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If all 15 communi-
ty colleges in Missis-
sippi were offered as
a public company on
the open stock mar-
ket, no one would
want to invest.
East Mississippi
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff Community College Alsobrooks
Columbus High School drum major Evan Ivy leads the band in its halftime performance Friday night at Columbus High School. President Scott Alsobrooks, citing
The next home football game will be next Friday. SEE COVERAGE FROM THE GAME ON PAGE 2B. a private firm’s recent economic
study that looked at audits for 13
of the 15 colleges, shared that find-
ing Friday with media members
gathered at Lion Hills Center. His
frankness seemed to betray the
LCSD narrows superintendent search to seven names goal of buoying up the community
college outlook during his State of
EMCC presentation, but looking
at the numbers in the handouts
Board mum on whether finalists’ names three weeks,” the board will
narrow the field again to an
he provided, it’s hard to argue his
point.
will be released publicly unspecified number of final-
ists.
Enrollment is declining, mean-
ing less tuition revenue. State
By Slim Smith provided a list of 15 candi- Barksdale also said he funding is consistently dropping,
ssmith@cdispatch.com dates who met the minimum was unsure if the names of making the task of balancing the
requirements. the finalists would then be bottom line without cutting ser-
LOWNDES COUNTY — Friday, the board met released to the public, saying vices more difficult.
The Lowndes County School in executive session for 45 Barksdale Wright he needed to check with the “Many (community) colleges
District Board of Trustees minutes following its regu- board’s attorney, Jeff Smith, in the United States are experi-
narrowed the list of candi- “Also, in talking with the
lar meeting, during which it before answering. Asked if encing a similar dilemma as us,”
dates for the district’s super- school board association,
eliminated eight of the can- he would check with Smith Alsobrooks said. “We’re having to
intendent of schools to sev- they told us that a lot of this and provide an answer,
didates. adjust and make some changes.”
en during Friday’s regular Board president Robert stuff is personal because (the Barksdale again demurred. At EMCC, enrollment and fund-
board meeting, but offered Barksdale declined to pro- candidates) have other jobs.” “I’d really like to talk to ing are becoming particularly
little information on the vide the names of the seven Barksdale said the board our attorney and the board alarming.
move. candidates who are still be- will not begin interviewing about this at the same time, The college’s operating fund
On Sept. 30, the Missis- ing considered for the job. the remaining candidates probably at our regular meet- balance has dropped by $10 mil-
sippi School Board Associa- “Right now, our attor- until early November. After ing on Nov. 1,” Barksdale lion over the past decade, with the
tion, which is conducting the ney says not to release the the interviews, which he es- said. approved 2019-20 budget project-
search for superintendent, names,” Barksdale said. timated would take “two or See LCSD, 3A See Alsobrooks, 8A
Sunday
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Chuck Gary
Other board mem- “We have talked in 2014, passing a bill 31. Wright, who excused
bers deferred all ques- about that a little,” he that requires superin- himself from the execu- Younger Chism
tions about the super- said. tendents of all public tive session as the board (R)* (R)*
intendent search to This will be the first school districts to be ap- reduced the candidates
Barksdale. Smith did not time the board has se- pointed by their respec- field, said he did not
return a call from The
Dispatch by press time.
lected a school super-
intendent. Previously,
tive boards.
Among the 15 candi-
know if he was among
the candidates still un-
General Election November 5
Barksdale also said he superintendents were dates in the list provid- der consideration.
was agreeable to holding chosen through the ed by MSBA is current Barksdale said the Call 662-328-2424 for information
a public forum for the fi- election process, but the Superintendent Lynn board hopes to select a on including your announcement here.
nalists, but no decisions Mississippi Legislature Wright, whose second superintendent by the
have been made. changed the procedure four-year term ends Dec. end of November. * Incumbent
4A SUNDAY, October 6, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
public health disaster in which cigarettes continue of death. JACKSON — Federal appeals court judges are
“This could take us from poten- set to hear arguments Monday over a Mississippi
to be the dominant nicotine product’ tially the single biggest improve- law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks
Jonathan Foulds, an addiction researcher and tobacco ment in public health in the United of pregnancy.
specialist at Penn State University States toward a public health disas- It is one of many laws pushed by conservative
ter in which cigarettes continue to states in recent years, ultimately aimed at trying to
By MAT THEW PERRONE smaller companies are at the center be the dominant nicotine product,” persuade the increasingly conservative Supreme
AP Health Writer of a political backlash that threatens said Jonathan Foulds, an addiction Court to further restrict the time abortion is legal-
to sweep e-cigarettes from store researcher and tobacco specialist at ly available.
WASHINGTON — Only two shelves nationwide as politicians Penn State University. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the 15-week
years ago, electronic cigarettes scramble to address two separate Foulds and many other experts ban into law in March 2018, and it has never taken
were viewed as a small industry public health crises tied to vaping: continue to view e-cigarettes as a effect. The state’s only abortion clinic immediate-
with big potential to improve public underage use among teenagers and potential “off-ramp” for smokers, ly sued the state, and U.S. District Judge Carlton
health by offering a path to steer a mysterious and sometimes fatal allowing them to continue using Reeves temporarily blocked the law the day after
millions of smokers away from lung ailment that has affected more nicotine — the addictive chemical Bryant signed it.
deadly cigarettes. than 1,000 people. in cigarettes — without inhaling In November, Reeves struck down the law, writ-
That promise led U.S. regula- New restrictions at the local, all the toxic byproducts of burning ing that it “unequivocally” violates women’s con-
tors to take a hands-off approach state and federal level are poised tobacco. stitutional rights because it bans abortion weeks
to e-cigarette makers, including a to wipe out thousands of fruit-, can- But they warn the vaping back- before viability.
Silicon Valley startup named Juul dy- and dessert-flavored vapes that lash could do irreparable harm The U.S. Supreme Court, in its 1973 ruling in
Labs, which was being praised have attracted teens. But experts to the public perception of e-ciga- Roe v. Wade, said women have the right to termi-
for creating “the iPhone of e-ciga- who study tobacco policy fear the rettes, while ignoring the riskiest nate pregnancies until viability, when a fetus can
rettes.” scattershot approach of the clamp- products that are most likely to survive outside the womb. Reeves wrote that viabil-
Today Juul and hundreds of down could have damaging, unin- blame for the recent outbreak. ity must be determined by trained medical profes-
sionals, and the “established medical consensus”
is that viability typically begins at 23 to 24 weeks
after the pregnant woman’s last menstrual period.
Area obituaries
COMMERCIAL DISPATCH follow at Furnace Hill Chiba, Japan, to the ing as Master Sergeant.
OBITUARY POLICY Cemetery in Vernon, late Hiroshi and Tsuya In addition to his
Obituaries with basic informa-
tion including visitation and
Alabama. Visitation will Takayama Noguchi. parents, he was preced-
service times, are provided be one hour prior to He is survived by his ed in death by his wife,
free of charge. Extended services at the funeral wife, Vickie Lynn Si- Linda Perkins; and
obituaries with a photograph, home. Lowndes Funer- mon Noguchi of Colum- sister, Carol Sue Locke.
detailed biographical informa- al Home of Columbus bus; daughter, Maya N. He is survived by his
tion and other details families is in charge of arrange- Noguchi of San Diego, wife, Donna Taggart
may wish to include, are avail- ments. California ; sons, Mat- Perkins of Red Banks;
able for a fee. Obituaries must
be submitted through funeral
thew K. Noguchi and sons, James Edward
homes unless the deceased’s Wovel Hollis Nicholas Kenji Nogu- Perkins of Carbon Hill,
body has been donated to COLUMBUS — chi, both of Omaha, Joey Dean Perkins and
science. If the deceased’s Wovel Gene Hollis, 55, Nebraska; and brother, Johnny Leon Perkins,
body was donated to science, died Oct. 5, 2019, at Yoshihiro Noguchi of both of Vernon; step-
the family must provide official Chilba, Japan.
proof of death. Please submit
Baptist Memorial Hos- son, Dallas Hollis of
all obituaries on the form pro- pital-Golden Triangle. Bartlett, Tennessee;
vided by The Commercial Dis- Arrangements are Lynn Perkins stepdaughter, Alena
patch. Free notices must be incomplete and will be RED BANKS — Lunford of Ashville,
submitted to the newspaper announced by Lown- Lynn Edward Perkins, North Carolina; sis-
no later than 3 p.m. the day des Funeral Home of 66, died Oct. 3, 2019, at ters, Lorene Dyer of
prior for publication Tuesday
Columbus. his residence. Columbus and Cathy
through Friday; no later than 4
p.m. Saturday for the Sunday Services will be Jenkins of Tuscaloosa;
edition; and no later than 7:30 Hiroji Noguchi at 11 a.m. Monday six grandchildren; and
a.m. for the Monday edition. COLUMBUS — Dr. at Chandler Funeral three step-great-grand-
Incomplete notices must be re- Hiroji Noguchi, 61, Home Chapel, with children.
ceived no later than 7:30 a.m. Tim Gentle officiating.
died Oct. 4, 2019, at his
for the Monday through Friday
editions. Paid notices must be
residence. Graveside services with
finalized by 3 p.m. for inclusion A memorial service military honors will fol-
the next day Monday through will be held at 2 p.m. low at Liberty Free Will
Thursday; and on Friday by 3 Tuesday at Annuncia- Baptist Church Ceme-
p.m. for Sunday and Monday tion Catholic Church, tery. Visitation is from
publication. For more informa- with Jeffrey Waldrep 6-8 p.m. today at the
tion, call 662-328-2471.
officiating. Visitation funeral home. Chan-
will be one hour pri- dler Funeral Home of
Eldon Barham or to services at the Vernon, Alabama, is
COLUMBUS — El- church. Memorial in charge of arrange-
don Barham, 88, died Gunter Peel Funeral ments.
Oct. 4, 2019, at his Home and Crematory, Mr. Perkins was
residence. Second Avenue North born Feb. 23, 1953,
Services will be at 2 location, is in charge of in Vernon, to the late
p.m. Monday at Lown- arrangements. Grover and Elizabeth
des Funeral Home Dr. Noguchi was Perkins. He was an U.S.
Chapel. Burial will born April 10, 1958, in Air Force veteran, serv-
Dispatch
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BIRNEY IMES SR. Editor/Publisher 1922-1947
Our View
Ask Rufus
Continued from Page 2A
Port became the county in Marion County, by the responded with Thomas
seat of Marion County, court-house.” Jefferson, an old friend
Alabama. By mid-June of The Columbus post from Virginia, about
1818, William Cocke, the office was established education and Franklin
Chickasaw Indian Agent on March 6, 1820. On Academy. He mentioned
from 1816-1817, was living May 13, 1820, President that there were “upwards
with his family at a new James Monroe signed into of 60” scholars attending
residence on the Tom- law an act to create new the school.
bigbee River, which may postal routes in America. By the mid-1820s,
have been the Thomas The first mentioned for Columbus was rapidly
house. The Cedars was Alabama was: “From expanding. After the
probably built as a one- Tuscaloosa, by Marion Choctaw Treaty of
room log house with a County Court House, to Dancing Rabbit Creek in
loft at a spring beside the Columbus.” 1830, and the opening of
Military Road about two In late August several the Choctaw Homeland
miles north of the original Alabama newspapers to Euro-American settle-
town limits. reported the survey of the ment, Columbus became
■ 1819: In June, state line was progressing a boom town. In 1830, the
several families arrived and it was feared that town banned any further
at the site that is now Mississippi might wind construction of log homes
downtown Columbus and up with “a considerable within the town limits.
built houses. Silas McBee portion of the best land in Columbus was rapidly
suggested the new town Marion County.” The 1820 changing from a frontier
be named Columbus. It Census showed Colum- village to a growing com-
was mistakenly believed bus with a population of mercial center.
that the new town was 107 persons, including 83 Rufus Ward is a local
in Alabama. The survey free white, 23 slave and historian.
of the state line still had one free black. Of the 83
not been completed and a whites, 51 were males 18
proposed amendment to or older. The first indus-
the congressional act cre- try was a tan yard located
ating the State of Alabama in the area of the Hitching
would have made the Lot and soccer complex.
Tombigbee River the state The first cemetery -- the
line. The county seat of “Tombigbee Graveyard”
Marion County, Alabama, — was established on
moved to the House of the north side of the
Henry Greer, at present present-day city block, on
day Columbus Air Force which Riverview is situat-
Base. ed. Under the auspices of
The first official the American Board for
reference to the “Town of Foreign Missions and the
Columbus” was in a Dec. Presbyterian and Con-
6, 1819, Alabama legisla- gregationalist Churches,
tive act. The first frame the Mayhew Choctaw
house was built by Gideon Mission was founded.
Lincecum. Silas McBee ■ 1821: On Jan. 3,
was elected as Marion 1821, Mississippi Gov.
County’s first represen- George Poindexter an-
tative in the Alabama nounced that “a consid-
Legislature and William erable population on the
Cocke’s stepson, Bartlett waters of the Tombigbee
Sims, was the first sheriff formerly attached to Ala-
of Marion County. By the bama fall within the limits
fall of 1819, at least 16 of this state.” That area
families had settled in the included both Columbus
new town. and Cotton Gin Port. On
■ 1819/1820: Accord- Feb. 9, Monroe County,
ing to Keeler’s 1848 his- Mississippi, was created
tory of Columbus, Spirus and on Feb. 10 the Town
Roach “occupied and kept of Columbus, Mississippi,
entertainment” in the was officially chartered
house built by Thomas by the Legislature. The
Thomas. Because of the legislative act also provid-
“peculiarities” of Roach’s ed for the establishment
long pointed nose, local of Franklin Academy, the
Indians who traded at first free public school in
Roach’s establishment Mississippi. In Columbus,
called the town “Opossum a 20-by-30 foot frame
Town.” William Cocke schoolhouse was built to
built a large two-story house the new school.
log house about where ■ 1822: William Moore
the Tennessee Williams was the first recorded
house now sits. mayor of the Town of
■ 1820: The Military Columbus.
road was completed ■ 1823: In March, the
and the rapid growth of Cotton Plant was the first
Columbus, which had steamboat to arrive at Co-
begun during the sum- lumbus. By May 1824, she
mer of 1819, is evident had made five additional
in post office records. trips to Columbus, and on
On Feb. 29, 1820, the the last trip, was the first
congressional committee steamboat to reach Cotton
on post offices and post Gin Port (near Amory).
roads was directed to ■ 1825: William
look at establishing a post Cocke, the president of
route in Alabama “... from the Franklin Academy
Tuskaloosa to Columbus, Board of Trustees, cor-
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Sidewalks
Continued from Page 1A
Tamaran Bardwell That said, the side- Bike safety Montgomery Street to vis-
said she sees Armstrong walks once installed Lee Horsley bikes from it family, and he said the
Middle School students could result in slightly his home near Armstrong sidewalk will make the 1.6
walk along Highway 12 more business to Chick- miles more difficult in the
Middle School to Lowe’s
after school every day, fil-A on Mississippi current weather.
twice a week, and his bike
and adding a sidewalk State University game “If they had a covered
wobbles at the intersec-
could make their trek saf- days, he said. Other- sidewalk, maybe that
tion of Highway 12 and
er, she said. Sometimes wise, he thinks they will would make sense be-
Tabor Street.
the trash they leave be- have little affect on the cause it’s so hot,” he said.
