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County disputes with school district over tax request

have already been assessed. If
Supervisors’ attorney: County may take issue to court if district the county’s argument proves
doesn’t lower amount of its request for local property taxes correct, it would mean the most
the district could increase their
BY YUE STELLA YU officials say, is whether proper- tions from those expiring fee- local tax request by without
syu@cdispatch.com ty tax collections from expiring in-lieu agreements to their re- voter involvement is roughly
fee-in-lieu agreements for some quest to the county. That, along $772,000 for FY 2021. Since the
Lowndes County School area industries — which have with an additional $116,000 value of a mill (the amount of
District is standing by a local paid a fee based on one-third from what newly-built proper- revenue 1 mill will generate) is
property tax request that could of their assessed value for the ty is expected to bring in taxes Hudson Allison expected to increase by $67,000
hike the tax rate by almost 10 past 10 years — can be claimed and a 4-percent increase it can from last year, that would force
percent. But Lowndes County as taxes on “new property” and request each year from last ney Tim Hudson said the county the district to lower the proper-
Board of Supervisors may sue added to the base amount of the year’s collections, would make is arguing that none of the col- ty tax rate by about 3 mills.
the district to keep that from district’s request. the tax rate increase by roughly lections from the expiring fee- Property taxes are mea-
happening. The district has added all 4.5 mills to 51.1 mills in 2021. in-lieu agreements can be add- sured in mills, which rep-
The point of conflict, county $3.5 million in projected collec- However, supervisors’ attor- ed as “new property,” since they See LCSD, 5A

4-County OVER THE TOP

changes
charter to offer
broadband
Clark: ‘We are really
looking forward
to getting started’
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

As of this week, it
is not a question of if
4-County Electric Pow-
er Association will offer
broadband internet ser-
vice, but when.
More than 90 percent
of the electric co-op’s
Clark
members who partici-
pated in the mail-in vote
approved a change in
4-County’s charter to of-
fer broadband services,
an option approved by
the Mississippi Legisla-
ture last year. The co-op
announced those results Presley
at its Tuesday board
meeting.
Anticipating that its members Garrick Hodge/Dispatch Staff
would approve the change in its char- Heritage Academy wide receiver Mitchell Woodard (7) catches a pass over Caledonia defensive back Anthony Fason (8)
ter, 4-County accepted a $6 million at a high school football game Friday in Caledonia. Heritage Academy won the in-county rivalry 28-21. See more area
See 4-COUNTY, 5A high school football coverage on page 1B.

More details released on Highway 182 renovation plans

destrian friendly and wheelchair
Kimley-Horn engi- Project will go out accessible, increase broadband
neer Clark Bailey,
right, project for bids within a year access and improve infrastruc-
ture and stormwater drainage.
manager for the BY TESS VRBIN The city’s Fiscal Year 2021
planned $15.8 tvrbin@cdispatch.com budget, approved Sept. 1, in-
million revamp of
cludes a match of more than $3
a mile of Highway
182, presents the
STARKVILLE — The multi- million for the grant, bringing
preliminary design million-dollar makeover of a mile the project’s total budget to about
plans to Mayor of Highway 182, from Long Street $15.8 million.
Lynn Spruill, left, to Old West Point Road, will be The project must be fully ac-
and the Starkville completely designed and ready cepted and approved by the Mis-
aldermen at to bid in a year, project manager sissippi Department of Transpor-
Friday’s work ses- Clark Bailey of the Kimley-Horn tation by September 2021. The
sion. The designs engineering firm told aldermen preliminary engineering phase is
vary through- at their Friday work session. nearly complete so Kimley-Horn
out the project The $12.66 million grant from can start its official design plans,
based on land Bailey said.
the U.S. Department of Trans-
use ordinances,
the widths of portation’s Better Utilizing In- “We’ve got a clock running,
the roadway and vestments to Leverage Develop- at least a virtual one, and we’re
the potential for ment, or BUILD Transportation down to less than 12 months,” he
greenery. Discretionary Grant program, said.
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff would make the area more pe- See HIGHWAY 182, 3A

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1 Which of the following is not a Romance MEETINGS
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nian? Lowndes County
2 What fruit is banned from certain public Fiscal Year
places in Southeast Asia because of its pen-
etrating odor, considered offensive by many? 2020-21 budget
3 To what country does Easter Island belong? public hearing,
Rylie Wheeler 4 Finish this TV show theme song: “You take 9:30 a.m.,
the good, you take the bad, you take them Lowndes County
Fourth grade, Heritage
both and there you have...”?

86 Low 70 5 What century saw the start of the Renais- Courthouse,

High sance in Italy? facebook.com/
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Answers, 3A
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ASK RUFUS

Garden stories
I
enjoy pho- spect for such Trojan prince Paris, who If you haven’t been
tographing a beautiful then shot Achilles in his there, a visit to the
flowers, creature as heel with a poison arrow, butterfly garden on the
butterflies you.’ killing him. The Greek Riverwalk is a real visual
and hum- ‘Perhaps warrior Ajax rescued treat. Even in September
mingbirds in you do now,’ Achilles body but Achil- it is filled with a gift of
the butterfly said the other, les’ famous armor was beauty from the Master
garden on the ‘but when given to Ulysses instead. Gardeners. For those
Riverwalk you insulted Out of bitterness and interested in Native
and while me I was a humiliation, Ajax killed American traditions and
walking in caterpillar. himself. Out of pity for stories, I would recom-
the southside So let me give Ajax, Apollo caused a mend “Choctaw Tales,”
Columbus Rufus Ward you this piece purple flower to grow collected by Tom Mould
Historic Dis- of advice; from the ground that and published by Univer-
trict. never insult was stained with Ajax’s sity Press of Mississippi. Courtesy photo
Watching the brightly the humble, as they may blood. That flower, the Rufus Ward is a local The butterflies and zinnias of the Riverwalk butterfly
colored butterflies and one day become your bell-shaped grape hya- historian. garden have delightful stories to tell.
the aggressive little superiors.’” cinth, is very common in
hummingbirds brings Levant stretching from
to mind some of the old The Riverwalk butter- Greece to the Holy Land.
Southern and Native fly garden is still filled The iris is said to
American tales about with zinnias and passion have its origins on Mt.
them. Often in the sto- flowers. These beautiful Olympus, home to the
ries, butterflies are asso- flowers have their own gods of ancient Greece.
ciated with their beauty, story to tell. The history The goddess Juno had
while hummingbirds are of the zinnia is a fascinat- a maid-in-waiting, Iris,
portrayed as reeking of ing story that traces into who dressed in brilliant
arrogance. American prehistory. In hues and had a rainbow
There are several dif- prehistoric times there for a scarf. Iris could
ferent Native American are associations of the stretch her rainbow
traditions about races zinnia with the Nava- scarf, arching it from
between a hummingbird jo, Apache and other Mt. Olympus to earth,
and a great white crane. Native Americans of the and thus became a
In the fashion of the Southwest. The zinnia messenger for the gods.
tortoise and the hare, was especially tied to the Juno caused flowers,
the crane wins in most Navajo. each being a color from
of them. One of the tales In Navajo legend Iris’ rainbow, to grow
has local tie. Around yellow zinnias were around the world and
1900, Henry S. Halbert, a sent by the “ever-chang- named the flower Iris in
Lowndes County native, ing-woman,” an almost honor of her messenger.
recorded a Choctaw sto- Mother Nature figure, to British legends of iris
ry, “The Hummingbird help lead a Navajo child, say the pixies of Devon-
and the Crane.” Straight-Arrow, in search shire would hide under
As the story went, in of a means to prevent the iris blooms, for the large
early times the hum- destruction of crops. As flower would hide them
mingbird was a giant the story goes it is why from the view of mor-
bird rivaling the great the Navajo would plant tals. The petals of iris,
white crane in stature. yellow zinnias in their according to another
One day the humming- corn fields. Devonshire account,
bird was standing on the Because the center of were fashioned by fairies
bank of a pond watching the zinnia appeared to be into their clothing.
the crane chase after a new flower blooming
fish. The hummingbird within an older one, it
bragged he was the fast- became popular in Vic-
est-flying of all the birds torian America to refer
and called the crane to zinnias as “Youth and
awfully slow. Old Age.”
In response, the crane In addition to the zin-
challenged the hum- nias, the butterfly garden
mingbird to a race. The is also filled with passion
loser would pay a dear flowers which are also
price. The hummingbird called maypops. In an
accepted the challenge. Aug. 19, 1835 United
On the appointed day States Gazette from Phil-
the two birds flew away adelphia, Pennsylvania, I
toward the end of the found an interesting arti-
earth. The humming- cle on passion flowers.
bird flew much faster
and soon had taken a “The Passion Flour, —
long lead over the crane. The following interpreta-
When night came, the tion of this justly celebrat-
hummingbird decided ed and much admired
he had a big enough lead flower, — will not, I trust,
to get a good night’s rest be found uninteresting,
sheltered in a cedar tree. especially to the fair devo-
The crane kept flying tees of Flora.
through the night and The leaves resemble
as morning broke had the spear that pierced our
caught up with the hum- savior’s side; the tendrils,
mingbird. — the cords that bound
For days that same his hands, or the whips
routine kept up. The that scourged him; the ten
hummingbird flew only petals, — the apostles; Ju-
during the day while das having betrayed, and
the crane flew both day Peter deserted; the pillars
and night. Each day the in the center, — the cross
hummingbird took a or tree; the stamina, —
lead, which the crane the hammer, the styles
erased at night. With a the nails; the inner circle
great effort on the last around the central pillar,
night, the crane soared — the crown of thorns; the
ahead and after sunrise radiance, - the glory; the
the hummingbird was white in the flower - the
unable to make up the emblem of purity; and the
lost time. The crane won blue, - the type of heaven.
the race. For losing the One species, the Passiflora
race the hummingbird alata even drops of blood
was cut down with a flint are seen upon the cross or
knife until he was no tree. This flower continues
longer the great bird he three days open and then
once had been but was disappears, thus denoting
the smallest bird of all — the resurrection.”
not much bigger than a
butterfly. In Columbus gar-
During the 1840s dens herald the arrival
there was a popular fable of spring with a gift of
about the butterfly and hyacinth and iris. The
the hummingbird, which traditions of some flow-
was published in several ers go back to classical
Mississippi newspapers. mythology. Such is the
This is the version that case with the hyacinth
appeared in the Yazoo and the iris.
Whig in 1842. The hyacinth is said
to have been associated
“A hummingbird once with Achilles and Ajax,
met a butterfly, and being Greek heroes of the Tro-
pleased with the beauty of jan War. The legend goes
its person, and the glory of that Achilles fell in love
its wings, made an offer of with a Trojan princess,
perpetual friendship. much to the displeasure
‘I cannot think of it,’ of the god Apollo. The
was the reply, ‘as you Greek hero was only vul-
once spurned at me, and nerable to a wound on his
called me a drawling dolt.’ heel and so he had been
‘Impossible,’ exclaimed the unbeatable in battle. As
hummingbird. ‘I always a god, Apollo knew that
entertained the highest re- weakness and told the
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Tropical Storm Sally forms off south Florida, bound for Gulf
storm watch is in effect from in effect. Forecasters said Pau-
Forecasters: ‘Since the system will be traversing very warm waters the Ochlockonee River to the lette would become a hurricane
and through a moist air mass ... steady strengthening is anticipated.’ Okaloosa/Walton County Line.
The storm is currently ex-
later Saturday and drop up to 6
inches (15 centimeters) of rain
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the northern Gulf coast early in investigate the system later Sat- pected to bring 2 to 4 inches on the territory through Mon-
the week. It becomes the earli- urday afternoon. (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain day, adding that it is expected
MIAMI — Tropical Storm est 18th named storm in a busy “Since the system will be tra- to parts of Florida, with iso- to be a “dangerous hurricane”
Sally formed Saturday off south tropical season, beating Stan, versing very warm waters and lated totals up to 6 inches (15 when it is near Bermuda on
Florida, becoming the earliest which formed on Oct. 2, 2006. through a moist air mass with centimeters). Meteorologists Sunday night and Monday.
18th-named storm on record The National Hurricane Cen- moderate vertical shear for the warn of an increasing risk of
Tropical Storm Rene weak-
in an Atlantic hurricane season ter in Miami said Sally would next few days, steady strength- life-threatening storm surge
ened in recent hours and was
as it headed toward the Gulf of dump heavy rain around the ening is anticipated,” forecast- and dangerous hurricane-force
winds from southeastern Loui- reclassified as a tropical de-
Mexico amid signs of strength- Florida Keys and the southern ers wrote in their 2 p.m. EDT
ening further. siana to the Alabama coast. pression. It had maximum
and western parts of the state. advisory.
Sally emerged from a trop- Maximum sustained winds Sally was located 35 miles Meanwhile, Tropical Storm sustained winds at 35 mph (55
ical depression swirling off were clocked at 40 mph (65 (60 kilometers) south-south- Paulette had maximum sus- kph) and was 1,225 miles (2,020
the tip of Florida, on a fore- kph) with higher gusts. Addi- east of Naples on Saturday af- tained winds at 70 mph (110 kilometers) east-northeast of
cast track bound for the Gulf. tional strengthening is expect- ternoon, according to National kph) and was 510 miles (820 the Northern Leeward Islands.
It was expected to become a ed over the coming days. Hurricane Center said. The kilometers) southeast of Ber- Forecasters said Rene wasn’t
hurricane by late Monday that An Air Force Hurricane system was moving to the west muda, where a hurricane watch expected to strengthen and did
could threaten a wide swath of Hunter plane was scheduled to at 7 mph (11 kph). A tropical and tropical storm warning are not pose any threat to land.

