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$18K of marijuana, THC vape products seized

Area boxer, one other, arrested for planning to distribute
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
COLUMBUS — State and
local law enforcement arrested
two Columbus residents ear-
lier this month after the two
allegedly planned to distribute
$18,000 worth of marijuana
vape cartridges and other nar-
cotics throughout Lowndes
County.
Officers with Columbus Po-
lice Department and Lowndes
Nichols Ford
County Sheriff’s Office’s joint
narcotics task force arrested
area boxer Dustin “Big Worm”
Nichols, 36, of Highway 45
North, and Whitney Ford, 28,
of Waverly Ferry Road, on Oct.
3 for conspiracy to traffic mari-
juana, according to a task force
press release. The day of the
arrest, task force agents and in-
vestigators with the state Attor-
ney General’s Office executed
multiple search warrants which
led to their arrests.
The press release said the
agents seized approximate-
ly 1.5 kilograms of marijuana
and 100 tetrahydrocannibinol
(THC) vape cartridges. THC is
the substance in marijuana that
produces the drug’s psycholog-
ical effects.
Over the past few weeks, as
reports of vaping-related ill-
nesses have surfaced all over
the country, including five
reported cases in Mississip-
pi, officials from the Centers
for Disease Control and Food
and Drug Administration
have linked the illnesses to
THC-containing vape products
and warned the public not to
use those products.
Nichols and Ford are in cus-
tody at Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center. Nichols’
bond is $15,000 and Ford’s is
$10,000. The press release said
there may be further charges
or arrests as the investigation
continues.

Leigh Mall New Venezuelan restaurant brings

auction variety to downtown Starkville
begins
today
Registered
participants have until
Thursday to place bids
Dispatch Staff Report

COLUMBUS — The auction

of Leigh Mall began at 11 a.m. to-
day and will run until Thursday.
Ten-X, an online auction site
for commercial property, is facil-
itating the mall sale. The starting
bid is set at $1.5 million.
Colony Financial owns Leigh
Mall, located off Highway 45
North. The company foreclosed
on previous owner Security Na-
tional Properties after SNP de-
faulted on a $34.7 million loan for
which the mall was one of dozens
of properties listed as collateral.
Jones Lange LaSalle (JLL) Amer-
icas has managed the mall since
the foreclosure.
Colliers International’s Atlan-
ta-based retail sales team is the
listing agency for the mall sale.
Leigh Mall sits on about 30 acres
and includes 319,384 square feet
of retail space. The mall is 57 per-
cent occupied and has a net oper-
ating income of $468,000, accord-
ing to Ten-X marketing materials.
Opened in 1973, Leigh Mall’s
occupancy rate has fallen to about
57 percent, with original anchor
stores JCPenney and Sears both
vacated. Hobby Lobby, Planet Fit-
ness, Books-a-Million and a few
other big-box stores remain.
Lowndes County Tax Asses-
sor/Collector Greg Andrews esti-
mated in 2018 the mall property,
including its businesses, is worth
between $12 million and $18 mil-
lion.
Bidders were required to
pre-register for the auction
with a $25,000 deposit. A 5-per-
cent transaction fee (minimum
$40,000) will be applied to the
sale, according to the Ten-X site.
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
Jose Elarba makes coffee at Arepas Coffee Bar, the new cafe his family opened in downtown Starkville, on Friday. The new cafe
features Venezuelan entrees and coffee.
Elarba: ‘That’s the idea, to show people
our culture and what we offer’
BY TESS VRBIN ble to table telling customers
tvrbin@cdispatch.com about the restaurant’s name-
sake food, arepas, a form of
When Tiffany Wilson ate cornbread eaten daily in Ven-
at Arapas Coffee and Bar, ezuela and often used to make
Starkville’s newest downtown sandwiches.
restaurant, with friends on “If I didn’t think (peo-
Friday, she had no familiarity ple could learn from this), I
with Venezuelan cuisine. wouldn’t open the business,”
That was the case for Elarba said. “That’s the idea,
plenty of Arapas’ customers to show people our culture
the first week it opened, and and what we offer. If you go to Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
many of them said they were Venezuela, you know what to Customers wait for their food on Friday at Arepas Coffee Bar
happy the restaurant was ask for.” in downtown Starkville. The new coffee bar opened Oct. 5.
helping bring variety to down- The bread can have a corn, Cafe owners Jose Elarba and his wife Astrid Gonzalez special-
town — especially since “we spinach or sweet potato base ize in arepas, a type of Venezuelan bread with toppings.
don’t need another Mexican and comes with black beans,
place,” Wilson said. avocado, plantains, bacon zuela to a mother from Texas, turmoil. He met Gonzalez in
Venezuela native Jose Elar- and two cheeses. Customers so he had been to the United Houston, and they considered
ba said one reason he and his can add a variety of meat top- States several times to visit opening a restaurant there
wife, Astrid Gonzalez, opened pings, and those who don’t eat relatives before he perma- but decided they would rath-
the restaurant on Oct. 5 was meat can order tofu and ask nently relocated about a year er open it in Starkville, where
to introduce people to some- to hold the bacon. ago to escape his home coun- Gonzalez’s family is from.
thing new. He goes from ta- Elarba was born in Vene- try’s economic and political See RESTAURANT, 6A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

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“Once there were four children whose Oct. 21: Oktibbe-
■ Barefoot on the Bridge: Join in this free com-
names were Peter, Susan, Edmund ha County Board
and Lucy”? munity yoga session hosted by The W’s Passport
2 What sensory organ do starfish to Wellness program at 6 p.m. on the pedestrian of Supervisors
have at the end of each arm? bridge at the Columbus Riverwalk. The first 20 meeting, 5:30
3 List three of the five categories that participants to sign up on site receive a free yoga p.m., Chancery
Ty Thomas can make a triple-double in basket- mat. All levels welcome. Bring a towel or mat.
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4 What is a U.S. city, a classic rock cases its students in a fall choral concert at 7:30
Oct. 22: Public

68 Low 60
band and a type of terrier? input session for
5 What was the first Hollywood movie p.m. in Poindexter Hall on campus. Free to the
High about the Vietnam War directed by a public. proposed unified
Cloudy w/rain
Vietnam vet? development
Full forecast on
page 2A. Answers, 6B Thursday code, 5:30 p.m.,
■ Pumpkinpalooza: Starkville’s annual harvest Brandon Prude is from City Hall
festival from 5-7 p.m. on Main Street includes Columbus. He enjoys Nov. 1:
trick or treating, a pumpkin patch, inflatables, watching NBA basketball
Inside farmers market, MSU pep rally, pumpkin painting, and his favorite team is the
Starkville Board
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Tuesday
Say What?
Did you hear? “We were outcoached, we were outplayed with 13
Farrow details lack of enthusiasm days to prepare. We need to, we can and we will do
better because our program deserves it.”
at NBC for Weinstein story MSU head football coach Joe Moorhead. Story, 1B.

‘Farrow’s effort to defame NBC News

is clearly motivated not by a pursuit
of truth, but an axe to grind’
Voters weary of more investigations
By DAVID BAUDER
NBC News President Noah Oppenheim
that its hand was forced by
as impeachment ramps up
AP Media Writer Farrow’s enthusiasm for a ‘I think it’s kind of a
NEW YORK — In re-
porter Ronan Farrow’s
story that — at the time he
was working there — didn’t
meet its standards.
ploy to help keep the AP source: Former Trump adviser
account of his contentious
divorce from NBC News,
the more evidence he gath-
“Farrow’s effort to de-
fame NBC News is clearly
motivated not by a pursuit of
pressure on him and
muddy his campaign ...’
opposed ambassador’s firing
ered on Hollywood mogul The Associated Press
truth, but an axe to grind,” 55-year-old Trump supporter
Harvey Weinstein’s alleged NBC News President Noah
sexual misconduct, the less Mark Stenske WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, a former White House adviser on Rus-
Oppenheim wrote in a de-
enthusiastic his bosses sia, told House impeachment investigators behind closed doors that
tailed memo to NBC News By SARA BURNETT
seemed to be. she had strongly and repeatedly objected to the ouster earlier this year
staff on Monday. “It is built The Associated Press
NBC’s decision to let of former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, according to a
on a series of distortions,
Farrow take his work to FISHERS, Ind. — As Democrats’ person familiar with the testimony.
confused timelines and out-
the New Yorker magazine impeachment inquiry into Pres- Yovanovitch previously testified that President Donald Trump pres-
right inaccuracies.”
is widely regarded as one ident Donald Trump intensifies, sured the State Department to fire her.
Two years later, the rea-
of the biggest mistakes in Mark Stenske feels like he’s seen Hill made the remarks on Monday as she testified for more than 10
sons why NBC let Farrow
journalism in the past few this movie before, and the storyline hours in the Democratic inquiry, which is probing Trump’s pleas to
and his explosive reporting
years. The detailed stories is getting old. Ukrainian officials for investigations into political rival Joe Biden’s fam-
leave are murky. Farrow
on Weinstein published by First, there was the nearly two- ily and into the country’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.
suggests fear of Weinstein,
The New York Times and year investigation into Russia’s The person requested anonymity to discuss the confidential interview.
fear of having Matt Lau-
New Yorker in 2017 shared interference in the 2016 elec- The interview is one of what could eventually become dozens of
er’s secrets exposed, jour-
a Pulitzer Prize and are tion and Trump’s possible role closed-door depositions in the impeachment probe. There are five more
nalistic timidity or simple
credited with igniting the in it. Then came the accusations scheduled this week, mostly with State Department officials, though it
misjudgment all may play
#MeToo movement. against Trump’s pick for the Su- is unclear if they will all appear after Trump declared he wouldn’t coop-
a role. Farrow’s former pro-
“For six months, the preme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, erate with the probe.
ducer, Rich McHugh, wrote
and contentious hearings before a While interviews have focused on the interactions with Ukraine, the
only support I’d had was in Vanity Fair that NBC ab-
Senate committee. Now it’s ques- probe could broaden as soon as next week to include interviews with
(NBC News President) dicated its responsibility to
tions about Trump’s dealings with White House budget officials who may be able to shed light on whether
Noah Oppenheim scrunch- relentlessly pursue and tell
Ukraine’s president and whether military aid was withheld from Ukraine as Trump and his lawyer Rudy
ing his nose and holding the truth.
that should lead to Trump’s remov- Giuliani pushed for the investigations.
journalism at arm’s length, One thing they do agree
afraid it might get on him,” on: it was Oppenheim’s al from office.
Farrow wrote. idea in the first place, when “I think they wanted to do it an election year approaching. particular concern to both parties
His former employers he pointed out a tweet by all along, and they’re just looking It’s a feeling shared by people on in places such as Fishers, one of the
call Farrow’s book, “Catch actress Rose McGowan for another way, another avenue,” both sides. country’s fastest-growing suburbs.
and Kill,” a smear. It’s being about being abused by an Stenske, a 55-year-old Trump sup- For Trump supporters such as The community has more than
published Tuesday. unnamed figure in the mov- porter, said of the impeachment Stenske, the impeachment inquiry doubled in population since 2000,
NBC remains adamant ie business. proceedings as he walked his dog is more of the same from obstruc- to just over 90,000 people. Compa-
through a suburban Indianapolis tionist Democrats still bitter about nies have located to the area, and
park last week. “I think it’s kind of the 2016 election. Those who want young families have been drawn
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Fort Worth officer released on bond after murder charge
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 Man had been jailed on $200K bond
in shooting death of black woman
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516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 bond Monday night, less
than four hours after his
arrest in a shooting that
began with a call about an
open front door. He had
been held on $200,000
bond. Earlier in the day
he resigned from the
force, and the police chief
said he would have been
fired if he hadn’t.
Police bodycam video
showed Dean approach-
ing the door of the home
where Atatiana Jeffer-
son, 28, was caring for
her 8-year-old nephew
early Saturday. He then
walked around the side
of the house, pushed
through a gate into the
fenced-off backyard and
fired through the glass a
split-second after shout-
ing at Jefferson to show
her hands.
Dean was not heard
identifying himself as
police on the video, and
Interim Police Chief Ed
Kraus said there was no
sign Dean or the other
officer who responded
even knocked on the
front door.
“Nobody looked at
this video and said that
there’s any doubt that
this officer acted inappro-
priately,” Kraus said.
Sgt. Chris Daniels
read a statement Monday
night after Dean’s arrest
in which he pledged that
the department’s ma-
jor case and internal af-
fairs units were working
“around the clock” for
justice in the case.
“To the citizens and
residents of our city: We
feel and understand your
anger and disappoint-
ment and we stand by
you as we work together
to make Fort Worth a
better place for all of us,”
Daniels said.
Earlier in the day,
Jefferson’s family had
demanded that Dean, a
member of the force for
1½ years, be fired and ar-
rested.
“Why this man is not
in handcuffs is a source
of continued agitation for
this family and for this
community,” family at-
torney Lee Merritt said,
hours before Dean was
booked into jail.

