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MSU’s International Fiesta set for Saturday

first TEDx Annual event celebrates diversity, cultures from around the world
conference
set for Friday
Features Olympic
medalist, Green
Beret, community and
university members
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com

Mississippi State
University will host
its first TEDx confer-
ence on Friday.
Michael Poole, a
university senior in
computer science and
president of TEDx
Poole
at Mississippi State,
said students began
efforts to host a con-
ference in the spring
2018 semester. At
the time, a group of Courtesy photo/Megan Bean/Mississippi State University
students held a pub- Cultures from around the world were represented during Mississippi State University’s 2017 International Fiesta.
lic interest meeting A large crowd was on hand to enjoy performances, food and other activities. The event was sponsored by the
World Neighbors Association and the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center. This year’s event takes place Saturday
to start the roughly from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on MSU’s Drill Field.
Hobley
15-member TEDx at
Mississippi State student group.
From there, Poole said, they ‘I think people are
worked through the summer and
into the fall to get a license to host interested in getting to
the conference. Once they got it,
they started planning the event in know their background
coordination with MSU.
TED is a nonprofit that focuses and cultures and that’s
on spreading ideas. Poole said the
application process was “intensive”
what keeps the
but helped the group learn what a
TED conference is about.
fiesta going’
“They really wanted to make Kei Mamiya, program coordinator
sure you understand what the focus for the Diversity Center
of a TED talk is,” Poole said. “The
By Alex Holloway
whole focus is on ideas, and not just aholloway@cdispatch.com
nice stories or cool new things —
it’s about spreading new ideas.” On Saturday, Mississippi State
TEDx at MSU, which is sched- University’s Drill Field will fill with Courtesy photo/Megan Bean/Mississippi State University
uled for 4-9 p.m. in the Colvard Stu- people, food and flags from all over The 2017 International Fiesta on MSU’s Drill Field is pictured. This year, 48
dent Union’s Dawg House, focuses
the world for the 29th annual Inter- different organizations from the university and surrounding communities
on “Moving Forward.” Per TED reg- have set up booths where they’ll sell food, put on cultural performances
national Fiesta.
ulations, the conference can only and feature children’s activities.
Hosted annually by the universi-
have 100 attendees, and Poole said
ty’s Holmes Cultural Diversity Cen-
only six $10 tickets were left, as of The fiesta has long been an event their culture — they are interested
Wednesday afternoon. ter and the World Neighbors Associ- that draws big crowds, and Mamiya in showing people from here their
The conference will be live- ation, the fiesta is a celebration of the said he thinks Starkville and MSU’s different culture, and people from
streamed at https://www.lives- world’s cultures. This year, 48 differ- diversity helps drive that interest. here are interested in getting to
tream.com/msstate/TEDx. ent organizations from the univer- “We have a lot of people from not know them.”
Friday’s conference will include sity and surrounding communities only the United States but different This year’s event is set for 11 a.m.
Danielle Scott, a two-time Olympic have set up booths where they’ll sell countries,” Mamiya said. “I think to 3 p.m. It is currently set for the
volleyball silver medalist who trav- food, put on cultural performances people are interested in getting to Drill Field but will move to the con-
els the nation speaking to schools and feature children’s activities, said know their background and cultures course under Davis Wade Stadium in
about the importance of financial Kei Mamiya, a program coordinator and that’s what keeps the fiesta go- the event of rain. While vendors may
literacy and women in leadership. for the Diversity Center and vice ing. We have more faculty, students charge for food or wares, there’s no
It will also feature Nicholas Ward, a president of the World Neighbors and staff from different countries cost to attend the fiesta.
Green Beret veteran who suffered a Association. and they are interested in showing See International Fiesta, 8A
brain injury and will talk about over-
coming the injury and his obsession
See Conference, 3A

Mississippi governor OKs Starkville’s 1-percent tax

City looking at June 12 election date for referendum
Dispatch staff report
Mississippi Gov. Phil
Bryant signed legislation
authorizing Starkville
to move ahead with a
new 1-percent restaurant
and hotel/motel tax on
Wednesday.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said Bryant’s signature
of House Bill 1565, which
came in the afternoon, al-
lows the city to prepare for
a referendum on the new
tax, which the legislation
requires before the city
can begin collecting the
tax.
Spruill told The Dis-
patch on Wednesday
evening the board of al-
Bryant
dermen will vote on a
resolution calling for the
meeting. Should aldermen
approve it, she said the
city is looking at June 12
as an election date.
Sixty percent of voters
in the referendum must
vote for the tax for it to
take effect.
Spruill
The city is looking to
referendum at the April 16 implement the new tax
to support its parks sys-
tem. If it goes into effect,
the revenues generated
will be used for the con-
struction of a proposed
tournament-ready facility
at Cornerstone Park on
Highway 25 and for the
maintenance of the city’s
existing parks.

Weather Five Questions Calendar Sunday comics Public

1 What former president allegedly Thursday meetings
said that Gerald Ford was “so dumb April 9: Starkville
■ Exhibit reception: The Columbus Arts Council
he can’t fart and chew gum at the Planning and
same time”? hosts a free reception 5:30-7 p.m. for the exhibit
Zoning Commis-
2 Officially “Themyscira,” what is Won- “Avian Explorations” by George Ann McCullough at
sion, 5:30 p.m.,
der Woman’s home more commonly the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. Graphic
City Hall
known as? arts by Robert Meady are also on display. 662-328-
3 A pluot is a hybrid of what two April 9: Starkville
Gabriel Corrigan 2787.
fruits? Oktibbeha Con-
Third grade, Annunciation solidated School
4 The U.S. golf team plays against
Friday
66 Low 59
what team in the Ryder Cup? District Board of
High 5 What Alaska town elected Sarah ■ Book signing: Philip Shirley signs copies of his Trustees, 6 p.m.,
P.m. thunderstorms likely
Palin mayor? latest novel, “The Graceland Conspiracy,” 2-5 p.m. Greensboro Center
Full forecast on Answers, 7B at the Tennessee Williams Home and Welcome Cen- April 12: Board
page 2A. ter, 300 Main St., Columbus. A Pilgrimage event. of Aldermen work
■ Tales from the Crypt: Wear comfortable walking session, noon,
shows as these tours at Friendship Cemetery begin City Hall
Inside as part of the Columbus Pilgrimage, 7-10 p.m. April 15: Board of
(arrive no later than 9 p.m.). History and drama The Dispatch’s new Sunday Supervisors, 5:30
Business 5B Dear Abby 4B combine as MSMS students reenact noted person- p.m., Oktibbeha
comics, selected by our read-
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 4A
Comics 4B Opinions 6A alities interred at the historic cemetery. Tickets are ers, will appear on the back County Court-
Crossword 7B $5 adults; $3 students, sold only upon arrival. of Section D this weekend. house

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Thursday
Say What?
Did you hear? “These bans are blatantly unconstitutional and

Kraft’s attorneys attack lawmakers know it — they just don’t care.”

Staci Fox, president and CEO of Planned Parent-
hood Southeast, on Alabama seeking to enact a
strict abortion ban. Story, 4A.

prostitution investigation
Attorneys want
all evidence
gued that using the cam-
eras to prosecute misde-
meanor crimes violated
House Judiciary panel approves
subpoenas for Mueller report
constitutional privacy pro-
collected against tections and prohibitions
against unreasonable
New England searches. In addition, a

Patriots owner
Florida law says police can
only make secret record-
‘This committee requires the full report and the fight that could eventually head to
court if the two sides can’t settle

thrown out
ings when investigating
certain serious felonies.
underlying materials because it is our job, not their differences through negotia-
tion. Democrats have said they will
By TERRY SPENCER
Kraft is charged with so- the attorney general’s, to determine whether or not accept redactions and want to
see the evidence unfiltered by Barr.
licitation, which is not a
The Associated Press
felony. not President Trump has abused his office’ In the letter last week, Barr said
WEST PALM BEACH, The attorneys want all Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. he is scrubbing the report to avoid
Fla. — Attorneys for Rob- evidence collected against disclosing any grand jury informa-
ert Kraft on Wednesday Kraft thrown out. If they’re By MARY CLARE JALONICK Wednesday to authorize subpoenas tion or classified material, in addi-
successful, the case The Associated Press related to five of President Donald tion to portions of the report that
attacked a Florida police
against Kraft could be dis- Trump’s former top advisers, step- pertain to ongoing investigations or
investigation that led to WASHINGTON — The House
missed and the other 24 ping up a separate, wide-ranging that “would unduly infringe on the
the New England Patriots Judiciary Committee approved
men who have been sim- investigation into Trump and his personal privacy and reputational in-
owner being charged with subpoenas Wednesday for special
ilarly charged in the Or- personal and political dealings. terests of peripheral third parties.”
paying for sex at a mas- counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia Democrats say they want access
chids of Asia investigation On the Mueller report, House
sage parlor, saying officers report as Democrats pressure the to all of that information, even if
could try to follow suit. Democrats had given Attorney
violated the U.S. and state Justice Department to release the some of it can’t be disclosed to the
The multicounty inves- General William Barr until Tuesday
constitutions and used tac- tigation resulted in about document without redactions. public. Nadler said he will give Barr
tics normally reserved for The committee voted 24-17 to to provide an unredacted verson to
300 men being charged, time to change his mind on redac-
serious crimes rather than give Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Congress, along with underlying tions, but if they cannot reach an
10 massage parlors being
low-level offenses. Nadler, D-N.Y., permission to issue materials. The Justice Department agreement they will issue the sub-
closed and their owners
In a 92-page court fil- subpoenas to the Justice Depart- ignored that deadline, with Barr tell- poenas “in very short order.” He
charged with felony pros-
ing, Kraft’s high-profile titution charges. Inves- ment for the final report, its exhib- ing committee chairmen in a letter also said he is prepared to go to
attorneys allege Jupiter, tigators have said they its and any underlying evidence or last week that he was in the process court to get the grand jury informa-
Florida, police misrepre- were targeting human traf- materials prepared for Mueller’s in- of redacting portions of the almost tion.
sented evidence to obtain fickers , but no one in the vestigation. Nadler has not yet said 400-page report and it would be re- “This committee requires the full
a search warrant that al- Orchids of Asia case has if he’ll send the subpoenas, which leased by mid-April, “if not sooner.” report and the underlying materials
lowed them to secretly in- been charged with that would be the first step in a potential- The vote further escalates the because it is our job, not the attor-
stall video cameras at the crime. ly long fight with the Justice Depart- Democrats’ battle with the Justice ney general’s, to determine whether
Orchids of Asia Day Spa. Jupiter police “resorted ment over the materials. Department over how much of the or not President Trump has abused
Police say those cameras to the most drastic, inva- The Judiciary panel also voted report they will be able to see, a his office,” Nadler said.
recorded Kraft twice pay- sive, indiscriminate spy-
ing to have sex with spa ing conceivable,” Florida
employees. attorney Jack Goldberger
Kraft’s attorneys ar- wrote.

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Trump EPA weighs reviving 20 years for ex-Mississippi

officer in child’s hot-car death
massive Mississippi flood project The Associated Press

BILOXI — A former Mississippi Gulf Coast po-

Project had been killed in 2008 by the George
W. Bush administration because of its potential
impact on wetlands and wildlife
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
AND JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — As Mississip-
pi’s governor toured massive flood-
ing in the state, the Trump admin-
istration said Wednesday that it is
giving another look to a long-dead
flood control and drainage project in
the Mississippi Delta that had been
killed by the George W. Bush admin-
istration because of its potential im-
pact on wetlands and wildlife.
The project, which the late Sen.
John McCain once called “one of
the worst projects ever conceived
by Congress,” had called for huge
pumps to be built at the confluence
of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers
in Mississippi. It was rejected by the
Bush administration in 2008.
“Had that veto not occurred, we
believe that the flooding, particu-
larly in the Yazoo backwater, would
have been much less damaging,”
said Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, af-
ter touring the region by helicopter.
Opponents say the pumps could
worsen flooding downstream.
After touring the flooded region,
Bryant told journalists that he had
spent Monday and Tuesday in Wash-
ington, lobbying the administration
to override the 2008 EPAs decision
to kill the project. On Wednesday,
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Andrew Wheeler
confirmed to a Senate Appropria-
tions subcommittee hearing that his
lice officer is headed to prison for the death of her
3-year-old daughter, who was left in a patrol car
agency is now reconsidering that
2008 decision.
while her mom had sex with a police supervisor.
The Sun Herald of Biloxi reports ex-Long
Communities along the lower
Mississippi River have been dealing
Beach police officer Cassie Barker was sentenced
Monday to 20 years in prison in the 2016 death of
with flooding for nearly two months. Cheyenne Hyer. The 29-year-old pregnant wom-
More than 500,000 acres are sub- an pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter in
merged in the region, including a plea bargain after being indicted on a charge of
more than 200,000 acres of farm- second-degree murder.
land. Farmers say flooding is harm- Cheyenne was strapped in her car seat in the
ing them financially. patrol car for four hours while Barker was with
The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- her then-supervisor. The car’s air condition was
neers and local agencies are de- turned on, but it wasn’t blowing cold air. Chey-
ploying a complex system of levees, enne was unresponsive and had a temperature of
dams, floodgates and floodways to 107 degrees when Barker returned.
try to contain high water and limit
damage along the more than 2,000-
mile river.
Floodwaters “have placed a tre-
mendous burden on the lives and
property of thousands of Mississip-
pians,” Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a
Mississippi Republican, told Wheel-
er at Wednesday’s hearing.

Man arrested for threatening to kill woman and children

Suspect called victim while Lowndes trying to get in and firing
a weapon outside her res-
the victim again and con-
tinued to threaten her.
County deputies were at her home idence, though Huggins
said it did not appear any
McCorkle has been ar-
rested and possibly faces
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT Larry McCorkle, 43, of property was damaged in more charges in the inci-
1038 Mike Parra Road Lot the shooting. dent, Huggins said. She
A Colum- 20, was arrested Friday. By the time deputies added McCorkle is a con-
bus man has According to Mary Hug- responded to the scene, victed felon with multiple
been jailed McCorkle had left. The non-violent felonies like
gins, an investigator with
for cyber- victim reported McCork- burglary and has been
Lowndes County Sheriff’s
stalking le “had been sending her accused of domestic vio-
and may Office, he had been ha- text messages about kill- lence incidents involving
face further rassing and threatening ing her and her children,” the same victim.
charges to kill the victim all day. Huggins said. McCorkle is current-
after he re- McCorkle That night, the victim While officers were ly in custody at Lowndes
portedly threatened to called 911 and reported still speaking with the County Adult Detention
kill a woman he has dated. he was outside her home victim, McCorkle called Center on $5,000 bond.

Around the state

Ex-high school band
director accused of
child exploitation
HAT TIESBURG — A
school official says a Mis-
sissippi high school band
director accused of child
exploitation is no longer
employed at the school.
Superintendent Don-
na Boone tells the Hat-
tiesburg American that
29-year-old Lindsey Dan-
iels doesn’t work at For-
rest County Agricultural
High School anymore.
Boone wouldn’t say Tues-
day morning whether the
Lumberton resident was
fired or had resigned.
County Sheriff’s
spokesman John Tryner
told news outlets Daniels
was released from jail
Sunday with no bond or
restrictions after she ap-
peared in court. He says
she was arrested Friday
and charged with felony
child exploitation.
Tryner didn’t give de-
tails on the allegation,
and says authorities are
still investigating. He says
evidence will be given to
county prosecutors for
presentation to a grand
jury.
It’s unclear if Daniels
has a lawyer who could
comment.
Sheriff: Mississippi
prison guard severely
injured by inmate
HOLLY SPRINGS— A
sheriff in Mississippi says
a Marshall County prison
guard has been severely
injured by an inmate.
Sheriff Kenny Dicker-
son tells WREG-TV that
the guard was attacked
Wednesday night and air-
lifted to a hospital. News
outlets report the sheriff’s
office says the guard suf-
fered severe head trauma.
Dickerson says the guard
was in stable condition as
of late Wednesday night.
The sheriff’s office
says that inmate and sev-
eral others started a fire
inside the prison and were
burning items just be-
fore the guard was hurt.
WMC-TV reports the fire
has been contained and
the prison has since been
placed on lockdown.
Authorities didn’t im-
mediately release the iden-
tities of those involved.

Conference
Continued from Page 1A
with joining the Green Be-
rets.
The conference will
also have a lot of local fla-
vor, with MSU student
Brady Kruse, MSU As-
sociate Professor Veera
Gude, Starkville High
School senior Hanna
Jian, MSU alumnus Kolie
Crutcher and MSU stu-
dent Madison Grant.
“We’re very pleased
with what we have,” Poole
said. “We wanted to defi-
nitely make sure we in-
cluded locals and people
related to Starkville, so
even professors and alum-
ni. But we also realized
there are great people
beyond that who want
to share their ideas and
we’re fine with branching
out and looking further as
well.”
TEDx at Mississippi
State Vice President Avery
Ferguson said the group
wanted to emphasize giv-
ing a stage to people who
might not otherwise have
it.
“It’s been exciting
getting to know people
who want to speak at this
conference and getting
to know people who don’t
always have a voice,” Fer-
guson said. “One of our
speakers, Hannah Jian,
is a high school student,
and we’re really excited to
have her take the TEDx
stage because most high
school seniors can’t say
they’ve given a TED talk,
let alone speak at a confer-
ence.”
Montelleo Hobley, co-
ordinator of the behavioral
intervention team in the
Dean of Students Office,
is TEDx at Mississip-
pi State’s staff advisory.
While he’s offered advice
to the students and helped
them to market the event,
he said they did a lot of the
heavy lifting for setting up
the conference and get-
ting the speakers.
He said it has been
inspiring to watch their
commitment to making
the conference happen.
“It’s overcoming adver-
sity all day,” Hobley said.
“This is something that
started last year, and last
year they just couldn’t get
it off the ground and go-
ing. Having a group of stu-
dents who have been ded-
icated to meeting every
Thursday and dedicated
to making sure this comes
to fruition has, for me, giv-
en me another outlook on
students. Because some-
times with students, once
they hear ‘No,’ it’s like ‘Oh,
OK, I heard no and now
I’m down with it.’
“But they have been so
dedicated to continuing to
push forward because of
the hope of how this will
turn out,” he added.
Poole said TEDx at Mis-
sissippi State is hoping for
the conference to become
an annual event. He said
this first year should help
lay the foundation for that.
“Our goal this year in
hosting this and making
it as good as it can be is to
educate the general pub-
lic and provide evidence
for the future about what
we’re trying to do, what
we have done and what we cdispatch.com
will do,” Poole said.
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Alabama bill would outlaw abortion as lawmakers aim at Roe

State lawmakers introduced legislation that would make
performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a
felony unless the mother’s health is in jeopardy
By KIM CHANDLER
The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
— Alabama is the latest
Republican-leaning state
seeking to enact a strict
abortion ban as conserva-
tives take aim at the 1973
U.S. Supreme Court deci-
sion that legalized abor-
tion.
Energized by new
conservatives on the Su-
preme Court, abortion op-
ponents in multiple states
hope to ignite new legal
battles that could prompt
the justices to revisit Roe
v. Wade.
Alabama lawmakers
introduced legislation
Tuesday that would make
performing an abortion at
any stage of pregnancy a
felony unless the moth-
er’s health is in jeopardy.
That comes after Ken-
tucky and Mississippi ap-
proved bans on abortion
once a fetal heartbeat
is detected, which hap-
pens as soon as the sixth
week of pregnancy. Other
states, including Georgia
and South Carolina, could
enact similar bans.
The Alabama bill,
HB314, goes even further:
It would ban all abortions,
even those using prescrip-
tion drugs, as soon as a
woman is “known to be
pregnant.” It does allow
for ending a pregnancy
when the fetus has a “le-
thal anomaly” or to avoid
a “serious health risk” to
the mother, but there are
no exceptions for rape
and incest. Any attempt to
end a healthy pregnancy
would be a felony.
“It simply criminalizes
abortion,” said bill spon-
sor Rep. Terri Collins, a
Republican from Decatur,
Alabama, said of the Ala-
bama bill. “Hopefully, it
takes it all the way to the
Supreme Court to over-
turn (Roe versus Wade.)”
The text of the Ala-
bama bill likens legal-
ized abortion to history’s
greatest atrocities, includ-
ing the Holocaust. The bill
House subcommittee Kavanaugh will save you
passed a similar “heart- on the Supreme Court.
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Georgia’s governor is
considering whether to
sign a law banning abor-
tion once a fetal heartbeat
is detected. More than 50
Hollywood actors, includ-
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US investigates seizure risk with e-cigarettes