Highway 182
Continued from Page 1A
Kimley-Horn has di-
vided the stretch of High-
way 182 into sections
based on the different
widths of right-of-way
and the land uses permit-
ted in the city code, Bai-
ley said. One of the goals
for the westernmost sec-
tion, from Long Street to
Henderson Street, is for it
to be safe to bike on both
sides of the road, partly
for potential bike traffic
to and from Henderson
Ward Stewart Elementa-
ry School.
The section between
Henderson to Dr. Doug-
las L. Conner Drive will
have a narrower roadway
to encourage people to
drive slower and trees on
both sides of the road to
“soften up a pretty hard
landscape,” Bailey said.
The “core” of the proj-
ect is the section between
Dr. Douglas L. Conner
Drive and Jackson Street,
which allows multi-story
buildings and could even-
tually have “a real urban
feel,” Bailey said. It will
be the only portion of the
street to have two lanes
for each direction of car
traffic.
North Lafayette Street
meets Highway 182 in
the center of the entire
project, what Bailey
called the “crescendo.”
Starkville Electric strung
900 LED lights across
one block of South La-
fayette between Main
and Lampkin streets
earlier this month, and
Mayor Lynn Spruill said
she hopes to extend the
“Lights on Lafayette” all
the way to the Highway
182 intersection.
The section from Jack-
son Street to Montgom-
ery Street will be nar-
rower due to the houses
on the south side of the
road, and the project will
remove some utility poles
between Montgomery
Street and Old West Point
Road.
The project will install
four distribution power
circuits and one trans-
mission circuit to allow
three communication
companies to provide
power to the area, and
the new utility poles will
be 60 to 90 feet high and
about 500 feet apart, Bai-
ley said.
“That’s about one pole
per block, and instead of
having that visual clutter,
the wire that’s hanging
is way up high, so it’s out
of the way and it doesn’t
prevent us from having
trees,” he said.
Additionally, the
board seeks to partner
with Oktibbeha Coun-
ty and Mississippi State
University to seek grant
funding for a multi-use
path connecting College
View Drive to the east
end of the BUILD project
on Old West Point Road.
The city, county and
university have part-
nered to obtain Transpor-
tation Alternatives Proj-
ect (TAP) grants multiple
times in the past to make
foot travel easier between
MSU and Starkville.
The entire project is
estimated to cost a max-
imum of $1 million, ac-
cording to the agenda
documents, and the city,
county and university
will cover 20 percent, or
$200,000 divided evenly
between all three.
The board’s vote of
support for the partner-
ship is on the consent
agenda and will pass
without debate on Tues-
day.
Department restruc-
tures
The board will also
consider some changes
within the city fire, police
and community develop-
ment departments.
City officials have
agreed to transfer the
code enforcement divi-
sion from the community
development department
to the police department.
The division would fall
under the umbrella of
communit y- oriented
policing, which also in-
cludes animal control,
parking enforcement and
the DARE program.
Spruill said the move
was her idea, and Ward 5
Alderman Hamp Beatty
said having a code en-
forcement officer in a po-
lice uniform lends weight
to the role.
SPD Chief Mark Bal-
lard agreed, saying the
community outreach di-
vision’s current feedback
from the public often in-
cludes complaints about
landscaping and dilapi-
dated homes.
“It’s a good merger for
the broken-windows the-
ory of being able to help
address community con-
cerns and have a single
point of contact for the
city,” Ballard said.
The city currently has
one code enforcement
staffer and is advertising
for a second one. Ballard
said SPD will train both
employees as law en-
forcement officers with
code enforcement still
being their primary duty.
Another interdepart-
mental shift is the pro-
posed hiring of Stein
McMullen, a fire marshal
with the Starkville Fire
Department, as the build-
ing inspection officer in
the community develop-
ment department. He will
still have some responsi-
bilities to SFD as a fire
marshal.
The changes to SPD
and SFD are on the con-
sent agenda, but the
board will discuss a
proposed restructure of
the sanitation and en-
vironmental services
department in response
to changes in the de-
partment’s duties. The
restructure would create
“ leaner, more efficient
work crews and a high-
er emphasis on planning
and communication” and
save the city $38,200 per
year, according to the
agenda documents.
One impending
change is the suspen-
sion of the city’s recy-
cling program starting
Oct. 1, which the board
will also discuss Tues-
day. The board eliminat-
ed curbside recycling
pickup in March to keep
workers safe during the
COVID-19 pandemic and
later decided to cut the
program, which operated
at a loss, from the city’s
budget entirely.

AROUND THE STATE
Mississippi subpoenas AT&T
for records on $300M project
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — The state of Mississip-
pi is asking multinational telecommu-
nications conglomerate AT&T provide
records of the work it promised to do to
expand broadband access in the state
Five Question:
1 Greek
2 Durian
3 Chile
be in an area covered.
Prior to issuing the investigative
subpoena, Commissioner Presley infor-
mally asked AT&T for documentation
4 “The Facts
related to the actual number of loca-
tions benefiting from the $280 million
of Life”
project, and AT&T refused, Presley

after the Public Service Commission
gave the company almost $300 million,
officials said.
Public Service Commissioner Bran-
don Presley has signed an investigative
subpoena for records from AT&T relat-
ed to the company’s claim to have made
internet service available to 133,000
locations in the state through the Con-
nect America Fund, a federal program
for expanded broadband in rural areas
of the U.S.
The subpoena demands production
of documents showing the number of
actual subscribers to AT&T’s fixed
wireless service within the 133,000 lo-
cations where the company claims to
have provided service. It also requests
the number of complaints filed with the
company by customers who have taken
service and the number of residents
who applied for fixed wireless service
based on AT&T’s claim that it was avail-
able and were later determined not to
5 14th century
said. Some items in today’s subpoena
were part of data requests filed by the
Public Utilities Staff that went ignored
by AT&T.
“AT&T has pocketed $283,780,632
of public money with a promise to ex-
pand internet service, yet they refuse
to answer the most basic questions of a
regulator surrounding the use of these
dollars and the actual success of their
plans,” Presley said. “It is very clear to
me that AT&T’s position is to take as
much public money as possible and an-
swer as few questions from regulators
as possible.”
A spokesperson for AT&T said Fri-
day night that the company complies
with the law and requirements of the
Connect America Fund.
“In Mississippi, we are confident that
we will exceed the final CAF II goal of
providing high-speed access to 133,000
rural Mississippi homes by the end of
this year,” spokesman Jim Greer said.

Mississippi reports 853
new coronavirus cases,
15 deaths
JACKSON— Missis-
sippi reported 853 new
cases of coronavirus Fri-
day, and a “modest up-
tick” in hospitalizations
related to the virus, the
that Mississippi, with decrease from Aug. 21,
a population of about 3 when 821 people were
million, has had at least hospitalized with corona-
89,175 reported cases and virus in Mississippi.
at least 2,670 deaths from The true number of vi-
COVID-19 as of Thursday rus infections is thought SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
evening. That’s an in- to be far higher because peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Sun. Mon.
crease of 15 deaths from many people have not Major
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9:16p
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10:12p
3:54a
the day before, with five been tested and studies Major 9:44a 10:40a
occurring between Aug. suggest people can be Minor 5:33p 6:18p
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state health officer said.

of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
26 and Sept. 4 and iden- infected without feeling

“One day does not
make a trend - but it
should remind us to keep
our guard up,” Dr. Thom-
as Dobbs tweeted. “We
are a long way from herd
immunity.”
The state Health De-
partment said Friday
tified using death certifi-
cates.
The state reported
that 545 people were hos-
pitalized with the virus,
an increase over the 522
patients reported the day
before. Still, the numbers
represent a significant
sick. The virus causes
mild or moderate symp-
toms for most but can
be more severe or fatal
for some, especially old-
er adults and those with
underlying health condi-
tions.
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AREA OBITUARIES
Boyd Shanks Karen McClenton, both al home. Tisdale-Lann Ann Ward of Becker; will follow at Kennedy of arrangements.
COLUMBUS ­— of Slidell, Louisiana, Memorial Funeral sons, Tommy Strevel City Cemetery. Visita- He is survived by his
Boyd Shanks, 81, died and Dicy McClenton Home of Aberdeen is Jr. of Athens and Paul tion will be one hour mother, Christy Perry;
Sept. 12, 2020, at Bap- Barnes of Marietta, in charge of arrange- Strevel of Quincy; prior to services at the daughter, Laci Perry;
tist Memorial Hospi- Georgia; brothers, ments. 12 grandchildren; funeral home chapel. adn two sisters, Court-
tal-Golden Triangle. Willie A. McClenton Mrs. Strevel was 31 great-grand- Dowdle Funeral home ney Hunnicutt and
Arrangements are of Washington, D.C., born March 7, 1931, in children; and two of Millport is in charge Brittany Perry.
incomplete and will be Franklin McClenton Aberdeen, to the late great-great-grandchil-
announced by Memori- of Maryland, Henry Albert Bruff Sr. and dren.
al Gunter Peel Funeral McClenton and Mar- Mattie Bruff. She was
Home and Crematory, ion McClenton, both a member of Apostolic
of West Point; sisters, Truth Tabernacle in Brandon Perry
Second Avenue North GORDO, Ala. —
location. JoAnn Penny of Sil- Amory.
verspring, Maryland, In addition to her Brandon Wesley
and Dixie McClenton parents, she was pre- “Bubba” Perry, 29, died
Donald Duncan Hughes of Washington, ceded in death by her Sept. 7, 2020, in North-
VERNON, Ala. — D.C.; 16 grandchil- husband, Tom Strevel; port.
Donald Ray Duncan, dren; and a host of son, Barry Stevel; Services will be at 11
73, died Sept. 10, 2020, great-grandchildren. brother, Albert Bruff a.m. Monday, at Dow-
at St. Vincent’s Hospi- Jr.; and one grandchild. dle Funeral Home, in
tal, in Birmingham.
Services are at 2
Helen Wallace She is survived by Millport, with Tim Ran-
COLUMBUS — Hel- her daughter, Faith dolph officiating. Burial
p.m. today, at Otts
en Wallace, 87, died
Funeral Home Chapel,
Sept. 11, 2020, at Wind-
with Arnold Sheets
sor Place.
officiating. Burial will
Graveside services
follow at the Gilmer
will be at 10 a.m. Mon-
Addition of Sulligent
day, at Living Faith Tab-
City Cemetery. Visita-
ernacle Cemetery, with
tion was from 6-8 p.m.
the Rev. Kenny Gard-
Saturday, at the funeral
ner officiating. Burial
home. Otts Funeral
will follow. Memorial
Home of Sulligent is
in charge of arrange- Gunter Peel Funeral
ments. Home and Crematory,
Mr. Ray was born Second Avenue North
Aug. 22, 1947, in Sulli- location, is in charge of

Robert Clyde McMillen

gent, to the late Troy arrangements.
Duncan and Dorothy Mrs. Wallace was
Woodham. He attended born April 20, 1933, in
Columbus, to the late Robert Clyde McMillen, 58, died August 25,
sUlligent High School

James Walter Newman

James Morgan and 2020, in Dallas, Texas. A family graveside ser-
and was formerly vice will be held in October at Memorial Gardens
owner and operator Helen Iown Honnell
Eads. She attended Cemetery. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home
of Sulligent Motors. & Crematory, 2nd Avenue North location, is in
He attended Freewill Living Faith Tabernacle James Walter Newman, 85, of Columbus, MS
Church. charge of his service. passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020, at
Chapel Freewill Baptist He was born Jan. 29, 1962, in Columbus, MS,
Church. In addition to her Aurora Health and Rehabilitation Center, Colum-
parents, she was pre- and was the son of Bobby and LaNelle Garner bus, MS.
In addition to his par- McMillen. In addition to his parents, he is also
ents, he was preceded ceded in death by her A funeral service will be Monday, September
husband, Kelly Wayne survived by his daughter, Rachel Gott (Daniel) of 14, 2020, at 11:00 AM at Lowndes Funeral Home
in death by his stepfa- Murfreesboro, TN, and a grandson, Cooper Gott
ther, Ralph McCracken. Wallace. Chapel with Rev. Al Hamm officiating. Interment
She is survived of Murfreesboro, TN. In addition, he leaves his will be in Egger Cemetery, Caledonia, MS with
He is survived by sisters Lynne Rosamond (Bill) of Columbus, MS,
his wife, Joyce Duncan by her son, Archie Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Wallace of Columbus; and Lisa Sykes (Clay) of Brevard, NC. He was Mr. Newman was born on October 25, 1934, in
of Vernon; daughters, predeceased by his brother, Bradley McMillen.
Tammy White of Ver- sister, Lavell Bennett Hamilton, AL to the late Rhoda Linley Newman
of Columbus; two Robert was a 1980 graduate of Lee High and Floyd Newman. He was a member of Church
non and Nicole Bell of School. He also attended MS State University.
Reform; brother, Ricky grandchildren; and two of God, enjoyed playing guitar, and playing in the
great-grandchildren. He was formerly employed as an electrician. He senior band. In addition to his parents, Mr. New-
Duncan of Sulligent; enjoyed music and football and was a lifelong fan
sisters, Noble Taylor of Memorials may be man is preceded in death by his brothers- Alphas
made to St. Jude Chil- of the Dallas Cowboys. He was very proud of his Newman, Leonard Newman, and Louis Newman.
Vernon and Wanda Mc- daughter, Rachel, and her accomplishments.
Spadden of Sulligent; dren’s Research Hospi- Mr. Newman is survived by his niece Elisa
two grandchildren; and tal, 501 St. Jude Place, Tubbs of Columbus, MS; 2 sisters- Selma Gilm-
two great-grandchil- Memphis, TN 38105. ore of Columbus, MS and Fay Smith of Hamilton,
dren. MS.
Pallbearers will be Mary Strevel Sign the online guest book at
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Asso-
Randy Bell, Matthew ABERDEEN — ciation, Mississippi Chapter 855 S. Pear Orchard
www.memorialgunterpeel.com Rd. Ridgeland, MS 39157.
Morton, Tommy Joe Mary Opal Bruff St-
revel, 89, died Sept. 10, 716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Harrison, James Hud-
Compliments of
2020, at her residence.
son, Ray Thompson,
Lowndes Funeral Home
Dr. B.L. Sullivan
and Kim Minor. Services will be at 2 www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
p.m. Monday, at Tis-

