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Auditor: More
Big-name announcer to work
than $4M
Rotary Rodeo for 15th straight year
stolen from
Mississippi
welfare funds
BY JEFF AMY
AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Mis-
sissippi’s state auditor
said Thursday that in-
vestigators believe at
least $4 million in fed-
eral welfare money
was stolen by the for-
mer head of the state
White
welfare agency and
others in the nation’s poorest state.
At least $48,000 of that paid for a
luxury drug rehabilitation program
for a former pro wrestler, according
to indictments issued Wednesday,
which also alleged a politically con-
nected nonprofit administrator and
Courtesy photo/Bricklee Miller her son took more than $4 million
Andy Stewart, center, announces the Starkville Rotary Classic Rodeo at the Mississippi Horse Park in February — including more than $2 million in-
2019. Stewart has announced the event for 15 years and announces almost 50 events per year as one of only a vested in two Florida medical com-
handful of full-time rodeo announcers in the country.
panies.
Republican Auditor Shad White
Stewart brings vast experience, national said his office is still seeking to de-
termine the scope of the suspected
star power to Starkville event public embezzlement, expanding its
audit of the Department of Human
BY TESS VRBIN the 15th straight year. Services to a wider time frame.
tvrbin@cdispatch.com The rodeo is the Starkville “This is a sprawling conspiracy,”

I
n 1993, soon after announcing an
amateur rodeo event in DeRidder,
Louisiana, Andy Stewart got a
letter from the Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association.
“I was told that I didn’t have what
it takes and that I would probably
not succeed as a professional (rodeo
announcer),” he said. “I took that to
heart and really worked hard, and a
short two years later, I was selected
to work in the pros.”
Stewart doesn’t know the exact
date or location at which PRCA found
him worthy of approval, since ama-
teur announcers have to be at the top
of their game at all times, he said. He
now travels coast to coast announc-
ing almost 50 events per year, includ-
ing this weekend’s Starkville Rotary
Classic Rodeo at the Mississippi
Horse Park — an event he’ll work for
Rotary Club’s biggest fundraiser and
“pumps about $24,000 back into the
community through Rotary support
of area civic groups and agencies,”
according to the club website. The
Columbus and Eupora Rotary clubs
have co-produced the rodeo in recent
years.
The Rotary Club took over
production of the rodeo in 2005, and
Stewart has been the announcer ever
since.
“Andy brings a high level of
excitement to the rodeo, not only
entertaining the crowd with jokes
and interacting with the riders and
the rodeo clowns, but also informing
the audience about what’s going on,”
said Trey Breckenridge, a longtime
member of the committee that
organizes the rodeo. “Those who
are not familiar with rodeo may not
White said. “We’re going to contin-
ue to look to find additional monies
that have been lost or stolen.”
Those indicted and arrested are
the department’s former director,
John Davis; the ex-wrestler, Brett
DiBiase; former Department of Hu-
man Services employee Latimer
Smith; Nancy New, who is the direc-
Courtesy photo tor of the Mississippi Community
Andy Stewart
Education Center and New Learn-
ing Resources; her son Zach New,
understand what’s happening or how
who is assistant executive director
the scores are provided, so he shares
that with the audience to better of the education center; and Anne
engage them.” McGrew, an accountant for the edu-
Stewart was one of three an- cation center.
nouncers chosen for the Wrangler It’s unclear if any of them have
National Finals Rodeo — “our Super lawyers representing them. All were
Bowl,” he said — in Las Vegas in released from jail Wednesday with-
December. PRCA declares the rodeo out having to post bail.
announcer of the year at the national Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
See STEWART, 6A praised the auditor Thursday, say-
ing the investigation has uncovered
“what appears to be a truly disgust-
ing abuse of power.”

Taylor discusses building human heart in opening of MUW’s II+C Symposium

Symposium focuses this
year on stem cell research,
intersection between arts
and humanities
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Dr. Doris Taylor said she cried the first
time she held a human heart in her hand.
The Mississippi University for Women
alumna is one of the leading medical pro-
fessionals in the international regenerative
medicine research efforts, particularly car-
diovascular regenerative medicine. Now,
Taylor’s research is attempting to build a
heart by using stem cell therapies to help a
non-functioning heart regenerate — a pro-
cess which she hopes will one day replace
organ transplant when it comes to saving
those with heart failure.
Taylor talked about her research at the
opening of MUW’s annual II+C (Imagine,
Inspire, Challenge) Symposium, for which
she’s a co-founder, Thursday night in Rent
Auditorium on campus. In her presentation
“The Art and Science of Building a Beat-
ing Heart,” she and her friend artist Dario
Robleto discussed Taylor’s research — re-
search Robleto said is “not only ground-
breaking science” but “philosophical” and
extremely emotional for Taylor.
“(Hearts) do make us feel,” she said.
“... The day I hold a human heart we have
Chris Jenkins/MUW University Relations
made — through the sterile container of
Mississippi University for Women alumna Dr. Doris Taylor answers questions from
course — I will cry again.” her friend, artist Dario Robleto, about her research in cardiovascular regenerative
The focus on emotion as well as medi- medicine at the Texas Heart Institute Thursday evening at the Rent Auditorium on
cine’s intersection with arts and human- MUW’s campus as the opening to the university’s annual II+C (Imagine, Inspire,
See MUW, 6A Challenge) Symposium. Taylor’s research is attempting to create a bioartificial heart.

