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National police week

‘We just did what we had to do’

Former officers reflect on Columbus Police Department’s integration
‘It was something new and
it was progress for the
black community to have
two black police officers
on the police force’
Former Columbus police officer
Joe Johnson on the hiring of
the city’s first two black police
officers in 1965
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

T
homas Lee Sr. and Joe John-
son Jr. sat with their heads
bent over a copy of a grainy,
50-year-old photograph of the first
black police officers in the Colum-
bus Police Department.
“I think I was 22,” Lee said,
pointing to himself in the photo, the
second of six officers. “Twenty-two
or 23.
“We had beat down some bushes
by the time you got there,” he said
to Johnson. Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
“Oh, yeah,” agreed Johnson, who Former Columbus police officers Joe Johnson and Thomas Lee reminisce about their respective times on the police
joined the police force in 1974, sev- force Thursday as they examine a picture of the department’s first six African-American officers. Lee was one of
eral years after the photo was taken. those six officers, hired in the late 1960s. Though Lee left the department after only a few years and eventually
“We had it easy.” opened his own business, Johnson, who was hired in 1974, remained at Columbus Police Department for 40 years.

The two former officers were
both hired at CPD within the first
decade after the city began integrat-
ing the department. Lee is the only
surviving member of the first six.
He doesn’t remember the exact year
he was hired, but it was in the mid-
to-late 1960s.
With the Civil Rights movement
in full swing and Freedom Riders
in town registering local African
Americans to vote, a bi-racial
committee, made up of commu-
nity leaders such as Civil Rights
activist Dr. E.J. Stringer and high
school principal R.E. Hunt, became
concerned violence would spread to
Courtesy photo
This photograph from the late 1960s shows the first six African-American Columbus. They decided the best
officers at Columbus Police Department. From left, John Thomas, Thomas way to prevent uprisings was to hire
Lee, Jimmy Callaway, Herbert Chandler, Richard Dunn and Harold Malone. African-American police officers.
CPD was the first city department to be racially integrated. It was Hunt who went to Lee and
asked him to join the department.
“He said, ‘Well, I want you to be
the first because we want to do this
right,’” Lee said.
‘Tense times’
The six officers were each
assigned to one of three shifts, and
they rode two to a car patrolling
black neighborhoods. They weren’t
allowed to patrol white neighbor-
hoods in east Columbus, and they
could not arrest white suspects.
“I’m very appreciative of what
(the first six black officers) had to
take because they had to put up with
a lot more (than we did),” said for-
mer police officer Keith Worshaim,
who worked for the department
from 1983-2009. “... They could not
See CPD, 6A

City weighing regulations for Airbnb properties Sheriff’s race

Resident raises concerns to board about
volume of guest renters in her neighborhood
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
Julie Baca, who lives in Ok-
tibbeha Gardens, wasn’t very
familiar with Airbnb.
That changed a few months
ago, when the owners of a near-
by house began using the on-
line service to regularly rent it
out to visitors.
Baca, speaking to the
Starkville Board of Aldermen
on Tuesday, said roughly 17
guests have stayed at her neigh-
bors’ home in a six-week pe-
riod. This concerns her about
the neighborhood’s safety, she
said, as well as noise problems
with so many people coming
and going.
“No one would call that a
neighbor,” Baca said. “One
would call that a hotel. It would
have a sign and the sign would
say ‘hotel,’ and it would be re-
quired to meet regulations es-
tablished for the safety and se-
curity of the people staying in
See Airbnb, 5A
nets $6K-plus
in fundraising
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
Two candidates in the Oktib-
beha County sheriff’s race have
raised more than $6,600 in cam-
paign funding, according to cam-
Courtesy photo/Airbnb paign financing reports submitted
A photo, from Airbnb’s website, shows a home in the to the circuit clerk’s office by Fri-
Oktibbeha Gardens neighborhood that has led one
resident to complain to Starkville’s board of aldermen day’s filing deadline.
about the rental service. The city is in the early stages John Rice has outraised and
of considering possible regulations on Airbnb rentals. See Candidates, 3A

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others pledging not to do what? Joe Moorhead, Director of Athletics
May 14:
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Starkville Ok-
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Say What?
Did you hear? “I think it’s certainly more dire than it ever has been. They
75 years later, French ‘HistoPad’ smell blood and that’s why they’re doing this.”
Diane Derzis, owner of Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic, on

offers new view of D-Day state legislatures enacting more heartbeat abortion bans.
Story, 7A.

Ohio’s National paratroopers dropping from

a vintage C-53D dubbed
Museum of the “D-Day Doll,” exhibits and Ask Rufus
movies.
U.S. Air Force will Codenamed Operation
Overlord, D-Day saw some
be first in the U.S. 156,000 U.S., British and
Canadian forces landing on
to use the tablets five beaches along a 50 mile
stretch of France’s coast,
By DAN SEWELL
supported by thousands
The Associated Press
of ships, landing vessels,
DAYTON, Ohio — The planes and gliders, and with
French and the Americans inland help from French re-
are working together again sistance fighters.
on a D-Day project — this The Ohio museum, near
time to give museum visi- Dayton, will be the first in
tors the opportunity to travel the U.S. to use the Histo-
back in time and experience Pad, although there are
the milestone World War II talks of expanding around
invasion 75 years later. the country, according to
From the viewpoints of Histovery, the French com-
a paratrooper snagged on a pany that developed it.
church steeple or a soldier The tablets are among
firing a bazooka at a Ger- new technology increas-
man tank, visitors at Ohio’s ingly in use at museums
National Museum of the and historic sites that offer
U.S. Air Force can soon be virtual and augmented real-
transported to Normandy, ity to help learning and un-
where the June 6, 1944, at- derstanding, such as in the
tack happened. “Heroes and Legends” ex-
Using tablets called His- hibit at the Kennedy Space
toPads, museumgoers will Center in Florida.
be able to move a slider to The D-Day exhibit was
contrast current views of a natural place to start the
historic sites with re-cre- U.S. rollout, also the first
ations of them in the past. site outside of France, said
They can tap on icons to see company spokesman Bru- Courtesy photo
animation, as well as video no de Sa Moreira. The crew of Smokey Stover Jr., a B-17 of the 337th Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, at Snetterton Heath,
footage, photos and maps “It’s a very exciting ad- England, on April 26, 1944. Staff Sgt. Charles Lee is on the right end of the back row. Staff Sgt. Rufus Ward Sr.
from 1944. venture,” he said by tele- is standing next to him. They were shot down over Germany 75 years ago today on May 12, 1944.
The new way of learning phone from Normandy. “We
about D-Day is set to launch
Monday as part of the mu-
seum’s D-Day commemora-
tions, which will also include
are basically telling our joint
history, when the American
soldiers fought for the liber-
ty of France.”
May 12, 1944, Smoky Stover Jr’s Last Mission
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ty-five in the Colum-
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GOP lt. governor raises most
for Mississippi governor’s race ANNOUNCEMENT
Friday was the deadline for statewide, regional and
legislative candidates to report how much money
they have raised and spent through April 30
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Sec-
ond-term Republican
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves
continues to have the
strongest fundraising
effort among the can-
didates running for
Mississippi governor, Reeves
according to new fi-
nance reports filed Friday.
Reeves had about $6.7 million in
his three campaign funds at the end
of April. Fourth-term Democratic
Attorney General Jim Hood, also
running for the state’s top job, had al-
Mississippi chef says culinary award ‘an incredible feeling’
James Beard Foundation named
Vishwesh Bhatt of Snackbar in
Oxford as its 2019 winner for best
chef in the foundation’s South region
The Associated Press
OXFORD — A Missis-
sippi chef has won a major
culinary award after five
previous nominations, a
victory that the chef de-
scribes as “just an incredi-
ble feeling.”
Candidates
Continued from Page 1A
outspent
i n c u mb e nt
Steve Glad-
ney, accord-
ing to the
reports.
Rice, a dep-
uty who
Rice
has worked
with OCSO
since 2013,
reported
$3,513.23 in
campaign
contribu-
tions and
$3,472.46
Gladney
in expens-
es. Rice’s
itemized contributions,
which identify donations
of more than $200, are
from himself, Jack Wal-
ters and Dan Camp. His
finance forms, which ap-
pear to have been filled
out using an online form,
cut off the name of one
donor, who is listed as a
self-employed engineer
from Columbus.
Rice also refunded a
$500 donation from Peg-
gy J. Hartness.
Gladney reported rais-
ing $3,100 and spending
$2,934 on his campaign.
His filing lists only one
itemized contribution —
a donation from Dixie H.
McMinn.
Both Rice and Glad-
ney are Democrats who
will face off in the August
primary.
Brandon Gann, a for-
mer Starkville Police
Department officer who
is also running for sher-
iff as a Democrat, did not
file a report by Friday’s
deadline.
Twenty-six of the 32
candidates seeking of-
fice in Oktibbeha County
filed their paperwork be-
fore Friday’s 5 p.m. dead-
line. Between them, the
candidates have raised
more than $16,700.
Justice Court
District 2
Justice Court District
2 Judge Larnzy Car-
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most $1.2 million available to spend.
Friday was the deadline for Mis-
sissippi statewide, regional and legis-
lative candidates to report how much
money they have raised and spent
through April 30.
One of Reeves’ Republican prima-
ry opponents is Bill Waller Jr., who
retired early this year as chief justice
of the Supreme Court and then start-
ed raising money to run for governor.
Waller collected nearly $583,000 in
March and April.
Republican state Rep. Robert Fos-
ter had nearly $19,000 in his cam-
paign fund for governor after the
first four months of the year.
Nine Democrats are running for
The James Beard
Foundation on Monday
named Vishwesh Bhatt of
Snackbar in Oxford as its
2019 winner for best chef
in the foundation’s South
region.
“It was just an incred-
ible feeling,” Bhatt told
penter re-
ported the
most funds
raised in-
dividual-
ly of any
candidate
running in
O k t i b b e - Larnzy
ha County.
Carpenter, who is seek-
ing re-election as a Dem-
ocrat, reported spend-
ing $3,947.92 of his own
money so far.
Kennedy Neal, a Dem-
ocrat who is challeng-
ing Carpenter for the
judge position, reported
spending $941.48 of his
own for his campaign.
Supervisor races
In District 1, Super-
visor John Montgomery,
a Republican, reported
$400 in contributions,
while his Democrat chal-
lenger Clint McCain has
reported spending $165
of his own money.
In District 2, candi-
date Tremell Orlando
Sherman reported rais-
ing $700 and spending
$650. Incumbent Orlan-
do Trainer reported no
funds raised or spent.
Both are Democrats.
Rudy Johnson led Dis-
trict 3 supervisor candi-
dates with $225 reported
in contributions and ex-
penses. Denny Daniels,
who will meet Johnson
in the Republican pri-
mary, reported $200 in
non-itemized contribu-
tions and no spending.
Marvell Howard, the in-
cumbent supervisor and
a Democrat, reported no
contributions or expen-
ditures.
District 4 Supervisor
Bricklee Miller reported
raising $700 and spend-
ing $239. Leonardo
Thompson, one of two
Democrat challengers
for District 4, reported
raising $505 in non-item-
ized contributions, while
former supervisor Dan-
iel Jackson reported no
funds raised or spent.
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governor, and reports filed by Fri-
day showed Hood has far outpaced
is intended as a public service for the voters
of Mississippi. It has been submitted to and
the others in fundraising. The next
closest were Velesha P. Williams, a approved by each candidate listed below or by
former Jackson State University ad- the candidate’s campaign manager. This listing is
ministrator who has raised just over not intended to suggest or imply that these are the
$18,000 and has spent most of it; and
only candidates for these offices.
Robert Shuler Smith, the current
Hinds County district attorney, who
has raised nearly $11,400 and has LOWNDES COUNTY
also spent most of it.
Reports were not available late ChANCErY CLErk JUSTiCE COUrT JUDgE
Friday for three of the Democrats.
Party primaries are in August, DiSTriCT 1
Cindy
and the general election is in Novem-
ber. Egger
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant can- Goode Chris
not seek a third term. The last time (R) Hemphill
Mississippi had a governor’s race (R)*
without an incumbent was 2011, Jessica
when Bryant won his first term af- Lancaster
ter serving one term as lieutenant Ben
governor and a dozen years as state
Pierce
auditor. (R) Kilgore
(R)
SUpErviSOr
DiSTriCT 2 COUNTY ATTOrNEY
Nicholas
“Trip” Steve
Hairston Wallace
The Oxford Eagle of the
moment his name was an-
Currence as a line chef at
City Grocery in 2001. He (R) (R)
nounced at the ceremony
in Chicago. “You kind of
became the lead chef at
Snackbar when it opened
ShEriff Courtney B.
go numb. You always want
your name to be called but
in 2009.
“It’s a validation,” Bhatt “Corky”
when it actually does hap- said. “It says that the ca-
Rick
Smith
pen you don’t really know reer path that I chose and (R)
what to do.” continue on is a good one. Jones
Bhatt is thanking That it’s important and (R)
Oxford restauranteur people recognize the work STATE rEprESENTATivE
John Currence, whose we’re doing in Oxford.
City Grocery Restaurant John Currence put Oxford DiSTriCT 37
Group owns Snackbar, on the map and I’m just Greg
City Grocery and other following in his footsteps Wright Gary
restaurants in Oxford. and it’s quite an honor to (R) Chism
Bhatt started working for be able to do that.” (R)*
Eddie
Hawkins DiSTriCT 39
(R)
Dana
Underwood
McLean
Anthony (R)
District 5 Supervisor Oktibbeha County Nelson
Joe Williams report- Tax Assessor Allen Mor-
ed spending $1,217 of
(I)
gan, a Republican, raised Jeff
his own. Victor Collins $400 and spent $196. His
raised $700 and spent independent challenger
Smith
$100, and Jared Pruitt John Brown raised $100 CONSTAbLE (R)*
reported raising $400. and spent $1,244.07.
Collins and Williams are Chancery Clerk Sha-
DiSTriCT 1
Democrats. Pruitt is a ron Livingston, a Repub-
Republican. Chris
lican, reported $1,255.53
in campaign expendi- Griffin primary Election
Other races
Justice Court District
tures. Martesa Bishop
Flowers, who is chal-
(R)
August 6
1 candidate Brian Mi- lenging Livingston as a
chael Lindner, who is
Democrat, did not sub-
challenging incumbent
Tony Boykin, report-
mit a filing report. OkTibbEhA COUNTY
Circuit Clerk Tony
ed $2,081 in expenses
from his own pocket for
Rook and constables SUpErviSOr JUSTiCE COUrT JUDgE
Shank Phelps and James
his filing fees and cam- DiSTriCT 1
paign materials. Boykin
Lindsey, who are run- DiSTriCT 3
did not submit a finance ning unopposed, report- William
report by Friday’s dead- ed no contributions or Rudy Anton
line. Both candidates are expenses for the period. Johnson
County Prosecutor
“Tony”
Democrats. (R) Boykin, Jr.
In the Justice Court Haley Brown, Coroner
District 3 race, incum- Michael Hunt and Dis- (D)*
trict 2 Constable Curtis DiSTriCT 4 DiSTriCT 2
bent Democrat Marty
Haug has spent $1,000, Randle did not turn in
while Republican chal- filings by 5 p.m. Friday. Daniel B. Larnzy Lee
lenger Cindy Mills, re- The three candidates Jackson
Carpenter
ported raising $950. are running unopposed. (D)
Jr.
(D)*
DiSTriCT 5
Victor K. ShEriff
Collins
(D)
Steve C.
Gladney
(D)*
primary Election John
Rice
August 6 (D)
Call 662-328-2424 for information
on including your announcement here.
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Letters to the editor

Voice of the people
In response to
Roses and Thorns
In last Sunday’s Dispatch,
the editorial staff praised the
City of Starkville for sending
the National Day of Prayer
event to a private church for
the Day of Prayer event. As
well, the article criticized the
other Golden Triangle cities,
suggesting they too ought to
disallow the event on govern-
ment property. For support
of the Rose to Starkville and
the pot-shot at other cities,
Dispatch cited us to the First
Amendment and suggested
that prayer on public proper-
ty amounted to some sort of
government endorsement of
religion. Neither conclusion is
correct. I don’t write to criti-
cize Starkville.
I write to reject your criti-
cism and to explain why you
are way off base.
The First Amendment
forbids the government from
“abridging the freedom of
speech .”
It is fundamental in con-
stitutional law that religious
speech is protected by the
First Amendment. It cannot be
outlawed. In Widmar v. Vin-
cent, the U.S. Supreme Court
specifically included worship
as a form of protected speech.
Activities such as prayer,
worship, and other religious
speech, are protected under
the First Amendment.
Achieving separation of
church and State cannot justify
the government’s suppression
private speech (even on the
Courthouse steps) because the
Establishment Clause forbids
only the government from
“establishing religion.” The
Supreme Court has recognized
that “there is a crucial differ-
ence between government
speech endorsing religion,
which the Establishment
Clause forbids, and private
speech endorsing religion,
which the Free Speech and
Free Exercise Clauses protect.”
Private citizens, therefore,
may engage in prayer in public
without fear of violating the
Establishment Clause.
Any attempt by Government
to deny equal access to a public
forum for prayer and worship
based on concerns about violat-
ing the Establishment Clause
are unjustifiable. A policy
of equal access for religious
speech conveys a message “of
neutrality rather than en-
dorsement. If the government
refused to let religious groups
use facilities open to others,
such an act would demonstrate
not neutrality but hostility
toward religion.” When gov-
ernment allows non-religious
speakers to engage in protect-
ed speech activities on court-
house lawns, steps, or other
such locations, it is simply
acting in a neutral manner
inclusive of free speech rights,
rather than violating the Estab-
lishment Clause.
Finally, the National Day
of Prayer was held by private
individuals for the last several
years on the County Court
House lawn, which is owned
and controlled by the County
Supervisors, not the City of Co-
lumbus. So there should have
been no criticism of the City.
Your paper goes overboard
to criticize local government.
From time to time the agencies
you target deserve criticism.
However, this time, your staff
missed the mark on a funda-
mental issue much worse than
putting the wrong date on the
paper. The Dispatch should
praise, not downplay, the
importance of citizen’s prayers
— wherever they take place.
Jeff Turnage
Columbus
Oversight, public works and
city finances
My first question is, why
does the city need to hire a
business to oversee it’s opera-
tion? Why do we have depart-
ment heads and then hire an
outside firm to oversee the
management hired to oversee
the departments? That, as I
have said before, is a lot of
overseeing. On April 12, 2014,
The Dispatch stated that J5
found $1 million in waste in the
public works dept, 45 percent
productivity. $90,000 well
spent, but that was in 2014.
There is a ditch behind my
home that runs the length of
the block that has not been
touched in 18-24 months. This
is the main drainage in the
neighborhood. I was asked
by a public works department
worker recently, “How is the
ditch”? That was two weeks
ago and ditches are still filled
with trash and debris and we
have four public works men
and a truck riding the roads.
Whatever J5 did in 2014 didn’t
work.
Then we have the monies
paid in fees for infrastructure:
Trotter, City Hall, amphithe-
ater, storm cleanup and other
projects. I can’t see the results
the city council does.
The strange thing is, the
lack of transparency of J5. No
one knows how much the city
has paid them. I guess some-
one can use the “freedom of
information act” to get the fig-
ures. J5 has had tax problems
and no one in the city govern-
ment is questioning it. Pay your
employees and not pay your
taxes is great if you can get
away with it. I am disappoint-
ed in some council members
responses. Same goes for the
city finances.
I hate to be the bearer of
bad news but, a tax increase
is on the horizon. You can’t
continue to spend money you
don’t have.
We have a spending freeze,
but we hire summer workers to
staff the summer programs in
the parks. Can we not ask for
volunteers? Thank you, coun-
cilman Gavin for standing up
for our police department.
Then the council approves
several thousand dollars to
train the new CFO. Why was
Mr. Crowder not asked to help?
His rate was a lot less than the
firm hired and he was already
working on the finances.
No financial reports have
been given since March. It’s
the public’s business; it’s the
taxpayers money spent.
Infrastructure has been
neglected too long. Plenty
of flowers planted, $100,000
spent to tell us we need better
lighting, J5 hired to oversee
the overseeing.
Folks, we need to wake up
and demand accountability
and transparency or Colum-
bus will continue to decline
economically. This is my town
and I want it back. Every time I
write a letter, I hear from many
people, how they agree with
me. Please let your opinion be
known too. Write to the paper,
attend a council meeting, get
on the agenda, speak your
mind, get involved. Let’s take
Columbus back, demand ac-
countability and transparency.
Pray for Columbus and God
bless America.
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
Editor’s note: On March 12,
The Dispatch requested from
the city via email to public
information officer Joe Dillon an
accounting of all monies paid to
J5 and Neel-Schaffer for FY2018
and FY2019. We repeated this
request via email to city attor-
ney Jeff Turnage on April 8. On
April 18, we submitted the same
request to Turnage on the city’s
public records request form.
Turnage replied later that day,
saying the lack of a CFO made
getting financial information
difficult. The requested informa-
tion still has not been provided.
Mississippi’s open records laws
give a public body seven working
days to provide records or an
explanation for a delay; howev-
er, the delay cannot exceed 14
working days from the date of
the original request.