Christine Brewer
Julius McClenton Sr. dale-Lann Memorial
Chapel, with Charles Dr. B.L. Sullivan, M.D. passed away peacefully
WEST POINT — Sunday, August 16, 2020, at his home in Tulsa,
Julius E. McClenton Sr., Petty and Grant Mitch-
ell officiating. Burial Oklahoma. He was 87. Dr. Sullivan was born
85, died Sept. 7, 2020, Sharon Christine Crowe Brewer, age 90, of Co-
will follow at Oddfel- in Macon, TN and graduated from University
at his residence. lumbus, MS, passed away September 10, 2020, at
lows Rest Cemetery. of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He
Graveside services Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services
Visitation is from 4-6 also completed his residency in radiology in
will be at 10:30 a.m. will be Sunday, September 13, 2020, at 2:30 PM
p.m. today, at the funer- Memphis.
Tuesday, at West Point at Rowan Cemetery with Rev. Byron Benson offi-
Dr. Sullivan first practiced medicine in
Memorial Gardens, ciating. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Adamsville, TN before moving to Columbus,
with the Rev. Tim Brin- Crematory 903 College St. location is in charge
MS in 1963 and opening his clinic with Dr. Jim
kley officiating. Burial of arrangements.
Griffith, his long-time partner and friend. These
will follow. Visitation Mrs. Brewer was born October 23, 1929, in
two were some of the early radiologists and
will be from 10-10:30 Fayette, AL, to the late Walter Furman and Amy
served several towns in the north Mississippi
a.m. prior to services, Harkins Crowe, the family moved to Columbus
area.
at the gravesite. Car- when Christine was 12 years old. Mrs. Brewer
He was preceded in death by his father, J.M.
ter’s Mortuary Services has been a member of East End Baptist Church
Sullivan; mother, Mary Bishop Sullivan of Macon;
of West Point is in since 1944. She was very involved in her church
brother J.M. (Sonny) Sullivan; daughter, Mary
charge of arrange- through the years serving in many areas of lead-
Sullivan Gaines; and son Michael Lee Sullivan.
ments. ership. She loved music and sang in the Sanctu-
He is survived by his wife, Claudia Newman
Mr. McClenton was ary Choir beginning in her late teens. She also
Sullivan; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy Sullivan
born Nov. 29, 1934, sang with the Sunshine Singers which minis-
Oliver Chesnut Reese and Jack Michael Reese; and stepdaughter,
tered to nursing homes. She was employed by
in West Point, to the Graveside Services: Kristina Elizabeth Bennett, son and daughter-
late Edmond McClen- Sunday, Sept. 13 • 2 PM East End as the church secretary and ministry
Black Creek Cemetery in-law, Billy James and Cindy Sullivan; stepson,
ton and Willie Jane assistant for 37 years, retiring in 2004.
Silas, Alabama Derek Robert Bennett; granddaughters, Dr.
McClenton. He was 2nd Ave. N. Location She was the oldest of 7 children and was called
Dallas Reese Sorrell, Lauren Bethea Sullivan
formerly employed as “Head Sister” by her siblings. Since all 7 families
and Leah Sullivan Newell; grandsons, Daniel
a railroad worker with Christine Brewer Alan Reese, Jamison Dean Sullivan and Dr Billy
lived in this area, she helped plan family gather-
Babcock and Wilcox. Graveside Services: ings and kept everyone informed of family news.
Sunday, Sept. 13 • 2:30 PM Lee Sullivan; and nine great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his She was called “Nana” by her grandchildren and
Rowan Cemetery Dr. Sullivan was an avid horseman and hunter
wife, Dorothy J. Mc- College St. Location great grandchildren. She was dearly loved by all
and achieved a Grand Slam of North American
Clenton; sons, Kenneth the family and her beloved late husband, Robert
Wayne Drain of Jack- Robert McMillen sheep plus a Marco Polo ram in Mongolia and
“Bobby” Brewer, who died in December, 2014.
Services: also a Grand Slam of American wild turkey,
son, Mustafa Al’Amin A family graveside service In addition to her parents and husband, she was
will be held in October.
which includes all four sub-species.
of Fayetteville, North preceded in death by her 12 year old son, Rob-
Memorial Gardens Cemetery Because of his love for his animals his
Carolina, and Julius 2nd Ave. N. Location ert Michael Brewer, brothers, Dennis and Jerry
family asks that in lieu of flowers any memorial
McClenton Jr. of West Crowe, and sisters, Pat Belcher and Charlotte
Helen Wallace contributions be made to the Columbus -Lowndes
Burks.
Point; daughters, Linda Graveside Services: Humane Society, P.O Box 85, Columbus, MS
Kay Amos of Fayette- Monday, Sept. 14 • 10 AM Survivors include her daughter, Vicki Davis
Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery 39703.
ville, Stephanie Donald 2nd Ave. N. Location
and her husband Bill of Caledonia, MS, grand-
of Duluth, Georgia, son, Troy Davis of Columbus, MS, and great
Robin McClenton and granddaughter, Avery Davis, granddaughter,
Cassidi Nickles and her husband Jason of Colum-
bus, MS, and great grandson, Rushton Nickles,
memorialgunterpeel.com Sign the online guest book at brothers, Buford Crowe and his wife Betty, and
www.memorialgunterpeel.com Woody Crowe and his wife Brenda, and sister-in-
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS law, Earline Crowe.
Pallbearers will be Troy Davis, Jason Nickles,
Woody Crowe, and Rushton Nickles.
Memorials may be made to East End Baptist
Visit us Church, P.O. Box 8480, Columbus, MS, 39705, or
Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, P.O. Box
on the web at 85, Columbus, MS, 39703.
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LCSD
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resents a certain percentage of a
person’s real and personal property
value. For a residence assessed at
$100,000 without a Homestead ex-
emption, a 4.5-mill increase would
raise the owner’s taxes by $45 an-
nually. For a commercial property
owner, the new rate would increase
taxes by $67.50 per $100,000 in as-
sessed value. If the county gets its
way, a 3-mill decrease would lower
residential property taxes by $30
and commercial taxes by $45 per
$100,000 of assessed value.
Meanwhile, supervisors have
until Tuesday to approve the coun-
ty’s FY 2021 budget, and their con-
versations with the school district
were not fruitful, Hudson said. Su-
pervisors Harry Sanders of District
1 and John Holliman of District 3,
along with Jackson-based attor-
ney Chris Pace — whom the board
hired Tuesday as legal consultant
on the matter — met with LCSD
board members Friday morning but
did not reach a consensus.
Failure to resolve the dispute
before Tuesday, Hudson said, could
lead the board to file a lawsuit
against LCSD and leave the issue
up to a judge’s ruling.
LCSD Superintendent Sam Al-
lison said the district is trying to
build up its fund balance — which
has depleted from a high of $17 mil-
lion in 2014. Claiming revenue from
the new properties, he said, would
help.
With neither party willing to
budge before the Tuesday dead-
line, Hudson said the board of su-
pervisors has three options: fulfill
LCSD’s request as is, approve the
request but file a “declaratory judg-
ment” — which he said counts as a
lawsuit — with the Chancery Court,
or reject the request while also fil-
ing the paperwork with the court.
If the board files a declaratory
judgment, a judge would determine
if the request is improper and re-
solve the dispute accordingly, he
said. While waiting for the ruling,
LCSD could borrow the funds to
fulfill the needs first, he said, and if
the board loses the lawsuit, it would
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then allocate the funds per LCSD’s
request.
“Nobody is asking for money
from each other,” Hudson said. “Ba-
sically, they are just saying, ‘Judge,
we disagree on the law. Tell us what
the law is.’”
Dispute brews
The disagreement came after
LCSD submitted a $27.4 million
request to the county last month in
property tax revenue for Fiscal Year
2021. The request includes $21.1
million in operations, which rep-
resents a near-$5 million increase
from the $16.4 million it requested
last year.
By law, the school district can
increase its request for operating
funds from the county by up to 4
percent every year without voter ap-
proval and up to 7 percent with a “re-
verse referendum,” which requires
at least 1,500 voter signatures to re-
voke the request. If the increase is
more than 7 percent from the prior
year, three-fifths of district voters
need to approve it.
However, collections from “new
properties” — which can include
properties that are newly construct-
ed, newly added to the tax roll or
have never been assessed — are ex-
empt from the increase limitation,
according to state law.
That means LCSD can request
up to 4 percent more than last year’s
figure for FY 2021 and claim the
ad valorem tax revenue collected
from new properties without voter
approval.
While both parties agree that
new properties include newly con-
structed buildings, the conflict is
whether the district can claim tax-
es from 13 fee-in-lieu contracts that
expired in December — with a total
assessed value of $84 million — as
revenue collected on new proper-
ties.
Fee-in-lieu agreements grant
tax breaks to developments, usual-
ly industrial, that are valued at $60
million or more for up to 10 years.
Companies under the agreements
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are assessed at a third of their val-
ues and therefore only need to pay
a third of the regular property taxes
as fees each year. When the agree-
ments expire, they are reassessed
at a depreciated value and begin
paying full taxes.
“We can tell it was previously
assessed, so it’s not new property,”
Hudson said. “You’ve got to assess
the value of the property to know
what one-third (of the regular prop-
erty tax) is.”
Allison refuted Hudson’s claim,
arguing the assessment was nec-
essary to determine the amount of
fees the industries should pay for
the 10-year period. The annual pay-
ments, he said, were fees instead of
taxes, and the properties were nev-
er placed on the tax roll.
“If we don’t claim it as new prop-
erty, then we don’t benefit from it
coming off the (agreements),” he
said.
However, Hudson said the prop-
erties were put on the tax roll and
were a part of the county’s assessed
value. The collections during the
10-year period, he said, are consid-
ered as taxes.
“(Tax Assessor) Greg Andrews
tells us they were (on the tax roll).
They were included in the value of
the county,” he said. “We assessed
them and they paid one-third of the
taxes.”
Logan Reeves, spokesperson for
the state auditor’s office, told The
Dispatch on Wednesday afternoon
Andrews reached out to the agency
for advice on the issue. Reeves said
his office recommended Andrews
request an opinion from the Attor-
ney General’s Office, since the mat-
ter is about the interpretation of the
law instead of accounting practices.
Previous Attorney General’s opin-
ions on such issues, he said, were
“vague.”
Representatives with Attorney
General Lynn Fitch’s office did not
respond to The Dispatch’s inquiry
on the matter by press time. An-
drews, Sanders and Holliman also
could not be reached for comment.
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4-County
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matching grant that was part of the COVID-19
CARES Act. That program set aside $65 mil-
lion to expand broadband access to rural areas
in the state.
Brian Clark, 4-County’s CEO, said the util-
ity has set aside $7 million to begin work on
three broadband pilot programs in parts of
northern Noxubee, west Clay and Choctaw
counties. At the end of the year, another $200
million in federal funds set aside for broadband
expansion will be distributed among compa-
nies who plan to expand broadband services.
“We are really looking forward to getting
started,” said Clark, noting specific areas in
the pilot program plan have yet to be deter-
mined. “The grant requirements are very
specific about where we go and who we can
serve. That being said, we do hope that these
projects are the start to bringing broadband to
all members.”
Brandon Presley, Northern District com-
missioner for the Mississippi Public Service
Commission, said 13 of the 15 electric co-ops
in north Mississippi and 15 of the 25 co-ops
in the state have now committed to providing
broadband.
“When you think about it, Mississippi’s co-
ops led the way in providing electricity to ru-
ral America in the 1930s,” Presley said. “Now,
geographically, it looks like Mississippi is do-
ing the same thing with broadband.”
Clark said few details are known at this
point, including cost of service and how long
it will take to begin providing service. Clark
stressed that only customers who sign up for
the service will pay an extra fee associated
with the service.
“The bottom line is that to make these
projects work, we need people to sign up for
service,” Clark said. “So we will be marketing
and communicating details as soon as we have
them.”
As of 2019, Mississippi ranked 49th in
broadband service with 1-in-3 households hav-
ing no access to broadband at all.
“Broadband access isn’t a luxury anymore:
It’s a necessity,” Presley said. “It touches al-
most every part of our lives now, from health
care to education, and everything in between.”
4-County serves more than 48,000 mem-
bers in all or parts of nine east Mississippi
counties ­ — including Lowndes, Oktibbeha,
Clay, Noxubee, Monroe, Choctaw, Webster,
Chickasaw and Winston counties.
Opinion
6A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
POSSUMHAW
Just being neighborly
“When I return to my
house, I find that visitors
have been there and left their
cards, either a bunch of flow-
ers, or a wreath of evergreen,
or a name in pencil on a
yellow walnut leaf or a chip.
They who come rarely to the
woods take some little piece
of the forest into their hands
to play with by the way, which
they leave, either intention-
ally or accidentally. One has Shannon Bardwell
peeled a willow wand, woven
it into a ring, and dropped it
on my table. I could always tell if visitors Tomato pies became a staple of ours
had called in my absence, either by the
bended twigs or grass, or the print of their
shoes, and generally of what sex or age or was left with four tomatoes and a
quality they were by some slight trace left, note. “Enjoy. These are the last of the
as a flower dropped, or a bunch of grass
plucked and thrown away ... or by the
lingering odor of a cigar or pipe.”
­— Henry David Thoreau, from “Walden” benefactor sensed our loss, two more
Y
ears ago, a neighbor fashioned a
loop and hook from a metal coat
hanger and affixed it to our gate.
The coat hanger has long since rust-
ed. Routinely over the summer, a bag
appeared attached to the hanger filled
THE WORLD
Who Will Speak for the Uighurs?
A
ccording to John
Bolton, when
Xi Jinping told
Donald Trump that he
was putting Uighurs in
camps, Trump said he
was doing “exactly the
right thing.” Of course,
Xi’s depiction was pure
agitprop. China is not
targeting Uighurs who
have shown terrorist
tendencies, it is crushing Mona Charen
an entire ethno/religious
minority in brutal fashion. Even if he
only selectively scans newspapers
looking for mentions of his own
name, Trump must have been told
this at some point during a briefing.
Then again, he has a tendency to
believe strong men more than Ameri- to criticize China’s handling of
can officials.
This drone footage showing
hundreds of blindfolded and shack-
led Uighur men being boarded onto
trains is reminiscent of World War
II. The so-called reeducation camps
are, in reality, concentration camps,
holding up to a million men, women
and children. Last week, Chinese
officials brazenly insisted that these
camps are “vocational education
schools,” no different from those in
western nations. Except for all that
barbed wire, those guard towers
and the massive concrete walls.
The Uighurs’ supposed “terrorist”
activities? Praying at the mosque
too often. Refusing to watch state
television. Growing a beard. Simply
being a minority (ethnic Kazakhs are largeness of vision to understand
also targeted). While imprisoned,
the Economist reports, inmates are
forced to “criticize Islam, shave off
their beards, eat pork, speak Man-
darin instead of their own Turkic
tongues and praise Mr. Xi.” Escapees “America First” is obnoxious to our
tell of mistreatment, beatings and
torture.
with the best tomatoes you
have ever put in your mouth.
Like Sam and his fish and
Forrest Gump and his
shrimp, I was pressed to find
ways to utilize the tomatoes.
The tomatoes were so good I
would often simply eat them
unaccompanied. There were
tomato sandwiches, some-
times on white bread and
sometimes on wheat. Toma-
toes were served on salads
and in spaghetti sauce, but
most went into tomato pies.
several times a week.
Then, a few weeks ago, the bag
tomatoes.” My heart skipped a beat,
but like many things homegrown,
tomatoes must come to an end. As if my
bags of grape tomatoes were left on the
gate. The tiny ones worked to ease the
transition.
Over the years other neighbors have
generously used the “giving hanger”
or the bench or the top of a nearby tree
stump. We’ve found everything from
Now comes news that
in addition to all of the
above, China is engaged
in a policy of forced
abortion and sterilization
against Uighur women.
A Uighur doctor who es-
caped to Turkey told iTV
that she had performed
up to 600 forced abortions
and removal of wombs.
In one case, she said, the
baby was still moving
when it was dropped in
the trash. The policy is working. The
Han Chinese population of Xinji-
ang province is growing, while the
Uighur birthrate has plummeted by
60%.
Just as Trump was reluctant
COVID-19 in the early months of
2020 because he was hoping for a
trade deal, he has said that he was
reluctant to impose sanctions over
the ethnic cleansing of Uighurs for
the same reason. Under pressure, he
finally did sign the Uighur Human
Rights Policy Act in June, a slap on
the wrist that imposed sanctions on a
couple of Chinese officials.
But imagine for a moment that we
had a president who was not spew-
ing spittle about firing a Fox News
reporter for confirming a damning
Atlantic magazine piece, cheering
on his followers’ vigilante violence
or tweeting about Nancy Pelosi’s
hair appointment. Imagine that we
had a president with the dignity and
that America still means something
in the world. When we uphold human
rights and human dignity, we are the
America the world trusts.
A foreign policy that asserts
allies and redolent of a discredited
past, but above all, it is a moral abdi-
Dispatch
The
fresh eggs,
blackberries
and pecans to
pound cakes
and casseroles
left at our gate.
Living
somewhere in
rural Oktibbeha
and Lowndes
County for 35
years now, I
have found my
centering place.
Growing up I
wanted to be
a big city girl,
with bright
lights, theater,
musicals and
lots of high fash-
ion. So, I did. I traveled. Then I wanted
to come home; so, I did.
At first, I was afraid of cows a
neighbor walked down the road every
afternoon. I was afraid of snakes, death-
ly afraid. I feared strange noises at
night — the screech of an owl or a hoot.
Now they are sweet sounds and much
preferred to the honking of automobiles
in the city.
cation. If the United States no longer
speaks for the oppressed, for the
silenced, for the persecuted, it loses
its soul.
Trump partisans will protest that
we cannot engage in “endless wars”
for other nations. But that’s a dodge.
No one is suggesting war.
No, the U.S. should demand
a United Nations investigation.
We may disdain the international
organization, and our skepticism
is well-founded in many ways, but
other nations pay attention to what
happens there. The Trump adminis-
tration has pulled away, leaving more
scope to China to exert influence.
Our diplomats should raise the
Uighurs, Kazakhs and Tibetans at
every international forum. In concert
with our allies, we should demand
transparency from the Chinese.
They won’t comply, but we can make
it as embarrassing as possible for
them.
In 2004, former “refusenik” Natan
Sharansky recalled what it was like,
as a prisoner in the Soviet gulag, to
hear that President Ronald Reagan
had declared the USSR to be an “evil
empire”:
“It was the brightest, most
glorious day. Finally a spade had
been called a spade. Finally, Orwell’s
Newspeak was dead. President
Reagan had from that moment made
it impossible for anyone in the West
to continue closing their eyes to the
real nature of the Soviet Union. ...
It was one of the most important,
freedom-affirming declarations, and
we all instantly knew it.”
We feel that we’re drowning in our
own troubles in 2020 America. But
speaking up for the world’s most vul-
nerable might help to remind us of
who we once were and can be again.
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at
the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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MARY ANN HARDY Controller
Thoreau wrote, “I am convinced,
both by faith and experience that to
maintain one’s self on this earth is not
a hardship but a pastime, if we will live
simply and wisely ... I would have each