The terrain is rough
hind gets in the yard of restaurant, since little of “Outside of that, it just
and can be dangerous, and
the Aspen Road house Chick-fil-A’s traffic is foot makes it hotter with the
bikers have to be especial-
she rents. traffic. reflections off the con-
ly cautious around storm
“It’ll be nice if they did The three locations crete.”
drains and when crossing
(put in a sidewalk), and it are among the highest The construction will
a curb to get into an inter-
might cut down on some priorities on the 14-item likely not interfere with
section, Horsley said.
trash in the yard too,” list, according to Tues- Jones’ walk most days, he
“This highway’s been
she said. day’s meeting agenda. said. He often sees people
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff here for years and they
The stretch of Highway 12 West between the Twin Oaks Three sections in the didn’t consider putting in bike along the makeshift
The city’s plan for apartment complex and Maple Drive receives enough mile between Stark Road a sidewalk or a bike path,” path, and the sidewalk
foot traffic that the path is worn into the ground. The
Highway 12 sidewalks city will put 1,669 feet of sidewalk between Taylor
and Taylor Street, the
easternmost part of the
he said. “I thought they would make it safer for
The engineering de- were going to do it when them, he said.
Street and the Avenue of Patriots to make this path
partment has a list of 14 scope of the project, are they redid this highway “With the walkers, I
safer to walk.
sections of the lowest priorities. (in early 2018), but they don’t think most of them
sidewalks from Taylor Street to the tions will begin in early Two high-priority sec- didn’t.” would prefer it, but the
it wants to Avenue of Patriots. or mid-November, and tions on the list are off Not everyone is look- bikers might,” Jones said.
add to fill On Tuesday, the take about a month to the table for now because ing forward to the new “A bike path might make
in the gaps Starkville Board of Al- complete if weather al- they would involve tem- sidewalk. Eli Jones walks sense. Something differ-
on High- dermen approved a lows, Kemp said. porarily taking the land almost every day from his ent than a sidewalk, may-
way 12, $277,600 bid from Sim- That month, Chick- from its owners, which Twin Oaks apartment to be.”
from Stark mons Erosion Control fil-A might see fewer Kemp said “is a much
Road to Kemp Inc. to install the 1,802 customers while con- more time-intensive pro-
just east of feet of sidewalk. About struction impedes traf- cess.” The sections are
Spring Street. The first $222,000 comes from the fic at the intersection of between Vine Street and
three sections are a 21- Mississippi Department Highway 12 and Spring Hancock Street near the
foot strip connecting the of Transportation, and Street, training director intersection of Montgom-
Enterprise Rent-a-Car the remaining $50,000 J.T. Miller said. ery Street and Highway
building to Lindbergh will come from bond “A lot of people don’t 12.
Boulevard, a 112-foot ex- money the city had set really know about the Kemp said the city
tension in front of Chick- aside for sidewalk proj- back entrance and is not actively seeking
fil-A at the Spring Street ects. might not come through funding for the remain-
intersection and the Construction on the (there), so it could impact ing sidewalk projects at
0.35-mile stretch of road three sidewalk installa- our sales,” Miller said. the moment.
Alsobrooks
Continued from Page 1A
ing nearly $1.9 million Alsobrooks said EMCC encing a similar arrange- industry involvement to
more in deficit spending. will listen to business ment he had learned about sustain it,” he said. “But
EMCC is relying on its leaders requesting cer- between the University of that’s the typical model
more than $12 million in tain skills or programs, Kentucky and a nearby across the country, is to
reserve funds to shoulder then pursue grants and community college. “It’s ask corporations to help.
the deficit. other funding avenues to not unprecedented to have So our goal is to ask them
This year’s deficit was get the programs off the an agreement like that.” to help.”
based on an enrollment ground. The college also is EMCC is still seeking a
dip of 3 to 4 percent, Al- “After about three working with the Legis- permanent director for the
sobrooks said. But for the years from when a pro- lature to allow EMCC to
Communiversity. Three
fall semester, actual en- gram starts, we expect offer out-of-state tuition
candidates are scheduled
rollment was down 5 per- — if we have enough peo- waivers, something that
to interview on Oct. 15,
cent — from 4,086 in fall ple in the seats — for it to is prohibited now, Also-
2018 to 3,882 this August. brooks said. he said — one each from
stand up on tuition and
That’s EMCC’s lowest (state) funding,” Also- Alabama, Texas and Mis-
sissippi.
enrollment in more than brooks said. The Communiversity
10 years and 27 percent EMCC is also looking Most of the budgeted
down from its all-time for ways to partner with deficit this year consists
high of 5,308 students in Mississippi State Univer- of start-up costs for oper-
2010. sity to capture more en- ating the Communiversity
“We made several cuts rollment from freshmen advanced manufacturing
this past year, and if en- who want to leave the training center on High-
rollment keeps declining, four-year setting after a way 82 in Lowndes Coun-
we’ll have to cut opera- semester or year. ty.
tional costs again,” said “All colleges have a The $42-million facility
Alsobrooks, who took on natural drop-off rate (be- — built primarily through
the EMCC presidency cause) your fall enroll- funding from Lowndes,
in January. “Seventy-five ment is always higher Clay and Oktibbeha coun-
percent of our operating than your spring enroll- ties, state appropriations
cost is people. So when ment. Mississippi State and an Appalachian Re-
you talk about balancing has the largest incoming gional Commission grant
the budget, there are cer- freshman enrollment in — opened in August with
tain things you can’t cut. the history of the univer- 197 students. The facility
… The people are where sity (this year). A lot of needs to reach enrollment
the money’s at.” those students aren’t com- of 400 each year to keep
ing back … in the spring,” pace with area industry
Plans to grow Alsobrooks said. “We’re needs, Alsobrooks said.
To reverse the enroll- going to work with Missis- The college also is
ment trend, Alsobrooks sippi State aggressively to partnering with as many
suggests targeting capture some of those stu- as 30 area businesses on
growth in areas of identi- dents who may not want various facets of the Com-
fied need. to stay there for whatever muniversity — whether
Specifically, the col- reason or may be having equipment, training or
lege is looking to bolster trouble. We want them at other programs — and it
opportunities for students (EMCC). is actively building a foun-
seeking career pathways “We’re working cre- dation of private funds
into nursing and allied atively to find ways where that will help sustain the
health, as well as expand maybe they can even live facility.
career-technical offerings in a dorm on the Starkville “If you look at an oper-
at the college’s main cam- campus and go to school ation like the Communi-
pus at Scooba. with us,” he added, refer- versity, it’s going to take
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BY BEN PORTNOY Michigan, to Scooba and, if God willed ple and is one of General Motors’ most ed, he moved onto basketball. When
bportnoy@cdispatch.com it, back to college football’s elite ranks. profitable entities. basketball concluded, it was time for
“I don’t feel like God brought me At home, Cole and his sister, Bri- spring baseball. Rinse and repeat.
STARKVILLE — As Brian Cole II this far to fail,” he told The Dispatch. ana, lived a disciplined childhood. And while he thrived on the dia-
twisted the knob on his dorm room “I just feel like I’m this far into it, why Their father, Brian Sr., was a 25-year mond and court, it was football that
shower, a brownish substance sput- would you quit?” veteran of the Michigan State Police garnered him statewide and national
tered from the spout. Department, and 14 of those years attention.
Then a sophomore at East Missis-
sippi Community College in Scooba,
Needing a change were served as a polygraph examiner. Guiding a Heritage High School
Born and raised in the midwestern With his background in law enforce- team that had limited historical suc-
Cole was forced to shower with bottles industrial town of Saginaw, Michigan, ment, he developed a work ethic he
of water as maintenance investigated cess, Cole lined up everywhere from
Cole grew up in a stereotypical rust hoped would persist in his children.
the murky water. quarterback to receiver to running
belt society. “Adversity is going to hit everyone
As he exited the shower and pulled back during his Michigan prep career.
Saginaw thrived as a lumber town at some point in their life,” Brian Sr.
up the shimmering glare of his cell told The Dispatch. “But it’s all about As a junior, he rushed for 1,213
for the better part of the 1800s before
phone, a familiar clock ticked away on moving into manufacturing at the turn how you handle that adversity and yards and 16 touchdowns on just 138
his background. of the century. overcome it.” carries. He also recorded five catches
Seven months. That’s all it would Today, the nearby Flint Truck and As a kid, Cole was constantly com- for 80 yards and completed one pass
take for Cole to go from Ann Arbor, Bus plant employs roughly 5,600 peo- peting. When football season end- See Cole, 8B
play the role of hype man for soph- Ole Miss running back Jerrion Ealy runs for a big gain
omore guard Robert Woodard II. during the second quarter Saturday against Vanderbilt
“His body is so ripped. I’ve at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford.
away from
The comments on the Colum-
bus native’s physique didn’t stop
there.
“It’s unbelievable; he’s like a
Greek figure,” Howland said. “It’s
incredible.”
As if the thought seemingly Mississippi State Athletics
Vanderbilt in
second half
came to him on a whim, the fifth- Mississippi State guard Robert Woodard II rises up for a shot over Ole
year MSU coach jokingly suggest- Miss guard Dominik Olejniczak on Feb. 2 in Oxford.
ed the athletic department could
earn a Greek figure comparison you want out of a kid. He always
make a lot of money if they used
themselves. does the right thing.” The Associated Press
Woodard’s likeness on a poster.
“It’s really just in the genes, I In his freshman season, Wood-
From an MSU perspective, it’s
guess,” Woodard said, giving a ard played in all 34 of the Bulldogs’ OXFORD — Jerrion Ealy and Snoop Conner each
probably a good thing California’s
nod to his father, Robert Woodard games and made one start, aver- had big touchdown runs in the third quarter to help Ole
Fair Pay for Play Act hasn’t trickled
Sr. aging 17.4 minutes per contest. Miss pull away from Vanderbilt for a 31-6 win on Satur-
over into Mississippi’s legislative
Marketing suggestions (seri- He shot 46 percent from the floor day night.
branch yet and wouldn’t take effect
ous or not) from Howland aside, and chipped in 5.5 points and 4.1 Ole Miss (3-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) broke
until 2023 anyway. Otherwise, the
the Bulldogs have high expecta- rebounds a game. open a precarious 10-6 halftime lead with the scoring
athletic department would have to
tions for the former Falcon’s sec- “I’ve been in the gym all sum- runs to open the initial two series of the second half.
share profits with Woodard.
ond year. mer shooting and lifting weights,” Ealy ran for a 78-yard touchdown and finished with 97
Woodard himself seemed flat-
“He’s our starting 3-man, no Woodard said. “I’m doing whatev- yards on the ground. Conner had 91 yards rushing that
tered and blushed a little after
question,” Howland said. “You can er I need to do to prepare myself … included an 84-yard TD run.
hearing his coach’s compliment.
see the confidence he plays with It’s a matter of putting in the work. Quarterback John Rhys Plumlee led Ole Miss with
As it turns out, there is no secret
now … His work ethic in the off- When you do that, you feel confi- 165 yards rushing on 22 carries and scored on a 33-yard
weightlifting program for any as-
piring players one day hoping to
season is a model in terms of what See Woodard, 8B See Ole Miss, 8B
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Prep Football
Friday’s Mississippi Scores
Prep Football
Friday’s Alabama Scores
Addison 44, Colbert County 12
Alabama Christian Academy 28, Headland 22
Albertville 42, Hazel Green 14
Alexandria 16, Sardis 10, 2OT
Aliceville 39, Winston County 0
American Christian Aca. 55, Sumter Central 0
Andalusia 21, Williamson 0
Appalachian 20, Ragland 14
Arab 36, East Limestone 14
Ariton 29, Abbeville 8
Athens 31, Cullman 17
Autaugaville 50, Verbena 0
B.C. Rain 40, Robertsdale 28
Barbour County 29, Houston County 14
Bayside Academy 30, Flomaton 26
Berry 37, Lynn 16
Bessemer Academy 31, Escambia Academy 17
Bessemer City 31, Hillcrest 7
Bibb County 54, Jemison 0
Billingsley 25, Wadley 6
Boaz 46, Crossville 15
Bob Jones 21, Grissom 2
Brantley 21, Elba 18
Brewer 24, Ardmore 17
Briarwood Christian 48, John Carroll Catholic 16
Brilliant 30, Meek 6
Bullock County 48, Beulah 18
Carbon Hill 34, Lamar County 20
Catholic-Montgomery 55, Ashford 28
Center Point 40, Springville 7
Central-Florence 48, Elkmont 13
Central-Hayneville 22, Samson 19
Central-Phenix City 42, Enterprise 13
Central-Tuscaloosa 42, Marbury 38
Choctaw County 58, Southern Choctaw 7
Citronelle 28, Satsuma 16
Clay-Chalkville 31, Shades Valley 13
Cleveland 58, Gaston 0
Collinsville 41, Section 7
Corner 28, Dora 0
Cottage Hill 24, R.C. Hatch 0
Crenshaw Christian Academy 38, Lakeside School 0
DAR 21, Randolph School 7
Dale County 37, B.T. Washington 22
Daleville 68, Cottonwood 29
Danville 26, Priceville 25
Daphne 42, Baldwin County 7
Davidson 35, Mary Montgomery 14
Decatur Heritage 26, Colbert Heights 20
Austin Frayser/Special to The Dispatch Demopolis 41, Shelby County 7
Starkville running back Lazavier Evans (4) breaks through a tackle and breaks off a gain during Friday’s home game against Germantown. Deshler 28, Rogers 0
Dothan 44, Carver-Montgomery 20
including touchdowns to passing for 68 yards and the Rams up two scores. down pass from Braeden North Sand Mountain 55, Cedar Bluff 22
Northside 41, Good Hope 16
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Jeffery Malone and Chr- an interception. Decamby Bryar Kemp scored Triplett for the Eagles’ Ohatchee 49, West End 7
— KJ Smith ran for three ishaad Rupert. Malone Willis caught a two-point the Rams’ first touch- other score, and Triplett Oneonta 49, Cherokee County 21
Opelika 45, Benjamin Russell 17
touchdowns, and Heri- finished with five catches conversion from Craw- down, a 5-yard rushing also found Lowe for a two- Opp 48, Wicksburg 0
tage Academy kept up its for 86 yards, Rupert had ford. score, and Shaw was point conversion. Oxford 45, Huffman 6
winning ways on the road 59 yards on seven catch- The Panthers will host intercepted on the two- Elijah Parrish finished Parker 42, Fairfield 20
Paul Bryant 12, McAdory 6
Friday against Tuscaloo- es, and Coby Lockett Smithville on Friday. point conversion attempt. with eight carries for 76 Pell City 45, Etowah 6
sa Academy (5-3). caught five passes for 54 Delta scored to close the yards. On defense, his Pensacola Catholic, Fla. 47, Autauga Academy 27
Smith ran 13 times yards. Pillow Academy 35, first quarter ahead 8-6. 11 tackles led the team.
