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Lowndes solar project to begin production in 2022

TVA approved 200 megawatt solar facility west of airport
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
The Tennessee Valley Au-
thority has awarded a contract
with a Florida-based renewable
energy company to build a 200
megawatt solar facility in west
Lowndes County.
Johan Vanhee, chief com-
mercial and procurement offi-
cer for Origis Energy, met with
landowners of the proposed
site Wednesday at the Golden
Triangle Regional Airport to
confirm the agreement. Con-
struction on the project is ten-
approximate -
ly 4,000 acres
INSIDE
n OUR VIEW: A step toward renew-
tatively set to begin the second where the project able energy. Page 4A
will be built, lo-
half of 2021. Under the terms of
cated just west of
its contract with TVA, Origis them to step with me onto a
the Infinity Meg-
will begin providing energy to asite. journey that must have seemed
TVA in October of 2022. “About two like a futuristic project,” Van-
During his announcement, Vanhee hee said. “That was the begin-
years ago, here
Vanhee praised the eight land at the airport, I met with most ning of a project, specifically
owners, who together own of the homeowners and asked See SOLAR FACILITY, 3A

MSU partners
Bringing home the drama with community
colleges for new
technical degree
program
Program allows
students with
associate’s degree to
transfer credits, obtain
bachelors in less time
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

Chelsea Petty, Columbus Middle School drama instructor, helps her students Samara Bowman, Lexy Magee and
Laylah Berry design a dress for an upcoming spring musical, “Once on This Island.” The students try to make
costumes out of used fabrics and build sets on stage by themselves, Petty said.
CMS wins multiple awards at state theater
competition; nine students qualified
for international competition in Indiana
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
Sixteen students
enrolled in Mississip-
pi State University’s
Bachelor of Applied
Science program
this semester, even
though MSU had
barely promoted the
degree Cruse
Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff
brand-new
track that launched in fall 2019.
That’s because someone with
an associate’s degree in applied
science does not have to repeat any
Junior Thespian Festival late Jan-
uary. He was one of the nine CMS credit hours in order to receive a
bachelor’s in the first-of-its-kind
students who received that rating
at this year’s event, which is re- program, said Terry Dale Cruse,
associate vice president and head of
cord-breaking for the school, said
CMS drama instructor Chelsea
MSU’s Meridian campus.
“There were conversations we’ve
Petty. A total of 25 CMS students
and smothered Desdemona, the had before where a student would
performed at the festival, she said.
love of his life. come in with a certain amount of
The ratings range from Fair,

S
ometimes, when he played
Othello on stage, Khye Hair-
ston couldn’t stop crying even
after the scene was over.
Because as Othello, the 14-year-
old Columbus Middle School
student said, he had just wronged
“(You feel) betrayed, you feel an-
ger, sadness, confusion,” Hairston
said. “At times, I … actually feel
like I was him.”
Hairston’s acting scored him
“Superior” — the highest rating
one can get — at the Mississippi
Good, Excellent to Superior, Petty
said.
“We quite frequently get Ex-
cellent,” Petty said. “But Superior
means ... you are just dang near
perfect. We’ve never gotten that
See CMS, 6A
technical credits and really want-
ed to earn a bachelor’s, but when
they saw they were going to have
to repeat some of those hours, the
student would decide they didn’t
have the time or the resources to
do that,” Cruse said. “This is a real
game-changer (for them).”
The BAS program accepts all
See MSU, 3A

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Cloudy and colder
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Feb. 24:
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over the flooded Columbus Riverwalk Lowndes
downtown Wednesday afternoon. Areas in
Convention and
floodplains, including the soccer complex,
INSIDE amphitheater and Columbus Lock and Pat Lane is a real estate
Visitors Bureau
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FLOODING IN COLUMBUS

Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff

Flood waters rise above the stage of the Terry Brown Amphitheater Wednesday afternoon. It is the second year in
a row the amphitheater has flooded.

Kieria Wil-
liams shows
her 3-year-old
sister, Kie’asia
Williams, the
flood waters
covering the
Columbus
Soccer Com-
plex downtown
Wednesday
afternoon.
Kie’asia alter-
nated between
getting close
to the water
and backing
up. They are
the daughters
of Michelle
Williams.
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

Will Waggoner
and Franki Hill run
through the water
covering the Colum-
bus Soccer Com-
plex on Wednesday
afternoon. They
each wanted to see
how far out into
the water the other
would go.
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

A closed road sign has drivers turning around at the in- Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
tersection of Wilkins Wise Road and Officers Lake Road Zach Thomas and his rescue dog Cope ponder the
Wednesday evening. Rising flood waters make it impos- flooded Columbus Soccer Complex Wednesday after-
sible to get all the way to the Columbus Lock and Dam. noon. “The water’s (still) rising,” Thomas said.
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MSU
Continued from Page 1A
45 technical credit hours of a
60-credit, two-year associate’s
degree, as approved in Au-
gust by the state Institutions of
Higher Learning board. BAS
students can take classes in
Starkville, in Meridian or on-
line. The online option allows
students to simultaneously con-
tribute to the workforce and
pursue a degree instead of forc-
ing them to choose between the
two, Cruse said.
Upward mobility in the work-
force without a bachelor’s de-
gree can be difficult and some-
times impossible, so the BAS
will “prepare (students) for roles
of leadership and allow them op-
portunities for promotion within
their organization” in addition
to giving them technical skills,
Cruse said.
The program is available to
any incoming student who has
or is pursuing an associate’s
of applied science, but MSU is
working to formalize partner-
ships with all 15 community col-
leges in Mississippi so students
in technical education programs
can transition directly into the
BAS program if they choose.
East Mississippi Community
College became the fifth institu-
tion on Wednesday to establish
this partnership.
EMCC President Scott Al-
sobrooks and MSU President
Mark E. Keenum signed a
memorandum of understand-
ing at the Communiversity on
EMCC’s Mayhew campus. The
Communiversity, which began
classes in fall 2019, is a collabo-
ration among EMCC, MSU and
the Mississippi Development
Authority focusing on training
for advanced manufacturing
skills required by local indus-
tries.
MSU is scheduled to sign
seven more MOUs in the next
few months, Cruse said, and
has already signed with Hinds,
Jones, Itawamba and Holmes
community colleges.
Hinds Community College is
the largest in the state and was
the first to sign on in Novem-
ber. It’s the only signing that
has been done virtually rather
than on site at the community
college, and the virtual signing
was symbolic because many
BAS students will complete the
program online, Cruse said.
‘Seamless’ advancement
opportunities
BAS students could come
from a variety of educational
backgrounds: they could already
be in the workforce for several
years, they could enroll imme-
diately after community college
or they could transition from
community colleges, Keenum
said.
The program has more than
30 emphasis areas ranging from
general business to psychology
and social work, Cruse said.
Alsobrooks said the program
might increase both enrollment
at EMCC and the variety of stu-
dent backgrounds and career
aspirations at the institution.
He also said it might change the
way people look at technical de-
grees and career options.
“These technical degrees
were once upon a time really
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
terminal,” he said. “People who
Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum, left, and
East Mississippi Community College President Scott Alsobrooks wanted to work with (both) their
shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding for hands and their mind togeth-
MSU’s Bachelor of Applied Science program Wednesday at the er and get into these technical
Communiversity on EMCC’s Mayhew campus. Students with an trades were kind of topped out
associate’s of applied science degree will not have to repeat any
and couldn’t go on and get a
previous credit hours in order to complete a bachelor’s, which will bachelor’s degree.”
make it easier for them to advance in the workforce, Keenum said.
Communiversity executive
director Courtney Taylor said
the Golden Triangle Early Col- Fourteen of the 16 current
lege High School, Keenum said. students are enrolled online the partnership with MSU will
address the challenge of helping
GTECHS allows high school stu- while the other two are at the
dents from five local districts the Meridian campus, said Susan students “see the full pathway”
opportunity to take college class- Seal, the executive director of of their career options, in gener-
es at EMCC during their high MSU’s Center for Distance Ed- al or within a specific company.
school career and possibly obtain ucation. “If you want to start off on the
an associate’s degree and a high The BAS program will be ad- production floor and advance
school diploma simultaneously. ministered mainly from the Me- upward, you can do all that in a
“People always ask me what ridian campus because it does seamless way instead of having
students are going to benefit from not offer the first two years of to stop and restart all the time,”
this, what a BAS student looks undergraduate studies, so all its Taylor said. “You can still stop
like, and the answer is there is no students are transfer students and restart, but you won’t lose
typical profile,” Cruse said. and most of them come from anything if you do.”

Solar facility
Continued from Page 1A
for TVA with no guaran-
tee that TVA would ever
be interested. So today,
I’m happy I can announce
that TVA has said yes to
the project, at least part of
the project.”
Originally, Origis —
through its subsidiary
MS Solar 5 — planned
to build a $200-million,
350 megawatt facility,
the maximum amount of
energy capacity at TVA’s
new substation located at
the Infinity Megasite.
“The 350 megawatt
site would be the largest
energy storage facility
east of the Mississippi,”
Vanhee said. “But the 200
megawatt site will still be
one of the biggest.”
Vanhee said his com-
pany hasn’t abandoned
plans for what will ulti-
mately be a 350 megawatt
facility.
“What I said to TVA
was, ‘If you are ever in-
terested in the additional
150 (megawatts) let me
know,’” he said. “They
were very frank and said,
‘Yes, we are interested.’
Again, there was no guar-
antee, but TVA did ex-
press interest, so we will
continue to develop plans
for the remaining 150
megawatts.”
Vanhee declined to say
Wednesday how much
investment is required to
build the 200 megawatt
project approved by TVA.
The contract with
Origis was one of five
projects announced by
TVA on Tuesday and is,
by far, the biggest. It will
also mark the first time
TVA has contracted to
provide renewable ener-
gy to more than a single
customer and its first en-
try into renewable energy
storage.
“Before today, their
renewable energy was
always linked to an indus-
trial company,” Vanhee
said. “This will be the
first time TVA has done
it for itself. This is not for
one customer, but for all
its customers. If a resi-
dential customer wants
renewable energy, that
person will be able to go
to TVA and make that re-
quest.”
In a press release, TVA
vice president Doug Per-
ry noted the landmark
nature of the agreement
with Origis.
“We are moving to
contract large volumes
of solar for our custom-
ers, whether it’s for large
business customers ...
or smaller businesses
or residential customers
who use our Renewable
Energy Certificate to
help offset their carbon
footprint,” he said.
The 200 megawatt site
will use the energy pro-
duced by 650,000 solar
panels, enough power to
serve 45,920 homes.
Vanhee said that while
the facility won’t create
many permanent jobs —
three to five full-time em-
ployees — it will create
hundreds of construction
jobs, most of them un-
skilled.
LINK CEO Joe Max
Higgins said the next step
locally will be executing
a 10-year Although not affiliat-
fe e - i n - l ieu ed with the Infinity Me-
ag reement gasite, the solar facility
between will enhance the appeal
L owndes of the site to prospective
County and tenants, Higgins said.
Origis. “These types of power
“At their Higgins investments aren’t just
last meet- good for the tax base,
ing, the supervisors ap- they’re good opportuni-
proved a notice of intent ties for future recruit-
to issue a fee-in-lieu,” ment,” Higgins said. “Not
Higgins said. “Now that only does the Golden
the project is under con- Triangle offer TVA’s re-
tract, we will be back liable, redundant power,
before the supervisors in we also offer new-to-the-
the coming weeks to for- world generation through
mally pass the fee-in-lieu renewable developments
agreement.” like this one.”

BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
February 3-6, 2020
■ John and Louise Jordan;
116 McHall Drive; reroof; Doug
Wheeler Roofing Inc.
■ Bob Keys and Patricia
Wheeler; 707 Alabama St.,
reroof; Doug Wheeler Roofing
Inc.
■ Jessie J. Johnson Jr.; 1309
11th Ave. S.; reroof; Doug
Wheeler Roofing Inc.
■ Willie James Carter Jr.;
1512 27th Street N.; reroof;
Doug Wheeler Roofing Inc.
■ Carmicheal Jones; 116 19th
St. So.; repairs; same
■ Gayle Guynup; 201 Alabama
St., Suite L; Electrical permit;
Livingston & Sons LLC
■ Danny King; 1120 Highway
69 S.; Electrical permit; Rob
Malone Electric
■ Columbus-Lowndes County
Airport; 368 Fabritek Dr.; Elec-
trical permit; Mark Thompson
Electric
■ Heritage Academy; 625
Magnolia Lane; Electrical per-
mit; Mark Thompson Electric
■ S&R Property Company LLC;
514 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.;
Electrical permit; Livingston
& Sons
■ Maples Gas Company;
3920 Highway 45 N.; Plumbing
permit, R&D Plumbing
■ Judtih Jarrett. 115 3rd St,
N.; Plumbing permit; R&D
Plumbing
■ Swoope Insurance, 3501
Bluecutt Road; Plumbing per-
mit; R&D Plumbing
■ Janet Riordan; 336 Steeple-
chase Dr.; Plumbing permit;
R&D Plumbing
■ Dr. Ashley Harris and
Jennifer Harris; 1502 Hickory
Lane; Plumbing permit; R&D
Plumbing
■ Adrian hill. 209 Taylor
St.; Plumbing permit; R&D
Plumbing
■ Gayle Guynup; 201 Alabama
St. Suite K; Plumbing permit;
Jeff Swedenburg
■ Steve Swanigan; 1907 14th
Ave. N.; Plumbing permit;
Browning Plumbing
■ Dr. Ashley Harris and
Jennifer Harris; 1502 Hickory
Lane; Plumbing permit; R&D
Plumbing
■ Columbus-Lowndes habitat
for Humanity; 105 Curtis
Road; Plumbing permit; Ace
Plumbing
■ 411 Newman Properties
LLC; 411 Main St.; Plumbing
permit; P&H Plumbing
■ Martha Kidder; 2320 Bell
Ave.; Plumbing permit; W R
Kidder & Sons
■ Piedmont Investment, 2610
7th Ave. N.; Plumbing permit;
P&H Plumbing
■ S&R Property Company
LLC; 1212 8th Ave. N.;
Plumbing permit; P&H Plumb-
ing
■ Kathy Glover; 404 East
Gaywood Ave.; Plumbing
permit; Klutts Plumbing
■ Kozokas Lee; 1103 Military
Road; Plumbing permit; Klutts
Plumbing
Lowndes County
February 12, 2020
■ Eddie Hester; 404 Shady
Lane; Set up mobile home;
Jessie James
■ Eddie Hester; 404 Shady
Lane; Move mobile; Pontotoc
Mobile Home Trans.
■ Tony Vernon; 11617 Hwy
45 N.; Remodel s/f resi-
dence; Owner
■ Columbus Mobile Villa;
1038 Mike Parra Road lot 29;
Set up mobile home; Easley
Ref.& Electric
■ Columbus Mobile Villa;
1038 Mike Parra Road lot 29;
Move mobile home; Alan’s
Mobile Home

CORRECTION
■ Tuesday’s edition of
The Dispatch incorrectly
printed the time period
the Columbus Cultural
Heritage Foundation
has been managing the SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates

Columbus, Mississippi
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Thurs. Fri.
Major 4:23a 5:40a
Spring Pilgrimage. The Minor 11:06p 12:13a
foundation has been Major 4:49p 6:07p
11:48a
Minor 10:33a
managing the event since Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

2008.

