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Ethics Commission OKs hire of supe’s relative a meeting in December, says “the sib-
Williams voted in February to give brother-in-law raise ling of a supervisor’s spouse is not con-
sidered a ‘relative’ as defined in Section
By Alex Holloway
ty’s road department. Robinson, hired on 25-4-103(q), Miss. Code of 1972 and the
aholloway@cdispatch.com
Oct. 16, 2017, is District 5 Supervisor Joe supervisor can vote on matters affecting
Williams’ brother-in-law, by way of being the county employee without violating
A long-simmering disagreement over
his wife’s brother. Section 25-4-105(1).”
the county’s hiring of a supervisor’s
brother-in-law in the road department Williams raised the issue during According to state statute cited in the
Monday’s meeting, citing a Mississippi Williams Miller Baggett
spilled over into public discussion during opinion, a “relative” of a public official is de-
an argument at Monday’s board meeting. Ethics Commission advisory opinion on fined as a spouse, child, parent or sibling.
The disagreement focused on Stafford whether he could vote on matters relat- ion, which board attorney Rob Roberson The statute would have applied if Robinson
Robinson, a sign technician in the coun- ed to Robinson’s employment. The opin- received and informed supervisors of at See Ethics, 3A
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Ethics
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was the spouse of Williams’ said he hopes the opinion Oct. 16, 2017. Robinson was one of and District 1 Supervisor the county wasn’t made
parent, child or sibling, would be a “comfort” to Before receiving the several employees Bag- John Montgomery op- aware of Robinson’s rela-
rather than his wife. Baggett. opinion, Roberson said he gett recommended for posed. tion to Williams until after
Williams, who has re- “I’m glad that we got wasn’t sure if there was a a pay raise at the Oct. 1 Supervisors approved he was hired. She said the
fused to comment on Rob- the (Ethics Commission) problem with the hire or meeting. He recommend- the raise — this time to matter was raised through
inson’s employment to The report on how next of kin whether Williams could ed raising Robinson’s pay $13.50 per hour — at the a federal lawsuit against
Dispatch several times is defined,” Williams said. vote on it. from $11.33 per hour to Feb. 1 meeting on a 4-1 Baggett and the county,
through the final months “That (spouses of) siblings “I’ll be honest, my knee- $12.50 per hour — the vote, with Miller opposed. filed by former road de-
of 2018, prior to Monday’s of supervisors are not rela- jerk was maybe there was smallest of several raises In a document present- partment sign technician
meeting — including after tives based on what we re- a problem,” Roberson said. for road department em- ed to supervisors with the Justin Denson.
the county received the ceived in writing.” “I let them know that ev- ployees presented to the pay raise recommenda- “It would just be nice to
advisory opinion in De- Prior to receiving the erything was fine and it board that day, according tion, Baggett wrote that know those things in ad-
cember — raised the mat- opinion, Williams had re- shouldn’t be an issue.” to meeting minutes. Robinson had “earned vance,” Miller said. “When
ter voluntarily while road cused himself on votes re- Roberson sought the The vote failed, with the respect of his peers we hired your brother-in-
manager Fred Hal Baggett lated to Robinson’s employ- Ethics Commission opinion Board President Orlando through work ethic and law, had that been told at
and District 4 Supervisor ment. He recused himself after the board knotted 2-2 Trainer and District 3 Su- willingness to work on any the table — but it wasn’t.
Bricklee Miller were dis- from the vote to approve his on a pay raise for Robinson pervisor Marvell Howard project.” That information was not
cussing road culverts. He hire, which passed 4-0 on in October 2018. voting in favor, and Miller However, Miller said shared.”
Pleas
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based on his guilty plea. shot at a woman in the same incident.
Gardner was sentenced to 15 years Neither victim was injured.
with four years to serve in MDOC. He Two counts of aggravated assault
was indicted in 2017 for shooting at a against Gardner were dismissed based
man he was attempting to rob. He also on his plea.
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PETER BIRNEY IMES Editor/Publisher
Identification of
officers involved in
shootings should be
a local issue
When a police officer kills a citizen should his
identity be kept secret? Jackson Mayor Chok-
we Lumumba thinks not. A special task force
appointed by the mayor on the issues agrees. But
the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which
investigates fatal police shootings, has refused to
assist Jackson with fatal shooting investigations
because of the disclosure of officers’ names. Now
the state legislature is joining the debate. The
Mississippi House of Representatives passed HB
1289 80-31, which makes such identification a
misdemeanor offense prior to 180 days.
A recent Washington Post investigation re-
vealed that throughout the nation police depart-
ments identified the shooting officer in 80 per-
cent of the fatal incidents. In 990 fatal incidents in
2015 there were only 14 times when an officer’s
name was withheld for fear of the officer’s safety.
Of the 210 times the name was withheld, the
breakdown of other reasons was: do not release
names unless charges filed, 17; department poli-
cy, 22; pending investigations, 60; other reasons,
32; and no response from the police department,
65.
This is a complex issue and there are pros and
cons on each side. There is no greater display
of government force than the fatal shooting of a
citizen by an armed law enforcement officer. If
there is any doubt, we should err on the side of
transparency, unless there is clear evidence that
a disclosure could bring immediate harm to the
officer involved. The fear and control of un-
checked government power is perhaps the most
fundamental concept embedded in our nation’s
Constitution. It should not be dismissed lightly.
But there is another issue here: Who should be
making this decision, the local or state officials?
The mayor and the city council are elected by the
people in that jurisdiction. The mayor chooses
the police chief, who then sets such policies.
These local officials are accountable to their
constituents. They are the best officials to decide
the appropriate policy. State officials should
not be overruling them, especially when Mayor
Lumumba’s policies are by far more mainstream
based on what most police departments are doing
throughout the nation.
The state senate should table House Bill 1289
and resist the temptation to usurp local demo-
cratic decision making. The governor should
order the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations to
cease punishing Jackson for its correct policy and
resume assisting Jackson in their police shooting
investigations.
Northside (Jackson) Sun
talks as May woos opposition stant heartthrob status as wealthy rebel Dylan
McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” died Monday after
suffering a massive stroke, his publicist said. He was
52.