By MAT THEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON — sioner Scott Gottlieb said
U.S. health officials are
investigating whether
electronic cigarettes may
trigger seizures in some
people who use the nico-
tine-vaping devices.
The Food and Drug
Administration said
Wednesday it has re-
viewed 35 reports of
seizures among e-ciga-
rettes users, mainly in
young people. Regula-
tors stressed it’s not yet
clear whether vaping is
responsible. But they said
they’re concerned and
encouraged the public to
report information about
the issue.
These cases warrant
“investigation into wheth-
er there is in fact a con-
nection,” FDA Commis-
in a statement. Gottlieb is
stepping down on Friday
after nearly two years
heading the agency.
Cases go back to 2010
and were reported to
the FDA or poison con-
trol centers around the
country. Regulators said
they detected an uptick
in reports beginning
mid-2018. While they
represent a tiny fraction
of Americans who have
used e-cigarettes, many
safety issues with foods,
supplements and other
consumer products can
go unrecognized because
reporting is voluntary.
Most e-cigarettes heat
a flavored nicotine solu-
tion into an inhalable va-
por. The battery-powered
devices have grown into a
multibillion dollar indus-
try though there are few
standards, including how
much nicotine they de-
liver. Additionally, many
refillable e-cigarettes
can be used with nico-
tine formulas of varying
strength.
Nicotine poisoning
can cause seizures, con-
vulsions, vomiting and
brain injury. The FDA
has previously warned of
potentially fatal nicotine
poisoning in infants and
children who accidentally
swallowed nicotine solu-
tions.
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APNewsBreak: US condemns
‘broken’ Alabama prison system
Justice Department gave state 49 days to begin to
correct violations or possibly face federal lawsuit
By KIM CHANDLER
and ERIC TUCKER
The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Al-
abama has the nation’s deadliest
prisons, where violence is “too
common, cruel, of an unusual na-
ture, and pervasive” the Depart-
ment of Justice found Wednesday
in a scathing report that said male
inmates are housed in unconstitu-
tional conditions.
During a single week in Ala-
bama’s prison system, one inmate
bled to death after being stabbed
repeatedly as two others stood
guard at a dormitory’s doors. An-
other stabbed inmate had to be
evacuated by helicopter. A prisoner
in a dorm reserved for those with
good behavior was attacked with a
sock filled with metal locks.
The Justice Department said in-
mates endure an “extraordinarily
high rate of violence at the hands of
other prisoners,” with the number
of inmate-on-inmate attacks spik-
ing dramatically in the last five and
a half years. The department gave
Alabama 49 days to begin to correct
the violations or possibly face a fed-
eral lawsuit.
“Our investigation found reason-
able cause to believe that Alabama
fails to provide constitutionally ade-
quate conditions and that prisoners
experience serious harm, including
deadly harm, as a result,” Assistant
Attorney General Eric Dreiband,
who leads the department’s civil
rights division, said in a statement.
The report lays out in unsparing
detail a culture of violence across
the state’s 13 prisons for men, which
house roughly 16,000 inmates in
dangerously understaffed prisons
that are also among the nation’s
most overcrowded. It chronicles in-
mate rapes, beatings and fatal stab-
bings at the hands of fellow pris-
oners and decries a management
system that undercounts homicides
and fails to protect prisoners even
when warned of a problem.
In February 2018, one prisoner
was killed the day after telling pris-
on officials he’d been threatened in
a dispute over a cellphone. In an-
other prison that same month, an
inmate who’d been repeatedly dis-
ciplined for knife possession fatally
stabbed another prisoner in a fight.
Rapes happen day and night in
all corners of the prisons — dor-
mitories, cells, showers and recre-
ation areas — and are “too often
undetected or prevented” by prison
staff, according to the report. Inves-
tigators reviewed more than 600 re-
ported inmate-on-inmate sexual as-
saults from late 2016 through April
2018, the report said, and “did not
identify a single incident in which
a correctional officer or other staff
member observed or intervened” to
stop it.
The prison system document-
ed 24 prisoner homicides between
January 2015 and June 2018, but the
Justice Department said that high
number was an undercount: It iden-
tified three more, and said the state
sometimes classifies violent deaths
as arising from natural causes.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a
statement that the federal investi-
gation identified some of the same
issues the state has been trying to
address, including the need to hire
additional officers to combat high
rates of violence.
“Over the coming months, my
Administration will be working
closely with DOJ to ensure that
our mutual concerns are addressed
and that we remain steadfast in our
commitment to public safety, mak-
ing certain that this Alabama prob-
lem has an Alabama solution,” Ivey
said.

Justice reform activists want more

ideas from Democratic candidates
Some are worried it’s an early sign
that candidates won’t pay enough
attention to voters of color
By ERRIN
HAINES WHACK
AP National Writer
NEW YORK — The
Democrats seeking the
White House have issued
proposals on overhauling
education, agriculture,
technology and immi-
gration. But none of the
candidates has made spe-
cific pitches on how he or
she would transform the
nation’s criminal justice
system.
Although the Demo-
cratic candidates have
talked broadly about sys-
temic racism — with sev-
eral backing some form of
reparations to the descen-
dants of slaves — none
has gone deep on mass
incarceration or police
reform.
It’s an omission that
has frustrated some ac-
tivists who hoped such
issues would receive
greater attention in a
Democratic primary that
includes two black can-
didates and is dominated
by an overall push to the
left on many social fronts.
Some are worried it’s an
early sign that candidates
won’t pay enough atten-
tion to voters of color.
“This is not a margin-
al issue,” said the Rev. Al
Sharpton, who is host-
ing several White House
hopefuls this week at his
annual social justice con-
vention in New York. “Are
they going to keep con-
sent decrees? Are they
going to deal with mass
commutations? They’re
going to have to deal with
these questions.”
Sharpton pressed
some Democratic presi-
dential contenders on the
issue Wednesday during
the first day of his Nation-
al Action Network confer-
ence. Under questioning
from Sharpton, former
Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke
said he would reverse an
order from President Don-
ald Trump’s Justice De-
partment that restricted
able on issues specific
to the black community.
the federal government’s
ability to use court-en-
Sharpton’s conference is
the year’s first such gath-
forced consent decrees
when state and local law
ering of civil rights lead-
ers and activists featur-
enforcement agencies are
ing so many of the 2020
accused of abuse. Those
agreements, popular Democratic presidential
during President Barack hopefuls.
Obama’s administration,
generally provide a road
map for changes in law
enforcement practices.
“There must be ac-
countability for enforce-
ment of the law, there
must be accountability
for use of force, and fed-
eral funds to local police
departments and sheriff’s
departments must be tied
to accountability,” O’Ro-
urke said.
Other candidates in-
cluding Sen. Kamala
Harris of California, Sen.
Cory Booker of New Jer-
sey, Sen. Amy Klobuchar
of Minnesota and South
Bend, Indiana, Mayor
Pete Buttigieg will appear
at the conference in the
coming days and could
face similar questions.
Such venues present an
opportunity for voters to
hold candidates account-

Texas bans clergy from executions

after Supreme Court ruling
By JAKE BLEIBERG
The Associated Press
DALLAS — Texas
prisons will no longer al-
low clergy in the death
chamber after the U.S.
Supreme Court blocked
the scheduled execution
of a man who argued his
religious freedom would
be violated if his Bud-
dhist spiritual adviser
couldn’t accompany him.
Effective immediately,
the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice will only
permit prison security
staff into the execution
chamber, a spokesman
said Wednesday. The pol-
icy change comes in re-
sponse to the high court’s
ruling staying the execu-
tion of Patrick Murphy, a
member of the “Texas 7”
gang of escaped prison-
ers.
Texas previously al-
lowed state-employed
clergy to accompany
inmates into the room
where they’d be execut-
ed, but its prison staff in-
cluded only Christian and
Muslim clerics.
In light of this policy,
the Supreme Court ruled
Thursday that Texas
couldn’t move forward
with Murphy’s punish-
ment unless his Bud-
dhist adviser or another
Buddhist reverend of the
state’s choosing accom-
panied him.
One of Murphy’s law-
yers, David Dow, said the
policy change does not
address their full legal ar-
gument and mistakes the
main thrust of the court’s
decision.
“Their arbitrary and,
at least for now, hostile
response to all religion
reveals a real need for
close judicial oversight of
the execution protocol,”
Dow said
Murphy’s attorneys
told the high court that
executing him without
his spiritual adviser in the
room would violate the
First Amendment right
to freedom of religion.
The 57-year-old — who
was among a group of in-
mates who escaped from
a Texas prison in 2000
and then committed nu-
merous robberies, includ-
ing one where a police
officer was fatally shot —
became a Buddhist while
in prison nearly a decade
ago.
In his concurring opin-
ion, the court’s newest
justice, Brett Kavanaugh,
wrote that Texas had two
options going forward: al-
low all inmates to have a
religious adviser of their
religion in the execution
room, or allow religious
advisers only in the view-
ing room, not the execu-
tion room.
“The government may
not discriminate against
religion generally or
against particular reli-
gious denominations,”
Kavanaugh wrote.
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Slimantics
Take-aways from Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate
Tuesday’s Re- expanded Medic- flat tax seemed to be a part of Reeves “owes favors” and has outside the Capitol bubble. In
publican Primary aid), raising teacher his solution. “made promises to.” a 2018 Millsaps-Chism poll,
debate at Missis- pay every year until Beyond policy, Foster ap- In branding Reeves as the Reeves scored near the bottom
sippi State drew a the state reaches pears to be running as the out- candidate of special interests, among state-wide office hold-
small crowd — an the Southeast aver- sider, a strategy that not only Foster hopes to rally the sup- ers with a 38 percent “favor-
audience of about age and redirecting supports his policies, but — he port of those suspicious of the able” and 34 percent “unfa-
100 people. MDA money to sup- hopes — turns a vulnerability ruling orthodoxy that he says vorable” rating. He is prone to
It also included port home-grown into a strength. Reeves so personifies. arrogance and condescension
only two of the businesses rather Foster is still in his first And what of Reeves? — while the debate was going
three Republicans than the pumping term as an elected official. In It is likely that Reeves will on in Starkville, Reeves was on
running for Gover- hundreds of mil- 2015, the Hernando business- do little to acknowledge the Facebook Live from his daugh-
nor. Lt. Gov. Tate lions of dollars into man was part of a political coup existence of either of his oppo- ter’s softball practice, a slap in
Reeves, the pre- Slim Smith incentives to lure in DeSoto County, where the nents. Reeves didn’t participate the face to debate organizers.
sumed front-runner, out-of-state compa- entire legislative delegation in Tuesday’s debate and you’re For all his flaws, Reeves
declined to partic- nies. was swept out of office by a unlikely to see him share the does have a couple of advantag-
ipate in the debate, claiming All of these positions are slate of candidates vowing stage with either candidate the es that may ultimately make
he was too busy running the contrary to those held by to oppose every tax proposal rest of the way. him a winner.
Senate even though the Senate Mississippi’s current GOP presented to the legislature. Instead, he’ll run against With a campaign war chest
ended its work four days before leadership. DeSoto County has earned its ghosts — Nancy Pelosi, Hol- of more than $6 million, he
the event. Without saying it, Waller reputation as the state’s most lywood liberals, et al — while is the only candidate who at
Despite the small crowd and is casting himself as the only devoted Tea Party stronghold. hammering home his role in this point, has the resources
Reeves’ absence, the debate real alternative to Reeves, who While Foster has made cutting taxes, being a fiscal to run an effective statewide
did reveal much about the has shaped policy as lieutenant some effort to portray himself and social conservative and re- campaign. Foster’s campaign
basic strategies that will be governor, the most powerful in broader terms as a candi- ducing the size of government. finance report shows he
employed in the GOP Gover- elected position in the state by date for “all Mississippians,” How much that resonates has raised just a shade over
nor’s race. virtue of its authority over the he remains the candidate who with voters who have watched $12,000. Waller hasn’t filed a
The race may have three Senate. tweeted that anyone who voted the result of those big tax cuts, campaign finance report to
candidates, but it’s really all Robert Foster, meanwhile, for Democrat Mike Espy in last of which most benefited big date. When he does, it will
above Reeves. will appeal to those whose year’s U.S. Senate special elec- corporations, make beggars of show whether or not he has the
Bill Waller, Jr., the retired views are considered farther to tion as “either evil or ignorant.” state agencies is hard to say. backing to make a serious run.
Mississippi Supreme Court the right. In the debate, he was Foster said he entered the He’s been a hard-liner on edu- Reeves also has the backing
Justice, entered the race reluctant to endorse anything Governor’s race because of his cation funding and teacher pay of the state’s GOP leadership.
last — filing only a couple of that could be considered an inexperience in office rather raises and a big advocate for He’ll have the endorsement of
weeks before the deadline. If outright attempt to raise taxes. than in spite of it, telling his au- directing tax dollars to private almost all of the establishment
his performance Tuesday is Instead, he favors eliminating dience Tuesday that serving in schools. Republicans, which is no small
any indication, he will run as personal income tax and re- the Legislature “changes you.” That Reeves seems to be so advantage.
a mainstream alternative to placing it with a flat tax, an idea While Waller may be cast- narrowly focused on what ben- Unless Foster or Waller
Reeves. that has been popular among ing himself as the alternative efits a narrow sliver of wealthy catch fire — not only with vot-
His policies appear to be right-wing groups for the past to Reeves, Foster is far less voters in Madison and Rankin ers but with donors — Reeves
centrist: He favors raising the 20 years. subtle. He was on the attack County makes him a stranger remains the odds-on favorite.
fuel tax to fund infrastructure On every topic presented Tuesday, deriding Reeves for to most Mississippians. Slim Smith is a columnist
repairs, expanding Medicaid Tuesday — infrastructure, “staying on the porch” instead As a candidate, Reeves has and feature writer for The
(in that, he was careful to point education, healthcare and of participating in the debate his flaws and weaknesses, Dispatch. His email address is
out that other red states have economic development — the and asking, rhetorically, who including a narrow appeal ssmith@cdispatch.com.

Letters to the editor

Voice of the people

What is Columbus’ future?
Do you care? Will you get involved too? There is enough
finger pointing and negativity to go around. Even if you live
in the county, the city of Columbus is the face that is seen
by everyone. There is a mindset that maybe, Columbus is
too far gone to be saved. I’ll be the first to admit, that we
have a leadership problem and our problems might get
worse before they get better, but to say it can’t be turned
around is not the answer. I do believe, we have some in the
city that maybe, are looking out for themselves more than
looking out for the city’s interest. I love Columbus and am
pleading that those that really care, stand up and demand
accountability and transparency from our leaders.
Now, after the council meeting on the 2nd in which the
mayor gave a presentation of cuts in the budget the police
and fire departments are being cut. Really? I can under-
stand, the public (four men and a truck) works department
and the Cadillac health insurance program but to cut the
two departments that affect our safety and welfare is not
the place to cut. The mayor and department heads are not
in the belt tightening plan. To look at it, it sounds great but
cuts should be fair and across the board. How about J5? Oh
that’s right, they are working for free! What happened to
the reported $90,000 annual fee and six percent on the city
contracts they have been getting to oversee projects? What
is the hold-up on the clean-up then?
I think the citizens of Columbus are kept in the dark
about a lot of things going on in our local government. It’s
time to wake up, make the elected officials accountable.
What little transparency there is, is smoke and mirrors.
I met a young businessman, who attended his first coun-
cil meeting and he asked me after the meeting Tuesday,
”What just happened? Is it like that all the time?” I said
sadly, yes and some times it’s worse. He was concerned
about citizen input. I told him it was a spectator sport at the
meeting, unless you were on the agenda. No wonder you
have low attendance. The public input on present issues
brought forth have to wait two or more weeks to address.
No question can be asked and no input given because you
aren’t on the agenda. Are our elected officials afraid of hard
questions? To close my opinion and questions, I have one
more. Why was there work to the entrance to Dean Acres
last week done, while other parts of the city are neglected?
Who lives in Dean Acres? Beware the citizens are watching!
God Bless our fair city and America.
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus

Appreciates wide support for Kratom ban

On behalf of the Crime and Addiction Task Force of The
Lowndes Community Foundation I would like to update
the public with what has been happening in regard to the
Kratom ban effort. When we first started there was one city
(New Albany) and one county (Union) that had banned the
sale and possession of Kratom. As of April 3rd there are
eight counties and 14 cities that have passed the ban with
more on the way. The counties are Alcorn, Tishomingo,
Prentiss, Itawamba, Lowndes, Union, Monroe and Tippah.
The cities are Columbus, Caledonia, New Albany, Fulton,
Mantachie, Ponotoc, Booneville, Corinth, Belmont, Mariet-
ta, Iuka, Ripley, Bruce and Derma. We would like to thank
all of the governmental officials in these cities and counties
for doing the right thing to protect the lives and welfare of
their citizens.
Glenn Lautzenhiser,
Chairman Crime and Addiction Task Force,Lowndes
Community Foundation
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 4, 2019 7A

O’Rourke, Sanders vie for same young voters in 2020 campaign

Both candidates lead the pack in
fundraising and have built substantial
campaign treasuries on thousands
of small donors nationwide
By WILL WEISSERT
The Associated Press
AUSTIN,
Texas — In
the growing
Democratic
presidential
field, they
seem like a
study in op-
O’Rourke
posites.
One’s 77,
a democrat-
ic socialist
from the
U.S.-Canada
border state
of Vermont,
who ex-
udes a cur- Sanders
mudgeonly
grumpiness and bursts
with detailed policy pro-
posals. The other’s a boy-
ish 46-year-old native of
the U.S.-Mexico border
city of El Paso, Texas,
who livestreams his skate-
boarding prowess and
offers hopeful but vague
paeans to tolerance and
cooperation.
Bernie Sanders and
Beto O’Rourke may repre-
sent different poles among
the dozen-plus Demo-
crats vying for the White
House, but they have key
commonalities that now
inject special tension into
their rivalry as they ramp
up their campaigns.
Fundraising leaders
Both lead the pack in
fundraising and have built
substantial campaign
treasuries on thousands
of small donors nation-
wide rather than using
the more traditional mod-
el of a small core of major
financial backers.
They also strike chords
with the same part of the
electorate. In their last
races, each rose on a
strong appeal to young
voters.
Now, though, it’s not
clear both can exploit
their strengths while go-
ing head-to-head.
Already, they find
themselves recruiting
some of the same cam-
paign talent, with a few
veterans of Sanders’ 2016
presidential bid having
signed on this time with
O’Rourke.
While other candi-
dates in the 2020 race
have natural connec-
tions to other parts of the
Democratic voting base,
Sanders, a U.S. senator,
and O’Rourke, a former
congressman, could find
themselves in more of a
Sanders to appear in Fox News town hall meeting
The Associated Press Fox, after the Democratic Na- hem, Pennsylvania. Scheduled for
NEW YORK — Fox News
tional Committee announced last the day taxes are due, the forum
month that it would not hold any will focus on the economy and
Channel says that Sen. Bernie of its presidential debates on the jobs, Fox said on Wednesday.
Sanders will appear on a televised network. The committee said it It will air at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
town hall on April 15, making him was concerned about whether That avoids the prime-time hours
the first Democratic candidate to Fox could hold a fair and neutral where opinion shows hosted by
venture onto Fox for this type of event. Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity
event in the current presidential Bret Baier and Martha Mac- and Laura Ingraham reign, and
cycle. Callum will co-anchor the town where Fox gets most of its view-
It’s an important booking for hall, which will be held in Bethle- ers.
zero-sum contest for the ran a surprisingly tight
same turf. Both will be in race in 2016 against Hil-
Iowa this weekend cam- lary Clinton.
paigning for the upper
hand. ‘Plenty of competition’
“If Bernie begins to “He has plenty of com-
surge, the Beto people petition in the authentici-
will largely go there. The ty category now,” includ-
opposite’s true, too,” said ing from Sen. Kamala
Jim Hightower a former Harris of California and
Texas agriculture com- Mayor Pete Buttigieg of
missioner who was a top South Bend, Indiana, who
state Sanders supporter also have attracted strong
in 2016 but also among the online fundraising.
first to counsel O’Rourke Still, Bennett said,
on his near-upset in No- O’Rourke may prove the
vember of Sen. Ted Cruz. stiffest test to Sanders
This week, Sanders given that his donor base
announced that he raised is so similar — a key met-
$18.2 million in 41 days ric for campaign strength
of campaigning through so early in the electoral
March 31. O’Rourke coun- cycle.
tered that he’d collected “What you’re going to
$9.4 million in an 18-day see is there is not a clean
period, or $520,000-plus ideological explanation
daily. for where people end up,”
Matt Bennett, Bennett said. “It’s going
co-founder of the Third to be who speaks to me,
Way, a centrist Washing- who inspires me with
ton think tank, said Sand- their rhetoric, with their
ers finds himself more persona, with their pas-
hemmed in than when he sion.”

