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Lott wins
Development considering site award for
of Gillespie-Jackson House work on
Labor Day
Murders case
Amy Clayton Justice
Achievement Award
given by Mississippi
Attorney General Jim
Hood’s office
Dispatch Staff Report

A company is considering purchasing the site of the Gillespie-Jackson House for a commercial/condo develop-
ment. The house, which sits at the corner of Louisville Street and Highway 12, was built in 1850 and has been
listed as for sale since 2017.
Proposed commercial
properties, condos
would replace
antebellum home
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — A potential de-
velopment is eyeing a lot on the cor-
ner of Louisville Street and High-
way 12 where one of the city’s oldest
homes now sits.
Charles T. Carter, a developer
with Marietta, Georgia-based Cam-
son Development Company, spoke
to Starkville’s Development Review
Committee on Thursday. Camson
Development is considering a devel-
opment that would — while details
are currently scarce — bring com-
mercial property and condos to the
site of the Gillespie-Jackson House.
In order to build the new develop-
ment, the Gillespie-Jackson house
would have to be removed from the
Charles T. Carter, with Georgia-based Camson Development Company, talks
about a proposed development at the site of the Gillespie-Jackson House
during a Development Review Committee meeting. Carter’s company has
not yet made a formal offer for the property.
site — whether through relocation
or demolition.
Thursday’s meeting primarily
focused on the technical aspects
of the development — engineering
work, fire and garbage truck ac-
cess, ingress and egress — and City
Planner Daniel Havelin said the city
hasn’t received a formal application
Mississippi At-
torney General
Jim Hood honored
Starkville Police De-
partment Sgt. Bill
Lott on Tuesday for
his work in helping
to solve the 1990 Lott
Labor Day Murders
Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff case.
Lott received the Amy Clay-
ton Justice Achievement Award,
which recognized his long work
on solving the murders of 65-year-
old Betty Jones and 81-year-old
Kathryn Crigler.
The two women were attacked
on Sept. 3, 1990. Jones died at
the scene and Crigler died at the
hospital weeks later from her in-
juries. Their case was, for years,
Starkville’s oldest cold case.
Lott began working on the case
in 1998 and continued through
2009, when he left SPD for mili-
tary service in Afghanistan. He re-
sumed working on the case — on
his own time, for free — through
Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
its conclusion after he returned to
SPD in 2013.
In October, SPD arrested Mi-
chael Wayne Devaughn, of Rien-
zi, for capital murder and sexual
for the project yet. battery in the case. Devaughn was
Carter said he hoped for Thurs- identified through a DNA sam-
day’s meeting to be primarily infor- ple. He’s since been indicted and
mational. He declined to comment pleaded not guilty to his charges
further to The Dispatch after the
in Oktibbeha County Circuit
meeting, saying the project was still
Court.
too early in conception and hasn’t
Lott was also honored for his
been finalized yet.
work on the case in November,
See Development, 8A
when he was named a Modern
Woodmen Hometown Hero in rec-
ognition of his persistence.

Retail Coach recruiter: Leigh Mall taking improvement bids

Retail Coach representative says changes
to local retail landscape ‘imminent’
By AMANDA LIEN
alien@cdispatch.com
Leigh Mall’s new manage-
ment, Jones Lange LaSalle
Americas (JLL), have begun
repairing the struggling shop-
ping center’s roof and parking
lot while also trying to attract
new businesses to fill their va-
cant retail spaces.
During a presentation to
downtown Columbus business
owners, Caroline Hearnsberg-
er, a retail recruitment special-
ist with The Retail Coach of
Tupelo, said JLL has recently
accepted a bid to repair the
mall’s leaking roof and are cur-
rently bidding out for parking
lot and light repairs.
“They’re definitely interest-
ed in, and wanting to, do repairs
to the inside and the places in
the parking lot that aren’t exact-
ly safe,” she said. “They’ve al-
ready taken care of the missing
tiles in the interior. So they’re
definitely moving forward in
making the prop-
erty look better.”
Former own-
er Security Na-
tional Properties
lost the mall in a
foreclosure sale
earlier this year
amid a host of re- Hearnsberger
tailers moving out of the prop-
erty on Highway 45. The former
owners deferred maintenance
on the mall’s leaking roof for
years, and only repaired a por-
tion of its parking lot after city
leaders applied pressure to SNP
to do so.
Hearnsberger said JLL,
which took over mall manage-
ment late last year after the fore-
closure sale was announced,
is also working to “actively at-
tract” retailers, something she
finds “encouraging,” since JLL’s
plans to repair the mall bode
well for interested retailers her
company is trying to attract,
particularly to the anchor space
previously occupied by JCPen-
ney.
“I can’t go into specifics,”
she said. “But there are still
companies definitely interested
in that space. ... It’s just a matter
of putting the right puzzle piec-
es together.”
Representatives from JLL
and Leigh Mall did not respond
to The Dispatch’s requests for
comment by press time.
Hearnsberger said local,
regional and national retailers
“are also still interested” in the
empty Kmart space on High-
way 45 and the Office Depot
Space on Old Aberdeen Road,
which has not yet been vacated.
As downtown business owners
questioned whether retail is
“dying” in Columbus, she as-
sured them changes are “im-
minent” to the struggling retail
scene.
“I know it’s frustrating to see
people vacating those spaces,”
See retail, 8A

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Say What?
Did you hear? “We are extremely, unequivocally confident that we have the person
Judge threatens to stop Carnival who is responsible for these tragic crimes.”
Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning on the arrest of a suspect in

ships from docking in US connection with fires at three black churches. Story, 7A.

Company has been on probation

for two years as part of a $40 million
settlement for illegally dumping oil
‘I know nothing’ — Trump
and lying about the scheme changes his tune on WikiLeaks
The Associated Press Despite this, prose-
President mentioned
Journalism or not? WikiLeaks’
cutors say ships have
MIAMI — A federal dumped grey water into
judge has threatened to Alaska’s Glacier Bay Na- WikiLeaks more than
temporarily block Carni-
val Corp. from docking
cruise ships at ports in the
United States as punish-
tional Park, prepared ships
in advance of court-or-
dered audits to avoid un-
100 times during 2016
presidential campaign
status in media world complex
favorable findings, falsi- By DAVID BAUDER
ment for a possible proba- fied records and dumped The Associated Press AP Media Writer
tion violation. plastic garbage into the
The Miami Herald re- WA S H I N G - NEW YORK — After the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
ocean. The company has
ports U.S. District Judge TON — It was a in London, his lawyer was quick to characterize it as an assault against
acknowledged these inci-
Patricia Seitz said Wednes- far cry from “I love the rights of journalists all over the world who seek to uncover secrets.
dents in court filings.
day that she’ll make a WikiLeaks!” But was it quite that clear? Does WikiLeaks do journalism, or is it
In a statement after the
decision in June, and she President Don- something else?
hearing, Carnival said “It
wants company chairman ald Trump declared The answer wasn’t evident when the organization burst into public
appears there were some
Micky Arison and presi- that “I know nothing consciousness at the top of this decade with the release of government
dent Donald Arnold in her mischaracterizations
about WikiLeaks” documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It seems even less
courtroom for the hearing. made by others to the
court. We intend to fully after its disheveled Trump so now.
“The people at the founder Julian Assange was hauled Launched in 2006 as the vision of Australian computer hacker As-
top are treating this as address the issues raised
out of the Ecuadorian Embassy sange, WikiLeaks produced raw data, not stories — things like Sarah
a gnat,” Seitz said. “If I at today’s court confer- Palin’s personal emails or membership rolls of neo-Nazi organizations.
ence.” in London to face charges, a stark
could, I would give all the contrast to how candidate Trump The thousands of memos, cables and other documents about U.S. war
members of the executive Carnival’s Chief Com- efforts revealed when Assange allegedly conspired with Chelsea Man-
showered praise on Assange’s
committee a visit to the de- munications Officer Roger ning to break into a Pentagon computer took WikiLeaks to another lev-
hacking organization night after
tention center for a couple Frizzell said “our environ- el. Some viewed Assange as a hero, others as a traitor.
night during the final weeks of the
of days. It’s amazing how mental responsibility has Either way, it was a heady time. WikiLeaks was considered a new
2016 presidential campaign.
that helps people come to been and continues to be Asked about Thursday’s arrest, type of news organization, fueled by the power of the Internet and de-
focus on reality.” a top priority for the com- Trump said at the White House, mocratization of information.
Miami-based Carnival pany.” “It’s not my thing. I know there is
has been on probation for The five-year proba- something having to do with Julian ton’s campaign manager, John Po- sensitive U.S. government infor-
two years as part of a $40 tion began in April 2017 Assange. I’ve been seeing what’s desta. Trump and his allies, facing a mation, which led to the charges
million settlement for ille- and requires a third-party happened with Assange and that tough battle in the campaign’s final against Assange on Thursday.
gally dumping oil into the auditor to inspect ships will be a determination, I would month, seized on the illegal dumps Assange for years has been un-
ocean from its Princess belonging to Carnival and imagine, mostly by the attorney and weaponized them. der U.S. Justice Department scruti-
Cruises ships and lying its subsidiaries. Carnival general, who’s doing an excellent “WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks,” ny for WikiLeaks’ role in publishing
about the scheme, accord- owns nine cruise brands job. So, he’ll be making a determi- Trump said in Pennsylvania. thousands of government secrets.
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Mississippi politico in skit Mississippi school

that had others in blackface board votes to take
‘It shows an insensitivity
that is not consistent
with my life and career’
Andy Taggart, GOP candidate
for state attorney general
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A white Republi-
can running for Mississippi attor-
ney general said Thursday that he
is “embarrassed” about taking part
in a college skit 40 years ago in
which other actors wore blackface.
“I regret it very much,” Andy
Taggart told The Associated Press.
A photo in the 1979 yearbook for
Mississippi College shows Taggart
and three other white students
depicting poker players during
recruiting for a social club at the
Baptist school. A person in black-
face was speaking to them. Tag-
gart was student body president
that year. He said he took part in
many skits in college but does not
remember this one.
“It shows an insensitivity that
is not consistent with my life and
career,” said Taggart, an attorney
who has been prominently in-
volved in Mississippi Republican
politics for decades, including as
chief of staff for then-Gov. Kirk
Fordice in the 1990s.
The Democratic governor and
attorney general of Virginia both
came under sharp criticism this
year after saying they had worn
blackface in college in the 1980s.
Taggart in recent years has
publicly advocated removing the
Confederate battle emblem from
the Mississippi state flag, saying
it’s divisive. Mississippi is the last
state with a flag that includes the
emblem. He said last week that the
state flag, which has been used
since 1894, should be “retired with
dignity” and the people of Missis-
sippi should choose a new design.
“It’s not a coincidence that a
windshield is way bigger than a
rearview mirror,” Taggart said.
“It’s because we ought to be spend-
Area arrests
ing a lot more time looking forward
than looking back. And that has
not always been true in our state.”
The revelations about the Vir-
ginia officials having worn black-
face during college prompted
searches of yearbooks for other
politicians. Alabama Republican
Gov. Kay Ivey’s 1967 Auburn Uni-
versity yearbook showed a photo
of five members from her sorority
with black masks portraying “min-
strels” in a rush skit, but Ivey said
she was not in the photograph.
In Mississippi, Republican Lt.
Gov. Tate Reeves, who is running
for governor, was a member of
Kappa Alpha fraternity at Millsaps
College in the mid-1990s, and a
1995 yearbook photo showed K A
members dressed in Confeder-
ate costumes. Reeves has not an-
swered questions about whether
he also dressed that way. Such
costumes were commonly worn at
K A Old South parties in Mississip-
pi and other parts of the South for
many years.
over 2 districts
Humphreys Co. and Yazoo City
school districts will be folded into
new statewide district aimed at
improving academic performance
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Two school districts in Missis-
sippi’s Delta region will be the first to be folded
into a new statewide district aimed at improving
academic performance.
Mississippi’s state Board of Education voted
Thursday to take control of the Humphreys Coun-
ty and Yazoo City school districts. The board
hired Jermall Wright, currently the chief academ-
ic and accountability officer for the Birmingham,
Alabama, school district to be the achievement
district’s first superintendent.
Officials in the two districts did not respond to
repeated phone calls seeking comment.
In choosing to take over those two districts,
the board declined to take over other districts
that had been listed as options, including Amite
County, Jefferson County and Clarksdale.
Lawmakers created the achievement school
district in 2016, expressing dissatisfaction with
the state’s previous efforts to turn around aca-
demically struggling schools.

The following arrests

were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Terry Williams, 53,
was charged with sex of-
fender registration failure.
n Benjamin Strong, 29,
was charged with posses-
sion of cocaine, failure to Williams Strong Smith Mosby Martin Keating
obey a police officer, ob-
structing traffic, suspend-
ed driver’s license and no
driver’s license.
n Glaster Smith, 34,
was charged with posses-
sion of a controlled sub-
stance, false information,
improper equipment, no Hill Gunter Dooley Butler Brown Agnew
driver’s license and no in-
surance.
n Quintinn Mosby, 34,
was charged with sexual
battery.
n Ashley Martin, 33,
was charged with aggra-
vated assault with a weap-
on or other means to pro- Hall Stewart Nguyen Peterson Jackson-Tate Sudduth
duce death. assault by strangulation, ha County Sheriff’s Office: charge.
n Amber Keating, 22, simple assault on a minor n Cherlle Agnew, 31, n Va-
was charged with dog
and six counts of failure to
was indicted on a felony nessa Jack-
stealing.
appear. charge. son-Tate, 47,
n Kevis Hill, 19, was
charged with two counts n William Butler, 47, n Angelo Hall, 19, was was charged
of aggravated assault with was charged with posses- charged with burglary of a with a
a weapon or other means sion of methamphetamine vehicle. M D O C
to produce death and pos- and failure to appear. n Kemario Stewart, 28, hold. Barefield
session of cocaine. n Patrick Brown, 44, was charged with cyber- n Larry
n Randy Gunter, 42, was charged with posses- stalking. Sudduth, 49,
was charged with fleeing sion of cocaine, burglary n Kevin Nguyen, 21, was charged with parole
or eluding in a motor ve- and possession of marijua-was charged with mali- violation.
hicle. na. cious mischief and bur- n William Barefield,
n Jerrico Dooley, 22, glary of a residence. 19, was charged with five
was charged with domes- The following arrests n James Peterson, 36, counts of burglary of a ve-
tic violence-aggravated were made by the Oktibbe- was indicted on a felony hicle and credit card fraud.