By JILL LAWLESS need for checks until a permanent As May tries to build support for Perry was surrounded by family and friends
and RAF CASERT new trading relationship is in place. her deal before bringing it back to
The Associated Press
when he died, publicist Arnold Robinson said. The
Brexit-supporting lawmakers in Parliament next week, she is being actor had been hospitalized since last Wednesday,
the U.K. fear the backstop could be accused of trying to bribe opposi- after a 911 call summoned medical help to his home
LONDON — Senior European used to bind Britain to EU regula- tion politicians into voting for it.
Union and British officials were set in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles.
tions indefinitely, and May wants The government has announced “The family appreciates the outpouring of sup-
to hold more Brexit talks less than a to revise the deal to reassure oppo- a 1.6 billion-pound ($2.1 billion)
month before the United Kingdom port and prayers that have been extended to Luke
nents that it would only apply tem- package of funding over six years from around the world, and respectfully request pri-
is scheduled to leave the bloc, as porarily. to help regenerate run-down com-
U.K. officials denied Monday that vacy in this time of great mourning,” Robinson said
EU leaders insist that the legally munities. in a statement. Those at Perry’s bedside included
attempts to seal a divorce deal are binding Brexit withdrawal agree- Many are towns in areas of cen-
deadlocked. his children, Jake and Sophie; fiancée Wendy Mad-
ment can’t be reopened, and talks tral and northern England repre- ison Bauer; former wife, Minnie Sharp, and mother
EU and U.K. officials said the are focusing on drafting an adden- sented by the opposition Labour
bloc’s chief negotiator, Michel Bar- Ann Bennett.
dum or other additional words. Party, and the move is being seen
nier, will meet U.K. Brexit Secre- “We are happy to offer further as a bid to win support from their
tary Stephen Barclay and Attorney clarifications and further assur- lawmakers for May’s withdrawal
Keith Flint, singer of electronic band
General Geoffrey Cox on Tuesday. ances if that can help the U.K. gov- agreement with the EU. The Prodigy, dies
Prime Minister Theresa May’s ernment get the agreement over But Labour lawmakers reacted LONDON — Keith Flint, the fiery frontman of
spokesman, James Slack, said the the line,” Irish Prime Minister Leo coolly to the announcement. Chris British dance-electronic band The Prodigy, was
two sides have “definitely been Varadkar said Monday. Bryant called the money “corrupt, found dead Monday at his home near London, the
making progress” over the past “But from day one we have been patronizing, pathetic” and “all to ap- band said. He was 49.
few weeks and negotiations are at a very straight about a few things and pease the Brexit monster.” Prodigy co-founder Liam Howlett said in an Insta-
“critical point.” among those is that Brexit cannot Labour legislator Gareth Snell gram post that Flint killed himself over the weekend.
Britain is due to leave the EU lead, under any circumstances, to said the allocation for his area of “I’m shell shocked ... confused and heart broken,”
on March 29, but Parliament has the emergence of a hard border central England was “less than the he wrote.
rejected May’s deal, raising the between Ireland and Northern Ire- total value of cuts faced by Stoke- Police confirmed that the body of a 49-year-old
prospect of a chaotic, economically land.” on-Trent City Council alone over man had been found at a home in Brook Hill, north-
damaging departure from the bloc. Tweaks and clarifications, how- the same period” because of the east of London. They said the death was being treat-
British lawmakers’ objections ever, are unlikely to satisfy Britain’s Conservative government’s auster- ed as non-suspicious and a file would be sent to the
center on a provision to guarantee most ardent pro-Brexit lawmakers. ity measures. coroner — standard practice in cases of violent or
there are no customs posts or oth- Cox, Britain’s attorney gener- May’s spokesman denied the unexplained deaths.
er barriers along the currently in- al, dismissed media reports that money was a bribe, saying it was Flint was the stage persona of the band, whose
visible border between the U.K.’s he had given up on securing sig- not conditional on support for May’s 1990s hits “Firestarter” and “Breathe” were an in-
Northern Ireland and EU member nificant changes from the EU. He Brexit deal. cendiary fusion of techno, breakbeat and acid house
Ireland. The mechanism, known tweeted that much of the reporting As the stalemate continues, pres- music.
as the backstop, is a safeguard that had been inaccurate, and “complex sure is growing for a delay to Brex- — The Associated Press
would keep the U.K. in a customs and detailed negotiations cannot be it, or a new referendum on Britain’s
union with the EU to remove the conducted in public. “ EU membership. Somewhere down the road you’re going
to have to think about it.
We all face it, but most of us avoid thinking about it:
final preparations.
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scarcity, and celebrity chef for example, has created is changing.” fessors and people from
Robert St. John, who will countless new channels The spread of those the community, as well
discuss the “farm to table” for organizations to share new channels has made as people who traveled to
movement, which pro- their messages. communication easier for Starkville from across the
motes serving local food. “This is more than a everyone. The result of country.
It will also feature De- festival,” Soltis said. “It’s that, Soltis said, is open to “We’d like to see it ul-
nise Horn, director of cor- mostly a learning experi- debate. timately bloom into some-
porate communications ence. The whole rationale “Everyone’s empow- thing that would attract
for Turner Broadcasting behind doing this is John ered,” he said. “But then several thousand people,
Systems; Barie Carmi- and I have had a lot of you have to step back and but we also know we’ve got
chael from the University conversations with mem- say, ‘Are we really saying to take baby steps and we
of Virginia; Dana Bolden, bers of the advisory board anything? Is it bringing have to start right here by
senior vice president and for the past three or four us together or is it causing making sure the Starkville
chief sustainability officer years around the chang- more division?’ I think we community has embraced
with Corteva Agriscience; ing nature of specifically could be up here debating what we’re trying to do
Ken Askew, of the Mitsubi- corporate communication. that for the better part of a here,” he said.
shi UFJ Financial Group in “But it goes beyond cor- month, but the fact is that Registration for the
San Francisco; and several porate communication,” it’s changing and we’re in full festival is available at
other speakers. he added. “It’s civic jour- the heart of the change.” https://w w w.newnarra-
Soltis said the festi- nalism. It’s the changing Soltis said last year’s tivefestival.msstate.edu/
val highlights the way in nation of organizational festival was a “great suc- and is $185 and $45 for
which communication communication, political cess” and drew a few students. Registration for
is changing. The prolif- communication — every hundred people. He said individual days is $95 or
eration of social media, aspect of communication it attracted students, pro- $25 for students.