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

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his university by the Elvish name tor Supply in Starkville Feb. 11:
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Rodeo: This Starkville
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system that is named after a Roman Rotary Club fundraiser
features rodeo action ed School District
goddess?
3 Four of a kind is worth more than a at 7 p.m. nightly at the Saturday Board of Trustees
full house in poker. True or false? Mississippi Horse Park in ■ Natural Health Expo: meeting, 6 p.m.,
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Pre-K, Annunciation
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Sun and clouds rides and a petting zoo, Center takes place at
Unusual Size? of Aldermen work
Full forecast on Answers, 6B free with admission to Trinity Presbyterian
session, 11 a.m.,
page 3A. the rodeo. Adult tickets Church, 607 Hospital
City Hall
are $15 at the door, $12 Road, Starkville, from 10
a.m.-2 p.m. and connects Feb. 17: Oktibbe-
in advance. Saturday
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Lue Vern Bland
CRAWFORD — Lue Vern
Tucker Bland, 93, died Feb. 3,
2020, at Windsor
Place of Columbus.
Services will be
at 11 a.m. Saturday,
at Fairview Full
Gospel Baptist
Church of Craw-
ford, with Bobby L.
Bland
McCarter Sr. offi-
ciating. Burial will
follow at Turner-Hairson Cem-
etery. Visitation is from noon-6
p.m. today at Carter’s Funeral
Service of Columbus. Carter’s
Funeral Service of Columbus is
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bland was born Oct.
17, 1926, in Lowndes County to
the late Cornelius and Gertrude
Tucker. She was a member of
Fairview Full Gospel Baptist
Church.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her
husband, N.S. Bland; children,
Roy Bland and Dorothy Bland;
siblings, John Tucker, James
Tucker, Tim Tucker, Cornelius
Tucker, Bethene Jones, Minnie
Atkinson, Annie Malone and
Getrude Campbell.
She is survived by her
children, Willie C. Bland of
Biloxi, Gloria Bland of South
Field, Michigan, Peggy Gard-
ner of Columbus and Charles
Bland of Crawford; brother,
LeGree Tucker of Flint, Mich-
igan; five grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Gretchen Orr
COLUMBUS — Gretchen
“Gay” Ann Schlueter Orr, 76,
died Feb. 5, 2020,
at Baptist Memori-
al-Golden Triangle.
Services will be
at 11 a.m. Mon-
day, at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church,
with the Rev. Jason
Shelby officiating. Orr
Burial will follow at
Friendship Cemetery. Visitation
will be one hour prior to ser-
vices at the church. Memorial
Gunter Peel Funeral Home and
Crematory, 903 College St. Lo-
cation, is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Orr was born June 23,
1943, in South Bend, Indiana, to
the late Mary Frances Ferguson
Schlueter and Robert Glenn
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Schlueter. She was formerly
employed as a mortgage load
underwriter with BancorpSouth.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her
son, Jefferson Patrick Orr; and
brother, Peter Schlueter.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Gordon Neil Orr; sons,
David Michael Orr and his wife
Laura, and Andrew Charles Orr
and his wife Angela; and grand-
children, Emma Reed Orr and
Andrew Charles Orr, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Bill Blair, Don Calloway, Frank
Howell, Charles Jourdan, Jim
Mauldin, Doug Phillips, Mark
Smith and Jay Sutton.
Memorials may be made to
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
318 College St., Columbus, MS,
39701, or UAB Transplant Pa-
tient Assistance Fund, 619 19th
St. South, J. T. 1125, Birming-
ham, AL, 35249.
Harvey Hayden
COLUMBUS — Harvey Lee
Hayden, 73, died Feb. 1, 2020,
at Baptist Memorial-Golden
Triangle.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday, at Carter’s Funeral
Service Chapel of Columbus,
with Billy Turner officiating.
Burial will follow at Mt. Olive
Baptist Church Cemetery of
Millport, Alabama. Visitation is
from noon-6 p.m. today at the
funeral home. Carter’s Funeral
Home of Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Hayden was born Dec.
19, 1946, in Millport, Alabama,
to the late Willie and Sallie Mae
Hayden.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his
siblings, Mary Shelly, Cabell
Jones, Willie George Hayden,
Albert Lee Hayden and Billy
Hayden.
She is survived by Rosie Ma-
son of Kankakee, Illinois, Sarah
Hyden and Magalene Hayden
both of Columbus.
Walter Dumas Jr.
COLUMBUS — Walter Du-
mas Jr., 70, died Feb. 2, 2020, at
his residence.
Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday, at Mt. Ovive M.B.
Church of Millport, Alabama,
with the Rev. Benny Henry
officiating. Burial will follow
at the church cemetery. Visita-
tion is from noon-6 p.m. today
at Carter’s Funeral Service of
Columbus. Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vice of Columbus is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Dumas was born July 8,
1949, to the late Walter Dumas
Sr. and Lucille Dumas. He was
formerly employed as a driving
instructor.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his
siblings: Jimmy Lee Dumas,
Leon Dumas, Bernice Rice,
Alander Dumas, Curtis Dumas
and D.L. Dumas.
He is survived by his wife,
Barbara Dumas of Colum-
bus; children, Annetria Du-
mas-Seward, Keatashia Dumas
and Iziah Jones all of Columbus;
siblings, Rhone and Booker T.
Dankins both of Caledonia, Dai-
sy L. Thomas, Genova Nance
and Lenora Dumas-Johnson all
of Columbus; five grandchil-
dren; and four great-grandchil-
dren.
Larry Moore
WEST POINT — Larry Lee
Moore, 56, died Feb. 8, 2020, at
OCH Regional Medical Center of
Starkville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Sat-
urday, at Mt. Zion M.B. Church of
West Point, with the Rev. Erusia
Culpepper officiating. Burial will
follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation is from 3-6 p.m. today
at Carter’s Mortuary Service
Chapel of West Point. Carter’s
Mortuary Service Chapel of West
Point is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Moore was born March 2,
1963, to the late Taylor Williams
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Cleven Lyons
WEST POINT — Clenen
Thomas Lyons, 61, died Feb. 2,
2020, at Baptist Memorial-Golden
Triangle.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sun-
day, at St. Paul Beasley C.M.E.
Church of Pheba, with the Rev.
Cedric E. Brownlee officiating.
Burial will follow at Lower Prairie
Creek Community Cemetery of
Woodland. Visitation will be from
3-6 p.m. Saturday, at Carter’s
Mortuary Service Chapel of West
Point. Carter’s Mortuary Service
Chapel of West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Lyons was born Sept. 4,
1958, in Webster County, to the
late Henry Lee Lyons and Mattie
Lucille Lyons.
Evon Nelson
COLUMBUS — Evon Nelson,
62, died Jan. 30, 2020, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital
-Golden Triangle.
Services will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday,
at Concord Inde-
pendent Methodist
Church of Colum-
bus, with Robert
Hamilton officiating. Nelson
Burial will follow at
Memorial Gardens. Visitation is
from noon-6 p.m. today, at Car-
ter’s Funeral Services of Colum-
bus. Carter’s Funeral Services of
Columbus is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Ms. Nelson was born Sept.
20, 1957, in Columbus, to the late
Benjamin and Georgia Anna Nel-
son. She was formerly employed
as a home health aide.
She is survived by her chil-
dren, Meco Nelson of Lebanon,
Tennessee, Chiquita Nelson of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Sher-
ika Nelson, Oronde Nelson and
Anthony Nelson of Columbus;
siblings, Carrie Bradford, Chris-
tine Baldwin, Rhonda Nelson and
Bicardi Richards all of Columbus,
Benjamin Nelson of Louisana,
Joyce Malone and Ricky Nelson
both of Meridian, Betty Ware of
Warner Robins, Georgia, Monzell
Jackson of Phoenix, Arizona and
Marquita Bonner of Charlotte,
North Carolina; nine grandchil-
dren; and seven great-grandchil-
dren.
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Margie Tate Stanford, Faye Cannon, cia Robinson, Beverly ton, Arizona, to the late Mrs. Wilson was her husband Lynell
MACON — Margie Jeanette Reeves, Odette Robinson, Doris Duck- David Williams and born June 19, 1934, Willson of Detroit,
Wells Tate, 55, died Dollar, Sam Oglesby Jr. worth and Tommie Abigail Meadows. He in Melbourn, to the Alabama; daughter,
Feb. 1, and Billy Oglesby. Rice Jr. was a retired member late Martin Cleveland Loretta Stanford of
2020. She is survived by of the United States Air Rector and Annie Lou Hamilton, Alabama;
Services her children, Janice Easter Robertson Force and was formerly Hutchinson. She was a siblings, Jerome Rector,
will be at McGee of Vernon, SHUQUALAK — employed with Weyer- 1953 graduate of Mill- Douglas Rector and
2 p.m. Sat- Alabama, Carl North- Bishop Easter Marie hauser in Columbus. port High School. She Joyce Varon all of Mill-
urday, at ington and Larry Robertson, John was a member of was formerly employed port, Alabama; and two
First James Northington both 56, died the Jehovah’s Witness- as a nurse aide and am- grandchildren.
Creek M.B. of Sulligent; eight Jan 26, es. bulance attendant at La-
Church of Tate grandchildren; three 2020, at He was preceded in mar Regional Hospital Richard Allen Jr.
Brooks- step-grandchildren; Baptist death by wife, Clara and as a truck driver. SHUQUALAK ­—
ville. Burial will follow nine great-grand- Memorial Alexander Williams; She was a member of Richard Allen Jr. died
at Second James Creek children; and three Hospi- and his brother, Dave Shiloh United Method- Feb. 5, 2020, at his
M.B. Church of Macon. great-great-grandchil- tal-Golden Williams Jr. ist Church. residence.
dren. Robertson He is survived by
Visitation is from 1-5 Triangle. In addition to her Arrangements are
p.m. today at Lee-Sykes Services his brother, William parents, she was incomplete and will be
Funeral Home of Ma- Waymon Byars are noon Saturday at Simpson; two children, preceded in death by announced by Lee-
con. Lee-Sykes Funeral GORDO, Ala. — Jerusalem Temple in seven grandchildren her brothers, Riley and Sykes Funeral Home of
Home of Macon is in Waymon E. Byars, 69, Philadelphia with Bish- and eight great-grand- Clayton Rector. Macon.
died Feb. 4, 2020, at his op Leroy Horne offici- children.
charge of arrange- She is survived by See OBITUARIES, 5A
ments. Mrs. Tate was residence. ating. Burial will follow
born July 4, 1964, to the Funeral services at Slaughters Cemetery Bobby Mixon
late Isaac Wells Sr. and are 2 p.m. today at at Shuqualak. Visitation BROOKSVILLE —
Annie Pearl Wells. the chapel of Skelton is Friday from 1-5 p.m. Bobby Mixon, 85, died
She is survived by Funeral Home with at chapel of Lee-Sykes Jan. 31, 2020, at Bap-
her husband, Willie the Revs. Kenneth Funeral Home of Ma- tist Memorial Hospi-
Tate; children, Latoya Henegar and Chester con and one hour prior tal-Golden Triangle.
Williams of Brooksville Shaw officiating. Burial to service at Jerusalem Services will be at 11
and Ryald Mitchell will follow at Andrews Temple in Philadelphia. a.m. Saturday, at Orr’s
of Atalanta, Georgia; Chapel Cemetery in Mrs. Robertson was Chapel CME Church of
siblings Issac Wells, the Liberty, Alabama. born Jan. 1, 1964, to Brooksville, with Rich-
Willie C. Wells, A.T. Visitation is one hour Sampson Miller and to ardo Mixon officiating.
Wells, Willie S. Wells prior to the service at the late Cecilia Miller Burial will follow at St.
all of Brooksville, MS Skelton Funeral Home Newcomb. Easter was a Paul U.M. Cemetery
and J.T. Wells of Colum- of Reform. pastor at Divine Desti- of Macon. Visitation
bus, Cornelia Wells, Mr. Byars was born ny Apostolic Church. is from 1-5 p.m. today,
Jessie Wells McCoy March 25, 1950, in In addition to her at Lee-Sykes Funeral
and Teresa Wells all of Gordo, Alabama, to the mother, she was pre- Chapel of Macon. Lee-
Brooksville; and one late Clarence Adron ceded in death by her Sykes Funeral Home of
grandchild. Byars and Lavada son, Thomas Robertson Macon is in charge of
Shaw Byars. He was a Jr.; and one grand- arrangements.
Maggie Mangum member of Liberty As- daughter. Mr. Mixon was born
COLUMBUS — sembly of God Church. She is survived by Feb. 24, 1934, in Noxu-
Maggie Mangum, 85, Waymon was formerly her husband, Thomas bee County, to the late
passed employed with Redd Earl Robertson Sr.; and Joe and Ola Mixon. He
away. Pest Control Company children, Deon Deboi- was a member of Orr’s
Services and owner of Bugs-B- se and Katina Miller; Chapel C.M.E. Church.
will be Gone. seven siblings, Patricia, In addition to his
at 2 p.m. In addition to his par- Maybelline, Kenny, parents, he was pre-
Saturday ents, he was preceded William, Pearl, Samson ceded in death by his
at Genesis in death by his brother, and Maxine; and four brothers, Shead, Hugh-
Church. Clarence Richard Byars grandchildren. ery, Joe Lee, Jesse,
Burial will
Mangum Sr. Pallbearers are Fred and Johnnie.
follow at He is survived by Allen McKinstry, David He is survived by
Union Cemetery. Visita- his wife, Brenda Ponds Sturdivant, Christo- his wife, Queen Mixon;
tion is from noon-5 p.m. Byars; daughter, April pher Frazier, Gerome daughters, Suzette
today at Lee-Sykes Fu- Adair; sisters, Clara Bester, Ricky Brim and Mixon and Barbara
neral Home of Colum- Jean Patterson, Mildred Larry Bester. Ann Mixon all of De-
bus. Lee-Sykes Funeral Tilley and Shelia Rich- troit, Michigan; sister,
Home of Columbus is ards; and two grand- Ollie Jackson Aretha Bankhead of
in charge of arrange- children, Luke Cassity COLUMBUS — Ol- Brooksville and Anita
ments. and Caleb Adair. lie B. Jackson, 77, died Bibbs of Columbus;
Mrs. Mangum was Pallbearers will Feb. 2, four grandchildren; and
born Jan. 29, 1935, in be Gene Tilley, Jerry 2020. 11 great-grandchildren.
Lowndes County, to the Tilley, Randy Tenny- Services
late Jimmy and Maggie son, Stephen Williams, are 1 p.m. Jane Wilson
Hall. She was formerly Jerry Clary, Blake Sunday at DETROIT, Ala, —
employed with Baptist Richards, Scot Adams, Lee-Sykes Jane Rector Wilson, 85,
Memorial and a mem- Richie Byars and Quint- Funeral died Feb. 4, 2020, at her
ber of Sanders Chapel ez Ponds. Home of residence. Services will
CME Church. Memorials to the Columbus
Jackson
be at 11 a.m. Saturday,
In addition to her Liberty Assembly of with the at Otts Funeral Home
parents, she was pre- God, 268 Ruffin Road, Rev. Edward Bland Chapel of Sulligent,
ceded in death by her Millport, AL 35576; or officiating. Burial will Alabama, with Melvin
siblings, Franklin Hall, to St. Jude Children’s follow at Pilgrim Rest Mordecai and B.J. Mills
Sandy Hall and Mary Hospital, 501 St. Jude Cemetery. Visitation officiating. Burial will
West Hall Gregory. Place, Memphis, TN is Sunday from 10 a.m. follow at Ebeneezer
She is survived by 38105-9959. until service time at the Cemetery of Millport
her son Robert Wil- funeral home. Alabama. Visitation
liam of Columbus; Mattee Cox Mr. Jackson was is from 6-8 p.m. today
brother Joseph Hall; COLUMBUS — Mat- born Aug. 7, 1942, in at the funeral home.
two grandchildren; tee T. Cox, 71, died Feb. Macon to the late Lue Otts Funeral Home of
seven great-grand- 5, 2020, at Baptist Me- Ella Bush and Grant Sulligent is in charge of
children; and two morial Hospital-Golden Jackson. Ollie was a arrangements.
great-great-grandchil- Triangle. member Pilgrim Rest
dren. Arrangements are M.B. Church.
incomplete and will be In addition to his par-
Laverne Northington announced at a later ents, he was preceded
SULLIGENT — La- date by Carter’s Funer- in death by his sisters,
verne Ogelsby North- al Services of Colum- Lula, Nellie, Addie,
ington, 91, died Feb. 3, bus. Emma, Mattie, Lula J.,
2020, at Fayette Med- Mary J. and Adeline;
ical Center of Fayette, Terrance Coleman brothers Tom Jeff, Wil-
Alabama. COLUMBUS — Ter- lie L, Albert, Charlie,
Services are at 2 rance L. Coleman, 35, Roosevelt, Jimmy and
p.m. today at Sulligent died Feb. 6, 2020, at Bo.
First Freewill Baptist Baptist Memorial Hos- He is survived by his
Church with Matthew pital-Golden Triangle. sons, Michael Rice, Ter-
Paul and James Waldon Arrangements are ry Smith and Cozene
officiating. Burial will incomplete and will be Johnson, all of Brooks-
follow at the Gilmer Ad- announced at a later ville, and Ollie Jackson
dition of Sulligent City date by Carter’s Funer- Jr. of St. Louis; sister,
Cemetery. Otts Funeral al Services of Colum- Ethel Price of Bronx,
Home is in charge of bus. New York; eight grand-
arrangements. children and three
Mrs. Northington Thelma Rice great-grandchildren.
was born Feb. 29, 1928, STARKVILLE —
in Lamar County, to the Thelma L. Rice, 89, John L. Williams
late Sam Oglesby Sr. died Jan. 30, 2020, in A memorial service
and Leila Morris Ogles- Starkville. for John L. Williams
by. She was a member Services are 11 a.m. will be
of First Freewill Baptist Saturday the chapel of held 1 p.m.
Church of Sulligent. West Memorial Funeral Saturday at SOLUNAR TABLE
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Kingdom
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
In addition to her Home in Starkville. Major
Fri.
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Sat.
12:19a
parents she was pre- Burial will follow at Hall of Minor 5:27p 6:35p
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ceded in death by Rest Haven Cemetery Jehovah’s Major
Minor
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her husband, Earnest in Starkville. Visitation Witnesses. Courtesy of Mississippi Department
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Northington; son, is Friday from 4-6 p.m. Mr.

