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Depleted command staff, tenured officer

exits cause stability concerns for CPD
Overview committee theorizes internal ing, bringing this
year’s hires to a
The department was bud-
geted for 70 officers, but the
volved shootings, the lawsuits,
it makes you think: Why would
problems; Shelton points to low pay and total of 16, eight
of whom will go
force had not made that num-
ber before financial constraints
I want to go for $35,000 and
put my life on the line when I
opportunity outside department to the police acad-
emy for training
caused the city council to roll it
back to 61 earlier this year.
could drive right out here to
Paccar and make $70,000 (or)
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN that sits at 55 with a dearth of in early 2020. Shelton said nationally, de- $80,000?” Shelton said.
ialtman@cdispatch.com command positions. CPD’s force Shelton partments are having hiring He said a challenge for lead-
Police Chief Fred Shelton has been strug- troubles due to a mixture of ers in law enforcement today
More than 15 police officers said 19 officers have left this gling to hire and retain officers low pay, the dangers of the job is marketing police work to
— including several longtime year, though three were later for several years and under and public scrutiny that police younger generations as an at-
ranking officers — have depart- rehired. The city council also multiple police chiefs, with the endure. tractive career option in a field
ed Columbus Police Depart- approved hiring three new offi- numbers dropping to below 45 “When you look at the cost where research has shown
ment this year, leaving a force cers at Tuesday’s council meet- at one point in 2016. of living increase, the officer-in- See CPD, 6A

CRUNCH TIME Business moves

with Mary

Military Hardware
celebrates 60
years, prepares
for new owner
PLUS: Taco truck
in Columbus, new
boutique in Starkville
BY MARY POLLITZ
biz@cdispatch.com

F
or 60
years
the
Perkerson
family
have
owned and
operated
Military
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff Hardware
Max Hartleroad, a sophomore at Mississippi University for Women, finishes his history paper on Wednesday at Fant Memorial at 1002
Library. The library was filled with MUW students preparing for next week’s final examinations. The school will recess for 13th St N.
winter break following examinations. Classes will resume Jan. 8 for the spring semester. in Colum- Mary Pollitz
bus, but a
new family will take the helm “in
the near future.”
Current owners, Carol and
Mike Perkerson will celebrate a

Thunderbirds set to return for spring show
2020 ‘Wings Over Columbus Air Show
and Open House’ set for April 25-26
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will fly
over Columbus again next April.
Columbus Air Force Base will host “Wings Over
Columbus Air Show and Open House” April 25-26,
2020, according to a CAFB press release. In addition
to the Thunderbirds, the event will feature Para-Com-
mandos Parachute Team, Manfred Radius Salto Sail-
plane, the AFTERSHOCK Jet Fire Truck and other
aviation acts.
Held once every two years, “Wings Over Colum-
bus” aims to give civilians an up-close look at the
military and inspire children and teens to consider ca-
reers in the armed forces. Civilians are invited to the
base to see civilian and military aircraft along with
acrobatics and combat demonstrations that “draw the
eye skyward,” the release said. The event has drawn
50,000 visitors over the two days of activities in the
past.
The event is free and open to the public.
business that started in 1959 with
refreshments and snacks from 9
a.m.-noon Saturday.
“We want some people to come
by and visit,” Carol said. “We’ve
had so many customers that have
really become just friends and we
are so thankful for it.”
Mike said after all these years
he’s thankful for the business and
has vowed to help the new owners
with the transition. He would not
name the new owners since the
sale has not finalized.
“We are not closing, but we are
going to sell it,” Mike said. “It’s
still going to be a family hardware
store like we have been, just a
different family that owns it. ...
There’s a lot of things I want to
teach them to get a good running
start.”
Mike started working at 13
Dispatch file photo
years old when his parents, John
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilot TSgt. Joe Khoda climbs into the can-
opy of his F-16 while visiting Columbus Air Force Base in this 2014 and Ruth, opened the shop.
Dispatch file photo. CAFB will host the “Wings Over Columbus Air “I was my dad’s first stock boy,”
Show and Open House” in April. The free event will feature the Thun- he said. “Whatever Daddy wanted
derbirds, Para-Commandos Parachute Team, Manfred Radius Salto a son to do, I’d do it. Back then you
Sailplane, the AFTERSHOCK Jet Fire Truck and other aviation acts. See Business, 6A

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668,000 will lose food stamp