Road
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lane road to a single-lane Manager Ronnie Burns John Holliman, in whose over,” he said. “If nobody
road, then abruptly dead- said the county hasn’t district the road is lo- has objections, we’ll just
ends at what appears to maintained that section cated and who proposed abandon it.”
be the edge of private of the road “in many the abandonment of the The proposed section
property. According to years.” road, told The Dispatch of road is less than a mile
online mapping, the road “It still belongs to that if the public did not long.
should continue through the county, though,” he object to the abandon- A public hearing
that property and con- said. “It’s just been over- ment of the road, the has been scheduled for
nect with Highville grown, I guess. That was county would just leave April 30 during the reg-
Court. before my time.” the road alone. ular board of supervisors
Lowndes County Road District 3 Supervisor “It’s already grown meeting.
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College Basketball
a.m. CT on SEC Network against the winner of the No. 8 Tennessee/ Prep Softball sissippi, Tuesday.
7. Michigan (26-4) did not play. Next: at No. 9
Michigan State, Saturday.
Virginia or Boston College, Thursday.
19. Iowa State (23-7) beat Kansas 69-49.
Next: Big 12 quarterfinals, Saturday.
Buffalo
Florida
Detroit
66 30 28 8 68 190 211
65 28 26 11 67 207 224
65 23 33 9 55 179 223
No. 9 LSU game. Today’s Games 8. Texas Tech (25-5) beat Texas 70-51. Next: 20. Arizona State (19-9) did not play. Next: vs. Ottawa 66 23 38 5 51 195 246
at Iowa State, Saturday. Colorado, Thursday. Metropolitan Division
Victory Christian at Tabernacle, 4 p.m. 9. Michigan State (23-6) did not play. Next: 21. Texas (21-8) did not play. Next: at TCU, GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Baseball Starkville High at Starkville Christian, 6 p.m. vs. Nebraska, Tuesday.
10. LSU (24-5) did not play. Next: at Florida,
Tuesday.
22. Drake (23-5) did not play. Next: vs. Illinois
Washington 66 38 21 7 83 226 208
N.Y. Islanders 65 37 21 7 81 187 157
New Hope vs. Noxubee County, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. State, Thursday. Carolina 65 36 23 6 78 196 176
No. 9 Ole Miss Baseball Hosts Little Rock and No. 14 ECU Caledonia vs. Pontotoc, 7:30 p.m.
11. Purdue (22-7) did not play. Next: at Min-
nesota, Tuesday.
22. Florida State (22-7) did not play. Next: vs.
Duke or Pittsburgh, Thursday.
Pittsburgh 65 34 22 9 77 226 202
Columbus 65 36 26 3 75 203 197
The Ole Miss Rebels’ baseball team enters the midweek on a five- Philadelphia 66 32 26 8 72 201 219
Men’s College Basketball 12. Houston (27-2) did not play. Next: vs. 24. Rice (24-3) did not play. Next: at UTSA,
game win streak, halfway through a nine-game homestretch. SMU, Thursday. Thursday. N.Y. Rangers 65 27 27 11 65 190 218
13. Kansas (22-7) did not play. Next: at Okla- 25. UCLA (19-11) did not play. Next: vs. No. New Jersey 66 25 33 8 58 188 223
The Rebs will face Little Rock for the second time during this Today’s Games homa, Tuesday. 20 Arizona State or Colorado, Friday. WESTERN CONFERENCE
academic year. Ole Miss edged the Trojans 6-5 over 12 innings of fall 14. Florida State (23-6) did not play. Next: vs. Central Division
scrimmage action on 10/27.
ECU head coach Cliff Godwin returns to Oxford, where he was
Mississippi State at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Kentucky at Ole Miss, 8 p.m.
No. 15 Virginia Tech, Tuesday.
15. Virginia Tech (22-6) did not play. Next: at
No. 14 Florida State, Tuesday.
Basketball GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 65 39 22 4 82 222 193
Nashville 68 38 25 5 81 202 180
an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2011-14. His tenure Auburn at Alabama, 8 p.m. 16. Marquette (23-6) did not play. Next: at NBA St. Louis 65 34 25 6 74 187 181
Seton Hall, Wednesday. EASTERN CONFERENCE Dallas 65 33 27 5 71 166 170
included the Rebels’ College World Series run before he left for his Wednesday’s Games 17. Nevada (26-3) did not play. Next: at Air Atlantic Division Minnesota 66 32 27 7 71 182 191
Force, Tuesday. W L Pct GB Colorado 66 28 26 12 68 216 208
current position. Southern Miss vs. Opponent TBD 18. Kansas State (23-7) beat TCU 64-52. Toronto 46 18 .719 — Chicago 66 27 30 9 63 220 250
No. 14 ECU is Ole Miss’ first ranked opponent of 2019, but it won’t Next: vs. Oklahoma, Saturday. Philadelphia 40 23 .635 5½ Pacific Division
be its last. The Rebels will face a gauntlet in league play—the SEC College Baseball 19. Buffalo (26-3) did not play. Next: at Ohio,
Tuesday.
Boston
Brooklyn
38 26 .594 8
33 33 .500 14
Calgary
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
66 41 18 7 89 234 192
placed a record 11 teams in this week’s USA Today Baseball Coaches Today’s Games 20. Cincinnati (25-4) did not play. Next: at No. New York 13 51 .203 33
Southeast Division
San Jose 66 39 19 8 86 238 206
Vegas 67 36 26 5 77 201 187
Poll. Including the Pirates, the Rebels have 25 of their remaining 47 25 UCF, Thursday.
UAB at Alabama, 5 p.m. 21. Wisconsin (20-9) did not play. Next: vs. W L Pct GB Arizona 65 32 28 5 69 176 183
games against ranked opponents. Iowa, Thursday. Orlando 30 35 .462 — Edmonton 66 29 30 7 65 187 216
The Rebels’ Ryan Olenek made it back-to-back National Player of
Southern University at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. 22. Wofford (26-4) did not play. Next: vs. VMI Charlotte 29 34 .460 — Vancouver 66 27 30 9 63 180 206
or Western Carolina, Saturday. Miami 29 34 .460 — Anaheim 66 25 32 9 59 144 203
the Week honors from Collegiate Baseball for the Rebels. Thomas Dil- East Carolina at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. 23. Villanova (22-8) did not play. Next: at Se- Washington 26 37 .413 3 Los Angeles 65 24 33 8 56 158 207
Atlanta 22 43 .338 8 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
lard earned the honor last week. Olenek and Dillard have both opened Little Rock at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. ton Hall, Saturday.
