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Man found
dead with
gunshot wound
in Southside
apartment
Police suspect homicide;
no signs of forced entry
at residence
By Isabelle Altman
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Columbus police are investigating
a homicide after a body was found
Saturday in a south Columbus apart-
ment.
Authorities received a call around
8 a.m. about the body found in an
apartment in the 300 block of 11th
Street South, according a Columbus
Police Department press release.
The victim had suffered a gunshot
wound, though the official cause of
death will be determined by the cor-
oner’s office.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg
Merchant identified the deceased as
34-year-old Markcus Maurice Pate.
Merchant said Pate’s body will be
taken to the State Medical Examin-
er’s Office in Pearl for autopsy.
Police did not have a suspect in
custody by press time. But Police
Chief Fred Shelton said he did not be-
lieve it was a random act of violence.
“We are certain the victim and
the suspect knew each other in
some way,” Shelton said in the press
release. “There is no sign of force-
ful entry into the apartment, which
leads us to believe the suspect was
invited in by someone in the apart-
ment. ... We are early into this case.
We are not going to say much more
except that we are developing strong
leads already.”
Marina Noble, a senior at University of Mississippi studying biology and
anthropology, operates ground-penetrating radar used to gather data on
grave sites in the Confederate section of Friendship Cemetery Friday. No-
ble is part of a team of Ole Miss archaeologists who came to Columbus
last week to try to locate the burial sites of up to eight Union soldiers who
may have been buried with hundreds of Confederate soldiers after the
Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
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Sunday | October 14, 2018
An unfair tax?
Drivers take issue with hybrid/electric car fees; lawmakers
claim they are reasonable in face of road, bridge crisis
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
When Mike Buehler
received a notice from the
Mississippi Department
of Revenue a week ago
that he would be required
to pay a fee for driving his
2014 Tesla each year, he
bit his lip and did a little
research before forming Buehler
an opinion.
The verdict?
“It’s unfair,” the
Starkville radiologist
said.
That opinion is likely
shared by many of the
15,281 people who re-
ceived similar notices last Turner Ford
week informing them of
the new fees assessed to drivers of elec-
tric and hybrid cars. For hybrids that
Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch
use both fuel and electric power, the fee Julie Carpenter of Columbus stands with the Toyota hybrid she has owned for two
is $75 annually. For electric cars that years. She learned last month she must pay an additional $75 annual fee to the
use no fuel, it’s $150. state for owning the car to help fund an Emergency Road and Bridge measure the
Owners of hybrid or electric cars Legislature passed in the August special session. Owners of fully electric vehicles
will pay the fees at their county tax col- will pay $150 each year.
lector’s office each year when they re-
new their license plate tag.
Unlike tag renewal fees, which go
‘I was shocked that I was going to be taxed for trying to
to fund city and county governments
and local schools, all of the fees from
be environmentally friendly. I hope they don’t find out
the hybrid/electric car tax will go to
the state’s Emergency Road and Bridge
I’m buying broccoli and cauliflower and spinach. I might
Fund, which the Legislature estab-
lished during a special session in Au-
get taxed for trying to eat healthy, too.’
gust. The fees were included with that Columbus Realtor Julie Carpenter
legislation.
The measure earned near unan- with the fees, but given the dire needs ers hope will produce an extra $110
imous support, passing 110-4 in the of our roads and bridges, the fees seem million for the state’s roads and bridges
House and 48-3 in the Senate. Every reasonable to me,” said state Sen. Ange- each year. The bulk of that will come
member of the Golden Triangle’s legis- la Turner Ford (D-West Point). from bonded debt and revenue from
lative delegation favored the bill. Hybrid/electric car fees will make a state lottery — both of which also
“I did receive some emails and text up a minute portion of the Emergency passed during the special session.
messages expressing dissatisfaction Road and Bridge Fund, which lawmak- See Fees, 3A
Looking for soldiers
Historians, archaeologists survey Confederate section
of Friendship Cemetery for unmarked Union graves
By ISABELLE ALTMAN University of Mississippi are using
ialtman@cdispatch.com non-invasive archaeological equip-
G
ment to survey the western section
ary Lancaster of the cemetery, gathering data on
leaned over the the Confederate soldiers buried there
computer set out and hoping to pinpoint an area where
in Friendship Cemetery there may be up to eight unmarked
among clusters of land graves of Union soldiers.
surveying equipment
“The early newspaper reports said
Friday afternoon.
about 40 Union soldiers were buried
On the screen in
Lancaster here,” Ward said. “Thirty-two Union
front of him was a
remains were moved from here to
rough underground map of the grave
Corinth National Cemetery (in 1867).
sites of about 1,000 soldiers who
But on Decoration Day (now Memo-
died in Columbus after the Battle of
rial Day) in 1877 and again in 1919,
Shiloh in 1862 — soldiers whose lives
the ladies in Columbus were deco-
and deaths he’s been researching for
rating those Union graves that still
years.
“Should have had a different major remained in the southwest corner.”
in college,” he later said wistfully. “…
I majored in engineering, but I’d have More graves than headstones
Laura Daniels/Special to The Dispatch
had more fun in archaeology.” The archaeologists spent Thurs-
day afternoon and evening setting up
It was the second day of a project
initiated by the research he and land surveying equipment, including
fellow local historians Carolyn Kaye a magnetometer, which measures
and Rufus Ward have conducted on the magnetic differences in soil, and
the soldiers buried in the cemetery. ground-penetrating radar, which
Now a team of archaeologists from See Cemetery, 8A
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Sunday
Say What?
Did you hear? “From a Turkish prison to the White House in 24
Officials broach idea of charging hours, that’s not bad.”
President Donald Trump on the release of Ameri-
cian pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey. Brunson
for National Mall protests was held for nearly two years. Story, 5A

‘Requiring these Texas. “This new rule is

not reflective of American
Ask Rufus
burdensome fees values or history to peace-
fully protest.”
will dissuade The National Park
Service issues about 750
Americans from permits a year for demon-
strations within the Na-
demonstrating’ tional Mall and at nearby
parks. The agency said its
By KEVIN FREKING
The Associated Press
proposed rule is designed
to provide greater clari-
WASHINGTON — The ty about how and where
National Park Service is demonstration can occur
exploring whether to re- in a manner that protects
quire protest organizers to historically important pub-
pay for the cost of provid- lic land.
ing law enforcement and There have been sever-
other support services for al large demonstrations on
demonstrations held in the or near the National Mall
nation’s capital. since President Donald
The proposed rule also Trump assumed office.
could shrink a significant The Women’s March in
portion of the sidewalk out- January 2017 brought pro-
side the White House that testers from throughout
is accessible to pedestri- the country to Washington,
ans, leaving a five-foot wide and that has been followed
sliver. The public has until by protests of the presi-
the close of Monday to dent’s actions on climate
comment on the proposal. change and guns, to name
More than 7,600 com- a few.
ments have been submit- National Park Service
ted so far, the vast majority Spokesman Brent Everitt
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Stephen Harris walks within a grid lane with a magnetometer as Tony Boudreaux looks on and Hannah Zech-
many who consider it an ef- support the First Amend- man prepares additional lanes within the grid.
fort by the Trump adminis- ment right of free speech

Looking Underground
tration to deter some of the and assembly. But citing
major protests that have an event preceding the
marked his presidency. Trump presidency, he not-
“Requiring these bur- ed that the cost of provid-

T
densome fees will dissuade ing law enforcement and
his
Americans from demon- other support services for
past
strating,” wrote Gayle Occupy DC in 2012 came
four
Copeland of San Antonio, to about $480,000.
days have
been both
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Band halftime program — police held at gunpoint — draws ire

Mississippi High School Activities Association has prohibited the
band from taking part in the yearly state competition, wearing its
regular uniforms or marching at football games the rest of the season
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A Mississip-
pi high school band is being
barred from a state competition
and some performances after
a halftime skit depicting three
police officers being held at
gunpoint was performed in a
community where two officers
were shot to death last month.
Jackson school district Su-
perintendent Errick Greene
told The Associated Press on
Friday evening that the Mis-
sissippi High School Activities
Association notified the district
at midweek of the sanctions
against the marching band at
one of Jackson’s schools, Forest
Hill High.
He said the association has
prohibited the band from tak-
ing part in the yearly state com-
petition that begins Saturday
with regional evaluations. The
band also is prohibited from
wearing its regular uniforms
or marching at football games
the rest of the season, though
Greene said members can play
at games while sitting in the
stands.
Greene said the district is
considering an appeal.
“We don’t believe for a mo-
ment that any focus of wrong-
doing or poor judgment should
be placed on the students,” he
said.
Association spokesman
Todd Kelly wrote in an email
that Jackson has five days to
accept the sanctions or appeal.
Outcry against Forest Hill
was swift after the Oct. 5 half-
time performance at a football
game at Brookhaven High
School. That program ended
with a skit that Greene has said
was inspired by the 2002 movie
John Q. In the movie, a father
portrayed by Denzel Washing-
ton takes hospital staff, patients
and a police officer hostage as
he tries to force doctors to per-
form a life-saving transplant on
his son.
Brookhaven officer James
White and Cpl. Zach Moak
were shot and killed Sept. 29
after responding to a call of
shots fired. They were buried
by a grieving community with
public funerals. That was days
before the skit was performed.
Greene said the school dis-
trict has completed its inves-
tigation and has taken action
against band director Demetri
Jones. Greene didn’t specify
the action, citing district policy
that personnel actions remain
confidential.
“We do not believe there was
any malice intended against
the Brookhaven community,”
Greene said. “Unfortunately we
do believe there has been a seri-
ous lapse in judgment.”
He said the district took
what he considered “appropri-
ate actions.”
Jones didn’t immediately re-
spond late Friday to an email
sent to him at his district email
account.
Gov. Phil Bryant described
the performance as “unaccept-
able in a civilized society.” On
Friday night, the Republican
tweeted that “The adults who
were involved with this disaster
should be fired immediately.
We will not accept a cover-up.”
Bryant didn’t elaborate and a
spokesman didn’t immediately
respond to a request for com-
ment.
Brookhaven Mayor Joe Cox
earlier demanded that any em-
ployee of the Jackson district
who knew about the perfor-
mance beforehand be fired.

Suspect in A.J.’s Grocery shooting in custody Mississippi Board

of Education could
Suspect charged with two counts of aggravated assault l i fe - t h reat-

Dispatch Staff Report
The suspect in a shoot-
ing in a convenience store
parking lot off Highway
373 earlier this month
has turned himself in to
Lowndes County Sher-
iff’s Office.
Donta Perry, 21, of
4180 Hwy 373 No. 186,
was charged with two
counts of aggravated as-
sault Friday, nearly two
weeks after he allegedly
opened fire on an occu-
pied vehicle at A.J.’s Gro-
cery on Land Road on
Oct. 2. The store is just
south of Columbus Air
Force Base.
ening inju-
ries. Anoth- add student advisers
According to author- er person in
ities, when Perry shot the vehicle Advisers wouldn’t have a vote, but
at the vehicle a window was un-
shattered, causing lacer- harmed. supporters say they could provide
ations and other injuries Perry is
to a passenger. The vic-
Perry
currently in important student perspective to
tim was taken to Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Gold-
Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center on
the state’s K-12 governing body
en Triangle with non $30,000 bond. By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Two Mississippi public high

Around the state
Judge will decide
Mississippi’s $1B
lawsuit against utility
JACKSON — A feder-
al judge will decide a $1
billion-plus lawsuit by the
state of Mississippi against
its largest private electri-
cal utility.
U.S. District Judge Carl-
ton Reeves ruled Thursday
that he won’t seat an advi-
sory jury in the bench trial
involving Entergy Corp.,
scheduled to begin Nov. 5.
Attorney General
Jim Hood had previous-
ly conceded to New Or-
leans-based Entergy’s
argument that the case
shouldn’t be decided by
a jury. But Reeves had
raised the possibility of an
advisory jury, an unusual
procedure where jurors
would recommend find-
ings to Reeves, but the
judge would still make the
ultimate decision.
school students could soon become advisers to the
state Board of Education.
The board on Thursday asked for public com-
ment on a proposal to add the student representa-
Hood says Entergy
tives beginning in July. They wouldn’t have a vote,
overcharged Mississip-
pi customers up to $1.1
but supporters say they could provide important
student perspective to the state’s K-12 governing
billion between 1998 and
body. To give the students a vote on the board
2009, arguing the compa-
would require a change in state law.
ny had a duty to use less
Students with a 2.5 grade-point average who are
expensive power for cus-
enrolled in a public or charter high school could
tomers.
apply, with finalists being interviewed and chosen
Entergy denies wrong-
by the board. A senior and a junior would serve in
doing.
the initial year. After that, the junior would contin-
ue for a second year, with a new junior being added
each year for a two-year term.
The state Board of Education could vote on the

Fees
Continued from Page 1A
The new fund will sup-
plement road and bridge
money the state already
receives from an 18-per-
cent fuel tax drivers in
the state pay at the pump.
The hybrid/electric fees
served as an alternative to
increasing the fuel tax.
“I’ll be honest, some
of these hy-
brids get
such good
gas mileage
that some-
thing was
needed for
them to pay
their fair Younger
share,” said
state Sen. Chuck Young-
er (R-Columbus). “My
preference all along was
to raise the fuel tax, so
really, as far as this part
of it went, I could take
it or leave it. I think it’s
fair. Overall, we had to
get something done and
I don’t think anybody was
going to let the (hybrid/
electric fee) get in the way
of that.”
‘It’s definitely punitive’
Although the legisla-
tion was passed in Au-
gust, many of those af-
fected by the fees weren’t
aware until they received
their notice from the De-
partment of Revenue in
September.
Columbus Realtor Ju-
lie Carpenter was among
that group.
“I had no idea,” said
Carpenter, who has been
driving her Toyota hy-
brid for two years. “I was
shocked that I was going
to be taxed for trying to be
environmentally friendly.
I hope they don’t find out
I’m buying broccoli and
cauliflower and spinach. I
might get taxed for trying
to eat healthy, too.”
Buehler said while he
understands the stated
purpose of the fee — to
ensure that hybrid and
electric car drivers pay
their share for maintain-
ing roads and bridges —
he feels it is too high for
those who drive electric
cars.
“I understand that
electric car drivers don’t
pay the fuel tax that oth-
er people pay,” Buehler
said. “So I wanted to do
the numbers and see what
they told me.”
Buehler estimated
that his 2014 Tesla, if con-
verted to gasoline, would
average 50 miles per gal-
lon. Based on his driving
habits, he said he drives
12,000 miles per year,
which would be 240 gal-
lons per year. The state’s
18.2 percent fuel tax
would mean he would pay
$43.68 in fuel taxes.
“But instead of that, I’ll
be paying $150 a year,”
Buehler said. “That’s
about $100 more than I
would pay if I were driv-
ing a gasoline car. It’s
definitely punitive.”
Carpenter agrees.
“I don’t think people
should be punished for
trying to be fuel efficient,”
she said. “I drive a lot, so
for me, buying a hybrid
was a way to save money.
But the other part is that
I did want to be environ-
mentally friendly. I don’t
feel like the state should
be discouraging that. I’m
disappointed.”
‘Not enough revenue
to make much of a
difference’
Buehler said he won-
ders why hybrid and
electric car owners were
singled out in the special
session, especially when
Kathy Waterbury, associ-
ate commissioner for the
Mississippi Department
of Revenue, said the hy-
brid/electric car fees will
produce a little more than
$1 million in revenue an-
nually.
“That’s not even 1 per-
cent of the funding they
set up,” Buehler said. “I
don’t understand how this
even came up.”
He’s not alone.
State Rep. Jeff Smith
(R-Columbus) chairs the
House Ways
and Means
Committee
that helps
tailor fund-
ing bills as
they pass
through the
Legislature. Smith
In the
case of the hybrid/elec-
tric fees, Smith said, Gov.
Phil Bryant was adamant
they be part of the Emer-
gency Road and Bridge
Fund bill.
“Normally, any bill
that comes through my
committee, I’ve had some
plan in November.
“I think it’s a fantastic concept,” said board
President Jason Dean of Madison, after the plan
was laid out by staff members Thursday. It’s been
pushed by board member John Kelly of Gulfport.
hand in putting together,” Research shows 15 other states currently have stu-
Smith said. “It wasn’t that dents serving on their state boards of education.
way with this bill. Gov. Advisers would be assigned to board commit-
Bryant, the speaker (of tees, but wouldn’t be able to participate in closed
the House Phillip Gunn) sessions unless the board voted to invite them.
and the lieutenant gover- Students would be excused from school and would
nor (Tate Reeves) put this be reimbursed for travel to and from meetings, a
bill together and gave it to cost estimated at $5,000 per student.
us at the start of the spe-
cial session.
If approved, the state would send out applica-
tions in December. Any applicant would have to
“I hadn’t heard any-
get approval from their parents, principal and su-
body talking about that
perintendent. They would have to present letters
idea,” he added. “It was
of recommendation from a teacher, an administra-
totally the governor’s
tor, and an adult who isn’t a relative, while filling
idea. I love the governor
out an application due in February that would in-
to death, but I’m not sure
clude essay questions.
why he wanted these fees.
A committee would select and interview at least
It doesn’t really raise
10 semifinalists, forwarding four finalists to the
enough revenue to make
board for interviews in May.
much of a difference.”
Smith said Bryant orig-
inally wanted the state to
charge $150 for hybrids
and $300 for electric cars.
“We did get him to
come off that number, but
something else that we
failed to do was provide
an exemption for disabled
veterans, which is what
we do for regular license
fees,” Smith said. “That’s
something we’ll have to
fix in January.”
Buehler said he be-
lieves the fees only re-
inforce the state’s reluc-
tance to support alternate
forms of energy, noting
that Mississippi rarely
offers incentives for solar,
wind and other emerging
forms of energy.
“Let’s face it, we’re a
small group of people who
own electric cars, so we’re
a pretty easy target,” he
said. “There’s not much of
anything we can do about
it. I think they know that.”

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beha County Hospital in
Starkville.
A private graveside
service was held Friday
at Salem Cemetery in
Macon with Michael
Wells officiating. Cock-
rell Funeral Home of
Macon was entrusted
with arrangements.
Baby Cecilia Annette
Taylor was preceded in
death by her great-grand-
parents, Oliver and
Sharon Holdman, Cecil
Clyde Flora, Calvin Dale
Cagle Sr., Blondie Wood
Cagle and William Alex-
andra Taylor Jr.
She is survived by
her parents, Davis and
Rachel Flora Taylor; big
brother Robert Davis
Taylor III; maternal
grandparents, Tim and
Keely Flora; paternal
grandparents, Robert
and Amanda Taylor;
maternal great-grand-
mother, Frances Flora;
and paternal great-
grandmother, Mitzie
Taylor.
Larry Cosby
COLUMBUS —
Larry E. Cosby died
October 12, 2018, at
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
Cover Williams
MABEN — Cover
Lee Williams, 61, died
on Oct. 2, 2018, in Co-
lumbus.
Service were 11 a.m.
Saturday at Good Hope
M.B. Church in Phe-
ba. Burial followed at
Good Hope Cemetery,
Pheba. Visitation was
Friday from 1-6 p.m. at
West Memorial Funeral
Home in Starkville.
Mr. Williams is
survived by his sisters,
Mary King and JoAnn
Ford; brothers, Johnny
Thomas and Cleavester
Flowers.
Tish Terrell
VERNON, Ala. —
Tish Waynee Terrell, 43,
died Oct. 10, 2018, at her
residence.
Services were noon
Saturday at Otts Funeral
Home Chapel in Sulli-
gent, Alabama, with the
Rev. Kenneth Casey of-
ficiating. Burial followed
at Hamilton Memorial
Gardens in Hamilton,
Alabama. Visitation was
from 11:30 a.m.-noon
before services at the
funeral home.
Ms. Terrell was born
Oct. 20, 1974, in Amory
to Patricia Holliday and
the late Jimmy Wayne
Terrell. She was a mem-
ber of Vernon C.M.E.
Church.
In addition to her
father, she was preceded
in death by her infant
child.
In addition to her
mother, she is survived
by her daughters, Tess
Raydon Grant, Abigial
Betty Grant and Au-
tumn Mary Ann Grant,
all of Atlanta; sisters,
Tory Dionee Cagle and
Sonya Patrice Jones,
both of Hamilton; and
one grandchild.
Pallbearers were
Kasey Murray, Timothy
Peck, Shamar English,
Lorenzo English, Sean
English, Jarvis Salters,
Keith Holliday and Greg
Holliday.
Hazel O’Neal
STARKVILLE —
Hazel Ella O’Neal, 68,
died Oct. 11, 2018, in
Starkville.
Services are 11 a.m.
Tuesday at First John
M.B. Church with the
Rev. Dr. Ronnie Tucker
officiating. Burial will
follow at Boyd Cemetery
in Starkville. Visitation
is Monday from 12:30-5
p.m. at Century Hair-
ston Funeral Home of
Starkville.
Mrs. O’Neal was
born Nov. 26, 1949, in
Starkville, to the late
Hunter Smith and Min-
nnie Lee Boyd. She was
formerly employed as a
factory worker.
She is survived by
her husband, Freddie
Lee O’Neal of Starkville;
daughters, Nikita L.
Ashworth of Memphis,
Tennessee and Remaka
B. Windrick of McCalla,
Alabama;; sons, Ryan
H. Ashford of Starkville,
Hamon J. Ashford of
Newington, Connecti-
Dr. Saul Vydas
Visitation:
Saturday, Oct. 20 • 10-11 AM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Services:
Saturday, Oct. 20 • 11 AM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home
2nd Ave. North Location
Agnes Ponds
Visitation:
Monday, Oct. 15 • 6-8 PM
Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home
2nd Ave. North Location
Tuesday Oct. 16 • 1-2 PM
Pine Grove U.M. Church
Ethelsville, Alabama
Services:
Tuesday, Oct. 16 • 2 PM
Pine Grove U.M. Church
Burial:
Pine Grove U.M. Church Cemetery
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sisters, Fannie Diggs of
Brookhaven and Shy-
ann Bluitt of Starkville;
brother, Cornell Smith
of Starkville; and 12
grandchildren.
Agnes Ponds
COLUMBUS — Ag-
nes Wright Ponds, 93,
died Oct. 11, 2018, at
Glen Haven Health and
Rehab in Northport,
Alabama.
Services are 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Pine Grove
United Methodist
Church in Ethelsville,
Alabama, with the Rev.
Dale Clem officiating.
Burial will be at the
church cemetery. Visi-
tation is Monday from
6-8 p.m. at Memorial
Gunter Peel Funeral
Home, Second Avenue
North location, and
Tuesday one hour prior
to service at the church.
Mrs. Ponds was born
Dec. 30, 1924, in the
Pine Grove Communi-
ty near Ethelsville to
the late Milford and
Lockey Maybell Sam-
ford Wright. She was
formerly employed by
the U.S. Army Missile
Command at Redstone
Arsenal as a clerk in the
motion pictures divi-
sion. Agnes was a long-
time member of Monte
Sano United Methodist
Church in Huntsville,
Alabama.
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Ponds. brothers, Jimmie Isaac Suter Sr.
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Ponds of Tuscaloo-
Teresa Holmes of Columbus; daughter,
sa, Alabama; three
COLUMBUS — Te- Tes Holmes of Colora-
grandchildren and one
resa Suter Holmes, 64, do Springs, Colorado;
great-granddaughter.
died Oct. 13, 2018, at sister, Gwen Rainwater
Memorials may be
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Henry Isaac Sr.
STARKVILLE —
Henry Lee Isaac Sr.,
82, died on Oct. 6,
2018, in Starkville.
Service were 2 p.m.
Saturday
at Beth-
el M.B.
Church in
Starkville.
Burial
followed at
Sessums Isaac Sr.
Communi-
ty Cem-
etery in Starkville.
Visitation was Friday
from 5-7 p.m. at True-
vine M.B. Church in
Artesia. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home in
Starkville was entrust-
Dr. Saul Vydas
ed with arrangements.
Mr. Isaac Sr. is sur-
vived by his children,
Dorothy Isaac and Saulius (Saul) Joseph Vydas was born on
January 21, 1938 in Kaunas, Lithuania. During
Henry Lee Issac Jr.;
World War II Saul’s father, Juozas (a physician)
and mother Emilija (a professor of dentistry)
with Saul escaped to safety. The Vydas family
experienced time in a displaced persons camp in
Germany before making their way to the United
States. Saul became a permanent citizen in 1955.
Saul served proudly in the United States Army,
receiving his honorable discharge in 1968 as the
rank of 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. Saul believed
that it was the responsibility of a gentleman to
serve his country.
Saul received his premedical education from
the University of Michigan, graduating in 1961.
Saul then attended Hahnemann Medical College
(Philadelphia, PA) and then received his doctoral
of medicine from University of Illinois (Chicago,
IL) in 1968; completing his residency at Presby-
terian-St. Luke’s (Rush Medical School) in 1972.
Throughout his 46 years as a practicing psy-
chiatrist, Dr. Vydas cared for people. Not just his
patients, but people. He genuinely cared about
the hearts and minds of everyone he met. He lent
his ear and his knowledge to help a friend with
advice or opinion - always available to anyone
who needed him.
Dr. Vydas spent 17 years as a clinical psychia-
trist for Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus,
MS. His Baptist Memorial family respected him
while his patients loved and appreciated him.
Dr. Vydas, a longtime dog lover, became a lov-
ing “cat-father”, and was known for stopping in
at the Humane Society to sit and hold the cats.
If he happened to notice that a cat was not be-
ing chosen, he would pay half of the adoption fee
to entice a potential new cat-mom or cat-dad to
consider the feline. In some cases, it worked and
the cat found a new home. In other cases, the cat
would find a new home at Dr. Vydas’s house and
there would be a new furry-face slinking around
the pride. He never met a cat he didn’t love.
Dr. Vydas was always seeking information and
answers to questions. Hundreds of books in doz-
ens of bookcases line his home. Opening draw-
ers in a bureau, discovering books rather than
blankets or sweaters. Books upon books, about
philosophy, history, science, travel. His thirst for
knowledge was unquenched. He was driven by
curiosity. He was a true seeker.
Saul was preceded in death by parents, Juozas
and Emilija Vydas; and son, Andrew Barnes.
Dr. Vydas is survived by his wife, Melody
Heche Vydas; daughter, Amanda Barnes Tolson
(Aaron); son, Adam Barnes; and granddaughter,
Nayeli Barnes; brother, Algis Vydas (Lina); neph-
ews, Hector Vydas (Vimarie); and daughters,
(Sophie and Milena), Saulius Vydas (Bryanne);
and son, (Magnus), Christopher Vydas (Melis-
sa); and daughter, (Emma); and his beloved cats,
Elf, Francis, Olive and Rufus.
Services for Dr. Vydas will be held at 11 AM on
Saturday, October 20, 2018, at St. Paul’s Episco-
pal Church with The Very Rev. Anne Harris offi-
ciating. Military honors will follow. Visitation will
be from 10-11 AM prior to services at the church.
Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crema-
tory, Second Avenue North location is in charge
of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Episco-
pal Church, 318 College Street, Columbus, MS
39701 or Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society,
P.O. Box 85, Columbus, MS 39703.
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Trump celebrates return

of American pastor from Turkey
‘From a Turkish prison
to the White House in 24
hours, that’s not bad’
President Donald Trump on the
release of pastor Andrew Brunson
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
and ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald
Trump welcomed American pastor An-
drew Brunson to the Oval Office on Sat-
urday, celebrating his release from near-
ly two years of confinement in Turkey
that had sparked a diplomatic row with a
key ally and outcry from U.S. evangelical
groups.
Brunson, who returned to the Unit-
ed States aboard a military jet short-
ly before their meeting, appeared to
be in good health and good spirits. He
thanked Trump for working to secure
his freedom and then lead his family
in prayer for the president. “You really
fought for us,” he told Trump.
“From a Turkish prison to the White
House in 24 hours, that’s not bad,”
Trump said.
Administration officials cast Brun-
son’s release as vindication of Trump’s
hard-nosed negotiating stance, saying
Turkey tried to set terms for Brunson’s
release, but Trump was insistent on
Brunson’s release without conditions.
Trump maintained there was no deal for
Brunson’s freedom, but the president
dangled the prospect of better relations
between the U.S. and its NATO ally.
“We do not pay ransom in this coun-
try,” Trump said.
Where previous administrations kept
negotiations over U.S. prisoners held
abroad close to the vest, Trump has ele-
vated them to causes célèbres, striking a
tough line with allies and foes alike.
Trump thanked Turkey’s president,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had resist-
ed the demands of Trump and other
high-level U.S. officials for Brunson’s
release. Erdogan had insisted that
his country’s courts are independent,
though he previously had suggested a
possible swap for Brunson.
The U.S. had repeatedly called for
Brunson’s release and, this year, sanc-
tioned two Turkish officials and doubled
tariffs on steel and aluminum imports
citing in part Brunson’s plight.