benefits under new work rules
‘We want to encourage people by giving them
a helping hand, but not an infinitely giving hand’
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue
By JULIET LINDERMAN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of
thousands of Americans who rely
on the federal food stamp program
will lose their benefits under a new
Trump administration rule that will
tighten work requirements for recip-
ients.
The move by the administration
is the latest in its attempt to scale
back the social safety net for low-in-
come Americans. It is the first of
three proposed rules targeting the
Supplemental Nutrition Program,
known as SNAP, to be finalized. The
program feeds more than 36 million
people.
The plan, announced Wednes-
day, will limit states from exempting
work-eligible adults from having to
maintain steady employment in or-
der to receive benefits.
The Agriculture Department esti-
mates the change would save rough-
ly $5.5 billion over five years and cut
benefits for roughly 688,000 SNAP
recipients. That’s down from its
original estimate that 750,000 people
would lose benefits.
Under current rules, work-eligi-
ble able-bodied adults without de-
pendents and between the ages of
18 and 49 can currently receive only
three months of SNAP benefits in a
three-year period if they don’t meet
the 20-hour work requirement. But
states with high unemployment
rates or a demonstrable lack of suf-
ficient jobs can waive those time
limits.
The new rule imposes stricter
criteria states must meet in order to
issue waivers. Under the plan, states
can only issue waivers if a city or
county has an unemployment rate of
6 percent or higher. The waivers will
be good for one year and will require
the governor to support the request.
The final rule will be published in
the federal register Thursday, and
go into effect in April.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Per-
due said the rule will help move peo-
ple “from welfare to work.”
“We want to encourage people by
giving them a helping hand, but not
an infinitely giving hand,” he said.
Congressional Democrats and
advocates for the poor were quick
to condemn the administration’s ac-
tions.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.,
said the plan will only serve to pun-
ish workers whose jobs are seasonal
or unreliable.
“This administration is out of
touch with families who are strug-
gling to make ends meet by work-
ing seasonal jobs or part time jobs
with unreliable hours,” said Staben-
ow, the top Democrat on the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, & Forestry.

Profs make impeachment case; Dems say they’re all in

Democrats are charging toward
a Christmastime vote on removing
President Donald Trump
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — impeachment
Three leading legal schol-
ars testified Wednesday
that President Donald
Trump’s attempts to have
Ukraine investigate Dem-
ocratic rivals are grounds
for impeachment, bolster-
ing the Democrats’ case
as House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi made sure they’re
prepared for that momen-
tous next step.
Yet a fourth expert
called by Republicans at
the Judiciary Committee
warned against rushing
the process, arguing this
would be the shortest of
proceed-
ings, with the “thinnest”
record of evidence in mod-
ern times, setting a worri-
some standard.
Meeting behind closed
doors ahead of the initial
Judiciary hearing to con-
sider potential articles
of impeachment, Pelosi
asked House Democrats a
simple question: “Are you
ready?”
The answer was a re-
sounding yes.
Though no date has
been set, the Democrats
are charging toward a
fourth such inquiry in the
nation’s history, was on
Christmastime vote on display.
At the Judiciary hear-
removing the 45th presi-
dent. It’s a starkly partisan ing Democrats sided with
undertaking, a situation the scholars who said
Pelosi hoped to avoid but Trump’s actions reached
now seems inevitable. the Constitution’s thresh-
Trump is alleged to old of “bribery or other
high crimes and misde-
have abused the power of
meanors.” Republicans
his office by putting per-
pointed to the lone profes-
sonal political gain over
sor they were allowed to
national security interests,
invite, who said impeach-
engaging in bribery by
ment was not warranted.
withholding $400 million
Democrats in the
in military aid Congress
had approved for Ukraine; House say the inquiry is
a duty. Republican repre-
and then obstructing Con-
sentatives say it’s a sham.
gress by stonewalling the
And quietly senators of
investigation.
both parties conferred on
Across the Capitol on
Wednesday, preparing for
Wednesday, the polariz-
an eventual Trump trial.
ing political divide over
impeachment, only the

Rockefeller Center
Christmas tree
lights up
The Associated Press

NEW YORK — One of

the brightest signs of the
holiday season has come
to light. The Rockefeller
Center Christmas tree
was officially turned on
Wednesday night, at an
event featuring celebrities
including Idina Menzel,
Lea Michele and Ne-Yo
among the performers.
The tree, a Norway
spruce that’s more than
60 years old, stands 77 feet
tall and was lit up in color-
ful Christmas lights before
10 p.m.
There’s been a tree in
Rockefeller Center since
1931. The holiday lighting
has been broadcast since
1951.