Around the state

Ex-casino worker
accused of rigging
slots, stealing jackpots
BAY ST. LOUIS — A
former employee of a ca-
sino in Mississippi has
been accused of rigging
slot machines and taking
money from fake jack-
pots.
The Sun Herald re-
ported Wednesday that
28-year-old Geavoni Re-
ese will be tried on felony
embezzlement charges.
The Silver Slipper Casi-
no has filed a civil lawsuit
against Reese too after it
fired her in 2017.
The civil suit in Han-
cock County court accus-
es Reese of fraud. The
casino is seeking to have
her pay back the money
she’s accused of taking
plus damages. It alleges
she took at least $36,000
through 81 false transac-
tions.
Reese’s attorney Jim
Davis says she didn’t keep
the money and that anoth-
er employee orchestrated
the scam.
The newspaper isn’t
naming the employee
Reese accused because
prosecutors say she’s the
only worker charged in
their case.
Leader of large
Mississippi school
system resigns
RIDGELAND — The
leader of one of Missis-
sippi’s largest school dis-
tricts is resigning.
The Madison County
public school system sent
a message to families on
Wednesday saying that
Kimber Halliburton has
resigned effective imme-
diately.
The system says Halli-
burton is returning home
to Nashville, Tennessee
to pursue other opportu-
nities and care for family
members.
The county school
board has appointed As-
sociate Superintendent
Charlotte Seals to fill the
post temporarily.
Before Halliburton
was named superinten-
dent of the 13,000-student
Madison County system,
she led the Washington
County school system in old Timothy Evans, was
Tennessee. charged Dec. 27 with hin-
She was the first ap- dering prosecution.
pointed superintendent
in Madison County, re-
placing Ronnie McGehee,
who retired in June 2018.
Body confirmed to be
Mississippi woman
missing since Nov. 25
HAT TIESBURG — A
body found last week in
south Mississippi has
been identified as a Hat-
tiesburg woman missing
since Nov. 25.
The Hattiesburg Po-
lice Department tells
WDAM-TV that the state
crime lab confirmed
Wednesday that the body
belonged to Falisa Carter.
Her decomposed re-
mains were found last
week in the woods along a
Forrest County road.
Carter’s cause of death
hasn’t been released.
Police arrested Car-
ter’s boyfriend, 32-year-
old Demarcus Gruder, on
kidnapping charges Dec.
3. He remains jailed with-
out bail in Forrest County.
A second man, 29-year-
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Dante’ Wright
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vices are
2 p.m.
Sunday St.
John M.B.
Church in
Columbus Baker
with Petro
Jordan officiating.
Burial will follow at the
church cemetery. Visi-
tation is Saturday from
noon-6 p.m. at Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Mr. Baker was
born Dec. 27, 1991, in
Columbus to Claudia
Baker. Javonte’ is a
member of St. John
M.B. Church.
In addition to his
mother, he is survived
by his siblings, Damian
Baker, Joslyn Baker,
Shalae Hayden, all of
Columbus and Tevis
Truss of Leesville,
Louisiana.
Bobby Wiggs
WEST POINT—
Bobby Frank Wiggs,
81, died April 11, 2019,
at Sanctuary Hospice
House in Tupelo.
Graveside services
are 2 p.m. Saturday at
Pleasant Grove Ceme-
tery in Woodland with
the Rev. Eddie Painter
officiating. Calvert
Funeral Home of West
Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Wiggins was
born Jan. 6, 1938, in
Chickasaw County to
the late Allen Green
and Carmon Edner
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Edmondson Wiggs. He Wilkins, Matthew husband Tommy Mc- Nance, Lucille Clay, Timothy Moody
was a veteran of the Madison and Curtis Bride; siblings, Joseph Polly Hurns, Barbara
LIBERTY, Ala. —
United States Army Sultzbach. Griffin, Robert Reese Mitchell and Doris Timothy Wayne Moody,
and worked at Blazon/ Memorials may be and Tennie C. Reese. Farrow. 52, died April 9, 2019,
Flexible Flyer as a made to Cross Roads She is survived by He is survived by his at North
production manager. Cemetery Fund, c/o her children, Lillie wife, Livia Kay Scott Mississippi
Bobby was a member Kaye Bonner, 56 New Moore of Columbus of Columbus; children, Medical
of Faith Baptist Church Providence Road, Re- and Sammie Moore DaQuanna Scott and Ja- Center.
in West Point. form, AL 35481. of Birmingham, Ala- ron Jones, both of Flint, A
In addition to his bama; siblings, Bessie Michigan, Michael memorial
parents, he was preced- Jeffrey Metcalfe Green of Birmingham, Hughes and Xiomara service will
ed in death by his son, THORNTON, Colo. Pellie Reese Jr. of Watkins of Columbus; be held
Gary Moore Holloway. — Jeffrey Dwaine Newark, New Jersey; siblings, Lillie Mae 11 a.m.
Moody
He is survived by Metcalfe, 54, died five grandchildren, Miller, Virginia Scott, today at
his wife, Dot Wiggs; March 30, 2019, at his five great-grand- Willie B. Scott, Wilma the Nazarene Church in
daughter, Lisa Wiggs residence. children and five Scott, Raymond Scott, Millport, Alabama, with
great-great-grandchil-
Golson of West Point; Services are 1 p.m. Brenda Ferguson, Chester Shaw officiating.
son, Terry Holloway Saturday at the New Je- dren. Jewell Jones, Jacquline Mr. Moody was
of West Point; sister, rusalem Church of God Pallbearers will be Murray, James Scott preceded in death by
Willie Allen James of in Christ with Murry Jeremy Hendricks, and Alice Mitchell his mother, Neila House
Calhoun City; and four R. Johnson to officiat- Joseph Ellis Jr., Mar- Williams, all of Colum- Moody.
grandchildren. ing. Burial will follow ty Moore, Dedtrick bus, and Lisa Renger of He is survived by
Memorials may be at the Gilmer addition Moore, Jamarkco Lithonia, Georgia; and his wife, Benji Moore
Moore and Jarvotex
made to Sanctuary of the Sulligent City six grandchildren. Moody; son, Clay
Hospice House, P.O. Cemetery. Visitation Fisher. Pallbearers will be Stockman; daughters,
Box 2177, Tupelo, MS is Saturday one hour Robert E. Brewer, Rob- Ashleigh Moody and
38803. prior to service at the Michael Scott ert Moore, Bobby Hill, Chelsea Moody; sisters,
church. Otts Funeral COLUMBUS — Mi- Michael Bailey, Car- Sherry Rivers and Sonya
Pearlie Robinson Home in Sulligent, chael Edward Scott, 56, los Fields and Green Ritch; and three grand-
STARKVILLE — Alabama, is in charge died April 5, 2019. Bailey. children.
Pearlie Mae Robinson, of arrangements. Ser-
vices are
78, died April 4, 2019,
in Memphis, Tennes-
Mr. Metcalfe was
born Nov. 12, 1964, 11 a.m.
Animals
grieve
see. in Vernon to Pearline Saturday
Services are 2 p.m. Thompson and the late at New
Baptist
too.
Saturday at First Goldie Lee Metcalfe.
John M.B. Church in He was a 1983 gradu- Temple
Starkville. Burial will ate of Sulligent High M.B.
follow at Plair Cem- School and employed Church Scott
I’ve always wanted my dog to attend my graveside service.
etery in Starkville. with Cobb Mechanical in Colum-
You need to tell someone.
Visitation is today from Contractors in Denver. bus with L.A. Gardner
1-6 p.m. at West Memo- In addition to his officiating. Burial will Call us at (662) 328-1808
rial Funeral Home in father, he is preceded follow at New Baptist Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory
Starkville. in death by his grand- Temple Memorial Gar-
Mrs. Robinson is parents, Verdo Met- dens. Visitation is today
Maurice Edward Haney
survived by her chil- calfe and Charlie Mae from 3-8 p.m. at Car-
dren, Troy Robinson Johnson, Raymond and ter’s Funeral Services
of Collierville, Tennes- Sally Thompson. of Columbus.
Maurice Edward Haney, beloved husband of
see, Phyllis Palmer of In addition to his Mr. Scott was born
Carolyn Brown Haney, passed away early morn-
Cordova, Tennessee, mother, he is survived Feb. 24, 1963, in Co-
lumbus to the late Wil- ing at Baptist Memorial Hospital on April 11, 2019
Jennifer and Roland by his sons, Chadrick
lie Mitchell and Lizzie He was a graduate of Winfield High, Winfield
Robinson, both of Metcalfe of Winfield,
Scott. He is formerly AL. and Mississippi State University .
Starkville, Shavon Alabama, Kendrick
employed with Bap- He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Brown
Robinson of Memphis, Metcalfe of Sulligent
tist Memorial Hospi- Haney of Columbus Ms, his son Keith Edward
Tennessee; sister, Ed- and Wyatt Montoya
tal-Golden Triangle. He Haney of Corinth, Ms. and his daughter Deborah
die Mae Brown; and 13 of Arizona; sisters,
was a 1982 graduate of Lyn Thomas of Littleton, New Hanpshire.
grandchildren: Elwanda Evans of Sul-
ligent, Alabama, Ellen Caldwell High School Maurice worked at Marvin’s, Lowes, Ace and
Willie Ray Truelove of Sulligent and a member of South- for 27 years co-owned Stonegate Gallery in Colum-
side M.B. Church. bus with his wife, Carolyn.
CARROLLTON, and Sederia Cameron
In addition to his Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral
Ala. — Willie Daniel of Jasper, Alabama; and
parents, he was pre- Home in Columbus April 14, from 4:00 til 6:00 p.m.
“Sonny” Ray, 75, died six grandchildren.
ceded in death by his
April 10, 2019, at his
siblings, Preston Scott,
residence. Wilda McBride Edward Mitchell, Larry
Services are 2 p.m. COLUMBUS — Wil-
Mitchell, Margaret
today at Cross Roads da McBride, 74, died
Baptist Church in Car- April 2, 2019, at Baptist Sign the online guest book at
Memorial
rollton, Alabama, with www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Hospi-
the Rev. Shawn Mc- 716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
tal-Golden
Daniel and Joe Fondren
Triangle.
officiating. Burial will
Bessie M. Kemp
Services
follow at the church
cemetery. Visitation is are 11 a.m.
one hour prior to the Saturday at
service at the church. Full Gos- “A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go.”
Skelton Funeral Home pel Min- McBride —Unknown Author
of Reform is in charge istries in
of arrangements Columbus with Maxine Bessie Margaret Kemp, 86,
Mr. Ray was born Hall officiating. Burial Columbus, MS was surrounded
March 21, 1944, in will follow at Stallion by her children and relatives
Pickens County, Ala- Cemetery in Columbus. when she sadly left this world
Visitation is today from
Maurice Haney
bama, to the late Roy C. Visitation: and into the arms of God.
Ray and Alma L. Ogles- noon-6 p.m. at Carter’s Visitation will be Friday,
Sunday, April 14 • 4-6 PM
by Ray. Willie was a Funeral Services of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home, April 12, 2019, at 6:00-8:00 PM
member and deacon Columbus. 2nd Ave. North location
at Lowndes Funeral Home.
Memorial Gunter Peel
of Cross Roads Baptist Mrs. McBride was Her Parents Rufus and Clara
Funeral Home
Church in Carrollton born Feb. 4, 1945, in Mae Swedenburg had her at
and was formerly em- Selma, Alabama, to home by a midwife in Eutaw, Al-
ployed Baldor Electric the late Pellie Reese abama on March 29, 1933. She was the first born of
in Columbus. and Alian Reese. She three and grew up in Columbus, Mississippi sur-
In addition to his is formerly employed rounded by many members of her extended rela-
parents, he was pre- with Seminole Manu- tives. Throughout the years Mrs. Kemp worked
ceded in death by his facturing. Wilda was for American Trouser, CAFB, Bryan Brothers,
infant sister, Bonnie a member Full Gospel and Kmart. Bessie led a life of strength and cour-
Sue Ray; and stepmoth- Ministries. memorialgunterpeel.com age. She would say exactly what was on her mind,
er, Marine Ray. In addition to her and like her opinion, which was strong, she gave
He is survived by his parents, she was pre- the best hugs that you could feel even after she let
wife, Peggy Jones Ray ceded in death by her go. The quote, “A mom’s hug lasts long after she
of Carrollton; daugh- lets go,” summarizes the essence of her person-
ter, Vicky R. Klug of ality. She had a way of wrapping her love around
Carrollton; son, Tony those closest to her, and she would never let you
W. Ray of Bethlehem, leave her presence without her saying “come hug
Georgia; brothers, my neck”. Like her hugs, she filled the room with
Jackie Ray of Ethels- her voice and spirit. She was loyal to those around
ville, Alabama, Lavern her and took pride in her family. She was proceed-
Ray of Carrollton and ed in death by her sister, Zeta Mae Peralto and
Wayne Ray of Carroll- two grandchildren, Kevin and Barry Sims.
ton; four grandchildren Mrs. Kemp is survived by her three children,
and two great-grand- Ginger (Bill) Carol Bussey, Melvin (Beverly) Ed-
children. ward Kemp, and Carl (Kim) Daniel Kemp. She is
Pallbearers are Dar- also survived by her sister Virginia Lee Sellers,
rin Ray, Chris Ray, Joey four grandchildren, Jason (Erica) Bussey, Emily
Ray, Jason Wilkins, (Yanni)Tassoulas, Olivia and Abby Kemp, and five
Tyler Wilkins, Ethan great-grandchildren, Jackson, Mason, Allison,
and Graham Bussey and Sotirios Tassoulas.
Bessie will be greatly missed by her children,
grand and great-grandchildren, relatives, friends,
and community. Even though she is no longer
with us, her memory is in our hearts, where she
will remain.
The family would like to thank Cracker Barrel
and all the people that pumped her gas. Dr. Tofts,
Dr. Eubanks, Dr. Turner, Dr. Bonetti, and Fair-
view Baptist Church Family
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because
it happened. – Dr. Suess
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Medical association blasts Chevron buying Anadarko

military’s transgender policy
Regulation, set to go into effect Friday, bars
transgender people from serving in the military
unless they ‘correct those deficiencies’
By JULIE WATSON
and DAVID CRARY
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — A Trump ad-
ministration regulation set to go
into effect Friday bars transgender
people from the military unless
they “correct those deficiencies,” a
description the American Medical
Association said Thursday is unfair
and defies science.
The AMA told The Associated
Press on Thursday the policy and
its wording mischaracterizes trans-
gender people as having a “deficien-
cy.” It said it also objects to the De-
fense Department classifying the
need to transition to another gen-
der among “administratively dis-
qualifying conditions” that include
those the Pentagon has labeled as
“congenital or developmental de-
fects.”
The new regulation strips trans-
gender troops of rights they only
recently secured under the Obama
administration to serve openly and
receive care if they choose to tran-
sition to another gender.
The Defense Department said
its use of the words “deficiencies”
is military lingo for when an indi-
vidual fails to meet standards to
maintain a lethal force. It is not a
reference to gender dysphoria, a
condition of extreme distress from
not identifying with one’s biological
gender, Lt. Col. Carla Gleason said.
The department says transgen-
der people can serve if they remain
in their biological sex.
“The only thing deficient is any
medical science behind this de-
cision,” American Medical Asso-
ciation President Dr. Barbara L.
McAneny said.
Decorated Army helicopter pi-
lot Lindsey Muller was a plaintiff
in one of four lawsuits that tried to
block the policy from taking effect.
But the final legal injunction was
lifted in March, though new legal
challenges are expected.
Muller said she and other trans-
gender troops feel demoralized.
“Under our ethical standards,
we can’t say anything derogatory
against the administration, while
we are being presented in a dispar-
aging and derogatory light,” said
Muller, 37, who is based in Fort Car-
son, Colorado.
Troops like Muller, who began
openly identifying as a woman in
2016, are worried they will be dis-
charged. The administration says
it will not boot current service
members who transitioned before
the Pentagon issued its directive,
though the government has also
said it retains the right to eliminate
that protection.
Muller said the policy will cost
the armed forces far more in terms
of losing experienced personnel
like herself and training replace-
ments than any costs associated
with specialized health care for
trans servicemembers. She plans
to retire from the military next year
after serving 20 years.
for $33B as crude prices rise
U.S. crude prices up 40% this year
The Associated Press
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron will buy
Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion in a cash-and-
stock deal as the company seeks to grow stronger
in deep water exploration in the gulf and the ener-
gy-rich southwest region of Texas called the Perm-
ian Basin.
The deal, announced Friday, arrives with U.S.
crude prices up 40% this year.
The companies put the enterprise value of the
deal at $50 billion.
“This transaction builds strength on strength
for Chevron,” said Chairman and CEO Michael
Wirth. “The combination of Anadarko’s premier,
high-quality assets with our advantaged portfolio
strengthens our leading position in the Permian,
builds on our deep water Gulf of Mexico capabili-
ties and will grow our LNG business.”
The LNG Wirth referred to is liquefied natural
gas. With the deal announced Friday, it gets access
to Anadarko’s LNG operations in Mozambique.

Retired Pope Benedict wades into clergy sex abuse debate

Benedict’s essay blames scandal
on the sexual revolution of the 1960s
and church laws protecting priests
BY NICOLE WINFIELD
The Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI has
ventured out of retirement
to publish an essay blam-
ing the Catholic Church’s
sex abuse scandal on the
sexual revolution of the
1960s and church laws
that protected priests.
His analysis was imme-
diately criticized as “cat-
astrophically irrespon-
sible” — a conflict with
efforts by his successor,
Pope Francis, to lead the
church out of its crisis.
“Why did pedophilia
reach such proportions?
Ultimately, the reason is
the absence of God,” Ben-
edict wrote, in the 6,000-
word essay published
Thursday in the German
monthly Klerusblatt, the
Catholic News Agency
and other conservative
media.
Benedict traced the
start of the crisis to the
‘60s, citing the appear-
ance of sex in films in his
native Bavaria and the
formation of “homosexu-
al cliques” in seminaries
“which acted more or less
openly and significantly
changed the climate.” He
also attributed it to fail-
ures in moral theology in
that era.
make it easier to remove
priests who abused chil-
“Perhaps it is worth
mentioning that in not a
dren. Benedict took a
hard line against clerical
few seminaries, students
caught reading my books
sex abuse as the Vatican’s
were considered unsuit- conservative doctrine
able for the priesthood,” chief, and later as pope,
the conservative theolo- defrocking hundreds of
gian wrote. “My books priests accused of raping
were hidden away, like and molesting children.
bad literature, and only Francis has blamed
read under the desk.” the scandal on a clerical
Benedict also faulted
culture in the church that
church laws that gave un-
raises priests above the
due protection to accused
priests. During the 1980s laity.
and 1990s, he wrote, “the
right to a defense (for
priests) was so broad as to
make a conviction nearly
impossible.”
As Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, Benedict
spearheaded reforms
of those laws in 2001 to

Marker recalls ‘63 civil rights slaying in Alabama

Baltimore postal worker William Lewis been cut short, not too far
down the highway. Moore
Moore was traveling to Mississippi was killed by shots from
a .22-caliber rifle, fired at
to deliver a letter condemning close range.
Ballistics tests linked
segregation to the governor the gun to area store own-
er Floyd Simpson, who
By DONNA THORNTON seeing Moore walking had questioned Moore
The Gadsden Times through the Collinsville about his walk earlier.
area with his sign and Simpson was charged
GADSDEN, Ala. — It
cart. He noticed the man’s with murder, but a grand
is a wrong that can’t be
righted, but it will be re- signs dealt with segre- jury declined to indict him
membered. gation, but didn’t think and the case was dropped.
A ceremony at 2 p.m. much about it at the time. Simpson died in 1998, and
Sunday will unveil a new- The next day, he heard no one was ever prosecut-
ly placed historical mark- that the man’s walk had ed for the slaying.
er that commemorates
the site where Baltimore
postal worker William
Lewis Moore was shot to
death in Etowah County
in a civil rights slaying
for which no one was ever
prosecuted.
Moore planned to pass
through Alabama on April
23, 1963. He was traveling
from Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, to Jackson, Mis-
sissippi, to deliver a letter
condemning segregation
to the governor. He wore
sandwich-board signs
bearing anti-segregation
messages, and pulled a
cart or wagon.
Moore was shot at a
roadside rest stop on U.S.
11 around the Keener
community north of At-
talla, according to area
historian Jerry Smith. He
knows the point along the
road, because it holds a
place in his memory.
Smith was a young
man at the time of the
murder, and he recalls

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Lee project will

boost community
and keep
memories fresh
What qualifies as historic is some-
times in the eye of the beholder.
That’s the case with the old Lee High
School property on the corner of 18th
Avenue and Military Road.
By conventional standards, there
seems little to qualify the building as
a historic place. It’s not particularly
old — built in 1953 — nor does it stand
apart for its architecture. It was built for
a specific function and you will find no
artistic flourishes that distinguish the
property. And what of historical context?
That it was the site of the last all-white
high school seems hardly a thing to be
revered.
Nevertheless, the Mississippi Depart-
ment of History and Archives granted
historic status to the old school and,
later, Hunt High School, the city’s last
all-black school.
That designation was heavily influ-
enced by practical considerations. The
tax benefits of that designation helped
smooth the way for the property to be
sold after it had languished on the mar-
ket since the school was closed in 2011.
Purists may scoff at the idea that the
property is, indeed, historic, but it’s diffi-
cult to make any solid argument that its
renovation will not produce a real benefit
for our community.
There are few sights as depressing as
an abandoned school in the steady state
of deterioration, which is what the Lee
property had become. It was a burden
on the school district, a blight on the
landscape and produced no benefit to the
community.
That will soon change.
New owner Scott Berry is re-purpos-
ing the old school facilities into a 23-unit
apartment complex and event center,
generating tax revenue for the city and
complementing the development we’ve
already seen along 18th Avenue.
What had been an unquestioned eye-
sore has the potential to be a successful
private enterprise.
Berry intends to keep a few of the
features of the old school, a nod to its
history and the still-warm memories of
those who once attended the school. To
those former students, the Lee property
has historic part of their lives.
We wish Berry well in his efforts. His
success in this project will be the city’s
success as well.

