Established 1879 | Columbus, Mississippi
CDISPATCH.COM
GTR spreading
the word
about new ID
requirements
for air travel
Passengers must have
‘Real ID’ designation
on driver’s licenses
starting Oct. 1
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
Starting in Octo-
ber, airline passen-
gers must have a
special designation
on their driver’s li-
censes in order to
go through airport
security checkpoints
and board planes for Hainsey
travel.
On Friday, Golden Triangle
Regional Airport Director Mike
Hainsey joined Kim Jackson, se-
curity director for Mississippi
Transportation Safety Authority in
a press conference about the new
See REAL ID, 6A
DISPATCH NOTICES
Lifestyles changes today
The Dispatch prints Sunday’s
C and D Lifestyles sections each
Friday. This past Friday, just hours
after we printed today’s C and D
sections, Columbus Convention
and Visitors Bureau CEO Nan-
cy Carpenter canceled the 2020
Spring Pilgrimage due to concerns
over COVID-19. Of course, our
Lifestyles cover story was on Pil-
grimage and was out of date before
it even published.
We decided to remove the C
section from today’s paper, so this
edition only has sections A, B and
D. Other stories from the C section
have been moved to one of those
three sections.
We apologize for any confusion
this causes.
How The Dispatch is reacting
to COVID-19
As our community feels the im-
pact of the COVID-19 coronavirus,
we want to share with you what we
are doing to keep our staff and our
customers safe.
In addition to monitoring the
CDC for updates, we are:
■ Heightening our cleaning
and disinfecting procedures in all
departments
■ Maintaining social distancing
by having many employees work
remotely
■ Employees with a fever are
asked to remain at home
■ Newspaper carriers have been
encouraged to wash their hands
regularly and to disinfect
We are taking this situation
seriously and will continue to take
measures to ensure the safety of
our customers and staff while con-
tinuing to publish the paper in print
and online.
Peter Imes
Publisher
WEATHER
Maylen Borden
Kindergarten, Annunciation
64 Low 52
High
Cloudy, chance a.m. rain
Full forecast on
page 3A.
FREE!
Sunday | March 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
Local schools, events, sports grind
to halt as state of emergency declared
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
James Miller reaches for wipes as a last resort on the empty shelves of aisle 13 of Kroger in Columbus Friday afternoon.
Multiple grocery stores in Columbus and Starkville are running low on supplies such as toilet paper, hand sanitizer and wipes
due to fears over the spreading of the new coronavirus. “People are overreacting to everything. Being prepared is one thing
but this is going to far,” Miller said.
Area schools cancel classes this week, local grocery secure more funding and
resources for MSDH,
stores running out of toilet paper, hand sanitizer Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency and
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN Reeves’ declaration came a day af- other state health offi-
ialtman@cdispatch.com ter President Donald Trump declared a cials to fight the virus. It
national emergency and two days after also allows schools that
The spread of the Mississippi Department of Health have canceled classes to
Labat
COVID-19 prompted announced the state’s first presumptive not build make-up days
Governor Tate Reeves to positive case of the new coronavirus. into the schedule, said Columbus Mu-
declare a state of emer- Six people in Mississippi — in Forrest, nicipal School District Superintendent
gency Saturday, even as Leflore, Copiah and Pearl River coun- Cherie Labat.
school districts cancel ties — have been diagnosed with the vi- “(The declaration) also gives us the
classes, communities rus since Thursday, with 90 throughout legal authority to close schools without
postpone sporting events Reeves the state having been tested, according board action,” she said.
and other gatherings and to MSDH’s website Saturday afternoon. CMSD, along with Lowndes County,
shoppers clear grocery stores of toilet Three of the six have been hospitalized. Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated and
paper and hand sanitizer. The declaration allows the state to See CORONAVIRUS, 6A
Pilgrimage canceled amid coronavirus outbreak
Hannah
Brady
Carpenter: ‘We really
walks
past the had no choice’
azaleas in BY YUE STELLA YU
front of the syu@cdispatch.com
Amzi Love
Home in
Columbus Columbus, Mis-
during sissippi Spring Pil-
the 2010 grimage, one of the
Pilgrim- city’s largest annual
age. The festivals that draws
Pilgrimage
in thousands of tour-
has been ists each year, is can-
canceled
this year celed this year amid Carpenter
due to the the COVID-19 out-
spread of break, said Nancy Carpenter, CEO
COVID-19. of the Columbus-Lowndes County
Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright See PILGRIMAGE, 3A
FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC
1 What New York City mayor from 2002 to 2014 tried Today MEETINGS
to ban foam containers, super-sized sodas and trans March 16: Ok-
■ Canceled: St Patty’s
fat in restaurants? tibbeha County
2 What rockers disbanded in 1980 after drummer Pawty”: This fundraiser for
Board of Super-
John Bonham died, but reunited in 2007 in a tribute the Columbus-Lowndes Hu-
visors meet-
concert for the head of Atlantic Records? mane Society is 1-6 p.m. at
ing, Chancery
3 What vitamin is also known as the sunshine vita- Zachary’s, 205 Fifth St. N.,
Courthouse,
min? downtown Columbus. Enjoy
4 What Boston ace notched more than 300 strikeouts 5:30 p.m.
a pet parade, live music,
in the 2017 season, making him and Pedro Martinez March 17:
raffles and green beer, along
the only Boston players to ever achieve the milestone? Starkville Board
with food by Huck’s Place.
5 What 650-foot-tall observation tower is the top tour-
$10 donation at the door
of Aldermen
ist attraction in the Northwest with one million visitors meeting, 5:30
each year? (cash only). p.m., City Hall
Answers, 2D
March 17:
Thursday Starkville-Oktib-
■ Canceled: Story State: beha Consoli-
INSIDE Fostering Innovative Story- dated School
Classifieds 1D Obituaries 7B telling: This Mississippi State Reagan Chambers is a District Board of
Comics 5D Opinions 4A Department of Communica- senior at MSU. Her English Trustees meet-
Crossword 2D Scene & Seen 8B tion event previously listed in Shepherd, Patti Melt, will be 3 ing, 6 p.m., 401
Dear Abby 6B this calendar is canceled. years old on St. Patrick’s Day. Greensboro St.
DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471
2A SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
‘All the Beauty and Innocence of Eden’
S
o often
when
we think
of the grand
beauty of na-
ture, we think
of impressive
sights such as
Niagara Falls
or the Grand
Canyon.
While those
are truly
world class Rufus Ward
wonders, the
countryside around us
is filled with wondrous
beauty and fascinating
sights only on a lesser
scale.
Every spring as the
woods and prairies come
alive with wildflowers and fields he found “straw-
the banks of creeks and
the river expose ancient
ages, I am reminded that
the wonders and beauty
of nature don’t have to be
overwhelming to be awe
inspiring.
We often overlook just
how beautiful and fasci-
nating this place where
we live is. For more than
10,000 years the Indian
peoples and their ancient
civilizations realized
what a special place the
Tombigbee-Alabama-Mo- South on a four-year trek
bile River valley was. The beginning in 1773, nat-
early Euro-American ex-
plorers and settlers often
commented on the beauty what is now south central
and wonders of our area.
In the spring of 1708,
Capt. Thomas Nairne of
Charles Town, Carolina,
traveled to the Chickasaw Hydrangia. It grows in
villages in the Black Prai- coppices or clumps near
rie at present day Tupelo.
Nairne wrote that (when
he) ”…arrived within 20
miles of the Chickasaw,
and we had done with
sand, stones and pines,
the country being pleas-
ant open forest of oak,
chestnuts and hickerey so he both illustrated and
intermixt with savannas
(prairies) as if it was a
made landscape.”
One thing that caught
Nairne’s eye and fas-
cinated him were the
fossils that he found in
the exposed outcroppings Bartram’s descriptions
of chalk. “The Curiosity
which I observed most
was to see Oyster shells
every where spread over
the Old Fields and savan-
nas, as plentifully as if on
Island by the sea … and
thus it is not only here,
but all over the Choctaw
Country (south of Tibbee
Creek).”
French explorer Henri
de Tonti in a March 14,
1702, letter to Iberville
also mentioned the fossil
shells in the prairie. He
wrote, “We left (behind)
a thing rather ancient;
from the village of the
Chicacha as far as here
there … is a quantity of
shells larger & thicker
than oysters scattered
in the prairies and hills.”
“The Flood” was the ex-
planation for the shells.
Nairne also comment-
ed on spring time in the
Prairies. “It’s now the
season of the year, when
nature adorns
the Earth with
a livery of
verdant green,
and there is
some pleasure
in an Evening
to ride up and
down the sa-
vannas. When
among a Tuft
of Oaks on a
rising knowll,
in the midst
of a Large
grassy plain, I resolve a
thousand things about
the primitive life of men.”
Thickets of plums and
peaches were found by
Nairne in the Chickasaw
villages and on the old
berrys innumerable.”
Traveling in 1771 through
the prairie in what is now
the West Point area, Ber-
nard Romans also found
“…the fragaria or straw-
berry is very common in
them (the prairies).” Wild
strawberries are still a
common plant in local
yards and fields. Interest-
ingly, most people do not
realize that the strawber-
ry is in the rose family.
Traveling across the
uralist William Bartram
described 358 plants. In
Alabama he came across
“…a very singular and
beautiful shrub, which
I suppose is a species of
or on the banks of rivers
and creeks … (the leaves)
very much resembling
the leaves of some of our
oaks.”
He seemed especially
interested in the Oak
Leaf Hydrangea which
described in detail. I
remember that as a child
I would go into the woods
near Columbus with my
grandmother who would
dig up and transplant
wild oak leaf Hydrangeas.
were included in poems
by both Samuel Taylor
Coleridge and William
Wordsworth.
A letter dated “Tusca-
loosa, 25th May, 1835,”
which was published
in the June 12, 1835, Alex-
andria Virginia Gazette,
was written by a person
who had just traveled
through the prairies west
of Columbus. “Leaving
Columbus, Mississippi,
after breakfast, on the
16th of May, we crossed
the Tombeckbee, and im-
mediately entered upon
the Choctaw Territory. ...
About three miles after
crossing the river, a hand-
some Prairie of consid-
erable extent, called the
Pichlyn Prairie, deriving
its name from Major
Pichlyn, who has been
about 77 years a resident
among the Indians, and
who died at 80, and was
interred yesterday in
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
ASK RUFUS
Courtesy photo
Queen Ann’s Lace blooms in Peter Pitchlynn’s Prairie. It is the prairie that runs between present day Artesia and
the Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Pitchlynn, who in the 1860s was governor of the Choctaw Nation, lived at its
southern end, just southwest of Artesia during the 1820s.
clumps of two or three which, with the sycamore
trees are found, present- and mulberry, borders
ing an oasis-like view to the prairie on all sides.
the eye.” Flowers of red, purple,
Of the old descriptions yellow and indeed of ev-
of northeast Mississippi ery hue, are scattered, by
and northwest Alabama, a bountiful God, in rich
that I have read, my profusion, and in all the
favorite remains William beauty and innocence of
Goodell’s April 20, 1822, Eden, on each side of the
description of traveling path; and their fragrance
from Columbus to the is, as if the very incense
Choctaw Indian Mission of heaven were there
at Mayhew. His route fol- offered. You can stand
Courtesy photo lowed what is now known in almost any place, and
Early accounts of springtime travel through the Black as Old West Point Road. count flowers of ten or
Prairie west of Columbus are all filled with descriptions
of the beautiful wild flowers such as these primroses Mayhew was founded as twelve different hues.”
that still grace us every spring. an Indian mission on a The prairies and
ridge overlooking Tibbee woods of our region are
the Chickasaw country it is every where spread Creek between pres- filled with beauty and
about six miles from this, over with the most luxu- ent day West Point and the wonders of nature.
attracts your attention. riant grass. The Prairie Starkville. Hundreds of years ago,
This Prairie is now in a would almost be monoto- Goodall wrote, “The people were writing of
cultivated state, and pres- nous from its unvarying grass, which will soon the beauty of our area.
ents to the eye luxuriant scenery, decked as it be eight feet high, is now We need only to get out of
fields of cotton and corn. nevertheless is, with a about eight inches, and built up commercialized
From this we passed profusion of flowers inter- has all the freshness of areas and open our eyes
several Prairies of lesser spersed among the grass; spring ... As you proceed, to see that the beauty is
note, and generally in an but as if nothing should Mayhew ... rises to view still there.
uncultivated state, till we be wanting to complete in still greater loveliness, Rufus Ward is a local
came to Mayhew. This is the scene, occasional half encircled with oak, historian.
one of the most splendid
and fertile Prairies in this
part of the world....
“Approaching Mayhew
from the East, you all at
once emerge from the
forest, and a scene of the
most splendid beauty
presents itself. Before
you is a bed of flowers,
seeming to grow upon
the bosom of a gently
undulating sea. To the
right is presented the
interesting view of the
Mission House and its
appendages. To the left
is a tall forest, bounding
the view on that side,
and to the west is open
ground of about five miles
in extent, skirting which
are ranges of trees, and
beyond which, at a great
distance, the view is
limited by a range of hills,
running northwardly into
the Chickasaw country.
This Prairie contains
from 8,000 to 10,000
acres of land, of the first
quality. The land being
gently rolling, increases
its beauty and worth; and
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 3A

The following arrests

were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Lindsey Tullos, 27,
was charged with felony
taking of a motor vehicle.
n Jaila Robinson, 18,
was charged with posses-
sion, sale, transfer of a sto-
len firearm.
n Demetricit Miller,
51, was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine, no insure, expired
drivers license and no li-
cense tag.
n Madison Mason, 24,
was charged with domes-
tic violence/aggravated
assault.
n Deandre Gandy, 38,
was charged with posses-
sion of cocaine and tres-
passing.
n Brandy Davidson,
61, was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine.
n William Butler, 48,
was charged with posses-
sion of methamphetamine,
possession of a controlled
substance, possession of
marijuana, possession of
paraphernalia, speeding
30+ mph over limit, no in-
surance and speeding.
n Michelle Bounds, 48,
was charged with posses-
sion of methamphetamine
and possession of a weap-
on by a felon.
n Christopher Whaley,
42, was charged with flee-
ing or eluding in a motor
vehicle and speeding 30+
mph over limit.
The following arrests
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Mark Jenkins, 51,
was charged with DUL
AREA ARRESTS
Ex-university leaders
plead not guilty in
prostitution sting
Tullos Robinson D. Miller Mason Gandy Davidson
Police: Former JSU president,
art galleries director among 17
arrested after responding to
online ad for prostitution services
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Butler Bounds Whaley Jenkins W. Miller Ashford
JACKSON — The former president of Jackson
State University and the school’s former art gal-
leries director pleaded not guilty to charges relat-
ed to a prostitution sting.
William Bynum Jr. wasn’t in court Wednesday,
but his attorney entered the pleas on charges of
procuring the services of a prostitute, false state-
ment of identity and simple possession of marijua-
Beverly Pady Wynn Hamilton Banks Myers na, news outlets reported.
Bynum, 57, resigned last month after his ar-
4th offense,
failure to rest in the Jackson suburb of Clinton. Police said
he was among 17 people who responded to an on-
dim head-
line ad for prostitution services, and were met by
lights and
an undercover police officer at a chain hotel.
driving on a
An attorney also submitted not guilty pleas on
suspended
license. behalf of Shonda McCarthy, former director of
JSU art galleries. McCarthy, 46, was arrested in
n Willis
Haguewood Watson Burchfield Dawson Townsel the same sting and charged with procuring ser-
Miller, 42,
was charged n Felix Wynn, 66, was sion of marijuana more vices of a prostitute and possession of marijuana
while operating a motor vehicle.
with retaliation against a charged with a circuit than 30 grams, providing
public servant. court order. alcohol to a minor and Attorneys for Bynum and McCarthy weren’t
immediately available for comment, the Clarion
n Lorenzo Ashford, n Frederick Hamilton, false information.
27, was charged with 47, was charged with a n Damian Burchfield, Ledger reported. A trial for Bynum was sched-
uled for July 8, and a trial for McCarthy was set
intimidating a witness, bench warrant. 24, was charged with pos-
probation violation, no in- n Devonte Banks, 26, session of a controlled for June 24.
surance, driving on a sus- was charged with embez- substance, possession of
pended license, no drivers zlement. marijuana and disorderly
license. n Matthew Myers, 21, conduct.
n Jwaski Beverly, 24, was charged with aggra- n Charles Dawson, 27,
was charged with credit vated DUI. was charged with DUI 3rd
card fraud and petite lar- n James Haguewood, offense.
ceny. 34, was charged with an n Zachary Townsel, 29,
n Ellton Pady, 53, was MDOC HOLD. was charged with DUI 3rd
charged with probation vi- n Woody Watson, 19, offense and two counts
olation. was charged with posses- hold for another agency.

Georgia to postpone primaries over

virus; second state to do so
‘Events are moving rapidly and my powers to fight COVID-19.
In a speech Saturday, the
tween former Vice Pres-
ident Joe Biden and Ver-
highest priority is protecting the governor renewed a call for
places of worship, schools
mont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Biden has been beating
health of our poll workers, and the and others to consider can-
celing large gatherings as
Sanders among key demo-
graphics at play in Georgia
community at large’ cases in the state rise. Democratic politics like
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger On Friday, Louisiana African Americans and
became the first state to suburban voters and has
BY BEN NADLER Brad Raffensperger said in postpone its presidential been endorsed by a slew of
The Associated Press a statement Saturday. primaries due to the virus. state and local officials.
In addition to public As of Saturday, the Raffensperger’s office
ATLANTA — Geor- virus had infected more said that the decision to
safety, one of the biggest
gia’s March 24 presiden- than 150,000 people world- postpone the election was
considerations was the
tial primaries will be post- wide and killed over 5,600.

poned until May because
of fears over the new coro-
navirus, state election offi-
cials announced Saturday,
a day after Louisiana also
pushed back its primaries.
In-person early voting,
which began statewide
March 2, will be halted and
risk the virus posed to poll
workers, who are often old-
er, election officials said.
“Events are moving rap-
idly and my highest priori-
ty is protecting the health
of our poll workers, and
the community at large,”
Raffensperger said.
Georgia is reporting 66
confirmed cases, with
most concentrated around
metro Atlanta. One death
in the state has been at-
tributed to the virus.
Only one candidate is
on the Republican ballot
in Georgia for the presi-
Log on.
made in consultation with
the state Democratic and
Republican Parties.
“Our priority is to pro-
tect the health and safety
of all Georgians and to en-
sure that as many people
as possible have an oppor-
tunity to vote,” state Sen.
Nikema Williams, chair

the election will be moved
to May 19, when Geor-
gia’s other 2020 primary
elections are being held,
Georgia Secretary of State
The action followed
Republican Gov. Brian
Kemp’s signature of an
emergency declaration
that unlocked sweeping
www.cdispatch.com
dential primary: President
of the Democratic Party of
Donald Trump.
Georgia said, according to
The Democratic race
the statement.
has been narrowed to
a two-man matchup be-

Pilgrimage
Continued from Page 1A
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The CVB board voted unanimously
to cancel the event after receiving rec-
ommendations to cancel large gather-
ings from the Mississippi Department
of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi
Development Authority, Carpenter said.
MSDH issued a statement Friday
morning recommending that citizens
avoid gatherings of 250 or more in the
wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. There
are six presumptive positive cases of
COVID-19 in Mississippi, according to
MSDH.
Pilgrimage was originally scheduled
to take place from March 26 to April 4.
With public universities in Mississip-
pi extending the spring break for stu-
dents and moving to online classes out
of concerns of the virus, Carpenter said,
some students will also not be back in
time to perform at some of the Pilgrim-
age activities.
bus sales tax, Columbus restaurant tax,
hotel tax,” she said.
“We are all saddened by this, but the
No.1 priority is the health and wellbeing
of ... our community, our citizens and,
certainly, our guests,” Carpenter said.
“We really had no choice.”
Despite the cancellation, Carpenter
said CVB will revisit that decision if the
situation improves.
Tales from the Crypt is also canceled
this year following guidance from the
state health department, according to
a press release from the Mississippi
School for Mathematics and Science.
Tales is held at the same time as Pilgrim-
age every year and features performanc-
es by MSMS students who research and
write their own monologues and skits
based on the lives of figures buried at SOLUNAR TABLE
Friendship Cemetery in Columbus. The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Sun. Mon.
“For 30 years, Tales from the Crypt Major 6:12a 7:09a

“Their activities are such that the stu- students have learned Minor
Major
1:19a
6:40p
2:23a
—
dents are going to not even be in town not only how to research, Minor 12:00p 12:50p
Courtesy of Mississippi Department

over the next week or week and a half,” write and perform, but of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

also how they can make

Carpenter said, “so they would not be
able to perform.”
Hotels and restaurants in Columbus
are already feeling the negative impact
of the cancellation of the NCAA basket-
ball tournaments, Carpenter said. The
loss of Pilgrimage this year adds to that
pressure, she said.
“All of this impacts Columbus, Colum-
significant contributions
to a local community,” said
Tales director and MSMS
history teacher Chuck
Yarborough. “Clearly, this Yarborough
year and these conditions
require a new consideration of what is
best for our entire community.”
The Dispatch
The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320)
Published daily except Saturday. Answers to common questions:
Entered at the post office at Columbus, Mississippi.
Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS Phone: 662-328-2424
POSTMASTER, Send address changes to:
The Commercial Dispatch, P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 Website: cdispatch.com/help
Published by Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company Inc., Report a news tip: news@cdispatch.com
516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703
Opinion
4A SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
PETER BIRNEY IMES Editor/Publisher
BIRNEY IMES III Editor/Publisher 1998-2018
BIRNEY IMES JR. Editor/Publisher 1947-2003

Dispatch
The
BIRNEY IMES SR. Editor/Publisher 1922-1947

ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor

BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director
MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager
MARY ANN HARDY Controller

PARTIAL TO HOME
After a half century in the North, home
It was one of
those glad-you-are-
alive-and-out-in-
the-world Saturday
afternoons — sun-
ny, bright, crisp
and clear — and I
was sitting in the
three-sided shed
that is the in-house
dining facility of
Brother’s Keeper
Barbecue.
Before me was
as near-perfect plate of rib
tips and chicken as you would
ever hope to savor. That and
a small cup of Ronnie Clay-
ton’s sweet-and-tart barbecue
sauce.
Clayton, who owns the
joint and serves as its cook,
order taker and head bottle
washer most of the time, said
someone had just been there
looking for me, Morris Duck.
Mr. Duck had written his
name and phone number and
left it with Clayton.
His wife, Ronnie said, is the 60s and 70s, Morris and Kay
sister of an old friend, the late
Jackie Ball.
As I worked through my
grilled feast, a
funeral procession
snaked its way
down Seventh Ave-
nue. As the cortège
began to make a
left turn two blocks
away, my phone
rang.
It was Morris
Duck. We spoke
briefly and agreed
Birney Imes to meet soon.
Two days later
Morris welcomed me into the
brick ranch-style house on
Hospital Drive he and his wife,
Kay, recently purchased.
“So we can be near our doc-
tors,” Duck said, explaining
the location.
After 50 years in Chicago
and four in Lawrenceville,
Georgia, Morris, 82, and Kay,
79, want to spend their final
years near home. They’ve
been back since June.
Like thousands of blacks
across the South in the 50s,
moved North for the jobs.
Those who went before
them would come home and
talk about their high-paying
jobs, said Morris. His sister
moved to Chicago in 1960 and
found a position with Ham-
mond Organ.
“It was hard to get a job in
the South then,” Morris said.
Morris grew up in Clif-
tonville, the son of a cotton
farmer and bootlegger.
“I always drove a nice car
and had money in my pocket,”
he said
“He was a country boy,
but didn’t think so,” said Kay,
displaying wit that is a Ball
family trait.
A mutual friend introduced
them.
“The devil was out ram-
bling that night,” said Kay.
In Chicago, Kay and Morris
settled in Garfield Ridge, a
largely Catholic, ethnically
diverse working class neigh-
borhood bordering Midway
Airport.
Morris found work at the
General Motors electric motor
plant in La Grange, where the
company assembles loco-
motives. He was a parts and
material expediter.
“It was a good job,” Morris
said, “a jelly job.”
A jelly job, Kay explained,
is one where you don’t do
anything.
Kay worked for Zenith and
then as a lunchroom manager
for the city school system.
For a time the Ducks host-
ed Kay’s little brother, Jackie,
who was just out of college and
trying to make it as a music
producer.
In Chicago Jackie made
high marks on the postal
exam, but his heart was in
Mississippi — the “Lower C,”
he called his hometown —
and after enduring the bitter
Northern winter as a railroad
switchman, he lit out for home
in the spring.
Back in Columbus Jackie
would find his calling as a city
councilman and somewhat
notorious political operative.
Morris and Kay had one
son, who died with cancer
when he was 42.
“He was super smart,”
Morris said.
And, before you know it, a
half-century has blown by.
“We hadn’t really planned
to stay that long; it just hap-
pened,” said Kay. “We always
said we could come home to
retire.”
We talked about the old
days. Kay was one of Mat-
tie and Lonnie Ball’s eight
children. She grew up in a
small house on 14th Avenue
on Southside, two blocks east
of Friendship Cemetery and a
block south of The Ponderosa,
a café/pool room run by Travis
Jones.
Mother Mattie took care of
the McGahey children; some-
times Kay helped.
I asked Kay and Morris how
it was to be home.
“I’m determined to adjust,”
she said. “I was surprised
about the neighborhood,” she
said, “how it never changed.”
“Chicago was a beautiful
city,” said Morris. “It’s a place
you go to make some money,
then you come back home.
“This is the best place to
be.”
Birney Imes (birney@
cdispatch.com) is the former
publisher of The Dispatch.

