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To chalk or not to chalk?

Area officials discuss how a Michigan federal court A Columbus Po-
ruling could affect parking enforcement locally lice Department
downtown parking
enforcement officer
By ISABELLE ALTMAN and ALEX HOLLOWAY On Monday, a three- marks a car’s tire
ialtman@cdispatch.com, aholloway@cdispatch.com judge panel of the Sixth with chalk in this
U.S. Court of Appeals called 2012 Dispatch file
A ruling by a federal court in Michigan chalking an unreasonable photo. A federal
calling it unconstitutional for law enforce- search under the Fourth court in Michigan
ment to mark tires of parked vehicles ruled chalking
Amendment.
with chalk to enforce parking ordinances unconstitutional
Columbus City Attorney earlier this week,
doesn’t apply to Mississippi, but some area
Jeff Turnage says he hadn’t but since Missis-
officials say it may affect the Golden Trian- Turnage
read the judges’ opinion as sippi doesn’t fall
gle anyway.
Both Columbus and Starkville have two- of Wednesday, but he will advise the city under that court’s
to stop chalking — at least temporarily. jurisdiction, it
hour parking ordinances in their downtown remains to be seen
areas and in both cities, chalking — an offi- “At the very minimum, I think we
ought to quit doing it until I can analyze how the ruling will
cer making a small chalk mark on a parked affect chalking pol-
vehicle’s tire — is how police keep track of (the opinion),” Turnage told The Dispatch icies at area police
whether a vehicle has been in a particular Wednesday. departments.
space too long and should be ticketed. See Chalking, 8A Dispatch file photo

Business moves
with Mary
DANCING TO THE MUSIC
Refrigeration
Company ‘back
to normal’ after
fire, tornado
PLUS: Cable ONE
rebranding; new
boutique opens
in downtown Starkville

A
t2
a.m.
Nov.
4, Dennis
Jones
received a
call from
the alarm
company
that pro-
tects his
business.
A window Mary Pollitz
at Refriger- Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

ation Supply Company on Tusca- Liliana Abrams, 14 months, dances to the music of Dawn Barham during Noon Tunes in Columbus Wednesday afternoon.
Liliana is the daughter of Autumn Wright and Randy Abrams.
loosa Road was broken, the call
reported, and Jones dutifully went
to check on it.
Turns out, there was a lot more
to it than that.

Chancery court documents available through online database

“The window was broken
because there was a car inside the
building on top of the counter,”
said Brooks Jones, store manager
and son to Dennis.
A drunk driver had crashed the
car into the building. Then the car
caught fire, with flames destroying
all the inventory inside.
Dennis reopened at a temporary
office on Conway Drive the next
day, with the Joneses thinking
surely the company had seen all
the disaster-driven misfortune it
would endure, at least in the short-
term.
They were wrong.
A few months later, the company
started its move to its new per-
manent location at 1600 Gardner
Blvd. The day the Joneses moved
inventory from its warehouse, also
on Conway Drive, an EF-3 torna-
See Business, 3A
Neese: Effort has increased convenience,
decreased foot traffic in office
By AMANDA LIEN
alien@cdispatch.com
Since 2017, Lowndes
County Deputy Chancery
Clerk Cindy Eggar Goode
has been building up her of-
fice’s online database of re-
cords, scanning in thousands
of documents and carefully
recording each one.
Now, the database con-
tains everything from feder-
Amanda Lien/Dispatch Staff
Deputy Chancery Clerk Mackenzie Swedenburg accesses the al tax liens and their releases
chancery clerk’s online database from the vault in the Lowndes to property deeds and deeds
County Courthouse Thursday. The database is also accessible of trust, mortgages, pow-
free of charge from any personal computer or mobile device. ers of attorney, county tax
releases and certificates of
trust — going back to Feb-
ruary 2002. The database is
publicly available and can be
accessed from any computer
or mobile device. Users don’t
need to create an account,
and accessing, downloading
or printing documents is
free.
Chancery Clerk Lisa
Neese said the easy online
access to public documents
is a far cry from the “old
days.”
See Documents, 8A

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sion, noon, City Hall
two, three, or four? Band as the Columbus Arts Council honors late
May 6: Board of Su-
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pervisors, 9 a.m.,
Schwartzman —Alan Arkin, Nicolas Cage, 501 Main St. (a rescheduled weather event). CAC
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Antoniece Bush members $15 advance/$17 at door; non-members
4 What presidential candidate was Courthouse
First grade, Caledonia $20/22. Or purchase a two-night ticket ($22/25;
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70 Low 59
ventional approach? Aldermen, 5:30
5 The book “Game of Shadows” focuses Boots CD release show April 27 (see below).
High on steroid allegations connected to what
p.m., City Hall
Strong p.m. t-storms likely May 14: Planning
Full forecast on
athlete?
Answers, 8B Saturday and Zoning Com-
page 2A. ■ Honeyboy and Boots CD release: The Colum- mission, 5:30 p.m.,
bus Arts Council hosts a “Picture on the Wall” CD City Hall
release concert by Honeyboy and Boots at 7 p.m. May 14: Starkville
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Thursday
Say What?
Did you hear? “I know it’s something I think both sides are
looking forward to.”
UN: No screen time for babies; Caledonia baseball coach Travis Garner. Caledo-
nia and New Hope will face off today in the MH-
only 1 hour for kids under 5 SAA Class 4A state baseball playoffs. Story, 1B.

Some groups said WHO’s screen time

NRA beset by infighting over

advice “overly focuses on
guidelines failed quantity of screen time
and fails to consider the
to consider the content and context of

whether it has strayed too far

potential benefits
of digital media
The Associated Press
LONDON — The World
Health Organization has is-
sued its first-ever guidance
for how much screen time
children under 5 should
get: not very much, and
none at all for those under
1.
The U.N. health agency
said Wednesday that kids
under 5 should not spend
more than one hour watch-
ing screens every day —
and that less is better.
The guidelines are some-
what similar to advice from
the American Academy of
Pediatrics. That group rec-
ommends children young-
er than 18 months should
avoid screens other than
video chats. It says parents
of young children under two
should choose “high-quali-
ty programming” with edu-
cational value and that can
be watched with a parent to
help kids understand what
they’re seeing.
Some groups said
WHO’s screen time guide-
lines failed to consider the
potential benefits of digital
media.
use,” said Andrew Przybyl-
ski, director of research at
the Oxford Internet Insti-
tute at the University of
Oxford. “Not all screen
time is created equal.”
Britain’s Royal College
of Paediatrics and Child
Health said the data avail-
able were too weak to al-
low its experts to set any
thresholds for the appro-
priate level of screen time.
“Our research has
shown that currently there
is not strong enough evi-
dence to support the set-
ting of screen time limits,”
said Dr. Max Davie, the
college’s Officer for Health
Improvement. “The re-
stricted screen time limits
suggested by WHO do not
seem proportionate to the
potential harm,” he said.
WHO did not specifi-
cally detail the potential
harm caused by too much
screen time, but said the
guidelines — which also
included recommenda-
tions for physical activity
and sleep — were needed
to address the increasing
amount of sedentary be-
havior in the general pop-
ulation. It noted that phys-
ical inactivity is a leading
risk factor for death and a
contributor to the rise in
obesity.
Strife is expected to be a dominant topic
of conversation at convention starting Thursday
By LISA MARIE PANE
The Associated Press
The National Rifle Association is
used to battling forces that criticize
its fiery and unbending efforts to
protect gun rights. But as the group
gathers for its annual convention
this week, the NRA may be facing
its toughest foe in decades: its own
members.
NRA insiders and longtime ob-
servers describe an organization at
war with itself over a central ques-
tion: Has it strayed too far from its
original mission of gun safety and
outdoor shooting sports and be-
come too political?
It is rare for the NRA to betray
any hint of internal turmoil. But
it erupted very publicly recently
when the NRA sued its longtime
public relations firm, Ackerman
McQueen, accusing it of refusing
to hand over financial records to ac-
count for its billings. In 2017 alone,
the NRA paid the firm $40 million.
Ackerman McQueen has been
by the NRA’s side for two decades
and has crafted its aggressive mes-
saging, including the “From my
cold dead hands” line uttered by
actor Charlton Heston in 2000 as he
vowed to resist any effort to take
away his guns. The line became a
rallying cry for gun owners around
the country.
Ackerman McQueen also cre-
ated and operates NRATV, the on-
line channel whose hosts not only
aggressively defend the NRA and
its cause but often venture into po-
litical debates not directly related to
firearms, such as immigration or di-
versity on children’s TV. In its law-
suit, the NRA said some of its mem-
bers have questioned NRATV’s
weighing in on “topics far afield of
the Second Amendment.”
The long history between the
public relations firm and the NRA
has made their potential parting of
the ways all the more surprising to
longtime watchers of the group.
“The battle in the NRA board
that must have occurred with this
breakup of a decades-long relation-
ship must have been something,”
said Adam Winkler, a professor at
the University of California Los An-
geles School of Law and gun rights
expert.
The strife is expected to be a
dominant topic of conversation at
the convention starting Thursday
in Indianapolis, where President
Donald Trump and Vice President
Mike Pence will address the crowd
on Friday. The NRA’s two main po-
litical action committees spent $30
million to help Trump get elected
in 2016, and the organization as a
whole spent a record $412 million
during the presidential year, ac-
cording to its tax filings.
It has been a bumpy ride for the
NRA over the past year.
The massacre at a high school in
Parkland, Florida, last year created
a groundswell of opposition to the
NRA, driven by student-led protests
over gun violence. Corporate Amer-
ica began pushing back, with some
major retailers stopping gun sales
and banks dropping discounts or
certain services for NRA members
and gunmakers.
More recently it was disclosed
that Russian operatives tried to use
contacts in the NRA to influence
American elections. Democrats in
Congress vowed to launch investi-
gations into the gun lobby.

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he was black. King was
openly racist and had
offensive tattoos on his
body, including one of a
black man with a noose
around his neck hanging
from a tree, according to
authorities.
King, 44, was put to
death at the state peniten-
tiary in Huntsville, Texas.
He was the fourth inmate
executed this year in the
U.S. and the third in Tex-
as, the nation’s busiest
capital punishment state.
King kept his eyes
closed as witnesses ar-
rived in the death cham-
ber and never turned his
head toward relatives of
his victim. Asked by War-
den Bill Lewis if he had a
final statement, King re-
plied: “No.”
Within seconds, the
lethal dose of the seda-
tive pentobarbital began
taking effect. He took
a few barely audible
border following an inci-
dent in which Mexican sol-
sonnel. Mexico blamed the
incident on confusion, and
said it was not looking for
confrontation with the U.S.
In morning tweets,
‘The execution for his crime was
just punishment. I felt nothing — no
sense of relief, no sense of happy
this is over with.’
Clara Taylor, sister of 1998 hate
crime victim James Byrd Jr.
breaths and had no other
movement. He was pro-
nounced dead at 7:08 p.m.
CDT, 12 minutes after the
drug began.
In a statement re-
leased after his execution,
King said: “Capital pun-
ishment: them without
the capital get the punish-
ment.”
Byrd’s sister, Clara
Taylor, who watched King
die, said he “showed no
remorse then and showed
no remorse tonight.”
“The execution for his
crime was just punish-
ment,” she said. “I felt
Trump said, “Mexico’s Sol-
diers recently pulled guns
on our National Guard Sol-
diers,” claiming, without
evidence, that it was done
“probably as a diversion-
ary tactic for drug smug-
glers on the Border.”
nothing — no sense of
relief, no sense of happy
this is over with.”
As witnesses emerged
from the prison, about
two dozen people stand-
ing down the street began
to cheer.
The killing of Byrd
was a hate crime that put
a national spotlight on
Jasper, a town of about
7,600 residents near the
Texas-Louisiana border
that was branded with a
racist stigma it has tried
to shake off ever since.
Local officials say the rep-
utation is undeserved.
“Better not happen
again!” he added. “We are
now sending ARMED
SOLDIERS to the Border.
Mexico is not doing nearly
enough in apprehending &
returning!”
Trump last year dis-
patched U.S. troops to the
border to assist border
personnel in response to
several caravans of Central
American migrants trav-
eling through Mexico in
hopes of reaching the U.S.
Many are already armed.
Earlier this month,
two U.S. soldiers in a re-
mote area of Texas were
confronted by Mexican
soldiers who thought the
Americans had crossed
into Mexico. The Mexi-
can troops reportedly re-
moved a weapon from one
of the American soldiers.
U.S. Northern Command,
which manages military
support for Customs and
Border Protection, said the
Americans were in a CBP
vehicle in a remote area of
U.S. territory south of the
border wall but north of
the actual border.
“After a brief discussion
between the soldiers from
the two nations, the Mexi-
can military members de-
parted the area,” Northern
Command said in a state-
ment about the encounter.

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Refrigeration Supply Company of Columbus opens at its new location at 1600 Gardner Blvd. The company lost its
first building on Tuscaloosa Road after a drunk driver crashed into it, destroying its inventory. The company lost
its warehouse and sustained building damage after the EF-3 tornado ripped though East Columbus in February.
Business
Continued from Page 1A
do ripped through East
Columbus, leveling the
warehouse and damag-
ing the temporary office
building on Conway and
its current building on
Gardner.
“With everything that
happened, we were just
glad the (Gardner) build-
ing was still standing,”
Brooks said.
Repairing the torna-
do damage delayed the
grand opening for the
company’s third location
in six months — which
has enough room for an
office and warehouse —
but Brooks said it is back
to being fully operational
and “back to normal.” It
is open Monday through
Friday from 7:30 a.m.-5
p.m.
“It was just stressful
for everyone, especially
my dad,” Brooks said.
“It’s a relief that it’s final-
ly starting to settle. ... I
want to make sure that
(our customers) know
we couldn’t have done it
without them.”
When asked if the
storm damage was the
company’s last brush with
bad luck, Brooks crossed
his fingers and laughed.
“I believe it is,” he said.
“It’s got to be.”
Brooks’ sister, Brit-
tany Coover, lost her
pet grooming business,
which was located inside
the company’s ware-
house, during the Febru-
ary tornado.
Coover reopened
BJ’s Dog Groomer at 81
Wilcutt Block Road. BJ’s
is open Monday through
Friday from 7 a.m.-5 p.m.,
including pet drop off and
pick up Saturday and Sun-
Building permits
City of Columbus
April 15-18, 2019
■ Samuel Stokes; 263 Stokes
Rd.; Detached garage; Will
Greenlaw
■ LaTanya & Nichole Epps;
2211 23rd Ave. N.; Storage
building; Same
■ Curtis & Nicole Langford;
602 21st Ave. N.; Interior
Repairs; Same
■ Faust Holdings; 203 Tus-
caloosa Rd.; Repairs (storm
damage); J Morgan Company
■ First Pentecostal Church;
309 Tuscaloosa Rd.; Reroof;
Jacob Crawley
■ Pat Hopper; 93 Honeysuckle
Ln.; Reroof; Doug Wheeler
■ Tony Wittke; 218 Conway
Dr.; Temporary storage build-
ing; Same
■ Beverly Joyce; 406 10th St.
S.; Reroof; Doug Wheeler
■ Carolyn Taylor; 203
Lawrence Dr.; Reroof; Doug
Wheeler
■ Idonnia Anderson; 329
Williamsburg Rd.; Reroof; Doug
Wheeler
■ Terry Clanton; 120 Lakewood
Rd.; Reroof; Doug Wheeler
■ Patrick Jones; 110 Maple St.
Reroof; Doug Wheeler
■ Helen Wright; 1101 2nd Ave.
N.; Reroof; Doug Wheeler
■ Love’s Travel Stops; 525
Tuscaloosa Rd.; Fence (storm
damage); Anthony Thompson
■ Carter’s Funeral Home; 602
14th St. N.; Reroof (storm dam-
age); Anthony Thompson
■ Eddie Hudson; 209 Shelton
St.; Repairs (storm damage);
Dale McNees
■ William Roberts; 215 10th
St. S.; Portable building & slab;
Same
■ Glen Hardin; 1121 3rd Ave.
N.; Reroof (storm damage);
Marion Bonner
■ Leroy Davis; 725 17th St.
MSU SPORTS BLOG
A drunk driver drove his car into Refrigeration Supply
Company in November, starting a fire and destroying
all of its inventory. Months later, the company lost its
warehouse after the EF-3 tornado in February. Refriger-
ation Supply Company has opened shop and is back to
normal at 1600 Gardner Blvd.
days at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Elsewhere in Co-
lumbus, Ceco Building
Systems has moved to
its new location at 1211
Highway 45 N.
Ceco has operated
in town since 1947.
The business, which
constructs material for
pre-fabricated buildings,
is hosting its grand open-
ing for the public May 21
at 11 a.m. Ceco is open
Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
“(We want) to show
the community we are
there, in Columbus and
not going anywhere,”
Ceco senior marketing
analyst Danielle Smith
said.
You may see some
changes on College
Street as Cable ONE
begins its shift to its new
brand: Sparklight. Patri-
cia Niemann, Cable ONE
public relations manag-
er, said the company’s
changes will happen in
phases.
N.; Repairs (storm damage);
Lenton Dismuke
■ Jackie Simpson; 439 Hwy.
12 E.; Electrical (storm dam-
age); Buddy Easley
■ Joe Porter; 1611 Shepherd
Rd.; Electrical; Same
■ Curtis Langford; 602 21st
Ave. N.; Electrical; Jimmy
Chism
■ Rebecca Swain; 505 7th St.
S.; Electrical; Todd Ables
■ Eric M. Lewis; 509 14th St.
N.; Electrical (storm damage);
George Beavers
■ Robert Ivy; 324 3rd St. S.;
@
Dispatch file photo
By May, customers
can see new websites and
social media pages for the
cable and internet compa-
ny. In July, those custom-
ers’ bills will start coming
from Sparklight. Employ-
ees and businesses will
also start showcasing the
new company’s name and
logo during that time.
Niemann added the
largest change, other
than the name, will be
faster and more afford-
able internet speeds.
The cable company
started its presence in
Columbus in 1954, under
Columbus TV Cable.
Cable ONE took over the
company in 1996. It ser-
vices more than 12,000
customers in Lowndes
and Monroe counties.
If you’re driving down
18th Avenue, you may see
the Cook Out is getting
close to completion.
The building is nearly
finished, the sign has
been poised and con-
struction workers are
Electrical; George Beavers
■ Perry Mark Williams; 255
Bigbee Loop; Mechanical;
Same
■ Rusty Green; 910 6th
Ave. N.; Mechanical; Bobby
Huffman
■ Katie Johnson; 511 Dublin
St.; Plumbing; Dale Nelson
■ 13th Street Apartments,
LLC; 815 13th St. N., Apt. D4;
Plumbing; Harold Pounders
■ Lameka Kendall; 1602 3rd
Ave. N.; Plumbing; Harold
Pounders
Thursday, April 25, 2019 3A
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Officials say they’ll make up
teacher raise shortfall later
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — State officials said Wednesday that
they’ll make up a $10 million to $15 million shortfall
in funding for teacher raises of $1,500 apiece after
the Mississippi Department of Education miscount-
ed the number of eligible teachers.
Local superintendents discovered the error Tues-
day when the department sent financial documents
Courtesy photo to districts. In the 4,300-student Pearl district,
for example, Superintendent Ray Morgigno said
Wednesday that documents showed raises had been
provided for 59 fewer employees than Pearl had an-
ticipated. That translated to a projected $109,000
shortfall in a district that has a $38 million budget
this year.
“We were like ‘Oh my gosh,’” Morgigno said.
paving the parking lot. Ronnie McGehee, executive director of the Mis-
Cook Out corporate did sissippi Association of School Administrators, said
not have an official open- he’s gotten multiple other emails, with many dis-
ing date. tricts finding, like Pearl did, that 20 percent or more
This is the fast food of licensed teachers didn’t seem to be accounted for.
restaurant’s second Gold-
en Triangle location after
opening in Starkville
nearly two years ago.
Speaking of Starkville,
a new shop has moved in
downtown.
Ashley Shields has
moved her boutique,
Southern Spice, to 113-B
Lafayette St. Shields first
opened Southern Spice
from her home last year
but wanted to open her
boutique closer to town
in hopes of expanding.
The shop sells plus size
clothes, misses and
juniors.
“I just try to keep the
latest fashion,” Shields
said. “I love fashion
myself so that’s what
inspired my want to share
what I love with other
people.”
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US measles cases hit highest mark in 25 years

CDC recommends the measles vaccine for
everyone over a year old, except for people
who had the disease as children
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — Measles in
the U.S. has climbed to its high-
est level in 25 years, closing in
on 700 cases this year in a re-
surgence largely attributed to
misinformation that is turning
parents against vaccines.
“This is alarming,” said Dr.
William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt
University vaccine expert. Not
only is measles dangerous in it-
self, but its return could mean
other vaccine-preventable dis-
eases seemingly consigned to
the past may be coming back as
well, he said.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said 695
cases had been reported in 22
states this year as of Wednesday
afternoon. That was up from 626
reported Monday and makes
this the nation’s worst year for
measles since 1994, with eight
months still to go in 2019. There
were 963 cases in 1994.
Roughly three-quarters of
this year’s illnesses in the U.S.
have been in New York state,
mainly in two ultra-Orthodox
Jewish communities in Brooklyn
and suburban Rockland County.
Most of those cases have been in
unvaccinated people.
The number of cases is like-
ly to go even higher. Measles
is highly contagious and can
spread through the air when
someone coughs or sneezes.
And in recent days, Jewish fam-
ilies have been gathering for
Passover meals. It can take 10
to 12 days for symptoms to de-
velop.
The CDC recommends the
vaccine for everyone over a year
old, except for people who had
the disease as children. Those
who have had measles are im-
mune.
The vaccine, which became
available in the 1960s, is consid-
ered safe and highly effective,
and because of it, measles was
declared all but eliminated in
the U.S. in 2000. But it has made
comebacks since then, includ-
ing 667 cases in 2014.
Public health experts say
some U.S. communities have
low vaccination rates because
of the spread of bad informa-
tion — especially the now-de-
bunked notion that the mea-
sles-mumps-rubella vaccine is
linked to autism — through so-
cial media, pamphlets, hotlines
and other means.
“Many parents are afraid.
And if you want to believe your
kid doesn’t need that many
shots, there’s plenty of places
to find people who agree with
you,” said Dr. Jonathan Fielding,
former head of the Los Angeles
County Department of Public
Health. “It’s not so easy to dis-
cern what is real and what is
not.”

