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SOCSD to receive federal funds for English learners, immigrant students

Dana Roberts, By Tess Vrbin and Luri is one of about 130 say anything, (thinking)
left, a third-grade tvrbin@cdispatch.com English Language Learn- ‘My teacher won’t under-
teacher at Hender- er (ELL) students in the stand what I’m saying,’”
son Ward Stewart Luri Arruda had just Starkville-Oktibbeha Con- Roberts said.
Elementary School, turned 9 when she joined
helps Luri Arruda solidated School District. ELL students speak a
Dana Roberts’ third-grade Roberts made the effort different language at home
read along with her
classmates Thurs- class at Henderson Ward to learn some basic Portu- and need help from the
day. Luri is from Stewart Elementary School guese words and phrases school district to assimi-
Brazil and her first in late September. Her as a show of support for late, socialize and learn.
language is Por- classmates welcomed her Luri, she said. Not all ELL students were
tuguese. Roberts by singing the Happy Birth- “I really tried to build a born abroad, and not all im-
said Luri has been day song to her in her native relationship with her first migrant students are ELL
learning English language of Portuguese. so she would feel comfort- students.
quickly thanks to her
positive attitude and Luri’s family came to able coming to me and ask- SOCSD’s ELL popula-
the support of her Starkville from Brazil when ing me things, rather than tion represents about 20
teacher and peers. her mother got a job at Mis- just sitting in the classroom other languages.
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff sissippi State University, quietly and too nervous to See SOCSD, 3A

Doing good

Pastor, ex- MUW student poll reopens

addict join discussion on potential name change
to open men’s
West Point
recovery center
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com

W
hen Dick-
ie Bryan
bought the
West Point property
that once was the site
of the pork process-
ing plant founded by
his father and uncle,
Bryan
he had a definite plan
in mind. The idea
was to convert the
space into a ministry
to serve the spiritual
and physical needs of
men on the margins
of society — addicts,
ex-convicts, the
Cotton
homeless.
“I had visited the Dream Center
in South Carolina,” said Bryan, 77,
a former evangelist who is now pas- Courtesy images
tor at Fellowship Baptist Church The first Mississippi University for Women seal archivists at the Beulah Culbertson Archives and Special Collec-
in Starkville. “They had a place tions at Fant Memorial Library could find is the 1905 seal seen above at top left. The following seals, seen above
where they brought the homeless from left to right, appear in the 1922, 1957, 1965 and 1978 yearbooks. The seal at bottom right is used by the
in and they worked with them. university today. Archivists could not find a record stating when each seal was implemented, but each version
That was the idea we had in mind, debuted in the yearbooks in the years listed here.
a place where people could provide
ministries and people could come By Isabelle Altman
and go. We sort of floundered a lit- ialtman@cdispatch.com Would you support a University name change?
tle bit, trying to figure out exactly
what we wanted to do.” When Rahel Stan- Answer Frequency Percent
In February, The Mission, ford was a high school Yes 828 41.13
located on East Church Hill Road, senior looking at col- No 703 34.92
will open is doors as a faith-based leges, she was sur-
residential center for its first seven prised to learn Mis- No opinion 482 23.94
residents in the 28,000-foot build- sissippi University for Poll conducted by Mississippi University for Women Student Government Association
ing that once served as the offices Women was a coed
for the Sara Lee Corporation. school. “A lot of students come in, espe- ing to a breach between alumni and
Stanford
But that wasn’t the original idea. Learning other- cially male athletes, … they don’t university administrators in the mid-
Beginning in 2017, the facility —
renamed The Mission: A Beacon
wise did not factor Inside want to get certain apparel that has 2000s when then-President Claudia
into her decision to n OUR VIEW: MUW,” she said. “They would rath- Limbert pursued a name change.
of Hope, but more commonly go to the university, Is it time for a er have The Owls. The question came up again this
known as The Mission on the Hill since at the time she change? Page 6A “But a lot of alums … they pre- semester when the Student Govern-
— is home to several programs, wanted to enroll in fer (apparel that says) MSCW,” she ment Association released a poll ask-
including Celebrate Recovery (for its nursing program. said, referencing the old name of the ing students one question: “Would
addicts), Grief Share (counseling (She graduated in May with a de- university, Mississippi State College you support a University name
for those facing personal trage- gree in Business Administration in- for Women. change?”
dies) and Bible Studies. They’ve stead.) However, after getting a job The name “Mississippi Univer- More than 79 percent of students
also provided food and meals for in the campus bookstore, she began sity for Women” has been a conten- on campus answered, said SGA pres-
people in community as word of to notice a difference between alum- tious topic among alumni and stu- ident and MUW senior John Jacob
the organization continues to filter ni and some students shopping for dents since the early 1980s when the Miller.
through the community. apparel. first men were admitted, even lead- See MUW, 7A
But it wasn’t until a year later
that the true vision arrived in the
See RECOVERY CENTER, 3A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

Addie Shepherd
Second grade, Caledonia
1 On the TV show Arrested Develop- Sunday meetings
ment, what is the name of Michael Dec. 16: Oktibbe-
■ White Christmas Pageant: Columbus’ First
Bluth’s son? ha County Board
2 What necessary piece did kids need United Methodist Church, 602 Main St., hosts
of Supervisors
to supply their own of with the original its 103rd White Christmas pageant at 5 p.m.,
meeting, 5:30
Mr. Potato Head toy? featuring drama, choral music and orchestra. The p.m., Chancery
3 Famous works by what artist feature service with a mission emphasis encourages all Courthouse
soup cans and Brillo soap pad boxes? attending to bring gifts of canned foods (or mon-
4 What part of a human adult has 22 Dec. 17: Starkville
etary gifts) wrapped in white, to bring to the altar Board of Aldermen
bones — the hand, head or foot? area during the service. After the pageant, help

53 Low 41
5 Jerry Seinfeld bought and renovated meeting, 5:30
a Manhattan building to house his assemble food bags in the Family Life Center. p.m., City Hall
High collection of what?
Cloudy with rain
Full forecast on Answers, 8B Friday, Dec. 20
page 3A. ■ Celtic Christmas: The Columbus Arts Council
presents a Celtic Christmas concert with Jil Cham-
bless, Ed Miller and Scooter Muse at 7 p.m. at the
Inside Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. Advance
Classifieds 7B Obituaries 3A tickets are $15 for CAC members, $17 non-mem- Jasmine Morris moved to
Comics 5B Opinions 6A bers. Day-of-show tickets are $17, if available. Columbus from Baton Rouge,
Crossword 8B Religion 6B Limited seating. Get tickets at columbus-arts.org, Louisiana, 12 years ago. She
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A weekly photo exploration of life

FOCAL POINT inside the Golden Triangle

Deck the halls

Written and photographed by Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

G
uests explored a series of four homes during Starkville Civic League’s an-
nual Christmas Home Tour Sunday in Starkville. Starkville Public Library
served as the group’s base where they sold tickets and held a reception.
From there, guests wandered to the homes of Brooke and Tom Lammert, Toni
and Joel Clements, Davis and Mary Ann Richards and Alan and Amy Page. The
fundraiser event was held from 1-5 p.m.

At left, Mary Ann Richards and Mary Alice Smith wait near the door as more guests walk inside to tour the Richards’ home. Smith is a member of the
Starkville Civic League and helped direct visitors around the home during the event.

BELOW: Davis and Mary Ann Richards have

been in their newly constructed home for
18 months. The two spend 4-5 days leading
up to the home tour decorating their house.
The tree seen here in an upstairs room was
decorated with Christmas ornaments made
by children in the neighborhood.

ABOVE: Homeowners Alan and Amy Page

visit with guests during the Christmas
ABOVE: Brooke and Tom Lammert moved into their home tour at Dodson Farm. It took the cou-
1870s home about a year ago after completing ple about 27 hours to decorate with their
renovations. The home renovations were featured team of three. When they inquired about
on the HGTV pilot episode of “Hammer to the Man- being a part of the home tour last year,
or.” When a friend told them about the home tour, they were told it was too late. This year
they decided to open their doors for the holidays. they jumped on the opportunity to show off
BELOW: Dodson Farm was once a functioning their recent renovations to the venue.
dairy farm belonging to Alan Page’s grandparents,
established in 1943. In 2018, the farm opened
as a “premier event venue” owned by Alan and his
wife Amy Page. The two live in Tuscaloosa but rent
the house, chapel and barn for weddings and other
events throughout the year. The chapel seen here
is the latest addition to the property. A kitchen for
caterers is currently under construction.
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Recovery center
Continued from Page 1A
form of Don Cotton.
A ‘leaping and jumping’ heart
In many respects, Cotton
was the embodiment of what
The Mission ultimately hopes
to be.
A West Point native, Cotton,
58, spent most of his adult life
in South Florida, most of it
under the grips of alcohol and
drug addiction. After escaping
addiction, he went to college,
earning a bachelor’s degree
and psychology, which he put
to use in working in residential
treatment centers in Miami and
Fort Lauderdale.
About the time Bryan was
beginning his ministry at The
Mission, Cotton was diagnosed
with Stage 3 lunch cancer.
After treatment, he decided to
return home at the urging of
his mother.
“It’s amazing, really,” Cotton
said. “I came back because I
was sick. When I got here, I
said, ‘God, what is it for me to
do next?’ I didn’t know.”
As fate would have it, Cotton
attended one of Bryan’s Bible
studies where he learned about
plans for The Mission.
“Pastor Bryan showed me
the place and my heart just got
to leaping and jumping,” he
said. “I knew God was leading
me here. It was part of his
plan.”
As Cotton shared his expe-
There is plenty of space for percent of their earnings,” said
expansion, too. Cotton said he Cotton who will be the director
believes the program could of the residential program.
“When they move out, they’ll
eventually accommodate up to
20 residents. have saved five or six thou-
sands dollars. That’s import-
Discipleship ant because you have to have
It is the six-month Disciple- money to get settled. If you
ship Program that lies at the don’t have money for deposits
heart of the program. and things like that, it creates
a lot of stress and that can be
“We focus on the hope of
dangerous for people with their
Jesus Christ,” Bryan said.
backgrounds. We want them to
“There’s a deep spiritual need
get on their feet and have the
that everyone has. At the same
money they need to do that.”
time, we understand with
The Mission is a 501(c)3 and
these men there are social and
relies entirely on donations.
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff physical needs, too. Don uses Bryan said all of the work
Dickie Bryan, left, and Don Cotton visit one of the bedrooms at the illustration of his own life. done to prepare the facilities
The Mission: A Beacon of Hope, a faith-based residential treat- He said he was just going in a have been done by volunteers,
ment/transitional facility in West Point. Located on the former site circle. He finally came to the
of the pork processing plant occupied by Bryan’s father and uncle, but running the program is
realization that he had to get expensive, probably around
the facility will provide counseling and support services for seven out of that circle. We’re hear
men when it opens in February. Cotton, also a West Point native, $100,000 a year.
will serve as The Mission’s residential director. to help people get out of that “We’re working with about
circle of lostness and whatever a dozen groups, churches and
rience in South Florida, Bryan the office complex, which had else their dealing with that’s other charities,” Bryan said.
began to see the real potential stood unoccupied for 10 years. holding them back.” “One idea is for a church to
of The Mission. Portions of the first floor During the discipleship sponsor a resident and we’ve
“He clarified, more or less, have been converted to meet- phase, residents will receive already had that happen. Re-
the direction we needed to ing rooms and offices spaces. addiction treatment and ally, we’re looking for any idea
go,” Bryan said. “When Don Portions of the second floor will counseling, if needed, as well that helps us raise the money
have living quarters, a ful- as spiritual development and we need, whether it’s a $25-per-
came aboard, he made it even
ly-equipped kitchen, a common counseling. month donation or a one-time
better because he had the back-
area where residents can relax, After six months, they enter donation. We still need volun-
ground and experience.”
watch TV or play games and the Transition Program, where teers, too. We’re hoping this
showers. Transitional living they’ll learn the skills they becomes a community-wide
The facility spaces for those who have need to live independently, thing. We’re counting on the
With a clear idea of what completed the discipleship part including soft skills required to support of the community.”
they wanted to do, work com- of the program, designed to land a job. Ideally, residents will Those wishing to donate
menced. With no paid staff, vol- provide living space for men go to work during this phase. money or volunteer should go
unteers have been working on ages 18 and older for up to a “Once they find a job, it will to www.missiongtr.com or call
redesigning and rehabilitating year, are also included. be mandatory that they save 80 662-605-5040.