OUR VIEW

Roses and thorns

A rose to all of the unsung
heroes — too numerous to
mention individually — who
find themselves in the trench-
es as our community faces
the challenges presented by
the COVID-19 virus. Obviously, that group
includes health care professionals, but there
are others whose judgments will be tested
as our community attempts to cope with the
implications of the virus. Through an abun-
dance of caution, many decision-makers
have chosen to cancel or postpone events
or make major changes in procedures —
everything from employers to churches to
school officials to non-profits. In times of
crisis, people look to leaders for guidance.
Today has been designated as a National
Day of Prayer. Those prayers should include
petitions on behalf of all of our leaders and
all levels of government and beyond.

A thorn to members of
the Golden Triangle dele-
gation — Rep. Gary Chism,
Rep. Rob Roberson and Sen.
Chuck Younger — who voted
in favor of HRC 39, a measure
which places a competing medical mari-
juana initiative on the ballot in November.
In a party-line vote, Republican legislators
have now all but guaranteed the defeat of
a citizen-led initiative to amend the con-
stitution to make medical marijuana legal.
Ballot measures that amend the constitution
require a 60-percent vote. Since it’s likely
that some voters will favor one proposal over
the other, the likelihood that either will gain
a 60-percent majority is virtually nil. These
legislators certainly knew this when they
cast their votes. It’s not a matter of which
ballot measure is preferable: Legislators had
every opportunity to craft the kind of law
they preferred through the normal legisla-
tive process. Instead they took a low-road
tactic that effectively removes the citizens’
ability to amend the constitution. For Chism,
Roberson and Younger, this represents a
thinly-veiled effort to place their thumbs on
the scale.
A rose to Golden Triangle
Regional Airport director
Mike Hainsey on his efforts to
inform the public of a loom-
ing change in airline travel.
Beginning on Oct. 1, any pas-
senger who does not have a driver’s license
compliant with new federal regulations will
not be allowed to board passenger planes
unless they have other forms of approved
ID — a passport or military ID. The “Real
ID” requirement dictates that drivers’ licens-
es must be imbedded with a new security
designation that verifies the authenticity of
the license. That designation is a gold star
at the top right-hand corner of the license.
Any licenses issued or renewed prior to 2018
do not carry that important designation.
Hainsey said two in three people in the U.S.
do not have a “Real ID” license. This week,
Hainsey’s staff will distribute information
cards alerting passengers at check-in. He
also staged a press briefing Friday to spread
the word through the media. We applaud
Hainsey’s efforts in raising awareness of this
important new requirement. Hainsey will
also be featured in our Progress Magazine
cover story when it published March 22.
OTHER EDITORS
‘If we work sick, then you get sick’
Walmart, the nation’s largest pri-
vate employer, set a standard for the
rest of the private sector on Tuesday
by announcing that, in addition to
its existing paid sick leave policy,
it would provide up to two weeks of
paid leave for employees who fall ill
or are quarantined because of a con-
firmed exposure to the coronavirus.
It’s now incumbent upon other
American employers to match that
example.
Companies that do not provide
paid sick leave to all employees,
particularly those in the retail and
restaurant industries, are endanger-
ing their workers and customers.
Studies show that paying for sick
employees to stay home significantly
reduces the spread of the seasonal
flu. There’s every reason to think it
would help to check the spread of the
new coronavirus, too.
But many of the nation’s big
restaurant chains, in particular, do
not provide paid sick leave. Nation-
wide, only 45% of workers in the
hotel and food service industries get
paid sick days, compared with 97%
in the financial industry, according
to the latest federal data. The list
of restaurants that don’t pay sick
workers to stay home is a roll call of
familiar brands, including Burger
King, Chick-fil-A, Jack in the Box,
Wendy’s and Panera.
One consequence: The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
reported in 2014 that “one in five
food service workers have reported
working at least once in the previous
year while sick with vomiting or
diarrhea.”
Other developed nations, and
a number of American states and
cities, already mandate some form of
paid sick leave, and some congres-
sional Democrats have seized the
coronavirus moment to push for a
change in federal law. Such a change
is long overdue, and would be wel-
come news.
But it is not sufficient, by itself, to
meet the demands of the moment.
Public health officials recommend
that people exposed to the coronavi-
rus remain in isolation for 14 days.
Even companies that provide sick
leave are rarely that generous. Ac-
cordingly, the proposed legislation
would also require up to 14 days of
paid sick leave during public health
emergencies.
One flaw in the proposal is that it
would require employers to foot the
bill, even as many companies are fac-
ing a drop in revenue. The govern-
ment should absorb the cost of the
emergency sick leave provisions by
giving companies a tax credit.
Americans needn’t wait on Wash-
ington — particularly because any
change in federal law depends on
President Trump’s willingness to act
in the public interest.
People looking for a place to eat
can protect their own health, and
encourage restaurant chains to do
the right thing, by patronizing places
that offer paid sick leave.
Darden Restaurants, which owns
chains including Olive Garden and
Longhorn Steakhouse, has long op-
posed paid sick leave for its roughly
170,000 hourly workers. Indeed, the
company has campaigned against
sick leave laws. But on Monday,
following publication of an exposé by
the journalist Judd Legum, Darden
said it was offering sick leave effec-
tive immediately. (The company,
however, has not committed to pay
workers in quarantine.)
McDonald’s confirmed in an
email to The Times Tuesday that it
will pay for up to 14 days in quaran-
tine — although the change does not
apply to workers at the roughly 80%
of McDonald’s owned by franchi-
sees, and the company still does
not guarantee paid sick leave to all
workers.
Other major restaurant chains
that do not offer sick leave to all em-
ployees did not respond to emails on
Tuesday asking whether they would
change their policies.
One idea that might help: In 2016,
a Colorado state senator proposed
unsuccessfully that restaurants that
do not provide paid sick leave be
required to post a notice on the front
door.
Eleven states, beginning with
Connecticut in 2012, already have
passed laws requiring large employ-
ers to offer paid sick leave. The list
now includes New York and Cali-
fornia, as well as a number of large
cities, including Washington, D.C.
But companies can sidestep those
regulations by categorizing workers
as contractors, and laws require
enforcement.
Last month, the Service Employ-
ees International Union released a re-
port alleging Chipotle stores in New
York routinely violated the city’s sick
leave laws. It quoted workers who
said they had been told to work while
sick. The company, which offers paid
sick leave at all of its locations even in
jurisdictions that do not require the
benefit, has said that it is committed
to following the law and that employ-
ees who are sick should stay home.
The city has taken some actions
against Chipotle, including suing
the company last year for violating
worker protections at five locations
in Brooklyn. Last month, New York
fined Chipotle for firing a worker who
took three sick days. But the union,
which has led a series of walkouts at
New York Chipotle restaurants, said
workers need better protection.
“If we work sick, then you get
sick,” workers chanted during a
recent protest.
They’re right — and companies
have a duty to make sure that doesn’t
happen.
New York Times
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 5A

Transitions: IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER

A look at some of Mother Nature’s ‘weirdos’

Area Weddings, S
ome of the
strangest space
Most people who
ask about them are

Engagements
creatures in the seeking a control
Known Universe grow because it looks like
right here on our own they are killing plants.
planet, including in Often starting as flat

and Anniversaries
Mississippi.
Several years
ago, I learned that
the first plant to be
successfully grown
from seed to flower
in space was one of Felder Rushing
my garden favorites,
a tidy bush zinnia
called Profusion Orange. Heat-
and-drought-tolerant, non-stop
flowers, covered with butterflies
... and able to do the zero-gravity
thing as well.
But I’m more fascinated with
the weirdos right here on terra
firma. Not talking about bizarre
fungi, which blow me away with
their “fruiting bodies” descrip-
tively called mushrooms, toad-
stools, puffballs, stinkhorns and
shelves. Those “saprophytes”
feed on decaying organic matter
like found in rich soils or rotting
wood.
And the huge variety of un-
usual but mostly green mosses
carpeting hard-packed acidic
soils in shaded gardens or moist
sites are trending as actual lawn
substitutes in heavy shade, in
need of only occasional weeding
Vemitra White and Jamel Alexander and leaf blowing, and maybe a
little garden sculpture, rock or
old log to give the eye something
to focus on.
patches, they can
expand and complete-
ly encrust limbs and
branches and really
do look like diseases.
But they don’t
harm plants — they
are symptoms, not
causes (remember,
they grow on rocks, too). Actively
growing plants shed larger patch-
es, but old, weak or otherwise
slow-growing plants get covered
quickly. If you find lots of lichens
on a plant, prune or fertilize to
invigorate the plant, and learn
to love the lichens. By the way,
reindeer eat them; never know
when Santa’s team will need a
quick snack.
A couple of other groups of
plants with the similar habit of
living on, not in, other plants, are
orchids and bromeliads. These
“epiphytes” get their moisture
and nutrients from rainfall and
dissolved dust and plant debris.
Our native Spanish moss is one of
the latter; and the old pass-along
night blooming cereus cactus
is an epiphyte native to tropical
trees and cliffs, which is why it
is so tolerant of neglect in small
pots indoors.
But the spookiest plants are
“parasites” that actually grow
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
Unusual garden residents like
pitcher plants and sundew get
nutrients from trapped insects.
There are many other uncon-
ventional plants, from those that
sprout little plantlets on the ends
of their leaves to wetland-native
pitcher plants that get nutrients
from dissolved insects trapped in
their tubes. Just weird.
To me the most peculiar
plant of all is dodder vine, which
looks all the world like orange
vermicelli draped over shrubs,
roadside shrubs and perennial
wildflowers and sometimes even
annuals in flowerbeds. It twines
around and inserts root-like
structures into stems; the only
good control, other than repeated
pulling, is to remove the infested
plants.
Or just enjoy them as space

White/Alexander
I can wax poetic about lichens roots into and feed off other oddities found on this spinning
found on old plants, boulders, plants. Mistletoe is one and is planet. No science fiction writer
iron or concrete bridge rails, very hard to control without could come up with creatures so
and even tombstones. They killing the limbs, too, because its weird.
are a combination fungus and roots wrap around underneath I’ve posted photos of all these
algae which help one another the bark. Best thing to do is on my felderrushing.blog.
Mr. Freddie Payne of Columbus and Ms. Mildred
grow into fantastic flat, frilly or ignore them; I have seen very old Felder Rushing is a Mississippi
White of Crawford announce the engagement of their
scaly shapes. The most com- mistletoe balls three feet in diam- author, columnist, and host of “The
daughter, Dr. Vemitra White, to Dr. Jamel Alexander,
mon are gray-green, but I’ve eter on ancient oaks in England, Gestalt Gardener” on MPB Think
son of Ms. Dorothy Alexander of New Orleans, Louisi-
photographed yellows, reds and without doing serious harm to Radio. Email gardening questions
ana.
oranges as well. the trees. to rushingfelder@yahoo.com.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr.
James Earl Mosley and the late Mrs. Ella Mae Buchan-
an.
She is a 2002 graduate of West Lowndes High
School and is a graduate of Bevill State Community
College, where she received an Associate of Liberal
Arts degree; the University of West Georgia, where
she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration
in finance; and Mississippi State University, where
she received a Bachelor of Business Administration
in management and insurance, a master’s degree in
instructional technology and a Ph.D. in instructional
systems and workforce development.
She is currently a STEM education specialist for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in
Huntsville, Alabama, and is an assistant professor for
the LBJ Institute for STEM education and research at
Texas State University.
The bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mrs.
Marceline Alexander and the late Mr. Raymond Alex-
ander.
He is a 2004 graduate of St. Augustine High School
in New Orleans, and of Xavier University, where he
received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and
minor in mathematics; the University of New Orle-
ans, where he received a master’s degree in applied
physics; and Mississippi State University, where he
received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering
and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.
He is currently an engineer for the Department of
Defense.
The couple will exchange vows at 7:30 p.m. March
21, 2020, at The Champagne Palace in New Orleans.

Weddings, engagements Anniversary announce-

and anniversaries
The Dispatch wel-
comes wedding, engage-
ment and anniversary
announcements. All an-
nouncements need to be
submitted on forms pro-
vided by The Dispatch.
Separate forms with
guidelines for submission
are available for each type
of announcement.
The charge for an an-
nouncement with a photo-
graph is $25. The charge
for an announcement
without a photograph is
$15. All photographs will
be printed in black and
white.
Photos can be re-
turned by mail if a
self-addressed, stamped
envelope is included with
the form, or they can
be picked up after the
announcement runs in
the paper.
ments will be printed for
couples who have been
married 25 years or more.
Forms should be submit-
ted three weeks prior
to the event. Couples
submitting a picture may
include an original wed-
ding picture at no extra
cost.
Forms may be
hand-delivered to the
office of The Dispatch,
516 Main St., Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m., faxed to 662-329-
8937, or mailed to The
Commercial Dispatch,
P.O. Box 511, Columbus,
MS 39703. Forms can
also be downloaded from
The Dispatch web site at
www.cdispatch.com.
Any questions con-
cerning announcements
should be directed to the
editorial assistant, at 662-
328-2471, or editorialas-
sistant@cdispatch.com

Send in your
News About Town event.

email:
community@cdispatch.com

Subject: NATS
6A SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Coronavirus
Continued from Page 1A
West Point Consolidat-
ed school districts, have
all canceled school from
March 16-22, extending
the districts’ spring break
by a week. Some area
private schools, includ-
ing Heritage Academy,
Starkville Academy and
Annunciation Catholic
School, have also can-
celed classes this week.
CMSD and SOCSD
plan to still serve meals to
students. Labat said in a
text to The Dispatch that
children under 18 can re-
ceive breakfast from 7-9
a.m. and lunch from 11
a.m.-1 p.m. at every school
location beginning Mon-
day. A notice posted on
SOCSD’s website Friday
said district administra-
tors plan to begin a feed-
ing program on Tuesday.
They will release further
details about the program
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
Monday. A sign posted at the Kroger in Columbus Friday after-
Local officials are also noon says the store will limit the number of certain
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
keeping an eye on the items in demand as COVID-19 spreads in Mississippi.
virus. Lowndes County Quinn Cooley, a night manager at Vowell’s Marketplace in Starkville, stands next
to an empty shelf that would normally hold toilet paper at the store on Saturday
Emergency Management Lysol or any kind of disin-
Agency Director Cindy
morning. She said the store is completely out of toilet paper, hand sanitizers and Empty shelves fectants. We were told it
disinfectants. “It’s been crazy,” she said. By mid-day Saturday,
Lawrence said she is in would be four months be-
the traffic at Starkville
touch with MSDH daily, any private events booked Baptist Memorial Hospi- At Columbus Air fore we got any more. Our
grocery stores appeared
while Oktibbeha County at the department’s ven- tal-Golden Triangle and Force Base, personnel store manager has been
normal until shoppers
EMA Director Kristen ues are still on the sched- MSHD on Monday. are taking precautions calling warehouses and
Campanella said all emer- reached the areas where
ule unless the organizers “My suggestion to you recommended by the De- suppliers everywhere. I
gency response agencies things such as toilet pa- don’t know what we are
decide to cancel. would be to cease practic- partment of Defense and
in her county have a vir- per and hand-sanitizers going to do, to be honest.”
Roger Short, direc- es until I have the recom- Centers for Disease Con-
tual situation room in or- tor of Lowndes County mendation coming out of trol and Prevention, ac- are usually shelved. Walmart locations
der to stay in contact with Parks and this joint meeting,” Short cording to a CAFB press Quinn Cooley, a night in both Columbus and
each other. Rec reat ion said in a statement to par- release. Otherwise, oper- manager at Vowell’s, said Starkville were out of toi-
The city Depart- ents and coaches, which ations are normal, and the her store was out of disin- let paper and hand san-
of Columbus ment, said he shared with The Dis- base is not on lockdown, fectants such as GermX itizer Saturday, as were
Parks and he is lean- patch. the release says. and Lysol, with no idea Kroger locations in both
R e c reat ion ing toward All Starkville Parks The Starkville-MSU when new stock of those cities. An associate at
Department canceling and Recreation athletics Area Rapid Transit sys- items would come in. Sunflower on Military
has sus- upcoming programs are canceled tem will continue to run “It’s been crazy,” she Road in Columbus said
pended all events as Short until March 23, Director as usual, SMART Direc- said. “We are completely the store still had toi-
sports and well, but Gerry Logan said. All fa- tor Jeremiah Dumas said. out of toilet paper, com- let paper as of Saturday
other activ- Lewis that county officials will cilities will still be open, Starkville’s third an- pletely out of hand sanitiz- morning, but was out of
ities until discuss the issue and both indoor and outdoor, nual Pride Parade, which ers and completely out of hand sanitizer.
April 1, according to a make a decision follow- but attendance at the Tra- was originally scheduled disinfectants. We called Dispatch reporters Slim
city press release, though ing a joint meeting with vis Outlaw Center will be for Saturday, has been our warehouses. They Smith and Tess Vrbin con-
Director Greg Lewis said county and EMA officials, limited to 250 people. postponed until the fall. don’t have any GermX, tributed to this report.

Real ID
Continued from Page 1A
policy, which was passed
by Congress in 2005 but
has yet to be implement-
ed — something it calls
“Real ID.”
If passengers don’t
have a Real ID designa-
tion on their licenses,
they must have some oth-
er approved form of iden-
tification — primarily a
passport or military ID.
“Beginning Oct. 1,
2020, TSA estimates that
every day as many as one
million people will come
to TSA checkpoints with-
out a compliant ID,” Jack- Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
son said. “At that point, Golden Triangle Regional Airport Director Mike Hainsey,
it’s pretty simple: No com- left, joins Kim Jackson of the Mississippi Transporta-
pliant ID, no air travel.” tion Safety Administration, during a press briefing Fri-
The policy came about day at the airport held to alert travelers on the federal
government’s new “Real ID” policy. The policy requires
in the aftermath of the
that all licenses used as identification to board planes
9/11 attacks, when Con- carry a special designation verifying the authenticity of
gress passed a wave of the license. As of Oct. 1, no one without the Real ID
legislation designed to designation on their driver’s license will be allowed to
prevent future acts of board commercial aircraft.
terrorism, including cre-
ating the Department of
Homeland Defense and
TSA and dozens of oth-
ers measures, large and
small.
Some measures were
put in place almost imme-
diately. Others, like the
Real ID policy, have been
phased in over time.
Hainsey said aware-
ness of the new require-
ment continues to be low.
“As of last week, the
estimate was that only 37 Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
percent of people have a Pictured is a sample driver’s license showing where the
compliant ID,” Hainsey Real ID designation — a gold star in the top right cor-
said. “This is something ner — would appear. Beginning Oct. 1 airline passen-
gers must have the designation or an alternative form
we really need to get to of identification to fly.
word out about.”
Real IDs are issued by Anyone whose license that Real ID will be re-
driver’s license bureaus does not have the gold quired not just at airports,
in each state, but the re- star designation should but at every federal facili-
sponse has been slow. visit their driver’s li- ties where ID is required,
“There are still some cense bureau and obtain including military instal-
states that haven’t started a replacement license. lations such as Columbus
issuing the compliant li- Jackson said there is no Air Force Base.
censes and some are way additional fee for the re- With word of the
behind in issuing them,” placement license other change slow to reach the
Hainsey said. “That con- than the fee charged by public, Hainsey said GTR
cerns us, too, because we the state.
will begin a “Gold Star”
have passengers from all “The purposed of Real
over the country.” campaign.
ID is to make sure ter-
Mississippi began issu- “Anyone who checks in
rorists are not able to use
ing Real ID compliant li- fraudulent identifications and doesn’t have a compli-
censes two years ago. On to board airplanes,” Jack- ant ID will still be able to
the Mississippi license, son said. fly up to Oct. 1, but we’ll be
Real IDs carry a gold star Jackson said travelers handing out information
located in the top right under the age of 18 who do cards to make sure they
part of the license. The not have driver’s license know about this change,”
gold star is embedded or other approved forms Hainsey said. “We’re do- Send in your church event!
with information that TSA of ID can travel only if ing everything we can to Email editorialassistant@cdispatch.com
checkpoint screeners the parent or responsible get the word out so travel Subject: Religious brief
identify with an ultra-vio- adult has a compliant ID. goes smoothly when the
let light. Jackson emphasized change takes place.”

