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MSU professor seeks subjects open meetings
for hoarding study complaint
against Lowndes
school district
Dozier: Those Complaint questions
with disorder feel legality of ‘limited public
‘trapped in their forum’ for Tuesday’s
superintendent
homes’ interviews
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com Dispatch Staff Report

M
ary Dozier The Dispatch has
has heard filed an open meet-
a common ings act complaint
theme in her re- against the Lowndes
search and interac- County School Dis-
tions with people trict Board following
who struggle with an executive session
hoarding disorder. Tuesday evening that
Dozier
“The number only select members Smith
one goal that people tell me they of the public were allowed to attend.
want to get out of treatment is to The newspaper submitted the
have friends and family over for complaint by mail to the Mississip-
dinner, to be able to sit down in pi Ethics Commission on Thursday.
the living room and dining room LCSD’s board held the meet-
and entertain,” Dozier said. “We ing at Central Office to interview
can all connect with that, with three finalists for district superin-
wanting to have that human con- tendent. Board members selected
nection.” 15 stakeholders — three residents
Dozier is an assistant professor each from their respective elected
of psychology at Mississippi State districts — as a citizen panel to ob-
University who specializes in geri- serve the interviews and offer writ-
atric hoarding disorder. Hoarding ten feedback to the board.
is a mental disorder characterized The general public and media
by “persistent difficulty discard- members present were barred from
ing items regardless of value, the executive session.
urges to save items and distress During the interviews, Tom-
associated with discarding, and mye Henderson of the Mississip-
the accumulation of possessions pi School Boards Association —
which compromise use of the which LCSD hired to assist with
home,” according to “Recent Ad- the search — asked the finalists
vances in Research on Hoarding,” questions submitted by the gener-
a paper Dozier co-authored that al public via email, while the board
was published in August. and citizen panel took notes, Hen-
Hoarding was considered part derson confirmed after the meet-
of obsessive-compulsive disorder ing adjourned. Board Attorney Jeff
until 2013, so the field of study Smith also was in the boardroom
See Hoarding, 3A for the executive session.
State law clearly allows public
bodies to address personnel mat-
ters, such as superintendent in-
terviews, in executive, or closed,
session. However, the law does not
appear to expressly speak to wheth-
See Complaint, 3A

State Theater to host Jive Turkey Jam day after Thanksgiving

Volunteers will deliver Thanksgiving From left, John
Brocato, Drew
meals in Columbus for 25th straight year Dieckman, Chris
Curry and Walton
Jones play music
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN The infor-
ialtman@cdispatch.com at the Jive Turkey
mal music fes- Jam at the State
t ival/concer t Theater in down-
From turkey drives to the is held every town Starkville the
now-annual Jive Turkey Jam, year the day day after Thanks-
those wanting to help non- after Thanks- giving in 2018. The
profits and give back to their giving, said annual event —
communities will have plen- Jeffrey Rupp, which will be held
ty of options this Thanksgiv- who came up Rupp this year on Nov.
ing. with the idea for having an 29 — features
This year’s annual Jive informal get-together with local musicians
Turkey Jam in downtown some of his friends and fel- who “jam” togeth-
er while raising
Starkville on Nov. 29 is mov- low musicians at Rick’s Cafe money and taking
ing from the upstairs bar of “years ago.” food donations for
the State Theater on Main “Right after Thanksgiv- the United Way
Street to the roomier down- ing, a bunch of us just got of North Central
stairs after four years of the together and had a jam ses- Mississippi.
event growing. See Benefits, 8A Courtesy photo

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

1 What TV series featured a character Today meetings
named Turtle, played by Jerry Ferrara? Nov. 18: Oktibbe-
■ Starlets & Rogues: The Colum-
2 The Peace Corps was created during ha County Board
the administration of what president? bus Arts Council presents Starlets &
of Supervisors
3 Who panicked Americans with his Rogues Paul Brady, Keith and Katie
meeting, 5:30
radio version of War of the Worlds in Burchfield, Laura Sandifer and Kaye
p.m., Chancery
1938? and Hal Truitt in this 7 p.m. concert at
4 Which is the most commonly broken Courthouse
Ames Borden the Rosenzweig Arts Center Omnova
bone in the human body — ankle, Nov. 19: Starkville
Pre-K, Annunciation Theater, 501 Main St. Tickets are $15
wrist or collar bone? Board of Aldermen
for CAC members, $17 non-members

55 Low 28
5 In 1973, the highly publicized meeting, 5:30
“Battle of the Sexes” pitted Billie Jean ($17 day of show). For tickets or infor-
High King against what tennis ace? mation, visit columbus-arts.org or call
p.m., City Hall
Mostly sunny Nov. 29: Starkville
662-328-2787.
Full forecast on Answers, 7A Board of Aldermen
page 3A. work session,
Sunday 1:15 p.m., City
■ Sundays at the Center: The Colum-
Inside bus Choral Society presents “Songs
Hall
Dec. 2: Oktibbeha
Classifieds 7B Obituaries 4A of Peace, Hope and Love” at 2 p.m. Morgan Dentry is a major “Star Wars” County Board of
Comics 5B Opinions 6A at the Louise Campbell Center for the fan. His favorite character is Obi-Wan Supervisors meet-
Crossword 6B Religion 6B Arts, 521 Commerce St., West Point. Kenobi. Dentry can’t wait for “The Rise ing, 9 a.m., Chan-
Dear Abby 5B Suggested donation to the CCS, $10. of Skywalker” to premiere in December. cery Courthouse

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Homer Beaty pulls a promotional sign inside the store just before locking the doors Thursday night. “I’m just ready to retire,” Beaty said. While driving back from a fashion
show in Atlanta, he told his wife he was ready to close the store for good. He put a for sale sign on the building but has since reconsidered selling in case his daughters
ever want to start a pop-up shop.

A weekly photo exploration of life

FOCAL POINT inside the Golden Triangle

A family affair: Fashion Barn to close its doors

Written and photographed by Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

A
fter 27 years of business in Columbus,
The Fashion Barn is selling the last of
its inventory. The Beaty family opened
the store when their daughters were in high
school. Now, as the girls’ children reach high
school age, the store has been around for a full
generation. “It really has been such a bless-
ing,” Erika Allison said.

The Fashion Barn building has been a part of

the Beaty family’s life for nearly 20 years. When
daughters Shilo Goodman and Erika Allison were
raising their children, they had a playroom in the
Shilo Goodman checks in new inventory. After selling out of winter beanies, Homer ordered a few more boxes to back of the store where Homer would let the kids
get them through the holiday season. Goodman has been helping at the store since she was a teenager. On her draw on the walls. As friends came to visit they
wedding day she worked with a veil in her hair, and after giving birth to her son she stopped by the store to show would sign their names and write notes. “How
him off on her way home from the hospital. “I really don’t know yet what I’m going to do,” she said. are we going to save this?” Erika Allison said.

ABOVE: Shilo Goodman, Homer Beaty,

Joanne Beaty and Erika Allison have been
running The Fashion Barn as a family
for the last 27 years. Each of them take
turns completing the daily tasks. “It’s
like clockwork,” Homer Beaty said. LEFT:
Shilo Goodman hugs customer Kim David-
son before she leaves the store Thursday
night. Davidson gave a round of hugs to
TOP PHOTO: Erika Allison talks with customers and longtime
each family member since she wasn’t
friends Sherry Davis and Jerry Davis. The two came to the store
sure if she would make it back in before
to do some Christmas shopping for their children and grandchil-
the doors close for the final time.
dren. “I love the shop and I love the family — probably the family
then the shop,” Sherry Davis said. ABOVE: Formal dresses line
the upstairs walls of The Fashion Barn. The formal wear will likely
be the last to sell early next year as teens get ready for prom.
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Around the state

Ex-bus driver convicted in
assault on disabled student
PASCAGOULA — A former Mis-
sissippi school bus driver has been
convicted of misdemeanor charges
related to the videotaped assault of
a disabled student.
The Sun Herald reports jurors
on Wednesday found 58-year-old
Antioinette Jane Raymond guilty of
St. Martin Middle School student
to jail, choke her, put soap in her
mouth and even kill her if she didn’t
shut up and sit still.
Raymond says what she did was
wrong, but she doesn’t think she
should go to jail. She faces up to 18
months in custody.
Mississippi dedicates Phil Bryant
The 18,000-acre site is made up
of bayous, cypress sloughs, and bot-
Second suspect
indicted in child
tomland hardwoods. It is in Warren
and Issaquena counties.
Mississippi Department of Wild-
life, Fisheries and Parks Director
Sam Polles says the area is divided
into four tracts that will offer dif-
ferent types of hunting, including
neglect case
group hunts in a primitive setting. DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

simple assault and contributing to
the delinquency, neglect or abuse
of a child.
Raymond testified she was “des-
perately sorry.” She said she was
under stress.
A video that the child’s family
provided to the Sun Herald showed
Raymond threatening to send the
Wildlife Management Area
ROLLING FORK — Mississippi
is naming a stretch of land in the
south Delta in honor of the two-
term governor who is leaving office
in January.
Officials gathered Wednesday
to dedicate the Phil Bryant Wildlife
Management Area.
The department worked with the
Nature Conservancy and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to buy the
land in 2018 from Anderson-Tully
Company.
Republican Bryant said during
the dedication ceremony that
he looks forward to bringing his
grandchildren hunting on the land.
The second suspect arrested
earlier this year after law enforce-
ment found four children living in
“deplorable conditions” has been
indicted on four counts of child ne-
glect.
A Lowndes County grand jury
brought formal charges against
Alejandro Trejo Martinez, 32, ac- Martinez
cording to court documents from Lowndes Coun-
ty Circuit Court. Martinez was charged with his
girlfriend, Britney Darnell Brooks, 26, in July af-

Hoarding
Continued from Page 1A
is still new and research
is limited, Dozier said.
She is looking for elderly
rural Mississippians with
hoarding disorder to be
subjects for a study she is
conducting, but the lack
of awareness and the stig-
ma surrounding hoarding
makes it difficult to find
subjects, she said.
Dozier plans to use
her findings to apply for
federal funding within
the next year to devel-
op hoarding treatment
methods specific to older
adults in rural Mississip-
pi, since all the existing
research on hoarding in
older adults comes from
urban coastal areas, she
said.
The study will simply
involve Dozier visiting
a subject’s house and
asking a series of ques-
tions, and the subject will
be rewarded with a $20
Walmart gift card and
the option of being placed
on a wait list for a future
study. She has been look-
ing for subjects for almost
two months and has put
up flyers in Columbus and
Starkville, she said.
Dozier can be reached
at 662-325-0523.
Misconceptions
and treatment
Hoarding and OCD
behaviors both consist of
compulsive actions meant
to relieve distress or
anxiety, but the differ-
ence is that hoarding is
more about the objects
themselves than the act
of keeping them, Dozier
said.
“Sometimes people
save things that have
great financial or senti-
mental value, and other
times it’s things where
they have a sense that
they might need it in the
future,” she said.
Those things could
be practical objects like
eating utensils or infor-
mation in the form of
newspapers, she said.
Hoarding disorder
fascinates Dozier because
despite the common mis-
conception, people who
have it do not actually
want to live in a cluttered
environment. Instead,
they feel stuck in it, she
said.
“They don’t like living
with the clutter, but they
don’t know how to get to
a point where they don’t
have the clutter,” she
said. “My hope is that my
research can help people
understand themselves
and why the clutter is
there and how they can
learn not only to declutter
their lives but continue
to live in a way that they
don’t feel trapped in their
homes.”
ter neighbors reported seeing a 5-year-old child
in the road with no clothes on at 2 a.m.
Deputies previously told The Dispatch Brooks’
four children were living in Brooks and Marti-
Media attention of those nez’s Hughes Road home, which they described
toward hoarding, such things, but as a “trash heap” and which had a “horrible
as the reality TV show because of stench” coming from inside. One child was drink-
“Hoarders” that aired for the spe- ing from a filthy bottle and another had poor den-
10 seasons, increased cifics that tal hygiene.
the stigma against the are usually Brooks was served an indictment for five
disorder and “made it a involved counts of child neglect earlier this week.
voyeuristic thing,” Dozier in treating Her court date is set for Feb. 24, 2020. Marti-
said. hoarding, Nicholson nez’s has not been set.
The primary form of you really need to be
treatment for hoarding educated in the specifics
disorder is to teach peo- before you try to tackle
ple organizational skills it,” Nicholson said.
as a form of exposure Community Coun-
therapy so they can form seling Services does
the habit of sorting their whatever it can to help a
belongings on a daily person obtain treatment
basis, Dozier said. for a disorder, including
“Everybody has a reaching out to special-
different threshold for ists for serious treatment,
needing to throw stuff and they have never had
out,” she said. “If you to seek out a hoarding
asked 10 different people specialist to Nicholson’s
how often they sort knowledge.
their mail, you might Hoarding behaviors
get some people saying are reinforced over
every day, some people time just like any other
once a month and some behavior, so older adults
people every two to three have a higher prevalence
days. What we find with of the disorder, Dozier
patients with hoarding said. She enjoys watching
disorder is that it starts them make changes in
to veer past once a month their lives despite their
to maybe every few entrenched habits.
months.” “You’ll have people
Mental health profes- that have suffered from
sionals need to be hoard- something for decades
ing specialists in order even and you’re still able
to treat it properly, said to make a difference in
Nikki Nicholson, admin- their lives,” Dozier said.
istrator of the Oktibbeha “Seeing that in older
County office of Commu- adults can be especially
nity Counseling Services. rewarding.”
“We can work with ex-
posure therapy and some

Complaint
Continued from Page 1A
er a public body can allow
handpicked citizens to at-
tend an executive session
without opening the meet-
ing entirely to the public.
However, Smith,
speaking to The Dispatch
on multiple occasions,
called Tuesday’s exec-
utive session a “limited
public forum” and said he
believes it is legal for pub-
lic bodies to “invite people
back into executive ses-
sion as (they) see fit.”
Further, Smith said
he consulted Tom Hood,
executive director for the
Mississippi Ethics Com-
mission, on the planned
format prior to Tuesday’s
meeting and Hood had
cleared it. The Dispatch
tried twice to reach Hood
to confirm his correspon-
dence with Smith, but
Hood had not returned
calls or messages by
press time.
The Dispatch is simply
wanting the ethics com-
mission to rule on wheth-
er “limited public forums”
meetings are legal, Pub-
lisher Peter Imes said.
“Allowing only select
citizens to directly par-
ticipate in an otherwise
closed meeting of a pub-
lic body is a dangerous
precedent,” he said. “The
whole notion of a limited
public forum seems con-
tradictory.”

