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Wright to serve as interim sheriff in December

Arledge will retire
Dec. 1 due to family
obligations
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com
Greg Wright will have his
chance to serve as Lowndes
County sheriff again after all, if
only for a month.
The board of supervisors on
Friday appointed Wright inter-
im sheriff for the month of De-
Wright Arledge
cember, after accepting Sheriff
Mike Arledge’s resignation ef-
fective Dec. 1.
Arledge, a two-term sheriff,
opted not to run for re-election
this year. He told supervisors
he decided to retire a month be-
fore his term expired because
of out-of-town family obliga-
tions that would have kept him
out of the office for most of De-
cember anyway.
Wright, who has served with
LCSO since 1991, became chief
deputy in February during the
early stages of his election
campaign for sheriff. He lost a
Republican primary runoff in
August to eventual sheriff-elect
Eddie Hawkins, a lieutenant
with the Mississippi Bureau of
Narcotics. Wright plans to re-
tire from the sheriff’s office in
January, when Hawkins’ elect-
ed term begins.
“I’m overjoyed the board of
supervisors gave me the vote of
confidence to serve as interim
sheriff,” Wright told The Dis-
patch. “My primary tasks will
be running the day-to-day oper-
ations and working with Eddie
to provide as smooth a transi-
tion as possible.”
Arledge said he approached
Hawkins about taking the reins
a month early, but the sher-
iff-elect, who was present at
Friday’s board meeting, said he
needed the rest of the year to
close out some MBN investiga-
tions before he could transition
to his new role.
During Friday’s meeting,
board of supervisors president
Harry Sanders said Wright
had offered to serve as interim
sheriff for the same pay rate he
serves as chief deputy — what
amounts to an annual salary of
$65,000 per year ($5,416.66 per
month gross). However, when
county officials contacted the
See Wright, 8A

BULLDOGS BATTLE TIDE

Education
concerns
to be raised
at annual
town hall
Chamber of commerce
hosts legislators, area
educators to answer
community’s questions
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

Those with ques-

tions for legislators
or area education
officials will have
an opportunity raise
Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports their concerns at an
Mississippi State Bulldogs running back Nick Gibson (21) runs the ball while defended by Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Shane Education Town Hall
Lee (35) during the fourth quarter at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville on Saturday. Alabama won 38-7. FULL COVERAGE, 1B. in Columbus Mon-
day. Lautzenhiser
The Columbus Lowndes Cham-
ber of Commerce Education Com-
mittee has hosted the meeting an-
nually for the last “several years,”

LINK plans to bring national attention

said committee chair Glenn Laut-
zenhiser. The goal is for business
and community members to dis-

back to Golden Triangle industry

Higgins: Visits with site consultants,
proposed spec buildings will help boost
industry after 4-year decline in investment
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
The Golden Triangle De-
velopment LINK’s average
annual investment dropped
$216 million from 2014 to
2018.
The LINK still created an
average of 303 new jobs and
invested an average of $229
million per year, which is not
bad for a rural area, CEO Joe
Max Higgins told a crowd of
about 100 stakeholders who
attended the LINK’s eco-
nomic development update
at the Communiversity on
East Mississippi Communi-
ty College’s Mayhew cam-
pus Friday. Even so, up until
2014, the LINK boasted a
$445 million average annual
investment and an average of
470 new jobs created since it
started in 2003, he said.
The LINK used to have
10 to 15 ongoing projects at
a time but is currently only
working on the North Star
Industrial Park in Starkville.
Higgins attributed the lack
of attention from consultants
and businesses to a lack
of engagement from state
leadership, including the
Mississippi
Development
Authority.
“ W e ’ v e
got to correct
this,” Higgins
said. “We’ve
built an animal
Higgins
that needs to
be fed. We’ve acquired thou-
sands of acres in all three
counties (in the Golden Tri-
angle), we’ve installed infra-
structure, we’ve done every-
thing the book says you’re
supposed to do to succeed,
but we don’t have the pipeline
of deals coming in that we can
go after.”
The LINK plans to take a
list of actions in 2020 to put
the Golden Triangle back on
the “national radar screen” of
economic development and
job growth, Higgins said:
having conversations with
current corporate partners,
bringing in consultants to vis-
it development sites and exist-
ing industries, and construct-
ing “speculative buildings,”
or empty buildings with the
goal of attracting new busi-
nesses to existing structures.
“We’re going to start burn-
ing the shoe leather,” Higgins
said. “We’re not going to be
dependent on anybody to dic-
tate our future except us.”
Friday’s meeting was the
first time since about 2014
the LINK has held a gener-
al update for stakeholders,
said Chief Operating Officer
Macaulay Whitaker. The
event used to be held annu-
ally, though she added there
See LINK, 8A
cuss the state of education in the
area with state legislators and,
this year, officials from Columbus
Municipal and Lowndes County
school districts, Mississippi School
for Mathematics and Science and
area private schools. It also gives
those educators a chance to talk
directly with lawmakers.
“If you survey the public, wheth-
er it’s here locally or around the
state or around the nation, and
you ask them what are the top five
concerns as a citizen, education
is always going to be on that list,”
Lautzenhiser said. “And more of-
ten that not, it’s going to be at the
top or very close to the top.”
The event will be held at the
Castleberry Ballroom in the Court-
yard Marriott Hotel on Sixth Street
North from 5:30-7 p.m.
Lautzenhiser said the education
committee has prepared several
questions for the panel of legisla-
tors and education officials to give
them a chance to think about their
See Town hall, 3A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

Gemma VanHaaften
First grade, Caledonia
1 The multi-use arena in Mitchell, South Dakota, Today meetings
is decorated with murals made of what agricul- Nov. 18:
■ Sundays at the Cen-
tural product? Columbus-
2 What actor played Ed Wood, Ichabod Crane ter: The Columbus Choral
Lowndes
and Whitey Bulger? Society presents “Songs
Convention and
3 To accommodate his impressive girth, Presi- of Peace, Hope and Love”
Visitors Bureau
dent Taft had an extra-large what installed in the at 2 p.m. at the Louise
Board regular
White House? Campbell Center for the
4 Who did not win the Nobel Prize in Literature meeting, 4 p.m.,
Arts, 521 Commerce St.,
— Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway or Stein- CVB office
West Point. Suggested

61 Low 35 beck? Nov. 19:

donation to the CCS, $10.
High 5 What bony structure in the human body Columbus City
Partly sunny includes the lacrimal, mandible, maxilla and Council regular
Full forecast on
zygomatic bones?
Answers, 2D Tuesday meeting, 5 p.m.,
page 3A. ■ Winter recital: Municipal Complex
Mississippi University Courtroom
for Women Department Vickie Golden has worked in aircraft Nov. 21:
Inside of Music presents a free maintenance for 30 years. She is a Columbus Light
Classifieds 1D Lifestyles 1C winter recital at 7:30 p.m. Dallas Cowboys and Mississippi State and Water utility
Comics 5D Obituaries 4A in Poindexter Hall on cam- University fan, and she recently started meeting, 12
Crossword 2D Opinions 6A pus. For more informa- a support group for women called War- p.m., CLW office
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Ask Rufus

Charles Wilburn’s ‘Go Gettin Gal’

I
remember
Charles Wilburn
of Artesia as a
top notch bird dog
trainer who had
been a pilot in World
War II. Like so
many others of the
greatest generation
I had no idea of all
he had done or his
adventures in the
“Go Gettin Gal.”
While attending
Rufus Ward
Mississippi State
in the mid 1930s, Charles had
been in the Reserve Officers’
Training Corps program. After
graduating in 1936, he was com- New Caledonia to Guadalcanal
missioned a second lieutenant.
On June 30, 1941, he was
called to active duty and pro-
moted to first lieutenant. He
then applied for and was accept-
ed for pilot training. He received a passenger on a USO show
training at several bases, with
his advanced training being at
Columbus Army Flying School
in May 1942. At Columbus he
completed about 60 hours of
twin engine flight training.
Wilburn was awarded his sil- PBY because in an emergency it
ver wings at Columbus on July
3, 1942. His first assignment
was to remain at Columbus as
an instructor.
After about a year Wilburn
was sent for additional ad-
vanced training in B-17s and
B-24s. In early March of 1944,
he departed San Francisco
for Hickham Field, Honolulu
and then reported to the US
South Pacific headquarters at
Noumea, New Caledonia. There had probably flown to more
he was assigned to be the pilot
for one of two B-24 bombers
reserved for transporting Lt.
General Milliard Harmon, com-
mander of USAFISPA and other 25 islands or bases to which
VIPs. He named his B-24 the
“Go Gettin Gal” and the “Gal”
was prominently featured in the islands Wilburn landed at reads
plane’s nose art.
About six months later, Gen.
Harmon was called to Hickham
Field to be deputy commander
of the 20th Air Force. Harmon
took his original pilot with him,
which left Wilburn as com-
manding officer of the head-
quarters flight section.
Maj. Gen. F. Gilbreath
replaced Gen. Harmon and the
command became Sopacba-
com, which han-
dled supplies for
much of the South
Pacific. Wilburn’s
job remained flying
the general, his staff
and VIPs around.
One of the duties for
the “Gal” was flying
to Australia to get
fresh milk, meat and
vegetables. Wilburn
also flew performers
around the South
Pacific to USO
shows. Among his passengers
were Jack Benny and Carol
Landis. Wilburn flew them from
where they performed among
the shot-up landing craft and
blown-up Japanese tanks that
littered the island.
Bob Hope was also to be
flight. However, Hope had flown
in to New Caledonia on a C-47
that had lost one of its engines.
Hope decided that he did not
Courtesy photo/Will Hudson
feel safe flying on a B-24 and The crew of the “Go Gettin Gal” on New Caledonia in the Pacific during World War II. As the “Gal’s” pilot, Maj.
opted to fly instead on a Navy Charles Wilburn (back row far right) flew many generals and VIPs, including Jack Benny, around the Pacific.
could land on water. for photos with the “Go Gettin
Wilburn’s last assignment Gal.”
in the war time Pacific was in What makes this story so
the Philippines. It was there poignant is that Landis had such
that Gen. Gilbreath decided he a sad personal life. She had four
wanted a smaller, faster plane unsuccessful marriages and af-
and Wilburn flew “our faithful fairs with Darryl F. Zanuck and
old B-24, the ‘Go Gettin Gal’ or Rex Harrison that ended badly.
simply ‘The Gal’ to us, down to In 1948, she was suffering from
Clark Field and turn(ed) it in.” depression and committed
Wilburn believed that he and suicide with an overdose of
his flight crew and the “Gal” Seconal.
Landis stared in the Broad-
places in the Pacific than any way play “The Lady Says Yes”
other flight crew. in 1945. A bit actress in the play
Looking at his notes I came got to know her and later wrote
across references to at least a novel taken from the Holly-
wood lives of Carol Landis, Judy
he flew. From Guadalcanal to Garland and Ethel Merman.
Iwo Jima to Okinawa, the list of The actress-turned-author
was Jaqueline Susann. Her
Courtesy photo/Will Hudson
like a who’s who of the battle- novel “The Valley of the Dolls”
This photo of Hollywood actress Carol Landis beside Major (later
fields of the Pacific Campaign. Lt. Col.) Charles Wilburn’s “Go Gettin Gal” led me to an interesting was a bestseller that has sold 31
As so often happens when I but sad story of Hollywood. Landis was on a USO tour of the Pacific million copies and became a hit
write my column, Charles Wil- with Jack Benny, and Wilburn flew them in his B-24, the “Gal”. movie. The character Jennifer
burn’s story led me to another North in the story is said to
story. There are several photos probably more than any other in the field. It is clear from have been based on Landis and
of the “Gal” in Charles’ photo major actress, took entertaining Charles’ photos of her that she Sharon Tate portrayed her in
album with another gal posing troops at USO shows to heart. enjoyed putting on the shows the movie. It is a haunting story
by her. This other gal was Carol She did shows in North Africa, and talking to and posing for that Charles’ war time photos
Landis. Landis was an up-and- England and then the Pacific. It photos with the troops. When led me to.
coming Hollywood actress was said she logged more than Charles flew her and Jack Ben- Rufus Ward is a local histo-
and a favorite GI pin-up. She, 100,000 miles visiting US troops ny to Guadalcanal, she posed rian.

Remains of long-missing Korean War soldier coming home to Mississippi

Greenwood soldier identified after North Korea repatriated
55 boxes of American service members’ remains in July
The Associated Press
GREENWOOD — A
Mississippi family will
hold a funeral next month
for a soldier who died
during the Korean War.
The remains of U.S.
Army Cpl. Joe T. Avant
were identified in Septem-
ber.
The Greenwood Com-
monwealth reported a
funeral is set for Dec. 13
in Avant’s hometown of
Greenwood.
“He will have the same
military honors of some-
one who is killed in war
today,” said his younger
sister, Delores Moore.
Avant was 20 when he
was reported missing in
action in 1950. He was de-
clared dead in 1953.
In July, the U.S. re-
ceived 55 boxes contain-
ing remains of American
service members lost
during the Korean War.
Avant’s remains were
identified from that.
“We are so thankful as
a family that we are get-
ting this closure after 69
years,” Moore said. “We
are so grateful. Our desire
is to honor our brother.”
Avant’s remains will
arrive in Jackson a couple
of days before the funeral.
Moore said many mem-
bers of the Avant family
will drive to the Jackson
airport for a ceremony by
Army members from Fort
Polk, Louisiana.
A convoy of vehicles
and the Patriot Guard
Riders, a group of motor-
cycle riders consisting of
active and retired military
service members, will ac-
company the hearse from
Jackson to Greenwood.
“The Army has been so
supportive of us as a fam-
ily during this process,”
Moore said.
The Defense POW/
MIA Accounting Agency’s
personnel profile of Avant
states, “In 2018, the North
Korean government repa-
triated 55 boxes contain-
ing the remains of Amer-
ican service members
lost during the Korean
War. One box contained
remains recovered from
the east side of the Chosin
Reservoir, which made
an association with Cpl.
Avant feasible.”
To identify Avant’s re-
mains, scientists used an-
thropological analysis and
circumstantial and mate-
rial evidence. Scientists
from the Armed Forces
Medical Examiner System
used mitochondrial DNA
and autosomal DNA and
analysis.
Members of the Avant
family had provided DNA
samples to the Depart-
ment of Defense about 20
years ago.
Avant deployed in late
1950. He served in the
Heavy Mortar Company,
31st Infantry Regiment,
7th Infantry Division. His
unit was part of the 31st
Regimental Combat Team
during the Battle of the
Chosin Reservoir. He was
reported missing in action
on Nov. 30, 1950, near the
Chosin Reservoir, North
Korea, when his unit was
attacked. After the battle,
his remains could not be
recovered.
The Defense POW/
MIA Accounting Agency
reports more than 7,600
Americans remain unac-
counted for from the Ko-
rean War.

Four more indicted in connection with July armed robbery
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Four more suspects
have been served with
indictments for a July
armed robbery, as well as
multiple other offenses, in
Lowndes County.
Terrius Monte Ar-
mistad, Jeremiah Rat-
cliff, Kajarius Anderson
and Donqarous Stewart
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Christopher Lovato,
24, was charged with two
counts of possession of a
controlled substance, pos-
session of methamphet-
amine and possession of
marijuana in a vehicle.
n Ethan Loftin, 27, was
charged with commercial
burglary, two counts of
possession of a controlled
substance and three
counts of failure to appear.
n Dallas Burkholder,
21, was charged with sex
offender address registra-
tion failure and contempt
of court.
n Echols Griffin III,
39, was charged with
possession with intent to
distribute, trafficking of
controlled substances and
seatbelt violation.
n Kenneth Harper, 55,
was charged with posses-
sion of cocaine, possession
of marijuana and speeding
21-30 mph over limit.
n Swane Angle Jr., 54,
was charged with posses-
sion of a weapon by a felon
and possession of meth-
amphetamine.
n Theodis Rhone Sr.,
54, was charged with pos-
session of marijuana-more
than one ounce, contempt
of court and failure to ap-
pear.
n Charlie Owens Jr.,
36, was charged with pos-
session of a controlled
substance and disorderly
Utility worker dies after fall from cell tower
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
OKTIBBEHA COUN-
TY — A man passed away
Saturday after falling
from a cell tower on High-
way 12 in Longview at
around 2:30 p.m.
Oktibbeha County
Around the state
Couple may be jailed for living in RV after fire gutted home
MADISON — A Mississippi couple whose home was partially gutted in a fire is
now facing fines and jail time for temporarily living in an RV while they dealt with
insurance.
WAPT-TV reports the couple’s temporary home violated their Madison home-
owner’s association code. Pam Navari says they parked the RV in their driveway
as they fought their insurance company over the settlement claim amount for the
Christmas Eve fire.
She says the city alderman and mayor signed off on the plan and said they could
get a permit if the plan was approved by Annandale Estates homeowner’s associa-
tion. Navari says the family soon received a letter from the association saying the
RV broke its code and “they felt sympathy for us and our situation, but we needed to
leave.”
Town Hall
Continued from Page 1A
answers. However, after
legislators answer those
questions, attendees will
also have the chance to
ask their own on the spot.
One issue that is al-
ways a priority for the
committee and attendees
is funding, Lautzenhiser
said.
“That has been some-
thing that’s been dis-
cussed quite often, so
certainly we want to
know what their position
is on the level of funding
for education, but we also
want to know what their
passion (for education)
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Armistad Ratcliff Anderson Stewart
were all charged with two bery. According to their
counts each of armed rob- indictments, they robbed
Area arrests
Lovato Loftin Burkholder Griffin III
Little Flores Allen Reed
Jefferson Kennedy Hughes Fason
conduct. assault by strangulation
n Anthony Culpep- and four counts of failure
per, 47, was charged with to appear.
fourth or subsequent of- n Freeman Allen, 58,
fense DUI, no headlights, was charged with posses-
no insurance and suspend- sion of a weapon by a felon
ed driver’s license. and two counts of failure
n Sherman McCoy, 30, to appear.
was charged with posses-
sion of marijuana-more The following arrests
than one ounce and do- were made by the Oktib-
mestic violence. beha County Sheriff’s Of-
n George Little, 60, fice:
was charged with grand n Demetrias Reed, 44,
larceny-more than $500 was charged with posses-
and aiding or abetting mo- sion of a weapon by a felon.
tor vehicle theft. n Jake Ivy, 29, was
n Stephen Flores, 37, charged with sale of a con-
was charged with domes- trolled substance.
tic violence-aggravated n Devonte Moore, 25,
Coroner Michael Hunt will investigate because it
confirmed that a male was a workplace incident,
utility worker fell from Hunt said.
between 76 and 90 feet Hunt could not release
in what appears to have the name and age of the
been an accident. The victim or the company he
Occupational Safety and was working for when he
Health Administration fell as of Saturday after-
has been notified and noon.
is,” he said. and all the people that
In the past, Lautzen- we depend on for goods
hiser said, there have and services, it’s just so
been as many as 100 important that they re-
people in attendance at ceive the best possible
the event, with another education and that those
4-500 watching the event of us who are adults get
stream on Facebook. He an opportunity to support
said just attending the them, encourage them
meeting is a good way to and do everything we can
show support for students to champion education
in the Columbus area. in our community,” Laut-
“Since (today’s stu- zenhiser said.
dents are) going to be The event is free and
the doctors and the law- open to the public. While
yers and the accountants it’s not mandatory, would-
the policemen and the be attendees can RSVP
firemen and the plumb- on the chamber’s Face-
ers and the electricians book page.
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two different people at Dispatch, the robbery ter shooting a woman on
gunpoint on July 9, al- occurred at a home on By- May 22.
legedly taking a car and rnes Circle in Columbus Ratcliff, Armistad and
cell phone from one victim after one of the victims let Stewart have all been
and money from another. the suspects into the resi- indicted on burglary
A fifth suspect, Devin dence. charges separate from the
Deshon Tate, was served In addition to the July 9 robbery. In Stew-
his indictment for the rob- armed robbery, Anderson art’s case, he has been
bery earlier last week. was indicted for shooting charged with five counts
According to previ- a firearm at an automobile of burglary of an automo-
ous reporting by The and aggravated assault af- bile.
Harper Angle Jr. Rhone Sr. Owens Jr. Culpepper McCoy
Ivy Moore Harris Sandifer Lindsey McCarter
Thompson Norman Bell Cunningham Wofford Bishop
was charged with proba- and holding for another charged
tion violation. agency. with a cir-
n Javontae Harris, 24, n David Kennedy, 26, cuit court
was charged with aggra- was sentenced to MDOC. order.
vated domestic violence n William Hughes, 40, n Derek
and fleeing law enforce- was charged with burglary Cunning-
ment. of a vehicle, petit larceny ham, 25,
n Tanya Sandifer, 41, and holding for another was charged
was charged with child agency. with bur- Travis
neglect. n Larry Fason, 57, was glary of a
n Kenneth Lindsey, 53, charged with a circuit residence.
was charged with fourth court order. n Ricky Wofford, 33,
offense DUI. n Kimberly Thomp- was charged with a circuit
n Jermichael McCar- son, 35, was charged with court order.
ter, 32, was charged with false pretense, petit larce- n Steven Bishop, 29,
two counts of possession ny and contempt of court. was charged with a circuit
of a weapon by a felon. n Joshua Norman, 25, court order.
n Brandon Jefferson, was charged with a circuit n Carlton Travis, 47,
25, was charged with ag- court order. was charged with proba-
gravated domestic assault n Derrick Bell, 41, was tion violation.
Ailing ex-telecom executive
Ebbers seeks release from prison
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS causing losses to stockholders, includ-
The Associated Press ing people who had invested through
retirement plans. The collapse hap-
JACKSON — A former telecommu-
pened after revelations of $11 billion
nications executive convicted in one of
in accounting fraud that included pres-
the largest corporate accounting scan-
sure by top executives on lower-level
dals in U.S. history is asking a judge to
employees to use inflated numbers to
shorten his prison sentence so he can
be released as his health deteriorates. make the company look more profit-
Bernard Ebbers led WorldCom, able.
once one of the world’s largest tele- Ebbers was convicted in New York
communications companies. The Mis- in 2005 on securities fraud and other
sissippi-based WorldCom collapsed charges and received a 25-year sen-
and went into bankruptcy in 2002, tence.
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Peggy Randle
STARKVILLE —
Peggy A. Randle, 59,
died Nov. 14, 2019, in
West Point.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Nather Turner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
— Nather Lee Turner,
92, died Nov. 11, 2019,
in Birmingham.
Services were at 1
p.m. Saturday at Otts
Funeral Home Chapel,
with the Rev. Johnnie
Dover officiating. Buri-
al followed at Shiloh
Cemetery. Visitation
was two hours prior to
services at the funeral
home. Otts Funeral
Home of Sulligent was
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Turner was
born March 29, 1927,
in Sulligent, to the late
Preston Darnell and
Annie Hollis. She was
a graduate of Lamar
County Training School
and was formerly
employed on her family
farm, Detroit Slacks
and the Lamar County
Department of Human
Resources. She was
a member of Shiloh
C.M.E. Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, Robert
Edward Turner; son,
Mark Turner; sisters,
Alma Hollis, Adean
Bankhead, Willie Bank-
head, Mildred Turner
and Alean Turner; and
brothers, Shelby Dar-
nell, Chester Darnell,
Branden Darnell and
Mark Darnell.
She is survived by
her sons, Robert Turner
of Sulligent and How-
ard Turner of Kenne-
dy; daughters, Debra
LaBon of Palmdale,
Georgia, and Faynita
London of Birming-
ham; 14 grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren;
and one great-great-
grandchild.
Pallbearers were
Rector Johnson, Ah-
mad Walker, Larry
Blanchard, Albert Met-
calf, Howard Turner
and Herbert Johnson.
Joyce Heritage
MCSHAN, Ala. —
Joyce Cook Heritage,
81, died Nov. 14, 2019,
at Hospice of West
Alabama.
Services are at 2
p.m. today at Min-
eral Springs Baptist
Church, with the Rev.
David Blakney officiat-
ing. Burial will follow at
the church cemetery.
Visitation is one hour
prior to services at the
church. Skelton Funer-
al Home of Reform is
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Area obituaries
in charge of arrange- ceded in death by her Robert Gaskin follow at Memorial He is survived by his
ments. husband, Harold Bill Garden Cemetery in sons, Darrin Randle,
STARKVILLE —
Mrs. Heritage was Moore; sisters, Juanita Robert Lee Gaskin, 87, Columbus. Visitation Drew Clark, Gerald
born April 28, 1938, Hildreth and Maggie died Nov. 15, 2019, at will be from 1-6 p.m. Jackson, Antorine Ran-
in Reform, to the late May Miller; brother, Starkville Manor Nurs- Monday at West Me- dle, Barrin Simpson
J. D. Cook and Dessie Jack Britt; and one ing Home. morial Funeral Home. and Demont Simpson;
Howard Cook. She was grandchild. A graveside service West Memorial Funeral and daughters, Tiffany
formerly employed with She is survived by will be held at 3 p.m. Home of Starkville is Tate and Delois Simp-
her daughters, Jane
First National Bank today at Monte Vista in charge of arrange- son.
of Central Alabama Hall and Joan Waddell; ments. See Obituaries, 5A
Cemetery in Clarkson,
and was a member of three grandchildren;
with the Rev. Terry
Mineral Springs Baptist and nine great-grand-
Butler officiating.
Church. children.
Visitation is from 1-2
In addition to her Memorials may be
p.m. prior to services at
parents, she was pre- made to the Palmer
Welch Funeral Home.
ceded in death by her Home for Children, P.O.
Box 746, Columbus, MS Welch Funeral Home of
sister, Jean Lancaster;
39703. Starkville is in charge
and one grandchild.
of arrangements.
She is survived by
Mr. Gaskin was born
her husband, Willard Kathryn Flynn to the late George and
Heritage of McShan; BRANDON — Kath-
Sarah Gaskin. He was
daughters, Jeana Bell of ryn Ann Flynn, 44, died
formerly employed as a
Terry and Kathy Heri- Nov. 13, 2019, at Merit
dairy farmer.
tage of Gordo; son, Jack Health Rankin.
In addition to his
Heritage of McShan;
Charles Lawrence
Services will be
sisters, Jeanette David- parents, he was preced-
at 11 a.m. Monday at
son of Savannah, Geor- ed in death by his wife,
Tisdale-Lann Memorial
gia and Bettye Cook Polly Gaskin; sons, Lee
Funeral Home, with
of Auburn; and a host Junior Gaskin and Ed- Charles Edward “Slick”
Michael Flynn officiat-
of grandchildren and die Gaskin; one broth- Lawrence, 98, a WWII Army
ing. Burial will follow
great-grandchildren. er; and two sisters. veteran and Purple Heart
at Sullivan Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Visitation will be one He is survived by recipient, born in Pickens
Jesse Reece, Jeff Sey- hour prior to services his daughters, Betty County, AL, and longtime
mer, Chipper Seymer, at the funeral home. Brown of Starkville resident of Smyrna, GA, died
Billy Strickland, Gary Tisdale-Lann Memo- and Shirley Biggers of peacefully at home in Ponce
Eupora; sons, Bobby Inlet, FL, on October 15th.
Manning and Ken rial Funeral Home of
Gaskin and Joe Gaskin, He was preceded in death
Shirley. Aberdeen is in charge
Memorials may be of arrangements. both of Maben; eight by his beloved wife, Alice; and
grandchildren; and 12 oldest son, Eddie.
made to Hospice of Mrs. Flynn was born
West Alabama, 3851 Aug. 8, 1975, in Pueblo, great-grandchildren. He is survived by his children, Nancy Argo,
Becky Taylor (Stephen) and Steve Lawrence; 8
Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Colorado, to Rebecca
Andrew Simpson grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
AL 35404 or to Min- Dominquez Flynn and
STARKVILLE — Services will be held at Tabernacle United
eral Springs Baptist the late Fredrick Flynn.
Andrew J. Simpson, Methodist Campground during Campmeeting in
Church, 177 TB Wood- In addition to her
68, passed away in Ethelsville, AL, on July 19, 2020, at 2:30 PM.
ard Jr. Road, Reform, mother, she is survived
Starkville. Memorials can be made to Tabernacle
AL 35481. by her daughter, Ava
Services will be at Campground, 208 Arrowfeather Dr. NE,
Hamlin of Morton;
Meridianville, AL 35759.
Doris Moore sons, Tyler Flynn of 1 p.m. Tuesday at St.
LUCEDALE — Do- Starkville and Noah Matthew M.B. Church Paid Obituary
ris Britt Moore, 90, Hamlin of Morton; in Artesia. Burial will
sister, Debra Flynn of
Cathy Higdon
died Nov. 14, 2019, at
George County Region- Pensacola, Florida; and
al Hospital. brother, Michael Flynn
Services were at 11 of Baton Rouge, Loui- Willie Catherine “Cathy” Higdon, age 58, died
a.m. Saturday at Cock- siana. Thursday November 14, 2019, at Monroe Region-
rell Funeral Home. al Hospital in Aberdeen.
Burial followed at Annelle Hochhauser A memorial service will be held at a date to
Brooksville Cemetery. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. be announced. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral
Visitation was from — Annelle Gunter Home & Crematory, Second Avenue North loca-
10:30-11 a.m. prior to Hochhauser, 67, died tion, has been entrusted with the arrangements.
services at the funeral Nov. 16, 2019, at Ft. Cathy was born on June 17, 1961, in Brazil,
home. Cockrell Funeral Sanders Regional Medi- Mississippi, to the late W.T. and Inez Irby Pinion.
Home of Macon was cal Center in Knoxville, She attended Living Faith Tabernacle Church.
in charge of arrange- Tennessee. Teresa Flores In addition to her parents she was preceded in
ments. Arrangements are Visitation: death by her brothers, Robert, Wayne and Tom-
Mrs. Moore was incomplete and will be Sunday, Nov. 17 • 2-3 PM my.
College St. Location
born Aug. 17, 1929, in announced by Memori- Services: She leaves to cherish her memory, her sister,
Noxubee County, to the al Gunter Peel Funeral Sunday, Nov. 17 • 3 PM Alice Rushing; her beloved niece, Holly I. Rush-
Home and Crematory, College St. Chapel ing; her son, Dennis Parker; her brother, Charles
late Jay Harlan and Dai- Burial
sy Pearl Beaman Britt. College Street location. Friendship Cemetery Pinion; sister-in-law, Nancy Pinion; beloved
She attended Brooks- friend, Jimmy Higdon; and several nieces and
ville High School and Sandra Clegg Cathy Higdon nephews.
was formerly employed COLUMBUS — San- Memorial Service: Cathy’s family would like to thank the medical
Held At A Later Date
as a supervisor with dra J. Clegg, 73, died 2nd Ave. North Location
staffs at Baptist Memorial Hospital and Monroe
the Cinderella Garment Nov. 16, 2019, at Bap- Regional Hospital for their excellent and profes-
Factory and with the tist Memorial Hospi- sional care.
T-W-L Store in Macon. tal-Golden Triangle.
She was a member Arrangements are
of Heritage Baptist incomplete and will be memorialgunterpeel.com
Church in Lucedale. announced by Lown-
In addition to her des Funeral Home of Sign the online guest book at
parents, she was pre- Columbus. www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Winford Swedenburg
Winford Swedenburg, 91, of Crawford, MS,
passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospital-GT.
Visitation was Friday, November 15, 2019,
from 10:30 to 11:15 AM at Good Shepard Episco-
pal. Funeral service followed at 11:15 AM, with
Rev. Sandra DePriest officiating.
Mr. Swedenburg was born January 18, 1928,
in Greene County, AL, to the late Evelyn Hidrick
and Walter Swedenburg. He was a 1947 graduate
from Lee High School. Mr. Swedenburg served
in the United States Navy during the Koren Con-
flict. He was a dairy farmer, then a cattle farmer
to a soybean farmer. He was an avid golfer for
many years, enjoyed going to MSU basketball,
baseball and football games. Mr. Swedenburg
was involved in 2 supper clubs and a holiday club.
He enjoyed playing tennis with his children and
nieces and nephews. Mr. Swedenburg loved gar-
dening.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Swedenburg is
preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Marjo-
rie Dou Mullens Swedenburg; grandchild, Zach
Swedenburg; and brother, Red (Dot Cook) Swe-
denburg.
Mr. Swedenburg is survived by his daughter,
Shelly (Rusty) Russell; son, David Swedenburg;
grandchildren, Shannon (Elliott) Dismukes and
Windy (James) Dunnum; great-grandchildren,
Kaetlyn (Terry Logan) Dismukes, Tyler Bolt-
wood, Tristin Dismukes, Damien Sansing, Aubry
Sansing and Bella Sansing; great-great-grand-
child, Ella Kate Logan; brothers, Billy (Shirley)
Swedenburg and Rex (Patty) Swedenburg; and a
host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorials may be made to the Palmer Home
for Children P.O. Box 746 Columbus, MS 39703
or Helping Hands 223 22nd St. N. Columbus, MS
39701.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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MARCH FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