JA Charity Ball to present 2020 court
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
T
wenty-two high
school seniors
comprise the Ju-
nior Auxiliary of Colum-
bus Charity Ball Court to
be presented during the
annual event at Trot-
ter Convention Center
March 28. Following the
introduction of the court
at the 70th annual ball,
the Charity Ball king and
queen will be presented.
The evening will also
include a performance
by West Lowndes High
School Marching Band,
plus live entertainment
by The Party Jammers, a
10-piece show band from
Memphis, Tennessee.
The traditional royalty
breakfast will also follow.
Balcony and royalty
breakfast tickets will
be sold at the Trotter
Convention Center ticket
office from 6-8 p.m. on
March 25-27, and from
7-7:45 p.m. on March 28.
Balcony tickets are $25;
breakfast tickets are $25.
Tickets will be required
for admission to the
Charity Ball.
“Up and Away with
JA” is the theme of this
year’s ball, which, along
with the annual Report
to the Community, is the
chapter’s only fundraiser.
Proceeds support year-
round projects and pro-
grams serving children
in Lowndes County.
“It a night of celebra-
tion — celebrating hope,
Get SAAC summer scholarship applications now
SPECIAL TO THE
DISPATCH
A
long running
tradition, Starkville
Area Arts Council
awards scholarships each
summer to youth ages
11-18 for extracurricular
art and art education pro-
grams. This includes a
wide range of disciplines,
such as performing arts,
choral music, instrumen-
tal lessons, applied arts,
visual arts, and creative
writing. Funds may be
used for summer lessons,
camps, auditions, and
more.
The past two years
have shown record
Jury finds 3 liable for about $10M in Medicare fraud
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GULFPORT — A Mis-
sissippi hospital owner
cheated Medicare out
of $10.8 million, and
his wife and the former
chief financial officer of
another company are li-
able for slightly less, a
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 7A
opportunity and prog-
ress,” said JA of Colum-
bus President Bethany
Bustamente.
Charity Ball Court
Members of the 2020
court are:
n Abby Michelle
Amos, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marc Darren
Amos
n Mary Hannah
Brady, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Donelson
Brady
n Ellis Blaine Clark,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Newton Dale Jr.
n Noel Blaine Fisher,
son of Col. and Mrs.
James Latimer Fisher
n Adam Reese Ford,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Katie McDill Photography
Charleigh Dowling Ford Members of the 2020 Junior Auxiliary of Columbus Charity Ball Court to be presented March 28 at Trotter Con-
III vention Center are, in front, Elizabeth Alexander Howard. Second row: Carson Sims Nichols and Katherine Alden
Wiygul. Third row: Arthur Cale Upton, Rayne Allen Phillips, Mary Hannah Brady, Abby Michelle Amos, Sophia Kent
n Robert Gunnar Rector, Catherine Bailey Harris and Jackson Pritchard Kizer. Fourth row: William Henry Greene, Jonathon Mark
Gale, son of Ms. Stepha-
Swartz, Carter Davis Putt, Emma Madison Holliman, Sara Grace Vought, Ellis Blaine Clark, Robert Gunnar Gale and
nie McLain Gale and Mr. Adam Reese Ford. Fifth row: Carter Reid Smith, Michael Banks Hyde, Noel Blaine Fisher and James Reuben Profitt.
Robert Todd Gale
n William Henry Kizer, son of Mr. and Pothjuise Rector and Mr.
Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Kizer Edgar Albert Rector Jr.
Mrs. Russell Stuart n Carson Sims Nich- n Carter Reid Smith,
Greene ols, daughter of Mr. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
n Catherine Bailey Mrs. Michael Jay Nichols neth Dean Smith
Harris, daughter of Mr. n Rayne Allen n Jonathan Mark
and Mrs. Yandell Swayze Phillips, daughter of Swartz, son of Mr. and
Harris Ms. Katherine Langford Mrs. Mark Raymond
n Emma Madison Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Swartz
Holliman, daughter of John Douglass Phillips n Arthur Cale Upton,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence n James Reuben son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim-
Mayo Atkins II Proffitt, son of Ms. Beth othy Wayne Upton
n Elizabeth Alexander Harpole Proffitt and Mr. n Sara Grace Vought,
Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Thomas Mal- Profitt Kristopher Shay Vought
colm Howard Sr. n Carter Davis Putt, n Katherine Alden
n Michael Banks son of Mr. and Mrs. Mi- Wiygul, daughter of Mrs.
Hyde, son of Mr. and chael Charles Putt Laura Nicole Latham
Mrs. Patrick Foy Hyde III n Sophia Kent Rector, and Dr. and Mrs. James
n Jackson Pritchard daughter of Ms. Stacy Dorsey Wiygul
numbers of applications. Rules and applications supporting this initia-
More than $7,000 was are online at starkvil- tive, contact SAAC’s
awarded in summer 2019 learts.net/artseduca- Executive Director John
for students attending tion. Students must be Bateman. (#starkvillearts
programs at MSU Sum- residents of Oktibbeha #SummerScholarships).
mer Scholars OnStage, County, between ages 11
MS Lions Band, Control- and 18, and currently at-
lers 4-H Club Summer tending public, private or
Camp, American Ballet home schools. Both merit
Theatre and Southeast- and need are considered.
ern Summer Theatre Students are not eligible
Institute. As interest and once officially enrolled in
demand grows, SAAC college. Awards are paid
hopes to support more directly to the agency
talented youth in 2020. or vendor, so applicants
This year’s scholarships must also identify a spe-
are funded in part by cific program in advance
grants from SOAR and of submitting an applica-
Wal-Mart Community tion. Applications are due
Grant Store No. 112 April 1.
(Starkville). If interested in
federal jury hearing a luz worked, the Sun Her-
whistleblower lawsuit has ald of Biloxi reported.
found. The verdicts are not
Jurors returned their the end of the eight-week
verdicts Thursday eve- trial. Judge Henry Win-
ning against Ted and Ju- gate will hear arguments
lie Cain, Tommy Kuluz, March 26 in Gulfport
Stone County Hospital about whether to triple
and Corporate Manage- the damages under the
ment Inc., for which Ku- federal whistleblower law.
8A SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
CALENDAR
Editor’s note: Due to recent, rapid schedul-
ing fluctuations, The Dispatch advises con-
firming dates with venues before planning
to attend events in today’s Calendar.
Today
Canceled: “St Patty’s Pawty” — This
fundraiser for the Columbus-Lowndes Humane
Society is 1-6 p.m. at Zachary’s, 205 Fifth St.
N., downtown Columbus. Enjoy a pet parade,
live music, raffles and green beer, along with
food by Huck’s Place. $10 donation at the door
(cash only).
Thursday, March 19
Canceled: Story State–Fostering In-
novative Storytelling — This Mississip-
pi State Department of Communication event
previously listed in this calendar is canceled.
Thursday through Saturday,
March 19-21
Canceled: “Farce of Nature” — The
Columbus Arts Council and Columbus Commu-
nity Theatre present this Southern-fried farce
directed by Melanie Tubbs at 7:30 p.m. nightly,
plus a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee. Tickets are
$10 in advance, $12 at the door, if available.
For tickets or information, visit columbus-arts.
org/cct or call 662-328-2787 (closed Mon-
days).
March 20, 28, 31
Canceled: Music events — Mississippi
University for Women Department of Music
events listed previously are canceled.
Saturday, March 21
Canceled: Symphony Masterworks
— This Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra
concert is canceled.
Sunday, March 22
Canceled: Rust College Choir — St.
James United Methodist Church, 722 Military
Road, Columbus, hosts the acclaimed a capella
Rust College Choir at the 11 a.m. service. The
public is invited; there is no charge.
Canceled: Trudy Gildea tribute — A
The Dispatch
99.49%
of our customers receive their paper on time. (Believe us. We track these things.)
If you are unhappy with your delivery please let us know. Our goal is 100%
customer satisfaction. Call customer support at: 662-328-2424
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
film, “Trudy Gildea: The Love for the Music,”
premieres in two showings at 2 p.m. and 3:30
p.m. at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenz-
weig Arts Center, 501 Main St. Directed by
Carlos Rosales and produced by Brian Gildea,
the film traces Trudy Gildea’s musical legacy
from New York to her founding of the Columbus
Suzuki Strings and beyond. Free to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, March 25
Noon Tunes — Main Street Columbus kicks
off its spring midday music series with tunes
by Jeffrey Rupp at the Trotter Courtyard from
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Additional planned dates
are April 1, 8, 15. For more information, contact
MSC, 662-328-6305.
Thursday, March 26
through Saturday, April 4
Canceled: 80th Annual Columbus,
MS Spring Pilgrimage — Home, church
and garden tours are featured, along with a
kick-off party, Tales from the Crypt, Catfish in
the Alley (music and food), a shrimp and craw-
fish boil, 5K run, guided walking tour, Dressing
to Mourn lecture, Art of Disney, carriage rides
and more. Go to visitcolumbusms.org or call the
Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau, 800-
920-3533, 662-329-1191.
Friday, March 27
Black Prairie Blues Museum fund-
raiser — Tickets to this museum event at
640 Commerce St. in downtown West Point
are $40 and include a barbecue plate and soft
drinks. BYOB; set-ups available. For tickets or
information, contact Jeremy Klutts, 662-295-
8361, or Deborah Mansfield, 662-275-7819. Or
pick up tickets at the Growth Alliance.
Thursday, April 2
Exhibit reception — The Columbus Arts
Council hosts a reception from 5:30-7 p.m. to
open an installation and sculpture exhibit by
Sara Goode at the Rosenzweig Arts Center,
501 Main St. Free to the public. For informa-
tion, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787.
Sports
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS PUT ON PAUSE FOR A WEEK
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Fourteen high schools
in the Golden Triangle
area will not participate
in sports for at least this
coming week due to
growing concerns about
the spread of COVID-19,
the disease caused by the
novel coronavirus.
On Saturday after-
noon, the Midsouth As-
sociation for Independent
Schools announced it had
canceled all activities and
athletic events beginning
Monday in addition to
recommending all MAIS
schools close for one
week beginning Monday.
The MAIS said it will
reevaluate its decision to
cancel sporting events
on a week-to-week basis
beginning March 23, but
for now, spring sports
seasons for six area high
schools — Heritage Acad-
emy, Columbus Chris-
tian Academy, Starkville
Academy, Starkville
Christian School, Oak
Hill Academy and Hebron
Christian School.
“The health and safety
of all MAIS students and
personnel remain our top
priority,” the MAIS said
in its statement regarding
Saturday’s decision. “The
situation remains fluid,
How the 1918 Mississippi A&M football team
battled a pandemic and war to play its season
In 1918, the Mississippi A&M (MSU’s previous name) football team saw its season delayed due to a global in-
fluenza pandemic, but the Aggies marched to a 3-2 record in a season marred by sickness, uncertainty and war.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Mis-
sissippi State sports have
come to a historic stand-
still.
Following the South-
eastern Conference’s an-
nouncement Thursday
that all spring sports
will be canceled due to
the ongoing spread of
COVID-19, the disease
caused by the novel coro-
navirus, the 2019-2020
athletic season at MSU
has come to an abrupt
close.
And while the stands
at Dudy Noble Field,
Humphrey Coliseum and
Davis Wade Stadium will
remain bare for the fore-
seeable future, it’s not
without precedent.
In 1918, the Mississip-
pi A&M (MSU’s previous
name) football team saw
its season delayed due
to a global influenza pan-
demic, but the Aggies
marched to a 3-2 record
in a season marred by
sickness, uncertainty and
war.
“Never before have
conditions been so un-
favorable for football at
The Heritage Academy baseball team beat George County 3-0 on Saturday morning at the Battle at the Beach
tournament. Shortly afterward, the Patriots found out that the MAIS had canceled all athletic activities this week.
and MAIS guidance/re-
quirements are subject
to change in response to
new information and rec-
ommendations.”
Heritage Academy had
played a baseball game
as recently as Saturday
morning, when the Patri-
ots beat George County
in Lucedale, but for now,
their season is suspended
A&M as during the sea-
son of 1918,” read the
1919 edition of The Rev-
eille, the university year-
book.
***
Following a 1917 cam-
paign in which Mississip-
pi A&M (The previous
name for MSU) matched
a program record in wins
(seven) and downed LSU,
Kentucky and in-state
rival Ole Miss, the 1918
season should have been
met with optimism.
Instead, worldwide
plague and the end of
World War I decimated
not only the Mississippi
A&M football roster but
the school itself.
As the Spanish flu
pandemic killed more
than 20 million people
between 1918 and 1920,
52 students at the uni-
versity died from infec-
tion while another 1,800
students were infected,
according to the Oct. 12,
1918, edition of The Col-
lege Reflector, the school
newspaper that remains
in circulation today.
Then a student at Mis-
sissippi A&M, future New
York Times editor Turner
Catledge documented the
as the MAIS evaluates the
situation.
“We continue to mon-
itor information coming
from the Mississippi
Department of Health,
the Institution of Higher
Learning, the Mississip-
pi Department of Educa-
tion, and the Mississippi
High School Activities
Association, as well as
Spanish flu’s impact on
the school.
Training to be a sol-
dier at the time, Catledge
recalled being sent to the
school hospital to help
with patients. Following a
sergeant to the first-floor
ward, he and longtime
friend Peter Minyard
were forced to hold down
a delirious patient for
almost an hour until he
died.
“I saw three men die
that day,” Catledge wrote
in his autobiography
My Life and The Times.
“They wouldn’t let Peter
and me leave. We had
gained too much needed
experience. After three
days I was assigned to be
assistant to the undertak-
er. By then I wanted out
of there, so I faked a faint.
I didn’t know how people
fainted so I fell to the floor
and kicked my feet. The
undertaker reluctantly
released me.”
With the flu gaining a
foothold across campus
and the globe, the football
team too felt its wrath.
Games against Alabama,
LSU and Mississippi Col-
lege were canceled as all
three schools abandoned
corresponding agencies
in neighboring states as
we develop our plans for
the coming weeks and
months,” the statement
read. “Our goal is to mit-
igate the risks posed by
the coronavirus while
maintaining the quality
and integrity of our in-
structional and athletic
programs.”
The Reveille (1919)
football for the 1918 sea-
son. A home meeting
against Marion Mili-
tary Institute originally
scheduled for Oct. 5 was
bumped back a month be-
fore also being axed after
the visitors were quaran-
tined.
Struggling to find col-
legiate competition, for-
mer coach and then-ath-
letic director William
Chadwick helped add
contests with teams com-
posed of soldiers from
Payne Field (West Point),
Park Field (Millington,
Tennessee) and Camp
Shelby (Hattiesburg).
Two games against Ole
Miss were also added to
the final ledger — mark-
ing the only time in the
schools’ 119-year rivalry
they’ve played twice in a
season.
With a smorgasbord
schedule now complete
and a roster in which
just seven of 25 players
returned to school in Sep-
tember 1918 due to the
United States’ induction
into World War I just a
year and a half prior, the
Aggies were set for the
1918 season.
See FOOTBALL, 6B
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
Dispatch file photo
The MAIS’s ruling
joined decisions by local
public school districts to
cancel school and sus-
pend athletic competition.
The Columbus Munic-
ipal School District, the
Lowndes County School
District, the Starkville
Oktibbeha School Dis-
trict, the West Point Con-
solidated School District
NCAA plans to extend
eligibility of athletes
in all spring sports
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The
NCAA is planning to
extend the eligibility of
athletes on spring sports
teams by one year to
make up for the season
lost to the new coronavi-
rus.
The details of how the
extra eligibility will work
are still being ironed out.
All three NCAA divi-
sions would potentially
allow another year for
athletes in the 14 spring
sports, which include
baseball, softball, la-
crosse and golf. The de-
cision comes after the
NCAA announced Thurs-
day that its winter and
spring championships
would be canceled as a
precaution against the
spread of the coronavi-
rus.
Some, but not all, con-
ferences have announced
that their spring sports
teams would not continue
their regular seasons.
“I think for the spring
sports athletes, its a
good idea. I like the idea
of some kind of a make-
good there and that’s the
way to do it,” Big East
Commissioner Val Acker-
man said Friday.
The NCAA Division
I Council Coordination
Committee sent an email
Friday notifying schools
of its intention. The pro-
posal is expected to pass.
“Details of eligibility
relief will be finalized at
a later time,” the NCAA
said in a statement. “Addi-
tional issues with NCAA
rules must be addressed,
and appropriate gover-
nance bodies will work
through those in the com-
ing days and weeks.”
The NCAA needs to
figure out logistics in-
cluding scholarship lim-
its, roster size and a few
other nuances.
The association also
is trying to determine
what — if anything — it
could do for winter-sport
athletes. In basketball,
many of the top players
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
B
SECTION
and the Noxubee County
School District will not
hold school this week
and will cancel all athletic
events during the period.
The CMSD and LCSD
have suspended all athlet-
ic practices events until
further notice, affecting
Columbus, New Hope,
Caledonia and West
Lowndes high schools.
“The district will con-
tinue to seek advisement
from state officials and
monitor this evolving sit-
uation,” the CMSD said in
a statement Friday. “The
health and safety of our
students, staff and com-
munity remains a top pri-
ority.”
Victory Christian
School will follow the
LCSD’s policy and close
for the week as well.
The SOCSD and
WPCSD canceled all ath-
letic practices and events
for the duration of the clo-
sure, meaning Starkville,
West Point and Noxubee
County high schools
could return to competi-
tion as soon as March 23.
But a Mississippi High
School Activities Associ-
ation meeting scheduled
for Monday morning
could put an end to spring
sports across the state.
The MHSAA announced
See PREPS, 6B
will have headed to the
pros already, so granting
another year wouldn’t do
much for them.
Florida Athletic Direc-
tor Scott Stricklin, the
former athletic director
at Mississippi State, said
he plans to push for legis-
lation that would allow se-
niors to return to school
and for roster exemptions
that would help make it
happen.
“I think any senior
who had a championship
opportunity taken away
because of this should get
another year,” he said Fri-
day. “I don’t know if the
NCAA will take that up.
But you have track ath-
letes, you have gymnasts,
you have swimmers and
divers, and basketball,
that what they worked for
all year was taken away.”
North Carolina la-
crosse attacker Katie
Hoeg, who is a two-time
All-American and the
school’s all-time leading
scorer, has a teaching
and coaching job lined
up after she graduates
this spring. She said she
will make arrangements
to return for some grad
courses and play lacrosse
next year if she’s allowed.
“I’m choosing my
passion,” Hoeg said. “I
can’t imagine ending my
lacrosse career the way
this season is going. I was
pretty hopeful this would
be a possibility. I’m real-
ly excited this decision
has been made. It’s such
a weird circumstance.
This has never happened
before. It would be pret-
ty unfair to have our ca-
reers or have this year
taken away from us. I do
agree with their decision
because of the circum-
stances.”
The NCAA also in-
formed schools on Friday
that a recruiting dead
period is now in effect
through April 15, ban-
ning all on-campus visits
for recruits and off-cam-
pus recruiting travel for
coaches.
2B SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
BRIEFLY
College Sports
SEC extends suspension through April 15
The Southeastern Conference announced Friday
it is extending its suspension of all athletic activities
through April 15 due to concerns about COVID-19, a
disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in a blow
to hopes of resumption for spring sports across the
conference.
The suspension now includes all organized team
activities: team and individual practices, meetings and
other organized gatherings, including competition.
Programs will cease all activities by the end of Friday, the
league stated.
That means the Mississippi State baseball, softball,
men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis and
outdoor track and field teams will not be able to practice
or compete until April 16 at the very earliest.
“SEC member institutions will continue to provide
their student-athletes with care and support to meet
needs in areas including academics, medical care,
mental health and wellness, nutrition and housing as
needed,” the conference said in a statement.
NJCAA suspends sports through April 3
The National Junior College Athletic Association
has suspended all athletic competition through April 3
due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
East Mississippi Community College’s baseball and
softball teams will be affected by the decision.
The NJCAA will also postpone its basketball cham-
pionships to April 20 and won’t charge student-athletes a
year of eligibility should their season be canceled.
“Our goal is to look after the safety and security of
all involved, while also still providing a pathway to allow
opportunities for our student-athletes and the ability
to compete for a national championship,” an NJCAA
statement read. “The NJCAA will continue to monitor and
make adjustments as needed.”
Local Sports
Columbus Recreation Department suspends
all events until April 1
The Columbus Recreation Department announced
Saturday it has suspended all practices, games and
activities until April 1 due to concerns about the spread
of COVID-19.
“We are exercising caution and follow the guidance
of health officials in this decision,” director Greg Lewis
said. “Sadly, we also have to suspend our senior adult
activities at this time too. Private events already booked
at our Community Centers will remain on the schedule
since those are not public events. Each group can make
their decision on proceeding.”
Prep Baseball
Heritage Academy 3, George County 0
LUCEDALE — Blayze Berry pitched a gem as
the Heritage Academy baseball team shut out George
County 3-0 on Saturday in Lucedale.
The Mississippi State signee struck out 10 batters
in 6.2 scoreless innings as the Patriots improved to 11-1
on the season. He also led the team with two hits and
drove in a run.
Banks Hyde and KJ Smith also had RBIs for
Heritage Academy.
Heritage Academy 14, Harrison Central 4
D’IBERVILLE — Heritage Academy run-ruled MH-
SAA Class 6A school Harrison Central 14-4 on Friday at
D’Iberville High School.
The Patriots scored eight runs in the fourth inning
and earned the win in five innings.
Aaron Downs led Heritage Academy by driving in
three runs, while Hyde and Seth Harris each had two
RBIs. Downs, Hyde and Cole Ketchum each had two
hits.
Hyde struck out two in three innings on the mound.
Pickens Academy 12, Kemper Academy 0
DE KALB — Pickens Academy (Alabama) shut out
Kemper Academy 12-0 on Saturday in De Kalb.
Collin Smith pitched a complete-game shutout for
the Pirates (2-3), striking out nine and allowing two hits
and two walks.
Will Noland went 4 for 5 with an RBI for Pickens
Academy, while Hayden Dyer went 2 for 4 with a double
and drove in two runs, and Clark Noland walked twice
and went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI.
Drake Lowery went 2 for 2, and Clayton Lee and
Lane Goodman each went 2 for 4.
Prep Softball
New Hope goes 2-2 at Gulf Shores tourney
GULF SHORES, Ala. — The New Hope softball
team was shut out 3-0 in five innings by Walker Valley
on Saturday in their final game at the Pleasure Island
Showdown in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The Trojans were held to just four hits, of which
Lailah Henderson had two.
Reagan Cook pitched all four innings for New Hope
(7-2), striking out two batters.
New Hope blew out New Site earlier Saturday in
Gulf Shores, earning an 11-1 win in four innings.
The Trojans scored eight runs in the third inning to
rout the Royals.
Zoe Goodman and Kendal Kostick each drove in
three runs for New Hope, and Jeoreia Henry drove in
two.
Charly Clanton led the team with three hits, while
Goodman and Emma O’Bryant had two.
Kensley Woolbright pitched all four innings for New
Hope.
New Hope closed Friday with a 5-2 loss to Gulf
Shores (Alabama), the Trojans’ first loss of the season.
The Dolphins scored two runs in the third inning and
two in the fourth to outstrip New Hope in the four-inning
game.
Clanton and Gabbi Manning drove in runs for New
Hope, and Cook pitched 3.2 innings for the Trojans.
New Hope’s first game of the two-day tournament
was its best, as the Trojans obliterated Hunters Lane
(Tennessee) 31-0 in just two innings.
New Hope scored an astounding 20 runs in the first
inning and added 11 more in the second to put the game
to bed quickly.
Henry drove in five runs in the game to lead the
Trojans. Goodman was the only player with multiple hits,
as her two-hit day paced a balanced New Hope offense.
Pickens Academy (Ala.) goes 4-0 in Meridian
Pickens Academy (Alabama) improved to 8-0 with a
4-0 weekend at the Clarkdale Tournament in Meridian.
Auburn signee Shelby Lowe picked up wins in all
four games, improving her record to 8-0 as well.
Against Hancock in Pickens’ final game of the
weekend, Lowe struck out 15 hitters and gave up five hits
as the Pirates won 4-2.
Lily Lowery went 2 for 2 with a single and a double,
driving in a run, and Courtney Dudley had an RBI.
Lowe shut out Vancleave over six innings, striking
out 13, in a 2-0 Pickens win in the Pirates’ first game
Saturday.
Carleigh Cameron went 3 for 3 with an RBI in the
win.
In Friday’s second game, Lowe had 16 strikeouts in
a 1-0 shutout of Germantown. She and Cameron each
went 1 for 3 with a single, and Audrey Fondren had a
single in her only at-bat.
Pickens romped to a 14-1 victory over Northeast
Lauderdale in the Pirates’ first game of the tournament
Friday by scoring 10 runs in the first inning en route to a
five-inning win.
Lowe, who struck out eight in three innings pitched,
went 2 for 2 at the plate. Dudley had a single and two
RBIs, and Baylee Jaynes had a double and drove in
two runs.
Cameron went 1 for 3 with an RBI, and Sawyer
Robertson and Caroline Lewis also drove in a run apiece
for Pickens.
Sports events affected
by coronavirus
Archery
ISSF International Solidarity Championships in
Dhaka, Bangladesh from Feb. 22-28 postponed.
World Cup in Shanghai from May 4-10 canceled.
Athletics
World indoor championships in Nanjing from
March 13-15 postponed to March 19-21, 2021.
World half marathon championships in Gdynia,
Poland on March 29 postponed to Oct. 17.
World race walking team championships in Minsk,
Belarus from May 2-3 canceled.
Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9 canceled.
Asian indoor championships in Hangzhou from
Feb. 12-13 canceled.
Tokyo Marathon on March 1, restricted to elite
runners.
Paris Half Marathon on March 1 postponed to
Sept. 6.
Nagoya Women’s Marathon on March 8, restricted
to elite runners.
Rome Half Marathon on March 8 canceled.
New Taipei City Marathon in Taiwan on March 15
canceled.
Suzhou Half Marathon in China on March 15
canceled.
Barcelona Marathon on March 15 postponed to
Oct. 25.
New York Half Marathon on March 15 canceled.
Seoul Marathon on March 22 canceled.
Chongqing International Marathon in China on
March 22 canceled.
Wuxi Marathon in China on March 22 canceled.
Mersin Marathon in Turkey on March 22 post-
poned.
Lisbon Half Marathon on March 22 postponed to
Sept. 6.
Prague Half Marathon on March 28 postponed.
Rome Marathon on March 29 canceled.
Madrid Half Marathon on March 29 postponed.
Asian cross-country championships in Hong Kong
on March 29 postponed.
Paris Marathon on April 5 postponed to Oct. 18.
Milan Marathon in Italy on April 5 postponed.
Daegu International Marathon in South Korea on
April 5 canceled.
Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands on April
5 postponed.
Kyiv Half Marathon in Ukraine on April 5 post-
poned.
Berlin Half Marathon on April 5 canceled.
Wuhan Marathon in China on April 12 canceled.
Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea on April 12
canceled.
Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon in
China on April 12 postponed.
Vienna City Marathon on April 19 canceled.
Hamburg Marathon on April 19 postponed.
Enschede Marathon in the Netherlands on April
19 canceled.
Boston Marathon on April 20 postponed to Sept.
14.
London Marathon on April 26 postponed to Oct. 4.
Madrid Marathon on April 26 postponed to Nov.
15.
Dongying International Marathon in China on April
26 canceled.
Krakow Marathon in Poland on April 26 postponed.
Florida Invitational meeting in Miramar on May 9
canceled.
Edinburgh Marathon on May 24 postponed.
Auto Racing
Formula One: Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne
on March 15 canceled.
Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir on
March 22 postponed.
Formula One: Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi on
April 5 postponed.
Formula One: Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on
April 19 postponed.
IndyCar: St. Petersburg Grand Prix in Florida on
March 15 canceled.
IndyCar: Alabama Grand :Prix in Birmingham on
April 5 canceled.
IndyCar: Long Beach Grand Prix in California on
April 19 canceled.
IndyCar: AutoNation Challenge in Austin, Texas
on April 26 canceled.
12 Hours of Sebring in Florida on March 21-22
postponed to November.
NASCAR: Atlanta 500 on March 15 canceled.
NASCAR: Miami 400 on March 22 canceled.
Formula E: Sanya E-Prix in Japan on March 21
canceled.
Formula E: Rome E-Prix on April 4 canceled.
Formula E: Paris E-Prix on April 18 canceled.
Formula E: Seoul E-Prix on May 3 canceled.
Formula E: Jakarta E-Prix on June 6 canceled.
Badminton
China Masters in Hainan from Feb. 25-March 1
postponed.
Asian team championships in Manila from Feb. 11-
16: China and Hong Kong withdrew.
German Open in Mulheim from March 3-8 can-
celed.
Portuguese International Championships in Cal-
das da Rainha from March 5-8 canceled.
Swiss Open in Basel from March 17-22 postponed.
India Open in New Delhi from March 24-29 post-
poned.
Orleans Masters in France from March 24-29
canceled.
Vietnam International Challenge in Hanoi post-
poned from March 24-29 to June 2-7.
Waikato International in New Zealand from March
26-29 postponed.
Polish Open in Krakow from March 26-29 can-
celed.
Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur from March
31-April 5 postponed.
Canadian International Challenge in Fort McMur-
ray from March 31-April 5 postponed.
Osaka International Challenge in Moriguchi from
April 1-5 postponed.
Finnish Open in Vantaa from April 2-5 postponed.
Singapore Open from April 7-12 postponed.
Dutch International in Wateringen from April 8-11
postponed.
Asia championships moved from Wuhan, China to
Manila on April 21-26.
Baseball
MLB: Preseason from March 12 canceled. Regular
season due to start on March 26, postponed.
Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan: Presea-
son from Feb. 26-March 15, no spectators. Reg-
ular season due to start on March 20, postponed.
KBO League in South Korea: Preseason from
March 14-24 canceled. Regular season due to
start on March 28, postponed.
Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Arizo-
na from March 22-26 postponed.
Final Olympic qualifying tournament in Taichung
and Dou Liu, Taiwan from April 1-5 postponed to
June 17-21.
Basketball
NBA from March 11 suspended.
Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament moved
from Foshan, China, to Belgrade, Serbia, from
Feb. 6-9.
3x3 Olympic qualifying tournament in Bengaluru,
India from March 18-22 postponed.
Asia Cup qualifiers postponed: Philippines vs.
Thailand on Feb. 20; Japan vs. China on Feb. 21;
China vs. Malaysia on Feb. 24. Matches scheduled
for Hong Kong moved to opponents’ homes.
South Korean Basketball League: All games from
Feb. 25, no spectators. From Feb. 29, suspended.
Serie A in Italy: Games on March 7, no spectators.
From March 8-13, postponed.
NBL in Australia: From March 13, no spectators.
EuroLeague: Milan vs. Real Madrid in Milan on
March 3; Valencia vs. Milan in Valencia on March
5. Competition from March 12 suspended.
EuroLeague Women: Famila Schio vs. Sopron on
Feb. 26; Reyer vs. Riga on Feb. 26; USK Praha
vs. Famila Schio on March 11; Ekaterinburg vs.
Montpellier on March 11, canceled. Competition
from March 13 suspended.
EuroCup: Brescia vs. Reyer on March 3, Monaco
vs. UNICS Kazan on March 4, Darussafaka vs.
Bologna on March 5, no spectators. Competition
from March 12 suspended.
EuroCup Women: Castors Braine vs. Valencia
on March 12; Reyer vs. Girona on March 12, can-
celed. Dynamo Kursk vs. Avenida on March 12
canceled. Competition from March 13 suspended.
3x3 Asia Cup in Changsa, China from March 13-17
postponed to Sept. 9-13.
Basketball Africa League due to start on March
13 delayed.
VTB United League in Belarus, Estonia, Ka-
zakhstan, Poland and Russia from March 13
suspended.
Biathlon
Olympic test event in Zhangjiakou, China from
Feb. 27-March 2 canceled.
World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic from
March 5-8, no spectators.
Boxing
Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifier moved from Wu-
han, China, to Amman, Jordan, from March 3-11.
Americas Olympic qualifier in Buenos Aires, Ar-
gentina from March 26-April 3 suspended.
World Cup in Cologne, Germany from June 17-20
canceled.
Canoe-kayak
Asian canoe slalom championships in Pattaya,
Thailand on March 22 postponed to April.
Asian Olympic canoe sprint qualifying tournament
in Pattaya, Thailand on March 26 postponed to
April.
Climbing
Asian Championships in Chongqing, China from
April 25-May 3 to be relocated.
Olympic test event in Tokyo on March 6, no ath-
letes and spectators.
World Cup in Wujiang, China from April 18-19
canceled.
World Cup in Chongqing, China on April 22 can-
celed.
Cricket
India-South Africa 2nd ODI in Lucknow on March
15, 3rd ODI in Kolkata on March 18, postponed.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Australia-New Zealand 2nd ODI in Sydney on
March 15 and 3rd ODI in Hobart on March 20,
canceled.
Sri Lanka-England 2-test series from March 19-31
postponed.
World XI-Asia XI matches in Dhaka, Bangladesh
on March 21-22 postponed.
New Zealand-Australia 3-match Twenty20 series
from March 24-29, canceled.
Indian Premier League, due to start on March 29,
postponed to April 15.
Pakistan Super League: Matches from March 13,
no spectators. Final brought forward from March
22 to March 18.
West Indies, all matches from March 16 suspend-
ed.
Australia Women’s tour of South Africa, due to
start on March 22, postponed.
Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
between Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar,
Singapore and Vanuatu in Malaysia from March
16-26 postponed.
Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 between Unit-
ed States, Scotland and United Arab Emirates in
Florida from April 1-8 postponed.
Everest Premier League in Nepal, due to start on
March 14, postponed.
Women’s ODI Quadrangular between Thailand,
Ireland, Netherlands and Zimbabwe in Chiang
Mai, Thailand from April 3-11 canceled.
Curling
Women’s world championships in Prince George,
Canada from March 14-22 canceled.
Men’s world championships in Glasgow, Scotland
from March 28-April 5 canceled.
World mixed doubles and senior championships in
Kelowna, Canada from April 18-25 canceled.
Cycling
Road
Tour of Hainan in China from Feb. 23-March 1
postponed.
UAE Tour cancelled on Feb. 27 after 5 of 7 stages.
Strade Bianche in Siena, Italy on March 7 can-
celed.
Paris-Nice from March 8-15: Mitchelton-Scott,
Ineos, Astana, UAE Team Emirates, CCC, Mov-
istar, Jumbo-Visma teams withdrew. From Stage
2 of 8, no spectators. On March 14, Stage 7 of 8,
canceled.
GP Larciano in Pistoia, Italy on March 8 canceled.
Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy from March 11-17 can-
celed.
Istarsko Proljeće in Croatia from March 12-15
canceled.
Drentse Acht van Westerveld (women) in the Neth-
erlands on March 13 canceled.
Bevrijdingsronde van Drenthe in the Netherlands
on March 14-15 canceled.
Ronde van Drenthe (women) in the Netherlands on
March 15 canceled.
Popolarissima in Italy on March 15 canceled.
Paris-Troyes on March 15 postponed.
Danilith Nokere Koerse in Belgium on March 18
canceled.
Volta ao Alentejo in Portugal from March 18-22
canceled.
Olympia’s Tour in the Netherlands from March 18-
22 canceled.
Milan-San Remo on March 21 canceled.
Omloop van de Westhoek (women) in Belgium on
March 22 canceled.
Trofeo Alfredo Binda (women) in Cittiglio, Italy on
March 22 postponed to June 2.
Tour de Normandie in France from March 23-27
canceled.
Volta a Catalunya in Spain from March 23-29
canceled.
AG Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne in Belgium from
March 25-26 postponed.
Settimana Coppi e Bartali in Italy from March 25-
29 canceled.
E3 BinckBank Classic in Belgium on March 27
canceled.
Gent-Wevelgem in Belgium on March 29 can-
celed.
Cholet-Pays de La Loir in France on March 29
canceled.
Dwars door Vlaanderen in Belgium on April 1
canceled.
Giro di Sicilia in Italy from April 1-4 canceled.
Roue Tourangelle in France on April 5 canceled.
Circuit des Ardennes in Belgium from April 10-12
canceled.
Tour of Turkey from April 12-19 postponed.
Tour de Bretagne in France from April 25-May 1
canceled.
Tour of the Gila in New Mexico from April 29-May
3 canceled.
Tour of Chongming Island (women) in China from
May 7-9 postponed.
Tour of Zhoushan Island in China from May 12-14
postponed.
Tour of Taiyuan in China on May 31 postponed.
Women’s Tour in United Kingdom from June 8-13
postponed.
Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California from Oct.
1-4 postponed.
Giro d’Italia in Hungary and Italy from May 9-31
postponed.
Track
Six Day Manchester in England from March 13-15
canceled.
Mountain Bike
Eliminator World Cup in Dubai on March 6 can-
celed.
Cape Epic in South Africa from March 15-22
canceled.
UCI World Cup in Lousa, Portugal on March 21-22
canceled.
Eliminator World Cup in Barcelona on March 28
canceled.
Equestrian
Hong Kong showjumping leg of Longines Masters
Series from Feb. 14-16 canceled.
Fencing
Anaheim Grand Prix in California on March 13-15
postponed.
Men’s Saber World Cup in Budapest, Hungary on
March 20-22 postponed.
Men’s Epee World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina
on March 20-22 postponed.
Women’s Saber World Cup in Sint-Niklaas, Bel-
gium on March 20-22, postponed.
Women’s Epee World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbeki-
stan on March 20-22 postponed.
Junior world championships in Salt Lake City, Utah
on April 3-11 postponed.
African Zonal Olympic qualifier in Cairo on April
15 postponed.
Asian Zonal Olympic qualifier in Seoul on April
15-16 postponed.
European Zonal Olympic qualifier in Madrid on
April 18-19 postponed.
American Zonal Olympic qualifier in Panama City
on April 18-19 postponed.
FIELD HOCKEY
Hockey Pro League women’s matches between
China and Belgium on Feb. 8-9 and Australia on
March 14-15 postponed.
Australia’s Hockey Pro League matches in Spain,
Germany and Netherlands from March 14-29
postponed.
New Zealand’s Hockey Pro League matches in
Germany on March 19 and the Netherlands on
March 29 postponed.
India women’s tour of China from March 14-25
canceled.
Ireland women’s tour of Malaysia in March-April
canceled.
Golf
US PGA Tour
Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida on March 12, Day 1 of 4, canceled.
Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida
from March 19-22 canceled.
WGC-Match Play in Austin, Texas from March 25-
29 canceled.
Corales Puntacana Championship in Punta Cana,
Dominican Republic from March 26-29 canceled.
Texas Open in San Antonio from April 2-5 can-
celed.
Masters in Augusta, Georgia from April 9-12
postponed.
US LPGA Tour
Honda LPGA Thailand in Pattaya from Feb. 20-23
canceled.
HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singa-
pore from Feb. 27-March 1 canceled.
Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island from March 5-8
canceled.
Founders Cup in Phoenix from March 19-22 can-
celed.
Kia Classic in Carlsbad, California from March
26-29 canceled.
ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, California from
April 2-5 canceled.
European Tour
Kenya Open in Nairobi from March 12-15 can-
celed.
Indian Open in New Delhi from March 19-22
postponed.
Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malay-
sia, from April 16-19 postponed.
China Open in Shenzhen from April 23-26 post-
poned.
Czech Masters in Prague on Aug. 20-23 canceled.
Japan LPGA Tour
Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa from March 5-8
canceled.
Meiji Yasuda Life Women’s Yokohama Tire Tour-
nament in Konan from March 13-15 canceled.
Asian Tour
Royal Cup in Pattaya, Thailand from March 12-15
postponed.
Bangabandhu Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh from
March 25-28 postponed.
Ladies European Tour
Saudi Ladies International in King Abdullah
Economic City, Saudi Arabia from March 19-22
postponed.
Gymnastics
Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from
Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew.
All-Around World Cup in Milwaukee on March 7:
Russia team withdrew.
Artistic World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, from
March 14, Day 3 of 4, canceled.
Artistic World Cup in Doha, Qatar on March 18-21
postponed to June 3-6.
All-Around World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany on
March 20-22 canceled.
Aerobic World Cup in Cantanhede, Portugal on
March 27-29 canceled.
Rhythmic World Cup in Pesaro, Italy on April 3-5
postponed to June 5-7.
All-Around World Cup in Tokyo on April 4-5: Rus-
sia team withdrew.
Artistic Jesolo Cup in Italy on April 4-5 canceled.
Rhythmic World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria on April
10-12 postponed.
Trampoline World Cup in Brescia, Italy on April 24-
25 postponed to June 19-20.
Handball
Olympic women’s qualifying tournament in Mon-
tenegro from March 20-22: China withdrew. Hong
Kong declined invitation to attend.
Horse Racing
Dubai World Cup on March 28, no spectators.
Ice Hockey
NHL from March 12 suspended.
Women’s world championship in Nova Scotia,
Canada from March 31-April 10 canceled.
Women’s world championship Division I Group A
in Angers, France from April 12-18 canceled.
Women’s world championship Division I Group
B in Katowice, Poland from March 28-April 3
canceled.
Women’s world championship Division II Group
A in Jaca, Spain from March 29-April 3 canceled.
Men’s world championship Division IV in Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan from May 3-5 canceled.
Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia in Manila, Philip-
pines from Feb. 23-28 canceled.
Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia Division I in Ma-
nila, Philippines from Feb. 23-28 canceled.
National League and Swiss League in Switzer-
land from March 2 suspended. From March 13
canceled.
Elite League in United Kingdom from March 13
canceled.
Chinese clubs in Supreme Hockey League playing
home games in Russia.
US-Based Professional Women’s Hockey Play-
ers Association tour of Japan from March 4-7
canceled.
Judo
Paris Grand Slam on Feb. 8-9: China team with-
drew.
Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany on Feb. 21-23:
China team withdrew.
Rabat Grand Prix in Morocco on March 6-8 can-
celed.
Swiss Open in Winterthur on March 7-8 canceled.
Ekaterinburg Grand Slam in Russia on March 13-
15 canceled.
Santiago Panamerican Open in Chile from March
14-15 canceled.
Lima Panamerican Open in Peru from March 21-
22 canceled.
Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia from March 27-29
canceled.
Antalya Grand Prix in Turkey from April 3-5 can-
celed.
Modern Pentathlon
World championships moved from Xiamen to Can-
cun, Mexico, from May 25-31.
World laser run championships moved from Xia-
men in May to Weiden, Germany, in August.
Motorcycling
MotoGP
Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on March 8 canceled.
Thailand Grand Prix in Buriram on March 22 post-
poned to Oct. 4.
Aragon Grand Prix in Spain moved from Oct. 4 to
Sept. 27.
Americas Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on April 5
postponed to Nov. 15.
Argentina Grand Prix in Termas de Rio Hondo on
April 19 postponed to Nov. 22.
Valencia Grand Prix in Spain on Nov. 15 moved
to Nov. 29.
World Superbikes
Qatar Round in Lusail on March 15 postponed.
Spanish Round in Cadiz on March 29 postponed
to Oct. 25.
French Round in Magny-Cours on Sept. 27 post-
poned to Oct. 4.
Rowing
World Cup I in Sabuadia, Italy from April 10-12
canceled.
Asia and Oceania Olympic qualifying regatta in
Chungju, South Korea from April 27-30 canceled.
European Olympic qualifying regatta in Varese,
Italy from April 27-29 canceled.
World Cup II in Varese, Italy from May 1-3 can-
celed.
Rugby League
Super League: Catalans vs. Leeds in Perpignan on
March 14, postponed.
Rugby Union
Six Nations: Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin on March 7;
Italy vs. England in Rome on March 14; France vs.
Ireland in Paris on March 14; Wales vs. Scotland in
Cardiff on March 14, postponed.
Women’s Six Nations: Italy vs. Scotland in Leg-
nano on Feb. 23; Scotland vs. France in Glasgow
on March 7; Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin on March 8;
Italy vs. England in Padua on March 15; Wales vs.
Scotland in Cardiff on March 15; France vs. Ireland
in Villeneuve-d’Ascq on March 15, postponed.
European Rugby Championship: Georgia vs. Rus-
sia on March 14; Romania vs. Belgium on March
14; Switzerland vs. Netherlands on March 14;
Spain vs. Portugal on March 15, postponed.
Euopean Rugby Women’s Championship: Spain
vs. Russia on April 5; Spain vs. Netherlands on
April 11, postponed.
Super Rugby: Sunwolves vs. ACT Brumbies on
March 8 moved from Osaka, Japan to Canberra,
Australia. Sunwolves vs. Crusaders on March 14
moved from Tokyo to Brisbane, Australia. Jag-
uares vs. Highlanders on March 14, no spectators.
Competition from March 15 suspended.
French Top 14 from March 13 suspended.
Pro14: Zebre vs. Ospreys on Feb. 29; Treviso vs.
Ulster on Feb. 29, postponed. Competition from
March 12 suspended.
Japan’s Top League: Matches from Feb. 29 post-
poned. From March 14 suspended.
Hong Kong Sevens moved from April 3-5 to Oct.
16-18.
Singapore Sevens moved from April 11-12 to Oct.
10-11.
Asia women’s championship in Hong Kong from
March 14-22 postponed to May 8-16.
Olympic test event (Asia Sevens Invitational) in
Tokyo from April 25-26 canceled.
Australian Rules
Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators.
Sailing
Clipper Round the World Race moved sixth leg
stopover in Qingdao, China to Subic Bay, Philip-
pines from March 11-21.
470 world championship in Mallorca, Spain from
March 13-21 postponed.
Asian championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates from March 15-22 postponed.
Asian Nacra 17 Championship in Shanghai from
March 1-6 moved to Genoa, Italy, from April 12-19.
On March 12 canceled.
Asian 49erFX Championship in Hainan, China
from March 20-29 moved to Genoa, Italy, from
April 12-19. On March 12 canceled.
Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar 470s in Mallorca,
Spain from March 25-April 4 canceled.
World Cup Series in Genoa, Italy from April 11-19
canceled.
Americas Cup World Series in Cagliari, Italy from
April 23-26 canceled.
SailGP in San Francisco from May 2-3 canceled.
Shooting
World Cup in New Delhi from March 15-26 post-
poned to May 5-12 and June 2-9.
Olympic test event in Tokyo from April 16-26
canceled.
Skating
Short track speed skating world championships in
Seoul from March 13-15 postponed.
Figure skating world championships in Montreal
from March 16-22 canceled.
Skiing
Alpine World Cup Finals in Cortina d’Ampezzo,
Italy from March 18-22 canceled.
Alpine World Cup in Yanqing, China from Feb. 15-
16 canceled.
Nordic World Cup in Oslo, Norway from March
6-8, no spectators.
Engadin Skimarathon in Switzerland on March 8
canceled.
Snowboard World Cup in Livigno, Italy on March
10 canceled.
Ski Jumping World Cup in Trondheim, Norway on
March 11-12, no spectators.
Alpine World Cup in Are, Sweden on March 12-14,
canceled.
Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil, Russia on
March 13-15, no spectators.
Ski Jumping World Cup in Vikersund, Norway on
March 13-15, no spectators.
Ski Cross World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland
on March 14 canceled.
Snowboard World Cup in Winterberg, Germany on
March 14-15 canceled.
Alpine World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia from
March 14-15, canceled.
Alpine Europa Cup Finals in Saalbach and Reit-
eralm, Austria from March 16-22 canceled.
World ski flying championships in Planica, Slove-
nia from March 17-22, no spectators.
Ski jumping World Cup in Chaikovsky, Russia on
March 18-20, no spectators.
Slopestyle World Cup in Silvaplana, Switzerland
on March 21-22 canceled.
Junior ski cross and snowboard cross world cham-
pionships in Saint-Lary, France from March 19-25
canceled.
Snowboard World Cup in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech
Republic on March 20-21 canceled.
Snooker
China Open in Beijing from March 30-April 5
postponed.
Soccer
Asian Champions League: Matches involving
Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shang-
hai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG postponed to
April-May. Beijing FC allowed to play from Feb.
18. Matches involving South Korean clubs Jeon-
buk Hyundai Motors, Suwon Samsung Bluewings
and FC Seoul to be played with no spectators
from March 3. Matches involving Iranian clubs
Esteghlal, Persepolis, Shahr Khodro, Sepahan on
March 2-3 postponed. All West Zone group match-
es from March 2 postponed. East Zone matches
postponed to May 19-20 (Match Day 3), May 26-
27, (Match Day 4), June 16-17 (Match Day 5), and
June 23-24 (Match Day 6). Round of 16 postponed
to Aug. 11-12 and 25-26, quarterfinals to Sept.
15-16 and 29-30, and the semifinals to Oct. 20-
21 and 27-28.
Champions League: Valencia vs. Atalanta on
March 10; Paris Saint-Germain vs. Borussia Dort-
mund on March 11, no spectators. Competition
from March 13 suspended.
Europa League: Inter Milan vs. Getafe on March
12; Sevilla vs. Roma on March 12, postponed. Inter
Milan vs. Ludogorets on Feb. 27; Olympiakos vs.
Wolverhampton on March 12; LASK vs. Manches-
ter United on March 12; Wolfsburg vs. Shakhtar
Donetsk on March 12; Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Ba-
sel on March 12, no spectators. Competition from
March 13 suspended.
South America World Cup qualifying from March
23-31 postponed.
Asia World Cup qualifying: China vs. Maldives on
March 26 and vs. Guam on March 31 moved to
Buriram, Thailand, no spectators. Matches from
March 23-April 9 postponed: China vs. Maldives,
Philippines vs. Guam, Maldives vs. Syria, Guam
vs. China, China vs. Philippines, Guam vs. Syria,
China vs. Syria, Philippines vs. Maldives, Australia
vs. Kuwait, Nepal vs. Taiwan, Kuwait vs. Jordan,
Nepal vs. Australia, Australia vs. Taiwan, Nepal vs.
Jordan, Taiwan vs. Kuwait, Australia vs. Jordan,
Iran vs. Hong Kong, Bahrain vs. Cambodia, Hong
Kong vs. Iraq, Cambodia vs. Iran, Iran vs. Bahrain,
Iraq vs. Cambodia, Iran vs. Iraq, Bahrain vs. Hong
Kong, Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen, Palestine vs.
Singapore, Yemen vs. Uzbekistan, Singapore vs.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia vs. Palestine, Uzbeki-
stan vs. Singapore, Saudi Arabia vs. Uzbekistan,
Palestine vs. Yemen, Bangladesh vs. Afghanistan,
India vs. Qatar, Afghanistan vs. Oman, Qatar vs.
Bangladesh, Bangladesh vs. India, Oman vs.
Qatar, Bangladesh vs. Oman, India vs. Afghani-
stan, Japan vs. Myanmar, Tajikistan vs. Mongolia,
Myanmar vs. Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia vs. Japan,
Japan vs. Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan vs. Mongolia,
Japan vs. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan vs. Myanmar,
United Arab Emirates vs. Malaysia, Thailand vs.
Indonesia, Malaysia vs. Vietnam, Indonesia vs.
United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates vs.
Thailand, Vietnam vs. Indonesia, Thailand vs. Ma-
laysia, United Arab Emirates vs. Vietnam, South
Korea vs. Turkmenistan, North Korea vs. Sri Lan-
ka, Turkmenistan vs. Lebanon, Sri Lanka vs. South
Korea, South Korea vs. North Korea, Lebanon vs.
Sri Lanka, South Korea vs. Lebanon, North Korea
vs. Turkmenistan.
Euro 2020 qualifying playoffs: Slovakia vs. Ireland
in Bratislava on March 26, no spectators.
Women’s Euro 2021 qualifying: Montenegro vs.
Ireland in Budva on March 11, no spectators.
Africa Cup of Nations qualifying from March 25-31
postponed.
Asian women’s Olympic qualifying Group B
tournament relocated from Wuhan to Sydney
from Feb. 3-13. China vs. South Korea playoffs
on March 6 and 11 postponed to April 9 and 14,
and postponed to June 1-10; China home game in
Sydney. Vietnam vs. Australia in Cẩm Phả on March
11, no spectators.
English Premier League: Manchester City vs.
Arsenal on March 11. Competition from March 13
suspended.
FA Cup quarterfinals on March 21-22 postponed.
La Liga and Segunda Division matches from
March 10, no spectators. Competition from March
12 suspended.
Copa del Rey final: Real Sociedad vs. Athletic Bil-
bao in Seville on April 18 postponed.
Serie A, B, C, D and Women’s Serie A matches
in Lombardy and Veneto regions postponed from
Feb. 22. Serie A: 6 matches on Feb. 29-March 2
postponed. All matches from March 4, no specta-
tors. Competition from March 9 suspended.
Italian Cup semifinals: Juventus vs. AC Milan on
March 4, Napoli vs. Inter Milan on March 5, post-
poned. Final moved from May 13 to May 20.
Bundesliga from March 11, no spectators. From
March 13, suspended.
French Ligue 1: Strasbourg vs. Paris Saint-Ger-
main on March 7, postponed. Competition from
March 13 suspended.
French League Cup final: Paris Saint-Germain vs.
Lyon in Paris on April 4 postponed.
Algarve Cup final in Portugal on March 11: Italy vs.
Germany canceled.
Chinese Super League, due to start on Feb. 22,
delayed.
Iran Pro League: All matches from Feb. 24, no
spectators; season from March 4 suspended.
J League in Japan: All matches from Feb. 25
postponed.
K League in South Korea, due to start on Feb. 29,
delayed.
Swiss Super League and Challenge League from
Feb. 28-March 23 postponed.
V League in Vietnam from March 7, no spectators.
First League and Second League in Bulgaria from
March 8, no spectators.
Romania, all league matches from March 9, no
spectators.
Primeira Liga in Portugal from March 10, no spec-
tators.
Ekstraklasa in Poland from March 10, no spec-
tators.
Austrian Bundesliga and 2nd Liga from March 10
postponed.
Premier League in Egypt from March 10, no spec-
tators.
Denmark, all leagues from March 11 suspended.
Eredivisie in the Netherlands from March 12 sus-
pended.
First Division A in Belgium from March 12, no
spectators.
Belgian Cup final: Club Brugge vs. Antwerp in
Brussels on March 22 postponed.
Major League Soccer in United States from March
12 suspended.
Premiership in Scotland from March 13 suspend-
ed.
AFC Cup: All group stage and playoff matches in
east zone delayed to April 7.
Asian men’s futsal championship in Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan, from Feb. 26-March 8 postponed
to Aug. 5-16.
Qatar Airways International in Doha with Belgium,
Croatia, Portugal, Switzerland from March 26-30
canceled.
Men’s friendlies: Netherlands vs. United States
on March 26; Japan vs. South Africa on March 27;
Wales vs. Austria on March 27; England vs. Italy
on March 27; Wales vs. United States on March
30; England vs. Denmark on March 31; Germa-
ny vs. Italy on March 31, canceled. France vs.
Ukraine on March 27; France vs. Finland on March
31, no spectators.
Women’s friendlies: France vs. North Macedonia
on April 10, no spectators.
Sumo
Spring Tournament in Osaka, Japan from March
8-22, no spectators.
Swimming
Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: Chi-
na team withdrew.
Diving world series event in Beijing from March
7-9 canceled.
Italy Olympic trials in Riccione from March 17-21
canceled.
South America championships in Buenos Aires,
Argentina from March 25-29 canceled.
Nordic Tour: Bergen Festival in Norway from
March 28-30 canceled.
China Olympic trials in Qingdao from March
28-April 4 moved to May 10-16.
Ireland Olympic trials in Dublin from April 1-5
postponed.
African championships in Durban, South Africa
from April 17-22 postponed.
Australia championships in Perth from April 17-21
canceled.
Table Tennis
World team championships in Busan, South Ko-
rea, postponed from May 22-29 to June 21-28.
Asian Cup in Hainan, China from Feb. 28-March
1 postponed.
Polish Open in Gliwice from March 11-15, from
March 13, Day 3 of 5, suspended.
Italian Open in Riccione from April 1-5 postponed.
Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in Bangkok
from April 6-12 postponed.
European Olympic qualifying tournament in Mos-
cow from April 8-12 postponed.
Latin American Olympic qualifying tournament in
Rosario, Argentina from April 15-19 postponed.
Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Bris-
bane, Australia from April 19-20 postponed.
Japan Open in Kitakyushu on April 21-26 post-
poned.
South Korea Open in Busan on June 16-21 sus-
pended.
Slovenia Open in Otocec from April 22-26 post-
poned.
Australian Open in Geelong on June 23-28 sus-
pended.
Taekwondo
Asian Olympic qualifying tournament on April 10-
11 moved from Wuxi, China to Amman, Jordan.
European Olympic qualifying tournament in Milan
from April 17-19 movd to Moscow from April 16-18.
On March 12 postponed.
Tennis
ATP-WTA: BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells,
California from March 11-22 canceled.
ATP-WTA: Miami Open from March 24-April 5
canceled.
WTA: Zapopan Open in Guadalajara, Mexico from
March 16-21 canceled.
ATP: US Men’s Clay Court Championships in
Houston, Texas from April 6-12 canceled.
ATP: Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Morocco
from April 6-12 canceled.
WTA: Charleston Open in South Carolina from
April 6-12, canceled.
WTA: Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia from
April 6-12 canceled.
ATP: Monte Carlo Masters from April 12-19 can-
celed.
ATP: Hungarian Open in Budapest from April 20-
26 canceled.
WTA: Xi’an Open in China from April 13-19 can-
celed.
ATP: Barcelona Open from April 20-26 canceled.
ATP: Hungarian Open in Budapest from April 20-
26 canceled.
WTA: Kunming Open in Anning, China from April
27-May 3 canceled.
ITF events from March 12 suspended.
Davis Cup: China forfeited World Group I playoff
vs. Romania in Piatra Neamt on March 6-7.
Davis Cup: Japan vs. Ecuador qualifier in Miki on
March 6-7, no spectators.
Davis Cup: Italy vs. South Korea in Cagliari on
March 6-7, no spectators.
Fed Cup Finals in Budapest, Hungary from April
14-19 (with France, Australia, United States,
Czech Republic, Russia, Belarus, Spain, Ger-
many, Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia, Switzerland)
postponed.
Fed Cup playoffs on April 17-18 (Poland vs. Brazil,
Mexico vs. Britain, Serbia vs. Canada, Latvia vs.
India, Japan vs. Ukraine, Romania vs. Italy, Ar-
gentina vs. Kazakhstan, Netherlands vs. China),
postponed:
Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tournament moved
from Dongguan, China to Dubai, United Arab Emir-
ates from March 3-7.
ATP Challenger Tour
Bergamo Challenger final in Italy on Feb. 23 can-
celed.
Qujing Challenger in China from March 2-8 can-
celed.
Nur-Sultan Challenger 1 in Kazakhstan on March
12, Day 4 of 7, canceled.
Potchefstroom Challenger in South Africa on
March 12, Day 3 of 6, canceled.
Zhuhai Challenger in China from March 9-15
canceled.
Arizona Challenger in Phoenix from March 16-22
canceled.
Shenzhen Challenger in China from March 16-22
canceled.
Olimpia Challenger in Brazil from March 17-22
canceled.
Madrid Challenger from March 23-29 postponed
to October.
Zhangjiagang Challenger in China from March
23-29 canceled.
Lille Challenger in France from March 23-29
canceled.
Machala Challenger in Ecuador from March 23-29
canceled.
St. Brieuc Challenger in France from March
29-April 5 canceled.
Taipei Challenger in Taiwan from March 30-April
5 postponed.
Marbella Challenger in Spain from March 30-April
5 canceled.
Nanchang Challenger in China from April 6-12
canceled.
Florianopolis Challenger in Brazil from April 6-12
canceled.
San Luis Challenger in Mexico from April 6-12
canceled.
Murcia Challenger in Spain from April 6-12 can-
celed.
Sarasota Challenger in Florida from April 13-19
canceled.
Changsha Challenger in China from April 13-19
canceled.
Tunis Challenger in Tunisia from April 13-19 can-
celed.
Yokohama Challenger in Japan from April 13-19
canceled.
Alicante Challenger in Spain from April 13-19
canceled.
Anning Challenger in China from April 20-26
canceled.
Manzanillo Challenger in Mexico from April 20-26
canceled.
Tallahassee Challenger in Florida from April 20-
26 canceled.
Matsuyama Challenger in Japan from April 20-26
canceled.
Francavilla Challenger in Italy from April 20-26
canceled.
Split Challenger in Croatia from April 20-26 can-
celed.
Seoul Challenger in South Korea from April 27-
May 3 postponed to August.
Busan Challenger in South Korea from May 4-10
postponed to August.
Gwangju Challenger in South Korea from May 11-
17 postponed to August.
Samarkand Challenger in Uzbekistan from May
11-17 canceled.
Triathlon
World Series in Abu Dhabi on March 7 postponed.
World Cup in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida on
March 22 postponed.
World Cup in New Plymouth, New Zealand on
March 28-29 postponed.
World Cup in Brasilia, Brazil on April 3-5 post-
poned.
World Series in Bermuda on April 18-19 post-
poned.
World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico on April 25-26
postponed.
Olympic mixed relay qualifier moved from Cheng-
du, China on May 9 to Valencia, Spain on May 1.
World Cup in Chengdu, China on May 10 post-
poned.
World Cup in Arzachena, Italy on May 30 post-
poned to October.
Asian Cup in Tainan, Taiwan on March 8, in Beihai,
China on April 5, and Dexing, China on April 11
postponed.
Volleyball
Beach volleyball World Cup in Yangzhou, China
from April 22-26 postponed.
Water Polo
Olympic women’s qualifying tournament in Trieste,
Italy from March 8-15 postponed.
Weightlifting
Asian championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
from April 16-25 postponed. Originally moved from
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
East Asian championships in Seoul from Feb.
26-March 3 postponed.
Junior world championships in Bucharest, Roma-
nia from March 14-24 canceled.
African championships in Vacoas, Mauritius from
April 13-20 canceled.
European championships in Moscow from April
13-21 postponed to June 13-21.
Wrestling
Asian championships in New Delhi from Feb.
20-23: China, North Korea, Turkmenistan teams
withdrew.
European Olympic qualifying event in Budapest,
Hungary from March 19-22 postponed.
Asian Olympic qualifying event from March 27-29
moved from Xi’an, China to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan withdrew as host on Feb. 29.
United States Olympic trials in State College,
Pennsylvania from April 4-5 postponed.
Olympic qualifying event in Sofia, Bulgaria from
April 30-May 3 postponed.
Others
Italy declares all sports events without spectators
from March 4; suspends all sports from March 9.
Iran suspends all sports events from Feb. 24.
Greece declares all sports events without specta-
tors from March 8-22.
Bulgaria declares all sports events without specta-
tors from March 8.
Slovakia suspends all sports events from March
10.
Tokyo Olympic training of volunteers in Japan
postponed from February to May.
Tokyo Olympic flame lighting dress rehearsal in
Olympia, Greece on March 11; flame lighting on
March 12, no spectators. Greek torch relay from
March 13 canceled.
Chinese Anti-Doping Agency suspended testing
from Feb. 3-21.
Winter X Games events in Chongli, China from
Feb. 21-23 postponed.
Singapore athlete of the year awards on Feb. 26
postponed.
International Boxing Association’s European Con-
tinental Forum in Assisi, Italy on Feb. 29 canceled.
International Boxing Association’s African Conti-
nental Forum in Casablanca, Morocco from March
13-15 postponed.
World Chess Federation’s presidential council
meeting moved from China to United Arab Emir-
ates on Feb. 28-29.
World University cross-country championships in
Marrakech, Morocco on March 7 postponed.
NCAA in the United States, all sports from March
12 canceled.
International Weightlifting Federation Congress in
Bucharest, Romania on March 13 canceled.
World Conference on Prevention of Injury and
Illness in Sport in Monte Carlo from March 12-14
postponed to Feb. 11-13, 2021.
World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium in Laus-
anne, Switzerland on March 17-18 canceled.
FIFA Council meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, on
March 20 moved to Zurich in June-July.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Para
Games in the Philippines from March 20-28 post-
poned.
Hong Kong sports stars awards on March 24
postponed.
MCC world cricket committee meeting in Colom-
bo, Sri Lanka on March 28-29 canceled.
XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships (offroad
triathlon, duathlon) in Taiwan from March 28-29
canceled.
Gulf Cooperation Council Games in Kuwait from
April 3-14 postponed.
International Equestrian Federation Sports Forum
in Lausanne, Switzerland on April 6-7 moved to
online.
Asian Football Confederation Congress in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia on April 16 postponed.
SportAccord summit in Beijing moved to Laus-
anne, Switzerland, on April 19-24.
World Sailing general meeting in London on May
2 canceled.
FIFA Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 5
postponed to Sept. 18.
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
Congress on June 20 moved from Shanghai to
Antwerp, Belgium.
Singapore bans spectators at National School
Games from January-August.
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
postponed all sports events.

