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Roof repairs at
Finding his passion
New Boys and Girls Club director trades
CMSD schools
in law aspirations for community service
could cost
almost $9M
Campus maintenance,
Magnolia Bowl
development
highlighted during
CMSD meeting
By Yue Stella Yu
syu@cdispatch.com

Ron Thornton, 35, the new director of the Boys and Girls Club of the Golden Triangle, said his passion for the
organization emerged from his role as a volunteer tutor in his home in Kosciusko when he was a college student.
Thornton replaces Nadia Colom, who resigned in November as the club’s executive director.
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
As Ron Thornton entered his se-
nior season at Ole Miss, his plans
were to attend law school, thus ful-
filling the dream of his brother, who
had planned to become an attorney
before dying in a car crash.
But a serious car accident of his
own that year changed Thornton’s
plans and led him to his passion.
In December, Thornton was se-
lected as the new director for the
Boys and Girls Club of the Golden
Triangle, replacing Nadia Colom,
who had served as director for sev-
en years.
“Passion is something you can’t
teach or learn,” Thornton said. “It’s
something you find. That’s what
happened to me. I was ready to go
to law school. I had taken the LSAT
and everything. I thought I knew
what I wanted to do, to practice law.
That was my brother’s dream.”
The automobile accident
changed Thornton’s direction
during his senior year of college.
“Because of my injuries, I went
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
back home (Kosciusko) and took
my classes online,” Thornton said.
“I also started working as a volun-
teer at the Boys and Girls Club,
mainly tutoring. For me, that was
all it took.”
By the time he graduated,
Thornton had changed his career
plans. Instead of law school, he re-
turned to Kosciusko for a job with
the Boys and Girls Club, working in
all capacities — program director to
unit director and, finally, executive
director.
See Thornton, 6A
Repairing leaking
roofs in most schools
in Columbus could
cost an estimated
$8.8 million, accord-
ing to a report pre-
sented to the Colum-
bus Municipal School
District Board of Spears
Trustees Monday night.
Assistant Superintendent Glenn
Dedeaux, who was tasked with
assessing the maintenance status
of the school buildings last year,
said roof repairs need to be priori-
tized. Some roofs suffered damage
during storms in October, he said,
and aging roofs at some campuses
require constant maintenance.
Those projects do not include
the roof at Hunt Success Academy,
which a tornado destroyed last Feb-
ruary and which will be replaced
primarily through insurance and
disaster relief funds.
“The new school (building) in
Stokes-Beard was built ... in 2005,
so that roof hasn’t been replaced
since 2005,” Dedeaux said. “It is a
15-year roof. When you think about
shingles, shingles last about 15
years ... even on a house.”
District staff also found a ma-
jor leak in the roof above the Fair-
view Elementary School cafeteria,
which was renovated in 2017, ac-
cording to the district maintenance
director Stephen Little. “Over by
the window where you come in, it
leaks pretty good over there,” Little
said. “And we have some in the hall-
ways also.”
The costs for roof repairs were
estimated based on a flat rate of $16
See CMSD, 6A

Oktibbeha storm shelter still PLAYING IN THE BONEYARD

needs security, other amenities
Shelter has been
used three times
in past month
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Ok-
tibbeha County’s first
storm shelter has come in
handy three times in the
past month, but county
leaders say there is still
work to be done to make
sure it can accommodate
the public.
About 10 people
showed up when the shel-
ter first opened Dec. 16
and about 40 at the end of
the month,
w h e n
weather
forecasts
predicted
possible
t or n a do e s
in addition Campanella
to strong
thunderstorms. About
125 were there during
the storm Friday night
and Saturday morning,
Emergency Management
Agency Director Kristen
Campanella said.
The county needs to
implement security at the
shelter, adjust parking ac-
commodations and final- Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
ize a rule on whether pets Lola, 10, and Cash Castro, 9, build a triceratops out of bones at their home in downtown Columbus
See Shelter, 3A Thursday. “We collected the bones from our farm,” Cash said. Their parents are Japa and Alicia Castro.

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

1 How many U.S. state names begin with Wednesday meetings
“New”? Jan 15:
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in 2014, does two percent of the world’s Starkville Community Theatre
County Board
population suddenly and inexplicably presents an MTA Festival Show
of Supervisors
vanish? Preview, a dark comedy/drama
regular meeting,
3 What kind of injection, used to treat eye titled “A Public Reading of an
spasms, found a new use when doctors 9 a.m., Court-
Logan Schoenholtz Unproduced Screenplay About
noticed patients’ frown lines clearing up? house
Kindergarten, Caledonia the Death of Walt Disney,” at
4 Which of these could be the Palladian Jan. 21: Colum-
7:30 p.m., Playhouse on Main,

70 Low 64
style — a church, poem or symphony? bus City Council
5 What kind of animals’ poop do dung 108 E. Main St., Starkville.
High beetles seem to prefer — carnivores, $10; $8 students. Limited seat-
regular meeting,
Cloudy, p.m. t-storms 5 p.m., Munici-
herbivores or omnivores? ing; 662-323-6855.
pal Complex
Full forecast on Answers, 6B
page 3A. Jan. 27:
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Trump’s fate rests with McConnell in impeachment trial

‘The House has done enough damage. The
Senate is ready to fulfill our duty.’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON — President
Donald Trump needs Mitch Mc-
Connell more than ever.
With Trump finally facing his
impeachment trial, this promis-
es to be a defining moment for
both men, They started their re-
lationship unevenly three years
ago when Trump stunned Wash-
ington with his sweep to power
but have since fallen into an easy
partnership that will be put to its
biggest test.
The leader of the Republi-
can-majority Senate has already
put his imprint on virtually ev-
ery aspect of the upcoming trial.
He corralled the GOP senators
behind his strategy to brush
back Democratic demands for
new witnesses and testimony.
On Monday, McConnell and
Senate Republicans were trying
to decide whether to include a
motion to simply dismiss the
charges against Trump out-
right, as the president wants,
in the organizing resolution for
the trial, according to a person
familiar with the matter but un-
authorized to discuss it.
The Kentucky Republican is
working hand in hand with the
White House. He doesn’t pre-
tend to be an impartial arbiter.
“The House has done enough
damage,” McConnell said Mon-
day as he opened the chamber.
“The Senate is ready to fulfill
our duty.”
As the Senate is about to con-
Idea to dismiss articles of impeachment cools in Senate
The Associated Press ment trial in American history, a serious and dra-
matic endeavor coming amid the backdrop of a po-
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans sig- litically divided nation and the start of an election
naled they would reject the idea of simply voting to year.
dismiss the articles of impeachment against Presi- Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not set the timing
dent Donald Trump as the House prepares to send for the House vote that will launch the Senate ac-
the charges to the chamber for the historic trial. tion. Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led
“I think our members, generally are not inter- House last month on charges of abuse of power
ested in the motion to dismiss. They think both over pushing Ukraine to investigate Democratic
sides need to be heard,” Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., rival Joe Biden and obstruction of Congress in the
who is part of GOP leadership, said Monday. probe. Democrats said the vote could be Wednes-
It will be only the third presidential impeach- day.
vene for the landmark undertak- charges approved by the House. The challenge for McCon-
ing, only the third presidential First, that he abused power by nell will be to balance Trump’s
impeachment trial in American pushing Ukraine to investigate appetite for full vindication, ac-
history, perhaps no one is more his Democratic political rival companied by humiliation of
important to Trump’s defense Joe Biden, holding back U.S. Democrats, with a more mea-
than the Republican leader. military funds to the country as sured trial that fits the legal ex-
The Democratic-run House leverage. And second, that he pectations of the Constitution
is set to transmit the articles of then obstructed Congress by and won’t expose Senate Repub-
impeachment to the Senate in a blocking witnesses and testimo- licans to a spectacle that could
matter of days. Trump faces two ny in the House probe. hurt them in elections.

Sanders didn’t think woman could

win presidency, Warren says
‘I’m in this race to talk about what’s ren said she and Sanders
“have far more in common
broken in this country and how to fix than our differences on
punditry.”
it ... I know Bernie is in the race “I’m in this race to talk
about what’s broken in
for the same reason’ this country and how to
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren fix it — and that’s what I’m
going to continue to do,”
By WILL WEISSERT an extraordinary turning she said. “I know Bernie
The Associated Press point in a Democratic pri- is in the race for the same
mary that, with few excep- reason. We have been
WASHINGTON — Eliz- tions, has been character- friends and allies in this
abeth Warren said Mon- ized by genial differences fight for a long time, and I
day that fellow Democrat- over domestic issues such have no doubt we will con-
ic presidential candidate as health care. The feud tinue to work together to
Bernie Sanders told her he brewing between Warren defeat Donald Trump and
didn’t think a woman could and Sanders will likely put our government on the
win the White House when change the tone of the side of the people.”
they met privately in 2018. campaign going into Tues- CNN first reported
Sanders has denied tell- day’s debate and comes Sanders’ comment earlier
ing Warren that a woman less than three weeks be- Monday, based on the ac-
couldn’t win. But the Mas- fore the Iowa caucuses counts of anonymous peo-
sachusetts senator said in launch the Democratic ple with knowledge of the
a statement that during contest. It also marks a meeting. That drew a swift
their two-hour meeting to jarring split between the and strong denial from
discuss the 2020 election, two longtime progressive Sanders, a Vermont sen-
“among the topics that allies, potentially giving an ator, who said, “It is ludi-
came up was what would opening for a more moder- crous to believe that at the
happen if Democrats nom- ate rivals such as former same meeting where Eliz-
inated a female candidate. Vice President Joe Biden abeth Warren told me she
I thought a woman could to attempt unifying the was going to run for presi-
win; he disagreed.” party. dent, I would tell her that a
The dispute marked In her statement, War- woman couldn’t win.”

Booker ends 2020 bid after polling, money struggles

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa
— Democrat Cory Book-
er dropped out of the
presidential race Monday,
ending a campaign whose
message of unity and love
failed to resonate in a polit-
ical era marked by chaos
and anxiety.
His departure now
leaves a field that was once
the most diverse in history
with just one remaining Af-
rican American candidate,
former Massachusetts
Gov. Deval Patrick, who
is struggling to register in
the polls amid a late entry
into the race.
Since launching his
campaign last February,
Booker, a U.S. senator from
New Jersey, struggled to
raise the type of money re-
quired to support a White
House bid. He was at the
back of the pack in most
surveys and failed to meet
the polling requirements
needed to participate in
Tuesday’s debate. Booker
also missed last month’s
debate and exits the race
polling in low single digits
in the early primary states
and nationwide.
In an email to support-
ers, Booker said that he
“got into this race to win”
and that his failure to make
the debates prevented him
from raising raise the mon-
ey required for victory.
“Our campaign has
reached the point where
we need more money to
scale up and continue
building a campaign that
can win — money we don’t
have, and money that is
harder to raise because I
won’t be on the next de-
bate stage and because
the urgent business of im-
peachment will rightly be
keeping me in Washing-
ton,” he said.

