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Business moves
with Mary Starkville, MSU getting ready
Fred’s closing for Super Bulldog Weekend
three stores
in Golden
Triangle
PLUS: Starkville salon
and art gallery opens

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hree

Fred’s
stores in
the Golden
Triangle
will close
shop by
the end of
May.
Fred’s
corporate Mary Pollitz
office
announced today in a press release
its closure of more than 100 stores
nationwide. Two Columbus lo-
cations, 304 Fifth St. and 201 G
Alabama St., and one West Point
location at 26591 E. Main St., were
listed among the 159 stores sched-
uled to close. Starkville’s location,
on Jackson Street, was not listed as
one of the affected stores.
“After a careful review, we have
made the decision to rationalize
our footprint by closing underper- Dispatch file photo
forming stores, with a particular Attendees of the 2018 Cotton District Arts Festival are pictured in downtown Starkville in this Dispatch file photo. This year’s
focus on locations with shorter festival is part of Super Bulldog Weekend, which runs Friday through Sunday.
duration leases,” Chief Executive
Officer Joseph Anto said in a press
release issued by the corporate Forecasters: Storms possible on Saturday, Sunday
office. “Most of these stores have
near-term lease expirations and By Alex Holloway SAAC Director John Bateman said
limited remaining lease obliga- aholloway@cdispatch.com the Cotton District Arts Festival drew
tions. Decisions that impact our a record number of applicants this year
associates in this way are difficult, As Starkville gears up for the 34th and will feature 150 artisans and about
but the steps we are announcing annual Super Bulldog Weekend, weath- 40 musicians. The festival is drawing
are necessary. We will make er forecasters are keeping alert for the artists from all across the state and from
every effort to transition impacted threat of severe weather Saturday and as far away as Texas and Florida.
associates to other stores where Sunday. Bateman said it also draws visitors dous testament to Mississippi.”
possible.” Super Bulldog Weekend, held every from all over the Southeast. The festival has grown in recent
This closure comes months spring, draws tens of thousands of peo- “We draw traffic from all over the years, with an estimated 45,000 people
after Walgreens purchased Fred’s ple to Starkville as Mississippi State state, plus Tennessee and Alabama,” in 2017 and an estimated 50,000 last
Pharmacy patient files, closing a University hosts its yearly spring foot- Bateman said. “I do see that as an as- year. Because of that, SAAC has ex-
number of Fred’s Pharmacy loca- ball game, along with an array of other set to both the Golden Triangle, really, tended the festival’s footprint, and it will
tions, including the Columbus store athletic events, and the Starkville Area and Mississippi. The more we can draw now stretch along University Drive from
at 115 Alabama St., in the process. Arts Council hosts the Cotton District people in and highlight the tremendous Camp Avenue to Jarnigan Street.
See Business, 3A Arts Festival. talent that’s here — I think it’s a tremen- See SBW19, 6A

‘For the people that went here, it’s sacred ground’

Lee High alumni reflect on school
Lee alumna
Jessica Howard days as building undergoes
Stephens visits
the old Lee build- renovation to high-end apartments
ing with former
By AMANDA LIEN
Lee High School
alien@cdispatch.com
principal J.V. Carr

W
in this 2010 Dis-
patch file photo. hen Columbus resident Carol Littlejohn
The Lee building is thinks of the historic Lee High School,
currently under- plenty comes to mind.
going renovations Football games at the Magnolia Bowl; her senior
to be turned into class prank which involved a greased pig, the school
loft-style apart- gymnasium and harried coaches scrambling to
ments, after devel-
oper Scott Berry catch it; and her drivers education class, which
purchased the always ended early so she, her classmates and the
property last year. instructor could all get lunch at the restaurant over
Dispatch file photo See Lee High, 6A

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Golden Triangle reps fill leadership roles in black caucus
Taylor: Caucus
the ‘rising tide
that lifts all ships’
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
Fifty years ago, the
entire Mississippi Legis-
lative Black Caucus could
have met in an elevator
and still have room for
more.
When Robert Clark
of Holmes County was
elected to the Mississippi
House of Representatives
in November 1967, he be-
came the first black mem-
ber of the Mississippi
Legislature since Recon-
struction. For the next 10
years, Clark was the only
Fugitive found today in Hamilton storage unit
Suspect with active warrant fled state
trooper Sunday; allegedly threatened
family members on Facebook
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Ham-
ilton man
who has
been on the
run from
law enforce-
ment since
S u n d a y
Kellum
is now in
Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center.
Dispatch editor involved in incident involving police at Trotter
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
A Dis-
patch em-
ployee was
involved
in an inci-
dent when
Columbus
police were
Plair
called to the
Trotter Convention Cen-
ter downtown on Tuesday
morning.
Dispatch managing
editor Zack Plair visited
Trotter director Rogena
Bonner on Tuesday during
Business
Continued from Page 1A
Over in Starkville, The
Cotton District continues
to thrive as the artistic
heartbeat in the college
town.
Tammy Carlisle has
spent her time serving
in the corporate world
but has since decided to
switch gears. Tonight, she
will host an open house
for Minerva, a hair salon
and art gallery wrapped
in one.
Minerva, 203 Maxwell
St., will have its grand
opening this afternoon
from 5-8 p.m. Carlisle,
along with art gallery
director Joe MacGown,
will showcase the new
“art spot” with refresh-
ments, artists and live
music from the jazz trio
the Hep Cats. MacGown,
a Starkville artist, said he
has helped start galleries
before in the area, and is
excited about the collabo-
ration with Carlisle.
The salon and gallery
will be open Monday
through Saturday from
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Be sure to
check out Miverva’s Face-
book page and website
for poetry nights, open-
mic nights and a slew of
events geared to bringing
MSU SPORTS BLOG
black per-
son in the
174-member
Legislature.
W h e n
the current
session of
the Legis-
lature con- Turner-Ford
vened in January, 51 black
legislators represented
communities throughout
the state.
At the end of the ses-
sion, the Legislative
Black Caucus elected its
new leaders and that lead-
ership will have a distinct
Golden Triangle flair.
Sen. Angela Turner-Ford
of West Point is the new
chairman while Rep.
Kabir Karriem of Colum-
bus is the vice chair and
Rep. Cheikh Taylor of
Officers with the U.S.
Marshals Task Force
and Mississippi Highway
Patrol found Kristopher
Lee Kellum, 37, in a stor-
age unit in the Hamilton
area at about 7:45 a.m.
today, Lowndes Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office Chief
Deputy Greg Wright
said. He was arrested
without incident, but
Wright said he did have
a scheduled interview for
a story on rental agree-
ments at the facility. Plair
had previously submitted
a public records request
to examine event booking
documents and receipts
from Dec. 1, 2018 through
Mar. 31, 2019.
While Plair was exam-
ining the documents in
Bonner’s office, he took
photos of documents with
his phone. Bonner told
him he couldn’t take the
pictures, and Plair said he
could. A verbal altercation
ensued, during which both
parties raised their voices
The downtown Fred’s store, 304 Fifth St., is one of
three Golden Triangle Fred’s locations slated to close
by the end of May. Corporate offices announced Thurs-
day morning the closure of 159 stores, including two
Columbus locations and one in West Point.
artists together in one
central location.
“We want to encourage
and foster the under-
standing of art in the
community,” Carlisle
said. “I think creative
people often don’t pool
their resources together
and this is going to be
that platform. If you want
to come sit in the back
and write your poetry,
@
Karriem Taylor
Starkville is sergeant-at-
arms.
All three legislators
said the history of the
LBC is a reminder of the
important work they do
as a group.
“When it was formed,
there was a need for peo-
ple to rally together,”
Turner-Ford said. “One
of the things I definitely
would like to do is have
more of a community
presence and bring more
visibility to the (caucus).
a firearm when officers
found him.
A state trooper
stopped to assist a strand-
ed motorist on Highway
45 at South Perkins Road
at about 9 p.m. Sunday.
The motorist, later iden-
tified as Kellum, who
had an active warrant in
Lowndes County for a
felon in possession of a
weapon charge, fled the
scene on foot.
Wright said Kellum’s
mother, who lives in Bi-
loxi, had also contacted
LCSO because Kellum
had allegedly posted
and Bonner called police.
No physical contact was
made between the parties.
Statements were tak-
en, but no charges have
been filed.
The Dispatch sub-
mitted a public records
request for the incident
report, and city attorney
Jeff Turnage responded
that there is no incident
report from the call.
When Plair visited
Columbus Police Depart-
ment Thursday morning
in a personal capacity to
obtain copies of the re-
port taken at the scene,
Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff
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I’m not sure a lot of people
even know we exist.”
lative Black Caucus isn’t
just the conscience of the
local businesses, both
black and white. Trick-
Karriem said Robert
Clark’s story is a remind-
Legislature, but also the
voice of those 1.2 million
le down economics gets
turned on its head and the
er of the long struggle for African Americans.” poor and middle class are
black Mississippians to Taylor said that while helped. It’s the rising tide
have a voice in their gov- the LBC is focused on be- that lifts all ships.”
ernment. ing a “listening ear” and Turner-Ford said the
“When Robert Clark advocate for policies that LBC is considering hold-
was elected, the Legisla- benefit the state’s black ing town halls over the
ture didn’t want to seat population, its work bene- summer and fall, not only
him,” Karriem said. “In fits other citizens, too. to bring more exposure to
fact, the desk that he “Politics in America the LBC but to hear from
was supposed to share has been there to benefit constituents.
with another member corporations, the wealthy, “We want to know
was sawed in half so he the powerful,” Taylor what’s on their minds,
wouldn’t be seated with
said. “But when there what their issues are,
the rest of the legislators.
people in the Legislature how we can help,” she
“Now, 51 years lat-
who make sure issues said. “We want to make
er, there are 51 African
that affect blacks, poor those connections where
Americans in the Legis-
people and other people they don’t exist and make
lature, representing 1.2
of color, those policies them stronger where they
million African Ameri-
cans all across the state,” help the middle class, do.”
he continued. “The Legis-
threats against family
members on Facebook
and those relatives were
“very scared of what he
was capable of doing.”
Officers received an
anonymous tip that Kel-
lum was hiding at a stor-
age unit complex, Wright
said, and set up perime-
ter this morning before
conducting a door-to-
door search.
Kellum is being
booked on the firearm
possession charge, but
other charges could be
added, Wright said.
he was told he would have
to wait seven days before
receiving them.
Bonner has not re-
turned multiple calls
from The Dispatch since
Tuesday.
Publisher’s note: Some
of the above facts are a
result of Dispatch publish-
er Peter Imes witnessing
statements made to police
by parties involved in this
incident. Imes was in-
volved in the editing of this
story; Plair did not partic-
ipate in writing or editing
this story.
month. With six hired
drivers, Starkville marks
the third location for
EZ-RYDR, with Oxford
and Ruston, Louisiana,
already underway.
CEO Kyle Staude said
safety is the company’s
No. 1 priority. Once a
rider is in the vehicle,
both the driver and rider
have an SOS button in
their apps that contacts
local law enforcement.
There is also a feature
for female riders to select
female drivers in their
settings.
Moving on, in to-
day’s world you’re likely
attached to your cell
phone. In that case, when
something goes wrong,
you need a place to fix it.
Gators Computers LLC.,
in Starkville has moved
locations. After 10 years
on Martin Luther King
Drive, Gators moved to
448 Hwy. 12 W. Suite 6.
If your phone or comput-
er starts to glitch, you
can visit Gators Monday
through Friday from 9
a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Satur-
days from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Got business tips?
Email them to mpollitz@
cdispatch.com.
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Our View

A lot of talk about the state flag

What does Mississippi’s
state flag and the weather have
in common?
In both cases, people com-
plain about it, but nobody ever
does anything about it.
It’s been almost four years
since white supremacist
Dylann Roof walked into
Emmanuel African Methodist
Episcopal Church in Charles-
ton, South Carolina and shot
to death nine church members
during a Bible study.
That event pricked the
conscience of America – well,
some of it at any rate. The
South Carolina Legislature
voted quickly to remove the
Confederate Flag – which was
featured prominently in nu-
merous photos of Roof prior to
the shooting – from its Capitol
grounds. Retailers announced
they would no longer stock the
flag.
In Mississippi, the only
state to incorporate the Con-
federate flag into its state flag,
there was some support for
changing the flag, including
Sen. Roger Wicker.
But there was resistance,
too. And an awful lot of
foot-dragging.
Gov. Phil Bryant, who has
proclaimed April as Confed-
erate Heritage Month each
year since he took office,
deftly danced around the
issue, saying that any decision
to change the flag should
be made be voters, not leg-
islators. He pointed out that
in 2001, voters had already
settled the argument, voting
2-1 along racial lines to retain
the flag.
That argument is weak-
ened by the Legislature’s own
actions. In 2011, the same year
Bryant was elected Governor,
the state handily defeated a
“personhood” amendment,
which would have cleared the
way for the state to put further
restrictions on abortion.
But Bryant and the Legis-
lature did not apply the same
standard to that issue that it
did to the flag. Twice, the Leg-
islature, with Bryant’s enthusi-
astic support, passed abortion
laws that restrict abortion first
after 20 weeks and, just this
session, at the point where a
fetal heartbeat could be detect-
ed, which is about six weeks.
So much for leaving it to the
people.
In each session since 2015,
bills have been filed to change
the state flag. House Speaker
Phillip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Tate
Reeves have made sure none
of those bills ever saw the light
of day.
The argument was always
that the flag issue would
be presented to the voters.
Bryant suggested it would be
on the ballot this November. It
won’t be, of course.
It’s all talk.
On the campaign trail,
candidates will grapple with
the question. Some, such as at-
torney general candidate Andy
Taggart, say it’s well past time
for a new flag. Others avoid
the question as best they can.
Mississippians often
complain about the bum rap
our state gets from people
around the country. We’re the
butt of too many jokes. Sure,
we’ve had our bad moments,
but things have changed. We
aren’t the “old Mississippi.”
Outsiders are trying to ruin
our reputation.
Really? Look at the flag:
That’s our reputation, one we
have built for ourselves and
still stubbornly cling to.
The state flag, with its
homage to the Confederacy,
still flies over our government
buildings.
Nothing changes.