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Minor 7:46p 8:18p
Major 2:13p 2:59p
Minor 9:00a 9:58a
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LED lighting puts finishing touch on Caledonia soccer complex

By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA — The
prospects for Caledonia’s
youth soccer program
have never been brighter.
Literally.
After a series of some-
times contentious board
of aldermen debates this
summer that called into
question whether the
town’s soccer complex
would be outfitted for
lighting before the sea-
son’s start, everything is
set for play.
Next week, more than
300 children ages 4 to 14
will step onto the pitch for
the opening of the town’s
long-awaited soccer com-
plex, an opening long de-
layed by the lack of fund-
ing for a lighting system.
“Getting this complex
up and running means
we’re finally keeping up
with the times,” said Josh
Scarborough, a member
of the town’s park com-
mission. “Everything is
newer and nicer. It’s a
whole new situation. Peo-
ple couldn’t be happier.”
Four years after ac-
quiring 22 acres of land
adjacent to Ola J. Pickett
Park to build four soccer
fields, the installation of
lights at two of the fields
were completed, despite
a delay that threatened to
stretch into the season as
aldermen debated wheth-
er to install convention-
al metal halide lighting
or more expensive LED
lighting.
Children play soccer under the newly installed lights Monday night at Ola J. Pickett
Park in Caledonia. The new lights, placed in the soccer fields at the back of the
park, were paid for by the town using grants. The lights cost a total of $163,000.
The town had $170,000
in grants for the lighting
project — $120,000 from
a Mississippi Develop-
ment Authority grant and
$50,000 appropriated by
the Legislature, more
than enough to install
metal halide lighting
($130,000). Initial esti-
mates for LED lighting
two fields were $275,000,
far beyond the town’s bud-
get.
A revised plan, which
replaced metal poles with
wood poles, brought the
prospects of LED light-
ing back to the table. In
June, the town accepted
a bid from Collins Elec-
tric Contractor at a cost of
$163,135.
On its third special call
meeting, alderman ac-
cepted the bid on June 24,
with a 90-day contract for
installation.
The lights were turned
on and tested for the first
time on Sept. 30.
“Everything ended up
right on time,” Scarbor-
ough said. “Every prac-
tice and every game will
be held on our new fields.
We couldn’t be happier.”
Scarborough said the
complex is still in the pro-
cess of adding some fin-
ishing touches before play
begins.
“We’re putting in
equipment for the con-
cession stand, putting in
some new metal bleachers
‘Every practice and every game
will be held on our new fields. We
couldn’t be happier.’
Josh Scarborough, Caledonia park
commission member
“We were down to un- waited for the fields to be
der 300 kids last year,” finished.
he said. “Now, we’re back “We’re really set now
over 300 and I could eas- to do a lot of really good
ily see us with 350 kids things,” he added. “We’re
or more next year. This a small town, but we’re
is going to be huge for taking care of our town.
the program. It allows us That’s what this says to
to really make a big step me.”
forward. We’re going to The Dispatch was un-
be able to certify coaches able to reach Mayor Mitch
and referees and do a lot Wiggins or interim parks
of things that had sort of director Lisa Mims for
been put on hold while we comment by press time.
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
and we’ll have some new
fencing and a new gate
between the fields and the
parking lot. Everything
about our soccer program
will be newer and better.”
As the time slipped
away as the board de-
bated the lighting issue,
park commission mem-
bers and those associat-
ed with the town’s soccer
program feared further
delays would hamper the
town’s efforts to grow its
soccer program.
Until now, the town had
used the baseball fields at
Ola J. Pickett Park for its
soccer program, some-
thing that had taken a toll
on participation, Scarbor-
ough said.

Three preteens arrested for allegedly vandalizing

storage building on New Hope campus
Juveniles’ cases are being handled in youth court
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
NEW HOPE — Three boys un-
der the age of 14 were arrested Sat-
urday after deputies with Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office received re-
ports that the fourth and fifth grade
building at New Hope Elementary
School had been vandalized.
The three boys — two 13-year-
olds and one 11-year-old — are ac-
cused of breaking into the building
and ransacking several classrooms,
according to an LCSO press re-
lease. Law enforcement reported
there was damage to computers,
projectors and furniture.
Lowndes County School District
Superintendent Lynn Wright said
the building the boys broke into
was being used for storage, and that
school officials are still trying to de-
termine the cost of the damage. He
added school officials aren’t sure
how the boys broke in.
“It’s regrettable,” Wright said.
“We’re trying to make sure how
they were able to get in and make
sure nothing like that happens
again.”
The press release added school
officials helped identify the three
juveniles. Their cases will be held
in Lowndes County Youth Court.

Mississippi burn ban lifted but some county bans remain

The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississip-
pi Gov. Phil Bryant says the
state burn ban has been
lifted because of recent
rainfall but some county
bans are still in effect.
News outlets report
Bryant made the an-
nouncement Monday after
consulting with the Mis-
sissippi Forestry Commis-
sion.
State Forester Russell
Bozeman says the depart-
ment has seen a decrease
in wildfire activity and an
increase in rainfall.
The Forestry Commis-
sion has a complete list of
counties still under a burn
ban, including Montgom-
ery, Lee, Jasper, Clay and
Chickasaw. The list also
includes expected ban ex-
piration dates.
The Daily Journal re-
ports campfire bans are
still in effect at some parks,
including Natchez Trace
Parkway.
Ban violators can face
up to a $500 fine and could
be held responsible for any
damages caused by the
flames.
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Slimantics

Reeves is running against himself —­ and losing

A comedian — Reeves plans to closer to the truth than he was still too expensive for the candidate: Pull a string, and
once explained why raise teacher pay to imagined. Legislature’s taste, it dropped you’ll get one of a handful of
grandparents are the Southeastern “I want to especially thank the matter altogether and predictable empty test-mar-
so much nicer than average in just four (moderator) Aundrea Self,” hasn’t said boo about it since. keted responses, most of them
parents: years. Reeves said. “Today is her an- As the 2019 election year ap- ending with either “liberal” and
“It’s because It’s the same for niversary. At the beginning of proached, the Legislature shift- “Hillary” or “conservative” and
they’re old and community college the telecast I said I thought she ed tactics, focusing on teacher “Donald Trump,” depending on
they want to go to funding, which has would probably rather be hav- pay and passing a $1,500 pay the question.
heaven.” been cut by 18 per- ing dinner with her husband. raise in the 2019 and promising All of this is going to make
That’s also a cent, according to By the end of the night, I was more in the future, mainly to for a very interesting story
pretty good descrip- Hood. Now, Reeves thinking I’d rather be having curry favor with teachers. It’s when voters go to the polls on
tion of Tate Reeves’ plans to pump $100 dinner with her husband.” a lot easier to pay teachers Nov. 5.
performance during Slim Smith million into commu- Let’s be honest here. Asking than fund education, after all. Hood, the only Democrat
Tuesday’s guberna- nity college work- Reeves for his thoughts on im- The Legislature is like a sailor to hold state-wide elected
torial debate in Columbus. force training. Hood, detecting proving public education is like arriving in port: always looking office, has a legitimate shot at
There were two men in the blood in the water, noted that asking the fox how he would for easy and cheap. becoming the first Democratic
WCBI studio, three if you count cuts in university funding improve hen house security. Yet if you ask the average governor in 20 years.
Tate Reeves, circa 2012-2019. meant parents and students The record is clear. Mississippi teacher about the Even the most committed
As Lieutenant Governor for were on the hook for more and And as bad as it was, it could issues they face, teacher pay Republican has nothing to lose,
the past eight years, Reeves more of the cost — Hood said have been worse. Remember, will emerge as just one of the though.
built a record of cutting fund- tuition at nearby MUW had teacher pay has only emerged problems, and maybe not even Remember, the Republicans
ing for state education, every- increased by 40 percent during as an issue recently. For much the biggest. have a veto-proof majority in
thing from K-12 to community the time Reeves led the Senate. of the past eight years, the Changing the narrative has the Legislature and will not be
colleges to universities. “That’s a Tate tax,” Hood debate has been about how the proven effective. When Self shy in using it against a Demo-
So every time the debate quipped. state funds K-12 education, raised the issue of education crat Governor.
turned to education, Demo- Typically, by the end of a which is to say miserably. funding, the question was When you think about it,
crat Jim Hood looked like the debate, there is mixed verdict, Since the Legislature adopted framed around pay raises for the Republicans are in a great
cat that ate the canary while and in a state that leans heavily its funding formula (MAEP), teachers. spot: They can have their way
Reeves looked like a Big Tobac- toward Republicans, the bene- the Legislature has fully-fund- If the debate had shifted to without the having the unpleas-
co lawyer at a congressional fit of the doubt goes to the man ed education only twice. When that larger issue, which has ant necessity of having Tate
hearing. with the R. pressed, the Republican-dom- been all but ignored, Reeves Reeves around.
So Reeves has shifted tactic. Yet, on a WCBI Twitter page inated Legislature said the might have spontaneously That’s no small consolation,
Tuesday night, he was all for poll that began as soon as the formula was inaccurate and combusted, so hot would his either. There are a lot of Repub-
raising teacher pay, an issue he debate ended, viewers gave the unrealistic. Three years ago, seat have been. lican legislators who are just
largely ignored when, as leader edge to Hood by a 2-to-1 mar- the Legislature hired a con- As it was, Reeves contradict- fine with that scenario.
of the state senate, he had the gin, and when Reeves briefly sultant to recommend a new ed his own record of education Slim Smith is a columnist
power to implement raises. met with reporters, he opened better (i.e. cheaper) funding funding and moved on as and feature writer for The
Now, as governor — a position with a statement intended as formula. When that consultant quickly as possible. Dispatch. His email address is
that has no legislative authority a joke that might have been recommended a formula that Reeves is a dollar store toy ssmith@cdispatch.com.

Other editors

Homeless aid efforts

need continued support
Building on its mission to serve the homeless
population in Northeast Mississippi, the Salvation
Army’s efforts over the past several years come to
fruition today with the completion of a new shelter
and reopening of the community center and soup
kitchen.
The new shelter — the Jim Ingram Red Shield
Lodge - is named after former businessman and
National Guard general Jim Ingram, who was instru-
mental in bringing the Salvation Army to Tupelo.
The lodge will accommodate 50 people, including
families who need a place to stay, while the kitchen
will allow the Salvation Army to feed 100 people
twice a day, as reported by Daily Journal staff writer
Michaela Gibson Morris.
The homeless population in our area deserves
the community’s attention and the new shelter is
only one of several initiatives throughout the region
aimed at addressing this issue and making concert-
ed efforts to help those in need.
A recent decision by the Lee County Library’s
Board of Trustees to authorize a curfew from 10
p.m. to 6 a.m., to promote security and keep a clean
and safe environment, according to the library’s
director, was met with a mix of reactions because of
the impact on some homeless individuals who have
stayed in the parking area throughout the night.
The challenge now revolves around the group
of individuals who have to leave and go elsewhere
because Tupelo does not have any emergency, over-
night shelters.
The Library is located along a corridor of ser-
vices and agencies that provide assistance to the
impoverished, including the homeless. Hannah
Maharrey chairs the city of Tupelo’s Homeless Task
Force, which seeks to coordinate local non-profits,
churches and aid agencies that assist or house the
local individuals without housing.
This problem is not unique to Tupelo, and city of-
ficials and the community continue to work toward
more solutions. These efforts have contributed to a
modest downturn in the city’s homeless numbers,
according to a recent survey, the 2019 PIT (Point in
Time) Count - Mississippi Continuum of Care.
In January 2019, a homeless census identified
62 homeless people in Tupelo. In January, 2018,
a homeless census identified 78 homeless people
within the city, compared to six months later when
the number was 44.
This annual effort to count the homeless popula-
tion provides information needed for certain federal
grant funds, while providing useful benchmarks
for Tupelo. To complement its work, the city part-
ners with Mississippi United to End Homelessness,
based out of Jackson, who link willing homeless
individuals with various available housing subsidies
and any relevant treatment options in an effort to
stabilize those individuals.
The Salvation Army’s new shelter became a real-
ity because a group of area businessmen organized
a capital campaign, with backing from the city of
Tupelo and Lee County, to fully fund the project.
Homelessness has many root causes. We have
seen evidence that addressing homelessness im-
proves lives and strengthens the health and wellbe-
ing of our community.
Well-coordinated efforts by volunteers, medical
and religious groups are necessary to continue
decreasing the number of homeless in our region.
These efforts require commitment and persever-
ance and will need the support of a village.
(Tupelo) Daily Journal
Campaign 2020
Sanders still sees Democrats as the problem
On a recent “Saturday
Night Live,” Bernie Sanders
(played by Larry David)
exclaimed, “l’m so excited to
be back and to ruin things a
second time.” The audience
emitted a nervous laugh.
The Vermont senator’s
fan base takes great offense
at the notion that Sanders
was a spoiler in the 2016
election who helped elect
Donald Trump. But many Froma Harrop
Democrats believe that
and remain bitter over his
burnt-earth campaign against Hillary Clinton. This
explains Sanders’ frequent shoutouts these days
about how he avidly supported Clinton’s candidacy.
Sanders is recovering from his recent heart attack
and has wisely eased the pace on his campaign. One
of his key issues now is big money’s outsized role in
elections. That’s fine, but why is he singling out the
Democratic National Convention as the place that
needs shaping up, demanding that it ban all corpo-
rate donations?
Because Sanders has long reserved his strongest
critiques for Democrats who don’t conform to his
worldview. From a practical perspective, Democrats
can’t unilaterally disarm from fundraising. In any
case, it’s odd to zero in on Democrats when the other
party is far more bought.
Long after Trump became the Republican nom-
inee, Sanders threatened to withhold his support
from the Democrats’ pick if certain demands weren’t
met. He never reined in the fanatics he had inflamed
against Clinton. At the Democratic National Conven-
tion, Sanders delegates booed Clinton surrogates and
even chanted, “Lock her up!”
Trump immediately picked up Sanders’ talking
points about Clinton being a tool of Wall Street
fat cats. Imagine that. And Russian trolls covertly
fanned anger in the Sanders base to drain votes from
Clinton.
Clinton lost the 2016 election for several reasons.
James Comey’s outrageous last-minute dumpster
dive into the phony email scandal was one. So was
Clinton’s flawed campaign. But Sanders’ almost
nonstop trashing of the Democratic Party and its
candidate also belongs on the list.
Sanders’ political resume, meanwhile, is far from
spotless. Recall that early in the 2016 primary sea-
son, it seemed possible that Sanders could get more
votes than Clinton — but that the party’s superdele-
gates could hand her the nomination. Sanders railed
at superdelegates for being part of a “rigged” system.
When Clinton later amassed nearly 4 million more
votes than he did, Sanders implored the superdele-
gates to bypass the primary voters’ choice and give
him the nomination.
No, it is not true that the Sanders campaign is en-
tirely funded by small donations. Sanders transferred
$4.6 million from his 2016 campaign committee to
the 2020 one. During the earlier campaign, Sanders
held at least nine medium- to high-dollar closed
fundraisers, according to Time magazine. One in
the home of a Hollywood real estate agent staged a
pre-event reception for those who gave the maximum
$2,700 or raised $10,000.
In 2017, Sanders’ wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, set
up a think tank called The Sanders Institute. Her son
was made executive director at a salary of $100,000
a year. She closed the institute down shortly after
Bernie announced his 2020 run for the presidency —
for obvious reasons.
Sanders has a history of using the Democratic
Party when it suits him. An independent for most of
his congressional career, Sanders became a Demo-
crat in 2015 so he could run on the party’s presiden-
tial ticket in 2016. After the election, he switched his
affiliation back to independent. Early this year, he
became a Democrat again for 2020.
At this point, Sanders would do the liberal cause
and his legacy a service by directing his energy to
ending the Trump presidency rather than picking at
the Democratic Party. There is a time to reform, but
it’s not in the middle of a heated presidential cam-
paign.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for
the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.
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Biden, Warren, Sanders face

scrutiny at Democratic debate
12 presidential candidates will debate tonight in Ohio state that has long helped
decide presidential elec-
By STEVE PEOPLES And Elizabeth Warren is first time the candidates tions but has drifted away
AP National Political Writer fending off new scrutiny will meet since the House from Democrats in recent
of her biography. moved forward with an years.
WESTERVILLE, A dozen Democratic impeachment inquiry The White House

