sissippi 39701. Defend- Tom Hatcher, LLC receivable, general
ing requested the under- ants other than you in
signed Trustee so to do, this action are none.
Custom Construction, ledger and balance
Restoration, Remodel- sheet working know-
662-329-2323 10% down, as low as
$299/mo. Eaton Land.
I will on the 13th day of 662-361-7711
ing, Repair, Insurance ledge; experience with
November, 2018, offer You are summoned to claims. 662-364-1769. data entry, record keep-
for sale at public outcry appear and defend Licensed & Bonded General Help Wanted 3200 Computer Equipment 4390 General Merchandise 4600 2411 HWY 45 N Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
ing and computer opera-
and sell during legal against the Complaint tions COLUMBUS, MS
hours between the or Petition filed against MANUAL MACHINIST APPLE IMAC, 2.0 GHz WATER HEATER, Whirl- NEW DOUBLEWIDE!
hours of 11:00 A.M. you in this action at
Excavating 1300 needed for repair shop. Core Duo computer. pool/Craftmaster 40 gal 32x74, 3BR/2BA, Cent-
Must be proficient with Commercial Property For ral A/C, Skirting, Deliv-
and 4:00 P.M., at the 11:00 a.m. on the 8th Microsoft Excel, have Experience using lathes, Built-in monitor. 2GB electric water heater,
main front door of the day of November, 2018, Clay gravel, fill clay, & good customer rela- mills, grinders and vari- RAM, Keyboard, mouse, $150. Call Peter, 662- Rent 7100 ery, Set-up & Tie down.
County Courthouse of before Judge Beverley top soil for sale! Easy ous hand tools in repair printer incl. Great cond. 574-1561. This is a MUST SEE
access off 82 East. tions skills and ability to home!! Only $89,900.
Lowndes County, at M. Franklin at the multi task. of motors, pumps, gear- $425. 205-246-8704. COMMERCIAL PROPER-
Columbus, Mississippi, Lowndes County Court- Can load and deliver. boxes, job shop projects Sporting Goods 4720 TIES/Retail/Office 636-627-7973
Stokes Excavation: and related items is re- 662-570-1375
for cash to the highest house, in Columbus, Competitive salary, re- Farm Equipment & Supplies Spaces starting @
and best bidder, the fol- Mississippi, and in case 662-689-0089 tirement and health- quired. Knowledge in
4420
ED SANDERS Gunsmith $285/mo. Downtown &
lowing described land of your failure to ap- welding both TIG and Open for season! 9-5, East Columbus loca- NEW SINGLEWIDE!
care benefits available. Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat.
and property, situated in pear and defend a judg- General Services 1360 MIG, acetylene torch tions. 662-435-4188. 2019, 3BR/2BA, Cent-
cutting, brazing and sil- 2016 JOHN Deere Over 50 years experi-
Lowndes County, Mis- ment will be entered Please forward your re- 5100E Tractor, 210 ral A/C. Skirting, Deliv-
sissippi, to-wit: against you for the MUSIC THEORY LES- ver soldering is pre- ence! Repairs, cleaning, OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 ery, Set-up, & Tie down.
sume to Accounting Di- hours. $46,500. refinishing, scopes square feet. 294
money or other things SONS vision, P.O. Box 7648, ferred. Knowledge of Only $47,900.
Also, 2016 15ft mounted & zeroed, Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- 636-627-7973
A tract of land being loc- demanded in the Com- $25 per hour Columbus, MS 39705 general machine shop
Kubota Bush hog avail. handmade knives. ing terms. Available
ated in the Northeast plaint or Petition. Chords, Scales, Modes practices and safety is 662-570-1375
205-329-1790. Located: Hwy 45 Alt, now. 662-328-8254.
