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CPD officer arrested for burglary, domestic violence

MBI handling the case; patrol officer
on administrative leave
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
A Columbus police of-
ficer is on administrative
leave after he was ar-
rested Sunday night for
residential burglary and
with assis- local law enforcement of- ing approval from the city
tance from ficer. council and mayor. They
L o w n d e s
County depu-
An MBI spokesperson
did not release further
did not comment further.
Shirley has been pa-
misdemeanor domestic vi- ties, arrested details on the case when trolling with CPD since
olence. him Sunday contacted. June, though he attended
Melvin Shirley, 24, is a and took him Columbus Police Chief the police academy as a
patrol officer with Colum- Shirley
to Oktibbeha Fred Shelton and Public CPD officer before then.
bus Police Department. County Jail. Information Officer Joe Shirley has been re-
Officers with Mississippi MBI is investigating the Dillon both Shirley is on leased from custody on
Bureau of Investigation, case since it involves a administrative leave pend- $11,000 bond.

FIRST CHRISTMAS CMSD taps

architecture firm
to design Hunt
restoration
Eley Guild Hardy has long
design resume for schools,
historic restorations
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com

Columbus Municipal
School District has tapped
an architecture firm to de-
sign the restoration project
for the former Hunt High
School.
The board voted unan-
imously Monday night to
hire Eley Guild Hardy Ar- Labat
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff chitects, which has offic-
TOP: Amy Bandre, center, and her son David es in Jackson and Biloxi.
Bandre, 9, left, play the part of vegetable According to the propos-
merchants during the First Christmas event al, the district will pay the
hosted by First Baptist Columbus Sunday firm 5.5 percent of the total
next to The Shops at Brickerton. Bandre construction costs if they
explained to Carrie Martin, at right, and her
children Lucy Ann Martin, 6, and Coleman exceed $10 million; 5.75
Martin, 9, which vegetables would have been percent if they are between
available in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. $5 million but less than $10 Guild
The “interactive Bethlehem village” was open million; and 6 percent if
Friday-Sunday evenings. RIGHT: Claude Niebuhr they are less than $5 million.
played the role of Ovinian, a shepherd, during Superintendent Cherie Labat told The
First Christmas on Sunday at The Shops Dispatch she and an interviewing commit-
at Brickerton. Niebuhr walked around the tee selected Eley Guild Hardy from among
Bethlehem village set during the event and three firms that submitted proposals.
spoke with visitors. Actors were not allowed “They were the lowest and best bid,” she
to break character throughout the night. More
than 2,400 people attended First Christmas said. “… They have an impeccable reputa-
throughout the weekend. tion for their workmanship as well as their
working relationship with school districts.
They will take the extra steps necessary to
make sure the community gets something
we can be proud of.”
A February tornado badly damaged the
Hunt campus — which housed the dis-
trict’s alternative school, after-school pro-
grams and an African-American cultural
See CMSD, 6A

SOCSD hires new orientation and mobility specialist

Board approves bridge replacement
project near high school
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Three students in the
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consoli-
dated School District will have
a new staff member to help
them get around their schools
with their visual impairments.
The SOCSD Board of Trust-
ees unanimously voted Monday
to approve a contract for Leisa
Pegues to be the district’s new
orientation and mobility spe-
cialist. She is one of the few
certified specialists in Mis-
sissippi, and she will help the
three students learn to navigate
their classrooms and school
buildings on their own, student
support services director Julie
“They teach them how to orient
themselves and get around in
their surroundings as best they
can without getting help.”
Orientation and mobility
specialists often contract with
several school districts at once,
and Pegues was the only one
in north and central Missis-
Jones Guntharp
sippi who was available to take
Jones said. another contracted position,
“If they have to work with a Jones said.
cane or count steps, (special- The board reviews the dis-
ists) teach them,” Jones said. trict’s need for the position
annually because the number
of visually impaired students
and the services they need
both change every year, said
Anna Guntharp, the assistant
superintendent for special ed-
ucation, federal programs and
preschool.
“If it’s a very specific ser-
vice, sometimes it’s difficult to
find people to hire full-time or
even part-time in that capacity,”
Guntharp told The Dispatch.
See SOCSD, 6A

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annual presentation of Handel’s “Messi-
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was also the first African American golfer to ah” by a regional choir and orchestra is 6
a.m., County
compete in a PGA-sanctioned event? p.m. and 8 p.m. at Annunciation Catholic
Courthouse
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famed around the world for its sweet onions? Dec. 13:
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Center.
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AROUND THE WORLD Global stocks sink ahead of US

Peace laureate watches UN court hear Rohingya genocide case
The Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Nether-
lands — The justice minis-
ter of Gambia appealed to
the U.N.’s top court Tuesday
to recognize that genocide
against Myanmar’s Rohing-
ya minority took place and to
ensure it does not continue,
while Myanmar leader Aung
San Suu Kyi prepared to de-
fend the actions of her coun-
try’s military.
Former pro-democracy
icon Suu Kyi watched from
the front row as lawyers gave
the International Court of
Justice detailed accounts of
Rohingya men, women and
children killed and the de-
struction of tens of thousands
of Muslim minority homes in
Myanmar’s northern Rakh-
ine state.
“It is indeed sad for our
generation that 75 years after
humankind committed itself
to the words ‘never again,’ an-
other genocide is unfolding
right before our eyes,” Gam-
bian Justice Minister Abou-
bacarr Tambadou told the
court in The Hague . “Yet we
do nothing to stop it.”
“This is a stain on our col-
lective conscience, and it will
be irresponsible for any of us
to simply look the other way
and pretend that it is not our
business,” he said.
Gambia, a nation in West
Africa, filed the case in the
world court on behalf of the
Organization of Islamic Co-
operation.
Myanmar’s military began
a harsh counterinsurgency
campaign against the Rohing-
ya in August 2017 in response
to an insurgent attack. More
than 700,000 Rohingya fled
to neighboring Bangladesh to
escape what has been called
an ethnic cleansing campaign
involving mass rapes, killings
and the torching of homes.
The head of a U.N.
fact-finding mission on
Myanmar warned in October
that “there is a serious risk of
genocide recurring.” The mis-
sion also found that Myanmar
should be held responsible in
international legal forums for
alleged genocide against the
Rohingya.
Myanmar has strongly
denied the charges but says
it stands ready to take action
against wrongdoers if there is
sufficient evidence.
A recent statement on the
website of the nation’s Minis-
try of the Interior said the re-
newed international pressure
was due to a lack of under-
standing of “the complexities
of the issue and the narratives
of the people of Myanmar.”
Beyond detailing graphic
accounts of rape, mutilation
and the killing of children by
soldiers, Gambia’s legal team
underscored what it alleged
was Myanmar’s “ongoing
genocidal intent” and the gov-
ernment’s continued incite-
ment of racial hatred.
Gambia asked for provi-
sional measures to prevent
“extrajudicial killings or
physical abuse; rape or oth-
er forms of sexual violence;
burning of homes or villages;
destruction of lands and live-
stock, deprivation of food”
and other actions “calculated
to bring about the physical
destruction of the Rohingya
group in whole or in part.”
Suu Kyi, who was awarded
the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize
for championing democracy
and rights under Myanmar’s
then-ruling junta, sat atten-
tively in the front row as Gam-
bia’s representatives made
their case. She is leading the
Myanmar delegation to The
Hague in her capacity as for-
eign minister.
tariff deadline
BEIJING — Stock markets
around the world fell sharply Tues-
day as nervous investors watched
a rapidly approaching deadline for
more U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports.
Markets also have their eyes on
American and European interest rate
decisions coming this week and the
outcome of Britain’s general election
on Thursday amid uncertainty over
plans to leave the European Union.
Benchmarks in London and
Frankfurt were down in midday trad-
ing. Tokyo and Hong Kong finished
with losses while Shanghai closed
higher after spending most of the day
in negative territory. Wall Street ap-
peared set to open lower.
Washington is due to impose new
tariff hikes Sunday on $160 billion
of Chinese goods in a fight over Bei-
jing’s technology ambitions and trade
surplus.
Investors expect President Don-
ald Trump to put off or scrap the in-
crease but talks on an interim “Phase
1” agreement announced in October
have failed to agree on details.
SOURCE: The Associated Press

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WEST POINT —
Debbie Hoskins Gib-
son, 59, died Dec. 3,
2019, at North Missis-
sippi Medical Center
in West Point.
Services will be at
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Third Mt. Olive M.B.
Church, with the Rev.
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Area obituaries
in charge of arrange- Price, Robbin Hoskins Carolyn Heatherly Heatherly.
ments. and Dorothy Tate; and She is survived by
VERNON, Ala. —
Mrs. Gibson was 10 grandchildren. Carolyn Eunell Heath- her son, Curtis Heath-
born Aug. 19, 1960, in erly, 83, died Dec. 8, erly of Vernon; daugh-
Tutwiler, to the late Alice Sherrod ter, Pam Froshour
2019, at her residence.
T.J. Hoskins and Mary ALICEVILLE, Ala. of Vernon; brother,
Services are at 2
Anna Jackson. She — Alice Reed Sherrod, Bob Chaney; and four
p.m. today at Chandler
was formerly em- grandchildren.
ployed as a CNA.
78, died Nov. 19, 2019, Funeral Home Chapel,
at DCH Regional Med- with Curtis Heatherly
In addition to her See Obits, 5A
ical Center in Tuscalo- officiating. Burial will
parents, she was pre- osa.
ceded in death by her follow at Lamar Memo-
No services were ry Gardens. Visitation
husband, Raymond
held. Lavender’s Fu- is one hour prior to
Gibson Sr.; and broth-
neral Service of Alicev- services at the funeral
ers, John Hoskins and
ille was in charge of home. Chandler Funer-
James Hoskins.
arrangements. al Home of Vernon is
She is survived by
her son, Raymond in charge of arrange-
Gibson Jr. daughters, Auther Sherrod ments.
Felisia Hodges Coo- PICKENSVILLE, Mrs. Heatherly was
per, Farrah Hodges Ala. — Auther “Jack” born Jan. 19, 1936, in
and Kiya Gibson; Sherrod died Dec. 4, Cullman, to the late
brothers, T.J. Hoskins, 2019, at his residence. Chesley and Leon
Terry Hoskins, Char- No services were Chaney. Bob Gray
Visitation:
lie Hoskins, Jerry held. Lavender’s Fu- In addition to her Tuesday, Dec. 10 • 2-3 PM
Hoskins and Benjamin neral Service of Alicev- parents, she was pre- College St. Location
Services:
Hoskins; sisters, Mary ille was in charge of ceded in death by her Tuesday, Dec. 10 • 3 PM
Cunningham, Evelyn arrangements. husband, James Curtis College St. Chapel
Burial
Friendship Cemetery

Ann Beall
Visitation:
Tuesday, Dec. 10 • 5-6 PM
College St. Location
Memorial Service:
Tuesday, Dec. 10 • 6 PM
College St. Chapel

Bud Morgan
Visitation:
Wednesday, Dec. 11 • 1-2 PM
Wesley United Methodist Church
Services:
Wednesday, Dec. 11 • 2 PM
Wesley United Methodist Church
Burial With
Military Honors
Memorial Gardens of Columbus
College St. Location

Susan Smith
Visitation:
Saturday, Dec. 14 • 12-1 PM
First Baptist Church
Services:
Saturday, Dec. 14 • 1 PM
First Baptist Church
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
2nd Ave. North Location

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Around the state

Some Mississippi inaugural events reserved for sponsors

Inaugural committee’s website shows that it is seeking sponsorships
of $5,000 to $250,000, and that those donors will have access
to private events before or on inauguration day
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi’s
new governor was elected to
serve everyone, but not just any-
one will be allowed into some of
the events celebrating his inau-
guration.
The inaugural committee
for Republican Tate Reeves on
Monday sent out a list of events
that are open to the public. The
committee’s website also shows
that it is seeking sponsorships
of $5,000 to $250,000, and that
those donors will have access to
private events before or on inau-
guration day, which is Jan. 14.
Reeves, who served as lieu-
tenant governor for two terms,
defeated fourth-term Attorney
General Jim Hood and two less-
er known candidates in the gov-
ernor’s race in November. He
will succeed Republican Gov.
Phil Bryant, who is limited by
law to two terms in office.
The committee released a
schedule of public events, and
its website has information
about sponsorship levels and
events that are open only to
those donors.
Free events begin with a
worship service Jan. 12 at the
church Reeves’ family attends,
Galloway United Methodist in
downtown Jackson.
Also free will be the inaugu-
ration ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on
Jan. 14 outside the state Capitol,
a parade at 2 p.m. in downtown
Jackson, and an open house at
the Governor’s Mansion from
2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
The inaugural
ball is scheduled
for 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
on Jan. 14 at the
Mississippi Trade
Mart on the state
fairgrounds in
Jackson. The in-
Reeves
augural commit-
tee spokeswoman, Renea Eze,
said ticket prices for the gener-
al public will become available
later this month.
Three events are open only
to sponsors. One is a Jan. 13
dinner. The others are a “South-
ern breakfast and photo oppor-
tunity with Tate Reeves” and an
“exclusive reception,” both on
Jan. 14.
Each $250,000 “platinum lev-
el” sponsor receives two tickets
to the dinner, eight tickets to
the breakfast, eight “VIP tick-
ets” and 12 “priority tickets”
to the inaugural ceremony, 18
tickets to the reception and 40
tickets to the inaugural ball.
Sponsors giving $25,000 to
$100,000 receive tickets to the
breakfast, the inaugural cer-
emony, the reception and the
inaugural ball, but not to the
dinner.
Those giving $5,000 to
$10,000 receive tickets to the
ceremony, reception and ball
but not to the dinner or break-
fast.
All sponsors receive com-
memorative gifts.