SOLUNAR TABLE
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Fri. Sat.
Major 3:01a 3:58a
Minor 8:14p 9:06p
Major 3:30p 4:27p
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parents; five sisters;
Guy Villeneuve
four brothers; and one
grandchild.
She is survived by
her daughters, Beilah
Brown, Dorothy Jones,
Rose Jones and Sadie
Allen; sons, Thom-
as King, Willie King
and Casey King; son,
Herbert C. Winston;
sister, Hettie McMul-
len; 19 grandchildren,
21 great-grand-
children, and 11 Guy M. Villeneuve, 71, of Caledonia, MS,
great-great-grandchil- passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at his
residence.
dren.
Visitation will be Saturday, November 16, 2019,
from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral
Cathy Higdon Home, Columbus, MS. A memorial service will
COLUMBUS — follow at 1:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home
Cathy Higdon, 58, died Chapel, with Bro. Randy Rigdon officiating.
Nov. 14, 2019, at Mon- Mr. Villeneuve was born May 4, 1948, in Tam-
roe Regional Hospital in pa, Florida, to the late Charles and Nancy Law-
Aberdeen. rence Villeneuve. He received his bachelor’s de-
Arrangements are gree from William Carey College. Mr. Villeneuve
incomplete and will be was a veteran of the United States Air Force and
announced by Memori- served during the Vietnam Era. He loved rid-
al Gunter Peel Funeral ing Harleys and was Senior Vice Commander
Home and Crematory, at DAV. Mr. Villenueve was employed with Bell-
Second Avenue North South Communications as a service technician

Todd Taggart
p.m. for Sunday and Monday location. for many years.
publication. For more informa-
See Obits, 5A Mr. Villeneuve is survived by his daughters,
tion, call 662-328-2471.
Leslie (Daniel) Newman, Lindsey Villeneuve,
Joel Todd Taggart, 56, of Co- Kellie Villeneuve and their mother and husband
Ruthie King lumbus, MS, passed away Sun- in law, Patty and Chess Ming; daughter, Nikki
MACON — Ruthie day, November 10, 2019, at his Villeneuve and her mother, Margaret Taylor;
Lee Hall King, 102, died residence. grandchildren, Taylor Villeneuve, Tyler New-
Nov. 6, Visitation will be Saturday, man, Drew Newman, Ryan Newman, Braxton
2019, at her November 16, 2019, from 4:00 Ward and Brantley Guy Ward; and sister, Gail
residence. PM – 5:00 PM at Lowndes Fu- Martin.
Services neral Home, Columbus, MS. A Pallbearers will be Brett Johnson, Karey At-
will be at memorial service will follow at kins, Jim Jessup, OT Moore, Bobby Long, Dale
11 a.m. 5:00 PM in the Lowndes Funer- Duncan, Timbo Butler, Chess Ming, Henry
Saturday al Home Chapel, with Bro. Jack Ward, FE Smith, Byrd Jones, Johnny Kelly Ran-
at Taber- King Taylor officiating. dy Baker, Mike McCoy, Harold Honnoll, Harpo
nacle M.B. Mary Ann Jones Mr. Taggart was born August 30, 1963, to the McCoy, Daniel Newman, Robert Harrison and
Church, Visitation: Jason Sullivan.
Saturday, Nov. 16 • 11:30-1:30 PM
late M.T. and Betty Jo Trull Taggart, in Colum-
with Admise Gandy College St. Location bus, MS. He lived in Columbus his entire life and Memorials may be made to V.F.W. Post 4272,
officiating. Burial will Services: was a member of Canaan Baptist Church, Colum- 2850 7th Ave. N., Columbus, MS 39701.
follow at Belmount Bap- Saturday, Nov. 16 • 2 PM Compliments of
bus, MS.
tist Church Cemetery.
College St. Chapel
Burial Mr. Taggart was a 1981 graduate of Caldwell Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Visitation is from 1-5 Vaughn Cemetery High School and worked with Bimbo Bakeries in
p.m. today at Lee-Sykes delivery. He enjoyed hunting, water skiing, and
Funeral Home. Lee- Teresa Flores other water sports. Mr. Taggart loved football

Mary Ann Jones

Sykes Funeral Home of Visitation:
Sunday, Nov. 17 • 2-3 PM and was an avid Mississippi State Fan.
Macon is in charge of College St. Location Mr. Taggart is survived by his brothers, Mar-
arrangements. Services: ty (Beth) Taggart, Franklin, TN, Kevin (Wanda)
Sunday, Nov. 17 • 3 PM Mary Ann Jones, 79, passed
Mrs. King was born College St. Chapel Taggart, Columbus, MS, Tony (Betty) Taggart,
Jan. 11, 1917, in Noxu- Burial away November 12, 2019, at
Carrollton, AL, and Tim (Rebecca) Taggart,
bee County. She was Friendship Cemetery Monroe Regional Hospital in
Starkville, MS; and his special friend, “Jay” Fowl-
formerly employed as Aberdeen, Mississippi.
er; his dog, “BamBee”; and a host of nieces and
Cathy Higdon Services will be held on Sat-
an insurance agent and Incomplete nephews.
a quilt designer. urday, November 16, 2019, at
2nd Ave. North Location Honorary pallbearers will be Michael John-
She was preceded in Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral
ston, Cary Compassi, Karl Ruffin, Mike Ford,
Home, College Street location.
death by her husband, Todd Davis and the Caldwell Class of 1981.
Visitation will be from 11:30
Earl; son, Earl Jr.; her Memorials may be made to Columbus Lown-
AM to 1:30 PM, and the funer-
des Humane Society, P.O. Box 85, Columbus,
memorialgunterpeel.com al service at 2:00 PM, with Don Both and Mel
MS 39702, The American Heart Association,
Howton officiating. Burial will follow at Vaughn
cdispatch.com P.O. Box 16808, Jackson, MS 39236 or LeBohner
Cemetery in Caledonia. Memorial Gunter Peel
Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis,
Funeral Home & Crematory, College Street loca-
TN 38174.
Compliments of
tion, has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Lowndes Funeral Home Mary Ann was born on January 18, 1940, in
Sulligent, Alabama, to the late Archie Marion
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Johnson and Sylvia Johnson Oliver. She was a
member of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church, where

Teresa Flores
Teresa Lynn Rector Flores, age 63, of Pearl,
MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away No-
vember 13, 2019, at her residence.
Funeral services will be Sunday, November 17,
2019, at 3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funer-
al Home Chapel, College St. location, with Rev.
Steve Lammons officiating. The interment will
she served as an Elder and Treasurer for many
years. She was a retired seamstress and worked
for the Lowndes County schools in foodservice.
She was an avid gardener of vegetables and flow-
ers and loved to share both with friends and
neighbors. She loved the outdoors, and fishing
was one of her favorite hobbies. She was probably
best known as a wonderful cook. She is remem-
bered well for the many meals she prepared and
wonderful dishes she shared with friends and

James Baucom immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Vis-

James Monroe “Bo” Baucom,
68, of Caledonia, MS, passed
away Wednesday, November
13, 2019, at Baptist Memorial
Hospital – Golden Triangle, Co-
lumbus, MS.
A funeral service will be Fri-
day, November 15, 2019, at 1:00
PM at Lowndes Funeral Home,
Columbus, MS, with Bro. Rob-
ert Fowlkes officiating. Inter-
ment will be in Egger Cemetery, Caledonia, MS.
Mr. Baucom was born June 10, 1951, to the late
Ruben and Mattie Phillips Baucom, in Monroe
County, MS. He loved fishing, hunting, and was
an avid family man, husband, father and grand-
father. Mr. Baucom was a genealogy enthusiast,
computer hobbyist, and political analyst. He was
a veteran of the United States Army and was em-
ployed as a driver with Yellow Freight for several
years.
Mr. Baucom is survived by his wife of 49 years,
Linda McAfee Baucom; son, Steven Baucom;
daughter, Stephanie Baucom; grandchildren,
Madison Baucom, Mark Baucom and Mason
Gerberg; sisters, Betty Jones, Maggie (Herman)
McGee, Jean (Larry) Brickey and Lynn (David)
Savell; and brothers. Ronnie (Donna) Baucom
and Mitchell Baucom.
Pallbearers will be Terry Reed, Acker McGee,
Kevin Brickey, Jonathan Baucom, Billy Baucom,
and James Morton.
Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Bap-
tist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle and
Baptist Oncology.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,
TN 38105.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
itation will be from 2:00 PM until the time of the
service. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home
& Crematory, College St. location, has been en-
trusted with the arrangements.
Mrs. Flores was born July 8, 1956, in Biloxi,
MS, to the late George B. Jones and Barbara Car-
ley of Steens, MS. She was a graduate of S. D. Lee
High School and also was a member of the first
graduating class of the MUW School of Nursing.
Mrs. Flores formerly owned and operated Baskin
Robbins of Columbus and Starkville. While living
in Pearl, she formerly managed Dragos and was
the event coordinator and hospitality manager of
the Hilton Hotel of Jackson. She was a member of
the First Baptist Church of Brandon.
In addition to her father, Mrs. Flores was pre-
ceded in death by her brother, George Ronald
Jones.
In addition to her mother, survivors include
her husband, Domingo Flores of Pearl, MS; sis-
ter, Deborah Campbell and her husband, Ken,
of Columbus, MS; brother, Chris White and his
wife, Amy, of Columbus, MS; and nephews, Neal
White, Colby White, Jason Edmondson, David
Edmondson and Joe Edmondson.
Pallbearers will be Bert Rector, Neal White,
Jason Edmondson, David Edmondson, Rhett Ed-
mondson and Johnny Wright.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Holmes,
Joe Staton, Steve Ellis, Rory Sneed and Anna
Williamson.
Memorials may be made to Columbus Lown-
des Humane Society, P.O. Box 85, Columbus, MS
39703.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
903 College Street • Columbus, MS
family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her husband, John Clyde Jones, Jr.; and
brothers, Harold Gene Johnson, Thomas Marion
Johnson and Jackie Lane Johnson.
Survivors include her three daughters, Debi
(David) Houston of Aberdeen, MS, Shirley
(Andy) Hicks of Steens, MS, and Nancy (Roy)
Campbell of Chino Valley, Arizona; one son,
Douglas (Martha) Lucas of Tupelo, MS; one
brother, Clayton (Carolyn) Johnson of Hamilton,
MS; and sisters-in-law, Rhonda Johnson of Ab-
erdeen, MS and Elizabeth Johnson of Stuttgart,
Germany; grandchildren, Laura Collins, David
W. (Kara) Houston IV, Beth (Joel) Smith, Locke
(Reed) Waldrop, Andrew (Shelly) Hicks, Macy
Ann Hicks, Justin Lucas, Jason (Brandy) Lucas,
Scott Campbell, Jeremy (Danielle) Diamond and
Jason (Anna) Diamond; and 15 great-grandchil-
dren.
Serving as pallbearers are Jeremy Diamond,
Jason, Diamond, Jason Lucas, Justin Lucas, An-
drew Hicks, Richard Johnson, Andrew Johnson
and Reed Waldrop.
Honorary pallbearers are John Gilmer, Don
Gilmer, Johnny Gilmer, Doyle Sumrall, Dwight
Colson, Joe Fields and Bobby Gayle.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to
Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church, c/o Martha Jo
Mims, 3011 Wolfe Road, Columbus, MS 39705;
Vaughn Cemetery Fund, c/o Martha Jo Mims,
3011 Wolfe Road, Columbus, MS 39705; or the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Mississippi Chap-
ter, 1907 Dunbarton Drive, Suite C, Jackson, MS
39216.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
903 College Street • Columbus, MS
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AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Disney Plus adds disclaimer

about racist movie stereotypes
Americans struggle to ID true facts The Associated Press

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In a sharply
divided country, here’s something
many Americans agree on: It’s hard
to know what’s a true and honest
fact.
A new poll from The Associated
Press-NORC Center for Public Af-
fairs Research and USAFacts finds
that regardless of political belief,
many Americans say they have a
hard time figuring out if information
is true. Nearly two-thirds of Amer-
icans say they often come across
one-sided information and about 6 in
10 say they regularly see conflicting
reports about the same set of facts
from different sources.
“It is difficult to get facts. You
have to read between the lines. You
have to have a lot of common sense,”
said Leah Williams, 29, of Modesto,
California. A Republican, Wil-
liams says she relies on like-mind-
ed friends and family to help sort
through conflicting information.
“There are wolves in sheep’s cloth-
ing everywhere.”
The poll found that 47 percent
of Americans believe it’s difficult
to know if the information they en-
counter is true, compared with 31
percent who find it easy to do so.
NEW YORK — Disney’s new streaming ser-
vice has added a disclaimer to “Dumbo,” “Peter
Pan” and other classics because they depict rac-
ist stereotypes, underscoring a challenge media
companies face when they resurrect older movies
in modern times.
The move comes as Disney Plus seems to be an
instant hit. It attracted 10 million subscribers in
just one day. The disclaimer reads, “This program
is presented as originally created. It may contain
outdated cultural depictions.”
Companies have been grappling for years with
how to address stereotypes that were in TV shows
and movies decades ago but look jarring today.
Streaming brings the problem to the fore.

Obits
In “Dumbo,” from 1941, crows that help Dumbo
learn to fly are depicted with exaggerated black
Continued from Page 4A stereotypical voices. The lead crow’s name is “Jim
Crow,” a term that describes a set of laws that le-
Patricia Nicholas He is survived by Manufacturing and was Lee of Sandusky, Ohio, galized segregation. In “Peter Pan,” from 1953,
STARKVILLE — Pa- his wife, Lillie Pearl a member of Antioch and Doretha Irions of Native American characters are caricatured.
tricia Yeatman Nich- Taylor Mason of Macon; M.B. Church. Hampton, Georgia; Other Disney movies with the disclaimer include
olas, 75, died Nov. 11, children, Felicia Henley In addition to his par- brothers, Cleveland Lee “The Jungle Book” and “Swiss Family Robinson.”
2019, at the Beehive. of Aliceville, Alabama, ents, he was preceded of Cleveland, Ohio, Eu-
A memorial ser- and Oliver Chaney of in death by his siblings, gene Poindexter, Walter
vice will be held at Atlanta, Georgia; and John C. Knox, Arthur James Lee, Joe Edward
2 p.m. Dec. 1, 2019, siblings, Hattie Sledge, Knox, Joe Louis Knox, Lee, Sandy Lee, Carzell
at Longview United Min. Mattie Mason, Edmond Knox, Sam- Lee and Nathaniel Lee,
Methodist Church, with Ezell Mason and Jimmy mie Knox, Steve Knox, all of Columbus; 12
Sarah Jo Adams-Wil- Mason, all of Macon, Jessie Knox, Pearlie grandchildren; and two
son officiating. Welch and Florence Harlin of Mae Knox and Elvin M. great-grandchildren.
Funeral Home of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Knox.
Starkville is in charge of Pallbearers will be He is survived by his Winford Swedenburg
arrangements. Jimmy D. Mason, Ber- wife, Lena Knox of Co- CRAWFORD, Ala. —
Mrs. Nicholas was nard Harmon, W.B. Yar- lumbus; daughter, Bar- Winford Swedenburg,
born March 21, 1944, brough, Kelvin Sledge bara Gray of Columbus;
91, died Nov. 9, 2019, at
in Longview, to the and Jessie Sledge. three grandchildren;
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
late Henry and Lucy nine great-grandchil-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Kinard Yeatman. She Doris Moore dren; and one great-
Services are at 11:15
was a 1962 graduate of great-grandchild.
LUCEDALE — Doris a.m. today at Good
Starkville High School Moore, 90, died Nov. 14, Shepard Episcopal, with
and a 1965 graduate 2019, at George County Tommie Lee the Rev. Sandra De-
of Mississippi State Hospital. COLUMBUS — Tom- Priest officiating. Visita-
University. She was Services will be at mie Lee, 77, died Nov. 8, tion is from 10:30-11:15
formerly employed as 11 a.m. Saturday at 2019. a.m. prior to services
an assistant to the Dean Cockrell Funeral Home Services at the church. Lown-
of the College of En- Chapel. Burial will will be des Funeral Home of
gineering at MSU and follow at Brooksville at 2 p.m. Columbus is in charge
with the KU Center for Cemetery. Visitation Saturday at of arrangements.
Research. will be from 10:30-11 Providence Mr. Swedenburg was
In addition to her par- a.m. prior to services M.B.
born Jan. 18, 1928, in
ents, she was preceded at the funeral home. Church.
Greene County, Ala-
in death by her brother, Cockrell Funeral Home Burial will Lee
bama, to the late Evelyn
Danny Ray Yeatman. of Macon is in charge of follow at
Hidrick and Walter
She is survived by arrangements. Stallion Cemetery. Vis-
Swedenburg. He was
her husband, Charles Memorials may be itation is from noon-6
p.m. today at Lee-Sykes a 1947 graduate of Lee
Nicholas; brothers, made to the Palmer High School and was
Paul Henry Yeatman of Home for Children, P.O. Funeral Home. Lee-
Sykes Funeral Home of a U.S. Navy veteran,
Longview and James Box 746, Columbus, MS serving during the
Carl Yeatman of Nat- Columbus is in charge
39703. Korean Conflict. He was
chez. of arrangements.
Mr. Lee was born formerly employed as a
Memorials may be
made to St. Jude Chil- TJ Knox June 8, 1942, to the dairy, cattle and soy-
COLUMBUS — TJ late Levi and Ella Wee bean farmer.
dren’s Hospital, 501 St.
Knox, 88, died Nov. 7, Lee. He was formerly In addition to his
Jude Place, Memphis,
2019, at Baptist Memo- employed with John- parents, he was preced-
TN 38105 or the Amer-
ican Liver Foundation, rial Hospital-Golden ston-Tombigbee and ed in death by his wife,
39 Broadway, Suite Triangle. was a member of Provi- Marjorie Dou Mullens
2700, New York, NY Services will be at 11 dence M.B. Church. Swedenburg; brother,
10006. a.m. Saturday at An- In addition to his par- Red Swedenburg; and
tioch M.B. Church, with ents, he was preceded one grandchild.
the Rev. Kenny Bridges in death by his broth- He is survived by
Almeda Taylor officiating. Burial will ers, Sammie Lee and his daughter, Shelly
STARKVILLE — Russell; son, David
follow at Union Ceme- Robert E. Lee; sister,
Almeda Taylor, 89, Swedenburg; brothers,
tery. Visitation is from Mattie Green; and one
died Nov. 13, 2019, in
noon-6 p.m. today at grandchild. Billy Swedenburg and
Starkville.
Carter’s Funeral Ser- He is survived by Rex Swedenburg; two
Services will be at
vice. Carter’s Funeral his daughters, Dorothy grandchildren; six
11 a.m. at Plair United
Service of Columbus is Montgomery, Donita great-grandchildren;
Methodist Church.
in charge of arrange- Sherrod and Dionne and one great-great-
Burial will follow at New
Light Cemetery. Visi- ments. Sturdivant, all of Colum- grandchild.
tation is from 1-6 p.m. Mr. Knox was born bus; sons, Tony Dunn Memorials may be
today at West Memorial Aug. 17, 1931, in Colum- of Chicago, Illinois, and made to the Palmer
Funeral Home. West bus, to the late Jesse Bobby Taylor of Co- Home for Children, P.O.
Memorial Funeral and Delia Knox. He lumbus; sisters, Carrie Box 746, Columbus,
Home of Starkville is was formerly employed Cook of Cleveland, MS 39703 or to Helping
in charge of arrange- in the maintenance Ohio, Queen E. Stew- Hands, 223 22nd St. N.,
ments. department with Airline art of Columbus, Alma Columbus, MS 39701.
She is survived
by her sister, Lottie
M. Beville; children,
Maxine T.B. Freeman,
Patricia T. Miller, China
M. Jones, China Taylor
Jr., Helen T. Gladney,
Daniel W. Taylor and
Kenneth D. Taylor.