Quarter (NE1/4) of the & more! Call Jimbo @ required. Typical work
General Help Wanted 3200 week is Monday-Friday, North of West Point,
Northeast Quarter You are not required to 662-364-1687 NEW SINGLEWIDE:
(NE1/4) of Section 6, file an answer or other If no answer leave 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Benefits Firewood / Fuel 4450 turn right on Yokahama Houses For Rent: Northside
Accountant Position - Big, 3BR/2BA, Central
Township 17 South, pleading but you may do voicemail or text. Columbus include health insur- Blvd, 8mi & turn left on 7110
ance, 401k, paid holi- FIREWOOD FOR Sale. Darracott Rd, will see A/C. Skirting, delivery,
Range 17 West, so if you desire. Responsibilities include set-up & tie down in-
Lowndes County, Mis- RETAINER WALL, drive- days and vacation. Various lengths. sign, 2.5mi ahead shop BLUECUTT ESTATES:
A/R, A/P, Payroll, Sales 662-295-2274 cluded. Only $37,900.
sissippi and more par- Issued under my hand way, foundation, con- Tax, Journal Entries, Re- Send resume to: EMSS on left. 662-494-6218. 3BR/2BA, ch/a, double
P.O. Box 2225 Columbus Home Center
ticularly described as and seal of said Court, crete, masonry restora- conciliations, Month/ garage, chain link
Columbus, MS 39704. Furniture 4480 Business Opportunity 6050 662-570-1375
follows: this the 11th day of Oc- tion, remodeling, base- Year end Closing for fenced backyard, newly
tober, 2018. ment foundation, re- multiple companies. At- remodeled, $115,000.
Commencing at a fence pairs, small dump truck tention to detail and ac- THE DISPATCH BEDROOM SET- Full size HISTORIC DOWNTOWN 662-352-4776. THE MARVEL
corner marking the point Teresa Barksdale hauling (5-6 yd) load & curacy are required. is looking for an sleigh bed, dresser with Columbus: 411 Main 4BR/2BA, Central A/C.
of intersection of the Lowndes County Court demolition/lot cleaning. Send resumes to ADVERTISING SALES mirror, chest, and night- St. Office, Retail, Res- 3BR/2BA WITH GAR- Skirting, delivery, set-up
South right of way of Clerk Burr Masonry jobs@ REPRESENTATIVE. stand for sale. $1,000. taurant Space available. AGE, NEWLY RE- & tie down incl.
Woodlawn Road and the P.O. Box 31 662-242-0259. prographicsms.com The ideal candidate is a Brand new mattress set Call 423-333-1124. MODELED, MOVE-IN Only $51,900.
East line of said Sec- Columbus, Mississippi motivated self-starter included. Cash only! READY. NICE LOCATION Columbus Home Center
tion 6; run thence North 39703 WORK WANTED: THE COMMERCIAL Dis- with excellent commu- 662-570-4341. If no an- Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 $780/MO. PLUS DE- 662-570-1375
84 degrees 44 minutes Licensed & Bonded-car- patch is seeking a nication and organiza- swer, leave a msg. POSIT. 662-386-1441.
West along the South (seal) By: A. Langford, pentry, painting, & de- mechanically-minded in- tional skills, a strong 1BR UPSTAIRS Apt. THE PRIDE - 28x72,
right of way of said D.C. molition. Landscaping, dividual to work in its work ethic and the abil- KITCHEN TABLE w/ 4 $450/mth rent & dep Houses For Rent: Starkville 4BR/2BA, Central A/C.
Woodlawn Road a dis- gutters cleaned, bush pressroom. Applicants ity to relate to a wide chairs. Will include 20- req. Convenient to town 7170 Skirting, delivery, set-up
tance of 1313.2 feet to Dates of Publication: hogging, clean-up work, must be comfortable range of people. Sales piece table decor set. & CAFB. No hud. No & tie down included.
the point of beginning of October 18, October 25 pressure washing, mov- working around heavy experience is preferred, $200. 205-246-8704. pets. 662-328-2340. 2BR/1BA house w/ 2 Only $59,900.
the herein described and November 1, 2018 ing help & furniture machinery, adhering to but not required. Full-
tract; run thence South tight deadlines and time position includes 2BR/1BA, renovated w/ acres in county. 3 miles Columbus Home Center
repair. 662-242-3608 Garage Sales: East 4510 Central heat and air, from Strk, 5 miles from 662-570-1375
05 degrees 06 minutes IN THE CHANCERY must have an eye for insurance benefits, MSU South Entrance,
West a distance of COURT OF LOWNDES detail & quality. Flexible competitive pay, paid new appliances, floor-
382.0 feet to a point; COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Lawn Care / Landscaping hours are a must. Email personal leave and op-
MULTI-FAMILY Sale. ing, etc. Available soon. W/D, carport. SMALL Need a
1470 5194 Hwy. 50 E. Sat. Taking applications dogs ok w/ deposit.
run thence North 84 de- resume to portunity for advance- 11/3 6a-until. H/h Great for grad student
grees 40 minutes West SAMANTHA HARTZELL mfloyd@cdispatch.com ment. Come join our now. $450/Mth.