Mississippi State University student Kristen Killgore reads a list of demands Climate
Reality Campus Corps members would like to see MSU meet prior to the March for
a Cleaner Campus Friday in Starkville. “I want to make it clear that this march is not
just a march for awareness. This march is a call for action, to encourage the univer-
sity to pursue a more sustainable and, one day, carbon-neutral campus,” Killgore
said. Demands included the hiring of a sustainability coordinator by the end of the
fiscal year, an update in the college’s climate action plan to transition to 50 percent
renewable energy by 2030 and the addition of a fourth student representative seat
on MSU’s sustainability committee.

Sandy Hook lawsuit could force

Remington to open books
Supreme Court will allow
families of victims of the
2012 Sandy Hook school
massacre to sue the maker
of the AR-15 used in attack
By LISA MARIE PANE
The Associated Press
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme
Court has upended a longstanding legal
roadblock that has given the gun indus-
try far-reaching immunity from lawsuits
in the aftermath of mass killings.
The court this week allowed families
of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school
massacre to sue the maker of the AR-15
used in the attack. The case against Rem-
ington will now proceed in the Connecti-
cut courts.
Remington is widely expected to win
the case, but critics of the gun industry
are eyeing what they see as a signifi-
cant outcome even in the face of defeat:
getting the gunmaker to open its books
about how it markets firearms.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs are certain
to request that Remington turn over
volumes of documents as part of the dis-
covery phase, providing a rare window
into the inner-workings of how a major
gun manufacturer markets its weapons.
Those materials might include company
emails, memos, business plans and cor-
porate strategies, or anything that might
suggest the company purposely market-
ed the firearm that may have compelled
the shooter to use the weapon to carry
out the slaughter.
The plaintiffs also believe the ruling
will put gun companies on notice about
how they conduct business knowing they
could wind up in the courts in similar
fashion.
“If the industry wakes up and under-
stands their conduct behind closed doors
is not protected, then the industry itself
... will take steps to try to help the mas-
sive problem we have instead of do noth-
ing and sit by and cash the checks,” said
Joshua Koskoff, the Connecticut attorney
who represents a survivor and relatives
of nine victims who died at the Newtown,
Connecticut, school on Dec. 14, 2012.

Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — He
was proud of his reputa-
tion as a practitioner of
political dirty tricks and
frequently boasted about
the extent of his contacts
and the depth of his insid-
er information.
Now Roger Stone,
a longtime friend and
ally of President Donald
Trump, faces a prison
sentence for a collection
of crimes that essentially
amounts to exaggerating
how much he knew, then
lying and scrambling to
keep those boasts from
being exposed.
Stone was convicted
Friday of all seven counts
in a federal indictment
that accused him of lying
to Congress, tampering
with a witness and ob-
structing the House in-
vestigation into whether
the Trump campaign co-
ordinated with Russia to
tip the 2016 election.
He is the sixth Trump
aide or adviser to be con-
victed of charges brought
as part of special counsel
Robert Mueller’s Russia
investigation.

Obituaries
Continued from Page 4A

Mary Aldridge her son, Jimmy Ray Sonny McLellan offici-

VERNON, Ala. —
Mary Nan Aldridge, 85,
died Nov. 15, 2019, at
Generations of Vernon.
Services are at 3
p.m. today at Chandler
Funeral Home Chapel,
with Eddie Finch and
Glen Butler officiat-
ing. Burial will follow
at Bethel Cemetery.
Visitation is one hour
prior to services at the
funeral home. Chan-
dler Funeral Home of
Vernon is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Aldridge was
born Jan. 26, 1934, in
Lamar County, to the
late Andrew and Tezzie
Robertson. She was
formerly employed
as a bookkeeper at a
hardware store and was
a member of Vernon
Church of Christ.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
Aldridge Jr.; brothers,
Paul Robertson, Avery
Robertson and Fred
Robertson; and sister,
Sue Pennington.
She is survived by
her daughter, Rebecca
Standridge of Vernon;
sister, Frances Hardy
of Vernon; two grand-
children; and three
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Brian Robertson, John
Paul Robertson, Andy
Robertson, Chris Rob-
ertson, Ray Penning-
ton, Alan Pennington,
Lance Pennington and
Thomas Pennington.
Rachel White
VERNON, Ala. —
Rachel Lynn Redus
White, 47, died Nov. 14,
2019, at her residence.
Services were at 2
p.m. Saturday at Mt.
Olive Church of Christ,
with Ricky McGee and
ating. Burial followed
at the church ceme-
tery. Visitation was
one prior to services
at the church. Chan-
dler Funeral Home of
Vernon was in charge of
arrangements.
Ms. White was born
May 1, 1972, in Vernon,
to Ronnie and Belva
Jean Price Redus. She
was formerly employed
as a tax preparer and
was a member of Mt.
Olive Church of Christ.
In addition to her
parents, she is survived
by her son, Trey Wheel-
er of Chelsea; daugh-
ters, Hillary Bradford
and Kenlyn White, both
of Vernon; brothers,
John Redus, Tim Redus
and Paul Redus; and
five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Randal Price, Ryan
Price, Tim Redus, John
Redus, Daniel Redus
and Luke Redus.
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Our View

Roses and thorns

A rose to the
city of Colum-
bus for opening
a shelter for
citizens in need
at the police
department this week. Origi-
nally meant to be an overnight
space for people who had no
other shelter from the cold,
city officials made it a 24-hour
shelter through Friday in light
of persistent cold, and often
sub-freezing temperatures.
Five citizens utilized the shel-
ter, according to city officials.
A rose to
all the organi-
zations in the
Golden Trian-
gle planning
Thanksgiving
meals and turkey drives for the
needy this year. In Columbus,
several organizations – includ-
ing the Community Benefit
Committee, Columbus Parks
and Recreation and Salvation
Army plan to deliver more than
1,800 meals this Thanksgiving.
Columbus resident Annie Bar-
ry organizes the drive, now in
its 25th year. There’s also the
mayor’s Thanksgiving lunch
for senior citizens planned in
Columbus this week, and the
Jive Turkey Jam Nov. 29 in
Starkville, where donated food
will go to local food pantries.
A rose of best
wishes to Lown-
des County Sher-
iff Mike Arledge
after his 16
years of elected
service – including eight years
as sheriff and another eight as
justice court judge. Arledge
announced on Friday he will
retire as of Dec. 1, a month ear-
lier than his last term is set to
expire, because of out-of-town
family obligations. Chief Depu-
ty Greg Wright will be interim
sheriff until sheriff-elect Eddie
Hawkins takes the reins in Jan-
uary. Arledge opted not to run
for re-election this year.
A rose to
Columbus Mu-
nicipal School
District and
Columbus Light and Water
for signing a memorandum of
understanding to help provide
students free home internet
access. Students often don’t
have internet access at home,
leaving them without an
immediate way to do research
or web-based homework
assignments after school.
CMSD leadership is making
clear with this initiative that
it is serious about providing
students the tools they need
for higher achievement on and
off campus.

Possumhaw
Early preparations for winter
“My favorite
winter activity
is going back in-
side and putting
my pajamas
on.”
Anonymous
Just when
I was busy
flipping closets
from summer
to fall, hanging Shannon Bardwell
the door wreath
and pinning orange, red and yellow
silk leaves to the cedar lapboards, all
in an effort to welcome in the autumn
season, winter hit overnight. Tem-
peratures plummeted to 15 degrees by
morning.
Beforehand, heat lamps went into
the greenhouse, outside water spigots
were covered or turned off, the pro-
pane stove was lit, extra-thick knitted
afghans were scattered about the
sitting areas. Kitchen and bathroom
cabinet doors were left open, the bunny
house was covered with sleeping bags
and a light bulb was added for a bit of
heat. Ditto a light in the well house.
These are all the usual preparations
for winter but usually not by mid-No-
vember while acorns are still pinging
off the tin roof. The cats were in and
out frequently as their outside water
bowls froze. The ducks were fed extra
and went on their merry way. The
goldfish and the bream were OK. One
rabbit’s water bottle froze. I thawed it
out in the kitchen sink and moved the
bottle closer to the lightbulb for the
next night.
Looks like the forecast is for more
nights in the 30s. The preview of freez-
ing temperatures has us pretty much
ready. There was a time when we had
electric heat, propane heat and a wood-
stove. The woodstove finally went the
way of the bag phone after Sam retired.
Chopping and hauling wood, stoking
fires at midnight and cleaning out
ashes had lost its charm. The propane
fireplace with its fixed logs works fine
and gives the room a coziness without
all the labor.
Part of the split rail fence was
knocked down the night of the heavy
winds, so Sam ventured to town to
pick up supplies. I requested birdseed,
chopped duck corn, and deer corn
while he was heading that way. We
don’t always put out deer corn as it’s
an attractant for any and every thing. I
suggested the timer on the deer feeder
be set for a short time just before twi-
light. That way we could see the deer,
which is the whole point, but it would
be unlikely varmints would come out
that early. I’ve seen deer lurking along
the tree line at twilight.
In the cold of night, the Prairie
petunias bit the dust and every leaf
from the Hachiya persimmon tree was
gone. The persimmons hang alone like
Christmas balls on a Charlie Brown
Christmas tree. I plucked two persim-
mons and fed them to the rabbits. The
rabbits ate every bit. It’s a good use for
frozen Hachiya persimmons.
If the weather stays really cold, it
will be time to think of some indoor
activities. I like to check back with
Gladys Tabor in her book “Stillmeadow
Daybook.” Cold temperatures bring reading, listening to music, knitting, that suits your fancy.
time for puzzles, board games, card sewing, painting, fly-tying, woodwork- Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
games, conversations, birdwatching, ing, whittling, or any engaging activity Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.

Letters to the editor

Voice of the people

In response to Lee Roy Lollar
& Raymond Gross
The truth matters.
Gross: The attempt by the
Democrats to defame our presi-
dent (pathological liar) is show-
ing the world how anti-Ameri-
can the Democratic party is.
In KY., a governor who
picked fights loses a big one.
Matt Bevin, KY’s Republi-
can governor, conceded defeat
after a re-canvass of votes
confirmed the victory of Andy
Beshear, a Democrat.
So, is KY. anti-American?
Nov. 5, Virginia election:
Democrats take full control
of state for the first time in a
GENERATION.
Not bad for a one night
stand.
Did you mean to say instead
of the Democrats being an-
ti-American, they are anti-Re-
publican?
Lollar: He disagrees with
calls for impeachment.
The Mueller investigation
that took two years, cost tens of
millions of dollars, and nothing
was proven.
If you don’t care about
America, you are against
Trump.
Mueller has indicted, con-
victed or gotten guilty pleas
from 34 people, 3 companies,
including top advisors to Pres-
ident Trump, Russian spies
and hackers with ties to the
Kremlin.
Paul Manafort, at one time
Trump’s campaign manager,
because of his conviction, had
to forfeit to the government
$42M-$46M in real estate and
cash. Our government will
actually make a profit from the
investigation.
Now, if you had said the
investigation of Hillary and
Benghazi by Trey Gowdy and
the Republicans for over two
years cost our government mil-
lions and nothing was proven,
you would have been correct.
I believe it to be impossible
to defend a pathological liar
(Trump) by telling the truth.
James E. Hodges
Columbus
Re: Mr. Gross 11/15 letter
I do not often get the op-
portunity to publicly criticize
writing style, but when the
error is so glaring, it is irresist-
ible. One cannot ask inaccurate
questions. One can include
inaccurate statements in the
preface that often character-
izes Congressional inquiries,
but a question contains no
statements that can be false. A
statement and a question are
different parts of speech. The
same goes for “shifty.” How
can a question be shifty? Think
about how that would work. I
admit there are leading ques-
tions, such as “Do you still beat
your wife?” I heard no such
questions.
This is just my opening
amusement, like the “host of
socialist.” The real issue in Mr.
Gross’ letter was his startling
gall in referring to Mr. Putin as
the “buddy” of Mr. Obama and
Mr. Biden. President Trump
has shown himself to be practi-
cally in the thrall of Mr. Putin,
and to try to tag those two men
with that black mark rises to
high comedy.
As for a “constructive plat-
form,” I assume that Mr. Gross
means a platform that leaves all
social benefits in the dust. I in-
vite Mr. Gross to explain what
a constructive platform would
be for the Democratic Party.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
Some thoughts on the on-
going impeachment process
Some Republican legislators
are saying ‘All the evidence
regarding the President’s
attempts to extort the Ukraine
is hearsay — third- or fourth-
hand.’ Then why do they want
to hear from and identify the
whistleblower who only relayed
what they’d heard from others?
To be clear, that makes no
sense at all — when all the
events detailed by the whis-
tleblower were indirect, and,
more importantly, have been
completely corroborated by
non-partisan public testimony
from Ambassador Taylor and
others.
Some Republican legislators
asked in yesterday’s public tes-
timony by Ambassador Taylor
and Deputy Assistant Secre-
tary of State, George Kent,
‘Did you hear this directly
from the President?’ But they
carefully avoid the fact that
the White House has blocked
testimony under oath of the
very people who were present,
like National Security Advisor,
John Bolton, and Secretary of
State, Mike Pompeo.
That’s like if I were to rob
a bank but then be allowed to
prevent the testimony of the
bank employees that watched
me do it — and then complain
when employees 2 floors up
testify about what they heard
from the tellers.
And, for good measure,
the State Department, under
orders from Secretary Pompeo,
has refused to turn over doc-
uments and notes written by
those who are testifying. Flat
out refused. I smell a cover-up.
Some Republican legislators
are saying ‘- they got the mon-
ey, what’s the big deal? This
can’t be extortion.’ This con-
veniently ignores the fact that
the money started to flow only
after the whistleblower report
became public. And they also
want to avoid the fact that the
Department of Justice tried to
block the release of that report
to Congress in the first place. I
smell a cover-up.
Some Republican legisla-
tors are saying ‘they did not
succeed so it’s not an impeach-
able offense’. They can’t be
serious — attempting murder
or robbery is still a crime.
What is this country coming
to when the President’s sup-
porters — members of Con-
gress who swore to uphold the
Constitution first before any-
thing else — twist themselves
into pretzel shapes to overlook
his mob-boss behaviors?
Now, what to talk about
next? Trump’s ties to Putin?
Trump’s business ties to
countries with dictatorships?
Stephen Miller, Trump top aide
and not-so-secret white nation-
alist? With so much to choose
from, it’s going to be a tough
decision.
Paul Mack
Columbus
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Trump intervenes in military Stocks end week

justice cases, grants pardons
‘For more than 200 years, presidents have
used their authority to offer second chances to
deserving individuals, including those in uniform
who have served our country’
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President
Donald Trump has pardoned a for-
mer U.S. Army commando set to
stand trial next year in the killing
of a suspected Afghan bomb-maker
and a former Army lieutenant con-
victed of murder for ordering his
men to fire upon three Afghans,
killing two, the White House an-
nounced late Friday.
The commander in chief also
ordered a promotion for a decorat-
ed Navy SEAL convicted of posing
with a dead Islamic State captive in
Iraq.
White House press secretary
Stephanie Grisham said in a writ-
ten statement that the president is
responsible for ensuring the law is
enforced and that “mercy is grant-
ed,” when appropriate.
“For more than 200 years, pres-
idents have used their authority to
offer second chances to deserving
individuals, including those in uni-
form who have served our coun-
try,” she said. “These actions are in
keeping with this long history.”
Trump said earlier this year that
he was considering issuing the par-
dons.
“Some of these soldiers are peo-
ple that have fought hard and long,”
he said in May. “You know, we teach
them how to be great fighters, and
then when they fight sometimes
they get really treated very unfair-
ly.” At the time, Trump acknowl-
edged opposition to the possible
pardons by some veterans and oth-
er groups and said he could make a
decision after trials had been held.
One of the pardons went to Maj.
Mathew Golsteyn, a former Green
Beret accused of killing a suspect-
ed bomb-maker during a 2010 de-
ployment to Afghanistan. Golsteyn
was leading a team of Army Special
Forces at the time and believed
that the man was responsible for an
explosion that killed two U.S. Ma-
rines.
He has argued that the Afghan
was a legal target because of his be-
havior at the time of the shooting.
The second pardon went to 1st
Lt. Clint Lorance, who had been
convicted of murder for ordering his
soldiers to fire upon three unarmed
Afghan men in July 2012, killing
two. Lorance has served more than
six years of a 19-year sentence at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Trump also ordered a promotion
for Special Warfare Operator 1st
Class Edward Gallagher, the Navy
SEAL convicted of posing with a
dead Islamic State captive in Iraq
in 2017. Gallagher was in line for a
promotion before he was prosecut-
ed, but he lost that and was reduced
in rank after the conviction.
of milestones at new
highs; Dow tops 28,000
By ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer
Wall Street closed out the week with more
milestones Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial
Average crossed 28,000 for the first time and the
S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs.
Health care and technology stocks powered
most of the broad rally, which helped drive the
S&P 500 to its sixth straight weekly gain. The
Dow extended its streak of weekly gains to four.
Investors have been encouraged by surpris-
ingly good corporate earnings, three interest rate
cuts by the Federal Reserve and data showing the
economy is still growing solidly. Hopes that the
U.S. and China can make progress in their latest
push for a trade deal have also helped keep inves-
tors in a buying mood.
“Over the past week the market absorbed a
number of challenging trade headlines, and it
didn’t go down,” said Willie Delwiche, investment
strategist at Baird. “It might just be the case that
with positive momentum, after not having had a
chance to pull the market down, the bulls stepped
in again and said: ‘Let’s keep this thing going.’”
The S&P 500 index rose 23.83 points, or 0.8
percent, to 3,120.46.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained
222.93 points, or 0.8 percent, to 28,004.89. The
Nasdaq composite climbed 61.81, or 0.7 percent,
to 8,540.83.

Mormon
leader: We
didn’t leave
Boy Scouts,
they left us
Church cut ties
with the Boy
Scouts in 2018
and will begin
its own youth
initiative in 2020
By GARY FIELDS
and BRADY McCOMBS
The Associated Press

NEW YORK — A
high-ranking leader with
The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
said Friday the church
severed its century-long
tie with the Boy Scouts of
America because the or-
ganization made changes
that pushed it away from
the church.
“The reality there is we
didn’t really leave them;
they kind of left us,” said
M. Russell Ballard, a
member of a top governing
panel of the church called
the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles. “The direction
they were going was not
consistent to what we feel
our youth need to have...to
survive in the world that
lies ahead for them.”
Ballard is in New York
City to lead events with
young adult church mem-
bers and talk about prepa-
rations for the faith’s bi-
centennial next April.
During an interview,
he talked about topics as
diverse as the church’s
support for medical mar-
ijuana, incivility in daily
life and political discord.
The Latter-day Saints
decided in 2018 to cut ties
with the Boy Scouts of
America and begin its own
youth initiative in 2020 af-
ter declining membership
prompted the Boy Scouts
of America to open its
doors to openly gay youth
members and adult volun-
teers as well as girls and
transgender youth.