SOCSD
Continued from Page 1A
There are now enough
ELL and immigrant stu-
dents in SOCSD that the
district qualifies for about
$20,000 in federal grant
money to aid both groups,
said Anna Guntharp, the
assistant superintendent
for special education, fed-
eral programs and pre-
school. The district inte-
grates learning English
into the classroom so ELL
students do not fall behind
in their coursework, Gun-
tharp and district ELL co-
ordinator Robert Brown
said.
“Part of our charge is
making sure they learn
English, but another part
of our charge is making
sure they learn content as
well,” Brown said.
The district has 51
immigrant students, or
students that have been
in American schools for
three years or less, and
the vast majority of them
are also ELL students,
Brown said. They repre-
sent a total of 12 other
languages, with 14 of the
51 students speaking Chi-
nese at home, 10 speak-
ing Arabic, eight speak-
ing Spanish, and others
speaking Yoruba, Tagalog
and a variety of others.
There were about 75
to 80 ELL students two
years ago when Guntharp
came to the district, she
said, and there are a few
reasons the numbers of
immigrant and ELL stu-
dents increased so much
in so little time. The
growth of MSU and the
city creates new economic
opportunities, and many
of the students’ parents
are students or employees
at MSU, Guntharp and
Brown said.
The district also has
improved its methods of
identifying ELL students,
Guntharp said, from con-
ducting home language
surveys to screening stu-
dents for their levels of En-
glish proficiency at a par-
ent’s or teacher’s request.
SOCSD will receive
about $13,000 to assist
ELL students and more
than $6,000 for immigrant
students, Guntharp said.
The district will submit
the grant application in
January and have the
funds in hand sometime
in the spring, she said.
Tools and skills
to bridge gaps
Every school in the dis-
trict has an interventionist
who works with students
who struggle the most,
including with learning
English. However, all
teachers in the district
need to have the basic
skills to connect with ELL
students and make them
feel welcome, and Roberts
said the key is to build a
positive relationship with
them like she has done
with Luri.
“Now she comes to me
and says, ‘Ms. Roberts,
I know what I had for a
snack today,’” she said.
“She was so excited about
just sharing that she knew
what she brought in En-
glish.”
Teachers and students
also use a variety of tools
to bridge the language
barrier, including bilin-
gual dictionaries, the
Rosetta Stone software
and the DuoLingo app.
The district is looking
into handheld translat-
ing devices, which will
be especially helpful for
the newest ELL students
who speak no English yet,
Guntharp said.
Picture dictionaries
“can work wonders,”
Brown said.
“If a teacher’s trying to
get across what a micro-
wave is, and this kid has
no idea, she can just go to
the picture dictionary and
point it out, and the kid is
like, ‘Oh, that’s what that’s
called,’” Brown said. “He
might know that’s a micro-
wave in his language but
doesn’t know the English
word for it.”
The district’s efforts
to welcome non-En- she’s really flourishing,” than I would have thought
glish-speaking students Roberts said. “She’s doing for the time she’s been in
go beyond providing in- an amazing job, far more my class.”
structional materials and
also include forming re-
lationships with the stu-
dents’ families. Last year,
the district developed a
committee to discuss the
social emotional needs of
ELL students, something
Guntharp said was a suc-
cess.
“Some of the parents
were concerned that stu-
dents would lose pride
in their native language
because we were putting
so much emphasis on
learning English,” she
said. “We didn’t want
that to happen, so we
are definitely looking at
cultural awareness and
celebrating multilingual
students.”
Roberts’ class will
learn about Christmas
traditions from around
the world next week, and
Luri will get to tell the
class about how Brazil cel-
ebrates the holiday. She
has had a positive attitude
about learning English,
Roberts said, and her
classmates have also been
supportive of her growth
as a new English speaker
with their teacher’s en-
couragement.
“We celebrate even the
smallest milestones, so

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Mr. Robertson was born March
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Fields Robertson. He was formerly
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In addition to his parents, he is
preceded in death by his brothers,
Gates Robertson, Albert Robertson
Jr. and Hosea Robertson; and sisters,
Virgie Quinn and Helen Ruth Walk-
er.
He is survived by his brothers,
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son, both of West Point; and sisters,
Margaret Baxter of Indianapolis,
Indiana, Bernice Manning, Elnoria
Dean, Barbara Harris and Eddie
Pearl Robertson, all of West Point.
Minnie McCarter
STARKVILLE — Minnie Rose
McCarter, 62, died Dec. 9, 2019, in SOLUNAR TABLE
Tupelo. The solunar period indicates

Alonzo Robertson Services will be at 11 a.m. Satur-

peak-feeding times for fish and game.

Major
Fri.
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2:46a
WEST POINT — Alonzo “Lake” day at Beth-el M.B. Church. Burial Minor — 7:52p
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Robertson, 70, died Dec. 3, 2019, at will follow at the church cemetery. Minor 9:39a 10:37a
his residence.
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Services will be at 11 a.m. Satur-

day at St. Robertson M.B. Church,
with the Rev. Elbert Lee officiating.
Burial will follow at the church
cemetery. Visitation is from 3-6 p.m.
today at Carter’s Mortuary Services
Chapel. Carter’s Mortuary Services
of West Point is in charge of arrange-
ments.
at West Memorial Funeral Home.
West Memorial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge of arrange-
ments.
She is survived by her children,
Zsa Zsa Adams, Yolanda Bush and
Xavier Hendries; and sister, Leanette
Jordan.
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 3A
Lue Poe
STARKVILLE —
Lue Gean Poe, 67, died
Dec. 5, 2019, in Phila-
delphia.
Services will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday at
Sixteenth Section M.B.
Church. Burial will
follow at the church
cemetery. Visitation is
from 4-6 p.m. today at
West Memorial Funeral
Home. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
She is survived by
her children, Deme-
trio D. Poe, Carletta
A. Rice, Marcus M.
Poe and Lewis N. Poe,
Jr.; brothers, Johnnie
Jordan and Carolina
Jordan; and sisters,
Myra Tate and Callie
Johnson.
Virgil Brown
CRAWFORD — Vir-
gil Lee “Bug Brown”
Brown, 59,
died Dec.
7, 2019, at
his resi-
dence.
Services
will be at
11 a.m.
Saturday Brown
at Fourth
Street M.B. Church,
with the Rev. Jimmy
Rice officiating. Buri-
al will follow at New
Prospect M.B. Church
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 1-7 p.m. today at
Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Brown was
born March 2, 1960, in
Crawford, to the Rev.
William Brown and the
late Ida Mae Brown. He
was formerly employed
as a bus driver and
custodian with ICS
Headstart and was a
member of New Pros-
pect M.B. Church.
In addition to his
mother, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
son, Virgil Harris; and
brother, Bennie Brown.
In addition to his fa-
ther, he is survived by
his daughter, Precious
Harris of Columbus;
siblings, Earnestine
Scott, Lorine Sher-
rod, Annie Brown and
Virginia Napoleon, all
of Columbus, Willie
Mae Nash, Ora Hall,
William Brown Jr.
and Sam Brown, all of
Crawford, Margaret
Brown of Broadview,
Illinois, Mary Hollis
and Gloria Grove of
Maywood, Illinois; and
five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Kevin Edmond, Eric
Harris, Lawrence An-
thony, Ronnie Bailey,
Edward Fields, Wil-
lie Stewart, Howard
Smart, James Thom-
as, Gilbert Hairston,
James Young, Peter
Stewart, Famous Jones
and Lonnie Brooks.
Mac Gladney
EUPOR A — Mac
“Larry C.” Gladney, 66,
died Dec. 6, 2019, in
Tupelo.
Services will be at 11
a.m. Saturday at New
Bethel M.B. Church.
Burial will follow at
the church cemetery.
Visitation is from noon-
6 p.m. today at West
Memorial Funeral
Home. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
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He is survived by his Service of Columbus is Chapel U.M. Church.
sisters, Fannie Sykes in charge of arrange- In addition to her
and Jean A. Mobley; ments. parents, she was
and brothers, Michael Mr. Wicks was preceded in death by
Ray Thomas, Robert born Sept. 14, 1959, in her husband, Joseph
Williams, Ronald Wil- Columbus, to the late Graves; son, Todd Per-
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liams, Carlos Williams Rev. Ezell Wicks Sr. ry; and siblings, Gail
and Ramon Williams. and Modess Wicks. He Nawls.
was a 1986 graduate of She is survived by
Demond Harris Alcorn State Univer- her children, Shirley
Bobby Lynn Jordan
COLUMBUS — De- sity and was formerly Clanton and Anthony
mond Harris, 46, died employed as a shipping Ali, both of Bellwood,
Dec. 5, technician with In- Illinois, and Jo-Anna
2019, at ternational Paper and Graves-Spraggins Bobby Lynn Jordan, 70, of Millport, AL,
Baptist United Technologies. of Tibbee; siblings, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at
Memorial He was a member of Jean Nawls and Karen his home.
Hospi- Mt. Zion M.B. Church. Neely, both of Chica- Lynn was born on September 20, 1949, to
tal-Golden In addition to his go, and Keith Nawls the late Robert and Jo Fern Jordan. He was the
Triangle. parents, he was preced- of Maricopa, Arizona; husband of Cathy Jordan and married for 47
Services ed in death by his sib- nine grandchildren; years. Lynn was a lifelong resident of Millport.
Harris
will be at lings, Bobby F. Wicks and two great-grand- Lynn retired from Weyerhaeuser Co. and
11 a.m. and Ezell Wicks Jr. children. went on to work for Canal Acquisitions and A&S
Saturday at Providence He is survived by Pallbearers will Timber, before starting his own business in 2008.
M.B. Church, with the his siblings, George M. be Brian Clanton, He retired from his business in September, 2018.
Rev. John Wells officiat- Wicks, Livian J. Wicks- Tremaine Perry, Alex- Lynn was an avid hunter & fisherman. He
ing. Burial will follow at Stovall and Sharon ander Ivy, Corey Clan- enjoyed many hunting trips out West, Canada,
New Hope Cemetery. Wicks-Murray, all of ton, Latrans Spraggins Africa and South America, always with his best
Visitation is from 1-7 Columbus, James L. and Eluster Wicks. buddies. He loved duck hunting, and his family
p.m. today at Carter’s Wicks Sr. of Whittier, See Obituaries, 5A & friends loved eating them as much as he did
Funeral Service. Car- California, and Charles hunting them.
ter’s Funeral Service of E. Wicks of Starkville. Lynn loved being outside more than just about
Columbus is in charge Pallbearers will be anything. His gardens became pretty popular
of arrangements. Dan Allstot, Hal Smith, with a lot of people in the community, and he
Mr. Harris was born Daryl Wicks, Roger loved being able to grow and enjoy the food he
June 26, 1973, in Co- Coan, Will Turnipseed grew. Bring your own bucket and pick as much
lumbus, to Edward Lee as you wanted, and if you couldn’t get there to
and Elanthus Wicks.
and Edna Pinson. He pick it, he would fill your buckets and leave them
was formerly employed Ada Pegues for you. We will miss that garden.
as a cook at Cattle- COLUMBUS — Ada Lynn is survived by his wife, Cathy; daughters,
man’s Fish House. Felicia Flowers (Brandon) and Tracy Vaughn
Mae Pegues, 93, died
He was preceded Dec. 12, 2019, in Co- (Justin); and granddaughters, Jordan, Addison,
in death by his sister, Macy and Meredith. He was very proud of all of
lumbus.
Christie Lee. Arrangements are them. He has one brother, Mark Jordan; and one
In addition to his incomplete and will be Susan Smith niece, Lexus Jordan.
parents, he is survived Visitation: He was preceded in death by his parents.
announced by Centu- Saturday, Dec. 14 • 12-1 PM
by his spouse, Pamela ry Hairston Funeral First Baptist Church Pallbearers are JD Trull, Mike Stallings, Terry
Rice Harris of Colum- Services: Stapp, Marc Smith, Cody Sudduth and Lennis
Home of Columbus. Saturday, Dec. 14 • 1 PM
bus; children, Demonte First Baptist Church Crimm.
Harris, Christie Harris, Burial Honorary Pallbearers are David Newman,
Ayanna Deloach and Elma Graves Friendship Cemetery
Donny Crimm, Donnie Joe Sudduth, Phillip
WEST POINT — 2nd Ave. North Location
Deshunna Spencer, all Black, Randy Logan & his logging crew, Bill
Elma Rae’ Graves, 80, Musgrove, Bud Morrison, Al Morrison, David
of Columbus; siblings,
died Dec. Pat Robertson
Erika Fearce and Incomplete Morris, Joel Knight, Karen Hall and Zane
Lakeydra Smith, both 8, 2019, in 2nd Ave. North Location Shackelford.
of Tucson, Arizona, Starkville. Funeral service is to be held on Saturday,
Octavia Parker and Ed- Services December 14, 2019, at 2:00 PM, with visitation
ward E. Lee Jr., both of will be at from 12:00 until 2:00 PM at Dowdle Funeral
Phoenix, Arizona; and 11 a.m. Home Millport, AL. Interment will be at Ebenezer
two grandchildren. Saturday memorialgunterpeel.com Church Cemetery on Fernbank Rd, Millport, AL.
at Jones
Graves
Chapel Paid Obituary - Dowdle Funeral Home
Hubert Wicks U.M.
COLUMBUS — Hu- Church, with the Rev.
bert Strange Wicks, 60, Robert Payne Scott
died Dec. officiating. Burial
8, 2019,
will follow at Tibbee
at Baptist Community Cemetery.
Memorial
Visitation will be two
Hospi-
hours prior to services
tal-Golden
at the church. Carter’s
Triangle.
Funeral Services of
Services
Columbus is in charge
will be Wicks
of arrangements.
at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Graves was
Saturday at New Zion
born June 26, 1939, in
M.B. Church, with the
Yazoo City, to the late
Rev. John Wicks Jr.
Ethelrine Jarden and
officiating. Burial will
James Milton Stuck-
follow at Wicks Memo-
ey. She was formerly
rial Gardens. Visitation
employed with the
is from 1-7 p.m. today
at Carter’s Funeral Ser- Board of Education in
vice. Carter’s Funeral Chicago, Illinois and
was a member of Jones
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Obituaries
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Evelyn Cook great-grandchildren. parents, he was preced- Point is in charge of He is survived by his Moorman, Thomas
ABERDEEN — Eve- Pallbearers will be ed in death by his sib- arrangements. sisters, Ann Perkins Perkins, Lance Por-
lyn Callahan Cook, 82, Robert Morris, Phil lings, Lillie M. Griffin Mr. Fulgham was of West Point, Jeanne tera, Mark Stafford,
died Dec. 11, 2019, at Smith, Willie Taylor, and Squire Griffin Jr. born Dec. 13, 1946, in Parker of Laurel and Greg Merchant, and
North Mississippi Med- Johnny McComic, He is survived by his Starkville, to the late Charlene Lindsey of members of The Unit-
ical Center in Tupelo. Steve Koehn and Ryan children, Bessie Smith, Tandy Elwood and Dic- Sturgis; and brothers, ed States Army Honor
Arrangements are Koehn. David Griffin, Lou Ann ie Harris Fulgham. He Billy Fulgham and Guard.
incomplete and will Memorials may be Boone, Vera Hogan, was a U.S. Army veter- Rocky Fulgham, both Memorials
be announced by made to West Point/ Louise Patmon, Dan- an, serving during the of West Point, Phillip may be made to
Tisdale-Lann Memo- Clay County Animal ny Griffin, Sylvester Vietnam War. He was Fulgham of Southaven B.E.A.M.S.(Bible Edu-
rial Funeral Home of Shelter, 5122 Old Tib- Griffin, Andra Griffin, formerly employed as a and Tim Fulgham of cation and Missionary
Aberdeen is in charge bee Road, West Point, Terrell Griffin, Chan- truck driver with Royal Mathiston. Service), P.O. Box
of arrangements. MS 39773. dra Griffin and Alford Trucking and Ellis Pallbearers will 10200, Gulfport, MS
Snell; siblings, Melvin Steel. be Chaplain Fletcher 39505.
Mary Coker Pat Robertson Griffin, Tony Griffin,
COLUMBUS — Elise Lowe, Mary
COLUMBUS — Townsend, Loda Lowe,
Mary Coker, 75, died Paul Armstrong “Pat”
Robertson, 78, died Mattie Humphries
Dec. 12, 2019, at Bap- and Vera Clements; 35
Dec. 12, 2019, at his
tist Memorial Hospi- grandchildren; and 30
residence.
tal-Golden Triangle. great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are
Arrangements are Pallbearers will be
incomplete and will be
incomplete and will be Richard Griffin, Mark
announced by Memori-
announced by Carter’s Butler, Charles Shirley,
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Funeral Services of Willie Earl Butler, Ty-
Home and Crematory,
Columbus. ron Blevins and Ricky
Second Avenue North
location. Townsend.
Sadie Thornton
COLUMBUS — Sa- Roger Fulgham
die W. Thornton, 91,
Tammy Baucom
COLUMBUS — OXFORD — Roger
died Dec. 12, 2019. Allen Fulgham, 73,
Tammy Baucom, 44,
Arrangements are died Dec. 11, 2019, at
died Dec. 12, 2019, at
incomplete and will be the Mississippi Veter-
North Mississippi Med-
announced by Carter’s ans Home.
ical Center in Tupelo.
Funeral Services of Arrangements are Services will be
Columbus. incomplete and will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at
announced by Lown- Calvert Funeral Home
Alonzo Boyd des Funeral Home of Chapel, with Aaron
WEST POINT — Columbus. Parker officiating.
Alonzo Carr “A.C.” Burial will follow at
“Lonnie” Boyd, 80, L.A. Griffin Clarkson Cemetery
died Dec. 11, 2019. COLUMBUS — L.A. in Mathiston. Visita-
Services will be at 3 “Snake” Griffin, 81, tion will be two hours
p.m. Saturday at Rob- died Dec. prior to services at the
inson Funeral Home 6, 2019, funeral home. Calvert
Chapel. Burial will at Baptist Funeral Home of West
follow at Memorial Gar- Memorial
dens Cemetery. Visi- Hospi-
tation will be one hour tal-Golden
prior to services at the Triangle.
funeral home. Robin- Services
son Funeral Home of will be at Griffin
West Point is in charge 11 a.m.
of arrangements. Saturday at Hopewell
Mr. Boyd was born M.B. Church in Cale-
Jan. 11, 1939, in the donia, with the Rev.
Delta, to the late Aus- Therman Cunningham
bon and Beulah Myers officiating. Burial will
Boyd. He was a U.S. follow at Sturdivant
Army National Guard Cemetery. Visitation is
veteran, serving as from 1-7 p.m. today at
Master Sargent. Carter’s Funeral Ser-
In addition to his vice. Carter’s Funeral
parents, he was pre- Service of Columbus is
ceded in death by his in charge of arrange-
sister, Avis Laverne ments.
Howard. Mr. Griffin was
He is survived by his born Sept. 29, 1938,
wife, Wilma Boyd of in Caledonia, to the
West Point; stepsons, late Squire and Louise
Randall Morris of Ar- Griffin. He was former-
kansas, Dennis Morris ly employed as in the
and Robert Morris, agriculture industry
both of Florida; four with Holliman Farm.
grandchildren; and two In addition to his
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Our View