New site for bail hearing of Miss. man tried 6 times

Curtis Flowers, now 49,
is accused of killing four
people on July 16, 1996
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A judge has set a
new site for next week’s bail hearing
for a Mississippi man who has been
tried six times for murder in the
1996 shooting deaths of four people
in a furniture store.
The Administrative Office of
Courts said Monday that Curtis
Flowers’ hearing will take place
Dec. 16 at the Montgomery County
Courthouse in Winona.
Last seek, Circuit Judge Joseph
Loper said the hearing would be
held on that date at the Webster
County Courthouse in Walthall.
Court officials said Loper was set
to take care of other business in
Webster County that day, but his
schedule has changed and he moved
Flowers’ hearing to the county
where Flowers is charged.
Prosecutors accuse Flowers, now
49, of killing four people on July 16,
1996, in the north Mississippi town
of Winona. Those slain in the Tardy
Furniture business were 59-year-old
store owner Bertha Tardy and three
employees — 45-year-old Carmen
Rigby, 42-year-old Robert Golden
and 16-year-old Derrick “Bobo”
Stewart.
Four convictions for Flowers in
the case have been overturned, and
two ended in mistrials.
During the sixth trial in 2010,
Flowers was sentenced to death.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned
that conviction in June, finding that
prosecutors had shown a pattern of
improperly excluding African Amer-
ican jurors in the trials of Flowers,
who is black.
Lawyer Rob McDuff is asking
Loper to free Flowers on bail.
McDuff cites prosecutorial miscon-
duct as he seeks to have the murder
charges dismissed. Evans has not
said whether he intends to try Flow-
ers a seventh time.
McDuff argues that Mississippi
law requires bail after two capital
murder mistrials. Flowers’ fourth
and fifth trials ended in mistrials.
Flowers is jailed in the central
Mississippi town of Louisville.
In mid-November, four black
voters and a branch of the NAACP
filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge
to permanently order Evans and his
assistants to stop using peremptory
challenges to remove African Amer-
ican residents as potential jurors
because of their race.
The lawsuit cites an analysis of
jury strikes by Evans from 1992 to
2017 by American Public Media’s
“In the Dark” podcast. It found
Evans office used peremptory
strikes, which lawyers typically
don’t have to explain, to remove 50%
of eligible black jurors, but only 11%
of eligible white jurors. The analysis
was performed as part of a series
of episodes questioning Flowers’
conviction in his sixth trial.

Alcorn St. downs NAIA-
Rust 108-62 behind
Howard’s 19 PTs
LORMAN — Maurice
Howard led six players
in double figures with 19
points and Alcorn State
needed the second half
to pull away from NA-
IA-member Rust for a
108-62 win on Monday
night.
It was the Braves’ (3-
5) third win of the season
against an NAIA pro-
gram.
Alcorn State raced to
an 18-2 lead before Rust
went on 20-8 run and
closed to within four (26-
22) when Michael Decem-
bre made a pair of foul
shots with 11:58 before
halftime. Quentin Pough
made three free throws
to bring Rust within 37-36
with 5:36 before the break
but it never got closer.
With a 52-43 at the
break, the Braves locked
down Rust and held it to
19 points in the second
half.
Deshaw Andrews and
Corey Tillery each scored
13, Alonzo Campbell and
Troymain Crosby scored
12 apiece and Mark Car-
ter 11 for the Braves.
Miss. city works to
resolve Thanksgiving
cyber attack
PASCAGOULA — Offi-
cials in one Mississippi city
have confirmed the local
government fell victim to
a cyber attack on Thanks-
giving.
Computer systems in
the city of Pascagoula are
almost all up and running
again after they were in-
fected with malware from
a third-party contractor
connected to city data sys-
tems on Nov. 28, Acting
City Manager Frank Cord-
er announced on Monday.
No data was permanently
lost and no ransom was
paid to the hackers, he
emphasized. Corder also
reassured residents no per-
sonal information was com-
promised.
The hackers asked for a
ransom payment and tem-
porarily locked down email
accounts, shut off phone
lines and interrupted ac-
cess to some critical data,
news outlets reported. The
attack also affected the
police department, forcing
officers to do paperwork
by hand for the time being,
police Chief Matt Chapman
said. He added that all po-
lice documents are backed
up and are being restored.
The city didn’t say how
much money the hackers
demanded.
SOURCE: AP

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Our View

We need a new narrative about crime in Columbus

In his first inaugural address, four
years into the Great Depression, Frank-
lin Delano Roosevelt stated, “Let me
assert my firm belief that the only thing
we have to fear is fear itself.”
Today, that part of FDR’s speech is
well remembered, but it’s the follow-
ing line that explains the point FDR
was making in describing the kind of
fear that had paralyzed the nation – “a
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified
terror which paralyzes needed efforts to
convert retreat into advance.”
We are again reminded of FDR’s
words as they apply to Columbus.
For some time now – and not the first
time – there has been a fear of sorts in
our community that is both unjustified
and counterproductive. It’s a belief that
crime in Columbus is out of control and
on the rise. You hear it in conversations,
read it in Letters to the Editor and on
social media.
Perhaps to allay those fears and give
citizens an accurate account of crime in
our city, the Columbus Police Depart-
ment has released figures on serious
crime for the past five years.
What it shows is that if there is a
discernible pattern in felony crimes over
that period, it’s that those crimes have
decreased. From year to year, there may
be fluctuations – some years there will
be more of a certain crime than others,
some years less. Overall, there is no ra-
tional reason to believe that our commu-
nity is less safe now or that it’s trending
in that direction.
We say this not to diminish the
impact on crime in our community or
suggest that citizens should not be con-
cerned about it.
What’s important is how our commu-
nity responds. The CPD has worked on
improving communication with citizens,
which it believes has led to more arrests.
It has stepped up patrols in high-crime
areas. It continues to look for ways to
improve safety. All of this has been done
with a short-handed department. These
are practical responses to crime.
What is not practical and is, in fact,
detrimental is supporting a false narra-
tive that crime in Columbus is getting
worse.
Perpetuating that myth erodes confi-
dence in our city, which hurts us all.
We are not naïve about crime though.
A 2018 crime stats analysis by The Dis-
patch found higher incidences of crime
in Columbus than in Starkville. There
is still work to be done. But facts show
the situation is improving due to efforts
by CPD and generally declining crime
rates nationwide.
Let’s do our part by spreading that
narrative.
What we tell ourselves is often what
we become.
The choice is ours. FDR did not
embrace fear.
Neither should we.

Letter to the editor

Voice of the people
Thinks the Republican Party has changed
Trump on likely impeachment: Do it fast.
He’s not worried about because he knows the
Republicans most likely will vote not to impeach
him.
The Republican Party has changed from the
Family Value Party to being anything but conser-
vative. Some are even calling the party a Russian
asset (Republican Senator Kennedy of LA., shar-
ing Russian propaganda, live on TV). According
to a group of conservative lawyers, Conservatism
is respect for the rule of law. The people who call
themselves conservatives today are demanding
loyalty to Trump. This administration is anything
but conservative.
The Republicans say because he was elected
by the people, he’s doing the will of the people.
Do the people think the abuse of power by
Trump is the will of the people?
According to Pelosi, if he committed these
offenses, he’s eligible for impeachment if 100% of
the people voted for him.
How can Trump MAGA when 47% of the people
think he should be impeached and removed from
office, against 43% who say he shouldn’t.
How can Trump MAGA great again when he
warms to the dictators and tries to destroy the
people who are against him? Namaste
Trump wants to be president forever, like a
dictator. Pelosi says all roads from Trump leads
to Russia and Putin.
And she may be correct.
Research towards killing humans
Putin’s biggest gift from Trump is Syria. As a believer of the human? Why are North Korea spends about $10
NATO has all but lost Turkey, while Trump posed science, I once thought the countries around billion yearly on defenses.
in a picture standing by the president of Turkey I would be successful the world spending Look at the United Kingdom.
and said they are the warmest of friends. This in making renewable billions of dollars with At one time there were no sun-
after he cleared the path for Turkey’s troops fossil fuels from trees an objective to make set in the British Empire. What a
to kill several Kurdish fighters and displace by cutting the process weapons just to kill mighty power! It all disintegrated
700,000 Kurdish civilians, who helped us capture of millions of years human? and soon it may be just England.
thousands of ISIS fighters and led our troops to down to minutes The archaeological Still its defense budget is about
the location and killing of the ISIS leader. The through chemical pictures of different $50 billion.
weakening of NATO by Trump is another big gift reactions. As a result, societies around the Interestingly, there are several
to Russia and Putin, the guy Trump calls a great I thought one day the world suggest that countries that have no active mil-
leader. Noble Prize would be humans were always itary forces. In fact, many devel-
within my reach. No, I Jiben Roy involved in warfare. oped countries in Europe spend
This White House could be classified as a bed
of corruption and liars run like the Mafia, accord- was not successful, but So, no doubt, killing minimum in defenses.
ing to James Comey. I did my PhD based on the project human is in fact innate behavior. On the other hand, 11.3
Rep. Duncan Hunter and Rep. Chris Collins in 1983. I can understand our ancestors percent of the world’s population
were the first two members of Congress to en- Amazingly scientific research- were not civilized. However, now is hungry, with not enough food
dorse Trump for president. es lead to many discoveries every we claim to be civilized. But aren’t to lead a healthy life. If the world
Both of them have been federally indicted and year. Are all those scientific we still doing the same thing of came to a consensus and 11.3
achievements for betterment for killing humans, just on a bigger percent of the defense budget of
admitted criminal guilt. Paul Manafort came
humans I wonder? scale? every country was diverted to food
out of nowhere to be Trump’s campaign manager
Recent reports suggests the One time, colonialism and security, the world would look a
for free, lasted 21 days. Found he was a Russian
U.S. “Ninja Missile” killed jihadist imperialism used to run based lot greener with millions of smil-
foreign agent.
leader with sword-like precision. I on strength of the countries or ing faces around.
His personal attorney for 10 years is serving 7
assume this missile was developed superpowers. There were world Scientists developed chemical
years in a federal prison, and says he is through
to avoid mass killing? wars and there were avoidable weapons of mass destruction
with Trump, will have nothing to do with him
On the other hand, Putin re- battles around the world. This still (WMD) and at the same time, the
anymore.
vealed the making of an unparal- continues. What for? world unitedly banned the use of
And the list goes on and on.
leled invisible hypersonic nuclear Couldn’t we forget religious that type of WMD. Why do we not
If the Republicans vote not to impeach Trump,
missile that can destroy a city in a conflicts amongst us? There is no stop producing weapons meant to
then we should wipe them out at the polls.
minute. guarantee or real proof of landing kill masses of humans and why
If this fails, we will have lost America, the
A tiny poor underdeveloped in heaven or hell after death. do we not stop even researching
Land of the Free.
country named North Korea How can one justify the defense those weapons?
James Hodges
cannot feed her own people but budget for every country in the Jiben Roy, a native of Bangla-
Steens
is working and testing on long world? The U.S. tops the list with desh, teaches chemistry and phar-
distance nuclear ballistic missiles. an almost $650 billion defense maceutical sciences at Mississippi
A letter to the editor is an excellent way to partic- Crazy indeed! budget followed by China ($250 University for Women. His email
ipate in your community. We request the tone of your Is killing each other innate to billion), Russia ($65 billion). Even address is royjiben@yahoo.com.
letters be constructive and respectful and the length
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James Mayhew Sr.
ALICEVILLE, Ala.
— James “Dune” May-
hew Sr., 84, died Dec.
3, 2019, at Aliceville
Manor Nursing Home.
Home Going Cele-
bration services will
be at noon Wednesday
at Good Hope Baptist
Church, with the Rev.
Rodney Shamery offici-
ating. Burial will follow
at Nebo Cemetery. Vis-
itation is from noon-5
p.m. today at Lavender’s
Funeral Service. Laven-
der’s Funeral Service of
Aliceville is in charge of
arrangements.
Hubert Wicks
COLUMBUS — Hu-
bert Strange Wicks, 60,
died December 8, 2019,
at Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Trian-
gle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Virginia Pollard Cox, 82, of
Virgil Brown Columbus, MS, passed away
CRAWFORD — Vir- Friday, December 06, 2019, at
gil Lee Brown, 59, died the University of Birmingham
December 7, 2019, at Hospital, Birmingham, AL.
his residence. Visitation was Monday, De-
Arrangements are cember 9, 2019, from 12:00 PM
incomplete and will be – 2:00 PM at Fairview Baptist
announced by Carter’s Church, Columbus, MS. A fu-
Funeral Services of neral service followed at 2:00
Columbus. PM, with Bro. Sammy Crawford
officiating, and Bro Breck Ladd and Bro. Tommy
L.A. Griffin Gillon assisting. Interment was at Fellowship
COLUMBUS — L.A. Cemetery, Mathiston, MS, with Lowndes Funer-
Griffin, 81, died Decem- al Home directing.
ber 6, 2019, at Baptist Mrs. Cox was born on October 28, 1937, in
Memorial Hospi- Choctaw County, MS, to the late Charley and
Ruth Smith Pollard. She attended Wood Junior
tal-Golden Triangle.
College before she moved to Columbus, MS,
Arrangements are
over 60 years ago. Mrs. Cox was a loving and
incomplete and will be
caring person and cared for many relatives in
announced by Carter’s
her home over the years. She served her commu-
Funeral Services of nity and worked with the ladies’ garden club at
Columbus. Palmer Home. Mrs. Cox loved her grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and Mississippi State
Elma Graves Sports. She was an active member of Fairview
TIBBEE — Elma Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School,
Rae’ Graves, 80, died sang in the choir, and helped prepare meals for
December 8, 2019, in families at church. She was a member of Lynn
Starkville. Oliver/Emily Bates Sunday School Class. Mrs.
Arrangements are Cox retired from Ben E. Chilcutt, New Home
incomplete and will be Building Stores after 29 years as a bookkeeper
announced by Carter’s in 1990.
Funeral Services of In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cox was pre-
Columbus. ceded in death by her daughter, Cathy Cox Hill;
and infant son, Daniel B. Cox; and her brothers,
Charles Pollard, Broadus Pollard and Jimmy Pol-
lard.
Mrs. Cox is survived by her husband of 63
years, John B. Cox, Columbus, MS; son, Tim
(Tricia) Cox, Columbus, MS; son-in-law, Larry
(Monica) Hill, Houston, TX; grandchildren, Mi-
randa (Bill) Spinner, Virginia (Brantley) Abrams
and Jacob (Jossie) Hill; and great-grandchildren,
Vivian Spinner, Clark Spinner, Davis Abrams,
Annie Abrams and Clay Abrams.
Pallbearers will be Smitty Burks, Doug Burks,
Keith McGee, Chuck Pollard, Steve Barth, Mark
Adams and Jeff James.
On December 7, 2019, Susan Betts Brown
departed this life for Heaven to be with her
Savior, Jesus Christ, for eternity, and be reunited
with her parents, Bob and Edith Betts.
Susan was born in Columbus, MS, on January
13, 1942, and lived there until moving to Jackson
with her husband in 1964, after graduating with
honors from MSCW. Her passion was teaching
3rd grade to her many students who she cared for
so much, beginning at the Mississippi School for
the Blind and many years at Jackson Academy.
Susan can be best remembered by two words.
The first word is Love. She loved the Lord, Jesus.
Susan started each day by sitting in her bed,
called her “office”, for 2 hours reading her bible,
studying her daily devotional and talking to God.
She loved her husband, Cleve; her children,
Meg and Keith, and his wife, Beverley; and her
grandchildren, Jake, Will, Jayne Riley, Hudson,
and Mary Chambers (Mac), Anna Gale, Susie;
and her great-grandchildren, Ayv and Jude;
her sister in Columbus, Mary Anne; and three
nieces, Susanne, Edith and Lorraine, who were
like her own children; and her longtime friend,
Becky Bell; and cousin, Eleanor. Susan loved and
enjoyed many things. Her love for the outdoors
began while working in Yellow Stone National
Park, where she met her husband, Cleve, of 55
years. Susan’s love for the outdoors continued on
many canoe and camping trips with her family
and close friends. She was always very active,
enjoyed her tennis league at River Hills, two
bridge clubs, her cooking group, supper club,
various bible studies at her church, Covenant
Presbyterian. She loved traveling and her favorite
pastime was sitting on the beach at Perdido Key,
watching her children play in the surf. Nothing
was more important to her than the Lord, her
extended family and close friends.
The second word is Sweet. This can be best
shown in a recent comment by her son, Keith,
“She was the sweetest person in the world to
everyone.” How true.
Visitation will be held in the downstairs Church
parlor beginning at 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Tuesday,
December 10, 2019, and at 11 AM to 12 Noon
on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, followed by
a service at 12:15 PM. Interment will follow at
Parkway Memorial Cemetery in Ridgeland.