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Farrell Northington; at the funeral home. Williams
and siblings, Una Ms. Rice is survived was born
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Opinion
4A FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020
PETER BIRNEY IMES Editor/Publisher
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SLIMANTICS
It’s time to take a bite out of student misconduct
T
here are currently 19
states that permit the
use of “corporal pun-
ishment” in public schools.
Carl Mickens, a House
Democrat from Brooksville,
hopes to reduce that num-
ber to 18.
Mickens has filed a bill
in the Mississippi Legisla-
ture to end the practice for
the remaining 70 school
districts in the state that
still permit paddling, which
includes the Noxubee and
Lowndes County school districts.
The bill has been sent to the House
Education Committee, where it will
be discussed and possibly amended or saying that, aside from Donald Trump,
killed, depending on whether or not
any PACs, campaign donors or out-of-
state corporations can profit from it.
Who knows? There may be an “Amer-
ican Paddle Manufacturers Associa-
tion” out there with a lobbying budget
that I am not yet aware of.
We probably shouldn’t get too
excited about this right now. There’s a
pretty good chance the bill will never
make it to the House floor for a vote.
So for now, the merits of this bill
will be debated mostly in the court of
public opinion.
On one hand, you have
folks like Mickens who be-
lieve corporal punishment
in schools is an archaic,
arbitrary, ineffective,
counter-productive means
of discipline, one often
administered out of anger
or frustration.
On the other hand, you
have God.
Slim Smith It’s pretty clear that
where God stands on the
subject.
Consider the wisdom found in the
Book of Proverbs, which was written
by King Solomon. Many people are
Solomon was the wisest man ever, so
we would do well to listen to what Solo-
mon had to say on this subject:
“Withhold not correction from the
child; for if thou beatest him with rod,
he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him
with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul
from hell.”
Did you catch that? We are literally
supposed to beat the hell out of our
kids.
People of my generation rarely
challenge the wisdom of corporal
punishment. There weren’t a lot of
rod-sparing households in our day.
Ask around. Baby Boomers — es-
pecially male Baby Boomers — will
regale you with stories of their child-
hood whipping, both at home and in
school. They’ll proudly tell you that
those paddlings/whippings/spankings
helped make them the people they are
today. (Whippings don’t appear to do
much to promote humility, it seems).
Here’s another argument you’ll
hear when this subject comes up: The
prisons are full of people who never
got spankings. You hear this argument
exclusively from people who have nev-
er actually been to prison. It’s a prem-
ise that falls apart once the experts,
i.e., those who have been to prison,
are consulted. In prison, you’ll find
it crowded with people who not only
weren’t spared the rod, but weren’t
spared the two-by-four, axe handle or
just about anything else within arm’s
reach.
Convicts will profess all sorts of
regrets, but a deficit of whippings is
never on their lists.
OK. So maybe the prison population
isn’t the best argument for spanking,
whipping, paddling.
Here’s a thought: Maybe we are
looking at this subject the wrong way.
What if it’s not that we have gone
too far in the use of corporal punish-
ment, but that we haven’t gone far
enough?
Let’s get back to basics.
Again, who are the real experts?
Kids, especially little kids. Have you
ever observed what toddlers do when
conflict with others arise? What form
of “corrective action” do they most
often employ? You know the answer:
They bite. It works every single time.
It’s a game-changer.
So, if we’re going to rely on prim-
itive means of corrective behavior, I
suggest biting as a preferable alterna-
tive to paddling if for no other reason
than you don’t have to look around for
some useful object, unless of course,
your keep your teeth in a glass of
water.
I’m hoping to find a member of the
House Education Committee amend
Mickens’ bill to replace paddling with
biting.
As long as the biting is done out of
love. That’s the most important thing,
of course.
Slim Smith is a columnist and fea-
ture writer for The Dispatch. His email
address is ssmith@cdispatch.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
Tired of litter along highways
It is with tremendous dismay that
as I travel on Highway 82 in and out
of Columbus I see trash everywhere
along the highway. I realize that
during winter there is limited mowing
and mowing over the trash reduces
it in many cases to minute particles
that are difficult for us to see but this
winter it is ridiculous. It is also em-
barrassing when I am driving a friend
who is a visitor to our fair city. What
happened to “Pick it up Mississippi”
and “Keep Mississippi Beautiful”?
Why are people littering our beautiful
state?
Jerry Fortenberry
Columbus

Thoughts on our own camps

Leonard Pitts’ column, “Hell was
a place called Auschwitz,” caused
me to think of our own camps. We
have, and have had, detention camps.
Our citizens of Japanese descent lost
everything with the outbreak of World
War II, and were housed in detention
camps for the duration of the war.
The detention camps currently
housing the would-be immigrants
from the south have been referred to
by some as concentration camps. In
the public mind, concentration camps
are associated with the Nazi death
camps, but according to the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica, concentration camps
are “internment centers for political
prisoners and members of national or
minority groups who are confined for
reasons of state security, exploitation,
or punishment, usually by executive
decree. They are distinct from prisons
interning persons convicted of civil
crimes or prisoner-of-war camps.” By
this definition, the detention camps
could be called concentration camps.
But let us go with the public mind.
Our detention camps are different
from the Nazi concentration camps. In
the Nazi camps, everyone was intend-
ed to die. In the Southwestern deten-
tion camps, we merely do not care
whether they die.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
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WASHINGTON
Mitt Romney: A modern man for all seasons
D
uring his floor ally under attack. The the number of Democratic senators
speech explaining demand was for a criminal who were willing to do their duty
his vote to con- investigation into a polit- when Bill Clinton was tried.)
vict Donald Trump, Mitt ical opponent when there Some of the president’s defenders
Romney was overcome was no evidence that the hotly declare that those who favor im-
by emotion and paused to Bidens had done anything peachment and removal do not “trust
compose himself. The in- illegal, not that Trump, the people.” As a matter of fact, that’s
tense moment came when who favors repealing the right. The founders did not entirely
he spoke of his devotion Foreign Corrupt Practices trust the people. They were critics of
to God, saying: “I am pro- Act, and who was in nego- direct democracy. In Federalist 51,
foundly religious. My faith tiations to build a Trump James Madison wrote: “A dependence
is at the heart of who I Tower Moscow through- on the people is, no doubt, the pri-
am.” Lump in throat. Long Mona Charen out the 2016 campaign, mary control on the government; but
pause. “I take an oath has anything against experience has taught mankind the
before God as enormously corruption in general. The necessity of auxiliary precautions.”
consequential.” The oath, in this case, clear purpose was to invent a corrup- He added: “It is of great importance
was the one all 100 senators swore — tion narrative that Trump could then in a republic not only to guard the
to do impartial justice as jurors in the exploit in the campaign. “Joe Biden is society against the oppression of its
trial of the president. so corrupt. He’s under investigation rulers but to guard one part of the
It made me think of a line from by Ukraine!” society against the injustice of the
Robert Bolt’s play “A Man for All Sea- It was unseemly for Hunter Biden other part. If a majority be united by
sons,” a classic that used to be much to trade on his father’s name for a a common interest, the rights of the
quoted by people who now dance plum spot on the board of Burisma, minority will be insecure.”
as marionettes on Donald Trump’s but it was not illegal. There was noth- The people look to leaders, trust-
strings. It’s a play about conscience, ing for Ukraine to investigate. As for worthy leaders ideally, for guidance.
politics, the pressure to conform to Joe Biden, there was zero evidence Throughout this period, one after an-
the group and the sticking point when that he did anything to protect his other Republican leader has shirked
men of integrity can be pushed so son’s company (on the contrary, his this responsibility.
far and no farther. Like reverence for pressure to fire a corrupt prosecutor In More’s time (under Henry VIII),
Winston Churchill, admiration for arguably put Burisma in jeopardy). adhering to conscience required the
this play used to be nearly universal Nothing that the Bidens did merited ultimate sacrifice. He lost everything
among conservatives. (The 1966 investigation. If their names had not — his office, his liberty and, ultimate-
movie, starring Paul Scofield, is a been Biden, Romney noted, Trump ly, his life — for refusing to violate his
gem.) would never have acted. conscience. In our time, adhering to
Explaining that he could not false- Senator Lamar Alexander, too, conscience carries the risk of Twit-
ly swear an oath, as it was a declara- acknowledged that these are the ter abuse, being shunned by fellow
tion before God, Thomas More says, facts, only to scurry behind the vapid Republicans and possibly losing an
“When a man takes an oath, he’s excuse that this is for the people, not election. That is too much, apparent-
holding his own self in his own hands the Senate, to decide. Romney was ly, for all but one of them to hazard.
like water, and if he opens his fingers unwilling to sidle away from respon- That isn’t just an indictment of
then, he needn’t hope to find himself sibility. If the Founding Fathers had their characters. Another line from
again.” intended that such things would fall Bolt’s play feels relevant. Thomas
Romney, having sworn to do only to the people to decide, they More laments, “I think that when
impartial justice, could not — or more would not have included impeach- statesmen forsake their own private
accurately, would not — evade the ment in the Constitution. No, they conscience for the sake of their public
truth. The president abused his pow- gave the job to senators. Only one duties, they lead their country by a
er by using the weapon of American Republican senator has demonstrated short route to chaos.”
military aid (which he was not legally the backbone to do his duty. (Which, Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at
permitted to withhold) to extort an it should be noted, is one more than the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 5A

Obituaries
Continued from Page 3A

Hugh Shaffer
WEST POINT —
Hugh Allen Shaffer, 78,
died Feb. 5, 2020, at his
residence.
Services will be
at 2 p.m. Saturday, at
Calvert Funeral Home
Chapel of West Point,
with the Rev. Chris Cra-
ven officiating. Burial
will follow at Mr. Mori-
ah Cemetery near Eu-
pora. Visitation is from
5-8 p.m. today, at the
funeral home. Calvert
Funeral Home of West
Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Shaffer was
born Oct. 4, 1941, in
Webster County, to the
late Purvis and Mary
McKee Shaffer. He
was formerly employed
as a truck driver with
Camel 66 and Robinson
Truck Lines and self
Burial will follow at Mt.
Peiler Cemetery #1 of
Starkville. Visitation
is from noon-6 p.m.
today at West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
He is survived by
his parents, Rachael
Norman and Tyrone
Sherman; siblings,
JerKeria Norman,
Courtney Clay, Katie
Clay, Roderquz Norman
and Jamarion Norman.
Thelma Rice
STARKVILLE —
Thelma L. Rice, 89,
died on Jan. 30, 2020.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
West Memorial Funeral
Chapel of Starkville.
Burial will follow at
Rest Haven Cemetery
Lafayette Cheatham is in charge of arrange-
MACON — La- ments.
fayette “Big Man” Mr. Cheatham was
Cheatham, born Sept. 17, 1975, in
44, died Noxubee County, to
Will C. Cheatham and
Jan. 25,
Barbara Cheatham.
2020, at
Mr. Cheatham was
Baptist
preceded in death by
Memorial
his son, JaQuaveus
Hospi-
Turner.
tal-Golden Cheatham
In addition to his
Triangle.
parents, he is survived
Ser-
vices will be at noon by his children, Ari-
Saturday, at Prairie quiesses Bardley Col-
Point Baptist Church lins of Augusta, Geor-
of Macon with Ed- gia, Demorris Roby
ward Allen officiating. and Ariel Bruce Verner
Burial will follow at both of Starkville,
Mount Bethel M.B.C. Sya Turner of Jackson
Cemetery of Macon. and Tyler Anthony of
Visitation is from Columbus; siblings,
noon-5 p.m. today at Towanda Cheatham
Carter’s Funeral Home and Alesia Cheatham
of Macon. Carter’s Fu- both of Macon; and
neral Home of Macon four grandchildren.