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have been stakeholder
meetings over the last four
years to make important
announcements.
‘Enough swings
at the plate’
Higgins said he and his
staff will visit the head-
quarters of the biggest
three companies with
Golden Triangle locations
next year: Paccar in Wash-
ington D.C., International
Paper in Memphis and
Steel Dynamics Inc. in In-
diana.
“We’re going to go to
their corporate offices and
we’re going to find out if
they’re happy here and
we’ll say, ‘What do you
need to be more success-
ful here?’” Higgins said.
The LINK will also
work with local and state
governments to create
a speculative building
program for most of the
Golden Triangle. Some
companies are more likely
to move into an area if a
building is already there
waiting for them, Higgins
said.
Marc McGee, direc-
tor of the Research and
Technology Corporation
at Missis-
sippi State
Universit y,
said he ful-
ly supports
bringing a
speculative
building to
the North McGee
Star Indus-
trial Park.
“Companies want to
move quickly, and a spec
building gives you that op-
tion (and) also gives you
the ability to modify it to
the company’s needs,” he
said.
Having more local jobs
will incentivize graduates
of both MSU and EMCC
Joe Max Higgins delivers an update during the Golden Triangle Development LINK
meeting on Friday at the East Mississippi Community College Communiversity.
During the meeting, he and his team spoke about the Golden Triangle Regional
Workforce Analysis results and outlined plans the LINK has to further recruit indus-
try to Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay counties.
to stay in the region and
contribute to the local
workforce and economy,
he said.
Since site consultants
are not reaching out to
the LINK, the LINK will
reach out to them to pro-
mote the opportunities
and growth of the region,
Higgins said. The dips
in consultant visits and
newly created jobs were
explainable during the
Great Recession of the late
2000s, but the national
economy has basically re-
covered and Mississippi’s
potential should be recog-
nized, he said.
Higgins said he hopes a
new governor and admin-
istration coming to Jack-
son in 2020 will help bring
the Golden Triangle back
to national attention.
“If we get enough
swings at the plate, we’re
going to win a certain
amount of them,” he said.
“We’re just not even get-
ting to go to the plate.”
Local workforce
During Friday’s event,
Whitaker also presented
findings of a study on the
Golden Triangle’s work-
force the LINK conduct-
ed with Tennessee-based
advertising agency
Younger Associates. The
study found that more
than 46,000 people both
live and work in Lown-
des, Oktibbeha and Clay
counties. More than
5,700 commute to work
from the neighboring
eight counties, and more
than 2,200 commute
from the Golden Triangle
to work in neighboring
counties.
Most of the 744 indi-
viduals surveyed said
they would change jobs if
it meant they would earn
an additional $5 per hour
and get better benefits,
Whitaker said. A similar
survey in 2007 showed a
majority of people would
change jobs for only 5
cents more per hour.
of you has thought that Courtney Taylor told The
at some point in your life: Dispatch that engaging
‘Why is that person work- with and exposing high
ing here? I bet they have school students to the
the ability to do some- opportunities available
thing else,’” Whitaker at EMCC and in the local
said. “All of these people
are spots on the wage
workforce will help both
the Communiversity and
ladder, and we need to future members of the
move those quality indi- workforce achieve their
viduals out so someone goals.
else can move in. A first
“Part of that will be
job for a high school or
informing and inspiring,
college student, or some-
showing
one who’s re-entering the
them the
workforce.”
The Communiversity facilities,
bringing
had 17 percent of its stu-
dents pursuing techni- them to
industry
cal degrees in 2018, and
EMCC officials want to tours, all
increase it to 40 percent, the broad Taylor
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
president Scott Also- things to
brooks said. help encourage them to
Incoming Communi- look at these options,”
versity executive director Taylor said.
“That either says
you’re underemployed
and you
know that
you’re more
valuable, or
that they’re
really go-
ing to have
to get you
out of your Whitaker
job because
you like it and you’ve got
a good situation,” Whita-
ker said.
Additionally, only half
of the part-time work-
ers surveyed who would
change jobs wanted to
become full-time. This
provides a “marketing
challenge” for the LINK
to try to convince people
getting by in their cur-
rent professional situa-
tions to be more “aspira-
tional,” Whitaker said.
She gave the example
of retail or fast food em-
ployees who might have
big dreams.
“Each and every one

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state auditor’s office, they learned state
law required sheriffs to make a salary
equivalent to $90,000 per year ($7,500
per month). That means Wright will
gross a $2,083.33 raise in December.
“I commend you for being willing to
do that,” Sanders told Wright regarding
working for the same pay. “But it looks
like we’re going to have to pay you more.”
Arledge will retire with 16 years of
elected service, including two terms as
a justice court judge before he became
sheriff in 2011.
“I want to thank this board,” he said
Friday. “This has been a great working
relationship, and I don’t think any of us
have had a cross word. … I also want
to thank the public for allowing me to
serve.”
Wright has spent more than 30 years
in law enforcement. At LCSO, he has
twice been chief deputy and also has led
the investigations unit. This is his sec-
ond time as interim sheriff, briefly serv- If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
ing in the transition from Butch Howard
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Tide roll over Bulldogs

Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports

Alabama running back Najee Harris runs the ball against Mississippi State during the second quarter Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.

Alabama routs Mississippi State but loses Tagovailoa in the process

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Whether
it be the botched pooch kick on
the opening kickoff or the in-
terception senior quarterback
off in the second quarter with a
hip injury.
Though the Crimson Tide
will be as concerned with Ta-
govailoa’s future health as
anything that occurred on the
Alabama Miss. State field Saturday in Starkville, the
Bulldogs into submission, Har-
ris earned 88 yards on 17 car-
ries and another 51 yards on
three receptions, marking his
third-highest all-purpose yard-
age total of the season.
“I feel like the Alabama
After exploding for 54 points
and 640 yards against lowly Ar-
kansas two weeks ago, Moor-
head’s unit mustered just 270
yards — its lowest output since
earning 267 yards against Ten-
nessee on Oct. 12.

Tommy Stevens delivered on
his first play from scrimmage,
Mississippi State looked the
part of a three-touchdown un-
derdog as it was throttled 38-7
by No. 5 Alabama on Saturday
at Davis Wade Stadium.
Despite a bye week to pre-
pare, MSU was boat-raced from
the get-go. The Bulldogs fell
behind 14-0 just over two min-
utes into the contest and were
outscored 35-7 in the first half.
“At the end of the day, we
38 7
didn’t coach or play well enough
to beat a team like Alabama,”
coach Joe Moorhead said post-
game.
After undergoing ankle sur-
gery just under a month ago,
Alabama quarterback Tua Ta-
govailoa looked anything but
hampered before being carted
left-handed Hawaiian failed to
incur an incompletion until the
14:15 mark of the second quar-
ter and finished the afternoon
14 of 18 for 256 yards and two
touchdowns.
Crimson Tide running back
Najee Harris was similarly pro-
lific in the game’s opening 30
minutes — racing to first-half
rushing scores of 10, 5 and 5
yards with a 19-yard receiving
touchdown to boot.
Progressively pounding the
coaching staff put him in a great
position to make those plays,”
junior linebacker Erroll Thomp-
son said of Harris. “Some of the
plays we didn’t fit correctly, but
I feel like Alabama put him in
great situations.”
With the MSU defense hap-
lessly chasing Harris and Ala-
bama’s quartet of NFL-caliber
receivers up and down Scott
Field, the Bulldog offense re-
turned to its anemic form of
games past.
“Numbers won’t show it, but
I feel like we had a few plays
where we were able to be explo-
sive and have some success,”
Stevens said. “And obviously
there’s some missed opportuni-
ties in there as well.”
Stevens — who has now
started back-to-back contests
since returning to full health
from a laundry list of upper-
and lower-body injuries — was
See MSU, 8B

Commentary

Alabama’s rout of Mississippi State wasn’t fun for anyone

Y
ou know that
expression, “It
was over from the
opening kickoff”?
Usually that’s figura-
tive, but Saturday, it was
literal.
Mississippi State
pooched the game’s Garrick
opening kickoff and Hodge
was somehow offsides
on the same play, giving No. 5 Alabama
starting field position at its own 45-yard
line.
Because if any team needs all the
help it can get offensively, it’s Alabama,
right?
“The game plan with how we’ve been
kicking and not getting touchbacks or
kicking it particularly deep, we wanted
to keep it out of their guy’s hands,”
MSU coach Joe Moorhead said. “The
idea was to skykick, so it was a mishit.”
The Crimson Tide only needed five
plays to score their first touchdown.
The next two plays from scrimmage
went: Mississippi State interception,
Alabama touchdown. Spotting Alabama
a 14-0 lead not even three minutes into
the game isn’t a recipe for an upset, but
at least the rabies-carrying bats that
infiltrated their way into Davis Wade
Stadium never flocked to the field, so
it wasn’t a total loss. (That’s not even a
joke; a pregame warning about bats was
actually announced over the loudspeak-
ers).
More special teams miscues en-
sued. Another kickoff went a little too
short, which makes me think MSU has
no confidence in its kickoff coverage
whatsoever. Later, confusion arose on
a kickoff return that prompted poor
field position for MSU. This wasn’t a
one-time brain cramp from the special
teams unit. It’s been consistently shaky
enough all year to where special teams
coordinator Joey Jones should definitely
feel a little nervous.
Outside of one touchdown drive
aided by a ill-advised Alabama penalty,
MSU’s offense was nonexistent. The
defense didn’t fare much better.
“At the end of the day, we didn’t
coach or play well enough to beat a
team like Alabama today,” Moorhead
said after his team’s 38-7 loss.
The fact is, the Bulldogs haven’t even
played well enough to keep any game Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports
with the top three teams in the SEC Alabama linebacker Anfernee Jennings tackles Mississippi State quarterback Tommy
Stevens during the fourth quarter Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.
West respectable. Against Auburn, LSU
and Alabama, MSU has lost by a com- Spoils usually go to the victor, but is Alabama was up 35-7 with just more
bined score of 130-43. Add in the Texas there such a thing as a miserable 38-7 than two minutes before halftime, but
A&M loss, and that number goes to win? The Crimson Tide lost arguably Nick Saban elected to keep Tagovailoa
179-73. When it comes to playing with their two best players, quarterback in the game because the coach thought
the best of the Southeastern Confer- Tua Tagovailoa and standout defender his signal caller could use the expe-
ence, the Bulldogs are a million miles Raekwon Davis. Tagovailoa might be rience of a two-minute drive. Unfor-
away from relevance. out long term, which would be a shame tunately, the future first-round pick
The only saving grace is MSU for college football considering he’s one sustained a hip injury that makes his
doesn’t need to beat any powerhouses of the most electrifying players in the future uncertain.
in its final two games to become bowl sport. Even if Alabama wins out, the “We hated that he got injured,”
eligible for the 10th straight year. playoff committee might not be inter- Saban said.
The funny thing is, Alabama isn’t ested in awarding the Crimson Tide the In all, the best part of this game?
exactly celebrating right now. final spot unless he’s healthy. When it ended.
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Prep Football
PATS FLATTEN PILLOW FOR TRIP TO STATE TITLE GAME
Friday’s Mississippi Scores
8-Man Class 2A
Semifinal
Manchester Aca. 40, Humphreys Aca. 6
Marvell Academy, Ark. 34, Columbus Christian 8
Class 1A
First Round
Baldwyn 20, TCPS 17
Biggersville 44, West Lowndes 6
LeFlore 42, Sebastopol 0
Lumberton 26, McAdams 0
Nanih Waiya 56, Coldwater 14
Noxapater 43, Myrtle 0
Resurrection Catholic 54, West Tallahatchie 20
Class 2A
Second Round
Calhoun City 21, South Delta 12
Charleston 52, East Union 27
East Webster 36, Pelahatchie 35
Enterprise Clarke 6, Wesson 0
North Side 54, Eupora 0
Philadelphia 42, Perry Central 8
Scott Central 35, East Marion 6
Taylorsville 21, Collins 8
Class 3A
Second Round
Amanda Elzy 20, Independence 19
Choctaw County 35, Water Valley 28
Columbia 25, Velma Jackson 7
Houston 8, North Panola 6
Jefferson Davis County 40, Crystal Springs 0
Magee 60, Raleigh 20
Noxubee County 21, Senatobia 0
West Marion 36, Yazoo County 0
Class 4A
Second Round
Corinth 49, Rosa Fort 6
Greenwood 50, New Albany 0
Itawamba AHS 9, West Lauderdale 7
Lawrence County 17, Greene County 14
Louisville 52, Pontotoc 0
Newton County 29, Moss Point 22
Poplarville 23, North Pike 20
South Pike 48, Pass Christian 6
Class 5A Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
First Round Heritage Academy coach Sean Harrison speaks to his team after Friday’s win over Pillow Academy. The Patriots will play rival Starkville Acad-
Lafayette 34, Holmes County Central 18 emy, whom they beat 42-7 on Oct. 18 in Starkville, for the MAIS Class 5A championship at 7 p.m. Friday at Jackson Academy.
Lake Cormorant 61, Ridgeland 25
Laurel 21, Pascagoula 18 By Theo DeRosa Now there’s just one much.” never came all that close at one point.”
Neshoba Central 26, Grenada 24
tderosa@cdispatch.com game left: next Friday’s After Smith scored his to the right sideline. Harrison said he didn’t
Picayune 49, Brookhaven 10
Wayne County 35, Forest Hill 11 state title game against third touchdown of the Smith made sure it didn’t go into Friday’s game ex-
West Jones 56, East Central 20 On an October night in rival Starkville Acade- game, Putt gathered the matter, hugging the very pecting such a lopsided
West Point 49, Provine 28 Alabama, Wesley Miller my in Jackson. Only one Pats’ defensive starters. same sideline for a 9-yard result; he thought the
Class 6A started to believe. thing left to do. “‘Get us the ball back,’” touchdown on the very Patriots would eventually
First Round
Brandon 35, D’Iberville 25
The Heritage Acad- “There’s only one he told them. next play. pull away if they played to
Gulfport 20, George County 19 emy sophomore defen- goal,” Smith said, “and The Patriots did some- Later in the quarter, their best ability. But per-
Oak Grove 42, Ocean Springs 14 sive back had just taken it’s finish. Finish. Finish. thing better. Fisher hauled in a Putt haps that was modesty:
Olive Branch 24, Madison Central 7 part in the Patriots’ 33-7 Finish.” With three minutes pass over the middle and Of the Pats’ 13 wins, 11
Oxford 33, Warren Central 14
Petal 31, Biloxi 0
drubbing of Tuscaloosa Friday, Smith had a left in the second quarter, outstripped a few Mus- games have been decid-
South Panola 39, Tupelo 23 Academy on Oct. 4. The score for each time he de- Miller picked off a float- tangs for a 44-yard score ed by 20 or more points.
Starkville 35, Horn Lake 2 win gave the Pats eight livered the word “finish.” ing pass from Pillow’s — Putt’s only passing Eight of those wins came
MAIS Class 3A straight wins to start the By the time he’d run Shane Houston Stephens score of the day, a rarity. by a margin of 30 or more.
Semifinal
season without a single right for a 23-yard touch- at the Patriots 6-yard line It capped a streak of Now Heritage Acad-
Indianola Aca. 35, Winona Christian 28
St. Joseph-Greenville 20, Carroll Aca. 18 loss, and it strengthened down, cut back left into a to tack on six more points 33 unanswered points emy has one more task
MAIS Class 4A the belief Miller had long wide open hole to score to what had been a 19-7 for Heritage Academy, ahead: a rematch with
Semifinal held. from 3 yards out, sprint- Heritage Academy lead. which didn’t seem likely Starkville Academy in
Lee Academy-Clarksdale 14, Riverfield, La. 8
“When we got to 8-0, ed untouched through Then, Fisher seized a after a slow first quarter. Friday’s final. The Pa-
Tri-County Aca. 35, Wayne Aca. 0
MAIS Class 5A
I was like, ‘We got this. the middle of the Pillow bobbled pass caused by a With the game tied at triots won Round 1 in
Semifinal We can beat any team,’” defense for a 27-yarder hit from teammate Austin 7-7 and four seconds left Starkville on Oct. 18 by
Heritage Aca. 47, Pillow Aca. 14 he said. and cashed in from 9 Dotson, evaded a tackle in the first quarter, the a score of 42-7, but they
Starkville Aca. 20, Adams Christian 15
But he never imagined yards out after a question- from Stephens and raced Mustangs stuffed a Putt know that game no lon-
MAIS Class 6A
Semifinal
it would be like this. able-at-best out of bounds 75 yards into the end sneak on fourth-and-goal ger matters — just the
Jackson Prep 28, Jackson Aca. 14 On Friday, in the call, the Mustangs were zone. About 40 seconds at the 1-yard line. one in front of them. And
Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 42, Oak Forest, La. 13 MAIS Class 5A semifi- certainly finished with later, Fisher, the Pats’ But as they’d done as Friday showed, they
nals, Heritage Academy Smith. placekicker, knocked all year, the Patriots are more than ready.
Friday’s Alabama Scores didn’t simply beat Pillow “We felt like going into through his third extra bounced back. They soon “We’ve preached all
Class 1A Academy, as they did in a it that we could come out point of the game. forced a punt, earned a year, ‘Go finish,’ and now
State Second Round 26-13 home win just one and run the ball,” Her- “I kind of used the roughing the passer call we have that opportuni-
Brantley 49, Notasulga 21
week before their game itage Academy coach whole play clock trying to extend their drive, and ty,” Harrison said.
Decatur Heritage 20, Donoho 2
Isabella 29, Millry 27, OT
in Tuscaloosa. This time, Sean Harrison said. to catch my breath,” the made the Mustangs pay Heritage Academy 47,
the Patriots demolished “There were a couple senior admitted. for it by marching down
Lanett 44, Elba 6
the Mustangs, 47-14.
Pillow Academy 14
Mars Hill Bible 59, South Lamar 34 runs where the push was As Fisher regained his the field to set up Smith Pillow Academy 7 0 0 7 — 14
Pickens County 21, Falkville 20 And it was in typical so big that KJ kind of got breath, Harrison and the for a 3-yard score.
Heritage Academy 7 26 14 0 — 47
First quarter
Spring Garden 34, Hackleburg 0
Sweet Water 34, Maplesville 21
Heritage Academy fash- confused on where to go.” Patriots were able to ex- “They’re so physical- HA — KJ Smith 23 run (Noel Fisher kick), clock 4:44
PA — Jack Reichle 6 pass from Shane Houston Ste-
Class 2A ion: A dominant run game Smith credited his big hale. A tie game after the ly dominant that even phens (kick good), clock 3:26
Second quarter
State Second Round from senior back KJ day to the blocks he got first 12 minutes was sud- when things go wrong or HA — Smith 3 run (kick failed), clock 8:32
HA — Smith 27 run (pass failed), clock 5:24
Ariton 30, LaFayette 12 Smith and the Pats’ offen- from his offensive line denly a blowout after 24. they make mistakes, they HA — Wesley Miller 94 interception return (Fisher
Collinsville 21, Ohatchee 14 kick), clock 2:59
Fyffe 38, Ranburne 7
sive line. A 33-7 halftime — ”the best O-line in the “When your defense cover up for it,” Harrison HA — Fisher 75 interception return (Fisher kick),

G.W. Long 28, Luverne 13 score. A pair of Pillow state,” senior quarter- scores 14 points, you’re said.
clock 1:03
Third quarter
Leroy 34, Goshen 25 interceptions returned back Carter Putt said — supposed to win big,” The same was true on HA — Smith 9 run (Fisher kick), clock 11:08
HA — Fisher 44 pass from Carter Putt (Fisher kick),
North Sand Mountain 35, Westbrook Christian 13 for long scores, one by and from receivers down- Harrison said. defense. After Stephens clock 4:33
Fourth quarter
Red Bay 43, Sulligent 6
Reeltown 30, J.U. Blacksher 20
Miller and one by senior field. But Putt made sure The Patriots made and the Mustangs found PA — Reichle 3 run (kick good), clock 9:02
Team statistics
Class 3A Noel Fisher. And, even his running back got his sure they did just that, early success through PA HA
First downs 23 20
State Second Round in the state semifinal, a due. scoring twice more ear- the air, the Pats tightened Rushes-yards 24-159 27-213
Flomaton 20, St. James 19 running clock enacted by “KJ had one of the ly in the second half to up their secondary and Passing yards
Comp.-att.-int.
164
9-24-2
208
7-13-0
Geraldine 61, B.B. Comer 7
Gordo 18, Providence Christian 7
virtue of the mercy rule, best nights he’s had since take a 40-point lead and bolstered the pass rush. Penalties-yards 2-25
Fumbles-lost 3-0
6-51
2-1
Mobile Christian 28, Pike Road 10 something the Pats never he’s been here,” Putt put the mercy rule into They evicted Stephens Individual statistics
RUSHING: Pillow Academy — Christian Belk 11-62,
Piedmont 42, Lauderdale County 20 quite expected but could said. “That’s just great effect. from the pocket on seem- Shane Houston Stephens 7-60, Jack Reichle 4-29,
Jordan Sykes 2-8; Heritage Academy — KJ Smith
Randolph County 54, Westminster Christian never rule out. for me because I didn’t On the Pats’ first pos- ingly every pass attempt 17-168, Austin Dotson 4-28, Noel Fisher 1-3, Carter
Academy 6 Putt 3-8, Reid Huskison 1-(-1), Braden Davidson
T.R. Miller 21, Montgomery Academy 14
“It’s always a possibil- do anything tonight, re- session of the half. Putt after the first quarter. 1-(-3).

Walter Wellborn 21, Susan Moore 14 ity with us,” Fisher said. ally, besides handing the connected with Banks “Nobody’s gotten pres- PASSING: Pillow Academy — Shane Houston Ste-
phens 22-44, 164; Heritage Academy — Carter Putt
Class 4A Anything has been ball off to him, and he Hyde down the right side, sure on him like that, in- 7-12, 208; Mack Howard 0-1, 0.
RECEIVING: Pillow Academy — Jack Reichle 8-64,
State Second Round possible for the Patriots goes and does his thing. but Hyde was ruled out cluding us the first time,” Alex Lindsey 3-37, Hagan Wilson 4-27, Gavin Less-
ley 2-14, Jaden Simcox 2-13, Christian Belk 3-9;
American Christian Academy 21, Hillcrest-Ever-
(13-0) this season — ex- I’m perfectly fine with of bounds at the Pillow Harrison said. “I almost Heritage Academy — Banks Hyde 3-98, Noel Fisher
green 0 1-44, Davis Fitch 1-32, Sam Hannon 1-19, Jared
Andalusia 40, Lincoln 10 cept losing. that if we’re winning that 9-yard line, though he started to feel bad for him Long 1-15.
Anniston 35, Fairview 7
Catholic-Montgomery 9, Handley 6
Deshler 27, Oneonta 11
Jacksonville 56, St. John Paul II Catholic 22 PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
Northside 41, Priceville 14
UMS-Wright 31, Talladega 6
Class 5A
State Second Round
Jackson powers Starkville Academy into championship game
Bibb County 12, Greenville 6 By Theo DeRosa seed in the Class 5A down late in the third had a 45-yard rushing the Rams lost 34-8 at
Briarwood Christian 24, Jackson 14 tderosa@cdispatch.com
Center Point 26, Scottsboro 10
bracket, have now beaten quarter but could not con- score with a minute to go Marvell Academy in an
Central - Clay County 20, Jasper 7 No. 7 Magnolia Heights, vert the point after. in the quarter. Demone MAIS Eight-Man Class
Madison County 28, Alexandria 27
NATCHEZ — CJ Jack- No. 2 Lamar School and No stats were avail- Cunningham rushed for 2A semifinal on Friday in
Mortimer Jordan 56, Guntersville 21 son ran for 219 yards and No. 6 ACCS in back-to- able from the contest de- the two-point conversion Marvell, Arkansas.
Pleasant Grove 33, Faith Academy 14 two touchdowns on 30 back-to-back weeks, all spite attempts to reach to make it 14-0 in the Ti- Shaw had a rushing
Ramsay 41, Valley 7
carries to fuel another on the road. They’ll face coaches. gers’ favor.
Class 6A score of 7 yards with un-
road win for Starkville the Patriots for the title at The Panthers’ season In the third quarter,
State Second Round der two minutes to go,
Clay-Chalkville 35, Athens 7 Academy (9-4) in the 7 p.m. at Jackson Acade- ends with a record of 8-4. Windham ran for a 30- but Marvell already had
Hueytown 56, Eufaula 49, OT MAIS Class 5A playoffs. my. yard touchdown, and an insurmountable 34-0
Muscle Shoals 30, Gardendale 27
The Volunteers beat
Opelika 20, St. Paul’s 10
Adams County Christian Noxubee County 21, Kylan Stewart made the
extra point. The Tigers’
lead. The Eagles (11-1)
Oxford 35, Cullman 0
Park Crossing 35, Stanhope Elmore 32 (9-4) by a score of 20-15 Biggersville 44, Senatobia 0 defense posted its fourth
scored 22 points in the
Pinson Valley 48, Fort Payne 10 in Natchez and will play West Lowndes 6 SENATOBIA — Noxu- shutout of the season.
first quarter and kept
Shaw and the Rams off
Spanish Fort 63, Wetumpka 21 rival Heritage Academy CORINTH — West bee County quarterback Noxubee County will
Class 7A
in Friday’s title game in Lowndes’ turnaround Marlon Windham ran the board until late.
State Quarterfinal host Houston (10-3) in Shaw, who was 5 for 7
Auburn 26, McGill-Toolen 0 Jackson. season ended Friday for two long touchdowns, the third round Friday.
Jackson helped the in the first round of the and the Tigers (8-5) post- passing, also recovered a
Central-Phenix City 24, Prattville 6
The Tigers beat the Hill-
Hoover 23, James Clemens 20, OT Volunteers erase a 7-0 Class 1A playoffs in ed their second straight fumble late in the third
toppers 19-12 on Oct. 4 in
Thompson 38, Florence 31
halftime deficit to ACCS Corinth with a 44-6 loss shutout: a 21-0 road upset quarter near the goal line
Class A Macon.
State AISA Semifinal with his efforts. He to No. 3 Biggersville. of No. 3 Senatobia (9-3) to keep the Eagles from
scored twice and quar- The Panthers gave up in the second round of another score.
Chambers Academy 36, Wilcox Academy 13
Southern Academy 17, Crenshaw Christian Academy terback Randall Futral two touchdowns to the the MHSAA Class 3A
Marvell Academy (Ark.) Tyler Looney led the
14
had a rushing touch- Lions in each of the first playoffs. 34, Columbus Christian team with 11 tackles,
Class AA
State AISA Semifinal down to power Starkville two quarters, including After defensive line- Academy 8 Shaw had eight and Jona-
Autauga Academy 41, Patrician Academy 19 Academy to a 20-7 lead. a touchdown on the last man Travorus Hatcher MARVELL, Ark. — than Peal had seven.
Escambia Academy 49, Edgewood Academy 7 The Rebels got a late play of the first half, but filled in on offense for Columbus Christian The Rams’ season,
Class AAA
touchdown, but it wasn’t could not manage any a 4-yard touchdown to Academy quarterback their first under head
State AISA Semifinal
Bessemer Academy 45, Monroe Academy 27 enough. points of their own. West open the scoring in the Dakota Shaw scored coach Jason Williams,
Glenwood 17, Tuscaloosa Academy 7 The Vols, the No. 10 Lowndes got a touch- first quarter, Windham a late touchdown, but comes to an end at 9-3.