Julian Mason
MACON — Julian
Mason, 56, died Nov.
6, 2019,
at Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Services
will be at 11
Mason
a.m. Satur-
day at Mt.
Carmel M.B. Church,
with Jack Vaughn offici-
ating. Burial will follow
at the church cemetery.
Visitation is from noon-
5 p.m. today at Carter’s
Funeral Service. Car-
ter’s Funeral Service of
Macon is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Mason was born
Jan. 7, 1963, in Noxu-
bee County, to the late
Earnest Macon Sr. and
Mary Lee Ballard.
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Voice of the people

A drive to provide warm coats
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2019.
There are 46 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Nov. 15, 1942, the naval Battle of Guadal-
canal ended during World War II with a decisive
U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
On this date:
In 1777, the Second Continental Congress
approved the Articles of Confederation.
In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the
mountaintop now known as Pikes (cq) Peak in
present-day Colorado.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces
led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began their
“March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign
ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
In 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines
was established as its new president, Manuel L.
Quezon (KAY’-zahn), took office.
In 1937, at the U.S. Capitol, members of the
House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers
for the first time.
In 1958, actor Tyrone Power, 44, died in Ma-
drid, Spain, while filming “Solomon and Sheba.”
(Power’s part was recast with Yul Brynner.)
In 1959, four members of the Clutter family
of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in
their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and
Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings
and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman
Capote book “In Cold Blood.”)
In 1961, former Argentine President Juan
Peron, living in exile in Spain, married his third
wife, Isabel.
In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12, the final mis-
sion of the Gemini program, ended successfully
as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz”
Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after
spending four days in orbit.
In 1987, 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental
Airlines DC-9, including the pilots, were killed
when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off
from Denver’s Stapleton International Airport.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
THE NATION
What is the American idea?
If I were address- trampled, or distorted. were riots. In Albany and New York
ing a young audience ... We have always been City, “rival parades of pros and
today, I would face an a free country; our ad- antis fought each other with clubs,
uphill battle to explain vances are fulfillments stones, and bricks — but happily no
why conservatism so of old promises, not deaths.” There were descendants of
inspired me during my lunges in the direction George Washington’s slaves work-
own impressionable of new ones.” ing (as paid employees obviously) at
years. Today, what has Through 13 docu- Mount Vernon into the 21st century.
been dubbed “Conser- ments, spanning 1607 Brookhiser’s account is reverent
vatism, Inc” has become to 1987, Brookhiser without falling into mawkishness.
so cynical, so nasty, so recounts the tropism Ironies are archly noted. Two mem-
truth-challenged, and toward liberty that has bers of the New York Manumission
so dumbed-down that it Mona Charen animated the Ameri- Society owned slaves. In 1807,
repels all but one-quarter can nation for centu- the state of New Jersey, having
of people between 18-29. ries. experienced a particularly corrupt
The Republican Party, now a train- Did you know of the Flushing election, even by Jersey standards,
ing ground for Fox News, has shed Remonstrance? I confess I did not. decided to reform. “Ashamed
dignity and principle like a Siberian During the harsh reign of Peter of what its political culture had
Husky blowing its coat. Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam, sev- produced,” Brookhiser notes, “the
Even among conservative intel- eral members of the then-new sect state reformed itself by purging
lectuals, this era has provoked a dubbed Quakers were persecuted. its voting rolls of women and free
shocking departure from ideas and Some were expelled; others were blacks.”
identities that had been brilliant- arrested and flogged. But there was It may surprise some readers
ly conceived and painstakingly a grassroots resistance. In 1657, a that Brookhiser includes William
argued for decades. It is now even group of ordinary Flushing (now Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold”
fashionable in some right-wing Queens, New York) citizens put speech in this sketch of liberty as
quarters to question American ex- their names to a “remonstrance” ad- the defining American value. That
ceptionalism — which had enjoyed dressed to Stuyvesant citing Bibli- seems less clear to me than the
nearly universal acclaim less than a cal authority. Yes, they wrote, some choice of the Gettysburg Address
decade ago. Today, we are invited to called the Quakers “seducers,” but or the Constitution.
believe that America is just a nation we cannot “stretch out our hands The book closes where many
like any other, and that American against them, for out of Christ God arguments about the nature of this
nationalism — based upon lan- is a consuming fire.” Stuyvesant republic do — with what the Civil
guage, history and geography — was outraged and had his revenge, War was about. It’s a conversation
has the truest claim on our hearts. but the precedent of religious liber- between former president Ulysses
Journalist, historian and long- ty was set, and proved enduring. Grant and Otto von Bismarck in
time National Review senior editor “Give Me Liberty” draws atten- 1878. Bismarck offered that the war
Richard Brookhiser has kept his tion to the trial and jury nullifica- had been about nationalism — the
footing. He has published a de- tion of John Peter Zenger (devotion Union had to prevail. No, Grant
fense of what he calls “America’s to free speech coursed through corrected him. Only at the start.
Exceptional Idea,” and it’s a tonic. the American bloodstream long In the end, “We felt that it was a
In “Give Me Liberty,” Brookhiser before the First Amendment was stain to the Union that men should
presents an elegant and lyrical case adopted), to the Declaration of Inde- be bought and sold like cattle.”
not for the argument that “America pendence, to the “New Colossus,” Brookhiser sums up: “A union
is an idea” but for the ideal that has the poem that adorns the Statue of in which denial of liberty was a
shaped America: liberty. He writes: Liberty, and more. Each portrait permanent feature, not a stain to be
“This is the most confused histori- sparkles with details. The Marquis deplored, contained, or eradicated,
cal moment I have lived in. Between de Lafayette had soil from Bunker was not a union worth saving. It
a haggard establishment, a per- Hill imported to cover his grave in would not be America.”
verse intelligentsia, and an incho- Paris. The debate over ratification Mona Charen is a Senior Fel-
ate populist pushback, America’s of the Constitution was more than a low at the Ethics and Public Policy
national essence is being ignored, matter of dueling pamphlets; there Center.

2020 PRESIDENTIAL Campaign

Bloomberg, billionaires and boobery

I’d like to per-
sonally bop over
the head the next
Democrat who
says that Michael
Bloomberg shouldn’t
be running for pres-
ident because he’s a
billionaire. Let’s give
thanks that a sim-
ple-minded dismiss-
al of rich candidates
didn’t sink FDR’s Froma Harrop
chances.
Billionaires are
not the enemy. If you believe
that those raking in astronom-
ical incomes should be paying
higher taxes — and Warren
Buffet and I do — that is a job
for our elected representatives
who write the tax code.
Bernie Sanders is currently
rattling his tongue about strik-
ing fear in the hearts of the “bil- on art collections, yachts and
lionaire class.” (It was million-
aires until he became one.) The
news that Bloomberg may vie
for the Democratic nomination
has displeased him. applied to the top incomes.
“You ain’t gonna buy Sweden tried and then gave
this election,” he up on a wealth tax. Sanders
thundered. should know that his beloved
Lost in the social model of Sweden has
tussle over Eliz- more billionaires per capita
abeth Warren’s than the United States. Their
proposed wealth tax billionaires pay plenty of tax on
are assertions by their incomes.
several billionaire It’s wise to judge a rich
critics that, actually, candidate by what that person
they wouldn’t mind has done other than accumulate
paying higher taxes. wealth, how the money was
They don’t like made and whether the skills in-
how her proposal volved are applicable to holding
is being portrayed as a kind of office. Some fortunes require
punitive measure to control bad not a day of work. Ask the seven
people, rather than a means to Walmart heirs on the Forbes
raise revenues. 400 list of richest Americans.
Also, a wealth tax is a crazy After making his first bil-
way of funding government. lions, Bloomberg labored in the
Warren would levy a 2 percent urban trenches as a successful
tax on assets above $50 million. mayor of New York City. He
Who is going to place a value started shortly after the Sept.
11 attacks, when people were
jewelry? afraid to come into town and
The sensible way to raise this businesses were reeling.
group’s taxes is the traditional The city’s revenues plummet-
way: Increase marginal rates ed, so he raised real estate taxes
to maintain essential services.
This was also no time to lay off
public workers, who had per-
formed so valiantly throughout
the crisis.
Conservatives went straight
for Bloomberg’s throat. His
“tax-and-spend liberalism
will cost a fragile New York
many thousands of jobs and
make its recovery uncertain,”
the right-leaning City Journal
opined. The opposite happened.
Bloomberg checks most of
the progressive boxes. He’s
been a tiger in the fight against
global warming. He backs
gun control and reproductive
rights. And he has long credit-
ed immigration with “keeping
New York City and America at
the front of the pack.” Despite
some controversial policies, he
won election three times in one
of the planet’s most racially and
ethnically diverse cities.
It would be amusing to
see President Donald Trump
try his tycoon swagger on a
debate stage with Bloomberg.
Bloomberg built a great media
empire from nothing. Trump
parlayed a $413 million inheri-
tance (in today’s dollars) from
his father into six bankruptcies.
Forbes puts Trump’s net
worth at about $3.1 billion.
Bloomberg’s is almost 17 times
that at $52.3 billion. Those who
see mere wealth as an emblem
of greatness have some compar-
ing to do.
Bloomberg is certainly not
the Democrats’ only attractive
moderate. Joe Biden, Amy
Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg
are all highly impressive. But
Bloomberg belongs in the mix.
“Do we need another billion-
aire in the White House?” some
progressives ask dismissively.
One like Bloomberg? Quite
possibly.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Provi-
dence (Rhode Island) Journal.
Her e-mail address is fharrop@
gmail.com.
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Pelosi says Trump’s Ukraine

actions amount to ‘bribery’
‘Quid pro quo: Bribery’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Trump says impeachment probe
has been ‘very hard’ on family
By LISA MASCARO and MARY
CLARE JALONICK
The Associated Press

WA S H I N G T O N The Associated Press

— House Democrats
are refining part of
their impeachment
case against the pres-
ident to a simple alle-
gation: Bribery.
House Speak-
er Nancy Pelosi on
Pelosi
Thursday brushed aside the Latin
phrase “quid pro quo” that Demo-
crats have been using to describe
President Donald Trump’s actions
toward Ukraine. As the impeach-
ment hearings go public, they’re go-
ing for a more colloquial term that
may resonate with more Americans.
“Quid pro quo: Bribery,” Pelosi
said about Trump’s July 25 phone
call in which he asked Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for
a favor.
Trump says the call was perfect.
Pelosi said: “It’s perfectly wrong.
It’s bribery.”
The House has opened its his-
toric hearings to remove America’s
45th president, with more to come
Friday, launching a political battle
for public opinion that will further
test the nation in one of the most po-
larizing eras of modern times.
Democrats and Republicans are
hardening their messages to voters,
who are deeply entrenched in two
camps.
Trump continued to assail the
proceedings as “a hoax” on Thurs-
day, and House GOP Leader Kevin
McCarthy dismissed the witness
testimony as hearsay, at best sec-
ond-hand information.
The president, who said he was
too busy to watch the initial hearing
as it was televised, caught up in the
White House residence Wednesday
evening and tweeted along with a
Fox News morning recap Thursday.
The president flatly denied the
latest revelations. During Wednes-
BOSSIER CITY, La. —
President Donald Trump ‘Impeachment to
said the impeachment
probe has been “very hard” me is a dirty word,
on his family, even as he
tried to flex his political
it’s been very
muscle to flip the gover-
nor’s mansion in deep-red
unfair, very hard
Louisiana.
Speaking in friendly ter-
on my family’
President Donald Trump speaking
ritory in a state he carried
in 2016 by 20 percentage Thursday in Louisiana
points, Trump lashed out Thursday at Democratic investigators and
what he called a “deranged impeachment witch hunt.” While arguing
it was a political boon for his reelection, he acknowledged for the first
time a personal toll from the impeachment process that stands to cloud
his legacy.
“I have one problem,” Trump said. “Impeachment to me is a dirty
word, it’s been very unfair, very hard on my family.”
The House began public impeachment hearings Wednesday.
Trump repeated his denials of wrongdoing in his dealings with
Ukraine, asserting he had no need to ask that nation to investigate for-
mer Vice President Joe Biden and his family.
“We took down Bush, Clinton, Obama, with no experience, but I had
you and we won,” Trump said of his 2016 victory. “Think about that and
then think about me — ‘Gee, let’s get some help from Ukraine in order
to beat sleepy Joe Biden.’ I don’t think so.”
He added, “The people of this country aren’t buying it,” claiming
polls show a benefit to Republicans as Democrats focus on impeach-
ment.
day’s hearing a diplomat testified him and he pressed that case with
that another State Department wit- congressional allies ahead of the
ness overheard Trump asking about next hearing, according to Repub-
Ukraine investigations the day after licans who were not authorized to
his phone call with Kyiv. speak publicly about private conver-
“First I’ve heard of it,” he said, sations and were granted anonymi-
brushing off the question at the ty.
White House. On Friday, Americans will hear
The Associated Press reported from Marie Yovanovitch, the career
Thursday that a second U.S. Embas- foreign service officer whom Trump
sy official also overheard Trump’s recalled as the U.S. ambassador to
conversation. Ukraine after what one State De-
While Trump applauded the ag- partment official has called a “cam-
gression of some of his GOP defend- paign of lies” against her by the
ers, he felt that many of the lawmak- president’s personal lawyer, Rudy
ers could have done more to support Giuliani.