Richard Sackett
Honorary pallbearers will be Lynn Oliver/Em-
ily Bates Sunday School Class.
Memorials may be made to Fairview Baptist
CMSGT Richard C. Sack- Church, 127 Airline Road, Columbus, MS 39702
ett (Ret), 84, passed away on or the charity of the donor’s choice.
Thursday, December 05, 2019,
at Baptist Memorial Hospi- Compliments of
tal-Golden Triangle in Colum- Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
bus.
In lieu of flowers, memorials contributions
may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church,
4000 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211.
The Brown family would like to thank Dr.
Lyssa Weatherly and her staff at UMMC for the
wonderful and compassionate care provided for
Susan these last few months.
Honorary Pallbearers are John Hawkins, Jim
Martin, Buddy McIntyre, Mike McNames, John
Regan, Crawley Stubblefield and Ron Veazey.

M.D. “Bud” Morgan

A Memorial Service with full
Military Honors will be held Paid Obituary - Sebrell Funeral Home
on Wednesday, December 11,

2019, at 11:00 AM from Lown-
des Funeral Home Chapel.
There will be a visitation for one hour prior to
the service.
Mr. Sackett was born in Bullard, Texas, on Oc-
tober 01, 1935, to J. Maxie Sackett and Mildred
Thedford Sackett. CMSGT Sackett started his
military career in the United States Navy, serv-
ing from 1951 to 1954. He then joined the United
States Air Force in 1954 and served 29 years as a
tactical air control systems operator. He served in
Okinawa, Vietnam, Japan and stateside in Maine,
Florida, Kansas and Texas. He served in Viet-
nam for 800 days, during the Vietnam Conflict.
He received numerous awards, including The
Bronze Star with one cluster, Meritous Service
Medal with two clusters, Air Force Commenda-
tion Medal with three clusters, Presidential Unit
Citation with two clusters, Vietnam Service Med-
al with seven battle stars, Air Force Outstanding
Unit with six clusters and Valor Device, as well
as twenty-three other awards. He was awarded
the Freedom Foundation Award in 1971 and 1973
for literary writings on Freedom has a Price and
What is an American. CMSGT Sackett’s last two
assignments before his military retirement were
in Air Training command. He was the training
superintendent for Basic Military School from
1976 to 1979 and the first Enlisted Commandant
for the Air Training Command NCO Academy
from 1978-1981.
He was a beloved patriot who served his coun-
try with courage, honor and unparalleled digni-
ty. He graduated from Newman University with
a degree in Business Law and Accounting. He
was a member of the Bullard Methodist Church.
CMSGT Sackett was a member of Valley Hi Ma-
sonic Lodge and a member of Valley of San An-
tonio and was a 32 Degree Mason. He was a Paul
Harris Fellow in the San Antonio Rotary. He was
a life member of the Veteran’s of Foreign War,
American Legion, Air Force Sergeant Associ-
ation and The Air Force Association. After his
military retirement, he worked in the business
sector for twenty-three years.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53
years, Mary L. Sackett; his parents; and his sis-
ter.
He leaves behind his three children, Michael
Sackett of Durant, OK, Kelly (Mike) Gibbons of
Steens, MS, and Kevin (Anne) Sackett of Ger-
mantown, TN; grandchildren, Siobhan Gibbons,
Amanda Gibbons, Benjamin Gibbons, Keith
Sackett, Landon Sackett, Connor Sackett and
Ryan Sackett; brother, Dwayne (Kelly) Sackett
of Lapoynor, TX; sister, Margaret Lane of Texas;
and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was a man who believed in education and
hard work, and his descendants are carrying on
the same belief. His bond was strong and sure,
and he will be greatly missed.
Memorial donations in CMSGT Sackett’s hon-
or may be made to the Vietnam Veterans Memo-
rial Fund, 1235 South Clark Street, Suite 910, Ar-
lington, VA 22202.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Jamie Scrivener
On Friday, December 6, 2019,
M.D. (Bud) Morgan of Colum-
bus, MS, loving husband and
father of five children, passed
Jamie Michelle Scrivener, 30, passed
away at age 79. Bud was known
away Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at
for his love for his family, his in-
North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo,
fectious smile, and his kind and
Mississippi, after a brief illness.
compassionate spirit.
Funeral services were at 12:00 PM Monday,
Bud was born on June 8,
December 9, 2019, at Chester Baptist Church,
1940, in Lincolnton, NC, to
with Rev. Rob Faulk officiating. Visitation was the
Dillard and Edna (Ledford) Morgan and grad-
day of the service from 10:00 AM until service
uated from Union High School in Vale, NC. He
time at Chester Baptist Church in Choctaw
entered in the United States Air Force in 1959,
County. Interment immediately followed the
serving for 22 years and was a Vietnam Veteran.
service in Chester Cemetery.
He was married to Doris Harper Curry for 33
Jamie was born October 28, 1989, to Jim and
loving years. Together, they raised two children,
Michelle Scrivener in Columbus, Mississippi.
Michael and Michelle, in addition to three older
She was a member of Chester Baptist Church.
children, Terry Youngblood, Donna Jean Curry
Jamie was a graduate of Starkville Academy, East
and Don Curry.
Mississippi Community College in Scooba, and
After retiring from the Air Force, he worked at
Mississippi University for Women, where she
Weyerhaeuser’s Columbus Pulp and Paper Com-
earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications.
plex, retiring in 2004. He was very involved in
Jamie’s love for sports was well-known by
local veterans organizations and was a Life Mem-
everyone she met. From the time she was
ber of The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4772,
six months old, she was taken to every home
The American Legion Post 69, and The Vietnam
Mississippi State baseball game, a tradition that
Veterans of American Chapter 997. He was also
continued through June, when the Bulldogs
an active member of Wesley United Methodist
hosted the Super Regional in Starkville. She
Church in Columbus.
attended several College World Series games to
Bud was preceded in death by his father, Dil-
support her Bulldogs. In addition, she worked as
lard; his mother, Edna; his wife, Doris; his son,
the manager for the Scooba softball team while
Don Curry; as well as his two sisters and broth-
she attended school there and developed a love
er, Frankie Sue Williams, Shirley McSwain and
of professional football that took her to games
Steve Morgan.
in Dallas, Denver and New Orleans, to see her
He is survived by his four children, Ter-
beloved Peyton Manning and the Broncos play.
ry (Tammy) Youngblood, Donna Jean (Ken)
Her dream job of working in sports was
Jones, Michael (Kathleen) Morgan and Michelle
fulfilled when she became the Sports Information
(Aaron) Butler; seven grandchildren; and four
Director at Mississippi Delta Community College.
great-grandchildren. For the past two years, Bud
She loved her time at Delta and became involved
was given wonderful care by Jackie Ali.
with all the aspects of the college community, as
Visiting hours will be at 1:00 PM on Wednes-
well as the community of Indianola and the entire
day, December 11, 2019, at the Wesley United
area.
Methodist Church, with funeral service follow-
Jamie is survived by her mother, Michelle
ing at 2:00 PM. Interment will be at Memorial
Jenkins Scrivener of Maben, Mississippi; and
Gardens Cemetery with full military honors. Me-
two brothers, Clint Scrivener and wife, Dana, of
morial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory,
Louisville, and Don Scrivener and wife, Mary,
College Street location, has been entrusted with
Martha of Lufkin, Texas. The real loves of her life
the arrangements.
were her nieces and nephews whom she adored
Honorary pallbearers are John Prater, Phillip
being around: Elizabeth Jane Scrivener, Presley
Doty, Jerry Gilliam, Becky Watson, Danny Prat-
Jane Scrivener, and Rylee Jane Scrivener of
er, Tim Fields, Marty Rector, Sammie Hinton
Louisville, and Rani Emeline Scrivener, Andrew
and Billy Shaw.
Hubert Scrivener, Jonas Campbell Scrivener,
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to an
and James Walter Scrivener II of Lufkin, Texas.
organization of individuals choice in the memory
Jamie also leaves behind hundreds of friends,
of M.D. (Bud) Morgan.
acquaintances and close family members.
She was preceded in death by her father,
James Walter “Jim” Scrivener.
Serving as honorary pallbearers were
members of the 2008-2010 East Mississippi
Community College Softball Team.
Sign the online guest book at Services were under the direction of Nowell
www.memorialgunterpeel.com Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus
903 College Street • Columbus, MS Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi.
Memories and condolences may be shared
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Health
Health tip
n Use plenty of herbs and spices: Many
incredibly healthy herbs and spices exist. For
example, ginger and turmeric both have potent
anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, leading
to various health benefits.
Source: healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

It’s so SAD
When Smokey Robinson sang,
“Now they’re some sad things
known to man/But ain’t too much
sadder than/The tears of a clown
when there’s no one around.”
Pretty sad stuff. The same can
be said of SAD — seasonal affec-
tive disorder. It’s a specific type of
depression that’s (almost always)
linked to sun-stunted winter days.
But because it’s seasonal, a lot of
you just accept the SADness and
muddle through until April. That’s
a lot of unnecessary misery: Ten
million Americans have full-blown
SAD (about 10 percent of folks in
New Hampshire and 1.4 percent
in Florida). It affects women four
times more often than men.
Why SAD? Less sunlight means
your brain produces less of the
feel-good hormone serotonin and
more of the sleep hormone mel-
atonin. The result? Grumpiness,
lethargy, overeating comfort foods,
disinterest in engaging in your life.
The answer: more light.
Light therapy treatment has
proven effective in reducing appe-
tite and food cravings, as well as el-
evating mood and improving sleep
patterns — and it’s as effective as
antidepressant meds.
The bright idea: Work with
your doctor to get good-quality
light therapy, using a light box that
provides 10,000 Lux exposure and
filters out most or all UV light.
Every morning, position yourself
in front of the box (don’t stare) or
put it off to the side. Sit 16 to 24
Drs. Oz and Roizen
inches away. Open a book and read
for 30 minutes. In addition, make
an effort to exercise regularly and
socialize. The combo should boost
your mood!
Protect yourself from dangerous
medication interactions
Actress Brittany Murphy died
from a drug overdose in 2009. But
what many people don’t realize is
that it was an accident caused by
combining legal prescription drugs
and over-the-counter medications
to help her get through pneumonia:
She took acetaminophen and hy-
drocodone in prescription Vicodin;
chlorpheniramine, an OTC antihis-
tamine; and L-methamphetamine,
which is in some OTC deconges-
tant inhalers. She also had antibiot-
ics in her system.
Many people don’t know that
common OTC drugs can become
deadly when combined with pre-
scription medications, and it isn’t
just prescription painkillers that
pose a threat.
A study published in the Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society
illustrates the lack of awareness.
The researchers found that many
folks who are prescribed apixaban
(Eliquis) for atrial fibrillation are
unaware that taking some OTC
meds along with that drug can be
risky. In fact, their survey showed
33 percent of folks who use the
medication also took OTC prod-
ucts daily, such as nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs. And 66
percent didn’t know there was an
increased risk of serious bleeding
from combining NSAIDs with
apixaban.
So here’s how to talk to your
docs about medication interactions.
n At every doctor appointment,
especially if you see more than one
doctor, review your prescription
and OTC medications, supple-
ments and herbs you’re taking.
Make sure each doc knows what
others are giving you!
n Each time you’re prescribed
a new medication, ask your doctor
about contraindications with what
you’re taking or might occasion-
ally take! That includes laxatives,
vitamins, OTC pain and allergy
meds, etc.
n Read package inserts and
labels on everything!
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
www.sharecare.com.