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OUR VIEW
A step toward renewable energy
T
wo seemingly unrelated
events in the Golden Tri-
angle this week should
call attention to a topic that is
far more controversial than it
should be.
Firsts, heavy rains flooded
parts of Columbus for the
second time in a year, includ-
ing the Terry Brown Amphi-
theater, which at the time of
its conception was considered
flood-safe for all but what is
termed a 100-year flood.
With the floodwaters still
washing over the amphitheater
stage on Wednesday, a group
of landowners in the west part
of Lowndes County met at
the Golden Triangle Regional
Airport where a contract agree-
ment between solar energy
company Origis Energy and
the Tennessee Valley Authority
for a 200 megawatt solar ener-
gy facility to be build west of
the airport was announced.
What we see in the first
incident is a reminder of how
climate change may affect our
community. What we see with
the latter is how society can
respond.
While it is impossible to
make a direct correlation be-
tween climate change and the
arrival of two 100-year floods
with a 12-month period, the fre-
quency is consistent with what
climate scientists have been
saying for some time: Without
a major effort to reduce carbon
emissions, weather events will
be both more severe and more
frequent. Unfortunately, efforts
to combat climate change has
become a politically-charged
issue, especially in the United
States.
Yet even those who per-
sistently deny climate change,
man’s responsibility for it and
man’s ability to alter it, there
is little down-side for each of
us to do what we can to move
to more renewable energy
sources.
TVA’s agreement with
Origis will allow the compa-
ny to build a 200-megawatt
solar power facility, producing
enough energy to power to
42,920 homes. The project rep-
resents a significant milestone
for TVA. With the construction
of this new project, businesses
and individuals wanting to
(or needing to) use renewable
energy generation will now be
able to do so.
In recent years, industry has
limited its carbon emissions
partially through the use of
renewable energy. Now, TVA’s
residential customers will have
the same opportunity.
Although the site will
not begin producing solar
power until October 2022,
Wednesday’s announcement
represents a major opportunity
for citizens to do something
meaningful in an effort to com-
bat a problem that has been too
long ignored.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR CARTOONIST VIEW

Voice of the people
Disturbed by DOJ sentencing
recommendations
All of the following relate directly to
the conviction last fall of Roger Stone,
long-time friend of the President’s, for
obstructing Congress, perjury, and
witness tampering; during that trial
Stone compounded matters through
contempt of court and threatening the
presiding judge.
Republican senator Susan Collins,
said the President had been “chas-
tened” by the recent impeachment pro-
cess. I don’t think so. The latest events
explain why:
In the wake of impeachment, we saw
the firing of two White House officials.
A U.S. attorney was similarly hung out
to dry. Let the blood bath of retribution
begin. Is Senator Romney sufficiently
armored? We’ll see.
On Monday, Department of Justice
attorneys who led the case against
Stone submitted their sentencing rec-
ommendations. The recommendation
was well within the guidelines set forth
by the US Sentencing Commission and
traditionally followed by DOJ. By all ac-
counts, Attorney General William Barr
was aware of this recommendation in
advance.
Overnight Tuesday, in a string of
tweets, President Trump labeled the
recommendations grossly unfair and
directly questioned the integrity of the
presiding judge — using her name,
ignoring the fact that the judge has a MISSISSIPPI VOICES
lengthy record of bipartisan rulings.
Though this judge is not required to
follow any recommendation from either
prosecution or defense, they are now in
Regulatory reform can, and should, be a priority
M
a box: sentence lightly and give the rul- ississippi needs low-and-middle income (R-Southaven), would allow eyebrow
ing a political appearance or sentence to reform our occupations. According threaders to practice their skill with-
in accord with the original recommen- regulatory and to a recent report from out having to spend 600 hours on an
dations and cross the President? This licensing burdens. Our the Institute for Justice, education that does not spend one
is why presidents should not attempt to current policies only Mississippi has lost hour on eyebrow threading. This is a
interfere with the judiciary - and why serve to increase costs 13,000 jobs because of small field and even though it’s grow-
they, until now, never have. for business owners and occupational licensing ing, it won’t impact many people.
DOJ then reissued a lighter sentenc- consumers, while limiting and the state has suffered Still, the current laws are symbolic of
ing recommendation including the sug- choice for individuals and an economic value loss of our reliance on government regula-
gestion that Stone simply go straight to career opportunities for $37 million. tions that don’t serve a public benefit.
probation. Outraged at this sequence, would-be entrepreneurs. While they are a long Regulations concerning those who
all four DOJ prosecuting attorneys — We have witnessed way from becoming law, use their kitchen to make and sell
career employees — resigned from the a push to make positive Brett Kittredge we have seen several bills goodies may also be eased. House
case in protest. One of the four quit changes in states across introduced that would Bill 326, sponsored by Rep. Casey
DOJ altogether — that’s how serious the country, and even from Wash- move the state in the direction to- Eure (R-Saucier), would expand the
this is. ington, D.C. In between dealing ward economic freedom. sales cap for those in the cottage
The timing suggests this revision with the prison and Department Last year, Arizona became the food industry to $35,000 and ex-
could only have come as a direct result of Human Services fallout and the first state in the country to pro- pressly permit operators to advertise
of the President’s tweets. Whether or normal fights over how to best spend vide universal recognition for an on social media. The current limit is
not Trump spoke directly with Barr taxpayer money, will we see regula- occupational license an individual just $20,000, and the Department of
is irrelevant; he’d made his point mob tory reform come to Mississippi in received in a different state. The Health had previously sent cease and
style, learned from his first fixer, Roy 2020? idea was simple. Just because you desist letters to those who posted
Cohn, now working well with his new Gov. Tate Reeves has made red cross state lines doesn’t mean you pictures of the food they are selling
one, Barr. tape reduction a priority. During his have forgotten how to practice your on Facebook or Instagram.
Yes, after having successfully State of the State, Reeves said, “We trade. House Bill 261, sponsored by And Senate Bill 2196, sponsored
strong-armed the Senate, Trump is now are assembling a team that is com- Rep. Becky Currie (R-Brookhaven), by Sen. Kevin Blackwell (R-South-
trying to pressure the other co-equal mitted to ensuring that the people of would do the same thing, making aven), would clarify that minors can
branch of government, the judiciary. In Mississippi are never held back by Mississippi more welcoming to run occasional businesses — such
the 24 hours since I first drafted this cumbersome government. Regula- military families and new residents as lemonade stands — without a
letter there is talk of pardoning not only tions and processes that may have moving here, something the state permit or license. This is a response
Stone, but Manifort and Flynn, too. been well-intentioned, often serve sorely needs. to numerous localities across the
It appears that this country now sub- only to slow our state down. We are We’ve also seen steps to make country shutting down lemonade
scribes to the idea that no one is above going to fix that.” it easier to work in various fields. stands due to lack of permit. In a
the law - unless you’re the president’s That is welcomed news. Today, The debate over expanded authority year when much of our focus is on
friend. This is a significant — and Mississippi has more than 117,000 for nurse practitioners has been a workforce development, I can’t think
alarming — step towards the sort of regulations, which numerous longstanding fight in the legisla- of anything better for the future than
totalitarianism I fear this President now empirical studies show to have a ture. House Bill 613, sponsored by teaching kids how to run a business
sees as his destiny. detrimental effect on economic Rep. Donnie Scoggin (R-Ellisville), and become an entrepreneur.
Chastened by impeachment, Senator growth. The state should begin to would expand the scope of practice The legislature has much on their
Collins? Sure he was. reign in these regulations by having for nurse practitioners, exempting plate this year, as they do every
Regular people, your attention is each agency conduct an audit of their APRNs from the physician collabo- session. These bills, and others like
now required. You should be terrified. own administrative code. The truth ration requirement after working for them, won’t generate a ton of head-
Paul Mack is that many of these regulations 3,600 hours. We need more health- lines and will probably receive blow-
Columbus are outdated, and the government care professionals working in Missis- back from government regulators
doesn’t even know they exist. There- sippi, providing access in more parts and those who have already played
A letter to the editor is an excellent after, we should require two regula- of the state. This would help alleviate the regulatory game. But they repre-
way to participate in your community. tions be removed every time a new some of our doctor shortages. sent the mentality the state needs to
We request the tone of your letters be con- rule is authorized. Finally, we should Bills have also been introduced move toward for a stronger economy
structive and respectful and the length implement a sunset provision, which in the House and Senate to exempt and less dependency on government.
be limited to 450 words. We welcome all would require the legislature to con- eyebrow threaders from Board of Brett Kittredge is the Director of
letters emailed to voice@cdispatch.com tinuously monitor our administrative Cosmetology regulations. Senate Bill Marketing & Communications of
or mailed to The Dispatch, Attn: Letters code and decide which regulations 2127, sponsored by Sen. Angela Hill Mississippi Center for Public Policy,
to the Editor, PO Box 511, Columbus, should stay and which should go. (R-Picayune), and House Bill 527, the state’s non-partisan, free-market
MS 39703-0511. Mississippi also licenses 66 sponsored by Rep. Steve Hopkins think tank.