Prep Football
Yellow Jackets ace first playoff test
Starkville receiver Tae Lucious makes a defender miss for a big gain to set up a touchdown on Friday against Horn Lake in an MHSAA Class 6A first-round playoff game.
By GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Starkville
football coach Chris Jones nev-
er forgot about his team’s 35-14
playoff loss to Horn Lake a sea-
son ago.
Friday night, the shoe was
on the other foot.
The Yellow Jackets (11-2)
dominated Horn Lake (5-7),
scoring 35 unanswered points
en route to a 35-2 win in the
opening round of the MHSAA
Class 6A playoffs in Starkville.
“Last year, I told their coach
go get it. (Horn Lake coach
Brad Boyette) just told me this
year, go get it,” Starkville coach
Chris Jones said. “It’s all about
survive and advance this time
of year.”
With the win, Starkville will
High-five: Quintet of interceptions powers Green Wave to win
By DAVID MILLER
Special to The Dispatch
WEST POINT – On a night
when the West Point Green
Wave lost a pair of fumbles and
conceded their most points in
10 weeks, their defense reached
a new milestone in the Chris
Chambless era to advance in
the Class 5A playoffs.
The Green Wave picked off
five Provine High passes Fri-
day, including a pair of pick-six-
es in the second quarter for a
49-28 win in their first-round
playoff game. The Green Wave
will face Lafayette next week.
Senior cornerback Jordan
Rupert had two interceptions in
the game, the second of which
he returned 70 yards up the
right sideline for a score to give
West Point a 21-7 lead.
Friday’s game marked the
first time Rupert had recorded
more than one interception in a
game.
“We were playing [regular
coverage], and I saw the deep
man drop,” Rupert said. “I saw
the ball, and my coach always
tells me, ‘Whenever you see the
ball, attack it.’ I saw a lane, and
I just took it.”
Just three plays later with
Provine at midfield, Jacoby Mc-
Quiller picked off Provine quar-
terback Shavario Allen over the
middle and returned the ball 75
yards for a score.
West Point carried a 35-14
lead into the break.
Keon Cunningham picked
off Allen at the West Point
9-yard line after Provine
blocked a punt early in the third
quarter, setting up West Point
for a nine-play, 91-yard scoring
drive to push the lead to 42-14.
Chambless said he couldn’t
think of a time during his ten-
host Olive Branch in the state
quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Friday.
The first quarter went by
briskly, with each team’s first
possession taking a combined
11 minutes and 28 seconds. But
at the start of the second quar-
ter, Horn Lake got on the board
after Starkville quarterback
Luke Altmyer was penalized
for intentional grounding in the
end zone, resulting in a safety.
Nevertheless, the Yellow
Jacket defense didn’t allow
Horn Lake to score once all
night.
“You want to win a champi-
onship, you have to play good
defense,” Jones said. “I’m happy
that we’re peaking at the right
time and getting better and bet-
ter.”
Offensively, Friday night
was the Rufus Harvey show.
West Point safety Jacoby McQuiller returns an intercepted pass for a touchdown against Provine.
ure at West Point where the
Green Wave intercepted more
than three passes. The turn-
overs were vital, particular-
ly the defensive scores, after
Provine fought to within a pair
of scores, 41-28, in the fourth
quarter.
West Point fullback Kelvion-
tae Gibbs scored later scored
7-yard run, and Chris Dean
intercepted Allen late in the
fourth quarter to shut down a
desperation drive by Provine
and seal the win.
The turnovers were particu-
larly rewarding for West Point’s
defense, given the explosive
play of Provine junior wide re-
ceiver and Mississippi State
University verbal commitment
Deion Smith, who finished the
game with eight catches for 164
yards and two receiving touch-
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The wideout came 18 yards
shy of matching A.J. Brown’s
single-game school record for
receiving yards, finishing with
eight catches for 179 yards and
three touchdowns.
“He’s a special kid,” Altmy-
er said of his reliable target.
“He’ll be remembered here for
a while. I won’t be surprised if
they retire his jersey one day.”
Two of Harvey’s touchdowns
came as a result of Altmyer
escaping pressure in the pock-
et, scrambling to his left and
lofting passes to a seemingly
covered Harvey. The wideout
reached over the defensive back
for the touchdown receptions to
help his signal caller out.
“It feels like he’s always open
when the pocket collapses like
it did tonight,” Altmyer said.
“Even when he’s not open, if
downs.
Chambless said West Point
bracketed Smith “all night” and
had “three on him some.”
“[Smith] was still making
plays,” Chambless said. “He’s
a good athlete and kind of re-
minds me of (Jason) Brownlee
we had a couple of years ago.
“We took some stuff away
from him, and he hurt us with
some stuff that we weren’t able
to take away from him. You’re
danged if you do, danged if
you don’t with some of that
stuff. But we won the game,
and that’s what counts. It’ll be
a good learning experience for
our kids.”
Rupert, though, said the
Green Wave “didn’t really need
to” double Smith Friday night.
“[Smith] is pretty good,” Ru-
pert said, “but I’m better. No
you throw it up and give him a
chance, he’s probably going to
come down with it. He’ll do big
things at the next level.”
Altmyer finished 20 of 31
passing for 272 yards and three
touchdowns.
“Everyone knows he can
sit in the pocket and throw,
but it adds another dimension
when you can keep plays alive,”
Jones said. “It gives your guys a
chance to make a play.”
On the ground, Jordan Mitch-
ell and Amariyon Howard each
had rushing touchdowns for the
Yellow Jackets. Mitchell had
28 yards on six carries, while
Howard totaled 12 yards on four
rushing attempts. Jaylen Sulton
led Horn Lake with 43 rushing
yards on 15 attempts. Starkville
outgained Horn Lake 321-128.
With the win under their
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
cockiness, but I’m confident.”
West Point blowing a protec-
tion and getting a punt blocked
deep in its own territory was one
of a handful of miscues Friday
night. West Point had a person-
al foul penalty on a Provine punt
on the first drive of the game,
which the Rams converted into
an 18-yard touchdown catch by
Smith. The Green Wave then
fumbled the ball in Provine ter-
ritory after Rupert’s first inter-
ception in the first quarter.
A fumble by Jimothy Mays
in the second half turned into
Provine points and made it a
two-score game.
“It’s football,” Chambless
said. “A lot of times, it has to
do with the team you’re play-
ing. [The Rams] were physi-
cal, probably the most phys-
ical [team] we’ve seen in the
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 3B
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belt, the Yellow Jackets turn
their attention to Olive Branch.
“At the end of the day, it
all comes down to the play-
ers,” Jones said. “It ain’t about
scheme; it ain’t about plays; it’s
about the playmakers.”
Starkville 35, Horn Lake 2
Horn Lake
Starkville
0
0
2
14
0
14
0—2
7 — 35
Second quarter
HL — Safety
SHS — Amariyon Howard 7 run (Peyton Rodgers kick)
SHS — Rufus Harvey 18 pass from Luke Altmyer (Rodgers kick)
Third quarter
SHS — Harvey 27 pass from Altmyer (Rodgers kick)
SHS — Harvey 23 pass from Altmyer (Rodgers kick)
Fourth quarter
SHS — Jordan Mitchell 20 run (Rodgers kick)
Team statistics
First downs
HL
6
SHS
17
Rushes-Yards 36-119
Passing Yards 9
26-49
272
Comp-Att-Int 2-8-1 20-31-0
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties 8-60 1-5
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Horn Lake — Jaylen Sulton 15-43, Jamario Harris
8-39, Tracy Turner 13-38; Starkville — Jordan Mitchell 6-28,
Ocean Wilson 4-14, Amariyon Howard 4-12.
PASSING: Horn Lake — Josiah Hayes 2-8, 9; Starkville — Luke
Altmyer 20-31, 272.
RECEIVING: Horn Lake — Brian Heard Jr. 1-6, Jaylen Sulton
1-3; Starkville — Rufus Harvey 8-179, Joshua Aka 5-52, Tae
Lucious 5-36.
last three or four games. They
came ready to play. We knew
they had some athletes that we
had to corral.”
Chambless said his seniors
took control of the game and cre-
ated “juice” to combat Provine’s
physicality and to supplement a
“flat” atmosphere.
“A West Point team, as long
as I’m around, is never going to
give in and never going to get
down,” Chambless said. “We’re
going to fight through the last
whistle, and that’s just part of it.
They have a refuse-to-lose atti-
tude that we preach to them ev-
eryday. Our seniors did a good
job of settling everybody down.
We rely on our seniors to be
able to do that.”
Mays led West Point with 101
yards on 15 carries and a score.
Gibbs had a pair of scoring
runs, too.
West Point senior tight end
TJ Anderson had a team-high
four catches for 125 yards.
West Point 49, Provine 28
Provine
West Point
7 7
14 21
7
7
7 — 28
7 — 49
First quarter
PHS — Shavario Allen 18 pass to Deion Smith (Smith kick)
WP — Brandon Harris 29 run (Alexander Harper kick)
WP — Jimothy Mays 65 run (Harper kick)
Second quarter
WP — Jordan Rupert 70-yard interception return (Harper kick)
WP — Jacoby McQuiller 75-yard interception return (Harper kick)
PHS — Allen 51 pass to Smith (Smith kick)
WP — Harris 15 run (Harper kick)
Third quarter
WP — Kelviontae Gibbs 1 run (Harper kick)
PHS — Allen 25 pass to Cameron Young (Smith kick)
Fourth quarter
PHS — Allen 1 run (Smith kick)
WP — Gibbs 7 run (Harper kick)
Team statistics
PHS WP
First downs 14
Rushes-yards 27-48
18
40-242
Passing yards 239
Comp.-Att.-Int. 14-29-5
129
5-13-0
Return yards 62 185
Fumbles-lost 4-1 2-2
Penalties 6-50 4-40
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Provine — Macaleb Williams 6-31, Deion Smith 1-20,
Brandon Jones 2-7, Marktavius Reed 13-(-2), Team 1-(-3) Sha-
vario Allen 4-(-5); West Point — Jimothy Mays 15-101, Brandon
Harris 10-94, Kelviontae Gibbs 7-44, Dantariyus Cannon 2-4,
Cameron Young 2-4, Jakobe Pate 1-4, Team 2-(-4), Corbin Kelley
1-(-5).
PASSING: Provine — Shavario Allen 14-29-239-5; West Point —
Corbin Kelley 3-10-67-0, Brandon Harris 2-3-62-0.
RECEIVING: Provine — Deion Smith 8-164, No. 9 3-25, Javorri-
us Selmon 1-25, Daniel Smith 1-15, Shawnell Handy 1-10; West
Point — TJ Anderson 4-125, Jordan Rupert 1-4.
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MSU sets school record for points in throttling of Murray State

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — While
Mississippi State coach Vic
Schaefer’s suit jacket lasted just
a quarter and a half before he
tossed it aside in frustration,
his Bulldog squad turned in a
40-minute 124-43 demolition
of Murray State Friday night at
Humphrey Coliseum.
MSU’s 124 points surpassed
a 33-year old school record of
117 points scored against Jud-
son College on Feb. 24, 1986.
“We played really well, y’all
— not going to apologize for
that,” Schaefer said postgame.
Having been plagued by
slow starts in season opening
wins over Southern Miss and
UT Martin, MSU was out and
running from the start, leap-
ing to a 34-7 lead after the first
quarter.
Riding the play of sopho-
more center Jessika Carter and
sophomore Promise Taylor, the
Bulldogs did most of their dam-
age in the post — outscoring
the Racers 76-18 in the paint.
Carter — whom Schaefer
has long billed as an X-factor for
this season’s squad — earned a
double-double in the first quar-
ter alone and notched career
highs in points (25) and re-
bounds (18) on the night.
As for Taylor, Friday marked
her first double-digit scoring
output since Feb. 22, 2018,
against Auburn during her
freshman season at Ole Miss.
Having sat out last season
due to transfer rules coupled
with a severe ankle injury lim-
iting her practice time, Tay-
lor played 23 minutes, also
a career-high for her time in
Mississippi State’s Jessika Carter shoots over Murray State’s Sadie Hill during the third quarter of
Friday’s game in Starkville.
Starkville.
“It just feels good to get
out there and compete with
my teammates,” Taylor said
through a smile. “I’ve been out
for so long, so getting back just
felt great.”
While Carter and Taylor
anchored the MSU frontcourt,
freshman forward Rickea Jack-
son also turned in her most
prolific offensive display to date
with a career-high 16 points on
5 of 8 shooting.
“It felt pretty (good) to final-
ly see my shot falling,” Jackson
said. “In previous games it just
wasn’t going in — I just basical-
ly needed to get into it more,
and that’s what I’ve been do-
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
ing.”
Sophomore guard Myah Tay-
lor, junior guard Andra Espino-
za-Hunter and junior forward
Yemiyah Morris also all scored
in double digits, while all 12
rostered players scored at least
two points.
“You better guard everybody
because every one of them can
score,” Schaefer said. “They’re
all confident; they all have a
skill set.”
As the offense clicked, the
Bulldog defense flashed its po-
tential Friday, forcing the Rac-
ers into more than double the
amount of turnovers (34), than
they scored field goals (16).
Schaefer was also quick
to highlight his team’s ability
to chase Murray State off the
3-point line. Entering Friday’s
contest, the Racers had at-
tempted 71 shots from behind
the arc, but they managed only
11 against the Bulldogs.
“That was the one thing we
talked about — one through
five — we had to get out and
take away that 3-point line, and
I think we did that,” he said.
Senior Jordan Danberry also
added a career-high six steals,
while Myah Taylor and fresh-
man guard Jayla Hemingway
each notched three apiece.
MSU is back in action at 7
p.m. Monday against Troy at
Humphrey Coliseum.
Dawg notes
Freshman guard Aliyah
Matharu was held out for the
game’s first half for an internal
issue. Schaefer wouldn’t get
into specifics on why she was
withheld.
“We dealt with it, and she got
to play the second half,” Schae-
fer said. “Young people, that’s
just the way it is sometimes.”
MSU’s 81-point margin of
victory marked the second-larg-
est point differential against an
opponent in school history —
one point shy of the program
record of 82.

Last-minute audible: Kaepernick tryout moves to high school

The Associated Press
RIVERDALE, Ga. —
Colin Kaepernick’s saga
took another surreal turn
Saturday — a last-minute
audible to nix an NFL-ar-
ranged workout and a
quick dash 60 miles to
the other side of metro
Atlanta, where the exiled
quarterback staged his
own impromptu passing
display on a high school
field in dwindling light as
hundreds of fans cheered
him on from behind a
chain-link fence.
Kaepernick threw
passes for about 40 min-
utes at Charles Drew
High School and spent
nearly that long signing
autographs for a crowd
that steadily grew as word
spread that a quarterback
who led the San Francisco
49ers to the Super Bowl
appearance and sparked
a wave of protests and
divisive debate by kneel-
ing during the national
anthem was in the neigh-
borhood.
Kaepernick declared
again that he’s ready to
play in the NFL.
If anyone will just give
him a chance.
“I’ve been ready for
three years,” he said. “I’ve
been denied for three
years. We all know why.
I came out here today
and showed it in front of
everybody. We have noth-
ing to hide. We’re waiting
for the 32 owners, the 32
teams, (Commissioner)
Roger Goodell, all of them
to stop running, stop run-
ning from the truth, stop
running from the people.”
In a move no one saw
coming, the league that
Kaepernick claims black-
balled him called Tuesday
with a take-it-or-leave-it
offer to hold an extraor-
dinary workout at the
Atlanta Falcons’ training
complex in the sprawling
suburbs north of the city.
The league said 25
teams were sending
scouts and representa-
tives — many of whom
had already arrived at the
Falcons’ indoor training
facility in Flowery Branch
when word came that
Kaepernick wasn’t going
to take part.
Instead, he would hold
a workout open to the me-
dia, unlike the session at
the Falcons’ facility, at a
high school stadium just
south of Hartsfield-Jack-
son Atlanta International
Airport.
Sixty miles away.
With barely more than
an hour to spare, the me-
dia that had been herded
into a gated-off area in
the parking lot and told
that was as close as they
would get to Kaepernick’s
workout hustled to their
vehicles to set off for a
high school most had nev-
er heard of.
But only eight of the
original 25 team repre-
sentatives followed along
to the new location. It ap-
peared the New York Jets,
Kansas City Chiefs and
Washington had scouts in
attendance.
They stood along the
sideline, jotting into their
notepads as Kaepernick
tossed passes to four free-
agent receivers.
Kaepernick, who
worked out in a tank top
and shorts, has clear-
ly kept himself in good
shape during his near
three-year layoff. His
passes had plenty of zip
on them, though he was a
bit off target with his deep
throws. It was not the sort
of session that would like-
ly sway a team one way or
the other.
That didn’t appear to
be the point.
Kaepernick has insist-
ed all along that everyone
knows he is good enough
to play in the NFL. He
claims this is all about
his decision to kneel as
a way of protesting po-
lice brutality and racial
injustice, which led to a
contentious national de-
bate that stretched all the
way to the White House.
President Trump called
on NFL owners to fire
any player who failed to
stand during the national
anthem.
“We’re ready to play,”
said Kaepernick, who
at age 32 should be in
the prime of his career.
“We’re ready to go any-
where. My agent, Jeff
Nalley, is ready to talk to
any team, interview with
any team at any time. I’ve
been ready, I’m staying
ready, I will continue to
be ready.”

Caledonia’s Dale New Hope senior RL Mattix signs to play basketball

signs with Northeast
Community College at Northeast Mississippi Community College
By Theo DeRosa
BY BEN PORTNOY tderosa@cdispatch.com
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
NEW HOPE — After Friday’s
CALEDONIA — As a gaggle of classmates and men’s basketball game between
family members stood before the table placed just Mississippi State and Sam Houston
outside the library at Caledonia High School, Carlee State in Starkville, a crowd formed
Dale fulfilled a lifelong dream. outside the visiting Bearkats’ lock-
Since she began playing softball in her youth, er room.
Dale had long preached New Hope High School boys bas-
ketball coach Drew McBrayer and
she wanted to play colle-
giately. Friday, that dream
‘I knew she had Trojans senior RL Mattix were part
of it. Along with East Mississippi
became a reality as the the talent to Community College men’s coach
senior signed with North- Billy Begley, they waited for former
east Mississippi Commu- play at the next New Hope and EMCC standout Ter-
nity College. ryonte Thomas to emerge with the
“It feels great — I’m level. It was Bearkats. McBrayer also spotted
Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
New Hope senior RL Mattix signs his letter of intent to play basketball at
ready,” Dale said. “I like
the coaches. I like the
just a matter of former New Hope big man Andrew
Junkin, now a redshirt freshman
Northeast Mississippi Community College on Friday. His parents, sister
and grandmother joined him at the table set up in the New Hope multipur-
place. I like Northeast — where she was walk-on at Mississippi State, on the
Bulldogs’ bench.
pose room.
now playing for Southern Miss. Trojan teammates past and present.
it feels like home.”
“I knew she had the tal- going.’ “Seeing two of your kids on an
SEC floor together, it was pretty
“He’s following along in those “I love my teammates,” he said.
ent to play at the next lev- Caledonia coach footsteps,” McBrayer said. “I wouldn’t be able to do it without
Andy Finch special,” McBrayer said. As well as a leader, Mattix is them.”
el,” Caledonia coach Andy
Mattix, who looked up to Thom- simply the Trojans’ best player -- an That includes freshman LJ
Finch added. “It was just a
as when the two played at New invaluable asset in the eyes of his Hackman, with whom Mattix bond-
matter of where she was going.” Hope, was happy to hear from him coach. ed last year when Hackman was an
A shortstop and pitcher for the Confederates, again. “It’s always nice when your best eighth-grader. When Mattix and
Dale hit .360 with four RBIs and nine hits in 26 plate “He just told me to keep playing player comes out and works harder the Trojans’ sizable senior class
appearances, while boasting a 2.33 ERA with 25 hard,” Mattix recalled. than anybody else, and that shows a move on, Hackman and Caleb Parr
strikeouts in 24 innings pitched. Thomas’ leadership and an insa- lot of leadership and a lot of charac- will be left holding the reins.
“She’s always competing,” Finch said. “She’s tiable drive for the game have pro- ter,” McBrayer said. “And he’s done “He’s gonna be a leader for years
always wanting to get better. She’s always asking pelled Mattix to a leadership posi- that for two years now.” to come,” Mattix said.
questions to get better.” tion among the Trojans. Over the years, Mattix has de- But for now, Mattix has one final
Beyond her on-field exploits, Finch said Dale “He’s learned from some guys veloped a stellar mid-range game chance to bring his team together
brings much-needed leadership to a team that en- that were in front of him in taking and the ball handling skills to suc- and take it to new heights. McBray-
ters the spring with just four seniors after finishing those reins and turning into an un- ceed as a point guard at the next er knows it’s a task the senior star
believable leader for us,” McBrayer level. That’s the position he’ll play can take on.
last year 12-10 and 9-1 in district play.
said. at Northeast, and Mattix said he’s “I’m excited to see him finish out
With Dale’s signing, Friday’s ceremony also of- Mattix signed Friday to play willing to work as hard as it takes to this year and then move on to the
fers the younger players on the roster something to basketball at Northeast Mississippi play as much as he can. next level,” McBrayer said. “He’s
aspire to. Community College, and McBrayer “His drive, his desire is really, re- continuing with a trend here of kids
“It shows the younger girls that you can go to thinks he could soon be the next ally strong,” McBrayer said. “Very that have gone on to be successful,
another level and play at another level even though Thomas, the next Junkin or the next mentally tough.” so I hope that he has that same de-
we’re a small-knit, community school,” Finch said. Tyler Stevenson — a former Trojan Mattix credited his success to sire and drive.”
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 5B

College football: Mississippi State University

Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is assisted by team personnel after an injury during the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Mississippi State at Davis Wade
Stadium in Starkville.

Injuries loom large in Alabama’s throttling of Mississippi State

By Ben Portnoy All-American quarterback. Maurice Smitherman suffered
bportnoy@cdispatch.com ‘You hate it for any kid to get hurt . He’s such Further complicating mat- a season-ending injury ahead of

STARKVILLE — Leading
35-7 with just over two min-
utes remaining in the second
quarter of Saturday’s throttling
of Mississippi State, Alabama
coach Nick Saban motioned to-
ward his sideline.
Originally planning a switch
to backup quarterback Mac
Jones, Saban opted to stick with
starting signal caller Tua Tagov-
ailoa in hopes of his No. 1 quar-
terback garnering two-minute
offense extra repetitions.
Rolling to his left, Tagovailoa
tossed just his fourth incomple-
tion of the game as MSU se-
nior linebacker Leo Lewis and
senior defensive end Marquiss
Spencer drove him into the turf.
Writhing in pain along the
turf at Scott Field, the high-fly-
ing Hawaiian let out an exasper-
a great player and a great representative of
college football.’
ated yell. The Crimson Tide’s
nightmare had come to fruition.
After torching Mississip-
pi State for 256 yards and two
touchdowns in the game’s open-
ing half, Tagovailoa’s hip injury
— as Saban would reveal post-
game — left a Heisman-sized
stain on an otherwise dominant
38-7 win over the Bulldogs in
Starkville.
“I do not think it is related to
any other injury he has,” Saban
said in reference to the ankle
injury Tagovailoa underwent
surgery for in late October. “It
is kind of a freak thing that you
seldom see. I don’t really have
MSU coach Joe Moorhead
anything else to say about that.
We will go from there.”
“You hate it for any kid to get
hurt,” MSU coach Joe Moor-
head added. “He’s such a great
player and a great representa-
tive of college football.”
Tagovailoa’s loss puts Ala-
bama in an even more precar-
ious situation than it already
was in heading into Saturday’s
contest.
Coming into the game at No.
5 in the latest College Football
Playoff poll — one spot out of
the projected field — the Crim-
son Tide stand to lose a shot
at an at-large bid sans their
ters, senior defensive end Rae-
kwon Davis also suffered a
sprained ankle and was seen on
crutches and in a walking boot
in the late stages of the fourth
quarter.
Saban didn’t divulge more on
Davis’ injury status, but should
he not be able to go down the
stretch, it will be a major hit to
an already thin Crimson Tide
defensive front.
While Alabama’s inju-
ries piled up in a major way,
MSU dealt with a wave of its
own. Postgame Moorhead an-
nounced that junior safety C.J.
Morgan will miss the remain-
der of the season after he was
carted off with a lower-body
injury.
MSU is without two of its
starting safeties, as senior
the Oct. 19 game against LSU.
Junior Fred Peters and fresh-
men Collin Duncan and Shawn
Preston Jr. stand to balance out
Morgan’s loss. Sophomore Mar-
cus Murphy could also factor
in, though he’s been in and out
of the lineup due to suspension.
Also of note, junior running
back Kylin Hill left Saturday’s
loss in the third quarter with an
upper-body injury. Moorhead
said he is expected to be day-
to-day.
“It’s something you don’t
like to see in this game,” senior
center Darryl Williams said of
all the injuries Saturday. “But it
comes with it. It’s a game that
we signed up for, to put our bod-
ies on the line. I’m just praying
for those guys that they’ll be
healthy the rest of the way.”

