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City opens storm relief command center

Almost 200 storm victims After Saturday’s tornado in Colum-
bus, that changed.
needing relief register at “I wanted to do something to give
back to a community I love since I wasn’t
Gov. Phil Bryant,
left, speaks to Trotter; United Way utilizes born here,” said Wright, who was born
Columbus Mayor and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Robert Smith scores of volunteers and moved to Columbus in the 1970s. “It
and Columbus felt right.”
Municipal School By Amanda Lien Wright was one of more than 100 vol-
District Superin- alien@cdispatch.com unteers that came from as near as Co-
tendent Cherie lumbus and West Point and as far as Mon-
Labat after a Before Wednesday, Marianne Wright tana to the Trotter Convention Center to
briefing at the
Lowndes County
had never volunteered. It was something register with the United Way of Lowndes
Emergency Man- she genuinely wanted to do, but she County. Volunteers could choose to work
agement offices could never think of something to do that inside the center, coordinating where
on Wednesday. would make her feel like she was making and when to send volunteers, or to be one
Amanda Lien/Dispatch Staff a difference. See Volunteers, 6A

Neighbors helping neighbors

Man dies
fixing roof
damaged
in storm
Lowndes coroner:
Victim fell 12 feet
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

A Columbus man died Wednes-

day while trying to repair a roof
damaged in Saturday’s tornado.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg
Merchant identified the victim as
Donald Charles “Donnie” Schippel,
77.
Schippel fell 12 feet from the roof
of a building on Sixth Street South
just before 1 p.m., Merchant said.
He was pronounced dead at the
scene.
The building is being leased by
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff Waste Pro Recycling Company, said
Volunteers Joshua Burr, left, and Willie Sanders assist residents in need by showing them the kinds of items that are division manager Phillip Crossley.
available through a relief effort Wednesday held at 10th Avenue Church of Christ. The church is distributing $70,000 However, Schippel was a private
in relief items provided by Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, Inc., a nonprofit based in Nashville, Tennessee. contractor doing repair work for
the building’s owners, Thomas L.

Church of Christ nonprofit delivers relief Phillips and Henry Weiss.

“We would like to express our
sincere condolences to the fami-
tractor-trailer containing $70K of supplies ly of course,” Crossley said. “Mr.
See Death, 3A
By Slim Smith emy (the old Hunt High School). The calls, asking if he Inside
ssmith@cdispatch.com former was leveled while the latter needed help, Mc- n SLIMANTICS:
was badly damaged. Cord turned his at- ‘Angels with
Saturday evening, about an hour McCord’s church, by comparison, tention to others. dirty faces.’
after an EF-3 tornado ripped through
Columbus, Willie McCord went to
missed the brunt of the storm, suf-
fering roof damage on the church’s
“We didn’t need
anything. Nobody
Page 4A
Volunteer firefighter
check on his church.
Tenth Avenue Church of Christ
west wing and some blown-out win-
dows.
in our church was affected,” he said.
“But I felt like we needed to respond running for Dist. 1
is located next to the Sim Scott Park
Community Center and across the
street from Columbus Success Acad-
“We were fortunate,” McCord
said.
So when he started receiving
to the needs of our community. Peo-
ple were hurting.”
See Neighbors, 6A
supervisor
By Amanda Lien
alien@cdispatch.com

Businessman
and volunteer fire-

First Baptist breaks ground on Bluecutt expansion fighter Steve Pyle is

New building will be
part of church’s ‘vision
for the future’
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
First Baptist Church has be-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff gun work on Phase 2 of a project
Construction began on an expansion to First Baptist more than a decade in the making
Church of Columbus’ Bluecutt Road building in January. to expand its downtown ministry.
challenging Harry
Sanders in the race
The church broke ground on
a $3.4 million expansion of its
for District 1 county
supervisor.
building on Bluecutt Road last Pyle, who is run-
Pyle
month. The addition will make ning as an indepen-
more space for the church’s pre- dent, co-owns Golden Glow Tan-
school and children’s programs. ning Salon in both Columbus and
It’s the second step of what Starkville and works as a sales con-
business administrator Ricky sultant at ADS Security in Colum-
Pounders called a “multi-phase bus. He has also volunteered as a
project.” firefighter in fire districts 1 and 3
“I think overall the church for more than 20 years.
See First Baptist, 3A See Pyle, 3A