In Business
Japanese regulators
recommend $22 million
fine on Nissan
TOKYO — Japanese
securities regulators are
recommending that au-
tomaker Nissan be fined
2.4 billion yen ($22 mil-
lion) for under-report-
ing compensation for its
former chairman, Carlos
Ghosn.
The watchdog, the Se-
curities and Exchange
Surveillance Commis-
sion, said Tuesday it
made the recommenda-
tion to the government’s
Financial Services Agen-
cy over disclosure docu-
ments from 2014 through
2017.
Nissan Motor Co. said
it accepted the penalty
and had corrected its
securities documents in
May, although its final
decision will come after
it receives official notice.
“The company takes
this recommendation ex-
tremely seriously,” it said
in a statement.
Nissan was charged
earlier with under-re-
porting Ghosn’s compen-
sation.
Companies are re-
quired to report the mon-
ey they pay executives in
annual statements to the
securities exchange. The
allegations involve mon-
ey Ghosn could have re-
ceived in the future after
retirement.
Ghosn was arrested
in November 2018 and is
out on bail. He has been
charged with under-re-
porting his compensa-
tion and other financial
misconduct. He says he
is innocent and has said
the future compensation
was never agreed upon or
paid.
SOURCE: AP

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heritage museum operat-
ed by a local nonprofit —
tearing off a large portion
of the roof and rendering
the building inoperable.
CMSD expects its insur-
ance, along with disaster
relief funds from the fed-
eral and state emergency
management agencies, to
cover restoration costs.
The new design will in-
corporate room for the cul-
tural heritage museum.
Hunt, which served as
the city’s school for black
students in the final years
of segregation, is also
deemed a state landmark
by the Mississippi De-
partment of Archives and
History. That means res-
toration efforts must meet
certain historic preserva-
tion standards.
Taylor Guild III, presi-
dent for Eley Guild Hardy,
said the firm has plenty
of experience with de-
signing schools, restor-
ing historic buildings and
working with emergency
management agencies.
The Hunt design won’t
even be the first time the
firm has dealt with all
three of those elements in
the same project.
The firm worked with
12 school districts on the
Gulf Coast after Hurri-
cane Katrina in 2005. It
also designed restorations
for Harned and Montgom-
ery halls at Mississippi
State University and is
designing work for the Ly-
ceum at the University of
Mississippi.
Guild said the firm is
about 30 percent finished
re-designing an old Afri-
can-American high school
on 33rd Avenue in Gulf-
port, a situation he said
was very similar to Hunt’s.
The Gulfport campus,
he said, was being used
as a Job Corps workforce
center when Katrina dam-
aged it. Initially, Job Corps
planned to tear it down
and build a new campus,
Guild said, but communi-
ty members rallied to re-
store it — especially since
the city’s segregation era
white campus had been
preserved.
Eley Guild Hardy took
on design within the past
year, Guild said.
In Columbus, MDAH
did landmark Lee High
School on Military Road,
the segregation era white
campus, first to accommo-
date an ongoing redevelop-
ment project there. Hunt,
on 20th Street North,
wasn’t landmarked until
nearly a year later, with
MDAH approval coming
after the storm battered
the building.
Guild said the chal-
lenge for any historical
redesign is bringing the
building up to current
code — particularly with
things like Americans
with Disabilities Act ac-
cessibility and elevator
installation — while re-
maining compliant with
MDAH.
“We are very close to
Archives and History,” he
said. “… We have a good
working relationship, but
when they don’t agree with
something, it’s tough.”
Also, the firm will work
diligently to keep the gap
between total project
costs and what insurance/
disaster relief funds will
pay as narrow as possible,
Guild said.
“The community is
going to be ecstatic about
what’s there when the
project is finished,” he
said.
In other business, the
board recognized Sher-
ita O’Neal, a fifth grade
science teacher at Cook
Elementary, as CMSD’s
teacher of the year;
and Kimberly Gardner,
Stokes-Beard Elementary
principal, as administrator
of the year.

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Jones said she is un-
aware of a time in recent
years when the district
has not needed an orien-
tation and mobility spe-
cialist.
Pegues will be paid
$100 per hour, according
to her contract. Her pre-
decessor moved away in
November and was avail-
able to provide services
twice a week, but Pegues
will only be available once
a week, Jones said.
Pegues is also the spe-
cial services director for
the Coffeeville School
District. She could not
be reached for comment
Monday or Tuesday.
In other business, the
board unanimously ap-
proved the replacement
of the bridge that cross-
es Hollis Creek on the
Starkville High School
campus. The bridge is
currently almost narrow
enough to be a single
lane, and the project will
expand it to two lanes and
include a 10-foot wide pe-
destrian path on one side,
city engineer Edward
Kemp said.
It will also be able to
hold an 80,000-pound
load, said Kevin Stafford
with the Neel-Schaffer
firm.
“We were very sensi-
tive to making sure it’s not
only functional but also
very aesthetically pleas-
ing, so I think what we’ve
arrived at today achieves
all of that,” Kemp said.
The bridge was one
of three that the city ap-
plied for emergency re-
pair funding from the
Mississippi Department
of Transportation a year
ago, and the city received
$514,998 for the repair in
January.
Kemp and Stafford
will update the Starkville
board of aldermen on
the project at the board’s
work session on Friday,
and the board will consid-
er approving the project
at its Dec. 17 meeting.
If approved, the project
would begin after the end
of the school year and be
complete by early August,
Kemp said.
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Kiffin believes Ole Miss can produce consistent success

Christopher Hanewinckel/USA TODAY Sports

Former Florida Atlantic Owls head coach Lane Kiffin during the second half against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Sept. 29 at Floyd Stadium. Kiffin was introduced
as the new Ole Miss coach on Monday.

The Associated Press
OXFORD, Miss. —
Lane Kiffin is back in the
Southeastern Conference
vowing to lead Mississip-
pi the kind of consistent
success it has lacked for
much of its history.
“We didn’t come here
to be good,” the new Ole
Miss coach said Monday.
“That’s not why we’re
here today. We came here
to be great.”
Kiffin agreed to a four-
year deal worth $16.2
million, including $3.9
million in 2020. He takes
over for Matt Luke, an Ole
Miss alum who was fired
after going 15-21 in three
seasons.
New Ole Miss athletic
director Keith Carter said
at the start of this coach-
ing search that he want-
ed to find someone who
could command a room
and galvanize a fan base
that had grown tired of
losing.
Carter believes he
found that person in Kif-
fin, a former Tennessee
and Southern California
coach who just led Florida
Atlantic to its second Con-
ference USA title in the
last three years. Kiffin
went 26-13 at Florida At-
lantic and owns an overall
record of 61-34 in eight
seasons.
The excitement of Ole
Miss’ fan base about Kif-
fin was evident from the
reception he received,
with a crowd gathering
to watch his plane land
in Oxford well before his
introductory news confer-
ence.
“A lot better than an-
other tarmac experience
that I had,” Kiffin quipped
in reference to the time he
got fired as Southern Cal-
ifornia’s coach near the
team plane after a 2013
loss to Arizona State.
Kiffin takes over an
Ole Miss program that
hasn’t had a winning
season since going 10-3
in 2015 and winning the
Sugar Bowl. The Rebels
went 4-8 this season.
But the Rebels have
shown they can win, as
Kiffin is quick to point
out.
Kiffin noted that Ala-
bama lost just two regu-
lar-season games when
he was the Crimson
Tide’s offensive coordi-
nator from 2014-16. Both
those losses came against
Ole Miss.
“You can win there be-
cause I saw it,” Kiffin said.
“No one else was beating
us. I always kind of said
that’s a premier job that at
times has performed like
that and at times hasn’t.
That’s partly why we’re
here today. It’s our job to
bring it back to where it’s
been before and sustain”
that success.
Those Ole Miss teams
that beat Alabama were
coached by Hugh Freeze,
who resigned in the sum-
mer of 2017 after uni-
versity officials found
a “pattern of personal
misconduct” that started
with the school’s investi-
gation into a call to an es-
cort service.
That’s not the only
off-field issue to recently
hamper Ole Miss’ prog-
ress.
Ole Miss vacated 33
wins over a six-year peri-
od — including the 2014
victory over Alabama —
after the NCAA found
that Rebels committed
recruiting violations.
Some of the violations
were committed by Kif-
fin’s brother, former Ole
Miss defensive line coach
Chris Kiffin.
Lane Kiffin noted that
Ole Miss’ program often
has gone through up-and-
down periods, following
a few winning seasons
by taking a dip. Kiffin
believes he can change
that.
“When we nail this
thing recruiting-wise
from top to bottom in
our classes and not just
See ole miss, 4B

What fans can expect from Mississippi State’s
Music City Bowl matchup with Louisville
By Ben Portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — its second postseason
Mississippi State is tak-
ing its show on the road
this bowl season.
Sunday it was an-
nounced MSU (6 -6, 3-5
SEC) will head to Nash-
ville, Tennessee Dec. 30
for the Music City Bowl
against Louisville (7-
5, 5-3 ACC). And while
the game remains three
weeks away, it’s worth
taking an early look at
what the Cardinals will
offer when they square
off against the Bulldogs
at Nissan Stadium.
With that, here are a
Analysis
few storylines to watch
over the next 21 days
as MSU gears up for
meeting with Louisville
since facing Heisman
winner Lamar Jackson
in the 2017 TaxSlayer
Bowl.
Same program,
plenty of changes
It’s been a whirlwind
two years in Kentucky’s
most populous city
since MSU and Lou-
isville last met. After
longtime coach Bobby
Petrino — who was in
his second stint at the
head of the Cardinals
Caledonia seniors Justin
Black, Tony Brooks sign
to play baseball at EMCC
— was fired following a gram moving forward
2-8 start to the 2018 sea- in the ever-unpredict- By Theo Derosa High after coaching in
son, Scott Satterfield able ACC. tderosa@cdispatch.com Tuscaloosa, Alabama, it
has done wonders in his After beginning the was a tough adjustment
first year in charge. season 2-2 with losses to CALEDONIA — The at first.
The former head then-No. 9 Notre Dame Caledonia High School But as the fall wore
coach at Appalachian and Florida State, Lou- baseball team played on, he started to notice
State, Satterfield isville finished its year a game the very day two players emerging as
capped his final cam- 5-3 including wins over Travis Garner officially leaders: juniors Justin
paign in Boone, North then-No. 19 Wake For- became the team’s new Black and Tony Brooks,
Carolina with a 10-2 est and No. 24 Virginia. head coach. friends since preschool
season — one of three So while the Cardi- Garner didn’t even who had shared a base-
times his squad hit the nals are not quite at the have a chance to meet ball field for nearly 10
10-win plateau during peak of the Petrino and the Confederates before years.
his six years leading Charlie Strong eras in their summer league “You could figure
the Mountaineers. which they won seven game last June 1. The out pretty quickly those
And while his squad or more games every team’s three seniors were two guys that you
won’t reach double-dig- year from 2010-2017, made the lineup, and could count on,” Garner
it wins this year, the Satterfield has Louis- Garner coached using a said.
Cardinals have looked ville on the rebound play card. As his tenure wore
like a refreshed and from a disastrous 2018. So for Garner, who on, Garner watched
potentially potent pro- See msu, 4B came in from Starkville See caledonia, 4B
2B Tuesday, December 10, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