UFC holds fight card in Brasilia amid coronavirus pandemic
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRASILIA, Brazil —
The UFC staged a full
fight card in an empty are-
na Saturday night in Bra-
zil’s capital city, sticking
to its plan to keep fighting
in the face of the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
Charles Oliveira
stopped lightweight Kev-
in Lee with a guillotine
choke in the third round
of the main event in the
UFC’s first show since
many other sports organi-
zations around the world
postponed and canceled
competitions.
The world’s biggest
mixed martial arts pro-
motion held 12 bouts in
Brasilia with only the
fighters, their camps,
the television production
crew and a few dozen es-
sential personnel inside
Nilson Nelson Gymnasi-
um.
“It was a bit weird not
having any fans inside the
arena,” said Bea Malecki,
a Swedish bantamweight
who won a decision over
Veronica Macedo in the
show’s opening bout. “But
I was able to hear every-
thing my coaches were
saying, and it was good.
Sometimes it is so loud
out there. It was a crazy
week. We didn’t know if
the fight was going to hap-
pen or not, but we stuck
to the plan. It was really
emotional.”
The UFC also plans
to stage a show with fans
inside London’s O2 Are-
na next weekend, and it
intends to hold fan-free
shows in Las Vegas on
March 28 and April 11.
UFC President Dana
White has claimed the
For these athletes, this is a spring break they don’t want
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OMAHA, Neb. —
Creighton right-hander
Ben Dotzler was sup-
posed to be in the bullpen
at TD Ameritrade Park
this weekend, readying
himself to pitch against
Northern Colorado.
Molly Little, who plays
lacrosse for Denver, ex-
pected to be on the road
for a much anticipated
match against Michigan,
the team the Pioneers
beat to reach the Elite
Eight of the NCAA Tour-
nament last year.
Avrey Steiner thought
she would be with her
softball teammates for Il-
linois’ first home games
of the season against
Bowling Green and Green
Bay.
Everything changed
for thousands of college
athletes when the NCAA
announced Thursday it
was canceling all spring
sports championships,
along with remaining win-
ter championships, be-
cause of the coronavirus
pandemic. Conferences
followed, saying they
were temporarily or per-
manently shutting down
their regular seasons.
Suddenly, athletes who
put in long hours juggling
commitments to their
sports and academics had
lots of free time.
And they’re miserable.
Wuhan soccer team leaving Spain to escape virus
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADRID — The Chi-
nese soccer team that
was originally stuck in
Spain because of the coro-
navirus outbreak is going
back home to try to avoid
its rapid spread in Europe.
Wuhan Zall was ex-
pected to return to China
on Saturday, nearly 1 1/2
months after it arrived
in Spain for preseason
training. The team had
not been able to leave be-
cause of the restrictions
in China, but expedited
its departure because of
the worsening situation in
Spain.
The team initially
Renato Moicano answers questions in the press room after fighting Damir Hadzovic during UFC Fight Night at
Ginasio Nilson Nelson on Saturday in Brasilia, Brazil. Moicano won in 44 seconds with a rear naked choke.
sports world is “panick-
ing” with its cancella-
tions.
Oliveira (29-8) ended
the show by finishing Lee
(18-6), a former light-
weight title contender
who missed weight for
the bout. Oliveira has won
seven straight fights by
stoppage, and the Brazil-
ian veteran’s celebratory
screams echoed through
the empty arena.
In the show’s penulti-
mate bout, Gilbert Burns
knocked out Brazilian
jiu-jitsu specialist Demi-
an Maia, who hadn’t lost
by stoppage in 25 fights
since August 2009 at UFC
102.
The absence of fans led
to a unique atmosphere.
The UFC still played its
fighters’ walk-in music as
“We didn’t work a
whole year,” Dotzler said,
“to play 15 games.”
Little said she woke
up at 6:30 every morn-
ing to go to the training
room to rehab an injury
and stretch before lifting
weights and running —
all before going to a 2 1/2-
hour practice and then
her classes.
“There’s nothing that
can prepare you for the
feeling of your season be-
ing done, and it’s not be-
cause you lost in NCAAs,”
Little said. “I spent many
hours crying with team-
mates. You work your
whole life to get to this
point, to play on this big
stage, and to have it taken
from you is devastating.”
Steiner said she was
doing fine emotionally
until she started cleaning
out her locker Friday.
“That really got me,”
she said. “A lot of peo-
ple are going to say, ‘Oh,
yeah, this is like a week
off or getting a couple
days off. I guarantee you
it’s going to hit me and
other people in the com-
ing weeks.”
Some good news ar-
rived on Friday when the
NCAA informed schools
that spring athletes would
be given another year of
eligibility to make up for
their lost season. Details
must be worked out.
planned to leave Spain
mid-February but had
extended its stay in the
southern region of the
country until at least the
end of March. That plan
changed this week be-
cause of the sharp spike
in the number of cases in
Spain and Europe gener-
ally.
“Things are well over
there (in China) now,”
José González, the team’s
Spanish coach, told The
Associated Press on
Saturday. “The Chinese
league will likely start at
the beginning of May. We
will have to enter quaran-
tine when we arrive, so
the sooner we leave, the
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
they walked to the cage,
and ring announcer Joe
Martinez declaimed the
fighters’ names with no
fans in attendance to hear
it. After conducting an
in-cage interview, UFC
broadcaster Michael
Bisping instinctively ex-
horted the absent crowd
to “Make some noise!”
The absence of crowd
energy perhaps played
a role in the card’s first
nine fights all going to
decisions. Brazil’s Jussi-
er Formiga lost a nar-
row unanimous decision
to Mexican lightweight
Brandon Moreno in the
type of close bout that
might have been influ-
enced by thousands of
fans cheering for the
home fighter.
Lightweight contender
States Fort, a senior
on the Coastal Carolina
men’s golf team, hopes
to return for another year
even though he’ll gradu-
ate in May.
“I would try to make it
work with grad courses,”
he said. “I would do every-
thing in my power as long
as the finances are there.
I would love to come back
and play with these guys.”
Not all seniors will be
able to take advantage of
being granted an extra
year. Some already have
jobs lined up. Others have
been accepted into grad-
uate programs at other
schools. There are ath-
letes who currently are on
partial scholarships, and
they may not be able to af-
ford paying the difference
for another year.
Though the eligibili-
ty extension offers some
consolation, it will be im-
possible for athletes to
duplicate the experiences
of playing with their 2020
teams.
The Richmond wom-
en’s lacrosse team, for
example, was off to a pro-
gram-best 7-0 start and
ranked in the top 20 na-
tionally for the first time
since 2008.
“We just accelerat-
ed into the season and
started off so hot,” senior
goaltender Megan Gian-
forte said. “Personally,
better.”
The team will first go
to the city of Shenzhen,
where it is expected to
finish its preseason train-
ing for the Chinese Super
League, the country’s
main first-division soccer
competition. The league
was supposed to start on
Feb. 22 but was suspend-
ed because of the virus.
The city of Wuhan was
the epicenter of the out-
break that rapidly spread
to other countries and in-
fected more than 145,000
people worldwide, with
5,400 deaths.
Spain was set to fol-
low Italy on Saturday in
declaring a nationwide
Renato Moicano got the
card’s first stoppage victo-
ry nearly 4 1/2 hours into
the show, finishing Damir
Hadzovic in 44 seconds
with a rear naked choke.
“I’m very frustrated be-
cause today I fought in my
hometown, and I don’t see
nobody,” Moicano said. “I
didn’t see familiar faces. I
didn’t see my family over
here. I don’t know what to
say.”
The atmosphere out-
side the arena was equal-
ly strange. The UFC had
already erected signage
and cordoned off gather-
ing areas normally placed
outside venues for fans,
but the areas sat unused
and empty.
The show was broad-
cast around the world,
and it filled a yawning
I thought I was peaking
this year. I felt I was in the
best condition for this sea-
son. That’s why I was so
excited for it. We brought
in so much talent, which
helps me defensively.
“I’m leaving Richmond
now with such unfinished
business, knowing all the
potential we could have
had. I just know how much
more we have to give.”
Now the spring ath-
letes are left to wonder
what they’ll do with them-
selves.
“It is just heartbreak-
ing to see these kids face
this unfortunate situa-
tion,” longtime University
of San Francisco base-
ball coach Nino Giarrat-
ano said. “They are too
young.”
Creighton sophomore
Tommy Steier said he and
Dotzler, his roommate,
have been spending a lot
of time hanging out with
teammates, rehashing old
stories and plotting their
immediate futures.
Creighton isn’t allow-
ing athletes to use the
school’s training facili-
ties during the shutdown.
Baseball players will
work out on their own and
prepare to join summer
teams in a few months
— if the summer leagues
operate.
Fort, the Coastal Car-
olina golfer, said a tem-
lockdown as European
countries took ever more
sweeping measures to
reduce contact among
people and slow the accel-
erating spread of the coro-
navirus. Health author-
ities in Spain said more
than 5,700 people were in-
fected and the number of
cases could reach 10,000
in the coming days.
For most people, the
new coronavirus causes
only mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever
and cough. For some,
especially older adults
and people with existing
health problems, it can
cause more severe ill-
ness, including pneumo-
Jason da Silva/USA TODAY Sports
void of live sports during
what’s usually one of the
busiest weeks of the in-
ternational sporting cal-
endar. The fights were
initially scheduled to be
aired in the U.S. on the
ESPN+ subscription ser-
vice, but instead were
shown live on ESPN.
The 42-year-old Maia
(28-10), a UFC stalwart
since 2007, had won
his last three bouts in a
late-career surge. He was
stopped by Burns (18-3),
a fellow Brazilian who has
won five straight fights.
Another touted Brazil-
ian also lost: light heavy-
weight Johnny Walker
lost a one-sided decision
to Ukraine’s Nikita Kry-
lov for his second straight
defeat since a nine-fight
winning streak that had
porary sports stoppage
would have been more
appropriate, followed by a
reassessment of the situa-
tion. He wishes the NCAA
would have waited before
canceling championships
scheduled for months
from now.
For most people, the
new coronavirus causes
only mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever
and cough. For some,
especially older adults
and people with existing
health problems, it can
cause more severe ill-
ness, including pneumo-
nia. The vast majority of
people recover from the
virus.
“Obviously I’m biased
because I play a small
outdoor sport where spec-
tators aren’t much of an
issue,” Fort said. “It was
kind of quick and a little
rash and short-sighted on
the NCAA’s part, espe-
cially to blanket cancel all
sports.
“I can understand bas-
ketball. That’s a spectator
sport where you have a
ton of people constant-
ly rubbing shoulders. I
can almost understand
baseball. But sports like
(men’s) volleyball, soft-
ball, golf and lacrosse
don’t have as much of a
pronounced fan base.”
Creighton’s baseball
team was busing back to
nia. The vast majority of
people recover.
The number of new
cases have dwindled in
China, where more than
65,000 people recovered
from the virus. The na-
tion has been easing up
on lockdown measures
in its hardest-hit region
that included the city of
Wuhan.
None of the Wuhan
Zall players were infect-
ed when the team arrived
in Spain, but the grand-
mother of one player
was among the corona-
virus-linked deaths back
home.
Players have been
away from home for sev-
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 3B
moved him into conten-
tion for a title shot at Jon
Jones.
The UFC has not can-
celed any events in the
wake of the pandemic,
going against the plans
of nearly all major sports
leagues and organiza-
tions. The promotion ap-
parenlty doesn’t plan to
ban fans from its event in
London next week unless
compelled by regulatory
officials.
The UFC is also mov-
ing its following two
events, scheduled for
March 28 and April 11,
to its UFC Apex training
complex in Las Vegas,
where they will be held
without fans. The events
were previously sched-
uled for Columbus, Ohio,
and for Portland, Oregon.
The Nevada State Ath-
letic Commission held an
emergency meeting Sat-
urday and suspended any
scheduled combat sports
competition through
March 25, when it will
meet again. The commis-
sion said nothing about
whether it would allow the
UFC to hold its events as
planned.
The UFC also still
hopes to hold its next
pay-per-view event in
Brooklyn on April 18, and
the television broadcast
included constant pro-
motion of the event. UFC
249 would be headlined
by lightweight champion
Khabib Nurmagomedov
against Tony Ferguson in
a matchup that has been
booked four previous
times but canceled each
time due to injuries or
other circumstances.
Omaha from Minnesota
on Thursday when the
players’ Twitter feeds
started showing confer-
ence basketball tourna-
ments being canceled.
An hour after the play-
ers got home they re-
ceived a text telling them
to return to campus for a
meeting. Steier and Dot-
zler said everyone sensed
what was coming.
As coach Ed Servais
broke the news, seniors,
who wouldn’t know for
another 24 hours they
would be allowed to come
back next year, broke into
tears.
“It was hard to see all
of them knowing they
were losing what they
love to do,” Steier said.
Gianforte, the Rich-
mond lacrosse goalie, said
she and her teammates
had a feeling as early as
Wednesday afternoon
their season might be in
jeopardy. That’s when the
Ivy League announced it
was closing down spring
sports.
“I think the other con-
ferences were feeling
some peer pressure,” she
said.
Then the NBA an-
nounced Wednesday
night it was suspending
its season.
“That,” Gianforte said,
“is when we knew we
were goners.”
eral months because the
team began its presea-
son in the Chinese city of
Guanghzou, nearly 1,000
kilometers (620 miles)
away from Wuhan.
Although the team was
far away from the initial
outbreak, Spanish health
authorities had to come
out publicly to say there
was no reason for local
citizens to be concerned
about the squad’s arrival
in January. Three players
arrived from China later
and had to stay in quaran-
tine and be tested for the
virus before joining the
rest of the group.
4B SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
Negative test for Mitchell’s dad ‘a sigh of relief’ to Mets
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — When
the father of Utah Jazz
star Donovan Mitchell
tested negative for the
coronavirus, it was “a sigh
of relief” to the New York
Mets.
Donovan Mitchell Sr.
is a fixture in and around
the Mets’ clubhouse in
his job as the team’s di-
rector of player relations
and community outreach.
The younger Mitchell
confirmed Thursday he
tested positive for the vi-
rus after Jazz teammate
Rudy Gobert became the
first NBA player to test
positive, with Gobert’s re-
sult prompting the league
to suspend the season.
The elder Mitchell was
tested Thursday and it
came back negative, the
Mets announced Friday
night.
“We all were very
pleased and happy for
Iditarod mushes on; fans being urged to skip finish in Nome
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
— As Iditarod mushers
drove their dog teams
across Alaska on Satur-
day, race officials scram-
bled to make last minute
changes prompted by
concerns over the new
coronavirus, including
asking fans not to fly to
Nome for the finish.
Officials late Friday
night urged race fans,
especially those from out
of state, to skip the finish
this week. City officials in
Nome followed most oth-
er Alaska cities in closing
or limiting access to most
public buildings in wake
of the state’s first positive
test, that of a man from
outside the United States.
The man was tested
Thursday at an Anchor-
age hospital after earlier
arriving in the city on a
Donovan and his family,”
general manager Brodie
Van Wagenen said Sat-
urday on a conference
call with reporters from
the team’s spring train-
ing home in Port St. Luc-
ie, Florida. “And I know
there was a sigh of relief
to a degree of our players
and staff here.”
Van Wagenen said no
other members of the
staff in Port St. Lucie or
baseball operations had
been tested.
With spring training
adjourned all around
the majors due to the
COVID-19 crisis, the club
met Saturday morning
with players who were
still in Port St. Lucie and
encouraged them to focus
not on baseball right now
but on their own health,
safety and families.
“Obviously, we had
a unique situation in
that we were awaiting
Donovan Mitchell’s test
private cargo plane.
“The Iditarod fully ap-
preciates and is humbled
by the passion and social
energy of the Iditarod na-
tion; however, we are ask-
ing you to not make any
nonessential travel to the
Nome finish, in particular,
those who are traveling
from outside of Alaska,”
according to a statement
from the Iditarod.
Race officials are also
paring down their own
staff to only essential per-
sonnel needed in Nome
for the finish. That list is
limited to veterinarians,
necessary dog handlers
and staff needed for com-
munications and to coor-
dinate logistics.
The Iditarod had previ-
ously postponed post-race
events in Nome, including
the musher’s banquet and
an annual meet-and-greet
with mushers.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
results, so we shared
that information and we
shared with them other
appropriate information
as it relates to their health
and safety,” Van Wagenen
said. “Players had a num-
ber of questions with our
staff as well as our perfor-
mance and medical staff,
and players are making a
variety of different choic-
es. Some are choosing to
travel. Others are still de-
ciding while they’re con-
templating the variables
with their family and with
their friends, and others
have made the decision to
at least stand by here and
stay at least for the near
term.”
After learning of the
Jazz situation Wednesday
night, the Mets advised
Mitchell Sr. not to report
to their spring training
facility Thursday morn-
ing. After finding out
Thursday that Mitchell Jr.
tested positive, the Mets’
Race Marshal Mark
Nordman told the An-
chorage Daily News that
he didn’t know how a race
like the Iditarod could be
canceled, but said con-
tinuing the race was be-
ing done under the guid-
ance of state officials.
“If the state of Alaska
said the race must stop,
we’d stop,” Nordman told
the newspaper. “We have
not heard that.”
The vast majority of
people recover from the
new virus. According to
the World Health Organi-
zation, people with mild
illness recover in about
two weeks, while those
with more severe illness
may take three to six
weeks to recover. More
than 80,000 people in Chi-
na have been diagnosed
with the coronavirus.
More than 65,000 have
recovered.
medical staff recommend-
ed his father be tested as
a precaution.
For most people, the
new coronavirus causes
only mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever
and cough. For some,
especially older adults
and people with existing
health problems, it can
cause more severe ill-
ness, including pneumo-
nia. The vast majority of
people recover from the
new virus within a few
weeks.
Because of the out-
break, Major League
Baseball canceled the
remainder of the spring
training schedule Thurs-
day and postponed open-
ing day by at least two
weeks to no sooner than
April 9. Ballparks in Flor-
ida and Arizona were
closed to the general
public, and MLB has told
players they can remain
at camp, report to their
Iditarod officials were
also scrambling to move
checkpoints away from
villages where mush-
ers stop en route to
Nome. Many times vil-
lage schools are used as
checkpoints or a place to
allow a musher to rest but
the Bering Strait School
District, which includes
many communities that
serve as checkpoints,
closed facilities and said
it would not host Iditarod
activities.
Jessie Royer of Fair-
banks was in the race’s
lead Saturday. She was
the first musher to reach
the checkpoint in Kaltag,
and picked up 25 pounds
of fresh salmon filets and
$2,000 for the feat. Roy-
er, an Idaho native who
was raised in Montana,
is vying to become the
first woman in 30 years to
win the Iditarod. The last
team’s home city or go to
their own home.
“The plan for each
player will vary. What I
can say is that we are not
having extended simu-
lation games or live BP
sessions where pitchers
are throwing to hitters
today, and as information
comes in we will start to
schedule the agenda for
the days that are coming,”
Van Wagenen said. “We’re
operating right now that
this is bigger than base-
ball. This is not about
preparing for competi-
tion today as much as it is
making sure that players
are considering their own
circumstances.”
The Philadelphia Phil-
lies and Minnesota Twins
each gave their players
the option to remain in
town near their training
facilities in Florida or to
return to their homes.
“We understand every
player and circumstance
woman to win the race
was the late Susan Butch-
er, who won her fourth Id-
itarod in 1990.
Royer earlier Saturday
was also the first at the
checkpoint in Nulato. The
checkpoint in this village
of about 360 and origi-
nally founded in 1838 as
a Russian trading post is
normally the community
hall, and the school is also
widely used.
“Because the school in
Nulato was not available,
the Iditarod changed its
checkpoint location to on
the Yukon River,” Nord-
man said in a statement.
“All supplies are in place
and the checkpoint is ful-
ly manned.”
Another community
closer to Nome is also off
limits this year because of
concerns over the virus.
The Iditarod, in consulta-
tion with community lead-
is different and we urged
them to make decisions
in their own personal best
interest,” Phillies general
manager Matt Klentak
said.
Said Twins president of
baseball operations Der-
ek Falvey: “Big-picture,
baseball was secondary.”
Some teams pledged
to make decisions as a
group.
The New York Yan-
kees are staying in Tam-
pa, Florida, where many
players worked out Satur-
day with batting practice
indoors and fielding drills
outside.
Texas Rangers players
said they would decide as
a team whether to remain
at camp in Arizona or per-
haps go back to Texas,
where their new stadium
is only partly operation-
al — though the bullpen,
batting cages and weight
rooms are close to com-
pletion.
ers in Shaktoolik, decided
to bypass the community
and set up the checkpoint
outside town.
Food that mushers
have flown to the check-
point will be moved to
the new location, along
with straw for dogs to
bed down. Provisions are
being made to allow the
teams to get a hot meal
before getting back on
the trail.
The race started Sun-
day in Willow for 57 mush-
ers, down to 53 after four
withdrew, including Nils
Hahn and Alan Eischens
on Friday morning. The
winner of the nearly
1,000-mile (1,600-kilome-
ter) race across Alaska is
expected in the town of
Nome, on the Bering Sea,
sometime next week.