Other editors

Striking is not the

path to teacher
pay raises
Mississippi’s teachers are under-
paid.
The state’s educators are among
its most important employees, given
the impact they have in preparing
Mississippi’s future generations. As
we’ve written many times before,
the state must continue to do more
to fairly compensate them, to attract
more people into the profession and
to retain its high quality educators.
That said, we do not believe a
teacher strike to be the correct
approach.
There have been reports that
Mississippi teachers are considering
a strike in response to frustrations
that arose during the 2019 Legisla-
tive session. Those include a teacher
pay increase that was smaller than
many hoped it would be, as well as
a last-minute action by lawmakers
to add funding to a program that
provides state-funded scholarships
to parents of special needs students
for private schools.
And while we understand their
emotions, responding by striking
would be an inappropriate mecha- State of the nation
The ‘surge’ in hate crimes
nism. It would disrupt educational
environments, significantly harm
students and parents throughout the
state, and risk shattering the good-
will that teachers have built. According to the FBI, the more rigorous report- phia, Atlantic City, St. Louis, Birming-
Bear in mind those who would “hate crimes” are on the ing.” ham, Chicago, Charlotte, Milwaukee,
be most hurt by the strike would be rise. The agency reported Kentucky State Uni- Denver, Minneapolis, Georgetown,
students, who are trying to finish the a 17 percent increase in versity professor Wilfred New York City, Greensboro, Balti-
school year on a strong note, and par- such crimes in 2017 com- Reilly, author of a new more, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Miami,
pared to 2016. Democratic book called “Hate Crime Cleveland, Nashville, Peoria, Seattle,
ents. A teachers’ strike would impact
presidential candidate Sen. Hoax,” goes further than Saratoga Springs, Atlanta and other
hundreds of thousands of parents
Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., mere skepticism about an places.
throughout the state - many of whom
recently said: “There has alleged rise in hate crimes. But much of mainstream media dis-
have not received pay raises them-
been an increase in hate He says that most of the missed the idea as “fake news,” attrib-
selves - who would be sent scram-
crimes. There has been headline-grabbing “hate uting the notion of a rise in “knockout
bling to find last-minute childcare.
an increase in very neg- crime” stories were fake games” to the ravings of conservative
It would risk inciting significant Larry Elder
ative rhetoric at groups.” and calls the 17 percent up- media driven by anecdote
backlash from the very taxpayers
Notwithstanding the crime tick an “aberration” due to The New York Times, in an article
who fund their salaries.
hoax perpetrated by actor this increase in agencies’ entitled “Police Unsure if Random
The only previous time Mississip- Jussie Smollett, CNN recently re- reporting. “Almost all of that surge is Attacks Are Rising Threat or Urban
pi teachers have gone on strike came ported, “Hate crime allegations show due to the simple fact that in 2017 the Myth,” expressed its cynicism about
in 1985 when they were protesting a no signs of stopping, with plenty of number of police departments report- any trend or rise in such black-
lack of support from Gov. Bill Allain examples reported in recent months.” ing hate crimes to the FBI increased against-white “knockouts.” The
and the Legislature for a proposed But wait. The FBI, in its news by 1,000,” says Reilly, according to Atlantic sniffed, “It’s a two-decade-old
$3,500 pay increase. More than 9,000 release announcing the 2017 Hate a Detroit News opinion piece. “The rarity that suddenly became a media
teachers walked off their jobs across Crime Statistics report detailing the surge narrative,” he insists, “is pretty sensation.” NPR was equally dismis-
58 of the state’s 154 school districts, “rise” in hate crimes, said, “Although dishonest.” The Jussie Smollett case sive. “Framing it as a game gives it
according to Education Week, with the numbers increased last year, so represents just one recent hate crime a hook for the news media,” it said
the action resulting in an eventual did the number of law enforcement hoax. For his book, Reilly examined in November 2013, “but we already
$4,400 pay raise that was phased-in agencies reporting hate crime data 409 fake hate crimes that garnered have a name for this type of thing:
over three years. However, it also -- with approximately 1,000 additional media attention in the last five years. It’s a random street assault, a terrible
led to legislation making it illegal for agencies contributing information.” “In major cases, almost all of them phenomenon, but not a new one. ... As
Mississippi educators to go on strike. Coincidentally, the number of agen- have been hoaxes,’ he says. ‘The Chris Ferguson, a psychologist who
Teachers had much hope going cies that reported at least one hate number of hate crime hoaxes actually specializes in youth and violence,
into this year’s legislative session, crime within their jurisdiction also exceeds the number of convictions. told the Riverfront Times, ‘For some
with most pundits believing elec- increased in 2017 -- by 15 percent. The majority of these high-profile reason everything involving teens
tion-year politics would yield them The FBI described its efforts “to en- incidents never happened.’” gets called a game, no matter how
a pay increase. It did, but the final courage reporting of hate crime sta- If Reilly is right, the rampant news little play behavior has to do with the
$1,500 raise was much smaller than tistics.” The FBI release said: “Next reports of the “rise” in hate crimes is motives.’” Los Angeles Times colum-
the $4,000 over two years that had year, FBI personnel will provide a stunning example of what President nist Robin Abcarian called knockout
passed through the state House. training for law enforcement officers Donald Trump calls “fake news.” game stories “part of the ongoing
Mississippi ranked last in the na- on how to identify bias-motivated Many media outlets, in 2013, demonization of black teenagers.”
tion for average teacher salary with incidents and report that data to the reported on something known as the Abcarian ID’d the real villains behind
an average of $42,925, according to a FBI’s UCR (Uniform Crime Reports) “knockout game,” where unsuspect- what she considered a phony narra-
2018 survey by the National Educa- Program. Additionally, the Depart- ing whites walking on the street were tive: “conservative voices who stoke
tion Association. As we’ve written be- ment of Justice launched a new hate approached, often from behind, and racial animus for fun and ratings.”
fore, we believe raising teacher pay crimes webpage, which has informa- punched in the head -- reportedly As to the “knockout game,” much
must remain an annual priority for tion for law enforcement on reporting by young black men. The goal, as of the media was skeptical. As to the
lawmakers until salaries are equal to incidents.” the name suggests, was to secure a so-called surge in hate crimes in the
and above the Southeastern average. Even PolitiFact, in its examina- “knockout” of the whites with a single era of Donald Trump, where is the
There is a growing public con- tion on whether there is a rise in fist blow. mainstream media cynicism when
sensus that the state must pay its hate crimes, said “the full picture is Colin Flaherty, “White Girl Bleed a you need it?
teachers more, and teachers should more nuanced,” citing a hate crime Lot: The Return of Racial Violence to Larry Elder is a best-selling author
continue to leverage that. But they researcher who “said that some of the America and How the Media Ignore and nationally syndicated radio talk-
should not do so by going on strike. increase, especially in cities with very It,” called the game a national trend. show host. To find out more about Lar-
(Tupelo) Daily Journal low numbers before, was the result of He described “knockouts” in Philadel- ry Elder, visit www.LarryElder.com.
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COLUMBUS — Maurice
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Arvie McGregor
Arvie Milton McGregor, 87,
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University of Mississippi Med-
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Mr. McGregor was born
April 10, 1931, in Pontotoc, MS,
to the late Wesley and Alcie McGregor. He was
a Baptist by faith and served his country while
enlisted in the United States Army. Mr. McGre-
gor was self-employed most of his life, where
he always worked in sales and service related
fields. He also owned several restaurants over
the years. He took pride in being “Thrifty”, and
loved his family dearly. He enjoyed camping,
playing various card games, including Rook, and
visiting with friends.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by one brother, Glenn McGregor; one in-
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He is survived by his children, Sherry (Tom)
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Studies have estimated plan would cent estimate from the Po-
litical Economy Research
in home and community
settings, on top of its basic
ja (Dee) Harris, Scott (Teresa) McGregor and
Shane (Shannon) McGregor, all of Columbus;
increase government spending on Institute at the University
of Massachusetts in Am-
promise of comprehensive
health coverage, including
two former wives, Jamye McGregor and Ear-
nestine McGregor; sister, Margie Valdez of Al-
health care, in the range of about herst suggests that the
cost could be much lower.
dental and vision. buquerque, NM; grandchildren, Ryan McKes-
sy, Billy (Lindsey) McKessy, Amber (Andrew)
$25 trillion to $35 trillion or more Sanders and his sup-
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date’s signature proposal
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all with no premiums, de-
ductibles and only min-
imal copays for certain
services. In this latest ver-
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age for long-term care.
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cal about Sanders’ plan.
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cialism.”
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range of about $25 trillion
to $35 trillion or more over
a 10-year period. But a re-
York also spoke, saying
“this has to become the
next social safety net.”
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Hilton Hammond
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Memorial Gunter Peel
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College St. Location
this world at 7:07 AM on April
9, 2019, at the age of 99 years, 2
months and 19 days old.
Funeral services will be at
10:00 AM Saturday, April 13,
2019, at Skelton Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Joyce Snyder
and Mrs. Hammond’s daughter,
memorialgunterpeel.com Ginger Boatwright, officiating.
Burial will follow in Unity Grove
United Methodist Church Cemetery with Skelton
Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation
will be immediately following the service at the
funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her husband of
75 years, John Austin “Hap” Hammond, Sr; her
son, Jerry Wyatt Hammond; her parents, James
E. Vice and Lovie Baggett Vice Ballard; brother,
Hollie Christopher; and sisters, Erdeal, Nota,
Lois and Sarah.
Survivors include her daughters, Linda

Mississippi OB- Dickson and Ginger Boatwright (Buck Kuhn);

her son, John Austin Hammond, Jr; three
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
GYN indicted Mrs. Hammond was born January 21, 1920,
in Moores Bridge, Alabama. She taught Art and
on 12 sexual English. All school funding went to sports, so
Hilton used her own money to buy a cotton candy
battery charges machine. It paid for itself the first football game
and she then had the best supplied art room in
The Associated Press the county. She did so well, the football coach told
her he needed to use the cotton candy machine
HERNANDO — An to raise money for football. Hilton told him to go
OB-GYN in Mississippi
buy his own cotton candy machine.
is charged with 12 counts
After 5 years at Fairfield, Hilton moved to a
of sexual battery after pa-
tients accused him of as- different section of Birmingham and taught
saulting them in medical for the next thousand years at Fairview Middle
offices. School. Her English students used a notebook
The Commercial Ap- she devised instead of text books, and when her
peal reports a DeSoto students got to high school, the teachers would
County grand jury indict- say “You had Ms Hammond for English, didn’t
ed Dr. Gregory Norwood you?” (The family would love to have one of those
in March, and the indict- notebooks.) She loved teaching and interacting
ments were made public with her students.
Wednesday. Charges date Hilton loved to sing and she sang every day
from January 2016 to Sep- of her life. She got her wish and passed away at
tember 2018. home with her children in attendance. She was
Records show Nor- kind, generous to a fault, loving, gracious and
wood no longer holds a caring. She loved her Lord, her church and her
Mississippi medical li- family above all else. She never took when she
cense. His attorney, Tony could give.
Farese, could not immedi- This lady was a strong woman, much loved
ately be reached Tuesday. in her community. In lieu of flowers, donations
Murray Wells, an attor- may be made to Unity Grove United Methodist
ney representing eight of Church Building Fund, 85 Unity Road, Palmetto,
the women from incidents
AL 35481 or Amedisys Hospice, 1300 McFarland
in the indictment and mul-
Blvd. NE, Suite 340, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.
tiple others, describes
Norwood as a “serial sex- Paid Obituary - Skelton Funeral Home
ual predator.” Wells says
the indictment shows
consistency among wom-
en’s accounts of sexual cdispatch.com
assault.
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Mayor Lynn Spruill said Super
Bulldog Weekend is a prime chance
to show Starkville for visitors.
“I love that part of our personal-
ity and our focus, to bring people
into town and have it be a place
where they want to be for all kinds
of things,” she said. “Events like the
Cotton District Arts Festival and
Super Bulldog Weekend with the
sports are a beautiful combination
of everything we want people to
think of Starkville doing and being
a part of.”
Jennifer Prather, interim CEO of
The Partnership, said Super Bull-
dog Weekend serves the climax
to the spring tourism season and
draws people from across the South.
When people come to town, it’s
a revenue generator for the city as
they stay in hotels and eat in restau-
rants and shop, but Prather added it
helps lay the groundwork for future
tourism.
“What’s even more encouraging
about a weekend like this weekend is
that we know there’s so much going
on that they really get that unique
Starkville experience that we hope
creates in them the desire to plan
an additional trip to come back and
really dive into the things they don’t
have time to do while they’re here
for the weekend,” she said. “Retain-
ing those visitors for follow-up visits
is really important for us as a reve-
nue generator and a tourism driver.”
Weather concerns
According to the National Weath-
er Service in Jackson, there’s a
threat for storms and severe weath-
er across the state on Saturday and
into Sunday. The highest threat
is currently forecast for along and
west of I-55, with that area of the
state under an enhanced risk for se-
vere weather.
Much of the rest of the state, in-
cluding the Golden Triangle, is cur-
rently under a slight risk for severe
weather.
NWS says damaging winds, hail
and tornadoes are possible.
Bateman said SAAC will monitor
the weather as the week progress-
es. The festival will go on if the
only concern is rain. If any severe
weather appears likely, he said, de-
cisions about schedule changes will
be made the day of the festival and
shared on social media. The arts
festival’s Twitter account is @CDAF-
estival and its Facebook page is The
Cotton District Arts Festival.
“There is no indoor alternative,”
he said. “I don’t think people re-
alize just how big it is, because we
couldn’t move everything into Hum-
phrey Coliseum, for example. “
Executive Senior Associate Se-
nior Athletic Director for External
Relations Leah Beasley said the uni-
versity also is preparing for possible
adjustments.
“We are meeting (today) to look
again at weather and try to make
some calls so fans can plan,” Beas-
ley said.
Any schedule adjustments for Su-
per Bulldog Weekend will be post-
ed on social media and at hailstate.
com/sbw. MSU athletics’ Twitter
account is @hailstate and Facebook
page is Mississippi State Athletics.
Schedule
Super Bulldog Weekend be-
gins on Friday, with the annual
pig-cooking contest kicking off at
8 a.m. in the parking lot northwest
of Deavenport Hall. MSU’s women’s
tennis plays Texas A&M at 3 p.m.;
pig-cooking sampling of the grill
will be held in the parking lot north
of the Howell Building at 4 p.m.; and
MSU baseball will open its weekend
series against Alabama at 6:30 p.m.
Events continue on Saturday,
with the Junction opening for tail-
gating at 8 a.m. The Cotton District
Arts Festival also will begin at 8;
pig-cooking judging will begin at
9 a.m. in the parking lot northwest
of Deavenport Hall. MSU soccer
will play an exhibition against the
University of Southern Mississippi
and MSU volleyball will play an ex-
hibition against the Mississippi Uni-
versity for Women and an alumni
match, with both events beginning
at 11 a.m.; pig cooking sampling
of the grill will be held at noon in
the parking lot north of the How-
ell Building; the annual Maroon/
White spring football game will be
held at 1 p.m.; and MSU baseball
will play its second game against Al-
abama at 3 p.m. The Cotton District
Arts Festival is set to conclude at 5
p.m. Saturday.
On Sunday, MSU women’s ten-
nis will play LSU at 1 p.m. and MSU
baseball will conclude its series
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the hill.
She also thinks about
the hallways, lined with
lockers, their straight
lines a lesson in perspec-
tive during her art classes
one semester.
“I remember so clearly
sitting in the halls and
drawing them,” Littlejohn
said. “We learned how to
draw them so the lines
made it look like they
were getting smaller.”
Soon, those halls —
lockers still intact — will
be full of residents, rather
than students. Developer
Scott Berry is turning the
old Lee High School build-
ing into The Lofts at Lee,
a 23-apartment property
redevelopment.
“We’re hoping to be
complete by Sept. 1,”
Berry said. “We want to
start leasing then, and I’m
really hoping for it. I don’t
think that’ll be a problem.”
The school building
was built in 1953 and
originally housed white
students during the final
years of segregation in
Columbus, a fact that
earned the property state
landmark status from the
Mississippi Department of
Archives and History last
year. The school later be-
came Lee Middle School
and closed its doors in
2011 after the school
district opened Columbus
Middle School on the
other side of town. Berry
purchased the building
last year and immediately
began renovations.
In addition to apart-
ments, Berry plans to
include a 200-seat restau-
rant, an event venue
where the auditorium
used to be that can hold
1,000 people, and renova-
tions to the old gymnasi-
um (greased pig optional).
Twenty of those apart-
ments will be long-term
rentals, old classrooms
that have been renovated
into two bedroom-two
bathroom lofts and one
bedroom-one bathroom
lofts, Berry said. The
three largest apartments
— the biggest one, where
the Lee library used to
be, is three bedrooms
and roughly 3,500 square
feet — will be short-term
rentals that are meant
to compliment the event
space.
“If people are coming
in for a weekend wedding,
say, and they want to have
the rehearsal and the
wedding, we want them to
say, ‘oh, can we have those
apartments too?’” Berry
said. “They’re designed to
be complimentary.”
Space aside, Berry was
first drawn to the property
because of the memories
it contains. He graduated
from Lee High School in
1971, and, like Littlejohn,
who graduated in 1968, it
brings back a whole host
of fond memories. For that
reason, Berry wanted to
maintain as much of the
original school structure
as possible, so that tenants
would always remember
where the building came
from.
That includes the
commemorative plaque,
a solid brass square that
used to adorn the school’s
lobby right next to the
auditorium entrance. The
plaque showed the school Columbus, said she hopes
building’s year of comple- the building’s history
tion and a list of the school attracts people that want
board members, principal to “put down roots” in
and everyone else that Columbus.
made the building possi- “I’m just as excited as
ble. When Berry realized can be,” she said. “I hope
the plaque was missing people moving here want
— probably taken, he said, to be a part of the city,
during the period of time want to learn about where
when the building stood they moved to and make a
empty — he set about home for themselves.”
trying to find it, or at “Who knows,” Lit-
least, finding someone to tlejohn added. “Maybe
recreate it.
they’ll even want to learn
“Of course I’d like to
the history of Lee High.”
have the old plaque back,”
he said. “But we have a
good photo of it, so there’s
someone who can make
up a lookalike. Sure would
like to have the original,
though.”
Littlejohn likes to think
about all the other original
features the building still
contains, the brick walls
and lockers, even the
doors to the apartments,
which are the same
classroom doors from
the building’s days as a
school. She said she hopes
the memories people
make in those apartments
are just as good as the
ones she and her class-
mates made.
“I’m glad someone had
the foresight to do some-
thing with (the building),”
she said. “For the people
that went here, it’s sacred
ground. I can still drive
there and remember
where I parked. I’d much
rather think of people
cooking, having friends
over, seeing the grand-
kids, than think about it
being torn down.”
Littlejohn’s former
classmate, Gail Cooke of
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SECTION