Musings
T-shirts, flags and dental loyalties
Safe to say, most to spell it from Rockefeller Plaza “Observers the Selfie Set! I checked the came an “Ooops” moment.
visitors to New McCalls. Bench.” time ... l0 minutes to go, but Clearing the way for his grand
York take at least Native born, I’m To speak or not to speak? my ‘smug’ was deflated. I’d new buildings called for razing
a ‘walk through’ in not, but I’d wear Where she’s from is not my head up to the 22nd floor, wip- some old ones, including the
Rockefeller Cen- my “I live here” business. I bite my lip and ing comeuppance off my face. office of his personal dentist!
ter if only to spot T-shirt with pride hold my tongue till I hear a “Gotta run,” I said, “Dental Having high regard and loy-
the Skating Rink, among those from voice I recognize as mine, appointment,” nodding toward alty to his dentist as we all do,
Radio Music Hall the other side of “Looks like you and I are the the building behind us. accommodations were called
and the celebrated world. They’ve only ones not out taking ‘self- “Hee, me too”, she said, for, and they were generous.
Christmas tree. spent stacks of lira, ie’ pictures this morning.” nodding toward the one There, flanking the Plaza that
It’s a dental ap- yen and dollars to “Pictures?” (She dove for across the Plaza. “See, looky.” bears his name, two of the new
pointment, (22nd be here, and are her purse) Out came a phone She leaned toward me and buildings were redesigned,
floor overlooking Marion Whitley having such fun my prying eyes had missed. pulled aside her lower lip equipped, a full floor each,
the Plaza) plus the they take no notice “Oh, I already got a batch of revealing where a molar had for the pursuit and practice of
Flags of the World that entice of an elegant visitor flowing by pictures this morning. Here recently been. “He just wanna modern dentistry. Along with
me in. Furling and unfurling in a orange-red sari that spells looky, from my son. He’s check it out. Near 35 years I dental offices, there’d be labs for
as they do, I can identify only ‘India’, head-to toe I watch down in Philly for my niece’s work over there at the Music all the molding, fitting, match-
Japan’s red sun, Israel’s Star her out of sight, then sense birthday. See, that’s her in the Hall. Retired now, but I ain’t ing, and grinding, but you don’t
of David, and our own Stars ... coming toward me, a small T-shirt with the candles on it. givin’ up my dentist. Uh uh!” know it. {It’s floor 18 over there
and Stripes, front and center, woman in sensible shoes and And that’s my sister and her “Good for you!” I tapped ... you can tell by how the win-
where long may she wave! I sit a cotton print housedress kids at the bus station. Came her wrist goodbye and turned dows align.) In either, you step
to watch gaggles of tourists that’s two sizes too big. No up for the party. He wanted toward my appointment, “So from the elevator, toothache in
in their short shorts, flip flops clue there to where she’s me to go down with him, but have a good ... uh, good check- tow, into a serene corridor with
and T-shirts that read “Ma- from, but her obvious destina- I said ‘Uh huh, you go, send up. And safe ride home.” nary a sound of a whirring drill
drid”, “London Tech”, “Hart- tion is the vacant space on the pictures’.” Upstairs, the hygienist and or a consequent OUCH!
ford High”, pausing briefly to bench beside me. I couldn’t stop myself. Out I were chatting by the win- (Let’s hope this squared
frame their selfie smiles in She sits and folds her hands it came: “Ah, so are you from dow facing the Plaza when I the matter with the dentist
the billowing flags. In days, on the clasp of the purse in Philly? saw her. “Oh look, I was just in question ... otherwise he’s
(or even tonight) they’ll be in her lap. From beneath my sun “Not me, I’m from here! talking to that lady ... that one, still shopping around since
line at a JFK departure gate glasses I study the flowery ‘Born and raised’, as they say. walking away, in the house- the 1930s for temporary office
headed home. But not me! If print of the dress that hangs 145th Street. There by the A dress. Said she had a dental space.)
I were wearing a T-shirt, it so loosely on her petite frame, Train.” appointment too. Somewhere Hereby dedicated with
would says “I Live Here!” {If telling me nothing of where “Born and Raised? Born over there. gratitude to dentists I have
I’m smug about it,. forgive me. she’s from or why she’s here. and Raised!” She’d out-ranked “On the eighteenth floor?” known, Dr. Key, Caledonia;
It was a steady diet of Mc- Dental appointment? I eye- me by a ton! If my T-shirt had “I don’ know ... she didn’t Drs. Stepp and Griffin, Co-
Calls Magazine stories that pry into her purse and see a read, “I live here,” hers would say. Should she have?” lumbus; and Dr. Rausch, NYC,
introduced me at a formative folded handkerchief, house read “Born and Raised.” The “I’ll let the doctor explain (my source for the historical
age to NYC’s romantic vistas: keys on a beaded chain, a lady in the housedress needed ...” note.)
The Brooklyn Bridge, picnics coin purse and a leatherette no passport or visa fees for It was ... Back in 1930 (?) Marion Whitley lives in
in Central Park (or on roof- ID fold. There’d be a home NYC, not even a ticket on a when the Philanthropist John Manhattan where she reads,
tops(?) with sandwiches from address inside it, but my pry- Trailways Bus. She’s got the D. Rockefeller was knee-deep writes and remembers. Her
a ‘Delicatessen’, (New word, ing skills are limited. So we A Train, and with that phone, in up-grading a giant swathe email address is Whijmar8@
not in my dictionary. I learned sit, somehow together, on the she qualifies as a member of of midtown Manhattan, there aol.com.

Authorities say deputy’s son behind
fires at black churches in Louisiana
‘This community is safe again. We are extremely,
unequivocally confident that we have the person who is
responsible for these tragic crimes.’
By MELINDA DESLAT TE
and KEVIN McGILL
The Associated Press
OPELOUSAS, La. —
The suspect in a string of
fires that destroyed three
black churches in rural
Louisiana is the white
son of a sheriff’s deputy
whose father helped ar-
range for his arrest, au-
thorities said Thursday.
Holden Matthews, 21,
was jailed without bail
on arson charges in con-
nection with the blazes in
and around Opelousas, a
city of 16,000 where the
flame-gutted remains
of the buildings evoked
memories of civil rights
era violence.
Louisiana Fire Mar-
shal Butch Browning
offered no motive for the
fires. He and other of-
ficials stopped short of
calling them hate crimes.
Eric Rommal, the agent in
charge of the New Orle-
ans FBI office, said inves-
tigators were still looking
into whether the fires
were “bias motivated.”
Browning said there
were no indications that
anyone else was involved
and the danger to church-
Ag report shows fewer but larger farms in US
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The latest Census of Agri-
culture shows the number
of farms and ranches in
the U.S. has fallen but the
remaining operations are
larger and are responsible
for a higher percentage of
agricultural sales.
The U.S. Department
of Agriculture released
the 2017 Census of Ag-
riculture on Thursday,
marking the 29th release
of the report since the
government began col-
lecting the data in 1840.
Since 1982, it has been
released every five years.
The census shows
there were 2.04 million
farms and ranches in
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Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning
es was over.
“This community is
safe again,” he told a news
conference. “We are ex-
tremely, unequivocally
confident that we have the
person who is responsible
for these tragic crimes.”
The Rev. Harry Rich-
ard, pastor of Greater
Union Baptist Church,
which was destroyed, said
the arrest put him at ease
and let him sleep at night.
“I felt relieved my con-
gregation didn’t have to
worry anymore,” said
Richard, who was told of
the arrest late Wednes-
day. “I was reassured that
law enforcement was on
our side, that things were
finally coming to an end.”
Investigators used sur-
veillance video, cellphone
tracking and a Walmart
receipt to help identify
Matthews, who was ar-
rested late Wednesday.
They moved quickly,
arresting him within
12 hours because they
were worried that “other
crimes were imminent,”
Browning said.
The charred remains
of a red gas can recovered
at one of the churches
2017, down 3.2 percent
from 2012. The average
size of those operations
was 441 acres, an increase
of 1.6 percent.
About 75 percent of
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Friday, April 12, 2019 7A
pect was the son of deputy
Roy Matthews, whom he
described as an excellent
employee who knew noth-
ing of his son’s actions.
The elder Matthews
was heartbroken when
was sold at Walmart loca- told his son was a suspect,
tions, and the company’s the sheriff said.
investigators found that “He broke down,”
the same type of gas can Guidroz said. “It was
hard.” He said the father
was bought March 25 at a
arranged for the son to
store in Opelousas, along
leave the house and go to
with automotive cloths
a place where he could be
and a lighter.
arrested without incident.
The debit card used in
He did not elaborate.
that purchase belonged to
Matthews, according to The younger Mat-
thews was arrested on
court documents.
“The purchase time on three counts of arson of a
religious building. A con-
this receipt is less than
three hours before the viction could bring up to
15 years in prison on each
first church fire was re-
ported,” an affidavit said. count, Browning said.
In addition, cellphone
tower data showed Mat-
thews was in the area of
all three fires. Surveil-
lance video from busi-
nesses and homes near
the churches, and on the
roads to and from each
fire scene, repeatedly
showed a vehicle that was
consistent with the beige
pickup that belonged to
Matthews’ father. Mat-
thews apparently drove
the truck to buy the gas
can and other items, ac-
cording to the court doc-
uments.
St. Landry Parish
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz
confirmed that the sus-
all sales came from only
105,453 of those farms,
down more than 14,000
from 2012.
The average age of pro-
ducers was 57.5.
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Authorities search for man missing out of Tupelo

80-year-old man last
seen in February, may
have dementia
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Authorities with search dogs
went through downtown Colum-
bus Thursday looking for a miss-
ing Tupelo man who may have de-
mentia.
Rommie Lee Essex, 80, has
been missing since
Feb. 19, according
profit which trains search and res-
cue dogs to find missing people
to Tupelo Police
Department’s Face-
and assist in other investigations,
to search for Essex in Columbus.
book page. Though
officially last seen
Essex is 5-foot-5 and about 130
pounds with gray hair and brown
in the area of 3158
eyes, according to TPD’s Face-
N. Gloster St. west
of Highway 45 in Tu- Essex book page. His family has said he
pelo, police received a report he may have dementia and will prob-
may have been seen in Columbus ably be walking.
shortly after his disappearance. Anyone with information on Es-
Authorities worked with Search sex’s whereabouts is asked to call
Dog South, a Memphis-based non- TPD or Lee County E-911.

Retail
Continued from Page 1A
she said. “But there is
movement.”
Despite The Retail
Coach’s focus on the
Highway 45 corridor,
Hearnsberger said down-
town Columbus’ retail
has not been forgotten.
It’s just doing a little bet-
ter than most of the other
retail corridors in the city,
she said, largely because
of the amount of foot traf-
fic those stores see.
“When you have peo-
ple living and working
down there, they often
just want to walk down
somewhere and get a bite
to eat or buy shoes, what-
ever,” Hearnsberger said.
“And there just aren’t that
many vacancies here.”
Of 136 retail spaces
downtown, only 12 are va-
cant, according to Colum-
bus Main Street Director
Barbara Bigelow.
Hearnsberger added
that, “contrary to popular
belief,” big-box stores like
Belk and online market-
places like Amazon are
not “choking out” local
businesses.
“People love having a
personal shopping expe-
rience,” she said. “Espe-
cially younger people —
the people in the 18 to 24
age range — they like be-
ing able to touch and look
at the merchandise. They
can go and get what they
need right away instead of
waiting for shipping.”
Homer Beaty, owner
of Fashion Barn at the
corner of Main and Fifth
streets, said he agrees.
He believes stores like
his, especially those sell-
ing clothing and shoes,
do better in-person than
online.
“People like to touch
and see and feel things,”
he said. “There’s not a
substitution for being able
to look at something.”
Bigelow, who helped
organize the meeting,
called Hearnsberger’s
presentation “very posi-
tive.”
“I was encouraged
that they actually looked
at downtown Columbus,”
she said. “I wanted to
make certain (The Retail
Coach) realizes down-
town is an important part
of retail in Columbus, and
it sounds like they do.”
The city hired The
Retail Coach in late 2018
to a one-year contract for
$35,000 to identify the
best uses for vacant prop-
erties and under-utilized
retail corridors, recruit
businesses to locate to
the city and bolster exist-
ing businesses. The city
has the option to renew
the contract for $25,000
per subsequent year.

Development
Continued from Page 1A
During the meeting,
he said Camson Devel-
opment has not yet pur-
chased the property.
“We don’t have a con-
tract yet,” Carter said.
“I want to meet with you
(the DRC) first and do
some more work before
deciding what’s the best
use, what’s the most eco-
nomically feasible use of
the property to develop
it.”
Neil Payne, a broker
with the Jackson-based
Estes Group real estate
company, is working
with the Mosley family to
sell the property. Payne,
speaking to The Dispatch
on behalf of the family,
said he was surprised to
hear there are already
plans for what to do with
the property.
“It’s curious that some-
one would be talking to
the city when we don’t
have an offer on the table
yet,” he said.
Payne said he’s not spo-
ken directly to Camson
Development and is only
aware of their interest in
the property through a
real estate agent out of
Tupelo.
The Gillespie-Jackson
House has been on the
market since fall 2017 —
originally listed by Cali-
fornia-based Marcus and
Millichap Real Estate for
$2.1 million.
The house and the
3.32-acre property it sits
on are now listed for $1.9
million, according to the
Estes Group website.
The Gillespie-Jackson
House is currently vacant.
It’s owned by Joe T. Mos-
ley, according to county
parcel maps.
Removing the house
The Gillespie-Jackson
house was built in 1850 for
Dr. William Gage Gilles-
pie, a physician who came
to Oktibbeha County in
the 1830s. It was added to
the National Register for
Historic Places in 1986.
However, during the
meeting, Havelin pointed
out that alone does not
protect the home from
demolition, and it does not
have any local protection
because it doesn’t sit in a
city-designated historic
district. It’s also not con-
sidered a state landmark.
Still, Havelin warned
Carter that demolition of
the home will likely gen-
erate pushback from the
community and encour-
aged Carter to seek some
way to preserve the home.
“Any attempt you can
make to move that house
would be great,” Havelin
said. “There’s going to be
an uproar. ...Do we want it
removed? No. Do we want
it destroyed? No. Does
the community want it re-
moved or destroyed? No.
“It’s going to be a big
deal, so be prepared for
that,” he added. “Any at-
tempt to mitigate that at
all would be house, rather than demol-
appreciat- ish it. Those efforts have,
ed. Moving so far, proved fruitless.
it, offering He said the family would
stuff up to consider demolition if
be moved needed, but would still
out of it — prefer to move the house.
something.” “The family would
H a v e l i n Havelin give the house away to be
said Starkville has lost moved for $1 if someone
four old homes in the last
would do it,” he said. “So
few years — three near
far, nobody has come to
downtown, where the
do that.”
Midtown development
has since been built, and
one at the intersection
of Louisville Street and
Gillespie Street, where
new residential buildings
are going to be built.
He said those homes
generated concern among
the citizens. Removing
the Gillespie-Jackson
House, he said, will likely
generate more.
“The four houses that
were removed were no-
where near as historic or
as old as this one, or as
prominent,” Havelin said.
“... We started getting
calls and comments as
soon as the sign went up.”
Carter said he has
been informed that the
Mosley family will deter-
mine what to do with the
home.
“The property own-
ers said they’d take care
of it,” Carter said. “They
said they would deal with
the house or remove the
house.”
Payne said the Mos-
ley family has sought to
find someone to move the
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spring rehearsal
Dawgs
ready
to go in
spring
game
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

The 2019 football sea-

son has arrived — in part.
Mississippi State will
host the annual Maroon
and White Spring Game
at 1 p.m. Saturday at Davis
Wade Stadium as part of
Super Bulldog Weekend.
“It’s a great opportu-
nity for Mississippi State
and our football program
to show what a wonderful
city Starkville is and what
a great college setting, col-
lege atmosphere (it is),”
MSU football coach Joe
Moorhead said.
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch With a team on the
Mississippi State head football coach Joe Moorhead keeps an eye on things Thursday, which was the Bulldogs’ final workout prior to Satur- mend, Moorhead has said
day’s annual spring game at Davis Wade Stadium. that the game will be live
contact but will include
situational scenarios and a
more simplified playbook
— allowing the players to
show their abilities.
“We really don’t have
true three-deep at a lot of
positions,” Moorhead said
in regard to how the teams
will be split. “So there’s
going to be a mix of ones
and twos and a mix of twos
and threes on the teams.”
On the offensive side,
junior Keytaon Thompson
should anchor the No. 1
offense alongside junior
running back Kylin Hill.
Through the spring,
Moorhead and his staff
have said the team will rely
more on running backs
to shoulder the ground
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch game rather than the way
At right, senior offensive lineman former quarterback Nick
Darryl Williams snaps the ball Fitzgerald could be used
during a blocking drill on Thurs- out of the backfield.
day. Above, Williams blocks a MSU’s shallow receiv-
teammate ing corps will also be on
display. With senior Ste-
phen Guidry leading the
way, the Bulldogs are
light at best with redshirt
senior Deddrick Thom-
as, redshirt junior Osirus
super bulldog weekend Mitchell and freshman
Cameron Gardner behind

Spring homecoming brings plenty of MSU fans to town him.