JESSE & BEVERLY'S items, furn., weight NO HUD. Call Long & or professor. Non-
a distance of 112.7 feet PLAINTIFF or drop resumes off at creative, award-winning bench, etc. smoking. $750/mo.
to an iron pin; run LAWN SERVICE. Mow- 516 Main St, staff. Hand deliver re- Long, 662-328-0770.
ing, cleanup, landscap- Utilities not included.
thence North 05 de- VS. Columbus, MS 39701. sume to Beth Proffitt at
ing, sodding, & tree cut- No phone calls please. 516 Main Street, 5850 HWY 50 E. (be- 2BR APT. Duplex. CH/A- 662-617-5601.
grees 06 minutes East side HudCo) Fri & Sat, Appliances furnished.
ting. 356-6525.
a distance of 382.0 feet JOHNATHAN INGRAM
to an iron pin on the DEFENDANT
James Pest Manage-
Columbus or email to
bproffitt@cdispatch.com 7a-12p. Collectibles, Close to town & the W. Houses For Rent: Other 7180 NEW RIDE?
ment is seeking a Full DVDs, tools, blankets, Available immediately.
South right of said Painting & Papering 1620
Time Competitive Field sm appls, mens/wo- Contact Bobby Caldwell SMALL COTTAGE: FIND ONE IN THE
Woodlawn Road; run
thence South 84 de-
CAUSE NO. 2018-0525
SULLIVAN'S PAINT Sales Representative. Medical / Dental 3300 mens clothing. @ 662-328-1011. 1BR/1BA, all appl. Wa-
ter, trash, lawn incl. in
CLASSIFIEDS
grees 40 minutes East THE STATE OF MISSIS- SERVICE DENTAL ASSISTANT
Certified in lead Requirements: Garage Sales: North 4520 FOX RUN COMPANY LLC lease. Near MSU. No
along said right of way a SIPPI position available: We
removal. Offering spe- *On the job training 1 & 2 BR near hospital. pets. $500/mo. $400
distance of 112.7 feet are looking for a motiv- dep. App/refs/lease
cial prices on interior & *Good Driving Record ated, cheerful Dental 249 KENNEL Road (off $595-645/mo. Military req. 662-242-2923.
to the point of begin- TO: JOHNATHAN IN-
exterior painting, pres- *College Education Pre- discount offered, pet Autos For Sale 9150
ning and containing 1.0 GRAM Assistant, experience Ridge rd). Thur 4-8pm,
sure washing & sheet ferred but Degree area, pet friendly, and
acre, more or less. Wherever he may be Not Required required. Email resume: Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 6am- 2000 CHEVY Silverado.
rock repairs. 12pm. Home decor & furnished corporate
found *Take/Pass Random office@ Extended Cab 5.3 V8
Free Estimates apartments available.
I will convey only such Drug Testing starkvillesmiles.com goods, furniture, mat- Auto. 190K. Michelin
Call 435-6528 tress/box springs, wo- ON SITE SECURITY.
title as is vested in me RULE 81 SUMMONS *Maintain Business ON SITE MAINTENANCE. tires. Clean Truck.
as Trustee. Appearance Antiques 4060 men's name brand $2495. 662-275-0343.
You have been made a Sitting With The Sick / Elderly
*Exercise Due Dili- clothing sizes 4-6, chil- ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
1780 dren's clothing & baby 24-HOUR CAMERA WATERFRONT 2BR/1BA
WITNESS MY SIGNA- Defendant in the suit gence on the Com- CHRISTMAS OPEN SURVEILLANCE.
TURE, this, the 10th day filed in this Court by pany's Behalf HOUSE items. (662)352-4678 in Hamilton. Direct ac-
Benji @ 662-386-4446 cess to the TENN-TOM.
of October, 2018. Samantha Hartzell seek- NEED SOMEONE to care *Maintain Company Magnolia Antique Mall Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
ing TERMINATION OF for your loved one? Property Sat., Nov. 17, 2018 Garage Sales: Caledonia 4540 Sat/Sun by appt only. Community boat ramp.
