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Hamilton teacher charged with attempted

murder of her child at Columbus Lake
Police believe suspect deliberately backed By the time
police arrived,
break one of the car’s windows
to pull the two to safety.
another adult.
According to her Facebook
the car into lake with toddler inside a friend of Cul-
lum’s had already
Police previously reported
the driver had called the friend.
page, Cullum has been em-
ployed with the Monroe Coun-
Dispatch Staff Report bus Lake while her 2-year-old pulled the suspect No one was hurt in the inci- ty School District as a second
was riding inside. and her daughter dent. grade teacher at Hamilton Ele-
Police have charged a Ham- Cari Campbell Cullum, 34, is from the vehicle, The press release says the mentary School, which MCSD
ilton elementary teacher with accused of backing the car off a according to a Cullum suspect has two other children Superintendent Brian Jernigan
attempted murder after inves- boat ramp just after 3 a.m. Sept. Columbus Po- besides the toddler. Police Chief confirmed to The Dispatch
tigators determined she inten- 21 into the lake off Wilkins Wise lice Department press release. Fred Shelton said the children Tuesday.
tionally drove a car into Colum- Road. The friend told police he had to have been placed in the care of See Cullum, 3A

Board to review SOCCER PRACTICE

15 applicants
for LCSD
superintendent
Eleven live in Mississippi;
more than one already
works in district
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com

Fifteen applicants
met Lowndes Coun-
ty School District’s
minimum require-
ments for its ongo-
ing superintendent
search, according
to information the
Mississippi School Waldrop
Boards Association
provided the school
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
board Monday Sally Allen, right, prepares to kick the soccer ball to Caris Carver during practice at McKee Park in Starkville Thursday after-
during a two-hour noon. The girls belong to a team of 8 and 9-year-olds in the Starkville Christian Homeschool Educators sports program, and
executive session at their season lasts from August to October.
Central Office.
Among that field
are three sitting su-
perintendents, seven Wright
assistant superintendents, three
principals, one assistant principal
and one content specialist, MSBA
Executive Director Mike Waldrop
County may ink new deal with health clinic
reported after the meeting ad-
journed. Seven of the applicants CLW served cancellation notice after in 2017, have
been left out of
rate based on use. County
Administrator Ralph Bill-
have doctorate degrees.
Applicants include 10 males and trying to strike deal of its own the equation. ingsley said supervisors will
five females. Eleven are from Mis- County su- likely approve the agreement
By Zack Plair viding free medical care for pervisors ta- after Baptist provides a writ-
sissippi, with one each from Ala- zplair@cdispatch.com
its employees. bled a measure ten quote for what the county
bama, Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Virginia. Lowndes County will like- Meanwhile, Columbus at their Mon- will be billed each month for
More than one already works at ly approve a new agreement Light and Water employees, day meeting to Billingsley the service — which he ex-
LCSD, school officials confirmed, with a local Baptist Medical which had used the clinic resume using pects will be about $80 per
See LCSD, 3A Group Clinic to resume pro- at no cost since it opened the clinic for non-contracted See Clinic, 6A

A crowd of City-county relations raised again at second forum

more than
two dozen, Sanders, Brooks defend county’s have a great partnership,
but some of their chal-
including
candidates, response to February tornado lengers said they want to
see better cooperation.
listens during
a political fo- BY ISABELLE ALTMAN the board’s relationship The issue arose when
rum for those ialtman@cdispatch.com with city of Columbus District 1 Supervisor
running for officials during a politi- Harry Sanders, the
county office Those hoping to be board’s president, re-
cal forum at the Colum-
Monday night elected to a seat on the
at the Colum- bus Municipal Complex sponded to a comment
bus Municipal Lowndes County Board Monday night. his opponent, indepen-
Complex. of Supervisors dis- Incumbents said they dent Steve Pyle, made
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff agreed on the state of feel the county and city See Forum, 3A

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Say What?
Did you hear? “Myself and our coaches got to make sure we’re putting
Forever 21 bankruptcy reflects kids in position to be successful with the calls; we’ve got
to make sure we’re out there making plays.”
teens’ new shopping behavior MSU head football coach Joe Moorhead. Story, 1B.

Los Angeles- fashion, according to a re-

based privately
port by Global Data Retail.
The bankruptcy marks
a dramatic fall for the retail-
House Democrats subpoena Giuliani
held chain was
founded in 1984
er. Forever 21 was founded
in 1984 and, along with
other fast-fashion chains
in Trump impeachment probe
like H&M and Zara, rode a
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO ‘Text messages, phone
Off message: A Republican takes
wave of popularity among
AP Retail Writer young customers that took
off in the mid-1990s. It records and other
NEW YORK — For
years, teens flocked to For-
ever 21’s massive stores at
even stole customers from
traditional stalwarts like
Abercrombie & Fitch and
communications’
requested from
heat for impeachment remarks
the nation’s malls for its American Eagle. By MICHELLE L. PRICE
speedy take on fashion,
like its $5 shimmery halter
Their popularity grew
during the Great Reces-
president’s personal The Associated Press

tops and $25 dresses.

But the chain that
helped popularize so-called
fast fashion has moved too
slow for a new generation
of young customers.
The Los Angeles-based
privately held chain filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Sunday, a victim of rapidly
changing shopping tastes
among teens who are in-
creasingly turning away
from malls and heading to
trendy online sites.
They’re also interest-
ed in buying eco-friendly
fashions, like pants made
from recycled plastic, not
stuff they’ll just throw
away after a few uses. And
they’re gravitating toward
online second sites where
clothes can be used over
and over again. In fact, the
secondhand fashion busi-
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$64 billion by 2028, nearly
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — At one end of
Pennsylvania Avenue, the president
raged about treason. At the other,
the methodical march toward im-
peachment proceeded apace.
Democrats on Monday sub-
poenaed Rudy Giuliani, the presi-
dent’s personal lawyer who was at
the heart of Trump’s efforts to get
Ukraine to investigate political rival
Joe Biden’s family. That was after
one of Trump’s staunchest defend-
ers, Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, said he would have
“no choice” but to consider articles
of impeachment if the House ap-
proved them.
With Congress out of session for
observance of the Jewish holidays,
Democrats moved aggressively
against Giuliani, requesting by Oct.
15 “text messages, phone records
and other communications” that
they referred to as possible evi-
dence. They also requested docu-
ments and depositions from three
of his business associates.
Meanwhile, the circle of officials
with knowledge of Trump’s phone
call to Ukraine’s president widened
with the revelation that Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo listened in
on the July 25 conversation.
Pompeo’s presence on the
Ukraine call, confirmed by two of-
ficials who spoke on the condition
of anonymity to discuss an internal
matter, provided the first confirma-
tion that a Cabinet official heard
Trump press President Volodymyr
LAS VEGAS — GOP Rep. Mark Amodei’s comment seemed harm-
less enough. Asked what he thought of the Democrats’ impeachment
probe into President Donald Trump, the Nevada Republican gave re-
porters a vague dodge: “Let’s put it through the process and see what
happens.”
Within about an hour, Amodei was on phone calls with his party’s
leaders and the White House, explaining himself. No, he did not intend
to be the first Republican to endorse the investigation, he told House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, as his Facebook page exploded with
angry Republicans.
Amodei’s episode stemming from a phone call with reporters last
Friday is something of a cautionary tale for Republicans as they try to
answer questions about impeachment, Trump’s behavior and the rocky
road ahead. In the highly charged partisan environment, even nods to
bipartisanship or process can sound like betrayal.
“I’m a big fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and
see where it goes,” Amodei said in the call.
Amodei is a moderate who sometimes makes a point of striking a
nonpartisan tone. But he’s also the chair of Trump’s campaign in the
state. His apparent endorsement of the Democrats’ investigation quick-
ly became a headline. His Facebook page filled up with people calling
him a “traitor” and “RINO” (Republican in name only) who should
be voted out of office — along with some scattered praise from those
across the aisle.
Zelenskiy to investigate Hunter Trump took to Twitter to defend
Biden’s membership on the board anew his phone call with Zelenskiy
of a Ukrainian gas company. It is as “perfect” and to unleash a series
that call, and the circumstances of attacks, most strikingly against
surrounding it, that are fueling the House intelligence committee
new Democratic drive for impeach- Chairman Adam Schiff. The Demo-
ment. crat, he suggested, ought to be tried
McConnell, a steadfast Trump for a capital offense for launching
defender, nonetheless swatted into a paraphrase of Trump during
down talk that the GOP-controlled a congressional hearing last week.
Senate could dodge the matter “Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made
of impeachment if the House ap- up a FAKE & terrible statement,
proved charges against Trump. pretended it to be mine as the most
“It’s a Senate rule related to im- important part of my call to the
peachment, it would take 67 votes to Ukrainian President, and read it
change, so I would have no choice aloud to Congress and the Ameri-
but to take it up,” McConnell said can people,” the president wrote. “It
on CNBC. “How long you’re on it is bore NO relationship to what I said
a whole different matter.” on the call. Arrest for Treason?”

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threatened crops across in effect in parts of Utah Tuesday morning. The
cold set in with the lin-
gering fall storm system
that dumped snow for
three days across much
of central and western
Montana, including over
4 feet on the Blackfeet
Reservation and Glacier
National Park.
While parts of the
Rockies were dealing
with frigid temperatures
and unusually early snow,
warnings of extreme wild-
fire danger emerged in
eastern Utah and much
of Colorado, where tem-
peratures as high as the
mid-80s, gusty winds and
dry air were expected to
create critical conditions.
Montana Gov. Steve
Bullock has declared
an emergency after the
storm brought heavy, wet
snow and high winds that
closed roads, downed
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Sheriff, ACLU propose plan in Mississippi racial bias case

Proposal: Madison County Sheriff’s
Department would adopt an ‘unbiased
policing policy’ and set new rules about traffic
checkpoints and encounters with pedestrians
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A central Mis-
sissippi sheriff’s department
would adopt an “unbiased po-
licing policy” and set new rules
about traffic checkpoints and
encounters with pedestrians,
under a proposed agreement in
a racial profiling lawsuit.
Court documents show that
attorneys for both the Madison
County Sheriff’s Department
and the African American
plaintiffs are asking U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Carlton Reeves to
approve the agreement.
The American Civil Liberties
Union of Mississippi filed the
lawsuit in 2017, saying officers
in the majority-white Jackson
suburb have unconstitutional-
ly targeted black drivers and
pedestrians in majority-black
neighborhoods and have dis-
proportionately subjected them
to searches and seizures.
Although 38 percent of
Madison County residents are
black, the ACLU said data col-
lected from the county sheriff’s
department show that between
2012 and 2017, black residents
accounted for more than 70 per-
cent of arrests and citations by
the department.
The proposed consent de-
cree was filed Sept. 23, and
Reeves is scheduled to hold a
settlement hearing Thursday.
The proposal says the sher-
iff’s department does not admit
to any “unconstitutional, illegal
or otherwise improper con-
duct.”
The policing policy says that
people coming in contact with
the department must be treated
in a “fair, impartial, equitable,
and objective manner” without
regard to their “race, ethnic
background, national origin,
gender, gender identity, sexual
orientation, religion, socioeco-
nomic status, age, disability,
cultural group, or political sta-
tus.”
Officers would be required
to have training about cultural
diversity, implicit bias and po-
lice-citizen interaction.
The department also would
be required to keep records
that show the race of those ar-
rested.
The sheriff’s department
would have a community ad-
visory board that could accept
complaints about the depart-
ment and forward them to the
sheriff. The board could also
make recommendations to the
sheriff. In June 2018, the de-
partment said Sheriff Randy
Tucker had established a com-
munity advisory group, made
up of black and white citizens.
The proposed agreement
also says traffic checkpoints
could not be conducted with-
in one-quarter mile of specif-
ic housing complexes where
the lawsuit said residents and
visitors had been stopped and
searched a disproportionate
number of times.
“Conduct checkpoints only
for constitutionally acceptable
purposes,” the proposal says.
“Checkpoints or roadblocks
shall not be conducted for pur-
poses of general crime control
or deterrence, narcotics inter-
diction or to check for outstand-
ing warrants.”
The ACLU said when it filed
the lawsuit that the eight plain-
tiffs had been “unconstitution-
ally stopped, searched, or ar-
rested ... sometimes violently,
while they were merely walk-
ing to work, driving in their
neighborhood, celebrating with
family or just spending time in
their own homes.”