10 Democrats qualify for next week’s presidential debate

2020 candidates will debate Wednesday in Georgia
By BILL BARROW
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Ten
Democratic presidential
candidates have qualified
for next Wednesday’s de-
bate in Georgia, giving
voters a smaller lineup on
stage to consider even as
the party’s overall field ex-
pands.
The Democratic Na-
tional Committee con-
firmed the lineup Thurs-
day after reviewing
polling and grassroots
fundraising thresholds.
Those on the stage will be:
former Vice President Joe
Biden; New Jersey Sen.
Cory Booker; Mayor Pete
Buttigieg of South Bend,
Indiana; Hawaii Rep. Tulsi
Gabbard; California Sen.
Kamala Harris; Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Ver-
mont Sen. Bernie Sanders;
billionaire activist Tom
Steyer of California; Mas-
sachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Warren; and entrepreneur
Andrew Yang of New York.
Former Obama admin-
istration housing chief
Julián Castro is the most
high-profile remaining
candidate to miss the cut.
Former Rep. Beto O’Ro-
urke of Texas ended his
campaign last month.
Those two created head-
lines with their earlier
debate performances, in-
cluding some spirited ex-
changes with each other.
Colorado Sen. Michael
Bennet, Montana Gov.
Steve Bullock, former
Maryland Rep. John Del-
aney and author Marianne
Williamson already have
missed debates as the par-
ty chairman, Tom Perez,
continues to raise qualifi-
cation requirements.
This month, candi-
dates were required to
have reached 3 percent
in at least four qualifying
national polls since Sept.
13 or 5 percent in two ear-
ly nominating state polls
since that date, while also
having collected contribu-
tions from at least 165,000
unique donors, with at
least 600 each in a mini-
mum of 20 states.
Some candidates have
criticized Perez for the re-
quirements. Some argue
that the donor emphasis
has forced them to spend
disproportionately for on-
line fundraising efforts
that drain resources they
could be using to reach
voters other ways. Perez
counters that candidates
have had ample time to
demonstrate their sup-
porter, both in polls and
through small-dollar con-
tributors, and that any
Democrat falling short
this far into the campaign
almost certainly isn’t po-
sitioned to win the nomi-
nation or defeat President
Donald Trump.
Perez already has
announced even stiffer
requirements for a Dec.
19 debate. The polling
marks: 4 percent in four
national polls or 6 percent
in two early state polls tak-
en after Oct. 16. The donor
threshold: 200,000 unique
donors with at least 800
each from 20 states.
Biden, Warren, Sand-
ers and Buttigieg — the
four who top most nation-
al and early state polls
— are not threatened by
those goals. Harris and
Klobuchar already have
met them, as well. But the
higher targets put pres-
sure on several other can-
didates to broaden their
support or risk falling out
of any reasonable conten-
tion with less than three
months to go before the
Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses.

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Benefits
Continued from Page 1A
sion at Rick’s Cafe,” he
said. “The theory was
that everyone’s home for
Thanksgiving, we’ve al-
ready had Thanksgiving
dinner, it’s heading into
the weekend, everybody’s
tired of their relatives and
it was a good way to get
out of the house. ... Then
we thought, ‘Why don’t
we do this in a way that
benefits the communi-
ty?’”
Rupp hosts the event
with Hobie Hobart, who
owns bar at the State The-
ater, and now as many as
30 musicians attend the
event, in addition to doz-
ens of audience members,
all of whom bring at least
a $5 donation or one bag
of food to be donated to
local food drives.
Candy Crecink, exec-
utive director of United
Way of North Central
Mississippi, said the food
donated will be spread
between 12 food pantries,
three school programs
and a handful of other
nonprofits in the area over
the next three months.
The food donated was
enough to fill the back of
a pick-up truck for the last
two years, about the time
United Way became in-
volved in the event.
She is asking for dona-
tions of canned fruits and
vegetables, pasta, box
macaroni and cheese, tea,
coffee, dried beans, pea-
nut butter, cereal and ra-
men noodles — anything
“nonperishable” that can
last the pantries and the
people they feed up to
three or four months at a
time.
It benefits not just the
food kitch-
ens, but the
local musi-
cians, Cre-
cink said.
“It’s such
a wonder-
ful night for
them be- Crecink
cause they
get to jam together,” she
said.
Rupp said his favorite
parts are the “mash-ups”
between musicians.
“Last year we had a
lady who played classical
guitar playing with a hard
rocker, and it was a great
little mash-up,” Rupp said.
“So that’s what we’re look-
ing for.”
Meals in Columbus
This year is the 25th
year Columbus Ward 1
resident Annie Barry
and a crew of volunteers
will prepare and deliver
meals to those in need on
Thanksgiving Day. The
Community Benefit Com-
mittee, Salvation Army
and Columbus Parks and
Recreation Department
are hosting a fundraiser
and turkey drive to collect
food for the meals.
Barry, who first be-
gan the annual event
in 1994 where she and
some friends prepped 50
meals in her kitchen and
delivered them to Ward
Volunteers prepare meals to deliver to senior and dis-
abled citizens on Thanksgiving Day 2018 as part of the
annual turkey drive organized by Annie Barry, the Com-
munity Benefit Committee and the Salvation Army. This
year will be the 25th year volunteers deliver meals to
those in need around Columbus and Lowndes County.
1 residents, is thrilled to
see how the annual event
has grown. She first got
the idea when she learned
community organizations
such as soup kitchens
and Meals on Wheels are
closed on Thanksgiving
and the days immediately
following.
“Sometimes I’m at
a loss for
words,” she
said. “... I
just hope
it will con-
tinue even
when I’m
gone. I want
s o m e b o d y Barry
to keep
this going because it’s a
service I know is greatly
needed on that particular
day.”
Now the event has
grown so much that orga-
nizations like the Salva-
tion Army have gotten in-
volved, and the volunteers
prepare the meals — and
eat their own breakfast in
what has become another
annual Thanksgiving tra-
dition — in the kitchen
cafeteria of Stokes Beard
Elementary on South
Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive. Between meal de-
livery and opening the
kitchen for anyone who
wants to come, they hope
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to feed more than 1,800
people this year.
While usually Barry
and the other volunteers
deliver to elderly and
disabled citizens, they’re
opening it to everyone
this year after the Feb. 23
tornado left many Colum-
bus residents in need.
Lt. Christian Smith
with the Salvation Army
said his organization got
involved a few years ago
to help streamline efforts
to aid citizens in Colum-
bus.
“Collaboration just
helps all
of us come
together
and stay
under one
banner so
that we’re
not compet-
ing for the C. Smith
same pro-
grams, that we’re able to
just come together and
say, ‘Hey, we’re all doing
this together, so if you
donate to any of us, it’s go-
ing to the same place,’” he
said. “... And the collabo-
ration gives us more peo-
ple working with us so it
makes it easier on every-
body all the way around.”
He and Columbus
police officer Rhonda
Sanders, benefit commit-
tee chair,
said those
wishing to
donate tur-
keys can
drop them
off at the
Salvation
Army at Sanders
2219 Main St. or at the
Columbus Recreation De-
partment at 2535 Main St.
through Monday. Sanders
said she hopes to receive
150 turkeys.
Benefit committee
members will purchase
additional food, including
chicken and dressing,
sweet potatoes, beans and
cranberry sauce, Sanders
said.
For those who don’t
want to
wait until
Thanksgiv-
ing, May-
or Robert
Smith will
host the
13th Annu-
al Senior R. Smith
Citizens
Thanksgiving Luncheon
at the Trotter Convention
Center downtown Thurs-
day from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,
though Smith said the
Trotter doors would open
at 9 a.m. because that’s
the time seniors usually
begin showing up.
Local businesses,
nonprofits and other or-
ganizations — including,
this year, the Columbus
High School men’s and
women’s basketball teams
— help set up and pre-
pare the meal each year,
Smith said. While the
event is open to county
and city residents, he said
he knows of people from
Starkville and as far away
as Louisville that attend.
“(We’ve done it) every
year except one year when
the Trotter was undergo-
ing a renovation, and the
senior citizens were real
upset because they look
forward to it,” Smith said.
“They really do.”
Sports
How Erroll Thompson left Alabama to leave his mark on MSU
Mississippi State’s Erroll Thompson (40) has been a key part of the Bulldogs’ defense this season.
By ben portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE — Playing a hybrid de-
Mississippi State ju-
nior linebacker Erroll
Thompson bore down
on his target.
Playing for his local
recreational youth foot-
ball team, the Broncos,
in Florence, Alabama,
the then 10 -year-old
Thompson delivered a
crushing blow on his
opponent. And while the
hit was loud, it was also
late.
Thompson’s father
and coach, Erroll Sr.,
Stout defense lifts MSU men over ULM
By garrick hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE —
University of Louisiana
Monroe men’s basket-
ball coach Keith Richard
took a deep sigh.
Possession after pos-
session, he watched his
Warhawks get suffocat-
ed offensively by Missis-
sippi State’s lengthy for-
wards Thursday night at
Humphrey Coliseum.
The Bulldogs held
the Warhawks to a sea-
son-low 45 points in a 62-
45 win, forcing 17 turn-
overs.
“I’m not sure how
(MSU) will be offensive-
ly. But they’re going to
have a chance to be an
elite defensively with
all that length,” Richard
said.
MSU’s first two games
Mississippi State’s Reggie Perry (1) drives to the basket and around University
were turnover-filled, of Louisiana at Monroe’s Dadou Traore (24) during the second half of their NCAA
See msu, 4B college basketball game Thursday in Starkville.
benched his son for the
remainder of the game.
“He didn’t let me play
for the rest of the game
because I got a flag,” the
younger Thompson con-
ceded through a laugh.
Now 12 years on
from his dustup on the
sidelines, Thompson is
flattening SEC offen-
sive players as the cap-
tain of an MSU defense
that ranks No. 61 in the
country.
And while the ju-
nior linebacker is best
known as a selfless
teammate, he has a per-
‘He hasn’t looked back’
sonal motivation for this
Saturday’s game against
No. 5 Alabama. Play-
ing against his home-
state school — one he
spurned in the late stag-
es of the recruiting pro-
cess — bears particular
meaning after growing
up just two and a half
hours from Tuscaloosa.
“He was very close
to going to Alabama —
very close,” J.B. Wal-
lace, Thompson’s high
school coach, told The
Dispatch. “Because ev-
erybody had told him,
‘Hey, man, that’s what
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you ought to do; they’re
the national champions.
Very close.”
From tailback to
tackler
Though defense has
become Thompson’s
calling card, it was of-
fense that first offered a
glimpse at his dynamic
ability.
A running back
through his younger
years and into high
school, his coaches —
most vocally, Wallace
— hoped to coax him to
the defensive side of the
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ball. “We made it happen,
After tearing his ACL and he hasn’t looked
as a sophomore, Thomp- back.”
son spoke with Wallace
about his offer. Under- fensive end/outside line-
standing the team’s backer role his first sea-
need for defenders and son, Thompson flashed
hoping a switch could ball skills that quickly
boost his stock as a re- stood out to coaches and
cruit, Thompson flipped players alike.
to defense. The switch was also
“He was a good run- made easier as he lined
ning back — he could up with current Texas
run it,” Wallace said. A&M linebacker and
“But I just knew what we childhood friend Braden
were looking for defen- White.
sively, and I knew what “When he got hurt
the next level was look- I just remember any-
ing for defensively. See thompson, 4B
West Lowndes’ successful season on
the line against No. 3 Biggersville
By theo derosa that looked improbable
tderosa@cdispatch.com around this time last
season.
Wide receiver Jher- “It’s just a blessing
quaveus Sanders knows
to be able to play in
what the West Lowndes
the playoffs my senior
football team was up
year,” Sanders said.
against.
West Lowndes
The Panthers had
missed out on the No.
just a 4-7 record in 2017,
3 seed in Class 1A, Re-
and it dipped to 2-9 last
gion 2 after last week’s
season. They came
into the 2019 season 35-6 loss to Tupelo
on a five-game losing Christian Prep, settling
streak. for the No. 4 seed in-
But West Lowndes stead.
redoubled its efforts. “I think that loss re-
Older players coaxed ally helped us focus in
younger players into this week, because if
spending more time in we lose this one, we’re
the weight room, Sand- out,” senior Albert
ers said. And things be- Plair said.
gan to turn around. The Panthers scored
The Panthers fin- the first points of Fri-
ished the regular sea- day’s ballgame and only
son 8-3 and begin post- trailed 14-6 at the half,
season play Friday at but in the second half,
No. 3 Biggersville (9- they just lost focus.
1), hoping to start a run See west lowndes, 4B
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PREP FOOTBALL
Seeking record-tying 11th title, West
Point set to face Provine in first round
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — A
black poster featuring
three blown-up images of
bulky silver rings leans
against a wall in West
Point head coach Chris
Chambless’ office.
The poster commem-
orates the Green Wave’s
2018 MHSAA Class 5A
state title — its third
straight. It’s signed by ev-
ery member of last year’s
West Point team, which
went 14-1 and beat West
Jones in Hattiesburg to
win the 10th champion-
ship in school history.
This year, the Green
Wave are 11-1, winners of
10 straight games, as they
begin postseason play
Friday at home against
Provine. West Point is hot,
and with the way it’s been
playing, more rings might
soon be on their way.
“That’s what every
team in the state of Mis-
sissippi plays for,” Cham-
bless said. “If they’re not,
then they don’t need to be
playing.”
No one knows that
better than Chambless,
who’s already won five
state titles at the helm of
the Green Wave. If West
Point were to win its 11th
state championship this
season, it would tie South
Panola for the most cham-
pionships in MHSAA his-
tory. In Mississippi, only
Jackson Prep, which has
won the last seven MAIS
Class 6A titles and 25 ti-
tles overall, has more.
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
Three matchups to watch as
MSU takes on No. 5 Alabama
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The
Tide are rolling into town
once more. Saturday,
Mississippi State will
welcome No. 5-ranked
Alabama to Davis Wade
Stadium looking to snap
an 11-game losing streak
against coach Nick Saban.
Sitting at 4-5 and 2-4
in the SEC, MSU still has
bowl aspirations ahead
of it with three games to
play, while No. 5 Alabama
(8-1, 5-1 SEC) is picking
up the pieces from last
week’s loss to No. 1 LSU
in Tuscaloosa.
Here are three match-
ups to watch Saturday af-
ternoon:
MSU secondary vs.
Alabama wide receivers
While Alabama may
not be its dominant self
this season, the Crimson
Tide receiving corps is as
good as it’s ever been.
Boasting a four-head-
ed attack of Henry Ruggs
III, DeVonta Smith, Jaylen
Waddle and Jerry Jeudy,
the quartet has combined
for 2,587 receiving yards
this season.
Smith and Ruggs are
the big-play threats of
the bunch as they aver-
age 18.7 and 20 yards per
reception, respectively,
while the former is lead-
ing the team with 934 re-
ceiving yards this season.
As for Jeudy, he enters
the week as a likely option
to be the first receiver off
the board in April’s NFL
Draft. A dynamic play-
maker, he’s second on the
team in touchdown recep-
tions (9) and receiving
yards (753).
Waddle is the quiet-
est of the bunch receiv-
ing-wise — having totaled
West Point quarterback Brandon Harris runs for a first
down against Lafayette on Sept. 27 in Oxford.
Suffice it to say histo-
ry is on the line for West
Point, and it all starts Fri-
day with as tough a first-
round matchup as the
Green Wave could have
gotten. Provine is 9-3, the
second-best record of any
road team playing in Fri-
day’s first-round playoff
matchups in Classes 1A,
5A and 6A this week.
“They had a couple un-
fortunate losses in their
district that were real
close, but that’s the way
the ball bounces,” Cham-
bless said.
The Rams started 7-0,
including a Week 1 home
win over Columbus, be-
fore back-to-back losses
to Holmes Central and
Neshoba Central. Provine
also lost its season finale
at Ridgeland.
Like West Point,
Chambless said, Provine
is a downhill running
just 319 yards receiving
— but he leads the nation
in punt return yards (379)
and average yards per re-
turn (25.27).
“Alabama has speed
— track speed,” MSU
senior safety Jaquari-
us Landrews said of the
Crimson Tide receiving
corps. “We’ve got to play
up to their level.”
Though the Bulldogs
have struggled some
against the pass this sea-
son — they rank No. 66
nationally in passing de-
fense — a full stable of
cornerbacks should be
available Saturday with
the expected return of
freshman Jarrian Jones.
With Jones, classmate
Martin Emerson Jr. and
junior Cameron Dantzler
all slated to play, MSU will
at least have a full contin-
gent of defensive backs to
go to in containing Ala-
bama’s prolific wideouts.
MSU running back
Kylin Hill vs. Alabama
defensive end
Raekwon Davis
Kylin Hill enjoyed a
return to form in Fayette-
ville two weeks ago as
MSU trounced Arkansas
54-24.
Finishing with a ca-
reer-high 234 yards and
three touchdowns against
the Razorbacks, Hill now
leads the SEC in rushing
and sits No. 13 nationally
with 1,027 yards on the
season.
And though he has
been prolific of late, he
will face a staunch Ala-
bama defensive line an-
chored by senior defen-
sive end and Meridian
native Raekwon Davis.
Davis, who chose the
Crimson Tide over MSU
and Florida State out
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team, led by backs Mark-
tavius Reed and Maca-
leb Williams. The Rams
also boast a pair of Mis-
sissippi State commits:
defensive back Javorrius
Selmon and wide receiver
Deion Smith. That’s a lot
of talent for a No. 4 seed,
but that doesn’t surprise
Chambless.
“You take a top four
team out of each district,
and any of us can beat the
other person,” Chamb-
less said. “There’s gonna
be some big games this
week.”
While a 10-game win
streak is enough to give
any team momentum,
the way the Green Wave
closed the regular season
offers optimism as the
playoffs begin.
West Point shut out dis-
trict foe Center Hill 35-0
last Friday, holding the
Mustangs to just 83 total
of high school, boasts
a massive 6-foot-7-inch,
312-pound frame and has
totaled 36 tackles this
season.
“I mean (he is) incred-
ibly athletic and very
stout against the point of
attack,” coach Joe Moor-
head said. “He uses his
hands very well. He is a
disruptor or game wreck-
er versus the run and the
pass.”
And while Davis is
a major space eater up
front, the Crimson Tide
have been more suscep-
tible against the run this
year compared to past
seasons. Entering this
week, the Alabama rush
defense ranks No. 33 na-
tionally — its worst rating
since finishing 2014 as the
country’s 59th-best unit.
That said, MSU is
wary of the young talent
the Crimson Tide defense
boasts.
“Those guys are the
top-rated guys,” senior
center Darryl Williams
said. “Everybody is look-
ing forward to the chal-
lenge to see how we fare
up against those guys.”
“We’ve got to be more
to be more physical, be
able to get guys out of
spots, out of gaps, so that
our running backs have
some holes to hit come
game time,” he continued.
MSU vs. history
It’s no secret the
MSU-Alabama series is
lopsided. As noted, the
Crimson Tide lead the all-
time results 83-17-3 and
and are riding an 11-game
win streak over the Bull-
dogs coming into Satur-
day’s contest.
Further, Saban has
a career record of 16-1
against MSU between his
time in Tuscaloosa and in
yards on the road.
“They exceeded all my
expectations,” Chamb-
less said. “It was a special
night for our defense the
other night.”
In Olive Branch, the
Green Wave didn’t seem
fazed by the cold tempera-
tures that swept the state
— though, uncharacteris-
tically, Chambless did.
“I think Friday night
was the first time I actu-
ally shivered,” he said.
“You know it’s cold when
I shiver.”
While it should be a
little warmer come 7 p.m.
Friday at West Point’s
Hamblin Stadium, Green
Wave senior Brandon
Harris still predicted a
dominant defensive per-
formance — with a senior
linebacker leading the
way.
“Tyron Orr’s gonna
shut all that down,” Har-
ris said.
Harris himself is still
slightly hampered from
a leg injury a few weeks
ago, but he played against
Center Hill, and he’s
ready to give it his all Fri-
day. He knows the signif-
icance of the “four-peat”
the Green Wave are hop-
ing to achieve.
“That would mean ev-
erything to our commu-
nity, our coaches and our
players,” Harris said.
Harris knows each
playoff game is life or
death for West Point, and
that starts Friday.
“Win or go home, but I
don’t plan on going home
anytime soon,” he said.
Baton Rouge — where he
served as the head coach
at LSU from 2000 to 2004
— with the lone Bulldog
victory coming against
his inaugural Crimson
Tide team in 2007.
Recent results have
offered Bulldog fans a
glimmer of hope after
falling to the Crimson
Tide 24-0 last season and
31-24 the year prior, but
the sentiment remains
— MSU is battling not
only another top-five Ala-
bama team Saturday, but
a decades-long history
against their neighbors to
the east.
“From a mindset stand-
point, in taking to the kids
last week and after prac-
tice (Sunday), to win this
game we are not going to
have to do anything ex-
traordinary,” Moorhead
said. “We are going to
have to do the ordinary
extraordinary well. We
are going to have to have
a great week of practice
and take care of the lit-
tle things on and off the
field.”
With an extra week to
prepare courtesy of a bye
and Alabama coming off a
demoralizing loss to LSU
last weekend, the sched-
ule lines up for MSU to
spring an upset. But in
the words of Moorhead,
it will take doing the ordi-
nary things extraordinari-
ly well for the Bulldogs
stand a remote chance.
“Just like LSU, Auburn,
and all the other games
on the schedule, our kids
are going to go out with
a high degree of confi-
dence,” he said. “A level
of confidence is earned
through our preparation
and how hard we play and
how well we execute, rath-
er than who the opponent
is.”