BRIEFLY Anti-doping agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia

College Football The Associated Press World Cup, WADA said database to WADA was gest sports scandal the the witness protection
the Russian team will a key requirement given world has ever seen. program in the United
Hill named to AP All-SEC first team LAUSANNE, Swit- play under its name in to Russia 15 months ago I would expect now a States was the subject
STARKVILLE -- Monday morning, Mississippi zerland — Russia was
State junior running back Kylin Hill and senior defensive
the qualifying program to help bring closure to full admission from the of an Oscar-winning
end Chauncey Rivers were named to the Associated
slapped Monday with in Europe. If it quali- a scandal that has taint- Russians and for them documentary.
Press’ All-SEC first and second teams, respectively. a four-year ban from fies to play in Qatar, ed the Olympics over to apologize on all the “As usual, Russia
Hill, a Columbus native, finished the regular season international sports the team name must the last decade. pain all the athletes and has disregarded all of
as the SEC’s leading rusher after accumulating 1,347 events, including next be changed to some- WADA investigators sports fans have experi- its promises and obli-
yards and 10 touchdowns in 12 games of action. He summer’s Tokyo Olym- thing neutral that likely and the IOC agreed enced.” gations to clean sport,”
also finished second in the conference in rush yards per pics, over a longstand-
game with an average of 112.25 yards per contest.
would not include the that evidence showed Although the IOC Rodchenkov said Mon-
ing doping scandal, al- word “Russia.” Russian authorities cor- has called for the stron-
At present, Hill sits just 44 yards shy of Anthony day in a statement from
Dixon’s single-season MSU rushing record of 1,391 though its athletes will At the past two track rupted data from the gest possible sanctions, his lawyers.
yards -- a number the former Columbus High School still be able to compete and field world cham- Moscow lab that was it wants those sanctions
Sports fans world-
standout should reach in the Bulldogs’ meeting with if they can show they pionships, Russians long sealed by securi- directed at Russian
Louisville Dec. 30 in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, are clean competitors. wide will still be watch-
competed as “Autho- ty forces. Hundreds of state authorities rather
Tennessee.
The ruling by the ing top-tier events from
“Every time I talk to him we talk about this rized Neutral Athlete.” potential doping cases than athletes or Olym-
World Anti-Doping Russia in the next four
maturation period he’s going through right now,” MSU A softer line was tak- were deleted and evi- pic officials.
Agency’s executive en ahead of the 2018 dence falsely planted That position was years despite the host-
running backs coach Terry Richardson said of Hill
during preseason camp. “He just had his 21st birthday, committee means that Pyeongchang Winter to shift the blame onto opposed by most of WA- ing ban.
(leadership) is something we talk about. We practice it Russia’s flag, name and Games, when the Inter- whistleblowers. DA’s athlete commis- In soccer, St. Peters-
and preach it because not only are we teaching these anthem will not appear national Olympic Com- “Flagrant manipula- sion. It wanted the kind burg will still host four
guys football, we’re teaching them to be better men games at the 2020 Eu-
-- and I think he’s buying into that and you’re seeing the
at the Tokyo Games, mittee suspended the tion” of the data was “an of blanket ban Russia
results of that.” and the country also Russian Olympic body insult to the sporting avoided for the 2016 Rio ropean Championship
Rivers, a former East Mississippi Community could be stripped of yet allowed athletes and movement worldwide,” de Janeiro Olympics and the 2021 Champi-
College standout, was also honored Monday. After hosting world cham- teams to compete as the IOC said last month. and the 2018 Pyeong- ons League final, be-
beginning his collegiate career at Georgia, he finished pionships in Olympic “Olympic Athlete from Athletes whose data chang Winter Games cause European soccer
the regular season at MSU with 40 tackles -- 7.5 for a
sports. Russia.” was manipulated in the when a state-run dop- body UEFA is not bound
loss -- and five sacks.
“He can run like a deer he’s so dag gum athletic,” The sanctions are Going forward, “they 2012-15 testing period ing program was ex- by the ruling. Nor is the
EMCC coach Buddy Stephens said of Rivers earlier this the harshest punish- cannot use the name of now face disciplinary posed by media and Formula 1 racing se-
year. “From the first time you saw him do a pass-rush ment yet for Russian the country in the name cases by their sport’s WADA investigations ries, which goes to So-
drill you knew he had a lot of agility and he had a lot of state authorities who of the team,” WADA governing body. after Russia hosted the chi’s Olympic Park for a
quick twitch in his muscles.” were accused of tam- president-elect Witold “Yes, we do know 2014 Olympics in Sochi. race each year.
Source: Ben Portnoy
pering with a Moscow Bańka told The Associ- who those athletes are. The decision to ap- “The contract is
Prep Sports laboratory database. ated Press. They will be kept out peal has been stripped valid through 2025,”
Oak Hill basketball sweeps CCA Russia’s anti-doping Legal fallout from of the (Tokyo) Games,” from RUSADA chief Russian Grand Prix
The Oak Hill basketball teams picked up a pair of agency can appeal the the WADA ruling at said British lawyer Jon- executive Yuri Ganus, spokeswoman Tatyana
wins against Columbus Christian Academy Monday decision to the Court CAS seems sure to athan Taylor, chairman an independent figure Rivnaya told the AP in a
evening in West Point, with the girls winning 45-32 and of Arbitration for Sport dominate preparations of the WADA panel criticizing Russian au- telephone interview.
the boys picking up a 55-48 victory.
On the girls side, senior Kylie Emerson had 13
within 21 days — an for the Tokyo Olympics, whose proposed sanc- thorities’ conduct on World champion-
points for CCA, while junior Audrey Foreman had seven action it has signaled it which open July 24. tions were unanimously the doping data issue. ships in lower-profile
and Taylor Tipton had six points. Oak Hill stats were would take. Russian Prime Min- approved Monday. Authority was passed Olympic sports — in-
not reported. “Russia was afforded ister Dmitry Medvedev However, the doping to the agency’s super-
Meanwhile, Lawson Studdard had 18 points for cluding luge in two
every opportunity to urged sports organi- watchdog’s outgoing visory board after an
the CCA boys, while Jonathan Peal had 10 and Dakota months and wrestling
get its house in order ... zations to appeal and vice president was left intervention led by the
Shaw had seven points. Oak Hill’s Cooper Hill had 15 in 2022 — could stay in
points and Manning Huffman recorded 12 points. but it chose instead to said WADA’s ruling was frustrated by an unwill- Russian Olympic Com-
continue in its stance of Russia due to legal diffi-
CCA is back in action at home on Friday, Dec. 20 “a continuation of this ingness to fully expel mittee.
against Starkville Christian at home. deception and denial,” anti-Russian hysteria Russia from the Tokyo The ROC on Satur- culties moving them.
WADA president Craig which has already be- Olympics and 2022 Bei- day labeled the expect- “There will be prac-
New Hope, West Lowndes split pair of contests tical issues,” Taylor ac-
The West Lowndes girls basketball team took Reedie said. come chronic.” jing Winter Games. ed sanctions as “illogi-
care of business against New Hope Monday, earning Russian athletes The latest round “I’m not happy with cal and inappropriate.” knowledged, “and we
a 59-49 win in New Hope. Marvaysha Seals led West can compete in major of sanctions were im- the decision we made Russia has stuck to can’t ignore those.”
Lowndes (5-0) with 20 points, while Averi Sanders had events only if they are posed because tamper- today. But this is as far its claim that decep- However, Taylor said
10. India Mays contributed 14 for New Hope. a block on Russia bid-
On the boys side, New Hope cruised to a 68-48
not implicated in pos- ing with the Moscow as we could go,” said tive edits in the data
victory. RL Mattix had a team-high 20 points for the Tro- itive doping tests or if data was a new violation Linda Helleland, a Nor- were in fact made by ding for or being award-
jans, while also grabbing seven rebounds. DJ Hughes their data was not ma- of anti-doping rules wegian lawmaker who WADA’s star witness, ed sports events in the
was the next leading scorer with nine. nipulated, according to committed as recently has long pushed for a Grigory Rodchenkov. next four years would
New Hope (7-0) is back in action on Dec. 17 at the WADA ruling. as January. tougher line against The former Moscow have a longer effect be-
Noxubee County, while West Lowndes faces Noxubee
For soccer’s 2022 Handing over a clean Russia. “This is the big- lab director’s flight into yond the ban.
County on the road Saturday.
Other prep sports scores
- Starkville Christian girls 30, Hebron Christian 20
- Starkville Christian boys 50, Hebron Christian 40
- Caledonia girls soccer 5, Itawamba 2
- Itawamba boys soccer 2, Caledonia 1
- Columbus girls soccer 7, Louisville 0 Fields, Hurts, Young join Burrow as Heisman Trophy finalists
College Basketball
EMCC sweeps Mississippi Delta The Associated Press 60-year gap between presentation ceremony at 77.9%. hind Texas A&M quar-
East Mississippi basketball continues to roll. The Li- Heisman winners in 1982, and the first of- Hurts played for terback Johnny Manziel
ons men’s and women’s basketball teams earned a pair NEW YORK — Okla-
of road victories Monday night, taking down Mississippi
would be the longest for fensive player from the three seasons at Al- in 2012. He leads the
Delta. The men won 63-57, while the women picked up
homa quarterback Jalen any school with multi- Tigers. The last finalist abama, reaching the nation with 16.5 sacks,
a 85-55 victory. Hurts and Ohio State ple recipients. from LSU was defensive playoff each year before despite missing two
On the men’s side, Donte Powers had 17 points teammates quarter- The other finalists back Tyrann Mathieu, joining the Sooners and games for an NCAA vi-
and six steals, while Jakorie Smith chipped in 17 points back Justin Fields and were not so obvious who finished fifth in the leading them to the fi-
and six rebounds. Arecko Gipson added 12 points and olation.
defensive end Chase even after all the games voting in 2011. nal four. He has passed
six rebounds for EMCC (8-3). Missing out were the
Young will join LSU had been played. Ohio Quarterbacks have for 3,634 yards and 32
Ja’Mia Hollings had her fifth double-double of the
quarterback Joe Bur- nation’s top running
season for the EMCC (8-2) women with a season-high State had three play- dominated the Heisman touchdowns and run
row as Heisman Trophy ers worthy of consider- over the last two de- for 1,255 yards and 18 backs.
23 points and 10 rebounds. Tye Metcalf chipped in 18
points and eight assists. finalists. ation in Fields, Young cades, winning 16 of the touchdowns. Wisconsin’s Jona-
Source: From Special Reports The top vote-getters and running back J.K. last 19 trophies, dating Fields played his than Taylor has been
for college football’s Dobbins. Fields and back to 2000. The last freshman season last one of the most prolific
most famous player of Young are the first two winning quarter- year at Georgia, but runners in college foot-
CALENDAR the year award were teammates to be final- backs, Murray and transferred to Ohio ball history, surpassing
announced Monday, ists since Oklahoma Mayfield, were both State and was granted 1,900 yards rushing in
Today and three of them were had quarterback Baker transfers, and this year immediate eligibility by each of his three sea-
Prep Girls Soccer
Caledonia at Itawamba Agricultural, 5 quarterbacks who Mayfield and receiver will likely make it three the NCAA to play this sons. This year he is
p.m. transferred to their cur- Dede Westbrook at the straight transfer QBs to season. The sophomore second in the nation
Yazoo County at Mississippi School for rent schools. Heisman ceremony in win the Heisman. has the Buckeyes (13- with 1.909 yards rush-
Math and Science, 5:30 p.m. Burrow is the clear 2016. Burrow left Ohio 0) unbeaten and seed-
Philadelphia at New Hope, 5:30 p.m. ing and leads with 26
Prep Boys Soccer front-runner to win the Hurts is the third State and joined LSU ed second entering the touchdowns.
Starkville Academy at Magnolia Heisman on Saturday Oklahoma quarterback in 2018 as a graduate playoff. He has thrown Oklahoma State’s
Heights, 4 p.m. night in New York after in the last four seasons transfer. He had a break- 40 touchdown passes
Caledonia at Itawamba Agricultural, 7 Chuba Hubbard is the
a record-breaking sea- to be a Heisman finalist, out season this year in and just one intercep-
p.m. son, leading the Tigers nation’s leading rusher
Yazoo County at Mississippi School for including the last two the Tigers’ new spread tion and has run for 10
(13-0) to the top seed winners in Kyler Mur- offense. Burrow has more touchdowns. with 1,936 yards and
Math and Science, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Hope, 7 p.m. in the College Football ray and Mayfield. already set an South- Young is the first 21 touchdowns. Ohio
Prep Girls Basketball Playoff. He would be Burrow is just the eastern Conference re- exclusively defensive State’s J.K. Dobbins
Noxubee County at Columbus, 6 p.m. LSU’s second Heisman second Heisman final- cord with 48 touchdown player to be a Heisman is third in the nation
Winston Academy at Heritage Academy,
6 p.m. winner and first since ist for LSU since candi- passes and is on pace to finalist since Notre in rushing with 1,829
West Point at Houston, 6 p.m. running back Billy dates began being invit- set an NCAA record for Dame linebacker Manti yards and has scored 22
Starkville Academy at Lamar School, Cannon in 1959. The ed to New York for the completion percentage Te’o finished second be- touchdowns.
6 p.m.
French Camp Academy at Hebron Chris-
tian, 6 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball
Noxubee County at Columbus, 7:30
p.m.

Pro Football
x-clinched playoff spot NYG_FG Rosas 34, 5:30. Josue Perez hitting coach and Jonathan Gelnar GREEN BAY PACKERS — Activated T Jared Veld-

on the air NFL Glance

y-clinched division

Today
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) New England 10 3 0 .769 338 168
6 p.m. — Detroit Mercy at Notre Dame, Buffalo 9 4 0 .692 274 212
N.Y. Jets 5 8 0 .385 226 301
ACCN Miami 3 10 0 .231 221 399
6 p.m. — Jimmy V Classic: Texas Tech South
W L T Pct PF PA
vs. Louisville, New York, ESPN Houston 8 5 0 .615 317 309
6 p.m. — Maryland at Penn State, Tennessee 8 5 0 .615 318 255
Indianapolis 6 7 0 .462 296 295
ESPN2 Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 230 337
6 p.m. — St. Joseph’s at Temple, North
W L T Pct PF PA
ESPNU x-Baltimore 11 2 0 .846 430 236
6 p.m. — Brown at St. John’s, FS1 Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 259 242
Cleveland 6 7 0 .462 273 291
8 p.m. — Jimmy V Classic: Connecticut Cincinnati 1 12 0 .077 198 325
vs. Indiana, New York, ESPN West
W L T Pct PF PA
8 p.m. — Butler at Baylor, ESPN2 y-Kansas City 9 4 0 .692 371 281
8 p.m. — Nevada (Reno) at Brigham Oakland 6 7 0 .462 258 366
Denver 5 8 0 .385 236 261
Young, ESPNU L.A. Chargers 5 8 0 .385 289 251
8 p.m. — Northern Iowa at Colorado, NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
PAC-12N W L T Pct PF PA
NBA BASKETBALL Dallas 6 7 0 .462 334 267
Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 297 301
7 p.m. — Denver at Philadelphia, TNT Washington 3 10 0 .231 188 310
NHL HOCKEY N.Y. Giants 2 11 0 .154 247 362
South
6:30 p.m. — St. Louis at Buffalo, W L T Pct PF PA
NBCSN y-New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 344 296
RODEO Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 378 381
Carolina 5 8 0 .385 300 360
9 p.m. — PRCA: National Finals, Las Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 300 343
North
Vegas, CBSSN W L T Pct PF PA
SOCCER (MEN’S) Green Bay 10 3 0 .769 309 270
Minnesota 9 4 0 .692 339 249
11:55 a.m. — UEFA Champions Chicago 7 6 0 .538 243 232
League: Liverpool at Salzburg, Group Detroit 3 9 1 .269 287 335
West
E, TNT W L T Pct PF PA
2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: San Francisco 11 2 0 .846 397 229
Seattle 10 3 0 .769 341 321
Barcelona at Inter Milan, Group F, TNT L.A. Rams 8 5 0 .615 311 262
Arizona 3 9 1 .269 272 374
Thursday’s Games
Chicago 31, Dallas 24
Sunday’s Games
Green Bay 20, Washington 15
Minnesota 20, Detroit 7
Atlanta 40, Carolina 20
San Francisco 48, New Orleans 46
Cleveland 27, Cincinnati 19
Tampa Bay 38, Indianapolis 35
Denver 38, Houston 24
N.Y. Jets 22, Miami 21
Baltimore 24, Buffalo 17
L.A. Chargers 45, Jacksonville 10
Tennessee 42, Oakland 21
Kansas City 23, New England 16
Pittsburgh 23, Arizona 17
L.A. Rams 28, Seattle 12
Monday’s Games
Philadelphia 23, N.Y. Giants 17
Thursday, Dec. 12
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 7:20 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15
Denver at Kansas City, Noon
Tampa Bay at Detroit, Noon
Houston at Tennessee, Noon
Miami at N.Y. Giants, Noon
Seattle at Carolina, Noon
Chicago at Green Bay, Noon
New England at Cincinnati, Noon
Philadelphia at Washington, Noon
Cleveland at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 16
Indianapolis at New Orleans, 7:15 p.m.
Eagles 23, Giants 17 (OT)
N.Y. Giants 0 17 0 0 0 — 17
Philadelphia 0 3 7 7 6 — 23
Second Quarter
NYG_Slayton 35 pass from Manning (Rosas kick),
14:52.
Phi_FG Elliott 34, 9:33.
NYG_Slayton 55 pass from Manning (Rosas
kick), :27.
Third Quarter
Phi_B.Scott 2 run (Elliott kick), 1:28.
Fourth Quarter
Phi_Ertz 2 pass from Wentz (Elliott kick), 1:53.
First Overtime
Phi_Ertz 2 pass from Wentz, 5:10.
A_69,796.
NYG Phi
First downs 11
Total Net Yards 255
27
418
Rushes-yards 20-73 32-118
Passing 182
Punt Returns 2-11
300
3-23
Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-28
Interceptions Ret. 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 15-30-0
0-0
33-50-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 3-25
Punts 9-46.1 8-48.4
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 7-54 4-30
Time of Possession 21:59 42:51
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_N.Y. Giants, Barkley 17-66, Shepard
1-8, Manning 2-(minus 1). Philadelphia, Scott 10-
59, Sanders 15-45, Wentz 5-9, Ajayi 2-5.
PASSING_N.Y. Giants, Manning 15-30-0-203.
Philadelphia, Wentz 33-50-0-325.
RECEIVING_N.Y. Giants, Slayton 5-154, Shepard
4-28, Barkley 3-1, K.Smith 2-9, Tate 1-11. Phila-
delphia, Ertz 9-91, Scott 6-69, Perkins 5-37, Ward
4-34, Sanders 4-24, Goedert 3-41, Arcega-White-
side 2-29.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Philadelphia, Elliott 47.
Transactions Monday’s moves
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Claimed RHP Marcos
Diplán off waivers from Detroit.
BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with Ra-
quel Ferreira, Eddie Romero, and Zack Scott to
multi-year contracts with the club, all three will
hold the title of executive vice president/assistant
general manager.
TEXAS RANGERS — Named Greg Hibbard
pitching coach, Chase Lambin hitting coach and
Tyler Graham coach of Nashville (PCL); Bobby
Wilson manager, Jeff Andrews pitching coach,
coach of Frisco (TL); Josh Johnson manager,
Jared Goedert hitting coach and Jon Nazarko
strength coach of Down East (Carolina); Carlos
Cardoza manager, Jason Hart hitting coach, Jay
Sullenger coach, Tyler Voas trainer and Andy Earp
strength coach of Hickory (SAL); Sean Cashman
manager, Bryan Conger pitching coach, Sharnol
Adriana hitting coach, Pat Brady coach and Yuichi
Takizawa trainer of Spokane (NWL); Matt Hagen
minor league field coordinator; Jono Arnold minor
league pitching coordinator; Cody Atkinson minor
league hitting coordinator; Geno Petralli minor
league roving coach; and Turtle Thomas minor
league roving catching coordinator.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Promoted assistant
trainer Jose Ministral to head trainer.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Named Andy Green bench
coach, Chris Young bullpen coach, Craig Driver
first base/catching coach, Mike Napoli quality
assurance coach and Kyle Evans senior director
of major league data and development and Will
Venable third base coach.
CINCINNATI REDS — Assigned RHP R.J. Alaniz
outright to Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Designated RHP Joe
Harvey for assignment. Claimed RHP Tyler Kinley
off waivers from Miami.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with
LHP Alex Claudio on a one-year contract. Claimed
INF Ronny Rodríguez off waivers from Detroit.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms
with RHP Zack Wheeler on a five-year contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms
with RHP Stephen Strasburg to a seven-year
contract.
Frontier League
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed RHP Zak Spivy
to a contract extension.
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Reign
Letkeman and INF Brent Sakurai to contract ex-
tensions. Signed OF Nick Anderson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS — Placed LB Roquan Smith
on IR. Signed LB Devante Bond. Released LB
Dewayne Hendrix from the practice squad. Signed
DB Xavier Crawford to the practice squad.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived PK Brett Maher.
Signed PK Kai Forbath.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed LB Anthony Pittman
to the practice squad. Released TE Cole Herdman
from the practice squad.
heer from the exempt/commissioner permission
list. Released G/T Adam Pankey.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed K Adam Vinat-
ieri and WRr Parris Campbell on the IR.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Mercy
Maston to a contract extension.
National Hockey League
HOCKEY
NHL — Fined N.Y. Rangers F Brendan Lemieux
$2,000.00 for elbowing.
ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Michael Cha-
put to Tucson (AHL). Recalled D Robbie Russo
from Tucson.
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled Fs Jordan Kyrou
and Austin Poganski from San Antonio (AHL).
American Hockey League
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Recalled F Tyler
Spezia from Toledo (ECHL). Signed D Brandon
Anselmini to a professional tryout.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
ATLANTA UNITED — Acquired M Emerson Hynd-
man by permanent transfer from Bournemouth
(Premier League-England) agreed to terms with
him on a multi-year contract.
D.C. UNITED — Acquired G Bill Hamid by per-
manent transfer from Midtjylland (Superliga-Den-
mark) and signed him to a three-year contract.
MONTREAL IMPACT — Re-signed F Anthony
Jackson-Hamel to a one-year contract.
ORLANDO CITY — Acquired M Andrés Perea on
a one-year loan from Atlético Nacional (Primera
A-Colombia). Signed M David Loera to a multiyear
contract.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed F Khiry
Shelton to a three-year contract.
United Soccer League
LEAGUE TWO — Announced East Atlanta FC will
join the league for the 2020 season.
COLLEGE
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE — Promoted
Charlie Hussey to deputy commissioner.
CARSON-NEWMAN — Announced retirement of
football coach Mike Turner.
OLD DOMINION — Named Ricky Rahne football
coach.
PURDUE — Announced co-defensive coordinator
and linebackers coach Nick Holt will not return for
the 2020 season.
TEXAS_SAN ANTONIO — Named Jeff Traylor
football coach.
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Major League Baseball