Phillips-Bear Creek 27, Shoals Christian 14
Pickens County 18, South Lamar 15
for 71 yards as the top-
ranked Patriots beat the
Windham ran 17 times
for 151 yards and one
Starkville Academy 7 Teague picked off Del-
ta in the end zone in the
Jackson Langley had 10
tackles, and Cooper had
Piedmont 38, Saks 16
Pike County 47, Providence Christian 10
GREENWOOD — Pike Liberal Arts 54, Abbeville Christian Academy 14
Knights 33-7 to improve rushing score. Starkville Academy lost second quarter — he had six. Pike Road 35, St. James 24
to 8-0 on the season. On defense, he had for the first time since its two interceptions in the Hebron’s next game is Pinson Valley 21, Gardendale 0
Pleasant Grove 31, Wenonah 0
Quarterback Carter seven tackles and three first game against Lamar, game — and Shaw found at DeSoto (West Helena, Pleasant Valley 47, Glencoe 7
Putt was 16 of 24 for 206 interceptions. Trillo dropping a 35-7 decision Peal from 20 yards out to Arkansas) on Friday. Prattville 20, Lee-Montgomery 3
yards with a touchdown Brown led the team with to fifth-ranked Pillow put the Rams up 12-8 at Ramsay 36, Woodlawn 0
Ranburne 33, Westbrook Christian 13
pass to Banks Hyde and
two interceptions. Hyde
14 tackles. Academy (6-1) on Friday halftime. Clarke Prep 32, Randolph County 42, Weaver 6
The Tigers travel to After a Delta score to Red Bay 30, Sheffield 14
and Noel Fisher had four French Camp Aca. 31 which came in the third
quarter. The Mustangs scored late in the fourth
my (Carrollton, Alabama) Southside-Gadsden 42, Douglas 7
catches for 40 yards. Albert Plair rushed for in Friday’s 32-14 loss at Sparkman 24, Austin 21
led 14-0 at halftime and quarter after Teague’s Spring Garden 44, Talladega County Central 0
Putt ran eight times three touchdowns and Clarke Prep.
stretched their lead with field goal, bringing the St. John Paul II Catholic 49, West Morgan 36
for 49 yards, and Austin converted two two-point Goodman had 64 re- St. Paul’s 35, Spanish Fort 30
a 21-point third. score to 23-20. Stanhope Elmore 28, Wetumpka 20
Dotson ran seven times tries, and West Lowndes ceiving yards, Peeks had
The Vols will travel to The Rams will head Sulligent 39, Southeastern 18
for 37 yards. held off a late French 18 and Clark Noland had Susan Moore 40, New Hope 21
Cleveland to face Bayou to Bogalusa, Louisiana,
Long and Wesley Camp Academy rally to 27 yards. Jon Wesley Rye Sweet Water 54, McIntosh 0
Academy (1-6) next Fri- next week to face Ben’s Sylacauga 48, St. Clair County 7
Miller each recovered a notch a one-point home led the Pirates (2-4) with
day. Ford Christian. Sylvania 51, Brindlee Mountain 0
win in Friday’s home 48 yards rushing on 23 Talladega 28, Leeds 20
fumble for the Patriots, Tarrant 42, Sumiton Christian 12
game. carries.
whose next game is at
home against Lamar (6-
The host Panthers Columbus Christian 23, Unity Christian Aca. 52, Quarterback Aidan
Theodore 32, Murphy 7
Thompson 47, Spain Park 23
2).
(6-1) led 32-19 heading Delta Academy 20 Hebron Christian 22 Johnson completed 10 of UMS-Wright 28, Hillcrest-Evergreen 14
Valley 34, Tallassee 12
into the fourth quarter, Dakota Shaw threw PHEBA — Kobe Coo- 25 passes for 77 yards, Valley Head 29, Woodville 7
but French Camp (1-6) two touchdowns to Jona- per had two touchdowns but he was intercepted Vestavia Hills 19, Hewitt-Trussville 14
Noxubee County 19, scored 12 points in the than Peal, and Columbus of more than 50 yards, but four times.
Victory Chr. 21, Winterboro 14
Houston 12
Vigor 28, LeFlore 14
period to get very close to Christian Academy (5-2) Hebron Christian (2-5) On defense, Chandler Vincent 51, Central Coosa 8
MACON — Marlon a comeback victory. held off Delta Academy fell 52-22 to Unity Chris- Box led the team with 11 W.S. Neal 51, Monroe County 12
Walter Wellborn 56, B.B. Comer 26
Windham threw two Plair finished with 20 23-20 at home Friday tian Academy on Friday tackles. Pickens Acad- Waterloo 54, Cherokee 8
touchdown passes, ran carries for 135 yards as night. night. emy’s next game is at West Limestone 45, Wilson 12
Westminster Christian Aca. 55, Phil Campbell 6
for another score and in- well as three receptions Shaw found Peal for Cooper had a 58-yard home against Chambers White Plains 31, Cleburne County 27
tercepted three passes, for 34 yards. Kevin Wil- a 20-yard score in the rushing score among his Academy (7-0). Winfield 20, Oakman 19
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Basketball
Baseball
Carolina 16, Houston 10 UGA TEN Overall Today’s Games
Passing 288
26
Rushes-yards 41-238
20
29-70
273
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Madison Central (14) (5-0) 140 1
2. West Point (5-1) 111 4
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans
WILD CARD Kansas City 34, Detroit 30 Comp-Att-Int 24-29-0 15-33-1 3. Starkville (4-2) 108 5 Memorial Coliseum, 6 p.m.
Tanaka W,1-0 5 3 1 1 1 7
AUB_FG Carlson 39, 3:01
Second quarter
FLA_Hammond 13 pass from Trask (McPher-
Ferris St. 35, Davenport 7
Fort Hays St. 35, Cent. Oklahoma 7
Franklin 29, Rose-Hulman 28
New Orleans
San Antonio
0 0
0 1
.000 —
.000 1½
Northwest Division
Phoenix 2, New Mexico 2, tie
LA Galaxy II 5, OKC Energy 1
Tulsa 1, Tacoma 1, tie
The W defeated by Hendrix in overtime Kahnle
Ottavino
1 0 0 0 0 2
1 1 0 0 0 1
son kick), 13:28
AUB_S.Williams 32 pass from Nix (Carlson
Greenville 36, Westminster (Mo.) 0
Hanover 70, Anderson (Ind.) 0
Utah
W L Pct GB
1 0 1.000 —
El Paso 2, Sacramento 1
The MUW men’s soccer team fell to 2-6-3 on the Lyons 1 0 0 0 0 2 kick), 10:23 Hillsdale 38, Concord 14 Denver 0 0 .000 —
Sunday, September 29
Loaisiga 1 2 1 1 0 2 FLA_FG McPherson 41, 5:49 Hope 51, Trine 0 Austin 2, Portland 1
season with Friday night’s 2-1 overtime loss at Hendrix Dobnak pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd. Fourth quarter Illinois College 55, Lawrence 10
Minnesota 0 0 .000 —
Monday
Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 —
College in Conway, Arkansas. HBP_Tanaka (Polanco), Duffey (Sánchez). FLA_Perine 88 run (McPherson kick), 9:04 Illinois Wesleyan 42, Carroll (Wis.) 14 Portland 0 0 .000 —
Swope Park Rangers 3, Birmingham 1
A_90,584. Iowa St. 49, TCU 24 Tuesday
Jacob Thomas scored the Owls’ lone goal, a strike Umpires_Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Gary Ced- Pacific Division
Pittsburgh 2, Loudoun 1
erstrom; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Eric Team statistics John Carroll 31, Muskingum 10 W L Pct GB
in the 70th minute assisted by Hunter Holdiness. Cooper; Right, Manny Gonzalez; Left, Adrian AUB FLA Lindenwood (Mo.) 45, McKendree 37 L.A. Lakers 1 0 1.000 —
Wednesday]
Ottawa 1, Indy 0
The Owls will host Oakwood at 2 p.m. Sunday at Johnson. First downs 12 19 Mac Murray 41, Northwestern (Minn.) 20 Phoenix 0 0 .000 —
El Paso 2, Fresno 1
Rushes-yards 34-124 33-132 Macalester 24, Cornell (Iowa) 9 L.A. Clippers 0 1 .000 1
the Columbus Soccer Complex. T_3:34. A_49,277 (47,309).
Passing 145 266 Michigan 10, Iowa 3 Golden State 0 1 .000 1 LA Galaxy II 2, Sacramento 2, tie
Comp-Att-Int 11-27-3 25-39-0 Minnesota 40, Illinois 17 Sacramento 0 2 .000 1½ Friday
Loudoun 2, Tampa Bay 0
Astros 3, Rays 1 Return Yards 22 0 Missouri 42, Troy 10
College Cross Country Tampa Bay
ab r h bi
Houston
ab r h bi
Punts-Avg. 8-40.75 7-39.28
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-5
Missouri St. 37, W. Illinois 31, 3OT
Monmouth (Ill.) 20, Ripon 0
Friday’s Games
Houston 109, L.A. Clippers 96
Indiana 132, Sacramento 131, OT
Saturday
Swope Park Rangers 2, Hartford 2, tie
The W women’s cross country finishes 17th Y.Díaz 3b 4 0 0 0 Springer cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Penalties-Yards 9-70
Time of Poss. 26:19
6-55
33:41
Mount St. Joseph 59, Defiance 6
Mount Union 58, Otterbein 0
Brooklyn 137, Franca Franca 89
Saturday’s Games
Indy 3, Memphis 0
North Carolina 2, New York Red Bulls II 0
Meadows lf 4 1 1 0 A ltuve 2b 4 0 1 0 Atlanta 1, Pittsburgh 1, tie
at JSU Foothills Invitational; men finish 19th Pham dh
Choi 1b
4 0 2 0 Brantley lf 4 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 4 2 2 1
Individual statistics
RUSHING_Auburn, Whitlow 18-81, Martin
N. Dakota St. 37, Illinois St. 3
Nebraska 13, Northwestern 10
Indiana 130, Sacramento 106
L.A. Lakers 123, Golden State 101 Colorado 2, LA Galaxy II 0
The Mississippi University for Women women’s 5-29, Nix 10-18, Schwartz 1-(minus 4). North Dakota 38, UC Davis 36 Orlando 125, San Antonio 89 Charleston 0, Birmingham 0, tie
Wendle pr 0 0 0 0 A lvarez dh 4 0 2 0 Sacramento 3, Tulsa 2
Florida, Perine 14-130, M.Davis 5-16, E.Jones Notre Dame 52, Bowling Green 0 Utah 133, Adelaide 36ers 81
cross country team finished 17th of 21 teams in the García rf 4 0 0 1 Gurriel 1b 4 1 1 0
3-13, Hammond 1-6, Pierce 1-3, To.Townsend Notre Dame Coll. 52, WV Wesleyan 6 Today’s Games Louisville 1, Saint Louis 0
Lowe 2b 3 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 2 1 El Paso 0, Reno 0, tie
5,000-meter run at the Jacksonville State University d’Arnaud c 4 0 1 0 Tucker rf 3 0 0 0 1-(minus 1), Trask 8-(minus 35). Ohio Dominican 56, Alderson-Broaddus 10 Maccabi Haifa at Memphis, 2 p.m.
PASSING_Auburn, Nix 11-27-3-145. Florida, Ohio Northern 31, Marietta 23 Charlotte at Boston, 5 p.m. Rio Grande Valley 1, New Mexico 1, tie
Foothills Invitational on Saturday in Jacksonville, Kiermaier cf 4 0 1 0 Marisnick cf 0 0 0 0
E.Jones 5-7-0-28, Krull 1-1-0-4, Trask Ohio State 34, Michigan State 10 Shanghai Sharks vs. L.A. Clippers at Honolulu, Orange County 2, OKC Energy 0
Adames ss 2 0 1 0 Maldonado c 3 0 2 1
Alabama. Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 34 3 10 3 19-31-0-234. Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20 Hawaii, 6 p.m. Phoenix 5, Portland 3
RECEIVING_Auburn, S.Williams 4-79, Olivet 63, Finlandia 6 Tacoma 4, Fresno 1
The men’s team finished 19th among 25 schools in Tampa Bay 000 000 001—1
M.Miller 2-22, Stove 2-14, Hastings 1-13, Pittsburg St. 56, Lincoln (Mo.) 14
Monday’s Games
Today
Houston 000 100 11x—3 Buenas Aires San Lorenzo at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
the men’s 8K run at the event. E_Adames (1). DP_Tampa Bay 1, Houston 1. Cannella 1-12, J.Wilson 1-5. Florida, Pitts S. Dakota St. 28, S. Illinois 10 New York at Washington,6 p.m. Charlotte at Bethlehem Steel, 6:30 p.m.
SE Missouri 43, Tennessee Tech 37, 2OT Tuesday
Lillie Fisher’s time of 24 minutes, 33.4 seconds, LOB_Tampa Bay 7, Houston 8. 2B_Kiermaier (1), 8-65, Swain 6-146, Perine 4-15, Hammond Orlando at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Saint Louis at Loudoun, 6:30 p.m.
2-23, Cleveland 2-(minus 1), Jefferson 1-10, Saginaw Valley St. 55, Northwood (Mich.) 29 New Orleans at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
which placed 82nd in the women’s event, was the best Altuve (1), Correa (1). HR_Bregman (1). Grimes 1-4, Trask 1-4. Simpson (Iowa) 29, Nebraska Wesleyan 21 Milwaukee at Chicago, 7 p.m. Louisville at Nashville, 7 p.m.