briefly Prep football capsules
College Basketball
EMCC men, women beat East Central
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at
Starkville Academy sets its sights on a third playoff upset
East Mississippi Community College remained unbeat- By Theo DeRosa
en with wins over East Central Community College on tderosa@cdispatch.com
Thursday in Scooba.
The EMCC women’s team (4-0) won 73-57 in the
Starkville Academy’s
opener behind 16 points and 12 rebounds from fresh-
man Ja’Mia Hollings, a West Point product. Topazia 23-7 loss to Jackson
Hawkins had 12 points, and Tye Metcalf had 11. Academy in the Volun-
On the men’s side, Arecko Gipson Jr. led the Lions teers’ regular-season fi-
(3-0) with 28 points. Freshman Jakorie Smith had 18 nale on Oct. 25 changed
points and 10 rebounds. Danny Washington and KJ
Riley each scored 11 points.
something in the team.
Both teams will be competing at the Pearl River “I think it kind of
Community College Wildcat Classic in Poplarville on woke us up and said
Monday. The women’s team will face host PRCC at 4 that we should have
p.m., and the men’s team will play LSU Eunice at 6 p.m.
won that game, could
have won that game,”
Prep Basketball Starkville Academy
Columbus boys, girls both fall at Pontotoc coach Chase Nicholson
The Columbus High School boys and girls said. “‘How good can
basketball teams both suffered losses at Pontotoc High
we really be’?”
School on Thursday in Pontotoc.
Aniya Saddler led the way with 23 points for the But the past two
Falcons girls team, which suffered its first loss of the weeks, in the MAIS
season. Columbus (2-1) got 14 points from Sercora Class 5A playoffs, the
Tate and nine rebounds from Makayla Reives in a
Vols found out exactly
59-51 loss.
what they were capable
On the boys side, Blake Burnett led the Falcons
with 16 points in a 68-61 Pontotoc win. Gabe Williams of.
chipped in 14 points for Columbus (2-2). They stormed back
The Falcons’ next game is at home against Nesho- with 28 unanswered
ba Central at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22.
second-half points to
Heritage Academy swept in Jackson beat Magnolia Heights
in Senatobia. Then
Both Heritage Academy basketball teams suffered
losses Thursday at Jackson Academy. they knocked off sec-
Lucy Sharp recorded a double-double with 14 ond-seeded Lamar
points and 11 rebounds in a 62-36 loss for the girls team School in Meridian on a
(2-4). Bailey Harris scored 12 points for the Patriots, and
Sydney Adair scored seven. late safety.
Now Starkville Acad-
On the boys side, Jackson Academy took a 59-40
win over the visiting Patriots. Steele Altmyer had 25 emy (8-4) has anoth-
points for the Pats. er road test against a
Heritage Academy’s next game is Tuesday at Oak
familiar foe. The Vols
Hill Academy.
have seen Adams Coun-
ty Christian (9-3) three
Starkville boys, girls rout West Point
The Starkville High School boys and girls teams times in recent years
both picked up big road wins Thursday at West Point. — the Rebels have won
The Yellow Jacket girls won 60-24, and the boys
team won 62-42.
twice, the Vols once.
Friday’s game in Nat-
Starkville’s next game is Saturday against Holmes
Central. The girls game will start at 3 p.m., and the boys chez is game No. 4.
game will start at 4:30 p.m. “Like they always
West Point next plays Saturday at Kemper County. are, they’re a solid,
The girls game will start at 6 p.m., and the boys game
will start at 7:30 p.m.
consistent team, and
coach (David) King
has a legacy of playoffs
Prep Soccer and championships and
New Hope sweeps Itawamba Agricultural winning a lot of ’em,”
The New Hope boys and girls soccer teams both
Nicholson said. “We
beat Itawamba Agricultural on Thursday in New Hope.
The Trojan girls beat the Indians 3-1, and the boys know he’s gonna bring
won 5-1. a great team that’s
New Hope’s next match is Tuesday against ready to play, and we’re
Neshoba Central.
gonna have to match
SOURCE: From Special Reports their intensity and sur-
pass what we plan to
do when we go down
CALENDAR there.”
Intensity hasn’t
Today
Prep Girls Soccer
St. Andrew’s at Mississippi School for
Mathematics and Science, 5:30 p.m. PREP BASEBALL
Prep Boys Soccer
St. Andrew’s at Mississippi School for
Mathematics and Science, 7 p.m.
Prep Girls Basketball
Heritage Academy baseball standout
Starkville Christian at Delta Streets
Academy, 6 p.m.
Columbus Christian Academy at Central
Blayze Berry signs to Mississippi State
Holmes Christian, 6 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball By Theo DeRosa
Starkville Christian at Delta Streets tderosa@cdispatch.com
Academy, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Christian Academy at Central Blayze Berry was
sure.
Holmes Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s College Basketball On his unofficial
Murray State at Mississippi State, 7 visit to Mississippi
p.m. State last September,
New Orleans at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. the Heritage Academy
baseball standout, then
MUW at Sewanee Basketball Classic,
a junior, got the news in
TBA
head coach Chris Lem-
Men’s College Basketball
onis’ office: The Bull-
Western Michigan at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.
dogs were offering him
MUW at Rust College in Talladega Tour-
nament, 7 p.m. a scholarship.
For Berry, a long-
on the air time Mississippi State
fan, there was no hes-
itation. He committed
Today
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) on the spot.
6 p.m. — Elon at Michigan, BTN “It’s everybody’s
6 p.m. — West Virginia at Pittsburgh, dream school,” Berry
ESPNU
6 p.m. — CS Northridge at Auburn, SEC
8 p.m. — South Dakota State at Ne- COLLEGE BASKETBALL
braska, BTN
8 p.m. — BYU at Houston, ESPNU
8 p.m. — Gonzaga at Texas A&M, SEC
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m. — Utah at Memphis, ESPN
Gandia-Rosa lifts North Florida past Southern Miss
9:30 p.m. — Boston at Golden State, The Associated Press
ESPN
Saturday J A C K S ON V I L L E ,
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Fla. — Ivan Gandia-Ro-
11 a.m. — Alabama at Mississippi sa registered 17 points
State, ESPN as North Florida edged
11 a.m. — Florida at Missouri, CBS
11 a.m. — Michigan State at Michigan,
Pro Basketball
FOX
11 a.m. — Indiana at Penn State, ABC NBA Glance
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1:30 p.m. — Navy at Notre Dame, NBC Atlantic Division
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Toronto 8 3 .727 1½
ABC Philadelphia 7 4 .636 2½
2:30 p.m. — Memphis at Houston, Brooklyn
New York
4 7 .364 5½
3 9 .250 7
ESPN2 Southeast Division
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2:30 p.m. — Texas at Iowa State, FS1 Miami 8 3 .727 —
Atlanta 4 7 .364 4
2:30 p.m. — West Virginia at Kansas
Charlotte
Orlando
4 7 .364 4
4 7 .364 4
State, ESPN Washington 2 7 .222 5
Central Division
2:30 p.m. — Kentucky at Vanderbilt, W L Pct GB
SEC Milwaukee 8 3 .727 —
Indiana 7 4 .636 1
2:30 p.m. — Georgia at Auburn, CBS Cleveland 4 7 .364 4
3 p.m. — Minnesota at Iowa, FOX
Detroit
Chicago
4 8 .333 4½
4 8 .333 4½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
6 p.m. — LSU at Ole Miss, ESPN Southwest Division
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6:30 p.m. — South Carolina at Texas Houston 8 3 .727 —
Dallas 6 5 .545 2
A&M, SEC San Antonio 5 6 .455 3
6:30 p.m. — Oklahoma at Baylor, ABC Memphis
New Orleans
4 7 .364 4
3 8 .273 5
7 p.m. — UCLA at Utah, FOX
9:30 p.m. — Arizona at Oregon, ESPN
Denver
Northwest Division
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8 3 .727 —
Utah 8 3 .727 —
NBA BASKETBALL Minnesota 7 4 .636 1
Oklahoma City 4 7 .364 4
5 p.m. — Brooklyn at Chicago, NBA Portland 4 8 .333 4½
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been a problem for the praise for. downs. ing to do: just improve
Vols of late, given their “I think they’re one But this week at No. as the season goes.”
comeback against Mag of the best teams in the 3 Senatobia, the com- Columbus Christian
Heights and the upset state,” he said. petition is increased for did win its first playoff
of Lamar. But Nichol- Harrison knows the Tigers. matchup last week, a
son knows his team is the strength of Pillow Much like Noxubee 30-14 victory over Riv-
still capable of playing Academy’s passing of- County, the Warriors erdale Academy (Lou-
a more complete game fense, and he knows have a strong defense isiana), but there are
than it has shown so far. the Mustangs will get — anchored by a stand- still plenty of things to
“We haven’t peaked their share through the out defensive line — improve on. Williams
yet,” he said. “We’ve air Friday. In the two and a solid running knows the Rams can
continued to fight, con- teams’ first matchup, game led by running
block, tackle and sim-
tinued to battle. Our Pillow Academy com- back Nickisis Sipp, who ply play better than
best game has not been pleted 25 of its 39 pass
played yet. It’s still out attempts and had just
has run for 1,183 yards
this season.
they did, and now their
season depends on it.
in front of us, and we’re 24 rushing attempts. “Watching him on “We’ve gotta do
still playing this week, But in that game, the
film, he’s a shifty back,” those small things and
so that’s what we’re Pats were able to pass
Young said of Sipp. “He do them a little better
looking forward to.” their way to victory, runs the ball hard.” than we did last week,”
If junior running too. Senior quarterback Young knows the Ti- Williams said.
back CJ Jackson can Carter Putt tossed two
gers will have to rely on Columbus Christian
continue his consis- touchdown passes to
their own defensive line, will have to show sig-
tency on the ground wideout Jared Long and
led by junior Travorus nificant progress from
and senior defensive one to running back KJ Hatcher, to keep Sipp in its 52-12 home loss on
back Sam Clark can Smith in the 26-13 win. the backfield. If he es- Sept. 13 to the very
repeat last week’s per- The Patriots’ offense
capes, Noxubee Coun- Marvell team it now
formance (two inter- and defense, of course, ty’s linebackers and faces, but it’s far from
ceptions and a blocked have been dominant
secondary have to take a long shot, Williams
kick), the Vols might be all season. But as long good angles to the ball, said.
able to expect a third as Heritage Academy
Young said. “I think the plays will
straight road win and a can control possession But overall, Young come,” he said. “We’re
berth into the playoffs. and limit its turnovers, said, Friday’s game very capable of making
But that’s a big ask, and Harrison said, the Pats
boils down to the thing plays against them.”
Nicholson knows it. should emerge from he’s stressed all season.
Quarterback Da-
“It’s gonna come Friday night’s contest “We’ve gotta win in
kota Shaw, running
down to who wants it one win away from a the trenches on both
back Bryar Kemp and
more,” he said. state championship.
sides of the ball,” he receivers Will Teague
said. and Lawson Studdard
Pillow Academy (9-2) Noxubee County (7-5) will lead the way for the
at Heritage Academy at No. 3 Senatobia Columbus Christian Rams again, but Wil-
(12-0) (9-2) Academy (9-2) at liams said everyone on
Pillow Academy was From his years as the team’s 16-man ros-
the opponent when Her- a player and a coach,
Marvell (Ark.) ter will be asked to con-
itage Academy played Noxubee County coach Academy (10-1) tribute in some fashion.
its second-closest game Teddy Young knows Columbus Christian If the Rams can
Academy is one game string together a truly
of the season — and it two things tend to be
was still a 13-point win found on the winning away from playing for complete game, Wil-
for the Patriots. side in the playoffs: A an MAIS Eight-Man liams said, they’ll be
But that was late good running game and Class 2A state title. able to get over the
September, Heritage a good defense. According to Rams hump against the Ea-
gles on Friday night.
Academy coach Sean The Tigers checked coach Jason Williams,
Harrison said, and now both boxes and then the path to getting “That’s the thing:
that the Pats will face some last week in a 53-0 there isn’t easy — but just to do better than we
the Mustangs in Fri- win over Coahoma Agri- it is somewhat straight- did last week and hope-
forward. fully play our best game
day’s state semifinal, cultural: Running back
things are different — Bobby Shanklin had “What we’ve gotta of the year,” he said. “I
Heritage Academy can’t four rushing scores, do is play better than think that best game’s
afford to simply expect and the Noxubee Coun- we played last Friday still out there. We want
a repeat against a team ty defense returned two night,” Williams said. to go to Marvell and
Harrison had plenty of interceptions for touch- “That’s what we’re try- play that game.”
said. “It’s unreal. The “It’s exciting to see a Coast Sox travel ball “... Mississippi State
baseball stadium, the childhood dream come team. Flake said he came along, and that
school itself, they’ve got true.” fulfills every role with just kind of sealed the
everything you want Berry said he wasn’t the Patriots — wheth- deal for me,” he said.
them to offer. It’s just a sure for a long time if he er that’s on the mound,
Before Berry heads
dream come true.” was Mississippi State manning the middle in- off to Starkville, where
Berry signed his na- material, but around field and even catching he said he plans to pitch
tional letter of intent to seventh or eighth down the stretch last as well as playing in-
MSU on Thursday in grade, things started to season.
field, he has one more
the Heritage Academy click. “He’s not just a pitch-
year left with the Patri-
library, getting one step “I knew I was skilled; er,” Flake said. “He’s
ots. Berry expects to
closer to achieving a just had to keep perfect- not just a shortstop.
lead his team to a re-
long-held goal. ing the talent,” he said. He’s just a ballplayer.
“He grew up in a “It was a lot of work and He’s the type of kid you peat of last year’s state
Bulldog house, and he a lot of hours put into want on your team for title-winning season.
was always around at it.” sure.” This team that we
have is just as good as
Mississippi State base-
ball games, and it’s just
Berry attended base-
ball camp after baseball
The Bulldogs soon
realized that, too. Ber- last year’s, so hopefully
local, where his family camp at MSU “since ry had other offers, but we bring home anoth-
can be close by,” Heri- I pretty much could as soon as the Bulldogs er state championship
tage Academy baseball even throw a baseball” showed interest, his de- again,” Berry said. “It’s
coach Justin Flake said. and played for the East cision was made. gonna be a fun one.”
past Southern Miss 66- but Emmanuel Adedo- had 15 points for North Konontsuk added 13
63 on Thursday night. yin and Gandia-Rosa Florida (3-1). Adedoyin points. Gabe Watson
Southern Miss each made a pair of free finished with 12 points. had 12 points.
pulled to 62-61 with 16 throws to seal it for the Tyler Stevenson had Southern Miss plays
seconds left on Leonard Ospreys. 13 points for the Gold- Iowa State on the road
Harper-Baker’s layup, Carter Hendricksen en Eagles (1-2). Artur on Tuesday.
Pacific Division T.White 0-6 1-2 1, Y.White 0-2 0-0 0, Efretuei North N.Y. Jets at Washington, noon
W L Pct GB 4-6 2-6 10, Ertel 4-14 1-2 10, Williams 5-12 0-0 W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon
Denver at Minnesota, noon
L.A. Lakers 9 2 .818 — 14, Bernard 0-1 0-0 0, Ifejeh 3-8 0-2 6, Traore 1-1 Baltimore 7 2 0 .778 300 189
Phoenix 7 4 .636 2 0-0 2, Nicholas 1-1 0-0 2, Hodge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 200 202 Houston at Baltimore, noon
Buffalo at Miami, noon
L.A. Clippers 7 5 .583 2½ 18-51 4-12 45. Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 228
Sacramento 4 6 .400 4½ MISSISSIPPI ST. (3-0) Cincinnati 0 9 0 .000 137 259 Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon
Golden State 2 10 .167 7½ West Atlanta at Carolina, noon
Thursday’s Games
Ado 2-4 2-4 6, Perry 4-10 5-10 14, Carter 2-9 2-2 6,
Molinar 3-5 4-4 10, Woodard 5-10 2-2 13, Feazell W L T Pct PF PA Arizona at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Miami 108, Cleveland 97 Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 284 239 New England at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.
Milwaukee 124, Chicago 115
0-3 2-2 2, Oduro 0-0 1-4 1, Post 0-0 0-0 0, King
Oakland 5 4 0 .556 208 240 Cincinnati at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.
0-0 0-0 0, Stewart 4-6 1-2 10, Butts 0-2 0-0 0. Chicago at L.A. Rams, 7:20 p.m.
New Orleans 132, L.A. Clippers 127
New York 106, Dallas 103 Totals 20-49 19-30 62.
L.A. Chargers 4 6 0 .400 207 194
Denver 3 6 0 .333 149 170 Open: N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee, Green Bay
Halftime_Mississippi St. 39-24. 3-Point Goals_
Phoenix 128, Atlanta 112
Louisiana-Monroe 5-16 (Williams 4-6, Ertel 1-5,
NATIONAL CONFERENCE Monday’s Games
Kansas City vs L.A. Chargers at Mexico City,
Denver 101, Brooklyn 93 East
Today’s Games Bernard 0-1, T.White 0-4), Mississippi St. 3-12 W L T Pct PF PA MEX, 7:15 p.m.
Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m. (Stewart 1-2, Perry 1-3, Woodard 1-3, Molinar 0-1, Dallas 5 4 0 .556 251 170
Feazell 0-1, Carter 0-2). Fouled Out_Ifejeh. Re-
San Antonio at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Indiana at Houston, 7 p.m. bounds_Louisiana-Monroe 31 (Williams 8), Mis-
Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 224 213
N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 Browns 21, Steelers 7
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. sissippi St. 36 (Perry 14). Assists_Louisiana-Mon- Washington 1 8 0 .111 108 219 Pittsburgh 0 0 7 0—7
Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m. South Cleveland 7 7 0 7—21
Washington at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
roe 9 (T.White 3), Mississippi St. 11 (Carter 4).
Total Fouls_Louisiana-Monroe 23, Mississippi St. W L T Pct PF PA First quarter
Cle_Mayfield 1 run (Seibert kick), 11:07.
Boston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
18. A_5,582 (10,575). New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 204 182
Carolina 5 4 0 .556 225 228 Second quarter
Cle_Landry 1 pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick),
Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 260 279
9:55.
Brooklyn at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Milwaukee at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Pro Football Atlanta
2 7 0 .222 191 259
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Third quarter
Pit_Samuels 3 pass from Rudolph (Boswell kick),
Houston at Minnesota, 7 p.m. NFL Glance Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 5:39.
New Orleans at Miami, 7 p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 262 182 Fourth quarter
Portland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. East Chicago 4 5 0 .444 162 157 Cle_Carlson 8 pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick),
Toronto at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 5 1 .389 217 237 5:25.
Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. New England 8 1 0 .889 270 98 West A_67,431.
Pit Cle
Buffalo
Miami
6 3 0 .667 174 150
2 7 0 .222 119 268
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 8 1 0 .889 259 129 First downs 18 17
College Basketball N.Y. Jets
2 7 0 .222 130 238
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle
L.A. Rams
Arizona
8 2 0 .800 275 254
5 4 0 .556 226 191
3 6 1 .350 222 281
Rushes-yards 16-58
Passing 178
Punt Returns 2-18
35-104
189
3-16
Mississippi St. 62, Houston 6 3 0 .667 238 191 Thursday’s Games Kickoff Returns 2-32 2-50
Louisiana-Monroe 45 Indianapolis 5 4 0 .556 194 193 Cleveland 21, Pittsburgh 7 Ints.-Ret. 0-0 4-90
Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197 Sunday’s Games Comp-Att-Int 23-44-4 17-32-0
LOUISIANA-MONROE (1-2) Jacksonville 4 5 0 .444 176 189 Dallas at Detroit, noon Sacked-Yards 4-43 1-4
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
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Thompson
Continued from Page 1B

