The Commercial Dispatch Eedition 1-9-14

WEATHER
134RD YEAR, NO. 283

Jakaylah Jackson
Third grade, West Lowndes
High 59 Low 37
Mostly sunny
Full forecast on
page 2A.
FIVE QUESTIONS
1 What decade sticks out as the one
in which the rst self-adhesive U.S.
postage stamp appeared?
2 What do the British call gasoline?
3 What book about little creatures was
Roald Dahls rst work for children?
4 Who were the rst Japanese war-
riors to be ofcially permitted to carry
two swords, one long and one short?
5 What is Latin Americas northern-
most nation?

Answers, 6D
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Classieds 5D
Comics Insert
Obituaries 7A
Opinions 4,5A
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Dawn Dawkins teaches gifted
grades 2-3 at Cook Elementary.
CALENDAR
Feb. 13-16 and 18-22
Steel Magnolias: Starkville Com-
munity Theatre presents this production
directed by Paula Mabry at the Playhouse
on Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville. Play
times are 7:30 p.m., except Sunday at 2
p.m. For more information, contact the
SCT box ofce, 662-323-6855.
Thursday, Feb. 13
Titans Herman Boone: Mississippi
University for Womens Gordy Honors Se-
ries welcomes Coach Herman Boone, an
inspiration for the movie Remembering
the Titans, at 6 p.m. in Limbert Assem-
bly Room in Cochran Hall on campus. For
more information, contact Dr. Thomas
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
Feb. 14: Lowndes County
Board of Supervisors,
Courthouse, 9 a.m.
Feb. 18: Columbus City
Council, municipal complex,
5 p.m.
Feb. 18: Columbus Munic-
ipal School Board, Central
ofce, 6 p.m.
Feb. 18: Starkville Board of
Aldermen, City Hall Court-
room, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 27: Clay County Board
of Supervisors, Courthouse,
9 a.m.
Mar. 3: Lowndes County
Board of Supervisors,
Courthouse, 9 a.m.
Mar. 3: Clay County Board
of Supervisors, Courthouse,
9 a.m.
Murder,
pornography
cases headline
circuit court
Federal judge
denies Terrys
appeal
Three face murder
charges in 2011 slaying
of Columbus resident
Ex-supervisor was
convicted of fraud in
ofce in 2007
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
The February ses-
sion of the Lowndes
County Circuit Court
begins Monday with
the trial of three Co-
lumbus men accused
in the 2011 shooting
death on College
Street.
Derrick Bankhead,
Omar Beard and Cortez Williams
will stand trial before Judge Lee
Coleman in the capital murder of Ed-
die Terrell Bankhead, who was fatal-
BY NATHAN GREGORY
ngregory@cdispatch.com
A federal judge de-
nied former Lowndes
County supervisor
Jim Terrys appeal of
his 2007 fraud in of-
ce conviction Thurs-
day.
Terry, 53, was sen-
tenced to 13 months
in prison and ve
years probation after he was found
guilty of committing fraud or em-
bezzlement while holding a public
ofce. He was found in Lowndes
County Circuit Court to have mis-
used his county-issued vehicle and
Micah Green/Dispatch Staff
ROTARY RODEO:
A rider catches up
with a loose bron-
co at the Missis-
sippi Horse Park
during the annual
Rotary Classic
Rodeo, a Pro-
fessional Rodeo
Cowboys Associ-
ation event. The
rodeo is hosted
by the Starkville
Rotary Club, and is
the clubs largest
fundraiser. Pro-
ceeds go to local
projects beneting
the community.
BY NATHAN GREGORY
Preliminary discussions on
a potential multi-purpose are-
na for local agricultural groups
are ongoing. A feasibility study
in the works includes possible
nancial assistance from the
state and where the facility
would be located.
Terry Brown, President Pro
Tempore of the Mississippi Sen-
ate, said hes in the early stag-
es of working
with colleagues
on a bill that
would provide
funding for the
project.
It will be (in-
troduced at) the
very last of the
session, Brown said. It will be
when we see if weve got bonds
or if we can do it with appropri-
ations. Usually you ask for this
thing one year and you probably
dont get it until the next year.
Its very early and were just
looking at the possibilities.
Lowndes County Board of
Options being considered
for multi-purpose arena
Terry
See CIRCUIT COURT, 3A
Helen Thomas holds her GED certicate close to her heart as she sits in her Columbus home. Thomas earned her GED
at age 88, more than 50 years after dropping out of school. Her immediate plans for her diploma? Im going to sit here
and enjoy it, she says.
too late Its never
Columbus woman nally gets her GED
BY WILLIAM BROWNING
wbrowning@cdispatch.com
M
ary Thomas got her GED
late last year.
When her name was
called during the commencement
ceremony at MUW, she set out across
the stage with the help of a walker.
She is 88 years old, after all.
By the time she reached the other
side, stooped and smiling, she was
holding a diploma. In her blue cap
and gown there in Parkinson Hall,
she raised her thin hand into the
air. She was proud of herself. It was
something she had always wanted.
For a long time she thought it would
never happen.
Life just would not cooperate.

She never knew her father and her
mother died before she was 5. Then
the sister raising her was murdered.
She ended up in Ohio with an aunt
who thought she was not smart
enough for school.
When she was 15 her aunt sent
her to a railroad job, which she
hated. She got a job at a factory next,
sweeping oors. She hated that just
as much.
She began working for a hotel
chain that transferred her from plac-
es like Philadelphia to Connecticut to
New Jersey. Years passed. She never
felt fullled.
She wound up in Florida, where
she had a pen pal from Columbus
named Johnie Thomas Sr. In 1987,
she married him, moved to Columbus
and retired. Finally, she felt happy.
See GED, 6A
See TERRY, 6A
See ARENA, 6A
Sen. Brown says he
will seek state funds
for project
Brown
D. Bankhead
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Five-Day forecast for the Golden Triangle
Almanac Data National Weather
Lake Levels
River Stages
Sun and Moon Solunar table
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, i-ice, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow
Yesterday 7 a.m. 24-hr.
Lake Capacity yest. change
The solunar
period schedule
allows planning days
so you will be fshing
in good territory or
hunting in good cover
during those times.
Temperature
Precipitation
Tombigbee
Yesterday Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr.
River stage yest. change
Columbus through 3 p.m. yesterday
High/low ..................................... 48/32
Normal high/low ......................... 58/35
Record high ............................ 82 (1957)
Record low .............................. 18 (1977)
24 hours through 3 p.m. yest. ........... Trace
Month to date ................................. 4.00"
Normal month to date ...................... 1.55"
Year to date .................................... 6.04"
Normal year to date ......................... 6.91"
Today Monday
Atlanta 60 39 pc 52 35 pc
Boston 30 24 sf 31 15 c
Chicago 20 -2 sn 8 -6 s
Dallas 55 30 pc 38 28 i
Honolulu 81 68 pc 82 69 s
Jacksonville 68 44 s 69 47 pc
Memphis 47 28 c 36 18 sn
46
30
Monday
Cooler; a little p.m.
rain
36
32
Tuesday
Rain and sleet
possible
50
38
Wednesday
Cloudy and warmer
56
39
Thursday
Rather cloudy, rain
possible
Aberdeen Dam 188' 164.36' -0.06'
Stennis Dam 166' 140.29' -0.06'
Bevill Dam 136' 136.37' -0.17'
Amory 20' 14.13' +0.03'
Bigbee 14' 10.90' +1.00'
Columbus 15' 8.82' -0.38'
Fulton 20' 16.51' -0.39'
Tupelo 21' 2.40' -0.60'
First
Mar. 8
New
Mar. 1
Last
Feb. 22
Full
Feb. 14
Sunrise ..... 6:44 a.m.
Sunset ...... 5:32 p.m.
Moonrise ... 1:18 p.m.
Moonset .... 2:44 a.m.
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Major ..... 7:50 a.m.
Minor ..... 1:38 a.m.
Major ..... 8:14 p.m.
Minor ..... 2:02 p.m.
Major ..... 8:33 a.m.
Minor ..... 2:21 a.m.
Major ..... 8:57 p.m.
Minor ..... 2:45 p.m.
Monday Today
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Nashville 44 25 c 33 17 pc
Orlando 73 51 pc 75 53 s
Philadelphia 34 25 sn 31 14 pc
Phoenix 75 54 s 75 53 pc
Raleigh 57 37 pc 48 28 pc
Salt Lake City 48 34 r 45 29 c
Seattle 43 39 r 49 41 r
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Partly sunny
Sunday
SAY WHAT?
Its like a Swiss Army knife.
President Barack Obama speaking about the farm bills mul-
titasking efforts to help boost jobs, innovation, research and
conservation. Obama signed the bill on Friday. Story, 7A.
Russian TV shows doctored
video of Olympic rings
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SOCHI, Russia
Smoke and mirrors? Rus-
sian state television aired
footage Friday of ve oat-
ing snowakes turning
into the Olympic rings and
bursting into pyrotechnics
at the Sochi Games opening
ceremony. Problem is, that
didnt happen.
The opening ceremony
at the Winter Games hit a
bump when only four of the
ve rings materialized in a
wintry opening scene. The
ve were supposed to join
together and erupt in re-
works. But one snowake
never expanded, and the py-
rotechnics never went off.
But everything worked
ne for viewers of the Ros-
siya 1, the Russian host
broadcaster.
As the fth ring got
stuck, Rossiya cut away to
rehearsal footage. All ve
rings came together, and
the reworks exploded on
cue.
It didnt show on tele-
vision, thank God, Jean-
Claude Killy, the French ski
great who heads the IOC
coordination commission
for the Sochi Games, told
The Associated Press.
Producers conrmed the
switch, saying it was import-
ant to preserve the imagery
of the Olympic symbols.
The unveiling of the
rings is always one of the
most iconic moments of
an opening ceremony, and
President Vladimir Putin
has been determined to use
the ceremony as an intro-
duction of the new Russia to
the world.
Konstantin Ernst, exec-
utive creative director of
the opening ceremony, told
reporters at a news confer-
ence that he called down to
master control to tell them
to go the practice footage
when he realized what hap-
pened.
This is an open secret,
he said, referring to the use
of the pre-recorded footage.
AP Photo
In a combo of frame grabs
taken from Russian televi-
sion, ve snowakes oat
together in Fisht Stadium
during the opening cere-
mony of the 2014 Winter
Olympics in Sochi, Russia,
on Friday.
Come hear
Rick Burgess
of Te Rick & Bubba Show
Friday, Feb. 21
6 p.m.
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Ministry and Activities
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Courtesy/ Drawing by H. Frank Swords
A drawing of an early 1800s atboat on the Tombigbee River at Plymouth Bluff. Flatboats were used for river
transportation there begriming in 1814 and by 1833 it was a steamboat landing. Drawing by H. Frank Swords.
ASK RUFUS
I
have
previously
written
about John
Pitchlynn and
Fort Smith
at Plymouth
Bluff during
the Creek
Indian War of
1813-1814, but
there is much
more history
surrounding
the bluff than
just that. Historic sites
associated with the bluff
range from a 3,000-year-
old Indian camp site in
the oodplain below the
north end of the bluff to a
1736 French army camp
site to the 1830s -1850s
Town of Plymouth.
Though lacking real
evidence, it has even
been proposed in the past
as the place where de
Soto crossed the Tombig-
bee River in December
of 1540.
The reality is that
Plymouth Bluff is a very
signicant historic site.
The chalk bluff is the
remains of a 75-million-
year-old Cretaceous
sea where the fossils of
shells, sh and even a
hadrosaur (duck-billed
dinosaur) have been
found. On top of the
chalk is a soil bed which
dates to the Pleistocene
or Ice Age. There have
been fossils of mam-
moths, horses and giant
ground sloths found
there.
Although Paleo-Indi-
ans were in the area by
11,000 years ago, the ear-
liest Native American site
at the bluff is a Woodland
period camp or small vil-
lage dating back to about
1,000 B C. There is also a
Mississippian
Period Indian
farmstead
that dates
between 1200
and 1300 A.D.
The
French ex-
plorer Henri
de Tonti
passed a few
miles west
of the bluff
on a trade
mission to the
Chickasaws in 1702. After
the mission. Iberville,
the governor, informed
the Chickasaws that he
would establish a trading
post in what would be the
vicinity of the Choc-
taw-Chickasaw line along
Tibbee Creek which joins
the Tombigbee at the
north end of Plymouth
Bluff. However, there is
no record that the post
was ever established.
In the 1730s, con-
ict arose between the
Choctaw-French alliance
and the Chickasaw-En-
glish alliance. In 1735,
French governor Bien-
ville of Louisiana decided
to invade and subdue
the Chickasaws, whose
principal villages were at
what is now Tupelo. Bi-
enville led a French army
of about 600 soldiers
up the Tombigbee from
Mobile and French Fort
Tombecbe ( at present
day Epes, Ala. about
65 miles southeast of
Columbus). The French
force included a company
of 45 black soldiers under
the command of Simon, a
black ofcer.
The French plan was
to rendezvous with a
force of Choctaw war-
riors at the mouth of
the Octibia (the French
name of Tibbee Creek).
The French camped
there for three days
waiting on the Choctaws,
who had been delayed
by rain before Bienville
proceeded up river with-
out them. The Choctaw
French rendezvous
nally took place at the
site known as Cotton Gin
Port near present day
Amory. In the ghting
at the Chickasaw village
of Ackia the French
and Choctaw force was
soundly defeated by the
Chickasaws.
In 1771, British sur-
veyor Bernard Romans
descended the Tombig-
bee River and passed
Plymouth Bluff. He wrote
a lengthy description
of the bluff which he
called a very remarkable
bluff. He concluded
by saying, it looks as
if made by art, and if
placed near any town
of note, I do not doubt
would be much used as
a walk... its being in the
form of a crescent makes
it have a very romantic
appearance.
John Pitchlynn moved
to the bluff in 1810 and
his residence became a
frontier crossroad and
important meeting place.
During the Creek Indian
War in 1813, Pitchlynn
build a blockhouse and
stockade which was
called Fort Smith. In
1819, Pitchlynns became
a U.S. Post Ofce. After
the establishment of Co-
lumbus four miles down
river, the post ofce at
Pitchlynns closed in 1820
and the Columbus Post
Ofce was opened. In
1827 Pitchlynn moved his
residence to the Robin-
son Road across the river
from Columbus.
In 1832 Pitchlynns
son-in-law, Calvin Howell,
had the land at Plymouth
surveyed and established
the town of Plymouth.
Howell described the
town in 1833 as having a
considerable number of
log and frame buildings...
We have one store and
one grocery, in town, and
a young man by the name
of Carver, is teaching
school. According to an
1837 county census, the
town had a population of
77 free persons and 122
slaves. But by the early
1840s the town was dying
and it had all but ceased
to exist by the late 1850s.
Today the Bluff is
home to the MUW Plym-
outh Bluff Center which
is both an environmental
education center and a
conference center locat-
ed on about 190 wooded
acres at the crest of the
bluff with 4 1/2 miles of
nature trails. The center
also has guest cabins
totaling 24 rooms which
can be rented. The center
contains a museum of
natural and cultural
history and offers for
sale an excellent history
of Plymouth Bluff that I
helped write.
There is a monthly
Sundays at the Bluff
series of programs open
to the public. These
programs alternate
between natural history,
regional cultural history
and archaeology. Today
at 2 p.m. Dr. Jerome
Goddard, a medical/
veterinary entomologist
at Mississippi Stare will
present the Evolution of
Parasitism - from Ticks to
Bed Bugs.
Rufus Ward is a local
historian. Email your
questions about local
history to him at rufushis-
tory@aol.com.
Plymouth Bluff
Rufus Ward
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Ridership of the
St arkvi l l e- Mi ssi ssi ppi
State University Area
Rapid Transit program is
increasing as more res-
idents become aware of
the bus transit system,
the university reported
Friday.
The university report-
ed Friday that the route,
which links Starkville
and campus, transport-
ed 15,250 riders during
the rst three days of the
2014 spring semester.
Since its unveiling in
2012, leaders have herald-
ed the public transporta-
tion link between the city
and its primary economic
engine as a signicant
and progressive tool. The
receipt of an almost-$2.4
million rural public trans-
portation grant through
the Mississippi Depart-
ment of Transportation
positioned the university
to expand its current shut-
tle system to a no-charge
system with numerous
stops in the community.
The entire system
went live on Jan. 6, MSU
parking and transit direc-
tor Mike Harris said in a
release. The university
subsequently added more
buses to the system a
week later. Out of 32 bus-
es in the MSU eet, the
SMART route utilizes 21.
Harris is leaving his
job soon, and former
Ward 5 Alderman Jere-
miah Dumas will assume
his job on an interim basis
Monday.
SMART routes operate
7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday
through Friday, with few-
er operations on Satur-
days. Drop-off locations
give passengers access
to shopping, banking,
city services, health care
facilities, recreation and
high-density residential
areas including: Vow-
ells Marketplace, OCH
Regional Medical Cen-
ter, Wal-Mart and the
Starkville Sportsplex.
Everyone who rides
will benet
from a sav-
ings on fuel
and vehicle
costs, Har-
ris said in a
release Fri-
day. The
possibi l it y
of reducing
single-occupancy vehi-
cles would help in many
ways, such as by reducing
trafc congestion, emis-
sions and the amount of
taxpayer dollars needed
for street repairs.
This is a game chang-
er for Starkville. This
service will enable our
citizens who may not have
reliable transportation to
be able to access all parts
of the city and university
with ease, Mayor Parker
Wiseman previously told
The Dispatch. Thats
where the real economic
development opportuni-
ties are. If youre in a com-
munity that has no mass
transit, then not having
a viable personal vehicle
can mean the difference
between getting to work
and not getting to work.
Information on the
SMART system, includ-
ing live bus maps and
arrival time estimates,
can be found at smart.ms-
state.edu.
The route features
some Americans with
Disabilities Act-compli-
ant buses and is free to all
passengers. Children un-
der the age of 13 must be
accompanied by an adult.
University report: More riders utilizing SMART buses
Dumas taking over Monday as
MSUs interim parking and transit
operations director
BY NATHAN GREGORY
The suspect of a bank rob-
bery Thursday has received
an additional charge of felony
escape, Colum-
bus Police De-
partment spokes-
person Latasha
Key conrmed
Friday.
Ashby Barton,
24, of Winona,
was arrested
3 p.m. Thursday at Commu-
nity Counseling Services on
Main Street after he allegedly
robbed Renasant Bank less
than a block away just after 2
p.m. Key said after Barton was
taken to the police station for
processing, he tried to escape
but did not make it out of the
building.
Bond for the robbery charge
has been set for $100,000 and
the felony escape charge for
$50,000. Barton has not posted
bond. His court date is set for
April 17.
CPD Chief Selvain Mc-
Queen said Thursday that the
after the suspect entered the
bank, handed the teller a note
demanding money before be-
ing given an undetermined
amount of cash and eeing on
foot. He was not armed and
surrendered without incident
inside the Community Coun-
seling Services building.
CPD has not released how
much money it has recovered
or how much was taken from
the bank.
Robbery suspect also faces felony escape charge
Bartons bond set at
$150,000
Barton
Dumas
Circuit Court
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1/2 College St., on July 11,
2011.
Defendant Derick
Bankhead is the rst cous-
in of the victim.
According to the Co-
lumbus Police Depart-
ment, Bankhead, 35,
was killed during an at-
tempted robbery attempt,
police believe. Police
said the three suspects
entered Bankheads res-
idence wearing masks
at 11:36 p.m. When of-
cers arrived at the scene,
Bankhead was found in
the passenger seat of a
car outside the residence
with a single gun shot
to his upper body. Bank-
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and charged with taking
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ter her boyfriend found
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on Shoemakes computer.
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A rose to East Missis-
sippi Community College,
which has been chosen as
one of the nations Top 150
community colleges by the
Aspen Institute College
Excellence Program. The
distinction will allow EMCC to compete
for the 2014 Aspen Prize for Community
College Excellence and $1 million in prize
funds. The Aspen Prize is one of the
most prestigious recognitions in the coun-
try for two-year colleges. Colleges do not
apply for this recognition. Eligibility to
compete comes as a result of information
in federal reports as compared to criteria
established by the Aspen Prize Commit-
tee. The prize, awarded every two years,
is the nations signature recognition
of high achievement and performance
among Americas community colleges
and recognizes institutions for exception-
al student outcomes in four areas: student
learning, certicate and degree comple-
tion, employment and earnings, and high
levels of access and success for minority
and low-income students.
A rose to the citizens
group in charge of plans for
Unity Park in Starkville for
its decision to honor the late
Starkville-based physician,
writer and civil rights leader
Douglas Conner and the historic Game
of Change when the Mississippi State
University mens basketball team deed
the governor by stealing away to play
an integrated Loyola University team in
the NCAA Tournament in East Lansing,
Mich., in 1963. While elected ofcials
struggled to complete the planning of
the park and determine who should be
honored there, the committee of citizens
took ownership of the project and has
acted quickly and cooperatively in lling
the two remaining plaques with tributes
to Conner and the 1963 MSU basketball
team. With those decisions behind them,
we eagerly await the opening of the park,
which is the next order of business for the
committee.
A rose to Starkville
Young Professionals and
Starkville Main Street
Association for organizing
one of Saturdays tastiest
events. SOUPer Bowl 2014
let area restaurant chefs put their best
soups forward as ticket holders voted
for their favorites. The event held at The
STAGgerIN Sports Grill also generated
donations of canned soups for Starkville
food pantries.
A rose to former Dis-
patch photo intern Sam
Gause, who recently won
rst place in a prestigious
collegiate competition.
Gause, a University of
Missouri graduate won for
his submission in the category of Narra-
tive Multimedia Storytelling Features
category of the national Hearst Journal-
ism Awards Program. Gauses entry was
tops among 69 competitors representing
42 schools. The win qualies him for the
Hearst National Championship, which
will be announced in June. Gause also
received ninth-place honors in Hearsts
news and feature photojournalism cate-
gory. Gause worked as a photo intern at
The Dispatch during the summer of 2012.
Based on his work here, we are not at all
surprised to learn that Sam has excelled
in his craft.
Do you have a submission for Roses and
Thorns? Send your submission of 75 words
of fewer to managing editor Slim Smith at
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SLIMANTICS
In a previous life, I
was a sports journal-
ist, an occupation that
took me to many of the
biggest sporting events
in the United States. As
a reporter and later, an
editor, I attended the
Masters Golf Tourna-
ment, the Kentucky
Derby, the Super Bowl,
three college football
championship games,
the NCAA Final Four,
the World Series and in-
numerable professional and college
sporting events that people typical-
ly pay good money to see.
Twelve years ago, I attended
my rst and only Olympic Games
the 2002 Winter Olympics in
Salt Lake City. At the time, I was
a sports editor in Arizona and
was dispatched to the Olympic
Games to serves as bureau chief
for Freedom Newspapers Olympic
coverage team, which consisted of
12 reporters, three columnists and
six photographers from the various
newspapers owned by the Freedom
chain. The largest of the papers
was the Orange County Register.
Another of the newspapers, the
Colorado Springs Gazette, was
home to the U.S. Olympic training
facility.
My primary job was determine
which reporters would be sent
to cover the events. The Orange
County staffers naturally assumed
they would be given their pick of
the most popular events by virtue
of the fact that they worked at, by
far, the largest and most presti-
gious newspaper in the chain. The
Gazette folks, meanwhile, assumed
they would get their pick by virtue
of their expertise they covered
Olympics sports on an every-day
basis and knew the athletes, coach-
es and staffs on a rst-name basis.
Everybody wanted to cover
gure skating, naturally. Hockey
was a plum assignment, too. The
Orange County Register had a
particular interest in short-track
speed skating, a sport I didnt
even know existed a month before
the game. The Register had been
following a budding superstar in
the sport, a southern California
kid named Apollo Ohno.
The Gazette reporters
didnt have a problem
with the Register
reporters grabbing up
all the short-track speed
skating assignments.
That was an exception,
though. The Gazette
and Register reporters
fought and bickered over
assignments on a daily
basis.
As you might sus-
pect, my job required
no small amount of diplomatic
skills. It also required thick skin.
Every time I looked up, an unhappy
reporter would be there to protest
his assignment.
Another challenge was guring
out which of the events we would
cover at all. Once the games start-
ed, there were more events than
reporters and many events were
held at the same time in various
venues from Salt Lake to Ogden to
Park City to Deer Valley.
The other part of the my job was
guring out what to do with the
two news reporters that were as-
signed to me. The idea of sending
news reporters to Salt Lake City
emerged from the very serious
concerns over a terrorist attack
on the games. We wanted veteran
news reporters on the scene in
the event of a tragedy. Remember:
These games were held just six
months after 9/11 and the worries
over another a terrorist attack were
palpable.
The security was so tight that it
took spectators as much as three
hours to get through the security
checkpoints at the venues. Report-
ers were searched so thoroughly
that even the caps of ink pens
had to be removed for inspection.
Every journalist was required to
have a passport, even U.S. journal-
ists. Thats right: I had to have a
passport to travel from Arizona to
Utah.
When I wasnt busy distributing
unhappy reporters to the various
events and making up stories for
the two news reporters to cov-
er one news reporter became
obsessed about the sex trafc in
Mormon-dominated Salt Lake City
I spent hours talking to editors
about what sort of coverage they
wanted, putting a special empha-
sis on making sure that all of the
hometown athletes got some
coverage. That was tricky, too. One
guy on a four-man bobsled team
that isnt expected to be in the
hunt for a medal would be easy to
ignore. Unless of course, that guy
was from back home. With 14
newspapers scattered all over the
country, there was always some
obscure athlete whose exploits at
the game were of vital interest the
readers back home.
Even my paper had a local
at the games, a former womens
shot-putter whose job on the bob-
sled team was to get the bobsled
going really fast and then hop in
and hang on.
The days were long. I arrived
at the media center at 8 a.m. and
usually didnt back to the hotel
until midnight. I was in Salt Lake
City for 24 days.
Ironically, I saw very little of
the Olympic Games I was actually
assigned to be a part of.
Fortunately, I was able to get
away and attend a few events
Deer Valley for the womens
downhill, Peaks Ice Arena for a
hockey game, Utah Olympic Park
for luge. I also made it all the way
up to Ogden to see if curling is as
boring in person as it is on TV. It is.
Friday Night bingo at the Ameri-
can Legion Hall is more exciting,
as far as I am concerned.
All in all, my experience at
the Olympics was a long, tedious
ordeal interrupted by occasional
moments of fun.
I worked with some wonderfully
talented journalists and managed
to stay on speaking terms with all
of them.
My bosses at Freedom seemed
pleased, too, so I gure it turned
out pretty well.
But I have no desire to be in
Sochi.
Id rather watch it on TV and
not have to worry about making a
reporter cover the biathlon when
he really wanted to cover hockey.
Slim Smith is the managing
editor of The Dispatch. His email
address is ssmith@cdispatch.com.
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Memories of the 2002 Winter Olympics
Roses and thorns
Slim Smith
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Our view: Elected leaders do residents a disservice
in choosing board members
George Brett Lowe Sr.: I couldnt agree more. I
have submitted an application to the City of Columbus
for the CVB vacancies and reached out to the elected
ofcials to share with them why I feel I am the best
candidate for the position. Most of my attempts have
gotten no replies, and some have stated that theyve
already committed their support elsewhere. The only
thing I question is how can one make a nal decision
without having all of the information of all of the poten-
tial candidates? A lot of the above mentioned reasons
are the reasons we often lag behind when it comes
to growth and development as a community. Putting
your buddy on the board for political gain will get us
nowhere!
Fast Eddie: The County did wrong with just a 2-0
vote. Brooks and Smith did wrong by not voting. This
was all a set up to get their guy on the board. Now
next week the city will do the very same thing and get
their guy on the board. Game ends 1-1. The Mayor
and Sanders will never agree again on a person to ll
the last spot. This will all come down to the same deal
we have had for the last 4-5 years. The county and city
win and the voters lose. Why even have a board? This
is the result of not having any leadership. Very sad!
Readers comment
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When my kids
were little, an older
and more expe-
rienced mother
told me that one
key to raising kids
safely is to limit the
number of nos to
what really matters
and insist rmly
on those. Motor-
cycles and heroin,
she said, which
seems like a pretty
good list. I added
driving drunk or getting in
a car with someone who had
been drinking. I left heroin on
the list, even though heroin
use is totally foreign to me. I
have friends and family who
have struggled with alcohol
(mostly) and other drugs, but
heroin is outside of my life
experience.
That may be why Philip
Seymour Hoffmans death hit
me, and many others, so hard.
Twenty-three
years clean and
sober, a partner he
loved, three chil-
dren, an amazing
career. And then he
went back to heroin
and died with a
needle in his arm, a
horror that will live
with his children
forever.
Why?
Addiction is an
illness. I know. If
youre an addict, even if youre
clean and sober for decades,
youre still an addict. If you
forget that, you die.
The police are pursuing
the people who allegedly sold
Hoffman the heroin. I have no
sympathy for heroin dealers,
much less those who sell
heroin that is either so pure or
so tainted that what they are
really selling is instant death.
But Hoffman was not a kid
who didnt know that heroin
comes in all kinds of forms,
and that every heroin addict
risks dying, as he did, with
a needle in his arm. Indeed,
writer Aaron Sorkin, in one of
the creepier posts about Hoff-
mans death, recalled a conver-
sation he had with the actor
some years ago. Hoffman said:
If one of us dies of an over-
dose, probably 10 people who
were about to wont.
The folks who sold him
the heroin should be arrested
because selling heroin is a
crime. If they knew the heroin
was tainted or likely to cause
sudden death even more than
the usual batch, the charges
should be even more serious.
But they arent responsible
for his death. Addiction is an
illness, which makes it harder,
much harder, to stay clean, but
it doesnt make it impossible.
Every one of us has things that
are hard that we struggle with
in our lives, most of us with far
less going for us in terms
of talent and wealth and fame
and family - than Hoffman
had.
I dont mean to speak ill of
the dead. I do mean to speak
ill of heroin.