Trump to keep fighting opioids ‘until our job is done’

An estimated 2 million people are addicted to opioids,
which include both legal prescription pain medications
and illegal drugs such as heroin
By KEVIN FREKING and
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — President
Donald Trump pledged on
Wednesday to battle the
deadly epidemic of opioid
drug abuse “until our job
is done,” and he claimed
progress even though it is
unclear whether the crisis
has diminished.
Trump spoke at an an-
nual conference of health,
law enforcement, elected
and other officials who
work to combat drug
abuse and addiction, and
used the appearance to
advocate for the wall he
wants to build on the
U.S.-Mexico border, say-
ing without evidence that
it will help keep drugs out
of the U.S. His wife, Mela-
nia, introduced him.
“My administration
is deploying every re-
source at our disposal to
empower you, to support
you and to fight right by
your side,” Trump said.
“We will not solve this ep-
idemic overnight but we
will stop. ... There’s just
nothing going to stop us,
no matter how you cut it.”
Before leaving the
Area obituaries
White House for the
Atlanta event, Trump
claimed credit for prog-
ress in combating the
drug scourge.
“It’s a big problem. It’s
a big addiction and we’re
handling it,” the presi-
dent told reporters. He
said doctors, laboratories,
clinics and drug compa-
nies have assisted the ad-
ministration.
There have been signs
of progress, including a
drop in the number of pre-
scriptions for opioid pain-
killers. However, opioid
abuse claimed a record of
nearly 48,000 American
lives in 2017. An estimat-
ed 2 million people are
addicted to the drugs,
which include both legal
prescription pain medi-
cations and illegal drugs
such as heroin.
While prescription opi-
oids initially accounted
for most deaths, the ep-
idemic is now driven by
illicit heroin and fentanyl.
Those two drugs were im-
plicated in the vast major-
ity of opioid overdoses re-
ported in 2017, according
to federal figures.
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Veteran held on attempted murder

counts after car hits crowd
The Associated Press
SUNNYVALE, Calif.
— A former U.S. Army
sharpshooter with a his-
tory of PTSD plowed his
car at high speed into a
group of pedestrians in a
quiet Silicon Valley sub-
urb, injuring eight people
including three children,
and then told authorities
that he intentionally hit
them but has not said
why.
Police in Sunnyvale,
California, said Wednes-
day that Isaiah Joel
Peoples, 34, was being
held on eight counts of
attempted murder. Four
of the victims remained
hospitalized with ma-
jor injuries, including a
13-year-old girl in critical
condition.
A witness, 72-year-
old Don Draper, said he
watched in horror as Peo-
ples’ car sped through a
crosswalk in a Sunnyvale
shopping area Tuesday
evening and bodies went
flying. It was a warm
night, around dinner time
and people were out in ca-
fes and restaurants in the
area.
“I saw this woman fly
through the air right in
front of me. She flipped up-
side down and then fell right
in front of my car,” Draper
said, adding that he was so sus. Thank you, Jesus.”
enraged, he marched over Sunnyvale police Capt.
to Peoples’ car, which had Jim Choi said authorities
swerved onto a sidewalk were still trying to deter-
and crashed into a tree. He mine a motive. There was
said Peoples did not appear no evidence linking Peo-
drunk but looked dazed ples to any terrorist orga-
and was mumbling over nization but the crash was
and over, “Thank you, Je- deliberate, he said.
Margie Banks Krohe
A memorial service for Margie Banks Krohe
will be held Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Memorial
Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 2nd Av-
enue North location, at 2:00 PM, with Rev. Louis
Ford officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM
to the time of the service. Burial of her ashes, for
family only, will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery
in Macon, MS.
Ms. Krohe passed away last year in Hartselle,
AL. She was born October 8, 1946, to Paul and
Christine Banks and was predeceased by her fa-
ther.
She is survived by her mother, Christine
Banks of Macon; her sons, Chris Krohe (Gayle )
of Hartselle, AL and Tobie Krohe of Columbus;
grandsons, Weston, Dylan and Tyler Krohe; sib-
lings, Paulette Moore, Mike Banks, Rusty Banks
and Wanda Dawson; and her close friends, Pat-
sy Cole, Suzi Cotton, Lisa Younger Neese, Lucy
Phillips, Donna Smith, Sue Thompson, David
Owen and Will Sanders.
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Ex-Vice President Biden launches
2020 presidential campaign
Candidate field now
features at least 20
Democrats jockeying
for the chance to take
on President Donald
Trump next year
By STEVE PEOPLES
and THOMAS BEAUMONT
The Associated Press
—
WA S H I N G T O N
Former Vice
President Joe Biden
formally joined the
crowded Democratic
presidential contest
on Thursday, betting
that his working-class
appeal and ties to Biden
Barack Obama’s presidency will
help him overcome questions about
his place in today’s increasingly lib-
eral Democratic Party.
He made his announcement in a
video posted on Twitter, declaring,
“We are in the battle for the soul of
this nation.”
“If we give Donald Trump eight
years in the White House, he will
forever and fundamentally alter the
character of this nation,” Biden said.
“Who we are. And I cannot stand by
and watch that happen.”
Thursday’s announcement marks
the unofficial end of the chaotic ear-
ly phase of the 2020 presidential sea-
son. The field now features at least 20
Democrats jockeying for the chance
to take on President Donald Trump
next year. Several lesser-known can-
didates may still join the race.
Biden, a 76-year-old lifelong poli-
tician, becomes an instant front-run-
ner alongside Vermont Sen. Bernie
Sanders, who is leading many polls
and has proved to be a successful
fundraiser. Among Democrats,
Biden has unmatched international
and legislative experience, and he is
among the best-known faces in U.S.
politics.
But the anti-establishment wave
that swept Trump into office has not
been kind to either party’s states-
men. Biden’s team worries about his
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 25, 2019 5A
Some women of color frustrated
by Biden’s presidential bid
By JUANA SUMMERS and ERRIN HAINES WHACK
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Former Vice Pres-
ident Joe Biden’s decision to enter ‘I know that we have
the Democratic presidential race is
causing consternation among some
been cultured to feel
Democrats, particularly women of
color, who have been hoping for a
that only the white
nominee who better reflects the na-
tion’s diversity.
man can save us. I just
At the She the People forum,
billed as the first presidential forum
don’t feel like Biden is
focused on women of color, Roxy our answer.’
D. Hall Williamson’s shoulders She the People forum organizer
slumped at the mention of Biden, Roxy D. Hall Williamson
who made his campaign announce-
ment on Thursday.
“I know that we have been cultured to feel that only the white man can
save us,” the LaMarque, Texas, organizer said Wednesday. “I just don’t
feel like Biden is our answer.”
Biden’s candidacy is likely to reshape the Democratic race, which has
put the party’s diversity on display. The group of eight 2020 hopefuls who
spoke at the forum was comprised of one black man, one black woman,
three other women, a Latino man and two white men, all making the case
for why they should be the nominee.
Black female voters will play a critical role in the Democratic Party’s
attempt to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020. An inability to earn
their support in past cycles has spelled political peril for Democratic can-
didates. For his part, Biden has maintained strong ties to the African
American community over the decades.
The raucous, standing-room crowd in the 1,800-person capacity au-
ditorium at the historically black Texas Southern University listened in-
tently as the candidates were questioned about maternal mortality, immi-
gration, tribal sovereignty, income inequality and other issues. Attending
were Sen. Cory Booker, former Obama Cabinet member Julian Castro,
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former
Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
fundraising ability and his tendency is progressive. He’s aiming to be
to commit gaffes. His centrist ap- a conduit between working-class
proach in a party moving left on ma- white voters and the younger, more
jor policy debates raises questions diverse voters who backed Obama
about his appeal. in historic numbers.
Four years Trump’s senior, Biden The Republican Party wasted no
would be the oldest person ever time seeking to undercut Biden’s re-
elected president should he win. Yet cord, releasing a video on Wednes-
his allies believe the skeptics will ul- day questioning economic growth
timately warm to his strong connec- under Obama and Biden while res-
tions to the Obama years. urrecting conservative arguments
Biden has said he would cam- against Obama’s health care law and
paign as an “Obama-Biden Dem- a failed investment in green energy
ocrat,” who is as pragmatic as he company Solyndra.
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When sources
cooperate, a
more complete
story emerges
P.T. Barnum famously said there’s no such
thing as bad publicity, but these days you aren’t
likely to find many people who ascribe to that
theory.
Media attention is sometimes welcomed. Media
scrutiny never is.
These days, officials react to negative news
about themselves by blaming the messenger. The
idea: Cooperate as little as possible, avoid, delay,
obfuscate.
There are exceptions here and there.
One of those exceptions emerged recently
when The Dispatch learned through search of
records in the chancery clerk’s office that city of
Columbus project manager Jabari Edwards and
his affiliated companies had amassed $688,000 in
federal tax liens since 2017.
Because Edwards, through his company J5
GBL, handles taxpayer-funded projects for the
city, the tax liens were a matter of public interest
and on that basis, The Dispatch pursued the story.
(Some have suggested The Dispatch targeted
Edwards and his companies with this story. We
looked into other major city service providers as
well. Of the ones we inspected some had old liens
that had been relieved. We felt the liens related
to Edwards and his companies were relevant due
to the fact that there appeared to be a pattern of
accruing liens and because his companies are
locally based.)
Experience with these kinds of stories has
taught us to be prepared to receive little cooper-
ation. In previous cases, the stonewalling begins
immediately. If there is any response at all, it is
generally through a “statement” consisting of a
few sentences of denial and a claim of persecution.
Rarely are any details provided by the subjects
of these type stories.
That is not what we encountered in this case.
Edwards and other company leadership were
cooperative, talking on the phone many times
and meeting with Dispatch reporters not once but
twice to answer questions and provide information
and access to records that helped paint a clear
picture of the situation.
Through that cooperation, we learned the back
story of the tax liens. We also learned of some IRS
tax lien releases that were not available through
chancery court digital records.
Edwards and his team provided a narrative
of how those liens built up. They also explained
they inherited some of the tax problems from a
company they purchased in 2017. Those liens are
currently in litigation by Edwards, as company
vice president Antwann Richardson said those
debts were not fully disclosed at the time Edwards
purchased the company.
As the story reported, falling arrears in taxes
is not uncommon among contractors and project
managers, whose income often arrives sporadical-
ly, even as bills and taxes do not.
Ultimately, the story provided a well-sourced
and documented account of Edwards’ tax diffi-
culties. Edwards’ cooperation aided, rather than
impeded, that effort.
Readers can draw their own conclusions, of
course, but they are aided by the information
provided through that cooperation.

Mississippi Voices
Occupational licenses can no longer be revoked for
defaulting on student loans
Did you know sional licenses to The fastest way, and for most once limited to occupations reform occupational licensing
that Mississippi defaulters until people the only way, to pay off such as medical professionals, to make it easier for peo-
has a law on the they take steps to debt is to generate monthly lawyers, or teachers, it now ple to earn a living without
books that allows repayment.” income above the basic cost of extends to everything from spending a year or two in the
licensing boards to Mississippi living. an auctioneer to a shampoo- classroom, often accruing
suspend or revoke certainly wasn’t When young people lose er. All totaled, Mississippi debt. Many of the occupation-
your professional li- alone. Prior to the their income, they lose their licenses 66 lower income al licenses the state requires
cense if you default repeal, the Magno- ability to pay back loans in occupations. are onerous and serve little
on your student lia State was one any meaningful way. At that Naturally, those lower purpose but to protect es-
loans? of 15 states - both point, borrowers are stuck income occupations are more tablished interests. Most
Well, until June red and blue - that in an endless cycle with no likely to default on student occupational licenses can be
30 at least. This had such a law way out and few good options. loans. replaced with less restrictive
year, as part of a Brett Kittredge in place. But the Such individuals are likely to Consider cosmetologists, alternatives such as certifi-
larger occupational repeal movement take on credit card debt or who are licensed in all 50 cation, bonding, insurance,
license reform bill that will has been steadily growing, other forms of debt just to stay states. In Mississippi, you inspections, or registration.
make it easier for ex-offenders with five other states scrap- afloat. Continuing this pro- must clock 1,500 hours, which In the meantime, prevent-
to receive a license, the legis- ping their laws in the last two cess keeps a debtor spinning is more-or-less in line with ing licensing boards from
lature adopted new language years. like a hamster in a wheel. other states. And you need all attacking licenses because
that will prohibit the state The reasons for the sudden As the student loan crisis this for a job that has a medi- of student loan default is a
from pulling your license just changes of heart are obvious. is growing, more Americans an national wage of $25,000 good first step toward liberty
because you couldn’t make Some 44 million Americans than ever, and more Missis- per year. Not surprisingly, and toward encouraging a
a payment on your student owe a collective $1.5 trillion sippians, also need a license cosmetologists had a national defaulter to take the personal
loans. in student loan debt nation- to obtain employment. We default rate of over 17 percent responsibility to pay off debts
The old law, and others like wide, with 8.5 million federal would call it ironic if it wasn’t in 2012, significantly higher by exercising their right to
it, were meant to limit defaults borrowers in default as of last so dumb and cruel. than the national average. If earn a living in Mississippi.
and to keep borrowers from year. At a time when more and Nearly one-in-five Mis- a cosmetologist defaults, and Brett Kittredge is the Direc-
choosing not to pay back their more individuals are saddled sissippians need a license he/she loses his/her license, tor of Marketing and Commu-
loans. A “tough love” law, if with student loan debt, it to work. This is a change what should they then do? nications for the Mississippi
you will. The U.S. Department makes little sense to attack from under five percent just The same could be asked of Center for Public Policy, the
of Education even previously their ability to earn a living a few decades prior. That is any licensed professional. state’s non-partisan, free-mar-
urged states to “deny profes- in their professional field. because while licensure was In the long run, we need to ket think tank.