Congress heads toward

postelection fight over border wall
Senate Majority Leader has not ruled “Democrats want to
abolish America’s borders
out a mini-shutdown as GOP leaders and allow drugs and gangs
to pour into our country,”
look to help Trump ‘get what he’s Trump said without evi-
dence Wednesday during
looking for’ on the wall a swing through Erie, Pa.
“Right after the elec-
By LISA MASCARO White House priority. tion we’re doing some-
and MAT THEW DALY Trump is promising thing very strong on
The Associated Press voters at rallies across the the wall,” Trump added
country that Republicans Thursday in an interview
WASHINGTON — will bring tougher bor- on “Fox & Friends.”
Congress is heading der security in campaign Republicans steered
toward a postelection speeches that echo those clear of shutdown politics
showdown over Presi- that propelled him to of- ahead of the Nov. 6 mid-
dent Donald Trump’s wall fice two years ago. House term election. They know
along the U.S.-Mexico Speaker Paul Ryan, voters have soured on
border, as GOP leaders R-Wis., promised a “big government dysfunction,
signal they’re willing to fight” over the border wall hold low views of Con-
engage in hardball tactics money and Senate Major- gress and are unlikely to
that could spark a partial ity Leader Mitch McCon- reward Republicans —
government shutdown nell, R-Ky., has not ruled as the party in control of
and the president revs up out a mini-shutdown as Congress and the White
midterm crowds for the GOP leaders look to help House — if post offices,
wall, a centerpiece of his Trump “get what he’s national parks and other
2016 campaign and a top looking for” on the wall. services are shuttered.

Obituaries
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Jessie Gandy at the church cemetery. band, Billy Fulgham

STARKVILLE — The Rev. John Foles of Maben; daughter,
Jessie James Gandy, 73, will officiate. Visitation Tiffany Lucas of Ma-
died on Oct. 6, 2018, in is today from 5-8 p.m. at ben; son, Kori Fulgham
Starkville. Welch Funeral Home in of Asheville, North
Service were 11 a.m. Starkville. Carolina; sister, Vickie
Saturday Mrs. Fulgham is Coggins of Sturgis; and
at Austin survived by her hus- two grandchildren.
C.O.C.H.,
USA, in
Starkville.
Burial
followed at
Sessums
Com- Gandy
munity
Cemetery in Starkville.
Visitation was Friday
from 2-6 p.m. at West
Memorial Funeral
Home in Starkville.
Mr. Gandy is sur-
vived by his wife,
Wilda Quinn-Gandy;
daughters, Shawna
Flowe, Latrese Stall-
ings, Katina Quinn and
Jessica Jenkins; sisters,
Queen Young, Dorothy
Young and Lena Young;
brothers, Charlie Gan-
dy, Joseph Gandy and
Leroy Gandy.

Shelia Fulgham
MABEN — Shelia
Voncille Fulgham, 52,
died Oct. 8, 2018, at
OCH Regional Medical
Center in Starkville.
A Celebration of Life
service will be held 11
a.m. Monday at Double
Springs Baptist Church
in Maben. Burial will be

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Roses and thorns

A rose to the
Starkville Police
Department and,
in particular, Sgt.
Bill Lott whose
determination
to solve a 28-year-old murder
case paid off last week with
the arrest of Michael Wayne
Devaughn, now 51. Devaughn
was identified by DNA evidence
as the suspect in the 1990
Labor Day murder of Starkville
resident Betty Jones, 65, and
the rape and murder of Kath-
ryn Crigler, 81. Both crimes
were committed in Crigler’s
Starkville home, according to
the SPD. Lott had worked the
case for 14 years. The DNA
profile from Crigler’s rape kit
was matched to DNA from a
cigarette butt on Devaughn’s
person, according to infor-
mation read during his initial
Monday evening appearance in
Starkville Municipal Court.
We applaud the SPD and
Lott for keeping this case active
over the years. For the family of
the women, their persistence is
another step in the path toward
justice.
A rose to the
team of Missis-
sippi Histori-
ans, including
students from
Mississippi State
and Ole Miss, who spent the
weekend examining historic
Friendship Cemetery in an
effort to discover the unmarked
graves on an unknown number
of Union soldiers thought to
be interred there during the
Civil War. Local historian Rufus
Ward, backed by the Garth-Bil-
lups Foundation in Columbus,
has led the project to have a
group of archaeologists from
the University of Mississippi
survey an unmarked section
in the southwest corner of the
cemetery to determine if there
are any graves in the section,
and if so, whose graves they
could be. Ward, alongside Uni-
versity of Mississippi archaeol-
ogist Tony Boudreaux and Mis-
sissippi State University’s John
Marszalek — executive director
of the Ulysses S. Grant Memori-
al Library — all announced the
project this spring.
During the weekend, a team
of archeology students used
ground-penetrating radar and
a magnetometer, which detects
and differentiates between
magnetic signatures in differ-
ent types of soil, in their bid to
identify the remains of those
soldiers.
A thorn to
Columbus Mu-
nicipal School
District Superin-
tendent Cherie
Labat, whose
refusal to confirm the firing of
a top school administrator is
inconsistent with her pledge
to manage the district in an
open fashion. The Dispatch
confirmed that Labat had
recommended the termination
of deputy superintendent Craig
Shannon more than a week ago
after she declined to confirm
the decision.
We understand that these
types of personnel decisions
can be sensitive — in fact,
Shannon has asked for a
termination hearing before the
school board. Even so, confirm-
ing Shannon’s termination is a
reasonable request. Taxpayers
have the right to know when a
high-ranking administrator is
terminated, even if other details
cannot be shared. Keeping the
public informed of a govern-
mental body’s actions is a key
part in building trust with the
community. We hope this is an
isolated case.
A rose
to Brenda
Lathan, who
was appointed
this week to
the Mississippi Economic
Development Council Board
of Directors. It’s yet another
milestone for Lathan,
who began her career in
economic development as an
administrative assistant 19
years ago and has risen through
the ranks to the position of
Senior Vice President for the
Golden Triangle Development
LINK. Over that tenure, she
has played a prominent role
in helping the LINK recruit
numerous manufacturing and
industrial companies. MEDC
is a professional association
of economic development,
chambers and associated
stakeholders who work together
to advance the profession
and to advance economic
development efforts in
Mississippi through advocacy,
collaboration, education and
by providing resources to its
members. MEDC is the voice
of the economic development
profession in the state.

The ENVIRONMENT Cartoonist view

America doesn’t shrug

What if the end of the
world came and nobody
noticed?
It’s not quite an idle ques-
tion.
You see, something
remarkable happened last
week. The Intergovernmen-
tal Panel on Climate Change,
a group of scientists working
under the aegis of the United
Nations, issued a report on
our planet’s health. Turns out Leonard Pitts
it’s worse than we thought.
Barring prompt — and politi-
cally unlikely — measures to drastically cut carbon out-
put within the next decade, they say we’ll begin to see
worsening droughts, wildfires, coral reef decimation,
coastal flooding, food shortages and poverty beginning
as soon as 2040.
You can expect mass evacuations from the most
heavily impacted areas. As one of the report’s authors,
Aromar Revi, director of the Indian Institute for Human
Settlements, told The New York Times, “In some parts
of the world, national borders will become irrelevant.
You can set up a wall to try to contain 10,000 and 20,000
and 1 million people, but not 10 million.”
And we haven’t even gotten to the remarkable part
yet. That has to do with our collective response to this
doomsday prognosis. In a word, America shrugged.
That’s a necessarily subjective analysis, but I’ll
stand by it. Yes, news media dutifully reported the sto-
ry and pundits dutifully sounded the alarm. But none
of it seemed to quite register. Two days later, the story
was pretty much over, our attention having already
moved on. Partial To Home
You might correctly say this is to be expected, given

Funeral food and funeral flowers

the lack of environmental leadership from a White
House that wants to bring back coal. But there’s also a
subtler force at work.

S
Largely because of Donald Trump, you see, we live aturday, a week I can think of at red flowers in a green field in
in a starkly different world than we did just three years ago, on the way least one addition to misty morning light. One more
ago. The unprecedented has become the ordinary, the home from a that line-up. quiet example of nature’s efforts
emergency the everyday. Children in cages #MeToo graveside service at After the funeral to add beauty to our lives.
Robert Mueller Stormy Daniels Brett Kavanaugh Friendship, I drove of newspaperman and Spider lilies are also called
Jeff Sessions North Korean nukes election hacking through Trash Alley professor Bill Sorrells hurricane lilies because they
anonymous op-ed administrative coup EPA corruption where a garage sale in West Point in 2008, appear during hurricane season.
emoluments clause NFL attacks collusion confusion and fish fry were in I went to Stafford’s Big A delightful illustration of the
and lies, oh my. progress. Thinking Burger and ordered a adaptability of these unassuming
It has become impossible to care about all you some levity might be a large chocolate milk- fall flowers can be found in front
should care about, keep up with all you should keep up nice follow-up to what shake. It seemed a fit- of Mark and Alison Alexander’s
with. The human mind doesn’t have the bandwidth for had been a solemn ting epilogue to “Wild house on Seventh Street im-
it. Every day, you feel like you’re running uphill on an event, I rolled the win- Birney Imes Bill’s” interment, one mediately south of Fire Station
ever-accelerating treadmill with no stop button. dow down and asked he would have likely No. 1. Growing in the narrow
So then you read where the planet is melting, dire what was cooking. appreciated. step-down between the curb
results expected soon, and you just shrug and file it Fish and chicken. Bill, whose journalism career and sidewalk is a 20-foot strip of
away with all the other terrible things you’ll worry So, yes, there under the shade included a stint at Life magazine spider lilies.
about when you get a chance. That’s understandable. of a hackberry tree next to Ger- and more than two decades at Their beauty is ephemeral. Al-
But it presumes a luxury we don’t have — time. Again, aldine Murray’s home, I enjoyed The Commercial Appeal, hear- ready the blooms of local Lycoris
this report says the world has 10 years in which to save a chicken wing plate and the kened back to the days of lead radiata are fading. If you want to
itself — and we’ll spend at least two of those under company of Geraldine’s brother, type and hard-bitten editors who see this year’s show, I’d suggest a
Trump. Morris Murray, a local history had few reservations about raised drive-about paying special atten-
Always before, the hinge points of American history enthusiast, and those assembled. voices and the use of expletives tion to vacant lots.
have somehow managed to find the people the times Fredrick Scott, grill master for to motivate their charges when The bulbs of the spider lily are
demanded: citizen soldiers at the founding, Union the occasion, seasoned the chick- they didn’t perform to expecta- poisonous. According to Wikipe-
patriots at the unraveling, tough-minded strivers en with a Jamaican jerk season- tions. dia they are planted at the edge
during depression and global war, American dreamers ing. It was delicious. Not to say Bill did any of that. of rice paddies in Japan to keep at
in the freedom years. But seldom before has the nation Trash Alley, by the way, is 11th At The W, as a journalism prof, bay the mice and other pests.
seemed as exhausted and fractured as it does now. Avenue South between Fifth and he was a patient mentor. Bill Buddhists pay tribute to their
So the question of the moment is: What will this new Seventh streets. Though at one wrote a lovely series of columns ancestors by planting spider
hinge point bring out of us? The answer will come at time the name may have been for The Dispatch in the run-up lilies on their graves. In the fall
the ballot box over the next two years. And the whole merited, the strip is now well to the U.S. Women’s Open Golf when the flowers are blooming,
world waits with us to find out what we are. Are we groomed and litter free. That Championship at Old Waverly in they offer tribute to the dead
truly the ignorance, incoherence and chaos of the mo- is not to say there aren’t other 1999. there. Since they are associated
ment, or are we the sense of purpose and can-do that “trash alleys” in our town. On a recent morning just be- with death — the Japanese often
have always before defined America at its crossroads? “Nobody eats better than a fore sunrise, I drove past a group- use them in funerals — best not
If we say it’s the latter, then we should feel ashamed, bereaved Southerner.” The quote ing of spider lilies on a grassy lot to give a bouquet of these flowers
chastised by our history. Because if that history tells us comes from a Southern Living at the corner of Eight Street and to a loved one.
anything, it tells us this: article on funeral food. Recipes Ninth Avenue South. Better a chocolate milkshake
America doesn’t shrug. included with the article are clas- There was something ethereal or some jerk chicken wings.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for sic macaroni and cheese, ham about the simple beauty of the Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.
commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Email biscuits, Mama’s fried chicken cluster of several dozen fresh com) is the former publisher of
him at lpitts@miamiherald.com. and all manner of casseroles. (they pop up after a fall rain) pale The Dispatch.
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Trump vows to unearth truth

about Khashoggi disappearance
U.S. resident and critic of the Saudi government
went missing more than a week ago
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President
Donald Trump declared Friday the
U.S. will uncover the truth about
what happened to journalist and
U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi,
whose possible murder at Saudi
hands after disappearing in Istan-
bul has captured worldwide atten-
tion. Trump promised to personally
call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman
soon about “the terrible situation in
Turkey.”
“We’re going to find out what
happened,” Trump pledged when
questioned by reporters in Cincin-
nati where he was headlining a po-
litical rally.
Khashoggi, a forceful critic of
the Saudi government, went miss-
ing more than a week ago after en-
tering a Saudi consulate in Istanbul,
and Turkish officials have said they
believe he was murdered there.
U.S. officials say they are seeking
answers from the Saudi govern-
ment and are not yet accepting the
Turkish government’s conclusions.
The Saudis have called accu-
sations that they are responsible
for Khashoggi’s disappearance
“baseless.” Widely broadcast video
shows the 59-year-old writer and
Washington Post contributor enter-
ing the consulate on Tuesday of last
week, but there is none showing
him leaving.
Separately, Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo spoke to Khashoggi’s
fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, the State
Department said Friday. No details
of the conversation were released.
In an interview Friday with The
Associated Press, Cengiz said
Khashoggi was not nervous when
he entered the Saudi consulate to
obtain paperwork required for their
marriage.
“He said, ‘See you later my dar-
ling,’ and went in,” she told the AP.
Citing anonymous sources, the
Post reported Friday that Turkey’s
government has told U.S. officials
it has audio and video proof that
Khashoggi was killed and dismem-
bered. The AP has not been able
to confirm that report. In written
responses to questions by the AP,
Cengiz said Turkish authorities had
not told her about any recordings
and Khashoggi was officially “still
missing.”

Send in your
Prospect of Trump-Xi talks raises hope for thaw in trade war News About Town event.

Worries about increased tariffs led Saturday in Bali, Indone-

to a dizzying bout of volatility in
financial markets this week
The Associated Press
BEIJING — With Chi-
na and the United States
opening the door to a meet-
ing next month between
Presidents Xi Jinping and
Donald Trump, hopes are
rising for a potential eas-
ing of tensions in the trade
war between the world’s
two largest economies.
Worries about the in-
creased tariffs the two
sides have imposed on
each other’s goods contrib-
uted to a dizzying bout of
volatility in financial mar-
kets this week. The higher
sia, where he’s attending
rations for the talks were
under way. email:
global finance meetings. “It looks like there will community@cdispatch.com
Still, Larry Kudlow, be a meeting in Buenos
Trump’s top economic Aires at the G-20,” Kudlow Subject: NATS
adviser, said in Washing- said in an interview with
tariffs raise costs for com- ton on Friday that prepa- CNBC.
panies in both countries,
and economists say that if
they remain in place indef-
initely, they could depress
economic growth.
A Xi-Trump meeting,
if it happens, would take
place during a summit of
leaders of the Group of 20
biggest global economies
in Argentina in late No-
vember.
“I don’t think any de-
cision has been made in
regards to a meeting,”
Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin told reporters

Miss. truck driver facing charges

after 11 vehicle crash kills 3
Man faces vehicular homicide while
driving under the influence charge
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa.
— State police say a trac-
tor-trailer driver is facing
charges following a crash
in Pennsylvania that killed
three people, including a
toddler, and injured seven
others.
Police in Dauphin
County say vehicles on In-
terstate 83 in Lower Pax-
ton Township had slowed
or stopped but the trac-
tor-trailer failed to stop
and struck other vehicles
at about 8:30 Friday night.
Police say a total of 11 ve-
hicles were involved.
Twent y-four-year- old
Zachary Lybrand of Mid-
dletown and an 18-month-
old Middletown girl were
killed along with 22-year-
old Ethan VanBochoven
of Pompton Plains, New
Jersey.
Twent y-nine -year-old
Jack Edward Satterfield
III of McComb, Mississip-
pi faces charges including
vehicular homicide while
driving under the influ-
ence and accidents involv-
ing death or personal inju-
ry. Court documents don’t
list an attorney and a listed
number for him couldn’t
be found Saturday.
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Cemetery
Continued from Page 1A
emits electromagnetic
pulses that detect buried
objects.
Tony Boudreaux,
director for the Center
for Archaeological Re-
search at Ole Miss, said
the rough map produced
by the magnetometer
already shows a dense-
ly-packed graveyard
confirming what histori-
ans’ records have claimed
for years — there are far
more soldiers buried in
the cemetery than there
are headstones.
“We’ll have to figure
out the density, but
basically (there’s) grave
shaft, small space, grave
shaft, small space, grave
shaft,” he said. “They’re
lined up through here in
a much higher density
than those stones are.”
Unfortunately, the
magnetometer didn’t
to produce a good map
of the area just west of
the headstones, where
Ward think it’s most
likely the Union soldiers
are buried. For a more
accurate map of that
area — and the entire
Confederate section of
the cemetery — they’ll
have to wait a couple of
weeks to process the data
from the radar back in
Oxford. There, archaeol-
ogists can combine data
from the two machines to
create a three-dimension-
al map that shows exactly
how far the graves are un-
derground and how close
they are to each other.
Unfortunately, Bou-
dreaux said, if the Union
soldiers were buried
close to the Confederate
ones, there may be no
way for the data to tell
which soldiers are which.
“Let’s say you had a
situation where you had
a cluster and a separate
cluster,” Boudreaux said.
“You might be able to say,
‘One of those might be
Union, one of those might
be Confederate.’ Those
look solid all the way
through.”
Still, Boudreaux said,
they won’t know for sure
until all the data has been
processed.
Connecting to the past
While Lancaster
looked at the magnetom-
eter’s map, seniors from
Mississippi School for
Mathematics and Sci-
ence’s Western Civiliza-
tions class gathered in
the cemetery talking to
archaeologists and learn-
ing about the equipment.
For Victoria Waller
of Tupelo, the project
provided new insight into
a chapter of history she’d
learned about last year,
when she performed in
Tales from the Crypt, an
annual project in which
students write and per-
form skits based on their
research on Columbus
historical figures.
Waller had played two
of the Decoration Day
ladies referenced in the
newspapers Ward and
Lancaster found.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Laura Daniels/Special to The Dispatch
The computer shows a map of grave shafts in the Con-
federate section in the southwest corner of Friendship
Cemetery. Archaeologists from the University of Mis-
sissippi spent Thursday and Friday gathering data on
the grave sites to see if they could identify a cluster of
graves that might be the burial spots of eight unknown
Union soldiers who may be buried in the cemetery. Laura Daniels/Special to The Dispatch
Research Associate Stephen Harris, left, and Tony Boudreaux, director of the Center
for Archaeological Research, both of University of Mississippi, examine an under-
ground map of the Confederate section of Friendship Cemetery Friday afternoon.
The two archaeologists brought non-invasive archaeological equipment to gather
data about the graves of hundreds of soldiers who died in Columbus after the Battle
of Shiloh, in hopes of identifying the grave sites of up to eight Union soldiers who
may still be buried in the cemetery.
Laura Daniels/Special to The Dispatch
University of Mississippi archaeologist Stephen Harris
shows Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
students Victoria Waller and Jack Shelton a magnetom-
eter at Friendship Cemetery Friday. The magnetometer
is one of several pieces of equipment Ole Miss archae-
ologists are using to gather data on the cemetery.
“It was essentially be completely processed
in my script how the for several weeks, Ward
Decoration Day ladies said the final step, he
were the first to recog- hopes, will be a memorial
nize both the Union and in the cemetery to the
Confederate soldiers, unknown Union soldiers
and that was what my who died in Columbus.
performance was about,” “Whether we find
she said. “…This could them, we know some-
potentially change the where in this area is
Tales from the Crypt per-
where they are,” Ward
formances in the future
said.
if we find out where the
Likewise, Lancaster
Union soldiers are buried
or more about them.” said he’s happy with the
Her classmate Jack project even if the data
Shelton was more inter- doesn’t point to where
ested in the equipment, the soldiers are. With
which was familiar to him just the data processed
because his father works so far, they’re already
in land surveying. confirming theories and
“It was pretty cool learning information.
to see in a cemetery “A couple of days ago,
because, really, I’ve just that was just entirely
seen it when they’re try-
ing to survey land so they
speculation as to wheth-
er they were individual
can build something,” graves, trench burial or
Shelton said. just how it went,” Lan-
Boudreaux and the caster said. “… So we’ll
other historians planned get some good informa-
tours in the Confederate tion out of this even if
section Friday and Satur- we don’t find the Union
day, explaining the equip- graves.”
ment and talking about
Boudreaux agreed.
the data so students and
“It’s been great to
other members of the
public could see the proj- interact with folks,” he
said. “…Obviously people
ect for themselves.
“Hopefully people can in Columbus care a lot
have a connection,” he about their history, so it’s
said. “They’re living in nice to be able to contrib-
the same place where all ute whatever we can to
these events took place that.”
in the past. For me, that The project is a
connection’s always been partnership between
very important. For folks Ole Miss, the U.S. Grant
to have that same connec- Association and the
tion … that’s kind of an U.S. Grant Presidential
enriching experience.” Library at Mississippi
State University and the
Next steps Billups-Garth Foundation
While the data won’t of Columbus.
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Five for five: Morris takes over Falcons

By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Whatever it takes is the motto
Phillip Morris is going to live by
this season.
While that credo might sound
simple, it has come to fruition after
four years of waiting, learning, and
upheaval at Columbus High School.
In that time, Morris has worked
for four boys basketball coaches —
Sammy Smith, Luther Riley, Gary
Griffin, and Anthony Carlyle — at
the school and has experienced a
lot of highs and lows.
Morris, 28, feels all of it has
prepared him to step into his new
role as head coach of the Columbus
High boys basketball program.
Adam Minichino/Dispatch Staff
“Stability starts from the bottom
Phillip Morris will make his coaching debut at Columbus up with the middle school kids,”
Monday night when the school hosts Purple Madness. Morris said. “The seniors who are
Morris shown with assistant Jonathan Pope. part of this year’s group are the
Inside
n NEW GUY: Falcons look for stability.
Page 7B
first guys I coached here. Me being
here with them kind of gives them
a comfortable feeling that there is a
familiar face and a guy you know.”
On July 16, the Columbus Mu-
nicipal School District’s Board of
Trustees voted to allow Carlyle out
of his contract to become the new
boys basketball coach at Yazoo City
High. Carlyle also will be athlet-
ic coordinator for the Yazoo City
School District.
On July 30, the CMSD Board of
Trustees voted to promote Morris
to head coach at Columbus High.
The move means Columbus, which
won the Mississippi High School
Activities Association (MHSAA)
Class 6A State titles in 2015-16
and 2017-18, will have its fifth head
coach in five years.
That is a daunting task for Mor-
ris, who came up through the Co-
lumbus High system with Gary
Griffin and then played point guard
for former Columbus High coach
Sammy Smith. But Morris, who is
from Columbus, said he hopes to
provide the stability the program
hasn’t been able to maintain in re-
cent years.
“It has been tough,” Morris said.
“I think we have had our ups and
downs, but overall it has been expe-
rience. I am just blessed to be in the
position.”
At 6 p.m. Monday, Morris will un-
veil his team for the 2018-19 season
as part of Purple Madness, which
coincides with the first official day
of practice for MHSAA teams.
The event, which Riley helped
See MORRIS, 7B

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Crimson Tide Rebels stage

start fast to late rally to
rout Tigers deny Hogs
By JOHN ZENOR By KURT VOIGT
The Associated Press The Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua LIT TLE ROCK, Ark. — Jor-

Tagovailoa gave Alabama a mo-
mentary scare. So did Missouri.
As usual, things turned out just
fine for the top-ranked Crimson
Tide.
Tagovailoa passed for 265
yards and three touchdowns but
didn’t return after aggravating
a right knee injury in No. 1 Ala-
bama’s 39-10 victory over Missou-
ri on Saturday night.
The Tide (7-0, 4-0 Southeast-
ern Conference) shrugged off an-
other would-be challenger in the
league, but the star quarterback
went down after sliding at the end
of a run in the third quarter.
dan Ta’amu accounted for 528
yards of total offense and engi-
neered a late game-winning drive
to help Ole Miss come back for a
37-33 win over Arkansas on Satur-
day night.
Scottie Phillips scored on a
5-yard touchdown run with 42
seconds remaining to complete
the dramatic comeback for the
Rebels (5-2, 1-2 Southeastern
Conference), who put an end to a
four-game losing streak to the Ra-
zorbacks.
Stan Beall/Special to The Dispatch Ta’amu completed 26 of 35
East Mississippi Community College running back Deon McIntosh (20) hurdles a Holmes Com- passes for 387 yards and a pair of
munity College defender during Saturday’s MACJC North Division contest at Scooba.
touchdowns for Ole Miss. The se-

CARRYING THE LIONS’ SHARE

Tagovailoa went to the medical
tent on the sideline after tweak-
ing a sprained right knee. He was
joined by his parents, and Jalen
Hurts led the Tide the rest of the
way with a big lead over the Ti-
gers (3-3, 0-3).
The nation’s top scoring of-
fense didn’t let up too much, and
Tagovailoa hasn’t thrown a pass
in a fourth quarter yet this season
anyway.
“Tua could have went back in
the game,” Tide coach Nick Saban
said. “He wanted to go back in the
game. I didn’t think it was worth
him going back into the game.”
Jerry Jeudy gained 147 yards
on three catches, including an 81-
yard touchdown from Tagovailoa
on the game’s second play. DeVon-
ta Smith had four catches for 100
See TIDE, 5B
Running game sends No. 1 EMCC past Holmes C.C. on Homecoming
By Scott Walters
swalters@cdispatch.com
SCOOBA — Football has
taught East Mississippi Com-
munity College sophomore
TyQuan Ulmer many valu-
able lessons.
Patience is high on that
list.
Waiting for his chance to
blossom in his first season
with the Lions, Ulmer has
made the most of an opportu-
nity stemming from starting
quarterback Vijay Miller’s in-
GAME 8
n No. 1 EMCC hosts Coahoma
C.C., 7 p.m. Thursday
jury and found that this was
his time to shine.
Ulmer ran for three touch-
downs and passed for one
more as No. 1 EMCC beat
Holmes Community College
56-21 before a capacity crowd
assembled on a picture-per-
fect Homecoming Saturday
afternoon at Sullivan-Wind-
ham Field.
“This is like a brother-
hood,” Ulmer said. “We have
a lot of fun here. Just every-
day with these guys, it’s been
a blessing. Going out there
and making plays of course
makes it even better.”
With the win, EMCC im-
proved to 7-0 overall and 4-0
in division play. One win in
the final two games (home
to Coahoma Community Col-
lege and at Northeast Missis-
sippi Community College)
See EMCC, 8B
nior also rushed 17 times for 141
yards and a score in helping the
Rebels rally from down 17 points
in the second quarter.
His single-game total yardage
is the second most in Ole Miss
history, trailing only a 540-yard
effort by Archie Manning.
“I think this is one of my most
complete games,” Ta’amu said. “I
was just being smart with the ball
and making right decisions and
right reads.”
Phillips rushed 18 times for
86 yards and the game-winning
score.
Ty Storey was 12-of-16 passing
for 122 yards and a score and also
rushed for 70 yards before leaving
the game in the second half with
an apparent injury for Arkansas
(1-6, 0-4).
See REBELS, 5B