By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Homeward bound.
For friends, family and alumni, Super Bull-
dog Weekend has arrived.
A spring homecoming of sorts, the festiv-
ities include the Maroon and White Spring
Football Game Saturday at 1 p.m., a home
baseball series against Alabama, a pig cook-
ing, and events in tennis, soccer and volley-
ball.
Redshirt senior Malik
Dear should also figure
into the rotation.
“A lot of our people put this on their calen- Of the new gizmos and gadgets on display,
the most glaring are the Left Field Lofts — Defensively, Saturday
dar and mark this date as a time when they
the apartment-style complex overlooking the will give fans an early
want to come back to Starkville,” Mississippi
ballpark. look at a defense that los-
State Athletic Director John Cohen said. “In es plenty on the defensive
The 2019 Mississippi State football team
the past we’ve just had tremendous amounts line.
of Bulldog fans and, again, it’s just a way to will also be on display.
With Montez Sweat and
put a stamp on the spring as an athletic de- Head coach Joe Moorhead’s bunch will
Jeffery Simmons off to the
play a controlled scrimmage at Davis Wade
partment.” NFL, defensive coordina-
Stadium, giving fans an early glimpse at what
Since its reopening February 15, this will tor Bob Shoop will march
the Bulldogs will look like come fall.
be among the largest showcases for the new
and improved Dudy Noble Field.
See weekend, 5B See dawgs, 5B

auto racing

Bryan Fortner eager to race in Golden Egg Spring Nationals

$5,000-to-win Street Stocks race postponed
BY DAVID MILLER was still waiting on a car to be deliv-
Special to The Dispatch ered and was set for Thursday’s prac-
tice, the first of three days of action
In the wake of the announcement at the track that would host two days Bryan Fort-
Wednesday that this weekend’s Gold- of features and a $5,000-to-win Street ner, shown
en Egg Spring Nationals had been Stocks feature on Saturday night. here racing
postponed due to rain, there wasn’t a Now, Fortner and other drivers will at Columbus
more disappointed racer than Bryan wait until April 25-27, per Magnolia Speedway in
Fortner. owner Johnny Stokes. The weather 2018, won
Fortner, the Street Stocks driver forecast includes at least a 50 per- races in five
who piloted the No. 99 to an improba- cent chance of thunderstorms tonight different cars
through Sunday. last year.
ble last-lap victory in last year’s race,
was eager for an encore at Magnolia “When that race comes up, especial-
See racing, 5B
David Miller/Special
Motor Speedway. As of Wednesday, he to The Dispatch
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briefly CALENDAR Baseball

Tts Jr. ss 3 0 2 1 Koch p
Hedges c 3 1 1 3 C.Wlker ph 0 0 0 0
L.Urias 2b 3 0 1 0 A.Brdly p 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Jackson 1 1 0 0 1 1
Umpires_Home, Dan Bellino; First, Dave
Rackley; Second, Chris Segal; Third, Alfonso
XXX Stock p 0 0 0 0 Hirano p 0 0 0 0 Marquez.

Basketball Prep Baseball American League Glance

All Times EDT
Today’s Games
East Division
W L Pct GB
EMCC hoops trio set to compete at MACJC All-Star Games Starkville High vs. Murrah, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay
New York
10 3
5 7
.769 —
.417 4½
SCOOBA – East Mississippi Community College will be repre- Caledonia at Amory, 7 p.m. Baltimore 5 8 .385 5
sented by sophomores Malik Harper and Noel Jones from the Lions’ Boston 4 9 .308 6
New Hope vs. Kosciusko, 7 p.m. Toronto 4 9 .308 6
state championship men’s basketball team, as well as by Lady Lion Central Division
sophomore Brianna Page, during Friday’s annual Mississippi Associa- Hebron Christian at Columbus Christian, 6 p.m. W L Pct GB
Cleveland 8 4 .667 —
tion of Community and Junior Colleges All-Star Basketball Games to be Saturday’s Games Detroit 8 5 .615 ½
hosted by East Central Community College in Decatur. Minnesota 6 4 .600 1
Starkville High vs. Louisville, 2 p.m. Chicago 3 8 .273 4½
Friday’s hoops doubleheader featuring sophomore players from Caledonia vs. Fayette, Ala., 2 p.m. Kansas City 2 10 .167 6
the two-year colleges around the Magnolia State will be played at West Division
Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium on the ECCC campus. The women’s New Hope at West Lauderdale, 4 p.m. W L Pct GB
Seattle 13 2 .867 —
game pitting the MACJC North Division versus the MACJC South Starkville Academy at Wayne, 2 p.m. Houston 8 5 .615 4
Los Angeles 7 6 .538 5
Division will tip off at 5 p.m., followed by the interdivisional men’s contest
at 7 p.m.
Prep Softball Oakland
Texas
9 8 .529 5
6 6 .500 5½
Wieck p 0 0 0 0 Lcastro ph 0 0 0 0
Stammen p 0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 5 0 1 0
Warren p 0 0 0 0 Joseph c 3 1 0 0
G.Grcia ph 1 0 0 0 C.Kelly ph-c 1 0 0 0
Wngnter p 0 0 0 0 Godley p 2 0 1 0
P.Avila p 1 0 0 0 I.Vrgas 2b 2 0 1 0
Kinsler 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7 Totals 36 6 8 6
San Diego 000 105 010—7
Arizona 100 000 500—6
E_Tatis Jr. (2). DP_Arizona 2. LOB_San Diego
3, Arizona 10. 2B_L.Urias (1). HR_F.Reyes (2),
Margot (1), Hedges (2), E.Escobar (1). SB_J.
Dyson (2). SF_Tatis Jr. (1). S_P.Avila (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
San Diego
Avila 5
1-3 4 1 1 2 5
Stock 1 1 3 1 1 1
Wieck BS,1 1-3 2 2 2 1 0
Stammen W,1-0 1-3 1 0 0 0 1
Warren H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Wingenter S,1-1 1 0 0 0 2 2
Arizona
Godley 6 6 6 6 3 8
T_3:14. A_24,015 (41,149).
Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 6
Toronto Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi
McKnney lf 5 0 0 0 Bnntndi lf 4 0 1 0
Galvis ss 4 2 4 1 Betts rf 3 2 0 0
Smoak dh 3 1 1 3 Mreland 1b 5 1 2 2
Grichuk cf 3 1 0 0 E.Nunez pr 0 1 0 0
Tellez 1b 4 1 2 2 Mrtinez dh 3 1 1 1
D.Jnsen c 2 0 0 0 Bgaerts ss 3 1 1 0
Drury 3b 4 0 0 0 Devers 3b 4 1 2 2
Grrl Jr 2b 2 0 1 0 Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 1
Brito rf 4 1 0 0 Brdly J cf 3 0 0 0
Swihart c 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6 Totals 33 7 8 6
Toronto 005 000 010—6
Boston 003 010 102—7
E_Grichuk (1). DP_Toronto 1, Boston 4.
LOB_Toronto 4, Boston 10. 2B_Moreland (4),
Martinez (2), Devers (3). HR_Galvis (4), Smoak
(2), Tellez (3), Moreland (5). SB_E.Nunez (3).
Toronto
IP H R ER BB SO

Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students. Today’s Games Wednesday’s Games Koch 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sanchez
Mayza H,2
5 5 4 1 4 5
1 0 0 0 0 2
Detroit 4, Cleveland 1 Bradley L,0-1 1 2 1 1 0 2
Harper, out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., averaged 6.3 points and 5.0 Starkville High vs. West Point, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Hirano 1 0 0 0 0 3 Biagini BS,1 2-3 1 1 1 1 1
Oakland 10, Baltimore 3 Godley pitched to 1 batter in the 7th Pannone 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
rebounds per game this past season for head coach Billy Begley’s New Hope at Amory, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Mets 9, Minnesota 6 HBP_by Godley (Hedges), by Avila (Jones). Guerra H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1
19-8 EMCC Lions. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound forward also totaled 28 Houston 8, N.Y. Yankees 6 WP_Godley. Giles L,0-1 BS,1 1-3 2 2 2 3 0
Columbus at Noxapater, 6:30 p.m. Seattle 6, Kansas City 5 Umpires_Home, Tim Timmons; First, Rob Boston
assists, 15 blocks and 15 steals as a 16-game starter this past season. Texas 5, Arizona 2 Drake; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Mike Eovaldi 5 6 5 5 4 4
Caledonia at Houston, 7 p.m. Hembree 1 0 0 0 0 2
Harper’s top game was a 21-point, 12-rebound effort against Mid-South L.A. Angels 4, Milwaukee 2 Winters.
Brewer 1 0 0 0 0 2
Prep Academy. West Lowndes vs. French Camp, 5 p.m. Thursday’s Games
Oakland 8, Baltimore 5
T_3:13. A_15,449 (48,519).
Brasier 1 1 1 1 0 1
Jones, a Pascagoula product, averaged 2.9 points an outing this Saturday’s Game Cleveland 4, Detroit 0 Giants 1, Rockies 0 Walden W,2-0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Seattle 7, Kansas City 6, 10 innings Colorado San Francisco HBP_by Sanchez (Betts), by Walden (Jansen).
past year as an EMCC sophomore. The 6-foot-1 sophomore backcourt New Hope vs. Smithville Tourney, TBA 2 games Boston 7, Toronto 6 ab r h bi ab r h bi WP_Sanchez 3.
performer ranked fourth on the team shooting 30 percent from three- Friday’s Games Blckmon rf 4 0 0 0 Duggar rf 4 0 1 0 Umpires_Home, Lance Barrett; First, Mike
point range with 18 made 3-pointers. College Baseball Detroit at Minnesota, ppd.
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-1) at Chicago Cubs
Tapia lf 3 0 0 0 Panik 2b 4 0 2 0
Valaika ph 1 0 0 0 Posey c 2 0 1 0
Everitt; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Chris Guc-
cione.
On the women’s side, Page totaled 331 points (7.4 ppg), 211 Today’s Games (Hamels 1-0), 2:20 p.m. Arenado 3b 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 3 0 1 0
Story ss 3 0 1 0 B.Crwfr ss 3 0 0 0
T_3:21. A_36,510 (37,731).
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees
rebounds (4.7 rpg), 42 assists, 40 steals and 11 blocked shots while
starting all 45 games of her two-year EMCC playing career for head
Southern Miss at Florida International, 6 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m.
(Happ 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Stanek 0-0) at Toronto (Thornton
Rynolds 1b 3 0 0 0 Sndoval 3b 4 0 0 0
Desmond cf 3 0 0 0 Pillar cf 3 1 1 1
Hampson 2b 3 0 2 0 Parra lf 3 0 0 0
Golf
coach Sharon Thompson’s Lady Lions.
0-0), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Hess 1-1) at Boston (Rodriguez 0-2), Wolters c 2 0 0 0 Smrdzja p 2 0 0 0 The Masters Par Scores
As a sophomore, Page was the team’s No. 4 scorer (8.0 ppg) and Kentucky at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. 7:10 p.m. Fuentes ph 1 0 0 0 Solarte ph 1 0 0 0 Thursday
D.Jhnsn p 0 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 At Augusta National GC
Alabama at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. Oakland (Fiers 2-1) at Texas (Smyly 0-1), 8:05 Augusta, Ga.
third-leading rebounder (4.9 rpg) along with being credited with 28 p.m. Msgrave p 0 0 0 0 W.Smith p 0 0 0 0
Estevez p 0 0 0 0 Purse: To be annouced, $11 million last year
assists and 26 steals on the year. With a career-high 25 points against Saturday’s Games Cleveland (Carrasco 1-1) at Kansas City (Keller
1-1), 8:15 p.m. J.Gray p 2 0 0 0 Yardage: 7,475. Par: 72 (36-36)
Holmes this past season, Page recorded consecutive double-doubles First Round
Mississippi University for Women at Tougaloo Houston (Miley 1-1) at Seattle (LeBlanc 2-0), Dunn p 0 0 0 0
Innetta ph-c 1 0 0 0 a-denotes amateur
versus Coahoma (11 pts & 10 rebs) and Northwest Mississippi (20/13) 10:10 p.m. Bryson DeChambeau 35-31—66 -6
College (DH), 1 p.m. Saturday’s Games Totals 29 0 3 0 Totals 29 1 6 1
in February. She previously averaged 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per Baltimore (Cashner 2-1) at Boston (Porcello Colorado 000 000 000—0 Brooks Koepka 35-31—66 -6
contest as an EMCC freshman coming out of West Jones High School Alabama at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. 0-2), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco 000 000 10x—1 Phil Mickelson
Ian Poulter
34-33—67
35-33—68
-5
-4
Chicago White Sox (Nova 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees DP_San Francisco 1. LOB_Colorado 3, San
in Laurel. Alabama at Mississippi State, 3 p.m. (Sabathia 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Francisco 8. 2B_Panik (2), Belt (2). HR_Pillar Dustin Johnson 34-34—68 -4
(3). CS_Duggar (1). Justin Harding 34-35—69 -3
Kentucky at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. Detroit (Ross 1-1) at Minnesota (Berrios 1-1), Adam Scott 35-34—69 -3
2:10 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO
Jon Rahm 35-34—69 -3
Prep tennis Southern Miss at Florida International, 5 p.m. L.A. Angels (Stratton 0-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Hendricks 0-2), 2:20 p.m.
Colorado
Gray L,0-3 6
2-3 5 1 1 3 6 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 37-32—69 -3

College Softball Dunn 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Kisner 36-33—69 -3

Tampa Bay (Snell 2-1) at Toronto (Buchholz
0-0), 3:07 p.m.
Heritage Academy tops Starkville, 7-2 Today’s Games Cleveland (Rodriguez 0-0) at Kansas City (Bai-
ley 0-1), 7:15 p.m.
The Heritage Academy tennis team defeated Starkville Academy Mississippi State at Tennessee, time TBA Oakland (Estrada 0-1) at Texas (Sampson 0-1),
8:05 p.m.
on Tuesday, 7-2, at the Magnolia Tennis Club. Missouri at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Houston (Verlander 1-0) at Seattle (Hernandez
1-0), 9:10 p.m.
Individual scores: No. 1 girls singles, Grayson Jones (HA) Lost to Saturday’s Games
Lily Holliday, 7-6, 3-6, 1-0; No. 2 girls singles, Elizabeth Nichols (HA) National League Glance
Mississippi State at Tennessee, time TBA All Times EDT
def Emory Stevens, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0; No. 1 girls doubles, Haley Barker/ East Division
Gigi Fields (HA) def L Little/M Williams, 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 girls doubles, Georgia at Alabama, time TBA W L Pct GB
New York 8 4 .667 —
Emily Howard/Kendall Kelly (HA) def S Montgomery/C Farmer 6-0, 6-1; Mississippi University for Women at Judson Philadelphia 7 4 .636 ½
No. 1 boys singles, Joshua Tedford (HA) def Charlie Clark, 6-3, 6-4; College (DH), 1 p.m. Atlanta 7 5 .583 1
Washington 6 5 .545 1½
No. 2 boys singles, Blake Ward (HA) def T Highfield, 6-4, 6-1; No. 1 Southern Miss at UAB (DH), 3 p.m. Miami 3 10 .231 5½
boys doubles, Carter Smith/Drew Knittig (HA) def R Clark/G Armstrong, Central Division
Missouri at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. W L Pct GB
6-1, 6-0; No. 1 boys doubles, Owen Riley/Johnny Swartz (HA) def G Milwaukee 8 5 .615 —
Stevens/J Wiggins, 6-2, 6-0; mixed doubles, Sarah Curtis/William Laws Women’s College Golf St. Louis
Pittsburgh
8 5
6 5 .545 1
.615 —
(HA) Lost to G Delp/H Holiday, 6-3, 6-1 Today’s Games Chicago 4 8 .333 3½
Cincinnati 4 8 .333 3½
Alabama, Ole Miss at Liz Murphy Collegiate West Division
Football
W L Pct GB
(Athens, Georgia) San Diego 9 5 .643 —
Los Angeles 8 6 .571 1
Saturday’s Games Arizona 6 7 .462 2½
Alabama makes final A-Day preparations on Thursday Alabama, Ole Miss at Liz Murphy Collegiate San Francisco 5 9
Colorado
.357 4
3 10 .231 5½
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama football team held its 14th Wednesday’s Games
(Athens, Georgia) Atlanta at Colorado, ppd.
and final practice of the 2019 spring season Thursday in shorts and
helmets for roughly two hours on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields.
Men’s College Tennis San Diego 3, San Francisco 1
Cincinnati 2, Miami 1
Alabama’s 2019 Golden Flake A-Day Game will be played Today’s Games Washington 15, Philadelphia 1
N.Y. Mets 9, Minnesota 6
Saturday at 1 p.m. at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The A-Day Game is once Ole Miss at LSU, 5 p.m. St. Louis 7, L.A. Dodgers 2
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 2
again free to the public and will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Tom Hart Mississippi State at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Texas 5, Arizona 2
and Todd Blackledge working from the booth while Laura Rutledge calls L.A. Angels 4, Milwaukee 2
West Alabama at Mississippi University for Wom- Thursday’s Games
the game from field level. Cincinnati 5, Miami 0
en, time TBA St. Louis 11, L.A. Dodgers 7
Johnson 0 1 0 0 1 0
Musgrave 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Estevez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
San Francisco
Samardzija W,1-0 7 3 0 0 1 7
Watson H,4
Smith S,4-4
1 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 0
D.Johnson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th
WP_Johnson.
Umpires_Home, Paul Nauert; First, CB Buc-
knor; Second, D.J. Reyburn; Third, Fieldin
Cubreth.
T_2:34. A_29,727 (41,915).
Cubs 2, Pirates 0
Pittsburgh Chicago
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Msgrove p 2 0 0 0 Cratini c 3 0 2 1
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Chicago 000 000 20x—2
E_Gonzalez (3). DP_Pittsburgh 1. LOB_Pitts-
burgh 6, Chicago 6. 2B_S.Marte (4), Caratini 2
(3). SB_Heyward (3), Descalso (1). CS_Bell (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Musgrove L,1-1 6 1-3 4 2 0 2 6
Liriano 2-3 1 0 0 1 1
Burdi 1 0 0 0 0 2
Chicago
Quintana W,1-1 7 4 0 0 1 11
Corey Conners 37-33—70 -2
J.B. Holmes 35-35—70 -2
Lucas Bjerregaard 35-35—70 -2
Gary Woodland 34-36—70 -2
Tiger Woods 35-35—70 -2
Rickie Fowler 37-33—70 -2
Cameron Smith 36-34—70 -2
Patton Kizzire 33-37—70 -2
Francesco Molinari 35-35—70 -2
Jason Day 35-35—70 -2
Tony Finau 36-35—71 -1
Charley Hoffman 36-35—71 -1
Louis Oosthuizen 36-35—71 -1
Tommy Fleetwood 34-37—71 -1
Kevin Na
Thorbjorn Olesen
35-36—71
34-37—71
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Bernhard Langer 34-37—71 -1
Matt Kuchar 35-36—71 -1
Transactions
Thursday’s Moves
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed LHP Richard
Bleier on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 10.
Recalled LHP Tanner Scott from Norfolk (IL).
Selected the contract of RHP Josh Lucas from
Norfolk.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHP Fram-
ber Valdez to Round Rock (PCL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled RHP Jake
Newberry from Omaha (PCL). Optioned 1B
Frank Schwindel to Omaha.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with 2B
Ozzie Albies on a seven-year contract.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP
Jaime Schultz from Oklahoma City (PCL).
Optioned RHP JT Chargois to Oklahoma City.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled INF Kev-
in Kramer from Indianapolis (IL). Placed INF
Kevin Newman on the 10-day IL, retroactive
to April 9.