Among the descriptions
that stuck with me out of all
of the Hoffman stories were
those of the actor in his last
days by folks who saw him
on a plane or at the airport or
even at the ATM. Apparently,
he looked awful, frightfully
bad. Heroin does that. And
this was before the fatal injec-
tion. There is no such thing as
good heroin. People saw him,
saw him looking terrible, saw
him hunched over an ATM
withdrawing money for his
buy. People saw him, but what
can you do?
What can anyone do?
His partner of many years,
the mother of his children,
said he was high when she
talked to him. They were
living separately. She was, it
seems clear, trying to protect
their children. At least he
didnt die in their home. But
there is no protecting young
children from the loss of their
father.
The worlds of theater and
lm, and all of us who enjoy
those worlds, have lost an
actor of great talent. We are all
poorer for that. But not nearly
as much as his family, as his
children and his partner.
Maybe 10 people maybe
even more who hear of
Hoffmans horrible death will
be saved by that news. Maybe,
as Sorkin put it, it will scare
someone clean. I hope so. Be-
cause there is no other good
that can come of it.
Susan Estrich is a nationally
syndicated columnist. To nd
out more about her go to www.
creators.com.
Hoffman and heroin
I wont have
any money to
leave behind. I
wont have the
ne and luxuri-
ous things of life
to leave behind.
But I just want
to leave a
committed life
behind.
Martin
Luther King Jr.,
Feb. 4, 1968
Maybe we
should take up
an offering.
Obviously,
the heirs of
Martin Luther
King Jr. are
hard up for
money. That
must be why
they keep sell-
ing off pieces
of his legacy.
Have you
heard the
latest? Kings
youngest child,
Bernice, issued
a statement last
week after her
brothers, Dex-
ter and Martin
III, led suit
to force her to
turn over their
fathers Nobel
Peace Prize and his traveling Bible.
She says they want to sell them to a
private owner.
According to the suit, Kings heirs
agreed in 1995 to turn their inheri-
tance over to a corporate entity, The
Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc.,
where Martin is chairman of the
board. The complaint says Bernice
has repeatedly acknowledged and
conceded the validity of the agree-
ment, but still refuses to surrender the
items. The suit makes no mention of a
sale. I called the King brothers lawyer
for comment. He didnt return the call.
In her statement, Bernice writes,
While I love my brothers dearly, this
latest decision by them is extremely
troubling. She says she is appalled,
ashamed and disappointed by their
behavior. It reveals a desperation
beyond comprehension. Their father,
she adds, MUST be turning in his
grave.
Turning? Martin Luther King must
be spinning like a record album.
Not just because of this, but be-
cause over the years his family has
missed no opportunity to pimp his leg-
acy. That verb is used advisedly. I am
mindful of its racial freight, but frank-
ly, no other word adequately describes
the behavior of this family with regard
to its most celebrated member. Every
year, they remind us to respect his leg-
acy, but it seems increasingly apparent
they dont respect or even fully
understand it themselves.
If they did, they could not have
licensed his image for a commercial
with Homer Simpson. Or put his per-
sonal papers on sale for $20 million.
Or demanded money to allow his
likeness to grace a memorial on the
Washington Mall.
What would King think of them
ghting Harry Belafonte for the return
of papers King gave him as a gift
especially since Belafonte helped
nance Kings movement and the
upbringing of these selfsame kids?
What would King think of the fact
that these bickering, tiresome chil-
dren of his are forever in litigation and
public squabbles with one another and
that money always seems to be at the
root? Especially since he famously dis-
dained shallow things like personal
gain?
So yes, lets pass the hat. How much
do you think it would take to induce
these people to grow up, shut up, and
stop using their daddy like an ATM?
I admit to being selective in my vex-
ation. If Woodrow Wilsons heirs sold
his Nobel Prize, or Booker T. Wash-
ingtons his Bible, I doubt I would even
notice.
The difference, I think, is that King
is nearer to us in time and of a mag-
nitude of greatness those men, great
though they were, do not approach.
He resides on a pantheon of American
heroes occupied by the Founders,
Abraham Lincoln and no one else.
Moreover with him there is, especially
for African-Americans but really for
all believers in human dignity, a sense
of communal ownership and collective
investment a sense that he is ours
and his memory, sacred. His children
are the caretakers of that memory on
behalf of us all. To trade on it for the
love of money is starkly appalling and
profoundly offensive.
The fact that they either dont
understand this or dont care speaks
volumes. Kings kids may be legally
entitled to sell his legacy to the high-
est bidder. But the fact that a thing is
legal to do does not make it right to do.
Considering who their father was,
youd think thats something theyd
know.
Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the
Miami Herald. His e-mail address is
lpitts@miamiherald.com.
For sale, the MLK legacy
I was using
the free White
Pages website
to try to nd
the ZIP code
for a friends
address. An
advertisement
popped up,
something
called Instant
Checkmate,
which is not
free.
I found out
on Instant Checkmate my boyfriend of
two years is a sex offender, the rolling
ad said. Ouch.
Someone is checking up on her boy-
friend after two years. The site might
have been more useful before the rst
date. After two long years, youd think
there would have been a few heart-to-
hearts and such wrenching revelations
would be history.
I couldnt help but imagine the
Valentines Day this couple is going to
have. No cellophane-wrapped hearts or
soft centers. More likely: The nut will
get a lot of hard questions.
As more and more love affairs begin
online, you can understand the need
for instant, virtual private investiga-
tions. For who paints himself in an
unattering light when trying to nd a
match online?
I like sunsets, long walks, honest
companions and, uh, underage girls.
I dont think so.
I know this sort of thing also can
happen when relationships begin the
more conventional way. There are
more rings in coat pockets in motel
lounges than there are beer bottles.
A perennial news item reports a man
with two families, a plane ride apart,
each oblivious of the other.
The difference may be the fre-
quency of such deceptions when the
date-vetting occurs online. Done the
old way, you usually dont meet some-
one for the rst time with romance the
intention. The pace generally is slower,
with a few critical steps in between
and yes. Once in a while theres
something called friendship.
Now, Im a romantic from way back.
Valentines Day is one of my favorite
celebrations. I even believe in love at
rst sight if not love at rst site. It is
rare but happens.
What I dont understand is falling
for a photograph or a personality
on paper. I have to hear, smell, see and
touch to render a romantic judgment.
Except maybe in the case of Paul
Newman.
The poor woman with the sex-of-
fender boyfriend might have fallen in
love at the Laundromat, for all I know.
Or she might have sat on the church
pew next to her fellow for years before
taking the leap to dating. Somehow, I
suspect not.
The French say their marriages are
more successful than ours because
they work at keeping mystery in the
equation. Couples dont expect to know
everything about a partner. While
thats a nice theory and statistically
sound divorce in France is on the
rise but hasnt reached the U.S. level
yet you still like to think you know
fundamentally what your partner is
about. Is he honest, kind, true? You
like to think youd suspect deviant
behavior after a month, a year.
I dont know. With stars in your
eyes, maybe it takes two.
I believe all of us on this earth are
searching for love. We may put it on
the back burner and turn down the
heat, but we crave it. Far be it from
me to be too critical of how anyone
achieves the warmth of companion-
ship, no matter how she runs the race.
And when the bubble bursts, Philip
Marlowe is at her ngertips.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a nationally
syndicated columnist, lives near Iuka.
Cellophane hearts and soft centers
Susan Estrich
What would
King think of
the fact that
these bicker-
ing, tiresome
children of his
are forever in
litigation and
public squab-
bles with one
another and
that money al-
ways seems to
be at the root?
Leonard Pitts
The French say their marriages are more successful
than ours because they work at keeping mystery in
the equation.
Rheta Johnson
What is Mississippis Secret
to Creating Thousands of New Jobs,
and Adding More Than $100 Million Annually in State Revenues?
Passage of Senate Bill 2568
which ends Mississippians being denied access to their
natural resources by an out-of-state company.

The Mississippi Senate will vote this week on
whether to end the monopoly that is preventing
an economic development boom in Mississippi.
For the sake of jobs and in fairness to land and
mineral owners, Senate Bill 2568 needs to pass.
SB 2568 ensures Mississippians will have
access to a pipeline network that was built
using eminent domain.
Records show that when the CO
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pipeline
was built, the company sought eminent domain
privileges at least 52 times.
Eminent domain can only be granted when
the result is for public use, public benet or in the
publics interest. The company may have originally
intended to use the pipeline for the best interest
of Mississippi; however, several years ago the
company made the decision to abandon numerous
Mississippi elds and focus on elds in Texas.
As a result, 50% to 70% of Mississippis CO
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is now being shipped to Texas, costing the
state of Mississippi thousands of jobs. In 2000,
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created, and $100 million in new revenue
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In other parts of the country, such as Texas,
where there is an open pipeline market for
CO
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suppliers and buyers, CO
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receive up to 150% more per CO
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This problem has been caused by a Texas
companys monopolistic operation of Mississippis
CO
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Pipeline Network.
Lets put Mississippians rst. Open up the
closed pipelines built through eminent domain.
Unlock the billions of dollars of abandoned
Mississippi oil reserves. Let Mississippi mineral
owners receive market value for their precious
minerals.
Lets pass Senate Bill 2568 and create THOUSANDS of jobs for Mississippians.
Support economic development in Mississippi, not in Texas.
Arena
Supervisors President
Harry Sanders said facil-
ities that currently house
the Lowndes County Ex-
tension Ofce lack suf-
cient space for meetings
and local agriculture-re-
lated clubs and associa-
tions have to rent other
buildings. The county
fairgrounds, where local
4-H Clubs and the Cattle-
mans Association show
animals, is falling apart
and not getting any repre-
sentation, Sanders said.
County leaders have
spoken with Golden Tri-
angle Development LINK
CEO Joe Max Higgins
about a possible location.
One factor to consider
was where the potential
facility could be centrally
located and have high vis-
ibility. One possible loca-
tion is on a county-owned,
50-acre parcel west of the
Paccar plant that Higgins
said he was not consider-
ing for industrial develop-
ment.
Weve been asked to
look at land we had avail-
able out by the airport
area for suitability and not
in conict with industri-
al possibilities, Higgins
said. I went and looked
up some of the bigger
(multi-purpose agricul-
tural facilities) in the state
and superimposed them
on a couple of sites to see
if they would t. I dont
know what the county
would decide, but I think
weve found something or
multiple somethings that
would work if they wanted
to do it.
Sanders said the coun-
ty is looking at architec-
tural plans from other
similar buildings in For-
rest and Pontotoc counties
that could be used if fund-
ing was secured to con-
struct one in Lowndes so
the county wouldnt have
to use any matching grant
funds it might be required
to provide for engineering
or design costs.
Brown said funding
could be available through
a grant from the Missis-
sippi Department of Agri-
culture but he is exploring
all avenues for how to pro-
vide state assistance for a
new facility.
We are an agricultur-
al state. This would be
something that would be
used by the county agents
and the 4-H Clubs and dif-
ferent things like that,
Brown said. Were look-
ing to try to get something
bigger and something that
would attract more venues
in here. It could be used
for a multitude of things.
GED
The only thing nag-
ging was the fact that she
never nished school.
Her husband urged her
to get her GED. But he
got sick and she devoted
herself to his care until
the day in 2011 when he
died. Then life got quiet.
She lled the silence
with GED classes at the
Greater Columbus Learn-
ing Center on Military
Road. She was older than
her classmates by de-
cades and decades. The
computer classes were
hard. The math classes
were harder. She stuck
with it, though, and never
thought of quitting.
Not too long ago she
was asked what kept her
going. Nothing much,
she said, just her faith
and wanting to graduate.
On Dec. 19, with
roughly 30 other people
young enough to be her
great-grandchildren, she
did just that.
She lives alone in

public housing on Avenue
B. On her wall, she keeps
two pictures of her late
husbands grave and
beneath those pictures
she has a chair where
she sits a lot and knits.
Beside her feet is a pile of
notebooks full of her life
story that she is writing.
Most people who pur-
sue a GED do so to get a
step up in the world and
expand possibilities. How
does she plan on using
hers?
Im just going to
nurse it, Mary Thomas
said, sitting in her chair,
hugging her diploma
tight across her chest.
Its something I just look
at. Took me long enough.
Im going to sit here
and enjoy it.
Terry
fuel card for personal
trips to Tunica and Phila-
delphia casinos between
Jan. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31,
2005.
Terry contested
whether a lack of specic
dates of incidents when
the fraud occurred was
sufcient evidence for a
conviction. The opinion
written by U.S. District
Court Northern District
of Mississippi Senior
Judge Glen Davidson
states Terry said not
having the exact dates
put him in the unfair
and awkward position of
having not only to know
when I put gas in my own
county-issued car and
its purposes, but every
other vehicle or piece of
gas operated equipment
I might have used a Fuel-
man card for during that
time period. Davidson
said the indictment in
Terrys case fully com-
plied with the Uniform
Rule of County and Cir-
cuit Court and failure to
provide specic dates
do not render the in-
dictment defective. The
opinion also states Terry
made over 90 trips to
the casinos and was best
positioned to determine
the time and reason for
each trip. His card was
used hundreds of times
during the two-year pe-
riod and he lost many
thousands of dollars
gambling during that
time.
Terry led the peti-
tion in 2011.
Terry was banned
from public ofce in
Lowndes County upon
his conviction.
In 2012, Lowndes
County deputies arrest-
ed Terry for violating his
probation by paying only
a portion of restitution he
owed to the county.
JACKSON Mississippi
is getting $5.6 million in fed-
eral money to pay for efforts
to improve poorly performing
schools.
The U.S. Department of Edu-
cation announced Friday it was
awarding more than $38 million.
Others getting money include
Delaware, Georgia, Nebraska,
Virginia, West Virginia and the
District of Columbia.
Mississippi Department
of Education spokeswoman
Patrice Guilfoyle says the state
expects to be able to give multi-
year grants to as many as eight
of 33 eligible schools, with
competitive applications due
in March. No local match is re-
quired.
Essentially, the SIG program
is designated for districts with
the greatest need and greatest
commitment to change, Guil-
foyle wrote in an email. Its de-
signed for rapid turnaround of
school academic achievement.
The program has sent $33
million to Mississippi to help
improve 10 schools or school
districts since 2011. Most recip-
ients have improved signicant-
ly, with Sunower Countys Ru-
leville Middle School showing
perhaps the greatest progress.
But some recipients such as
West Bolivar Middle School in
Rosedale are still struggling.
Under the program, appli-
cants have four options. They
can hire a new principal and
create a new evaluation system
meant to help teachers improve;
they can hire a new principal
and replace at least 50 percent of
staff members; they can hire an
outside charter or other school
management group to run the
school; or they can close the
school and send the students to
better-performing school.
New applicants would get
anywhere from $50,000 to $2
million per school, according
to a January presentation to the
state Board of Education, with
grants renewable for two more
years. Grant winners must show
progress to get money beyond
the rst year.
Miss. gets $5.6 million to help struggling schools
Program has sent $33 million to Mississippi
to help improve 10 schools or school
districts since 2011
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BY NEDRA PICKLER
The Associated Press
EAST LANSING,
Mich. President
Barack Obama on Fri-
day signed into law an
agriculture spending bill
that will spread benets
to farmers in every re-
gion of the country, while
trimming the food stamp
program that inspired a
two-year battle over the
legislation.
As he penned his name
on the ve year measure
at Michigan State Uni-
versity, Obama said the
wide-ranging bill multi-
tasks by helping boost
jobs, innovation, research
and conservation. Its
like a Swiss Army knife,
he joked.
But not everyone is
happy with the legisla-
tion and Obama acknowl-
edged its passage was a
very chal-
l e n g i n g
piece of
business.
The bill
e x p a n d s
federal crop
i nsur a nce
and ends di-
rect govern-
ment payments that go
to farmers whether they
produce anything or not.
But the bulk of its near-
ly $100 billion per year
cost is for the food stamp
program that aids 1 in 7
Americans.
The bill nally passed
with support from Dem-
ocratic and Republican
lawmakers from farming
states, but the bipartisan
spirit didnt extend to the
signing ceremony where
Obama was anked by
farm equipment, hay
bales and Democratic
lawmakers. White House
press secretary Jay Car-
ney said several Republi-
cans were invited, but all
declined to attend.
Conservatives remain
unhappy with the bill
and its generous new
subsidies for interests
ranging from Southern
peanut growers and Mid-
west corn farmers to the
Northeast maple syrup
industry.
They also wanted
much larger cuts to food
stamps than the $800 mil-
lion Congress nally ap-
proved in a compromise.
Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack told report-
ers he did not expect the
cut of about 1 percent of
the food stamp budget to
have a signicant impact
on recipients.
Obama signs farm bill that trims food stamps
Conservatives remain unhappy with
the bill and its generous subsidies
Obama
BY SUZAN FRASER
ANKARA, Turkey
A Ukrainian man who
allegedly tried to hijack
a Turkey-bound commer-
cial ight and divert it to
Sochi on the day of the
Winter Olympics open-
ing ceremony wanted to
press for the release of an-
ti-government protesters
in his country, authorities
said Saturday.
Turkeys transport
minister suggested the
man probably acted alone
and didnt have any links
to terror groups.
The 45-year old
Ukrainian man, identi-
ed by Turkish media as
Artem Hozlov, claimed he
had a bomb and tried to
divert a Pegasus Airlines
ight, which originated
in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to
Sochi, Russia, on Friday.
The crew tricked him
and landed the plane in
Istanbul instead where he
was subdued by security
ofcers who sneaked on
board. Turkish author-
ities said no bomb was
found.
The foiled hijacking
took place as thousands
of athletes from around
the world poured into a
tightly-secured stadium
in Sochi amid warnings
the games could be a ter-
ror target.
The man was being
questioned by police for
possible links to terror
groups, according to
Turkeys state-run TRT
television. It wasnt clear
when charges would be
brought.
We think it was an in-
dividual thing, Transport
Minister Lut Elvan told
reporters in response to
questions on to whether
the incident was a terror-
ist act. It may be linked
to (events in) Ukraine...
Our colleagues say it is
not a serious issue.
Maxim Lenko, the
head of the Ukrainian
Security Services inves-
tigative division, said the
Kharkiv resident want-
ed to divert the plane
to Sochi where Russian
President Vladimir Putin
and Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovych were
meeting on the sidelines
of the Olympics.
The passenger put
forth the demand to
free the hostages in
Ukraine, Lenko said, in
reference to people arrest-
ed in the ongoing protests
in Ukraine. Otherwise,
he threatened to blow up
the plane.
Sochi hijack attempt over Ukrainian prisoners
AP Photo/Emrah Gurel
Passengers leave the hijacked plane at the Sabiha
Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday.
Security ofcers were able to sneak
on board the plane to subdue man
TOWN OF BELOIT,
Wis. An hour after a
woman reported her new-
born son missing from a
Wisconsin home, police
were questioning her
step-sister found with
a prosthetic pregnancy
belly, baby clothes and
a stroller, but no baby,
according to court docu-
ments.
It was more than 24
hours after Kayden Pow-
ell went missing before
authorities discovered the
infant, less than a week
old, in a plastic storage
crate outside an Iowa
gas station, miraculously
alive and well despite frig-
id temperatures.
Kristen Smith of Den-
ver had pretended to be
pregnant, went to Wiscon-
sin and stole her step-sis-
ters baby from his bassi-
net as his parents slept,
court documents say.
Then, as police closed in
on her, she allegedly aban-
doned the infant, who was
swaddled in blankets.
Federal prosecutors in
Madison charged Smith
with kidnapping Friday
afternoon, hours after an
Iowa police chief found
Kayden.
Hes strong, the new-
borns great-uncle, Mark
B e n n e t t ,
said of the
boy. Im
glad that
baby is still
living in-
stead of in a
ditch some-
where on a
strange highway.
Court papers: Woman stole baby
Allegedly abandoned baby in plastic
storage crate as police closed in
Smith
BY BREE FOWLER
AND JOE MANDAK
NEW YORK The
hackers who stole mil-
lions of customers credit
and debit card numbers
from Target may have
used a Pittsburgh-area
heating and refrigeration
business as the back door
to get in.
If that was, in fact, how
they pulled it off and
investigators appear to be
looking at that theory it
illustrates just how vulner-
able big corporations have
become as they expand
and connect their comput-
er networks to other com-
panies to increase conve-
nience and productivity.
Fazio Mechanical Ser-
vices Inc., a contractor
that does business with
Target, said in a statement
Thursday that it was the
victim of a sophisticated
cyberattack operation,
just as Target was. It said
it is cooperating with the
Secret Service and Target
to gure out what hap-
pened.
The statement came
days after Internet securi-
ty bloggers identied the
Sharpsburg, Pa., company
as the third-party vendor
through which hackers
penetrated Targets com-
puter systems.
Target has said it be-
lieves hackers broke into
its vast network by rst
inltrating the computers
of one of its vendors. Then
the hackers installed mali-
cious software in Targets
checkout system for its es-
timated 1,800 U.S. stores.
Experts believe the
thieves gained access to
about 40 million credit
and debit card numbers
and the personal informa-
tion of as many as 70 mil-
lion customers.
Hackers may have used Pa.
contracted company to hit Target
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NEW YORK Heroin
was supposed to be an ob-
solete evil, a blurry mem-
ory of a dangerous drug
that dwelled in some dark
recess of American culture.
But smack never really
disappeared. It comes in
waves, and one such swell is
cresting across the nation,
sparking widespread worry
among government ofcials
and driving up overdose
deaths including, it ap-
pears, that of Oscar-win-
ning actor Philip Seymour
Hoffman.
Fueled by a crackdown
on prescription pain killers
and an abundant supply of
cheap heroin thats more po-
tent than ever, the drug that
has killed famous rock stars
and everyday Americans
alike is making headlines
again.
Heroin has this sort of
dark allure to it thats part
of its mystique, said Eric
Schneider, a professor at
the University of Pennsyl-
vania who wrote the book
Smack: Heroin in the City,
a historical account of the
drug. What Ive heard from
heroin users is that irting
with addiction is part of the
allure: to sort of see how
close to that edge you can
get and still pull back.
Medical examiners have
not made an ofcial deter-
mination of the cause of the
46-year-old actors death,
but police have been inves-
tigating it as an overdose.
Hoffman was found in a
bathroom with a syringe in
his arm.
Authorities say a num-
ber of factors are fueling
the drugs use, including
relatively low prices and a
less demonized image than
it once had. Rather than
seeing heroin as the point-
of-no-return drug of strung-
out junkies in his 1967
song Heroin, Lou Reed
called it my wife and ... my
life some users now see
it as an inexpensive alterna-
tive to oxycodone and other
prescription opiate drugs.
People think that it is
someone who is a bum,
whos homeless, who has no
money and who is sort of liv-
ing at the very bottom, said
Michael Clune, a former ad-
dict who wrote the memoir
White Out: The Secret Life
of Heroin. When the truth
is, it really is everywhere.
The number of record-
ed heroin overdose deaths
nearly doubled from 1,842
in 2000 to 3,036 in 2010, ac-
cording to the most recent
statistics available from the
Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention. Heroin
deaths still account for a rel-
atively small percentage of
total drug overdose deaths:
less than 10 percent in 2010,
for example.
Last month, the gover-
nor of Vermont devoted al-
most his entire State of the
State address to the states
heroin problem, calling on
the Legislature to pass laws
encouraging treatment and
seek ideas on the best way
to prevent people from be-
coming addicted.
New wave of heroin claims Hoffman and others
Fueled by a crackdown on prescription pain killers, the
drug that has killed famous rock stars and everyday
Americans alike is making headlines again
AP Photo
In this 1957
le photo,
police detec-
tives examine
the arms of a
suspected nar-
cotics addict
and dealer in
New York.
BY DENISE LAVOIE
BOSTON It was
April 1956, and the No. 1
song was Elvis Presleys
Heartbreak Hotel. At
the Woods Hole Ocean-
ographic Institution on
Cape Cod, scientist Dean
Bumpus was busy releas-
ing glass bottles in a large
stretch of the Atlantic
Ocean.
Nearly 58 years later,
a biologist studying grey
seals off Nova Scotia
found one of the bottles in
a pile of debris on a beach,
300 miles from where it
was released.
It was almost like
nding treasure in a way,
Warren Joyce said Friday.
The drift bottle
was among thousands
dumped in the Atlantic
Ocean between 1956 and
1972 as part of Bumpus
study of surface and bot-
tom currents. About 10
percent of the 300,000
bottles have been found
over the years.
Joyce found the bottle
Jan. 20 on Sable Island,
about 185 miles southeast
of Halifax.
He contacted scientists
at Woods Hole and duti-
fully gave them the time
and place information
Bumpus had asked for in a
postcard inside the bottle.
His reward will be exactly
what Bumpus promised
in 1956 to anyone who re-
turned a bottle: a 50-cent
piece.
I didnt want the re-
ward, but they said they
are sending it to me any-
way, Joyce said, chuck-
ling.
Bottle released by Mass.
scientist in 1956 found
AP Photo/Warren N. Joyce
This January 2014 photo shows a message found
inside a glass bottle recovered on Sable Island, Nova
Scotia, by biologist Warren N. Joyce of Canadas De-
partment of Fisheries and Oceans.
About 10 percent of the 300,000
bottles have been found over the years
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College Basketball
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Lady Jackets, Yellow Jackets win Senior Night
Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Starkville High Schools Dontavius Self (23) goes up for a shot during Senior
Night Saturday against Louisville. The Lady Jackets won 66-47, while the Yellow
Jackets took an 83-39 victory.
BY MATTHEW STEVENS
mstevens@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE Brian Johnson
will nally get to work with Dan Mul-
len.
Multiple sources inside the Missis-
sippi State football program conrmed
to The Dispatch Friday evening, John-
son, Utahs quarterbacks coach,
has agreed to join the Bulldogs
coaching staff. Johnson will
serve in the same position in
Starkville as he did last season
with the Utes.
Johnson was recruited to
Utah by the MSU head coach
and as a freshman in 2004, John-
son saw action in ten games as
back-up to Heisman Trophy -
nalist Alex Smith. However, the MSU
coach never got to coach Johnson as a
starting quarterback as Urban Meyer
brought Mullen from Utah to Florida in
that 2004 offseason.
Johnson was the starting quarter-
back for the Utes in a 31-17 upset win
against Alabama in the 2009 Sugar
Bowl. Johnson led then No. 7 Utah with
336 passing yards and three passing
touchdowns and was named the 2009
Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player.
Sources have conrmed to
The Dispatch, Johnson will
coach the quarterbacks at MSU
but the rest of the details involv-
ing the titles and restructur-
ing of the rest of the Bulldogs
current coaching staff is still
unknown at this time. Johnson
was in Starkville Thursday to in-
terview with Mullen and discuss
his role to ll the vacancy on the
coaching staff.
Johnson, who will turn 27 on Feb.16,
was identied early as the leading can-
Johnson joins MSU coaching staff
Trip Burns/Special to The Dispatch
New Hope High School girls soccer coach Mary Nagy addresses
her squad after the Lady Trojans came up short in the state nals.
BY ADAM MINICHINO
aminichino@cdispatch.com
CLINTON Getting the
ball to the endline and crossing
it into the middle sounds like a
simple plan.
When executed properly,
that style of attacking can be
deadly.
The West Jones High School
girls soccer team showed Sat-
urday following that plan can
reap championship rewards.
Payton Roney crashed into
the middle and capitalized on
two quick feeds from the anks
to lift West Jones to a 2-0 vic-
tory against New Hope in the
Mississippi Activities Associa-
tion Class 5A State title match
at Clinton High School.
We knew if we played the
game at our tempo we would be
successful tonight, West Jones
coach Craig Winship said.
When you are up a goal a min-
ute and a half into the game, it
sets the pace.
Meredith Follis and Julia
Berry had the assists on the
goals that lifted Winship and
the Lady Mustangs (20-2-1) to
the programs third state title.
New Hope, which was mak-
ing its rst appearance in the
championship game, nished
11-3-1.
Roney, who will attend
Northwestern State (La.), did
all of the damage on the score-
board. She crashed in from the
left to collect a pass from Follis
and slip it into the lower left
corner of the goal 1 minute, 10
seconds into the match.
Roney followed the same
path on the second goal. Berry
helped set it up with ne work
on the right sideline to win the
Lady Trojans fall in state championship
OXFORD Marshall Hen-
derson scored 29 points and
Mississippi survived a 3-point
attempt at the buzzer Saturday
to defeat Missouri 91-88.
Henderson hit 8 of 15 from
3-point range and added ve
assists for Ole Miss (16-7, 7-3
Southeastern Conference),
who remained in sole posses-
sion of third place. Jarvis Sum-
mers and LaDarius White had
16 points apiece, and Anthony
Perez 11.
Missouri (16-7, 4-6) trailed
91-83 with 19 seconds left and
had an opportunity to force
overtime, but a 28-foot shot by
Earnest Ross bounced off the
front of the rim at the buzzer.
Missouri trailed by as many as
17 and 50-35 at halftime before
a belated rally.
Ross led the Tigers with 24
points, Jordan Clarkson scored
23, Jabari Brown 20 and Ryan
Rossburg 11. The loss was the
third straight for the Tigers,
who have lost consecutively to
the top three SEC teams - Ken-
tucky, Florida and Ole Miss.
Ole Miss shot 50 percent
from the eld (29 of 58) and
48.3 percent (14 of 20) from
3-point range. Missouri shot
47.5 percent (28 of 59) from the
eld, and hit 11 3-pointers, led
by Ross with ve.
The Rebels out-rebounded
Missouri 34-33, paced by Aar-
on Jones and Sebastian Saiz,
with 11 and 10, respectively.
Ole Miss wiped out an early
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Ole Miss
holds off
Missouri
Mississippi States Roquez Johnson (25) attempts a shot against the defense of Kentuckys Julius
Randle (30). Kentucky won 69-59 in Southeastern Conference play Saturday in Starkville.
BY MATTHEW STEVENS
STARKVILLE The depth and size issue
couldnt overcome a healthy effort from Missis-
sippi State at home against nationally-ranked
Kentucky.
After being more than displeased with the ef-
fort in a 20-point loss at Texas A&M Wednesday
night, MSU coach Rick Ray chalked up a 69-59
defeat Saturday to a lack of big bodies and physi-
cality. The fth straight loss for MSU (13-10, 3-7
in Southeastern Conference) also marked a con-
tinuing of the winless streak for Ray in February
to 11 straight contests.