IP H R ER BB SO Ottawa at Swope Park Rangers, 7 p.m.
finish for either Owls team. Joshua Maughan’s time Tampa Bay
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. South Dakota 38, Indiana St. 0 Tuesday’s Games
Wednesday
St. John’s (Minn.) 61, Augsburg 6 Houston vs. Toronto at Tokyo, 5 a.m.
of 30:43.6 placed 83rd, tops for the Owls in the men’s Snell L,0-1 3 1-3 4 1 1 0 5 St. Norbert at Grinnell, ccd. Guangzhou Long-Lions at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Bethlehem Steel at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
event. Castillo
Yarbrough
1 2-3 1 0 0 1 1
1 0 0 0 0 1
Missouri 42, Troy 10 St. Olaf 29, Hamline 2 San Antonio at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Orange County at Real Monarchs, 8 p.m.
Troy 7 0 3 0—10 St. Thomas (Minn.) 51, Concordia (Moor.) 6 Dallas vs. Oklahoma City at Tulsa, Okla., 7 p.m. Thursday
South Alabama won both races at the event, Pagán 1 2 1 0 0 0 Missouri 21 21 0 0—42 Tiffin 55, St. Anselm 6 New Zealand Breakers at Memphis, 7 p.m. Austin at El Paso, 8 p.m.
Anderson 2-3 3 1 1 0 0 Friday
including a 1-2-3-4 finish in the men’s race. Poche 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
First Quarter Toledo 31, W. Michigan 24 Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
San Antonio at Portland, 9 p.m.
TRY_McClain 15 pass from Barker (Sumpter Wabash 31, Ohio Wesleyan 13 Denver vs. Portland at Portland, Ore., 9:30 p.m.
The Owls will compete in the Mississippi College Houston kick), 11:38 Wartburg 48, Buena Vista 27 Saturday, October 12
Invitational next week in Clinton. The women’s 5K starts Cole W,1-0 7 2-3 4 0 0 1 15 MIZ_Rountree 1 run (McCann kick), 9:55 Wayne (Mich.) 27, N. Michigan 14 Bethlehem Steel at Ottawa, 1 p.m.
at 9 a.m., and the men’s 8K starts at 9:15 a.m.
Osuna H,1
Harris S,1-1
WP_Osuna.
2-3 2 1 1 2 1
2-3 0 0 0 0 1
MIZ_Bryant 3 run (McCann kick), 3:27
MIZ_Nance 64 pass from Bryant (McCann
kick), :37
Winona St. 28, Minn. St.-Moorhead 26
Wis. Lutheran 27, Rockford 13
Wisconsin 48, Kent St. 0
Hockey Swope Park Rangers at Louisville, 6 p.m.
Indy at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Umpires_Home, Bruce Dreckman; First, Mark National Hockey League North Carolina at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Prep Softball
Second quarter SOUTH
Wegner; Second, James Hoye; Third, Jerry Meals; MIZ_Okwuegbunam 16 pass from Bryant Alabama A&M 35, Texas Southern 28 EASTERN CONFERENCE New Mexico at Tulsa, 7 p.m.
Right, John Tumpane; Left, D.J. Reyburn. (McCann kick), 7:57 Alcorn St. 35, Alabama St. 7 Atlantic Division Pittsburgh at Saint Louis, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus slow-pitch team advances in T_3:46. A_43,378 (41,168). MIZ_Garrett 33 interception return (McCann
kick), 6:13
Averett 48, Greensboro 0
Bethune-Cookman 31, Morgan St. 20
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto 3 2 0 1 5 14 10
Colorado at Tacoma, 9 p.m.
LA Galaxy II at Fresno, 9:30 p.m.
playoffs with sweep of West Lauderdale MIZ_Knox 6 pass from Bryant (McCann Campbell 28, Presbyterian 14 Boston 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 Reno at Las Vegas, 9:30 p.m.
The Columbus High School slow-pitch softball Pro Football kick), 1:12
Third quarter
TRY_FG Sumpter 43, 4:55
Carson-Newman 69, UNC-Pembroke 18
Charleston Southern 24, Savannah St. 19
Buffalo 2 2 0 0 4 10 3
Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 9 9
Detroit 1 1 0 0 2 5 3
Real Monarchs at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
Orange County at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 13
team is moving on to the second round of the MHSAA National Football League A_50,023.
Chattanooga 34, Mercer 17
Davidson 42, Morehead St. 31 Tampa Bay 2 1 1 0 2 8 6 Loudoun at Charleston, 1 p.m.
playoffs. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Team statistics Elizabeth City St. 27, St. Augustine’s 17 Florida 2 1 1 0 2 6 8 Birmingham at Hartford, 2 p.m.
East TRY MIZ Ottawa 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 Rio Grande Valley at OKC Energy, 6 p.m.
The Falcons beat West Lauderdale 8-5 and 9-6 W L T Pct PF PA First downs 13 22
Emory & Henry 56, Hampden-Sydney 17
Metropolitan Division Tuesday, October 15
FIU 44, UMass 0
to clinch the best-of-three series that was played on New England 4 0 0 1.000 122 27 Rushes-yards 31-61 36-165 Fayetteville St. 66, Chowan 20 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Portland at El Paso, 8 p.m.
Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 76 63 Passing 150 278 Washington 3 2 0 1 5 7 6 Wednesday, October 16
Columbus’ home field. N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70
Florida 24, Auburn 13
Carolina 2 2 0 0 4 7 5 Swope Park Rangers at Indy, 6 p.m.
Comp-Att-Int 20-35-2 18-27-0 Florida A&M 28, NC Central 21
Senior C’Asia Grayer went 7 for 7 at the plate Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163 Return Yards 27 43 Furman 58, Samford 14 N.Y. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 10 5 Memphis at Charleston, 6:30 p.m.
South Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 New York Red Bulls II at Birmingham, 7 p.m.
between the two games, hitting four doubles and driving W L T Pct PF PA
Punts-Avg. 6-39.5 4-36.0 Gardner-Webb 24, W. Carolina 21
Pittsburgh 2 1 1 0 2 8 5
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Georgia 43, Tennessee 14 Austin at Real Monarchs, 8 p.m.
in four runs for Columbus. Houston 2 2 0 .500 78 78 Penalties-Yards 7-60 9-106 Georgia St. 52, Arkansas St. 38 New Jersey 2 0 1 1 1 6 12 Tacoma at New Mexico, 8 p.m.
Makaijah Taylor went 2 for 3 with two home runs Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 94 102 Time of Poss. 30:46 29:14 Grambling St. 44, Jackson St. 21 N.Y. Islanders
1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 84 84 Individual statistics Hampton 40, North Alabama 34 Columbus 2 0 2 0 0 3 11
and seven runs batted in. Taylor was intentionally
walked four times.
Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 91 62
North
W L T Pct PF PA
RUSHING_Troy, Woolfolk 18-62, Billingsley
7-20, Hayes 1-2, Barker 3-1, Watson 0-0,
Huntingdon 48, Methodist 7
Jacksonville St. 31, Tennessee St. 23
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Transactions Saturday’s moves
(Team) 2-(minus 24). Missouri, Rountree Johnson C. Smith 26, Lincoln (Pa.) 19
The Falcons will host Tupelo on Tuesday in the next Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 89 91 9-56, Downing 5-37, Bakare 7-36, Badie 8-25, LSU 42, Utah St. 6 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 9 5 FOOTBALL
round of the playoffs. Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 135 100 Bryant 6-20, Powell 1-(minus 9). St. Louis 2 1 0 1 3 5 5 National Football League
Lenoir-Rhyne 63, Virginia-Wise 6 NFL — Fined Cleveland WR Odell Beckham Jr.,
Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 76 88 PASSING_Troy, Watson 5-9-0-58, Barker Limestone 52, Catawba 24 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 2 9 10
Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 57 110 15-26-2-92. Missouri, Bryant 12-19-0-221, Nashville 2 1 1 0 2 8 7 Cleveland C JC TRetter and Baltimore CB Marlon
Louisville 41, Boston College 39
SOURCE: From Special Reports West Powell 6-8-0-57. MVSU 31, Va. Lynchburg 23 Chicago 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 Humphrey, $14,037 each for unsportsmanlike con-
W L T Pct PF PA RECEIVING_Troy, Todd 6-44, Geiger 4-22, Minnesota 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 duct during a Sept. 29 game.
McNeese St. 38, SE Louisiana 34 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TE Darrell Dan-
Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 135 94 Dallas 2 0 2 0 0 3 5
on the air
McClain 3-44, Whittemore 2-28, Woolfolk 2-2, Memphis 52, Louisiana-Monroe 33
Oakland 2 2 0 .500 79 102 Clark 1-5, Billingsley 1-5, Gibson 1-0. Missou- Pacific Division iels from the practice squad. Placed OL Jordan
Middle Tennessee 24, Marshall 13 Mills on IR.
L.A. Chargers 2 2 0 .500 90 74 ri, K.Scott 5-88, Nance 2-81, Okwuegbunam Millsaps 20, Centre 17, 2OT GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Denver 0 4 0 .000 70 93 2-23, Badie 2-18, Parker 1-18, Johnson 1-17, Vegas 2 2 0 0 4 9 2 ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed P Matt Bosher
Morehouse 33, Kentucky St. 24
Today NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
Dove 1-11, Banister 1-8, Knox 1-6, Hea 1-6,
Downing 1-2.
Murray St. 24, E. Illinois 17
NC A&T 58, Norfolk St. 19
Edmonton 2 2 0 0 4 9 7
Anaheim 2 2 0 0 4 5 2
on IR. Re-signed P Matt Wile. Waived OL John
Wetzel.
W L T Pct PF PA Calgary 2 1 1 0 2 6 5 CHICAGO BEARS — Released TE Bradley Sow-
AUTO RACING Dallas 3 1 0 .750 107 56
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Missouri, McCann NC Wesleyan 52, LaGrange 35
Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 ell. Signed QB Tyler Bray from the practice squad.
52, Koetting 50. Nicholls 34, Cent. Arkansas 14
1:30 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 110 105
N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 87 97
North Carolina 38, Georgia Tech 22 Arizona 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
Vancouver 2 0 2 0 0 2 6
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed RB Tra Car-
son from the practice squad. Released DL Fadol
Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 6
Cup Series: Drydene 400, NBCSN Washington 0 4 0 .000 66 118 No. 3 Georgia 43, Randolph-Macon 34, Guilford 21 San Jose 3 0 3 0 0 3 12 Brown.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Shakial
South NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 14 Richmond 23, Albany (NY) 20
Stetson 30, Butler 27 overtime loss. Top three teams in each division Taylor from the practice squad. Waived TE Hale
New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 84 92 Georgia 10 16 3 14—43 and two wild cards per conference advance to Hentges.
Noon — Mississippi State at South Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 123 117 Tennessee 7 7 0 0—14
UT Martin 38, E. Kentucky 28
playoffs. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated CB
VMI 34, The Citadel 21
Carolina, ESPNU Carolina 2 2 0 .500 95 80 First quarter Friday’s Games Ryan Smith from the NFL Commissioner’s ex-
Villanova 35, William & Mary 28
Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 70 99 UGA_Swift 1 run (Blankenship kick), 7:07 Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3 empt list.
Virginia St. 35, Shaw 0
MLB BASEBALL North TEN_Callaway 73 pass from Maurer (Cimaglia
Virginia Tech 42, Miami 35 Washington 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 HOCKEY
W L T Pct PF PA kick), 6:25 Toronto 4, Columbus 1 National Hockey League
Virginia Union 44, Livingstone 0
3:30 p.m. — N.L. Division Series, Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 85 69 UGA_FG Blankenship 50, 2:34
W. Kentucky 20, Old Dominion 3 Winnipeg 5, New Jersey 4, SO ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Antti Raan-
Chicago 3 1 0 .750 66 45 Second quarter Vegas 5, San Jose 1 ta from Tucson (AHL). Assigned G Adin Hill to
Atlanta at St. Louis, Game 3, TBS Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95 TEN_Jennings 12 pass from Maurer (Cimaglia
West Georgia 44, Shorter 34
Wofford 35, ETSU 17 Saturday’s Games Tucson.
Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 84 63 kick), 14:57 Florida 4, Tampa Bay 3 American Hockey League
7 p.m. — N.L. Division Series: LA Dodg- West UGA_FG Blankenship 34, 11:31
SOUTHWEST
Montreal 6, Toronto 5, SO BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed to
Ark.-Pine Bluff 45, Lane 38
ers at Washington, Game 3, TBS W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 96 54
UGA_Cager 3 pass from Fromm (Blankenship
kick), 1:59
Lamar 27, Abilene Christian 24
Pittsburgh 7, Columbus 2
Buffalo 7, New Jersey 2
terms with LW Ben Thomson on a one-year con-
tact.
Louisiana College 27, Howard Payne 21
NFL FOOTBALL Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118 UGA_Pickens 7 pass from Fromm (pass
Mary Hardin-Baylor 79, McMurry 0
Carolina 3, Washington 2, OT ECHL
L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134 failed), :09 N.Y. Rangers 4, Ottawa 1 ECHL — Suspended Adirondack’s Gabriel Ver-
Noon — Buffalo at Tennessee, CBS Arizona 0 3 1 .125 74 115 Third quarter
Ouachita 27, SE Oklahoma 14
Texas Tech 45, Oklahoma St. 35
St. Louis 3, Dallas 2 plaest five games and fined him undisclosed
Thursday’s Games UGA_FG Blankenship 27, 7:03 Detroit 5, Nashville 3 amount for leaving the player’s bench to join an
Noon — Tampa Bay at New Orleans, FOX Philadelphia 34, Green Bay 27 Fourth quarter Colorado 4, Minnesota 2 altercation during a preseason game against
3:25 p.m. — Green Bay at Dallas, FOX
7:20 p.m. — Indianapolis at K.C., NBC
Sunday’s Games
L.A. Chargers 30, Miami 10
N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 3
UGA_Herrien 1 run (Blankenship kick), 8:02
UGA_Crowder 60 fumble return (Blankenship
kick), 4:39
Prep Football Boston 1, Arizona 0
Anaheim 3, San Jose 1
Calgary 3, Vancouver 0
Reading on Oct. 4. Suspended Reading’s Hayden
Hodgson two games and fined him an undisclosed
amount after receiving a match penalty for fighting
Tennessee 24, Atlanta 10 Team statistics Mississippi Poll Edmonton 6, Los Angeles 5 in the game.