‘He hugs everybody’: Women

divided over defense of Biden
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
NEW YORK — It’s simply a “human
touch.” He’s a “warm, affectionate per-
son.” “He hugs everybody.”
In the days since allegations surfaced
of uninvited touching on the part of Joe
Biden, several women in politics and be-
yond have been coming to his defense,
vouching for his character and saying
it was merely his old-fashioned tactile
style at issue — nothing intentional, and
certainly nothing sexual.
But the nature of the defense, coming
frequently but not exclusively from older
women, as well as Biden’s own assertion
that he never felt he was acting inap-
propriately, raises some uncomfortable
questions. Chief among them: If Biden
really had no idea what he was doing, is
he simply too out of step to be his party’s
standard-bearer in the #MeToo era?
“There’s a bit of ‘not getting it’ when
it comes to the gender story here,” said
Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for
American Women and Politics. “To me,
there’s been a patronizing quality to this,
an alpha male asserting himself physi-
cally, that I think is problematic for him.”
Neither Lucy Flores, the former Ne-
vada politician who described an uncom-
fortable kiss on the back of her head, nor
the other four women who came forward
with their own stories before Wednesday
have accused the former vice president
of sexual harassment. Rather, they’ve
described behavior that made them feel
uncomfortable because it invaded their
personal space, regardless of Biden’s in-
tentions.
‘Politics to me
has always been
about making
connections, but
I will be more
mindful about respecting
personal space in the
future’
Joe Biden
On Wednesday night, The Washing-
ton Post reported that three additional
women had recounted uncomfortable
encounters with Biden. One of them,
Vail Kohnert-Yount, said she was a
White House intern in the spring of 2013
when she met Biden in the West Wing
and that, as they chatted, he put his hand
on the back of her head and pressed his
forehead to hers and called her a “pretty
girl.”
For Biden, of course, the stakes are
huge: He’s deciding whether to jump
into the crowded field for the 2020 Dem-
ocratic presidential nomination — a field
that includes a half-dozen women.
Fighting to change the narrative, he
released a video statement Wednesday,
promising to be more mindful of physi-
cal boundaries. “Politics to me has al-
ways been about making connections,
but I will be more mindful about respect-
ing personal space in the future,” he
said. “I get it.”

Trump claims he wasn’t seeking pre-election health care vote

The Associated Press unsuccessful effort to end
ACA.
WASHINGTON — “I was never planning
Amid blowback from Cap- a vote prior to the 2020
itol Hill, President Donald Election on the wonderful
Trump switched gears HealthCare package that
again Wednesday, suggest- some very talented peo-
ing he never wanted Con- ple are now developing for
gress to vote to replace the me& the Republican Par-
Affordable Care Act until ty,” Trump tweeted, add-
after the 2020 election. ing, “I never asked Mitch
Trump’s new tweets McConnell for a vote be-
shifted his rationale for the fore the Election.”
“Obamacare” fight. First That’s not how congres-
he said it was his choice sional Republicans, includ-
to push off the health care ing Senate Majority Lead-
votes. Then he said he nev- er McConnell, understood
er expected there to be any Trump’s sudden shift to the
votes at all until after 2020. issue last week.
Trump claimed Nor did it stop Demo-
Wednesday he had nev- crats from calling attention
er intended to reopen old to the health care issue
wounds. But in keeping Wednesday.
the issue at the forefront, The Democratic-con-
the president put fresh trolled House used a near
attention on the GOP’s party-line 240-186 vote to
long-running and thus far condemn the Trump ad-
ministration for joining a
federal lawsuit aimed at
annulling former President
Barack Obama’s health
care law. Minutes later,
the House Democrats’
campaign organization
launched digital ads in the
districts of around 40 Dem-
ocrats in competitive seats,
saying they’d “fought back”
against GOP efforts to gut
the statute’s protections.
The GOP’s bitter inter-
nal fight over health care in
2017 remains a sore subject
for the president. He often
retells the story of the late
Arizona Sen. John Mc-
Cain’s “no” vote that killed
the repeal-and-replace
effort. Republicans, hit
hard on health care issues
during the 2018 midterm
election, had no plans to
take up the issue again be-
fore the next one.
8A Thursday, April 4, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Columbus Light and Water looks

to fund broadband expansion itself
Bill that would have The Dispatch for comment by press
time.
allowed utility to issue Smith said he wants to reintro-
duce a bill next legislative session
bonds dies in House that would give every municipal
utility the legal right to issue bonds
committee for the sale of broadband or any
other utility service they have the
By AMANDA LIEN capacity to offer. Currently, there
alien@cdispatch.com are conflicting Attorney General
reports statewide about whether
Columbus Light municipalities or utilities have that
and Water is pursu-
right without going through the
ing other ways to Legislature.
fund a broadband
“We’re going to try to next year
expansion after a bill — and this sounds kind of mean —
to fund that venture
to cram it down their throats,” he
died in committee said. “We’re going to try to make
last week.
Smith (the bill) statewide.”
A bill in the House In the meantime, CLW general
Local and Private
manager Todd Gale and controller
Committee sought to
Mike Bernsen are looking into the
allow CLW to issue
financial aspect of beginning their
about $2.75 million
broadband expansion on the utili-
in bonds to finance
ty’s dime. Gale said the most likely
the expansion of the
source for that funding would be
utility’s already 20- borrowing $1 million from CLW’s
mile network of fiber water division. The utility’s water
Gale
optic cable it now division is scheduled to finish re-
uses for internal communication. paying a $1 million bond for infra-
Rep. Jeff Smith (R-Columbus), who structure this year.
introduced the bill in the Legisla- The $1 million intradepartmen-
ture and also is CLW’s board attor- tal loan would only cover roughly
ney, said the bill died in the House a year’s worth of operations, Gale
after he and other members of the said. After that, CLW would issue
committee heard it wouldn’t stand a bonds if Smith’s bill, or a similar
chance in the Senate. bill, is proposed and passed, or
“We were told lobbyists from would try to fund the continued
Comcast and the other big cable expansion through CLW’s budget,
providers had sat down with (Lt. Gale said.
Governor Tate Reeves) and encour- “We would pretty much have to
aged him to kill three similar bills,” take (any subsequent costs) out of
Smith said. “He’s the president of capital money every year for that
the Senate so ... when we heard that project,” he said. “It just means up-
we knew it wasn’t going to make it.” grades won’t be as timely. ... But
Reeves did not return calls from there’s a lot of questions to be an-
swered. I don’t know what all those
answers are just yet.”
Tennessee-based Kersey Con-
sulting Services, which conduct-
ed a feasibility study on CLW’s
broadband expansion in 2018, is
currently evaluating how much fi-
ber installation that $1 million wa-
ter department loan could buy and
where the best places to first install
an expanded fiber network would
be. Kim Kersey, founder of Kersey
Consulting, said his firm is still
“early on” in that evaluation.
“We’re looking at the cost of
building the network,” he said. “It’s
still preliminary ... because the
board hasn’t made a final decision
to move forward with the project.
We would anticipate if the board
says yes to it, we could start build-
ing this year.”
Gale and Kersey both estimated
CLW would need to connect 200
customers in the first year to break
even. While Kersey Consulting and
Bernsen conduct their financial
analyses, Gale said he continues
to be in talks with the Columbus
Municipal School District and the
Columbus Housing Authority about
leasing CLW broadband equipment
so CMSD can provide wireless
hotspots to students and CHA can
provide internet to its clients. That
would also boost CLW’s bottom
line.
“We would lease the equipment
and they can decide what they want
to do with the service,” he said.
“It’s something we’ve been talking
about ... because you hear about
kids that go home and can’t do their
homework. (CMSD) wanted to ad-
dress that. So do we.”

Meridian to stop arresting and jailing people for unpaid fines

‘When people are punished
for their inability to pay fines and
fees, jurisdictions have effectively
made it a crime to be poor’
Southern Poverty Law Center
staff attorney Caren Short
The Associated Press
MERIDIAN — Anoth-
er Mississippi city has
agreed to change the way
it jails poor people after it
was threatened with liti-
gation.
The Meridian City
Council approved a con-
sent agreement on Tues-
day on a 3-2 vote. Under
the terms of the deal, the
city will stop arresting
people for old fines, stop
jailing them when they
can’t afford to pay, and
stop requiring defendants
to post bail after misde-
meanor arrests.
The MacArthur Justice
Center and Southern Pov-
erty Law Center sought
the agreement after inves-
tigating court procedures
in the east Mississippi
city. The advocacy groups
previously won changes
to jail and bail practices
in Biloxi, Corinth, Jack-
son, Moss Point and Scott
County.
“When people are
punished for their inabil-
ity to pay fines and fees,
jurisdictions have effec-
tively made it a crime to
be poor,” SPLC staff attor-
ney Caren Short said in a
statement.
Meridian Police Chief
Bennie Dubose told The
Meridian Star he conclud-
ed that the city couldn’t
win a lawsuit, but said he
disliked the changes.
“If an individual is
unemployed and choos-
es to be a career crimi-
nal, what punishment is
there for them? Dubose
asked. “You can’t make
them work. You can’t put
them in jail because they
can’t financially pay their
fines.... They didn’t give
us any alternatives.”
The agreement says
that no one can be jailed
“solely because of the in-
ability to pay.” It also says
that a municipal judge
can’t make release from
jail contingent on payment
of fines unless someone is
represented by a lawyer at
for each day served, up
from $56 now.
a hearing and a judge de-
termines the person has
Meridian agreed to re-
lease most people who are
the ability to pay. The city arrested on misdemeanor
agreed to presume people charges as soon as possi-
are indigent if they’re on ble.
public assistance, living in
public housing or making
an income less than 125%
of the federal poverty lev-
el.
Cliff Johnson of the
MacArthur Center said
too often defendants are
threatened with jail unless
they come up with money
immediately. Johnson said
relatives or church mem-
bers frequently scrape up
money to keep poor peo-
ple out of jail.
“It’s a mama and
grandmamma tax,” John-
son said.
A judge must limit a
payment plan for people
who are indigent to $25 a
month. If ordering com-
munity service instead, a
judge can’t impose more
than 40 hours, and can’t
require more than 12
hours a month.
The city must modify
current payment plans
to meet those limits. In
cases where someone is
being jailed for willful
non-payment of fines, the
city must credit the per-
son with $100 of the fine

International Fiesta
Continued from Page 1A
Joan Mylroie, a mem-
ber of the World Neigh-
bors Association executive
board, said the fiesta has
grown tremendously in
the roughly 20 years since
she started attending and
becoming involved with
it. It has always been a
powerful tool for helping
the community members
learn about each other, she
said.
“It’s a great way to com-
municate with each other
and get to know each oth-
er,” she said. “Until you
know each other and talk
to each other, you just
don’t understand — it’s
a way to be a part of each
other’s lives.”
The fiesta will open at
11 a.m. with a parade of
flags — an annual tradi-
tion where people hold-
ing flags from around the
world march from Allen
Hall to the fiesta grounds
on the Drill Field. Mylroie
said any volunteers are
welcome to participate in
the parade of flags, and
those interested in carry-
ing them can meet in front
of Allen Hall at about 10:45
a.m.
After the parade, Ma-
miya said, various speak-
ers will provide opening
statements, which should
last for about 15 minutes.
An array of perfor-
mances are scheduled for
the rest of the fiesta, in-
cluding by the Starkville-
MSU Chinese School, the
Starkville Strings School
and MSU Nach, an Indian
dance group. Mamiya said
there will also be perfor-
mances of Russian music
and singing and martial
arts demonstrations.
How to go
■ WHAT: International Fiesta
■ WHEN: Saturday from 11
a.m.-3 p.m.
■ WHERE: Mississippi State
University’s Drill Field
■ HOW MUCH: Free
Mylroie said one con-
stant, as the fiesta has
grown through the years,
is that the community has
always been supportive.
That support is echoed by
the fiesta’s participants,
who Mylroie said are al-
ways eager to share about
their countries or cultures.
“One of the things you
can do is go up to a booth
and say ‘Tell me some-
thing about your country,’
and they’re excited to do
that,” she said. “It’s so ed-
ucational to learn about
people from all over the
world.”
Sports
basketball championship celebrations
PARADE DAY: The W, Heritage teams to be honored Monday
By PAUL D. BOWKER
pbowker@cdispatch.dom
The Mississippi Uni-
versity for Women has
waited nearly 17 years for
this magical moment.
The women’s basket-
ball team won a national
championship this year,
becoming the first team
at The W to win a national
title since the university
reinstated its athletics
program in 2016.
On Monday, The W
will celebrate its U.S. Col-
legiate Athletic Associa-
tion championship with a
parade in downtown Co-
lumbus.
“It’s just a fun time,”
msu football
Thompson looking to
the air for MSU
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Keytaon Thompson
knows it’s his time.
Though nothing has
been officially endowed,
the junior quarterback
should be the starter
when the season opens on
August 31 against Louisi-
ana at the Mercedez-Benz
Superdome in New Orle-
ans.
After backing up Nick
Fitzgerald, this is his of-
fense to run. How it will
look? That’s still in the
works.
Tuesday’s practice
gave some insight into
how head coach Joe
Moorhead plans to use
Thompson.
A gifted thrower,
Thompson possesses
the intangibles to push
the ball downfield and
take some velocity off his
throws on intermediate
routes in a way Fitzgerald
couldn’t.
Thompson
control and accuracy
showed
during Tuesday’s session,
finding receivers down
the seam, toward the side-
line and on crosses over
the middle.
“From last year, when
he used to throw the ball
sometimes, you’d be like,
‘What the hell is he throw-
ing it at?’” senior running
back Nick Gibson said.
“And now whenever he
throws the ball it’s right
on target, it’s concise, it’s
where it needs to be and
I’d definitely say KT has
made the most improve-
ment.”
Not the runner Fitz-
gerald was, Thompson
will lead a more regular
passing game along with
a schematic shift toward
a two-back system with
Gibson and junior run-
ning back Kylin Hill of
Columbus in tow.
RECEIVER QUES-
TIONS: With Thompson
likely locked in at quar-
HIGH school basketball
Howell named new boys coach at Oak Hill
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Andrew Howell is the new
boys basketball coach at Oak
Hill Academy.
“It was just everything he
did, his whole mannerism, his
personality seemed like he
would push and he would mo-
said Jason Trufant, direc-
tor of athletics at The W.
The parade will begin
at 6 p.m. Monday, and will
be held in conjunction
with a celebration of the
Overall State Champion-
ship won by the Heritage
Academy boys basketball
team.
The parade will begin
at the intersection of 3rd
Street and Main Street,
and proceed down Main
Street to 10th Street. The
route will then take the
parade up College Street
and will finish at the inter-
section of 5th Street and
Main.
Presentations by Co-
lumbus Mayor Robert
terback
and Hill
and Gibson
prepped to
anchor the
running
game, the
lone skill
Thompson
position
question
marks are at receiver.
Senior Stephen Guidry
is a talented player, but
he’s been unable to stay
healthy thus far. The No.
1 junior college receiver
in the nation out of Hinds
Community College, he
led the team with 440
yards last season.
Redshirt senior slot-
man Deddrick Thomas
could be an intriguing
piece. A speedster who’s
dangerous on interme-
diate routes, Thomas
should provide a safety
net on crossing patterns.
Redshirt junior Osirus
Mitchell is the sec-
ond-leading receiver re-
turning. He totaled 427
yards on 26 receptions in
2018.
Behind that trio are
plenty of unproven pieces.
Redshirt
senior Ma-
lik Dear
has shown
flashes in
practice,
but he
caught just
one pass a
Guidry
season ago.
Redshirt
freshman Cameron Gard-
ner, a Starkville native,
has the size, 6-foot-4, to
be dangerous in the red
zone.
Freshmen JaVonta Pay-
ton, Quinton Torbor and
Kyziah Pruitt will arrive
in the fall.
Payton is the likeliest
of that group to play a role
this season, but he’ll need
to be caught up to speed
quickly upon arrival in
Starkville.
MSU works out again
on Thursday.
tivate our kids and had high
expectations for their behavior
on and off the court, as well as
expectations academically and
athletically,” Oak Academy
headmaster Cathy Davis said.
Howell previously served as
associate head coach at Pres-
byterian Christian School and
taught AP World History. He
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Smith and W President
Nora Miller will be given
to both teams after the
conclusion of the celebra-
tion parade.
A severe tornado
ripped through The W’s
campus in November
2002, destroying Pohl
Gymnasium and caus-
ing the school’s athletic
program to be halted. It
wasn’t until the 2018-19
season that the school
had a women’s basketball
team again.
It didn’t take the Owls
long to deliver a champi-
onship.
“What they were able Photo courtesy of Mississippi University for Women
to do in one season is re- Members of The W’s national-championship women’s basketball team celebrate with
markable,” Trufant said. their coach. The team won a championship in their first year playing together.
Mississippi state baseball
dawgs go yard
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Keegan James started the game on the mound for the Bulldogs, who broke a two-game losing streak Wednesday
night at Dudy Noble Field.
Allen joins in
home run attack
in 21-8 win
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State sopho-
more infielder Tanner Allen
can exhale.
Entering the batter’s box
in the first inning of Wednes-
day’s 21-8 win over the Uni-
versity of Louisiana-Mon-
roe, Allen finally got ahold
of one.
Squaring, stepping and
swinging, Allen belted just
his second home run since
a Feb. 16 game against
Youngstown State — the
second game of the season.
“I hadn’t felt that feeling
in awhile,” he said. “But it
was a good feeling.”
Allen’s long ball com-
prised the latter half of back-
to-back home runs from he
and junior catcher Dustin
Skelton — who smoked a
grand slam the at-bat prior.
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
It was the second time
Brandon Smith, who earned his first win of the season in relief, goes behind the
MSU recorded back-to-back
mound to make a play and throw out a Louisiana-Monroe runner Wednesday
night. See DAWGS, 3B
was also the Bobcats’ junior var-
sity head coach.
“He’s passionate about the
sport,” Oak Hill athletic direc-
tor Phil Ferguson said. “We
looked long and hard for the
New boys bas-
best fit for Oak Hill, and I think ketball coach
we hit a home run with coach Andrew Howell
Howell.” and his family.
See howell, 3B
Photo courtesy of Oak
Hill Academy
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briefly CALENDAR Basketball