Mississippi College Board names
alumna to lead Alcorn State
‘I can’t even begin to describe the emotions that
are going on and going off right now. It is truly an
honor and a privilege to be able to come home.’
Felecia M. Nave, the 20th president of Alcorn State University
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — It was a warm
homecoming for Felecia M. Nave,
unanimously named as the 20th
president of Alcorn State Univer-
sity on Wednesday by Mississippi
College Board trustees.
The 44-year-old Nave is not only
a 1996 graduate of Alcorn, but is
also married to an Alcornite and
is the daughter and niece of grad-
uates.
“I can’t even begin to describe
the emotions that are going on and
going off right now,” Nave said at
a news conference after trustees
Around the state
Mississippi man
sentenced for having
pipe bomb components
GULFPORT — A Mis-
sissippi man with a previ-
ous felony conviction has
been sentenced to five
years in federal prison,
months after investigators
said he had parts for pipe
bombs.
Court records show
29-year-old Mark Clayton
Bosarge Jr. of D’Iberville
pleaded guilty in January
to possession of an un-
registered firearm — the
bomb parts.
U.S. District Judge Lou-
is Guirola Jr., sentenced
him Tuesday, also order-
ing him to pay an $8,000
fine.
A news release from the
U.S. attorney’s office says
sheriff’s deputies respond-
ed to a call June 13 at a
home where Bosarge pre-
viously lived. The home-
owner had found explosive
powder, pipes and parts
for pipe bombs.
The release says Bosa-
rge had a felony conviction
of grand larceny in Harri-
son County. As a convicted
felon, he was banned from
possessing any firearm.
Man charged with
cashing counterfeit
state government
checks
BRANDON — A Jack-
son man is charged with
cashing counterfeit Mis-
sissippi state government
checks.
State Auditor Shad
White said Wednesday in
a statement that 36-year-
old Gregory Deante Mc-
Carty had been forging
state payroll and income
tax refund checks since
at least 2014. White says
a state Department of Fi-
nance & Administra-
tion analyst noted counter-
feit checks cashed across
the Jackson area.
McCarty was indicted
last week on one count of
false pretense by Rankin
County grand jurors for
trying to cash a $764.43
check in January. He
was arrested Monday by
agents for the auditor’s of-
fice. He’s charged as a ha-
bitual offender in an indict-
ment citing two bad check
convictions from 2009,
and faces up to 10 years in
prison if convicted.
McCarty remains jailed
and it’s unclear if he has a
lawyer.
Fire at home of
Mississippi suspect may
have been arson
JACKSON — Author-
ities in Mississippi say
arson is to blame for the
fire at the vacant Jackson
home of a man accused of
killing a middle schooler.
Jackson Fire Depart-
ment Division Chief Cle-
otha Sanders told news
outlets that investiga-
tors believe the home of
41-year-old Stacy Lidell
was intentionally set on fire
Monday. Lidell is charged
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 25, 2019 7A
Alcorn is a historically black insti-
tution. From there, she jumped last
year to the same post at North Car-
olina Central University.
Nave succeeds Alfred Rankins,
who left the Lorman campus to
become Mississippi’s higher ed-
affirmed her as their choice. “It is ucation commissioner. Trustee
truly an honor and a privilege to be Shane Hooper of Tupelo said Nave
able to come home.” will get a four-year contract paying
Nave’s return caps a swift rise $240,000 a year, with $215,000 com-
through the academic ranks. Af- ing from state funds and $35,000
ter graduating from Alcorn, she coming from private fundraising,
earned a master’s degree in chemi- pending approval of Alcorn’s foun-
cal and environmental engineering dation. Nave said she’s still negoti-
and a doctorate in engineering, ating a start date.
both from the University of Toledo In sessions with faculty, stu-
in Ohio. From there, she went to dents and university supporters on
work at Prairie View A&M Univer- Wednesday, Nave laid out a vision
sity in Texas. There, Nave said she of a university that will provide a
was applying to lead the school’s comprehensive 21st century edu-
honors program when a president cation, while remaining true to its
tapped her for a bigger job, asso- agricultural roots and uplifting the
ciate provost. Later, Nave became rural areas of southwest Mississip-
provost at Prairie View, which like pi.
with murder in the Easter
death of 14-year-old Ro-
drick Johnson.
City police say Lidell’s
home was robbed mo-
ments before he fired a
gun around several chil-
dren in his neighborhood
and fatally wounded John-
son. Police say Lidell sur-
rendered to officers that
night after a brief stand-
off. Police say Lidell and
Johnson didn’t know each
other.
Lidell is being held
without bond. It’s unclear
if he has a lawyer.
Hattiesburg voters
decide on higher
restaurant and hotel tax
HATTIESBURG —
Voters in south Mississip-
pi are deciding whether a
city should raise its hotel
and restaurant tax.
The referendum in Hat-
tiesburg on Tuesday would
raise the tax from 2% to 3%.
Mayor Toby Barker
tells local news outlets the
increase would generate
at least an additional $1.2
million a year.
The money would pay
for park improvements
and let the city aid reno-
vations to the University
of Southern Mississippi’s
Reed Green Coliseum.
City officials say they hope
the USM arena could host
other events besides bas-
ketball games and com-
mencements.
Barker says the added
money would let the city
use existing revenue for
other purposes, including
more road and drainage
projects.
The referendum must
get 60 percent of votes
to pass. Taxes would in-
crease on June 1 if the ref-
erendum is approved.
A bad day at the lake:
Fish turn up dead for
fishing rodeo
TUPELO — A chil-
dren’s fishing rodeo went
mostly belly-up in north-
east Mississippi after a
contractor stocked the
lake with diseased and dy-
ing catfish.
Tupelo Parks &
Recreation Director Alex
Farned tells The North-
east Mississippi Daily
Journal that few of the 300
kids who showed up for
the Friday fishing compe-
tition caught anything.
Farned says a contrac-
tor delivered 1,700 cat-
fish Wednesday. He says
the fish were packed too
tightly in the truck and
had a bacterial infection.
Fish began floating to the
surface of Veterans Park
lake on Thursday. Farned
says city workers have
skimmed out more than
1,000 dead fish and buried
them in a pit.
Farned says the Missis-
sippi Department of Wild-
life, Fisheries and Parks
hired the fish supplier and
will help restore the lake’s
catfish population once
the situation stabilizes.
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Chalking
Continued from Page 1A
He added it’s likely
that would remain his ad-
vice unless he finds some-
thing contradicting the
judges’ ruling in the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals,
whose jurisdiction covers
Mississippi.
However, Starkville
Mayor Lynn Spruill said
without her city falling
under the Sixth Circuit’s
jurisdiction, she didn’t
think there was any rea-
son to stop the practice.
Neither Columbus Po-
lice Chief Fred Shelton
nor Starkville Police Chief
Frank Nichols would com-
ment before they knew for
sure how their policies
would be affected.
Ken Winter, executive
director of the Mississippi
Association
of Chiefs of
Police, said
he doesn’t
see the
Sixth Cir-
cuit’s ruling
as having
any impact Winter
on police
departments in Missis-
sippi and would likely be
overturned by the U.S.
Supreme Court anyway.
“I don’t get (the rul-
ing),” he said. “I really
don’t. Honestly, I think if
it ever makes its way to
the Supreme Court, that
would be shot down. It
seems kind of flimsy, re-
ally.”
He said chalking
should fall under the plain
view doctrine, which he
said means such actions
are legal if the vehicle is
in a public area.
“The vehicle is sitting
there in plain view,” Win-
ter said. “It’s on a public
street and you’re not in-
truding and you’re not
seizing, and you’re real-
ly not searching. Under
the plain view doctrine,
something is done and
you don’t have to turn a
knob or break an invisible
plane or something like
that. You’re actually not
intruding, and if you have
a right to be where you
are when you see it, it’s
legal.”
Turnage said without
reading the opinion, he
doesn’t know if he would
agree with it, but for now,
he doesn’t see how chalk-
ing is an unreasonable
search. He compared it
to officers walking by a
vehicle with drug-sniffing
dogs. If the dog identi-
fies the vehicle as having
drugs, Turnage said, the
officer has the right to
search that vehicle.
“If an officer’s where
he has a legal right to be
and he sees a crime, he’s
at a legal right to (conduct
a search),” Turnage said.
Quick, low-cost
enforcement
Winter said chalking
has been used as a part of
parking enforcement for
decades as a quick, low-
cost option that allows
parking enforcement offi-
cers to keep track of vehi-
cles in enforced parking
areas.
“As they make their
rounds and they come
around, if that tire has not
moved, it lets them know
that’s a violation,” Winter
said. “Most places have
two-hour free parking,
so the officer would come
around every two hours
and mark the tires. Then
they’d do another round,
and if the vehicle is still
in the same location it lets
them know (the vehicle
hasn’t moved).
“Now, if the vehicle
moves and then comes
back and parks, the
chances of the tire being
in the exact same location
is almost nonexistent,” he
added.
However, he said some
cities in Mississippi have
started to drift away from
stringent parking en-
forcement, and chalking,
in an effort to keep people
coming downtown.
“A lot of them got away
from it because they
didn’t want to have neg-
ative impacts on their
downtowns,” Winter said.
“Cities like Oxford and
Starkville, where no mat-
ter what you do you’re not
going to have an impact
on your downtown be-
cause people are going to
come there — they can
get away with it. I know
Jackson has been talking
about going to automat-
ed meters — they have
(chalking) right now.”
But Turnage said he
doesn’t know what Colum-
bus would use instead.
“There’s not anything
cheap that comes to my
mind,” he said. “... I don’t
think the city wants to go
to the expense and trou-
ble of (installing) parking
meters.”
The Dispatch has filed
public records requests
for revenue both cities re-
ceive from parking tickets
but did not obtain that in-
formation by press time.
Individual parking
tickets for staying parked
longer than two hours can
cost up to $20 in Colum-
bus and $25 in Starkville.
Business responses
Parking has been a
source of frustration for
business owners down-
town in both Columbus
and Starkville, but Bar-
bara Bigelow, director of
Main Street Columbus,
said she’s never heard of
chalking becoming an is-
sue.
“Honestly, we have
never even had that dis-
cussion about the chalk-
ing of tires,” she said.
Bigelow noted the
only thing the organiza-
tion asks with regards to
downtown parking is for
business owners and res-
idents to park in public
parking lots behind build-
ings, leaving the two-hour
spaces directly in front of
businesses for customers.
Greater Starkville De-
velopment Partnership
Interim CEO Jennifer
Prather said the Partner-
ship regularly gets com-
plaints from businesses
about cars not moving
from downtown parking
spots. She said a big prob-
lem is business employees
parking along the streets,
which takes up space that
would otherwise be used
for customers.
“It’s important that
parking be able to turn
over,” Prather said. “That
was the premise behind
the two-hour parking
enforcement. We feel
that gives people a good
amount of time for shop-
ping or dining. It’s import-
ant because we don’t want
Bigelow Prather
people driving around
unable to find a parking
space and not shopping or
spending their money be-
cause they’ve decided it’s
too much trouble.”
However, Daphne
Hamilton and Heather
Griffin, two owners of
Deja Vu Salon on Main
Street, have the opposite
problem. They say the
two-hour period is too
strict, and they often have
customers complain it
doesn’t give enough time.
Griffin said the salon
sometimes has to move
customers’ vehicles to
help them avoid tickets,
and has paid parking tick-
ets for customers.
“The limited time is the
problem,” Hamilton said.
“... Three hours would be
better than two if we’re
wanting to support local
shopping and business.
We’ve had customers that
have gotten tickets that
they have to pay, on top of
getting their hair done or
getting food.”
Susan Mackay, who
owns Impressions by Su-
san on Main Street in Co-
lumbus and who has been
a business owner down-
town since the 1980s, has
a different opinion. She
said in a world that’s in-
creasingly difficult for re-
tailers to stay open, she’s
for two-hour parking and
whatever way police can
enforce it.
“It’s extremely import-
ant that people help the
downtown businesses
stay open by not taking up
parking places,” she said.
“I can’t understand
why it’s illegal to mark
tires,” she added.

Documents
Continued from Page 1A
“When I first start-
ed here (in 2002), there
were people at the vault
just waiting to look at the
books (of records),” she
said. “Now people can do
it from their own comput-
er or in their office.”
Although the database
itself was established in
fall 2017, the link to it was
added to the Lowndes
County website earlier
this month as part of a
wider effort to update the
website, Neese said. As
soon as it was made acces-
sible to the public, Goode
said the office started re-
ceiving “wonderful” feed-
back.
“We’ve had so many
lawyers, abstractors and
bankers call in and tell us
they love it and compli-
ment us on it,” she said.
The best feature of
the database is the con-
venience, both Neese
and Goode said. Before
the database launched,
anyone needing to see
records filed at the chan-
cery clerk’s office would
have to visit the office in
person and either look at
computers in the vault or,
if the documents pre-dat-
ed 2002, the heavy bound
books kept on seemingly
endless rows of shelves.
Even if a document was
on the computers, there
was an overnight delay
between when it was filed
and when it would appear
in records.
Neese Goode
“Now, it’s instant,”
Goode said. “If I had, say,
a deed and recorded it,
it was an overnight wait.
Now, it’s available imme-
diately. It doesn’t seem
like much of a difference
but if you can have it in-
stantly, that’s even bet-
ter.”
The current database
cost about $70,000 to put
together. Goode would
like to add at least anoth-
er 32 years worth of doc-
uments to the database,
which would allow users
to go back as far as 1988.
“There are some times
when access is needed
to information that far
back,” she said. “But it is
expensive, so we’re wait-
ing on that for now.”
There’s no way to track
how many visitors the da-
tabase website has each
month, but both Neese
and Goode have noticed
that foot traffic in the of-
fice has decreased as a
result of the site’s avail-
ability.
There is one group that
still faithfully comes in to
use the office-based com-
puters, Goode said: gene-
alogical researchers.
“Some people come
in town to do research
for their genealogy,” she
said. “And they’re usual-
ly a little bit older, not as
great with technology, so
we can help them through
the database from the
computer in the vault. It’s
so easy to use, which is
great.”
The only downside, as
Neese sees it, is that the
ability to print off docu-
ments from anywhere has
lowered the amount the
chancery clerk’s office
takes in from copy fees.
“Whenever lawyers
came in to get copies of
documents, we’d keep a
book with the numbers
of copies they had,” she
said. “That affected our
bottom line, but we’re still
doing just fine here. And
it’s worth it for how conve-
nient (the database) is.”
For Goode, who fields
calls from surveyors,
construction contractors,
Realtors, lawyers and
bankers outside of Lown-
des County, it’s helpful
to have a place to direct
them where they can
search, browse and print
to their hearts’ content.
“We’ll have people call
from out of town and say,
‘I need this document,
how can I get it today?’”
she said. “We can just
point to the website and
say, ‘Here you go.’ It’s in-
stant, and it’s free.”

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Mississippi state golf
MSU women headed to NCAA Regional tourney in Norman
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Watching the NCAA women’s golf
selection show at Buffalo Wild Wings
in Starkville, the Mississippi State team
murmured, laughed and clapped in the
lead up to the bracket reveal.
A few players even guffawed when
rival Ole Miss was displayed on the
screen.
Just after 5 p.m., the Bulldogs learned
their postseason fate. MSU is headed to
the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Nor-
man, Oklahoma, for the NCAA Tourna-
ment as the No. 11 seed.
The regional will be played May 6-8.
This is MSU’s first tournament ap-
Mississippi university for women baseball
postseason ready
Trey Petite of MUW celebrates after hitting a triple on Tuesday against Stillman College.
With 16 wins and a No. 5 national ranking, Owls positioned
for a run at another Small College World Series
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Mississippi University for Women
baseball coach Matt Wolfenbarger mo-
mentarily reflected.
He thought back to his team’s first
practice in September 2017.
A ragtag bunch of 35 players had
come together for MUW’s first baseball
team. Beyond the reps, Wolfenbarger
tried to see what he was working with.
Junior college coaches across the
south had pitched players to him. Some
of those now playing at MUW, he had
only seen a little video on.
No matter. This was the team be-
stowed upon him.
“I didn’t have too high of expecta-
tions,” Wolfenbarger said. “Because a lot
of the kids I saw and I went and watched,
but I was wondering how they’d adapt to
the college game and being around other
players that are just as good as them.”
Wolfenbarger said he recruited play-
ers with grit and determination, players
who just wanted to play baseball.
The drills that fall day reflected as
much.
“The guys didn’t let that deter them in
any way,” Wolfenbarger said. “They kind
of embraced it and pushed each other.”
One year doesn’t cure all ills. MUW
still boasts a roster overwhelmingly com-
prised of freshmen and sophomores. Two
seniors are listed — Prince Tolbert and
Jackson Norris-Jones — both of whom
have eligibility remaining.
Yet it’s that youthful exuberance,
comprised with knowledgeable upper-
classmen that has the Owls prepared for
another run at the Small College World
Series after finishing fifth last season.
“For us to finish as well as we did up
there, it kind of gave our guys a whole
new sense of confidence that, ‘Hey, we
can go up there and compete,’” Wolfen-
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pearance since 2015.
“This is my first regional, and it’s su-
per exciting for me to be able to expe-
rience this,” sophomore Aubree Jones
said. “We’ve put in the work and it’s ex-
citing to see it pay off.”
The Bulldogs enter the contest after
finishing seventh in the stroke play por-
tion of last week’s Southeastern Confer-
ence Championships — the team’s best
finish in program history. MSU fell in
Blair Stockett
the quarterfinal round to South Caroli-
is a sophomore
na.
“We’re playing two freshmen, two golfer at Missis-
sippi State.
sophomores and a junior, and for them to
rise up and make it into the match-play
See golf, 5B
Photo courtesy of South-
eastern Conference
high schools
Rivals to
meet in
playoffs
Caledonia, New
Hope ready for
Class 4A battle
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Caledonia coach Travis Gar-
ner is ready to talk.
While the Mississippi High
School Activities Association
4A state baseball brackets
forecasted a meeting between
Lowndes County schools Cale-
donia and New Hope in the
round of 16, Garner had kept
his eyes on a first-round match-
up with Corinth.
But after disbanding of the
Tomahawks in three games,
the local matchup has come to
fruition.
“I know it’s something I
Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch
think both sides are looking
forward to,” Garner said.
Game one will take place
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at New
Hope.
Caledonia took care of busi-
ness in game three against
Corinth with a 10-4 victory.
Cade Stacy earned the win
on the bump, pitching four
innings of two-hit ball, while
striking out seven. Tony Brooks
was similarly dominant in relief.
Brooks gave up just one hit and
struck out four in three innings
of work to earn the save.
Offensively, Garner has liked
what he has seen as well.
Justin Black and Gavin Hol-
loman both notched multi-hit
At left, Lukas
outings in game three against
Murphy of MUW
Corinth.
fires across the
“For the most part, our bat-
diamond to get
ting order since spring break
an out. Below,
RJ Dell, a junior one through nine has been sol-
pitcher, sends a id,” he said. “Everybody’s con-
ball toward the
tributing.”
plate. New Hope enters the series
following a dominant 2-0 sweep
Chris McDill/Special to
the Dispatch of Gentry. The Trojans piled on
the runs in the first round, tag-
ging the Rams for 42 runs in
two games.
On the mound, New Hope
closed out both contests in
three innings, saving the arms
of Payton Springfield and Ryan
Burt for this week’s series.
New Hope head coach Lee
Boyd said the three-game for-
mat of the playoffs poses a
slight challenge in managing
pitchers, but that the extra rest
can’t hurt.
“It’s kind of a county rivalry
and, man, it makes it bigger that
it’s in the playoffs,” Boyd said.
“They’ve got a good team and
a good program so we expect a
big crowd for all three games.”
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briefly CALENDAR Baseball

Barrett.
T_2:48. A_35,743 (41,649).
Endicott 7, Tufts 0
Fairfield 9, Stony Brook 1
Farmingdale St. 9, Stevens Tech 2
American League Glance Yankees 6, Angels 5 Fordham 8, St. Peter’s 5, 10 innings