Henry Elmore
Ohio — Joe Biden is fac- presidential candidates against President Donald hopefuls will represent
ing baseless — but per- will meet on Tuesday for Trump. While they are the political and personal
sistent— allegations of the most crowded presi- united on that issue, the diversity that has come
wrongdoing overseas dential debate in modern debate will again expose to define the Democratic Henry Latham Elmore, 81, passed away on
that could undermine his history. But it’s the three a political party strug- Party of 2019: four wom- Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Starkville Manor
argument that he’s best leading candidates — gling to coalesce around en, four people of color, Nursing Home in Starkville. A Memorial Grave-
positioned to defeat the Biden, Sanders and War- a unifying message or an openly gay man and an side Service will be held on Wednesday, Octo-
president. Bernie Sand- ren — who face the most messenger with the first age range that spans four ber 16, 2019, at 2:00PM from Memorial Gardens
ers is recovering from a intense spotlight that primary contest just over decades. Cemetery in Columbus. Lowndes Funeral Home
heart attack that raised could expose glaring lia- three months away. The and Crematory is honored to be entrusted with
questions about his ability bilities in their quest for event, hosted by CNN final arrangements.
to withstand the vigor of the White House. and The New York Times, Mr. Elmore was born December 12, 1937, in
a presidential campaign. The debate marks the will be held in Ohio, a
Columbus, MS, to the late Latham F. and Audice
P. Elmore. He married, the former Doris Allen,
October 26, 1956. He retired from AT&T after
many years, working as a Supervisor. After his
retirement he enjoyed being self-employed where
he owned and operated Elmore Equipment Com-
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Census Bureau seeks state Saturday, Oct. 19 • 3 PM

data, including citizenship info
By MIKE SCHNEIDER
The Associated Press
The U.S. Census Bureau
is asking states for drivers’
license records that typ-
ically include citizenship
data and has made a new
request for information on
state gets and guide the
allocation of hundreds of
billions of dollars of federal
funding. The results of the
2020 Census also will be
used to redraw state and
local electoral maps.
Experts caution that in-
Masonic Cemetery
Amory, MS
2nd Ave. North Location
Kenneth Pollard
Magdalene Watt
Mr. Kenneth (Kenny) Glenn
Pollard, age 52, of Millport, AL
Incomplete
vised members to consult College St. Location died Saturday, October 12, 2019
their privacy officers, and at Baptist Memorial Hospital in
“each state is making their Columbus, MS.
own determination how to
memorialgunterpeel.com
Kenny was born in Memphis,
respond,” spokeswoman Tennessee on April 3rd, 1967.
Claire Jeffrey said in an He was the first son of the late
email. James (Jim Jack) and Frances
Pollard.

Lois Corinne Martin

accuracies in state motor
recipients of government vehicle records also make
Kenny played all sports but
assistance, alarming some them a poor choice for most especially football where he was part of

“Kitty” Sullivan
civil rights advocates. tracking citizenship, if that the Millport Jr. Tide and won back to back state
The two approaches, is the bureau’s goal. championships in 1983 and 1984. He was then
documented by The Asso- After the Supreme recruited by Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi
ciated Press, come amid Court ruling, President State and Georgia but inevitable chose the
Lois Corinne Martin “Kitty”
President Donald Trump’s Donald Trump signed an Auburn Tigers.
Sullivan, age 84, of Gulfport,
efforts to make citizenship executive order in July re- After football, he played slow pitch softball with
MS, and formerly of Ethelsville,
a key aspect of federal in- quiring the Commerce De- the team sponsored by Bryan Foods. Through
formation-gathering in the Alabama, was called home on
partment, which oversees his involvement in softball, he met the love of his
run-up to the 2020 Census, Thursday, October 10, 2019, in
the Census Bureau, to col- life, Tina Guy Pollard. They have been married
despite this year’s U.S. Su- Gulfport.
lect records on citizenship for 27 years and have three beautiful children
preme Court ruling that a from federal agencies and
Kitty was born on September
which they raised in the town of Millport. He was
specific citizenship ques- increase efforts “to obtain 6, 1935, in Crystal Springs, MS,
also “Pop” to three handsome grandsons.
tion can’t be included in State administrative re- to the late Robert A. Martin, Sr.
Kenny was inducted into the Millport Hall of
the 2020 Census question- cords concerning citizen- and Elizabeth Cox Martin. She
Fame and the Lamar County Hall of Fame. He
naire. ship.” graduated from Byram High
was a member of Millport Baptist Church, and
Civil rights advocates The American Associ- School in Byram, MS. She attended Business
was currently serving as a City Councilman for
worry that the wider net ation of Motor Vehicle Ad- College in Natchez, MS, and worked for an
the Town of Millport.
being cast by the Trump ministrators told The AP attorney for a short time. Soon after, she married
He was a Master Plumber for 27 years and
administration for such that most, if not all, states the love of her life and their adventures began.
owner of his own business, Pollard’s Plumbing.
information could chill recently received requests Being a military wife, she traveled around the
He adored everyone he worked with.
Latino participation in the for information including world, learned how to cook many foreign foods,
Kenny loved everyone he came in contact with.
population count, which citizenship status, race, made many friends who live far and wide, all while
will determine how many birthdates and addresses. Countless trips to Dollar General and sharing
raising a family throughout those years. After
congressional seats each The association has ad- his Tic Tacs with them. Golfing was also one of
Boyd’s retirement, they resided in Columbus,
his favorite pastimes. He golfed almost every
MS, from 1976-1997, then Ethelsville, AL, from
weekend even to the day of his passing. Kenny
Tom Wells
1997-2014. Since 2014, she lived in Gulfport, MS.
also had a passion for music. He sang songs to
Funeral services were at 3:00 PM Monday,
the top of his lungs while beating on the dash of
October 14, 2019, at Ethelsville Baptist Church,
Willard Thomas “Tom” Wells, age 80, of Colum- the car. He loved concerts; even attending the
with Rev. Charles Whitney and Rev. Mel Howton
bus, MS, passed away October 10, 2019, at St. Dom- band Toto concert last week in Birmingham, AL.
officiating. Burial followed in the church
inic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will Visitation will be on Thursday, October 17th
cemetery, with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform
be Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 11:00 AM at Me- from 6:00p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Dowdle Funeral Home
directing. Visitation was one hour prior to the
morial Gunter Peel Chapel College St. location with in Millport, AL. Funeral services will be held at
service at the church.
Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. The interment will Millport Baptist Church on Friday, October 18th
She is preceded in death by her loving
follow at 2:30 p.m. at the North Mississippi Veterans at 2:00 p.m. Bro. Nick Cannady and Bro. Gene
husband of 63 years, Boyd P. Sullivan; her son,
Memorial Cemetery in Kilmichael, MS. Visitation Dawkins will be officiating. We ask that everyone
Dennis Russell “Rusty” Sullivan; her sister,
will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the service. wear orange and blue for his Auburn Tigers...
Helen J. Webb; two brothers, Robert A Martin,
Mr. Wells was born July 3, 1939, in Starkville, War Eagle!!
Jr. and Henry Martin; her parents; and great-
MS, to the late Willard I. and Leona Shirley Wells. Active pallbearers will be James “Jimmy”
granddaughter, Willow Rae Harris.
He was a graduate of S. D. Lee High School and re- Dawkins, William “Billy” Dawkins, Terry Atkins,
Survivors include her daughters, Linda Parker
ceived his associates degree from Hinds Commu- Tim Gilbert, Austin Perrigin, Briar Bartlett,
and husband, Terry, of Terry, MS, Brenda Wilson
nity College. Mr. Wells attended Mississippi State Austyn Trull and Greg Conner. Honorary
and husband, Ray, of Richmond, KY, Cathy
University and was a veteran of the United States pallbearers are Gary Masters, Gene Dawkins,
Rhodes of Gulfport, MS, and Lisa Shannon and
Army. He owned and operated Regal Carpet Clean- Buddy Perrigin and Dean Robertson.
husband, Lonnie, of Raymond, MS; two brothers,
ers for many years and was a member of First Bap- Survivors include his wife, Tina Guy Pollard.
Kenneth R. Martin of Corbin, KY, and Leonard
tist Church. Two daughters, Dallas Pollard Dawkins (Dakota)
S. “Buddy” Martin of Raymond, MS; fourteen
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Hunter Wells of and Destiny Amber Pollard (Austyn Trull). One
grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Columbus, MS, son, Willard Thomas “Chip” Wells son, Dalton Quincey Lewis Pollard (Claudia
Kitty was the embodiment of southern charm
of Byram, MS, brother, John E. Wells of Starkville, Esposo). Three grandchildren, Cooper James
and grace. She spoke with a lilting sort of voice
MS, sister, Shirley Tennyson of New York, NY, and Dawkins, age 3, Wesson William Dawkins, age
that her family will dearly miss hearing. No
grandchildren, Tyler Wells of Portland, OR, and 2, and Forrest Kenneth Dawkins, age 8 months.
one ever came to the house that she didn’t have
Ferrah Wells of Columbus, MS. One sister, Katrina Pollard Atkins (Terry) and
sweet tea and a pot of coffee ready to share. She
Memorials may be made to the Mississippi State one brother, Keith Alan Pollard. Multiple nieces,
was famous to her grandchildren for the best
Veterans Home, 310 Autumn Dr., Kosciusko, MS, nephews and in-laws.
grilled cheese sandwiches in the world, and
39090. He is preceded in death by his parents,
everyone loved the recipes she brought home
grandparents, father-in-law and aunts.
from Germany, Thailand, and Japan. She was a
lifelong friend to those she worked with at the
National Bank of Commerce and a longtime Paid Obituary - Dowdle Funeral Home
member of Ethelsville Baptist Church.
Sign the online guest book at Pallbearers will be her grandsons and
www.memorialgunterpeel.com nephews.
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS Paid Obituary - Skelton Funeral Home cdispatch.com
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Health
Health tip
n Do some cardio: Doing aerobic exercise, also called
cardio, is one of the best things you can do for your health.
It’s particularly effective at reducing belly fat, the harmful
type of fat that builds up around your organs. Reduced belly
fat should lead to major improvements in metabolic health.
Source: www.healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

The cruel truth about
secondhand smoke
When the tabloids expose
famous moms and dads — such as
Kate Winslet, Barack Obama, Sal-
ma Hayek — as smokers, they seem
to think it will shock the nation. But
alas, that’s not the case. In fact, it’s
incredibly common for parents to
expose their children to second-
hand smoke.
New data from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
reveals that fully 30 percent of
nonsmoking kids ages 3-17 are
assaulted (make no mistake, that’s
what it is!) with the toxic pollution
from secondhand cigarettes, cigars
and pipes. Children under age
11 are most likely to be exposed.
Amazingly, the report also found
that exposure to SHS affects around
25 percent of kids who do NOT
live in a home with a smoker. They
encounter SHS in friends’ and rela-
tives’ homes, on playgrounds and in
vehicles and restaurants.
SHS puts youngsters at increased
risk for sudden infant death syn-
drome, more frequent and severe
asthma attacks, stunted growth and
ear infections as well as bronchitis
and pneumonia. Plus, we know SHS
ups adults’ risk of lung cancer, heart
attack and stroke; so it may speed
up a kid’s development of these
life-threatening conditions.
Moms and dads: Quit smoking
if you smoke (go to smokefree.gov
or sharecare.com for advice and
support) and help your kids under-
stand how dangerous exposure to
SHS is when they’re out and about.
Tip: Making sure you never smoke
in the house doesn’t help! Third-
hand smoke on your clothes and
embedded in the car and backyard
furniture is toxic, too!
The trap of the unhealthy
vegetarian or vegan
In 2008, Kirstie Alley adopted
a vegetarian diet for seven months
and said: “I can’t tell you how much
weight I gained. ... To me, being a
vegetarian meant I’m going to eat
enchiladas with no meat, and ... lots
of bread, lots of carbs.” She gained
83 pounds!
Her experience isn’t unusual. It’s
estimated that almost 10 percent
of vegans, around 18 percent of
pesco-vegetarians (they eat fish)
and almost 17 percent of lacto-ovo
vegetarians (dairy and eggs) are
obese — and even more are over-
weight.
If you’re vegan or vegetarian,
you’re challenged to avoid fried,
sugar-added, ultraprocessed, carb-
heavy foods and to make sure you
get enough of these two great-for-
you nutrients to
maintain a healthy
weight:
Protein. Lac-
to-ovo vegetarians
generally hit the
recommended
daily allowance for
protein, but vegans
may not. The
Cleveland Clinic
says, “substituting
protein for carbo- Drs. Oz and Roizen
hydrates ... results
in decreased appetite, improved
body composition through the
maintenance of lean body mass, and won’t erase all the risks from an
a reduction in excess water weight.” unhealthy lifestyle, but it’s a great
Harvard’s Women’s Health Watch
advises that veggie protein is some-
what different from animal protein.
Vegans may need 0.45 grams of
protein per pound of body weight
per day as opposed to the usual
recommendation of 0.4 grams. Plant
sources include legumes, seeds,
nuts, soy and whole grains.
DHA and EPA omega-3s. Don’t
eat fish? You’re not getting much of
these heart-loving, anti-inflamma-
tory nutrients. Your body converts
ALA from plants into EPA and
DHA, but not well. So, get ALA
from flaxseed, walnuts, canola oil
and soy, and take DHA-rich algal oil
supplements — 900 mg daily.
Taking a bite out of your cancer
and heart disease risks
When Apple launched its IPO
in 1980, a share cost $22. As of this
writing, it sells for $206.50 (after
four stock splits!). It was a good
buy early on, but who could have
imagined its future increase in value percent increase in the number of
from that first day?
You could say the same is true
for apples — of the Fiji, Gala and
Delicious varieties. We’ve always
said an apple a day keeps the doctor injuries were fractures on the upper
away, but who knew that its nutri-
ents — especially the flavonoids
— would be one way to keep heart
disease and cancer away too?
New research published in
Nature Communications affirms
the importance of eating a diet high
in polyphenol flavonoids. Apples
deliver many kinds — including
quercetin, catechin and procyani-
dins. They fight against chronic in-
flammation and all that it can cause. or less in length; pay attention —
Especially powerful are apple peels
that are darker, redder and bluer
(really! think Macoun). Other foods
high in flavonoids include tomatoes,
tea (green, in particular) and dark
chocolate (75 percent cacao), as
well as berries, citrus fruit and leafy Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
greens.
According to the study, based on
data from over 50,000 adults, people www.sharecare.com.
who consume 500
mg of flavonoids
daily (enjoy seven
to nine servings of
fruits and veggies
every day, along
with green tea)
have the lowest risk
of death from heart
disease and cancer.
The phytonutrient
is especially bene-
ficial to smokers,
drinkers and those
with obesity or sedentary habits. Of
course, eating flavonoid-rich foods
investment in your future.
Walking the dog
and fracture risk
Many NBA players have been
known to “walk the dog,” but LeB-
ron James may have done the de-
finitive stroll in 2013, when playing
for the Miami Heat. He spent more
than 10 seconds gently pushing the
ball down the court with his foot
before picking it up and taking his
team to victory with 36 points, 11
assists and eight rebounds.
But sometimes, walking the
dog is risky. Fast-forward to March
2019, when LeBron tried it as an
LA Laker. He kicked the ball out of
bounds, fracturing his already frag-
ile relationship with the LA fans, as
the team sank below .500.
It seems lots of other people
have learned how easy it is to
fracture something while walking
the dog! Researchers found that
from 2004 to 2017, there was a 163
folks who had to go to the emer-
gency room because they were
tripped up and fractured a bone
while dog walking. Overall, half the
body, but for folks 65 and older, hip
fractures were the most frequent
break, accounting for 17 percent of
all cases. This is particularly risky,
because, among seniors, 30 percent
of a hip fractures lead to death, as
they can cause a cascade of prob-
lems related to immobility.
Walking the dog is great for your
health, so make sure you stay safe.
Use an adjustable leash that’s 6 feet
no texting and walking; and train
your animal to obey commands
such as “heel” and “sit.”
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
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They found the right “I know this kind of University graduate stu- ed with 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
place for their restaurant, cuisine, and I can tell you dent from Pennsylvania, Monday through Thurs-
Elarba said, in a vacant that this one is good,” said where larger cities like day and stay open until
commercial space at 103 Ortega, who is Colombi- Pittsburgh have more va- 11 p.m. or midnight on
E. Main St. an. riety to offer. Fridays. Weekend hours
“We were like, ‘I think The restaurant is a good The owners are still are 10 a.m. to midnight
this is an opportunity to addition to Starkville’s figuring out what the on Saturday and 4 p.m. on
start something,’” he said. repertoire, said Madeline best business hours are Sunday. All hours are sub-
The menu’s Latin Amer- Berry, a Mississippi State for them, but they start- ject to change.
ican food offerings don’t
stop with arepas. Other op-
tions include empanadas,
fried cheese sticks called
tequenos and the “Venezu-
elan hot dog,” topped with
onions, carrots, potato
chips, mayo and ketchup.
The restaurant’s coffee
menu ranges from cappuc-
cinos to frappes to Ameri-
canos but also includes a
few Latin American drinks
like a panela, which is
made from hardened sug-
ar cane juice.
The churros on the des-
sert menu are especially
good, according to Chris
Gregory, a police officer
who stopped at Arepas
Thursday evening before a
shift that would last until 6
a.m. Friday.
“I’m kind of a creature
of habit, so the restaurants
I go to are usually in a cir-
cuit,” he said. “(This) gives
me a good change-up.”
Gregory said he knows
Elarba and Gonzalez per-
sonally, as does Sandra Or-
tega, who brought her two
sons to Arepas on Thurs-
day.
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SECTION