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Parsons p
Biddle p
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Carolina 4, Toronto 1
Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 2
Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 1
NBA a-Culberson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Minnesota 5, Winnipeg 1

Baseball Prep Baseball

All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Inciarte ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118
Totals 30 6 8 6 8 8
Dallas 6, Philadelphia 2
Colorado 6, Edmonton 2
Los Angeles 3, Arizona 1
Chicago 010 002 100—4 12 1 Vancouver 4, San Jose 2
Today’s Games
y-Toronto
W L Pct GB
56 23 .709 — Atlanta 002 000 04x—6 8 0 Wednesday’s Games
Alabama to face South Carolina in SEC matchup Starkville High vs Houston, 6 p.m. x-Philadelphia 49 29 .628 6½
x-Boston 47 32 .595 9
a-struck out for Biddle in the 7th.
b-grounded out for Jackson in the 8th.
Ottawa 4, N.Y. Rangers 1
Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, SO
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama closes out its current homestand Caledonia vs. West Point, 6 p.m. Brooklyn 39 40 .494 17 E—Heyward (1). LOB—Chicago 10, At- Anaheim 3, Calgary 1
with a three-game series against the South Carolina Gamecocks New York 15 63 .192 40½ lanta 9. 2B—Camargo (1). HR—Contreras (1), Thursday’s Games
New Hope vs. Choctaw County, 6 p.m. Southeast Division off Venters; Swanson (2), off Lester; Albies (1), N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m.
starting on Thursday and running through Saturday. W L Pct GB off Lester. RBIs—Contreras 2 (4), Lester (1), Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
The first two games of the SEC pairing are slated for 6 p.m. starts Starkville Academy at Winston Academy, 6 p.m. Orlando 39 40 .494 — Albies (2), Camargo 3 (3), Swanson 2 (5). SB— New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Runners left in scoring position—Chica- Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.
with Saturday’s game scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Friday’s Games Miami
Charlotte
38 40 .487 ½
36 42 .462 2½ go 5 (Zobrist, Bryant 2, Schwarber, Heyward); Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
The three-game series with South Carolina will feature promotions Starkville High at Madison Central, 5 p.m. Washington 32 47 .405 7 Atlanta 5 (Freeman 2, Acuna Jr., Markakis 2). Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Atlanta 29 50 .367 10 RISP—Chicago 2 for 9; Atlanta 2 for 10. Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
for fans of all ages each day. Prior to the game on Thursday, Alabama Caledonia at Shannon, 7 p.m. Central Division Runners moved up—Zobrist, Acuna Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
football head coach Nick Saban will throw out a ceremonial first pitch. W L Pct GB Jr., Inciarte. LIDP—Baez. GIDP—Heyward, Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Thursday’s series opener will also feature a “Game of Thrones” theme New Hope at Leake Central, 6 p.m. y-Milwaukee 58 20 .744 — Acuna Jr.. Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.
x-Indiana 47 32 .595 11½ DP—Chicago 1 (Baez, Descalso, Riz- San Jose at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Fans coming through the gates will receive Hebron Christian at Kemper Academy, 6 p.m. Detroit 39 39 .500 19 zo); Atlanta 2 (Donaldson, Albies), (Freeman, Arizona at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Chicago 22 57 .278 36½ Swanson). Friday’s Games
an Alabama replica banner. Those in attendance will also be able West Lowndes vs. Vardaman, 5 p.m. Cleveland 19 59 .244 39 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
to take their picture with a Throne made of baseball bats that will be
Prep Softball WESTERN CONFERENCE Lester 6 6 2 2 3 7 106 3.00 Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Southwest Division Kintzler, H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.00 Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
displayed down the right field line. W L Pct GB Cishek, L, 0-1 0 0 3 3 3 0 15 16.20 Saturday’s Games
Thursday’s probable starters: Sam Finnerty (Sr., RHP) of Alabama Today’s Games y-Houston 51 28 .646 — Rosario 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4.50 Tampa Bay at Boston, 1 p.m.
x-San Antonio 45 34 .570 6 Brach 2-3 1 0 0 2 0 16 0.00 Vancouver at St. Louis, 4 p.m.
vs. Daniel Lloyd (Fr., RHP) of South Carolina. Victory Christian at Tuscaloosa Home Ed, 4 p.m. New Orleans 32 47 .405 19 Montgomery 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 40.50 Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Friday: Brock Love (R-Jr., RHP) vs. Reid Morgan (Jr., RHP) Starkville High vs. Choctaw, 6 p.m. Memphis 31 47 .397 19½ Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dallas 31 47 .397 19½ Teheran 5 6 1 1 3 7 91 3.60 N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Tyler Ras (Fr., RHP) vs. SC – TBA Venters 1-3 2 2 2 2 1 29 27.00 New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m.
New Hope vs. Louisville, 6:30 p.m.
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB Parsons 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 10 5.40 Columbus at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Columbus vs. Oxford, 6:30 p.m. x-Denver 52 26 .667 — Biddle 1 3 1 1 0 1 18 3.86
Jackson, W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 9.00
Carolina at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Ole Miss catcher named to Posey Award watch list Caledonia vs. Amory, 7:30 p.m.
x-Portland
x-Utah
50 28 .641 2
48 30 .615 4 Vizcaino, S, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 2 19 0.00 Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Amid an excellent start to his junior season behind the plate, Ole x-Oklahoma City 45 33 .577 7 Cishek pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.
West Lowndes at French Camp, 5 p.m. Minnesota 35 43 .449 17 Rosario pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Winnipeg at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Miss catcher Cooper Johnson was named to the Buster Posey Award Pacific Division Inherited runners-scored—Rosario 3-3, Brach Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Watch List by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. Friday’s Games W L Pct GB 1-1, Montgomery 3-0, Parsons 2-0. WP—Bid- Vegas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
y-Golden State 53 24 .688 — dle. Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Previously known as the Johnny Bench Award, the Buster Posey Columbus at Noxubee, (DH) 6:30 p.m. x-L.A. Clippers 47 32 .595 7 Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Adrian
National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award will continue to honor the
nation’s top division one collegiate catcher as voted on by head coaches
College Baseball Sacramento 38 40 .487 15½
L.A. Lakers 35 43 .449 18½
Johnson; Second, Quinn Wolcott; Third, Gary
Cederstrom.
T—3:32. A—37,398 (41,149).
Golf
and sports information directors. Today’s Games Phoenix 18 61 .228 36 Golf Glance
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division Wednesday’s College LPGA TOUR
Through the Rebels’ first 30 games this season, Johnson has South Carolina at Alabama, time TBA ANA INSPIRATION
Tuesday’s Games Baseball Scores Site: Rancho Mirage, Calif.
played in 26 and started 23 at catcher. He’s hitting .291 with seven Friday’s Games Oklahoma City 119, L.A. Lakers 103
San Antonio 117, Atlanta 111
EAST Course: Mission Hills CC (Dinah Shore Tourna-
doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs. Johnson has shown great Robert Morris-Peoria at Mississippi University for Houston 130, Sacramento 105
Bryant 2, Rhode Island 0 ment). Yardage: 6,763. Par: 72.
Bucknell 6, Binghamton 4 Purse: $3 million. Winner’s share: $450,000.
improvement at the plate this season, increasing his batting average Golden State 116, Denver 102 CCSU 10, Quinnipiac 9 Television: Thursday-Friday, noon-4 p.m., 7-9
Women (DH), Noon Wednesday’s Games
by .056 points. He already has more hits, more runs scored and more Chicago 115, Washington 114
Cornell 4, Army 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 5-9
home runs than last season, also already matching his RBI total from Mississippi State at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m. Indiana 108, Detroit 89
Fairfield 10, Yale 9
Fordham 5, Siena 4, 10 innings
p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Pernilla Lindberg.
Orlando 114, New York 100
all of 2018. Marshall at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. Atlanta 130, Philadelphia 122
George Washington 4, Towson 3 Race to CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko.
Georgetown 4, George Mason 1 Last week: Nasa Hataoka won the Kia Classic.
Johnson continues to be one of the best defensive catchers in the Florida at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Boston 112, Miami 102 Hartford 7, Boston College 4 Notes: This is the first of five majors on the
Toronto 115, Brooklyn 105
country. Johnson has erased 10 would-be base stealers this season, in South Carolina at Alabama, time TBA Charlotte 115, New Orleans 109
Holy Cross 16, Dartmouth 10 LPGA Tour. Pernilla Lindberg won last year by
Liberty 13, Elon 1 outlasting Inbee Park in a playoff that lasted
addition to a litany of other outstanding plays in the field. Minnesota 110, Dallas 108
College Softball
LIU Brooklyn 10, Hofstra 1 eight holes and stretched into Monday. Lind-
Denver 113, San Antonio 85 Marshall 10, W. Carolina 9 berg became the first European to win the ANA
Portland 116, Memphis 89 Md.-Eastern Shore 15, Mount St. Mary’s 12 Inspiration since fellow Swede Annika Sorens-
Friday’s Games Utah 118, Phoenix 97 Monmouth (NJ) 11, Princeton 6 tam in 2005. This was designated a major as
Grantham’s 5-hit shutout at Delta sparks EMCC to split LSU at Mississippi State, 6 p.m.
Houston 135, L.A. Clippers 103
Thursday’s Games
Northeastern at UMass, ppd. the Nabisco Dinah Shore in 1983, when Amy
MOORHEAD – East Mississippi Community College earned its Old Westbury 9, Manhattanville 8 Alcott won. Five years later, Alcott won and
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Rider 16, NJIT 10 began the tradition of the leap into “Poppie’s
second straight MACJC baseball doubleheader split on the road with Ole Miss at Kentucky, time TBA Cleveland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Rutgers 11, Wagner 10 Pond” that fronts the 18th green at Mission
Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. St. Bonaventure 18, Penn St. 6 Hills. Nasa Hataoka became the seventh win-
another standout pitching performance. Wesley Grantham tossed a Alabama at South Carolina, time TBA Friday’s Games St. John’s 22, Columbia 7 ner in seven events on the LPGA Tour sched-
Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.
five-hit, complete-game shutout in EMCC’s 8-0 nightcap road win over
Mississippi Delta on Tuesday. The Trojans claimed a 13-5 run-rule Women’s College Tennis San Antonio at Washington, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Stony Brook 11, Iona 7
Thiel 1, Grove City 3
UConn 9, UMass-Lowell 4
ule. This is the third straight season there were
no multiple winners on the LPGA Tour heading
into the first major of the year. Alcott, Betsy
victory over the Lions in the opening game. Today’s Games Boston at Indiana, 8 p.m. UMBC 9, Navy 3 King and Sorenstam are three-time winners of
Detroit at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. West Virginia 5, Pittsburgh 4 the major. The ANA Inspiration has gone to a
On the heels of Jaxen Forrester’s no-hitter at East Central last Fri- Southern University at Southern Miss, 2 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m. SOUTH playoff three of the last four years. This is the
day to earn MACJC Pitcher of the Week honors, Grantham was nearly New York at Houston, 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Campbell 3, N.C. Central 1
Charleston Southern 10, The Citadel 5
20-year anniversary of Dottie Pepper setting
the tournament record at 269.
as dominant against Delta with seven strikeouts and only one walk while Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Charlotte 5, UNC-Asheville 2 Next tournament: LOTTE Championship on
inducing 11 fly-outs during his seven innings of work. Cleveland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
East Carolina 6, Duke 1 April 17-20.
In Tuesday’s second game, the Lions provided Grantham with the Alabama at Florida, 4 p.m. E. Kentucky 5, Xavier 3
only run support the sophomore southpaw would need with solo tallies Ole Miss at Kentucky, 4 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
E. Mennonite 13, Bridgewater (Va.) 10
FAU 6, Miami 4 Transactions
Men’s College Tennis Wednesday’s Sports
in the second and third innings off Delta starting pitcher Conner Wyly. Gardner-Webb 10, Davidson 1
Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Georgia 7, Kennesaw St. 6
After Zarin Cole’s sacrifice fly scored Austin Beech to open the scoring, Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Georgia Southern 3, Coll. of Charleston 1 Moves
Baseball
Tyler Miller’s single brought home John Ross Briggs an inning later to Georgia St. 10, Furman 8 BASEBALL
Jackson St. 12, New Orleans 4
give EMCC an early 2-0 lead. Southern Miss vs. UTSA (Houston, Texas), 2 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette 9, SE Louisiana 8
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Promoted
Matt Bourne to senior vice president/commu-
In the scheduled nine-inning opener, the home-standing Trojans Ole Miss at Mississippi State, 3 p.m. American League Glance LSU 2, South Alabama 0
Louisiana Tech 10, McNeese 4
nications.
All Times EDT MLB/MLBPA — Announced the resignation of
staked starting pitcher AJ Russo to an early 3-1 lead by scoring three Florida at Alabama, 6 p.m. East Division Mississippi St. 21, Louisiana-Monroe 8 executive director of the Baseball Tomorrow
unearned runs off EMCC starter Reid Blakely in the bottom of the first W L Pct GB Missouri St. 15, Murray St. 10 Fund Cathy Bradley.
inning. A two-out, two-run single by Carson Forrester highlighted the Men’s College Golf Tampa Bay
Baltimore
5 2 .714 —
4 2 .667 ½
Northwestern St. 9, MVSU 0
Richmond 11, Norfolk St. 1
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated RHP
inning for Delta. Toronto 3 4 .429 2 Samford 9, North Alabama 1 Pedro Araujo for assignment. Selected the con-
Friday’s Games New York 2 4 .333 2½ S.C. Upstate 4, N.C. A&T 3, 10 innings tract of RHP Matt Wotherspoon from Norfolk
MDCC came right back the following frame by taking advantage of Boston 2 5 .286 3 William & Mary 8, Maryland 1
three hit batsmen to score five more runs in the second. The big blow Mississippi State at Mason Rudolph Invitational Central Division MIDWEST
(IL) and optioned him back to Norfolk.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed SS Tim An-
W L Pct GB Ball St. 12, Manchester 4
of the inning was Blayke Dendy’s bases-clearing triple. (Franklin, Tennessee) Minnesota 4 1 .800 — Bowling Green 12, Dayton 8
derson on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Jose
Ruiz from Charlotte (IL).
Coggins paced the Lions’ nine-hit team showing in the opening
game with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate.
College Rowing Detroit
Chicago
4 3 .571 1
2 3 .400 2
Bradley 9, SIU Edwardsville 6
Cincinnati 9, Ohio St. 5
Clarke 8, Culver-Stockton 1
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released RHP Ben
Taylor. Signed manager Terry Francona to a
Cleveland 2 3 .400 2 two-year contract extension.
EMCC (5-18, 2-8 MACJC) begins a four-date conference Friday’s Games Kansas City 2 3 .400 2 Concordia (Mich.) at Goshen, 2, ppd. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated RHP
West Division Creighton at Omaha, ppd., weather Chris Ellis for assignment. Selected the con-
homestand by playing host to the 13th-ranked Hinds Eagles for a 2 p.m. Alabama at Sunshine State Invitational (Saraso- W L Pct GB Dakota St. at S. Dakota St., ppd. tract of RHP Homer Bailey from Omaha (PCL).
doubleheader Saturday in Scooba. Seattle 7 1 .875 — Evansville 6, UT Martin 3
ta, Florida) Texas 4 2 .667 2 E. Illinois 11, Illinois College 1
NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinsted LHP CC
Sabathia from the suspended list and placed
College Track and Field Oakland
Houston
5 4 .556 2½
2 5 .286 4½
Illinois 4, Coastal Carolina 1
Illinois St. 11, Iowa 6
him on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Jonathan

Football Friday’s Games

Los Angeles 1 5
Tuesday’s Games
.167 5 Indiana St. 4, Purdue 3
Lawrence Tech at Grace (Ind.), 2, ccd.
Loaisiga from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Nick
Rumbleow to Tacoma (PCL). Transferred RHP
Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Miami (Ohio) 7, N. Kentucky 3 Hunter Strickland to the 60-day IL. Sent RHP
Ole Miss at Spec Towns Invite (Athens, Georgia) Baltimore 2, Toronto 1 Michigan 8, Toledo 2 Shawn Armstrong to Tacoma (PCL) for a rehab
Alabama wraps up 10th spring workout Southern Miss at Auburn Relays (Auburn, Ala-
Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 0
Texas 6, Houston 4
Milwaukee 4, N. Illinois 2
Missouri 17, Kansas St. 2
assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Connor
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama football team moved back bama) Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings Oakland 14, E. Michigan 8 Sadzeck to Seattle for RHP Grant Anderson.
Oakland 1, Boston 0 Oakland City 4, Lindenwood-Belleville 3 TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled OF Antho-
outside Wednesday afternoon for a two-hour practice in full pads at the
Thomas-Drew Practice Facility. Junior College Tennis Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 3
UIC 4, Northwestern 2
Youngstown St. 4, Kent St. 3, 11 innings
SOUTHWEST
ny Alford from Buffalo (IL).
National League
Wednesday marked the 10th practice of the spring and second CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with INF
Friday’s Games Colorado 1, Tampa Bay 0, 11 innings Ark.-Pine Bluff 6, Stephen F. Austin 4 David Bote on a five-year contract for 2020-24.
of the week. The team will return to the practice field Friday to finalize Minnesota 7, Kansas City 6 Houston 5, FIU 4 SAN DIEGO PADRES — Transferred RHP Ja-
preparations for Saturday’s scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Itawamba at Jones, 1 p.m. Detroit 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Incarnate Word at Texas A&M-CC, ccd., cob Nix to the 60-day IL, retroactive to Monday,
Toronto 5, Baltimore 3 weather April 1.
Alabama’s 2019 A-Day Game is scheduled for April 13 at 1 p.m. Texas 4, Houston 0 Memphis 7, Arkansas St. 4