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Max effort: Nats turn aces’ bullpen days into valuable outs
The Associated Press manager Dave Martínez from that,” Scherzer said. Scherzer said. “You lay it Chicago Cubs, entering also included a twisting,
wagered the one-inning The Nationals, with on the line every time you the game with a 4-3 lead. falling grab by third base-
The Washington Na- outing was his best bet to their lights-out top of the touch that field.” He got two quick man Anthony Rendon on
tionals turned a bullpen fly home with a win. rotation and rickety relief Scherzer planned to outs before the bottom Cody Bellinger’s pop fly
day for one of their aces “You can see it in Max’s corps, could be tempt- rest and recover as much dropped out. Scherzer in shallow left field, as
into a postseason game eyes that he was ready to ed to squeeze similar as possible on Saturday, a gave up four runs (two well as a gutsy intention-
day, and dominate,” closer Daniel outings out of Strasburg travel day for both teams, earned) and three hits to al walk by Martínez that
they may Hudson said. “Max out of and Patrick Corbin this with hopes of being ready go with a walk, a strikeout brought the winning run
run more the ’pen is a different an- month. to take on MLB ERA lead- and a hit batsman in one to bat.
starters imal.” “Before we even got er Hyun-Jin Ryu in Wash- inning. Martínez intentionally
out for spot Since Madison to the playoffs, our game ington. “With what happened walked Max Muncy, who
stints as a If he doesn’t go, Mar- in the Cubs series, how hit a solo shot off Sean
Bumgarner’s five-inning plan was to try to utilize
bridge to tinez indicated right- he kind of got some tough Doolittle in the seventh,
save for San Francisco in these guys the best way
their unreli- hander Aníbal Sánchez breaks, for him to come in before Hudson walked
Game 7 of the 2014 World possible without disrupt-
able reliev- Scherzer would start. there and do that, it was Will Smith to load the
Series, it’s become in- ing their starts,” Martínez
ers. “We play for one pretty cool to see,” team- bases. Seager fouled off
creasingly common for said. “We talked to all of
Max Scherzer took an game,” Martinez said. mate Ryan Zimmerman four fastballs before Hud-
ace starters to be called them, and they have all
unexpected turn in relief “Our biggest emphasis said of the turnaround. son got him to swing over
on for October relief. been on board.”
during Washington’s 4-2 all year was to go 1-0, and Scherzer turned it over a slider.
win over the Los Angeles Those outings have usu- It’s a risky maneuver
now it’s that time.” to Hudson for a tense Scherzer followed the
Dodgers on Friday night, ally come in win-or-go — pitchers don’t gen-
Scherzer’s last relief ninth, and sure enough, roller-coaster action from
helping to even the best- home situations — rarely erally max out during
appearance in the post- trouble ensued. the clubhouse.
of-five series at a game in the second game of a between-start bullpen
season didn’t go nearly The closer loaded the “It’s all pins and nee-
apiece. It was his fourth series. sessions, and Scherzer
as well. He pitched in a bases with two outs before dles,” he said. “That’s the
career postseason relief Scherzer’s appearance could be limited in Game
decisive Game 5 of the striking out Corey Seager postseason. It’s like this
appearance and came Friday night may signal 3 if he starts. But it’s a
2017 NLDS against the for the save. The inning every single time.”
after a commanding per- a shift. After starting in necessary one for a club
formance from Stephen Tuesday’s NL wild-card trying to limit exposure
Strasburg on the shortest game, the 35-year-old for its relievers, who tied
rest of his career. was scheduled to throw the Dodgers for the NL
The move may force a bullpen as part of his high with 29 blown saves
the Nationals to bump between-start routine. during the regular sea-
Scherzer, their scheduled Martínez simply had son.
Game 3 starter, back to Scherzer get his work in And if it works for the
Game 4. But with Wash- during the game. Nats, more clubs will cer-
ington leading the 106- “I felt I could really go tainly try it.
win Dodgers on the road, one inning and recover “This is the playoffs,”
Nascar
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Cole
Continued from Page 1B
for 80 yards and a score. buildings, the town is a rural agrar- later.
While his numbers picked up, ian society far removed from the The one-time afterthoughts
so too did his recruiting profile. Midwestern world in which Cole were headed to Starkville.
With Cole riddled with mail and the grew up.
dizzying effect the process has on “It’s going to be a long seven
months,” he thought upon first set-
‘A Bulldog, most definitely’
athletes, family friend Ralph Arnett Cole’s time at MSU has been
stepped in to help make sense of it ting foot at EMCC. nearly as meandering and bumpy
all. Though the town is remote, Ste- as his path to it.
Arnett, whose brother DeAntho- phens’ program has been synony- Upon arrival, he took a redshirt
ny was a high-profile prospect out mous with junior college football for for academic reasons. He then suf-
of Saginaw in the Class of 2011, the better part of a decade, having fered an upper-body injury just four
had seen his sibling go through the totaled five national championships games into last year that forced him
process and was able to advise the since 2011 alone. to miss the rest of the season.
Coles. It’s also served as a proving But finally healthy and boasting
“It was like he had the sweet po- ground for former Division I prod-
a renewed confidence in his ability,
tato pie with all the ingredients,”
Brian Sr. said through a laugh. “Ev-
ucts who left their initial stops for
varying reasons.
he’s flourished in defensive coordi-
nator Bob Shoop’s scheme in 2019.
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
coach Buddy Stephens, Arnett Standing at the podium in the the same number only once. The difficulty level
reached out to Stephens to see if ting here,” Rivers told The Dis-
patch. “Take a few extra courses Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex earli- increases from Monday to Sunday.
he’d be interested in bringing Brian er this season, Cole was questioned
aboard for a year. He was, with one and go through the obstacles of not
playing our first year, so that kind about the tattooed sleeve that cov-
caveat — the Lions needed a defen- ers nearly his entire left arm.
sive back. of built us the same.”
Beyond their past paths, neither Located just above his wrist is
“They completely blew me off a block “M” — reminiscent of his
Rivers nor Cole had a car during
initially,” Arnett joked of the Coles’ days at Michigan. But more telling
their time in Scooba. When team-
reaction when he brought up the is the inked “Walking Bully” image
mates went home after Thursday
idea. that resides just above it.
night games, the duo was effective-
“Being 17 years old and go- “That’s where I’m from, but
ly trapped on campus.
ing from Ann Arbor to Scooba is Michigan Wolverines — no,” he
Video games in the dorm rooms
life-changing in itself,” he contin- said through a smirk. “I’m a Bull-
and chatter about their former lives
ued. “And I thought not only the dog, most definitely. But at the end
as Division I stars occupied their
surroundings, but the relation- of the day that’s part of my journey,
time. There were also constant re-
ships, the connections that Buddy minders of needing to get out. and it made me who I am today,
had I knew he would be taken care “We wanted to get back to where too.”
of.” we wanted to be,” Cole said. “From With this week’s bye, Cole and
After some coaxing, Cole took getting scholarship money, to dif- the Bulldogs are entering the sec-
Stephens up on his offer. With a ferent benefits, flying to games … ond half of the season. With seven
leap of faith and a position change when you have that, you lose it, then scheduled games remaining, he
in tow, he headed for Mississippi. it humbles you and makes you want has once again started the timer —
Next stop: Scooba. to get back to where you were at.” one that will almost assuredly make
After helping the Lions to an 11-1 him an NFL draft pick come April.
‘A long seven months’ record, Cole and Rivers readied to “The way I look at it, I’ve got four
Geographically, Scooba is rough- make their college choices. to five months to do what I have to
ly 900 miles from Saginaw. Then With the help of Arnett, Cole do, handle what I have to handle to
there’s the metaphorical distance. committed to MSU on Dec. 13, get where I always wanted to be,”
In the place of old industrial 2017. Rivers did the same one day he said.
Ole Miss
Continued from Page 1B
touchdown run in the first Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 6
Vanderbilt 0 6 0 0—6
quarter. Scottie Phillips Ole Miss 10 0 14 7—31
added a 24-yard touch- First quarter
MIS_FG Logan 41, 12:32
down run in the fourth MIS_Plumlee 33 run (Logan kick), 9:15
Second quarter
quarter for the Rebels, VAN_FG Guay 22, 11:04
VAN_FG Guay 43, :00
who finished with 512 Third quarter
MIS_Ealy 78 run (Logan kick), 12:17
yards of total offense that MIS_Conner 84 run (Logan kick), 9:03
Fourth quarter
included 413 yards rush- MIS_Phillips 24 run (Logan kick), 4:29
A_47,601.
ing, the highest SEC out- VAN MIS ACROSS
First downs 17 15
put since 1979 when the Rushes-yards 27-62 44-413 1 Punch
Rebels ran for 443 yards Passing
Comp-Att-Int
202 99
25-46-0 10-18-0 5 Role for Chris
against Vanderbilt. Return Yards
Punts-Avg.
28
11-39.5 6-40.0
6
Hemsworth
Ryley Guay kicked Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-23 5-54 9 Indian coin
field goals of 22 and 43 Time of Possession 33:02
Individual statistics
26:58
10 Showed over
yards for Vanderbilt (1-4, Stan Beall/Special to The Dispatch RUSHING_Vanderbilt, Vaughn 18-69, Neal 4-6,
Brooks 3-1, Wallace 2-(minus 14). Mississippi, Plum- 12 Seek a job
0-3) in the second quar- Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee runs for a lee 22-165, Ealy 4-97, Conner 5-91, Phillips 11-62,
touchdown during the first quarter Saturday against E.Moore 1-0, (Team) 1-(minus 2). 13 Chum
ter, but the Commodores PASSING_Vanderbilt, Neal 18-30-0-140, Wallace
14 Colorful
Vanderbilt at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. 7-16-0-62. Mississippi, Plumlee 10-18-0-99.
never seriously threat- RECEIVING_Vanderbilt, Lipscomb 7-69, Vaughn
flowers
ened in the second half. sons, but the loss makes seat with the SEC elite 4-15, Pierce 3-20, C.Johnson 3-13, Bresnahan 2-38,
Bolar 2-21, Brooks 2-10, Shelton-Mosley 1-9, Pink-
16 Acquire
Ke’Shawn Vaughn had it more difficult to reach is an unrealistic expecta- ney 1-7. Mississippi, E.Moore 4-40, Mingo 2-15, J.
Jackson 1-28, Cooley 1-7, Pellerin 1-5, Gregory 1-4. 17 Print units
69 yards rushing for Van- the six-win postseason tion, but earning two SEC MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
18 Colorful
derbilt, which was limited eligibility level. On the home wins, remaining in son-best performance, flowers
to 62 yards rushing and positive side, the Commo- the chase for postseason led by linebacker Lakia 20 Find appropri-
finished 2 of 17 on third dores have not missed a play, and the impressive Henry with 15 tackles, 14 ate
down conversions. field goal attempt in sev- play from freshmen at the in the first half. 22 Savvy about
en tries, including six by offensive skill positions 23 Foreword DOWN say
The takeaway Guay, this season. Harri- have been encouraging Up next 25 Cross 1 Flat on one’s 25 Twitch
Vanderbilt: The Com- son Smith was effective signs. After giving up 59 Vanderbilt hosts UNLV 28 Admits back 26 Trattoria
modores have been good with four punts downed points in last week’s loss on Saturday. 32 Colorful 2 Stand against choices
enough to earn two bowl inside the 20-yard line. at Alabama, the defense Ole Miss plays at Mis- flowers 3 Jail division 27 Turkey’s
bids in the past three sea- Ole Miss: Taking a answered with a sea- souri on Saturday. 34 “Annabel Lee” 4 Typed, as text capital
author 5 Completely 29 Charlotte, for
Woodard
35 Invite wreck one
36 Colorful 6 Fashion line? 30 Kelp compo-
flowers 7 Genesis nent
Continued from Page 1B 38 Kick off 8 Show anger 31 High homes
dent you can play with right now. Great competi- with him last year, that ed.” 40 Filer’s worry toward 33 Small
anyone in this league.” tor, one of our leaders, no created a good bond,” “Robert brings it every 41 Opera’s 9 Dance parties amounts
The biggest adjust- doubt.” Perry said. “We have each night,” senior guard Ty- Callas 11 “That’s a lie!” 37 One of Don-
ment in his transition Howland expects the other’s back on the court son Carter said. 42 Yorkshire city 15 Snitch ald’s nephews
from high school to col- duo of Woodard and soph- and are going to go hard MSU has a home ex- 43 Easy targets 19 Pirate’s take 39 Tear
lege came after Howland omore standout forward each and every night.” hibition against South 44 Jane of fiction 21 Fish features
used the 6-foot-7 Woodard Reggie Perry to become Woodard added he ex- Alabama on Oct. 27 be- 24 Downsize,
at small forward — he pri- one of the best rebound- pects to take a step for- fore opening the season
marily played power for- ing tandems in the South- ward as a leader, saying against Florida Interna-
ward at Columbus High. eastern Conference. he’ll do whatever he can tional on Nov. 5 at the
“(I learned to) just be “Being roommates to “keep the guys motivat- Humphrey Coliseum.
able to move faster, stand
lower and guard quicker
guys,” Woodard said of
changing positions.
His game still centers
around playing near the
basket, but MSU wants
Woodard to become a
more well-rounded perim-
eter player. In the 2018-
2019 season, Woodard
made 12 of 44 3-pointers
for a 27 percent clip.
“He’s really improved
his outside jump shot,”
Howland said. “I think
he’s really grown offen-
sively as a perimeter play-
er from when he arrived
a year ago to where he is
Lifestyles LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
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SECTION
Asylum Hill
Courtesy photo
In this file photo, Forrest Follett of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University works at the Asylum Hill Cemetery site on the University
of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson, in 2013. The Asylum Hill Research Consortium is reaching out to the public for information that might help
tell the stories of individuals who may be interred at the site. Remains from 66 exhumed graves are currently at the Cobb Institute in Starkville. The head of
the Asylum Hill project, Ralph Didlake, will speak at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Friday at noon.
T
■ WHAT: Free talk by Dr. Ralph Didlake, “The Asylum
he coffins, made of pine, are decayed Hill Cemetery Project”
by time and clay soil. Simple wooden ■ WHEN: Friday, Oct. 11; noon
crosses thought to have marked each ■ WHERE: Library, 314 Seventh St. N., Columbus.
burial site have long since disintegrated. Call 662-329-5304 for information.