I was really pleased with how we competed,
Ray said. Were just not where we need to be as
far as our bodies and a offensive skill level to not
play with that kind of effort every single time we
step on the court.
Every time MSU would build any momentum
and bring the Humphrey Coliseum crowd to its
feet, Kentucky (18-5, 8-2 in SEC) simply threw
the basketball into the post to future National
Basketball Association Lottery pick Julius Ran-
dle. The highly skilled 6-foot-9 forward ended the
afternoon with a game-high 16 points and seven
rebounds.
Its a big responsibility when you have to deal
with a team like Kentucky because they have big,
athletic guys that can make moves in the post,
MSU sophomore center Gavin Ware said.
Kentucky coach John Calipari was the coach
that actually sounded like his team lost Saturday
by being frank and honest with his assessment
BULLDOGS FEELING BLUE
Dominant inside presence helps No 18 Kentucky hand MSU rare home loss
MSUs Ready
misses game
with illness
BY MATTHEW STEVENS
STARKVILLE Mississip-
pi State freshman point guard
IJ Ready missed his seventh
game of the 2013-14 season due
to injury or illness Saturday.
Ready was forced out of
MSUs 69-59 loss to No. 18
Kentucky due a elevated fever
and u-like symptoms. The
5-foot-11 point guard was ruled
out of the game right before tip
and left the Bulldogs with just
seven scholarship players for
the matchup.
I dont know if it was the u
or not but he had a fever and it
didnt come down enough for
him to be able to go today, Ray
said. It started when we got
back from A&M and he didnt
practice Friday because of it.
Ready, who is averaging
6.4 points and 3.1 assists per
game, missed four games ear-
ly in November with a severely
strained hamstring and then
sat for two more games with a
concussion.
MSU leading scorer Craig
Sword, who had 12 points in
the loss Saturday, said the
game plan didnt change with
Bloodman running the offense
but it forced Sword to generate
more point guard action in a
similar fashion to last years
depth problem.
In the 85-63 loss at Ken-
tucky on Jan. 8, Ready went
scoreless in 18 minutes but did
provide two assists.
Readys replacement in the
starting lineup Saturday was ju-
nior guard Trivante Bloodman
and in his ninth start of the sea-
Prep Basketball
Mondays Game
Aberdeen at Louisville
MAIS postseason tournaments continue
Tuesdays Games
West Oktibbeha at Columbus
New Hope at Louisville
Caledonia at West Lauderdale
Houston at Noxubee County
MAIS postseason tournaments continue
Mens College Basketball
Todays Game
Charlotte at Southern Miss, 1 p.m.
Womens College Basketball
Todays Games
Mississippi State at Auburn, 2 p.m.
Alabama at Missouri, 2 p.m.
Ole Miss at Georgia, 2 p.m.
College Softball
Sundays Games
Ole Miss vs. Georgetown (Fort Myers, Fla.), 10
a.m.
Southern Miss at Arizona, noon
Jacksonville State at Mississippi State, 1:30
p.m.
Alabama at Troy, 2:30 p.m.
Mens College Tennis
Todays Matches
Oklahoma at Alabama, 11 a.m.
Samford at Mississippi State, noon
Alcorn State at Mississippi State, 5 p.m.
Womens College Tennis
Sundays Matches
Alabama, Ole Miss at National Team Indoor
(Charlottesville, VA)
Today
GOLF
Noon PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Nation-
al Pro-Am, nal round, at Pebble Beach,
Calif., TGC
2 p.m. PGA Tour, Pebble Beach
National Pro-Am, nal round, at Pebble
Beach, Calif., WCBI
2 p.m. Champions Tour, Allianz Cham-
pionship, nal round, at Boca Raton,
Fla., TGC
HORSE RACING
4 p.m. NTRA, Donn Handicap and
Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, at Hal-
landale, Fla., FS1
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Noon Michigan St. at Wisconsin,
WCBI
5 p.m. Connecticut at Central Florida,
ESPN2
5 p.m. Clemson at Syracuse, ESPNU
6 p.m. Creighton at St. Johns, FS1
7 p.m. Washington at Colorado,
ESPNU
NBA
Noon New York at Oklahoma City,
WTVA-ABC
2:30 p.m. Chicago at L.A. Lakers,
WTVA-ABC
RODEO
11 a.m. PBR, LiftMaster Chute Out,
at Anaheim, Calif. (same-day tape),
WCBI
SOCCER
1 p.m. Premier League, teams TBA
(same-day tape), NBC Sports
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
11 a.m. Kentucky at Florida, CSS
Noon Louisville at UConn, ESPN
Noon Creighton at DePaul, FS1
1 p.m. Arkansas at South Carolina,
SEC TV
1 p.m. Penn State at Ohio State,
ESPN2
1:30 p.m. LSU at Texas A&M, Sport-
South
2 p.m. Iowa State at Texas, FS1
3 p.m. Oklahoma St. at Baylor,
ESPN2
WINTER OLYMPICS
At Sochi, Russia
All events taped unless noted as Live
1 p.m. Figure Skating - (Team Event
Gold Medal Final: Mens Free Skate);
Womens Biathlon - 7.5km Sprint Gold
Medal Final; Womens Speedskat-
ing - 3000 Gold Medal Final; Mens
Cross-Country - Skiathlon Gold Medal
Final, WTVA
6 p.m. Figure Skating - (Team Event
Gold Medal Final: Ladies Free Skate,
Ice Dancing Free Dance); Mens Alpine
Skiing - Downhill Gold Medal Final;
Womens Snowboarding - Slopestyle
Gold Medal Final; Mens Ski Jumping -
Individual K-95 Gold Medal Final, WTVA
10:35 p.m. Mens Luge - Singles Gold
Medal Final Runs, WTVA
7:30 a.m. Mens Luge - Singles Com-
petition (LIVE), NBC Sports
9 a.m. Figure Skating - Team Event
Gold Medal Final (LIVE), NBC Sports
Noon Mens Ski Jumping - Individu-
al K-95 Gold Medal Final (LIVE), NBC
Sports
4 a.m. Womens Hockey - United
States vs. Switzerland (LIVE), NBC
Sports
7 a.m. Womens Hockey - Russia vs.
Germany (LIVE), MSNBC
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Local
Heritage Academy basketball splits with Presbyterian
Walker Brown had a game-high 26 points Friday night to lead the
Heritage Academy boys basketball team to a 66-56 victory against
Presbyterian Christian.
Caleb Gurley added 19 points for the Patriots.
Trista Magee had a game-high 28 points to lead the Presbyterian
Christian girls basketball team to a 59-45 victory against Heritage
Academy.
Mary Douglass Kerby led the Lady Patriots with 16 points. Kristen
Phillips had 13 and Lauren Pole added 10.
n Starkville Academy, Jackson Academy split: At Starkville,
Starkville Academy celebrated Senior night with a 43-39 win over
Jackson Academy in girls basketball action Friday night.
Sallie Kate Richardson led SA with 14 points, while Nora Kathryn
Carroll added 12 points. Richardson also had seven rebounds, three
assists, four steals and two blocks.
Jackson Academy won the boys game, 61-33.
n Oak Hill squads advance: At Louisville, the Oak Hill Academy
girls knocked off Tri-County Academy 33-30 in the third place game of
the MAIS Class AA, District 2 tournament. The Oak Hill boys were not
as fortunate, falling 68-50 to Leake Academy in the finals.
Both Oak Hill squads advance to next weeks North State
tournament.
New Hopes Golsan named to All-American team
New Hope High School senior infielder/pitcher Will Golsan was
named earlier this week to the MaxPreps 2013 Baseball Medium
Schools All-American Team.
Golsan, who will attend Ole Miss in the fall and play baseball, was
one of 30 players named second-team All-American. Thirty players
also were named first-team All-Americans. On Saturday, he was also
chosen to the preseason Dandy Dozen by the Clarion-Ledger.
The Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 5A Player of the
Year hit .541 and had 60 hits, scored 41 runs, had 18 doubles, two
triples, three home runs, and 22 RBIs for the state champion Trojans.
He also was named to The Clarion-Ledgers All-State team.
Also on the Clarion-Ledger list Saturday, New Hopes J.C. Redden
and Taylor Stafford were chosen as Seniors to Watch as was Colum-
bus Highs Trace Lee.
Miss. State
Softball team opens season with four victories
STARKVILLE Two more offensive outbursts helped the Missis-
sippi State softball team to two more wins Saturday afternoon as the
Bulldogs topped Northern Kentucky 6-1 and Jacksonville State 9-1 in
six innings. It is the first 4-0 start for MSU since a 5-0 beginning in 2012.
Mississippi State was paced at the plate by senior Heidi Shape,
who went three-for-five with four runs scored, three walks and three
stolen bases during the two contests. Freshman Caroline Seitz also
had a big day at the dish with her first career home run, two doubles
and two RBI.
MSU trailed 1-0 against Jacksonville State before tying the game at
1-1 in the fourth and scoring seven times in the bottom of the fifth to take
a commanding 8-1 lead. It has not been just the offense, however, as
the Bulldogs pitching staff has surrendered just three runs on eight hits.
The staffs earned-run average sits at 0.91.
In game one, freshman Mackenzie Toler earned her first career
start, tossing one-and-two-thirds innings before giving way to sopho-
more Jacey Punches. Toler did not allow a hit, walked one batter and
struck out two. She was taken out due to a pitch count. Punches (2-0)
earned the win and yielded one hit and seven strikeouts in three-and-
a-third innings. Senior Shana Sherrod came in for the final two innings
and allowed a run on two hits and a walk. She also fanned one. NKUs
Alex Caudill (0-2) tossed three innings and surrendered all six runs
on eight hits and two walks. Alyssa Enrique entered for the final three
frames and allowed just one hit and a walk.
During the second contest, senior Alison Owen (1-0) gave up a
leadoff home run and retired the next 11 batters. She finished the game
allowing just three hits and one run while fanning 10. Tiffany Harbin
(1-1) took the loss for the Gamecocks and tossed four-and-two-thirds
innings, allowing seven runs on six hits and two walks. She fanned six.
Logan Green recorded the final two outs of the contest and yielded two
runs on two hits and a pair of free passes.
In the opener, Mississippi State wasted little time going ahead, tak-
ing a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, scoring all four runs with
two outs. With one out, Shape walked and classmate Sam Lenahan
singled to put runners on first and second. After a fly out to center, junior
Julia Echols singled to right to plate Shape and move Lenahan to third.
Echols stole second and Toler helped herself with a two-run single as
she beat out a slow roller to the third baseman that allowed Lenahan
and Echols to score. Seitz finished the scoring with a double off the wall
in right center that plated Toler for the four-run cushion.
After retiring the Norse in order in the top of the second, MSU
added two more runs in the bottom of the frame. Sophomore Kayla
Winkfield led off with a single, stole second, moved to third on a wild
pitch and scored on a Lenahan sacrifice fly. Shape, who had walked,
scored on a double over the head of the center fielder by senior Logan
Foulks.
n Mens tennis plays twice today: At Starkville, following a trip
to Lubbock, Texas, the ninth-ranked Mississippi State mens tennis
squad (6-0) returns home to the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre Sunday, as the
Bulldogs host No. 69 Samford (1-2) and Alcorn State (0-4).
State will face the SU Bulldogs in the days first match, scheduled
for noon, while the second match against the ASU Braves is set for 5
p.m.
Leading the way for coach Per Nilssons squad is the one-two
punch of freshman No. 63 Florian Lakat and senior No. 39 Malte
Stropp. Lakat, who is 5-1 on the season, has won his last three match-
es, with two of those coming against ranked opponents. Stropp enters
the weekend 3-1 in dual match play, with two of those victories coming
against ranked foes.
Holding down the middle of the Bulldog order is sophomore Jordan
Angus and senior Zach White. Angus, who has played his last four
matches at the No. 3 position, is undefeated on the year at 6-0 and has
collected two ranked triumphs. White stands at 4-2 on the year, having
seen action at the two, three and four spots in the lineup.
Anchoring MSU at the five and six spots has been a trio of
Bulldogs. In six matches, freshman Rishab Agarwal has collected four
victories. Freshman Robin Haden is 3-0 on the year, with all matches
coming at the sixth position, while junior college transfer Tassilo Schmid
comes into Sunday 3-1 this spring.
In doubles, MSUs 52nd-ranked duo of Angus and Stropp headline
doubles play. A number of teams have played for State at the two and
three spots, with the pair of Agarwal and White standing out, putting
together a 3-0 record at the No. 3 position.
For Samford, senior Elliot Barnwell is 2-1 at the top spot in singles.
Sophomores Trey Carter and Fares Kilani also stand at 2-1 in dual
match play. The doubles team of Barnwell and Carter has held down
the top spot for SU, earning a 2-1 record.
n Womens tennis blanks UAB: At Starvkille, after an almost
two-week break from action, the 75th-ranked Mississippi State womens
tennis team resumed its 2014 slate on Saturday, defeating the visiting
UAB Blazers 7-0 while not dropping a single set the entire afternoon.
With the win, State improved to 3-1 on the season, while UAB fell
to 1-3 overall.
The Bulldogs kicked off the match scoring by taking the doubles
point, with the duo of Georgiana Patrasc and Naomi Tran taking their
match with a 6-3 win over Amy Lowther and Catherine Ragon on court
2. Petra Ferancova also picked up a doubles win in her first match since
the January 19 season opener, pairing with Rosie Dion for a 6-2 win
on court 3 over Paula Castro and Pardis Kianoush. Timea Guibe and
Alexandra Perper wrapped up doubles action with a 6-2 win on No. 1
over Rachel Daniell and Elaine Simon.
In singles action, Dion kept her 2014 dual match record unblem-
ished, defeating Ragon 6-1, 6-0 on No. 4 for a 2-0 MSU lead. Perper
made the score 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Daniell at the top spot in the
lineup. The 84th-ranked Patrasc would then clinch the match on No. 2,
with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lowther.
Freshman Rosalinda Calderon picked up her first collegiate victory
in the next decision, taking a 6-4, 6-4 decision on court 6 over Castro.
Tran and Guibe would complete the sweep of UAB with straight-set
wins on courts 5 and 3, respectively.
It was a challenge for the girls to be off for almost two weeks, said
head coach Daryl Greenan. But they responded well. They played
solid in doubles and were able to keep that going into singles. It was a
collective effort and Im really proud of how everyone played today.
The Bulldogs will be back in action on Friday at 2 p.m., as they
travel to Houston, Texas to face Stephen F. Austin in a neutral site
match. The team will stay in Houston through Sunday, when they face
the University of Houston at 10 a.m.
n Womens golf starts slate: At Athens, Ga., spring season is
underway for the Mississippi State womens golf team as four players
competed in the Lady Bulldog Individual Championship in Athens on
Saturday with Rica Tse finishing in a tie for third.
I am really proud of Rica today. She has been working extremely
hard in the offseason and it paid off for her, fourth-year head coach
Ginger Brown-Lemm said. It was critical experience for Blaise, Logan
and Izel. They are not experienced collegiate players yet, but gained
valuable experience for future use.
After posting the lowest first round score of 73, Tse followed up with
a 75 in her second round to give her a 148 final score to earn her first
top-10 finish of the season and fourth of her career.
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ball, to push it forward, and to send
it into the middle. Roney did the rest,
tucking it into the lower left corner.
Our backs stayed up in the cross-
ing tonight, Winship said. We
worked hard on runs behind the balls
so it wasnt just one girl running into
the box, but we staggered two or three
runs. I thought they were there tonight.
Hats off to New Hope for putting a head
on a lot of those balls and getting them
out, but it was fantastic.
West Jones controlled the mideld
and won the majority of the 50-50 balls
in the rst half. The Lady Mustangs
connected passes crisply and moved
like they were right at home on the ar-
ticial turf surface.
Winship said the Lady Mustangs
played on articial turf three or four
times this season. He said the current
group of seniors four in all has
played at Clinton High ve times in
state title matches, so none of the play-
ers were going to use the surface as
an excuse not to come home with the
crown.
New Hope attempted to counter
West Jones dominance in possession
by moving junior Efe Morrison from
a ank mideld position into the mid-
dle, but that did little in the rst half to
change the momentum, as West Jones
had a 15-0 edge in shots. MacKenzie
Harvey made four saves.
We learned we could compete,
New Hope coach Mary Nagy said. I
think we all had jitters. We knew about
their two dominating players in the
middle (Roney and Coleman), and on
the two goals she slipped right behind
our mideld. We tried to x that at
halftime, which apparently we did, but
we couldnt string balls together like
we wanted to.
West Jones held such a controlling
edge thanks to the mideld play of
senior midelder Beth Coleman, who
will play at Southern Mississippi in the
fall.
Winship, the former girls soccer
coach at Ridgeland High, said Roney
and Coleman, who are captains, are
the engine behind the Lady Mustangs
attack.
They are fantastic, Winship said.
They are great leaders. They are
great players off the eld and they are
great players on the eld.
New Hopes rst rst shot on
goal came in the opening minute, when
Morrison directed a left-footed strike
on goal that was handled well to the left
of the frame.
Still, New Hope didnt stop press-
ing. The Lady Trojans moved defender
Abby Wilson from defender to forward
in an attempt to gain a foothold.
The move nearly paid dividends
thanks to some ne work in the mid-
eld by senior Ashley Martian. Mar-
tian took a page from West Jones by
possessing the ball for an instant and
making a quick transition pass forward
to the right. The diagonal pass didnt
allow the defense to recover and gave
Wilson a chance to run onto the ball.
Wilson beat the defender to the ball
and sent New Hopes best shot on goal,
but the goalkeeper smothered it and
didnt allow Morrison a chance at a re-
bound.
Mary Nagy has this team going in
the right direction, Winship said. To
see where they have been over the last
couple of years and take the huge step
to come to state and win North State, it
is a fantastic job by her and her staff.
New Hope junior midelder Madi-
son Thrasher and Morrison connected
on another quick transition later in the
half, but the Lady Trojans couldnt con-
nect enough passes to be a consistent
threat in the attacking third.
Abby is such a physical force,
Nagy said.
She has played forward for us for
most of the year. We dropped her back
when we needed some more defense,
but we knew we needed someone to
match up with their defender and
Abby wouldnt be afraid to put a body
on them. We have all of the trust with
(defenders) Kayla (Smith), Brooke
(Younger), and Bethany (Vaughan). It
kind of spurred a little comeback. We
had some good passes up there with
Abby and Efe and Ashley had a real
good one from the mideld.
New Hope, which had its rst cor-
ner kick with 12 minutes remaining,
was outshot 21-2.
It was indescribable, Morrison
said of playing in the state title match.
There is a rst time for everything
and you have to take advantage of it,
suck it in, and be happy with it no mat-
ter the outcome.
That stat line didnt discourage
Nagy or Morrison after the match.
Both talked about using the trip to
Clinton as a learning experience and
motivation to get back there next sea-
son. With only Martian and Erin Rob-
ertson as key losses to the team, Nagy
and Morrison know the 2014-15 squad
can play for another title if it takes the
lessons learned from West Jones and
applies them to its game.
We just have to work on little things
that we have mastered before and we
have to master them, Morrison said.
We worked on everything they exe-
cuted tonight, like ball control, rst
touch is always your best, talking on
and off the eld.
It is an experience, and it is going to
help show us what level of play we need
to be at and what mentality we need to
have when we come to this place next
year. Hopefully, we will be prepared to
play a quality team like them. We are
not far away at all. I think we are right
there with them.
Said Nagy, We expect to be back.
It is just a big experience. I am still a
little overwhelmed because my family
drove three hours to be here. ... It has
been a long time since we have had a
trophy in the case, so it is a proud mo-
ment. I am just even prouder of the
fans who lled the stands: former play-
ers, coaches, administrators, the boys
team, and friends from other schools.
It was a huge community involvement.
It was wonderful for the girls to see
that support.
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Championship
Action
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New Hope High Schools junior de-
fender Bethany Vaughan (21) battles
for possession Saturday. RIGHT: New
Hope sophomore forward Farris Brad-
ley (8) pushes the ball on to the attack
for the Lady Trojans.
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Alabama
Womens basketball back in action at Missouri
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The Alabama womens basketball team (10-
12, 3-6 SEC) returns to the hardwood following an off week on Sunday
to take on the Missouri Tigers (14-9, 3-7 SEC) in Columbia, Mo. The
game is slated to tip at 2 p.m. today in Mizzou Arena.
Alabamas Power of Pink event will, once again, run in conjunction
with the Play 4Kay initiative, which is an opportunity for womens
basketball across the nation to raise awareness for breast cancer. Since
its inception in 2007, the Play 4Kay initiative has raised over $2.8 million
to support womens cancer research. The Crimson Tide will be a part
of both Missouris and Arkansas Play 4Kay games on Sunday, Feb.
9, and Thursday, Feb. 13, respectively, before holding its home event
against Texas A&M on Sunday, Feb. 16. Alabama will wear several
pink accessories including shoes, socks and headbands, as well as the
United We Fight Nike shooting shirts, and will wear its pink uniforms at
home against the Aggies.
n Alabama softball opens with wins: At Troy, Ala., Alabama
softball got off to an explosive start Saturday afternoon against North-
western State, shutting out the Lady Demons 16-0.
The Alabama (3-0) offense had another stellar performance in
Saturdays first game, scoring 16 runs on 12 hits including six doubles
and a pair of triples. Its the seventh time in Alabama history that the
Tide has hit six doubles in one game, last doing so on Feb. 11, 2012
against Lipscomb. Offensive production was spread evenly throughout
the Alabama lineup, highlighted by freshman Peyton Grantham who
went 3-3 in her collegiate debut finishing one home run shy of hitting for
the cycle. Leslie Jury (2-0) earned her second win of the season with
her second two-hit shutout of the weekend.
Northwestern State (1-3) earns its third loss of the young season
while starter Skylar Cagle (0-3) took the loss after 2.0 innings pitched
with four earned runs allowed.
Jadyn Spencer put Alabama on the board in the top of the first
with two outs, as she smashed a hard-hit double to the left-center gap
to drive in Haylie McCleney from second to make it a 1-0 game early.
A pair of doubles in the top of the second stretched the lead to 4-0, as
McCleney drove in a pair with two away before Hawkins followed with
another two-bagger in the next at-bat.
A walk and back-to-back singles loaded the bases for Alabama to
lead off the top of the third. Danae Hays earned an RBI the hard way,
being hit by a pitch to make it 5-0 and a wild pitch advanced everyone
60 feet as Danielle Richard crossed the plate to make it 6-0. After a
pitching change, a walk loaded the bases yet again as McCleney drove
in a pair with a standup double to the center field wall to make it 8-0.
Andrea Hawkins tacked on another with an RBI groundout and Kaila
Hunt made it a double-digit lead with an RBI double.
After a leadoff triple and a walk in the fourth inning, Chaunsey Bell
drove them both in with yet another triple to stretch the Tides lead to 12-
0. Later in the inning, Molly Fictner stepped in to pinch-hit for McCleney
and made the most of the opportunity, blasting a two-run homer to
stretch Alabamas lead to 14-0.
The Tide added two more runs in the top of the fifth with a Peyton
Grantham RBI double and a RBI groundout by Bell. Alabama headed
into the bottom of the fifth leading 16-0 as Jury shut down the side in
order to preserve the convincing shutout win.
Alabama was scheduled to play Middle Tennessee in Saturdays
late game at the tournament.
Alabama softball got the 2014 season off to a great start, outscor-
ing Kennesaw State and North Florida by a combined score of 16-1 to
earn two wins on opening day.
n Gymnastics tops Georgia: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., the No. 7
Alabama gymnastics team won a tight back-and-forth battle against
No. 5 Georgia Friday night in front of 12,381 fans at Coleman Coliseum,
197.500-196.825.
I feel like some teams might have been discouraged after losing
by almost a point at LSU - and we didnt have a bad meet at LSU but
I think for them to come in and step it up like this I think mentally that is
what we need right now, UA head coach Sarah Patterson said.
Down by five-hundredths of a point going into the final rotation,
Alabama turned up the heat on the floor exercise. Sophomore Lauren
Beers and senior Sarah DeMeo brought an appreciative crowd roaring
to its feet with matching career-best scores of 9.925. The crowd grew
even louder when seniors Kim Jacob and Diandra Milliner closed out
the rotation and the meet with huge routines that both went for 9.95,
matching both womens career-best marks.
I think we took a big step forward tonight, Milliner said. But I think
we need to figure out how to start meets how we end meets, because
were ending them really great. We just need to have the momentum
through the whole meet.
While Alabama was going on its tear on the floor, scoring a 49.625,
Georgia had some trouble on the balance beam, scoring a 48.900,
extending the final margin to .675.
The Tides floor score was the fourth highest in school history, just
.025 shy of third place. The victory extended the Crimson Tide home
win streak to just shy of five years. Alabamas last loss in Coleman
Coliseum, regular or postseason, came on Feb. 13, 2009.
Alabama opened the meet with a 49.300 on the vault, anchored by
a huge vault from Milliner that went for a score of 9.925. On the uneven
bars, the Tide tallied a 49.350 led by a 9.9 from Jacob and a 9.925 from
junior Kaitlyn Clark. The Tide posted a 49.225 on the balance beam
paced by 9.875s from Clark and freshman Aja Sims.
It was Alumni Night in Coleman Coliseum and more than 60 for-
mer Tide gymnasts were introduced prior to the meet, including Penney
Hauschild Buxton, Dee Foster Worley and Meredith Willard Luber, the
Tides first three NCAA all-around champions.
n Womens tennis falls to Southern Cal: At Charlottesville, Va.,
the 12th-ranked Alabama womens tennis team came within one point
of advancing to the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Cham-
pionships, but came up just shy, falling 4-3 to No. 6 Southern California
on Friday at the Boars Head Sports Club. The loss was the Crimson
Tides first of the season, putting Alabama at 3-1 overall, while the win
brings the Trojans to 4-0.
The Tide came out blazing in doubles to earn the first point of the
match. On court three, juniors Emily Zabor and Luicelena Perez domi-
nated the No. 3 team in the nation of senior Brynn Boren and freshman
Zoe Katz, 6-2, just before Alabamas duo on court one clinched it as
sophomore Maya Jansen and freshman Erin Routliffe posted a 6-3
victory over the 2013 NCAA Doubles Champion duo of senior Kaitlyn
Christian and junior Sabrina Santamaria.
UA got off to another quick start in singles, leading on four courts,
but USC battled back in all the matches and would even the score at 1-1
after Boren secured a 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 win over Tide freshman Danielle
Spielmann on court two. Zabor then put Alabama back on top with a
6-2, 6-1 victory against junior Gabriella DeSimone on court five, and
senior Mary Anne Daines followed with a huge win from the No. 1 spot,
beating Santamaria, 6-4, 4-6, 10-5. The Trojans would go on to win the
next three straight, clinching the team victory on court six.
n New pole vault record set: At Birmingham, Ala., University
of Alabama senior pole vaulter Alexis Paine set a school record in the
womens pole vault while winning the event Saturday afternoon at the
Samford Multi and Invitational at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Paines
winning mark of 4.35 meters (14 feet, 3 1/4 inches) broke the previous
Alabama indoor record of 4.25 meters (13-11 1/2) that she set at last
years SEC Indoor Championships in March of 2013.
Paine entered the competition at 4.00 meters (13-1 1/2), which she
cleared on her first attempt, them cleared 4.10 (13-5 1/4) on her second
attempt. She cleared 4.20 (13-9 1/4) on her first try, then cleared 4.30
(14-1 1/4) on her second attempt before winning the competition with a
clearance at 4.35 on her first attempt.
Paine edged Kat Majester, who competed unattached and a field
of more than 20 competitors. Majester cleared 4.30 (14-1 1/4) before
failing to clear 4.35.
n Mens tennis falls to Oklahoma State: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., in
its closest match of the season from top to bottom, the Alabama mens
tennis team was outlasted by Oklahoma State, 4-0, on Saturday at the
Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. With the loss, the Crimson
Tide dips to 4-3, while the win lifts the Cowboys to 7-0.
In the 15 sets combined across doubles and singles that finished,
six were played out in a tiebreaker, including two in doubles to decide
who won the first point of the match.
Southern Miss
Mens basketball wins at buzzer against Marshall
HATTIESBURG Neil Watson drilled a 3-pointer with three
seconds left to play and Aaron Brown tacked on a pair of free throws a
second later, allowing Southern Mississippi to snatch a 60-57 victory
away from upset-minded Marshall Friday Night.
Watsons trey gave the Golden Eagles their only lead of the second
half and only their second lead of the game a brief, 3-2 first-half lead.
Marshall was bidding for its first win in seven starts in Hattiesburg.
The victory was the seventh straight for Southern Miss, which remains
tied with UTEP atop the Conference USA standings, each with just
one loss.
Brown finished with 13 points and Michael Craig added another
12 to lead the Golden Eagles (20-3, 7-1), with Jerrold Brooks and Neil
Watson each contributing 10.
Ryan Taylor paced Marshall (8-16, 22-7) with 17 points, with
Kareem Canty adding another 11 and Chris Thomas 10.
n Womens basketball wins at Charlotte: At Charlotte, the
Southern Miss womens basketball team improved to 17-5 overall
and 6-3 in Conference USA play with a 72-52 road win at Charlotte
Saturday night.
The Lady Eagles return home to face Marshall and Tulsa next
week at Green Coliseum.
From Special Reports
Movie inspiration Boone to speak in Columbus
Local
BY ADAM MINICHINO
The timing turned out to
be better this year.
A year ago, Dr. Thomas
Velek, director of the Ina E.
Gordy Honors College at the
Mississippi University for
Women, tried to coordinate
schedules to get Herman
Boone to speak at the Gordy
Honors College Forum Se-
ries.
If the
name Her-
man Boone
doesnt sound
familiar, the
movie Re-
member the
Titans might
be more fa-
miliar. Boone,
the head football coach at
T.C. Williams High School,
was the inspiration behind
the movie, which came out
in 2000 and starred Denzel
Washington.
Unfortunately, Velek
wasnt able to coordinate a
good time to have Boone
come to Columbus last year.