Our view Partial to Home

Roses and thorns
S
A rose on Mother’s Day to all for
whom the day applies — moms in
aprons and moms in uniforms, moms
in offices and moms in pick-up lanes,
moms in rocking chairs and moms in
office chairs, work-at-home moms and
business-moms, married moms and single moms, old
moms and young moms, moms of one and moms of
many, serious moms and silly moms, moms present
and moms remembered. Although a single day is not
sufficient to honor all you are and all you do, we hope
your Mother’s Day is filled with the love and apprecia-
tion of every mother’s son or daughter.
A rose to Columbus Municipal
School District Superintendent Cherie
Labat for her decision to seek bids for
repair work at Hunt School. Although
given permission by her school board
to choose a company to do the work,
Labat chose to ask for bids for the
work. “It’s important for us to have an open process,”
Labat said. Bidding out the work not only ensures
taxpayers have more options to choose from and en-
courages cost-savings, it also sends a strong message
that Labat can be trusted with the authority given
to her. It would have been easier for Labat to simply
choose a contractor. Instead, she chose a process that
is open and transparent, one that builds public trust.
A rose to the staff of Zachary’s
Restaurant, who have turned a per-
sonal loss into community service.
When an April 28 fire badly damaged
the Columbus restaurant, it meant the
staff of 50 would be without their jobs
for what is likely to be several months.
In its 18 years in Columbus, Zachary’s owner Doug
Pellum had been noted for his generous support of
the community, regularly offering his restaurant to
host fundraisers or providing food for good causes.
It’s obvious now that the spirit of generosity is not
just an attribute of the restaurant’s owner, but a
deeply-ingrained culture. The evidence of that can
be found throughout our community as displaced
Zachary’s employees have devoted their “work time”
to volunteer efforts at area charities and non-profits.
Zachary’s will be back, and when it opens again, a
grateful community will not have forgotten the grace
and good example its employees have shown us.
A rose to Lowndes County Coroner
Greg Merchant and the Columbus
Police Department for their handling
of a very sensitive investigation.
THE STAFF OF THE DISPATCH
When a man was found hanging from
a tree near Luxapalila Creek in broad
daylight on May 5, it evoked powerful
and painful memories of lynchings. Merchant and
the CPD moved quickly with a thorough investigation
and took time to keep the public informed. Ultimate-
ly, the death was ruled a suicide — certainly a tragic
event, but not the sort of hate crime that could tear a
community apart. Recognizing the sensitivity of the
situation, the coroner and investigators acted in a way
that soothed those fears. It was a job well-done under
difficult circumstances.
Downtown in the pouring rain
aturday afternoon, end meteorologist at WCBI, phoned. Earlier
just after three in the week I’d left a voice mail at the station
o’clock, I made an asking for year-to-date rainfall totals.
ill-timed decision to walk We’ve had 35.27 inches of rain since the
around the corner for a beginning of the year, Dickey said. The average
coffee. I had been in my for that period is 21.94 inches. In the past six
office at The Dispatch months we’re had about 50 inches, almost our
struggling with a column annual average of 55.6 inches.
on books about rivers — a Kerry Blalock, who along with his vintage
favorite subject of late — Toyota Land Cruisers was the subject of this col-
and it just wasn’t happen- umn a few weeks back, was at Ronnie’s picking
ing. up pulled-pork sandwiches for him and his dad.
It had started raining, Birney Imes We visited as I worked on my rib-tip plate and
so I retreated to look for Ronnie served a steady stream of customers.
one of those famous Dispatch cartoon umbrellas Afterward, acting on a tip picked up at Mili-
or a raincoat. tary Hardware earlier in the week, I stopped by
In the intervening minutes, the hard rain had Sunflower for tomato plants. Several I planted
escalated into a deluge. I crossed the street and, before the rains are looking anemic. As I was
rather than pressing on, took refuge under the perusing the selection, Joe and Carol Boggess
balcony of The Southern. In seconds, the slant- pulled up.
ing rain had drenched my jeans. Violent streams “You just planting your tomatoes?” Joe
of water spewed from the downspouts of the admonished. I told him these were substitutes.
Rosenzweig Arts Center. For a few minutes, the Joe said he had 13 plants of differing varieties of
façade of The Dispatch across Main Street grew tomato in the ground at Whitehall.
faint. I watched, awed by this powerful display Hope springs eternal in the spring, I suppose,
of nature in such an incongruous setting, the at least when it comes to tomatoes.
center of town. As for the column about books, maybe anoth-
The day had begun mild and almost sunny. er day. I’ll only mention the one I’m presently
Shortly after 8, Ross Whitwam and I dropped reading, “The Wind in the Willows,” written by
our kayaks in Catalpa Creek where it passes un- Kenneth Grahame and published in 1908.
der 45 Alternate between Mayhew and Artesia. So far it is pure delight, and like many clas-
Our destination was Old West Point Road near sics disguised as children’s books, (e.g. “Alice’s
Ed Phillips’ place. Adventures in Wonderland,” “The Little Prince,”
The water was moving fast, but the levels and the Harry Potter series) it grapples with larger
flow were nothing like we encountered on that truths, in the case of “The Wind in the Willows,”
same stream several weeks ago. Ross hypoth- the value of friendships, the joys of home and
esized the now-fully leafed-out trees soak up the sentient qualities of the natural world.
groundwater reducing the runoff and thus the
lower water level. “On either side of them, as they glided onwards,
As we paddled under a thick canopy of green, the rich meadow-grass seemed that morning of a
we saw snakes; soft-shell turtles, one almost the freshness and a greenness unsurpassable. Never had
size of a manhole cover; all manner of waterfowl they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow-herb so ri-
and a deer that looked like she was posing for a otous, the meadow-sweet so odorous and pervading.
portrait. As we approached, she popped up and Then the murmur of the approaching weir began to
loped off. When we rounded the bend, she was hold the air, and they felt a consciousness that they
fording the creek. were nearing the end, whatever it might be, that
At the take-out, two men sitting on white plas- surely awaited their expedition.”
tic buckets fishing for catfish with earthworms, — “The Wind in the Willows,” Kenneth Grahame
complained, “They’re not doing anything.”
Later, on the way to Ronnie Clayton’s Broth- Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.com) is the for-
er’s Keepers Barbecue, Jacob Dickey, the week- mer publisher of The Dispatch.
EDITOR/PUBLISHER Mary Jane Runnels Lisa Oswalt MAILROOM PRODUCTION
Peter Imes Luther Shields Deanna Robinson- Christina Boyd William Hudson
Jackie Taylor Pugh Dalen Cochran William LeJeune
PUBLISHER Anterrrio Davis Jamie Morrison
BUSINESS OFFICE NEWS Joseph Ellis Anne Murphy
EMERITUS Lindsey Beck Isabelle Altman Jeffrey Gore Donta Perry
Birney Imes Katrina Guyton Tina Perry
Debbie Foster Matt Garner
Mary Ann Hardy Alex Holloway Doris Hill
Eddie Johnson Zack Plair Quaylon Jones
ADVERTISING Toma McClanahan
Amber Dumas Mary Pollitz
Kelly Ervin CIRCULATION Ben Portnoy Kayla Taylor
Melissa Johnson Michael Floyd Slim Smith
Beth Proffitt Courtney Laury Jan Swoope
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Bans of herbal product spread in northeast Mississippi

The Associated Press
TUPELO — Northeast Mis-
sissippi is leading the state in
criminalizing the possession
and sale of kratom, a legal but
unregulated herbal product.
A total of 28 counties and cit-
ies, all in that part of the state,
have made possession or sale a
misdemeanor, urged on by the
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
and a Columbus-area anti-kra-
tom group, The Northeast Mis-
sissippi Daily Journal reported.
“Through communications
with community leaders and
their local elected officials,
the effort to ban kratom took
flight,” said bureau Director
John Dowdy, who said anti-kra-
tom efforts are likely to expand
to other parts of the state.
The substance is banned in
six states, but bills to make it il-
legal statewide failed this year
in the Mississippi Legislature.
‘Through communications with scribed kratom as addictive
and dangerous.
community leaders and their local A spokesman for the Missis-
sippi Bureau of Narcotics said
elected officials, the effort to ban the agency believes kratom is
linked to 12 deaths in the state,
kratom took flight’ in the following counties: Cov-
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy ington, DeSoto, Hinds, Lafay-
ette, Lamar, Lee, Perry, Ponto-
Supporters of kratom say tom users also say it manages toc, Stone and Union. Most of
it provides safe, non-addictive the withdrawal symptoms of the deaths MBN claims as kra-
pain relief and can also combat potent opiate drugs. Law en- tom-linked also involved other
anxiety disorders. Some kra- forcement, however, has de- drugs.

Airbnb
Continued from Page 1A
the hotel as well as those
residing near the hotel.
“About one year ago
I thought I was getting a
new neighbor,” she added.
“But I learned recently,
accidentally to my great
surprise that I got a hotel.”
Airbnb allows users to
rent out their properties
— which can be an entire
house, an apartment or
even just a private room
— to guests. The service
uses an online market-
place where guests can
browse available listings
and book in advance.
Starkville, with its
proximity to Mississippi
State University and its
athletics programs, is a
popular destination on
Airbnb. There are more
than 100 properties in
the city limits listed for
rent on the website —
compared, for example,
to just 15 in nearby Co-
lumbus. A press release
from Airbnb said proper-
ty owners registered with
the site hosted more than
1,700 guests in the city of
Starkville during MSU’s
2018 football season, gen-
erating nearly $300,000 in
supplemental income for
owners.
People like Baca,
though, are looking to
city leaders to regulate
the booming side hustle.
Anna Arnold, who
owns the property near
Baca’s, told The Dispatch
her family purchased it as
a second home. She said
her family hadn’t initial-
ly intended to rent it out.
However, home renova-
tions overran their bud-
get and Arnold said they
started renting through
Airbnb to help recoup
some of the costs.
Arnold lives in Madi-
son, and said her family
comes for football games
in the fall and has been up
several times through the
spring for baseball games.
Arnold said she hasn’t
received any complaints
directly, but she under-
stands neighbors’ con-
cerns about security. She
said her family will typ-
ically let the neighbors
next to her house know
when a guest is coming to
rent.
Airbnb allows guests
to review the property
and for owners to review
guests. Arnold said she
relies on the system and
only rents to guests with
positive reviews from
other rentals, and always
asks for a description of
why a prospective renter
is looking to rent.
“For us, I know the
neighbors don’t realize
who’s going in,” she said.
“Our house is not the
cheapest, so that helps
weed out some people.
When we rent to some-
one, they have to have
multiple positive reviews
and experiences — we
don’t rent to just anyone.”
Considerations
for regulation
While Baca’s concerns
didn’t spark a conversa-
tion at the aldermen table
during Tuesday’s meet-
ing, Starkville is consid-
ering putting regulations
in place on Airbnb rent-
als.
As of now, property
owners using Airbnb are
neither required to have
a permit with the city nor
even let the city know the
property is listed on the
website.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said the city is looking
into rolling any new reg-
ulations into its develop-
ment code rewrite, which
is expected to be finished
in the next few months.
She said City Attorney
Chris Latimer and the
community development
staff is in the preliminary
stages of considering
what regulations are pos-
sible and feasible.
Other Mississippi cit-
ies are grappling with
how to ad- munity that needs rental
dress Airb- space from time to time,”
nb rentals. Sistrunk said. “But it’s
For exam- one thing to have a busi-
ple, Ridge- ness operating in a neigh-
land forbids borhood as opposed to a
renting a neighbor who occasional-
property ly rents their house out.”
for fewer Spruill Carver Sistrunk Arnold said she under-
than 30 days. Rentals for end of that spectrum and
less than three months I don’t agree with that at
stands and respects any
decision Starkville may
require a special license all.” make when it comes to re-
from the city, accord- Ward 1 Alderman Ben strictions. However, she
ing to a 2017 Mississippi Carver said he favors added that services like
Business Journal report. letting people continue Airbnb aren’t new and it’s
Spruill said she doesn’t to rent out their homes worth looking at the big
think Starkville should through Airbnb without picture and the benefits
look at anything so strict, more city regulation. He they can provide.
but find a middle ground said homeowners asso- “In our experience,
between that and where ciations typically handle many of our guests
the city is now. For exam- policing neighborhood are family members in
ple, the city could limit restrictions, and he town visiting students at
the number of times per would prefer to let that MSU,” Arnold said. “Hav-
year property owners can continue. ing a ‘home’ to gather
rent out to guests. That “I personally list my in is a nice change from
would accommodate house on game day week- having to resort to a ho-
game day rentals, she ends,” he said. “I’ve seen tel room or dorm room,
said, while cutting down the benefits and have especially for larger fam-
on would-be homes being seen the friendships you ilies. One of our out-of-
used year-round as guest- can make. If we do have state guests specifically
houses. issues we should look at stated how nice it was to
“I have a large number that on a case-by-case ba- be able to cook a meal for
of friends and acquain- sis. But as far as someone her daughter.”
tances who rent their renting their house, I to- Airbnb declined to
houses out for game tally support it.” comment for this story
days,” she said. “I would Ward 2 Alderman San- and referred The Dis-
hate to create a problem dra Sistrunk said she patch to the Mississippi
where they could not do thinks it’s worth looking Center for Public Police,
that because that’s not an into what options are which it said is “active”
unreasonable thing. Now available. on the issue in the state.
if you’re an absentee and “I think, ideally, you A center representative
you’re renting out every find some sort of balance was not available for com-
weekend, that’s the other because we are a com- ment on Friday.
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CPD
Continued from Page 1A
initially arrest a white
person. ... It kind of ties
your hands a little bit,
and if people know that,
they can use it to their
advantage.”
But what Lee re-
members most is the
resentment white officers
had toward him and the
other African-American
officers.
“They would have
something at the police
club sometimes, and we
would be last to know
or wouldn’t know until it
was over,” he said. “It was
things like that. But we
got over that and when
most of the guys saw that
we were serious, every-
body got along.
“Some of the older
guys I don’t think it ever
got to,” he added. “Like
my captain, (segregation)
was just embedded in
him. ... I guess you still
see some of that today.”
One night Lee picked
up several suspects who
had gotten into a fight
at a business in a black
neighborhood and he
was driving them to the
jail. As he listened to the
police radio, he realized
he had forgotten to check
back in with the dispatch-
er.
“So (the captain)
called the dispatcher,”
Lee said. “He said,
‘Where’s Car 5?’ (The
dispatcher) said, ‘Well,
you know Car 5 checked
out that n***** joint.’ I
stopped right there and
let those guys (the sus-
pects) out.”
He said it was the sort
of language white offi-
cers had used for years,
never having to worry
about black officers over-
hearing.
“I think about that
today,” Lee said.
The other thing Lee
remembers is the tension
in the community when
college students, both
black and white, moved
into Columbus’ freedom
house on Sixth Avenue
North.
“You had people
coming in from different
sections of the United
States,” Johnson said. “...
They (were) here trying
to get blacks registered
to vote, and that was a no-
no. But through time that
resistance broke down.”
No serious violence
ever occurred in Co-
lumbus, Lee said, which
he thinks is thanks to
Stringer, Hunt and other
members of the bi-racial
committee.
“There was just so
many things happening
at one time,” Lee said.
“Civil rights, Medgar
Evers was killed, Dr.
King, the president (John
F. Kennedy). It was so
many things. Then you
had Vietnam going, you
had riots. It was tense
times. I probably could
write five different
books about stuff that
happened. ... We just did
what we had to do.”
Training
Johnson was still a
teenager when the first
two black police offi-
cers, John Thomas and
Herbert Chandler, were
hired in 1965. He remem-
bers it well.
“It was something new
and it was progress for
the black community to
have two black police offi-
cers on the police force,”
Johnson said.
If during that time
someone had told John-
son that he would be an
officer in less than 10
years, he would have told
them “no way.” He attend-
ed Jackson State Univer-
sity intending to become
a teacher, only gaining an
interest in law enforce-
ment when he befriended
a Jackson police officer
who tried to recruit him.
Johnson turned him
down, worried the money
it cost his parents to send
him to school would be
wasted if he didn’t pursue
teaching.
When he returned to
Columbus a couple of
years later, Thomas suc-
cessfully recruited him to
the local force.
Johnson said most
of those resentments
and tensions between
white and black officers
had eased by then, and
black officers could
arrest white suspects. He
was trained by Harold
Malone, another of the
original six African
Americans on the force.
Johnson said officers
like Thomas, Chandler
and Malone all taught
him to treat everyone
with respect and fairness.
“You don’t mistreat
(anybody). ... When you
go there (to the scene of a
call), you get everybody’s
side. Whoever’s involved,
you talk to both parties.
And you treat them with
respect,” Johnson said.
“That’s what I was taught
by all those guys. It made
it much easier for me to
handle myself and train
others after me.”
Johnson worked for
the department for 40
years, retiring in 2014 as
assistant chief. Along the
way, he’d been the first
black officer to head the
criminal investigation
division.
But his favorite thing
about his job was working
with and training young-
er officers — including
Worshaim and current
Chief Fred Shelton.
“The thing that stands
out to me now, that really
gives me a great deal
of pleasure, is knowing
that I trained the present
chief of Columbus Police
Department,” he said.
“That’s my footprint on
the (department).”
Shelton also worked
with Thomas and some
of the other first black
officers.
“I did learn from them,
and it contributed to
me staying in the police
department and moving
through the ranks,” he
said. “Of course there
was some wisdom and
knowledge passed by
these guys.
“When I’m hiring
officers, I’m trying to
make sure our forces are
reflective of the commu-
nity we serve,” he added.
“We know that Columbus
is a predominantly black
community, so ideally
you want a sufficient
number of African-Amer-
ican officers to serve “You’ve got some bad
here.” cops everywhere,” he
He added that goes said. “I don’t even know
for all ethnicities in a why they got the point of
community. doing that, but you’ve got
“Having an officer some people that have
understand that person’s got problems. They don’t
traditions and their need to be there.
customs makes them a “I see all these shoot-
better officer,” he said. ings today,” he added.
“That’s just something “We had some tough
that they don’t teach in times, but we never
the academy.” thought about (that),
not unless I had to. We
had been in some tough
Policing now situations and never used
Lee left CPD after
any deadly force.”
about four years to
Johnson said he’s
work first at Sears, then
not worried about CPD,
General Tires. In 1992,
thanks to Shelton and
he bought what is now
his focus on community
Lee-Sykes Funeral Home
policing, which aims
on 12th Street North. to make officers more
“My lifelong ambi- visible and build trust be-
tion was to own my own tween them and citizens.
business,” he said. “But I But he thinks nationwide,
would not (trade any- police officers aren’t as
thing) for the experience well trained as they were
that I got for the time when he was first hired.
that I spent on the police They don’t know how
department.” to disarm suspects or
He said his favorite assess threats, he said,
thing about the job was which is why there are so
helping people and espe- many police shootings.
cially ensuring everyone “The community and
he interacted with was the police (have got-
treated equally. ten) farther and farther
“Trying to see that apart,” Johnson said.
people were treated “There’s a push now to
equally (and) trying to get them back together,
give people the benefit but as long as we have
of the doubt,” he said. these officers doing bad
“I know there were a lot shootings, it’s not going
of police brutality cases to happen. They’re going
before we got there, and to have to go back and
that was another part of train the officers to as-
(why) we were hired too.” sess the threat. It’s hard
He said he worries to say, ‘Well I thought Joe
sometimes about the was pulling out a gun,’
state of policing today — and I come up with a cell
particularly the number phone and I’m dead. That
of white officers shooting doesn’t help the commu-
black civilians. nity. Period.”