24. Maryland (21-9) did not play. Next: vs. Central Division overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi-
the 2019 season on 10-game hitting streaks. Dillard’s streak stands at Wednesday’s Games Minnesota, Friday. W L Pct GB sion and two wild cards per conference ad-
25. UCF (22-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 20 x-Milwaukee 48 16 .750 — vance to playoffs.
12, dating back to last season. Olenek has a hit and a run scored in all Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati, Thursday. Indiana 41 23 .641 7 Monday’s Games
10 games this season. Detroit 31 31 .500 16 Edmonton 4, Buffalo 3
The Rebels are sixth nationally with 16 home runs on the season East Carolina at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Monday’s Women’s Major Chicago 18 46 .281 30 Toronto 6, Calgary 2
Cleveland 16 48 .250 32 Tuesday’s Games
and are currently second in the nation in average attendance. The College Softball Scores WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Florida at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Rebels have held that spot for the past four seasons straight. Today’s Games EAST W L Pct GB Carolina at Boston, 7 p.m.
Baylor 63, West Virginia 57 Houston 38 25 .603 — Ottawa vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans
Penn State DuBois at Mississippi University for Bryant 69, LIU Brooklyn 54 San Antonio 36 29 .554 3 Memorial Coliseum, 7 p.m.
Soccer Women (DH), Noon
Delaware St. 59, Norfolk St. 56
Fairleigh Dickinson 66, CCSU 63
New Orleans
Dallas
30 36 .455 9½
27 36 .429 11
Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Morgan St. 57, Md.-Eastern Shore 53 Memphis 25 40 .385 14 N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Whitworth joins Mississippi State soccer program as Mississippi State at Tennessee-Martin, 4 p.m. Sacred Heart 54, Robert Morris 45 Northwest Division Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) 67, Wagner 58 W L Pct GB Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m.
volunteer assistant South Alabama at Alabama, 5 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn 69, Mount St. Mary’s 65 Denver 42 21 .667 — Montreal at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
STARKVILLE – Head coach James Armstrong has added another Wednesday’s Games SOUTH
Alabama St. 67, Prairie View 59
Oklahoma City 39 24 .619 3
Portland 39 24 .619 3
Wednesday’s Games
Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
former professional player to the Mississippi State soccer coaching Austin Peay at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Cincinnati 80, Tulane 65 Utah 36 27 .571 6 Toronto at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
East Carolina 67, SMU 61 Minnesota 29 34 .460 13 St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
staff with the addition of Allison Whitworth as a volunteer assistant. Mississippi Valley State at Alabama, 6 p.m. MVSU 79, Grambling St. 61 Pacific Division Calgary at Vegas, 10:30 p.m.
Whitworth will work primarily with the Bulldogs’ goalkeepers. Southern Miss at Southeastern Louisiana, 6:30 p.m.
Old Dominion 69, Longwood 48 W L Pct GB Thursday’s Games
Temple 84, Memphis 53 Golden State 44 19 .698 — Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Whitworth played three seasons
in the Women’s Professional Soccer League with the Atlanta Beat, Men’s College Golf Texas Southern 56, Alabama A&M 45
UConn 57, South Florida 47
MIDWEST
L.A. Clippers 37 29 .561 8½
Sacramento 32 31 .508 12
L.A. Lakers 30 34 .469 14½
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Red Stars and FC Gold Pride. She comes to Starkville after Today’s Games Iowa St. 69, Kansas 49 Phoenix 14 51 .215 31 Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
serving as the head coach at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, for Alabama, Ole Miss at Querencia Cabo Collegiate Wichita St. 71, Tulsa 49 x-clinched playoff spot Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST Monday’s Games Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
the last three years. She was promoted to senior woman administrator Jackson St. 61, Ark.-Pine Bluff 41 Brooklyn 127, Dallas 88 Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
in December 2017.
(Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) Kansas St. 68, Oklahoma St. 58 Miami 114, Atlanta 113 Calgary at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Women’s College Golf
UCF 59, Houston 50 San Antonio 104, Denver 103 Montreal at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
“We are thrilled to add coach Whitworth to our staff,” Armstrong FAR WEST New Orleans 115, Utah 112 St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
said. “She has played at the highest level collegiately and professionally Today’s Games Boise St. 70, New Mexico 66 Phoenix 114, Milwaukee 105 Friday’s Games
Montana St. 70, S. Utah 55 Sacramento 115, New York 108 Minnesota at Florida, 7 p.m.
and has familiarity with the SEC. She has national reputation as being Southern Miss at North Florida Collegiate (Jack- N. Arizona 82, Montana 65 L.A. Clippers 113, L.A. Lakers 105 New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.
an elite goalkeeper coach, but her head coaching experience also Nevada 79, Air Force 54 Tuesday’s Games Winnipeg at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
demonstrates her tactical acumen for all positions. Having her join our sonville, Florida) San Diego St. 59, Fresno St. 58 Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Montreal at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Bulldog staff is a real coup and we couldn’t be more excited!” Men’s College Tennis
Whitworth had a highly successful career both athletically and aca- Today’s Games
demically at Auburn University where she graduated summa cum laude
Southern Miss at Nicholls State, 1 p.m. Women’s College Basketball
with a degree in psychology and minor in exercise science in 2007. She
set the Tigers’ career record with 356 saves, and her 132 saves in her
senior season led the SEC and still stands as Auburn’s single-season
record. She collected 22 career shutouts, which is second in school
history, including eight in each of her final two seasons on the way to
Junior College Baseball
Today’s Games
Columbia State at Itawamba (DH), 2 p.m.
Mississippi State’s McCowan,
Junior College Softball
Schaefer earn SEC awards
All-SEC selections as a junior (second team) and senior (first team).