Virus doesn’t deter horse racing at US tracks, but few fans
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Drayden Van Dyke
hopped off Charlatan af-
ter winning the sixth race
by 10 1/4 lengths at Santa
Anita on Saturday and cel-
ebrated by trading elbow
taps in the winner’s circle.
No traditional post-race
handshakes during the
coronavirus pandemic.
The jockey, like all rid-
ers at the Southern Cali-
fornia track where no fans
were in attendance, had
already had his tempera-
ture taken. The jockeys’
room has “hand sanitizer
everywhere you look,”
Van Dyke said.
Bugler Jay Cohen
blew his horn to an emp-
ty grandstand, with only
trainers, jockeys and
those working directly
with the horses on hand
to hear.
“It’s a little strange
looking up there and not
seeing anybody,” Cohen
said before playing the
traditional “Call to the
Post” that greets runners
as they hit the track.
The usual scent of
hand-carved sandwich-
es — turkey, corned beef
and prime rib — wasn’t
wafting through the air.
The food stands were shut
down. There was no one
manning the admission
gates, selling programs
and Daily Racing Forms
or operating the elevators
Rick Pitino returns to college basketball as Iona coach
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ROCHELLE,
N.Y. — Hall of Famer
Rick Pitino was named
basketball coach at Iona
College on Saturday.
Pitino coached at Lou-
isville from 2001-17 be-
fore being fired in a pay-
for-play scandal and had
been coaching in Greece.
He replaces Tim Cluess,
who resigned Friday due
to health concerns after
10 years and six NCAA
Tournament appearanc-
es.
“My passion in basket-
ball started in New York
and will end there at Iona
College,” Pitino said in a
statement released by the
Catholic school located
Pistons’ Wood tests
positive for virus
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christian Wood of the
Detroit Pistons has tested
positive for the coronavi-
rus, a person with direct
knowledge of the situation
said Saturday night.
Wood is feeling fine,
according to the person
who spoke to The Asso-
ciated Press on condition
of anonymity because nei-
ther the Pistons nor Wood
had publicly confirmed
his positive result. Wood’s
diagnosis became known
one week after he played
against the Utah Jazz —
spending much of that
night matched up with
Rudy Gobert, who was the
first NBA player known to
test positive for the virus.
Utah’s Donovan Mitch-
ell has also tested positive
for the virus. It cannot
be concluded that any of
those three players were
involved in spreading it to
one another.
The Pistons later
confirmed that a play-
er — they did not name
Wood — tested positive
Saturday and has been in
self-isolation.
“A player on the Detroit
Pistons, who is under the
care of team medical staff
and in self-isolation since
Wednesday night, was
tested for COVID-19,” the
team said. “A preliminary
positive result came back
on March 14. The health
and safety of our players,
our organization, those
throughout our league,
and all those potentially
or gift shop, and no mutu-
al clerks to sell and cash
tickets.
Without fans yelling
for their favorites, the
sounds of jockeys chirp-
ing to their mounts and
horses’ hooves pound-
ing the dirt track as they
flew toward the finish line
were easily heard.
“It’s really scary what’s
going on right now,” Van
Dyke said. “I hope they
get it under control.”
Even without fans
around, workers could
be seen cleaning various
public areas of Santa Ani-
ta to defend against the
coronavirus, which left
horse racing as one of the
few sports still going on in
the U.S.
“It’s just weird what’s
going on in the world,”
Hall of Fame trainer Bob
Baffert said. “I never real-
ized we’re so vulnerable.
This is scary times.”
Still, it was a good day
for the two-time Triple
Crown-winning trainer.
He watched from afar as
Nadal won the $1 million
Rebel Stakes — a major
Kentucky Derby prep —
by 1 1/2 lengths at Oak-
lawn in Hot Springs, Ar-
kansas.
“That was a pretty im-
pressive performance. He
just laid it down,” Baffert
said.
A short time later,
Charlatan led all the way
north of New York City
in suburban Westchester
County that has an under-
graduate enrollment of
3,300 students.
“Tim Cluess has done
a spectacular job creating
success and a winning
spirit,” Pitino added. “At
Iona, I will work with the
same passion, hunger and
drive that I’ve had for over
40 years.”
The 67-year-old Piti-
no has a 770-271 overall
record in college and
became the first coach
to take three different
schools to the Final Four.
He won national cham-
pionships at Louisville
(2013) and Kentucky
(1996) and also went to
the Final Four with Prov-
impacted by this situation
is paramount.”
For most people, the
new coronavirus causes
only mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever
and cough. For some,
especially older adults
and people with existing
health problems, it can
cause more severe illness,
including pneumonia.
Wood had what was
then a season-high 30
points in that March 7
game against the Jazz,
topping it four nights lat-
er with a 32-point effort
against Philadelphia. He’s
having his best season,
averaging 13.1 points and
6.3 rebounds.
“The darkest nights
produce the brightest
stars,” Wood wrote on
Instagram earlier in the
week, his comment com-
ing alongside a photo he
posted of him dunking
over Gobert — the NBA’s
reigning defensive player
of the year and a first-time
All-Star this season.
Wood has also played
for Philadelphia, Char-
lotte, New Orleans and
Milwaukee. He logged 51
games for those franchis-
es combined and has ap-
peared in 62 this season
for Detroit.
The outbreak has sick-
ened more than 150,000
people worldwide and
killed about 5,800.
The U.S. death toll
climbed to at least 51 on
Saturday, and confirmed
infections in this country
now exceed 2,100.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
and blew away four rivals
in the $57,000 allowance
race for 3-year-olds.
Nadal, Charlatan and
Authentic give Baffert
yet another loaded hand
for the Kentucky Derby,
which is scheduled to
be run May 2. Churchill
Downs officials have
yet to say whether the
opening leg of the Triple
Crown will go on or be
postponed.
“They’re three pretty
wicked ombres,” Baffert
said. “It’s a good spot to
be in.”
Charlatan was pur-
chased for $700,000 and
is 2-0 in his young career.
Sent off as the heavy 1-5
favorite, he ran 1 mile in
1:36.24 and paid $2.60 to
win.
“Unfortunately, there’s
nobody here to cheer your
horses on,” Baffert said.
“I feel like we’re running
trial races or something.”
Baffert canceled plans
to attend a horse sale in
Florida because of the vi-
rus. He recently returned
from races in Saudi Ara-
bia, where he kept his
distance from people and
constantly wiped down
surfaces.
“I have allergies, so I
always touch my eyes,” he
said. “I think I’m going to
put Tabasco sauce on my
fingers just to remind my-
self not to touch.”
At Turfway Park in
idence in 1987.
Pitino coached twice
in the NBA, with the New
York Knicks (1987-89)
and the Boston Celtics
(1997-2001), where he
was also team president.
Last June, Pitino
coached Panathinaikos to
the championship in the
Greek League.
Iona President Seamus
Carey said “after a thor-
ough interview process
we are confident that
Rick’s experience and
commitment to Iona and
our community make him
the right person to contin-
ue to build on Tim Cluess’
success.”
Pitino’s return to col-
lege basketball comes
nearly six months after
Kentucky, Field Pass ran
down Invader to win the
$250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks
in the day’s other Derby
prep.
Fonner Park in Grand
Island, Nebraska, was one
of the few sporting ven-
ues in the country open
to fans Saturday, and
73-year-old Jerry Moritz
wasn’t going to let con-
cerns over coronavirus
stop him from going.
“If we had a dozen peo-
ple in the hospital here
and two or three died,
then I would probably
back off,” said Moritz,
who has been attending
races regularly since 1970
and almost every day in
recent years. “I feel like
some people probably got
it and don’t even know it
and are already over it.”
No cases of COVID-19
have been reported in
Hall County, where Fon-
ner Park is located, and
that was part of the rea-
son track CEO Chris
Kotulak decided to allow
fans for the weekend rac-
ing programs. He said he
would have no problem
with closing the races to
spectators if advised to do
so by health officials.
Kotulak said the club-
house and other viewing
areas are being cleaned
with increased frequen-
cy. Leaflets reminding
employees and guests to
practice good hygiene
he and Louisville settled
lawsuits stemming from
his departure in the wake
of a federal investigation
of corruption in college
basketball.
The coach had sued
the University of Louis-
ville Athletic Association
for more than $38.7 mil-
lion in November 2017,
alleging its breached its
contract by firing him
for cause the previous
month. The school had
countersued and sought
monetary damages for va-
cated games and bonuses.
Pitino received no money
in the settlement, with his
personnel file changing
from termination to a res-
ignation effective 13 days
before he was fired.
were distributed. As an
added precaution, Kot-
ulak visited the jockeys’
room Saturday morning
to make sure none of the
riders was experiencing
any symptoms associated
with the virus.
Later, jockeys voted
not to race because of dan-
gerous track conditions
caused by a snowstorm
that moved through the
area. After it was an-
nounced that racing was
canceled, about 50 people
stayed at Fonner Park to
wager on races simulcast
from other tracks.
Joe Brown, who was
sitting a table in the en-
closed grandstand doing
some handicapping with
a friend, said he wasn’t
overly concerned about
getting sick even though
he’s 63 and has underly-
ing health issues.
For most people, the
new coronavirus causes
only mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever
and cough. For some,
especially older adults
and people with existing
health problems, it can
cause more severe ill-
ness, including pneumo-
nia. The vast majority of
people recover from the
virus.
“I’m that part of the
population that wants to
worry about it,” Brown
said. “But I kind of fig-
ured I haven’t heard of
The settlement closed
a bitter final chapter be-
tween the school and Piti-
no, who wasn’t named in
the federal complaint. He
repeatedly said he knew
nothing about payments
made to the family of a
recruit to sign with Lou-
isville.
The school’s acknowl-
edgement of its involve-
ment in the federal in-
vestigation occurred as
it appealed NCAA sanc-
tions that cost Louisville
its 2013 national champi-
onship.
In that case, the gov-
erning body ordered the
vacation of 123 victories,
including the Cardinals’
third national title and
their 2012 Final Four ap-
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 5B
anything around Grand
Island yet, so maybe now
will be the last time we
get out in a group like this
and have some fun.”
Ron Tenski, who came
to the track with Moritz,
said his wife encouraged
him to enjoy a day at the
races, and he also got the
green light from his doc-
tor.
“I had my physical yes-
terday,” said Tenski, 68,
of Grand Island, “and he
said don’t be afraid to be
out and about.”
Laurel Park in Mary-
land was business as usu-
al in the paddock and on
the track, and announc-
er Dave Rodman’s calls
echoed off the empty
building.
Jockey Forest Boyd,
who won the day’s second
race, said she didn’t no-
tice horses handling the
situation any differently.
She was able to keep her
focus as a rider.
“It’s a little eerie,”
Boyd said. “But luckily
we’re all out here doing
our job and keeping the
economy going.”
Instead of the roar of
fans, individual owners
and trainers could be
heard yelling for their
horses while races were
underway.
pearance, following an
escort’s book allegations
that former Louisville
men’s basketball staffer
Andre McGee hired her
and other dancers to strip
and have sex with players
and recruits.
Pitino said he was un-
aware of any of the ac-
tivities described in the
book.
While Louisville reiter-
ated in a joint settlement
statement that infractions
under his watch led to
“serious consequences”
for the school, it acknowl-
edged Pitino’s success
and commitment to his
players and thanked him
for his service.
6B SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Football
Continued from Page 1B