Is it time for a change?

That’s a question that has
been bubbling just beneath the
surface at The Mississippi Uni-
versity for Women for nearly
four decades.
Should the university’s
name be changed to more
accurately reflect the times?
Since 1982, when MUW
admitted its first male student,
the name has become more
and more an enigma. Today,
males make up about 20 per-
cent of the student population.
For some, the name is archa-
ic. For others, it’s an important
link to a significant milestone
in higher education. In 1884,
the school became the first
state-funded women’s college
in the United States. That sort
of legacy is something not to
be lightly discarded.
Shakespeare aside, names
do matter. It’s the first and
biggest part of a university’s
brand. In the competitive world
of higher education, where col-
leges and universities compete
for students, anything that is
an inaccurate portrayal of the
brand is a detriment.
More and more, as The W
expands its programs (includ-
ing male sports teams) and
recruits without regard to
gender, the name becomes an
obstacle.
It’s time — perhaps, past
time — for a name change.
There is, too, a precedent.
The school has had multiple
name changes since its found-
ing, each change reflecting
substantial changing in the
school’s identity.
This fall, the university’s
Student Government Asso-
ciation conducted a poll of
students to gauge their interest
in changing the name of the
university.
The response to that poll
underscores that there is no
sweeping consensus for either
changing the name or leaving
it as is: 41 percent favored a
name change while 35 percent
favored retaining the name.
The rest had no opinion.
Anecdotally, alumnae seem
to favor keeping the name.
That’s understandable. For
generations of women, having
“women” in the title is an accu-
rate reflection of their time at
the school.
But that’s changing. MUW
graduates who attended a
co-ed institution are quickly
approaching their 60s. Before
too long, the memories among
graduates of The W as a co-ed
institution will be the rule,
rather than the exception.
Like any major decision,
the merits of change must be
weighed against the costs.
When the school was
founded, the mission was clear.
There were few “acceptable”
occupations afforded women
and few opportunities for high-
er education. The W was our
nation’s first response to that
reality.
But now a new reality has
emerged. Women have access
to careers in all fields and are
accepted at any institution.
While there remains a few pri-
vately-funded institutions that
are exclusively female, there
are no male-only institutions.
Aside from the cost of
incorrect messaging, there are
studies that show that a school
branded as a women’s institu-
tion creates a negative reaction
from not only men, but more
and more women as well.
There are few remaining
institutions segregated by
gender in modern society. For
most, that idea seems archaic,
pointless.
Given that, it seems that
a name change at The W in
inevitable.
The question is, if not now,
when?
The student government
association plans to hold
meetings to better articulate
students’ position on a name
change. The result of that
polling, along with the adminis-
tration’s response to it, may tell
us if the time has come.
We suspect it has.

Voice of the people

Feels House actions are strictly partisan
Partisan definition: 1. favoritism shown to member’s
own party, faction, sect or cause.
It is an insult for the Democratic congress leader to say
”on behalf of the American people” when they are issuing
Articles of Impeachment. They are doing so on their own,
The Democratic Party. Partisan. It is and has been a witch
hunt, sham, farce and partisan-led effort based on no real
fact. It is a total disgrace. All the rules that are changed
by majority and opposed by the minority has my head
spinning. Lies, untruths and half truths have been thrown
about. The liberal heads nodding, make me think of the
bobble head figure on my dashboard. The House has
stacked the deck against all that is true and right.
At the hearing discussing Articles of Impeachment
the Left is covering old ground that has been covered.
Russian collusion, quid pro quo, etc. because they have no
real fact on any of the charges. They are hoping the Amer-
ican people are stupid. The true facts, which the left can’t
deny are: the economy is great, unemployment is down,
minority employment is up, our borders are being secure,
our first responders and military are supported and we
are not dependent on foreign countries for our fossil fuels.
For the speaker to say, “I pray for the President daily,”
is a scary thing. Then a member of the committee, who
some time ago questioned a Naval officer about more
Marines being sent to Guam would tip the island over?
Goggle “Guam tipping over.” This congressman is on
the Judicial committee. Wow! Maybe DC will sink in the
“swamp.” Intelligence and common sense is not required
to work in congress. My fellow Americans, that’s a scary
thought. I think we need to pray for our leaders and Amer-
ica. But my liberal friends, remember deja vu sometimes
will come back to bite you. We’ll have to wait until the
2020 election to see.
God Bless America.
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
Comments on President’s handling of impeachment
Impeachment: Trump wants drama, but GOP wants it
over.
The Democrats are in the process of holding Trump
accountable for his apparent wrongdoings. But to listen
to FOX, Trump and the Republicans, the Democrats
should be held accountable for trying to prove that he did
anything wrong. Remember, the Republicans had their
chance to go first, so now, the Democrats are having to do
their dirty work.
Trump wants to drag it out, but he really doesn’t. It’s
called propaganda, in assuming the people would believe
he did nothing wrong and that it was a perfect call. He
knows when his witnesses are called to testify, Demo-
crats will call for the key witnesses they called for in the
House trial that he wouldn’t allow to testify, like Pompeo,
Mnuchin, Bolton and Giuliani. There is no way that he
would want Bolton to testify, after Bolton said Giuliani is
going to blow us up.
This could be another reason the Republicans don’t
want to drag it out, Republicans for the Rule of Law.
A Republican group hit Trump with scathing new
billboard campaign. The President doesn’t own the
government and he’s not above the law. He is merely a
caretaker acting on our behalf. When Congress demands
an accounting, it’s the President’s duty to comply. What is
Trump hiding?
FOX hosts lambaste Trump with the most sustained
assault on the press freedom in U.S. history. Chris Wal-
lace says he has done everything he can to undercut the
media, to try and de-legitimize the press, and I think his
purpose is clear: to raise doubts when the media reports
critically about him and his administration. Even FOX is
waking up.
Public servants smeared by Trump as human scum are
Time magazine’s guardians of the year.
They are the ones who testified at impeachment hear-
ings.
A majority of Americans say Trump did not cooperate
with impeachment hearings and sought to hinder the
investigation.
If you want to get under Trump’s skin, tell the truth. As
one person put it, his lying is as natural as breathing.
The Ukranians says Trump sent them a terrible signal.
Ukranian officials thought Trump would make a state-
ment of support before Zelensky met with Putin in France
for peace talks, but there was nothing but silence.
Trump is bad for America.
It’s not my feelings.
I have the facts in front of me.
James Hodges
Steens
State of the world
US blocks examination of crimes
against humanity
It’s easy to treat Kim
Jong Un as a figure of
ridicule. I’ve done it my-
self. His foreign ministry
issues statements like
this: “If any language and
expressions stoking the
atmosphere of confronta-
tion are used once again
on purpose at a crucial
moment as now, that must
really be diagnosed as the
relapse of the dotage of a Mona Charen
dotard.”
His youth, his odd
haircut, and his rotund physique don’t signal men-
ace so much as clownishness. But that’s a mistake.
He is, in fact, guilty of crimes against humanity on
a massive scale, and the United States government
has just chosen to block a United Nations Security
Council session that would take up those atrocities.
Remember the North Korean army defector who
dashed to freedom across the DMZ in 2017? He
was shot several times in the shoulder and back.
The regime takes it very personally when people
attempt to flee the “socialist utopia.” Officer Oh
Chong-Song survived. When South Korean doctors
operated on him, they found parasites — some
10 inches long — swarming his intestines. This
is common among North Korean defectors. Oh
said later, “Most of the North Korean soldiers are
hungry all the time.” Though they are entitled to
750 grams of rice daily, the allotment is often less,
because higher-ranking military officers steal and
sell it.
Chronic hunger is mild compared with what
prisoners and other enemies of the state endure.
Human Rights Watch, the United Nations Human
Rights Commission and the U.S. Department of
State, among many others, have documented the
reign of terror presided over by Kim, his father
and his grandfather. It would be instructive for
President Donald Trump to page through those ac-
counts. Here are some highlights of the 2016 report
commissioned by the International Bar Association:
n A prisoner’s newborn baby was fed to dogs
before her eyes.
n A prisoner’s pregnancy was aborted by three
guards standing on a plank on her stomach.
n Prisoners caught digging for edible roots
were shot.
n Prisoners were tortured and killed for profess-
ing religion. Guards were told to “wipe out the seed
of Christianity.”
n Thousands of prisoners, including children,
have been intentionally worked and starved to
death.
At the start of his administration, Trump issued
wild threats to destroy North Korea utterly; to rain
down “fire and fury like the world has never seen,”
which sounded eerily like the threats Kim himself
issues. Trump may have frightened the dictator —
he certainly alarmed many Americans — but the
next act was even more bizarre, a fawning court-
ship. “At least,” said the eternally hopeful, “they’re
talking!”
Trump believes that bromide more than anyone,
repeatedly boasting of his great relationships with
foreign leaders (usually autocrats). He speaks of
“falling in love” with Kim Jong Un. He appears to
believe that his personal relationship with Kim can
overcome the fundamental facts about the regime
— that it rules by terror at home and maneuvers
by terror abroad. Trump’s minions mouthed terms
like “denuclearization,” as if Kim and kin had not
agreed to and broken countless previous pledges.
The U.S. canceled military exercises with South
Korea, repealed some sanctions previously ordered
and showered the dictator with encomia. Trump
blandly waved away Pyongyang’s missile tests,
explaining: “These missiles tests are not a violation
of our signed Singapore agreement, nor was there
discussion of short range missiles when we shook
hands. There may be a United Nations violation,
but ... Chairman Kim has a great and beautiful
vision for his country, and only the United States,
with me as President, can make that vision come
true. He will do the right thing because he is far too
smart not to, and he does not want to disappoint his
friend, President Trump!”
A “great and beautiful vision for his country.”
Two full-dress summits and one kiss-and-drive
at the DMZ, and where are we? North Korea
continues to test missiles, manufacture nuclear
fuel, threaten its neighbors and abuse its suffering
population. In the last few days, it has also reprised
threats to the U.S., warning that if progress is not
made by Dec. 31, Kim will resume testing long-
range ballistic missiles and might have an unpleas-
ant “Christmas gift” in mind for America.
Demonstrating his enduring affection for
strongmen, Trump’s response has been feeble. By
blocking the U.N. from shining a light on North
Korea’s crimes, Trump conveys his desperation for
something he can tout as a breakthrough — and
squanders America’s moral authority.
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and
Public Policy Center.