Nearly $9M of Mississippi
Lottery tickets sold in first days Jackson State after
About $3.8 million of the money was awarded
in prizes, and nearly $2 million of it will go into the
state budget to help pay for roads and bridges
The Associated Press
JACKSON — The Mississippi
Lottery sold nearly $9 million in
tickets during its first six days of op-
eration.
About $3.8 million of the money
was awarded in prizes, and nearly $2
million of it will go into the state bud-
get to help pay for roads and bridges.
2 Mississippi cities absorb security costs for Trump visits
‘The security cost as far as overtime,
to me, that’s a non-issue for the city’
Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Two Mis-
sissippi cities paid thou-
sands of dollars to provide
police protection when
President Donald Trump
attended rallies there in
the past year.
Neither Tupelo nor Bi-
loxi is asking the Trump
campaign to pay the
costs, The Clarion Led-
ger reported. Some cities
in the U.S. have requested
reimbursement after sim-
ilar Trump events.
Tupelo has about
40,000 residents, and the
city spent about $4,775 to
provide security when the
president held a campaign
Around the state
University to waive
tuition for class for
teachers
HATTIESBURG — A
university in Mississippi is
waiving tuition for a profes-
sional development course
Building permits
City of Columbus
Nov. 25-27, 2019
■ Ralph Wood Byars; 509A Al-
abama St.; Demolition; Same
■ Judon Phillips; 1104 Shady
St.; Repair storm damage;
Same
■ Melissa Thompson; 3214
John Hancock Dr.; Reroof;
Shurden’s Roofing, LLC
■ KASA Properties, LLC; 618
College St.; Fire sprinkler sys-
tem; McIlwain Services
■ Fox Run Apartments of Co-
lumbus, LLC; 636 31st Ave. N.,
Bldg. 2; Reroof; J Miller Roofing
■ Rent-A-Space-Columbus,
LLC; 216 Lincoln Road; Electri-
cal permit; Southern Services
■ S & R Properties; 109 Ker-
mit St.; Electrical permit; Paul
Livingston
■ KDS Parkwood Developers,
LLC; 323 E. Plymouth Road;
Mechanical permit; Patterson
Marriages and divorces
Lowndes County Traniello; Nov. 10
Marriages
■ Rodney Lewis and Tiffany
Cantrell; Nov. 1
■ Dylan Brown and Sarah
Brown; Nov. 2
■ Adam Garner and Sabrina
Sellami; Nov. 2
■ James Bush and Peggy
Everette; Nov. 2
■ Davey Bradford and Vitoria
Miley; Nov. 2
■ Eric Powers and Tatiana
Fair; Nov. 2
■ Dennis Hill and Terrie Ste-
venson; Nov. 2
■ Zackery Wright and Madi-
son Caston; Nov. 2
■ Jimmy Runnels and Amber
James; Nov. 7
■ Christopher Baswell and
Jacqueline Hankins; Nov. 8
■ Kevin O’Bryant and Sonya
Reeves; Nov. 9
■ Matthew Brown and Kim-
berly Clements; Nov. 9
■ Jesse Berkey and Marissa
Stewart; Nov. 9
■ Nicholas Coe and Danielle
Lavender; Nov. 9
Lockdown lifted at
The Mississippi Lottery Corpora-
tion started selling tickets Nov. 25,
and it announced the initial sales fig-
ures in a news release Wednesday.
The corporation says the largest
prize awarded has been $15,000. It
says most people who are collecting
money so far are choosing to remain
anonymous.
rally Nov. 1, just four days
before Mississippi’s elec-
tion for governor and oth-
er state offices.
The sum covered po-
lice overtime costs, but it
did not include the price
to operate the city-owned
BancorpSouth Arena,
where the rally was held.
The arena rental bill was
paid by the Trump cam-
paign, said Kim Hanna,
the city’s chief financial
officer.
“The security cost as
far as overtime, to me,
that’s a non-issue for the
city,” said Tupelo Mayor
Jason Shelton, a Demo-
crat. “Regardless of who
in an effort to combat the
state’s teacher shortage.
William Carey Univer-
sity said in a statement
the course can be used to
renew a Mississippi Ed-
ucator License. It begins
in January and lasts five
HVAC & Electrical, Inc.
■ Ellis Lang; 1420 7th Ave.
N.; Plumbing permit; Tabor
Plumbing
■ Fred Stewart; 1521 5th Ave.
N.; Plumbing permit; Tabor
Pluming
■ Paula Small; 804 Cypress
St.
Lowndes County
Dec. 4, 2019
■ Reginald Henry; 1097
Woodlawn Road; Addition to
s/f residence; Owner
■ Aurora Flight Sciences;
200 Aurora Way; Slab; Harrell
General Contractors
■ Brent Unruh; 102 Television
Road; Remodel s/f residence;
Owner
■ Elizabeth Smith; 1821
Loneoak Road; Set up mobile
home; Jimmy Estes
■ Elizabeth Smith; 1821
Loneoak Road; Move mobile
■ Kyle Engrasser and Erin
■ Joshua Stillman and Lauren
Cook; Nov. 16
■ Terry Boykin and Laura
Blue; Nov. 21
■ Timothy Nickoles and Mar-
cy Smith; Nov. 23
■ James Sanders and Ashley
Barber; Nov. 23
■ Jack Hawkins and Chey-
enne McCain; Nov. 23
■ Joshua Connors and Cassi-
dy Jackovic; Nov. 23
■ Quincy Lewis and Miraysha
Johnson; Nov. 23
■ Jermaine Cockrell and
Mashea Mays; Nov. 26
■ Christopher Boughton and
Anna Griffin; Nov. 27
■ Sherman Roach and Sherry
Clark; Nov. 29
■ Lashaunta Boler and Shina
Owens; Nov. 29
■ Jason Lang and Andrea
Bush; Nov. 30
Divorces
■ Christopher Mark Baswell
and Danielle Marie Baswell;
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, December 5, 2019 3A
Mississippi had been one of six
states without a lottery, but people
active shooter report
from the state were driving to Ar-
University officer: One person
kansas, Louisiana and Tennessee to
buy tickets. Mississippi legislators
injured in Wednesday shooting