For her career, she won six SEC Defensive Player of the Week Today’s Games
honors and saw the field in 73 matches with a 1.13 career goals against Itawamba at Calhoun (DH), 1 p.m.
average. She was Auburn’s women’s sports nominee for the H. Boyd
McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship presented to
the league’s top scholar-athlete and completed her master’s degree in on the air By STEVE MEGARGEE South Carolina’s Tyasha Harris.
health promotion on the Plains. The Associated Press Robinson and Harris were both
Whitworth began her coaching career at Middle Tennessee in 2011 Today second-team selections last year.
and spent two years with the Blue Raiders. The program won a share AUTO RACING Mississippi State center Teai- McCowan and Schaefer helped
of the Sun Belt Conference regular-season title in 2012 after finishing 5 p.m. — NASCAR K&N Pro Series Racing: K&N ra McCowan has been voted the
Pro Series West, Las Vegas, Nev., NBC Sports Mississippi State (27-2, 15-1)
with the second-best record in school history. Whitworth recruited goal-
Network Associated Press’ Southeastern win the SEC regular-season title
keeper Kelsey Brouwer who finished her career holding school records
for wins and shutouts. Brouwer was second in school history in career COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Conference player of the year and and earn the No. 1 seed in the
saves and won the C-USA Spirit of Service Award in 2013. 5 p.m. — Xavier at Butler, FS1 Vic Schaefer is the SEC coach of conference tournament starting
She then headed to Ohio where she was the Bobcats’ goalkeeper 6 p.m. — Rhode Island at St. Joseph’s, CBS the year.
Sports Network
Wednesday at Greenville, South
coach and recruiting coordinator. In her three years at Ohio, Whitworth’s The 16-member
keepers recorded 322 saves and 10 shutouts. In 2014, she served on 6 p.m. — TBA, ESPN Carolina.
staff with the Region II Olympic Development Program. 6 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2 media panel made “Winning the Southeastern
Her recruiting led to the signing of MAC All-Freshman Team 6 p.m. — Virginia Tech at Florida State, ESPNU McCowan a unani- Conference championship, I
selection Steph Rowland who led the team in five offensive categories 6 p.m. — South Carolina at Texas A&M, SEC mous first-team all- think it’s the hardest thing to do
in her freshman season while setting the Bobcats’ freshman record with 7 p.m. — Purdue at Minnesota, Big Ten Network SEC selection. She
five goals. She also drew Vanessa Cordoba to Athens. Cordoba won a 8 p.m. — East Carolina at Wichita State, CBS in the country,” Schaefer said af-
gold medal at the Bolivarian Games in 2015 as the goalkeeper for the Sports Network was joined on the ter the Bulldogs clinched the reg-
Colombian U-20 National Team. 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPN squad by Mississip- ular-season title outright Sunday
MSU is coming off its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2 pi State teammate McCowan with a 68-64 victory at South Car-
2018 after finishing with a 9-7-2 record. Armstrong is looking to lead the 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU Anriel Howard.
Bulldogs back to the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2004 in his 8 p.m. — TBA, SEC
olina. “I’m awfully proud of this
first season at the helm. Other first-team all-SEC picks team.”
10 p.m. — Nevada at Air Force, ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL included Texas A&M’s Chennedy McCowan is Mississippi State’s
Softball 7 p.m. — Houston at Toronto, TNT
9:30 p.m. — Boston at Golden State, TNT
Carter, Missouri’s Sophie Cun-
ningham and Georgia’s Caliya
first AP SEC player of the year
Bulldogs open home slate with midweek tilt against since LaToya Thomas earned the
NHL HOCKEY Robinson.
7 p.m. — Minnesota at Nashville, NBC Sports honor in back-to-back seasons in
UT-Martin This marks the second straight 2002 and 2003.
STARKVILLE – Returning to Starkville for a five-game home Network
swing before opening Southeastern Conference play, Mississippi State SOCCER (MEN’S) season that Carter, Cunningham The 6-foot-7 senior center
softball readies for a midweek contest, welcoming UT Martin to Nusz 2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid and McCowan have earned first- ranks third among all Division I
Park at 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday. vs. Ajax, TNT team AP all-SEC honors. Schae- players in rebounding (13.4) and
Over the weekend, MSU traveled to North Carolina for the Duke fer has been named coach of the fourth in field-goal percentage
Invitational, picking up victories over Kansas and the host Blue Devils.
In her return to her home state, sophomore Mia Davidson led the
Wednesday year two straight times and three (.654). McCowan also averag-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) of the last five seasons.
Bulldogs at the plate. Davidson closed Saturday going 6-for-11 (.545) 5:30 p.m. — Marquette at Seton Hall, FS1 es 17.3 points and is the SEC’s
with one double, two home runs, two runs scored and six RBIs. She 5:30 p.m. — Missouri at Georgia, SEC Kentucky freshman Rhyne fifth-leading scorer.
held a 1.182 slugging percentage to lead the team. 6 p.m. — Penn State at Rutgers, Big Ten Net- Howard was named the SEC McCowan was the lone SEC
With the first month of the season in the books, Davidson currently work newcomer of the year and also player included among 10 semi-
leads the SEC in batting average (.531), slugging percentage (1.306), 6 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2
on-base percentage (.643), home runs (12) and total bases (64). Her 12 earned second-team all-SEC hon- finalists for the Naismith Trophy
6 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU
total home runs also leads all of Division I softball.
7 p.m. — Providence at Creighton, CBS Sports ors along with teammate Maci given annually to the nation’s
Not far behind is junior Fa Leilua, who ranks third in the conference
Network Morris. The second team also in- top player. She owns Mississippi
and fifth nationally with 10 home runs this season. The duo has
7:30 p.m. — Georgetown at DePaul, FS1 cludes Tennessee’s Rennia Davis, State records for career rebounds
combined for 22 of MSU’s 25 home runs over the 2019 campaign and
both are already on MSU’s single-season home run chart with just 19
7:30 p.m. — Arkansas at Vanderbilt, SEC Arkansas’ Chelsea Dungee and (1,404) and double-doubles (63).
games under their belts.
8 p.m. — Ohio State at Northwestern, Big Ten
In the circle, MSU is led by junior Alyssa Loza’s 1.74 earned run Network
8 p.m. — TBA, ESPN2
average, which ranks 17th in the SEC. Loza holds a 5-1 record with two
shutouts to her credit and has struck 26 batters this season. Sophomore 8 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU Racing
9 p.m. — Fresno State at San Diego State, CBS
New NASCAR rules package
Emily Williams (4-2) leads the team and ranks sixth in the conference
with 63 strikeotus this season. Sports Network
10 p.m. — Oregon at Washington State, FS1
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
Golf
gets early passing grade
12:30 p.m. — Big-10 Tournament: Teams TBD,
Ole Miss in seventh heading into final round in Mexico first round, Big Ten Network
CABO SAN LUCAS – The No. 48 Ole Miss men’s golf team 3 p.m. — Big-10 Tournament: Teams TBD, first
completed the second round of the Querencia Cabo Collegiate Monday round, Big Ten Network
GOLF By JENNA FRYER attract new fans and needed an
in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The Rebels are tied for seventh as a team,
with Beau Briggs in the top-15 individually heading into the final round. 1:30 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Golf: The Associated Press overhaul.