MUW
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“It’s the
l a r g e s t
we’ve ever
had, at least
that anyone
can recall,”
he said.
A con-
J. Miller
sensus was
less clear, with about 41
percent saying they would
support it, about 35 per-
cent saying they would not
and almost 24 percent re-
porting no opinion.
Miller said SGA does
not have a position on the
university’s name one way
or the other, but they are
planning to host discus-
sions next semester to ed-
ucate students more about
the issue and the universi-
ty’s history.
It’s a student-led initia-
tive, not one administra-
tion came
up with, said
universit y
President
Nora Miller.
“ We’re
not taking
any actions
on this,” she N. Miller
said. “(But)
it’s always something
that’s circulating.”
History of ‘The W’
The school began in
the 1880s as the Industrial
Institute and College, the
first state-funded school
of higher education for
women in the country. For
some alumni and students
who want to keep the cur-
rent name, that history is
important.
“I went out and got
my master’s in Pullman,
Washington, at Washing-
ton State University and
they were talking about
The W in my class,” said
April Boudreaux Clayton,
a 2011 MUW graduate.
“The W is the first of wom-
en’s colleges in our nation
— not just our state, but
in our nation — and it’s
known and it’s respected
for that.”
As the school became
more academically-fo-
cused, it changed to
MSCW in the early 1900s,
which is what it was when
alumna and former Alum-
ni Association President
Beverly Jones graduated
in the 1950s. Then when
the Institute
of Higher
Learning
pushed all
eight state
colleges
to become
universi-
ties in the Jones
1970s, “The
W” landed on its current
name.
“You don’t change the
Massachusetts man imprisoned
for requesting pornography
from Lowndes County minor
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Massachusetts man
has been sentenced to
more than 20 years in pris-
on after pleading guilty
to coercing a Lowndes
County minor to send him
sexually explicit pictures.
A federal judge sen-
tenced Michael James
Petrucci, 34, of Medway,
Massachusetts, to 260
months in federal prison
and a $100 fine. Petruc-
ci must also register as a
sex offender and, after his
sentence is up, will be on
supervised release for life.
In June, Petrucci plead-
ed guilty to coercing a mi-
nor to engage in sexually
explicit conduct knowing
the material would be
transmitted over state
lines. According to court
documents, Petrucci
spent March of 2017 try-
ing to entice a Lowndes
County resident under 18
to create and send sexual-
ly explicit photos to him.
A second charge of
“using facilities in inter-
state commerce ... for the
name lightly,” Jones said.
“When you see the name
‘Mississippi University for
Women,’ or ‘The W’ as it’s
branded, it has history. ...
If you lose all that histo-
ry and all of the sudden
you’re a new name that
nobody knows, you’ve got
a problem.”
The university began
admitting men in 1982.
Now the population of
male students is about 20
percent — including those
participating in the uni-
versity’s newly revamped
athletics over the last
three years.
President Miller said
admissions counselors
have reported the name is
an issue when recruiting
students — both male stu-
dents, and female students
who actually are looking
for an all-women’s college.
“Everyone talks about
your elevator speech, your
two-minute speech (to de-
scribe the university), and
our’s is about what we’re
not,” she said. “That’s a
difficult place to be in. …
It puts us at a disadvan-
tage.”
Some of the students
feel sports and other activ-
ities would increase if the
name changed.
“I know my roommate
would support (a name
change) for
sure, and a
few others
as well,” said
sophomore
Aaliyah
McPhail,
who an-
s w e r e d McPhail
“yes” in
the SGA poll. “Mainly
because we don’t have a
strong male population on
campus.”
With 2,813 students,
MUW is not a particularly
large university anyway,
which is one of the attrac-
tions for some students.
Alumna Audra Odom, who
graduated in 1992, said
the men she
attended
school with
were never
bothered by
the name —
or the lack
of other men
on campus. Odom
She and
other alumni pointed out
MUW is one of only three
public universities in the
state that saw an enroll-
ment increase this year,
indicating the name is not
hurting enrollment.
“If they’re not coming
to the W because of the
name, that’s a pretty shal-
low reason not to go to the
W,” she said.
Odom, Jones and Clay-
ton all support keeping
purpose of creating visu-
al depictions of (sexually
explicit conduct) and to
transmit the visual depic-
tions of such conduct in
interstate commerce from
Mississippi to Massa-
chusetts” was dismissed
based on Petrucci’s plea.
Investigators with
Lowndes County Sheriff’s
Office worked on the in-
vestigation along with fed-
eral and Massachusetts
authorities.
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the university’s current
name — as does Clayton’s
husband, Greg Clayton,
who graduated in 2011.
Greg attended MUW
because of its small popu-
lation and class sizes. The
name didn’t factor into his
decision at all.
“It didn’t put me off,” he
said.
He and Jones pointed
out with the return of ath-
letics three years ago and
the rebranding the school
underwent as a result,
it would be fiscally irre-
sponsible to rename the
university now and have to
rebrand all over again.
But not every alumnus
agrees. Liza Cirlot Loos-
er, founder
and owner
of Jack-
son-based
m a r ke t i n g
company
The Cirlot
A genc y,
said her Looser
firm donat-
ed about $500,000 worth
of marketing research
during Limbert’s push to
change the university’s
name and found that a
vast majority of Mississip-
pi high school students,
teachers, parents and
school counselors had no
idea The W was coed. At
the time, ACT had just
published a report saying
the 97 percent of female
students would not consid-
er going to an all-female
school.
“Our business is to
help people get more busi-
ness,” Looser said. “...
When a single name can
cut you out of 97 percent
of your market, then you
change your name.”
Student opinion
Freshman basketball
player Jacquette Young
says he
doesn’t have
a strong
opinion on
his univer-
sity’s name,
but some of
his team-
mates do — Young
especially
during away games when
the announcer introduces
the men’s basketball team
from Mississippi Universi-
ty for Women.
“Some of them do (want
the name to change),” he
said.
“I just look at it on both
sides,” he said. “Because
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it’s the history of the
school, so they probably
don’t want to change it.”
Other students fall
squarely on the “no” side
of the argument, like Ali
Mara Easley, who is grad-
uating today.
“I just don’t see the rea-
son to change something
that’s not
really bro-
ken,” she
said. “I un-
derstand
there’s prob-
ably some
men here
that feel Easley
they should cater to them
as well, but they knew
when they came here,
even though it’s a coed
school, (that) back when it
opened, it was … the only
school around that would
allow women to … contin-
ue their education.”
John Jacob Miller said
SGA circulated the poll
in late October and early
November, after multiple
students approached him
and other SGA members
about the issue. After see-
ing the poll’s results — and
particularly the 24 percent
who answered “no opi-
non” — he and the other
students in SGA decided
to plan a series of sessions
for students next semester.
One will be an educational
session in January, taught
by English and Women’s
Studies professor Bridget
Pieschel Smith, about The
W’s history. There will
also be a series of “listen-
ing sessions” for students
to debate and hear each
other’s opinions on the
topic, he said. After that,
they will hold another poll.
Only then will SGA vote,
probably in March, wheth-
er to recommend a name
change to university ad-
ministrators.
Even if the organization
did recommend a name
change, it would take an
act by the Mississippi Leg-
islature to actually change
it.
President Miller said at
this juncture, SGA is just
gaging student opinion
and using the opportuni-
ty to educate their fellow
students about the univer-
sity’s history. She doesn’t
think a name change is
coming now — but it will
come eventually, she said.
“I’m in no hurry,” she
said.
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Sports
A quartet of runners will be tasked with replacing Kylin Hill’s production in 2020. Hill, a first-team all-SEC selection, has run for 1,347 yards and 10 touchdowns this year.
Kylin Hill is headed for the NFL draft. How will Mississippi State replace him?
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Mississip-
pi State junior running back
Kylin Hill is going pro.
A Columbus native, Hill an-
nounced via Twitter Thursday
afternoon that he will forgo his
final year of eligibility to enter
the NFL draft.
“My time here has been an
incredible experience, and I
will never forget where I came
from,” he wrote in a statement.
“Mississippi State is a special
place and has been since I first
stepped foot on campus. I am
truly blessed and will always
hold my Bulldog close to my
heart.”
Hill was named an Associ-
ated Press first-team All-SEC
performer after leading the con-
ference in rushing with 1,347
yards and 10 touchdowns in 12
regular-season games. He also
sits just 44 yards shy of Antho-
ny Dixon’s MSU single-season
rushing record of 1,391 yards.
MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
Bulldogs focusing on matchup with Kansas State
By GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — One week
after having its nonconference
home 26-game winning streak
snapped by Louisiana Tech, the
Mississippi State men’s basket-
ball team is moving on.
MSU (6-2) faces defending
Big 12 champion Kansas State
(6-3) in the Never Forget Trib-
ute Classic at the Prudential
Center in New Jersey on Satur-
day.
The Wildcats are coming off
a 86-41 throttling of Alabama
State on Wednesday and return
two starters from last year’s
conference championship
team. KSU’s offense runs pri-
marily through senior forward
Xavier Sneed, who averages
15.1 points and 5.6 rebounds
per game. Redshirt junior
guard Cartier Diarra is the lone
other Wildcat averaging double
figures with 11.3 points and 4.9
rebounds per contest.
“They’re very well coached,”
MSU coach Ben Howland said.
NEXT MAN UP
“Every time I talk to him we
talk about this maturation pe-
riod he’s going through right
now,” MSU running backs
coach Terry Richardson said
of Hill during preseason camp.
“He just had his 21st birthday,
(leadership) is something we
talk about. We practice it and
preach it because not only are
we teaching these guys foot-
ball, we’re teaching them to be
better men — and I think he’s
buying into that and you’re see-
ing the results of that.”
With Hill now on his way to
the NFL, and senior tailback
Nick Gibson set to exhaust his
eligibility, the Mississippi State
backfield will look vastly differ-
ent come next fall.
At present, MSU should
boast four possible options to
replace Hill: rising senior Ka-
reem Walker, sophomore Lee
Witherspoon and freshmen
Dillon Johnson and Jo’Quavious
Marks.
Unlike this season, it’s ex-
pected that quartet will share
Exhausted after studying for finals, Mississippi State sophomore forward Robert Woodard II strug-
gled against Louisiana Tech. The Columbus High product will need to have a better game against
Kansas State in Saturday’s game at the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey.
carries — at least in some ca-
pacity — rather than let one sin-
gle runner total the 235 carries
Hill has received in 2019.
Walker is the best bet to
garner the lion’s share of those
touches. A one-time Michigan
player and former four-star re-
cruit, the Irvington, New Jer-
sey, native spent this year as
an academic redshirt after his
arrival was delayed due to inter-
nal issues.
Walker previously ran for
207 yards and a touchdown on
64 carries at Fort Scott Commu-
nity College in Kansas last year
and worked with the Bulldog
scout team throughout the fall.
“Even in the game he’s like
another coach, he tells me
what I can do better to help my
game,” Hill said of Walker in
October. “... He’s an older guy
— he’s been in the game longer
than me. So I’m very happy for
him, very excited to come back.
He’s been waiting on the mo-
ment.”
Behind Walker, Wither-
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spoon should be in line for a
number of carries himself. A
former prep standout out of
Birmingham, Alabama, he set
the state single-season rushing
touchdown record as a senior
when he raced for 53 scores at
North Jackson High School.
As a freshman, Wither-
spoon has drawn comparisons
to former Georgia standout
Nick Chubb for his small yet
powerful stature — 5-foot-10,
205 pounds. In 10 games this
season, he’s rushed for 84
yards and a touchdown on 18
attempts.
“He’s a hard worker,” Rich-
ardson said of Witherspoon in
August. “He’s a tough kid. He’s
talented. Obviously you don’t
run for all those yards he ran
for if you don’t have any talent.”
Last of the bunch is the
freshman tandem of Johnson
and Marks. It’s unclear whether
either will redshirt next season,
but both offer top-flight poten-
tial in the immediate future and
down the line.
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Marks is the higher-rated
prospect of the pair — No. 143
in 247Sports.com’s national
rankings — and finished his
2019 campaign with 1,961 yards
and 23 touchdowns in just nine
games at Atlanta’s Carver High
School.
Johnson was similarly pro-
lific despite splitting touches
with Oregon commit Trey Ben-
son as the two led St. Joseph
High School in Greenville to a
MAIS 3A title Nov. 22 over In-
dianola. He finished his senior
season with 1,665 yards and 24
touchdowns on just 120 carries
— good for an average of 13.9
yards per touch.
Posting his official an-
nouncement to Twitter on
Thursday afternoon, Hill said
that he will play against Louis-
ville in the Music City Bowl on
Dec. 30 in Nashville. And while
he will be off to the NFL after
the game, the Bulldogs look to
have a firm base to replace his
numbers come next season.
“In 2018 they were in the Elite
Eight. So they’re a very good
program with a great basket-
ball history and tradition. (KSU
coach) Bruce Weber does a
great job. They’re a team that
pressures you … They’re going
to get after us and we’re going
to have to really play well to
have success up there.”
Like a good portion of We-
ber’s better teams, the Wildcats
are a defensive-minded squad.
KSU is in the top two nationally
in KenPom.com’s rankings in
turnovers forced and steals re-
corded. Nevertheless, Howland
said he isn’t straying away from
his team’s normal gameplan of-
fensively.
“I think that they do a good
job – they’re athletic, and they’re
long,” he said. “They’re going
to play really hard. They’ve got
good depth. So, we’re going to
have to execute really well and
be patient. It will be a grind-it-
out affair, I’m sure.”
This will be the Bulldogs’
second year participating in
See NOTEBOOK, 4B
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NFL
Ravens beat Jets to clinch AFC North title
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — La-
mar Jackson threw five
touchdown passes, scur-
ried into the NFL record
book and guided the Bal-
timore Ravens to their
second straight AFC
North title and 10th con-
secutive victory, 42-21
over the New York Jets on
Thursday night.
Baltimore (12-2) took
control with touchdowns
on its first three posses-
sions and Jackson made
it 28-7 in the third quar-
ter with a 24-yard scoring
pass to rookie Marquise
Brown following a turn-
over by New York (5-9).
That was enough to
assure the Ravens anoth-
er division title after they
clinched a playoff berth
four days earlier in Buf-
falo. With a victory next
week in Cleveland, the
Ravens will be assured
the top seed in the AFC,
a distinction that comes
with home-field advan-
tage leading up to the Su-
per Bowl.
Jackson ran for 86
yards (on eight carries)
to break Michael Vick’s
single-season record for a
quarterback. Jackson has
1,108 yards rushing. Vick
had 1,039 for Atlanta in
2006.
On this night, how-
ever, Jackson did most
of the damage with his
right arm. He complet-
ed 15 of 23 passes for
212 yards and increased
his NFL-leading total of
touchdown passes to 33,
tying the franchise sea-
son record set by Vinny
Testaverde in 1996.
After Jackson’s pass to
Brown, many in the crowd
of 70,545 chanted “MVP!
MVP!” There was a re-
prise of the mantra late second-year quarterback
in the third quarter when also tossed an intercep-
Jackson hit Seth Roberts tion and lost a fumble.
for a 33-yard touchdown. The first turnover ru-
The score came after ined a potential scoring
Jackson connected with drive near the end of the
tight end Mark Andrews first half and the latter
for a 36-yard completion miscue immediately pre-
on a fourth-and-1 from the ceded Jackson’s TD pass
Baltimore 29. to Brown.
Jackson celebrated Darnold went 18 for 32
the first down by dancing for 218 yards.
downfield with his arm The Jets’ other touch-
pointing toward the New down came on a blocked
York goal line. Not once punt in the fourth quarter.
throughout his excep- New York’s defense
tional performance did came in ranked second in
Jackson show any sign of the NFL against the rush,
being slowed by a quad- but the unit was no match
riceps injury that made for the league’s top run-
headlines in the days ning game. The Ravens
leading up to the game. amassed 218 yards on the
The Jets, meanwhile, ground, including 76 by
hardly looked like a team Mark Ingram.
that had won four of their Jackson broke Vick’s
previous five games. rushing mark on Balti-
Sam Darnold threw two more’s opening posses-
touchdown passes to sion while guiding the Ra-
Jamison Crowder but the vens on an 84-yard march.