At 6 p.m. Thursday,
though, Boone will deliver a
presentation titled Remem-
bering the Titans: Coaching
Success. The event, which
is free and open to the pub-
lic, will be in the Limbert
Assembly Room in Cochran
Hall on the MUW campus.
Velek said Boone will
speak about his time with
the Titans and about his
longtime career as a coach.
He said Boone will show
clips from the lm and dis-
cuss the things he believes
make a successful coach.
Boone will hold a meet-and-
greet after his presentation.
This year is one of those
things that worked out bet-
ter, Velek said. It ts in
better with our program-
ming this year.
Boone is the second in a
lineup of speakers that will
focus on athletics. On March
6, Dr. Katharine Kittredge,
of Ithaca College, will offer a
presentation My So-Called
Sporting Life: What Women
Can Gain (and Lose) from
Playing Sports. On March
27, three-time Olympian
swimmer Amanda Beard
will deliver a presentation
titled Striving for Excel-
lence: Olympic Success and
Real-Life Challenges. On
April 3, Dr. Dorothy Ber-
glund, of MUW, will offer a
presentation Ice Flow: Posi-
tive Psychology in Coaching
and Training Athletes.
Velek, who is a Histo-
ry professor at MUW, also
is a coach and director of
competitive soccer for the
Columbus United travel
soccer program. He said
he is extremely excited to
hear Boones insights about
coaching. He also expects a
good crowd, so he encour-
ages those interested in at-
tending to get there early.
I talked to (MUW Pres-
ident) Dr, (Jim) Borsig
and we thought it would be
a good semester to have
coach Boone come to our
school because looking own
the road we are looking
at bringing athletics back
to the school, Velek said.
Since I have been there, we
always have had a presen-
tation during Black History
Month that features a major
African-American.
Boone gained fame in
1971 for being the head
coach at T.C. Williams High
School in Alexandria, Va.,
Three schools were inte-
grated to form T.C. Williams
High, and Boone faced the
task of trying to unite black
and white players from
schools that had been rivals.
Boone worked with Bill
Yoast, who was passed over
for the head coaching job,
to lead the team to a 13-0
record and a state title. The
coaches worked together to
stamp down intolerance and
build team chemistry and
unity in the small Virginia
community.
Boone wasnt available to
comment because his agent
said he doesnt give inter-
views. Velek said Boone will
be able to offer a wide-rang-
ing perspective on the racial
aspects of coaching in 1971
and the issues he encoun-
tered as a coach in trying to
blend black and white play-
ers into a cohesive unit.
I am very interested to
hear what he says about
coaching and about a very
interesting time in Ameri-
can history, Velek said.
Past speakers at the
Gordy Honors College Fo-
rum Series include: Bill
Roseman, editor of Marvel
Comics, activist and author
Dick Gregory, Marine veter-
an Rudy Reyes, Lt. General
Russel Honore, the com-
mander of Joint Task Force
Katrina, and Mark Zupan, a
gold medal Paralympian and
star of the movie Murder-
ball.
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Herman Boone, longtime coach at T.C. Williams High
School, was the motivation behind the move Remember
the Titans.
Boone
BY ADAM MINICHINO
STARKVILLE Vic Schaefer
knew the reality of the situation prior
to the season.
Entering his second year as Missis-
sippi State womens basketball coach,
Schaefer knew his 2013-14 squad was
going to be improved, but he also re-
alized it was going to be hard-pressed
for a team with four newcomers in key
roles to build on that maturation in the
Southeastern Conference.
The numbers show Schaefer was
spot on in his thinking.
Through 10 SEC games, MSU (3-
7) right where it was on paper a year
ago. The difference, as Schaefer has
said numerous times before and after
games, is the Bulldogs are a much bet-
ter team than the one that nished 13-
17 and lost to Alabama in its rst game
in the SEC tournament last season.
Coming off another hard-fought
performance that turned into a disap-
pointing loss, Schaefer said now is the
time for MSU to take the next step.
I could have gone into the locker
room (after the game) and told them,
Great effort. Were just a little short.
No worries, Schaefer said. But I re-
ally think there is more inside these
kids. I think they can win these games.
If I didnt, I wouldnt ask it of them. I
have been around long enough to know
who can and who cant, and I really
have a lot of condence in these kids.
MSU (16-8, 3-7) will try to make
that move at 2 p.m. today when it takes
on Auburn (12-10, 3-6) at Auburn,
Ala. Auburn beat MSU 82-74 on Jan.
5 in Starkville, so a victory would be
crucial for the Bulldogs as they try
to climb the conference ladder. MSU
already holds the tiebreaker against
Arkansas and Missouri, who are tied
with MSU at 3-7, and a victory against
Georgia, which is 3-6 in the league en-
tering a home game against Ole Miss
today. MSU will play Sunday, March 2,
at Georgia to close the regular season.
Those tiebreakers could turn out to
be very important. Last season, MSU
lost to Auburn 74-65 in its regular-sea-
son nale. It dropped MSU into a tie
with Auburn at 5-11 in the league and
cost it a tiebreaker. That loss came on
the heels of the teams best victory, a
50-38 win against then-No. 11 Geor-
gia in Starkville. Unfortunately, MSU
wasnt able to build on that momentum.
It followed the loss to Auburn with one
of its poorest efforts of the season, a
63-36 loss to Alabama. MSU defeated
Alabama 75-51 in the regular season.
Those ups and downs have been
less frequent this season. In fact, sev-
eral coaches, including South Caroli-
nas Dawn Staley, have praised MSU
for being in nearly every SEC game
this season. Staleys No. 6 Gamecocks
fought off MSU on Thursday in a 71-64
victory at Humphrey Coliseum.
After the game, Schaefer and the
players talked about missing another
opportunity for a program-dening
victory that offered tangible evidence
of the progress the team has made
from last season.
I loved our energy, effort, and pas-
sion. We just lack a little bit of execu-
tion and have some plays were we are
not smart, Schaefer said. Yall can g-
ure that out at what times in the game
where we would have a bad foul or an il-
legal screen or whatever. At the end of
the day, you lose to No.6 in the country
and I am sure everybody in the arena
walked out and thought, Man, we are
close and the kids played hard and had
a chance to win. Were not very happy
in our locker room because we felt like
again, just like against Tennessee, this
was our night to beat No. 6. To beat No.
6, you cant have the plays happen that
we had with taking plays off, you cant
get a rebound, have an illegal screen,
or miss a wide-open jumper.
MSU missed a chance to earn the
programs victory against Tennessee
on Jan. 16 in a 67-63 loss. The Bulldogs
also have lamented missed opportu-
nities in losses at Florida, at home
against Auburn, and at Ole Miss (an
87-85 overtime victory).
Junior guard Jerica James, who had
11 points and four assists in 19 minutes
against South Carolina, tried to get the
Bulldogs to take advantage of oppor-
tunities in that game. The Bulldogs
nearly did, cutting the decit to 54-53
in the second half. They failed to capi-
talize on three chances to take the lead
and committed key mistakes down the
stretch that eliminated other chances.
James said MSU played without
any worries with four bench players
on the oor when it made its run. She
said after the game it is important for
the Bulldogs to cast aside another
what-could-have been moment and
re-focus on taking that next step.
I think every game we have had that
feeling of we are right there, James
said. I dont think anyone leaves the
locker room happy because tonight and
Tennessee are games we should have
won. It comes down to one possession
and everybody thinks about the things
they could have done. I think about
things I should have done that possi-
bly could have made a game-changer
or turned things around. For me, the
feeling is the same. I just want to win.
I think that is what we all want to do.
Schaefer agreed and said MSU has
seen improved point guard play from
James and senior Katia May. He also
likes the progress freshmen Breanna
Richardson, Dominique Dillingham,
and Ketara Chapel and junior college
transfer Savannah Carter have made.
Now it is time for everyone to elevate
their games and play harder, smarter,
and more together.
I know we are young in certain
spots and we are still learning as we
go, but we are not young in some other
spots, and that is where I need those
kids to step up, Schaefer said. That
is something we have to take care of
in that locker room. They know what I
am talking about, but there is some ac-
countability that comes with being a ju-
nior and being a senior. We dont have
much of a sophomore class. Sherise
(Williams) is doing all she can do. Our
freshmen, for the most part, are doing
all they can. They are still learning that
this league is brutal. It is physical.
I just think there is more in this
team. I really do. I believe in them. You
get effort like we are getting, and e are
getting great effort. Now we have to
get execution.
Womens College Basketball
MSU works through growing pains in SEC play
Mississippi States Savannah Carter (51) scored 10 points and pulled down sev-
en rebounds in Thursday nights 71-64 loss to No. 6 South Carolina.
Prep Basketball
BY ADAM MINICHINO
Whyatt Foster has a
new plan for special occa-
sions: new shoes.
The yellow, navy,
and teal sneakers Fos-
ter sported Friday night
for the New Hope High
School boys basketball
teams game against Ox-
ford werent pristine. The
senior center had broken
in the tri-color low-top
sneakers in practice, but
he hadnt worn them in a
game, so technically they
t the bill.
Foster might want to
reconsider wearing those
sneakers from here on out
because every game is go-
ing to be special.
Foster scored 14 points,
while Shemar Johnson
added a game-high 22
to help New Hope cap a
rousing Senior Night per-
formance with an 86-63
victory against Oxford in
the Class 5A, Region 2 -
nale for both teams.
They are our biggest
rivals, so we have to put
on a show for the crowd,
Foster said. It is a differ-
ent atmosphere (when we
play Oxford). We had the
crowd on our side. When
we get it done on defense,
we can score easy buck-
ets.
In the girls game, D.J.
Sanders scored 21 points
to lead four players in
double gures in a 69-34
victory. The win allowed
New Hope (22-2, 6-0 re-
gion) to wrap up an unde-
feated district slate.
In the boys game, De-
myis Mayberry had 18
points, Jaylon Bardley
chipped in with 13, and se-
nior Tae Latham followed
with six to help the Tro-
jans (10-11, 4-2) record a
season-high point total.
The victory also al-
lowed New Hope to se-
cure the No. 2 seed in
the district tournament at
Saltillo High. West Point,
New Hope, and Oxford
tied for rst with 4-2 re-
cords, but West Point,
which lost both its games
to Oxford, earned the top
seed based on point dif-
ferential. West Point beat
New Hope twice in the
regular season. Saltillo
will be the No. 4 seed.
New Hope has games
next week against Louis-
ville (Tuesday) and Cale-
donia (Thursday). Those
gams will be warmups for
the district tournament,
which kicks off next Tues-
day.
New Hope coach Drew
McBrayer hopes New
Hope can build on the en-
ergy and unselshness it
displayed Friday night.
We shot the ball well
tonight, McBrayer said.
We did a pretty decent
job defending, especially
in the rst half. I think
we let a little bit get away
in the second half. We
played well against West
Point on Tuesday night,
but we couldnt make a
shot when we needed to.
New Hope didnt fold
after Oxford (17-8, 4-2)
hit two 3-pointers to start
the second half. The
Chargers rst cut the 40-
23 halftime decit to 13
points and then used a
12-2 run later in the third
quarter to trim the Tro-
jans advantage to 56-45
on a 3-pointer by KT Mc-
Collins with 2 minutes, 6
seconds remaining in the
quarter.
McBrayer called time-
out and chastised his play-
ers for being selsh.
New Hope missed jumps
shots early in offensive
sets on the three prior
offensive possessions, so
McBrayer challenged his
players not to jack up
shots and to turn the
energy back up. He also
encouraged the Trojans
to get the ball back inside
to exploit their size edge.
New Hope responded by
getting the ball to Terry-
onte Thomas for a layup
off a pump fake. Latham
then converted a basket
off a drive-and-dish as-
sist from Bardley. Those
buckets were part of a
BY ADAM MINICHINO
Many parts but one body.
As much as Immanuel Chris-
tian School boys basketball
coach Greg Watkins stresses
a team approach, he realizes
there are times when one player
has to make a difference.
Last week against Kemper
Academy in the title game of
the district tournament was one
of those times. Faced with a dif-
cult matchup, Watkins hoped
eighth-grade RJ Deloach could
use his scoring and playmaking
ability to turn the tide. Deloach
did that and more, scoring a
team-high 16 points to lead Im-
manuel Christian to a 46-37 vic-
tory in the championship game.
I was really proud of how RJ
took control of the game, Wat-
kins said. We rely on every-
body, but that night he stepped
it up and took over the game
and really turned the momen-
tum our way.
Dawson Shaw had 14 points
for Immanuel Christian, which
led Kemper Academy 42-22
entering the fourth quarter.
Watkins said his team battled
foul trouble in the nal eight
minutes, so it pulled the ball out
and attempted to slow the game
down.
The victory helped the Rams
nish the season 18-3. In the
seminals, Deloach had 11
points in half a game as Imman-
uel Christian rolled to a 45-25
victory against Calhoun Acad-
emy.
Deloach enjoyed being
named MVP, but he said he
didnt go out trying to earn an
individual honor. He said he
only wanted to look for the open
space and not force the action.
I felt we did pretty good,
Deloach said. We did the best
we could.
Watkins said Deloach and
Shaw were starters on last
years team that came up short
to Oak Hill Academy in AA.
The year before, he said the
team won one game, but he said
it wasnt satised with just get-
ting to the title game in Class A.
Those two really worked
hard, Watkins said. RJ grew a
lot over the summer. He has the
ability to just take over a game.
Dawson is our defensive pest.
He will wear you out all over the
court. RJ is real good defensive-
ly, but offensively with him we
can do a lot of isolation.
(Kemper Academy) tried
to take us out of our game from
the outside and we were able
to iso RJ. He made them do a
whole lot of adjustments at half-
time that opened some of our
outside game with Dawson and
Jack Baker. I think between the
two of them they hit about ve
threes.
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Members of the Immanuel Christian School boys basketball team
celebrate its district championship.
Immanuel Christian polishes off Kemper Academy to win district
New Hope sweeps Oxford
to close out region play
New Hope High Schools
Demyis Mayberry (20)
works around the Oxford
defense for a layup at-
tempt during Friday nights
Region 2-5A basketball
game at New Hope.
RIGHT: New Hopes Taylor
Baudoin (23) drives to the
basket against the Oxford
defense.
The New Hope boys won
86-63 to earn a share of
the regions regular-sea-
son championship. The
New Hope girls won the
region title outright and
completed region play
undefeated with a 69-34
win.
BY AUSTIN DELANO
Special to The Dispatch
Coyote hunting has
its share of controversy.
Some view these animals
as furry and cuddly, while
many see them as snarl-
ing, vicious carnivores.
A number of inuences
have caused coyote densi-
ties to change signicant-
ly over the years. While
numbers have been im-
pacted, some of the old
hunting methods used by
the early settlers are still
the best tactics.
The simple fact that hu-
mans have encroached on
their turf has had a huge
impact on predator den-
sities. The way it was ex-
plained to me was before
humans entered the pic-
ture an area would have 1
wolf, 2 coyotes, 4 fox and
on down the chain. Obvi-
ously, these numbers are
ctitious, but the larger
predators kept the others
in check and on down the
line.
In my view, one of the
major problems that we
have had in the past thirty
years is the anti-hunting/
trapping public. Although
they are the minority,
they are very vocal.
Through the 1980s
and 90s their push to ban
trapping caused fur pric-
es to plummet.
Back in the early 80s
when I ran my trap-line I
could get $120 to $160 for
a prime Christmas fox.
Fur costs have rebound-
ed some in recent years,
but theyre still a fraction
of what they were thirty
years ago. My sugges-
tions to hunters and trap-
pers are to be more vocal
than the opposition and
use your vote!
How you feel about
predators is more than
likely inuenced by
where you come from. If
predators affect your live-
lihood or local economy
like they may for ranch-
ers, farmers, outtters
or a person trying to man-
age a property for other
game animals (the preda-
tors prey), then you prob-
ably have a very negative
view of them. If humans
are butting heads with
a predator species, guess
who wins? Most folks in
larger cities are neutral to
the topic, but you do have
a small amount of people
who are totally against
predator hunting, or any
hunting for that matter.
With people being more
educated on the subject
these days you nd that
most people realize that
there can be, and should
be, a balance - and that
hunting and trapping are
about the only logical,
economical way to help
control populations.
Coyotes make up a
high percentage of the
predator hunting oppor-
tunities throughout the
country. They can be
found in all states (ex-
cept Hawaii), Canada and
Mexico. Clever and very
adaptable, they can live
almost anywhere includ-
ing farmlands, forests
and urban areas. Adult
males have large territo-
ries that typically range
from 15-25 square miles;
adult females typically
occupy areas of 6 to 10
square miles. The avail-
ability of food affects the
territory size.
Tracking, stalking
slow, sitting over a car-
cass/bait or drives may
all produce at certain
times, but calling is by far
the most popular method
of hunting coyotes. Either
with an electronic caller,
a blown into call or by
mouth, howling or imitat-
ing an animal in distress
is a proven method no
matter where you reside.
They have uncanny eye-
sight, hearing and smell
so certain steps must be
taken if you wish to get
close.
To begin, you rst
must nd a spot where
there are predators. Food
is the biggest factor here.
Look for areas that hold
a lot of mice, pheasants,
rabbits or other smaller
animals that make easy
prey. I nd that calling
gets better when theres
a blanket of snow cov-
ering the ground which
makes their meals harder
to come by or when cold
temperatures mean they
must take in more energy
to stay warm. A hungry
coyote is easier to call
than one with a full gut.
Some like to try and lo-
cate a coyote with the use
of a howler. This call will
imitate their barks and
shrill howls. Ideally, you
want a response. Then,
judging by the distance
you either move closer
or set up. Let me caution
you, coyotes are very curi-
ous animals and they can
cover a lot of ground fast.
More times than I care to
admit Ive received a re-
sponse to a howl and tried
to move closer but end up
being busted as the coy-
ote runs into me.
Concerning calling,
I could try to explain
sounds to you all day and
unless you could actual-
ly hear them it probably
wouldnt do much good.
Rent a CD or DVD and
experiment on your own.
When imitating an an-
guished animal (usually
a rabbit in distress), I like
to start off soft incase
theres something close.
Call for a couple minutes
and wait for several more.
Build the intensity and
volume with each series.
If nothing shows up with-
in twenty to thirty min-
utes its time to change
spots.
Their sense of smell is
phenomenal. For all pred-
ators I suggest a strict
regime of scent elimina-
tion - I use the Scent Kill-
er system. Similar to the
way you would prepare for
a whitetail hunt; shower-
ing in Scent Killer Soap,
treating your boots and
clothes with Scent Killer
Spray and paying atten-
tion to any foreign odor is
of the utmost importance.
If they circle down-
wind and smell you the
gig is up. The use of some
coyote urine placed out
crosswind from your po-
sition can aid as a con-
dence booster.
A coyotes eyesight is
exceptional, especially
for picking up movement,
so I suggest camouage
from head to toe. Match
your camo to your back-
ground. Mossy Oaks pat-
terns replicate a number
of settings, from a snow
covered landscape to ma-
ture timber.
Decoys can also help. It
gives them something to
hone in on so it takes the
attention off of you. Some
will use animal pelts or
mounted rabbits, or there
are decoys specically
made for predator hunt-
ing. I have had luck with
both commercial decoys
and with my own home-
made inventions. Move-
ment is a big key. I used to
tie shing line to a rabbit
pelt. It worked great; how-
ever, it was a pain having
to deal with tangled sh-
ing line when changing
spots. A chicken feather
tied to a string and then
the string taped to your
decoy will add plenty of
motion with the slightest
breeze.
Calibers and guns are
much a matter of opinion.
Youll want something
fast, at shooting and that
will knock them down to
stay. I like a .223 or 22-
250 but there are many
acceptable calibers that
will work. Accuracy is
more important than the
caliber.
With the recent cold
temperatures throughout
the country it makes for
the absolute perfect con-
ditions to hunt predators.
Its fun, exciting, good
exercise and gives you
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Trojans
10-0 run that pushed the lead back to
21 points and allowed New Hope to
shift into cruise control.
Oxford coach Drew Tyler credited
New Hope for its fast start. He said
the Trojans have shot the ball well in
both meetings (the Trojans won 67-53
on Jan. 17 in Oxford). He also said his
team didnt do enough defensively to
make things difcult for New Hope. Af-
ter the fast start, Johnson, Bardley, and
Mayberry fueled New Hope by playing
in rhythm and creating shots for them-
selves off the dribble or in transition.
We have to disrupt their offense
and give them a reason not to shoot the
ball well, and we havent done that, Ty-
ler said. We havent been the aggres-
sor both times, and they have. It is a
little frustrating, but maybe there is a
win coming in the district tournament
in the seminals.
Even though Oxford broke out to a
3-0 lead, in part thanks to Josh Gibbs
hitting 1 of 2 free throws due to a tech-
nical foul on New Hope (dunking in
warmups), New Hope used a 16-2 run
to seize control from the start. Tyler
said that has been the case in both
meetings. He said the fast starts have
forced Oxford to play man-to-man de-
fense, which makes things a little easi-
er for New Hope because it can create
matchup problems.
Man for man they are able to have
a lot of driving lanes, Tyler said. At
the same time, they do a good job of
nding the open man on the perime-
ter. As far as our game plan, we really
havent been able to get into it because
we have been trying to cut a decit.
We will do some things different in the
district tournament. In my 17 years as
a head coach, I have been in this spot
numerous times and we have been able
to get in there and win the district tour-
nament.
It also helped that Foster played as
many minutes as he did. Arguably the
teams strongest and best inside play-
er, Foster has been plagued by foul
problems this season. On this night, he
stayed on the oor and showed how he
can use his athleticism to control the
backboards and anchor the paint.
The added time on the court helped
Foster go out with a bang in his last
home game. Foster, who will go to
Morehouse College in Atlanta, was
able to show off the sneakers he or-
dered at the beginning of the year and
saved for Senior Night. He said he wore
the Nikes off the court and in practice,
but he wanted to preserve them for the
special night.
They stood out from what I was
wearing, Foster said. I like them, but
I probably will nish out with the team
shoes.
McBrayer likes the condence his
team will have from its two victories
against Oxford. He knows the old adage
about how difcult it is to beat a team
three times in a season. He hopes that
condence doesnt turn into overcon-
dence. Facing a season-ending loss
in the district tournament, McBrayer
will try to build momentum in the nal
week of the regular season. Looking
at the roller coaster ride that has been
the New Hope season with point to-
tals of 28, 42, and 44 in losses and 82
and 83 points in victories McBrayer
knows his team has been up and down.
He feels his team has gured out how
to play at a faster pace and to utilize its
pieces in the best way.
It has been a process, McBrayer
said. Were denitely a different team.
We just have to keep working to get
better.
In the girls game, Mercedes Mat-
tix (12 points) and Taylor Baudoin and
Kaitlin Bradley (11) also scored in dou-
ble gures. Those three players joined
Sanders, Allison Newton, Silvia Sarto-
ri, Moesha Calmes (eight points), and
Taylor Blevins joined in the postgame
Senior Night celebration.
I think we are playing really well,
Holman said. Our defense is really
creating a lot of shots for us. We still
have a lot of work to do in the half-
court, but it is getting better. Their
focus and mentality in practice at prac-
tice is about as strong as I have seen it.
Hopefully, we can build on that every
day. It is just part of having a senior-lad-
en group. I think they know what is at
stake.
A trip to Jackson is at stake. New
Hope is on pace to make another run
to The Big House in Jackson. The only
blemishes on the Lady Trojans ledger
are losses to Northwest Rankin (53-51)
and Brandon (58-52). Those defeats
have served as motivation following
a 62-50 overtime loss to Lanier in the
Class 5A North State tournament at
Canton High last year.
Holman feels the seniors are real-
ly locked in and know what they have
to do to overcome any hurdles in their
way to Jackson.
They really have a vision, Hol-
man said. They know are weaknesses
and what we have to get better at, and
theyre walking into practice every day
and looking at me and saying, What
you got? I really like the way we are
practicing.
Opponents know defense is the
Lady Trojans calling card. New Hope
likes to use its athleticism and depth
to press teams full-court so it can dic-
tate the pace and create offense from
steals and turnovers. Holman feels her
teams ability to ne-tune its execution
on that end of the oor will play a big
part in punching her teams ticket all
the way to the states biggest stage
I love defense, Holman said. I
love teaching it and I love coaching it. I
think it creates a lot of offensive for us.
The stronger it is the more it is going to
create for us.
Their activity on defense is really
good, their rotations are really good,
and when our defense is on it is cre-
ating transitions for us that make us
tough to beat.
BRIEFLY
Ole Miss
Softball wins twice Saturday, evens record at 2-2
FORT MYERS, Fla. The Ole Miss softball team bounced back
on day two of the FGCU/Four Points by Sheraton Invitational with a
pair of wins over Georgetown and Liberty at the FGCU Complex in Fort
Myers, Fla., on Saturday.
Behind a fantastic pitching performance from redshirt-freshman
Emily Gaitan, Ole Miss opened the day with a 2-1 victory over the
Hoyas. Ole Miss (2-2) then topped Liberty (0-3) in its second game of
the day 5-1.
It was great to bounce back today and pull out a couple of wins,
Ole Miss head coach Windy Thees said. RT Cantillo really led the way
for us offensively and we need to continue to score the runners once
we get them on base. We still arent where we need to be, but we are
heading in the right direction.
Against the Flames, senior pitcher Shelby Jo Fenter went 6.1
innings, striking out eight batters and allowing just one run on four hits.
For the fourth consecutive game Ole Miss outhit its opponent, this
time by an 8-4 count.
Sophomore designated player Madi Osias got the Rebels off to a
strong start in the first inning with a three-run home run well over the
left field fence.
Ole Miss added to its lead in the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly
from redshirt-freshman second baseman Alyssa Invergo that scored
freshman left fielder Miranda Strother.
Invergo and Strother connected again for the Rebels final run of
the game when the Peotone, Ill., native ripped a standup triple into the
right-center field gap that scored Strother from first base easily.
With the score now at 5-1 and the tying run on deck in the seventh,
Ole Miss head coach Windy Thees went to Osias to get the final two
outs, earn the save and secure the 5-1 win for the Rebels. It was the
first save of the season for Osias.
The Rebels will face Georgetown (1-3) Sunday at 10:15 a.m. in the
tournaments third-place game.
On Friday, Ole Miss outhit each of its opponents but too many
runners left on base proved to be too much to overcome in a pair of 3-2
losses to Western Kentucky and Florida Gulf Coast.
n Track and Field sets pair of records: At New York, Ole Miss
athletes knocked off another school record and recorded several more
season-best marks on the final day of the 2014 Armory Collegiate
Invitational Saturday from the New Balance track at the Armory.
When the elite-level meet was all said and done, Ole Miss had
broken two school records (mens distance medley relay, womens
4x200-meter relay) and recorded some of the best marks in the nation
this year.
Overall, we took a step forward this weekend as a team, head
coach Brian ONeal said. One of the things we learned is that to
achieve our goals we have to learn how to close out meets. Thats
part of the growing process, but Im fully confident that we can use this
moving forward as we get to the championship events. Now we have
to get back, rest up and get ready for another big meet next weekend in
Albuquerque.
The No. 21-ranked Ole Miss men had another solid day on the
track on Saturday.
Freshman Trevor Gilley burst onto the scene by winning the college
division mile run with a season-best time of 4:08.65 that ranks him ninth
in school history.
In the championship mile, Robert Domanic won his section in
4:12.73, but was just seventh overall. Domanics section came out slow
to begin the race and made it difficult for anyone to post a fast time.
Freshman dual-sport athlete Kailo Moore continued his strong
college track debut in the 200 meters on Saturday. He placed seventh in
the finals in 21.93, but only after racing to a fantastic 21.68 in the prelims
that ranks him seventh among football players this indoor track season.
Fellow freshman Jalen Miller was one spot shy of reaching the
finals after running a prelim time of 21.70.
n Womens basketball travels to Georgia: At Oxford, the Ole
Miss womens basketball team (10-14, 1-9 SEC) travels to Georgia in
Southeastern Conference play today. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.
Junior Tia Faleru posted her second consecutive double-double
with 23 points and 11 rebounds in a 77-65 home defeat to Tennessee
Thursday. It was Falerus second consecutive double-double ad her
12th on the season. Falerus 12 double-doubles are the most for an
Ole Miss player since 2011-12 when Nikki Byrd had 12. Faleru is set to
surpass that number this season.
n Rifle defeats Navy: At Oxford, powered by a school record
in air rifle, the No. 12 ranked Ole Miss rifle team rallied to defeat No. 13
Navy 4629-4610 here Saturday at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard
Readiness Center.
The Rebels found themselves trailing the Midshipmen by nine after
smallbore, but came out strong in air to overtake Navy for the second
straight year and win their second GARC match in a row. Ole Miss
defeated No. 9 Memphis by one on Wednesday.
Its another great day to be a Rebel, head coach Valerie Boothe
said. The team continues to impress me with their air rifle. Today was
another clue that our smallbore needs to be stronger. I know we have
the talent, and now we just need to put it all together at the same time.
As always, well keep working towards the finish.
Led by Dan Jonas with a 577, the Midshipmen fired a 2285 in
smallbore to come out of the gates with the lead. Rebel senior Melissa
Quartarone led the Rebels with a 572, but their total 2276 left them
nine back.
Junior colleges
EMCC softball sweeps Hinds C.C. in home opener
SCOOBA The East Mississippi Community College softball team
successfully opened its 2014 home slate with an 8-1, 4-2 doubleheader
sweep over Hinds Community College Saturday afternoon on the
Scooba campus.
Bouncing back from dropping their season-opening twin bill, 10-3
and 8-0, at East Central Community College Thursday afternoon in
Decatur, the EMCC Lady Lions evened their season record to 2-2.
In Saturdays opener, EMCC grabbed its first lead (2-1) of the
game by taking advantage of a two-out Hinds miscue in the bottom of
the third inning. After Kristen Mitchell reached on an infield error and
Corey Dawkins moved her over with a fielders choice, Kasey Stanfield
laced her first of two run-scoring doubles of the game with a two-run
two-bagger to center field.
The Lady Lions followed with two more scores the next frame,
as Pepper Baker doubled home pinch-runner Beth Hull and then later
scored on a double-steal to increase the lead to 4-1 after four innings.