Strasburg, Nationals reach record $245M, 7-year deal

The Associated Press a pitcher had been Da-
vid Price’s $217 million,
SAN DIEGO — Ste- seven-year deal with
phen Strasburg re- Boston that began in
turned to the Washing- 2016. The highest aver-
ton Nationals with a age value had been Zack
record contract on the Greinke’s $34.4 million
first day of as part of a $206.5 mil-
the winter lion, six-year agreement
meet ings, with Arizona prior to
a deal that the 2016 season.
puts fellow “For me, it was an ear-
free agent ly Christmas present,”
pitcher Washington manager
G e r r i t Dave Martinez said.
Cole in po- Strasburg “Just watching his whole
sition for career, to think that he’s
an even
going to end it here with
larger payday.
the team he started with
Washington and is awesome for him and
the World Series MVP his family.”
agreed to a $245 mil- Strasburg gets $35
lion, seven-year contact, million annually, with
a deal of surprising size $80 million deferred —
and length for a 31-year- an even $11,428,571 a
old right-hander with an year — at 1% interest.
injury filled resume. The deferred money is
Strasburg received payable from 2028 -30,
the highest deal for a with an interest pay-
pitcher in both total dol- ment of about $4 million
lars and average annu- due on Dec. 31, 2029.
al value at $35 million. Cole, like Strasburg
The largest contract for represented by agent
Scott Boras, is expect-
ed to shatter Stras-
burg’s salary standards
sometime soon. Cole is
two years younger, and
while he made five trips
to the disabled list from
2014-16, he has not been
sidelined since.
Other big names
could be in play this
week as teams talk
trades and agents pitch
free agents. But recent
meetings have been
more talk than action.
“Right now it seems
like the dominoes are
falling more quickly
than they have in the
past,” said new Los An-
geles Angels manag-
er Joe Maddon, whose
team is thought to be
competing with the New
York Yankees for Cole.
“We somehow have to
grab some of these dom-
inoes right now and fig-
ure it out.”
In the other big con-
tract announced Mon-
day, Philadelphia fi-
nalized a $118 million,
five-year agreement
with Zack Wheeler that
was reached last week
subject to a successful
physical.
Strasburg was draft-
ed first overall by Wash-
ington in 2009 and has
spent his entire career
with the Nationals. He’ll
stay in a rotation that
also features All-Stars
Max Scherzer and Pat-
rick Corbin.
“He’s a wonderful per-
son, a wonderful player
and a true champion,”
Nationals general man-
ager Mike Rizzo said at
a news conference. “We
know this person, we
know his character, we
know his work ethic.”
A fter helping win the
first World Series title in
the 51-season history of
the Montreal/Washing-
ton franchise, Strasburg
gave up $100 million he
had been guaranteed
from 2020 -23 as part of a
$175 million, seven-year
contract he agreed to in in a $426.5 million, 12-
May 2016 and became a year contract with the
free agent. Los Angeles Angels that
He was 18 -6 with a started last season.
3.32 ER A this season, Washington has in-
topping 30 starts for vested heavily in start-
the second time in his ing pitching. Scherzer,
career and leading the also a Boras client,
NL with 209 innings. agreed to a $210 million,
He went 5 -0 with a 1.98 seven-year contract be-
ER A in five postseason fore the 2015 season.
starts and one relief Corbin reached a $140
appearance, including million, six-year deal
wins in Games 2 and 6 of last offseason.
the World Series against
Rizzo confirmed a
Houston.
pending $6.25 million,
In a career inter-
one-year deal to keep
rupted by Tommy John
second baseman Howie
surgery shortly after
his spectacular major Kendrick, one of Wash-
league debut in 2010, ington’s postseason
Strasburg is 112-58 with stars. All-Star third
a 3.17 ER A and 1,695 baseman Anthony Ren-
strikeouts in parts of don, another key com-
10 seasons. He’s made ponent of the Nationals’
10 trips to the disabled title, also is a free agent
list over seven of those represented by Boras.
years. “Ownership has al-
Strasburg’s average ways given us the re-
annual value is second sources to field a great
among all players be- team,” Rizzo said. “I
hind outfielder Mike don’t expect that to
Trout’s $35.5 million change.”

Golf

Schauffele making a name for himself with his golf

The Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Aus-
tralia — Steve Stricker
cared only about secur-
ing a spot in the first
U.S. Open
in his home
state of
Wiscon-
sin. Still,
there was
somet h i ng
about the
PGA Tour Schauffele
rookie in
his group
during a 36 -hole qualifi-
er that intrigued him.
It wasn’t just the
name: Xander Schauffe-
le.
It certainly wasn’t the
resume. Schauffele had
missed the cut in half of
the 18 PGA Tour events
he had played and was
No. 345 in the world
ranking. And it wasn’t
the pedigree. He played
at San Diego State, hard-
ly a college golf power.
Stricker didn’t know
any of that in early June
of 2017, except that he
liked what he saw.
“I just remember he
had a ton of game and
he was a good kid, fun
to be around,” Stricker
said. “It’s kind of cool to
see how his career has
taken off.”
That day was the
turning point for
Schauffele that took him
from relative obscurity
to four-time PGA Tour
winner to top 10 in the
world and his debut for
the Americans in the
Presidents Cup at Royal
Melbourne.
Schauffele earned the
final spot from that U.S.
Open qualifier in a 5-for-
2 playoff, opened with a
66 at Erin Hills and tied
for fifth in his first ma-
jor. Three weeks later,
he won his first PGA
Tour event. Since then,
he won the Tour Cham-
pionship, a World Golf
Championship and the
Tournament of Champi-
ons, each time coming
from behind on the fi-
nal day. At Kapalua, he
shot 62 to rally from five
back.
Results came quick-
ly. Recognition is still
catching up.
That should change
at the Presidents Cup,
the first time Schauffele
is on the same team with
players he has admired,
and players he has beat-
en. When the group
texts began, there were
numbers that popped
up on his phone he
didn’t recognize. Pop-
ular among his peers,
Schauffele doesn’t get
wrapped up in the social
life on tour, nor does the
26 -year-old from San Di-
ego spend time worry-
ing whether he gets his
due.
“At no point do I feel
like I’ve done that much,
which is a weird thing.
But it’s great that I think
that way,” Schauffele
said. “It’s all relative
what you compare your-
self to. If you want to be
a good golfer, a great
golfer, I think I’ve done
a lot so far. If you want to
compete with the best,
I’ve got a lot more to do.”
He is part of the high
school class of 2011, but
it took winning more
than once for anyone to
mention him alongside
others in his age group
like Justin Thomas, Jor-
dan Spieth, Patrick Rod-
gers, Ollie Schnieder-
jans and Daniel Berger.
Thomas, the NCA A
player of the year as a
freshman at Alabama,
conceded that he didn’t
know much about
Schauffele when he got
on tour. He shared this
at East Lake, where
Schauffele beat him by
one at the Tour Champi-
onship.
Spieth didn’t know
much about Schauffele
in college. He only rec-
ognized the name be-
cause it was unique.
Now he raves about
him.
“I still think he’s one
of the underrated play-
ers in the world, even
with what he’s done,”
Spieth said. “Overall,
tee-to-green, every-
thing is solid. He has
great hands, great touch
and a really good putter
— a good pressure put-
ter, too. He has all the
tools to win anywhere,
which is what you want.”
Schauffele has all the
traits of a global star.
His father is German
and French, an aspiring
decathlete who was in-
vited to Olympic train-
ing with the German
team and was hit by a
drunk driver on his way
there, losing an eye. He
turned to golf as one of
the few sports his inju-
ries allowed him to play,
became an assistant pro
in Hawaii and is the only Majors are the best mea-
coach his son has had. sure, and Schauffele at
His mother was born in least has put himself in
Taiwan and raised in Ja- the mix.
pan. He was in the hunt
Schauffele didn’t play at Carnoustie last year
the national junior cir- until a bogey on the 71st
cuit, which costs a small hole ended his hopes.
fortune, though he had He made five birdies in
a strong junior associ- seven holes to tie for the
ation in Southern Cali- lead at the Masters this
fornia to find competi- year until closing with
tion. He played one year four pars to finish one
at Long Beach State behind Tiger Woods.
when the coach left, and Woods now is his
Schauffele finished his captain and teammate
last three years at San at Royal Melbourne.
Diego State. There also is a reunion
That explains why he with Stricker, a vice
didn’t have a big name captain. Schauffele still
when he turned out, has strong memories of
only one that was hard watching the 50 -year-
to pronounce (SHAU- old Stricker raise his
fa-lay). Even he messed game through sheer de-
it up during a Callaway termination.
promo making fun of He also remembers
how it gets said. words Stricker took
He doesn’t need the time to share that day.
attention, nor does he “It helped with him
want it. But it quietly telling me, ‘Do what you
motivates him. do. Stop stressing out.
“I know my good You’re better than most
golf can beat anyone,” I’ve seen,’” Schauffele
Schauffele said. “It feels said. “That was pretty
good to know that.” warming to hear from a
Making Presidents guy like Steve Stricker.”
Cup or Ryder Cup teams Schauffele took it
is a big step. What mat- from there, still feeling
ters more is making as though he has a long
them year after year. way to go.