NBA

Embiid has 38 points, 13 boards; Sixers beat Celtics

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Joel Em-
biid answered the criti-
cism from a couple of Hall
of Famers in the most pro-
ductive way possible.
After Shaquille O’Neal
and Charles Barkley said
Embiid wasn’t playing up
to his potential, the 76ers
center conceded that they
were probably right. Then
he produced one of his
best games of the year:
a season-high 38 points
along with 13 rebounds in
a 115-109 victory over the
Boston Celtics on Thurs-
day night.
“All of the stuff he has
been dealing with he han-
dled like an adult, with
humility. And he respond-
ed in a dramatic way,”
Philadelphia coach Brett
Brown said. “He was dom-
inant, was a leader and
one of his best games as
a Sixer.”
Embiid scored
points in the fourth quar-
16
ter, hitting five of six free
throws in the final 26 sec-
onds after Boston scored
seven straight points to
erase most of a nine-point
deficit. With Philadelphia
leading by four in the final
15 seconds, he blocked
Daniel Theis’ shot to help
clinch it.
Earlier in the week,
Barkley said Embiid
is the toughest match-
up in the league, but he
doesn’t take advantage
of it. O’Neal said on the
TNT broadcast that Em-
biid shouldn’t settle for 22
points a game, his current
average, but should aim
for more like 28 or 30.
“I like when I get crit-
icized,” Embiid said after
the game. “For them to
say I have the potential
with just over two min- when the Celtics opened Boston before opting out
utes left. Walker hit three an eight-point lead before of his contract and sign-
free throws, then Kanter Philadelphia scored eight ing with Philadelphia as
scored on a tip-in and in a row to tie it. Boston a free agent last summer.
Hayward hit a fall-away scored the last six points Celtics: Marcus Smart
jumper with to make it of the first and the first (eye) and Robert Wil-
106-104 with 61 seconds basket of the second to liams (hip) both missed
left. make it 36-28, but that Wednesday’s game at
Indiana and both were
It was 110-106 when lead didn’t last, either.
unavailable against the
Tatum made a rainbow It was a three-point
76ers. ... Hayward missed
3-pointer over Embiid to game at halftime, then
make it a one-point game. back-and-forth in the 13 games with a broken
But Embiid hit his foul third before the Sixers left hand, then got hit in
shots, and then gave the began to pull away in the the nose in his second
76ers a stop on defense to fourth. game back, on Wednes-
help them pull two games day at Indiana. He was
ahead of rival Boston in Tip-ins back in the starting line-
the Eastern Conference. Sixers: Former Celt- up a night later, playing
“In the fourth quarter, 37 minutes.
ic Al Horford sat out the
I haven’t been the closer game with a left knee and
these guys have needed hamstring injuries. He re- Up next
me to be this whole sea- ceived a standing ovation Sixers: Host the Peli-
son,” Embiid said. when he was shown on cans on Friday.
the scoreboard, and he Celtics: At Dallas on
Early lead acknowledged the crowd Wednesday.
Walker scored 12 with a wave. Horford
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Kemba Walker scored
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briefly Columbus United U13 girls team wins championship at SSA Holiday Classic
Women’s College Basketball
MUW drops fourth straight with home loss
The Mississippi University for Women women’s
basketball team lost its fourth straight game Thursday,
an 82-62 loss to Southern University–New Orleans at
Pohl Gymnasium in Columbus.
Kyla Temple scored 16 points for the Owls (2-8),
Autumn Taylor scored 15, and Briona Green scored 14.
Taylor’s seven rebounds led the team, and she added
four assists and four steals.
The W committed 24 turnovers, and SUNO turned
them into 27 points.
The Owls will face Centenary College–Louisiana at
2 p.m. Saturday in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Prep Boys Basketball

Caledonia beats South Pontotoc on the road
PONTOTOC — The Caledonia boys basketball
team beat South Pontotoc 46-34 on Thursday to
improve to 6-1 on the season.
Vaunte Martin scored 17 points and Jeremy
Emerson scored 10 for the Confederates in the district
contest.
Caledonia hosts Lamar County (Alabama) for a
doubleheader Friday.

Prep Girls Basketball

Caledonia routed by South Pontotoc
PONTOTOC — The Caledonia girls fell to South
Pontotoc 62-21 in Thursday’s road game in Pontotoc.
Tenizia Lathan had eight points to lead the ’Feds.
Caledonia hosts Lamar County (Alabama) on
Friday.

Prep Boys Soccer

Columbus shuts out West Point
Juan Martinez scored twice for the Columbus High
boys soccer team in Thursday’s 4-0 home win over
West Point.
Fausto Barron and Destin Pondexter also scored
for the Falcons.
Columbus is 6-6 and faces Nettleton on the road
Tuesday.
Bergstrom, Rollins score twice for ’Feds
CALEDONIA — The Caledonia boys soccer team
improved to 9-1 on the season with a 4-0 home win
Thursday against Magnolia Heights.
Garrett Bergstrom and Ethan Rollins each scored
twice for the Confederates.
The ’Feds will face rival New Hope at 3 p.m.
Saturday at Caledonia.
Prep Girls Soccer
McCoy leads Columbus over West Point
Destiny McCoy scored twice to lead the Columbus
High girls soccer team to its fourth straight win
Thursday.
McCoy’s brace led the Falcons (6-5-1) over West
Point, 3-1. Johnasia O’Neal added a goal for Columbus.
Laila Sparks and Azariah Young each assisted on
a goal for Columbus, and goalkeepers C’Asia Grayer
and Shakyrah Mullen combined for the win.
The Falcons will face Nettleton on the road
Tuesday.
SOURCE: From Special Reports
CALENDAR
Today
Prep Girls Soccer
Grenada at New Hope, 5:30 p.m.
St. Joseph at MSMS, 5:30 p.m.
Starkville at Greenville, 5:30 p.m.
Prep Boys Soccer
Grenada at New Hope, 7 p.m.
St. Joseph at MSMS, 7 p.m.
Starkville at Greenville, 7 p.m.
Prep Girls Basketball
Lamar County at Caledonia, 5 p.m.
Columbus at Starkville, 6 p.m.
Choctaw County at West Point, 6 p.m.
Louisville at Noxubee County, 6 p.m.
Heritage Academy at East Rankin Acad-
emy, 6:30 p.m.
Leake Academy at Starkville Academy,
6:30 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Indianola Academy,
6:30 p.m.
Hebron Christian at Winona Christian,
6:30 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball
Lamar County at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus at Starkville, 7:30 p.m.
Choctaw County at West Point, 7:30
p.m.
Louisville at Noxubee County, 7:30 p.m.
Leake Academy at Starkville Academy,
8 p.m.
Heritage Academy at East Rankin Acad-
emy, 8 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Indianola Academy,
8 p.m.
Hebron Christian at Winona Christian,
8 p.m.
Saturday
Men’s College Basketball
Mississippi State at Kansas State in
Never Forget Tribute Classic, 10:30
a.m.
Middle Tennessee at Ole Miss, 2 p.m.
MUW at Southern University, 4 p.m.
Prep Girls Basketball
Heritage Academy at Madison-Ridge-
land Academy, 1 p.m.
Hartfield Academy at Starkville Acade-
my, 4:30 p.m.
Aberdeen at Columbus, 6 p.m.
West Lowndes at Noxubee County, 6
p.m.
Brandon at Starkville, 6 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball
Heritage Academy at Madison-Ridge-
land Academy, 2:30 p.m.
Hartfield Academy at Starkville Acade-
my, 6 p.m.
Aberdeen at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Four of five teams fielded by the Columbus United Soccer Club and the Columbus Soccer Organiza-
tion found their way onto the podium this past weekend at the Starkville Soccer Association Holiday
Classic tournament in Starkville, with the under-13 girls team leading the way.
“It was one of the best showings for the club,” United Director of Coaching Tom Velek said. “The
progress we have made in coaching, player development and team development is evident.”
The U13 girls team romped to the championship in its division, posting shutout wins in all three
matches. Coached by Lee Milam and Jen Prouty, the team scored eight goals without conceding once
and notched wins over Starkville and the Greenwood Delta Red Bulls.
Photos courtesy of
the Columbus Soccer
Organization
Competing in the boys division, the The U10 girls team lost its first match
U8 Girls Development Program placed 2-1, then beat Greenwood and drew Ox-
second under coach Allie McCulley. ford 1-1, earning a medal.
The U10 boys team finished third with a
1-1-1 record, including a 2-2 draw with
eventual champion Tupelo FC.
The Columbus Soccer Organization has extended its deadline for registration for the boys Under-8 Development Program to Dec. 20.
Boys born in 2012 or 2013 are eligible for the program, which aims to help them develop as a player and face wider competition.
The Columbus United girls U12 team, coached by national “D”-licensed coach Danny Loyd, is also extending registration to Dec. 20.
Director of Coaching Tom Velek and coach Chris Mackey oversee the CSO program. For further information, see the CSO website:
https://columbusunitedsoccer.com/
Contact Tom Velek with questions at tvelek@yahoo.com.
Pittsburgh 32 18 10 4 40 105 85
Pro Football Transactions
Atlanta at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. L.A. Clippers 19 7 .731 3½
L.A. Rams at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. Phoenix 11 13 .458 10½ Philadelphia 31 17 9 5 39 97 88
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m. Sacramento 11 13 .458 10½ N.Y. Rangers 31 16 12 3 35 100 97 Thursday’s moves
NFL Glance Monday’s Games Golden State 5 21 .192 17½ Columbus 31 12 14 5 29 76 94 BASEBALL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE Indianapolis at New Orleans, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games New Jersey 30 9 16 5 23 74 111 American League
East Saturday, Dec. 21 Houston 116, Cleveland 110 WESTERN CONFERENCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired OF Buddy
W L T Pct PF PA Central Division
New England 10 3 0 .769 338 168
Houston at Tampa Bay, Noon Indiana 122, Boston 117
L.A. Clippers 112, Toronto 92 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Reed from San Diego as the player to be named
in a previous trade.
Buffalo at New England, 3:30 p.m.
Buffalo
N.Y. Jets
9 4 0 .692 274 212
5 9 0 .357 247 343
L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. L.A. Lakers 96, Orlando 87 St. Louis 33 19 8 6 44 98 90
Colorado 31 20 8 3 43 114 85
National League
Sunday, Dec. 22 Charlotte 113, Brooklyn 108 ATLANTA BRAVES — Named Ben Sestanovich
Miami 3 10 0 .231 221 399 Chicago 136, Atlanta 102 Winnipeg 32 19 11 2 40 94 88 assistant general manager, player development.
N.Y. Giants at Washington, Noon
Houston
South
W L T Pct PF PA
8 5 0 .615 317 309
Cincinnati at Miami, Noon
New Orleans at Tennessee, Noon
Utah 127, Minnesota 116
Memphis 115, Phoenix 108
Dallas 32 18 11 3 39 84 76
Minnesota 32 15 12 5 35 98 106
Nashville 30 14 11 5 33 101 97
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named Josh Bard
bullpen coach; Connor McGuinness assistant
pitching coach; and Danny Lehmann game plan-
Tennessee 8 5 0 .615 318 255 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, Noon Milwaukee 127, New Orleans 112
Sacramento 94, Oklahoma City 93
Chicago 32 12 14 6 30 86 103 ning and communications coach.
Indianapolis 6 7 0 .462 296 295 Baltimore at Cleveland, Noon Pacific Division MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with
Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 230 337 Carolina at Indianapolis, Noon New York 124, Golden State 122, OT GP W L OT Pts GF GA RHP Corey Knebel on a one-year contract.
North Jacksonville at Atlanta, Noon Thursday’s Games Arizona 34 19 11 4 42 96 82 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Traded LHP Gar-
W L T Pct PF PA Oakland at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia 115, Boston 109 Edmonton 34 18 12 4 40 105 105 rett Williams to the Los Angeles Angels to com-
Cleveland 117, San Antonio 109, OT plete an earlier trade.
y-Baltimore
Pittsburgh
12 2 0 .857 472 257
8 5 0 .615 259 242
Detroit at Denver, 3:05 p.m.
Dallas 122, Detroit 111
Calgary 34 18 12 4 40 95 100
FOOTBALL
Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Vegas 34 16 13 5 37 100 98
Cleveland
Cincinnati
6 7 0 .462 273 291
1 12 0 .077 198 325
Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m. Denver 114, Portland 99 Vancouver 32 16 12 4 36 105 95 National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated OT Jonah
Kansas City at Chicago, 7:20 p.m. Today’s Games San Jose 34 15 17 2 32 92 120
West Monday, Dec. 23 Houston at Orlando, 6 p.m. Anaheim 32 13 15 4 30 83 94 Williams from the PUP list. Signed WR DaMarkus
Lodge to the practice squad.
W L T Pct PF PA L.A. Lakers at Miami, 6 p.m. Los Angeles 33 13 18 2 28 82 104
y-Kansas City 9 4 0 .692 371 281 Green Bay at Minnesota, 7:15 p.m.
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Travis Fulgham
Oakland 6 7 0 .462 258 366 loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild from the practice squad. Placed DL Da’Shawn
Indiana at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Hand on IR. Signed WR Jonathan Duhart to the
Pro Basketball
Denver 5 8 0 .385 236 261 Charlotte at Chicago, 7 p.m. cards per conference advance to playoffs.
L.A. Chargers 5 8 0 .385 289 251 practice squad.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Milwaukee at Memphis, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games
Washington 3, Boston 2
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Promoted TE Daniel
Golden State at Utah, 8 p.m.
East NBA Glance L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, OT
Helm from the practice squad. Placed TE Garrett
Celek on the IR. Signed S Jacob Thieneman to the
W L T Pct PF PA EASTERN CONFERENCE Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1
New York at Sacramento, 9 p.m. practice squad.
Dallas 6 7 0 .462 334 267
Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 297 301
Atlantic Division
Saturday’s Games Thursday’s Games Canadian Football League
W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2
San Antonio vs. Phoenix at Mexico City, 4 p.m. EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Named Scott Mila-
Washington 3 10 0 .231 188 310 Philadelphia 19 7 .731 —
Brooklyn at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Buffalo 4, Nashville 3 novich coach.
N.Y. Giants 2 11 0 .154 247 362 Boston 17 7 .708 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Florida 1
South Toronto 16 8 .667 2 L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh 1, Columbus 0, OT
TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Fired coach Corey
Chamblin. Named Ryan Dinwiddie coach.
W L T Pct PF PA Brooklyn 13 11 .542 5 Washington at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Detroit 5, Winnipeg 2 HOCKEY
y-New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 344 296 New York 5 20 .200 13½ Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis 4, Vegas 2
Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 378 381 Miami at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. National Hockey League
Southeast Division
Carolina 5 8 0 .385 300 360 W L Pct GB Detroit at Houston, 8 p.m.
Minnesota 6, Edmonton 5
Calgary 4, Toronto 2
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Acquired D Oliwer
Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 300 343 Kaski from the Detroit Red Wings for D Kyle Wood.
North
Miami
Orlando
18 6 .750 —
11 13 .458 7
Oklahoma City at Denver, 8 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Arizona 5, Chicago 2 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Placed D Calvin de
W L T Pct PF PA Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1 Haan on IR.
Green Bay 10 3 0 .769 309 270
Charlotte 11 16 .407 8½
Washington 7 16 .304 10½
Orlando at New Orleans, 2:30 p.m. Vancouver 1, Carolina 0, OT DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled RW Filip Zadi-
Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 6, San Jose 3 na and D Dylan McIlrath from Grand Rapids (AHL).
Minnesota
Chicago
9 4 0 .692 339 249
7 6 0 .538 243 232
Atlanta 6 19 .240 12½ L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Today’s Games NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Connor Car-
Central Division Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Vegas at Dallas, 7 p.m. rick from Binghamton (AHL).
Detroit 3 9 1 .269 287 335 W L Pct GB New York at Denver, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 8 p.m. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned F Nathan Walker
West Milwaukee 22 3 .880 — to San Antonio (AHL).
W L T Pct PF PA Indiana 16 9 .640 6
Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games
Buffalo vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Me- American Hockey League
San Francisco 11 2 0 .846 397 229 Detroit 10 15 .400 12
Seattle 10 3 0 .769 341 321 morial Coliseum, Noon LAVAL ROCKET — Signed F Ralph Cuddemi to a