Blaney beats Newman in photo finish

The Associated Press
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan
Blaney emerged safely from the
wreckage at Talladega Super-
speedway that claimed other play-
off contenders, winning by a tiny
margin that was huge for his cham-
pionship hopes.
Blaney beat Ryan Newman in a
door-to-door race to the finish line
to win Monday and advance to the
third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.
Blaney’s first win of the sea-
son came as he was in danger of
getting eliminated from title con-
tention. The playoff field will be
trimmed from 12 drivers to eight
next weekend at Kansas. Blaney
had little margin for error after he
had mechanical issues at Dover
last weekend and finished 35th.
“Our mindset really was we
had to win one of these two races,”
Blaney said. “We were so far back
in points. I know Talladega’s a wild
card. There was a lot of wrecks to-
day and a lot of guys got tore up.
But we didn’t really get any stage
points and we were already pretty
far behind the eight-ball.
“We knew we had to probably
win one of these two weeks. It’s just
a huge relief.”
Blaney joins Kyle Larson in the
round of eight, with six spots still
available.
After the win, he spotted a
young fan in the crowd wearing
his shirt and handed the boy the
checkered flag.
The race began Sunday but
was postponed by rain after the
first stage. The delay gave Blaney
time to recover from a Sunday spin
as he tried to enter pit road, and
ended with Ford and Team Penske
as winners. Ford had won seven
consecutive Talladega races until
Chevrolet snapped that streak in
April.
“An amazing effort the last
two days, to be honest with you,”
Blaney said. “From spinning out
early yesterday, missing some big
ones today, weave our way through
... It just means a ton. I’ve been
coming here ever since I was really
young. I love coming here. Love it
even more now.”
Blaney was the leader on a re-
start with two laps remaining and
had a huge push from fellow Ford
driver Aric Almirola to gain space
on the field. Then Newman came
charging along on the outside line
with help from Denny Hamlin and
he easily zipped past Blaney.
But the Ford train remained
committed and Blaney got an-
other push from Almirola to pull
alongside Newman. The two raced
door-to-door to the finish line, with
Blaney winning by a nose. The
0.0070-second margin of victory
was the sixth-closest in the history
of Talladega, which celebrated its
50th anniversary all weekend.
The win capped a remarkable
weekend for the Penske organiza-
tion, which on Saturday claimed
the IMSA overall sports car cham-
pionship with Dane Cameron and
Juan Pablo Montoya, and then in
Australia won the Bathurst 1000
with Scott McLaughlin and Fabian
Coulthard.
It was Ford’s sixth straight Tal-
ladega playoff victory and Team
Penske’s seventh win in the last
seven Cup races at the Alabama
superspeedway.
The race had critical playoff
implications as many of the title
contenders struggled, and Hen-
See nascar, 4B