EMCC doubled its run total by plating four additional runs in the fifth
on five hits. Stanfield, a New Hope High School product, began things
by driving home her third run of the contest with an RBI-double to right
field. Baker later added a run-producing triple and scored on Elizabeth
Barnacastles base hit to account for the final margin.
With two hits apiece, Stanfield, Baker, Barnacastle and Meri Mor-
gan Fortune combined for eight of the teams 10 total hits in the opener.
Meanwhile in the circle, EMCC sophomore right-hander Taylor
Hackney got stronger as the game progressed after escaping un-
scathed from a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the opening frame. Setting
down the visitors in order in the third, fourth and fifth innings, the former
Bayou Academy standout gave up only one run on just two hits while
striking out three and walking a pair in five innings of work. Freshman
pitcher Logan Smith threw the final two innings for the Lady Lions in the
first game.
In the nightcap, the two teams traded unearned tallies in the open-
ing frame. EMCC took a 3-1 lead after four innings on an RBI-double
by Jade Albritton in the third and a run-scoring infield out off the bat of
Whitney Lowe that plated pinch-runner Sarah Lolley.
The Lady Eagles managed to trim the deficit to 3-2 by scoring a
run in the top of the sixth, but sophomore starter Halie Green stranded
the bases loaded after getting Monica Wade to ground out to third for
the final out of the inning. The Lady Lions wasted little time getting the
insurance run back when Hull doubled to left-center and later scored on
Lowes grounder to third.
Stanfield added two more hits in the second game and was joined
by Mitchell and Albritton in the multi-hit club.
Green, from Lafayette, La., also evened her pitching mark to 1-1 on
the year with the complete-game victory. The sophomore right-hander
allowed two runs on only four hits over the seven innings while striking
out five and also walking five.
Coach Kyndall Whites EMCC Lady Lions are slated to play their
next 10 games away from the home over the next two weeks, beginning
with Tuesdays road doubleheader against Pearl River Community
College in Poplarville.
n EMCC baseball starts 2-2: At Niceville, Fla., the EMCC
baseball team dropped a 1-0 decision to Georgia Perimeter College
Saturday on the final day of the Carl McInnis Classic.
EMCC then followed that with a 4-1 win over Northwest Florida in
Saturdays late game.
In its season-opening play Friday, EMCC dropped a 6-1 decision
to Northwest Florida, before bouncing back for a 7-4 win over Georgia
Perimeter.
n ICC baseball wins twice on opening day: At Fulton, Itawam-
ba Community College opened the 2014 baseball season with 3-0 and
9-3 wins over Calhoun Community College (AL) on Saturday.
The Indians (2-0, 0-0 MACJC North) got on the board in the first
inning when Tanner Poole (Amory) scored on a double steal before
Drew Wheeler (Mooreville) added the second run of the inning on a
single by Cameron Coker (Germantown, TN).
ICC tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when Ethan Gill
(Pontotoc) scored on a single by Russ Johnson.
From Special Reports
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to the
Next level
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Pickens County High School senior
Jermarcus Brown accepts his MVP
award for his performance in a 38-
18 victory against Maplesville on
Dec. 5, 2013, in the Alabama High
School Athletic Association Class
1A State championship game at
Alabamas Bryant Denny Stadium in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Brown set a Super
6 record with 329 yards rushing in
the victory. He nished the season
with 38 rushing touchdowns and a
single-season state record of 51.
Last week, he and teammate Den-
nis Finch signed to play football at
Stillman College, while quarterback
Devonte Simon signed to play at
Alabama A&M.
Staff
candidate to ll the MSU
coaching staff vacancy left
when Les Koenning left
Starkville to become the
new wide receivers coach at
Texas on Jan. 15.
Mullen said in a text mes-
sage to the Dispatch MSU
Sports Blog that nothing of-
cial had been decided yet in
terms of lling the vacancy
or restructuring of the titles
of current staff members.
An ofcial announcement
by the university of John-
sons hiring and the titles of
the entire staff is expected
to take place Monday.
The Dispatch reported
last week that Johnson was
on a list of possible candi-
dates to take over the open
vacancy on the staff. Mullen
still has to decide what hell
do with a offensive coordina-
tor title for one or multiple
members of his staff and
if anybody on the current
MSU staff will be named
special teams coordinator.
In his National Signing
Day media conference, Mul-
len made no secret about
how the offensive play call-
ing happened during the
2013 season and will contin-
ue to operate in the future.
I called all the plays for
us last year. I spent a lot of
time with the quarterbacks,
Mullen said Wednesday.
The two quarterbacks who
are coming in know that I
was sort of the quarterback
coach anyway. They didnt
have to wait and see who it
may be. Fortunately how
that worked out it allowed us
to take our time. Hopefully
within the next week well
have something in place.
Johnson, Utahs winnin-
gest quarterback in history
with a 26-7 record, became
the youngest offensive coor-
dinator in the Football Bowl
Subdivision when coach
Kyle Whittingham appoint-
ed the then 24-year-old to
the position in 2011.
Johnson served as the
Utes offensive coordinator
at his alma mater for two
seasons 2012 but after a dis-
appointing 5-7 season his
offense was called into ques-
tion after just averaging 29.2
points per game, good for
just ninth in the Pac-12 Con-
ference. Subsequently, Utah
coach Kyle Whittingham
hired former Miami and
NFL head coach Dennis Er-
ickson as its new offensive
coordinator and reassigned
Johnson back to just coach-
ing the Utes signal call-
ers in 2013. Whittingham
hired former Wyoming head
coach Dave Christensen as
its new offensive coordina-
tor this offseason and it was
after that move where John-
son began looking at other
coaching situations around
the country.
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of what he considered a
lackluster effort by his
talented group of young-
sters. Kentucky got a 6
of 18 performance from
the Harrison twins and a
six point effort from Alex
Poythress.
I thought everybody
just went through the mo-
tions today and I just dont
get it, Calipari said. I
dont think our guys grew
in this game but because
we had enough depth, we
were able to win. Theyre
18 and 19-year olds and
their whole lives they
were told they poop ice
cream.
The only shining light
for the Wildcats, who was
projected as a four-seed
by ESPN.com analyst Joe
Lunardi Saturday, was
the play of seldom used
senior guard Jon Hood.
The fth-year senior, who
had just 23 total minutes
of playing time this sea-
son before Saturday, had
13 minutes that included
solid defense and a three-
point shot. The Wildcats
were plus-13 as a team
when Hood was the on
the oor as compared to
minus-4 when the reserve
guard was watching on
the bench.
I just tried to come in
and bring enthusiasm,
Hood said. When coach
came down and told me
to go in, I understand
what that means. You go
in, play hard and bring
enthusiasm and youre
supposed to do as a bench
guy is bring hustle plays.
Ray admitted after the
loss Saturday Hood, a for-
mer Mr. Basketball selec-
tion out of high school in
Madisonville, Ky., wasnt
even in the Bulldogs pre-
game scouting report be-
cause of his lack of action.
Calipari is now 8-0
against MSU in his coach-
ing career. The fth-year
Wildcats coach said he
tried to warn his club
about MSUs 11-2 record
in Starkville coming into
Saturday but couldnt
avoid a battle with the
host Bulldogs.
Dont take away from
what Mississippi State did
here today and what Rick
got them to do, Calipari
said. Rick Ray gave them
a chance to win today and
thats all you can ask of
him to do. They had their
chance.
MSU freshman point
guard IJ Ready missed
his seventh game of the
season because of injury
or illness Saturday as the
5-foot-11 speedster was
hampered with a fever.
Ray said Readys symp-
toms started when the
team got back from its 72-
52 loss at Texas A&M in
College Station, Texas.
Without the size and
athleticism to handle
Kentuckys frontline,
MSU gave up 13 offensive
rebounds and its foul-
plagued forward of Ware
and Colin Borchert only
grabbed two offensive put
backs. The Wildcats came
to Starkville ranked rst
nationally with a offensive
rebounding percentage of
.432 and was one bucket
short of its second-chance
point average of 16.
The difference for me
is they shot 48 percent
in the second half but if
you eliminate the second
chance opportunities they
got off offensive rebounds
or loose balls, then our de-
fensive eld goal percent-
age is pretty good, Ray
said. We just got to make
sure we get all those loose
balls and then we could
get in transition.
Saturdays loss marked
only the fourth time this
season Kentucky has
scored under 70 points
and it was just another in-
consistent offensive effort
that led to MSUs demise.
MSU hit just 1 of 8
shots from three-point
range but the Bulldogs
were able to nd chances
at the charity stripe by
going 22 of 28 shots from
the foul line. With just
seven scholarship players
on the oor, Ray said he
likes the improve he saw
in terms of effort as MSU
approaches a home game
Wednesday at 8 p.m. ver-
sus Georgia.
Im not satised with
the loss or have the mis-
conception that I look at
this as a moral victory,
Ray said. I want my team
to play hard, compete and
play hard. We got to nd a
way every time we step on
the court to play with this
competitive spirit.
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Ready
son he had a team-high 12
points in 32 minutes. The
transfer from Olney (Ill.)
Central College was 6 of 6
from the foul one and had
three assists.
I think Trivante is
somebody that is always
going to give us a solid ef-
fort and what I thought he
did well was nding those
holes to drive, Ray said.
n Calipari praised
Rick Ray for his 2013-
14 coaching perfor-
mance: In Saturdays
post-game media confer-
ence, the rst words out
of the mouth of Kentucky
coach John Calipari were
in praise of his coaching
counterpart on the other
bench.
I want to say that Rick
Ray is doing a Yeomans
job here, Calipari said.
His point guard is out
and hes got depth issues
and his guys get in early
foul trouble and he still
has a chance to beat us
late in the game.
After the win Saturday,
Calipari is 8-0 against
Mississippi State and 3-0
against Ray but said he
likes what he sees out of
the effort level of his MSU
team during the 2013-14
campaign.
I look a coach and I try
to see what kind of effort
his kids show and his kids
are playing hard thats for
sure, Calipari said. And
theyre playing hard for
him.
MSU, who was just
playing with two post
players and seven schol-
arship players, was able
to disrupt Kentuckys
offense with their suffo-
cating half court defense
that held every Wildcats
starter below its season
scoring average.
We knew this would
be a tough place to go
play and they had a very
good record here at home
for a reason so we were
happy to get out here with
a win, Kentucky center
Dakari Johnson said.
n Ray looks at up-
coming stretch as crit-
ical for MSU: The MSU
coaching staff now look
fondly at a nal eight-
game stretch to the 2013-
14 season where they
dont play another team
in the Top 50 of the latest
ratings percentage index.
The Bulldogs will
have another chance to
win its 400th all-time win
at Humphrey Coliseum
when they host Georgia
at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Ray
stressed after the loss to
No. 18 Kentucky that his
team needs to look past
this season-long stretch
of ve straight losses to
ensure a over .500 record.
We were a man down
and we did this today,
so we knew we were in
a tough stretch here but
if we play with type of
enthusiasm and competi-
tiveness, we can beat any-
body, Ray said.
MSU will have four
games on the road and
ending the programs 14-
game losing streak away
from Starkville is a must
to get this season turned
back around to the posi-
tive vibes of middle Janu-
ary.
First and foremost,
theyre kids, Ray said
to the explanation of the
teams road woes. Were
talking about freshman
and sophomores that are
our leaders. Its human
nature to see this progres-
sion.
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Rebels
Missouri advantage with
a 14-3 run that built a 22-
14 lead with 12:24 in the
rst half. The Rebels hit
four 3-pointers, including
a pair from Henderson,
who added a nifty as-
sist to Perez for another
3-pointer to highlight the
go-ahead outburst.
The Rebels led the rest
of the way, although Mis-
souri rallied in the second
half to pull within two
points on four occasions
and at 79-78 on a 3-point
shot by Brown with 3:18
left.
Ole Miss outscored
Missouri 6-0 in the fol-
lowing minute, all by
Summers, and built a
seemingly insurmount-
able 91-83 lead with 19
seconds remaining. Mis-
souri scrambled within
91-88 and forced a turn-
over with 0.9 remaining,
setting up a nal opportu-
nity for Ross.
Ole Miss has defeated
the Tigers in three of four
meetings over the past
two seasons, including
two wins in the nal ve
seconds.
n Florida 78, Ala-
bama 69: At Gainesville,
Fla., No. 3 Florida has
won with defense most of
the season.
The Gators showed
Saturday they can pull out
games on the other end of
the court, too.
Scottie Wilbekin
scored 16 points, leading
all ve starters in dou-
ble gures, and Florida
beat Alabama for its 15th
straight victory.
The Gators handled
the Tide for the second
time in 16 days and ex-
tended a school record for
consecutive home wins to
29.
If you play defense
the way we did tonight,
youre not going to win,
coach Billy Donovan said.
Thank God we had some
offense today that helped
us.
Florida (21-2, 10-0
Southeastern Confer-
ence) shot a blistering
62 percent from the eld
and nished with a sea-
son-high 22 assists.
The Gators trailed by
seven late in the rst half
before taking over the
game in the paint and in
transition. That opened
things up on the perime-
ter for Wilbekin and Mi-
chael Frazier II.
Wilbekin was 3-for-
5 shooting from behind
the arc, making all three
in the second half. Fra-
zier was 3 for 8 from the
3-point range.
Frazier nished with
14 points, joining Wil-
bekin, Casey Prather (15),
Will Yeguete (12) and Pat-
ric Young (11) in double
gures. It was the rst
time all ve of Floridas
starters topped 10 points
since Nov. 21 against Mid-
dle Tennessee.
We have a balanced
team, and anyone can
beat you on any given
night, Prather said.
Prather, the teams
leading scorer, failed
to reach double gures
the last two games while
dealing with a sprained
left ankle. He returned
to form against Alabama
even though Donovan
wasnt sure he would play
a few hours before the tip.
Donovan gave Prather the
option of playing or rest-
ing, and he chose to give
it a go.
Its got nothing to
do with him not being a
tough kid or he cant play
through pain, Donovan
said. It gets more into
the fact that he doesnt
feel condence-wise that
hes capable of doing the
things he knows he can
do. When he gets to that
place, he really gets men-
tally taken out because he
knows he cant do certain
things.
When he knows he
can do things physically,
it adds to his condence.
When he cant move like
he wants to move, I think
he knows hes putting our
team in jeopardy, and that
eats him alive and kills
him.
Trevor Releford led the
Tide (9-14, 3-7) with 25
points on 7-for-10 shoot-
ing. He was 4 for 6 from
behind the 3-point line
and perfect on seven free
throws.
Releford scored 16
points in the rst half, car-
rying Alabama for much
of the afternoon. His
3-pointer put the Tide up
28-21, silencing the sold-
out OConnell Center.
Alabama shot 61 per-
cent in the opening half
and went 5 for 7 from be-
hind the arc, giving the
defensive-minded Dono-
van plenty to talk about at
halftime. The Gators re-
sponded with an effective
press, made 3-pointers
and a heavy dose of post
play that seemingly wore
down the Tide.
Theyre at their best
when theyre in transi-
tion, Tide coach Antho-
ny Grant said. From an
offensive standpoint, they
took us out of some things
that we were able to get
there in the rst half.
Florida went on a 25-8
run that turned a decit
into a double-digit lead.
The Tide ended up losing
its four straight and sixth
in the last seven games.
This program cant
do anything but go up,
Releford said. Its just a
process. Right now were
losing a game, but I feel as
a team were getting bet-
ter and Coach is helping
us with that.
Mississippi States Trivante Bloodman (4) attempts a shot in early rst-half action
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Courtney Patrick
Courtney Andrew Patrick, age 36, lost his
ght with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Mon-
day, February 3, 2014, at the North Mississippi
Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.
Courtney has resided in Booneville, MS for
the past nine years after moving there from
his hometown of Columbus, MS. He was a con-
trols engineer with Cooper Electric Controls,
Inc., New Albany, MS. A member of the NRA,
he enjoyed shooting, listening to music, read-
ing, yard work and collecting Legos. Courtney
was an animal lover who had done volunteer
work for the Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary in
Caledonia, MS for many years.
A Celebration of the Life of Courtney was
held Saturday, February 8, 2014, 2:00 p.m. at
The Orchard, Northside, 341 Hwy. 45 North,
Baldwyn, MS 38824. Coleman Funeral Home
of Oxford was in charge of local arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, DeLane Patrick
of Booneville, MS; his parents, Dennis and
Linda Patrick of Columbus MS; one brother,
Tony Gray (Leah) of Columbus, MS; two dogs,
Pete and Rilee; and two cats, Sherbert and Ma-
genta.
Donations in memory of Courtney Patrick
may be made to the Cedarhill Animal Sanc-
tuary, 144 Sanctuary Loop, Caledonia, MS
39740.
Online condolences may be left at www.
colemanfuneralhome.com
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Claudette Mills Cox
Visitation:
Sunday, Feb. 9 1:30 PM
The Carolyn Beard Room
First United Methodist Church
Celebration of Life:
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support during our time of grief.
We would also like to extend
a special thank you to the
Columbus Police Department
Honor Guard and Gunter & Peel
Funeral Home for their services.
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Claudette Cox
Claudette Mills Cox, age 84, died Sunday,
February 2, 2014, at her home in Columbus.
Claudette was born November 12, 1929, in
Ackerman, MS to Mamie Nee Harrington
and John S. Mills. Claudette lovingly donated
her body to help further medical research.
She is survived by her four daughters,
Carolyn Jernigan (Canty) of Bay City, TX,
Gina Cox (Dean Swartz) of Columbus, MS,
Cathy Donnell (Gene) of Colorado Springs,
CO and Linda Farr of Columbus, MS;
granddaughters, Callie Jernigan (Morgan
Hannabuss) of Los Angeles, CA, Kendall
Jernigan of Bay City, TX and Ellen Farr of
Ridgeland, MS; grandsons, Jeff Jernigan
of Los Angeles, CA and Henry Farr of
Ridgeland, MS; great-grandsons, Cooper and
Evan Jernigan of Bay City, TX; and brother,
John Harrington (Harry) Mills of Madison,
MS.
The family will receive friends Sunday,
February 9, 2014, at 1:30 PM in the Carolyn
Beard Room at First United Methodist
Church, Columbus, MS. A Celebration of
Life will follow at 2:00 PM in the church
chapel with Rev. Anne Russell Bradley and
Rev. Glenn Miller ofciating.
Honorary pallbearers will be the members
of the Study Group Sunday School Class and
members of the sewing club.
In lieu of owers the family requests
memorials be made to First United Methodist
Church, P. O. Box 32, Columbus, MS 39703;
Camp Rising Sun, P. O. Box 8241, Columbus,
MS 39705; or MUW Foundation, 1100 College
St. - MUW 1618, Columbus, MS 39701-5800.
Expressions of Sympathy May
Be Left At
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Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
Joe Allen Gray
Joe Allen Gray, 78, of Plano, TX passed away
Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Medical Center
of Plano, Plano, TX.
Funeral services will be held Sunday,
February 9, 2014 at 3PM at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, Columbus, MS with Bro. Steve
Lammons ofciating. Interment will be in Mt.
Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Columbus, MS
with Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS
directing.
Mr. Gray was born September 12, 1935 in
Ingomar, MS to the late William and Velma
Mar McDonald Gray. He was a member of
Hunter Glen Baptist Church, Plano, TX and
former member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
Columbus, MS. Mr. Gray was a veteran of
the United States Air Force and retired as
Master Sergeant in 1978 after 23 years of
service. During his military service, he was
the recipient of two commendation medals and
was a member of the USAF Marksmanship
Team. After retirement, Mr. Gray served as
security for the United States Air Force for 22
years, retiring in 1993.
Mr. Gray is survived by wife of 54 years Lou
Ella (Susie) Gray; daughters Sharon Gray
Rioux and Sandra Jo Gray; son William Allen
Gray; sister Sammye Ruth Pearcy; brother
Donald Gray; and grandchildren Mathieu
Rioux, Catherine Rioux, Michael Gray, Natalie
Gray, Grace Cunning, and Madeline Cunning.
Pallbearers will be the Military Honor
Guard. Honorary Pallbearers will be Ray
Crane and Cynthia Wilkerson Sunday School
Class.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
Jim Gorrell
James Clyde Jim Gorrell, 58 of Columbus,
MS passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 at
Baptist Memorial Hospital- GT, Columbus, MS.
Visitation will be Saturday, February 8, 2014
from 6-8 pm at Lowndes Funeral Home, Co-
lumbus, MS. Funeral services will be Sunday,
February 9, 2014 at 2 pm at Fairview Baptist
Church with Bro. Sammy Crawford ofciat-
ing and Bro. Breck Ladd assisting. Interment
will be at Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, MS
with Lowndes Funeral Home, directing.
Mr. Gorrell was born October 11, 1955 in
Waynesville, NC to Jesse Clyde and Jean Met-
calf Gorrell. He worked as a Team Coordinator
for Weyerhaeuser for 28 years. Mr. Gorrell was
a member of Fairview Baptist Church, Ken Al-
dridges Sunday School Class and AOPA. He
enjoyed ying his Cessna 150 Airplane, hunt-
ing, shing and gardening. Mr. Gorrell got
great pleasure in helping people in need.
Mr. Gorrell is survived by his parents; wife-
Nena Sims Gorrell, Columbus, MS; children-
Chad Gorrell, Rogersville, AL and Taylor (-
anc-Leslie Franklin) Gorrell, Atlanta, GA;
brother-Joel (Sherry) Gorrell, Dublin, GA and
a sister- Judy (Greg) Palmer, Rogersville, AL.
Pallbearers will be Zack Palmer, Wayne
Smith, Andy Owens, Kent Walker, Henry Mc-
Queen, Johnny Frisby, Mark Young, Mark
Caldwell and Jimmy Hildreth.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ray Crane,
Donnie Brown, Gary Winklepleck, Brad Sims
and Greg Palmer.
Memorials may be made to Fairview Baptist
Church, c/o Area Living Pictures Ministry, 127
Airline Rd., Columbus, MS 39702.
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Jennifer Yvonne Brown,
42, died Feb. 3, 2014,
at Coliseum Medical
Center in Macon, Ga.
Services are Monday
at 1 p.m. at St. Matthew
Church of God in Christ
with Roosevelt William
ofciating. Burial will
follow in Pheba Com-
munity Cemetery. Visi-
tation is today from 2-5
p.m. at Carters Mortu-
ary Services Chapel.
Ms. Brown was born
Jan. 30, 1972, to George
E. Brown Jr. and the
late Ruthie P. Brown.
She was formerly em-
ployed as an educator
with Applied Middle
School in Macon and
was a veteran of the
U.S. Army.
In addition to her fa-
ther, survivors include
her son, Justin Terrell
Brown.
John Edwards
COLUMBUS John
C. Edwards, 67, died
Feb. 7, 2014, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital
Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carters
Funeral Services.
Sylvia Higginbotham
COLUMBUS Syl-
via R. Higginbotham,
72, died Feb. 8, 2014, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pitalGolden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Gunter &
Peel Funeral Home.
Wesley Abrams
WEST POINT
John Wesley Abrams,
89, died Feb. 7, 2014,
at North Mississippi
Medical Center.
Services Monday
at 10 a.m. at Calvert
Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. Roy My-
ers ofciating. Burial
will follow in Memorial
Garden Cemetery.
Visitation is today from
5-8 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Mr. Wesley was born
January 16, 1925, in
Noxubee County, to
the late Joseph Jasper
and Maggie Lee Bry-
ant Abrams. He was
formerly employed as
a machine operator at
Babcock and Wilcox
Corporation. He was
a member of Calvary
Baptist Church and
a veteran of the U.S.
Army.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his sisters,
Irene Denton and Trudy
Thomas; and brothers,
James Douglas Abrams
and Willie Joe Abrams.
Survivors include his
wife, Thelma Abrams
of West Point; daugh-
ters, Darleen Pearson
of Raymond and Dale
Mobarak of Oviedo,
Fla.; son, Randy Thom-
as of Meridian; sisters,
Frances Bell of Macon,
Lynette Morgan of
Rossville, Ga., Barbara
Edmondson of Louis-
ville and Donnie Nix
of Jackson; brother,
Charles Abrams of
Columbus; six grand-
children and eight
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are
George Jolly, Ricky
Boykin, Gary Moore,
George Simmons,
Darrell Shows, Shawn
Thomas and George
Pearson.
Memorials may be
made to Calvary Baptist
Church, 460 McCord
Street, West Point, MS
39773.
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OXFORD A man
who pleaded guilty to
stealing thousands of dol-
lars in copper from farm
irrigation pivots in Mis-
sissippi and selling it in
Arkansas must report to
prison by Monday.
Mark Tigues pleaded
guilty Aug. 21 in U.S. Dis-
trict Court in Oxford. He
was sentenced to one year.
Court records say he
must report to a federal
prison in Butner, N.C., by
Monday afternoon.
The indictment says
Tigues and others sold
hundreds of pounds of
copper for scrap in Lake
Village, Ark., in 2010.
Man to report
to prison on
copper theft
case
Stole irrigation
pivots to sell in
Arkansas
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LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
WMSV 91.1 Station Manager Steve Ellis of Columbus, right, visits with DJ Trevor Pruitt in the on-air room at the radio station located on Mississippi State Universitys cam-
pus, behind The University Florist. The station celebrates its 20th anniversary this spring. Ellis has been the manager since its inception. Pruitt, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., is one
of many MSU students who have gained radio and broadcast experience at WMSV.
And the
WMSV celebrates 20 year milestone
with music and memories
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
S
tation Manager Steve Ellis remembers
that morning 20 years ago. The time
was just before 6 a.m., March 21, 1994,
and he was about to ip the switch for the
rst broadcast from WMSV 91.1, a new radio
station on the Mississippi State University
campus. It was a big moment the result
of a student-centered movement, including a
petition and referendum. An earlier campus
station had been off the air for a long time;
people were ready.
A lot of thought went into the debut. What
listeners rst heard was Ellis voice: The next
sound you hear will be one youve been wait-
ing for for three years WMSV-Starkville
and then a brief clip of Pink Floyd asking the
world, Is there anybody out there? Turns
out, there was.
The rst full song was Jesus Jones Right
Here, Right Now, appropriate for the occa-
sion. Nancy Bigelow Cheney, then a graduate
student from Columbus, DJd that rst morn-
ing. She remembers another song played,
These Are Days by Natalie Merchant and
10,000 Maniacs.
It kinda of captured the spirit, that this is
what weve been looking for these are days
youll remember, said Cheney, who today
works with show choirs and choral students at
Jackson Academy. She was one of the original
believers. One of more than 80 student volun-
teers who signed up for two-hour on-air shifts.
I remember the call for volunteers. Ive
always loved having a mic in my hand, always
loved the stage and this was an opportunity
to have a microphone with nobody looking at
me! recalled Cheney.
20th anniversary
Two decades later, its time to remember.
WMSV is celebrating its 20th anniversary
with concerts and a reunion for former staff-
ers and DJs. It began Feb. 8, with a show by
Paul Thorn. A concert with John and Jacob,
Los Colognes and Big Countrys Empty
Bottle is set for Saturday, March 22 at Ricks
Caf.
In the meantime, friends of the station are
getting their commemorative anniversary
T-shirts and hoodies, swapping anecdotes on
a staff alumni Facebook page, making travel
plans for the reunion and, for those near
enough, stopping by the station to dust off
memories in front of a wall of photographs.
Offering an alternative
Ellis was charged with building the non-
commercial community station from pretty
much scratch. Hes still at the helm today.
WMSV News and Public Relations Director Anthony Craven, in red, checks in with Tage Philamlee,
a junior broadcast major from Red Bay, Ala.
See WMSV, 6C
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Monday and Tuesday,
Feb. 10-11
Freedom Riders Mis-
sissippi State University Libraries
and African-American Studies hosts
Created Equal: Americas Civil
Rights Struggle, with a screening
of the lm Freedom Riders at 7
p.m. in the library auditorium on
campus Monday. A lm discussion
and seminar Tuesday at 3 p.m. fea-
tures Freedom Riders Dave Dennis,
Hezekiah Watkins and Hollis Wat-
kins. For more information, contact
Lynda Graham, 662-325- 6634.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Table Talk Oxford authors
Katherine and Margaret King
present their latest book, Which
Is Which? The twins, engaging in
their classic banter, continue their
adventures in the follow-up to Yall
Twins? Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m.;
iced tea provided by Friends of the
Columbus Library. Or join friends
from noon-1 p.m. for the program
at the library, 314 Seventh St. N.
For more information, contact the
library, 662-329-5300.
Thursday, Feb. 13
Chamber music A Missis-
sippi State faculty recital features
Shandy Phillips on violin, Sheri Fal-
cone on clarinet, Denise Rowan on
bassoon and Rosangela Sebba on
piano at 7:30 p.m. in the Giles Ar-
chitecture Building on campus. Free
to the public. For more information,
contact the Department of Music,
662-325-3070.
Saturday, Feb. 15
A Hollywood Affair The
Starkville-MSU Symphony Associ-
ation hosts its annual fundraiser
at 6:30 p.m. at the Hunter Henry
Center on Mississippi States
campus. Enjoy music by the State
Messengers, heavy hors doeuvres
and a silent auction. Tickets are
$65 at The Chalet and The Book
Mart. For more information, call
662-323-8075.
Feb. 13-16 and 18-22
Steel Magnolias
Starkville Community Theatre
presents this production directed
by Paula Mabry at the Playhouse on
Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville.
Play times are 7:30 p.m., except
Sunday at 2 p.m. For more infor-
mation, contact the SCT box ofce,
662-323- 6855.
Thursday, Feb. 13
Titans Herman Boone Mis-
sissippi University for Womens Gordy
Honors Series welcomes Coach
Herman Boone, an inspiration for the
movie Remembering the Titans, at
6 p.m. in Limbert Assembly Room in
Cochran Hall. For more information,
contact Dr. Thomas Velek, tvelek@
as.muw.edu, 662-241-6850, or
visit web2.muw.edu/index.php/en/
main-honors/.
Thursday and Saturday,
Feb. 13, 15
Friends book sale The
Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes
Public Library host a book sale Feb.
13, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Feb.
15, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at the
library at 314 Seventh St. N. For
more information, contact the library,
662-329-5300.