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

McCowan makes most of chance with Bulldogs

By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Teaira Mc-
Cowan wasn’t thinking about a pro-
fessional basketball career when
she arrived at Mississippi State.
In fact, McCowan said in July
2015 she wasn’t even sure if she
would be able to play Division I bas-
ketball because so many coaches
told her she would have to go to ju-
nior college first.
Vic Schaefer and Johnnie Harris
didn’t buy it.
“Coach Harris and coach Schae-
fer were like, ‘No, you don’t have to
go to JUCO first,” McCowan said
more than three years ago. “You
can just come right on to DI. You
just have to put in the extra hours.’ ”
McCowan has put in more than a
few “extra” hours to become argu-
ably the best post player in women’s
Inside
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potential on next level. Page 7B
college basketball. The 6-foot-7
from Brenham, Texas, has earned
preseason first-team All-America
honors from Street and Smith and
second-team accolades from Athlon
and Lindy’s. The recognition comes
on the heels of a breakout junior
season that saw McCowan set a
program record for double-doubles
and help MSU go 16-0 in the South-
eastern Conference and win the
program’s first regular-season title.
The accomplishments didn’t stop
there, as MSU won a program-re-
cord 37 games and advanced to its
second-straight national title game.
McCowan played an integral role in
that march, earning first-team All-
SEC honors, first-team All-America
honors from espnW, and third-team
All-America honors from The As-
sociated Press and the Women’s
Basketball Coaches Association
(WBCA). She also was named the
winner of the first Naismith Defen-
sive Player of the Year.
This season, McCowan is ex-
pected to take on an even bigger
role as she leads the team with se-
nior guards Jazzmun Holmes and
Jordan Danberry and graduate
transfer Anriel Howard, a forward
from Texas A&M.
On Thursday, McCowan will join
Schaefer and Holmes in Birming-
ham, Alabama, for the annual SEC
Media Days. The event is the kick-
off for the 2018-19 season, which be-
gins at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, with an Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
exhibition against Central Missouri Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan turns to
at Humphrey Coliseum. shoot over Louisville’s Sam Fuehring in the national
See McCOWAN, 6B semifinals on March 30, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio.
2B SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Prep Football
Friday’s Mississippi Scores
Aberdeen 46, Hatley 45
Local Southaven 34, Columbus 14

heartbreak continues for falcons

DeSoto School 48, Hebron Christian 6
Heritage Aca. 21, Starkville Aca. 7
Lee Academy (Ark.) 53, Columbus Christian 28
Noxubee County 62, Kosciusko 27
Pontotoc 28, Caledonia 27, OT
Sebastopol 28, Hamilton 9
Southaven 34, Columbus 14
Starkville 21, Madison Central 17
West Memphis Christian, Ark. 30, Oak Hill Aca. 28 By Scot t Walters
West Point 34, Olive Branch 33
State swalters@cdispatch.com
Adams Christian 39, Cathedral 6
Baldwyn 45, Walnut 29
Biggersville 45, H.W. Byers 0
Bogue Chitto 49, Amite County 8
Columbus High School
Booneville 37, North Pontotoc 32 found itself two yards away
Brandon 35, Meridian 12
Broad Street 18, Shaw 0 from tying Friday night’s Mis-
Bruce 22, Strayhorn 13
Calhoun Aca. 54, North Sunflower Aca. 14 sissippi High School Activities
Center Hill 27, Lewisburg 17
Central Hinds Aca. 38, Park Place Academy 0 Association (MHSAA) Class
Centreville Aca. 46, Amite School 19
Charleston 38, Ruleville 6 6A, Region 1 Homecoming con-
Choctaw Central 44, Kemper County 20
Choctaw County 30, Nettleton 7 test with Southaven.
Collins 40, Richton 19
Columbia 14, Jefferson Davis County 12
However, going down at the
Columbia Aca. 20, Wayne Aca. 6
Corinth 41, Ripley 20
2-yard line is where Columbus
D’Iberville 56, Hancock 28 quarterback Jaelan Craddieth
East Central 16, St. Stanislaus 0
French Camp 41, Ethel 19 lost possession of the football.
Germantown 36, Neshoba Central 21
Gulfport 42, Harrison Central 21 The game’s only turnover
Hattiesburg 49, Wayne County 6
Heidelberg 36, Clarkdale 14 was the final swing of momen-
Hernando 21, DeSoto Central 14
Holmes County Central 42, Cleveland Central 21 tum play.
Horn Lake 28, Oxford 17
Houston 43, South Pontotoc 21 The Chargers then reeled
Humphreys Aca. 60, Marvell Academy, Ark. 54
Indianola Aca. 42, Bayou Aca. 27
off a 96-yard run against the de-
Itawamba AHS 42, Mooreville 20
Jackson Aca. 49, Presbyterian Christian 14
moralized Falcons’ defense.
Kossuth 41, Mantachie 12 That would seal Southaven’s
Lafayette 55, Grenada 21
Lake Cormorant 42, Saltillo 12 34-14 victory before a capacity
Lamar School 47, Copiah Aca. 21
Laurel 23, West Jones 17, OT crowd at Falcon Field.
Lausanne, Tenn. 49, Northpoint Christian 13
Lawrence County 35, Purvis 28, OT Southaven (3-5, 2-2) scored
Leake Aca. 43, Winston Aca. 8
Lee Academy-Clarksdale 34, Kirk Aca. 0 twice in the final 2 minutes, 12
Lumberton 51, Sacred Heart 7
Macon Road Baptist, Tenn. 47, Coldwater 0 seconds to keep playoff hopes
Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 42, Jackson Prep 21
Magee 43, St. Andrew’s 10
alive.
McComb 40, Florence 35
Mize 36, Puckett 28
On the other end of the
Morton 28, Southeast Lauderdale 27, OT spectrum. Columbus (0-8, 0-4)
Moss Point 15, Pass Christian 0
Nanih Waiya 48, Vardaman 14 remains winless after its most
Natchez 34, Brookhaven 33
New Albany 45, Tishomingo County 0 bitter defeat of the season.
Newton Co. Aca. 42, Benton Academy 14 Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch
North Delta 41, Marshall Aca. 20 “You eventually run out of Columbus linebacker Kam
North Panola 50, Holly Springs 6
Northwest Rankin 34, Clinton 14 Jenkins (33) takes down South-
O’Bannon 37, West Bolivar 14 Southaven 34, Columbus 14 aven return man Triston Miller
Oak Forest, La. 28, Parklane Aca. 20 Southaven 7 7 7 13 — 34
Ocean Springs 35, Pascagoula 7
Palmer 20, Independence 14
Columbus 0 14 7 7 —14 (2). At right, Columbus running
Pearl 41, George County 0
Pearl River Central 40, West Harrison 19
First Quarter back Derrick Jordan (9) breaks
S — Trestin Tucker 11 run (Kylan Lowery kick).
Pelahatchie 41, Pisgah 21 Second Quarter off a long run.
Perry Central 46, St. Patrick 0 C — Matthew Leach 80 run (pass failed).
Petal 42, Jim Hill 30 S — Jordan Hibbler 6 run (Lowery kick).
Picayune 57, Long Beach 7 C — Jaelan Craddieth 11 pass to Fred Harris (Craddieth to Har-
Poplarville 26, Sumrall 14 ris).
Potts Camp 57, Thrasher 6
Prairie View, La. 60, Prentiss Christian 56
Third Quarter things to say the team,” Colum-
S — Tucker 5 run (Lowery kick).
Quitman 42, Northeast Jones 7
Ray Brooks 26, East Webster 23
Fourth Quarter bus coach Eric Rice said. “It’s
S — Hibbler 2 run (Lowery kick).
Resurrection Catholic 44, Mount Olive 6 S — Amittai Hurt 21 run (kick failed). heart-breaking. It’s hard to tell
Ridgeland 54, Vicksburg 30
Seminary 20, Tylertown 14 from where we were (if Crad-
Shannon 55, Amory 14 Team Statistics
Simpson Aca. 35, Bowling Green, La. 20 SHS CHS dieth) was down or not. The
Smithville 49, Ashland 18
South Jones 35, North Pike 34
First Downs
Rushes-Yards
14
34-327
11
40-208 officials said he was. We played
South Panola 21, Tupelo 7
South Pike 62, Lanier 22
Passing Yards
Comp.-Att.-Int.
65
7-13-0
133
9-20-0 about as well as we could play.
St. Aloysius 63, Hillcrest Christian 0
St. Martin 41, Biloxi 23
Return Yards
Fumbles-Lost
70
0-0
65
1-1
We did a lot of things right. It’s
Stone 28, Gautier 15
Stringer 54, Salem 0
Penalties 7-39 4-25 hard not to see the payoff.”
Sylva-Bay Aca. 41, Ben’s Ford, La. 13
TCPS 63, Falkner 28
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Southaven — Jordan Hibbler 14-153, Amittai Hurt
The well-played contest had
Taylorsville 41, Enterprise Clarke 6
Tunica Academy 34, Clinton Christian Academy 22
7-84, Trestin Tucker 6-67, Zakarrius Townes 7-23; Columbus —
Matthew Leach 2-80, Derrick Jordan 22-74, Jaelan Craddieth 13-
the one turnover and limited
Vancleave 24, Bay 7
Velma Jackson 58, Crystal Springs 21
45, Karon Hawk 2-3, Jordan Nash 1-3,.
PASSING: Southaven — Jordan Hibbler 7-13-63-0; Columbus —
penalties. The Falcons were
Warren Central 39, Murrah 18
Water Valley 41, Coahoma AHS 0
Jaelan Craddieth 8-16-133-0, Jordan Nash 1-4-0-0. flagged four times but were
RECEIVING: Southaven — Delvon Wray 2-20, Isaiah Brevard
West Lauderdale 28, Mendenhall 6
West Marion 21, Wesson 12
1-20, Jeremiah Kimrbough 1-13, Khyndal Wilson 1-6, Zakarrius each critical in the outcome of
Townes 1-4, Derrick Massey 1-2; Columbus — Fred Harris 3-63,
Winona 21, Calhoun City 3 Derrick Jordan 2-42, Jeremiah Lang 1-20, Cameron Ledbetter the game.
See FALCONS, 5B
Winona Christian 34, Carroll Aca. 21 1-6, Matthew Leach 1-2, Karon Hawk 1-0.

Starkville 21, Madison Central 17

Starkville High 21, Madison Central 17 Starkville
Madison Central
7
14
7
3
7
0
0 — 21
0 —17

Yellow Jackets rally with strong second half First Quarter

By Bret t Hudson backer shoved a Madison Central tight end
bhudson@cdispatch.com back with the ease that he opens doors.
It effectively ended Madison Central’s
MADISON — Madison Central High hopes of a game-winning drive, solidifying
School’s football team did everything it Starkville’s 21-17 win in a pivotal Mississip-
could to avoid pressure, even before pres- pi High School Activities Association (MH-
sure came. It started what it hoped would SAA) Class 6A, Region 2 game.
be its game-winning drive with pres- “I had to go get it. Had to,” Edwards said.
sure-dodging maneuvers just to tweak It was the mantra the Starkville (7-1, 3-1
them when Starkville High School finally region) defense adopted midway through
play calling reflected such: a rollout that
ultimately fell incomplete and a short pass
before a quarterback draw, taking Jimmy
Holiday’s rushing total to 88 at the time.
Two more completions of seven and
five yards were enough to flip the switch
in Starkville defensive coordinator Kevie
Thompson’s head.
“In the heat of the battle, we have to
bring pressure because that’s the identity
S — KJ Lawrence 3 run (Garin Boniol kick).
MC — Jimmy Holiday 41 pass to Myles Hopson (Cale Nation kick).
MC — Shacobia Luckett 31 interception return (Nation kick).
Second Quarter
S — Dreke Clark 2 run (Boniol kick).
MC — Nation 18 field goal.
Third Quarter
S — Clark 3 run (Boniol kick).
Team Statistics
SHS MCHS
First Downs 13 18
Rushes-Yards 35-119 43-191
Passing Yards 109 165
Comp.-Att.-Int. 17-24-1 9-13-1
Return Yards 82 76
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties 10-78 6-66

brought pressure later in the drive. its final stand. of our guys. I had to bring pressure,” he Individual Statistics
RUSHING — Starkville: Dreke Clark 20-61 2 TD, KJ Lawrence
More times than not, their answer was Madison Central (6-2, 3-1 region) got the said. 8-52 TD, Malik Brown 3-9, Luke Altmyer 1-1, Team 1-0, Rufus
good enough. ball back after a 51-yard Garin Boniol punt “They kept dinking and dunking on us
Harvey 2-(-4); Madison Central: Jimmy Holiday 27-131, Duke
Arnold 16-60.
On the game’s most important play, 98 yards away from a game-winning touch- and I just said, ‘Forget that, we’re going to PASSING — Starkville: Luke Altmyer 17-24-2 109; Madison Cen-
tral: Jimmy Holiday 9-19-1 165 TD.
there was no answer for Zach Edwards. down with 1 minute, 45 seconds to cover play hard on the outside and bring pres- RECEIVING — Starkville: Rufus Harvey 5-45, Atavius Jones
On his way to what was the game-clinch- it. It anticipated pressure, given Starkville sure.” 4-27, Joshua Aka 3-21, Drake Clark 3-13, KJ Lawrence 1-4, Ber-
nard Thomas 1-(-1); Madison Central: Corey Rucker 3-65, Myles
ing sack, Starkville’s standout outside line- adjusted at halftime to stop the run, and its See JACKETS, 4B Hopson 4-58 TD, Blake Backel 1-35, Luke Robertson 1-7.

Noxubee County 62, Kosciusko 27

Tigers explode on offense to return to win column in Region 4-4A play

By DAVID MILLER ond full week of practice after
Special to The Dispatch injuring his foot in week 1. The
affirmation felt good, though,
MACON – Noxubee County both for an offense that had
football coach Tyrone Shorter struggled periodically since
didn’t need to see Kyziah Pruitt Pruitt was hurt, and for the en-
score four touchdowns Friday tire vibe of the team, Shorter
to know he was “back.” said.
He’d seen it since Monday, Pruitt scored a season’s best
the beginning of Pruitt’s sec- four touchdowns Friday in a
62-27 win over Kosciusko. He
Noxubee County 62, Kosciusko 27 ran for 123 yards on 12 carries
Kosciusko 14 0 6 7 — 27
Noxubee County 14 28 13 7 —62 while playing mostly at quarter-
First Quarter back.
NC – Kyziah Pruitt 17 run (Michael Barber kick).
KHS – Zavier Miller 18 run (Cody Pope kick). “It was just his presence,”
NC – Pruitt 2 run (Barber kick).
KHS – Ethan Wood 77 pass to Antonio Harmon (Pope kick). Shorter said. “The moment he
Second Quarter
NC – Pruitt 17 run (Barber kick). was back on the field, every-
NC – Jaqualyn Smith 3 run (Barber kick).
NC – Jaquaris Jamison 74 fumble return (Barber kick). thing was different. The kids
NC – Kristopher White 60 pass to Pruitt (Barber kick).
Third Quarter
depend on him. The kids are
NC – White 10 pass to Savion Price (Barber kick). blocking better, blocking better
NC – Tyrese Hopkins 50 fumble return (kick failed).
KHS – Harmon 85 kick return (kick failed). downfield. Things are clicking.” and the decision reaped early David Miller/Special to The
Dispatch
Fourth Quarter
KHS – Harmon 33 run (Pope kick). It’s important that things be- benefits: Pruitt scored three Noxubee County’s
NC – Keymarcus Jackson 63 interception return (Barber kick).
gin clicking and players start rushing touchdowns on Noxu- Kyziah Pruitt (8) and
Team Statistics exhibiting a “playoff” mentality, bee’s first four drives. Shorter Ja’Qualyn Smith

First Downs
KHS NCHS
12 23 Shorter said. Both he and Pruitt said his offensive coaches didn’t (9) look for running
Rushes-Yards 40-169 47-331
said it’s business as usual for the stay committed to it last week in room against Kos-
Passing Yards 96 94
a 27-26 district loss to Louisville. ciusko Friday night.
Comp.-Att.-Int.
Return Yards
3-8-2
209
5-10-0
277
Tigers, who play an incredibly At right, Maliek
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-0 challenging and often taxing “[Pruitt] was still a little bit Stallings stretches
Penalties 5-55 16-120
non-conference schedule to pre- timid on his foot last week, and for extra yardage for
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Kosciusko – Zavier Miller 16-72, Antonio Harmon pare for district play. he’d only had two days of prac- the Tigers.
3-44, Kendrell Gamble 3-44, Heath McBride 13-18, Davion Roby
1-5, Marlon Dotson 1-3, TEAM 1-(-3), Ethan Wood 2-(-14); Nox- “This is our time of the sea- tice,” Shorter said. “But I was
ubee – Kyziah Pruitt 12-123, Jaqualyn Smith 10-74, Danquaris
Brooks 4-44, Maliek Stallings 3-30, Kaiyus Lewis 3-29, Bobby son, when the weather starts kind of ticked off at our offen-
Shanklin 4-24, Damian Verdell 4-12, Mushane Walker 2-8, Kristo-
pher White 3-7, Jaqualon Sherrod 1-1, TEAM 1-(-21). cooling off,” Shorter said. sive coaches last week … for
PASSING: Kosciusko – Ethan Wood 3-8-96-2; Noxubee – Kris-
topher White 4-6-87-0, Kyziah Pruitt 1-3-7-0, Maliek Stallings
“They’re hungry for it.” a quarter and a half, he didn’t
0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Kosciusko – Antonio Harmon 2-84, Azikwe Mays
The Tigers committed to touch the ball. We wanted to
1-11; Noxubee – Kyziah Pruitt 2-71, Maliek Stallings 2-19, Savion
Price 1-10.
Pruitt running at quarterback, See TIGERS, 5B
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 3B

Prep Football
Friday’s Alabama Scores
Local
Aliceville 36, Southeastern 6
Heritage Academy 21, Starkville Academy 7
Gordo 55, Greene County 6

PATRIOTS REIGN SUPREME IN RIVALRY GAME

Lamar County 24, Oakman 21
Marengo Aca. 14, Pickens Aca. 12
Pickens County 67, Meek 20
South Lamar 55, Marion County 31
Tarrant 27, Sulligent 14

State
Abbeville 54, Daleville 0 By Amber Dodd
Addison 43, Tanner 18
Albertville 24, Lee-Huntsville 20
Special to The Dispatch
Anniston 7, White Plains 0
Athens 56, Columbia 0
Auburn 34, Smiths Station 0 STARKVILLE – Heri-
Austin 40, Huntsville 3
Autauga Academy 58, Evangel Christian 0
tage Academy watched rival
Baker 37, Alma Bryant 7 Starkville Academy win a state
Bayside Academy 35, Excel 6
Berry 42, Brilliant 6 championship. Now, they hope
Bessemer Academy 28, Lee-Scott Academy 0
Bibb County 34, Chilton County 21
it is their turn.
Billingsley 47, Autaugaville 8 Dozen of Volunteers left
Boaz 42, Sardis 14
Bob Jones 15, Sparkman 10 their final visit in a football uni-
Brantley 53, Red Level 14
Brewer 32, Guntersville 8
form at J.E. Logan Field emp-
Briarwood Christian 41, Parker 7 ty handed as Heritage Acad-
Brooks 48, Deshler 7
Catholic-Montgomery 41, B.T. Washington 0 emy Patriots (7-2) stunned
Center Point 40, Sylacauga 14
Central - Clay County 40, St. Clair County 7 Starkville Academy with 21-7,
Central-Phenix City 44, Lee-Montgomery 17 giving Starkville Academy (8-
Charles Henderson 17, Carroll-Ozark 7
Cherokee 44, Shoals Christian 14 1) their first loss since week
Cherokee County 54, Ashville 13
Clarke County 6, Hillcrest-Evergreen 0 three of the 2017 season on Se-
Clarke Prep 41, Lowndes Academy 26
Clay-Chalkville 61, Pell City 0
nior Night.
Clements 40, East Lawrence 0 “It humbles everyone,”
Cleveland 49, Woodland 21
Colbert Heights 42, Lexington 25 Starkville Academy head coach
Collinsville 59, Asbury 13
Coosa Christian 34, Gaylesville 6
John Nicholson said. “It’s a
Cottage Hill 35, Leroy 9 short fall from the top. It’s go-
Crenshaw Christian Academy 28, Wilcox Academy 0
Curry 18, Cordova 14 ing to remind us that this game
DAR 59, Danville 12
Daphne 13, Robertsdale 6
is not forgiving. It’s very dif-
Davidson 21, Murphy 0 ficult. You have to earn every-
Demopolis 40, Central-Tuscaloosa 7
Donoho 45, Talladega County Central 18 thing and that’s what a loss will
Dora 50, West Point 29
East Limestone 34, Ardmore 0
show you. We will continue to
Elmore County 24, Childersburg 14 fight, figure out what our plans
Escambia Academy 42, South Choctaw Academy 20
Escambia County 24, Andalusia 3 is.”
Etowah 54, Douglas 0
Eufaula 52, Russell County 31
Heritage Academy stripped
Fairhope 24, Foley 7 the Volunteer’s usually effec-
Fairview 31, West Morgan 14
Falkville 42, Decatur Heritage 19 tive dependencies while head- Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
Fort Payne 17, Buckhorn 0
ing to victory. The Volunteers Heritage Academy’s Moak
Fultondale 16, Midfield 14
Fyffe 56, Cedar Bluff 0 couldn’t be cohesive in the Griffin (1) looks to avoid the
Gadsden 31, Florence 24 tackle from Starkville Academy
Georgiana 35, Elba 27 48-minute battle as Heritage
defender Willie Latham (44)
Glenwood 38, Tuscaloosa Christian School 35
Good Hope 23, Haleyville 7 Academy stripped Starkville during the first half of their
Goshen 34, Calhoun 0
Greenville 34, Beauregard 13
Academy of their identity. football game Friday night.
Hartselle 35, Decatur 14 “I needed relentless effort At right, Heritage Academy’s
Hatton 66, Tharptown 7
Hayden 32, Corner 15 from all 11 (on the field),” Heri- Kelvin “KJ” Smith looks for
Helena 16, Carver-Birmingham 0
Highland Home 31, Luverne 28
tage Academy head coach Sean running room.
Hokes Bluff 49, Cleburne County 10 Harrison said. “That was the
Homewood 34, Chelsea 7
Hoover 32, Spain Park 7 only way we were going to beat the win in Starkville.
Houston Academy 37, Geneva 28
Hubbard 38, Woodville 13
them. I really felt that we did “We wanted to come out and
Hueytown 33, Bessemer City 14 that.” be physical,” Whiteside said.
J.B. Pennington 28, Holly Pond 0
Jackson 15, Citronelle 6 The Panthers’ linemen Fox “Our front three were going to
Jackson Academy 52, Sparta Academy 6
Jackson Olin 40, Pelham 28
Walters, Clay Walters and Eli be big in that. We were physical
Jacksonville 22, Oneonta 21 Atkins dominated the battle
Jasper 28, Lawrence County 7 upfront early in the game. We
Jemison 34, Marbury 22 in the trenches against the
got the safeties running in the
Kinston 20, Pleasant Home 14
defensive power for the Vol-
LaFayette 27, Alabama Christian Academy 8 alleys. They played so hard.”
Lanett 42, Loachapoka 0 unteers. Running back Kelvin
Leeds 34, Holtville 21 Starkville Academy’s stayed
Locust Fork 38, Vinemont 32 “KJ” Smith combined his quick
Lynn 35, Hubbertville 28
speed and success through grounded throughout the game
Macon-East 42, Success Unlimited Academy 20
Madison Academy 64, Madison County 22 gaps set by the linemen. It without their usual success at
Maplesville 32, Isabella 0
Marengo 19, Sweet Water 12 eased quarterback Carter Putt the line. Heritage Academy’s
Mars Hill Bible 26, Central-Florence 9 linemen wore on the Vols offen- Academy. He only ran for 13 of adversity. As the defensive
to show poise in the pocket and
McAdory 35, Hillcrest 26
sive pieces quarterback Garett yards. The longest offensive tip toed around momentum
McIntosh 18, St. Michael Catholic 10 utilize offensive weapons re-
Millry 33, J.F. Shields 0
Mobile Christian 16, Flomaton 12 ceivers Jared Long and Moak Lewis and running backs Tay- play was C.J. Jackson’s 34-yard swings with three and outs,
Monroe Academy 28, Pike Liberal Arts 0
Griffin. lor Arnold and C.J. Jackson. run that set up Starkville’s lone the offensive couldn’t power
Mountain Brook 20, Hewitt-Trussville 17
Muscle Shoals 47, Cullman 17 Lineman coach Russ White- Lewis’ butchered pass plays touchdown by Arnold. through the lineman all over
North Jackson 69, Priceville 7
North Sand Mountain 64, Ider 20 side created the blueprint for turned into four interceptions He said he sees the loss as Starkville Academy.
Northridge 42, Brookwood 18
Northside 54, Oak Grove 21 the lineman’s effort Friday. Wh- where Long played both sides of a regrouping method for the “Me, the lineman and quar-
Northside Methodist 42, Fort Dale Academy 14
Opelika 30, Calera 10
iteside said the lineman’s per- the ball and caught two. Arnold Vols. Though losing is not ide- terback-receiver core, we have
Oxford 47, Shades Valley 13 formance was essential to how found minimal opportunities al, the Vols can only fix what to work together a little more,”
Patrician Academy 40, Hooper Academy 14
Phillips-Bear Creek 38, Hackleburg 8 successful the Patriots were for to put his stamp on Starkville has presented itself in times See RIVALRY, 5B
Piedmont 37, Glencoe 0

Patriots riding high

Pike County 32, Slocomb 10
Pinson Valley 41, Huffman 6
Plainview 55, Brindlee Mountain 6
Pleasant Grove 42, John Carroll Catholic 0
Pleasant Valley 39, B.B. Comer 6
Prattville 47, Jeff Davis 32
Prattville Christian Academy 28, Bullock County 27
STARKVILLE statement because we are a family

K
Providence Christian 61, Opp 0
Ragland 47, Valley Head 6
Ramsay 12, Wenonah 7 issing babies and taking and we are brothers, and I love them
Randolph County 53, Walter Wellborn 13 pictures with children of all to death.”
Randolph School 45, St. John Paul II Catholic 35
Red Bay 12, Colbert County 7 ages usually are reserved for The celebration was more than a
Reeltown 31, Central Coosa 12
Rogers 39, West Limestone 12 politicians. year in the making.
Russellville 63, Hamilton 34
Saint Luke’s Episcopal 62, Fruitdale 0
Moak Griffin doesn’t see himself A year ago, Starkville Academy
Saks 30, Weaver 7 going down that road just yet. But rallied for a 17-14 victory against
Saraland 35, St. Paul’s 0
Scottsboro 44, Arab 27 Griffin wanted to be involved in ev- Heritage Academy in Columbus.
Section 24, Sand Rock 14
Sidney Lanier 35, Carver-Montgomery 25
ery part of the celebration The win propelled the Vol-
Snook Christian 45, Abbeville Christian Academy 42 following the Heritage unteers to the Mississippi
Southern Academy 64, Cornerstone Christian 27
Southside-Gadsden 35, Alexandria 14 Academy football team’s Association of Independent
Spanish Fort 10, Baldwin County 0
Spring Garden 39, Victory Chr. 12
21-7 victory against Schools (MAIS) Class AAA,
Springville 23, Moody 14 Starkville Academy on District 2 title. Coach Chase
St. James 49, Beulah 20
Stanhope Elmore 31, Selma 20 Friday night. Nicholson’s team used that
Susan Moore 35, Pisgah 6
Sylvania 59, New Hope 13
After Griffin was momentum to fuel a run to
Tallassee 39, Rehobeth 14 the last Patriot through the Class AAA State champi-
Theodore 15, McGill-Toolen 3
Thomasville 28, T.R. Miller 12 the handshake line, he onship.
Thompson 21, Vestavia Hills 20
Trinity Presbyterian 10, Dale County 0
skipped across the field Adam Minichino While Starkville Academy
Tuscaloosa County 10, Oak Mountain 7 like a little boy who had just was winning a title, Griffin
UMS-Wright 65, Monroe County 0
Vigor 41, Faith Academy 0 received the No. 1 gift on was wondering about his
Vincent 27, Horseshoe Bend 8
Waterloo 48, Vina 0
his Christmas check list to join his future. The multi-sport standout
West Blocton 46, Dallas County 8 teammates in front of their student tore his anterior cruciate ligament
Westbrook Christian 48, Gaston 0
Wetumpka 23, Benjamin Russell 7 section. against Adams County Christian
Wicksburg 27, Straughn 14
Williamson 26, W.S. Neal 14
“I just love this team,” Griffin Academy in a loss in the second Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
Wilson 21, Elkmont 0 said. “We are brothers on this team. round of the Class AAA playoffs. Heritage Academy defender Lex Rogers (7)
Winfield 35, Carbon Hill 12
Winston County 40, Cold Springs 8 We break it down on family all of The injury denied Griffin a chance intercepts a pass intended for Starkville Academy
Winterboro 52, Appalachian 7
the time, and that is really a true See PATRIOTS, 5B receiver Nason Heflin (30).