employed trucking with
K&R Systems and in
the scrap iron business.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
brothers, Thomas Earl
and Joe Ivy Shaffer; and
stepson Lane Penning-
ton.
He is survived by his
wife, Patricia Penning-
ton Schaffer; children,
Kim Shaffer and Randy
Schaffer; step-children,
Kenny Pennington,
Alan Pennington and
Darryl Pennington;
brother, Robert Schaf-
fer; 16 grandchildren;
and 26 great-grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers will be
Daniel Rosamond,
Chase Pennington,
Justin Poole, Darryl
Pennington and Billy
Duke.
Memorials may be
made to Sanctuary Hos-
pice House, P.O. Box
2177, Tupelo, Mississip-
pi, 38803.
Joshua Norman
STARKVILLE —
Joshua Antonio Nor-
man, 26, died on Jan.
26, 2020, in Sunflower
County.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday, at
Christian Faith M.B.
Gene Guyton
of Starkville. Visitation
is from 4-6 p.m. today
at the funeral home.
Therell Gene Guyton, age 73, died Wednes-
West Memorial Funeral
day, February 05, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hos-
Home of Starkville is
pital, Columbus.
in charge of arrange-
Services will be held Saturday, February 08,
ments.
2020, at 2:30 PM at the 716 2nd Ave North Chap-
She is survived by el of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home, with
her children, Patricia
Rev. Sammy Crawford and Rev. Tommy Gillon of-
Robinson, Violet Burns, ficiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens
Rose Robinson, Beverly
of Columbus. Visitation will be held Saturday
Robinson, Doris Duck- from 12:30 PM until service time at the funeral
worth, James Robinson,
home.
Tommie Rice, Jr. Mr. Guyton was born on Tuesday, October 29,
1946, in Vernon, AL, to the late Willie Braxton
John Jordan Jr. and Lodessa Parker Guyton. He was a member of
STARKVILLE — Fairview Baptist Church and a retired real estate
John Jordan Jr., 58, died agent. Mr. Guyton was a 1966 graduate of Lee
on January 28, 2020. High School, and a master barbequer
Services will be at 2 Survivors include; wife, Sherry Guyton, Co-
p.m. Saturday at Josey lumbus MS; daughter, Ginger Lynn Wallick
Creek M.B. Church of (Josh), Tahoe City, CA; sister, Sandra Avonne
Starkville. Burial will Jakab (Frank), Collierville, TN; brother, Ronnie
follow at Josey Creek Dale Guyton (Carla), Columbus, MS; and one
Cemetery. Visitation is
grandchild, Vivenne Karl.
from 2-6 p.m. today at Pallbearers will be; Mike Shelton, Thomas G.
West Memorial Funeral
Comer, Buddy Easley, Bob Grondin, Gerry Gen-
Home of Starkville. try, and Truman Oswalt.
West Memorial Funeral
Memorials may be made to: Fairview Bap-
Home of Starkville is tist Church, 127 Airline Road, Columbus MS
in charge of arrange-
39702; Golden Triangle Outdoors-Challenger
ments. Ball League, 224 State Line Road, Columbus MS
He is survived by 39702; or Loaves & Fishes, P.O. 441, Columbus
his mother, Lealer Mae MS 39703.
Lindsey Jordan; daugh-
ter, Angela C. Jennings;
and siblings, Verlene
Johnson, Yolanda
Jordan Young, Willie
Sign the online guest book at
Earl Jordan, Timothy www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Jordan, Earl Jordan,
Jimmy Jordan, Kenny 716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Jordan, Tracy Jordan

Alvin “Ray” Hamilton

Church of Starkville. and Dewayne Yeates.

Anne West Alvin Ray Hamilton passed

Trump says U.S.
operation killed
al-Qaida leader
in Yemen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Visitation:
President Donald Trump
said Thursday that the
U.S. at his direction has
conducted a counter-ter-
rorism operation in Yemen
that killed Qassim al-Rimi,
an al-Qaida leader who
claimed responsibility for
last year’s deadly shooting
at Naval Air Station Pen-
sacola, where a Saudi avi-
ation trainee killed three
American sailors.
Al-Rimi is a founder of
al-Qaida in the Arabian
Peninsula. The affiliate
has long been considered
the global network’s most
dangerous branch for its
attempts to carry out at-
tacks on the U.S. main-
land. Trump said the U.S.
and its allies are safer as a
result of his death.
“We will continue to
protect the American
people by tracking down
and eliminating terrorists
who seek to do us harm,”
Trump said.
While Trump con-
firmed reports that al-
Rimi had been killed, he
did not say when the U.S.
operation was conducted
or offer any details about
how it was carried out.
Al-Rimi had said in an
18-minute video that his
group was responsible for
the Dec. 6 shooting at the
base.
Alvin Hamilton
Saturday, Feb. 8 • 10-11 AM
2nd Ave North Location
Services:
Saturday, Feb. 8 • 11 AM
2nd Ave North Chapel
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
Gene Guyton
Visitation:
Saturday, Feb. 8 • 12:30-2:30 PM
2nd Ave North Location
Services:
Saturday, Feb. 8 • 2:30 PM
2nd Ave North Chapel
Burial
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Durell Homan
Visitation:
Sunday, Feb. 9 • 12:30-2 PM
2nd Ave North Location
Services:
Sunday, Feb. 9 • 2 PM
2nd Ave North Chapel
Burial
Greenhill Memorial Gardens
Gretchen Orr
Visitation:
Monday, Feb. 10 • 10-11 AM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Services:
Monday, Feb. 10 • 11 AM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
memorialgunterpeel.com
cdispatch.com
Anne Sue Weeks West, 90,
of Columbus, MS passed away
Wednesday, February 5, 2020,
at Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-GT.
Visitation will be Saturday,
February 8, 2020, from 10:00
-11:00 AM at Wesley United
Methodist Church, Columbus,
MS. A funeral service is to fol-
low at 11:00 AM with Rev. Sarah Windham offi-
ciating. Interment will be in Memorial Gardens
with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. West was born April 5, 1929, in Al-
abama to the late Berdie Rodela Miles and
Shelton Henry Weeks. She was a member of
Wesley United Baptist Methodist Church, Co-
lumbus, MS. Mrs. West was a devoted mother
and supported her husband’s business career.
She enjoyed bowling and golf. In addition to her
parents, Mrs. West is preceded in death by her
husband-William Vincen West; 4 brothers and
4 sisters.
Mrs. West is survived by her daughters,
Lynn (Pat) Spainhour of West Point, MS and
Mary Ann Sheffield of Madison, MS; sons, Bill
(Rita) West and Don (Kathy) West both of Co-
lumbus, MS; grandchildren, Jon Spainhour of
Columbus, MS, Jamiee Spainhour of Colum-
bus, MS, Katie (Wyn) Diggs of Collierville,
TN, Maggie (Daniel) Dunnam of Wilmington,
NC, Meredith (Keith) Hester of Columbus, MS,
Will West of Nashville, TN, and JoAnna West of
Jackson, MS; great-grandchildren, Grant Hes-
ter, Brooke Gowan, West Diggs, Drake Diggs,
and Ryder Diggs; sister-in-law-Elaine West of
Columbus, MS; a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Ronnie West, Steve West,
Rodger James, Clint Weeks, Wyn Diggs and
Keith Hester. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr.
James Woodard, and Staff of Trinity Health-
care.
Memorials may be made out to Wesley Unit-
ed Methodist Church 511 Airline Road Colum-
bus, MS 39702 or Trinity Healthcare Center-
Sunday Fund 230 Airline Road Columbus, MS
39702.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
away on February 5, 2020 in
Nashville, TN.
Born on July 2, 1947 to Lera
Bailey Hamilton and James Ivy
Hamilton in Cumberland, MS.
He was a long-time resident
of Mississippi before moving
to the Nashville, TN area. Ray
graduated from High School in
West Point, MS in 1965. He attended MSU until he
joined the MS National Guard in 1966, earning the
rank of Staff Sergeant. Ray was employed by Bab-
cock & Wilcox in West Point as a boiler maker for
30 years. At B&W he was elected Union Steward
for Boiler Maker Local 903 and served on the cred-
it union board there. He was an enthusiastic MSU
Bulldog fan and was best known at the Columbus
Farmers Market for his heirloom tomatoes.
In Hendersonville TN, Ray served on the board
of trustees at Good Shepherd United Methodist
Church. He was an active member, giving his time
as a volunteer for the food pantry, “Feed the Need,”
and “Room in the Inn”. Ray was actively involved in
his community and neighborhood, serving several
years on the Glen Oaks HOA board.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents and
son, Terrell Hamilton. He is survived by his wife
of 32 years, Carolyn Terrell Hamilton; sons, Wil-
liam Hamilton, James Hamilton, Chris Terrell; and
brother, Wade Hamilton. Ray had 3 grandchildren,
Forest Hilton, Hudson Hamilton, and granddaugh-
ter, Madison Terrell; and 2 great-grandchildren,
Zaiden and Austin.
Services for Ray in MS will be handled by Me-
morial Gunter Peel Funeral Home, 716 2nd Ave N,
Columbus, MS 39701. Funeral services will be at
11:00 am, Saturday, February 8, 2020 with Rev.
Jimmy Criddle officiating. The interment will im-
mediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visita-
tion will be from 10:00 am until the time of the ser-
vice. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will
be held in Hendersonville, TN at Good Shepherd
United Methodist Church at a later date handled
by Austin and Bell Funeral Home of Henderson-
ville, TN.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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Stewart
Continued from Page 1A
finals, and Stewart has
been one of the top five
finalists for the past 13
years and runner-up for
the past four.
His experience and
reputation in the rodeo
announcing business sug-
gests the Rotary Classic
Rodeo is a prestigious
catch for contestants,
Breckenridge said.
“When they see a pro-
fessional rodeo announcer,
that could give them more
insight that the rodeo will
be run in a more profes-
sional manner,” he said.
The rodeo will run
from 7-9 p.m. tonight and
Saturday. Events include
saddle bronc riding, bull
riding, barrel racing,
steer wrestling, bareback
riding, tie-down roping
and a specialty act in
which capuchin monkeys
ride sheepdogs that herd
goats.
Saturday includes pony
rides and a petting zoo
for families with children
from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are available
for purchase for $12 at
the Greater Starkville
Development Partnership,
the Oktibbeha County
Co-Op, the Parker-Mc-
Gill car dealerships in
Starkville and West Point,
Tractor Supply Co. in
Starkville and Columbus
and from any member of
the Starkville Rotary Club.
Tickets cost $15 at the
door.
Children ages 12 and
under will get free ad-
mission Friday, and kids
3 and under will get free
admission Saturday.
The rodeo draws about
350 contestants from
across the country and
about 3,000 attendees per
night, Mississippi Horse
Park director Bricklee
Miller said.
Short supply and high
demand
Rodeo is “America’s
original sport before
baseball” and one of the
country’s most-watched
sports, Stewart said.
He compares himself
to a baseball or football
analyst, and much like a
mainstream sports TV
or radio personality, he
is always on the move.
He arrived in Starkville
Thursday from Rapid City,
South Dakota, and his
next stop is Los Fresnos
in the southernmost tip of
Texas.
He takes the occasional
day off these days, but 10
years ago he took every
opportunity he could find
to work, he said.
“I didn’t care if it was
a tennis-shoe race, a
rodeo, a boxing match, a
sheep-shearing,” Stewart
said. “Anywhere they
needed someone to talk,
I took the work, just to
improve my craft and get
better and step outside my
comfort zone.”
Professional rodeo
announcers are in short
supply and therefore high
demand. Stewart is one of
about 100 PRCA-approved
announcers, and only
about 10 do it full-time
like him. There are a few
members of the tight-knit
community that he said
he looks up to or would
call for advice, and some
he spent years listening to
and admiring.
Phil Gardenhire, who
died in 1999, announced
the National Finals Rodeo
five times and had an
“unbelievable smooth cold
baritone voice,” Stewart
said. Gardenhire is a
member of the ProRodeo
Hall of Fame in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Another Hall of Famer,
Bob Tallman, is one of
Stewart’s role models who
has become a fan of his in
return.
“He is good for our
image of the couple
hundred of us that do this,
and he has grown into
being an equal to anyone
who picks up the micro-
phone,” Tallman said. “His
knowledge, his ability to
be courageous, his ability
to broadcast at a level at
the top of our game is an
asset, and he’s just a good
guy.”
‘You get to stay a while’
Rodeo runs in Stew-
art’s family: his father,
Burl Stewart, owned the in the world with about could be his last year
North American Team 35,000 attendees, and announcing Starkville’s
Roping Association and Stewart has been the rodeo. That will only
used to produce events announcer for 15 years. happen if a bigger rodeo
at the Mississippi Horse “I’ve met people (there) held at this time next year
Park. from all over the world, reaches out to him, he
Stewart usually only different countries, every said.
comes to Starkville once state you could imagine, “That’s not set in stone
a year, but he feels a part every walk of life,” Stew- and I have not been con-
of the community, he said. art said. tacted by anybody (yet),”
The Rotary Club involves His recent elevation Stewart said. “There is a
him in the production of to the national stage of chance, and it’s a natu-
the rodeo, and people in
his industry has sparked ral progression in your
town recognize him and
go out of their way to say
discussion that this year career.”
hello, he said.
It’s one of several
events he reliably an-
nounces every year.
“One of the great
things about our job is
that if you’re there and you
do the job well and you’re
comfortable, you get to
stay a while,” Stewart said.
The most efficient
means of traveling for
Stewart is by airplane
during much of the year,
but every summer he and
his wife, Shelley, pack up a
truck and trailer and take
a tour of the western U.S.
One of Stewart’s summer
gigs is Cheyenne Frontier
Days in Wyoming every
July, the world’s largest
outdoor rodeo and West-
ern celebration, and one
of his favorite events is the
National Championship
Chuckwagon Races in
Clinton, Arkansas at the
end of every summer.
The chuckwagon
championship is the
largest equine gathering