one be very careful to find out and pur-
sue his own way, and not his father’s, or
his mother’s or his neighbor’s ... ”
Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.
OUR VIEW
Roses and thorns
A rose to the Rotary Club
of Columbus and Mississippi
University of Women, who are
collaborating on a program to
provide support for local pre-
schools, families with children
up to age 5 and the Early Childhood Devel-
opment program at The W. The Rotary Club
provided a $40,000 grant as part of its 100th
anniversary celebration. A portion of the grant
will provide for a progressive resource room
for community members to check out materi-
als to support and engage with young children.
With help from Penny Mansell, director of
the Child and Parent Development Center at
The W, the planned materials include literacy
kits, STEM and STEAM materials, cultural
awareness curriculum and social-emotional
curriculum. We can think of few projects that
better fits with Rotary’s mission. The grant is a
great service to our community.
A rose to Starkville Mayor
Lynn Spruill and local busi-
nesses and civic organizations
for the continuing effort to
create outdoor entertainments
downtown as businesses strug-
gle to recover from the effects of COVID-19.
The latest effort, dubbed “Lights on Lafayette’’
is geared toward branding a one block sec-
tion of Lafayette between Main and Lumpkin
streets as an outdoor entertainment area
through the use of decorative lighting. The 900
LED lights create an inviting atmosphere that
not only marks the block as a gathering place,
but increases foot traffic downtown. After the
first effort to create outdoor entertainment
space — the Streatery — was abandoned in
the wake of potential litigation, the new effort
stands as a testament to persistence in an
effort to make downtown appealing to visitors.
A rose to the Columbus
Municipal School District and
its partners at the Mississippi
School Board Association for
its rebranding efforts as the
district prepares to celebrate
the 200th anniversary of Franklin Academy
in February. As the state’s first public school
system, CMSD’s decision to rebrand in con-
junction with the anniversary celebrations,
which also include the 155th anniversary of
Union Academy, calls attention not only to its
proud history but its future. The rebrand in-
cludes logos for the district, each of its schools
and a new Falcon mascot the district can use
for merchandising. The preliminary logos
and mascot won’t be revealed until the final
versions are approved by the board of trustees
later this year, but a sneak peak of the work
provided to the board this week was greeted
with an enthusiastic response.
A rose to defense contractor
Navistar for its major expan-
sion of its West Point opera-
tions. This week, the company
announced an $8 million
upgrade that will add 500 permanent jobs in
the next four years. Navistar has been in West
Point for 15 years, but has never operated
on this scale. Currently, the company has 25
employees at its West Point facility. For a small
town, the impact of this expansion cannot be
overstated. We congratulate the company,
along with state and local officials, whose
work laid the groundwork for this week’s an-
nouncement. It’s great news all around.
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safe place to share
Heather Reed, standing, and Peggy Adams are pictured Thursday at Contact Helpline in Columbus. They bring
special empathy to their volunteer roles with the nonprofit agency that maintains suicide and crisis intervention
telephone lines and referral services 24/7, 365 days a year. The Helpline provides emotional support, educa-
tion, assistance and intervention, if needed, to people in crisis.
A 30-Day Challenge, virtual race and more mark Suicide
Prevention Awareness Month at Contact Helpline
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
H
eather Reed was in her
mid-30s when she swal-
lowed too many pills. It
was her first of several suicide
attempts years ago.
“I was feeling very lost in the
world,” the Columbus woman
said. Her issues then felt insur-
mountable. Today, when she
courageously stands in front
of others and shares her story,
she urges, “Don’t do something
permanent over a situation that is
temporary.”
Peggy Adams of New Hope lost
her 23-year-old son to suicide.
And a sister. And a former hus-
band. And two cousins. Through
no choice of her own, Adams
knows far more than she wishes
IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER
C’mon ...
’fess up
E
ver pock-
et a hand-
ful of
seeds on the sly,
without express
permission?
Going down
a slippery slope
this week, by
admitting that
I believe there
are right and
wrong justi- Felder Rushing
fications and
methods for, er,
liberating plants from other gardeners.
Hear me out.
Not talking about outright stealing.
Using sleight of hand to snag seeds from
a botanic garden display, surreptitiously
digging wildflowers from roadsides, or
blatantly snatching potted plants from
front porches are illegal, period. Just
last year a nefarious visitor to the State
Fair flower show filched a big chunk off
one of my prize-winning but rare potted
plants. That was just plain stealing, and I
hope Santa was watching.
Most of the time those plants can be
gotten from legal sources or sometimes
just for the asking, making this behav-
ior, well, despicable. And too many times
the stolen plants die, leaving a little hole
in the fabric of the universe.
But I’m confessing here that I once
deliberately nicked a plant for the great-
er good, by appropriating a small cutting
See FELDER, 8A
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 n 7A
Upcoming Art
Walk marks first
downtown-wide
event of 2020
After numerous pandemic-
canceled events, Art Walk
set for Sept. 24
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
A
fter months of
community events
like Market Street
Festival and Sounds of
Summer canceled due to
COVID-19, downtown Co-
lumbus will welcome the
2020 Art Walk on Thurs-
day, Sept. 24. Bigelow
“This is the first event
of the year in downtown
Columbus — hard to
believe!” said Main Street
Columbus Executive
Director Barbara Bige-
low. “Yes, it will be a little
Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff
different this year, with
the wearing of face masks Doughty
and social distancing, but
we are embracing the temporary change
and encouraging safety.”
The Downtown Art Walk present-
ed by Main Street Columbus and the
Columbus Arts Council from 5:30-7:30
p.m. will feature about 25 artists inside
and outside participating businesses.
Original work ranging from paintings,
candles and ceramics to stained glass,
about navigating loss. It gives her on Centers for Disease Control yarn art and more will be available.
unique empathy when answering and Prevention data. Shoppers are urged to come prepared
a helpline call from someone in Locally, Contact Helpline Exec- with cash or checks.
distress. utive Director Katrina Sunivelle “We have several new artists this
Reed and Adams are part of has watched calls increase during year,” said Bigelow. “We’ve had people
the Contact Helpline family of the months-long COVID-19 pan- calling us, asking if they can partici-
volunteers and staff marking demic. Calls to the suicide hotline pate.”
September as Suicide Prevention in May, June and July more then Musicians will also perform through-
Awareness Month. With events in- doubled from the same period last out downtown.
cluding a virtual race, the start of year. “I look forward to networking and
a new volunteer training class and “In May, we had 28 suicide seeing all the other artists and what they
a support group formed, they are calls, in June 50 and in July 47,” have to bring and hopefully collaborat-
in the middle of a 30-Day Chal- Sunivelle told The Dispatch. ing with people,” said Art Walk painter
lenge to sharpen focus on suicide Crisis calls, as opposed to suicide and The W alumna Anstacia Doughty.
prevention. calls, were also up, totaling 723 “I’ll be happy to see other people out.”
Suicidal thoughts can affect for the same period. Crisis calls
anyone regardless age, gender or may be from people under stress,
background. In 2018, there were possibly experiencing depression Mask contest
an estimated 1.4 million suicide or isolation. They are calls the If masks are required, why not make
attempts in the U.S. and more Contact family never wants to see it fun by holding a Face Mask Contest?
than 48,300 deaths by suicide, ac- escalate to actual contemplations “Get creative, decorate a face mask
cording to the American Founda- of suicide. any way you want and wear it,” said Bige-
tion for Suicide Prevention, based See HELPLINE, 8A low. Then stop by the photo booth at the
intersection of Main and Fifth Streets
See ARTWALK, 8A
W students give a voice to coronavirus patients
MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
M
ississippi University for
Women’s chapter of the
National Student Speech
Language Hearing Association
(NSSLHA) is helping give a voice
to the potentially voiceless in the
Golden Triangle.
“Given the current circum-
stances, we knew the communica-
tion ability of patients was being
impaired due to COVID-19. We
wanted to find a way to improve
their communication and also
support the healthcare profession-
als as well,” said Sarah Williams,
NSSLHA chapter president.
Williams, a speech-language
pathology student, and fellow NS-
SLHA officers identified an oppor- Courtesy photo
tunity to assist COVID-19 patients Mississippi University for Women faculty members, from left, Ashley Alex-
as speech-language pathologists. ander, Stephanie Kelley, Janette Hreish and Laura Bell hold communication
Using money from recent fundrais- boards created for health care providers and families to communicate with
ing events, the students created patients on ventilators or too weak to speak.
low-tech communication boards to
enable healthcare providers and needs of patients in order to best ence a preventable adverse medical
families to communicate with indi- serve them medically and emotion- event,” said Dr. Kathy Shapley,
viduals on ventilators or those too ally.” chair of the Speech-Language
weak to use speech. The students used software Pathology Department. “Our local
Williams explained, “Com- from The W’s Department of NSSLHA students and our faculty
munication is a human right that Speech-Language Pathology to advisers never miss an opportunity
many of us take for granted. We create the communication boards to address a need in our communi-
communicate for many purposes: then laminated the boards in order ty.”
to express ourselves, to voice our to be cleaned and reused. The 200 boards created by the
feelings, to request information,
“Communication is not just students will be distributed to Bap-
to ask for help and much more.
The communication boards will essential for healthcare needs, tist Memorial Hospital in Colum-
give the patients a way to express it helps ward off loneliness and bus, Oktibbeha County Hospital in
their thoughts through nonverbal isolation that some patients expe- Starkville and North Mississippi
means. The communication boards rience during COVID-19. Patients Medical Center in West Point as
will also allow health care provid- with limited communication are well as skilled nursing facilities in
ers the opportunity to know the three times more likely to experi- the Golden Triangle area.
8A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Felder
Continued from Page 7A
from a branch brought to my fami-
ly’s garden center to propagate.
It was the antique green rose,
knows, the one now growing by
my old bottle tree may have come
roundabout from a cutting I fenced
CALENDAR
Rosa viridiflora, a sturdy small
utterly disease-free shrub that
with horticulturist and nursery Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16, 19-20
friends so long ago. “The Commedia Robin Hood” — Theatre MSU presents
flowers profusely from spring to Call it situational ethics, but I this performance in Starkville at 6 p.m. at the MSU Amphitheatre
late fall with kinda small blossoms justified this behavior as an oppor- (Sept. 16); at 2 p.m. at J.L. King Sr. Memorial Park (Sept. 19); and
once described as “engaging mon- at 2 p.m. at McKee Park (Sept. 20). Reserve spots at events.ms-
tunity to set free a selfish guard-
strosities.” The many narrow pet- state.edu. Masks required. Tickets free-$5; no tickets sold on site.
ian’s prisoner. My taking it did no
als on each flower are rich green
harm to the plant or diminish the
that later fade to coppery splashes.
original stock; in fact, it made the Through Sept. 18
To me they look like green zinnias SAAC Fall Juried Exhibit — Starkville Area Arts Council
with spider mite damage. In addi- original plant bushier with more
presents “The Light That Persists: Mississippi Artists in 2020,”
tion to being real curiosities, the flowers later. And I shared the MSU Visual Arts Center, 808 University Drive, Starkville and virtual-
conversation-starters hold up well liberated creature far and wide. ly at starkvillearts.net. Works are for sale.
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
as fillers in flower bouquets. Antique green roses, Rosa viridiflo- Besides, the plant-hoarding
Anyway, a customer had
brought several branchy stems to
ra, have been described as “engag-
ing monstrosities.”
lady has now passed on, which is
sorta like an expired statute of
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Art Stroll with Ralph Null — Ralph Null conducts an infor-
me to root for her, which is super Balderdash. Not that I want to limitations. Only you and I know mal 2 p.m. gallery talk about the landscape paintings in his solo
easy to do from small cuttings about this now. exhibit at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center,
demean the woman’s integrity, but
taken in late fall or winter. In late Still, I want to make atonement 501 Main St. Free. 662-328-2787.
this antique rose isn’t proprietary;
fall I put fresh cuttings in plastic by planting green roses this fall in
it has been shared countless thou-
bags in the fridge until I can work the historic Greenwood Cemetery, Thursday, Sept. 24
up some good flowerbed dirt, then sand times since being discovered
in Japan nearly 200 years ago. You one block north of our state capitol Downtown Art Walk — Main Street Columbus and the Co-
after making fresh cuts on the lumbus Arts Council present an art walk downtown from 5:30-7:30
can easily get it today through in Jackson. You are welcome to
bottoms I shove them between p.m. Artists in participating stores and outdoors will show original
many mail-order rose nurseries. come take all the cuttings you
pansies. By midspring they’re work. Masks required; decorate yours for the face mask contest.
well-rooted. So, before delivering a dozen or want. Please share my guilt with 662-328-6305, 662-328-2787.
But the lady miffed me with so rooted cuttings to the shrub’s others.
a stern warning that, because owner several months later, I, of Felder Rushing is a Mississippi Saturday, Sept. 26
the rose was “a very rare family course, embezzled one for myself. author, columnist, and host of the Art in the Park — The Starkville Area Arts Council presents
heirloom,” if I kept even a single I went on to share cuttings from “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB Think this creative event for kids 9-11 a.m. at J.L. King Memorial Park,
cutting for myself she would sue that one to I don’t know how many Radio. Email gardening questions 400 N. Long St., Starkville.
my garden center for all it’s worth. gardeners over the years. Who to rushingfelder@yahoo.com.
Monday, Sept. 28
Helpline Virtual Hazard Lecture Series — The Hazard Lecture
Series in Columbus presents “Music with The Beethoven Celebra-
tion Trio,” a virtual program at 7 p.m. commemorating Beethoven’s
Continued from Page 7A 250th birthday. Musicians Laura Sandifer (violin), Fayth Williams
(cello) and Sophie Wang (piano) perform. Watch at facebook.com/
“We lis- when Sunivelle came to to Share in the message with a small donation of heritageacademypatriots.
ten with our speak to nursing students area. only $10,” Sunivelle said.
hearts, en- at East Mississippi Com- Donations may be
couraging munity College about two Virtual race, made online at con-
This month
each one to and a half years ago. tacthelplinegtrms.org,
Farmers’ markets — Support area farmers’ markets, cur-
share their “Everything she was ‘Save Just One’ or mailed to Contact
rently open with safety protocols in place. Columbus: Hitching Lot
Farmers Market, Second Street and Second Avenue North; Mon.
feelings trying to teach just really As with most nonprof-
its, COVID-19 made it Helpline, P.O. Box 1304, 4-6 p.m., Thurs. and Sat. 7-10 a.m. Starkville: Starkville Communi-
and their hit home with me. It Columbus, MS 39703. ty Market, Fire Station Park, Russell Street; Saturdays 8-11 a.m.
Sunivelle impossible for Contact,
concerns,” made me want to be more
said Suniv- involved,” said Reed, who a United Way agency, to
elle. “We give them that now helps coordinate hold some of its normal Keep talking
opportunity in a non- Contact events. She is fundraisers that help the Both Adams and
judgmental, confidential also a willing speaker. agency continue provid- Reed, like the rest of the
environment. People are “I try to give my story ing its free services. In Contact family, know the
suffering more and we hoping to touch lives. addition to suicide and power of connection.
want to be sure they have I was very fortunate; I crisis intervention phone “If you know of
a safe place to call, and think God put people in lines, those also include someone having trouble,
we offer other services.” my life at various points Reassurance Program showing a pattern of
that helped me,” she said. phone calls to an aver- doing things differently,
age of 348 seniors and
Personal perspectives “I want people to know
disabled individuals daily
having a change in life-
Adams went through you don’t have to make style, talk to them, don’t
these extreme decisions; in an eight-county area, ignore them,” Adams
volunteer training about
there is a place to turn plus community resource said. To anyone feeling
three years ago and has
to,” she said. referrals and coordina- acutely depressed, she
provided a listening ear
at all hours of the day and tion. encouraged, “There’s al-
night since then. Some SOS Led by Sunivelle and ways somebody out there
calls she answers are Contact’s Survivors of its board of directors,
to talk to. Call a church
from young people, often Suicide Support Group: Contact Helpline is busy
and talk to a preacher. If
bullied at school or at A Safe Place to Share in numerous other ways,
you’re in school, go to the
home. (SOS) was only able to too, from collecting
school counselor.”
“They just feel alone. meet twice in 2020 before and distributing school
supplies to delivering And there is always
... We try to talk to the the global pandemic Contact, where a listen-
caller, get them on a plan descended. Oct. 13 will blankets, scarves, socks
and toiletries to Reassur- ing ear and heart can
where they can take it see its return — online make a difference.
step by step, get counsel- via Zoom, for now. ance clients.
On Saturday, Contact Editor’s note: The
ing if they want it — talk SOS provides an open, National Suicide Preven-
to them until they get on confidential space where held a 5K run and memo-
ry walk at the Columbus tion Helpline is 1-800-
that plateau, until they adult participants are free
Soccer Complex — but 273-TALK (8255). The
make a plan of what to do to share, or simply listen.
the “race” continues vir- Contact Crisis Line is
first.” SOS also shares tools and
The mission requires community resources tually through Sept. 30. 662-328-0200.
a caring heart. And at to help survivors move What is a virtual
the end of a shift, “You forward. race? It can be running,
just have to come home “It’s hard to talk about jogging, walking, biking
and pray for them, that suicide,” said Sunivelle. or treadmilling at any
they will find peace,” “This group is a safe location you choose,
said Adams.” We cannot opportunity to talk about explained Sunivelle.
go and meet them, we the experiences you’ve “You complete it at
cannot have any contact had, with people that can your own pace and time
with them — but we can relate to you. Or you can it yourself,” the director
pray for them.” just be there quietly and said. Register at Con-
Reed wishes she’d listen. You are not forced tact’s site to receive
known about Contact to talk.” a T-shirt. Share race
Helpline when she was To learn more or to photos and results with
at her lowest. Through sign up, call 662-327-2968 the agency on its social
faith, church and support or go to contacthelplineg- media.
of family and friends, trms.org. Click on ‘Save a “Save Just One” is
she was able to face her Life’ and register through another element of the
personal challenges and the volunteer tab. Put 30-Day Challenge.
pursue her education. Survivors of Suicide Sup- “Make a personal
She learned of Contact port Group: A Safe Place pledge to ‘Save Just One’