Softball Women’s College Tennis N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 3

Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 0
Cishek H,1
Strop S,1-1
WP_Quintana.
1 1 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 0 0 1
Midwest League
QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS — Transferred
San Diego 7, Arizona 6
Today’s Games San Francisco 1, Colorado 0 Umpires_Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Paul
INF Austin Dennis from extended spring train-
ing to the team. Placed C Oscar Campos on
Friday’s Games Emmel; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Man-
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 3 p.m. L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-1) at Chicago Cubs ny Gonzalez.
the 7-day IL.
Atlantic League
Ole Miss shifts weekend softball schedule LSU at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. (Hamels 1-0), 2:20 p.m. T_2:38. A_31,906 (41,649). LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed RHPs Vin
OXFORD -- Due to forecasts of heavy rain in Oxford for Saturday, Arkansas at Alabama, 5 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Williams 1-0) at Washington
(Corbin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Mets 6, Braves 3 Mazzaro and Tim Adleman.
BASKETBALL
Ole Miss softball has altered the schedule for its weekend series with Philadelphia (Arrieta 1-1) at Miami (Alcantara New York Atlanta
National Basketball Association
Missouri at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. West Alabama at Mississippi University for Wom- 1-0), 7:10 p.m. ab r h bi
Nimmo lf 4 1 0 0 Albies 2b 5 0 0 0
ab r h bi
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Fired coach
N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-1) at Atlanta (Wright 0-1), Larry Drew.
The Rebels and Tigers will now meet up in a doubleheader on en, time TBA 7:20 p.m. Ed.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Dnldson 3b 5 0 1 0
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Fired coach JB
San Diego (Paddack 0-0) at Arizona (Weaver P.Alnso 1b 4 1 2 2 Freeman 1b 5 1 1 0
Friday, with the two games scheduled for 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday’s Saturday’s Games 0-0), 9:40 p.m. Broxton pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Acn Jr. cf 4 1 3 2 Bickerstaff. Demoted general manager Chris
Wallace to scout.
series finale will remain in its originally scheduled 1 p.m. time slot. Milwaukee (Burnes 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias Cano 2b 5 0 0 0 Mrkakis rf 3 0 0 0
Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech, 10 a.m. 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Cnforto rf 3 1 0 0 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 PHOENIX SUNS — Removed the interim tag
from general manager James Jones. Named
College Track and Field Colorado (Bettis 0-2) at San Francisco (Pomer- W.Ramos c 3 1 1 0 Clbrson ph 1 0 0 0
McNeil 3b 4 1 1 0 L.Jcksn p 0 0 0 0 Jeff Bower senior vice president of basketball
anz 0-1), 10:15 p.m.
Rebels defeat UAB with walk-off walk Today’s Games Saturday’s Games A.Rsrio ss 4 1 2 4 D.Swnsn ss 3 0 1 0
Lagares cf 3 0 1 0 Camargo lf 4 1 1 1
operations.
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Fired coach Dave
OXFORD – The Rebel offense wasn’t in full swing at the Ole Miss L.A. Angels (Stratton 0-1) at Chicago Cubs Joerger. Signed general manager Vlade Divac
(Hendricks 0-2), 2:20 p.m. Matz p 2 0 0 0 Flowers c 3 0 2 0
Softball Complex, but the Rebs did just enough on Wednesday, rallying Alabama, Mississippi State, Southern Miss at Colorado (Freeland 1-2) at San Francisco Gsllman p 0 0 0 0 Gausman p 2 0 0 0 to a contract extension through the 2022-23
season.
Gllorme ph 1 0 0 0 Parsons p 0 0 0 0
to defeat UAB 3-2 in extras. Crimson Tide Invitational (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) (Bumgarner 0-2), 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Archer 1-0) at Washington (Scher- Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0 FOOTBALL
National Football League
Despite falling behind early due in part to a first-inning error, the Ole Miss hosts Joe Walker Invite zer 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Familia p 0 0 0 0 Joyce rf 1 0 0 0
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived CB Jalen
Philadelphia (Eflin 2-0) at Miami (Smith 0-0), Do.Smth 1b 0 0 0 0
pitching duo of Ava Tillmann and Brittany Finney did work in the circle Saturday’s Games 6:10 p.m. Totals 33 6 7 6 Totals 36 3 9 3 Myrick.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed RB Ty Montgom-
to keep Ole Miss (28-10) in the ballgame. Tillmann took a no-decision in St. Louis (Wainwright 1-0) vs. Cincinnati (Roark New York 030 001 200—6
ery.
the start, allowing two runs on four hits in six complete innings. Finney Ole Miss hosts Joe Walker Invite 0-0) at Monterrey, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta 110 000 010—3
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB De-
LOB_New York 8, Atlanta 9. 2B_Donaldson (3),
earned the win in relief with two scoreless innings, surrendering just a Junior College Softball N.Y. Mets (Vargas 1-0) at Atlanta (Newcomb
0-0), 7:20 p.m.
San Diego (Strahm 0-2) at Arizona (Kelly 1-1),
Freeman (5). 3B_Acuna Jr. (1). HR_P.Alonso
(6), A.Rosario (1), Acuna Jr. (5), Camargo (1).
Marquis Gates.
COLLEGE
pair of hits. Today’s Games 8:10 p.m. SB_Broxton (3), D.Swanson (1). S_Matz (1). DUKE — Freshman G Cam Reddish will enter
the NBA draft.
After a two-out error extended the opening frame, the Blazers Milwaukee (Davies 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (TBD), IP H R ER BB SO
IOWA — Freshman G Joe Wieskamp will enter
(15-23) took advantage to score a pair of unearned runs, with Destini Itawamba at Southwest (DH), 2 p.m. 9:10 p.m. New York
the NBA draft.
Matz W,1-0 6 4 2 2 1 8
England knocking a single up the middle to bring home two. Pearl River at EMCC (DH), 3 p.m. Padres 7, Diamondbacks 6 Gsellman 1 2 0 0 1 2 LSU — Freshman G JaVonte Smart will enter
the NBA draft.
Avilan 1-3 1 1 1 0 0
While the Rebels left the winning run stranded at third in the
seventh, they would not miss their chance to walk off in the first frame of
Junior College Baseball San Diego Arizona
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Myers cf-lf 4 1 0 0 J.Dyson cf 5 2 1 0
Familia H,2 2-3 0 0 0 1 2
Diaz S,5-5 1 2 0 0 0 2
NEVADA — Named Steve Alford men’s bas-
ketball coach.
NEW JERSEY CITY — Announced the addition
extras. After Finney drew a one-out walk, Gillespie and Whitley followed Saturday’s Games Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 0 Flores 1b 4 1 0 0 Atlanta
of men’s and women’s tennis programs.
Machado 3b 4 1 1 1 D.Prlta lf 5 1 2 2 Gausman L,1-1 5 2-3 4 4 4 3 5
with back-to-back base knocks to load the bases. With nowhere to put Pearl River at EMCC (DH), 2 p.m. Renfroe lf-rf 4 1 0 0 A.Jones rf 3 0 1 1 Parsons 1-3 1 0 0 1 0 STANFORD — Sophomore F KZ Okpala de-
clared for the NBA draft.
F.Reyes rf 2 1 1 1 E.Escbr 3b 3 1 1 3 Venters 2-3 1 2 2 2 2
her, Allee demonstrated a good eye at the plate, working a 10-pitch Itawamba at East Central (DH), 2 p.m. Margot cf 1 1 1 1 K.Marte 2b 3 0 0 0 Tomlin 1
1-3 0 0 0 0 1 TEXAS — Freshman F Jaxson Hayes will enter
the NBA draft.
at-bat and watching ball four to bring home the winning run.

Alabama claims 5-1 victory over Georgia State on the air

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama returned to Rhoads Stadium
Wednesday, earning a 5-1 win over Georgia State. Today SOCCER (MEN’S) 4 p.m. — Villanova at Denver, CBS Sports
Alabama (39-4) scored three runs in the first inning on a pair of AUTO RACING 1:20 p.m. — Bundesliga: SC Freiburg vs. Network
singles and added another in the second before Georgia State (5-35) FSV Mainz, FS2 COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
scored its first run on a fielding error in the top of the fourth. Another 2 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity: practice, Bristol,
Tenn., FS1 1:55 p.m. — Premier League: Southampton 9 a.m. — Northwestern at Johns Hopkins,
run in the bottom of the fifth went as the final tally of the night, with the
Crimson Tide earning the four-run victory. 4 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity: final practice, vs. Liverpool, NBC Sports Network ESPNU
Elissa Brown set the table at the top of the order, going 2-for-3 with Bristol, Tenn., FS1 Saturday COLLEGE SOFTBALL
two run scored and driving in a run on a sacrifice squeeze bunt in the AAF FOOTBALL 4 p.m. — Michigan at Maryland, Big Ten
5 p.m. — MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP:
fifth. Junior Claire Jenkins also had a multi-hit game, including an RBI Network
single in the first, while freshman Skylar Wallace knocked in a pair of qualifying, Bristol, Tenn., FS1 11 a.m. — Memphis at San Antonio, CBS
runs on another first-inning single. Junior Krystal Goodman (7-0) was COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. — San Diego at Orlando, NFL 4 p.m. — UCLA at Arizona State, ESPN2
sharp in the circle, allowing just one unearned run on two hits, striking 3 p.m. — Minnesota at Michigan, Big Ten AUTO RACING 5 p.m. — Alabama at South Carolina, ESPN
out four in the complete-game victory. Network 7:30 a.m. — MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR 5 p.m. — LSU at Mississippi State, ESPNU
This weekend, Alabama hosts 13th-ranked Georgia (30-11, 5-7 5 p.m. — Arkansas at Florida, SEC
SEC) for a three-game series at Rhoads Stadium beginning Saturday at 6 p.m. — South Carolina at Alabama, SEC CUP: practice, Bristol, Tenn., FS1
11 a.m. on ESPN2. 8 p.m. — Texas at Baylor, ESPNU 8:30 a.m. — NASCAR Xfinity: qualifying, 7 p.m. — Baylor at Oklahoma, ESPN
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Bristol, Tenn., FS1 GOLF
6 p.m. — CBI Tournament: Teams TBD, 10 a.m. — MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR 11 a.m. — Women’s Golf: Augusta National
Southern Miss outlasts Mississippi Valley State CUP: final practice, Bristol, Tenn., FS1 Women’s Amateur, Augusta, Ga., NBC
HATTIESBURG – Southern Miss (23-16) defeated Mississippi Finals Game 3 (if necessary), ESPNU
Valley State (4-29) by a final score of 4-2 on Wednesday night at the COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 12 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity: The NXS 300, 12 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Valero Texas
Southern Miss Softball Complex. 6 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams TBD, Bristol, Tenn., FS1 Open, third round, San Antonio, Texas, GOLF
With their Wednesday night victory against Mississippi Valley Final Four, Tampa, Fla., ESPN2 3 p.m. — IndyCar Racing: qualifying, Bir- 2:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Valero Texas
State, the Golden Eagles extended their winning streak to six games. Open, third round, San Antonio, Texas, NBC
Southern Miss gained an early 1-0 lead after Lacey Sumerlin lifted 8:30 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams mingham, Ala., NBC Sports Network
TBD, Final Four, Tampa, Fla., ESPN2 7 p.m. — MONSTER ENERGY Supercross: 4 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: ANA Inspiration,
a sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the first inning that scored
Destini Brown. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Round 14 of the AMA Supercross, Nashville, third round, Rancho Mirage, Calif., GOLF
In the bottom of the second inning, the Golden Eagles extended 4 p.m. — Indiana at Michigan, ESPNU Tenn., NBC Sports Network HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOYS)
their lead to 3-0 after Caroline Casey scored on a Mississippi Valley
COLLEGE BASEBALL 11 a.m. — GEICO Nationals: Teams TBD,
6:30 p.m. — Baylor at Oklahoma, FS1
State error and Samantha Papp scored on a sacrifice fly to center field championship, New York, N.Y., ESPN
by Karley Nichols. CURLING (MEN’S) 7 p.m. — Texas A&M at LSU, ESPN2
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRLS)
Southern Miss will return to action on Saturday, when they travel to 9 p.m. — World Championship: U.S. vs. Nor- 7 p.m. — Florida at Ole Miss, SEC
Birmingham to take on UAB. 9 a.m. — GEICO Nationals: Teams TBD,
way, Alberta (taped), NBC Sports Network 10 p.m. — Cal State Fullerton at Cal Poly,
championship, New York, N.Y., ESPN2
GOLF ESPNU
Track & Field 11 a.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: ANA Inspiration, COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
HORSE RACING
4:30 p.m. — Wood Memorial Bluegrass
second round, Rancho Mirage, Calif., GOLF 5 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams TBD,
Stakes, NBC Sports Network
Alabama’s Colantonio Jr. uncorks huge hammer throw 3 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Valero Texas Open, Final Four, Minneapolis, Minn., CBS
MLB BASEBALL
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – That’s the way to get things started. second round, San Antonio, Texas, GOLF 7:30 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams 3 p.m. — Texas at LA Angels, FS1
Alabama freshman Bobby Colantonio Jr. blasted a career-best 6 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: ANA Inspiration, TBD, Final Four, Minneapolis, Minn., CBS
mark on his first attempt to the win the Crimson Tide Invitational 6 p.m. — Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, FS1
second round, Rancho Mirage, Calif., GOLF COLLEGE FOOTBALL NBA BASKETBALL
hammer throw Thursday night.
“Obviously, I’m super happy for Bobby,” UA head coach Dan Wa- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOYS) 11 a.m. — Purdue Spring Game, Big Ten 11 a.m. — Basketball Hall of Fame An-
ters said. “That was a nice PR in his first throw in an Alabama uniform at 2 p.m. — GEICO Nationals: Teams TBD, Network nouncement, ESPN2
home. It was great to see him get the PR and take the win.” semifinal, New York, N.Y., ESPN2 11 a.m. — South Carolina Spring Game, 7 p.m. — Philadelphia at Chicago. NBA
Competing in his first home meet in the Sam Bailey Track and Field 4 p.m. — GEICO Nationals: Teams TBD, SEC
Stadium, Colantonio Jr. uncorked a throw of 222-06.0 (67.82m) on his SOCCER (MEN’S)
first attempt, which stood up to win the event by more than a dozen feet.
semifinal, New York, N.Y., ESPN2 1 p.m. — LSU Spring Game, SEC 8:20 a.m. — Bundesliga: Leipzig vs. Bayer
All six of his throws on the night went over 210 feet, including his last of HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRLS) 1:30 p.m. — Clemson Spring Game, ESPN2 Leverkusen, FS2
the night that went for 219-00.0 (66.75m). His new career-best is the 10 a.m. — GEICO Nationals: New Hope 3 p.m. — Arkansas Spring Game, ESPNU 8:55 a.m. — Premier League: Newcastle
best distance by a freshman in the nation this season and ranks in the Academy (Md.) vs. Miami Country Day (Fla.), 3 p.m. — Ole Miss Spring Game, SEC United vs. Crystal Palace, NBC Sports
top-20 overall. semifinal, Queens, N.Y., ESPNU COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)
“It was really great to come out here and progress the way that I Network
have been the last couple of weeks,” Colantonio Jr. said. “It was nice 12 p.m. — GEICO Nationals: Centennial 10 a.m. — Lehigh at Loyola University Mary- 10 p.m. — Liga MX: Tijuana vs. Club Améri-
to get the ball rolling and have a PR here at home and show everyone (Nev.) vs. St. John’s College (D.C.), semifi- land, CBS Sports Network ca, FS1
here what we can do.” nal, Queens, N.Y., ESPNU 11 a.m. — Notre Dame at Duke, ESPNU 11:30 a.m. — Bundesliga: Borussia Dort-
In other action, junior Esther Gitahi ran a 4:18.81 in the women’s NBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. — Michigan at Maryland, Big Ten mund vs. Bayern Munich, FOX
1,500 meters, taking second place by less than two-tenths of a second.
“It is exciting to run a home meet,” Gitahi said.
7 p.m. — Boston at Indiana, ESPN Network 2 p.m. — MLS: Los Angeles FC vs. D.C.
9:30 p.m. — Portland at Denver, ESPN 1 p.m. — Rutgers at Johns Hopkins, ESPNU United, FOX
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Friday, April 12, 2019 3B

Making contact college basketball

Oats names assistants to

staff at Alabama
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS tant coach and 12th year
on the UA basketball staff,
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – while Hodgson rejoins
Alabama men’s basketball Oats after spending the
head coach Nate Oats has previous four seasons at
announced the addition of Buffalo, helping the pro-
five staff members, which gram reach new heights.
include three assistant Henry brings coaching
coaches, a strength and experience at the NBA,
conditioning coach and a G League and power-five
director of basketball op- levels to the Crimson Tide
erations. program.
The Crimson Tide’s In addition to the full-
first-year head coach re- time assistants, strength
tained Antoine Pettway and conditioning coach
from the previous staff Mike Snowden and direc-
and welcomes Charlie tor of operations Adam
Henry and Bryan Hodg- Bauman both rejoin Oats
son as assistant coaches. at the Capstone after help-
Pettway returns for his ing build a championship
ninth season as an assis- program at Buffalo.

Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

Baker Watson of West Point High School gets a hit during the second inning of their baseball game against East
Webster on Thursday in Cumberland. East Webster won the game, 13-9.

the masters

Big shots on opening day produce big roars

at Augusta National in dramatic beginning
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS all the action. He played score.” last year recovering from
earlier in the round and He two-putted for a wrist injury that left him
AUGUSTA, Ga. — methodically scored a sol- birdie on the par-5 15th. wondering if he would
Bryson DeChambeau id 70. It was a good start He narrowly missed his ever play again. Then he
believes science was at for Woods in his quest to first hole-in-one in com- won a second straight U.S.
work late in the afternoon end 11 years without a petition. From the woods Open, held off Woods to
at Augusta National, cre- major, and he was atop the right of the 17th fairway, win the PGA Champion-
ating a force in the atmo- leaderboard briefly until a he went just over the back ship and has established
sphere where big roars late bogey. He sounded of the green and chipped himself as a major player.
from great shots filter satisfied. in from 35 feet. “I think just an under-
through the back nine. “I’ve shot this num- He didn’t see until lat- standing of how to play
An easier description: ber and won four coats, er how good his shot was and handle the bigger
Another exciting finish at so hopefully, I can do it into the 18th because he tournaments, and under-
the Masters, this time on again,” said Woods, who was in light rough short standing how to deal with
a Thursday. slightly miscalculated. of the fairway bunker, un- pressure a little bit bet-
Brooks Koepka got The last green jacket he able to see the green but ter,” Koepka said of his
it started, adding to his won in 2005 began with knowing it was good from recent run of three majors
reputation of playing his a 74. The goal was to not the roar of the crowd. in his last six tries.
best golf in the majors. fall too far behind early, “Oh my gosh,” De-
He rolled in a 20-foot and he is just four shots Chambeau said when he
putt birdie from behind behind. watched the replay for
the 12th green, the first Rory McIlroy’s bid for the first time. “I guess I
of four straight birdies to the last leg of the career should have pulled the
take the lead. DeCham- Grand Slam began with flagstick.”
beau answered with four a 73, which featured six He is not the only play-
straight birdies at the end bogeys. er to putt with the flag-
of his round, with two “I made five birdies — stick in the cup — allowed
shots inches away from that wasn’t the problem,” under the new Rules of
being even better. McIlroy said. “I just made Golf — just the only one
His 8-iron on the par-3 too many mistakes.” to apply science to the de-
16th grazed the edge of Even more surprising cision .
the cup. His 6-iron into to McIlroy was no one Koepka played in the
the 18th was even bet- from the early starters last group of the day, and
ter, so good that it rolled took advantage of soft turf didn’t have great ener-
smack into the middle of from recent rains. gy in his group. Jordan
the pin and bounced back “It’s there for the tak- Spieth had to rely on his
an inch or two . ing, and I’m surprised short game to salvage a
Both wound up in a someone hasn’t run off,” 75, matching his highest
share of the lead at 6-un- McIlroy said. score at Augusta. Paul
der 66. And that’s right about Casey, coming off a vic-
“Absolutely, there is an when Koepka and De- tory three weeks ago in
energy and there is some- Chambeau took off. Florida, failed to make a
thing in science that does “Honestly, I was hit- birdie in his round of 81.
talk about that,” said De- ting it great all day,” De- Blinders on, Koepka
Chambeau, who has a sci- Chambeau said. “Just an played bogey-free in his
entific answer for every- accumulation of great golf first time at the Masters
thing. “It’s great to have that finally showed in the in two years. He missed
momentum and great
atmosphere and gets you
all pumped up, creates
adrenaline flow. ... I be-
lieve that’s partially what
happened today.”
They were one shot
ahead of 48-year-old Phil
Mickelson, who delivered
thrills of his own.
Mickelson found some
momentum after shots in
the pine trees at No. 10
and in the water on No.
11, both leading to bogey
when he thought it could
have been worse. He an-
swered with three birdies
on the next four holes,
including a shot into the
16th that stopped inches
from the cup .
He had a 67, his best
start since 2010, when he
won his third green jack-
et.
“It looked like, after
bogeying 10 and 11, that
would kill some momen-
tum. It was the other way
around, because I made
two great bogeys that
should have and could
have been doubles,” Mick-
elson said. “And then
when I got to the holes
that I could birdie, I took
advantage of it with some
good shots.”
Tiger Woods missed
4B Friday, April 12, 2019
mississippi state baseball
Tanner Allen of Mississippi State celebrates his three-run home run on Wednesday
night against South Alabama.
Diamond Dawgs host Alabama
in SEC weekend series
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Another week, another Southeastern
Conference matchup for the Mississippi
State baseball team.
MSU will continue its five-game
home stand this weekend with a three-
game set against Alabama as part of Su-
per Bulldog Weekend.
The opening game is tonight at 6.
“It should be exciting,” head coach
Chris Lemonis said. “I’ve heard great
things about it. Hopefully we get great
weather. We’ve got a good opponent
coming and I’d like to see us pack the
house.”
On the pitching front, things remain
uncertain. Lemonis said freshman JT
Ginn is continuing to be monitored after
he was pulled from a start last Saturday
against Tennessee with discomfort.
“We’re not 100 percent positive,” Le-
monis said of Ginn’s status. “But it’s not
a major thing.”
Redshirt junior Ethan Small will pitch
Friday’s series opener and senior Peyton
Plumlee will get the ball Saturday. Sun-
day’s starter has yet to be named.
In the batter’s box, sophomore Tan-
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msu roundup
Dawgs to play in Myrtle Beach
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS swinging in doubles. On the 2018 “Serving Those
court one, the Aggies’ Who Serve Us” event and
The Mississippi State 28th-ranked tandem of the “United We Feed”
men’s basketball team Tatiana Makarova and food drive.
has started to determine Jayci Goldsmith ousted TRACK & FIELD:
its November plans. MSU’s 66th-ranked Mag- The MSU track and field
It was announced da Adaloglou and Tamara team notched six person-
Thursday that the Bull- Racine, 6-1. State’s Janina al bests Thursday night at
dogs will play in the 2019 Braun and Meredith Rob- the Crimson Tide Invita-
Myrtle Beach Invitational erts then fell 6-3 to TA- tional.
Nov. 21-22 and 24 at the MU’s Riley McQuaid and Sophomore Luke Zach-
HTC Center in Conway, Lucia Quiterio on court arias finished third in the
South Carolina. three. 5000 meter with a per-
Other teams in the In singles, the Bulldogs sonal record of 15:23.24,
field include host Coastal jumped on the Aggies ear- nearly four seconds better
Carolina, Baylor, Villa- ly, ultimately taking four than his previous mark.
nova, Middle Tennessee, of the six first sets to try a In the women’s 5000
Ohio, Tulane and Utah. stage a comeback. meter, graduate student
MSU will also return MSU senior Braun Carly Terp finished sixth,
to the SEC/Big 12 Chal- completed a spirited 6-3, shaving more than 15 sec-
lenge Jan. 25. The match- 6-3 ousting of A&M’s
onds off her personal best,
ups for that will be re- McQuaid at the No. 5 po-
while redshirt senior Mia
leased by the conference sition. MSU’s true fresh-
Meydrich, senior Shan-
offices in May. man Racine then took
non Fair and redshirt
The Bulldogs are com- the No. 4 matchup by the
ing off a 23-11 record and sophomore Sylvia Russell
same score over the Ag-
the program’s first NCAA gies’ McBryde to tie up all earned season-bests in
tournament berth in 10 the match. the seeded 1500 meter.
years. The Aggies respond- MEN’S TENNIS: The
WOMEN’S TENNIS: ed, with Makarova taking No. 7 MSU men’s tennis
In light of forecasted se- court three from State’s team will play its second-
vere weather on Friday, Adaloglou 6-3, 6-2 for a to-last match of the reg-
MSU’s women’s tennis 3-2 lead. ular season Friday night
squad opened the final RENTOULI NAMED against No. 8 Texas A&M.
weekend of regular-sea- TO SEC TEAM: MSU SOFTBALL: The
son action against 16th- senior tennis player Anas- MSU softball team will
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
ranked Texas A&M on tasia Retouli was named take a ranked opponent
Thursday evening. The one of 14 members of the for the fifth straight con-
Bulldogs (12-12, 3-9 SEC) SEC Community Service ference series beginning
were downed 4-2 by the team for the third straight Friday at No. 9/8 Tennes-
Aggies (20-5, 8-4) at the season. see in Knoxville.
A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre, Rentouli has been a In a 15-3 win over Mem-
but not without putting up member of the MSU Stu- phis on Wednesday, MSU
a strong fight after drop- dent M-Club, serving as blasted a single-game pro-
ping the doubles point. president 2018-2019. gram record five home
Texas A&M came out She also volunteered at runs.
ner Allen has continued his recent tear.
Though his batting average sits at just
.271, Allen has three home runs and sev-
en RBIs in his last four games.
“I hit home and I said, ‘If I can’t get
it out to center with that swing I don’t
think I have enough juice to get it out,”
Allen joked of his homer Wednesday
night against South Alabama.
Alabama will enter the weekend as
winners of three of its past four contests
— including a home series win over
South Carolina.
The Crimson Tide offense will be bol-
stered by freshman Drew Williamson
and junior Kolby Robinson. Williamson
leads the team in batting average at .343
while Robinson is second at .333.
Sophomore Tyler Gentry and senior
Joe Breaux should also factor into the
equation offensively as they are tied for
the team lead with 28 RBIs apiece.
On the mound, Alabama will turn to
senior Sam Finnerty in game one and
redshirt junior Brock Love in game two.
Alabama has not named a Sunday start-
er.
Finnerty holds a 5-3 record and 3.19
ERA, while Love comes into the week-
end at 4-1 with a 3.62 ERA.
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Racing
Continued from Page 1B
ly after how it played out
last year, really and truly,
I was amazed that I got a
chance to win it,” Fortner
said. “Now that we’re sit-
ting here having to wait
another couple of weeks
… there’s a lot going on in
my head.”
Magnolia has now had
four race weekends that
have either been post-
poned or cancelled due to
rain.
“We’ve had over five
inches of rain in the past
seven days at the track,
and with more forecasted
for this weekend there’s
no way that we could have
the track in good shape,”
Stokes said via a release.
“In addition, Saturday’s
weather looks really bad,
and I don’t want a lot of
racers and fans making
the trip down here for this
event, and then having
to spend more money to
come back again at a later
date for just the final night.
We’ll hope for much better
weather on April 25-27.” Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Is Estate or
Springtime can be a
frustrating season for
Long snapper Nathan Swanson, right, talks to Kody Schexnayder between reps
Thursday during Mississippi State’s football practice.
Long Term Care
Planning Necessary
Dawgs
both racers and promot-
ers, as wet weather is
a bugaboo across the
state and region. Fortner
to Protect Your
praised Stokes for “put-
ting his neck out on the
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out a unit consisting of junior Erroll Thompson hold down the secondary.
line” in making the call to redshirt seniors Chaunc- and junior Willie Gay Jr. “We’re looking forward • Do you have a Will, Power of Attorney, and Advanced Health Care
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Behind them, redshirt nior safety Brian Cole will head said. or make the necessary decisions to remain independent and in your
Fortner said. “If he puts on
own home?
a race and takes a big loss,

there may come a chance
when he can’t do it next
year. We definitely don’t
need to take a chance on
something.”
When the Golden Egg
Spring Nationals do final-
ly take place, it will mark
Fortner’s first race at Mag-
nolia this season. Con-
versely, he had a pair of
runner-up finishes head-
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Fortner has driven two
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Columbus Speedway and
Whynot. Prior to that, he
built and drove a RaceTek
car in races at East Ala-
bama and Talladega, lead-
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He says he’s still “feel-
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He was set to drive a
different car this week-
end -- for Jerry Fletcher,
of Boaz, Alabama – and
confirmed he will drive
Fletcher’s No. 007 car in
two weeks.
Fortner doesn’t see his
musical chairs of race cars
as a hurdle; he won races
in five different chassis in
2018. Fortner said driving
a new car increases his fo-
cus and allows him to get
the most out of a car.
“People ask me about
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said. “To some, it may be
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NASCAR
TOYOTA OWNER’S 400

Site: Richmond, Virginia.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 11:05 a.m.
& 1:05 p.m., qualifying, 5:40 p.m., (FS1);
Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m., FOX
Track: Richmond Raceway (oval, 0.75
miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 400 laps.
Last year: Kyle Busch won after
starting 32nd.
Last race: Busch won at Bristol.
Fast facts: Busch has won three of the
last five Cup races. He has also finished on
the podium six times already, and every one
of his finishes has been in the top 10.
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major league baseball