China reports 254 new virus
deaths, cases, using new method
Total number of confirmed cases reaches 59,804
BY YANAN WANG
The Associated Press
BEIJING — China on Thurs-
day reported 254 new daily deaths
and a spike in daily virus cases of
15,152, after new methodology was
applied in the hardest-hit province
of Hubei as to how cases are cate-
gorized.
The total deaths from the more
than 2-month-old outbreak stood at
1,367, with the total number of con-
firmed cases mounting to 59,804.
The change in categorization ap-
peared to push forward the process
to a doctors’ on-the-spot diagnosis
rather than waiting for the results
of laboratory tests.
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Geno Harrell
STARKVILLE —
Geno Collier Harrell,
55, died Feb. 7, 2020, in
Jackson.
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11 a.m. Friday, at Jesus
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of Starkville. Burial
will follow at Sixteenth
Section Cemetery of
Starkville. Visitation is
from 1-6 p.m. today, at
West Memorial Funeral
Home of Starkville.
West Memorial Funeral
Home of Starkville is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
He is survived by his
mother, Ida Mae Har-
rell; wife, Shea Harrell;
children, Melody Low-
ery, Luciano Harrell,
Asia Mia and Jazmine
Gammill; siblings, Di-
ane Robertson, Johnnie
Harrell and Christo-
pher Harrell.
Charlie Hairston
COLUMBUS — M.
Charlie Hairston, 85,
died Feb. 11, 2020.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Century
Hairston Funeral Home
of Columbus.
Kobe Bryant, daughter buried
in Southern California cemetery
BY STEFANIE DAZIO
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
Kobe Bryant and his
13-year-old daughter, Gi-
anna, were buried Friday
in a cemetery near the
family’s Southern Cali-
fornia home, according to
death certificates.
Pacific View Memo-
rial Park in Corona del
Mar features meticulous
landscaping, open court-
In breaking down the large num-
ber of new cases in China, National
Health Commission spokesman Mi
Feng said Hubei at the epicenter
had adopted a revised diagnosis
and treatment plan aimed at accel-
erating the identification and treat-
ment of virus cases.
That adds a “clinical diagnosis
case” classification to identify sus-
pected cases who appear to have
pneumonia so that patients can be
accepted as soon as possible and
treated as confirmed cases, Mi
said, adding that should “reduce
severe illness and mortality.”
China also replaced its top offi-
cials in Hubei and its capital, Wu-
han.
AREA OBITUARIES
Charlie Gillespie
MACON — Charlie
Moore Gillespie, 68,
died Feb. 11, 2020, at
his residence.
A memorial service
will at 2 p.m. Saturday,
at Cockrell Funeral
Home Chapel of Ma-
con. Visitation will be
one hour prior to the
service at the funeral
home. Cockrell Funeral
Home of Macon is in
charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Gillespie was
born Sept. 20, 1951, in
Macon to the late Silas
Gillespie and Cornelia
Parks. He was a grad-
uate of Noxubee High
School. He attended
East Mississippi Junior
College in Scooba,
Massey Junior College
in Atlanta, Georgia
and the Art Institute of
Atlanta.
Ashton Hammett
COLUMBUS — Ash-
ton Bryant Hammett,
12, died Feb. 12, 2020,
at his residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Lown-
des Funeral Home of
Columbus.
Danny Bell
CEDAR BLUFF —
Danny Joe Bell, 67, died
Feb. 12, 2020, at Sanc-
tuary Hospice House in
Tupelo.
Memorial Services
will be at 3 p.m. Fri-
day at Calvert Funeral
Home Chapel of West
Point, with the Rev.
Terry Rhodes offici-
ating. Private family
burial will be held at a
later date at Cedar Bluff
Cumberland Presbyteri-
an Cemetery. Visitation
will be one hour prior to
services at the funeral
home. Calvert Funeral
Home of West Point is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Bell was born
April 20, 1952, in Craw-
ford, to the late J. B. and
Virginia Roberts Bell.
He was formerly em-
ployed as a line foreman
with Tennessee Valley
Authority.
He is survived by his
yards and fountains that
“express the joy of living,”
according to its website.
Actor John Wayne, who
died in 1979, also is bur-
ied there.
The Bryants and sev-
en others were killed in a
Jan. 26 helicopter crash.
The retired basketball
superstar, his daughter
and the other victims will
be honored at a Feb. 24
public memorial at Sta-
ples Center, where Bryant
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 5A
Sudanese gov’t reaches
settlement deal with
Former Shanghai Mayor Ying
Yong succeeds Jiang Chaoliang as
USS Cole victims
the ruling Communist Party’s chief
in the beleaguered province, the
Oct. 12, 2000 attack in the
Xinhua state news agency report- Yemeni port of Aden killed 17
ed, while Wang Zhonglin will take
over from Ma Guoqiang as the par- sailors and wounded more than
ty secretary in Wuhan.
The high-level appointments fol- three dozen others
low the sacking earlier this week of
BY NOHA ELHENNAWY
two leaders of the provincial health
The Associated Press
commission. State media also re-
ported that a slew of others were CAIRO — Sudan’s transitional government
expelled from the party for trans- said Thursday it has reached a settlement with
gressions related to the epidemic. families of the victims of the 2000 attack on USS
The public has widely criticized Cole in Yemen, in a bid to have the African coun-
local officials for their handling of try taken off the U.S. terrorism list and improve
the outbreak. The virus first sur- relations with the West.
faced December in Wuhan, and The settlement is the latest step from Khar-
has since spread to more than two toum to end its international pariah status. Earli-
dozen countries. er this week, Sudan’s provisional rulers said they
had agreed to hand over longtime autocrat Omar
al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to
face trial on charges of war crimes and genocide
during the fighting in the western Darfur region.
Also, Sudan’s interim leader, Gen. Abdel-Fat-
tah Burhan, earlier this month met in Uganda
wife, Sally Wilson Bell Friday, at Century with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya-
of Cedar Bluff; children, Hariston Funeral Home hu, who announced that Israel and Sudan would
normalize relations after decades of enmity. Ob-
Shannon Bell Brock of of Starkville. Centu-
servers and Sudanese officials have said that the
Mantee and John Gar- ry Hariston Funeral
settlement with the USS Cole victims was among
ren Bell of Starkville; Home of Starkville is
the last hurdles faced by Sudan on its path to be-
sister, Diann Edwards in charge of arrange- ing removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors
of Cedar Bluff; five ments. of terror.
grandchildren; and two Mr. Harris was
At the time of the Oct. 12, 2000 attack in the
great-grandchildren. born May 18, 1926, in Yemeni port of Aden that killed 17 sailors and
Memorials may be Starkville, to the late wounded more than three dozen others, Sudan
made to American Eliga and Annie Harris. was accused of providing support to al-Qaida,
Cancer Society, P.O. He was a veteran of which claimed responsibility for the attack.
Box 8217, Jackson, MS the U.S. Army. He was Today, Sudan’s interim authorities are desper-
39215, Sanctuary Hos- formerly employed as ate to have its listing by the U.S. as a state sponsor
pice House, 5159 West laboratory assistant at of terror lifted, in order to receive an injection of
Main Street, Tupelo, The Boll Weevil Lab badly needed funds from international lending in-
MS 38801. at Mississippi State, stitutions.
at Mississippi Funeral
Staffanella Ivy Service and Oktibbeha
WEST POINT — County Courthouse. He
Staffanella Ivy, 61, died was a member of First
Feb. 7, 2020, at his John M.B. Church.
residence in Prairie. He is survived by his
Services will be at wife Betty Jean Harris;
noon Friday, at Lake children, Isaiah Harris,
Grove Missionary Bap- William Harris III, both
tist Church of Prairie from Flint, Illinois,
with the Rev. Carlos Anthony Johnson of
Petty officiating. Burial Starkville, Catherine
will follow at Randle Tate, Brenda Jackson
Cemetery of Prairie. both of Starkville,
Visitation is from 3-6 Arlean Montgomery of
p.m. today, at Carter’s Flint Michigan, Lucy
Mortuary Service Gibson of Cleveland,
Chapel of West Point. Ohio, Beverly Bedford
Carter’s Mortuary of Smyrna, Georgia,
Services is in charge of Terri Whitely of New
arrangements. Albany and Connese
Frierson of Columbus;
Mr. Ivy was born July
sister, Laura Wilkins
14, 1958, in Clay Coun-
of Dallas; 38 grandchil-
ty, to the late Joe Ester
dren; 72 great-grand-
Ivy and Annie Kate Ivy.
He was formerly em- children; and 16
great-great-grandchil-
ployed as a mechanic.
dren.
In addition to his
parents, he was preced-
ed in death by his sister, Mildred Hinton
Gwendolyn Daniels. ETHELSVILLE, Ala.
He is survived by — Mildred Hinton, 87,
his children, Marcus died Feb. 12, 2020, at
Raines and Contessa Baptist Memorial-Gold-
Raines; siblings, Ester en Triangle.
Ivy, Darnell Ivy, Charles Arrangements are
Ester Ivy, Bobby Ivy, incomplete and will
Doris L. Heard, Mable be announced by Lee
L. Huggins and Char- Sykes of Columbus.
lene Hunter; and three
grandchildren. Oscar Jefferson
COLUMBUS — Os-
William Harris car Jefferson, 58, died
STARKVILLE — Feb. 12, 2020.
William “Baby” Harris, Lee Sykes Funeral
93, died Feb. 6, 2020, in Home of Columbus is
Starkville.
Services will be at
in charge of arrange-
ments. Brenda Patterson
noon Saturday, at First Brenda Sue Patterson, age 63, of Meridian,
John M.B. Church of MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away
Starkville, with the February 11, 2020, at Anderson Regional Medi-
Rev. Thomas Boyd Jr. cal Center in Meridian.
officiating. Burial will Graveside services will be Friday, February
follow at Boyd Ceme- 14, 2020, at 11:00 AM at Mt. Vernon Baptist
tery. Visitation will be Church Cemetery with Rev. John Taylor offici-
from 12:30-5:30 p.m. ating. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Crematory 903 College St. location is in charge
of arrangements.
Miss Patterson was born June 19, 1956, in Co-
lumbus, MS, to the late Troy Leon and Margaret
Brenda Patterson Duncan Patterson. She was a resident of the R.
Services:
Fri. Feb. 14 • 11AM
Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery
P. White Nursing Home of Meridian for many
years.
Burial
Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery
Survivors include her sisters, Alice Patterson
of Columbus, MS, Mary Lou Watt and her hus-
band Hank of Columbus, MS, and Beth Hines
starred for most of his 20- Berlin Tuttle and her husband Leon of Columbus, MS; neph-
year career with the Los Visitation:
Angeles Lakers. Friday, Feb. 14 • 1-2 PM
ew, Chad Hines, and niece, Laura Leigh Hines.
The date 2/24 corre- 2nd Ave. North Location Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Services: Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
sponds with the No. 24 Friday, Feb. 14 • 2 PM
jersey he wore and the 2nd Ave. North Location Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,
Burial TN, 38105.
No. 2 worn by Gianna, Memorial Gardens
whose team was coached
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Columbus Middle School students present showcase “Fame Junior” during the Mississippi Junior Thespian Festi-
val a few weeks ago in Pearl. The showcase won them the Spirit Award at the festival.
CMS
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thing till this year.”
Those who scored
“Superior” in the festival,
she said, get to compete
at an international level
later this year in Indiana.
“I was just so excited
(about the trip),” Hair-
ston said. “I’ve never
been up north before.”
The festival, which
took place at Pearl High
School in Pearl, was
hosted by Mississippi
Thespians, an affiliate
with the Educational
Theatre Association that
hopes to enrich students’
experience with theatri-
cal performances.
Only students who
have completed 100
hours of theater work are
allowed to become Thes-
pian Society members
and participate in the
festival, Petty said.
Hairston’s older sister,
Kayla Hairston, used
to be a Thespian Soci-
ety member too, Petty
recalled. Kayla’s perfor-
mance was what brought
her 6-year-old brother
to the auditorium for the
first time eight years ago,
she said.
“He had little braids,”
Petty said. “He sat (in)
the front row, and he
couldn’t reach the floor.
He was swinging his
legs.
“I said, ‘Are you Kay-
la’s little brother?’” Petty
said. “And he said, ‘Yeah.
And I’m gonna be on the
stage someday just like
my sister.’”
Hairston, who fol-
lowed his older sister’s
path, is who Petty would
call a “legacy kid.” And
he is not the only one.
Jada Spraggins, 13,
loves to sing. As a sec-
ond-grader, she became
interested in theater
after seeing her older
brother perform.
At the festival,
Spraggins performed “I
know the Truth” from
the Broadway musical
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Columbus Middle School student Jada Spraggins,
13, sings during a theater practice. Spraggins scored
“Superior” at the Mississippi Junior Thespian Festival
for performing the song “I know the Truth” from the
Broadway musical “Aida.”
“Aida,” which won her
a “Superior” in Solo
Musical. And she was
emotional on stage, she
said, thinking about how
the character she played
had to marry a guy who
cheated on her with
another woman.
“I just feel like I have
to be this girl with all
this sadness,” she said. “I
just have put my all into
that.”
At the festival, stu-
dents also took home the
Junior Thespian Festival
Spirit Award for their
performance of “Fame
Junior,” which has now
become their signature
song, Petty said. The
school also won the title
of the 2019-2020 Model
School for Arts Educa-
tion.
CMS was also the only
school with students
competing in any tech-
nical categories at the
festival, Petty said. That
includes costume design
to their precincts at 10 a.m. to declare
themselves as members of the party
and elect delegates and alternates to the
county convention.
For more information, contact Leroy
Brooks at 662-251-8125.
Courtesy photo
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Courtesy photo/Chelsea Petty
said. For students who
scored “Superior” to trav-
el to Indiana, however,
they would have to raise
much more, she said.
CMS principal Kim
Gardner said she tries
to support Petty when-
ever she needs help with
organizing the fundrais-
ers and selling theater
tickets among students.
“We build in time
where students can get
out of class,” Gardner
said. “And trust me, they
enjoyed that part.
“Whatever she tells
me she needs,” she add-
ed, “we desperately try
to make that happen.”
Cherie Labat, superin-
tendent of Columbus Mu-
nicipal School District,
commended the amount
Courtesy photo/Chelsea Petty
of support from school
leaders toward Petty’s
efforts promoting art
among students.
“We’re happy about
and stage management, our students having an
the latter of which won a opportunity to compete
“Superior” for the school. in something that they
That accomplishment love,” Labat said.
has its roots in training
students are already
receiving through daily
operations at the theater.
Students try to build
the sets on stage by
themselves, and some
learn how to tailor-make
a dress they got at the
Palmer Home thrift store
into one that fits the
actress, Petty said.
“It’s very hard to have
middle schoolers do
tech,” Petty said. “(But)
I want them to know
theater’s more than just
acting on the stage. It’s
more than just singing
and dancing. There’s so
much more to it.”
To pay for the bus
ride to the festival, Petty
and the students held
fundraisers, selling can-
dles and theater tickets.
They ended up receiving
roughly $4,000, Petty
MCCALLISTER RETIRES:
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle retiring
Human Resources Direc-
tor Bob McCallister tries
out a new wooden rocking
chair presented to him
at his retirement recep-
tion Friday, Feb. 7 by the
hospital’s administrative
team. McCallister recently
retired after 19 years with
the Baptist system. He
became human resources
director at Baptist Gold-
en Triangle in January
2002. Associate Human
Resources Director Jenni
Gordman has been named
to take his place.
Sports
BULLDOGS RUN-RULE ALABAMA STATE IN HOME OPENER
Senior second baseman Lindsey Williams homered in the fourth inning and led Mississippi State with four runs batted in during Wednesday’s 16-2 rout of Alabama State.
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The
Mississippi State softball
team needed a wake-up
call.
The Bulldogs jumped
out to an early lead in
Wednesday’s home open-
er against Alabama State
at Nusz Park in Starkville,
leading 2-0 at the end of
two innings.
But in the third, the
Hornets woke up. Kin-
MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL
Position preview: Foscue, Westburg will pace infield Hollings leading
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE —
While the 2020 Missis-
sippi State baseball team
boasts ample question
marks heading into Fri-
day’s season opener
against Wright State, few
arise in the Bulldog in-
field.
Fresh off a run to
Omaha, Nebraska, and
a second straight trip to
the College World Series,
MSU returns arguably
the nation’s most prolific
middle infield between
junior shortstop Jordan
Westburg and junior sec-
ond baseman Justin Fos-
cue.
Despite totaling 12 er-
rors at shortstop follow-
ing a transition from third
base, Westburg settled
into his spot in the middle
of the infield — finishing
with just four errors over
the final 38 games of the
2019 season.
Foscue took a similar
liking to his slot at sec-
ond base, as he recorded
just six errors over MSU’s
final 40 games of the year.
Beyond the defense,
SOFTBALL: MISSISSIPPI STATE 16, ALABAMA STATE 2
dall DeRamus brought
home a run with a single
up the middle, and Alexis
Sydnor lashed a double
off the left-field wall. Just
like that, the game was
evened at 2-2. Mississip-
pi State coach Samantha
Ricketts knew the Bull-
dogs couldn’t afford to
stay tied for long.
“We know for our ex-
pectations if we want to
be an elite team that we’re
gonna need to answer
back in a big way, espe-
Westburg and Foscue fig-
ure to comprise the mid-
dle of MSU’s batting or-
der. Westburg — who saw
his batting average peak
at .385 in the beginning
of April — watched his
numbers progressively
spiral to .294 by season’s
end. He eventually found
his form over the summer
as a member of the Cape
Cod League’s Hyannis
Harbor Hawks — batting
.326 with 31 hits and 14
RBIs in just 25 games
played.
As for Foscue, he
boasts the most power of
any player in MSU’s start-
ing lineup, having blasted
14 home runs and 22 dou-
bles a season ago while
batting at a .331 clip.
“We have the best mid-
dle infield in the country,
I think, with Jordan West-
burg and Justin Foscue,”
coach Chris Lemonis
said earlier this week.
“And not just offensively
— people look at their of-
fensive numbers; they’re
really good defenders
that really know how to
play the game.”
Outside of Westburg
and Foscue, junior Josh
cially when a team ties it
up on us,” Ricketts said.
On Wednesday, at
least, the Bulldogs passed
that test. In the bottom
of the inning, freshman
shortstop Madisyn Ken-
nedy broke the tie with a
three-run home run off
the netting protecting the
scoreboard in left field.
Mississippi State (5-0)
turned on the jets from
there, scoring five more
runs in the inning and
adding six more in the
Hatcher will take over at
first base with classmate
Tanner Allen moving to
the outfield. Lemonis said
this week that Hatcher is
a more natural fit at first
and should be a defensive
upgrade over Allen.
At the plate, the Alba-
ny, Georgia, product was
used in a mostly reserve
role but showed he can
boast a prolific left-hand-
ed swing in the middle of
MSU’s lineup.
In 45 appearances,
Hatcher batted .321 in 106
at-bats with three home
runs and eight extra-base
hits. He was also named a
member of the Starkville
Regional All-Tournament
team as a designated hit-
ter after he finished 5 of
12 with four RBIs and one
run in three games.
“He’s had some ups
and downs but is just as
talented as all of them,
and he’s in a great spot
right now,” MSU assis-
tant coach Jake Gautreau
told The Dispatch in Jan-
uary. “We don’t know how
it’s going to go for any of
them, but his work, his
routine, his consistent
swings — he’s been just
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020
fourth to speed away to a
five-inning 16-2 win over
Alabama State (2-4).
“That’s what we need-
ed,” senior first baseman
Fa Leilua said.
Leilua, too, was a big
part of the Bulldogs’ scor-
ing outburst, opening and
closing the scorebook
for Mississippi State. In
the first inning, she sent
the first pitch she saw to
straightaway center field
for a solo home run.
“If you’re gonna make
as good in all of our work
as any of our guys.”
Behind the plate, Luke
Hancock will take over
the catching duties from
the now-departed Dustin
Skelton. Like Hatcher,
Hancock was mostly lim-
ited to pinch-hitting re-
sponsibilities as a fresh-
man, though he made the
most of his opportunities,
batting .326 with 14 hits
in 43 at-bats.
The major infield ques-
tion mark in 2020 comes
at third base. With Mar-
shall Gilbert now playing
in the Pittsburgh Pirates
minor league system and
Gunner Halter transfer-
ring to Oklahoma City
College over the summer,
Lemonis said the Bull-
dogs will turn to a platoon
of sophomore Landon
Jordan, freshman Kam-
ren James and Northwest
Mississippi Community
College import Tanner
Leggett.
“We have a couple
guys that are going to
play (third base),” Lem-
onis said. “One (is) my
DH; one may play there
and bounce around.”
something happen, you’ve
gotta jump on them early,
so that’s what I was wait-
ing for,” Leilua said.
In the fourth, she at-
tacked the trees behind
the left-field wall with a
no-doubt two-run shot.
“With Fa, it’s just an-
other day,” Ricketts said.
“It’s just fun to see her
doing what she does best:
not missing pitches that
are left on the white and
hitting them a long way.”
The Bulldogs’ whole
EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Lions’ efforts
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
When East Missis-
sippi Community Col-
lege women’s basketball
coach Sharon Thompson
gets on freshman Ja’Mia
Hollings during practice,
Hollings has an atypical
reaction.
She doesn’t stare at
the court. Doesn’t talk
back. Doesn’t look away.
Doesn’t give her coach a
funny look.
The 6-foot-1 forward
from West Point High
School stares right back
in the eyes of her coach,
no matter Thompson’s
tone. That’s “almost un-
heard of,” the coach said.
“I coach hard, and she
accepts that, regardless
of how hard I get on her,
but I don’t have to get on
her hard too many days
in practice,” Thompson
said. “She shows up every
day.”
And when Hollings is
there, she’s there to learn.
“She listens, and she
wants to get better,”
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offense was similarly
locked in Wednesday,
pounding out 16 runs on
14 hits against the Hor-
nets. It was the most runs
Mississippi State has
scored since an 18-run
outburst against Arkan-
sas on April 26, 2014.
Senior second base-
man Lindsey Williams led
the team with four runs
batted in, including a two-
run homer that cleared
the fence in left field in
See SOFTBALL, 2B
Thompson said. “It’s al-
ways, ‘Yes, ma’am’ and
‘No, ma’am.’ She’s so
humble. A kid like that
wants it, and a kid who re-
ally pays attention, who’s
paying attention to their
coach like that and taking
something in? You’re gon-
na get better. You have no
choice but to get better.”
In her short time in
Scooba, Hollings has
done nothing but get
better. The lanky for-
ward — whose nickname
has been “Sticks” since
fourth grade — has used
her size advantage in the
post to become a scoring
and rebounding force ear-
ly in her collegiate career.
Hollings is shooting
63.5 percent from the
field, averaging 14 points
per game and pulling
down an average of 9.2
rebounds per night. Help-
ing the Lions to a 19-2
start and a 10-0 record
in MACJC North division
play, she’s won the confer-
ence’s player of the week
award twice this season,
See HOLLINGS, 2B
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BRIEFLY
College Football
Former MSU DL found dead in Lee County
STARKVILLE — A body found in Lee County on
Monday morning has been identified by Lee County
Coroner Carolyn Green as former Mississippi State
defensive lineman Philemon “P.J.” Jones, 27, according
to multiple reports.
Jones, who had been reported missing in recent
weeks, was rated the the No. 6 player in the class of
2011 and had participated in the Mississippi-Alabama
All-Star Game following a standout career at Tupelo
High School.
Once at MSU, he played in 45 games for the
Bulldogs — totaling 46 tackles and five sacks.
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson told WCBI on
Monday that Jones’ death did not appear to be a
product of foul play but that the State Crime Lab would
conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Jones now becomes the second former MSU
football player to be found dead in the past month after
De’Runnya Wilson — a star receiver for the Bulldogs
between 2013 and 2015 — was found killed in his home
in Birmingham, Alabama, on Jan. 21.