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at a different forum Sun-
day night that the county
could have done more to
aid with clean-up after a
Feb. 23 tornado touched
down in north Columbus,
damaging or destroying
hundreds of homes and
businesses.
“The county worked
three full days, Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday,
cleaned up all the rights-
of-way, cleaned up all the
streets and riverbanks be-
cause we had equipment
the city didn’t,” Sanders
said. “We cleaned up
Sim Scott Park. (Lown-
des County) Emergency
Management, which is
a county unit, did every-
thing that you need to do
in the coordination of ev-
erything. We did our part.
Also, we had to clean up
the county part. ... We had
a flood at the same time.
(There was) talk about
the tornado, it didn’t say
anything about the flood.
We had to clean up all the
roads and do all the debris
and everything.”
But Pyle did not back
down from his position.
“I lived in East Colum-
bus, growing up my whole
life,” he said. “I go through
that area, and to see that
debris everywhere — and
I know that there’s certain
requirements of (Federal
Emergency Management
Agency) and everything
else, but I think there’s
more that could have been
done in the city.”
The discussion was
part of the larger topic
of city-county relations,
which was raised when
moderator Carrie Ste-
phenson asked each of the
five supervisor candidates
present to rate the rela-
tionship on a 1-10 scale.
Stephenson is vice chair
of the Columbus-Lowndes
League of Voters, which
hosted the forum.
The candidates who
actually responded with
a number were Pyle and
District 3 hopeful Demo-
crat Tim Heard, who gave
the relationship a “2 or 3”
and a 3, respectively.
“It seems like they
can’t really, from what
I’ve seen on the outside, ...
work together on much of
anything,” Heard said. “...
My thought here is that
Columbus is Lowndes
County. When someone
says Columbus, they’re
looking at the entire city
of Columbus and Lowndes
County. It’s inevitable that
you have to grow from in-
side out, and there’s going
to have to be some kind of
(way for) the city and the
county to work together.”
Sanders and District 5
Supervisor Leroy Brooks
both defended county offi-
cials’ interaction with the
city. Sanders pointed out
the city and county have
agreements in place that
make them partners for
the Columbus-Lowndes
Airport, Columbus-Lown-
des Public Library, E-911,
a jointly funded shooting
range off Yorkville Road
and the joint narcotics
task force between Lown-
des County Sheriff’s Of-
fice and Columbus Police
Department.
While the agreements
regarding those entities
are in place, at different
points the library, shoot-
ing range and E-911 have
all been highly conten-
tious issues between city
and county officials with-
in the last few years. Also,
the city and county split in
2017 over their joint parks
agreement, and each enti-
ty now runs its own parks
and recreation depart-
ment.
“I think that the rela-
tionship we have with the
city is a good relationship,”
Brooks said. “I think from
time to time there are
personalities that get in-
volved and sometimes
maybe even personal
agendas, but I think it’s an
erroneous misconception
by the community about
how the city and county
get along. We don’t all
go out and drink cock-
tails and eat together, but
when it’s time to come to
take care of business, we
do that. And sometimes it
gets contentious, but that
is the nature of the beast.”
Brooks also agreed
with Sanders that the
county aided the city after
the tornado.
District 2 Republican
candidate Trip Hairston
came down more in the
middle, saying he felt the
county hadn’t gotten “the
press” it deserved for aid-
ing with storm cleanup.
He agreed with Sanders
that the county has a good
partnership in certain ar-
eas, adding they also have
a joint agreement with the
Tax Assessor’s Office to
collect taxes in both en-
tities. He suggested the
county and city can do
more like that.
“Let’s start there and
pick out those things
(that) work well and build
on those,” he said. “One of appeals court in New Orleans
the first vehicles I saw (af- The Associated Press
ter the tornado) near Sim
Scott Park was (Lowndes NEW ORLEANS — The federal appeals court
County Road Manager) that covers Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas will
Ronnie Burns’ truck, so have a new chief judge.
the county was Johnny on In a news release Monday the 5th U.S. Circuit
the spot. They were one Court of Appeals said that Judge Priscilla Rich-
of the first vehicles I saw, man Owen will assume the chief judge position
and I was proud to know on Tuesday.
that.” Owen takes over from Carl E. Stewart.
Owen graduated from Baylor University School
Other candidates of Law in 1977 and joined the firm of Andrews &
Other candidates pres- Kurth in Houston. In 1994 she was elected to the
ent included county pros- Supreme Court of Texas.
ecutor candidates Repub- She was appointed by President George W.
lican Steve Wallace and Bush to the 5th circuit and took the oath of office
Democrat William Starks, in 2005.
who each had three min- An appeals court chief justice is chosen by se-
utes to introduce them- niority.
selves and their plat-
forms. Also present were
candidates for constable,
including District 1 op-
ponents Democrat Jake
Humbers and Republican
Chris Griffin, as well as
District 2 Republican can-
didate Spence Walling-
ford.
District 17 Senator
Chuck Younger (R-Co-
lumbus) was the only
candidate for state office
to attend the forum. Like
prosecutor and constable
candidates, he introduced
himself but did not an-
swer questions from mod-
erators.
Cindy Egger Goode,
who is running for chan-
cery clerk as a Republi-
can, answered questions
from moderators with Re-
publican sheriff candidate
Eddie Hawkins. Hawkins’
opponent, independent
Anthony Nelson, arrived
late and did not answer
questions, but he still was
given three minutes to in-
troduce himself and his
platform.

LCSD
Continued from Page 1A
though they didn’t give a
specific number. One of
the 15 is current super-
intendent Lynn Wright,
whose last elected term in
the position ends Dec. 31.
State law has converted
county school superinten-
dent posts from publicly
elected to board-appoint-
ed.
LCSD contracted with
MSBA to conduct the su-
perintendent search and
present information on
qualified applicants to the
board. From this point,
Waldrop said, the board
will narrow the field to
the candidates it wants to
interview, and MSBA will
schedule those.
“We got a lot of infor-
mation on these appli-
cants to- then get it down to two
night, and or three and do another
we’ll prob- round of interviews,” Kil-
ably decide gore said.
more about Brian Clark, another
who we board member who said
want to in- he is satisfied with the
terview at field of applicants, told
Barksdale Kilgore Clark
our meeting The Dispatch he felt Mon-
(Friday),” board president the district’s A account- day was the true starting
Robert Barksdale said. ability rating with the point for the board’s par-
“We all have our con- Mississippi Department ticipation in the process.
cerns. This is something of Education — a let- With a hire needing to
new for us because we’ve ter-grade rating based on be decided by Dec. 31,
always had an elected su- end-of-year benchmark he said, time is of the es-
perintendent. I feel like exam performance, grad- sence.
we’ll get a good hire from uation rates and other fac- “It’s already Oct. 1, so
this field.” tors — and raise ratings we’re going to have to fly,”
Board member Jane for individual campuses he said. “… This is poten-
Kilgore she is committed in the district that are still tially the most important
to the board doing its “due struggling. decision we’ll make as a
diligence” in finding a su- “We may narrow it board. It’s going to impact
perintendent whose lead- down to five or six appli- a lot of lives, for good or
ership will help maintain cants and interview them, bad.”

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Municipal Judge Gary Goodwin set Cullum’s bond at $400,000 and ordered her not to have contact with any of
her children.
Cullum is currently in custody at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center.
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Pelosi’s power of restraint Pelosi fast-tracks impeachment

For a long time, House Speaker Nancy “This is a very sad time for our country. There is no joy in this,”
Pelosi held a stop sign before vocal Dem- said Nancy Pelosi Saturday. “We must be somber. We must be prayer-
ocrats’ revving demands to get President ful. ... I’m heartbroken about it.”
Donald Trump’s impeachment on the Thus did the speaker profess her anguish -- just four days after an-
road. Now her sign reads, “proceed with nouncing that her Democratic House would conduct an impeachment
caution.” Pelosi knows what she’s doing. inquiry of President Donald Trump.
The speaker wouldn’t launch an But is this how it really went down? Is this how Pelosi came to
impeachment inquiry back then be- authorize an impeachment inquiry before she read the transcript of
cause she knows that impeachments the conversation between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr
are fraught with risks. Polls show a Zelensky?
public tired of Trump’s civic decrepitude Another explanation, based on the actual events, suggests itself.
but also weary of more political strife. By late September, Pelosi was under constant fire from the House
Impeachment proceedings sometimes Froma Harrop Patrick Buchanan
“resistance” that wanted Trump impeached and whose numbers were
backfire on the party that launches them. slowly growing. What was the speaker to do?
And in any case, an election is planned The judiciary committee is the body historically authorized by a vote of the full House to
for just over a year from now. Voting Trump out of office would be conduct impeachment inquiries. But to Pelosi this was looking like a loser, a dead end, a formula
the cleanest way to get rid of him. for failure followed by a backlash against House Democrats and her own removal as speaker in
Trump has been stomping on our laws and norms for a long January 2021, if not before.
time, and some of the offenses are impeachable, legal scholars say. How so? Her judiciary committee chairman, Jerrold Nadler, in his investigation of Trump,
Trump opponents — with the never-Trump Republicans making
had presided over a debacle of a hearing where Trump ally Corey Lewandowski mocked the
the strongest cases — can offer a long list of them. But that’s the
members. House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth called the hearing a “fiasco.”
problem. Throwing the kitchen sink against the president would
Thus, when news broke of a July 25 conversation between Trump and the president of
create confusion. Some accusations are more serious than others.
Ukraine, during which Trump allegedly urged Zelensky “eight times” to investigate Joe Biden
Furthermore, a personal-
and son Hunter Biden’s connec-
ity like Trump thrives on
tions to corrupt oligarchs, Pelosi
chaos.
That was evidently seized upon it to solve all her
Pelosi’s view until Trump problems.
again invited a foreign To satisfy the red-hots in her
government to help his Democratic caucus, she an-
campaign by digging up dirt nounced an impeachment inquiry
on an opponent. But what on her own. To spare her moder-
made this bad behavior ates the pain of having to vote for
mind-blowing was Trump’s or against an inquiry, she skipped
evident willingness to com- the floor vote.
promise national security To ensure the investigation was
for his personal gain. done swiftly, she took the fran-
National security is chise from Nadler and his judi-
something Americans unite ciary committee and handed it to
on. It is something they Adam Schiff and the intelligence
understand. And it is scary committee. Now she is urging a
big. narrowing of the articles of im-
This is not about Trump’s peachment to just one -- Trump’s
paying hush money to a request of Ukraine’s president to
porn actress who claims look into the Bidens.
she had sex with him or his Pelosi’s hope: Have one House
steering taxpayer dollars vote on a single article of impeach-
into his hotel properties. It’s ment by year end; then send it on
even bigger than his asking to the Senate for trial and be done
our Russian adversaries for with it. This is Nancy Pelosi’s fast
help in the 2016 election; track to impeachment of Trump
Trump had the excuse (not and ruination of his presidency.
a legal one but an excuse) But, to be sure, she is “heartbro-
of being a private citizen ken” about all this.
then. And Robert Mueller’s For three years, the me-
report on the matter, while dia-deep state axis has sought to
in no way clearing Trump, overturn the election of 2016 and
was fuzzy enough to give bring down Trump, starting with Russia-gate. Now it appears to have tailored and weaponized
Trump’s defenders a foothold. the impeachment process.
But there’s nothing squishy about Trump’s call to Ukraine’s That is what this is all about. It always is. Then-editor Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post,
leader. Trump in effect threatened to withhold U.S. military aid when it looked like the Iran-Contra matter might break Ronald Reagan’s presidency, after his
that Ukraine needed to defend itself against Russian aggression — 49-state landslide, chortled, “We haven’t had this much fun since Watergate.”
if Ukraine would not help dig up dirt on his leading rival, former This is what the deep state does to outsiders Middle America sends to Washington to chal-
Vice President Joe Biden. Anyone familiar with mob linguistics lenge or dispossess it.
understands that citing something the other party is desperate for How should the Republican Party and Trump’s base respond?
and then saying, “I need a favor, though,” is a threat. Recognize reality. Whether or not Trump was ill-advised to suggest to the president of
Trump had already put a freeze on the nearly $400 million
Ukraine that passing on the fruits of the investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden, the end game is
Congress allocated for the purpose of Ukraine’s defense. Recent-
bringing down Trump, democracy’s equivalent of regicide.
ly, he’s been pushing the batty theory that Ukraine, rather than
While the “whistleblower,” whose memo is the basis of these impeachment hearings, is well
Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. Over the weekend, Trump’s
on his way to Beltway beatification, no campaign to depose the president can be allowed to cloak
first homeland security adviser swatted down that nonsense and
itself in anonymity indefinitely, for one man’s whistleblower is another man’s seditionist.
asked the Trump camp to stop spreading it.
Before the Ukraine outrage, Pelosi held back the floodgates on Whom did the whistleblower collaborate with to produce his memo? What is his background?
impeachment to protect Democrats who had won in Trump-friend- What are his biases? The people have a right to know. And democracy dies in darkness, does it
ly districts. After it came to light, several of those representatives, not?
most with military or intelligence backgrounds, called for starting Not until 30 years after Watergate did we learn the “whistleblower” known as “Deep Throat”
the inquiry. That changed the logistics. was a corrupt FBI veteran agent who leaked grand jury secrets to The Washington Post to dis-
Meanwhile, a few elected Republicans, having loosened credit acting Director Pat Gray and thereby become FBI director himself.
Trump’s chains, spoke of the serious accusations. The Repub- His identity was sheltered for three decades. For whose benefit?
lican-led Senate voted unanimously to send the whistleblower Republicans should not allow Democrats to fast-track this process but should give their
complaint — a CIA officer’s urgent memo outlining what had troops time to recognize the stakes involved, organize a defense and repel this latest establish-
allegedly transpired — to the intelligence committees. It had been ment attempt to overthrow a president elected to come to the capital to corral that establish-
improperly withheld. ment.
By not launching the inquiry until this scandal broke, Pelosi Force all the Democratic candidates for president to take a stand on removing Trump for high
has shown the power of restraint. She kept her powder dry until crimes -- over a nebulous phone call to Kiev.
there was something truly appalling that the wide public would And the U.S. Senate should refuse to take up and should return to the House any bill of
understand. And she’s keeping the charges simple. impeachment done in a short-circuited and savagely partisan manner, as this one is being done.
The first step here, an inquiry, need not lead to the next step, There should be no rush to judgment.
articles of impeachment. We’re gathering the facts right now. Im- If the election of 2020 is going to be about President Trump, tell the nation that the people
peachment still makes me nervous but less so knowing that Pelosi will decide his political fate in November 2020, and that of Joe Biden if Democrats believe he is
controls the signals. as pure as the driven snow and choose to nominate him.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for the Providence Patrick J. Buchanan, a nationally syndicated columnist, was a senior advisor to presidents Rich-
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is fharrop@gmail.com. ard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. His website is http://buchanan.org/blog.