Bulldog Bullets: Crimson Tide roll Bulldogs

By Garrick Hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Sat-
urday seemed very rem-
iniscent of Mississippi
State’s earlier loss to Lou-
isiana State.
The only difference
being it was over from the
opening kickoff rather
than in the second quar-
ter.
No. 5 Alabama came
into Starkville and com-
pletely ran the Bulldogs
off their own field, win-
ning 38-7. But at least this
was the result everyone
expected, right?
As always, a quick
programming note for
those who are new here:
Bulldog Bullets will be a
weekly recurring article
filled with short obser-
vations and commentary
written throughout Mis-
sissippi State football
games that posts shortly
after the final gun.
To the Bulldog Bullets:
n A pregame an-
nouncement came on
across the loud speakers
warning of bats infiltrat-
ing Davis Wade Stadium
that “carried a high risk
for rabies.” Thankfully,
I can report I did not get
bitten.
n Unfortunately, Tua
Tagovailoa was seriously
hurt. When he’s healthy,
Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens runs the ball while defended by Alabama linebacker Christian
Harris during the first quarter Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.
he’s one of the most elec-
trifying players in college
football.
n Great day for Ala-
bama on the scoreboard,
not so great day in the
training room. Besides
Tagovailoa, standout de-
fender Raekwon Davis
also had to be carted to
the locker room.
n Mississippi State
pooched the opening
kickoff and was also off-
sides on the play, giving
Alabama field position
at the 45. Because if any
team needs help offen-
sively, it’s Alabama.
n Three straight plays
from scrimmage in the
first quarter went like
this: Alabama touchdown,
Mississippi State inter-
ception, Alabama touch-
down.
n Mississippi State
got some life back with
a Kylin Hill touchdown
then pooched another
kick. This has been going
on all season, and it’s led
to a lot of great field posi-
tion for opposing teams.
MSU must REALLY not
trust its kickoff coverage.
Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports
n Also, not to be a Deb-
bie Downer, but the Bull-
dogs only scored because
of an ill-advised penalty
from Alabama, negating
what would have been a
sack on third down.
n Alabama fumbled
and still gained five yards
late in the first quarter.
Sometimes, things just
don’t go your way.
n The Crimson Tide’s
speed demons at wide-
out made MSU’s young
secondary look like they
were wearing ice skates.
n For as dominating as
Alabama was, it somehow
committed seven penal-
ties for 86 yards.
n Through three quar-
ters, the Crimson Tide av-
eraged 9.1 yards per play.
n It seemed like the
only offensive play that
worked for MSU was
Tommy Stevens running
the ball on read-option
calls.
n If you’re looking for
a silver lining, at least
MSU’s final two games
still have a chance to mat-
ter. Assuming things go
according to plan, Mis-
sissippi State should be
on the other end of this
score next week against
Abilene Christian. Then
the Egg Bowl will deter-
mine if MSU extends its
school-record bowl streak
to 10 or not.
n Pretty cool to see
98-year-old World War II
veteran Fred Baker get
honored on the field for
his service. Mr. Baker
looked pretty darn im-
pressive for being alive
for nearly a century. On a
personal note, my grand-
father served at the tail
end of WWII, so that kind
of stuff makes my eyes
dusty.
6B SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019
briefly COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Women’s College Basketball
Ole Miss falls at home to New Orleans
The Ole Miss women’s basketball team lost to the
University of New Orleans on Friday in Oxford, 69-64.
Hot start propels Ole Miss past Western Michigan
Freshman Jayla Alexander led the team with 21 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
points, including five 3-pointers, but she couldn’t lead
the Rebels over the Privateers. OXFORD — Ole
Ole Miss (2-1) committed 23 turnovers in the loss. Miss coach Kermit Da-
”I just think right now we’re not the tougher team,
and when you’re not tough, you turn the ball over,” Ole vis sensed his Rebels
Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said in a news were stuck in neutral af-
release from Ole Miss. “I wasn’t confident coming into ter the opening 10 min-
this game because I didn’t feel like we had a lot of good utes against Western
practices. With a team that is young like this, we’re going
to have to take losses to learn from it. As a staff, we saw Michigan on Friday, so
he opted for a defensive
it coming, but this team is stubborn enough that they
change.
needed to get a loss. We needed this.”
The Rebels will face Southern Miss at 6 p.m. Good choice.
Tuesday in Hattiesburg.
Ole Miss guards
Breein Tyree and
Southern Miss takes down ULM on the road
Devontae Shuler scored
On Saturday, the Southern Miss women’s
20 and 16 points, re-
basketball team beat Louisiana-Monroe on the road at
spectively, and com-
Fant-Ewing Coliseum for the first time since 1981.
The Eagles (3-1) dominated in the first half, holding bined to spark a deci-
a 29-9 lead at halftime. Senior Amber Landing had 12
sive 16-0 first-half run
points, seven blocks and seven rebounds.
“Amber played extremely well,” Southern Miss as the Rebels defeated
head coach Joye Lee-McNelis said in a news release Western Michigan 85-
from the school. “She got a few blocks early, and I think 58.
those blocks really generated some confidence for her.
That was truly the difference: the confidence she played “We came out flat,
with. And in turn she hit a bucket and generated a lot of and Western Michigan
positive thoughts for her, and I think she played her best
game today in a Lady Eagle uniform.”
came out confident,”
Davis said. “Once we
The Eagles face off with Ole Miss on Tuesday.
changed defenses, used
MUW loses twice at Sewanee Classic a trap and some differ-
West Point product Qiayon Bailey scored 26 points,
but the Mississippi University for Women women’s
basketball team lost 87-68 to Belhaven on Saturday at
the Sewanee Classic in Sewanee, Tennessee. NBA BASKETBALL
Harden scores 49 on career-high 41 shots
Bailey also grabbed 10 rebounds for her second
double-double of the season. Autumn Taylor added 12
points for the Owls.
The Owls also lost Friday, an 83-74 defeat to
Judson University in Sewanee. Briona Green led the
team with a career-high 18 points, while Taylor, Bailey
The Associated Press
and MyNeka Frazier each scored 14.
MINNEAPOLIS —
The W has its home opener at 5:30 p.m. Friday
against Centenary College. James Harden scored
49 points on a whopping
Men’s College Basketball 41 shots from the field
MUW earns first win of season in Talladega and the undermanned
The Mississippi University for Women men’s Houston Rockets won
basketball team earned its first win of the season Friday
their seventh straight
against Rust College, an 81-76 victory in the first game
of the Talladega College Classic in Talladega, Alabama. game, 125-105 over
Starkville High and East Mississippi Community the Minnesota Tim-
College product Keith Harris scored 27 points for the berwolves on Saturday
Owls, and Tyler Jackson scored 21.
night.
Against host Talladega College on Saturday
evening, though, the Owls were blown out by the With Russell West-
Tornadoes, 91-53. MUW will play an exhibition against brook resting, the Rock-
Delta State at 7:30 p.m. Monday. ets needed Harden to
shoulder an even bigger
Prep Basketball
scoring load than usual.
MUW earns first win of season in Talladega The 41 attempts are the
Cooper McCleskey scored 16 points and Jarvis most in his career, and
Leigh had 14 as the Caledonia boys basketball team
the most in the NBA
beat Hamilton 70-27 on Friday in the Confederates’
this season, surpassing
home opener.
The Caledonia girls hung on for a 46-44 victory the 37 Golden State’s
over the Lions. T’nyzia Lathan scored 16 points, and D’Angelo Russell took
Shanti Kidd had 12.
in an overtime loss Nov.
The Confederates’ next game is Nov. 30 at the
Starkville Thanksgiving Tournament. 8 in the same building
Other basketball scores from Friday and Saturday: in Minnesota.
Starkville boys 66, Holmes Central 36 Harden made 16 of
Eric Green led the Yellow Jackets with 15 points. the 41 shots, going 8 for
Starkville girls 53, Holmes Central 47
22 from 3-point range.
He was 9 of 11 on free
Prep Soccer throws.
Caledonia boys, girls rout Columbus Ben McLemore
The Caledonia boys and girls soccer teams posted scored 20 points. Un-
big shutout wins against Columbus on Friday.
The Confederates girls beat the Falcons 7-0, while drafted rookie Chris
the boys team won 6-0. Clemons scored a ca-
The ‘Feds’ next match is Tuesday at Mooreville. reer-high 19 for the
The girls match starts at 5 p.m., and the boys match Rockets, who broke
starts at 6:30 p.m.
Elsewhere, the St. Andrew’s Episcopal girls team open the game with a
beat the Mississippi School for Mathematics and 9-0 run in the fourth
Science 7-0 on Friday. No results were available from quarter. Austin Rivers
the boys match.
The Blue Waves will host West Point on Tuesday at
the Columbus Soccer Complex. The girls match starts
Pro Basketball
at 5:30 p.m., and the boys match starts at 7 p.m.
NBA Glance
SOURCE: From Special Reports EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
CALENDAR
Boston 10 1 .909 —
Toronto 8 4 .667 2½
Philadelphia 7 5 .583 3½
Brooklyn 5 7 .417 5½
Today New York 3 10 .231 8
Southeast Division
College Volleyball W L Pct GB
Miami 9 3 .750 —
Georgia at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Charlotte 6 7 .462 3½
Orlando 5 7 .417 4
Men’s College Basketball Atlanta 4 7 .364 4½
Washington 3 7 .300 5
New Orleans at Mississippi State, 2 Central Division
W L Pct GB
p.m. Milwaukee 9 3 .750 —
Monday Indiana
Cleveland
7 6 .538 2½
4 7 .364 4½
Prep Girls Basketball Detroit
Chicago
4 9 .308 5½
4 9 .308 5½
Carroll Academy at Starkville Academy, WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
6 p.m. W L Pct GB
Houston 10 3 .769 —
Prep Boys Basketball Dallas 7 5 .583 2½
Memphis 5 7 .417 4½
Carroll Academy at Starkville Academy, San Antonio 5 8 .385 5
New Orleans 3 9 .250 6½
7:30 p.m. Northwest Division
Women’s College Basketball
Denver
W L Pct GB
8 3 .727 —
Troy at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. Utah 8 4 .667 ½
Minnesota 7 6 .538 2
East Mississippi Community College vs. Oklahoma City 5 7 .417 3½
Portland 5 8 .385 4
Pearl River Community College at PRCC Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Wildcat Classic, Poplarville, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers 10 2 .833 —
Men’s College Basketball Phoenix
L.A. Clippers
7 4 .636 2½
7 5 .583 3
East Mississippi Community College vs. Sacramento 4 7 .364 5½
Golden State 2 11 .154 8½
LSU Eunice at PRCC Wildcat Classic, Friday’s Games
Poplarville, 6 p.m. Charlotte 109, Detroit 106
Orlando 111, San Antonio 109
MUW at Delta State, 7:30 p.m. (Exh.) Houston 111, Indiana 102
Memphis 107, Utah 106
Prep Girls Soccer Oklahoma City 127, Philadelphia 119, OT
Washington 137, Minnesota 116
Winona at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Boston 105, Golden State 100
Prep Boys Soccer
Winona at Columbus, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers 99, Sacramento 97
Saturday’s Games
Brooklyn 117, Chicago 111
Milwaukee 102, Indiana 83
Charlotte 103, New York 102
on the air
Houston 125, Minnesota 105
Miami 109, New Orleans 94
Dallas 110, Toronto 102
Today Portland 121, San Antonio 116
Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, late
AUTO RACING Today’s Games
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 2 p.m.
2 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Boston at Sacramento, 2:30 p.m.
Denver at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Series: The Ford EcoBoost 400, Miami, Washington at Orlando, 5 p.m.
NBC Golden State at New Orleans, 6 p.m.
Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Noon — Marquette at Wisconsin, FS1
Monday’s Games
Cleveland at New York, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
2 p.m. — Florida at Connecticut, ESPN Indiana at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago, 7 p.m.
3 p.m. — Seton Hall at St. Louis, Portland at Houston, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
ESPNU Boston at Phoenix,8 p.m.
Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.
NFL FOOTBALL Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
Noon — Houston at Baltimore, CBS
Noon — New Orleans at Tampa Bay,
FOX
College Basketball EAST
Belmont 100, Boston College 85
3:25 p.m. — New England at Philadel- Binghamton 76, Sacred Heart 72
Buffalo 88, Harvard 76
phia, CBS Maryland 80, Oakland 50
Morgan St. 68, George Washington 64
7:20 p.m. — Chicago at LA Rams, NBC Providence 68, St. Peter’s 47
St. Bonaventure 80, Rutgers 74
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ent looks, I thought it Brandon Johnson season, the Broncos providing solid minutes
changed the game, and and Michael Flowers looked more like the and productive num-
we competed well in the scored 21 and 14, re- Steve Hawkins-coached bers. Shuler had seven
last six or eight minutes spectively, for the Bron- teams that won eight points to start the early
of the first half and got cos (3-1), who led 16-8 Mid-American Confer- 16-0 run, and the Reb-
in transition. We can in the opening 10 min- ence West titles in the els never looked back.
be good when we get in utes. Western Michigan past 15 seasons, at least
transition.” shot 20 of 59 (33 per- in the first half. Johnson
Luis Rodriguez add- cent) from the field, 5 and Flowers are a for-
Quotable
“We got the ball to
ed 10 points and a team- of 32 (15 percent) from midable one-two punch
the right people and
high six rebounds for 3-point range and 13 of offensively, but the
took the right shots. To-
Ole Miss (3-0), which 17 (77 percent) from Broncos had difficulty
the free-throw line. night, we just could not
led 40-32 at halftime stopping Ole Miss from
Ole Miss shot 32 of get those shots to drop,”
and opened the second penetrating to the bas-
61 (52 percent), 5 of Western Michigan
half with a 11-2 run that ket and had no answers
15 (33 percent) from coach Steve Hawkins
ended any Western in the second half.
3-point range and 16 of said. “The defensive in-
Michigan (3-1) come- Ole Miss: The Reb-
20 (80 percent) from tensity and scheme and
back hopes. els keep winning and
“When we get after the free-throw line. The using multiple player tempo of Ole Miss had
a lot to do with that. A
it defensively, we can Rebels outrebounded combinations — but the
be really scary, really the Broncos 38-33 while perimeter combination lot.”
good,” Rodriguez said. forcing 19 turnovers, 13 of Shuler and Tyree
“When one of us steps in the second half. continues to impress Up next
up and leads, it’s like a most. The Rebels ro- Western Michigan:
domino effect. Some- Big picture tated three freshmen Hosts Alma College on
body else steps up. We Western Michi- inside — Khadim Sy, Tuesday.
have to do that to be gan: Coming off an Carlos Curry and Sam- Ole Miss: Hosts Se-
successful.” uncharacteristic 8-24 my Hunter — with each attle on Tuesday.
also had 19 points. lost five straight. point lead. He made all der-Walker made six
Karl-Anthony Towns seven free throws in the 3-pointers and had 27
had 27 points and 15 re-
bounds for the Timber-
Bucks 102, Pacers 83 quarter and finished
with a career-best 15
points for New Orleans.
I N DI A NA POL IS
wolves. — Giannis Antetok- free throws in 19 at-
tempts.
Nets 117, Bulls 111
ounmpo had 26 points, CHICAGO — Spen-
Trail Blazers 121, 13 rebounds and six Delon Wright fin- cer Dinwiddie scored
ished with 15 points,
Spurs 116 assists and Milwaukee
and banked in a fade-
24 points and Brooklyn
SAN ANTONIO — forced Indiana into its beat Chicago without
away with 5 seconds
CJ McCollum scored worst shooting perfor- All-Star guard Kyrie
left in the third quar-
32 points and Portland mance of the season. Irving to snap a three-
ter to send Dallas into
beat San Antonio to Brook Lopez added game losing streak.
the fourth quarter with
spoil Tim Duncan’s first 15 points and eight re- Irving entered Sat-
a 78-77 edge. Wright
shot at coaching follow- bounds. He had blocked urday sixth in the NBA
added six points in the
ing Gregg Popovich’s five shots as the Pacers with 28.5 points per
fourth quarter.
ejection. shot a season-low 32% game but sat with a
Kristaps Porzingis
Popovich was eject- from the field. right shoulder injury.
had 20 points and
ed after walking onto Milwaukee, 9-3 The short-handed Nets
the court to berate of- matched his career best
despite a road-heavy are also without Caris
ficial Jason Goldenberg with 15 rebounds for
schedule to start the LeVert, who’s recover-
over a non-call. Popo- Dallas.
season, shot 45%. Donte ing from right thumb
vich calmly walked off Norman Powell
DiVincenzo added 14 surgery.
the court following his scored a season-high 26
points, Zach LaVine scored
first ejection of the sea- points for Toronto.
Myles Turner, play- 36 points for Chicago.
son.
ing his first game since
The Spurs respond- Oct. 30, had 16 points, Heat 109, Pelicans 94 Hornets 103,
ed with Duncan and MIAMI — Kendrick
11 rebounds and four
fellow assistants Becky blocks for Indiana. Nunn scored 22 points, Knicks 102
NEW YORK —
Hammon and Will Har- and Miami beat New
dy coaching by commit- Orleans to remained Devonte’ Graham made
tee, but it was Duncan
Mavericks 110, unbeaten at home. his ninth 3-pointer with
calling the plays and Raptors 102 Bam Adebayo had 18 2.8 seconds remaining
screaming out instruc- DALLAS — Luka points and 14 rebounds, and had 29 points to
Doncic had 26 points lead Charlotte past New
tion. and Jimmy Butler add-
Damian Lillard add- and 15 rebounds in Dal- ed 16 points, 13 assists York.
ed 22 points and Has- las’ victory over Toron- and eight rebound. Mi- P.J. Washington
san Whiteside had 21 to. ami is 5-0 at home and scored 19 points, Terry
Doncic scored nine Rozier had 16 and Mar-
for Portland. 9-3 overall — tying the
LaMarcus Aldridge points in the fourth best 12-game start in vin Williams added 13.
had 30 points and 13 re- quarter as the Maver- team history. RJ Barrett scored 22
bounds Spurs. They’ve icks added to a one- Nickell Alexan- points for the Knicks.
Pro Football
Syracuse 89, Seattle 67 Alabama 38, Mississippi St. 7 Columbus 19 7 8 4 18 45 63
Temple 70, La Salle 65 Appalachian St. 56, Georgia St. 27 New Jersey 19 7 8 4 18 50 69
Vermont 70, St. John’s 68 Austin Peay 42, Murray St. 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Villanova 78, Ohio 54
SOUTH
Chattanooga 34, The Citadel 33 NFL Glance
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Appalachian St. 69, Tennessee Tech 47
Cincinnati 20, South Florida 17 AMERICAN CONFERENCE
St. Louis 21 12 4 5 29 62 61
Clemson 52, Wake Forest 3 East
George Mason 83, James Madison 70 W L T Pct PF PA Colorado 20 12 6 2 26 73 59
Davidson 42, Stetson 14
LSU 75, Nicholls 65 New England 8 1 0 .889 270 98 Winnipeg 21 12 8 1 25 59 64
Liberty 77, East Carolina 57 ETSU 38, Mercer 33 Dallas 21 11 8 2 24 55 52
Florida St. 49, Alabama St. 12 Buffalo 6 3 0 .667 174 150
Memphis 102, Alcorn St. 56 Miami 2 7 0 .222 119 268 Nashville 19 9 7 3 21 70 66
Miami 80, Quinnipiac 52 Georgia 21, Auburn 14 Chicago 19 8 7 4 20 57 58
N.Y. Jets 2 7 0 .222 130 238
Montana St. 67, UNC-Greensboro 66
Morehead St. 76, Md.-Eastern Shore 53
Georgia Southern 51, Louisiana-Monroe 29
Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 20 7 11 2 16 53 69
Pacific Division
LSU 58, Ole Miss 37
Murray St. 114, Brescia 48
NC State 95, St. Francis Brooklyn 64 Louisiana-Lafayette 37, South Alabama 27
Houston 6 3 0 .667 238 191 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton 22 13 6 3 29 71 61
Indianapolis 5 4 0 .556 194 193
North Alabama 61, Samford 55 Louisville 34, NC State 20 Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197 Arizona 21 12 7 2 26 61 49
Vancouver 21 10 7 4 24 69 59
Tulane 79, Northwestern St. 52 Rice 31, Middle Tennessee 28 Jacksonville 4 5 0 .444 176 189
UNC-Asheville 79, Brevard College 49 Syracuse 49, Duke 6 North Calgary 22 10 9 3 23 60 64
Virginia 60, Columbia 42 UAB 37, UTEP 10 W L T Pct PF PA Anaheim 21 10 9 2 22 57 59
Virginia Tech 79, Lehigh 53 UT Martin 28, Tennessee St. 17 Baltimore 7 2 0 .778 300 189 Vegas 21 9 9 3 21 62 65
Winthrop 103, Mid-Atlantic Christian 59 Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 200 202 San Jose 20 9 10 1 19 59 70
MIDWEST
Virginia Tech 45, Georgia Tech 0
Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 228 Los Angeles 20 8 11 1 17 53 72
MIDWEST
Butler 80, Wofford 61
Cent. Michigan 84, Sam Houston St. 77
Creighton 82, Louisiana Tech 72
Cent. Michigan 45, Ball St. 44
Florida 23, Missouri 6
Cincinnati 0 9 0 .000 137 259
West
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
W L T Pct PF PA cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Dayton 90, Charleston Southern 61 Iowa 23, Minnesota 19
Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 284 239 Friday’s Games
DePaul 75, Cornell 54 Iowa St. 23, Texas 21
Indiana 100, Troy 62 Michigan 44, Michigan St. 10
Oakland 5 4 0 .556 208 240
L.A. Chargers 4 6 0 .400 207 194
New Jersey 2, Pittsburgh 1
Boston 4, Toronto 2
Kent St. 72, Wright St. 71
Loyola of Chicago 85, Saint Joseph’s 68
Minnesota St. 73, Upper Iowa 21
N. Dakota St. 49, South Dakota 14
Denver 3 6 0 .333 149 170 Columbus 3, St. Louis 2, OT
NATIONAL CONFERENCE Montreal 5, Washington 2
Miami (Ohio) 79, Alabama A&M 63 North Dakota 45, N. Colorado 38 East Ottawa 2, Philadelphia 1
N. Iowa 77, N. Colorado 72, OT Northwestern 45, UMass 6 W L T Pct PF PA
Purdue 93, Chicago St. 49 Notre Dame 52, Navy 20 Dallas 5 4 0 .556 251 170
Saturday’s Games
San Francisco 76, S. Illinois 60 Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 224 213 Carolina 4, Minnesota 3, OT
S. Dakota St. 38, N. Iowa 7
Toledo 70, Robert Morris 56 S. Illinois 45, W. Illinois 21 N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 Arizona 3, Calgary 0
Wichita St. 103, UT Martin 62 Dallas 5, Edmonton 4, OT
SOUTHWEST
West Virginia 24, Kansas St. 20 Washington 1 8 0 .111 108 219
South Los Angeles 4, Vegas 3
Arkansas 64, Montana 46 Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21
SIU-Edwardsville 57, Incarnate Word 55 SOUTHWEST W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 204 182
Winnipeg 4, Tampa Bay 3
Buffalo 4, Ottawa 2
Arkansas St. 28, Coastal Carolina 27
SMU 80, Jackson St. 63
Stephen F. Austin 82, Drexel 67 Cent. Arkansas 30, Stephen F. Austin 7
Carolina 5 4 0 .556 225 228 Florida 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 260 279 N.Y. Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3, SO
Tulsa 72, Austin Peay 65 Memphis 45, Houston 27 Atlanta 2 7 0 .222 191 259 Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 1
FAR WEST Oklahoma St. 31, Kansas 13 North Washington 3, Boston 2, SO
Colorado St. 74, Loyola Marymount 64 SE Louisiana 35, Abilene Christian 14 W L T Pct PF PA New Jersey 4, Montreal 3, OT
Hawaii 83, Portland St. 75 Southern Miss. 36, UTSA 17 Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205
Oregon St. 83, Wyoming 63 TCU 33, Texas Tech 31 Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 262 182
Anaheim 4, St. Louis 1
Rice 82, UC Santa Barbara 81 Chicago 7, Nashville 2
Tennessee 75, Washington 62
Troy 63, Texas St. 27
FAR WEST
Chicago
Detroit
4 5 0 .444 162 157
3 5 1 .389 217 237
Colorado 5, Vancouver 4, OT
Detroit at San Jose, late
Air Force 38, Colorado St. 21 West
Today’s Games
Ole Miss 85, BYU 42, Idaho St. 10
Hawaii 21, UNLV 7
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 8 1 0 .889 259 129 Calgary at Vegas, 6 p.m.
Western Michigan 58 Montana 35, Weber St. 16 Seattle
L.A. Rams
8 2 0 .800 275 254
5 4 0 .556 226 191
Buffalo at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Monday’s Games
W. MICHIGAN (3-1) New Mexico St. 41, Incarnate Word 28
Arizona 3 6 1 .350 222 281 Anaheim at Washington, 6 p.m.
Johnson 8-12 3-5 21, Wright 0-0 2-2 2, Artis White Oregon St. 35, Arizona St. 34
Thursday’s Games Los Angeles at Arizona, 8 p.m.
2-11 1-2 6, Whitens 2-6 0-0 4, Flowers 4-15 5-6 14, Utah St. 26, Wyoming 21 Cleveland 21, Pittsburgh 7
Barrs 0-0 0-0 0, Emilien 1-1 0-0 3, Wilkins 2-5 2-2 Washington St. 49, Stanford 22 Today’s Games
6, Ikongshul 1-1 0-0 2, Toliver 0-0 0-0 0, Cruz 0-2
0-0 0, Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Boyer-Richard 0-2 0-0 0,
Printy 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-59 13-17 58. SEC Standings
Dallas at Detroit, noon
N.Y. Jets at Washington, noon
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon
Transactions Saturday’s moves
MISSISSIPPI (3-0) East Denver at Minnesota, noon BASEBALL
Conference All Games
Buffen 2-2 1-2 5, Sy 3-5 2-2 8, Shuler 6-12 3-3 16, Houston at Baltimore, noon National League
W L PF PA W L PF PA Buffalo at Miami, noon MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Claimed RHP Eric
Tyree 7-16 5-6 20, Rodriguez 3-4 4-4 10, Curry 2-3 Georgia 6 1 183 71 9 1 324 105
0-0 4, Collum 1-2 0-0 3, Hunter 4-6 0-0 8, Williams Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon Yardley off waivers from San Diego.
Florida 6 2 249 136 9 2 356 156 BASKETBALL
2-3 1-3 5, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Crowley 2-5 0-0 6, Mc- Atlanta at Carolina, noon
Tennessee 3 3 108 156 5 5 239 230 Arizona at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. NBA G League
Bride 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-61 16-20 85.
Halftime_Mississippi 40-32. 3-Point Goals_W.
Kentucky 3 5 145
South Carolina 3 5 159
160
221
5 5 221
4 7 266 275
201 New England at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.
COLLEGE PARK SKYHAWKS — Waived G Ron-
shad Shabazz. Claimed F Nick Ward off waivers.
Michigan 5-32 (Johnson 2-4, Emilien 1-1, Artis
White 1-8, Flowers 1-9, Cruz 0-1, Wilkins 0-1,
Missouri
Vanderbilt
2 4 99 141
1 6 92 259
5 5 260
2 8 150
195
353
Chicago at L.A. Rams, 7:20 p.m. FOOTBALL
Open: N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee, Green Bay National Football League
Boyer-Richard 0-2, Whitens 0-3, Printy 0-3), Mis- West Monday’s Games ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TE Maxx Wil-
sissippi 5-15 (Crowley 2-3, Collum 1-2, Shuler 1-3, Conference All Games Kansas City vs L.A. Chargers at Mexico City, liams to a two-year contract extension.
Tyree 1-4, Hunter 0-1, Williams 0-1, Miller 0-1). W L PF PA W L PF PA MEX, 7:15 p.m. CHICAGO BEARS — Placed TE Trey Burton on
Fouled Out_Buffen. Rebounds_W. Michigan 27 LSU 6 0 271 177 10 0 478 238 IR. Signed LB James Vaughters from the practice
(Whitens 7), Mississippi 34 (Buffen, Rodriguez Alabama 6 1 315 155 9 1 468 175 squad.
6). Assists_W. Michigan 9 (Flowers 3), Mississippi
16 (Shuler, Tyree 3). Total Fouls_W. Michigan 19,
Texas A&M 4 2 182
Auburn 4 3 202
Mississippi St 2 5 165
155
135
236
7 3 340
7 3 308
4 6 265
203
178
310
Pro Hockey CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed CB Dre Kirk-
patrick on the IR. Signed LB Hardy Nickerson and
WR Damion Willis from the practice squad.
Mississippi 20. Ole Miss 2 5 188 222 4 7 299 297 NHL Glance INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released OT Gerhard
Arkansas 0 6 105 239 2 8 223 362 EASTERN CONFERENCE de Beer from the practice squad. Signed OT Ced-
Saturday’s Games
College Football Florida 23, Missouri 6
Alabama 38, Mississippi St. 7
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 20 12 3 5 29 70 53
rick Lang to the practice squad.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Placed DT Cortez
Broughton on the non-football illness list. Signed
Saturday’s Scores Georgia 21, Auburn 14 Montreal 20 11 5 4 26 72 62 LS Matt Overton.
Florida 20 10 5 5 25 74 74 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed RB Darren
Army 47, VMI 6
EAST Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14
LSU 58, Ole Miss 37 Buffalo 19 10 6 3 23 58 55 Sproles on IR. Signed RB Jay Ajayi.
Brown 48, Columbia 24 Texas A&M 30, South Carolina 6 Toronto 22 9 9 4 22 71 77
Tampa Bay 17 9 6 2 20 64 59
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Released LB
Tanner Vallejo. Signed WR Cam Sims from the
Bryant 20, Duquesne 16 Saturday, Nov. 23
Bucknell 20, Georgetown 17
Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17
Samford at Auburn, 11 a.m.
W. Carolina at Alabama, 11 a.m.
Ottawa 20 8 11 1 17 55 66
Detroit 21 7 12 2 16 48 78
Metropolitan Division
practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
Holy Cross 49, Fordham 27 ETSU at Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Assigned G Ilya
Ohio St. 56, Rutgers 21 Texas A&M at Georgia, 2:30 p.m. Washington 22 15 3 4 34 84 67 Samsonov and D Tyler Lewington to Hershey
Penn 24, Harvard 20 UT Martin at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders
18 14 3 1 29 58 42 (AHL). Recalled F Travis Boyd and G Vitek Van-
Penn St. 34, Indiana 27 Arkansas at LSU, 6 p.m. Carolina 20 12 7 1 25 70 59 ecek from Hershey.
Temple 29, Tulane 21 Tennessee at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. Pittsburgh 20 11 7 2 24 67 50 American Hockey League
Yale 51, Princeton 14 Abilene Christian at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia 20 10 6 4 24 61 60 SAN DIEGO GULLS — Recalled D Steven Ruggi-
SOUTH N.Y. Rangers 18 8 8 2 18 60 66 ero from Tulsa (ECHL).