voted in 2018 to create the games of
chance as a way to generate money The Associated Press
for infrastructure. Hiring staff, vet-
ting retailers and starting games JACKSON — Jackson State University’s cam-
took more than a year. pus was placed on lockdown Wednesday after
For now, only single-state games someone was shot and wounded there, prompting
are available in Mississippi. The an active shooter alert.
multistate games Powerball and A non-student was shot in the leg across the
Mega Millions will be available in street from the student center, university spokes-
Mississippi starting in late January. man L.A. Warren said. A university police officer
at the scene confirmed to the Clarion Ledger that
there was a single shooter, who also was not a stu-
dent. The officer said one person was injured and
brought to a hospital with injuries that were not
life-threatening.
The university initially sent out a tweet telling
everyone on campus to take shelter. It later said
the lockdown had been lifted and there was no lon-
ger a threat.
the president is, it’s up to
every level of government
Leonard said the city
also spent about $10,000
to protect his or her safe-
ty. That’s part of the job of
in police and fire costs to
host Vice President Mike
operating a city.” Pence at the coliseum last
In 2018, Biloxi paid
about $11,000 in extra po-
lice and fire department
month, the day before the
Mississippi elections.
Shelton said a presi-
Police: Slain Alabama teen
costs to host the presi-
dent at the Mississippi
dential visit boosts Tupe-
lo’s economy, with people
tried to grab kidnapper’s gun
The Associated Press
Gulf Coast Coliseum, said traveling from around the
Mike Leonard, the city’s region to see Trump.
AUBURN — Police wrote in a court record filed
chief administrative of- Tupelo has now hosted
ficer. The city has about the president twice in a Wednesday that they believe the slain daughter of
46,000 residents. year. It has also faced ex- a well-known UFC fighter fought back against her
Biloxi never requested penses from tornadoes. assailant.
reimbursement for secu- “We’re getting more Twenty-nine-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed fac-
rity costs after a 2018 ral- experience than we es capital murder charges in the death of Aniah
ly that Trump held at the need,” Shelton said. Still, Blanchard, a 19-year-old Alabama college student.
Coast Coliseum in sup- he said, “the president In a charging document filed with the court,
port of Republican U.S. coming to Tupelo is neat authorities wrote that Yazeed told someone that
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, — people getting to see he had shot a woman and she “went for the gun.”
Leonard said. In that Air Force One, people Police did not identify the person.
case, Trump also paid to getting to see the presi- Blanchard was last seen Oct. 23 at a gas station
rent the coliseum, though dential motorcade. If you in Auburn, Alabama. Her remains were discov-
the city doesn’t benefit fi- haven’t seen those things, ered weeks later in a wooded area.
nancially from the venue. it’s a sight to behold.” She was the stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight
Walt Harris.
Prosecutors have indicated they will seek the
death penalty if Yazeed is convicted.
weeks, news outlets re- those who have licenses
ported. that are about to expire.
The class will be taught There is a $85 application
online, Dr. Teresa Poole fee.
told WHLT-TV. Poole The deadline to apply
says anyone can apply but is Jan. 8 and the course
preference will be given begins the following Mon-
to practicing teachers and day.
home; Alan’s Mobile Home ■ Gerald Banks; Oswalt Road;
■ Jonathan Smith; 347 Parra Construct s/f residence; Mc-
Dr.; Set up mobile home; Nees Construction
Jimmy Estes ■ Larry Tate; 196 Summer
■ Jonathan Smith; 347 Parra Lane Dr.; Install generator;
Dr.; Move mobile home; Re- Mississippi Solar
gional Enterprise ■ Jason Parks; 11022 Hwy.
■ Brent Childers; 2601 Jess 45 N.; Construct storage/
Lyons Road; Set up mobile shop; Owner
home; Nickoles Electric ■ Spec; Old Wolfe Road; Con-
■ Brent Childers; 2601 Jess struct s/f residence (2); Frye
Lyons Road; Move mobile
Tile & Exterior
home; Southern Housing
■ Spec; Caledonia-Steens
■ Eliasar Aquirre; 246 Stanley
Road; Construct s/f residence;
Road; Set up mobile home;
Kevin Clark
Owner
■ Eliasar Aquirre; 246 Stanley
Road; Move mobile home;
Alan’s Mobile Home
■ James & Cynthia Harrison;
131 Brownlee Dr.; Set up
mobile home; Owner
■ James & Cynthia Harrison;
131 Brownlee Dr.; Move
mobile home; Wheel Estate
Housing
Nov. 1
■ Penny Lynn Pickle White
and Thomas Hays White;
Nov. 4
■ Latricia Johnson McKinstry
and Dwight Leon McKinstry;
Nov. 4
■ Daniel Stevens Lanter and
Larisssa Dawn Lanter; Nov. 5
■ Erica Pate and Alex Pate;
Nov. 6
■ Aneri Avinkumar Patel and
Robert Michael McDonough;
Nov. 6
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4A Thursday, December 5, 2019
PETER BIRNEY IMES Editor/Publisher
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Dispatch
The
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ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor

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Letter to the editor Cartoonist View

Voice of the people
Feels positive city news is buried
The Commercial Dispatch con-
tinues to exert great effort to bury
positive information concerning the
City of Columbus. The initiative is
on-going from this newspaper, and
a page one story published Wednes-
day, continued the effort. Good news
on the city’s financial condition was
buried halfway into the article and
was never mentioned until the story
jumped to an inside page.
Tuesday night, Mayor Robert
Smith presented citizens and the
City Council an outstanding financial
report that highlighted $2.4 million
in savings in eight months. He also
showed a cash balance that swung
from $71,000 in the red to $1.2 mil-
lion in the black when compared to
one year ago.
No less than three editorials in
this newspaper have called upon the
city to make financial changes. On
March 12, 2019: “City officials must
examine the budget and scrutinize
every expenditure to find ways to
cut costs, and they must approach
this with the sense of urgency it
demands,” you wrote.
The city has done that quite suc-
cessfully, but the effort to disparage
our city officials is relentless. Let-
ters-to-the-editor and other editorials
have asked the city to be transparent
and accountable. We have done that.
The Mayor, City Council, department
heads, and City employees have
taken significant successful steps,
“…with the urgency it demands.” But
you would not know that from the Slimantics
A voice crying in the bewilderness
article.
Instead, the news story concen-
trated on LED street light upgrades