Around the state

Freight train derails in better health care for unin-
sured Mississippians.
Mississippi, no injuries
reported Mississippi woman dies
LUMBERTON —
Floodwaters in southern after colliding with
Mississippi may have con- police cruiser
tributed to the derailment JACKSON — Police
of a freight train near are investigating a wreck
Lumberton. between a police officer
Norfolk Southern and a woman in Mississip-
spokeswoman Rachel Mc- pi’s largest city that ended
Donnell Bradshaw says with the woman dying.
the derailment happened Jackson Police spokes-
about 7:15 a.m. Saturday man Sgt. Roderick Holmes
as it traveled from Bir- says a patrol vehicle collid-
mingham, Alabama to ed with a small sedan on
New Orleans. Thursday night in south
In an email, Bradshaw Jackson. The driver of the
said 25 of the derailed cars car, 59-year-old Pamela
were empty and the other Sonner, died after arriving
three were transporting at a hospital.
steel. She says there were Holmes says the officer,
no hazardous materials who wasn’t named, was
involved and no injuries hospitalized overnight
were reported. with “moderate” injuries
The cause of the derail- and later released.
ment remains under inves- Both victims appeared
tigation, but WLOX-TV re- to have been traveling on
ports authorities note the the same thoroughfare be-
roads in Pearl River Coun- fore colliding, but Holmes
ty near the derailment are says investigators haven’t
flooded over. determined the cause of
Meanwhile, Bradshaw the wreck.
says company personnel
Jackson airport board
are on site to coordinate
cleanup and recovery.
sets trip to Paris at
2 authors and urologist public expense
JACKSON — Commis-
get honorary degrees sioners of a Mississippi
at Millsaps airport and five of the air-
JACKSON — Two au- port’s staff members are
thors and a urologist are planning a 12-day trip in
receiving honorary de- June to attend the Inter-
grees from Millsaps Col- national Paris Air Show, at
lege. public expense.
The Jackson institution The Clarion Ledger re-
awarded the degrees Sat- ports the trip could cost
urday to Jon Meacham, about $50,000 for travel,
Jesmyn Ward and Dr. lodging and other expens-
Lamar Weems at its com- es.
mencement. The trip received unan-
Meacham is a presiden- imous approval from the
tial biographer who won five Jackson Municipal
the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 Airport Authority commis-
for his book about Andrew sioners at a board meeting
Jackson. He’s also written March 25, the day before
books about Thomas Jef- the airport CEO resigned.
ferson, George Bush, and The board governs Jack-
the relationship between son-Medgar Wiley Evers
Franklin Roosevelt and International Airport.
Winston Churchill. Minutes of the meeting
Ward is the only woman describe the trip as “ex-
to have won the National tremely beneficial for the
Book Award twice, first authority,” but didn’t point
for the novel “Salvage the to deals the commission
Bones” in 2011 and then might be considering.
for the novel “Sing, Unbur- Jackson City Council
ied, Sing” in 2017. member Ashby Foote said
Weems is a 1953 Mill- the trip sounds like a jun-
saps graduate who became ket.
the first full-time urologist Some state lawmakers
at the University of Missis- have been trying to add
sippi Medical Center. He’s suburban representatives If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
a longtime advocate of to the airport board.
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More ‘heartbeat’ abortion bans

advancing in South, Midwest
‘For pro-life folks, these are huge victories.’
Sue Liebel, state director for anti-abortion
advocacy group Susan B. Anthony List
By RUSS BYNUM tion access in large chunks of the
The Associated Press Deep South and Midwest. Ohio
and Kentucky also have passed
If a new Mississippi law survives heartbeat laws; Missouri’s Republi-
a court challenge, it will be nearly can-controlled legislature is consid-
impossible for most pregnant wom- ering one.
en to get an abortion there. Their hope is that a more con-
Or, potentially, in neighboring servative U.S. Supreme Court will
Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia. approve, spelling the end of the con-
The Louisiana legislature is half- stitutional right to abortion.
way toward passing a law — like “For pro-life folks, these are huge
the ones enacted in Mississippi and victories,” said Sue Liebel, state di-
Georgia — that will ban abortions rector for the Susan B. Anthony List,
after a fetal heartbeat is detected, an anti-abortion advocacy group.
about six weeks into a pregnan- “And I think they’re indicative of the
cy and before many women know momentum and excitement and the
they’re pregnant. Alabama is on the hope that’s happening with changes
cusp of approving an even more re- in the Supreme Court and having
strictive bill. such a pro-life president.”
State governments are on a For abortion right supporters,
course to virtually eliminate abor- meanwhile, the trend is ominous.
Said Diane Derzis, owner of Missis-
sippi’s sole abortion clinic, the Jack-
son Women’s Health Organization:
“I think it’s certainly more dire than
it ever has been. They smell blood
and that’s why they’re doing this.”
Already, Mississippi mandates a
24-hour wait between an in-person
consultation. That means women
must make at least two trips to her
clinic, often traveling long distances.
Other states have passed similar,
incremental laws restricting abor-
tion in recent years, and aside from
Mississippi, five states have just one
clinic — Kentucky, Missouri, North
and South Dakota, and West Virgin-
ia. But the latest efforts to bar the
procedure represent the largest as-
sault on abortion rights in decades.
Lawmakers sponsoring the bans
have made it clear their goal is to
spark court challenges in hopes of
ultimately overturning the 1973 Roe
v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Ask Rufus
Continued from Page 2A
been cut to the tail, and
he did not hear the pilot’s
orders to bail out. He was
still firing his 50-caliber
guns at a German ME 109
fighter when he suddenly
saw his pilot and co-pi-
lot parachute past his
window.
What my father failed
to mention to me was that
when he went to his es-
cape hatch to bail out he
saw the waist gunner and
the ball turret gunner ly-
ing wounded and without
parachutes further inside
the pilot-less plane. He
crawled into the waist of
the burning out of control
plane and assisted each of
them with their para-
chutes and helped each
bail out of the aircraft
before he jumped.
Justice Lee related to
me what her father told
her had happened when
Smokey Stover Jr. was
shot down: “The pilot
rang the bell and ordered
everyone to bail out of
the plane but he (Charles
Lee) lay unconscious.
The tail-gunner of the
plane, Rufus Ward, would
not leave him and worked
with him as the plane was
going down. He saved
Charles’ life by placing
a parachute on him and
getting him out the door.”
Of the 26 aircraft from
Snetterton on the May 12
mission, two returned to
base because of mechani-
cal problems (not unusual
for patched up planes)
and 12 of the remaining
24 were shot down. The
survival expectancy of an
air crewman at the base
was six missions, and my
father had been on his
sixth mission. The month
of May had seen the 96th
Bomb Group suffer al-
most 125 percent casual-
ties. Men and planes were
being lost almost faster
than the steady stream
of replacements could be
brought into action.
All of Smoky Stover
Jr.’s crew survived,
though several were
badly wounded. They
were all captured and
held in solitary confine-
ment for 10 days except
for interrogation. Ward
and the other non-com-
missioned officers (all
air crew members had
to have at least the rank
of sergeant) were sent to
Stalag Luft IV, a German
POW camp which was
located in present day
Poland. The officers were
sent to Stalag Luft III (it
had been the scene of the
Great Escape of movie
fame).
Stalag Luft IV had
opened in May 1944 and
was designed to hold up
to 6,400 air corps POWs.
However, more than
10,000 American, British
and Canadian airmen
were sent there. Condi-
tions there were anything
but good. Charles Lee
told his daughter, “... food
was very limited. It was
mostly a soupy mixture
of rotten cabbage and
bread made from saw-
dust. ... The barracks
were made for 16 but
usually contained 25
men.” He also recalled
horrible infestations of
lice in the barracks. Red
Cross documents con-
firm Lee’s descriptions,
even mentioning that the
bread was made from rye
and beets but contained
about 30-percent sawdust
and straw.
As the war neared its
end and Russian troops
were fast approaching
from the east, the Ger-
mans decided to abandon
Stalag Luft IV. On Feb. 5,
1945, in the midst of one
of the century’s coldest
winters, 10,000 POWs
were marched out of
the camp with limited
supplies and little warm
clothing. It was a 500-
mile forced march, in
often blizzard conditions,
across Germany that
became known as “The
Black March.”
On April 26, 1945, my
father was liberated at
Bitterfeld, Germany, by a
unit from the U.S. 104th
Timberwolf Division.
Near the front lines that
April, Dorothy Stout (of
Vicksburg) and two other
Red Cross workers were
on a German road in a
“clubmobile” providing
coffee, doughnuts and
cigarettes to “combat
soldiers.” There they
encountered 1,500 newly
liberated Americans.
Among the former POWs
was my father, with whom
Stout had mutual friends
in Mississippi. She wrote
a letter that day to Mae
Puckett in Columbus and
described him as dressed
“in various parts of Jerry
(German) uniforms” and
having “quite long hair”
and a “sort of Robinson
Crusoe” appearance.
Records show that when
Ward was liberated he
only weighed 91 pounds.
I have had several
friends tell me that
during the 1970s my
father was introduced to a
former German Luftwaffe
pilot who was in town
to help a local industry
with some equipment.
They got together to talk
and he turned out to be
the ME 109 pilot who
had shot down Smoky
Stover Jr. on May 12,
1944. When my father
realized that he immedi-
ately said “We need to go
drink a beer together.”
Rufus Ward Sr. has been
honored by Columbus
Air Force Base naming a
street after him.
Rufus Ward is a local
historian.
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Big seventh secures MSU baseball’s win over Ole Miss

Bulldogs seek series sweep today at noon
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
OXFORD — Mississippi
State sophomore Tanner Allen
is rolling.
Though he struggled
through a midseason slump
that saw his batting average dip
as low as .228, Allen has found
his footing at the dish.
Tied 4-4 in the top of the sev-
enth inning of Saturday’s 8-5
win over No. 11 Ole Miss, Allen
stepped to the plate with the
bases loaded.
With a smooth, left-handed
stroke, he smoked the first-
pitch he saw from Ole Miss
All-American reliever Parker
Caracci into centerfield for a
2-RBI, go-ahead single.
Allen was 7-for-8 on the week
entering game two against the
Rebels — including a 4-for-
4 night against Memphis
Wednesday in Starkville.
Two batters
after Allen’s he-
ning off RBI singles from Cole
Zabowski and Cooper Johnson.
second base.
Ole Miss retook the lead
roics, sophomore Ginn allowed three runs, two courtesy of a wild pitch from
outfielder Rowd- earned, on four hits and struck Barlow. Josh Hall then scored
ey Jordan pushed out five in 4.2 innings of work. on a fielder’s choice to make it
the Bulldogs’ lead 4-2 Rebels.
MSU (41-10, 17-9) responded
to four runs with Junior Gunner Halter got
in the third when sophomore
Allen a two-RBI single Jordan Westburg battled from the seventh inning rally going
into left field. an 0-2 count with the bases when he roped an RBI double to
While the MSU loaded to work a walk and score left-center.
bats woke up late, Ole Miss junior Dustin Skelton from Senior Jake Mangum tied the
started the scoring early. The third. game at four with an RBI single
Rebels (32-19, 15-11 SEC) Rowdy Jordan evened things through the right side, moving
tagged freshman starter JT when he plated senior Elijah his all-time mark against Ole
Ginn for two runs in the first in- MacNamee with a grounder to See MSU, 5B

Ginn bounces COLLEGE TENNIS

back after rough Stellar season ends in Round of 16
start Saturday
Freshman pitcher
strikes out five
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

OXFORD — Fresh-
man pitcher JT Ginn
has been Mississippi
State’s Mr. Reliable in
2019.
Holding down the
No. 2 starter spot, Ginn
was 8-3 with a 3.08 ERA
Ginn
in 12 starts this season
entering the weekend.
Yet Saturday’s first inning looked like
the freshman had finally hiccupped.
Ginn allowed two runs on 31 pitch-
es in the frame. Missing high, low, in-
side and out, he couldn’t find the zone,
throwing just 11 of his first 28 pitches
for strikes.
When he did get balls over the
plate, Ole Miss hammered him —
notching three hits in the inning.
After getting bailed out by a run-
ner interference call to close the first
inning, Ginn coasted through the sec-
ond. He set down the Rebels in order
Chris McDil/Special to
with two strikeouts. Things started to The Dispatch
roll from there. TOP:Florian
The thunderous “clunk” midway Broska shows his
through the third inning was clearly frustration after
audible. his opponent
After Ole Miss first baseman Kevin got a fortunate
Graham roped a ball off Ginn’s foot, bounce during
singles action.
Ginn snagged the ball off the turf and LEFT: Trevor
fired it toward first for the second out Foshey returns
See Ginn, 5B a serve during
his singles
match. The
seventh-ranked
Bulldog men’s
Love’s career start, tennis team fell
4-2 in its NCAA

solo homers highlight Tournament

Super Regional

Ala. baseball’s 2-1 win match with

over No. 18 Texas A&M
From Special Reports
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A ca-
reer-day by Brock Love, teamed with
a pair of solo home runs helped Ala-
bama baseball to a 2-1 win over 18th-
ranked Texas A&M on Saturday after-
noon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The
win evened the series up and moved
the Crimson Tide to 29-22 overall and
7-19 in Southeastern Conference play.
“This was a really good win for us
today,” said Alabama head coach Brad
Bohannon. “Brock (Love) set the tone
and gave us a great start, pitched
deep into the game; Casey (Cobb) did
a great job; and Jeremy (Randolph)
threw two good pitches. I like two- and
three-run homers, but we will take the
solo homers when we can get them. I
am really excited to come to the park
tomorrow with a chance to win a se-
ries over a ranked opponent with Sam
Finnerty starting for us.”
The Crimson Tide received a
strong pitching performance from the
trio of Love, Casey Cobb and grad-
uate Jeremy Randolph in game two.
Love (5-4) was impressive in the start,
setting new career-high marks for in-
nings pitched (7.0), batters faced (26)
and total pitches (106) on his way to
the win. The redshirt junior allowed
See Alabama, 5B
MSU men’s tennis drops home Super Regional to TCU
Team ends 2019 season with 24-4 mark
From Special Reports
STARKVILLE – Another story-
book season ended for the Mississip-
pi State men’s tennis team on Satur-
day, as the seventh-ranked Bulldogs
dropped a close 4-2 decision to No. 9
TCU in the NCAA Round of 16 at the
A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre. MSU was
one of only eight national hosts for
the new NCAA Super Regional for-
mat introduced this season in college
tennis.
State (24-4) fought valiantly after
dropping the doubles point and came
out firing in singles to take a 2-1 lead
after a lengthy weather delay, but the
Horned Frogs (22-6) held strong and
captured a pair of three-set decisions
down the stretch to close it out and
move on to the NCAA quarterfinals
this Thursday in Orlando.
“TCU played a great doubles point
and made it tough for us to close out
some sets and matches,” head coach
Matt Roberts said. “We needed to
take those opportunities to put our-
selves in a better situation down the
stretch. We had a heck of a crowd to-
day, and we want to thank our amaz-
ing fan base for coming out and sup-
porting us this season. We hate that
the season is over, but we’re excited
to keep this program rolling with the
culture we have that our four seniors
have built.”
Texas Christian
University at
MSU’s A.J. Pitts
Tennis Centre,
ending the
season with a
24-4 record.
The Horned Frogs gained an early
advantage in the doubles point when
Luc Fomba and Sander Jong downed
MSU’s Trevor Foshey and Gregor
Ramskogler in a 6-2 decision on court
3. Minutes later, State’s 32nd-ranked
Niclas Braun and Giovanni Oradi-
ni extended their winning streak to
six matches with a 6-3 victory over
TCU’s No. 22 Bertus Kruger and Re-
ese Stalder on court 2.
TCU’s No. 15 Alastair Gray and
Alex Rybakov then went on to pro-
vide the point-clincher with a 6-3
upset of State’s third-ranked team of
Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic on
court 1.
Midway through the first sets in
singles, lightning and heavy rains
See Tennis, 4B
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Baseball Golf
3. (5) Todd Gilliland, Toyota, 167.
briefly CALENDAR
4. (7) Austin Hill, Toyota, 167.
5. (21) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 167.
Saturday’s College PGA Tour - 6. (1) Matt Crafton, Ford, 167.

Baseball College Baseball Baseball Scores

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Byron Nelson Scores
Saturday
7. (13) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 167.
8. (4) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 167.
9. (11) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 167.
EMCC to conduct baseball tryouts May 19 Today’s games Albany (NY) 3-4, Binghamton 1-0 At Trinity Forest GC
Dallas 10. (3) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 167.
Army 5, Holy Cross 1 11. (2) Tyler Ankrum, Toyota, 167.
SCOOBA — East Mississippi Community College will hold open Texas A&M at Alabama, 1 p.m. Bryant 18, LIU Brooklyn 3 Purse: $7.9 million
Yardage: 7,371; Par 71 12. (17) Tyler Dippel, Chevrolet, 166.
baseball tryouts on May 19 at Gerald Poole Field on the Scooba CCSU 8, Fairleigh Dickinson 4
Southern Miss at Rice, 1 p.m. Fairfield 3, Quinnipiac 0 Third Round 13. (16) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 166.
campus. Leaderboard at time of suspension, 14. (8) Gus Dean ‥, Chevrolet, 166.
Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast 6-4, NJ Tech 1-3 will conclude on Sunday 15. (10) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet, 166.
The tryouts are open to unsigned 2019 high school seniors with George Washington 10-6, St. Bonaventure 3-5 Matt Every 65-65—130 16. (23) Angela Ruch, Chevrolet, 163.
NJCAA eligibility remaining. Tryouts are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday’s games James Madison 9, Northeastern 8 Sung Kang 65-61—126 17. (18) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 162.
Maine 11, Hartford 10 Tyler Duncan 64-66—130
Interested players are encouraged to contact EMCC assistant Samford at Alabama, 6 p.m. Manhattan 15, St. Peter’s 7 Scott Piercy 67-69—136
18. (25) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 160.
Monmouth (NJ) 6, Iona 2, 13 innings 19. (9) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 158.
baseball coach Trent Waddell via email (twaddell@eastms.edu) for Ole Miss at Arkansas State, 6:30 p.m. S. Muñoz 69-66—135
Navy 3, Lafayette 0 Rory Sabbatini 67-65—132 20. (26) Josh Reaume, Chevrolet, Transmission,
additional information in advance of EMCC’s baseball tryouts. Thursday’s games North Carolina 10, Pittsburgh 6 Joey Garber 68-69—137 135.
N. Lindheim 70-69—139 21. (28) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 109.
No tryout fee is required. Participants are asked to bring their own Northwestern 4, Rutgers 0
Ole Miss at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m. Rhode Island 8, UMass 3 Doug Ghim 69-66—135 22. (12) Johnny Sauter, Ford, 97.
baseball equipment to the tryout session, including gloves, cleats, bats Rider 5, Marist 1 Matt Jones 65-70—135 23. (27) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, Suspen-
and helmets. Catchers are asked to bring their own catching gear as UAB at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. Seton Hall 7, Georgetown 1 Roberto Díaz 66-67—133 sion, 93.
Beau Hossler 67-66—133 24. (20) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, Vibration, 59.
well. South Carolina at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. Siena 17, Niagara 14 Brooks Koepka 65-66—131 25. (15) Natalie Decker, Toyota, Accident, 51.
South Florida 3-3, UConn 2-1 K. Aphibarnrat 69-68—137
Alabama at Georgia, 7 p.m. Stony Brook 4, Wagner 2 Stephan Jaeger 69-66—135
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Golf Friday’s games UMass Lowell 4, UMBC 2

VCU 13, Saint Joseph’s 3
M. Hoffmann 70-68-65—203
Aaron Wise 69-69—138
27. (19) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, Engine,
26.
28. (22) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Vibration, 8.
Ole Miss at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Yale 5, Princeton 4 Davis Riley 68-69—137
Entries open for U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Waverly UAB at Southern Miss, 6 p.m.
Xavier 6, Villanova 1 Shawn Stefani 65-72—137
Zack Sucher 67-68—135
29. (30) Bayley Currey, Toyota, Electrical, 4.
30. (29) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Chassis, 0.
Baruch 5, Husson 3
Female golfers from around the world can now apply to play in the Fordham 5-7 , La Salle 0-2 Henrik Stenson 67-69—136 Average Speed of Race Winner: 123.517 mph.
119th U.S. Women’s Amateur, set to be held Aug. 5-11 at Old Waverly South Carolina at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. SOUTH Jordan Spieth 68-67—135 Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 1 Mins, 41 Secs. Margin of
Martin Laird 67-66—133 Victory: .483 Seconds.
Golf Club in West Point. Applications are open through June 26 at 4 Alabama at Georgia, 7 p.m. Alabama 2, Texas A&M 1
Curtis Luck 71-67—138 Caution Flags: 6 for 29 laps.
Auburn 4, Georgia 3
p.m. The tournament is open to women with a Handicap Index of 5.4 Saturday’s games Belmont 10, Mercer 4
Daniel Berger 66-72—138 Lead Changes: 22 among 9 drivers.
Kramer Hickok 65-73—138
or below. Campbell at Winthrop, ppd. Lap Leaders: M. Crafton 1-8;S. Friesen 9-28;B.
Qualifiers will begin July 1 and run through July 17 at 24 sites
South Carolina at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Charleston Southern 9, SC Upstate 4
Justin Harding 66-73—139
Carlos Ortiz 69-69—138
Moffitt 29;S. Friesen 30;B. Moffitt 31;S. Friesen
Clemson 4, NC State 3, 11 innings 32-44;S. Creed 45-47;A. Hill 48;G. Enfinger
throughout the country. UAB at Southern Miss, 1 p.m. Coll. of Charleston 5,Towson 3
Kevin Na
C.T. Pan
69-68—137
66-70—136 49;S. Creed 50-58;R. Chastain 59;G. Enfinger
Alabama at Georgia, 2 p.m. ETSU 3, The Citadel 1 David Lingmerth 71-68—139 60-69;S. Friesen 70-88;G. Enfinger 89-124;S.
Florida St. 11, Richmond 1 Jonas Blixt 65-70—135 Friesen 125;B. Moffitt 126-127;T. Dippel 128-
Cheerleading Ole Miss at Tennessee, time TBA Georgia Southern 10, Arkansas St. 6
Georgia Tech 15, Duke 3
M. Thompson 66-68—134
P. Harrington 69-69-67—205
129;S. Friesen 130-142;R. Chastain 143;S.
Friesen 144-150;B. Rhodes 151;S. Friesen 152-
EMCC to conduct cheerleading tryouts Incarnate Word at Northwestern St., ppd. Pat Perez 67-71—138 164;R. Chastain 165-167.
SCOOBA — Under the direction of new head cheerleading coach
Laura Posey, East Mississippi Community College will be holding
on the air Jacksonville St. 3, SIU Edwardsville 2
Louisville 12, Virginia 6
Mercer 4 Belmont 10,
Alex Noren 70-68—138
Russell Knox 68-69—137
H. Matsuyama 67-70—137
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps
Led): Stewart Friesen 8 times for 87 laps; Grant
Enfinger 3 times for 47 laps; Sheldon Creed 2
Bud Cauley 70-69—139
Today
cheerleading tryouts for the 2019-20 academic year May 17-18 at the Missouri 5, Vanderbilt 2 Kevin Tway 70-66—136 times for 12 laps; Matt Crafton 1 time for 8 laps;
NC Central 6, Norfolk St. 3 Scottie Scheffler 67-69—136 Ross Chastain 3 times for 5 laps; Brett Moffitt 3
East Mississippi Cheerleading gym in Meridian. New Orleans 8, Houston Baptist 7, 10 innings C. Tringale 69-69—138 times for 4 laps; Tyler Dippel 1 time for 2 laps;
Registration for the May 17 tryouts will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed AUTO RACING Nicholls 6, Stephen F. Austin 3 Patrick Reed 70-68—138 Austin Hill 1 time for 1 lap; Ben Rhodes 1 time
by an introduction and warmup session at 6 p.m. The following morn- 8:05 a.m. — Formula One: The Spanish North Florida 3, Kennesaw St. 2
Old Dominion 6, Marshall 3
Brady Schnell 72-67—139
Branden Grace 69-70—139
for 1 lap.