Different-looking defense taking shape for Bulldogs

By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
The defensive tides are shift-
ing in Starkville.
With the losses of Montez
Sweat and Jeffery Simmons
to the NFL Draft, Mississippi
State will look to its secondary
and linebackers to be the ev-
er-reliable cogs in a unit that
ranked No. 1 in the country in
total defense last season.
“Definitely this team will be
different,” defensive coordina-
tor Bob Shoop said. “The iden-
tity will be different.”
With a secondary that re-
turns senior safety Brian Cole
and junior cornerback Camer-
on Dantzler, Shoop will lean on
his upperclassmen to anchor
the group.
Cole may prove an enigma
for Southeastern Conference
foes this fall.
A one-time receiver at Mich-
igan, he played a season at East
Mississippi Community Col-
lege before arriving at MSU.
Cole was also sidelined with
a shoulder injury for all but five
games in 2018.
Shoop said Tuesday that
Cole will find most of his snaps
in the “star” position — a pseu-
do-linebacker/coverage spot
where he can match up with slot
receivers and running backs on
passing downs while bumping
up toward the line in running
situations.
“He’s got All-SEC talent,”
Spring game
n 1 p.m. saturday, davis wade
stadium
Shoop said. “I love John Abram
and Mark McLaurin and we’re
going to miss them a lot, but
Brian Cole is every bit the ath-
lete those guys are.”
On the outside, Dantzler’s
hype continues to rise.
Cornerbacks coach Terrell
Buckley said earlier this spring
he believes the 6-foot-3 cover
man is the “best corner in the
country.”
Shoop didn’t exactly double
down on Buckley’s sentiments,
but he came close to affirming
that notion.
“I feel the same way about
Cam as I do Bri- is completely bare on the defen-
an,” Shoop said. sive line. Senior Chauncey Riv-
“I think we have ers, redshirt junior Kobe Jones
a chance to be a and junior Marquiss Spencer
really good sec-
will occupy the edges.
ondary.”
Inside, the Bulldogs return
In the middle,
redshirt seniors Lee Autry and
the Bulldogs will
Cole Kendell Jones — who is out the
rely on redshirt
rest of the spring with an upper
junior Erroll
body injury.
Thompson and junior Starkville
But with a group that has
native Willie Gay Jr.
trended toward the back sev-
Thompson, a member of
en from a depth perspective,
the SEC All-Freshman team in
2017, notched 87 tackles and 2 it should be Cole and Dantzler
interceptions in 13 games last who lead this year’s defense.
season. “Obviously, when you lose
Gay was similarly prolific. potential three of the top 40
He finished with 48 tackles, 5 players taken in the draft, it is
sacks and 2 interceptions. what it is,” Shoop said. “As we
This isn’t to say the cupboard talked about before, that’s the
business that we’re in.”

college baseball MSU basketball

swinging for arty

Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch

Teaira McCowan is the high-
est-drafted WNBA player to come
from Mississippi State in 14
years.

Fever takes
McCowan
Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch
New Hope High School grad Wells Davis, a senior at South Alabama, launches a monster two-run homer Wednesday night against
Mississippi State at Dudy Noble Field. It came on a night when Davis was remembering his late grandfather, Arty Lee Davis, also
with No. 3
pick
known as “The Mayor of Dudy Noble.”

New Hope’s Wells Davis hits homer in honor of his late grandfather
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Pasted on the wall in the
right-center gap at Dudy No-
ble Field are three numbers.
To the left is a massive
red “11” commemorating the
11 Southeastern Conference
championships Mississippi
State has won.
On the right is a similar-
ly marked “72” honoring the
72 All-Americans MSU has
boasted in its 134-year history.
In between the 11 and 72 is
a white 380 marker designat-
ing the 380 feet between home
plate and the wall.
For over 30 years, that’s
where Artis “Arty” Lee Davis,
or “The Mayor of Dudy No-
ble,” backed up his trailer.
Wednesday night, Wells Da-
vis, a New Hope High School
alum and first baseman on the
South Alabama baseball team,
visited his grandfather’s old
stomping grounds during a 7-5
MSU victory.
While the result was dis-
heartening, it didn’t matter so
much as the moment. For Da-
vis, it was an ode to Arty.
A Columbus native, Davis’
ties to the area run deep. His
father, Lee, played four years
of football at MSU, while his
mother, Bobbie Pearson, was
on the women’s basketball
team.
Both were in attendance
Wednesday night.
“I always have family and
friends drive four hours to
watch me play so it’s nice for
them to drive 30 minutes and
watch me play,” Davis said.
On the diamond, he had his
chances in the batter’s box.
Davis came to bat with
the bases loaded in the first
Wells Davis warms up with infield practice prior to Wednesday
night’s game at Dudy Noble.
inning. A pop-up to the short-
stop ended that opportunity.
In the third inning he skied
a ball to center field, short of
Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch
the wall. Another out.
A strikeout followed in the
See Davis, 2B
By BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Teaira McCowan’s next chap-
ter has arrived.
The Mississippi State senior
center was taken No. 3 overall by
the Indiana Fever in Wednesday’s
WNBA Draft at the Nike Head-
quarters in New York City.
McCowan averaged 18.4 points
and 13.5 rebounds for the Bull-
dogs this season, helping the team
to its third straight Elite Eight and
Southeastern Conference regu-
lar-season and tournament titles.
Her 31 double-doubles this
season set a program record and
ranked No. 3 in the country.
She’s the highest MSU selec-
tion since Tan White went No. 2 to
the Fever in 2005.
McCowan will join former
MSU star Victoria Vivians, who
was taken at No. 8 by the Fever in
the 2018 Draft. Vivians will miss
the 2019 season with a torn-ACL.
MSU graduate transfer An-
riel Howard was also selected