Letter to the editor

Voice of the people
Policing and
the political climate
God bless our law enforce-
ment men and women. They
are doing a job like our mili-
tary are doing: protecting us,
which is unappreciated and
not respected by many. Some
politicians have created and
encouraged a climate to criti-
cize the police for racial profil-
ing in many cases. Profiling
is a problem in some cases,
but it is being corrected as we
speak. When politicians do
not support our law enforce-
ment community, we are in a
sorry state of affairs.
In some cases politicians in
powerful places
have blamed the police for
just doing their job. Every
time I meet a policeman, I tell
him thank you for protecting
us. Respect for police officers,
teachers and all first respond-
ers is not taught in the home
any
more. Respect for others in
general is not taught period.
I support our local police
department. God bless each
one of you.
Thank you Mr. Everette
Cribb for your letter on
September 25. Don’t let it be
your last one. I think your
thoughts of living in “Abnor-
mal Times” were right on. If
our politicians would use half
the efforts to try
to solve our national prob-
lems and try to work together,
the sky is the limit as to what
America could be.
Now, we just witnessed a
hearing with the chairman
acting like he was on “Satur-
day Night Live,” spewing lies
and innuendos in his opening
remarks. I know the liberals
and some in the academic
world are more concerned
with “Global Warming” than
they are about the health of
democracy in America.
The Trump haters have
wasted three years trying to
bring him down. Our econ-
omy is growing, unemploy-
ment is down, pride has been
restored to a lot of us that
love this great country. Think
about it my liberal friends,
maybe you are looking at the
wrong person.
I’ll close with impeachment
news. The Democrats/Lib-
erals/Socialists might think
about how impeachment
works. They are opening
themselves up by having
some testimony from some
very interesting characters.
Comey, Page Ohr, Holder,
Steele, Brennan, Clapper,
Lynch and lastly H. Clinton.
When that happens the smirk
will be wiped off their pious
faces.
God Bless America, pray
and do your part.
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus

Southern Baptists ready to put spotlight on sex-abuse crisis
Largest Protestant denomination in the
U.S. to hold three-day conference featuring
victim advocates, attorneys, therapists and
at least 10 survivors of sexual abuse
By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
Entangled in a multifaceted
sex-abuse crisis, the Southern
Baptist Convention is preparing
to host a high-profile conference
on the topic that has kindled
skepticism even among some of
the scheduled speakers.
The three-day Caring Well
conference opens Thursday at a
resort hotel near Dallas, draw-
ing hundreds of pastors and
2020 Democrats plead for campaign
cash as third quarter closes
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and
Elizabeth Warren are anticipated
to be among the leaders in the field
By BRIAN SLODYSKO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — prominent primary challenger to President Donald
Bernie Sanders said, “I
hate asking people for
money” — and then asked
for money. Joe Biden’s
campaign warned that
President Donald Trump
would “feel like he won” if
a fundraising goal wasn’t
reached. And Beto O’Ro-
urke offered to “try to text
you” in exchange for $5.
In the days and
hours before Monday’s
third-quarter fundrais-
ing deadline, Democratic
White House hopefuls
were pleading for cam-
paign cash, making ap-
peals on social media and
collectively blasting out
more than 80 emails ask-
ing supporters to “chip in”
$5, $10 or $50.
With the Iowa caucus-
es approaching in Feb-
ruary, there’s a growing
sense of urgency as the
primary becomes a fierce
battle for a limited pool of
cash that could make the
difference between stay-
ing in the race and head-
ing for the exits. Those
who continue to muddle
along in the lower tier will
China parades its latest missiles in challenge to US, others
The Associated Press
BEIJING — Military
planners in Washington
and elsewhere will be tak-
ing note of new missile
technology displayed by
China, particularly a hy-
personic ballistic nuclear
missile believed capable of
breaching all existing an-
ti-missile shields deployed
by the U.S. and its allies.
Jessye Norman, renowned international opera star, dead at 74
By MESFIN FEK ADU
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK — Jessye
Norman, the renowned
international opera star
whose passionate sopra-
no voice won her four
Grammy Awards, the Na-
tional Medal of Arts and
the Kennedy Center Hon-
or, has died, according
to family spokesperson
Gwendolyn Quinn. She
was 74.
A statement released
to The Associated Press
on Monday said Norman
died at 7:54 a.m. EDT
from septic shock and
A club for boys and girls
Boys and Girls Club of Columbus
church officials from the largest
Protestant denomination in the
U.S. for a program featuring vic-
tim advocates, attorneys, thera-
pists and at least 10 survivors of
sexual abuse.
Several of those survivors
told The Associated Press they
had mixed feelings about the
conference — hoping it rep-
resents a genuine desire for
change but concerned it might
come across as a public rela-
tions exercise.
not only face challenges
paying for advertising to
amplify their message,
but they are also likely to
struggle reaching fund-
raising thresholds set by
the Democratic National
Committee to qualify for
future debates.
Top-tier candidates
like Sanders, a Vermont
senator, former Vice
President Biden and Sen.
Elizabeth Warren of Mas-
sachusetts are anticipated
to be among the leaders
in the field. But others are
facing pressure to post
competitive numbers or
get out, something that
might not happen soon
enough for some angsty
Democrats.
“If you are being out-
raised 3-to-1 by Elizabeth
Warren, Bernie Sanders
or Joe Biden, you have
no viable path to victo-
ry,” said Rufus Gifford,
Barack Obama’s former
finance director. “Even if
you can compete in the
early states ... shortly
thereafter you will run out
of money.”
Cory Booker recent-
ly warned that unless he
juiced his fundraising
The vehicle-mounted
Dong Feng 17, or DF-17,
was the standout among
weapons showed off at a
military parade on Tues-
day marking the 70th anni-
versary of the founding of
the Chinese state. Those
also include the Dong
Feng 41, or DF-41, an inter-
continental ballistic mis-
sile with a range of 15,000
multi-organ failure sec-
ondary to complications
of a spinal cord injury she
suffered in 2015. She died
at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
Hospital in New York, and
was surrounded by loved
ones.
“We are so proud of
Jessye’s musical achieve-
ments and the inspira-
tion that she provided
to audiences around the
world that will continue
to be a source of joy. We
are equally proud of her
humanitarian endeavors
addressing matters such
as hunger, homelessness,
youth development, and
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The first survivor scheduled
to speak is Susan Codone, a pro-
There’s been some sharp
criticism of the conference from
& Religious Liberty Commis-
sion, which holds a national
fessor at Mercer University in
Macon, Georgia, who says she
several anti-abuse activists who
were not invited to speak, in-
meeting every year in its role
as the SBC’s public policy arm.
was abused as a teenager by the
youth minister and pastor at her
cluding Christa Brown, an au-
thor and retired attorney who
It decided in April to scrap its
planned theme, “Gospel Cour-
SBC church in Alabama. says she was abused by a South- age,” and instead devote the
She is grateful that SBC lead- ern Baptist minister as a child. entire meeting to the sex-abuse
ers now seem to be taking the She suggested that organizers
crisis wracking the SBC and
sex abuse problem seriously, opted to invite survivors whose
other churches.
but suggested progress would stories were deemed “risk-free
The commission’s president,
come faster if the denomination for the SBC.”
the Rev. Russell Moore, says he
— which espouses male leader- “They have picked those who
ship at church and in the home don’t ask anything of them at and his colleagues sought a di-
— brought more women into this point,” said Brown, who has verse array of speakers, and are
leadership roles. been pushing the SBC to create urging them to be “candid and
“The anger in the survivor an independently run database forthright.”
community has been extremely listing pastors and other church “I can understand skepticism
valuable for instigating change,” personnel who have been credi- from all sorts of people, given
she said. “But changing the cul- bly accused of abuse. the track record of the church,
ture of the SBC will take gener- The conference is being or- especially over the past several
ations.” ganized by the SBC’s Ethics years,” he said.
Ethics panel reviews claims
against Tlaib, 2 Republicans
Offices of the three lawmakers
Trump critics struggle to raise said complaints are related
money for primary challenge to campaign spending
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
The House Ethics Committee said Monday it
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mark Sanford, the most is reviewing allegations of wrongdoing against
Michigan Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Bill Huizenga
Trump, has said he won’t solicit contributions from and Florida Rep. Ross Spano.
his longtime donor base until he’s “proven a measure The committee did not reveal the nature of the
of electoral success.” complaints, but the offices of the three lawmakers
Bill Kristol has yet to fully activate a super PAC
said they are related to campaign spending and
aimed at hurting Trump’s reelection chances.
not the members’ official congressional duties.
And Stuart Stevens, the top strategist for Sen.
Tlaib is a high-profile freshman Democrat
Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, until he
from Detroit, while Huizenga, a Republican, is
was prompted, could not recall the name of the su-
in his fifth term representing west-central Mich-
per PAC he is advising that supports another Trump
igan.
challenger, Bill Weld.
Spano, a Republican, is a freshman from cen-
So far, not even the start of an impeachment
tral Florida.
inquiry against the president has energized the
All three lawmakers denied wrongdoing, say-
campaigns of those candidates, or aligned groups, ing in separate statements that they were cooper-
seeking to deny Trump the Republican presidential
ating with investigators.
nomination.
Still, outside spending by disenchanted “Never
Trump”-type Republicans could diminish Trump’s
2020 odds by wounding his candidacy even if stop-
ping well short of denying him the nomination.
numbers by an addition- tenders even if he has an
Collins resigns from Congress
al $1.7 million he’d likely
have to drop out, stating
outstanding quarter.
Montana Gov. Steve ahead of expected guilty plea
that he didn’t “believe Bullock, who has also
people should stay in this struggled to raise money, New York representative accused
just to stay in it.” But the announced Monday that
New Jersey senator an- he’s applying for public of leaking confidential information
nounced he surpassed his financing, turning to a
The Associated Press
goal on Monday, raising fund that is replenished
$2 million after enlisting by those who volunteer
NEW YORK — Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican
help from Hillary Clinton to chip in $3 from their
from western New York, submitted his resignation
and his girlfriend, the ac- taxes. He hopes it will
from Congress on Monday ahead of an expected
tress Rosario Dawson. supplement his campaign
guilty plea in an insider trading case in which he
Regardless, he will still with a $2 million fundrais-
was accused of leaking confidential information
lag behind the top con- ing boost.
during an urgent phone call made from a White
House picnic.
Collins’ resignation will take effect when Con-
gress meets in a brief session on Tuesday, accord-
ing to a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pe-
losi.
A federal judge in Manhattan scheduled a hear-
ing for Collins to enter a guilty plea to unspecified
kilometers — China’s lon- Beijing insists all are charges in the case Tuesday afternoon. A similar
gest-range weapon — that homegrown, and though hearing has been scheduled Thursday for the con-
could reach the United China is believed to have gressman’s son, Cameron Collins.
States in 30 minutes. benefited from industrial Collins’ congressional office declined to com-
ment on Monday. His attorney didn’t immediately
Also featured at the spying and imported tech-
respond to a message. The U.S. attorney’s office in
event were the JL-2 sub- nologies, its massive mili-
Manhattan also declined to comment.
marine-launched strategic tary research and develop- Collins, who was among the first members of
missile believed to be stan- ment program and the size Congress to support President Donald Trump’s run
dard weaponry for China’s of its economy have put its for the White House, had been scheduled to go to
nuclear-powered subs, as weapons technology at the trial next year on charges of conspiracy, securities
well as the CJ-100 cruise forefront along with Rus- fraud, wire fraud and making false statements to
missile. sia and the U.S. the FBI.
arts and culture educa- sical music, performing said in a 2002 interview
tion,” the family state- songs by Duke Ellington with the Chicago Sun-
ment read. and others as well. Times. “It’s important
Funeral arrangements “I have always been for classical musicians
will be announced in the drawn to things other to stretch and think be-
coming days. people might consider un- yond the three B’s (Bach,
Norman was a trail- usual. I’m always taken by Beethoven and Brahms).
blazing performer, and the text and beautiful mel- They were wonderful
one of the rare black ody. It’s not important to composers, but they went
singers to attain world- me who has written it. It’s to the great beyond a long
wide stardom in the opera just more reasonable to time ago. There’s lots of
world, performing at such have an open mind about music that will live for a
revered houses like La what beauty is,” Norman very long time.”
Scala and the Metropol-
itan Opera, and singing
title roles in works like
“Carmen,” “Aida” and
more. She sang the works
of Wagner, but was not
limited to opera or clas-
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Health
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patient visit.
“I still have to verify
that number … but I ex-
pect (supervisors) will ap-
prove it at next Monday’s
meeting,” Billingsley said.
The county, CLW and
the city of Columbus all
agreed to contracts with
the BMG clinic at 2502
Fifth St. N. in early 2017.
Under the terms, each en-
tity paid a flat fee of about
$25 per covered individu-
al per month, regardless
of whether those people
actually used the clinic.
The contract charged the
entities reduced rates for
other services like lab
work and medicine, as
well.
Employees and depen-
dents who used the clinic
and its associated phar-
macy paid nothing for
those services, and the
entities did not have to file
claims for any clinic costs
with their health insur-
ance provider.
But Columbus, as a
cost-saving measure, did
not renew its contract for
Fiscal Year 2020, which
begins today, pulling its
470 employees and de-
pendents covered by city
insurance from the pool.
BMG subsequently al-
lowed its agreement with
CLW to expire and has not
offered a new deal to the
utility, Executive Director
Todd Gale said.
Billingsley said the
county’s fewer than 300
individuals covered by its
health insurance weren’t
enough to continue the
contract as-is, but pay-
ing even a higher rate
for primary clinic care
based on usage will basi-
cally amount to the same
amount of money per
month.
The county averages
80 visits per month, which
charged at $80 each would
cost $6,400 plus addition-
al lab work — the exact
same as it paid under the
contract. More visits, for
example if there is a flu
epidemic, he said, would
obviously cost the county
more.
“But if (an employee)
goes to a primary care
doctor, they’ll have a $40
copay, and the doctor
will then charge our in-
surance another $100 or
more,” Billingsley said.
“(So the clinic is) a good
deal for us as a county. It’s
a really good deal for the
employees.”
From January through
July of this year, Billings-
ley said, the county paid
BMG about $215,000 un-
der the clinic contract.
In the same period, it
incurred $355,000 less
than projected in health
insurance claims — a
forecast the insurance
provider based on the pre-
vious year’s claims and
the number of employees.
Several factors led to de-
creased claims, but the
clinic played a part, he
said.
The new agreement
with Baptist will not cover
medicine, so employees “We are
and dependents will all talking
return to paying copays with other
for those services, which clinics,” he
will then be filed on the said. “(Em-
county’s insurance. Until ployees)
an agreement is reached, can use the
county employees must Baptist clin-
also copay for clinic ser- Gale
ic just like a
vices at BMG, since the regular clinic, I guess, but
contract expired Monday. it will come with a copay
and other costs.”
Gale: CLW wanted Janet Cranford, direc-
to stay in tor for regional operations
CLW wanted to con- with BMG, did not return
tinue to participate with a call and message seek-
BMG in some way after ing comment by press
the city bowed out, but time.
Gale said the utility wasn’t
given the opportunity.
“We went to them a
couple of weeks ago to
work out a deal,” he said.
“They responded by send-
ing us a cancellation no-
tice.”
Gale said CLW’s health
insurance plan covers
150 employees and de-
pendents, and all were
eligible to use the clinic
at no cost to the individ-
ual. That group was only
generating about 30 visits
per month, which Gale ad-
mitted actually cost CLW
more than it saved.
“The employees who
used it loved it,” he said.
“I thought maybe it would
cut down our costs, but to
break even we needed 50
to 60 visits per month. So
we were under-utilizing
it.”
Still, Gale said, CLW is
seeking options to keep
that benefit for employ-
ees.