Ole Miss shot a 10-over 294 in the second round and sits in sev- Qatar Masters, first round, Qatarm GOLF The result was a package
enth with No. 12 LSU and host Houston, while remaining ahead of three 5 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Golf: Qatar HAMPTON, Ga. — The ver- that reduced horsepower and
SEC teams. The Rebels are fourth in the field in par-5 scoring, going Masters, first round, Qatar, GOLF dict is still out on NASCAR’s new
MLB BASEBALL
increased downforce, efforts to
5-under on the first two days on the longest holes on the course and are competition package following its
third in the field with 115 pars. 12 p.m. — Spring Training: Pittsburgh at Boston, bring the cars closer together and
No. 1 Oklahoma State, the defending national champions, ESPN innocuous debut at Atlanta Motor present more passing opportuni-
leapfrogged No. 9 Arizona State to grab the lead at 22-under following NBA BASKETBALL Speedway. ties. What that actually meant on
a second round 269 (-15). The Cowboys also have the individual leader 7 p.m. — Philadelphia at Chicago, ESPN The race was not the best in the track was a mystery before
in Austin Eckroat, who is 10-under for the tournament. No. 36 Baylor is 9:30 p.m. — Denver at LA Lakers, ESPN NASCAR history, nor was it un-
nine shots back, and the Sun Devils are 10 strokes behind the leaders. NHL HOCKEY Sunday’s race at Atlanta, won by
Briggs put together an even par 71 second round with four birdies, 6:30 p.m. — Washington at Philadelphia, NBC watchable. Brad Keselowski following his
14 pars and four bogeys. The senior leads the team in pars with 26 after Sports Network It was, if nothing else, better brief bout with a stomach virus.
two rounds. At 2-under through 36 holes, Briggs is one of 21 golfers 9 p.m. — St. Louis at Anaheim, NBC Sports than last year’s race at Atlanta The trouble with the debut is
under par. Network and that is a win for NASCAR that Atlanta is unlike any other in-
The final round began today with a 10:00 a.m. CT shotgun start. SOCCER (MEN’S)
Ole Miss will be paired with players from No. 27 Florida State, No. 12 2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: Paris right now. Series officials final- termediate track in NASCAR and
LSU and No. 3 Vanderbilt. Saint-Germain vs. Manchester United, TNT ly conceded last season that the the asphalt on the 1.54-mile quad-
— Special to The Dispatch on-track product was failing to oval is the oldest in the series.
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College Basketball
EMCC
Continued from Page 1B
As men’s regu- decisions dating back making four straight
lar-season champions to Jan. 14, with the only trips to Hutchinson,
of the MACJC’s North setback during that Kansas for the NJCAA
Division for the first stretch coming at home Division I Men’s Bas-
time since the 2012- to Northeast Mississip- ketball Championship
13 season, coach Billy pi, 68-65, on Jan. 28. under the guidance
Begley’s EMCC Lions Guided by Jason of former head coach
advanced through last Flanigan, the Holmes Mark White.
week’s MACJC State Bulldogs enter region- Begley previously
Basketball Tournament al play as the tourna-
served as White’s as-
in Ellisville by knock- ment’s No. 7 seed with
sistant coach during
ing off East Central a 15-9 overall record
the 2010-11, 2011-12
(70-53), 15th-ranked after dropping a 60-48
Pearl River (62-57) and decision to Pearl River and 2012-13 seasons
host Jones (61-58) on during last Tuesday’s before coming back
consecutive days. state tournament quar- to the Scooba campus
Defense was the terfinals in Ellisville. in 2015 as the Lions’
key for the EMCC men Holmes finished third head coach. EMCC’s
during last week’s suc- in the MACJC North other four recent re-
Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch cessful run through the Division’s regular-sea- gional tournament
As a reward for capturing their district championship, five Columbus Christian Acad- state tournament, as son standings with a 7-5 appearances have re-
emy starters were named to the all-district team, four of whom are pictured above sulted in a runner-up
the Lions held all three division mark.
front left to right: Kylee Emerson, Audrey Foreman, Celia Peal and Taylor Tipton. Not
shown is Elizabeth Easterling. opponents under 40 per- EMCC and Holmes finish and subsequent
CCA
cent field goal shooting split the regular-sea- NJCAA tournament
and below the 60-point son series by winning berth during Begley’s
mark. Collectively, the on their respective first season (2015-16)
Continued from Page 1B Lions limited ECCC, home floors. On Jan. as head coach as well as
PRCC and JC to just 10 in Goodman, Czar semifinal-round show-
schools such as Colum- 34.1 percent (59-for- Perry’s 37 points lifted
bus, West Lowndes and ings in 2009, 2014 and
173 FGs) shooting from the Bulldogs to a nar- 2015. Overall during
Caledonia simply for the
the field, including only row 75-74 home victory that eight-year span
competition those games
24.3 percent (18-for-74 over the Lions. During
provided. from 2009-2016, the
treys) from beyond the last month’s rematch
As a result, his team‘s Lions posted an im-
three-point arc. The Li- (Feb. 4) in Scooba,
more notable accomplish- pressive 17-4 composite
ons ramped up their de- EMCC snapped a nine-
ments this past season in- record (.810) during re-
fensive efforts against game series losing skid
cluded winning 20 games gional tournament play.
the MACJC South Di- against Holmes that
(20-13) for the very first East Mississippi’s
vision’s top two teams had dated back to the
time; going undefeated regional tournament
by holding Pearl River 2013-14 season with a
(6-0) in winning the dis- action this week in
to 31.5 percent (17- 70-59 triumph. Along
trict for the first time; be- Clinton will be live
for-54 FGs) shooting, with claiming last
ing the first team to reach streamed at www.EM-
including 2 of 21 (10%) year’s NJCAA Region
the MAIS Class A Final
3-pointers, in the semis 23 men’s tournament ti- CCAthletics.com/live,
Four; and the second
and then limiting Jones tle and participating in with Austin Buchanan
team to reach the North
to 31.8 percent (21-for- the 2018 NJCAA tour- set to call all of the play-
State Tournament where
66 FGs) from the field nament, the Bulldogs by-play action.
the Rams finished third.