Foscue, Mangum help Dawgs outslug S. Alabama
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
Justin Foscue hit his 10th home run
of the season and Jake Mangum, already
the Mississippi State hits leader, hit his
66th career double, helping the Dia-
mond Dawgs top South Alabama, 7-5, on
Wednesday night at Dudy Noble Field.
MSU (28-6), ranked fifth nationally,
has won 11 straight mid-week games and
four of its last five overall.
Mangum hit his double in the seventh
inning and scored on a three-run homer
by Tanner Allen to put the Dawgs up, 7-3.
The double moved him into a tie for sec-
ond place on the school’s all-time list for
doubles.
MSU graduate student Cole Gordon
entered in the eighth inning and struck
out four batters, while allowing one hit
and one walk to earn his eighth save of
the season.
Allen had three hits and Foscue add-
ed two. His home run, which came in the
second inning, made his the first MSU
player in two years to reach double fig-
ures in home runs.
“That may have been one of the farther
balls I’ve seen in the ballpark, just in this
small amount of time” MSU coach Chris
Lemonis said of Allen’s blast.
Wednesday night. Howard was
taken in the second round with
the No. 24 overall pick by the de-
fending WNBA champion Seattle
Storm.
Howard averaged 16.4 points
and 8.4 rebounds per game during
her lone season in Starkville.
She finished her career as the
No. 6 active rebounder in the
country with 1,303 total boards.
This is the first time since 2010
two MSU players were drafted in
the same year.
2B Thursday, April 11, 2019
CALENDAR
Prep Baseball
Today’s Games
Starkville High vs. Gordo, Ala., 4:30
p.m.
West Lowndes at Columbus Christian,
5 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Starkville High vs. Murrah, 5 p.m.
Caledonia at Amory, 7 p.m.
New Hope vs. Kosciusko, 7 p.m.
Hebron Christian at Columbus Chris-
tian, 6 p.m.
Prep Softball
Today’s Games
Starkville High at Columbus, 6:30
p.m.
Caledonia at Shannon, 7 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Starkville High vs. West Point, 6 p.m.
New Hope at Amory, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus at Noxapater, 6:30 p.m.
Caledonia at Houston, 7 p.m.
West Lowndes vs. French Camp, 5 p.m.
College Baseball
Friday’s Games
Southern Miss at Florida International,
6 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m.
College Softball
Friday’s Games
Mississippi State at Tennessee, time
TBA
Missouri at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.
Women’s College Golf
Today’s Games
Alabama, Ole Miss at Liz Murphy Colle-
giate (Athens, Georgia)
Friday’s Games
Alabama, Ole Miss at Liz Murphy Colle-
giate (Athens, Georgia)
Men’s College Tennis
Today’s Games
Arkansas at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Ole Miss at LSU, 5 p.m.
Mississippi State at Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
West Alabama at Mississippi University
for Women, time TBA
Women’s College
Tennis
Friday’s Games
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 3 p.m.
LSU at Ole Miss, 3 p.m.
Arkansas at Alabama, 5 p.m.
West Alabama at Mississippi University
for Women, time TBA
College Track and Field
Today’s Games
Alabama, Mississippi State at Crimson
Tide Invitational (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Friday’s Games
Alabama, Mississippi State, Southern
Miss at Crimson Tide Invitational (Tus-
caloosa, Alabama)
Ole Miss hosts Joe Walker Invite
Junior College Baseball
Today’s Games
Itawamba at Northeast (DH), 2 p.m.
Holmes at EMCC (DH), 3 p.m.
Junior College Softball
Friday’s Games
Itawamba at Southwest (DH), 2 p.m.
Pearl River at EMCC (DH), 3 p.m.
on the air
Today
AUTO RACING
8:55 p.m. — Formula One: Chinese
Grand Prix, practice, China, ESPNEWS
12:55 a.m. (Friday) — Formula One:
Chinese Grand Prix, practice, China,
ESPN2
COLLEGE BASEBALL
6 p.m. — Georgia at Tennessee, SEC
6:30 p.m. — South Carolina at Florida,
ESPNU
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)
4 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams
TBD, Semifinal, Buffalo, N.Y., ESPN2
7:30 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Teams
TBD, Semifinal, Buffalo, N.Y., ESPN2
MLB BASEBALL
12 p.m. — LA Dodgers at St. Louis
OR Oakland at Baltimore (12:30 p.m.),
MLB
7 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Chicago OR NY
Mets at Atlanta (7 p.m.), MLB
10 p.m. — Colorado at San Francisco
OR San Diego at Arizona (10 p.m.)
(games joined in progress), MLB
Davis
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sixth.
Then came the eighth inning.
Trailing 7-3, the Jaguars were in
dire need of offense. Enter Davis.
Full count in tow, he cocked back
his left-handed swing.
With a shift from back foot to
front, Davis smoked a two-run
home run down the right field line
to bring the Jaguars within two
runs.
“He (MSU pitcher Riley Self)
back-doored me earlier and struck
me out and right then he went
in with a cutter and I just got my
hands to it,” he said. “It was good
to just be short with a 3-2 count and
get one out.”
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Basketball
Vasquez pitched to 3 batters in the 5th
Angels 4, Brewers 2
Syndergaard pitched to 3 batters in the 8th
Milwaukee Los Angeles HBP_by Vasquez (Nimmo). WP_Diaz.
NBA
Cain cf
ab r h bi ab r h bi
5 0 2 0 K.Clhun rf 4 1 1 0
Umpires_Home, Mike Winters; First, Ryan
Additon; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Mike
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Yelich dh
Braun lf
4 0 2 2 Simmons ss 4 1 1 1
4 0 1 0 Bour 1b 4 0 1 2
Muchlinski.
T_3:15. A_20,946 (41,922).
T.Shaw 3b 0 0 0 0 Pujols dh 3 0 0 0
y-Toronto
W L Pct GB
58 24 .707 — H.Perez pr-2b 3 0 0 0 Goodwin cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2
Mstakas 2b-3b 4 0 1 0 Ward 3b 3 0 1 0
x-Philadelphia 51 31 .622 7
x-Boston 49 33 .598 9 Grandal c 2 0 0 0 Cozart 3b 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Thames 1b 4 0 0 0 L Stlla 2b 3 0 0 0
x-Brooklyn 42 40 .512 16
Gamel rf 2 1 0 0 Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0
Pderson lf 4 1 2 1 M.Crpnt 3b 4 0 1 0
Chrgois p 0 0 0 0 Gldschm 1b 4 1 1 0
New York 17 65 .207 41
Southeast Division Arcia ss
Lucroy c
4 1 1 0 K.Smith c 2 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
Seager ss 4 0 0 0 DeJong ss 4 3 3 1
W L Pct GB J.Trner 3b 4 0 0 0 Ozuna lf 4 2 3 2
y-Orlando 42 40 .512 — Fltcher lf-2b 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 28 4 5 3
Bllnger 1b-rf 4 0 1 0 Molina c 4 1 1 3
Charlotte 39 43 .476 3 Muncy 2b-1b 4 1 1 1 De.Fwlr rf 4 0 1 1
Miami 39 43 .476 3 Milwaukee 001 000 100—2 Verdugo rf 2 0 1 0 Wong 2b 4 0 0 0
Washington 32 50 .390 10 Los Angeles 004 000 00x—4 K.Hrnan ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Bader cf 2 0 0 0
Atlanta 29 53 .354 13 E_Ward (1). DP_Milwaukee 1, Los Angeles 2. C.Tylor cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Flherty p 1 0 0 0
Central Division LOB_Milwaukee 8, Los Angeles 2. 2B_Arcia A.Brnes c 2 0 0 0 T.Webb p 0 0 0 0
W L Pct GB (1), Ward (1). SB_Fletcher (2). CS_H.Perez (1). Maeda p 2 0 0 0 Mayers p 0 0 0 0
z-Milwaukee 60 22 .732 — IP H R ER BB SO Alxnder p 0 0 0 0 J.Mrtin ph 1 0 0 0
x-Indiana 48 34 .585 12 Milwaukee De.Sntn p 0 0 0 0 Brebbia p 0 0 0 0
Woodruff L,1-1 6 4 4 4 1 7 Pollock ph-cf 0 0 0 0 Leone p 0 0 0 0
x-Detroit
Chicago
41 41 .500 19
22 60 .268 38 Guerra 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 32 7 10 7
Barnes 2-3 1 0 0 0 1
Cleveland 19 63 .232 41
WESTERN CONFERENCE Claudio 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles 000 001 100—2
St. Louis 010 103 02x—7
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles
Pena
Barria W,1-0 2
4 3 1 0 2 2
2-3 4 1 1 0 3
DP_St. Louis 1. LOB_Los Angeles 4, St. Louis
3. 2B_Ozuna (2). 3B_DeJong (1). HR_Ped-
y-Houston 53 29 .646 — erson (4), Muncy (4), Ozuna (3), Molina (1).
x-San Antonio 48 34 .585 5 Bedrosian H,2 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 SB_Ozuna (2). S_Flaherty (2).
Memphis 33 49 .402 20 Robles S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO
New Orleans 33 49 .402 20 HBP_by Pena (Shaw), by Pena (Gamel), by Los Angeles
Woodruff (Smith). Maeda L,2-1 5 1-3 7 5 5 1 5
Dallas 33 49 .402 20
Northwest Division Umpires_Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Adam Alexander 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Hamari; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, Todd
W L Pct GB
Tichenor.
Santana
Chargois
1 1 0 0 0 0
1 2 2 2 0 0
y-Denver 54 28 .659 —
T_3:00. A_34,446 (45,050).
x-Portland 53 29 .646 1 St. Louis
Flaherty W,1-0 6 3 1 1 0 8
x-Utah 50 32 .610 4
x-Oklahoma City 49 33 .598 5 Mariners 6, Royals 5 Webb 1-3 1 1 1 0 0
Minnesota 36 46 .439 18 Seattle Kansas City Mayers H,1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2
Pacific Division ab r h bi ab r h bi Brebbia H,2 1 0 0 0 1 0
W L Pct GB M.Smith cf 4 1 2 2 Mrrfeld rf 4 0 1 1 Leone 1 1 0 0 0 1
z-Golden State 57 25 .695 — Haniger rf 4 2 1 1 B.Hmltn cf 4 0 0 0 HBP_by Flaherty (Barnes).
x-L.A. Clippers 48 34 .585 9 Bruce lf 1 1 1 0 Mondesi ss 4 1 2 0 Umpires_Home, Chris Conroy; First, Bill Miller;
Sacramento 39 43 .476 18 Do.Sntn ph-lf 3 0 1 0 Soler dh 4 1 2 2 Second, Jansen Visconti; Third, Doug Eddings.
Encrnco 1b 4 0 2 2 Schwndl 1b 3 0 0 0
L.A. Lakers 37 45 .451 20 T_2:52. A_36,244 (45,538).
Phoenix 19 63 .232 38 Vglbach dh 4 0 0 1 O’Hearn ph-1b 0 0 0 0
x-clinched playoff spot T.Bckhm ss 4 0 1 0 Owings 2b 4 1 1 0 Nationals 15, Phillies 1
y-clinched division Narvaez c 3 1 1 0 H.Dzier 3b 4 1 1 1
Healy 3b 4 1 1 0 Gllgher c 4 0 0 0
Washington Philadelphia
z-clinched conference ab r h bi ab r h bi
Wednesday’s Games D.Grdon 2b 4 0 1 0 Gore lf 4 1 3 1 Eaton rf 4 3 3 2 McCtchn lf 1 0 0 0
Brooklyn 113, Miami 94 Totals 35 6 11 6 Totals 35 5 10 5 Sipp p 0 0 0 0 Kingery lf 0 0 0 0
Detroit 115, New York 89 Seattle 102 200 001—6 Suero p 1 0 0 0 Segura ss 4 0 0 0
Indiana 135, Atlanta 134 Kansas City 111 000 200—5 Rsnthal p 0 0 0 0 B.Hrper rf 2 0 0 0
Memphis 132, Golden State 117 E_Do.Santana (3). DP_Kansas City 1. B.Dzier 2b 6 3 3 0 N.Wllms rf 1 0 0 0
Oklahoma City 127, Milwaukee 116 LOB_Seattle 8, Kansas City 7. 2B_Bruce (2), Rendon 3b 4 2 2 3 Hoskins 1b 3 1 0 0
Orlando 122, Charlotte 114 Owings (2), Gore (1). 3B_Gore (1). HR_Hani- Kndrick ph-3b 2 2 2 1 Ralmuto c 3 0 0 0
Philadelphia 125, Chicago 109 ger (3), Soler (2), H.Dozier (2). SB_M.Smith Soto lf 4 0 1 1 Knapp c 1 0 0 0
San Antonio 105, Dallas 94 (5), T.Beckham (1), Merrifield (4), Mondesi 2 M.Adams 1b 5 0 2 4 O.Hrrra cf 3 0 1 0
Denver 99, Minnesota 95
L.A. Clippers 143, Utah 137, OT
Portland 136, Sacramento 131
(3), Gore 2 (3). CS_Merrifield (2), Mondesi (1).
SF_Encarnacion (1), Vogelbach (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Gomes c
Difo ss
Hllcksn p
6 0 2 2 C.Hrnan 2b 3 0 2 0
4 1 0 0 Franco 3b 3 0 0 1
2 2 1 0 Pivetta p 1 0 0 0
Seattle M.Tylor ph-cf 1 1 0 0 Nicasio p 1 0 0 0
Baseball Kikuchi 6 5 3 3 1 3
Festa BS,1 2-3 3 2 2 0 0
Rosscup 2-3 1 0 0 0 0
V.Rbles cf-rf 5 1 1 1 E.Ramos p 0 0 0 0
J.Alvrz p 0 0 0 0
Altherr ph-p 2 0 0 0
American League Glance Swarzak W,1-0 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 44 15 17 14 Totals 28 1 3 1
All Times EDT Elias S,2-2 1 1 0 0 2 0
East Division Kansas City
Washington
Philadelphia
300 420 501—15
000 000 001—1
Tampa Bay
Baltimore
W L Pct GB
10 3 .769 —
5 7 .417 4½
Fillmyer
Barlow
Kennedy
3 6 5 5 2 2
2 1 0 0 0 1
2 1 0 0 0 2
E_Segura (3), Hoskins (2). DP_Washington 2,
Philadelphia 1. LOB_Washington 9, Philadel-
phia 8. 2B_Rendon (7), Kendrick (1), M.Adams
New York 5 7 .417 4½ Diekman 1 0 0 0 1 2 (1). 3B_V.Robles (1). SF_M.Adams (1).
Toronto 4 8 .333 5½ Boxberger L,0-2 1 3 1 1 0 1 IP H R ER BB SO
Boston 3 9 .250 6½ Fillmyer pitched to 3 batters in the 4th Washington
Central Division HBP_by Fillmyer (Smith). WP_Fillmyer. Hellickson W,1-0 6 3 0 0 4 6
W L Pct GB Umpires_Home, Ramon De Jesus; First, Mar- Sipp 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit 8 4 .667 — vin Hudson; Second, Quinn Wolcott; Third,
Cleveland 7 4 .636 ½ Gary Cederstrom.
Suero
Rosenthal
1 2-3 0 0 0 0 3
1 0 1 1 3 1
T_3:17. A_12,775 (37,903).
Minnesota
Chicago
6 4 .600 1
3 8 .273 4½
Philadelphia
Pivetta L,1-1 3 2-3 7 7 7 3 6
Kansas City 2 9 .182 5½ Pirates 5, Cubs 2 Nicasio 2 4 2 2 1 1
West Division Pittsburgh Chicago Ramos 2-3 2 4 3 2 1
Seattle
W L Pct GB
12 2 .857 —
ab r h bi ab r h bi
A.Frzer 2b 4 0 0 0 Dscalso 2b 4 0 0 0
Alvarez 1 2-3 2 1 0 0 1
HBP_by Suero (Kingery). WP_Hellickson,
Houston 8 5 .615 3½ S.Marte cf 5 2 2 2 Bote ph 1 0 0 0
Los Angeles 7 6 .538 4½ Crvelli c-1b 4 2 2 1 Bryant 3b 3 1 1 0
Ramos 2.
Umpires_Home, Stu Scheuwater; First, Mark