Mlb playoffs MOORHEAD MONDAY

Nats top
Cards 8-1; Shrader starting, Zuber finding role,
1 win from
World Series running game woes
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON —
Stephen Strasburg took
his turn silencing the
Cardinals’ struggling
bats, Nationals postsea-
son star Howie Kendrick
doubled three times and
drove in three more runs,
and Washington moved
one win from the city’s
first World Series appear-
ance in 86 years by beat-
ing St. Louis 8-1 Monday
night to take a 3-0 lead
in the NL Championship
Series.
After Nationals start-
ers Aníbal Sánchez and
Max Scherzer flirted
with no-hitters in the first
two games of the best-of-
seven series, Strasburg
wasn’t quite that untouch-
able: He allowed a double
in the second inning, six
later singles and one un-
earned run. Still, he was
rather dominant for sev-
en innings, striking out
12 batters and finishing
off each one with an off-
speed pitch.
The Cardinals, quite
simply, can’t hit in this
NLCS: They have a
grand total of two runs
and 11 hits through three
games. Washington’s
three starters have a
combined ERA — no cal-
culator necessary for this Bryan Lynn/USA TODAY Sports
one — of 0.00. Mississippi State Bulldogs running back Kylin Hill (8) takes a hand off from quarterback Garrett Shrader (6) in the fourth quarter of a game
Yes, that’s ze- against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium.
ro-point-zero-zero.
Now it’s Patrick By Ben Portnoy “Tommy still isn’t completely “Obviously with (Stevens games have not been up to stan-
Corbin’s chance to see bportnoy@cdispatch.com over some of his (injuries), but and Shrader) playing and KT dard,” Moorhead said of Hill.
if he can match his rota- we just feel like Garrett’s been still having a redshirt year “But that’s going to happen.”
tion-mates. The $140 mil- STARKVILLE — Speaking playing and moving the ball we’re being very mindful of that “There were games at Penn
lion lefty will start for the with the media Monday, there well,” Moorhead said. “He just as well,” Moorhead said. “He State where we had (Saquon
Nationals in Game 4 on was a quiver in Joe Moorhead’s gives us a great shot (to win).” hasn’t played in a game yet and Barkley) — arguably the best
Tuesday night, when they lip. The move comes after Ste- that plays a small part in it but if player in the country — and de-
can close out a sweep Generally soft-spoken and vens was benched at halftime of he were to the point where play- fenses would do some unique
at home. Rookie right- easy-going, Moorhead displayed the Tennessee game following a ing him would give us the best things to keep the cap down,”
hander Dakota Hudson an audible tension and cogni- 6-for-11, 67 yard, two intercep- opportunity to win we would — he continued. “But the differ-
will be on the mound for zance of Mississippi State’s on- tion performance in the first half it’s just not where we’re at right ence was when that was hap-
the Cardinals. field shortcomings the past few on Rocky Top. And while Shrad- now.” pening we were able to create
“We’ve got to get a weeks — most notably with Sat- er was not appreciably better explosive plays down the field
lead at some point in urday’s 20-10 loss to lowly Ten- against the Volunteers — 5-of-10
this series. Hard to win nessee. for 79 yards, a touchdown and an
With Hill slowed, MSU looking with the pass game. And that’s
something I’ve talked about in
a game if you can’t get a “We talk to our kids all the interception — the mid-year en- for more in passing game the past — when they are bot-
lead,” St. Louis manager time about reasons and excus- rollee has, in Moorhead’s mind, While Moorhead has turned
tling up the run game we have to
Mike Shildt said. “We’ve es,” He said. “And at the end of earned the chance to take over to Zuber in trying to spark the
find a way to take advantage of
got to figure out a way to the day, there’s no excuse. We under center. MSU offense, junior Kylin Hill
it, move the ball, create points in
create some offense early were outcoached, we were out- “Based on what we’ve seen has come to a startling halt from
the other area.”
in the game and be able played with 13 days to prepare. the past few weeks, both guys his historic start to the cam-
to hold it there. It’s the We need to, we can and we will are kind of dealing with injuries, paign.
first time our pitching do better because our program but Garrett leading us in the win After totaling 551 yards Zuber becoming
hasn’t been able to con- deserves it.” over Kentucky and coming in at yards over the first four games a larger factor?
tain this offense. I’m con- Recognizing the need for the end of the Auburn game and of the year, Hill rushed for just With the MSU offense re-
fident we’ll be able to do a change in Starkville, Moor- providing a spark, he did the 13 yards on 11 carries Saturday aling for any semblance of
that tomorrow.” head’s impassioned plea to the same thing with Tennessee,” against the Volunteers. playmaking, Moorhead may
Washington hasn’t put fan base closed with a seemingly Moorhead said. Speaking postgame, Moor- be motioning toward a quietly
a baseball team in the overdue change at quarterback. It’s also worth noting junior head insisted Hill is healthy, dynamic receiver in hopes of
World Series since 1933, After six games of back and Keytaon Thompson remains the but that the Bulldogs simply finding some explosiveness.
when the Senators lost to forth between Penn State trans- No. 3 quarterback. Thompson, couldn’t get anything going. Senior receiver Isaiah Zu-
the New York Giants in fer Tommy Stevens and fresh- who entered the transfer portal That said, Moorhead again ad- ber entered the season with
five games. The nation’s man Garrett Shrader, Moorhead after losing the starting job to dressed the issues in the run- high expectations. After to-
capital owns only one officially handed the reins to the Stevens in August, has yet to ning game Monday. taling 1,321 career receiving
See mlb, 4B latter Monday. play since returning to MSU. “Obviously the last two See mSU, 4B
2B Tuesday, October 15, 2019
BRIEFLY LeBron: Rockets’ Morey ‘wasn’t educated’ on China
College Football The Associated Press
EMCC continues slide in NJCAA
LOS ANGELES — LeB-
football rankings ron James believes Houston
East Mississippi Community College (4-3) fell
nine spots to No. 17 in Monday’s new National Junior Rockets general manager
College Athletic Association football poll. Daryl Morey “was either mis-
The Lions’ 49-42 loss Thursday to Holmes (3-4) informed or not really educat-
precipitated another slide for the defending national ed on the situation” regarding
champions, who have lost two straight games. No.
2 Northwest Mississippi beat EMCC in Scooba two the potential consequences of
weeks ago. his actions when he tweeted
Mississippi Gulf Coast (7-0), one of three unde- in support of Hong Kong’s
feated teams in the rankings, remained in the top spot. pro-democracy protests.
Hinds was sixth, Jones was 10th, and East Central, In his first public com-
Holmes and Copiah-Lincoln all received votes.
EMCC and Iowa Western, which finished tied for ments since the Los Angeles
18th, are the only two teams with three losses to crack Lakers returned home from a
the top 20. strange weeklong tour of Chi-
EMCC visits Coahoma (1-6) at 7 p.m. Thursday in na immediately after Morey’s
Clarksdale.
incendiary tweet , James’
Women’s College Golf
lengthy answer to a question
Bulldogs earn season-best second-place about whether Morey should
finish at Magnolia Invitational be punished for his tweet
Mississippi State women’s golf capped off its home didn’t appear to specifically
tournament Monday by playing 36 holes in the Magnolia address the merits of Morey’s
Invitational at Old Waverly Golf Club. The Bulldogs support of Hong Kong sover-
earned their best finish to date, second place in the eignty.
heavy SEC event.
The Lakers superstar in-
After battling the cold rainy weather on Sunday,
State responded strong by posting 10 under-par for the stead characterized the inter-
second and third rounds combined, coming up a mere national incident caused by
four strokes short of the win. The day was highlighted Morey’s tweet as a cautionary
by strong performances across the board in the third tale about the power of social
round, when MSU recorded the fourth-lowest round in
media.
program history and a tournament low 279.
“It was a great day at Old Waverly for our “Stomp “Yes, we do have freedom
DAWGS” today,” said head coach Ginger Brown-Lemm of speech,” James said. “But
in a news release. “We are a great final round team, at times, there are ramifica-
rising to the occasion and enjoying the competition. Yet
tions for the negative that
again we showed we have what it takes to compete
for championships. With multiple rounds of 4, 5 even can happen when you’re not
6 under par, we will continue to clean up a few bogey’s thinking about others, when
that negate the hard work of so many birdies. Our short you only think about your-
game and putting will continue to be our focus points as self. I don’t want to get into
we prepare for our last event of the fall. Always great to
host at home and show off our incredible facilities and
a word or sentence feud with
hospitality of Mississippi State.” Daryl Morey, but I believe he
Three players went low in the final round, led by se- wasn’t educated on the situa-
nior Athena Yang and sophomore Lauren Miller posting tion at hand, and he spoke. So
a pair of four-under par 68s. Yang had five birdies in the many people could have been
final round to tie for 16th with a total score of 221. Miller
entered the day tied for 46th, and bounced back by harmed, not only financially
climbing 30 spots behind an eagle and three birdies in but physically, emotionally,
the 3rd round to finish tied for 16th as well. spiritually. So just be careful
For the tournament, Mississippi State was paced what we tweet and what we
by freshman Ashley Gilliam, who finished tied for third
overall with a score of 6-under, 210. She shot 5-under
par (67) in the second round and then followed that up
by shooting 1-under par in the third. The Manchester,
Baseball
Tennessee, native has now posted back-to-back top-
three finishes and ranks tied for third on MSU’s all-time MLB Playoff Glance
freshman lists for rounds of par or better rounds. DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5)
Senior Clara Moyano finished the invitational tied American League
for 12th at 3-over par. She has now posted back-to-back
Houston 3, Tampa Bay 2
top-15 finishes. Junior Aubree Jones rounded out Friday, Oct. 4: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2
Saturday, Oct. 5: Houston 3, Tampa Bay 1
State’s starting five for the tournament by placing tied Monday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay 10, Houston 3
for 22nd. Tuesday, Oct. 8: Tampa Bay 4, Houston 1
Junior Blair Stockett, playing as an individual, tied Thursday, Oct. 10: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 1
N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 0
for third in the event, carding a score of 210. Stockett’s Friday, Oct. 4: N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 4
final round score of 66 (6-under par) tied for fourth-low- Saturday, Oct. 5: N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2
Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1
est score by a Bulldog in program history. Freshmen National League
Abbey Daniel and Ally Williams both tied the event for Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
Thursday, Oct. 3: L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0
40th place with a score of 230 (14-over par). Friday, Oct. 4: Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2
After finishing third at The Schooner Fall Classic
Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 4
in September, Mississippi State has now posted two Monday, Oct. 7: Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington 7, L.A. Dodgers
top-three finishes in a season for the first time since 3, 10 innings
2014-15. St. Louis 3, Atlanta 2
SOURCE: From Special Reports Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6
Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0
Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1
CALENDAR Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings
Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis 13, Atlanta 1
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Today American League
N.Y. Yankees 1, Houston 1
Saturday, Oct. 12: N.Y. Yankees 7, Astros 0
Prep Volleyball Sunday, Oct. 13: Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
Greenville at Starkville High, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15: Houston (Cole 20-5) at N.Y.
Yankees(Severino 1-1), 3:08 p.m. (FS1)
Itawamba Agricultural, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16: Houston at N.Y. Yankees,
Thursday 7:08 p.m. (FS1)
x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Houston at N.Y. Yankees,
7:08 p.m. (FS1)
Prep Volleyball x-Saturday, Oct. 19: N.Y. Yankees at Houston,
Clinton at Starkville, Class 6A volleyball 3:08 or 7:08 p.m. (FS1)
x-Sunday, Oct. 20: N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 6:38
playoffs, time TBA p.m. (FS1)
National League
Ridgeland at New Hope, Class 5A vol- Washington 3, St. Louis 0
leyball playoffs, time TBA Friday, Oct. 11: Washington 2, St. Louis 0
Saturday, Oct. 12: Washington 3, St. Louis 1
Corinth at Caledonia, Class 4A volley- Monday, Oct. 14: Washington 8, St. Louis 1
Tuesday, Oct. 15 St. Louis (Hudson 16-7) at
ball playoffs, time TBA Washington, 7:05 p.m. (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Washington,
College Football 3:08 p.m. (TBS)
East Mississippi Community College, at x-Friday, Oct. 18: Washington at St. Louis, 7:08
p.m. (TBS)
Coahoma Community College, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Washington at St. Louis,
Itawamba Community College at South- 7:08 p.m. (TBS)
WORLD SERIES
west Mississippi Community College, (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Tuesday, Oct. 22: National League at American
7 p.m. League (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: NL at AL (Fox)
College Volleyball Friday, Oct. 25: AL at NL (Fox)
Sewanee at Mississippi University for Saturday, Oct. 26: AL at NL (Fox)
x-Sunday, Oct. 27: AL at NL (Fox)
Women, 6 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: NL at AL (Fox)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: NL at AL (Fox)
Men’s College Tennis
Mississippi State at ITA Southern Re-
gional Championships, All Day Nationals 8, Cardinals 1
St. Louis Washington
Friday
Fowler cf
ab r h bi ab r h bi
4 0 0 0 Turner ss 4 0 0 0 Packers 23, Lions 22
Wong 2b 4 0 0 0 Eaton rf 5 1 1 1
Prep Football Goldschmidt 1b 4 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 3 2 2 1 Green Bay 0 10 3 10—23
Lake Cormorant at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ozuna lf 4 0 2 0 S oto lf 3 1 0 0
J.Martínez rf 4 1 2 0 Kendrick 2b 4 2 3 3 Det_FG Prater 26, 12:41.
Heritage Academy at Starkville Acade- Molina c 4 0 1 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Det_K.Johnson 1 run (Prater kick), 6:35.
Edman 3b 4 0 0 0 Rainey p 0 0 0 0 Second Quarter
my, 7 p.m. DeJong ss 3 0 2 0 Zimmerman 1b 4 0 2 2 Det_FG Prater 22, 13:28.
Flaherty p 1 0 0 0 Suzuki c 4 0 1 0 GB_J.Williams 5 pass from Rodgers (M.Crosby
Columbus Christian Academy at Hebron Carpenter ph 1 0 0 0 Robles cf 4 2 2 1 kick), 7:31.
Webb p 0 0 0 0 Strasburg p 1 0 0 0
Christian, 7 p.m.
Central Holmes at Oak Hill Academy,
Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 D ozier 2b 1 0 0 0
G.Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
Wieters ph 1 0 0 0
7 p.m. Ponce de Leon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 0 Totals 33 8 11 8 East
Hatley at Noxubee County, 7 p.m. St. Louis 000 000 100 — 1
Washington 004 021 10x — 8
Grenada at West Point, 7 p.m. E_Soto (1). LOB_St. Louis 6, Washington 6.
2B_Ozuna (4), Rendon (4), Kendrick 3 (4), Zim-
Ezekiel at Victory Christian, 7 p.m. merman (3). HR_Robles (1). S_Strasburg 2 (3).
Madison Central at Starkville, 7 p.m.
St. Louis
IP H R ER BB SO
West Lowndes at Noxapater, 7 p.m. Flaherty L,1-2 4 5 4 4 2 6
Webb 2-3 1 1 1 0 0
New Hope at Center Hill, 7 p.m. Brebbia 2-3 3 2 2 0 1
G.Cabrera 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
Caledonia at Pontotoc, 7 p.m. Ponce de Leon 2 2 1 1 1 4
Washington Auburn 2 1 97 67 5 1 203 110
College Volleyball Strasburg W,3-0 7 7 1 0 0 12
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 2
Rainey
WP_Flaherty.
1 0 0 0 0 2
Umpires_Home, Bill Miller; First, Phil Cuzzi;
on the air
Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Fieldin Cubreth;
Right, Chris Conroy; Left, Chris Guccione.
T_3:26. A_43,675 (41,313).
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St. Louis at Washington, Game 4, TBS
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Jacksonville 2 4 0 .333 117 131
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say and what we do. Even
though yes, we do have free-
dom of speech, it can be a lot
of negative that comes with
it.”
When asked to clarify his
thoughts, James went further.
“I believe (Morey) was
either misinformed or not
really educated on the situ-
ation, and if he was, then so
be it,” James said. “But I have
no idea. That’s just my belief.
When you say things or do
things, you’re doing it and
you know the people that can
be affected by it, and the fam-
ilies and the individuals and
everyone that can be affected
by it. Sometimes things can
be challenging as well. Also
sometimes, social media is
not always the proper way to
go about things as well. But
that’s just my belief.”
A Rockets spokesperson
didn’t immediately respond
to request for comment Mon-
day night on James’ remarks.
James’ comments set
off swift reaction on social
media, with many listeners
perceiving his comments as
criticism of the democracy
movement in Hong Kong.
James addressed the issue
again in two tweets before
the Lakers’ preseason game
against Golden State at Sta-
ples Center.
“Let me clear up the con-
fusion,” James tweeted. “I do
not believe there was any con-
sideration for the consequenc-
es and ramifications of the
tweet. I’m not discussing the
substance. Others can talk
Tennessee 2 4 0 .333 98 92
North
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Baltimore 4 2 0 .667 184 140
Cleveland 2 4 0 .333 120 154
Pittsburgh 2 4 0 .333 123 131
Cincinnati 0 6 0 .000 97 159
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 4 2 0 .667 172 144
Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123
Denver 2 4 0 .333 106 106
L.A. Chargers 2 4 0 .333 120 118
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 3 3 0 .500 153 114
Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 161 149
N.Y. Giants 2 4 0 .333 111 160
Washington 1 5 0 .167 90 167
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 5 1 0 .833 128 122
Carolina 4 2 0 .667 166 133
Tampa Bay 2 4 0 .333 173 185
Atlanta 1 5 0 .167 135 186
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 5 1 0 .800 142 115
Minnesota 4 2 0 .667 150 93
Detroit 2 2 1 .625 119 118
Chicago
3 2 0 .600 87 69
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 5 0 0 1.000 147 64
Seattle 5 1 0 .833 165 146
L.A. Rams 3 3 0 .500 153 154
Arizona 2 3 1 .417 134 171
Thursday’s Games
New England 35, N.Y. Giants 14
Sunday’s Games
Carolina 37, Tampa Bay 26
New Orleans 13, Jacksonville 6
Houston 31, Kansas City 24
Minnesota 38, Philadelphia 20
Washington 17, Miami 16
Baltimore 23, Cincinnati 17
Seattle 32, Cleveland 28
Arizona 34, Atlanta 33
San Francisco 20, L.A. Rams 7
Denver 16, Tennessee 0
N.Y. Jets 24, Dallas 22
Pittsburgh 24, L.A. Chargers 17
Open: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, Oakland
Monday’s Games
Green Bay 23, Detroit 22
Thursday, Oct. 17
Kansas City at Denver, 7:20 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20
Miami at Buffalo, Noon
Houston at Indianapolis, Noon
Arizona at N.Y. Giants, Noon
Oakland at Green Bay, Noon
L.A. Rams at Atlanta, Noon
Minnesota at Detroit, Noon
Jacksonville at Cincinnati, Noon
San Francisco at Washington, Noon
L.A. Chargers at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
New Orleans at Chicago, 3:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:20 p.m.
Open: Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Carolina, Pitts-
burgh
Monday, Oct. 21
New England at N.Y. Jets, 7:15 p.m.
Detroit 10 3 6 3—22
First Quarter
GB_FG M.Crosby 37, :07.
Third Quarter
GB_FG M.Crosby 48, 12:35.
Det_FG Prater 41, 9:01.
Det_FG Prater 51, 3:27.
Fourth Quarter
Det_FG Prater 54, 12:17.
GB_Lazard 35 pass from Rodgers (M.Crosby
kick), 9:03.
GB_FG M.Crosby 23, :00.
A_76,947.
Det GB
First downs 13 22
Total Net Yards 299 447
Rushes-yards 20-56 29-170
Passing 243 277
Punt Returns 0-0 1-(minu
Kickoff Returns 2-55
Interceptions Ret. 1-55
6-96
0-0
Comp-Att-Int 18-32-0 24-39-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22
Punts 4-46.5 3-51.7
1-6
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 8-50 6-48
Time of Possession 26:56 33:04
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Detroit, K.Johnson 13-34, Agnew
1-9, Stafford 3-9, McKissic 3-4. Green Bay,
J.Williams 14-104, A.Jones 11-47, Rodgers 3-10,
Valdes-Scantling 1-9.
PASSING_Detroit, Stafford 18-32-0-265. Green
Bay, Rodgers 24-39-1-283.
RECEIVING_Detroit, Golladay 5-121, Hock-
enson 4-21, K.Johnson 2-27, M.Jones 2-17,
McKissic 2-7, Hall 1-58, James 1-8, Amendola
1-6. Green Bay, Lazard 4-65, J.Williams 4-32,
A.Jones 4-13, Allison 3-40, Lewis 2-50, Val-
des-Scantling 2-48, Graham 2-17, Kumerow 2-17,
Shepherd 1-1.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Contacting the Sports Department
about that. ... My team and court, with two NBA Cares
this league just went through events, a fan event and other
a difficult week. I think peo- public appearances all can-
ple need to understand what celed by the league or the
a tweet or statement can do to government. Several com-
others. And I believe nobody panies and state-run offices
stopped and considered what reportedly severed their ties
would happen. Could have with the NBA over Morey’s
waited a week to send it.” tweet and the league’s re-
James didn’t play, but sponse to it.
watched from the bench when The Lakers and Nets also
the Lakers hosted the War- met with NBA Commission-
riors on Monday night, just er Adam Silver. James said
two days after they returned he was happy with Silver’s
home from their bizarre trip handling of the controversy,
to China. which led to criticism of the
A typical NBA preseason commissioner from support-
promotional swing through ers on both sides of the Hong
Shanghai and Shenzhen be- Kong movement.
came something else when “It was a tough situation
Morey tweeted in support of for Adam as well, to put out
the Hong Kong protesters a fire that he didn’t start,”
while the Lakers were in the James said.
air on their 13-hour flight to When asked about his
China. thoughts on the political side
The Lakers landed amid of the events in China, James
outrage in China with Mo- echoed Warriors coach Steve
rey’s since-deleted tweet Kerr’s belief that he didn’t
and the NBA in general. The know enough to comment on
league and Chinese authori- the situation.
ties decided to hold no media “When I speak about
availability or community something, I speak about
events with the Lakers or the something I am very knowl-
Brooklyn Nets, their oppo- edgeable about, something
nents. that hits home for me, some-
The Lakers passed their thing that I am very passion-
week in China in public si- ate about,” James said. “I felt
lence. Although the exhibi- like with this particular situ-
tion games weren’t canceled, ation, it was something that
the league claimed it would not only was I not informed
be unfair to ask players and enough about, I just felt like it
coaches to speak on the deli- was something that not only
cate geopolitical argument in myself and my teammates or
which they found themselves our organization had enough
involuntarily enmeshed. information to even talk about
So the players spent most it at that point in time, and we
of the week in hotels or on the still feel the same way.”
Hockey
Detroit 2 1 .667 1½
NASCAR Monster Energy Cleveland 1 2 .333 2½
Chicago 1 3 .250 3
NHL Glance 1000Bulbs.com 500 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Monday at Talladega Superspeedway Southwest Division
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Talladega, Ala. W L Pct GB
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Lap Length: 2.66 miles New Orleans 4 0 1.000 —
Buffalo 6 5 0 1 11 25 13 Pole Position Parentheses Houston 3 1 .750 1
1. (9) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 188. Memphis 2 1 .667 1½
Boston 6 5 1 0 10 16 10
Toronto 6 3 2 1 7 24 22 2. (13) Ryan Newman, Ford, 188. Dallas 1 3 .250 3
San Antonio 0 3 .000 3½
Detroit 5 3 2 0 6 16 16 3. (40) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 188.
Northwest Division
Montreal 5 2 1 2 6 21 21 4. (5) Aric Almirola, Ford, 188.
Florida 6 2 2 2 6 19 24 5. (22) Michael McDowell, Ford, 188. W L Pct GB
Tampa Bay 5 2 2 1 5 20 17 6. (20) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 188. Denver 3 0 1.000 —
Ottawa 5 1 4 0 2 12 19 7. (33) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 188. Oklahoma City 2 1 .667 1
Metropolitan Division 8. (1) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 188. Minnesota 1 2 .333 2
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Portland 1 2 .333 2
9. (7) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 188. Utah 1 3 .250 2½
Carolina 6 5 1 0 10 24 16
Pittsburgh 6 4 2 0 8 25 16
10. (21) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 188. Pacific Division
11. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 188. W L Pct GB
Washington 7 3 2 2 8 22 23
12. (34) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 188. Sacramento 2 2 .500 —
N.Y. Islanders 6 3 3 0 6 15
17 13. (16) Matt Tifft, Ford, 188. Golden State 1 1 .500 —
Philadelphia 3 2 0 1 5 10 6 14. (25) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 188. Phoenix 2 2 .500 —
15. (32) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 188. L.A. Clippers 2 2 .500 —
N.Y. Rangers 3 2 1 0 4 11 9
Columbus 5 2 3 0 4 11 18 16. (14) Paul Menard, Ford, 188. L.A. Lakers 1 2 .333 ½
New Jersey 6 0 4 2 2 13 29 17. (15) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 188. Sunday’s Games
WESTERN CONFERENCE 18. (30) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 188. Boston 118, Cleveland 72
Central Division 19. (26) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 188. L.A. Clippers 118, Melbourne United 100
GP W L OT Pts GF GA 20. (23) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, Acci- New Orleans 123, San Antonio 114
Colorado 5 5 0 0 10 22 12 dent, 187. Chicago 105, Toronto 91
St. Louis 6 3 1 2 8 19 20 21. (29) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 187. Milwaukee 115, Washington 108
Winnipeg 7 4 3 0 8 24 26
Nashville 5 3 2 0 6 23 21
Chicago 4 1 2 1 3 12 13
22. (38) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 187.
23. (8) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 186.
24. (27) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 185.
Philadelphia 126, Orlando 94
Minnesota 131, Maccabi Haifa 101
Monday’s Games
Dallas 7 1 5 1 3 13 23
25. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, Accident, Miami 120, Atlanta 87
Minnesota 5 1 4 0 2 12 21
Pacific Division 182. Charlotte 120, Memphis 99
26. (18) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 182. Dallas 107, Oklahoma City 70
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton 6 5 1 0 10 23 16 27. (28) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, Ac- Sacramento 128, Utah 115
Vegas 6 4 2 0 8 24 14 cident, 181. Denver 107, Phoenix 102
Anaheim 6 4 2 0 8 13 10 28. (24) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Accident, Golden State at L.A. Lakers late
Calgary 6 2 3 1 5 15 20 181. Tuesday’s Games
Vancouver 4 2 2 0 4 13 10 29. (17) David Ragan, Ford, Accident, 181. Boston at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles 5 2 3 0 4 20 26
San Jose 6 2 4 0 4 13 22
30. (31) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, Acci-
dent, 181.
Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Arizona 4 1 2 1 3 7 7
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-
31. (35) Blake Jones, Chevrolet, 179.
32. (19) Daniel Suarez, Ford, Accident,
Wednesday’s Games
Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
time loss. Top three teams in each division and 168. Atlanta at New York, 7 p.m.
two wild cards per conference advance to play- 33. (3) William Byron, Chevrolet, Accident, Memphis at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
offs. 162. San Antonio at Houston, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games 34. (11) Erik Jones, Toyota, Accident, 162.
Pittsburgh 7, Winnipeg 2 35. (37) Austin Theriault, Ford, Accident,
Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.
Melbourne United at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Vegas 5, Los Angeles 2 162. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
San Jose 3, Calgary 1 36. (36) Joey Gase, Toyota, Accident, 161. Thursday’s Games
Monday’s Games 37. (2) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, Accident, Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders 3, St. Louis 2, OT 106. Atlanta at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Boston 4, Anaheim 2 38. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Acci- Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Minnesota 2, Ottawa 0
Florida 6, New Jersey 4
dent, 106. Portland at Denver, 8 p.m.
39. (12) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Accident, Dallas vs. L.A. Clippers at Vancouver, BC,
Buffalo 4, Dallas 0 106. 9:30 p.m.
Colorado 6, Washington 3 40. (39) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, Engine,
Chicago 3, Edmonton 1 53.
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Race Staistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 136.644 Transactions
Minnesota at Toronto, 6 p.m. mph. Monday’s moves
BASEBALL
Arizona at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 39 Mins, 35 Secs.
Philadelphia at Calgary, 8 p.m. Margin of Victory: 0.007 Seconds. National League
Detroit at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Caution Flags: 9 for 43 laps. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced
Nashville at Vegas, 9 p.m. Lead Changes: 47 among 19 drivers. pitching coach Rick Honeycutt will transi-
Carolina at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. Lap Leaders: B. Keselowski 1-4; K. Busch tion to a special assistant role next season.
Wednesday’s Games 5-6; A. Dillon 7; K. Busch 8-18; R. Blaney BASKETBALL
Dallas at Columbus, 6 p.m. 19-33; E. Jones 34; A. Almirola 35; B. National Basketball Association
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Keselowski 36-40; R. Newman 41-43; B. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived G Matt
Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m. Keselowski 44-45; K. Busch 46; C. Elliott Mooney. Signed G Dusty Hannahs.
FOOTBALL
Philadelphia at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. 47-49; D. Hemric ‥ 50; W. Byron 51-53; J.
Buffalo at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Carolina at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Logano 54; W. Byron 55-58; B. Wallace 59;
R. Blaney 60-72; J. Logano 73-77; C. El-
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed WR Jordan
Veasy to the practice squad.
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Boston, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Montreal, 6 p.m.
liott 78-83; B. Keselowski 84-86; C. Elliott
87-89; B. Keselowski 90-93; A. Almirola
94-95; J. Johnson 96-97; C. Elliott 98-101;
CHICAGO BEARS — Placed OL Kyle Long
on IR. Signed DL Abdullah Anderson from
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 6 p.m. J. Logano 102-103; C. Elliott 104-106; C. the practice squad and TE Dax Raymond to
the practice squad.
Vancouver at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Bowyer 107-111; C. Buescher 112; B. Kes-
elowski 113-116; W. Byron 117; C. Bowyer GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed TE Evan
Detroit at Calgary, 8 p.m. 118-125; K. Busch 126; J. Logano 127-133; Baylis from the practice squad. Released
Nashville at Arizona, 9 p.m. A. Theriault 134; R. Stenhouse Jr 135-142; CB Tremon Smith.
Ottawa at Vegas, 9 p.m. J. Logano 143; R. Stenhouse Jr 144-150; INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed DE
Buffalo at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. K. Busch 151-153; L. Cassill 154; W. Byron Kemoko Turay on IR. Signed DT Carl Da-
155-159; R. Stenhouse Jr 160-175; K. Bus- vis.
ch 176-179; R. Stenhouse Jr 180; K. Busch NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed FB
College Football 181; R. Blaney 182-188.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead,
Jakob Johnson on injured reserve.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Terminated the
SEC Glance Laps Led): Ryan Blaney 3 times for 35
laps; Ricky Stenhouse Jr 4 times for 32
contract of LB Nate Stupar. Signed WR
Bennie Fowler.
W L PF PA W L PF PA laps; Brad Keselowski 6 times for 22 laps; NEW YORK JETS — Activated TE Chris
Missouri 2 0 34 14 5 1 233 95 Chase Elliott 5 times for 19 laps; Kurt Bus- Herndon. Waived LB Frankie Luvu.
Florida 3 1 87 37 6 1 222 99 ch 3 times for 16 laps; Joey Logano 5 times Canadian Football League
Georgia 2 1 90 40 5 1 231 74 for 16 laps; William Byron 4 times for 13 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released LB
South Carolina 2 2 81 105 3 3 173
139 laps; Clint Bowyer 2 times for 13 laps; Kyle Kaulana Apelu, DL Jeremiah Clarke, OL
Tennessee 1 2 37 87 2 4 138 154 Tristan Nickelson and QB Bryan Scott and
Kentucky 1 3 41 81 3 3 141 142
Busch 4 times for 7 laps; Aric Almirola 2
times for 3 laps; Ryan Newman 1 time for signed them to futures contracts.
Vanderbilt 0 3 50 127
West
1 5 108
221 3 laps; Jimmie Johnson 1 time for 2 laps; HOCKEY
Austin Theriault 1 time for 1 lap; Daniel National Hockey League
W L PF PA W L PF PA Hemric ‥ 1 time for 1 lap; Austin Dillon 1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F
Alabama 3 0 153 82 6 0 306 102 time for 1 lap; Chris Buescher 1 time for Oliver Wahlstrom from Bridgeport (AHL).
LSU 2 0 66 38 6 0 315 127
1 lap; Bubba Wallace 1 time for 1 lap; Erik TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Loaned D
Mississippi 2 2 93 82 3 4 163 192 Jones 1 time for 1 lap; Landon Cassill 1 Rasmus Sandin to Toronto (AHL). Recalled
D Kevin Gravel from Toronto.
Mississippi St 1 2 61 89 3 3 161 163 time for 1 lap.
Texas A&M 1 2 79 102 3 3 192
136 American Hockey League
Arkansas 0 3 44 62 2 4 143
Saturday’s Games
140 Basketball GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Assigned D
Alec McCrea to Toledo (ECHL).
NBA Glance
South Carolina 20, Georgia 17, 2OT HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Loaned D Jeff
Tennessee 20, Mississippi St. 10 EASTERN CONFERENCE Taylor to Maine (ECHL).
Alabama 47, Texas A&M 28 Atlantic Division SOCCER
UNLV 34, Vanderbilt 10 W L Pct GB Major League Soccer
Missouri 38, Mississippi 27
Kentucky 24, Arkansas 20
Philadelphia 3 0 1.000 —
Boston 3 0 1.000 —
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Named Collin
Romer vice president of communications
LSU 42, Florida 28 Brooklyn
New York
3 0 1.000 —
1 1 .500 1½
for the Timbers, Thorns FC, T2 and Prov-
idence Park.
Saturday, Oct. 19 Toronto 1 2 .333 2 COLLEGE
Florida at South Carolina, TBA
LSU at Mississippi St., TBA
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Suspended
Auburn at Arkansas, 11 a.m. Miami 3 0 1.000 —
Michigan hockey player Griffin Luce one
game for an incident that occurred in an
Kentucky at Georgia, 2:30 p.m.
Missouri at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.
Orlando 3 2 .600 1
Washington 2 2 .500 1½ Oct. 12 game against Clarkson.
Texas A&M at Mississippi, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte 1 3 .250 2½ HOFSTRA — Named Elena Schorr men’s
and women’s assistant cross country and
Tennessee at Alabama, 8 p.m. Atlanta 0 3 .000 3
Central Division track coach.
W L Pct GB MICHIGAN — Announced TE Mustapha
AUTO Milwaukee
Indiana
4 0 1.000 —
3 0 1.000 ½
Muhammad has entered the transfer por-
tal.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3B