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Thursday
Did you hear?
House approves bill to expand
gun-sale background checks
Bill is the first of gun owners.
Just eight Republicans
two the House is joined 232 Democrats
to support the bill, while
voting on this week only two Democrats voted
against it.
The Associated Press The White House said
in a veto message that the
WASHINGTON — The background-checks bill
Democratic-contr olled could block someone from
House on Wednesday ap- borrowing a firearm for
proved a measure requiring self-defense or allowing a
federal background checks neighbor to take care of a
for all firearms sales and gun while traveling.
transfers, the first major Democrats called those
gun control legislation arguments misleading and
considered by Congress in said gun owners have a re-
nearly 25 years. sponsibility to ensure fire-
Democrats called the arms are properly handled.
240-190 vote a major step The bill includes excep-
to end the gun lobby’s grip tions allowing temporary
on Washington and begin transfers to prevent immi-
to address an epidemic of nent harm or for use at a
gun violence that kills thou- target range.
sands of Americans every The long-delayed bill
year, including 17 people would merely close loop-
shot and killed at a Florida holes to ensure that back-
high school last year. ground checks are extend-
The bill is the first of two ed to private and online
the House is voting on this sales that often go undetect-
week as Democrats move ed, Democrats said. Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
to tighten gun laws follow- “People who are felons Oktibbeha County Road Department workers Demetric Clay and Frank Rogers III put down asphalt mix to fill
ing eight years of Republi- or are dangerously mental- potholes on Pike Road. Area road departments are working to patch roads after last week’s heavy rains.
can control. The other bill ly ill shouldn’t have guns,”
would extend the review pe-
riod for background checks
from three to 10 days.
Both bills face dim
regardless of whether they
buy them from a federal-
ly licensed dealer or their
next-door neighbor, said
Potholes breaking open due to heavy rains
prospects in the Republi- Rep. Mike Thompson, Street road crews out in force trying to repair them going down the road, with
that weight on it, caus-
can-controlled Senate and D-Calif., who has pushed
veto threats from President for expanded background By Alex Holloway with it and we get cold to 10 downed trees and es the asphalt to break
Donald Trump, who said checks since the 2012 New- aholloway@cdispatch.com mix in — in the summer, some driveway culverts down.”
they would impose unrea- town, Connecticut, school it would work well be- and road Baggett added that
Local road depart- cause it bonds together shoulders the rain has slowed down
sonable requirements on shooting.
ments are scrambling to in the heat. In the winter, that need- some general work for
deal with issues that have with the cold, wet weath- ed repairs the county’s road depart-
popped up after last week ment, as the saturated
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Pyle
Continued from Page 1A
“I want to be a su-
pervisor that residents
and business owners
could call on any time
and know that I would
support their concerns,”
Pyle wrote in a statement
sent to The Dispatch.
“I want all residents to
know their opinion mat-
First Baptist
Continued from Page 1A
is excited
about the
future and
the possi-
bilities that
this particu-
lar building
is going to
better pro- Parker
vide for us to better meet
the spiritual needs of the
community,” said church
pastor Shawn Parker.
The expansion adds
17,600 square feet to
the current building,
said Ricky Mordecai
with Columbus-based
Burks-Mordecai Build-
ers, who is overseeing the
project.
“We’ve finished the
earthwork and started
some of the underslab
plumbing, low-grade
plumbing,” Mordecai
said, adding the overall
project will include multi-
ple classrooms and a safe
room shelter in case of
bad weather.
And while bad weath-
er has already delayed
the project by a few days,
Pounders and Mordecai
both noted the addition is
slated to be complete by
March 2020.
The expansion doesn’t
quite double the size of the
building already in place,
which — until construc-
tion on the expansion
started — hosted Sunday
night worship services as
well as Wednesday night
events and other special
programs.
“We have women’s
Bible studies going out
there on Thursday morn-
ing seasonally,” Pounders
said. “We’ll have member
weddings, showers, baby
showers, those kind of
events. We do allow some
Death
Continued from Page 1A
Don had done the main-
tenance on more than one
occasion for the location,
anything that was need-
ed. Our sincerest regrets
go out to everyone.”
Building permits
City of Columbus
Feb. 19-21, 2019
■ Mac McCarter; 1905 Rober-
son St.; Electrical permit; Paul
Livingston
■ Steve Ruth; 2118 O’Leary
Ln.; Electrical permit; Rob
Malone
■ Earnestine Taylor; 1816,
1818, 1820 & 1824 Short
Main St.; Electrical permit;
Jimmy Chism
■ James & Sondra Dowdle;
3409 Military Road; Plumbing
permit; Randy Dobbs
Lowndes County
Feb. 27, 2019
■ Rayburn Cantrell; 2320 Seed
Tick Road; Construct carport;
Owner
■ Sharon Jethrow; 670 Landing
Road; Set up mobile home;
Owner
■ Sharon Jethrow; 670 Landing
Road; Move mobile home;
Calhoun Movers
■ Dakota Jordan; 7557 Nash-
ville Ferry Rd. E.; Set up mobile
home; Owner
■ Dakota Jordan; 7557 Nash-
ville Ferry Rd. E.; Move mobile
home; Southern Housing
■ Brad Farmer; Brenda’s Way;
Construct s/f residence; Owner
■ Brad Farmer; Brenda’s Way;
Construct storage/shop; Owner
■ Walter Anderson III; 153
Rivendale Dr.; Construct stor-
age/shop; Owner
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ters and will not go un-
heard.”
Pyle added that he
would use his experience
as a business owner and
a volunteer firefighter to
inform his decisions as a
supervisor.
“I know I can serve
District 1 to make it a
Ricky Pounders, business administrator at First
Baptist Church of Columbus, shows a picture of how
the church’s building on Bluecutt Road will look once
construction is complete on an expansion. The addi-
tion will house the church’s children’s programs and is
scheduled to be completed in March 2020.
limited use by the com-
munity for ministry-relat-
ed events that we’ll have
from time to time out
there but it’s very lightly
used currently.”
The church officially
decided in 2005 to sell
its building on Seventh
Street and start what was
planned to be a perma-
nent move to Bluecutt
Road. FBC’s downtown
facility is still not sold,
and the church hosts Sun-
day morning worship and
other functions there.
Pounders said church
administrators are also
in the planning stages
of Phase 3, though what
all that will entail is “to
be determined” since
none of the ideas have
been brought before the
church congregation yet.
He said some of the
church’s plans will de-
pend on the status of
First Baptist’s Seventh
Schippel’s is the second
reported death resulting
from a deadly tornado that
ripped through Columbus
just after 5 p.m. Saturday.
Ashley Glynell Pounds,
A club for boys and girls
Boys and Girls Club of Columbus
662-244-7090
@
(better place to) have a
business, live, or raise a
family,” he wrote.
Sanders, a Republi-
can, declined to com-
ment. He is currently
serving his fifth term as
District 1 supervisor and
his fourth term as Board
of Supervisors president.
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Street building. Crye-
Leike Properties Un-
limited is marketing the
building for $1.5 million.
There hasn’t been any
recent interest from buy-
ers though, Pounders
said, and he indicated
the church wants to have
an option in place both
in case the building sells
and in case it doesn’t.
“Obviously if the prop-
erty sells, that will dictate
what we do, but if the prop-
erty does not sell then
we’ll continue to include
(the downtown) campus
as part of our overall foot-
print here in Columbus,”
he said. “Right now we
still have offices located
here, we still have our
school located here, our
pre-school. You still have
all our benevolence min-
istries here, so history,
library. ... We still have
several major compo-
nents of ministry work
41, of Tupelo, died Satur-
day night at Baptist Me-
morial Hospital-Golden
Triangle after the build-
ing she was in collapsed
during the storm.
Thursday, February 28, 2019 3A
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Revenue officer: No sales
tax on lottery tickets
He has never run unop-
posed.
Qualifying deadline is The Associated Press
Friday, with party prima-
ries following in August. JACKSON— Mississippi is preparing to start
If no other candidate a lottery in the next few months, and the state
qualifies in the District revenue commissioner says people will not have
1 race, Sanders and Pyle to pay sales tax to play the game of chance.
will face off in the No- Commissioner Herb Frierson tells the Clari-
vember general election. on Ledger that current laws and regulations do
not impose a sales tax on lottery tickets.
House Bill 1576 died when lawmakers failed
to consider it before a Wednesday deadline. It
would have specified that no sales tax would be
charged on the lottery.
here in Columbus still in Frierson, who is a former lawmaker, says the
this campus.” bill was not needed. He says lottery tickets are
The oldest part of that not considered tangible property but are evi-
building, the church sanc- dence of a bet, and there’s no need to tax that.
tuary, was built in the late Frierson has strong thoughts about lottery
1830s. With that much tickets, though. He calls them “a tax on stupid-
history behind it, Pound- ity.”
ers said there are mixed
feelings in the church
about the move.
“As a church, we’re over
185 years old, so there is a
lot of history downtown,
a lot of multi-generation-
al history,” he said. “You
have families that were
born here, got baptized
here, got married here,
had funerals here and had
future generations born
here, so there’s always
a lot of rich history any
time you have that long of
a history at one location.
“But there’s also an ex-
citement, an excitement
of what that future holds,”
he added. “As a church,
our goal is to be exter-
nally focused, so we’re all
the time thinking (about)
those we’ve not reached
yet, and those that haven’t
been born yet and those
that haven’t grown up
yet, so we want to honor
our history but we also
want to have a vision for
the future, and we believe
that can be balanced both
ways.”
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CMSD leaders pledge to repair Hunt campus
May be a Relic: Seems to me that when we
all voted for a bond issue to build the new Mid-
dle School, it was with a clear understanding
that Lee High and Hunt High buildings were
going to be closed and pulled off the CMSD
expense books as soon as possible.
The Hunt Museum is a great idea, and we
need to celebrate African American History in
our community as much as we do all other his-
tory, but I don’t see how we can justify spending
the money to rebuild and keep up a building the
people voted to close 10 years ago.
Couldn’t that money be better spent by the
school district providing essential services
for our children? And couldn’t the Museum
relocate to a spot more likely to draw visitors as
a true tourism destination? How about down-
town?
oilfield trash: When I first ready this article
the only question that came to me was, “Why?”
Why would we spend money rebuilding this
place with money that CMSD doesn’t have?
You can’t keep holding on to old buildings and
calling them landmarks. Clear the lot and make
room for new homes. Keeping a building that
is old only makes the neighborhood look and
seem just as old.
Other editors
Churches have role Slimantics
to play in opioid Angels with dirty faces
epidemic
The opioid epidemic is still spreading across
our nation. The National Institute on Drug
Abuse reports that more than 130 people in
the U.S. die from opioid overdoses every single
day.
Opioid deaths rank highest in New England.
New Hampshire, Maryland, Washington D.C.,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and Con-
necticut all fall in the top 10. West Virginia tops
the list with 43.4 deaths out of every 100,000
deaths attributed to opioid overdose.
In New Haven, Connecticut, ambulances re-
sponded to more than 70 overdoses in a single
city park in a single day back in August.
Churches like The Center Church, in Hart-
ford, Connecticut, are training their leadership
to respond to opioid situations. In 2018, a man
overdosed on the church’s front steps. Police
came to retrieve him, but the church’s pastor
said she never found out what happened to
him.
That led her to the Harm Reduction Coali-
tion, an educational organization that prepares
faith leaders to deal with drug problems in
their areas - including the administration of
Narcan, a drug used to counteract an overdose.
Other organizations have popped up, too,
like Pivot Ministries in Bridgeport, Connecti-
cut. Pivot ministries is a faith-based residential
rehab that works with almost 50 churches
throughout New England.
SMART Recovery is a self-management pro-
gram for those dealing with addiction, with 27
meeting places in Connecticut. SMART Recov-
ery also trains people and organizations who
work with the addicted - churches and minis-
tries are becoming more and more included in
those seeking to help.
Not only do these organizations provide
training for ministers, they seek to reframe the
conversation about drug abuse and addiction.
For too long, the church’s attitude about drug
use hasn’t offered much hope to those who
need it.
Though Mississippi ranks low on the list
of opioid deaths (43rd), our state ranks fourth
in the mass prescription of opioids. In Lee
County, according to the Centers for Disease
Control, there were 112 opioid prescriptions
per 100 people. That’s right, there are enough
opioid prescriptions written in this county
for every person to have one, and then some.
That’s true for Tishomingo and Alcorn coun-
ties, too.
This problem is all around us. The discrep-
ancy between the prescription rate and death
rate feels like a foot about to drop. Our church
community needs to think ahead on this issue
and be prepared to meet people where they’re
at.
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day after-
noon, a
cloud of
smoke hung
over the
intersection
of Seventh
Avenue
North and
19th Street,
but its pres-
ence did not Slim Smith
signal cause
for alarm.
In the four days since an EF-3
tornado ripped through Columbus,
paying particular attention to some
of the city’s poorest neighborhoods,
something very Southern has been
happening on the city’s North Side.
As utility crews continue their
work to restore power to the
isolated pockets where service
still hasn’t been restored and city
public works trucks crawl down the
streets loaded down with limbs and
branches and chain saws whir in
the background, columns of smoke
dot the horizon.
We all know what that means. In
the South, when disaster strikes,
the cooking commences.
In white neighborhoods, it’s
casserole time.
In black neighborhoods, it’s time
to fire up the grill.
The smoke alone identifies which
neighborhoods are most affected.
Early Saturday evening Johnny
T. Hampton, known in the neighbor-
hood simply as “Johnny T,” watched
the tornado pound its way down
Seventh Avenue toward his neigh-
borhood and saw it turn north only
a few blocks from his home. The
next day, Johnny T set up his grill,
deep fryer, tent and folding tables
on a vacant lot on the corner of Sev-
enth Avenue North and 19th Street,
the neighborhood he grew up in and
where he still lives today.
Along with his brother, Tony,
and more than a dozen neighbors,
Johnny T has been cooking meals
each day since Sunday.
“Sunday morning, when I
realized how bad it was and that so
many people didn’t have electric-
ity, I called some of my fraternity
brothers from Rust College and told
them we needed to do something,”
he said. “So we’ve been out here ev-
ery day. A good hot meal, man, that
can make a big difference. FEMA
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Johnny T. Hampton pulls french fries out of a fryer Wednesday afternoon.
“Johnny T.” and his friends and relatives have been serving hot meals to
neighborhood residents since the storm.
and churches and other groups can four years in the Army, he was
come in and do things and that’s stunned by the change.
great. But we know what the people The grandmother who sat on
around here need. They are our the porch and kept the kids under
people, our friends. This right here a watchful eye now had seven locks
comes from the heart.” on her door.
Thursday, the menu included “The people she’s scared of are
two thousand hot dogs, a thousand the kids of people my age,” said
hamburgers and vast quantities of Johnny T, 58. “It’s sad. Some way,
french fries. we dropped the ball. And it’s up to
On other days, it’s been spaghet- us to do something about it.”
ti or ribs or chicken. That’s why he’s been out here
“We try to mix it up so it’s not on the corner with his gill and
the same stuff everyday,” Johnny T deep-fryer. He’s making a state-
said. ment.
For Johnny T, providing the Johnny T has a good job at Steel
meals is not just a way to reach out Dynamics and could easily choose
to the community. to live in a safer, better neighbor-
It’s also an act of defiance. hood.
He’s fighting for his neighbor- But this is his home, his people.
hood, for what his neighborhood He’s chosen to stay and fight for his
was when he was a child. neighborhood.
“My grandmother used to sit on “There is a lot of crime, a lot of
that front porch swing all the time. drugs and alcohol. But we can’t give
She wasn’t afraid of anybody,” he up. It’s our neighborhood. So we’re
recalled. “When I was a kid, if you out here, like my grandmother used
messed up, there were four or five to say, angels with dirty faces.”
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Bill Guin
Wiley Gene “Bill” Guin, 77, of Caledonia,
passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday,
February 28, 2019, at 2:00 PM from Caledonia
United Pentecostal Church with visitation one
hour prior to services at the church. Burial will
immediately follow from Egger Cemetery in
Caledonia, with Rev. Grant Mitchell officiating.
Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory is
honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
Bill Guin was born April 14, 1941, to the late Ira
Lee and Viola Guin. He was retired from Arvin
Meritor in Fayette, AL. He was a faithful member
of Caledonia United Pentecostal Church, where
he dearly loved his church family. He also loved
the outdoors and would rather be outside than
anywhere else. He enjoyed walks with his faithful
companion, “Sassy” and together they admired
and enjoyed God’s wonderful creation. He also
loved bluegrass music and enjoyed playing the
guitar.
Mr. Guin is preceded in death by his parents,
siblings and two infant children, Tommy Gene
Guin and Dona Michele Guin.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon Guin of
Caledonia; and a host of extended family.
Pallbearers will be Bill Delk, Jr., Shay Boyd,
Glen Weaver, Corey Humbers, John Humbers,
Buddy Guin and Dale Reese.
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Mary Hodnett
Mrs. Mary Ethel Waldrop Hodnett, 71, passed
away Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at North
Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.
Visitation will be Friday, March 1, 2019 from
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Houston Funeral Home.
Funeral Service will be at 2:00 PM on Friday,
March 1, 2019 at Houston Funeral Home with
the Rev. Johnny Cherry officiating. Burial will be
at Concord Cemetery in Houston, MS. Houston
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hodnett was born January 31, 1948, in
Water Valley, MS, to Raymond Waldrop and Zora
Morris Waldrop. She worked as an upholster for
Franklin Furniture and People Lounger most of
her life.
Mrs. Hodnett is survived by her husband of
27 years, Danny Hodnett of Nettleton, MS; her
daughter, Nikki Falco (John) Buss of Starkville,
MS; and one brother, Howard Waldrop of Austin,
TX.
Mrs. Hodnett was preceded in death by her
parents; her aunt, Ethel Waldrop Simpson; her
uncles, Henry Waldrop, James Waldrop and
Corky Waldrop.
Pallbearers will be Justin Earnest, Mike
Johnson, John Heair and Joey Chaney.
Mary loved spending time with family and
friends. She also enjoyed taking cruises with her
husband, Danny.
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Wall at www.houstonfuneralhomems.com.
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JoAnn Eaves
JoAnn Hill Eaves, 63, passed away Tuesday,
February 26, 2019, at her residence in Sulligent,
AL.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March
1, 2019 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Fu-
neral Home & Crematory, College Street loca-
tion, with Rev. Joe Mosely officiating. Interment
will immediately follow at Rowan Cemetery. Vis-
itation will be Thursday, February 28, 2019 from
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Eaves was born on January 30, 1956,
to Charlie Mae Walker of Sulligent, AL and the
late Joe W. Hill, Sr.. She was a member of Bor-
der Springs Baptist Church and worked for many
years as an office manager for GLA Construction.
In addition to her father, she was proceeded in
death by her brother, Joe Hill, Jr.
In addition to her mother, survivors include
her husband, Ricky W. Eaves of Sulligent, AL;
children, Leigh Ann Atkins (Mark) of Gauti-
er, MS, Caleb Eaves (Jordan) of Columbus, MS
and Hannah Hatcher (Harrison) of Starkville,
MS; sisters, Kathy Young (Frankie) of Steens,
MS and Lynn Short (Jimmy) of Caledonia, MS;
grandchildren, Cheyenne Atkins, Dakota Allen,
Heath Hatcher and Hayes Hatcher; and a host of
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Dewayne Young, Charlie
Lowery, Jimmy Hill, Coleman Stapp, Donnie
Harrel and Casey Hill. Honorary Pallbearers will
be Bo Williams, Harold Partain, Brandon Bushey
and Phillip Bell.
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Richard Davis
Memorial services for Richard H. “RD” Davis,
age 59, of Ashland, will be Saturday March
2, 2019, beginning at 3 PM at Faith Christian
Fellowship with Pastor Larry Mitchell officiating.
The family will greet friends before the service
from 1-3 PM at the church.
Mr. Davis passed away Tuesday, February 26,
2019, at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham.
“RD” was a native of Clay County, AL, but had
lived in Columbus, MS for over 30 years before
returning to this area. He was a diesel mechanic
and truck driver for many years, working for
Thomas National Lease Company and Sanders
Oil Company. He enjoyed riding 4 wheelers,
camping, hunting and fishing.
He is survived by his daughter, Brandi Davis of
Columbus, MS; former wife, La Sandra “Sandy”
Davis of Columbus, MS; 3 brothers, David Davis
of Ashland, James Davis (Jackie) of Ashland
and Glen Davis of Millerville; 5 sisters, Mattie
Kennedy of Cragford, Maxine Smith of Ashland,
Debra Harris of Talladega, Kathleen Johnson of
New Orleans, LA and Sharon Miller (Bruce) of
Sylacauga; and a large extended family.
Send online condolences to benefieldfuneral-
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Tommy Clark
“TC”, Tommy Clark, age 65, passed away on
January 27, 2019, in West Point, Mississippi,
where he was a life long resident.
Tommy was born October 4, 1953, graduated
from West Point High School in 1973, and began
working for United Cement, which later became
Holcim, US, Inc. After 37 years with Holcim, US,
Inc, Tommy started a new chapter of life where
he thoroughly enjoyed retirement. T.C. was
an avid race fan with an appreciation of classic
cars. One of his favorite past-times was attending
races and car shows and when those happened
to be at the beach, it couldn’t get any better. He
had a love for rock and roll music from the 60’s
and 70’s. T.C. will be greatly missed by all who
loved and knew him. He had a wonderful sense of
humor and a love of life that he was always willing
to share. He was giving and unselfish, always
putting those important to him ahead of himself.
He always made time for family, friends, and of
course, his loyal side-kick and best friend “Toot”.
Somehow, T.C. managed to make everyone know
their importance to him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam
G. Clark Sr., and Elizabeth “Libby” Clark Ming;
and a brother, Sam G. Clark, Jr.
A celebration of TC’s life will be held on
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Sopranos Cafe’ and
Billiards, in West Point, at 2:00 PM to remember
and share the joy and laughter that TC brought to
each of us in his own way.
Friends may leave an online condolence at
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Jimmy Cooper
Jimmy Edward Cooper, 73,
of Columbus, MS, passed away,
Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at
Sanctuary Hospice House, Tu-
pelo, MS.
Visitation will be Friday,
March 1, 2019, from 12:30 PM
– 2:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral
Home, Columbus, MS. A funer-
al service will be at March 1,
2019, at 2:00 PM in the Lown-
des Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Robert Gillis
officiating and Bro. Ben Yarber assisting. Inter-
ment will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Columbus,
MS with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Bro. Cooper was born January 15, 1946, to the
late Kermit and Mary Jane Moody Cooper, in
Columbus, MS. He was a veteran of the United
States Army. Bro. Cooper was a member of State-
line Baptist Church, Columbus, MS. Bro. Cooper
served as a Pastor at McBee Baptist Church,
Columbus, MS, Magnolia Baptist Church, Co-
lumbus, MS and Associate Pastor/Family Pastor
at Stateline Baptist Church, Columbus, MS. He
also served as a Family Pastor at Canaan Baptist
Church, Columbus, MS. He was an active player
and umpire in softball. He loved fishing, hunting,
bowling and witnessing for the Lord to anybody
he met. Bro. Cooper especially enjoyed visiting
and ministering to people in the hospital. He also
sang with the group New Harvest.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his son, Jonathan Cooper; and his broth-
er, Gary Cooper.
Bro. Cooper is survived by his wife, Wan-
da Hollis Cooper, Columbus, MS; sons, Lance
Cooper, Columbus, MS, Todd (Nadia) Cooper,
Eugene, OR and Ronny Cooper, Northport, FL;
daughter-in-law, Melissa Cooper; grandchildren,
Samara Cooper, Ben Cooper, Lola Cooper, Jacob
Cooper, Nayimah Raza-Cooper, Kenny Cooper
and Kaitlyn Cooper; sister, Sheila (Jerry) Robin-
son, Fernbank, AL; and sisters-in-law, Pam Coo-
per, Millport, AL and Mary Jane Hollis, Como,
MS.
Pallbearers will be Michael Shelton, Scott
Sanderson, Joe Yearby, Troy Gibbs, Arnie John-
son, Ryan Munson, Joel Cosgrove and Thad
Moody.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Men of State-
line Baptist Church and the Staff of Sanctuary
Hospice House.
Memorials may be made to Stateline Baptist
Church, 7560 Hwy. 182 E./P.O. Box 2371, Colum-
bus, MS 39704 or Muscular Dystrophy Associa-
tion, www.MDA.org or Alzheimer’s Association,
www.alz.org.
Compliments of
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Neighbors
Continued from Page 1A
McCord knew just who
to call, too: Churches of
Christ Disaster Relief,
Inc. based in Nashville,
Tennessee.
He called the nonprofit
on Monday. Just 24 hours
later, a tractor-trailer
loaded with $70,000 of
supplies — pre-packed
food boxes, hygiene box-
es, water, new clothing,
cleaning supplies, even
mops, brooms and wheel-
barrows — pulled into the
church’s parking lot with a
police escort.
After a day of unload-
ing and organizing, vol-
unteers from the church,
along with volunteers
from other area churches
of Christ, began distribut-
ing the relief items.
“This is a blessing,”
said Sarah Wiley, 63. “The
tornado didn’t hit our
house, but the electrici-
ty was out. It didn’t come
back on until Tuesday. All
our food spoiled.”
Wiley was there to pick
up a food box, which will
feed a family of four for a
week, along with a box of
cleaning supplies.
Diane Garner Dodds,
Volunteers
Continued from Page 1A
of the volunteers sent out
into the community.
“We say the people
going out into the com-
munity are our ‘boots on
the ground,’” said United
Way Interim Director Re-
nee Sanders, the point of
contact for all volunteers.
“And we call the people
(in the Trotter) our volun-
teers. That way, we don’t
get them confused.”
Outside the Trotter,
friends and neighbors
talked on courtyard
benches before going
inside to report downed
trees, broken fences and
windows, damaged roofs
or debris in the street. Lo-
cal Rotary and Exchange
Club members distribut-
ed free doughnuts, chips,
coffee and bottled water.
Some residents formed a
circle near the front fence
to pray for a woman whose
home was damaged in the
storm. Later in the day,
employees from Sonic
gave free hot sandwiches.
“These are our neigh-
bors,” said Linda Wilson,
who came from West
Point with her husband
Joe Wilson to register
to volunteer, along with
other members of their
church. “If you can’t help
them, who can you help?”
“This is a challenge to
see how we respond to
God’s calling,” Joe Wil-
son added. “We’ve got to
respond well to this. And
this is how we do that.”
On the other side of the
Trotter from the volunteer
command center, almost
200 Columbus residents
lined up throughout the
day to report damaged
homes, streets and build-
ings. Those reports are
given to volunteers reg-
istered with United Way,
who are asked to go and
respond to those individu-
al needs.
“That’s why we inter-
view them,” Sanders said.
“We have to make sure
their skills are a good
match. We don’t want
someone who can’t oper-
ate a chainsaw cutting up
a tree.”
Registered volunteers
not able to repair homes
or haul debris can choose
to remain in the Trotter,
interviewing new volun-
teers about their skills
and making sure they fill
out the requisite liability
forms. They also ensure
that people returning
from their sites fill out re-
ports that show the hours
they volunteered and what
they did during that time.
Sanders said it’s im-
portant all volunteers re-
port their hours to United
Way, because volunteer
hours during a disaster
help determine how much
federal aid the city will re-
ceive.
“No matter where they
are or what they’ve been
doing, even since Satur-
46, who
lives just a
few houses
down from
the church,
was more
affected by
the storm.
Garner Dodds
“I need
help,” she said as she
waited for her order to be
filled. “I’ve got a big hole
in my roof and the wa-
ter just poured in. I can’t
stay there. I need to find a
permanent place to live. I
can’t go back there.”
A well-organized effort
Wiley and Dodds were
two of more than 300
people who arrived at the
church Wednesday seek-
ing help.
By the end of the day,
only a couple dozen of the
food boxes remained. The
supply is likely to be ex-
hausted early Thursday.
But that doesn’t mean
the relief effort is over.
“We’re going to keep
helping as long as there is
a need,” McCord said.
In Nashville, Mike
Lewis, executive director
Marianne Wright, right, speaks with a volunteer at the
Trotter Convention Center on Wednesday. Wright is one
of more than 100 volunteers that reported to the Trotter
to help storm victims.
day, we want to know,”
Sanders said. “Anyone
who’s volunteered can
come in or call and let us
know.”
‘This just shows what
our community can do’
Gov. Phil Bryant
arrived in Columbus
Wednesday morning to
tour the areas where the
EF-3 tornado struck the
hardest and speak with
first responders and city
officials about what the
city needs, and what still
needs to be done, for di-
saster recovery.
“We will be doing ev-
erything we can to help
people that live here stay
here,” Bryant said, adding
that he is prepared to ask
the state Legislature for
emergency appropriations
if needed.
The Mississippi Emer-
gency Management Agen-
cy is still completing a
damage assessment in
Columbus and Lowndes
County, and Columbus
Light and Water and At-
mos Energy employees
are still in the process of
shutting off power and
gas to homes damaged by
the tornado and flooding.
MEMA will request feder-
al assistance on behalf of
the city once their damage
assessment is complete.
“People are still living
in their damaged homes,”
CLW CEO Todd Gale said.
“So when we have to turn
the power off, we’re en-
couraging them to go to
the shelter.”
The American Red
Cross shelter at Townsend
Community Center on
15th Street South will
remain open “as long as
needed,” said North Mis-
sissippi Red Cross Execu-
tive Director John Brown.
Currently, 10 people are
staying overnight at the
shelter, which can hold up
to 50 occupants.
“Those volunteers are
prepared to be here as
long as needed,” he said.
“They’ll probably be there
for weeks.”
Columbus Lowndes
County Emergency Man-
agement Agency Director
Cindy Lawrence urged
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for Churches of Christ Di-
saster Relief, Inc., said all
he needs is a phone call.
“We have an 87,000
square-foot warehouse
and 900 volunteers in
the Nashville area,” Lew-
is said. “Thursday is a
packing day for us. We’ll
have seven trucks loaded
and ready to go wherev-
er there is a need. All we
need is a phone call and
we’ll be on the way.”
The organization has
been providing disaster
relief since 1990 and relies
entirely on donations from
individuals and Church
of Christ congregations
across the nation. Last
year, it provided more
than $8 million in relief
items.
“Over the years, we’ve
learned a lot from the
work we’ve done,” Lewis
said. “We’ve got it down to
a pretty good science.”
Along with the sup-
plies, the organization
sends along what Lewis
calls a “field manual” to
help volunteers with the
distribution process.
Wednesday, local vol-
unteers such as Annie
Amanda Lien/Dispatch Staff
law enforcement officials
and CLW and Atmos
workers to notify people
living in damaged homes
that the shelter is an op-
tion for them.
“Sometimes people
are proud, or they have a
health concern and don’t
want to be around other
people,” she said. “But we
don’t want them in a dam-
aged or dangerous build-
ing.”
Lawrence added res-
idents needing a ride to
the Townsend Communi-
ty Center shelter can call
the EMA office and ask
for a ride. A police officer
Harris, a member at 10th together ourselves, real- it,” McCord said. “That’s
Avenue Church of Christ, ly makes the process run really what this is all
spent the day unloading smoothly.” about.
and setting up the distri- “These things will help
bution system. Finding hope their physical needs and
As people arrived While the needs of the we’re happy to provide
Wednesday, they were met that,” he added. “But we
people who turned out
in the church foyer, where want to meet their spiri-
Wednesday may vary,
they were registered and tual needs, too. We want
there is one thing all of
asked to provide ID and them to know that we care.
them seemed to need, Mc-
addresses then assigned
Cord said. That’s really the most im-
a number. They then went
“In every box, the first portant thing we can give
to the sanctuary, where
they sat until their num- thing they see when the them. We are here for
open it is a sheet of paper. them and we’ll continue to
ber was called.
Returning to the foy- It has the word HOPE on be here for them.”
er, they were given a list
of available items and,
with the help of a volun-
teer, filled out a form that
included the items they
needed. From there, they
went outside and to the
back of the church, where
more volunteers put the
requested items together
and brought them out to
the storm victims.
“It really is going well,”
Harris said. “It’s very or-
ganized, especially with
getting the things togeth-
er. Not everybody has the
same needs, so taking
some time to talk to them
and finding out what it is
they need, then putting it
or another city or county
employee will come and
pick them up.
Mayor Robert Smith
praised all the volun-
teers, agencies and first
responders that have
worked during the disas-
ter recovery efforts to pro-
tect and care for Colum-
bus residents.
“This just shows what
our community can do
when we come together,”
he said.
Residents are asked
to report damage to their
property, even if they
don’t need assistance to
repair it. City officials say
that helps state and feder-
al agencies obtain a more
accurate picture of the
amount of damage Colum-
bus incurred.
To reach the EMA
office and request trans-
portation to Townsend
Community Center, call
662-329-5110.
To report volunteer
hours or ask about volun-
teer work, call 662-370-
8600, 662-370-8602 or
662-370-8603. The Trotter
will be open for volunteers
and those in need from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday
and Friday and from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Sports
Prep Basketball
Heritage Academy’s Eli Acker (44) has his shot contested against Jackson Prep during the Missis-
sippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) Overall State Tournament held on the campus
of Mississippi College in Clinton Tuesday. Acker and his mates posted a 64-45 win over Clinton
Christian in the second round of the at Mississippi College Wednesday night.
PATRIOTS MOVE INTO SEMI-FINALs
By Brandon Shields
Special to The Dispatch
CLINTON — It is all about
survive and advance.
Even though it wasn’t pret-
ty, Heritage Academy boys
basketball coach Russ White-
side will take it.
In a game filled with turn-
overs, Heritage Academy
was able to run past Clinton
Christian 64-45 in the second
round of the Mississippi Asso-
ciation of Independent Schools
(MAIS) Overall State Tour-
nament at Mississippi Col-
lege’s A.E. Wood Coliseum on
Wednesday night.
Heritage Academy (33-4)
will face Jackson Academy
(23-11) in the semifinals at
7:15 p.m. Friday.
The Patriots, who lost in the
semifinals of the tournament
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Davidson’s grand slam lifts MSU
to comeback victory at Memphis
From Special Reports
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Down
a run in the top of the seventh,
sophomore Mia Davidson de-
livered a two-out grand slam to
lift the Bulldogs to a 10-7 victo-
ry over Memphis at the Tiger
Softball Complex.
Davidson’s grand slam was
one of two for the Bulldogs
Wednesday night as State
rallied for a comeback victo-
ry over the Tigers. Junior Fa
Leilua also slugged her first
grand slam of her Bulldog ca-
reer in the contest. Both grand
slams happened with two outs
Women’s Basketball
Bulldog basketball fans gear up for home finale
You have at least
chances left.
The last op-
portunity to see
Jazzmun Holmes,
Teaira McCowan,
Jordan Danberry,
Zion Campbell, and
Anriel Howard in
a regular-season
game at Humphrey
Coliseum will be
at 7 p.m. Thursday Adman Minichino
when the No. 5
MSU women’s bas-
ketball team plays host to LSU
in a Southeastern Conference
matchup.
After that, MSU is all but
certain to earn at least a top-
four seed in the NCAA tourna-
last season, are seeking their
first Overall State title.
“It’s hard to come out and
play at nine o’clock after wait-
ing and sitting around all
day ready to play,” said Wh-
iteside, referring to the start
of his team’s game being de-
layed more than two hours.
“I thought we were sluggish
to start off and played well in
second and third quarter and
picked things up. I’m proud
of the kids, even though we
didn’t play particularly well,
we are back here on Friday
with another chance.”
Heritage Academy never
trailed. It led 14-10 after one
quarter. The Patriots picked
things up in the second quar-
ter thanks to a 9-2 run to ex-
tend its lead to 23-12. It led 31-
19 at halftime.
on the scoreboard.
Sophomore Emily Williams
picked up the win to improve
to 4-1 on the season. Williams
tossed six innings and allowed
seven runs off four hits and
five walks. Only three of Mem-
phis’ runs were earned. The
right-hander also struck out
nine in the contest.
Junior Alyssa Loza record-
ed her first save in a Bulldog
uniform as she struck out two
and forced a pop up to second
to retire the side in order.
Sophomore Grace Dabbs
led off the midweek contest
ment, which would
guarantee the Bull-
dogs another date
in the venue where
“7,000 sounds like
70,000.”
That quote by
Michigan State
women’s basket-
ball coach Suzy
Merchant will go
down as one of the
all-time best sound
bites associated
with MSU women’s
basketball. It also will go down
as one of the crowning achieve-
ments for coach Vic Schaefer,
who has transformed a pro-
gram that averaged 1,317 fans
in his first season in 2012-13 to
Bob Smith/Special to The Dispatch
Heritage Academy opened
the third quarter with an 11-1
run to extend its lead to 42-20.
It led 47-25 entering the fourth
quarter.
The Patriots committed 21
turnovers.
“Just playing sloppy and
that’s it,” Whiteside said. “We
better take care of the ball or
we won’t be playing on Satur-
day for sure.”
Moak Griffin scored Her-
itage Academy’s first eight
points. He had 13 of his game-
high 16 points in the first half.
“We were focused com-
ing off a tough win last night
against (Jackson) Prep and I
thought we played a little bit
better tonight,” Griffin said.
“Didn’t start out great, but
(we) started clicking in the
See Patriots, 3B
with a single to shortstop be-
fore moving into scoring po-
sition off a single up the mid-
dle by Davidson. Senior Kat
Moore drew a one-out walk to
load the bases for fellow senior
Sarai Niu.
Niu singled to deep short
with the ball to bring home
Dabbs. The ball took a funky
hop into shallow center, but the
relay throw to the plate was in
time to prevent Mia Davidson
from scoring. Sophomore Car-
ter Spexarth, however, picked
up a two-out RBI with a single
See COLLEGE SOFTBALL, 3B
8,217 this season.
Buried in those attendance
figures is a telling caveat: MSU
is the only team in each of the
last three years to be in the
top 20 — really top 12 — for
largest attendance gains. That
speaks volumes about the con-
nection MSU has made with its
fans and its ability to maintain
it, to strengthen it, and to con-
nect with more fans.
If the season ended today,
MSU would have an increase
of 778 from its average home
attendance of 7,439 in 2017-18.
Even though it’s not as big of
an increase as Schaefer’s first
four seasons, when the Bull-
dogs grew their attendance by
more than 1,000 each year, it is
Men’s College Basketball
SPORTS LINE
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THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n Thursday, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Rebels Drop 73-71
Heartbreaker to No. 7 Vols
From Special Reports
OXFORD, Miss. — The Ole Miss men’s basketball team
suffered a heartbreaking loss to No. 7 Tennessee, 73-71, in
front of a sold out crowd at The Pavilion Wednesday night.
The Rebels (19-9, 9-6 SEC) led by three with 33 seconds to go,
but Grant Williams’ bucket with three seconds left flipped the
game to the Volunteers (25-3, 13-2 SEC).
Terence Davis and Breein Tyree scored 16 points apiece
to pace the Rebels in scoring. Along with going 5 of 10 from
the floor, Tyree dished out a team-high five assists. Freshman
forward Blake Hinson added 14 points, while senior Bruce
Stevens registered a double-double with 10 points and a team-
high 10 rebounds. As a team, Ole Miss shot 41.4 percent (24
of 58) from the floor and went 14 of 15 (93.3 percent) from the
free throw line.
Along with hitting the game-winner, Williams recorded
21 points to lead the Volunteers. Lamonte Turner scored 17,
and Ole Miss held Admiral Schofield to 11 points. Tennessee
See REBELS, 3B
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Rhodes ends Owls’ winning
streak in midweek doubleheader
From Special Reports
The Owls’ softball team received its first losses of the sea-
son at the hands of Rhodes College on Wednesday. The W
played hard defensively but could not get the bats going until
late to fall 5-0 and 10-5 in a doubleheader matchup.
In the 5-0 first-game loss, the Lynx had a solid offensive
effort against the Owls with 14 hits against The W defense.
Senior pitcher Madison Scoggin was charged with her first
loss on the mound, throwing 4.1 innings with four strikeouts,
four earned runs allowed, and she gave up nine hits.
Ciara Steward entered the game in the fifth inning to re-
lieve Scoggin on the mound. The senior left-hander threw 2.2
innings with one strikeout, one earned run, and allowed five
hits.
The Owls struggled to get their offense off the ground with
only three hits, as Heidi Matthews, Carolyn “Kendall” Wilkin-
son, and Brianna Duquette recorded a single. Matthews and
Megan James were credited with a stolen base.
See owls, 4B
COLLEGE Baseball
Plumlee, offense lead
MSU baseball past
Southeastern Louisiana
From Special Reports
STARKVILLE — Another solid pitching performance,
combined with timely hitting was the perfect recipe for the
Mississippi State baseball program in a 12-0 victory over
Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday (Feb. 27) evening at
Dudy Noble Field.
The Diamond Dawgs (8-1) pounded out 12 hits and walked
eight times to account for the third double-digit run output of
the season, while the pitching staff struck out 14 Lion (2-6)
hitters for the eighth-straight double-digit strikeout perfor-
mance to start the season.
The tone was set early by senior starting pitcher Peyton
Plumlee, who struck out the first two batters he faced on his
way to a career-best nine strikeouts. The right hander allowed
just one hit and walked two to earn his first victory of the sea-
son. The trio of senior Jared Liebelt, junior Jack Eagan and
See Plumlee, 3B
important for another reason. The festivities also will provide
This season, MSU is poised to fans an opportunity to show
pass Tennessee and move into their support for Campbell, a
second place (behind South redshirt junior, who was se-
Carolina) for the highest aver- lected Wednesday to the SEC
age attendance by a SEC team. Community Service Team.
That might sounds like a trivial Campbell led the Bulldogs in
statistic, but it further cements service hours this year, and
MSU’s emergence as one of the has recorded more than any
nation’s elite programs. other player on the roster for
That’s why it would be fit- her career.
ting to send Holmes, McCow- Let’s not forget Danberry, a
transfer from Arkansas, who
an, Danberry, Campbell, and
Howard out in style. After the is having a season worthy of
game against LSU, MSU will first-team All-SEC honors.
Her maturation into a scor-
honor all five players in a cere-
ing threat and her ability to
mony. It will be an opportunity
provide support at point guard
to thank Howard, a graduate
have enabled MSU to enter the
transfer from Texas A&M for
final two games of the regular
picking MSU and blending in
so well with new teammates. See Minichino, 4B
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Women’s Softball

Softball piles it on in 18-3 win

over Central Arkansas
From Special Reports
CONWAY, Ark. — Twelve different Rebels scored a
run as Ole Miss’ bats came alive Wednesday night at Cen-
tral Arkansas. Ole Miss hung a crooked number in five of
six innings, setting aside the Bears 18-3 at Farris Field.
Righty Ava Tillmann earned the win in the circle, al-
lowing two runs (one earned) four hits, striking out two
in 4.0 innings of work. Freshman Savannah Diederich
came in for the final two innings, striking out the side in
both, allowing one run in the meantime.
The Rebels (9-6) got rolling early as Kylan Becker led
off with an infield single and stole second. The extra base
didn’t end up meaning much as Jessica Puk turned on an
offering from Rio Sanchez, cranking out a two-run homer
to give Ole Miss an early lead.
After the Bears (9-7) struck back with an unearned
run in the bottom half of the first, Ole Miss tacked on
two more in the third to extend its lead. It was Becker
who got things going again, leading off with a single and
stealing second. Abbey Latham then singled up the mid-
dle to bring Becker home for the first run of the inning
and Kaylee Hortonlater scored on a wild pitch to push the
Ole Miss lead to 4-1.
UCA came back with an RBI single in the home half
but Ole Miss fired right back with two more runs in the
fourth. The Rebels put together three-straight two-out
hits to score the pair, with Becker singling, Latham dou-
bling her home and Puk following with an RBI single to
right-center.
The Rebels added three more in the fifth on Becker’s
three-run homer to left-center, the third home run of her
career and just the second to leave the park. With the
Rebels up by eight, the run-rule became a factor. Howev-
er, UCA struck back with a run in the bottom half to keep
the game alive.
That ultimately just prolonged the inevitable as Ole
Miss batted around in the sixth, scoring eight runs on
six hits. Brittany Finney got things started with an RBI
double to score Puk, with Izzy Werdann following with
a double of her own to score another run, bringing on a
pitching change for Central Arkansas.
The new pitcher didn’t fair much better for the Bears.
Pinch hitter Kacey Hvitved registered her first hit as a
Rebel before Tate Whitley smoked a double over the left
fielder’s head to plate a pair. Whitley then scored on the
first-career hit for Mikayla Allee, a single through the
left side. RBI groundouts by Becker and Puk sandwiched
a Latham RBI single up the middle, putting Ole Miss
ahead 18-3 when all was said and done.
Diederich finished things off, collecting her sixth-
straight strikeout to finish things off and give Ole Miss
it’s largest margin of victory since 2015.
With 15-straight game away from home complete,
Ole Miss makes its season debut at the Ole Miss Softball
Complex this weekend, hosting Pittsburgh and Nichol-
ls in the Ole Miss Classic Mar. 1-3. The full tournament
schedule as well as live coverage links are available on
the tournament central page at OleMissSports.com.
n The 18 runs are the most for Ole Miss since scoring
18 against Rhode Island at the Rawlings Classic in 2017.
The 15-run margin of victory is the largest for the Rebels
since defeating Alcorn State 18-3 in 2015.
n 12 different Rebels scored a run in the game, while
Ole Miss received a hit from 10 different players.
n The top-three batters of the order got it done for Ole
Miss, driving in 11 runs and scoring nine while going a
collective 9-for-13.
n Kylan Becker extended her team-high reached
base streak to 14 games, while Jessica Puk extended her
reached base streak to 12 games, registering a hit in her
sixth-straight game.
n In her last six games, Puk is batting .556 (10-for-18)
with three doubles, three homers, eight RBIs and four
runs scored.
n The Rebels scored in the first inning for the 10th
time this season. Ole Miss has plated 18 first inning runs
in 2019.
n Freshman Savannah Diederich has now struck out
nine batters in just four innings pitched in her first colle-
giate season.

College Football

From state to the NFL Combine:

Eight Bulldogs ready for Indianapolis
From Special Reports
STARKVILLE — A
Mississippi State record
eight Bulldogs will take
their talents to India-
napolis this week for the
biggest job interview of
their lives with hundreds
of NFL scouts, executives
and coaches at the 2019
NFL Scouting Combine.
Players began arriv-
ing Tuesday, February
26, and the event will run
through Monday, March
4. On-field workouts will
start Friday, March 1
and end Monday, March
4. The week-long event
at Lucas Oil Stadium
features the best college
prospects from across
the country and has four
components – an on-field
workout, medical testing,
player interviews and psy-
chological testing.
State’s eight NFL Com-
bine participants include:
safety Johnathan Abram,
offensive guard Deion
Calhoun, quarterback
Nick Fitzgerald, defen-
sive end Gerri Green,
center Elgton Jenkins,
safety Mark McLaurin,
cornerback Jamal Peters
and defensive end Montez
Sweat.
The 2019 NFL Scout- ing Combine will be
ing Combine features streamed digitally ev-
the most coverage of any erywhere NFL Network
Combine ever, with NFL is streamed, including
Network and NFL.com through the NFL app and
providing live coverage at NFL.com/combine/
of on-field drills Friday, live.
March 1 to Monday,
March 4, and ABC broad-
casting two hours of live
coverage of quarterback
and wide receiver drills
on Saturday, March 2 at
noon CT. Coverage of
workouts begins at 8 a.m.
CT on Friday, Sunday
and Monday, and 9 a.m.
CT on Saturday on NFL
Network and NFL.com.
The 2019 NFL Scout-

New Bulldog assistants preparing

for Start of spring football
From Special Reports
STARKVILLE – Spring football re-
turns to Starkville next week as the
second year of the Joe Moorhead era at
Mississippi State gets underway. Four
of the Bulldogs’ new assistants met with
members of the media on Wednesday
to preview spring ball, including asso-
ciate head coach/tight ends coach Tony
Hughes, assistant head coach/running
backs coach Terry Richardson, wide re-
ceivers coach Michael Johnson and de-
fensive line coach Deke Adams.
On coaching tight ends, associate
head coach Tony Hughes said: “I am
excited to be able to coach tight ends.
In Coach Moorhead’s offense, the tight
ends have a very unique responsibility.
They have to be blockers and they also
have to be receivers. They do a lot of dif-
ferent motions, movements and different
things like that.
“When you go back and look at all the
tape from last year, they performed well
as a group and unit. You have most of that
unit coming back with Farrod [Green],
Dontae [Jones] and [Brad] Cumbest and
[Geor’quarius] Spivey.
“I look forward to the opportunity of
working with those guys and improving
them from what their play was last year,
which was really good at times. I think
that is what coach Moorhead wants in
that position. Athletes that can do a va-
riety of things, not just a good blocker or
a good pass receiver, but guys that can
do a lot of good things is something he
wants in that position.”
Terry Richardson, assistant head
coach/running backs, on coming to
Mississippi State, said “I spent a little
bit of time with Joe Moorhead in 2009-
10. I think we accomplished some good
things while working together. So, I kept
in touch with Joe [Moorhead] over the
years. Obviously, I’ve been at two other
places and did some pretty good things.
He moved on from Fordham and Penn
State and did some pretty good things.
We’ve always talked about this day, get-
ting back together and working togeth-
er, so here I am.
“After I left the Fiesta Bowl, when I
left UConn and went to Miami, me and
Joe [Moorhead] stayed in contact over
the years. We would talk like once a
week or once a month and every now and
then. We would reach out to one another
and talk about this day. He used the ter-
minology, “Hey, if I have to get the man,
I have to pay the man.” So, we finally got
to that point where he had a spot opened
and he called me. Obviously, with our
relationship, it didn’t take me long to
decide. I’ve coached in a lot of different
conferences, except the SEC, so that was
intriguing as well. That’s why I’m here.”
Deke Adams, defensive line coach,
said on being back in Mississippi, “It’s
great. Since I’ve gotten the call from
Coach [Bob] Shoop and had the opportu-
nity to come back, it’s been phenomenal.
I’m an hour away from my mom and my
family, three hours away from my wife’s
family so it’s been really good.
“Just being back in the home state and
being close to family was big. But just
being around this staff and knowing so
many guys on this staff, knowing what
they’re all about, what they stand for and
all of that. Having the opportunity to be
back in this conference was really big.”
Michael Johnson, wide receivers
coach, said what attracted him to Missis-
sippi was that “I knew that Coach [Joe]
Moorhead runs a great offense, so that
was attractive. I also played in the SEC,
the highest level of competition that you
could probably play in college football.
The fan-base and how passionate people
are about football in the south was at-
tractive to me as well.
“It was tough leaving Oregon. Ore-
gon was a great place, but I thought it
was time to make a change and have a
new challenge. I’m excited to be here
and take on the role of trying to develop
these wide receivers.”
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, February 28, 2019 3B

Vic schaefer selected as late-season coach of the year candidate

From Special Reports Dawgs are 25-2 with a 13-1 28-point win in February then he signed the program’s first State tops the SEC standings
mark in conference play and closed the month with another such player in the 2019 signing and can clinch at least a share of
STARKVILLE are 5-1 against ranked oppo- 28-point win over then-No. 22 class. He has helped his team their second consecutive regu-
— Vic Schaefer nents. MSU has been in the Texas A&M that marked the respond to adversity as MSU lar-season conference title with
is once again be- Associated Press Top 25 poll for Bulldogs’ biggest win over a followed its only two losses with
ing recognized a win on Thursday. MSU could
91 straight weeks, including a ranked opponent in school his- 47-point and 28-point victories
for his work in win the title outright that night
55-week run inside the Top 10. tory. on the road in the next games.
Starkville. The The Bulldogs lead the na- Solid defense, a trademark The Bulldogs lost Chloe Bib- with a win and a South Carolina
head coach of the tion in scoring margin (+30.4) of all Schaefer squads, has also by, who was third in the SEC in loss.
No. 5 Mississip- and boast the No. 3 scoring of- been on display as the Dawgs three-point field goal percent- MSU will host LSU on Thurs-
pi State women’s Schaefer fense (87.3 ppg) in the country. held LSU to just 13 points in the age and averaged 11.9 points, day, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. CT for
basketball team They top the SEC in field goal first half on the way to allowing early in conference play, and its final regular-season home
is among the late-season candi- percentage (49.2 percent), as- just 35 points to the Tigers in replaced her with its fifth new game of the year. The contest
dates for the 2019 Werner Lad- sist/turnover ratio (1.3), assists January. That marked the few- starter of the year. Of the six will air on SEC Network+ and
der Naismith Women’s Coach (16.7 apg), rebound margin est points an opponent had ever players to start a game for MSU Senior Night ceremonies will
of the Year Award, the Atlan- (+14.1) and offensive rebound- scored against State in SEC this season, only All-American
ta Tipoff Club announced on follow the game. The Bulldogs
ing (17.9 rpg). play. MSU has twice held teams Teaira McCowan had started
Thursday. State has made history along to just four points in a quarter for Schaefer before this season. will then close conference play
Schaefer’s squad has re- the way again this season, espe- this year. Two of those starters, Anriel against the No. 14/15 Game-
sponded to the loss of four se- cially in conference play. MSU Schaefer has developed a ros- Howard and Andra Espino- cocks in Columbia, South Car-
niors in consecutive seasons handed Tennessee its largest ter that features no McDonald’s za-Hunter, are in their first year olina, on Sunday, March 3 at 1
without missing a beat. The loss in conference play with a High School All-Americans as in the program. p.m. on ESPN2.

CALENDAR
Prep Basketball
Today’s Games
Mississippi High School Activities Association
(MHSAA) Class 6A North State tournament
Oxford (boys) at Starkville, 7 p.m.
MHSAA Class 1A State tournament
McAdams (boys) at West Lowndes, 7 p.m.
Prep Baseball
Today’s Games
Caledonia vs. Kossuth (Amory), 7:30 p.m.
New Hope at Tupelo, 6 p.m.
Starkville Academy at Oak Hill, 6 p.m.
Starkville High at Noxapater, 6:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
New Hope vs. Fayette, Ala., 6 p.m.
Starkville Academy vs. Washington, 6 p.m.
West Lowndes vs. Houlka, 6 p.m.
Prep Softball
Thursday’s Games
New Hope vs. Nettleton, 6:30 p.m.
Caledonia at South Pontotoc, 7 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Columbus at French Camp, 6:30 p.m.
New Hope at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
Caledonia at Fayette, Ala., 7 p.m.
Women’s College Basketball
Plumlee
Continued from Page 1B
junior Colby White closed out the shutout
with one scoreless inning apiece.
Sophomore Justin Foscue got the offense
started with a first-inning grand slam and ju-
nior Gunner Halter hit his first career home
run to lead off the second inning. The Bull-
dogs added two runs in the fourth on a Jake
Mangum two-RBI single, scored two more in
the sixth and finished it off with three runs in
the eighth.
“Tonight, it was a better breaking ball,
I thought. It was the first night that he real-
ly had his breaking ball and could use it in
any count. He really established it early in
the game and he held his stuff all the way
through,” said head coach Chris Lemonis.
“This is the probably the best baseball
team that I’ve ever played on in my entire life.
That even goes back to my sophomore year
with Brent Rooker and all of them. This is no
doubt the best team that I have ever played
on. Moving into this weekend, I feel like we’re
going to have to take care of some business
and if we do it gives us a chance for us to make
Aaron Cornia/MSU Athletics
Peyton Plumlee fanned nine batters and gave up just one hit as Missis- a statement down and put our name on the
sippi State posted a 12-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana. board,” said Plumlee.

Patriots
Today’s Games
Ole Miss at Alabama, 7 p.m.
LSU at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
College Baseball Continued from Page 1B
Friday’s Games second and third quarter “Came out in the second shoot.” job,” Whiteside said. “Su-
Mississippi State vs. Sam Houston State (Frisco, and shot the 3-pointer well.” half and just started re- Heritage Academy de- per disciplined team with a
Texas), 3 p.m.
Cameron Bell didn’t have bounding better,” Bell said. feated Jackson Academy 47- lot of movement on offense
Long Beach State at Ole Miss, 4 p.m.
Mississippi University for Women at Johnson
a good shooting game for “We had the size advantage 43 in the Heritage Shootout and got some great players.
College, 5 p.m. the Patriots and had three in the post with me and Eli in December. There’s a reason they’re
Gonzaga at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. points, but he grabbed 11 (Acker), but they doubled “They are always good, here because they are play-
Alabama at South Alabama, 6:30 p.m. rebounds. us so we can dish out and and their coach does a good ing well.”

Rebels
College Softball
Today’s Games
Mississippi University for Women at Stillman
College (DH), 2 p.m. Continued from Page 1B
Junior College Baseball proved its No. 2 national til Davis’ long ball put the Tyree went up-and-under bounds, Bruce Stevens re-
Tuesday’s Games ranking in field goal per- Rebels up one. Following a for a slick deuce before Ter- corded his first double-dou-
Itawamba at Calhoun (DH), Noon centage by shooting 51.8 stop on the other end, KJ ence Davis’ corner three ble of the season and the
percent (29 of 56) through- Buffen grabbed his own put the Rebels back in front third of his career.
Junior College Softball out the night. The Volun- miss and finished at the rim 58-57 with 10:12 to go. Terence Davis hit a trio
Wednesday’s Games teers also controlled the while drawing a foul. The With Tennessee holding of threes to bump his ca-
Itawamba at Wallace State-Hanceville (DH), 2 p.m. paint 36-18. three-point play made it 31- a one-point lead with less reer total to 165, passing
Tennessee took an early 27 Ole Miss. than three minutes remain- Jason Harrison (163) for
on the air 11-3 lead, forcing the Reb- The Rebels bumped ing, Tyree hit a three to seventh on the all-time list;
els to miss nine of their the margin to five, taking make it 69-67 in favor of the Davis also recorded a steal
Today first 10 shots. However, Ole a 39-34 lead into the lock- Rebels. Hinson increased to sit alone in 10th on the
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
5 p.m — TBA, CBS Sports Network
Miss responded with an er room behind 11 points the advantage to three by Ole Miss career chart with
5 p.m. — Xavier at St. John’s, FS1 13-4 run as the Volunteers from Terence Davis. Ole making two free throws 134 steals, passing Keith
6 p.m. — Nebraska vs. Michigan, ESPN coughed the ball up four Miss had balanced scoring with 33 seconds to go. Jor- Carter and Aaron Harper.
6 p.m. — Connecticut vs. Wichita State, ESPN2 times in six possessions. the rest of the way with five dan Bowden’s jumper got Scoring 16 points, Bree-
6 p.m. — Winthrop at Hampton Devontae Shuler hit a tran- Rebels scoring at least five Tennessee within one be- in Tyree passed Terrance
7 p.m. — TBA, CBS Sports Network sition jumper to break the first half points. While Ten- fore Tyree’s front end of Henry (1,095) and Fred
8 p.m. — USC vs. UCLA, ESPN cold start. The stretch was nessee held a 22-12 advan- the one-and-one bounced Cox (1,105) to move to 33rd
8 p.m. — Minnesota vs. Northwestern, ESPN2 highlighted by a Terence tage in the paint, Ole Miss off the rim. The Volunteers on the Ole Miss scoring list
8 p.m. — Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois Davis steal and dunk that knocked down 5 of 11 (45.5 put the ball into the hands with 1,108 points.
8 p.m. — Tulane vs. Tulsa, ESPNU brought the sellout crowd to percent) three-pointers. of the reigning SEC Player Blake Hinson tallied 14
8 p.m. — Arizona at Oregon State, FS1
10 p.m. — Gonzaga at Pacific, ESPN2
their feet. The senior made Hinson hit a jumper to of the Year, and Williams points, his most in a game
10 p.m. — UC-Irvine at UC-Davis, ESPNU the poster slam and drew start the second half, but a drove the lane to sink the since his career-high 26
10 p.m. — Washington at California, FS1 a foul, converting the free seven-point cushion quick- game-winning basket with points at Mississippi State
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL throw to tie the game. After ly turned into a seven-point three seconds remaining. (Jan. 12).
5:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Rutgers, Big Ten Tennessee broke the stand- deficit due to a 14-0 Tennes- Shuler took the ball past Tonight’s game was the
Network still, Davis drilled a three to see run. Shuler and Hin- half court before pulling up fourth sellout of the season
6 p.m. — Vanderbilt at Tennessee, SEC Network give Ole Miss its first lead son hit threes on back-to- for the go-ahead three, but and the eighth in the histo-
7:30 p.m. — Ohio State at Wisconsin, Big Ten of the game, 16-15, midway back possessions made it a he was called for an offen- ry of The Pavilion.
Network through the first half. one-point game, but seven sive foul to allow the Volun- The Rebels hit the road
8 p.m. — Missouri at Arkansas, SEC Network The Volunteers had a straight points by the Vol- teers to escape Oxford with Saturday (March 2), head-
GOLF
1 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Honda Classic, first
five-point advantage before unteers pushed it 57-49. the victory. ing west to face Arkansas
round, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, TGC another run flipped the The seesaw battle con- The Rebels went 14 of 15 for the second time this
9:30 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: HSBC Women’s game back into Ole Miss’ tinued as Ole Miss an- (93.3 percent) at the free season. In the first match-
World Championship, second round, Singapore, favor. Stevens found Ter- swered with a 9-0 run of its throw line, shooting over 93 up, Ole Miss cruised to
TGC ence Davis for a thunderous own to grab the lead back percent in a game from the an 84-67 victory at The
4 a.m. (Friday) — European Tour Golf: Oman alley-oop to spark the rally. from the visitors. Dominik stripe for the fourth time Pavilion (Jan. 19). Tipoff
Open, second round, Oman, TGC Tyree nailed a three to tie Olejniczak rejected a UT this season. for round two between the
NBA the game at 25-25. Once shot down low before con- Ole Miss fell to 2-3 Rebels and Razorbacks is
6 p.m. — Minnesota at Indiana, TNT again Tennessee answered verting at the rim on the against ranked teams. set for at 12 p.m. CT on SEC
7 p.m. — Golden State at Orlando, with a basket down low un- offensive end of the floor. With 10 points and 10 re- Network.
7:30 p.m. — Cleveland at New York,

College softball
8 p.m. — Miami at Houston,
8:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, TNT
10:30 p.m. — Utah at Denver
NHL Continued from Page 1B
6:30 p.m. — Tampa Bay at Boston, NBC Sports
Network
to right field to push the season with a shot off the nis and senior Taylor Kelly when Heidi Shape and Sam
7 p.m. — Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, Bulldog lead to 2-0. scoreboard. Her first grand moved the tying run to third Lenahan both knocked
7 p.m. — Philadelphia at Columbus, The Tigers would take slam in a Bulldog uniform base. Dabbs loaded the bas- grand slams against Arkan-
7:30 p.m. — Edmonton at Ottawa, advantage of a MSU throw- lifted MSU back in front es with a walk to bring Mia sas.
9 p.m. — Vancouver at Arizona ing error and a couple walks 6-5. Davidson to the plate. On Both Bulldogs have 10
10 p.m. — Florida at Vegas in the second to help plate MSU’s 6-5 lead would cue, Davidson slugged her home runs this season as
10:30 p.m. — Dallas at Los Angeles five runs. With the game hold until the bottom of the 10th home run of the sea- the duo are now in a tie for
TOP 25 MEN’S BASKETBALL locked at 2-2 after a Del- fifth when Memphis knot- son, her second grand slam, ninth on MSU’s single-sea-
7 p.m. — No. 9 Michigan vs. Nebraska, aney Smith two-run triple, ted the game back up at 6-6 with a bases-clearing shot son home run list with only
7 p.m. — No. 24 Wofford at Chattanooga, Baylee Smith gave Mem- with a solo home run from to left field to put State back 16 games under their belt.
11 p.m. — No. 1 Gonzaga at Pacific,
11 p.m. — No. 25 Washington at California
phis the lead with a three- Smith. on top 10-7. Mississippi State contin-
TOP 25 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL run home run. After getting two on via The slugging duo of Mia ues its road swing this week-
7 p.m. — No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 10 N.C. State State would answer in walks, Memphis regained Davidson and Fa Leilua end at the Duke Invitational
8 p.m. — No. 5 Mississippi State vs. LSU the top of the fourth, load- a lead in the bottom of the once again put on a show in Durham, North Carolina.
7 p.m. — No. 11 Kentucky vs. No. 19 Texas A&M ing the bases with two sixth as a one-out single to at the plate. Both Bulldogs The Bulldogs open the tour-
walks and a dropped third right field plated a run. slugged a grand slam in nament on Friday, March 1
Friday strike to bring Leilua to The Bulldogs made the contest, marking the with a doubleheader slate
AUTO RACING
the plate with two outs. things interesting with first time MSU has had two against Ohio (12 p.m. CT)
2 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series:
practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, FS1 Leilua delivered with her back-to-back pinch hits sin- grand slams in the same and the host Blue Devils (6
10th home run of the 2019 gles by junior Candace De- game since April 26, 2014 p.m. CT).
4B Thursday, February 28, 2019
Minichino
Continued from Page 1B
season with a 25-2 record and a 13-1
mark in the SEC.
As much as the other players
have contributed, Holmes and Mc-
Cowan have played key roles each
of the last four seasons in MSU’s
growth into a national title contend-
er. Holmes and McCowan have
won 124 career games, which is
the fourth most in the nation since
2015-16, and two shy of the MSU
record. Their 96 wins since 2016-17
are second only to Connecticut (97)
in that span.
As of Wednesday afternoon,
MSU sports information contact
Brian Ogden said there were plenty
of tickets available for the game
against LSU. It would be a shame if
Holmes and McCowan didn’t play
before a sold-out crowd in their final
regular-season game at the Hump.
After all, classes like the one that
features Victoria Vivians, Mor-
gan William, Blair Schaefer, and
Roshunda Johnson usually come
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
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around once in the lifetime of a
coach. Holmes and McCowan were
fortunate to be a part of that great
run, but they deserve just as much
credit for finding a way to continue
that success and even enhance it.
The Bulldogs haven’t been a 3-point
shooting dynamo this season. They
have overcome a season-ending
injury to sophomore forward Chloe
Bibby and have found ways to win,
some night with their offense and
others with the defense.
On Thursday, Holmes and
McCowan deserve to hear what
the Hump sounds like when 10,000
plus pack it. It’s not every day fans
get the chance to watch one class
of players set a program record for
wins. MSU fans have the unique
opportunity to help Holmes and
McCowan take one step closer to ac-
complishing that goal with a rousing
sendoff. A win against LSU would
put Holmes and McCowan in posi-
tion to tie the record against South
FAMILY CIRCUS
Carolina at 1 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2).
A chance to break the record likely
would come in the SEC tournament
in Greenville, South Carolina.
From there, MSU figures to
come back to Starkville to play host
to the NCAA tournament. Two sell-
outs would go a long way to sending
the Bulldogs back to the Sweet 16.
The first step, though, will come
on Senior Night. Let’s celebrate
everything Holmes and McCow-
an — and the rest of the players
who will be honored — have meant
to the MSU program. Remem-
ber, All-Americans and Naismith
Defensive Players of the Year or
homegrown success stories aren’t
always guaranteed. They should be
cherished by crowds that sound like
70,000 — or even more.
Adam Minichino is the former
sports editor of The Dispatch. He can
be reached at aminichino@cdispatch.
com. Follow him on Twitter @ctsport-
seditor.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My daughter
has two
boys who treat
her like crap.
They swear,
call her a b—,
whore, liar and
the f-word. They
break things in
her house and
have no respect
for anyone.
The problem
started after she
broke up with
their biological fa-
ther and married
Dear Abby
her new boy-
friend. The father brainwashes
the boys to do these things to
make life a living hell with her
new husband.
What I cannot understand
is why my daughter goes out
of her way to please these two
ungrateful kids and still cannot
see how they are destroying
her present household. This is
killing me. What can she do to
solve the problem? — ANGRY
IN THE WEST
DEAR ANGRY: The first
thing your daughter will have
to do to solve her problem
is acknowledge that there is
one, and SHE may be part of
it. Then, she will have to quit
trying to ingratiate herself with because of his practice. Then
the boys and act more like a
parent than a doormat, which
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.
28). Stay aware of what keeps
you wondering. Curiosity is your
main compass. It will lead you
to where you can blossom your
secret talents and formulate
the new wishes that will help
you fulfill your destiny. Also, if
ever there were a year to keep a
diary, this is it. Writing will em-
bolden you, give you clarity and
open worlds. Aries and Scorpio
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 40, 21, 5 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
To need attention isn’t weak-
ness. Though when you admit
this need, even to yourself, it
may feel like weakness if you’ve
been conditioned to think so.
Recognize this for the brain-
washing it is. Everyone needs
Owls
Continued from Page 1B
The Owls got off to a slow start in the second game
of the day, finding themselves behind 4-0 in the top of
the third inning.
In the bottom of the fourth, The W was able to score
its first runs on a single to centerfield by Carolyn “Ken-
dall” Wilkinson good for two RBIs.
The Lynx were able to put up another run in the fifth
inning to extend their lead to 5-2 but the Owls answered
with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. Rhodes all
but sealed the victory in the seventh inning on a three-
run homer and a 2-run single to close out the 10-4 final.
Kandler Flora scored the final run of the day on a
pass ball for the Owls’ fifth and final run.
Freshman pitcher Amelia Stalter was saddled with
her first loss of the season. The right-hander from Atlan-
tic Beach, Fla., pitched 6.1 innings gave up 11 hits and
nine earned runs.
Donna Douglas entered the game in relief in the sev-
enth to pitch two-thirds of an inning. She gave up one
walk and one hit
Wilkinson led the Owls at the plate going 2-for-3 with
three RBIs, and Bailee Watts went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Up next, the Owls will return to action on Saturday,
March 2 when they host Copiah Lincoln Community
College. The first pitch of the doubleheader is set for 1
p.m.
means she will cious hosts will welcome you.
have to institute DEAR ABBY: I’m a longtime
consequences reader and I’m curious. Do you
when her sons ever receive letters from “the
misbehave other party”? Has anyone ever
and treat her read your column, realized
disrespectfully. the letter is about them and
Unless she is written to tell you their side?
prepared to do Would you ever print it if they
that, nothing will did? There are always two
change. sides to every story. — WON-
DEAR ABBY: DERING IN HOUSTON
My husband is a
physician with a
DEAR WONDERING: The an-
swer is yes. It happens rarely,
heavy call sched- but it does happen. Last year I
ule. For years I published a letter from a wom-
have struggled an who was upset because her
with how to RSVP ex-husband had promised their
to invitations to daughter a large sum of money
cocktail parties and/or dinner. for the daughter’s wedding.
Many times I can go and would He had told the daughter her
like to attend, but I can’t be mother would pay half the
sure my husband will be able amount. She felt she should
to be there. Many times I have been consulted first. (I
decline for us both because I agreed.)
worry that it might be awkward I then heard from the
for the host/hostess if I ex-husband, who wanted me
accept for myself, but say I’m
“not sure” for my husband.
to know he had “apologized
to her profusely” for not
How would you handle this? discussing the wedding budget
— REALLY WANTS TO GO IN beforehand and that he had of-
KANSAS fered to lower the budget, but
DEAR REALLY: If I want- the mother “only wanted to be
ed to attend the gathering, responsible for paying for the
I would call my hosts and bridal gown.” He closed by say-
explain that I would love to ing, “I’m not looking to get this
come but couldn’t guarantee published, just thought you’d
my husband would be able to like to know the other side of
the story and allow myself to
I would add that he might drop blow off a little steam.” I hope
by later (if that’s feasible). Gra- this satisfies your curiosity.
attention. happen. Why apologize? You’re
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). not hurting anyone. And you
You’re afraid you may lack the certainly shouldn’t be sorry for
self-discipline to move forward not conforming. Nonconformity
on a path that clearly goes to is your duty.
your desired destination. But LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your
go forward anyway. Even if it creative projects often get put
doesn’t work this time, you’ll get on hold because they don’t fit
a better feel for exactly what’s other people’s idea of “work.”
needed. You can’t expect everyone to un-
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). derstand what you understand.
The desire to be controlled and Defend your own interests. If
the desire to be controlling are not you, who?
two sides of the same fear. It’s VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
distrust in one’s own abilities These days, quality help is
and in the workings of life. Brav- considered a luxury because so
ery is the salt that melts this many people do not understand
cold fear. Take courage. the nuances of excellent ser-
CANCER (June 22-July 22). vice. Those who teach others
There are things you want so how to treat them will live in
much you’re willing to go to luxury without paying big bucks
great lengths to make them for it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
his is a rare phenomenon and
definitely shouldn’t be attempt-
ed on most days, but believe it
or not, there’s going to be a way
to please everyone today.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Are you being assertive
enough? If they’re responding
at all, then the answer’s yes.
If they’re not, your approach
may be too timid. If they are
responding but not the way you
want them to, more research is
in order.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It’s said that what you
seek is seeking you. If that’s
true, then what you need is a
meeting point, and an open line
of communication to establish
and agree on it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Greatness doesn’t happen
overnight — almost nothing
does. “Overnight” is just a term
people use when they’re work-
ing so hard on something that
they hardly notice the passage
of time.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). While you don’t want to
put undue pressure on yourself,
some amount of pressure is
warranted — a reminder, at the
very least. A lack of urgency can
lead to laziness.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Minor wins are wins. Small
steps are steps. Pennies add
up, and so do incremental
successes. You’re going to ac-
complish big things by starting
small and building consistently
and gradually.
Put it in writing
SOLUTION:
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Business
Business moves with Mary

Some businesses damaged

by storm, others offer relief
B
rittany Coover
got a call from
her alarm com-
pany Saturday evening
warning her that her
pet grooming business
had a shattered window.
Coover knew bad
weather was coming.
In fact, her employee
just left the facility less
than 10 minutes before
the tornado hit north Mary Pollitz
and east Columbus.
When she arrived at her business,
her building wasn’t there. BJ’s Dog
Grooming, 111 Conway Dr., was
completely destroyed.
“All of the animals were safe,
thank God,” Coover said. “They
are all doing fine. We’re not going
to let this get us down.”
Coover said she plans to open
up shop at a new location. For now,
she is no longer boarding ani-
mals. She posted on the business’
Facebook page she salvaged some
of her items and has a temporary
facility for pet grooming at 1600
Gardner Blvd. Coover also an-
nounced BJ’s Dog Grooming will
open at its new location, 81 Wilcutt to grapple how many businesses
Block Road, in the near future.
When the tornado barreled
toward Tuscaloosa Road, John
Musa held his glass doors open for relief into the community.
passerbys and storm victims to en-
ter. The owner of United Deli, 212
Tuscaloosa Road, said he almost
locked the doors when the weather give back. Tuesday, Skeet’s Hot
started to worsen to hide from the
tornado.
“Instead of hiding from the
storm, we decided to help,” Musa
said. “We didn’t know what to do
really though. We were basically a
shelter to, like, 19 people.”
Musa said the next
day he noticed a few
water spots in the
ceiling, a small hole
in the corner of his
roof, a torn down fence
and how his sign now
leans closer toward the
ground. Business there
has been the same as
usual since Sunday
afternoon, though.
“Compared to every-
body else, I’m blessed,”
Musa said.
Bates Tire Center, 1404 Water-
works Road, sustained damage,
but opened regardless to help first
responders.
Co-owner Adam Bates said the
building had shattered windows,
vehicle windows broken and a hole
in the roof.
“We opened up shop,” Bates
said. “We were here for the city
and the county and first respond-
ers in case of any debris. We were
here for them if they needed any-
thing. We are back at 100 percent
now.”
Since the tornado, it’s difficult
have been affected by the storm.
It’s even more difficult to count
how many businesses have poured
Sylvia Graham, owner of Rex’s
Direct Foods and Skeet’s Hot
Dogs, said she’s done her best to
dogs handed out free hot dogs,
hamburgers and fries to storm
victims and volunteers.
“I grew up here,” Graham said.
“I’m doing my best to just help out
and do what I can.”
Through Rex’s Direct Foods,
606 Alabama St., Graham said she
is taking food orders for nonprof-
its, churches and organizations
that are helping storm victims. For
the next two weeks, those entities
can purchase food, at purchase
price, without a markup.
Sometimes, making sure your
door is open is the best way to
help.
Military Hardware, 1002 13th
St. N., opened the day after the
storm, but business did not go as
usual.
Although, Military Hardware’s
building didn’t have any damage,
it opened without power after the
storm.
With flashlights and generators,
owner Brad Perkerson said he’s
been busy every day since the
storm and is just trying to help
those affected. Though Military
Hardware went three days without
power (it was restored Tuesday
afternoon), Perkerson said he was
always going to open up shop.
“This is not my first rodeo,”
Perkerson said. “If my computers
are down, we get a clipboard and
write down names and I charge
it later. I’ve been through many
storms in Columbus and I knew
how to handle this one.”
It’s easy to see what the tornado
did to Columbus. But if you look a
little closer, you’ll see how people
have reacted. Drive around town.
You’ll see businesses setting up
charging stations for people’s cell
phones, insurance companies host-
ing barbecues in school parking
lots and people walking door to
door just to make sure someone is
OK.
Got business tips? Email them to
mpollitz@cdispatch.com.

Farm loan
delinquencies
highest in 9
years as prices
slump
The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. — The

nation’s farmers are strug-
gling to pay back loans af-
ter years of low crop prices
and export markets hit by
President Donald Trump’s
tariffs, with a key govern-
ment program showing the
highest default rate in at
least nine years.
Many agricultural loans
come due around Jan. 1,
in part to give producers
enough time to sell crops
and livestock and to give
them more flexibility in
timing interest payments
for tax filing purposes.
“It is beginning to be-
come a serious situation na-
tionwide at least in the grain
crops — those that produce
corn, soybeans, wheat,”
said Allen Featherstone,
head of the Department of
Agricultural Economics at
Kansas State University.
While the federal gov-
ernment shutdown delayed
reporting, January figures
show an overall rise in de-
linquencies for those pro-
ducers with direct loans
from the Agriculture De-
partment’s Farm Service
Agency.
Nationwide, 19.4 percent
of FSA direct loans were
delinquent in January, com-
pared to 16.5 percent for
the same month a year ago,
said David Schemm, exec-
utive director of the Farm
Service Agency in Kansas.
During the past nine years,
the agency’s January de-
linquency rate hit a high
of 18.8 percent in 2011 and
fell to a low of 16.1 percent
when crop prices were sig-
nificantly better in 2015.
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Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010 Tree Services 1860 General Merchandise 4600
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S IN THE CHANCERY VICKERS TREE FOR SALE. Wood frame
NOTICE OF SALE COURT OF LOWNDES SERVICE, LLC bunk beds. US em-
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Tree trimming and re- bossed in wood. As-
WHEREAS, on the moval. Fully insured. semble w/ square head
November 30, 2016, IN RE: THE ESTATE OF Free estimates. nuts & bolts. Philco
Rodney Lavon Lawrence CHARLES FARR, DE- *Now Accepting Credit Ford old record console
and Rebekah D. CEASED & Debit Cards* w/ tubes. Make offer.
Lawrence, executed a Call Curt 662-418-0889 662-361-0070.
Deed of Trust to Wil- WALTER COVINGTON or 662-549-2902
burn J. Evans, Trustee STOKES, EXECUTOR “A cut above the rest” STARKVILLE HABITAT Looking for
for the use and benefit
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OUR COMPANY is seek- ville. Bargains on fur- you have a
cessors and assigns, ing an experienced car- niture, appliances, home for sale?
which Deed of Trust is STATE OF MISSISSIPPI penter. We specialize in building materials, and
on file and of record in COUNTY OF LOWNDES home remodels & new more. Put classified
the office of the Chan- construction. The ideal
candidate will have
ads to work
cery Clerk of Lowndes Letters Testamentary
transportation & basic
Sporting Goods 4720 for you.
County, Mississippi, in have been granted and
tools. Please call
Deed of Trust Book No. issued to the under-
2016, at Page 27266 signed upon the Estate 662-570-9464 for
2012 HUNTVE Game
Changer. 4x4 electric
328-2424
thereof; of Charles Farr, De- more information. side-by-side. Runs good.
ceased, by the Chan- Great hunting or street Houses For Rent: Northside
WHEREAS, said Deed of cery Court of Lowndes vehicle. $4,200. Call 7110
Trust was ultimately as- County, Mississippi on EXPERIENCED ELECTRI- 662-251-8921.
signed to FirstBank by the 11th day of Febru- CIAN needed for light 2BR/1BA 1419
assignment on file and ary, 2019. This is to commercial and service Business Opportunity 6050 Sanders Mill Rd. Old
of record in the office of give notice to all per- calls. Golden Triangle country house in
the Chancery Clerk of sons having claims Area. 40 hour work HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Steens, Caledonia
week. Pay based on ex- Columbus: 411 Main
Yesterday’sANSWER
answer
Sudoku
Lowndes County, Mis- against said estate to schools, new carpet &
YESTERDAY’S
Sudoku
sissippi, in Book 2017 probate and register perience. Insurance & St. Office, Retail, Res- paint inside. $685/mo. YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
at Page 26827 thereof; same with the Chan- Retirement Benefits. taurant Space available. $685 deposit. No pets.
and cery Clerk of Lowndes Drug testing required. Call 423-333-1124. Call 662-356-4764. Sudoku is a number-
5 9 3 1 4 2 7 6 8
County, Mississippi, Courteous, kind de- Sudoku is a number- 4 7 6 5 9 8 3 2 1
placing puzzle based on

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WHEREAS, the legal within 90 (ninety) days meanor, neat appear- Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 2BR/1BA. 94 Harris Dr.
ance and ability to work placing puzzle based on
holder of the said Deed from the date of the $450/mo. $300 dep. a 9x9 grid with several 2 8 1 6 7 3 4 5 9
of Trust and the note first publication. A fail- well with the public. FOX RUN COMPANY LLC Caledonia Schools. a 9x9 grid with several
given numbers. The object
secured thereby, substi- ure to so probate and Email resume to: 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
job101@cdispatch.com $595-645/mo. Military
Near CAFB. given numbers. The object
is to place the numbers
6 5 8 4 1 7 2 9 3
tuted Wilson & Asso- register said claim will is to place the numbers
ciates, PLLC, as Trust- forever bar the same. discount offered, pet 2BR/1BA 49 Ruthie Dr. 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 9 4 2 3 5 6 8 1 7
ee therein, as author- area, pet friendly, and $450/mo. $300 dep. 1 to 9 in the empty spaces
FULL TIME Position. furnished corporate Columbus Schools. so that each row, each 3 1 7 8 2 9 6 4 5
ized by the terms there- This the 12th day of so that each row, each
of, by instrument recor- February, 2019. Must have valid driver's apartments available. Near CAFB. column and each 3x3 box
ded in the office of the license & be able to ON SITE SECURITY. column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number
7 2 4 9 3 5 1 8 6
aforesaid Chancery Walter Covington Stokes drive truck w/ trailer for ON SITE MAINTENANCE. Call 662-889-1122. contains the same number
Clerk in January 9, Executor of the Estate delivery of equipment. ON SITE MANAGEMENT. only once. The difficulty 8 3 9 2 6 1 5 7 4
Some Counter Sales, only once. The difficulty
2019, in Book No. of Charles Farr, De- 24-HOUR CAMERA CHARMING 3BR/3BA level increases from 1 6 5 7 8 4 9 3 2
2019, at Page 639 ceased Mechanical Knowledge SURVEILLANCE. home for rent. Hard- level increases from
& lifting required. Apply Benji @ 662-386-4446 wood floors, granite Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 2/27
thereof; and
in person at Handyman Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
Monday to Sunday.
Prepared by: countertops, central air,
WHEREAS, default hav- Jeffrey J. Turnage, Esq. Rentals, Inc. on Hwy 82 Sat/Sun by appt only. two master suites,
ing been made in the (MSB#9447) West in Starkville. basement for storage,
performance of the con- Mitchell McNutt & Apts For Rent: West 7050 quiet neighborhood. 1
ditions and stipulations Sams, PA year minimum,

VIP
as set forth by said 215 5th Street North HEAVY EQUIPMENT $1,295/mo.
Deed of Trust, and hav- P.O. Box 1366 SERVICE MECHANIC Call 662-425-3817.

Rentals
ing been requested by Columbus, MS 39703- with verifiable experi-
the legal holder of the 1366 ence, own tools and COLONIAL TOWN-
indebtedness secured Telephone: 662-328- clean MVR. Submit HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed-
and described by said 2316 resume by fax to
662-492-4490
Apartments room w/ 2-3 bath town-
houses. $600 to $695.
& Houses
Deed of Trust so to do,
notice is hereby given PUBLISH: 2/14, 2/21, or email to: jm.site 662-549-9555. Ask for
that Wilson & Asso-
ciates, PLLC f/k/a
& 2/28/2019 masters@yahoo.com
1 Bedrooms Glenn or text.

Adams & Edens, P.A., Building & Remodeling 1120 Medical / Dental 3300 2 Bedroooms FIRST FULL MONTH
Substitute Trustee, by
virtue of the authority
3 Bedrooms FREE! 2BR House,
$485. 3BR House,
SUGGS CONSTRUCTION LOCAL COMPANY:
conferred upon me in $550. 1BA, stove, re-
Building, remodeling,
said Deed of Trust, will metal roofing, painting
Full-time office position
available. Must have ex-
Furnished & frig, electric heat, win-
offer for sale and will & all home repairs. perience in the medical Unfurnished dow a/c. 1 yr. lease.
sell at public sale and 662-242-3471 field. Send resume to Credit check. Coleman
outcry to the highest employmentoppgc 1, 2, & 3 Baths Realty. 662-329-2323.
and best bidder for cer-
tified funds paid at the Tom Hatcher, LLC @gmail.com Lease, Deposit HOUSE WITH APART-
conclusion of the sale, Custom Construction,
Restoration, Remodel- HELP WANTED & Credit Check MENT NEAR MUW.
or credit bid from a 323 13th St. N. 3 Blks
bank or other lending ing, Repair, Insurance viceinvestments.com from MUW. L/r, d/r,
327-8555
claims. 662-364-1769. CARE CENTER OF
entity pre-approved by ABERDEEN b/r, kitchen, large f/r
the successor trustee, Licensed & Bonded
w/ fireplace, 2BR/3BA.
during the legal hours TONY DOYLE NURSE CASE Laundry room, outside
(between the hours of CABINETS & MANAGER (RN) Apts For Rent: Other 7080 fenced patio, screened
11 o'clock a.m. and 4 CONSTRUCTION M – F, 8A – 4:30P side porch & work room
o'clock p.m.) at the 1BR/1BA Apts for rent. WITH ATTACHED APART-
southeast front door of RN SUPERVISOR College Manor Apts, dir- MENT B/r, d/r, kitchen
Courthouse, on March 7A – 3P ectly across from MUW. & bathroom. NO HUD.
7, 2019, the following Completely renovated, Ref. req. Dep. req.
described land and LPN 3P – 11P Full Time incl granite countertops, Pets allowed w/ extra
property being the same SS appls & W/D. 12 mo dep. $1075/mo.
land and property de- CNA 6A – 2P Full Time lease, dep req, $695/ 662-386-7506.
scribed in said Deed of mo. 662-425-3817.
Trust, situated in Tile, Hardwood floors, CNA 2P- 10P PRN Houses For Rent: South 7140
Lowndes County, State Cabinets, Vinyl Siding, 2BR/1BA located in
of Mississippi, to-wit: Painting, Window & Apply in person at Historic Downtown 2BR/1BA Gas stove
Door Replacement & Care Center Columbus. 2,000 sqft. & heat. Move-in ready.
Lot Twenty-Seven (27) Framing, Remodeling, 505 Jackson St, Hardwood floors 417 17th St. S.
of THORNTON ESTATES Concrete & Roofing. Aberdeen throughout. Open floor. $450/mo. $450 dep.
EXTENSION, a subdivi- Free Bids EOE Very nice. Incl W&D. Call 662-327-8712.
sion of and in Lowndes 662-769-0680 $1200/mo. Call
County, Mississippi, as 662-328-8655. Houses For Rent: Caledonia
per map or plat thereof Truck Driving 3700 7160
duly recorded on Plat General Services 1360 FIRST FULL MONTH
Book 5 at Page 13 in CLASS A CDL DRIVER RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- 2BR/1BA. Caledonia
the Chancery's Clerk of LAID OFF Roofer/Car- room Apts/Townhomes. area. 1 yr. lease. $650
penter. Any residential with Truck & Lowboy
Lowndes County, Mis- Trailer experience to Stove & refrigerator. rent. plus dep. No pets.
sissippi. repairs, clean up, yard $335-$600 Monthly. No smoking. 662-574-
work, etc. Any work! load, haul, & unload
heavy construction Credit check & deposit. 0227 or 662-356-4958.
SUBJECT HOWEVER, to Very reasonable. Call equipment. Overnight Coleman Realty,
the reservations of Mike @ 662-242-5099. 662-329-2323. Houses For Rent: Other 7180
travel required. Only
easements as shown qualified applicants with
on the recorded plat RETAINER WALL, drive- clean MVR, current 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- 3BR/3BA, Brick, 2640
and way, foundation, con- medical examiner’s ments & townhouses. sqft, 32x32 LR/DR
crete, masonry restora- certificate and no acci- Call for more info. combo, 25x25 library, lg
SUBJECT FURTHER to tion, remodeling, base- dents need apply. Fax 662-328-8254. laundry room, new appl,
the restrictive coven- ment foundation, re- resume to 662-492- custom drapes, dbl car-
ants and conditions pairs, small dump truck
dated January 8, 1990 hauling (5-6 yd) load &
4490 or email to jm.site
masters@yahoo.com COLEMAN port, security system.
$149,500. Will trade.
and recorded in Deed demolition/lot cleaning. RENTALS 615-849-5597.
Book 920 at Page 125 Burr Masonry TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
in the Chancery Clerk's 662-242-0259. Farm Equipment & Supplies Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
Office of Lowndes 4420 1 BEDROOM
County, Mississippi. 3BR/2BA Trailer, New
WORK WANTED:
2016 CAT Skidsteer w/ 2 BEDROOMS Hope school dist.
Licensed & Bonded-car-
Title to the above de- pentry, painting, & de- mulcher. <1,000 hrs, 3 BEDROOMS $500/mo & $500 dep.
ACROSS
scribed property is be- $88,500. 2016 John Call between 10a-7p.
molition. Landscaping, 662-386-4292. 1 Harness-race
lieved to be good, but I gutters cleaned, bush Deere 5100E Tractor, LEASE,
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will convey only such 210 hrs. $39,500. NO TEXT MESSAGES. horse
hogging, clean-up work,
title as is vested in the pressure washing, mov- 205-329-1790. DEPOSIT 6 Window makeup
aforementioned Substi- ing help & furniture RENT A fully equipped
tute Trustee. repair. 662-242-3608
AND camper w/utilities & 11 Wed in haste
Furniture 4480 cable from $145/wk -
WITNESS MY SIGNA- CREDIT CHECK $535/month. Colum- 12 Western compe-
TURE , this the 4th day Lawn Care / Landscaping BLACK BEDROOM set, bus & County School tition
of February, 2019. 1470 $700. New mattresses,
still in plastic, $275. 662-329-2323 locations. 662-242-
7653 or 601-940-1397. 13 Diminished
Sincerely, C & T LAWN
Bissell carpet cleaner, 14 “The Age of
/s/ Jillian Wilson, $100. Two sets of black Commercial Property 8050
WILSON & ASSOCIATES,
SERVICE Toyota Camry floormats, 2411 HWY 45 N Anxiety” poet
PLLC, $80. New fabric steam- COLUMBUS, MS BUILDING & LAND for 15 Minute part
er, $40. 662-242-2884. sale. 5,000 sq. ft. met-
Substitute Trustee
Leave a message. al Ceco building. Loc-
17 Letter before
PREPARED BY: Commercial Property For ated on 8.5 ac. of land. omega
Wilson & Associates,
For all your lawn Estate Sales 4490 Rent 7100 Building includes 700 19 Conclude
PLLC sq. ft. heated & cooled
400 West Capitol Aven- services.
617 SYCAMORE St. COMMERCIAL PROPER- office, kitchen, bath and 20 Member of the
ue Call 769-0680 for TIES/Retail/Office tool room. Behind force
free estimate. Fri & Sat, 8a-4p.
Suite 1400 Spaces starting @ house at 6901 Hwy. 12
Little Rock, AR 72201 Mowing, Blowing, BR suites, DR suite,
$285/mo. Downtown & E. Steens. $150,000. 23 Train puller
china cabinet, sectional
(501)219-9388 Weed-eating,
sofa, lamps, decor, East Columbus loca- 662-574-8437. 25 Brain part
File # 335095 Pressure Washing, tions. 662-435-4188.
Tree Trimming. tools, & misc items.
Houses For Sale: East 8200 26 Held back
PUBLICATION TO BEGIN JESSE & BEVERLY'S
OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 28 Open space 2 In the style of 21 Bulging
square feet. 294 3BR/1BA Brick home. 3 Entrusted to 22 Piano part
ON: February 14, 2019 LAWN SERVICE. Mow- Garage Sales: New Hope 4530
Chubby Dr. Flexible leas-221 Robinwood Circle. 29 Black Sea port
PUBLICATION TO END ing, cleanup, landscap- ing terms. Available Approx 1200sqft. Single 30 Homer’s neigh- another for safe- 24 “Rose — rose ...”
ON: February 28, 2019 ing, sodding, & tree cut- 399 PINEWOOD Dr. Fri.
ting. 356-6525. 3/1 1p-5p & Sat. 3/2 now. 662-328-8254. carport, natural gas bor keeping 25 Golf position
PUBLISHED: 2/14, 7:30a-10a. H/h items, heat, window ac, stove,
2/21, & 2/28/2019 decor, seasonal, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN fridge, dishwasher & 31 May honoree 4 Olympics weapon 27 Fleet leader
Painting & Papering 1620 clothes, shoes, etc. Columbus Office, Retail, ceiling fans. $41,000.
Restaurant Space avail- 662-329-2917 or
32 Slippery one 5 Minimal money 31 Roadside stop
SULLIVAN'S PAINT able. Call 662-328- 662-251-9708. 33 More comfy 6 Thou 33 Swaying dance
SERVICE Garage Sales: Other 4560 8655 or 662-574-7879. 35 Disprove 7 Raucous 34 Cork’s country
IN THE CHANCERY Certified in lead Lots & Acreage 8600
COURT OF LOWNDES removal. Offering spe- SPRINGHILL BAPTIST RETAIL SPACE Available 38 Metal fastener 8 Tack on 35 Scoundrel
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI cial prices on interior & Church. 503 Springhill in Historic Downtown. 16.9 acres on Self 41 Nimble 9 Spot 36 Freud topic
exterior painting, pres- Rd. in Millport, AL. 3/1, 404 Main St. 3,000 Creek Rd. 11.3 acres
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF sure washing & sheet Fri. 5-8 p.m. & 3/2, Sat. sq. ft. $1,300/mo. on New Light Rd. (Both 42 Sports venue 10 Junior, to senior 37 Drill part
NICK STEVE CASTANIS, rock repairs. 6a-12p. Proceeds go to Call 662-328-8655 off of Maben-Sturgis 43 Add up 16 Like some 39 Brian of rock
DECEASED Free Estimates Africa Mission Trip. or 662-574-7879. Rd.) $1,500/ac. Call
Call 435-6528 662-465-7611, 662- 44 Deceived schoolhouses 40 Chestnut
JOHN L. CASTANIS, EX- Apts For Rent: Other 7080 418-9096, 662-323- 17 Texan tree
ECUTRIX Plumbing 1680 1237 or 662-418-4176. DOWN 18 Boring movie
NO. 2019-0025-RPF ACME, INC. SPRING SPECIAL 1 Chapel sight 20 Was frugal with
Stan McCown 1.95 acre lots.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Licensed Plumber Good/bad credit.
"We fix leaks." 10% down, as low as
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 662-386-2915 $299/mo. Eaton Land.
COUNTY OF LOWNDES 662-361-7711
Letters Testamentary Stump Removal 1790 Campers & RVs 9300
have been granted and
issued to the under- TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
signed upon the estate located on Wilkins Wise
of NICK STEVE Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
CASTANIS, deceased, Hookups available.
by the Chancery Court $300/mo. 662-328-
of Lowndes County, Mis- 8655 or 662-574-7879.
sissippi, on the 26th
day of February, A.D., ALLSTUMP GRINDING
SERVICE
Five Questions:
2019. This is to give no-
tice to all persons hav- GET 'ER DONE!
ing claims against said We can grind all your
estate to Probate and
Register same with the
stumps. Hard to reach
places, blown over
1 Flash mob
Chancery Clerk of roots, hillsides, back-
Lowndes County, Mis- yards, pastures. Free
sissippi, within ninety
(90) days from this
estimates. You find it,
we'll grind it!
2 Black
date. A failure to so Pro- 662-361-8379
bate and Register said
claim will forever bar the
same.
Tree Services 1860 3 South
A&T Tree Service
This the 26th day of
4 Sponge
Bucket truck & stump
February, 2019. removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
/s/ John L. Castanis
JOHN L. CASTANIS
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
cake
PUBLISH: 2/28, 3/7, &
242-0324/241-4447
"We'll go out on a limb
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