MUW
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ities fields is part of the theme of
this year’s symposium “Stem Cell
Therapies in 2020: Healing, Hope
or Hype?” When introducing Tay-
lor, MUW Dean of Arts, Sciences
and Education Brian Anderson said
MUW has emphasized the intersec-
tion between science and medicine
with arts and humanities with pro-
grams such as its thriving music
therapy study.
During her talk, Taylor said
heart disease is the No. 1 killer of
men, women and children and that
the only cure right now for heart fail-
ure is a heart transplant. Every 10
minutes, a new person joins the or-
gan transplant waiting list and 3,200
people wait on the list every day.
“We only transplant 2,300 hearts
a year,” she said. “People need or-
gans and we don’t have them.”
She said the Texas Heart In-
stitute where she works has been
working for 50 years to build hearts
— first mechanical hearts and later
bioartificial hearts, which is what
Taylor’s research focuses on. Stem
cell research is the key to building a
beating heart, she said.
“I think the cool thing about to-
night and tomorrow is what you’re
going to see is regenerative medi-
cine and stem cells, 3D bioprinting
... all the things you’re going to hear
about tomorrow are really about
people imagining a cure,” she said.
“Imagining that we don’t just have
to treat symptoms, that we can ac-
tually treat and cure a disease. We
don’t know all the answers but ev-
ery single day we overcome another
hurtle in this pathway forward.”
At the end of the presentation,
there was a brief question and an-
swer session during which students
asked Taylor to elaborate on a point
she brought up during her talk —
that female hearts are stiffer than
male hearts, which Taylor theoriz-
es is because women have to have
physically stronger organs to en-
dure pregnancy — and whether she
believes emotion affects the physio-
logical aspects of the heart.
In answer to the latter, Taylor
said emotions have immediate ef-
fects on the heart — fear causes the
release of adrenaline which makes
the heart beat faster, while medita-
tion and relaxation cause it to beat
slower.
“There’s a disease called broken
heart syndrome, or takotsubo dis-
ease, where great significant emo-
tional distress can cause symptoms
that are identical to a heart attack,”
Taylor said. “One of the unique
things about takotsubo is that peo-
ple tend to recover. They don’t tend
to have the long-lasting effects as a
heart attack — not 100 percent true,
but to a large degree.
“There’s no question but that
emotions are tired into our heart,”
she added.
The symposium continued today
with further panels and presenta-
tions on stem cell research, such as
a presentation on stem cells and can-
cer by Dr. Luiz C. Sampaio, also of
the Texas Heart Institute; 3D print-
ing with stem cells with the Univer-
sity of Minnesota Medical School’s
professor Angela Panoskaltsis, who
is director of the university’s 3D bio-
printing facility; and finally a round-
table with all panelists on what the
next 10 years of stem cell research
could bring.
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BULLDOGS DOWN VOLS FOR FIRST TOP-25 WIN OF SEASON
Mississippi State’s Chloe Bibby (55) celebrates taking a charge with her teammates during the first half Jan. 26 against Ole Miss in Starkville.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Despite a limited first-
half scoring output from
senior guard Jordan Dan-
berry and foul trouble
plaguing sophomore cen-
ter Jessika Carter, No. 9
Mississippi State earned
its first top 25 win of the
season with a 72-55 win
over No. 23 Tennessee in
Knoxville on Thursday.
“To be where we are
with this group today is
really a credit to them and
my staff,” MSU coach Vic
Schaefer said postgame.
“They have really done
a tremendous job to be
where we are today. I’m
awfully proud of them.”
While Danberry was
scoreless in the game’s
New Hope pulls away from Caledonia A look at Mississippi State
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA — New
Hope boys basketball
coach Drew McBrayer
tells his team all the time
that basketball is a num-
bers game.
The Trojans rely heav-
ily on the 3-point shot, so
when it’s not falling, Mc-
Brayer just reminds his
team that that won’t last
long.
“When we’re shoot-
ing 35 percent from 3 as
a team, sooner or later,
somebody’s gonna make
a couple,” he said.
That was the case
during Friday’s regu-
lar-season finale at Cale-
donia, when New Hope
couldn’t seem to find its
shooting rhythm. The
Trojans and the Con-
federates went into the
fourth quarter of the ri-
valry contest deadlocked
at 41-all.
It didn’t take long
from there. New Hope
opening 20 minutes and
Carter picked up two fouls
before halftime for the
fourth time in six games,
it was freshman guard
Rickea Jackson and junior
guard Chloe Bibby who
anchored the Bulldogs’
offense in their absence.
Jackson — who gar-
nered Southeastern Con-
ference Freshman of
the Week honors for the
second time this season
a week ago — surpassed
the 12-point mark for
the fifth time in her past
six games, finishing the
night with 14 points and
nine rebounds.
Bibby’s reemergence
in the MSU offense was
a welcome surprise for
coach Vic Schaefer; the
Warracknabeal, Austra-
softball’s opening weekend
got hot, knocking down
six 3s in the final quarter
— including four on con-
secutive offensive pos-
sessions — to pull away
just enough for a 74-68
win.
“It’s fun to watch
when they get hot like
that,” McBrayer said.
It wasn’t quite so fun
for Caledonia coach Gary
Griffin, who watched
from the bench as New
Hope (21-1) pulled ahead
for good.
“Once the momentum
got going, we couldn’t
turn it off,” Griffin said.
“We couldn’t turn the
faucet off once it started
running.”
DJ Hughes hit a 3, RL
Mattix hit two and Jaylen
Smith hit one to provide
12 critical points for the
Trojans when they need-
ed them. After Mattix’s
second make, the senior
shook his head as he
jogged into the back-
court.
“It took too long for
MISSISSIPPI STATE 72, TENNESSEE 55
lia, native had failed to
reach double digits since
a Jan. 9 win over Missou-
ri. Finding space against
Tennessee’s 2-3 zone,
Bibby notched 11 of her
13 points in the first half
and finished 6 of 12 from
the floor.
With Bibby and Jack-
son leading the way,
MSU turned a Tennessee
scoreless stretch lasting
over six minutes into a
17-4 run to take a 38-30
lead into halftime.
Coming out of the
break, Danberry found
her stroke — notching
seven of her 11 points in
the final 3:41 of the third
quarter — as she helped
MSU close the frame on
an 11-3 run.
“We didn’t start the
me to get going,” Mattix
said. “I just needed some-
thing to get me going.”
The shot put New
Hope ahead 60-51, and
Griffin took a timeout.
New Hope was well and
truly recovered from
what Mattix and Smith
both called a “sluggish”
first half.
Griffin said his team
was able to control the
tempo, refusing to play
at the frenetic pace the
Trojans like best, and it
frustrated New Hope.
“We struggled in the
first half and had to get
to where we could get
our energy back, and I
thought we kind of did
that midway through the
third quarter and then
carried it on into the
fourth quarter,” McBray-
er said. “We played with a
lot of energy late, but we
need to be able to start
games that way instead
of trying to finish them.”
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game how we ended it,
which is playing hard on
defense, getting after the
passing lanes and just
being aggressive on de-
fense,” sophomore guard
Myah Taylor said. “I just
feel like if we start off ag-
gressive, this team can go
really far.”
As Carter sat for much
of the first half and the
final 7:47 of the fourth
quarter, junior college
transfer Yemiyah Morris
notched 11 points and six
rebounds in 21 minutes of
action, marking the lon-
gest outing of her MSU
career.
“That gave me a lot
more confidence,” Mor-
ris said. “I just have to
be ready to play the next
time, just be ready.”
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Samantha Ricketts’
first year as the head
coach of the Mississippi
State softball team offi-
cially be-
gins Friday
morning in
Clearwater,
Florida.
At 11
a.m. Fri-
day, the
B u l l d o g s Ricketts
will kick off
their 2020
season by facing Missou-
ri State in the first game
of the NFCA Leadoff
Classic. At 5 p.m. Friday,
they’ll play an exhibition
with Team USA.
On Saturday, Missis-
sippi State will face Lib-
erty at 11:30 a.m. and
Louisville at 2 p.m. The
Bulldogs will close out
the trip by facing North
With Tennessee lead-
ing scorer and rebound-
er Rennia Davis — who’s
averaging 18.1 points and
8.3 rebounds per game
this year — sat out with
the flu, sophomore guard
Rea Burrell led the Volun-
teers with 20 points and
10 rebounds on 8-of-20
shooting.
Following the win,
MSU became the first
team in SEC history to
beat Tennessee in Knox-
ville three straight times.
The Bulldogs have now
defeated the Volunteers
in seven of their last eight
meetings after losing the
first 36 games of the se-
ries.
Mississippi State is
back in action Sunday af-
ternoon for the second of
Carolina State at 11 a.m.
Sunday.
So how does Ricketts’
first weekend in charge
shape up? Let’s take a look
at each of the five games
on the Bulldogs’ slate.
Home teams are listed
last for each contest.
Mississippi State (2019
record: 35-23, 9-15
Southeastern Con-
ference) vs. Missouri
State (30-21, 14-11
Missouri Valley Confer-
ence), 11 a.m. Friday
The Bulldogs start
Mississippi State vs.
their 2020 schedule by Team USA (exhibition),
facing Missouri State of 5 p.m. Friday
the Missouri Valley Con-
ference. The Bears fin-
ished with a winning re-
cord in conference play in
2019 but lost in the second
round of the MVC tourna-
ment to Indiana State.
In the circle, Missouri
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what will be three straight
games against ranked
opponents, welcoming
No. 15 Texas A&M to
Starkville.
“If you go in there and
fight and compete, you
can play with anyone in
the country,” Schaefer
said. “I think that’s what
we’ve done at Mississip-
pi State with everybody
we’ve learned to play
against, whether that’s
Tennessee or Georgia
or Connecticut, anybody
else. We’ve learned that
if we go in there and play
our way and we’re tough
and aggressive and phys-
ical, we’ve got a chance
every night.”
State is likely to start ju-
nior Steffany Dickerson,
who went 20-11 with a
2.37 ERA in 2019 and hit
.285 with four home runs.
Dickerson was named
first-team all-Missouri
Valley for her efforts.
Third baseman Kyana
Mason earned the same
honor, but she played her
senior season in 2019 and
will not return for 2020.
Mason hit .388 and start-
ed all 51 games, so her
graduation is a boon for
the Bulldogs.
Facing off with the U.S.
Women’s National Team
should be fun for Missis-
sippi State fans, though
the Bulldogs are probably
fortunate the game won’t
count in the standings.
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Men’s College Basketball
Southern Miss drops road game at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (AP) — Iran Bennett tallied
Bulldogs picked Continued from Page 1B
Even so, the Trojans at Northeast Mississippi

second in SEC West;