Baseball College Track and Field

All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York Los Angeles
ab r h bi ab r h bi
LMahieu 2b 4 1 2 3 Fltcher 3b 5 0 1 0
Franklin Pierce 8, Saint Anselm 2
George Washington 18, Georgetown 6
Harvard 8, UMass-Lowell 4
Voit dh 4 0 1 1 Trout cf 3 0 0 0
Today’s Game Tampa Bay
New York
16 9 .640 —
14 10 .583 1½ Gardner cf 4 0 0 0 Simmons ss 4 2 2 2
Hilbert 5, Alfred St. 4
Holy Cross 12, Hartford 6
Slater’s record night sends Southern Miss to 15-2 victory Mississippi State at Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Toronto
Boston
11 14 .440 5
10 15 .400 6
G.Sanch c 4 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 2 0
Torres ss 4 0 1 0 Goodwin lf 3 0 0 0
Hood 14, Juniata 3
Husson 5-1, Thomas (Maine) 0-0
NEW ORLEANS – Hunter Slater mashed his way into the South- Pennsylvania) Baltimore 10 16 .385 6½ Ford 1b 3 1 0 0 Lucroy c 4 1 0 0 Immaculata 13, Penn St.-Berks 8
ern Miss record books Wednesday night as the Golden Eagles battered Central Division Urshela 3b 4 1 1 0 K.Clhun rf 4 1 1 3 Jefferson 5, Wilmington (Del.) 2
Friday’s Games W L Pct GB Tuchman rf 3 1 0 0 K.Smith dh 3 0 2 0 Keuka 5, Medaille 4
New Orleans 15-2 at Maestri Field. Minnesota 13 9 .591 — Wade lf 3 2 2 1 Bourjos pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Lasell 6-2, Albertus Magnus 5-14
Slater drove in eight runs with three home runs and a fielder’s Mississippi State at Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Cleveland 13 10 .565 ½ L Stlla 2b 4 0 0 0 Lehigh 12, Coppin St. 3
Totals 33 6 7 5 Totals 34 5 8 5 Le Moyne 11, Saint Rose 8
choice, tying records for homers and RBIs in a single game, as South- Pennsylvania) Detroit
Chicago
12 11 .522 1½
9 14 .391 4½ New York 000 002 301—6 Marist 11, Army 5
ern Miss (26-13) won its fifth consecutive contest by avenging a 2-1 loss Los Angeles 100 400 000—5
Mississippi State, Southern Miss at Southern Kansas City 8 17 .320 6½
E_G.Sanchez (5). DP_New York 1, Los An-
Marymount (Va.) at Catholic, ppd.
Merrimack 5, Bentley 2
on Feb. 26 to the Privateers (19-22). West Division
Miss Open (Hattiesburg) W L Pct GB geles 1. LOB_New York 5, Los Angeles 5.
2B_LeMahieu (7), K.Smith (3). HR_Simmons
Monmouth 3, NJIT 1
Slater became just the third player with eight RBIs in a game, Houston 15 9 .625 — Mount St. Vincent 11, FDU-Florham 9
joining Tommy Davis in 1994 and Fred Cooley in 1988. Saturday’s Games Seattle 16 11 .593 ½ 2 (3), K.Calhoun (5). SB_Torres (2), Wade (3).
SF_LeMahieu (3). S_Goodwin (1).
N.J. City 11, Cairn 10
Texas 12 11 .522 2½ Nichols 3, Worcester St. 0
Slater, who has hit nine home runs on the season, became the Alabama, Ole Miss at LSU Invitational (Baton Oakland 14 13 .519 2½ IP H R ER BB SO Nyack 14-3, Dominican (N.Y.) 0-11
Los Angeles 9 16 .360 6½ New York Old Westbury 5-7, New Rochelle 0-6
ninth Golden Eagle to hit three home runs in a game and the first since Rouge, LA) Wednesday’s Games Sabathia 5 6 5 4 0 3 Pace 8, New Haven 3
Trey Cuevas in 2006. Loaisiga W,1-0 3 2 0 0 1 1 Penn 5, Seton Hall 2
Mississippi State at Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Cleveland 6, Miami 2
Kansas City 10, Tampa Bay 2 Chapman S,4-5 1 0 0 0 1 1 Penn St. 3, Lafayette 2
After Southern Miss fell behind 1-0 in the second inning, Slater tied Los Angeles
Pennsylvania) Oakland 6, Texas 5
Bedrosian 1 0 0 0 1 2
Penn St.-Abington at Gwynedd Mercy, ppd.
the game in the third with a RBI-fielder’s choice ground out. San Diego 1, Seattle 0 Penn St.-Behrend 12, D’Youville 0
Slater capped a six-run uprising in the fourth inning with a two-run Mississippi State, Southern Miss at Southern San Francisco 4, Toronto 0 Pena
Garcia
5 4 2 1 0 8
0 1 3 3 3 0
Pine Manor at E. Nazarene, ccd.
Baltimore 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Princeton 6, Villanova 4
homer to left field, hit another two-run homer to left-center field in the Miss Open (Hattiesburg) Boston 11, Detroit 4 Buttrey L,1-1 BS,1 2 2-3 2 1 1 0 3 Rutgers 7, Iona 3
Robles 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Sacred Heart 13, Yale 10
College Baseball
sixth inning and then finished up a second six-run rally in the eighth Houston 7, Minnesota 1
N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 5 L.Garcia pitched to 4 batters in the 7th St. John Fisher 16, Elmira 1
inning with a two-out, three-run blast to right field. Thursday’s Games Umpires_Home, Chris Guccione; First, Ryan S. Connecticut 2, Adelphi 1
Reliever Josh Lewis (1-0) picked up his first victory as a Golden Friday’s Games Detroit (Zimmermann 0-3) at Boston (Porcello Blakney; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Bill
Welke.
S. Maine 4, Bates 1
0-3), 7:10 p.m. S. New Hampshire 12, St. Michael’s 3
Eagle, allowing two hits in three scoreless innings. Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 2-1) at Houston (Cole 1-3), T_3:29. A_37,928 (45,050). UConn 2, Rhode Island 1
The Golden Eagles return to action this weekend as they travel to LSU at Alabama, 6 p.m. 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Ca-
Red Sox 11, Tigers 4 UMass 16, Quinnipiac 9
UMass-Dartmouth 7, Babson 5
Murfreesboro, Tenn., for a three-game C-USA set. Game times are 6 Detroit Boston Wagner 3, Manhattan 2
Georgia at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. hill 1-2), 9:07 p.m. ab r h bi ab r h bi
p.m., for Friday, 4 p.m., on Saturday and at 1 p.m., Sunday. Texas (Hearn 0-0) at Seattle (Gonzales 4-0), Wheeling Jesuit 6, Salem International 3
Cndlrio 3b 4 2 1 0 Bnntndi lf 4 2 1 1
Texas A&M at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Cstllns rf 3 1 1 1 Betts rf 4 2 2 1
Wesleyan (Conn.) 9, Coast Guard 4, 10 innings
W. New England 6-10, Curry 3-2
Mi.Cbrr 1b 4 0 1 0 Mreland 1b 3 1 0 0
Saturday’s Games Oakland (Fiers 2-2) at Toronto (Stroman 1-3), D.Ptrsn ph 1 0 1 2 Leon c 0 0 0 0
SOUTH
Three runs in ninth propels Alabama to 6-3 win Georgia at Mississippi State, 2 p.m.
7:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Morton 2-0) at Boston (Price 1-1),
Goodrum lf 3 0 0 1 Mrtinez dh 5 1 3 1
Dixon dh 3 0 1 0 Bgaerts ss 4 1 1 1
Alabama 6, Jacksonville St. 3
Alabama A&M at Austin Peay, ppd.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Alabama fell behind early, but battled back 7:10 p.m. Alabama St. 9, Florida A&M 4
LSU at Alabama, 2 p.m. Baltimore (Cobb 0-1) at Minnesota (Perez 2-0),
Ro.Rdri ss 4 0 0 0 Lin ss 0 0 0 0 Belmont Abbey 9, Chowan 3
for a 6-3 win over Jacksonville State on Wednesday night at Rudy Ab- 8:10 p.m.
G.Bckhm 2b 2 1 1 0 Devers 3b 4 1 1 2
Clemson 7, Tennessee Tech 4
bott Field, using a three-run ninth inning to secure the midweek victory. Texas A&M at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at Houston (McHugh
Greiner c 4 0 0 0 Chavis 2b 1 2 0 1
Coll. of Charleston 5, Georgia Southern 1
J.Jones cf 4 0 0 0 Brdly J cf 5 0 2 2
Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee, 4 p.m. 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Cumberlands (Ky.) at Alice Lloyd, ccd.
The win helped UA clinch the series, 2-0, in the home-and-home with Detroit (Norris 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Ro-
C.Vazqz c-1b 4 1 2 2
East Carolina 10, Old Dominion 7
Totals 32 4 6 4 Totals 34 11 12 11
the Gamecocks and improved Alabama’s overall record to 25-17.
“Kyle Cameron did a great job out of the bullpen of settling the
College Softball don 3-2), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-2) at Kansas City (Duffy
Detroit
Boston
000 001 003—4
020 020 07x—11
Emmanuel (Ga.) 12, Limestone 7
Florida St. 10, Stetson 4
0-0), 8:15 p.m. Furman 4, Georgia St. 3, 11 innings
game after Jacksonville State took the lead on us twice. We responded Friday’s Games Texas (Miller 1-1) at Seattle (Kikuchi 1-1), 10:10
LOB_Detroit 9, Boston 10. 2B_Candelario (5),
McNeese 5, Louisiana Tech 3
D.Peterson (3), Benintendi (5), Betts (5), Marti-
each time and were able to pull away there late,” said Alabama head Missouri at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 2-2) at San Francisco
nez (6). SB_Chavis (1). CS_Devers (2), Chavis Miami 18, FIU 10
MVSU 13, Tougaloo 9
(1). SF_Goodrum (1).
coach Brad Bohannon. “This was a really good win for us and hopefully Tennessee at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. (Bumgarner 1-3), 10:15 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO Navy 18, George Mason 12
Nicholls St. 3, LSU-Alexandria 0
it will get us on track to have a good weekend against LSU.” Kentucky at Alabama, time TBA National League Glance Detroit
Norfolk St. 5, N.C. Central 0
Ross L,1-3 5 7 4 4 3 5
Jacksonville State got out front with one in the third before the Tide All Times EDT N.C. A&T 3, Elon 2
evened things up with a run in the fourth. The home half of that fourth Saturday’s Games East Division Garrett 1 2-3 2 0 0 2 0
Fernandez 2-3 2 5 5 2 1 Pfeiffer 15, Guilford 2
W L Pct GB Pikeville 16, Montreat 13
saw the Gamecocks take a 3-1 lead thanks to a pair of runs. Alabama Southern Miss at Florida International (DH), New York 13 11 .542 — VerHagen 1-3 0 2 2 3 1
Farmer 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Richmond 12, William & Mary 2
Philadelphia 13 11 .542 — Samford 4, Troy 3
was able to even it up again, recording single tallies in both the fifth Noon Atlanta 12 11 .522 ½ Boston
Shenandoah 11, Messiah 8
Rodriguez W,2-2 6 2 1 1 3 7
and sixth before the three-run ninth blew things open and powered the Missouri at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Washington 11 12 .478 1½
Workman H,4 1 0 0 0 1 3 S.C. Beaufort at Benedict, ccd.
Miami 7 17 .292 6 South Florida 6, FGCU 1
Crimson Tide to the midweek win. Barnes H,4 1 2 0 0 1 3
Mississippi University for Women at Hiwassee Central Division
Thornburg 1 2 3 3 2 1 S. Indiana at Kentucky Wesleyan, ppd.
Alabama reliever Kyle Cameron (3-0) earned the win thanks to a W L Pct GB
HBP_by Fernandez (Chavis). S. Virginia 2, Mary Washington 0
career-high tying 4.0 perfect frames. The redshirt junior faced 12, sitting (DH), 2 p.m. St. Louis 15 9 .625 —
Umpires_Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Larry Southern Miss. 15, New Orleans 2
Chicago 12 10 .545 2 Talladega at Tuskegee, ccd.
them down in order while striking out a career-best six batters. Cameron Tennessee at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh 12 10 .545 2 Vanover; Second, Dave Rackley; Third, Dan
Bellino. UNC Asheville 11, W. Carolina 8
Milwaukee 13 13 .500 3 UNC Wilmington 3, Campbell 1
was followed by graduate Jeremy Randolph (7) who picked up his Kentucky at Alabama, time TBA Cincinnati 9 14 .391 5½ T_3:24. A_31,763 (37,731).
UT Martin 8, Evansville 4
seventh save in as many chances with 1.0 inning of work, ending with a Astros 7, Twins 1
College Rowing
West Division Virginia 2, James Madison 1
W L Pct GB Virginia Tech 8, Radford 6
swinging strikeout to secure the win. Los Angeles 15 11 .577 —
Minnesota Houston
MIDWEST
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All 10 Tide batters reached base safely at least once, led by Brett Saturday’s Games Arizona 14 11 .560 ½ Kepler cf 4 0 0 0 Sprnger rf 4 0 1 0 Anderson (Ind.) 10, Wabash 3
San Diego 14 11 .560 ½ Augustana (S.D.) 5-3, Minnesota St. 2-6
Auerbach. The junior reached in all four plate appearances, going Alabama at SMU Colorado 11 14 .440 3½
J.Plnco ss 4 1 1 1 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0
Bethany Lutheran 10, Martin Luther 3
Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 3 1 1 0
2-for-2 with a pair of walks while adding a double, an RBI, one run and
Junior College Baseball
San Francisco 11 14 .440 3½ E.Rsrio lf 3 0 1 0 Brntley dh 3 2 2 2 Butler 3, Indiana-Kokomo 2, 10 innings
Wednesday’s Games Carroll (Wis.) 8, North Park 6
a stolen base on the night. Also contributing two hits were freshman Cleveland 6, Miami 2
C.Cron 1b 4 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 1 1 1
Ma.Gnzl 3b 3 0 0 0 Reddick lf 3 2 2 2 Cent. Missouri 8, William Jewell 5
T.J. Reeves and junior Morgan McCullough. In addition to his two hits, Saturday’s Games St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 2 Astdllo rf 3 0 1 0 A.Diaz 1b 4 0 1 0 Chicago 8, Illinois Tech 5
Colorado 9, Washington 5 Cincinnati 5, E. Kentucky 2
Reeves tallied a walk, an RBI, one run scored and a stolen base on EMCC at Southwest (DH), 2 p.m. San Diego 1, Seattle 0
Adranza 2b 3 0 1 0 R.Chrns c 4 1 2 1
J.Cstro c 3 0 0 0 Mrsnick cf 3 0 0 0 Concordia-St. Paul 9-0, Wayne St. (Neb.) 1-11
Wednesday. Hinds at Itawamba (DH), 2 p.m. San Francisco 4, Toronto 0 Totals 31 1 4 1 Totals 32 7 10 6 Concordia (Wis.) at Wis.-Stevens Point, 2, ppd.
Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 1 Minnesota 000 100 000—1 Creighton 6, Kansas 5
Junior College Softball Arizona 11, Pittsburgh 2 Houston 012 200 02x—7 Findlay 4, Tiffin 2
Basketball Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 0
Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Dodgers 6
Thursday’s Games
DP_Minnesota 1. LOB_Minnesota 4, Houston
4. 2B_E.Rosario (5), Bregman (5), R.Chirinos
(7). HR_J.Polanco (5), Brantley (5), Correa (5),
Indiana South Bend 4, Trinity Christian 3
Kent St. 10, Canisius 1
Lewis 4-2, Wis.-Parkside 1-4
Arizona (Greinke 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Taillon
Gulf Coast at Itawamba (DH), Noon 1-2), 12:35 p.m.
Reddick (3). CS_Reddick (1). Lindenwood 14, McKendree 9
Mary 4-8, Bemidji St. 0-1
IP H R ER BB SO
Ole Miss legend Johnny Neumann dies at 68 Southwest at EMCC (DH), 1 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 1-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Lester 1-0), 2:20 p.m.
Minnesota Maryville (Mo.) 5-9, Quincy 4-3
Michigan St. 4, Toledo 2
OXFORD Johnny Neumann, an Ole Miss Rebel remembered as Stewart L,0-1 6 8 5 5 3 1
Atlanta (Teheran 2-2) at Cincinnati (Castillo Romero 2 2 2 2 0 2 Millikin 11, Elmhurst 1
one of the most exciting players in college basketball history, passed 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Missouri S&T 9, SW Baptist 4
on the air
Houston
Miami (Smith 2-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 2-0), Verlander W,4-0 8 4 1 1 0 8 Murray St. at Saint Louis, ccd.
away Tuesday night at the age of 68 following a lengthy illness. 7:05 p.m. Valdez 1 0 0 0 1 2 Northern St. 4-10, Minn.-Crookston 3-4
“We lost one of the all-time greats in Ole Miss history in Johnny Friday’s Games WP_Stewart 2. Olivet Nazarene 3, Judson 2
Miami (Urena 1-3) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff
Today Umpires_Home, Ed Hickox; First, Carlos Purdue 11, Fort Wayne 2
Neumann,” men’s basketball head coach Kermit Davis said. “Johnny 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Torres; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Angel Saginaw Valley 14, Cleary 0
had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in college basketball during San Diego (Strahm 0-2) at Washington (Scher- Hernandez. St. Cloud St. 2-5, Minot St. 1-0
the 1970-71 season. Our thoughts and prayers are with Johnny and his COLLEGE BASEBALL zer 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Anderson 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (de-
T_2:28. A_26,582 (41,168). St. Francis (Ind.) at Indiana Tech, ccd.
SW Minnesota 8, Minn. Duluth 4
family. Thanks for the great memories!” 6 p.m. — Texas A&M at Ole Miss, SEC Grom 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Senzatela 1-1) at Atlanta (Fried 3-0),
Athletics 6, Rangers 5 Urbana 10, Wright St.-Lake 5
Texas Oakland Winona St. 6, Upper Iowa 2
A 6-foot-6 prodigy from Memphis often compared to LSU superstar 6:30 p.m. — Auburn at Vanderbilt, ESPNU 7:20 p.m. ab r h bi ab r h bi Wis.-La Crosse 6-16, Wis.-Stout 0-7
Pete Maravich, Neumann electrified crowds in Oxford and across the Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-1) at St. Louis (Mikolas Choo lf 4 0 1 0 Semien ss 5 1 2 3
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S) 2-1), 8:15 p.m. Da.Sntn 2b 4 0 1 0 M.Chpmn 3b 5 1 1 1
Wis.-Oshkosh 7, Wis.-Stevens Point 6
Wis.-Superior 14-17, Northland 6-2
Southeast in his one season with the Rebels and left his marks in the Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 1-3) at Arizona (Ray
record books that might never be touched. Neumann led the nation in
3:30 p.m. — Northwestern at Ohio State, BTN 0-1), 9:40 p.m.
Gallo dh 4 0 0 0 Pscotty rf 4 2 2 0
Mazara rf 4 2 2 2 K.Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Wis.-Whitewater 11, St. Norbert 1, 7 innings
Wooster 8, Thomas More 3
scoring as a sophomore at 40.1 points per game and was named to CURLING Pittsburgh (Archer 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu
2-1), 10:10 p.m.
A.Cbrra 3b 4 0 0 0 Pinder lf 5 0 2 1 Wright St. 8, Dayton 7
Frsythe ss 3 2 2 1 Canha 1b 3 0 0 0 Youngstown St. 10, St. Bonaventure 0
several 1971 All-America squads. He still has the three highest-scoring 12 a.m. (Friday) — World Mixed Doubles Champi- N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 2-2) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 1-3), 10:15 p.m.
Wisdom 1b 4 0 0 0 Profar 2b 3 1 1 1 SOUTHWEST
games by a Rebel in school history, including a pair of 60-point games. Mathis c 2 1 0 1 Lureano cf 3 0 1 0 New Mexico at Texas Tech, ccd.
onship: U.S. vs. Russia, Norway (taped), NBCSN Braves 3, Reds 1 Pence ph 0 0 0 0 Hundley c 3 1 2 0 Northwestern St. 10, Arkansas 7
In a memorable battle against LSU, Neumann’s 63 points propelled the GOLF Atlanta Cincinnati
Knr-Flf c 0 0 0 0 Morales ph 0 0 0 0 Prairie View at Stephen F. Austin, ccd.
Rebels to a 113-90 victory over the Tigers. The 1971 SEC Player of the DShelds cf 3 0 1 0 Phegley c 0 0 0 0 Texas A&M-CC 8, Texas Southern 2
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Year, Neumann holds the Ole Miss single-season scoring record with 5:30 a.m. — European Tour Golf: Trophee Has- Albies 2b 3 2 1 1 Votto 1b 2 1 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4 Totals
Texas 011 101 100—5
35 6 11 6 FAR WEST
Hawaii 5, San Diego 2
Dnldson 3b 5 0 1 1 E.Sarez 3b 4 0 1 0
923 points. san II, first round, Morocco, GOLF F.Frman 1b 4 0 1 0 Winker lf 4 0 2 1
Oakland 030 020 001—6
DP_Texas 2, Oakland 1. LOB_Texas 4, Oakland
Lewis-Clark St. 5, Seattle 2
Acn Jr. lf 4 1 1 0 Puig rf 4 0 2 0 Menlo 4, San Diego Christian 2
Off the court, he received Academic All-America and Academic 9:30 a.m. — European Tour Golf: Trophee Has- Mrkakis rf 3 0 1 0 Detrich 2b 3 0 0 0
9. 2B_Forsythe (4), DeShields (3), Laureano The Master’s 12, Ottawa Arizona 5
All-SEC accolades. He left Ole Miss after the 1971 season to play for (3). HR_Mazara 2 (4), Forsythe (2), Semien (4),
san II, first round, Morocco, GOLF D.Swnsn ss 5 0 0 0 Brnhart c 3 0 0 0
the ABA Memphis Tams. His professional career also included stints
2:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Zurich Classic, first
B.McCnn c 4 0 1 0 Casali ph 1 0 0 0
Incarte cf 2 0 2 0 Ervin cf 3 0 0 0
M.Chapman (8). SB_Piscotty (1). CS_Hundley
(1). S_DeShields (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Transactions
in Indiana, Los Angeles and Utah. He played and coached overseas, Soroka p 2 0 0 0 Roark p 2 0 0 0 Texas Wednesday’s Moves
including serving as a head coach in China, Greece, Israel and Japan. round, New Orleans, La., GOLF Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 Duke p 0 0 0 0 Dowdy 3 4 3 3 3 2 BASEBALL
L.Jcksn p 0 0 0 0 Lrenzen p 0 0 0 0 American League
Neumann’s journey was covered in ESPN Films’ SEC Storied se- 5:30 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: Hugel-Air Premia LA Camargo ph 1 0 0 0 Schbler ph 1 0 0 0
Chavez
Sampson
2 4 2 2 2 4
3 1 0 0 1 1 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Cody
ries, “The Rebel,” which premiered in May 2017. The documentary looks Winkler p 0 0 0 0 A.Grrtt p 0 0 0 0 Anderson to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Je-
Open, first round, Los Angeles, Calif., GOLF Minter p 0 0 0 0 Stphnsn p 0 0 0 0
Martin L,0-2 2-3 2 1 1 0 0
fry Rodriguez from Columbus.
back on those days when Neumann took over the Memphis basketball Oakland
Peraza ph 1 0 0 0
11 p.m. — Women’s Golf: Asia-Pacific Amateur J.Iglss ss 3 0 0 0
Brooks 5 6 3 3 0 7 DETROIT TIGERS — Placed LHP Blaine Hardy
scene playing for Overton High before moving on to Ole Miss. The film Petit H,1 1 1 1 1 0 2 on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Zac Reininger
also reveals an older and wiser man who returned to Oxford in 2013 to Championship, second round, Japan, GOLF Totals 33 3 8 2 Totals
Atlanta 100 010 001—3
31 1 5 1 Soria BS,2 1 0 1 1 1 1 and LHP Jose Manuel Fernandez from Toledo
Wendelken 1 0 0 0 0 0 (IL).
begin working on the college degree he once spurned. 5:30 a.m. (Friday) — European Tour Golf: Tro- Cincinnati 100 000 000—1 Treinen W,1-1 1 0 0 0 2 1 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the con-
E_Puig (1). DP_Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 1. LOB_ WP_Soria. tract of RHP Matt Ramsey. Designated LHP
In 2016, 45 years after he first stepped onto campus, a 65-year phee Hassan II, second round, Morocco, GOLF Atlanta 12, Cincinnati 7. 2B_Donaldson (7). Umpires_Home, Eric Cooper; First, Andy Sam Freeman for assignment.
old Neumann walked across the stage at the Manning Center during HR_Albies (3). S_Soroka (1). MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OF Jake
MLB BASEBALL IP H R ER BB SO
Fletcher; Second, Will Little; Third, Joe West.
T_3:22. A_18,610 (46,765). Cave and RHPs Tyler Duffey and Kohl Stewart
Commencement activities to celebrate earning his bachelor’s degree in Atlanta
general studies with minors in journalism, recreation administration and
1 p.m. — LA Dodgers at Chicago Cubs OR Arizo- Soroka W,1-1 5 2-3 5 1 1 3 7 Orioles 4, White Sox 3
to Rochester (IL). Recalled RHPs Kohl Stewart
and Fernando Romero from Rochester.
Tomlin H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
legal studies. The same year, he was honored as an SEC Basketball na at Pittsburgh (12:30 p.m.), MLB Jackson H,2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Chicago Baltimore NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Chad
ab r h bi ab r h bi Green and C Kyle Higashioka to Scranton/
Legend at the conference tournament. 6 p.m. — Detroit at Boston OR Miami at Philadel- Winkler H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Minter S,3-3 1 0 0 0 0 1
L.Grcia lf-cf 4 1 2 0 Villar ss-2b 4 0 0 0 Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated C Gary Sánchez
Ti.Andr ss 5 1 1 0 Mancini dh 4 0 1 0 from the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Stephen Tar-
phia, MLB Cincinnati J.Abreu 1b 4 0 2 2 Smth Jr lf 4 1 1 0 pley from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Roark L,1-1 5 6 2 1 3 4
Softball 9 p.m. — NY Yankees at LA Angels (joined in
progress) OR Texas at Seattle, MLB
Duke
Lorenzen
2-3 1 0 0 0 0
1-3 0 0 0 0 0
J.McCnn c 5 1 3 0 R.Nunez 1b 4 1 2 1
Moncada 3b 4 0 0 0 Ri.Mrtn ss 0 0 0 0
W.Cstll dh 3 0 1 0 R.Ruiz 3b-1b 4 0 1 1
SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded INF Ryne
Ogren to Baltimore for RHP Mike Wright.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Austin
Garrett 2 0 0 0 2 0 Cordell rf 3 0 0 1 S.Wlkrs rf 3 1 1 1 Pruitt and SS Andrew Velazquez to Durham
Stephenson 1 1 1 1 2 0
NBA BASKETBALL J.Rndon 2b 3 0 0 0 Rickard cf 3 1 1 0 (IL). Reinstated LHP Blake Snell from the 10-
Freshmen help Ole Miss blank Southern Miss 6 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Teams TBD, TNT
HBP_by Roark (Freeman).
Umpires_Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Phil
Y.Alnso ph 1 0 0 0 Alberto 2b-3b 2 0 1 1
Y.Sanch pr-2b 0 0 0 0 P.Svrno c 2 0 0
day IL and 1B Ji-Man Choi from the restricted
list.
OXFORD – Two swings of the bat were all the Rebels needed to Cuzzi; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Adam 0 TEXAS RANGERS — Sent 2B Rougned Odor
set down Southern Miss in Wednesday night’s midweek matchup as 7:30 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Teams TBD, NBA Hamari.
T_2:58. A_12,949 (42,319).
Engel cf 2 0 0 0 to Nashville (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
Dlmnico ph-lf 2 0 0 0 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned OF Jona-
Ole Miss (34-12) shut out the Golden Eagles (28-17) at the Ole Miss 8:30 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Teams TBD, TNT Phillies 6, Mets 0 Totals 36 3 9 3 Totals 30 4 8 4 than Davis to Buffalo (IL).
Softball Complex, 3-0. Chicago 001 001 001—3 National League
NFL FOOTBALL Philadelphia New York Baltimore 210 100 00x—4 CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Alec Mills
Starter Molly Jacobsen tossed three innings, allowing a single ab r h bi ab r h bi
7 p.m. — NFL Draft: Round 1, Nashville, Tenn., McCtchn lf 5 0 1 0 McNeil lf 4 0 1 0
DP_Chicago 1. LOB_Chicago 11, Baltimore 4. to Iowa (PCL). Reinstated INF David Bote from
run and walk with four strikeouts in her short outing. With Jacobsen Ralmuto c 3 1 1 0 Cnforto rf 3 0 0 0
2B_L.Garcia (6), J.Abreu 2 (7), Smith Jr. (7), paternity leave.
not pitching enough innings to qualify for the decision, sophomore Ava ABC B.Hrper rf 4 1 1 1 Cano 2b 3 0 3 0
R.Nunez (4). 3B_Rickard (2). HR_S.Wilkerson
(1). SB_Alberto (1). SF_Alberto (1).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Jeff
Hoskins 1b 4 2 2 2 W.Ramos c 4 0 0 0 Hoffman to Albuquerque (PCL). Reinstated INF
Tillmann picked up her eighth win with four innings in relief, scattering 7 p.m. — NFL Draft: Round 1, Nashville, Tenn., Franco 3b 5 1 1 1 Do.Smth 1b 2 0 0 0
IP H R ER BB SO Daniel Murphy from the 10-day IL.
Chicago MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Austin Brice to
four hits and striking out a pair. ESPN C.Hrnan 2b 5 1 1 0 P.Alnso ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Santana L,0-2 4 2-3 6 4 4 0 1 Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment.
S.Rdrig ss 4 0 1 0 T.Frzer 3b 3 0 0 0
Behind some clutch hitting from a pair of freshmen, Ole Miss used 7 p.m. — NFL Draft: Round 1, Nashville, Tenn., Vlsquez p 1 0 0 0 A.Rsrio ss 4 0 1 0
Fry 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 2 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP
Jones 1 1 0 0 1 0 Adrian Houser to San Antonio (PCL). Recalled
a two-out rally in the second to garner an early lead. With two runners N.Wllms ph 1 0 0 0 Lagares cf 2 0 0 0 Ruiz 1 0 0 0 0 0 SS Tyler Saladino from San Antonio.
in scoring position and two outs on the board, Tate Whitley pulled a liner
NFL Neshek p 0 0 0 0 Nimmo ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Baltimore PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent 2B Kevin
Dmingez p 0 0 0 0 J.Vrgas p 2 0 0 0
into the right-center field gap, clearing the bases with a triple. Mikayla NHL HOCKEY Gsselin ph 1 0 1 1 S.Lugo p 0 0 0 0
Means W,3-2 5 4 1 1 1 6
Phillips H,2 2-3 2 1 1 1 2
Newman to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab as-
signment.
Morgan p 0 0 0 0 Zamora p 0 0 0 0
Allee followed with a single to center, bringing home Whitley and 6 p.m. — Stanley Cup Playoff: Teams TBD, Knapp ph 1 0 0 0 Gllorme ph 1 0 1 0
Fry H,4 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 1 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Dan-
Givens S,1-2 2 2 1 1 1 1 iel Ponce de Leon to Memphis (PCL). Reinstat-
extending the Ole Miss lead to 3-0 after two. NBCSN Nicasio p 0 0 0 0 Gsllman p 0 0 0 0 HBP_by Santana (Wilkerson), by Phillips (Cor- ed OF Harrison Bader from the 10-day IL. Sent
Quinn cf 4 0 1 1 Rhame p 0 0 0 0
That was all the offense the Rebels would produce but with Jacob- 6 p.m. — Stanley Cup Playoff: Teams TBD, USA Altherr pr-cf 0 0 0 0 J..Dvis ph 1 0 0 0
dell). WP_Givens. RHP Luke Gregerson to Springfield (TL) for a
Umpires_Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Bruce rehab assignment.
sen and Tillmann throwing darts in the circle, it was more than enough. Totals 38 6 10 6 Totals 32 0 6 0
Friday
Dreckman; Second, Sean Barber; Third, Ker- SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed UT Jose
Philadelphia 100 000 032—6
The Golden Eagles would advance a runner into scoring position just New York 000 000 000—0
win Danley. Pirela on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sunday.
T_2:56. A_10,550 (45,971). Recalled INF Ty France from El Paso (PCL).
twice in the game, with the Rebels working out of trouble both times. AUTO RACING E_Cano (3), A.Rosario 2 (7). DP_Philadelphia
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP
Southern Miss’ best chance to score came in the fifth, when
1. LOB_Philadelphia 11, New York 9. 2B_Real- Diamondbacks 11, Justin Miller to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab
3:30 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Se- muto (4), B.Harper (7), S.Rodriguez (1). 3B_
Samantha Papp led off with a stand-up double and moved to third on Hoskins (1). HR_Hoskins (7). S_S.Rodriguez Pirates 2 assignment.
FOOTBALL
Karley Nichols’ infield single. However, Tillmann rolled a picture-perfect ries: final practice, Talladega, Ala., FS1 (1), Velasquez (1). Arizona Pittsburgh National Football League
IP H R ER BB SO ab r h bi ab r h bi
ball up the middle for the Rebs to turn two, with Allee fielding the ball, 5 p.m. — ARCA Series: From Talladega, Ala., FS1 Philadelphia K.Marte cf 5 2 2 4 A.Frzer 2b 4 0 1 0
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed PK Justin
Tucker to a four-year contract extension.
Velasquez W,1-0 5 3 0 0 3 6 E.Escbr 3b 4 2 3 1 Brault p 0 0 0 0
tapping second and firing to Brittany Finney at first to retire the side. 4:55 a.m. (Saturday) — Formula One: Azerbaijan Neshek H,2 1 1 0 0 0 0 A.Jones rf 0 0 0 0 El.Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Exercised their
option on CB William Jackson for one year
Junior outfielder Kaylee Horton put on a defensive show to close Grand Prix, practice session 3, Azerbaijan, ESPN2 Dominguez H,3 1 1 0 0 0 0 D.Prlta lf 5 2 2 2 Me.Cbrr rf 3 0 1 0 through the 2020 season.
Morgan 1 1 0 0 0 2 Koch p 0 0 0 0 Kingham p 0 0 0 0
things out in the seventh. After opening the frame with a sliding catch Nicasio 1 0 0 0 0 1 DALLAS COWBOYS — Exercised their fifth-
for the first out, Horton gobbled up a hot shot to the outfield and threw a
COLLEGE BASEBALL New York
C.Wlker 1b 5 0 2 1 P.Reyes ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Flores 2b 4 0 1 1 Moran lf 4 0 1 0
year option on RB Ezekiel Elliott.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Brian
dime to Finney at first, producing the unconventional 9-1 putout to seal 4:30 p.m. — Minnesota vs. Indiana, SEC Vargas L,1-1 4 2-3 3 1 1 2 4
Lugo 2 0 0 0 0 2
Swihart rf-lf 5 0 0 0 Bell 1b 3 1 2 1 Robison to a one-day contract and announced
Ahmed ss 4 2 2 1 Crvelli c 4 0 1 0 his retirement.
the win for the Rebels. 7 p.m. — Auburn at Vanderbilt, SEC Zamora 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Joseph c 4 1 2 0 Kang 3b 3 1 2 1 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Exercised their
Gsellman 1 5 3 3 0 1 M.Kelly p 2 1 0 0 J.Mrtin cf 4 0 0 0
7:30 p.m. — Illinois at Nebraska, SEC Rhame 1 2 2 2 1 2 I.Vrgas ph-3b 1 1 1 0 C.Tcker ss 4 0 1 0
fifth-year option on DL DeForest Buckner.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed OL
HBP_by Velasquez (Frazier), by Vargas (Real- Lyles p 1 0 0 0
Hemphill, Fouts are finalists for Player of the Year COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S) muto). WP_Velasquez, Gsellman. Shuck ph-rf 3 0 0 0 Tony Bergstrom.
Umpires_Home, Brian Gorman; First, Jansen Totals 39 11 15 10 Totals 35 2 9 2 Canadian Football League
Alabama junior Bailey Hemphill and freshman Montana Fouts are 6 p.m. — Colgate at Bucknell, CBSSN Visconti; Second, Mark Carlson; Third, Scott Arizona 220 010 330—11 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed LB Vincent
Schiffner.
among 26 finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, the 8 p.m. — Denver at Marquette, FS1 Barry.
T_3:21. A_27,685 (41,922).
Pittsburgh 000 101 000—2
E_J.Martin (1), Lyles (1). LOB_Arizona 4, HOCKEY
organization announced Wednesday. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Pittsburgh 8. 2B_E.Escobar (6), D.Peralta (12), National Hockey League
Alabama is one of seven teams with multiple finalists on the list, Cubs 7, Dodgers 6 C.Walker (7), Joseph (1), Bell (6), Kang (3), NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned G