College Baseball
Ellis earns Wilbur Snypp Award from NCBWA
Jim Ellis, the play-by-play radio broadcaster for the
Mississippi State baseball team, was named the 45th
recipient of the Wilbur Snypp Award, given out by the
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association annu-
ally for outstanding contributions to college baseball.
The award honors the late Wilbur “Bill” Snypp, the
former sports information director for Ohio State and the
founder of the NCBWA.
Ellis is in his 42nd year as the team’s play-by-play
broadcaster. He’s made 10 trips to Omaha, Nebraska,
for the College World Series and has been behind the
mic for over 2,500 games.
Ellis also spent 2011-2017 as the play-by-play
broadcaster for the Bulldogs’ football and men’s
basketball programs.
He’s called 31 of 38 NCAA tournament appear-
ances, five regular-season Southeastern Conference
championships and all seven SEC tournament titles for
the baseball program.
The National Sports Media Association named Ellis
its “Outstanding Broadcaster in Mississippi” in 1998,
2002, 2013 and 2014.
Jason Clark/EMCC Athletics
Time for MSU home opener moved up East Mississippi Community College freshman and West Point High School graduate Ja’Mia Hollings has won the MACJC player of the
The 2020 season opener for the Mississippi State week award twice this year.

baseball team set for Friday against Wright State at
Dudy Noble Field in Starkville was moved up to 1 p.m.
from 4 p.m. Friday, the school announced Wednesday.
Cold temperatures in the forecast for Friday
evening forced the Bulldogs’ hand.
Start times for the rest of the series are unchanged.
Mississippi State will play Wright State at 2 p.m. Satur-
day and at 1 p.m. Sunday at Dudy Noble.
Prep Boys Basketball
Heritage Academy boys rout Washington
SENATOBIA — The Heritage Academy boys bas-
ketball team posted a statement win over Washington
School on Wednesday in the first round of the MAIS
Class 4A north state tournament at Magnolia Heights
in Senatobia.
Four Patriots scored in double figures as Heritage
Academy beat Washington 73-17.
Jared Long had 14 points, Trey Naugher had 12,
and Steele Altmyer and Mack Howard each had 10.
The Patriots will face Bayou Academy in the
semifinals at 7:45 p.m. Friday in Senatobia.
Columbus Christian Academy boys victorious
STEENS — The Columbus Christian Academy
boys beat Marvell Academy (Arkansas) 77-49 on
Wednesday in the first round of the MAIS Class 2A
north state tournament at Columbus Christian in Steens.
Lawson Studdard paced the Rams with 22 points.
Will Teague scored 13, and Jonathan Peal had 12.
The Rams will play Tunica Academy at 7:45 p.m.
Friday.
Prep Girls Basketball
Heritage Academy falls to Pillow Academy
SENATOBIA — The season ended Wednesday for
Hollings
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crediting her coach for the improvements
she’s made.
“I’ve learned a lot from her,” Hollings
said of Thompson.
Watching game after game in the West
Point gym last season, the coach knew
what a find she’d made in the Green Wave
center. Hollings’ 6-1 frame is one thing,
but her impressive wingspan is anoth-
er — it makes the forward seem two or
three inches taller, which stood out even
further in high school.
“She did all this stuff in high school:
finishes well around the rim, runs the
floor well,” Thompson said.
Many prep players, Thompson said,
require multiple watches to suss out their
potential for the next level. Not Hollings.
“Sometimes you go to high school
games, it’s hard to judge and determine
if they’ll be successful in college or not,”
Thompson said. “She wasn’t one of those
kids.”
But Thompson still came back to West
Point time and time again “to show some
love” — and to make sure Hollings was
sold on staying close to home. EMCC’s
Scooba campus is basically a straight shot
down US-45 Alternate from West Point.
“I’m really close with my family and
family oriented, and those are the char-
acteristics and traits that we want within
our program,” Thompson said. “I think
that played a big role: her being less than
an hour from her family.”
Hollings started her EMCC career
taking classes over the summer, and it
wasn’t long before Thompson saw her
studiousness in action. The forward has
never missed a class, her coach said, and
Hollings picked up a 3.7 GPA in her first
semester.
Combined with her basketball prow-
ess, that makes the freshman an in-
triguing option for Division I programs.
Coaches flocked to Monday’s home game
against Northwest Mississippi Commu-
nity College to watch Hollings; she had
a rare off game, shooting 3 of 8 from the
field and scoring just nine points. It was
the freshman’s first single-digit scoring
total since Dec. 16 at Snead State Com-
munity College.
Hollings knows she’s still in need of
work on her defense before playing at the
next level. She likes to reach, according
to sophomore guard Tye Metcalf, and
though her footwork is good on offense,
matching that on the defensive side of the
ball would go a long way.
Hollings’ thin frame — ‘I’m always
skinny’ — earned her the “Sticks” moni-
ker long ago, though she said she doesn’t
mind it. The nickname has become so
common that her teammates and coaches
never call her anything else.
“They may not always know who
‘Ja’Mia’ is,” Hollings said.
But the Division I programs recruit-
ing her certainly know. Thompson said
scouts look to see how Hollings interacts
with her teammates and with EMCC’s
coaches. There, Hollings’ willingness to
take criticism and improve stands out.
“They’re gonna really take note when
a coach is getting on a kid: ‘How does that
kid react to the coach?’” Thompson said.
“She passes all those tests.”

the Heritage Academy girls with a 62-42 loss to Pillow
Academy in the first round of the MAIS Class 4A north
state tournament at Magnolia Heights in Senatobia.
For the Patriots, Sydney Adair scored 15 points,
Bailey Harris had 13, and Lucy Sharp had nine.
Heritage Academy’s season comes to an end with
a 12-21 record.
CCA girls take down West Memphis (Ark.)
STEENS — The Columbus Christian Academy
girls beat West Memphis Academy (Arkansas) 54-29
in the first round of the MAIS Class 2A north state
tournament on Wednesday in Steens.
Morgan Whitten had 13 poins to lead CCA. Audrey
Foreman scored 12, and CC DeVos had 11.
The Rams will play Marvell Academy (Arkansas) at
5:15 p.m. Friday.
SOURCE: From Special Reports
CALENDAR
Today
Women’s College Basketball
Ole Miss at Florida, 5 p.m.
MUW at Tougaloo College, 5:30 p.m.
Southern Miss at Florida Atlantic, 6
p.m.
Men’s College Basketball
Florida Atlantic at Southern Miss, 7
p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball
Noxubee County vs. Aberdeen, district
tournament, Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Caledonia vs. Shannon, district tourna-
ment, Fulton, 5:30 p.m.
West Lowndes vs. Nanih Waiya, district
tournament, McAdams, 8:30 p.m.
Prep Girls Basketball
Noxubee County at Houston, district
tournament, 4 p.m.
West Lowndes vs. Ethel or Noxapater,
district tournament, McAdams, 4 p.m.
College Softball
Ole Miss at Colorado State and Utah
in Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, 6
p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
ON THE AIR
Today
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
6 p.m. — Memphis at Cincinnati, ESPN
6 p.m. — Wichita State at UCF, ESPN2
7 p.m. — Iowa at Indiana, BTN
8 p.m. — Colorado at Oregon, ESPN
8 p.m. — Washington at Southern
California, ESPN2
9:30 p.m. — Arizona at California, FS1
10 p.m. — Arizona State at Stanford,
ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m. — LA Clippers at Boston, TNT
Softball
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the fourth inning. She also drove home
Anna Kate Segars with a single in the sec-
ond inning and was hit by a pitch with the
bases loaded in the third.
In that third frame, in which the
Bulldogs scored eight runs, Mississippi
State took advantage of a host of Hornets
mistakes. After a pitching change with
runners on the corners, catcher Jackie
McKenna walked to load the bases, and
Williams was hit by the first pitch she
saw. Senior left fielder Candace Denis fol-
lowed with a chopper to second base, but
Alabama State second baseman Jamaica
Flowers threw high and hard, and the ball
was deflected off the first baseman’s glove
and out of play, bringing two runs home.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
No. 3 Kansas finishes strong in Morgantown, beats No. 14 WVU
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Devon
Dotson scored 15 points and No. 3 Kansas
finished the game with a 9-0 run to beat
No. 14 West Virginia 58-49 on Wednesday
night.
The Jayhawks (21-3, 10-1 Big 12) won
for the ninth straight time and remain a
game behind first-place Baylor.
Georgia Tech 64,
No. 5 Louisville 58
ATLANTA — Moses Wright made
a huge block at one end, then powered
inside for a basket that helped Georgia
Tech snap Louisville’s 10-game winning
streak.
Louisville (21-4, 12-2 Atlantic Coast
Conference) lost for the first time since
early January.
No. 23 Creighton 87,
No. 10 Seton Hall 82
NEWARK, N.J. — Damien Jefferson,
Ty-Shon Alexander, Marcus Zegarowski
and Denzel Mahoney all scored 18 points
and No. 23 Creighton beat Seton Hall for
its second road win over a Top 10 team
this month.
Sophomore right fielder Chloe Malau’ulu
followed with a two-run single just out of
Flowers’ reach, and the Bulldogs’ lead
had ballooned to 10-2.
In the fourth, a pair of freshman pinch
hitters started the damage. Brylie St.
Clair ripped a run-scoring triple to right
field, and Kiki Edwards immediately fol-
lowed with a double to plate St. Clair. Wil-
liams and Leilua rounded out the inning
with a two-run blast apiece.
Freshman Kenley Hawk, who pitched
a scoreless fourth inning, picked up the
win. Fellow freshman Aspen Wesley had a
solid debut in her first official start, pitch-
ing the game’s first three innings.
Altogether, it was an excellent team ef-
Christian Bishop added 11 points as
the Bluejays (19-6, 8-4 Big East) won for
the sixth time in seven games,
No. 11 Auburn 95,
Alabama 91, OT
AUBURN, Ala. — Austin Wiley had
18 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and
five blocked shots and Auburn beat rival
Alabama in the Tigers’ latest foray into
overtime.
The Tigers (22-2, 9-2 Southeastern
Conference) picked up their fourth over-
time win of the last five games.
Led by Jaden Shackelford’s 28 points,
the Tide set league marks with 22 3-point-
ers and 59 attempts (37.3 percent). The
attempts were the most by a major confer-
ence team all time.
Isaac Okoro had 19 points and nine re-
bounds for Auburn before being helped
off the court clutching his upper right leg
late in regulation.
No. 15 Villanova 72,
No. 18 Marquette 71
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Jeremiah Robin-
son-Earl had 17 points and 11 rebounds,
and Villanova held on to beat Marquette
and snap a three-game skid.
fort for the Bulldogs, who improved to 5-0
after going undefeated at the NFCA Lead-
off Classic last week in Clearwater, Flori-
da, and capturing the tournament title.
“It’s very early, but it does feel good,”
Ricketts said. “I think the biggest thing
for us is getting them to understand that
what we’re doing. The start we had over
the weekend, that comes based on the
work we do every day in practice. We talk-
ed early on that we’ve got 100 days togeth-
er to practice and be out on the field and
only 50 game days. We need to work hard
and outperform everybody in practice
and push each other, because that’s what
makes those game days really special for
us.”
Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels
added 14 points apiece for Villanova (18-
6, 8-4 Big East). The Wildcats had surren-
dered an average of 75 points in defeats to
Creighton, Butler and Seton Hall.
No. 19 Butler 66,
Xavier 61
INDIANAPOLIS — Sean McDermott
scored 14 points to lead Butler past Xavi-
er.
Kamar Baldwin added 11 points and
Jordan Tucker scored 10 for the Bulldogs
(19-6, 7-5 Big East).
No. 20 Houston 62,
South Florida 58
TAMPA, Fla. — Quentin Grimes
scored nine of his 22 points in the final
3:28, helping Houston hold off South Flor-
ida.
Grimes made six straight free throws
and also sank a 3-pointer that gave the
Cougars (20-5, 10-2) some breathing
room down the stretch in the matchup be-
tween the top two defensive teams in the
American Athletic Conference.
Fabian White Jr. scored 10 points for
first-place Houston, which led 45-34 be-
fore USF rallied to within 53-51.