College football

Analysis: 4 enough for now to keep CFP expansion talk quiet

The Associated Press
College football al-
ways needs an argu-
ment when it comes to
the postseason. This
year, it was wheth-
er L SU or Ohio State
should be the top seed
in the four-team playoff.
Four was enough this
season to accommodate
the teams worthy of a
crack at the national
championship. Maybe
more than enough.
Unlike last season,
when Ohio State was
left out with a legitimate
case to be in the Col-
lege Football Playoff.
That sparked a month
of posturing and chat-
ter — mostly from Big
Ten country — about
expansion beyond four
teams. The university
presidents who oversee
the CFP ended up say-
ing, essentially: “We’re
good with what we got
— for now.’’
Playoff expansion is
an evergreen topic in
sports, always guaran-
teed to stir up debate.
In years such as this,
when things fall gently
into place, with No. 1
L SU (13-0) facing No.
4 Oklahoma (12-1) and
No. 2 Ohio State (13-0)
playing No. 3 Clemson
(13-0), the calls for a
bigger field tend to be
muted. But they don’t
go away.
Expansion still
seems inevitable, even
though it has become
apparent over the first
six seasons of the play-
off that it is just not
needed to crown a de-
serving champion.
‘’I think it’s definite-
ly something we should
consider, not that it
would be easy to play
three more games,”
Ohio State coach Ryan
Day said. “But I defi-
nitely think that we
should consider taking
the conference champs
in the Power Five pro-
grams. I just think that’s
a cleaner way to do it. I
know there’s certain is-
sues we would have to
work through, not that
now is the time to focus
on those type of ques-
tions and thoughts.”
The time is getting
closer.
This season marks
the halfway point of the
12-year contract the
College Football Play-
off struck with ESPN.
There are separate
agreements with each
of the six bowls in the
CFP rotation and three
of those games have
agreements with con-
ferences that are sep-
arate from the playoff
altogether.
If the FBS commis-
sioners who run the
playoff — with the Pow-
er Five leaders having
by far the most say —
all decided they want-
ed to expand the field,
it would take at least a
year for them to figure
how to do it. And it would
have to be jammed into
the current structure,
from the bowls to the
already set dates of the
semifinals and champi-
onship games through
the 2025 season.
Indications are the
brainstorming for ex-
pansion has already
begun, somewhat infor-
mally and with no great
urgency.
“There’s a lot that’s
right about the four-
team playoff. I think
one of the things we
found, though, is that
it’s harder to be on
the outside looking in
than it was when it was
just two teams,” Big
12 Commissioner Bob
Bowlsby said. ‘We’re
halfway through it and
it’s a good time to take a
look at it. But I wouldn’t
jump to any conclusions
on it. I just think we’ll
take a look at what’s
right about it. Take a
look at the ways it might
be improved and see
where it gets to.”
Even the guy who
should be leading the
charge toward expan-
sion, Pac-12 Commis-
sioner Larry Scott,
whose league has been
left out four times in six
seasons, doesn’t appear
to be in any hurry.
‘’We’re coming off
two years where we
did not make the play-
off,” Scott said Friday
night before Oregon
beat Utah in the Pac-12
championship game to
ensure it would be three
straight. ”Absolutely
helped shape a percep- sire among some fans
tion that the conference for expansion, but the
was down. I think we’ve outcry is not nearly as
all seen this is a year loud as it was with the
where the conference BCS.
has been stronger top Expanding the field
to bottom, including will be mostly about
elite teams in the hunt growing the sport,
for the playoff at the
which is a polite way
business end of the sea-
of saying making more
son. Yeah, these are im-
portant milestones.’’ money. It’s not just
A funny thing has television revenue that
happened since the would increase with
start of the playoff: Dou- more playoff games. A
ble the number of teams bigger field would make
enter the postseason more teams contenders
with an chance to win to simply get in. Just as
the national champion- expanded playoffs in
ship compared with the professional sports are
Bowl Championship Se- designed to keep more
ries days, but the num- fans engaged through-
ber of teams truly capa- out the season, so too
ble of winning it all has would an eight-team
not changed. field in college football.
In five years, there Automatic bids for at
have been three cham- least Power Five cham-
pions: Alabama and
pions would take a lot of
Clemson twice and
the subjectivity out of
Ohio State once. Add
in Oklahoma and those the process.
four teams have taken But for now, it’s four
17 of the 24 playoff bids — and this year that
over six seasons. was enough to keep
Four is enough to those clamoring for ex-
determine the best pansion quiet.
team in college football. At least until next
There is certainly a de- year.
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Ohio St jumps to No. 3 behind Louisville, Kansas in Top 25

The Associated Press
Louisville and Kansas
finally provided some
consistency to what has
been a volatile Top 25 poll
this season while peren-
nial bluebloods Michigan
State and North Carolina
continued to tumble after
another wave of defeats.
The Cardinals solidi-
fied their place at No. 1
in the AP Top 25 released
Monday after routing
then-No. 4 Michigan in
the ACC-Big Ten Chal-
lenge and breezing past
while Michigan slid one
spot to round out the top
five after Juwan Howard’s
bunch ran into the Lou-
isville buzzsaw for their
first loss of the season.
“There are always ar-
eas that you can improve
on as a coach,” Howard
said. “I’ll go back and look
at film and evaluate and
see areas we can counter-
act.”
The Wolverines’ in-
state rivals have plenty of
evaluation to do, too.
Michigan State was
the preseason No. 1 after
“This is the most frus-
trated I’ve ever been,”
North Carolina coach
Roy Williams said. “I
don’t think we’re playing
basketball the way that I
want us to play and that
is probably the most frus-
trating. Pushing the pace,
sharing the ball, compet-
ing like crazy — I’ve been
very fortunate over the
years, find the right but-
tons to push to get guys
to do that and I haven’t
found the right buttons to
push to get these guys to
do it that way.”
58 to run its record to 7-1.
The Bears have emerged
as perhaps the biggest
challenger to Kansas in
the Big 12.
Sixth-ranked Gonza-
ga, No. 7 Duke and No.
10 Oregon each climbed
three spots. Dayton con-
tinued its move up the
rankings after its run to
the Maui Invitational ti-
tle game, moving up five
spots to No. 14. Butler
rose six spots to No. 18 af-
ter the Bulldogs beat Ole
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We got layups, and that’s
a killer.”
Ohio State jumped
from sixth to third follow-
ing its 74-49 rout of then-
No. 7 North Carolina and
a blowout of Penn State.
Maryland dropped one
spot to fourth despite con-
tinuing to pile up wins,
ly as startling as that of
North Carolina, which
tumbled 10 spots to No. 17
after losses to Ohio State
and Virginia. The biggest
culprit for the Tar Heels
remains their offense,
which failed to score at
least 50 points in back-to-
back games for the first
time since the 1947-48
season.
years but that’s the way
that we’re playing right
now so we have to get that
changed.”
Rising
The biggest climb this
week belonged to Baylor,
which jumped seven spots
to No. 11 after edging
then-No. 12 Arizona 63-
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increases from Monday to Sunday.
Moving in
Xavier moved into the
poll at No. 22 after wins
over Green Bay and Cin-
cinnati, and San Diego
State made its debut at
No. 25 after edging San
Jose State to improve to
10-0 on the season.

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Continued from Page 1B
some stars at the top so
our ranking’s big, and we
develop the bottom of the
roster, then we can avoid
those types of swings,”
Kiffin said.
Kiffin has earned a
reputation as one of col-
lege football’s most out-
spoken personalities.
During his lone sea-
son at Tennessee, Kiffin
was unafraid of tweak-
ing the Vols’ SEC rivals.
While working at Flori-
da Atlantic, Kiffin never
shied away from showing
his sense of humor on
Twitter.
“Coach Kiffin is a
lightning rod,” Carter
said. “As you’ve seen, his
presence alone can gen-
erate confidence, energy
and a swagger that in-
spires student-athletes to
reach their full potential
while galvanizing Rebel
Nation. But I also (have)
learned who coach Kif-
fin is as a person. He has
spent his life under the
microscope and he talk-
ed about how much he
has grown in that jour-
ney.’’
Yet he also has been
polarizing.
Kiffin coached Ten-
nessee to a 7-6 record in
2009 but drew the ire of
Volunteers fans when he
left after only one year for
his dream job with USC.
After getting fired at
USC, Kiffin worked on
Nick Saban’s staff at Al-
abama. But after Kiffin
took the Florida Atlantic
job, Saban replaced him
as offensive coordinator
before the College Foot-
ball Playoff champion-
ship game rather than
having him stay through
the postseason.
Kiffin said all of his
experiences have helped
him grow as a coach. He
noted that his years work-
ing with Saban helped
teach him how to manage
a program.
“I used to coach think-
ing that my job was to win
games and get players to
the NFL — and that was
it,” Kiffin said. “Now I un-
derstand, OK, (it’s about)
developing players off
the field, developing rela-
tionships with them and
chemistry with them so
we’re helping ... beyond
just football. We’re ex-
cited to get that started
here.”

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Continued from Page 1B
Black, who he said plays
“everywhere,” including
outfield, third base and
pitcher, and Brooks, who
plays third and pitches,
stand out among the Feds’
eight-player senior class.
On Monday, Garner
got to watch both Black
and Brooks take the next
step. The two seniors
signed together to play
baseball at East Missis-
sippi Community College.
“Anytime you have
a kid that graduates
and goes and plays col-
lege baseball, it’s a big
day,” Garner said. “Very,
very proud of those
two. They’ve earned it.
They’ve worked hard
for it. Proud of them and
proud of the program.”
Black and Brooks are
the third and fourth ’Feds
to sign to play college
baseball under Garner,
following Beau Bates
(EMCC) and Cade Stacy
(Meridian Community
College) last season.
Bates and Stacy were
the team’s No. 1 and No.
2 starters, leaving behind
their positions for Black
and Brooks to likely take
over. Brooks served as
the team’s closer, Garner
said, but he may not be
able to stay at the posi-
tion.
“In a perfect world, we
keep him there, but I don’t
know if we’re going to be
able to do that this year
or not,” Garner said. “He
may have to start for us.”
If Brooks does start,
he’d likely join the team-
mate and friend he’s
played with “forever” —
T-ball, at nearby Pickett
Park, in travel ball and
now in high school — in
the starting rotation.
“We’re looking for
him to make a pretty big
splash on the mound,” Brooks said. “It just feels
Garner said of Black. a lot better.”
“He’s somebody that can ACROSS
Both players want to 1 Aladdin’s find
run the ball up there pret- continue their baseball
ty good.” 5 Singer Mc-
careers after EMCC, and Lachlan
No matter how the ro-
tation shakes out, Brooks they know the exposure 10 Concerning
and Black will still share the school can give them. 12 Fill with joy
the field, and that won’t “They really sold me,” 13 Old copying
change anytime soon. Black said of the Lions. aid
Black committed to “They showed they care 15 Snaky shape
EMCC first and waited a lot about player develop- 16 Got together
for Brooks to join him. ment and having a good 17 Woolen cap
Two or three weeks ago, system of getting players 18 Playground
Brooks made his deci- sight
to the next level.”
sion. 20 Finish last
“I was probably just as And while both he and
21 Bed boards
happy about him being Brooks long pictured tak-
22 God of war
able to go with me, and ing their careers to the
23 Heavy drinker
that more solidified me collegiate level, signing 25 Paul Bunyan’s
wanting to go there as
DOWN 20 Slow tempo
together to team up once ox 1 Oxford fea- 24 Mesmerized
well, that he was gonna again means even more.
be able to go,” Black said.
28 Black cattle tures 25 Voter’s page
“It’s monumental not breed 2 Lowers 26 Individually
The two plan to room
only to be able to live out 31 Gorillas and 3 Tasty bit 27 Improved
together in Scooba, not
ready to walk different the dream of playing col- gibbons 4 Place for a pint 29 Perfect place
paths just yet. lege baseball but playing 32 Nucleus part 5 Fall mo. 30 Most tender
“We’ve always been with my best friend, too,” 34 Set fire to 6 In the manner 33 Compass
around each other,” Black said. 35 Soup sphere of point
36 Spanish gold 7 “Jurassic Park” 35 Signing

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
Quarterback has been a
revolving door
It’s never easy to re-
place the guy (just ask Joe
Moorhead about what it’s
like taking over after Dan
Mullen).
In Jawon Pass’ case,
that meant following Lou-
isville’s first ever Heisman
trophy winner and NFL
MVP frontrunner Lamar
Jackson at quarterback
for the Cardinals. Enter-
ing last season, Pass was
billed as an heir apparent
to the current Baltimore
Ravens signal-caller
with his ability to make
plays on the ground and
through the air. But it
hasn’t been simple.
After throwing for
1,960 yards and eight
touchdowns in nine
starts last season, he was
primed for a big year in
Satterfield’s new offensive
system. But when Pass
underwent season-ending
surgery in October, the
first-year head coach’s
quarterback situation be-
came muddied.
As has been the case
with Tommy Stevens
and Garrett Shrader in
Starkville, Satterfield
played a balancing act
between freshman Evan
Conley and redshirt soph-
omore Micale Cunning-
ham to solid results.
Conley — who was rat-
ed a three-star prospect
out of Marietta, Georgia
— has seen limited action
but offered a strong show-
ing against Wake Forest
when Cunningham went
down injured.
That said, Cunning-
ham has offered a com-
parable dynamism as to
what was expected from
Pass in 11 games this
season — completing 95
of 155 passes for 1,782
yards and 20 touchdowns
to just five interceptions
while adding another 401
yards and six scores on
the ground.
The offense has been
good, the defense —
not so much
For all the good Satter-
field has done with the re-
volving quarterback room
door and an offense that
sat dead last in the ACC in
2018, Louisville’s defense
has been a downright di-
saster.
Ranked No. 107 na-
tionally in total defense
and 12th in the ACC, the
Cardinal’s have had is-
sues stopping virtually ev-
eryone they’ve faced this
season.
Through 12 games,
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while MSU has been any-
thing but an offensive jug-
gernaut — scoring 30 or
more points just twice in
SEC play this year — the
Cardinals are a unit more
than susceptible to giving
up offense in droves.
Further, though Lou-
isville has been decent
against the pass (No. 8 in
the ACC), it’s been abys-
mal in stopping the run.
With the SEC’s leading
rusher in junior running
back Kylin Hill headlin-
ing an MSU offense that
has struggled to do much
of anything through the
air, Moorhead’s bunch
should have little trouble
racking up yards on the
ground come Dec. 30 in
Nashville.