Alonso’s early season splash helps Mets sink Braves, 6-3

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Pete Alonso
has made a powerful splash
during his first two weeks in
the majors.
The rookie rocketed his lat-
est homer into a terrace foun-
tain far beyond the center field
fence, and the New York Mets
beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on
Thursday night.
Amed Rosario homered and
drove in a career-high four
runs, and Steven Matz pitched
six effective innings to snap the
longest streak of no-decisions
in Mets history.
Alonso lined a two-run shot
in the seventh off reliever Jonny
Venters, a 454-foot laser with
a 118 mph exit velocity that
splashed into the tank beyond
straightaway center and wound
up floating softly in the water.
“Honestly, when you kind
of get a ball like that, you just
don’t even feel it,” Alonso said.
“You get this weird sensation. I
can’t really explain it. You don’t
feel the ball off your bat. You
just hear the sound, and it just
goes.”
The only players with hard-
er-hit home runs recorded by
Statcast are Giancarlo Stanton,
Aaron Judge and Mike Trout.
“I’ve got to do a couple more
pushups,” Alonso cracked,
drawing laughs.
Alonso has 17 RBIs, a Mets
record through 12 big league
games. His 12 extra-base hits
are the most by any major
league player since 1900 in the
first 12 games of a career.
The big first baseman is bat-
ting .378 with six doubles and a
1.362 OPS.
With runners at second and
third in the ninth, Edwin Diaz
struck out Freddie Freeman
with a 99 mph fastball for his
fifth save.
Rosario hit an early three-
run drive and New York ended
Atlanta’s three-game winning
streak in the opener of a four-
game series.
Ronald Acuña Jr. went deep
off New York reliever Luis
Avilán in the eighth, his fifth
homer sailing 462 feet over the
left field wall and into the sec-
ond level of stands.
Matz (1-0) had gone eight
straight starts without a deci-
sion, a streak that began last
Sept. 1. He allowed two runs
and four hits with one walk and
eight strikeouts, crediting his
changeup for much of the suc-
cess.
“It’s just been a huge pitch
for me,” Matz said. “It wasn’t
as sharp as I’d like in the first
inning, but I just stayed with it
and it came along.”
Rosario’s homer gave the
Mets a 3-1 lead in the second.
New York had three other hits
against starter Kevin Gaus-
man — Juan Lagares’ single in
the fifth, Wilson Ramos’ single
in the sixth and Jeff McNeil’s
single that advanced Ramos to
third and chased Gausman.
Wes Parsons gave up Rosa-
rio’s run-scoring single to make
it 4-2.
Gausman (1-1) allowed four
runs, three walks and struck
out five in 5.2 innings. He
walked his first two batters in
the second before facing Rosa-
rio.
“That one pitch kind of got
too much of the plate,” Gaus-
man said.
EVENTFUL DAY: A few
hours before the first pitch,
Ozzie Albies and the Braves
agreed to a $35 million, sev-
en-year contract, a deal that
includes team options for 2026
and ‘27.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My par-
ents were
separated for four
years while I was
in high school
and college. It
was an incredibly
difficult time, and
it strained my
relationship with
my dad. I was told
they had “grown
ZITS apart” but got
back together,
although we never
discuss the rea-
son for it. Dear Abby
I was out with
my sister’s friends last night,
and one of them got drunk and
told me the reason my parents
split up was Dad had been see-
ing another woman and acciden-
tally texted my sister instead of
this other woman, and everyone
in my family knew about it!
Dad and I barely saw each
other or spoke about the
GARFIELD separation, and we are finally in
a good place. I’m hurt that he
intentionally did something that
broke up my family. It wasn’t
something that just happened
because they drifted apart.
I don’t want to ask my sister items we don’t have room for.
and bring up painful memories
for her. My parents have never
talked about their separation
since they got back together.
What should I do? — MIXED-UP
DAUGHTER IN WISCONSIN
DEAR
DAUGHTER: When
infidelity happens
there is usually
a reason, and
those reasons
can vary from
couple to couple.
It’s possible that
your parents, who
understandably
don’t want to
relive that painful
chapter, were
having problems
before the affair
began. What is
important now is
that your family is
back together.
My advice is to allow them
their privacy. However, if you
feel you cannot do that, then
tell them TOGETHER what your
sister’s friend told you.
DEAR ABBY: I was wondering
what the rule of etiquette is
when it comes to unwanted chil-
dren’s gifts. It’s one thing if my
husband and I receive gifts we
don’t want and get rid of them,
but I’m not sure what to do with
gifts for our kids.
We live in a small apartment
and sometimes get large-ticket
We’ve asked our family to keep
the items small, but some of
them ignore our request. A few
times we’ve sold the items and
put the money into our child’s
bank account. But we aren’t
sure that is the best way.
Also, what do we do when
family sends our children stuff
we don’t want them to have?
Some may be inappropriate,
broken or junk. My in-laws have
little to no interaction with
our kids, and this is the only
way they’ve chosen to make
their presence known. We are
reluctant to discard the only
attention our kids get from their
grandparents. What is the right
thing to do? — NO MORE GIFTS
IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR NO MORE GIFTS: Be-
cause you have made your wish-
es known to the grandparents
and they are ignored, you and
your children should thank them
for their gifts — and you should
continue repurposing items that
are too large for your dwelling or
unusable. Do not feel guilty for
doing so because someone else
may be better able to put them
to use.
DEAR ABBY: I recently played
both sides during a sticky and
challenging time. Now I have a
friend who is really upset with
me, and I don’t know what to do.
I thought I was doing the right
thing, but in my effort to not
hurt my friend, I have done more
damage. I’m not sure this can
be repaired. What should I do?
— MESSED UP IN MINNEAPOLIS
DEAR MESSED UP: Apolo-
gize to your friend. And if the
friendship cannot be repaired,
LEARN from it.

CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
12). You have deep respect
for the trailblazers who made
it possible for you to do what
you do and focus where you
wish. Putting this admiration
into words and gestures will be
part of your success key this
year. Your stellar attitude and
willingness to learn will lead to
promotion, travel and exciting
relationships. Sagittarius and
Capricorn adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 4, 40, 8, 19 and
BABY BLUES 47.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). To get where you want
to go within an organization,
you’ll need the gatekeepers of
various departments to open up
their doors to you. Strategize.
Start by mapping out the levels
and working parts of the social
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
structure.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’ll have success with today’s
venture. That’s not the hard
part. The hard part is staying
modest in those moments when
it’s all going your way. The an-
swer is to take it in, celebrate,
but do so privately.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
The difference between you and
the others is that you’re not
playing. You’ll do as you say im-
mediately, and then the others
will snap to, realizing the stiff
competition they have in you.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). You can get clarity in your
life by clearing things out of it.
Thoughts, behaviors, physical
items... it all counts. Start with
what’s easy for you and the
purge will cleanse every part of
your life. It’s all somehow linked
together.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
People of all ages need to feel
powerful, an instinct we share
with other animals. So it’s hard
to blame the one who’s not so
secretly thrilled to be in charge.
It usually wears off when the
realities of leadership set in.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Ideally, you’ll be in relationships
with people as big-hearted as
you are. When this isn’t the
case, look for the other gifts --
for instance, an analytical mind,
or a comfortable dependability.
They count, too.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Everyone shows appreciation
differently, which is something
to consider before you decide
that a certain person isn’t show-
ing it at all. If that really does
turn out to be the case, perhaps
your efforts are better placed
elsewhere.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). It’s impossible to accept
people for who they really are if
you don’t know who they really
are. When it comes to learning
people, the learning curve is
so steep that the get-to-know-
you process is never really
complete.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The ability to project an
outcome can work for or against
us, depending on how much
fear we mix into the exercise.
Stay stoic and scientific and
you’ll prepare yourself instead
of scare yourself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). One thing stopping you
from becoming a top performer
is your fear that once you excel,
you’ll be expected to do so
repeatedly. It’s a valid concern,
but don’t worry. Once you excel,
you’ll want to do it repeatedly.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You weren’t the one who
burdened yourself. You were
just nice (or innocent) enough to
stand still while the responsi-
bility was heaped on your back.
Now is your chance to shake
it off.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The amount of natural
talent you need to succeed at
the enterprise you have your eye
on is surprisingly little. You have
a hundred times more than you
need. Now the question is, how
many hours are you willing to
put in?

Bend the truth

SOLUTION:
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be Pastor Erick Logan of Pontotoc. The
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Easter Sunrise Service Prayer for Youth
Church Anniversary Pleasant Grove Pools M.B. Church,
3000 Waverly Road in West Point, hosts
Every 2nd and 3rd Saturday, Pleasant
Ridge Faith Center hosts a prayer for the
United Faith Interdenominational
its Easter Sunrise Service at 5:30 a.m. youth from 2-3 p.m.
Ministries, 1701 22nd St. N., hosts its
April 21. The public is invited to attend.
Church Anniversary Program at 2:30 p.m.
April 14. Guest speaker will be Pastor Prayer, Free Coffee
Michael Tate of Second James Creek Enrollment Applications Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
M.B. Church in Brooksville. The public is Mississippi State School of Ministry Church, 2221 14th Ave. N., hosts free
invited to attend. is taking applications for enrollment. coffee and a prayer community outreach
For more information, call Dr. Michael T. service from 8-9 a.m. every 5th Saturday.
38th Years in Ministry Boyd, 662-425-8443. For information, contact Jesse Slater,
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empty spaces 9 6 4 3 5 2 1 7 8
D.C.. The public is invited to attend. For
more information, call 662-272-5355 or Word of God. The public is invited to at-
Women Prayer, Worship Service so that
so that each
each row,
row, each 2 3 7 1 9 8 5 4 6
Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd column and
column and each
each 3x3 box
visit www.charitymission.org. tend. For more information, call Pat Fisher
St. S., holds a prayer and worship service contains
contains the the same
same number
6 4 9 5 2 3 7 8 1
Douglas, 662-251-5899.
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m. Call Marie only
only once.
once. The The difficulty 3 5 1 8 7 9 4 6 2
Laymen’s Fellowship Nabors, 662-549-4322 or 662-329- level
level increases
increases from 8 7 2 4 1 6 3 9 5
Mt. Pelier M.B. Church, 840 N. Jack- Gospel Book Club 1234, for prayer requests. Monday
Monday to
from
to Sunday.
Sunday. Difficulty Level 4/11

son St. in Starkville, hosts the Laymen’s
Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. April 18. Dr.
Adrian Rogers will continue the Man of
His Word series. A meal will be served.
All men and boys are invited to attend.
For more information, call Orlando Trainer,
662-769-0071 or e-mail, orlandotrainer@
hotmail.com.
Good Friday
New Zion Pilgrim M.B. Church, 5253
New Hope Road, hosts the Interdenomi-
national Alliance of Ministers for City and
County’s Good Friday Program, “Seven
Sayings of Jesus on the Cross”, at 6 p.m.
April 19. The public is invited to attend.
For more information, call IAM, 662-251-
2505.
Spring Sale
Mathiston U.M. Church, 24894 Hwy.
15 in Mathiston, hosts its Spring Sale
from 8 a.m.-noon April 20 in the Fellow-
ship Hall of the church. Proceeds got to
the United Methodist Women mission
projects.
Walk for Artesia
A Walk for Artesia will be held from 8
a.m.-noon April 20. Meet at the Arte-
sia Community Center, 46 Front St. in
Artesia. Participants are walking to visit
homes in the area and share the love of
Christ. Lunch will be served.
Community Egg Hunt
Life Church hosts a free Community
Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. April 20 at
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102 12th
Ave. S., invites the public to join its
Gospel Book Club from 6-7 p.m. every 4th
Friday of each month to study and discuss
one chapter of the King James Bible each
month. For more information, call Lillian
Murray, 662-570-1974 or 662-570-5595.
Worship Services
Open Doors M.B. Church invites the
public to Sunday Morning Worship Ser-
vices from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every 1st, 2nd
& 3rd Sunday of each month at the Travis
Outlaw Sportsplex Center, 405 Lynn
Lane in Starkville. Sunday School is from
10-10:30 a.m. For more information, call
662-263-7102.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief and Mourning
offers a grief support group at 6 p.m.
every 2nd Thursday of the month at
United Christian Baptist Church, 232
Yorkville Road East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more information, call
662-327-0604 or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Fellowship Dinner, Youth Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center, 923
Ridge Road, Columbus, hosts a fellow-
ship dinner and youth service every 3rd
Sunday.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church, 2201 Military
Road, and Meadowview Church, 300
Linden Circle in Starkville, host Celebrate
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting Outreach
Ministry invites the public to call in with
their prayer requests at 662-327-9843.
Praise and Worship Service
Sulfur Springs MB Church holds a
praise and worship service the last Friday
of each month at 7 p.m. For information,
call Pastor Henry Mosley, 662-328-1035.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd.
St. S., Columbus, holds prayer service
Thursday nights 5-6 p.m. Contact Marie
Nabors, 662-549-4322. Church service
times: Sunday school 10 a.m.; Sunday
worship 11:15 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study
7 p.m. For information, call Pastor District
Elder Lou Nabors, 662-329-1234.
Fitness Transformations
The Transformational Church, 2301
Jess Lyons Road, hosts boxing lessons
Mondays and Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.,
weight-loss boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both on Satur-
days 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational Church, 2301
Jess Lyons Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Games,
prayer, service, food, & more. Transpor-
tation available. For information, call Iris
Roberson, 662-295-7456.

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room
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15 Piston connector
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Brown”
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23 Principle
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30 General Bradley
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33 Stage prompt
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lentils 38 Balm ingredient
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40 Fancy wrap
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setting
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Legal Notices 0010 things seeking
Legal Notices 0010to de- Legal Notices 0010 Building & Remodeling 1120 Tree Services 1860 Garage Sales: North 4520 Apts For Rent: Other 7080
termine the heirs-at-law
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI and enter a last will and IN THE CHANCERY RAY'S WOOD WORKS A&T TREE SERVICE
testament of Doris Pau- HUGE YARD SALE. 106
COUNTY OF LOWNDES COURT OF LOWNDES Bucket truck & stump
line Sowell, deceased, COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Westview Ln. 1 mile
in solemn form. Other removal. Free est. past city limits off
NOTICE OF SALE
than you, the only other IN THE MATTER OF THE Serving Columbus Military. Sat. 6a−until.
WHEREAS, the follow- interested parties in ESTATE OF PEGGY B. since 1987. Senior 3rd Gen. from ’57.
ing tenants entered in- this action are Robert AUSTIN, DECEASED Multiple Home Repairs citizen disc. Call Alvin @ Everything from A2Z.
to leases with Lloyd Hurt, Ginger Dale Sheetrock, Flooring, 242−0324/241−4447
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- Hurt and Johnny Allen NO. 2019-0041-RPF Trim, Painting, Tile, "We’ll go out on a limb
WAREHOUSES for stor- Boone. Kitchen/Bath for you!"
HUGE YARD Sale.
age space in which to JIMMY A. AUSTIN, AD- Decks- Dock Repair Spring Cleaning. 5432
store personal property You are summoned to MINISTRATOR Pressure Washing VICKERS TREE Ridge Rd. April 12−14
and appear and represent 662-634-1114 SERVICE, LLC
your interests against NOTICE TO CREDITORS Tree trimming and re- Garage Sales: New Hope 4530
WHEREAS, default has said Amended Petition Carpet & Flooring 1150 moval. Fully insured.
been made in the pay- before the Honorable Letters of Administra- Free estimates. 158 VIKING DR. Huge
ment of rent and Paula Drungole-Ellis, tion have been granted *Now Accepting Credit Moving Sale! Kid items,
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- Chancellor of the 14th and issued to Jimmy A. & Debit Cards*
Chancery District at Call Curt 662-418-0889 furn, tools, decor,
WAREHOUSES pursu- Austin, Administrator of
ant to said Leases is 9:30 a.m. on June 6, the Estate of Peggy B. or 662-549-2902 electronics & more.

Call
authorized to sell the 2019, at the Oktibbeha Austin, deceased, by “A cut above the rest”
personal property to sat- County Courthouse, in the Chancery Court of Lost & Found Pets 5160
isfy the past due and Starkville, Mississippi, Lowndes County, Mis- Good Things To Eat 2150
any other charges owed and in case of your fail- sissippi, on the 25th LOST SILVER MINI

328-2424
to it by the following ten- ure to appear your in- day of March 2019. TOMATO HOUSE SCHNAUZER. Last seen
ants. terest in this matter will This is to give notice to Vine−ripened Southside Columbus,
not be considered. all persons having hydroponic tomato. could be anywhere. Red
NOW THEREFORE, no- claims against said es- DAVID’S CARPET & 2BR/1BA LOCATED in
Located next to coller. Name Max. RE-
tice is hereby given that You are not required to tate to Probate and Re- UPHOLSTERY Historic Downtown
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- file an answer or other gister same with the CLEANING Noxubee County High WARD. 662-425-9014. to place an ad in the
Columbus. 2,000 sqft.
WAREHOUSES will offer pleading, but you may Chancery Clerk of 1 Room − $40 School. 662−352−
Business Opportunity 6050 Hardwood floors
for sale, and will sell at do so if you desire. Lowndes County, Mis- 2 Rooms − $70 1270, 662−425−9116
throughout. Open floor.
auction to the highest sissippi, within ninety 3+ Rooms − $30 Each
bidder for cash all per- Issued under my hand (90) days from the date General Help Wanted 3200 HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Very nice. Incl W&D.
Rugs − Must Be Seen
sonal property in stor- and the seal of said of first publication of COLUMBUS: 411 Main $1200/mo. Call 662−
Car Upholstery Agricultural Tractor 328−8655.
age units leased by the Court, this the 10th day this notice. A failure to St. Office, Retail,
following tenants at of April 2019. so Probate and Re- Cleaning Available Operator job opening, to
Restaurant Space
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
LISA YOUNGER NEESE,
gister said claim will 662−722−1758 work on Tenn-Tom Wa-
terway Project, Colum- available. Call 423−333 FIRST FULL MONTH How else are you
WAREHOUSES 903 forever bar the same.
Alabama St. Columbus, CHANCERY CLERK bus, MS. Must have val-
id Class- A CDL, with
−1124. RENT FREE! 1 & 2
Bedroom Apts/
going to sell that
MS, at 8:30 am on the LOWNDES COUNTY, THIS the 26th day of
3rd day of May, A.D. MISSISSIPPI March 2019. Childcare 1180 good driving record and Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 Townhomes. Stove & stuff in your
pass pre-employment
2019. All auctions are refrigerator. $335−
with reserve and there- (SEAL) /s/ Jimmy A. Austin CHILDCARE SERVICES drug screen. EOE
Apply in person or Send
FOX RUN COMPANY $600 Monthly. Credit garage?
fore all units can be BY:/s/ Tina Fisher, D.C. Jimmy A. Austin Look No Further!! LLC 1 & 2 BR near check & deposit.
Resume’: R & D Main-
withdrawn from the sale Quality Childcare tenance Services hospital. $595−645/ Coleman Realty, 662−
at any time by the auc- PUBLISH: 4/12, 4/19, OF COUNSEL: Services Are Available mo. Military discount
& 4/26/2019 3600 W. Plymouth Road 329−2323.
tioneer/manager. For The Golden Triangle Columbus, MS 39701 offered, pet area, pet
John W. Crowell (MSB Area!! 662.343.8386 or friendly, and furnished Commercial Property For Office Spaces For Rent 7300
COLEMAN
Title to the personal IN THE CHANCERY 7806)
property to be sold is COURT OF LOWNDES Crowell Gillis & Cooper, 662.813.3672. Serious Carpenter/Millwright corporate apartments
Inquiries Only, Please!! Opening. Must have ex- available. ON SITE
Rent 7100
believed to be good, but COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI PLLC perience in general car- RENTALS OFFICE SPACE for
at such sale, FRIENDLY Post Office Box 1827 pentry & concrete. Will SECURITY. ON SITE lease. 1112 Main St.,
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS Office space: 2,000
CITY MINI-WARE- IN RE: ESTATE OF ELIZA- Columbus, Mississippi General Services 1360 work on Tenn-Tom Wa- MAINTENANCE. ON SITE Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
square feet. 294 Chub-
HOUSES will convey BETH EGGER MILLER,
DECEASED
39703-1827 terway Project, based in MANAGEMENT. 24− 1 BEDROOM by Dr. Flexible leasing Plenty of private
only such title as is ves- (662) 243-7443 Columbus, MS. Must
2 BEDROOMS
HOME MAKEOVER & HOUR CAMERA parking. 662−327−
ted in it pursuant to its ESTATE CLOSEOUT have valid, clean SURVEILLANCE. Benji terms. Available now.
3 BEDROOMS
lease with the following JYL MILLER BAREFIELD, PUBLISH: 3/29, 4/5, & driver’s license and 662-328-8254. 9559.
SERVICES. Generate @ 662−386−4446 Mon
and its allowed under EXECUTRIX 4/12/2019 pass pre-employment
Mississippi Code Annot-
cash from the sale of
drug screen. EOE −Fri, 9am−5pm. Sat/ Houses For Sale: Caledonia
LEASE, RETAIL SPACE
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ated Section 85-7-121 NO. 2019-0067 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI unwanted items. I will Apply in person or Send Sun by appt only. 8450
AVAILABLE in Historic
COUNTY OF LOWNDES help organize & coordi− Resume’ to: R & D
et seq (Supp 1988).
NOTICE TO CREDITORS nate the removal of Maintenance Services Apts For Rent: West 7050 DEPOSIT Downtown. 404 Main
NEW. 3BR/2BA FOR
Amber Milton NOTICE OF SALE unwanted furniture & 3600 W. Plymouth Road AND St. 3,000 sq. ft.
SALE. $150−170K.