NBA
Raptors’ 15-game win streak snapped with loss to Nets
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The To-
ronto Raptors were hop-
ing to keep rolling right
into the All-Star break.
Instead, they had their
franchise-record win-
ning streak stopped at 15
games with a 101-91 loss
to the Brooklyn Nets.
Still, the reigning NBA
champions are 40-15 de-
spite losing Kawhi Leon-
ard last summer and bat-
tling injuries all season,
so they could easily shrug
off a poor performance
Wednesday.
“In the big scheme of
things, you look at the
overall of where you’re
sitting and have to be
pleased with that,” coach
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
Nick Nurse said.
The Raptors couldn’t
find the form that helped
them average 121.2 points
and shoot 50% over the
previous 15 games. This
time, they hit only 37.8%,
with Kyle Lowry’s tri-
ple-double coming on a
night when the All-Star
point guard was just 4 for
13.
“We didn’t play well.
Simple as that,” Lowry
said.
“They played well and
give them credit, they
played their butts off.
They beat us. It’s only one
game.”
Caris LeVert scored 20
points for the Nets, who
ended a six-game losing
streak against the Rap-
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tors. That included Satur-
day in Toronto, where Le-
Vert scored a career-best
37 points but the Nets fell
119-118.
“I think we felt like
we were right there in
Toronto. We were really
a last second tip-in from
winning the game and we
were confident going into
it,” forward Joe Harris
said. “Obviously any time
you play home in front of
your own fans, you defi-
nitely get a distinct advan-
tage that way.”
Harris added 19 points
and Spencer Dinwiddie
had 17 points and nine
assists for the Nets, who
head into the break 25-28
after having Kyrie Irving
for just 20 games. He sat
out again with a sprained
right knee.
Serge Ibaka had 28
points and nine rebounds
for the Raptors after re-
turning from a one-game
absence with flu-like
symptoms. Fred VanV-
leet scored 22 points and
Lowry had 12 points, 12
assists and 11 rebounds.
The Nets extended a
10-point lead after three
quarters to 80-65 in the
opening 90 seconds of the
fourth and spent the rest
of the game turning back
every Toronto attempt to
get back in it. The Rap-
tors’ best shot came when
Ibaka made a 3-pointer
and VanVleet converted
a three-point play to cut it
to 91-82 with 4:13 remain-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My husband
and I have
an elderly (90-
plus) aunt who
lives with her son
in a town about
four hours away.
She corresponds
by letter with us
regularly, and
we always write
back. However, it
has become ap-
parent that she’s
not receiving our
letters because
she doesn’t make
Dear Abby
any comments
on any of the things we write
to tell her about. We suspect
that her son is withholding her
mail because we have written
to him in the past to express
our displeasure about how he
treats his mother’s emotional
and safety needs.
In the last letter we received
from her, she told us she
expected to spend Christmas in
her basement apartment while
her son and his wife’s family
have Christmas festivities up-
stairs. It broke our hearts, but
we realize that since we’re so
far away, there’s little we can
do. We’ve tried sending letters
without our return address on
the envelope, etc. to get past
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.
13). Here comes the meaning-
ful work — work that’s mea-
sured in how far it can take you,
also in how far you can take it.
Where to stop will be an import-
ant thing to sense, as you’ll be
switching vehicles for the next
leg of your journey. Your grateful
heart and exemplary hosting
skill will contribute to many
happy occasions. Libra and Leo
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 2, 30, 33, 44 and 11.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Expectation determines satis-
faction. But if you’ve never done
a thing, how do you know what
to expect? Having an open mind
that’s not too attached to any
outcome takes maturity. Mature
people have more fun!
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Your creativity isn’t so
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020
ing, but LeVert made con-
secutive baskets to quick-
ly push the lead back into
double figures.
“I thought our phys-
icality, the things we
were missing in the last
two games against them,
I thought we just raised
that. We wanted it bad,”
Nets coach Kenny Atkin-
son said. “The execution
wasn’t perfect, but our
will to win was at a su-
per-high level. That’s why
we came out with the W.”
The Nets scored the
first seven points of the
second quarter to open a
30-19 lead. The Raptors
had the deficit down to six
in the final minute of the
period, but Harris made
three free throws and
her son’s scruti-
ny, but we really
don’t believe
she’s getting her
mail.
Should we
contact the police
or social services
to do a wellness
check on her, or
do you have an-
other suggestion?
We know she
occasionally goes
to a senior center
in town. Should
we write to her in
care of the senior
center? Your
comments are appreciated. —
SUSPICIOUS IN GEORGIA
DEAR SUSPICIOUS: Your
relative may be having memory
issues, or your fears may be
genuine. Is it possible to talk
with her on the phone or visit
her to make an assessment?
If someone suspects that an
older person is being physi-
cally, emotionally or financially
abused, it should be reported
so the matter can be inves-
tigated. You can do that by
contacting Adult Protective
Services in your aunt’s state or
the National Domestic Violence
hotline at thehotline.org or 800-
799-7233.
DEAR ABBY: A few years
much about what you’re able
to come up with on your own,
rather it’s the connections you
make between things, what you
choose and how you bring them
together. Does that take the
pressure off?
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Don’t worry about being au-
thentic. It could be argued that
it’s not really “a thing” anyway.
If not you, who else could you
possibly be? Focus on being
useful to those around you and
your soul essence will naturally
shine.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
The popular belief that habits
take 21 days to establish has
since been proven incorrect
by social scientists who agree
it takes much longer. The one
you’re trying to form will be
worth the persistence. Also, it
3B
then a 3 to make it 52-40
at halftime.
“I thought we were a
little flat early and just
couldn’t really get it going
after that,” VanVleet said.
“It is what it is. We weren’t
going to win them all.”
Tip-ins
Raptors: Toronto had
won 10 straight on the
road. ... The Raptors lost
for the first time since
Jan. 12 against San Anto-
nio.
Nets: Brooklyn has
won five straight at home.
All were by double digits,
matching a franchise re-
cord. ... LeVert has aver-
aged 24 points in his last
five games.
ago, I found some flirtatious
and slightly risque messages
between my husband and a
female business associate.
My husband agreed that they
were wrong and says he has
discontinued those kinds of
conversations. He has stayed
in contact with her, and their
friendship remains.
After dealing with the hurt
for more than two years, I
finally told him a few months
ago the only way I would be
OK with their friendship is if
he introduced me to her. He
promised he would, but he
hasn’t followed through. This
week I saw on our phone bill
that while on a recent business
trip he was texting with her late
into the night and early in the
morning. I confronted him, but
he continues to say they are
just friends, and he is doing
nothing wrong.
I’m heartbroken. I feel he
has betrayed my trust. What
should I do? — DISRESPECTED
IN TEXAS
DEAR DISRESPECTED: Your
husband is doing something
wrong. He’s hurting you and
threatening the marriage. What
you should do now is ask your
doctor or your health insurance
company to refer you to a
marriage and family therapist,
schedule some visits and insist
will get easier.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
There are certain loops of activi-
ty that bring you comfort, solace
and a sense of being healthfully
at home. Then there are the
deadly boring loops you’d best
interrupt right now, and much is
aligning to help you with that.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You care enough to do the work,
but you don’t know which work
to do. You’re not sure which
moves would be effective and
neither do you know the order
to put them in. Get instruction,
even if you have to pay for it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Whoever gave you the idea that
change should be easy and
fun was perhaps trying to sell
you something. Change will be
a mixed bag. Relax. It’s better
when you expect the work with-
out dreading it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’re a creative person
trying to communicate about
a need that goes beyond what
words, images, music, tastes
or anything you’ve experienced
could possibly fulfill. This soul
ache will be the source of much
beauty.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It feels good to deliver
something that people want.
You weren’t always able to
assess what this might be.
Acknowledge the fact you’ve
tapped into something. This is
just the beginning.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19). Black and white
thinking may be useful in a
few situations. But for 99% of
this nuanced and colorful life,
“always,” “never” and other
sweeping generalities simply
are not going to serve you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Big, buttery biscuits have
their time and place. However,
today you’ll take your indulgenc-
es in a different form, perhaps
luxuriating in scrumptious,
savory words or media that
lands in the sweet spot of your
appetite for drama.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). A drop of ink can discolor
the whole glass of water, but it
won’t do much to the ocean or
the lake for that matter — even
the bathtub will be fine. Just
add some bubbles, think bigger
and avoid people with outdated
pens.
Lost in thought
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Business
BUSINESS MOVES WITH MARY
BankFirst continues expansions into Alabama
PLUS: New
consignment
shop opens in
West Point
BY MARY POLLITZ
biz@cdispatch.com
W
ednesday after-
noon, BankFirst
President and
CEO Moak Griffin saw
six out-of-town BankFirst
employees eating at
Harvey’s.
With BankFirst
announcing its recent
acquisition of Traders
and Farmers, a bank
with nine branches in
Alabama, Griffin said the
Golden Triangle will con-
tinue to benefit from his
bank’s growth as it hosts
meetings and events in
Columbus.
“With our headquar-
ters being (in Columbus),
it’s a big difference,” Grif-
fin said. “(Those employ-
ees) were here to present
at a branch managers’
meeting and it’s very ben-
eficial to Columbus.”
He added the acquisi-
tion will be finalized by
June. Even though the
most recent acquisition is
in Alabama, Griffin said it
will require hiring more
employees in the Golden
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Triangle to
help maintain
Flowers said.
“We are just
shop in town.
Christiann Gibbs
p.m., or you can shop by
appointment by giving
We’re going to round
out the Golden Triangle
the increase.
“We will
relocating to
(Brickerton).
opened Secret Hidden
Treasures, a consignment
Gibbs a call at 662-524-
0804.
with Starkville business
news.
definitely …We will shop, at 26046 W. Main
St. The store for thrift-
“We don’t have very
many consignment
Late last year, we
announced a new sub
be adding continue to
more jobs to operate as a ers offers new and used shops here,” Gibbs said. sandwich chain was mov-
Columbus, firm and to items at great prices. “I think it’s a very nice ing to Starkville … well
but I would our Columbus Gibbs said she carries place for people to get it’s finally open.
clothes, pictures, jewelry, great deals and it’s a good Jersey Mike’s, 831
hate to put a clients, just
number on it,” as we always hats, purses, furniture thing for the community.” Hwy. 12 W. Suite D,
and more. The new store The West Point Main opened last week. Feel
Griffin said. have.”
Mary Pollitz to West Point has varied Street Growth Alliance free to head over to Jer-
“We will be Flowers
hiring people added the hours since Gibbs has will hold a ribbon cutting sey Mike’s and give one
a full-time job, but the Friday at 11 a.m. Check of their signature subs a
in Starkville, Columbus office at Brickerton will
and Macon to help us have two attorneys and store’s schedule is posted out the new store on the try. Jersey Mike’s is open
on the door. When open, block and see if you can every day from 10 a.m.-9
with this acquisition. … will use paralegal and
As we buy banks in other secretarial services you can shop 10 a.m.-8 find a treasure. p.m.
parts of Mississippi and remotely through its
Alabama, it is just going Jackson office.
to benefit Columbus be- Moving on down the
cause we continue to hire highway, the Columbus
people as we grow.” Palmer Home Thrift
Moving from bank Store, 2608 S. Main St.,
news to legal news, Brun- has temporarily closed its
ini Grantham Grower doors. Palmer Home for
Hewes Law Firm at 410 Children posted on its so-
Main St. will move across cial media page that the
town March 1. Starkville location will
Gordon Flowers, remain open while the
attorney with Brunini Columbus store will close
Law, confirmed the firm’s for four to six weeks.
move from downtown The Columbus Palmer
to Brickerton Plaza. For Home thrift store closed
more than a decade, for management to “re-
Brunini law firm has view opportunities to im-
served the Columbus prove” on Feb. 6. Those
region and with a new looking to donate items
location, Flowers said not or shop around should
much will change. check out Starkville’s
“We just have excess location at 422 Hwy 12.
space and have had Moving on over to
for quite some time,” West Point, there’s a new