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Auburn quarterback Bo Nix has the ball stripped by Mississippi State safety C.J. Morgan during the second quarter Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Morgan’s personal
foul for a late hit out of bounds is an example of the penalties MSU has been committing in bunches this season, especially on the road and in eventual losses.

MSU’s penchant for penalties proving costly

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — As Joe
Moorhead slouched behind the
podium in the underbelly of Jor-
dan-Hare Stadium on Saturday
night, there was audible frustra-
tion in his voice.
Having just seen his team
run off the field by the No. 7
Tigers 56-23, Moorhead irrita-
bly fielded questions, stopping
every few seconds to bite his
tongue or adjust his visor.
Most notably, it was a
third-quarter unsportsmanlike
conduct penalty he received
that had him peeved.
“I saw what happened right
in front of my face and thought
it was a target and didn’t see the
flag thrown,” Moorhead said.
“I asked ‘Where’s the flag?’ and
apparently he didn’t like how I
asked — the delivery of it.”
“I’m guessing there aren’t
many other coaches in the
league that would be called on
with that language, but that’s
just me,” he added.
Just one of a number of men-
tal lapses, Saturday’s thrashing
was a case study in MSU’s re-
cent inability to stay disciplined
in losses.
Through five games this
year, the Bulldogs currently
rank as the second-least penal-
ized team in the SEC, averaging
just 49.6 penalty yards per game
— an upgrade from last season’s
57.5-yard average.
But more pressing is MSU’s
propensity for penalties in de-
feat. In losses to Auburn and
Kansas State, the Bulldogs
compiled a combined 16 penal-
ties for 153 yards, good for an
average of eight penalties for
76.5 penalty yards per game.
Conversely, MSU averaged
just four flags and 31.7 resulting
yards in wins over Louisiana,
Southern Miss and Kentucky
this year.
It’s also worth noting the
Bulldogs’ inability to stay disci-
plined away from home. In last
year’s road defeats at Kentucky,
Florida and Alabama, MSU av-
eraged 9.3 penalties for 78 yards
— both of which eclipsed its av-
erage numbers for home losses.
“The first and biggest thumb
goes back to me,” Moorhead
said. “Myself and our coaches
got to make sure we’re putting
kids in position to be success-
ful with the calls; we’ve got to
make sure we’re out there mak-
ing plays.”
At present, Saturday’s loss at
Auburn proved consistent with
MSU’s penalty-prone road trips
of seasons past.
In all, the Bulldogs were
tagged for nine penalties that
accounted for 70 yards. And
while those numbers aren’t
entirely abysmal, MSU found
a knack for finding flags in key
moments.
Junior safety C.J. Morgan,
who helped the Bulldogs record
five penalties before earning a
first down, picked up a personal
foul for an egregiously late hit
out of bounds on Auburn’s sec-
ond drive.
Later in the second quarter,
junior linebacker Erroll Thomp-
son was ejected after earning a
targeting foul for lowering the
crown of his helmet on Auburn
receiver Seth Williams, extend-
ing the Tigers’ drive after hav-
ing notched a third-down stop.
Auburn scored touchdowns
on both drives.
And though MSU’s defense
accounted for 46 of the team’s
70 total penalty yards, the of-
fense was far from innocent.
The unit picked up two delay
of game penalties on its open-
See PENALTIES, 3B

PRO FOOTBALL

Steelers break out of funk, stomp Bengals

The Associated Press
PIT TSBURGH — Dif-
ferent quarterback. Same
result.
Mason Rudolph threw
for 229 yards and two
touchdowns to pick up his
first victory while filling
in for Ben Roethlisberger
as the Pittsburgh Steelers
easily handled the Cincin-
nati Bengals 27-3 on Mon-
day night.
Rudolph completed 24
of 28 passes, most of them
quick hitters that allowed
the Steelers to control the
clock. He connected with
James Conner on a de-
layed screen for a 21-yard
touchdown in the second
quarter, then broke the
game open with a 43-yard
heave to rookie Diontae
Johnson midway through
the third as the Steel-
ers (1-3) won their ninth
straight over the Bengals
(0-4).
Jaylen Samuels ran for
26 yards and a touchdown,
caught eight passes for 57
yards and was even credit-
ed with three completions
— in reality “pop” passes
to teammates in motion
that traveled all of three
feet — while working out
of the Wildcat formation
as Pittsburgh offensive
stretching the field while
running Mike Gundy’s
“air raid” offense. He was
uneven at best in his first
career start last week in
San Francisco after being
thrust into the gig for the
rest of the season while
Roethlisberger rehabs
a right elbow issue that
required season-ending
surgery. He was consider-
ably sharper against Cin-
cinnati, though he wasn’t
asked to do much other
than find the closest open
man —usually Conner or
Samuels — and keep the
sticks moving.
Conner and Samuels
touched the ball on all five
snaps of a second-quar-
ter drive that ended with
Conner taking a flip from
Rudolph and knifing his
way into the end zone to
give the Steelers a 7-3
lead. They touched it
four times on an eight-
Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports
play drive to start the
Steelers running back James Conner steps on Bengals defensive tackle Andrew Billings at Heinz Field on Monday.
third quarter, the final
coordinator Randy Ficht- started 0-5 in 1984 but under heavy duress. yards. Tyler Boyd, elevat- snap turning into a 2-yard
ner opened up his play- helped his team rebound The Steelers sacked him ed to the No. 1 receiver touchdown run by Samu-
book to help the Steelers to an 8-8 finish. Taylor’s eight times, picked him while A.J. Green recovers els after he lined up in the
avoid just their second 0-4 task of getting Cincinnati off once and forced a sec- from ankle surgery, was shotgun.
start in 51 years. back to respectability will ond-quarter fumble that held to three receptions Two Dalton incomple-
Cincinnati coach Zac be far harder if he can’t halted a second-quarter for 33 yards on the same tions sandwiched around
Taylor became the second figure out a way to protect drive in Pittsburgh ter- field where he starred in a sack forced Cincinnati
first-year coach to drop quarterback Andy Dalton. ritory when the game college at Pitt. to punt. Kevin Huber’s
his first four games with Dalton spent a signifi- was still in doubt. Dalton Rudolph set records shank set Pittsburgh up
the Bengals. Sam Wyche cant portion of the night finished 21 of 37 for 171 at Oklahoma State by See Steelers, 3B
2B TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

COLLEGE SPORTS
briefly
College Football
EMCC rises to third in new NJCAA poll
California to let college athletes sign endorsement deals
East Mississippi Community College jumped two
The Associated Press duce similar legislation. when it comes to social tournament as millions male athletes, who have
spots to third place in Monday’s new National Junior The NCAA — which and political change. watched on TV. limited opportunities
College Athletic Association football poll. S ACR A M EN T O, had called on him to The movement to allow “I know for sure I for professional sports
EMCC (4-1) was fifth for the past two weeks but Calif. — Defying the veto the bill, arguing student athletes to prof- would have been us- once they leave college.
jumped Butler (Kansas) and Northwest Mississippi, NCAA, California
which both lost last week. The Lions are riding a that it would destroy it from their labors on ing my name after that “College is the pri-
opened the way Mon- the distinction between the court or the playing Houston shot,” he said.
four-game win streak into Thursday’s home game with mary time when the
Northwest, which fell to the No. 7 spot. day for college athletes amateurs and pros and field has been simmer- His teammate, spotlight is on” them,
Hutchinson (Kansas) kept the top spot in the rank- to hire agents and give California an un- ing for years, portrayed three-time NBA cham-
ings, and Mississippi Gulf Coast took the No. 2 spot. make money from en- Skinner said. “For wom-
fair recruiting advan- as a matter of economic pion Draymond Green,
Monday’s poll was the first of the season to use
dorsement deals with en, this might be the
the Football Computer Ranking, which factors in teams’ tage — said it is consid- fairness and civil rights. went further.
sneaker companies, only time they could
strength of schedule in determining the ranking. ering its next steps. It “A majority of these “The NCAA is a dic-
The Lions kick off with Northwest at 7 p.m. Thurs- soft drink makers, car did not elaborate. athletes, it’s no secret, tatorship,” the former make any money.”
day at Sullivan-Windham Field in Scooba. dealerships and other In a statement, the are African American,” Michigan State star NCAA rules bar
sponsors, just like the NCAA said it is work- said Sen. Steven Brad- told reporters Monday. players from hiring
SOURCE: From Special Reports
pros. ing to revise its rules ford, a co-author of the “I’m tired of seeing peo- agents. The NCAA has
also steadfastly refused
CALENDAR The first-in-the-
nation law, signed by
on making money off
a player’s name and
bill who is black. “It’s
an issue of fairness, and
ple get ripped off, and
I’m tired of seeing these to pay players in most
Democratic Gov. Gavin likeness. But it said it’s an issue that has college athletes being cases. But a committee
Today Newsom and set to take any changes should be been long overdue.” ripped off.” is studying other ways
Prep Cross Country effect in 2023, could up- made at the national lev- Newsom tweeted Before the gover- players could make
Starkville Academy at Simpson Invita- end amateur sports in el through the NCAA, a video showing him nor signed the law, the money. Its report is ex-
tional, 4 p.m. the U.S. and trigger a not through a patch- signing the law during NCAA threatened to pected in October.
Prep Volleyball legal challenge. work of state laws. a special episode of bar California universi- The NCAA does let
Nanih Waiya at West Lowndes, 6 p.m. Newsom and others California’s law ap- HBO’s “The Shop: Un- ties from competition,
Choctaw County at New Hope, 6:30 some athletes accept
cast it as an attempt to plies to students at interrupted” alongside meaning powerhouses
p.m. money in some instanc-
bring more fairness to both public and private NBA superstar LeBron such as the University
Starkville High at Meridian, 6:30 p.m. es. Tennis players can
big-money college ath- institutions — but not James, one of many pro- of Southern Califor-
South Pontotoc at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m. accept up to $10,000 in
letics and let players community colleges fessional athletes who nia, UCLA, Stanford
Prep Softball share in the wealth they prize money per year,
— in the nation’s most have endorsed the mea- and the University of
East Webster at New Hope, 5/6:30 create for their schools. and Olympians can
populous state. While sure. California, Berkeley,
p.m. Critics have long com- the measure covers all James, whose could find themselves accept winnings from
Prep Soccer plained that universi- sports, the big money 14-year-old son is a banned. their competitions.
Columbus Christian Academy at Man- ties are getting rich off is in football and basket- closely watched bas- If that were to hap- Also, many schools
chester Academy, 4:30 p.m. the backs of athletes ball. ketball prospect in Los pen, California schools pay players yearly cost-
Starkville Academy at Pillow Academy, — often, black athletes Student athletes Angeles and will be 18 could form a new gov- of-living stipends of
6:30 p.m. struggling to get by fi- won’t get salaries. But when the law takes ef- erning body and get $2,000 to $4,000.
College Volleyball nancially. under the law, they fect, exulted over its schools from like-mind- “We just kind of
Mississippi University for Women at “Other college stu- can’t be stripped of signing on Instagram, ed states to join, in a joked every kid is go-
Judson (Ala.), 6 p.m. dents with a talent, their scholarships or saying it will “change threat to the NCAA’s ing to want to go to
College Men’s Golf whether it be literature, kicked off the team if the lives for countless dominance. college out here in Cali
Mississippi University for Women at music, or technological they sign endorsement athletes who deserve But the governor, a now,” Warriors forward
Owls Golf Invite, 8 a.m. innovation, can mone- deals. it!” former college baseball Glenn Robinson III,
tize their skill and hard There are some He added: “NCAA, player, said he doubts who played college ball
Wednesday work,” the governor limitations: Athletes you got the next move. the NCAA would kick at Michigan, said of the
Men’s College Soccer said. “Student athletes, can’t enter into deals We can solve this for ev- California schools out, new law.
Mississippi University for Women at however, are prohib- that conflict with their eryone!” arguing that the state’s
“I think it’s time. A
Huntingdon College, 6 p.m. ited from being com- schools’ existing con- NBA rookie Jordan 40 million people and
pensated while their lot of people are waking
tracts. For example, if Poole of the Golden status as the world’s
respective colleges and your university has a State Warriors also fifth-largest economy up and starting to see
Thursday universities make mil- contract with Nike, you welcomed the new law. make it too big to lose. how much money that
College Football these universities are
lions, often at great risk can’t sign with Under Six months ago, as a The NCAA “can’t af-
Northwest Mississippi Community making off of players,”
to athletes’ health, aca- Armour. player at the Universi- ford to do that,” he said.
College at East Mississippi Community he added. “Where I
demics and profession- The law represents ty of Michigan, he hit Democratic state
College, 7 p.m. al careers.” another instance of a game-winning shot at Sen. Nancy Skinner, went to school, a lot of
Holmes Community College at Itawam- Newsom predicted California jumping out the buzzer in the sec- the bill’s author, said it players couldn’t afford
ba Community College, 6:30 p.m. other states will intro- in front of other states ond round of the NCAA could especially help fe- lunch.”
Prep Volleyball
Thursday’s Games Friday’s Games
Baseball
Vancouver 8 15 10 34 37 58 17. Daniel Suarez, 707.
West Lowndes at Kemper Academy, 6 Philadelphia 34, Green Bay 27 Houston vs. L.A. Clippers at Honolulu, Hawaii, NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. 18. Jimmie Johnson, 701.
p.m. Sunday’s Games midnight y- clinched No. 1 playoff seed in conference 19. Paul Menard, 631.
Playoff Glance L.A. Chargers 30, Miami 10 Indiana vs. Sacramento at Mumbai, 8:30 a.m. x-clinched playoff berth 20. Chris Buescher, 598.
South Panola at Starkville High, 6:30 WILD CARD N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 3 Franca Franca at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, September 22 21. Matt DiBenedetto, 555.
Today: Milwaukee (Woodruff 11-3) at Washington Tennessee 24, Atlanta 10 Saturday’s Games Minnesota 0, Portland 0, tie 22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 542.
p.m. (Scherzer 11-7), 7:08 p.m. (TBS) Carolina 16, Houston 10 Sacramento vs. Indiana at Mumbai, 8:30 a.m. New York City FC 1, FC Dallas 1, tie 23. Austin Dillon, 539.
Cleveland 40, Baltimore 25 L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 7 p.m. New York 2, Philadelphia 0 24. Ty Dillon, 495.
Friday
Wednesday: Tampa Bay (Morton 16-6) at Oakland
(TBD), 7:09 p.m. (ESPN) Oakland 31, Indianapolis 24 Orlando at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. D.C. United 2, Seattle 0 25. Daniel Hemric, 409.
New England 16, Buffalo 10 Adelaide 36ers at Utah, 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 25 26. Bubba Wallace, 403.
Prep Football DIVISION SERIES Kansas City 34, Detroit 30 Sunday’s Games New York City FC 4, Atlanta 1
Minnesota 2, Sporting Kansas City 1
27. Ryan Preece, 387.
(Best-of-5) Seattle 27, Arizona 10 Maccabi Haifa at Memphis, 2 p.m. 28. Michael McDowell, 383.
Center Hill at Columbus, 7 p.m. American League Chicago 16, Minnesota 6 Charlotte at Boston, 5 p.m. LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 1 29. Corey Lajoie, 325.
Houston vs. Oakland-Tampa Bay winner Jacksonville 26, Denver 24 Shanghai Sharks vs. L.A. Clippers at Honolulu, Los Angeles FC 3, Houston 1 30. David Ragan, 320.
Starkville Academy at Pillow, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4: Oakland-Tampa Bay winner at Tampa Bay 55, L.A. Rams 40 Hawaii, 6 p.m. New England 2, Portland 2, tie 31. Matt Tifft, 304.
Houston, 1:05 p.m. (FS1) New Orleans 12, Dallas 10 Philadelphia 2, San Jose 1 32. Reed Sorenson, 92.
Delta Academy at Columbus Christian Open: San Francisco, N.Y. Jets Sunday, September 29 33. Quin Houff, 73.
Academy, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5: Oakland-Tampa Bay winner at
Houston (FS1 or MLB) Monday’s Games WNBA Playoff Glance Toronto FC 2, Chicago 2, tie 34. Jamie McMurray, 19.
Monday, Oct. 7: Houston at Oakland-Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 3 Semifinals Orlando City 1, Cincinnati 1, tie 35. Austin Theriault, 15.
Washington 3, Las Vegas 1 Columbus 2, Philadelphia 0
Rossville Christian (Tenn.) at Oak Hill winner (FS1 or MLB) Thursday
L.A. Rams at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17: Washington 97, Las Vegas 95 Atlanta 1, Montreal 1, tie
36. Andy Seuss, 9.
37. Stanton Barrett, 2.
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Houston at Oakland-Tampa Bay
Academy, 7 p.m. winner (FS1) Sunday, Oct. 6 Thursday, Sept. 19: Washington 103, Las Vegas New England 2, New York City FC 0 38. Casey Mears, 1.
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Oakland-Tampa Bay winner Atlanta at Houston, Noon 91 D.C. United 0, New York 0, tie
Houston at Noxubee County, 7 p.m. at Houston (FS1) Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, Noon Sunday, Sept. 22: Las Vegas 92, Washington 75 Colorado 3, FC Dallas 0