Burrow throws 5 TDs; No. 1 LSU beats Ole Miss 58-37
The Associated Press
OXFORD, Miss. — Joe Bur-
row threw for 489 yards and five
touchdowns as No. 1 LSU built
a big lead and held off Ole Miss
58-37 on Saturday.
Coming off an emotional
46-41 home win at Alabama
last week, the Tigers (10-0,
6-0 Southeastern Conference)
scored on four of their first five
possessions jump out to a 28-0
lead over the Rebels (4-7, 2-5).
The teams combined for
1,328 yards of total offense,
including 714 by the Tigers.
Burrow enhanced his Heisman
Trophy front-runner status,
completing 32 of 42 passes, in-
cluding touchdown passes of
34, 51 and 61 yards to Ja’Marr
Chase (227 yards) and 12 and
7 yards to Justin Jefferson (112
yards).
Burrow completed 17 con-
secutive passes at one point to
set a school record. He threw
two interceptions in the second
half as Ole Miss climbed clos-
er but put the game away with
a 61-yard touchdown pass to
Chase with 5:11 remaining.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
capped the scoring with a 49-
yard touchdown run with 3:08
left and finished with 174 yards
rushing on 23 carries.
Ole Miss freshman quarter-
back John Rhys Plumlee had
212 rushing yards, a school
record for a quarterbacks, and
Abraham, Harris lead Southern Miss to 36-17 win over UTSA
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Jack
Abraham threw for 290 yards
and two touchdowns, De’Mi-
chael Harris had 121 yards
rushing and two TDs, and
Southern Miss beat UTSA 36-
17 on Saturday night.
Abraham was 22 of 34 pass-
ing with one interception. Quez
Watkins had seven receptions
for 137 yards and Tim Jones had
97 yards receiving and a score
College football roundup
No. 23 Iowa hands No. 7 Minnesota its first loss
The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Nate
Stanley threw for two touch-
down passes and Tyler Goodson
ran for a score, and Iowa handed
Minnesota its first loss, 23-19.
The Hawkeyes (7-3, 4-3 Big
Ten) struck quickly, scoring
touchdowns on their first three
possessions, then held off Min-
nesota’s charge in the second
half for their first victory over a
ranked opponent this season.
The Gophers (9-1, 6-1, No.
8 CFP) haven’t won at Kinnick
Stadium since 1999, losing nine
straight on the road in the se-
ries.
Minnesota got to 23-19 with
3:27 to play when Rodney Smith
scored on a 1-yard dive. But
Brock Walker’s extra-point at-
tempt missed. Iowa’s Nate Wi-
eting then recovered the onside
kick.
The Gophers had a final
chance. But quarterback Tan-
ner Morgan was sacked by Joe
Evans and A.J. Epenesa on back-
to-back plays, then backup Cole
Kramer’s pass was intercepted
by Riley Moss on fourth down.
n No. 2 Ohio State 56,
Rutgers 21: PISCATAWAY,
N.J. — Justin Fields threw for
a career-high 305 yards and
matched his best with four
touchdown passes to lead Ohio
State.
Favored by a whopping 51
points, the Buckeyes (10-0, 7-0
Big Ten) rolled to their 16th
straight win over the past two
seasons. J.K. Dobbins ran for
two touchdowns and corner-
back Shaun Wade set up two
early TDs with an interception
and a forced fumble.
Isaih Pacheco scored on a 26-
yard run, Johnny Langan threw
a 45-yard scoring pass to Bo
Melton and ran a yard for anoth-
er touchdown with 1:09 left for
Rutgers (2-8, 0-7). The loss was
the 19th straight conference
game for Rutgers, which fired
coach Chris Ash in late Septem-
ber.
n No. 3 Clemson 53,
Wake Forest 3: CLEMSON,
S.C. — Trevor Lawrence tied
his career high with four touch-
three touchdowns and was 9 of
16 passing for 123 yards. Re-
serve quarterback Matt Corral
connected with Elijah Moore
on a 55-yard touchdown pass in
the final period.
The takeaway
LSU: The Tigers set the
tone with the early touchdown
barrage and eliminated the
thought of a road upset.
Ole Miss: The Rebels got
big runs from Plumlee and
Jerrion Ealy (13 carries for 141
yards), but were 2 of 11 on third
down conversions and 1 of 4 on
fourth down conversions. The
Rebels pulled within 11 points
midway through the third quar-
ter, but never got any closer.
Poll implications
LSU’s impressive first half
performance should be enough
to remain No. 1 in next week’s
poll.
Up next
LSU: Hosts Arkansas in the
first of a season-ending, two-
game home stand on Saturday.
The Tigers can clinch the SEC
West with a victory.
Ole Miss: Visits Mississip-
pi State for the in-state rivalry
Egg Bowl on Nov. 28.
No. 1 LSU 58, Ole Miss 37
LSU 14 17 13 14—58
Ole Miss 0 7 16 14—37
on eight catches for the Gold-
en Eagles (7-4, 5-1 Conference
USA).
Harris took a handoff and
raced up the middle for a 56-
yard touchdown to give South-
ern Miss a 16-10 lead with 1:55
left in the first half.
On the first possession of the
second half, Watkins caught
a short pass, split a pair of de-
fenders and went untouched for
a 77-yard TD catch.
Lowell Narcisse connected
downs, three to Tee Higgins,
and Clemson won its 26th
straight game and completed a
second-straight perfect Atlantic
Coast Conference regular sea-
son.
The Tigers (11-0, 8-0, No. 3
CFP) opened quickly and, af-
ter an uncomfortable stretch of
four series with just a field goal,
turned it on again right before
halftime to win their 11th in a
row over the Demon Deacons
(7-3, 3-3).
Lawrence, the 6-foot-6 soph-
omore, left in the third quarter,
finishing 21 of 27 for 272 yards.
n No. 5 Georgia 21, No.
13 Auburn 14: AUBURN,
Ala. — Jake Fromm passed for
three touchdowns and Geor-
gia’s defense had two late stops,
helping the Bulldogs clinch the
Southeastern Conference East-
ern Division title.
The Bulldogs (9-1, 6-1 SEC,
No. 4 CFP) sailed through three
quarters with a 21-0 lead before
Auburn (7-3, 4-3) rallied in the
fourth.
Georgia held on to become
the first team to win three con-
secutive SEC East titles since
Florida won five in a row from
1992-96.
Fromm was 13 of 28 pass-
ing for just 110 yards, but had
a 51-yard touchdown pass to
Dominick Blaylock and a pair of
5-yarders to Eli Wolf and Brian
Herrien. Swift ran for 106 yards
on 17 carries.
n No. 8 Utah 49, UCLA
3: SALT LAKE CITY — Zack
Moss ran for 127 yards and two
touchdowns and added 65 re-
ceiving yards to help Utah rout
UCLA.
Moss moved into sec-
ond-place for career all-purpose
yardage at Utah. Tyler Huntley
threw for a season-high 335
yards and two touchdowns on
14-of-18 passing. Brant Kuithe
had a career-high 132 yards and
a touchdown on five catches.
The Utes (9-1, 6-1 Pac-12, No.
7 CFP) beat the Bruins for the
fourth straight season. Utah to-
taled 536 yards on offense.
n No. 9 Penn State 34,
No. 24 Indiana 27: STATE
COLLEGE, Pa. — Quarter-
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Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee runs for a first down against LSU on Saturday on Oxford.
First quarter
LSU_Chase 34 pass from Burrow (York kick), 12:56
LSU_Davis-Price 4 run (York kick), 1:22
Second quarter
LSU_Chase 51 pass from Burrow (York kick), 14:09
LSU_Jefferson 12 pass from Burrow (York kick), 8:27
MIS_Plumlee 5 run (L.Logan kick), 5:40
LSU_FG York 33, :05
Third quarter
MIS_Plumlee 46 run (E.Moore pass from Plumlee), 14:29
LSU_FG York 27, 8:19
MIS_Plumlee 60 run (Plumlee run), 7:46
LSU_Jefferson 7 pass from Burrow (York kick), 6:50
LSU_FG York 52, 3:25
with Carlos Strickland II for a
51-yard touchdown to cut UT-
SA’s deficit to 23-17 with 4:57 left
in the third quarter but Harris
answered with a 33-yard scor-
ing run less than two minutes
later and Kevin Perkins scored
on a 39-yard run to make it 36-
17 with 4:45 left in the game.
Narcisse passed for 325
yards and two touchdowns for
the Roadrunners (4-6, 3-3).
The Golden Eagles moved
into a tie with Louisiana Tech
back Sean Clifford scored three
touchdowns Saturday, leading
Penn State past Indiana.
Penn State (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten,
No. 9 CFP) is at No. 2 Ohio State
next week with the top spot in
the Big Ten East on the line.
Clifford also completed 11
of 23 passes for 179 yards and
ran for 55 yards. Journey Brown
rushed 21 times for 100 yards
and added a score. With Penn
State ahead by a field goal with
10:45 to play, Clifford led an 18-
play, 75-yard drive that ate 9:01
and ended when he plunged in
from a yard out to put the game
out of reach.
n No. 10 Oklahoma 34,
No. 12 Baylor 31: WACO,
Texas — Gabe Brkic kicked
a 31-yard field goal with 1:45
left after Jalen Hurts threw
four touchdown passes in a big
comeback and Oklahoma kept
its playoff hopes alive and ended
No. 12 Baylor’s bid for an unde-
feated season.
While the Sooners (9-1, 6-1
Big 12, No. 10 CFP) were with-
out standout receiver CeeDee
Lamb, Hurts was 30-of-42 pass-
ing for 297 yards with all of his
TDs coming after Baylor took
a 28-3 lead early in the second
quarter. The quarterback, who
had three turnovers, also ran
for 114 yards.
n No. 11 Florida 23, Mis-
souri 6: COLUMBIA, Mo.
— Kyle Trask threw two touch-
down passes after a sluggish
first half for Florida.
Trask completed 23 of 35
passes for 282 yards. That was
plenty of offense for Florida
(9-2, 6-2 Southeastern Confer-
ence), which held Missouri to
204 total yards. Linebacker Jon
Greenard had two sacks and
five tackles for loss.
n No. 14 Michigan 44,
Michigan State 10: ANN AR-
BOR, Mich. — Shea Patterson
threw for a season-high 384
yards and four touchdowns and
Michigan handed Michigan
State its fifth straight loss.
The Wolverines (8-2, 5-2,
No. 15 CFP) scored 24 straight
points after giving up the first
touchdown and coasted to their
most lopsided win in the rivalry
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 7B
Stan Beall/Special to The Dispatch
Penalties-Yards 4-35 5-50
Fourth quarter
MIS_Plumlee 35 run (L.Logan kick), 13:26 Time of Possession 32:51 27:09
Individual statistics
LSU_Chase 61 pass from Burrow (York kick), 5:11
MIS_E.Moore 55 pass from Corral (L.Logan kick), 3:19 RUSHING_LSU, Edwards-Helaire 23-172, Burrow 9-26, Emery
3-21, Davis-Price 3-8, (Team) 1-(minus 2). Mississippi, Plumlee
LSU_Edwards-Helaire 49 run (York kick), 3:08
A_53,797. 21-212, Ealy 13-141, Conner 8-45, Corral 1-6, E.Moore 1-(minus
2).
First downs
LSU MIS
35 26
PASSING_LSU, Burrow 32-42-2-489. Mississippi, Plumlee 9-16-
Rushes-yards 39-225 44-402
1-123, Corral 6-11-0-89.
RECEIVING_LSU, Jefferson 9-112, Chase 8-227, Moss 5-63,
Passing 489 212
Comp-Att-Int 32-42-2 15-27-1
Marshall 4-32, Edwards-Helaire 4-22, McMath 1-32, Davis-Price
1-1. Mississippi, E.Moore 9-143, D.Jackson 2-24, Knight 2-7,
Return Yards
Punts-Avg.
0
0-null 3-30.66
30 Cooley 1-29, Ealy 1-9.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_LSU, York 48. Mississippi, L.Logan 38.
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
UTSA_Strickland II 51 pass from Narcisse (Duplessis kick), 4:57
atop the C-USA West Division USM_D.Harris 33 run (pass failed), 3:12
standings. The Bulldogs, who Fourth quarter
USM_K.Perkins 39 run (Stein kick), 4:45
lost 31-10 at Marshall on Satur- USM UTSA
First downs 19 20
day, beat Southern Miss 45-30 Rushes-yards 39-203 37-97
Passing 290 325
on October 19. Comp-Att-Int 22-34-1 21-40-1
Return Yards
Punts-Avg.
16 69
6-46.0 9-39.22
Southern Miss 36, UTSA 17 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-Yards 5-54 7-49
Southern Miss 7 9 13 7—36
Time of Possession 29:23 30:37
Individual statistics
UTSA 7 3 7 0—17 RUSHING_Southern Miss, D.Harris 16-121, K.Perkins 8-65,
First quarter Abraham 8-14, S.Anderson 5-6, (Team) 2-(minus 3). UTSA, Mc-
USM_Ti.Jones 2 pass from Abraham (Stein kick), 9:31 Cormick 17-54, Narcisse 18-31, Brady 2-12.
UTSA_Cephus 75 pass from Narcisse (Duplessis kick), 9:19
Second quarter
PASSING_Southern Miss, Abraham 22-34-1-290. UTSA, Nar-
cisse 21-40-1-325.
USM_FG Stein 27, 12:14
UTSA_FG Duplessis 25, 5:54
RECEIVING_Southern Miss, Ti.Jones 8-97, Watkins 7-137,
D.Harris 5-22, N.McLaurin 1-31, K.Perkins 1-3. UTSA, Franklin
USM_D.Harris 56 run (kick failed), 1:55 7-97, Strickland II 5-79, Cephus 3-95, S.Jones 2-31, McCormick
Third quarter 1-14, Watson 1-5, Griffin 1-4, Sharp 1-0.
USM_Watkins 77 pass from Abraham (Stein kick), 12:51 MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
since a 49-3 victory in 2002. The up 45-3.
Spartans (4-6, 2-5) must win at Claypool caught seven pass-
Rutgers and against Maryland es for 117 yards with scoring
to be bowl eligible. receptions of 7, 47 and 3 yards
Michigan State got off to a from Book to give the Irish a
solid start, leading 7-0 after the 21-0 lead early in the second
first quarter on Brian Lewerke’s quarter. Book threw a 70-yard
1-yard pass to Max Rosenthal. touchdown pass to sophomore
The offensively challenged Braden Lenzy later in the quar-
Spartans did little with the ball ter as Notre Dame took a 38-3
and simply couldn’t stop Michi- halftime lead and then hit Clay-
gan in the air. pool with a 20-yard scoring pass
Patterson completed 24 of on their final play of the game
33 passes. He threw a 5-yard together.
TD pass to Nick Eubanks in the n No. 17 Cincinnati 20,
second quarter; an 18-yard pass South Florida 17: TAMPA,
to Donovan Peoples-Jones for a Fla. — Sam Crosa kicked a
score in the third; a 22-yard TD 37-yarder field goal as time ex-
pass to Nico Collins in the fourth pired to give Cincinnati at least
and a 39-yard pass to Cornelius a share of the American Athletic
Johnson with 2:33 left. Conference East division title.
n No. 15 Wisconsin 37, The Bearcats (8-1, 6-0, No.
Nebraska 21: LINCOLN, 17 CFP) rallied from a 10-point
Neb. — Jonathan Taylor ran for halftime deficit to win for the
204 yards and two touchdowns, eighth straight time, getting
Aaron Cruickshank returned a touchdown runs from Michael
kickoff 89 yards for a score and Warren and Gerrid Doaks be-
Wisconsin beat Nebraska. fore Desmond Ridder led an
Taylor became the first Foot- 11-play, 60-yard drive to win the
ball Bowl Subdivision player game. USF’s Spencer Shrader
since at least 2000 to run for 200 missed a 33-yard field goal that
yards three times against the would have given the Bulls (4-6,
same team, according to Spor- 2-4) the lead with 2:07 remain-
tradar. He had 221 against the ing.
Cornhuskers last year and 249 n No. 18 Memphis 45,
in 2017. The junior had his 11th Houston 27: HOUSTON —
200-yard game, moving into a Brady White threw for 341 yards
four-way tie for most in a career and five touchdowns and ran for
by an FBS player. another score and Memphis
n No. 16 Notre Dame 52, overcame a 10-point first-quar-
No. 21 Navy 20: SOUTH ter deficit to beat Houston,
BEND, Ind. — Chase Claypool White completed 22 of 33
caught four touchdown passes passes. Damonte Coxie caught
to match a school record and four passes for 93 yards and two
No. 16 Notre Dame shut down touchdowns, Antonio Gibson
Navy’s triple-option. had four catches for 93 yards
The 17th straight home vic- and a score, and Calvin Austin
tory for Brian Kelly’s Fight- caught five passes for 81 yards
ing Irish did not sell out Notre and a touchdown.
Dame Stadium. It was the first Kenneth Gainwell finished
time since 1973 Thanksgiving with 99 rushing yards on 17
Day against Air Force, a string carries for Memphis, which out-
of 273 sold-out games. A crowd gained Houston 531-256. The
of 74,080, 3,542 below capacity, Tigers (9-1, 5-1 American) have
saw Notre Dame win for the won five in a row. Houston (3-7,
79th time in the 93-game series 1-5) lost its third straight.
that has been played continu- Clayton Tune was 14 of 22
ously since 1927. for 157 yards and a touchdown
Ian Book completed 14 of 20 for the Cougars. Tune also had
passes for 284 yards and five a 68-yard touchdown run, and
touchdowns before exiting mid- Marquez Stevenson caught five
way through the third quarter passes for 89 yards and a touch-
and the Irish (8-2, No. 16 CFP) down.
8B SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Prep basketball

Dedicating season to late mother, West Lowndes girls basketball

coach Takeea Bozeman sees great things ahead for Panthers
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Takeea Bozeman and her mother,
Earnestine, were caught up in a bit of a
rivalry.
Takeea is the girls basketball coach
at West Lowndes High School, where
she teaches seventh- and eighth-grade
math. Earnestine taught math, too —at
crosstown foe Columbus High School.
The rivalry was good-natured, Ta-
keea Bozeman said, and her mother
helped her in numerous ways as she
coached.
“I couldn’t do a lot of the things that
I did with the team if I didn’t have her
support,” Bozeman said.
Earnestine died on Oct. 17 at age 72,
leaving her daughter with a heavy heart
and a greater purpose behind her fourth
year coaching the Panthers.
“I’m really dedicating this season
to her,” Bozeman said. “I want them to
do good for myself but also because it
would be real good to have.”
And even after last year’s losing sea-
son and first-round playoff exit, Boze-
man has high hopes for an experienced
team.
“I expect us to go all the way this
year,” she said.
Behind senior Marvaysha Seals, the
Panthers seem improved on offense and
defense if their opening game against
Amanda Elzy is anything to go off. Seals
had 19 points and junior Tydajasha Hood
had 11 in the 66-33 victory last Saturday
West Lowndes’ Edmariah Sherrod attempts a shot in traffic in a playoff game
against Sebastopol on Feb. 19, 2018.
in the Premier Medical Group Shootout
in Kosciusko.
“They played really good defense,
and they worked together on offense,
which made a big difference,” Bozeman
said.
“As of right now, I think our season’s
going great,” said Seals, a dynamic
5-foot-5 combo guard. “We just have to
execute more on offense and play better
Chris McDill/Dispatch file photo
D.”
That defensive improvement has
been the Panthers’ main focus during
their early-season practices. Hood said
the team switches up its style, playing
both man and zone. She’s seen positive
change so far.
“I think we got better at defense be-
cause everybody knows where they’re
supposed to be now and knows where to
go,” Hood said.
A veteran roster that Bozeman has
been able to shape from the beginning
of her tenure has helped the Panthers
improve. The team has four seniors:
Seals, guard Takara Givens and centers
Lauren Bell and Ashanti Williams.
“I don’t have to keep telling them the
same thing over and over again because
we’ve been together for four years,” Boz-
eman said.
That includes Hood, whom Bozeman
coached on the eighth-grade team her
first season. For the junior guard, Boz-
eman has improved her passing, drib-
bling and court vision.
“She’s taught me a lot,” Hood said.
“She pushes me to do better.”
There were some changes, Seals
said, when Bozeman first took over.
“We had to learn her coaching style,
how she coached and how we could play
along with her,” Seals said. “But over the
years, we got better. I really like playing
for her.”
West Lowndes is fully healthy as it
begins the season — a rarity, Bozeman
said, given the torn anterior cruciate lig-
aments and other serious injuries that
have plagued her teams in recent years.
And if that good luck can hold up, the
Panthers’ potential, she said, is unlim-
ited.
“As long as we remain healthy, I see
us going all the way,” Bozeman said. “I
really see big things coming out of them
this year.”