***
After a month-long
delay and a plethora of
cancellations, Mississip-
pi A&M opened its sea-
son Nov. 2, 1918, against
Payne Field.
Due to a scheduling
error, the Payne Field
squad didn’t arrive at the
game until 5 p.m., forc-
ing the teams to agree to
shortened, eight-minute
quarters and that if the
game had to be called off
for darkness, the visitors
would return for a full
game at a later date.
Seeing their first ac-
tion of the season, Mis-
sissippi A&M converted
their first score of the
year on a touchdown pass
from quarterback C.E.
Russell to right end R.T.
Davis.
After the Aggies
missed the ensuing ex-
tra point, Payne Field
— which boasted colle-
giate stars from Virginia
Tech, Notre Dame and
Yale — took the lead on
a second-quarter rushing
touchdown.
Despite field-length
drives, the Aggies failed
to score before the half-
time and third quarter
whistles sounded. With
darkness enveloping the
playing surface, the game
was called at the end of
the third quarter with
Payne Field claiming vic-
tory despite prior agree-
ments.
Loss aside, football had
returned to Starkville.
***
With a win over Camp
Shelby the following week
courtesy of two touch-
downs from Russell and
a 6-0 loss to Park Field
in Memphis — a game
staged to benefit the War
Activities Fund — Mis-
sissippi A&M marched
into their final two con-
tests against Ole Miss
needing at least one win
to finish .500 or better for
the 10th straight year.
After struggling to just
19 points in its first three
games, the Aggie offense
rebounded resoundingly
against its Rebel counter-
parts at home on Thanks-
giving Day.
Facing an Ole Miss
squad coached by future
MSU baseball coach and
field namesake Dudy
Noble, the Mississippi
A&M offense led by Rus-
sell and running back R.
Mallory — who starred in
place of the injured W.H.
Baskin — raced to a 34-0
onslaught of the Rebels in
their first meeting of the
season.
“The ‘Lambs’ from
‘Ole Miss’ were led to
slaughter under the
watchful eyes of ‘Duddy’
Noble on Thanksgiving
Day,” the Dec. 7, 1918,
edition of The College
Reflector read. “Eleven
‘Cowboys,’ as the A and M
team has been called by
the ambitious youth who
writes the athletic dope at
The Mississippian, acted
as the butchers, leading
some to believe they were
missing their vocation in
the study of agriculture,
engineering, etc.”
With a victory over
their in-state rivals in tow,
the Aggies prepared for a
rematch with the Rebels
without Chadwick. Hav-
ing succumbed to the flu,
the 34-year old athletic
director and coach turned
his duties over Stanley L.
Robinson.
Robinson — who spent
the previous two years as
the Aggies’ head coach
— had missed the earli-
er portions of the season
after enlisting with the
Navy Aviation unit in the
summer of 1918. Return-
ing to Starkville ahead of
the first Ole Miss game,
Robinson helped Missis-
sippi A&M to a 13-0 victo-
ry and clean sweep of the
Rebels in Oxford on Dec.
7, 1918.
Less than a month re-
moved from the end of
World War I, the Aggies
had completed another
season of .500 or better
despite a world plagued
by conflict and disease
and left onlookers abun-
dantly optimistic about
the years to come.
“With the material de-
veloped during this sea-
son, together with the re-
turn of a number of A&M
stars who have been in
the service, prospects
look bright for a Southern
Championship next year,”
the 1919 Reveille read.