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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2005,
Sammy L. Fulton, a single man
executed a certain deed of
trust to James L. Robertson,
Trustee for the benefit of Mort-
gage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. as nominee for
BankFirst Financial Services,
its successors and assigns
which deed of trust is of re-
cord in the office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
State of Mississippi in Book
2005 at Page 20035; and
WHEREAS, Deutsche Bank Na-
tional Trust Company, solely as
Trustee for MASTR Specialized
loan Trust 2006-2 Mortgage
Pass- Through Certificates,
Series 2006-2 has heretofore
substituted Shapiro & Brown,
LLC as Trustee by instrument
dated January 7, 2020 and re-
corded in the aforesaid Chan-
cery Clerk's Office in Book
2020 at Page 669; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, solely as Trustee for
MASTR Specialized loan Trust
2006-2 Mortgage Pass-
Through Certificates, Series
2006-2, the legal holder of
said indebtedness, having re-
quested the undersigned Sub-
stituted Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land and
property in accordance with the
terms of said deed of trust and
for the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney's fees,
trustee's fees and expense of
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on
February 20, 2020 offer for
sale at public outcry and sell
within legal hours (being
between the hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the
Southeast Door of the County
Courthouse of Lowndes
County, located at 505 2nd Av-
enue North, Columbus, MS
39701, to the highest and best
bidder for cash or certified
funds the following described
property situated in Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi,
to-wit:
TRACT 1:
Beginning at a corner post at
the Southwest corner of the
Marvin L. and Mildred 0. Smith
residence lot from thence run-
ning East along said Smith's
South line a distance of One
Hundred & Twenty (120) Feet
East more or less; thence
South a distance of Sixty-Six
(66) Feet, more or less to Whit-
field Street, thence West a dis-
tance of One Hundred & Twenty
(120) feet, more or less along
the North side of said Whit-
field street; thence North a dis-
tance of Sixty-Six (66) feet,
more or less, to the point of
beginning. All in Section Twenty
(20), Township Eighteen (18),
Range Sixteen (16) East In the
Town of Artesia, Mississippi.
The foregoing description is in-
tended to describe a parcel of
land with dimensions of One
Hundred Twenty (120') Feet
East & West and Sixty-Six (66')
feet North and South off the
West end of the 0. G. Mcllwain
tenant dwelling lot as per deed
dated Feb. 21, 1935 as per
Deed Book # 153 Pages 379-
80 of the Land Records of said
Lowndes County, Mississippi.
TRACT 2:
"Begin at the Northeast corner
of the J. S. Mcllwain-Roberts lot
on which the residence
formerly occupied by J. S. Mcil-
wain now stands, which point
is Sixty (60) feet north of the
intersection of the West bound-
ary line of Thompson Street
with North boundary line of
Whitfield Street in the Town of
Artesia, Mississippi; and from
said point of beginning, run
North along the West boundary
line of Thompson Street Sixty
(60) feet; run thence West Two
Hundred and Twenty Six (226)
feet; run thence South on a
line parallel with Thompson
Street a distance of Sixty (60)
feet to said Mcilwain-Roberts
lot; thence run East along the
north line of said Mcliwain-
Roberts lot a distance of Two
Hundred Twenty (226) feet to
the point of beginning. Said lot
is located in the East Half
(E1/2) of the Northwest
Quarter (NW1/4) of Section
Twenty (20), Township Eight-
een (18) North, Range Sixteen
(16) East, and is the PROP-
ERTY CONVEYED to grantors (
W.I. and Mrs. Annie S. McCol-
lum) herein by deed from R. L.
Frye and wife, recorded in Land
Record No. 232 at pages 299-
300 of the Public Land Re-
cords of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, to which reference is
here made.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 22nd day of January,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
159 Thompson St
Artesia, MS 39736
19-024425
Publication Dates: January 30,
February 6 and 13, 2020
All notices must be
emailed to
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Legal Notices
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on December 18,
2006, John Christian, Married
Man executed a certain deed
of trust to Real Estate Closing
Services, Trustee for the bene-
fit of Mortgage Electronic Re-
gistration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for New Century Mort-
gage Corporation which deed of
trust is of record in the office
of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, State of Mis-
sissippi in Book 2006 at Page
36581; and
WHEREAS, DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as trustee for SECURITIZED AS-
SET BACKED RECEIVABLES
LLC TRUST 2007-BR4, MORT-
GAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTI-
FICATES, SERIES 2007-BR4
has heretofore substituted
Shapiro & Brown, LLC as Trust-
ee by instrument dated Janu-
ary 7, 2020 and recorded in
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk's
Office in Book 2020 at Page
663; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL
TRUST COMPANY, as trustee
for SECURITIZED ASSET
BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC
TRUST 2007-BR4, MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2007-BR4, the legal
holder of said indebtedness,
having requested the under-
signed Substituted Trustee to
execute the trust and sell said
land and property in accord-
ance with the terms of said
deed of trust and for the pur-
pose of raising the sums due
thereunder, together with attor-
ney's fees, trustee's fees and
expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & scribed property situated in
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- Lowndes County, State of Mis-
ee in said deed of trust, will on sissippi, to-wit:
February 20, 2020 offer for
sale at public outcry and sell
within legal hours (being
between the hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the
Southeast Door of the County
Courthouse of Lowndes
County, located at 505 2nd Av- 1, in the Office of the Chan-
enue North, Columbus, MS
39701, to the highest and best Mississippi.
bidder for cash or certified
funds the following described
property situated in Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi,
to-wit:
A survey of a lot or parcel of
land located in the Southeast
Quarter (SE 1/4) of the South- Shapiro & Brown, LLC
east Quarter (SE 1/4) of Sec-
tion 31, Township 16 South,
Range 17 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi, and being 1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at the point of inter-
section of the East boundary
line of Section 31, Township
16 South, Range 17 West,
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
and the North right of way line
of Woodlawn Road; thence
North 86 degrees 16 minutes
West along the said North right
of way line a distance of 640
feet to a point; thence North
01 degree 16 minutes West, a SIPPI
distance of 420 feet to the ini-
tial point of the property herein QUIARAH MOSBY, A MINOR
described; thence North 01 de-
gree 16 minutes West a dis-
tance of 210 feet; thence
South 86 degrees 16 minutes
East, a distance of 190 feet;
thence South 01 degree 16
minutes East, a distance of
210 feet; thence North 86 de-
grees 16 minutes West, a dis-
tance of 190 feet to the initial
point of this description, con-
taining 0.90 acres, more or
less.
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to a five
foot wide easement along and TO: QUINTEN MOSBY, Natural
adjoining the North and South
boundary lines and a ten foot
wide easement along and ad-
joining the East boundary line
of said lot which easements
are hereby reserved for the in-
stallation and maintenance of
utility facilities.
TOGETHER WITH a permanent
and perpetual non-exclusive
easement which shall enure to You are hereby summoned to
the benefit of the grantees
herein, their heirs and assigns, said Petition on March 17,
for purposes of ingress and
egress in, over, upon and
across a strip of land 60 feet
in width East and West and
420 feet in length North and
South extending from the
•Woodlawn Road and being
more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection of ded in the Petition.
the East boundary of Section
31, Township 16 South, Range You are not required to file an
17 West, Lowndes County, Mis- answer or other pleading, but
sissippi, with the North right of you may do so if desired.
way line of the Woodlawn Road
and run thence North 86 de-
grees 16 minutes West along
said North right of way line a
distance of 640 feet to the ini-
tial point of this description;
thence North 01 degree 16
minutes West for a distance of Clerk
630 feet to the Northwest
corner of the above described
lot; thence North 86 degrees
16 minutes West a distance of D.C.
60 feet; thence South 01 de-
gree 16 minutes East a dis-
tance of 630 feet to a point on Suzanne Childress
the North right of way line of
said Woodlawn Road; thence
South 86 degrees 16 minutes
East a distance of 60 feet to
the initial point of this descrip- Telephone: 662-350-9102
tion.
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 22nd day of January,
2020.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
94 Winfrey Drive
Caledonia, MS 39740
19-023193
Publication Dates:
January 30, February 6 and 13, 2010 at Page 27285; and
2020
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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on March 12,
2007, Larry Shirley, Sr., mar-
ried and Larry Shirley, Jr. un-
married executed a certain
deed of trust to Bryan P.
Griffin, Trustee for the benefit
of Wells Fargo Financial Missis-
sippi 2, Inc. which deed of trust
is of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, State of Mississippi in
Book 2007 at Page 7288; and
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. has heretofore substi-
tuted Shapiro & Brown, LLC as
Trustee by instrument dated
January 8, 2020 and recorded
in the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk's Office in Book 2020 at
Page 494; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the leg-
al holder of said indebtedness,
having requested the under-
signed Substituted Trustee to
execute the trust and sell said
land and property in accord-
ance with the terms of said
deed of trust and for the pur-
pose of raising the sums due
thereunder, together with attor-
ney's fees, trustee's fees and
expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
ee in said deed of trust, will on
March 12, 2020 offer for sale
at public outcry and sell within
legal hours (being between the
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
the County Courthouse of
Lowndes County, located at
505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
bus, MS 39701, to the highest
and best bidder for cash or cer-
tified funds the following de-
Lot Number 37 of and in the
Airline Subdivision, a Subdivi-
sion of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, as shown by the map
or plat thereof of record in Sub-
division Plat Book No. 2, Page
cery Clerk, of Lowndes County,
I WILL CONVEY only such title
as vested in me as Substi-
tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this 6th day of February, 2020.
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
105 Mchall Dr
Columbus, MS 39702
19-025492
Publication Dates:
February 13, 20, 27 and March
5, 2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0611-S
SHARONIE CANNON, LEGAL
GUARDIAN OF QUIARAH
MOSBY, A MINOR PETITIONER
QUINTEN MOSBY RESPOND-
ENT
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Father of Quiarah Mosby, a
Minor
Last known address: 1232 Har-
rison Road, Steens, MS 39766
A Petition for Authority to Com-
promise a Doubtful Claim of a
Minor has been filed by Shar-
onie Cannon, Petitioner, on be-
half of Quiarah Mosby, a Minor.
appear and defend against
2020 at 9:00 a.m., before the
Honorable Joseph N. Studdard
in the Lowndes County Chan-
cery Courthouse located at 502
2nd Avenue North in Colum-
bus, Mississippi. In case of
your failure to appear and de-
fend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
Issued under my hand and the
seal of this Court, on this 23rd
day of January, 2020.
CINDY EGGER GOODE
Lowndes County Chancery
By: Shantrell W. Granderson,
Attorney for Petitioner:
Nahon Saharovich & Trotz,
PLLC
201 Magazine Street, Ste. 201
Tupelo, MS 38804
Facsimile: 662-840-7745
Email: schildress@nstlaw.com
PUBLISH: 1/30, 2/6, &
2/13/2020
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on December 7,
2010, Tia E. Rice and Dexter E.
Rice, wife and husband ex-
ecuted a certain deed of trust
to Cecil D. McClellan, III, Trust-
ee for the benefit of Mortgage
Electronic Registration Sys-
tems, Inc. as nominee for Res-
idential Finance Corporation,
its successors and assigns
which deed of trust is of re-
cord in the office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
State of Mississippi in Book
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. has heretofore substi-
tuted Shapiro & Brown, LLC as
Trustee by instrument dated
January 9, 2020 and recorded
in the aforesaid Chancery
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO- cery Clerk of Lowndes County, WHEREAS, on September 21,
TICE OF SALE State of Mississippi in Book 2012, Tony Springer, Jr. and
2019 at Page 11324; and Titashia Brooks, husband and
WHEREAS, on December 7,
ADS APPEAR IN THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH,
2010, Tia E. Rice and Dexter E.
Rice, wife and husband ex-
WHEREAS, Nationstar Mort-
gage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper
wife executed a certain deed of
trust to Denise McLaurin, Trust-
ee for the benefit of Regions
ecuted a certain deed of trust
THE STARKVILLE DISPATCH AND ONLINE
to Cecil D. McClellan, III, Trust-
ee for the benefit of Mortgage
has heretofore substituted
Shapiro & Brown, LLC as Trust-
ee by instrument dated Janu-
Bank d/b/a Regions Mortgage
which deed of trust is of re-
cord in the office of the Chan-
Electronic Registration Sys- ary 14, 2020 and recorded in cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
tems, Inc. as nominee for Res-
idential Finance Corporation,
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk's
Office in Book 2020 at Page
To place ads starting at only $12,
State of Mississippi in Book
2012 at Page 22724; and
its successors and assigns
which deed of trust is of re-
1106; and call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
WHEREAS, Regions Bank has
cord in the office of the Chan- WHEREAS, default having been heretofore substituted Shapiro
cery Clerk of Lowndes County, made in the terms and condi- & Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
State of Mississippi in Book tions of THEsaid DISPATCH
deed of trustn andCDISPATCH.COM
strument dated Januaryn THURSDAY,
13, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 n 5B
2010 at Page 27285; and the entire debt secured thereby 2020 and recorded in the
having been declared to be due aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank, and payable in accordance with fice in Book 2020 at Page
N.A. has heretofore substi- the terms of said deed of trust, 1103; and
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tuted Legal Notices Mortgage LLC d/b/a Legal Notices
Shapiro & Brown, LLC as Nationstar Legal Notices
Trustee by instrument dated Mr. Cooper, the legal holder of WHEREAS, default having been
January 9, 2020 and recorded said indebtedness, having re- made in the terms and condi- SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
in the aforesaid Chancery quested the undersigned Sub- tions of said deed of trust and TICE OF SALE
Clerk's Office in Book 2020 at stituted Trustee to execute the the entire debt secured thereby
Page 673; and trust and sell said land and having been declared to be due WHEREAS, on September 23,
property in accordance with the and payable in accordance with 2005, Randy Macon, a single
WHEREAS, default having been terms of said deed of trust and the terms of said deed of trust, man executed a certain deed
made in the terms and condi- for the purpose of raising the Regions Bank, the legal holder of trust to ReconTrust Com-
tions of said deed of trust and sums due thereunder, togeth- of said indebtedness, having pany, N.A., Trustee for the be-
the entire debt secured thereby er with attorney's fees, requested the undersigned nefit of Mortgage Electronic Re-
having been declared to be due trustee's fees and expense of Substituted Trustee to execute gistration Systems, Inc. as
and payable in accordance with sale. the trust and sell said land and nominee for Countrywide Home
the terms of said deed of trust, property in accordance with the Loans, Inc., its successors and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the leg- NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & terms of said deed of trust and assigns which deed of trust is
al holder of said indebtedness, Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- for the purpose of raising the of record in the office of the
having requested the under- ee in said deed of trust, will on sums due thereunder, togeth- Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
signed Substituted Trustee to February 27, 2020 offer for er with attorney's fees, County, State of Mississippi in
execute the trust and sell said sale at public outcry and sell trustee's fees and expense of Book 2005 at Page 27757;