VIP
E216 Notice is hereby given clutter from homes. Columbus, MS 39701 $1,300/mo. Call 662−
that all persons having WHEREAS, the follow- Creative makeover CREDIT CHECK 328−8655 or 662−574 Email caledoniaimprove
ments@yahoo.com.

Rentals
Amey Edwards claims against the Es- ing tenants entered in- OUR COMPANY is seek- −7879.
to leases with solutions from profess− ing an experienced car-
E236 tate of ELIZABETH
EGGER MILLER, De- FRIENDLY CITY MINI- ional interior designer penter. The ideal can- 662-329-2323 Houses For Rent: Northside
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
David Kuhn ceased, are required to WAREHOUSES for stor-
age space in which to
included for free!
Contact: Weslyn Wood
didate will have an eye
for detail, be depend-
Apartments 7110 RIVER HOME, NICE!
have the same pro-
& Houses
E265
bated and registered by store personal property 214−674−9514. able, have good commu- 2411 HWY 45 N GREAT AREA IN WP.
and nication skills, reliable
1 Bedrooms
the Clerk of the Chan- Across from water with
Kalisha Lanier
transportation & basic COLUMBUS, MS
E2 cery Court of Lowndes access to Tenn−Tom
County, Mississippi; WHEREAS, default has WORK WANTED:
Licensed & Bonded−
tools. We specialize in 2 Bedroooms ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA Waterway. 4BR/2BA
been made in the pay- home remodels & new
3 Bedrooms
Salane Brown that Letters Testament- house for rent. Big yard. with 2 acres & large
ment of rent and carpentry, painting, & construction. Call Commercial Property For
E287 ary were granted to the Carport. W/D hookup. screened in room.
undersigned JYL MILLER FRIENDLY CITY MINI- demolition. Landscap− 662-312-3130 for info. Rent 7100
Furnished &
Nice neighborhood. $212,000. Call: 662−
WITNESS MY SIGNA- BAREFIELD, by the WAREHOUSES pursu- ing, gutters cleaned, $780 per month. 70 W 245−4273 or 662−889
SWOOPE INSURANCE
TURE on this the 4th Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mis-
ant to said Leases is
authorized to sell the
bush hogging, clean−up Agency, Columbus, MS Unfurnished COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS For rent
Thomas Dr. 3 min from −1228.
day of April, A.D. 2019. work, pressure washing, is seeking to fill a Cus- CAFB. 504−813−1200.
sissippi in Cause No. personal property to sat-
isfy the past due and
moving help & furniture tomer Service Repres- 1, 2, & 3 Baths located near downtown.
Lots & Acreage 8600
FRIENDLY CITY 2019-0067, on the 8th
MINI-WAREHOUSES day of April, 2019; that any other charges owed repair. 662−242−3608. entative Position. We Lease, Deposit 3,000 sq. ft. truck
terminal, 9,500 sq. ft.
offer Competitive
& Credit Check
to it by the following ten- COLONIAL SPRING SPECIAL. 1.95
By: L.O. a failure to probate and
CASA CARE SERVICES: Salary, Health Insur-
ants. shop & 3,200 sq. ft. TOWNHOUSES. 2 & 3 acre lots. Good/bad
register such claims
Publish: 4/5, 4/12, & with the Clerk of the
ance and Retirement
Offers services such as: Benefits. Must have viceinvestments.com office/shop. Buildings bedroom w/ 2−3 bath credit. 10% down, as

327-8555
4/19/2019 Chancery Court of NOW THEREFORE, no- can be rented together townhouses. $600 to low as $299/mo. Eaton
residential janitorial, Property and Casualty
Lowndes County, Mis- tice is hereby given that or separately. All w/ $695. 662−549−9555. Land. 662−361−7711.
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- lighting & decorating, License to apply. Please
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI sissippi for ninety (90) excellent access & Hwy. Ask for Glenn or text.
WAREHOUSES will offer emergency repairs, forward resume to
COUNTY OF LOWNDES days, from the first pub- Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070 82 visibility. 662−327− LOT FOR Sale in
for sale, and will sell at preventative mainten− ccruse@swoopeins.com
lication hereof, will bar 9559. Houses For Rent: Caledonia Starkville. Will need
NOTICE OF SALE such claims. auction to the highest ance, moving &
bidder for cash all per- shipping assistance & GTR AREA floral design 2BR/2BA. COTTON 7160 cleared. 818 N. Jackson
sonal property in stor- firm seeks experienced District in Starkville. COMMERCIAL PROPER- St. Lot 5, City Block 97.
WHEREAS, the follow- Witness my signature pressure washing. floral designer to add to
ing tenants entered in- on this the 8th day of age units leased by the 662−549−1878. Call 662−617−3356. TIES/RETAIL/OFFICE 2BR/1BA. CALEDONIA 662−465−7611, 662−
following tenants at their team. Weddings, Spaces starting @ 418−9096 or 662−418
to leases with Tweety's April, 2019. corporate events, $285/mo. Downtown &
area. 1 yr. lease. $650
Mini Storage for stor- FRIENDLY CITY MINI- Apts For Rent: Other 7080 rent. plus dep. No pets. −4176.
WAREHOUSES 308 RETAINER WALL, sympathy design East Columbus loca-
age space in which to /s/ Jyl Miller Barefield experience preferred. No smoking. 662−574− Autos For Sale 9150
tions. 662-435-4188.
store personal property JYL MILLER BAREFIELD, Shoney Drive Columbus, driveway, foundation,
Weekend work required. 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM 0227 or 662−356−
and Executrix of the Estate MS, immediately follow- concrete, masonry
ing sale on Alabama Email resume to apartments & 4958.
of ELIZABETH EGGER restoration, remodeling, workwithflowers7 OFFICE SPACE for 2015 CHEVY IMPALA.
MILLER Street on the 3rd day of townhouses. Call for 4dr, 6cyl, 82k mi,
WHEREAS, default has basement foundation, @gmail.com lease. 1112 Main St.,
been made in the pay- May A.D. 2019. All auc- repairs, small dump
more info. 662−328− Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Land For Rent / Lease 7190 showroom clean, local
ment of rent and PUBLISH: 4/12, 4/19, tions are with reserve truck hauling (5−6 yd) General Maintenance 8254. Plenty of private park- owner, $10,900. See @
Tweety's Mini Storage & 4/26/2019 and therefore all units Worker needed. Must ing. 662-327-9559. LOOKING FOR 59 Amanda Dr. in New
can be withdrawn from load & demolition/lot
pursuant to said Lease have experience in
is authorized to sell the IN THE CHANCERY the sale at any time by cleaning. Burr Masonry, maintenance of equip- Sell idle items HUNTING LAND. GTA Hope Park Subdivision
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN area in Mississippi. 662 off of Yorkville Rd. E.
personal property to sat- COURT OF LOWNDES the auctioneer/ man- 662−242−0259. ment & buildings which with a quick action Columbus Office, Retail, −386−6024. 662−327−3081.
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI ager. requires practical skill &
isfy the past due rent
and any other charges HILL'S PRESSURE knowledge in such
classified ad. Restaurant Space avail-
owed to it by the follow- IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN Title to the personal WASHING. Commercial/ trades as painting, car- 328-2424 able. Call 662-328-
8655 or 662-574-7879.
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 Campers & RVs 9300
ing tenants. W. LARMOUR, DE- property to be sold is residential. House, con- pentry, plumbing, ma-
CEASED believed to be good, but crete, sidewalks & mo- sonry & electrical work, 123 BECK Dr. 14 x 64. TOMBIGBEE RV PARK
NOW THEREFORE, no- at such sale, FRIENDLY bile washing. Free est. also able to perform Apts For Rent: East 7020 Located on Wilkins Wise
2BR/1BA. $450/mo.
tice is hereby given that JACK E. LARMOUR, EX- CITY MINI-WARE- Call 662-386-8925 maintenance on equip- $450/dep. Includes Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
Tweety's Mini Storage ECUTOR HOUSES will convey ment & machinery. Will Hookups available.
only such title as is ves- report to work in Colum- garbage. No pets. No
will offer for sale, and Lawn Care / Landscaping
ted in it pursuant to its HUD. 662−574−7614. $300/mo. 662−328−
will sale at auction to
the highest and best
CAUSE NO.: 2019-
0023-RPF lease with the following 1470
bus, MS. Must have val-
id driver’s license &
pass a pre-employment
Salesperson: Not
8655 or 662−574−
7879.
and its allowed under
bidder for cash all per-
sonal property in stor- NOTICE TO CREDITORS Mississippi Code Annot- TERRA CARE drug screen. EOE. Ap- 3BR/2BA TRAILER, −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Five Questions:
ated Section 85-7-121 LANDSCAPING L.L.C. ply at: R & D Mainten- New Hope school dist.
age units leased by the
following tenants at STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et seq (Supp 1988). Phone: 662−549−1878 ance Services, Inc. $500/mo & $500 dep. Acct#: 168
1 Big Ben
Tweety's Mini Storage, COUNTY OF LOWNDES 3600 West Plymouth Rd No pets, no drugs, no
8527 Hwy 45 N.,
Columbus, MS, 39705 Letters Testamentary
Apollonia Johnson
N135
Landscaping, Property Columbus, MS 39701
Clean Up, Plant Care, partying. Call between KIM VAIL
at 10:00 a.m. on the have been granted and
19th day of April, 2019. issued to the under- Christopher T.
Bush Hogging, Herbicide Housekeeper &
Spraying. Groundskeeper wanted,
10a−7p. 662−386−
4292. NO TEXT 544 10TH ST N
2 Scooby’s
Title to the personal
signed upon the Estate Robertson
of JOHN W. LARMOUR, N100 FOR YOUR Spring &
punctuality & attention
to detail a must.
MESSAGES.
VERNON AL 355
nephew
662-570-1758 or
property to be sold is Deceased, by the Chan-
believed to be good, but cery Court of Lowndes Deanna Carter
Summer lawn care 662-352-4460. Contact:
RENT A fully equipped

Phone: 3 NASCAR
(205)7
needs, call Robinson camper w/utilities &
at such sale, Tweety's County, Mississippi, on N226
the 27th day of March, Lawn Service, 662−435 SERVICE TECHNICIAN cable from $145/wk −
Mini Storage will con- for local pest control
vey only such title as is A.D., 2019. This is to Lashea A. Stagat −8746.
company. Applicant Fax#:
$535/month. Columbus
4 Cranium
vested in it pursuant to give notice to all per- N161 must be organized, de- & County School
its lease with the follow- sons having claims
ing and as allowed un- against said estate to Leonard Johnson
JESSE & BEVERLY’S
LAWN SERVICE.
pendable, work well with
the public, and have
Email:
locations. 662−242−
7653 or 601−940− kimbam
N246
5 Two aces
der Mississippi Code Probate and Register Mowing, cleanup, good driving record with 1397.
Annotated Section 85-7- same with the Chan-
Sharon D. Little landscaping, sodding, & valid driver's license.
Agency: and two
121 et esq (Supp cery Clerk of Lowndes Drug test required.
1988). County, Mississippi, N276 tree cutting. 356−6525. Apply at 107 Gardner
Find the perfect
eights
within ninety (90) days
Sterling from this date. A failure WITNESS MY SIGNA-
to so Probate and Re- TURE on this the 4th
Moving & Storage 1590
Blvd. No phone calls.
Comments:
home. COPIED
#78 Bargain Column 4180
Atkins
gister said claim will
forever bar the same.
day of April, A.D. 2019. MOVING??? I can help −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
#47
This the 27th day of
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
pack, organize and/or
coordinate your move.
COUCH, LOVESEAT, 3
tables, 4 pillows. Dark PUB ZONE ED TP
CD A 97 W
CHECK
March 2019. By: L.O. Includes help selling brown fabric. Very
WITNESS MY SIGNA-
TURE on this the 27th unwanted items. Weslyn sturdy. $99 662−328−
day of April, 2019. /s/ Jack E. Larmour
JACK E. LARMOUR
Publish: 4/5,4/12, &
4/19/2019
Wood 214−674−9514. 3527. Afternoon calls.
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
Tweety's Mini Storage Painting & Papering 1620 LARGE OVERSIZED
BY: Thomas Hodges, Jr. PUBLISH: 3/29, 4/5, & Building & Remodeling 1120 CHAIR. Great for
4/12/2019 SULLIVAN’S PAINT Bedroom. Cream color

THIS OUT
Publish: 3/29, 4/5, & SUGGS CONSTRUCTION SERVICE w/ small tear. $75. 662
4/12/2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS CO. Building, roofing,
remodeling, & home
Certified in lead
removal. Offering
−329−3664. Under this agreem
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT OF LOWNDES
THE STATE OF MISSIS-
SIPPI
repair. Licensed &
Bonded. 662−242−
special prices on
6 FOOT long plaid
Broyhill sofa. Excellent change with 30 da
of a cancellation
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI LOWNDES COUNTY interior & exterior
3471, 662−574−8470. condition. May call for
painting, pressure
IN THE MATTER OF THE Letters Testamentary picture. $50. Call 662−
ESTATE OF DORIS PAU- have been granted and
HOME REPAIRS &
CONSTRUCTION WORK
washing & sheet rock
repairs.
574−1212. completion, I und
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LINE SOWELL, DE- issued to the under-
CEASED signed upon the estate WANTED. Carpentry,
of WOODROW ONIS small concrete jobs,
Free Estimates
Call 435−6528
Furniture 4480 charged will be b
CAUSE NO. 2019-0047- HOWELL, deceased, by electrical, plumbing,
PDE the Chancery Court of roof repairs, pressure Stump Removal 1790
BLACK BEDROOM SET,
incl full sz sleigh bed, to your line ad. This isthe number
a great of ins
way to make
sure your ad −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
gets noticed.
Lowndes County, Mis- washing and mobile dresser w/ mirror, chest
ROBERT LLOYD HURT, sissippi, on the 2nd day home roof coating and & night stand, $600.
PETITIONER of April, A.D., 2019. underpinning. No job New full sz mattress,
This is to give notice to too small. 549−7031. still in plastic, $250.

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICA- all persons having Bissell carpet cleaner,
TION claims against said es- TOM HATCHER, LLC
tate to Probate and Re- $80. Two sets of black
Custom Construction, Toyota Camry floormats,
THE STATE OF MISSIS- gister same with the
SIPPI Chancery Clerk of Restoration, $80. Cash Only. 662− 2005 RIVERBIRCH

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Lowndes County, Mis- Remodeling, Repair, 242−2884. Leave a Mobile home.
TO: All Unknown Heirs- sissippi, within ninety Insurance claims. message. 16X80. 3BR/2BA.
at-Law of Doris Pauline (90) days from this 662−364−1769.
Sowell, deceased; date. A failure to so Pro- Licensed & Bonded. STUMP REMOVAL Garage Sales: East 4510 You must move it.
Dishwasher & 5 ton

and prices!
Any Unknown Persons bate and Register said AllStump Grinding
In Interest; and claim will forever bar the Service IN SHOP GARAGE SALE central unit included.
same. GET ’ER DONE! 3485 Hwy 50 E. Friday Call 205-712-9326
You have been made a Let your We can grind all only, 3−7pm. New
defendant in the This the 2nd day of Sample Ad
Amended Petition for April, 2019.
fingers do the your stumps. Hard prices, new items!
to reach places,
Probate of Will in Sol- walking. blown over roots, RAIN OR SHINE! Huge

328-2424
emn Form filed by the /s/ Gerrie Howell Poitra Find your
Petitioner, Robert Lloyd GERRIE HOWELL hillsides, backyards, Sale! 221 Warpath Rd.
Hurt, on March 27, POITRA dream job in pastures. Free Furn, electronics,
2019, among other estimates. You find glassware, kitchen
things seeking to de- PUBLISH: 4/5, 4/12, &
the classifieds! it, we’ll grind it! items, womens/mens/
termine the heirs-at-law 4/19/2019 662-361-8379
662−361−8379 childrens clothing. 6am.
and enter a last will and