on the air
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed SS
Boston 6, Oakland 3 Prairie View 10, Houston-Victoria 9 Trea Turner on the 10-day IL. Recalled SS Adri-
at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The A-Day Game is once again free to the Thursday’s Games Texas Southern,11, Wiley 6 an Sanchez from Fresno (PCL). Optioned Jake
public and will be televised live on ESPN2. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, ppd. FAR WEST Noll to Fresno.
The Crimson Tide and head coach Nick Saban will host the 2018 Today Kansas City (Junis 1-0) at Detroit (Turnbull 0-1),
1:10 p.m.
Nevada 6, Sacramento St. 2
New Mexico 12, Texas Tech 9
American Association
LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Traded 1B Jake Vieth
Clinic of Champions this week, which begins on Thursday and wraps COLLEGE BASEBALL N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 0-1) at Baltimore (Cobb Oregon St. 8, San Diego St. 1 to Lake Erie (Frontier).
0-0), 3:05 p.m.
Soccer
up with Saturday’s scrimmage. This year’s clinic features head coaches Frontier League
Boston (Rodriguez 0-1) at Oakland (Anderson
Freddie Kitchens of the Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions’ Matt 6 p.m. — South Carolina at Alabama, SEC 1-0), 3:37 p.m.
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed OF Kamer-
on Esthay and RHP Ryan Simpler.
Patricia. Also scheduled to speak are Michigan State head coach 6:30 p.m. — Arkansas at Auburn, ESPNU Toronto (Sanchez 1-0) at Cleveland (Bauer
0-0), 6:10 p.m.
Major League Soccer BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
All Times EDT
Mark Dantonio, Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm, New England Patriots COLLEGE BASKETBALL Texas (Volquez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Harvey EASTERN CONFERENCE SACRAMENTO KINGS — Recalled G BJ John-
0-0), 10:07 p.m. son from Lakeland (NBAGL).
special teams coordinator Joe Judge and Dr. Kevin Elko. 8 p.m. — College Slam-Dunk and 3-Point Cham- Friday’s Games
W L T Pts GF GA
FOOTBALL
D.C. United 3 0 1 10 9 1
Seattle (Kikuchi 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Lo- National Football League
pionships: 31st annual men’s and women’s skills pez 0-1), 2:10 p.m.
Columbus 3 1 1 10 6 4
Softball competition, Minneapolis, Minn., ESPN Tampa Bay (Glasnow 1-0) at San Francisco
(Rodriguez 1-0), 4:35 p.m.
Toronto FC
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
3 0 0 9 10 3
2 2 1 7 7 6
2 2 1 7 7 7
ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S Kemal Ish-
mael and G Adam Gettis to one-year contracts.
BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with G
Minnesota (Odorizzi 0-0) at Philadelphia (Piv-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) etta 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Montreal 2 2 0 6 7 11 Quinton Spain on a one-year contract.
CHICAGO BEARS — Re-signed LS Patrick
Orlando City 1 2 2 5 6 8
Alabama slams UAB, 17-1 6 p.m. — NIT Tournament: Teams TBD, Champi- Boston (Porcello 0-1) at Arizona (Godley 0-1),
7:10 p.m.
New York
Chicago
1 2 1 4 5 4
1 2 1 4 5 7
Scales to a one-year contract.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed TE/FB Or-
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball was dominant in all onship, ESPN Toronto (Thornton 0-0) at Cleveland (Bieber New England 1 3 1 4 5 9 son Charles.
0-0), 7:10 p.m. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WR Ryan
phases Wednesday against UAB, defeating the Blazers 17-1 in five GOLF Oakland (Montas 1-0) at Houston (McHugh
New York City FC 0 1 3 3 4 8
Grant.
Atlanta 0 2 2 2 2 6
innings. 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Alliance of American Football
Alabama (37-2) posted its highest run total of the season in the win
11 a.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: ANA Inspiration, first Texas (Lynn 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Pena 0-1),
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA AAF — Announced it has suspended opera-
10:07 p.m. tions.
over UAB (14-21), its highest total since scoring 17 on Feb. 10, 2017 round, Rancho Mirage, Calif., GOLF Los Angeles FC 4 0 1 13 15 5

against Towson. The Crimson Tide scored in every inning it came to 3 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: Valero Texas Open, first National League Glance Seattle
Houston
3 0 1 10 10 3
3 0 1 10 10 5
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
All Times EDT ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned C Chase De
FC Dallas 3 1 1 10 9 5
bat, posting five runs in the first, second and third innings and two in the round, San Antonio, Texas, GOLF East Division
LA Galaxy 3 1 0 9 7 6 Leo, RW Kiefer Sherwood and D Jake Dotchin
W L Pct GB to San Diego (AHL).
fourth. Junior Bailey Hemphill was 3-for-3 batting cleanup, scoring four 6 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: ANA Inspiration, first New York 5 1 .833 — Sporting Kansas City 2 1 1 7 11 4
ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Adin Hill
Minnesota United 2 2 0 6 9 7
runs and driving in five off a pair of home runs. Junior Claire Jenkins Philadelphia 4 1 .800 ½
Real Salt Lake 1 3 1 4 5 12 from Tucson (AHL).
also sent one over the fence, part of a 2-for-2 day with three RBIs. The round, Rancho Mirage, Calif., GOLF Atlanta 2 3 .400 2½
Colorado 0 3 2 2 6 12 CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled C Dillon Dube
Washington 2 3 .400 2½ from Stockton (AHL) on an emergency basis.
pitching combination of junior Krystal Goodman (6-0) and sophomore HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOYS) Miami 2 5 .286 3½ Vancouver
Portland
0 3 1 1 4 7
0 3 1 1 5 12 COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled G Joe
Central Division
Madison Preston was also efficient, allowing just one run on a com- 11a.m. — GIECO Nationals: IMG Academy W L Pct GB San Jose 0 4 0 0 2 14
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Cannata from Utah (ECHL) to Colorado (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS — Assigned F Aaron Lu-
bined four hits and no walks on 60 pitches. (Fla.) vs. Sunrise Christian (Kan.), quarterfinal, Milwaukee 6 1 .857 —
Friday, April 5 chuk from Belleville (AHL) to Brampton (ECHL).
St. Louis 3 3 .500 2½ SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed G Andrew
After getting out of the top of the first with just eight pitches, Pittsburgh 1 3 .250 3½ LA Galaxy at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Alabama batted around the order in the bottom half, scoring five runs on
Queens, N.Y., NSPNU Chicago 1 4 .200 4 Saturday, April 6 Shortridge to a one-year contract and assigned
Montreal at New York City FC, 1 p.m. him to San Jose (AHL) on an amateur tryout for
RBI singles from sophomore Kaylee Tow and senior Merris Schroder, 1 p.m. — GIECO Nationals: University School Cincinnati 1 4 .200 4
West Division Chicago at Toronto FC, 3 p.m. the remainder of the season.
Los Angeles FC at D.C. United, 3 p.m. American Hockey League
a two-run single by senior Reagan Dykes and a sacrifice fly from (Fla.) vs. Montverde (Fla.), quarterfinal, Queens, W L Pct GB
Minnesota United at New York, 7 p.m. BELLEVILLE SENATORS — Recalled D Jona-
Los Angeles 5 2 .714 — than Racine from Brampton (ECHL).
freshman Skylar Wallace. With two on base and one out in the bottom N.Y., ESPNU San Diego 4 3 .571 1 Colorado at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Assigned
FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
of the second, Hemphill roped a three-run home run over the left field 3 p.m. — GIECO Nationals: Bishop Gorman
Arizona 3 4 .429 2
New England at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. G Mitch Gillam to Worcester (ECHL).
Colorado 3 4 .429 2 CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Recalled D Der-
fence to increase the lead to 8-0, forcing a pitching change for UAB. San Francisco 2 5 .286 3 Portland at San Jose, 8 p.m.
Later after a two-out walk, Jenkins blasted another home run to make it (Nev.) vs. La Lumiere (Ind.), quarterfinal, Queens, Tuesday’s Games Real Salt Lake at Seattle, 10 p.m. ek Sheppard from Florida (ECHL).
LAVAL ROCKET — Returned F Joe Cox to
Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 3 Sunday, April 7
a double-digit lead, 10-0. N.Y., ESPNU Philadelphia 8, Washington 2 Sporting Kansas City at Cincinnati, 3 p.m. Florida (ECHL).
Tuesday, April 9 SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled D
5 p.m. — GIECO Nationals: Wasatch (Utah) vs. N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 5
Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 0 Montreal at D.C. United, 8 p.m. Dylan Bredo from Tulsa (ECHL).
ECHL
Golf Oak Hill Academy (Va.), quarterfinal, Queens,
N.Y., ESPNU
Arizona 8, San Diego 5
L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 5
Wednesday’s Games
Wednesday, April 10
Seattle at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Friday, April 12
BRAMPTON BEAST — Released D Miles
Gendron.
Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Released G Eric
Milwaukee 1, Cincinnati 0
NBA BASKETBALL Washington 9, Philadelphia 8 Saturday, April 13 Levine.
Jeon shoots 76 in Augusta National Women’s Amateur 7 p.m. — Milwaukee at Philadelphia, TNT Colorado 1, Tampa Bay 0, 11 innings
San Diego 4, Arizona 1
Columbus at Montreal, 1 p.m.
San Jose at Houston, 3 p.m.
NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Signed D Mitch Fer-
guson to an amateur tryout.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Alabama junior Jiwon Jeon carded a 4-over N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 4 Toronto FC at Seattle, 4 p.m. ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Signed F Parker
par 76 on Wednesday in the opening round of the inaugural Augusta 9:30 p.m. — Golden State at LA Lakers, TNT St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4, 10 innings New York City FC at Minnesota United, 5 p.m. AuCoin.
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Released
National Women’s Amateur at the Champions Retreat Golf Club. Jeon Friday Atlanta 6, Chicago Cubs 4
L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 3
Atlanta at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.
D.C. United at Colorado, 9 p.m.
D Mike Chen.
TOLEDO WALLEYE — Signed D Theo Calvas.
will enter Thursday’s second round in a tie for 40th overall. AUTO RACING Thursday’s Games
Orlando City at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. UTAH GRIZZLIES — Added G Chris Schor-
San Diego at St. Louis, ppd.
The top 30 players after 36 holes will advance to the final round on Cincinnati at Los Angeles FC, 10:30 p.m. nack as emergency backup.
Saturday, which will be played at the Augusta National Golf Club – the
2 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity: practice, Bristol, Washington (Strasburg 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Syn-
dergaard 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m. WHEELING NAILERS — Released D Phil Jo-
Sunday, April 14 hansson from an amateur tryout.
famed home of The Masters. However, the entire field will get the oppor- Tenn., FS1 Cincinnati (Mahle 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Lyles 0-0),
New York at Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m. SOCCER
7:05 p.m. Major League Soccer
tunity to play Augusta National for an official practice round on Friday. 4 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity: final practice, Bristol, Chicago Cubs (Darvish 0-0) at Atlanta (Fried
The tournament is the first-ever women’s event at Augusta National. Tenn., FS1
0-0), 7:20 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Hockey MLS — Fined Los Angeles FC M Diego Rossi
an undisclosed amount for simulation/embel-
lishment during a March 30 match against San
Jeon played solid throughout the round and was at 1-over par 5 p.m. — MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP: L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 1-0) at Colorado (Ander-
son 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
National Hockey League Jose. Fined Real Salt Lake M Damir Kreilach
heading into her 17th hole. However, she finished with a double-bogey All Times EDT an undisclosed amount for not leaving the field
San Diego (Margevicius 0-1) at St. Louis (Fla-
and bogey over her final two holes of the day to result in the first round qualifying, Bristol, Tenn., FS1 herty 0-0), 4:15 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
in a timely and orderly manner following his red
card during a March 30 match against FC Dal-
total. COLLEGE BASEBALL Tampa Bay (Glasnow 1-0) at San Francisco
(Rodriguez 1-0), 4:35 p.m.
z-Tampa Bay 80 60 16 4 124 316 218 las. Fined Portland M Sebastian Blanco and LA
x-Boston 80 48 23 9 105 253 209 Galaxy M Joe Corona undisclosed amounts for
Jennifer Kupcho and Zoe Campos share the tournament lead at 3 p.m. — Minnesota at Michigan, Big Ten Net- Cincinnati (Gray 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Musgrove x-Washington 80 47 25 8 102 276 245 violating the league’s policy regarding hands to
0-0), 7:05 p.m. x-Toronto 80 46 27 7 99 280 242
4-under-par 68. Just 14 players in the field of 72 were under par in the work Minnesota (Odorizzi 0-0) at Philadelphia (Piv- x-N.Y. Islanders 80 46 27 7 99 223 195
the face, head or neck of an opponent during
a March 31.
opening round. etta 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 80 43 26 11 97 266 236
6 p.m. — South Carolina at Alabama, SEC Boston (Porcello 0-1) at Arizona (Godley 0-1), Carolina 80 44 29 7 95 238 219
NEW YORK CITY FC — Traded a 2019 inter-
national spot to the LA Galaxy for allocation
7:10 p.m.
8 p.m. — Texas at Baylor, ESPNU Miami (Lopez 1-0) at Atlanta (Gausman 0-0),
Columbus
Montreal
80 45 31 4 94 249 228
80 43 29 8 94 242 229
money.
USL Championship
Ole Miss women sweep SEC weekly awards COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 7:20 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Quintana 0-0) at Milwaukee
Florida 80 36 32 12 84 263 274
Philadelphia 80 37 35 8 82 238 270
USL — Suspended Austin D Sean McFarlane
Ole Miss women’s golf swept the SEC weekly awards, the confer- one game.
6 p.m. — CBI Tournament: Teams TBD, Finals (Woodruff 1-0), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 80 31 36 13 75 221 266 COLLEGE
ence office announced Wednesday afternoon. Braves 6, Cubs 4 Detroit 80 32 38 10 74 225 266 NCAA — Granted a waiver to Indiana freshman
Conner Beth Ball and Ellen Hutchinson-Kay were tabbed SEC Game 3 (if necessary), ESPNU Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Buffalo 80 31 39 10 72 214 268 QB Jack Tuttle to play next season.
New Jersey 80 30 40 10 70 217 269 BROWN — Named Vinny Marino offensive
Player and Freshman of the Week, respectively, after their performanc- COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) Zobrist rf-2b 5 0 2 0 0 2 .313 Ottawa 80 29 45 6 64 238 291 coordinator, Tim Weaver defensive coordinator,
Bryant 3b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .238 WESTERN CONFERENCE
es at The Bruzzy. Both helped lead the Rebels to a runner-up finish in 6 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams TBD, Final Rizzo 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .278 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Michael McCarthy offensive line coach, Ryan
Mattison tight ends coach and recruiting coor-
Texas, which included counting scores towards a program-record single Baez ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .304 z-Calgary 81 50 24 7 107 288 224
Four, Tampa, Fla., ESPN2 Schwarber lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .353 x-San Jose 80 44 27 9 97 281 257
dinator, Mike Donovan defensive line coach,
Darryl Jackson defensive back coach and
round score of 12-under 276 on day one. Contreras c 4 2 3 2 0 1 .429
Hutchinson-Kay put together a career week going 69-74-71—214
8:30 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams TBD, Descalso 2b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .500
x-Winnipeg
x-Nashville
80 46 30 4 96 266 239
80 45 29 6 96 232 210
special teams coordinator, Eric Bunker running
Kintzler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- backs coach, Willie Edwards outside lineback-
at The Bruzzy and finishing in the top-10, moving up 13 spots on the Final Four, Tampa, Fla., ESPN2 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
x-St. Louis 80 43 28 9 95 237 218 ers coach, Seitu Smith quarterbacks coach and
x-Vegas 80 43 30 7 93 246 221 Paul Frisone coodinator of football operations
final day to a tie for eighth. This marks the second time she has earned COLLEGE SOFTBALL Rosario p
Brach p
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 ---
0 0 0 ---
x-Dallas 80 42 31 7 91 206 196 and player personnel.
Colorado 80 37 29 14 88 255 239 LSU — Freshman F Naz Reid declared for the
SEC accolades this spring. 4 p.m. — Indiana at Michigan, ESPNU Montgomery p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Arizona 80 38 34 8 84 207 218 NBA draft.
Ball matched Hutchinson-Kay for eighth individually, her eighth Lester p 1 0 1 1 2 0 1.000 Minnesota 80 37 34 9 83 211 231
6:30 p.m. — Baylor at Oklahoma, FS1 Almora Jr. cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Chicago 80 35 33 12 82 262 286
MURRAY STATE — Sophomore G Ja Morant
declared for the NBA draft.
top-10 finish of her career and fourth this season. Heyward cf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRLS) Totals 35 4 12 3 6 13
Vancouver
Anaheim
80 35 35 10 80 221 248
81 34 37 10 78 194 249
NORTH CAROLINA — Freshman G Coby
White declared for the NBA draft.
Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
10 a.m. — GEICO Nationals: New Hope Academy Edmonton 80 34 37 9 77 227 270 PENN STATE — Named Carolyn Kieger wom-
Moore to join Blue Mountain men’s golf team (Md.) vs. Miami Country Day (Fla.), semifinal,
Albies 2b 4 1 3
Donaldson 3b 3 0 1
1 1 0 .500
0 2 1 .222
Los Angeles 80 30 41 9 69 195 256
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
en’s basketball coach.
TEMPLE — Named Monte Ross associate
Blue Mountain College announced ICC’s Garrett Moore has Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- overtime loss. Top three teams in each division head men’s basketball coach.
signed on for the 2019-20 school year. The Southaven competed in Queens, N.Y., ESPNU Freeman 1b 3 1 0
Acuna Jr. cf-lf 3 1 0
0 2 2 .412
0 1 0 .176
and two wild cards per conference advance to TENNESSEE — Junior G Jordan Bone de-
playoffs. clared for the NBA draft.
high school at DeSoto Central and is one of the top JUCO players in the 12 p.m. — GEICO Nationals: Centennial (Nev.) Markakis rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .211 x-clinched playoff spot VANDERBILT — Freshman F/C Simisola Shittu
Camargo lf-3b 4 1 1 3 0 2 .125
nation. In the March standings, Moore was ranked 30th in the nation in vs. St. John’s College (D.C.), semifinal, Queens, Flowers c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .429
z-clinched conference declared for the NBA draft.
Tuesday’s Games VIRGINIA TECH — Announced men’s basket-
the Golfstat NJCAA DII rankings and top ten in the state. Swanson ss 2 1 1 2 1 0 .286
­— From Special Reports
N.Y., ESPNU Teheran p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nashville 3, Buffalo 2
Boston 6, Columbus 2
ball coach Buzz Williams is leaving to take the
same position at Texas A&M.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 4, 2019 3B

msu roundup

McCowan named Wooden finalist

and defensive player of year
From Special Reports
The awards keep rolling in.
Teaira McCowan, a senior center for
the Mississippi State women’s basket-
ball team, earned three more postsea-
son accolades Wednesday.
McCowan was named the Women’s
Basketball Coaches Association Defen-
sive Player of the Year and was selected
as a John R. Wooden Award finalist and
Wooden All-American.
McCowan ranked No. 2 in the coun-
try with 13.5 rebounds per game, while
her 87 blocked shots were tied for No.
11 nationally.
McCowan has four of MSU’s top 10
single-season block totals.
Offensively, she averaged 18.4 points
per game, shooting 66.2 percent field
goal percentage — the fourth-best
mark in the nation and a program re-
cord.
The 43rd Wooden Award will be pre-
sented during ESPN’s College Basket-
ball Awards show on April 12.
SOFTBALL: The MSU softball
team cashed in on a midweek contest
against Jacksonville State with an 11-3
run-rule win in Huntsville, Alabama, on
Wednesday.
After trailing 3-0 in the second in-
ning, the Bulldogs ripped off 11 unan-
swered runs to seal the victory.
Senior utility player Emily Heim-
berger recorded her fourth straight
multi-hit game with a 3-for-4 perfor-
mance — hitting her first career home
run and scoring two runs.
Freshman pitcher Grace Fagan
earned the win in 4.2 innings of relief.
Fagan allowed just one hit and one walk
along with five strikeouts. She’s now
5-5 on the season.
MSU returns home this weekend for Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch
a three-game set with No. 7/5 LSU be- Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan picked up three additional honors Wednesday,
ginning at 6 p.m. Friday. including being named as a John R. Wooden Award finalist.