West Point 34, Olive Branch 33

Mammoth comeback keeps Green Wave atop 1-5A

West Point 34, Olive Branch 33
West Point 7 7 7 13 — 34
Olive Branch 7 14 6 6 —33

First Quarter
OB – Cole Catledge 17 pass to Josh Stevenson (Cole Stoddard
BY WILL NATIONS staff that came up here in 2004, and it was Cannon took a sweep to the right, broke kick).
Special to the Dispatch the exact same way. We were expected to through initial contact, nearly stumbled in- WP – Brandon Harris 1 run (Jose Lemus kick).
Second Quarter
play the next play, and we could never quit side the 10-yard line from a diving defend- OB – Preston Jeffries 1 run (Stoddard kick).
OLIVE BRANCH – The West Point on this one.”
WP – Harris 6 run (Lemus kick).
er and regained his balance to score the OB – Catledge 5 pass to Johnny Setchfield (Stoddard kick)
High football team faced a massive charac- Third Quarter
The Green Wave started its would-be, decisive touchdown. OB – Gary Banks II 2 run (Kick failed).
ter test on Friday night. WP – Jaylun Eggerson 1 run (Lemus kick).
winning drive after its defense forced the “It feels great because we kept pushing
Trailing by as much as 13 points in Fourth Quarter
game’s only punt, which landed at the West the issue,” Cannon said about his late- OB – Banks II 25 run (Conversion failed).
the second half, it was the Green Wave WP – Harris 10 run (Lemus kick).

that made sure it walked away unscathed Point 16-yard line. Cannon ignited the 12- game heroics. “On the play, I knew I had to WP – Dantariyus Cannon 12 run (Conversion failed).

against the Olive Branch Conquistadors at play series with his 12-yard carry on sec- get it on that play. I had to do for the team.
Team Statistics
Poole Field. ond down. Then, Brandon Harris contin- We just have to keep going hard.” WPHS OBHS

Never holding a lead until the end, West
Point athlete Dantariyus Cannon capped
a two-possession comeback effort with a
12-yard touchdown run with 28 seconds re-
maining in the game, claiming a 34-33 win.
The decision extended the Green Wave’s
MHSAA Region 1-5A winning streak to 24
games.
“I told the guys all week it was going
to be dog fight,” West Point coach Chris
Chambless said. “I may be the only one on
ued to pound the football with an 18-yard
carry for a first down around midfield. Jake
Chambless completed a 12-yard strike to
Cannon two plays later, marching the
Green Wave to the Olive Branch 39-yard
line with less than two minutes left.
Jaylun Eggerson rumbled on three con-
secutive fullback dives to get West Point
inside the red zone, which put the game
clock under a minute.
Finally, on the twelfth play of the drive,
Though emotions were in celebration
mode, West Point’s defense was asked to
stand tall as Olive Branch had one more
opportunity. Starting from their 10-yard
line, the Conquistadors were gifted two
Green Wave personal foul penalties of 30
yards, which extend the drive to the Olive
Branch 40-yard line. Cole Catledge found
Tahj Milson at the West Point 45-yard line
with 7 seconds remaining.
See WAVE, 4B
First Downs
Rushes-Yards
16
30-298
18
39-146
Passing Yards 142 141
Comp.-Att.-Int. 6-10-1 11-15-0
Return Yards 11 66
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties 7-81 8-42
Individual Statistics
RUSHING – West Point – Brandon Harris 14-99, Kameron Martin
8-82, Dantariyus Cannon 8-65, Jaylun Eggerson 7-46, Jimothy
Mays 3-6; Olive Branch – Dakota Braswell 27-107, Gary Banks II
9-34, Cole Catledge 1-3, Preston Jeffries 2-2.
PASSING – West Point – Jake Chambless 5-8-98-1, Brandon
Harris 1-2-44-0; Olive Branch – Cole Catledge 11-15-141-0.
RECEIVING – West Point – Dantariyus Cannon 2-62, TJ An-
derson 1-44, Shun Crawford 1-25, Brandon Harris 1-11; Olive
Branch – Josh Stevenson 6-97, Hunter Riley 3-27, Tahj Milson
1-15, Johnny Setchfield 1-6.
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Prep Football
Pontotoc 28, Caledonia 27, OT

FEDS fall on final play in region 2-4A thriller

By Don Rowe
Special to the Dispatch
CALEDONIA – A
blocked extra point just
before halftime and a
missed 2-point conversion
attempt in overtime came
back to haunt Caledonia,
as the Confederates came
out on the short end of a
heartbreaking 28-27 loss
to Pontotoc in their annu-
al Homecoming contest
here Friday.
On the flip side, junior
placekicker Jolan Mills’
successful point-after
kick in overtime provid-
ed the razor-thin margin
of victory for the visiting
Warriors (8-1, 3-0 MH-
SAA Class 4A, Region 2)
who came into the game
as the No. 3 ranked 4A
team in the state in the
latest Mississippi AP high
school football poll.
In the extra period,
Caledonia had the ball
first and Brandon Ed-
mondson scored on a
5-yd. keeper on the third
play from scrimmage.
But Pontotoc cornerback
Ralph Dunn intercepted
his pass in the end zone
on the conversion try to
keep the deficit at six
points.
Two plays later, Pon-
totoc senior Gabe Har-
mon scored on a 5-yard
run on which a missed
tackle back at the 8-yard-
line allowed him to plow
through several more
coach Michael Kelly. “He
put us in the position to
win the ballgame and he
and the punt team did a
good job especially in the
second half. Overall, the
entire team played about
as well as they could
have.”
In that second half,
however, the Confeder-
ates were shutout on the
scoreboard as they could
muster just 73 yards total
offense. Edmondson (46),
Gore (3) and Williams (1)
were held to a combined
50 yards total.
“After a poor first half,
we did a great job defen-
sively in the second half,”
said Carter.
Pontotoc tied things
up at 21-all on its first pos-
session of the second half
on a 3-yd. plunge by Har-
mon and Mills’ point-after
kick to cap a 9-play, 76-
yd. drive which featured
quarterback Justin Carter
accounting for 66 yards
through the air on four
completions – three of Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
which went to Caleb Hob- Brandon Chrest of
son for a total of 44 yards. Caledonia lunges but
Out-first downed 12-4 in comes up just short
of tackling Pontotoc’s
the first half, Pontotoc
doubled its first down Caleb Hobson in the third
quarter Friday night.
total with four more en
At right, Caledonia’s
route to Harmon’s touch- Hunter Harris celebrates
down. after his team recovers
Minutes earlier, Hob- a Pontotoc fumble in the
son had broken loose for third quarter.
a 58-yd. touchdown on the
second half kickoff, but a Pontotoc 28, Caledonia 27
Pontotoc 14 0 7 0 7 — 28
holding call nullified the Caledonia 8 13 0 0 6 — 27

Confederate defenders score. First Quarter

C – Jedarius Gore 8 run (Brandon Edmondson pass
to tie the game at 27-27. On its next possession, to Camden Hurst).

Mills’ fourth point-after Pontotoc missed out on P – Gabe Harmon 56 run (Jolan Mills kick).
P – Cade Armstrong 64 run (Mills kick)

kick then won the game
for the Warriors.
“We didn’t take care of
business tonight, and that
goes from the top down as
an opportunity to take the
lead when a 51-yard pass
completion by Carter on
a middle screen was fum-
bled and then recovered by
Second Quarter
C – Edmondson 3 pass to Darrius Triplett (Logan
Powell kick).
C – Edmondson 29 run (Kick failed).
Third Quarter
P – Harmon 3 run (Mills kick).
Overtime
C – Edmondson 5 run (Pass failed).
P – Harmon 5 run (Mills kick).

coaches to the players,” Caledonia’s Camden Hurst

said Pontotoc head coach at his own 15-yard-line.
Team Statistics
PHS CHS
Jeff Carter following the Neither team would First Downs
Rushes-Yards
8
14-(-3)
16
40-324
game. “Hats off to Caledo- mount a serious scoring Passing Yards
Comp.-Att.-Int.
125
13-28-3
46
5-9-1
nia for their effort, but at threat the remainder of Return Yards
Fumbles-Lost
61
1-1
75
2-2
the same time we learned the game which turned Penalties 3-11 7-75

a valuable lesson and that
is you can’t take anybody
for granted.”
Caledonia (3-5, 1-2) led
21-14 at the half thanks to
an offensive unit which
accounted for 246 yards
total offense – 202 yards
rushing and an addition-
al 44 yards passing. Ed-
mondson was responsible
for 112 yards rushing,
while freshman Darquez
Williams (48) and Jedar-
ius Gore (35) chipped in
with 83 additional yards
on the ground combined.
“Brandon (Edmond-
son) played his rear end
off,” said Caledonia head
into a punting duel be-
tween Miles Galloway
and Edmondson.
Pontotoc, who was giv-
ing up only 11.4 points
per game, was shocked
when Caledonia opened
the game with a 6-play,
77-yard drive capped by
an 8-yard run by Gore on
which he ran through no
less than three Warrior
defensive players. Ed-
mondson’s pass to Hurst
for two gave the Confed-
erates a quick 8-0 lead
just over three minutes
into the game.
Gore’s 41-yard recep-
tion on a pass from Ed-
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Pontotoc – Gabe Harmon 18-136, Cade
Armstrong 1-64, Immanuel Vance 1-9, Justin Car-
ter 1-8; Caledonia – Brandon Edmondson 31-158,
Darquez Williams 13-49, Jedarius Gore 6-38, Darrius
Triplett 4-14, Anthony Triplett 2-11, A.J. Johnson 2-10,
Isaiah Brackett 1-5. PASSING: Pontotoc – Justin Car-
ter 14-26-177-0; Caledonia – Brandon Edmondson
2-5-44-1.
RECEIVING: Pontotoc – Caleb Hobson 4-95, Gabe
Harmon 3-37, Arderrius Townsend 2-25, Cade Arm-
strong 2-13, Tres Vaughn 2-7, Immanuel Vance 1-0;
Caledonia – Jedarius Gore 1-41, Darrius Triplett 1-3.
mondson on which he added the point after to second PAT kick for a the uprights for a 15-14
bobbled the ball before cut the deficit to one point 14-8 Warrior lead. lead with 9:04 left in the
regaining control and a at 8-7. Undaunted, Caledonia second quarter.
20-yard keeper by Ed- Caledonia failed to responded with a master- Edmondson, who took
mondson accounted for move the ball on its sec- ful 12-play, 89-yard drive a beating from the Ponto-
61 of the drive’s 77 yards. ond possession, so Pon- – all of which came on toc defenders throughout
Twenty-four seconds totoc took over on its own the ground save the last the game, was credited
later, Harmon scored the 36 and Cade Armstrong play, a 3-yard touchdown with 45 yards on the drive
first of his three touch- quickly scored the go- pass from Edmondson to on eight keepers, while
downs on a 56-yd. sprint ahead touchdown on a 64- Darrius Triplett. Logan Williams picked up an ad-
to the end zone, and Mills yd. run followed by Mills’ Powell’s point after split ditional 16 yards.

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With two seconds re-
maining, Cole Catledge
rolled to his left and right,
seeking a last-second
heave to the end zone.
But Jaylen Cungious’ pur-
suing pressure was too
much, forcing an awk-
ward throw that fell harm-
lessly 30 yards down the
field between West Point
defenders.
“We worked on break-
ing through blocks, and I
was confident in my speed
to get after the quar-
terback if I got loose,”
Cungious said about the
game’s final play.
“We stayed together
and made sure we were
going to end up on top,”
Cungious add.
West Point started its
rally facing a 33-21 defi-
cit with eight minutes, 44
seconds left in the game.
On the Green Wave’s en-
suing possession, Jake
Chambless completed
a 50-yard strike to Can-
non, setting up Brandon
Harris three plays later.
Harris skipped outside
and bruised his way to
the end zone on a 10-yard
touchdown run – his third
score. Jose Lemus added
an important extra point.
The comeback was
also bolstered by two
key plays. On the Ol-
ive Branch’s fourth, ex-
tra-point attempt, Ryan
Melton delivered a block,
holding the Conquis-
tadors’ lead to 27-14 in
the third. It was another
conversion attempt that
was batted down by Ken-
tavious McMillian in the
fourth.
“I met with the seniors
at halftime, and I told
them there was going
to be adversity tonight,”
Chambless said. “We had
great leadership tonight,
and it showed on those
two plays specifically.
The kids didn’t quit.”
At times it seemed
that the Conquistadors’
offense was just too much
to stop.
Olive Branch scored on
its first three possessions,
including two Catledge
touchdown passes, and
built a 21-14 advantage by
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halftime. Yes, in the face of pressure, Holiday
The offensive success scrambled twice for 16 and 27 yards, get-
continued in the second ting the Jaguars in the red zone, but the
half as Olive Branch, pressure did its job: Holiday missed on
which scored two more the final four pass attempts of the drive.
times on its first two On no play was that more evident
turns, built a two-pos- than Edwards’ sack, his first of the night
session advantage twice, but his third time dragging down a Jag-
stretching its advantage uar behind the line. He sized up Madi-
to 12 points in the fourth. son Central’s lanky tight end and easily
West Point’s defense threw him back with the force generat-
finally got its stop on the ed by 217 pounds. Edwards saw it as a
Conquistadors’ last two simple matchup play and was proven cor-
possessions – a three- rect; the tight end was still on the ground
when Edwards was bringing Holiday to
and-out and a harmless
the ground.
incompletion.
“Every day in practice,” Starkville
“Defense had to swell
head coach Chris Jones said of that
up and get a stop late in
move. “That’s what Zach does: he’s a
the game,” Chambless playmaker, he’s a gamer, he makes plays.
said. “It just about mental- It’s good to have the Zachs of the world.”
ly bowing up.” It was one of many times the Starkville
The win was an im- defense rose to a challenge.
portant one as Olive It was met with one early, after it al-
Branch (7-1, 3-1 Region lowed a touchdown on Madison Central’s
1-5A) entered the contest first possession, a pick-6 four plays later
undefeated. The Green put the Jaguars ahead and a second inter-
Wave improved to 7-1 and ception three plays after that put them in
4-0 MHSAA Region 1-5A the red zone. Holiday went to the corner
— only undefeated team of the end zone gunning for a two-score
now. lead just for Zitavious Williams to pick it
West Point continues off in the end zone; it jumpstarted a 12-
region play at Grenada play scoring drive that tied the game.
Friday night before com- For all the fervor generated by the
ing home to host Saltillo. final stop, the most important may have
come in the first half. Madison Central
used the final 5 minutes, 27 seconds of
the second quarter to drive 60 yards —
most of it on a 27-yard completion and
a 20-yard run — for what appeared to
be a touchdown; one official signaled
as such on the 20-yard run. It was ulti-
mately brought back to the 3-yard line,
where Madison Central ran twice, threw
it away once and kicked a field goal.
It was Madison Central’s 17th point,
the last they scored. If Starkville al-
lowed a touchdown there, the game may
have gone to overtime at the 21 points
Starkville scored to win it.
“A goal line stand when we needed
one. We gave up a big play to get down
there, but that doesn’t define you. It’s all
about bouncing back.
“To me, what defines you is finishing.”
In the face of it all, Starkville did just
that. The Yellow Jackets finished against
an attack they did not expect: Thomp-
son spent the week preparing for one
tight end and two tight end looks, just for
the Jaguars to show four wide receiver
formations from the start. They finished
when big plays allowed suggested they
wouldn’t. They finished when the mo-
ment demanded so.
For Thompson, the night finished
with a Gatorade cooler dumped over his
head.
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Arnold said. “We have to get this offense
going so we need to figure that out. I just
need to come to work harder.”
The Vols’ defense battled with the
Patriots in the first half, only allowing
one touchdown from Patriot receiver
Lex Rogers to open the second quarter.
Starkville Academy’s leniency grew in
the second half, creating leeway for
two more touchdowns.
The defense showed signs of life
after thwarting a 39-yard field goal at-
tempt in the third quarter but couldn’t
help Starkville Academy concentrate
on capitalizing on their strengths.
“We had everything we wanted, we
just didn’t make plays at times,” Nich-
olson said. “We weren’t able to execute
properly.”
Nicholson says the loss checks
Starkville Academy’s reality as Heri-
tage Academy exposed their inefficien-
cies. The win lifted the Patriots over
the Volunteers in district standings,
as they reach for first while claiming
District II of MAIS (AAA) conference.
Adversity has presented solutions to
itself again.
The loss comes at a benefitting time
for the Vols to make changes. District
play ends in two weeks. The Volunteers
look forward to adjustments for the
post season and find themselves back
in the title game, potentially a second
shot against Heritage Academy as they
carry their lesson into next week’s bat-
tle at Leake Academy.
“I still believe in this team,” Nich-
olson said. “I believe they’re going to
respond the right way so we can get
back up and go fight. This serves as a
reminder.”
briefly
Mississippi State
Volleyball welcomes Missouri to Newell-Grissom
STARKVILLE – After falling to Arkansas in four on the road on Fri-
day (Nov. 12), Mississippi State (5-14, 1-5 SEC) welcomes the Missouri
Tigers (15-4, 5-2) to Newell-Grissom Building today.
The match will air on the SEC Network + at 1 p.m., with Bart
Gregory on play-by-play and Payton Harris as the analyst. Fans can
also access the match via the WatchESPN app.
“We are excited to come home and compete on our home court,”
head coach Julie Darty said. “I hope we can take some of the positives
from Friday night and build on it. There were a lot of things about the
Arkansas match I really think we can learn from, and I hope we can
keep moving forward as a team and continue to progress. Missouri is
a very physical team. We are going to have to control our side of the
net and focus on the serve and pass game, and if we can do those two
things I think we will be really proud of the product we put out.”
Missouri leads the series 11-0. In Starkville, the Tigers leads 4-0.
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to be an active participant in
the Heritage Academy boys
basketball team’s run to a
state title.
All of those things were
percolating in Griffin’s head
as he accepted coach Sean
Harrison’s challenge to help
lead the Patriots past their
archrival.
Griffin “only” had 69
yards rushing, but he had a
2-yard touchdown run and
a back-breaking 48-yard
touchdown scamper on a
sweep to the right with 1
minute, 2 seconds left that
sealed the deal.
“There at the end, I
knew they were going to be
blitzing a lot, and I wanted
to get the extra guy and
that was him carrying the
football,” Harrison said. “A
senior went and finished the
game.”
Two plays earlier, Griffin
slid in front of the Heritage
Academy sideline in an effort
to stay inbounds and to work
the clock. The decision paid
off because Starkville Acade-
my was called for a personal
foul on the play. But no play
is harmless when you have
Griffin’s playmaking ability.
Griffin stretched the run
wide and turned the corner
and saw nothing but green
grass.
When asked what it felt
like to get to the edge and
see no one in front of you
and the goal line to decide
a rivalry game, Griffin said,
“I just knew coach Harrison
told me I had to get a first
down. I followed K.J.’s block
on the edge and I just ran as
fast as I could.”
Harrison already is bless-
ed to have weapons like
quarterback Carter Putt,
running back Kelvin “K.J.”
Smith, and wide receiver
Jared Long to name only
three. Griffin gives the Pa-
triots a dual threat who can
take a direct snap and beat
a defense with his speed.
He also can take pitches
or catch passes and even
be a decoy to create one-
on-one matchups for his
teammates. Griffin doesn’t
mind whatever role he has
to play because he wants to
do everything possible to
make this season special.
Harrison said he will
do what he can to ensure
Griffin continues to get
opportunities.
“I just put it in the
senior’s hands and trusted
him to go make a play,”
Harrison said. “He wanted
this game bad, so I put it in
his hands.”
Griffin said he used
the thought of a rematch
against Starkville Academy
as a driving force to moti-
vate him in his rehabilita-
tion from the ACL injury.
He said he didn’t know the
exact date the game would
be played, but he looked
forward for the chance to
earn revenge. When Harri-
son told Griffin he planned
to put the ball in his hands
at the end of the game,
he didn’t hesitate to make
something happen, which
is why everyone flocked
around him after the game.
Griffin hoisted Ellis
Whiteside, the son of
defensive coordinator Russ
Whiteside, and hugged him
to his body as the celebra-
tion continued around him.
After Griffin put Ellis down,
a flock of children and
parents converged on him
to take a few more pictures
to capture the moment.
There weren’t any babies,
so Griffin didn’t have to
hand out any kisses. He just
had to stand there and soak
it in and let his smile speak
for itself.
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Friday night.
Set scores: 25-23, 23-25, 28-25, 12-25.
“Tonight was a really interesting match if you look at the final stats,”
Darty said. “For us to hit .241 [hitting percentage] on a match and be
that efficient [is really good for us]. Across the board, we had some
people who were off the charts. Amarrah [Cooks] with the one error
night that she had hitting .600 on those 20 swing was near perfect. That
was really exciting for her. Our block was pretty good at the net. I think
our back court defense needs to pick it up a little bit to mirror how hard
the front court is working.
“This was one of those games where I thought we were in it. We
thought we were in it too, but something just slipped away from us.
Arkansas is a very physical team on the pins. We’re going to go home
tonight, and we are going to get back to work tomorrow with a really
good practice, scout and prepare for Missouri at home. This is a tough
league top to bottom.”
After errors by Arkansas in addition to a kill by Paige Shaw and
a service ace by Kendall Murr, the Bulldogs took the 4-1 lead to start
the set. Midway through, Arkansas went on a five-point stint to take the
lead, 13-12. After the media timeout, Mississippi State benefited from
Razorback errors as well as service aces to lead by four, 20-16. At the
Bulldog set point mark, Mississippi State struggled to secure the win
after back-to-back errors gave Arkansas an advantage.
After a timeout by Darty, the Bulldogs were able to capitalize and
claim the set, 25-23. Amarrah Cooks had four kills along with a .571
hitting percentage. Paige Shaw and Deja Robinson both had three kills.
Robinson hit 1.000 in the set. Murr claimed six digs.
n Soccer falls at Texas A&M: At Starkville, Mississippi State
(9-4-1, 2-4-1 SEC) lost on two second-half goals at No. 5/4 Texas A&M
(14-1-1, 5-1-1 SEC) on Friday night. Senior Brooke McKee scored
State’s lone goal in the 2-1 loss.
Redshirt senior Rhylee DeCrane made a season-high eight saves
in the match while senior Carly Mauldin moved into seventh all-time in
career minutes at MSU (6,146).
Despite being outshot 15-5 in the first half, MSU kept the match
scoreless. The Aggie’s appeared to score twice, but were called
offsides both times.
“In the first half, we didn’t play well, but we didn’t really give them
much,” head coach Tom Anagnost said. “All the stuff we gave them
was shots from 30-35 yards out or self-inflicted where we don’t clear a
ball out.”
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make sure we got him going this week.
He’s one of the best players in the state
– you got to put the ball in his hands.
He’s electrifying and makes things
happen.”
Pruitt ran with both speed and
power Friday night. He ran wide and
between the tackles. He played with
burst, and his 60-yard touchdown
catch shortly before halftime added an
exclamation point to a dominant night
of football. Kristopher White connect-
ed with Pruitt on a slant backside,
and Pruitt turned, exploded up field
and split three defenders. He ran un-
touched for the score.
“It feels good to be back,” Pruitt
said. “I give all the credit and honor to
God, and all the guys blocking in front
of me. I really enjoyed it. We were hav-
ing fun tonight.”
It was a fun night for Pruitt’s team-
mates, too, as seven Tigers scored
against Kosciusko (3-5, 2-1), including
three on defense: Jaquaris Jamison
scored on a 74-yard fumble return;
Tyrese Hopkins scored on a 50-yard
fumble return; and Keymarcus Jack-
son scored a 63-yard interception re-
turn late in the fourth quarter.
Pruitt said the win will have players
on their “high horse” when they prac-
tice Monday.
“When everyone is feeling like
they’re the best player on the team,
that’s when we’re gonna takeoff,”
Pruitt said. “We got to feel like that if
we want to be a contender, if we want to
be a winner.”
The Tigers (4-5, 1-1) had their frus-
trating moments, too, including 16
penalties for 120 yards. And they gave
up a handful of big plays, including a
77-yard touchdown pass that tied the
game at 14. Shorter said his players
have to be sharper by this point in the
year – he noted three missed extra
points and two failed red zone trips
last week – but the Tigers are close, he
said.
“Last week, we had that feeling and
had a great game plan, but we didn’t
make enough plays,” Shorter said.
“But it’s starting to come. The kids
are approaching things different, and
we’re getting it in their minds – this is
[now] the playoffs.”
was chipped into the box, slipping past two defenders. She shot low and
to DeCrane’s left. The Bulldog keeper was able to get a hand on the
shot, but it trickled into the net for the first goal of the night.
The Aggie’s found the net again in the 77th minute off a scramble
in the box. DeCrane came out to play the ball, but could not collect the
rebound before Asdis Halldorsdottir scored with an assist from Watt.
“In the second half, we played better, statistically,” Anagnost said.
“We had the corners and the shot advantage. We had the chances.
We’re so close to being really good. I give Texas A&M credit because
they’re a great team and G (Guerrieri) and Phil (Stephenson) do a great
job, but I know individually and collectively we can get there. I’m disap-
pointed because I think it was an opportunity for us to take that step.”
McKee’s goal came with 57 seconds left to play. Following a
Bulldog corner, the ball was poked free in the box. Freshman Hailey
Farrington-Bentil make a soft pass to her left where McKee shot to get
State on the board.
Texas A&M finished the match with 26 shots, the most the Bulldogs
have allowed this season. MSU responded with 21 attempts of its own,
including six in the final three minutes.
“I’m proud of our team because they don’t quit,” Anagnost said.
“We keep coming and coming. We had another chance right before that
goal too that didn’t go in. In the end, they made two plays in the box, and
we made one. That’s the difference in the game.”
The Bulldogs are back in action on Thursday when they host
Arkansas at 7 p.m. The match will air on SEC Network+.
n Maroon wins Fall World Series: At Starkville, the fall season
just didn’t want to end for Mississippi State baseball, as the Fall World
Series needed an extra frame to decide a winner. Team Maroon held a
1-0 lead until the sixth, when Team White evened the game, but Maroon

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On offense, Columbus
finished with 341 yards of to-
tal offense, despite playing
without leading rusher De-
varkas Ramsey. Craddieth
had his most complete game
of the season, hitting 8 of 16
pass attempts for 133 yards
with no interceptions.
“Jaelan really made some
great decisions,” Rice said.
“That is a continuation of
how he played against Horn
Lake. Even though we lost
decisively (47-6), he played
well and showed some of
that growth and maturity we
had been wanting to see. He
was more under control and
more patient. He made the
right reads and some good
decisions.”
Columbus even hit a
home run ball for a second
straight week. Craddieth
hit Jervorius Vance for an
85-yard touchdown against
Horn Lake. This time
around, Matthew Leach
took an end around 80 yards
for a score. Leach appeared
to be stopped behind the
line of scrimmage but broke
two tackles and hurdled an-
other man before sprinting
to the end zone.
The try for two failed,
so Columbus remained to
chase points for the rest of
the first half.
In the second quarter,
the Falcons drove 61 yards
on 15 plays. Craddieth was
masterful, including hitting
Fred Harris in the back of
the end zone for an 11-yard
touchdown pass on fourth-
and-goal. The duo also
found one another for the
two-point conversion with
2:56 left in the half.
The teams were tied at 14
at halftime. It was the sec-
ond time this season the Fal-
cons were tied at halftime.
“Just playing with confi-
dence,” Rice said. “We had
some success early and that
really carried over to every-
body on the team. We talk-
ed about having a fast start.
Defensively, we played well,
just gave up too many big
plays. The penalties killed
us. They really hurt on the
momentum on some drives.”
In the second half, the
Southaven running game
began to wear down the Co-
lumbus defense.
The Chargers cranked
out 327 yards on the ground
on 34 carries. Quarterback
Jordan Hibbler ran 14 times
for 153 yards and a pair of
touchdowns.
A partial punt block al-
lowed Southaven a chance
to take the lead. After the
Codey Sanders’ punt was im-
pacted, Southaven needed
only 28 yards on five plays to
take the lead.
Trestin Tucker did the
scoring honors on a 5-yard
run.
Columbus then had a cou-
ple of rallies before the final
threat moved from the CHS
28-yard-line to the South-
aven 2. Jordan converted a
huge fourth down, before
the drive stalled on the ques-
tionable fumble call.
Now, Columbus looks to
its final three games looking
for a win. Up next is a road
trip to Oxford.
The Falcons then play the
final two at home.
“This team will come out
and work hard Monday,”
Rice said. “We are going to
keep trying to get things
right.”
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plated three runs in the extra frame to claim the game, and the series,
4-1.
“We wanted to have a winner and [extra innings] gave us a chance
to play with a little added pressure,” said head coach Chris Lemonis.
“We played fast and that was really good to see. We really pounded
the [strike] zone and played well defensively. Christian [MacLeod] and
Ethan [Small] both pitched really well in their starts. This weekend was a
good foundation to build on moving forward.”
Christian MacLeod allowed two hits in two inning and fanned three
hitters in the start for Team White (1-2), but Ethan Small was dazzling in
his start for Team Maroon (2-1).
In four innings, Small allowed just one base runner – a one-out
walk in the third inning – and stuck out seven of the 13 batters he faced.
The junior didn’t factor into the decision, as he gave way to Brandon
Smith (1-0), who put together three innings of one-run work.
The scoring got started in the third inning when Jake Mangum
ripped a one-out double down the right field line for Team Maroon. He
moved to third on a Tanner Allen flyout and scored in a wild pitch. Mang-
um broke on a ball in the dirt that was kept in front by catcher Hayden
Jones, but Mangum was able to dance around the tag and touch home
plate for the game’s opening run.
Team White broke up the no-hitter in the fifth inning against Smith,
but couldn’t scratch across the equalizer until the sixth inning. In the
sixth, Bryce Brock doubled to left center field and advanced to third on
a Hunter Blalock single. He scored one batter later on a Landon Jordan
ground out to knot the score at 1-1.
In the seventh, Cole Gordon worked his second inning of relief for
Team White and got into some trouble, as Dustin Skelton stuck out, but
reached on a wild pitch, and Josh Hatcher laid down a sacrifice bunt
that Gordon fielded and threw wide of first. That put runners on second
and third with no outs and JT Ginn was intentionally walked to load the
bases. Gordon got a lineout to right field and a fielder’s choice that cut a
run down at the plate. He fanned the final batter of the inning and White
couldn’t score in the bottom half of the inning.
Mangum got the eighth inning started with a hit-by-pitch against
Team White relief pitcher Sam Knowlton (0-1), stole second and moved
to third on an Allen ground out. After walks to Elijah MacNamee and
Justin Foscue loaded the bases, Brock entered on the mound and

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Continued from Page 1B
yards and a touchdown before leaving
with an injury after a 57-yard gain in
the second quarter.
Saban said Smith pulled a muscle
and could be questionable for the Ten-
nessee game.
For a while, this was Alabama’s
tightest game.
“I really challenged the players for
this game,” Saban said.
“A lot of people talk about the fact
that we haven’t been in a tough game,
we haven’t had a lot of adversity. I
asked the players, ‘How are you going
to respond in tough situations during
the game?’ I think the players did a re-
ally good job of that.”
Alabama had three scoring drives
of less than a minute to race to a 30-10
halftime lead, starting it off with Ta-
govailoa’s on-target deep ball to Jeudy.
Drew Lock’s 20-yard touchdown pass
to Jalen Knox late in the first quarter
cut it to 13-10 before the Tide dominat-
ed the rest of the half.
“They were definitely our biggest
test so far,” Alabama tailback Damien
Harris said. “We knew going into this
game that they were going to challenge
us and all week our mind-set was how
were we going to respond when things
don’t always go our way.”
Tagovailoa was 12-of-22 passing.
Hurts was 7 of 8 for 115 yards and also
caught a pass.
Lock was 13 of 26 for 142 yards with
a touchdown. But Saivion Smith, start-
ing in place of an injured Trevon Diggs
(broken foot), intercepted his first and
last passes. Lock also lost a fumble and
was tackled in the end zone by Quin-
nen Williams for a safety to end the
third quarter.
Alabama outgained Missouri 564-
212 in total yards.
allowed back-to-back singles. Skelton broke the tie with an RBI single to
center field and Luke Hancock delivered a two-RBI base hit through the
right side to make it 4-1 in favor of Maroon.
Jared Liebelt (1) came on for the only save of the weekend, making
quick work of Team White in a 1-2-3 inning to secure the Fall World
Series win for Team Maroon.
n Cross Country ends regular season: At College Station,
Texas, the Mississippi State cross country team completed its final meet
before the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships on Saturday,
earning 14th (women’s 6K) and 17th-place (men’s 8K) finishes at Texas
A&M’s Arturo Barrios Invitational.
Florida took the team title for the women’s 6K, boasting three of the
top-10 finishers. Guelph, the top cross country team in Canada, finished
first in the men’s 8K with five top-20 finishers.
Junior Stephanie Peterson paced the Bulldogs in the women’s 6K,
finishing 25th with a time of 21:33.7. Charlotte Cayton-Smith notched a
personal best on Saturday, finishing the race in 23:31.5.
After Peterson’s finish, Mia Meydrich (39th), Sydney Steely (95th),
Katherine Badham (112th) and Alex Wallace (127th) rounded out the top
five for MSU.
In the men’s 8K race, Stephen Jones led the Bulldogs with a 27th-
place finish. The junior finished his first race of the season in 25:06.6—
the second-best 8K time of his cross country career.