along with Arizona, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, UCLA and

5 p.m. — Georgia at South Carolina, SEC Los Angeles Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
C.Tucker (3). 3B_E.Escobar (1). HR_K.Marte Niclas Westerholm to Milwaukee (AHL).
American Hockey League
2 (6), Ahmed (2), Bell (5), Kang (4). SF_Flores
Washington. Eight of the 26 hail from the Southeastern Conference, the COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD K.Hrnan 2b 3 0 0 0 Dscalso 2b 3 1 1 0 (1). S_M.Kelly (2). AHL — Suspended Grand Rapids F Givani
J.Trner 3b 4 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Smith one game and Grand Rapids F Dominic
most of any conference. 5 p.m. — Penn Relays, NBCSN Freese 1b 3 0 0 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 Arizona Turgeon two games.
Seager ss 3 2 1 0 Bryant 3b-lf 3 1 2 0 ECHL
Hemphill is ranked in the top five nationally in home runs (20) and GOLF Pollock cf 4 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 1 1 1
Kelly W,2-2 7 6 2 2 2 5
READING ROYALS — Named Matt Christine
Koch 2 3 0 0 0 0
RBIs (64). She is batting .350 with a team-leading 49 hits across 140 5:30 a.m. — European Tour Golf: Trophee Has- Bllnger rf 3 2 2 2 J.Baez ss 4 1 1 3 Pittsburgh marketing director.
C.Tylor lf 2 0 1 1 Schwrbr lf 2 0 0 0 SOCCER
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Umpires_Home, Chris Conroy; First, Pat and additional two-game suspension for reck-
less misconduct againts Sporting Kansas City.
Hoberg; Second, Jeremie Rehak; Third, Gerry
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The SEC Champion Ole Miss women’s golf team is headed to the Alexander L,1-1 1-3 2 3 3 1 0
postseason for the second time in as many years and for the 11th time HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Kelly 1 1 1 1 0 1
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overall. 6 p.m. — Teams TBD, ESPNU Chicago
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Albany (NY) 8, Fairleigh Dickinson 2
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Allegheny 6, Thiel 4
Alvernia 13, Elizabethtown 4
American International 12, Queens (N.Y.) 5
Assumption 9, Stonehill 4
Bethany (W.Va.) 6, Geneva 4
Bloomsburg 12-12, Slippery Rock 6-13, 2nd
game, 8 innings
Boston College 10, Bryant 5
Bucknell 9, La Salle 7
Cabrini 29, Delaware Valley 11
Castleton 7, Colby-Sawyer 4
Dartmouth 6, Siena 4
Dean 11, Mass. Maritime 2
Delaware 8, Md.-Eastern Shore 2
Eastern 6, Haverford 4
E. Connecticut 14, Becker 2
Announced SUNY Oneonta, Wisconsin-Eau
Claire, Wisconsin-La Crosse and Wiscon-
sin-Whitewater will join the conference as
affiliate members for tennis beginning with the
2019-20 academic year.
BUFFALO — Agreed to terms with women’s
basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack on a
five-year contract extension.
COLUMBIA (Mo.) — Named James Arnold di-
rector of athletics.
CREIGHTON — Junior F Martin Krampelj and
junior G Davion Mintz declared for the NBA
draft.
NOTRE DAME — Sophomore women’s bas-
ketball F Danielle Patterson intends to transfer.
SYRACUSE_Named Harold Warren women’s
assistant soccer coach.
WYOMING — Announced the retirement of Joe
Legerski, women’s basketball coach.
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District champs college football

Jackets learning no-huddle offense

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Georgia
Tech’s offense has essen-
tially spent spring prac-
tice trying to fit a square
peg into a round hole.
The transition from
triple-option to no-huddle
spread under new coach
Geoff Collins is a daunting
challenge on such short
notice, especially for the
guys in the trenches.
“We’re used to being
on our toes,” senior tack-
le Jahaziel Lee said after
one of the final practices
of the spring. “Now we’re
Heritage Academy photo on the inside of our heels.”
The boys and girls tennis teams at Heritage Academy both won MAIS North 2AAA The Yellow Jackets
district championships on Monday in Starkville. They all advance to the North State wrap up this set of prac-
Tournament next Tuesday in Cleveland. Winners in the district: Elizabeth Nichols, tices Friday night with a
No. 2 girls singles; Haley Barker and Gigi Fields, No. 1 girls doubles; Emily Howard game-type scrimmage
and Kendall Kelly, No. 2 girls doubles; Owen Riley, No. 1 boys singles; Blake Ward, at Bobby Dodd Stadi-
No. 2 boys singles; Carter Smith and Drew Knittig, boys doubles; Johnny Swartz and um, capping off a period
Rocky Marcel, boys doubles. Finalists: Grayson Jones, No. 1 girls singles; Sarah that began with the team
Curtis and William Laws, mixed doubles.
struggling to cope with
the death of defensive
lineman Brandon Adams,
msu roundup who collapsed near cam-
pus just days before the
“You have power on
the inside of your feet, but
you have to learn how to
produce that power and
generate that power,” Lee
said. “It’s more natural
on your toes. You have to
just build the confidence
to get comfortable in that
stance, to allow yourself
to adjust to that and build
that power. That’s the
hardest thing to me.”
Under longtime coach
Paul Johnson, the Yel-
low Jackets consistently
ranked among the na-
tion’s top rushing teams
but used the pass mainly
as a diversionary tactic.
In 2018, they ran the ball
on more than 85 percent
of their plays out of the tri-
ple-option. Johnson built
his entire offense around
a unique skill set, which
meant signing quarter-
backs that were more ad-
ept with their legs than
their arms and seeking
out linemen who were
used to going forward
“It’s been tough,” said
another senior holdover
on the line, Kenny Coo-
per. “But every day you
practice, it feels a little
more comfortable.”
The line will be bol-
stered by a couple of
players who started their
careers at other colleges.
Jared Southers is a
graduate transfer from
Vanderbilt and eligible
to play right away, while
Jack DeFoor was a backup
last season for the Yellow
Jackets after transfer-
ring from Ole Miss. Both
have been getting plenty
of work with returning
starters Cooper and Zach
Quinney.
DeFoor is certainly
used to change. He initial-
ly signed with Ole Miss
to play for Hugh Freeze,
switched to interim coach
Matt Luke in 2017 after
Freeze was forced to re-
sign, worked under John-
son after transferring to
Georgia Tech, and is now

Antonaki and Rentouli first workout.