NCAA basketball

Harper drives the point

for Auburn in Final Four
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUBURN, Ala. — Jar-
ed Harper might just epit-
omize this Auburn bas-
ketball team: overlooked,
undersized and playing
about as well as anybody.
The Tigers’ 5-foot-11
point guard has been a
driving force in their sur-
prising run to their first
Final Four. He has sup-
plied clutch plays , espe-
Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch
cially against Kentucky,
Mississippi State catcher Dustin Skelton makes a stop of a pitched ball on Wednes- b l i n k- a n d - yo u - m i s s - i t
day night at Dudy Noble Field. drives and 3-pointers.
Now, Harper and Au-
Harper, meanwhile,
has started 103 games
over the past three years,
and his numbers have
climbed across the board
every year.
“I wouldn’t have
thought that they were
a Final Four-type team
until I realized how good
the point guard was,” said
former Auburn coach and
current radio color com-
mentator Sonny Smith.
The NCAA Tourna-
ment has thrust Harper
— and the Tigers — onto
the national stage. His
He is averaging 15.4
points per game and is
tied for the SEC lead with
5.8 assists per game. He
is third in free-throw
percentage and fourth in
both 3-pointers made per
game and assist-turnover
ratio.
Harper is the paceset-
ter for Auburn’s frequent-
ly up-tempo style.
He also is pretty good
at predictions, including
one he made the morning
of the Kentucky game.
“He said, ‘Dad, we’re
going to win this game

Dawgs
Continued from Page 1B
homers this season de-
spite not having done so
since 2017.
“Everybody in the line-
up, one through nine, was
swinging a good bat,” Al-
len said.
While the Diamond
Dawgs coasted after a
seven-run first inning,
Allen’s homer perhaps
marked another slumping
youngster breaking out
his midseason funk.
Sophomore utility man
Josh Hatcher was the
first.
A 2-for-3, 2-RBI night
against Grambling State
on March 13 helped him
to a six-game hit streak.
Hatcher now has hits in
eight of his last 12 appear-
ances.
Sophomore outfielder
Rowdey Jordan has also
turned a corner.
Despite a slow se-
ries against LSU, he tal-
lied two 3-for-5 outings
against Auburn on March
23 and 24.
Jordan backed that up
with a 4-for-5, 2-RBI game
against Mississippi Valley
State the following night.
He finished Wednes-
day’s game 2-for-4 with 2
runs and 2 RBIs.
The latest revelation
is Skelton. Riding an 11-
game hit streak, he was
2-for-3 with 6 RBIs against
ULM.
And then there’s Allen.
He’s already failed to
reach base safely seven
times this year despite do-
ing so in 56-of-68 games
last season.
Yet after finishing 1-for-
3 with 2 runs scored, an
RBI and a walk, Wednes-
day offered a glimpse into
what the sweet-swing-
ing sophomore can do
when he wraps his hands
around a ball.
“Tanner’s had a tough
week or so, but I don’t
see it lasting long,” MSU
coach Chris Lemonis said
of his struggles. “He’s too
talented of a hitter.”
DAWG NOTES: Se-
nior center fielder Jake
Mangum continued his
climb up the MSU all-time
hits chart with a 5-for-
6 performance against
ULM. Mangum’s 333 ca-
reer hits are just two short
of Jeffrey Rea’s program
record of 335.
Freshman pitcher JT
Ginn was named Perfect
Game’s Midseason Na-
tional Freshman of the
Year. Ginn is 6-1 with a
3.32 ERA in seven starts.
He ranks No. 17 national-
ly with 58 strikeouts and
his 9.67 strikeout-to-walk-
ratio sits No. 11 in the
country.
Additionally, Mang-
um and sophomore in-
fielder Jordan Westburg
were named midseason
First and Second Team
All-Americans, respec-
tively.
Perfect Game also
named Skelton to the
Buster Posey Award
Watch List, which honors
the NCAA’s top Division I
catcher.
burn face top-seeded
Virginia on Saturday in
Minneapolis. The dimin-
utive junior is coming off
the biggest performance
of his career, a 26-point,
five-assist, four-rebound,
three-steal stat sheet
stuffer against the Wild-
cats.
“I can only speak for
Jared, and just tell you
that size does matter, but
it’s never been a factor
for him,” Auburn coach
Bruce Pearl said. “He
uses speed and quickness
to be able to define his
game. I’ve seen him in
many major moments and
the moments haven’t been
too big for him.”
Or for Auburn, so far.
Harper scored the final
points of regulation on a
scooping layup against
Kentucky, then added 12
of Auburn’s 17 overtime
points en route to a 77-71
upset.
That performance now
has a program that ended
a 15-year NCAA Tourna-
ment drought a year ago
only two wins away from
a national title — which is
pretty much like Harper
predicted when the high
huge game against Ken-
tucky helped Auburn
overcome the emotional
loss of Okeke.
He demurred on tak-
ing too much credit after
that game, citing the play
of teammates like Samir
Doughty and Brown.
“That gives me confi-
dence going into overtime
to be able the make those
plays because I have the
same confidence in them
to make plays,” Harper
said.
Spoken like a true
point guard.
He has more than held
his own in three straight
games against teams with
point guards who were
five-star recruits, accord-
ing to the 247Sports com-
posite ranking of the ma-
jor recruiting sites.
Kentucky has Ashton
Hagans, North Carolina
has Coby White and Kan-
sas has Devon Dotson.
And Auburn is perfectly
happy with Harper, who
wasn’t quite blue-chip
enough to get recruit-
ed by any of those blue
bloods.
Harper wasn’t a finalist
for the Bob Cousy Award
and I’m going to have a
big game,’” the proud fa-
ther recalled. “And he de-
livered.”
BONE ENTERING
DRAFT: Tennessee
guard Jordan Bone says
he’s entering the NBA
draft, but he isn’t ruling
out the possibility of re-
turning to school.
Bone’s decision allows
him to work out with NBA
teams while determining
whether to start his pro
career or return for his
senior season. The 6-foot-
3 guard can remain eligi-
ble to return for his senior
season if he withdraws
from draft consideration
by May 29.
Bone posted a video
on Twitter and Instagram
saying that he plans “to
make the most of this op-
portunity and use the ex-
perience and feedback to
make the most informed
decision possible about
my basketball future.”
Bone earned sec-
ond-team all-Southeast-
ern Conference honors
this season while aver-
aging 13.5 points and 5.8
assists.
BUZZ AT A&M: Tex-

Howell
school teammate of Cleve- given to the nation’s top as A&M hired Virginia
land Cavaliers guard Col- point guard, and he wasn’t Tech coach Buzz Williams
lin Sexton arrived at Au- among the eight players on Wednesday, luring him
Continued from Page 1B burn as the point guard who Southeastern Confer- back to his home state to
Howell, a 2016 Univer- phies of coaches,” Howell MR A won three basket- Pearl badly needed. ence coaches picked for try to turn the Aggies into
sity of Southern Missis- said of working in the col- “When he first came the all-conference team. a basketball power.
ball state championships
sippi graduate, previous- lege game. “And you get to Auburn, he said he Neither was Brown or “The Buzz is Back,”
during Howell’s time wanted to have an ESPN Okeke, for that matter. Texas A&M tweeted from
ly worked as a student to meet different coach- there.
assistant at Mississippi es and you see how they ‘30 for 30’ story on how Pearl doesn’t think its official team account.
Davis mentioned his he led Auburn to a cham- Harper’s play is driven by Virginia Tech was
College and spent time work and then you kind work with the Fellowship
as the head manager at of build your own philoso- pionship and brought feeling overlooked or un- 100-69 during Williams’
of Christian Athletes and them back,” said Patrick derrated. five-year tenure and
Mississippi State in 2012 phy and you see how they
under Rick Ray. He was a run a program.” participation in basket- Harper, his father and a “I don’t think he does went to four postseason
manager at USM as well. As a high school ball missions to Guate- high school coach. “I said, play (ticked) off or with tournaments, including
“Really the biggest athlete, Howell was an mala as an impressive ‘Yeah, right. We’re not much of an edge,” the a program-record three
thing for me, the take- All-State baseball and credential. that good.’ coach said. “I think it’s be- consecutive NCAA Tour-
away, is you get to see so basketball player at Mad- Howell’s first official “He had that vision. I cause he’s always played naments, with this year’s
many different philoso- ison Ridgeland Academy. day will be June 1. still remind him that he that way. He’s always run ending in the Sweet
said it and he believed it. been overlooked. So, he 16.
He set the goals high.” just goes about his busi- At Texas A&M, he
Harper has been a ness and it’ll be like that takes over a program
DePaul sends CBI championship to Friday centerpiece of Auburn’s
rebuild, along with
in the NBA for him.
“There are 30 teams
struggling to consistently
compete at the top of the
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS along with 16 rebounds and three blocks sharp-shooting guard in the league, and most SEC.
for the Blue Demons to tie the series at Bryce Brown and ver- of them won’t want an un- “We kept our focus on
CHICAGO — Max Strus scored 32 one game each. Femi Olujobi added 14 satile forward Chuma dersized point guard, but finding an elite basketball
points and DePaul beat South Florida Okeke, who tore the ACL there will be a couple that coach, a developer of tal-
points.
100-96 in overtime Wednesday night, his left knee in the Sweet are smart enough that ent, a tremendous recruit-
Reed hit a 3-pointer to give DePaul an 16 against North Carolina. will. He’ll make his way er, a tireless worker and
sending the College Basketball Invita-
tional championship round to a deciding 82-79 lead, but he missed the front end of Six-foot-11 center Austin onto one of those rosters, someone who fits Texas
third game. a 1-and-1 with 57 seconds left in regula- Wiley dealt with injuries and then they’ll see the A&M. Buzz Williams is
DePaul (19-16) will host the Bulls (23- tion. USF worked the ball around the arc this season and mostly value.” all that and more,” Texas
14) on Friday night for the title. and Alexis Yetna made a 3-pointer to tie comes off the bench for Auburn already under- A&M athletic director
Paul Reed had a career-high 28 points it with a half-minute left. limited minutes. stands Harper’s value. Scott Woodward said.
4B Thursday, April 4, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

pro golf

Woods, McIlroy travel different paths toward Masters

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Mas-
ters should have been the first
major Rory McIlroy won.
Now it is the only one he is
missing.
Augusta National was
thought to be the domain of
Tiger Woods when he won four
green jackets before turning 30.
Now he is 43, with eight
surgeries behind him, so far
removed from his last Mas-
ters victory that the club has
changed chairmen twice since
he last won 14 years ago.
McIlroy and Woods are
the central figures at the 83rd
Masters, which starts April
11. They share the stage with
a cast of characters that gets
deeper and stronger every year,
so tough that 23 of the last 25
major champions were among
the top 25 in the world ranking.
One is looking to join the
most elite group in golf by cap-
turing the final leg of the career
Grand Slam.
The other is looking to
recapture glory on a course
where his red shirt was blazing
among the azaleas, dogwoods
and all the colors of springtime
in Augusta.
Woods has always had a
hold on the Masters, so much
that his Sunday shirt packed as
much interest as the green jack-
et. To see him two years ago
walk gingerly to the Masters
Club dinner for past champions
was to wonder if he would ever
shine at Augusta, much less
play. It was only a few weeks
later that Woods had a fourth
surgery on his back to fuse the
lower spine.
He not only returned, Woods
capped his remarkable come-
back by winning in Georgia last
year for his 80th career victory
on the PGA Tour. But it was at
East Lake in late September,
not at Augusta National the sec-
ond week in April.
Is his comeback complete
without a major?
Woods last year was still
learning what his fused back
was capable of doing. He was
coming off two close calls in
Florida, but he didn’t break par
at the Masters until the final
day, when it was much too late.
Now he is building, and
while his results in five tourna-
ments this year have not been
anything special, Woods has
been gearing for this week.
“I’m right there where I need
to be,” he said. “I’ve gotten a
little bit more consistent with
my play, and I think that every-
thing is headed on track toward
April.”
His last two majors were tell-
ing because he was in the hunt
at both of them until the final
hour. He briefly had the lead at
Carnoustie in the British Open.
He chased Brooks Koepka all
the way to the finish line in the
PGA Championship.
McIlroy had reason to think
he would be allowed upstairs in
the champions’ locker room by
now. It was in 2011 when he had
a four-shot lead, only to throw it
away with a tee shot behind the
cabins, a four-putt from 12 feet,
a wild drive along the azaleas
and an 80 on his scorecard.
He responded by winning
four of the next 15 majors, be-
fore being slowed by a few nag-
ging injuries.
This will be his fifth shot at
the career Grand Slam, and he
is getting closer.
Is he excited? Hard to tell.
McIlroy has spent the last
year reading books on life and
success, working more on his
attitude than his golf game.
He is determined not to let the
sport define his success. And it
appears to be paying off.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: pregnant before My son and his family live in
My boyfriend marriage. I see South Carolina. I have decided
of nearly five a life for myself, I want to move close to my son
years and I have and he doesn’t and grandchildren. My husband
been at odds seem to fit in my doesn’t want to move there.
during most of vision. I know no He has never been to South
our relationship. one is perfect, Carolina, but he has precon-
We have had but I can’t help ceived notions about what the
but feel we clash people are like and has decided
religious-based
on too many he wants to stay on the West
disagreements, issues. Should I Coast.
arguments over be more positive I know what would make me
my not giving him and look at the happier, but I’d feel guilty about
ZITS enough affection, good things in leaving my husband. We have
his not provid- our relationship been married 27 years. (He is
ing financially, and try to ignore my second husband; my first
possible cheating the negative? — died when we were 36.) My son
on his part, and YOUNG PENNSYL- is from my first marriage.
his wanting me
Dear Abby VANIA WOMAN I need some objective
to have a better DEAR WOM- advice. Am I being selfish? Is it
relationship with his mother. AN: If you see a life for yourself wrong for me to want to move
For about a year he has beyond this relationship, make to be with my family? — GUILTY
been pressuring me to stop up your mind to start living it ON THE WEST COAST
taking birth control pills. I was NOW. Your boyfriend wants you DEAR GUILTY: You ARE with
always adamant about taking to stop taking birth control pills your family — your husband.
them because I do not want to because once you’re pregnant Have you explored how your son
be pregnant before marriage. (oops!) you will be tied to him and his wife would feel about
He claims I am “playing God,” for life, like it or not. you pulling up stakes and mov-
and “I don’t know the potential Step back. View this for a ing there alone? If you haven’t,
GARFIELD harm the pills cause.” I don’t moment from my perspective: you should, because they may
think the pills are harming me, Here is someone with whom not be comfortable feeling
and I feel I can do with my body you have religious-based responsible for you and being
what I please. disagreements, who doesn’t your only social outlet.
When he told me to stop pull his weight financially, whom Since you asked, I think it
taking birth control, I asked, you can’t trust not to cheat, would be foolish to sacrifice
“When are you going to pro- and who will bring with him a marriage (I assume a happy
pose?” He says he’ll marry me a guaranteed mother-in-law one) that has lasted more than
once I trust him enough to stop problem. It’s time to do what a quarter of a century. It’s pos-
taking the pills and believe he’ll you should have done years sible that you could visit your
step up to the plate. ago. Recognize that you can do son and grandchildren several
I trust that he wants to be much better than this and GET times a year without jettison-
with me, but I can’t help but OUT OF THERE. ing your spouse, and because
feel he wants me to go against DEAR ABBY: My husband planes fly both ways, they could
my morals and values and get and I live in Washington state. visit the two of you as well.

CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
4). These things are growing for
you this year: family, social cir-
cle and realm of influence. And
don’t worry; the change will be
easy and gradual and won’t take
up too much time. In fact, so
long as you’re willing to let peo-
ple help you, you’ll find yourself
freer to focus on projects and
talents you normally don’t get
to work on. Leo and Sagittarius
BABY BLUES adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 40, 21, 4 and 28.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The time to specialize is after
you’ve tried a broad range of
options. Pursue what you’re
attracted to and curious about
and you’ll be surprised what
interesting luck you turn over.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
You’re building an inner core
of confidence, not willfully, not
through props and affirmations,
but quietly as you work on what
you’re good at. Mastering your
skills causes you to depend
less and less on exterior vali-
dation.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You don’t have to put yourself
out unnecessarily. No one
wants you to struggle or be
inconvenienced. So step back
and ask, “What is the right thing
to give?” It’s something easy!
And it’s what’s really needed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Fear is the only enemy. If some-
one else seems to be in the
role of antagonist of your life,
consider that the person is not
really against you and is, in fact,
only animating your fear. Deal
with the fear and the antagonist
disappears.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Perhaps what should be ques-
tioned today isn’t the “strange”
actions of a few outliers. Rath-
er, it’s widespread and common
practices committed daily by
people accepting an unnatural
reality as a matter of fact.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). A good idea, meaningful
purpose or true principle...
these are things that can scale
up. It’s better to get behind
these things than to put your
energy behind a particular type
of media, business model, tool,
trend or the like.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Money is not your biggest
motivator. There are so many
outcomes you would like to
see that are about much more
than a financial bottom line. It
is experience, not money, that
will allow you to move beyond
current limitations.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You know intellectually that
you’re connected to the people
who live so far away and have
lives very different from your
own, though you don’t always
feel that connection as power-
fully as you will today.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). New people gravitate to-
ward you, leaning in to see what
you do you with your talent. Your
generosity in this regard is a
natural instinct for you, easy to
follow, with benefits untold.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You really need to remind
yourself more often that it’s OK
if life is easy. Maybe it’s just
your turn. Why is this something
to feel guilty about? When ease
comes to you, enjoy it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). People often assume that
coming across one’s passion is
always an overwhelming experi-
ence, but sometimes a passion
creeps up on you, as it will now,
in small moments of delight.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). To be charming is a talent
and a skill that has nothing to
do with being good or bad, or
right or wrong, though it often
feels good and right to be
charmed. Resist charm, or at
least check its motivation.

Lay down the law

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Business
Business moves with Mary

Loaded tea time coming to Columbus

PLUS: Brickerton Spa Now, the spa has been
revamped under a new
the spa can now make
appointments online at
revamps name “Allegro Med-
spa.” The rebrand is
allegromedspa.net.
Office Depot has

S
tarting next month, you can
find two new places in Colum-
bus to spend your lunch break
in a healthier fashion.
Columbus Nutrition will open at
2020 Hwy. 45, offering loaded teas
and healthy protein shakes. Own-
ers, Luke and Avery Adkins, are
opening a sister-store of Starkville
Nutrition that opened August 2018.
In downtown Columbus, a
second Starkville Nutrition spin-off
will also open in late May. Michael
and Rachel Womack will open
Second Ave. Nutrition, 424 Sec-
ond Ave. N. When open, you can
enjoy loaded teas Monday through
Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Although the stores will operate
separately, you can find the same
shakes, teas and meal replace-
ments at each location.
Late last year, Amy and Matt
Bogue, owners of Allegro Clinic,
purchased Brickerton Day Spa.
made in collaboration hoisted up signs adver-
with the Bogues’ clinic. tising its closing sale
All staff and business with up to 70 percent
will remain as usual at off merchandise. The
the spa, but Amy said Dispatch previously
she is continuing to add announced the store’s
new services for the spa closure last month.
customers. Store officials con-
“Hopefully this will Mary Pollitz
firmed it will shutter its
give (spa customers)
doors May 18.
easier access to health care. If you
If your Saturday looks free, head
need to get seen we can make that
over to West Point for the commu-
happen,” Amy said. “Say someone
comes into the clinic for back pain nity-wide yard sale. Sponsored by
— I would love for our providers to the West Point Growth Alliance,
send them to the spa for a massage you can check out scattered yard
before putting them on medicine. sales around West Point and find
We just kind of want to marry med- exactly what you didn’t know you
icine and wellness together and were looking for from 8 a.m.-noon.
promote being healthy overall.” Check out the West Point Life
The spa has also partnered with Facebook page to see a map of all
Dr. Ross Bunch, a plastic surgeon participating sales. If you’re inter-
from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to offer ested in setting up a sale yourself,
injections, fillers and free consulta- call 662-494-5121.
tions once a month. Got business tips? Email them to
Veteran and new customers to mpollitz@cdispatch.com.