Bell 1b 4 0 2 1 Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0
Oakland
Texas
8 8 .500 5
6 6 .500 5 F.Vazqz p 0 0 0 0 J.Baez ss 4 0 1 1
Wegner; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Alan
Porter.
Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland 8, Detroit 2
Me.Cbrr rf 3 0 0 0 Schwrbr lf 4 0 0 0
Shuck rf 0 0 0 0 Cntrras c 3 0 0 0
T_3:35. A_30,805 (43,647).
Toronto 7, Boston 5
Tampa Bay 10, Chicago White Sox 5
Oakland 13, Baltimore 2
Moran 3b
J.Mrtin lf
2 0 0 0 Heyward rf 4 1 3 1
Kang ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Almr Jr cf 4 0 1 0
4 0 1 0 Darvish p 2 0 0 0
Transactions
Minnesota 14, N.Y. Mets 8 Gnzalez ss 4 0 2 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 Wednesday’s Moves
Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Lyles p 1 1 0 0 Webster p 0 0 0 0 BASEBALL
Seattle 6, Kansas City 3 P.Reyes ph 1 0 0 0 Zobrist ph 1 0 0 0 American League
Arizona 5, Texas 4 Ri.Rdri p 0 0 0 0 Chtwood p 0 0 0 0 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Josh
L.A. Angels 11, Milwaukee 8 Kela p 0 0 0 0 Collins p 0 0 0 0 Rogers to Norfolk (IL). Returned Rule 5 INF
Wednesday’s Games Stllngs c 1 0 0 0 Zagunis ph 1 0 0 0 Drew Jackson to the L.A. Dodgers.
Detroit 4, Cleveland 1 Totals 35 5 9 4 Totals 34 2 6 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP Caleb
Tampa Bay 9, Chicago White Sox 1
Oakland 10, Baltimore 3
Pittsburgh
Chicago
102 002 000—5
000 010 010—2
Frare to Charlotte (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned LHP Tim
N.Y. Mets 9, Minnesota 6
Houston 8, N.Y. Yankees 6
E_Schwarber (1), Ryan (1), A.Frazier (2),
Cervelli (1). DP_Chicago 1. LOB_Pittsburgh
Hill and RHP Kevin McCarthy to Omaha (PCL).
Recalled RHP Heath Fillmyer from Omaha.
Seattle 6, Kansas City 5
Texas 5, Arizona 2
6, Chicago 8. 2B_J.Baez (1). HR_S.Marte
(1), Cervelli (1), Heyward (4). SB_S.Marte (3),
Selected the contract of LHP Richard Lovela-
dy from Omaha. Returned RHP Chris Ellis to
L.A. Angels 4, Milwaukee 2 J.Martin (2), Bryant (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis.
Thursday’s Games LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP Jai-
Oakland (Brooks 1-1) at Baltimore (Bundy 0-0), Pittsburgh me Barria from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned RHP
12:35 p.m. Lyles W,1-0 6 3 1 1 1 10 Luke Bard to Salt Lake.
Cleveland (Bieber 0-0) at Detroit (Turnbull 0-1), Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 1 1 MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Chase
1:10 p.m. Kela 1-3 2 1 1 1 0 De Jong to Rochester (IL). Recalled LHP An-
Seattle (Leake 2-0) at Kansas City (Lopez 0-1), Vazquez S,3-3 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 4 drew Vasquez from Rochester.
1:15 p.m. Chicago NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP
Toronto (Sanchez 1-1) at Boston (Eovaldi 0-0),
7:10 p.m.
Darvish L,0-2 5
Ryan
1-3 5 5 4 0 4
2-3 1 0 0 0 1
Jonathan Loaisiga to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
(IL). Recalled RHP Joe Harvey from Scranton/
Friday’s Games Webster 1 1 0 0 0 1 Wilkes-Barre.
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-1) at Chicago Cubs Chatwood 1 1 0 0 1 1 National League
(Hamels 1-0), 2:20 p.m. Collins 1 1 0 0 1 0 CHICAGO CUBS — Placed LHP Jon Lester
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees HBP_by Darvish (Lyles). WP_Webster. on 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Timj Collins from
(Happ 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Umpires_Home, Manny Gonzalez; First, Mike Iowa (PCL).
Tampa Bay (Stanek 0-0) at Toronto (Thornton Estabrook; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Bruce LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled C
0-0), 7:07 p.m. Dreckman. Rocky Gale from Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed
Baltimore (Hess 1-1) at Boston (Rodriguez 0-2), T_3:10. A_32,798 (41,649). C Russell Martin on the 10-day IL.
7:10 p.m. NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHP Tim Pe-
Oakland (Fiers 2-1) at Texas (Smyly 0-1), 8:05
p.m.
Astros 8, Yankees 6 terson to Syracuse (IL). Recalled RHP Corey
Oswalt from Syracuse.
New York Houston
Detroit (Norris 0-0) at Minnesota (Pineda 1-0), ab r h bi ab r h bi ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms
8:10 p.m. Gardner cf 5 1 1 1 Sprnger rf 5 0 1 1 with INF Matt Carpenter on a two-year contract
Cleveland (Carrasco 1-1) at Kansas City (Keller
1-1), 8:15 p.m.
Judge rf
Voit dh
4 1 1 0 Altuve 2b
5 1 1 2 Brntley lf
4 2 2 2
4 2 2 0
for 2020-21.
American Association
Houston (Miley 1-1) at Seattle (LeBlanc 2-0),
10:10 p.m.
Torres ss
G.Bird 1b
5 2 2 0 Correa ss 4 2 3 3
2 1 1 0 Gurriel 3b 4 0 1 1
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released
RHP Brad Schaenzer.
LMahieu 3b-2b 3 0 3 2 White dh 4 0 1 0 MILWAUKEE MILKMEN — Traded LHP Jared
NationalAllLeague Glance C.Frzer lf 3 0 0 1 A.Diaz 1b 4 1 2 0 Koenig to Lake Erie (Frontier) for a player to
Times EDT Romine c 4 0 0 0 Stassi c 4 0 1 0 be named.
East Division Wade 2b 3 0 1 0 Mrsnick cf 3 1 3 1 SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed RHPs
Tyler Fallwell and Eric Karch.
Atlanta
W L Pct GB
7 4 .636 —
G.Sanch ph 1 0 0 0
Urshela 3b 0 0 0 0 TEXAS AIRHOGS — Signed RHP Travis
New York 7 4
Philadelphia 7 4 .636 —
.636 — Totals
New York
Houston
35 6 10 6 Totals
100 100 040—6
201 040 01x—8
36 8 16 8 Ballew.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed INF Domi-
nic Ficociello and RHP Parker French.
Washington 6 5 .545 1
Miami 3 9 .250 4½ E_Torres (1). DP_New York 3. LOB_New York Atlantic League
Central Division 7, Houston 9. 2B_Torres (4), LeMahieu (5), Cor- LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed LHP Jon
W L Pct GB rea (4), Marisnick (1). 3B_Gurriel (1). HR_Gard- Niese.
Milwaukee 8 5 .615 — ner (2), Voit (4), Altuve 2 (5), Correa (2). SB_ Frontier League
Pittsburgh 6 4 .600 ½ Springer (2). SF_LeMahieu (1), C.Frazier (2). LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Received LHP Jar-
St. Louis 7 5 .583 ½ IP H R ER BB SO ed Koenig from the Milwaukee Milkmen of the
Chicago
Cincinnati
3 8 .273 4
3 8 .273 4
West Division
New York
Paxton L,1-2 4 8 5 5 3 5
Kahnle 2-3 4 2 2 0 0
American Association. Signed 1B Jake Vieth.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed OF
Brett Siddal.
Los Angeles
San Diego
W L Pct GB
8 5
8 5
.615 —
.615 —
Harvey
Tarpley
Britton
2 1 0 0 1 3
1-3 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 1 1 1 1
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Announced the
Arizona 6 6 .500 1½ Houston resignation of president of basketball opera-
San Francisco 4 9 .308 4 McHugh W,2-1 6 4 2 2 1 9 tions Magic Johnson.
Colorado 3 9 .250 4½ Devenski
James
1 2 0 0 0 1
0 2 4 4 2 0
FOOTBALL
National Football League
Tuesday’s Games
Cincinnati 14, Miami 0 Rondon H,2 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Eli Harold to a
Washington 10, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings Pressly S,1-1 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 3 one-year contract.
Paxton pitched to 2 batters in the 5th CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed G Alex
Minnesota 14, N.Y. Mets 8
St. Louis 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 James pitched to 4 batters in the 8th Redmond to a one-year contract.
Atlanta 7, Colorado 1 Umpires_Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Dan MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DB Jordan
Arizona 5, Texas 4 Bellino; Second, Dave Rackley; Third, Larry Martin and LB Greer Martini.
San Francisco 7, San Diego 2 Vanover. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed K
L.A. Angels 11, Milwaukee 8 T_3:30. A_27,685 (41,168). Stephen Gostkowski. Signed TE Austin Sefe-
Wednesday’s Games rian-Jenkins.
Atlanta at Colorado, ppd.
San Diego 3, San Francisco 1
Mets 9, Twins 6 NEW YORK JETS — Signed QB Brandon
Silvers.
Minnesota New York
Cincinnati 2, Miami 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi OAKLAND RAIDERS — Re-signed RB Jalen
Washington 15, Philadelphia 1 Kepler rf 4 0 2 1 Nimmo cf 3 2 1 1 Richard.
N.Y. Mets 9, Minnesota 6 J.Plnco ss 3 0 0 0 Do.Smth 1b 1 0 0 0 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed DB
St. Louis 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 Astdllo 3b 4 0 0 0 P.Alnso 1b 2 1 0 1 Orion Stewart.
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 2 E.Rsrio lf 4 0 0 0 Broxton pr-cf-lf 1 1 0 0 HOCKEY
Texas 5, Arizona 2 C.Cron 1b 4 0 0 0 Cano 2b 2 1 0 1 American Hockey League
L.A. Angels 4, Milwaukee 2 Garver c 4 2 2 1 Gllorme pr-2b 1 1 0 0 BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Recalled
Fs Ryan Hitchcock and Yanick Turcotte, D Mike
Thursday’s Games Schoop 2b 4 2 3 1 Cnforto rf 3 0 1 3
Miami (Lopez 1-1) at Cincinnati (Gray 0-2),
12:35 p.m.
Buxton cf
Odrizzi p
4 1 1 1 W.Ramos c 4 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 McNeil lf-3b 4 0 2 1
Cornell and David Quenneville and G Mitch Gil-
lam from Worcester (ECHL).
HERSHEY BEARS — Signed F Chris McCar-
L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 1-0) at St. Louis (Wacha
0-0), 1:15 p.m.
Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 A.Rsrio ss 2 1 0 0
Hldnbrg p 0 0 0 0 J..Dvis 3b 3 1 0 0 thy to a professional tryout.
N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-0) at Atlanta (Gausman 1-0), Ma.Gnzl ph 1 0 0 0 Ed.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed D Adam
7:20 p.m. M.Perez p 0 0 0 0 Syndrgr p 1 1 0 0 Smith to a two-year contract.
Pittsburgh (Musgrove 1-0) at Chicago Cubs Cave ph 1 1 1 1 Familia p 0 0 0 0 SOCCER
(Quintana 0-1), 8:05 p.m. May p 0 0 0 0 Lagares ph-cf 0 0 0 0 USL Championship
San Diego (Avila 0-0) at Arizona (Godley 1-1), Adranza ph 1 0 0 0 USL — Suspended North Carolina M Austin da
9:40 p.m. Totals 34 6 9 5 Totals 27 9 5 9 Luz, Bethlehem D Matt Real, Fresno M Seth
Colorado (Gray 0-2) at San Francisco (Sa- Minnesota 001 000 041—6 Moses and Austin F Kleber one game.
mardzija 0-0), 9:45 p.m. New York 000 060 30x—9 COLLEGE
Friday’s Games DP_New York 1. LOB_Minnesota 3, New York ALABAMA — Retained assistant men’s bas-
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-1) at Chicago Cubs 6. 2B_Kepler (1), Schoop (2). 3B_Buxton (1). ketball coach Antoine Pettway. Named Bryan
(Hamels 1-0), 2:20 p.m. HR_Garver (3). SB_Lagares (2). S_Odorizzi Hodgson and Charlie Henry assistant men’s
Pittsburgh (Williams 1-0) at Washington (1), Syndergaard (1). basketball coaches, Mike Snowden men’s
(Corbin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO basketball strength and conditioning coach
Philadelphia (Arrieta 1-1) at Miami (Alcantara Minnesota and Adam Bauman director of men’s basketball
operations.
1-0), 7:10 p.m. Odorizzi L,0-2 4 2-3 1 3 3 4 3
N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-1) at Atlanta (Newcomb
0-0), 7:20 p.m.
Vasquez 0 0 3 3 2 0
Hildenberger 1-3 1 0 0 1 1
ARIZONA STATE — Freshman G Luguentz
Dort will enter the NBA draft.
BELMONT — Named Casey Alexander men’s
San Diego (Paddack 0-0) at Arizona (Weaver
0-0), 9:40 p.m.
Perez
May
2 3 3 3 2 4
1 0 0 0 1 2 basketball coach.
Milwaukee (Burnes 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias New York BYU — Named Mark Pope men’s basketball
0-0), 10:10 p.m. Syndergaard W,1-1 7 5 4 4 0 7 coach.
Colorado (Bettis 0-2) at San Francisco (Pomer- Familia 1 2 1 1 1 0 DUKE — Freshman G RJ Barrett declared for
anz 0-1), 10:15 p.m. Diaz 1 2 1 1 0 3 the NBA draft.
The homer was encouraging, modern day stadium seating.
sure. Davis will be the first to tell And while his spot is no more,
you he has struggled at the plate The Mayor of Dudy Noble lived on
this season — his .207 batting aver- Wednesday night.
age is evidence of that. Between the lines, Wells carried
But relief was far from the only on his legacy. In the stands, the
feeling he described. honor belonged to Arty’s wife, Pa-
As Davis watched the ball soar tricia.
into the Starkville night, his skin Looking on as her grandson
started to crawl. Chills. belted one last long ball under the
“I felt him with me,” Davis said of luminescent glow of stadium lights,
his late grandfather. “I wish he was Patricia Davis sat in a familiar spot
here, but I know he’s here with me — just above the 380 sign in right
and it’s just really special.” center.
It’s been nearly five months “Once I got out there in the field
since Arty Davis passed away. I could see her wearing her red Jags
The grassy patch where his trail- shirt,” Wells Davis said. “And it just
er used to sit has been converted to put a smile on my face.”
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, April 11, 2019 3B