Saltillo at West Point, 7 p.m.
Unity

Christian at Hebron Christian, 7 p.m.
Victory Christian at East Memorial
(Ala.), 7 p.m.
Germantown at Starkville, 7 p.m.
French Camp Academy at West Lown-
des, 7 p.m.
Lake Cormorant at New Hope, 7 p.m.
Caledonia at Shannon, 7 p.m.
Women’s College Soccer
Mississippi State at Alabama, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota
Friday, Oct. 4: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees,6:07
p.m. (MLB)
Saturday, Oct. 5: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (FS1
or MLB)
Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota (FS1
or MLB)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota (
(FS1)
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees
(FS1)
National League
Dodgers vs. Washington-Milwaukee winner
Thursday, Oct. 3: Washington-Milwaukee winner
at L.A. Dodgers , 7:37 or 8:37 p.m. (TBS)
Friday, Oct. 4: Washington-Milwaukee winner at
L.A. Dodgers (TBS)
Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers at Washington-Mil-
waukee winner (TBS)
x-Monday, Oct. 7: L.A. Dodgers at Washing-
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Noon
Jacksonville at Carolina, Noon
Buffalo at Tennessee, Noon
Chicago vs Oakland at London, UK, Noon.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, Noon
New England at Washington, Noon
Arizona at Cincinnati, Noon.
N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, Noon
Denver at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Kansas City, 7:20 p.m.
Open: Detroit, Miami
Monday, Oct. 7
Cleveland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.
Steelers 27, Bengals 3
Cincinnati 3 0 0 0—3
Pittsburgh 0 10 14 3—27
First quarter
Tuesday, Sept. 24: Washington 94, Las Vegas 90
Connecticut 3, Los Angeles 0
Tuesday, Sept. 17: Connecticut 84, Los Angeles
75
Thursday, Sept. 19: Connecticut 94, Los Angeles
68
Sunday, Sept. 22: Connecticut 78, Los Angeles 56
Finals
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
Washington 1, Connecticut 0
Sunday, Sept. 29: Washington 95, Connecticut 86
Today: Connecticut at Washington, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 6: Washington at Connecticut, 2:30
p.m.
x-Tuesday, Oct 8: Washington at Connecticut, 7
p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Connecticut at Washington,
7 p.m.
Hockey
Vancouver 4, LA Galaxy 3
Los Angeles FC 1, Minnesota 1, tie
Real Salt Lake 2, Houston 1
Seattle 1, San Jose 0
Portland 2, Sporting Kansas City 2, tie
Sunday
New England at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Cincinnati at D.C. United, 3 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Houston, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles FC, 3 p.m.
New York at Montreal, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando City, 3 p.m.
New York City FC at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
San Jose at Portland, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 3 p.m.
Columbus at Toronto FC,3 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Vancouver, 3 p.m.
Transactions Monday’s moves
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Announced RHP
Chandler Shepherd has cleared waivers and was
assigned outright to Norfolk (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS — Promoted Pete Putila to
assistant general manager, player development,
Brandon Taubman to assistant general manager,
player evaluation, Bill Firkus to senior director of
baseball strategy, Armando Velasco to senior di-
rector of baseball operations and Charles Cook
director of player evaluation.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Fired manager Brad
Ausmus.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Announced will not be
renewing the contracts of third base and outfield
coach Chris Prieto and bullpen coach Jim Brower.

Mississippi University for Women at

ton-Milwaukee winner (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington-Milwaukee win-
Cin_FG Bullock 28, 8:22.
Second quarter Golf Reassigned pitching coach Paul Davis within the
organization.

Hendrix College, 4 p.m.

ner at L.A. Dodgers (TBS)
Atlanta vs. St. Louis
Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis at Atlanta, 4:02 or 5:02
Men’s College Soccer p.m. (TBS)
Friday, Oct. 4: St, Louis at Atlanta (TBS)
Mississippi University for Women at Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at St. Louis (TBS)
Hendrix College, 4 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at St. Louis (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis at Atlanta (TBS)
College Volleyball
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Ole Miss at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. (Best-of-7)
American League
Mississippi University for Women at Saturday, Oct. 12 (Fox or FS1)
Sunday, Oct. 13 (Fox or FS1)
Martin Methodist, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 (Fox or FS1)
Wednesday, Oct. 16 (Fox or FS1)
on the air x-Thursday, Oct. 17 (Fox or FS1)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (Fox or FS1)
x-Sunday, Oct. 20 (Fox or FS1)
National League
Today Friday, Oct. 11 (TBS)
Saturday, Oct. 12 (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 14 (TBS)
COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) Tuesday, Oct. 15 (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16 (TBS)
5 p.m. — Penn State at Michigan State, x-Friday, Oct. 18 (TBS)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (TBS)
BTN
7 p.m. — Indiana at Northwestern, BTN (Best-of-7)
WORLD SERIES
MLB BASEBALL Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record (Fox)
7 p.m. — Playoffs: Milwaukee at Wash- Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record (Fox)
Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record (Fox)
ington, N.L. Wild Card Game, TBS x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record (Fox)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record (Fox)
RUGBY
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at better record (Fox)
2:30 a.m. (Wednesday) — World Cup
Pit_Conner 21 pass from Rudolph (Boswell kick),
10:32.
Pit_FG Boswell 29, :58.
Third quarter
Pit_Samuels 2 run (Boswell kick), 10:36.
Pit_D.Johnson 43 pass from Rudolph (Boswell
kick), 9:24.
Fourth quarter
Pit_FG Boswell 49, 5:51.
A_57,959.
Team statistics
Cin Pit
First downs 16 20
Total Net Yards 175 326
Rushes-yards 19-73 25-66
Passing 102 260
Punt Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-44 0-0
Ints.-Ret. 0-0 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 21-37-1 27-31-0
Sacked-Yds Lost 8-69 0-0
Punts 5-41.0 2-49.5
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 8-60 4-37
Time of Poss. 30:14 29:46
Individual statistics
RUSHING_Cincinnati, Mixon 15-62, Dalton 3-8,
Bernard 1-3. Pittsburgh, Conner 10-42, Samuels
10-26, Snell 2-1, Rudolph 3-(minus 3).
PASSING_Cincinnati, Dalton 21-37-1-171. Pitts-
burgh, Rudolph 24-28-0-229, Samuels 3-3-0-31.
RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Tate 4-50, Bernard 4-16,
Mixon 4-1, Ross 3-36, Boyd 3-33, Eifert 2-27, Wil-
lis 1-8. Pittsburgh, Conner 8-83, Samuels 8-57, D.
Johnson 6-77, Smith-Schuster 3-15, Vannett 2-28.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
NHL Preseason Glance PGA Tour Statistics National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Announced
EASTERN CONFERENCE Through Sunday
Darnell Coles, Mike Fetters, Robby Hammock,
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
FedExCup Season Points
1, Sebastian Munoz, 605. 2, Cameron Champ,
Eric Hinske, Dave McKay, Jerry Narron, Tony Pe-
rezchica and Luis Urueta coaches will return for
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
526. 3, Joaquin Niemann, 506. 4, Sungjae Im, 352. the 2020 season. Announced pitching coach Mike
5, Tom Hoge, 315. 6, Adam Hadwin, 300. 7, Har- Butcher will not return for 2020 season.
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ris English, 240. 8, Byeong Hun An, 198. 9, Marc Florida State League
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leishman, 190. 10, Brian Harman, 190. FSL — Named Terry Reynolds president.
Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring Average BASKETBALL
Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1, Viktor Hovland, 67.856. 2, Brian Harman,
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68.659. 3, Keegan Bradley, 68.856. 4, Adam
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS — Signed Gs Perrion Callan-
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hadwin, 68.865. 5 (tie), Joaquin Niemann, Scottie
Metropolitan Division Scheffler and Richy Werenski, 68.909. 8, Nate
dret, Milton Doyle and Justin Simon.
FOOTBALL
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Lashley, 68.926. 9, Sebastián Muñoz, 69.145. 10,
New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harris English, 69.311.
National Football League
NFL — Suspended Oakland LB Vontaze Burfict
Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Driving Distance for the rest of the season for repeated violations
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1, Kyle Westmoreland, 355.0. 2, Bubba Watson,
of unnecessary roughness rules.
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 337.4. 3, Cameron Champ, 335.6. 4, Shintaro Ban, ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released S D.J.
Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335.5. 5, Davey Jude, 334.0. 6, Jason Kokrak,
Swearinger. Re-signed WR A.J. Richardson to the
N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 332.8. 7, Tom Lewis, 328.5. 8, Joseph Bramlett, practice squad. Placed WR Johnnie Dixon on IR.
Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WESTERN CONFERENCE
325.0. 9, Mason Williams, 324.3. 10, Tyler Mc-
Cumber, 323.2.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
ATLANTA FALCONS — Acquired S Johnathan
Cyprien and a sixth-round draft pick from the
Central Division 1, Conrad Shindler, 85.71%. 2, Chandler Phillips,
Philadelphia Eagles for LB Duke Riley and a sev-
enth-round draft pick.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA 78.57%. 3, Boo Weekley, 76.79%. 4, Andrew No-
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vak, 75.00%. 5, Jim Furyk, 73.21%. 6, Brendon
CHICAGO BEARS — Waived DL Abdullah An-
derson.
Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd, 72.62%. 7, Chad Campbell, 71.43%. 8, Kee-
gan Bradley, 69.64%. 9, 5 tied with 67.86%.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Jonathan Wynn to
the practice squad. Released DT Ray Smith from
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greens in Regulation Percentage the practice squad.
Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1, Davis Riley, 83.33%. 2 (tie), Robert Allenby, HOCKEY
Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Hadwin, Scottie Scheffler and Aaron Wise, National Hockey League
Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80.56%. 6, Harris English, 80.09%. 7 (tie), Jim Fu-
Pacific Division ryk, Garrett Osborn and Boo Weekley, 79.17%. 10,
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Waived F Daniel Sprong and
D Luke Schenn.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Emiliano Grillo, 78.70%.
Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Driving
ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Adin Hill to
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1, Jason Kokrak, 15. 2, Conrad Shindler, 24. 3, Tucson (AHL).
Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Viktor Hovland, 28. 4, Mason Williams, 31. 5, Har- BUFFALO SABRES — Placed Fs Remi Elie, Curtis
San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ris English, 34. 6, Harold Varner III, 40. 7, Hayden