Yankees, Astros plan all relievers in ALCS Game 4 vs. Astros

The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The
Yankees and Astros plan
all-bullpen games from
the start in Game 4 of the
AL Championship Series
in a sign of the times.
With the best-of-sev-
en series tied 1-1, New
York’s Luis Severino
starts Game 3 on Tuesday
against Gerrit Cole. Ma-
sahiro Tanaka began the
opener for the Yankees
and James Paxton was on
the mound for Game 2.
Neither team had a
starting pitcher it want-
ed to use for Game 4 on
Wednesday.
“J.A. Happ could very
much be in the mix, as
well as I picture our bull-
pen being unleashed on
that day,” New York man-
ager Aaron Boone said
Monday as the series
shifted to Yankee Stadi-
um.
A starter during the
regular season, Happ
has relieved during the
playoffs. The 36-year-old
left-hander entered in the
10th inning of Game 2, es-
caped a two-out jam, then
allowed Carlos Correa’s
home run leading off the
11th that gave the Astros
a 3-2 win.
Houston manager A.J.
Hinch started Zack Gre-
inke in the opener fol-
lowed by Justin Verlander
New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ (34) pitches during the tenth inning in
game two of the 2019 ALCS playoff baseball series against the Houston Astros at
Minute Maid Park.
in Game 2. Hinch antici-
pates rookie right-hander
José Urquidy will pitch at
some point in Game 4 but
preferred to call it “a bull-
pen day.”
“That’s the cool thing
to say nowadays,” Hinch
said. “Maybe Urquidy
starts, maybe he comes
in the middle of the game.
And we go with somebody
with a little bit more ex-
perience. But we haven’t
made that decision. We
don’t even know if we’re
going to play that day.
There’s been a lot of talk
about the weather.”
Heavy rain is fore-
cast for Wednesday, and
if Game 4 is postponed,
Tanaka and Grienke
would start Thursday on
normal rest.
Boone removed Pax-
ton after 2 1/3 innings
and 51 pitches, and the
bullpen allowed two runs
and three hits in 7 2/3 in-
nings. George Springer
hit a tying home run in
Thomas B. Shea/USA TODAY Sports
the fifth on Adam Ottavi-
no’s first pitch.
“I don’t think he’s as
far off maybe as is being
talked, but he’s certainly
not as sharp as he’s been
most of the year,” Boone
said of Ottavino. “I feel
like he’s close to being
that, and I think some
small successes hopefully
will spur him on because
he needs to play a big role
for us.”
Stanton
Boone said a deci-
sion won’t be made until
Tuesday on outfielder
Giancarlo Stanton, who
strained his right quad-
riceps in the opener and
missed Game 2.
Limited by injuries
to 18 games during the
regular season, Stanton
homered in the opener.
If he were dropped from
the roster against the As-
tros, he would be ineligi-
ble to return this year.
“It is a sensitive deci-
sion, a tough decision,”
Boone said. “We’ll just
try and evaluate and try
and get as honest as feed-
back as we can from Gi-
ancarlo.”
Aaron Hicks could get
his first start since Aug.
3, taking over in center
field from Brett Gardner,
who would replace Stan-
ton in left. Sidelined by
an injured flexor near his
right elbow, Hicks pinch-
hit for starting left field-
er Cameron Maybin and
grounded out leading off
the 10th inning in Game
2, then moved to center.
“Aaron is very much
in play,” Boone said,
“Thought he had a good
at-bat, looked like Aaron
Hicks. So he’ll very much
be part of the conversa-
tion moving forward.”
Severino
After missing most of
the season with a lat inju-
ry sustained while warm-
ing up for his first spring
training start, Severino
returned for three out-
ings in late September,
then wiggled out of trou-
ble to pitch four score-
less innings in Game 3
against Minnesota.
“I don’t need to go
out there and strike out
15 people. I just need to
go out there and throw
a good game,” Severino
said,
Shadows
While Tuesday’s game
is scheduled to start
shortly after 4 p.m., it is
late enough in the year
that the mound should be
covered in shadows in ad-
dition to home plate.
Back in the Bronx
“I always like our
chances going home, es-
pecially for three,” Yan-
kees slugger Aaron Judge
said. “It’s time to roll. It’s
the postseason. We’re go-
ing to get it done.”
New York players
count on the ability of
Yankees fans to rattle op-
ponents.
“They’re going to be
just as jacked up as we
are,” reliever Tommy
Kahnle said.