time I’d walk into the
weight room he’d be
there,” White told The
Dispatch. “He was out
that season, and he was
working constantly to
get back, and so when
he did move to defense,
he was ready to go, and
he made a huge impact
on our team that year.”
With White and
Thompson bolstering
the Falcon defense,
Florence marched to
an 11-3 record and an
appearance in the Al-
abama High School
Athletic Association 6A
semifinals — falling to
eventual state cham-
pion Clay-Chalkville
High School.
“He was turning
heads with the plays
he was making and the
physicality of how he
played,” White said.
The process
As Thompson con-
tinued logging prolific
numbers — including
101 tackles, two sacks
and two pass breakups
as a senior in 2015 —
his recruiting profile
garnered heightened
attention.
Rated a three-star
prospect and the No. 13
inside linebacker in the
country by 247Sports.
com, his first offer —
as he remembers it —
came from Memphis,
a validation of his posi-
tion switch. Southern
Mississippi and Char-
lotte soon followed.
Then came the Pow-
er Five conference of-
fers.
Tennessee, Missou-
ri, Mississippi State,
Michigan, Arkansas,
Kentucky and Louis-
ville all vied for his ser-
vices. So did Alabama.
Having grown up
in the state, Thomp -
son gave the Crimson
Tide’s offer special con-
sideration.
“Being from Al-
abama, that was al-
ways what I saw: Ala-
bama-Auburn,” he said.
“It seemed like it was
always the Iron Bowl
around. But just being
from Alabama and hav-
ing coach (Nick) Sa-
ban and coach (K irby)
Smart recruiting me
very hard was a bless-
ing.”
As the process un-
folded, Thompson whit-
tled down his choices
to MSU, Alabama, Lou-
isville, Kentucky and
Michigan.
“When we recruited
Erroll he was a really
natural, hard-nosed
tough football player,”
former MSU coach and
current Florida coach
Dan Mullen told The
Dispatch. checkered f lannel directing the youthful ly in points per game
“Really put himself shirt, Thompson placed pieces scattered around (47.8) and a team that
in a position to make a black f lat-brim MSU the MSU defense. has beaten MSU in
plays, and you saw a lot cap on his head. He, “I feel like because 11-straight meetings.
of natural instincts with too, was headed to the players around “He makes (MSU)
a lot of great physical Starkville. him are young, I see tough to play,” Saban
ability,” he continued. “Coach Mullen laid him a lot of times in
told The Dispatch.
“And he’ll thump you out a great plan for me practice so focused
at the time, and I liked “ They’re very aggres-
when he hits you — he’s on getting everybody
a big hitter.” everything that he told else right that all of a sive on defense and
“I remember watch- me, and he was genu- sudden when the ball they do a lot of stunt-
ing him play in high ine about it,” Thompson is snapped there’s that ing and blitzing, and
school, and he had a said. “And Beniquez momentary hesitation,” I’m sure he’s directing
physical toughness and K ivon, those guys defensive coordinator all that traffic in there,
about him really pushed me to Bob Shoop said. “When but he’s also fitting
and that come here — so I didn’t he was playing with re- where he’s supposed to
he enjoyed really have any other ally, really experienced and has been probably
and em- choice.” players who he didn’t their most productive
b r a c e d have to do that with, he all-around player, and I
the game Past and present could just focus on be- have a ton of respect for
of foot- Now entering his ing the best linebacker him.”
ball,” add- fourth year at MSU, in the world. A nd now,
A nd though his roots
ed Smart, Thompson Thompson has thrived this year, it’s taken
remain in the recre-
now the under both Mullen away a little bit (of that)
head coach at Georgia. — and I think he’d ad- ational football league
and current coach Joe
Heading into his de- Moorhead. mit that, too.” in Florence and on high
cision day ahead of his A fter redshirting his A nd while Thomp- school fields through-
senior season, Thomp- first year in Starkville, son’s numbers — 63 out Alabama, on Satur-
son’s parents and Wal- he earned freshman tackles and zero sacks day, Thompson and the
lace remained in the All-SEC honors in 2017. — may not be up to his Bulldogs will welcome
dark on where he’d go. Thompson was then se- and Shoop’s standards, the Crimson Tide to his
Thompson had long lected to the All-SEC statistics are tossed adopted home — Davis
told Wallace that MSU second team after fin- aside when it comes Wade Stadium.
appealed because it of- ishing fifth in the con- to playing against his “I think he’s had mo-
fered a place in which ference with 87 tackles hometown team. ments of frustration,”
he could carve his own last year. In two career games Shoop said. “A nd he and
path and develop. That said, this sea- against Alabama,
I have talked off line or
Former Florence son has proved more Thompson has notched
teammates Beniquez 10 tackles — includ- personally about that,
of a struggle. With
Brown and K ivon Co- the departures of NFL ing his first collegiate but I wouldn’t trade him
man were also already first-round draft picks sack in 2017. Saturday, for anybody. He contin-
in Starkville at the time. Montez Sweat, Jeffery the Bulldogs look for ues to play well; he’s
Around 10:30 a.m. Simmons and Johna- to him to slow down an an outstanding leader;
on July 31, 2015, don- than Abram, Thompson Alabama offense that he’s the glue that holds
ning a black and red has been tasked with ranks third national- us together.”