for the first two-thirds of the article.
The article was 599 words long; the
financial news not mentioned until
441 words into the read.
Let’s be “transparent” with one
another. With Commercial Dispatch
staff making editing decisions
concerning coverage of the City of
Columbus while also refusing to talk
to city officials and referring calls
to lawyers, this is a one-sided attack
that benefits no one; especially your
readers.
Your readers are not naive. The
decision to slant the story away from
the good financial news is obvious.
For a newspaper editorial staff that
can turn out an editorial in minutes,
the lack of an uplifting word on the
good news in Wednesday’s editorial
page was noticeable.
Those of us that live and work in
Columbus can see the effort made
in this newspaper to praise the City
of Starkville in everything they do.
The bias toward Starkville is stag-
gering that appears in the Columbus
newspaper.
We have lost hope for coverage
of significant positive news such as
this financial story. Throw us a bone
in this Sunday’s Roses and Thorns
column. We deserve something...not
sure what it will be.
Joe Dillon
City of Columbus Public
Information Officer
Peter Imes responds: Dillon makes
reference to this paper’s refusal to talk
to city officials. That is misleading.
The Dispatch’s Managing Editor, Zack
Plair, is currently in a legal proceed-
ing with the city. To help prevent a
conflict of interest, Plair is not directly
involved in reporting on city stories.
Until the legal matter is resolved, he
is avoiding communicating with city
sources. I have clearly communicated
this arrangement to Dillon on multiple
occasions. We have also made it clear
other newsroom staff is always avail-
able to discuss the city. Plair is, on
occasion, one of multiple editors who
reviews stories about the city, and we
disclose that conflict when it occurs.
Voice of the People
We encourage you to share your opin-
ion with readers of The Dispatch.
Submit your letter to The Dispatch by:
E-mail: voice@cdispatch.com
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A
press release deliv-
ered to The Dispatch
earlier of this week
alerted us to a community
meeting Tuesday where
Kerr-McGee/Tronox is-
sues would be discussed.
It was issued by a group
I was not familiar with, The
Committee for Environ-
mental Justice, so I arrived
early for the meeting to
learn more about the group Slim Smith
from Carl Lee, the person
who had dropped off the
press release at our office.
Arriving at 5:45 p.m. for the 6 p.m.,
meeting, I instead found Lee had
already commenced, even as people
were still filing into the Municipal
Complex courtroom.
Lee was striding up and down the
center aisle, his voice booming. The
first words I heard from Lee: “If they
think they can run me out of town,
they’re going to wind up in the ceme-
tery.”
What followed was more than an
hour of sermonizing, demonizing,
moralizing and patronizing. There
were times when the purpose for
which the meeting was called seemed this group in a minute) planned to
to have been abandoned.
Lee held the floor the entire time.
There were no other speakers. No
questions were asked or solicited
(aside from a couple of people who
tried to steer Lee back to the purpose
of the meeting by asking him to “get
on with it.”)
Lee took shots at government at
every level — national, state and local
— referenced anecdotes from his
past and made reference to politicians
and celebrities, both living and dead.
Among them were, in no particular or- 6:05. He didn’t finish reading the sev-
der, Trent Lott, Roger Wicker, Oprah
Winfrey, Bob Dylan, Jed Clampett,
Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty,
Cindy-Hyde Smith, Phil Bryant, Med-
gar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Danny
Glover, John Grisham, Barack Obama,
Jim Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Diana
Ross, George H.W. Bush, George Wal- masse.
lace and Rosa Parks. And that’s just a
partial list.
At first, the crowded room (more
than 100 citizens, most of them with
personal stakes in the Kerr-Mc-
Gee case) sat in awkward silence,
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sometimes exchanging to be on the committee, he (Lee)
bewildered looks with the would be a “committee of one.”
person seated next to them The whole thing was a hot mess.
as Lee bounced from one I doubt anyone who attended walked
stream of consciousness out of the meeting with a relevant
observation to another. piece information the person didn’t
About 30 minutes in, already know.
people seemed to be And yet there is something mean-
having conversations with ingful to be drawn from this episode,
those around them as the a couple of things that can be taken
murmur of the audience as fact.
competed with Lee’s solil- First, Carl Lee can draw an audi-
oquy. ence. Second, he can hold it.
Twice, when audience But can he take it anywhere?
members urged him to get Nothing I heard Tuesday night
back to the subject, he told them they suggests he can.
could leave if they didn’t like what But there is a larger, more substan-
they were hearing. tive point here, one that should not be
After 45 minutes, a few folks gave obscured by Lee’s antics.
up on the whole affair and left. It was the audience itself.
The rest of the crowd stuck it out. These are the people for whom the
What had been advertised as a com- Kerr-McGee saga has taken a tragic
munity meeting became performance toll — on themselves, their families,
art. When the audience seemed to their neighborhoods, their property.
grasp that, their attitude changed. They are frustrated by the process.
They settled in, laughed at Lee’s more They don’t understand how the
sensational comments and appeared settlement process works. They don’t
to be enjoying the show. understand why some of their neigh-
The original idea was that Lee bors have received settlements and
would read a letter The Committee others have not. They don’t under-
for Environmental Justice (more on stand why some residents are offered
a few thousand dollars while others
send to the New York bankruptcy walk away with ten or even hundreds
judge in charge of the Tronox case. of thousands.
The letter raised objections to the Above all else, in the words of the
way the claims settlements have been prophet Hosea, “they are destroyed
managed and criticized the clean-up for a lack of knowledge.” The Garret-
effort for a lack of transparency and son Resolution Group, which adminis-
misinformation. The letter asked the ters claims and settlements, has been
judge to meet with six members of appalling in its failure to provide even
the committee to discuss the issues in basic information. An attorney who
greater detail. represents some of the citizens said
Lee started reading the letter, claims have languished for two years
which was displayed on two monitors or more without any communication
so the audience could read along, at at all.
It’s no wonder, then, that people are
en-paragraph letter until 45 minutes frustrated, angry, disillusioned. They