Preps HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Continued from Page 1B

Thursday it was closely

monitoring the situation
with COVID-19 with pos-
sible courses of action
including a restriction
on fan attendance or the
cancellation of competi-
tion.
Pickens Academy
(Alabama) will not be
competing in athletics
for the time being as the
Alabama Independent
School Association an-
nounced Friday it is sus-
pending athletics from
Sunday through April 5.
“Our decisions have
been and will continue to
be based on the advice of
health care and disease
specialists, and as an as-
sociation it is our obliga-
tion to support the great-
er community in limiting
the exposure and spread
of the COVID-19 virus,”
an AISA statement read.
“We are confident that
our actions are in the
best interest of the stake-
holders we serve.”
The AISA hopes to re-
sume competition April 6
but said that date is sub-
ject to change. Should
spring sports resume,
criteria for playoff qual-
ification are likely to
change “due to time con-
straints,” according to
the statement.
Coronavirus putting a damper on prep tourneys across country
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD, Wis. —
There were no pep bands,
no cheerleaders and only
about 200 fans as the high
school rivals faced off in a
playoff game that might
have drawn close to 2,000
in just about any other cir-
cumstance.
Instead, it was a small
crowd that watched
Brookfield Central and
Brookfield East stage a
double-overtime thriller
Thursday night, not all
that long after the NCAA
canceled its beloved
March Madness tourna-
ments and professional
leagues put their seasons
on hold to combat the
spread of the coronavi-
rus. The two high school
teams in southeastern
Wisconsin simply trea-
sured the opportunity to
play at all.
“Every game we play
from here on out, it could
be our last game,” Brook-
field Central’s David Jop-
lin said after his 31-point
effort in the 76-66 victory.
As it turned out, that’s
exactly what it was.
Hours after the game, the
Wisconsin Interscholas-
tic Athletic Association
canceled the rest of its
high school basketball
tournament, becoming
the latest state to scrap a
beloved rite of March for
hundreds of communities
across the country.
At least 33 states had
canceled or postponed
their basketball tour-
naments by late Friday
night, including big states
like Texas, New York and
Ohio. The California In-
terscholastic Federation
called off play the day be-
fore San Domenico of San
Anselmo was scheduled
to play for a champion-
ship.
“You still kind of feel somewhere inside of you that this
is all going to be coming to an end at some point.”
“We understand the
situation, but we’re just
devastated,” San Dome-
nico coach Mike Fulton
said. “I thought we’d at
least play with nobody in
the stands. I’ve got guys
crying, guys upset.”
Instead of preparing
his undefeated team for
the state tournament,
Ashland (Kentucky) Paul
Blazer coach Jason Mays
spent Thursday trying to
give his players a lesson
in perspective.
“I said there are vic-
tims due to this virus,” playoff atmosphere. Fans tential playoff sites had
Mays said. “There’s fam- in the student sections policies that wouldn’t
ilies that have lost loved stood throughout the have allowed any fans and
ones and there’s people game. some schools indicated
that are losing revenue “I thought it was pretty they wouldn’t have been
and job opportunities special because the peo- able to play anyway.
because of all these can- ple we had here were peo- “It was a confluence of
cellations and suspen- ple we invited — family a number of different fac-
sions of athletic events members, best friends,’’ tors,” Collins said.
all across the country. Brookfield East’s Hayden And no matter how
There’s people who have Doyle said. “It’s not a much a state tried to limit
real-world problems be- huge gym, but there was the crowd size at its play-
cause of this.” still a lot of energy in off games, the threat of
About a dozen states, the gym throughout the spreading the virus re-
including Florida, had game.’’ mained.
completed their state Even after Brookfield “Who’s to say of the
tournaments before this Central won, the Lancers 170 people who were here
week. The handful of sensed they might not get today, somebody doesn’t
states that didn’t halt play a chance to play again. have it?” Wandrey said af-
ter his game.
All those concerns cre-
ated a sense of inevitabil-
Brookfield Central coach Dan Wandrey ity during the Brookfield
were restricting the num- “You still kind of feel Central-Brookfield East
ber of fans. somewhere inside of you matchup that this might
That created plenty of that this is all going to be be the final game for both
scenes like the one that coming to an end at some teams.
took place at the Brook- point,” Brookfield Central They paid attention to
field Central-Brookfield coach Dan Wandrey said. what the NBA and NCAA
East sectional playoff Wisconsin was one of had done earlier in the
game in Hartford, about several states that can- week. They knew their
35 miles northwest of Mil- celed or postponed their event might be next.
waukee, Wisconsin. playoffs after initially try- “I’d be a little mad, but
Each team was given ing to continue with limit- I understand that this is
just 88 tickets to distrib- ed crowd sizes. something nobody’s play-
ute for a game that was Jeffrey Collins, the ing around with,’’ Joplin
moved from a 2,000-seat executive director of the said. “We’ve got to make
fieldhouse to a smaller New Hampshire Inter- sure we’re educated. If
gym. The smaller crowd scholastic Athletic As- it’s canceled, we know it’s
did its best to produce a sociation, said some po- for the best.”

Contacting the Sports Department

If you need to report game scores or statistics, you can call us at 662-327-2424 ext. 126. If you need to reach sports editor Garrick Hodge, email him at ghodge@cdis-
patch.com. If you need to reach sports writer Ben Portnoy, email him at bportnoy@cdispatch.com or sports writer Theo DeRosa, email him at tderosa@cdispatch.com.

Game Coverage / Results

High school football coaches who don’t speak to a reporter from The Dispatch are asked to email information to the sports department from their games. The Dispatch
will include its prep football coverage in Sunday’s edition, so we will contact coaches Friday night or Saturday to get details. Coaches, please let us know what is the best
time for us to contact you.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My wife’s family
drops by our home several
times a week, usually unan-
nounced. I don’t mind them drop-
ping in, but what does bother me
is they bring their kids and expect
us to feed them during the visits.
It has gotten to the point that I
hide our snacks and beverages
in the bedroom because if I leave
them in the cupboard, they disap-
pear. They often end up eating the
leftovers I had planned to be my
lunch for the next day.
I have talked with my wife
several times about this situation.
She agrees with me, but she says
there’s nothing she can do about
it. I wasn’t brought up that way. I would never
think of going to someone’s home, opening up
cupboards and helping myself to food without
an invitation. Also, I’m retired and on a fixed
income. Am I overreacting, and
must I just keep my mouth shut?
— FRUSTRATED IN THE WEST
DEAR FRUSTRATED: This is your
wife’s family, and she is the one
who should deal with this. All she
has to say is she would appreciate
it if her relatives ASK when they’d
like some food or drinks because
their foraging through your cup-
boards has created a problem for
the two of you.
DEAR ABBY: For the past
few years I have encountered a
problem with cashiers in stores. I
Dear Abby pay with cash and generally have
change coming back to me. When
the cashiers return my change,
they hand it back in one big wad along with the
receipt. When this happens, I must stop, lay ev-
erything down on the counter and separate the
different denominations. Then I have to place
the different bills into my wallet.
I have tried asking them to place the receipt
into the bag, but they usually don’t listen. Also,
some of them reach for the next customer while
I’m still putting my change away. It is so frustrat-
ing! Is there something I can do differently? —
BOTHERED IN MARSHALL, TEXAS
DEAR BOTHERED: I have two suggestions.
The first is to discuss your concerns with the
store manager. The second is to shop else-
where.
DEAR ABBY: I want to thank people who are
kind, generous, big-hearted and considerate.
Those unsung heroes deserve all the kudos we
can give them, and they rarely receive the praise
they are due. It would be a lot more difficult to
get through life without folks like them. I don’t
think I’d be alive today if not for the kindness
they have shown me. To each and every one of
you: From the bottom of my heart — thank you!
— HELPED BEYOND MEASURE IN NEVADA
DEAR HELPED: I am glad you took the time
to write to point out that good manners and
compassion are alive and well, and demonstrat-
ed every day. Yes, there are individuals who are
self-centered and others who were never taught
the values you mentioned — but many times I
encounter individuals who practice the virtues
you are lauding. Extending kindness to someone
is beneficial not only for the recipient, but for the
giver as well.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded
by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.
To receive a collection of Abby’s most
memorable — and most frequently requested —
poems and essays, send your name and mailing
address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S.
funds) to: Dear Abby — Keepers Booklet, P.O.
Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping
and handling are included in the price.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 15).
You’ll achieve greatly over the next
12 months using nothing more than
what you already have. With feats
of compassion and kindness, you’ll
make a difference in the world while
raising your own spirit. A special
relationship leads to improvements
of health and routine. You’ll make
a legacy deal in August. Leo and
Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 7, 14, 32, 11 and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There
is outside pressure to do what
you’d rather not. Your hesitation is
well-founded, though your reasons
are unconscious and lack form. Still,
your inner guidance is trustworthy.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A
move happening miles away causes
a reshuffle. The whole game chang-
es. Stay agile and alert, ready to
respond quickly to new challenges
and opportunities.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What
occurs to one person as a reason-
able sense of justice occurs to
another to be an arbitrary and non-
sensical code. Each defines what’s
fair by their own standard.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You
could use help from a mentor. You’ll
be in the lucky position to choose
the best one for you based on the
accurate evidence presented today.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Competi-
tive, territorial urges burble in your
being. Maybe you don’t love the way
this feels, but on the bright side, it’s
a sign that you have something to
protect and preserve.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll
be sensitive to the subtleties of
bonding. You know what emotional
and spiritual connection feels like
and can tell when it’s strong and
when it’s broken.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s
time to add a few new heroes to
your pantheon. It will benefit you to
study people who are just one or
two rungs above you on the ladder
you would like to climb.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You
dare to move forward with a good
plan, but you’re just not sure the
plans on the table meet your stan-
dards. That’s OK. It will be fun to go
back to the drawing board.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
This is no time for philosophy. This
is a time for logistics. Talk through
details with discerning people who
know the territory and can help you
in a practical way.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Relationships start in a state of
fantasy. You imagine who the other
person is and they imagine who you
are. Somewhere in the middle, you
settle on a mix of expectation and
reality.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
One of the buzzwords you need not
worry about is “authenticity,” as you
cannot help but be anyone other
than who you are. Showing up “au-
thentically” is basically impossible
not to do.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
There’s a bubble of specialness
around new situations, and it always
pops eventually. So, before that,
enjoy the heavenly way it floats and
bounces about.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 7B

Trump declares virus emergency; House passes aid package

Declaration frees up as much as $50 billion rollout of testing.
As the House prepared to
er and VOTE YES!” He added,
“Look forward to signing the
Still, Trump said officials
don’t want people taking the
for state and local governments to respond vote late Friday, Speaker Nan-
cy Pelosi trumpeted the hard-
final Bill, ASAP!”
The crush of late-day activi-
test unless they have certain
symptoms. “We don’t want peo-
to the coronavirus pandemic fought package that will provide ty capped a tumultuous week in ple without symptoms to go and
free testing, sick pay for work- Washington as the fast-moving do that test,” Trump said, add-
BY LISA MASCARO, ZEKE unleashing as much as $50 bil- ers, enhanced unemployment virus left ordinary Americans ing, “It’s totally unnecessary.”
MILLER, ANDREW TAYLOR lion for state and local govern- benefits and bolstered food pro- suddenly navigating self-quar- Additionally, Trump took a
AND JILL COLVIN
ments to respond to the crisis. grams. antines, school closures and a number of other actions to bol-
The Associated Press
Trump also announced a “We did what we said we changed way of life. ster energy markets, ease the
WA S H I N G - range of executive actions, in- were going to do: Put families The White House was un- financial burden for Americans
TON — President cluding a new public-private first,” said Pelosi, flanked by der enormous pressure, deal- with student loans and give
Donald Trump on partnership to expand corona- Democratic lawmakers, includ- ing with the crisis on multiple medical professionals addition-
Friday declared virus testing capabilities with ing many freshmen. The House fronts as it encroached ever al “flexibility” in treating pa-
the coronavirus drive-through locations, as passed the bill after midnight closer on the president. tients during the public health
pandemic a na- Washington tries to subdue the on a bipartisan vote, 363-40. It Trump has been known to crisis.
tional emergency, new virus whose spread is roil- now goes to the Senate. flout public health advice — “Through a very collective
freeing up money ing markets, shuttering institu- Trump’s tweet of approval in- and was eagerly shaking hands action and shared sacrifice,
Trump tions and disrupting the lives of stilled fresh energy in the pack- during the more than hour-long national determination, we will
and resources
to fight the outbreak, and then everyday Americans. age, all but ensuring that wary afternoon event — but acknowl- overcome the threat of the vi-
threw his support behind an aid But he denied any responsi- Republicans would join with a edged he “most likely” will be rus,” Trump said.
package in Congress that is on bility for delays in making test- robust vote. tested soon after exposures to Central to the aid package
track to provide direct relief to ing available as his administra- “I fully support H.R. 6201: individuals who have tested pos- from Congress, which builds on
Americans. tion has come under criticism Families First CoronaVirus Re- itive for the virus. The White an emergency $8.3 billion mea-
From the Rose Garden, for being too slow to respond. sponse Act,” Trump wrote. House physician indicated later sure approved last week, are
Trump said, “I am officially de- Trump said, “I don’t take re- “I encourage all Republicans his interactions were low-risk the free testing, sick pay and
claring a national emergency,” sponsibility at all” for the slow and Democrats to come togeth- and testing is not necessary. family leave provisions.

Medical marijuana bills challenge Bible Belt politics

While medical cannabis is legal now
in 33 states, including Arkansas,
Louisiana and Florida, other Southern
states remain among the holdouts
BY BRUCE SCHREINER
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. —
Facing a potentially his-
toric vote on whether to le-
galize medical marijuana
in Kentucky, Republican
lawmaker John Schickel is
conflicted.
A retired law enforce-
ment officer, Schickel
once steadfastly opposed
medical cannabis, but his
stance has softened. Now
he says he’s approaching
the question with an open
mind.
“One side of me says
that with all the drug
abuse we have right now,
COMMERCIAL DISPATCH
OBITUARY POLICY
Obituaries with basic informa-
tion including visitation and
service times, are provided
free of charge. Extended obit-
uaries with a photograph, de-
tailed biographical information
and other details families may
wish to include, are available
for a fee. Obituaries must be
submitted through funeral
homes unless the deceased’s
body has been donated to sci-
ence. If the deceased’s body
was donated to science, the
family must provide official
proof of death. Please submit
all obituaries on the form
provided by The Commercial
Dispatch. Free notices must
be submitted to the newspa-
per no later than 3 p.m. the
day prior for publication Tues-
day through Friday; no later
than 4 p.m. Saturday for the
Sunday edition; and no later
than 7:30 a.m. for the Monday
edition. Incomplete notices
must be received no later
than 7:30 a.m. for the Monday
through Friday editions. Paid
notices must be finalized by
3 p.m. for inclusion the next
day Monday through Thursday;
and on Friday by 3 p.m. for
Sunday and Monday publica-
tion. For more information,
call 662-328-2471.
Bobby Nickoles
COLUMBUS —
Bobby E. Nickoles, 69,
died March 12, 2020, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital-Golden Triangle.
Services will be at
2 p.m. Wednesday,
at Lowndes Funeral
Home Chapel. Visita-
why are we opening up
another avenue of abuse?”
the state senator said in
an interview. “But the flip
side of it is, if there are
people who need medical
attention and truly believe
that it will help them, who
are we to say they can’t
have it?”
Schickel’s dilemma
stands as yet another sign
that views about marijua-
na are changing across
the South, where efforts
to legalize it have long
been stymied by Bible
Belt politics. While med-
ical cannabis is legal now
in 33 states, including
Arkansas, Louisiana and
AREA OBITUARIES
tion will be from 6-8
p.m. Tuesday, at the
funeral home. Lown-
des Funeral Home of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Lisa Henley
WEST POINT —
Mrs. Lisa Elmore Hen-
ley, 63, died March 13,
2020 at her residence.
A memorial ser-
vice will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at First Baptist
Church in West Point,
with the Rev. Dale
Funderburg officiating.
Visitation will be from
9-11 a.m. Tuesday, at
the church. Burial
will be at a later date.
Calvert Funeral Home
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Henley was
born on March 26,
1956, in West Point,
to the late Charles
Raleigh and Miriam
Sharp Elmore. She
was a graduate of Oak
Hill Academy. She was
the former director of
the West Point/Clay
County Animal Shelter
and a member of First
Baptist Church in West
Point.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by an
infant daughter, Steph-
anie Henley.
She is survived by
Florida, other Southern
states remain among the
holdouts.
Whether wavering re-
sistance will lead to legal-
ization remains unclear.
After years of setbacks,
the Kentucky bill’s sup-
porters cleared a historic
hurdle when the House
passed the measure. The
Senate appears more
skeptical.
Lawmakers in other
Southern states are also
cautiously eyeing chang-
es, though there’s reason
for hope among advocates.
In Alabama, a med-
ical marijuana bill won
approval in the Alabama
Senate as advocates make
headway after years of
setbacks. The legislation
moves to the state House
next.
And in Mississippi, vot-
ers will decide for them-
selves whether to legalize
her husband, James G.
Henley of West Point;
daughter, Lesley Rivera
of Orlando, Florida;
son, Chris Henley of
Saltillo; four grand-
children; and sister,
Melanie Elmore of
West Point.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials can be made
to West Point/ Clay
County Animal Shelter,
5122 Old Tibbee Road,
West Point, MS 39773.
Lula Brown
COLUMBUS —
Lula J. Brown, 79, died
March 13, 2020 at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
medical marijuana in No-
vember, after a group sub-
board would determine
what conditions would
off a slippery slope lead-
ing to recreational use of
mitted more than enough
signatures to put the issue
qualify for prescriptions.
The House-passed ver-
the drug.
“Marijuana isn’t just a
on the ballot. But that bal-
lot question might have
sion would ensure that ap- carefree, happy-go-lucky
proved conditions would kind of thing you just do
competition. include chronic pain, ep- on a whim,” Republican
The Mississippi House ilepsy, multiple sclerosis Rep. Stan Lee said. “It’s
voted to put a second med- and nausea or vomiting. a drug. And I don’t think
ical marijuana proposal Opposition has come it’s good for our society.
on the statewide ballot from socially conservative I don’t think it’s good for
this year. People who peti-
lawmakers who warn that our people. And I fear
tioned to get the first one legalizing medical canna- that’s where we’re going
there say the second is de-
bis would push Kentucky — step by step.”
signed to split the vote and
kill both proposals. The
alternative proposal would
go on the ballot only if it is
also approved by the state
Senate.
The Kentucky bill
would allow doctors to
prescribe cannabis that
patients could obtain at
approved dispensaries in
forms such as pills and
oils. Smoking medical
cannabis would not be
permitted. A regulatory Funeral services for
Robert Proffitt, Jr.,
that were planned at
3 p.m. today at St. Paul’s
Lawonda Sturdivant Episcopal Church have
COLUMBUS —
Lawonda Sturdivant, been postponed. The family
58, died March 13, 2020
at North MS Medical
thanks you for your love
Center in Tupelo. and consideration until
Arrangements are in
incomplete and will be circumstances allow us to
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of gather again as a family.
Columbus.
8B SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Scene&Seen BLACKWOOD
Author Micheal Farris Smith helped kick off the book tour for his latest novel, “Blackwood,” with
a reading and book signing at the Columbus Arts Council in Columbus March 4. Smith, of Oxford,
formerly lived in Columbus. Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