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n North Texas 30,
Southern Mississippi 7:
At Denton, Texas, Mason
Fine threw for 292 yards and
a score and DeAndre Torrey
ran for three touchdowns
and North Texas pulled
away from Southern Missis-
sippi 30-7 on Saturday.
After a scoreless opening
quarter, Fine threw a 53-
yard score to Jalen Guyton
for a 7-0 lead. Southern Mis-
sissippi quickly countered
when Jack Abraham threw
a 44-yard pass to Quez Wat-
kins to tie it.
North Texas (6-1, 1-1 Con-
ference USA) added a field
goal for a 10-7 lead before
Torrey took over scoring du-
ties with touchdown runs of
6, 8 and 34 yards to seal the
victory. Torrey had 17 car-
ries for 95 yards and Guyton
had seven receptions for 124
yards.
Abraham led the Golden
Eagles with (2-3, 1-1) with
318 yards passing. Jordan
Mitchell had 12 catches for
135 yards and Watkins had
seven receptions for 109
yards.
North Texas is now bowl
eligible.
National
Brewers, Astros win baseball playoff games
In the National League Championship series, Los Angeles beat
Milwaukee 4-3 Saturday to even the best-of-seven series, 1-1.
On Friday, former Mississippi State pitcher Brandon Woodruff
homered and threw two innings to pick up the win in a 6-5 victory.
In the American League Championship Series, Houston beat
Boston 7-2 in the best-of-seven series opener Saturday night.
n In college football, four top-eight teams fell Saturday.
The upset group included No. 2 Georgia, which fell 36-16 at No. 13
LSU. No. 6 West Virginia, No. 7 Washington and No. 8 Penn State also
lost. Tennessee knocked off Auburn 30-24 in another shocker from the
Southeastern Conference.
—From Staff and Special Reports
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PREP SOCCER

Acker, Barker cap prep career

with all-star match performance
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Anna Acker and Ha-
ley Barker discovered
Wednesday you can be a
little intimidated and have
fun at the same time.
The Heritage Acade-
my seniors were two of
six local players who par-
ticipated in the annual
Mississippi Association
of Independent Schools
(MAIS) All-Star game.
Acker and Barker played
for the Blue team in a 1-1
tie against the White team
on Wednesday in the an-
nual MAIS event at Jack-
son Prep.
“It was kind of intimi-
dating because everyone
is really, really good and
everyone is there for a
reason,” said Barker, who
played on defense, “but
we got to meet a lot of new
people and it was fun.”
This season marked
the second-straight year
Heritage Academy placed
two players in the Senior
All-Star game. Last year,
Haley Marie Fisackerly
and Mallory Amos were
on the roster for the Blue
team. Columbus Chris-
tian Academy’s Celia Peal
joined them on the Blue
team, while CCA’s Eliz-
abeth Easterling was on
the White squad.
Starkville Academy’s
Lake Little and Ellis Ann
Jackson also participated
in the game.
Acker played on de-
fense, while Acker played
in the midfield. All of the
players rotated so every-
one had comparable play-
ing time.
The match likely
marked the end of the
prep soccer careers of two
individuals who played
key roles in helping the
Lady Patriots grow from
four wins to five to 11 and a
district championship this
season under coach Tom
Velek. Heritage Academy
lost to Bayou Academy
2-1 in the Class III North
State title match.
Both players praised
Velek for helping to elevate
the profile of the program.
Barker said it is “kind of
emotional” to reflect on a
career that required such
an investment of time in
training, travel, games,
and conditioning. She said
she wonders what she will
do now that she isn’t going
to have to get ready for an-
other season.
“It has been really fun
because it always has just
been us to in the grade
who have played,” Acker
said. “I came here in the
eighth grade and we have
progressed every since,
so it was really fun this
year.
Said Barker, “We have
improved every year more
and more. It is really re-
warding when you finally
make it to where you want
to be.”
Acker agreed and said
the realization that she is
finally done with soccer
will probably be more real
next fall when it’s soccer
season. For now, Ack-
er will transition to the
school’s girls basketball
team, while Barker will
begin preparations for
tennis season. Both are
members of the Heritage
Academy cheerleading
team.
Acker said she plans
to attend Ole Miss and is
undecided about a field
of study. Barker said she
plans to attend Alabama
and study something in
the medical field. They
said they haven’t talked
about the fact they will
be rivals at competing
Southeastern Conference
schools next year.
Velek knows he will
miss the team leaders
who anchored his team’s
defense and offense.
“Anna Acker and Haley
Barker have had the ideal
senior seasons — short
of winning a state title,”
Velek said. “They have
both been leaders on the
team — as captains, and
as major playmakers on
the field. Their play and
leadership helped lead
the team to a remarkable
11-3 record, a district ti-
tle, and a trip to the North
Half State championship
match. The fact that they
were honored by the
MAIS coaches and se-
lected as state All-Stars
is a crowning accomplish-
ment for a great season
and career.”
Despite feeling like
their soccer careers are
over, both players felt they
grew as players in the last
few years. Acker said she
emerged as a better de-
fender and improved her
ability to communicate
and to organize. Barker
said she grew to trust her
teammates more, which
she said enabled her not
to feel like she had to do it
all herself. That mentality
often made Barker more
dangerous because she al-
ready was an established
goal scorer, but this sea-
son she actively sought to
involve her teammates as
a facilitator.
“Each year everyone on
the team matured and got
better, so that just allowed
me to trust them more and
feel confident passing it to
them and know they could
do something good with
it,” Barker said.
Both players feel the
future of the program is
bright, especially if the
Lady Patriots work as
hard in the summer as the
2018 team did.
“I think that since
we went so far this year
they’re going to be even
more determined next
year to make it all of the
way,” Barker said.
If Heritage Academy
does that, it just might
have two or more players
invited to play in the an-
nual senior event, which
would be a fitting accom-
plishment for a program
on the rise.
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Participants in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools all-star soccer
matches included Anna Acker and Haley Barker of Heritage Academy, as well as Eliz-
abeth Easterling and Celia Peel of Columbus Christian Academy. Heritage Academy
coach Tom Velek is also shown.
CCA pair earn all-star honors
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
STEENS — Elizabeth Easterling
fared pretty well Wednesday for some-
one who felt she was going to be on “the
bottom of the food chain.”
The Columbus Christian Academy se-
nior thought she might be a little out of
place at the annual Mississippi Associa-
tion of Independent Schools (MAIS) All-
Star game because she started playing
soccer when she was 14 years old. Turns
out Easterling and CCA teammate Celia
Peal were right at home with the rest of
the state’s best who turned out for the
match at Jackson Prep.
“The level of competition was a lot
higher than I was originally expecting,”
Easterling said. “I ended up playing OK,
so that is good.”
The CCA seniors were two of six local
players who participated in the annual
event. Peal played on the Blue team, while
Easterling was on the White team in the
1-1 tie. Heritage Academy’s Anna Acker
and Haley Barker also were on the Blue
team. Starkville Academy’s Lake Little
and Ellis Ann Jackson also participated
in the game. Starkville Academy coach
Matthew Tremblay led the White team.
“I did all right,” said Peal, who is a
member of the school’s cheerleading
squad and girls basketball team and
competes in track and field. “It wasn’t my
best, but it was a good experience, so I
am really glad I went.”
Easterling started her soccer career
at CCA as an eighth-grader. In that time,
she has played almost every position.
This past season, she played left center
back. She said she started to play soccer
after the school’s coach encouraged her
Contributed
to come out and play because she thought
her height would serve her well as a goal-
keeper. Turns out Easterling didn’t wind
up playing goalkeeper.
“There was an older girl who played
a lot better than I did, so I just was kind
of stuck anywhere and everywhere,” said
Easterling, who also is a varsity cheer-
leader and a member of the school’s girls
basketball team. She said she realizes
the significance of playing with some of
the top players in the state, but it hasn’t
hit her that her soccer
“It is weird. I feel like I am in a gray
area,” Easterling said. “I am not quite
sure what to do.”
Easterling said she plans to attend
Mississippi State and to major in speech
pathology. She said she would examine
the possibilities of playing intramural
soccer when she arrives in Starkville.
Peal, who played soccer for four years
at CCA, played right midfielder in the
All-Star game.
Peal said she is considering attending
East Mississippi Community College in
Scooba or MSU. She said she doesn’t
think she will play sports in college. She
hopes to study dentistry and then go to
dental school.
“I just realize the importance of giving
it your all every game because your last
game is your last game,” Peal said.
Peal acknowledged she was intimidat-
ed, so she felt she “held back” a little bit.
She said the game will serve as motivation
for basketball and track and field seasons
so she won’t do the same things again.
If they both get a chance to participate
in another All-Star event, Easterling and
Peal hope they will be on the same team.
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Television analyst feels McCowan’s game transitions to next level

By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Debbie Antonelli
doesn’t use the word if
when asked about Missis-
sippi State center Teaira
McCowan.
The longtime college
basketball analyst has
watched the 6-foot-7 se-
nior operate for three
years, so she knows Mc-
Cowan is too strong and
too big to be stopped on
the block. That’s why she
believes it is only a matter
of time before McCowan
is wreaking havoc at the
next level.
“I think the greatest
way a player can feel confi-
dent and validated is if they
put in the time,” Antonelli
said when asked to eval-
uate how McCowan has
developed in her time at
MSU. “What tools do you
use to measure and eval-
uate the improvement of a
player? You talk about ma-
turity and accountability
and being a leader. Those
intangibles have allowed
her skill set to grow.”
Antonelli said those
same ingredients will
enable McCowan to be a
force when she is a profes-
sional. Three years ago,
McCowan, who is from
Brenham, Texas, had all of
the potential to attract in-
terest from major Division
I programs in the state
of Texas and throughout
the country. However,
there still were questions
whether McCowan would
be academically eligible
as a freshman. Some also
wondered if McCowan
was motivated to realize
her potential and if she
willing to work as hard as
she needed to to be a dom-
inating presence.
Clayton Harris didn’t
know anything about Mc-
Cowan when he took over
the job of girls basketball
coach at Brenham High
School. He quickly dis-
covered in taking over
the program from Chante
Crutchfield that trust is
crucial for McCowan and
coaches need to have it
if they’re going to reach
her. Harris was McCow-
an’s third coach in four
years at Brenham High.
He said McCowan had
grown to trust Crutch-
field, who coached at the
school for two years, and
had “bought into” what
she was doing. He senses
McCowan has the same
dynamic with MSU coach
Vic Schaefer, associate
head coach Johnnie Har-
ris, and the rest of the
coaching staff.
“I think she trusts Vic,”
Harris said. “She has
bought in, and he is mak-
ing her the player she is
supposed to be and he is
not leaving her. That is im-
portant. Trust is a big, big,
big issue. I don’t think I
got her trust until the sec-
ond round of the district
tournament.”
Harris said he worked
on fundamentals with
McCowan and helped her
to read sets and how to
attack defenses. He said
he encouraged her to be
even better by telling her
she had won a lot of games
in her career at Brenham
but she hadn’t been a part
of a team that had reached
the regional or state tour-
nament.
Harris said he always
believed McCowan could
be the No. 1 pick in the
WNBA draft. He credits
Schaefer and his coaches
for making that connec-
tion with McCowan to put
her into position where
she can realize that with a
great senior season.
“If you picture the per-
fect 6-7 athlete it would
be No. 15 for Mississippi
State hands down,” Har-
ris said. “She had all of
the potential in the world
in high school, but right
now it is not potential any-
more. It is I am that good.”
Antonelli also believed
McCowan could become
one of the nation’s top col-
lege basketball players if
she wanted to work, if she
invested the time to get
better, and if she stayed
positive. She said players
sometimes want things
to happen overnight and
aren’t patient, but she said
McCowan has learned pa-
tience and improved her
footwork and her shoot-
ing range. Antonelli said
those aspects and other
parts of McCowan’s game
can improve even more,
but she said there is no
question McCowan is
primed to have a dominat-
ing senior season.
“All things consid-
ered she is incredible at
6-7 with the minutes she
plays and how she affects
the game,” Antonelli said.
“For four years coaches
in the SEC have faced
the question what do we
do with A’ja Wilson. Now
they will have to focus on
what do we do with Teai-
ra McCowan, and how do
we contain her. You can’t
keep her from going to
the block or to the rim be-
cause she is too strong.”
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“They definitely put me in
position to be successful,” Mc-
Cowan said. “They stayed on
me and tried to get me to buy
into what they were saying.”
McCowan credits Harris for
helping her learn how to con-
trol her aggressiveness. She
said Harris, who coaches the
Bulldogs’ post players, stayed
on her, especially on days when
she said she didn’t feel like she
didn’t want to work. That men-
tality wasn’t OK with Harris,
who saw the potential in Mc-
Cowan and wanted to bring it
out.
“She stays on me and tells
me I have come too far to turn
around and go back, and she
tells me I am too good to go
back to where I came from,”
McCowan said.
McCowan said Harris said
similar things to her when she
was a freshman and a sopho-
more but that she “wasn’t re-
ally listening to what she was
saying.” She said the proverbial
light bulb finally went off prior
to her junior year.
Harris stoked McCowan’s
desire to be great by searching
for a way to motivate her so she
would be more consistently en-
gaged.
With the help of MSU as-
sistant sports information di-
rector Brock Turnipseed, she
challenged McCowan to break
the program record of 20 dou-
ble-doubles in a season. Mc-
Cowan shattered that mark
with 29 (39 for her career) by
averaging 18.2 points and 13.9
rebounds and shooting 60.1
percent from the field.
McCowan said Harris hasn’t
challenged her with a goal for
the 2018-19 season, but she
feels Harris or someone will
find something for her to shoot
for in an effort to make her final
season as a Bulldog even more
memorable.
McCowan figures to surpass
LaToya Thomas’ all-time pro-
gram mark of 48 double-dou-
bles early in her senior year, so
Harris likely will have to dig a
little deeper for another statis-
tic that will challenge McCow-
an.
“I think she is more serious,”
Harris said in December 2017.
“I think that is part of her mat-
uration, and I think she is play-
ing for something.”
Schaefer agrees. He said in
September that the conversa-
tion about the 2018-19 Bulldogs
will begin with McCowan but
that it will include experienced
players like Holmes, Danberry,
and Howard.
McCowan said she hasn’t
considered setting any tangi-
ble goals. Instead, she said she
wants to be better than she
was last season. She acknowl-
edges that will be difficult, but
she said she is going to try to
be a better rebounder and to
improve her efficiency and pro-
duction.
The addition of Howard, who
averaged 12.2 rebounds last sea-
son and became the first Texas
A&M player with 1,000 or more
rebounds (1,002), could make it
tougher for McCowan to deliv-
er better rebounding numbers,
but don’t worry because she
usually realizes a goal once she
has it in her sights.
“I know we are both great re-
bounders, but if one us can get
it I don’t really care as long as
the other team isn’t getting the
ball,” McCowan said.
In August, McCowan paced
MSU in scoring (19 points per
game) and rebounds (10.7 per
game) in the team’s 3-0 tour of
Italy.
She shot 59 percent from the
field, which is a number she and
Schaefer want to be higher. Mc-
Cowan’s continued offensive de-
velopment likely will help deter-
mine how high she goes in the
first round of the WNBA draft
next spring.
Until then, McCowan is go-
ing to continue to work. Her
plan is to be even more of a
dominating presence.
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PREP BASKETBALL

Dispatch File Photos

Fomer Columbus High School boys’ basketball coach Sammy Smith concluded his long coaching career with the 2014-15 season He has since been followed by Luther
Riley (2015-16), Gary Griffin (2016-17) and Anthony Carlyle (2017-18). The former coaches are from left to right, Smith, Riley, Griffin and Carlyle.

Former coaches endorse Morris as right fit going forward for CHS
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Gary Griffin believes Colum-
bus High School has the right
man for the job.
Sammy Smith echoes that
sentiment, as does Luther Riley.
Anthony Carlyle also feels
Phillip Morris will do well as
the new boys basketball coach
at Columbus High.
The men have a great frame
of reference because they pre-
ceded Morris in that role in the
last four seasons.
Riley made history in lead-
ing the 2015-16 Columbus High
squad to the program’s first
state championship. Two years
later, Carlyle duplicated the feat
with a defensive brand of bas-
ketball that stifled opponents.
Even though Morris is the
least experienced and youngest
coach in the group, the other
four believe he knows what it
takes to succeed and to sur-
vive at a school where there has
been plenty of turnover.
“I am not going to sit here
and say I knew he was going
to be a basketball coach, but I
knew he was going to be a lead-
er in something he was doing
because at that age he was a
leader and not a follower,” said
Griffin, who coached Morris
when he was in the middle
school prior to his time under
Smith on the Columbus High
varsity program. “You could tell
the maturity process he had at
that young age. He had kids fol-
lowing him who were much old-
er than him at that age. There
was just something about him
that there were going to be a
lot of special dimensions about
him.”
Griffin, who is the head girls
and boys basketball coach at
Caledonia High, said Morris led
by example and showed people
how to do things the right way.
He said Morris always had the
“vibe” he was all about busi-
ness. Griffin said Morris, who
was his assistant coach at Co-
lumbus High, was the same
way as a coach. He said he will
need that maturity to be patient
with a young team following the
graduation of Robert Woodard
II, the two-time Gatorade Play-
er of the Year from the state
of Mississippi, and a talented
group of seniors.
“His biggest challenge is
going to be to fight within him-
self,” Griffin said. “It is a pro-
cess. … He gets to go in there
and build his own program
from scratch, you could say.
He has some pieces that have
been around, but most of the
guys graduated last year, so he
gets an opportunity to rebuild a
program. He just needs to rec-
ognize and realize it doesn’t
happen overnight and that it is
going to take some time to get it
how he wants it to be.”
Smith, who coached in
Columbus for 20-plus years,
stepped away from his work as
a coach and as athletic director
after the 2017-18 school year.
He said he didn’t know if the
Columbus Municipal School
District Board of Trustees
would name Morris as Colum-
bus High’s new boys basketball
coach after Carlyle left in the
summer to become the boys
basketball coach at Yazoo City
High and the athletic coordi-
nator for that school district.
Smith said it was “one of the
proudest moments” when he
learned in July that Morris had
been named head coach.
“Phillip was tough nosed and
real coachable,” Smith said. “All
of the intangibles were there.”
Smith said he “knew he had
somebody he could trust” when
Morris was on the court. He felt
the same way when he hired
Morris to be an assistant coach.
Smith felt no one was more de-
serving than Morris to take the
job because he has waited his
turn and had learned from the
previous coaches. As a result,
Smith feels Morris is “wise be-
yond his years.”
Carlyle also saw a young man
who is older than his years last
season when Morris worked for
him as an assistant coach.
“I think he is going to do
great,” Carlyle said. “We talk
just about every day or every
other day, something basket-
ball related, some things not.
He is very enthusiastic, and I
think he is looking for to this
challenge. I think he is grateful
for the opportunity he has, so
he is eager to get started.”
Carlyle feels “basketball is
basketball,” so it doesn’t matter
if someone is transitioning from
a smaller classification to a larg-
er one or from junior varsity to
varsity play. He also believes
Morris has the right personal-
ity to handle coaching at Co-
lumbus High. He said “it takes
a lot” to make Morris upset, but
that Morris means what he says
and expects his players to fol-
low direction and to be account-
able. He said liked what he saw
from Morris at a practice last
week and made mental notes of
a few things he saw that he will
try with his guys.
“I think he will be fine be-
cause he is a student of the
game,” Carlyle said.
Riley said he was thrown into
his first coaching job at Provine
High when he was 26, so he
understands what it is like for
a young coach to face high ex-
pectations. Given that Morris is
from Columbus, he said he like-
ly will face a tougher time than
he did starting out when he said
he was a “no name.” Still, Riley
said Morris’ patience and matu-
rity will serve him well.
“From a character point of
view, you can’t find a better
person,” said Riley, who is the
head boys basketball coach at
Jackson Murrah High. “I think
he will be up to the challenge.
He is not the type of coach who
is going to scream and holler. I
think he is a silent storm.”
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Continued from Page 1B
start prior to the 2015-16 season when
he coached Columbus High to its first
boys basketball state championship,
also will feature coach Yvonne Hair-
ston’s Columbus High girls basketball
team, a skills challenge, a 3-point shoot-
ing contest, and a slam dunk contest.
In 2009, Morris averaged 9.2 points,
3.9 assists, and 3.0 rebounds per game
for the Falcons (17-7). He signed to
play basketball at Southwest Mississip-
pi Community College in Summit and
then went on to play at West Alabama.
But Morris said a heart condition end-
ed his playing career and pushed him
into coaching.
Morris, who is a physical education
teacher at Columbus High, used to
work as a STEM (science, technology,
engineering, match) and ECS (Ex-
ploring Computer Science) teacher
at Columbus High. He credits former
West Alabama men’s basketball coach-
es Mike Newell and Mark Downey for
helping him get his start in the profes-
sion. He said he returned to Columbus games and in junior varsity games. I
after working at West Alabama to help think it has been a challenge trying to
his mother, Janet, who was sick. He get them experience without them hav-
said coach Smith happened to have a ing game situations.”
job as a middle school basketball coach, Morris said he and assistant coach
which made the transition back home a Jonathan Pope are working to develop
little easier. a defensive mind-set in the Falcons,
“I want to build it from the ground much like the team had under Riley
up,” said Morris, who also coaches
and last season under Carlyle. He said
cross country at Columbus High and
there is no excuse not to play defense
middle school track and field. “I want to
because it takes effort to play on that
build it from the elementary school on
end of the floor.
up. … When you play ball all of your life
you know how to play.” Morris thanked people in the com-
In the last four years, Morris said he munity for supporting him to be the
has learned a lot from each coach and school’s next head coach. He hopes
has incorporated it into his style, which everyone will get behind him as he be-
he feels will be even keeled but intense gins the work to find and to develop the
when it needs to be. He said he under- next Gatorade Player of the Year from
stands he has a young and inexperi- Columbus.
enced team following the graduation of “Robert Woodard is a once-in-a-life-
two-time Gatorade Player of the Year time type of guy,” Morris said. “We just
Robert Woodard II, who is a freshman have to build. I am not saying we’re not
at Mississippi State, so he will need to going to have another Robert Woodard,
be patient. but his type of talent you haven’t see
“We have a lot of new faces people that type of talent every day. You have
don’t know about, guys who have been to get the guys you know and build on
around but don’t have experience,” what they have and take those pieces
Morris said. and put them together.”
“I have some seniors, but they really Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
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CALENDAR
Women’s College Golf College Volleyball
Today’s Match Today’s Matches
Mississippi State, Ole Miss at Magnolia Ole Miss at Kentucky, Noon
Invitational (Old Waverly) Alabama at Florida, 12:30 p.m.
Women’s College Soccer Missouri at Mississippi State, 1 p.m.
Today’s Matches Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss, 1 p.m.
UTEP at Southern Miss, Noon
Florida at Alabama, 4 p.m.

on the air
Editor’s Note: This week’s entire TV listings
may be found at www.cdispatch.com.
Today
AUTO RACING
1 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, 1000Bulbs.com 500, at Talladega,
Alabama, WTVA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Noon — Michigan State at Ohio State,
ESPN2
DRAG RACING
Noon — NHRA, Carolina Nationals, qualify-
ing, at Concord, North Carolina (taped), FS1
1 p.m. — NHRA, Carolina Nationals, finals,
at Concord, North Carolina, FS1
GOLF
5:30 a.m. — European PGA Tour, British
Masters, final round, at Surrey, England,
TGC
11:30 a.m. — LPGA Tour, LPGA KEB Hana
Bank Championship, final round, at Incheon,
South Korea (same-day tape), TGC
2 p.m. — Champions Tour, SAS Champion-
ship, final round, at Cary, North Carolina,
TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m. — American League Championship
Series, Game 2, Houston at Boston, TBS
NFL
Noon — Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, WCBI
Noon — Carolina at Washington, WLOV
3:25 p.m. — Jacksonville at Dallas, WCBI
7:20 p.m. — Kansas City at New England,
WTVA
SOCCER
10:50 a.m. — UEFA Nations League, Turkey
vs. Russia, at Sochi, Russia, ESPNEWS
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League, Italy vs.
Poland, at Chorzow, Poland, ESPN
4 p.m. — 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Cham-
pionship, semifinals, teams TBA, at Frisco,
Texas, FS1
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
2 p.m. — Auburn at Missouri, SEC Network
4 p.m. — Florida at Alabama, ESPNU
WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Noon — Ole Miss at Kentucky, SEC Network
Monday
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6:30 p.m. — National League Champion-
ship Series, Game 3, Milwaukee at L.A.
Dodgers, FS1
NFL
7:15 p.m. — San Francisco at Green Bay
(Note: ESPN Deportes simulcast on ESPN2),
ESPN
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League, Iceland
vs. Switzerland, at Reykjavik, Iceland,
ESPN2