Friday, Feb. 14
Lee Home Valentine Gala
This Valentine fundraiser from 7:30-
10 p.m. in Columbus features elegant
desserts, oral designs and more, to
benet the S.D. Lee Foundation. For
reservations and more information,
contact Eulalie Davis, 662-328-3088.
Monday, Feb. 17
Imagining Ireland Mississip-
pi University for Womens Interna-
tional Series presents Imagining
Ireland after 1916: Postcolonial Irish
Literature with Dr. Kelly Marsh at 7
p.m. in Martin Hall on campus. Free
to the public. For information, visit
the Series Facebook page or email
Kim Whitehead, kmwhitehead@muw.
edu.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Philharmonia Mississippi
University for Womens Department
of Music presents MSU Philharmonia
with Listen to the Movies at 7:30
p.m. in Poindexter Hall on the MUW
campus. Free to the public. For more
information, call 662-241-6399.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Table Talk Dispatch columnist
Adele Elliott discusses her rst novel,
Friendship Cemetery. Southern
gothic and the paranormal join hands
to walk through the quirky city of Co-
lumbus. Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m.;
iced tea provided by Friends of the
Columbus Library. Or join friends from
noon-1 p.m. for the program at the
library, 314 Seventh St. N. For more
Thursday, Feb. 20
Aladdin The Columbus Arts
Council presents the Enchantment
Theatre Companys Aladdin at 7
p.m. in Mississippi University for
Womens Rent Auditorium. A tale
for all ages. Adult tickets are $10 in
advance; $12 at the door. 18-and-un-
der are $4 advance; $5 at the door.
MUW faculty, staff and students
attend free with ID. For information
or tickets, contact the CAC, 662-328-
2787.
Baritone recital The Leslie
F. Threadgill Lecture and Artist Series
at Mississippi University for Women
presents Chris ORear at 7:30 p.m.
in Poindexter Hall on campus. Free to
the public. For more information, call
662-241-6399.
Exhibit reception A recep-
tion from 5-7 p.m. at the Visual Arts
Center Gallery, 808 University Drive,
Starkville, honors the Mississippi
State Department of Art Faculty
Exhibition, displayed Feb. 4-March
29. For more information, call 662-
325-2202.
Othello The Mississippi
State Lyceum Series presents the
American Shakespeare Centers
Othello at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Halls
Bettersworth Auditorium. Tickets are
$15 at lyceum.msstate.edu or call
662-325-2930.
Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 20-22
Magnolia Independent Film
Festival The 17th annual
Mag Film Festival showcases
independent lms from around the
world at Hollywood Premier Cine-
ma, Starkville. The schedule will be
posted soon at magnolialmfest.com.
Follow The Mag on Facebook.
Friday, Feb. 21
Big Band music Gill Harris
and the Big Band Theory, with vocal-
ist Denise Reid, present a big band
concert/dance at Trotter Conven-
tion Center, Columbus. The all-pro
orchestra provides dinner music from
7-8 p.m. (dinner option available;
reservations required: $19 advance,
$27 at door, if available). Concert/
dance begins at 8 p.m. Advance
table seat tickets are $30 ($35 at
door) at the Rosenzweig Arts Center,
501 Main St. Reserve tables for
eight in advance, $180. For tickets,
call 662-328-2787.
Rick of Rick and Bubba
First Baptist Church of Columbus
presents Rick Burgess of The Rick
and Bubba Show at 6 p.m. at the
First Baptist Ministry and Activities
Building, 3000 Bluecutt Road.
Tickets are $10 (includes a meal),
available at First Baptist Church,
202 Seventh St. N. and New Life
Supplies, 1920-2 Highway 45 North.
For more information, contact FBC,
662-328-3915.
Sunday, Feb. 23
MSU spring concert Mis-
sissippi State University Bands pres-
ent a spring concert at 6:30 p.m.
in Lee Hall on campus. For more
information, contact the Department
of Music, 662-325-3070.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Piano program The Leslie F.
Threadgill Lecture and Artist Series
at Mississippi University for Women
presents Fabio Parrini at the piano
at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on
campus. Free to the public. For more
MSU University Chorale
Mississippi States University Cho-
rale presents Reect and Rejoice:
Celebrating African-American History
through Music at 7:30 p.m. in the
Chapel of Memories on campus. For
information, contact the Department
of Music, 662-325-3070.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Table Talk Deborah Johnson
discusses her new novel, The Se-
cret of Magic. Set just after World
War II, the book weaves an enthrall-
ing story of the complex relationship
between a young African-American
Northerner and a middle-aged white
Southerner. Bring lunch at 11:30
a.m.; iced tea provided by Friends of
the Columbus Library. Or join friends
from noon-1 p.m. for the program
at the Columbus Public Library, 314
Seventh St. N. For more informa-
tion, contact the library, 662-329-
5300.
Thursday, Feb. 27
Koresh Dance Co. The Mis-
sissippi State Lyceum Series pres-
ents this dance troupe at 7:30 p.m.
in Lee Hall on campus. Tickets are
$15. Purchase at lyceum.msstate.
edu or call 662-325-2930.
Friday, Feb. 28
Happy birthday, MSU The
Mississippi State University Alumni
Association hosts a 136th birthday
party at the Bull Ring by Colvard
Student Union beginning at 11 a.m.
Complimentary cake and drinks
while they last.
CALENDAR
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Both Sides of the Lens The Columbus-Lowndes Public
Library hosts a gallery talk at noon by curators of the Both Sides
of the Lens exhibit of African-American photography at the library,
314 Seventh St. N. Free to the public. For more information, contact
Mona Vance Ali, 662-329-5304.
OUT AND ABOUT
Feb. 11 Broadway musical Million
Dollar Quar tet, Ford Center, Oxford
($56-67). 662-915-2787 or fordcenter.
org.
Feb. 12 John JoJo Hermann (of
Widespread Panic), Ford Center, Oxford
($10 general admission). 662-915-2787
or fordcenter.org.
Feb. 13 Florida-George Line, Bancorp-
South Arena, Tupelo ($30-40). 662-841-
6528 or bcsarena.com.
Feb. 14-15 Valentines Musical
Tribute to Whitney Houston, Samford
Theatre, Birmingham ($25). 205-251-
1206 or virginiasamfordtheatre.org.
Feb. 15 Claremont Trio, Ford Center,
Oxford. 662-915-2787 or fordcenter.org.
Feb. 18 Tupelo Concert Association
presents Jesse Lynch Jazz 101, Tupelo
Civic Auditorium. 662-840-7505 or tupelo-
concertassociation.com.
Feb. 21 Women of Ireland, Riley Center,
Meridian ($34-40). 601-696-2200 or msu-
rileycenter.com.
Feb. 21-23 Alabama Ballets Romeo
and Juliet, Alys Stephens Center, Birming-
ham ($20-55). 205-975-2787 or alysste-
phens.org.
Feb. 23 The Bama Theatres Acoustic
Night with the Rob Alley Quintet with guest
Jil Chambless, Tuscaloosa. 205-758-5195
or tuscarts.org.
Feb. 24 Touring production of Driving
Miss Daisy, Riley Center, Meridian ($29-
35). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
Feb. 26 Harlem Globetrotters, Bancorp-
South Arena, Tupelo ($21-64). 662-841-
6528 or bcsarena.com.
Feb. 27 Winter Jam Christian Music Tour
(Newsboys, Lecrae, Tenth Avenue North,
Thousand Foot Krutch, Plumb, more), Ban-
corpSouth Arena, Tupelo ($10 at door).
662-841-6528 or bcsarena.com.
Feb. 28 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Alys
Stephens Center, Birmingham ($40). 205-
975-2787 or alysstephens.org.
March 7 Birmingham Ballets Hansel
& Gretel, BJCC Complex, Birmingham
($24-49). 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.
com.
March 11 Widespread Panic, BJCC
Complex, Birmingham ($47-57). 800-745-
3000 or ticketmaster.com.
March 14 Gala of the Royal Horses,
BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo ($27-37;
group discounts). 662-841-6528 or
bcsarena.com.
March 15 Elton John, BJCC Complex,
Birmingham. 800-745-3000 or ticketmas-
ter.com.
March 19 Elton John, BancorpSouth
Arena, Tupelo ($69-99). 662-841-6528 or
bcsarena.com or ticketmaster.com.
The Golden Triangle is within easy traveling distance of some of the best entertain-
ment in the South. Support arts and entertainment at home, and when youre on the
road, these might pique your interest. Be aware that some venues add facility/conve-
nience charges to ticket prices.
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MSU UNIVERSITY
RELATIONS
S
hakespeares popular
tragedy that plums
the depths of jealously
and rage launches the 2014
spring Lyceum Series at
Mississippi State.
Othello will be per-
formed at the university
Feb. 20 by veteran actors
of the Virginia-based
American Shakespeare
Center. The curtain rises
at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Halls
Bettersworth Auditorium.
To provide some plea-
sures enjoyed by playgoers
of Shakespeares time, the
program will feature uni-
versal lighting that enables
actors and audience mem-
bers to see each other.
Both at its home the
Blackfriars Playhouse
in Staunton and on
the road, the American
Shakespeare Company
regularly employs staging
conditions similar to those
used during the English
Renaissance of the late
15th and early 16th cen-
turies. The goal is to help
break down the traditional
barriers between perform-
ers and those whove come
to appreciate their work.
Because of continuing
Lee Hall renovations, all
Lyceum seating this year
is general admission only.
Tickets are $15 each
and may be purchased
at lyceum.msstate.
edu/#!series-events.
While on campus,
members of the ASC
troupe also will lead
workshops for students
and teachers at both MSU
and Golden Triangle
secondary schools. The
outreach is made possible
through a Cross College
Research Award spon-
sored by MSUs Ofce of
Research and Economic
Development and funded
by the Shackouls Honors
College.
The two other Lyce-
um Series events of the
2014 spring semester will
include a Feb. 27 produc-
tion by the Koresh Dance
Company and a special
April 6 performance of
The Miracle Worker by
the Montana Repertory.
For additional informa-
tion on all Lyceum events,
contact series director
Amelia Treptow at 662-
325-2930 or atreptow@
saffairs.msstate.edu.
MSU Lyceum event to feature bard-
inspired green-eyed monster
Othello set
for Feb. 20
TODAYS BIRTHDAY (Feb.
9). Everyone appreciates your
sense of justice, but as you
portion out the good will, you
sometimes unfairly forget
to include yourself in the
split. Step up and claim lifes
bounty! One special interest
will open opportunities for love
and money. March features a
move and a makeover. April
brings back something lost. Li-
bra and Leo people adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 3, 1,
9, 29 and 16. ARIES (March
21-April 19). When you think
of someone, it draws that per-
son to you in the spirit of your
thoughts. This principle will be
clearly represented in todays
rather uncanny events.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). You will become healthier
and feel better, and not be-
cause of a magic pill or a wish
granted, but because of hun-
dreds of little decisions youll
make in the days to come.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
The best situations offer you
a challenge. Let your natural
optimism lead the way. Youll
sense you can somehow get
on the inside, even though you
cant readily see the way.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Winston Churchill said,
Success is the ability to go
from one failure to another
with no loss of enthusiasm.
Dont give up. Youre very
close to winning this one.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Were you cut out for this job?
Probably not. Most people are
not cut out for the modern
world in general. But to be
human is to adapt. Assume
you have what it takes, and
go for it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Send your mind ahead of you
by visualizing the top three
priorities of the day. This exer-
cise will help you stay focused
on whats important instead
of being overly reactive to the
stimulus of the moment.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Getting people to like you
isnt a problem you possess.
Managing the people in your
life thats a skill set youd
like to bone up on. Note: If
your friends get along with
one another, it will be easier
for you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You are who you choose
to be. If your choice is aligned
with your natural abilities,
youll achieve success faster.
But success is possible either
way as long as you do consis-
tent work and dont give up.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21). Emotions are
eeting. That doesnt make
them any less real, but when
you take into account that they
eventually will drift on by, it
makes the bad ones bearable
and the good ones all the
more precious.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Youve been so hard on
yourself lately. What you call
a mistake would actually be
an acceptable outcome for
others. Youll achieve your own
high standards once you relax.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). The magic will happen
soon enough. Until then, focus
on building some momentum.
It can be created through
small, completed tasks. Five
tasks ticked off the list, and
life will start to lift you up.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Your future happiness
depends on nailing the specif-
ics of an arrangement. Think
through the deal you want now
while you have the luxury of
time. When the details pop to
mind, write them down.
Horoscopes
D
EAR ABBY:
I have an
extremely
bright 7-year-old
daughter, Amy,
from a previous
marriage. Her
biological father,
Jake, and I sep-
arated when she
was an infant.
He lives across
the country, so
while we shared
custody, Amy
usually saw him
only once a year.
For a while I called him Dad
when talking about him to her,
but when it became apparent
that he wasnt going to be in-
volved in her life (and because
I was going to be remarried),
we switched to using his rst
name.
My current husband formally
adopted Amy last year, and she
couldnt have been happier.
Now theres a baby sister, and
Amy is overjoyed.
Recently, though, Amy has
started asking me why Jake
never visits and when shes
going to see him again. I dont
know what to tell her. I feel it
would be crushing to her to say
that Jake isnt interested in her
anymore, but I also dont want
to lie to her.
How do you tell a 7-year-
old she should just forget her
biological father because hes
never going to be there for her?
ANXIOUS IN HOUSTON
DEAR ANXIOUS: Your
daughter needs to come to this
realization in stages, and her
questions should be answered
in an age-appropriate way.
Understand that Amy may
always be interested in knowing
about her biological father, and
by the time she is in her teens,
she will be computer savvy
enough to search him out on
the Internet.
For now, tell your daughter
that the reason Jake doesnt
visit is because he is busy,
and you dont know when he
plans to visit. Its the truth.
DEAR ABBY: My brother
Jared is dating a woman,
Dawn, who is about 10 years
younger. They have been seeing
each other for about a year.
She seems nice and is polite at
family gatherings.
I have noticed, however,
that whenever Im spending
time with my mother, Dawn is
constantly texting
or calling her. Im
a grown woman,
too, but I never
communicated to
that degree with
any of my boy-
friends mothers.
Jared has
told both Mom
and me that he
isnt even close
to wanting to pro-
pose marriage.
Do you think its
peculiar that
Dawn contacts
my mother
multiple times daily? TAKEN
ABACK IN GEORGIA
DEAR TAKEN ABACK: Dawn
may not have a mother of her
own and need a mother gure,
which is why she does this. Or
she may be attempting to ingra-
tiate herself to her boyfriends
mother because she thinks it
will help her land your brother.
Not knowing Dawn, I cant say
for sure but this technique
has worked for other women in
the past.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I will celebrate our 50th
wedding anniversary this year
and I have a question. Wed
love to invite a group of our
friends to celebrate with us at
our favorite restaurant, but we
wont be able to pick up the
tab. Is there a sensitive way to
ask friends to celebrate with
us, but get across the message
that itll have to be dutch
treat? ON A BUDGET IN SAN
ANTONIO
DEAR ON A BUDGET: If
these are close or longtime
friends, Im sure they wont
be shocked that youll be
celebrating your 50th espe-
cially if some of them were at
your wedding. I think the best
way to approach this would be
to be honest. Tell them that as
much as youd like to entertain
everybody, you are unable to,
but that you would love it if
everyone could meet for dinner
at your favorite restaurant and
go dutch treat. And be sure to
mention that although its your
anniversary, the only gift you
would like would be their pres-
ence at this happy time.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Write Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
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CHRISTMAS AGAIN: The United Methodist Men of First United Methodist Church in Columbus recently presented
three charitable organizations with contributions of $4,000 each from the Christmas for Columbus concert with
David Phelps, held Dec. 21 at Rent Auditorium. Pictured at the presentation, from left, are First UMC United Meth-
odist Men President Bob Reeves; First UMC Chairman of Missions Lee Burdine; First UMC Lead Pastor Rev. Raigan
Miskelly; Good Samaritan Medical Clinic Executive Director Kathy Tentoni; David Ikerd representing Last House on
the Block; Rev. Sandra DePriest, with the Loaves and Fishes Community Soup Kitchen; and Floyd McIntyre, repre-
senting Last House on the Block. Concert proceeds also fully funded the 2014 UMM college scholarship.
BY JAN SWOOPE
R
ick Burgess humor and
antics are well documented
on radio airwaves around
the country virtually every day.
His Christian faith is equally
well-known. On Friday, Feb. 21,
the popular talk radio personality
from the Rick and Bubba Show
will entertain and inspire a Gold-
en Triangle audience at an event
hosted by First Baptist Church of
Columbus.
The evening begins at 6 p.m. at
the FBC Ministry and Activities
Building at 3000 Bluecutt Road.
While the program will enter-
tain, one of its goals is to also help
strengthen families.
In a phone interview with The
Dispatch from Birmingham, Ala.,
Tuesday, Burgess said, The
family is in a mess right now, and
if we can x the family, we can
x a lot of things. And, believe it
or not, God has told us how that
should be.
Rick has a great testimony
about what hes been through,
said Bobby Sanderson of First
Baptist Church, but hes also a
guy who is in the workplace every
day and is uncompromising about
his faith.
Finding strength
Burgess was raised with what
he calls a cultural faith. He
explained, Church was the ap-
propriate thing to do, but it really
want the center of every decision
I made.
He is candid about his past.
Growing up in Oxford, Ala., he
wanted to be a pro football player,
lead a rock band and have his
own radio show. But an injury
in his senior year of high school
derailed a scholarship to Auburn.
He ended up with a scholarship to
play at Troy State.
As arrogant as it sounds, at
the time I thought it was a step
down from where I should be, he
said.
He started drinking the
summer before college. Once I
cracked the door to that world, for
the next 13 years it was a drunken
mess, with divorce and every-
thing else you could think of.
Life started to alter course af-
ter he met Shari Bodine and even-
tually began to plan a wedding.
The problem was, the pastor he
asked to perform the ceremony
Rev. Rick Cagle said no.
He told me Im not gonna mar-
ry you because of the way you live
your life ... youre lost, Burgess
recounted. It broke my heart,
and it broke my spirit, and I knew
that he was right.
That encounter sent Burgess
to the Bible and then to coun-
seling. He realized he had never
truly submitted to the authority of
God, he said.
It changed everything, Bur-
gess stressed. By the time of the
wedding ceremony which was
ofciated by Cagle he could
feel the presence of the holy
spirit.
The Burgess faith would be
called on many times, but never
more so than in January 2008,
when the couples 2-year-old son,
Bronner, drowned in the familys
swimming pool. Their hearts
were crushed. But Rick Burgess
felt led to share testimony at his
sons service; his words reached
YouTube and have since impacted
many, many others in a positive
way.
He encourages anyone com-
ing to the Feb. 21 event to bring
a friend, to join in laughter and
hopefully be uplifted by that guy
they hear on the radio.
Sanderson remarked, We
want to encourage the body of
Christ and strengthen families
at this evening sponsored by our
Covenant Mens Ministry and
Womens Ministry. It will proba-
bly hit closely with parents who
are raising children.
How to go
Tickets are $10, available at
the First Baptist Church ofce
at 202 Seventh St. N. and at New
Life Christian Supplies, 1920-2
Highway 45 N. A boxed meal
catered by Mugshots is included.
For more information, contact the
church ofce, 662-328-3915.
Rick of Rick and Bubba to share
humor, hope with local audience
First Baptist Church
hosts radio personality
Feb. 21
Courtesy photo
Rick Burgess of the nationally
syndicated Rick and Bubba
Show will be on stage Feb. 21 at
the First Baptist Church Ministry
and Activities Building at 3000
Bluecutt Road in Columbus.
Transitions: Area Weddings,
Engagements and Anniversaries
Devin Lee Davis and Kayla Brooke McCormick Jimmy Palmer and Briley Milfeld
McCormick/
Davis
Tony and Judy McCormick of Oxford announce the
engagement of their daughter, Kayla Brooke McCor-
mick, to Devin Lee Davis of Oxford, son of Jerry Davis
of Columbus and the late Tina Davis.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvis McCormick of Bruce and the late Jim-
mie Nell McCormick, and the late Mr. and Mrs. W.S.
Groner of Oxford.
She is a 2005 graduate of Lafayette High School and
a 2008 graduate of Northwest Mississippi Community
College, where she earned a degree in nursing.
She is currently employed with Oxford Urology
Associates.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Willie
Menotti of Columbus and the late Melba Menotti, and
the late Mr. and Mrs. Milford Davis of Columbus.
He is a 2000 graduate of New Hope High School.
He attended East Mississippi Community College and
Mississippi State University. While at EMCC, he was a
member of the golf team.
He is currently employed with Frito Lay.
Vows will be exchanged March 1, 2014, at 5 p.m. at
the Paris Yates Chapel on the University of Mississippi
campus.
Milfeld/Palmer
Todd Milfeld, and Lance and Lori Sprenkel, all of
Farmington, Mo., announce the engagement of their
daughter, Briley Milfeld of Park Hills, Mo., to Jimmy
Palmer of Park Hills, son of Paul and Susan Palmer of
Olive Branch.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Jackie
Jarnigan of Farmington, Paul and Margaret Boyer of
Festus, Mo., and the late Kenny Mell.
She is a 2007 graduate of Farmington High School
and she attended Mineral Area College where she
played basketball and Christian Brothers University
in Memphis, Tenn., where she earned a Bachelors
Degree in English.
She is currently employed as the womens basketball
team assistant coach at Mineral Area College in Park
Hills and as a sales representative for Skeeter Kell
Sporting Goods.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Racheal
Scott of Columbus and the late Jimmy Scott, and Faye
Palmer of Columbus and the late Charles Palmer.
He is a 2008 graduate of Hernando High School
and a 2012 graduate of Christina Brothers University,
where he earned a degree in business marketing.
While at CBU, he was on the basketball team.
He is currently employed as a fth-grade math
teacher and as assistant basketball coach at Central
High School in Park Hills.
Vows will be exchanged Oct. 4, 2014, at New
Heights Church in Park Hills.
BEING BEAUTIFUL
R
ecently, I was go-
ing through boxes
of my mamas old
photographs when I
found all the valentines
she had tucked away
from years gone by.
Most of them were from
my daddy, her sweet-
heart, all of them signed
in his slanted, familiar
handwriting Love,
Jimmy.
I wonder where all
his valentines were kept hidden, or do men long
for valentines at all? Socks and neckties? Surely
men want more, I thought, so I asked a few
famous guys what would make their hearts beat
a bit faster on Valentines Day.
A homemade dinner of my favorite things:
let with Cabernet mushroom sauce, asparagus
and mashed potatoes. Maybe crme brulee for
dessert and a great bottle of wine (1988 Caymus
Cabernet Savignon). Thats what Hilton Hollis,
Mississippi-reared New York fashion designer
would love from his valentine, and it sure as
heck beats underwear.
Ever felt the pressure to come up with the
perfect gift for the man who has it all? Christo-
pher Radko, for example, might be known as the
international Czar of Christmas, but his take
on what to get the man in your life will delight
you. Men want full frontal freedom. Freedom
from any judgment and fear, to express them-
selves creatively and joyfully. Men long to be
seen, heard and understood fully, and encour-
aged. Thats the best and most meaningful gift
you can ever get from your own true love, says
Christopher. Put that in a snow globe!
And then theres Mississippis iconic Inky the
Clown. All he wants is a set of training wheels
for his unicycle. Now, that doesnt sound like too
much to ask. The verdict is in. Guys do want to
be remembered on Valentines Day, and now you
have some ideas to add to your own. As for me,
Ill just take the chocolates if anyone is listening!
Former Columbus resident David Creel owns
Beautiful With David salon in Ridgeland. Contact
him at beautifulwithdavid@gmail.com.
Valentine ideas
for the guys,
from the guys
David Creel
BY LINDA BREAZEALE
MSU Ag Communications
MISSISSIPPI STATE
W
ebsites and social media
are providing couples
with creative ideas
for reception foods and themes
reecting their personalities and
love for friends and family.
Sylvia Byrd, professor of food
science, nutrition and health
promotion at Mississippi State
University, said fewer receptions
offer only the cake, nuts, mints
and punch that were popular in
the 1950s and 60s or the heavy
appetizers of the 1970s and 80s.
Tradition is giving way to per-
sonal tastes and ideas that cou-
ples see online, she said. Some
choices are motivated by health
issues, and some are themes that
appeal to the personalities of the
bride or groom.
Byrd said specialty bars or
stations are among the biggest
trends. Those options may in-
clude baked potatoes, pancakes,
biscuits, tacos, milkshakes, fro-
zen yogurts, avored coffees and
candy. Instead of punch, couples
are opting for iced tea, carbonat-
ed beverages and avored waters.
Many of the changes in
receptions reect international
inuences, either in our commu-
nities or from social media, Byrd
said. Years ago, very few people
would consider serving sushi or
hummus at a reception, but they
are not unusual today.
Byrd said the layout of the
reception also has changed to
reect trends that can be found
in cafeterias. Guests experience
a scramble system instead of a
single food line.
Several tables will offer food
and beverage options and allow
guests to be served quicker, she
said.
Brent Fountain, nutrition spe-
cialist with the MSU Extension
Service, said receptions should
be an expression of the brides or
grooms personalities.
If a wedding cake is not your
style, then look for other options
that incorporate your tastes and
style into the presentations of the
food, he said.
Fountain said nostalgic
themes are popular and include
vintage popcorn machines or cot-
ton candy machines to go along
with photo booths that provide a
throwback feeling. Other ways
to communicate old-fashioned
sentiments include decorations or
service items, such as small bot-
tles or Mason jars for beverages.
The goal is to make the event
memorable for both participants
and the couple, he said. Some of
these options increase the need
for workers, including specially
trained servers, and professional
servers will run up the costs.
Fountain said if couples know
some guests have dietary restric-
tions, they could offer a designat-
ed station for foods without nuts,
gluten or sugar.
Make sure special items are
clearly labeled and located away
from products that could contam-
inate them, he said. In addition
to food costs, you also want to
consider food waste. Its thought-
ful to plan for special diets, but
you dont want to overdo it and
waste food.
Fountain said the green theme
related to preserving the environ-
ment is also visible at weddings
and receptions.
Edible centerpieces are
popular, he said. Couples are
choosing cakes that look like
owers, and fruits and vegeta-
bles designed into ornamental
displays, instead of the standard
fruit or vegetable tray.
For more do-it-yourself wed-
ding ideas, visit the MSU Exten-
sion Service Pinterest board at
pinterest.com/msuextservice.
Social media drives reception
food trends
On the road again
C
hris and
I have
been
without a car,
on and off,
since Thanks-
giving. The
only reason
that we had
food in the
house (espe-
cially pet food),
is because of
our generous
neighbors, Jyl Bareeld
and Greg Nayden. They
chauffeured us to the
grocery, to the Miller
Marine party, and to the
drugstore to pick up my
meds.
Fortunately, we both
work at home, so being
cabin-bound was not as
much of a calamity as if
we had to be somewhere
important every day. Our
four-legged children loved
having us home.
I was extremely disap-
pointed to miss the launch
of Rebecca Austins jewel-
ry line, ARA. My husband
calls Rebecca and me
girly girls, because we
are both feminine. Our
taste runs to all things
pretty jewelry, hats and
art. She posted a photo
of a lovely bracelet on
Facebook. I hope it is still
available.
I suppose that I should
be happy that we were
stuck in Columbus. It
could be worse a lot
worse. Reports from
the Olympic Village in
Sochi in Krasnodar Krai,
Russia, are absolutely
shocking.
We knew that the
country would not warmly
welcome our gay athletes.
That is something dif-
cult for most Americans
to understand. I applaud
our president
for including
Billie Jean
King and Brian
Boitano in the
U.S. delega-
tion, although
King was not
able to go to
Sochi because
of her mothers
illness. Every
time I see pho-
tos of the mul-
ticolored Olympic rings, I
think of the rainbow ag.
However, humans fared
only slightly better than
dogs. The city of Sochi
has quietly hired a private
company to kill as many
of its stray dogs as possi-
ble ahead of the upcoming
Winter Olympics (ABC
News, Jan. 31). Alexei
Sorokin, owner of the
company, told ABC News
that he did not know how
many dogs his company
has culled. Lets call
things by their real name.
These dogs are biological
trash, he said. The dogs
are being poisoned. (Note
to animal lovers: do not
read the descriptions of
their deaths.)
Journalists, arriv-
ing a few days before
the events, have found
numerous problems with
accommodations. Their
complaints range from
no hot water to broken
elevators, and to rooms
generally in shambles. I
saw one photo that looked
like there had been a ght
in the room.
Stacy St. Clair, a
reporter for the Chicago
Tribune, wrote, My hotel
has no water. If restored,
the front desk says, Do
not use on your face be-
cause it contains some-
thing very dangerous.
Maybe that framed
portrait of Vladimir Vladi-
mirovich Putin, president
of Russia, included in
some rooms will compen-
sate for the lack of ameni-
ties. The reporters should
probably be thankful they
are not dogs.
You would think that at
least the athletes would be
treated like royalty. You
would be wrong. Shaun
White, our star snow-
boarder and two-time
Olympic gold medalist,
has pulled out of one event
because the course is
especially dangerous. He
said, The potential risk
of injury is a bit too much
for me to gamble my other
Olympics goals on ... (AP,
Feb. 5).
The city of Sochi was
awarded the honor of
hosting the 2014 Winter
Games in July of 2007. (I
wish I had that kind of
heads-up before guests
arrive.) According to In-
stitute of Modern Russia,
Sochi has spent $50 bil-
lion in preparation for the
events more than the
cost of all previous Winter
Olympics combined!
(NEWSMAX, Feb. 3).
Surely, with all that time
and money, they should
have done a better job of
staging this extravaganza.
I am glad to have my
car back in the driveway,
and am looking forward to
catching up on my missed
shopping. I am happier
still that I am in Colum-
bus, Mississippi, and not
in Russia. My pets agree.
Adele Elliott, a New
Orleans native, moved to
Columbus after Hurricane
Katrina. Email reaches her
at adeleelliott@bellsouth.
net.
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launches its annual
Table Talk series on
Wednesday, Feb. 12
with a visit by the
King twins Kather-
ine and Margaret. The
sisters entertained
audiences last year
when they introduced
their memoirs, Yall
Twins? Back by
popular demand, they
return to introduce
Which Is Which?
their second book of
tales about growing up
in Oxford.