/s/ W. Stewart PARENTAL RIGHTS. Years of experience. *Engaging, Out-Going 10am-5pm Large deck overlooking
Robison, Trustee There are no other de- Great References. Call Personality 302 Alabama St. 678 MAIN St. Fri. & Sat. 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- water. Updated home
fendants in this action. Betty, 662-251-6680. *Self-Motivated with the 8a.-5p. RV accs., lawn 1200 sqft. CH/A. 2015 CHEVROLET Equi-
ments & townhouses. $650/mo + $650 dep. nox, tan, 1 owner, 89k
PUBLISH: 10/18, Very good at what I do! Ability to Multi-Task Bargain Column 4180 mower, pressure wash- Call for more info.
10/25, 11/1 & You are summoned to *Commitment to Stay er, tools, misc. items. Call 662-425-0250 for mi, mostly highway.
662-328-8254. more info. Bluetooth, backup cam-
11/8/2018 appear and defend Stump Removal 1790 on Task DINNING ROOM chairs,
against the complaint or era, cloth seats, 25.8
grill, & some tools. Garage Sales: Other 4560 Apts For Rent: South 7040 MPG average of life of
PUBLIC NOTICE petition filed against We offer excellent bene- $100 for all. Call 662- Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
you at 9:00 a.m. on the fits, long term career, 17 COBH Ln. (Elm Lake DOWNTOWN 1BR - This vehicle. Clean & excel-
328-8664. 3BR/2BA Trailer, New lent condition.
The Golden Triangle 27th day of November, provide Company Attire, Golf Course) Fri. 8a-2p
Planning and Develop- large 1 bedroom apart- Hope school dist. Asking $12,195.
2018 in the courtroom provide Corporate ELECTRIC DRYER. Good & Sat. 8a-10a. ment has been recently $500/mo & $500 dep.
ment District plans to of the CHICKASAW Vehicle & Fuel, & Re- Women's plus size 662-574-7481.
condition. $100. Call renovated. It features
submit its new Compre- County Courthouse at sidual Income on Sales 662-364-2498. clothes, shoes, purses, great natural light, hard- Call between 10a-7p.
hensive Development HOUSTON, Mississippi, Program. Contact us on workout clothes, lots of wood floors, tall ceil- 662-386-4292. COMMERCIAL VAN For
Strategy (CEDS) to the and in case of your fail- Facebook or email re- NO TEXT MESSAGES.
Economic Development ure to appear and de- ALLSTUMP GRINDING ELECTRIC STOVE. Good jewelry, pajamas, etc. ings and access to a Sale: 2005 Ford 150
sume to: Condition. $100. Call Econo Van. 102k miles.
Administration (EDA) by fend a judgment will be SERVICE jpmjobline@gmail.com shared laundry room. NICE 3BR/2BA MH in
GET 'ER DONE! 662-364-2498. LARGE INDOOR $750 rent and $750 de- North Columbus. Close White. $4,300.
December 1, 2018. The entered against you for (662)574-0225.
aforementioned CEDS We can grind all your James Pest Manage- GARAGE SALE posit. Utilities included. to schools & CAFB. No
the money or other stumps. Hard to reach ment is seeking a Full FLOORMATS FOR Toyota Sat, 11/3, 8am-12pm. No pets please. Call
will be available for re- things demanded in the pets. $460/mo + $460
view and comment for a complaint or petition. places, blown over Time Field Technician. Camry, Two sets. Both 7379 Hwy 12 East, Peter, 662-574-1561. dep. 662-364-6204 or Campers & RVs 9300
period of 30 days begin- roots, hillsides, back- for the 2015-2017 Steens. RAIN OR SHINE 601-940-1397.
yards, pastures. Free Requirements: Camry. $85. Cash only! DOWNTOWN APTS: TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
ning on November 1, You are not required to Very nice 1BR & 2BR located on Wilkins Wise
2018. estimates. You find it, *On the job training 662-570-4341. If no an- General Merchandise 4600 RENT A fully equipped
file an Answer or other we'll grind it! *Good Driving Record swer, leave msg. apartments available. camper w/utilities & Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
pleading but you may do 662-361-8379 *High School Diploma GAS STOVE, Four burn- Lease & deposit re- cable from $145/wk - Hookups available.