EMCC
Continued from Page 1B
will mean a ninth North
Division championship in
Buddy Stephens’ 11 sea-
sons as head coach. Those
two final opponents are a
combined 1-13.
After helping lead
Laurel High School to a
Mississippi High School
Activities Association
(MHSAA) North State
championship in 2016, Ul-
mer caught 25 passes and
appeared in six games as
a freshman at Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community
College in 2017.
He is now at EMCC
and may be that final in-
gredient needed for the
Lions to repeat as Nation-
al Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) na-
tional champions.
“TyQuan is going to
come up really big for us
this season before it’s all
said and done,” Stephens
said. “He is a sophomore
and he has been the
league. He just has really
good football instincts.
For us, it’s like an ace in
the hole. Total confidence
in him to go out and make
plays.”
Ulmer is still listed
only as a wide receiver on
the EMCC roster. In that
department, he has four
catches for 41 yards.
Throughout the sea-
son, Stephens has also
been working Ulmer at
quarterback. That de-
cision has paid off after
Miller went down with in-
jury in the opening series
against East Central Com-
munity College.
“When Vijay went
down, (new starter Mes-
siah deWeaver) and I talk-
EMCC 56, Holmes C.C. 21 malcy has returned with
Holmes C.C. 0 14 7 0 — 21
EMCC 21 7 14 14 — 56 Miller starting and Ulmer
First Quarter handling “change of pace”
E — Deon McIntosh 3 run (Josh Smith kick).
E — TyQuan Ulmer 6 run (Smith kick).
duties.
E — Messiah deWeaver 76 pass to Rashad Eades
(Smith kick).
“Really like where our
Second Quarter offense is right now,” Ste-
H — Terry Bryant 1 run (Connor McKay kick).
E — Ulmer 1 run (Smith kick). phens said. “We have a lot
H — Bryant 3 run (McKay kick).
Third Quarter options. There have been
H — Bryant 10 run (McKay kick).
E — deWeaver 9 pass to Dontario Drummond (Smith some changes with our in-
kick).
E — McIntosh 15 run (Smith kick).
juries along the offensive
Fourth Quarter
E — Ulmer 16 pass to Adrian Miller (Smith kick).
line. Still, it has fallen into
E — Ulmer 1 run (Smith kick). place.”
Team Statistics Holmes (3-4, 1-3) fell
HCC EMCC
First Downs 17 22 the rest of the North Divi-
Rushes-Yards
Passing Yards
58-256
30
40-201
258 sion has this season. The
Comp.-Att.-Int.
Return Yards
3-10-0
101
20-24-0
99
Lions had a couple of key
Fumbles-Lost
Penalties
5-2
9-98
2-2
8-90
stops on defense and an-
other pair of back-break-
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Holmes C.C. — Terry Bryant 27-160, ing special teams plays.
Reggie Hayes 14-57, Gabe Short 4-22, Jesse Wilson
9-19, Dylan Kelly 1-8, Team 1-1, Vonte Brackett 1-0, Braden Boykin had anoth-
Connor McKay 1-(-11); EMCC — Deon McIntosh 14-
106, TyQuan Ulmer 12-56, Keon Moore 7-30, Messiah er punt block, which has
deWeaver 7-9.
PASSING: Holmes C.C. — Reggie Hayes 2-6-17-0, become a staple of EMCC
Jesse Wilson 1-3-14-0; EMCC — Messiah deWeaver
18-22-227-0, TyQuan Ulmer 2-2-31-0.
victories this season.
RECEIVING: Holmes C.C. — Gabe Short 2-25, De- A 3-yard run by Deon
marcus Johnson 1-5; EMCC — Kalem Reddix 5-47, DJ
Clayton 4-41, Adrian Miller 3-37, Dontario Drummond McIntosh got things go-
3-27, Rashad Eades 2-84, Austin Morphis 2-21, Deon
McIntosh 1-1. ing. EMCC then benefited
from a bad punt snap on
ed about it,” Ulmer said. fourth down for Holmes.
“We knew we had to both The Lions needed
step up for the good of the two plays before Ulmer
team. It hurts that Vijay plowed in from six yards
went down but that’s what out for a lightning-quick
we are here for and that’s 14-0 lead.
why we are a team. Time After Holmes pulled
for new guys to step up within 28-21 in the early
and get the job done.” stages of the third quar-
Stephens has played ter, the Lions found anoth-
two quarterbacks most of er gear.
his time at EMCC. Typi- McIntosh capped a
cally, the offense has been 106-yard night with a 15-
built around a pocket yard touchdown run.
passer and a dual-threat “We haven’t lost a
alternative used mainly in Homecoming game since
short-yardage situations. I have been here,” Ste-
The script was flipped phens said. “This is al-
this year with Miller ways the big game. All
— the team’s best run- of the former players are
ning-passing threat — back. There is a lot of en-
taking over as the starter ergy in the stadium. I am
and the pocket-passer just glad we won.”
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Lifestyles
You’re not alone
Staff members and others release balloons at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Oct. 1 in honor of those who continue to fight breast cancer and in
memory of those who have lost their battle. Support exists for those diagnosed with any form of cancer. Patients and their families are encouraged to reach
out to support groups that meet monthly at area hospitals.
Cancer support groups want to make a difference
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
M mind-boggling. I’ve been there. I still have
arie Mason is a veteran of the wars.
Not the kind that require tactical
gear and camo, but
combat just the same.
“This is my second time
around with breast cancer.
I’m a metastatic breast cancer
survivor,” the 67-year-old from
Starkville said on a Thursday
afternoon in October. She had
just returned from a doctor’s Mason
appointment, a little tired, but
looking forward to a good supper after having
to fast since the night before.
“I was first diagnosed 23 years ago and
went through surgeries and treatment — and
then I was cancer-free and went on about my
business,” she recounted.
It was in early March that she discovered
unusual swelling.
“I knew something was going on wrong, so
I called the doctor,” Mason said. “The cancer
had come back. I had nine treatments of
chemo again, and 36 treatments of radiation,
and the doctors have been checking me and
checking my scans, and today he said they
look good!”
After sharing her positive news, Mason
made it clear that she isn’t getting through
all this alone. Her army includes doctors,
nurses, technicians and family. But Mason
also relies on a monthly support group called
SLCE — Sharing Life-Changing Experienc-
es. She joined seven years ago, when it first
formed.
“It has been my anchor,” she said. “In our
group you can vent, you can laugh, you can
cry — we get support mentally, physically
and emotionally.”
■■■
October is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, but the fact is any form of cancer is an
“Everybody needs some help, because it’s
my moments — it’s an emotional thing.”
upheaval for a patient and for those who love
them. It is one of the most stressful experi-
ences a person can have. It usually triggers
strong emotions — shock, anger, disbelief,
intense fear and sadness. Sometimes even
closest family members can’t understand.
Support groups provide an opportunity to be
with others living with cancer, to learn how to
best navigate challenges and exchange infor-
mation and advice that may reduce stress and
provide a sense of control.
That’s why cancer support groups meet
monthly at both Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle in Columbus and at OCH
Regional Medical Center in Starkville.
Each group brings in speakers on subjects
ranging from managing side effects and nu-
trition to emotional fallout, any topic that can
help patients and caregivers cope.
■■■
Since January, Max Cullum of Columbus
has been going through treat-
ment for non-Hodgkin’s lympho-
ma. He had been cancer-free
since successfully treating his
first bout in 2013 at Baptist
Cancer Center-Golden Triangle
in Columbus, for which he has
high praise.
“They don’t just treat you, Cullum
they treat your spirit,” he said.
Max and his wife, Shirley, have been
involved with the support group there the en-
tire period, even in years he was cancer-free.
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle/Courtesy photo
Annie Barry, cancer survivor
Columbus
Cullum said, “We’ve kept going because
you can support other people that are taking
treatment, let them know what to expect.”
His wife added, “We’re back in chemo
again, but we have continued to come to the
support group because we gain so much
strength from those who are making the
journey.”
Luke Johnson coordinates the group that
meets the third Friday of each month from
noon to 1 p.m., usually in the
Baptist Hospital Patient Tower.
He is a licensed master social
worker assisting oncology
patients at Baptist Cancer Cen-
ter-Golden Triangle.
“I tell patients I have two main
jobs: My main focus is counsel-
ing, especially for folks who may Johnson
get kind of down, stressed out
about life outside of treatment,” said Johnson.
“Outside of that, it’s gathering resources, if
folks need educational material, help with
getting medicines, help with getting transpor-
tation, we try to help with those things.”
The Baptist Cancer Foundation at Golden
Triangle is funded completely by donations
and exists to support patients in need. It’s one
way community members lend a helping hand.
Others donate wigs or scarves, or small gift
bags filled with candies, snacks, pens, inspira-
tional pamphlets, crossword puzzles and small
bottles of water for infusion patients who may
spend three to eight hours in treatment on a
given day.
See Support Groups, 6C
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Historian to share insights

on ‘The Long Shadow of World War I’
Oct. 22 program IF YOU GO:
WHO: Hazard Lecture Series
is free to the public WHAT: Andrew Pouncey, “The Long
Shadow of World War I”
BY JAN SWOOPE
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Heritage Academy Elemen-
jswoope@cdispatch.com tary School, 623 Willowbrook Road,

O
ne century after the end
of the First World War,
the hunt for the past and
people’s relatives has never
been greater. On Monday, Oct.
22, historian Andrew Pouncey
of Germantown, Tennessee,
will talk about that at the
Hazard Lecture Series in Co-
lumbus. The 7 p.m. program at
Heritage Academy Elementary
School, 623 Willowbrook Road,
is free to the public.
The lecture series began in
1992, “but Andrew Pouncey’s
is the first program we have
had on World War I, which
ended 100 years ago this Nov.
11,” said George Hazard Jr. of
Columbus. The Hazard family
established the lecture series
to honor the memory of George
Hazard Sr.
“This presentation is an ef-
fort to understand some of the
fighting and some of the war’s
results that are part of our
own world,” Hazard continued.
“One result was World War II,
of course, so World War I still
casts a long shadow.”
From the battlefields
Pouncey is the historian
for the City of Germantown,
Tennessee. He retired from the
City of Germantown after 24
Courtesy photo
Andrew Pouncey
years of service in the De-
partments of Economic and
Community Development and
Administration. His passion
for the study of World War I
has taken him to the Western
Front seven times. He recently
returned from a trip there in
September, where he hiked
through the St. Mihiel and
Meuse-Argonne salients. He
also attended two services at
U.S. World War I cemeteries
commemorating the 100th an-
niversary of the end of the war.
At his upcoming talk, “I
want to take (the audience) to
the Western Front and show
them what tools are available
for historians and battlefield
archaeologists to learn more
from the landscape and maps,
and how important this is
Columbus
ADMISSION: Free. For information,
Beth Lucas, 662-327-1556, ext. 211
to those who are seeking to
follow in the footsteps of their
grandfathers and great-grand-
fathers,” Pouncey told The
Dispatch.
He also wants to stress how
effort can provide limitless
possibilities for learning his-
tory, said the Rhodes College
and Mississippi State alumnus.
Pouncey also holds a master’s
degree in city and regional
planning from the University of
Memphis.
On his Addy Award-win-
ning website, waruntold.com,
Pouncey provides a place to
share stories, memorabilia,
letters and images of coura-
geous members of the armed
services who served during
the war. They are real accounts
of “ordinary men and women waruntold.com
World War I historian Andrew Pouncey of Germantown, Tennessee,
in the most extraordinary of
walks a rear trench near Belleau Wood, near the Marne River in
times.” France, on a recent trip to the Western Front. The Hazard Lecture
Heritage Academy Director Series presents Pouncey at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 at Heritage
of Admissions and Public Re- Academy Elementary School.
lations Beth Lucas said, “The
Hazard Lectures are always “We think his comments supporting and putting on
interesting and educational. will be worth hearing,” said these public offerings.”
The upcoming program on Hazard, adding, “Every inde- For more information about
World War I will be especially pendent school should contrib- the free program Oct. 22,
relevant to our students and ute to the mental life around contact Lucas at 662-327-1556,
the community.” it. Heritage is doing that by ext. 211.

Welty Gala will feature New York Times best-selling author

MUW UNIVERSITY the Trotter Convention Meltzer’s presentation.
RELATIONS IF YOU GO: Center with several of To purchase tickets,
WHO: Mississippi University
the authors who are visit muw.edu/welty and

T
hrillers, children’s
books and com-
ics — writer Brad
Meltzer has something
for every reader. On
Friday, Oct. 19, guests
will have an opportunity
to meet the No. 1 New
York Times best-selling
author in person at the
Mississippi University
for Women Foundation’s
2018 Welty Gala.
“The Escape Artist,”
Meltzer’s newest book,
recently debuted at No.
1. Reviews describe the
book as a cutting-edge
thriller with a memorable
main character readers
won’t be able to forget.
Meltzer also is No.
1 New York Times
best-selling author of
“The Inner Circle,” “The
Book of Fate” and nine
other bestseller thrillers
including “The Tenth
Justice,” “The First
Counsel,” “The Million-
aires” and “The Presi-
dent’s Shadow.”
In addition to his fic-
tion, Meltzer is one of the
only authors to ever have
books on the bestseller
list for nonfiction, chil-
Repeat No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Brad
Meltzer will be the featured guest speaker at the The
W’s Oct. 19 Welty Gala at Trotter Convention Center in
Columbus.
dren’s books and comic
books.
He is the host of “Brad
Meltzer’s Lost History”
on H2 and “Brad Melt-
zer’s Decoded” on the
History Channel. “The
Hollywood Reporter”
recently put him on their
list of Hollywood’s 25
Most Powerful Authors.
Meltzer is also respon-
sible for helping find the
missing 9/11 flag that
the firefighters raised
at Ground Zero, making
national news on the
15th anniversary of 9/11.
MUW President Nora
Miller said, “We look
Courtesy photo
forward to hosting Brad
Meltzer and hearing
about his best-selling
work. We also look
forward to raising
scholarships for so many
deserving students as
part of this event.”
The Welty Gala, spon-
sored by the MUW Foun-
dation, is a part of the
signature Welty Series
held annually in October
to honor the university’s
world-renowned alumna
Eudora Welty. As a part
of the Welty Series, The
W also hosts the Eudora
Welty Writers’ Sympo-
sium scheduled Oct.
for Women
WHAT: Welty Gala, with guest participating in the Welty click on the Welty Gala
Brad Meltzer Symposium. A book sign- link, or call the MUW Of-
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 19; 7 p.m.
WHERE: Trotter Convention ing and question-and-an- fice of Development and
Center, Columbus swer session will follow Alumni, 662-329-7148.
TICKETS: muw.edu/welty, or
662-329-7148
18-20. The Welty Gala
will be held at 7 p.m. in
the Trotter Convention
Center in downtown
Columbus.
“We’re expecting an
outstanding evening
for this year’s Gala with
best-selling author
Brad Meltzer, a widely
sought-after speaker,”
said Andrea Stevens,
executive director of
development and alumni.
“This is definitely an
event to look forward to,
and it offers a wonderful
way to support scholar-
ships for our students.”
Benefactor and Patron
gala tickets include a pri-
vate reception catered by
The W’s Culinary Arts
Institute students with
the guest speaker, along
with premium seating
during a three-course
meal. Guests with Friend
tickets will enjoy a recep-
tion in the main lobby of
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calendar
Thursday through Saturday,
Oct. 18-20
Eudora Welty Writers Sym-
posium — Mississippi University
for Women hosts the 30th annual
Welty Symposium featuring key-
note author Steve Yarbrough, plus
best-selling author Brad Meltzer at
the Welty Gala Oct. 19, plus many
more writers during this celebration
of Southern literature. For informa-
tion, visit muw.edu/welty or call
662-329-7386.
623 Willowbrook Road in Columbus.
Free. For more information, contact
Beth Lucas, 662-327-1556, ext.
211.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Winning Wednesday
Against Breast Cancer —
The City of Columbus invites the
community, merchants and churches
to attend this event to honor and
celebrate the lives of Breast Cancer
Heroes at 5:30 p.m. at Columbus
City Hall at 523 Main St.
Oct. 26-27, 29-31
Haunted House — The Com-
munity Benefit Committee presents
this family-friendly experience at the
Columbus Fairgrounds, Highway 69
South, from 6-10 p.m. Oct. 26-27,
and from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 29-31. Pro-
ceeds benefit a city-wide holiday toy
drive. Food, face painting, jumpers
and music. Those wishing to explore
the haunted house may purchase
a $10 wristband. For information,
contact Rhonda Sanders, rsanders@
columbusms.org or 662-549-5909.

Friday and Saturday, Thursday through Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 28

Oct. 19-20
Caledonia Days — See details
at right.
Saturday, Oct. 20
Canoe Day — Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge hosts free canoeing
at Bluff Lake from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Canoes, kayaks, life jackets and
paddles are provided free. For more
information, contact the visitor cen-
ter, 662-323-5548.
Sunday, Oct. 21
Walk for Diabetes — The
Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi
hosts Mississippi’s Walk for Diabe-
tes at 2 p.m. at the Columbus Riv-
erwalk. Registration is at 1 p.m. For
more information, call 601-957-7878,
or email msdiabetes@msdiabestes.
org.
Monday, Oct. 22
Hazard Lecture Series —
The 27th Annual Hazard Lecture
Series presents World War I scholar
and historian Andy Pouncey at 7 p.m.
with “The Long Shadow of World War
I” at Heritage Elementary School,
Oct. 25-27
Haunted House at The W —
The W’s Leadership Program hosts a
haunted house fundraiser from 8-11
p.m. in Taylor Hall on campus. Ad-
mission is $4. For more information,
contact Student Life, 662-329-7350.
Friday, Oct. 26
ACS art auction — Annuncia-
tion Catholic School presents an art
auction and barbecue at 7 p.m. at
Town Creek Pavilion in West Point. A
live auction and open bar highlight
this event with art by local artisans
and ACS students. For tickets, con-
tact ACS, 662-328-4479 or market-
ing@annunciationcatholicschool.org.
Pumpkinpalooza — Wear cos-
tumes to trick-or-treat at Starkville’s
Main Street merchants from 5-7 p.m.
and take in pumpkin painting, face
painting, a farmers market, jumpers
and the Haunted Trolley. MSU Spirit
Squads appear at 6 p.m., with Bully
and MSU cheerleaders.
Masquerade Ball — Starkville
Young Professionals hosts this event
at 7:30 p.m. at Shorty’s at The Mill
in Starkville. Semi-formal attire; cash
bar. $5 entry fee.
Sunday Funday — The last
Sunday Funday of the season is 3-9
p.m. on University Drive (between
Hartness and Janigan Streets) in
Starkville. Kids activities take place
in the Parthenon. This mini arts
and music fest includes inflatables,
face painting and more. Halloween
costumes are welcome.
Thursday, Nov. 1
Community Thanksgiving Courtesy photo
Service — This annual Columbus Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19-20
event presented by the Christian
Community in Prayer committee be- Caledonia Days — Caledonia’s 15th annual festival opens
gins at 6 p.m. at the Frank P. Phillips with a concert Friday by Rodney Atkins and Hudson Moore at Ola J.
YMCA, 602 Second Avenue S. It will Pickett Park. On Saturday, arts, crafts and food vendors, children’s
be led by Bo Jeffares, Eli Box, James area, antique car and truck show, a 5K color run, pie-eating contest
and live entertainment fill the downtown area. Concert tickets are
Black, Sandra DePriest and George
Irby. For more information, email $15 (free for children 4 and under) at eventbrite.com; gate opens 6
cbateman@cableone.net. p.m. Lawn chairs welcome; no coolers or pets. Get information at
facebook.com/caledoniadays/, 662-251-2875 or email caledonia-
days@gmail.com.
Friday, Nov. 2
Citywide Tailgate — This Unit-
ed Way of North Central Mississippi
fundraiser from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center,
in and near downtown Starkville 501 Main St. An auction of arrange-
features foods by businesses and Fall and Winter Floral De- ments follows the program. A light
participants vying for the title of Best sign Show — Floral designer reception is included. Tickets are
Citywide Tailgater. $5 wristbands. Ralph Null demonstrates the art $20 in advance at columbus-arts.
For information, call 662-323-3830 of creating seasonal floral designs org or 662-328-2787; $25 at the
or email uwayokt@maxxsouth.net. at 2 p.m. at the Columbus Arts door.

Lyceum Series continues with Trey McLaughlin and The Sounds of Zamar
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC Lyceum events are $30
AFFAIRS for adults; $25 for MSU
employees and senior

T
rey McLaughlin
and The Sounds of
Zamar are bring-
ing fresh adaptations of
contemporary gospel,
pop and musical theater
hits to the Bettersworth
Auditorium stage
Tuesday, Oct. 16 as part
of Mississippi State’s
Lyceum Series.
Doors to historic
Lee Hall’s auditorium
open approximately 30
minutes before the cur-
tain rises for the 7 p.m.
show, which is part of
the university’s long-run-
ning performing arts
program.
After being featured
on the song “Chasing Af-
ter You” from Vashawn
Mitchell’s Grammy-nom-
inated album “Trium-
phant,” Trey McLaughlin
and The Sounds of
Zamar have become
sought after for their
expressive vocals and
intricate arrangements
of classic gospel hymns.
The group has made
a name for itself by
performing with gospel
greats such as William
McDowell, Kierra “Kiki”
Mississippi State’s Lyceum Series continues Tuesday with a 7 p.m. concert by Trey McLaughlin and The Sounds
of Zamar. Doors to Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium open at 6:30 p.m.
Sheard, Richard Small-
wood, Earnest Pugh and
James Fortune.
With viral videos and
millions of YouTube fol-
lowers, Trey McLaugh-
lin and The Sounds of
Zamar have extensively
toured abroad and are
positioned to be one of
the brightest new groups
on the gospel scene.
In fall 2012, the group
released its debut album,
“Limitless,” which fea-
tured 14 tracks of ballads
and anthems showcasing
rich harmonies. A sec-
Courtesy photo
ond album is anticipated
for 2018. For more, visit
treymmusic.net.
Excluding Patti La-
Belle’s Nov. 15 concert,
individual tickets for
citizens; and $12 for
children age 3-12 or with
school I.D./uniform.
MSU students with valid
student I.D. must pur-
chase tickets to attend
LaBelle’s concert, but
will be admitted free to
all other Lyceum events.
For LaBelle’s perfor-
mance, general admis-
sion individual tickets
for the auditorium’s first
balcony are $45; $35
on the second balco-
ny. Reserved seating
individual tickets for the
auditorium’s first floor
front section are $65; $55
for the first floor back
section.
Ticket purchases may
be made online at http://
events.msstate.edu. If
available, individual tick-
ets may be purchased
at the door before each
program.
Contributions to the
Lyceum Series can be
made via the MSU Foun-
dation by contacting
Lynn Durr at 662-325-
8918.

Faculty exhibition ranges from ceramics to photography

Public invited to reception mensional crystals on the surface of these
pots.
Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m. In response to 18th-century British
Grand Manner portraits, Dickey’s work
MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS this year features large-scale photographs
of elderly family and friends. These

A
rtwork by four Mississippi Uni-
versity for Women instructors is
represented in the Faculty Biennial
Exhibition which will run through Tues-
day, Oct. 23.
A reception is scheduled for Thursday,
Oct. 18 from 4–5:30 p.m. in the Mississip-
pi University for Women Galleries as part
of the Welty Series.
Faculty members represented in the
exhibition include Ian Childers, Shawn
Dickey, Robert Gibson and Alex Stelio-
es-Wills.
With a nod to his “street” artist back-
ground, Childers exhibits plaster-cast
skulls, chicken heads and graffiti-covered
pots. He started making these objects as
an alternative to painting on public sur-
faces, a form of tagging or making one’s
presence known.
Childers also showcases his porcelain
vessels adorned with crystalline glaze.
Through chemistry and a very specific
firing schedule, he is able to grow two-di-
photographs are backlit in special metal
boxes. By hanging them in dim light, the
images appear to glow and their presence
emanates from their metal containers.
The pieces on display by Gibson show
a range of interests, with a focus on pho-
tographs made while traveling through
Thailand this summer. Colorful, chaotic
street scenes are featured in these large-
scale prints. He rounds out his display
with delicate watercolors, some of which
incorporate deftly cut shapes to create
three-dimensional images.
Stelioes-Wills presents three series of
non-objective paintings, each of which
combines drawing and painting materials.
Vertical marks and lines dominate in each
painting to suggest the mood and colors
of the Missouri landscape in January.
Located in Summer Hall, Mississippi
Courtesy photo
University for Women Galleries are open Porcelain vessels by Ian Childers, in the foreground, and backlit photographs by
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Shawn Dickey, in the background, are featured in the Faculty Biennial Exhibition
following the university calendar. The at The W through Oct. 23. Works by Robert Gibson and Alex Stelioes-Wills are
Galleries are free and open to the public. also showcased in the show.
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Transitions:
Club notes

Area Weddings,
Engagements
and Anniversaries

Courtesy photo
GALAXY GARDEN CLUB: Members of Galaxy Garden Club of Columbus who attended the Garden Clubs
of Mississippi Tombigbee Valley District meeting in Tupelo Sept. 20 are, from left, Pat Wheeler, Rissa
Lawrence, Martha Jo Mims, Nancy Reeves, Jean Taylor, Doris Ebner and Pat Crouse.

Jonathan Gray Norton and Katlyn Brooke Bryant

Bryant/Norton
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bryant of Millport, Alabama,
announce the engagement of their daughter, Katlyn
Brooke Bryant, to Jonathan Gray Norton of Vernon,
Alabama, son of Mr. and Mrs. Greg Norton of Vernon.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter Mrs. Bernice
Bryant and the late Mr. Floyd Bryant of Millport, and
Mrs. Evelyn White and the late Mr. Bobbie White of
Kennedy, Alabama.
She is a 2017 graduate of Mississippi University
for Women where she earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in nursing.
She is a registered nurse at DCH Hospital in Tusca-
loosa, Alabama.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Gray Norton of Vernon, and Mrs. Jean DuBose
and the late Mr. Edd Cain DuBose of Vernon.
He is a 2011 graduate of Mississippi State Univer-
sity where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
agriculture engineering technology and business.
He is employed with the Alabama Forestry Com-
mission in Vernon.
Vows will be exchanged at 6 p.m. Oct. 27, 2018, at
Pine Ridge Barn in Millport. Family and friends are
invited to attend.
Courtesy photos
CELEBRATING 108 YEARS: The Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha DAR Chapter in Starkville celebrated 108 years of his-
toric preservation, education and patriotism Oct. 4. Priscilla Allen Harper, formerly of West Point, now of
Yazoo City, pictured, presented a program on chapter development. The chapter’s more than century-old
framed charter, at right, was on display.
Northaven Woods Garden Club year and pointed out that tools should be disinfect-
The first meeting of the 2018-2019 club year for ed with water and bleach to keep them from trans-
Northaven Woods Garden Club of Columbus was ferring insects and disease from plant to plant.
hosted by Eleanor Ellis Sept. 18 at the Senior En- He also mentioned that he now has an associate
richment Center located on Gardner Boulevard. in his office that focuses on nutritious health is-
Vice President Fran Hawkins called the meet- sues for adults and that she is available to present
ing to order and led the group in the club prayer, programs and sponsors cooking classes.
conservation pledge and pledge of allegiance. The club welcomed two new members, Diane
Betty Swanzy introduced Reid Nevins with the Malone and Judi Jarrett.
MSU Extension Service. He gave a PowerPoint Following the business meeting, Carla Guyton,
presentation on fall plantings and various vege- director of the Senior Enrichment Center, gave
tables that can be planted in the fall, some to use information on several upcoming programs that
now and some that will survive the winter weather will be held at the center.
and mature in the spring. He cautioned about With no more business to be discussed, the
pruning trees and shrubs at the wrong time of the meeting adjourned and refreshments were served.