ing, May 18, tryouts will begin at 9 a.m. Tryouts will consist of tumbling
and stunting drills along with game-day material implementation.
Grand Prix, Barcelona, ESPN2
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Presbyterian 10, Longwood 1
Sam Houston St. at SE Louisiana, ppd.
O. Schniederjans 68-69—137
Seth Reeves 66-70—136
Thomas Pieters 70-66—136
Soccer
Samford 6, W. Carolina 3
Along with a $35 tryout fee (cash or money order payment only), Bill Haas 68-70—138
EMCC cheerleading tryout participants must also bring completed 11 a.m. — Kentucky at South Carolina, Savannah St. 5, Bethune-Cookman 3
South Carolina 11, Kentucky 3 Russell Henley 71-67—138 USL Championship
Ryan Moore 69-70—139 All Times EDT
waiver and tryout forms that are available online at www.EMCCAth- SEC Tennessee 8, Florida 7
Tennessee Tech 8, Morehead St. 7
Keith Mitchell 66-73—139 Eastern Conference
J.J. Spaun 66-70—136 W L T Pts
letics.com. The required paperwork due at registration will include a 12 p.m. — Mississippi State at Ole Troy 10, Louisiana-Monroe 4 Harris English 68-71—139 NY Red Bulls II 6 1 2 20
current school transcript (2.00 GPA required), proof of acceptance into UAB 9, Charlotte 5
Miss, ESPN2 UNC Wilmington at Elon, ppd.
Vaughn Taylor 69-67—136
Johnson Wagner 72-68—140
Tampa Bay 5 0 5 20
EMCC, a copy of medical insurance card (front and back), and a copy Saint Louis 5 1 3 18
of a signed physical examination dated within a year of EMCC’s tryout
1 p.m. — Indiana at Michigan, BTN UT-Martin at Murray St., ppd.
W. Kentucky at Louisiana Tech, ppd.
Ryan Palmer 68-69—137
Daniel Chopra 72-67—139
Nashville 5 3 2 17
Charleston 4 1 4 16
dates. 2 p.m. — Texas A&M at Alabama, SEC FIU 7, Middle Tennessee 3 Cameron Davis 67-69—136
Tom Hoge 64-75—139 North Carolina 4 1 3 15
South Alabama 13, Appalachian St. 6
Open to graduating male and female high school seniors and 4 p.m. — Purdue at Illinois, BTN Texas A&M-CC at McNeese St., ppd. Peter Uihlein 69-71—140 Indy
Louisville
4 2 2 14
4 4 1 13
Liberty 5, Lipscomb 3 Dylan Frittelli 68-72—140
college transfer students with eligibility remaining, the tryouts will be COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S) MIDWEST Denny McCarthy 63-77—140 Pittsburgh 2 1 5 11
held at the East Mississippi Cheerleading gym located at 3602 Hwy 11 a.m. — NCAA Tournament: UMBC at Austin Peay 29, E. Illinois 5 Brian Gay 68-72—140 Ottawa 3 2 2 11
Sam Burns 66-72—138 Bethlehem Steel 3 4 2 11
39 North in Meridian. For additional information on East Mississippi Ball St. 5, Ohio 0
Chad Campbell 65-73—138
Community College’s cheerleading program and upcoming cheer Penn State, First Round, ESPNU Concordia Chicago 5, Aurora 4 R. Cabrera Bello 70-70—140
Birmingham 3 3 2 11
Atlanta 2 3 5 1 10
Indiana 10, Michigan 8
tryouts, please contact EMCC head cheerleading coach Laura Posey at 1:30 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Mary- Kent St. 4, Bowling Green 3
Ben Crane 68-72—140
Peter Malnati 70-69—139
Loudoun 2 3 3 9
Memphis 2 6 3 9
eastmscheer@gmail.com. land at Towson, First Round, ESPNU Missouri St. 10, Evansville 9
N. Illinois 3, Toledo 2
Troy Merritt 65-74—139
Brian Stuard 67-72—139 Charlotte 1 6 3 6
4 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Richmond Nebraska 2, Arizona St. 1 Alex Prugh 68-71—139 Swope Park Rangers 1 5 2

Football at Duke, First Round, ESPNU

Notre Dame 5, Canisius 4
Ohio St. 2, Penn St. 0
Nate Lashley 67-73—140
Seamus Power 72-67—139
Roger Sloan 72-68—140
Hartford
Western Conference

0 9 1 1

W L T Pts
Prescott camp set for July 20 and 21 6 p.m. — NCAA Tournament: Johns UIC 10, Youngstown St. 4
Valparaiso 7, S. Illinois 1 Brandon Harkins 68-72—140 New Mexico 4 1 5 17
Abraham Ancer 69-71—140
Former Mississippi State All-America quarterback Dak Prescott, Hopkins at Notre Dame, First Round, W. Illinois 5, Omaha 0
Chad Collins 68-72—140
Tulsa
Portland II
4 3 3 15
4 2 3 15
W. Michigan 6, Miami (Ohio) 3
who is now with the Dallas Cowboys, has announced the date and ESPNU Wichita St. 3, East Carolina 1
Sepp Straka 69-71—140
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 68-72—140
Phoenix 3 2 5 14
location of his third annual area youth football camp. The Dak Prescott Wright St. 16, N. Kentucky 7 Sacramento 4 3 2 14
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S) Oral Roberts at South Dakota St., susp. 8th inn.
Chase Wright 68-72—140
Wes Roach 70-70—140 Austin 4 3 2 14
Football Pro Camp will be held on July 20 and 21 at Mississippi State
University.
11 a.m. — NCAA Tournament: winner Kansas St. 8, West Virginia 6
St. John’s 6, Creighton 4
Sungjae Im 71-69—140 OKC Energy
LA Galaxy II
4 4
4 3
2
2
14
14
of Stony Brook at Maryland, Second
Participants will learn fundamental football skills and have the
opportunity to meet and interact with the star quarterback. Each partic- Round, BTN
Michigan St. 9 Iowa 4
Milwaukee 13, Oakland 1 Hockey Fresno
Reno
Orange County 3 3
3 1 4 13
3 2 4 13
3 12
ipant will receive a limited-edition camp t-shirt, a souvenir autograph,
Saint Louis 17, George Mason 3
NHL Playoff Glance
COLLEGE SOFTBALL Cent. Michigan 3, E. Michigan 1
SOUTHWEST
All Times EDT
El Paso 3 2
Rio Grande Valley 3 4
3
3
12
12
and a team photo with Dak. 8 p.m. — NCAA Softball Selection Spe- LSU 3, Arkansas 2
FIRST ROUND
Las Vegas 3 4 2 11
(Best-of-7)
Prescott will be on-site to direct the event and will be joined by a North Alabama at Ark.-Pine Bluff, ccd. Wednesday, April 10 Real Monarchs 3 4 2 11
selection of prep and college coaches from the area. The camp is open cial, ESPN2 TCU 7, Kansas 4 Columbus 4, Tampa Bay 3 San Antonio 3 5 1 10
Colorado Springs 2 5 2 8
to boys and girls of all skill levels in grades 1-8. CYCLING UTSA 4, FAU 1
UALR 9, Texas St. 5
N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT
St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1 Tacoma 2 8 0 6
Registration and more information is available at Dak- 5 p.m. — Tour of California: Stage 1, Coastal Carolina at Texas-Arlington, ccd. Dallas 3, Nashville 2
San Jose 5, Vegas 2
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Houston 12, Tulane 7 Wednesday, May 8
PrescottCamp.com. Sacramento, Calif., NBCSN FAR WEST Thursday, April 11 New York Red Bulls II 1, Ottawa 1, tie
Air Force 9, Butler 7 Toronto 4, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 1, Nashville 0
GOLF Washington 4, Carolina 2
Volleyball 4:30 a.m. — European Tour Golf: Brit-
CS Northridge 8, UC Davis 2
Saint Mary’s 8, Santa Clara 1
Sacramento St. 5, Utah Valley 4
Calgary 4, Colorado 0
Friday, April 12
Sacramento 1, Fresno 0
Friday, May 10
Memphis 2, Hartford 1
Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 1
Ole Miss will open fall season with Rebel Invitational ish Masters, final round, England, GOLF UCLA 10, Washington St. 0
California 18, Stanford 2
N.Y. Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1 Austin 2, OKC Energy 1
Phoenix 3, Rio Grande Valley 1
OXFORD — With the spring semester wrapping up, Ole Miss 12 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: AT&T Byron Washington 5, Utah 4
St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 3
Vegas 5, San Jose 3 Saturday, May 11
fans can already look forward to a fall filled with plenty of chances to Nelson, final round, Dallas, Texas, GOLF BYU 17, San Francisco 9 Saturday, April 13 Loudoun 3, Charlotte 1
catch the Rebel volleyball squad in action, as the team released its 2019 New Mexico St. 17, Seattle 5 Washington 4, Carolina 3, OT Saint Louis 0, Charleston 0, tie
home schedule Friday.
2 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: AT&T Byron CS Fullerton 11, UC Riverside 8 Nashville 2, Dallas 1, OT
Boston 4, Toronto 1
Louisville at Birmingham, 8 p.m.
Nevada 3, San Jose St. 2 Nashville 5, Swope Park Rangers 1
Ole Miss begins its 2019 campaign hosting three postseason Nelson, final round, Dallas, Texas, CBS Oregon St. 8, Oregon 5 Colorado 3, Calgary 2, OT Orange County at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 14
teams from a year ago in NIVC Champions Iowa State and 2018 NCAA 2 p.m. — PGA Tour Champions Golf: American League N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 Colorado Springs at Las Vegas, 10:30 p.m.
Reno at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.
Tournament participants UCF and Rice in the Rebel Invitational August All times EDT Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 1
Regions Tradition, final round, Hoover, East Division Winnipeg 6, St. Louis 3 Sunday, May 12
30-Sept. 1. Ala., GOLF W L Pct GB Vegas 6, San Jose 3 North Carolina at Ottawa, 2 p.m.
Tampa Bay 24 14 .632 — Monday, April 15 Portland II at Tacoma, 4:30 p.m.
The Rebels will open the weekend with 2018 Conference USA
Champions Rice at 6 p.m. on Friday, and then a matinee matchup with MLB BASEBALL New York
Boston
23 16 .590 1½
21 19 .525 4
Toronto 3, Boston 2
Carolina 5, Washington 0
Atlanta 2 at Bethlehem Steel, 6 p.m.
New Mexico at El Paso, 8 p.m.
Iowa State at 11 a.m. Saturday. The tournament concludes with the 12 p.m. — NY Yankees at Tampa Bay Toronto 16 23 .410 8½ Nashville 3, Dallas 2
Colorado 6, Calgary 2
Fresno at LA Galaxy II, 10 p.m.
Baltimore 13 26 .333 11½ Saturday, May 18
Rebs hosting UCF Sunday at noon. OR Seattle at Boston, MLB Central Division Tuesday, April 16 Birmingham at North Carolina, 7 p.m.
W L Pct GB Columbus 7, Tampa Bay 3, Columbus wins se-
After three consecutive weekends on the road, Ole Miss returns 6 p.m. x— Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, ries 4-0 Charleston at Indy, 7 p.m.
Minnesota 24 13 .649 — Saint Louis at Louisville, 7 p.m.
to the Gillom Athletics Performance Center to begin SEC play, facing Cleveland 20 18 .526 4½ N.Y. Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1, N.Y. Islanders wins
another 2018 NCAA Tournament participant in Tennessee on Sept. 27.
MLB Detroit 17 19 .472 6½ series 4-0 New York Red Bulls II at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1, OT Charlotte at Nashville, 8 p.m.
NBA BASKETBALL Chicago
Kansas City
17 21 .447 7½
14 25 .359 11 Vegas 5, San Jose 0 Hartford at Loudoun, 8 p.m.
2:30 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Portland at New Mexico at Colorado Springs, 8 p.m.
Summer camps West Division Wednesday, April 17
W L Pct GB Boston 6, Toronto 4 Pittsburgh at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Denver, West Semifinals, Game 7, ABC Houston 24 15 .615 — Dallas 5, Nashville 1 LA Galaxy II at Rio Grande Valley, 8:30 p.m.
EMCC Lions to conduct June football camps 6 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Philadelphia at
Los Angeles
Seattle
19 20 .487 5
20 22 .476 5½
Colorado 3, Calgary 2, OT
Thursday, April 18
Real Monarchs at OKC Energy, 8:30 p.m.
Tulsa at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
SCOOBA — Five-time national champion East Mississippi Com- Texas 17 19 .472 5½ Carolina 2, Washington 1 Sacramento at El Paso, 9:30 p.m.
munity College is scheduled to conduct three separate summer football
Toronto, East Semifinals, Game 7, TNT Oakland 19 22 .463 6 St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2
Austin at Orange County, 10 p.m.
Friday’s Games San Jose 5, Vegas 2
camps during the month of June on the Scooba campus. NHL HOCKEY L.A. Angels 8, Baltimore 3 Friday, April 19 Reno at Tacoma, 10 p.m.
Toronto 2, Boston 1 Las Vegas at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
EMCC will first hold a two-day quarterback/skills camp, June 4-5, 2 p.m. — Stanley Cup Playoff: Carolina Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Boston 14, Seattle 1 Colorado 5, Calgary 1, Colorado wins series 4-1 Sunday, May 19
at Sullivan-Windham Field. Specialized for high school-aged quarter- at Boston, Eastern Conference Finals, N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 Saturday, April 20 Atlanta 2 at Swope Park Rangers, 5 p.m.
Houston 3, Texas 0 Dallas 5, Nashville 3 Ottawa at Bethlehem Steel, 7 p.m.
backs, running backs and wide receivers, the skills camp fee is $150 Game 1, NBC St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2, St. Louis wins series 4-2
Minnesota 6, Detroit 0
per overnight camper and $120 for day campers. Registration will take
place the morning of June 4 between 10 a.m. and noon. Please contact SOCCER (MEN’S) Kansas City 5, Philadelphia 1
Oakland 4, Cleveland 3, 12 innings
Washington 6, Carolina 0
Sunday, April 21
Boston 4, Toronto 2
Transactions
Saturday’s moves
EMCC assistant football coaches Dontreal Pruitt (dpruitt@eastms. 9 a.m. — Premier League: Chelsea at Saturday’s Games
Boston 9, Seattle 5
San Jose 2, Vegas 1, 2OT BASEBALL
Monday, April 22 American League
edu or 662-476-5137) or Cade Wilkerson (dwilkerson@eastms.edu or Leicester City, CNBC Detroit 5, Minnesota 3, 1st game Carolina 5, Washington 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Evan
662-476-8462) for more information. Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto 2 Dallas 2, Nashville 1, OT, Dallas wins series 4-2
9 a.m. — Premier League: West Ham at L.A. Angels 7, Baltimore 2 Tuesday, April 23
Phillips to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Jimmy Ya-
The following week (June 12), East Mississippi will conduct a Boston 5, Toronto 1, Boston wins series 4-3 cabonis from Norfolk.
7-on-7 Tournament on the Scooba campus. At a cost of $20 per player,
Watford, GOLF Oakland 3, Cleveland 2
Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 2 San Jose 5, Vegas 4, OT, San Jose wins series CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Cody
Anderson to Colubus (IL). Selected the contract
which includes lunch and a T-shirt, registration for the 7-on-7 event is 9 a.m. — Premier League: Arsenal at Philadelphia at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m. 4-3
Wednesday, April 24 of RHP A.J. Cole from Columbus. Announced
Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game
set to begin at 9 a.m. with tournament action kicking off at 10 a.m. For Burnley, MSNBC Texas at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Carolina 4, Washington 3, 2OT, Carolina wins
series 4-3
INF Max Moroff cleared waivers and was as-
signed outright to Columbus.
additional information on the Lions 7-on-7 Tournament, please contact Sunday’s Games
9 a.m. — Premier League: Wolves at L.A. Angels (Canning 1-0) at Baltimore (Means
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS DETROIT TIGERS — Announced RHP Drew
EMCC assistant football coaches Cliff Collins (ccollins@eastms.edu or (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) VerHagen cleared waivers and was assigned
Liverpool, NBC 4-3), 1:05 p.m. Thursday, April 25 outright to Toledo (IL). Reinstated LHP Blaine
662-476-5132) or Cade Wilkerson. Seattle (Gonzales 5-1) at Boston (Velazquez Boston 3, Columbus 2, OT
EMCC will also offer a three-day lineman camp, June 18-20, for 9 a.m. — Premier League: Manchester 0-2), 1:05 p.m. St. Louis 3, Dallas 2
Hardy from the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Gregory
Soto from Erie EL) as the 26th man.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 3-1) at Toronto (San- Friday, April 26
student-athletes entering grades 9-12. With registration scheduled City at Brighton, NBCSN chez 3-3), 1:07 p.m. Carolina 1, N.Y. Islanders 0, OT MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed LHP Martín
Pérez on the paternity list. Recalled RHP Kohl
between 1-3 p.m. on June 18th, fees for the lineman camp are $200 9 a.m. — Premier League: Everton at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 2-3) at Tampa Bay (Snell
3-3), 1:10 p.m.
San Jose 5, Colorado 2
Saturday, April 27 Stewart from Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP Tyler
per overnight camper and $150 per day camper. Please contact EMCC Tottenham, SYFY Detroit (Norris 1-1) at Minnesota (Perez 5-0), Dallas 4, St. Louis 2 Duffey from Rochester as the 26th man.
assistant football coach Cade Wilkerson for more information. 2:10 p.m. Columbus 3, Boston 2, 2OT TAMPA BAY RAYS — Activated C Travis d’Ar-
9 a.m. — Premier League: Cardiff City Texas (Sampson 0-2) at Houston (Martin 0-0), Sunday, April 28 naud. Recalled INF Andrew Velazquez from
2:10 p.m. Carolina 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Durham (IL). Optioned C Nick Ciuffo to Durham.
at Manchester United, USA Colorado 4, San Jose 3
EMCC to offer team and individual June basketball camps 11 a.m. — Bundesliga: Mainz 05 at Ein-
Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-2) at Kansas City (Ju-
nis 3-3), 2:15 p.m.
Monday, April 29
Placed RHP Tyler Glasnow has been placed on
the 10-day IL.
St. Louis 4, Dallas 3
for boys and girls on Scooba campus tracht Frankfurt, FS1
Cleveland (Rodriguez 0-2) at Oakland (Mengden
0-0), 4:07 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired RHP Edwin
Jackson from Oakland for cash considerations.
SCOOBA — East Mississippi Community College will offer team Columbus 2, Boston 1
Monday’s Games National League
and individual summer basketball camps for boys and girls during the 1:20 p.m. — Serie A: Juventus at AS Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 6:35 p.m.
San Jose 4, Colorado 2
Wednesday, May 1 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS —Reinstated C
Alex Avila from the 10-day IL. Optioned INF Ilde-
month of June on the Scooba campus. Roma, ESPN Houston at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m.
Carolina 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
Dallas 4, St. Louis 2 maro Vargas to Reno (PCL).
EMCC head coach Billy Begley’s reigning MACJC state men’s 1:30 p.m. — MLS: Orlando City SC at Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Thursday, May 2 CHICAGO CUBS — Activated LHP Xavier
basketball champions will conduct boys’ team camps June 3, 4 and 6 as Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Boston 4, Columbus 1 Cedeño off of the 10-day IL. Placed RHP Allen
Atlanta United, FOX Colorado 3, San Jose 0 Webster on the 10-day IL.
well as June 10, 11 and 13 at EMCC’s Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. Camp
6 p.m. — MLS: Sporting KC at D.C.
National League Friday, May 3 MIAMI MARLINS — Recalled RHP Elieser
fees are $75 per day with all teams guaranteed three games. All times EDT Carolina 5, N.Y. Islanders 2, Carolina wins se- Hernandez from New Orleans (PCL). Selected
East Division ries 4-0
In between the boys’ team camp dates, EMCC will hold an United, FS1 W L Pct GB Dallas 2, St. Louis 1
the contract of OF Harold Ramirez from New
Saturday, May 4 Orleans. Optioned OF Isaac Galloway and LHP
individual camp, June 7-8, on the Scooba campus. Open to males from SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Philadelphia 21 16 .568 —
Atlanta 19 20 .487 3 Boston 4, Columbus 3 Jose Quijada to New Orleans (PCL). Placed OF
pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade, the two-day boys’ individual 3:30 p.m. — International Friendly: New York 18 20 .474 3½ San Jose 2, Colorado 1 Peter O’Brien on 10-day IL, retroactive to May
Sunday, May 5 10. Transferred RHP Drew Steckenrider to the
camp will take place each day from 9 a.m. to noon at a total cost of $50. Washington 15 23 .395 6½
For additional information on East Mississippi’s upcoming boys’
U.S. vs. South Africa, Santa Clara, Ca- Miami 10 28 .263 11½ St. Louis 4, Dallas 1
Monday, May 6
60-day IL. Reinstated OF Garrett Cooper from
10-day IL.
Central Division
team and individual basketball camps, please contact EMCC assistant lif., FOX W L Pct GB Boston 3, Columbus 0, Boston wins series 4-2 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed RHP Vince
Chicago 23 14 .622 — Colorado 4, San Jose 3, OT Velasquez on the 10-day DL. Recalled LHP Aus-
men’s basketball coach DJ Evans via email (devans2@eastms.edu). TRACK AND FIELD Milwaukee 24 17 .585 1 Tuesday, May 7 tin Davis from Lehigh Valley (IL).
On the women’s side, EMCC Lady Lions head basketball coach St. Louis 2, Dallas 1, 2OT, St. Louis wins series
3 p.m. — IAAF World Relays: Day 2, Ja- St. Louis
Pittsburgh
22 18 .550 2½
19 17 .528 3½ 4-3
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Acquired RHP Chris
Stratton from the Los Angeles Angels for cash
Sharon Thompson will hold girls’ team camps, June 5 and 12, on the Wednesday, May 8
pan (taped), NBCSN Cincinnati 17 22 .436 7
San Jose 3, Colorado 2, San Jose wins series considerations. Transferred RHP Nick Burdi to
Scooba campus. Fees for the high school girls’ team camp are $150 West Division
4-3 the 60-day IL.
per team or $250 for teams that attend both camp dates. Monday, May 13
Los Angeles
W L Pct GB
26 15 .634 — CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed C Francisco
Mejía on the 10-day IL. Recalled C Austin Allen
EMCC is also slated to offer a two-day girls’ skills camp, June Arizona 22 17 .564 3
COLLEGE BASEBALL San Diego 21 18 .538 4 Thursday, May 9 from El Paso (PCL).
17-18, which will focus on fundamentals from 1-4 p.m. both afternoons Colorado 18 20 .474 6½ Boston 5, Carolina 2, Boston leads series 1-0 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Claimed OF
at Currie Coliseum. With female campers being divided by age and skill 6 p.m. — Miami at Wake Forest, ESPNU San Francisco 16 22 .421 8½ Saturday, May 11 Aaron Altherr off waivers from Philadelphia. Des-
St. Louis at San Jose, 8 p.m.
level from grades K-12, the overall camp fee is $40 for all age groups CYCLING Friday’s Games
Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 0 Sunday, May 12
ignated RHP Andrew Moore for assignment. Ac-
tivated C Erik Kratz from the 10-day IL. Optioned
Carolina at Boston, 3 p.m.
and includes a T-shirt. 3 p.m. — Tour of California: Stage 2, N.Y. Mets 11, Miami 2
Kansas City 5, Philadelphia 1 Monday, May 13
RHP Dereck Rodriguz to Sacramento (PCL).
For more information on EMCC’s upcoming girls’ team and WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated OF
Rancho Cordova to South Lake Tahoe, Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1 St. Louis at San Jose, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, May 14 Juan Soto from the 10-day IL. Optioned INF Jake
individual skills camps, please contact Coach Thompson via email Colorado 12, San Diego 2 Noll to Fresno (PCL).
(sthompson@eastms.edu) or phone (662-476-5140).
Calif., NBCSN Atlanta 2, Arizona 1 Boston at Carolina, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 15 American Association
L.A. Dodgers 5, Washington 0
Additional information on East Mississippi Community College’s MLB BASEBALL Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 0 San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 16
KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Traded RHP Adam
Saturday’s Games Atkins to Southern Maryland (Atlantic) for a play-
June basketball camps and other EMCC summer camps for athletics 6 p.m. — Milwaukee at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1 Boston at Carolina, 8 p.m. er to be named.
Friday, May 17
can be accessed online at www.EMCCAthletics.com. ESPN Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 1, 15 innings
San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Sold the contract of
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. RHP Michael Blazek to Washington (NL).
Saturday, May 18
9 p.m. — Oakland at Seattle OR Pitts- Philadelphia at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. x-Carolina at Boston, 7:15 p.m.
MILWAUKEE MILKMEN — Released LHP David
Holmberg.
Alabama Baseball to Host 2019 Elite Camp from July 14-16 burgh at Arizona (joined in progress), San Diego at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.
Sunday, May 19
x-St. Louis at San Jose, 3 p.m. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Released LHP
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama baseball staff is set to host MLB Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. Monday, May 20 Brandon Presley.
x-Boston at Carolina, 8 p.m. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Sold the contract of
the 2019 Elite Camp from July 14-16 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Sunday’s Games
three-day event, which is open to high schoolers (grades 9-12; ages NHL HOCKEY Miami (Smith 3-0) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard Tuesday, May 21
x-San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
RHP Dylan Thompson to Boston (AL).
Atlantic League
2-3), 1:10 p.m.
14-18), will begin at 1:30 p.m. CT on Sunday, July 14 and conclude on 7 p.m. — Stanley Cup Playoff: St. Lou- Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-2) at Kansas City (Ju- Wednesday, May 22 LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Announced the con-
x-Carolina at Boston, 8 p.m. tract of RHP Tim Adleman was purchased by
Tuesday, July 16. is at San Jose, Western Conference Fi- nis 3-3), 2:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Brault 0-1) at St. Louis (Hudson 2-3), Thursday, May 23 Detroit (AL). Activated LHP Bennett Parry.
Participants at the Alabama Baseball Elite Camp will get the full ex- x-St. Louis at San Jose, 9 p.m.
nals, Game 2, NBCSN 2:15 p.m.
San Diego (Margevicius 2-3) at Colorado (Senza-
FOOTBALL
perience of what it is like to be a member of the Crimson Tide baseball
team. The campers will be housed in the University’s dorms, receive all Tuesday, May 14 tela 2-2), 3:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Mahle 0-5) at San Francisco
Auto Racing National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Ventell
Bryant and LBs Noah Dawkins and Sterling
necessary meals during the camp’s duration and will also get a locker COLLEGE BASEBALL
(Bumgarner 2-4), 4:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Fried 4-2) at Arizona (TBD), 4:10 p.m.
NASCAR Truck - Sheffield.
inside The Joe. Attendees will also partake in informational sessions
5 p.m. — Xavier at Purdue, BTN Washington (Strasburg 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers Digital Ally 250 Results LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed LBs Drue
Tranquill and LB Emeke Egbule, QB Easton Stick
(Ryu 4-1), 4:10 p.m. Friday
that will provide valuable insight into what it takes to be a college base- and DT Cortez Broughton.
ball player academically and the steps to becoming NCAA eligible. 6 p.m. — Louisville at Indiana, ESPNU Milwaukee (Chacin 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester
2-1), 7:05 p.m.
At Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kan. COLLEGE
6 p.m. — Michigan at Kentucky, SEC Monday’s Games
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
(Starting position in parentheses)
1. (6) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 167.
UCONN — Announced women’s junior basket-
ball G Evina Westbrook has transferred from
— From Special Reports Pittsburgh at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. 2. (14) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 167. Tennessee.
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Dick Tomey, winningest Arizona