West Lowndes at Noxubee County, 7:30
Hockey
Chicago 9 17 .346 13½ professional tryout contract.
L.A. Rams 8 5 0 .615 311 262 Cleveland 6 19 .240 16 Columbus at Ottawa, Noon
Arizona 3 9 1 .269 272 374 WESTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 3 p.m.
Major League Soccer
SOCCER

p.m. x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Brandon at Starkville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games
Baltimore 42, N.Y. Jets 21
Prep Girls Soccer Sunday’s Games
Denver at Kansas City, Noon
New Hope at Caledonia, noon Tampa Bay at Detroit, Noon
Prep Boys Soccer Houston at Tennessee, Noon
Miami at N.Y. Giants, Noon
New Hope at Caledonia, 3 p.m. Seattle at Carolina, Noon
Chicago at Green Bay, Noon
Women’s College Basketball New England at Cincinnati, Noon
Philadelphia at Washington, Noon
Southeast Missouri at Ole Miss, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
MUW at Centenary College, 2 p.m. Jacksonville at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 17 7 .708 —
Houston 16 8 .667 1
San Antonio 9 15 .375 8
Memphis 8 16 .333 9
New Orleans 6 19 .240 11½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 15 8 .652 —
Utah 14 11 .560 2
Oklahoma City 11 13 .458 4½
Minnesota 10 14 .417 5½
Portland 10 16 .385 6½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 22 3 .880 —
NHL Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 33 20 7 6 46 111 84
Buffalo 33 16 11 6 38 105 100
Montreal 32 15 11 6 36 104 105
Tampa Bay 30 16 11 3 35 108 95
Florida 31 15 11 5 35 107 104
Toronto 33 15 14 4 34 106 108
Ottawa 32 13 17 2 28 86 100
Detroit 33 8 22 3 19 72 131
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 33 23 5 5 51 120 95
N.Y. Islanders
30 21 7 2 44 89 70
Carolina 32 19 11 2 40 103 86
Carolina at Calgary, 3 p.m.
Dallas at Nashville, 5:30 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
Boston at Florida, 6 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Arizona, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 9 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Vegas, 7 p.m.
FC CINCINNATI — Acquired D Zico Bailey from
the LA Galaxy for Cincinnati’s natural 2020 fourth-
round MLS superdraft selection.
COLUMBUS CREW SC — Re-signed F Jordan
Hamilton. Agreed to terms with G Matt Lampson.
LA GALAXY — Re-signed D Daniel Steres.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Paul Fernie
head of scouting.
ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed M Jordan Bender.
COLLEGE
MISSOURI — Named Charlie Harbison associate
head coach/defense and Erik Link special teams
coordinator.
NORTHERN COLORADO — Named Ed McCaf-
frey football coach.
SHENANDOAH — Named Emma Rogers wom-
en’s assistant lacrosse coach.
4B Friday, December 13, 2019
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU
The Associated Press
What figures to be an
award-winning week for
LSU quarterback Joe Bur-
row is underway.
Burrow was named
The Associated Press
college football player
of the year presented by
Regions Bank on Thurs-
day in a landslide vote,
making him the first
LSU player to win the the
21-year-old award.
Burrow, who has led
the top-ranked Tigers to
an unbeaten season and
their first College Foot-
ball Playoff appearance,
received 51 of 54 first-
place votes from AP Top
25 poll voters and a total
of 159 points.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Garza’s double-double leads Iowa
to rivalry win over Iowa State
The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa — Six-
teen years, Iowa guard
Joe Wieskamp said, is a
long time.
That’s how long it had
been since the Hawkeyes
won on the road against
in-state rival Iowa State.
That changed on
Thursday night.
Luka Garza had 21
points and 11 rebounds
and led five Iowa players
scoring in double figures
as the Hawkeyes beat
Iowa State 84-68.
Iowa (8-3) snapped an
eight-game losing streak
at Hilton Coliseum. The
Hawkeyes hadn’t won in
the Cyclones’ home since
a victory in the 2003 NIT.
“It’s huge,” Wieskamp
said. “This is probably
the one game on the
schedule I look at the
most.”
The Hawkeyes struck
early and held off two
bursts from the Cyclones
in the second half.
“I think the import-
ant thing, when you’re
playing on the road
against a good team, a
well-coached team, it’s
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the Never Forget Tribute
Classic. A year ago, MSU
defeated Clemson 82-71.
Proceeds from the Clas-
sic will help support the
education of children of
the victims of the Septem-
ber 11 terrorist attacks.
“We’re helping fam-
ilies, kids of fallen first
responders, a lot of the
people that were involved
in 9/11 that ended up
getting some of the ter-
rible cancers and diseas-
es from being there as
first responders and also
some of the people who
lost their lives,” How-
land said. “… The mon-
ey’s been great, they’ve
helped kids go to college
and have helped put them
in school, people that lost
their major breadwinner
in their family. So it’s real-
ly for a good cause.”
Finals week woes
Shortly after MSU’s loss
to Louisiana Tech, Howland
blamed himself for schedul-
ing a game so close to his
players’ final exams.
Perhaps no one suffered
from the responsibilities
of being a student-athlete
more than MSU sophomore
forward Robert Woodard II.
Woodard II, Columbus
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Ohio State defensive
end Chase Young was
second with three first-
place votes and 69 points,
and Buckeyes quarter-
back Justin Fields was
third with 43 points. Bur-
row, Young, Fields and
Oklahoma quarterback
Jalen Hurts, who finished
fourth with 33 points,
are the finalists for the
Heisman Trophy to be
handed out Saturday in
New York.
Burrow is the over-
whelming Heisman favor-
ite after passing for 4,715
yards and a Southeastern
Conference record 48
touchdowns. The senior
transfer from Ohio State
is on pace to set a major
important to get off to a
good start,” Iowa coach
Fran McCaffery said.
“And we did.”
“We got embar-
rassed,” Iowa State coach
Steve Prohm said. “We’ve
got to live with it.”
Wieskamp had 13
points, Jordan Bohannon
and Connor McCaffery
each scored 12, and CJ
Fredrick added 11.
Tyrese Haliburton led
Iowa State (6-4) with 22
points. Solomon Young
had 10.
Iowa opened the game
on an 18-4 run and led
37-16 with 3:01 left before
the break after a Garza
dunk. But the Cyclones
closed the first half on an
8-2 run, then opened the
second with a 13-5 spurt.
“We started missing
(shots),” Garza said. “But
we kept getting stops.
They were going to keep
coming at us, keep com-
ing at us.”
The Hawkeyes had
an answer. Connor Mc-
Caffery hit a 3-pointer,
then Wieskamp scored
on a fastbreak and was
fouled. His free throw
gave Iowa a 50-37 lead.
High’s valedictorian from
the Class of 2018, admitted
to Howland he didn’t sleep
the night before because he
was studying for his exams.
The next day, Woodard II
made his first two shots
against Louisiana Tech but
faded as the night dragged
on, finishing with 10 points.
“It showed because he
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college record, complet-
ing 77.9 percent of his
passes.
Burrow also won the
Walter Camp Player of
the Year Award and was
up for two more awards
Thursday night at the
College Football Hall of
Fame in Atlanta. He won
the Davey O’Brien Na-
tional Quarterback of the
Year Award, beating out
Fields and Hurts, and the
Maxwell Award that goes
to the nation’s best player
over Young and Hurts.
The AP player of the
year award began in 1998
and only five times has
the winner not been the
same as the Heisman win-
ner; the last time that hap-
“I thought we an-
swered the runs,” Fran
McCaffery said. “We
knew the runs were com-
ing. They kept fighting —
we knew they would. But
we answered them all.”
Iowa’s biggest lead
was 73-48 with 8:25 to
play.
“They wanted it more
than us,” Haliburton
said. “They played hard-
er than us.”
Big picture
Iowa: The Hawkeyes
have gone 4-2 in a stretch
of games that included
two neutral-court games
and three road games.
Iowa State: The Cy-
clones were coming off
a 76-66 home win over a
ranked Seton Hall team
and appeared to have
bounced back after los-
ing two of three games in
the Battle 4 Atlantis tour-
nament.
Bohannon’s decision
Bohannon, coming
back from offseason hip
surgery, played his 10th
game of the season. That
is the limit if he wants to
was exhausted and was
tired,” Howland said. “He
hasn’t had a game like that,
and no one would expect
him to ever have another
one like that. He knows
that. He’s so important to
our team, and he’s a real
leader. His intensity and his
energy is a huge part of who
we are.”
pened was in 2015, when defensive player. He’s the — LSU safety Grant
Stanford running back first Buckeyes player to Delpit won the Thorpe
Christian McCaffrey win the award. Award as the best defen-
won the AP award and — LSU’s Ja’Marr sive back. He is the third
Alabama running back Chase won the Biletnikoff Tigers’ player to win the
Derrick Henry was the Award as the best receiv- Thorpe.
Heisman winner. er. — Georgia’s Rodrigo
LSU faces Hurts and — Wisconsin’s Jona- Blankenship won the Gro-
No. 4 Oklahoma in the than Taylor won the Doak za Award for top kicker.
playoff semifinal Dec. 28 Walker Award as the top — Kentucky’s Max
at the Peach Bowl. Later running back for the sec- Duffy won the Ray Guy
that night, Fields, Young ond consecutive season, Award as the top punter.
and the rest of the sec- joining Texas’ Ricky Wil- — Wisconsin’s Tyler
ond-ranked Buckeyes will liams and Arkansas’Dar- Biadasz won the Riming-
play No. 3 Clemson in the ren McFadden as two- ton Award as the best cen-
other semifinal at the Fi- time winners. ter.
esta Bowl. — Oregon offensive — Florida Atlantic’s
Other awards handed tackle Penei Sewell won Harrison Bryant won the
out Thursday: the Outland Trophy as Mackey Award as the top
— Ohio State defen- the best interior lineman. tight end.
sive end Chase Young The sophomore is the — LSU’s Ed Orgeron
won the Chuck Bednarik first Oregon player to win won the Home Depot
Award, given to the top the award. coach of the year award.
apply for a medical red-
shirt season and get a full
season of eligibility next
year.
Bohannon said he still
hadn’t made up his mind
whether to try to finish
the season.
“If I come out Wednes-
day or Thursday after
finals, and I feel great,
there’s still a chance I’m
going to play,” Bohannon
said. “We’re going to en-
joy this tonight, and wor-
ry about it next week.”
Regardless of his de-
cision, Bohannon played
his last game at Hilton
Coliseum. He left his
shoes on the court, with
the message, “To ISU,
thanks for the mems.”
“There wasn’t a lot of
space on the shoes,” Bo-
hannon said.
Up next
Iowa: The Hawkeyes
are off until a Dec. 21
game against Cincinnati
in Chicago.
Iowa State: The Cy-
clones don’t play again
until a Dec. 22 home
game against Purdue
Fort Wayne.
KenPom prediction
According to KenPom.
com, Mississippi State is
projected to beat Kansas
State 63-61. According
to the website, MSU is
ranked 55th nationally out
of 353 Division I teams,
while KSU is slotted at
No. 78.
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NFL
10 ex-NFL players charged with defrauding health care program
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS phony claims, leading to ers, their spouses and de- group’s alleged ringlead-
payouts of about $3.4 mil- pendents. ers, Robert McCune and
WASHINGTON — lion between June 2017 “As outlined in the Correll Buckhalter —
Ten former NFL players and December 2018. indictments, a group of who they allege broke off
were charged in a mul- Those charged include former players brazen- to create his own similar
timillion-dollar scheme five former players on the ly defrauded the plan by ring — would recruit for-
to defraud the league’s Washington Redskins, seeking reimbursements mer players by offering
health care benefit pro- including Clinton Portis for expensive medical to submit fake claims to
gram by submitting false and Carlos Rogers. equipment that they nev- the health care plan. The
claims for medical equip- Prosecutors allege er purchased,” said As- ringleaders would then
ment, including devic- the players targeted the sistant Attorney General demand thousands of dol-
es used on horses, the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Brian Benczkowski, who lars in kickbacks for each
Justice Department said Health Reimbursement leads the Justice Depart- fake claim, prosecutors