college roundup

MSU smashes records in 15-3 softball victory against Memphis

FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
Three program records were
shattered Wednesday night
at Nusz Park as Mississippi
State’s softball team took down
Memphis, 15-3, in five innings.
MSU set a single-game re-
cord, slugging five home runs.
Fa Leilua went 2-for-4 at the
plate, slugging her 19th home
run of the season to break
State’s junior home run record.
Sophomore Mia Davidson went
2-for-4 with 5 RBIs as she went
yard twice to break her own
school single-season record
with her 19th and 20th home
runs of the season.
Sophomore Emily Williams
(8-4) earned the victory in the
circle as she tossed three in-
nings and allowed three runs
off one hits and four walks,
while striking out two. Fresh-
man Grace Fagan tossed the
final two innings, giving up just
three walks and striking out
two.
Down 1-0, every Bulldog in
the batting order reached base
in the bottom of the first in-
ning. Senior Emily Heimberg-
er opened the inning with a
lead-off walk before Mia David-
son homered to straight-away
center. After a Leilua single
through the left side, senior Kat
Moore extended the MSU lead
to 4-1 with a home run to center.
The Bulldogs then loaded
the bases with a hit by pitch
and two walks before redshirt
sophomore Montana Davidson
drove in a run with a single to
left field. Bevia Robins pushed
the lead to 6-1 with a bases-load-
ed walk.
In her second plate appear-
ance in the inning, Heimberg-
er singled to left field to bring
home two runs before a bobble
behind the plate allowed Robin-
son to score on the plate. Mia
Davidson plated the final run of
the inning with an RBI ground-
out to third base.
The Bulldogs slugged two
more home runs in the bottom
of the third, kicked off with a
Leilua solo shot to left center.
After a Moore bunt single, se-
nior Taylor Kelly slugged the
first home run of her Bulldog
career with a pinch-hit bomb to
left field.
With Bevia Robinson on base
after a bunt single to third, Mia
Davidson made history once
more with her second home
run of the night and the 20th of
her career to break her own sin-
gle-season record.
W SWEEPS TALLADE-
GA: The W softball team swept
Talladega College, 9-3 and 15-
1, in a doubleheader played in
Moody, Alabama.
Heidi Matthews led the Owls
(21-8) with a six-hit day, getting
three hits in each game.
Bailee Watts and Anna Lloyd
each drove in three runs in the
opening game for the Owls.
In the second game, as the
Owls offense cranked up, fresh-
man right-hander Donna Doug-
las won her second game of the
season, allowing just one hit in
three innings.
Lloyd had another three hits
in Game 2. She drove in six
runs over the two games.
The Owls travel to Marion,
Alabama, on Saturday to take
on Judson College. First pitch is
scheduled for 1 p.m.
MANGUM, SMALL ON
GOLDEN SPIKES LIST: Jake
Mangum, a senior, and redshirt
junior pitcher Ethan Small
have been named to the Gold-
en Spikes Award Midseason
Watchlist. Mangum was also
named a finalist for the Senior
CLASS Award.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: DEAR its causes and why some men
My mother CLEARED OUT: feel the compulsion to do it. If
moved in Your mother may after that you are still grossed
with my sister in be having some out and unable to understand
California around memory glitches, why your husband needs to do
1993. After 20 or may regret this, it may be time to schedule
years, I asked giving up her in- some marriage counseling to
her what she dependence and see if your marriage can be
wanted to do with the items that saved.
her storage unit, symbolize it. Do DEAR ABBY: It won’t be long
which was still not be defensive. before Easter is here. Please
in Arizona. Long Tell her that when remind your readers to NEVER
ZITS story short, she she has a place give live animals as holiday
said: “Clear it of her own “in the gifts. There are adorable plush
out. I don’t even future,” you will toy animals available that can
know what’s in gladly return any be held tightly and snuggled
there. Take what- items she needs. safely — for all concerned. — A
ever you want,
Dear Abby Do not let this de- MOM IN EVANSTON, ILL.
keep the pictures generate into an DEAR MOM: Thanks for the
and give the rest to Goodwill.” argument. She has been living timely reminder to parents and
My sisters have the same rec- with your sister — and now you grandparents. Children should
ollection. Over the next three — over the last 26 years for not be gifted with pets until
or four years, my sisters and I a reason. Some seniors move they are old enough — and re-
proceeded to do so. in with their children because sponsible enough — to care for
Mom has moved in with me they are medically or financially them. Adorable chicks and baby
now, at 80 years old, and says unable to manage on their own. bunnies have been squeezed or
she may be moving out into her DEAR ABBY: My husband neglected to death because the
GARFIELD own place in the future. The likes to wear my underwear, children had no concept of how
items I use in my household are and it grosses me out. He they should be treated. And
starting to disappear. She says knows I don’t approve and even when the children ARE old
she’s reclaiming them. I told promises he won’t do it again, enough, the parents should first
her they are things I use and but he does. I can’t even stand agree that the little creature is
that she gave them to us years to look at him. What should I welcome.
ago. Who is correct? Should do? — DISTURBED IN TEXAS Dear Abby is written by
I keep the items as mine? Or DEAR DISTURBED: The Abigail Van Buren, also known
should my mother be able to first thing to do would be to as Jeanne Phillips, and was
take them back after specifi- understand that not every founded by her mother, Pauline
cally giving them up, since they woman who is married to a Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
have been integrated into our cross-dresser feels as strongly at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
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CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
11). As you keep honing a
talent, it changes in interesting
ways. You could fill a niche with
this, but more likely you’ll create
your own niche. Either way, it’s
eventually quite lucrative. You’ll
be gaining very attractive layers
of sophistication in 2020 as you
continually put yourself in novel
and challenging situations.
Scorpio and Virgo adore you.
BABY BLUES Your lucky numbers are: 8, 2,
18, 44 and 20.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). The street traffic lights
come in three colors, but the
traffic lights of life are far more
nuanced and open to interpre-
tation. Right now you’ve a good
idea about when to go; you’re
not as keenly aware of when to
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
slow down or stop.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Your impulses are toward
personal expression and taste.
This isn’t ego. Rather, it has to
do with your uniqueness. Follow
through. “Art, like morality, con-
sists of drawing the line some-
where,” said G.K. Chesterton
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Where’s the inspiration? It feels
like you’ve seen and heard all
of this before, and maybe you
have. Travel is the answer and
will have untold benefits. Put
something on the books.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Got scars? Then you have
stories. You’re more fun at
parties, more interesting in life.
The internal scars are the most
useful kind, and the emotional
strength you’ve gained from
experience will serve you well
today.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What
would life be like if affinity were
doled out in equal measure, if
love were always reciprocal and
attractions always mutual? Not
as lively as today will be, that’s
for sure. The inequities of love
make for a chase.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
To complete the task, you need
other people. Accountability
will make all of the difference.
Go public, because when you
tell people what you want to
do, you’ll feel pressure to get
it done.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ll cultivate friendly relations
with all. It’s as much about
staying out of the gossip circles
as it is about building rapport.
The good vibes you generate will
serve you in both the short term
and long term.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Anything that creates a
union of forces is worth doing.
So even if the project doesn’t
work out as expected or the
outcome is less than you were
going for, the journey that
brings people together is always
worthwhile.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The need for groups to
identify themselves and set
themselves apart is primal. One
way to do this is to bewilder
outsiders. Words can do this.
Today, those who are in will
know the language.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Suit up for battle. This is
not a hostile confrontation. It’s
a situation where showing up
strong will put you and yours in
a powerful position. You’ll be
armed with erudition -- a practi-
cal though expert knowledge.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You want to hang out with
people you like, but unless they
are your nearest and dearest
with whom you have history, you
also need there to be a point to
the interaction.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). This road to fulfilling your
potential isn’t a straightforward
thoroughfare. It’s a path that
winds, climbs and dips in such a
way that you can’t see the des-
tination. Have faith. It’s there,
and it’s a beautiful place.