Mississippi is inaugurating GOP’s Tate Reeves as governor
‘It’s going to be the most demanding
job you’ve ever had. There’s no 8 to 5,
so you have to manage problems, big
problems, on a daily basis.’
Outgoing Mississippi Gov Phil Bryant
By EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACK-
SON — Re-
publican
Tate Reeves
is being in-
augurated
as the new
governor of
Mississippi Reeves
on Tuesday, ascending to
the state’s highest office
after serving the past
eight years as lieutenant
governor and the eight
years before that as the
Around the state
Sentencing set for
Mississippi man whose
wife found porn
GULFPORT — A Mis-
sissippi man whose wife
found images of nude
children in their home
was convicted of possess-
ing child pornography.
A federal jury in Gulf-
port returned the ver-
dict against Taryn Goin
Naidoo, 41, whose sen-
tencing is set for April 8.
The Sun-Herald re-
ported that Naidoo’s wife
called police in July 2017
after finding multiple
images of nude children
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are allowed, she said.
“We discovered that
the opening of the storm
shelter had many more re-
sponsibilities than we re-
alized, so therefore we’re
trying to backtrack,” Dis-
trict 2 Supervisor Orlan-
do Trainer said.
County officials start-
ed planning the shelter
in 2014, after a tornado
outbreak ravaged Mis-
sissippi, including an
EF-4 tornado that dev-
astated Louisville. What
was originally planned
to be a 20,000 square-
foot, $4.2 million struc-
ture was scaled down to
8,756 square feet, with
7,915 square feet of us-
able space, and cost $2
million. It can withstand
winds of up to 250 miles
per hour.
The shelter is de-
signed to accommodate
1,582 people, but it needs
to have enough chairs,
tables and other ameni-
ties to keep people com-
fortable for indefinite pe-
riods, as well as enough
personnel to oversee the
building, Trainer said.
“We need somebody
working the front desk
and keeping people up to
date on the weather and
stuff,” he said. “We’ve
got the building, but now
we need to sit down and
Reeves Talley
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n John Reeves, 35, was
charged with grand larce-
ny-more than $500.
n Jonathan Talley, 33,
was charged with posses-
sion of methamphetamine
and possession of cocaine.
n Domario Price-Ew-
ing, 18, was charged with
elected state treasurer.
Reeves, 45, succeeds
two-term Republican Gov.
Phil Bryant. The two men
have pushed tax cuts and
trimmed state budgets.
Reeves inherits several
immediate challenges as
governor, including an
understaffed state prison
system that was recent-
ly shaken by deadly vio-
lence.
In the gubernatorial
election in November,
Reeves defeated fourth-
term Democratic Attor-
ney General Jim Hood
stored on computer mem-
ory cards he kept in a
safe. The couple had been
arguing about his interest
in adult pornography.
The Diamondhead
businessman claimed
his wife was trying to set
him up because she want-
ed a divorce, but jurors
convicted him on three
counts on Friday.
Prosecutor Anthony
Paridiso said Naidoo had
93,000 pornographic im-
ages and 158 videos of
children on one memory
card alone. Naidoo also
had a collection of stories
about adults engaging in
come up with some pos-
itive defenders and the
equipment we’re sup-
posed to have.”
Campanella said at
the Jan. 6 board of super-
visors meeting that the
shelter needs at least two
security personnel and
that bailiffs from the Ok-
tibbeha County Sheriff’s
Office might be an option.
Starkville city police are
another option, District
1 Supervisor and Board
President John Montgom-
ery told The Dispatch,
but he and Trainer both
said the county should be
cognizant not to limit law
enforcement’s resources
during an emergency.
“We’re trying to keep it
so we have security there
at that fixed location
amongst different enti-
ties, but when you have a
storm, city police and the
county sheriff (need) to
still respond,” Montgom-
ery said.
Additionally, the shel-
ter’s parking lot only has
so much space, he said.
“Any time you have a
lot of people coming to an
area, be it a football game
or an emergency (shel-
ter), you’re going to have
some bottlenecking,”
Montgomery said.
The domed shelter is
located at the intersection
Area arrests
Price-Ewing Sharp Jr.
accessory after the fact. was charged
n Andrew Sharp Jr., with a bench
64, was charged with two warrant.
counts of malicious mis-
chief and burglary-break- thew
ing and entering a dwell- son, 35, was
ing. charged
with a bench
The following arrests warrant.
were made by the Oktibbe-
ha County Sheriff’s Office: 26, was charged with pro-
n Tyrone Ward, 26, bation violation.
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and two lesser-known
candidates.
Reeves was the 32nd
lieutenant governor of
Mississippi and will be
the 65th governor. He is
the 12th lieutenant gover-
nor to become governor of
the state, and is the only
one to have served two
terms as lieutenant gover-
nor before being elected
to the higher office.
Bryant was lieutenant
governor one term before
winning the governorship
in 2011. Mississippi gov-
ernors are limited to two
terms. Bryant said he told
Reeves the same thing
that his own predecessor,
Republican Haley Barbo-
ur, told him about being
governor.
“It’s going to be the
most demanding job
you’ve ever had,” Bry-
sex with children, which
prosecutors used as ev-
idence to emphasize his
obsession.
The woman took their
children and moved to Al-
abama, Paridiso said.
Suit accuses
Mississippi firefighter
of causing deadly crash
HAT TIESBURG — A
lawsuit accuses a fire-
fighter of recklessly driv-
ing a fire truck through
a red light and causing a
deadly crash on a Missis-
sippi highway.
In a newly filed federal
lawsuit, family members
Trainer Montgomery
of Lynn Lane and Indus-
trial Park Road, near the
Starkville Sportsplex and
McKee Park, and is also
available for community
meetings and events. A
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency grant
paid for about $1.44 mil-
lion of the $1.85 million
needed for construction,
with the county con-
tributing the remaining
$412,919.
The shelter currently
does not allow pets that
are not registered service
animals, and some coun-
ty citizens have taken to
social media to complain
about this, District 4 Su-
pervisor Bricklee Miller
said at the Jan. 6 meeting.
The supervisors debated
changing the rule, but the
issues of pet allergies and
the amount of space in the
shelter led them to decide
to keep the existing rule
for now, though the deci-
sion was not final.
The board also shelved
a discussion over a name
Ward Dotson
n Mat-
Dot-
Brooks
n Lafrederick Brooks,
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 3A
ant, 65, said last week.
“There’s no 8 to 5, so you
Reeves is keeping
some state agency di-
Mississippi State Peni-
tentiary at Parchman, the
have to manage prob-
lems, big problems, on
rectors from the Bryant
administration. He will
state entered a 90-day
emergency contract last
a daily basis. But I said, replace others, including week and moved 375 in-
‘Get your agenda, those Corrections Commis- mates to a private prison
things that you’re pas- sioner Pelicia Hall, who nearby.
sionate about and keep announced Dec. 31 that Hall and other correc-
moving on them. Just stay she would leave her job tions officials had repeat-
the course.’” in mid-January to work in edly told Reeves and other
Republicans this term the private sector. legislative budget writers
Five inmates were that Mississippi has diffi-
have maintained control
of the Mississippi House killed inside Mississip- culty hiring enough pris-
pi prisons between Dec. on guards because of low
and Senate. With Hood
29 and Jan. 3. Because pay, long hours and the
out of office and replaced
by a Republican, the GOP of damage caused at the dangers of the job.
now holds all eight state-
wide offices.
Mississippi has among
the lowest teacher sala-
ries in the United States.
Reeves and legislative
leaders have all said they
want to enact a teacher
pay raise this year, al-
though they have not re-
leased specific proposals.
of Kenneth Fitzgerald say
he was riding in a pickup
truck when a Jones Coun-
ty Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment truck collided with
it on Jan. 14, 2019 near
Laurel, Mississippi. Fitz-
gerald was hospitalized
and later died.
The driver of the fire
truck lacked adequate
training to operate emer-
gency vehicles, a lawyer
for Fitzgerald’s brother,
Billy Fitzgerald, said in
the lawsuit.
Representatives of the
fire department didn’t im-
mediately return messag-
es seeking comment.
for the shelter in April
2018. Supervisors were
torn between former
County Administrator
Don Posey or former
Emergency Management
Director Jim Britt as the
building’s namesake and
debated whose contribu-
tions to the early planning
stages of the shelter were
more valuable.
In addition to the shel-
ter, First United Meth-
odist Church and First
Baptist Church are Red
Cross-designated shel-
ters for food and housing,
respectively, if a disaster
displaces a large number
of people, Campanella
said. EMA and the Red
Cross are looking for
other potential overnight
shelters throughout the
county, she said.
SOLUNAR TABLE
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Tue. Wed.
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Supports open primaries
Dear Mr. Imes.
I write to express my full support for open
primaries in Mississippi. I appreciate the column
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information he shared about OpenPrimaries.Org
As this past election opened, I contacted one of
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few states actually have open primaries, top party
officials in the state would oppose the idea, and
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Glad to see Iranian people speaking up

The day has finally arrived, the day we thought
would never come. It’s the day that came as a re-
to Harry and Meghan?
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sult of the excellent leadership our greatest Pres- ne thing Cana-
ident, Donald J. Trump. First in his taking out the dians tend to be
chief of terrorist with no collateral damage and is sensible. And
then the showing truer wisdom not playing tit for so it is surprising how
tat with Iran, thank you Mr. President. So what many would consider
is the day? It’s the day that Iranian people have making Prince Harry
stopped shouting “death to America” and are and his wife, the former
shouting “death to the Regime in Iran.” The day Meghan Markle, king
that they no longer burn our flag and refuse to and queen of Canada.
step on “old Glory” but walk around it instead. Harry is a beneficiary
Raymond Gross of the lucky sperm club,
Columbus and Meghan was TV
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verification purposes. Letters should be no more than half the time in North America.
500 words, and guest columns should be 500-700 Harry and Meghan are free
words. We reserve the right to edit submitted informa- humans. And they would not be the
tion. first couple to divorce themselves
from family. But, boy,
are they tawdry — if
you buy into the royal
mystique.
“We intend to ...
become financially
independent, while ...
continuing to honour
our duty to the Queen,
the Commonwealth,
and our patronages,”
they said in a state-
ment. Sounds nice, but
they want to monetize
membership in the royal
family while avoiding the work.
Harry and Meghan’s new website,
Sussexroyal.com, looks like it sells
fancy bath towels. And maybe it
will. They’ve applied to trademark
their Sussex Royal brand — books,
clothing, charities and such.
Harry complains that British
newspapers have mistreated
Meghan. True, some coverage of
the biracial Meghan has been ugly,
but for the most part, it’s been the
usual onslaught of tabloid abuse.
Both have launched suits against
the tabloids. But as Harvard law
“Freedom of expression demands
substantial license. That’s a price
that they should have to pay for
their substantial privileges.”
The public was billed perhaps
$41 million for security costs at
Harry and Meghan’s wedding. The
queen gave them Frogmore Cot-
tage, nicely situated on the Windsor
estate. The house needed structural
repairs for which British taxpayers
spent about $3 million.
The estimated $6.5 million in
annual expenses given to Harry and
Meghan, and Prince William and
his family, are largely paid for by
Prince Charles. His money comes
from the Duchy of Cornwall — a
vast private estate that includes
farmlands and coastal areas, resi-
dential and commercial properties.
The royals’ deal has been that,
in return for deference, six palaces,
castles and estates, and enormous
public subsidies, they perform
mainly ceremonial duties, keep
their complaints to themselves and
behave as models of rectitude.
Rectitude was in decline even
before Prince Andrew’s romp with
sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Harry’s mother, the late Princess
Diana, turned the world into her
fashion runway — all the while
griping about the media attention.
Divorced from Charles, she died in
a car crash in Paris alongside her
playboy lover, Dodi Fayed.
Now you have Harry and
Meghan working their brand — for
example, publishing pictures of
their newborn, Archie, peek-a-boo
style on their Instagram account.
They declined doing a traditional
official royal baby picture.
And who will foot the bill for
their enormous security expenses?
Britain? Canada? Perchance they
themselves?
As an American, I can say, “Hap-
pily, not us.”
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.

CAMPAIGN 2020
Trump’s in-kind contribution to Bernie
T
he directed last week in na- rized war. suit. For, as the military says, a U.S.-Iran war rising, Bernie
killing of tionalist solidarity Trump’s claim that the gen- “The enemy gets a vote!” as is the Democratic candidate
Gen. Qassem to honor the dead eral had to be taken down to to how much blood, including whose anti-war credentials are
Soleimani, Iran’s general, today, abort an “imminent” attack on American blood, will be shed the longest and strongest and
blood-soaked field thousands of Irani- Americans, including attacks in 2020. whose position of avoiding war
marshal in the ans are marching on not one but four U.S. em- Also, by sending the 82nd with Iran is most in sync with
“forever war” of the against the ayatol- bassies, is being derided. The Airborne to Kuwait and Iraq, the majority of the party he
Middle East, has lah, accusing his justice of killing the general Trump underscored the truth: seeks to lead.
begun to roil the regime of having seems less the issue now than We are still mired in the “end- Sanders could ride anti-war
politics of both the known the truth the wisdom of the act, and a less wars” of the Middle East sentiment to victory in Iowa
region and the USA. and lied to the storm is brewing over whether despite his promise to extricate and New Hampshire and have
A stunned and nation. Trump and his aides have been us. the wind behind him going
shaken Iran retaliat- Patrick Buchanan In Iraq, a non- dissembling. Fractures have appeared into South Carolina and Super
ed by firing a dozen binding vote has Nancy Pelosi has already in the conservative-populist Tuesday.
missiles at two U.S. bases in been taken in parliament to pushed through the House a coalition that put Trump in His socialism may be a
Iraq. Yet, before launching the demand a full U.S. military nonbinding resolution assert- office. War Party intervention- bridge too far for most Amer-
attack, Iran signaled that its withdrawal from Iraq for the ing that Trump has no author- ists, who have long sought to icans, and an insuperable
retaliation would be strictly execution of Soleimani. Presi- ity to carry out acts of war have the United States do to obstacle to his ever becoming
proportionate, to avoid an dent Donald Trump is threaten- against Iran without Congress’ Iran what Bush 43 did to Iraq, president, but should he win
escalation. ing the Iraqis with sanctions if consent. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a are exhilarated by what they the nomination, he could
U.S. forces were warned Baghdad follows through and Trump supporter from Florida, believe the Soleimani killing occupy in 2020 the space
where the missiles would hit. expels the 5,200 U.S. troops stunned the president by vot- portends — an inevitable war Trump occupied in 2016, as the
Result: zero U.S. casualties in still there. ing for the Pelosi resolution. with Iran. anti-interventionist, anti-war
the two strikes. NATO allies with units in Sen. Mike Lee broke with Trump has also energized candidate.
Hours after the Iranian mis- Iraq are silently seething, as Trump to denounce the brief- the anti-war majority in the And if Bernie ran a “Come
siles hit the U.S. bases, how- they received no warning we ing that Congress received, Democratic Party, specifical- Home, America” campaign,
ever, an apparently panicked were about to take down the about attacks on Americans ly the candidacy of Bernie half a century after the slogan’s
Iranian officer at an air defense general. being imminent, as both Sanders, whose anti-war and author, George McGovern, lost
missile battery launched and Here, the political fallout contemptuous and the worst anti-interventionist credentials in history’s largest landslide,
shot down a Ukrainian airliner from the execution of Soleima- briefing he ever had. are as long-standing and solid Sanders could change the
leaving Tehran airport with 176 ni has only just begun. The general may have as is his fidelity to socialism. face and future of American
people aboard. Democrats, after denounc- gotten the justice he deserved Sanders voted against both politics.
For days, the ayatollah ing Soleimani as a war criminal in that SUV departing Baghdad the Bush II Iraq War that Sen. Patrick J. Buchanan, a
indicated he did not know the and serial killer of American airport, but the unintended Joe Biden voted to support, and nationally syndicated columnist,
cause of the disaster had been soldiers, are accusing Trump consequences of his execution George H.W. Bush’s Desert was a senior advisor to presi-
one of Iran’s own surface-to-air of carrying out, without the are now coming in. Storm expulsion of the Iraqi dents Richard Nixon, Gerald
missiles. consent of Congress, a premed- Trump has elevated the army from Kuwait. Ford and Ronald Reagan. His
Thus, while hundreds of itated act of war on a nation on Middle East wars as a major With the killing of the website is http://buchanan.org/
thousands had been marching which Congress hasn’t autho- issue in 2020, not his strong general and the possibility of blog.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Tuesday, January 14, 2020 5A