later, departing from the text after have every right to feel that way.
a sentence or two to rail against all Those sentiments, as much as any-
manner of evils,be they real, imagined thing, are why more than 120 people
and recollected. showed up to hear Lee speak. What-
The meeting ended at 7:10, largely ever else may be said, Lee is giving
because the crowd began to exit en those frustrations voice. He’s the only
one, in fact, who appears to be doing
After the meeting, I asked Lee that.
about the members of the Committee That is why his effort, if not his exe-
for Environmental Justice. He seemed cution of it, is worthy of respect.
to be coming up with the names off Slim Smith is a columnist and fea-
the top of his head, finally, saying if ture writer for The Dispatch. His email
the people he mentioned didn’t want address is ssmith@cdispatch.com.
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Ernest Deas
STARKVILLE — Er-
nest B. “Happy” Deas,
76, died Nov. 27, 2019.
Services will be at
2:30 p.m. Saturday in
the Johnson Hall of the
Episcopal Church of the
Resurrection. Visitation
will be from 1-2:30 p.m.
prior to services at the
church. Welch Funeral
Home of Starkville is in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Deas was born
Feb. 20, 1943, in Jack-
son, to the late Horace
Allen and Virginia
Wells Deas. He at-
tended Jackson public
schools and was a 1961
graduate of Provine
High School and a 1965
graduate of Mississippi
State University. He
was formerly employed
with Humble Oil and
Refining Company and
Mississippi Power and
Light Company. He was
also self-employed in
the engineering field.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his brother,
Horace Allen Deas Jr.
He is survived by his
wife, Babs; son, Donald
Trent Deas of Madison
and David Reese Deas
of Memphis, Tennessee;
and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be
made to the Episcopal
Church of the Resurrec-
tion, 105 N. Montgom-
ery St., Starkville, MS
39759.
Mary Ellis
ALICEVILLE, Ala.
— Mary Ann Wilkins
Ellis, 60, died Dec. 3,
2019, at DCH Regional
Medical Center in Tus-
caloosa.
Home Going Celebra-
tion services will be at 1
p.m. Saturday at Dancy
First Baptist Church,
with the Rev. Robert W.
Jackson Jr. officiating.
Burial will follow at
the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from
2-6 p.m. Friday at Lav-
ender’s Funeral Service.
Lavender’s Funeral
Service of Aliceville is in
charge of arrangements.
Callie Tallie
WEST POINT —
Callie Wells Tallie, 56,
died Nov. 26, 2019, at
North Mississippi Medi-
cal Center in Tupelo.
Services will be at
1 p.m. Friday at Town
Creek M.B. Church,
with Charles Davidson
officiating. Burial will
follow at Greenwood
Cemetery. Visitation
is from 3-6 p.m. today
at Carter’s Mortuary
Service Chapel. Carter’s
Mortuary Services of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Tallie was born
Oct. 10, 1963, in West
Point, to the late George
Wells Sr. and Juanita
Cosey Wells. She was
formerly employed as an
Area obituaries
assembly line worker at
MTD.
In addition to her par-
ents, she was preceded
in death by her brothers,
Roosevelt Wells and
James Wells; and sister,
Maxine Wells.
She is survived by her
husband, Jesse Tallie of
West Point; sons, Navas
Wells, Cedrick Wells
and Isaiah Tallie, all of
West Point; daughters,
Queenita Wells and
Jessica Spraggins, both
of West Point; brother,
George Wells of West
Points; sisters, Shirley
Robinson and Queenie
Hayden, both of Colum-
bus, Bessie Hardy of
Shannon, Malinda King
and Rosie Childs, both
of West Point; and eight
grandchildren.
Leonard Mattison
GRAND JUNCTION,
Mich. — Leonard Avery
“Buddy” Mattison, 71,
died Nov. 29, 2019, at
Bronson Methodist
Hospital in Kalamazoo,
Michigan.
Services were at 1
p.m. Tuesday at Fil-
brandt Family Funeral
Home. Burial followed at
Grand Junction Ceme-
tery. Visitation was one
hour prior to services
at the funeral home.
Filbrandt Family Funeral
Home of South Haven
was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Mattison was
born July 25, 1948, in
Columbus, to the late
Cecil and Addine Sisson
Mattison.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded in
death by his sister, Ceci-
le Mattison Henderson.
He is survived by his
wife, Lisa Mattison; son,
Andrew Zwiers of Hol-
land; daughters, Amanda
Zwiers of Holland and
Emily Mattison of Grand
Junction; and four grand-
children.
Thomas Watson
BATON ROUGE,
La. — Thomas Edward
“Buddy” Watson, 88,
died Dec. 4, 2019, at the
Crossing at Clarity Hos-
pice in Baton Rouge.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
Calvert Funeral Home
Chapel, with the Rev.
Raleigh Richter officiat-
ing. Burial will follow at
Cedar Bluff Cumberland
Presbyterian Cemetery
in Cedar Bluff. Visitation
will be from 5-7 p.m. Fri-
day at the funeral home.
Calvert Funeral Home of
West Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Watson was born
Aug. 29, 1931, in Cedar
Bluff, to the late Oscar
Lee and Evie Ophelia
McDougal Watson. He
was a U.S. Army veter-
an, serving in the 54th
Transportation Division
during the Korean War.
He was formerly em-
ployed with the Whole-
sale Specialty Company
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and self-employed with Pallbearers will be
Buddy’s Wholesale Com- Christopher Watson,
pany. He was a member Kenny Ingram, Mark
of Goodwood Boulevard Randle, Gene Allen
Church of Christ in Sanders, Jason Ingram
Baton Rouge. and Dustin Randle.
In addition to his Memorials may be
parents, he was preced-
made to Cedar Bluff
ed in death by his wife,
Cumberland Presbyte-
Iness Weathers Watson;
rian Cemetery Fund,
sisters, Helen Watson
c/o Anna Sims, 703
and Nell Valentine; and
brothers, Charles and Henryville Road, Cedar
James Watson. Bluff, MS 39741, the
He is survived by his American Heart Asso-
son, Christopher Edward ciation, P.O. Box 16808,
Watson of Baton Rouge; Jackson, MS 39236, or
brother, Oliver Wat- to St. Jude Children’s
son of West Point; two Research Hospital, 501
grandchildren; and three St. Jude Place, Mem-
great-grandchildren. phis, TN 38105.
Jerry Pickle
Jerry W. Pickle, 71, of Cameron, WI, passed
away Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Sacred
Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.
He was born December 18, 1947, in Aberdeen,
Mississippi, to John Henry Pickle and Reba
Roberta (Oliver) Pickle. Jerry attended school
in Mississippi, Texas and later, Chicago, IL. He
had a passion for many things, including taking
motorcycle rides, working on cars, and his dogs.
Jerry’s biggest passion was his family. He loved
his kids and especially his grandkids, who he
spoiled rotten. Jerry also enjoyed playing pool
and watching his “Shoot’em up” flix.
Jerry is survived by his children, Rachel
(Frank) Pickle, Cathy (Ken) Johnson and “Reba”
Larissa (Lawrence) Golden; grandchildren,
Theresa Marie Papantonatos, Melissa Rachel
Papantonatos, Cynthia Robyn Papantonatos,
Kyle Kenneth Johnson, Hannah Rose Johnson
and Isabella Leanne Cribb; and siblings, Johnny
(Sharon) Pickle, David Wyrick, Judith (Judy
Ann) Escallier, Harvey Wyrick and Anthony