The further ad-
ventures take them
through their pre-teen
years where they con-
tinue to test boundar-
ies and get away with
things that non-twins
only dream of doing.
Writer William Faulk-
ner reappears in the
memoir, and Kather-
ine bets her cat-eye
marble shooter that he
cant gure out which
is which. He takes up
Katherines challenge;
join the Friends to
nd out the rest of the
story.
We are passion-
ate about laughter,
the twins write in
their blog. Laughing
lengthens life and
were all for that.
We banter back and
forth and feed off of
each others antics;
each of us wants to
get in the last dig and
hopefully get the last
laugh. We are compet-
itive that way.
Were delighted to
have the King sisters
back in Columbus,
said Friends member
Jo Shumake. They
will not only tell great
stories as before, but
they have added of
all things rapping to
their repertoire. This
is hard to wrap your
head around, but as
with all they do, this
should be a real treat.
Table Talks will be
presented on Wednes-
days in February at
the Columbus-Lown-
des Public Library, 314
Seventh St. N. Doors
open at 11:30 a.m. for
those wishing to bring
their lunch and social-
ize before the program
begins at noon. The
Friends will serve iced
tea.
Join the Friends
for these other events
during February:
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sale at the library from
10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
n Feb. 19: Dispatch
columnist Adele Elliot
discusses and reads
from her rst novel,
Friendship Ceme-
tery. Southern gothic
and the paranormal
join hands to walk
through the quirky
city of Columbus.
n Feb. 26: Friends
of the Library board
member Deborah
Johnson takes us to
Revere, Miss., in her
second novel The
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BY JAN SWOOPE
G
ill Harris and the Big
Band Theory will resur-
rect the lush harmonies
of saxes, trombones, trumpets
and a rhythm section at Trotter
Convention Center in Columbus
on Friday, Feb. 21. The sounds
that rst became so popular in
the 1920s and 30s will begin at
7 p.m.
Weve got some really pow-
erful talent, said Harris of Co-
lumbus, who has been putting
bands together since the 1960s.
The band is largely made up
of top professionals. About half
of these are musicians who play
coast to coast for artists like
Wayne Newton, Natalie Cole
and The Temptations. The
other half of the band hails from
Mississippi, and many of those
hold PhDs in music. Denise
Reid of Columbus is the featured
vocalist. Special musical guests
include Miss Mississippi and
Roger Burlingame.
We want you to hear this
band, emphasized Harris.
The audience can anticipate
a repertoire inuenced by iconic
band leaders like Glenn Miller,
Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw,
Woody Herman, Count Basie
and Stan Kenton.
Area musicians will include
Dr. Rick Montalto of the Mis-
sissippi University for Women
Department of Music and Dr.
Michael Brown, Dr. Bob Damm
and Dr. Clifton Taylor of the
Mississippi State University
Department of Music. Brown is
conductor of the Starkville-MSU
Symphony Orchestra and head
of MSUs music department.
To have a true big band
outside a college campus is
almost unheard of anymore,
said Brown, who plays trumpet.
It should be exciting. The local
players in the group are all the
best in the area, and some of
the musicians coming in I know
of by reputation as being top
ight.
Harris said, Cliff Taylor on
trombone will be a featured
soloist on a very special tune
one that took me 10 years to get
my hands on the arrangement.
The song is Poinsiana, by Nat
Simon, with lyrics by Buddy
Bernier. It has a trombone
quartet that will put chills on
your back, said the band leader.
Harris himself began playing
trumpet as a teenager in his
school band and went on to play
in the Army Band in Atlanta.
Music wasnt his only focus. He
studied civil engineering and
moved to Columbus in 1962
to join Ceco Building Systems
as the rms director of engi-
neering. Many of the 200 or so
arrangements or charts for the
classic big band numbers he
treasures were discovered in
music stores he visited while
traveling.
On Feb. 21
The band will provide soft
background instrumental
ballads at 7 p.m. for dinner am-
bience before launching into a
concert and dance near 8 p.m.
A dinner option is avail-
able; dinner tickets are $19 if
purchased in advance. Dinner
tickets at the door, if available,
are $27.
Tickets for table seats are $30
in advance, or $35 at the door.
Tables for up to eight people
may be reserved in advance
for $180. A cash bar with soft
drinks, set-ups and ice will be
open.
Were asking that everybody
comes at 7 p.m. whether youre
dining or not, so you wont miss
the music, urged Harris. And
feel free to dress as you please.
Purchase tickets at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501
Main St., Columbus, Tuesday
through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Call 662-328-2787 for more
information.
The event is made possible in
part by Cable One, Ceco Build-
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I
t is a shame that
I cannot write
about something
that I have done be-
fore I do it, so that
if it is good, I can
recommend it to
readers. I do not get
to go to sneak pre-
views very often,
however; I just have
to write after the
fact. One example
is a performance I
saw recently, a concert of eight
pianos. Peggy Cantelou and I
went to Jackson to hear them
as a benet for the Mississippi
Symphony, presented by the
Jackson Symphony League.
It was hosted and narrated by
mezzo-soprano Lester Sent-
er Wilson, a friend who had
urged me to attend. The least
I can do is to say that, if you
ever have an opportunity to
hear such a concert, take it!
We were nearly
late arriving and
had to slip in a
side door of the
huge First Baptist
Church of Jackson,
almost getting lost
in its expanse of
halls and elevators.
We would probably
never have made it
without the guid-
ance of an especial-
ly nice young se-
curity guard who, praises be,
not only guided us from our
parking spot on the outskirts
of nowhere, but appeared at
our exit from the auditorium to
escort us back to the parking
lot when the concert was over.
If you ever doubt the kind-
ness of strangers, this young
man would dispel it.
The ip side of having to
sneak in a side entrance was
that we got to sit on the third
row to the right, where we
could see the hands of at least
some of the pianists. (We
could almost read, and did see,
where they had highlighted
their parts of the music. It had
been professionally arranged
for that number of pianists.)
Great seats! If we had sat in
the center section, we would
have seen nothing but the
backs of eight grand pianos
arranged in a big semi-circle.
But, of course, it was the
sound, not the sight, that was
the attraction. It was well
worth the drive to Jackson.
Unlike many performances,
this concert was comprised
completely of music nearly
anyone would recognize. One
did not have to wait until the
conclusion to hear familiar
melodies.
Millsaps College professor
Tim Coker conducted. Pianists
were from several educational
and religious institutions in
Jackson. They played a lively
program that included easily
recognized works such as
Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
and Carnaval des Animaux
with verses by Ogden Nash,
Rossinis William Tell Over-
ture and Sousas Stars and
Stripes Forever. For the
familiar Lone Ranger music,
Coker donned a cowboy hat
and black mask.
The artists were so skillful
that I could have sworn I heard
actual brass instruments, and
the piccolo solo in Sousas
march sounded for all the
world like the real thing. Twen-
ty-two other pianists joined the
eight for the Sousa nale; one
of them was former Columbus
resident Ken Roberts. The
entire performance was im-
pressive. The auditorium was
full, except for the balcony. I
wished I could have magically
transported the music lovers
of Columbus to those seats.
Mass piano concerts have
a long history in Jackson,
going back to the 1950s at
least. There were two in the
1990s. The future may not be
so promising. One commenta-
tor observed that there is not
as much music emphasis in
the schools any more. Not as
many youngsters are learning
to play the piano. In bygone
years many more students
had an opportunity to learn
how to play. It is devoutly to be
hoped that we will still develop
a new generation of musicians
capable of giving this much
pleasure. And, I might venture
to add, experiencing the plea-
sure of performing programs
like this one.
Betty Boyls Stone is a free-
lance writer, who grew up in
Columbus.
Eighty-eight times eight
A STONES THROW
Betty Stone
WMSV
Continued from Page 1C
His biggest priorities
early on were determin-
ing a format, getting mu-
sic, and putting together
a staff. Ellis met with
every group he could to
see what music people
were hungry for. The for-
mat eventually selected
was AAA adult album
alternative.
We looked at doing
something that wasnt al-
ready in the market, said
Ellis. Alternative means
alternative to whats out
there. The stations Top
100 list at wmsv.msstate.
edu today offers a good
prole of what listeners
are tuning in for: art-
ists from Bonnie Raitt
and Beck to Pharrell
Williams and Imagine
Dragons.
Ellis sent hundreds of
letters to record labels
to get on their serving
lists and initiated a
relationship with a local
record store for the loan
of music to get started
with. He interviewed
students sometimes eight
to 10 hours a day. And
even though the station is
noncommercial, under-
writers were needed.
Rick Welch of Ricks Caf
was the stations very
rst underwriter, said
Ellis. And hes been one
for 20 years.
Community based
Compared to the old
10-watt radio station
on MSUs campus,
WMSVs 14,000 watts is
a heavy-hitter. Its radius
is 70 miles. That reach
makes it an important
part of, not just campus
life, but community life.
Most college cam-
pus radio stations look
in to the campus; they
program primarily for
college populations, ex-
plained Ellis. Because of
our size and strength, we
look out and really try to
entertain the community
at large. And were really
focused on promoting
MSU to the outside com-
munity.
Krista Vowell of
Starkville was with the
station from 2000 to 2007
and served as news di-
rector. WMSV has been
and is a vital partner in
community life, helping
reach out to the area and
serve, keeping listeners
informed as well as enter-
tained, she said.
That community
includes a worldwide
audience now. Since the
station began a webcast
in 2007, distant listeners
many of them former
MSU students have
messaged in on the
stations site from places
like Canada, Belgium,
Ireland, Alaska and New
Zealand, not to mention
most every state in the
union.
Spinning tunes
In 1994, getting the
music out was a lot more
labor intensive than it is
today. There were two
turntables, a cart ma-
chine that resembled an
old eight-track player and
an array of other gadgets.
My goodness, in the
on-air room you need two
things and thats it these
days: You need a board
(microphone, etc.) and a
computer, said Ellis.
Stafng has substan-
tially changed, too. Its
moved from a volun-
teer-base to paid. While
the station is professional-
ly run by Ellis and News/
Public Relations Director
Anthony Craven, it is
entirely student-staffed.
Ellis estimates about
250 staffers have come
through WMSV in its rst
two decades. For some
of them, it changed the
course of their lives.
I never realized at the
time exactly how import-
ant it was going to be for
my career, said April Hill
who did newscasts as a
student in the late 1990s.
Now 38, she is news di-
rector and anchors broad-
casts at a radio station
in Tulsa, Okla. I never
imagined I would end up
in radio. I told Steve on
Facebook that he might
just be responsible for my
career.
Chelsea Castoria, 26,
was a DJ from 2005 to
2007. Shes working in
radio in Memphis, Tenn.,
now. Id never given ra-
dio a serious thought un-
til I got the job at WMSV,
and once I got there and
got trained, I fell in love
with the radio lifestyle. It
was a sweet little gig.
The crew of Castorias
era called Ellis Papa
Steve, she said. And she
well remembers staff
meetings about correct
pronunciation of names,
like singer-songwriters
Bruce Cockburn (Co-
burn) and Edie Brickell
(Brick-ell) the two
most mispronounced
names, laughed Ellis.
Shaping futures
Steve Ellis was the
consummate mentor
and leader, but more
than anything else, an
encourager, said Barbie
Bassett of Madison, who
did weathercasts at the
station in the mid-1990s
while working on a mas-
ters degree. Today shes a
well-known meteorologist
with WLBT in Jackson
and is the national mete-
orologist with American
Family Radio Network,
on 190 stations across the
country.
Steve was so intent
on making sure I was
successful and that I
sounded professional
on the air. He taught me
things I probably would
have been made fun of for
... As a typical country
girl, Bassett had a hard
time with get and git,
dubya and double-u,
pitcher and picture,
she said. Ellis pointed
these out, as he did for
many staffers over the
years, in an encouraging
way.
Broadcasting one
semester at that one radio
station opened up a door
(for me) to broadcasting
every day since, said
Bassett.
Eric Fritzsius was
part of the original crew.
Hes 41 now, an actor and
freelance writer in Lewis-
burg, W. Va. He grew up
in Starkville. If he could
tell those working at the
station now anything,
it would be to value the
creativity WMSV affords,
because it is a rare thing
in commercial radio.
I would not have trad-
ed those two and a half
years there for anything,
he said. I didnt go to my
high school reunion, but
Im coming to this one.
Breaking ground
The greatest thing
about those days was
that no one knew what
they were doing, so none
of us could do anything
wrong there was a lot
of space to explore and
experiment, said Suehyla
El-Attar. The Starkville na-
tive was at the station for
three of the early years.
She became its news
director in 1997. Shes now
an actor, writer and audio
book narrator in Atlanta.
An abnormal amount
of talent seemed to
coalesce in that place at
the same time, she said.
But there was a desire to
be professional, to grow
within it. So many that I
worked with went on to
stay in that eld, in music
or creative broadcasting
... it was really kind of
phenomenal.
It was a time when
everyone was asserting
their independence and
identity all at once, El-At-
tar continued. Every-
thing I got from WMSV I
incorporate into my entire
profession. Steve Ellis
can look back and look
at what were doing now,
and he can know hes a
part of that.
Keeping on
From time to time,
Ellis may think of
retirement; hes been
with the university for
30 years, after all. But he
relishes the opportunity
to be involved in artistic
endeavors, the music
and to be around real-
ly talented, energetic
college students. His
hope is that those who
have come through the
doors have had a positive
experience.
Im real proud of our
folks. Its good to know
weve created a good
product, and I think
weve represented MSU
and Mississippi well. ...
Retirement? Why? Ive
got the greatest job on
earth.
Editors note: Learn
more about the March 22
concert and anniversary
merchandise at wmsv.
msstate.edu, or call the
station, 662-325-8034.
The stations lobby holds a collection of photographs of staff and volunteers from
the past two decades.
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
EVANGEL CHURCH 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m.,
10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided
through age 3. Ron Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD 2201 Military Road. Christian
Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery Church
(2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m. Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Jody
Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 4474 New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Childrens
Church 10:30 a.m., Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-328-3878
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 45 N. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Dr. Edward N. Knox,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-328-
0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH 3232 Military Road. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Choir Rehearsal 5 p.m.,
Worship, 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided. Walter
Butler, Pastor. 662-327-2111
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH 2096 Bethesda Rd,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH 15949 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Westmoreland,
Pastor. 662-356-6870
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Mens Prayer Service 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship
5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir rehearsals
and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6:15 p.m. Steve Brown, Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Service and Childrens Church 10:30 a.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Danny Avery, Pastor.
Russell Flood, Worship Leader.
CANAAN MB CHURCH 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH 2490 Yorkville Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes Jones, Pastor. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH 844 Old West Point
Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, Pastor.
662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 50 and Holly
Hills Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Discipleship Training, Pre-school, Youth & Childrens Choirs
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer Service
6:30 p.m., Sanctuary Choir 7:30 p.m. Albert Wilkerson,
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH 1316 Ben Christopher Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH 127 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH 1621 Mike Parra
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Michael
Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. N.
Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m. (Worship
televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Cable Channel
7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday 6 p.m. Worship
at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer Service, Wednesday
6:15 p.m. Dr. Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540
columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH 912 11th Ave. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-328-
1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH 278 East
between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. John Walden,
Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 8:45 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA 4:45-
6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m., Choir
Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Childrens Ministry
an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Ray,
Pastor. 662-328-7177
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W. Yarber,
or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774.
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer
Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, 3rd
and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAHS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 9297 Hwy. 69
S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3 miles
South of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Evening - Youth Drama &
AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Evening Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday - Kids Drama 6 p.m., Bible Study, RAs,
GAs & Mission Friends 6:30 p.m. David Woods, Pastor. 662-
356-4940
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. 662-272-
8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor.
662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 7852 Hwy. 12 E.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Christian Development Wednesday 7
p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH 4307
Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-
327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH East Lee Blvd.,
Starkville MSU campus (new building behind the Wesley
Foundation) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. 662-312-6778 or starkvillebaptist.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH 3033 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Shelby
Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of Student
Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH 1118 7th
St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Rev. Brian Hood,
Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH 1720 Hwy. 373. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Martin Buddy Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Banks, Pastor. 662-327-1130
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH Yorkville Rd.
Sunday Bible study 10:15 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Raymond
Spann, Pastor. sgrace.com
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH 1853 Anderson Grove
Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship 11:00
a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O. Williams,
Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jimmy
Ellis, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd &
3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m.,
2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH Starkville Sportsplex, 405 Lynn
Lane Road. Sunday Worship 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Pastor M.
Martin. For prayer call 662-722-1884
BRICK MB CHURCH Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 9:30
a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons Road.
Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Bowers, Pastor.
662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor. 662-434-8283
CHRIST MB CHURCH 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. Program
every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
EL BETHEL MB CHURCH 2205 Washington Ave. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m.,
Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH 4266 Sand Road. Sunday
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-
243-1057
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jimmy
L. Rice, Pastor.
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Glenn
Wilson, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH 1856 Carson Rd.
Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH 4892 Ridge Rd. Worship 9 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Rev. Charles Davison, Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH 129 Brickerton St. at Wingate
Inn. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Rev. Willie
Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST 219 Maple St. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist
Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Rev. Erick Logan, pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH 12311 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every Sunday
except 5th Sunday. Rev. Johnny Hall, Pastor. Min. John Wells,
Assistant Pastor.
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH 271 Church St., Artesia. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Thomas E. Rice is pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday,
5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner,
Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH 3301 Sand Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Rev. John C. Edwards. 662-329-5224
OAKLAND MB CHURCH 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Tue. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6
p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Thurs. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m.,
Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 5 p.m. Rev.
Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH 9203 Hwy.
389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor
George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
James A. Greenlaw, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH 1213 Island Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Rev. Rayfeld Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH 1519 Sixth Ave. N. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
Bobby E. Woodrick Sr., Pastor.
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., (1st
& 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH 514 20th St. N. Sunday
School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples, Pastor.
ST. JAMES MB CHURCH 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6:15
p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
ST. JOHN MB CHURCH 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev.
Otha Rockett, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH Robinson Rd. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Mays,
Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH 101 Weaver Rd. (Hwy. 69
S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Coy Jones, Pastor.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday 6 p.m.
Michael Sampson, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH 8086 Hwy. 12.
East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL 366 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH 1202 5th St. S. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Childrens Church
10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. James
A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Washington
St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 2
p.m. Herb Hatfeld, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Flower Farm
Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45. Sunday
10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30
a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Herman Clark, Pastor.
662-369-2532
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH 808 College St.
Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic School
(during the school year). Father Robert Dore, Priest.
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ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVIDS AT MAYHEW 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939 or
anglicancatholic.org
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 811 N. McCrary. Ed Maurer,
Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6
p.m. Wednesday, 6 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH 720 4th Ave. N. and 8th
St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST Main St., Caledonia.
Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Shobal Johnson 662-
241-5376 or E-mail: churchofchristhwy69s@live.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible
class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST 2401 7th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Billy Ferguson, Pulpit Minister and Paul Bennett - Family
& Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST Highway 182 E. at
Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch. com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Brian Adkins, Minister. 662-364-0353
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST 161 Jess Lyons Rd.
Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Doug English, Minister.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett,
Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhillcrestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15
a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Robert Johnson,
Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS NAME Hwy. 12. Sunday 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD 721 7th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 p.m. Brenda
Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD 2103 Jess Lyons
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH 2274 Yorkville Rd., Life
Groups 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.; Evening Worship & JAM Kids
Night 6 p.m.; Wednesday: Worship, Called Out Youth, Royal
Rangers, Girls Clubs 7 p.m.; Tuesday: Intercessory Prayer 7
p.m. Nursery Available for all services (newborn- 4). Bobby
Richardson, Paster. 662-328-1256 or ychurch@cableone.net
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD 5580 Ridge Road.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
606 Military Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Evening, 2nd & 4th Sunday 6 p.m., Monday 6 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Tommy Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 917 15th
St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 5429
Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m.,
Worship 9:30 a.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 2nd
Sunday Holy Communion, 4th Sunday Youth Sunday, 4th
Sunday Family/Friends Sunday and Fellowship Dinner. Robert
L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-328-7159
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Luncheon 11 a.m. Johnnie R.
Bradford, Pastor. 662-889-3820 or 662-798-0282.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Minnie
Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday
7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL Catholic - Sunday: Catholic Reconciliation
4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Catholic Priest Fr. Vince
Burns. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 321 Forrest Blvd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Holy Eucharist 10 a.m., Tuesday and
Thursday Braille Bible Workers 9 a.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest.
662-327-1953
ST. PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 318 College St. Sunday
8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Rev. Anne
Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP New Hope Road. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jack
Taylor, Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-Fri. 10
a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30 p.m., 5th
Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH W. Yorkville Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11a.m., Evening 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Jerry Potter, Pastor.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-328-
2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m.
Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GODS ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor.
662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH Old Macon Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30
p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 120 19th St.
S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
BNAI ISRAEL 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST Meeting at Temple Bnai Israel,
1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-620-7344
or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) Hwy.
45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m., Worship
5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH L.C.M.S. 1211 18th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 p.m. Rev.
Mark Steiner, Pastor. 662-327-7747
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Kevin
Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Walt Porter, Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 618 31st Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Dr. Jonathan
Speegle, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Choir Rehearsal Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Todd Lemon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Geneva H.
Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD CME CHURCH 1213 Concord Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Tommy Davis, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Main St,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m. Buddy
Carrol, Pastor.
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH Steens. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Carl
Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 602 Main St.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers &
Communion 5 p.m. Rev. Raigan Miskelly, Pastor.
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday
Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
GLENNS CHAPEL CME CHURCH 1109 4th St. S. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael Terry, Pastor.
662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets frst, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Hwy.
12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd
and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra
Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service frst,
third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-
5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham, Pastor.
662-329-3555
ORRS CHAPEL CME CHURCH Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Saturday
9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm. Rev. James Black,
Pastor.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH 521 15th St. N. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m. Rev. Dr. J. W.
Honeysucker, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service 9 a.m.,
Praise and Worship Service 10:45 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Eighth Ave. and
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:30 a.m., Devotion 9:45 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday 3rd Sunday Evening
Worship 6:30 p.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Fred
H. Brown, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH Freeman
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Youth activities 5 p.m. Jeff Ruth, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 307 South Cedar
Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert Scott Sr., Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. James Black, Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rt. 2, 6015
Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Robert
Hurst, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH 4610 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Dr. William Petty, Pastor. 205-399-5196
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH 1108 14th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Jeffrey
Williams, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m.,
Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Sunday 6 p.m. Rev. Diane Lemmon.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Hwy. 45
Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Tuesday 6 p.m. Tyrone Ashford, Pastor. 662-726-5396
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 10 a.m., Gospel 11 a.m.,
Priesthood & Relief Society 12 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Bishop Tyrel Reed. 662-356-0833
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON DENOMINATIONAL
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 611 S. Frontage
Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig Morris,
Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, INC.
1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45 p.m.,
Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr.
crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER 3288 Cal-
Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor. 662-574-0210
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kids Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Class 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 7 p.m. Grover C. Richards,
Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship Services 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday
Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees,
Pastor. 662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH 1608 Gardner
Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. J.
Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH 133 Northdale Dr. Sunday
Worship 5:30 p.m. Les Pogue, Pastor. 662-889-8132 or fccnppa.
org
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer Saturday
5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Maxine Hall,
Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH 1411 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 8:30
a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Darren Leach,
Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m.,
Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School 10:30
a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.,
Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more information call
Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118, Patricia Young 662-
327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH 3193 Hwy
69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-1960
LIFE CHURCH 3918 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call Delmar Gullett
at 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 305 Dr. Martin Luther
King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Pastor Apostle
Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY 875 Richardson. Worship
Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every 2nd
and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
REAL LIFE CHURCH 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday
10 a.m., RLC Kids Ministry Sunday 10 a.m. Pastor Martin
Andrews. 662-328-2131 or www.reallifems.com
THE LORDS HOUSE 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE POINT (POINT OF GRACE CHURCH) 503 18th.
Ave. N. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Xtreme Kids - 10
a.m. for ages 4-11, Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Highpoint Kidz ages 4-11. Shane Cruse, Pastor. 662-328-7811
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES 730 Whitfeld St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. Rev.
Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER 597 Main St., Caledonia.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene OMary, Pastor.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES 5450
Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr.
662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES
1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m.
-10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Rone F. Burgin,
Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wedneday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-3182 or
mdavis43@hotmail.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE Shelton St. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES 622 28th St. N. Elder Robert
L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH 922 17th St. N.
Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry
Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE 324 5th St.S. Granville E.
Wiggins, Sr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L. Obsorne,
Pastor.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE 1210
17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday
11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH 1504 19th
St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD 120 21st St. S.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Thursday 7 p.m. Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Billy Kidd
Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.
and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m. Ernest Thomas,
Pastor.
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 311 Tuscaloosa
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-1750
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Rev. Tim Lee,
Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church School 11:15 a.m.,
Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) 515
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 9:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Bob Wilbur, Pastor.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2698
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult
Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly
Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 6 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd
Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise Class Tuesday and
Thursday 8 a.m. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Youth Group-
Sundays 5 p.m., Adult Choir-Wednesdays 6:30 p.m.,
Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Tom Bryson,
Minister.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. Chad Watkins,
Assistant Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH 2219 Hwy. 82 East.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Holiness Meeting 11 a.m., Puppets
& Timbrels 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Supper 5 p.m,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m., Womens & Mens Ministries
7 p.m., Corps Cadets (Teen Bible Study) 7 p.m., Friday
Supper Club 5:30 p.m., Friday Youth Meetings 6 p.m., Friday
Character Building (Ages 5-18) 6 p.m. Captain John Showers,
Commanding Offcer.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Larry Owens, Pastor.
662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 826 15th St. N.
Saturday Sabbath School 9:15 a.m., Divine Worship 11a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
Regular Church Attendance
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General Help
Wanted 320
HELP WITH disabled
lady in Columbus. Give
meds, bath & sit with.-
Room & board for right
person. Light house-
keeping. Must have ex-
perience & references.
Call 662-251-8889.
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Domestic Help 315
ADOPTION:
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Special
Notices 240
General Help
Wanted 320
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trees ~Small trees
~Trees over house
~Storm cleanup ~
~Brush clearing~ FREE
QUOTES. Call today.
662-801-7511
Tree Service 186
J.R. BOURLAND
Tree & Stump
Removal. Trimming
w/bucket truck
Licensed & Bonded
Firewood 4 sale LWB
$100. 662-574-1621
J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket
truck. Insured/bonded.
Call Jimmy for a
free estimate
662-386-6286
A&T TREE SERVICE
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
242-0324/241-4447
We'll go out on a limb
for you!
Tree Service 186
WILL SIT with the elder-
ly, sick or handicapped.
From Fri. 6pm-Sun.
6pm. Call 567-7192
Sitting With
Elderly/Sick 178
SULLIVAN'S PAINT
SERVICE
Certified in lead removal
Offering special prices
on interior & exterior
painting, pressure
washing & sheet rock
repairs. Free Estimates
Call 435-6528
Painting &
Papering 162
MIKE'S LAWN SERVICE
More than a lawn ser-
vice. 574-7189 or visit
us at facebook.com/
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JESSE & BEVERLY'S
LAWN SERVICE. Fall
clean up, firewood, land-
scaping, tree cutting, &
clean-up. 356-6525
Lawn Care
Landscaping 147
PECANS
DUKE PECAN
CO.
The REAL Duke Pecan Co.
508 Brame Ave.
West Point, MS
494-6767
Fresh NEW Crop
Large U.S. No. 1 Pecans,
Chocolate Pecans, &
Candies
Pecans
Cracked & Blown
OPEN YEAR-ROUND
SINCE 1938
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General
Services 136
WILL HAUL/TOW vehi-
cles. Local or long dis-
tance. Fully insured. Call
251-6620
PAINTING/CARPENTRY
25 years experience.
Great prices. Call Leslie.
Call 662-570-5490
NEED A maid? New
cleaning service. Small
family owned business.
Big hands on cleaning
power! We want your
business. Free est. 662-
327-8186 or 386-4291
MR. PIANO. Best piano
& organ service. Sales,
rentals, moving, tuning
& service. Call 465-
8895 or 418-4097
RETAINER WALL, drive-
way, foundation, con-
crete/riff raft drainage
work, remodeling, base-
ment foundation, re-
pairs, small dump truck
hauling (5-6 yd) load &
demolition/lot cleaning.
Burr Masonry 242-0259
General
Services 136
C & P PRINTING
The one stop place for
all of your printing
needs. No job too large
or too small. Call today.
662-327-9742
General
Services 136
TOM HATCHER, LLC
Custom Construction,
Restoration, Remodel-
ing, Repair, Insurance
claims. 662-364-1769.
Licensed & Bonded
Building &
Remodeling 112
NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
THE CITY OF STARKVILLE, MS
JOB VACANCY
Job Title: Building Inspector
Department: Community Development
Posting Period:
Feb. 10, 2014 through Feb. 18, 2014
Duties: The Building Inspector performs technical
and skilled inspection work in the Development Services
division of the Community Development Department.
Work will involve enforcement of compliance with
established codes, regulations and ordinances governing
building (new construction and improvements) and
will also include reviewing plans for completeness and
conformance to codes, regulations and ordinances for
both residential and commercial construction. The
Building Inspector will inspect mechanical, plumbing,
framing, and electrical systems of building structures
(residential and commercial) during various stages of
construction and remodeling; enforce compliance with
applicable codes, ordinances and regulations; recommend
modications and adjustments as necessary; inspect
previously occupied buildings, spaces or suites for code
compliance; approve inspected areas for certicates of
occupancy; inspect existing residential and commercial
structures for change of use, occupancy, or compliance
with applicable codes, regulations and ordinances;
confer with architects, contractors, builders and the
general public; receive calls and answer questions about
permits and code requirements; maintain les and
reports regarding inspection activities and ndings on all
active projects; conduct pre-construction meetings with
architects, engineers and contractors to explain code and
local regulations as related to new project construction;
determine compliance with City electrical/energy codes
and ordinances; be available for rotating emergency
after hour inspections; perform eld inspections of
contractors and subcontractors for proper licenses or
permits as needed; review building permit applications
to determine conformity with established regulations;
perform eld inspections to investigate technical problems
or disputes; re-inspects to assure correction of noted
violations; locates and resolves illegal construction;
suspends work at construction sites if violations have
not been corrected within allotted time lines; approves
nal construction prior to occupancy; conducts technical
and code research and prepares reports and maintains
records related to special projects as assigned; maintains
knowledge of changes in construction codes resulting
from technological, architectural and building materials
changes and improvements; reviews professional code
books, journals and ordinances to verify and interpret
applicable codes and will cross-train to provide coverage
in other building inspection areas.