Packers get the calls, Crosby

hits late FG to beat Lions
The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis.
— Mason Crosby nailed
a 23-yard field goal as
time expired and per-
formed his first Lam-
beau Leap after he fin-
ished off a rally for the
Green Bay Packers,
who benefited from
some questionable of-
ficiating to edge the
Detroit Tigers 23-22 on
Monday night.
“That was fun, yeah,”
Crosby said of leaping
into the crowd. “That
feeling, once you get
up in the stands, the
energy in there and
teammates and every-
one’s around, that’s
something I’ll always
remember. That was
great.”
Aaron Rodgers, in
his second straight
game without top target
Davante Adams, com-
pleted 24 of 39 passes
for 283 yards and two
touchdowns, includ-
ing a beautiful 35 -yard
throw to Allen Lazard
for the second-year
pro’s first career score.
“I actually sit next to
him in the team meet-
ings,” Rodgers said of
Lazard, who was cut by
the Packers in August
and then signed to the
practice squad to start
the season. “We’ve
struck up a pretty good
friendship.
“The thing that got
me was, which you love
as a quarterback, and
that’s when your receiv-
er’s coming back and
telling you he wants the
ball and what route he
wants to run. ... That
was him coming back
in the huddle, telling
me what play he want-
ed, and for a young guy
to do that, how can you
not have confidence in
that?”
Rodgers linked up
with Jamaal Williams
for the other TD. Wil-
liams finished with
104 yards on 14 carries
and four catches for 32
yards for Green Bay (5 -
1), which captured its
first win in five tries
against its NFC North
rival.
The Packers, who
are off to their first 3-0
start in the NFC North
since 2012, might not
have pulled it off if not
for two fourth-quar-
ter penalties for ille-
gal hands to the face
against Detroit’s Trey
Flowers, both of them
on third down. The first
set up Lazard’s touch-
down, and the second
allowed Green Bay to
run the clock down to
2 seconds before Cros-
by’s game-winner. In
both cases, replays
showed Flowers’ hands
on the neck or shoulder
— not the face — of a
Packers lineman.
“I actually changed
the position of my hand,
because it was to the
chest initially,” Flow-
ers said. “I was doing it
all game. I didn’t know
that was a f lag to the
chest, so I changed it.
And he called it again.
“I didn’t think hands
to the chest was a pen-
alty. I thought hands
to the face, but I had
him right here in the
chest. The second time
I changed it. ... That’s
part of a move that I do.
So, nah, I don’t think
that was a penalty.”
Matt Prater was good
from 26, 22, 41, 51 and
54 yards for the Lions
(2-2-1), who fell to 0 -2
under Matt Patricia on
Monday night. Detroit
lost its last Monday
night game to the Jets
48 -17 last year.
“We got to find a way
to finish,” said Kenny
Golladay, who had 121
yards on five catches
for Detroit. “That’s a
big part of it right now.
Find a way to finish.
We left a lot of points
out there. We were in
the red zone quite a
bit and just coming out
with field goals. That’s
tough, especially when
you’ve got a guy, a quar-
terback on the other
side that you, you’ve got
to finish.”
Matthew Stafford
finished 18 of 32 for 265
yards and was sacked
three times.
Kerryon Johnson
scored the lone touch-
down for the Lions from
1 yard out in the first
quarter.
Preston Smith and
Za’Darius Smith each
had a sack for Green
Bay. Preston Smith and
Kyler Fackrell com-
bined for the other.
Rodgers was sacked
once by Damon Har-
rison Sr. and threw
an interception that
bounced off the face-
mask of an open Derri-
us Shepherd near the
goal line. James Cole-
man snagged the ball
returned it 55 yards,
setting up Prater’s last
field goal that made it
22-13.
3,000 yards and
running
Rodgers surpassed
3,000 career rushing
yards on a 12-yard run
in the fourth quarter.
He’s the 13th Pack-
ers player to reach the
milestone.
Injuries
Packers: WR Mar-
quez Valdes-Scantling
had his right leg bend
under him on a tackle in
the second quarter. He
was able to walk off un-
der his own power. WR
Geronimo Allison was
carted off the field fol-
lowing a helmet-to-hel-
met hit by Tracy Walker
on the first play of the
third quarter. He did
not return. Allison was
being evaluated for a
chest injury and a con-
cussion.
Up Next
Lions: Host the Min-
nesota Vikings on Oct.
20.
Packers: Host the
Oakland Raiders on
Oct. 20.