West Lowndes
Continued from Page 1B

“We were very undis-
ciplined,” King said.
Playing in the cold
didn’t help. King said
many of his players
couldn’t feel their feet,
and Sanders noted the
difficulty of running
routes in the near-freez-
ing conditions.
The Panthers prac-
ticed outside during this
week’s chilly afternoons
to truly get the feel of
playoff football. An ex-
tra pair of socks, Plair
and junior running back
Marcquez Holliday said,
always helps, and so do
long sleeves and tights
— but perhaps the big-
gest hurdle is a mental
one.
“It’s just really a mind
thing,” Plair said. “It’s
just getting used to the
weather.” So it’s perhaps fortu- fine with him; he’s happy out with the win,” he said.
That’ll be critical nate that by missing out to try to beat the defense King knows the stakes
against a Biggersville on the No. 3 seed, the over the top. are high — and that his
team that loves to run Panthers avoided a date One of the team’s lead- players are prepared.
the ball and is likely to with pass-heavy Baldwyn ers, the senior knows “You win, you stay in;
do so even more in the and got the run-dominant he’ll have to deliver his you lose, you’re out,” he
cold, though King said Lions instead. best performance if the said. “Guys know they
the matchup could work “The matchup fits us a Panthers can hope for a don’t have anything else
in the Panthers’ favor. lot better,” King said. victory. to do but go out and try
“We’re a lot better at When the Panthers “This could be my last to get the win. We’ve got
stopping the run than have the ball, the Lions game as a West Lowndes nothing to lose, so let’s
we are at stopping the play a lot of press cover- Panther, so I most defi- go out and play our best
pass,” King said. age, Sanders said. That’s nitely do want to come ball.”

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
hard-to-come by wins,
but the Bulldogs made
it easier on themselves
against the Warhawks.
The Bulldogs took
control from tipoff, rac-
ing out to a 15-point
halftime lead and com-
mitting a season-low 14
turnovers.
“We played really
good basketball to-
night,” MSU coach Ben
Howland said. “The
first half in particular.
I thought our defense
was incredibly effective
against a good team.”
One minute and 23
seconds into the con-
test, preseason first-
team All-SEC selection
Reggie Perry drained
his first 3-pointer of the
season, giving him more
first-half points on one
shot than he scored in
the first two games com-
bined (one).
“His mom and dad
were here tonight, so I’d
like for them to come to
every game,” Howland
said with a laugh.
It was a busy night
for Perry, who record-
ed his second straight
double-double with 14
points and 14 rebounds.
The double-double
marked the 11th of his
career, the most for an
active SEC player.
“It definitely felt
good to get off to a good
start,” Perry said. “I’ve
been working hard this
week in practice.”
At halftime, MSU had
a 39-24 lead due in part
to only committing four
first-half turnovers and
never let its lead get un-
der nine points in the
second half.
“Whoever had the
ball, we were pressur-
ing them,” MSU guard
Robert Woodard II said.
“We gave them a hard
time and put on pres-
sure. We took that away
from teams we’ve played
in the past, every other
team is pressuring the
ball, so we worked on that
throughout the week. We
took it upon ourselves to
play harder defense and
make the other team un-
comfortable.”
Woodard was MSU’s
second leading scorer,
finishing with 13 points
on a 5 of 10 shooting ef-
fort. He also chipped in
seven rebounds.
Freshmen guards Iver-
son Molinar (10) and D.J.
Stewart (10) rounded out
double-figure scorers for
MSU. The Bulldogs made
19 of 30 free throws.
“I’ve been learning
from the first two games,”
Molinar said. “You learn
from your mistakes
watching video.”
JD Williams led ULM
with 14 points, while
Chris Efretuei (10) and
Michael Ertel (10) also
finished in double fig-
ures. The Warhawks shot
35.3 percent from the
floor.
“Give them a ton
of credit the way they
played defensively to-
night,” Richard said. “We
struggled all night offen-
sively, but it was due to
their play.”
Howland can easily
point out his favorite sta-
tistic from Thursday’s
box score: zero transi-
tion points allowed by his
Bulldogs.
“Hallelujah,” Howland
said. “That is beautiful.
That’ll be the first thing
I mention to our team to-
morrow.”
With the win, MSU ex-
tended its nonconference
home winning streak to
25 games, the longest ac-
tive streak in the SEC.
The Bulldogs are back
in action at 2 p.m. Sunday
against New Orleans at
Humphrey Coliseum.

Browns, Steelers brawl at end of Cleveland’s 21-7 win
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — The
Cleveland Browns kept
fighting long after the out-
come had been decided,
and it likely will cost them
their best defensive player.
Browns defensive end
Myles Garrett ripped off
Pittsburgh quarterback
Mason Rudolph’s helmet
and hit him with it in the
head in the final sec-
onds as the Browns’ 21-7
win over the Steelers on
Thursday night ended
with a wild brawl between
the rivals.
Garrett faces a likely
suspension for his actions,
and Steelers center Maur-
kice Pouncey will likely
be disciplined for kicking
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ZITS
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CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
Garrett in the head.
Players from both side-
lines spilled on the field
during the wild melee,
which began after Garrett
wrestled Rudolph to the
ground after he threw the
ball on a meaningless play
with the outcome decid-
ed. Garrett, Pouncey and
Browns defensive tack-
le Larry Ogunjobi were
ejected.
Rudolph got his hand
on Garrett’s helmet first
as the players wrestled on
the ground, but Garrett
escalated the brawl after
he got back on his feet.
He yanked the helmet off
Rudolph and swung wild-
ly, hitting the quarterback
on the top of the head.
Rudolph threw his arms
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in the air in disbelief after
the impact.
“The reality is he’s
going to get suspended,
we don’t know how long,
and that’s going to hurt
our team,” Browns quar-
terback Baker Mayfield
said immediately after the
game.
Before the ugly end-
ing, Mayfield threw two
touchdown passes and
scored on a 1-yard plunge
as Cleveland held on to de-
feat the banged-up Steel-
ers for just the fourth time
in 10 years and improved
to 2-0 in the AFC North
for the first time.
The Browns (4-6) have
won two in a row after
dropping four straight,
a skid that put first-year
coach Freddie Kitchens’
job in jeopardy.
But Mayfield’s 8-yard
TD pass to undrafted rook-
ie tight end Stephen Carl-
son with 5:25 left helped
clinch a rare win over the
rival Steelers. And softer
upcoming schedule has
eased the pressure on
Kitchens and given the
Browns some hope they
can end the NFL’s longest
playoff drought.
The loss was especially
damaging to the Steelers
(5-5).
Pittsburgh lost its top
two playmakers as run-
ning back James Conner
(shoulder) and wide re-
ceiver JuJu Smith-Schus-
ter (concussion) suffered
injuries in the second
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: I
am engaged
to the love
of my life (“Tom”),
and I dread mak-
ing the guest list
for our wedding.
I don’t want any
of my cousins
there. The young
ones are rude and
obnoxious, and
the one who’s an
adult I no longer
talk to. I asked my
mom what to do.
She said if we in-
vite any kids, then
Dear Abby
we must invite all
of them.
We would like my fiance’s
young nieces and nephews to
be in the wedding party. Tom
said he isn’t inviting anyone he
doesn’t want there. A few family
members invited me to their
weddings because my parents
were invited, but I don’t feel
I know them well enough to
invite them to mine, although
one couple was kind enough to
get us an engagement present.
I want to be nice, but I don’t
want any nonsense. Please
help. — TORN IN THE EAST
DEAR TORN: Your mother
has the right idea. Listen to her.
Weddings can bring families
together, but they can also do
the opposite. The relatives you
are thinking of excluding are
the children of your parents’
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
15). Though you can be proud
of your foundational habits and
values you can be even more
proud of the fact that you are
willing to keep questioning,
checking and building them to
suit who you are becoming.
This is the work that brings you
love, passion, meaning, money
and honor this year. Aries and
Aquarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 10, 30, 33, 38
and 2.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You don’t care who gets credit,
you just want the thing done.
Because of this practical, ego-
less approach, you’ll be quite
effective in executing the action
that propels things forward.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
quarter and didn’t return.
Without them, Steelers
quarterback Mason Ru-
dolph didn’t have enough
help and threw four inter-
ceptions.
In the third quarter,
Steelers rookie wide re-
ceiver Diontae Johnson
got concussed from a vi-
cious hit by Browns safety
Damarious Randall, who
was ejected.
Browns running back
Nick Chubb had 92 yards
and went over 1,000 this
season.
Despite the injuries,
the Steelers were within
14-7 entering the fourth
quarter after Rudolph con-
nected with Jaylen Samu-
els for a 3-yard touchdown
pass.
siblings. If you
don’t know them
well, be gracious.
Should you
snub them while
including your
fiance’s nieces
and nephews,
word will get back
to them — trust
me on that —
and the negative
repercussions
could last for
many years and
affect not just
you but also your
parents.
DEAR ABBY:
I work for a large company that
handles calls from all around
the U.S. It amazes me how
many people call and don’t re-
alize we can’t hear them when
their TV is blaring, their kids
are screaming or their dogs are
barking.
My plea to callers: Please
choose a quiet, uninterrupted
time so we can help you. Also,
we are able to hear you when
you are using the bathroom
during your call, and that
includes every little sound you
are making. It’s not pleasant,
thank you very much!
And when we ask you for
your mailing address, try to re-
member that we are not around
the block from you. Give us
your entire address, including
the ZIP code, because lots of
The same actions will take on
different qualities than they
once had. Taxing work becomes
exciting opportunity. Tensions
transform to attractions. Irrita-
tions become action items.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You don’t need much persua-
sion to do the things you enjoy.
When you find yourself strug-
gling to maintain the discipline
to complete an action, maybe
it’s not discipline you really
need to look for. Look for the
pleasure instead.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Filmmakers turn money into
stories. Songwriters turn it into
music. Investors turn it into
jobs, or, perhaps just into more
money. For you, it’s not about
the dollars but what you can do
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 5B
The score was set up
by Cleveland’s secondary,
which was called for three
penalties — one of them
Randall’s ugly hit — total-
ing 58 yards on the scor-
ing drive.
But the Browns were
able to put it away late af-
ter linebacker Joe Schob-
ert intercepted Rudolph
for the second time and re-
turned it to Pittsburgh’s 9.
On third down, May-
field, who hasn’t thrown
an interception in three
games, bought time in
the pocket and delivered
a strike to Carlson, who
jumped and reached
around Steelers lineback-
er Mark Barron to haul
in the TD pass — his first
NFL reception.
states have towns with the
same names. And oh, by the
way, when you’re eating that
snack, the crunching and bag
crumpling are like explosions in
our ears.
Please help us to help you
when you call, and be courte-
ous. We are regular people just
like you. — HERE TO HELP YOU
DEAR HERE TO HELP: I
hear you loud and clear, and
so do my readers. I’m printing
your letter because sometimes
“regular people” just need to be
reminded.
DEAR ABBY: I have a
preteen daughter, and for the
last couple of years we have
read Hanukkah books and lit
the menorah, always saying
the prayers. We are not Jewish,
but I want her to be tolerant
of all religions and cultures. Is
this disrespectful to the Jewish
community? — LOVE TO ALL IN
PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR LOVE: I don’t think so.
As long as you’re celebrating,
because Hanukkah lasts eight
days, give your daughter a little
gift each night so she can enjoy
all the benefits of the holiday
while she’s at it.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
with them.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It
will be interesting and fun to
solicit ideas about your work
and routines. Most of what
you get will be unusable, more
amusements than practical
advice. Yet they’ll still build a
bond that’s well worth the price
of admission.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). One thing about you that
doesn’t get acknowledged
nearly enough is your bravery.
Recognizing what little control
any person really has in this big
world, you go forward regard-
less, handling things all the way.
Good on you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
While every circle could use
outside influences, today’s main
enjoyment will be connecting
with people who know the same
references, history and culture
and have a few similar opinions
about it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). If you always did whatev-
er the group was into at the
moment, you’d make no impact
and have no lasting legacy. The
same would be true if you never
did it. You’ll be on trend today,
though you can easily drop off
at any time.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). Most people want
to improve, though it’s unlikely
that everything will change
simultaneously. As for you, the
one thing you choose to work on
will bring you luck and success
in other areas as well.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). With your many talents,
you sometimes hold back, mak-
ing sure others get their chance
in the sun. It will feel quite
refreshing to have the attention
on someone else for a while.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You won’t mind the hubbub
of a crowd today, perhaps
because you correctly sense
there’s an opportunity to find
what you’re looking for in a
group of strangers.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). What would you plan for
the future if you knew you would
arrive there much improved?
Such things don’t always
happen in a straightforward way
with a cumulative effect. But
consistent movement makes
progress inevitable.
Around the World in Eighty Days
SOLUTION:
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Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Tenth Avenue Church of Christ, 1828
10th Ave. N., hosts its 15th Annual
Community Thanksgiving Dinner from
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 16. Also accepting
clothing donation. For more information,
call 662-329-2270.
Southern Gospel
McBee Baptist Church, 2846 MS-
50, hosts a Southern Gospel service
at 6 p.m. Nov. 16. Special guest will be
Endless Highway of Tennessee and the
New Revivers of Columbus. Love offering
accepted. The public is invited to attend.
For more information, call 662-328-7375
or 662-549-6254.
Religious briefs
For more information, call Orlando Trainer,
662-769-0071 or email orlandotrainer@
hotmail.com.
Missionary Breakfast
The Missionary Society of Truevine
M.B. Church, 5606 Artesia Road, in
Artesia, will host a Missionary Breakfast
at 9 a.m. Nov. 23. Guest speaker will be
Pastor Abdural Lee of Sand Creek Chapel
Baptist Church in Starkville. The public is
invited to attend. For more information,
call 662-418-6854.
Anniversary Singing
Annie and the Caldwells hosts their
Anniversary Singing at 4 p.m. Nov. 24 at
the West Point Civic Center, 130 6th St.
Road, and Meadowview Church, 300
Linden Circle in Starkville, host Celebrate
Recovery at 6 p.m. every Sunday at The
Assembly Church (next to Lowe’s) and
at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at Meadowview
Church. Get help, healing and support
for any habit, hurt or hang-up using the
Christ-centered 12 steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every 2nd and 3rd Saturday, Pleasant
Ridge Faith Center hosts a prayer for the
youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church, 2221 14th Ave. N., hosts free
coffee and a prayer community outreach
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11 a.m. Nov. 17. Guest speaker will be For more information, call Annie Caldwell, Apostles Patrick Perkins invites the given
so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 5 7 3 6 1 4 8 2 9
Pastor Jamal Wilson of St. Paul Baptist 662-275-8180 or 662-295-6103. public to tune in to WTWG, radio 1050 object
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For more information, call 662-617-3508. Forgive and Live Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. the empty spaces so 9 3 5 4 7 1 2 6 8
only once. The difficulty 8 6 4 3 5 2 1 9 7
Forgive and Live meets from 6-7 p.m. that each row, each
level increases from
Motley/West Lowndes Class every 1st and 3rd Monday of each month Women Prayer, Worship Service column and each 7 1 2 8 9 6 4 5 3
Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday.
of ‘81 Reunion
Difficulty Level 11/14
in the downtown YMCA Board Room. Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd
Inquire and seek information to succeed St. S., holds a prayer and worship service the same number only once. The difficulty level
Shepherd’s Care and Share Ministry
spiritually, physically and financially and every Thursday from 5-6 p.m. Call Marie increases from Monday to Sunday.
Church, 4068 Jess Lyons Road, hosts
the Motley/West Lowndes Class of 1981 be eager to be a blessing to the com- Nabors, 662-549-4322 or 662-329-
Reunion meeting at 4 p.m. Nov. 17. munity, churches and families through 1234, for prayer requests.
Refreshments will be served. For more the Word of God. The public is invited
information, call Rev. Charlie Carter-Pres- to attend. For more information, call Pat
Fisher Douglas, 662-251-5899.
Prayer Ministry
ident, 662-435-2215 or Rev. Donald R. New Beginning Everlasting Outreach
Gore-Vice President, 662-329-8319. Ministry invites the public to call in with
Fellowship Dinner, Youth Service their prayer requests at 662-327-9843.
Surviving the Holidays Seminar Pleasant Ridge Faith Center, 923
Meadowood Baptist Church, 1512 Ridge Road, Columbus, hosts a fellow-
ship dinner and youth service every 3rd
Prayer Service
Hatley Road in Amory, hosts a Surviving Church of the Eternal Word, 106 22nd.
the Holidays Seminar from 3-5 p.m. Nov. Sunday. St. S., Columbus, holds prayer service
17 in Room 260. No cost. Child care avail- Thursday nights 5-6 p.m. Contact Marie
able. For more information, call Mead- Gospel Book Club Nabors, 662-549-4322. Church service
owood Baptist Church, 662-256-5616 or Friendship M.B. Church, 1102 12th times: Sunday school 10 a.m.; Sunday
email meadowoodamory@gmail.com. Ave. S., invites the public to join its Com- worship 11:15 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study
munity Gospel Book Club from 6-7 p.m. 7 p.m. For information, call Pastor District
Food Pantry Program the last Friday of each month to study
and share views of the Holy Bible. Open
Elder Lou Nabors, 662-329-1234.
Friendship M.B. Church, 1102 12th
Ave. S., hosts its Joyce Clemmons Food to all ages and ethnicities. For more infor-
mation, call Lillian Murray, 662-570-1974.
Fitness Transformations
Pantry program at 11 a.m. Nov. 17. Guest The Transformational Church, 2301
speaker will be Evangelist Earnestine Hen- Jess Lyons Road, hosts boxing lessons
dricks, WTWG AM 1050 Radio personal- Grief Support Group Mondays and Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.,
ity. Rev. Dr. Stanley McCrary will deliver The Oil of Joy for Grief and Mourning weight-loss boot camp Tuesdays and
message. Refreshments will be served. offers a grief support group at 6 p.m. Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both on Satur-
every 2nd Thursday of the month at days 9-11 a.m.
Laymen’s Fellowship United Christian Baptist Church, 232
The November Laymen’s Fellowship Yorkville Road East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more information, call
Youth Fellowship
meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at The Transformational Church, 2301
Mt. Pelier M.B. Church, 840 N. Jack- 662-327-0604 or e-mail unitedchristian@ Jess Lyons Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
son St. in Starkville. Message will be cableone.net. from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Games,
presented by Pastor Dr. Ronnie Tucker. prayer, service, food, & more. Transpor-
Thanksgiving dinner will be served. All Celebrate Recovery tation available. For information, call Iris
men and boys are encouraged to attend. The Assembly Church, 2201 Military Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Bishop who investigated sex abuse