2019: France vs. U.S., Pool C, Fukuoka, Pro Football Pro Basketball Los Angeles
Vegas
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Springer, 49. 8, Keegan Bradley, 54. 9, Andrew
Novak, 60. 10, Scottie Scheffler, 67.
Lazar and Scott Wilson and D Casey Nelson on
waivers. Assigned Fs Rasmus Asplund and Tage
Thompson and D Lawrence Pilut to Rochester
Japan, NBCSN NBA Preseason Glance Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SG-Putting (AHL).
National Football League EASTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
1, Rod Pampling, 1.784. 2, Charles Howell III,
1.667. 3, Sam Burns, 1.558. 4, Kevin Streelman,
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Waived G Anton
SOCCER (MEN’S) AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild 1.427. 5, Lanto Griffin, 1.421. 6, Stewart Cink,
Forsberg.
East EDMONTON OILERS — Waived F Sam Gagner
cards per conference advance to playoffs. 1.390. 7, Denny McCarthy, 1.388. 8, Daniel Berg-
11:55 a.m. — UEFA Champions W L T Pct PF PA Boston 0 0 .000 —
Today’s Games er, 1.349. 9, Richy Werenski, 1.332. 10, Tommy
and D Brandon Manning.
New England 4 0 0 1.000 122 27 Brooklyn 0 0 .000 — NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Waived D Steven
League: Club Brugge at Real Madrid, Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 76 63 New York 0 0 .000 — No games scheduled
Wednesday’s Games
Gainey, 1.313.
Birdie Average
Santini.
N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70 Philadelphia 0 0 .000 — NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Jeremy
Group A, TNT Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 Toronto 0 0 .000 — Ottawa at Toronto, 6 p.m. 1, Adam Hadwin, 5.50. 2 (tie), Dylan Frittelli and Groleau to Binghamton (AHL).
Southeast Division Washington at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Scottie Scheffler, 5.38. 4, Nick Watney, 5.17. 5
2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: South NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Waived F Josh Ho-
W L Pct GB Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m. (tie), Dominic Bozzelli and Chez Reavie, 5.00. 7
W L T Pct PF PA San Jose at Vegas, 9:30 p.m.
Sang and D Thomas Hickey.
(tie), Corey Conners and Sungjae Im, 4.83. 9, 4
Bayern Munich at Tottenham, Group B, Houston 2 2 0 .500 78 78
Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 94 102
Atlanta
Charlotte
0 0 .000 —
0 0 .000 — Thursday’s Games tied with 4.75.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned Fs Filip
Chytil, Vitali Kravtsov and Vinni Lettieri; D Ryan
Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m. Eagles (Holes per)
TNT Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 84 84 Miami 0 0 .000 —
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. 1 (tie), J.B. Holmes, Satoshi Kodaira, Garrett
Lindgren and G Igor Shesterkin to Hartford (AHL).
Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 91 62 Orlando 0 0 .000 — PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Waived G Casey
TENNIS North Washington 0 0 .000 — Florida at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
Osborn, Adam Scott, Scott Stallings and Kyle
Westmoreland, 36.0. 7, Matt Jones, 45.0. 8, 3 tied
DeSmith.
W L T Pct PF PA Central Division American Hockey League
5 a.m. — ATP/WTA: The Rakuten Japan Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 89 91 W L Pct GB Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m. with 54.0.
AHL — Awarded an expansion franchise to NHL
Chicago 0 0 .000 — Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Sand Save Percentage
Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 135 100 Seattle, which be located in Palm Springs, Cali-
Open & The China Open, Early Rounds, Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 76 88 Cleveland 0 0 .000 — Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m. 1 (tie), Bronson Burgoon, Chad Campbell, Tommy
fornia, and will begin play as the primary develop-
Arizona at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Gainey, Chip McDaniel, Braden Thornberry and
TENNIS Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 57 110
West
Detroit
Indiana
0 0 .000 —
0 0 .000 — Boo Weekley, 100.00%. 7, Bryson DeChambeau, ment affiliate of Seattle in the fall of 2021.
HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Announced Fs Jake
88.89%. 8, Brandt Snedeker, 85.71%. 9, Dylan
9 p.m. — ATP/WTA: The Rakuten Japan
Open & The China Open, Early Rounds,
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 135 94
Oakland 2 2 0 .500 79 102
Milwaukee 0 0 .000 —
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Pro Soccer Frittelli, 83.33%. 10, Joaquin Niemann, 81.82%.
All-Around Ranking
Elmer, Dawson Leedahl and Ty Ronning were re-
assigned to Maine (ECHL). Loaned Fs Greg Chase
and Shawn McBride; D Zach Tolkinen and G Tom
TENNIS
L.A. Chargers 2 2 0 .500 90 74 W L Pct GB Major League Soccer 1, Viktor Hovland, 203. 2, Keegan Bradley, 325. 3,
J.T. Poston, 327. 4, Justin Thomas, 336. 5, Scottie McCollum to Maine. Released F Connor Brickley
Denver 0 4 0 .000 70 93 Dallas 0 0 .000 — Eastern Conference and G Francois Brassard from their professional
Houston 0 0 .000 — Scheffler, 343. 6, Joaquin Niemann, 344. 7, Denny
NATIONAL CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA tryouts agreements.
5 a.m. (Wednesday) — ATP/WTA: The East Memphis 0 0 .000 — x-New York City FC 17 6 10 61 61 41
McCarthy, 349. 8, Harris English, 390. 9, Sungjae
SOCCER
Im, 394. 10, Sebastián Muñoz, 397.
Rakuten Japan Open & The China Open,
Dallas
W L T Pct PF PA
3 1 0 .750 107 56
New Orleans
San Antonio
0 0
0 0
.000 —
.000 —
x-Atlanta
x-Philadelphia
17 12 4 55 55 42
16 10 7 55 57 48
USL Championship
LOUDOUN UNITED — Signed F Alioune Ndour for
Early Rounds, TENNIS
TRACK AND FIELD
Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 110 105
N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 87 97
Washington 0 4 0 .000 66 118

Denver
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
0 0 .000 —
x-D.C. United
x-New York
x-Toronto FC
13 10 10 49 42 38
14 13 6 48 53 48
12 10 11 47 56 52
Auto the remainder of the 2019 season.
TENNIS
International Tennis Federation
8:30 a.m. — IAAF World Champion-
South Minnesota 0 0 .000 — x-New England 11 10 12 45 49 54 NASCAR ITF — Reappointed Mary Pierce and Mark
W L T Pct PF PA Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 — Chicago 9 12 12 39 50 45 Monster Energy Cup Points Leaders Woodforde as the two ITF Board Athlete repre-
New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 84 92 Portland 0 0 .000 — Montreal 11 17 5 38 44 60 Through Sunday sentatives to serve the 2019-23 term. Appointed
ships 2019: Day 5, Doha Qatar, NBCSN Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 123 117 Utah 0 0 .000 — Columbus 10 15 8 38 39 46 1. Kyle Busch, 3046. René Stammbach as treasurer, who will continue
11 a.m. — IAAF World Championships Carolina
Atlanta
2 2 0 .500 95 80
1 3 0 .250 70 99
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Orlando City
Cincinnati
9 14 10 37 42 47
6 22 5 23 31 75
2. Martin Truex Jr, 3041.
3. Denny Hamlin, 3030.
as chairman of the finance committee; Katrina
Adams, Bernard Giudicelli and Bulat Utemuratov
2019: Day 5, Doha Qatar (taped), North Golden State
L.A. Clippers
0 0
0 0
.000 —
.000 —
Western Conference 4. Joey Logano, 3029. vice presidents.
W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pts GF GA 5. Kevin Harvick, 3028. COLLEGE
NBCSN Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 85 69 L.A. Lakers 0 0 .000 — y-Los Angeles FC 20 4 9 69 82 36 6. Brad Keselowski, 3024. BROWN — Named Rufus Biggs men’s assistant
Chicago 3 1 0 .750 66 45 Phoenix 0 0 .000 — x-Minnesota United 15 10 8 53 52 42 7. Chase Elliott, 3024. crew coach.
12:30 p.m. — IAAF World Champion- Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95 Sacramento 0 0 .000 — x-Seattle 15 10 8 53 51 49 8. Kyle Larson, 3006. NORTH CAROLINA STATE — Suspended F DJ
Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 84 63 Monday’s Games x-LA Galaxy 16 14 3 51 56 55 9. Alex Bowman, 3005. Funderburk from the men’s basketball team for
ships 2019: Day 5, Doha Qatar, NBCSN West Houston 140, Shanghai Sharks 71 x-Real Salt Lake 15 13 5 50 45 41 10. Ryan Blaney, 3004. violation of team policy.
WNBA BASKETBALL W L T Pct PF PA Today’s Games Portland 13 13 7 46 49 48 11. William Byron, 3001. SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Andrew Adams
San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 96 54 No games scheduled. FC Dallas 12 12 9 45 48 46 12. Clint Bowyer, 3000. men’s assistant tennis coach and Kyle Koch men’s
7 p.m. — WNBA Finals: Connecticut at Seattle
L.A. Rams
3 1 0 .750 103 89
3 1 0 .750 117 104
Wednesday’s Games
No games scheduled.
San Jose 13 15 5 44 51 52 13. Aric Almirola, 2081.
14. Ryan Newman, 2070.
volunteer assistant tennis coach.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE — Named Jerod Wims
Colorado 12 15 6 42 57 60
Washington, Game 2, ESPN Arizona 0 3 1 .125 74 115 Thursday’s Games Sporting Kansas City 10 15 8 38 49 61 15. Kurt Busch, 2056. men’s and women’s track and field and cross coun-
No games scheduled. Houston 11 18 4 37 45 57 16. Erik Jones, 2009. try coach.
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Penalties
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Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill spins away from Auburn linebacker Michael Harris during the fourth quarter Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama.
ing drive alone. The first chance to cut the Auburn Bulldogs without points “I really went on two, addressing the media star tling penchant for
occurred on MSU’s first lead to 17 heading into and with little chance of but I take the blame for following his team’s penalties both in losses
play from scrimmage. halftime. a comeback. Dareuan Parker jumping f lag-ridden night on and on the road, a trend
Senior right guard Backed up four yards, “I think ‘DP’ thought offsides.” T he Plains. that will continue to
Dareuan Parker was freshman quarterback I was going to go on one, Miffed at the Yet, in all realit y, hamper the Bulldogs
also tabbed with a false Garrett Shrader then but I went on two,” senior of f iciating postgame, Saturday was simply whether Moorhead
start inside the Tigers’ fumbled his ensuing center Darryl Williams Moorhead noticeably another data point thinks the refereeing
1-yard line as MSU had a carry, leaving the conceded postgame. held back while exhibiting MSU’s is fair or not.

Steelers
Continued from Page 1B
at the Cincinnati 43 and on second down Rudolph final-
ly went deep, lofting the ball to a wide-open Johnson,
who caught it at the Cincinnati 5 and walked into the
end zone for his second touchdown in two weeks to
give the Steelers a 24-3 lead.
Injuries
Bengals: WR John Ross III left in the third quar-
ter with a right-shoulder injury. ... LT Cordy Glenn
missed his fourth straight game while recovering
from a concussion and Cincinnati’s protection prob-
lems continued. The Bengals have now surrendered
19 sacks through four games.
Steelers: TE Vance McDonald sat out with a right
shoulder injury. Nick Vannett, acquired in a trade
with Seattle last week, started and caught two passes
for 28 yards. ... DE Cam Heyward dealt with a thigh
injury that left him limping off the field at times,
though he still managed his first sack of the season.
Up next
Bengals: Host Arizona next Sunday. The Cardinals
won the last meeting, 34-31, in 2015.
Steelers: Welcome AFC North rival Baltimore to
Pittsburgh on Sunday. The teams split the season se-
ries last year, both winning at home.