The mostly anonymous graves — as many
as 7,000 of them — represent the final 1912 forward, when the state of Mississippi
resting place of inhabitants who died at started doing death certificates consistent-
the Mississippi Insane Asylum in Jackson ly.”
between 1855 and 1935 and were interred Of those thousands, the remains of 66
at the Asylum Hill Cemetery. Today, they people have been exhumed to date, from
occupy the only remaining undeveloped part land needed for a roadway. Those 66 have a
of the main campus of the University of Mis- new resting place in Starkville, at the Cobb
sissippi Medical Center. In 2012, proposed Institute of Archaeology at MSU. Exhuma-
construction brought the all-but-forgotten tions were done in late 2012 and early 2013
grave sites to the forefront once more. What with a team led by Nicholas Herrmann,
to do about them — and how to respectfully Ph.D., then at the Cobb Institute. Graduate
memorialize them — is an ongoing and com- students and undergrads from MSU were
pelling story that reaches from Jackson to part of the team.
the Golden Triangle, and into every county
of the Magnolia State.
An overview of that story will be shared Exhuming the past
in Columbus Friday, Oct. 11, when Dr. Ralph
Courtesy photo Biological anthropologist Molly Zuck-
Dr. Ralph Didlake erman, Ph.D., is an associate professor
Didlake presents a free talk on the Asylum
Hill Cemetery Project at noon at the Co- in the MSU Department of
ology, anthropology, psychiatry, philosophy,
lumbus-Lowndes Public Library. Didlake is bioethics, law, archives, preservation and Anthropology and Middle
the associate vice chancellor for academic more. Eastern Studies. She is also
affairs and chief academic officer for the “I felt strongly that whatever got done a senior researcher at the
University of Mississippi Medical Center in had to be culturally appropriate and respect- Cobb Institute. Her research
Jackson. He is also a professor of surgery ful of the individuals who were interred specialty is reconstructing
and director of UMMC’s Center for Bioeth- there,” Didlake told The Dispatch. evidence of health and disease
ics and Medical Humanities. Early on, he began to envision a memo- from human skeletal remains
After the graves were rediscovered rial of some type. As the conversation went recovered from archaeological Zuckerman
in 2012 during construction on campus, forward, the vision expanded. sites. As part of the exhuma-
Didlake saw a need for a diverse group “We started realizing almost immediately tion team and in curating the remains in her
of scholars and community members to that this brought with it an opportunity to do laboratory, Zuckerman has followed exact-
oversee potential exhumations and to honor a very meaningful project,” Didlake said. ing preservation standards.
the experience of individuals who were Exactly how many people are interred on “One of the things we’re very proud of is
patients during an important 80-year period the near-16-acre site in Jackson isn’t precise- that the remains have all been cleaned and
in the history of medicine, mental illness ly known. all individually stored in a highly secured
and social institutions in the state of Missis- “Archaeologists are telling us to prepare facility in a way that makes certain that they
sippi. He formed the Asylum Hill Research for 7,000,” Didlake said. “We’re highly con- are not mingled with other skeletal materi-
Consortium (AHRC). Its members bring fident that there are 4,000, because we have als,” she said.
with them expertise in the fields of archae- those records. We have burial records from See Asylum Hill, 5C
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hen Starkville
High School
freshman Parker
Casano went off to Camp
Liberty in Battleground,
Alabama, he didn’t ex-
pect arts and crafts and
archery. He had signed
up for the veteran-owned
business’ Extreme
Military Challenge, after
all. The 14-year-old son
of Justin and Elizabeth
Casano of Oktibbeha
County has long been
interested in a potential
military career, inspired
by the military service
of his grandparents.
Camp Liberty seemed a
good way to learn more
what it might entail. So,
Parker joined more than
300 young people ages
13-17 from more than 30 Courtesy photo
states and 18 countries Courtesy photo Parker Casano receives instructions from an Extreme
who made Camp Liberty Parker Casano, 14, navigates a physical drill during Camp Liberty’s Extreme Military Military Challenge instructor at Camp Liberty.
home as they under- Challenge in Battleground, Alabama, this past July. Casano signed up for the experi-
went two to six weeks ence because he has an interest in a military career. The Starkville High freshman is
of military training. It the son of Justin and Elizabeth Casano of Oktibbeha County.
ranged from Cadet Basic then this was the “real going to let that define thought this would help
Training to Cadet Ranger thing.” What followed you? No, I’m not. I’m go- him decide, be as authen-
School to Cadet SCUBA was heads shaved and ing to be in the military. tic as possible to give him
School this past summer, days and nights of push- I know it’s going to be an idea whether he really
all based on U.S. Army ups, sit-ups, exhausting tough.” wanted to or not.”
standards. The Extreme runs, strict discipline, Parker didn’t only He came back “more
Military Challenge is “shark attacks,” demand- complete two weeks of than fired up,” she said.
led by a team of military ing drills and exacting boot camp and two weeks “He came back talking
professionals with more challenges. of leadership camp, he about being a combat
than 400 years of collec- Parker was assigned immediately joined the medic and about being a
tive service. to third platoon, the “ma- Starkville High School physicians’ assistant once
“I thought it’d be rine division.” Junior ROTC program he got out.”
like a camp just giving “They were the tough- when he returned. His Parker said, “I feel
fundamentals of the army est of the tough,” he said. leadership training at the like I have accomplished
— not actually like boot A number of teens Challenge has already something that less than
camp and everything,” dropped out along the advanced his rank to pla- 1 percent of kids my
Justin told The Dispatch way, and Parker had toon sergeant. He’s also age would even attempt
about his four-week moments when he con- been earning money by because it is really hard,
immersion in July. From sidered it. But he perse- mowing yards to return overwhelming and
the first moment, howev- vered. to Camp Liberty next requires a ‘don’t give up’
er, he knew it would be “The thing I’m most year, for combat medic attitude. I have learned
unlike any experience proud of is that I finished camp. that God has given me
he’d had before. it. I actually put forth the “He’s at that age where an opportunity to see
“I saw there were actu- effort and I excelled,” he he has to start making a glimpse of my future
al drill instructors,” Park- said. “There were times some career decisions,” that I am really excited
er said. “They told us, when I thought I don’t said Parker’s mother, about.”
‘We are not your friends! want to be in the military; Elizabeth. “He’s all the Editor’s note: Some
We’re gonna make y’all I don’t want anything time talking about being information in this story is
work and break you to do with it. But then I in the military and de- courtesy of a Camp Liberty
down!’” Parker knew thought, are you really fending his country. We press release.
Courtesy photo
TROPICAL TOUCH: Bill Plyler stands Sept. 24 next to banana trees he’s grown in
his backyard in east Columbus. After the first frost each fall, Plyler cuts the trees
back and covers them so they will sprout again the following spring. It’s a practice
he’s followed for 30 to 40 years at the house he shares with his wife, Mary. Plyler’s
towering trees are no accident: “They like a lot of nitrogen; they like a lot of water,”
he said. “The more you baby them, the bigger they get.”
School news
Vo graduates
Tam Vo of Starkville recently graduated from Georgia State University, where
she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree during the Summer 2019 semester.
Georgia State University conferred more than 2,000 degrees to students at the
associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, professional and doctoral levels during
the Summer 2019 semester.
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calendar
Thursday through
Saturday, Oct. 10-12
Eudora Welty Writers’
Symposium — A diverse
group of Southern writers and
scholars present their work
at this annual event at The W.
lake of the University of Mississippi
Today Medical Center speaks at noon
Author readings are free to the
public. For a complete sched-
Oktoberfest for the Arts — at the Columbus-Lowndes Public ule, visit muw/edu/welty.
This benefit for the Columbus Arts Library, 314 Seventh St. N., on “The
Council from 1-5 p.m. is hosted at Asylym Hill Cemetery Project.” Free
Zachary’s, 205 Fifth St. N., down- to the public. For more information,
town Columbus. $10 cash donation. contact Mona Vance-Ali, 662-329-
Enjoy German foods, art and bever- 5304.
ages, plus live music at this event in Welty Gala — This annual
tribute to Beverly Norris. fundraiser for the MUW Scholar-
“It’s a Classic!” — The ship Fund features New York Time
Starkville/MSU Sympony Orchestra best-selling author John Feinstein at Courtesy photo
presents a free concert at 2 p.m. at 7 p.m. at Trotter Convention Center
Mississippi University for Women’s in Columbus. Black tie optional.
Rent Auditorium in Whitfield Hall. The Friends tickets are $100. For tickets night concert Oct. 18 with fireworks,
program features Mozart, Haydn and or information, visit muw.edu/welty/ Tuesday, Oct. 15 Doug Stone, Jeff Bates and Rust
$150. To purchase, or for more infor-
mation, call or text 662-275-7819.
the work of guest soprano Susan gala, or contact the MUW Founda- Fall recital — The W’s Music De- Bucket Roadies at Ola J. Pickett
Hurley and guest composer Joe tion, 662-329-7148 or anstevens@ partment showcases its students in Park opens this two-day fest that
Alexander. muw.edu. a free fall choral concert at 7:30 p.m.
in Poindexter Hall on campus.
continues Oct. 19 with a 5K run, pet
parade, cruise in, music and arts,
Friday, Oct. 25
MSU/Bahamas National
Monday, Oct, 7 Saturday, Oct. 12 Thursday, Oct. 17 crafts and food vendors. Visit face-
book.com/caledoniadays/. Youth Choir — Mississippi State
Hazard Lecture Series, Run United — Join in this Pumpkinpalooza — Starkville’s choirs and the Bahamas National
Part 2 — The Hazard Lecture 8 a.m. 5K and 10K runs, plus a annual harvest festival from 5-7 Youth Choir present a free concert
Series presents Entergy Mississippi 1-mile “Hallo-Way” costume walk at
the Sanderson Center, 225 Bailey
p.m. on Main Street includes trick or Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at Starkville’s First Baptist
President and CEO Haley Fisackerly treating, a pumpkin patch, inflatables, MUW fall concert — The MUW Church, 106 E. Lampkin St. For more
(HA 1983) and Entergy Mississippi Howell Road, MSU. Register at farmers market, MSU pep rally, pump- information, contact the MSU Depart-
myraceresults.com/134205, call Chamber Singers and MUW Chorale
Vice President of Customer Service kin painting, after-hours shopping and present a free concert for the public ment of Music, 662-325-3070.
Lea Brigham Turnipseed (HA 1990) 662-323-3830 or email unwayokt@ more. Costumes are encouraged. Visit
maxxsouth.net. at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on
at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Academy starkville.org or contact The Partner- campus.
Elementary School, 623 Willowbrook Makin’ Hay Day — This annual
fall farmers market in downtown
ship, 662-323-3322. Oct. 25-26, 30-31
Road, Columbus. Free to the public. Nightmare at the Fair-
For more information, call 662-327-
1556, ext. 211.
West Point from 9 a.m.-noon in-
cludes live music, homemade good- Friday, Oct. 18 Tuesday, Oct. 22 grounds — The Community Bene-
ies, arts/crafts, fall wreaths and
100+ Women Who Care fit Committee presents this haunting
The Rough & Tumble — The — This philanthropic group meets
other handmade crafts. Old-fash- experience from 5-10 p.m. at the
Thursday, Oct. 10 ioned Halloween games for kids
Columbus Arts Council presents this
Americana duo on its “Howl Back
5:30-7 p.m. at the Courtyard by
Marriott, Columbus, to select a local
Columbus Fairgrounds on Highway
Exhibit reception — A recep- and a hayride through downtown. Tour” at 7 p.m. in the Rosenzweig
recipient nonprofit organization of its
69 South. Haunted House is $10;
tion for exhibits by Rebeca Calderon For information, contact the Growth Arts Center Omnova Theater, 501 Haunted Hayride is $5. All proceeds
Pittman, Joe MacGown and Emmie Alliance, 662-494-5121. Impact Award. Members each donate benefit the Lowndes County bike
Main St. CAC member tickets are $15
Sheretz at The W Galleries is 4-5:30 Night of Classic Rock — advance/$17 at the door; non-mem- $100 to the award and receive a drive for kids. The attraction will also
p.m. in Summer Hall on campus. The Columbus Arts Council hosts bers $20 advance/$22 at the door. vote; all donations go to recipient.
Learn more at 100wwccolumbusms. be open Oct. 28 for private groups
Free to the public. Pittman’s recent a Night of Classic Rock from the Get tickets or information at colum- and field trips from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.,
paintings are up through Oct. 1970s, with music by Dale Robert- bus-arts.org, or call 662-328-2787. org. Potential members are welcome.
Registration/ social time is 5:30 with reservations. For information,
30. MacGown’s “Convergence: A son, Jerry Carnathan and friends Exhibit talk — Architect and contact Rhonda Sanders, 662-549-
Surreal Journey” is up through Nov. at 7 p.m. in the Rosenzweig Arts p.m.; meeting is 6-7 p.m.
former Iraqi refugee Ahmed Badr 5909.
1. Sheretz’s “Untitled Installation: Center Omnova Theater, 501 Main gives a free talk at 6 p.m. in MSU’s HOPE event — A gathering in
Environment” is up through Nov. 8. St. CAC member tickets are $15; Old Main Academic Center, Room front of Columbus City Hall at 5:30
$17 for non-members. For tickets
or information, visit columbus-arts.
1030, about his “Unpacked: Refugee p.m. will be held in support of victims
and survivors of breast cancer. All
Saturday, Oct. 26
Thursday through Saturday, org, or call 662-328-2787 (closed
Baggage” exhibit up through Nov. 1 at
the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery on are welcome. Art in the Park — Starkville
Area Arts Council’s fifth annual arts
Oct. 10-12 Mondays).
Hope Rides Here — The Mis-
campus. For information, contact Lori
Neuenfeldt at lpn20@mssstate.edu or festival for children is a free event
Eudora Welty Writers’ Sym- sissippi State Extension Equine-As- 662-325-2970. Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at J.L. King Park,
posium — See details at top of sisted Therapy Program hosts this A Night at the Museum — Starkville. Youth enjoy art activities
calendar. fundraising gala from 6:30-10 p.m. This fundraiser for the Black Prairie and hands-on musical experiences.
at The Mill Conference Center in Friday and Saturday, Blues Museum in West Point is 6-9 Bring your own water and snacks,
Starkville. Tickets are $45 at the p.m. at 640 Commerce St., West if desired. For more information,
Friday, Oct. 11 door or online at shop.ideashopmsu. Oct. 18-19 Point. See what’s planned for the contact SAAC, 662-324-3080 or
Asylym Hill talk — Ralph Did- com/collections/special-events. Caledonia Days — A Friday blues museum. Limited tickets are #artinthepark2019.