Artwalk
Continued from Page 7A
to have a photo taken as an entry in the
contest. Downtown merchants have
donated prizes. The contest winner will
be announced Monday, Sept. 28.
The Downtown Art Walk that began
in 2013 has been named a Top 20 Event
for 2020 by the Southeast Tourism
Society.
“We always enjoy partnering with
the Columbus Arts Council so this
fabulous event can take place in our
historic downtown area,” Bigelow re-
marked. “We’ve just got to make certain
everyone is responsible, wears a mask
and maintains social distancing. We’re
so excited to finally bring a downtown
event to our community.”
Don’t miss
As of Sept. 10, Art Walk participants
include Montero Baker, Amy Ballard,
Angie Basson, Annabelle Brislin, Molly
Chain, Anstacia Doughty, Pricila Har-
vey, Heather Hewett, Leah Jeremiah,
Carol Jones, Sarah Labensky, Joe Mac-
Gown, Kelly McKellar, Nedra Mitchell,
Anita Montgomery, Bob Nolan, Ralph
Null, Clara Ortega, Sonya Price, Andre
Ray, Haley Rountree, Amanda Slaugh-
ter, Kenneth Smith, Jerry Stennett,
Lukuise Swanigan, Millie Todd and
Jenny Vega.
Participating businesses include
A Southern Gathering, Bank of Com-
merce, Coffee House on 5th, Columbus
Arts Council, Faithfabulous Boutique,
Hollyhocks Gift Shop, Edward Jones,
Mira Mira Boutique, Park Place Bou-
tique, Impressions by Susan, The Paint
Store, The Pop-Up Shop and Three
Sisters Pie Co.
For more information, contact Main
Street Columbus, 662-328-6305, or the
Columbus Arts Council, 662-328-2787.