MSU Nascar
Continued from Page 1B
routinely bludgeoned by the
Alabama pass rush, as he to-
taled just 82 yards on 12 of 21
Reddick wins 2nd consecutive Xfinity Series championship
The Associated Press ing promoted to the Cup Series next year. good.
passing. Same for Christopher Bell, who finished “It sucks to come home second two
And while the former Penn HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Tyler Reddick fifth in the race and third in the champi- years in a row. We will take it. We were a lot
State signal caller added an won his second consecutive Xfinity Series onship picture, who was probably the title closer this year,” Custer said. “I am looking
encouraging 96 yards on the championship by snatching the lead away
ground, junior running back favorite but his Toyota dropped off in the forward to next year and seeing what we’ve
from Cole Custer in a spirited season finale final stage of his final ride before he moves got.”
Kylin Hill was thoroughly bot- Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
tled up throughout. to Cup. Bell has now lost two titles he was fa-
Reddick and Custer trad- Justin Allgaier, who won at Phoenix last vored to win.
Despite becoming the first ed the lead three times in a
player in the SEC this season weekend to make the final four, finished “We got beat my 17 seconds there,” Bell
single lap with Reddick final- 14th and last in the championship race. said. “For some reason I can’t hit on what
to rush for 10 touchdowns
ly surging his Richard Chil-
and over 1,000 yards, Hill fol- Reddick won the title last year driving I need to get around this place for a 30-or
dress Racing entry to the
lowed up his career-high 234 for JR Motorsports, but he had already 40-lap run. I’m ready for the next chapter.”
front for good with 18 laps re-
yards against Arkansas with made the decision to move to Childress for The Xfinity Series driver title is the
maining. Reddick is the first
35 yards and a touchdown on this season. He had to win at Homestead to fifth for Childress as Reddick joins Kevin
to win consecutive Xfinity
16 carries before heading to claim both titles. Harvick, Clint Bowyer and Austin Dillon
championships since Ricky Reddick
the locker room with an up- Childress has likened the 23-year-old as champions for the organization cele-
per-body injury. Moorhead Stenhouse Jr. in 2011 and
2012 and ninth driver with multiple titles. to Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough and be- brating its 50th season. Childress also tied
said postgame that Hill is day lieves the driver will feature heavily in the Joe Gibbs for a record five Xfinity owner
to day. It’s the only championship for manufac-
turer Chevrolet, which was shut out in Fri- future of the organization, and Reddick is championships.
While Saturday’s loss the first driver in the Xfinity Series to win The title was the first for Reddick crew
marked the 12th straight sea- day night’s Truck Series finale when Matt
Crafton won the title in a Ford. Chevrolet is consecutive titles for different teams. chief Randall Burnett.
son in which the Bulldogs fell
not represented in the Cup championship “It’s all about Richard, man,” said Red- “Best team I’ve ever been a part of,
to the Crimson Tide, MSU still
race Sunday. dick. “He’s the one who believed I could amazing group of guys, and amazing driv-
controls its own postseason
destiny. Now sitting at 4-6, Reddick’s title comes in his final ride as be a champion even before I won the first er, too,” said Burnett.
MSU remains two victories full-time driver of the No. 2 for RCR. He’s one.” Chase Briscoe won rookie of the year
short of bowl eligibility with being promoted to the Cup Series next sea- Reddick ended the season with six vic- and said after the race Stewart-Haas Rac-
games against Abilene Chris- son to drive the No. 8 Chevy. tories, shy of Bell’s eight wins and seven ing has not yet found enough funding to
tian and Ole Miss to come. Custer finished second and runner-up from Custer. Reddick and Custer had a pit bring him back in 2020. Briscoe said he’s
“Never going to be pleased to Reddick in the championship race for road confrontation during these playoffs hopeful the organization can put some-
with a loss, but we’re going to the second consecutive year. Stewart-Haas and raced each other hard before Reddick thing together because he has no other
come in tomorrow, watch film, Racing announced Friday that Custer is be- used a crossover move to take the win for ride planned.
get better off it and we’ve got
to reload and get ready for
Abilene Christian,” Moorhead
said.
Dead heat: No clear favorite in NASCAR championship race
The Associated Press ers a lone 50-minute practice do every week as a team, as himself,” Gabehart said. “To
session. The Gibbs cars rolled group.” compete at this level, the very,
Dawg notes HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle out 1-2-3 on the timing sheet, Hamlin was the loosest of very top, against the best is
Moorhead announced post- Busch, weary from the hype with Truex apparently the best the four with the busiest week- something that you shouldn’t
game that junior safety C.J. surrounding NASCAR’s cham- on long runs and Hamlin hold- end schedule. He turns 39 on take for granted and enjoy the
Morgan will miss the remain-
pionship race, just wanted to ing steady on shorter sprints. Monday and has always used moment. You’ve got to stop and
der of the season. Morgan was
end his media obligations and Less clear was Harvick, this championship weekend as
carted off the field after suf- take a little bit of extra time and
return his focus to the finale. ninth on the timing sheet but a birthday party, and his ce-
fering a lower-body injury in just really enjoy what it is that
the third quarter of Saturday’s But there was one final ques- showing zero concerns. lebrity entourage was sched-
we’re doing here. I fully antici-
game. tion from the back of the room: “We’re good,” he stated. uled to begin arriving in South
UFC fighter Colby Covington pate Denny will do that tonight
Senior defensive tackle Lee This championship field is Beach late Saturday. Among
had crashed the event and and have fun. He’s responsible
Autry, junior linebacker Willie nearly identical to last year, with his friends expected to be in
wanted a tip on winning a title about it. This isn’t the Denny of
Gay Jr., sophomore free safety Busch, Harvick and Truex, all attendance Sunday is Michael
bout. Busch gave the fighter former champions, returning Jordan and Hamlin doesn’t 10 years ago.
Marcus Murphy and freshman
left tackle Kwatrivous Johnson colorful advice for a champion- to the finale again. Hamlin has want to stray from his usual “He knows what he can and
were all suspended Saturday ship smackdown, basically tell- not been in the championship routine. can’t do maybe a whole lot bet-
for violating team rules. ing Covington not to care about race since 2014, is coming off “Trying to have fun, enjoy ter than he used to. It’s busi-
your opponent, put personal a winless 2018 season but has everything that surrounds us,” ness as usual for us.”
No. 4 Alabama 38, feelings aside and go kick their all the momentum headed into he said. The finalists had little on-
Mississippi St. 7 rear end. Sunday following last week’s He joked about qualifying track preparation time with just
Alabama 21 14 3 0—38 It couldn’t be more fitting statement victory at Phoenix. being canceled because it gave the 50 minutes to get a feel for
Mississippi St. 7 0 0 0—7
for NASCAR’s heavyweight He’s the only driver in the him the first pit stall — a posi- NASCAR’s rules package on
First quarter
BAMA_N.Harris 10 run (Bulovas kick), 13:08 fight, a four-driver showdown final four without a title, yet tion team owner Gibbs had him Homestead for the first time.
BAMA_N.Harris 19 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Bulovas kick),
12:54 Sunday at Homestead-Miami seemed most at ease following forfeit last year to Busch be- The lower horsepower, higher
MSST_Hill 1 run (Christmann kick), 9:03
BAMA_N.Harris 5 run (Bulovas kick), 3:22 Speedway that pits Busch Saturday’s practice. Harvick cause Busch was racing for the downforce package has had
Second quarter
BAMA_Waddle 35 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Bulovas kick), against two of his Joe Gibbs was locked in on his race car title and Hamlin was not. mixed results at various tracks,
14:15
BAMA_N.Harris 5 run (Bulovas kick), 3:22 Racing teammates. Busch, and kept his answers short. “It’s that good karma for giv- but Homestead has traditional-
Third quarter Denny Hamlin, and Martin Busch wore dark sunglasses ing up that pit box last year,”
BAMA_FG Bulovas 22, 7:28 ly produced some of the best
A_57,607. Truex Jr. will race their Toyotas on the long march from the ga- Hamlin smiled. “It all comes
BAMA MSST races of the season. The cham-
First downs 24 11 against Kevin Harvick, a Ford rage to the stage inside the me- back around.”
Rushes-yards 31-160 37-188 pion has had to win the race ev-
Passing 350 82 driver from Stewart-Haas Rac- dia center and wondered what Although there is no clear
Comp-Att-Int 21-29-0 12-21-1 ery year since this format was
Return Yards 28 1 ing. The Las Vegas odds mak- could possibly be left to dis- betting favorite, Hamlin seems
Punts-Avg. 2-39.5 5-33.8
ers have basically posted the introduced in 2014, and nearly
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 cuss. Truex was even-keeled, to setting himself up for a cel-
Penalties-Yards 7-86 5-37
winner-take-all race as a dead eager to get into the JGR de- ebratory weekend. He had the every one of those races was
Time of Possession 27:57 32:03
heat with no clear favorite. brief and put together his plan blessing of rookie crew chief decided after late cautions.
Individual statistics
RUSHING_Alabama, N.Harris 17-88, B.Robinson 8-56, Shav- It is next to impossible to de- for Sunday. Chris Gabehart, who has been Homestead is moving on the
ers 1-14, K.Robinson 3-10, Tu.Tagovailoa 2-(minus 8). Missis-
sippi St., Stevens 10-96, Gibson 9-56, Hill 16-35, Zuber 1-2, termine which of the four has “You got to keep doing what credited for keeping Hamlin on 2020 schedule to March, end-
Shrader 1-(minus 1).
PASSING_Alabama, Tu.Tagovailoa 14-18-0-256, M.Jones the best car because rain dis- got you here, right?” Truex a short leash all year and lead- ing its streak of 18 years as the
7-11-0-94. Mississippi St., Stevens 12-21-1-82.
RECEIVING_Alabama, Jeudy 7-114, D.Smith 6-92, N.Harris rupted the weekend schedule said. “It’s a big race, but the ing him to a Daytona 500 win season finale, and there will be
3-51, Ruggs 3-39, Waddle 1-35, J.Billingsley 1-19. Mississippi
St., Hill 3-21, S.Guidry 3-18, Thomas 2-6, Gibson 2-4, Green and NASCAR canceled Satur- best chance for one of us to and five other victories. one final championship bash in
1-30, Witherspoon 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. day qualifying to give the driv- win is to do the same thing we “I’ve told him to go enjoy victory lane.
Lifestyles
Holiday blues ...
Anyone can get them — recognize triggers and copes
The holiday blues, which tend to occur in November through January, are a seasonal low that can be brought on by stressors including feelings of grief and
loss, financial difficulties, overloaded calendars and fatigue. Veronica Harrison of Community Counseling Services and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden
Triangle Director of Pastoral Care Steve Brown share insights on coping.
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
I
“ t’s in full swing already,” said Li-
censed Professional Counselor
Veronica Harrison of Community
Counseling Services. The “it” is stress
that can worm its way into what we’re
told should be the “hap-happiest season
of all.” For some, however, is isn’t. The
holiday blues — feelings of sadness, stress
and irritability that can occur from about
November through January — are a real
phenomenon. Harrison and Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital-Golden Triangle Director of
Pastoral Care Steve Brown offer observa-
tions and suggestions for coping.
“Maybe you’ve lost connections with
family members, maybe there are issues
from your past, maybe
you’ve lost a loved one, may-
be you have an overwhelm-
ing sense of needing to be
able to do what everybody
wants you to do, or you don’t
have the funds to do what
you think you need to do in
the holidays,” Harrison said. Harrison
These triggers and others
can weigh heavily on holiday spirit. And
they can happen to anyone.
The commercial world seems to begin
its holiday push earlier each year, and
with it seasonal anxiety kicks in earlier,
noted Harrison, who serves as Community
Counseling Services’ M-CeRT (Mobile
Crisis Emergency Response Team) coor-
dinator.
“When holiday (merchandise) starts
showing up in retail earlier and on TV ear-
lier, it kicks it off and creates more angst,”
she said. Harrison went on to recount
an incident recently shared by someone
who saw Christmas items on a store’s top
shelving while shopping for back-to-school
supplies.
“They became anxious because they
were struggling to do back-to school and
thinking, ‘I can barely do this; how can I
do Christmas?’ As we keep pushing it up,
it really does cause so much anxiety.”
Recognize triggers
“How to Lose the Holiday Blues” was
the topic of Steve Brown’s community
outreach talk Tuesday at
Baptist Memorial Hospital in
Columbus.
Usually holiday blues are
temporary and seasonal,
Brown told his audience.
They may be interspersed
with spells of peace or hap-
piness. This distinguishes Brown
them from a more severe
depression that is chronic and is best dis-
cussed with a medical professional.
The American Psychological Associ-
ation reports that even as a majority of
people say they have feelings of happiness,
love and high spirits during the holiday
season, they also feel fatigue, stress,
irritability, bloating and sadness, Brown
shared. Thirty-eight percent said stress
levels increased during the holidays, with
the top stressors being lack of time and
money, commercialism, pressures of gift
giving and family gatherings.
Unrealistic expectations are a com-
mon trigger. Too often, people “buy into”
societal yardsticks that imply, for instance,
that you must buy the gifts loved ones
have asked for, whether you can afford
them or not — that you should always say
“yes” when asked to help others or with
a project — that you must visit both sets
of in-laws on Christmas Day, even when
it wears everyone out — or that you must
show up at every family gathering, every
party, even if you’re meeting yourself com-
ing and going.
“When we’re buying into these, it can
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make our lives miserable,” Brown said.
“Ask yourself, ‘Is this a rational expecta-
tion?’”
Other common triggers Brown shared
include:
n Striving for perfection, in gift-giving,
decorating, preparing the dinner
n Financial difficulties, caused by
overspending or guilt for “not being able
to give enough”
n Resurgent feelings of grief and loss,
missing loved ones who are no longer here
n Focusing on past holiday celebra-
tions, when loved ones were alive and the
kids all came home
n Fatigue, struggling to survive the
hustle and bustle
n Family “togetherness,” which some-
times isn’t as peaceful and loving as the
Waltons made it seem
n A yearning for life to be different
than it is, bigger, better, more full.
“There’s also the pressure to be part
of every activity,” said Harrison. “It can
be overwhelming. Sometimes you have to
say, ‘Sorry, can’t, too much.’ If you lack the
ability to do that, to take care of your own
personal needs, it can be just debilitating.
Decide which events are important; you
can’t be a part of everything.”
Coping suggestions
Self-care can boost our ability to cope
with seasonal blues, whatever their cause.
“Get enough sleep, exercise, eat well,”
Brown advised, adding that it helps to get
a dose of sunshine on these short winter
days, or at least some fresh air when
weather is overcast.
Harrison said, “It’s a No. 1 thing, taking
care of yourself. Put yourself first, even if
you have kids. Eat as healthy as you can,
because that’s one of the issues around the
holidays. Watch the intake of alcohol; that
creates greater depression oftentimes.”
See Holiday blues, 5C
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The W reports enrollment increase

MUW UNIVERITY RELATIONS class — fresh- dents, with 744 new transfers, public regional universities degree completion ratio per
man through an 11 percent increase from in the South according to the 100 undergraduate full-time

M
ississippi University
for Women is report-
ing an enrollment in-
crease of 102 students, which
reflects a 3.8 percent increase
compared to fall 2018.
The 2,813 overall fall en-
rollment is the second highest
over the past 10 years.
“We are proud that more
students are choosing The
W. Enrollment is up in every
graduate level. 2018. U.S. News & World Report. equivalent students, compared
In addition to Additionally, the university The Washington Monthly to the IHL System’s overall
attracting more maintains a 13 to 1 facul- magazine ranks The W as the average of 21.2.
new students, ty-student ratio in its colleges, highest among Mississippi’s In other student character-
our focus on stu- including Arts, Sciences and public universities in the 2019
istics:
dent success is Education; Business and Pro- Best Bang for the Buck—
reflected in bet- Miller fessional Studies; and Nursing South category. n 86 percent of students
ter retention and graduation of and Health Sciences. Mississippi University for are from Mississippi
our students,” said President The W recently was ranked Women continues to lead the n 37 percent are Afri-
Nora Miller. No. 5 as a best value among state’s public university sys- can-American students
The W has seen an increase public Southern regional uni- tem with the highest degree n Average student age is
in the number of transfer stu- versities and 18th among best completion at 32.8 percent 24.6.

Columbus Library offers STEAM Challenge Thanksgiving week

Kids get to build it stronger, taller, “The STEAM in our
upcoming STEAM Chal-
better to boost critical thinking lenge stands for science,
technology, engineering,
SPECIAL TO THE on Monday, Nov. 25 from arts and math. This term
DISPATCH 2-4 p.m. plays a key role when, for
example, a patron comes
towers, bridges, domes
and more will all be
provided by CLPLS. The
challenge is a chance for
parents and caregivers to
provide their child with a
boost of critical thinking
LEGO scramble, where
they will be provided a
creativity, collaboration
and some friendly compe-
prompt card of what to
create in a set amount of
tition all at once.”
More information
time. about the STEAM Chal-
“When it comes to lenge can be found on the
building the strongest Columbus-Lowndes Pub-

T
he STEAM Chal-
lenge will soon
highlight activities
for children that focus
on developing critical
thinking at the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public
Library System. The li-
brary’s downtown branch
at 314 Seventh St. N. will
host a STEAM Challenge
The challenge will
include competitions in to build the tallest at the start of Thanksgiv- boat, four straws and a lic Library’s Facebook
tower out of some basic ing break, Hopper said. piece of paper isn’t going page. Those interested
to build the strongest
materials, they have to Additional activities in to cut it. Patrons will in learning more about
bridge, create the tallest
incorporate elements of the challenge will include have to use real world the STEAM Challenge
tower, a LEGO scramble
each of these areas to building the strongest problem-solving skills to or other children’s
and more. This free pro- execute it successfully,” boat to float a small cup determine how to best programs at the Colum-
gram was developed for said Tori Hopper, the holding pennies and create a structure that’s bus-Lowndes Public
children ages 5-12 years Children’s Services and creating geodesic domes appealing but also gets Library System can con-
old, but no child who is Programming coordina- with straws and pipe the job done,” Hopper tact Hopper at thopper@
interested will be turned tor for CLPLS. cleaners. Participants said. “It’s a great pro- lowndes.lib.ms.us, or at
away. Materials to create can also participate in the gram to inspire a little 662-329-5300.

Four homes to open doors for Starkville Holiday Tour

tour at Starkville Public and Brooke Lammert on Public Library on Dec. 8. for different community
Tickets available now for Starkville Library, which will host a Worley Street. A map of Civic League members groups.
Civic League Dec. 8 event reception from 1-4 p.m.
Homeowners gen-
locations is printed on the
reverse side of the event
will provide refreshments
for the reception and
Civic League commit-
tee members for the 2019
SPECIAL TO THE featured. Tickets are $25 erously opening their tickets. serve a hostesses. Tour of Homes are Chris
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T
he Starkville Civic
League will host its
annual Christmas
Tour of Homes from 1-5
p.m. on Sunday, Dec.
8. Four homes will be
opment Partnership locat- Dodson Farm on Mount friends of the homeown- event provide money publicity; Kay Brocato,
ed at 200 E. Main Street, Olive Road; Davis and ers, will be hostesses in for its annual $1,500 publicity; Susan Brown,
Starkville, and from Civic Mary Ann Richards on the homes on tour. Starkville Civic League tickets; Lynn Infanger,
League members. Tickets Adelaide Boulevard; Joel Those who purchase Camp Gaston Schol- advisor; and Cindy John-
may also be purchased and Toni Clements in tickets are invited to the arship for a deserving son and Charlotte Smith,
on the afternoon of the Belmont Park; and Tom reception at the Starkville high school senior, and reception.

City of Cleveland will host 2020 World

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cials announced Nov. 2.
Visit Mississippi Direc-
tor Craig Ray and officials
from the city of Cleveland
joined representatives
from Sound Diplomacy
at GRAMMY Museum®
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calendar
Today
Sundays at the Center — The
Columbus Choral Society presents
“Songs of Peace, Hope and Love” at
2 p.m. at the Louise Campbell Center
for the Arts, 521 Commerce St.,
West Point. Suggested donation to
the CCS, $10.
Saturday, Nov. 23
Holiday Market — Get
festive at this expanded farmers
market from 9 a.m.-noon, featuring
holiday gifts, arts and crafts,
homemade goodies and local pro-
duce at the Hitching Lot Farmers
Market at the corner of Second
at top of calendar.
Avenue and Second Street North,
Columbus. For more information,
Monday, Nov. 25 contact Main Street Columbus,
662-328-6305.
Songs from the Theatre —
The W Department of Music presents
an evening of “Songs of the Theatre”
at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on Courtesy photo
campus. Free to the public.

Tuesday, Nov. 19 Tuesday, Nov. 26 Way of North Mississippi benefit

Winter recital — Mississippi
University for Women Department of
Music presents a free winter recital
at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on
campus. For more information, call
662-241-6399.
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Benefit luncheon — The
Lowndes County Circuit Clerk’s office
hosts a luncheon and bake sale
starting at 11:30 a.m. at the Lown-
des County Courthouse, to benefit a
medical fund for Fannie Brewer, who
is battling cancer.
Thursday, Nov. 21
Senior Citizens Thanksgiv-
ing Luncheon — Columbus
Mayor Robert Smith hosts the 13th
annual free seniors’ luncheon at
Trotter Convention Center at 11
a.m.-1 p.m. For more information, call
662-328-7021 or 662-327-4935.
Friday, Nov. 22
MUW Jazz Band — The Missis-
sippi University for Women Jazz Band
presents a free concert at 7:30 p.m.
in Poindexter Hall on campus. For
more information, call 662-241-6399.
Saturday, Nov. 23
Holiday Market — See details
Country Store Bake Sale —
Find made-from-scratch cakes, pies,
cookies, candies, breads, cheese
straws, jellies and more at this
annual pre-Thanksgiving bake sale
to benefit the S.D. Lee Foundation
and historic Lee Home. The sale is
10 a.m.-noon at the Lee Home, 316
Seventh St. N. (next to the public
library), Columbus. Beginning at 8
a.m., shoppers can stop by the Lee
Home to pick up a number for their
place in the line that forms before
the 10 a.m. start.
Thursday, Nov. 28
Senior Citizen Thanksgiving
— The Columbus Recreation Depart-
ment, Columbus Police Department
and Columbus Fire Department Salv-
tion Army will prepare complimentary
Thanksgiving meals to be distributed
in neighborhoods during this 25th
Annual Senior Citizen’s Thanksgiving
event. Community members may
also visit Stokes Beard School, 311
S. Martin Luther King Dr., between
11 a.m.-noon to pick up a meal. For
more information, contact Sherry
Ellis, 706-992-4499.
Friday, Nov. 29
Jive Turkey Jam Community
Food Drive — Bring a bag of
canned goods for admission (or $5
without food donation) to this United
music jam at 7:30 p.m. at State
Theater, 217 Main St. Starkville. All
musicans welcome; gear provided.
Sunday, Dec. 1
Sparkle and Glow — This
Columbus Arts Council event on
“Holiday Entertaining at its Best”
with Amber Card is 2-4 p.m. at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main
St. Tickets are $35 at columbus-arts.
org, at the arts center, or by calling
662-328-2787.
Monday, Dec. 2
Columbus Christmas Pa-
rade — “Christmas Movie Magic”
is the theme of the Columbus Christ-
mas Parade that begins at 7 p.m.
and makes its way through downtown
Columbus. To sign up or for more
information, contact Main Street
Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Starkville Christmas Parade
— The 6 p.m. Starkville parade cel-
ebrates “A Town & Gown Christmas.”
For guidelines and more information,
visit starkville,org or call 662-323-
3322.
Thursday, Dec. 5
Columbus Tree Lighting —
Gather at the east end of the Old
Highway 182 pedestrian bridge at the
Columbus Riverwalk for the lighting
of the city Christmas tree. Festivities
including music, photo ops and more
are 5:30-7 p.m. Free to the public.
MUW choral concert — Mis-
sissippi University for Women pres-
ents a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in
Poindexter Hall on The W campus.
Friday, Dec. 6
Wassail Fest — Downtown Co-
lumbus is decked out for Christmas
with carolers, in-store demos and
specials, and samplings of wassail
from 5-8 p.m. Vote for your favorite.
For more information, contact Main
Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7
Holiday Extravaganza — The
second annual Holiday Extravaganza,
a collaboration between The W’s
Departments of Music and Theatre,
begins at 7:30 p.m. in Cromwell
Theatre on campus, at the corner of
10th Street and Sixth Avenue South.
Friday through Sunday,
Dec. 6-8
First Christmas — Bring the
whole family to visit this recreation
of an interactive Bethlehem village
between 6-8 p.m. at Brickerton, on
Military Road, Columbus. See village
merchants and craftsmen, soldiers
and a live nativity at this annual
event presented by First Baptist
Church. For more information, con-
tact FBC, 662-328-3915.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Caledonia Christmas Pa-
rade — “What Christmas Means
to Me” is the theme of this 6 p.m.
parade in Caledonia. For more infor-
mation or to request an entry form
for floats, organizations, cars and
more, contact Duane Perkins, 662-
436-1385, or Caledonia Town Hall,
662-356-4117.
Christmas Fest Mission
Market — Visit vendors selling
crafts, flea market items and food at
this benefit for The Mission on the
Hill in West Point. Gates open at 2
p.m. at 2494 E. Church Hill Road,
West Point. Enjoy kids activities
including jumpers, train rides and
games. For more information, con-
tact Cole Bryan, 662-701-9852. Visit
missiongtr.com.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Starkville Holiday Tour of
Homes — The Starkville Civic
League presents this tour of four
homes from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are $25
at the Greater Starkville Develop-
ment Partnership, 200 E. Main St.,
Starkville, from Civic League mem-
bers or, on the afternoon of Dec. 8,
at Starkville Public Library. The library
hosts a reception from 1-4 p.m. on
tour day.