Heather Schmitt, Lacey Sherman, Delia Lochala Michelle Mitchell, Erin Busbea, Erik Studdard

Bill Parker, Rose Mary Dill Evans and Eric Dawson

Kathy Baeuerlin, Patti Johnson Jimmy Rivers, Ron Rivers

Georgia Hamilton, Gina Deason Ciera Presley, Maggie Burnett

AT THE MAG
The Magnolia
Independent Film
Festival took place at
the UEC Hollywood
Premier Cinama in
Starkville Feb. 27-29.
Austin Frayser/Spe-
cial to The Dispatch

Esther Okuro, Jojo Ford Ania Debicka-Dyer, Michele Mathis

Alecea Niven, Kathy Snell Hannah Vandi, Angela Baker

Classified & Comics D General Help Wanted Apts For Rent: Other Apts For Rent: Other Medical / Dental
SECTION

THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020

LEGALS TOUGH GUYS HAIRCUTS

is opening a new location
1ST MONTH − RENT FREE!
1−2 BR Apt: $350−435 COLEMAN
Call us: 662-328-2424
in Columbus. 1−2BR TwnHm: $625−650 RENTALS
Licensed Cosmetologists Lease, Dep, Credit Check. TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
are needed. Coleman Realty
Legal Notices No booth rent. 662−329−2323 1 BEDROOM
No clientele needed. 2 BEDROOMS
LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOLS For more info, call or text
662-312-8727 or email 3 BEDROOMS
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
toughguys@yahoo.com
LEASE,

© The Dispatch
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Restaurant / Hotel DEPOSIT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
SEALED BIDS WILL BE RE- AND
CEIVED BY THE LOWNDES
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA-
CREDIT CHECK
TION, IN THE OFFICE OF SU-
PERINTENDENT OF EDUCA-
TION, 1053 HIGHWAY 45
662-329-2323
SOUTH, COLUMBUS, MS. UN-
TIL 9:30 AM ON WEDNESDAY, 2411 HWY 45 N
MARCH 25, 2020 FOR EN-
GAGED LEARNING INITIATIVE COLUMBUS, MS
FOR IPADS AND MACBOOKS,
MOBILE CARTS FOR IPADS AND Commercial Property For Rent
MACKBOOKS, MOBILE DEVICE
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
CASES AND KEYBOARDS FOR
THE LOWNDES COUNTY DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL BIDS truck terminal, 9,500 sq.
PRICES SHALL BE FIRM AND ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
APPROVED BY LOWNDES office/shop. Buildings can
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCA- be rented together or
TION FOR THE DISTRICT.
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA
CH&A, 1 story, W/D, separately. All w/ excellent
historic district, 1 block access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
ITEMS REQUIRED, SPECIFICA- 662−327−9559.
TIONS, AND BID FORMS MAY from downtown.
BE OBTAINED VIA THE FOLLOW- $575/mo. + $575 dep.
ING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTPS://WWW.LOWNDES.K12.
NO PETS. 662−574−8789. ads.cdispatch.com
Peaceful & Quiet area.
MS.US/APPS/PAGES/TECHNO-
LOGY . YOU MAY ALSO OB- Medical / Dental
TAIN THE DOCUMENTS IN PER-
SON AT THE SUPERINTEND-
ENT OFFICE OF THE LOWNDES
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR Medical / Dental
BY EMAIL AT
PURCHASING@LOWNDES.K12.
MS.US PLEASE DIRECT ALL IN-
QUIRES REGARDING THIS BID
TO EITHER MRS. JEANISE AN-
Rentals
DREWS, TECHNOLOGY CO-
ORDINATOR, BY PHONE (662- Ads starting at $25
244-5018) OR EMAIL
(JEANISE.ANDREWS@LOWNDE Apts For Rent: South
S.K12.MS.US)OR MR. ROGER
GAUDET, NETWORK MANAGER,
BY PHONE (662-244-5006) OR 3BR/1.5BA TOWNHOME @
EMAIL 1705 Bell Ave, beside
(ROGER.GAUDET@LOWNDES.K MUW. $600/mo + $600
12.MS.US) dep. 678−949−6877.
THE LOWNDES COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION RE- Apts For Rent: West
SERVES THE RIGHT TO RE-
JECT ANY AND/OR ALL BIDS

VIP
AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE
LOWEST AND BEST BID/BID-

Rentals
DER.

MR. SAM ALLISON, SUPERIN-

TENDENT
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCA- Apartments & Houses
TION
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- 1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
SIPPI

MARCH 8 AND MARCH 15,

2020 3 Bedrooms
Furnished & Unfurnished Transportation

PUBLIC NOTICE 1, 2, & 3 Baths

The U.S. Army Corps of Engin- Lease, Deposit
eers had contracted a certified & Credit Check
commercial applicator to apply
Federal EPA approved aquatic viceinvestments.com
327-8555
herbicides to control noxious
species of aquatic weeds in
the Tennessee-Tombigbee Wa-
terway. Treatment areas will
be:

Aberdeen, Aliceville, Amory,

Bay Springs, Columbus, Fulton,
Gainesville, Montgomery,
Rankin and Smithville Lakes.

Treatments are scheduled to

begin and will continue as
needed throughout the year. In-
quires can be directed to the
Corp of Engineers office, 5000
North Frontage Road, Colum- Take down that “for
bus, MS 39701. Telephone
(662)245-5500 rent” sign and get
PUBLISH: 3/12, 3/13, 3/15, fast results with an
3/16, 3/17, 3/18, &
3/19/2020 easy classified ad.
Place your
Employment ad today at
Call us: 662-328-2424 ads.cdispatch.com
General Help Wanted
or call 328-2424
CARPENTER NEEDED w/ at General Help Wanted
least 4 yrs. of experience.
Ideal candidate will have an
eye for detail, be depend-
able, have good communic-
ation skills, reliable trans-
portation & basic tools. We
specialize in home remod-
els & new construction.
Call 662-570-9464 for info.
Looking for goods
OFFICE HELP NEEDED! or services?
Must know: Quickbooks,
Microsoft Excel, Purchas-
ing, Inventory & Sales.
Fax resume to
662-327-7004
or email to
fryetile@cableone.net

FIRST CUMBERLAND PRES-

BYTERIAN CHURCH seeks
part-time secretary to work
Find it in the
classifieds!
4 hours per day, M-F. Excel-
lent clerical, communica-
tion, and organizational
skills required. Strong com-
puter and social media
skills imperative including
experience with Microsoft
Office products. Applicants
should email cover letter
One call will bring you results.
and resume to
fcpcsecretary@gmail.com
662-328-2424

Buy. Sell. Discover. In the Classifieds section.

On the web: ads.cdispatch.com • Or call: 662-328-2424
2D SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Houses For Sale: Other Campers & RVs Trucks, Vans & Buses

ON THE WEB
2012 JAYCO EAGLE 5th
WHEEL, 39ft, 4 slide−outs. 2017 NISSAN FRONT−
2BR, 48" TV & 27" TV. IER SV CREW CAB.
$26,500. 662−386−9605. STILL NEW, V6, AUTO
POWER LOCKS/WIND−
Visit www.cdispatch.com
Motorcycles & ATVs OWS. ONLY 30K MI,
NEW UPGRADE TIRES,
for a printable copy of
1993 KAWASAKI TOW PKG, GREAT GAS
MILAGE. SELLING DUE
these puzzles.
VOYAGER XII Only 25,500
miles. Runs & looks good. TO HEALTH. $18,500.
No problems. $3000 OBO. 662.327.2469
Can be seen local.
501−545−7750.

1999 ROADSTAR 1600

Only 45k miles. Hard bags,
rider & passenger back
Community
rests w/ luggage rack, has
windshield. Ready to ride! Ads starting at $12
$3000 OBO. Can be seen
local. 501−545−7750. Travel & Entertainment

2 RACING GO KARTS, PUBLIC CATFISH POND

extra tires & gears, @ 130 Hillcrest Drive.
$2,500. Call between Open Wed, Thur & Sat.
8a−7p, 662−328−0028. 7am−6pm
For rates call
2017 Harley Davidson CVO 662−386−8591
Street Glide Special
Starfire Black. Beautiful
Bike with 2 luggage racks
and saddle bag inserts.
Excellent Condition. Five Questions:
$25,500.00

Sudoku
662−574−9663
1 Michael
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
2015 Harley Davidson
VROD Night Rod Edition.
Dark Red with 8,000 miles. Bloomberg Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
Excellent Condition.
$8,500.00 Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis witha several
num- 2 7 5 8 9 6 1 3 4
ber-placing
given numbers.puzzle 4 6 1 2 5 3 7 9 8
2 Led
The object

2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

662−574−9663
based onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 8 9 3 4 7 1 2 6 5
grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
Zeppelin 6 2 7 9 1 8 5 4 3
2014 Harley Davidson CVO empty spaces
Houses For Rent: North General Merchandise Limited. Silver and Sunset given
so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 1 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 2
Orange, approx. 20,000
object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place
HOUSE FOR RENT Merchandise WANTED FREON R12.
miles, new front and rear
tires and battery. numbers
contains the1same
box
to 9 number
in 5 8 9 3 2 4 6 7 1
3 Vitamin D 3 5 2 7 4 9 8 1 6
2−3 Bedroom w/ 1.5 Bath We pay CA$H. Excellent Condition. the empty spaces so
Fenced in yard. $675. R12 R500 R11. only once. The difficulty 7 4 6 1 8 2 3 5 9
662−549−9555. Ads starting at $12 Convenient.
$15,500.00 that each row, each
662−574−9663 level increases from
Ask for Glenn or text. Certified professionals. column and each 9 1 8 6 3 5 4 2 7
Bargain Column 312−291−9169 Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday.
4 Chris Sale
Difficulty Level 3/13

Houses For Rent: New Hope RefrigerantFinders.com/ad

3 Bedroom/2 Bath House
w/ fenced back yard in
New Hope. Renovation
currently underway w/ new
the same number only once. The difficulty level
3 Damascus steel fixed
increases from Monday to Sunday.
blade hunting knives w/
sheaths, not used $15ea. Read local.
5 Space
WHITE POSTER
Two Owl turquoise neck−
BOARDS. cdispatch.com
laces, $5ea. One machete

Needle
ceramic tile & wood floors, w/ sheath $6. 244.5861 24"x23"
bathroom fixtures, kitchen $0.50 each.
appliances & all new paint. 100 in stock.
$900.00. 917−324−3347. Farm Equipment & Supplies Visit 516 Main St. or
call 662−328−2424. Auctions
Mobile Homes for Rent JOHN DEERE MODEL M
TRACTOR. A set of one row
cultivators w/ hydraulic lift, Sporting Goods
RENT A CAMPER! has been repainted, looks
CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL! good & runs good, $3500.
Utilities & cable included, Call 662−436−2037. ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
from $145/wk − $535/mo OPEN FOR SEASON!
Columbus & County School 9−5: Tues−Fri &
locations. 662−242−7653 Furniture 9−12: Sat.
or 601−940−1397. Over 50 years experience!
LIVING ROOM SET Repairs, cleaning,
Loveseat & chaise for sale. refinishing, scopes
RV/MOBILE HOME SITE NEW!! $300. mounted & zeroed,
near CAFB, Caledonia 662−242−2884. Leave a handmade knives.
schools. Call 601−940− message. Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
1397. of West Point, turn right on
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
Office Spaces For Rent left on Darracott Rd, see
OAK FURNITURE sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
OFFICE SPACE FOR Round oak table and 5 left. 662−494−6218.
LEASE. 1112 Main St., chairs $300. Oval oak
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. table with extra leaf and 6
Plenty of private parking. chairs $300. Oak China

Vehicles
662−327−9559. cabinet $250.
Call 662−328−0057.

Ads starting at $12

Real Estate
Ads starting at $25
Houses For Sale: East
3BR/1BA @ 1521
Shepherd Rd.
Sold as is, needs work.
Serious inquiries only,
769−274−4110.
Houses For Sale: New Hope
QUEEN MATTRESS and
boxspring with poster
Autos For Sale
headboard, $200.
Call 662−242−2348.
2006 SUZUKI GRAND
VITARI LIMITED. GREAT
General Merchandise GAS MILAGE, CLEAN/
SHARP. 60K MI ON NEW
MASSAGE TABLE V6 AUTOMATIC ENGINE,
new, still in box. Paid 4WD, 4 DOOR. PERFECT
$130. Will take $100. Call FOR STUDENT OR TOWING.
901−277−4138. $3,750. 662.327.2469
Auctions

16 WIDNER IN NEW HOPE

Newly remodeled. 3BR/
2BA home. Approx. 1,500
sq. ft. Has 25’x30’ wired ACROSS
metal shop w/ roll−up front
& side door. $158,500. 1 Singer Tori
662−549−9298. 5 Dentist’s
Lots & Acreage directive
10 Tycoon
1.75 ACRE LOTS. Good/ 12 Record
Bad Credit Options. Good
credit as low as 10% down, company
$299/mo. Eaton Land, 13 Fight sight
662−361−7711. 14 Tolerate
15 Part of RSVP
19 ACRES with 16 acres of
30 year old Timber. Close 16 Ran into
to town/lock & dam. 18 Bankroll
$45,000. Call between
8a−7p, 662−386−0028.
19 Less complex
21 Dyeing tubs
22 Peach’s kin
Too much 24 Caravan

STUFF?
stops DOWN favorite book
25 Orange’s kin 1 Degrade 25 Steamed
29 Train units 2 Robin’s love snack
30 Snappy 3 Threat phrase 26 Incite
answer 4 Abel, to Adam 27 Small bump
32 Moody music 5 No longer fizzy 28 Puts up
33 Can. neighbor 6 Research site 29 Hands over

Service Directory
34 German 7 Luke’s mentor 31 Low cards
article 8 Sober 33 Purposes
35 Finger-paints 9 Some coasters 36 Bridge action
37 Low card 11 Convention ID 38 Pig out
39 Cow of 17 Classroom
Promote your small business starting at only $25 commercials needs
40 Like seawater 20 Smartphone
Automotive Services General Services General Services General Services 41 Canary chow pictures
Start your LE S
Auto Sales A & T TREE SERVICES
JEWELRY REPAIR
WEEKEND WARRIORS. 42 Dick Tracy’s
love
21 Drop in
23 Enjoys a
WHO ALE
Bucket truck & stump You have problems, we
de-cluttering by
New & Used
Tires removal. Free est.
RKERS
have answers. 30 years
Maintenance Serving Columbus PA exp in roofing, drywall,
placing a garage
ON

since 1987. Senior painting, flooring, decking.

J.

Brakes
UT Insurance citizen disc. Call Alvin @ Free estimates. Local refs.
O CENTE
sale ad today! 100 Russell St.
A

242−0324/241−4447 662−386−3658.
662-605-5125 E
W ELER Starkville, MS
J

"We’ll go out on a limb for

7596 Hwy 45 Alt N • West Point you!" 662-268-8058 Lawn Care / Landscaping

Ads starting at... Building & Remodeling

MONOGRAMMING
WORK WANTED: FOR ALL YOUR SPRING &
Licensed & Bonded. SUMMER NEEDS CALL

1 day $10 Just for Ladies

REMODELING, BRICK Carpentry, minor electrical, ROBINSON LAWN
work, painting, storm minor plumbing, insulation, SERVICES.
damage or additions. painting, demolition, We also specialize in

3 day $18 Free estimates.

40 years experience.
662−570−3430
gutters cleaned, pressure
washing, landscaping, Mossy Oak Mall • West Point
662-492-4221 • Mon.-Sat.
landscaping services.
662−435−8746 or
662−272−8746.

6 day $34
Childcare
CHILDCARE SERVICES
Price includes 4 lines of text;
Look No Further!!
$1/line after base cost. Quality Childcare Services
Are Available For The
Golden Triangle Area!!
662.343.8386 or
Shop
662.813.3672. Serious
Inquiries Only, Please!!
cleanup work, moving help.
662−242−3608.
GET YOUR PRIVACY
FENCE NOW!
Reasonable pricing.
New installations &
fence maintenance.
Text/Call 662−549−7167.
GRAVEL, $360 OR LESS!
Local delivery, 14 yd truck.
CHILDREN’S & LADIES’ CONSIGNMENT Free estimates available.
JESSE & BEVERLY’S
CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY
LAWN SERVICE
$545 plus Filing Fee Mowing, cleanup,
CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY landscaping, sodding,
All Attorney Fees Through The Plan & tree cutting.
662−356−6525
Jim Arnold, Attorney
662-324-1666 • 601-656-6914
Painting & Papering
104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville

Classifieds
Backhoe & Dozer work. SULLIVAN’S PAINT
Are you a painter? Mobile Home Pads & Got leaky pipes? Find a SERVICE. Special Prices.
Advertise here! Driveways. Interior and Exterior
plumber in the classifieds. Painting. 662−435−6528
662−497−1388

Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Ke nne th Mo ntg o m ery
Proudly serving our community
for over 30 years
2500 Military Road Suite 1
Columbus, MS
662-328-7500 WEST REALTY COMPANY
westrealtycompany.com
Don West, Broker/Owner
Northeast Exterminating
If it Jimmy Linley • Richard Linley
crawls, Columbus
call... 662-329-9992
BRISLIN, INC.
Sales • Service • Installation
Residential • Commercial • Industrial
Since 1956
www.brislininc.com
4051 Military Road • 662-328-5814
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC
www.hydrovaconline.com
Jarrett’s Towing
Wrecker Service
5209 N. Hwy 182 E. • Columbus, MS 39702
329-2447
If no answer 251-2448 cars
R Free Estimates
LER OO
EE FIN Licensed
& Insured
W H INC. G FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
COMMERCIAL
“A Family Business Since 1946”
RESIDENTIAL
662-328-3625 • 662-328-7612
Rae’s Jewelry
Authorized Dealer
Citizens and Pulsar Watches
Downtown Columbus 662-328-8824
When Caring Counts...
FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY
1131 Lehmberg Rd., Columbus • 662-328-1808
Shelton Cleaners
3189 Hwy 45 N. • 328-5421
1702 6th St. N. • 328-5361
APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC.
Michael Bogue & Employees
Lake Norris Rd. 328-6555
Telephone: 662-327-1467
P.O. Box 1278 • 1616 7th Ave. S., Columbus, MS 39703
This ad space can be yours
for only $10 per week.
Call today 328-2424
to schedule your ad.
Do you need to change your
church’s listing? Call 328-2424 or
email changes to tinap@cdispatch.com
subject: church page
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Church Directory
These church directory pages are made possible by the sponsorship of the following businesses.
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope
Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
662-664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military
Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery
provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-
6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch
McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible
Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Jeff Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771
Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth
classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe
LLC
Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle
Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW,
Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-
3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday
School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490
Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes
6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844
Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.
cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy.
50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by
Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m.,
Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting,
Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m.
Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben
Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
We unlock Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621
Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40
Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or
662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912
11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy
Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
— 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH —
Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship
5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics
Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday
7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding,
Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner
Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Interim Pastor Ron Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.
com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver
Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628
East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8
a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley,
Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake
Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups
for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway
50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin
Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe
Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday
Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth
& Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday -
Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www.
newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave.
and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel,
Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
1st 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-
7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor
High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill
Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852
Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH —
12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11
a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor.
sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282
E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST
CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams,
Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2
blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104
Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St.
Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH —
Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship
6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright,
Youth Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@
yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy.
373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957
Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference
Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1131
Woodlawn Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. Rev. William
Sparks, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Kenny Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex,
Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd,
4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-
744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess
Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr.
Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-
434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand
Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or
662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert
Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry
Johnson, Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East
North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot
#4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A.
Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New
Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley,
Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor
Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m.
Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal
- Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus
Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir
Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 3D
L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH
— 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible
Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213
Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH —
4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S.
(1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin,
Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th
Ave. N. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.
Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups
Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St.
Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00
a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver
Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive,
Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150
Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH —
8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David
Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-
4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy.
45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-
2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30
a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland
Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday
School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder
Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew
Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-
5939 or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808
College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m.,
Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation
Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey
Waldrep, Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary.
Lavelle Smith, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave.
N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main
St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah
Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.
com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd.
Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister.
662-328- 4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th
St. S. Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday)
9:45 a.m., (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
327-6060 Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401
7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson,
Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m.,
Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HW Y. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay
Street. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903
Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess
Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
— 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens
Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Tim Gentle, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828
10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45
a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis
Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes,
Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840
Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
4D SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020
Let us replenish the seed of faith through ...
Regular Church Attendance
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103
Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts,
Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville
Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH
OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday
7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m.,
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday
Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-
327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military
Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer
Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th
Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor.
662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor.
662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father
Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven
Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH —
321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest.
662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College
St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday
Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy
Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer
Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership
Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-
5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W.
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter
662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy.
182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study
7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-
327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old
Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson,
Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-
monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
UNIVERSALIST
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple
B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday.
662-620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible
Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.)
— 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m.
Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton
Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11
a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30
p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50
Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3
p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Eugene Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10
a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417
Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning
worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602
Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m.
Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell
Bradley, Associate Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
80 Old Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St.
S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road,
Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45,
Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday
Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-
4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road
East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia
Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham, Pastor.
NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
2169 S. Montgomery St., Starkville. Sunday School 9:30-
10:30 a.m., Young Adult Bible Study (ages 18-30) Thursday
6:30 p.m. Tyrone Stallings, Pastor. 662-324-0789
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy
Tentoni, Pastor.
PLAIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1579
Sun Creek Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 8:45-9:45
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6-7 p.m. Rev.
Sylvester Miller III, Pastor. 662-324-0036
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th
St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45
a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional
Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:10 a.m., Sunday School
9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Adult/Children Bible Study
Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Dwight Prowell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST
CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m.
John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610
Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor
Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St.
S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday
5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges,
Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m.,
Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-
328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and
6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College
St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m.
Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11
a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER
— 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor.
662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S.
McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor.
662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109
Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7
p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98
Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st
Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba)
Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH —
1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST
MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning
Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP
CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St.,
Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David
T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742
Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday
School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For
more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-
1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or
Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH
— 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-
327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information,
call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr.
Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11
a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon.
Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail:
livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every
1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study
10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-
9843 or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441
18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP —
2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF
JESUS CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service
9 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
241-6723 www.memorialgunterpeel.com
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7
p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old,
5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck
Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY
CHURCH — 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer
Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter
and Pastor. 662-630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St.,
Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella,
Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY —
2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie
Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner of
Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 7:30 p.m.
662-798-0259
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Since 1960
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
24 Hour Towing
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER 1024 Gardner Blvd.
MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
328-8277
Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus.
Sunday Worship 8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
8 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis,
Pastor. 662-230-3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.
stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North
McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny
L. Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601
14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF
LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human
Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267
Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH
— 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45
a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106
22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District
Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7
p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6
Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon,
Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875
Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747
E-mail: nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH
MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday
10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women
Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922
17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge
Road. Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor.
UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia.
® Columbus, MS
Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, 662.848.0919
Pastor. 662-356-0202
Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC)
— 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 Hunting • Fishing
p.m. John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m.,
Oktibbeha County Co-Op
Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: 662-323-1742
Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt
Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m.,
Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd
Wednesdays 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship
Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha,
Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy.
82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m.,
Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting
6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311 The McBryde Family
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th
St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 Specializing in industrial accounts
p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 5D

SSunday
unday CComics
omics
6D SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Puzzles