Thursday. Account Plan, which was ment’s criminal division. allege.
The players were established as part of The players claimed The suspects are ac-
charged in two separate a collective bargaining to have purchased hyper- cused of fabricating let-
indictments filed in fed- agreement in 2006. It baric oxygen chambers, ters from health care
eral court in Kentucky, provides tax-free reim- ultrasound machines and providers about using the
accusing them of con- bursement of out-of-pock- electromagnetic thera- medical equipment, fabri-
spiracy, wire fraud and et medical care expenses py devices that were de- cating prescriptions that
healthcare fraud. Prose- that were not covered by signed to be used on hors- were purportedly signed
cutors allege they submit- insurance and that were es, he said. by healthcare providers
ted nearly $4 million in incurred by former play- Prosecutors say the and creating fake invoices
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am a
49-year-old
woman whose
mother tries to
make me feel
guilty for having a
good relationship
with my father. I
have an excellent
relationship with
her, but lately it
ZITS feels strained
because she gets
mad if Dad and I
do things together
or even just talk
on the phone. My
Dear Abby
goal is not to hurt
her, but I refuse not to have a
relationship with my dad just
to appease her. Have you ever
heard of a mother being jealous
of her daughter’s relationship
with her father? — CONFLICT-
ED IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR CONFLICTED: Yes, I
GARFIELD have. But you say you have an
excellent relationship with your
mother, and this behavior is
recent. Do you call and interact
individually with her the way
you do with your father? If not,
it might help to give her more
attention than you have.
Is her relationship with your
father the same as it always
has been? If it isn’t, because
you and your father have
extended, private phone conver-
sations on a regular basis, she
may fear you have supplanted
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
13). Long ago, you longed for
the kind of recognition you’ll
receive this year. From the light
of a loved one’s eyes indicating
that deep understanding has
been reached to the sound of
applause and the satisfaction
of “likes,” you’ll treasure the ex-
perience while realizing you no
longer need it as much as you
once did. Aries and Leo adore
BABY BLUES you. Your lucky numbers are: 7,
18, 40, 33 and 28.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You can’t control the weather
outside. But by thinking in less
dramatic terms, you can influ-
ence your internal climate. Take
the temperature down a few
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
from medical equipment
companies in an effort
to prove the equipment
was purchased, accord-
ing to court documents.
In reality, they had never
purchased or received the
medical equipment, pros-
ecutors said.
Investigators believe
the defendants had forged
the prescriptions and au-
thorization letters and
uncovered no evidence
that any doctors were
complicit in the scheme,
Benczkowski said.
After the phony claims
were submitted, the for-
mer players would receive
reimbursement checks
and pay a kickback to the
ringleaders and recruit-
her in his affec-
tions. However,
if this isn’t the
case, and she
demonstrates
other personality
changes, her
physician should
be notified so she
can be evaluated.
DEAR ABBY: I
have been trying
to deal with this
on my own for a
long time. I have
been “crushing”
on a man of my
faith for a couple
of years, and it
never seems to subside. We
are both married to others,
seemingly happily. I like his wife
very much, and I would never
want to hurt her.
I think he is a wonderful
human being, and he has said
as much to me. We would never
entertain the idea of an affair.
From my standpoint, I don’t
know what to do. Do you have
any suggestions? I try to give
my own husband lots of love.
— TORN BETWEEN TWO IN
MONTANA
DEAR TORN: Do nothing
about this crush. Continue
giving your husband lots of love,
attention and appreciation.
Crushes are normal. Some-
times they serve as reminders
that we are still alive. As long
as they remain “unfertilized
notches. Keep it comfortable
and stable.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). The biggest reason for
dishonesty is a fear of truth’s
consequences. To make it easy
for you to be accountable to
yourself, take away the threat of
self-punishment.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You don’t have to let the little
bothersome interferences deter
you from progress. Perspectives
of time will help you keep rela-
tionships in balance. Will you
even remember this little issue
next week?
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You don’t have to make a move
or form a definitive opinion on
Friday, December 13, 2019 5B
ers, indictments charge.
Prosecutors moved to
bring charges, in part be-
cause the scheme put the
health care plan’s tax-ex-
empt status at risk, which
could’ve forced other
former players using the
plan legitimately to pay
more, Benczkowski said.
Four of the suspects,
McCune, Rogers, John
Eubanks and Ceandris
Brown, were arrested
Thursday morning by
the FBI. Six others had
agreed to surrender to
authorities, the Justice
Department said: James
Butler, Fredrick Bennett,
Etric Pruitt, Tamarick
Vanover, Portis and Buck-
halter.
romances,” they harm no one.
You have a mutual admiration
society because you both
deserve it and have nothing to
feel guilty about.
DEAR ABBY: Is there any
way to stop charities from
sending all of this “free stuff”?
When I donate to charity, I
intend for my contribution to be
used to help someone in need.
Instead, I am subjected to all
kinds of things in my mailbox. I
have received money, postage
stamps, greeting cards, note-
pads and enough mailing labels
to far outlast me!
I have now decided that any
charity that sends me merchan-
dise or any other “freebie” will
be taken off my donation list. I
hate to write bona fide charities
off my list, but it has become
ridiculous. — WASTEFUL IN
WASHINGTON
DEAR WASTEFUL: You are
not the only person to complain
about this. I receive many
letters from equally frustrated
readers about it.
Before donating to any
charity, go online and check
out charitynavigator.org. If
you do, it will give you insight
into where your money goes
— including how much of their
revenue is spent on salaries
and “overhead.” Just because
you receive notepads, mailing
labels and calendars does NOT
mean you are obligated to send
money. Please remember that.
matters just yet. It takes some
restraint, but there’s a lot of
benefit from waiting, watching
and processing.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It
takes no effort at all to stay
current on the topics that
interest you, as all you have to
do is follow your curiosity. To
stay abreast of a loved one’s
interests, too, is an act of self-
lessness that will repay you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The question will arise as to
whether you might be able to
handle more than you currently
are. To level up, you’ll need
more efficient systems. Ask
around because knowledgeable
friends will help you figure it out.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
There is a way of telling a story
that is accurate and encourag-
ing, and there is a way that is
accurate and deflating. Try it
both ways privately and cher-
ry-pick the public message.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). For you, teaching what you
know isn’t so much a job as it
is a calling. Teaching helps you
understand things at deeper
levels. Furthermore, it makes
you feel very connected to the
fabric of existence.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). When you can’t quite figure
out how to change your behavior
or attitude, change your circum-
stances. What you’re dealing
with may not be a lack of will-
power; rather, it’s a case of an
unsupportive environment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). The extra work you do will
bump up your stock. A small
rise in value every day will add
up to something substantial.
Eventually, you’ll be able to
trade in on this.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). For many, silence can bring
its own kind of chaos. Many are
uncomfortable in the stillness
and will reflexively fill it with
noise and movement. To resist
this urge and relax into the quiet
will invite restoration.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re willing to consider
other sides of an argument,
probably because you don’t feel
threatened by ideas. You find it
pretty easy to respect people,
even if you don’t agree with
them. Many could learn from
you.
Topless bathing
SOLUTION:
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Christmas Toy Drive
McBee Baptist Church,
2846 Hwy. 50 E., hosts its
Christmas Toy Drive from
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 14 for
children up to age 12. Pick out
free used and brand new toys.
Guardian mus be present.
Birth certificate and proof of
guardianship is required.
Gospel Choir Musical
Mt. Peiler M.B. Church,
840 N. Jackson St., hosts its
63rd Annual Gospel Choir Mu-
sical at 3 p.m. Dec. 15. The
public is invited to attend.
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets
from 6-7 p.m. every 1st and
3rd Monday of each month in
the downtown YMCA Board
Room. Inquire and seek infor-
mation to succeed spiritually,
physically and financially and
be eager to be a blessing to
the community, churches and
families through the Word of
God. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call Pat Fisher Douglas, 662-
251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner,
Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center, 923 Ridge Road,
Columbus, hosts a fellowship
dinner and youth service every
3rd Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., invites the
public to join its Community
Gospel Book Club from 6-7
p.m. the last Friday of each
month to study and share
views of the Holy Bible. Open
to all ages and ethnicities. For
more information, call Lillian
Murray, 662-570-1974.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief
and Mourning offers a grief
support group at 6 p.m. every
Religious briefs
2nd Thursday of the month
at United Christian Baptist
Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more in-
formation, call 662-327-0604
or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church,
2201 Military Road, and
Meadowview Church, 300 Lin-
den Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m.
every Sunday at The Assem-
bly Church (next to Lowe’s)
and at 6 p.m. every Tuesday
at Meadowview Church. Get
help, healing and support for
any habit, hurt or hang-up
using the Christ-centered 12
steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every 2nd and 3rd
Saturday, Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center hosts a prayer for the
youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach
service from 8-9 a.m. every
5th Saturday. For information,
contact Jesse Slater, 662-
328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in
to WTWG, radio 1050 AM
for Perfecting the Saints
Broadcast, Wednesdays 8:30
a.m.
Women Prayer,
Worship Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds
a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting
Outreach Ministry invites the
public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd. St. S., Co-
lumbus, holds prayer service
Thursday nights 5-6 p.m.
Contact Marie Nabors, 662-
549-4322. Church service
times: Sunday school 10
a.m.; Sunday worship 11:15
a.m.; Tuesday Bible study 7
p.m. For information, call Pas-
tor District Elder Lou Nabors,
662-329-1234.
Fitness
Transformations
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts boxing lessons
Mondays and Wednesday
from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss
boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both
on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tues-
day. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation
available. For information, call
Iris Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Anti-Semitism order raises

tough issue of defining prejudice
The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Presi-