land and property in accord- within legal hours (being sale. and
ance with the terms of said between the hours of 11:00
deed of trust and for the pur- a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & WHEREAS, Carrington Mort-
pose of raising the sums due Southeast Door of the County Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- gage Services, LLC has hereto-
thereunder, together with attor- Courthouse of Lowndes ee in said deed of trust, will on fore substituted Shapiro &
ney's fees, trustee's fees and County, located at 505 2nd Av- February 27, 2020 offer for Brown, LLC as Trustee by in-
expense of sale. enue North, Columbus, MS sale at public outcry and sell strument dated January 28,
39701, to the highest and best within legal hours (being 2020 and recorded in the
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & bidder for cash or certified between the hours of 11:00 aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of-
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- funds the following described a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the fice in Book 2020 at Page
ee in said deed of trust, will on property situated in Lowndes Southeast Door of the County 2127; and
February 20, 2020 offer for County, State of Mississippi, Courthouse of Lowndes
sale at public outcry and sell to-wit: County, located at 505 2nd Av- WHEREAS, default having been
within legal hours (being enue North, Columbus, MS made in the terms and condi-
between the hours of 11:00 Lot No. 6 of D and D Subdivi- 39701, to the highest and best tions of said deed of trust and
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the sion, an unrecorded subdivi- bidder for cash or certified the entire debt secured thereby
Southeast Door of the County sion located in the Southwest funds the following described having been declared to be due
Courthouse of Lowndes Quarter of the Northwest property situated in Lowndes and payable in accordance with
County, located at 505 2nd Av- quarter of Section 5, Township County, State of Mississippi, the terms of said deed of trust,
enue North, Columbus, MS 19 South, Range 17 West, to-wit: Carrington Mortgage Services,
39701, to the highest and best Lowndes County, Mississippi, LLC, the legal holder of said in-
bidder for cash or certified and being more particularly de- Lot 67 of and in PARKLAWN debtedness, having requested
funds the following described scribed as follows: SUBDIVISION, a subdivision in the undersigned Substituted
property situated in Lowndes Beginning at the Southwest and to the City of Columbus, Trustee to execute the trust
County, State of Mississippi, corner of the Northwest Quarter Lowndes County, Mississippi, and sell said land and property
to-wit: of Section 5, Township 19 as shown by the map or plat in accordance with the terms of
South, Range 17 West, thereof of record in Subdivi- said deed of trust and for the
THAT PART OF THE SOUTHW- Lowndes County, Mississippi; sion Plat Book 2 at Page 44 in purpose of raising the sums
EST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, thence South 86 degrees 30 the Chancery Clerk's Office of due thereunder, together with
TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE minutes East along the center- Lowndes County, Mississippi. attorney's fees, trustee's fees
18 WEST, IN LOWNDES line of a county road known as and expense of sale.
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AND Lake Lowndes Road, a dis- SUBJECT TO the restrictive cov-
MORE PARTICULARLY DE- tance of 20 feet; thence North enants and conditions as NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &
SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: a distance of 30 feet to the shown by and written on said Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust-
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHW- point of intersection of said recorded plat and SUBJECT TO ee in said deed of trust, will on
EST CORNER OF THE NORTH- Lake Lowndes Road and the the reservation of easements March 12, 2020 offer for sale
EAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH- East boundary line of a county for utility and drainage installa- at public outcry and sell within
WEST QUARTER OF SAID SEC- gravel road known as Casey tion as set forth in said restrict- legal hours (being between the
TION 23; THENCE SOUTH 88 Lane; thence North along the ive covenants and as shown by hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
DEGREES 34 MINUTES EAST East boundary line of said Ca- said recorded plat. p.m.), at the Southeast Door of
FOR 229 FEET; THENCE SOUTH sey Lane, a distance of 622.50 the County Courthouse of
04 DEGREES 46 MINUTES feet to the initial point of the I WILL CONVEY only such title Lowndes County, located at
EAST FOR 209 FEET ALONG lot herein described; thence as vested in me as Substi- 505 2nd Avenue North, Colum-
THE EAST SIDE OF A PRIVATE continue North along the East tuted Trustee. bus, MS 39701, to the highest
ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 03 DE- boundary line of said Casey and best bidder for cash or cer-
GREES 10 MINUTES EAST FOR Lane, a distance of 111.25 WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on tified funds the following de-
988.5 FEET; THENCE SOUTH feet; thence South 86 degrees this 24th day of January, 2020. scribed property situated in
89 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 30 minutes East, 200 feet; Lowndes County, State of Mis-
WEST FOR 78.7 FEET TO AN thence South, parallel with the Shapiro & Brown, LLC sissippi, to-wit:
IRON PIN ON THE EAST SIDE East boundary line of said Ca- SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
OF A PRIVATE ROAD AND THE sey Lane, a distance of 111.25 Lot No. Fifty-Five (55) of and in
POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE feet; thence North 86 degrees Shapiro & Brown, LLC he Airline Subdivision, a subdi-
NORTH 89 DEGREES 07 30 minutes West, 200 feet to 1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite vision of Lowndes County, Mis-
MINUTES EAST FOR 208.7 the initial point of this descrip- B-202 sissippi, as shown by the map
FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE tion, and containing 0.51 acre, Flowood, MS 39232 or plat thereof of record in Sub-
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 53 more or less. (601) 981-9299 division Plat Book No. 2 at
MINUTES EAST FOR 197.1 SUBJECT TO a 10 foot wide Page 1 in the Chancery Clerk's
FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE utility and drainage easement 421 Summerhaven Drive 0ffice of Lowndes County, Mis-
NORTH 89 DEGREES 24 along and adjoining the East Columbus, MS 39702 sissippi; SUBJECT TO the re-
MINUTES WEST FOR 217.2 and West property lines, and a 20-025597 strictive covenants and condi-
FEET TO THE EAST SIDE OF 5 foot side drainage and utility tions contained in the instru-
SAID PRIVATE ROAD; THENCE easement along and adjoining Publication Dates: January 30, ment executed by Harris Hol-
NORTH 01 DEGREE 38 the North and South property February 6, 13 and 20, 2020 land, et al, dated November 26
MINUTES EAST FOR 191.6 lines of the above described 1952, filed for record on
FEET ALONG SAID EAST SIDE lot. December 1, 1952, and recor-
TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO those restrictive IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF ded in Deed Book No. 234 at
covenants and conditions LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- Pages 197-200, inclusive, of
Parcel ID: 41W2300006600 dated July 26, 1978 and recor- SIPPI the land records of Lowndes
ded in Deed Book 592 at page County, Mississippi.
I WILL CONVEY only such title 404 in the office of the Chan- IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
as vested in me as Substi- cery Clerk of Lowndes County, TATE OF MAMIE L. BROWN, DE- I WILL CONVEY only such title
tuted Trustee. Mississippi. CEASED as vested in me as Substi-
SUBJECT TO any and all oil, tuted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on gas, and other mineral interest DIONNE TAYLOR, ADMINIS-
this 23rd day of January, 2020. that have been reserved by pri- TRATRIX WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
or owners, and the Grantors this 10th day of February,
Shapiro & Brown, LLC herein only convey such in- CAUSE NO. 2019-0211-S 2020.
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE terest that they own in said
property and do so without war- SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Shapiro & Brown, LLC
Shapiro & Brown, LLC ranty. SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
B-202 I WILL CONVEY only such title Shapiro & Brown, LLC
Flowood, MS 39232 as vested in me as Substi- TO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT 1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite
(601) 981-9299 tuted Trustee. LAW OF MAMIE L. BROWN, DE- B-202
CEASED, AND ANY UNKNOWN Flowood, MS 39232
78 Champion Rd WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on PERSONS CLAIMING AN EQUIT- (601) 981-9299
Columbus, MS 39705 this 24th day of January, 2020. ABLE OR LEGAL INTEREST IN
19-025503 THE ESTATE OF MAMIE L. 207 Mchall Dr
Shapiro & Brown, LLC BROWN Columbus, MS 39702
Publication Dates: January 30, SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE 20-025660
February 6 and 13, 2020 You have been made a defend-
Shapiro & Brown, LLC ant in the Petition to Determ- PUBLISH: 2/13, 2/20, 2/27 &
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO- 1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite ine Heirs-at-Law seeking to de- 3/5/2020
TICE OF SALE B-202 termine the heirs-at-law of
Flowood, MS 39232 Mamie L. Brown, Deceased. SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2019, (601) 981-9299 Other than you, the only other TICE OF SALE
Douglas Russell and Misty Rus- interested parties in this ac-
sell, husband and wife, as joint 1173 Casey Ln tion are: Dionne Taylor and WHEREAS, on April 27, 1998,
tenants executed a certain Columbus, MS 39702 Devrice L. Brown. Angela I. Hobbs, executed a
deed of trust to Jack H. Hayes, 19-025525 deed of trust to W.H. Jolly, Jr.,
Jr., Trustee for the benefit of You are summoned to appear Trustee for the benefit of First
Mortgage Electronic Registra- Publication Dates: and represent your interests Federal Bank for Savings,
tion Systems, Inc. as nominee February 6, 13 and 20, 2020 against said Petition before the which deed of trust is recor-
for LeaderOne Financial Corpor- Honorable Joseph N. Studdard, ded in Deed of Trust Book
ation, its successors and as- SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO- Chancellor of the 14th Chan- 1239 at Page 417 in the Of-
signs which deed of trust is of TICE OF SALE cery District at 9:00 o'clock fice of the Chancery Clerk of
record in the office of the Chan- a.m. on the 5th day of March, the County of Lowndes, State
cery Clerk of Lowndes County, WHEREAS, on September 21, 2020 at the Oktibbeha County of Mississippi; and
State of Mississippi in Book 2012, Tony Springer, Jr. and Courthouse in Starkville, Mis-
2019 at Page 11324; and Titashia Brooks, husband and sissippi, and in case of your WHEREAS, by merger effective
wife executed a certain deed of failure to appear, your interest September 1, 1999, First Fed-
WHEREAS, Nationstar Mort- trust to Denise McLaurin, Trust- in this matter will not be con- eral Bank for Savings became
gage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper ee for the benefit of Regions sidered. National Bank of Commerce of
has heretofore substituted Bank d/b/a Regions Mortgage Mississippi; and
Shapiro & Brown, LLC as Trust- which deed of trust is of re- You are not required to file an
ee by instrument dated Janu- cord in the office of the Chan- answer or other pleading, but WHEREAS, by name change ef-
ary 14, 2020 and recorded in cery Clerk of Lowndes County, you may do so if you desire. fective October 11, 2005, Na-
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk's State of Mississippi in Book tional Bank of Commerce of
Office in Book 2020 at Page 2012 at Page 22724; and ISSUED under my hand and Mississippi became Cadence
1106; and seal of said Court, on this the Bank, N.A.; and
WHEREAS, Regions Bank has 28th day of January, 2020.
WHEREAS, default having been heretofore substituted Shapiro WHEREAS, the aforesaid, Ca-
made in the terms and condi- & Brown, LLC as Trustee by in- CINDY E. GOODE, LOWNDES dence Bank, N.A., the holder of
tions of said deed of trust and strument dated January 13, COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK said deed of trust and the note
the entire debt secured thereby 2020 and recorded in the (Seal) secured thereby, substituted
having been declared to be due aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Of- BY: /s/ Shantrell W. Grander- Underwood Law Firm PLLC, as
and payable in accordance with fice in Book 2020 at Page son, D.C. Trustee therein, as authorized
the terms of said deed of trust, 1103; and by the terms thereof, by instru-
Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a PUBLISH: 1/30, 2/6, & ment dated May 22, 2019 and
Mr. Cooper, the legal holder of WHEREAS, default having been 2/13/2020 recorded in the Office of the
said indebtedness, having re- made in the terms and condi- aforesaid Chancery Clerk in
quested the undersigned Sub- tions of said deed of trust and Book 2019 at Page 10485;
SERVICE DIRECTORY
stituted Trustee to execute the the entire debt secured thereby and
trust and sell said land and having been declared to be due
property in accordance with the and payable in accordance with WHEREAS, default having been
terms of said deed of trust and the terms of said deed of trust, made in the terms and condi-
for the purpose of raising the Regions Bank, the legal holder tions of said deed of trust and
sums due thereunder, togeth- of said indebtedness, having the entire debt secured
er with attorney's fees, requested the undersigned thereby, having been declared
trustee's fees and expense of Substituted Trustee to execute to be due and payable in ac-
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sale. the trust and sell said land and cordance with the terms of said
property in accordance with the deed of trust, and the legal
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & terms of said deed of trust and holder of /said indebtedness,
Carpet & Flooring General Services
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- for the purpose of raising the
General Services Lawn Care Landscaping
Cadence Bank, N.A., having re-
ee in said deed of trust, will on sums due thereunder, togeth- quested the undersigned Sub-
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242−0324/241−4447 Mossy Oak Mall • West Point er with attorney’s fees, Substi-
County, located at 505 2nd Av- February
enue North, Columbus, MS "We’ll
27, 2020 offer for
go out on a
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Painting & Papering
pense of sale;
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bidder for cash or certified between the hours of 11:00 NOW, THEREFORE,
SULLIVAN’S PAINT WE, Under-
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SERVICE. PLLC,Prices.
Special Substi-
property situated in Lowndes Southeast Door
Licensed & Bonded. of the County Interior and Exteriordeed of
tuted Trustee in said
County, State of Mississippi, Courthouse
to-wit:
Carpentry, of Lowndes
minor electrical,
County, located at 505 2nd Av- RKERS
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minorNorth,
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CARPET & 100 Russell St. legal hours (being between the
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Section 5, Township County, State
662−242−3608. of Mississippi, the County Courthouse
Insured/bonded. at
19 South, 1 Room
Range −17$50 West, to-wit: Columbus, County of Lowndes,
2 Rooms − $70 Call Jimmy Prescotttheforfollow-
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Lowndes County, Mississippi, State of Mississippi,
and 3+being more particularly
Rooms − $30 EA de- Lot GRAVEL.
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in PARKLAWN CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY ing estimate,
described 662−386−6286.
property situated
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Beginning
as follows:Be Seen
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SUBDIVISION,
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& of Columbus,
Dozer work.
in in the County of Lowndes,
CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY State of Mississippi, to-wit:
cornerCleaning
of the Northwest Quarter Lowndes
Mobile County,
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Pads & All Attorney Fees Through The Plan
Read local.
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of Section 5, Township 19 as shown Driveways.
by the map or plat Lot No. 132 of Chilcutt Subdivi-
662−722−1758
South, Range 17 West, thereof662−497−1388
of record in Subdivi- Jim Arnold, Attorney sion, Second Extension, of the
Lowndes County, Mississippi; sion Plat Book 2 at Page 44 in City cdispatch.com
of Columbus, Lowndes
thence South 86 degrees 30 the Chancery Clerk's Office of 662-324-1666 County, Mississippi, as recor-
minutes East alongads.cdispatch.com
the center- Lowndes County, Mississippi. 104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville ded in Plat Book 2 at Page 40
line of a county road known as in the Office of the Chancery
Lake Lowndes Road, a dis- SUBJECT TO the restrictive cov- Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-