Review of the CEDS will so if you desire. quired. Call 662-364- $300/mo. 662-328-
be available to inter- Required NEW BABY boy winter er Frigidare range with $535/month. Colum-
*Take/Pass Random clothes. 18 mo. (1) oven. Needs a little 1610. bus & County School 8655 or 662-574-7879.
ested persons during Issued under my hand Tree Services 1860
Drug Testing sleeper set, (1) cap cleaning up. $50. Call locations. 662-242-
normal working days (M- and the seal of said
F) 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Court, this 16th day of A&T Tree Service *Able to lift up to 20 & booties & (1) vest, Peter, 662-574-1561. Apts For Rent: West 7050 7653 or 601-940-1397. Five Questions:
Bucket truck & stump pounds shirt & pants set. $20.

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except holidays. The October, 2018.
removal. Free est. *Able to Bend/Stoop 662-364-1421. STARKVILLE AREA Hab- Houses For Sale: Northside
Golden Triangle Plan- *Excellent people skills
ning and Development Serving Columbus itat for Humanity Re- 8150
1 This jelly
Rentals
Lisa Younger Neese, *Engaging, Self-Motiv-
District’s offices are loc- Clerk of Lowndes since 1987. Senior NEW LADIES Levis Store resale warehouse
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ ated Personality Jeans. Blk 505 straight will be open Saturday,
ated at 106 Miley Drive County, Mississippi 1706 RIDGE Rd. Like
242-0324/241-4447 *Commitment to stay leg. 16M. 33x32. $8.
in Starkville, Missis- (seal) on task November 1 from 8-11
Apartments pl, new, 3BR/2BA. New ap-
2 Cooter
sippi 39759. All com- "We'll go out on a limb Used coffee table w/ AM. Located at 1632 22 ac w/ pond,
BY: Tina Fisher
ments should be re-
ceived by November 30,
Deputy Clerk
for you!"
We offer excellent bene-
ceramic top. $10.
662-364-1421.
Rockhill Road in Stark-
ville. Come by for bar-
& Houses woods & wildlife. Close
to CAFB. Frontage on 2
2018 at the above ad- Publish: 10/18, 10/25, J&A TREE REMOVAL
fits, long term career, &
provide Company Attire. gains on furniture, appli- 1 Bedrooms roads. $249,000.
dress or at P.O. Box
828, Starkville, Missis-
11/1/2018 Work from a bucket Contact us on Face-
truck. Insured/bonded. book or email resume:
TWO ELECTRIC heaters. ances, light fixtures,
$60. Call 662-328- bath fixtures, building 2 Bedroooms 662-418-8077.
3 The
sippi 39760. The following vehicles Call Jimmy for a free es- jpmjobline@gmail.com 8664. materials, and more. 3 Bedrooms NICE BRICK HOME FOR
Incredible
have been abandoned timate 662-386-6286. SALE, located at 2406
Furnished & Hulk
PUBLISH: 11/1/2018 at Marty's Service Cen- FULL TIME EMPLOYEE Apts For Rent: Other 7080 15th Ave No in Colum-
VICKERS TREE NEEDED. SOME MECH- bus, MS with 3 bed-
THE FOLLOWING
ter. 1233 Gardner Blvd,
Columbus, MS. SERVICE, LLC ANICAL KNOWLEDGE, Unfurnished rooms and 1 bath. This
VEHICLES HAVE BEEN Tree trimming and re- LIFTING & DELIVERY OF house is a great home
1, 2, & 3 Baths to live in as-is or fixer
4 Roberto
ABANDONED AT COREY moval. Fully insured. EQUIPMENT. APPLY IN
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HERRING AUTOMOTIVE,
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COLUMBUS, MS.
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or 662-549-2902 HWY. 82 WEST, STARK- & Credit Check house out and would
like to sell the property
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BER, 2018, AT 10:00
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AUTOMOTIVE, 1230
GARDNER BLVD,
2008 CHEVROLET
COLUMBUS, MS.
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