Trump’s faithful: 2020 tests his ties to white evangelicals

In a recent AP-NORC poll, about 8 in 10 white
evangelical Protestant voters approved
of President Trump’s job performance
By ELANA SCHOR
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — White evan-
gelical support for President
Donald Trump has sparked de-
bate for years — particularly this
winter, with his impeachment
trial looming. But for all the fo-
cus it commands, uncertainty
continues to surround Trump’s
bond with a religious constitu-
ency that has long leaned GOP.
Trump won a clear majority
of white evangelical Protestant
votes in 2016, and about 8 in 10
of that group approved of his job
performance in an AP-NORC
poll conducted last month. But
those evangelicals’ alignment
with the Republican Party pre-
dated Trump and has risen
steadily since 2009, according
to data from the nonpartisan
Pew Research Center.
Given that Trump has not
greatly outperformed his GOP
predecessors with white evan-
gelicals, why has his presiden-
cy drawn outsize attention to a
relatively small religious bloc?
It’s partly because conserva-
tive evangelical leaders have
amassed notable influence in
Trump’s administration. But an-
other reason the relationship is
scrutinized is that Trump’s po-
litical vulnerability could grow
if more white evangelicals sour
on him over perceived moral
missteps.
“Their support for Trump
just doesn’t match the story
they’ve been telling about them-
selves since their evolution as
a kind of active political group
among conservatives,” said
Robert Jones, CEO of the Public
Religion Research Institute, an
independent Washington-based
nonprofit.
The prospect of white evan-
gelicals defecting from Trump in
greater numbers is an appealing
one to his critics, including the
Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump
Republican group that last week
tried to undercut his evangeli-
cal appeal in a video that asked
whether he is “the best Ameri-
can Christians can do.” Demo-
crats also have grounded some
arguments against Trump in
moral values as they court vot-
ers of faith, including evangeli-
cals.
Mike Madrid, a Califor-
nia-based adviser to the Lincoln
Project, said that white evangel-
icals have been the strongest
element of Trump’s base but are
starting to show signs of weak-
ness.
“That’s literally the only vot-
er segment that he is holding
onto,” Madrid said. “We’re go-
ing right at it.”
But challenging Trump’s
hold on white evangelicals who
have proven stalwart conserva-
tives since the Reagan era may
require flawed assumptions
about their decision-making.
Evangelicals are generally
defined by several traits, includ-
ing a “born again” connection to
their faith, an emphasis on shar-
ing the gospel through evange-
lism or other activity, a view of
the Bible as an essentially au-
thoritative text, and a belief in
the centrality of Jesus Christ’s
sacrifice through crucifixion. A
majority of self-described white
evangelicals have leaned GOP
since Pew began its surveys in
1994, with about 6 in 10 identi-
fying with or leaning toward the
Republican Party starting with
President Bill Clinton’s admin-
istration. That proportion grew
from 63 percent in 2009 to 77
percent in 2017.

Iran announces arrests over downing

of passenger plane that killed 176
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran —
Iran’s judiciary said Tues-
day arrests have been
made for the accidental
shootdown of a Ukrainian
passenger plane that
killed all 176 people on
board just after takeoff
from Tehran last week.
The announcement
came amid an upswell
of anger and protests by
Iranians in recent days
over the downing of the
jetliner last Wednesday
and apparent attempts by
senior officials in Iran to
cover-up the cause of the
crash.
Iran, which initially
dismissed allegations
that a missile had brought
down the plane, acknowl-
edged only on Saturday —
three days after and in the
face of mounting evidence
— that its Revolutionary
Guard had shot down the
plane by mistake as the
force braced for a possi-
ble military confrontation
with the United States.
Judiciary spokesman
Gholamhossein Esmaili
said “extensive investiga-
tions have taken place and
some individuals are ar-
rested.” His statement on
the judiciary’s website did
not say how many individ-
uals had been detained or
name them.

US troops in Iraq got warning hours before Iranian attack

The Associated Press
AIN AL-ASAD AIR
BASE, Iraq — American
troops were informed of
an impending missile bar-
rage hours before their air
base in Iraq was struck by
Iran, U.S. military officials
said Monday, days after
the attack that marked a
major escalation between
the longtime foes.
At 11 p.m. on Jan. 7,
U.S. Lt. Col. Antoinette
Chase gave the order for
American troops at Ain al-
Asad air base in western
Iraq, to go on lockdown.
Military movements froze
as her team, responsible
for emergency response
at the base, sent out alerts
about the threat. At 11:30
p.m., she gave the order to
take cover in bunkers.
The first strike landed
sometime after 1:35 a.m.
on Jan. 8 and the barrage
continued for nearly two
hours. Half way through
the attack, Chase learned
the missiles were being
launched from Iran.
No American soldiers
were killed or wounded,
the U.S. has said.

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Health
Health tip
n Eat eggs, yolk and all: Whole eggs are so nutritious
that they’re often termed “nature’s multivitamin.” It’s
a myth that eggs are bad for you because of their
cholesterol content. Studies show that they have no effect
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Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen 20 seconds on front

The right way to wash
your hands
This from the Department of
Over-the-Top: In 2015, Sen. Thom
Tillis, R-N.C., suggested that
restaurants be allowed to “opt out”
of certain regulations, such as
employees washing their hands. “I
don’t have any problem with Star-
bucks if they choose to opt out of
this policy [of employees washing
hands] as long as they post a sign
that says, ‘We don’t require our em-
ployees to wash their hands after
leaving the restroom.’” Huh?
Although posting a sign that
says “Employees must wash
hands” is no guarantee they’ll do
it, folks need reminding of the
importance of clean hands — in a
restaurant, hospital, gym or wher-
ever germs can spread illness. It’s
scientifically indisputable!
A study published in the Journal
of Environmental Health found
that only about 6 percent of folks
wash their hands effectively. So,
here’s a refresher course from Dr.
Mike’s Cleveland Clinic (where
hand-washing is monitored before
any caregiver touches any patient
or patient’s device) on how to wash
your hands in a public restroom so
you are protected from infections
that can linger on public surfaces.
■ Grab a paper towel and set it
aside.
■ Wet your hands thoroughly.
■ Apply soap and lather up for
and back of hands.
■ Rinse hands
well.
■ Use the set-
aside paper towel
to turn off faucets.
■ Dry hands
thoroughly using
another towel.
Damp hands more
likely to pick up
bacteria than dry Drs. Oz and Roizen
hands.
If you use hand
sanitizer, it should contain 60 per-
cent alcohol.
Moms-to-be: Make sure you’re
getting nutrients for two
In the sitcom “I Love Lucy,”
a very pregnant Lucy sends her
husband Ricky out to buy whatever grade your daily diet to eliminate
foods she craves. In one episode,
Lucy inhales a dill pickle dipped
in a papaya milkshake. In another,
she chows down on pistachio ice
cream topped with hot fudge and
sardines. Funny, and not entirely
unrealistic. But occasional crav-
ings aside, it’s important for a
pregnant woman to eat foods that
provide the nutrients she and her
fetus need for good health.
Unfortunately, according to a
metastudy published in Maternal & M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
Child Nutrition, a majority of wom-
en who are hoping to conceive or
are pregnant aren’t eating enough
vegetables and whole grains and
are taking in too
much saturated fat.
As a result, they’re
deficient in vital
nutrients such as
folate, calcium and
iron. Folate helps
prevent neural tube
defects, like spina
bifida; calcium
is essential for
preventing high
blood pressure,
preeclampsia and
preterm birth;
and iron is needed for a healthy
red blood cell supply, brain devel-
opment and to guard against low
birth weight.
The solution? Talk with your
doc, get a blood test to check for
essential nutrient levels, and up-
all red and processed meats, added
sugars and syrups and any grain
that isn’t 100 percent whole. Also,
women who are or may become
pregnant should take prenatal
vitamins with the omega-3 DHA.
Remember, a healthy pregnancy
is your best assurance of a healthy
baby, and you can do a lot to make
sure that happens.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
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tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
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Thornton
Continued from Page 1A
In 2015, Thornton, 35,
became vice president for
the Boys and Girls Club of
Jackson.
Thornton said the
opportunity in Colum-
bus was something he
couldn’t pass up.
“What I really liked is
that it’s three different
communities,” he said.
“Each one is different,
with its own challenges
and opportunities. The
more I learned about the
situation here, the better I
liked it. It has a lot of mo-
mentum and a lot of excit-
ing things are on the way.
I wanted to be a part of
that and add some of my
own ideas.”
Thornton said he rec-
ognized immediately that
the Golden Triangle or-
ganization had a strong
footing.
“Nadia has really put
the club in a strong po-
sition,” he said. “Some-
times you have to go into
a situation and build it
up, put things together.
That’s not the case here.
There are still things to
be done and improve-
ments to be made, but
the groundwork is there,
thanks to Nadia and the
staff and volunteers.”
Colom, who resigned
in November but agreed
to assist in finding her
replacement, said she
knew almost instantly
that Thornton would be a
great fit.
“First and foremost, it
was his experience and
his clear
passion for
the mission
of the Boys
and Girls
Club,” Co-
lom said.
“Even be-
fore we Colom
spoke, I sition from high school
knew just by looking at his
resume that he was the
kind of person we were
looking for. He knows the
club from the ground up
and in and out. I feel real-
ly confident about what he
can bring to our commu-
nity.”
Thornton said he’s
spent a week at each of
the clubs in Columbus, he said. “It looks like the
Starkville and West Point, club has a lot of support
trying to familiarize him- in the community. Those
self with each club, its are strengths we want to
needs and challenges. build on. It’s been very en-
“One of the things I couraging so far.”
want to do is focus on ca-
reer paths for our older
kids,” he said. “We plan
to put together a univer-
sity tour during the sum-
mer for our teens. A lot
of these kids have never
been on a university cam-
pus. We’ll also help them
learn about ways they
can go to college without
building up debt — how
scholarships work and
how to apply for them. Re-
ally, the program will be
about all the things they
need to make the tran-
to college. It can be very
confusing for some kids,
especially if they’ve had
limited exposure.”
Although he’s been
in Columbus less than a
month, he said he’s liked
what he’s seen so far.
“The staff and our
volunteers have been a
great help to me already,”

CMSD
Continued from Page 1A
per square foot, Dedeaux
said. Repairing roof leaks
just at Columbus High
School, which boasts the
largest student population
of all Columbus campus-
es, could cost $4.3 million,
according to the estimate.
The presentation also
identified other needs,
such as air conditioner
replacements and window
repairs, which would cost
hundreds of thousands
of dollars. The district’s
spending on school main-
tenance was $195,207
in Fiscal Year 2019 and
around $230,000 in each
of the previous fiscal
years.
To pay for the roof re-
pairs, board president Ja-
son Spears said the board
would explore different
funding sources. Aside
from its annual budget,
the district could dip into
its capital improvement
fund — which now sits
at roughly $3 million —
or insurance coverage
for buildings damaged
during natural disasters,
Spears said. As for the
2-year-old roof over Fair-
view cafeteria, he said the
board would circle back
and negotiate with the
then roofing contractor.
In other business, the
board looked at potential
incentive programs for
the redevelopment of The
Magnolia Bowl, a Colum-
bus landmark that has
sat idle for decades at the
north edge of the city’s
downtown historic dis-
trict. Attempts to revive
the once-clamoring foot-
ball field stalled and failed
over the past years.
The site is designated
as public school trust land,
which means any project
to redevelop the site re-
quires approval from the
Secretary of State’s Of-
fice, Spears said.
“(It) just takes a lot lon-
ger to get it through all
the different channels,”
he said.
Having completed data
analyses on the site and
explored funding options,
the district is now ready
to consider more detailed
proposals to incentivize
developers, Spears said.
The board was interested
in several options, includ-
ing bonds and tax credit
programs for low-income
housing and commercial
development, he said.
Reviving the Magnolia
Bowl would bring more
revenue to the school
district, alleviate the tax
burden on the community
and improve the quality of
life, Spears said.
“There’s just an expo-
nential amount of oppor-
tunities created out of that
site being redeveloped, or
being developed, I should
say,” Spears said.