The season opener
against reigning nation-
rather than dropping
back.
That’s all changed
facing another coaching
change.
“This is my fourth of-

earn All-SEC honors al champion Clemson

FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
It was announced Wednesday that
Mississippi State women’s tennis play-
ers Emma Antonaki and Anastasia Rent-
ouli were named to the All-Southeastern
Conference second team.
Antonaki also earned All-Freshman
honors.
“This is a great and well deserved
honor for Ana and Emma,” MSU coach
Daryl Greenan said. “Their talent, hard
work and conference wins earned them
this award. The SEC is consistently the
strongest conference in the nation in
women’s tennis.“
This is the second straight year Rent-
ouli was named to the second team. She
finished her senior season at 24-6 in sin-
gles — including a 15-2 dual match re-
cord.
Rentouli was also named the 2019
SEC Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of
the Year.
“Ana finishes her career as one of the
most decorated players in the SEC and
certainly in the history of our program,”
Greenan said. “I am very thankful for
her contributions to Bulldog Tennis over
the past four years.”
Antonaki finished the season at 25-12
in singles and 20-13 in doubles. All of her
matches were played at No. 1 or No. 2
and she boasts eight wins over nationally
ranked opponents.
is roughly four months
away.
While much of the at-
under Collins, who was
hired away from Temple
after Johnson retired.
The new offensive
fense I’m trying to learn,”
DeFoor said with a smile.
Meanwhile, junior Lu-
cas Johnson has emerged
“Our future also looks bright with
Emma leading our returning class,” Gre- tention has been on how scheme is all about play- as the favorite to start at
enan said. “She is only the second player the quarterbacks and re- ing at a fast tempo and quarterback after missing
we’ve had to make the SEC All-Fresh- ceivers will adjust to an maintaining a balance be- all of last season with a
man team and we feel like she will earn offense that actually re- tween the run and pass. foot injury.
quires an ample amount Over time, Collins will be He’s got the strongest
many more SEC honors in the future.”
of passing, the massive able to fully implement arm of the three contend-
SOFTBALL: Sophomore catcher
linemen have been work- his vision in recruiting. ers and played a similar
Mia Davidson was named one of 26 final-
ing on techniques that But for now, he’s got to offense in high school.
ists for the USA Softball 2019 Collegiate
don’t come naturally to make do largely with the But there’s no getting
Player of the Year Award.
many of them. players that Johnson left around the fact that John-
Davidson is one of four sophomores
In the triple-option, the behind. son’s next pass will be the
on the list.
linemen took their stance Brent Key, who came first he throws in a college
Her 23 home runs this season are
with their weight for- from powerhouse Ala- game.
tied for the fourth-best mark in SEC sin-
ward, up on the toes, so bama to serve as Collins’ “I feel like just being
gle-season history and are the most by
they could drive forward chief deputy and offensive confident, knowing the
any conference player since 2016.
quickly for the expected line coach, has tried to playbook, just knowing
Davidson is the only player in the SEC
running play. Now, they keep things as simple as what you’ve got to do,
to record at least 50 RBIs, 55 hits and
have to stay back on their possible for the big men. makes it a lot easier,”
score 40 runs.
feet, keeping the weight “At the end of the day, Johnson said. “That’s
BASKETBALL: The MSU men’s
on the inside of their it’s the offensive lineman’s really the biggest adjust-
and women’s basketball teams had a job to block the man in ment: reading defenses
heels, since they’re just as
combined 11 players named to the SEC front of him,” Key said. and knowing the right
likely to drop back in pass
Winter Honor Roll Wednesday. Still, this is a major ad- protections.”
protection as set up for a
For the women, Jazzmun Holmes, Jor- run. justment.
dan Danberry, Chloe Bibby, Bre’Amber
Scott, Nyah Tatte and Myah Taylor were
honored.
It was the third time Holmes earned
the distinction, while Danberry has done
the past two seasons.
On the men’s side, Abdul Ado, Tate
Clayton, KeyShawn Feazell, T.J. Gray
and Mitchell Storm were named to the
list.

college corruption hearings

Witness says he paid college football players

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS nancial adviser when they the father of a first-round
turned pro,” said Blazer, a draft pick in the 2009
NEW YORK — A key financial and investment NFL draft. The money
prosecution witness at a adviser who has pleaded was paid back. He said he
trial highlighting corrup- guilty to charges and is also paid a North Carolina
tion in college basketball testifying in hopes for le- player who was drafted by
testified for a second day niency. the New York Giants.
Wednesday about money Blazer said he an- “I was later to find out
he paid to college football swered the request of a that I wasn’t the only per-
players to secure them as Penn State coach by giv- son paying these guys,”
clients as he described ing a $10,000 check to he said.
how vulnerable young
athletes become prey for
vulture-like agents and
managers.
Testimony by Louis
Martin Blazer also pre-
sented an increasingly
sinister angle on bribes
paid to college basketball
coaches, suggesting that
the practice was more
widespread than previ-
ously described in Man-
hattan federal court.
Blazer, 49, answered
questions from Assistant
U.S. Attorney Robert
Boone in the trial of aspir-
ing agent Christian Daw-
kins and former amateur
coach Merl Code. Three
former assistant basket-
ball coaches set to stand
trial with them recently
pleaded guilty and await
sentencing.
On Tuesday, the trial’s
first day, Blazer testified
that he paid football play-
ers from $100 to $3,000
at schools including Pitts-
burgh, Penn State, Michi-
gan, Notre Dame, North-
western, North Carolina
and Alabama.
“The purpose was to
build a relationship with
them and secure the pos-
sibility that they were go-
ing to hire me as their fi-
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national football league draft: 7 p.m. start, ABC/ESPN

NFL first-rounders join in Huddle Against Hunger

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mar-
quise Brown knows too well the
challenge of stretching $20 over
a month to feed himself, with
help from discounted meals at
work and food from his junior
college coach. Josh Jacobs had
days when he ate only if he stole
something.
Brown put on about 10
pounds his first week at Okla-
homa, and Jacobs gained about
30 at Alabama, helping turn
him into a Southeastern Con-
ference running back.
It’s why the two likely first-
round NFL draft picks happily
helped volunteers fill 8,000
backpacks for hungry children
Wednesday morning as part
of a league initiative, Huddle
Against Hunger. Both Brown
and Jacobs know too well what
the cans of soup, the cookies
and chips mean to someone
with an empty belly.
“Especially being from my
background and doing this type
of lifestyle that I had and not
knowing if I was going to eat
certain days, it’s definitely dope
just to be able to give back,” Ja-
cobs said.
Brown could have used one
of those backpacks himself
within just the past three years.
“I had no food, I had noth-
ing,” Brown said. “So just doing
this I know the impact it has on
someone’s life.”
Growing up as the middle
of five children with only his
father around in Tulsa, Oklaho-
ma, Jacobs slept at times in cars
and motels.
“There’s been a lot of days
I had to steal to eat,” Jacobs
said. “So I mean just to be able
to give back on that, especially
with food, it’s huge. Something
... a lot of people that we don’t
really appreciate that much.
But it’s definitely huge to be
able to give back.”
Brown was barely 140
pounds when he arrived at
College of the Canyons in Cal-
ifornia needing to work on
both his grades and add some
weight. Junior college had to be
paid for, and the native of Hol-
lywood, Florida, also needed a
place to live while trying to at-
tract the attention of a Division
I program.
“So I had to get a job at Six
Flags,” Brown said. “That was
really to cover my rent. I had
rent, and I had school to pay for.
So that left me with about $20
for food. I mean, you can’t really
do much with $20.”
Brown stretched that $20 go-
ing to Family Dollar and stock-
ing up on ramen noodles, cereal
and frozen food. He ate at Six
Flags when working to take ad-
vantage of discounted meals for
employees. His junior college
coach also helped.
“My head coach, he brought
cereal in for me, different type
of foods just so I could have a
meal,” said Brown, who brought
that coach to Nashville to enjoy
the draft that begins Thursday
night.
Brown earned his way to
Oklahoma, where he didn’t
have to worry about food in 2017
and 2018. Now he’s listed at 166
pounds and still light enough
that some question whether the
5-foot-9 receiver can survive a
16-game NFL season. His an-
swer? Just wait.
“Going to the NFL getting
more time, getting more devel-
opment with nutrition and in
the weight room, I feel like I’m
going to put my body in the best
shape,” Brown said.
The backpacks will be de-
livered Friday morning as the
NFL kicked off its community
programs celebrating its 100th
season. The Tennessee Titans,
who helped lure this year’s
draft to Nashville, also donat-
ed $50,000 each Wednesday to
Second Harvest and the Bridge
Ministry.
Hearing how many children
deal with hunger was surreal
for Jacobs. That only reinforced
his desire to help feed people
once he’s in the NFL.
First, he’s hoping to cele-
brate Thursday night with his
family for the next step of his
journey.
“It’s definitely dope to expe-
rience all this together,” Jacobs
said. “Everything that we expe-
rienced growing up and to be
able to be on this stage ... where
I can take care of them for the
rest of my life and change the
culture of my family, change
the narrative, it’s definitely
huge for me.”
BONDED BY FAMILY:
More than a surname binds Na-
sir and Herb Adderley, distant-
but-oh-so-close cousins from
Philadelphia who are separated
in age by six decades but teth-
ered tight by love, creed and
football.
The post-millennial and
soon-to-be octogenarian make
up one of the best stories of the
2019 NFL draft .
Nasir, a free safety from the
University of Delaware, is a pro-
jected high pick, maybe even
a first-rounder like Herb, the
Hall of Fame cornerback se-
lected 12th overall in 1961, then
starred for Vince Lombardi’s
Green Bay Packers.
Nasir said he wouldn’t be the
player or even the person he is
today without Herb’s help.
“He’s been such a tremen-
dous influence on me,” Nasir
said. “Obviously, on the field,
but also as a man. He was al-
ways asking about school. He’s
just a very loving individual,
very supportive. He’s a man of
God like I am. I just love speak-
ing with him and I’m very hap-
py to have him in my life.”
Nasir first reached out to
Herb after losing his grandfa-
ther, Nelson Adderley, who was
first cousin with Herb’s father,
Charles Adderley, in 2008.
Raised by his mother, Ria,
a store manager, Nasir never
knew his father. So his male
role model was his grandfather,
who played football at Ohio
State and in the Canadian Foot-
ball League, and whose death
hit Nasir hard.
“I was really just out there
on my own, raised by a single
mom. Just me, my mom and my
little sister,” Nasir said. “I just
had to be the man of the house
and he essentially gave me a
male figure in my life.”
Herb advised Nasir about
school and sports, dating and
driving, faith and family.
And, of course, football.
They started calling or tex-
ting nearly every day, and when
they exchanged videos of their
football games, the first thing
Nasir noticed was how different
the sport was.
“I mean, that game definite-
ly was a lot different back in
his day, just the way you were
able to tackle back then,” Nasir
marveled. “But I really enjoyed
watching film of him. I mean,
he was an incredible athlete.”
Herb popped in Nasir’s tapes
from Great Valley High School
and felt like he was looking into
a mirror, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound
carbon copy of himself.
“Wow! There are so many
similarities,” Herb recalled.
“Body structure-wise, tenden-
cies on the field, movements,
athletic ability, body control.
I said, ‘Well, doggone, he’s so
much like me.’ But then, it’s in
our DNA.”
It wasn’t difficult for Nasir
to relate to a man 58 years his
elder.
“Everyone around me says
I’m older than my years, and I
think that myself,” Nasir said.
“I mean, I had to grow up faster
than maybe a lot of people my
age. I have a lot of respect for
my elders and I know they’ve
been through the ropes, and
they’ve seen a lot. I love to learn
and I know knowledge is pow-
er.”
By the time Nasir was ready
to get recruited, Herb reached
out to his alma mater, Michigan
State, to tell them another Ad-
derley was ready to become a
Spartan.
“And they totally ignored
me,” Herb said. “But Nasir told
me that Delaware had called
and he thought it was a good
fit.”
The Fightin’ Blue Hens
wanted Nasir to switch to de-
fense, too.
“So, I’m thinking the coach-
es must see something in him
the way Lombardi saw some-
thing in me,” said Herb, who
was converted to cornerback in
the pros after being an All-Big
Ten running back in East Lan-
sing.
During one of Nasir’s calls,
he told Herb he was moving to
cornerback.
“My goodness,” Herb said.
“Which side?”
“Left side,” Nasir replied.
“And I’m thinking, OK, this
has to be part of the master
plan,” Herb said. “Because now
he’s playing the same position
that I played and this is the po-
sition that I can help him the
most at.”
Nasir excelled at cornerback
for two years, but deep down,
Herb knew free safety was his
natural position.
“Why do you say that?” Na-
sir wondered.
“Because that was my natu-
ral position,” Herb replied.
Nasir proved Herb right
when he moved over to safety
for his final two seasons at Dela-
ware, becoming one of the best
free safeties in the country and
one of the most versatile DBs in
this draft.
“He has everything it takes
to be a great NFL defensive
back,” Herb said. “It fills my
heart with joy.”
Herb said the reason Nasir
has thrived under his tutelage
is that the building blocks span
generations.
“It’s not doing the right thing
sometimes, it’s doing the right
thing all the time regardless of
what you’re doing, no matter
the profession or discipline,”
Herb said, channeling Lom-
bardi. “It’s that simple: being
fundamentally sound and dis-
ciplined. And of course, having
athletic ability, which Nasir has
an overabundance of.”
Nasir has rented out a room
for two nights in case he doesn’t
get selected until the second
round Friday, and he’s still try-
ing to figure out if Herb can get
there. Hobbled by age and old
football injuries, Herb requires
a walker to get around. So if he
can’t make it to Nasir’s draft
celebration, you can bet he’ll be
the first one Nasir calls.

NFL goes honky tonk

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS day night, something that strangers to big events,
didn’t plague Chicago, including the CMA Music
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Philadelphia and Dallas in Fest in late spring that is
Broadway in downtown the last four years as the even more crowded.
Nashville is as lively a draft has become a travel- Taking particular inter-
place as any in Ameri- ing circus. That could put est in this week’s events
ca. The Las Vegas Strip, a damper on outdoor fes- are representatives from
Times Square and Bour- tivities, though it’s unlike- Las Vegas, which has
bon Street have nothing ly to affect the business in next April’s draft. In sev-
on it. the restaurants and bars eral ways, Las Vegas and
Particularly this week. downtown. Might even Nashville have common-
For the first time, the help. alities. Both have a center-
NFL draft is in Music As NFL Commissioner piece street — of course,
City, and even in the days Roger Goodell has not- closing down much of The
leading up to Thursday ed, the bar — a different Strip in Nevada would be
night’s opening round, sort of bar from those much more of a chore and
Broadway has been buzz- on Broadway — for the much more unlikely than
ing. draft has been set high doing so with a significant
Sure, the honky tonks by previous cities, partic- portion of Broadway here.
tend to be full of revel- ularly Philadelphia. But Both have a solid enter-
ers who don’t care if it’s as Briley and other Nash- tainment base. Both have
New Year’s Eve or, well, a ville residents point out, become destination vaca-
weekday in late April. The this isn’t exactly a city of tion spots.
difference now: Nearly ev-
eryone is talking football
while the bands on stage
are working through their
repertoires of Carrie Un-
derwood and Blake Shel-
ton songs.
“This weekend, Nash-
ville, Tennessee, is, in
fact, Football City,” de-
clared Mayor David Bri-
ley. “This wouldn’t be hap-
pening if the league and
team had not seen what
we already knew about
the city of Nashville.”
How much have the lo-
cals embraced the draft?
Well, 100,000 or more
are expected to attend
the opening round, with
thousands more project-
ed to turn out on Friday
and Saturday. Although,
by the look of things
Wednesday on Broad-
way — which has been
shut down to traffic for
several blocks, a fact that
might bottle up traffic but
doesn’t seem to bother
pedestrians a bit — many
of those attendees aren’t
from middle Tennessee.
An informal survey of
NFL team jerseys being
worn showed 17, includ-
ing from as far away as
Seattle and Buffalo.
Rain, however, is in
the forecast for Thurs-
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college baseball

Pitching helps drive Tennessee

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tennessee’s pitching
has given the Volunteers
an excellent opportuni-
ty to end the Southeast-
ern Conference’s lon-
gest NCAA Tournament
drought.
The Vols (30-11, 9-9
SEC) have allowed two
runs or less in seven of
their last eight games.
Tennessee has gone 7-1
during that stretch and
won three straight at Ken-
tucky over the weekend
for its first road sweep of
an SEC opponent since
2010.
“It’s a little bit conta-
gious,” said Tennessee
Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch reliever Redmond Walsh,
RJ Cox makes contact with the ball in the Owls’ home finale on Tuesday against who has seven saves and
Stillman College. an 0.35 ERA. “We have
with shutouts in its first
four games.
“As soon as we started
playing, we just had a dif-
ferent vibe to us,” junior
pitcher Garrett Stallings
said. “We had a little bit
more attitude. We weren’t
going to let people push
us around.”
The Vols have started
seasons strong before,
only to hit a wall once
SEC play begins. When
Tennessee got swept at
Auburn in its first SEC
series, it looked like that
pattern might continue.
Not this time. Ten-
nessee is back at .500 in
the SEC after losing six
of its first eight confer-
ence games. Tennessee
already has exceeded its
win total from last season,
newspaper has those two
teams flip-flopped. Base-
ball America rates Stan-
ford No. 2 and Georgia
(33-8) No. 3.
MARATHON: Geor-
gia beat Clemson 3-2 in a
20-inning game that last-
ed 6 hours, 33 minutes.
Freshman Connor Tate
ended it with a bases-load-
ed walk-off single.
RISING MOUN-
TAINEERS: West Vir-
ginia’s surge in the Big
12 has coincided with the
work of Alek Manoah.
The 6-foot-6 junior has
struck out 15 batters in
each of his last two starts
— both complete-game
shutouts — and has
thrown 31 2-3 straight
shutout innings. Manoah
(6-2) has struck out 11 or

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Continued from Page 1B
barger said.
Sophomores Leon
“Trey” Petite, Damon
Benefield and Heritage
Academy alum Brandon
Jones have led the offen-
sive charge.
The trio has combined
for 88 hits and 62 RBIs. Of
the three, Petite has the
lowest batting average at
.346, while Benefield and
Jones are hitting .397 and
.403, respectively.
Wolfenbarger specif-
ically sang Benefield’s
praises.
“He’s an RBI machine,”
he said. “The guy hits the
ball hard and I like to say
even when he mishits
balls he still hits them
hard.”
On the mound, junior
RJ Dell has been a work-
horse. He holds a 3.91
ERA in 46 innings pitched
— twice as many as any
other player. He also leads
the team with 31 strike-
outs.
“He kept us in a lot of
games and is really car-
rying our pitching staff,”
Wolfenbarger said.
With bated breath, the
Owls will now wait for a
postseason invitation.
MUW concluded its
regular season after be-
ing swept by Stillman Col-
lege Tuesday.
The losses were a mar-
ginal damper, but at 16-11
the Owls sit at No. 5 in the
latest U.S. Collegiate Ath-
letic Association Coaches
poll.
The USCAAC will
announce the 10 teams
heading to DuBois, Penn-
sylvania, for the 2019
Small College World Se-
ries on May 6. Competi-
tion begins May 13.
For a program that is
not quite two years old,
the early success is noth-
ing to scoff at. But Wolfen-
barger has this year’s
team dreaming bigger af-
ter last year’s postseason
appearance.
“Last year was kind
of a fun trip, got out feet
wet, let’s participate, let’s
see what it’s about,” he
said. “This year it’s kind
of a business trip. Just go
up there and take care of
business and do good at
the World Series.”
a bunch of competitive
pitchers. When you go
out and see somebody put
a zero on the board, you
want to go out and contin-
ue that.”
Tennessee is eighth in
the RPI as it seeks its first
NCAA bid since reaching
the College World Series
in 2005.
The only Power Five
programs with longer
NCAA Tournament ab-
sences are Northwestern
(1957), Pittsburgh (1995)
and Penn State (2000).
“For (us to have) post-
season activity or to
continue winning in the
league, it gives fans and
donors and administra-
tion and our players affir-
mation that OK, progress
is not just a word that’s
being thrown around to
make things sound good,”
Vols coach Tony Vitello
said. “There’s something
you can attach to it or vi-
when it finished 29-27.
Tennessee’s ERA has
improved from 4.56 last
season to 2.74 this year.
Vitello says the pitchers
have benefited from stron-
ger team fielding, a major
weakness last season.
Stallings exemplifies
the improved pitching.
He’s 7-2 with a 1.82 ERA
after going 5-5 with a 4.58
ERA last year.
“I went into the sum-
mer and kind of redevel-
oped my breaking balls
and found an out pitch
with my curveball, which
has helped me tremen-
dously this season,” Stall-
ings said. “Last season, I
kept getting in jams and
(giving up) single after
single and I could never
really stop the bleeding
during innings. Now I
have the ability to get a
strikeout when I need it.”
IN THE POLLS:
UCLA (30-7) remains the
more five times and his
ERA has improved to 1.81
from 4.00 a year ago. The
Mountaineers (24-14, 8-7)
have won four conference
series in a row and enter
the week tied for third
in the league. They’ve
finished no higher than
fourth since joining the
Big 12 in 2012.
MAINE MANIA:
Maine’s Nick Silva had a
no-hitter going after al-
lowing five base runners
— on an error, two walks,
a hit batter and fielder’s
choice — but was two outs
from losing the game 1-0.
That’s when freshman
Ryan Turenne pinch-hit a
grand slam in the bottom
of the seventh inning for
a 4-1 walk-off win over
Massachusetts on Friday.
UMass’ run came on a
passed ball.
F A N T A S T I C
FRESHMAN: Strug-
gling LSU got a timely