New Jersey attackers linked to anti-Semitic fringe movement
dent Donald Trump’s or- The Associated Press “But we have not definitively estab-
der to expand the scope lished any formal links to that organi-
of potential anti-Semitism The deadly shooting rampage at a zation or to any other group,” he said.
complaints on college cam- New Jersey kosher market has cast a “Based on the available evidence, we
puses is raising the stakes spotlight on a fringe movement known believe that the two shooters were act-
of an already tense battle for its anti-Semitic strain of street
ing on their own.”
over how to define discrim- preaching and its role in a viral-video
Not all sects of the movement spew
ination against Jews. confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial
hateful rhetoric, but many Black He-
The executive order this year.
Investigators believe that the man brew Israelites subscribe to an ex-
Trump signed on Wednes- treme set of anti-Semitic beliefs. Those
day tells the Education and woman who killed three people at
the Jersey City grocery Tuesday in ad- followers view themselves as the true
Department, when vetting “chosen people” and believe that
alleged Civil Rights Act dition to gunning down a police officer
at a cemetery hated Jews and law en- blacks, Hispanics and Native Ameri-
violations that can lead cans are the true descendants of the
to a loss of schools’ feder- forcement and had expressed interest
in the Black Hebrew Israelites move- 12 Tribes of Israel, said Oren Segal, di-
al funding, to consider a
ment, New Jersey Attorney General rector of the Anti-Defamation League’s
definition of anti-Semitism
that could include some Gurbir Grewal said Thursday. Center on Extremism.
criticism of Israel. Several
major Jewish American or- Jewish state, that goes son-in-law and senior ad- imate opposition to what
ganizations hailed the or- over the line.” viser, wrote in a New York they see as unfair Israeli cdispatch.com
der, but more liberal-lean- The order does not Times op-ed that the order’s government policies and
ing groups warned it could mention Israel but cites the broadened definition would anti-Semitism.
be used to muffle campus International Holocaust convey the administration’s
organizing against the Remembrance Alliance’s position that “anti-Zionism
Israeli government and suggested examples of an- is anti-Semitism.”
in support of Palestinian ti-Semitism, which include Critics of Trump’s order
rights. “claiming that the exis- take a more nuanced view,
Behind that divide are tence of a state of Israel is a warning that the new defi-
politically volatile ques- racist endeavor.” nition promises to blur the
tions: When does speech Jared Kushner, Trump’s boundary between legit-
about Israel cross the line
into anti-Semitism, and
who is qualified to draw
that line?
For supporters of
Trump’s order — which
is aligned with bipartisan
legislation that had stalled
— the distinction is a clear
matter of reining in those
who would question Isra-
el’s right to exist as a Jew-
ish state.
“There is no question
that people have the right
to criticize Israel. Jews,
and non-Jews, do it very
well,” said World Jewish
Congress President Ron-
ald Lauder, who has finan-
cially backed the GOP but
recently launched a $25
million project aimed at
fighting anti-Semitism on
both sides of the aisle.
“But the fact is that
when criticism goes into
attacks on the state, the

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LEGALS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Call us: 662-328-2424 NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
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FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
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which to store personal prop-
The Mississippi Regional Hous- erty and
ing Authority IV is issuing a re-
quest for proposals (RFP) for WHEREAS, default has been
legal services from interested made in the payment of rent
firms until 4:00 p.m. local time and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
Friday, January 10, 2020. HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
A copy of the RFP may be personal property to satisfy the
picked up at the Central office past due and any other
of the Authority, 2845 South charges owed to it by the fol-
Frontage Road, Columbus, MS lowing tenants.
39701, emailed, or mailed to
interested parties by contact- NOW THEREFORE, notice is
ing Brian D. Power at hereby given that FRIENDLY
bpower@mrh4.com or call 662- CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
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662-327-8114. tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
Submitted by: storage units leased by the fol-
Mr. Brian D. Power lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
Executive Director CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Dates to be published: Auctions will begin at 8:30
Friday, December 13, 2019 A.M. on the 3rd day of January,
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
NOTICE OF SALE
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in ager.
which to store personal prop-
erty and Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
WHEREAS, default has been but at such sale, FRIENDLY
made in the payment of rent CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- convey only such title as is ves-
HOUSES pursuant to said ted in it pursuant to its lease
Leases is authorized to sell the with the following and its al-
personal property to satisfy the lowed under Mississippi Code
past due and any other Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
Crystal Rutherford 64
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY Damon Cruse 41
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- Demetria Triplett 47
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in Margaret Slaughter 37
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY Robert Irwin 62
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 903
Tansley Mason 40, 45
Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 3rd day of January, Walter Smith, Jr. 46
A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY this the 3rd day of December,
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in A.D. 2019.
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus, FRIENDLY CITY
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- MINI-WAREHOUSES
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 By: L.O.
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and Publish: 12/6, 12/13, &
therefore all units can be with- 12/20/2019
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good, IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
but at such sale, FRIENDLY TATE OF BLEWETT WILLIAM
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will THOMAS, DECEASED
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease CAUSE NO: 2019-0194-RPF
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code WILDA M. THOMAS PETITIONER
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988). NOTICE OF EXECUTRIX TO
CREDITORS OF BLEWETT WILLI-
Alexandria Tutton 283 AM THOMAS, DECEASED
Alvin Ellis 349 Letters Testamentary having
been granted on the 4th day of
Deona Glass 472 October 2019 by the Chancery
Court of Lowndes County, Mis-
Eric Vaughn 461 sissippi to the undersigned Ex-
ecutrix of the Estate of Blewett
Jerry Stockman 246 William Thomas, deceased, no-
tice is hereby given to all per-
Jonathan Morris 266 sons having claims against
said estate to present the
Kashayla Lewis 480 same to the Clerk of said Court
for probate and registration ac-
Mary Smith 227 cording to law within ninety
(90) days from this date or they
Michael Anderson 211 will be forever barred.
Ramona Frierson 43 This the 21st day of November,
2019.
Reva Butler 287
WILDA M. THOMAS
Executrix of the Estate of
Sarah Sykes 46
Blewett William Thomas, De-
Tyterena Moten 51 ceased
Whitney Petty 281 Prepared by:
Jay Howard Hurdle (MSB#
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Hurdle Law Firm PLLC
this the 3rd day of December,
A.D. 2019. 100 North Lafayette St. #2
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on September 25,
1997, Vernies M. Coleman ex-
ecuted a deed of trust for the
benefit of Green Tree Financial
Servicing Corporation, which
deed of trust was recorded on
September 29, 1997, in Book
1203, Page 652 in the office
of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi;
and
WHEREAS, U.S. Bank National NOW, THEREFORE, notice is
Association, as Trustee, as
successor to U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as Trust- due and payable as provided in
ee, which was successor to
First Trust National Associ-
ation, as Trustee, for Home Im- undersigned, Cruikshank Ersin, 2019
provement Loan Trust 1997-E, LLC, Substitute Trustee, by vir-
the holder of the deed of trust, tue of the power and authority
substituted McCalla Raymer
Leibert Pierce, LLC as Trustee,
as authorized by the terms
thereof, by instrument recor-
ded on October 25, 2019, and County Courthouse of Lowndes MBN: 104191
spread at large upon the re-
cords in the office of the afore- public outcry to the highest and 6065 Roswell RD, Ste 680
said Chancery Clerk in Book
MORT 2019, Page 22701, pri- ing described property situated (770) 884-8184
or to the posting and publica-
tion of this notice; and
WHEREAS, default having been Lot Number 16 of RIDGELAND
made in the terms and condi-
tions of the deed of trust, and
the entire debt secured thereby County, Mississippi, as more
having been declared to be due particularly described and set
and payable in accordance with forth in Plat Book 3 at Page 37
the terms of the deed of trust, in the Office of the Chancery
and the legal holder of said in- Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
debtedness, U.S. Bank Nation- sissippi.
al Association, as Trustee, as
successor to U.S. Bank Trust
National Association, as Trust- .42W00000319
ee, which was successor to
First Trust National Associ-
ation, as Trustee, for Home Im- MS 39705.
provement Loan Trust 1997-E, Current Owner(s): DANNY CUN-
has requested the under-
signed Substitute Trustee to
execute the trust and sell said
land, property and improve-
ments in accordance with the
terms of the deed of trust for
the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees, Substi- sign said bid and to convey
tute Trustee’s fees and ex-
penses of sale;
THEREFORE, on December 27, United States of America, or
2019, the undersigned Substi- the Secretary of Housing and
tute Trustee in the deed of
trust, will offer for sale at pub- of the United
lic outcry and sell to the
highest bidder for cash, within
legal hours (being between the statement in the Substituted
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.) at the Southeast front
door of the Lowndes County
Courthouse in Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, the following de-
scribed land, property and im-
provements lying and being
situate in Lowndes County,
Mississippi, to-wit:
LOTS NINE (9) AND TEN (10)
OF BLOCK NO. ONE (1) OF
BYRNE'S SUBDIVISION, IN
SECTION FIFTEEN (15), TOWN- scribed above shall be subject
SHIP EIGHTEEN (18), RANGE
EIGHTEEN (18), WEST,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI, AS PER MAP OR PLAT
THEREOF MADE BY D. E.
FIELD, C. E. NOW ON FILE AND ments or set-back lines that
OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 1,
PAGE 79, OF THE RECORDS OF ens or encumbrances as well
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI, IN THE CHANCERY
CLERK'S OFFICE, IN COLUM-
BUS, MISSISSIPPI.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as is vested in the Substitute
Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this title is believed to be good, but WORK WANTED:
the 26th day of November,
2019
/s/ James L. DeLoach
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, WITNESS my signature, today,
LLC
Substitute Trustee
299 South 9th Street
Oxford, MS 38655
(770)643-2148
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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on NOVEMBER 16,
2006, DANNY CUNNINGHAM
AND VICTORIA CUNNINGHAM
executed a Deed of Trust to
Law Offices of Carter & David-
son, Trustee(s) for the use and
benefit of Decision One Mort-
gage Company, LLC , Lender
which Deed of Trust which is
on file and recorded on
NOVEMBER 17, 2006 as Deed
of Trust Book 2006 at Page
33134, LOWNDES, in the of-
fice of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi.
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the payment of the
debt(s) and obligation(s)
thereby secured by the said
Deed of Trust and the current
holder of said Deed of Trust,
AMERICAN CAPITAL GROUP,
LLC, (the “Holder”), appointed
the undersigned, Cruikshank
Ersin, LLC, as Substitute Trust-
ee, by an instrument recorded
in the aforesaid Chancery Clerk
of LOWNDES County, Missis-
sippi in Book 2019, at Page
23882 with all the rights,
powers and privileges of the
original Trustee named in said
Deed of Trust; and
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that the entire in-
debtedness has been declared
due and payable as provided in
said Deed of Trust by the Hold-
er, and that as agent for the
undersigned, Cruikshank Ersin,
LLC, Substitute Trustee, by vir-
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come the last and highest bid-
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Substituted Trustee is hereby
authorized to transfer and as-
title to said foreclosed prop-
erty to the Secretary of Veter-
ans Affairs, an Office of the
Urban Development, an Office
States of Amer-
ica, or whomever the under-
signed shall authorize. The
Trustee’s Deed that the under-
signed has requested transfer
of its bid to grantee(s) in the
Substituted Trustee’s Deed
shall be binding on the under-
signed and conclusive evid-
ence in favor of the assignee
or other parties thereto and
that the Substituted Trustee is
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County, Mississippi, on the 3rd seq (Supp 1988).
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
WHEREAS on March 14, 2017,
NOTICE OF SALE JOHN A. MURPHY executed a
land Deed of Trust to J.
WHEREAS, the following ten- Douglas Dalrymple, Trustee, for
ants entered into leases with the benefit of JANE G. SMITH,
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- which Deed of Trust is recor-
HOUSES for storage space in ded in Trust Deed Book 2017
which to store personal prop- at Page 5822 in the office of
erty and the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent WHEREAS, default having been
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- made in the terms and condi-
HOUSES pursuant to said tions of said Land Deed of
Leases is authorized to sell the Trust and the entire debt se-
personal property to satisfy the cured thereby having been de-
past due and any other clared to be due and payable in
charges owed to it by the fol- accordance with the terms
lowing tenants. thereof and the legal holder of
said indebtedness having re-
NOW THEREFORE, notice is quested the undersigned Trust-
hereby given that FRIENDLY ee to execute the trust and sell
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- said land and property in ac-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- cordance with the terms of said
tion to the highest bidder for Land Deed of Trust for the pur-
cash all personal property in pose of raising the sums due
storage units leased by the fol- thereunder, together with attor-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY ney’s fees, trustee’s fees, and
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504 expense of sale;
Highway 69 South, Columbus,
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30 NOW, THEREFORE, I, J.
A.M. on the 3rd day of January, Douglas Dalrymple, Trustee in
A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney said Deed of Trust will on
Drive, Columbus, MS and will December 27, 2019, offer for
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY sale at public outcry, and well
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in within legal hours (between the
OF the following sequence: 903 hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00
Alabama Street, Columbus, P.M.) At the Main Front Door of
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- the County Courthouse of
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 Lowndes County, Mississippi,
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- to the highest and best bidder
tions are with reserve and for cash, the following de-
therefore all units can be with- scribed property situated in
drawn from the sale at any Lowndes County, Mississippi,
time by the auctioneer/man- to wit:
ager.
Lot No. 13 of and in Bluecutt
Title to the personal property to Estates, a subdivision of
be sold is believed to be good, Lowndes County, Mississippi,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY as per map or plat recorded in
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will Plat Book 3 at Page 33 in the
convey only such title as is ves- Office of the Chancery Clerk of
ted in it pursuant to its lease Lowndes County, Mississippi.
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code SUBJECT TO restrictive coven-
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et ants and conditions contained
in deed date November 23,
1976, recorded in Deed Book
Ashley Hubert 22 550 at page 150 and amended
by instrument dated May 11,
Jennie Johnson 96 1977, recorded in Book 562 at
Page 219, all in the land re-
Kyron Taylor 98 cords in the Office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
Lons Brandon 16 Mississippi.
I will convey only such title as
is vested in me as Trustee.
Alexis Roby 78
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on this the 27th day of November,
this the 3rd day of December, 2019.
A.D. 2019.
J. DOUGLAS DALRYMPLE,
FRIENDLY CITY Trustee
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O. Publication Dates: December
6, 2019, December 13, 2019,
December 20, 2019
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Legal Notices
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
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CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
& Credit Check Park 2 prime lots open grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
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convey only such title as is ves-
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seq (Supp 1988). only once. The difficulty 9 5 1 2 4 7 8 3 6
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lease. Please call Pam, the more for Christian
601−310−3528. musicians and singers
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Real Estate
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the sheer enjoyment
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but also we could take
it to churches, makeup
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downtown Columbus on
LEASE, 15 Solemn
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a nice day, etc., etc. as

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have to answer to the DOWN ment
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locations. Lease, Deposit,
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Firewood / Fuel

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3BR/1BA Stove, ref, a/c.
Good area. HUD, $565 FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
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Coleman Realty, 662−295−2274. 2 The boy or
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