Judge could hand $2B power rate fight to utility regulator

Mississippi AG Jim Hood argues
that Entergy defrauded customers by
not buying less expensive power
from outside companies
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Days af-
ter deciding to go forward
with a trial over wheth-
er a Mississippi utility
overbilled its customers,
the judge on Tuesday or-
dered fresh arguments
on whether he has the
authority to hear the case.
U.S. District Judge
Carlton Reeves canceled
the third day of the trial,
set for Tuesday, and in-
stead instructed lawyers
for Attorney General Jim
Hood and Entergy Missis-
sippi to submit new briefs
on whether he should
hear the trial or refer the
dispute to a federal or
state utility regulator.
The move clouds a
blockbuster confrontation
between Hood, a Demo-
crat who is running for
governor, and Entergy
over a $2 billion lawsuit
first filed in 2008. Hood
argues that Entergy, a unit
of New Orleans-based En-
tergy Corp., defrauded
customers by not buying
less expensive power
from outside companies.
He also says Entergy Mis-
sissippi should be forced
to repay the money, plus
interest, to its 447,000
customers in western
Mississippi. The state
said Entergy blocked less
expensive power plants
owned by others, seeking
to put them out of busi-
ness.
Entergy denies wrong-
doing, and says its choices
were made to ensure reli-
able electricity supplies in
the face of supply-and-de-
mand fluctuations.
Entergy has always ar-
2018 state law pushed by
Entergy says the Public
gued the dispute should
be decided by either the
Service Commission has
“exclusive jurisdiction”
Federal Energy Regula- over utility matters. The
tory Commission or the law says Hood can only
state Public Service Com- appeal decisions in court
mission, which is made or sue with permission
up of three elected regu- from the commission.
lators. Hood said the law doesn’t
“Whatever remedies apply to this case because
the attorney general may it began long before the
have in terms of litigation, law was passed.
they should come after
the MPSC does it work,”
Entergy lawyer Sanford
Weisburst said Tuesday.
Hood says court is the
right place for the dispute,
and Reeves agreed last
Friday, writing in a ruling
that he wanted to hear the
law and evidence at a trial
scheduled to run for parts
of three weeks. There’s
no jury, with Reeves to de-
cide the verdict himself.
But beginning Monday
afternoon, after opening
arguments, Reeves began
to ask lawyers to discuss
whether he should ask
the Public Service Com-
mission to weigh in. A

Business brief
BankFirst completes
acquisition
BankFirst Capital
Corporation, parent of
BankFirst Financial
Services, announces the
completion of its acquisi-
tion of FNB Bancshares
of Central Alabama, Inc.,
parent of FNB of Central
Alabama.
The acquisition will re-
sult in BankFirst having
22 offices serving Missis-
sippi and Alabama, with
total assets of approxi-
mately $1.3 billion, gross
loans of approximately
$937 million and total
deposits of approximately
$1.2 billion.
R. Heyward Gould,
Jr., FNB’s President and
Chief Executive Officer,
has joined the Bank as
Alabama Regional Presi-
dent, Virginia Lee, FNB’s
Chief Financial Officer,
has joined the Bank as
Corporate Accountant,
and Jennifer James,
FNB’s Senior Credit Offi-
cer, has joined the Bank
as Vice President, Credit
Administration.
Hunton Andrews
Kurth LLP acted as legal
counsel for BankFirst.
Jones Walker LLP acted
as legal counsel for FNB
Bancshares.

Nissan’s Ghosn arrested again in financial misconduct case

By YURI K AGEYAMA
AP Business Writer
TOKYO — Tokyo pros-
ecutors arrested Nissan’s
former chairman Carlos
Ghosn on Thursday, for a
fourth time, cutting short
his brief time outside de-
tention.
Ghosn and his lawyer
protested against this lat-
est arrest, saying it was
arbitrary and unfair.
He was taken to the
prosecutors’ office and
then returned Thursday
to the Tokyo Detention
Center, officials said. It
is the same facility where
he spent more than three
months following his ar-
rest in November. He was
released on bail just a
month earlier.
Prosecutors said
Ghosn was arrested this
time on suspicion he di-
verted $5 million from
funds that were being
relayed from a Nissan
subsidiary to an overseas
dealership. In a state-
ment, they said the mon-
ey is suspected of going to
a company controlled by
Ghosn.
“My arrest this morn-
ing is outrageous and ar-
bitrary,” Ghosn said in a
statement issued Thurs-
day. “It is part of another
attempt by some individu-
als at Nissan to silence me
by misleading the pros-
ecutors. Why arrest me
except to try to break me?
I will not be broken. I am
innocent of the ground-
less charges and accusa-
tions against me.”

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Waterfront Property Quarter
hours indicated above, mitted by the Issuing Of- ralbidding.com. For any located at 3975 Artesia
3050 Clerical & Office 4480 Furniture Johnson and Theodis AND
7050 Apartments WHEREAS, default (SW1/4) of the Southw-
upon payment of a non- fice will be considered questions 1400 Insuranceto the Road, Columbus,
related 3100 DataMS Processing/ Computer 4510 Garage
Roby, Jr., husband and having been made in
Sales 7100 Commercial Property
9000
estTransportation
Quarter (SW1/4) of
refundable deposit of the Bidder’s date of re- electronic1410 bidding pro-
Interior Decorators 39701 . wife, executed a Deed payment of the in- said
9050 Auto Section 3; run
Accessories/Parts
Bargain Column $100.00 for each set.
Checks forAd mustDoc-
Bidding fit inceipt
uments.
of the Bidding Doc- cess, please
6 lines (approximately
Partial
call Cent-Repair
1440 Jewelry/Watch
sets of ral Bidding at 225-810- Attendance at
3150 Domestic Help
3170the
Engineering
pre-
4540 General Merchandise
of Trust to W. Stewart
4570 HouseholdRobison,
Goods
7150 Houses
7180
Trustee for Jim
debtedness secured by 9100
Hunting
said Land
Deed of Trust, and
thence North
Auto Rentals
grees 45 minutes West
9150 Autos
49 de-
& Leasing
for Sale of 432.6 feet
15 characters per line) and will
uments shallrun for 3 days.
be pay- ForDocuments
Bidding items $100 will or4814. 1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping bid conference 3200isGeneral
highly Help Wanted Walter
4630 Lawn & Garden Homes, Inc., Be- the holder
7190 Land for Rent/Lease of the note a distance
less ONLY. More than ableone item may be in not
to Calvert-Spra- same ad, but prices
be available from 1500 Locksmiths encouraged but is not Positions
3250 Management 4660 Merchandiseneficiary,
Rentals which Deed7200 and
of Mobile Deed of Trust hav- 9200
Homes toAviation
a point in the center-
dling Engineers, Inc. the Issuing Office. 1530 Machinery
Minority and Women’s Repair mandatory. Represent-3300 Medical/Dental Trust is recorded in ing requested the under-9250 Boatsof&Nashville
line Marine Ferry
may not total over $100, no re-lists.
Upon request and re- Neither Owner nor En- Business1560 Mobile Home Servicesatives of Owner
Enterprises and En- 4690 Musical Instruments
Land Deed of Trust
7250 Mobile Home Spaces
signed Trustee so to do,9300 Road; run thence North
Camper/R.V.’s
ceipt of the document gineer will be respons- are solicited to bid on gineer will be 3350 Opportunity
present to Information 4700 Satellites Book 2007, at Page 7300 Office I Spaces
will on the 17th day of 45 degrees 40 minutes
Free pets Up todeposit
6 lines, runs for
indicated
plus a non-refundable
above 3 days.
ible for full or partial
sets of Bidding Docu-
1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering discuss the Project.
this contract as prime
contractors and are en- ders are encouraged
3400 Part-Time
Bid-
3450 PositionstoWanted
16784, in the office 7350
4720 Sporting Goods
4750 Stereos &the
of Resort
TV’s Chancery Clerk of7400 Riversale
Rentals
April, 2019, offer for
at public outcry
Property
9350 Golf Carts
East along the center-
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
line of said Nashville
Lost & Found shipping charge, the Is- ments, including Ad-
suingUpOffice
to 6will
lines, runs denda if any, obtained quiries regarding
trans-
1650 Pest
couraged to make in- Control attend and participate
1680 Plumbingpoten- in the conference.
3500
3550
Professional
En-
Restaurant/Hotel
4780 Wanted ToLowndes
Buy
sissippi;
County, Mis- 7450 and sell during legal
Rooms
hours between the
9450
9500
Trailers/Heavy
Ferry Road aEquipment
Trucks, Vans
588.7 feet& to
distance of
Buses
a point;
for 6 days. mit the Bidding Docu- from sources other than tial subcontracting 1710 Printing op- gineer will transmit to
7500 Storage
hours
& Garages
of 11:00 A.M. 9550
runWanted to
thence Buy North 25 de-
ments via delivery ser- the Issuing Office. all prospective
3600Bidders
Sales/Marketing 7520 Vacation
and Rentals
4:00 P.M., at the
portunities, equipment,
1740 Roofing & Guttering AND WHEREAS, this grees 00 minutes East
3650Trades
These ads are taken by e-mail or in person at our
vice. The shipping
charge amount will de- Official bid documents
material 1770
needs.
and/or Lawn Mowersof record such
Saws &supply Addenda
3700Truck
as Engineer considers Driving
Deed of Trust was ulti-
mately assigned to The
7550 Wanted
7600 Waterfront
to Rent front door of along said centerline a
southeast
Property Courthouse distance of 1353.0 feet
the County
office. ads will not be taken by telephone.
pend on the shipping can be downloaded necessary in response Bank of New York Mel- of Lowndes County, at to the intersection of
method selected by the from Central at A pre-bid conference will to questions arising at lon, as Indenture Trust- Columbus, Mississippi, said centerline and the
Legal Notices 0010 prospective Bidder. The www.centralbidding.com
Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010 be held
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at 10:00 the
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Notices 0010 Oral Legal Notices 0010 ee,
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date that the Bidding . Electronic bids can be local time on April 25, statements may not be al Corporation 2010-1 and best bidder, the fol- Mississippi Highway No.
IN THE MATTER OF THE Documents are trans- submitted at www.cent- 2019 at project site, relied upon and will not TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF Trust, by instrument re- lowing described land 69; run thence North-
ESTATE OF GRADY mitted by the Issuing Of- ralbidding.com. For any located at 3975 Artesia be binding or legally ef- SALE corded in Book 2018, at and property, situated in westerly along said
RICHARD "NATHAN" fice will be considered questions related to the Road, Columbus, MS fective. Page 21135-21140, in Lowndes County, Mis- West right of way of
MORDECAI the Bidder’s date of re- electronic bidding pro- 39701 . WHEREAS, on April 27, the office of the Chan- sissippi, to-wit: Mississippi Highway No.
ceipt of the Bidding Doc- cess, please call Cent- Bid security shall be fur- 2007, Kimberly Roby cery Clerk aforesaid; 69 a distance of 530.4
CAUSE NO. 2019-0032- uments. Partial sets of ral Bidding at 225-810- Attendance at the pre- nished in accordance a/k/a Kimberly Renee A tract of land being loc- feet, more or less to an
S Bidding Documents will 4814. bid conference is highly with the Instructions to Johnson and Theodis AND WHEREAS, default ated in the West half iron pin and the point of
not be available from encouraged but is not Bidders. Roby, Jr., husband and having been made in (W1/2) of Section 3, beginning of the herein
NOTICE TO CREDITORS the Issuing Office. Minority and Women’s mandatory. Represent- wife, executed a Deed payment of the in- Township 20 South, described tract; run
Neither Owner nor En- Business Enterprises atives of Owner and En- Owner: Lowndes County of Trust to W. Stewart debtedness secured by Range 17 West, thence Northwesterly
THE STATE OF MISSIS- gineer will be respons- are solicited to bid on gineer will be present to Board of Supervisors Robison, Trustee for Jim said Deed of Trust, and Lowndes County, Mis- along said right of way a
SIPPI ible for full or partial this contract as prime discuss the Project. Bid- By: Harry Sanders Walter Homes, Inc., Be- the holder of the note sissippi and more par- distance of 69.6 feet,
LOWNDES COUNTY sets of Bidding Docu- contractors and are en- ders are encouraged to Title: President neficiary, which Deed of and Deed of Trust hav- ticularly described as more or less, to a point;
ments, including Ad- couraged to make in- attend and participate Date: April 1, 2019 Trust is recorded in ing requested the under- follows: Commencing at run thence North 27 de-
Letters of Administra- denda if any, obtained quiries regarding poten- in the conference. En- Publish: April 4, 2019, Land Deed of Trust signed Trustee so to do, the Southeast corner of grees 44 minutes West
tion have been granted from sources other than tial subcontracting op- gineer will transmit to April 11, 2019 Book 2007, at Page I will on the 17th day of the Southwest Quarter along said right of way a
and issued to the under- the Issuing Office. portunities, equipment, all prospective Bidders 16784, in the office of April, 2019, offer for (SW1/4) of the Southw- distance of 135.6 feet
signed upon the Estate material and/or supply of record such Addenda the Chancery Clerk of sale at public outcry est Quarter (SW1/4) of to an iron pin; run
of Grady Richard "Nath- Official bid documents needs. as Engineer considers Lowndes County, Mis- and sell during legal said Section 3; run thence South 45 de-
an" Mordecai, de- can be downloaded necessary in response Buy, sell, trade, sissippi; hours between the thence North 49 de- grees 55 minutes West
ceased, by the Chan- from Central at A pre-bid conference will to questions arising at or rent. hours of 11:00 A.M. grees 45 minutes West a distance of 138.8 feet
cery Court of Lowndes www.centralbidding.com be held at 10:00 a.m. the conference. Oral AND WHEREAS, this and 4:00 P.M., at the a distance of 432.6 feet to a point; run thence
County, Mississippi, on . Electronic bids can be local time on April 25, statements may not be Deed of Trust was ulti- southeast front door of to a point in the center- South 45 degrees 50
the 15th day of March submitted at www.cent- 2019 at project site, relied upon and will not mately assigned to The the County Courthouse line of Nashville Ferry minutes East a dis-
2019. This is to give no- Legal Notices 0010
ralbidding.com. For any located at 3975 Artesia Legal Notices 0010
be binding or legally ef- Bank of New York Mel- of Lowndes County, at Road; run thence North tance of 208.3 feet to
tice to all persons hav- questions related to the Road, Columbus, MS fective. lon, as Indenture Trust- Columbus, Mississippi, 45 degrees 40 minutes an iron pin; run thence
ing claims against said electronic bidding pro- 39701 . ee, for Mid-State Capit- for cash to the highest East along the center- North 39 degrees 44
estate to Probate and cess, please call Cent- Bid security shall be fur- al Corporation 2010-1 and best bidder, the fol- line of said Nashville minutes East a dis-
Register same with the ral Bidding at 225-810- Attendance at the pre- nished in accordance Trust, by instrument re- lowing described land Ferry Road a distance of tance of 74.5 feet to
Chancery Clerk of 4814. bid conference is highly with the Instructions to Legal Notices
corded 0010 2018, at
in Book and property, situated in 588.7 feet to a point; the point of beginning
Lowndes County, Mis- encouraged but is not Bidders. Page 21135-21140, in Lowndes County, Mis- run thence North 25 de- and containing 0.5 acre,
sissippi, within ninety Minority and Women’s mandatory. Represent- the office of the Chan- sissippi, to-wit: grees 00 minutes East more or less.
(90) days from the first Business Enterprises atives of Owner and En- Owner: Lowndes County cery Clerk aforesaid; along said centerline a
publication date of this are solicited to bid on gineer will be present to Board of Supervisors A tract of land being loc- distance of 1353.0 feet I will convey only such
Notice to Creditors. A this contract as prime discuss the Project. Bid- By: Harry Sanders AND WHEREAS, default ated in the West half to the intersection of title as is vested in me
failure to so Probate contractors and are en- ders are encouraged to Title: President having been made in (W1/2) of Section 3, said centerline and the as Trustee.
and Register said claim couraged to make in- attend and participate Date: April 1, 2019 payment of the in- Township 20 South, West right of way of
cdispatch.com
will forever bar the quiries regarding poten- in the conference. En- Publish: April 4, 2019, debtedness secured by Range 17 West, Mississippi Highway No. WITNESS MY SIGNA-
same. tial subcontracting op- gineer will transmit to April 11, 2019 said Deed of Trust, and Lowndes County, Mis- 69; run thence North- TURE, this, the 13th day
portunities, equipment, all prospective Bidders the holder of the note sissippi and more par- westerly along
Legal Notices 0010 said of March, 2019.
This the 21st of March, material and/or supply of record such Addenda and Deed of Trust hav- ticularly described as West right of way of
2019. needs. as Engineer considers ing requested the under- follows: Commencing at Mississippi Highway No. /s/ W. Stewart
necessary in response signed Trustee so to do, the Southeast corner of 69 a distance of 530.4 Robison, Trustee
/s/ Ricky Mordecai A pre-bid conference will to questions arising at I will on the 17th day of the Southwest Quarter feet, more or less to an
Ricky Mordecai, Admin- be held at 10:00 a.m. the conference. Oral April, 2019, offer for (SW1/4) of the Southw- iron pin and the point of Publish: March 21, 28,
istrator local time on April 25, statements may not be sale at public outcry est Quarter (SW1/4) of beginning of the herein April 4, and 11, 2019
2019 at project site, relied upon and will not and sell during legal said Section 3; run described tract; run
PUBLISH: 3/28, 4/4, & located at 3975 Artesia be binding or legally ef- hours between the thence North 49 de- thence Northwesterly
4/11/2019 Road, Columbus, MS fective. hours of 11:00 A.M. grees 45 minutes West along said right of way a
39701 . and 4:00 P.M., at the a distance of 432.6 feet distance of 69.6 feet,
Bid security shall be fur- southeast front door of to a point in the center- more or less, to a point;
Lowndes County Board Attendance at the pre- nished in accordance the County Courthouse line of Nashville Ferry run thence North 27 de-
of Supervisors bid conference is highly with the Instructions to of Lowndes County, at Road; run thence North grees 44 minutes West
encouraged but is not Bidders. Columbus, Mississippi, 45 degrees 40 minutes along said right of way a
Lowndes County, Mis- mandatory. Represent- for cash to the highest East along the center- distance of 135.6 feet
sissippi atives of Owner and En- Owner: Lowndes County and best bidder, the fol- line of said Nashville to an iron pin; run
gineer will be present to Board of Supervisors lowing described land Ferry Road a distance of thence South 45 de-
Wastewater System Im- discuss the Project. Bid- By: Harry Sanders and property, situated in 588.7 feet to a point; grees 55 minutes West
provements – Influent ders are encouraged to Title: President Lowndes County, Mis- run thence North 25 de- a distance of 138.8 feet
Sewer Main Modifica- attend and participate Date: April 1, 2019 sissippi, to-wit: grees 00 minutes East to a point; run thence
tion at WWTP in the conference. En- Publish: April 4, 2019, along said centerline a South 45 degrees 50
gineer will transmit to April 11, 2019 A tract of land being loc- distance of 1353.0 feet minutes East a dis-
ADVERTISEMENT FOR all prospective Bidders ated in the West half to the intersection of tance of 208.3 feet to
BIDS of record such Addenda (W1/2) of Section 3, said centerline and the an iron pin; run thence
as Engineer considers Township 20 South, West right of way of North 39 degrees 44
Sealed Bids for the con- necessary in response Range 17 West, Mississippi Highway No. minutes East a dis-
struction of the to questions arising at Lowndes County, Mis- 69; run thence North- tance of 74.5 feet to
Wastewater System Im- the conference. Oral sissippi and more par- westerly along said the point of beginning
provements Influent statements may not be ticularly described as West right of way of and containing 0.5 acre,
Sewer Main Modifica- relied upon and will not follows: Commencing at Mississippi Highway No. more or less.
tion at WWTP will be re- be binding or legally ef- the Southeast corner of 69 a distance of 530.4
ceived by Lowndes fective. the Southwest Quarter feet, more or less to an I will convey only such
County Board of Super- (SW1/4) of the Southw- iron pin and the point of title as is vested in me
visors, at the offices of Bid security shall be fur- est Quarter (SW1/4) of beginning of the herein as Trustee.
Lowndes County Board nished in accordance said Section 3; run described tract; run
of Supervisors located with the Instructions to thence North 49 de- thence Northwesterly WITNESS MY SIGNA-
at 505 2nd Avenue Bidders. grees 45 minutes West along said right of way a TURE, this, the 13th day
North, Columbus, MS a distance of 432.6 feet distance of 69.6 feet, of March, 2019.
39701, until 9:00 a.m. Owner: Lowndes County to a point in the center- more or less, to a point;
local time on May 6, Board of Supervisors line of Nashville Ferry run thence North 27 de- /s/ W. Stewart
2019 at which time the By: Harry Sanders Road; run thence North grees 44 minutes West Robison, Trustee
Bids received will be Title: President 45 degrees 40 minutes along said right of way a
publicly opened and Date: April 1, 2019 East along the center- distance of 135.6 feet Publish: March 21, 28,
read. Publish: April 4, 2019, line of said Nashville to an iron pin; run April 4, and 11, 2019
April 11, 2019 Ferry Road a distance of thence South 45 de-
The Issuing Office for 588.7 feet to a point; grees 55 minutes West
the Bidding Documents run thence North 25 de- a distance of 138.8 feet
is: Calvert-Spradling En- grees 00 minutes East to a point; run thence
gineers, Inc.; P.O. Draw- along said centerline a South 45 degrees 50
er 1078, 7085 High- distance of 1353.0 feet minutes East a dis-
way 45 Alternate North, to the intersection of tance of 208.3 feet to
West Point, MS 39773. said centerline and the an iron pin; run thence
Prospective Bidders West right of way of North 39 degrees 44
may examine the Bid- Mississippi Highway No. minutes East a dis-
ding Documents at the 69; run thence North- tance of 74.5 feet to
Issuing Office on westerly along said the point of beginning
Mondays through Fri- West right of way of and containing 0.5 acre,
days during regular busi- Mississippi Highway No. more or less.
ness hours, and may 69 a distance of 530.4
obtain copies of the Bid- feet, more or less to an I will convey only such
ding Documents from iron pin and the point of title as is vested in me
the Issuing Office as de- beginning of the herein as Trustee.
scribed below. described tract; run
thence Northwesterly WITNESS MY SIGNA-
Printed copies of the Of- along said right of way a TURE, this, the 13th day
ficial Bidding Docu- distance of 69.6 feet, of March, 2019.
ments and Technical more or less, to a point;
Specifications may be run thence North 27 de- /s/ W. Stewart
obtained from the Issu- grees 44 minutes West Robison, Trustee
ing Office, during the along said right of way a
hours indicated above, distance of 135.6 feet Publish: March 21, 28,
upon payment of a non- to an iron pin; run April 4, and 11, 2019
refundable deposit of thence South 45 de-
$100.00 for each set. grees 55 minutes West
Checks for Bidding Doc- a distance of 138.8 feet
uments shall be pay- to a point; run thence
able to Calvert-Spra- South 45 degrees 50
dling Engineers, Inc. minutes East a dis-
Upon request and re- tance of 208.3 feet to
ceipt of the document an iron pin; run thence
deposit indicated above North 39 degrees 44
plus a non-refundable minutes East a dis-
shipping charge, the Is- tance of 74.5 feet to
suing Office will trans- the point of beginning
mit the Bidding Docu- and containing 0.5 acre,
ments via delivery ser- more or less.
vice. The shipping
charge amount will de- I will convey only such
pend on the shipping title as is vested in me
method selected by the as Trustee.
prospective Bidder. The
date that the Bidding WITNESS MY SIGNA-
Documents are trans-
corded in Book 2018, at
Page 21135-21140, in
the office of the Chan-
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 4, 2019 7B
cery Clerk aforesaid;
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AND WHEREAS, default
General Help Wanted 3200 Garage Sales: Southside 4505
having been made in Agricultural Tractor 316 8TH St. S. Sat,
payment of the in- Operator job opening, to 4/6, 8a-1p. Easter de-
debtedness secured by work on Tenn-Tom Wa- cor, vintage glassware
said Deed of Trust, and terway Project, Colum- & dishes, home decor,
the holder of the note bus, MS. Must have val- dishes. Something for
and Deed of Trust hav- id Class- A CDL, with everyone.
ing requested the under- good driving record and
signed Trustee so to do, pass pre-employment
I will on the 17th day of drug screen. EOE
Garage Sales: East 4510
April, 2019, offer for Apply in person or Send
sale at public outcry 1500 GARDNER Blvd.
Resume’: R & D Main- Sat. 8am until. Furn,
and sell during legal tenance Services
hours between the home decor, mens/wo-
3600 W. Plymouth Road mens clothes, shoes,
hours of 11:00 A.M. Columbus, MS 39701
and 4:00 P.M., at the bags, kid items & misc.
southeast front door of Carpenter/Millwright HUGE ESTATE & Mul-
the County Courthouse Opening. Must have ex- tiple-Family Garage
of Lowndes County, at perience in general car- Sale. Fri., 4/6. Starts
Columbus, Mississippi, pentry & concrete. Will @ 7 a.m. State Line
for cash to the highest work on Tenn-Tom Wa- Baptist Church, 7560
and best bidder, the fol- terway Project, based in Hwy. 182 E., in the
lowing described land Columbus, MS. Must back parking lot.
and property, situated in have valid, clean
Lowndes County, Mis- driver’s license and