18 points and 12 rebounds and Marshall did not allow a
completed a 21-1 regu- Community College next
point over the final six minutes as the Thundering Herd lar season and beat the season.
defeated Southern Miss 72-58 on Thursday night. ’Feds in both matchups “They’re gonna com-
Southern Miss led by as many as seven points this season. Caledonia pete their tails off when
in the second half and trailed 61-58 after Leonard
Harper-Baker made a layup with 6 minutes, 13 seconds
remaining. It was the last bucket for the Golden Eagles.
Leonard Harper-Baker had 18 points, 14 rebounds
four named all-SEC won both games last year
as New Hope finished
around .500.
they’re out on the floor,
but when it’s all said
and done, when it’s over
and five assists for the Golden Eagles (7-17, 3-8). New “It felt good competing with, these guys are still
Hope product Tyler Stevenson had 10 points.
BY BEN PORTNOY the SEC West behind Sophomore starter
Southern Miss plays at Western Kentucky on
bportnoy@cdispatch.com Arkansas. and projected ace J.T. against New Hope, but friends,” McBrayer said.
Saturday. Also of note, four Ginn was a notable I just hate that we lost,” Caledonia will face
STARKVILLE — MSU players were se- snub. Ginn was named Caledonia senior Jarvis South Pontotoc in its dis-
EMCC earns road win at Coahoma Baseball season is just lected to the presea- the National Fresh- Leigh said. trict tournament opener
The East Mississippi Community College men a week away. son All-SEC teams. Ju- man of the Year by Despite the rivalry at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at
pulled out a 56-47 road win over Coahoma Community With Mississippi nior second baseman Perfect Game and the aspect, there’s plenty Itawamba Community
College on Thursday in Clarksdale. State’s season open-
Arecko Gipson Jr. had 13 points and seven re- Justin Foscue was the SEC Freshman of the of familiarity between College in Fulton.
bounds, Danny Washington had 10 points, and Jakorie ing series against program’s lone first Year. the two schools. Right New Hope opens
Smith had eight points and 13 rebounds. Wright State begin- team selection, while The Bulldogs enter after the buzzer, Mattix its district tournament
The Lions (15-5, 8-1 MACJC North division) will ning Feb. 14, the 2020 classmates shortstop 2020 coming off their walked to midcourt to against West Point on
host Northwest Mississippi Community College on SEC preseason coach-
Monday.
Jordan Westburg and second straight trip greet Caledonia senior Tuesday in Grenada.
es poll was released outfielders Tanner Al- to the College World Vonta Martin. The Trojan For coverage of Thurs-
Thursday afternoon. len, Josh Hatcher and Series and are a con- senior will also team up day’s girls game between
Women’s College Basketball The Bulldogs were se- Rowdey Jordan were sensus top-10 team with Caledonia forward New Hope and Caledonia,
MUW wins road game at Judson College lected to finish fourth named to the second nationally in the six Cooper McCleskey, who please see cdispatch.com/
The Mississippi University for Women beat Judson
College (Alabama) 70-54 in Friday’s game in Marion, overall and second in team. major preseason polls. had 31 points Thursday, sports
Alabama.
My’Neka Frazier had 27 points and 14 rebounds to
lead the Owls (6-15). Rachael McGrew had 13 points,
and Autumn Taylor had 12.
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
The Owls will play at Tougaloo College on Feb. 13.

Southern Miss falls at home to Marshall

The Southern Miss women’s team lost Thursday’s
home game against Marshall 80-65 in Hattiesburg.
CCA wins district tournament
Alarie Mayze had 19 points for the Eagles, and
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Respect Leaphart had 16.
Southern Miss (11-10, 3-7 Conference USA) hosts
Western Kentucky at 4 p.m. Saturday. Both the Colum-
bus Christian Acad-
EMCC routs Coahoma in Clarksdale emy boys and girls
The EMCC women’s team continued a strong run basketball teams
of play by beating Coahoma 67-50 on Thursday. were crowned district
For the Lions (18-2, 9-0), Tye Metcalf scored 15
champions Thursday
points, Aamiya Rush had 13 points and eight rebounds,
and Ja’Mia Hollings had 11 points, six rebounds and night in De Kalb.
five assists. The Rams boys beat
district tournament
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Heritage Academy
boys 83, Leake 14 points in a 41-27
win. Caroline Wood
Academy 36 scored seven, Meri
MERIDIAN — Laci Archer and Abby
The Heritage Acade- O’Neal each scored
my boys team routed six, and Fallon Parker
Leake Academy 83-36 had five.
in Thursday’s district
Heritage Academy
tournament game at will face host Lamar
Lamar School in Me- School at 3 p.m. Satur-
ridian. day.
Reid Huskison and
Hank Greene each
scored 11 points to
Noxubee Co. girls
pace the Patriots. 52, West Point 33
Heritage Academy WEST POINT —
The Noxubee County
will play Starkville
Academy at 6:45 p.m. girls beat West Point
52-33 on Thursday in
Saturday.
West Point.
Na’Kailya Mason
Starkville Academy led the Tigers with 15
girls 41, Heritage points. Aadijah Wil-
Academy 27 liams scored 11, and
MERIDIAN — The Jakeia Walker had
eight.
Starkville Academy
girls got the best of
rival Heritage Acade- Other scores
my in Tuesday’s game Noxubee County
in the district tourna- boys 70, West Point 34
ment in Meridian. Starkville Academy
Lillee Alpe led the boys 51, Lamar School
way for the Vols with 42

Softball
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But for Ricketts, it may Both teams finished Melton, who led the team The Wolfpack strug-
be a family affair: Her sis- with the exact same over- with a .338 batting aver- gled to a 9-15 mark in the
ter, former Oklahoma star all record, after all, despite age. ACC last season, falling
Keilana Ricketts, is on middling performances in Leading starter Dan- to North Carolina in the
Team USA’s roster. conference play. And both ielle Watson is also gone, semifinals of the confer-
So are 17 other former teams were eliminated in but senior outfielder ence tournament.
college stars, which will NCAA regional competi- Celene Funke, who had But NC State does re-
likely make a Bulldogs tion -- the Cardinals lost the second-highest bat- turn its two top hitters:
victory a tough task. twice to Northwestern ting average on the team junior Sam Russ and se-
Still, with the hitting after beating Evansville (.324), will return. nior Brigette Nordberg.
prowess of junior catcher and besting the Wildcats Russ hit .326 with a .957
Mia Davidson and senior
utility player Fa Leilua,
once. North Carolina State OPS in 2019, and Nord-
But while Davidson berg hit .291 with an OPS
Mississippi State will al- and Leilua return for the
(31-27, 9-15 ACC) vs. of 1.048.
ways have a shot. Bulldogs, Louisville lost Mississippi State, 11 Senior Devin Wallace
It just may be a longer two of its top three hitters. a.m. Sunday and sophomore Sydney
shot come Friday evening. Megan Hensley, who Every NCA A team Nester, who started 54
led the Cardinals with an Mississippi State will of 58 games in the circle
Liberty (40-22, 16-5 At- on-base plus slugging per- play this weekend fin- for the Wolfpack, also
lantic Sun Conference) centage of 1.071 and also ished above .500 on the return. Wallace had an
made the second-most season, but of them, ER A of 3.47 in 34 starts,
vs. Mississippi State, starts in the circle, grad- North Carolina State was and Nester pitched to a
11:30 a.m. Saturday uated, and so did Sidney the closest to that mark. 3.37 mark in 20 starts.
To kick off Saturday,
Mississippi State takes
on a successful program
from one of the smaller
conferences in Division I.
Liberty went 16-5 in
Atlantic Sun play in 2019
and made it to the cham-
pionship round of the Na-
tional Invitational Softball
Championship, where the
Flames lost to UT Arling-
ton and Iowa State.
Twin infielders Amber
and Autumn Bishop, who
led the team in batting
average in 2019 (Amber
hit .355; Autumn .352) are
back for their senior sea-
sons for Liberty.
But ace pitcher Julia
DiMartino, who had a
1.20 ERA in 28 starts in
2019, graduated; so did
Chase Cassady, who had
a 1.50 ERA and a 15-4 re-
cord in 22 starts.
For the Flames, pitch-
ing could be a weakness
that the Bulldogs’ hitters
will gladly attack.

Mississippi State vs.

Louisville (35-23, 12-12
ACC), 2 p.m. Saturday
On the surface, Louis-
ville’s 2019 season looks
a lot like Mississippi
State’s.