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Purple Tigers bring championship home

Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports

LSU Tigers quarterback Joe Burrow (9) hoists the national championship trophy after defeating the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff national championship
game Monday at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS —
From small-town Ohio
kid to Louisiana Leg-
end, Joe Burrow capped
his record-breaking,
Heisman-winning season
by bringing a national
championship to LSU.
Burrow threw five
touchdown passes, ran
for another score and fin-
ished off one of the most
accomplished seasons in
college football history
by leading the top-ranked
Tigers to a 42-25 victory
against No. 3 Clemson on
Monday night in the play-
off final.
“He’s one of the great-
est players in LSU his-
tory,” Tigers coach Ed
Orgeron said of Burrow.
“He’s done so much for
the state of Louisiana and
LSU. We are so grateful
to Joe Burrow.”
The senior quarter-
back from The Plains,
Ohio, lead the Tigers
(15-0) to their first na-
tional title since 2007 and
fourth overall, breaking a
few more records along
the way in what was al-
ready an historic season.
The five TD passes and
463 yards passing are the
most for a BCS or Col-
lege Football Playoff title
game as are his six total
touchdowns.
“This is what I want-
ed to do from the time I
was 5 years old, was hoist
this trophy, and bring-
ing it back to Louisiana,”
Burrow said, then caught
himself. “I guess we’re
in Louisiana, but staying
in Louisiana, we weren’t
going to let someone
come in here and steal
this from us in our home
state.
“We have a great fan
base that came out and
supported us. We were
going to keep this thing
right here.”
Burrow became the
first major college quar-
terback to throw 60
touchdown passes in a
season as LSU snapped
defending national cham-
pion Clemson’s 29-game
winning streak. For the
See lsu 4B

How Mike Leach will attack recruiting at MSU Euphoric wins, devastating
loss shape standout season
By Ben Portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
for Caledonia girls soccer
STARKVILLE — The By Theo Derosa out of last year’s MH-
Pirate has arrived. tderosa@cdispatch.com SAA Class 4A playoffs,
Following Friday’s in- 3-2.
troductory press confer- CALEDONIA — “It felt like we had
ence — an over 35-min- Emotions ran high Nov. reestablished who we
ute session of laughs, 16 in Amory when the were,” Ward said. “We
offensive philosophies, Caledonia girls soccer told them, ‘We’re not
and more laughs — Mike team beat the Panthers afraid of y’all anymore.’”
Leach has already made for the first time in 13 Buoyed by those two
his mark on the MSU foot- years. contests, ’Feds took an
ball program. “I know us and our unbeaten record into a
But with the opening parents cried,” senior home match with Moor-
pleasantries that come center back and captain eville on Dec. 6, pull-
with a new coaching hire Blair Ward said. “We ing away to a 3-1 lead
behind him, Leach’s im- had just been so accus- with 17 minutes to go.
mediate responsibilities tomed to being blown Then senior defensive
involve filling out his out by them. 9-0 games. midfielder Clara Allen,
coaching staff — some- 8-0. We finally fought the Feds’ other captain,
thing athletic director back and beat them for came out of the match
John Cohen has afforded once.” with cramps, and things
him $4.7 million to do. But Three days later, the began to unravel.
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
perhaps as pressing, it’s Confederates went into Mooreville scored
Mike Leach meets with the media to answer additional questions after the press
nearly time to turn the re- conference introducing him as the 34th head football coach at Mississippi State Mooreville and beat the four goals in quick suc-
See leach 4B on Friday in Starkville. team that knocked them See Caledonia 4B
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BRIEFLY Prep roundup

College Basketball
EMCC sweeps Coahoma
Pulliam earns hat trick in Starkville’s 4-0 win
Monday served up some home cooking for the By Theo Derosa to face Germantown on ates (11-1-1), and Lau- boys 5, Lamar School 0 Lillee Alpe each scored
East Mississippi Community College basketball teams, tderosa@cdispatch.com Friday. ren Brown scored once. 15 points for the Volun-
with the Lions picking up two wins against Coahoma.
The men won 69-56, while the women picked up a STARKVILLE —
Caledonia will host Prep Basketball teers, and Fallon Parker
79-48 victory.
Ethan Pulliam had a hat Caledonia girls 3, Itawamba Agricultural Starkville Academy scored 12 points.
on Friday. Starkville Academy
On the men’s side, the Lions picked up their sixth
straight series win against Coahoma and advanced trick for Starkville High Pontotoc 0 girls 62, Oak Hill Acad-
will host Lamar School
to 10-4 and 3-0 in conference play. Jakorie Smith in a 4-0 win over South CALEDONIA — emy 29
scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Panola on Monday in The Caledonia girls Other scores: STARKVILLE — today.
Danny Washington had 12 points and Donte Powers Starkville. soccer team beat Pon- Pontotoc boys 2, The Starkville Acade-
contributed 10.
Meanwhile, the EMCC women improved to 12-2 Ryan Leach scored totoc 3-0 in Monday’s Caledonia 0 my girls beat Oak Hill Other score:
(3-0) by riding a seven-game win streak. It was the the other goal for the home match Starkville girls 7, Academy 62-29 on Mon- Starkville Academy
Lions’ seventh straight series win over Coahoma. Ja’Mia Yellow Jackets (7-4). Jane Claire scored South Panola 0 day in Starkville. boys 42, Oak Hill Acad-
Hollings contributed a season-high 27 points, while Starkville will travel twice for the Confeder- Heritage Academy Caroline Wood and emy 40
Topazia Hawkins scored 14 and Aamiya Rush chipped
in 11 points and eight rebounds. Tye Metcalf rounded it
out with 10 points and seven assists.
EMCC is back in action in a road matchup against
NWCC Thursday night.

Column: LSU makes a persuasive case as the best team ever

Source: From Special Reports

CALENDAR The Associated Press the receivers. We’ve got the Division I-record 60 for the blow delivered by Grant Delpit
Today best quarterback. Got the best season. when Lawrence took off on a
Prep Girls Soccer NEW ORLEANS — A year offensive line. Got the best de- “This is best group of guys run in the closing minutes.
Pontotoc at Caledonia, 5:30 p.m. ago, Clemson made a pretty fense. Best pass rushers. Best anybody could ask for,” said Delpit stuck his helmet into
Shannon at Mississippi School for Math good case as the greatest team linebackers. Best safeties. Burrow, who was 31 of 49 for Lawrence’s gut, the ball went
and Science, 5:30 p.m. in college football history. Best cornerbacks. Can’t beat 463 yards. “This is a special flying and Derek Stingley
Prep Boys Soccer It didn’t take long for anoth- it.” group of guys. This doesn’t scooped up the fumble to seal
New Hope at Columbus, 7 p.m. er group of felines to take the There was never any doubt come around every year.” the victory.
Shannon at Mississippi School for Math standard even higher. that Joe Burrow & Co. could Hard to argue with that. “Tonight was all about
and Science, 7 p.m. Take a bow, LSU. outscore just about anybody Chase finished with nine LSU,” Clemson coach Dabo
Pontotoc at Caledonia, 7:15 p.m. The top spot on that myth- they faced. But when the guys receptions for 221 yards and Swinney said. “They played an
Prep Girls Basketball ical pedestal belongs to these on the other side of the line fi- a pair of scores. Justin Jeffer-
Tigers now. unbelievable game.”
Center Hill at Columbus, 6 p.m. nally showed up, that’s when son also reached triple fig-
With a Heisman Tro- LSU, which somehow sur-
Caledonia at Itawamba AHS, 6 p.m. LSU ensured its place for per- ures receiving, turning his
Heritage Academy at Winston Academy, phy-winning quarterback petuity. nine catches into 106 yards. rendered more than 600 yards
TBA leading an offense for the Clemson, winners of 29 Edwards-Helaire rushed for to Ole Miss, closed out the sea-
New Hope at Grenada, 6 p.m. ages and a defense that came straight games and two of the 110 yards, averaging nearly son by giving up a single touch-
Noxubee County at Hatley, 6 p.m. into its own over the last six previous three national titles, 7 yards per carry, and added down to Texas A&M, limiting
French Camp Academy at West Lown- weeks, LSU competed a most wasn’t going to go down eas- another 54 yards on five re- Georgia to just 10 points in
des, 6 p.m. perfect of seasons with a 42-25 ily. The great ones never do. ceptions. Thaddeus Moss, son the SEC championship game,
Lamar School at Starkville Academy, dismantling of Clemson in the When the orange-clad Tigers of NFL Hall of Famer Randy largely shutting down Jalen
6:30 p.m. national championship game raced out to a 17-7 lead early in Moss, hauled in a pair of short Hurts and high-scoring Okla-
Kirk Academy at Oak Hill Academy, Monday night. the second quarter, it was obvi- TD throws. homa in a Peach Bowl blow-
6:30 p.m. Clemson’s 2018 team was ous that LSU was in for a much LSU piled up a stagger- out, and choking off defending
Newton Academy at Kemper Academy, the first to go 15-0, a remark- tougher fight than it got in ing 628 yards against one of champion Clemson over the
6:30 p.m. able feat that justifiably led either the Southeastern Con- the country’s top defenses, a final 45 minutes of the season.
Prep Boys Basketball many of its players to say they ference championship game Clemson team that had not A championship-worthy de-
Heritage Academy at Winston Academy, should be remembered as the or the Peach Bowl semifinal given up more than 23 points fense, indeed.
TBA best team of them all. game. all season. With confetti fluttering
Center Hill at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. But LSU was even more But Burrow kicked it into But it was the LSU defense all around in the Superdome,
Caledonia at Itawamba AHS, 7:30 p.m. impressive in its own run overdrive, turning to future — maligned much of the sea- someone asked Moss what it
New Hope at Grenada, 7:30 p.m. through 15 straight oppo- NFL weapons such as receiv- son as the team’s Achilles’ meant to be part of the great-
Noxubee County at Hatley, 7:30 p.m. nents, piling up points like a er Ja’Marr Chase and running heel — that pushed the team est team in LSU history.
French Camp Academy at West Lown- pinball machine and shoring back Clyde Edwards-Helaire. across the finish line. He quickly corrected them.
des, 7:30 p.m. up a defense that appeared to LSU was up 28-17 by They harassed and harried
“The greatest team in col-
Lamar School at Starkville Academy, be lacking that championship halftime, having struck for Clemson quarterback Trevor
lege football history,” Moss
8 p.m. touch as late as mid-Novem- three touchdowns in about a Lawrence, who started 10 of
Kirk Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 8 ber. shot back.
nine-minute span. Clemson 15 for 161 yards but completed
p.m. This was the first team ever responded on its first posses- only 8 of 22 for 73 yards the In the end, LSU beat seven
Newton Academy at Kemper Academy, to beat each of the top four in sion of the second half a quick rest of the way. teams that were ranked in the
8 p.m. The Associated Press presea- 50-yard touchdown drive and “LSU did a good job,” Law- AP Top 10 at the time of the
Men’s College Basketball son poll. two-point conversion that rence said. “They brought a lot game — a staggeringly im-
Missouri at Mississippi State, 8 p.m. The average margin in sliced the lead to 28-25. of pressures, they did a good pressive feat.
Ole Miss at Florida, 6 p.m. those games: 21 points. The last hurrah of a proud job of mixing up the coverag- Maybe the greatest ever.
Women’s College Basketball “In my opinion, this is the champion, it turned out. es.” “Look at the record,” Moss
Judson at MUW, 5:30 p.m. best team in college football Burrow threw two more It was the lowest-rated said. “Look at who we played
Thursday — ever,” LSU receiver Terrace touchdown passes, giving him game of the sophomore’s col- and the numbers we put up. It
Prep Girls Soccer Marshall Jr. said. “We’ve got five on the night and an NCAA lege career, with the final speaks for itself.”
Columbus at West Point, 5 p.m.
Mississippi School for Math and Sci-
ence at Yazoo County, 5:30 p.m.
Prep Boys Soccer
Columbus at West Point, 7 p.m.
Mississippi School for Math and Sci-
On Football: Some answers, lots of questions for NFL title games
ence at Yazoo County, 7 p.m. The Associated Press So here’s what we’re won- against the Texans. The of- remaining coaches, though
Prep Girls Basketball dering: fense can do anything, but the Tennessee’s Mike Vrabel has
Hebron Christian at Columbus Christian After a wild weekend of his- special teams are uncertain. three rings as a player. Reid,
toric offensive performances
Academy, 6:30 p.m.
by Derrick Henry and nearly
A sixth seed? Tennessee certainly can
run the ball. Yet it’s won with
12-14 in the postseason, has
Prep Boys Basketball Can a team that sneaked the kind of roster capable
Hebron Christian at Columbus Christian every Kansas City Chiefs play- quarterback Ryan Tannehill of going all the way. Can he
into the postseason on the fi-
Academy, 8 p.m. er, spiced by some timely de- basically being pedestrian, if guide it there?
nal Sunday emulate the 2005
Women’s College Basketball fense from all the winners, we you will, in the playoffs. And
Steelers and 2010 Packers?
have the answers to the make- the pass rush must come alive.
LSU at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
East Mississippi Community College up of the NFL’s Final Four.
Tennessee has that look right
Green Bay has a Hall of
Pedigree?
now. Yes, Vrabel has the pedi-
at Northwest Mississippi Community Which brings along a whole Fame-caliber quarterback,
The Titans fear no one, as gree from his linebacker days,
College, 5:30 p.m. lot of questions. a spectacular receiver, do-it-
they showed first in Foxbor- but he’s now on the sideline
Men’s College Basketball The NFC, following a wild- all running back and steady
ough, Massachusetts, and overseeing matters.
East Mississippi Community College card weekend in which both enough line. It also has a
then in Baltimore. Their de- So who has the background
at Northwest Mississippi Community wild cards won, settled down dangerous pass rush. What
fense is versatile, physical and of achievement in the crucible
College, 7:30 p.m. to top-seeded San Francisco it lacks is enough reliability
well coached. When they dom- that is a conference champion-
and No. 2 Green Bay reaching in the secondary and, despite
inate in the trenches, they win, ship game?
on the air the championship game. It’s a
and the Titans have controlled
its gaudy record, an inability
Some players to look for to
classic rivalry that will resume to put away opponents before
Today the line of scrimmage in both make the most critical plays
next Sunday when the Niners things get uncomfortable.
AUTO RACING road playoff victories. So that leaves the Niners, next weekend:
(14-3) host the Packers (14-3).
4:30 p.m. — Dakar Rally 2020: Stage And then there’s Henry, the whose biggest question mark — Richard Sherman. The
9, Wadi Al Dawasir to Haradh, Saudi “This is where it really gets
fun. There’s only four teams first player with two games entering the playoffs was QB 49ers cornerback was the
Arabia (taped), NBCSN
CHL HOCKEY left, and we’re one of them, of 175 rushing yards or more Jimmy Garoppolo’s lack of ex- anchor of Seattle’s Legion of
11 a.m. — Djurgarden Stockholm at and we’ve got a legitimate in the same postseason. He perience. We can scratch that Boom and has had an exem-
Mountfield, NHLN
chance,” Packers quarterback has set the postseason sin- worry. We also know this team plary second season in San
1:30 p.m. — Frolunda Indians at Lulea, gle-game rushing record for Francisco.
NHLN Aaron Rodgers says. can catch the ball, run it, pur-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) It will be the eighth post- the Titans in consecutive sue on defense, cover in the — Rodgers. Can’t ignore
5:30 p.m. — Nebraska at Ohio State, season meeting since 1995 for weeks. passing game and unnerve op- an all-time great who probably
FS1 the Packers and Niners. He also has the most yards posing passers. Give the nod should have gotten to more Su-
6 p.m. — Louisville at Pittsburgh, ACCN rushing through his first four per Bowls than the one he won
6 p.m. — Duke at Clemson, ESPN In the AFC, Tennessee here to the Niners.
6 p.m. — Mississippi at Florida, ESPN2 has been the giant killer. The postseason games at 561. for the 2010 season.
And, get this, he threw a — Logan Ryan. Tennes-
6 p.m. — Richmond at Davidson,
ESPNU
Titans rode the relentless
3-yard touchdown jump pass
Can you do it Andy? see’s highly productive defen-
running of Henry past the de- Like Rodgers, Chiefs
6 p.m. — Louisiana State at Texas at Baltimore — the first by a sive back, a champion with the
A&M, SECN fending champion Patriots last coach Andy Reid had a Hall of
weekend. On Saturday, they running back in the playoffs Patriots, seems to be in the
7 p.m. — Iowa at Northwestern, BTN Fame-worthy resume. Unlike
7 p.m. — Virginia Commonwealth at did in the league’s best during since 1987, when Allen Rice of right spots at key times.
Rodgers, Reid has no Lombar-
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two Ravens turnovers and So yes, these Titans could Indeed, few coaches have ond-team All-Pro in 2019
8 p.m. — Virginia Tech at Wake Forest, bring Music City its first NFL only because San Francisco’s
ACCN two fourth-and-1 stops into 28 been so successful in more
8 p.m. — Kansas at Oklahoma, ESPN points. That was more than championship. than one location — Mar- George Kittle had such a spec-
8 p.m. — Maryland at Wisconsin, enough as the defense kept ty Schottenheimer and Dan tacular season, Kelce showed
ESPN2
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Jackson and the NFL’s most Doing nearly everything out owning a ring. Reid got to Texans how dangerous he can
Virginia, ESPNU
8 p.m. — Missouri at Mississippi State, prolific offense off-stride most well often keys a Super Bowl the 2005 Super Bowl, where be, especially on third downs
SECN of the night. run. his Eagles lost a close one to or in the red zone.
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Hinch, GM fired for Astros sign stealing after MLB bans pair
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Astros players dis-
The Houston Astros’
sign-stealing scandal cost
manager AJ Hinch and
general manager Jeff Luh-
now their jobs, and Boston
Red Sox manager Alex
Cora could be next.
Hinch and Luhnow
were fired Monday after
being suspended by Ma-
jor League Baseball for
the team’s illicit use of
electronics to steal signs
during Houston’s run to
the 2017 World Series title
and again in the 2018 sea-
son.
In U.S. sports’ largest
scandal since the New En-
gland Patriots’ “Spygate,”
MLB Commissioner Rob
Manfred announced the
discipline and strongly
hinted that Cora — the As-
tros bench coach in 2017
— will face equal or more
severe punishment. Man-
fred said Cora developed
the sign-stealing system
used by the Astros. The
Red Sox are under investi-
gation for stealing signs in
Cora’s first season as man-
ager in 2018, when Boston
won the World Series.
Houston was fined $5
million, the maximum
allowed under the Ma-
jor League Constitution,
as punishment. The As-
tros will also forfeit their
next two first- and sec-
ond-round amateur draft
picks.
The investigation found
that the Astros used the
video feed from a center
field camera to see and de-
code the opposing catch-
er’s signs. Players banged
on a trash can to signal to
batters what was coming,
believing it would improve
the batter’s odds of getting
a hit.
Sign stealing is a legal
and time-honored part of
baseball as long as it is
done with the naked eye
— say, by a baserunner
standing on second. Using
technology is prohibited.
puted whether knowing
the pitches seconds in
advance helped batters.
Houston had fewer wins
at home than on the road,
winning 94 home games
and 110 on the road during
the two seasons. There
was no sign-stealing sys-
tem on the road.
“While it is impossible
to determine whether the
conduct actually impacted
the results on the field, the
perception of some that
it did causes significant
harm to the game,” Man-
fred said.
Manfred, in his most
significant action since
becoming commissioner
five years ago, said Hinch
failed to stop the sign
stealing and Luhnow was
responsible for the play-
ers’ conduct even though
he made the dubious claim
he was not aware. Man-
fred said owner Jim Crane
was not informed.
An hour after MLB an-
nounced its punishment,
Crane opened a news con-
ference by saying Hinch
and Luhnow were fired.
“I have higher stan-
dards for the city and the
franchise, and I’m going
above and beyond MLB’s
penalty,” he said. “We
need to move forward with
a clean slate.”
Both Luhnow’s and
Hinch’s suspensions for
the 2020 season were to be
without pay. Crane said he
will look outside the orga-
nization and internally for
candidates to replace Luh-
now. If he hires internally,
the most likely candidate
would be Pete Putila, who
was promoted to assistant
general manager this off-
season.
Crane, who said he
learned of the discipline
this weekend, was visibly
upset during Monday’s
news conference and
insisted that Houston’s
championship, which cul-
minated in a seven-game
World Series over the Los
Angeles Dodgers, was not
tainted.
“We want to be known
as playing by the rules,” he
said. “We broke the rules.
We accept the punishment
and we’re going to move
forward ... if you read the
report neither (Luhnow
or Hinch) implemented
this or pushed it through
the system and (it) really
came from the bottom up.”
Hinch’s penalty was
among the longest for an
MLB manager. Brook-
lyn’s Leo Durocher was
suspended for one year
by Commissioner Happy
Chandler in April 1947
for the “accumulation of
unpleasant incidents” det-
rimental to baseball, and
Cincinnati’s Pete Rose
was banned for life by
Commissioner A. Bartlett
Giamatti in August 1989
for betting on Reds’ games
while managing the team.
Houston was a big
league-best 204-120
during the two years in
question, winning its first
title. Hinch, a 45-year-
old former catcher with
a degree from Stanford,
was the most successful
manager in the history of
the Astros, who have won
two of the last three AL
pennants and came with-
in one victory of another
World Series title last year
against Washington. Luh-
now, 53, earned an MBA
at Northwestern and fos-
tered an analytic-based
culture during eight sea-
sons as Astros GM, but
also a toxic one with high
turnover.
“It is very clear to me
that the culture of the base-
ball operations depart-
ment, manifesting itself in
the way its employees are
treated, its relations with
other clubs, and its rela-
tions with the media and
external stakeholders, has
been very problematic,”
Manfred wrote in a nine-
page statement. “At least
in my view, the baseball
operations department’s
insular culture -- one that
valued and rewarded re-
sults over other consid-
erations, combined with
a staff of individuals who
often lacked direction or
sufficient oversight, led ...
finally, to an environment
that allowed the conduct
described in this report to
have occurred.”
Crane, who hired Luh-
now weeks after buying
the Astros, denied a wide-
spread problem, saying “I
think there was some iso-
lated situations.”
Luhnow said in a state-
ment that he accepts re-
sponsibility “for rules vi-
olations that occurred on
my watch as president of
baseball operations and
general manager of the
Astros” and apologized to
the team and fans for “the
shame and embarrass-
ment this has caused.”
Then Luhnow defend-
ed himself.
“I am not a cheater,’’
the statement said. “Any-
body who has worked
closely with me during
my 32-year career inside
and outside baseball can
attest to my integrity. I did
not know rules were being
broken. As the commis-
sioner set out in his state-
ment, I did not personally
direct, oversee or engage
in any misconduct: The
sign-stealing initiative was
not planned or directed by
baseball management;
the trash-can banging
was driven and executed
by players, and the video
decoding of signs origi-
nated and was executed
by lower-level employees
working with the bench
coach. I am deeply upset
that I wasn’t informed of
any misconduct because I
would have stopped it.”
Hinch issued a state-
ment through the Astros,
saying he was “disappoint-
ed in our club’s actions
within this timeline, and
I accept the Commission-
er’s decision.
“As a leader and ma-
jor league manager, it is
my responsibility to lead
players and staff with in-
tegrity that represents the
game in the best possible
way,” the statement said.
“While the evidence con-
sistently showed I didn’t
endorse or participate in
the sign-stealing practic-
es, I failed to stop them
and I am deeply sorry.”
Manfred said Hinch
was aware of the system
but did not tell Luhnow.
“As the person with re-
sponsibility for managing
his players and coaches,
there simply is no justifi-
cation for Hinch’s failure
to act,” Manfred said.
The GM told Major
League Baseball he was
unaware of the system,
but Manfred held him ac-
countable for the team’s
actions.
“Although Luhnow
denies having any aware-
ness that his replay review
room staff was decoding
and transmitting signs,
there is both documentary
and testimonial evidence
that indicates Luhnow had
some knowledge of those
efforts,” Manfred’s report
said.
Baseball’s response
was far greater than that
of the NFL to a similar
infraction. New England
coach Bill Belichick was
fined $500,000 in 2007
and the Patriots were
penalized $250,000 for
using video to capture
an opponent’s signals.
The Patriots also were
stripped of a first-round
draft choice for pun-
ishment in the scandal
known as “Spygate.”
They were penalized
again for $1 million
eight years later for de-
flating footballs used in
the AFC championship
game. The NFL took
away a first-round draft
pick and suspended
quarterback Tom Brady
for four games.
Current New York
Mets manager Carlos
Beltrán, then a player
with the Astros, was
among the group in-
volved. Manfred said no
Astros players will be
disciplined because he
decided in September
2017 to hold a team’s
manager and GM re-
sponsible for sign-steal-
ing infractions.
“Virtually all of the
Astros’ players had some
involvement or knowl-
edge of the scheme, and
I am not in a position
based on the investiga-
tive record to determine
with any degree of cer-
tainty every player who
should be held account-
able.”
Baseball’s investiga-
tion began when former
Astros pitcher Mike Fiers,
now with Oakland, made
the allegations in a report
by The Athletic on Nov.
12.
Sign stealing has a
long history in baseball —
the New York Giants used
a military field scope and
buzzer during their 1951
tiebreaker playoff against
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
While decoding with the
naked eye is allowed, MLB
has enacted increasingly
stringent prohibitions in
recent years against the
use of electronics to spy
on opponents.
MLB’s Department
of Investigations inter-
viewed 68 witnesses, in-
cluding 23 current and
former Houston players,
and reviews tens of thou-
sands of emails, Slack
communications, text
messages, video clips
and photographs.
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LSU
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first time in his college career,
Clemson star quarterback Trevor
Lawrence was on the losing team.
The Tigers (14-1) had won his first
25 starts.
But on this night, Lawrence (18
for 37 for 234 yards) was no match
for Burrow — the Ohio State trans-
fer who threw all of 16 TD passes
last season with LSU.
His ascent has been dizzying
and unprecedented. Running a
version of the New Orleans Saints’
offense that was brought to LSU
by 30-year-old assistant coach Joe
Brady, Burrow and an array of tal-
ented receivers transformed these
Marshall Jr. from 24 yards out to
make it 42-25 with 12:08 left in the
fourth, Burrow signaled TD and
strolled to the sideline.
The Superdome is LSU’s dome
away from home, about 80 miles
from the Tigers Baton Rouge cam-
pus, and it was rocking.
The LSU band broke out its un-
official anthem, “Neck,” and as the
Tigers bounced and waved towels
on the sideline, Burrow just sat on
the bench, bobbing his head and
waving one arm.
Joe Cool. Just doing his thing.
Next stop: The NFL draft, where
he will likely be the first pick in
on a reverse and he raced 36 yards
through tacklers for a score to
make it 17-7.
It took LSU 5:19 to wipe that
out and take the lead, with Burrow
and his favorite receiver, Ja’Marr
Chase doing most of the damage.
The Heisman winner hit the Bilet-
nikoff Award winner with a long
ball to set up a quarterback draw
from 3 yards out to make it 17-14.
Burrow and Chase hooked up
for a 14-yard touchdown with 5:19
left in the second quarter and LSU
fans erupted as their Tigers took
the lead for the first time, 21-17.
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Caledonia
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cession to win the match 5-3, leav-
ing Caledonia coach Thomas Blake
and the ’Feds stunned and lament-
ing the opportunities they missed
to truly put the match away.
“I think that was a humbling ex-
perience for them,” Blake said. “I
think it was a humbling experience
for me. And it hurt. It hurt.
“We got confident, and we got
complacent. That’s why I think we
allowed them to come back.”
That match remains the ’Feds’
only defeat in a 11-1-1 season, but
Blake and Ward know how much it
helped in the long run.
“I think we’ve kind of kept that
in the back of our minds about
how that felt,” Blake said. “I just
think we have the mentality now:
We don’t want to let that happen
again. We don’t want to be in that
situation. We know now going for-
ward it’s gotta be 100 percent, 100
percent of the time. Anytime we
slack off, now we’re aware of what
can happen when we do that. If
we don’t have 100 percent effort,
we’re aware of what can happen if
we don’t do that. I think that game
made us better more than any oth-
er game we’ve played this season.”
Caledonia, a deep team led by
a group of four seniors — Ward,
Allen, forward Claire Benson and
left back Savannah Andrewsen —
didn’t fold after that devastating
loss. The ’Feds won five of their
next six matches and tied Class
6A power Starkville on Thursday,
though the Yellow Jackets equal-
ized late in that match.
“Even though we didn’t get the
win and we’re not satisfied with the
draw, I think it shows that we can
compete against really any school
we go up against,” Blake said.
That’s become important for
Caledonia in a new and improved
district. The ’Feds used to com-
pete against the likes of Louisville
and Kosciusko, but their new re-
gion features strong three strong
teams: Itawamba Agricultural,
Mooreville and Pontotoc.
“It’s always a fight,” Ward said.
Caledonia can expect to capture
a district title should it gain a game
on Mooreville in the final stretch
of district play — something Ward
would cherish in her senior season.
“I would love that,” she said.
“Nothing would make me happier.”
She and her teammates had to
learn quickly adjusted to a new sys-
tem under Blake, a first-year coach
at the school. Blake scrapped Cale-
donia’s 4-4-2 formation when he
took over for Louis Alexander at
the helm, and “nobody fully trust-
ed” his new 4-3-3 scheme, Ward
said.
“I know the whole team kind
of struggled with it, just trying to
understand the concept,” she said.
“It was like, ‘OK, this isn’t gonna
work,’ and then during our first
games we didn’t even have three of
our starters. But we still did really
good, and we all kind of believed in
it.”
Blake knows Caledonia can’t
run the 4-3-3 in every game — the
’Feds must adjust depending on the
opponent — but so far, he’s happy
with how it has worked out.
“I think it’s a formation that has
worked really, really well for us,”
Blake said. “It’s a formation that I
love … All in all, I think that forma-
tion definitely helps us reach our
potential on the field.”
The talent Caledonia possess-
es has gone a long way toward re-
alizing that potential, too. While
the ’Feds have four seniors in their
starting lineup, it’s still a young
team.
“This is a team that’s loaded
with depth,” Blake said. “It’s a solid
bunch. You usually don’t see that.
Up and down the roster, it’s solid,
and I feel confident in all of those
girls.”
That depth will come into play as
Caledonia nears the end of its regu-
lar season and the playoffs, which
will begin Jan. 28. And matter how
they fare, the ’Feds won’t forget that
loss to Mooreville anytime soon —
for better or for worse.
“I think we’ve done a good job
of learning from our experiences,”
Blake said. “It’s about continuing
to work hard, continuing to develop
and continuing to get better, and I ACROSS
think we’ve done that every game. 1 Most pleasant
By the time we get into the playoffs 7 Dress in
and those situations, we’re gonna 11 Source of
put ourselves in a really good posi- answers
tion.” 12 Like a desert
13 NHL team