Put fall leaves to work in your landscape OUT THERE

By Melinda Myers scape trimmings in an 8- to 10-inch
Special to The Dispatch layer. Cover with compost and Nov. 20 – An Acoustic Evening with John
Hiatt (with Colin Elmore), Riley Center,

R
aking fall leaves can seem like
a chore and a never-ending
one, at that. Reduce time and
effort spent managing fall leaves
by putting this valuable resource to
work in your landscape.
Use your mower to recycle leaves
right where they fall. As you mow
the grass, you’ll shred the leaves
into smaller pieces. If they are the
size of a quarter or smaller, your
lawn will be fine. As these leaf
pieces decompose, they add organic
matter and nutrients to the soil.
Another option is to attach a bag-
ger to shred and collect the leaves
with every pass of the mower. Only
use grass clippings collected from
lawns that have not been treated
with a weed killer this fall. Or burn
a few extra calories and rake the
leaves into a pile. Shred with a leaf
shredder or mower and spread
them over the soil surface around
perennials. Leaf mulch helps insu-
late plant roots, conserve moisture,
suppress weeds and improve the
soil as it breaks down.
Bag shredded leaves you want to
save for next season. Tuck them out
of sight for winter under trees or
around the foundation of your house
for added insulation.
Dig extra shredded leaves into
vacant annual flower and vegetable
gardens or incorporate them into
the soil as you prepare new planting
Melinda Myers LLC/Courtesy photo
Shred and collect fall leaves with
every pass of the mower. Then place
a layer in flower beds to insulate pe-
rennial plant roots, conserve mois-
ture, suppress weeds and improve
the soil as it breaks down.
beds. They will break down over
winter, improving the drainage in
heavy clay soils and the water-hold-
ing ability in fast-draining soils.
Composting
Create compost with shredded
leaves and other landscape trim-
mings. Do not use meat, bones or
dairy that can attract rodents. Avoid
diseased, insect-infested trimmings
and weeds that can survive in com-
post piles that don’t produce enough
heat to kill these unwanted pests.
Start with a compost pile that’s
at least three feet high and wide
for efficient decomposition. Place
a mixture of shredded fall leaves,
grass clippings free of herbicides,
vegetable scraps and other land-
sprinkle with a low nitrogen, slow
release fertilizer.
Repeat the layers until the pile is
the desired height. Then moisten
until it’s the consistency of a damp
sponge. Turn the pile occasionally,
moving the material in the center to
the outer edge and the less de-
composed trimmings to the hotter
center. It’s a great workout and
speeds decomposition. Or pile the
materials in a heap and let nature
do the work; it just takes longer.
Oak and large maple leaves both
make great mulches and additions
to the compost pile but are slow
to break down. Shred them with
your mower or leaf shredder first
for better results. Avoid black
walnut leaves that contain juglone,
a compound which is toxic to many
plants. Once the leaves are fully
decomposed the compost is safe to
use.
As you begin putting fall leaves
to work in your landscape, you’ll
start considering them a gift versus
a curse from nature, especially as
you see the results of your efforts –
a more beautiful landscape.
Melinda Myers has written more
than 20 gardening books, includ-
ing “Small Space Gardening.” She
hosts The Great Courses “How to
Grow Anything” DVD series and
the nationally syndicated Melinda’s
“Garden Moment” TV and radio
segments.
Meridian. 601-696-2200, msurileycenter.
com.
Nov. 22 – Bela Fleck & The Flecktones,
Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham.
alysstephens.org.
Nov. 23-Jan. 20 – Ice skating (designated
dates), BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. $12/
skater (includes skate rental); season pass
$100. 662-841-6573, bcsarena.com.
Dec. 5 – Holiday Choral Concert (Ole Miss
University Chorus, orchestra, steel drums,
jazz band), 7:30 p.m., Ford Center, Oxford
($10). fordcenter.org.
Dec. 6-8 – Ballet Mississippi’s “The
Nutcracker,” Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson.
601-960-1537, thaliamarahall.net.
Dec. 9 – Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Thalia
Mara Hall, Jackson. 601-960-1537,
thaliamarahall.net.
Dec. 10 – The Hip Hop Nutcracker,
Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham.
alysstephens.org.
Dec. 13-15 – “A Christmas Carol,” Fayette
Civic Center, 530 Temple Ave. N. (7 p.m.
Dec. 13-14; 2 p.m. Dec. 15). Tickets at
ticketleap.com.
Dec. 14 – An Elvis Christmas, North
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Tupelo.
662-842-8433.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I have
been working through
major anxiety issues
with a therapist for the last few
months. Sometimes he is very
helpful; other times he goes off
on tangents, talking about topics
I don’t feel the need to discuss
(and things that don’t necessarily
pertain to me). I find it frustrating,
and at times, it makes me angry
(although I keep that to myself).
How can I keep my therapist on
track? Or, how can I break up with
him without just ghosting him? —
WANTS TO MAKE REAL CHANGES
DEAR WANTS: As a patient, you
are in a vulnerable position. Many
times a patient will feel hesitant to tell a therapist speaking of a business partner or a same-sex
that a line of conversation seems uncomfortable
or irrelevant. However, because it is uncomfort-
able you should NOT let that stop
you. Your therapist may explain to
you why he is pursuing the issues.
You can then accept or reject the
explanation. If you continue to feel
uncomfortable after that, you can
“disengage” via a letter or a phone
call. Ghosting is the coward’s way
out, and I don’t recommend it.
DEAR ABBY: I don’t know how to
refer to the man I love. We are both
older and have been living together
for years. Introducing him as my
“boyfriend” makes me feel like a kid
in a short-term relationship. I can’t
use “husband” because we get our
Dear Abby full benefits being single. (If we mar-
ry, we could lose half our income.)
I tried “partner,” but people assumed I was
partner. “Lover” comes across as an extramarital
affair. There has to be another word for a couple
who lives together for years, like in a marriage,
but who cannot marry. — UNCLASSIFIED IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
DEAR UNCLASSIFIED: You might refer to the
gentleman as your honey, your sweetheart, your
loved one or spouse — or simply by his name.
Most of the people with whom you are speaking
probably know you live together, and if they are
new acquaintances, there is no requirement that
you explain your marital or financial situation.
DEAR ABBY: My husband wants a puppy. He
is almost 75 and plays golf four days a week. I’m
70 and work four days a week. I also do lots of
volunteer work, which I enjoy.
I not only do not want the responsibility of a
pet, but I also feel that a pet is a family member.
It will need more attention than my husband
has time to give, not to mention the time, effort
and consistency needed to train a puppy. Our
neighbor has a dog that my sweet hubby can play
with every day if he wants to. Please help me. —
RETIRED PET LOVER IN LOUISIANA
DEAR PET LOVER: If your sweet hubby feels
the need to pet and cuddle a puppy, tell him he
can do so at the local shelter. Then suggest that
if he wants to adopt a dog, it should be an older
one from a shelter or rescue group. If he does,
you stand a better chance of winding up with a
pet that is already trained and housebroken, and
the responsibility for educating it won’t fall on
your shoulders.
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.
For an excellent guide to becoming a better
conversationalist and a more sociable person,
order “How to Be Popular.” Send your name and
mailing address, plus check or money order for
$8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Popularity Booklet,
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.
(Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 17).
The turn of the year features some
electrifying chemistry. Being around
certain people inspires you to let
down your guard, alter your perspec-
tive and change your rules. In 2020,
your work becomes what you want
it to be. You’ll perpetuate different
sorts of generosity as both the
recipient and benefactor. Libra and
Aquarius adore you. Your lucky num-
bers are: 8, 16, 2, 20 and 44.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your
talent is like a fire. It needs open air
to burn. If you hide your light too long,
it will be like a flame under a candle
snuffer: suffocated and extinguished
until you reignite.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Caution: People who tell you which
experiences you should have may be
steering you toward an agenda that
benefits them. Satisfaction will more
than likely be a highly personal and
individually customized matter.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Maybe
nothing is inherently sacred, but
there are plenty of sacred things that
got that way by being so imbued with
reverence that everyone around was
able to feel the blessed energy of
them.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Social
scientists suggest the average adult
lies one to three times a day, usually
to spare other people’s feelings or
smooth the way of social discourse.
For total honesty, you’d have to avoid
certain conversations altogether.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re like
a sculptor who sees a useful or beau-
tiful shape inside a hunk of stone. To
the unknowing onlooker, it may seem
you’re hacking away indiscriminately,
but in the end they’ll see that couldn’t
be further from the truth.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The
prevalent message of the modern
world boils down to two words: Buy
more. Even so, buying more typically
won’t solve the problem. Today’s
solutions will come from thinking
beyond the dollar.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To
finish a project, you will need desig-
nated time and a conducive environ-
ment that allows for your undivided
focus. These things are hard to come
by lately, and you’ll have to be both
deliberate and inventive to make it
happen.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Oth-
er people can’t help but project onto
you the person they most want and
need you to be. Now this projection is
also made by robots and algorithms.
This is why knowing oneself always
requires some amount of solitude.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Your thought processes will be differ-
ent when you get on the other side
of this problem. Keep that in mind
while making decisions that will affect
future you. Give yourself room to be
someone else because you will be.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Owing to your versatile, tolerant and
socially adventurous style, you don’t
always agree with or have much in
common with your friends. Seek out
a community that resonates with your
beliefs. You deserve this.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
You’ve broken out of the box only to
discover you’re in a bigger box. Even
so, liberation is one of the most ex-
hilarating feelings, and it’s something
to celebrate and savor for as long as
it lasts.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your
blind spots are as dangerous as any
totalitarian-type control that asks you
to see things only one way. Better the
question you can’t answer than the
answer you can’t question.
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Club note

Courtesy photo
PAYING TRIBUTE: Members of the Bernard Romans DAR Chapter of Columbus
stand in front of the memorial to Lowndes County’s World War I veterans at the
Lowndes County Courthouse during Veterans Day commemorations held Nov. 9.
From left are Emilie White, Regent Frances Hairston, Alice Edwards, Alice Lancaster
and Kay Box. In 2015, The Lowndes County Board of Trustees funded the rededi-
cation at the courthouse of the memorial for Lowndes veterans who never returned
from WW1. It was first dedicated at the Magnolia Bowl in 1933 by the Bernard
Romans chapter and the American Legion Post No. 69 Ladies Auxiliary.

Columbus library announces

Festival of Trees, open house
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

A
“winter wonder-
land” of festively
adorned trees
will again fill the Co-
lumbus-Lowndes Public
Library at 314 Seventh St.
N. with holiday spirit in
December. The “forest”
will feature Christmas
trees decorated by local
businesses and organi-
zations in the Golden
Triangle area.
Dispatch file photo
Beginning Dec. 7,
Jalyn Butler, 3, admires the Christmas decorations at
members of the public the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library during the Annual
are invited to begin vot- Festival of Trees in this 2014 Dispatch file photo. Jalyn
ing for their favorite tree. is the son of Cassandra Butler, of Columbus.
Voting continues through
noon Dec. 11. freshments. Very special event coordinators
An open house from guests Santa and Miz Brenda Durrett at
4-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. Claus will be on hand as bdurrett@lowndes.lib.
12 at the library will well to greet visitors. ms.us, or Mona Vance-
showcase not only the For more informa- Ali at mvance@lowndes.
trees, but also include tion about the library’s lib.ms.us. Or contact the
live music, crafts and re- Festival of Trees, email library at 662-329-5300.

School news
McLemore earns scholarship
Ashley McLemore of Starkville is the
recipient of the annual Leadership Schol-
arship awarded by the Mis-
sissippi Young Bankers
section of the Mississippi
Bankers Association. The
scholarship was awarded
at the Mississippi Young
Bankers Leadership
Conference in downtown
McLemore
Jackson.
The Mississippi State
University student was chosen to receive
the $2,000 scholarship given annually
to one junior enrolled in a banking or
finance program at a state-supported
university in Mississippi. She plans to
pursue a career in corporate finance as a
financial analyst or combine her interest
in politics and finance through a career
as a budget analyst. She currently serves
on the Judicial Council at MSU and is a
College of Business Ambassador. She
has worked as an assistant team advisor
for the National Student Leadership Con-
ference at Georgetown University, and
as the director of the SPARK Leadership
Conference through the MSU Office of
Admissions.
McLemore was nominated by Brian
Blank, assistant professor of Finance at
MSU.
President’s List
Columbus: Nicholas Ellis, Danielle
Owens and Lindsey Stuart;
Starkville: Dalton Dempsey, Isaac
Jackson and Chele Westbrook.
Dean’s List
Caledonia: Lindsey Cousar and Cait-
lyn Sheppeard;
Columbus: Frank Mullins III, Zacha-
ry Oswalt, Hunter Sykes and Kimarrion
Whitfield;
Macon: Emily Malone;
Starkville: Carly Cappleman, Vance
Dewberry and Sara Duncan.
West Point: Constance Bumgarner
and Marlee Melcher.
To be eligible for the President’s List,
a student must maintain a 4.0 GPA. To
be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student
must maintain a 3.5 GPA.
Phi Kappa Phi inductions
Macy Walters, Anthony Lybrand Jr.
and Jax Dallas, all of Columbus, were
among students initiated into the Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s
oldest collegiate honor society for all
academic disciplines, at the University of
Mississippi.
They are among approximately 30,000
students, faculty, professional staff and
alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi
each year.

Riddley selected Phi Theta Kappa inductions

Mississippi School for Mathematics
and Science graduate Mia Riddley of
Byram was invited by Iowa State Uni-
versity President Wendy Wintersteen to
participate in the 2019-2020 President’s
Leadership Class. Riddley is a first-year
student and majors in mechanical engi-
neering.
Each fall, 30 first-year students are
selected based on high school leadership
experience, academic achievement and
involvement in school and community
service. The President’s Leadership
Class serves as an important training
ground for students who will go on to
become campus leaders and ultimately,
leaders in their professions and commu-
nities. Each student receives a $1,000
scholarship.
Mississippi College honors list
Area students at Mississippi College
Office were named to the 2019 spring
semester honors list:
The Beta Iota Zeta Chapter of the
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society on East
Mississippi Community College’s Golden
Triangle campus inducted new members
Oct. 24. They include:
Brooksville: Tera Dora;
Caledonia: Kristina Desmidt and
Christian Oswalt;
Columbus: Diamond Dickerson,
Diamond Fisher, Nicole Haynes, Tylan
Hinton, April Humphries, Krishuana
Jethrow, Dominique Key, Makyah Lee,
Jalyn Lofton, Christopher Mackey, Ayden
Richardson, Carl Robinson, Shameria
Roby, Amanda Rowley, Destiny Wells,
Anna White and Azaria Young;
Macon: Tomyah Smith and Reagan
Williams;
Starkville: Emily Beall, Tanner Bond,
Lauren Brown, Mary Driskill, Fannie
Kennard, Alison Lane, Kaelynn Matti-
son, Daniel McKay and Veronica Mullins;
Steens: Kia Jones
West Point: Emily Allen and Brandi
McDonald.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, November 17, 2019 5C

In the garden with Felder

Did your garden get ‘booglified’?

F
ar as I
know,
there
isn’t a formal
word for what
happens when
frozen sum-
mer plants
melt into a
greenish glob.
But botan-
ically and
practically, it’s Felder Rushing
nasty.
I studied
plant physiology in col-
lege, promise to not get
too eye-crossing techni-
cal here. But, apologies to many others can’t. Quite
Professor Price, in gen-
eral plants are organisms
made of living, multiply-
ing cells with fairly rigid
walls filled with gooey
protoplasm made of tiny
functional bits suspended tures. Desert plants can
in water. Water between
the cells holds various sol- much rainfall or water-
uble nutrients, proteins,
enzymes, salts and other
stuff which normally
moves in and out of cells
to keep things running
smoothly. In cold-climate
plants, some
of the sub-
stances act
like antifreeze
to keep them
from drying
out or burst-
ing their cells.
While most
of our familiar
trees, shrubs
and perennial
plants can
grow easily
all year by
shifting those ingredients
as needed to deal with
heat, drought and cold,
a few northern plants
that can take well below
zero degrees can’t handle
heat and burn out in our
nonstop day and night
high summer tempera-
get overwhelmed by too
ing, and tropical plants,
including many popular
vegetables and sum-
mer flowers, die in cold
weather.
In my garden, it’s the
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
A hard freeze can “boogli-
fy” plants that aren’t up
to the task, like his castor
bean in Felder Rushing’s
garden.
latter that got wiped out,
nastily, during last week’s
sudden freeze. Though
the tender-looking new
foliage of my daffodil
foliage, painted arum,
Hellebores, violas and
kale, which have more of
the antifreeze bits in and
between their cells, held
up perfectly well, my pep-
pers, basil, elephant ears,
cannas, castor bean and
zinnias got wiped out.
One day they were
fine, the next they were
either wilted and brown,
or worse, completely
flaccid and splayed flat in
a dark green mush over
the mulch or hanging
listlessly over the edges
of pots. Within a couple of
days, some began wafting
a faintly fetid aroma.
And like I said, there
isn’t a unique term to
describe it completely.
“They froze” doesn’t ad-
dress the dripping slimy
cell goo. However, my col-
lege roommate, linguistic
scholar Clayton Allen,
said I could just make up
a term for freezing and
thawing plants. He sug-
gested “booglify” which
I’ve used it ever since.
I do understand the
horror. When cells of
tender plants are exposed
to freezing temperatures,
the relatively pure water
between cells turns to ice
so it can’t move in and
out of cells, so the plants
lose their “structural
integrity” and parts of
them wilt. But really cold
temps freeze the water
inside the cells, which
expands and ruptures the
rigid cell walls, so when
thawing occurs the cell
goo leaks out, and plants
simply melt.
With me so far? It’s
been compared to how
that baby Alien burst out
of the astronaut in the
movie.
Because the freeze
was so deep and sudden,
and I wanted to eke out a
few more weeks of some
semi-tender succulents
and heirloom mums that
I wanted to photograph,
I covered some with
pots, others with plastic,
though I uncovered it all
the next morning to pre-
vent steaming damage.
I also watered every-
thing really well ahead
of time to keep top parts
of plants from drying
out in the sun and wind,
which is what often kills
new shrubs and late-laid
grass sod in the winter.
Also, water turning to ice
gives off heat which can
protect tender plant parts
for awhile when temps
remain in the upper 20s;
this is why fruit growers
mist plants continually
during frosty weather.
My garden is now
filled with cold-hardy win-
ter stuff. I just gotta clean
up the booglified stuff
before it starts stinking
more.
Felder Rushing is
a Mississippi author,
columnist, and host of the
“Gestalt Gardener” on
MPB Think Radio. Email
gardening questions to
rushingfelder@yahoo.com.

Opioid epidemic could be as close as the cabinet

By Keri Collins Lewis tion. But you never know
MSU Extension Service whose life you might save

M
ost Mississippi-
ans think of drug
addiction as an
issue other people face
in faraway places, but the
source of this problem
could be as close as the
family medicine cabinet.
David Buys, health
specialist with the Mis-
sissippi State University
Extension Service, said
prescription opioids can
provide relief from severe
pain. They are common-
ly prescribed to help
patients recover from
routine medical proce-
dures, such as outpatient
surgery or dental work,
or to control pain from
common injuries.
“Even if a doctor
prescribes you medicine,
it still may harm you if
you use it improperly,”
Buys said. “Prescription
opioids are medications
made from opium or
chemicals derived from
opium, which is what
heroin and other illegal
drugs are made of. It’s
very easy to become de-
pendent on opioids, even
if it is ‘legal.’”
Buys outlined five
steps to prevent misuse
of medications, including
opioids.
“First, know what you
have,” he said. “When
you get a prescription for
pain medicine, ask your
doctor or pharmacist if
it is an opioid. Second,
store it securely. Keep
your pain medicine in a
secure place.”
Buys cautioned
against leaving pain
medicine in a bathroom
or kitchen cabinet, or out
on the counter, where
friends and family mem-
Courtesy image/Mississippi State University Extension
bers might have access.
“Third, never share it,”
Buys said. “Don’t share
your pain medication
with anyone, not even a
family member; that’s not
even legal.”
When pain can be
adequately controlled by
over-the-counter medica-
tions, make the switch.
“Take prescription
medication only as long
as you absolutely have
to,” Buys said. “The soon-
er you can get by with a
normal dose of aspirin,
ibuprofen or acetamin-
ophen, stop taking the
prescription.”
Finally, Buys suggest-
ed safely disposing of
leftover medications.
“Properly dispose of
whatever is left; take it
to your pharmacy or a
secure ‘take-back’ box
in your community,” he
said. “For the sake of pro-
tecting the environment,
don’t flush it or throw it in
the trash.”
To find a secure collec-
tion site, visit takeback-
day.dea.gov.
Mary Nelson Robert-
son, coordinator of an
Extension program to
reduce opioid misuse,
said each family has
by being willing to have
difficult conversations, or
by simply helping a loved
one lock up their medica-
tions so no one else can
get to them.”
Those who need help
are urged to call the
Mississippi Department
of Mental Health Helpline
at 1-877-210-8513.
For more information
about “PReventing Opioid
Misuse in the South-
East,” the PROMISE
particular vulnerabilities Initiative, visit msuext.
related to this nationwide ms/promise.
epidemic.
“Family members
need to look out for each
other, especially if there
are older family members
taking powerful medica-
tions,” Robertson said.
“The seniors in our com-
munities are surprisingly
easy targets for medica-
tion theft and don’t want
to consider the possibility
that any of their relatives
might be coming to visit
and helping themselves
to the medicine cabinet.”
For people experienc-
ing chronic pain or going
through life-threatening
illnesses, prescription
medications may be
required for treatment.
Robertson said they
may feel stigmatized by
all of the negative press
surrounding the very
medicines they rely on to
get through the day.
“There are so many
reasons for families
to talk to each other
about what they are
going through physically,
emotionally and medi-
cally,” she said. “It can
be challenging to talk
about illness, pain and
the potential for addic-

Holiday blues
Continued from Page 1C
If an overloaded cal-
endar generates undue
stress, consider taking a
trip, if it’s in the budget,
suggested Harrison.
“Sometimes it’s easier to
just say, ‘We’re not going
to be here.’”
For those who experi-
ence feelings of isolation
and loneliness around
Thanksgiving and Christ-
mastime, “There is noth-
ing wrong with buddying
up with someone else
who is going to be alone,”
the counselor said. Check
the paper, community cal-
endars and with various
churches for activities to
get involved in.
“Create friendship
traditions,” Harrison
suggested. “We have this
thing about the holidays
being all about family, but
family is what you make
it, and sometimes it’s not
feasible for everybody to
be together.”
For those grieving a
loss, beginning a new
tradition — even as sim-
ple as lighting a candle
at the table in a loved
one’s memory — may be
comforting.
Schedule time for sol-
itude, Brown suggested.
Keeping a daily gratitude
journal can reduce stress
and improve well-being.
“Holiday blues is
something all of us may
go through, some more
than others,” he contin-
ued. “When you have
these feelings, it’s import-
ant to acknowledge them,
recognize them and say,
what am I going to do
about it?”
In times of seasonal
pressure, sadness or
anxiety, reaching out to
others may be one of the
most powerful coping
practices of all — wheth-
er you are someone need-
ing support, or someone
able to provide it.
“One of the greatest
gifts,” Brown said, “is to
listen.”
Editor’s note: Commu-
nity Counseling Services’
crisis helpline is available
24 hours a day, 888-943-
3022.
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OPENING
RECEPTION
An exhibit of paint-
ings and sculpture
by Jerry Jones, and
of digital collage
prints by Joe Shel-
ton, opened at the
Columbus Arts Coun-
cil’s Rosenzweig
Arts Center with a
reception Thursday
evening.

Sonja and Ben Ferrell Sheila Westbrook, Mary Chism, Lynn Chism

Buddy Shelton, Matt Jones, Karen Shelton Robert Montgomery, Brent Green, Mikaela Green

Tatygulov Hakim, Emmerey Walker, D’Lisia Pedregon Joe Hollowell, Ron Loveday, Chap Browne

TRIBUTE TO
VETERANS
Veterans Day
commemorations in
Columbus included a
ceremony in front of
the Lowndes County
Courthouse on Nov. 9.

Mike Counihan, Joseph Massoglia Cody Favorite, Caleb Berryman

Beth Keith, Nora Jane Keith, Debbie Gore Emily Brown, Madilynn Brown
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 662-
664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
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and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
We unlock
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.;
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker,
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Interim Pastor Ron
Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright, Youth
Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr.,
Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells,
Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m.
Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except
5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship.
Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday, November 17, 2019 3D
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before
1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed.
before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed.
before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7
p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st &
3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor.
662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th Ave. N.
Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 10:45
a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study
7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH —
325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford,
Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School
9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6
p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday
10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph
Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Larry
Ferguson, Interim Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson
662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday
Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-
328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S.
Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday) 9:45 a.m.,
(3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6
p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060
Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul
Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister
of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson, Youth Minister.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://
eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay Street. www.
highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-
769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900
North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship
10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro.
Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill
crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd.
9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible
Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie
McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan,
Minister.
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CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday
10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess
Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd.,
Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917
15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School
8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship
Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study
6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221.
Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-
2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday
Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12
p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-
2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest
Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col.
Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321
Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-
574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.
com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior
Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-
Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30
p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-
328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7
p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill,
Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
John Longmire, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m.,
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene
Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m. Rev. Jimmy
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate
Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m..
Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service
first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor,
Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham,
Pastor.
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service
9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South
Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric
Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2,
6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie
Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15
p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor.
662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
— 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth
Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-
3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,
INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45
p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T.
Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER — 3288 Cal-
Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor. 662-855-5006
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-
3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m.
Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor.
662-327-4303
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608
Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES
— 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer
Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren
Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity www.memorialgunterpeel.com
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday
716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF JESUS
CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-241-
6723
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter and Pastor. 662-
630-5216
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m.
Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-
4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119
7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards, Since 1960
Pastors. 24 Hour Towing
TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner
of Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., 1024 Gardner Blvd.
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 328-8277
7:30 p.m. 662-798-0259
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 8
a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail:
nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor, 1721 Hwy 45 N
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
® Columbus, MS
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor. 662.848.0919
UNITED PENTECOSTAL Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
1750 Offering independent living apartments, personal
PRESBYTERIAN care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community.
“Our Bottom Line Is People”
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Hunting • Fishing
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Oktibbeha County Co-Op
John Richards, Pastor.
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FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 662-323-1742
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.),
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray
The McBryde Family
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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