PRO FOOTBALL
NFL suspends Raiders linebacker Burfict for rest of season
The Associated Press
Oakland Raiders line-
backer Vontaze Burfict
was suspended Monday
for the rest of the season
for a helmet-to-helmet
hit on Indianapolis Colts
tight end Jack Doyle, the
most severe punishment
in NFL history for an on-
field infraction.
Burfict will miss the
final 12 games of the sea-
son and any playoff games
for “repeated violations of
unnecessary roughness
rules.” He has been sus-
pended three times in his
career for hits violating
the league’s player safety
rules.
Burfict has the right
under the collective bar-
gaining agreement to
appeal the punishment
in the next three days.
He had one of his previ-
ous suspensions reduced
from five games to three
games on an appeal in
2017.
It’s that history that led
to the most severe punish-
ment the NFL has handed
out when it comes to play-
er safety, topping the five
games Tennessee’s Albert
Haynesworth got in 2006
for kicking and stomping
on Cowboys center Andre
Gurode’s face, leading to
30 stitches.
Burfict had served two
three-game suspensions
already in his career and
had been warned about
severe punishment for fu-
ture infractions.
“There were no miti-
gating circumstances on
this play,” NFL Vice Pres-
ident of football opera-
tions Jon Runyan said in a
letter to Burfict announc-
ing the suspension. “Your
Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict during a preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals. Burfict was
suspended for the rest of the season after yesterday’s helmet-to-helmet hit on Colts tight end Jack Doyle.
contact was unnecessary,
flagrant and should have
been avoided. For your ac-
tions, you were penalized
and disqualified from the
game.
“Following each of
your previous rule viola-
tions, you were warned by
me and each of the joint-
ly-appointed appeal offi-
cers that future violations
would result in escalated
accountability measures.
However, you have con-
tinued to flagrantly abuse
rules designated to pro-
tect yourself and your
opponents from unneces-
sary risk.”
“Your extensive his-
tory of rules violations is
factored into this decision
regarding accountability
measures.”
The suspension is
without pay, costing Burf-
ict more than $1.1 million
in salary and per game ac-
tive roster bonuses.
Burfict was flagged
for unnecessary rough-
ness and ejected from the
Raiders’ game against the
Colts on Sunday after a
blow to Doyle’s head early
in the second quarter.
“I just got tackled,”
Doyle said after the game.
“I’m sure it looked worse
than it was. I didn’t really
feel anything from it. My
helmet protected me.”
The Colts have now
had two players enter
the concussion protocol
following games this sea-
son — All-Pro lineback-
er Darius Leonard two
weeks ago and starting
safety Clayton Geath-
ers following Sunday’s
game. Doyle, Colts coach
Frank Reich said Monday,
showed no symptoms of a
head injury.
But Reich backed the
league’s decision.
“I was just thankful the
league took the action that
it did, and (I) support the
league and the decision,”
he said on a conference
call Monday. “I did have a
reaction yesterday. When
someone does something
like that and attacks one
of your players — that’s
just not supposed to be in
the game. Then when it’s
against one of your play-
ers, you naturally have
a reaction. I’m just glad
they did what they did
at the game and the fol-
low-up action seems very
appropriate.”
Burfict during his time
in Cincinnati was repeat-
edly suspended by the
NFL for egregious hits
Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports
and violating its policy on
performance-enhancers.
He was fined regularly
for hits that crossed the
line, most notably the one
to Antonio Brown’s head
that helped the Steelers
rally for an 18-16 playoff
win in the 2015 season.
That led to a three-game
suspension to start the
2016 season.
Burfict then was penal-
ized for a blind-side block
against Kansas City full-
back Anthony Sherman
in the 2017 preseason
that led to a five-game
suspension that was later
reduced to three games.
Burfict was also fined
$112,000 last season for
hits on Brown and James
Conner in a game against
Pittsburgh.
Despite that history,
Burfict said after signing
with the Raiders that he
disputes accusations that
he is a “dirty” player.
“I play a physical posi-
tion, which is middle line-
backer, outside lineback-
er. That’s physical,” he
said. “I can’t go in there
playing patty-cake. If I
go out there playing pat-
ty-cake, then I’m going
to be getting run over. I
have 300-pound linemen,
300-plus pound linemen
coming at me, trying to
block me. If I play soft,
then I’m not doing my
job. I could see if I played
quarterback or kicker or
punter, then yeah you can
be, I wouldn’t say soft, but
you know what I’m say-
ing. I play a physical posi-
tion to where I have to put
my jockstrap on right, put
my shoes on right, put my
cleats on right and come
out ready to play physi-
cal.”
Burfict also was sus-
pended for the first four
games in 2018 for violat-
ing the league’s policy on
performance-enhancers.
The loss of Burfict
will be a big blow to the
Raiders defense. He was
brought in because of his
extensive knowledge of
coordinator Paul Guen-
ther’s scheme and had a
key role as captain and
signal caller to make sure
Oakland ran it properly.
Tahir Whitehead took
over as signal caller after
Burfict left the game.
The Raiders arrived
in London on Monday to
prepare for an upcoming
game against the Chica-
go Bears, and players and
coaches were unavailable
for comment.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Angels fire manager Ausmus after just one season

The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Manager Brad
Ausmus has been fired by the Los Ange-
les Angels after just one difficult season
in charge.
Angels general manager Billy Ep-
pler announced the decision to move on
swiftly from Ausmus on Monday, a day
after they finished 72-90 for the fran-
chise’s worst record since 1999.
The dismissal of Ausmus immedi-
ately sparked speculation that former
Angels bench coach Joe Maddon, who
parted ways with the Chicago Cubs one
day earlier, will return to the franchise
where he spent three decades of his ca-
reer.
A candidate of Maddon’s magnitude
would be an obvious reason for such an
abrupt change of plan by the Angels,
who have had four consecutive losing
seasons for the first time since 1993-96.
Maddon was with the Angels when Arte
Moreno bought the ballclub in 2003, and
the two have a cordial relationship.
Ausmus got a three-year contract last
October as the Angels’ hand-picked re-
placement for Mike Scioscia, who spent
19 years on the Angels’ bench and won
their only World Series title in 2002.
After Ausmus was let go by the De-
troit Tigers in late 2017 following four
seasons as their manager, he spent the
2018 season as a special adviser to Ep-
pler. But that knowledge didn’t trans-
late to wins as the 17th manager in the
franchise history of the Angels, who re-
gressed in his sole season with a poor
pitching staff and several underper-
forming position players.
Beset by injuries and tragedy, Aus-
mus’ team struggled for nearly every
month of the summer, except for a burst
of inspired play through its grief over the
midseason death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs
in a hotel room in Texas. Only five ma-
jor league regulars made it through the
season without going on the injured list.
Eppler and Ausmus didn’t immedi-
ately return phone messages seeking
comment.
The 50-year-old Ausmus was unable
to stop the Angels’ streak of five straight
non-playoff seasons and four straight
losing records during the prime of AL
MVP favorite Mike Trout’s career. De-
spite the majors’ ninth-largest payroll
this season at $164.4 million and the ide-
al franchise cornerstone in Trout, Los
Angeles has made the playoffs just once
in the past decade and hasn’t won a post-
season game since 2009.
Rumors began to swirl about Ausmus’
job security last week while Maddon’s
future was being debated in Chicago.
The Cubs’ only World Series-winning
manager of the past century decided to
leave the club by mutual agreement last
week.
The 65-year-old Maddon spent 31
years in the Angels organization, start-
ing as a catcher and logging lengthy
assignments as a minor league manag-
er and a major league assistant coach,
along with two stints as the Angels’ in-
terim manager. He was Scioscia’s bench
coach for six seasons, winning a World
Series ring along the way, before he left
to manage the Tampa Bay Rays.
Ausmus on Sunday acknowledged he
had heard the rumors linking Maddon,
who has said he still owns a home near
Anaheim, to an Angels return.
Ausmus was hired to provide a fresh
voice to the Angels after nearly two de-
cades under Scioscia while incorporat-
ing new-school strategies in analytics
and player management. He did all of
those things while maintaining an ap-
parently strong relationship with Trout
and his other players, but the results
never showed up.
The Angels went 7-18 in September
and finished 37 games behind the AL
West champion Houston Astros.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I have been
employed
at a fine dining
restaurant for 30
years. I love my
job.
New owners
bought it eight
years ago, and
the restaurant
was booming.
ZITS Our owner had an
affair with another
employee, and
her schedule and
treatment became
insane. She didn’t
Dear Abby
have to work as
hard as the rest of us, treated
everyone she worked with
horribly and nothing was done
about it. She and her family
suddenly moved out of state
a short while ago, and nothing
was ever said about her again.
Recently, we found out that
GARFIELD he’s having an affair with an-
other co-worker, and the entire
staff is discouraged and angry.
Both of our bosses, husband
and wife, seem OK with these
affairs and act like nothing is
wrong! Morale is at an all-time
low, and the anger and frustra-
tion are at an all-time high.
I’m trying to ride this out,
but I’m very frustrated and just
want to quit. My heart is heavy
because I love my job and my
customers. Do you have any
suggestions? —
CONFOUNDED IN
CALIFORNIA
DEAR CON-
FOUNDED: The
new proprietors
appear to have
“an arrange-
ment,” which is
why the wife is
willing to look the
other way while
her husband
carries on. If the
new “girlfriend”
is receiving the
same favorit-
ism in her work
assignments
that the last one enjoyed, you
and the rest of the staff have
a right to complain about the
unequal treatment. It might be
most effective if you do it as a
group.
Change jobs if the atmo-
sphere isn’t healthy for you,
and some of your favorite
customers may follow. That
goes for every other person
who works there. If enough of
you quit, it may have a negative
effect on the business.
DEAR ABBY: I have been
seeing a man for the last few
months. His brother and my
cousin have been dating for
four years. He’s 35, and I’m
23.
He is about to be divorced
and has a record, but the last
crime he committed was 10
years ago. If not for the fact
that his brother is dating my
cousin, I’d be much more skep-
tical. But my cousin has never
had anything bad to say about
him, and I’m confident if there
were, she would tell me.
My family is adamantly
against the relationship.
They say he’s too old for me,
I should be more concerned
about his criminal history, and
no one they know has anything
good to say about him. I’m
conflicted about moving
forward because I’m afraid of
the rifts it would cause with my
relatives.
I have had a lot of anxiety
over this. I am also hurt that
we weren’t given the chance to
reveal his past so he could be
as transparent with my parents
as he has been with me about
it. Any advice? — ANXIOUS IN
ARKANSAS
DEAR ANXIOUS: Because
you have been seeing this
man for several months, long
enough to develop serious
feelings for him, you should
have talked to your parents
about his history before they
heard it from others. Because
they love you, their feelings are
understandable. If there is any
hope of changing their minds,
you and your boyfriend should
speak to them together so he
can address their concerns.

CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
1). You used to fantasize about
a certain future for yourself.
Now that wishful thinking is
actually well within the realm
of possibility, so go forward in
courage, taking the real steps
— it’s not as risky as your fear
tells you. You’ll be celebrating
big at the end of the year and
then hunkering down to work
with a crack team. Capricorn
and Cancer adore you. Your
BABY BLUES lucky numbers are: 4, 21, 44,
17 and 44.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
It’s better to team up because
you’ll be around people with
varying strengths. With the
benefit of many different styles,
you’ll all find your way out of a
problem much faster than you
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
would on your own.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’ll run into a baffling situa-
tion. You’ll be bothered by what
you don’t understand and even
more bothered by what you do.
Take this one in small doses.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
When life comes at you fast and
colorful, it can inspire wonder.
There is just as much wonder in
moments like you’ll have today
in darkness and silence. Get
quiet, and look inward.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
A reputation is a thing you own,
like property or a business.
It’s a possession that requires
maintenance. It’s an asset that
you can leverage to get what
you desire. Enjoy what you’ve
built.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Yes, you’ve fixed your heart on
something that’s not so easily
gotten. That’s OK. You also
have the dedication to do what
it takes and the resilience to
keep coming back to it in a new
way until you’ve figured it out.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Though you long for the day
where your goal is in hand, you
also know that success without
a journey would be hollow
indeed. The real fulfilment is
in what’s happening right now
with the work you’re doing to
get there.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Imagine how you’ll feel when the
group swells, the dollar amount
triples, the email goes out to
a giant list. You’ll be dealing in
the bigger numbers soon, so
it’s a good idea to get your head
around them now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Everyone who lives in this
day gets the same 24 hours,
and even the richest person
couldn’t buy more. You’ll pack
so much into your moments,
though, because you’re open to
feeling their fullness.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You also deserve your
love and attention. In fact, you
deserve it more than anyone
else today. Think in terms of
getting ahead of life’s demands,
fueling yourself up for the long
drive ahead.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Enjoy your amateur status
at a certain endeavor — revel
in the freedom of this. Go for
true self-expression, and let
yourself soar without worrying
about anyone else’s pleasure or
payment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It doesn’t seem like this
should be the case, but truly,
it’s the need to control things
that will ultimately ruin them.
Controlling moves will be
invasive, overbearing, fearful,
wasteful of time and energy...
just let it go.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’d love to always know
the right thing to say in every
moment. Who wouldn’t? But
some moments aren’t best
matched with words. Some
moments are best matched by
silently holding a space.