secured thereby, substituted sissippi; and
6B THURSDAY,
Underwood FEBRUARY
Law Firm PLLC, as 13, 2020
Trustee therein, as authorized
by the terms thereof, by instru-
Legal Notices
ment dated May 22, 2019 and
recorded in the Office of the
aforesaid Chancery Clerk in
Book 2019 at Page 10485;
and
WHEREAS, default having been Beginning at the Southeast
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and tates, a residential community
the entire debt secured
thereby, having been declared
to be due and payable in ac-
cordance with the terms of said 61 in the office of the Chan-
deed of trust, and the legal
holder of said indebtedness,
Cadence Bank, N.A., having re- of a ditch) as the POINT OF BE-
quested the undersigned Sub-
stituted Trustee to execute the grees 47 minutes East along
trust and sell said land and
property in accordance with the 79.7 feet; thence South 59 de-
terms of said deed of trust for
the purpose of raising the
sums due thereunder, togeth-
er with attorney’s fees, Substi- South side of a public road
tuted Trustee’s fees and ex-
pense of sale;
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, Under- degrees 56 minutes East along
wood Law Firm PLLC, Substi-
tuted Trustee in said deed of
trust, will on the 27th day of
February, 2020, offer for sale
at public outcry for cash to the thence North 59 degrees 10
highest bidder, and sell within
legal hours (being between the centerline for 163 feet to the
hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00
P.M.) at the Main front door of 0.2 acres, more or less, and ly-
the County Courthouse at
Columbus, County of Lowndes, the Southeast Quarter of Sec-
State of Mississippi, the follow- tion 8, Township 16 South,
ing described property situated Range 17 West, Lowndes
in the County of Lowndes,
State of Mississippi, to-wit:
Lot No. 132 of Chilcutt Subdivi- vested in me as Substituted
sion, Second Extension, of the Trustee.
City of Columbus, Lowndes
County, Mississippi, as recor-
ded in Plat Book 2 at Page 40
in the Office of the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi.
Subject, however, to restrictive Birmingham, AL 35242
covenants, dated April 15,
1959 and filed for record on
May 7, 1959 and recorded in
Book 287 at Page 430, Land
Records, Lowndes County, Mis- 2020, February 20, 2020, Feb-
sissippi.
WE WILL CONVEY only such
title as is vested in Underwood
Law Firm PLLC as Substituted
Trustee.
WITNESS OUR SIGNATURE,
this the 29th day of January,
2020.
Underwood Law Firm PLLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Control# Hobbs, Angela/BLO
PUBLISH: 02/06/2020,
02/13/2020, 02/20/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF SUE WILLIE MC-
CARTHY, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2019-0029PDE
BY: BESSIE M. KETTON, EX-
ECUTOR
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
By The Chancery Court of
Lowndes County:
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
Sue Willie McCarthy, deceased,
by the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
on the 9th day of April, 2019.
This is to give notice to all per-
sons having claims against
said estate to probate and Re-
gister same with the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, within (90) days from
the first publication date of this
Notice. A failure to so Probate
and Register said claim will
forever bar the same.
THIS the 30th day of January,
2020.
/s/Bessie M. Keeton, Executor
Publish: February 6, 13, 20,
2020
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on November 6,
2006, Samuel Lance Luckey
and Tammy Luckey executed a
certain deed of trust to Vinh
Pham, Trustee for the use and
benefit of Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. act-
ing solely as nominee for BNC
Mortgage Inc, a Delaware Cor-
poration, which deed of trust is
of record in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes,
County, state of Mississippi, in
Book 2006, Page 31982; and
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Trust-
ee for Structured Asset Securit-
ies Corporation Mortgage Pass-
Through Certificates, Series
2007-BC1, the current holder
and/or assignee, substituted
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC as
Trustee by instrument recor-
ded in the Chancery Clerk’s Of-
fice on November 5, 2018 in
Book MORT 2018, Page
23508; and
WHEREAS, Default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
and payable in accordance with
the terms of said deed of trust,
Wells Fargo Bank, National As-
sociation, as Trustee for Struc-
tured Asset Securities Corpora-
tion Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-BC1,
the legal holder of said in-
debtedness, having requested
the undersigned Substitute
Trustee in said deed of trust,
will on March 5, 2020 offer for
sale at public outcry and sell
within legal hours (being
between the hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the
main front door of the County
Courthouse of Lowndes County
in Columbus, Mississippi, to
the highest and best bidder for
cash the following described
property situated in Lowndes
County, Mississippi, to wit:
TRACT 1:
Lot Number Twenty-Two (22) of
Myers Estates, Lowndes
County, Mississippi, as shown
by plat recorded in Plat Book 3,
page 61, in the Chancery
Clerk`s Office, Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
SUBJECT TO those restrictive
covenants and conditions con- SHEBA RD, COLUMBUS, MS
tained in deed from Donald F.
Myers and Sid Myers, Jr. to
John B. Dexter and wife, Cyn-
thia L. Dexter, dated Novem-
ber 5, 1978, filed for record
November 14, 1978 and ap-
pearing of record in Book 600, Title to the above described
page 495, of the land records
in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi; and
SUBJECT, ALSO, to the reserva-
tion or easements for utility
and drainage installation as set
forth in said restrictive coven-
ants and as shown by said re-
corded plat.
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tute Trustee.
SUBJECT, ALSO, to the reserva- THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT-
tion or easements for utility ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
Legaldrainage
and Notices installation as set INFORMATION
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corded plat. 428 North Lamar Blvd, Suite
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TRACT 2:
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in Lowndes County, Missis- separately. All w/ excellent piano, clothes 2x−3x name
sippi, as shown by plat thereof
recorded in Plat Book 3 Page
PUBLISH: 01/30/2020,
02/06/2020, 02/13/2020,
access & Hwy. 82 visibility. brand, nice shoes, purses, these puzzles.
02/20/2020 662−327−9559. coats, lamps. Must see to
appreciate. Come make an
cery Clerk of said county (said Houses For Rent: North offer.
corner being in the centerline
EMPLOYMENT
GINNING; thence North 44 de- 3BR/1BA, BRICK HOME,
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central heat & window air,
the East side of said lot for fenced yard. Close to
grees 38 minutes East for 34.6
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person, who is great at 2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3 Furn, home decor, linens,
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point of beginning, containing projects. Exceptional at
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and remodeled. $900.00 Seven panels, double
sided, finished, washable
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
I will convey only such title as 901−413−8121
THE COMMERCIAL surface, medium brown in
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC
DISPATCH is seeking a
mechanically-minded indi-
Houses For Rent: East color. $150 per panel. Call
662−323−8614. Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
Substituted Trustee
vidual to work in its press- 3 BR/1BA HOUSE Poplar Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis witha several
num- 9 7 6 2 5 3 4 1 8
room. Applicants must be
St. 425/mo. 425/dep. No QUALITY COMPUTER ber-placing
given numbers.puzzleThe object 3 4 8 6 7 1 9 2 5
2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Jauregui & Lindsey, LLC comfortable working around Hud. No Section 8. 205−
244 Inverness Center Drive heavy machinery, adhering 442−2011 or 601−940−
SERVICE & REPAIR.
PCs & Laptops.
based onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 1 2 5 9 4 8 6 3 7
Suite 200 to tight deadlines and must 1397. Hardware & Software. grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 7 9 1 4 2 6 5 8 3
(205) 970-2233
have an eye for detail & Windows, MacOS, Linux. given
so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 4 6 3 5 8 7 1 9 2
quality. Flexible hours are a Mobile Homes for Rent
Call Kevin @ 773−231− object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
must. Must pass drug test.
numbers 5 8 2 3 1 9 7 6 4
contains the1same to 9 number
in
Publication dates: 7349 and leave voicemail.
Email resume to RENT A CAMPER!
February 6, 2020, February 13,
mfloyd@cdispatch.com CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL!
Golden Triangle Area.
the empty spaces so 2 1 7 8 9 4 3 5 6
only once. The difficulty 6 5 4 1 3 2 8 7 9
ruary 27, 2020 or drop resumes off at Utilities & cable included, that each row, each
516 Main Street WANTED FREON R12. level increases from
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE Columbus, MS 39701.
from $145/wk − $535/ column and each 8 3 9 7 6 5 2 4 1
TRUSTEE’S SALE
month. Columbus & County We pay CA$H. Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday. Difficulty Level 2/12
No phone calls please. School locations. 662−242 R12 R500 R11.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
−7653 or 601−940−1397. Convenient. the same number only once. The difficulty level
COUNTY OF LOWNDES VETERINARY ASSISTANT/ Certified professionals.
312−291−9169
increases from Monday to Sunday.
KENNEL HAND needed. RV/MOBILE HOME SITE
WHEREAS, default has oc- Part time position. Animal near CAFB, Caledonia RefrigerantFinders.com/ad
curred in the performance of experience is necessary. schools. Call 601−940−
the covenants, terms and con-
If interested, please call 1397. Sporting Goods
ditions of a Deed of Trust
dated July 2, 2013, executed 662-524-4155.
Office Spaces For Rent ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
by THOMAS RICHARDSON,
ASHLEY RICHARDSON, convey- Restaurant / Hotel OPEN FOR SEASON!
ing certain real property therein OFFICE SPACE FOR 9−5: Tues−Fri &
described to JOHN H. SHOWS, SUBWAY OF Columbus is LEASE. 1112 Main St., 9−12: Sat.
as Trustee, for MORTGAGE now taking applications for Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Over 50 years experience!
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION Plenty of private parking. Repairs, cleaning,
SYSTEMS INC AS NOMINEE opening shift at Walmart
location. Apply in person at 662−327−9559. refinishing, scopes
FOR THE CITIZENS NATIONAL mounted & zeroed,
BANK OF MERIDIAN, Original Alabama St location or to handmade knives.
Beneficiary, to secure the in- set an interview, send your
REAL ESTATE
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
debtedness therein described, name and number to of West Point, turn right on
as same appears of record in sub2000inc@gmail.com
the office of the Chancery Clerk Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
of Lowndes County, Missis- left on Darracott Rd, see
sippi filed and recorded July 8, ADS STARTING AT $25 sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
RENTALS
2013, in Deed Book 2013, left. 662−494−6218.
Page 19510 ; and
Houses For Sale: North
WHEREAS, the beneficial in-
terest of said Deed of Trust
was transferred and assigned
to LakeView Loan Servicing,
ADS STARTING AT $25
Apts For Rent: South
FSBO: 3BR/2BA, 3304 5th
St N. Fenced back yard w/
sm shop. Great neighbor−
VEHICLES
LLC.; and hood. $110,000. 662−356
−4764 or 901−848−0051. ADS STARTING AT $12
WHEREAS, the undersigned, TWO 1BR/1BA APTS
Rubin Lublin, LLC has been ap- located at 121 5th St. S.
pointed as Substitute Trustee; Houses For Sale: Caledonia Campers & RVs
$700/mo. 662−328−
and 8655.
FSBO: 3BR/2BA ON 2.5 2012 JAYCO EAGLE 5th
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder ACRES. 1600 sqft. WHEEL. 39ft, 4 slide−outs.
of said Deed of Trust, having Apts For Rent: West
Completely remodeled. 2BR, 48" TV & 27" TV.
requested the undersigned so $178,000. 662−386− $26,500. 662−386−9605.
VIP
to do, as Substitute Trustee or 7113.
his duly appointed agent, by vir-
tue of the power, duty and au-
Rentals
Lots & Acreage
COMMUNITY
thority vested and imposed
upon said Substitute Trustee
shall, on February 27, 2020 1.75 ACRE LOTS.
within the lawful hours of sale Apartments & Houses Good/Bad Credit Options.
between 11:00AM and 4:00PM Good credit as low as 10% ADS STARTING AT $12
at the southeast front door of
Courthouse proceed to sell at
1 Bedrooms down, $299/mo. Eaton
2 Bedroooms
Land, 662−361−7711. Instruction & School
public outcry to the highest and
best bidder for cash or certi-
3 Bedrooms
fied funds ONLY, the following
described property situated in
Lowndes County, Mississippi, Furnished & Unfurnished
to wit:
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSEC- 1, 2, & 3 Baths
TION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF Lease, Deposit Looking for a new home?
& Credit Check
THE NORTH HALF (N-1/2) OF
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SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 18
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SOUTH, RANGE 17 WEST, ACROSS
327-8555
WITH THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY
GARAGE SALES 1 Reach across
Christian Women’s Job
LINE OF THE COUNTY ROAD Corps Class Spring
NOW KNOWN AS BEERSHEBA 5 Washroom
2020−FREE TRAINING
ROAD, FORMERLY KNOWN AS Apts For Rent: Other
THE UPPER JEMISON MILL sight
Evening classes in
ROAD, SAID INTERSECTION TWO FREE SIGNS 10 Way of
Computer Training,
1ST MONTH − RENT FREE!
POINT BEING 2,160 FEET,
MORE OR LESS, EAST OF THE 1−2 BR Apt: $350−435 speaking
Resume Writing &
Estate Sales Interview Skills for Job
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE 1−2BR TwnHome: 11 Venus’s sister
Seeking Women.
SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE-1/4) $625−650 12 Guinness of
Enrolling now for Tues &
OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER Lease, Dep, Credit Check. Joy Peters Estate Sale! film
Thurs starting February
(NW-1/4) OF SAID SECTION; Coleman Realty 372 Cedar Drive
THENCE SOUTH 6 DEGREES 662−329−2323 Columbus, MS 39705 13 Guileful
4th at Christian
Women’s Job Corps.
00 MINUTES WEST ALONG THE
WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
Sat. Feb. 15, 8am−5pm 14 Double loops
Min H.S. Diploma or
Sun. 16, 1pm−5pm
SAID BEERSHEBA ROAD A DIS- Mon. 17, 9am−4pm 16 Blonds
Equivalent required. Call
TANCE OF 195 FEET TO A Selling Entire Contents of 20 Like some
662−722−3016 or visit
STAKE; THENCE NORTH 86 DE-
GREES 30 MINUTES WEST A
Home and Garage, High kicks
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DISTANCE OF 497 FEET TO A Quality Furniture and 23 Garden visitor
FENCE CORNER, THE INITIAL Decorative items, Kitchen 24 Magnet ends
Items, China, Crystal, Pets
POINT OF THE PROPERTY
HEREIN DESCRIBED; THENCE Pottery, Tools, Antique 25 Lombardy city
NORTH 6 DEGREES 00 French Bed, Women’s AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD 27 Period of
MINUTES EAST ALONG A Clothing, hundred of items. PUPPIES. Exc. ped. Blk/ history
FENCE A DISTANCE OF 195 Stewart’s Antiques, red. Vet checked, w/s, 3 Over again 25 Prepare
FEET; THENCE NORTH 86 DE- Appraisals & Estate Sales wormed. Ready to go! 28 Gadget 4 Cravat potatoes
GREES 30 MINUTES WEST A
Benny Shelton 662−213−4609. protector 5 Bed on a boat 26 Reply to a
DISTANCE OF 155 FEET TO A
FENCE CORNER; THENCE Columbus, MS 662−251− 29 Hardly 6 Stand knock
SOUTH 6 DEGREES 00 1515 www.estatesales.net Pet Supplies / Accessories blue-blooded
MINUTES WEST ALONG A 7 Brief time 28 Half of a
Happy Jack® LiquiVict 2x: 32 Urban
FENCE A DISTANCE OF 732.5 8 Tattoos, chess set
FEET; THENCE SOUTH 51 DE-
GREES 30 MINUTES EAST Too much
recognized safe & effective dwelling
36 Director’s cry
slangily 30 Pain in the
STUFF?
by U.S. CVM against hook 9 Dissenter’s neck
ALONG A FENCE A DISTANCE
OF 459 FEET TO A POINT ON
& round worms in dogs. 39 Proceed vote 31 Takes a
At Tractor Supply.
THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY
(www.kennelvax.com) slowly 11 Vermont gander
LINE A COUNTY ROAD KNOWN 40 Is appalling
AS BEERSHEBA ROAD; THENCE resort 33 Radius
NORTH 34 DEGREES 30 41 Oklahoma city 15 Tacit approv- partner
MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA 42 Pains in the als 34 Evening, in
WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE
126.6 FEET; THENCE NORTH
CH&A, 1 story, W/D, neck 17 Skilled France
61 DEGREES 47 MINUTES historic district, 1 block 43 — a one (zero) 18 College head 35 Water whirl
WEST A DISTANCE OF 399.7 from downtown.
FEET; THENCE NORTH 17 DE- $575/mo. + $575 dep. 19 Dispatched 36 Inquire
GREES 20 MINUTES EAST A NO PETS. 662−574−8789. DOWN 20 Milky stone 37 Letter before
DISTANCE OF 48 FEET; Peaceful & Quiet area. 1 Rough guess 21 Canceled psi
THENCE SOUTH 81 DEGREES
38 MINUTES EAST A DIS- 2 Game with 22 Murdered 38 Great weight
TANCE OF 66 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 6 DEGREES 00
MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF
COLEMAN You’ll find the best deals
mallets
RENTALS when you advertise
485.4 FEET TO THE INITIAL
POINT OF THIS DESCRIPTION,
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
and shop here!
AND CONTAINING 2.29 ACRES,
MORE OR LESS, LYING AND 1 BEDROOM
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BEING SITUATED IN THE
SOUTH HALF (S-1/2) OF THE
NORTH HALF (N-1/2) OF SEC- 3 BEDROOMS
TION 27, TOWNSHIP 18
LEASE, de-cluttering by Five Questions:
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SOUTH, RANGE 17 WEST,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI. DEPOSIT placing a garage
AND
PROPERTY ADDRESS: The
street address of the property CREDIT CHECK
sale ad today! 1 Goldilocks
is believed to be 1548 BEER-
39702. In the event of any dis- 662-329-2323 Ads starting at...
2 Hell’s Kitchen
crepancy between this street
2411 HWY 45 N
1 day $10
address and the legal descrip-
tion of the property, the legal
description shall control. COLUMBUS, MS
property is believed to be good, 3 day $18 3 New York
but I will convey only such title
6 day $34
as is vested in me as Substi-
tute Trustee.
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