Analysis: MSU’s quarterback room is now overcrowded
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Mike
Leach’s quarterback room
is reaching maximum ca-
pacity.
With Stanford graduate
transfer KJ Costello’s com-
mitment becoming official
Wednesday morning, Mis-
sissippi State now boasts
five scholarship quarter-
backs on its roster heading
into the spring.
Speaking with the media
during his National Sign-
ing Day press conference,
Leach addressed the quar-
terback room directly.
“I think it’s beneficial re-
ally for everybody,” Leach
said of adding Costello.
“The thing that in those
quarterback rooms, the
quarterbacks will learn
something one from the
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other. Then they’ll pick up
the strong parts that one
guy has, so I think that’s
beneficial, and I think it’ll
be a very competitive posi-
tion.”
While it’s wholly unset-
tled who will start MSU’s
season opener against New
Mexico on Nov. 5, it’s fair to
assume Costello is the lead-
er in the clubhouse.
Though the Santa Mar-
garita, California, native
ran a more pro-style attack
during his four years at
Stanford, his 6,151 yards, 49
touchdowns and 62.5 per-
cent completion percentage
in 28 career games offer sta-
tistical backing the rest of
the Bulldogs’ quarterback
room lacks.
Sophomore Garrett
Shrader looked the part of a
sparkplug in previous coach
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Joe Moorhead’s offense as
he totaled 1,170 yards and
eight touchdowns passing
and another 587 yards and
six touchdowns rushing
while splitting carries with
former Penn State quarter-
back Tommy Stevens.
That said, his 58 percent
completion percentage and
five interceptions on just 153
attempts offer a look at his
inconsistency throwing the
football. Too often through-
out the 2019 season, Shrader
raced through his first read
before taking off as a runner.
If not, he forced the issue
and was erratic as a passer
— something that far from
lends itself to an offensive
system that saw its quarter-
backs toss a combined 710
passes a year ago.
Junior Keytaon Thomp-
son — who redshirted last
season due to the import of
Stevens and the emergence
of Shrader — has been even
less prolific throwing the
ball — completing just 48
percent of his 105 career at-
tempts.
Sophomore Jalen
Mayden remains a mystery
given attempted just two
collegiate passes. Early
enrollee Will Rogers out of
Brandon is also a relative
unknown — though Leach
and his staff recruited him
heavily when at Washington
State.
“I think it’ll be a very
competitive position, and by
spring, I hope they all can
throw strikes,” Leach said.
“If they can, we’re going to
sort out the best one from
there.”
While Costello’s compe-
tition doesn’t exactly profile
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granddaughter has
lived for the past
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A LOSS FOR WORDS
DEAR AT A LOSS: The
lessons we teach others don’t
always have to be verbal. One
way would be to expose your
granddaughter — as often as
possible — to people who have
chosen a different way of life
and are reaping the rewards for
it. Perhaps then she will begin
to draw her own conclusions
and realize that she can have
a different life if she’s willing to
work toward it.
DEAR ABBY: My ex-fiance
decided to leave our relation-
ship and our 10-month-old son,
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.
7). The glint in your eye is an
adventurous spark. There’s so
much more out there for you
that you would never see were
you to pour yourself into trying
to achieve perfection of the
mundane. That’s why you’re
willing to get daring and messy,
which will, in turn, make this
one of your most vibrant years
to date. Gemini and Virgo adore
you. Your lucky numbers are:
40, 2, 33, 48 and 9.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The poet Billy Collins insists
“you are the bread and the
knife” and seems certain “you
are not the boots in the corner.”
You’ve a sure sense of yourself
today and will know immediately
whether or not you concur.
well, there is some concern
whether the Stanford im-
port can return to his 2018
form. Following a standout
junior season in which he
completed 269 of 413 passes
for 3,540 yards — the sec-
ond best mark in the PAC-
12 — and 29 touchdowns,
Costello failed to surpass
the 200-yard mark in any of
Stanford’s first three games
against Northwestern, Cen-
tral Florida and Oregon
before injuries derailed his
campaign.
Leach has done wonders
with transfer quarterbacks
in the past — most recently
Gardner Minshew II (East
Carolina) and Anthony Gor-
don (City College of San
Francisco), both of whom
led the nation in passing
the past two seasons — but
Costello’s regression is no-
“Nicky,” about a
month ago. He
sees Nicky regu-
larly and is a good
father. I know our
relationship is
over and that it’s
not going to be
fixed. To be hon-
est, when he left,
I was relieved.
The other day,
I suggested to
my ex that maybe
once a month we
take our son out
together to do
something, like
go to the park or
the zoo. My reasoning is that
Nicky needs to know that even
though his mom and dad are
no longer together, we can still
get along. His response was he
didn’t think it was a good idea.
He doesn’t want our son to get
the wrong impression. I just said
“OK” and left it alone.
Is he right? Would it confuse
our son, or is he being selfish?
It seems unrealistic to me that
we will never do anything togeth-
er. My son is my No. 1 priority,
and I just want to handle it the
best that I can for him. Please
help me. — CONFUSED IN SAN-
TA MARIA, CALIF.
DEAR CONFUSED: Your
ex may have said what he did
because he doesn’t understand
that you have accepted that the
romance is really over. Don’t
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Unnecessary drama does
nothing to help the situation
at hand, but there are those
you know who currently don’t
know any other way to get the
attention they need. Two ways
to deal: be patient or be gone.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Feeling like you have something
to contribute, you may do so
without a thought as to how
it might enhance or upset the
delicate balance of the thing.
Good. Your input is just what’s
needed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Whether it is friends introducing
friends or colleagues setting up
client appointments, meetings
pulled together will be lucky for
you. Doors will open where you
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 3B
table.
Present quarterback
controversy aside, any attri-
tion the room endures likely
won’t come until the sum-
mer or fall camp. Leach said
Wednesday he will not have
a starter tabbed by the end
of spring practices and that
he’d like to limit his choices
down to two players before
naming a starter.
“There is no way to rep
five quarterbacks and this
isn’t P.E.,” Leach said. “So
we’re going to have to make
some choices. They’ll be
tough choices because
these are people that want to
do good things and some of
them will be great quarter-
backs down the road if they
develop, but in the end, we’re
going to have to be pretty
disciplined in settling on
two guys.”
accuse him of being selfish.
Be patient. In the future, Nicky
will understand that, although
Mom and Dad are not together,
they get along, if you truly DO
get along. As Nicky grows older,
there will be events such as
birthdays, sporting events, grad-
uations, etc., you will probably
wind up enjoying together — or
eventually with significant others
or spouses included.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 13-year-
old dancer, and I recently had
a recital. The mothers came
backstage to help their children
change in the dressing rooms.
A girl my age who has two
lesbian mothers was near me
while I changed. It made me feel
self-conscious. I’m normally not
like this, but it felt awkward, to
say the least. I’m not against
same-sex couples, but it felt
weird. Am I overreacting? —
MIDWEST DANCER
DEAR MIDWEST DANCER:
I think so. Those two mothers
were more interested in what
was going on with their daughter
than with you. If you plan to
become a professional dancer
— or part of any branch of the
performing arts — you will be
changing costumes under all
kinds of conditions. This means
you will be around straight
males and females, gay people
of both genders and, occasion-
ally, trans people. It’s a fact of
life because separate dressing
rooms may not be available.
didn’t even know doors existed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You like people who are direct,
honest, funny and unconcerned
whether you like them or not.
When this sort drifts into your
world, don’t let them go without
a follow-up plan. Keepers,
these!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Nietzsche suggested that
without music, life would be
a mistake. Certainly, the right
tune will enhance what you’ve
got going on today, though the
wrong one will help you appreci-
ate the value of silence.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
If a compliment is like honey to
the fly, criticism is like vinegar
to most creatures, except hu-
mans, who put vinegar on things
like salads. If taken the right
way, criticism and vinegar will
enhance what’s already healthy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). When given enough time,
enough time will be taken.
That doesn’t make results any
better or worse. Time just won’t
be a significant contributing
factor to the quality of the day’s
products, so you may as well
go fast.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It won’t be obvious what’s
expected of you. Things like the
rules and culture of the group or
the needs of the customer have
yet to be established. Go in with
full awareness and observe to
the best of your ability.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Fitting in doesn’t mean los-
ing yourself or changing yourself
in any way. It’s more a matter of
finding commonalities and ways
of serving the situation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’ll take a few minutes
to learn something about the
people around you, preferably
something that has zilch to do
with the transaction at hand.
This is the human touch, which
is so badly needed in the robot-
ic world.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The business literature
tells you to be systematic and
logical in your problem-solving
approach, though this may
discount the intelligence in you
that doesn’t speak the language
of logic. Your etheric sense can
be trusted.
Reduce the odds
SOLUTION:
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Black History Program
New Bell Zion United Methodist
Church, 3743 Highway 25 South,
invites the public to attend its Black
History Program at 6 p.m. Feb. 8.
The guest speaker will be State
Representative Cheikh Taylor. For
more information, call Lena Smith,
662-617-3892.
Anniversary Celebration
Mt. Zion M.B. Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts its 12th Anniversary
Celebration for Pastor Jesse J. Slater
and First Lady Olivia Slater at 10 a.m.
Feb. 9, with guest speaker Minister
Tavaris Williams, and at 3 p.m. with
guest speaker Pastor Tommy Cox of
Cluster M.B. Church.
Deacon Ordination
Mt. Olive M.B. Church, 2020 At-
kins Road in Millport, Alabama, hosts
its Deacon Ordination Service, for
doctoral degree in divinity. For more
information, call Dr. Michael T. Boyd,
662-425-8443.
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets from 6-7
p.m. every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of
each month in the downtown YMCA
Board Room. Inquire and seek
information to succeed spiritually,
physically and financially and be ea-
ger to be a blessing to the communi-
ty, churches and families through the
Word of God. The public is invited to
attend. For more information, call Pat
Fisher Douglas, 662-251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner, Youth
Service
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center,
923 Ridge Road, Columbus, hosts a
fellowship dinner and youth service
every 3rd Sunday.
RELIGIOUS BRIEFS
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief and
Mourning offers a grief support
group at 6 p.m. every 2nd Thursday
of the month at United Christian
Baptist Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving journey
easier.” For more information, call
662-327-0604 or e-mail unitedchris-
tian@cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church, 2201 Mili-
tary Road, and Meadowview Church,
300 Linden Circle in Starkville, host
Celebrate Recovery at 6 p.m. every
Sunday at The Assembly Church
(next to Lowe’s) and at 6 p.m. every
Tuesday at Meadowview Church.
Get help, healing and support for
any habit, hurt or hang-up using the
Christ-centered 12 steps.
Divorce Recovery
mation, call Meadowood Baptist
Church, 662-256-5616, or email
meadowoodamory@gmail.com.
Prayer for Youth
Every 2nd and 3rd Saturday,
Pleasant Ridge Faith Center hosts a
prayer for the youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church, 2221 14th Ave. N., hosts
free coffee and a prayer community
outreach service from 8-9 a.m.
every 5th Saturday. For information,
contact Jesse Slater, 662-328-
4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins invites
the public to tune in to WTWG, radio
1050 AM for Perfecting the Saints
Broadcast, Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting Out-
reach Ministry invites the public to
call in with their prayer requests at
662-327-9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106
22nd. St. S., Columbus, holds prayer
service Thursday nights 5-6 p.m. Con-
tact Marie Nabors, 662-549-4322.
Church service times: Sunday school
10 a.m.; Sunday worship 11:15 a.m.;
Tuesday Bible study 7 p.m. For infor-
mation, call Pastor District Elder Lou
Nabors, 662-329-1234.
Fitness Transformations
The Transformational Church,
2301 Jess Lyons Road, hosts boxing
lessons Mondays and Wednesday
from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss boot camp
Tuesdays and Thursdays 5-7 p.m.

Bro. Roderick Smith, at 5 p.m. Feb. 9.
The public is invited attend.
School of Ministry
Enrollment
Mississippi State School of
Ministry is now taking applications
for enrollment. Earn a certification,
associates, bachelor, master or
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102
12th Ave. S., invites the public to join
its Community Gospel Book Club from
6-7 p.m., on the fourth Friday of each
month, to study and share views of
the Holy Bible. Open to all ages and
ethnicities. For more information, call
Barbara Mattison or Lillian Murray,
662-570-5595.
The DivorceCare Recovery sup-
port group meets from 4:30-6 p.m.
each Sunday beginning Jan. 12-April
5 at Meadowood Baptist Church,
1512 Hatley Road in Amory. Child
care provided through 5th grade.
Standalone seminar sessions topics
are “Facing My Anger”, “Facing My
Loneliness”, “New Relationships”,
and “Forgiveness”. For more infor-
Women Prayer, Worship
Service
Church of the Eternal Word, 106
22nd St. S., holds a prayer and
worship service every Thursday from
5-6 p.m. Call Marie Nabors, 662-
549-4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
and both on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational Church,
2301 Jess Lyons Road, hosts Youth
Fellowship from 7-8:30 p.m. every
Tuesday. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation avail-
able. For information, call Iris Rober-
son, 662-295-7456.

States use Catholic clergy abuse

lists to screen applicants
More than 170 dioceses and religious
orders have publicly released lists
of clergy members they found to be
credibly accused of abuses ranging
from rape to child pornography
BY CLAUDIA LAUER
AND MEGHAN HOYER
The Associated Press
In the wake of revela-
tions that scores of Ro-
man Catholic priests and
religious workers credi-
bly accused of child sex-
ual abuse are living unsu-
pervised in communities
across the country, state
officials face a quandary:
Should they screen for-
mer clergy members who
seek licenses for jobs that
put them in contact with
children? And, if so, how?
An Associated Press
investigation last fall
found nearly 200 accused
clergy members had been
granted teaching, mental
health or social work li-
censes, with roughly six
dozen still holding valid
licenses to work in those
fields in 2019.
Since then, at least 20
states have started using
church-released lists of
priests and employees
who faced credible allega-
tions to screen applicants
or check for current state
teaching, foster care and
therapy licenses — and,
in some cases, have re-
voked credentials.
As part of the church’s
attempt to be more trans-
parent about its ongoing
sexual abuse crisis, more
than 170 dioceses and re-
ligious orders have pub-
licly released lists of cler-
gy members they found
to be credibly accused of
abuses ranging from rape
to child pornography.
Over 5,300 priests,
clergy members and a
handful of lay employ-
ees — more than 2,000
of them still living — are
on the lists. But because
most were never convict-
ed of a crime, the allega-
tions of child abuse nev-
er appeared in licensing
background checks, the
AP’s investigation re-
vealed.
Church and law en-
forcement officials have
said there is little they can
do to monitor or restrict
the nearly 1,700 mostly
former clergy members
the AP found living with-
out supervision because
many voluntarily left the
church or were laicized,
which means they are
permanently restricted
from the priesthood and
return to private citizen-
ship.
For close to two de-
cades, the group Survi-
vors Network of those
Abused by Priests has
been advocating for
church officials to report
allegations to law enforce-
ment, child protection
and other state agencies,
but it says state agencies
haven’t figured out their
role in responding to the
clergy abuse scandal.
“These agencies need
to refocus their priori-
ties,” said David Clohessy,
the former executive di-
rector of SNAP, who now
leads the group’s St. Louis
chapter. “They’re here to
protect the public from
predators, not to make
getting a license to be a
shrink or doctor easier.”
AP reporters called
agencies in all 50 states,
determining that dozens
have started discussions,
checked their lists of li-
censes for named clergy
or begun using the dioce-
san lists released in their
areas to flag applications.
The license reviews
and background check
changes have come
across all areas of state
licensing — from foster
care to education boards
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Palestinians deny US charges