and 24.2 percent (8-for- also previously won the The men’s winner
Individually, five girls
33 treys) from the arc in region and advanced of this year’s NJCAA
made the All-District
the finals. to the national tourna- Region 23 Basketball
team – Celia Peal, Kylee
Looking for their ment during the 2014- Tournament in Clinton
Emerson, Audrey Fore-
first 20-win season 15 season. will qualify to partici-
man, Elizabeth Easterling
since last qualifying for This week’s postsea- pate in the 72nd NJCAA
and Taylor Tipton; two
the Region 23 tourna- son action in Clinton
were named to the North Division I Men’s Bas-
ment during the 2015- will mark East Missis-
State tournament team ketball Championship
16 campaign (Begley’s sippi’s ninth men’s ap-
– Peal and Emerson; and to be held, March 18-
first year as EMCC’s pearance in the NJCAA
one to the All-State tour- 23, at the Hutchinson
head coach), the 19-7 Region 23 Basketball
nament team – Emerson. Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch Sports Arena in Kan-
and second-seed EMCC Tournament in the last
After many years as Celia Peal (left), Columbus Christian Academy’s all-time sas. The EMCC Lions
Lions bring a nine- 11 years dating back
the school’s boys’ coach, leading scorer, was named to the North State All-Tour- previously participated
nament team and was selected to play in the MAIS game winning streak to the 2008-09 season.
Thomas is currently in in five men’s basketball
All-Star game Friday in Jackson, while Kylee Emerson that dates back to the During that span, the
his second year working national tournaments
with the girls’ team, and (right) was selected to the North State all-tournament end of January into this Lions claimed four con-
team as well as to the All-State all-tournament team. week’s regional tourna- secutive regional tour- (2010-13 and 2016)
he threw all the credit for
ment. They have also nament championships during a seven-year
this year’s breakthrough throughout the area. In worked their tails off,”
season to his 13-girl squad won 12 of their last 13 (2010-13) en route to span.
addition to the Columbus said Thomas. And be-
and its relentless work ef- Christian camp, the Rams cause we only lose two
fort and to his assistant also traveled to Arkan- seniors to graduation, I
coach Barbara Yeates. sas and to Tishomingo feel like we’ll compete for
“Our turnaround County for games against a state title next year.”
can be attributed to all teams from Alabama. Thomas’ quest for a
the hard work these girls Thomas said he sched- state championship will
put in during the sum- ules teams from higher depend on 11 returning
mer months,” said Thom- classifications “to get bet-
players, as his current
as. “We played some 40 ter and see exactly where
roster lists only one ju-
games last summer and we are at.”
nior, seven sophomores
that takes a lot of com- This past season,
mitment from the players the Rams only lost four and three freshmen -- all
and the parents. It took a games to schools in their of whom will move up a
lot of work on everybody’s own classification -- Mar- grade next fall.
part.” vel (Arkansas) in North Thomas’ turnaround
Too, the Rams hosted State and State tourna- effort didn’t go unnoticed
a camp during which his ment play, Claiborne by his peers, as he was
team played four games (Louisiana) at State and named Girls’ Coach of the
a day all four days of Delta Academy during Year, as was the Rams’
the camp which attract- the regular season. boys’ coach, Greg Wat-
ed over 300 girls from “All-in-all, these girls kins.
SEC Women
Continued from Page 1B
bany, Ga., which served as the site for erage. The SEC Network will televise
six years from 1987-92. The tournament all first, second and third round games.
then moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, The semifinals will be aired on ESPNU
where it was held from 1993-2000, with for the sixth consecutive year, while the
the exception of 1998 when the tourna- championship game will be televised on
ment moved to Columbus, Ga. ESPN2.
Since 2001 the tournament has en- The event has helped set the stage for
joyed many new sites, including Mem- SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament, as
phis (2001), Nashville (2002, 2004, 32 of the conference tournament cham-
2008, 2011, 2012, 2018), Little Rock, pions have advanced to at least the Sweet
Ark. (2003, 2006, 2009, 2015), Green- 16. Three of the last 11 SEC tournament
ville, S.C. (2005, 2017, 2018), Duluth, Ga. champions have gone on to win the na-
(2007, 2010, 2013, 2014) and Jackson- tional championship. The SEC tourna-
ville, Fla. (2016). ment champion has failed to win at least
The winner of the 13-game tourna- one NCAA Tournament game only twice.
ment will receive the league’s automatic Tennessee leads the league with 17
bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tour- SEC Tournament titles. Vanderbilt is
nament seeds and conference champion second with six, while Auburn, Georgia,
will be determined by the 16-game regu- and South Carolina each have four. LSU
lar-season SEC schedule. has two with Kentucky and Texas A&M
The 2019 SEC Women’s Tournament each winning one SEC Tournament
will once again enjoy live television cov- championship.
MUW
Continued from Page 1B
thews and Lloyd led the W in hits with Infielder Kendall Wilkinson and out-
two each. fielder Kristen Martin paced MUW at
The Owls’ bats caught fire in the sec- the plate, racking up three RBIs each.
ond game against Penn State DuBois, Wilkinson went 2-for-3 with one run,
striking for 11 runs on 10 hits in the 5-in- while Martin went 1-for-2 and also
ning victory. scored once.
Senior pitcher Ciara Steward is still Heidi Matthews scored three runs to
undefeated on the mound allowing only lead the Owls in scoring..
one run on one hit with one walk. Up next, the Owls will return to the
Freshman Donna Douglas entered field today to complete the 4-game series
the game in relief to pitch one inning and against Penn State DuBois. First pitch of
gave up one hit and fanned two. the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m.