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LATE SCORE LIFTS PATS IN RIVALRY GAME Caledonia, HA

flash different
offensive game
plans in contest
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

Heritage Academy wide receiver Trey Naugher (23) takes a screen pass for a touchdown Friday night against Caledonia. It was the first of
Naugher’s three touchdowns in the win. ”It was a hard fight,” Heritage Academy RB/CB Wesley Miller said. “We just had to get through it.”
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA — Wes-
ley Miller needed to think
about something else.
The Heritage Acade-
my junior’s fumble on a
punt return in the second
quarter quickly led to a
touchdown for intra-coun-
ty rival Caledonia to tie
Friday’s game at 14-14.
Miller had only one op-
tion: get the play out of
his mind.
Suffice it to say he suc-
ceeded.
COMMENTARY
Miller powered in
from 3 yards out for the
go-ahead touchdown in
the fourth quarter, made
a key tackle on Caledo-
nia’s final drive and broke
up a pass that would have
been trouble later in the
possession.
His clutch plays gave
Heritage Academy a 28-
21 win over Caledonia on
Friday — and solidified
his status as one of the
Patriots’ best players,
head coach Sean Harri-
son said.
“Last week, he put us
on his shoulders, and
right there in crunch
time, you saw it again,”
Harrison said. “He keeps
coming through for his
teammates.”
Without Miller’s ef-
forts, there’s no telling
how Friday’s game would
have turned out. Heritage
Academy and Caledonia
each scored seven points
in the first, second and
third quarters before
Miller’s rushing score
stood as the only score of
the fourth quarter.
It gave the Patriots the
edge in a rivalry contest
among the best in the
area, letting them claim
county supremacy once
again.
“It’s a Lowndes Coun-
ty win,” Harrison said.
“Year in, year out, I feel
like we’re the best team
in Lowndes County.”
After showing that in a
32-12 win over Caledonia
en route to a 14-0 season
and an MAIS Class 5A ti-
tle last year, the Patriots
got to prove that again
Friday night on the road.
Sophomore quarter-
Garrick Hodge/Dispatch Staff
back Mack Howard was
strong again for Heritage
Academy, going 22 for 32
for 290 yards and three
touchdowns — all to ju-
nior Trey Naugher.
Naugher bobbled a
screen in the first quar-
ter before recovering for
a 25-yard touchdown.
In the second and third
quarters, he added 3-yard
touchdown catches from
a quarterback he’s been
close with for years.
“He’s one of my best
friends,” Naugher said of
See PATRIOTS, 3B
CALEDONIA –– Fri-
day night showcased
two offenses in Lowndes
County with two com-
pletely different styles.
Caledonia leaned on a
run-heavy, triple-option
offense that resulted in
early success with an
opening drive touch-
down. Meanwhile, Heri-
tage Academy relied on
sophomore gunslinger
Mack Howard to throw
the football all over the
field, and in the end, the
aerial attack was enough
to carry the Patriots to a
victory. The Caledonia
football team dropped its
second straight tightly
contested contest, fall-
ing 28-21 to the Patriots
after allowing 290 yards
through the air.
“I think we really have
to work on our pass cov-
erage,” said Caledonia
senior linebacker Bran-
don Chrest, who finished
with 11 tackles, two
sacks and a fumble recov-
ery. “Our defense needs
to pick it up.”
Caledonia (0-2) ran for
286 yards as a team but
didn’t attempt a forward
pass until just more than
1 minute remained in
the contest, trailing by a
touchdown. While Cale-
donia only had five yards
passing, the Patriots (3-
1) coincidentally couldn’t
run the football, accumu-
lating minus-4 rushing
yards.
“We just didn’t make
enough plays,” Caledonia
coach Michael Kelly said.
“We’re just not making
enough plays right now.
We’re not doing a good

Predicting the outcome of the 2020 MSU football season
STARKVILLE –– Attempting
to predict practically anything
seems ill advised in the year
2020.
Reasonable minds might flat
out call it a fool’s errand. Yet this
column is throwing that advice
by the wayside.
A month ago, the likelihood
we’d see even one snap of college
football this fall seemed bleak.
When the Big Ten and Pac-12
pulled the plug on their fall sea-
sons, the ominous cloud grew
even dark-
er. Never-
theless,
Mississip-
pi State
creeps
ever clos-
er to its
season
opener
against
LSU (two
weeks,
not that
Garrick Hodge
a n y o n e ’s
counting) and has appeared to
have good fortune managing
COVID-19. This could all change
in an instant, of course, but
knock on wood, it’s pretty likely
the Bulldogs will be kicking off
in Baton Rouge as scheduled.
Given the circumstances, this
calls for a lighthearted, probably
totally inaccurate season predic-
tion column! There will be plenty
of time for in-depth breakdowns
later.
It’s a 10-game Southeastern
Conference slate, which in all
honesty might be a better prod-
uct for viewers than the nor-
mal template. Either way, Mike
Leach’s first season in Starkville
will be fascinating.
Week 1, at LSU: LSU 38, Mis-
sissippi State 21
Factoring in opt-outs that
include arguably the best re-
ceiver in the nation, the defend-
Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill (8) hurdles LSU cornerback
Kary Vincent Jr. (5) during the first quarter Oct. 19 at Davis Wade
Stadium in Starkville. The Bulldogs open their season Sept. 26 at
LSU in Baton Rouge.
ing national champion’s depth
chart looks like a mere shell of
the team that took the field and
won a title against Clemson last
season. Even though 25 percent
of Tiger Stadium’s 102,321 will
be allowed in, the atmosphere
won’t be nearly as chaotic as it
would be for a banner-raising
game in normal circumstances.
Considering both teams will be
playing for the first time this sea-
son with no poor FCS or Group
of Five school to fatten up on be-
forehand, the first half could be a
slopfest. That probably helps the
Bulldogs. Nevertheless, while
the Tigers are breaking in an
incredible amount of new play-
ers, they’ll still be a top-tier SEC
team.
Week 2, vs. Arkansas: Missis-
sippi State 45, Arkansas 17
If Arkansas wasn’t the worst
Power Five FBS team last sea-
son, it was certainly close to it.
These poor Razorbacks have
murderer’s row for a schedule
and will be hard pressed to find
a win on their schedule. Sam Pit-
tman has his hands full in Fay-
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etteville.
Week 3, at Kentucky: Missis-
sippi State 38, Kentucky 35
This is the MSU prediction
I’m least confident about. But
going with the gut here. If it’s
any consolation to Kentucky, I’ll
counter with a prognostication
that the Wildcats will actually
throw forward passes in 2020.
Week 4, vs. Texas A&M: Texas
A&M 42, Mississippi State 24 Week 10, vs. Missouri: Missis-
It seems every year Texas
A&M is incredibly overhyped. sippi State 38, Missouri 27
That could hold true again this
year. Nevertheless, the Aggies
are more equipped to win in 2020
than MSU.
Week 5, at Alabama: Alabama
52, Mississippi State 21
Not much to say here. Ala-
bama is Alabama, the Crimson
Tide will roll, and Nick Saban
will complain about his team’s
discipline late after committing
too many penalties for his liking
in a game they won comfortably.
The sky is blue. Moving on.
Week 6, vs. Vanderbilt: Missis-
sippi State 48, Vanderbilt 20
Similar to Arkansas, if the
Bulldogs can’t beat up on Vander-
bilt, something is going seriously
wrong.
Week 7, vs. Auburn: Auburn
34, Mississippi State 17
Much like the authorities in
Knoxville, Tennessee, the last
few days, the Bulldogs will have
serious problems containing the
Tigers.
Week 8, at Georgia: Georgia
42, Mississippi State 21
There is one crossover game
MSU fans were thrilled to see put
on the schedule. Hint: It wasn’t
this one.
Week 9, at Ole Miss: Mississip-
pi State 34, Ole Miss 31
I don’t care that both Lane Kif-
fin and Mike Leach are coaching
in this game; it seems pretty much
impossible this game could possi-
bly be more entertaining than last
year’s pretend urination heard
around the world. But it probably
will be, because Egg Bowl.
Ah, the Bulldogs finally face a
Tigers team they can beat. Mis-
souri might be pretty solid in a few
years, considering the work first-
year head coach Eli Drinkwitz is
doing on the recruiting trail. But
considering the Tigers current-
ly have question marks all over
the roster, they could be in for a
rough 2020. When in doubt with
near equally matched teams, bet
on the better quarterback, which
will certainly be K.J. Costello.
Final record: 5-5
enough job as a coaching
staff getting them in a po-
sition to make plays, and
ultimately we’re not mak-
ing the plays we should
be making. We just need
to get better.”
Nevertheless, a win is
a win, and Heritage Acad-
emy coach Sean Harrison
will take it. The coach
coming off an undefeated
season and a MAIS state
championship had plenty
of respect for his oppo-
nent, though.
“(Caledonia) pushed
us around a pretty good
bit,” Harrison told The
Dispatch. “They got in
the weight room this
summer. … That’s going
to be a scary team when
they get in shape. That’s
only Game 2 for them;
fortunately, it was Game
4 for us. When they real-
ly get rolling, they’re go-
ing to be a scary football
team.”
Darrius Triplett led
Caledonia in rushing
with 85 yards on sev-
en carries, including a
64-yard opening-drive
touchdown on an outside
run. Kewon Wyatt tallied
55 yards for Caledonia on
four carries, while Cur-
tavis Johnson ran for 60
yards on 15 attempts with
a touchdown.
“It’s what we do,” Kel-
ly said. “We make a living
on our triple option. Tip
your hat to them, they
made some good adjust-
ments shutting us down.
I thought they kept us off
balance up front, and we
weren’t coming off the
ball like we’re capable of
doing. I take responsibil-
ity for that.”
Harrison said Caledo-
nia’s option-based “flex-
bone” offense is never
See OFFENSES, 3B
2B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Arkansas State beats Kansas

State with TD in final minute
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS son with a fast start and a
strong finish, sandwiched
MANHAT TAN, Kan. around a run of mis-
— Jonathan Adams Jr. take-filled play. And all of
caught three touchdown it came amid the unusual
passes, including the backdrop of section after
game-winner with 38 section of empty seats.
seconds remaining, and
Arkansas State defeated
Javonte Williams ran
for three fourth-quarter
Kansas State 35-31 on touchdowns to help the
Saturday. 18th-ranked Tar Heels
Layne Hatcher threw pull away and beat Syr-
a 17-yard pass to Adams acuse 31-6 on Saturday,
for the winning score af- winning in an empty
ter the Wildcats (0-1) had home stadium after the
taken a 31-28 lead on a school opted to open with
Blake Lynch 35-yard field no fans in attendance due
goal with 2:30 remaining. to the coronavirus pan-
Arkansas State (1-1) demic.
faked a punt that led to After a game-opening
a pass interference call, touchdown drive, the Tar
keeping a drive alive and Heels (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic
leading to a 5-yard TD Coast Conference) sput-
pass to Adams from Lo- tered with turnovers and
gan Bonner for a 28-21 penalties before ultimate-
lead with just under 12 ly settling into a rhythm
minutes left in the fourth to look like the team ex-
quarter. pected to be a contender
Kansas State respond- in the ACC race.
ed with Harry Trotter’s “I thought we probably
5-yard touchdown run scored too quickly and
before Lynch’s go-ahead felt like it was going to be
field goal. an easy day, and then had
Kansas State scored some lapses against a new
on its first possession on defense,” coach Mack
a 17-yard catch by Phil- Brown said, adding: “We
lip Brooks following a settled down (after half-
blocked punt. The Wild- time) and became the of-
cats scored on consecu- fense that we thought we
tive drives in the second wanted to be coming into
quarter to take a 21-7 the ballgame.”
lead. Adams got the Red By the fourth quarter,
Wolves’ first TD on a they were rolling, with
2-yard pass from Bonner.
Williams capping his hat
Wide receiver Jeff
trick by bouncing off a
Foreman threw a 48-yard
tackler on a 6-yard scor-
scoring pass to Roshauud
ing run that helped the
Paul midway through the
Tar Heels turn a 10-6 lead
second quarter and the
into a 25-point margin.
Red Wolves trailed 21-14
“I think this game re-
at halftime.
ally helped us because
Arkansas State held
it showed us football is
the Wildcats to 91 yards
and we got back in our
rushing.
groove,” Williams said.
Syracuse’s offense
No. 18 North Carolina did little well, generating
31, Syracuse 6 little from its running
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. game unless it came on
— North Carolina opened quarterback Tommy De-
a high-expectation sea- Vito scrambling to keep
plays alive. But DeVito
completed just 13 of 31
passes for 112 yards while
taking seven sacks, as the
Orange (0-1, 0-1) finished
with 202 yards.
Appalachian State 35,
Charlotte 20
BOONE, N.C. —
Thomas Hennigan caught
a 51-yard touchdown pass,
Daetrich Harrington add-
ed two fourth-quarter
scoring runs and Appa-
lachian State beat Char-
lotte 35-20 in both teams’
season opener on a rainy
Saturday.
The teams exchanged
big plays in the final two
minutes of the third quar-
ter. Hennigan scored
down the right side after
a defender slipped on the
wet field. Aaron McAllis-
ter returned the ensuing
kickoff a school-record 97
yards, breaking a tackle
on the left sideline to get
Charlotte within a point,
21-20.
Harrington went up the
middle for a 4-yard score
to extend the Mountain-
eers’ lead to 28-20 early
in the fourth quarter. Af-
ter a Charlotte fumble re-
covery, the Mountaineers
held the 49ers to no yards
at the Appalachian State
20 and Harrington added
a 15-yard score with 1:15
remaining.
Herrington had 120
yards receiving. Marcus
Williams Jr. ran for 117
yards and a score and
Camerun Peoples added
102 yards and another
touchdown. The Moun-
taineers rushed for 308
yards. Zac Thomas added
204 yards passing with a
TD and an interception.
Tyler Murray forced a
fumble, recovered anoth-
er and made an intercep-
tion for the 49ers.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 3B

Starkville survives slugfest at Louisville

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
LOUISVILLE — losses of four starters
Starkville junior running
back Jordan Mitchell cut
right, brushed off a tackle
and lumbered down the
Louisville sideline.
Racing past the bench
opposite head coach
Chris Jones and the offen-
sive staff that has turned
the Yellow Jackets into
an offensive juggernaut
in recent years, Mitch-
ell soared into the south
end zone for an insurance
score in the Starkville’s
24-14 win over Louisville
on Friday night.
“He just gives us a
spark,” Jones said post-
game. “He could get more
carries, and I think we
need to get him more in-
volved in the game plan.
Hopefully going forward
as a staff we can do a
better job of getting him
more involved.”
On a humid and mug-
gy night, Starkville’s
high-flying spread offense
was bogged down by a dy-
namic Louisville defense.
Wildcats defensive end Ty
Cooper — a three-star re-
cruit and the No. 17 player
in Mississippi according
to 247 Sports — pressed
through a rather porous
Starkville quarterback Luke Altmyer (9) runs with the football during Friday’s game at Louisville High School.
Yellow Jacket offensive
line much of the night.
Dashing past his man
as a whistle blew a sec-
ond-quarter play dead,
Cooper bumped into
Starkville quarterback
and Florida State commit
Luke Altmyer as if to re-
mind the four-star signal
caller of his presence.
“My hat goes off to my
defensive coaches: They
had a hell of a game plan,”
Louisville head coach
Tyrone Shorter said. “I
thought we did a lot of the
things, disguising cover-
ages and stuff, that gave
them problems, but we
knew we weren’t going to
(completely) stop them.”
Following a surgical
display in last week’s win
over West Point, Altmyer
was similarly effective
in Friday’s win despite
seeing more zone cover-
age than Louisville’s film
indicated. Flashing the
legs that carried him to a
career high rushing mark
against the Green Wave,
he opened the contest
with a 38-yard touchdown
run, leaping across the
goal line as a Louisville
defender nicked his feet.
Battling the pressure
brought by Cooper and
the rest of the Wildcat de-
fensive line, Altmyer was
limited a bit through the
air with little time to find
targets downfield. De-
spite that, he still finished
the night a cool 13-of-20
for 173 yards, one touch-
Ben Portnoy/Dispatch Staff
down and an interception
along with 30 yards on 10
carries.
“All across the board,
they were bringing pres-
sure on like 75 percent of
the plays,” Altmyer told
The Dispatch postgame.
“It was tough. Our offen-
sive line being young, it
was really good to handle
that. That’s probably go-
ing to be one of our tough-
est front sevens that we’re
going to play against.”
Defensively, the Yellow
Jackets were gashed for
163 yards on the ground
as they coped with the
— including middle line-
backer Keyshawn Law-
rence.
With Starkville lack-
ing push in the interior,
Louisville quarterback
Jace Hudspeth recycled
short slants throughout
the contest to move the
chains through the air,
while Wildcats running
backs Emory James,
Jaden Triplett and Jaco-
rey Coleman also com-
bined for 177 yards on the
ground.
For Mitchell, his 65-
yard third quarter run
helped him to 80 yards
and a touchdown on just
seven carries as he shoul-
dered the load late when
starting running back
and Mississippi State
commit Amariyon How-
ard was dinged up.
“We can’t make any
excuses,” Jones said.
“I thought we fought to
come back and came out
with the victory but we’ve
got a lot of work to do —
got to get better.”
The Yellow Jackets re-
turn home next week to
take on a Meridian team
they thrashed 57-0 a sea-
son ago.