Eagles rally past Manning, Giants 23-17 in OT
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA —
Eli Manning isn’t done
yet. Neither are the Phil-
adelphia Eagles.
Carson Wentz ral-
lied the Eagles from a
14-point deficit, tossing
a 2-yard touchdown pass
to Zach Ertz in overtime
to lead Philadelphia to a
23-17 win over the New
York Giants on Monday
night.
The Eagles (6 -7)
snapped a three-game
losing streak and moved
into a tie with Dallas
(6 -7) for first place in
the NFC East. Philadel-
phia wins the division
if it wins its final three
games. The Eagles meet
the Cowboys in Week 16.
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
Manning, the two-
time Super Bowl MVP,
threw a pair of TD pass-
es to Darius Slayton
in his first game since
Week 2. Filling in for
injuried rookie Daniel
Jones, Manning was 15
of 30 for 203 yards. But
he couldn’t prevent New
York (2-11) from losing
its ninth straight game,
tying a franchise record
set in 1976, when the
team opened 0-9.
Wentz threw for 325
yards and a pair of TDs,
including a 5-yard toss to
Ertz to tie it at 17-17 with
1:53 left.
Already missing three
starters on offense, the
Eagles lost wide receiver
Alshon Jeffery and right
FAMILY CIRCUS
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tackle Lane Johnson in and Wentz drove the Ea-
the first half and were gles 85 yards and con-
booed off the field trail- nected with Ertz to tie it.
ing 17-3 at halftime. The Eagles won the
They went three-and- toss in overtime and
out on five straight pos- went 75 yards.
sessions before Boston Ertz had nine catches
Scott caught a 10-yard for 91 yards.
pass on third-and-5 in Manning connected
the third quarter. Scott with Slayton for a 35-yard
then ran 4 yards to the TD on a third-and-13 to
2 on third-and-3 and give the Giants a 7-0 lead
scored on the next play on the first play of the
to cut it to 17-10. second quarter. Ronald
Wentz drove Phila- Darby missed a tackle
delphia to the Giants 29 that would’ve stopped
with just under 10 min- Slayton short of a first
utes left but Greg Ward down.
dropped what should’ve Manning hit Slayton
been a 29-yard TD pass for a 55-yard TD on a
on third-and-11. Jake third-and-8 with 27 sec-
Elliott then missed a 47- onds left in the first half
yard field goal wide left. to give the Giants a 17-3
But the defense held lead.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
One of our
daughters
(18) has been
rebelling for the
last couple of
years. She’s not
doing well in com-
munity college.
She is dating a
drug user and
has been caught
in lie after lie,
including about
spending the
night at friends’
homes.
She has now
Dear Abby
decided she no
longer wants to live with our
rules, which include staying
enrolled in college full time
and making progress, doing
a few household chores,
telling us where she is going
and when we can expect her
home, and having no over-
nighters. She has moved out
and in with a friend.
We know she’s immature
and will grow up eventually.
We are heartbroken but under-
stand we can’t control this.
We are praying for her safety.
We have an out-of-town
wedding coming up and have
decided to make a family
vacation out of it. On one
hand, we want to include her,
not wanting to destroy what
little relationship we have. On
the other, we do not want to
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
10). A three-word motto will
turn this into one of your most
varied and interesting years to
date: Just show up. Your willing
attitude opens doors and hearts
to you. It allows your curiosity
and intellect to flow to worthy
outlets about which you would
not otherwise have known. Love
and leadership are in store
for 2020. Libra and Capricorn
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 40, 2, 22 and 38.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
People who love what they have
are unlikely to take risks. It’s
why marketers push on “pain
points” to sell their solutions.
The restless and dissatisfied
need you. Find them, and solve
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Down 7-0, the Eagles
got going when Wentz
connected with Ertz on
consecutive passes of 24
and 30 yards. Wentz then
hit Ward for a 9-yard TD
that was negated by a
holding call on Brandon
Brooks. The Eagles set-
tled for Elliott’s 34-yard
field goal.
Aldrick Rosas hit a
34-yarder to make it 10-
3.
Eli’s future
Manning, who turns
39 next month, is a free
agent after the season.
It’s uncertain when
Jones will return so it’s
possible Manning could
make at least one more
start at home.
be “used” for
a fun vacation.
Because she
has chosen to
live on her own
as an adult, she
must pay her
own way (which
she can’t af-
ford). Should we
take her or not?
— MOM OF AN
ALMOST-ADULT
DEAR MOM:
Your daughter
has made a
choice — to be
out from under
your thumb and
on her own. The “price” for
her independence is being
unable to depend upon you
and your husband to foot the
bill for her expenses.
Would she be running wild
and staying out all night if you
take her with you? You would
have to set some rules before-
hand and get her to agree to
abide by them if she is going
to be included with her sib-
ling(s). A positive experience
as a family may be what you
all need right now. But only
you can decide whether it’s
worth taking the chance.
DEAR ABBY: I am recently
divorced, but my husband,
“Danny,” and I still see each
other. The other night he
mentioned that his ex-girl-
friend texts him. He also
their problem.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You would feel silly telling your-
self how great you are. Self-es-
teem is a state of being, not a
collection of phrases. It grows
out of healthy living, routines
that support you and an overall
plan that fits you well.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). It’s better to say nothing
and believe in yourself than to
say anything from a place of
not believing in yourself. Low
confidence is repellant. Do what
it takes to feel better.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’ll feel like being alone so
you can fully give your attention
to a personal matter or some
kind of challenge that requires a
5B
Injuries
Giants: TE Evan En-
gram (foot), CB Corey
Ballentine (concussion)
were among the key
players inactive.
Eagles: Jeffery (foot)
and Johnson (ankle)
didn’t return after exit-
ing in the second quar-
ter. ... DE Derek Barnett
(ankle), WR Nelson Ag-
holor (knee), RB Jordan
Howard (shoulder) and
LB Kamu Grugier-Hill
(concussion) were inac-
tive starters.
Up next
Giants: host Miami
(3-10) next Sunday.
Eagles: at Washing-
ton (3-10) next Sunday.
allows her to follow him on
Instagram but says he isn’t
following her. It really bothers
me because she and Danny
were in contact when we were
married, “just as friends” is
what he said. He repeated
with 100% certainty that he
has no interest in ever getting
back together with her.
I spend a lot of nights at
his place, and he spends
nights with me, so I guess I
have to trust his word, but it’s
eating me up inside. I have
asked him to not allow her
to follow him on Instagram,
but he has not done that yet.
He said he doesn’t care who
follows him. — UNFOLLOW IN
CONNECTICUT
DEAR UNFOLLOW: I’m
confused. Exactly what is your
question? You say you are di-
vorced, but you are still acting
— and thinking — like you are
Danny’s wife. He’s a free man
now, and you not only do not
have the right to dictate who
should or shouldn’t follow him
on Instagram, but also don’t
have the right to tell him he
can’t see another woman if he
wishes.
Face it, you are BOTH free
now. You can’t be cheated on
by a husband who is no longer
your husband. Consider this:
It might be healthier for you to
spend less time with Danny
and devote more time to mov-
ing forward with your life.
new approach. You’ll be amazed
at how quickly you can sort
things out in silence.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
day goes very differently when
you consciously set out to make
it all about you, your fun and
your enjoyment. Of course, you
very seldom take such an ap-
proach. If ever there were a time
to live for your own amusement,
this is it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
No one ever got happier by mea-
suring up to someone else’s
rating system. Your own is the
one that counts. You’ll blow off
someone’s attempt at control
and start doing what matters
to you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
When you lose objectivity and
can’t quite fully understand
what you’re putting into the
world, look for cues in what
you’re attracting. It will be a
day to make adjustments in the
spirit of experimentation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You know what it’s like not
to have what you really need,
and because of this, you’ll now
help someone with a profound
lack of resources. This act of
selflessness lifts all.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). You have a positive
attitude in a world that doesn’t
always make it easy to see the
good. Furthermore, you’re equal
opportunity in your positivity,
which makes you a magnet
for a wide array of interesting
personalities.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). There’s a place of grace
beyond opinions, politics and
subjective morality. This is
where you’ll meet someone very
different from you and easily
find the humanity you share.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). This is no time to let the
small stuff get under your skin,
as there are defining qualities
to scale. Pettiness has a way of
claiming those who dabble in it,
as does generosity.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). If you start to feel like an
actor delivering a stereotyped
performance of the role of
yourself, that’s some profound
noticing and the first stage in
your next incarnation.
He hasn’t got a leg to stand on
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Background checks yet friendly neighborhood
required. $500. close to New Hope
shopping and schools?
Apts For Rent: Other Come see our clean and
cozy RV home, complete
with a new front deck.
1ST MONTH − Rent Free! Electric, water, and
1BR Apt − $350−$385 garbage included at an
2BR Apt − $395−$495 affordable monthly rate.
2BR TwnHome − $625 References required,
Lease, Dep & Credit Check. please. :−) $500.00
Coleman Realty
601−310−3528
662−329−2323.
Nice 3BR/2BA Mobile
Home. Located in ARTESIA.
West Lowndes School Dist.
$500 rent. $250 deposit.
NO HUD. NO PETS.
662−251−8590.
NICE 3BR/2BA MH in
Columbus School District.
$485/mo + 485 dep.
No HUD. No Section 8.
601−940−1397 or 205−
442−2011.
You’ll find the best deals
when you advertise
and shop here!
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SEVERAL 1, 2, & 3 BR
Service Directory
UNITS AVAILABLE. Various
locations. Lease, Deposit,
Credit Check. No Pets.
$375 and up. Call Long &
Long @ 662−328−0770.
Promote your small business starting at only $25
Carpet & Flooring
HOLIDAY SPECIAL:
$99 WHOLE HOUSE
Up to 4 Rooms
DAVID’S CARPET &
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
1 Room − $50
2 Rooms − $70
3+ Rooms − $30 EA
Rugs−Must Be Seen
Car Upholstery
Cleaning Available
662−722−1758
General Services
PRIVACY FENCE
Call me! Licensed w/ 30+
years of exp.
Call or text Joe Seals,
662−549−7167.
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Mobile Homes for Rent
New Hope Mobile Home
Park 2 prime lots open
− BRING YOUR HOME!
Andrews Mobile Home
Park has 2 prime
mobile home/RV lots
for rent in quiet heart of
New Hope. Roll your
new home right in.
Availability limited, so
© The Dispatch
act fast and be a part of
our friendly established
community! Application
& references required.
Lot 1 − small lot
between great
neighbors, ideal for long
−term RV. We will
prepare electric pole.
$175/month includes
water and sewer. First
month free with 6
month lease and
deposit.
Lot 6 − oversized lot
ideal for 16 x 80 or
double wide, $185/
month includes water
and sewer. We will
prepare site. First
month free with
minimum 12 month
lease. Please call Pam,
601−310−3528.
Office Spaces For Rent
GREAT, CONVENIENT
LOCATION! Office space for
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N.
662−574−3970.
OFFICE SPACE FOR
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
of private parking. 662−
327−9559.
Real Estate
Ads starting at $25
Lots & Acreage
FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre
lots. Good/bad credit. 10%
down, as low as $299/mo.
Eaton Land.
662−361−7711.
Merchandise Community
Ads starting at $12
Bargain Column
BROWN CURIO CABINET,
$50 in Columbus. Call
662−352−1407.
Firewood / Fuel
FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
Various lengths.
662−295−2274.
Furniture
LIVING ROOM SET
Loveseat & chaise for sale.
NEW!!! $290. 662−242−
2884. Leave a message.
NEW BUFFET,
48"x18"x36", doors &
shelves, cherry finish,
$300. 662−242−2924.
General Merchandise
Starkville Habitat ReStore
and Warehouse The
Starkville Area Habitat
Warehouse at 1632
Rockhill Road will be open
Saturday, December 7 from
8−11 AM. The ReStore at
206 South Jackson will be
open regular hours: Thurs.
1−6, Fri. 9−6, and Sat. 9−
4. Come see us for
Christmas bargains!
WANTED FREON R12.
We pay CA$H.
R12 R500 R11.
Convenient.
Certified professionals.
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312−291−9169
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!"
WORK WANTED:
Licensed & Bonded−
carpentry, painting, &
demolition. Landscaping,
gutters cleaned, bush
hogging, clean−up work,
pressure washing, moving
help & furniture repair.
662−242−3608.
Lawn Care / Landscaping
FOR ALL YOUR FALL &
WINTER LAWN NEEDS,
Call Robinson Lawn
Services, 662−435−8746
or 662−272−8746.
JESSE & BEVERLY’S
LAWN SERVICE.
Mowing, cleanup,
landscaping, sodding,
& tree cutting.
662−356−6525
To place ads starting at only $12,
Sporting Goods Travel & Entertainment
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
OPEN FOR SEASON!
9−5: Tues−Fri & MUSICIANS "Use it
9−12: Sat. before you lose it".
Over 50 years experience!
That’s how the saying
Repairs, cleaning, goes and it applies all
refinishing, scopes
mounted & zeroed,
the more for Christian
musicians and singers
handmade knives. who have a God−given
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North talent but are ignoring
of West Point, turn right on
their calling and content
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
left on Darracott Rd, see
to click a tv remote
instead of getting out
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on and "turning on"folks to
left. 662−494−6218.
Jesus!
Hey, I am an older
Christian drummer with
Too much
many years experience
who LOVES to play
STUFF?
Southern Gospel,
Country Gospel,
traditional Christian,
Bluegrass Gospel and
etc. and am looking for
other talented
musicians willing to
step up and step out to
proclaim the Good
News in music and
song. I have the time,
practice space,
resources and some
contacts to make it
happen for a dynamic
group willing to just
step out boldly in joy
and Faith.
I am looking specifically
for guitar, keys, bass
and a dynamic,
Start your
outgoing lead singer
and back−up singers
de-cluttering by
who are not afraid to
make it happen in
public. Young, old,
placing a garage
male,female, white,
black or green does not
sale ad today!
matter as long as you
have the talent and
heart for the job. Think
about doing it mainly for
Ads starting at... the sheer enjoyment
but also we could take
1 day $10
it to churches,
reunions, the pavilion in
downtown Columbus on
3 day $18
a nice day, etc., etc. as
we desire. Practice
once a week and work
6 day $34
on selections in
between on your own.
Now is the right time to
Price includes 4 lines of text;
USE your talent before
it is gone and you might
$1/line after base cost. have to answer to the
"Bandleader up
there"as to why you let
it go to waste! If
interested send me a
text at (706) 575−9399
and I will get back with
you and collect names
Ads starting at $12 until we have enough
folks to get started. I
KNOW there must be
Good Things To Eat lots of local talent for
this, so...? 706−575−
9399
Pets
MALTESE PUPPIES FOR
SALE with papers, first
shots & pad trained.
$1000. 662−425−2741.
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SULLIVAN’S PAINT
SERVICE. Special Prices.
Interior and Exterior
Painting. 662−435−6528
Plumbing
ACME, INC.
Stan McCown ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS
Licensed Plumber Let us help make your
"We fix leaks." loved one’s daily living
662−386−2915 more enjoyable in the
comfort of their own home.
Gentle Touch Home Care
Roofing & Guttering offers a variety of non−
medical services to the
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