MSU Men
Continued from Page 3B
n Free Online Audio: Hail 12-4 mark. per game over his last 11 games. with a 21-point effort at Auburn. is 36-13 when Holman turns in
State Plus (https://hailst.at/ n Quinndary Weatherspoon The streak is highlighted by 10 He dialed up a season-high six double figures, the last time he
MBKListen); Tune-In Radio was named a finalist for the games in double figures and treys during the Auburn game. reached double digit points was
App (https://hailst.at/MBKTu- Bailey Howell Trophy earlier six double-doubles. Perry tal- The Bulldogs are 25-5 over a 12-point performance against
neIn) today which is awarded to the lied 10 points and equaled a the last two seasons and have LSU on Feb. 5 … Abdul Ado is
n Sirius/XM: NA (Sirius), top college basketball player career-high with 14 rebounds won 14 of 17 games this season third in the SEC with 2.1 blocks
Ch. 385 (XM), Ch. 976 (Inter- in the state of Mississippi. He at Auburn. For the SEC season, when Carter scores 10 or more per game in conference games
net) has averaged a SEC-best 20.1 Perry has dialed up 11.6 points points. … He has tallied 11 blocks over
points per game in conference and 8.1 rebounds per game. n Aric Holman and Lamar his last three games and his 116
games and racked up seven of The 8.1 rebounds are third on Peters have scored 980 and
Five things to know his 13 outings of 20-plus points the SEC leader board and holds 975 points, respectively … The
blocks over 62 career games
n Mississippi State has con- is listed ninth in the MSU re-
since the calendar turned to the top spot among freshmen. duo is in pursuit of becoming
nected on 244 three-pointers cord book … Robert Woodard
February. Weatherspoon has He is a two-time SEC Fresh- the 38th and 39th players in
through 29 games. The 244 II has recorded eight of his
amassed 1,929 career points man of the Week, most recently program history to surpass
treys are the third-highest in 10 games with seven or more
which holds the top spot among on Feb. 25. 1,000 career points … Peters
program history at this point in SEC active players and is third n Tyson Carter has worked has collected multiple steals points during SEC play … He
the season. The Bulldogs have on MSU’s all-time scoring list. his way to 16.2 points and 2.4 in six straight games and has has upped his scoring average
dialed up 10 or more treys in He has recorded double digit assists per game over his last totaled 19 steals in MSU’s last to 7.0 points per game in his
nine games this season, most points in 27 of 29 games and 101 five appearances as a starter. six games … He is one of eight last 10 outings … Nick Weath-
recently MSU 10 triples at Au- times during his career. Missis- He has posted consecutive major conference players to erspoon is fifth on the team
burn last Saturday. A win on sippi State has posted a 26-4 games of 20-plus points for the notch at least 300 points and with 9.6 points per game … He
Tuesday would snap a two-game mark and has won 18 of the last first time since the North Da- 150 assists on the season, ac- is scheduled to miss his sixth
losing streak to Tennessee and 20 games when Weatherspoon kota State and Dayton games cording to Stat Pass … The straight game after being sus-
give the Bulldogs 10 SEC wins produces 20 or more points. last season. Carter poured in a Bulldogs are 15-3 this season pended indefinitely from game
for the first time since the 2007- n Reggie Perry has pumped season-high 22 points against when Peters distributes five- competition for a violation of
08 season when MSU secured a in 14.2 points and 9.0 rebounds Missouri and followed that up plus assists … Mississippi State team rules on Feb. 16.
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March outcome. you admire that embody those
5). You’ll spend time with peo- TAURUS (April 20-May qualities and you want to be like
ple who, though they are from 20). You’re interested, and them. In fact, you already are.
different parts of the world, now there’s an opportunity to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Ev-
seem to be made from the dip your toe into the proverbial eryone is observing something
same soul material as you are. pool. You won’t have to totally different at any given moment.
Doing well on an intellectual or immerse yourself to satisfy You’ll share memories, compare
academic test in April helps you your curiosity and gain some notes and be surprised at
to leap forward in your purpose. experience. which details stand out to other
Financial gain comes from com- GEMINI (May 21-June 21). people.
municating your ideas very well. Not everyone is comfortable VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Sagittarius and Aquarius adore sharing feelings. Some people To enjoy and be friendly with
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, you know are very encouraging people without feeling com-
BABY BLUES 30, 14, 22 and 36. and supportive and yet not de- pelled to spend a lot more time
ARIES (March 21-April 19). monstrative. Still, you can feel with them than necessary is
While worrying alone does not the love and compassion when- the definition of “acquaintance-
solve problems, realizing that ever you’re in their presence. ship.” Who crosses to the next
there’s something that could go CANCER (June 22-July 22). level? Choose carefully.
wrong is step one. Step two is It’s your goal to be compas- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
figuring out what to do to about sionate and respectful, though You have a complaint. You’re
it: How to avoid it, or how to you may not have articulated it right about it. But it’s not
better prepare for that possible quite like that. There are people something that you’ll be able to
change today. Accept it, and log
it in your mental banks for now.
Solutions and opportunities will
come. Stay positive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). If you assume the door is
BEETLE BAILEY locked, then you won’t be able
to open it. Don’t assume. Watch
the others. Maybe the door is
heavy and needs a shove, or
temperamental and needs a
jiggle of the handle. Watch and
copy.
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21). A live streaming camera
can tell you what life is like now
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square in Madrid or the jungle
of Costa Rica. Looking around
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world and what’s going on in
MALLARD FILLMORE your part of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Sometimes it feels like
you’re the only one around using
rational thought in a culture that
prefers letting the person with
the biggest ego call the shots
regardless of what’s logical.
Stay rational.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Maybe it looks like the
side you’re on doesn’t have
a chance, but this is early in
the game. Besides, if you’re
confident enough to take action,
FAMILY CIRCUS then you’ve already won.
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662-242-0259. resume to 662-492-
4490 or email to jm.site
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
417 17th St. S.
$450/mo. $450 dep.
masters@yahoo.com 1 BEDROOM Call 662-327-8712.
WORK WANTED: 2 BEDROOMS
Bargain Column 4180 Houses For Rent: Caledonia
RegulaR Rates
Licensed & Bonded-car-
pentry, painting, & de-
3 BEDROOMS 7160
4 Lines/6 Days ........................ $19.20 molition. Landscaping, MOTORCYCLE JACKETS,
leather, $50 each, large LEASE,
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2 Cigarettes
4120 Auctions well with the public.
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing Email resume to:
4150 Baby Articles 9150 Autos for Sale job101@cdispatch.com
4180 Bargain Column 9200 Aviation
4210 Bicycles
4240 Building Materials
9250 Boats & Marine
9300 Camper/R.V.’s
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
SERVICE MECHANIC
3 Eponym
4250 Burial Plots 9350 Golf Carts with verifiable experi-
4270 Business Furniture & 9400 Motorcycles/ATVs ence, own tools and
Equipment
4300 Camera Equipment
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment clean MVR. Submit
resume by fax to
4 Arm
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
4330 Clothing 9550 Wanted to Buy
662-492-4490 WHATZIT ANSWER
or email to: jm.site
5 Badminton
4360 Coins & Jewelry
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