football coach, dies at 80
got his first varsity job coaching
‘He was hard on them. He constantly raised the defensive backs at Davidson in
1985 after stints coaching fresh-
bar. He could do that because he knew how to men teams at Miami of Ohio and
find the goodness and the talent in people.’ Northern Illinois.
Tomey spent four seasons at
Kansas before following Pepper
The Associated Press coach at Hawaii in 1977 and closed Rodgers to UCLA. He was the
it at San Jose State before retiring Bruins defensive coordinator in
TUCSON, Ariz. — Dick Tomey, in 2009 at 71. Tomey was 183-145-7 1976 before being named Hawaii’s
the winningest football coach in overall in 20 years as a coach. coach in 1977.
University of Arizona history, has “On the football field he was a Tomey turned around the Rain-
died at 80. tough as nails coach, who loved bow Warriors, leading the program
fierce competition and the thrill of
He died surrounded by family
team building,” the family said in a
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Contreras homers in 15th, Cubs beat Brewers 2-1

The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Willson Contreras
homered in the 15th inning to give
the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over
the Milwaukee Brewers on Satur-
day.
Contreras turned on a 1-2 pitch
from Burch Smith (0-1), sending a
long shot to left field that gave Chi-
cago its 11th win in 13 games. He
spun and flipped his bat toward the
Cubs’ dugout as the ball sailed to-
ward the bleachers and was mobbed
by teammates when he crossed the
plate.
Chicago moved back ahead of
the Brewers for the NL Central lead
after falling into a virtual tie with
Friday’s 7-0 loss. Milwaukee had its
season-high seven-game win streak
snapped.
Tyler Chatwood (2-0) struck
out seven in four innings to cap a
strong effort by the bullpen after
Cole Hamels worked seven solid
innings.
Hamels gave up a run and three
hits in his fourth straight no-deci-
sion. Seven relievers combined to
give up one hit the rest of the way.
Milwaukee’s Zach Davies held
Chicago to one run and six hits in 6
1/3 innings. The right-hander low-
ered his ERA to 1.54 through eight
starts. But the Brewers, who won
an 18-inning marathon against the
New York Mets one week earlier,
couldn’t push ahead in their lon-
gest game ever against the Cubs at
Wrigley Field.
Both teams scored in the fifth,
with Hernán Perez hitting a solo ho-
mer off Hamels and Albert Almora
Jr. tying it in the bottom half with an
RBI double.

Leon’s 3-run homer offensively it’s a plus.” ers on a two-hitter, and He battled through the
Mitch Moreland start- the Pittsburgh Pirates first after a rain delay of 2
caps 8-run 3rd, Red Sox ed Boston’s comeback beat the St. Louis Cardi- hours, 56 minutes, at the
beat Mariners 9-5 from a 4-0 deficit against nals 2-1 Saturday for their start. He struck out Matt
BOSTON — Sandy Félix Hernández (1-4) seventh win in 10 games Carpenter in a 10-pitch
Leon was frustrated he with a solo homer. The following an eight-game at-bat leading off, walked
didn’t drive one run in World Series champions losing streak. Paul Goldschmidt on a
with a safety squeeze. In- won for the 15th time in Lyles (3-1) allowed one full count, retired Paul
stead, he drove in three 21 games following a 6-13 hit through six innings, DeJong on a lineout that
with a drive over the start. struck out six and walked ended a seven-pitch at-
Green Monster. Seattle has lost 14 of 18 three, lowering his ERA bat, then struck out Mar-
Leon fouled off his and dropped to 20-22, fall- to 2.09, fifth-best in the cell Ozuna in another sev-
bunt attempt, then hit a ing below .500 on Friday NL. en-pitch at-bat.
three-run homer to cap for the first time since the With the Cardinals ly- “It’s not the way you
an eight-run third inning end of the 2017 season. ing off of his curveball, the draw it up coming out of
that carried the surging The Mariners have been 28-year-old right-hander the blocks, but he was
ACROSS
outscored 23-6 in the first 1 Storage site
Boston Red Sox over the relied more on secondary steadfast in his approach, 5 Olympic sleds
two games of the three-
struggling Seattle Mari- pitches. He said he threw his conviction with pitch- 10 Opera’s Callas
game series.
ners 9-5 on Saturday. more sliders than he had es and stayed in the hunt,” 12 Laughable
“If he gets it down, we in previous games this Pirates manager Clint 13 Flynn of films
score a run and have a Lyles overcomes high season. Hurdle said. 14 Strong suit
runner at second,” Red pitch count, Pirates “I’ve made strides in Lyles was removed af- 15 Copying
Sox manager Alex Cora beat Cardinals 2-1 making that pitch better, ter 101 pitches. He had 16 Japan’s prime
said. “It’s always good to ST. LOUIS — Jordan which allows my other been 0-1 with a pair of minister
see him contribute offen- Lyles had to change his pitches to play up a lit- no-decisions since beat- 18 Something in
sively. We know what he plan on the fly. tle better alongside with ing San Francisco on the air
can do defensively, what Lyles overcame a throwing more elevated April 19. 19 Measure again,
he does behind the plate. 30-pitch first inning to fastballs and occasional as a movie’s length
21 Docs for dogs
Whenever he contributes combine with four reliev- sinkers,” Lyles said. — The Associated Press
22 Motherhood
24 Periphery
25 Homecoming
destination setting feature
29 Regrets 3 Book blunders 23 Most close
Golf 30 Pal of Porthos
32 Important age
4 God, in Roma 25 Dawn goddess
5 Existence 26 Horseshoes
33 Binary digit
Stricker closes with birdie, leads seniors Regions Tradition 34 Writer Tarbell
35 Solitary sort
6 One, for Juan
7 January birth-
stone
score
27 Clarke of “Game
of Thrones”
37 Field of film 8 Being 28 “Alien” director
The Associated Press “I was just trying to give myself three times each, the Senior Play- 39 Peace goddess
a 10-footer, try to play it off the back ers Championship and the Senior 9 Oozes Scott
40 Essays 11 City near Oak- 29 Museum piece
BI R M I NGH A M , of the green. I was able to get a Open Championship. 41 Deck makeup
Ala. — Steve Stricker land 31 Assurance
good read from Billy Andrade. He Toms, who counts the 2001 PGA 42 Floor
didn’t have another 17 Movie legend 33 Mine yield
showed me the line a little bit and I Championship among his 13 PGA 36 Stop
near-flawless round, Ingrid
was able to knock it in.” Tour wins, made a long putt from DOWN 20 Articles 38 Bible vessel
but he found a nice Langer, who won the Tradition the edge of the green on No. 7 for 1 Campaign tactic 21 Mountaintop
way to finish. in 2016 and 2017, shot a 68. David his first birdie of the round. 2 Apollo Theater
He birdied the fi- Toms had a 70 and Andrade a 69 for He won the U.S. Senior Open last
nal hole for a 2-under the three-way tie for second. Tom year for his only win on the 50-and-
70 and held the lead Stricker Byrum and Paul Goydos were three over circuit.
Saturday after three shots back. Byrum shot a 66 and “Nobody in our group really got
rounds at the Regions Tradition. Goydos a 69. hot,” Toms said. “We all played
Bernhard Langer was among three The weather held out for the sec- pretty solid and within striking
players two strokes back. ond straight day after the first round
Stricker, who shot a sec- distance. That’s kind of what you
was halted at midday. But more
ond-round 64, enters the final want come Sunday afternoon. Right
thunderstorms were forecast over-
round of the first of five PGA Tour there, just have to shoot a low one
night and throughout the morning
Champions majors at 14-under 202. (Sunday).”
Sunday, with leaders scheduled to
He was 1 over on the front nine on start at 9 a.m. and a two-tee format. Stricker is seeking his fourth
Greystone’s Founders Course after Langer saved par on No. 13 with PGA Tour Champions win and first
his first bogey of the Tradition but a nice pitch to a couple of feet from senior major after tying for second
birdied all three par 5s on the back the hole after hitting it in the water. at the Tradition last year. He splits
nine. He had his first bogey of the tourna- time on the PGA Tour but won
On the final one, Stricker sent a ment two holes later. three times in seven starts last year
shot onto the green above the hole “I mean, there’s good bogeys on the 50-plus circuit.
on No. 18. His approach had landed and bad bogeys, and 15 was horri- After a hot second round, he
in the rough near a bunker. ble after a good tee shot, bad layup summed up this one as “just hang-
“I didn’t hit the best of second and then downhill from that point ing in there.”
shots,” Stricker said. “I tried to hit onward,” Langer said. Charles Schwab Cup leader
a 3-wood and hit it really hard and He is seeking to become the Tra- Scott McCarron was 3 over after a
tried to get it into the green. Kind of 72, but will retain his No. 1 spot af-
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dition’s first three-time winner. He
hit a little thin and rolled it up there. already has won a pair of majors ter this weekend. Log cabin
4B Sunday, May 12, 2019
LEFT: Nuno Borges eyes his shot in doubles action. RIGHT: Strahinja Rakic celebrates winning a point during his singles match. The Bulldogs’ season came to an end
Saturday with a 4-2 to TCU in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
Tennis
Continued from Page 1B
pelted the Starkville area,
causing a weather delay of
nearly three hours.
When play resumed, an il-
lustrious streak continued for
State’s top-ranked Borges, as
he finished off a 6 -1, 6 -4 victo-
ry over TCU’s No. 4 Rybakov
on court 1 to knot things up at
1-all. That win moved the MSU
senior into a tie for the longest
singles win streak in program
history at 26 matches, match-
ing All-American Thomas
Dupre’s streak set in 1996 -97.
Borges also become the first
Bulldog ever to go undefeated
during a dual match season,
posting an unprecedented
25-0 mark - all at the No. 1 po-
sition - in 2019.
Moments later, Rakic gave
MSU a 2-1 lead with a con-
vincing 6 -3, 6 -2 triumph over
the Horned Frogs’ Stalder on
court 3. The win marked the
fourth straight for the Serbian
senior and the seventh in his
last eight decisions.
The Horned Frogs would
put the next point on the board
when Fomba downed Foshey
7-5, 6 -3 on court 5 to make it
2-all. That decision halted Fos-
hey’s 10-match winning streak
entering Saturday.
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The remaining three courts
would all be decided in tight
three-set battles, with both
teams needing two of them to
secure the victory.
The first to finish would be
Kruger who held off State’s
Braun at the No. 4 spot. Kru-
ger took a close first set 7-5
before Braun evened things
with a 6 -4 second set decision.
In the third, Kruger jumped to
an early lead and never looked
back in a 7-5, 4-6, 6 -2 decision
to put the Horned Frogs up
3-2.
TCU’s 28th-ranked Alastair
Gray then outlasted State’s
61st-ranked Oradini at the No.
2 spot, after the Bulldog forced
a third set, to clinch the match.
In the third, Gray quickly went
up a break at 2-0, but Oradini
broke right back and held to
even it at 2-all. The Horned
Frog then held before break-
ing Oradini’s serve again to go
up 4-2. Gray went on to serve it
out and clinch the victory for
TCU and send his team to the
NCA A quarterfinals.
In the remaining match on
court, TCU’s Sander Jong was
up 2-6, 7-6(7), 5-4 over MSU’s
Florian Broska when play was
suspended.
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Saturday’s match marked
an end to an incredible run
by MSU’s “Fantastic Four”
seniors of Borges, Braun, Fos-
hey and Rakic, who amassed a
program-best 85 team wins in
their four years. The group led
State to the NCA A Round of 16
three times in four seasons,
including the quarterfinals in
2018. Additionally, the quar-
tet helped the team reach the
semifinals or better in the SEC
Championship all four years,
including the tourney final in
2017, 2018, and 2019 - the final
two resulting in back-to-back
SEC Tournament crowns.
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MSU
Continued from Page 1B
Miss to 26-for-63. He also has hits in all
15 games he has played versus the Reb-
els.
Ole Miss struck back in the eighth
when Zabowski doubled down the right
field line to score Tyler Keenan. Sopho-
more Justin Foscue limited the damage
with a nifty relay throw to catch Thomas
Dillard trying to score from first base.
With Ginn exiting early, MSU coach
Chris Lemonis used six arms out of the
bullpen. Freshman Brandon Smith and
juniors Trysten Barlow and Jack Ea-
gan each pitched a third of an inning in
matchup-based situations. Juniors Colby
White and Riley Self tossed one and 1.1
innings of relief, respectively. Self was
named the winning pitcher.
Senior Cole Gordon earned his ninth
save of the year, inducing a double play
in the ninth to close the game.
MSU will go for the series sweep to-
day at noon.
GAME 1:
MSU 2, Ole Miss 0
Redshirt junior Ethan Small did
Ethan Small-type things in Friday’s 2-0
game one win over the Rebels.
Small tossed five innings, allowing
no runs on three hits. His 10 strikeouts
moved him into fourth on the MSU ca-
reer strikeout charts. It also marked
the ninth time Small has recorded dou-
ble-digit strikeouts in a game this sea-
son.
“He had one tough inning where his
pitch count got run up there, but besides
that I thought he was really good again,”
Lemonis said after the game.
The lefty was pulled after a brief fog
delay in the middle of the sixth inning.
Small said he discussed returning with
MSU pitching coach Scott Foxhall but
erred on the side of caution.
Senior Jared Liebelt took over in re-
lief. Liebelt gave up just three hits and
struck out two in four innings of score-
less ball to earn the save.
He said he didn’t expect to finish the
game but assumed that if he kept his
pitch count low the coaching staff would
let him ride it out.
“That’s our guy out of the pen,” soph-
omore infielder Tanner Allen said. “If it’s
a tough situation we’re going to Liebelt.”
Allen continued his recent tear in the
batter’s box, plating the both MSU runs.
His double over Ole Miss right fielder
Anthony Servideo in the third inning
opened the scoring.
“I just tried to stay above the ball and
I was able to run a ball into the gap and
get a big hit there in the (third) inning,”
he said.
Allen followed the double with an RBI
single up the middle to bring junior Gun-
ner Halter home for the second MSU
score.

Ginn
Continued from Page 1B
of the fourth inning.
The MSU athletic
training staff quickly
jogged out to the mound
to check on Ginn.
He shook them off al-
most immediately. He was
fine. No trainer needed.
On the ensuing at bat,
Ginn gifted Ole Miss’
Jacob Adams first base
with a wild pitch on strike
three. Another wild pitch
then moved him to sec-
ond and a throwing error
sent Adams to third. Tied
2-2, the go-ahead run was
just 90-feet from the plate.
Ginn next battled
through a seven-pitch at-
bat with Ole Miss center-
fielder Josh Hall.
Garnering a swinging
strikeout with a ball in the
dirt, Ginn stared down
the Ole Miss dugout as he
walked toward his own.
There was visible dis-
appointment as Ginn
walked off the field in fa-
vor of junior reliever Trys-
ten Barlow in the fifth.
He finished his outing back from injury.
after 4.2 innings, giving It’s become common-
up three runs while strik- place for Ginn to flash
ing out five. It was the ability beyond his years.
first time he had failed Ten of his 13 starts have
to reach the fifth inning lasted five innings or
since April 15 against Al- longer. Six of those have
abama — his first game been six innings or more.