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Continued from Page 1B
component was a huge
goal of ours,” MSU coach
Ginger Brown-Lemm
said.
Joining MSU in the
Norman regional are SEC
foes Florida and Ole Miss.
The Gators are seeded
first while the Rebels are
seeded ninth.
The last time MSU ap-
peared in Norman during
the postseason was 2013.
That season, the Bulldogs
reached the NCAA Cham-
pionships after finishing
third in the regional.
“We love Oklaho-
ma,” Brown-Lemm said.
“We’ve got great juju and
sually see.” consensus No. 1 team af- performance from fresh-
After upgrading its ter winning two of three man Cole Henry, who
locker room and install- against California. Or- struck out a career-high
ing a new artificial sur- egon State (28-8-1) and 12 in 5 1-3 innings as the
face at Lindsey Nelson Stanford (27-6) are Nos. 2 Tigers ended a four-game
we’re excited.” and 3 by DIBaseball.com losing streak with a 13-1
Stadium in the offseason,
Following the four re- Tennessee opened 15-0 while Collegiate Baseball win over Florida.
gionals, the top 24 squads
and 12 individuals will
head to Blessings Golf
Club in Fayetteville, Ar-
kansas, for the NCAA
Women’s Golf Champion-
ships May 16-22.

college golf

MSU is 12th in SEC Championship

FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
ST. SIMON’S IS-
LAND, Ga. – Mississippi
State men’s golf has two
days to bounce back from
a rough start Wednesday
at the SEC Championship.
MSU shot a 10-over
290 in the opening round
at the par-72, 7,005-yard
Sea Island Golf Club Sea-
side Course to finish the
day alone for 12th. The
Bulldogs sit in front of two
Golfstat Top 50 teams in
No. 25 Alabama and No.
40 Florida.
Thursday will bring
a new round of 18-hole
stroke play. Nine strokes
currently separate MSU
from an eighth-place fin-
ish needed to qualify for
match play after Friday’s
final round.
Junior Garrett Johnson
and senior Austin Rose
both shot 2-over-par 72s
to finish Wednesday as
MSU’s best performers.
Johnson’s day was high-
lighted by an eagle on
the par-5 15th hole. He
was one of just two SEC
players to sink an eagle in
round one. Rose finished
hot with a 1-under score
on his final nine holes.
Junior Peng Pichaikool
and freshman Ford Clegg
each carded 73s in round
one, while senior Ross
Bell ended the day at
6-over par.
“I thought we came out
a little tentative this morn-
ing to begin our round,”
MSU coach Dusty Smith
said. “We did a nice job of
hanging in there but need
to come out with some
more fire tomorrow. We
need to do a better job of
playing disciplined golf. I
thought we put ourselves
in some tough spots too
often. We are not far off
from putting it all togeth-
er. This tournament is far
from over.”
OLE MISS IN
THIRD: The Ole Miss
men’s golf team posted a
5-under 275 Wednesday,
good enough for third
place following the open-
ing round of the 2019 SEC
Championship. Record-
ing 19 birdies on Sea Is-
land Golf Club’s Seaside
Course, the most in the
14-team field, the Rebels
sit three shots back of the
lead after 18 holes.
Competing against a
stacked field, Ole Miss
finished day one ahead
of eight teams ranked in
Golfstat’s top 50 national
rankings. No. 13 Auburn
and No. 16 Georgia fired
rounds of 272 (-8) to hold
the clubhouse lead, three
strokes ahead of Ole Miss
and Kentucky.
“I thought that was the
best round of golf that I’ve
seen our team have since
I’ve been at Ole Miss,”
head coach Chris Malloy
said. “We’ve had rounds
with lower scores, but
considering our start and
how we looked after a cou-
ple holes to rally and do
what they did is incredi-
ble. Really, I thought they
turned into that tougher
side, and the scores they
shot were phenomenal.“
Making his SEC
Championship debut,
Jack Gnam brought his
A-game. For the second
consecutive tournament,
the freshman began his
week with a 3-under bo-
gey-free round. With the
Rebels beginning play on
the back nine, he parred
the first three holes be-
fore getting back-to-back
birdies to fall on No. 13
and No. 14. Gnam rattled
of 10 straight pars until
reaching the par-5 sev-
enth. A birdie there got
him to 3-under for the day,
putting him in a tie for
fourth and two shots off
the individual lead held
by Vanderbilt’s Will Gor-
don and Georgia’s Trent
Phillips at 5-under.
The round of 67 bested
Gnam’s previous best of
69 he shot at last week’s
Old Waverly Collegiate
Championship. The fresh-
man didn’t miss a sin-
gle green, going 18/18
greens in regulation on
the first day.
FURR LEADS ALA-
BAMA: Sophomore Wil-
son Furr carded a 1-un-
der par 69 to lead No. 25
Alabama. As a team, the
Crimson Tide finished the
day in 14th position with a
12-over par 292.
UA, one of 10 teams in
a stacked SEC field that is
ranked among the top-40
teams in the nation, cur-
rently finds itself on the
outside looking in for one
of the coveted top-eight
spots to qualify for match
play, which begins on Sat-
urday morning. The final
36 holes of match play –
18 holes on Thursday and
Friday – will determine
the cut line and seeding
heading into this week-
end’s action.
6B Thursday, April 25, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

major league baseball

Albies’ game-opening homer helps Braves punch out 3-1 win

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI — With clutch
hitting virtually non-existent,
Atlanta’s pitching and Yasiel
Puig’s leaky defense made the
difference for the Braves on
Wednesday night.
Ozzie Albies homered on the
game’s first pitch and Ronald
Acuna Jr. scored from first base
on Puig’s fifth-inning error,
helping Atlanta to a 3-1 win over
the Cincinnati Reds.
Acuna scored easily when
Puig misplayed Nick Marka-
kis’s line drive single to right,
allowing it to skip under his
glove and roll to the wall for a
two-base error.
“Yassi made an aggressive
attempt on the ball,” Reds man-
ager David Bell said. “He’s
made some great plays by doing
that. This one didn’t work out.”
Josh Donaldson doubled
down the left field line to drive
in Albies from first with an in-
surance run in the ninth.
Mike Soroka (1-1), in his
second start of the season and
seventh of his career, tied his
career high with seven strike-
outs while allowing five hits
and one run with three walks in
5 2-3 innings. He finished with a
career-high 109 pitches.
“It was pretty cool,” Soro-
ka said. “I didn’t realize I was
there until I came out. I still felt
pretty good.”
“Mike was really, really
good,” Braves manager Brian
Snitker said. “He just ran out of
pitches. That’s the farthest he’s
gone in a game. He had a really
good breaking ball and a really,
really good sinker. He was in
the strike zone and attacking
hitters with his stuff.”
The Reds loaded the bas-
es with two outs in the sixth
against Soroka, but reliev-
er Josh Tomlin got slumping
pinch-hitter Scott Schebler to
ground out on the first pitch
to first baseman Freddie Free-
man. Schebler has two hits in
his last 27 at bats and is batting
.150 this season.
Luke Jackson and Dan Win-
kler combined to face the min-
imum six batters over the next
two innings before A.J. Minter
pitched a perfect ninth for his
third save.
“All of them were huge in a
game like this in this ballpark,”
Snitker said.
Albies smashed Tanner
Roark’s 91-mph four-seam fast-
ball over the Reds bullpen down
the right field line for his third
home run of the season. The
leadoff homer was his first of
the season and fifth of his ca-
reer.
“The first pitch of the game
was poorly located,” Roark said.
“I knew he would swing first
pitch. It was poor execution.
I didn’t want one pitch in the
game to dictate how the game
goes.”
The Reds quickly rallied
in the bottom of the first on
Joey Votto’s leadoff walk, his
fourth consecutive walk over
two games, and back-to-back
singles by Eugenio Suarez and
Jesse Winker.
That was the game’s only hit
with runners in scoring posi-
tion. The teams combined to go
1-for-18.
The Braves put at least two
runners on base in each of the
next three innings, but couldn’t
push them across the plate,
stranding seven through four
innings.
Roark (1-1) got through five
innings, allowing six hits and
two runs with three walks and
four strikeouts.
TRAINER’S ROOM:
Braves LHP Jonny Venters
threw a bullpen before Wednes-
day’s game and could be ready
for a rehab assignment.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My son
attends an
excellent public
high school and
has done very
well. His class
is scheduled
to graduate in
a few weeks,
and “Brent” has
been accepted
ZITS to an excellent
university.
My concern
is Brent routinely
reports blatant
and widespread
Dear Abby
cheating through-
out the school. The valedic-
torian cheated his way to the
top of the class, a neighbor
will be attending Princeton
even though she was repeat-
edly caught cheating on tests,
and another neighbor cheated
on the ACT to achieve a
GARFIELD score disproportionate to her
grades and SAT scores, which
allowed her admission to a
distinguished university.
The school turns a blind
eye to the cheating and
provides only nominal pun-
ishment in cases too blatant
to ignore. Brent has become
disenchanted and cynical
about the administration and
maintaining his integrity. What
advice can I give my son when
all around there are examples
of cheaters
coming out on
top? — NOT A
CHEATER
DEAR NOT A
CHEATER: The
cheaters may
have cut in line,
but don’t view it
as coming out
on top. Point
out to your son
that sooner or
later cheaters
are usually
unmasked when
they arrive at col-
lege unprepared.
The best advice
you can give Brent would be
to hang onto his integrity,
resist the temptation to
become bogged down in what
others are doing, and study
hard because — sooner or
later — excellence and ethics
are recognized.
DEAR ABBY: My wife,
“Stella,” and I have been
married 52 years. We have a
daughter, “Candy,” who we ad-
opted at 3 weeks old. By the
time Candy was 12 or 13, she
started having less-than-de-
sirable friends and drinking
alcohol with them. Long story
short, she graduated from
high school, got married, then
divorced, married again and
has two daughters she has
never raised.
We have taken our daugh-
ter to psychologists since
she was 14 or 15, paid for
educational opportunities she
didn’t complete and bought
her several cars. She got into
drugs and wound up in prison.
Once out of prison, Stella and
I sent her to three rehabili-
tation facilities. She walked
away from the last two.
Our daughter is now 46.
I am ready to stop trying to
help her, but Stella, whom I
love dearly, doesn’t seem to
be able to stop. I feel we are
being enablers and should let
Candy deal with her choic-
es without further support
from us. Any thoughts or
comments? — OVER IT IN
OKLAHOMA
DEAR OVER IT: I agree
with you. By now Stella should
realize that whatever she
does to help Candy won’t
make her independent. Your
wife may feel compelled to
continue because she feels
responsible for the way Candy
has turned out, but the only
person who can help Candy is
herself.
Because this is causing
discord in your marriage, you
and your wife should discuss
this with a marriage and fam-
ily therapist who may be able
to help Stella recognize that
she has done enough for the
daughter she so clearly loves.

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
25). With curiosity as your
guide, life unfolds before you
in strange and unexpected
ways. You’ll partner with people
as adventurous as you are to
terrific ends. You’ve a knack
for attracting the right people
to advance the thing you’re
working on at the moment, both
personally and professionally.
Aries and Sagittarius adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 50, 3,
BABY BLUES 30, 44 and 10.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You know who needs help. You
can see it in their eyes, their
body language, word choices...
this is delicate. Proceed gently,
letting people know you are
open to hearing and under-
standing them without directly
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
asking.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
A gift can feel like a burden
when you don’t know quite how
to use it. Take a breath, thank
the giver (or your lucky stars,
if appropriate), and then don’t
worry so much about it. Let this
develop naturally.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
As it turns out, what you used
to think was your fault is not
your fault at all. There were ob-
stacles you couldn’t understand
at the time, factors in play that
preceded your involvement. So
shake off the guilt. It never was
yours.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). This isn’t a competition.
You don’t have to be the best,
brightest, most creative, quick-
est, coolest or anything else.
What you really need to be is
finished with this deal so you
can move on.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Just
because the tag is missing
doesn’t mean it’s free. Similarly,
just because you do not cur-
rently understand the emotional
cost of an interaction, it doesn’t
mean there won’t be one.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
There are many people who
will be very happy to see you
do well. Knowing this will be a
key part of your motivation. If
you start to lose steam, then
just imagine the smiles on their
faces when you cross the finish
line.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Human interaction involves a
million tiny details. You’ll never
get all of them right. So don’t
harp on the little things that go
terribly wrong. That’s part of it.
Maybe even the best part.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Find the real thing. There
will be no good substitutes. The
fakes could work for a few days,
but they won’t stand the test
of time. So go a quest, if you
have to, looking for the genuine
article.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It’s good to know people’s
reason for doing what they do,
especially if they’re doing it with
you. Of course, they may not be
aware of the reasons them-
selves, but don’t let that deter
you. You’re very perceptive now.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Maybe you don’t think what
you’re doing is all that special,
but it’s really not for you to say.
How could you? You’re too close
to the work to see what the
others see, or to know the true
value you bring.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’re feeling empowered
to follow your own whims,
especially when they lead you
to different physical locations
than you normally haunt. You’ll
go where you please, and you’ll
please where you go.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). “Don’t wake up a sleep-
walker,” they say, though it’s
unclear what would happen if
you did. And what of the sleep-
walking that doesn’t involve
REM? The urge to gently nudge
the wrongheaded may be too
interesting to resist.

Another time, another place

SOLUTION:

Business
Drugmaker to close Mississippi plant, laying off 140 workers
AmerisourceBergen consolidating production from its
Cleveland plant to other locations to improve efficiency
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — A
drugmaker is closing a
Mississippi Delta plant,
laying off 140 people.
Drug distributor Amer-
isourceBergen said it is
consolidating production
from its Cleveland Phar-
MEDium plant to other
locations to improve effi-
ciency. It filed notice with
the state last week, saying
employees will be paid
through June 17. The plant
was once owned by Baxter
International and operates
Business brief
Flemming appointed
to Board of Directors
The Board of Direc-
tors of BankFirst Finan-
cial Services recently an-
nounced the appointment
of James B. Flemming
to its board of direc-
tors. Flemming, who
served most recently as
chairman of the FNB of
Central Alabama Board
of Directors, brings more
than 50 years of banking
experience to the board.
A native of Alabama
Mississippi shipyard gets
$746M contract for icebreaker
Department of Homeland Security
has said it would like to have up to six
icebreakers to compete with Russian
and Chinese icebreakers
The Associated Press
PASCAGOULA — A
Mississippi shipyard won a
$746 million contract Tues-
day to design and build the
first of what could be three
heavy polar icebreakers
for the U.S. Coast Guard.
The U.S. Navy’s Naval
Sea Systems Command
awarded the contract to
VT Halter Marine of Pas-
cagoula, choosing Halter’s
bid over two other final-
ists. Halter Senior Vice
President Robert Socha
said the award means the
shipyard will hire up to
450 more employees, on
top of the 400 it’s already
Mississippi jobless rate ticks up in March, payrolls flat
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Missis-
sippi’s job market soft-
ened in March, as un-
employment rose for the
second straight month
and employer payrolls re-
mained flat.
The state’s jobless
rate ticked up to 4.9% in
March from 4.8% in Feb-
ruary. The labor force and
number of people report-
Nissan ex-chair Ghosn awaiting release on bail
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer
TOKYO — Nissan’s
former chairman, Carlos
Ghosn, was awaiting re-
lease from the Tokyo De-
tention House on Thursday
after he paid 500 million
yen ($4.5 million) in bail.
Prosecutors were fight-
ing to keep Ghosn in de-
tention and it was unclear
from part of the Baxter
plant in Cleveland.
PharMEDium mixes
drugs in syringes and in-
travenous bags. Hospitals
buy the sterile products
from PharMEDium in lieu
of making them in-house.
Spokeswoman Fran-
cesca Gunning said Amer-
isourceBergen is giving
laid-off workers sever-
ance benefits and career
counseling. Gunning said
workers can apply for
AmerisourceBergen po-
sitions elsewhere. Amer-
isourceBergen has an
and a grad-
uate of The
University
of Alabama
and the
Stonier
Graduate
School of
Flemming
Banking,
Flemming has spent
his entire career in
the financial industry.
In 1985, he moved to
Tuscaloosa to become the
Community President
of SouthTrust Bank of
adding to build four bar-
racks barges for the U.S.
Navy. The hiring would
push Halter’s total employ-
ment above 1,300.
The Navy and the Coast
Guard will jointly oversee
design of the ship for ex-
pected delivery in 2024.
The contract includes
options for two more heavy
icebreakers, which would
bring its overall value to
$1.94 billion, with work
continuing through 2027.
Socha said VT Halter
CEO Ronald Baczkowski
was among those celebrat-
ing late Tuesday when the
contract was announced.
ing jobs both fell, trends
that have strengthened in
recent months. The num-
ber of unemployed peo-
ple rose slightly to about
62,000. Mississippi’s
March 2018 jobless rate
was 4.9 percent.
The number of Mis-
sissippians on payrolls
— economists’ top la-
bor market indicator —
was basically level from
February to March at
when he might be released.
The prosecutors said in
a statement they vehement-
ly oppose releasing Ghosn,
contending he could tam-
per with evidence or influ-
ence witnesses.
Ghosn was arrested in
November, released on
bail in March but re-arrest-
ed and detained in April on
fresh allegations.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 25, 2019 7B
of Justice over a possible
legal settlement related to
for the business, includ-
ing further investment,
isourceBergen laid off
workers in Memphis, it
those problems.
The company shut
reorganization or a sale.
It’s unclear if the move
said it was shifting mon-
ey from paying workers
Olive Branch distribution down production in in Cleveland is a result of to solving the unit’s prob-
facility. Memphis and said that that review. When Amer- lems.
A mer isourceBergen production had slowed
has been under scrutiny in Cleveland and at other
since 2017 over concerns sites as AmerisourceBer-
about the sterility of some gen implemented addi-
products made at PharME- tional procedures and
Dium’s Memphis plant. testing. Without produc-
The company laid off 225 tion from the Memphis
of its 440 workers there in plant, AmerisourceBer-
January. AmerisourceBer- gen executives have said
gen leaders have told in- PharMEDium can’t make
vestors that the business enough money to be prof-
is under federal investiga- itable.
tion and that they are in Since then, company
talks with the U.S. Food officials have said they
and Drug Administration have hired a consulting
and the U.S. Department firm to review options
Tuscaloosa County. He recognized as an ac-
went on to start the Bank complished business
of Tuscaloosa, where he leader, Flemming is also
served as chairman and active in many civic and
charitable organizations,
Chief Executive Officer
including United Way,
from its opening in 1988.
Chamber of Commerce,
In 2010, Flemming joined
FNB of Central Alabama DCH Foundation, U of A
President’s Cabinet and
as its President and CEO.
Culverhouse Board of
Under his leadership, the
Visitors.
bank flourished, and in
2016, he accepted the po-
sition as Chairman of the
FNB of Central Alabama
Board.
In addition to being
“Ron started screaming
and hollering, ‘We won!
We won!’” Socha said.
The Coast Guard is
calling the class of ships
polar security cutters, an
echo of the national secu-
rity cutters that nearby
Ingalls Shipbuilding has
been constructing. The
unit of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Homeland Securi-
ty has said it would like to
have up to six icebreakers,
including three medium
ones, saying it needs to
compete with Russian and
Chinese icebreakers.
The ships would re-
place the two icebreakers
currently operated by the
Coast Guard, the heavy
icebreaker USCGC Po-
lar Star and medium ice-
breaker USCGC Healy.
The Polar Star entered
service in 1976, while the
Healy was commissioned
in 1999.
1.16 million. Payrolls re-
mained more than 7,000
above March 2018’s level
of 1.15 million.
March’s U.S. unem-
ployment rate didn’t
change from February’s
3.8 percent level.
The state Department
of Employment Security
released figures Tuesday,
adjusted to cancel out sea-
sonal changes.
The latest bail comes on
top of the 1 billion yen ($9
million) Ghosn posted for
his earlier release.
He has been charged
with under-reporting his
post-retirement compen-
sation and breach of trust
in diverting Nissan mon-
ey and allegedly having it
shoulder his personal in-
vestment losses.
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25, 2019
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VIN# Building & Remodeling 1120
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Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 Take down
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SUGGS CONSTRUCTION
IF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT CO. Building, roofing,
removal. Offering
special prices on Truck Driving 3700
FOX RUN COMPANY
LLC 1 & 2 BR near that “for rent”
interior & exterior
sign and get
CLAIMED, IT WILL BE hospital. $595−645/
remodeling, & home painting, pressure EXPERIENCED TRUCK
PUT UP FOR SALE ON mo. Military discount
THE 20TH DAY OF MAY, repair. Licensed & washing & sheet rock driver w/ Class A Li- offered, pet area, pet
2019 at 10:00 A.M. AT Bonded. 662−242−
W-G-ATUO REPAIR/U- 3471, 662−574−8470.
repairs.
Free Estimates
cense needed to haul
scrap metal & flat cars.
friendly, and furnished fast results
Call 662-434-0007 or corporate apartments
HAUL RENTALS, 1005
5TH AVE. N., COLUM- HOME REPAIRS &
Call 435−6528 662-364-6303. available. ON SITE
SECURITY. ON SITE
with an easy
BUS, MS 39701.