accused of sex abuse
Pope Francis had picked bishop to investigate church’s
response to clergy sexual abuse in New York last month
By MICHAEL REZENDES
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — A
Roman Catholic bishop
named by Pope Francis to
investigate the church’s
response to clergy sexu-
al abuse in Buffalo, New
York, has himself been
accused of sexual abuse
of a child, an attorney for
the alleged victim notified
the church this week.
The attorney informed
Catholic officials in New
Jersey that he is prepar-
ing a lawsuit on behalf
ACROSS
1 Charity events
6 Give over
11 Banish
Buffalo Diocese, where
Bishop Richard Malone
12 Not called for
13 Bolshevik
has come under fire for
his handling of a burgeon-
leader
14 Ratchet wheel
of a client who says he I am confident I will be ing clergy abuse scandal parts
was molested by Brook- fully vindicated.” that has roiled the dio- 15 Almanac fill
lyn Bishop Nicholas Di- In a letter sent Monday cese and prompted calls 17 Base on balls
Marzio in the mid-1970s, to the church’s Newark, for his resignation. 18 Fluffy wraps
when DiMarzio was a par- New Jersey, archdiocese, “The investigation of 20 Docking site
ish priest in Jersey City. Boston attorney Mitchell the diocese of Buffalo 22 Volcano
DiMarzio said there is Garabedian said 56-year- by Bishop DiMarzio is product
no truth to the accusation. old Mark Matzek alleges tainted because of these 23 Breaks, in a
“I am just learning he was repeatedly abused allegations,” Garabedian way
about this allegation,” he by DiMarzio and a second said in an interview with 26 List of candi-
said in a statement Tues- priest, the late Rev. Albert the AP. “There needs to dates DOWN 23 Laura of “Blue
day to The Associated Mark, when he was an be a truly neutral investi- 28 Abattoir waste 1 Salon stuff Velvet”
Press. “In my nearly 50- altar boy at St. Nicholas gator to determine wheth- 29 Big hit 2 Firefighting tool 24 Naturalness
year ministry as a priest, Church and a student at er Bishop Malone should 31 Olympics 3 “Terminator” 25 Diner side dish
I have never engaged in St. Nicholas School. resign,” adding that the jersey initials franchise actress 27 Muscle con-
unlawful or inappropriate Last month, Pope Fran- investigation should be 32 Travel stops 4 Rap sheet nectors
behavior and I emphati- cis tapped DiMarzio to led by a law enforcement 33 Make coffee name 30 Try out
cally deny this allegation. investigate the church’s agency. 34 Do origami 5 Dispatched 33 Did hay work
36 Bibliography 6 “Nope” opposite 34 Punch ingre-
abbr. 7 Impressed by dient?
38 As a follower 8 “Terminator” 35 In the past
40 Distant franchise actor 37 Race finish
43 Crumpet’s 9 Temporary calm 39 Tiny

Charlottesville suit seeks to link online talk to violence cousin

44 Tubular pasta
45 Keyed up
10 Cubicle fixture
16 Zoo creature
18 Wild party
41 Low bill
42 Flowed into

‘In many ways, social media has become uals and entities, includ-
ing white supremacists,
“In many ways, social
media has become the
46 Moved side-
ways
19 Ibsen’s home
21 Computer
the Klan den of the 21st century’ of engaging in a violent
conspiracy to violate the
Klan den of the 21st centu-
ry,” said Amy Spitalnick,
symbol
Amy Spitalnick, executive director
rights of the counterdem- executive director of In-
of Integrity First for America
onstrators who gathered tegrity First for America,
By ELANA SCHOR Using a private server in Charlottesville to de- the nonprofit organization
The Associated Press on a platform designed nounce racism and an- funding the civil case.
for online gaming, sup- ti-Semitism. In fact, the lawsuit in-
The white nationalist During the weekend’s vokes a post-Civil War fed-
porters of the rally dis-
rally that took a deadly events, a neo-Nazi plowed eral law written to protect
cussed everything from
turn in Charlottesville, his car into a crowd of black Americans from op-
Virginia, during the restroom access to what counterdemonst rators, pression by the Ku Klux
summer of 2017 shocked to wear and what weapons killing a woman and in- Klan.
Americans with its front- they could legally bring juring dozens of other The case, which the
row view of hatred on the (guns, knives, pepper people. plaintiffs anticipate will
rise. But weeks before the spray) to the August rally. The 11 plaintiffs in go to trial sometime next
violence, organizers were Those online chats the lawsuit are using the year, is a bid to connect
making preparations for are now at the heart of a online conversations to online speech by far-right
the gathering in a corner lawsuit that accuses more bolster their claim of a groups to real-world vio-
of the internet. than two dozen individ- conspiracy. lence.

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to the undersigned upon the
Estate of Frances Virginia
Brown, formerly known as
Frances Virginia Harris, de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 12th day of
November 2019. This is to give
notice 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 Notice
to Creditors. A failure to so pro-
bate and register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 13th day of November
2019.
/s/ Brittany Brown, Adminis-
tratrix C.T.A.
PUBLISH: 11/15, 11/22, &
11/29/2019
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- the following sequence: 903
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
personal property to satisfy the bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc- Title to the personal property to
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol- CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 44
Beatty Road, Columbus, MS.
Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 6th day of Decem- Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
ber, A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney seq (Supp 1988).
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in 78
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc- Dae Wee Lim
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
Title to the personal property to 50
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves- A.D. 2019.
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et By: L.O.
seq (Supp 1988).
Glen Wilson
60
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 7th day of November,
A.D. 2019.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O.
Publish: 11/8, 11/15, &
11/22/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF HERBERT LLOYD MAR-
DECEASED
JEANNE MARCANTEL,
CAUSE NO. 2019-0161
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the Shoney Drive Columbus, MS,
undersigned upon the Estate of at 8:30 am on the 6th day of
Herbert Lloyd Martin, De-
ceased, by the Chancery Court continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 9th day of
September 2019. This is to
give notice to all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate
to probate and register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the drawn from the sale at any
first publication date of this No- time by the auctioneer/ man-
tice to Creditors. A failure to so ager.
probate and register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 24th day of Septem-
ber 2019.
/s/ Jeanne Marcantel
JEANNE MARCANTEL, Executrix with the following and its al-
PUBLISH: 11/1, 11/8, &
11/15/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE:
ESTATE OF RICHARD PAYNE
COX, DECEASED
MYRA KATE RICHARDSON COX,
EXECUTRIX Kitty Davis
64, 65
NO. 2019-00228-PDE
Robert Solla-Bentley
2 662−251−8590.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to
Myra Kate Richardson Cox, Ex-
ecutrix of the Estate of Richard
Payne Cox, deceased, by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the
12th day of November, 2019.
This is to give notice to all per-
sons having claims against
said estate to Probate and Re-
gister same with the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, within ninety (90) days
after the first publication of this
Notice to Creditors. A failure to
so Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
/s/ Myra Kate Richardson Cox
Myra Kate Richardson Cox, Ex-
ecutrix
OF COUNSEL:
M. Jay Nichols, MB # 10066
The Nichols Firm, PLLC
Post Office Box 1081
Columbus, MS 39703-1081
(662) 243-7330
PUBLISH: 11/15, 11/22, &
11/29/2019
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE- an eye for detail & quality.
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the Must pass drug test. Email
personal property to satisfy the resume to
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
Legal Notices
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 4504
Highway 69 South, Columbus,
MS. Auctions will begin at 8:30
A.M. on the 6th day of Decem-
ber, A.D. 2019 at 308 Shoney
Drive, Columbus, MS and will
continue to all FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
Alabama Street, Columbus,
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
drawn from the sale at any
time by the auctioneer/man-
ager.
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
with the following and its al-
lowed under Mississippi Code
Alexis Roby
Billy Ferguson
42
52
Robert Clark
70, Park3
Rochelle Jones
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 7th day of November,
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
Publish: 11/8, 11/15, &
11/22/2019
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, the following ten-
ants entered into leases with
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES for storage space in
which to store personal prop-
erty and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of rent
and FRIENDLY CITY MINI-WARE-
HOUSES pursuant to said
Leases is authorized to sell the
personal property to satisfy the
past due and any other
charges owed to it by the fol-
lowing tenants.
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will of-
fer for sale, and will sell at auc-
tion to the highest bidder for
cash all personal property in
storage units leased by the fol-
lowing tenants at FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES 308
December, A.D. 2019 and will
MINI-WAREHOUSE locations in
the following sequence: 903
Alabama Street, Columbus,
MS; 44 Beatty Road, Colum-
bus, MS; 4504 Highway 69
South, Columbus, MS. All auc-
tions are with reserve and
therefore all units can be with-
Title to the personal property to
be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, FRIENDLY
CITY MINI-WAREHOUSES will
convey only such title as is ves-
ted in it pursuant to its lease
lowed under Mississippi Code
Annotated Section 85-7-121 et
seq (Supp 1988).
AJ Budgins
155, 212
Justin Sherrod
16
Kanesha Wilson
240
Trespasser
118
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
this the 7th day of November,
A.D. 2019.
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O.
Publish: 11/8, 11/15, &
11/22/2019
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dollar repairs completed.
AND
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brick house for sale. Large 7750. Local!
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2 bedrooms, kitchen/
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR dining and step down den.
Community
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truck terminal, 9,500 sq. rental property. $12,000.
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft. 662−574−3671
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be rented together or Ads starting at $12
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separately. All w/ excellent
access & Hwy. 82 visibility. FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre Good Things To Eat
662−327−9559. lots. Good/bad credit. 10%
down, as low as $299/mo.
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$1100/mo. Serious
inquiries only. 662−328−
8655 or 662−574−7879. LOWNDES CO. 72 ACRES
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Excellent hunting tract.
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RD. $900/mo. No pets.
call 205−799−9846 or
No HUD. 662−549−2302. 205−695−2248.
Leave message.
Riverfront Property For Sale
3BR/2BA CH/A, Hwy 45 N.
Caledonia Schools. No
GREAT RENTAL OR COZY
pets. $800/mo. $800 dep. COTTAGE ON RIVER FOR
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Rentals, 662−574−0345.
in West Point. 2BR/1.5BA,
Open Mon−Fri, 8a−4p.
1.5 lot, fenced in, 50 ft.
enclosed steel slip, 40 ft.
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Travel & Entertainment
Garage Sales
UPPER NORTH
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No pets. Call 662−574−
8090 for appointment. Two free signs MUSICIANS "Use it
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Garage Sales: Other That’s how the saying
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musicians and singers
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$765/mo + $765 dep. clothes, shoes, tools, who have a God−given
8155 Hwy. 12 near Old misc. talent but are ignoring
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1191 or 662−549−9298. to click a tv remote
instead of getting out
Merchandise
Houses For Rent: Other and "turning on"folks to
Jesus!
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662−328−0770 who LOVES to play
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renovated. Like new, Magnolia Antique Mall
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H&A. Walk to MUW, 25993 West Main,
West Point happen for a dynamic
church, shops. $675/
662−494−0731 group willing to just
mo. No Pets, No HUD. step out boldly in joy
and Faith.
WEST POINT: 1BR/1BA I am looking specifically
spacious apartment. Firewood / Fuel
for guitar, keys, bass
Appliances and water
and a dynamic,
furnished. $375/mo. FIREWOOD FOR SALE. outgoing lead singer
Various lengths.
No Pets, No HUD. and back−up singers
662−295−2274.
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BA, Central H&A, new Furniture public. Young, old,
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2884. Leave a message. heart for the job. Think
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the sheer enjoyment
ARTESIA. WEST LOWNDES General Merchandise
but also we could take
SCHOOL DIST. NO PETS.
CREDIT CHECK REQ. $300 WANTED FREON R12. it to churches,
We pay CA$H. reunions, the pavilion in
DEPOSIT. RENT $475.00
R12 R500 R11. downtown Columbus on
a nice day, etc., etc. as
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Certified professionals. we desire. Practice
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Now is the right time to
month. Columbus & County Sporting Goods
USE your talent before
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have to answer to the
OPEN FOR SEASON!
Office Spaces For Rent "Bandleader up
9−5: Tues−Fri & there"as to why you let
9−12: Sat.
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Over 50 years experience! interested send me a
Repairs, cleaning,
text at (706) 575−9399
refinishing, scopes
and I will get back with
mounted & zeroed, you and collect names
handmade knives.
until we have enough
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North folks to get started. I
of West Point, turn right on
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
KNOW there must be
lots of local talent for
left on Darracott Rd, see this, so...? 706−575−
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
left. 662−494−6218.
9399
General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping Sitting With The Sick / Elderly
WORK WANTED: LET ME HELP MAKE YOUR RN NURSE seeking to sit
Licensed & Bonded− PROPERTY BEAUTIFUL w/ elderly person in home,
carpentry, painting, & FOR THE HOLIDAYS! hospital or nursing home.
demolition. Landscaping, Commercial Bush−Hogging. Light housekeeping
gutters cleaned, bush We level parking areas & included. Ask for Mary,
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help & furniture repair. Owner operated. Licensed
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Grow your business.
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