Education And/Or Experience Required:
Three years of increasingly responsible construction
and/or inspection experience including one year of
experience working with residential and commercial
buildings; graduation from high school or equivalent
and two years of college or technical school including
courses in engineering, construction technology,
electrical construction, building inspection technology,
architecture, or related areas; must be familiar with the
2012 International Building Codes and the 2011 National
Electrical Codes; certication as a building inspector
required. If not already certied, must be able and attain
certication within one (1) year of employment; two (2)
years as a municipal building inspector preferred; OR an
equivalent comb
Salary: Grade 12, Range $36,874.04 to $49,038.56
Qualied candidates may apply at
City Hall, 101 Lampkin Street,
Starkville, MS 39759
or apply on-line at
www.cityofstarkville.org.
The duties and qualications listed
are intended as illustrations of the
types of work that may be performed.
The omission of specic job duties or
qualications does not exclude them
from the position requirement.
The Cit y of Starkville, Mississippi, is an equal opportunit y employer and does not discriminate
upon the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or veteran status. The
City of Starkville is a smoke-free working environment. When the qualications of applicants for
transfer and/or promotion are essentially equal, preference will be given
to existing cit y employees.
The duties and qualications listed are intended as illustrations of the types of work that
may be performed. The omission of specic job duties or qualications does not exclude
them from the position requirement.
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TODD PARKS
CONSTRUCTION
New Construction, Re-
modeling, Repairs, Con-
crete. Free est. Call or
email 662-889-8662 or
toddparks.construction
@gmail.com
Building &
Remodeling 112
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following tenants
entered into a lease with RENT-
A-SPACE for storage spaces in
which to store personal property:
Pamela Daniels Unit #K2245
Alashia Green Unit #J2079
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the rent
and RENT-A-SPACE pursuant to
said lease is authorized to sell
the personal property to satisfy
the past due rent and any other
charges owed to it.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-SPACE
will offer for sale, and will sell at
auction to the highest bidder
and best bidder for cash all per-
sonal property in the storage.
Said property located at RENT-A-
SPACE 406 Wilkins Wise Rd,
COLUMBUS, MS will be sold at
9:00 AM on February 28
th
,
2014.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-SPACE
will convey only such title as is
vested in it pursuant to its leas-
es and as allowed under Missis-
sippi Code Annotated Section
85-7-121 et. seq. (Supp 1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
February 5, 2014.
RENT-A-SPACE
BY: MANAGER
Publish: 2/9/14
enclosed in another envelope
addressed to the Port Director,
Lowndes County Port Authority,
1102 Main Street (P. O. Box
633), Columbus, Mississippi
39701 (39703). Any bid not re-
ceived in writing at this office by
the date and time specified will
be declared late.
The Port Authority will not be re-
sponsible for delays in delivery.
It is solely the responsibility of
the vendor that bids to reach the
opening on time.
Any bid received after deadline
will be returned unopened. Bids
or alterations by fax or phone
will not be accepted.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
within ninety (90) days after the
actual date of the opening there-
of.
EVIDENCE: No bid will be
opened, considered or accepted
unless the above information is
given as specified. Awarding
public contracts to non-resident
Bidders will be on the same ba-
sis as the non-resident bidder's
state awards contracts to Mis-
sissippi Contractors bidding un-
der similar circumstances. In or-
der to ensure that Mississippi's
Golden Rule is followed, state
law requires a non-resident bid-
der to attach to his bid, a copy
of his/her resident state's cur-
rent laws pertaining to such
state's treatment of non-resi-
dent contractors.
Each Bidder must deposit with
his proposal, a Bid Bond or Cer-
tified Check in an amount equal
to five percent (5%) of his bid,
payable to the Lowndes County
Port Authority, as bid security.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to furnish a Payment
Bond and Performance Bond
each in the amount of one hun-
dred percent (100%) of the con-
tract amount.
Copies of the Instruction to Bid-
ders, Bid Forms and Contract
Specifications (with the excep-
tion of the Mississippi Standard
Specifications for Road and
Bridge Construction) may be pro-
cured at the office of Neel-Schaf-
fer, Inc., P. O. Box 2100 (2310
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive),
Columbus, MS 39704 (39705),
601-328-4460, between the
hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00
P.M., Local Time, Monday
through Friday, upon payment of
$300.00 for each set, which will
not be refunded. Checks are
made payable to the Engineer.
The Lowndes County Port Au-
thority hereby notifies all Bidders
that it will affirmatively insure
that in any contract entered into
pursuant to this advertisement,
disadvantaged and women's
business enterprises will be af-
forded the full opportunity to
submit bids in response to this
invitation and will not be discrim-
inated against on the grounds of
race, color, or national origin in
consideration for an award.
The Lowndes County Port Au-
thority reserves the right to re-
ject any bids and all bids and
waive any informality.
BY:
/s/ John Hardy, Port Director
Publish: February 9, 2014
February 16, 2014
Legal Notices 001
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PORT ACCESS ROAD
IMPROVEMENTS LOWNDES
COUNTY PORT LOWNDES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Sealed bids for Port Access
Road Improvements at the Lown-
des County Port will be received
by the Lowndes County Port Au-
thority at 1102 Main Street,
Columbus, Mississippi, 39701
until 10:00 A.M on March 10,
2014 and then at said office
publicly opened and read aloud.
This project includes the realign-
ment of the Port Access Road in
Columbus, Mississippi. The re-
alignment includes 200 feet of
mill and overlay in combination
with 739 feet of new construc-
tion. The overall roadway width
will be widened from 24 feet to
28 feet to accommodate truck
traffic.

The above general outline of fea-
tures of the work does not in
any way limit the responsibility
of the Contractor to perform all
work and furnish all labor, equip-
ment and materials required by
the specifications and the draw-
ings referred to therein. CER-
TIFICATE OF RESPONSIBILITY:
Each contractor submitting a bid
in excess of $50,000.00 must
show on his bid and on the face
of the envelope containing the
bid, his Certificate of Responsi-
bility Number, as required by
Section 31-3-21 and 31-3-15,
Mississippi Code of 1972. If
the bid does not exceed
$50,000.00, a notation so stat-
ing must appear on the face of
the envelope. Each bid must be
submitted in a sealed envelope,
addressed to the Port Director,
Lowndes County Port Authority.
Each sealed envelope containing
a bid shall be clearly marked on
the outside as: BID ENCLOSED
PORT ACCESS ROAD IMPROVE-
MENTS, and the envelope
should also bear on the outside
the name of the Company and
the Company's address. If for-
warded by mail, the sealed enve-
lope containing the bid must be
continued next column
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following tenants
entered into a lease with RENT-
A-SPACE for storage spaces in
which to store personal property:
Patricia Bounds
Unit #C4004
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the rent
and RENT-A-SPACE pursuant to
said lease is authorized to sell
the personal property to satisfy
the past due rent and any other
charges owed to it.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-SPACE
will offer for sale, and will sell at
auction to the highest bidder
and best bidder for cash all per-
sonal property in the storage.
Said property located at RENT-A-
SPACE 2193 Lake Lowndes Rd,
COLUMBUS, MS will be sold at
11:00 AM on February 28
th
,
2014.
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-SPACE
will convey only such title as is
vested in it pursuant to its leas-
es and as allowed under Missis-
sippi Code Annotated Section
85-7-121 et. seq. (Supp 1988).
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
February 5
th
, 2014.
RENT-A-SPACE
BY: MANAGER
Publication Date: 2/9/2014
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF ANNIE B. DICKER-
SON, (d)
IRMA DICKERSON,
ADMINISTRATRIX
NO. 2013-0240-B
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters of Administration having
been granted on the 16th day of
January, 2014, by the Chancery
Court of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi in Cause No. 2013-
0240-B, to the undersigned Ad-
ministrator upon the Estate of
ANNIE B. DICKERSON, de-
ceased. Notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims
against said Estate to present
the Proof of Claim by mailing it
to the Clerk of this Court at Post
Office Box 684, Columbus, Mis-
sissippi 39703, for probate and
registration according to the law
within ninety (90) days from the
first date of publication of this
Notice or they will be forever
barred under Mississippi law.
This the 23
rd
day of January,
2014.
/s/Irma Dickerson
Irma Dickerson, Administratrix
for THE ESTATE OF ANNIE B.
DICKERSON, deceased
Submitted by:
Monique Brooks Montgomery
Bar No. 10720
The Montgomery Law Firm,
L. L. C.
814 2ND Avenue North
Columbus, MS 39701
Telephone: (662) 327-0030
Facsimile: (662) 327-4433
Publish: 2/9, 2/16 &
2/23/2014
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Houses For Rent:
Caledonia 716
SMALL COTTAGE.
2BR/1BA. Large yard,
central heat & air, newly
remodeled. No HUD.
$525/mo. w/annual
lease. 352-4776
Houses For Rent:
East 712
4BD HOME, 2 BA,
stove, frig, DW, microcr-
wave, CH&A, formal DR,
fenced back yard, 1 car
garage $1100 mo +
$1100 dep, 1 yr lease,
credit check, Coleman
Realty 329-2323
NEWLY REMODELED
3BR/2BA. Central h/a,
stove, d/washer, fridge,
dbl. garage. Exc. loca-
tion. Conv. to shopping.
$725/mo. $500 dep.
No HUD. 662-352-4776
COLONIAL TOWNHOUS-
ES. 2 or 3 bedroom w/
2-3 bath townhouses.
$575/$700. 662-549-
9555. Ask for Glenn or
leave message
3BD/1BA house for
rent. Central heat & air,
fresh paint, new carpet,
HUD approved. 251-
9696
Houses For Rent:
Northside 711
WAREHOUSES AND/OR
OFFICES. 2 separate
adjoining units. 4500
+/- s.f. ea. Heavy elec,
shelves, great location,
plenty of parking. ABC
Realty, LTD. 662-323-
9292
OFFICE OR retail proper-
ty available in East
Columbus. Call 386-
7694 or 364-1030
EAST COLUMBUS.
40X60 building. Former-
ly barber & beauty shop.
Good parking. 301
North McCrary. Call
425-6505
COMMERCIAL BUILD-
ING for rent. 801 Mili-
tary Rd. $350/mo. Call
574-7206
Commercial
Property For Rent
710
Rivergate
Apartments
Quiet Country Living
Studio,
1&2 Bedrooms
Executive Units
Water
Furnished
Monday - Friday
8a-5p
327-6333
300 Holly Hills Rd.
Columbus
Commercial Dispatch
Apartments For
Rent: Other 708
Chateaux
Holly Hills
Apartments
102 Newbell Rd
Columbus
Mon-Fri 8-5
328-8254
Central Heat & Air
Conditioning
Close to CAFB
Onsite Laundry Facility
All Electric/Fully Equipped
Kitchen
Lighted Tennis Court
Swimming Pool
Where Coming
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1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM
APARTMENTS &
TOWNHOUSES.
1BR/1BA Apt. $300
2BR/1BA Apt. $350-
$400. 2BR/2BA 3BR /
2BA Townhouses $550-
$800. No HUD allowed.
Lease, deposit, credit
check required. Cole-
man Realty. 329-2323
Apartments For
Rent: Other 708
DOWNTOWN LIVING
This beautiful apartment
is located over The
Commercial Dispatch in
the heart of historic
downtown Columbus.
Formerly an attorney's
office, the space has
been restored and mod-
ern amenities have
been added. The apart-
ment features tall ceil-
ings, hardwood floors,
central heat and air and
on-site laundry. The
apartment includes a liv-
ing room, bedroom, din-
ing room, kitchen and
bathroom. $750 per
month includes utilities.
Deposit required.
Flexible lease terms
available. No pets. Call
Peter at 662-574-1561
APTS/HOUSES for rent
$300 to $550. Associ-
ated Realty 662-327-
8557
1 & 2BR apts. in North
& East. CH&A, all elec,
water & sewer furn, con-
venient to shopping.
$350/mo. Call 352-
4776
Apartments For
Rent: Other 708
NORTHSTAR PROPER-
TIES. 500 Louisville St.
1, 2 & 3BR avail. 662-
323-8610. 8-5pm, M-F.
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DOWTOWN COLUMBUS
513 Main. 2BR/2BA,
1100 sq. ft. Walk-in
closets, hardwood
floors, 2 parking
spaces. $1100. Incl.
utilities (up to $275).
662-574-1299
1BR APT. $400/month.
$250 dep. Water fur-
nished. 3-6 month lease
available. Call 549-
0454 or 251-7106
Apartments For
Rent: South 704
Auctions 412
Apartments For
Rent: Northside
701
TOWNHOUSE. 2BR/1.5
BA. New ceramic tile &
carpet. Central air &
heat. HUD accepted.
662-425-6954
1, 2, 3 BEDROOMS &
townhouses. Call for
more info. 662-549-
1953
1 & 2BR remodeled
apts. available. Colum-
bus. Free water & gas.
Call & ask about our
move in special. 662-
418-8324
Apartments For
Rent: East 702
NORTHWOOD TOWN-
HOUSES 2BR, 1.5BA,
CH/A, stove, fridge,
DW, WD hookups, &
private patios. Call
Robinson Real Estate
328-1123
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM
apartments & townhous-
es. Call for more info.
662-549-1953
1BR UPSTAIRS. Nice
deck. 5979 Hwy 45 N.
$325/mo. Water &
garbage incl. $225 dep.
Background & employ-
ment check. No pets, no
HUD. 662-328-2340 or
662-251-7643
***$99 1st Month***
Feels like home to me.
Clean 1-4BR remodeled
apts. Stove, fridge, w/d
hookups, mini-blinds.
HUD accepted. Call Mar-
lene. 662-630-2506
Apartments For
Rent: Northside
701
SHIH TZU puppies for
sale. Call 662-327-
7251 or 662-574-2117
Pets 515
WANTED: Old 35mm
slides. Call 328-6101
Wanted
to Buy 478
GUN SMITH. Over 45
yrs. exp. (As good as
the best, better than
most). New & used
guns, new scopes, re-
pairs, rebuilding, clean-
ing & scopes, mounted
& zeroed on range, an-
tique guns restored, &
wood refinished. Ed
Sanders, West Point. 3
mi. N. Barton Ferry on
Darracott Rd. Open Tue-
Sat. Call for appt. 494-
6218
Sporting
Goods 472
Auctions 412
ESTATE SALE,
548 Hwy 45 N. Frontage
Rd. Beginning Feb. 10,
9am-6pm. Closed
March 7-14. FMI, call
662-352-4460
General
Merchandise 460
NEW HOPE
GARDEN APARTMENTS
58 Old Yorkville Road 327-8372
Monday & Wednesday 3pm-6pm
1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments
Next to New Hope Schools
Stove, Refrigerator, Central Heat & Air
Onsite Laundry Facility
D.A.D.G.A REG. Nigeri-
an Dwarf dairy goats.
Ch. bld. lines. 40' alum.
modular w/chair ramp.
Top deck, side rails, dbl.
turnaround, landing pad.
$3k obo. 356-4906
CLEAN UP sale at
AMORE. Fine glassware,
lamps, pictures, home
dcor & bookshelves at
Thrift store prices. 5251
Hwy. 45N
3 STYLING chairs, 2
shampoo bowls & 1 dry-
er. Treadmill & Total
Gym Workout. Call 662-
574-4262 for more info
General
Merchandise 460
COUCH $85. Gunrack
$100. File cabinet $50.
New whirlpool spa tub
$400. 1930's armoire
$600. 1930's secretary
w/bookcase $600. 32
Barbies w/acces. $100.
239 Shrinewood Dr
Furniture 448
ASHLEY WOOD burning
heater. Call 242-0259
for more information
Firewood 445
Auctions 412
AMMONIA NITRATE.
$70 per acre. Pasture &
hay ground fertilizer
starting @ $35/acre.
662-386-9122
4X5 ROUND bales of
hay. $15 in field. $25 in
barn. 662-386-3132
Farm Equipment &
Supplies 442
ONE MONTH
FREE RENT
& YOUR CHOICE OF MONTH!!!
Move-In Special
Going On Now!!!
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A Cut Above The Rest
625 31st Ave. N. (Behind K-Mart Off Hwy. 45 N.)
Office Hours Mon-Fri 8-5
662.329.2544
Sweetheart of a Deal!
2 PLOTS WITH VAULTS
MEMORIAL GARDENS
$2000. CALL 251-0955
Burial Plots 425
TONY LITTLE Gazelle.
Like new. $75. Call
327-8774
MEN'S CHAPS jacket.
Size large. Brown. $40
obo. Call 327-8774
FULL SIZE mattress &
box springs. Very good
condition. $50. Call
662-574-1212
BABY GIRL clothes.
Size 9-18 mo. $25 for
all. Call 327-8774
Bargain
Column 418
PUBLIC AUTO Auction.
Edge Auto Auction. Ev-
ery Saturday 11am &
every Tuesday 6:30pm.
1309 E. Church St.,
Booneville, MS. 662-
728-8558. Ms. Lic
#295. auctionzip.com
edgeauctions.com,
Facebook. Seized, re-
pos, title Pawns, etc
Auctions 412
WE SELL used appli-
ances & haul off your
old ones. CALL 662-
549-5860 or 662-364-
7779
WASHERS, DRYERS,
fridges, hot water
heaters, a/c's & stoves
for sale. 662-251-0176
Appliances 409
Medical &
Dental 330
DRIVER TRAINEES!
Get Paid
CDL Training Now!
Learn to drive for
US Express
New drivers can earn
$800/week & benefits
No Experience Needed
Be trained &
based locally!
1-888-540-7364
Truck Driving 370
DRIVER - CDL/A
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with higher earning po-
tential? No Out of Pock-
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* Earn Your CDL-A in 22
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* Top Notch
Training Equipment
* Competitive Training
Pay Upon Graduation
* Career Advancement
Must be 21 years of
age.855-378-9335.
EOE. www.kllm.com
Truck Driving 370
CHIROPRACTIC
ASSISTANT
needed for busy chiro-
practic office. P/T. Req:
team oriented, multi-
tasking, organized, ener-
getic, dependable, cust.
serv. & phone skills.
Computer exp. helpful.
Bring resume in person
to 111 Alabama St.
Columbus, 10a - 2:00p
Medical &
Dental 330
The Mississippi School
for Mathematics & Sci-
ence (MSMS) is accept-
ing applications for fac-
ulty positions in Chem-
istry & Mathematics for
the 2014-2015 school
year. MSMS is a state-
wide, public, residential
high school for academi-
cally gifted 11th & 12th
grade students located
on the campus of Mis-
sissippi University for
Women in Columbus,
MS. Applicants must
possess a minimum of
a master's degree in a
related area. For addi-
tional information & em-
ployment application,
visit www.themsms.org
& click on Employment
Opportunities or contact
Shirley Ellis at sellis@
themsms.org or 662-
329-7674
General Help
Wanted 320
PCS is a community mental health agency
providing outpatient behavioral health and
substance abuse services to children and
adults in rural West Tennessee- locations
in Covington, Ripley, Somerville, Millington,
Brownsville, and Dyersburg. Our staff
includes adult & child psychiatrists, behavioral
health nurses, case managers, therapists, and
pharmacists.
PCS is seeking full-time or part-time Nurse
Practitioner to join our team. Monday-
Friday day time hours with no after hours
or weekends. Our sites qualify for student
loan repayment under the National Health
Service Core. Full-time position has excellent
coop+oy beoetts t|+t |oc|uoe |e+|t|
insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off
beoetts.
Qualincarions:
Applicants must be licensed to practice in
state of Tennessee or be licensed eligible and
must have prescription privileges.
Please contact Jimmie Jackson, Director of
Human Resources, at 1997 Hwy. 51 South,
Covington, TN 38019, call 901-475-3569, fax
901-313-1142, or email
jimmie.jackson@pcswtn.org.
www.pcswtn.org
Psychiatric
Nurse Practitioner
Does your family need help?
Does your child need help?
Do You need help?
Company Drivers-OTR
STOP Job Hopping
Weve got miles+pay. Full benets pkg!
1 yr veriable exp. 10-14 days out. To
apply call Tim 1-800-999-7383 or
tposton@transcarriers.com
ENTRY-LEVEL & LATERAL POLICE OFFICER APPLICANTS
CITY OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
The City of Columbus is accepting applications for the position of Entry-
Level and Lateral Police Ofcers until 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 20,
2014. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and must be a citizen
of the United States. Applicants must also be a high school graduate or
have received a GED. A copy of the diploma or GED certicate MUST
be submitted to the Citys Human Resources Ofce, 523 Main Street,
2nd Floor, between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday Thursday, BY
FEBRUARY 20, 2014. The Citys Nepotism policy is discussed on the
application.
An information packet will be given to all interested applicants upon
request of an application form. The City has a wonderful benet package,
which includes paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, health, dental and
life insurance, and a retirement plan.
Interested applicants should apply to:
HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE
Post Ofce Box 1408
523 Main Street
Columbus, MS 39703-1408
Call (662) 329-5114 or (662) 328-8682 for more information
Applicants may apply online at www.thecityofcolumbusms.org
and fax application to (662) 329-5154
Applicants must successfully complete a physical agility test, a written
examination and other requirements before being placed on the eligibility
list.
The City of Columbus is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and does not
discriminate on the basis of race, sex, national origin, creed or handicap.
CITY OF COLUMBUS HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
Columbus Heights
Subdivision
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Sudoku
YESTERDAYS ANSWER
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
a 9x9 grid with several
given numbers. The object
is to place the numbers
1 to 9 in the empty spaces
so that each row, each
column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number
only once. The difIcul|y
level increases from
Monday to Sunday.
On a slow boat to China
WHATZIT ANSWER
ACROSS
1 Zhivagos
portrayer
7 Luggage
accessories
11 Eastern temple
12 Foot or hand
13 Stood for
14 Church part
15 Church doings
16 Ofce clerk, at
times
17 Bandleader
Kenton
18 Renounce
19 Chris Hemsworth
role
21 Empty talk
22 Simple
25 Barbers offering
26 Monument Valley
sight
27 Convenient
29 British stables
33 Senses
34 Small-scale
35 Jazz combo
36 Poplars kin
37 Church part
38 Basic
39 Brings in
40 Wobble
DOWN
1 Prepares for a
ght
2 Wont
3 Heartburn
4 Marmots and
muskrats
5 Mid-month day
6 Mania
7 North African
capital
8 Counterparts
9 Collapse
10 Boat backs
16 Forest worries
18 Under sedation
20 Church songs
22 Muse of music
23 Church
eschewer
24 Eeyores creator
25 Beach cover-up
28 African lilies
30 Showy display
31 Penned
32 Gardener, at
times
34 Vein setting
36 Humorist
Five Questions
1 1960s
2 Petrol
3 The
Gremlins
4 Samurai
5 Mexico
CALL
328-2424
to place an ad in the
How else are you
going to sell that
stuff in your
garage?
TOMBIGBEE RIVER RV
Park. 85 Nash Rd. Full
hookups, $295/mo.
Has pavillion w/bath-
house & laundry. Call
ofc, 662-328-8655 or
cell 662-574-7879
2006 JAYCO 5
th
wheel.
33 ft. 3 slides. Ex.
cond. $14k obo. Call
549-7495
Campers &
RV's 930
NEED A
CAR?
Guaranteed
Credit Approval!
No Turn
Downs!
We offer late model
vehicles w/warranty.
Call us!
We will take an
application over the
phone!
We help rebuild your
credit.
Tousley Motors
662-329-4221
4782 Hwy 45 North
(by Shell Station
& 373 Turn Off )
SUPER COOL car! 2009
Nissan Cube Black SL.
58,500 mi. Very good
cond. All the extras.
$10,600. 327-2870
2002 ACCURA 3.2 TL
Type S. Exc. cond.
$6000. Call 241-0184.
Serious inquiries only
2001 FORD Taurus
SEL. Exc. cond. Real
clean car. Loaded with
extras. $3200. Call
356-6413 or 251-5003
2000 FORD 250 wheel
chair van. Brome lift,
high rise roof, good
tires. 51K mi. $10,000.
386-6886. 224 State
Line Rd. Columbus, MS
1999 DODGE Caravan.
Exc. cond. $2900 obo.
Call 356-6352 or 386-
4706
Autos For Sale 915
ABERDEEN RIVER lot.
50035 Beaver Rd. 400
s.f. cabin on the water.
Fully furnished w/dbl.
Carport. $38,500. Call
662-574-2805
ABERDEEN RIVER lot.
50012 Fox Rd. 40 ft.
motor home cover
w/slab, 2008, 32 ft.
Rockwood camper w/su-
perslide, gazebo w/ceil-
ing fan & lights. Storage
building has washer/dry-
er, full shower & full
kitchen. Water, sewer,
gas & satellite on prop-
erty. Call 662-386-1542
River Property 880
TAX RETURN SPECIAL:
For sale: 2014 Clayton
Home 16x80 3BR/2BA
home incl. lg. bed-
rooms, great kitchen w/
blk. appliances, vinyl
siding/shingled roof,
Ashley furniture,
washer/dryer, & more!
All for only $39,900
plus tax! Call Southern
Colonel Homes - Meridi-
an at 601-693-6789!
www.southerncolonel
meridian.com
ANNIVERSARY SALE:
For sale: 2014 South-
ern Estates Stoney
28x60 3BR/2BA
homes. Incl. awesome
kitchen w/blk. appli-
ances, glamour bath,
floated sheetrock, rock
bar, Ashley furniture,
washer/dryer, & more!!!
All for only $69,900
plus tax! Call Southern
Colonel Homes-Meridian
at 601-693-6789!
www.southerncolonel
meridian.com
Mobile Homes
For Sale 865
MOBILE HOME
TRANSPORT
Bought a mobile home
& need it moved? We
have been doing it over
10 years. Call me day or
night on my cell @ 662-
213-3648
LOTS FOR sale. Septic
tank & water meter in-
cluded. Suggs Rd. New
Hope School. $7500-
$10k. Call 327-5133
16X80 3BR/2BA, vinyl
siding & shingle roof.
Home must be moved.
$11,900 Cash Only.
Call 662-401-1093
Mobile Homes
For Sale 865
Autos For Sale 915
LOTS FOR sale. Septic
tank & water meter in-
cluded. Suggs Rd. New
Hope School. $7500-
$10k. Call 327-5133
WINTER BLOWOUT
sale. 2 acre lots.
Good/bad credit. $995
down. $197/mo. Eaton
Land. 662-726-9648
39.5 AC. Mature pines.
Great hunting land. 5
min. East of MS line in
Pickens Co. AL. $88k.
Call 327-1402
35 ACRES in N.H. w/24
yr. old pines. $3500/
ac. Will divide into 10
ac. plots. 915 6
th
St. S.
$3500. 4 ac. On Tiffany
Ln. $20k. Owner fin.
avail. 386-6619
35 ACRES FOR SALE
in Caledonia. Priced at
$110,000. Call Kimber-
ly Reed with Crye-Leike
662-364-1423 or 662-
328-1150
Lots &
Acreage 860
Houses For Sale:
Other 850
20.33 AC. in Caledonia
school dist. Henry Wells
Rd. Mostly wooded.
House site located in
middle of property.
$4250/ac. obo. Call
662-889-1431
Lots &
Acreage 860
3BR/2BA. LR, formal
DR, kitchen, breakfast
rm, lg. den, fireplace, lg.
Sun room, 1 yr. old cen-
tral unit, new fridge,
beautiful hw floors,
basement, new roof,
completely remodeled.
2540 sf. 331 5
th
St NW
Vernon, AL. $159k. Call
662-574-2820
Houses For Sale:
Other 850
BUYING
OR
SELLING...
Call Kimberly Reed with
Crye-Leike for all of your
Real Estate Needs!
662-364-1423 or 662-
328-1150
Houses For Sale:
Caledonia 845
NICE 3BR/2BA home
w/ 1565 sf. Home sits
on a nice corner 1.9
acre lot. Priced at
$112,500. Call Kimber-
ly Reed at Crye-Leike
662-364-1423
NEW HOPE PK. 4BR/
3BA, new carpet, lami-
nate paint, appl, roof,
lg. den, vaulted ceiling,
gas logs, lg. fenced lot.
End of cul-de-sac.
$139,900. Call 662-
251-4914
3BR/1.5BA. Recently
painted, some inside re-
modeling, new windows,
convenient to N.H. &
Victory Schools. Rea-
sonably priced. Must
sell. Call 662-570-3332
after 5pm
Houses For Sale:
New Hope 825
BEAUTIFUL 2BR/2BA
garden home located in
Plantation Pointe. Priced
to sell at $125k. WHAT
A DEAL! Call Kimberly
Reed at Crye-Leike 364-
1423
Houses For Sale:
East 820
3BR/2BA. Great loca-
tion, near downtown &
mall. Sell for pay off!
205-695-6430
Houses For Sale:
Northside 815
204 ACRES in Lamar
county AL. Great hunt-
ing, 5 shooting houses,
timber, & small pines &
creek runs through prop-
erty. FMI, Call David
Pitts. 205-712-1024
Farms &
Timberland 810
MASTER SUITE. SHARE
lg. 2BR downstairs apt.
in Columbus. Your BR is
12'x14' w/full bath &
lg. closet. Apt. has spa-
cious LR & kitchen &
washer/dryer. Apt prop-
erty is gated & has a
pool & clubhouse.
$500/mo incl. utilities,
internet & cable. Con-
tact Bill at 615-512-
3104
COMPLETELY FURN.
West Point. Furn, appli-
ances, utilities & cable.
$135 per week. No de-
posit. 295-6309
Rooms 745
1100 SF, corner of
Bluecutt Rd. & Chubby
Dr. Call 662-327-2020
Office Spaces 730
328-1124
www.robinsonrealestate.com
Youll like our
personal service.
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properties, please contact us at
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Let Me Earn Your
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New & Used Car Needs!
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