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Legal Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0176-JNS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the estate of cision by the Office of Geology
ANTHONY SCOTT FLORA de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court ted to communicate the inform-
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 12th day of
September, A.D., 2019. This is deem likely to have interest in
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es-
tate to Probate and Register
same with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, within ninety (90) days
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same. censes required under the
This the 13th day of Septem-
ber, 2019.
/s/ Rosemary Beaver
ROSEMARY BEAVER
PUBLISH: 9/17, 9/24, &
10/1/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JAMES EUGENE
SPARKS, DECEASED
CAUSE NO: 2019-0115-F
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the PUBLISH: 10/1, 10/8, &
undersigned upon the Estate of 10/15/2019
James Eugene Sparks, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 27th day of June,
A. D., 2019. This is to give no-
tice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the
first publication date of this No- members of Alexan-
tice to Creditors. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same. tend to make applica-
This the 11th day of Septem-
ber, 2019.
/s/CYNTHIA DESHAY SPARKS,
EXECUTRIX
McEwen Law Firm
Steven R. McEwen
P. O. Box 709
Columbus, MS 39703
PUBLISH: 9/17, 9/24, &
10/1/2019
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
OFFICE OF GEOLOGY
Mining and Reclamation Divi-
sion
P. O. Box 2279
Jackson, MS 39225
(601) 961-5527
PUBLICNOTICE
Public Notice No. 2035
September 26, 2019
Application No. A2035
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The Office of Geology has re-
ceived an Application for a Sur-
face Mining Permit pursuant to
Sections 53-7-27 and 53-7-29
of the Mississippi Surface Min-
ing and Reclamation Act of
1977, as described below:
APPLICANT: Parker Sand and
Gravel, LLC
399 Barton Ferry Road
Columbus, Mississippi 39705
LOCATION: East ½ of Northw-
est ¼ of Section 20, Township
16 South, Range 18 West,
Lowndes County (Lat. N33° 39’
36.78”, Long. W88° 26’
41.32”)
DESCRIPTION: The operator
proposes to open pit mine
43.56 acres to a total depth of
30 feet for sand and gravel.
Sediment and erosion will be
controlled by settling ponds,
and diversion berms. Reclama-
tion will consist of a pond with
3 to 1 grassed slopes.
This public notice is being dis-
tributed to interested persons
and agencies to assist in devel-
oping facts on which a de-
cision by the Office of Geology
can be based. You are reques-
ted to communicate the inform-
ation contained in this notice
to any other parties whom you
deem likely to have interest in
the matter. All agencies and
persons shall have until Octo-
ber 10, 2019, to submit com-
ments, recommendations, or
evaluations to the Office of
Geology. Comments by an
agency shall include an enu-
meration of permits or li-
censes required under the
agency's jurisdiction.
If further information is
needed, an agency may be fur-
nished a copy of the notice of
intent or permit application.
Any person may inspect the
permit application on the MD-
EQ website at
http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ge
ology_public_notice.aspx or at
the Office of Geology, 700
North State Street, Jackson,
MS 39202.
In the event comments are not
received by October 10, 2019,
the Office of Geology will con-
sider that the agency has no
comments, recommendations
and/or evaluations that the
agency deems necessary and
proper based upon the effect
of the proposed operation on
matters within the agency's jur-
isdiction.
PUBLISH: 10/1, 10/8, &
10/15/2019
Public Notice No. 2035
September 26, 2019
Application No. A2035
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The Office of Geology has re-
ceived an Application for a Sur-
face Mining Permit pursuant to
Sections 53-7-27 and 53-7-29
of the Mississippi Surface Min-
ing and Reclamation Act of
1977, as described below:
APPLICANT: Parker Sand and
Gravel, LLC
399 Barton Ferry Road
Columbus, Mississippi 39705
LOCATION: East ½ of Northw-
est ¼ of Section 20, Township
Legal NoticesRange 18 West,
16 South,
Lowndes County (Lat. N33° 39’
36.78”, Long. W88° 26’
41.32”)
DESCRIPTION: The operator
proposes to open pit mine
43.56 acres to a total depth of
30 feet for sand and gravel.
Sediment and erosion will be
controlled by settling ponds,
and diversion berms. Reclama-
tion will consist of a pond with
3 to 1 grassed slopes.
This public notice is being dis-
tributed to interested persons
and agencies to assist in devel-
oping facts on which a de-
can be based. You are reques-
ation contained in this notice
to any other parties whom you
the matter. All agencies and
persons shall have until Octo-
ber 10, 2019, to submit com-
ments, recommendations, or
evaluations to the Office of
Geology. Comments by an
agency shall include an enu-
meration of permits or li-
agency's jurisdiction.
If further information is
needed, an agency may be fur-
nished a copy of the notice of
intent or permit application.
Any person may inspect the
permit application on the MD-
EQ website at
http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/ge
ology_public_notice.aspx or at
the Office of Geology, 700
North State Street, Jackson,
MS 39202.
In the event comments are not
received by October 10, 2019,
the Office of Geology will con-
sider that the agency has no
comments, recommendations
and/or evaluations that the
agency deems necessary and
proper based upon the effect
of the proposed operation on
matters within the agency's jur-
isdiction.
Booze Legal Notices
We, Stephanie Alex-
andra Vazquez and
Sebastian Vazquez,
dra LLC El Patron, in-
tion for a Retail per-
mit.
As provided by the
Local Option Alcohol-
ic Beverage Control
Laws, Section 67-1-1,
et seq. of the Missis-
sippi Code of 1972,
Annotated. If granted
such permit, I or We
propose to operate
as a Limited Liability
Company.
Under the trade name
of El Patron Mexican
Restaurant
Located at 78-78 1/2
Brickerton Street,
Columbus, Lowndes,
MS 39701.
The name(s), title(s),
and address(es) of
the
owner(s)/partner(s)/c
orporate officer(s)
and/or majority stock-
holder(s)/member(s)/
trustee of the above
named business are:
Just a click away!
Stephanie Alexandra
Vazquez, Member
147 Acorn Dr.
Columbus, MS
39705
Sebastian Vazquez,
Member
147 Acorn Dr.
Columbus, MS
39705
If any person wishes
to request a hearing
to object to the issu-
ance of this permit a
request for a hearing
must be made in writ-
ing and received by
the Department of
Revenue within (15)
fifteen days from the
first date this notice
was published.
Requests shall be
sent to:
Chief Council, Legal
Division
Department of Reven-
ue
P.O. Box 2282
Jackson, MS 39225
Date of First Publica-
tion: 10/1/2019
Published:
10/1/2019 &
10/2/2019
Located at 78-78 1/2
Brickerton Street,
Columbus, Lowndes,
MS 39701.
The name(s), title(s),
and address(es) of
the
owner(s)/partner(s)/c
orporate officer(s)
and/or majority stock-
holder(s)/member(s)/
trustee of the above
named business are:
Booze Legal Notices
Stephanie Alexandra
Vazquez, Member
147 Acorn Dr.
Columbus, MS
39705
Sebastian Vazquez,
Member
147 Acorn Dr.
Columbus, MS
39705
If any person wishes
to request a hearing
to object to the issu-
ance of this permit a
request for a hearing
must be made in writ-
ing and received by
the Department of
Revenue within (15)
fifteen days from the
first date this notice
was published.
Requests shall be
sent to:
Chief Council, Legal
Division
Department of Reven-
ue
P.O. Box 2282
Jackson, MS 39225
Date of First Publica-
tion: 10/1/2019
Published:
10/1/2019 &
10/2/2019
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Located on a large lot. The FIND YOUR level increases from
rockabilly, C&W, some
column and each 3 4 6 1 7 5 8 9 2
Vehicles
home boasts 4BR/2.5BA Mondayboxtocontains
Sunday.
blues and zydeco as
w/ 2 car garage. Freshly GOLDEN DEAL WITH well as my current love 3x3 Difficulty Level 9/30

painted interior and tile
floors in the kitchen &
bathrooms. $125K OBO.
770−658−7726.
Houses For Sale: Southside
GARAGE which is Southern the same number only once. The difficulty level
Gospel, traditional increases from Monday to Sunday.
SALES Ads starting at $12 Gospel, Country Gospel
and bluegrass. I guess
Autos For Sale a "Dailey & Vincent"sort
of mix is what I like

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most but definitely open
to any mix of the above
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Beautifully renovated 3BR/
1BA brick home. Like new Ads starting at $12 Cottondale, AL 35453
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solid Christian, fun and
easy to deal with and
with new appliances, new
HVAC, white cabinets, new 205−562−2188 know how to blend in
Bargain Column New inventory arriving daily! with and act in a
counter tops, new flooring
and much more. Good professional band. Yes,
credit a must for total BROWN LOVESEAT, $50. Sedans: I am "retired"more or
payment near $500.00 per Beige loveseat, $50. 662− 2015 Honda Accord LX; less but still have it
month and little or no down 327−5480. Lv. msg. & no. 4dr, Silver, 34K Miles, going on when it comes
payment if you qualify. $11,900 to the music. I have
Call Long & Long and FREE FIRE Wood Call 662− 2017 Honda Accord Sport; recently been with The
speak directly to the 251−7717 for details. 4dr, Gray, 25K Miles, Glorybound Gospel
Broker/Owner for details. $16,900 Band out of Pensacola,
652−327−0770. LRG. OLD Stereo, $75. 2017 Honda Accord Black; FL for the last five years
Lrg. mirror, $25. 662−327 4dr, Black, 29K Miles, and you can see me
−5480. Lv. msg. & no. $16,900 play on their Facebook
Lots & Acreage 2018 Honda Accord page. Some travel or
Furniture Touring; 4dr, Red, 48 touring would be ok for
356.7 ACRES ON HWY. 69 Miles, $24,900 the right situation if
S. 5 mi. from Columbus. BABY ROOM FURNITURE: 2012 Honda Civic EX; 4dr, necessary. I will be
30−year old mature pines, Dresser, changing table (no Silver, 151K Miles, $7,900 available in Columbus
green fields, good hunting. pad), and infant crib(no 2017 Honda Civic Sport starting the first of
$3000/ac. Bud Phillips, mattress)−converts to Hatchback; 4dr, Gray, 53K September. Send me a
662−549−2302. daybed and is currently Miles, $16,900 text if interested,
packed back in box. All 2018 Honda Civic Sport; 706−575−9399.
matching pieces. Oak 4dr, Blue, 474 Miles,
CARROLL CO. 543 ACRES color. Light scratches but $17,900
Mature timberland w/ nice nothing broken. Very good Free Pets
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5;
metal building w/ total condition! Would like to sell 4dr, Maroon, 86K Miles,
living area. Excellent deer all together if possible for $9,900 FREE−1 FEMALE 5 MO.
& turkey hunting. 3 miles $300 OBO for all. 2015 Nissan Altima 2.5; OLD KITTEN. Very sweet
off I−55. $2200/ac. 662− Cash or PayPal accepted. White, 70K Miles, $9,900 disposition. She plays with
227−5295. 662−397−4840 2017 Nissan Maxima 3.5 dogs & other cats. She has
S; 4dr, White, 50K Miles, had her first 2 shots. If
$16,900 interested, please call 662
Two Piece Living Room Set −549−1409 anytime. Ask
FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre A loveseat and chaise for 2018 Nissan Maxima SL;
lots. Good/bad credit. 10% sale. Brown and blue. 4dr, Black, 1362 Miles, for Gypsy.
down, as low as $299/mo. New!!! Leave a message. $21,900
Eaton Land.
662−361−7711.
$300.00 662−242−2884
General Merchandise
SUV’S:
2013 Acura RDX
Need a new
IN HICKORY GROVE. USE ITCHNOMORE®
Technology Pkg; 4dr, Gray,
76K Miles, $13,900
companion?
4 acres of land w/ 2BR shampoo to treat ’hot 2018 Acura RDX
home. Needs to be spots’, doggy odor, & Technology Pkg; 4dr, Black,
renovated. $27,500. non−specific allergies 8K Miles, $21,900
Serious inquiries only. without a prescription.
662−329−9099 or At Tractor Supply. Vans:
662−386−8631. (www.kennelvax.com) 2010 Honda Odyssey EX;
4dr, 135K Miles, Silver, ACROSS
Houses For Sale: Other $7,900 1 “Beauty and the
2013 Honda Odyssey EX; Beast” beauty
4dr, 56K Miles, Gray, 6 Elevator stop
$13,900
Trucks: 11 Wise saying
2017 Freightliner 12 T-shirt size
Cascadia; 155K Miles, 13 Some combo
Red, $60,000 musicians
2011 Toyota Tacoma
15 Guitar blaster
When looking
PreRunner V6 SR5; 4dr,
Brown, 162K Miles, 16 Smoked
$13,900 salmon
for a new pet, 17 Ready to go
Miscellaneous:
2016 JLG 4069LE 35
Hours Man Lift; Green, 18 “Wheel of
Fortune” buy
adoption is
$25,000
Upcoming Vehicles: 20 Track race
2013 Toyota Tacoma 4WD 23 Neighbor of
always a
Double Cab; 102K Miles,
$18,900 Tibet
2019 Honda Civic LX; 4dr, 27 Resting on
Black, 8K Miles
Campers & RVs good option. 28 Carry on, as
war
2 Midterm, for one
3 Speech
lumber
24 Skillet
29 Hayride need problem 25 Grow older
1998 WINNEBAGO. New 31 Like some 4 — Angeles 26 Went ahead
tires. $17,000. 662−327− jackets 5 Hire 30 Japanese
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Motorcycles & ATVs 34 Had dinner 7 Put down 31 Errand runner
37 Old horse 8 Refinery rocks 33 Nineteenth
2004 KAWASAKI Drifter.
1500cc, Vance & Hines Five Questions: 38 Air conditioner 9 Storybook Greek letter
loud muffler, 32,400mi. meas. monster 34 Cain’s brother
Looks like an Indian M/C. 41 Parachuting 10 Take a 35 Fare carrier
$4500. 662−352−4776.
1 About a Boy daredevils
44 Spare
breather 36 “Cómo —
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wheels. $700. 662−327− 45 Have a spat 18 Mist 38 Pleads
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creator
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