(Cynthia) Wyrick. He is further survived by
many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
He is preceded by his parents, John Henry
Pickle and Reba Roberta (Oliver) Pickle.
Final services for Jerry will be held in the
Summer of 2020 in Hamilton, Mississippi, where
he will be buried with his father.
Cremation Society of Wisconsin, Altoona is
assisting the family with arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.
cremationsociety-wi.com.
Paid Obituary - Cremation Society of Wisconsin
Herbert Eads
Herbert Eads, 83, of Colum-
bus, MS, passed away Tuesday,
December 3, 2019, at Baptist
Memorial Hospital-GT.
Visitation will be Thursday,
December 5, 2019, from 6:00-
8:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral
Home. Funeral service will be
Friday, December 6, 2019, at
11:00 AM at Lowndes Funeral
Home Chapel, with Bro. Junior
Eads officiating. Interment will be in Eastview
Cemetery, Columbus,MS, with Lowndes Funeral
Home directing.
Mr. Eads was born January 1, 1936, in Mon-
roe County, MS, to the late Helen Iown Honnell
and James Morgan Eads. He loved hunting, trap-
ping, fishing and racing. Mr. Eads was an Atlanta
Braves Fan and was in the Northwest Alabama
Club. He had a heat and air conditioning busi-
ness for over 50 years.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Eads is pre-
ceded in death by his son, Myron Eads; broth-
ers, James Melvin Eads, Earl Ray Eads, James
Woody Eads and Roy Eads; and sisters, Beatrice
Akin, Ethelene Pace and Irene Hankins.
Mr. Eads is survived by his daughters, Ang-
ie (Mike) Boutwell of Columbus, MS, Jennifer
(Bud) Lowe of Columbus, MS, and Pam (Jim)
Painter of Columbus, MS; grandchildren, For-
est (Megan) Boutwell of Columbus, MS, Dallas
(Dayleigh) Boutwell of Columbus, MS, Dusty
(Brooke) Snider of Columbus, MS, Allie (Chase)
Rogers of Tupelo, MS, Whittney (Jonathan)
Youngblood of Southaven, MS, Kelly Johnston
of Columbus, MS, Jessie (Hailey) Painter of Co-
lumbus, MS, Justin Painter of Columbus, MS,
Sydney (Tirrell) Colister of Southaven, MS, and
Keith (Kristan) Painter of Olive Branch, MS; 23
great-grandchildren; sisters, Marie Wallace and
Lavel Bennett; and special friend, Faye Smith
Stark of Columbus, MS;
Pallbearers will be Forrest Boutwell, Dallas
Boutwell, Dusty Snider, Jessie Painter, Keith
Painter, Luke Holman, Chase Rogers and Jona-
than Youngblood. Honorary pallbearers will be
Brooks Swink, Tim Parker and Judson Lambert.
Memorials may be made to the American
Heart Association, P.O. Box 16808, Jackson, MS
39236.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Thursday, December 5, 2019 5a
Lois Beason
Services for Mrs. Lois Beason will be held
Thursday, December 5, 2019, at 2:00 PM from
McClain-Hays Chapel, with Rev. Mack Alford
officiating. Burial will follow in Henrys Chapel
Cemetery in Neshoba County. Visitation will be
held Wednesday, December 4, 2019, from 5:00
until 8:00 PM at McClain-Hays Funeral Home.
McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Beason, 95, of Philadelphia, died Monday,
December 2, 2019, at Neshoba County General
Hospital.
Mrs. Beason was a native of Philadelphia. She
was employed with Garan Manufacturing and
retired from Wells-Lamont. She was a well known
seamstress in the area, making wedding dresses
for many brides. Mrs. Beason was a member of
Beacon Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Wanda Addy
(Ray) of Decatur; three sons, Rufus Lorell Beason
(Dorothy) of Columbus, Steve Beason (Cathy)
and Lonnie Beason (Jerry) of Philadelphia; seven
grandchildren, Cherie Phillips of West Monroe,
LA, Jenna Beason, Shelby Beason (Marlo),
Kevin Beason M.D.(Mecie), all of Philadelphia,
Becky Frink (Brian), Jody Addy (Brook), and
Pam Joyner (Stephen), all of Decatur; 16 great-
grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter;
one sister, Walterene Sheffield of Arlington, TX;
and two brothers, Rodney Goldman (Jewel) of
Philadelphia and F. B. Goldman of Arlington, TX.
Mrs. Beason was preceded in death by her
husband, Rufus Beason; parents, Walter “Babe”
and Lorena Hill Goldman; and five sisters.
Pallbearers are Shelby Beason, Kevin Beason
M.D., Jody Addy, Joseph Savage, Brian Frink
and Stephen Joyner. Honorary pallbearers are
Madison Clearman, Majure Clearman, Cole
Beason, Hunter Beason, Landon Beason, Isaac
Frink, Eli Frink, Jeb Addy and Hank Addy.
Paid Obituary - McClain-Hays Chapel Funeral Home
Sidney Wright Jr.
Sidney Dean Wright Jr., 67,
passed away on Monday, De-
cember 02, 2019, at Baptist Me-
morial Hospital-Golden Trian-
gle in Columbus.
A visitation will be held on
Thursday, December 05, 2019,
from 6:00-8:00 PM at Lowndes
Funeral Home in Columbus.
Funeral services will be held
on Friday, December 06, 2019,
at 2:00 PM from the Funeral Home Chapel, with
Bro. Billy Abrams officiating. Burial with full mil-
itary honors will follow from Memorial Gardens
Cemetery.
Mr. Wright was born August 07, 1952, in Co-
lumbus. He was a Baptist by Faith. Mr. Wright
served his country while enlisted with the BTRY
A 2/114th in the United States Army, proudly ful-
filling his duties as a Tank Driver, with the First
Armored Division and Company B 40th Armor
TRADOC, during Vietnam. After his discharge
from his military service, he dedicated his life
to helping and serving other veteran’s and ser-
vicemen in his community. Passionate about his
work with Veterans, Mr. Wright was recognized,
honored and respected for his service with the
American Legion, being a lifetime member of the
T.S. Patterson Post #69, having served faithfully
for over 46 years. Throughout his service at The
Legion, he held numerous offices and positions.
He served as Post Commander for 10 years and
was currently serving as Service Officer. During
his time as Commander, Mr. Wright played an in-
strumental role in establishing the current build-
ing location for the local legion, as it is the largest
in the region. Having a big family with 6 siblings,
he was the oldest son to his parents and was af-
fectionately known as “Big Bubba”. A loving fam-
ily man, he was a devoted father and exceptional-
ly proud of his role as a grandfather, wearing his
title of “PawPaw Sid” as a badge of honor. If he
liked you, he was infamous for always “picking”
and spreading humor with those he loved most.
Mr. Wright was a traditionalist at heart, enjoying
Old Country music (especially George Jones),
bluegrass and watching old westerns on TV (es-
pecially Gunsmoke).
Mr. Wright is preceded in death by his loving
wife of nearly 40 years, Robin Wright; his fa-
ther, Sid Wright Sr.; mother, Doris Patton; sister,
Emma McKay; and brother, Johnny Wright.
He is survived by his children, Cindy (Me-
gan) Wright, Candi “LuLu” Wright and Michael
Wright; siblings, Sherri (Chad) Wells, Billy
(Ann) Wright, Mary (Shawn) Miller and Neil
Wright; grandchildren, McKayla, McKinley,
Mya, Chelsea, Jordan, Skylar and Jaxon; in-laws,
Billy (Lorrie) Abrams, Steve (Melanie) Abrams,
Jimmy (Mary) Abrams and Deborah Cunning-
ham; and a host of nieces, nephews and extended
family.
Pallbearers will be Shawn Miller. