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Internet access, tax revenue highlighted at forum

Candidates from county’s contested races attend
Partnership event at Mill conference center
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Nine candidates for Oktibbeha
County government offices made their
cases to a crowd of about 30 at The
Mill at MSU Conference Center over
breakfast Wednesday morning.
Five candidates for supervisor and
four for other offices each spent a few
minutes discussing their platforms
and asking for votes on Nov. 5, when
seven offices will be contested. The
remaining 10 county officials up for
District 1 Supervisor
candidate Clint McCain
(D), District 1 Supervisor
incumbent John Mont-
gomery (R) and District
re-election are all running unopposed. 3 Supervisor incumbent
Frequent talking points included Marvell Howard (D) con-
broadband access in rural areas, the verse after the county
candidate forum hosted
county’s economic growth over the
by the Greater Starkville
past several years and the incoming Development Partner-
North Star Industrial Park in north ship on Wednesday at
Starkville. The Mill at MSU Confer-
State Farm Insurance agent Brian ence Center. During their
McCaskill sponsored the event, and brief speeches, Howard
and Montgomery both
the Greater Starkville Development
praised the county’s
Partnership hosted the forum as one of growth during their times
the two “power breakfasts” in its year- in office.
See Forum, 6A Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff

UNDER THE LIGHTS Lowndes supes

OK $919K in
new radios
for rural
firefighters
Radios will allow
rural departments to
communicate digitally
with other agencies
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com

L O W N D E S
COUNTY — Lown-
des County supervi-
sors have agreed to
purchase $919,000
in two-way radios for
all current rural fire-
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
fighters and chiefs.
Sunflower and Little Dooey soccer teams play against each other in a game Tuesday at the Lowndes County Soccer Complex. The board voted Austin
The two teams, comprised of 7-9 year old children, are part of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department’s fall recreational Monday morning
soccer program. to buy the 200-plus
Motorola communi-
cation devices and
other equipment on
state contract pricing
from Jackson Com-

FEMA encourages citizens to visit

munications. Radios
should be delivered, Sanders
programmed and in use by mid-to-
late November.

in person for disaster assistance

Center at East
Columbus Gym
drawing about 30
visitors per day
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
COLUMBUS — Sarah
Collie was sitting in the bath-
room of the house she owned
on 18th Street North the eve-
ning of Feb. 23 when a torna-
do touched down in North Co-
lumbus.
“I looked up and there it
was,” Collie said.
Though Collie was OK, she
said the storm “shook up” her
house, with some roof damage
and water damage to the inte-
rior. She moved in with her
daughter Diane Moore. On
Wednesday, less than a week
after Federal Emergency
Management Agency opened
a Disaster Relief Center in
East Columbus Gym, the two
were there to see what kind
of individual assistance Collie
can receive.
Moore said the two of them
are currently in the middle of
litigation with Collie’s insur-
ance company, who tried to
“lowball” them for repairs. But
she said even if the insurance
company agrees to give them
more money, she feels it won’t
be enough to entirely fix her
See FEMA, 3A
County Fire Services Coordina-
tor Neil Austin said the new radios
will interconnect with the Missis-
sippi Wireless Integrated Network,
which will allow rural volunteer
firefighters to communicate on a
digital frequency with other Mis-
sissippi agencies — including the
Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office
and local E-911, as well as first re-
sponders in surrounding counties.
There are two MSWIN towers al-
ready in the county.
Rural firefighters are now outfit-
ted with analog VHF (very high fre-
quency) radio equipment that has
left them lacking communication
with other responding agencies
during emergencies, Austin said.
Moreover, their current radios of-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
ten limit firefighters’ communica-
A Federal Emergency Management Agency representative
tion with each other to a radius of
talks with a resident applying for individual assistance at
the FEMA Disaster Relief Center in the East Columbus a few hundred yards, and dead or
Gym Wednesday afternoon. Teams with FEMA are also staticky zones in the western part
going door-to-door helping those affected by the Feb. 23 of the county (areas around Craw-
tornado register for aid. See Radios, 6A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

Kenleigh Morrison
First grade, Caledonia
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American Dialect Society chose as its cue Championship takes code, 5:30
2004 Word of the Year?
3 In To Kill a Mockingbird, what are the
place at the Columbus
Fairgrounds on Highway
Sunday p.m., Starkville
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69 South. Opening cer- Oct. 7:
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Thursday
Did you hear? Say What?
Jaguars owner investing “It’s gonna be a tough test for us.”
Columbus High football coach Joshua Pulphus on
Friday’s game against Center Hill. Story, 1B.
in national Black News Channel
24-hour news network will be
available via cable and satellite
to viewers in 33 million households SCT to highlight
The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —
Jacksonville Jaguars own-
frankly it’s open ended. The
investment continues to
make sure that not only are
the bricks and mortar, the
Mississippi writers Friday
er Shad Khan disclosed equipment are really what it
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT After a brief inter- just in the water.
mission, Golden and “Sometimes I

Wednesday that he will be
the majority investor in the
nation’s only 24-hour news
network aimed at African
American viewers, giving
the network a deep pocket
as it launches next month.
The network has been
in the works for years and
an announcement about its
launch was made earlier
this year. But Khan’s back-
ing gives it a substantial
boost.
“I am a big believer
in the fact that we have a
number of communities,
obviously especially the
African American, who are
underserved,” Khan said
in a phone interview. “We
know the mission, but I’m
hoping that as time goes
on this becomes a bridge
to connect all the cultures,
including obviously south
Asian, which I am. This is
a great worthwhile cause. I
want to see it happen.”
He declined to say how
much he would invest ini-
tially but said it would be
enough to keep the network
running for a long time.
S
takes to make an excellent
tarkville Community Theatre Tubbs will present think it’s more like
product, but also the people presents “An Evening Cele- “Something Unspo- baptism by fire
on the air and the program- brating Mississippi Writers” at ken,” a one-act play than nurturing. But
ming costs,” Khan said. “It’s 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Playhouse penned by Williams, maybe that doesn’t
whatever it takes.” on Main in downtown Starkville. born in Columbus in matter,” he said.
Khan is worth an esti- The event includes readings by 1911. Its story cen- “Storytelling is in
mated $8 billion and made Lee Bateman
area authors, followed by a one-act ters around a grand the ground water.”
his fortune in the auto play by Tennessee Williams, fea- but fading Southern Lee added, “We
equipment industry. As well turing Cherri Golden and Melanie belle and her long-suffering per- have a thriving arts presence in
as the Jaguars, he owns Ful- Tubbs, both of Columbus. sonal secretary. The actresses first the state, and great strides have
ham Football Club of the Authors John W. Bateman, presented the play during Septem- been made and are continuing to
English Football League, director of the Starkville Area Arts ber’s Tennessee Williams Tribute be made in that area — organiza-
Four Seasons Hotel Toron-
Council; T.K. Lee, Mississippi Uni- in Columbus. tions like SCT, for instance, who
to and All Elite Wrestling.
versity for Women assistant pro- The evening showcase brings are willing to take chances on new
Former Republican U.S.
fessor of English/creative writing; attention to the state’s rich literary plays by emerging playwrights.”
Rep. J.C. Watts, who was a
and writer and artist Laurie Parker, tradition.
star quarterback at the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma in the
all of Starkville, will read excerpts Parker said, “I truly think I How to go
from their selected works. A panel couldn’t have been Tickets are $10; all funds sup-
1980s, will be chairman of
Q-and-A session follows. Copies of born in a better port SCT programming. Seating
the new network. It will be
each author’s works will be avail- place to be a writer. is limited. Make advance reser-
available via cable and satel-
able for purchase before and after On perhaps a more vations by calling the box office,
lite to viewers in 33 million
the panel. poetical level, I 662-323-6855. Leave a message;
households.
Lee said events such as this are also feel our state calls will be returned. The box of-
“When Shad and I were
a way to encourage the state’s own has a mysterious fice will be open today and Friday
kids, they had three net-
talent. allure, something between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and at
works in the U.S. and today
“(This is) a wonderful way to in the trees that Parker 6:30 p.m. Friday.
you have venues that you
make Mississippi unique in nurtur- Wordsworth himself The Playhouse on Main is locat-
can speak to every demo-
ing writers, especially the exciting would have found inspiring.” ed at 108 E. Main St. in downtown
graphic in the country in
new voices,” he said. Bateman believes storytelling is Starkville.
terms of news, but ... there’s
no venue for the African
American community to
have a dialogue to talk about
cultural things ... or news in

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Governor enacts statewide burn ban Woman arrested

By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
at the request of the forestry com-
mission.
Longtime Oktib-
beha County Fire
Services Coordinator
“We welcome anything that will
make it safer for our residents and
property owners,” Rosenhan said.
“Even when there aren’t bans, we
Kirk Rosenhan knew always caution citizens to be very
it was just a matter careful about burning on dry or
of time before a burn windy days.”
ban would be enact- Rosenhan said the threat of fires
ed. is especially concerning for those
“We knew it was Rosenhan who live in rural communities.
coming,” Rosenhan “These fires can happen in the
said. “We were waiting on the (Mis- city, certainly, but there are special
sissippi) Forestry Commission and circumstances in rural areas where
our board of supervisors to put it in it can really cause a big problem —
place.” what we call urban interface, where
By Monday, almost half of Mis- the woods meet up with somebody’s
sissippi’s counties had enacted house,” he said.
burn bans. Clay County’s burn ban Rosenhan said his fire depart-
was announced Friday, but Oktib- ment uses brush trucks to pick up
beha and Lowndes counties had not brush and limbs that can be fuel for
enacted bans. fires. Firefighters also receive spe-
On Wednesday, Gov. Phil Bryant cial training for the brush fires that
extended the ban to all 82 counties can pop up without warning during
dry, windy conditions.
MFC forester Russell Bozeman
said his agency responded to 239
wildfires that consumed roughly
4,200 acres in the state in Septem-
ber.
“With the current drought condi-
tions and little rainfall in the fore-
cast, we appreciate Gov. Bryant im-
plementing this statewide burn ban
in order to protect the public,” Boz-
eman said. “The MFC will continue
to monitor conditions and provide
the public with updates on the burn
ban as needed.”
No immediate relief from the dry
weather appears to be on the way.
“We do have a front coming
through over the weekend and while
there could be some rainfall, it’s not
likely to be very heavy,” said Janae
Elkins, a forecaster with the Nation-
al Weather Service in Jackson. “Our
seven-day forecast doesn’t indicate
we’ll have significant rain.”
for allegedly
punching, biting child
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Columbus woman was arrest-
ed for allegedly biting and punch-
ing a child.
Jasmine Jalesha Shanklin, 29,
of Read Drive, was charged with
felony child abuse, according to a
Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office
press release. Investigators arrest-
ed her Monday after she reportedly Shanklin
bit and punched a child under the age of 12.
The press release did not say how Shanklin
knew the child.
Shanklin has been released from Lowndes
County Adult Detention Center on $5,000 bond.

22 hurt in parachute
training at Camp Shelby
Mississippi grand jury clears officer in fatal shooting
The Associated Press

HAT TIESBURG — At least 22 soldiers train-

‘I want to commend the community
for having patience to allow this case
to come to a resolution’
Moss Point Police Chief Brandon Ashley
The associated Press
PASCAGOULA — A
Mississippi grand jury
has cleared a police offi-
cer in the fatal shooting of
a felony suspect.
News outlets report a
Jackson County Grand
Jury on Tuesday found
no criminal conduct on
behalf of a Moss Point
police officer in the Aug.
8 death of Toussaint Dia-
mon Sims. The police de-
partment has not released
the officer’s name.
The grand jury said
in their report that they
“engaged in a full and de-
liberate consideration of
all the facts and circum-
stances surrounding” the
shooting. They also noted
that Sims was wanted on
three felony and three
misdemeanor charges,
was running from police
and had a “firearm with
an extended magazine in
his hands.”
Sims led police on a
chase from Pascagoula
into Moss Point before he
ditched the vehicle and
ran. Moss Point Police
Chief Brandon Ashley
says during the foot pur-
suit, Sims displayed a fire-
arm in a threatening man-
ner, causing the officer to
fire his weapon.
“I never had any doubt
as I saw the video,” said
Calvin Taylor, the offi-
cer’s attorney. “I have
great confidence in grand
juries.”
Footage from the body
cam video showed a weap-
on found next to Sims af-
ter the shooting was a
Taurus 9mm with an ex-
tended clip capable of fir-
ing 30 rounds of ammuni-
tion. The gun’s chamber
also was loaded.
Taylor said early-on
that his client’s actions
were justified.
Brian Dunn, the chief
attorney for the Sims’
family, said Sim’s family
“is disappointed by the
grand jury’s determina-
tion that the officer’s con-
duct did not rise to the lev-
el of criminal wrongdoing
when he shot and killed
him.”
“We will continue our
pursuit of justice for the
family which will include
a civil lawsuit against the
officer and Moss Point Po-
lice Department,” Dunn
said. “Now that the grand
jury process has conclud-
ed, we are hopeful that
the body camera video at
the center of this case will
be released to the public.
The community deserves
to see for themselves the
clear evidence in this
case.”
Ashley called what
happened “a tragic event.”
“I have confidence
that the investigation was
thorough and complete
on behalf of MBI,” Ashley
said Tuesday, adding that
“the District Attorney’s
Office presented every
witness available who
came forward.”
“I want to commend
the community for having
patience to allow this case
to come to a resolution,”
he continued. “It was a
tragic event for all parties
involved, but I knew from
the beginning our officer
acted in a justifiable man-
ner in accordance with
state law and Moss Point
Police Department poli-
cy.”
ing at a Mississippi military base have been in-
jured during a night parachuting exercise.
U.S. Army spokesman John Pennell tells
WDAM-TV that at least 15 people hurt at Camp
Shelby were treated by medics and another seven
were hospitalized. Staff Sgt. John Healy says none
of the injuries are considered to be life-threaten-
ing. Camp Shelby Cmdr. Col. Bobby Ginn says the
troopers belong to the 4th Brigade of the 25th In-
fantry Division stationed at the Joint Base Elmen-
dorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
Pennell says about 89 paratroopers were on
the plane for the Wednesday night exercise. Ginn
says the soldiers jumped from a C-130 aircraft
and were blown off-course from their intended
landing zone and into a group of pine trees. Sev-
eral were entangled in the trees and had to be
rescued.
Healy says about 650 soldiers were involved in
the exercise. About 3,000 troops from the Alaska
base are at monthlong training at Camp Shelby
called “Operation Arctic Anvil.”

Around the state

Councilman in Jackson
taking medical leave
JACKSON — Jack-
son City Council’s lon-
gest-serving member is
off the job, possibly for
the rest of the year.
A spokeswoman for
Councilman Kenneth
Stokes tells WLBT-TV
that he has a medical con-
dition, and his doctor has
told him he needs rest.
She says Stokes expects
to be out for up to six
months.
Stokes told a radio au-
dience Sunday that he
has been diagnosed with
Bell’s Palsy, a condition
that can affect facial mus-
cles.
Stokes began serving
on the council in 1989.
He has represented Ward
3 ever since, except for
a three-year stint as a
Hinds County Supervisor,
from 2012 to 2015.
City Council President
Virgi Lindsay says there
is no provision for proxy
voting by absent mem-
bers, so any vote that re-
sults in a 3-to-3 tie will be
considered failed.

FEMA
Continued from Page 1A
mother’s home.
“The estimates that we
got for the house, the in-
surance isn’t going to cov-
er it all the way,” Moore
said. “... We’re just hoping
this will be something
that will ... fill in the gaps.”
FEMA officials set up
the DRC in the East Co-
lumbus Gym Friday and
are still trying to get word
out that residents like Col-
lie can visit in person for
one-on-one help register-
ing for assistance. FEMA
spokesperson George
Butcher said about 30
people per day have visit-
ed the center so far.
Other organizations
set up in the gym include
the Mississippi Emergen-
cy Management Agency
and the U.S. Small Busi-
ness Administration, the
latter of which provides
loans for businesses, non-
profits and sometimes,
depending on the circum-
stances, individuals.
Additionally more than
12 teams of disaster as-
sistance specialists from
FEMA, MEMA and SBA
have been going door-
to-door in Columbus, as
well as in neighborhoods
in seven other counties
affected by storms and
flooding between Feb. 22
and March 29.
While residents can
register for FEMA indi-
vidual assistance online
or on the phone, FEMA
public information officer
Rebecca Kelly said it’s
often easier for residents
to get the help they need
if they’re talking face-to-
face with a representative.
Kelly has filled out the
registration forms and
says some of the ques-
tions are unclear. For ex-
ample, she said, one ques-
tion asks if an individual
is willing to relocate. That
doesn’t necessarily mean
move to another home or
area, she said — it could
just mean the individual
is willing to stay at a hotel
temporarily — but some-
one who is just filling it
out online may not realize
that.
“We want to have as
many people over there
because that facility can
take individuals into a far
deeper dive than you can
get on the phone,” Kel-
ly said. “Face-to-face is
always going to be your
best option. ... (Disaster
assistance specialists)
might come up with some
ideas for you that you’re
not going to get over the
phone and you’re certain-
ly not going to get from a
computer program.”
Individuals who reg-
ister for assistance will
receive a nine-digit iden-
tification number, and a
FEMA housing inspector
may contact them to in-
spect the home and doc-
ument damage, according
to a FEMA press release.
FEMA individual assis-
tance is available for both
homeowners and renters,
and any funding approved
for individuals is depos-
ited directly into a bank
account, rather than go-
ing through Mississippi
Emergency Management
Agency or a local nonprof-
it, Kelly said.
While the amounts an
individual receives may
vary depending on the
damage, Kelly stressed
FEMA assistance is not
meant to cover all of an
individual’s cost. It’s in-
stead meant to “fill in the
gaps” like what Collie and
Moore are seeking
“We cannot make you
whole,” she said. “But we
can certainly give you a
ray of hope and get you
started on recovery.”
Another benefit to
talking to individuals in
person is identifying oth-
er people whose homes
were so damaged after
the storm that they had to
relocate.
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Our View

LCSD should hold superintendent forum

Let’s get it right the first
time.
Between now and the end of
the year, the Lowndes Coun-
ty School District Board of
Trustees will do something it
has never done before: select a
superintendent of schools.
Unlike the city school
districts in Columbus and
Starkville, the LCSD has
featured an elected superin-
tendent. But in 2016, just as
current LCSD Superintendent
Lynn Wright was beginning
his second four-year term,
the Mississippi Legislature
passed legislation requiring all
public school districts to have
superintendents appointed by
the school board.
The rational behind the
new law was that through the
appointment process, districts
would be able to attract can-
didates from a larger, better
qualified pool of candidates.
With Wright’s term end-
ing on Dec. 31, the LCSD is
well along in its transition to
appointing its first superinten-
dent.
So far, there have been no
apparent missteps.
The LCSD has turned to
the Mississippi School Boards
Association to compile a list
of qualified candidates just as
CMSD has previously.
Monday, the LCSD board
announced that the MSBA had
selected a pool of 15 quali-
fied candidates. Although no
names were revealed, we do
know that Wright, along with
another LCSD employee, is
among the group and that the
group includes candidates
from Mississippi, Alabama,
Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Virginia.
The LCSD will now deter-
mine which of the 15 candi-
dates it wants to interview and,
at some point, will select any
unspecified number of final-
ists.
When the search reaches
that stage, we strongly sug-
gest that the district make the
finalists available to the public
through a public forum.
The community should have
the opportunity to listen to the
candidates, ask questions and,
perhaps, offer their recommen-
dations to the board. That was
the formula CMSD followed in
its search two years ago. The
forum was well-attended and
residents left the meeting feel-
ing like they were included in
the process. This is especially
important for LCSD to consid-
er since they are transitioning
from electing to appointing
their superintendent.
This search has already
drawn significant interest in
the community. In one sense,
it is a referendum on Wright,
who’s been elected twice by
comfortable margins and leads
a high-performing district.
Wright clearly has a base of
support, which makes holding
a forum — ­ presuming Wright
is among the finalists — even
more important. An openness
with the public might help
diffuse any ill will that might
accompany the board’s deci-
sion, regardless of who they
select.
Such a forum doesn’t
dilute the board’s authority
or responsibility. The choice
belongs to the board and the
board alone. Another benefit
of holding a forum does invest
the community in the process,
which is no small benefit.
The district has a perfect
venue for a forum, too. The
LCSD’s new career tech center
on Lehmberg Road is centrally
located in the district and has a
large, comfortable auditorium
that could easily accommodate
the event.
Getting it right the first
time is certainly something
the LCSD board hopes to
achieve in selecting a superin-
tendent.
No small part of that effort
includes making sure the com-
munity has the opportunity to
learn about the finalists for the
job.

Other Editors
It’s time to curb
the vaping epidemic
With the news that the Mississippi
State Department of Health reported
its first death associated with vaping,
it’s time we take a stand against a po-
tential killer many believe to be safer
than cigarettes.
E-cigarettes have been marketed
as such, and as a solution for those
who want to quit smoking. And much
like “Big Tobacco” did a generation
ago, officials claim e-cigarette manu-
facturers are gearing their marketing
efforts to the younger crowd.
Flavors like grape slushie, straw-
berry cotton candy, creme brûlée and
mint increase the appeal to teens,
despite users having to be 18 years
or older to purchase. Hidden in the
flavors are high levels of nicotine,
which many youth don’t realize they
are inhaling.
The victim of the vaping associat-
ed death was under the age of 30, and
the state has identified four additional
cases of serious lung injury related
to vaping, all in individuals 18 to 34
years of age.
No reports have been shared for
those under 18 years of age, but fed-
eral health officials said earlier this
month that preliminary data shows
more than 1 in 4 high school students
reported vaping this year, compared
with 1 in 5 students in 2018.
State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul
Byers said, “Any death related to
vaping is one too many, and this is
entirely preventable.”
We stand firmly with Byers. Ill-
ness or death associated with vaping
is preventable.
The state has made a good faith
effort in prevention work by taking
part in a national investigation into
severe pulmonary disease and lung
injury linked to the use of e-cigarette
products. Educating the public, and
especially parents, about the dangers
of e-cigarettes will aid in curbing the
epidemic.
A few local governments, like
San Francisco, have passed bans on
flavored tobacco. And this month
Michigan moved to become the first
state to ban flavored electronic ciga-
rettes. Mississippi may have to follow
suit to turn the trend on increasing
e-cigarette use.
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State of the Nation
The party of ‘impeach!’
The Democrats’
purported outrage about
President Donald Trump’s
phone call with Ukrainian
president Volodymyr
Zelensky might be taken
seriously by the Repub-
licans were it not for the
Democrats’ drive to oust
Trump from the moment
he won the presidency.
CNN’s Van Jones,
with zero proof, attribut- Larry Elder
ed Trump’s victory to
“whitelash.” Trump received 57% of
the white vote, actually a lower per-
centage of the white vote than the 59% to discharge the powers and duties of
received by Mitt Romney, the Repub-
lican presidential candidate in 2012.
In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama
received a greater percentage of the
white vote than John Kerry did four
years earlier. Obama also received
95% of the black vote. None dared call
it “blacklash.”
Stunned, angry and bewildered by
Trump’s win, some Democrats urged
the Electoral College to refuse to
certify his victory. In a Washington
Post op-ed, John Podesta, Hillary
Clinton’s campaign chairman, said,
“The (Obama) administration should
brief members of the electoral college
on the extent and manner of Russia’s
interference in our election before
they vote on Dec. 19 (2016).”
Nearly 70 Democratic lawmakers
vowed to boycott Trump’s inaugu-
ration. Nearly a dozen Democrats
refused to attend Trump’s first State of allegedly violating the emoluments
the Union address. In explaining his
refusal to attend, Rep. Bobby Rush,
D-Ill., said, “This is a presidency that
has been built on racism, stupidity and Emolument, Office, or Title, of any
lies, which has already wasted enough kind whatever, from any King, Prince,
of America’s time and I will not waste
any more of mine.”
Trump’s refusal to turn over his tax that there are serious grounds in vio-
returns provoked claims of corrup-
tion. Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., said:
“What’s unprecedented is (Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin) refusing
to comply with our lawful, Article I
request. What’s unprecedented is a
Justice Department that
again sees its role as being
bodyguard to the execu-
tive and not the rule of law.
What’s unprecedented is
an entire federal govern-
ment working in concert to
shield a corrupt President
from legal accountability.”
There was the bill
introduced in April 2017 by
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.,
with 67 co-sponsors, to de-
termine whether to invoke
the 25th Amendment, under which a
president can be removed if “unable
his office.” About his bill, Raskin told
Vanity Fair last month: “It is still very
much on my mind and the time will
come. I don’t think of it as an alterna-
tive remedy for impeachment. They
address different problems. The core
of the concern of impeachment is high
crimes and misdemeanors committed
by the president. The core problem
addressed by the 25th Amendment is
the mental or physical incapacity of
the president.”
Then there was the outcry over
Trump’s payments to former mistress-
es. About the payments, Rep. Maxine
Waters, D-Calif., said: “The president
is a criminal. ... This criminal must
be brought up by the Congress of the
United States for impeachment.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
D-N.Y., said from “day one” Trump
committed and impeachable for
clause of the U.S. Constitution, which
prohibits all persons holding federal
office from accepting “any present,
or foreign State.” Last year, Oca-
sio-Cortez said about Trump: “I think
lations of the emoluments clause from
day one. I think that is, first and fore-
most, one of the basic elements and
violations. And then, once again, it’s
hard to predict what’s going to happen
over the next few months. There are
one or more investigations happening.
But I think from day one we have had
violations of the emoluments clause
with the presidency.”
In July, Rep. Al Green, D-Texas,
wanted Trump impeached for his
“racist tweets” that attacked several
Democratic freshman House mem-
bers known as “the squad.” Green
tweeted: “(Trump’s) racism, anti-Sem-
itism, homophobia, transphobia,
xenophobia, and Islamophobia can
no longer be tolerated or ignored. We
must impeach.”
One can only marvel at how, with a
straight face, Democrats call Trump
“racist” while embracing as “king-
maker” the race card-hustling Rev. Al
Sharpton and refusing to denounce
anti-Semitic Minister Louis Farra-
khan.
Of course, for 2 1/2 years, special
counsel Robert Mueller investigated
allegations of Russian “collusion,” and
he drilled a dry hole. On the issue
of obstruction of justice, he punted.
Before the Mueller report came out,
House Intelligence Committee Chair
Adam Schiff, D-Calif., claimed there
was “direct evidence (of collusion)
but ... also abundant circumstantial
evidence.”
If Congress impeaches Trump, the
Senate will not convict. Meanwhile,
all this Ukraine business just places
attention on Joe’s Biden’s son. Hunter
Biden received a lucrative monthly
fee to sit on the board of director a
Ukrainian energy company, despite
his lack of energy expertise or his
inability to speak the local language.
Joe Biden’s candidacy will be irrepara-
bly harmed, increasing the odds that
hard-left Elizabeth Warren will win
the Democratic nomination. Trump,
post-impeachment, can credibly call
himself a victim of a political vendetta
and ride that narrative to victory in
2020.
Well played, Speaker Pelosi.
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and nationally syndicated radio talk-
show host. To find out more about Larry
Elder, visit www.LarryElder.com.

Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A
James Layton
ALICEVILLE, Ala. —
James Earl “Mr. Pigtail”
Layton, 54, died Sept. 26,
2019, at Pickens County
Medical Center in Car-
rollton, Alabama.
Home Going Celebra-
tion services will be at
noon Saturday at New
Salem M.B. Church,
with the Rev. Herman
Peters officiating. Burial
will follow at the church
cemetery. Visitation is
from noon-5 p.m. Friday
at Lavender’s Funeral
Service of Aliceville is in
charge of arrangements.
Linda Mast
BROOKSVILLE —
Linda Marie Mast, 46,
died Sept. 30, 2019, at
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Services will be at 10
a.m. Thursday at Mag-
nolia Mennonite Church
in Macon. Burial will fol-
low at Faith Mennonite
Church Cemetery in
Crawford. Visitation was
from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8
p.m. Wednesday at Faith
Mennonite Church.
Miss Mast was
born Sept. 24, 1973, in
Springfield, Missouri, to
Marlowe O. and Ellen
Gingerich Mast.
In addition to her
parents, she is survived
by her brothers, Leland
Mast, Galen Mast, Leroy
Mast and Gregory Mi-
chael Mast.
Memorials may be
made to Das Deutch
Clinic, 14567 Madison
Rd., Middlefield, Ohio
44062 or to Cohen
Syndrome Association,
c/o Joann Holdorf, Trea-
surer, 2990 Broxton Ln.,
York, PA 17402.
Rush Buxton
ABERDEEN — Rush
Glenton “R.G.” Buxton,
99, died Oct. 2, 2019, at
the Monroe Regional
Hospital.
Celebration of Life
services will be at 2 p.m.
Friday at Healing Waters
Christian Fellowship,
with Brenda Harrison
officiating. Burial will
follow at Oaklawn
Memorial Gardens.
Visitation is from 4-8
p.m. at Tisdale-Lann Me-
morial Funeral Home
and two hours prior to
services at the church.
Tisdale-Lann Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
World War II-
era bomber
crashes; at least
7 reported dead
The Associated Press
WINDSOR LOCKS,
Conn. — A World War
II-era plane with 13 peo-
ple aboard crashed and
burned at the Hartford
airport after encounter-
ing mechanical trouble on
takeoff Wednesday, killing
seven of them.
The four-engine, pro-
peller-driven B-17 bomber
struggled to get into the air
and slammed into a main-
tenance building at Brad-
ley International Airport as
the pilots circled back for
a landing, officials and wit-
nesses said.
It had 10 passengers
and three crew members,
authorities said.
Connecticut Public Safe-
ty Commissioner James
Rovella said hours after the
crash that some of those
on board were burned, and
“the victims are very diffi-
cult to identify.”
Some of the survivors of
the crash were critically in-
jured, authorities said. One
person on the ground was
also hurt in the crash and
a firefighter involved in the
response suffered a minor
injury. No children were on
the plane.
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Aberdeen is in charge of In addition to her the Rev. Lee Brand Jr.
arrangements. father, she is survived officiating. Burial will
Mr. Buxton was by her son, Decoreaun follow at the church
born in Clara, to the Harris; daughter, N’Kia cemetery. Visitation is
late George and Clara Belk; adopted mother, from 1-5:30 p.m. Friday
Bozone Buxton. He at- Emma Belk; brothers, at Century Hairston
tended schools in Clara Calvin Dailey, Aundrell Funeral Home. Century
and was a U.S. Army Bean, Joe Bean, LaMar- Hairston Funeral Home
veteran, serving during cus Belk, Darrell Belk of Starkville is in charge
World War II as a mem- and Derrick Belk; and of arrangements.
ber of the 493rd Fighter sisters, Wanda Bean, Mr. Hubbard was
Squadron and the U.S. Diane Reed, Britney born Oct. 20, 1955, in
Army-Air Corps. He was Woods, Kierra Belk and Starkville, to the late
formerly owner and op- Jasmine Belk. L.T. Hubbard Sr. and
erator of Buxton Jewelry Canary Jordan. He was
and Music. He served as Charles Kevil formerly employed as a
president of Aberdeen COLUMBUS — custodian at Mississippi
Merchants Association Charles T. Kevil, 79, State University and a
and as a member of died Oct. 2, 2019, at member of Beth-el M.B.
Aberdeen Main Street. Vineyard Court Nursing Church.
He was a member of
Healing Waters Chris-
Home. He is survived by his
Arrangements are sisters, Pearlie B. Davis,
tian Fellowship. incomplete and will be
In addition to his Annie P. Ellis, Mattie H.
announced by Lown- Bell, Betty J. Hodges,
parents, he was preced- des Funeral Home of
ed in death by his wife, Ida Ellis and Linda Ham;
Columbus. and brothers, James
seven brothers and four
sisters. Hubbard, O. D. Hub-
He is survived by his Rick Humphreys bard, Joe Lee Hubbard
daughters, Priscilla Der- COLUMBUS — Rich- and Robert Hubbard.
rico and Bonnie Conner; ard N. “Rick” Hum-
son, George Buxton; phreys, 92, died Oct. 1,
and nine grandchildren. 2019, at his residence.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Friday at First
Kimberly Belk Baptist Church. Burial
STARKVILLE — will follow at Friendship
Kimberly Renette Belk, Cemetery. Visitation
40, died will be one hour prior to
Sept. 22, services at the church.
2019, in Memorial Gunter Peel
Starkville. Funeral Home and
Services Crematory, Second
will be Avenue North location,
at 2 p.m. is in charge of arrange-
Saturday
at Second Belk
ments. Rick Humphreys
Memorials may be Visitation:
Baptist
made to First Baptist Friday, Oct. 4 • 10-11 AM
Church, with the Rev. First Baptist Church
Church, P.O. Box 829, Services:
Joseph Stone Jr. officiat-
Columbus, MS 39703 or Friday, Oct. 4 • 11 AM
ing. Burial will follow at First Baptist Church
to the Baptist Children’s Burial
Rest Haven Cemetery.
Village, P.O. Box 27, Friendship Cemetery
Visitation is from 1-5:30
Clinton, MS 39060. 2nd Ave. North Location
p.m. Friday at Century
Hairston Funeral Home.
Century Hairston Fu- Ray Hubbard
neral Home of Starkville STARKVILLE — Ray
is in charge of arrange- Charles Hubbard, 63,
ments. died Sept. 24, 2019, in
Ms. Belk was born Starkville. memorialgunterpeel.com
Aug. 22, 1979, in Ack- Services will be at 11
erman, to Joe Belk and a.m. Saturday at Beth-
the late Cora Bean. el M.B. Church, with
Sloan Atkins
Sloan Ian Atkins, 22, of Co-
lumbus, MS, passed away Mon-
day, September 30, 2019, at his
residence.
Visitation will be Thursday,
October 3, 2019, at Lowndes Fu-
neral Home from 11:00 AM-1:00
PM. Funeral Service will be
Thursday, October 3, 2019, at
Carolina Cemetery at 2:30 PM,
with Perry Newton officiating.
Interment will be in Carolina Cemetery, Nettle-
ton, MS, with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Atkins was born October 2, 1996, in Amo-
ry, MS, to Lisa Wood and Andrew Atkins. He was
a Eagle Scout, having been from Troop #24, then
moved to Troop #3. Mr. Atkins enjoyed deer and
dove hunting, music and spending time with fam-
ily and friends. He was a 2015 graduate from New
Hope High School. Mr. Atkins was in the Private
1st Class in the MS National Guard. He was a se-
curity guard for GFS Security.
Mr. Atkins is preceded in death by his grand-
mother, Nancy Atkins.
Mr. Atkins is survived by his mother, Lisa
Wood Atkins; father, Andrew Atkins, both of
Columbus, MS; maternal grandparents, Jimmy
(Brenda) Wood; paternal grandparent, Joseph El-
lis Atkins; uncles, Keith Wood, Joseph (Kate) At-
kins, and Matthew (Danielle) Atkins; aunt, Jenny
(Christopher) Green; and a host of great-uncles
and cousins.
Pallbearers will be Doug Cox, William Brian
Honnoll, Nicholas Tomas Moore, Mitchell Allen
Bynum, Russell Richey and Chris Green.
Honorary pallbearers will be GFS Security
Team, Keith Wood, Justin Green, Matthew At-
kins, Joey Atkins, Heath Hill, John Barnes, Jere-
my Ward, and John Ward.
Memorials may be made to Wounded Warrior
Project, P.O. Box 758517 Topeka, KS 66675.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Forum
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ly Blue Ribbon Business
Series. Both events are
usually “politically or leg-
islatively charged,” and
the Partnership wanted
to provide an opportuni-
ty for county residents to
meet their candidates in a
casual setting, said Paige
Watson, the Partnership
special events and proj-
ects coordinator.
Supervisor races
Republican District 3
candidate Dennis Daniels
wanted to make it clear
he has no quarrel with in-
cumbent Democrat Mar-
vell Howard.
“I’m not running
against him,” Daniels
said. “I’m just applying
for the same job he’s ap-
plying for. He’s been a
good supervisor and I’ve
enjoyed having him in my
district.”
His track record of
service to the communi-
ty qualifies him to be su-
pervisor, Daniels said. He
is an Army veteran and
president of the county’s
volunteer fire department
board, and he worked in
law enforcement and the
National Guard before his
overseas military service.
He is also on the coun-
ty’s internet task force
and wants to bring in
more service providers to
“bring Oktibbeha County
out of the Dark Ages,” he
said.
Howard is finishing his
third term and remem-
bers the days early in his
tenure when the city of
Starkville, the county and
Mississippi State Univer-
sity were “on our own is-
lands,” he said.
“Now that I’ve been
your supervisor for 12
years, I’ve learned now
what will work and what
won’t work here in Oktib-
beha County, so I don’t
have to take the time
to wade through all the
noise,” Howard said. “We
know what we need to be
aiming at. We know where
Radios
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ford and Artesia) and
along Highway 69 east of
Columbus render the ra-
dios even less effective,
especially when trying to
talk with E-911 dispatch-
ers.
“We’ve resorted to hav-
ing our firefighters use
their cell phones when
they’re out on calls be-
cause the radios just will
not communicate,” Austin
said. “We’re in a big coun-
ty where a lot of our re-
sponse is in rural, sparse-
ly populated areas. … So,
sometimes (cell phones)
aren’t real reliable be-
cause cell service may not
be great where we are,
or especially in a severe
storm when cell service
is often one of the first
things that goes down.”
Austin said he and
several rural firefighters
have spent more than two
District 3 Supervisor candidate Dennis Daniels (R) chats
with long-term rental property owner Mike Okhuysen
after the county candidate forum hosted by the Greater
Starkville Development Partnership on Wednesday.
we need to be going.”
District 4 Supervisor
Bricklee Miller, a Repub-
lican, became Oktibbeha
County’s first female su-
pervisor in 2015 when she
unseated Democrat Dan-
iel Jackson, who is run-
ning to take back his old
seat. Jackson did not at-
tend Wednesday’s event.
Miller said she has fo-
cused on “fiscal responsi-
bility, accountability and
transparency in county
government” in addition
to economic growth.
“I believe that those
commitments on my end
have been met, but we
still have more progress
to go,” she said.
District 1 Democratic
candidate Clint McCain
is a regional warehouse
manager for MaxxSouth
Broadband and said he
too wants to expand ru-
ral internet access in the
county. The most import-
ant issue on his platform
is infrastructure, he said.
Republican incumbent
and board of supervisors
vice president John Mont-
gomery praised the coun-
ty’s increase in property
tax revenue, and he said
he wants to continue fos-
tering business and eco-
nomic growth to “bring
years researching how to
fix the radio communica-
tion problem, and depart-
ments successfully tested
the Motorola devices be-
fore recommending them
for purchase.
“It’s been a huge un-
dertaking and I’m very
excited the supervisors
chose to support us,”
Austin said. “It greatly
improves safety for us
just by being able to know
where our guys are and
who’s with them. That’s
especially true when you
consider some of our fire-
fighters respond to medi-
cal calls by themselves in
a personal vehicle.”
The county can finance
the radio equipment
through Motorola over
three, five or seven years.
But at County Adminis-
trator Ralph Billingsley’s
suggestion, supervisors
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Starkville into the 21st
century.”
District 5 Supervisor
Joe Williams, a Democrat,
and his Republican oppo-
nent Jared Pruitt did not
attend the forum. Orlando
Trainer, District 2 super-
visor and board president,
defeated his only chal-
lenger, fellow Democrat T.
Orlando Sherman, in the
August primary and will
hold his seat for another
four years.
Other county offices
John S. Brown re-
tired in January and
serves as president of
the Starkville-Oktibbe-
ha Consolidated School
District Board of Trust-
ees. He is running as an
independent for county
tax collector/assessor
against Allen Morgan, the
two-term Republican in-
cumbent.
Brown said his taxes
have gone up every year
Morgan has been in office
and he will work with city
and county leaders to low-
er them and make paying
them more convenient.
“My staff and I would
treat all residents of Ok-
tibbeha County with re-
spect and treat them as
if they are the boss, be-
opted Monday to first
check financing options
at local banks. If one of
those banks can offer bet-
ter terms, the county will
likely borrow from there
to pay Motorola up front,
then repay the bank over
three years.
“I know it’s expensive
and people may ask if it’s
worth it, but I guess it de-
pends on how much you
think one life is worth,”
board of supervisors pres-
ident Harry Sanders said.
“If you’re in an area where
somebody’s trapped in
a house that’s burning
down or they’re drown-
ing, it’s worth it to have
the radios.
“The question would
be like, ‘Do you want a
2019 Ford F150 or a 1932
pickup?’” he added. “Both
will get you where you
want to go, if they’re run-
cause after all, they are
the boss,” Brown said.
Morgan worked for the
Mississippi Tax Commis-
sion in the state Depart-
ment of Revenue for 29
years, a job that required
him to travel to every
county in the state and
collect millions in unpaid
tax money, he said.
He has brought
$755,000 in tax overbids,
the excess money left
over after the county auc-
tions off a property it has
seized because of unpaid
property taxes, in his
eight years in office, and
he is not aware of any pre-
vious collector/assessor
who has allowed overbids,
he said.
“That’s free money
that we put in Oktibbeha
County’s treasury, and
they can do whatever they
want to do with that mon-
ey,” Morgan said.
Chancery Clerk Sha-
ron Livingston and Dis-
trict 3 Justice Court Judge
C. Marty Haug are both
seeking second terms.
Livingston was ap-
pointed chancery clerk
after her predecessor,
Monica Banks, died in
2016, and she was elected
in 2017 to finish Banks’
term. She had initially reg-
istered to run as a Demo-
crat this year but changed
her party affiliation to Re-
publican after Democrat
Martesa Bishop Flowers
joined the contest.
The office has gone
paperless and moved all
chancery court records
to online storage in the
past two years, Livingston
said.
Haug, a Democrat, ad-
vocated for fairness and
competence at Oktibbeha
County Justice Court.
“Even if you disagree
with it, you’ll understand
that we have a system that
is there to support every-
body,” Haug said.
Flowers and Haug’s Re-
publican opponent, Cindy
Mills, were not present at
the forum.
ning. But they aren’t the
same. … These (current)
radios are old, and they
need to be replaced.”
Both Sanders and
Austin said, though, the
large-scale radio buy is
a “one-shot deal.” The
county’s five rural fire
districts will be respon-
sible for replacing lost or
damaged devices, as well
as providing radios for
additional volunteers who
sign on after all other new
radios are assigned.
Austin said in those
cases districts will either
use property tax money
the county already allo-
cates to districts annu-
ally or insurance rebate
money — both sources
commonly used by those
departments toward
equipment purchases.
Sports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
EMCC and Northwest are both 4-1, but the Lions hold the momentum
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
No. 3 East Mississippi
Community College and
No. 7 Northwest Missis-
sippi Community College
will both enter Thurs-
day’s matchup in Scooba
with the same 4-1 record,
but the two teams come
into the game on consid-
erably different trajecto-
ries.
EMCC is riding a four-
game winning streak af-
ter being upset by Hinds
Hopkins, Ware CONTINUE TO anchor Starkville defense
Starkville linebacker Tyrese Hopkins (7) and teammate Jaylan Ware were named to the Mississippi team for the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Classic roster Wednesday.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Jay-
lan Ware was scrolling
through Twitter around 9
a.m. when he caught the
news.
Sitting with junior line-
backer Tyrese Hopkins
in English class, the duo
was alerted to their se-
lection to the Mississippi
team for this year’s Mis-
sissippi/Alabama All-Star
Classic.
“I was shocked since I
didn’t think I was going to
get picked for it,” Hopkins
said.
Needing to replace
eight defensive starters
entering this season,
PREP FOOTBALL
Columbus rides winning streak into matchup with Center Hill
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Columbus senior
Jaelan Craddieth isn’t
used to winning streaks.
In his four years of
high school, the Falcons
have never won more
than two straight games.
They’ve only managed
a two-game win streak
three times: one during
a 6-6 season in 2016, one
that accounted for the
in the first game of the
season. The Lions routed
Pearl River and Itawam-
ba and posted solid wins
over Missis-
sippi Delta
and East
Central.
North-
west, mean-
while, has
e s s ent ia l l y Stephens
done the opposite of what
Buddy Stephens’ team
has managed this year.
The Rangers won their
first four games and were
PREP FOOTBALL: STARKVILLE VS. GERMANTOWN
Ware and Hopkins have
helped expedite the
process of rebuilding a
youthful Starkville de-
fense — one that will be
tested this week against
Germantown.
Ware has been a stal-
wart on the interior of the
Yellow Jacket defensive
line for almost three years
now. Through six games,
he’s tied for the team lead
with 44 tackles and is No.
1 among all players with
12 tackles for a loss.
For Hopkins, this sea-
son has been a learning
curve. A transfer from
Noxubee County, he
spent much of the spring
and fall simply trying to
grasp the Starkville de-
only two wins of the 2017
campaign and the one
they’re on right now.
So when Craddieth re-
turned to school Monday
after Friday’s road win
over rival New Hope, he
was greeted with a fair-
ly unfamiliar feeling as
schoolmates told him and
the Falcons to “keep up
the good work.”
“It’s very different,”
Craddieth admitted.
Sustained success may
ranked as high as third in
the nation before losing
47-42 last week at Holmes.
So the Lions have the
momentum — and a 36-
game winning streak at
Sullivan-Windham Field
— on their side heading
into Thursday’s matchup.
EMCC’s wins over Delta
and East Central weren’t
close, but they were laden
with turnovers and less
than convincing. Against
the highest-ranked oppo-
nent the Lions have faced
all season, it’s going to
fensive playbook. Speak-
ing with The Dispatch
three weeks ago, Hopkins
said his understanding of
the playbook wasn’t quite
there. That’s no longer
the case.
“My last answer, I
didn’t know where I was,”
he quipped Wednesday.
“Now I know where I’m at
pretty much 100 percent.”
With Ware and Hop-
kins stabilizing the
Starkville defense, there’s
been an appreciable im-
provement over the past
three weeks. In games
against Meridian, Louis-
ville and South Panola,
the Yellow Jackets are al-
lowing an average of nine
points per game.
be unfamiliar for the Fal-
cons, but Craddieth and
his teammates aren’t let-
ting it get to their heads
ahead of Friday’s home
district showdown with
Center Hill (3-3).
“The kids are like,
‘Yeah, we won, but let’s
get back to work,’” Colum-
bus coach Joshua Pulphus
said. “They still come in
with the same mindset of
practicing hard and con-
tinuing to get better.”
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n Thursday, OCTOBER 3, 2019
take a better performance
than EMCC has delivered
the last two weeks.
EMCC’s defense has
been excellent all season,
never allowing an oppo-
nent to score more than
24 points, but Northwest
quarterback Jack Walker
might be poised to snap
that streak. He threw for
398 yards and six touch-
downs without being in-
tercepted in the losing
effort at Holmes and has
10 touchdown passes
against just two intercep-
By contrast, Starkville
conceded 28.3 points
per contest through its
first three games against
Brandon, Oxford and
West Point.
“I think it’s all about
getting better week in
and week out,” Starkville
coach Chris Jones said
of the defense. “It’s not a
sprint, it’s a marathon so
we’ve got the mindset of
just one game at a time
— we’re not trying to look
too far down the line. We
just want to get a little bit
better every day.”
“They came out and
exposed us,” Ware added
of West Point, which hung
41 points on the unit. “Per-
sonally, I hate if someone
The Falcons took down
Lanier at home 13-12 two
weeks ago and handled
New Hope 28-14 on the
road in last week’s district
opener, but now they’ve
got arguably a tougher
test in Center Hill.
The Mustangs’ .500
record features ear-
ly losses to Lewisburg
and Colliersville (Ten-
nessee), and they saw a
three-game win streak
with victories over Byha-
tions on the season.
If the Lions can force
some turnovers out of
the redshirt freshman
from Madison Central, as
they did last week to East
Central quarterback Hol-
man Edwards (four inter-
ceptions), EMCC should
again enjoy success in
shutting down a visiting
passing game.
The Rangers’ rushing
game, though, provides
a potent attack similar to
that of EMCC. Northwest
averages 163.4 yards per
comes out and exposes
me, so I always tell the
guys there won’t be an-
other team that comes
out here and exposes the
Starkville defense.”
Facing a Mavericks
team that will line up in a
split-back look, the reads
for the front seven are a
touch different. Hopkins
explained that the Yellow
Jackets must stay true to
their assignments and
stick with their tackling
lanes.
Further, Germantown
relies heavily on pulling
guards and tackles to cre-
ate mismatches — some-
thing that can tip off the
linebacking corps as to
where the run is going.
lia and Memphis schools
Southwind and Douglas
snapped with last week’s
loss to Lake Cormorant.
“It’s gonna be a tough
test for us,” Pulphus said.
“They lost a close one to
their rival school in Lake
Cormorant, but they have
been playing very good
football.”
Center Hill, which
runs an option offense,
depends heavily on three
players: junior quarter-
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SECTION
game on 4.2 yards per
carry, while the Lions
average 158.6 yards on 4
yards per carry.
The Rangers also take
better care of the ball
than the Lions. Walker’s
two interceptions com-
pare favorably to Connor
Neville’s seven picks, and
EMCC has fumbled 15
times (six lost) compared
to Northwest’s six (four
lost).
That said, though, the
passing game is where
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Austin Frayser/Dispatch file photo
“The major point of
emphasis all week has
been making sure we rec-
ognize the formations and
what they can and can’t do
out of certain formations,”
Jones said. “It’s kind of
process of elimination.”
With his and Hopkins’
statewide honors in tow,
Ware said the nomination
was among his goals for
the season. Next up for
him and the defense: a
state title.
“We’re about 80 per-
cent of the way there,”
Ware added. “We’ve got
some things to fix and
stuff, but I think right
about Week 9, Week 10,
everything should be in
place and kicking in.”
back Preston Newson,
sophomore running back
Troy Martin and junior
rusher Darryen Hobbs.
“They have three dy-
namic backs on offense,”
Pulphus said. “They can
run the ball very, very
well. On defense, they’re
fast to the football, very
aggressive, love to blitz.”
Columbus junior quar-
terback Ethan Conner
echoed his coach’s senti-
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2B Thursday, October 3, 2019
briefly
Prep Football
Five local products, eight MSU
commits make All-Star Classic
Five local products and eight
Mississippi State commits have been
named to the Mississippi roster for the
Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Classic
per a news release.
Locally, Starkville wide receiver
Rufus Harvey, defensive lineman Jalen
Ware and linebacker Tyrese Hopkins
and West Point defensive lineman
Robert Spearmon and offensive
lineman Jonquez Roby were named to
the roster.
Ware and Hopkins have anchored
a Yellow Jackets defense that is allowing
just 20 points per game in five games
this season, while Harvey is second on
the team in receiving with 308 yards and
four touchdowns this season.
As for the West Point contingent,
Spearmon has six tackles in three
games played this season as he’s
helped sure up the Green Wave
defensive front.
Offensively, Roby has aided West
Point’s prolific rushing attack to an aver-
age of 272 yards per game this year.
On the MSU side of things,
Jaden Walley (d’Iberville), Lideatrick
Griffin (Phialdelphia), Janari Dean
(South Panola), Jevon Banks (Olive
Branch), Cameron Threatt (Lewisburg),
Emmanuel Forbes (Grenada), Will
Rogers (Brandon) and Armondous
Cooley (Wayne County) were all named
to the roster.
Griffin, a four-star receiver, is the
highest rated recruit of the bunch --
coming in at No. 243 in 247Sports.com’s
national rankings.
College Football
EMCC honored for 100% gradu-
ation rate for student-athletes
East Mississippi Community
College was honored with the Halbrook
Award for having a 100% graduation
rate among its student-athletes during
the 2018-19 school year at Tuesday’s
Mississippi Association of Colleges
and Universities Conference in Bay
St. Louis.
EMCC tied Copiah-Lincoln for the
honor by graduating all 55 second-year
student-athletes and had one completer
during the year. The graduates num-
bered 29 football players, 10 baseball
players, eight men’s basketball players,
six softball players and three women’s
basketball players.
It’s the seventh time EMCC has
received the Halbrook Award since the
awards system began in 1984.
Softball player Avery Bouchillon
and baseball player Dillon Brown were
the school’s individual recipients of the
David M. Halbrook Award. Bouchillon
posted a 4.0 grade point average and
received the school’s Presidential
Partnership Scholarship to attend
Mississippi State. Brown posted a 3.84
GPA and is playing for Point University
in West Point, Georgia.
Prep Volleyball
Caledonia volleyball to host Dig
Pink Game against New Hope
The Caledonia High School
volleyball team will host the third annual
Dig Pink Game against New Hope at
6:30 p.m. on Oct. 10.
The Confederates and Trojans are
putting on the event to raise money to
support the research and treatment of
Stage 4 breast cancer.
Those who are currently battling
breast cancer or who have suffered will
be honored during the game.
If you wish to donate to the cause,
contact Caledonia volleyball coach
Samantha Brooks at 662-574-2413.
Men’s College Soccer
The W falls at Huntingdon
The W men’s soccer team lost
a 2-0 first-half lead Wednesday at
Huntingdon College in Montgomery,
Alabama, giving up three goals in the
second half to lose the match 3-2.
Michael Ledbetter scored in the
third minute and Brayan Resendiz
scored in the 21st minute for The W
(2-5-3), but the Hawks tied it in the 86th
minute and went ahead for good just
over two minutes later.
The Owls’ next match is at 4 p.m.
Friday at Hendrix College in Conway,
Arkansas.
SOURCE: From Special Reports
CALENDAR
Today
College Football
Northwest Mississippi
Community College at East
Mississippi Community
College, 7 p.m.
Holmes Community College
at Itawamba Community
College, 6:30 p.m.
Prep Volleyball
West Lowndes at Kemper
Academy, 6 p.m.
South Panola at Starkville
High, 6:30 p.m.
on the air
Today
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6:30 p.m. — Georgia
Southern at South Alabama,
ESPNU
7 p.m. — Temple at East
Carolina, ESPN
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m. — N.L. Division
Series: St. Louis at Atlanta,
Game 1, TBS
7:30 p.m. — N.L. Division
Series: Washington at LA
Dodgers, Game 1, TBS
NFL FOOTBALL
7:20 p.m. — LA Rams at
Seattle, FOX/NFL
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EMCC
Continued from Page 1B
EMCC is likely to do the Avoiding those costly ball, it could turn a close
most damage. The Lions turnovers may not sound game into an upset victory.
average 345.6 passing exceedingly difficult, but But nothing of the sort
yards per game, while giveaways have been EM- has happened in EMCC’s
Northwest averages CC’s biggest bugaboo this last 36 home games —
198.4. The Rangers boast season and several times the Lions seemingly find
a solid pass defense, but have turned what should ways to win no matter how
if Neville can avoid inter- be a Lions win going away well they play. So until an
ceptions and find receiv- into a reasonably close upset happens, there’s no
ers like Jason Brownlee game. reason to expect anything
or Pervis Frazier, the Li- Against a solid North- Thursday but a 37th con-
ons could rack up scores west team, if the Lions secutive EMCC victory at
through the air. can’t get a handle on the Sullivan-Windham Field.
Columbus
Continued from Page 1B
Chris McDill/Dispatch file photo
The running ability of Columbus junior quarterback Ethan Conner will be a critical fac-
tor in the Falcons’ home game Friday against district foe Center Hill (3-3).
ment, noting the strength times more willing to take and be in our spots when
of the Mustangs’ defense. off and run than he is to we’re supposed to, and
“They flow to the ball,” pass, and Pulphus draws everything else will take
Conner said. “They’ve got up plenty of designed care of itself,” Craddieth
playmakers.” runs for his quarterback. said.
The Falcons have play- If the Falcons are to Should the Falcons
makers in their own right, pull off a third straight put everything together
of course, and Conner is win, Conner will need to against the Mustangs,
chief among them. His 51- have a big game, and the Columbus might just see
yard touchdown run two Columbus defense must something it’s been miss-
plays into Friday’s game sustain the success it’s ing for a while.
against New Hope is an had in the first half of the “Hopefully we can pull
example of his dual-threat season. off another win,” Craddi-
ability. Conner is some- “We’ve gotta execute eth said.
Baseball
Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vegas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Playoff Glance Vancouver 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
Tuesday, Oct. 1: Washington 4, Milwaukee 3 Wednesday’s Games
Today: Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 1 Toronto 5, Ottawa 3
DIVISION SERIES Washington 3, St. Louis 2, OT
(Best-of-5)
American League
Edmonton 3, Vancouver 2
San Jose at Vegas, late.
Houston vs. Tampa Bay Today’s Games
Friday, Oct. 4: Tampa Bay at Houston, 1:05 p.m. (FS1) Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5: Tampa Bay at Houston, 7:07 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
(FS1) Florida at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 7: Houston at Tampa Bay (MLB) Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Houston at Tampa Bay (FS1) Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Tampa Bay at Houston (FS1) Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota
Friday, Oct. 4: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 6:07 p.m.
Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
(MLB) Friday’s Games
Saturday, Oct. 5: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 4:07
Chicago vs. Philadelphia at Prague, CZE, 1 p.m.
p.m. (FS1)
Washington vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Me-
Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota (FS1 or
MLB)
morial Coliseum., 6 p.m.
Toronto at Columbus, 6 p.m.
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota ( (FS1)
Winnipeg at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (FS1)
National League
L.A. Dodgers vs. Washington
Vegas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Thursday, Oct. 3: Washington at L.A. Dodgers , 7:37
Tampa Bay at Florida, 6 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 6 p.m.
p.m. (TBS)
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 4: Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 8:37 p.m.
(TBS)
New Jersey at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Carolina at Washington, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers at Washington (TBS)
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 6 p.m.
x-Monday, Oct. 7: L.A. Dodgers at Washington (TBS)
Dallas at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington at L.A. Dodgers
(TBS)
Detroit at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Atlanta vs. St. Louis
Minnesota at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Boston at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis at Atlanta, 4:02 p.m. (TBS)
San Jose at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 4: St, Louis at Atlanta, 3:37 p.m. (TBS)
Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at St. Louis (TBS)
x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at St. Louis (TBS)
Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis at Atlanta (TBS)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7)
American League
Transactions BASEBALL
Saturday, Oct. 12 (Fox or FS1) American League
Sunday, Oct. 13 (Fox or FS1) BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named T.J. Brightman
Tuesday, Oct. 15 (Fox or FS1) as senior vice president and chief revenue officer.
Wednesday, Oct. 16 (Fox or FS1) Promoted Jennifer Grondahl to senior vice president
x-Thursday, Oct. 17 (Fox or FS1) of community development & communications, and
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (Fox or FS1) Greg Bader to senior vice president of administration
x-Sunday, Oct. 20 (Fox or FS1)
National League
Friday, Oct. 11 (TBS)
& experience.
BASKETBALL
NBA G LEAGUE
Saturday, Oct. 12 (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 14 (TBS)
CAPITAL CITY GO-GO — Named Dan Tacheny, as-
sociate head coach, Phil Goss, assistant coach, David
Tuesday, Oct. 15 (TBS) Noel, assistant coach, Mike Williams, director of player
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16 (TBS) development and Jimmy Bradshaw, assistant coach.
x-Friday, Oct. 18 (TBS) FOOTBALL
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (TBS) National Football League
WORLD SERIES ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed DL Zach Kerr.
(Best-of-7) CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Stanley Mor-
Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record (Fox)
gan from the practice squad. Placed WR John Ross
on IR.
Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record (Fox) HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed T Elijah Nkansah to the
Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record (Fox) practice squad.
x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record (Fox) NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB Jordan
x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record (Fox)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at better record (Fox)
Richards. Placed K Stephen Gostkowski on IR. Signed
WR Kelvin McKnight to the practice squad.
SAN FRANCSICO 49ERS — Promoted S Marcell
Harris from the practice squad. Released DB Antone
Hockey Exum Jr.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR Cam Sims
NHL Glance from the practice squad. Signed WR Darvin Kidsy to
EASTERN CONFERENCE the practice squad.
Atlantic Division HOCKEY
GP W L OT Pts GF GA National Hockey League
Toronto 1 1 0 0 2 5 3 ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed G Darcy Kuemper to a
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
two-year contract extension through the 2021-22 sea-
son. Recalled F Christian Fischer and D Kyle Capo-
bianco from Tucson (AHL). Recalled G Adin Hill from
Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tucson. Assigned G Antti Raanta to Tucson.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Placedd G Pheonix Co-
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 pley on waivers.
Ottawa 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 ECHL
Metropolitan Division READING ROYALS — Announced F Matthew
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Gaudreau was reassigned to the team from Stockton
Washington 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 (AHL).
N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LACROSSE
Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 National Lacrosse League
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUFFALO BANDITS — Signed F Andrew Potter and G
Devlin Shanahan to one-year contracts.
Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOCCER
N.Y. Islanders
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USL Championship
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USLC — Suspended Orange County’s Michael Orozco
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
two games; Birmingham’s Brian Wright, Tampa Bay’s
Jordan Doherty, Tulsa’s Tobenna Uzo, Ottawa’s Wal
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Fall, Indy’s Ayoze, Charlotte’s Kevan George, New
St. Louis 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 Mexico’s Juan Guzman, OKC’s Callum Ross, San
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Antonio’s Walter Restrepo, Austin’s Xavier Baez,
Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh’s Robbie Mertz, Swope Park’s Ethan Va-
Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nacore-Decker, Loudoun’s Ted Ku-Dipietro, Indy’s
Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paddy Barrett, and ATL UTD’s Andrew Carleton one
game each.
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLLEGE
Pacific Division BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Suspended Nebraska
GP W L OT Pts GF GA football player Khalil Davis one game and issued a
Edmonton 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 public reprimand for violating the Big Ten Sportsman-
San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ship Policy.
Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PENN STATE — Promoted Kristina Petersen to asso-
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ciate athletics director for strategic communications.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Díaz hits 2 homers, Rays beat A’s in AL wild-card game
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. — When he got to
second base, Yandy Díaz stole a glance
back toward the dugout and saw all his
teammates going crazy. He gleefully
kept running.
Out for two months, no matter.
Díaz slugged baseball’s lowest spend-
er into a playoff matchup with mighty
Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the
powerful Athletics on the mound, and
the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at its
own game with a 5-1 win in the AL wild-
card round Wednesday night.
After playing only one game since
late July because of a foot injury, Díaz hit
a leadoff homer and went deep again in
the third inning.
“When I looked to the bench and saw
the guys super excited, it pumped me
up to go around the bases,” Díaz said
through a translator. “I thought we had
to carry that momentum throughout the
Comics & Puzzles
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ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
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The Tampa Bay Rays celebrate after winning the American League wild-card game.
game.”
Avisaíl García hit a two-run drive in
the second, and Morton had all the sup-
FAMILY CIRCUS
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port he needed as Tampa Bay advanced
to face the AL West champion Astros in
a best-of-five Division Series.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My boyfriend
and I have
been together
for nearly a year.
He has several
female friends
I have met and
like very much.
However, one of
them texts him
every day, even
while we are to-
gether. She also
sends Facebook
messages and
sometimes calls
him at work.
Dear Abby
Sometimes she
“drops in” at his home.
Abby, this woman is married
with a family of her own, but
she seems to be obsessed with
my boyfriend. I have expressed
my concern about her behavior
and told my boyfriend that
while I trust him completely, I
feel she is overly emotionally
attached to him, and what
she’s doing is disrespectful to
our relationship as well as the
one she has with her husband
and family. He just continues
to repeat that there is nothing
going on. How can I make him
understand that they can still
be friends, but he needs to set
some boundaries? — FED UP
IN NEW YORK
DEAR FED UP: Your boy-
friend is allowed to be friends
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
3). This is no time to back
down. You’re well on your way to
becoming a master. Your ability
develops with every assign-
ment you take on, so seek the
teachers and situations that will
throw a lot at you. The time you
invest in loved ones will be the
source of your strength, pride
and best moments. Capricorn
and Sagittarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 8, 20, 6, 30
and 44.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When you measure your work
against a standard that means
something to you, it doesn’t
matter if you please people, get
good reviews, sales or a high
dollar amount... what matters is
that you meet your standard.
Thursday, October 3, 2019 3B
Game 1 is Friday at Houston, which
piled up a major league-best 107 wins
this season.
“We have a tough road ahead of us,
Houston’s a great team, but we played
them well this year. It’s going to be a
dogfight,” Tommy Pham said.
Pham homered in the fifth for the
96-win Rays. And in a playoff meeting
between creative, small-budget teams
that make the most of limited resources,
it was Tampa Bay that came out on top.
The Rays were unfazed by a tow-
el-swirling Oakland crowd of 54,005 that
established a wild-card record, having
recently played at Dodger Stadium and
on the road against the Yankees and Red
Sox during the season’s final two weeks.
“I really feed off the energy of this
situation. I that helped us,” Morton said.
“It helped us to come in here and be in
a high-pressure situation. The stadium
was pretty rowdy, but I think that helped
us focus.”
with anyone he I’m glad you wrote. I hope my
wishes. However, animal-guardian readers will
because you think heed your advice. Furry family
the attention members are sometimes sto-
he’s receiving len, and they often like to roam
from this woman when they see an opportunity.
infringes on your If pets are microchipped, it in-
time with him, you creases the odds of them being
should say that recovered.
to him. If you do, DEAR ABBY: Can you please
perhaps he may explain the guidelines for
tell her to tone it reciprocating invitations? We
down.
DEAR ABBY:
have invited the “Smiths” to our
home three times. Each time
I volunteer at a they said they were busy and
county no-kill would be for several weeks, so
animal shelter. we stopped extending invita-
I love doing the tions. Then they had us over,
work and helping and we had a really good time.
people find a pet that’s right for This week I tried to reciprocate
them, if I can. and, again, they are busy.
Every week, people come Should I keep trying? Or is this
in looking for a lost pet. “What a signal that the Smiths don’t
did he look like?” “How old was want to come to us for whatever
she?” And then the burning reason? — GOOD TIMES IN
question, “Was your pet micro- CALIFORNIA
chipped?” Often — too often DEAR GOOD TIMES: No
— the answer is “No.”
Please remind your readers
rule of etiquette requires you
to continue trying to coax this
that if they care about Buddy or couple to your home. After
Fluffy and love them and con- three refusals, it’s reasonable
sider them family, to PLEASE to conclude that — for whatever
have them microchipped. Any reason — they prefer to do
veterinarian’s office can do it. the entertaining. While some
A county shelter can do it, too. might regard their refusals as
It’s not expensive. It will give a snub, I don’t think you should
people a much better chance because they did reach out and
of having their friend returned, invite you over. Because you
even if they are far away. — feel obligated, try inviting them
ANIMAL LOVER IN UTAH out to dinner, and see if that
DEAR ANIMAL LOVER: brings better results.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). its only energy source. It needs
You assign meaning to even the nutritious thoughts, too, as well
smallest universal signs and as beliefs and other inspiration
you’re not about to let the big to keep the intellect sharp and
moments go by without being clear.
present to their purpose. It LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Why
could take a while to sort out settle for merely being different
and soak in though, so don’t when you have the chance to do
rush to answers. something that’s much better
GEMINI (May 21-June than what others are doing?
21). Here comes a parade of How you’re different will become
short-term temptations you’re irrelevant when you leap to a
expected to forego in favor of whole new level of unquestion-
long-term goals that you’re not able excellence.
even sure will gratify you half as VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
much. Trade environments. Get When the future is less certain,
out of temptation’s way. The day the present becomes a far more
gets easier. interesting place where plea-
CANCER (June 22-July 22). sures are tasted now, opportu-
The brain is a high-energy organ nities are swept up immediately
fueled by a steady supply of and risks are gladly taken today.
blood sugar. Though that’s not LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
What works today might not
work for others, and it might not
work for you forever. Take the
win for today. Who said it had to
make sense? Accept the bounty
of the moment.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You have nothing to be
afraid of. Something to remem-
ber here: Historically, you’ve
always bounced back from
mistakes and done even better
than if they hadn’t happened.
So take a risk. Even if you lose,
you’ll win.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). Do the thing that
contributes to a lighter, brighter
attitude. Even if it seems like an
indulgent choice, it’s probably
the healthier one because none
of this is worth stressing about
today.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). As the saying goes, it’s
best to fix the roof when the sun
is shining. You’re in for a stint
of good emotional weather and
would be wise to reinforce the
structures that bring you protec-
tion, peace and happiness.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Oscar Wilde said that it
was absurd to divide people
into good and bad. “People are
either charming or tedious.”
You’re charming, seeking the
same.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The more convinced
you are that you’re headed
toward a beautiful destiny, the
less reactive you’ll be to little
inconveniences. These aren’t
catastrophes. If a thing can be
fixed with money, then it’s not a
real problem.
Gold-digger
SOLUTION:
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Richmond listed
among Top 100
Butler Snow attorney Orlan-
do R. Richmond Sr. has been
listed among
Benchmark Liti-
gation’s 2020 Top
100 Trial Law-
yers. Richmond
was also listed in
the 2019 edition.
Benchmark
Litigation’s Top
Richmond Sr.
100 Trial Law-
yers were chosen through
several phases of research.
The extensive process, which
encompasses six months of
analysis into the attorneys’
professional activities, as well
as intensive peer and client
reviews, has culminated in the
selection of the nation’s most
elite trial strategists in their
respective fields.
Richmond has nearly 30
years of experience and has
served as lead counsel or
co-counsel in numerous jury
trials in state, federal and
military venues. He has tried
at least 60 cases to verdict, and
his trial practice over the past
several years has primarily
focused on mass tort litigation
involving pharmaceutical prod-
ucts, toxic torts and environ-
mental issues. The breadth of
his litigation practice includes
municipal law, cases involving
serious personal injuries and
commercial disputes. He is
typically called upon to prepare
and try cases in challeng-
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amounts in controversy. He has
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advocacy skills.
He is consistently recog-
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Richmond is a fellow of
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International Association of
Defense Counsel. He received
his undergraduate degree,
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from Georgetown University.
Serio joins Cadence Bank
Cadence Bank announced
that Heath Serio (NMLS#
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local Community
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Vice-President
and Commer-
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role, he will be Serio
responsible for
overseeing the bank’s commer-
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as well as supporting business
development efforts in the
greater Columbus area.
Prior to joining Cadence, Se-
rio served as a branch manager
for Regions Bank in Columbus
and previously as a commercial
lender for Southern Bancorp in
Clarksdale. and a loan offi-
cer for Southern AgCredit in
Greenville.
He is a native of Hollandale
and received his BA from
Mississippi State University
and is a 2017 graduate of the
Mississippi School of Banking
and the Golden Triangle Lead-
ership program. He currently
serves on the Finance Com-
mittee of First Baptist Church
Columbus.
Serio joins Cadence’s team
of experienced bankers serv-
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Doug Robertson (NMLS ID #
776066), Community Banking
President; John Davis, Trust
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US tariffs on European imports AP source: UAW rejects

would include cheese, wine, aircraft
WTO ruled the U.S. could impose $7.5B in tariffs
as retaliation for illegal aid the EU gave to Airbus
in its competition with its American rival Boeing
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Trump
administration plans to impose tar-
iffs on $7.5 billion worth of Europe-
an imports — from gouda cheese
to single-malt whiskey to large air-
craft — beginning Oct. 18 to retali-
ate against illegal European Union
subsidies for aviation giant Airbus.
The latest escalation in the ad-
ministration’s tariffs will open a
new chapter in the trade wars that
are depressing the world economy
and heightening fears of a glob-
al recession. It comes just as the
Trump administration is in the
midst of trying to negotiate a res-
olution to its high-stakes trade war
with China.
The administration received
a green light for its latest import
taxes Wednesday from the World
Trade Organization, which ruled
that the United States could im-
pose the tariffs as retaliation for
illegal aid that the 28-country EU
gave to Airbus in its competition
with its American rival Boeing.
The WTO announcement cul-
minates a 15-year fight over EU
subsidies for Airbus.
EU aircraft will face a 10 per-
cent import tax; other products on
the list will be hit with 25 percent
tariffs. The administration insists
that it has the authority to increase
the tariffs whenever it wants or to
later the products in its list.
President Donald Trump called
the WTO ruling a “big win for the
United States” and asserted that it
happened because WTO officials
“want to make sure I’m happy.”
“The WTO has been much bet-
ter to us since I’ve been president
because they understand they
can’t get away with what they’ve
been getting away with for so
many years, which is ripping off
the United States,” Trump said at
a joint White House news confer-
ence with President Sauli Niinisto
of Finland.
Stock markets around the
world, which were already down on
concerns for the world economy,
added to their losses on the news.
Wednesday’s award follows a
WTO ruling in May 2018 that the
EU had illegally helped Airbus
with subsidies. It does not, howev-
er, end the long-running trans-At-
lantic dispute over aircraft. WTO
arbitrators are expected to rule
next year about how much the EU
can impose in tariffs following a
separate decision that went against
Boeing.
The EU’s top trade official had
said the bloc would prefer to reach
a settlement with the United States
to avoid a tariff war but that it will
respond if Trump imposes new du-
ties on EU products.
Speaking after the WTO’s rul-
ing Wednesday but before the
Trump administration announced
the new tariffs, EU Trade Commis-
sioner Cecilia Malmstrom said a
tariff war “would only inflict dam-
age on businesses and citizens
on both sides of the Atlantic, and
harm global trade and the broad-
er aviation industry at a sensitive
time.”
GM offer over pay,
temporary workers
‘It’s not close enough to ideal,
but they’re still talking.’
Art Wheaton, an auto industry expert at the
Worker Institute at Cornell University
By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT — General Motors offered striking
union members wage increases or lump-sum pay-
ments in all four years of a proposed contract, as bar-
gainers seek a deal to end a walkout that’s in its third
week.
But union bargainers rejected the offer because it
took money from other places to fund profit-sharing,
and it didn’t give temporary workers a clear path to
a full-time job, according to a person briefed on the
negotiations.
Still, the offer, made late Monday, is likely to be the
framework for whatever agreement is reached to end
the strike by 49,000 workers that has halted produc-
tion in the U.S. and severely cut output in Mexico and
Canada. Both sides were still talking Wednesday.
“It’s not insulting,” Art Wheaton, an auto industry
expert at the Worker Institute at Cornell University,
said of the offer. “It’s not close enough to ideal, but
they’re still talking.”
After GM presented the offer, bargainers for the
United Auto Workers union made a counter offer that
is now the subject of bargaining, according to the per-
son, who asked not to be identified because details of
the talks are private.
But another person briefed on the talks said much
of what the union objected to, including proposed
concessions, has been removed or is being bar-

Asian stocks fall further on global economy worries
By JOE McDONALD
AP Business Writer
BEIJING — Asian
stocks fell for a fourth day
Thursday as weaker U.S.
manufacturing and hiring
data fueled jitters about
the global economy.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell
by an unusually wide mar-
gin of 2 percent and mar-
ket benchmarks in Hong
Kong, Sydney and South-
east Asia also retreated.
Chinese and Korean mar-
kets were closed for a hol-
iday.
Wall Street’s bench-
mark Standard & Poor’s
500 index lost 1.8 percent
on Wednesday after a sur-
vey by payroll processor
ADP found hiring weak-
ened in September. In-
vestors saw the report “as
further proof that the U.S.
economy is slowing and
possibly on the verge of
a recession sending,” Ste-
phen Innes of AxiTrader
said in a report.
That added to concern
about earlier data show-
ing U.S. manufacturing
shrank last month by its
widest margin in a de-
cade, and sent markets
around the world tum-
bling.
gained. That person said health care, a key sticking
point with union members, would remain the same
as it is now. The person, who also didn’t want to be
identified because the talks are confidential, did not
know the status of other provisions that were being
discussed Wednesday.
Among the union’s big problems with the Monday
offer is a provision requiring temporary workers to
be employed for three uninterrupted years before
they automatically become full-time. It’s unlikely the
workers would not be laid off in three years, making
it almost impossible to reach full-time status, the per-
son said.

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Apts For Rent: West Apts For Rent: Other Houses For Rent: North Mobile Homes for Rent
VIP
DOWNTOWN 1BR 2BR/1BA HOLLY HILLS NICE DW 3BR/2BA MH In
This large 1 bedroom RD. $900/mo. No pets. Columbus School Dist.
Rentals
apartment has been No HUD. 662−549−2302. No HUD. No Section 8.
recently renovated. It Leave message. $600/mo + 600 dep.
features great natural 601−940−1397 or
Apartments & Houses light, hardwood floors,
3/2 WITH OVER 1 ACRE.
662−549−8861.
tall ceilings and access
1 Bedrooms
Located on dead end,
to a shared laundry room. Office Spaces For Rent
$750 rent and $750 private road. Very
2 Bedroooms deposit. Utilities included. convenient location. $900/
month. Call 662−386− GREAT, CONVENIENT
3 Bedrooms
No pets please. Call Peter, LOCATION! Office space for
662−574−1561. 0157.
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N.
Furnished & Unfurnished 662−574−3970.
DOWNTOWN APT on 5th 3BR/2BA. 26 Noblin Rd.
1, 2, & 3 Baths St. 2BR/1BA. 1100 sqft Central HVAC, carport, near
OFFICE SPACE FOR
CAFB. $750/mo. $500
Lease, Deposit $700/mo. W/D. Deck on
back. Avail Aug 1st. 662− dep. Call 662−889−1122. LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
& Credit Check 327−2588.
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
of private parking. 662−
viceinvestments.com 3BR/2BA CH/A Hwy. 45 N. 327−9559.
327-8555
COLEMAN
Caledonia Schools. No
pets. $1,000/mo. $1,000
Storage & Garages
RENTALS dep. 1 yr. lease. Weathers
Apts For Rent: Other TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
Rentals, 662−574−0345.
Open Mon.−Fri. 8a−4p. MINI WAREHOUSES
1ST MONTH − Rent Free! 1 BEDROOM Four convenient self
1BR Apt − $350−$385 storage locations in the
2BR Apt − $395−$495 2 BEDROOMS COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. Columbus & New Hope
2 & 3 bedroom w/
2BR TwnHome − $625 3 BEDROOMS 2−3 bath townhouses.
areas for household &
Lease, Dep & Credit Check. commercial storage.
$600 to $750.
LEASE, Rent online at
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DEPOSIT Ask for Glenn or text. or call 662−327−4236.
AND
CREDIT CHECK PRICE REDUCED: LARGE
3BR/2BA. Remodeled,
Real Estate
662-329-2323
modern appl, dw, ch/a,
carport, washer/dryer
hookup, quiet. 3254
2411 HWY 45 N Military Rd. $800/mo +
Ads starting at $25
dep. 662−574−8559.
COLUMBUS, MS
Houses For Rent: New Hope Houses For Sale: East
SEVERAL 1, 2, & 3 BR 495 EMERALD Dr.
UNITS AVAILABLE. Various 3BR/2BA w/ carport &
storage bldg. No pets. Nice Brick Home in
locations. Lease, Deposit, established neighborhood.
Credit Check. No Pets. $750/mo + dep.
662−327−4376. Located on a large lot. The
$375 and up. Call Long & home boasts 4BR/2.5BA
Long @ 662−328−0770. w/ 2 car garage. Freshly
New Hope School Dist. For painted interior and tile
Commercial Property For Rent Rent. 3BR/2BA house.
floors in the kitchen &
Credit check. No hud. Call bathrooms. $125K OBO.
OFFICE FOR RENT OR 662−386−3086. 770−658−7726.
STORAGE SPACE W/
CLIMATE CONTROL. Houses For Rent: Other Houses For Sale: Southside
30x15. Separate air
conditioner & bathroom. 3BR/1.5BA In Vernon, AL
FOR SALE OR TRADE−
It’s a classified $400/mo. Located in
Caledonia. Call 662−574−
Nearly brick home located
on a large yard w/ a
Beautifully renovated 3BR/
1BA brick home. Like new
0082.
rule-of-thumb: carport, large porch w/
patio & other amenities.
with new appliances, new
HVAC, white cabinets, new
Call 810−877−5211 or
We tell readers FOR RENT LOCATED
NEAR DOWNTOWN. 205−714−6029.
counter tops, new flooring
and much more. Good
3,000 sq. ft. truck credit a must for total
what they need terminal, 9,500 sq. ft. Mobile Homes for Rent payment near $500.00 per
shop & 3,200 sq. ft. month and little or no down
to know to buy office/shop. Buildings can
be rented together or
123 BECK DR. 14x64.
2BR/1BA. $450/mo.
payment if you qualify.
Call Long & Long and
what they need. separately. All w/ excellent
access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
$450/dep. Includes
garbage. No pets.
speak directly to the
Broker/Owner for details.
662−327−9559. No HUD. 662−574−7614. 652−327−0770.
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Walter, 662−251−8664. Webber 662−242−4932. weekend. 662−364−8308.
Plumbing
WORK WANTED: Licensed
& Bonded−carpentry, Tree Services
painting, & demolition. ACME, INC.
DAVID’S CARPET & Landscaping, gutters
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cleaned, bush hogging, Licensed Plumber Work from a bucket truck.
CLEANING clean−up work, pressure Insured/bonded. Call
1 Room − $40 "We fix leaks."
washing, moving help & 662−386−2915 Jimmy for free estimate,
2 Rooms − $70 furniture repair. 662−386−6286.
3+ Rooms − $30 EA 662−242−3608.
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Houses For Sale: Other
Lots & Acreage
356.7 ACRES ON HWY. 69
S. 5 mi. from Columbus.
30−year old mature pines,
green fields, good hunting.
$3000/ac. Bud Phillips,
662−549−2302.
CARROLL CO. 543 ACRES
Mature timberland w/ nice
metal building w/ total
living area. Excellent deer
& turkey hunting. 3 miles
off I−55. $2200/ac. 662−
227−5295.
FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre
lots. Good/bad credit. 10%
down, as low as $299/mo.
Eaton Land.
662−361−7711.
IN HICKORY GROVE.
4 acres of land w/ 2BR
home. Needs to be
renovated. $27,500.
Serious inquiries only.
662−329−9099 or
662−386−8631.
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curios, TONS of tools,
collectibles, curios, kitchen glasswares, Fall, Halloween 2018 Honda Civic Sport;
items, etc. 662−315−
4675.
Huge Estate Sale
991 Co. Road 89
Ethelsville, AL
Fri. Oct. 4 8am−5pm
Sat. Oct. 5 8am−5pm
Sun. Oct. 6 1pm−5pm
Mon. Oct. 7 9am−3pm
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Sheds
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Stewart’s Antiques,
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mower, luggage, kitchen
items.
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2−FAMILY YARD SALE.
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Fri. 3p−6p & Sat. 7a−until.
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all together if possible for Drummer, Experienced,
$300 OBO for all. New to Columbus
Cash or PayPal accepted. Excellent drummer with
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electronic equipment
just moving to
Two Piece Living Room Set Columbus, MS and
A loveseat and chaise for would like to join
sale. Brown and blue. current group or form
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Columbus Church of Christ
Sat, 7a−12:30p.
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medical equip/supplies,
bedding, 3 sleeper sofas, 5 Ads starting at $12
recliners (1 lift chair, 1 Free kittens to a good
massaging chair), end home Five eight−week
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tables, stools, some old kittens need homes.
vintage items, sewing They are litter−box
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SALE. 4313 Hwy. 373.
Across from the Little Sedans: FREE−1 FEMALE 5 MO.
Kitchen Restaurant. Fri & 2015 Honda Accord LX; OLD KITTEN. Very sweet
Sat 8a−2p. Painted furn., 4dr, Silver, 34K Miles, disposition. She plays with
antiques, housewares, $11,900 dogs & other cats. She has
cargo carriers, bikes, had her first 2 shots. If
2017 Honda Accord Sport;
adult/children clothes & 4dr, Gray, 25K Miles, interested, please call 662
much more. $16,900 −549−1409 anytime. Ask
2017 Honda Accord Black; for Gypsy.
Garage Sales: New Hope 4dr, Black, 29K Miles,
$16,900
165 JOHNNIE Rd. off Lake
Lowndes Rd. 7a. Furn.,
2018 Honda Accord
Touring; 4dr, Red, 48 Need a new
companion?
kitchenware, h/h items, Miles, $24,900
2012 Honda Civic EX; 4dr,
Silver, 151K Miles, $7,900
2017 Honda Civic Sport
46 CHRISTOPHER Dr. Sat. Hatchback; 4dr, Gray, 53K
6a−12p . H/h items, Miles, $16,900
& Christmas, men’s 4dr, Blue, 474 Miles,
clothing, tailgates supplies. $17,900
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5;
4dr, Maroon, 86K Miles,
476 DONNA Ln. Sat. 6a.− $9,900
until. 2015 Nissan Altima 2.5;
White, 70K Miles, $9,900
Garage Sales: Caledonia 2017 Nissan Maxima 3.5
S; 4dr, White, 50K Miles,
50 MYERS Cir. Thurs−Sat. $16,900
7a−until. H/h items, 2018 Nissan Maxima SL;
glassware, tools, girls 4dr, Black, 1362 Miles,
When looking
clothing, kids size thru $21,900
juniors, & much more.
SUV’S:
7 FAMILIES, 1 STREET!
Sat, 10/5, 6:30am. Chan
2013 Acura RDX
Technology Pkg; 4dr, Gray,
76K Miles, $13,900
for a new pet, ACROSS
1 Deep sleep
Mar 2 Sbdv, begins at 10
Marilyns Pl. Furn, toys, hh
items, clothes & more!
2018 Acura RDX
Technology Pkg; 4dr, Black,
8K Miles, $21,900
adoption is 5 Like fresh
lettuce
Vans:
2010 Honda Odyssey EX;
always a 10 Tea party
guest
Merchandise
12 Book after
4dr, 135K Miles, Silver,
$7,900
2013 Honda Odyssey EX;
good option. Ezekiel
13 Screen dot
Ads starting at $12 4dr, 56K Miles, Gray, 14 Clickable
$13,900
Trucks: pictures
Bargain Column 2017 Freightliner 15 Adam’s
12" MATTRESS/BOX
Cascadia; 155K Miles, madam
Red, $60,000 16 Movie studio
Beautiful headboard &
2011 Toyota Tacoma
PreRunner V6 SR5; 4dr, Five Questions: part
rails. Must sale, $50. Good Brown, 162K Miles, 18 Scorching
deal. Call 662−328−0779. $13,900 20 Is for two
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2016 JLG 4069LE 35 1 The Smurfs 21 Blown away
BROWN LOVESEAT, $50. Hours Man Lift; Green, 23 Smidgen 45 Quick looks and a table
Beige loveseat, $50. 662− 24 Lawn pest
$25,000 46 Mediocre 24 Flammable
2 Purple 26 Angers
Upcoming Vehicles:
2013 Toyota Tacoma 4WD gas
Double Cab; 102K Miles, 28 Capitol Bldg. DOWN 25 Like “West-
FREE FIRE Wood Call 662− $18,900 worker 1 Criminal outing world”
251−7717 for details. 2019 Honda Civic LX; 4dr, 29 Sahara sight 2 Martini garnish 27 Sheepdog in
3 Jem and
Black, 8K Miles 31 List-ending
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LRG. OLD Stereo, $75. abbr. 4 Great serve 28 Finishes
Lrg. mirror, $25. 662−327
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Campers & RVs
Scout 32 Voluptuous 5 Smart 30 GI-entertain-
1998 WINNEBAGO. New star 6 Paper beats it ing org.
tires. $17,000. 662−327− 36 Bric-a-brac 7 Set apart 33 Cookout spot
4 Mercury and
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40 Buffalo 9 Stuck 35 Trunk
2004 KAWASAKI Drifter. NHLer 11 Nudged 37 Hard trip
1500cc, Vance & Hines 41 Spud 17 Ignored a diet 38 Brooklyn
loud muffler, 32,400mi. 43 Not rented
Looks like an Indian M/C.
$4500. 662−352−4776.
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