Long time no see

SOLUTION:
4B Thursday, April 11, 2019
Business
Safety agency sets $159,000 fine after
Mississippi worker loses 4 fingers
OSHA also citing Heritage Plastics’ plant for failing
to train employees or install machine guards
The Associated Press
PICAYUNE — A federal work-
place safety agency is fining a south
Mississippi plastics manufacturer
after an employee lost four fingers.
The U.S. Occupational Safety
and Health Administration said
Wednesday that it’s citing Heritage
Trump signs orders making it harder to block pipelines
The Associated Press
CROSBY, Texas —
President Donald Trump’s
support for shifting
more power to states on
Wednesday faded next to
his affinity for oil and gas
production, as he aimed to
make it harder for states
to block pipelines and oth-
er energy projects due to
Building permits
City of Columbus
March 21-28, 2019
■ Wythe Rhett; 2215 Hwy. 45
N.; Exterior/exit door; Same
■ Phillip & Ruth Moses; 105
Shelton St.; Reroof; Kinard
Roofing, LLC
■ Robert Nash; 206 Shelton
St.; Repair carport (storm
damage); J. G. Construction,
LLC
■ Joe Porter; 1611 Shepherd
Road; Repairs (storm damage)
Jacob Crawley
■ 50’s Properties, LLC; 425
Tuscaloosa Road; Repair car-
port roof; Wythe Rhett
■ Major Andrews IV; 1214B
Moss St.; Repairs (storm dam-
age); Major Andrews III
■ Turner & Turner, LLC; 1221
Moss St.; Reroof; T Miller’s
Roofing
■ Columbus Orthopaedic Clin-
ic; 640 Leigh Dr.; Renovate
surgery center; Brasfield &
Gorrie
■ Jennifer Childs, Agent; 8th
St., 9th St. & 10 St. N.; Bore
fiber optic cables; Telepak
Networks Inc.
■ Three L Properties, LLC;
923 4th Ave. N.; Reroof; Henry
Miller Roofing, LLC
■ Love’s Travel Stops; 525
Tuscaloosa Road; Replace
pole sign and foundation; Hillis
Outdoor Specialist
■ Columbus-Lowndes River-
walk; 50 W. Main St.; Banner;
Golden Triangle Tennis
■ Tarvars Davis Sr.; 228
Florence St.; Reroof; Excellent
Roofing
■ Walter Brooks Jr.; 323 12th
St. N.; Restore exterior (storm
damage); Excellent Roofing
■ Lee-Sykes Funeral Home
LLC; 422 12th St. N.; Demol-
ish garage; Same
■ Hope Community Church;
401 Main St.; Remodel, Phase
3; Burks-Mordecai Builders
■ Jeremy Reaves; 503 18th
Plastics for violations at its Pica-
yune plant.
The agency says an employee
lost four fingers while removing
material from a mixing machine
when the machine unexpectedly
started. That violated rules calling
for equipment to be locked in an
environmental concerns.
At the urging of busi-
ness groups, Trump
signed two executive or-
ders designed to speed up
oil and gas pipeline proj-
ects. The action came af-
ter officials in Washington
state and New York used
the permitting process to
stop new energy projects
in recent years, prompting
Ave. N.; Sign; Lang Signs Inc.
■ Carol Poindexter; 2019
Strawberry St.; Storage Build-
ing; Same
■ Wesley Platt & Kathy Mill-
wood; 721 3rd St. S.; Reroof;
Jason Henderson
■ Joseph Edinburgh Jr.; 715
8th St. S.; Demolish dwelling;
Columbus Public Works
■ Columbus Colony, LTD; 301
Bishop Cir., Apts. 9 & 10;
Electrical (fire repairs); George
Beavers
■ Joe Porter; 1611 Shepherd
Road; Electrical (storm dam-
age); Same
■ Lawrence Wilson; 1312
6th Ave. N.; Electrical (storm
damage); Vertis Lee
■ Davey Hill; 2502 Magnolia
Cir.; Electrical; Jimmy Chism
■ Rimpal Patel; 510 Hwy. 45
N.; Electrical; Jimmy Chism
■ Jo Anna Lanier; 2409 3rd
Ave. S.; Electrical (storm dam-
age); Same
■ Henry Miller; 1021 Moss
St.; Electrical (storm damage);
Jimmy Chism
■ Ethel Hatton; 204 Gaylane
Dr.; Electrical; Paul Livingston
■ Janet Morris; 804 Warpath
Road; Electrical (fire repairs);
Vertis Lee
■ Heather Deckley & Daniel
McClesky; 207 Jones Cir.;
Electrical (storm damage);
Same
■ Robert Ivy; 324 3rd St. S.;
Mechanical; Mickey Brislin
■ Columbus Orthopaedic Clin-
ic; 640 Leigh Dr.; Mechanical;
J. L. Roberts
■ Columbus Colony LTD; 301
Bishop Cir., Apts. 9 & 10;
Mechanical; John Rowe
■ Jerry Wrench; 320 12th Ave.
S.; Plumbing; Harold Pounders
■ Oak Manor Community LLC;
901 11th St. S., Apt. O3;
Plumbing; Harold Pounders
■ Leslie Smith; 2814 14th
Ave. N.; Plumbing; Leon Tabor
■ Swoope Real Estate; 622
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Settlement talks fail
in soybean seed lawsuit
off position when employees reach
inside. The agency also cites Heri-
Suit alleges seed company
tage Plastics for failing to train em- purposely sold faulty seeds
ployees or install machine guards.
An investigation began in Novem- to black farmers in Mississippi
ber.
OSHA proposes a $159,000 fine. The Associated Press
The company has 15 business days
to pay or appeal. Fines are often MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lawyers have failed to
reduced through informal confer- reach a settlement in a federal lawsuit claiming
ences to local directors or appeals a soybean seed company purposely sold faulty
to the Occupational Safety and seeds to black farmers in Mississippi.
Health Review Commission. A court filing by attorneys for Stine Seed Co.
says mediation talks did not lead to an agreement
to settle the suit. U.S. District Judge John Fowl-
kes had set a Friday mediation deadline.
The suit alleges Stine conspired with a seed
salesman to sell defective seeds to the soybean
farmers because they are black. The suit claims
the good seeds the farmers thought they had
bought from Stine were replaced by inferior
complaints from Republi- The Trump adminis- seeds before delivery.
can members of Congress tration insisted it was not Adel, Iowa-based Stine says discrimination
and the fossil fuel indus- trying to take power away and fraud allegations are baseless and irrespon-
try. from the states but, rather, sible.
“Too often badly need- trying to make sure that Fowlkes has not ruled on a motion to dismiss the
ed energy infrastructure state actions follow the lawsuit.
is being held back by intent of the Clean Water A court date has not been set.
special interest groups, Act.
entrenched bureaucra-
cies and radical activists,”
Trump complained before
signing the orders.
16th St. N.; Plumbing; Jeff
Swedenburg
■ McCarty Realty; 1202 Ash
St.; Plumbing; Harold Pounders
■ Ethel Hatton; 204 Gaylane
Dr.; Plumbing; Harold Pounders
■ Columbus Orthopaedic Clin-
ic; 640 Leigh Dr.; Plumbing; J.
L. Roberts
Lowndes County
April 10, 2019
■ Kourtney Hudgens; Mike
Parra Road; Set up mobile
home; Andy Williamson
■ Kourtney Hudgens; Mike Par-
ra Road; Move mobile home;
Crowe Transportation
■ Nathan Sprouse; 695 Quail
Ridge Rd.; Set up mobile
home; Andy Williamson
■ Nathan Sprouse; 695 Quail
Ridge Rd.; Move mobile home;
Casey Cooper
■ Andre Stewart; 443 Winston
Rd.; Set up mobile home;
Easley Ref & Electric
■ Andre Stewart; 443 Winston
Rd.; Move mobile home; Coker
Brothers
■ Erin Stevens; 849 Lost Lake
Hills Dr.; Construct pool; Dale
Breitigan
■ Matt Perrigin; Beringer
Road; Set up mobile home;
Jimmy Estes
■ Matt Perrigin; Beringer
Road; Move mobile home;
Southern Housing
■ Pamela Davis; 380 New
Hope Rd., Lot 5; Set up mobile
home; Jimmy Estes
■ Pamela Davis; 380 New
Hope Rd., Lot 5; Move mobile
home; Calhoun Movers, Inc.
■ Chunn Rentals, LLC; 1693
Hwy. 373, Lot 1; Set up mobile
home; Jimmy Estes
■ Chunn Rentals, LLC; 1693
Hwy. 373, Lot 1; Move mobile
home; Alan’s Mobile Home
■ James Gunter; 381 Henry
Wells Rd.; Addition to s/f resi-
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Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010
Invitation for Bids: IN THE MATTER OF THE ficial Bidding Docu-
ESTATE OF GRADY
The Mississippi Depart- RICHARD "NATHAN"
ment of Finance and Ad- MORDECAI
ministration Office of
Personal Service Con- CAUSE NO. 2019-0032- hours indicated above, By: Harry Sanders
tract Review will accept S
sealed bids until 11:00
AM CST on May 15, NOTICE TO CREDITORS $100.00 for each set.
2019 for the purpose of
establishing a statewide THE STATE OF MISSIS-
preapproved list of pro- SIPPI
viders of Background LOWNDES COUNTY
Screening Services. De-
tailed specifications Letters of Administra-
may be obtained by con- tion have been granted deposit indicated above 2007, Kimberly Roby
tacting Victoria James and issued to the under- plus a non-refundable
at signed upon the Estate shipping charge, the Is- Johnson and Theodis
victoria.james@dfa.ms.g of Grady Richard "Nath- suing Office will trans-
ov or 601-359-6580 or an" Mordecai, de-
by going to the Missis- ceased, by the Chan-
sippi Department of Fin- cery Court of Lowndes
ance and Administra- County, Mississippi, on charge amount will de-
tion Office of Personal the 15th day of March
Service Contract Re- 2019. This is to give no- method selected by the Trust is recorded in
view website at tice to all persons hav-
http://www.dfa.ms.gov/ ing claims against said date that the Bidding
dfa-offices/personal-ser- estate to Probate and
vice-contract-review/in- Register same with the mitted by the Issuing Of- the Chancery Clerk of
vitations-for-bids/. Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mis-
PUBLISH: 4/11 & sissippi, within ninety
4/18/2019 (90) days from the first uments. Partial sets of AND WHEREAS, this
publication date of this Bidding Documents will Deed of Trust was ulti-
Invitation for Bids: Notice to Creditors. A
failure to so Probate
The Mississippi Depart- and Register said claim Neither Owner nor En-
ment of Finance and Ad- will forever bar the
ministration Office of same.
Personal Service Con-
tract Review will accept This the 21st of March, ments, including Ad-
sealed bids until 10:00 2019.
AM CST on May 15,
2019 for the purpose of /s/ Ricky Mordecai
establishing a statewide Ricky Mordecai, Admin-
preapproved list of pro- istrator
viders of Lawn and
Landscaping Services. PUBLISH: 3/28, 4/4, & from Central at
Detailed specifications 4/11/2019
may be obtained by con-
tacting Victoria James
at Lowndes County Board submitted at www.cent- the holder of the note
victoria.james@dfa.ms.g of Supervisors
ov or 601-359-6580 or
Lowndes County, Mis-
by going to the Missis-
sippi Department of Fin- sissippi
ance and Administra-
Wastewater System Im-
tion Office of Personal
Service Contract Re- provements – Influent
Sewer Main Modifica-
view website at
tion at WWTP
http://www.dfa.ms.gov/
dfa-offices/personal-ser-
vice-contract-review/in- ADVERTISEMENT FOR
vitations-for-bids/. BIDS
Sealed Bids for the con-
PUBLISH: 4/11 &
4/18/2019 struction of the
Wastewater System Im- portunities, equipment, and best bidder, the fol-
ATTN: provements Influent
MINNIE WALKER, Owner Sewer Main Modifica-
tion at WWTP will be re-
The following vehicle ceived by Lowndes
has been abandoned at County Board of Super- be held at 10:00 a.m.
W-G-Auto Repair/U-Haul visors, at the offices of local time on April 25,
Rentals, 1005 5th Ave. Lowndes County Board 2019 at project site,
N., Columbus, MS of Supervisors located
39701. at 505 2nd Avenue
North, Columbus, MS
GMC PICKUP TRUCK 39701, until 9:00 a.m.
Color: MAROON/SILVER local time on May 6,
VIN# 2019 at which time the
2GTECK19KL71556922 Bids received will be
publicly opened and
IF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT read.
CLAIMED, IT WILL BE
PUT UP FOR SALE ON The Issuing Office for
THE 20TH DAY OF MAY, the Bidding Documents ders are encouraged to said Section 3; run
2019 at 10:00 A.M. AT is: Calvert-Spradling En- attend and participate
W-G-ATUO REPAIR/U- gineers, Inc.; P.O. Draw- in the conference. En-
HAUL RENTALS, 1005 er 1078, 7085 High-
5TH AVE. N., COLUM- way 45 Alternate North,
BUS, MS 39701. West Point, MS 39773.
Prospective Bidders
Publish: 4/11, 4/18 & may examine the Bid-
4/25/2019 ding Documents at the
Issuing Office on
Mondays through Fri-
days during regular busi- relied upon and will not 588.7 feet to a point;
Sell idle items ness hours, and may
obtain copies of the Bid- fective.
with a quick action ding Documents from
the Issuing Office as de- Bid security shall be fur- distance of 1353.0 feet
classified ad.
scribed below.
Printed copies of the Of-
ficial Bidding Docu-
Legal Notices 0010 ments and Technical
Specifications may be
obtained from the Issu- By: Harry Sanders
ing Office, during the
hours indicated above, Date: April 1, 2019
upon payment of a non- Publish: April 4, 2019,
refundable deposit of
$100.00 for each set.
Checks for Bidding Doc-
uments shall be pay-
able to Calvert-Spra-
dling Engineers, Inc.
Upon request and re-
ceipt of the document
deposit indicated above
plus a non-refundable
shipping charge, the Is-
suing Office will trans-
mit the Bidding Docu-
ments via delivery ser-
vice. The shipping
charge amount will de-
pend on the shipping
method selected by the
prospective Bidder. The
date that the Bidding
Documents are trans-
mitted by the Issuing Of-
fice will be considered
the Bidder’s date of re-
ceipt of the Bidding Doc-
uments. Partial sets of
Bidding Documents will
not be available from
the Issuing Office.
Neither Owner nor En-
gineer will be respons-
ible for full or partial
sets of Bidding Docu-
ments, including Ad-
denda if any, obtained
from sources other than
the Issuing Office.
Official bid documents
can be downloaded
from Central at
www.centralbidding.com
. Electronic bids can be
submitted at www.cent-
ralbidding.com. For any
questions related to the
electronic bidding pro-
cess, please call Cent-
ral Bidding at 225-810-
4814.
Minority and Women’s
Business Enterprises
are solicited to bid on
this contract as prime
contractors and are en-
couraged to make in-
quiries regarding poten-
tial subcontracting op-
portunities, equipment,
material and/or supply
needs.
A pre-bid conference will
be held at 10:00 a.m.
local time on April 25,
2019 at project site,
located at 3975 Artesia
Road, Columbus, MS
39701 .
Attendance at the pre-
bid conference is highly
encouraged but is not
mandatory. Represent-
atives of Owner and En-
gineer will be present to
discuss the Project. Bid-
ders are encouraged to
attend and participate
in the conference. En-
gineer will transmit to
all prospective Bidders
of record such Addenda
as Engineer considers
necessary in response
to questions arising at
the conference. Oral
statements may not be
relied upon and will not
be binding or legally ef-
fective.
Bid security shall be fur-
nished in accordance
with the Instructions to
Bidders.
Owner: Lowndes County
Board of Supervisors
By: Harry Sanders
Title: President
The Dispatch
obtain copies of the Bid- relied upon and will not
ding Documents from be binding or legally ef-
along said centerline a said deed of trust and
the Issuing Office as de- fective.
scribed below.
Legal Notices 0010 Bid
Legalsecurity shall be fur-
Notices 0010
Printed copies of the Of- nished in accordance
with the Instructions to
ments and Technical Bidders.
Specifications may be
obtained from the Issu- Owner: Lowndes County
ing Office, during the Board of Supervisors
upon payment of a non- Title: President
refundable deposit of Date: April 1, 2019
Publish: April 4, 2019,
Checks for Bidding Doc- April 11, 2019
uments shall be pay-
able to Calvert-Spra- TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF
dling Engineers, Inc. SALE
Upon request and re-
ceipt of the document WHEREAS, on April 27,
a/k/a Kimberly Renee
Roby, Jr., husband and
mit the Bidding Docu- wife, executed a Deed
ments via delivery ser- of Trust to W. Stewart
vice. The shipping Robison, Trustee for Jim
Walter Homes, Inc., Be-
pend on the shipping neficiary, which Deed of
prospective Bidder. The Land Deed of Trust
Book 2007, at Page
Documents are trans-
16784, in the office of
fice will be considered Lowndes County, Mis-
the Bidder’s date of re- sissippi;
ceipt of the Bidding Doc-
not be available from
mately assigned to The
the Issuing Office. Bank of New York Mel-
lon, as Indenture Trust-
gineer will be respons- ee, for Mid-State Capit-
ible for full or partial
al Corporation 2010-1
sets of Bidding Docu- Trust, by instrument re-
corded in Book 2018, at
denda if any, obtained Page 21135-21140, in
from sources other than the office of the Chan-
the Issuing Office.
cery Clerk aforesaid;
Official bid documents
AND WHEREAS, default
can be downloaded having been made in
payment of the in-
www.centralbidding.com debtedness secured by
. Electronic bids can be said Deed of Trust, and
ralbidding.com. For any and Deed of Trust hav-
questions related to the ing requested the under-
electronic bidding pro-
signed Trustee so to do,
cess, please call Cent-
I will on the 17th day of
ral Bidding at 225-810- April, 2019, offer for
4814.
sale at public outcry
and sell during legal
Minority and Women’s hours between the
Business Enterprises
hours of 11:00 A.M.
are solicited to bid on
and 4:00 P.M., at the
this contract as prime southeast front door of
contractors and are en-
the County Courthouse
couraged to make in- of Lowndes County, at
quiries regarding poten- Columbus, Mississippi,
tial subcontracting op-
for cash to the highest
material and/or supply lowing described land
needs.
and property, situated in
Lowndes County, Mis-
A pre-bid conference will
sissippi, to-wit:
A tract of land being loc-
ated in the West half
located at 3975 Artesia (W1/2) of Section 3,
Road, Columbus, MS
Township 20 South,
39701 . eycutt Massey, ex-
Range 17 West,
Lowndes County, Mis-
Attendance at the pre-
sissippi and more par-
bid conference is highly ticularly described as
encouraged but is not
follows: Commencing at
mandatory. Represent-
the Southeast corner of
atives of Owner and En- the Southwest Quarter
gineer will be present to
(SW1/4) of the Southw-
discuss the Project. Bid- est Quarter (SW1/4) of
thence North 49 de-
grees 45 minutes West
gineer will transmit to a distance of 432.6 feet
all prospective Bidders
to a point in the center-
of record such Addenda
line of Nashville Ferry
as Engineer considers Road; run thence North
necessary in response
45 degrees 40 minutes
to questions arising at
East along the center-
the conference. Oral line of said Nashville
statements may not be Ferry Road a distance of
be binding or legally ef- run thence North 25 de-
grees 00 minutes East
along said centerline a
nished in accordance
to the intersection of
with the Instructions to said centerline and the
Bidders.
West right of way of
Mississippi Highway No.
Owner: Lowndes
Legal Notices 0010 County 69; run thence North-
Board of Supervisors
westerly along said
West right of way of
Title: President Mississippi Highway No.
69 a distance of 530.4
feet, more or less to an
April 11, 2019 iron pin and the point of
beginning of the herein
described tract; run
thence Northwesterly
along said right of way a
distance of 69.6 feet,
more or less, to a point;
run thence North 27 de-
grees 44 minutes West
along said right of way a
distance of 135.6 feet
to an iron pin; run
thence South 45 de-
grees 55 minutes West
a distance of 138.8 feet
to a point; run thence
South 45 degrees 50
minutes East a dis-
tance of 208.3 feet to
an iron pin; run thence
North 39 degrees 44
minutes East a dis-
tance of 74.5 feet to
the point of beginning
and containing 0.5 acre,
more or less.
I will convey only such
title as is vested in me
as Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNA-
TURE, this, the 13th day
of March, 2019.
/s/ W. Stewart
Robison, Trustee
Publish: March 21, 28,
April 4, and 11, 2019
grees 00 minutes East
ance with the terms of
• www.cdispatch.com
distance of 1353.0 feet
to the intersection of
said
Legal centerline
Notices 0010 and the
West right of way of
Mississippi Highway No.
69; run thence North-
westerly along said
West right of way of
Mississippi Highway No.
69 a distance of 530.4
feet, more or less to an
iron pin and the point of
beginning of the herein
described tract; run
thence Northwesterly
along said right of way a
distance of 69.6 feet,
more or less, to a point;
run thence North 27 de-
grees 44 minutes West
along said right of way a
distance of 135.6 feet
to an iron pin; run
thence South 45 de-
grees 55 minutes West
a distance of 138.8 feet
to a point; run thence
South 45 degrees 50
minutes East a dis-
tance of 208.3 feet to
an iron pin; run thence
North 39 degrees 44
minutes East a dis-
tance of 74.5 feet to
the point of beginning
and containing 0.5 acre,
more or less.
I will convey only such
title as is vested in me
as Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNA-
TURE, this, the 13th day
of March, 2019.
/s/ W. Stewart
Robison, Trustee
Publish: March 21, 28,
April 4, and 11, 2019