A
rell L. Sparks, associate
longstanding instructor at MSMS. at MSU’s annual Under- professors in Mississippi
partnership be- Approximately 15 MSMS graduate Research Sym- State’s Department of
tween Mississippi students participate posium. Several students Biochemistry, Molecular
State University and the in the program every in the program have gone Biology, Entomology and
Mississippi School for semester and, based on on to enroll at Mississip- Plant Pathology. Brown
Mathematics and Science their research interests, pi State and work with Johnson and Sparks
is giving high school are paired with faculty faculty members they are also serving as the
students the opportunity members. studied under as high Mississippi State Chem-
to get hands-on research “Part of our MSMS school students. ist and Associate State
experience in a university mission is to provide “It’s never lost on
setting. Chemist, respectively,
innovative, unique learn- me how important this
Since the early 2000s,
Photo by Beth Wynn at the Mississippi State
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science senior ing experiences for our program can be for stu-
MSMS students have Chemical Lab.
and Starkville native Jane Wang, center, analyzes students,” Morgan said. dents,” Taylor said. “We
been working with MSU results with Mississippi State biochemistry graduate “I was really inter-
“By partnering with Mis- could match somebody
faculty in their research student Benjamin Blackburn of Pascagoula and Ashli ested in learning more
sissippi State, we are able with a researcher, and it
labs to gain a better un- Brown Johnson, associate professor in MSU’s Depart- to let our students experi- could change the course about what my family
derstanding of academic ment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology
ence academic research of their life and career does in the process of
and Plant Pathology and director of the Mississippi research because they’re
and professional opportu- State Chemical Lab. labs as high school path.”
nities in science. juniors and seniors, Among students tak- all scientists,” Wang said.
“These students are that they would not have hard to get the students providing a window into ing part in faculty-guided “It’s been really fun and
in labs talking to un- gotten otherwise, and involved and make it a their potential futures. research this fall is Jane exciting to learn more
dergraduates, graduate they’re getting involved beneficial experience.” We are always grateful Wang, a Starkville native about the research pro-
students and faculty in the research to the ex- The program is coor- to the Mississippi State and senior at MSMS. cess and what all goes on
members,” said Teresa tent that they can discov- dinated in Mississippi professors and graduate With both of her parents in the lab.”
Gammill, MSU assistant er which areas they like. State’s Office of Research students who mentor our working at MSU, Wang For more on the Mis-
vice president for re- This program couldn’t and Economic Develop- students and help them has been exposed to sissippi School for Math-
search. “They’re getting run without our dedi- ment by Gammill and see what could lie ahead research for most of her ematics and Science, visit
additional mentoring cated faculty, who work Lynn Taylor, administra- for them.” life. She is working under themsms.org.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: My father was father. When something so out of move boxes, and they are no help. I’d like to been married five years, and I think about the
killed recently in a shoot- the ordinary happens, many peo- enjoy the time I have left and not have to listen seven-year itch. The first two years were diffi-
ing. I have received text ple don’t know what to say. While to their complaints. What should I do? — FED cult, and things haven’t gotten better. Would
messages and phone calls from something as simple as, “I’m so UP AND TIRED counseling help? I’m ready to leave. — CON-
my immediate family and close sorry,” or, “You are in my prayers, DEAR FED UP: Tell your sisters you would FUSED IN PENNSYLVANIA
friends. My mother-in-law was and my thoughts are with you,” like to die (when the time comes) surrounded DEAR CONFUSED: I am not sure who is
thoughtful enough to send me would suffice, they are so fearful by the mementos that have brought you plea- itching, you or your husband. Because there
a card, and I called to thank her they will say the wrong thing that sure throughout the years, and you do not plan is so much unhappiness in your marriage, talk
the day I received it. they say nothing. Your husband’s to get rid of anything! Then suggest that when to your husband about it. Ask him why he has
My husband has other close family may fall into this category. you are gone, they will have more than enough withdrawn from you, and whether he would be
relatives. None of them called Please try to forgive them. money to pay someone to cart away anything interested in working things out with the help
me, not even my sister-in-law. DEAR ABBY: I am single, they don’t wish to keep. With a “close to $1 of a licensed marriage and family therapist. If
They have my number, so that’s retired and have no children. I million” windfall in their pockets, the expense he is not willing, then realize it’s time to leave
not the issue. Is this the norm do have some health issues. My should not be onerous. because the atmosphere you have described
in the United States? I ask sisters have begun to hound me DEAR ABBY: Would you think a husband is toxic for you, and it isn’t a marriage.
because I come from a differ- Dear Abby about getting rid of things so they is in love with his wife if he never talks to her,
ent background, and I find this won’t have to do it in the event touches her or shows any interest in her? Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
disheartening. — GRIEVING IN that I die. My entire estate, which The worst kind of loneliness is this kind in also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was found-
NEVADA is close to $1 million, will go to them and their marriage. ed by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
DEAR GRIEVING: Please accept my deep- children. What should a wife do if she feels her Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box
est sympathy for the tragedy that took your It is exhausting for me to pack things and husband no longer cares for her? We have 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 6). TAURUS (April 20-May 20). routine an approach as possible to said that “what doesn’t kill you makes CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Dumb luck brings brilliant outcomes. The sort of love that has to take the upcoming week. You’ll be happier you stronger,” though it’s not really Just because something isn’t work
You’ve a tendency to gravitate toward ownership of a thing isn’t love at all; and more comfortable and successful. true. Events don’t “make” us anything. doesn’t mean that it falls under the
the action and then pay attention to rather, it’s the ego trying to bolster LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll Much depends on our interpretation of category of rejuvenation, refueling or
your environment, making the most of itself through acquisition. What you operate somewhere the rules have them and the next action we take. self-care. Tune into what charges your
the things you just happen to stumble genuinely love will become part of you yet to be established; it’s the Wild SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). batteries and what simply makes you
upon. You’ll get a top buyer for your while somehow still remaining fully West. Here, the only thing worse than Though you may go along with your busy in a nonwork-related way.
work, property or ideas. You’ll take autonomous. waiting for permission will be asking group, there are a few rules and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
care of people and be much loved in GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll for it. In the Wild West, you make your values you don’t agree with. Ultimately Getting physical is the order of the
2020. Cancer and Sagittarius adore come across instances where very claim and deal with what comes. you answer to you. As long as you day. There are things that can be
you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 40, 1, talented people seem to think they VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You defer to your own code of honor, you’ll expressed, experienced or released in
12 and 50. are exempt from the responsibility care the most about what happens feel good about what happens. movement that cannot get worked out
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You of also being good. Of course, this with a project, and you would probably SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). any other way.
won’t be ready for the opportunity that is absurd. Be sure to hold all to the do a better job than anyone if you The one who shows initiative will be PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Baby
arises today, but say yes anyway. You same moral standard. were able to do every single job. given opportunities that are much yourself. Check in with yourself every
learn faster by doing things before CANCER (June 22-July 22). But of course, that’s not possible. different than the ones offered to few hours and serve your need of the
you’re ready, and the adrenaline rush Toddlers aren’t the only ones who Delegate, but retain the right to final those who do only as they are told. moment. Today’s self-care will ready
will bring forth powers and talents you benefit from set schedules. Make approval. Any work you do on spec will pay off, you to take advantage of opportunities
didn’t know you had. a plan that will allow you to take as LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s though perhaps indirectly. coming your way later this week.
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he recently announced student and family history proj- be available online to future
Martha Jo Mims Digitiza- ects, exhibits and research, in students and scholars due to the
tion and Conservation Lab addition to providing supportive generosity of the Masseys.
brings a treasure of history to information for local businesses. “This generous and thought-
Mr. and Mrs. J.T. White Mississippi University for Wom- ful gift made by Laura and Ken
en. Mims, of Columbus, was
present for the formal announce-
Thoughtful gift Massey will make a lasting im-
Laura Massey, a former stu- pact on our efforts to preserve
ment and unveiling in her honor the university’s history. What a
The Whites
dent of Mims, and husband Ken
Sept. 26. special way to honor Martha Jo’s
Massey presented the universi-
“The Mims Digitization legacy at The W,” said Andrea
ty with the gift that resulted in
and Conservation Laboratory Stevens, executive director of
their 70th
was a freshmen. Throughout honor, students, like those
Amanda Clay Powers, dean
Laura’s time at The W, she was minoring in digital studies, will
of the Fant Memorial Library.
constantly influenced by Mims digitize and share documents
“Our mission is to be the center
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vided by The Dispatch. and promote the into a leading nation- School Bass Federation
cost. he Mississippi
Separate forms with destination brand al literary attraction Tournament, Junior
Forms may be Tourism Asso-
guidelines for submission experience of the city through joint advertis- Tennis Tournament at
are available for each type hand-delivered to the ciation (MTA) and Lowndes County. ing efforts with The W Magnolia Tennis Club
of announcement. office of The Dispatch, recognized the impact By showcasing historic and Visit Columbus. and the U.S. Women’s
The charge for an an- 516 Main St., Monday and accomplishments homes, the childhood Visit Columbus and the
through Friday, 8 a.m. to of the state’s tourism Amateur Golf Champi-
nouncement with a photo- home of playwright Columbus Air Force
5 p.m., faxed to 662-329- industry at the Gover- onship at Old Waverly.
graph is $25. The charge Tennessee Williams Base collaborate to
8937, or mailed to The nor’s Conference on “This recognition
for an announcement and the Tombigbee welcome one-third of
Commercial Dispatch, Tourism held at the should be given to
without a photograph is River and Tennessee the Air Force’s pilots
$15. All photographs will P.O. Box 511, Columbus, Trotter Convention our tourism industry
Tombigbee Water- to the area. During
be printed in black and MS 39703. Forms can Center in Columbus way, Visit Columbus the past year, Visit leaders who we value
white. also be downloaded from Sept. 22-24. increased visitor Columbus hosted the for their talents and
Photos can be re- The Dispatch web site at This annual educa- spending for economic Art ’N Antiques Show achievements through
turned by mail if a www.cdispatch.com. tional and professional growth and quality of and Sale, the Housing their outstanding
self-addressed, stamped Any questions con- development event life. Visit Columbus’ Authority State of accomplishments. We
envelope is included with cerning announcements brought together more continued work allowed Mississippi Confer- are happy to have the
the form, or they can should be directed to than 250 tourism indus- them to display the ence, the Australian opportunity to honor
be picked up after the Courtney Laury, the try professionals from Destination Marketing Literary Tour and the the winners of these
announcement runs in editorial assistant, at 662- across the state as well Accreditation Program Mississippi Heritage awards as we truly
the paper. 328-2471, or editorialas- as tourism partners seal recognizing them Trust. They also hosted appreciate their dedi-
Anniversary announce- sistant@cdispatch.com from the surrounding as an organization the International Order cation not only to our
region. committed to industry of the Eastern Star, organization but to the
99.49%
The awards program excellence and meeting which welcomed over entire tourism indus-
gives MTA the oppor- the industry standard 400 attendees creating try, the state’s fourth
tunity to recognize the for performance and an economic impact of largest industry,” said
best of the best from accountability of orga- over $500,000. Annette Rand, 2019-
their 300+-member nizations worldwide. Visit Columbus 2020 president of MTA.
of our customers organization. Awards Nancy Carpenter, worked closely with The Mississippi
receive their paper on time. were presented in Visit Columbus CEO, is the local recreation
15 categories, each Tourism Association is
(Believe us. We track these things.) certified as one of four authority and other
comprised of tourism
focusing on a different executives in the State sporting affiliates in
aspect of the hospitali- professionals estab-
If you are unhappy with your delivery of Mississippi under sports promotion and
lished to support and
please let us know. Our goal is 100% ty industry or individu- the Certified Desti- marketing to develop
empower Mississip-
customer satisfaction. al achievement. nation Management and expand sports tour-
As a top honor, Visit Executive Program and ism outreach. During pi’s tourism industry
through advocacy and
Call customer support at: Columbus (VC) was has received numerous fiscal year 2018-2019,
662-328-2424 awarded Destination accolades over the past they hosted or provid- education. Membership
Marketing Organi- year. ed support for tour- is open to those in the
The Dispatch
zation of the Year in Visit Columbus’ naments such as the hospitality industry as
the category of $0- partnership with the Golden Triangle Tennis well as public service
$499,0000. Mississippi University “Battle of the States,” organizations and
Despite losing for Women continues USBC Bowling Tour- allied businesses.
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Asylum Hill
Continued from Page 1C
All 66, presumed to where carefully vetted
be former patients, are scholars can study the
from unmarked graves, curated remains. The
with no existing record MSU School of Archi-
of which patient was tecture is partnering on
buried in which site. It is design concepts already.
“absolutely unfortunate,” Other resource partners
Zuckerman said, but in the Asylum Hill Cem-
remains are too degraded etery Project include the
for DNA analysis with Mississippi Humanities
current available meth- Council and the Mis-
ods. What the institute sissippi Department of
has been able to do is Archives and History.
determine age, biological “While we are not in
sex and general health. a hurry, we don’t want to
Few, if any, personal Courtesy photo
waste time either,” said
items were found — a In this file photo from March 2013, Derek Anderson,
left, and Forrest Follet from the Cobb Institute of Ar- Didlake. “We want to get
few buttons and shroud
chaeology at Mississippi State y, remove the soil from this right.”
pins. Using the science of
dendochronology (dating the lid of a grave at Asylum Hill Cemetery.
environmental change by ONLINE:
cases of dementia or across every conceivable n asylumhillproject.org
studying annual growth perhaps opioid addiction demographic of our state.
rings in timber) on the might have resulted The history of the asylum
caskets, indications are in becoming a patient. spans some really import-
that the exhumed pa- History scholars want to ant time frames in the
tients were all buried in gather stories and arti- history of Mississippi. It
the 1920s and 1930s. facts — letters, diaries, was here during the Civil
Study of the remains photos — that can shed War, Reconstruction,
offers incredible oppor- the Jim Crow era, the
light on life at the asylum.
tunities to understand modernization of health
Documents would only
more about past disease care, the development of
be shared with express
and treatment practices, psychiatry as a profession
permission. A goal is to
social history, conditions — so this is a platform to
build a database available
in the asylum and more. do meaningful historical
to researchers and to de-
The project is spawning work and meaningful cul-
scendants in the future.
significant educational tural work for our state.”