Alabama
Continued from Page 1B
one run on six hits and a
walk while striking out
three before handing it
over to the bullpen. Cobb
followed, with the junior
contributing 1.2 scoreless
innings of relief. Ran-
dolph (9) was then able to
secure the win with a two-
pitch save, his ninth of the
season.
Alabama gained
its two-run advantage
thanks to solo home runs
from a pair of freshmen.
The first solo shot of
the day came from T.J.
Reeves in the bottom of
the first. Reeves sent an
0-1 pitch over the score-
board in left for his ninth
homer of the season. The
Tide’s second roundtrip-
per came from Tyler Ras
in the fourth, as the des-
ignated hitter turned on
one, sending a deep fly
over the wall in left for the
2-0 lead.
Texas A&M was able
to get on the board in the
seventh with one run but
would come no closer.
The duo of Cobb and Ran-
dolph halted any potential
comeback to send the two
teams into Sunday with
the series even at one
game apiece.
The Crimson Tide
and Aggies meet for the
rubber match on Sunday
with a 2 p.m. CT first
pitch scheduled. Alabama
will call on senior right- following @AlabmaBSB
hander Sam Finnerty on Twitter and Instagram
for the start while Texas
and on Facebook at Al-
A&M counters with soph-
omore Christian Roa, abama Baseball. Gener-
also a right-hander, on al athletic news can be
getaway day. The game found at UA_Athletics
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AUTO RACING
Pagenaud earns 3rd IndyCar GP win
with splashy move in rain
INDIANAPOLIS — Simon Pagenaud
ended his victory drought Saturday with
a splashy move — and a rooster tail cel-
ebration.
He completed a daring three-turn
pass on the second-to-last lap and sped
away from Scott Dixon for his third In-
dyCar Grand Prix victory and first se-
ries win since the 2017 season finale at
Sonoma. Pagenaud beat five-time series
champion Scott Dixon by 2.0469 sec-
onds.
While other drivers struggled with
tire wear on the wet road course, Pa-
genaud got even more aggressive — a
trick he learned driving in his home
country of France.
Pagenaud said he experimented with
the braking, threw in some fakes and
took advantage of other drivers’ second
thoughts.
The result: He erased a six-plus sec-
ond differential with Dixon in the final
five laps and there was nothing the five-
time series champion could do to stop
the hard-charging Pagenaud.
But as easy as Pagenaud made it look
in the closing laps, that certainly wasn’t
the case earlier in the race.
He qualified eighth, barely avoided
a loose tire from teammate Josef New-
garden following a pit stop and ran out of
push-to-pass time while getting by Jack
Harvey for second.
Yet somehow, he still managed to
give Team Penske its fifth consecutive
win on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s
2.439-mile, 14-turn course. Pagenaud
and teammate Will Power are the only
drivers to win this race, each three
times.
It’s the first time this season an Indy-
Car team has won two races.
— The Associated Press
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Willie “Hoot” West

Willie “Hoot” West, 81, of
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son- Michael “Mike” (Patricia) West; grand-
children- Christina Lowe, Garey Edmondson,
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Edmondson, Ashley Lowe; mother- Eillie Rhee
Reeves West; sisters- Betty Ray and Martha
Sue Gwathney; brother- Dean West.
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and his wife Laura. He had four
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Hendrix, Sudduth Fuller, and Britt Cockrell and
his wife Missy and two great grandchildren, Jor-
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five sisters; Joy Childs, Barbara Matthews, Linda
Childs and her husband Randy, Rebecca Ellis,
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Hendrix and his wife Nancy.
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member of Woodmen Life for 52 years serving
as president of Chapter 54 of the local Woodmen
Life since 1998. He served as president of the
Caldwell Sports Booster club in 1977.
He was a faithful member of Fairview Baptist
Church since 1998 and was a member of Billy
Bozeman’s Sunday School class.
Pallbearer’s will be Gene Childs, Caleb Childs,
Bryan Childs, Steve Hendrix, Sheryl Hendrix,
Chip Ellis, Randy Childs, Jody Hendrix, and Jef-
frey Lane Hendrix II.
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Lennie Turner, IBEW Local 917, Billy Bozeman
and his Sunday School Class, Garrett Emerson,
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Faye Morgan, Jane Harper, Carolyn Johnson, Oe-
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Ken Huss, Dr Larry Bradford, Reverend Sam
Taylor, Reverend David Vees, Deb Shelton, and
Patsy Winklepleck.
Mr Hendrix was always willing to help out in
anyway he could, he was loved by many and will
be missed by those he touched. In lieu of flow-
ers, memorials May be made to Fairview Baptist
Church at 127 Airline Rd in memory of Joe Hen-
in 1949. She attended the University of Missis-
sippi but did not complete her degree. Instead,
she joined the United States Navy as a WAVE
(Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency
Service). She completed her training in Great
Lakes, IL. Lois appeared in a recruiting film for
the WAVES. She was assigned to Millington, TN
as a teletype operator sending and receiving cod-
ed messages. That is where she met the love of
her life Harold William “Buck” Donaldson. They
married on February 20, 1953 and began their
Navy adventure together. They were stationed
in Maryland, several places in California, Naples
Italy, several places in Florida, and Virginia to
name a few. When Buck retired from the Navy
they moved to Columbus to be near family in
MS and AL. Lois worked in Columbus at Wool-
co managing the Jewelry Department for sever-
al years before retiring. She attended both the
Baptist and the Methodist churches, and when
she could not attend Pastor John Hagee was her
pastor at home. During her leisure time Lois en-
joyed working in her yard, growing flowers and
her family. Lois was a 50+ year member of the
Ribault Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star
out of Jacksonville, FL, a former member of the
Hic-a-Sha-Ba-Ha Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Putnam Darden Chap-
ter #2242 of the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, and the Daughters of the American Colo-
nies in Tupelo, MS.
During their time together Buck and Lois
had five children Beverly (Donnie) Hammett of
Starkville, MS, Paul Donaldson of Madison, MS,
Steven Donaldson of Columbus, MS (deceased),
Cindy (Paul) Starkey of Fair Oaks Ranch, TX and
Patrick (Arlen) Donaldson of Frisco, TX. Lois
leaves behind 10 grandchildren ages 46 years - 3
years, and 7 great grandchildren ages 19 years - 6
months. She also leaves behind a host of nieces
and nephews.
Visitation will be at Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home 2nd Ave North Wednesday May
15, 2019 from 9:00-10:00am. Services will be at
Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home Chapel 2nd
Ave North on Wednesday May 15, 2019 at 10:00
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at Sapa Cemetary in Eupora, MS with full Mili-
tary Honors. Pallbearers will be Grandsons and
Grandsons-in-law Todd Pedersen of Marion, AR,
Shannon Hammett of Starkville, MS, Kyle Hind-
man of Louisville, MS, Brandon Wigginton of
Starkville, MS, Andrew Donaldson of Virginia
Beach, VA, Josh Donaldson of Lynchburg, VA
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House passes $19B disaster aid bill over Trump opposition

Legislation has been held up in the Senate amid a fight
between president and Democrats over aid to Puerto Rico
By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — the South,” said House Ap-
The House on Friday
passed a $19 billion di-
saster aid bill that would
deliver long-sought relief
to farmers, victims of hur-
ricanes and floods, and
rebuild southern military
bases, as Democrats try
to dislodge the legislation
from a Senate logjam over
aid to hurricane-slammed
Puerto Rico.
The measure passed
by a 257-150 vote over the
opposition of most Repub-
licans, who said it should
also include the Trump
administration’s $4.5 bil-
lion request for stepped
up humanitarian aid and
law enforcement along
the U.S.-Mexico border,
which is facing a wave of
migrants fleeing violence
in Central America.
The House had passed
an earlier $14 billion ver-
sion of the measure in
January, but the legisla-
tion has been held up in
the Senate amid a fight
between President Don-
ald Trump and Demo-
crats over aid to Puerto
Rico. Trump is feuding
with Democratic officials
on the island and falsely
claims that Puerto Rico
has already received $91
billion in aid.
Trump took to Twitter
on Thursday to urge Re-
publicans to vote against
the bill.
“House Republicans
should not vote for the
BAD DEMOCRAT Di-
saster Supplemental Bill
which hurts our States,
Farmers & Border Secu-
rity,” Trump tweeted. “We
want to do much better
than this. All sides keep
working and send a good
BILL for immediate sign-
ing!”
After the vote, Trump
tweeted in praise of GOP
solidarity, although 34 Re-
publicans broke with his
position and supported
the disaster aid. “Great
Republican vote today on
Disaster Relief Bill. We
will now work out a bipar-
tisan solution that gets
relief for our great States
and Farmers. Thank you
to all. Get me a Bill that I
can quickly sign!”
Some of the Repub-
licans who broke with
Trump were from areas
hit by the disasters, like
Texas and Florida, and
others were more moder-
ate Republicans from the
Northeast.
Disaster aid measures
are usually among the few
reliably bipartisan pieces
of legislation left in an in-
creasingly partisan Wash-
ington. But the pending
measure faces several ob-
stacles in addition to the
battle over Puerto Rico,
including an attempt by
powerful Senate Appro-
priations Committee
Chairman Richard Shel-
by, R-Ala., to boost Army
Corps of Engineers har-
bor dredging efforts, of
which the Port of Mobile
in his state would be a ma-
jor beneficiary. Shelby’s
relationship with White
House Acting Chief of
“The bill languished
for months in the Senate
Staff Mick Mulvaney also over assistance for Puerto
appears strained. Rico. And as it sat there,
Since the House mea- floods battered the Mid-
sure originally passed, west and tornadoes swept
Midwestern floods have
added billions of dollars to
propriations Committee
the government’s roster of
Chairwoman Nita Lowey,
disaster needs, while a ris-
D-N.Y. “This legislation at-
ing wave of Central Amer-
tempts to meet the needs
ican migrants seeking
refuge from violence in of all of America’s disas-
ter-stricken communities
their countries is requir-
— whether in Puerto Rico
ing additional billions of
or the Midwest, California
dollars to house and care
for thousands of migrants. or the Carolinas.”

Shanahan says military won’t

leave until border is secure
Acting Defense Secretary: 4,364
troops on the border, including
active-duty and National Guard
By ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
MCALLEN, Texas —
Acting Defense Secretary
Patrick Shanahan visited
a border city in Texas on
Saturday and said he in-
tends to accelerate plan-
ning to secure the border
and bolster the adminis-
tration’s ability to accom-
plish that without the Pen-
tagon’s continuous help.
He also offered assur-
ances to perhaps two doz-
en Border Patrol agents
and other officials at the
McAllen Border Patrol
Station that the Pentagon
would not withdraw its
military support prema-
turely.
“We’re not going to
leave until the border is
secure,” he said, adding,
“This isn’t about identify-
ing a problem. It’s about
fixing a problem more
quickly.”
Shanahan told Con-
gress this past week that
there are 4,364 military
troops on the border, in-
cluding active-duty and
National Guard. They are
erecting barriers, provid-
ing logistics and trans-
portation service and
other activities in support
of Customs and Border
Protection. The troops
are prohibited from per-
forming law enforcement
duties. Troops have been
deployed on the border
since last October and are
committed to being there
through September.
While flying to Texas,
he dismissed any sugges-
tion that active-duty forc-
es will extend their mis-
sion for the long haul. “It
will not be indefinite,” he
told reporters traveling
with him.

Uber’s IPO hits a few potholes on its first day

The Associated Press
NEW YORK — After
much hype leading up
to the largest initial pub-
lic offering in five years,
Uber hit a few potholes
on its first day of trading,
closing down 8 percent
and reflecting lingering
doubts about its future
prospects for profitabili-
ty.
The ride-hailing com-
pany injected investors
with a dose of reality
right out of the gate, trad-
ing at $42 a share Friday
— or nearly 7 percent be-
low its IPO price of $45 on
an already volatile day for
the markets. Its shares
closed at $41.57.
Despite the rocky
debut, Uber CEO Dara
Khosrowshahi said he
was thrilled to complete
the IPO, adding that the
$8.1 billion that Uber
raised in the process
would be crucial to its fu-
ture growth plans.
“It’s a great moment
for the company and all
the employees who have
been working so hard to
get here,” Khosrowshahi
said in an interview with
The Associated Press.
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Lifestyles
Mom to mom
Moms Casey Erickson, left, and Ivy Harris of Columbus help two of Erickson’s children and a playmate with an activity during a MOPS play date. Susie Erickson,
10, is standing far left. Two-year-old Josie Erickson, center, peeks over the table. Erickson and Harris belong to a MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers — group that
meets twice monthly at Main Street Presbyterian Church. MOPS groups also plan outings, game nights, ladies night out and other activities.
MOPS knows moms need a support system, too
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
A
s a young mother,
Lorena Thomas
was feeling a bit
lost in 2010. She had
two small daughters
born 18 months apart,
no experience with chil-
dren and few people to
lean on or ask advice of. Thomas
A native of Ecuador, she
also daily faced language and cultural
issues, although she had previously
earned a master’s degree at Mississip-
pi State University. That’s where she
met her future husband, who is from
the Philippines. After completing
her degree, Thomas had returned to
Ecuador, but eventually came back to
Mississippi to marry. It wasn’t long
before she was learning on-the-job
how to be a mother.
“It was a very lonely world,” Thom-
as said, looking back on her inexperi-
enced start. “I had moved to Colum-
bus, and I hardly spoke English and
didn’t have any friends. My life was
so different when I came back here. I
wasn’t working; I stayed at home for
the first time, and I had never been
around little kids. It really was just a
shock, with the culture being differ-
ent and just not having a friend ... ”
What Thomas did have was a
neighbor who told her about MOPS
— Mothers of Preschoolers. Founded
in 1973 in Colorado, MOPS — lat-
er MOPS International — rallies
women to come together in their own
neighborhoods and help each other
through motherhood. It encourages
and equips moms of young children
to realize their potential not only as
parents, but as women and leaders, in
partnership with local churches. Sev-
eral groups are active in the Golden
Triangle. The one Thomas was told
about nine years ago currently meets
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twice monthly at Main Street Pres-
byterian Church. Casey Erickson is
president.
“This group has been around for
14 years, and amazingly, I’ve been
involved the entire time,” Erickson
said. She has yet to “graduate out”
of the networking group for mothers
with preschoolers because, with six
children ages 2 1/2 to 16, she contin-
ues to have a preschooler at home.
Even as experienced at parenting as
she is now, she can still relate to the
insecurities Thomas felt.
“Anyone who has become a mom
can agree it’s one of the most wonder-
ful, meaningful and awesome things
that can happen to you — but also one
of the most difficult,” Erickson said.
“It’s easy to become isolated, over-
whelmed and discouraged. At MOPS,
we want to give moms a chance to get
out, make friends, have some adult
conversation and trust God in the
process.”
nnn
What Thomas found at the first
meeting she attended made her
hopeful.
“It was very inspirational,” she
said. “The moms just started talking
a little bit about their lives, and I met
a mentor mom, a more experienced
mom who has done this already and
is willing to teach younger moms.”
Thomas discovered she wasn’t the
only mother with questions; she was
able to voice hers face-to-face, on ev-
erything from meal-planning to time
management. Her mentor mom, Kelly
Hutto, became a significant resource
and friend.
“I remember one thing she told me
Courtesy photo
was that it’s very important to wake MOPS member Myra Rosenblatt and her son Lyle Rosenblatt, center, join fellow
up before the kids, to have a quiet MOPS moms and playmates on an outing to Lake Lowndes State Park last year.
time,” Thomas recounted. “You need Seated on the ground is mom Cyndi Walls. At right is Laura Halverson and her
that time, to see what you need to do daughter, Laura. In the background are Lorena Thomas with Emma, Noah and
See MOPS, 5C Sophia Thomas, and Liam Walls.
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In the garden with Felder

Big rains flush out some whoppers

I
’m setting up an
epic battle in my
garden between
a small reptile and
its normally-meek
but now Franken-
steinian prey.
To set this up,
like any other
curious gardener,
the other day I went
out to see what was
going on; difference Felder Rushing
was, it was during
a heavy down-
pour. Braving the lightning
and stares from neighbors, I
waded through a surging flood
to check out where rainwater
flows when it is going full
throttle.
Yeah, I got soaked, head to
toe, but I found where I need
to make minor adjustments for
simple solutions to otherwise
unseen problems. Checked my
gutters and noted two spots
where I can add extended
gargoyle-like spouts to throw
the water farther from the
house. Saw that one of my low
dirt-and-plant berms needs to
be made a bit longer to redirect nutrients and plant roots and
the rage at its peak. And in one
spot I can create a flagstone
waterway that will look good
even in dry seasons.
But during a lull in the
torrent, I poked around in the
soil in one of my
new raised beds
to see how it was
draining. My raised
beds are made of
basically native clay
dug a shovel deep
but fluffed up a few
inches with added
compost and bark.
Some are unframed,
others have walls
of pressure-treated
wood or stones; one
is lined with wine
bottles stuck neck-down.
But here’s where it got
exciting, at least to a garden
geek like me. As I jiggled the
soil a bit with my turning fork,
I uncovered three of the largest
earthworms I have ever seen.
One was just over 10 inches
long and frantically made no
bones about not wanting to be
picked up.
They had come up towards
the surface to keep from
drowning, but I know that
when it dries again they will
burrow deeply, creating tunnels
throughout for air, water,
spreading their castings — the
most nutritious manure on the
planet.
This is especially good for
shrubs and perennial flower
beds where my own piddling
around isn’t easy. In fact, I
discovered years ago that by
simply feeding earthworms
by spreading leaf litter in the
fall and dusting it lightly with
protein-rich cottonseed meal,
they’ll grow large and strong
and save me a lot of trouble by
digging my garden nearly year-
round.
From adding a little bark to
the clay soil in my new raised
bed, then feeding worms with
leaf mulch, over just a few
months those original half-
starved, thin, see-through
wormlets have beefed up into
mini-monsters. I feel as proud
as a rancher who helped calves
grow into cattle. And I’ll never
have to really dig that bed
again.
On a seemingly unrelated
note, the other day while haul-
ing shrubs I saw a lizard jump
into the little garden planted
in the back of my truck. It was Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
a sleek, striped skink with a Felder Rushing recently discovered “monster worms” in his
bright blue tail. They normally garden. Burrowing earthworms create tunnels for air, water and
eat snails and worms. nutrients in a garden bed.
Trouble is, I’m leaving soon
for garden and flower show can catch it and release into skink comes across that nest of
tours, and the lizard won’t be my larger garden. Hope I don’t monster worms.
able to survive all summer in make it throw off its pretty tail, Felder Rushing is a Mississip-
the truck garden. So as soon as though I know it’ll grow right pi author, columnist, and host of
the rain lets up I’ll wiggle my back. the “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB
fingers from one corner of the Just wish I could watch the Think Radio. Email gardening
garden to the far corner to herd epic battle that’ll set off when questions to rushingfelder@
the skittish reptile to where I the small, shy, worm-eating yahoo.com.

Oktibbeha Master Gardeners launch tomato contest

SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH for the competition this year are an the Master Gardeners booth at the
indeterminate variety knows as Park’s Starkville Community Market and

I
f you’ve ever dreamed of growing
the largest, most luscious summer
tomato on the block, Oktibbeha
County Master Gardeners organization
has a deal for you.
“We will launch the Great Tomato
Battle on Monday, May 13, and the
competition is open to all citizens in
the county,” said Jim McKell, chairman
of the event. “The only requirement to
enter is to attend one of two short ed-
ucational sessions on Monday and pay
the $5 entry fee which entitles them to
two tomato plants.”
McKell said the plants selected
Whopper.
“This tomato is big in every away.
Fruit ranges from 13 to 19 ounces,”
McKell said. “It offers big flavor, big
juicy fruit, exceptional disease resis-
tance and vigorous plants that produce
full-size tomatoes right up to frost.”
Contestants must bring their best
and largest specimen to the Oktibbeha
County Extension Service on July 30
for judging. Cash winners and brag-
ging rights will be awarded in two
categories: the largest and the grower
who produces the largest harvest.
For more information, stop by
Plant Sale Saturday from 7:30-
10:30 a.m., or call the Oktibbe-
ha County Extension Service
at 662-323-5916.
Oktibbeha County
Master Gardeners is part
of a nationwide network for
home horticulturists and
hobby gardeners who are
committed to improving the
appearance of public places
and providing educational
opportunities for young and
old at all levels of the gardening
spectrum.
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calendar
Monday, May 13
Road Dawgs Tour 2019 —
The MSU Road Dawgs Tour stops in
Starkville with Head Football Coach
Joe Moorhead, Director of Athletics
John Cohen and additional guests at
the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex on
campus. Buffet lunch is 11:30 a.m.
(Doors open 11 a.m.) Program begins
at noon. $15 advance registration at
eventbrite.com. $20 walk-ins; limited
capacity. Email oktalumnichapter.com
for more information.
Tuesday, May 16
Book signing — Mississippi
State alumna R.C. (Ruth) White signs
her new book “Ten Million Kisses”
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Barnes &
Noble on the MSU campus.
Saturday, May 18
The Big Payback — This
benefit for Zachary’s staff as the
restaurant rebuilds following a fire
is 1-7 p.m. at Trotter Convention
Center in downtown Columbus. Enjoy
live music, auction and food. $20
donation at the door. For sponsorship
info, contact Colin Krieger, 662-329-
7653. To donate auction items, call
662-251-5959.
Saturdays, May 18, 25
Oktibbeha plant sale —
Oktibbeha County Master Garden-
ers hold an annual plant sale from
7:30-10:30 a.m. at the Starkville
Community Market at the intersection
of Lampkin and Russell Streets. Pro-
ceeds support horticulture scholar-
ships to MSU.
Monday, May 20
Farm to Fork dinner — This
Starkville Community Market benefit
features a five-course meal prepared
by local chefs with locally-grown
and crafted ingredients from market
vendors, at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station
Park, Starkville. Tickets are $75;
must be purchased in advance. Email
pwatson@starkville.org or call The
Partnership, 662-323-3322.
Thursday, May 23
Downtown at Sundown — A
series of free summer concerts at
Firestation Park in Starkville begins Courtesy vphoto
with music by Flathead Ford from
7-9 p.m. Lawnchairs or blankets
Sunday Funday — A new includes beverage and dessert. Get
welcome; no coolers. Food and drink
season of monthly Sunday Funday advance tickets at Military Hardware,
vendors will be on site. For more
community celebrations begins with Helping Hands, St. Paul’s or First
information, visit starkville.org.
live music, art vendors and kids’ United Methodist Church.
Sunday, May 26 tent from 1-6 p.m. at 513 University
Saturday, June 1
Northside Charity Boil — Drive, Starkville.
This fundraiser benefiting the Golden Ride for Camp Rising Sun
Triangle Homeless Coalition is hosted Friday, May 31 — Tammy’s Ride for Camp Rising
by Colin and Desiree Krieger from 1-7 Loaves & Fishes — This year’s Sun invites motorcyclists to raise
p.m. at 803 Fifth Ave. N. in Colum- annual Loaves & Fishes Community kickstands for a good cause at 10
bus. Enjoy a waterslide, crawfish, Soup Kitchen fundraiser is a fish fry a.m. (registration 8:30 a.m.) at the
gumbo, pizza, burgers and more. Get from 5-7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episco- American Legion, 308 Chubby Lane,
advance raffle tickets at 662tix.com. pal Church, 318 College St., Colum- Columbus. $20 per rider; $5 per
Contact Krieger, 662-329-7653, for bus. Live music, raffles, dine-in or passenger. Live entertainment, kids
sponsorship information. takeout. Plates are $15; two for $25, area and food available.