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Garage Sales: New Hope 4530
sissippi, to-wit: pass pre-employment
drug screen. EOE 298 PLEASANT Hill Rd.
A tract of land being loc- Apply in person or Send HUGE SALE! Sat, 4/6,
ated in the West half Resume’ to: R & D 6am until. Mens, wo-
(W1/2) of Section 3, Maintenance Services mens, & boys name

328-2424
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Range 17 West,
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a distance of 432.6 feet
home remodels & new Rd, in Doyle Estates. 1sotothat
9 ineach
the empty spaces
row, each 6 3 5 1 8 2 4 9 7
construction. Call
to a point in the center- 662-312-3130 for info.
Fri & Sat, 7am until. so that each
column row, each
and each 3x3 box 9 7 8 4 5 6 1 2 3
line of Nashville Ferry How else are you column
contains the same3x3
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East along the center-
Agency, Columbus, MS BLACK BEDROOM set, going to sell that only once. The difficulty
only once. The difficulty 4 6 3 8 9 5 2 7 1
is seeking to fill a Cus- incl full sz sleigh bed, level increases from
line of said Nashville
Ferry Road a distance of
tomer Service Repres-
entative Position. We
dresser w/ mirror, chest stuff in your level increases from
Monday to Sunday. 1 5 2 7 6 4 9 3 8
588.7 feet to a point; & night stand, $700. Monday to Sunday.
garage? Difficulty Level 4/03
offer Competitive New full sz mattress,
run thence North 25 de- Salary, Health Insur-
grees 00 minutes East still in plastic, $275.
ance and Retirement Bissell carpet cleaner,
along said centerline a Benefits. Must have
distance of 1353.0 feet $80. Two sets of black
Property and Casualty Toyota Camry floormats,
to the intersection of License to apply. Please
said centerline and the $80. Cash Only. 662-
forward resume to 242-2884. Leave a
West right of way of ccruse@swoopeins.com Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Houses For Rent: Northside
Mississippi Highway No. message.
69; run thence North- 7110
General Maintenance BROTHER 8500 sew-
westerly along said Worker needed. Must
West right of way of ing/embroidery ma- ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA
have experience in chine w/ all the attach- house for rent. Big yard.
Mississippi Highway No. maintenance of equip-
69 a distance of 530.4 ments. App. 90 spools Carport. W/D hookup.
ment & buildings which of thread included. Nice neighborhood.
feet, more or less to an requires practical skill &
iron pin and the point of Desk, light & cabinet $780 per month. 70 W
knowledge in such also available. $1000. Thomas Dr. 3 min from
beginning of the herein trades as painting, car-
described tract; run 662-574-4982. Leave CAFB. 504-813-1200.
pentry, plumbing, ma- message if no answer.
thence Northwesterly sonry & electrical work,
along said right of way a also able to perform COLONIAL TOWN-
distance of 69.6 feet, maintenance on equip- STARKVILLE AREA HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed-
more or less, to a point; ment & machinery. Will Habitat for Humanity room w/ 2-3 bath town-
run thence North 27 de- report to work in Colum- ReStore thrift shop will houses. $600 to $695.
grees 44 minutes West bus, MS. Must have val- be open Saturday, April 662-549-9555. Ask for
along said right of way a id driver’s license & 6, from 8-11AM. Glenn or text.
distance of 135.6 feet pass a pre-employment Located at 1632 Rock-
to an iron pin; run drug screen. EOE. Ap- hill Road in Starkville.
thence South 45 de- ply at: R & D Mainten- Come by for bargains on Houses For Rent: Caledonia
grees 55 minutes West ance Services, Inc. furniture, appliances, 7160
a distance of 138.8 feet 3600 West Plymouth Rd building materials, and
to a point; run thence Columbus, MS 39701 more. 2BR/1BA. Caledonia
South 45 degrees 50 area. 1 yr. lease. $650
minutes East a dis- Housekeeper & Business Opportunity 6050 rent. plus dep. No pets.
tance of 208.3 feet to Groundskeeper wanted, No smoking. 662-574-
an iron pin; run thence punctuality & attention HISTORIC DOWNTOWN 0227 or 662-356-4958.
North 39 degrees 44 to detail a must. Columbus: 411 Main 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-
minutes East a dis- 662-570-1758 or St. Office, Retail, Res- ments & townhouses. Houses For Rent: Other 7180
tance of 74.5 feet to 662-352-4460. taurant Space available. Call for more info.
the point of beginning Call 423-333-1124. 662-328-8254. 1 ROOM/1BA, Utilities
and containing 0.5 acre, SERVICE TECHNICIAN Included. $400/mo.
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company. Applicant
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
COLEMAN One person only. Refs
req. Contact/leave a
message for more info:
must be organized, de- FOX RUN COMPANY LLC RENTALS
title as is vested in me pendable, work well with 1 & 2 BR near hospital. TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS 662-328-8655.
as Trustee. RETAINER WALL, drive- the public, and have $595-645/mo. Military
WITNESS MY SIGNA-
way, foundation, con- good driving record with discount offered, pet 1 BEDROOM Hunting Land 7200
crete, masonry restora- valid driver's license. area, pet friendly, and
TURE, this, the 13th day tion, remodeling, base- Drug test required. furnished corporate 2 BEDROOMS LOOKING FOR hunting
of March, 2019. ment foundation, re-
pairs, small dump truck
Apply at 107 Gardner apartments available. 3 BEDROOMS land. GTA area in Mis-
Blvd. No phone calls. ON SITE SECURITY. sissippi. 662-386-6024.
/s/ W. Stewart hauling (5-6 yd) load & ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
LEASE,
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Robison, Trustee demolition/lot cleaning. ON SITE MANAGEMENT.

Bargain Column 4180 Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
Burr Masonry
Publish: March 21, 28, 662-242-0259.
24-HOUR CAMERA
SURVEILLANCE.
DEPOSIT
PASSENGER-SIDE 123 BECK Dr. 14 x 64.
April 4, and 11, 2019 DOOR, fits 2nd genera- Benji @ 662-386-4446 AND 2BR/1BA. $450/mo.
WORK WANTED: tion Ford Ranger truck. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. CREDIT CHECK $450/dep. Includes
Exc cond. $75. Sat/Sun by appt only.
Building & Remodeling 1120 Licensed & Bonded-car- garbage. No pets. No
pentry, painting, & de- 662-295-5555. HUD. 662-574-7614.
HOME REPAIRS &
CONSTRUCTION WORK
molition. Landscaping,
gutters cleaned, bush Farm Equipment & Supplies
Apts For Rent: West 7050 662-329-2323
VIP
WANTED. Carpentry, hogging, clean-up work, 3BR/2BA Trailer, New
4420 Hope school dist.
small concrete jobs, pressure washing, mov- 2411 HWY 45 N
Rentals
electrical, plumbing, ing help & furniture $500/mo & $500 dep.
2016 CAT Skidsteer w/
roof repairs, pressure repair. 662-242-3608 mulcher. <1,000 hrs, COLUMBUS, MS No pets, no drugs, no
washing and mobile partying. Call between
home roof coating and Lawn Care / Landscaping
$84,500. 2016 John
Deere 5100E Tractor, Apartments Commercial Property For
10a-7p. 662-386-4292.
NO TEXT MESSAGES.
underpinning. No job
too small. 549-7031. 1470 210 hrs. $36,500.
205-329-1790.
& Houses Rent 7100
FOR YOUR Spring & 1 Bedrooms COMMERCIAL PROPER- EXTRA NICE 3BR/2BA
Suggs Construction Co.
Summer lawn care 2 Bedroooms TIES/RETAIL/OFFICE MH in North Columbus.
City schools. NO PETS.
Building, remodeling,
needs, call Robinson
Lawn Service, 662-435- 3 Bedrooms Spaces starting @
$285/mo. Downtown & $535/mo + $535 dep.
roofing, & home repair. 8746. East Columbus loca- 601-940-1397 or
Licensed & Bonded.
662-242-3471
Furnished & tions. 662-435-4188. 662-549-8861.
ACROSS
662-574-8470 JESSE & BEVERLY'S Unfurnished FOR RENT located near 1 Massage target
LAWN SERVICE. RENT A fully equipped
Mowing, cleanup, land- 1, 2, & 3 Baths downtown. 3,000 sq. ft.
truck terminal, 9,500 camper w/utilities & 5 Team symbol
Tom Hatcher, LLC scaping, sodding, & tree
cutting. 356-6525.
Lease, Deposit sq. ft. shop & 3,200 sq. cable from $145/wk -
$535/month. Colum-
11 Low digits
Custom Construction,
Restoration, Remodel- & Credit Check ft. office/shop. Build-
ings can be rented to- bus & County School 12 Capital north of
ing, Repair, Insurance TERRA CARE viceinvestments.com gether or separately. locations. 662-242- Syracuse
Take down 327-8555
claims. 662-364-1769. Landscaping L.L.C. All w/ excellent access 7653 or 601-940-1397.
Licensed & Bonded Phone: 662-549-1878 & Hwy. 82 visibility. 13 Castle surround-
Landscaping, Property 662-327-9559. Houses For Sale: Other 8500 er
RAY'S WOOD WORKS Clean Up, Plant Care,
Bush Hogging,
that “for rent” Apts For Rent: Other 7080 OFFICE SPACE for RIVER HOME, nice! 14 Pivoted
lease. 1112 Main St., 15 Bronzing treat-
Herbicide Spraying
sign and get Historic
2BR/1BA located in
Downtown
Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
Plenty of private park-
Great area in WP.
Across from water with
ment
access to Tenn-Tom
Multiple Home Repairs
Painting & Papering 1620
fast results Columbus. 2,000 sqft.
Hardwood floors
ing. 662-327-9559. waterway. 4BR/2BA
with 2 acres & large
17 Pigged out
Sheetrock, Flooring, SULLIVAN'S PAINT throughout. Open floor. OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 18 Chump
Trim, Painting, Tile,
Kitchen/Bath
SERVICE
Certified in lead
with an easy Very nice. Incl W&D.
$1200/mo. Call
square feet. 294 screened in room.
Chubby Dr. Flexible leas- $212,000 22 Spa garments
Call: 662-245-4273 or
Decks- Dock Repair removal. Offering spe-
classified ad. 662-328-8655. ing terms. Available
662-889-1228
24 Belonging to
Pressure Washing cial prices on interior & now. 662-328-8254
662-634-1114 exterior painting, pres- those folks
2BR/2BA. Cotton Dis- HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
sure washing & sheet Lots & Acreage 8600 25 One, for Juan
rock repairs.
Free Estimates
Call today trict in Starkville. Call
662-617-3356.
Columbus Office, Retail,
Restaurant Space avail- LOT FOR Sale in Stark- 26 Numbered hwy.
Childcare 1180
CHILDCARE SERVICES
Call 435-6528
to place FIRST FULL MONTH
able. Call 662-328- ville. Will need cleared.
8655 or 662-574-7879. 818 N. Jackson St. Lot
27 Dazes 3 Get wind of 29 Lists of candi-
Look No Further!! Qual- RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- 5, City Block 97. 662- 30 Girder material 4 Will topic dates
ity Childcare Services
Stump Removal 1790
your ad. room Apts/Townhomes. RETAIL SPACE Available 465-7611, 662-418-
Stove & refrigerator. in Historic Downtown. 9096 or 662-418-4176.
32 Travel stop 5 Largest amount 30 Slump
Are Available For The
$335-$600 Monthly. 404 Main St. 3,000 33 Cry of insight 6 Finally 31 Trisection parts
328-2424
Golden Triangle Area!!
Credit check & deposit. sq. ft. $1,300/mo.
Call 662.343.8386 or
Coleman Realty, Call 662-328-8655 SPRING SPECIAL
34 Concrete 7 Awful smell 35 Comfy place
662.813.3672.
Serious Inquiries Only, 662-329-2323. or 662-574-7879. 1.95 acre lots. 38 River of Ne- 8 Cornfield cry 36 Turner of movies
Please!! Good/bad credit. braska
Houses For Sale: Other 8500 10% down, as low as 9 Need to pay 37 Blissful place
$299/mo. Eaton Land. 41 Highway 10 Wee bit 38 Small dog, for
ALLSTUMP GRINDING
General Services 1360
SERVICE
662-361-7711 42 A lot 16 “Sure thing!” short
CASA CARE SERVICES: GET 'ER DONE!
Autos For Sale 9150
43 Desert sight 19 In this region 39 John, to Elton
We can grind all your
Offers services such as:
residential janitorial, stumps. Hard to reach
44 Retiring 20 Plant pest 40 Say further
2015 CHEVY Impala.
lighting & decorating, places, blown over Black, 4dr, 6cyl, 82k
45 Ollie’s pal 21 Pitcher Hershiser
emergency repairs, pre- roots, hillsides, back- mi, showroom clean,
ventative maintenance, yards, pastures. Free local owner, $11,200. 22 Hurry
moving/shipping assist- estimates. You find it, See @ 59 Amanda Dr.
DOWN 23 Not fooled by
ance & pressure wash- we'll grind it! in New Hope Park Sub- 1 Money sources
ing. 662-549-1878. 662-361-8379 division off of Yorkville 28 Irritate
Rd. E. 662-327-3081.
2 Hen pen
Tree Services 1860
Campers & RVs 9300
A&T Tree Service
Bucket truck & stump TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
removal. Free est. located on Wilkins Wise
Serving Columbus Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
since 1987. Senior Hookups available.
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ $300/mo. 662-328-
242-0324/241-4447 8655 or 662-574-7879.
DAVID'S CARPET & "We'll go out on a limb
UPHOLSTERY for you!"
CLEANING Five Questions:
1 Room - $40 VICKERS TREE
2 Rooms - $70 SERVICE, LLC
3+ Rooms - $30 Each
Rugs - Must Be Seen
Tree trimming and re-
moval. Fully insured.
1 Lyndon B.
Johnson
Car Upholstery Free estimates.
Cleaning Available *Now Accepting Credit
662-722-1758 & Debit Cards*
Call Curt 662-418-0889
2 Paradise
HILL'S PRESSURE or 662-549-2902
WASHING. Commercial/ “A cut above the rest”
Island
residential. House, con-
crete, sidewalks & mo-
bile washing. Free est. General Help Wanted 3200
Call 662-386-8925
ADVANCED COLLISION
REPAIR is looking for an 3 Plum and
entry level employee
whose duties will in-
clude: shop cleanliness
apricot
& car detailing after
repair. Valid driver's
Need a Privacy Fence?
Call me! Licensed w/
license req. Experience
preferred. Apply in
4 Europe
30+ years of exp.
Call or text Joe Seals,
person at 825 Hwy 12
W in Starkville.
WHATZIT ANSWER
662-549-7167.
662-323-3250 5 Wasilla Log cabin
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