Publish: 4/11, 4/18 &

CONSTRUCTION WORK
WANTED. Carpentry,
Stump Removal 1790
Air Conditioners 4030 MAINTENANCE. ON SITE
MANAGEMENT. 24−
classified ad.
4/25/2019 small concrete jobs, HOUR CAMERA
CENTRAL A/C UNIT
electrical, plumbing,
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S roof repairs, pressure Only used 1 day, too SURVEILLANCE. Benji
@ 662−386−4446 Mon
Call today
NOTICE OF SALE small for space. Revolv
to place
washing and mobile −Fri, 9am−5pm. Sat/
home roof coating and brand, 2.5 btu, 208−
Yesterday’sANSWER
answer
WHEREAS, on the Au- Sun by appt only.

Sudoku
230 volt−age. $1000,
underpinning. No job YESTERDAY’S
gust 14, 2017, Riley T
Massey and Kayla Hon- too small. 549−7031.
Crawford, MS. 662−497
Apts For Rent: West 7050 your ad. Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
eycutt Massey, ex-
−2754.
4 1 7 5 2 3 8 6 9
VIP
Sudoku is a number-
ecuted a Deed of Trust TOM HATCHER, LLC
Auctions 4120 328-2424 Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on 9 8 2 1 4 6 3 5 7

2019 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

to Wilburn J Evans, Custom Construction,
placing puzzle based on
Rentals 5 6 3 8 9 7 1 2 4
Trustee for the use and Restoration, ALLSTUMP a 9x9 grid with several
benefit of Mortgage GRINDING SERVICE a 9x9 grid with several
Remodeling, Repair, given numbers. The object
3 2 4 6 1 9 5 7 8
Electronic Registration ESTATE AUCTION
Apartments Houses For Rent: Northside given numbers. The object
Insurance claims. GET ’ER DONE!
Systems, Inc., as nom- We can grind all
14650 Bone Camp is to place the numbers
662−364−1769. 7110 is to place the numbers 7 5 6 4 8 2 9 3 1
inee for FirstBank, its
& Houses
Rd., Coker, AL.
Licensed & Bonded. your stumps. Hard 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
successors and as- Sat. May 4th, 9 am. 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
signs, which Deed of to reach places,
blown over roots,
Large Collection of 1 Bedrooms COLONIAL so that each row, each
so that each row, each 8 9 1 3 7 5 6 4 2
Trust is on file and of re- column and each 3x3 box
2 Bedroooms
antique Tractors, TOWNHOUSES. 2 & 3
cord in the office of the hillsides, backyards, Cars, Motorcycles, bedroom w/ 2−3 bath column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number
6 4 9 2 5 8 7 1 3
Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mis-
pastures. Free
estimates. You find
Furniture. Don’t 3 Bedrooms townhouses. $600 to contains the same number
only once. The difficulty 2 7 5 9 3 1 4 8 6
miss seeing this $695. 662−549−9555. only once. The difficulty
sissippi, in Deed of
Trust August 16, 2017,
it, we’ll grind it!
662−361−8379
collection. Farm Furnished & Ask for Glenn or text. level increases from
level increases from 1 3 8 7 6 4 2 9 5
in Book No. 2017, at House on 14 Ac & Unfurnished Houses For Rent: West 7150
Monday to Sunday.
Monday to Sunday.
Difficulty Level 4/24

Page 17663 thereof; Outbuildings.

Tree Services 1860 Clydette Hughes 1, 2, & 3 Baths
WHEREAS, said Deed of
Lease, Deposit
AL 1275 SMALL COTTAGE 1BR/
Trust was ultimately as- 205−612−4221 1BA, all appl. incl.
& Credit Check
A&T TREE SERVICE
signed to FirstBank by RAY’S WOOD assetliquidator.biz Water & trash incl. in
assignment on file and Bucket truck & stump
of record in the office of
WORKS removal. Free est. viceinvestments.com lease. Near MSU &

327-8555
Multiple Home Serving Columbus EMCC. No pets. $500
the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mis- Repairs, Sheetrock, since 1987. Senior Bargain Column 4180 per mo. $400 dep.
sissippi, on March 5, Flooring, Trim, citizen disc. Call Alvin @ App/refs/lease req.
2018 in Book 2018 at Painting, Tile, 242−0324/241−4447 METAL CUTTING BAND Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070 662−242−2923.
Page 4522 and re-recor- Kitchen/Bath, "We’ll go out on a limb SAW. $100. 662−275−
ded on March 26, Decks−Dock Repair, for you!" 0343. 2BR/2BA. COTTON Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
2018, in Book No. Pressure Washing District in Starkville.
2018, at Page 5877 662−634−1114 3BR/2BA TRAILER,
thereof; and J&A TREE REMOVAL LADIES’ HARLEY Call 662−617−3356.
Work from a bucket DAVIDSON REFLECTIVE New Hope school dist.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080 $500/mo & $500 dep.
WHEREAS, the legal Carpet & Flooring 1150 truck. Insured/bonded. RAIN SUIT Size: Med.
holder of the said Deed Call Jimmy for free Great cond. $75. Call No pets, no drugs, no
of Trust and the note estimate, 662−251−3205. 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM partying. Call between
secured thereby, substi- 662−386−6286. apartments & 10a−7p. 662−386−
tuted Wilson & Asso- townhouses. Call for 4292. NO TEXT
ciates, PLLC, as Trust- WOOD FOR making more info. 662−328− MESSAGES.
ee therein, as author- VICKERS TREE birdhouses, jewelry
SERVICE, LLC Tree 8254.
ized by the terms there- boxes and humadors.
of, by instrument recor- trimming and removal. $20. 662−275−0343. NICE 3BR/2BA MH’S,
ded in the office of the Fully insured. NORTH COLUMBUS.
aforesaid Chancery Free estimates. Farm Equipment & Supplies City schools. 2 avail:
Clerk in September 27, *Now Accepting Credit Unit 1 − $465/mo +
2018, in Book No. & Debit Cards* 4420
465 dep. Unit 2, DW −
2018, at Page 20679 Call Curt
thereof; and DAVID’S CARPET & 2016 CAT SKIDSTEER $600/mo + 600 dep.
UPHOLSTERY 662−418−0889 or 601−940−1397 or
299XHP HIGH FLOW
WHEREAS, default hav- CLEANING 662−549−2902 662−549−8861.
w/ mulcher & forestry
ing been made in the 1 Room − $40 "A cut above the rest"
kit. <1,000 hrs,
performance of the con- 2 Rooms − $70 $82,500.
ditions and stipulations Good Things To Eat 2150 RENT A fully equipped
3+ Rooms − $30 Ea 205−329−1790.
as set forth by said camper w/utilities &
Rugs−Must Be Seen
Deed of Trust, and hav- Car Upholstery TOMATO HOUSE Vine− cable from $145/wk −
ing been requested by ripened hydroponic Furniture 4480 $535/month. Columbus
Cleaning Available
the legal holder of the tomato. Located next to & County School
indebtedness secured 662−722−1758 BLACK BEDROOM SET,
Noxubee County High locations. 662−242−
and described by said School. 662−352− incl full sz sleigh bed, 7653 or 601−940−
Deed of Trust so to do, dresser w/ mirror, chest
notice is hereby given General Services 1360 1270 or 662−425− 1397.
9116. & night stand, $600.
that Wilson & Asso-
ciates, PLLC f/k/a HOME MAKEOVER & New full sz mattress, Office Spaces For Rent 7300
Adams & Edens, P.A., ESTATE CLOSEOUT General Help Wanted 3200 still in plastic, $250.
Substitute Trustee, by SERVICES. Generate Bissell carpet cleaner, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
virtue of the authority cash from the sale of FIRST CUMBERLAND $80. Two sets of black COLUMBUS Office,
conferred upon me in unwanted items. I will Presbyterian Church Toyota Camry floormats, Retail, Restaurant
said Deed of Trust, will seeks part-time secret- $80. Cash Only. 662− Space available. Call
help organize & coordi− ary to work 4 hours per 242−2884. Leave a
offer for sale and will 2BR/1BA LOCATED in 662−328−8655 or 662
nate the removal of day, M-F. Excellent cler-
sell at public sale and message. Historic Downtown
unwanted furniture & ical, communication, −574−7879.
outcry to the highest
clutter from homes. and organizational skills Columbus. 2,000 sqft.
and best bidder for cer-
tified funds paid at the Creative makeover required. Strong com- Estate Sales 4490 Hardwood floors
puter and social media throughout. Open floor. OFFICE SPACE: 2,000
conclusion of the sale, solutions from profess−
skills imperative includ- square feet. 294
or credit bid from a ional interior designer Very nice. Incl W&D.
bank or other lending ing experience with Mi- $1200/mo. Call 662− Chubby Dr. Flexible
included for free!
entity pre-approved by crosoft Office products. 328−8655. leasing terms. Available
Contact: Weslyn Wood Applicants should email
the successor trustee, 214−674−9514.
now. 662−328−8254.
during the legal hours cover letter and resume
(between the hours of to fcpcsecretary@ FIRST FULL MONTH Houses For Sale: Caledonia
11 o'clock a.m. and 4 WORK WANTED: gmail.com. RENT FREE! 1 & 2
Bedroom Apts/ 8450
o'clock p.m.) at the Licensed & Bonded−
southeast front door of carpentry, painting, & SERVICE TECHNICIAN Townhomes. Stove &
Courthouse, on May 2, for local pest control NEW. 3BR/2BA FOR
demolition. Landscap− refrigerator. $335−
2019, the following de- company. Applicant SALE. $150−170K.
ing, gutters cleaned, $600 Monthly. Credit
scribed land and prop- must be organized, de- check & deposit.
Email caledoniaimprove
bush hogging, clean−up pendable, work well with
erty being the same Coleman Realty, 662−
ments@yahoo.com.
land and property de- work, pressure washing, the public, and have
scribed in said Deed of moving help & furniture good driving record with 329−2323.
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
Trust, situated in repair. 662−242−3608. valid driver's license.
Lowndes County, State Drug test required. FISHERMAN’S DREAM ACROSS
RIVER HOME, NICE!
of Mississippi, to-wit: CASA CARE SERVICES: Apply at 107 Gardner 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, GREAT AREA IN WP. 1 Prickly plants
Blvd. No phone calls.
Offers services such as:
Commencing at an iron residential janitorial,
furnished apartment on Across from water with 6 Cone fill
pipe on a fence line at OFFICE WORKER, Part
the Elk River. Boat
access. $79 per night.
access to Tenn−Tom 11 Kind of com-
the Southeast corner of lighting & decorating, Time, at least 21 yrs Waterway. 4BR/2BA mittee
the Southeast Quarter emergency repairs, old. High school gradu- Rogersville Al. Call Tracy with 2 acres & large
of the Northeast Quarter preventative mainten− ate. Must pass drug 931−205−0471. screened in room. 12 Chicago airport
of Section 36, Town- ance, moving & screen & background $212,000. Call: 662− 13 Pitcher Satchel
ship 16 South, Range shipping assistance & check. Must be profi- HUGE DOWNTOWN 245−4273 or 662−889 14 After a while
18 West, Lowndes pressure washing. cient in Microsoft applic- STUDIO. Exposed brick
County, Mississippi; 662−549−1878. ations; Outlook, Word & walls line this loft−style
−1228. 15 Pantry
thence South 87 de- Excel. Approx 18 hours
apartment with an open Autos For Sale 9150 17 Okra unit
grees 43 minutes 33 or more per week, Mon-
seconds West along the RETAINER WALL, Fri. Customer service is floor plan. Large 19 Schedule C org.
Half Section line for driveway, foundation, key with strong commu- Garage Sales: Southside 4505 windows look down on 2015 CHEVY IMPALA
Blk, 4dr, 6cyl, 82k mi,
20 School org.
630 feet; thence North concrete, masonry nication skills & the Fifth Street. Full kitchen,
23 Secret stuff
00 degrees 37 minutes restoration, remodeling, ability to multitask. showroom clean, local
INSIDE CHURCH SALE hardwood floors, walk−
04 seconds West paral- basement foundation, Apply in person at 1316 15th St S Sat. 7a in closet, laundry. 109
owner, $10,200. See @ 25 Reached base,
lel with the East line of repairs, small dump 1771 Stinson Creek Rd. 5th St S. $750/mo. 59 Amanda Dr. in New in a way
said Section 36 for 210 truck hauling (5−6 yd) Columbus, MS 39705. −12p. Lots of items.
feet to an iron pin; Office: 662-434-0171
Call or text Peter: Hope Park Subdivision
off of Yorkville Rd. E.
26 Crossword
load & demolition/lot 662−574−1561.
thence North 87 de-
cleaning. Burr Masonry,
Garage Sales: North 4520 662−327−3081. feature
grees 43 minutes 33 Medical / Dental 3300 28 Folk learning
COLEMAN
seconds East for 662−242−0259. 4494 RIDGE RD. Fri.
123.88 feet to an iron CARE CENTER OF 1p−6p & Sat. 8a−2p. 29 Mole creation
pin; thence North 00 de- HILL’S PRESSURE ABERDEEN Furn., TV, glassware, RENTALS Buy, sell, trade, 30 Count starter
grees 03 minutes 09 6 Foot parts 34 Algerian port
WASHING. Commercial/ electronics, plants, etc. TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
or rent. 31 Through
seconds East for 7.41 residential. House, LICENSED SOCIAL 7 Blacken 35 Butter bit
feet to an iron pin, as
concrete, sidewalks & WORKER
Sporting Goods 4720
1 BEDROOM 32 Jargon ending
8 Cereal bit 36 Ram’s mate
the POINT OF BEGIN- 33 Fed up with
NING; thence continue mobile washing. Free Long Term Care
Experience Preferred
2 BEDROOMS 9 Mine matter 37 Jazz instrument
North 00 degrees 03 est. 662−386−8925. ELLIPTICAL MACHINE 3 BEDROOMS 35 Cuban cash
Lots & Acreage 8600 10 Apiece 39 Take in
minutes 09 seconds Apply in person at Sole Elliptical E35 in 38 Wipe out
East for 90.1 feet; 505 Jackson St, excellent condition. Nice LEASE, 16 Extreme 40 Slip
41 Tuned in
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SUMMER SPECIAL.
thence North 88 de- Aberdeen quiet machine. $450 1.75 acre lots. Good/ 17 Cellist Casals
grees 42 minutes East THE SHINNIN WINDOW EOE DEPOSIT 42 Less common
for 472.0 feet to a point
662−574−1561 bad credit. 10% down, 18 Acrylic fiber
CLEANING SERVICE,
AND 43 Some messages
on the West right-of-way INC. Auctions 4120 as low as $299/mo. 20 Going rate?
of a public road known Eaton Land. 662−361− 44 Derisive look
as Wolf Road (30 feet
Call Shirley @ 662−549 CREDIT CHECK 7711. 21 Car quartet
−2087. Free estimate.
from centerline); thence 22 “Skyfall” singer
DOWN
Southerly along a curve No job to big or small.
to the right in said West 662-329-2323 LOT FOR Sale in 1 Beanie or beret
24 Dogfight winner
right-of-way (Radius = Lawn Care / Landscaping 25 Nearest star
Starkville. Will need 2 Oklahoma city
728.16 feet, Chord = 1470 2411 HWY 45 N cleared. 818 N. Jackson 27 Penn’s people
South 13 degrees 51 3 Pediatric topic
COLUMBUS, MS
St. Lot 5, City Block 97. 31 Shop clamps
minutes 55 seconds COMMERCIAL BUSH 662−465−7611, 662− 4 Forum wear
West 93.06 feet) for 33 Ilk
93.12 feet; thence
HOGGING weed eating, 418−9096 or 662−418 5 Skating site
tiling & leveling, & −4176.
South 88 degrees 40 Commercial Property For
minutes 09 seconds clearing overgrown lots.
Rent 7100
West for 449.76 feet to Owner, Operator Boats & Marine 9250
the POINT OF BEGIN- licensed & insured. 17
OFFICE FOR RENT.
NING, containing 0.95 years experience. Willie 2013 TAHOE 195
acres, more or less, ly- Murray Jr. 662−242− 30x15. Separate air
DECKBOAT. V8 engine
ing in the Southeast conditioner & bathroom.
8809. Free estimates. w/ low hours. Runs
Quarter of the North- Quotes by job not acre.
$400/mo. Located in
great. Ready to hit the
east Quarter of said Caledonia. Call 662−
Section 36, Township water. Located in
574−0082.
16 South, Range 18 TERRA CARE Starkville. Call or text
West, Lowndes County, LANDSCAPING L.L.C. 662−341−0374.
Mississippi. Phone: 662−549−1878 FOR RENT LOCATED
Landscaping, Property NEAR DOWNTOWN.
3,000 sq. ft. truck
Five Questions:
Title to the above de- Clean Up, Plant Care,
scribed property is be- Bush Hogging, Herbicide terminal, 9,500 sq. ft.

1 Ukulele
lieved to be good, but I Spraying. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
will convey only such office/shop. Buildings
title as is vested in the can be rented together
aforementioned Substi- FOR YOUR Spring & or separately. All w/
tute Trustee.
2 Four
Summer lawn care
excellent access & Hwy.
needs, call Robinson
WITNESS MY SIGNA- 82 visibility. 662−327−
Lawn Service, 662−435
TURE , this the 26th day −8746. 9559.
of March, 2019.

Sincerely, JESSE & BEVERLY’S

Houses For Rent: Northside 3 Alan Arkin
7110
/s/ Jillian Wilson, LAWN SERVICE.
WILSON & ASSOCIATES, Mowing, cleanup,
PLLC, \
Substitute Trustee
landscaping, sodding, & 4 John
McCain
tree cutting. 356−6525. ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA
house for rent. Big yard.
PREPARED BY: Carport. W/D hookup.
Wilson & Associates, MULCHING & DEBRIS
PLLC REMOVAL Nice neighborhood.
400 West Capitol Aven-
ue
Using Skidsteer.
Call for estimate,
$780 per month. 70 W
Thomas Dr. 3 min from
5 Barry WHATZIT ANSWER
WHATZIT ANSWER
Suite 1400
Little Rock, AR 72201
662−251−3001. CAFB. 504−813−1200. Bonds Log cabin
Log cabin