Offenses
Continued from Page 1B
easy to curtail — or even
to plan for.
“The hardest thing to
do is simulate it in prac-
tice,” Harrison said. “We
can’t do it nearly as fast
as they’re doing it.”
Trey Naugher led Her-
itage Academy in receiv-
ing with 94 yards on six
catches with three touch-
downs, while Mitchell
Woodard hauled in three
passes for 69 yards and
Luke Fisher added 48
yards on three recep-
tions. Howard was 22 of
32 passing for 290 yards
with three touchdowns
and no interceptions.
Caledonia is back in
action in a road matchup
against Nettleton next
week.
“I think we’re close in
a lot of places. But close
don’t really count right
now,” Kelly said. “I think
at the end of the day, I
have to look at myself as
the leader. I have to do
a better job getting this
coaching staff prepared
and I have to do a better
job of getting this team
prepared, and obviously
right now I’m not doing
it. So I have to take a long
look in the mirror and
find out what we have to
do as a football program
to get us going.”
Meanwhile, Heritage
Academy hosts Bayou
Academy next week.
Patriots
Continued from Page 1B
Howard. “I love playing
with him.”
But even with as much
impact as Naugher had
on Friday’s game, a dif-
ferent Heritage Academy
receiver had even more.
Mitchell Woodard made
a leaping catch on the left
sideline in the third quar-
ter that led to Naugher’s
final score of the day,
made a fourth-down snag
to keep the Pats’ final
scoring drive alive and
intercepted a pass on the
following drive to put an
end to Caledonia’s chanc-
es Friday.
It was another stand-
out performance for
Woodard, a junior who
has gotten better and bet-
ter with every game.
“Mitchell’s been a
heck of an athlete for us,”
Harrison said. “So proud
of him that he got to end
that game.”
Harrison credited
Woodard for the fourth-
down catch that kept the
Patriots’ biggest posses-
sion of the night alive.
With 5 minutes, 25 sec-
onds to go, the receiv-
er fought through pass
interference to snag a
fourth-down throw off
the ground in the red
zone.
Had the catch (and
the flag) not happened,
Harrison said, “it’d have
been interesting.” Cale-
donia would have gotten
the ball back with more
than five minutes to go,
plenty of time to mount a
game-winning drive and
kill the clock in the pro-
cess.
Instead, Heritage
Academy had first and
goal at the Caledonia 5,
and the Pats cashed in.
Miller ran for two yards
on first down, then ran to-
ward the front right pylon
for a 3-yard score on sec-
ond down. On the way to
the end zone, he trucked
a Caledonia defender
hard enough to give him-
self a stinger in his arm.
It more than atoned
for his costly mistake in
the second quarter as
Caledonia attempted to
pin Heritage Academy
deep. Miller caught Lo-
gan Powell’s punt near
his own goal line and was
quickly met by Caledonia
senior linebacker Bran-
don Chrest, who wrested
the ball out of Miller’s
grasp and fell on it at the
Patriots’ 9-yard line.
“I was honestly ex-
pecting a fair catch right
there,” Chrest told The
Dispatch. “As soon as
I saw him not wave, I
started to speed it up and
somehow got to the ball
and plucked it out.”
Three plays later,
Jayden Henderson pow-
ered in for a 1-yard score
to tie the game at 14-
14. He was the second
Caledonia running back
to score Friday, and he
wouldn’t be the last.
Curtavis Johnson
put the capper on Cale-
donia’s drive early in
the third quarter with a
2-yard touchdown, the
last of four straight runs
by Johnson from the Pats’
14.
It was another success-
ful showing for Caledo-
nia’s triple-option “flex-
bone” offense, which
worked to perfection on
the first possession of the
game as Darrius Triplett
took a pitch 64 yards for
a score.
Heritage Academy
went three and out right
after the touchdown,
which could have been a
momentum-killer, Harri-
son said.
“It would have been
really easy to fold there,
and we didn’t,” he said.
“We keep taking that
step.”
Where the Patriots
could compensate was
the passing game, where
they found success de-
spite a potent Caledonia
pass rush. Howard got up
slowly and limped around
after one of several sacks
in the third quarter, but
his coach said it wasn’t
anything out of the ordi-
nary.
“He’s used to getting
hit,” Harrison said. “He’s
good. You get the hell
knocked out of you for
two hours, that happens.”
And despite getting
jostled around all eve-
ning, Howard still got the
chance to impose some
pain of his own on the
Caledonia secondary. He
carved up the defense
on several well-designed
screen passes and man-
aged not to turn the ball
over once despite a few
missed connections.
After Caledonia quar-
terback Daniel Wilburn
was called short on a
fourth-down scramble
to the Pats’ 23, Howard
took over and immedi-
ately found Naugher for
23 yards to midfield. One
play later, a screen to Bra-
den Davidson went for 27
yards.
Columbus transfer
Jaylan Stewart converted
a first down before How-
ard found Woodard on
fourth down to keep the
drive — and perhaps the
night — alive.
Miller scored two
plays later to give the
Pats the lead, saved a
big play by taking down
Triplett on Caledonia’s
next drive and broke up
Wilburn’s pass intended
for Triplett on the very
next play.
Woodard grabbed his
pick on fourth-and-5 with
less than a minute left,
and Heritage Academy
went into victory forma-
tion with its third win of
the season.
“It was a hard fight,”
Miller said. “We just had
to get through it.”
Heritage Academy 28,
Caledonia 21
HA 7 7 7 7 — 28
C 7 7 7 0 — 21
First quarter
C — Darrius Triplett 64 run (Reed Frady kick)
HA — Trey Naugher 25 pass from Mack Howard
(Luke Fisher kick)
Second quarter
HA — Naugher 3 pass from Howard (Fisher kick)
C — Jayden Henderson 1 run (Frady kick)
Third quarter
C — Curtavis Johnson 2 run (Frady kick)
HA — Naugher 3 pass from Howard (Fisher kick)
Fourth quarter
HA — Miller 3 run (Fisher kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Heritage Academy — Jaylan Stewart
5-18, Braden Davidson 3-6, Wesley Miller 2-5; Cale-
donia — Darrius Triplett 7-85, Curtavis Johnson 15-
60, Kewon Wyatt 4-55, Daniel Wilburn 12-29, Loren
Cox 1-25, Jayden Henderson 8-23.
PASSING: Heritage Academy — Mack Howard 22-
32, 290; Caledonia — Daniel Wilburn 1-3, 5.
RECEIVING: Heritage Academy — Trey Naugher
6-94, Mitchell Woodard 3-69, Luke Fisher 3-48,
Braden Davidson 2-25, Sam Hannon 3-20, Harris
Gunter 2-14, Wesley Miller 2-11, Jaylan Stewart 1-9;
Caledonia — Curtavis Johnson 1-5.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My wife and I
have been married for 40
years. We were opposites
who were attracted to each other
and enjoyed a lot of the same
things.
For the last 20 years, my
wife has been taking an anti-
depressant (prescribed by her
primary care physician, not a
psychiatrist), and she has every
side effect of the drug. For years I
have tried without success to get
her to seek help.
Although we still live in the Dear Abby
same house, we have been going
our own ways for the last year and
a half. Even though my wife is a good person,
I do not want to spend the rest of my life living
with someone who is incapable of having a
decent conversation, let alone being able to or
having a need to be intimate.
I am going to move out. My
question is, do I tell our children
we are separating because their
mom is addicted to a drug, or
should I just be the bad guy and
take the blame? — ENTANGLED IN
NEW JERSEY
DEAR ENTANGLED: Your wife
is not addicted to her antidepres-
sant, and you shouldn’t say that to
your children. The medication was
prescribed for her by a well-mean-
ing physician who obviously didn’t
explain that there are alternative
drugs with fewer side effects.
Your wife needs to consult a
psychopharmacologist, a doctor with expertise
in brain chemistry. Before moving out, please
offer her the option of talking to one. Her doctor
or insurance company should be able to give
a referral. Or, your wife may be able to find
someone who can guide her by contacting a
university with a medical school. I am hoping
she will, because it could change both of your
lives for the better.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I moved to a
new neighborhood right before COVID hit. One
of our neighbors is frequently out inspecting our
lawn and has even trespassed through our gate
into our back yard to offer his “reminder” about
lawn maintenance.
We mow our yard every few weeks because
the grass doesn’t grow terribly fast. We don’t
feel comfortable going out to buy a better lawn
mower until things improve in our state. We
also both work with people who are affected
by the pandemic so, frankly, we have bigger
concerns. How do we handle this diplomatical-
ly? — GRASS ISN’T GREENER
DEAR GRASS: “Diplomatically” tell your
neighbor you are maintaining your lawn as best
you can, and from now on, you want him to
stay off your property and in his own yard. Said
with a smile, the message may be more easily
accepted. If it isn’t, please understand that
being direct is the only way to get through to
this nosy, presumptuous person.
DEAR ABBY: How can I let someone know
about my good fortune without appearing to
be bragging? The intent is to hopefully form
a business alliance, but I do not want to be
misconstrued, misinterpreted or perceived as a
braggart. — GOOD FORTUNE IN THE WEST
DEAR GOOD FORTUNE: Preface your an-
nouncement by explaining why you are sharing
the news. Example: “John, I have some import-
ant news. I’m sharing it because it may present
an opportunity for you. I just won $1 million in
the lottery, and I’m thinking of starting a new
business. Are you interested?” Approach this
way and you will come across as generous, not
braggadocious.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 13).
Your competitive streak becomes
apparent, and you are willing to
fight for your position in a loved
one’s heart. You’ll exchange steamy
glances. This could lead somewhere
interesting. Gemini and Leo adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 44,
1, 13 and 27.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You
will have companionship, and you
won’t have to worry about choosing
the right person either. Just wait
for someone to join you. Whoever
comes along is the right person.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Instead of making your goal to
create the most money or the most
success, try this life-changing goal:
Have the most fun. A playful spirit
will attract everything you need.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Can
you personally elevate the collective
soul of mankind? Yes. How else
would it raise? Each “you” picks
up a bit of it. If not for the “you’s,”
there would be no one to do it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You
have healing powers. You know this
because you are one tough custom-
er and yet were able to work magic
on yourself. Whatever you did for
you, you can do for them.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Procras-
tination is fear in disguise. Affirm
to yourself that whatever you don’t
know about the situation can be
learned along the way. It won’t be
that bad. You might even like it.
Take a little bite.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). To
co-create will be a thrill whether you
think it’s going well or not. There will
be lessons along the way. Creative
collaborations are as particular a
partnership as any love match.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your
mind doesn’t like an open loop.
Something incomplete will haunt
you. You’ll go back and back to it
until you’ve either discovered the
answer or made up a theory to hold
you over until you do.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Destruction, which is terrible, is very
different from demolition, which is
necessary. You must tear down the
old to make room for the new. You’re
ready to let go so you can build.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). If you feel you must succeed,
it means that, somewhere in the
thought stream running through your
head, there’s some false informa-
tion. Either stop demanding success
or change your definition of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Your rituals will have mysterious
benefits. Maybe the ceremony
involved in preparing your favorite
beverage is more relaxing than the
beverage itself. The same will apply
elsewhere.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Sometimes, ideas just come to you,
but don’t depend on it today. The
best projects, solutions, theories,
recipes and more will begin with a
brainstorm. Don’t skip this step.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You don’t know what to do next, and
that means you’re in an exciting po-
sition, alert with the energy that only
fresh trouble can provide. Search for
answers in the obvious places.
4B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Falcons drop close one to Jaguars

BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Columbus missed a game-winning field goal against
Holmes County Central on Friday, falling 8-6.
The Falcons fell to 0-2 on the season with the defeat.
Karon Hawk had a 25-yard touchdown run for Co-
lumbus as well as an interception. Jaylen Harrison and
Chris Allen also had picks for the Falcons.
Jakaylin Lewis came up just short of the end zone on
a two-point conversion attempt for Columbus.
The Falcons’ defense gave up just 69 rushing yards
all night.
Columbus will play at DeSoto Central (1-1) next Fri-
day.
Jonah Harrison had 82 yards rushing and Drake
Shaw had 25 yards passing for the Rams.
Shaw led the team with six tackles, Tyler Looney
had five, and Harrison had four.
Columbus Christian played without standouts Beau
Kemp and Lahndon Townley, who are expected back
when the Rams host Deer Creek Academy (0-3) next
week.
Tunica Academy 46, Oak Hill Academy 32
TUNICA — Oak Hill Academy lost Friday’s road
game against Tunica Academy, 46-32.
The Raiders are 1-2 with their win coming on a for-
feit by Newton County Academy last week.
Oak Hill will host Winston Academy (2-2) next week.
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managed to hold off the Golden Wave (0-2) from there. ny Frierson, a 50-yard kickoff return score and a 1-yard
No statistics were available from Friday’s contest. scoring run.
West Point will host Noxubee County (2-0) next Austin McCarter led Victory in tackles with six.
week. The Eagles will host Tabernacle Christian (Ala-
bama) next week
Starkville Academy 48, Magnolia Heights 35 Pickens Academy (Ala.) 40, Snook Christian
SENATOBIA — Starkville Academy’s offense kept
rolling in a 48-35 win against Magnolia Heights (2-2) in Academy (Ala.) 0
Friday’s road game. CARROLLTON, Ala. — Pickens Academy (Ala-
CJ Jackson ran for three touchdowns for the Volun- bama) improved to 4-0 with a 40-0 shutout of Snook
teers (2-1), while Randall Futral threw a touchdown Christian Academy (Alabama) in Friday’s home game.
pass to Wilkes Stubbs and ran for another score. Five different players had touchdowns for the Pi-
Colby Allen and Cole Owens also had touchdown rates in the victory. Chandler Box, who had 36 yards
runs for the Vols. on five carries, was the only one to have two scores.
Starkville Academy will host Leake Academy (4-0) Lane Goodman ran three times for 66 yards and a
next week. touchdown, Hunter Lowery had 48 yards and a score
on 10 carries, and Ethan McGee had an 18-yard touch-
West Lowndes 47, Hamilton 0 down on his only carry. Bodhi Parham added 40 yards
on three attempts.
HAMILTON — West Lowndes regrouped from a 33-
14 loss at Kemper County on Sept. 4 to dominate Ham- Aidan Johnson’s only completion in two passing at-
ilton 47-0 on the road Friday. tempts was a 65-yard touchdown to Drake Lowery.
No statistics were available from Friday’s contest. Caleb Owen led Pickens with five tackles and two
The Panthers (1-1) will play at top-ranked Nanih sacks. Box had four tackles and an interception, and
Waiya (2-0) next week. Preston Findley also picked off a pass.
Pickens will host Abbeville Christian Academy (Al-
abama) next week.
Noxubee County 33, Philadelphia 13
PHILADELPHIA — Bobby Shanklin ran for three
touchdowns as Noxubee County improved to 2-0 with a Aliceville (Ala.) 34, Sulligent (Ala.) 20
33-13 road win over Philadelphia (0-2). SULLIGENT, Ala. — Tyjarian Williams threw for
Shanklin had scoring runs of 29, 26 and 10 yards for three touchdowns as Aliceville (Alabama) beat Sulli-
the Tigers. gent (Alabama) 34-20 on Friday in Sulligent.
Travorus Hatcher returned a fumble 56 yards for a Williams had touchdown passes of 2, 21 and 31
touchdown, and AJ Fowler caught a touchdown from yards to Jatavis Colvin, Jeremiah Brewer and Jamarree
Linder, respectively. He finished 11 of 19 for 213 yards
Chrishaad Rupert.
and an interception.
Noxubee County will play at West Point (1-1) next
Brewer had 17 carries for 122 yards and a 4-yard
week.
touchdown run.
Jaheim Jones had a pick-six of Sulligent quarterback
Marvell Academy (Ark.) 40, Columbus Christian Jordan Mastin with five seconds left in the first half.
Academy 0 Mastin finished 3 of 5 for 60 yards and two touch-
MARVELL, Ark. — Columbus Christian Academy downs for the Blue Devils (0-4). ACROSS
fell to 0-4 with a 40-0 loss at Marvell Academy (Arkan- The Yellowjackets (3-1) host Cold Springs (3-0) next 1 Wanderers
sas) in Friday’s road game. week. 7 Stairs alter-
native
11 Spain setting
12 Diabolical
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 13 In conclusion
14 — fide
Ragin’ Cajuns beat No. 23 Iowa State for first Top 25 road win 15 Some mes-
sages
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 14 lead late in the third field goal. attempts through the first 16 Permitted
quarter. “Give credit to their three quarters. 17 Lip
AMES, Iowa — Perse- Lewis passed for 154 team,” Campbell said. 18 Monsieur’s
verance, confidence and yards and contributed to “A really veteran football Bright day for the Sun wife
two long kick returns pro- a business-like approach team that came in here 19 First person
pelled Louisiana-Lafay- by the Ragin’ Cajuns, who and in the second half
Belt 21 Failure
ette to one of its biggest Around the same time
didn’t celebrate much on just really dominated the 22 Audible shock
wins in program history, Louisiana-Lafayette was
the field after the game. game.” wave 40 Covered with 22 Neighbor of
31-14 win over No. 23 Iowa beating Iowa State, Ar-
“All because we expect The Ragin’ Cajuns, like 25 Good, to trees Ethiopia
State on Saturday. kansas State was shock-
that,” Lewis said. “The other teams across the Georges DOWN 23 Just for fun
The Ragin’ Cajuns ing Kansas State, another
type of work we put in, country, had stops and 26 Suit piece 1 Ohio city 24 Desdemona’s
beat a Top 25 opponent Big 12 member.
the hours. All of us pret- starts with preparations 27 Sights 2 Bush’s suc- husband
“You can’t underes-
on the road for the first ty much say our practic- since the spring because 29 “Not another
timate a Sun Belt Con- cessor 25 Multi-spouse
time, having gone 0-26 es are harder than the of the coronavirus pan- word!”
ference team anymore,” 3 Buttes’ kin crime
against ranked foes away games.” demic. The last month has 33 Strong winds
Napier said. “It’s become 4 Craftsman 28 Trait carriers
from home. Their only The Ragin’ Cajuns lim- been especially difficult.
a normal thing. You put 34 Slow passage 5 Pickling herb 30 Reversed
other win over a Top 25 ited Cyclones quarterback Assistant coach D.J. Loo-
a Sun Belt team on your 35 Ladd of 6 Utter 31 14 pounds
team was in 1996 at home Brock Purdy to 16-of-35 ney died of a heart attack
schedule, you better “Shane” 7 Bridge answer 32 Gave an edge
against Texas A&M. passing for 145 yards, on Aug. 1, and Hurricane
watch out.” 36 Gripped 8 Green hue 34 Fallon’s
“We’ve got a lot of be- with no touchdowns and Laura devastated parts of
lief that the University of Louisiana in late August. tightly 9 Low number predecessor
an interception. It was
Louisiana should always ISU’s fewest passing “I can’t help but think Down trends 37 Deep mud 10 Gilt, say 36 Question of
have a competitive team,” yards in two years. my man D.J. is up there Iowa State is 4-20 when 38 One way to 16 Gentle ones method
coach Billy Napier said. “We dropped some smiling right now,” Napi- trailing after three quar- shop 18 Spiked
“We’re fortunate we got balls that are difference er said. ters under Campbell. The 39 Talks at weapons
the necessary things makers in the first half Cyclones are also 8-16 length 20 Seedy bars
with a negative turnover
from our administration. and early in the second The takeaway margin. They had two
They decided they want- half,” Iowa State coach Iowa State: The Cy-
ed to have an exception- Matt Campbell said. “Get- turnovers against Louisi-
clone offense was ham-
al Group of Five football ting into a really good ana-Lafayette; the Ragin’
pered by the absence of
program. They gave us rhythm was hard to find.” Cajuns had none.
tight end Charlie Kolar,
the money to go hire the Iowa State’s Breece who caught 51 passes and
people, they’ve given us Hall rushed for 103 yards scored seven touchdowns Poll implications
the resources inside the and a touchdown on 20 last season. He was out Iowa State began the
building to really run a carries. with a lower body injury. season ranked for a sec-
Power Five operation. The Cyclones’ offense Right guard Robert Hud- ond straight year, but will
This is what we expected sputtered early with a son also missed the game. likely drop out of the poll
to happen.” series of dropped passes Louisiana-Lafayette: this week. The Cyclones
Both offenses seemed before putting together The Ragin’ Cajuns were were 3-0 all-time against
overmatched at times, but consecutive touchdown able to knock off the Cy- Sun Belt Conference op-
the Ragin’ Cajuns were ig- drives of 49 and 69 yards. clones despite two missed ponents and listed as dou-
nited by Chris Smith’s 95- Smith put Louisi- field goals by transfer ble-digit favorites going
yard kickoff return in the ana-Lafayette on the kicker Nate Snyder and a into Saturday’s game.
second quarter and Eric board immediately after struggling ground game.
Garror’s 83-yard punt re- Iowa State’s first score. Louisiana-Lafayette aver- Up next
turn in the third. The Ragin’ Cajuns drove aged 6.3 yards per rush Iowa State visits TCU
Levi Lewis added a 61 yards in the final 70 last season while totaling on Sept. 26.
78-yard touchdown pass seconds of the first half, 3,604 yards. Iowa State L ou isia na - L a f ayet te
to Peter LeBlanc, giving pulling within 14-10 on limited the Ragin’ Ca- visits Georgia State on
Louisiana-Lafayette a 17- Nate Snyder’s 30-yard juns to 2.7 yards on 22 Sept. 19.

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WHEREAS, the following ten-
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U-STORE MINI WAREHOUSES
for storage space in which to
store personal property and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and U-STORE MINI WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
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past due and any other
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NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that U-STORE
MINI WAREHOUSES will offer
for sale the following tenants
at U-STORE MINI WARE-
HOUSES, 75 True Grit Road,
Columbus, MS 39702, at 9:00
a.m. on the 19th day of
September A.D. 2020.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such site, U-STORE MINI
WAREHOUSES will convey only
such title as is vested in it pur-
suant to its lease with the fol-
lowing and as allowed under
Mississippi Code Annotated
Section 85-7-121 etseq (Supp
1988).
Name Unit Number
Peyton Ellington #13
Jared Powell #61
Adam Townley #83/#201
Lucretia Verner #4
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 1st day of September,
A.D. 2020
U-STORE MINI WAREHOUSES
By: Owner, Robbie Shaw
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662-329-2323 sealed bids for the right to
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2411 HWY 45 N farmland & mobile home
located on Highway 388,
COLUMBUS, MS Brooksville, MS up to & not
later than Friday, October
9, 2020 10:00a.m. The
parcels are 153−18−
001.00, 40 acres & 153−
8000 SQ ft. dock height 18−001.01, 431.60
warehouse w/ office acres. The bids will be
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Call Bud Phillips the office of Ricky Walker,
662−549−2302 Attorney−at−Law, 2962
Jefferson Street, Macon,
MS. After all bids are
opened, the top 3 bidders
will have the opportunity to
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right to reject any & all bids
is reserved. Accepted bid
must be approved by
Probate Court. Send all
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Attorney−at−Law, P.O. Box
427, Macon, MS 39341.
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Selling 1000’s of items in
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Religion
Hold on, your change is coming
S
ome of us have good courage, and to my God; He heard my voice member, or a difficult situa- destroyed.”(2 Corinthians 4:8-
been going he shall strength- from His temple, And my cry tion at work. When this hap- 9) K JV
through tough en your heart, all came before Him, even to His pen to us we have to ask God So be encouraged today
times for a while ye that hope in ears.” (Psalm 18:6) K JV to keep our heart and mind and always remember we got
now and we feel the Lord.” (Psalm We may be going through a guarded with His peace and
to keep holding on and be like
like there’s no end 31:24) K JV difficult trial right now in our hold on, our change is coming.
in sight. In spite of Perhaps, we’re lives. Nevertheless, we have “Then you will experience, Job and say. “All the days of
this we got to keep having a bad day to count it joy and hold on, our which exceeds anything we my appointed time will I wait,
our trust in God and that makes us feel change is coming. “Consider can understand. His peace will till my change come.” (Job
hold on, our change overwhelmed. One it pure joy, my brothers and guard your hearts and minds 14:14) K JV
is coming. “But I thing, or thought, sisters, whenever you face as you live in Christ Jesus.” Minister Sherry Ivy is a Min-
trusted in thee, O Sherry Ivy leads to another, trials of many kind.”( James 1: (Philippians 4:7) NLT ister of The New Providence
Lord: I said thou art and before we know 2 ) NIV When trouble starts com- M. B. Church (Healing & Yoke
my God.” (Psalm it we feel like the Just when we think every- ing at us from every side we Destroying Ministry) in Macon
31:14) KJV world is crumbling down on thing is going perfect in our have to hold on, our change is
Even when we’re faced with us. During these times we Mississippi, under the lead-
lives, life will throw us a curve coming. “We are troubled on
situations that seem hopeless, have cry out to God for help. ball and we can’t see it com- every side, yet not distressed; ership of her husband, Pastor
we can’t quit. We have to put Hold on, our change is com- ing. Maybe, it’s a long-term we are perplexed, but not in Willie J. Ivy Sr. You can contact
our hope in Jesus and hold on, ing. “In my distress I called relationship break-up, an despair; persecuted, but not her via email at minsivy@
our change is coming. “Be of upon the Lord, and cried out unexpected death of a family forsaken; cast down, but not yahoo.com

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