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drick Motorsports’ entire
lineup is at risk of elimi-
nation next weekend. Alex
Bowman, Chase Elliott and
William Byron are all be-
low the cutline, as is Kan-
sas native Clint Bowyer,
who could be eliminated at
his home track.
Newman, who was fol-
lowed by Hamlin in a Toy-
ota, said he knew Blaney
was ahead of him at the
line.
“I think I could have
gone down and taken his
air and he probably would
have gone to the outside of
me,” Newman said. “That
would have spun me as
I tried to block me. You
could replay it 30 days from
now and come up with 27
different answers.”
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yards and notching re-
ceptions in 31 of his 38
games at Kansas State,
Zuber has been notice-
ably quiet since arriv-
ing in Starkville.
That said, Satur-
day offered a glimpse
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MLB championship; the
Senators won all the way
back in 1924. There wasn’t
even a baseball team at all
in Washington for more
than three decades until
the Montreal Expos fran-
chise moved to town before
the 2005 season and was
renamed the Nationals.
Until this season, the
Nationals hadn’t won a
playoff series, going 0-4
since 2012, but they sure
look as if they’re making
up for lost time.
“Shoot, maybe we’re
finally coming around,”
third baseman Anthony
Rendon said.
It all starts with the
pitching.
Against Sánchez in
Game 1, the first hit for
the Cardinals arrived with
their 27th batter. Against
Scherzer in Game 2, it was
their 21st batter. But even
when the Cardinals did
something right against
Strasburg, they erased it by
doing something wrong.
Their fourth batter,
Marcell Ozuna, doubled
to the left field corner in
the second, then quickly
erased himself with some
poor baserunning, going
too far toward third on a
comebacker and getting
tagged out by Strasburg,
who is enjoying a postsea-
son to remember.
He was the No. 1 overall
pick in the 2009 amateur
draft, then was infamously
shut down before the play-
offs three years later to pro-
tect his surgically repaired
right elbow. Strasburg
is now hale and hearty,
throwing 117 pitches Mon-
day, his most since totaling
118 in a May 2017 game.
And this sort of Octo-
ber excellence is what the
Nationals were hoping for:
Strasburg has a 3-0 record
and 1.64 ERA, with 33
strikeouts and one walk —
he didn’t issue a free pass
Monday — in 22 innings
this postseason.
“He’s been a blast this
year. It’s been good to be
around him. I’ve seen him
kind of transition into the
guy he is now, dominant
out on the field. He’s defi-
nitely having fun in the
clubhouse,” Kendrick said.
“It’s special to see what
he’s doing this year.”
Much to the delight of
a red towel-twirling crowd
of 43,675, Washington’s
batters kept delivering,
led by Kendrick, who has
eight RBIs in the past four
games, including a 10th-in-
ning grand slam in Game 5
of the NL Division Series
against the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
The Nationals roughed
up Jack Flaherty for four
runs, all in the third inning;
the Cardinals’ 23-year-old
starter hadn’t allowed that
many in a game since July
2, a span of 18 appearances.
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and sticking together for Dillon in sixth. Almirola is just a flip and it didn’t
the sake of a brand victo- finished fourth in a Ford, hurt, I promise,” Gaughan
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tween the Chevrolet group Dowell, Dillon, Corey era. “It was just one easy,
angered fans who argued LaJoie, Elliot, Ricky Sten- quick flip and we put it
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Though he didn’t re- The Bulldogs also talk and we’re doing
cord a single catch and looked to hit Zuber our best efforts to make
was targeted just once, deep on a stop -and-go sure that there are
he did notch four yards route early in the con- plays, not just going to
on a reverse in a cre- test, but Stevens dou- him but to his position,”
ative play-calling effort ble-clutched and was Moorhead said.
“We haven’t been able “I think we put together strikeouts — and one
to play our brand of base- some good at-bats. We got came in relief. Corbin also
ball in full,” Shildt said. some guys on and some came out of the bullpen to
“We haven’t been able to guys put some good swings retire one Cardinals bat-
get in rhythm or sync, but on the ball,” Kendrick said. ter in Game 2 of the NLCS
we still have more baseball on Saturday.
to play.” Trainer’s room Hudson, who turned
Seven of Washington’s Nationals: CF Robles 25 last month, joins Fla-
eight runs came with two missed five postseason
herty to give the Cardi-
outs, and there were con- games with a strained
nals two starters that age
tributions from up and right hamstring he hurt
or younger in the same
down the lineup: Ryan in Game 2 of the NLDS.
postseason for the sixth
Zimmerman delivered two
time. In his only postsea-
run-scoring hits, Victor Ro- Up Next son start, in Game 4 of the
bles homered in his return Corbin took the loss
after a five-game absence Cardinals’ NLDS against
in each of Washington’s
with a leg injury, and Ren- Atlanta, Hudson allowed
two defeats this postsea-
don heard “MVP!” chants one earned run in 4 2/3
son. One was a start —
after a slick defensive play innings and did not factor
in Game 1 of the NLDS,
in the decision as St. Lou-
at third base and an RBI when he allowed just one
double. unearned run, with nine is won 5-4 in 10 innings.
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another
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After record world medal haul, Biles a face of 2020 Olympics
The Associated Press
STUTTGART, Germa-
ny — Next stop Tokyo for
Simone Biles.
With Usain Bolt and Mi-
chael Phelps both retired
since the last Olympics
in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S.
gymnast will be the face of
the games for much of the
world.
In gymnastics, no one
else comes close. Biles won
five of the six gold medals
at last week’s world cham-
pionships and broke the all-
time record of 25 medals
by any gymnast, male or
female.
“She’s just above any-
thing else that we have
seen in the sport,” five-time
Olympic gold medalist Na-
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
dia Comaneci said of Biles
on Sunday, praising “the
domination that she has
toward all the other gym-
nasts that competed here.”
Biles has not just got the
talent. She’s got the charac-
ter of an Olympic star.
There’s the laser-like
focus on training, the same
easygoing humor which
endeared the world to Bolt,
and — crucially in the
modern era — a savvy so-
cial-media style.
International Olym-
pic Committee president
Thomas Bach said Sunday
that Biles’ star status would
make gymnastics a must-
see event at the Tokyo
Olympics.
“You can have legends
confirming their status
FAMILY CIRCUS
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as we have just seen with
Simone Biles, this amazing
performance there on the
beam, but you also have
new stars,” he said. “Gym-
nastics has all the ingredi-
ents to be top another time,
I must say. A top Olympic
event in Tokyo.”
Despite its dispute with
Biles over the scoring
for her new double-dou-
ble beam dismount — its
grade was lessened in part
so as not to encourage
less-skilled gymnasts to
attempt the risky move —
the International Gymnas-
tics Federation knows Biles
is crucial to the sport.
Labeling her “wonder
woman” and “a hero,” FIG
president Morinari Wata-
nabe is keen for Biles not
to retire after the Tokyo
Olympics. “I hope she will
continue after 2020, be-
cause she is an excellent
athlete,” he said Sunday.
Biles is certainly the
only athlete who could
pull off her look in train-
ing at the U.S. nationals in
August. She caused a stir
with a leotard bearing her
surname and a goat’s head
picked out in sequins, a nod
to “Greatest Of All Time.”
Few disagree, but Biles
hasn’t yet won everyone
over.
“There’s no need to turn
her into some unbeatable
queen. If I was 15 years
younger, I’d definitely take
the fight to the Ameri-
can,” the Russian gymnast
Svetlana Khorkina said in
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I have a
smartphone,
and I love its
convenience.
I check my
email, texts and
voicemail three or
four times a day
and always try to
respond promptly.
But I do not carry
my phone with me
every moment of
the day.
Some family
members insist
that the polite
Dear Abby
thing to do is to
return a text message or voice-
mail IMMEDIATELY. They carry
their phones with them and
constantly interrupt whatever
they are involved with to answer
the phone, send a text, etc.
For my birthday, one relative calling my little brother “Farmer
gave me a little pouch on a
string so I could wear my phone
around my neck wherever I went either. He picked her up from
because she texted me one day
early in the afternoon saying
she wanted to drop by, but I
didn’t see or respond to it until have other vehicles. Both my
dinner time. Is making oneself
available every moment of the
day and night now required
for good manners? — NOT A
PHONE ADDICT
DEAR NOT AN ADDICT: Of
course not! A cellphone is not
supposed to be a leash. Your
relative has become hooked on
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY
(Oct.15). This year, you’ll gain
loyal admirers and be paid for
your knowledge. Your versa-
tility opens you to a variety of
experiences that add to your
personhood, making you both
more interesting and more inter-
ested. You’ll spend your leisure
in the thrill of society, and later,
in the serenity of a pathless
wood or stretch of shore. Gem-
ini and Pisces adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 20, 1, 33,
10 and 19.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Just as you can learn a
dance or a computer program,
you can teach yourself to think
differently. It takes practice, but
with enough repetition you really
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
comments on the Russian
Olympic Committee web-
site Thursday.
Khorkina won 20 world
championship medals be-
tween 1994 and 2001 and
held the women’s record
until Biles overtook her
Tuesday.
One record is likely to
remain out of Biles’ reach,
however. Soviet gymnast
Larisa Latynina won a re-
cord 15 Olympic medals be-
tween 1956 and 1964. Biles
won five Olympic medals in
Rio de Janeiro, and could
add six more next year in
Tokyo, but appears highly
unlikely to stick around un-
til the 2024 Olympics.
However, there’s an-
other record to aim for.
Matching her world cham-
the concept of
instant gratifica-
tion, which isn’t
healthy for either
of you. If you
humor her, your
cellphone will be-
come an annoying
and unending
inconvenience for
you. Do not take
the bait.
DEAR ABBY:
My father recently
purchased a truck
for our farm. It’s
old and in poor
shape, but it was
worth the $2,000
he paid for it.
The truck was fine until my
father used it to pick me and
my siblings up from school.
When the other kids saw the
bumperless truck, they began
Boy” and made cow noises at
us. My mother isn’t OK with it
work in it, which embarrassed
her in front of her co-workers.
It’s not like we don’t
parents have nice, functional
cars. Abby, please help me
figure out a way to tell my dad
without hurting his feelings. —
FREAKED OUT IN FRANKFORT,
KY.
DEAR FREAKED OUT: People
should not be judged because
of the clothes they wear or
will change your brain’s default
mode of thinking.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The words “quiet” and “confi-
dence” go together. Insecurity,
on the other hand, draws atten-
tion to itself, as it longs to be
seen and begs to be validated.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Unfortunately, you won’t have
that extra push from others and
the weather today, emotional or
otherwise. No matter. This is an
opportunity to see what you can
do without help. As the proverb
goes, “If there is no wind, row.”
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Recognize the difference
between a relationship and an
entanglement. In a relationship,
harmony and mutual support
5B
pionship performance from
last week would make Biles
the first female gymnast
to win five gold medals at
a single Olympics, and the
first female athlete to do so
in any sport since East Ger-
man swimmer Kristin Otto
in 1988.
After Biles pioneered a
new beam dismount and
triple-double on the floor
this season, her coach Lau-
rent Landi says he favors
refining her existing rou-
tines for the Olympics over
adding yet more upgrades.
“I can find plenty of
(upgrades), but you need
to be realistic and only the
medals count at the end,”
he said. “We don’t need
to show off everything we
can do.”
the vehicles they drive, but
sometimes they are by shallow
people who should know better.
I think you could get your
message across by telling your
father how your brother’s class-
mates reacted when they saw
him pick up your brother. What
they did was cruel. Leave it up
to your mother to tell him she
felt embarrassed in front of her
co-workers. I’m sure she can
get the message across.
DEAR ABBY: My wife was
sexually active with a class-
mate in high school. Their
relationship lasted until shortly
before we were married, 54
years ago. I have often won-
dered what he did to make
her so willing to come to his
bed. Perhaps if I knew, I could
enhance her pleasure in our
lovemaking. However, such
information might be injurious
to our relationship. What is
your take on this? I think about
this several times each day. —
OBSESSED IN THE WEST
DEAR OBSESSED: You have,
I hope, been happily married
for more than half a century.
Has it never occurred to you
that her high school romance
failed because the sex wasn’t
that great? If you want to ask
your wife at this late date if
there is anything you can do to
enhance her enjoyment of your
lovemaking, by all means do.
But do not frame it the way you
did to me.
are the glue, whereas entan-
glements have more to do with
circumstances and leverage.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
don’t always have to fill a role in
another person’s life. Some-
times you can write your own.
As you acknowledge and accept
more of yourself, there will be
more touchpoints for connec-
tion and sharing.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Among the most amazing
talents of the human mind is
its ability to ignore 90% of all
sensory input. Today, you’ll be
extremely effective as you focus
yourself like a laser, blocking
out more like 95%.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You will laugh at things they do
not. No one is wrong; no one
is right. Humor, attraction and
most preferences on the table
today are completely subjective,
which makes it all the more sat-
isfying when you find your tribe.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Longing, anticipation,
wistfulness, burning passion
are all emotions that have an
elastic effect on time. Minutes
of in-between time can feel like
an eternity and/or can be when
the best things happen.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). When one person
dances to music the other
person doesn’t hear, the dancer
comes off like a lunatic and the
nondancer a buzzkill. You stay
neutral, assuming that everyone
has their reasons for acting as
they do.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). If only you could feel
through another heart and know
the depth of emotion there for
you. Even if you could, it’s not
the emotion that matters so
much as what is done about
it, and that much is readily
apparent.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It’s no accident that you
have an atypical approach to
your work. This is a purposeful
departure reflecting a thoughtful
philosophy. Stand up for your
methods.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). People act differently in dif-
ferent environments. Sure, the
differences may be small, but
they are worth understanding.
To fully know someone, try to ex-
perience the person in different
contexts.
On the scent
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drop resumes off at 516
Main St,
Columbus, MS 39701.
No phone calls please.
THE COMMERCIAL DIS-
PATCH seeks a motivated,
contracted carrier for the
Brooksville & Macon area.
Excellent opportunity to
earn money for college.
Must have good transporta-
tion, valid driver's license
& insurance. Delivers on
Sunday morning and Mon.-
Fri. afternoons. Apply at
The Commercial Dispatch,
516 Main Street in Colum-
bus. No phone calls
please.
Medical / Dental
LPN/RN needed for fast
paced Medical Clinic. 5
years experience required.
Email resume and
references to
medicalclinic39705
@gmail.com
RN/LPN: PRN position
available Mon-Fri mornings
in a surgical setting.
Email resume to:
job104@cdispatch.com
Rentals
Ads starting at $25
Apts For Rent: North
FOX RUN APARTMENTS
1 & 2 BR near hospital. Long @ 662−328−0770.
$595−$645 monthly.
Military discount, pet area,
pet friendly, and furnished FOR RENT LOCATED
GYM. ON SITE SECURITY.
ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
CAMERA
SURVEILLANCE. Benji &
Studio apartment for rent.
Hwy 45 between Columbus Houses For Rent: North
and CAFB. No pets. No
smoking. $400 rent and
$400 deposit.
662−328−2340
Apts For Rent: West
VIP
Rentals
Apartments & Houses Caledonia Schools. No
1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
3 Bedrooms
Furnished & Unfurnished
1, 2, & 3 Baths
Lease, Deposit
& Credit Check
viceinvestments.com
327-8555
Apts For Rent: Other
1ST MONTH − Rent Free!
1BR Apt − $350−$385
2BR Apt − $395−$495
2BR TwnHome − $625
Lease, Dep & Credit Check.
Coleman Realty
662−329−2323.
DOWNTOWN APT on 5th
St. 2BR/1BA. 1100 sqft
$700/mo. W/D. Deck on
back. Avail Aug 1st. 662−
327−2588.
Service Directory
Promote your small business starting at only $25
Carpet & Flooring
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:
$99 WHOLE HOUSE
DAVID’S CARPET &
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
1 Room − $40
2 Rooms − $70
3+ Rooms − $30 EA
Rugs−Must Be Seen
Car Upholstery
Cleaning Available
662−722−1758
Are you a painter?
Advertise here!
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2019 n 6B
Apts For Rent: Other
DOWNTOWN 1BR
This large 1 bedroom
apartment has been
recently renovated. It
features great natural light,
hardwood floors, tall
ceilings and access
to a shared laundry room.
$750 rent and $750
deposit. Utilities included.
No pets please. Call Peter,
662−574−1561.
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA
CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
historic district, 1 block
from downtown.
$575/mo. + $575 dep.
NO PETS. 662−574−8789.
Peaceful & Quiet area.
COLEMAN
RENTALS
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
1 BEDROOM
2 BEDROOMS
3 BEDROOMS
LEASE,
© The Dispatch
DEPOSIT
AND
CREDIT CHECK
662-329-2323
2411 HWY 45 N
COLUMBUS, MS
SEVERAL 1, 2, & 3 BR
UNITS AVAILABLE. Various
locations. Lease, Deposit,
Credit Check. No Pets.
$375 and up. Call Long &
Commercial Property For Rent
NEAR DOWNTOWN. 3,000
sq. ft. truck terminal,
9,500 sq. ft. shop & 3,200
sq. ft. office/shop.
Buildings can be rented
together or separately. All
w/ excellent access & Hwy.
9559.
2BR/1BA HOLLY HILLS
RD. $900/mo. No pets.
No HUD. 662−549−2302.
Leave message.
3BR/2BA. 26 Noblin Rd.
Central HVAC, carport, near $35/bale. 662−386−9122
CAFB. $650/mo. $500
dep. Call 662−889−1122.
3BR/2BA CH/A Hwy. 45 N.
pets. $1,000/mo. $1,000 Various lengths.
dep. 1 yr. lease. Weathers 662−295−2274.
Rentals, 662−574−0345.
Open Mon.−Fri. 8a−4p.
COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES.
2 & 3 bedroom w/
2−3 bath townhouses.
$600 to $750.
662−549−9555.
Ask for Glenn or text.
Houses For Rent: East
4BR/2.5BA BRICK HOME
located on large lot w/ 2
car garage. Fresh paint &
tile floors in kitchen &
bathrooms. $1,200/mo +
dep. 770−658−7726.
Classified ads are a great form
of person-to-person advertising.
Excavating
CLAY GRAVEL, fill clay,
& top soil for sale!
Easy access off 82 East
Can load & deliver.
Stokes Excavation:
662−689−0089.
General Services
A & T TREE SERVICES
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
242−0324/241−4447
"We’ll go out on a limb for
you!"
DUMP TRUCK Hauling
Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt,
Grating Driveways & Trailer
Parks. 18 ton truck. $525/
load, Col.
Walter, 662−251−8664.
To place ads starting at only $12,
Houses For Rent: South Sporting Goods
LEASE WITH OPTION TO
PURCHASE. This newly
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
OPEN FOR SEASON!
renovated 3BR/1BA brick 9−5: Tues−Fri &
home features make it like 9−12: Sat.
new: new flooring, new Over 50 years experience!
paint, new central heat and Repairs, cleaning,
air. Large lot in great area. refinishing, scopes
NO HUD, No pets. $650/ mounted & zeroed,
mo. Lease, deposit, credit handmade knives.
check. Call Long & Long @ Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
662−328−0770. of West Point, turn right on
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
Mobile Homes for Rent left on Darracott Rd, see
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
2BR MOBILE HOME left. 662−494−6218.
$400 mo./$400 dep. In
between West Point &
Vehicles
Columbus on Hwy. 50.
662−275−0666.
NICE DW 3BR/2BA MH In
Columbus School Dist. Ads starting at $12
No HUD. No Section 8.
$600/mo + 600 dep. Autos For Sale
601−940−1397 or
662−549−8861. 2003 HONDA ACCORD,
white ext, tan int; ext & int
Office Spaces For Rent in excellent condition, runs
great. 235,000 mi, but has
GREAT, CONVENIENT many more mi to go − it’s a
LOCATION! Office space for HONDA! $3,700.
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N. 662−574−8816.
662−574−3970.
Community
OFFICE SPACE FOR
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
of private parking. 662−
327−9559. Ads starting at $12
Storage & Garages Special Notices
$25 REWARD for any
MINI WAREHOUSES information leading to the
Four convenient self
storage locations in the
Columbus & New Hope
person who is destroying
my garden & fig trees @
areas for household &
906 Mike Parra Rd. Call
662−434−9229.
commercial storage.
Rent online at
friendlycitymini.com Free Pets
or call 662−327−4236.
Free kittens to a good
home Five eight−week
old kittens need homes.
Real Estate
They are litter−box
trained, good with
people and sweet−
Ads starting at $25 natured. $0.00 662−
549−4519
Lots & Acreage
Need a new
200 ACRES
companion?
TIMBERLAND
− Monroe County −
Abundance of wildlife
$300,000.00 at
$1,500.00/Acre
Call: 615−719−8329
FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre
lots. Good/bad credit. 10%
down, as low as $299/mo.
Eaton Land.
662−361−7711.
Merchandise
When looking
Ads starting at $12
for a new pet,
Bargain Column
FREE FIREWOOD Call 662
−889−4377.
adoption is
always a
Farm Equipment & Supplies
good option.
HAY FOR SALE. 20 − 4X5
fertilized bales in barn.
or 662−386−3132.
Firewood / Fuel
FIREWOOD FOR SALE. Five Questions:
1 The Lion,
Furniture
Two Piece Living Room Set the Witch and
the Wardrobe
A loveseat and chaise for
sale. Brown and blue.
New!!! Leave a message.
$300.00 662−242−2884
2 Eye
General Merchandise
USE ITCHNOMORE®
shampoo to treat ’hot
3 Assists,
spots’, doggy odor, &
non−specific allergies
blocks, points,
without a prescription.
At Tractor Supply.
rebounds,
(www.kennelvax.com)
steals
4 Boston
5 Platoon
General Services Painting & Papering
WORK WANTED: QUALITY PAINTING.
Licensed & Bonded− Ext/Int Paint.
carpentry, painting, & Sheet Rock Hang & Finish.
demolition. Landscaping, Free Estimates.
gutters cleaned, bush Ask for specials! Larry
hogging, clean−up work, Webber 662−242−4932.
pressure washing, moving
help & furniture repair. Plumbing
662−242−3608.
Lawn Care / Landscaping ACME, INC.
Stan McCown
Licensed Plumber
Cutting Edge Lawn Service
Residential & Commercial "We fix leaks."
662−386−2915
Mowing, Edging, Trimming,
Blowing, Mulching, Clean
Ups, Leaf Removal, Bush Tree Services
Hogging, Pruning.
Weekly/Bi−Weekly. Free
Estimates. Licensed & J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket truck.
Insured. 662−386−9559.
Insured/bonded. Call
Jimmy for free estimate,
JESSE & BEVERLY’S 662−386−6286.
LAWN SERVICE.
Mowing, cleanup,
landscaping, sodding, Got leaky pipes? Find a
& tree cutting. plumber in the classifieds.
662−356−6525