If you are a descendant
opportunities, too. Archivist Mona Vance-
of a patient who was at
“It’s been very excit- Ali of the Billups Garth
the asylum between 1855
ing for our students,” Archives at
and 1935 and would like
said Zuckerman. “We the Colum-
to share information, visit
have students who come bus-Lown-
asylumhillproject.org, or
to MSU to work with des Public
contact Lida Gibson at
these, a lot of them are Library
lbgibson@umc.edu.
coming from out of state. added,
It increases our research “We want to engage
any descendant who “This is an
reputation. ... It’s a opportunity
UMMC program, so it’s has information about a
for us to Vance-Ali
great for the University of patient or a staff mem-
ber,” Didlake said. “We understand how our local
Mississippi and for MSU, community tied into the
for us to be a part of it.” would like to collect their
stories.” state history and into the
The public can assist history of mental health,
Are you a descendant? the project in another and how that affects us
As the Asylum Hill Re- way, as well. now.”
search Consortium pro- The project has what
gresses with gathering Didlake describes as a
and reviewing historical Seeking legislative “very long time line.”
documents related to the support “It will take us prob-
asylum and its patients, In January 2020, Did- ably five to 10 years ...
it hopes to hear from lake and the consortium that’s assuming we get
people who believe they plan to present a funding the appropriate amount of
may have a relative who request to the state legis- funding,” he said.
might have been buried lature to move forward. The envisioned
in the cemetery. Asylum “We need broad public memorial structure will
inhabitants came from support,” he said. “These serve two purposes — as
all Mississippi counties patients came from all a memorial and also as
during a time when even 82 counties, and they cut a functional laboratory
99.49%
10 p.m. Enjoy the blues
Columbus from 6 p.m.-9 off of your meal with the
and 10 percent off your
p.m. This is a two-part purchase of an online
meal with an online ticket
of our customers
workshop that teaches ticket.
purchase. receive their paper on time.
investing for beginners and
(Believe us. We track these things.)
investing online. Tickets Oct. 18
are $50 for Part 1, $89 Big “O” and The Gates Oct. 19
for Part 2, or attend both Boys present Fright Night Hang out with Shank and If you are unhappy with your delivery
sessions for $129. Boxing at the Trotter Main at Dave’s Dark Horse please let us know. Our goal is 100%
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Convention Center, with in Starkville at 10 p.m. customer satisfaction.
Oct. 12 more than 20 fighters Listen to the grunge blues
Enjoy the smooth grooves participating. Doors open duo while enjoying a meal
of Walton Jones and at 6 p.m.; the first match at 10 percent off with an Call customer support at:
Jeffrey Rupp at Dave’s starts at 7 p.m. Tickets online ticket purchase. 662-328-2424
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Jackie Williams, Carol Nash, Joyce Cox, Avery Nash, Paula Baker, C.J. Nash Vicky James, Cara James (with Raj), David James, Zachary Harrington
ART WALK
The Downtown Art
Walk in Columbus
Sept. 26 featured
artists inside and
outside business-
es, live music along
the streets and af-
ter-hours shopping.
Jim and Hanling Joswick Andrew Benton, holding Price Benton, and Weston Benton
Elija Jones, Eli Jones, Richard Jones Heather Hewett, Kelly Kalinowski
Briana Wriley, Keith Lane, Coretta Lane Isak, Quentin, Mateo and Jessica Chiquito, Richard Matlock
TOP
FLIGHT
Top Flight, the
United States Air
Force Band of the
West rock band,
put on a free com-
munity concert
at the Columbus
Riverwalk Sept.
27. — Deanna
Robinson/Dis-
patch Staff
Sawyer Forrester, Miles Park, Lori Forrester, Susan Forrester, Abby Park Jayden Fenster, Jordan Holliness, Tenise Smith
LEGALS
but at such sale, RENT-A-
State of Mississippi SPACE will convey only such ESTABLISHED INSURANCE
County of Lowndes title as is vested in it pursuant AGENCY has an opportun-
to its leases and as allowed
ity for an experienced cus-
Call us: 662-328-2424 Notice of Sale under Mississippi Code Annot-
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq. tomer service representat-
WHEREAS the following ten- (Supp1988). ive or a person interested
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WHEREAS the following ten- PUBLISH: 10/6/2019 Columbus, MS 39703
ants entered into a lease with KEVIN SMITH
RENT-A-SPACE for storage B3004
Employment
spaces in which to store per-
sonal property: CHRISTINA CULVER Music Minister/Director
A2009 Position Available: First
BERNARD BROOKS Baptist Church,Vernon, AL
– UNIT 6003 WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the
Call us: 662-328-2424 is in search of a bi-voca-
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NOW THEREFORE, notice is SCIENCE is accepting ap-
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– UNIT 210 hereby given that RENT-A- plications for a faculty posi-
SPACE will offer for sale, and tion in Physics for the cur-
DIONNE HUMPHRIES will sell at auction to the rent academic year. Applic- PART-TIME OFFICE ASST.
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for cash all personal property Degree or above in physics Computer skills needed,
L&M SERVICE in the storage. Said property or related field and five buying, filing, AP/AR.
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– UNIT 5138
title as is vested in it pursuant download a Faculty Employ- PART-TIME sharp and creat-
WHEREAS, default has been to its leases and as allowed ment application. ive poetry writer to write
made in the payment of the under Mississippi Code Annot- special occasion poetry.
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NOW THEREFORE, notice is
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SPACE will offer for sale, and screen, able to lift heavy now taking applications for
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highest bidder and best bidder work 2nd shift & possess location. To set an inter-
for cash all personal property State of Mississippi good reading & math com- view, send your name and
in the storage. Said property County of Lowndes prehension. AA/EOE. Call
located at RENT-A-SPACE 1526 number to
662-328-5670 for appt. sub2000inc@gmail.com.
GARDNER BLVD. SUITE 1, Notice of Sale
COLUMBUS, MS will be sold at
10:00 AM on OCTOBER 25, General Help Wanted
WHEREAS the following ten-
2019. ants entered into a lease with
RENT-A-SPACE for storage
Title to the personal property to spaces in which to store per-
be sold is believed to be good, sonal property:
but at such sale, RENT-A-
SPACE will convey only such THOMAS JONES
title as is vested in it pursuant K2249
to its leases and as allowed
under Mississippi Code Annot- WHEREAS, default has been
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq. made in the payment of the
(Supp1988). rent and RENT-A-SPACE pursu-
ant to said lease is authorized
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON to sell the personal property to
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019. satisfy the past due rent and
any other charges owed to it.
RENT-A-SPACE
By: MANAGER NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that RENT-A-
PUBLISH: 10/6/2019
State of Mississippi
SPACE will offer for sale, and
will sell at auction to the
highest bidder and best bidder
Looking for your
County of Lowndes
Notice of Sale
for cash all personal property
in the storage. Said property
located at RENT- A- SPACE 406
dream job?
WILKINS WISE RD COLUMBUS,
WHEREAS the following ten-
ants entered into a lease with
MS will be sold at 9:00 AM on
OCTOBER 25, 2019. Check here first!
RENT A SPACE for storage
spaces in which to store per- Title to the personal property to
sonal property: be sold is believed to be good,
but at such sale, RENT-A-
VANESSA COOPER SPACE will convey only such
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9 title as is vested in it pursuant General Help Wanted
to its leases and as allowed
WHEREAS, default has been under Mississippi Code Annot-
made in the payment of the ated Section 85-7-121 et seq.
rent and RENT A SPACE pursu- (Supp1988).
ant to said lease is authorized
to sell the personal property to WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON
satisfy the past due rent and OCTOBER 2, 2019.
any other charges owed to it. Promote your small business starting at only $25
RENT-A-SPACE
NOW THEREFORE, notice is By: MANAGER
hereby given that RENT A Carpet & Flooring General Services General Services Plumbing
SPACE will offer for sale, and PUBLISH: 10/6/2019
will sell at auction to the A & T TREE SERVICES
PAINTING & ACME, INC.
CARPENTRY
highest bidder and best bidder Bucket truck & stump
for cash all personal property removal. Free est. Stan McCown
in the storage. Said property Serving Columbus Licensed Plumber
located at RENT A SPACE 3431 since 1987. Senior 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. "We fix leaks."
HWY 12 EAST STEENS, MS
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ GREAT PRICES. 662−386−2915
39766 will be sold at 9:30 AM
on OCTOBER 2, 2019. 242−0324/241−4447 Call Leslie,
662-570-5490
"We’ll go out on a limb for Sitting With The Sick / Elderly
Title to the personal property to you!"
be sold is believed to be good, CAREGIVER/SITTER
but at such sale, RENT A Lawn Care / Landscaping
DAVID’S CARPET & DUMP TRUCK Hauling AVAILABLE NOW. Will
SPACE will convey only such Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt,
title as is vested in it pursuant
UPHOLSTERY JESSE & BEVERLY’S assist w/ cooking, light
to its leases and as allowed CLEANING Grating Driveways & Trailer LAWN SERVICE. housework, & personal
under Mississippi Code Annot- 1 Room − $40 Parks. 18 ton truck. $525/ Mowing, cleanup, care. Mon−Fri & every other
ated Section 85-7-121 et seq. 2 Rooms − $70 load, Col. landscaping, sodding, weekend. 662−364−8308.
(Supp1988). 3+ Rooms − $30 EA Walter, 662−251−8664. & tree cutting.
Rugs−Must Be Seen Tree Services
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE ON 662−356−6525
Car Upholstery WORK WANTED: Licensed
OCTOBER 2, 2019. Cleaning Available Painting & Papering J&A TREE REMOVAL
& Bonded−carpentry,
662−722−1758 painting, & demolition. Work from a bucket truck.
RENT A SPACE Insured/bonded. Call
By: MANAGER Landscaping, gutters QUALITY PAINTING.
cleaned, bush hogging, Ext/Int Paint. Jimmy for free estimate,
Excavating 662−386−6286.
PUBLISH: 10/6/2019 clean−up work, pressure Sheet Rock Hang & Finish.
washing, moving help & Free Estimates.
All notices must be CLAY GRAVEL, fill clay, furniture repair. Ask for specials! Larry
& top soil for sale! 662−242−3608. Webber 662−242−4932.
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office/shop. Buildings can
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Church Directory
Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Kenneth Montgomery
Proudly serving our community
for over 30 years These church directory pages are made possible by the sponsorship of the following businesses.
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road. PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 662- Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed.
664-0852 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed.
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military Road. 662-272-8221 before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery provided for all Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374 PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd. p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
BAPTIST Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams, 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Pastor. 662-328-4765 Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor. School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662- Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
328-0670 STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E. 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662- Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
Morgan. 329-2973 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH — SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda p.m. 662-327-2580 SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
2500 Military Road Suite 1
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor. SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Columbus, MS
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy. UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St., Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
662-328-7500
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
WEST REALTY COMPANY a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert 2344
westrealtycompany.com
Don West, Broker/Owner Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st &
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386- VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312- off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor.
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm. 662-327-9843
Northeast Exterminating BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street, WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd. STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th Ave. N.
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 10:45
If it Jimmy Linley • Richard Linley
LLC
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
crawls, Columbus
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright, Youth
Minister.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
call... 662-329-9992 Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday,
Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor. Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study
BRISLIN, INC. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
Sales • Service • Installation
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Residential • Commercial • Industrial p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel Mays, Pastor.
Since 1956 Pastor. 662-328-6741 Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
www.brislininc.com CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon, BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
4051 Military Road • 662-328-5814 Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil Wednesday 7 p.m. STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH —
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845 FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373. 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor. UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771 LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130 TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226 SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday 6 p.m.
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30 John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282 Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music MISSIONARY BAPTIST p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
Director. 662-327-5306 ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, 11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O. a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville. Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968. Pastor.
www.hydrovaconline.com com ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy. School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Jarrett’s Towing 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
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
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
Wrecker Service 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship, & 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
5209 N. Hwy 182 E. • Columbus, MS 39702 Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson, a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
329-2447 We unlock
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
If no answer 251-2448 cars Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th & Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
R Free Estimates
LER OO FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd. BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
EE FIN Licensed
& Insured
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., 9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Rae’s Jewelry
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528 p.m. 662-738-5006.
Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker, — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday
Authorized Dealer Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph
Citizens and Pulsar Watches FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd., p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100 Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
Downtown Columbus 662-328-8824 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m. Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
When Caring Counts... School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. or anglicancatholic.org
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday CATHOLIC
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday 7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor. ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road. St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
Charles Whitney, Pastor. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave. Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076. p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
1131 Lehmberg Rd., Columbus • 662-328-1808 S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662- FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
328-1096 School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Priest.
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278 Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913 CHRISTIAN
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Larry
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Ferguson, Interim Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445 Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185 Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd., GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6 Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor. 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia. HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Shelton Cleaners
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m., a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor. Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m., School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson, CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
3189 Hwy 45 N. • 328-5421 Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson
662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
1702 6th St. N. • 328-5361 Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr.,
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible
class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Interim Pastor Ron Pastor. 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774 MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S.
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday) 9:45 a.m.,
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629 (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060
APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC. Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Michael Bogue & Employees School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Lake Norris Rd. 328-6555 Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Pastor. Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Lendy Bartlett, Minister of Community Outreach; Paul
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor. Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. of Discipleship.
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor. Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4. 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 eastcolumbuschurch.com
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328- p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor. HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S.
2811 MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay Street. www.
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, highway69coc.com
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m., Pastor. LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy. Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923 MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Telephone: 662-327-1467 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
P.O. Box 1278 • 1616 7th Ave. S., Columbus, MS 39703 NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580 769-5514.
Ed Nix, Pastor. NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900
This ad space can be yours NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship
for only $10 per week. Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except
5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship.
10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro.
Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill
Call today 328-2424 NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd.
to schedule your ad. a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m., 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor. Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd. 10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave.
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor. p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224 Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie
Do you need to change your NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd. McCord, Minister.
church’s listing? Call 328-2424 or Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8 WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor. a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.,
email changes to tinap@cdispatch.com OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405 Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179 Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan,
subject: church page Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford. Minister.
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SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor. FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr. Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor. Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889- Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
JEWISH 8132 1750 Offering independent living apartments, personal
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly. FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES PRESBYTERIAN care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038 — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
Universalist Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m. CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford. Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church “Our Bottom Line Is People”
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662- FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Hunting • Fishing
620-7344 or uua.org CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
LUTHERAN Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m.
John Richards, Pastor.
Oktibbeha County Co-Op
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211 School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 662-323-1742
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan Maxine Hall, Pastor. a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.),
MENNONITE 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd., Leach, Pastor. Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West Pastor. 662-328-2692
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor. Donnell Wicks, Pastor. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
METHODIST HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School, Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen. MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
Gene Merkl, Pastor. JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
John Longmire, Pastor. 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118, 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Williams 662-327-9074. THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor. KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327- p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor. 1960 Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662- COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
Bramlett, Pastor. 570-4171 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St., LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray The McBryde Family
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens. Sunday LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113 Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
Carl Swanigan, Pastor. Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 327-9729
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd. 662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com APOSTOLIC CHURCH
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m. NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
Minister Gary Shelton. MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St. and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers & a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843 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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