SUBSTITUTED TRUST-
EE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on Septem-
ber 21, 2009, Percy V.
Burnell and Barbara Bur-
nell, husband and wife
executed a certain deed
of trust to Scott R.
Valby, Trustee for the
benefit of Mortgage
Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., as Nom-
inee for Franklin Americ-
an Mortgage Company,
its successors and as-
signs which deed of
trust is of record in the
office of the Chancery
Clerk of Noxubee
County, State of Missis-
sippi in Book 0641 at
Page 718; and
WHEREAS, Nationstar
Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr.
Cooper has heretofore
substituted Shapiro &
Brown, LLC as Trustee
by instrument dated
December 4, 2018 and
recorded in the afore-
said Chancery Clerk's
Office in Book 0711 at
Page 416; and
WHEREAS, default hav-
ing been made in the
terms and conditions of
said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured
thereby having been de-
clared to be due and
payable in accordance
with the terms of said
deed of trust, Nation-
star Mortgage LLC
d/b/a Mr. Cooper, the
legal holder of said in-
debtedness, having re-
quested the under-
signed Substituted
Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land
and property in accord-
ance with the terms of
said deed of trust and
for the purpose of rais-
ing the sums due there-
under, together with at-
torney's fees, trustee's
fees and expense of
Legal Notices 0010
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
Shapiro & Brown, LLC,
Substituted Trustee in
said deed of trust, will
on May 2, 2019 offer
for sale at public outcry
and sell within legal
hours (being between
the hours of 11:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m.), at the
West Door of the County
Courthouse of Noxubee
County, located at 505
South Jefferson Street,
Macon, MS 39341, to
the highest and best
bidder for cash or certi-
fied funds the following
described property situ-
ated in Noxubee County,
State of Mississippi, to-
wit:
Lots 19, 20 and 21,
Block 1, Oakmont Sub-
division of the City of
Macon, Mississippi, a
subdivision, according
to a map or plat thereof
which is on file of re-
cord in the Office of the
Chancery Clerk of Noxu-
bee County, Missis-
sippi, in Volume 1 of
Maps, Cities, Towns
and Villages at Page 13,
reference to which is
hereby made in aid of
and as a part of this de-
scription.
I WILL CONVEY only
such title as vested in
me as Substituted
Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNA-
TURE on this 1st day of
April, 2019.
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
Shapiro & Brown, LLC
1080 River Oaks Drive,
Suite B-202
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 981-9299
406 East Minor Street
Macon, MS 39341
16-017599
Publication Dates:
April 11, 18, and 25,
2019
Page 4522 and re-recor- ditions and stipulations during the legal hours
ded on March 26, as set forth by saidThursday, Aprilthe
(between 2019of5B
11,hours
for the purpose of rais- 2018, in Book No. Deed of Trust, and hav- 11 o'clock a.m. and 4
ing the sums due there- 2018, at Page 5877 ing been requested by o'clock p.m.) at the
under, together
Legal Notices 0010 with at- Legal Notices
thereof; and0010 Legallegal
the Notices 0010 of the
holder southeast
Legal Noticesfront
0010 door of
torney's fees, trustee's indebtedness secured Courthouse, on May 2,
fees and expense of WHEREAS, the legal and described by said 2019, the following de-
sale. holder of the said Deed Deed of Trust so to do, scribed land and prop-
of Trust and the note notice is hereby given erty being the same
NOW, THEREFORE, I, secured thereby, substi- that Wilson & Asso- land and property de-
Shapiro & Brown, LLC, tuted Wilson & Asso- ciates, PLLC f/k/a scribed in said Deed of
Substituted Trustee in ciates, PLLC, as Trust- Adams & Edens, P.A., Trust, situated in
said deed of trust, will ee therein, as author- Substitute Trustee, by Lowndes County, State
on May 2, 2019 offer ized by the terms there- virtue of the authority of Mississippi, to-wit:
for sale at public outcry of, by instrument recor- conferred upon me in
and sell within legal ded in the office of the said Deed of Trust, will Commencing at an iron
hours (being between aforesaid Chancery offer for sale and will pipe on a fence line at
the hours of 11:00 a.m. Clerk in September 27, sell at public sale and the Southeast corner of
and 4:00 p.m.), at the 2018, in Book No. outcry to the highest the Southeast Quarter
West Door of the County 2018, at Page 20679 and best bidder for cer- of the Northeast Quarter
Courthouse of Noxubee thereof; and tified funds paid at the of Section 36, Town-
County, located at 505 conclusion of the sale, ship 16 South, Range
South Jefferson Street, WHEREAS, default hav- or credit bid from a 18 West, Lowndes
Macon, MS 39341, to ing been made in the bank or other lending County, Mississippi;
the highest and best performance of the con- entity pre-approved by thence South 87 de-
bidder for cash or certi- ditions and stipulations the successor trustee, grees 43 minutes 33
fied funds the following as set forth by said during the legal hours seconds West along the
described property situ- Deed of Trust, and hav- (between the hours of Half Section line for
ated in Noxubee County, ing been requested by 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 630 feet; thence North
State of Mississippi, to- the legal holder of the o'clock p.m.) at the 00 degrees 37 minutes
wit: indebtedness secured southeast front door of 04 seconds West paral-
and described by said Courthouse, on May 2, lel with the East line of
Lots 19, 20 and 21, Deed of Trust so to do, 2019, the following de- said Section 36 for 210
Block 1, Oakmont Sub- notice Legal Notices 0010 given
is hereby scribed land and prop- feet to an iron pin;
division of the City of that Wilson & Asso- erty being the same thence North 87 de-
Macon, Mississippi, a ciates, PLLC f/k/a land and property de- grees 43 minutes 33
subdivision, according Adams & Edens, P.A., scribed in said Deed of seconds East for
to a map or plat thereof Substitute Trustee, by Trust, situated in 123.88 feet to an iron
which is on file of re- virtue of the authority Lowndes County, State pin; thence North 00 de-
cord in the Office of the conferred upon me in of Mississippi, to-wit: grees 03 minutes 09
Chancery Clerk of Noxu- said Deed of Trust, will seconds East for 7.41
bee County, Missis- offer for sale and will Commencing at an iron feet to an iron pin, as
sippi, in Volume 1 of sell at public sale and pipe on a fence line at the POINT OF BEGIN-
Maps, Cities, Towns outcry to the highest the Southeast corner of NING; thence continue
and Villages at Page 13, and best bidder for cer- the Southeast Quarter North 00 degrees 03
reference to which is tified funds paid at the of the Northeast Quarter minutes 09 seconds
hereby made in aid of conclusion of the sale, of Section 36, Town- East for 90.1 feet;
and as a part of this de- or credit bid from a ship 16 South, Range thence North 88 de-
scription. bank or other lending 18 West, Lowndes grees 42 minutes East
entity pre-approved by County, Mississippi; for 472.0 feet to a point
I WILL CONVEY only the successor trustee, thence South 87 de- on the West right-of-way
such title as vested in during the legal hours grees 43 minutes 33 of a public road known
me as Substituted (between the hours of seconds West along the as Wolf Road (30 feet
Trustee. 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 Half Section line for from centerline); thence
o'clock p.m.) at the 630 feet; thence North Southerly along a curve
WITNESS MY SIGNA-
southeast front door of 00 degrees 37 minutes to the right in said West
TURE on this 1st day of Courthouse, on May 2, 04 seconds West paral- right-of-way (Radius =
April, 2019. 2019, the following de- lel with the East line of 728.16 feet, Chord =
scribed land and prop- said Section 36 for 210 South 13 degrees 51
Shapiro & Brown, LLC minutes 55 seconds
erty being the same feet to an iron pin;
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE land and property de- thence North 87 de- West 93.06 feet) for
scribed in said Deed of grees 43 minutes 33 93.12 feet; thence
Shapiro & Brown, LLC South 88 degrees 40
Trust, situated in seconds East for
1080 River Oaks Drive, Lowndes County, State 123.88 feet to an iron minutes 09 seconds
Suite B-202 of Mississippi, to-wit: pin; thence North 00 de- West for 449.76 feet to
Flowood, MS 39232 the POINT OF BEGIN-
grees 03 minutes 09
(601) 981-9299 Commencing at an iron seconds East for 7.41 NING, containing 0.95
pipe on a fence line at feet to an iron pin, as acres, more or less, ly-
406 East Minor Street the Southeast corner of the POINT OF BEGIN- ing in the Southeast
Macon, MS 39341 the Southeast Quarter NING; thence continue Quarter of the North-
16-017599 east Quarter of said
of the Northeast Quarter North 00 degrees 03
of Section 36, Town- minutes 09 seconds Section 36, Township
Publication Dates: ship 16 South, Range East for 90.1 feet; 16 South, Range 18
April 11, 18, and 25, 18 West, Lowndes thence North 88 de- West, Lowndes County,
2019
County, Mississippi; grees 42 minutes East Mississippi.
thence South 87 de- for 472.0 feet to a point
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S grees 43 minutes 33 on the West right-of-way Title to the above de-
NOTICE OF SALE
seconds West along the of a public road known scribed property is be-
WHEREAS, on the Au-
Half Section line for as Wolf Road (30 feet lieved to be good, but I
gust 14, 2017, Riley T
630 feet; thence North from centerline); thence will convey only such
00 degrees 37 minutes Southerly along a curve title as is vested in the
Massey and Kayla Hon- 04 seconds West paral-
to the right in said West aforementioned Substi-
lel with the East line of right-of-way (Radius = tute Trustee.
ecuted a Deed of Trust said Section 36 for 210
728.16 feet, Chord =
to Wilburn J Evans, feet to an iron pin; South 13 degrees 51 WITNESS MY SIGNA-
Trustee for the use and thence North 87 de-
minutes 55 seconds TURE , this the 26th day
benefit of Mortgage of March, 2019.
grees 43 minutes 33 West 93.06 feet) for
Electronic Registration seconds East for 93.12 feet; thence
Systems, Inc., as nom- 123.88 feet to an iron
South 88 degrees 40 Sincerely,
inee for FirstBank, its /s/ Jillian Wilson,
pin; thence North 00 de- minutes 09 seconds
successors and as- grees 03 minutes 09 West for 449.76 feet to WILSON & ASSOCIATES,
signs, which Deed of
seconds East for 7.41
Trust is on file and of re- feet to an iron pin, as
the POINT OF BEGIN- PLLC, \
cord in the office of the the POINT OF BEGIN-
NING, containing 0.95 Substitute Trustee
Chancery Clerk of
acres, more or less, ly-
NING; thence continue ing in the Southeast PREPARED BY:
Lowndes County, Mis- Wilson & Associates,
North 00 degrees 03 Quarter of the North-
sissippi, in Deed of minutes 09 seconds east Quarter of said PLLC
Trust August 16, 2017, East for 90.1 feet;
Section 36, Township 400 West Capitol Aven-
in Book No. 2017, at ue
thence North 88 de- 16 South, Range 18
Page 17663 thereof; grees 42 minutes East West, Lowndes County, Suite 1400
for 472.0 feet to a point Mississippi. Little Rock, AR 72201
WHEREAS, said Deed of on the West right-of-way (501)219-9388
Trust was ultimately as- of a public road known
signed to FirstBank by
Title to the above de- File # 332296
scribed property is be-
as Wolf Road (30 feet
assignment on file and from centerline); thence
of record in the office of Southerly along a curve
lieved to be good, but I PUBLICATION TO BEGIN
the Chancery Clerk of
will convey only such ON: April 11, 2019
to the right in said West title as is vested in the PUBLICATION TO END
Lowndes County, Mis-
right-of-way (Radius = aforementioned Substi- ON: April 25, 2019
sissippi, on March 5, 728.16 feet, Chord = tute Trustee.
2018 in Book 2018 at PUBLISH: 4/11, 4/18,
South 13 degrees 51
Page 4522 and re-recor- minutes 55 seconds WITNESS MY SIGNA- & 4/25/2019
ded on March 26,
West 93.06 feet) for TURE , this the 26th day
2018, in Book No.
93.12 feet; thence of March, 2019. Building & Remodeling 1120
2018, at Page 5877
thereof; and
South 88 degrees 40
minutes 09 seconds Sincerely, HOME REPAIRS &
WHEREAS, the legal
West for 449.76 feet to /s/ Jillian Wilson, CONSTRUCTION WORK
the POINT OF BEGIN-
holder of the said Deed NING, containing 0.95
WILSON & ASSOCIATES, WANTED. Carpentry,
PLLC, \ small concrete jobs,
of Trust and the note acres, more or less, ly- Substitute Trustee
secured thereby, substi- ing in the Southeast electrical, plumbing,
tuted Wilson & Asso- roof repairs, pressure
Quarter of the North- PREPARED BY: washing and mobile
ciates, PLLC, as Trust- east Quarter of said Wilson & Associates,
ee therein, as author- home roof coating and
Section 36, Township PLLC underpinning. No job
ized by the terms there- 16 South, Range 18 400 West Capitol Aven-
of, by instrument recor- West, Lowndes County, too small. 549-7031.
ue
ded in the office of the Mississippi. Suite 1400
aforesaid Chancery Suggs Construction Co.
Legal Notices 0010
Clerk in September 27, Title to the above de-
Little Rock, AR 72201
Building, remodeling,
(501)219-9388 roofing, & home repair.
2018, in Book No. scribed property is be- File # 332296
2018, at Page 20679 Licensed & Bonded.
lieved to be good, but I 662-242-3471
thereof; and will convey only such PUBLICATION TO BEGIN
662-574-8470
title as is vested in the ON: April 11, 2019
WHEREAS, default hav- aforementioned Substi- PUBLICATION TO END
ing been made in the tute Trustee. ON: April 25, 2019 Tom Hatcher, LLC
performance of the con- Custom Construction,
ditions and stipulations WITNESS MY SIGNA- Restoration, Remodel-
PUBLISH: 4/11, 4/18,
as set forth by said TURE , this the 26th day & 4/25/2019 ing, Repair, Insurance
Deed of Trust, and hav- of March, 2019. claims. 662-364-1769.
ing been requested by Licensed & Bonded
the legal holder of the
Sincerely, RAY'S WOOD WORKS
indebtedness secured /s/ Jillian Wilson,
and described by said
WILSON & ASSOCIATES,
Deed of Trust so to do, PLLC, \
notice is hereby given
Substitute Trustee
that Wilson & Asso-
ciates, PLLC f/k/a
PREPARED BY: Multiple Home Repairs
Adams & Edens, P.A., Wilson & Associates, Sheetrock, Flooring,
Substitute Trustee, by
PLLC Trim, Painting, Tile,
virtue of the authority 400 West Capitol Aven- Kitchen/Bath
conferred upon me in
ue Decks- Dock Repair
said Deed of Trust, will Suite 1400 Pressure Washing
offer for sale and will Little Rock, AR 72201 662-634-1114
sell at public sale and
(501)219-9388
outcry to the highest File # 332296
and best bidder for cer- Childcare 1180
tified funds paid at the PUBLICATION TO BEGIN
conclusion of the sale, ON: April 11, 2019 CHILDCARE SERVICES
or credit bid from a Look No Further!! Qual-
PUBLICATION TO END ity Childcare Services
bank or other lending ON: April 25, 2019
entity pre-approved by Are Available For The
the successor trustee, Golden Triangle Area!!
PUBLISH: 4/11, 4/18, Call 662.343.8386 or
during the legal hours & 4/25/2019
(between the hours of 662.813.3672.
11 o'clock a.m. and 4 Serious Inquiries Only,
o'clock p.m.) at the Please!!
southeast front door of
Courthouse, on May 2, General Services 1360
2019, the following de-
scribed land and prop- CASA CARE SERVICES:
erty being the same Offers services such as:
land and property de- residential janitorial,
scribed in said Deed of lighting & decorating,
Trust, situated in emergency repairs, pre-
Lowndes County, State ventative maintenance,
of Mississippi, to-wit: moving/shipping assist-
ance & pressure wash-
Commencing at an iron ing. 662-549-1878.
pipe on a fence line at
the Southeast corner of
the Southeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter
of Section 36, Town-
ship 16 South, Range
18 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi;
thence South 87 de-
grees 43 minutes 33
seconds West along the DAVID'S CARPET &
Half Section line for UPHOLSTERY
630 feet; thence North CLEANING
00 degrees 37 minutes 1 Room - $40
04 seconds West paral- 2 Rooms - $70
lel with the East line of 3+ Rooms - $30 Each
said Section 36 for 210 Rugs - Must Be Seen
feet to an iron pin; Car Upholstery
thence North 87 de- Cleaning Available
grees 43 minutes 33 662-722-1758
seconds East for
HILL'S PRESSURE
123.88 feet to an iron
WASHING. Commercial/
pin; thence North 00 de-
residential. House, con-
grees 03 minutes 09
crete, sidewalks & mo-
seconds East for 7.41
bile washing. Free est.
feet to an iron pin, as
Call 662-386-8925
the POINT OF BEGIN-
NING; thence continue
North 00 degrees 03 HOME MAKEOVER &
minutes 09 seconds ESTATE CLOSEOUT
East for 90.1 feet; SERVICES. Generate
thence North 88 de- cash from the sale of
grees 42 minutes East unwanted items. I will
for 472.0 feet to a point help organize & coordin-
on the West right-of-way ate the removal of un-
of a public road known wanted furniture & clut-
as Wolf Road (30 feet ter from homes. Creat-
from centerline); thence ive makeover solutions
Southerly along a curve from professional interi-
to the right in said West or designer included for
right-of-way (Radius = free! Contact: Weslyn
728.16 feet, Chord = Wood 214-674-9514
South 13 degrees 51
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furnished corporate downtown. 3,000 sq. ft. 7653 or 601-940-1397. only once. The difficulty 4 1 8 5 2 9 6 7 3
pack, organize and/or Columbus, MS 39701 level increases from
coordinate your move.
apartments available.
ON SITE SECURITY.
truck terminal, 9,500
sq. ft. shop & 3,200 sq. Houses For Sale: Caledonia
level increases from
Monday to Sunday. 9 2 6 1 7 3 8 4 5
Includes help selling un- SERVICE TECHNICIAN ON SITE MAINTENANCE. ft. office/shop. Build- Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 4/10
wanted items. Weslyn for local pest control 8450
ON SITE MANAGEMENT. ings can be rented to-
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must be organized, de- NEW 3BR/2BA for sale.
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3 “Catch-22”
General Help Wanted 3200 2BR/1BA. $450/mo.
$450/dep. Includes
Agricultural Tractor Recycle garbage. No pets. No
Operator job opening, to HUD. 662-574-7614.
this
4 Constella-
work on Tenn-Tom Wa-
terway Project, Colum- 3BR/2BA Trailer, New ACROSS
bus, MS. Must have val-
id Class- A CDL, with NewspapeR Hope school dist.
$500/mo & $500 dep. tions
1 Edison’s middle
good driving record and 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- No pets, no drugs, no
name
pass pre-employment ments & townhouses. partying. Call between 5 Lukewarm
drug screen. EOE
5 Gibson 10 Stadium section
Call for more info. 10a-7p. 662-386-4292.
Apply in person or Send 662-328-8254. NO TEXT MESSAGES.
Resume’: R & D Main- 11 Royal residence
tenance Services Autos For Sale 9150 12 Gumbo base
3600 W. Plymouth Road
Columbus, MS 39701 13 Rust and the like
14 Stone from a fruit
Carpenter/Millwright
Opening. Must have ex- 16 Cat or canary
perience in general car- 20 Enlist
pentry & concrete. Will 23 — loss
work on Tenn-Tom Wa-
terway Project, based in 24 More robust
Columbus, MS. Must 25 Court event
have valid, clean
driver’s license and 27 Bringer of
pass pre-employment wisdom
drug screen. EOE
Apply in person or Send 28 Threat ending
Resume’ to: R & D 29 Enticing trap
Maintenance Services 32 Fast heartbeat
3600 W. Plymouth Road
Columbus, MS 39701 sound
7 Knee protector 28 Made a choice
36 “Rabbit, Run”
OUR COMPANY is seek- 8 Drink cooler 30 Long stories
writer
ing an experienced car- 9 — Moines 31 Startled cry
penter. The ideal can- 39 Vatican VIP
11 Appear unex- 33 Warsaw native
didate will have an eye 40 Blotto
for detail, be depend- pectedly 34 Church area
able, have good commu- 41 Snow Queen in
15 Clock unit 35 League member
nication skills, reliable “Frozen”
transportation & basic 17 Sandbox toy 36 Home of the
42 Intersect
tools. We specialize in 18 Greek vowels Trojans
home remodels & new 43 Appear
construction. Call 19 Yarn 37 Golf goal
662-312-3130 for info. 20 Persian ruler 38 Twosome
DOWN
21 Othello’s be-
Housekeeper & 1 Resting on
Groundskeeper wanted, trayer
2 Similar
punctuality & attention 22 Secluded place
to detail a must. 3 Designer Wang
25 Easy gait
662-570-1758 or 4 Weaver of myth
662-352-4460. 26 Enters again,
5 Fare carriers
as text
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