Leach
Continued from Page 1B
cruiting calendar toward the 2021
class.
For all the excitement Leach’s
arrival has brought over the past
four days — including the hopes of
a high-flying passing attack led by
quarterback Garrett Shrader, who
was among the players that met the
new head coach at George M. Bry-
an Airport Thursday — it remains
to be seen how the former Washing-
ton State head coach will recruit in
Starkville.
Speaking before a crowd of
roughly 500 fans at the Leo Seal
Jr. Football Complex Friday, Leach
made note of how the recruiting
base in Mississippi and the sur-
rounding states was a major pull for
the job.
“I’ve always wanted a quality
place where people are committed
to winning,” he said. “Just to be per-
fectly honest, the recruiting base
here is hard to resist. A 300-mile
radius of here just has outstanding
recruits, and it all starts with the
commitment on the high school lev-
el and the great job the high school
coaches do here.”
Opening sentiments aside,
Leach’s Washington State teams
rarely, if-ever, recruited at an elite
level. Over his eight seasons in Pull-
man, Leach never signed a recruit-
ing class ranked higher than 42nd
nationally in the 247 Sports Com-
posite Rankings.
Further, only the 2018 class at
Washington State included mul-
15 Poker pay-
ments
16 Big gulp
18 Dollops
21 Wound
tiple four-star recruits (2), while former Northwest Mississippi Com- reminder
the Cougars never signed three munity College and Washington St. 22 High-collared
or more such prospects in a single quarterback Gardner Minshew. jackets
year over that same span. “I think that definitely helps 24 Chest mus-
Conversely, Joe Moorhead and also a guy you like out of high cle, for short
signed three-straight top-25 class- school you have the ability to get 25 Take to court
es during his two-plus year run at 26 Lingerie item shwin 21 Relaxing
him on track,” Leach said of the
MSU — including the 22 recruits 27 Short sock 3 “East of Eden” retreat
Mississippi junior college system.
in the class of 2020 that inked with 29 Singer Laine brother 22 Noted pha-
“I think the best teams — the ma-
MSU during the Early Signing Peri- 30 Frog’s cousin 4 Bakery treat raoh
jority come out of high school and 5 Informal talk 23 — Paulo
od in December. 31 “That was
I think it’s important for the core of 6 Ordeal 25 Car type
And while Leach has had limit- close!”
ed recruiting success in the rank- your teams to be high school guys. 7 Holmes’s 28 Bemoan
But I’ve had some great luck with 32 Opera’s
ings, Mississippi’s fertile recruiting Callas helper 29 Pure
ground should provide a natural junior college guys.” 8 Important time 31 Screen dot
With Leach now focused on fill- 34 NBA team
boost. 40 Rotate 9 Ventilate 33 Equips
For context, 11 players from the ing out his staff, he said Friday he 10 Hwys. 34 Sch. support
expects to bring in recruiters famil- 41 Arises
Magnolia State rank in 247 Sports’ 14 Musical group
iar with the state and MSU’s recruit-
42 Aid in crime
top 500 prospects for the class of transition 35 Wheel part
43 Like some
2020 compared to just seven play- ing footprint. Once on board, those 16 Fragrance 36 Lode material
winter days
ers from the state of Washington. staffers should quickly turn their 17 Loony 37 Employ
Additionally, eight of the top 20 attention to the 2021 class and the 19 Sermon 38 Squirrel’s
prospects in Mississippi are com-
DOWN
final few spots of the 2020 group. 1 Silent assent volume snack
mitted or have signed with the And though the 2021 class remains 2 Lyricist Ger- 20 Threaded 39 007, for one
Bulldogs, while Washington State’s roughly a year from signing on to fastener
2020 class included just one of the Leach’s squad, the new head coach
top 20 players in the state. is excited for his new staff to take
“They’ve done a fine job recruit- advantage of the recruiting profile
ing here over the years,” Leach
MSU affords.
said. “There’s a lot of things we’re
“First and foremost, I want good,
going to have to maintain and con-
tinue and then elevate as we see op- quality people who are dedicated
portunities.” recruiters and then a mixture,”
Beyond the high school ranks, Leach said of what he’ll look for in
Mississippi also provides the added his recruiting staff. “We’ve got to
bonus of some of the nation’s high- have really strong guys who know
est rated junior college recruits X’s and O’s on the field, discipline,
— something Leach has already focus, and pulls the unit together.
reaped the benefits of in the form The most important thing is what
of current Jacksonville Jaguar and you can do together.”