May 16 – Johnny Hollis is
helping Hobie’s on Main, 217
E. Main St., Starkville, kick
off their first Third Thursday.
With the help of his guitar and
harmonica, he plays a blend of
folk, rock ‘n roll and blues. The
show is 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Tickets
are $5. Visit 662tix.com to get
tickets in advance and save
your spot for the first Third
Thursday.
May 17 – Come enjoy some
great country music with Choc-
taw Clay at Hobie’s on Main,
217 E. Main St., Starkville,
from 10 p.m.-12 a.m. Tickets
are $5 and can be purchased
at 662tix.com.
May 26 – The annual Northside
Charity Boil is 1 p.m.-7 p.m. at
803 Fifth Ave. N. in Columbus.
This is a charity event for the
Golden Triangle Homeless
Coalition. Tickets are $5 and
are for raffle tickets only. Prizes
include a gas grill, a 50-inch
Sharp 1080P Smart TV and
more. Visit 662tix.com for
information and raffle tickets.
June 8 – Lion Hills Golf Course,
2331 Military Road, Columbus,
hosts its first annual Crawfish
Swing: Three-Man Scramble
from 1 p.m.-8 p.m. Tickets are
$100 per golfer, includes craw-
fish, adult beverages and 27
holes of golf. Visit 662tix.com
to purchase advance tickets.
OUT THERE
May 14 – India Arie, Alys Stephens Center,
Birmingham. 205-975-2787, alysstephens.
org.
May 18 – Pickens County Courthouse
Ghost History Tour (and paranormal investi-
gation), 8 p.m. 20 Phoenix Avenue, Car-
rollton, Alabama. southernghostgirls.com,
eventbrite.com or email lesleyhyde7480@
gmail.com.
May 23 – America, Riley Center, Meridian.
601-696-2200, msurileycenter.com.
May 24 – Kenny Chesney, Tuscaloosa Am-
phitheater. 205-248-5280, tuscaloosaam-
phitheater.com.
May 25 – Red Hills Festival, downtown Lou-
isville. 662-773-3921.
June 1 – B.B. King Homecoming Festi-
val (B.B. King AllStars, Mr. Sipp, Robert
Kimbrough Sr., Grady Champion, Kingfish
Ingram, more), B.B. King Museum, Indiano-
la. bbkingmuseum.org.
June 5-9 – Tupelo Elvis Festival, Fairpark,
Tupelo. tupeloelvisfestival.com.
June 14 – Hank Williams Jr., Tuscaloosa
Amphitheater, 205-248-5280, tuscaloo-
saamphitheater.com.
June 30 – Rob Thomas (with Abby Ander-
son), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, 205-248-
5280, tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

Giving back: Charity Boil to benefit homeless coalition

Event is Sunday, May 26, 1-7 p.m.
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
boil block party several years
ago at the Kriegers’ residence
DePriest explained, “Our
goal is provide three stages
of housing. The first is emer-
gency housing for people who
need a hotel for one to three
The Kriegers are glad to
do their part to advance the
mission.
“My wife and I came up
here (from New Orleans) after
IF YOU GO:
WHO: Colin and Desiree Krieger
WHAT: Northside Charity Boil
WHEN: Sunday, May 26; 1-7 p.m.
WHERE: 803 Fifth Ave. N., Co-

F
or a fourth year, the
Northside Charity Boil
organized by Colin and
Desiree Krieger will benefit the
Golden Triangle Homeless Coa-
lition. The May 26 event couldn’t
be more timely. Due to a grant
awarded but not yet funded, the
Homeless Coalition is in great
need of funds to help provide
emergency shelter for people
in the Golden Triangle who are
homeless.
“I can’t tell you how hard it is
to say ‘no’ to somebody who is
coming to us in need,” said the
Rev. Sandra DePriest of Colum-
bus, a GTHC board member
and officer. “Colin is amazing
and generous, and we are so
grateful for this opportunity to
raise some much-needed funds.”
What began as a crawfish
has grown into a significant
opportunity to do good in the
community.
“It got started as a neigh-
borhood party, and everybody
chipped in some money,” Colin
Krieger said. Before long, a
sponsor stepped up. The parties
got bigger and people still
chipped in. All extra monies
were donated to the coalition.
Krieger said last year’s boil
drew about 400 people and
raised approximately $4,000.
“Homelessness is not always
at the forefront,” said Krieger,
who noted he’s been aware in
the past few years how reduced
funding in general has strained
nonprofits like GTHC, which
strives to help the homeless
achieve and sustain a stable
environment.
nights until we can get a plan
in place for more permanent
housing. That’s where our
greatest need is right now. We
are desperate for funds to help
people who are sleeping on
the streets.”
It’s not unusual for requests
for help to come from fami-
lies, especially mothers with
children, added DePriest,
who cofounded the coalition
with the Rev. Anne Harris of
Columbus in 2014.
The organization works
with those in its program
who are motivated to achieve
increasing independence. As-
sistance may range from 120
days in one of two apartments
available to GTHC, to guid-
ance in job training, life skills
and money management.
Katrina,” Krieger said. “We
were warmly welcomed when
we came to town. When we
rode the wave up here, they
took care of us.”
Accustomed to New Orle-
ans’ party tradition, the couple
continued the trend in Colum-
bus, turning the events into
opportunities to give back.
“We knew our parties were
getting bigger,” he said, “and
we knew we had money left
over — and people just need
help.”
Sunday, May 26
The Northside Charity Boil
is from 1-7 p.m. at 803 Fifth
Ave. N. In addition to live
music from area musicians,
the day includes crawfish by
Kidd’s Crawfish, gumbo, dirty
lumbus
COST: Donations to Golden Tri-
angle Homeless Coalition. Raffle
tickets are $5.
rice, pizza, burgers and hot
dogs. Staff from Zachary’s
restaurant, which is recov-
ering from a recent fire, will
also volunteer at the grills. A
water-slide for children and
a raffle for a 50-inch Sharp
1080P Smart TV, as well as
a gas grill and other prizes,
also highlight the fundraiser.
Raffle tickets are $5, available
at 662tix.com or at the event.
For information on becom-
ing a sponsor, contact Krieger
at 662-329-7653.
For additional information
about the Golden Triangle
Homeless Coalition, visit
gtrhomelesscoalition.org.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My husband
suffers from migraines and
has never been happy in
any job he’s had. He has tried
every available treatment for his
migraines, to no avail. He still has
them daily. I think they may be
partly psychological.
In the 10 years we’ve been
married, he has had six different
jobs. The longest one lasted
three years but ended miserably.
He went on sick leave because of
his manager and eventually quit
on bad terms.
As soon as he doesn’t like a Dear Abby
person above him or a situation,
his migraines get worse and he
quits. He’s now talking about leaving the job
he got two months ago. He sees two different
therapists to deal with these and other issues.
Where do I draw the line
between being a supportive wife
and just wanting a stable life for
our family? We have two young
kids. I earn a good income and
have always had stable jobs (more
than five years per company). I
started a new job six months ago
that is very stressful, and this has
been tough on me. Please give me
some advice. — MISERABLE IN
MONTREAL
DEAR MISERABLE: Because
the stress of your marriage is now
affecting you, it’s time to make an
appointment with a therapist for
yourself. Whether your husband’s
migraines are real, psychosomatic
or an excuse to run from an uncomfortable sit-
uation, I can’t guess. You need an expert who
is closer to home to help you figure this out.
Please don’t wait. You have my sympathy.
DEAR ABBY: I am a widow who spends sum-
mers up north with my son and winters with my
daughter down south. My problem is, a friend
of my daughter is extremely rude and insulting
to me.
“Valerie” arrives at my daughter’s without
being invited, walks in and either makes a
disparaging remark to me (“You still here?”) or
walks right past me with her nose in the air. My
daughter says nothing.
I have always tried to be pleasant to Val-
erie, but I’m tired of her rude behavior. I have
excellent rapport with all of my daughter’s other
friends. Please advise as to how I should han-
dle this. — UNWELCOMED IN NEW YORK
DEAR UNWELCOMED: I agree, Valerie’s be-
havior is disrespectful and hostile. Express this
to your (silent) daughter and ask how she feels
about the way her friend behaves with you, and
why she’s allowed to drop in with no notice. Her
answer may be enlightening.
The next time the “friend” pops in and asks
if you’re “still here,” speak up and tell her the
length of your visit is none of her business and
asking about it strikes you as rude. If you do, it
may clear the air.
DEAR READERS: I wish a very Happy
Mother’s Day to mothers everywhere — birth
mothers, adoptive and foster mothers, step-
mothers, grandmothers who are raising their
grandchildren, and dual-role dads. Orchids to all
of you for the love you give each and every day.
— LOVE, ABBY
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was found-
ed by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 12).
The trust you’ve built up with people
over the years has earned you a
level of comfort and support you will
enjoy this year. As relationships are
the true wealth of humanity, you’re
truly rich in this way, but it’s not
the only way you’ll experience good
fortune this solar return. There will
also be gold. Leo and Sagittarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers are:
8, 20, 1, 11 and 34.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You’ll deal with a system that’s
far from optimal, or you’ll operate
without a system in a situation that
clearly needs one. This is a chance
to use your organizational talents to
make a difference.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If
you take your whimsical ideas a lit-
tle more seriously, you’ll realize that
they’re actually extraordinary ways
of fixing a scene that was in grave
danger of becoming very boring.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Nonverbal communication will be
the most direct (and perhaps the
politest) way to communicate your
boundaries. One great strategy
is just to leave the room. Another
great one? Don’t enter the room in
the first place.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The
critical moment of a project is in the
final approach. To the airplane pilot
or the marathon runner, this means
the last five to seven miles. To you,
it means the point you’re coming to.
Make a plan.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In clas-
sic astrology, the planetoids were
mostly unknown, and now we can
delight in the nuances they add.
You’re getting more detailed in your
work, too, recognizing the smaller
things and using them to hone your
style.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As
the corona crowns the sun, the halo
crowns the head. Your aura extends
like a crown, too. Though few can
see this with two eyes, they’ll sense
it with the third and respond to your
spiritual beauty.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Throughout your life, you have ad-
mired and modeled various people.
The old influences remain in your
pantheon as a new one comes into
view, shining as the polestar of this
next journey.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
In your area of expertise, you’re a
forward-thinker. You don’t follow
the trends in this area because
trend-chasing would put you behind.
All the opportunities are at the start
of the wave.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Make the most of a beauti-
ful thing. If there are no beautiful
things, make one. If you can’t seem
to, then find the next closest thing
and treat it as though it’s a beau-
tiful thing and see what develops
from there.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
What allows you to be brilliant is
knowing that the mundane tasks,
like personal accounting, groceries
and laundry, are taken care of. It
makes sense to catch up on that
today and expect brilliance from
yourself tomorrow.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
There are things you can say to a
person and other things better left
to those who have a closer relation-
ship to the person. If you’re on the
innermost circle, there’s a certain
responsibility to deliver candor that
comes with the position.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
There’s really no such thing as a
higher value person. Everyone is
inherently the same value. Howev-
er, within the context of solving a
particular problem, there are more
and less useful contributors.
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Southern Gardening Nebraska to Noxubee:

Lantana’s summer bloom MSU welcomes latest
show is already underway artist-in-residence
O
ne group of MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
landscape

plants that
is really starting
to take off with its
summer show is
the lantana. These
popular landscape
plants are available
in a dizzying variety
of sizes and colors.
I really like
lantanas’ spreading Gary Bachman
growth habit. They
can act as ground
covers and are full of nonstop blooms.
In fact, I like to use these plants instead
of flowering annuals. Once established,
lantanas are reasonably drought tolerant,
but during dry conditions like we usually
experience in Mississippi summers, they
require supplemental irrigation.
Perhaps the lantana I like best is an
oldie but goodie. New Gold lantana, a Mis-
sissippi Medallion winner in 1996, has out-
standing, bright golden-yellow flowers. It’s
vigorous and low growing, with a dense,
trailing habit. It has the potential of reach-
ing 1 to 2 feet tall with a 3-foot spread.
Two selections closely related to New
Gold lantana and with similar growth hab-
its are Butter Cream, which has bright-yel-
low flowers that transition to creamy white,
and Silver Mound, which has pure white
flowers.
I’ve grown Butter Cream lantana in the
past. The flowering starts out as a bright,
golden-yellow and then, as the flowers ma-
ture, the edges turn creamy white until the
entire flower is white. During the summer,
there is a beautiful blend of these sunny
flowers on Butter Cream’s low-mounding
growth. Silver Mound’s flowers open and
remain a snowy white through the season.
In the early spring, cut lantana back
hard to about 4 to 6 inches to make room
for new growth. Light pruning through
the summer helps retain size and tidiness,
and it helps stimulate more flowering and a
bushier structure.
It is crucial you maintain good nutri-
tion for continued flowering through the
summer. Flowering will seem to shut off
if the plants get “hungry.” Fertilize once
per week with a water-soluble fertilizer to
preserve flowering potential.
The only pest of any significance to
watch out for is lantana lace bug, which
Gary Bachman/MSU Extension Service
Butter Cream lantana has bright-yellow flow-
ers that transition to creamy white.
produces leaf stippling on the tops of the
leaves and tar-like frass on the undersides.
Heavy infestations reduce flowering and
even cause the plant to defoliate.
We’ve observed this problem in some of
our lantana plantings at Mississippi State
University’s Coastal Research and Exten-
sion Center in Biloxi. The lantana will leaf
out and flower again, but it can cause some
concern. Prune the damage back to help
stimulate regrowth. It’s interesting that
some selections seem more resistant to
this pest.
If you confirm you have a lantana lace
bug infestation, apply a systemic insec-
ticide to the plant root zone during May
and July. Systemic insecticides include the
chemicals dinotefuran or imidacloprid.
Read labels to find which products include
these chemicals. Allow several weeks for
the insecticides to work, because they must
spread through the plant to be effective.
If you can’t decide whether you want
lantanas in your garden and landscape,
remember this: You have to have lantanas if
you want to attract butterflies and hum-
mingbirds.
Gary Bachman is an Extension and
research professor of horticulture at the Mis-
sissippi State University Coastal Research
and Extension Center in Biloxi and hosts
Southern Gardening television and radio
programs. Contact him at southerngarden-
ing@msstate.edu.
A
young creative from
Nebraska is bringing his
talents to the Magnolia
State as Mississippi State’s newest
artist-in-residence.
On the 48,000 acres of the Sam
D. Hamilton Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge, Jake Hebbert is
spending nearly two weeks ex-
ploring his passion for sculpture
and painting.
On Thursday, Hebbert led a
free oil painting demonstration at
the new Idea Shop in downtown
Starkville.
The native of the Cornhusker
State learned the craft of bronze
sculpture from renowned wildlife
artist William Davis who died
in 2010. Hebbert has now been
sculpting for 12 years and also
has worked in the movie industry
molding and building special
effects. He holds a Bachelor of
Fine Arts from the University of
Nebraska at Kearney. In addition
to sculpture and painting, he
works in digital media. For more,
visit j-a-hebbert.com.
Located 12 miles south of the
Starkville campus, the Refuge is
a federal reserve spanning into
Oktibbeha, Noxubee and Winston
counties. Established in 1940, it
serves as a feeding and resting
area for migratory birds and
resident wildlife, including white-
tailed deer, alligators and beaver.
Wetlands, cypress groves, prairie
grasslands and forest also are
among its many features.
The annual artist-in-residence
program is a collaborative effort
of MSU’s Department of Art, the
Refuge and its Friends of Noxu-
bee Refuge support organization,
as well as the Starkville Area Arts
Council.
Lori Neuenfeldt, MSU art in-
structor and gallery director, said
the program plays an integral role
in promoting the creative process
for innovative visual, performance
and literary artists. Visiting pro-
fessionals receive complimentary
Refuge housing and are wel-
come to experiment and further
develop their skills during time
Courtesy photo
The latest artist-in-residence at
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
is sculptor and painter Jake Heb-
bert of Nebraska
spent at MSU’s art facilities, she
explained.
“The Refuge residency
provides emerging and estab-
lished artists the opportunity and
workspace to research and create
art within the beautiful natural
surroundings of Northeast Missis-
sippi,” Neuenfeldt said. “Residents
have the freedom to explore
and interact with native wildlife,
as well as with members of the
Refuge staff and campus and local
communities.”
Among others, previous
artists-in-residence have included
MSU art/fine arts graduates Kara
VonKanel of Caledonia, Jordan
Knight of Brandon and Darren
Cheairs of New Albany; painter
and sculptor Caitlin Albritton of
Tampa, Florida; and visual artist
and art educator Gillian Furniss
of New York.
For more on the Noxubee
National Wildlife Refuge and its
Artist-in-Residence program, visit
fws.gov/refuge/Noxubee/art-
ist_in_residence.html.
Part of the College of Archi-
tecture, Art and Design, MSU’s
Department of Art is the longtime
home of the state’s largest un-
dergraduate studio art program.
Learn more at caad.msstate.edu.

Club Notes

APPRECIATION
FOR SERVICE:
Hic-A-Sha-Ba-
Ha DAR Chapter
Regent Patricia
Stuart presents
David Vanlanding-
ham of Starkville
with a pin recent-
ly in recognition
of his military
service. Vanland-
ingham served in
the U.S. Air Force
as a navigator on
a KC-135 refu-
eling plane. The
chapter event
took place at the
Starkville Country
Club.
Courtesy photo

Cotton District Juried Arts

awards announced
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH – Suzanne Powney, “A Play on Color: In-
teraction of Color in Letterpress” (first);

A
s part of its efforts to promote
fine arts, the Cotton District Arts
Festival hosts an annual Juried
Arts Exhibit. Winners for Starkville
Area Arts Council’s 2019 CDAF Juried
Arts Exhibit were announced April 13 at
the gallery showing in the Visual Arts
Center Gallery at MSU. An extended
showing of this exhibit is currently
on display in the lobby of the Greater
Starkville Development Partnership at
200 Main St., Starkville, until May 11.
Each year, the CDAF hosts a care-
fully juried arts exhibit, showing works
from local and regional artists ages 18
and older. To be selected is an honor in
itself. This year’s juror was Kate Cherry,
the executive director for the Meridian
Museum of Arts. This year’s winners in
each category are:
n Best in Show – Helene Fielder,
“Magnetic North” (ceramics)
n 2D – Carol Roark, “Chillin on a Dirt
Road” (first place); Allison Julian, “Re-
birth” (second)
n 3D – Mark Brown, “Figurehead Se-
ries (no. 12)” (first); Michelle Neumann,
“Pedestal with a Vine” (second)
n Photography and Graphic Design
Jeremy Murdock, “Brooklyn Chapel, Le-
flore County, Mississippi” (second).
For Merit Awards/Named Sponsor
Awards, donors sponsor prizes that
function as special recognition for out-
standing works, as selected by the juror.
These prizes are paid to the artists for
the works listed below:
n Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Ammons – Joe
MacGown, “Anthrobryoic Naid”
n Barbara Walker in memory of Ron
Walker – Dylan Karges, “Two Pines, Or-
ange Sky”
n Rev. and Mrs. Jim Ormon – Julia
Graber, “Exotic Tree”
n Paul Murray – Glenn Payne, “Pan-
handler”
n Jim and Suzy Turner in memory of
Jane M. Persian – Vicki Burnett, “Curb
Appeal”; Jessica Hughes, “Cotton Blos-
som”
n Jim and Suzy Turner in memory
of Marion M. Turner – Holly Johnson,
“Waiting at Bristol, Temple Meads”
n Frank Chiles – Jeanette Jarmon,
“Fairy World.”
Additional information about SAAC
can be found at s​ tarkvillearts.org​.
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The W announces free tuition program for Mississippi National Guard

MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS adjutant general, were present
at the ceremony held on The

E
arning the 2019-2020
Military Friendly®
Schools Designation,
Mississippi University for
Women announced The W
Free Tuition Program Tues-
day, furthering its support of
service members.
The cooperative agreement
between The W and the Mis-
sissippi National Guard will
ensure free tuition to partici-
pants enrolled full time at the
university. The opportunity
also extends to full- time Army
members.
The memorandum of under-
standing states the National
Guard “seeks opportunities to
improve our men and wom-
en’s ability to solve complex
problems at home and abroad.
Higher education is a critical
piece of that formula. We work
diligently to educate service
members on the benefits of a
college education.”
W President Nora Mill-
er and Maj. Gen. Janson D.
“Durr” Boyles, Mississippi’s
W’s campus.
“We are excited about this
partnership and proud to
support our service members
through the many academ-
ic programs The W has to
offer,” Miller said. “Providing
a high-quality, affordable
education while maintaining
an outstanding reputation in
the region is an institutional
priority for our university.”
Maj. Gen. Boyles added,
“Readiness is our force’s top
priority and The W’s tuition
program will help to attract
personnel who will staff our
future state and federal mis-
sions. The students receiving
this tuition benefit will contrib-
ute tremendously towards our
preparedness and be among
those ready to answer the call
Chris Jenkins/MUW University Relations
during state emergencies and Maj. Gen. Janson D. “Durr” Boyles, left, shakes hands with W President Nora Miller after signing the
overseas contingency opera- cooperative agreement Tuesday.
tions.”
At the beginning of the year, earn this achievement are rec- ranked No. 40 by U.S. News’ recognized for federal initia-
The W earned the 2019-2020 ognized for their commitment Best Colleges for Veterans in tives that help veterans and
Military Friendly® Schools to being better for veterans. the Southern regional. Col- active-duty service members
Designation. Institutions that In the fall, The W was leges that make the list, were pay for their degrees.