of incitement, blame Trump plan
BY JOSEPH KRAUSS
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — The
Palestinians on Friday re-
jected U.S. allegations of
incitement after a day of
clashes and attacks left
three Palestinians dead
and more than a dozen Is-
raelis wounded.
They instead linked
the violence to President
Donald Trump’s Mideast
initiative, which heavily fa-
vors Israel on all the most
contentious issues of the
conflict and would allow it
to annex large parts of the
occupied West Bank.
“Those who introduce
plans for annexation and
apartheid and the legaliza-
tion of occupation and set-
tlements are the ones who
bear full responsibility for
deepening the cycle of vi-
olence and extremism,”
senior Palestinian official
Saeb Erekat said in a state-
ment.
He was responding to
remarks delivered the day
before by Jared Kushner,
Trump’s son-in-law and
the architect of the Mid-
east blueprint, who had
blamed Palestinian Presi-
dent Mahmoud Abbas for
the latest violence.
“Don’t call for days of
rage and encourage (your)
people to pursue violence
if they’re not getting what
they want,” Kushner said
on Thursday. after brief-
ing the U.N. Security
Council on the plan.
He said Abbas “was
surprised with how good
the plan was for the Pal-
estinian people, but he
locked himself into a posi-
tion” by rejecting it before
it came out.
Erakat said Abbas will
soon bring his own plan to
the Security Council, one
that he said is rooted in in-
ternational law and based
on a two-state solution
along the 1967 lines.
The Palestinians want
an independent state in
the West Bank, east Jeru-
salem and the Gaza Strip,
territories seized by Israel
in the 1967 war. They view
Israel’s settlements in the
West Bank and east Jeru-
salem — which are home
to some 700,000 people
— as a major obstacle to
peace. Most of the inter-
national community views
the settlements as illegal.
The Trump plan would
allow Israel to annex all its
settlements as well as the
strategic Jordan Valley.
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WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- Robert Clark - H70
personal property to satisfy the fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- Auctions will begin at 8:30
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- A.M. on the 6th day of March,
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 903
Alabama St. Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 6th day of March,
A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in drawn from the sale at any
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- be sold is believed to be good, OR
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with- CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to Annotated Section 85-7-121 et been granted and issued to
be sold is believed to be good, seq (Supp 1988).
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
Tyterena Moten - E51
Doran Johnson - E357, E358
Carl Gardner - E237
Jennifer Overpeck - E226
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- lowed under Mississippi Code
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the seq (Supp 1988).
personal property to satisfy
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- Wendy Blunt - H60, H104
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
A.D. 2020 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
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By: C.H.L.
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
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be sold is believed to be good,
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF MARYA EZELLE, DE-
CEASED
to MARY HUGHES LOVE, EXECUT- IN RE: MATTER OF THE LAST
NO. 2020-0004-PDE
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Letters Testamentary have
Mary Hughes Love, Executor of
the Estate of Marya Ezelle, de- THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
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ary, 2020. This is to give no-
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claims against the estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the above, is unknown to the Peti-
date of first publication of this
Notice. A failure to so Probate
and Register the claim will
forever bar the same.
THIS the 22nd day of January,
2020.
WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS by the Executrix, alleging it is in the following sequence: 903 be found therein after diligent
SUMMONS IS IMPORTANT AND the best interest of the estate Alabama Street, Columbus, inquiry, and whose post office
YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE to sell such real estate on the MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- address, except as set forth
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR terms and conditions set forth bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 above, is unknown to the Peti-
RIGHTS. in the Petition, and seeking a South, Columbus, MS. All auc- tioners after diligent inquiry.
judgment for approval of same tions are with reserve and
You are required to mail or therefore all units can be with- You have been made a Re-
hand-deliver a copy of a writ- You are summoned to be and drawn from the sale at any spondent to the Petition for
Partial Removal of Disability of
to Gary Street Goodwin, attor- desire to do so, against the Pe- ager. Minority filed in this Court by
ney for the Plaintiff, whose tition at 9:00 o’clock A.M. on the minor and next friend, al-
post office address is Post Of- the 10th day of February, 2020 Title to the personal property to leging it is in the best interest
524, Columbus, Mis- in the Courtroom of the Oktib- be sold is believed to be good, of the minor to have her disab-
sissippi 39703-0524, and beha County Courthouse in but at such sale, FRIENDLY ility of minority removed par-
whose street address is The Starkville, Mississippi, and in CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will tially so as to sell such undi-
Plaza Building, 501 7th Street case of your failure to appear convey only such title as is ves- vided interest she owns in
and defend, a judgment may be ted in it pursuant to its lease such real estate on the terms
Mississippi 39701. Your re- entered for the relief reques- with the following and its al- and conditions set forth in the
sponse must be mailed or de- ted in the Petition. lowed under Mississippi Code Petition, and seeking a judg-
livered within thirty (30) days Annotated Section 85-7-121 et ment for such removal of disab-
from the date of delivery of this You are not required to file an seq (Supp 1988). ility as may be ordered by the
Summons and Complaint, or a answer or any other pleading court..
judgment by default will be with the court, but you may do Matthew Belleville - N158
entered against you for the so if you desire. You are summoned to be and
money or other things deman- Ebony M. Davis - N81 appear and defend, should you
ded in the Complaint. Issued under my hand and the desire to do so, against the Pe-
seal of said Court, this the Thomas A. Irvin - N115 tition at 9:00 o’clock A.M. on
You must also file the original 24th day of January, 2020. the 10th day of February, 2020
or your response with the clerk William Thomas III - N223 in the Courtroom of the Oktib-
of this Court within a reason- CINDY GOODE, LOWNDES beha County Courthouse in
able time afterward. COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK Hank Johnson - N132 Starkville, Mississippi, and in
P.O. BOX 684, COLUMBUS, MS case of your failure to appear
Issued under my hand and the 39703 John Spencer - N150 and defend, a judgment may be
seal of said Court, this the entered for the relief reques-
24th day of January, 2020. (SEAL) Patricia Webber - N216 ted in the Petition.
BY: s/ TINA FISHER D.C.
CINDY GOODE, LOWNDES Dorothy Bluitt - N125 You are not required to file an
COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK Publication dates: January 31 answer or any other pleading
P.O. BOX 684, COLUMBUS, MS and February 7, 2020 Onterrio Lowery - N34 with the court, but you may do
39703 so if you desire.
( S E A L ) STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
BY: s/ TINA FISHER D.C. COUNTY OF LOWNDES this the 4th day of February, Issued under my hand and the
A.D. 2020. seal of said Court, this the
Publication dates: January 31, NOTICE OF SALE 22nd day of January, 2020.
February 7 and 14, 2020 FRIENDLY CITY
WHEREAS, the following ten- MINI-WAREHOUSES CINDY GOODE, LOWNDES
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF ants entered into leases with By: C.H.L. COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- P.O. BOX 684, COLUMBUS, MS
SIPPI HOUSES for storage space in Publish: 2/7, 2/14, & 39703
which to store personal prop- 2/21/2020 (SEAL)
erty and BY: s/ TINA FISHER D.C.
WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WIL- IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
BERT THOMAS, SR., DE- WHEREAS, default has been LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Publication dates: January 31
CEASED, VERONICA THOMAS made in the payment of rent SIPPI and February 7, 2020
HAIRSTON, EXECUTRIX and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said IN RE: EBONY SHAKIRA
CAUSE NO. 2019-0066 Leases is authorized to sell the THOMAS, A MINOR
personal property to satisfy the
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION past due and any other EBONY SHAKIRA THOMAS AND
charges owed to it by the fol- JENNIFER MCDAVID, NEXT
lowing tenants. FRIEND PETITIONERS It’s a classified
TO: SYLVIA THOMAS ROSS,
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
V.
rule-of-thumb:
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of- HAZEL G. THOMAS RESPOND-
Mobile, Al 36607 who is an
adult non-resident of the State fer for sale, and will sell at auc- ENT We tell readers
of Mississippi, or not to be tion to the highest bidder for
found therein after diligent in-
quiry, and whose post office
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
CAUSE NO. 2020-0035 what they need
address, except as set forth
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
to know to buy
tioners after diligent inquiry. Shoney Drive Columbus, MS, THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
at 8:30 am on the 6th day of what they need.
You have been made a Re- March, A.D. 2020 and will con- TO: HAZEL G. THOMAS, who is
spondent to the Petition to Sell tinue to all FRIENDLY CITY an adult non-resident of the
Real Estate filed in this Court MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in State of Mississippi, or not to
by the Executrix, alleging it is in the following sequence: 903 be found therein after diligent
the best interest of the estate Alabama Street, Columbus, inquiry, and whose post office

Deona Glass - E472
Jonathan Morris - E266
Lance Lejeune - E225
Troy Anderson - E99, E336
Jeanette Lloyd - E66
Patricia Wilson - E360
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to sell such real estate on the MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum- address, except as set forth
Publish: 2/7, 2/14, & Estate of Marya Ezelle terms and conditions set forth bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69 above, is unknown to the Peti-
2/21/2020 By Mary Hughes Love, Executor in the Petition, and seeking a South, Columbus, MS. All auc- tioners after diligent inquiry.
judgment for approval of same tions are with reserve and
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OF COUNSEL: therefore all units can be with- You have been made a Re-
COUNTY OF LOWNDES You are summoned to be and drawn from the sale at any spondent to the Petition for
John W. Crowell (MSB 7906) appear and defend, should you time by the auctioneer/ man- Partial Removal of Disability of
NOTICE OF SALE Crowell Gillis & Cooper, PLLC desire to do so, against the Pe- ager. Minority filed in this Court by
WHEREAS, the following ten-
Post Office Box 1827
Columbus, MS 39703 Promote your small business starting at only $25
tition at 9:00 o’clock A.M. on the minor and next friend, al-
the 10th day of February, 2020 Title to the personal property to leging it is in the best interest
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and conditions set forth in the
this the 4th day of February, WHEREAS, default has been IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF ted in the Petition. lowedremoval. Free est.Code Petition, and seeking a judg-
under Mississippi Mowing, cleanup,
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LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- since 1988).
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MINI-WAREHOUSES
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By: C.H.L. personal property to satisfy the WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WIL- so if you desire. "We’ll go out on a limb for You 662-492-4221 are summoned • Mon.-Sat.
to be and
Painting & Papering
past due and any other BERT THOMAS, SR., DE- Ebony M. Davisyou!"- N81 CHILDREN’S
appear and&defend,
LADIES’ CONSIGNMENT
should you
Publish: 2/7, 2/14, & charges owed to it by the fol- CEASED, VERONICA THOMAS Issued under my hand and the desire to do so, against the Pe-
2/21/2020 lowing tenants. HAIRSTON, EXECUTRIX seal DAVID’S
of said Court, this the Thomas A. Irvin - N115 tition at 9:00 o’clock A.M. on SULLIVAN’S PAINT
JEWELRY REPAIR
CARPET
24th day of January, 2020.
&
the 10th day of February, 2020 SERVICE. Special Prices.
UPHOLSTERY William
NOW THEREFORE, notice is CAUSE NO. 2019-0066 CLEANING WORK Thomas WANTED: III - N223 in the Courtroom of the Oktib- Interior and Exterior
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emailed to 662−722−1758 Insured/bonded.
Highway 69 South, Columbus, resident of the State of Missis- Publication dates: January 31 662−242−3608. answer or any other pleading
Call Jimmy Prescott for free
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30 sippi, or not to be found and February 7, 2020 Onterrio Lowery - N34 with the court, but you may do
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ager. You are required to mail or and February 7, 2020
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choice
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