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49ers expect different Packers team in NFC title game
The Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif.
— When Aaron Rodgers
greeted Jimmy Garoppolo
following the least produc-
tive start of his sterling ca-
reer he had a simple mes-
sage for the San Francisco
49ers quarterback: “We’ll
see you later on.”
Less than two months
after that lopsided loss,
the Green Bay Packers
quarterback has proven
prophetic. For the eighth
time in the past 25 seasons
Green Bay and San Fran-
cisco are squaring off in
the postseason, this time
with a berth in the Super
Bowl on the line.
“We know it will be dif-
ferent,” 49ers coach Kyle
Shanahan said. “That
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game got away from them
early. That’s definitely not
the team we’ll see this
week. Everyone knows
how good Green Bay is,
how good their coaching
staff is, how good their
players are, how good
their quarterback is. ...
That game really holds
zero relevance to what’s
going to happen this Sun-
day.”
The Packers (14-3)
looked nothing like a Su-
per Bowl contender back
on Nov. 24 when they were
completely overwhelmed
by the 49ers (14-3) from
the start. Rodgers was
strip-sacked by Fred War-
ner on the opening drive
and Nick Bosa returned
the fumble to the 2, set-
ting up Tevin Coleman’s
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TD run.
The Niners added a cou-
ple of field goals and got a
fourth-down stop against
Aaron Jones before break-
ing that game open at the
end of the first half with a
42-yard TD pass from Ga-
roppolo to Deebo Samuel
and a third field goal from
Chase McLaughlin in the
final 65 seconds of the half
to make it 23-0.
Rodgers threw a TD
pass in the third quarter
to Davante Adams only to
have the Niners answer
two plays later on a 61-yard
pass to George Kittle, and
the rout was on. The 37-8
final was the second-most
lopsided loss in Rodgers’
career in a game he didn’t
get injured.
“I’d like to think we’ve
improved through the
course of the season, es-
pecially the last six weeks
or whatever it’s been,”
coach Matt LaFleur said
Monday. “Certainly I don’t
think we played our best
that day. You got to give
them a lot of credit, there’s
probably a reason for that.
That’s a really talented
football team. We know
that. But in order to com-
pete with them, in order
to have a chance to beat
them, we’re going to have
to be at our best.”
Rodgers finished the
game 20 for 33 for 104
yards and had a career
low with only 3.15 yards
per attempt. He was also
sacked five times for 38
yards, with right tackle
Bryan Bulaga leaving ear-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am a
25-year-old
college student
on the verge of
graduation. Over
the past three
months, I have
been dating a
slightly younger
man (he’s 21).
We get along well,
and I thoroughly
enjoy his compa-
ny. He has never
been anything
but kind and
supportive.
Dear Abby
My parents
have an issue with the match.
My boyfriend is Latino, born
and raised in a South Ameri-
can country. He speaks and
understands English well, al-
though speaking it does make
him a little nervous. I speak
Spanish fluently, so when we
talk to each other, he speaks
in Spanish and I speak in En-
glish, and we have no problem
communicating.
My parents think that rela-
tionships (especially marriag-
es) are already hard enough,
and adding cultural differences
to the equation is a dangerous
gamble for my future happi-
ness. They strongly oppose
my continuing my relationship
with him. Do you think their
argument is valid?
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan.
14). The care and challenge you
give your physical self will repay
you, as you seem to get younger
as the year progresses. Friends
connect you with opportunity.
You’ll have the courage to make
a change in the way you’re
getting and using money, and
this improves your quality of life
across the board. Pisces and
Cancer adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 8, 40, 44, 42
and 18.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). To what degree are you
responsible for the mistakes of
your forebears? And what are
you willing to do in the name of
rectifying their wrongs? This is
the question that subtly guides
ly in the first quarter with
a knee injury. The 1.9 net
yards per pass play were
the lowest for the Packers
since 1991, the year before
Brett Favre arrived.
“We’ve got to play a lot
better, obviously,” Rodg-
ers said. “They’re a great
football team, have a great
front, obviously get after
the passer and don’t need
to rush a lot of guys to do
that. (They have an) ex-
cellent pass rush, really
good on the back end,
smart.”
The Packers haven’t
lost since, winning the
final five games of the
regular season and then
the playoff opener over
Seattle 28-23 on Sunday
to set up the rematch.
San Francisco beat Min-
I’ve looked
up statistics that
say marriages
between a Latino
man and white
woman are the
most likely to end
in divorce (not
that I’m thinking
of marrying him
any time soon,
but one of my
future goals is
to be in a happy
marriage, and
I realize that
you marry who
you date). The
idea of ending
a relationship with someone
I adore based on statistics
is upsetting to me. I’d really
appreciate your thoughts. —
GROWN-UP IN UTAH
DEAR GROWN-UP: You
have been dating this man
for only three months. By the
age of 25, the decision about
whom you decide to EVENTU-
ALLY marry should be yours,
not your parents’, regardless
of how well-meaning they are.
Do not let statistics rule your
life because there are always
exceptions. Let this play out,
and you will have your answer.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
finds fault and makes negative
comments about almost
everything. He rarely talks to
me about anything. I am not
the day’s patterns.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’ll be looking for proof that
another person’s passions are
directed to a somewhat real-
istic understanding of you as
opposed to a projection of their
own making.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). Most of what wears the
costume of urgency is ego (your
own or someone else’s) needing
external validation. Were you to
respond to everything that pass-
es as urgent, you wouldn’t have
time to do what’s important.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You can’t put a price tag on
thoughtfulness. You’ll exchange
something specific that proves
you’re tuned in to another
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 5B
nesota 27-10 on Saturday.
Green Bay should
have Bulaga back even
though he missed Sun-
day’s game with an ill-
ness. The Niners also are
healthier with edge rush-
er Dee Ford, left tackle
Joe Staley, linebacker
Kwon Alexander and run-
ning back Matt Brieda all
back after missing that
game.
But regular-season
blowouts don’t always re-
peat when the teams meet
again in the playoffs.
There have been 23 times
in the Super Bowl era, ex-
cluding one replacement
player game in 1987, that
a team lost a regular-sea-
son game by at least 28
points to a team it met
again in the playoffs.
happy with my life with him. I
feel there is so much I want to
do and explore. He is content
to stay at home, watch TV and
occasionally do little projects
around the house. Then it is
time for TV again.
We are both retired. My
adult kids and my grandchil-
dren are my whole life. We are
all very close. My husband, on
the other hand, rarely talks to
or calls his kids, even though
I encourage him to. One child
no longer even speaks to him.
Another one lives too far away
to see him (a 10-hour drive),
which is his reason for not
visiting him.
With no friends and very
little family contact, I feel I am
all he has. I want to run away,
but if I do, he’d be heartbro-
ken. Sad to say, I wouldn’t
even miss him. What should I
do? — UNFULFILLED IN OHIO
DEAR UNFULFILLED: Has
your husband always been
this way? If the answer is no,
he may be depressed, which
is something that should be
discussed with his doctor.
I don’t think you should
leave him — immediately. If
you want to travel and have
the means to do so, travel with
some friends. The only thing
you should NOT do is permit
yourself to become isolated
because your husband is so
closed off.
person. This goes beyond the
realm of commerce and is deep-
er than courteousness.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). No
one is shallow for thinking that
appearances matter. Of course
they do. We use visual cues to
get around, assess situations
and know what’s expected.
Shallowness is making appear-
ances matter too much.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Everyone is a novice about
something. Though innocence
must be lost to move to the next
realm of awareness, what is
gained in the way of awareness,
humor, wit, taste, etc. will be a
trade that’s more than fair.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Girl Scouts vow to live by the
Girl Scout law. Postal workers
vow to deliver the mail regard-
less of weather. And physicians
vow to do no harm. Today you’ll
be made aware of the vows you
live by.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Beware of those who would
rather be popular than serve
others, or who would rather
be famous than great. In a
balanced venture, ideally those
qualities will emerge together.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). To count the ways in which
a certain person doesn’t meet
your expectations would only
mire you in a joyless thought
pattern. Instead, focus on
getting your needs met.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You wouldn’t keep wearing
a sweater that gives you a rash,
and neither should you stay
close to people who irritate you.
If it can’t be helped, change
your analysis of their actions.
“Irksome” is but one interpre-
tation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). If anyone keeps you
waiting more than 30 minutes
today, leave -- not out of anger
but rather from a desire to com-
municate your respect for time
in general, and your boundaries
in particular.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Your lifestyle isn’t just
about how you eat, where you
live, or what you do for work and
fun. It’s also a coping style and
a way of managing the complex-
ities of society. What about it is
working? What isn’t?
A man of many parts
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Jones Theaker, and Stephen
Jones, the Petitioner herein,
adjudicated as the only heirs-
at-law of Bessie Jones, De-
ceased, as fully set forth in the
Petition on file in the Chancery SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
Court of Lowndes County , Mis-
sissippi .
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO AP-
PEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST
THE PETITION FILED AGAINST
YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00
A.M. O' CLOCK ON THE 27TH
DAY OF JANUARY, 2020, IN
THE CHANCERY COURTROOM
OF THE LOWNDES COUNTY
COURTHOUSE AT COLUMBUS, MAXEY, PLAINTIFF, IN AN AD-
MISSISSIPI; AND IN CASE OF
YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND TION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF corner; thence North 86 de-
DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE YOUR MINOR CHILD, E.R.M,
ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR
THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN
THIS PETITION.
You are not required to file an
answer or any other pleading,
but you may do so if you de-
sire in care of J. Douglas
Dalrymple II, Dalrymple Law
Firm PLLC, 508 2n d Avenue
North, Columbus, MS 39701.
Issued under my hand and seal defend a judgment will be
of Court, this the 18th day of
December, 2019.
CHANCERY CLERK
(SEAL)
BY: Tina Fisher, D.C.
Prepared By:
J. Douglas Dalrymple II (MSB# SUDDUTH, JR. AT HIS AD-
105401)
DALRYMPLE LAW FIRM, PLLC
508 2ND Avenue North Colum- LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS cord, if any.
bus, MS 39701 Telephone:
(662) 327-1088
jase@recsi.net
PUBLISH: 1/7, 1/14, &
1/21/2020
IN THE SPECIAL COURT OF EM- BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU
INENT DOMAIN
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
COLUMBUS REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY PLAINTIFF
VS.
LINDA OWENS DEFENDANT
NO. 2019-0003-ED2
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: LINDA OWENS
You have been made a Defend-
ant in a lawsuit filed in this
Court by the Columbus Re-
development Authority to con-
demn by eminent domain cer-
tain real property located at
407 4th Street North, Colum-
bus, Mississippi, and being
Lowndes tax parcel
61W090004200. The property
is necessary to renew and re-
develop blighted conditions in
accordance with the Urban Re-
newal Plan (Burns Bottom) of
the City of Columbus, Missis-
sippi.
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the com-
plaint or petition filed against
you in this action at 9:30
o’clock a. m. on the 3d day of
March, 2020, in the second
floor courtroom of the Lowndes
County Courthouse in Colum-
bus, Mississippi, and in case
of your failure to appear and
defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the complaint or peti-
tion.
You are hereby further given
notice that not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of
the trial on March 3, 2020, you of Lowndes County, Missis-
are required to file the State-
ment of Values pursuant to
Miss. Code Ann. §11-27-7,
which shall be treated as
pleadings in this action. The
date of the filing of the Com-
plaint herein is the 10th day of
September, 2019, and the
name and address of the attor-
ney for the Plaintiff is Martha
Bost Stegall, P. O. Box 7120,
Tupelo, Mississippi 38802.
Other than the Statement of
Values you are not required to
file an Answer or other plead-
ing but you may do so if you de-
sire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this 2d day
of January, 2020.
TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK
SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT
DOMAIN,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C.
Publish: January 7, 14 and 21,
2020
floor courtroom of the Lowndes
County Courthouse in Colum- SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
bus, Mississippi, and in case TICE OF SALE
of your failure to appear and
defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of
October, 2017, Mary H.
Ads appear in The Commercial Dispatch,
money or other things deman-
ded in the complaint or peti-
tion.
Humphries a/k/a Mary H. Sum-
merville, unmarried, executed a
certain Deed of Trust to Angie
The Starkville Dispatch and Online
Dellinger, Trustee for the bene-
You are hereby further given
notice that not less than ten
fit of Regions Bank, which
Deed of Trust was recorded in
To place ads starting at only $12,
(10) days prior to the date of the office of the Chancery Clerk
the trial on March 3, 2020, you of Lowndes County, Missis-
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
are required to file the State- sippi, and recorded in Deed of
ment of Values pursuant to Trust Book 2017 at Page
Miss. Code Ann. §11-27-7, 23491 of the land records; THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 n 6B
which shall be treated as and,
pleadings in this action. The
date of the filing of the Com- WHEREAS, Simpson Law Firm,
plaint herein is the 10th day of P.A. has been substituted in
Legal Notices 2019, and the
September, Legalplace
the Noticesand stead of Angie Customer Service Apts For Rent: Other Mobile Homes for Rent Lots & Acreage
name and address of the attor- Dellinger, Trustee for Regions
ney for the Plaintiff is Martha Bank, said Appointment of Sub- FRONT DESK RETAIL 1ST MONTH − RENT FREE! 2BR/2BA. All appliances LAND FOR SALE.