MOPS
Continued from Page 1C
with the day and to spend time
with the Lord.”
To this day, Thomas and
Hutto try to get together once a
week outside of regular meet-
ings. The group as a whole also
organizes play dates, game
nights, ladies night out and oth-
er activities that strengthen sup-
port among a cross-section of
women who represent different
ages, interests and ethnicities.
Regular daytime meetings
are September through May
and often feature speakers on
topics of interest to moms; some
teach a hands-on craft. Child-
care is provided.
“We recently made a chore
chart, and my boys love it!”
said member Cyndi Walls. She
is the mom of two sons, ages 5
and 7, but from 2011 until 2018
she and her husband were also
house parents at Palmer Home
for Children. She joined MOPS
about three years ago after see-
ing a Facebook post. “I honestly
have a hard time doing things
where I have to go meet new
people,” she said, “but being a
mom full-time, I was looking for
an outlet.”
The group helps Walls re-fo-
cus, she said.
“They talk about so many
things, from potty training to
holiday traditions. We can swap
funny stories, run ideas past
somebody else, or ask moms
that have already gone through
all this before. It’s a place of
encouragement.”
Members’ children benefit,
too, through new friends, play
and activities.
“The kids have a great time,”
Erickson said. “My child is
always asking, is today MOPS
day?”
Effects can ripple throughout
families. Member Ivy Harris’
husband, Justin Harris, said,
“MOPS has provided a two-way
street for our family. Not only
has it benefited us with regards
to spiritual, family and parent-
ing aspects of our lives, but it’s
provided an opportunity for our
family to serve others in our
community in the same ways as
well.”
nnn
MOPS welcomes new partic-
ipants.
“If you’re the mom of a pre-
schooler, then we’d love to have
you,” said Erickson.
If day meetings aren’t an
option, a newly-formed MOPS
group hosts monthly evening
meetings at the downtown Co-
lumbus YMCA. Another group
meets at Starkville’s First
Baptist Church.
“There’s so much we can
learn from each other,” said Er-
ickson. “The Lord has taught
me a lot during my years of be-
ing a mother of preschoolers,
and I want to share that with
new mothers — and I want to
learn from them.” Motherhood
can sometimes be hard, she
added. But it doesn’t have to be
lonely.
Thomas has a third child
now, another preschooler at
home — but she no longer feels
lost. She’s been at this mom
thing for a while now, and her
support system is intact. She
relishes “just having friends
and being able to go and have a
play date and to talk to some-
body, just a grown-up that
knows your name, that doesn’t
call me ‘Mommy’ and need
me every second,” she smiled.
“A lot of times you can feel
like you’re failing, but you’re
not alone. These are common
problems, and moms who have
gone through it, they are able
to share encouragement and
friendship.”
Editor’s note: To learn more
about this MOPS group, contact
Casey Erickson, 662-242-0964,
or Ivy Harris, 662-251-2868,
or visit facebook.com/goldentri-
angleMOPS. For information
about MOPS meeting at the
YMCA, email Fran Guerry,
franymca@yahoo.com. Visit fbc-
starkville.com/events for more
on Starkville MOPS meeting at
First Baptist Church.

Courtesy photo
JA SCHOLARSHIPS: Junior Auxiliary of Columbus honored its scholarship recipients
May 2 at Lion Hills Center. Recipients in front, from left, are Cassidy Faye Brown
(Caledonia High School), Cassidy Grace Stewart (Caledonia) and Macy Mackenzie
Sparks (West Lowndes). In back are Darrell Montes Johnson (Columbus High),
Amiyah Jo’Alma Brown (Caledonia), Marian Elise Turner (Columbus High) and Mal-
aka Brajzae Harris (West Lowndes). Stewart is winner of the $8,000 Terry Brewer
Spirit Award. Brown is recipient of the $8,000 Miss Eleanor Slaughter Excellence
Award (both $1,000 per semester for four years). Other honorees received one-time
$4,000 scholarships.
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In spite of some showers May 4, Market Street Festival in downtown Columbus offered
fun, food, artisans and crafts vendors. — Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Lauren, Andie, Landry and Charles Schippel Dru, Eddie and Ava Baker

Andre Echols, Thomas and Corey Simpson Boyce, Lily, Rex and Vonnie Moody Aria Baber, Astra Ellis, Peter Neely Jr.

Piper, Kirby and Judah Crigler Savannah, Nolan, Stefanie and Nick Christy

TRIVIA NIGHT
Teams tested their knowledge of trivia Wednesday at Trivia Night at Dave’s Dark Horse
Tavern in Starkville. — Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch

Laura Ellen, Andrew Jarosz Wes and Issi Burger

Kristin Williams, Jacob Linley, Chris Jones Anna Clark, Andi Durham

Darien Kennedy, Adriene Davis, Allie Bosi, Harrison English, Erika Niemann Alexandra Finley, Taylor Shelton, Russell Brandon
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IN THE OFFICE OF SU- bush hogging, clean−up 242−0324/241−4447
PERINTENDENT OF EDU- work, pressure washing, "We’ll go out on a limb
CATION, 1053 HIGH- moving help & furniture
WAY 45 SOUTH, repair. 662−242−3608.
COLUMBUS, MS. UNTIL
9:00 AM ON WEDNES-
RETAINER WALL,
DAY, MAY 29, 2019
FOR PEST CONTROL, driveway, foundation,
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, concrete, masonry
JOB WANTED
experienced &
affordable caregiver.
Any time/location. Light
housework. Call 662−
574−5181. Request
ref.
Tree Services 1860
A&T TREE SERVICE
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
for you!"
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AND
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1 & 2 BR near hospital. locations. 662−242−
PO Box 511
Columbus, MS 39703
$595−$645 monthly. CREDIT CHECK 7653 or 601−940−
Military discount, pet 1397.
area, pet friendly, and
Medical / Dental 3300
furnished corporate 662-329-2323 Office Spaces For Rent 7300
HELP WANTED apts. 24−HOUR
CARE CENTER OF PROFESSIONAL GYM.
ABERDEEN ON SITE SECURITY. 2411 HWY 45 N HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
COLUMBUS Office,
RN SUPERVISOR ON SITE MAINTENANCE. COLUMBUS, MS Retail, Restaurant
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LPN 3P-11P Space available. Call
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662−386−4446. Rent 7100
Apply in person at
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PEAR ORCHARD APTS
505 Jackson St, COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE: 2,000
Aberdeen 2BR Townhouse−$585 BUILDING. 1800 sq. ft. square feet. 294
per month. W/D incl.
EOE Located on Hwy. 45 N. Chubby Dr. Flexible
Great location. $200
on Frontage Rd. 1 mile leasing terms. Available
Antiques 4060 processing fee & $50 from CAFB. Asking now. 662−328−8254.
application fee. Call $750/mo. Call 662−
COLLECTION OF about 662−328−9471 or 434−6585.
662−889−7565. Houses For Sale: East 8200
60 small antique
radios. $125 for all.
Apts For Rent: West 7050 FOR RENT LOCATED BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
HOME. 56 Collanwood

VIP
662−386−4707. NEAR DOWNTOWN.
PROPANE GAS, AND restoration, remodeling, Call Jimmy for free 3,000 sq. ft. truck Cove. Great
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR basement foundation, estimate, neighborhood. East

Rentals
THE 2019-2020 662−386−6286.
Bargain Column 4180 terminal, 9,500 sq. ft.
Columbus Area off
repairs, small dump shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
SCHOOL YEAR IN THE truck hauling (5−6 yd) Warpath Rd.
LOWNDES COUNTY LRG. CEDAR wardrobe, office/shop. Buildings
SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL
load & demolition/lot
cleaning. Burr Masonry,
Good Things To Eat 2150 $65. Sm. cedar chest, Apartments can be rented together 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full
Baths. Built in 2003,
BIDS PRICES SHALL BE
& Houses
$30. 662−327−5480. or separately. All w/
FIRM AND APPROVED 662−242−0259. TOMATO HOUSE Vine− excellent access & Hwy. 1216 sq ft. $129,500.
BY LOWNDES COUNTY ripened hydroponic HILTON SEWING 1 Bedrooms 82 visibility. 662−327− 662−386−3027.
BOARD OF EDUCATION HILL’S PRESSURE
FOR THE DISTRICT.
tomato. Located next to machine in cabinet.
WASHING. Commercial/ Noxubee County High $35. As is. Call 662− 2 Bedroooms 9559.
Houses For Sale: New Hope
residential. House, School. 662−352− 549−2039. 3 Bedrooms Houses For Rent: Northside 8250
INTERESTED BIDDERS
concrete, sidewalks & 1270 or 662−425− 7110
MAY PICK UP OR RE-
QUEST BY PHONE (662- mobile washing. Free 9116. KENMORE SEWING Furnished & 2BR/1BA GREAT Autos For Sale 9150 Trucks, Vans & Buses 9500
244-5000) SPECIFICA- est. 662−386−8925. machine in cabinet.
$25. As is. Call 662−
Unfurnished 3BR/2BA. FRESH paint, location. Call 662−889 2015 CHEVY IMPALA
TIONS FOR THE ABOVE −6055.
1, 2, & 3 Baths
Personals 2350 new carpet, ch/a, Blk, 4dr, 6cyl, 82k mi,
AT THE OFFICE OF SU- Lawn Care / Landscaping 549−2039. fenced yard & appl furn. showroom clean, local
PERINTENDENT OF EDU- 1470
CATION. LOOKING FOR LRG. CEDAR CHEST, Lease, Deposit 662−251−9696. Lots & Acreage 8600 owner, $9,990. See @
COMMERCIAL BUSH
COMPANIONSHIP A $75. 662−327−5480. & Credit Check 59 Amanda Dr. in New
HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE Hope Park Subdivision
THE LOWNDES COUNTY successful 67 y/o man Land For Rent / Lease 7190
BOARD OF EDUCATION HOGGING weed eating, is looking for a lady in Farm Equipment & Supplies viceinvestments.com Located on Kidd Rd. in

327-8555
off of Yorkville Rd. E.
RESERVES THE RIGHT tiling & leveling, & their 60s, who would PASTURE FOR RENT Caledonia. Ready to
4420 662−327−3081.
TO REJECT ANY clearing overgrown lots. like companionship & Approximately 5 acres. build on. Call 404−216
AND/OR ALL BIDS AND Owner, Operator maybe more. I love to Includes shelter. −0237. Boats & Marine 9250
2016 CAT SKIDSTEER Apts For Rent: Other 7080 2015 2500 HD 4X4
TO NEGOTIATE WITH licensed & insured. 17 go to MSU athletic Intersection of Hwy 373
THE LOW BID/BIDDER. years experience. Willie 299XHP HIGH FLOW Excellent truck. 59k
games, out to dinner, & Hwy 50. Call Roger 2013 TAHOE 195
w/ mulcher & forestry 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM SUMMER SPECIAL. miles. Everything works
Murray Jr. 662−242− church activities & 662−574−4221. DECKBOAT. V8 engine
MR. LYNN WRIGHT, SU- 8809. Free estimates. kit. <1,000 hrs, apartments & 1.75 acre lots. Good/ w/ low hours. Runs
great. 6.7 diesel 4x4
PERINTENDENT more. Must be healthy, $73,000. townhouses. Call for new tires & serviced
Quotes by job not acre. bad credit. 10% down, great. Ready to hit the
SUPERINTENDENT OF in good shape, kind, 205−329−1790. more info. 662−328− Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 as low as $299/mo. regularly. $39,000.00
EDUCATION outgoing & attractive. water. Located in
8254. Eaton Land. 662−361− 662−574−8375
LOWNDES COUNTY, TERRA CARE We would meet first for FOR SALE Hay baler, 2BR/1BA MH FOR Starkville. Call or text
MISSISSIPPI 7711. 662−341−0374.
LANDSCAPING L.L.C. lunch or dinner. Must rake, and cutter. Call RENT $400/mo + $400 Need a
Phone: 662−549−1878 live in Columbus, Ernie at 662−549− dep. Between West
MAY 12 AND MAY 19, Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
2019 Landscaping, Property Starkville or West Point 8948 for more info.
Clean Up, Plant Care, areas. Please send
Point & Columbus on
Hwy 50. 662−275−
It’s a classified
Building & Remodeling 1120
Bush Hogging, Herbicide picture or note, phone Furniture 4480 0666. 1990 16X80 MOBILE
HOME 2BR/2BA stove, rule-of-thumb:
Spraying. number included to
HOME REPAIRS &
P.O. Box 8415, BLACK BEDROOM SET,
3BR/2BA TRAILER,
refrigerator, dishwasher.
Metal roof, screened in
We tell readers NEW RIDE?
Columbus, MS 39705. incl full sz sleigh bed,
CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR YOUR Spring & dresser w/ mirror, chest New Hope school dist. large front porch, small what they need FIND ONE IN THE
WANTED. Carpentry, Summer lawn care
& night stand, $600. $500/mo & $500 dep. back porch, ch/a, inside CLASSIFIEDS
small concrete jobs, needs, call Robinson
Lawn Service, 662−435
General Help Wanted 3200 New full sz mattress, No pets, no drugs, no remodeled in 2016. to know to buy
electrical, plumbing, partying. Call b/w 10a− Must be moved. Power
roof repairs, pressure −8746. THE COMMERCIAL
Dispatch is seeking a
still in plastic, $250.
Bissell carpet cleaner, 7p. 662−386−4292. pole included. $13,225. what they need.
washing and mobile
home roof coating and
mechanically-minded $80. Two sets of black NO TEXT MGS. 662−549−0750. Five Questions:
JESSE & BEVERLY’S individual to work in its Toyota Camry floormats,
underpinning. No job LAWN SERVICE. pressroom. Applicants $80. Cash Only. 662− Houses For Sale: Other 8500
must be comfortable
1 Lexington
too small. 549−7031. Mowing, cleanup, 242−2884. Leave a
landscaping, sodding, & working around heavy message.
tree cutting. 356−6525. machinery, adhering to
TOM HATCHER, LLC tight deadlines and
Custom Construction, General Merchandise 4600
must have an eye for
Restoration, MULCHING & DEBRIS detail & quality. Flexible
hours are a must. Must FOR SALE Whitney
2 Hiphopo-
potamus
Remodeling, Repair, REMOVAL
Insurance claims. Using Skidsteer. pass drug test. Email Piano , good condition.
662−364−1769. Call for estimate, resume to $200. LG washer &
DOWNTOWN 1BR −
Licensed & Bonded. 662−251−3001. mfloyd@cdispatch.com dryer, like new. $800. This large 1 bedroom
or drop resumes off at
3 Run for
Call 662−549−2039.
516 Main St, apartment has been

Looking for goods Columbus, MS 39701. INTEX 16FT X 42IN recently renovated. It
No phone calls please. EASY SET POOL. New in features great natural president
or services? light, hardwood floors,
box. Comes with filter
pump & ladder. $175.tall ceilings and access

4 Batman
662−386−6001. to a shared laundry

Find it in the room. $750 rent and

NORDICTRACK TREAD− $750 deposit. Utilities
included. No pets
LOOKING FOR an exper- MILL, very good cond,
classifieds! ienced power sports
mechanic. Individual
$300. Matching, like please. Call Peter,
new, teal/mauve couch, 662−574−1561.
5 Hubble
must be able to handle $250, & loveseat,
multiple projects at one $200. Teal sectional
time. Up to date tech-
nology, solid work eth- sofa w/ 2 recliners,
FISHERMAN’S DREAM
3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath,
furnished apartment on
Penny
ic, problem-solving
skills, good diagnostic
good cond, $250. Cedar the Elk River. Boat
chest, $60. Bookcase access. $79 per night.
pincher?
skills and communica- BR suite, full sz, exc Rogersville Al. Call Tracy
tion skills along with a cond, incl bed, dresser, 931−205−0471.
positive attitude. chest of drawers, night
General Help Wanted 3200 Send resumes to: stand, mattress & box
Box 665, c/o The spring, $250. Tools,
Commercial Dispatch,
PO Box 511, various prices. 662−
Columbus, MS 39703. 386−3119.

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Presbyterian Church Loveseat and chaise
seeks part-time secret-
ary to work 4 hours per
lounge for sale. Dark
brown and teal. New,
Use and read
Looking for
day, M-F. Excellent cler-
ical, communication,
still covered in plastic.
$550. 662−242−2884. your dream classifieds
and organizational skills home or do
required. Strong com-
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The Commercial
May 8, 2011
D ispatch

Lifestyles LIFESTYLES EDITOR

Jan Swoope: 328-2471

THE DISPATCH  CDISPATCH.COM  SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011

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In the foreground, Deborah Guist helps dancer Abbey Windle fine tune her position during class at the English School of Dance in Columbus. To the left, Guist’s mother,
Betty Lott, works with another dancer. Lott, a native of Great Britain, founded the school in 1962. Abbey, 11, is the daughter of Bryan and Karen Windle.

Like
mother
... like
daughter
For more than 50 years, dance
has sealed a special bond for
this mother-daughter duo
BY JAN SWOOPE ber. Also closely watching each
jswoope@cdispatch.com shuffle step and kick is the moth-
er-daughter duo of Betty Lott and

A
staccato chorus of tap, tap
tapping reverberates from
the wooden floor of the
dance studio. Up to the high ceiling
it swirls and back down, flooding
the bright space with percussive
sound. A portable player in a cor-
ner robustly belts out “Money,”
from the Broadway show
“Cabaret,” while a cadre of young
dancers in black leotards rehearse
their routine, monitoring them-
selves in the mirrored wall.
On a long bench sit girls in
similar outfits, soaking it all in,
waiting to practice their own num-
Deborah Lott Guist, just as
they’ve done so many times
before.
Since founding the English
School of Dance in Columbus in
1961, Lott has introduced thou-
sands of aspiring youngsters to
the world of dance. The passion
was passed on to her daughter,
who got involved in the business
in the early 1970s and became her
mother’s partner in ’79. Now,
Guist oversees the dance school,
Kelly Tippett/Dispatch Staff
while its founder takes life a bit
Although no longer actively teaching, Betty Lott, pictured with 11-year-old Anna Russell
easier. Earrey, relishes the bustle of rehearsals and interaction with students. Anna Russell is the
See MOTHERS, 6C daughter of Mike and Judy Earrey.

Wicked winds
S
torm clouds are all around us
these days. Literal or symbol-
ic, we are in the midst of
eruptions made by God and made
by man.
I suppose many of us in
Columbus have a bit of survivor
guilt, and a “whew, that was
Adele Elliott close,” attitude about the recent
tornados. The twisters that lev-
eled Smithville, and did almost
irreparable damage to
Tuscaloosa, flew directly over
our head. One slight dip in wind
currents would have been devas-
tating to the Golden Triangle.
Truly, we were lucky.
However, according to the
Westboro Baptist Church these
areas were hit because the resi-
dents, “ ... turned to serve other
gods, incurring God’s wrath!”
This is a quote from their blog of
May 1, entitled “Praise God for
the Storms Down South That
Keep on Giving!”
(blogs.sparenot.com)
You may remember this
Topeka, Kan., church for their
anti-gay protests at military
funerals and their belief that
Obama is the antichrist. They
carry signs that claim “God
hates fags” and “God hates
America.” Which begs the ques-
tion, how is it that they have a
direct line to God? I’ve been
searching for that all my life.
And, if God is communicating
with man, why are all his mes-
sages about hate?
Theses tornadoes have
opened some old wounds from
my history with a killer storm.
The Katrina scars were bad
enough on their own. But the
ignorant comments were hurtful,
as well.
People have often asked why
we were dumb enough to live in
an area prone to hurricanes.
See ELLIOTT, 6C

Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Kenneth Montgomery
Proudly serving our community
for over 30 years
2500 Military Road Suite 1
Columbus, MS
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Since 1956
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Jarrett’s Towing
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APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC.
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 662-
664-0852
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
LLC
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., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
We unlock
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday
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. Interim Pastor Ron
Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR M.B. CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Gene Gillis, Interim Pastor. Brad Wright, Youth Minister.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr.,
Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION 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
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells,
Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport,
Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m.
Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937
Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except
5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship.
Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
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Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before
1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed.
before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed.
before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7
p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st &
3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor.
662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th Ave. N.
Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 10:45
a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study
7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH —
325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford,
Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School
9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6
p.m. 662-738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
— North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday
10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph
Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. 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.
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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
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge Road.
Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m. and
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., 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
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
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
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 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers &
Communion 4 p.m. (beginning Nov. 4) Rev. Jimmy Criddle,
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Lead Pastor. Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate Pastor.
Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. 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. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
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
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,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every www.memorialgunterpeel.com
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday
716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-
1856
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
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. Since 1960
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30
24 Hour Towing
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor 1024 Gardner Blvd.
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252 328-8277
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., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail:
nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday
7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
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
1721 Hwy 45 N
UNITED PENTECOSTAL ® Columbus, MS
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850 662.848.0919
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
TRINITY PLACE
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
1750
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Offering independent living apartments, personal
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
Hunting • Fishing
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m.
Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
John Richards, Pastor.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Oktibbeha County Co-Op
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 662-323-1742
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. Rev. Wayne Bruchey, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray The McBryde Family
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N. 1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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