Citywide Tailgate returns to Starkville Nov. 2

Registration is underway for United Way NCM fundraiser director, Candy Crecink, added
“This is definitely ‘tailgatin’ at
date, those retailers include
Merle-Norman Bella Luna, JCG
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH participate. Applications can be a business located in one of the its finest’ — good food, good Apparel, Maroon & Co., Sports
picked up and turned in at the areas is encouraged. times, good friends while help- Center, Aspen Bay, Something

U
nited Way of North
Central Mississippi
will present its annual
Citywide Tailgate Friday, Nov. 2
in Starkville. This friendly com-
petition has participants vying
for the title of Best Citywide
Tailgater. Proceeds from fund-
raisers like the tailgate support
15 agencies in the four-county
area served by UWNCM. The
organization’s philosophy is
“Stronger Neighbors Make a
Strong Community.”
“Tailgating at Its Finest” is
the theme of this year’s event.
Any business, school, universi-
ty or civic group can register to
United Way office at 300 Univer-
sity Drive, or on the third floor
of Regions Bank in Starkville,
or by emailingunwayokt@
maxxsouth.net. Four tailgate
zones will be designated in
the downtown Starkville area
between City Hall and Bancorp
South on Main Street/Universi-
ty Drive and adjoining streets;
and between LPL Financial to
BankFirst on Lampkin Street.
Zone 5 is Hospital Road, upper
Russell Street and the Academy
Road/Louisville Street area.
Participants don’t have to
be a business directly in the
tailgate zones; partnering with
Judging Nov. 2 will be
between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Each area will be judged on use
of theme, best-tasting tailgate
food and best presentation.
Awards will be given to the Best
in Zone (all five zones), Best
New Tailgater and Best City-
wide Tailgater. Ambassadors
from the Greater Starkville
Development Partnership will
serve as judges.
“Come join us for the best
lunch party ever on Nov. 2,”
said UWNCM board member
and Tailgate committee mem-
ber Lizz Graves.
The organization’s executive
ing to make all your neighbors
have a better day — this is defi-
nitely the Southern way of life.”
Wristbands, retail discounts
Wristbands for Citywide
Tailgate are $5, available at
the event or in advance at the
University Drive branch of
Bancorp South, OCH Medical
Center, ProGraphics, Regions
Bank, What’s for Dinner and
BankFirst.
Participating retailers will
offer a 15 percent discount
on purchases for shoppers
wearing wristbands Nov. 2. To
Southern Design and Furniture
Co., Klara Haloho, Doodlebugs,
Book Mart & Cafe and George-
Mary’s.
Citywide Tailgate sponsors
include the Greater Starkville
Development Partnership;
James “Cubby” Harris Painting
Co.; BankFirst Financial Ser-
vices; Watkins Ward & Stafford,
PLLC; Roberson Law Firm;
Town and Gown; and Starkville
Daily News. Sponsorships are
still available.
For more information, email
unwayokt@maxxsouth.net or
call 662-323-3830.

PLAYING IN THE DIRT

A change of season signals new to-do tips
O
ctober? Are you the end of hot days. ture suggests I can plant for six weeks before plant- ing cornflowers, larkspur up caladiums now with
kidding me? Not The weather plays a squash, peas, okra and a ing in late December or and Queen Anne’s lace, foliage intact, allow to
with these tem- huge part in my garden number of other veggies early January. and perennials such as dry, remove dried foliage
peratures. and yard work. Being of in this table. I’ll keep you Pot up basil, chives, asters, salvia, hollyhock, and store in peat moss in
Oh wait — a certain age, I no longer updated. parsley, rosemary, sage, daylilies, babies breath, a cool, dark place for re-
just as I was tolerate the extreme heat These nice cooler and and Sweet Marjoram iris and Shasta daisy. planting next year. Force
losing all like I used to. However, breezier days are perfect for that sunny kitchen Fertilize: Foliar feed paperwhites, narcissus,
hope that despite the heat, I am for executing all the tips window. Wisteria and (on the leaves) all plant- lily of the valley, jonquil or
fall would ar- pleased to report that I for October. Get out there trumpet vine can be plant- ings and lawns. Test soil hyacinth bulbs for indoor
rive, a slight have a ready-to-harvest and enjoy playing in the ed this month. (Neither in the garden to monitor show. Enjoy the blooms in
cool snap hybrid lettuce/greens dirt. of these vines have many the balance of minerals. this way.
was fore- Carrigan crop in my salad table. manners, so plant at your Prune: Prune back an- Place leaves in the
cast. By the You may remember I par- October tips own peril.) nuals like blue salvia and compost bin.
time you are reading this, ticipated in the building of Plant: Plant spring Annuals to plant are dianthus to the ground Sharon Carrigan of
the cool snap will have these tables and received flowering bulbs this pansies, violas, pinks, and mulch; they may go Columbus shares monthly
come and gone, or maybe one at a discount. Next month, except for tulips flowering cabbage and through the winter and horticulture tips on behalf
not. But I will make a spring, I have grand plans and hyacinths. Place kale and English daisy. bloom again. of the Lowndes County
guess that we haven’t seen for this table. The litera- these in the refrigerator Plant wildflowers, includ- Miscellaneous: Dig Master Gardeners.

If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, October 14, 2018 5C

In the garden with Felder

Bring on the sniffles — but careful what you blame

G
olden-
rod is
getting
cranked up,
and people
are starting
to sneeze ...
but blaming
the wrong
culprits.
I totally get
the allergy
woes; what Felder Rushing
people mistak-
enly think is
my cheeriness is actually
the antihistamines kick-
ing in. But lots of folks lay
fault on the first thing we
see, and unfairly malign
beautiful but benign
wildflowers.
In general, if a flow-
er is pretty, colorful or
fragrant, it is to attract
butterflies, bees and
other pollinators because formal plantings at Ver-
its pollen is too heavy to
float in the wind; those
with really small, light-
weight pollen such as
oaks, pines, grasses and
especially the common
generic ragweed have to
be spread by wind. And
that’s what makes it up
our noses.
Where goldenrod has
fluffy, brilliant yellow
flowerheads, ragweed
has thin, green spikes
with pale yellow pollen.
Goldenrod is actually
in the same family as
sunflowers and zinnias,
and makes excellent,
long-stemmed, long-last-
ing cut flowers. It sup-
ports more wildlife than
any other perennial,
native or otherwise. It’s
a source of food for over
a hundred species of but-
terflies, moths, bees and
other pollinating insects,
plus songbirds which
feed on their nutritious
oily seeds, and colorful
crab spiders that eat even ageratum, and tall nar-
tinier insects. Its strong
nectar makes
a dark, spicy
honey.
Oh, and
dried gold-
enrod seeds
make an
excellent, nu-
tritious flour
“extender”
that country
folk with
meager food
supplies used
to bulk up
their pancake and bread
batters.
Not many folks eat
goldenrod anymore, but
it is gaining in popular-
ity here as a fall flower
border mainstay. It’s long
been a mainstay in En-
glish perennial borders,
and Louis XIV, the Sun
King, had it all over his
sailles. Monet’s fabulous
cutting garden at Giver-
ney includes goldenrod.
In addition to the com-
mon tall field goldenrod,
sophisticated gardens
typically have several
other smaller, less inva-
sive cultivars such as the
thin, arching Fireworks
and non-spreading dwarf
kinds with names like
Cloth of Gold and Peter
Pan.
Errant goldenrod
seedlings are pitifully
easy to pull with one
hand, and I cut the
remaining plants to knee
high in midsummer to
make them bushier with
more flowers and less
flopping in the fall.
So goldenrod, one
of the easiest, showiest
native wildflowers to
punch up a fall garden, is
a mainstay in mine, along
with equally showy, gar-
den-quality native blazing
star (Liatris), wild blue
rowleaf sunflowers and
you use these in a subur-
ban garden, clue in your
neighbors. Put up a bit
of fence, a wagon wheel,
a group of birdhouses,
an all-green bottle tree,
gazing globe, or some
other naturalistic feature
to help neighbors get
your drift, that you’re up
to something, not just
letting your yard go.
Meanwhile, take a
country drive and grab
a gander at Mississippi’s
fabulous fall wildflowers.
See if any are worthy of
your own garden.
Step over to a clump
of goldenrod, and cut
two or three stems for an
informal flower arrange-
ment. While you’re at it,
take a really close look
at the fluffy plume and
single out one of its petite
individual flowers, which
looks like a yellow zinnia.
You’d need tweezers to
do the “she loves me,
she loves me not” thing,
but you’ll have a forever
appreciation of the whole
plant, not just its false
allergenic, weedy repu-
tation.
Just watch for the
Plain Jane ragweed right
beside it. It’s a baddie.
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
Felder Rushing is
Goldenrod, with its fluffy yellow plumes, is often maligned come fall allergy season. a Mississippi author,
columnist, and host of the
asters. And they’re awash fencerows, and can be garden beds for a splen- “Gestalt Gardener” on
in butterflies. cut back and their lower did display this time next MPB Think Radio. Email
They are all easy to stems and roots trans- year. gardening questions to
spot in fields and along planted into regular Word to the wise: If rushingfelder@yahoo.com.

Sunday Funday
provides economic
boost, as well as fun
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT economic impact, even
once each month. With

A
s the last Sunday
Funday of the
season approaches,
Starkville’s monthly mini
arts fest has released
figures showing that even
a six-hour event once
each month can provide a
boost to area artists and
musicians, and contribute
to sales tax coffers.
Sunday, Oct. 28,
from 3-9 p.m. marks the
2018 finale of the fest
fiscally-sponsored by
the Starkville Area Arts
Council. Held on Uni-
versity Drive between
Hartness and Jarnigan
Streets, Funday creates
an informal, festive
environment for artists
to gather, sell and share
their work with the
public.
Figures released by
the arts council show
Sunday Funday artists
as a group took in an
average of almost $2,500
per afternoon event in the
months of May through
September 2018. Of those
five Fundays, receipts
ranged from $2,036.43
in May, to a high of
$2,881.80 in August.
“It’s exciting to see
how well the artists
have done at Sunday
Funday over the past
few months,” said SAAC
Executive Director John
Bateman. “This simply
confirms what we’ve al-
ways known: Art creates
the collection and report-
ing of sales taxes, we can
now quantify what these
artists’ sales contribute to
tax revenue.”
Sales taxes collected
and paid for the May-Sep-
tember period exceed
slightly more than $900,
Bateman said.
Jennifer Prather of
The Partnership said,
“The creation of Sunday
Funday has allowed for
a unique opportunity for
arts in Starkville to be
promoted. Not only does
this event offer a platform
for local artisans to pro-
mote the thriving creative
assets of our commu-
nity, but it serves as an
economic engine through
the sale of goods that
contribute to our sales
tax base. Artists operate
independently as small
businesses, and events
like Sunday Funday are a
wonderful way to support
this sector of creative
entrepreneurship.”
Donations received
by Sunday Funday have
been used for minor over-
head expenses, including
fees paid to musicians,
who perform during each
event at no cost to the
public.
For more information
about Sunday Funday or
the SAAC, visit starkvil-
learts.org or facebook.
com/starkvillesundayfun-
day/.

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Veterans Day parade set in Starkville for Nov. 10

Deadline to sign up to participate is Oct. 20 heart for many years. My
brother is a veteran and served
families of area National Guard
members currently deployed,
kmgcreationsdance@gmail.
com or kmgcreationsdfp.com.
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH Farley and other guests. Lawn this country proudly. These said Gilmore. Or call 662-648-7382. Find
chairs are encouraged. men and women and their The parade will begin at the more information at Facebook.

H
“ onoring Our Veter-
ans” is the theme of a
Veterans Day parade
set to take place in Starkville
Saturday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m.
The parade is hosted by KMG
Creations Dance, Fitness and
Productions in Starkville.
A musical tribute at 11 a.m.
on the steps of the Oktibbeha
County Courthouse will follow
the parade, with the Starkville
High School JROTC present-
ing service flags, poetry by the
band, The Kayla Marie Project,
singer/songwriter Rebekah
Kayla Marie Gilmore, owner
of KMG Creations, has hosted
an annual military apprecia-
tion dance recital honoring
local veterans for the past
nine years. Gilmore visited
the veterans in local nursing
homes, distributing small gift
bags. This year she wanted to
do something different.
“This is exciting, to host
our city’s first Veterans Day
parade. This is history,” said
Gilmore. “Having special
events for our veterans has
been something close to my
families have made great per-
sonal sacrifices to protect this
country.”
Nov. 11 marks the 100-
year anniversary of the end of
World War I, which Gilmore
said makes this Veterans Day
Parade even more special.
Along with events such
as Starkville High School’s
Veterans Day program Nov.
9 at 9:30 a.m., and a salute to
veterans from businesses, the
parade shows the community’s
appreciation for all veterans.
They also are reminders to
Oktibbeha County Courthouse
on Main Street and turn right
on South Montgomery, Lamp-
kin and Meig Streets before
ending at the courthouse.
To participate
Deadline to submit partic-
ipation applications, either by
email or postmarked, is Satur-
day, Oct. 20 by 5 p.m. A limit
of 25 groups will be selected
this year. Late entries will not
be accepted. To participate or
volunteer, contact Gilmore at
com\KMGcreations.
The City of Starkville,
Starkville Police Department,
Greater Starkville Develop-
ment Partnership, the Military
Affairs Committee and Missis-
sippi State University Center
for America’s Veterans have
been helpful in planning this
event, Gilmore said.
“This is not my parade, it
is our parade,” she remarked.
“I have accepted my calling
to be a trailblazer. It is all
about bringing the community
together.”

Support groups
Continued from Page 1C
■■■
Ada Williams of
Starkville felt that need to
do something, anything,
to help
others with
cancer. She’s
an ovarian
cancer sur-
vivor. She
received her
diagnosis
in March Williams
2008, one
month after her mother
was diagnosed. Williams’
mother passed away in
November 2009. Williams
had her last treatment in
September 2008 and is
cancer-free today. She still
gets emotional talking
about it.
“I felt strongly about
giving back, so I used to
collect wigs for women
going through cancer
who had lost their hair,”
she said.
But Williams felt com-
pelled to do more and
organized the support
group SLCE. The first
meeting was in Septem-
ber 2011, with seven
people. Today, 27 are on
the list. They meet every
first Thursday (except
January and July) at 6
p.m. at OCH Regional
Medical Center.
“People need some-
body to talk to and not
feel like they’re alone
going through cancer,”
Williams said. “This
group has been an outlet
for me, kind of like my
sisterhood, that’s the chemother- presence of God, but at are many rewards in his
Free mammograms way I feel. One of the apy and the same time, all these work and in coordinating
in October main things is we have radiation. people that helped me at a support group. One is
a beautiful, spirit-filled, “But I’m the hospital, they were helping patients cultivate
Through a grant compassionate lady in cancer-free so good to me, and I sure and nurture a sense of ac-
from the Susan G. Ada Williams. Her spirit now and would like to thank them complishment along the
Komen Foundation, just trickles down to all praising all.” way through treatment.
Baptist Memorial Hos- the rest of the members.” God for it,” “I get to remind them
pital-Golden Triangle Nolan said. Nolan ■■■ what they’re fighting for,”
offers free mammo- ■■■ The
grams in October to he said.
support group at Baptist A support group
women who qualify. For information
Bob Nolan of Co- has been a help for him dynamic often creates a
Applicants must about the monthly cancer
lumbus and Nashville, throughout treatment. sense of belonging that
be 35 or older, live in support group at Baptist
Tennessee, had his last “Luke set me up with can help those with can-
Lowndes, Oktibbeha, prescribed radiation the support group, where cer feel more understood Memorial Hospital-Gold-
Clay, Monroe or Chick- treatment Friday. Ear- he brings in different and less alone. en Triangle, contact Luke
asaw Counties, and lier this year he was people to talk. All of them “For me, it also helps Johnson at luke.johnson@
have no insurance, or experiencing shortness were so informative, very take the focus off of me,” bmhcc.org, or 662-244-
insurance that does not of breath and an erratic kind, giving and support- Williams said, “from won- 2923. For information
cover mammograms. pulse, which led doctors ive. You knew they were dering about what does about SLCE, meeting at
For more information, to uncover a heart issue. there to help and that the next day or the next OCH Regional Medical
call 662-244-2979 or But while being treated they were special. couple of weeks hold, or Center, contact Ada Wil-
800-544-8762, ext. for that, an MRI revealed “So many people when might my cancer liams, 601-527-1553, or
2979. a tumor on his lung, prayed for me, and I appear back.” Janice McGee, 662-242-
which required surgery, could really feel the Johnson said there 8070.
family. It gives me peace
to know that I’m not
suffering in silence all by
myself. There are other
people who are suffering
but just don’t know where
to get help, where to get
started.”
In addition to speak-
ers, bringing people
together offers a safe en-
vironment for questions.
Williams shared that one
recent attendee had a
daughter in her 20s going
through breast cancer.
“She shared her feel-
ings of being frustrated
and that her daughter
was depressed and how
do you handle that.”
Mason said, “This
group is more like a

OUT THERE
Oct. 18 – Chris Stapleton (with Marty Stuart, Brent
Cobb), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. tuscaloosaamphithe-
ater.com.

Oct. 19 – Take Me To the River New Orleans Live (Dirty

Dozen Brass Band, Ivan and Ian Neville, Mardi Gras
Indian leaders), Riley Center, Meridian. 601-696-2200,
msurileycenter.com.

Oct. 20 – Nanih Waiya Fall Festival, Nanih Waya Park,

Louisville.

Oct. 20-21 – Kentuck Festival of the Arts (270+ folk

artists, music, demos, more), Kentuck Park, Northport,
Alabama. 205-758-1257, kentuck.org/the-festival.

Oct. 21 – “The Wizard of Oz” National Tour, Ford Cen-

ter, Oxford. 662-915-1217, fordcenter.org

Oct. 26 – John Prine, Riley Center, Meridian. 601-696-

2200, msurileycenter.com.

Oct. 27 – Buttahatchee River Fall Festival (vendors,

Civil War reenactment, music, tractor/motorcycle/car
show, more), downtown Hamilton, Alabama. 205-921-
7786, brff.org.

Nov. 6 – Ray LaMontagne, Riley Center, Meridian. 601-

696-2200, msurileycenter.com.

Nov. 8-10 – Mistletoe Marketplace

Nov. 9 – Greatest Hits Live 2018 (Newsong, Point of

Grace, Avalon, Nicole C. Mullen, Bob Carlisle, Rebecca
St. James), BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. 662-841-
6528, bcsarena.com.

– “Jersey Boys” National Tour, Ford Center, Oxford.

662-915-2787, fordcenter.org.

Nov. 10 – Legion State Park Music Festival (bluegrass,

gospel, country, folk, mountain and Delta blues). 8
a.m.-5:30 p.m., Louisville. facebook.com/legionmu-
sicfestival/.

Nov. 16 – Paul Thorn, “Mission Temple Fireworks

Revival,” BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. 662-841-6528,
bcsarena.com.

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Lisa Klutts, Jenny Miles, Barbara Bigelow Kabir Karriem, Gary Hayward, Linda Gates

BASE
COMMUNITY
COUNCIL
Columbus Air Force
Base hosted a luncheon
Thursday for the Base
Community Council. The
Council strengthens ties
between the air base
and the wider Columbus
and Golden Triangle
community.

Caroline Skelton, Renee Sanders Howard and JoAnn Ferguson

Connie Sharp, David May Perry Bluitt, Sarah McAnally

Paula Drungole-Ellis, Tavetia Hughes Jenni Hebert, Carrie Jourdan

BAR ASSOCIATION FORUM

The Lowndes County Bar Association hosted a Meet the Candidates forum for Place 2 and 3 candidates in the Nov. 6 14th
Chancery Court elections Tuesday at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library.

C.T. Salazar, Erin Busbea

Tressa Black Sherman, Amanda and Ruth Meadows

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Southern Gardening

Fall mums make a big, pretty landscape splash

F
inally, we’re
going to start
enjoying some
cooler weather,
and just in time.
I’ve wanted to start
writing about the
fantastic cool-sea-
son color, but I’ve
had to wait until the
summertime heat
starts to cool.
There are so
Gary Bachman
many plants we can
now enjoy all the way through
spring. That is, if we don’t have display of color for the current
another “Freezemageddon”
like we had last January.
I’ve done a little research
into what we can expect this
winter, and the experts aren’t
agreeing.
I consulted “The Old Farm-
er’s Almanac” and the “Farm-
er’s Almanac.” One predicted
a mild winter, and the other
predicted an extremely bru-
tally cold season. Considering
these long-running publica-
tions forecast the weather up to lon or larger. Always check
18 months in the future, I’d say
their accuracy is on par with
our daily weather forecasts. As
for me, I’m going to go with the flower has an instant impact
mild winter prediction, and that for any autumn get together. I
means great color all winter.
A couple of weeks ago, I had
a gardening friend accuse me
of being anti fall mum after
reading my column on mari-
mums. I put up a vigorous
defense, proclaiming my fond-
ness for colorful fall mums. I
explained that we need a bit
of diversity in choosing color
palettes for our
landscapes, but by
no means should we
ignore the popular
fall mum.
I consider the
fall mum to be an
extremely use-
ful bridge crop
between the hot
summer and cooler
fall. Fall mums
can be treated as
seasonal annuals
to provide an easy and reliable
in-between period. And what a
gorgeous variety of colors we
have to choose from!
Mums come in a variety
of container sizes available at
your local garden center. It is
easy to use the 4-inch pots for
planting in a raised bed or to
refresh a combination contain-
er that is tired from the long
summer. For larger projects or
as stand-alone specimens, pot
sizes can be 10-gallon, 12-gal- Gary Bachman/MSU Extension Service
Fall mums come in a variety of colors that can match any décor. Their numerous, colorful blooms
make an instant impact.
with your local garden center
for size availability. of caution for caring for your any potential problems. I like to spring after a mild winter.
Choosing fall mums in full mums in containers: Never let direct water to the base of the Unfortunately, it did not sur-
the containers dry out. As soon plant, which keeps the leaves vive this summer’s inferno, but
as the plants begin to be wa- dry and looking good. it has already been replaced.
personally like to select plants
ter-stressed, the current colors You can also plant fall mums Gary Bachman is an Ex-
that still have loads of tight
buds with just a few peeking will diminish, and the plants in the ground to enjoy them tension and research professor
and starting to show color. This are slow to recover. there. My wife found a really of horticulture at the Missis-
increases the period of showy I don’t recommend watering pretty white and yellow mum sippi State University Coastal
display, as the buds begin to mums from the top, as it can that we grew for several years Research and Extension Center
open in the garden. set up conditions for fungal in our front landscape. It was in Biloxi and hosts Southern
Place fall garden mums in growth. Of course, there’s a reliable performer, blooming Gardening television and radio
a spot that receives full sun nothing you can do if the mums each fall. And if I remember programs. Contact him at south-
for the best flowering. A word get rained on, but let’s not add correctly, it bloomed one erngardening@msstate.edu.

Sunny days, cool nights bring out the best color in leaves
By LEE REICH welcome in spring and enoid pigments, which also enriching the yellow green leaves that eventu- until autumn. Exceptions
The Associated Press throughout summer, but help chlorophyll do its job of beeches. ally drop without any color would include trees like

S
ugar maples, native to
the forests of eastern
Canada and northern
parts of the Central and
Eastern United States,
paint the landscape each
autumn in fiery shades of
yellow, orange and red.
What puts color into the
leaves of the sugar maple,
or of any tree?
Green, of course, is
from chlorophyll, most
not our concern now. A
leaf has to keep making
new chlorophyll in order
to stay green, and shorter
days, with the sun hanging
lower in the sky, trigger
leaves to stop producing it,
unmasking other pigments
lurking there.
The yellows and orang-
es were there, hidden by
the green of chlorophyll.
They come from carot-
of harvesting sunlight to
convert into plant energy.
We can thank carotenoids
for the warm, yellow glow
they give to gingko, aspen,
hickory and birch leaves.
Tannins are another
pigment, actually metabol-
ic wastes, that are hidden
earlier in the season by
chlorophyll. They give us
the subdued browns of fall,
notable in some oaks but
Because leaves harbor
carotenoids and tannins
all summer long, nothing
particular about autumn
weather should either
intensify or subdue their
autumn show. The only
glitch could be an early,
hard freeze while leaves
are still chock full of chlo-
rophyll. In that case, cell
workings come to a halt
and you’re left with frozen
change.
Autumn color also has
its reds and purples, most
evident in red and some
sugar maples, Japanese
maples, scarlet oak,
sourwood and winged
euonymus. Those reds
and purples come from yet
another pigment, anthocy-
anins.
Anthocyanins do not be-
gin to be formed in leaves
Purple Fountain beech and
Royal Purple smokebush,
whose leaves stay red right
from the get-go in spring
and remain so all summer.
Ideal weather for antho-
cyanin formation is warm,
sunny days to maximize
photosynthesis, and cool,
but not frigid, nights to
minimize the burning
up of accumulated sugar
during darkness.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I am
conflicted about
boundaries being
crossed between my
family therapist and
me. My 7-year-old son
and I have been seeing
someone we both bond-
ed with and felt com-
fortable with. That is,
until the therapist and I
found each other on an
online dating site.
We matched a few
months ago. Once I
realized it was him, I Dear Abby
felt embarrassed and
blocked him on the site.
He sent me an email within three
minutes acknowledging that he knew
it was me. He said he thought I was
“awesome” and that I look better
in person than in my pics. I was so
embarrassed I didn’t
respond.
A couple of months
went by and neither of
us brought it up. My
son invited him to his
birthday party and he
did attend. It wasn’t
until later that I realized
therapists are not sup-
posed to attend social
events with patients.
We also text often,
during late-night hours.
A couple of weeks
after my son’s birthday
party he tried matching
with me again on the
dating site. I was surprised and sent
him a text asking him what he was
doing. He responded by asking me if
I was enjoying it, but did not answer
my question. I do have a slight crush
on him, but I’m not sure what his
intentions are. I am aware that it’s
unethical. — UNETHICAL CRUSH
DEAR UNETHICAL: You are
correct that what the therapist has
been doing is a breach of profession-
al ethics. There is a reason for it.
Patients are extremely vulnerable to
manipulation.
When the online flirtation first
started, you should have changed
therapists. Heaven only knows how
many other patients he has done
this with. My advice is to draw the
line, establish a working relationship
with another therapist, and decide
whether you want to report him to
the association that licensed him
to practice. You may have a crush
on him, but what he is doing is
predatory.
DEAR ABBY: Common manners
are going extinct quicker than the
dinosaurs did. I was raised to open
doors, stand up for women sitting
down at the table, etc. Nowadays
opening the door for most women
feels like getting slapped in the face.
There is no acknowledgment of any
kind.
Has our society disintegrated that
far? These days if I open the door for
someone and she doesn’t acknowl-
edge the courtesy, I say, “Thank
you!” loud enough for her to hear
and watch the reaction. I’m waiting
for someone to slap me one day. —
GOOD MANNERS IN TEXAS
DEAR GOOD MANNERS: I agree
that when a courtesy is extended, it
should be acknowledged. However, if
it isn’t, shouting at someone is rude
and makes you appear more like a
petulant boor rather than the genteel
individual your parents raised you
to be.
P.S. When a gentleman opens a
door for me — old-fashioned girl that
I am — I always thank him. Then I
add, “You were raised RIGHT!” which
is true, and we go our separate ways
with a smile.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail
Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
Phillips, and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
Good advice for everyone —
teens to seniors — is in “The Anger
in All of Us and How to Deal With It.”
To order, send your name and mailing
address, plus check or money order
for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby,
Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount
Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and
handling are included in the price.)

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
14). A stroke of luck at the
top of this solar return — you
stumble on something you feel
you were meant to do and the
passion continues for years
to come. More excitement: a
wonder-filled visit that alters
your world view, an endow-
ment to apply to your new
interest and an alliance that
changes your work picture.
Leo and Sagittarius adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 40,
4, 28 and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). You’ll have the desire
and the means to improve.
The “means” does not always
have to be money. Where the
financial part of it falls short,
ideas will bridge the gap.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Telling tends to control
conversation whereas asking
questions tends to open con-
versation up to a flow of ideas.
Today, you’ll ask a particularly
good question and it will
change everything.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
There’s energy afoot, giddy,
mischievous, fearless... and
it’s sure to bring some fun
into your world. Someone who
loves you also loves that you
get into these kinds of moods.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Something isn’t working.
An upgrade will fix it, and there
will be many options to consid-
er. As long as you’re thinking
improvement, you may as well
think outrageous, extreme
makeover.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’ll be invited to join a small
group of decision-makers.
What happens in the room
will be important, so prepare
yourself beforehand. Do what
you need to do to become cen-
tered, calm and collected.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’re so full of ideas that it
would be easy to overwhelm
people with too much infor-
mation or too many ideas and
suggestions. Write all your
ideas down and save them.
Share only a few today — just
enough to get things started.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Groups have missions and
organizational priorities that
often go unstated. They may
even be unconscious, but
they exist. Look for them. It’s
a good day to ask yourself,
“What is this group really
about? And, am I about that,
too?”
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). It will be tempting to stick
to a delusion. It is, after all,
the way you’d prefer things to
be. But you’re ready and will-
ing to let go of all that in order
to see the truth of a matter.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). There’s something
you really wanted for yourself
but you thought you didn’t
have the time. That turns out
not to be true. There’s a way
to rearrange your life and
make this work.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’ll be looking ahead
with the realization that
there’s still quite a lot you’d
like to accomplish by the end
of the year. This has a way of
organizing your mind. Priorities
will naturally shuffle into good
order.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). A group that’s too familiar
will inevitably be a bit dull. It’s
time for an infusion of new
blood. You’re the best one to
do this because you have a
knack for mixing and matching
people right now.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). People crave a story that
makes sense and comes to
them fully formed. They will
usually prefer this to being
presented with a number of
random truths that they have
to figure out what to do with.

Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Kenneth Montgomery
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Church Directory
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road. Christian
Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery Church
(2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m. Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Jody
Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-664-0852
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams, Pastor.
662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. Sunday
School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
LLC
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-8749. www.
borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5
p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir rehearsals
and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-
327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School 8:15
a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Jimmy
Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville Rd. East
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30 p.m. Matt
Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music Director. 662-
327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West Point
Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, Pastor.
662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy. 50
and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship Training, Mission
Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs
6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Licensed
& Insured
Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike Parra
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Michael
Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. N.
Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m. (Worship
televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Cable Channel
7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday 5 p.m. Worship
at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer Service Wednesday
6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-
245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles
Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278 East
between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. John Walden,
Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA 4:45-
6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m., Choir
Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s Ministry
an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W. Yarber,
or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Ray,
Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer
Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, 3rd
and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3 miles
south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA 4 p.m.,
Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-
356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel
Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
Telephone: 662-327-1467
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PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. 662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor.
662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy Rigdon,
Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy. 12 E.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH — 4307
Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-
327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east of
Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop off
of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., AWANA
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Shelby Hazzard,
Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of Student Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118 7th
St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Rev. Brian Hood,
Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel Best,
Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor John
Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson Grove
Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship 11:00
a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O. Williams,
Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd &
3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m.,
2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th & 5th
Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 9:30
a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons Road.
Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Bowers, Pastor.
662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH —
14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bobby
Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. Program
every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m.,
Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class Tuesday 6 p.m.
Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 a.m.
Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday School
8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson, Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E., Caledonia.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist Training
Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A.
Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
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MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Erick
Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every Sunday except
5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala.
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor Benny
W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Thomas
E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, 5th
Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor.
662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-328-5546
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st and 2nd
Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun.
6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m.
Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203 Hwy.
389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor
George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 7
p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., (1st
& 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N. Sunday
School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples, Pastor.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6:15
p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe
Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Mays,
Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325
Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd. (Hwy. 69
S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy. 12.
East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Washington
St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 2
p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
& 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles, Pastor.
662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939 or
anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College St.
Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
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CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry Mitchell,
Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and 8th St.
N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St., Caledonia.
Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-0426 or
E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible class
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard
Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning
Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night Bible Study 7
p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N. Sunday
Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett, Minister of
Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway 182 E. at
Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Bible
Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons Rd. Bible
Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Minister David May, Pastor. 662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister,
662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m.
Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn Community.
Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 p.m. Brenda
Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess Lyons
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd., Sunday
Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all services (newborn-4).
Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256 or www.yorkvilleheights.
com
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Monday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and
Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917 15th
St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 5429
Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m.,
Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday
4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L.
Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday Worship
7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Minnie
Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7
p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic Reconciliation
4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father Paul Stewart.
Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45
a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321 Forrest Blvd.
Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-574-1972
GOOD SHEPHERD NORTH — Hwy. 45 North and Hwy. 373
(Sharing space with Faith Lutheran Church) Sunday evening
worship 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St. Sunday 8
a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Rev. Anne Harris.
662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jack
Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 8490
Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524 6th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.,
Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday
Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446 Wilson
Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. Doran V.
Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-
244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday Service
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson, Pastor. 662-
329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426 Military
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m.,
Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120 19th St. S.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Missionary Service every 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie
Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
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LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) — Hwy.
45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5
p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211 18th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan Clark,
Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Kevin
Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church Street,
Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Gene Merkl,
Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Charity Gordon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Geneva H.
Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — 1235
Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Robert
L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene Bramlett,
Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m. Kathy
Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Carl
Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers & Communion
5 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Pastor. Rev. Trey Skaggs, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old Honnoll
Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael Terry, Pastor.
662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy.
12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd
and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra
Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service first,
third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-
5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham, Pastor.
662-329-3555
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Saturday
9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m. Rev. Dr.
Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service 9 a.m.,
Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722 Military Rd.
Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/Children Bible Study
Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m.
Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — Freeman
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South Cedar
Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. ,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald, Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2, 6015
Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rickey C. Green,
Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie Harris.
662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Yvonne
Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15 p.m.,
Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45
Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS —
2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth Activities
Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Timothy
J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S. Frontage
Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, INC.
— 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45 p.m.,
Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr.
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COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m. Grover C. Richards,
Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
DAYSTAR FAMILY CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd.,
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., DFC Baby Church 6 weeks-2 yr. old,
AMP Jr. 3&4 yr. old, AMP Sr. 5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6
p.m. Pastor Jim Ballew.
EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes Andrews,
Pastor. 662-855-5006
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608 Gardner
Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. J.
Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr. Sunday
Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES —
1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon
Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer Saturday
5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West Point
Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Donnell
Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
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JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH
CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service
11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon.,
Wed. and Fri. noon. For more information call Bishop Ray
Charles Jones 662-251-1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or
662-904-0290 or Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193 Hwy
69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin Luther
King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Pastor Apostle
Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-
2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH MINISTRIES
— Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st and 3rd Sunday)
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Since 1960
Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843 or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson. Worship 24 Hour Towing
Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
1024 Gardner Blvd.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor. 328-8277
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every 2nd and
4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Support Our Community Churches
Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 by advertising here.
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Call Cynthia, Mary Jane,
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH — Brittney, or Beth
312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday to schedule your ad.
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m.,
Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-1856 328-2424
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. Rev.
Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119 7th. Ave.
N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Caledonia.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES — 5450
Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr.
662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES —
1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m.
-10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Rone F. Burgin,
Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m., 10:15
a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided through age 3.
Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER — 2648
Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
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PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder Robert
L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St. N.
Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry
Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North Frontage
Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the right) Sunday Bible
Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor. 662-251-2432
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L. Obsorne,
Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th Ave.
N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday Bible
Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE — 1210
17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504 19th
St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder Lou J. Nabors
Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy Kidd
Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.
and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m. Ernest Thomas,
Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred Spencer,
Pastor. 662-341-5753
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-1750
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
— 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Rev. Tim Lee,
Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church School 11:15 a.m.,
Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Call 328-2424 Today!
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
TRINITY PLACE
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. John
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FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 2698
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Offering independent living apartments, personal
Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue.
2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 5 p.m., Adult Choir Hunting • Fishing
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays 6 Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
p.m. Rev. Dr. Tom Bryson, Minister. Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main and
7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6
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p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor. 662-323-1742
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3044 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82 East.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Wednesday
Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30 p.m., Thursday
Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m., Majors Alan and Sheryl
Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Jon Holland, Pastor. 662-
329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
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8600 Lots & Acreage
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4360 Coins & Jewelry 8700 Mobile Home Spaces
You may cancel at any time during regular business hours 1320 Fitness Training 2350 Personals
4390 Computer Equipment
6250 Mortgages
8750 Resort Property
and receive a refund for days not published. 1330 Furniture Repair & Refinishing 2400 Special Notices
4420 Farm Equipment & Supplies
6300 Stocks & Bonds
8800 River Property
1360 General Services 2600 Travel/Entertainment 6350 Business for Sale
4450 Firewood 8850 Wanted to Buy

FREE SERVICES
1380 Housecleaning 3000 Employment
1390 Insulation
4460 Flea Markets
Community Counseling
7000 Rentals 8900 Waterfront Property
3050 Clerical & Office
1400 Insurance
4480 Furniture Services 7050 Apartments 9000 Transportation
3100 Data Processing/ Computer 4510 Garage Sales 7100 Commercial Property
1410 Interior Decorators 9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
Bargain Column Ad must fit in 4 lines (approximately 1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering 4570 Household Goods
RN Positions with7150
4540 General Merchandise
Sign-On Bonus!
a Houses
7180 Hunting Land
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
20 characters per line) and will run for 3 days. For items $100 or 3200 General Help Wanted 4630 Lawn & Garden 7190 Land for Rent/Lease
1500 Locksmiths Positions (FT & PRN) 9200 Aviation
less ONLY. More than one item may be in same ad, but prices 1530 Machinery Repair
3250 Management Positions 4660 Merchandiseavailable
Rentals 7200 Mobile Homes
at our Crisis 9250 Boats & Marine
may not total over $100, no relists. 3300 Medical/Dental 4690 Musical Instruments 7250 Mobile Home Spaces
Stabilization Unit loc-
1560 Mobile Home Services 3350 Opportunity Information 9300 Camper/R.V.’s
4700 Satellites ated in West Point, 7300MS.Office Spaces
Free Pets Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days. 1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
4720 Sporting Goods12 hour shifts with7350
days off one week and
3 Resort Rentals 9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
4 days off the next!7400
4750 Stereos & TV’s Re-River Property
Lost & Found Up to 6 lines, ad will run for 6 days. 1650 Pest Control
1680 Plumbing
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
4780 Wanted To Buy 7450 Rooms
sponsible for adminis-
7500 Storage & Garages
tering medication, care
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
1710 Printing 3600 Sales/Marketing and supervision of 7520
pa-Vacation Rentals 9550 Wanted to Buy
These ads are taken by fax, e-mail or in person at 1740 Roofing & Guttering 3650Trades tients, documentation,
7550 Wanted to Rent
our office. Ads will not be take by telephone. 1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers 3700Truck Driving and other duties within
7600 Waterfront Property
scope of practice. Cur-
rent MS RN license &
previous mental health
Building & Remodeling 1120 Painting & Papering 1620 Clerical & Office 3050 General Help Wanted 3200 General Help Wanted 3200 Medical / Dentalpreferred.
experience 3300 Furniture 4480 Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
CJ'S ROOFING & HOME SULLIVAN'S PAINT LOCAL, FAST-paced, pro- THE COMMERCIAL Dis- The Mississippi School cdispatch.com Applications/Resumes BEDROOM SET- Full size FOX RUN COMPANY LLC
REMODELING. Roofing SERVICE fessional company is patch is seeking a for Mathematics and must be submitted sleigh bed, dresser with 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
(Shingles or Metal) & Certified in lead looking for a Bookkeep- mechanically-minded in- Science (MSMS) is ac- through CCS’ Job Portal. mirror, chest, and night- $550-600/mo. Military
Roof Repairs, Concrete removal. Offering spe- ing Assistant to help in dividual to work in its cepting applications for The link can be stand for sale. $1,000. discount offered, pet
Pressure Washing, Car- cial prices on interior & handling day-to-day ac- pressroom. Applicants the following positions: accessed at Brand new mattress set area, pet friendly, and
pentry & Handyman exterior painting, pres- counting and finance must be comfortable General Help Wanted 3200 www.ccsms.org included. Cash only! furnished corporate
Work. Veteran & Senior sure washing & sheet activities. working around heavy Biology/Chemistry and click on the 662-570-4341. If no an- apartments available.
Discounts! 662-397- rock repairs. machinery, adhering to Teacher, THE DISPATCH Employment Tab. swer, leave a msg. ON SITE SECURITY. ON
0800, FREE ESTIMATE. Free Estimates Responsibilities include tight deadlines and is looking for an CCS is an Equal SITE MAINTENANCE. ON
Call 435-6528 Posting daily receipts must have an eye for Engineering ADVERTISING SALES Opportunity Employer. SITE MANAGEMENT. 24-
REPRESENTATIVE. General Merchandise 4600
SUGGS CONSTRUCTION and electronic funds Teacher/Coordinator,
detail & quality. Flexible HOUR CAMERA SUR-
Building, remodeling, Stump Removal 1790 transfers, processing hours are a must. Email The ideal candidate is a
motivated self-starter MILLERMATIC 180 wire VEILLANCE. Benji @
metal roofing, painting credit card payments, resume to Coordinator for Facilit- welder. New in box. Alu- 662-386-4446
& all home repairs. reconciling bank state- mfloyd@cdispatch.com ies Maintenance. with excellent commu- Truck Driving 3700 Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
nication and organiza- minum spool, CO2
662-242-3471 ments and credit card or drop resumes off at CLASS A CDL Driver bottle. $1200 firm. Text Sat/Sun by appt only.
statements as well as 516 Main St, MSMS is a state-wide, tional skills, a strong
work ethic and the abil- with Truck & Lowboy only. 662-386-2915.
Tom Hatcher, LLC filing and processing Columbus, MS 39701. public, residential high 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-
Custom Construction, school for academically ity to relate to a wide Trailer experience to
outgoing mail. No phone calls please. load, haul, & unload WATER HEATERS: 19 ments & townhouses.
Restoration, Remodel- gifted and talented 11th range of people. Sales gallon & 40 gallon, both Call for more info.
experience is preferred, heavy construction
ing, Repair, Insurance Required Skills include HELP WANTED – EXPER- and 12th grade stu- equipment. Overnight Whirlpool, still in boxes. 662-328-8254.
claims. 662-364-1769. ALLSTUMP GRINDING accounts payable and IENCED HEAVY EQUIP- dents located on the but not required. Full- 662-251-8499.
Licensed & Bonded campus of Mississippi time position includes travel required. Only
SERVICE receivable, general MENT OPERATORS qualified applicants with Apts For Rent: South 7040
GET 'ER DONE! ledger and balance NEEDED FOR LOCAL University for Women in insurance benefits,
Columbus, MS. A job competitive pay, paid clean MVR, current Sporting Goods 4720
Childcare 1180 We can grind all your sheet working know- PROJECT. MUST BE medical examiner’s cer- DOWNTOWN APTS:
ABLE TO MAINTAIN & description and Employ- personal leave and op-
stumps. Hard to reach ledge; experience with ment Application are tificate and no acci- ED SANDERS Gunsmith Very nice 1BR & 2BR
CHILDCARE SERVICES places, blown over data entry, record keep- OPERATE DOZERS AND portunity for advance- Open for season! 9-5,
available at ment. Come join our dents need apply. Fax apartments available.
Look No Further!! Qual- roots, hillsides, back- ing and computer opera- EXCAVATORS. Fax re- Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat. Lease & deposit re-
resume to 662-492-
ity Childcare Services yards, pastures. Free tions sume to 662-492-4490 http://www.themsms.or creative, award-winning 4490 or email to Over 50 years experi- quired. Call 662-364-
Are Available For The or email to jm.sitemast g/employment/. For ad- staff. Hand deliver re-
estimates. You find it, ditional questions, con- sume to Beth Proffitt at jm.sitemasters ence! Repairs, cleaning, 1610.
Golden Triangle Area!! we'll grind it! Must be proficient with ers@yahoo.com refinishing, scopes
Call 662.343.8386 or tact: Amber Lynn Moore, 516 Main Street, @yahoo.com
662-361-8379 Microsoft Excel, have amoore@themsms.org mounted & zeroed,
662.813.3672. good customer rela- LOCAL BUSINESS is Columbus or email to handmade knives.
or 662-329-7674. The bproffitt@cdispatch.com
Serious Inquiries Only, Tree Services 1860 tions skills and ability to seeking a motivated Mississippi School for Located: Hwy 45 Alt,
Please!! multi task. self-starter. Candidate Antiques 4060 North of West Point,
must have a valid Mathematics and Sci- Medical / Dental 3300
A&T Tree Service turn right on Yokahama
General Services 1360 Bucket truck & stump Competitive salary, re- driver's license, able to ence is an Equal Oppor- ANTIQUE MAHOGANY Blvd, 8mi & turn left on
drive a box truck, and a tunity Employer. Community Counseling buffet & china cabinet.
removal. Free est. tirement and health- Services Darracott Rd, will see
MUSIC THEORY LES- Serving Columbus care benefits available. good driving record. PRICE PEST CONTROL Excellent condition. sign, 2.5mi ahead shop
SONS since 1987. Senior Heavy lifting required. is looking to hire a New $500. 662-605-0187. on left. 662-494-6218.
RN Positions with a
$25 per hour citizen disc. Call Alvin @ Please forward your re- Must be able to lift at Technician ASAP. Must Sign-On Bonus!
Chords, Scales, Modes 242-0324/241-4447 sume to Accounting Di- least 75 pounds. Must have good social skills Pets 5150
& more! Call Jimbo @ "We'll go out on a limb vision, P.O. Box 7648, work well with the pub- and be self motivated. Farm Equipment & Supplies
662-364-1687 Positions (FT & PRN)
for you!" Columbus, MS 39705 lic and be able to multi- No exp. req. Benefits available at our Crisis LAB PUPPIES, 4 mos
If no answer leave task. Work week is 4420
available. Serious in- Stabilization Unit loc- old, have had shots.
voicemail or text. J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket
Tuesday through Sat- quiries. Call Brad Price
urday. Competitive pay, @ 662-251-6463.
ated in West Point, MS. 2016 JOHN Deere Free to good home. Call
or text 662-435-2069.
Take down
PAINTING/CARPENTRY truck. Insured/bonded. General Help Wanted 3200 according to work exper-
12 hour shifts with 3 5100E Tractor, 210
30 years experience.
Great prices. Call
Call Jimmy for a free es-
timate 662-386-6286. CERTIFIED BONDED ience. Background and
days off one week and
4 days off the next! Re-
hours. $46,500.
Also, 2016 15ft AKC GERMAN Shep- that “for rent”
SUBCONTRACTORS drug testing required. sponsible for adminis- herd puppies. Exc. ped.
Leslie, 662-570-5490.
VICKERS TREE ***NEED VERIFIABLE Send resume to
Blind Box 658 c/o The
tering medication, care
Kubota Bush hog avail.
205-329-1790. Blk, blk/silv & blk/red. sign and get
RETAINER WALL, drive- SERVICE, LLC CERTIFIED BONDED
It’s a classified
and supervision of pa- Vet checked, w/s. Tak-
way, foundation, con- Tree trimming and re- SUBCONTRACTORS Commercial Dispatch
PO Box 511
tients, documentation, ing deposits.
fast results
crete, masonry restora- moval. Fully insured. WITH REFERENCES
CAN TRADE SERVICES
-
Columbus, MS 39703 rule-of-thumb: and other duties within
scope of practice. Cur- Firewood / Fuel 4450
662-213-4609
tion, remodeling, base-
ment foundation, re-
Free estimates.
Call Curt 662-418-0889 FOR LAND*** RICK Noweta's Green Thumb
We tell readersrent MS RN license &
previous mental health FIREWOOD FOR Sale.
Lost & Found Pets 5160 with an easy
pairs, small dump truck or 662-549-2902 205-454-2572 is accepting applica-
hauling (5-6 yd) load & “A cut above the rest” tions for 2 positions:
delivery personnel & what they need experience preferred. Various lengths.
662-295-2274
REWARD OFFERED. Blk
lab mixed male w/ blue
classified ad.
demolition/lot cleaning. Applications/Resumes
general help. Driver
Burr Masonry Clerical & Office 3050 to know to buyAuctions
must4120
collar. Missing from
662-242-0259. CONSTRUCTION FORE-
LOCAL COMPANY seek- MAN: 10 years heavy
must know the area &
have good driving his- through
what they need.
be submitted
CCS’ Job Portal.
Bale Rd., Caledonia
since last Wed. Very Call today
ing an experienced field experience, med. tory. Apply in person @ The link can be skiddish. 364-0188.
WORK WANTED:
Licensed & Bonded-car- bookkeeper. Know-
ledge of QuickBooks
to large earthwork,
water, sewer, storm
1325 Main St.
M-F, 3-5 & SAT, 9-1.
accessed at
www.ccsms.org
to place
pentry, painting, & de- and click on the Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
molition. Landscaping,
gutters cleaned, bush
and construction in- drain and asphalt pav-
dustry would be a plus. ing projects - local. Re-
No phone calls.
Employment Tab. 1BR UPSTAIRS Apt.
your ad.
sponsible for site super- General Help Wanted 3200 CCS is an Equal
hogging, clean-up work, Must be able to multi- $450/mth rent & dep
328-2424
Opportunity Employer.
pressure washing, mov- task and work Monday - vision, manage cost, req. Convenient to town
ing help & furniture Friday, 8am – 5pm and capable of getting top & CAFB. No hud. No
repair. 662-242-3608 have reliable transporta- production and perform- pets. 662-328-2340.
tion. Email resume's to ance from site person-
Lawn Care / Landscaping job102@cdispatch.com nel, and take a project
from start up through
1470 completion meeting
deadlines. Fax resume
JESSE & BEVERLY'S to 662-492-4490 or
LAWN SERVICE. Mow- Let your email to jm.sitemasters
ing, cleanup, landscap- @yahoo.com
ing, sodding, & tree cut- fingers do the
ting. 356-6525. walking.
TERRA CARE Find your CONTRACTOR SEEKING
Landscaping L.L.C.
Phone: 662-549-1878 dream job in experienced carpenter
with lots of experience.
Landscaping, Property the classifieds! Please call:
Clean Up, Plant Care,
Bush Hogging, 662-570-9464 for info.
Herbicide Spraying

General Services 1360 Electricians & Helpers

needed in Golden Tri-
angle area for multiple
projects. Competitive
pay, health insurance &
retirement benefits.
Apply on line at
webster-electric.com

Call
or call 601-626-0200.

General Help Wanted 3200

328-2424
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Apts For Rent: South 7040
DOWNTOWN 1BR - This
large 1 bedroom apart-
ment has been recently
renovated. It features
great natural light, hard-
wood floors, tall ceil-
ings and access to a
shared laundry room.
$750 rent and $750 de-
posit. Utilities included.
No pets please. Call
Peter, 662-574-1561.
Find the perfect
home.
Apts For Rent: West 7050
VIP
Rentals
Apartments
& Houses
1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
3 Bedrooms
Furnished &
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1, 2, & 3 Baths
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327-8555
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
1 & 2 BR Apts for Rent.
Military & 6th Ave N.
CH&A and Owner pays
water. $350 per month, Houses For Rent: South 7140
deposit required.
662-352-4776. 3BR HOUSE for rent.
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, 2006 4th Ave. S.
CH&A, 1 story, W/D, $550/mo.+550/dep.
historic district, 1 block 662-889-4864 or
from downtown, $575/ 662-242-7627. If no
mo. + $575 dep. NO answer leave message.
PETS. 662-574-8789.
Peaceful & Quiet area.
Houses For Rent: Caledonia
FIRST FULL MONTH 7160
RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed-
room Apts/Townhomes. 3BR/2BA, 811 Main St. @ 15th St.N. $575/mo.
Stove & refrigerator. CH/A, appl incl. $850/ $575 dep. Nice home,
$335-$600 Monthly. mo + $850 dep w/ 1
Credit check & deposit. year lease. No pets.
Coleman Realty, 662-329-2917 or
662-329-2323. 662-574-9708.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
APARTMENTS & TOWNHOUSES
HOUSES (OVER 200 MANAGED)
DOWNTOWN LOFTS
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
TO SEE VIRTUAL TOURS OF
ALL AVAILABLE PROPERTIES,
PLEASE CONTACT US AT
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Houses For Sale: Other 8500
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Apts For Rent: Other 7080
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CREDIT CHECK Even if you
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662-329-2323 these days, you can
still “go shopping” in the
2411 HWY 45 N
COLUMBUS, MS Classifieds. You can find
exactly what you’ve
Commercial Property For been looking for.
Rent 7100
COMMERCIAL PROPER- Find someone to mow the lawn
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square feet. 294 Buy a computer system is
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column and each 3x3 box
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containsand theeach
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Houses For Rent: Northside Buy that rare coin contains the same number
2 5 6 3 7 9 4 1 8
only once. The difficulty
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for your collection only once. The difficulty 9 3 8 2 4 1 5 7 6
level increases from
1706 RIDGE Rd. Like . . . and lots more level increases from
Monday to Sunday. 1 4 7 6 5 8 3 9 2
The CommerCial
new, 3BR/2BA. New ap- Monday to Sunday.
Difficulty Level 10/12
pl, 22 ac w/ pond,
woods & wildlife. Close
to CAFB. $1100/mo or
DispaTCh
possible Rent to Own.
Military discount avail-
able. 662-418-8077.
2BR COTTAGE on Hwy 516 Main St.
Columbus, MS 39701
45 N. 3 miles South of
CAFB. No pets. No HUD.
Call 662-549-0149.
662-328-2424
www.cdispatch.com
Houses For Rent: Other 7180 Houses For Sale: Caledonia
8450
TWO PROPERTIES, COL:
2BR/1BA, 7th St.S. @ 3BR/2BA brick home on
15th Ave.S. $500/mo. 1.6 acres, apx 1500sqft
$500 dep. Nice home, with 1BR/1BA rental
quiet area. WD hookup. unit currently rented for
2BR/1BA, 12th Ave.N. $250/mo. Fenced back-
yard & newly updated.
$110,000. Call
quiet area. WD hookup. 662-574-0082.
713-291-0996.
Lots & Acreage 8600
2BR/1BA, office, new
appliances, washer & FALL SPECIAL
dryer, 2 car garage, 1.95 acre lots.
storage, deck, no pets. Good/bad credit.
App., ref., & lease reqd. 10% down, as low as
Close to Columbus, $299/mo. Eaton Land.
Starkville, & West Point. 662-361-7711
Water, garbage, & lawn
maintenance included.
$600/mo. $500 dep. Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
662-242-2923.
NEW SINGLEWIDE:
Big, 3BR/2BA, Central
A/C. Skirting, delivery,
STEENS: QUIET Living, set-up & tie down in-
custom home, big mas- cluded. Only $37,900.
ter BR, 1 reg. BR, 1 big Columbus Home Center
BA, walk in closet, 662-570-1375
CH&A, 20x20 covered
patio, 2 car garage,
20x30 bonus room, Ap-
pls Furnished. $750/ THE MARVEL
mo + $600 damage 4BR/2BA, Central A/C.
dep. New Hope School Skirting, delivery, set-up
District. 662-574-9472. & tie down incl.
Only $51,900.
Columbus Home Center
662-570-1375
in the CLASSIFIED AD SECTION!
THE PRIDE - 28x72,
4BR/2BA, Central A/C.
WATERFRONT 2BR/1BA Skirting, delivery, set-up
in Hamilton. Direct ac- & tie down included.
cess to the TENN-TOM. Only $59,900.
Community boat ramp. Columbus Home Center
Large deck overlooking 662-570-1375
water. Updated home
1200 sqft. CH/A.
$650/mo + $650 dep. Wanted To Buy 8850
Call 662-425-0250 for ACROSS
more info. FORD 3910, 3930, 1 Feels the absence
4630 or 5030 diesel.
Must be rock solid & of
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 still looking good. 662-
7 “Ed Wood” star
328-5248. Lv msg &
125 BECK Dr. phone # if I am out. 11 Ring combo
Located off Old 82 E.
1.5BR/1BA. $450/mo. 12 Writer Wiesel
$450 dep. No pets. No Auto Access Parts 9050 13 Packed down
HUD. 662-574-7614.
FLOORMATS FOR Toyota 14 Relate
Camry, Two sets. Both 15 Kids’ boo-boos
RENT A fully equipped for the 2015-2017
camper w/utilities & Camry. $100. Cash 16 Bar-based
cable from $145/wk - only! 662-570-4341. If
no answer, leave msg.
17 Musical symbol
$535/month. Colum-
662-328-2424
bus & County School 18 Dojo doings
locations. 662-242-
7653 or 601-940-1397. Autos For Sale 9150
19 Tied up
21 Capture
2002 VOLVO S80 T6, 4
door sedan. Good AC, 22 Alley prowlers
Commercial Property 8050
Michelin radials. 25 Avoid the truth
FOR LEASE. Convenient $3950. 662-889-8914.
26 Canary snack
“You’ll like our store. Black Creek
Community on Military 27 Let up
personal service.” Rd. & Blackcreek Rd. 3 Truck stop sights 24 Fleet leader
Ideal location. 1100
29 Cry from the crib
sq. ft. shelving space, 33 Office notes 4 Pearly Gates 25 Hedy of “Algiers”
200 sq. ft. grocery
34 Nevada tree tender 28 Marsh croakers
store space & 155 sq.
ft. cooler space. 35 Verdi piece 5 Rams’ mates 30 Biscotti flavor
662-242-6439 or 2015 CHEVROLET Equi-
36 2006 Winter 6 Lawn starter 31 “Nympheas”
662-570-3340. nox, tan, 1 owner, 89k
mi, mostly highway. Games setting 7 Discourage painter
Bluetooth, backup cam- 8 Swanky 32 Battery end
era, cloth seats, 25.8 37 Orange cover
MPG average of life of 38 Made blank 9 Exercise system 34 Skin opening
vehicle. Clean & excel-
39 Hobo attire 10 Bit of shot 36 Talking bear of
lent condition.
Asking $13,495. 40 Take out 16 Joust need films
662-574-7481. 18 Typed in
DOWN 20 Bud holders
Campers & RVs 9300 22 Much of Russia
1 Power provider
TOMBIGBEE RV Park, 2 Blown away 23 Joining forces
located on Wilkins Wise
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
Hookups available.
$300/mo. 662-328-
8655 or 662-574-7879.
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1 Matthew
Broderick
2 John Muir
3 French
4 French —
The name
combines
vert (green)
and mont
(mountain)
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5 Bob Dylan Log cabin