Bost Stegall, P. O. Box 7120, stitute Trustee being recorded RECEPTIONIST NEEDED. 1−2 BR Apt: $350−395 included. CH/A, water Caledonia School District.
Tupelo, Mississippi 38802. in Book 2019 at Page 23326
M-F 7:45-5:00 1−2BR TwnHome: furnished. $450 mo. + Cleared Acreage ready to
Other than the Statement of
Values you are not required to
of the records of the Chancery
Clerk of said County; and, Every other Sat 7:30-12:00 $625−650 $300 dep. Must have build. Approx 6.5 acres @
file an Answer or other plead- Must have valid drivers Lease, Dep, Credit Check. references. 662−356− corner of Dale & Cal−
ing but you may do so if you de- WHEREAS, fee simple title is license. Good customer Coleman Realty 6413 or 662−251−5003. Kolola roads. For more
sire. vested in Mary H. Summerville; service skills a must. 662−329−2323 info, call 662−549−8507.
and, Email resume to 3BR/2BA Trailer, New
Issued under my hand and the lcrt@cableone.net Hope school dist. $500/ WINTER SPECIAL. 1.75
seal of said Court, this 2d day WHEREAS, default having been
of January, 2020. made in the terms and condi- mo & $500 dep. No pets, acre lots. Good/bad credit.
tions of said Deed of Trust and LOCAL COMPANY looking no drugs, no partying. Call 10% down, as low as
TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK the entire debt secured thereby for receptionist/secretary. b/w 10a−7p. 662−386− $299/mo. Eaton Land.
SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT having been declared to be due Previous experience 4292. NO TEXT MGS. 662−361−7711.
DOMAIN, and payable in accordance with helpful but not necessary.
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS the terms of said Deed of Computer skills a must.
Merchandise
Trust, the legal holder of said
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C. indebtedness, Regions Bank,
Email resume to: New Hope Mobile Home
job106@cdispatch.com OR Park 2 prime lots open
having requested the under- − BRING YOUR HOME!
Publish: January 7, 14 and 21, signed Substituted Trustee to mail to: Blind Box 673, c/o
2020 execute the trust and sell said The Commercial Dispatch, Andrews Mobile Home
land and property in accord- PO Box 511, Park has 2 prime Ads starting at $12
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF ance with the terms of said Columbus, MS 39703. mobile home/RV lots
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Deed of Trust and for the pur- for rent in quiet heart of Firewood / Fuel
pose of raising the sums due General Help Wanted New Hope. Roll your
thereunder, together with attor- new home right in.
ney's fees, trustee's fees and FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
IN RE: THE ADOPTION OF GARDEN CENTER Availability limited, so Various lengths.
expense of sale. act fast and be a part of
EMPLOYMENT: 662−295−2274.
our friendly established
NOW, THEREFORE, Simpson Sales experience, basic
knowledge of plants & community! Application General Merchandise
IE MAXEY AND THE UNKNOWN Law Firm, P.A., Substituted & references required.
FATHER OF E.R.M. Trustee in said Deed of Trust, landscape maintenance.
will on the 23rd day of January, Submit work experience/ Lot 1 − small lot WANTED FREON R12.
2020, offer for sale at public history & 3 references to: between great We pay CA$H.
PLAINTIFF outcry and sell within legal neighbors, ideal for long
Blind Box 672 c/o R12 R500 R11.
COLEMAN
hours (being between the −term RV. We will
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 The Commercial Dispatch Convenient.
VS. prepare electric pole.
p.m.), at the Southeast Front PO Box 511 Certified professionals.
Door of the Lowndes County Columbus, MS 39703 RENTALS $175/month includes refrigerantfinders.com/ad
Courthouse, in Columbus, Mis- TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS water and sewer. First 312−291−9169
THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF month free with 6
E.R.M. sissippi, to the highest and GENERAL LABORER
DEFENDANTS best bidder for cash the follow-
needed. Valid driver's li-
1 BEDROOM month lease and Sporting Goods
ing described property situated deposit.
in Lowndes County, State of cense, transportation & ex- 2 BEDROOMS Lot 6 − oversized lot ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
CIVIL ACTION NUMBER: 2019-
20DE Mississippi, to-wit: perience required. Will train 3 BEDROOMS ideal for 16 x 80 or OPEN FOR SEASON!
on the job if needed. Call double wide, $185/ 9−5: Tues−Fri &
The following described real es- Jesse & Beverly's Lawn
tate located in Lowndes Service at 662-356-6525.
LEASE, © The Dispatch
month includes water 9−12: Sat.
and sewer. We will Over 50 years experience!
TO: THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF County, Mississippi, to-wit: DEPOSIT prepare site. First Repairs, cleaning,
E.R.M.
Beginning at the Southeast AND month free with refinishing, scopes
Rentals CREDIT CHECK
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT corner of the Northeast Quarter minimum 12 month mounted & zeroed,
(NE1/4) of the Northeast lease. Please call Pam, handmade knives.
Quarter (NE1/4) Section 19, 601−310−3528.
662-329-2323
YOU HAVE BEEN MADE A DE- Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
FENDANT IN THE SUIT FILED IN Township 17 South, Range 17 of West Point, turn right on
THE CHANCERY COURT OF West, Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi; thence North along the
Ads starting at $25 Office Spaces For Rent Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
LOWNDES COUNTY MISSIS-
SIPPI BY CHESTER KEITH East side of said Quarter- 2411 HWY 45 N left on Darracott Rd, see
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
Quarter (1/4 – 1/4) Section for Apts For Rent: North
OPTION AND THE TERMINA- 311.7 feet to a concrete COLUMBUS, MS OFFICE SPACE FOR
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
left. 662−494−6218.
Large 1 Bedroom, upstairs Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
grees 15 minutes West along a
apartment for rent. $450/ SEVERAL 2 & 3 BR UNITS Plenty of private parking.
THE UNKNOWN FATHER, AS A fence for 272.6 feet to the
Point of Beginning; thence con- month and $450 deposit. AVAILABLE. Various 662−327−9559. Sell idle items
DEFENDANT.
tinue North 86 degrees 15 Water, Sewer, and Trash locations−$435.00 & up. with a quick action
minutes West along said fence included. No Pets. No NO HUD. Call Long & Long
You are summoned to appear
for 133.0 feet; thence North Smoking. Located between classified ad.
Real Estate
and defend agains said Adop- @ 662−328−0770.
tion and Termination of Parent- 38 degrees 34 minutes West Columbus and CAFB.
al Rights at 9:30 A. M. on the for 289.0 feet to the East right $450.00. 205−243−3653. Commercial Property For Rent
24th day of February, 2020, in of way of Mississippi Highway
the Courtroom of the Lowndes #12; thence Northeasterly
Community
County Courthouse at Colum- along said East right of way for 1BR/1BA DUPLEX APT. RESTAURANT SPACE Ads starting at $25
100.0 feet; thence South 38 1015 11th Ave. N. $300/ AVAILABLE. 1200 sq. ft.
bus, Mississippi, and in case
of your failure to appear and degrees 34 minutes East for mo. Water furnished. Call $1100/mo. Serious
378.7 feet to the Point of Be- inquiries only. 662−328− Commercial Property For Sale
Doris, 662−630−0208,
entered against you for the ginning, containing 0.76 acre, 8655 or 662−574−7879. Ads starting at $12
money or other things deman- more or less, lying in the East SENSATION ADULT
Half (E1/2) of the Northeast FOX RUN APARTMENTS STORE/SMOKE SHOP
ded in the complaint for peti- 1 & 2 BR near hospital. Houses For Rent: North Good Things To Eat
tion. Quarter (NE1/4) of the North- For Sale. 662−549−4760.
east Quarter (NE1/4) of Sec- $595−$645 monthly.
COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. Houses For Sale: North
A COPY OF YOUR WRITTEN RE- tion 19, Township 17 South, Military discount, pet area,
2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3
THE TOMATO HOUSE
SPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR Range 17 West, Lowndes pet friendly, and furnished
bath townhouses. $625 to
Vine−ripened hydroponic
DELIVERED TO THE ATTORNEY County, Mississippi. corporate apts. FSBO: 3BR/2BA, 3304 5th tomatoes & more! Available
OF THE PLAINTIFF, MOSE LEE $675. 662−549−9555.
Subject to restrictions, reserva-
24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL
Ask for Glenn or text. St N. Fenced back yard w/ now! 16132 Hwy 45 N,
GYM. ON SITE SECURITY. sm shop. Great neighbor− Macon, next to Noxubee Co
DRESS OF P.O. BOX 369, VER- tions, easements, covenants, ON SITE MAINTENANCE. hood. $110,000. 662−356 High School. 662−352−
NON, ALABAMA 35592, NOT oil, gas or mineral rights of re- Houses For Rent: East
ON SITE MANAGEMENT. −4764 or 901−848−0051. 1270 or 662−425−9116.
AFTER THE 7TH DAY OF JANU-
24−HOUR CAMERA
Being the same premises con- SURVEILLANCE. Benji & 2BR/1BA. Gas heat & Houses For Sale: New Hope Pets
ARY, 2020, WHICH IS THE stove. Convenient to
DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA- veyed to Mary H. Summerville, Ashleigh, 662−386−4446.
a single person from Hopper shopping. 133 King St. 16 WIDNER IN NEW HOPE AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD
TION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF
YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO Builders, Incorporated, a Mis- Apts For Rent: West $525/mo. Call 662−352− Newly remodeled. 3BR/ PUPPIES. Exc. ped. Blk/
MAILED OR DELIVERED, A sissippi Corporation by War- 4776. 2BA home. Approx. 1,500 red. Vet checked, w/s,
VIP
JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL ranty Deed dated 6/26/1991, sq. ft. Has 25’x30’ wired wormed. Ready to go! 662
and recorded on 6/27/1991,
at Book 948, Page 802, in 3 OR 4BR/1.5BA. Newly metal shop w/ roll−up front −213−4609.
Rentals
FOR THE MONEY OR TOHER renovated, w/d hookup, all & side door. $164,900.
RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PE- Lowndes County, MS.
TITION OF ADOPTION AND TER-
Simpson Law Firm, P.A. will
stainless steel appliances
included, fenced backyard.
662−549−9298. Five Questions:
MINATION OF PARENTAL Houses For Sale: Caledonia
RIGHTS OF YOUR MINOR convey only such title as is ves- Apartments & Houses Call 662−425−6954.
ted in it as Substituted Trust-
1 Four
CHILD E.R.M..
You must also file the original
ee.
1 Bedrooms 4BR/2.5BA BRICK HOME FSBO: 3BR/2BA ON 2.5
ACRES. 1600 sqft.
2 Bedroooms
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this located on large lot w/ 2
Response with the clerk of this car garage. Fresh paint & Completely remodeled.
the 12th day of December,
2 The Leftovers
Court within a reasonable time
3 Bedrooms
$178,000. 662−386−
afterward. 2019. tile floors in kitchen &
bathrooms. Located at 7113.
/s/ T. Frank Collins
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND
Simpson Law Firm, P.A., Sub- Furnished & Unfurnished 495 Emerald Dr. $1,200/ Lots & Acreage
3 Botox
THE SEAL OF THIS COURT on mo + dep. Available 2/1.
stituted Trustee
this the 2nd day of January, A.
D., 2020.
1, 2, & 3 Baths 770−658−7726. 1 ACRE OF LAND on Sand
SIMPSON LAW FIRM, P.A.
Attorneys at Law
Lease, Deposit Mobile Homes for Rent
Rd. Has a mobile home w/
water, lights, septic tank &
& Credit Check 4 Church
CINDY GOODE
CHANCERY CLERK OF P.O. Box 1410 elevated. 662−241−7384.
Ridgeland, MS 39158-1410 2BR MOBILE HOME $400
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI (601) 957-6600 viceinvestments.com mo./$400 dep. In between
327-8555
West Point & Columbus on ads.cdispatch.com
5 Omnivores
(SEAL)
Dates of Publication: Decem- Hwy. 50. 662−275−0666.
ber 31, 2019, January 7, Janu-
BY: Shantrell W. Granderson
DEPUTY CHANCERY CLERK ary 14 and January 21, 2020
OF COUNSEL:
Employment
MOSE LEE SUDDUTH, JR.
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
P. O. BOX 369
VERNON, ALABAMA 35592
OFFICE PHONE: 205.695.0053 Call us: 662-328-2424
FAX: 205.695.8353
MISSISSIPPI BAR NUMBER Customer Service
#8039
EMAIL: moselee@bellsouth.net
Seeking energetic Custom-
PUBLISH: 1/7, 1/14, & er Service Representative
1/21/2020 with the ability to learn new
computer skills quickly, be
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO- dependable and work well
TICE OF SALE with the public. The ideal
candidate has excellent
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of phone skills, pays atten-
October, 2017, Mary H. tion to detail and must be
Humphries a/k/a Mary H. Sum- able to pass drug test.
merville, unmarried, executed a
certain Deed of Trust to Angie Email resume to:
Dellinger, Trustee for the bene- mfloyd@cdispatch.com
fit of Regions Bank, which Mail resume to:
The Commercial Dispatch,
Deed of Trust was recorded in
the office of the Chancery Clerk PO Box 511, Whether you’re buying or selling a home,
Columbus, MS 39703.
sippi, and recorded in Deed of No phone calls accepted.
Trust Book 2017 at Page
put classifieds to work for you.
23491 of the land records;
Service Directory
and,
One call will bring you
WHEREAS, Simpson Law Firm, results.
P.A. has been substituted in
the place and stead of Angie
662-328-2424
Dellinger, Trustee for Regions
Bank, said Appointment of Sub-
stitute Trustee being recorded
in Book 2019 at Page 23326
of the records of the Chancery
Promote your small business starting at only $25
Clerk of said County; and,
Automotive Services Building & Remodeling General Services Painting & Papering
WHEREAS, fee simple title is
vested in Mary H. Summerville;
and, CARL HOGAN TOYOTA HOME REPAIRS &
MAINTENANCE
WORK WANTED:
Licensed & Bonded.
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
SERVICE. Special Prices.
Looking for goods
WHEREAS, default having been Robert W. Work wanted. Carpentry,
concrete, electrical &
Carpentry, minor electrical,
minor plumbing, insulation,
Interior and Exterior
Painting. 662−435−6528
made in the terms and condi-
Jamerson
or services?
tions of said Deed of Trust and plumbing, shingle & metal painting, demolition,
the entire debt secured thereby Sales/Leasing roofing, fascia & soffit gutters cleaned, pressure
having been declared to be due repairs, pressure washing washing, landscaping,
and payable in accordance with Professional & mobile home repairs. cleanup work, moving help.
the terms of said Deed of
Trust, the legal holder of said $200 for Every No Job Too Small.
662−549−7031.
662−242−3608.
indebtedness, Regions Bank, Buying Referral! GRAVEL
having requested the under-
signed Substituted Trustee to 3907 Hwy. 45 N. • Columbus, MS M&M Garage Door Service $360 per load.
execute the trust and sell said Servicing and repairing Local delivery, 14 yd truck.
© The Dispatch
land and property in accord- Office: 662-241-6000 residential and commercial Backhoe & Dozer work.
ance with the terms of said Cell: 708-955-3085 garage doors. We also offer 662−497−1388
Find it in the
Deed of Trust and for the pur- jamersonrobert@gmail.com competitive pricing on new
pose of raising the sums due residential door Lawn Care / Landscaping
www.carlhogantoyota.com
Grow your business
thereunder, together with attor- installation. Serving the
ney's fees, trustee's fees and JESSE & BEVERLY’S
expense of sale.
golden triangle for 20 plus
If you don’t advertise
classifieds! with the classified
years, with honesty and LAWN SERVICE
NOW, THEREFORE, Simpson your business, integrity. Call today for Mowing, cleanup,
service directory.
prices on new installs and landscaping, sodding,
Law Firm, P.A., Substituted
Trustee in said Deed of Trust,
how are they garage door services. & tree cutting.
will on the 23rd day of January, gonna know? 662−251−4904. 662−356−6525
2020, offer for sale at public
outcry and sell within legal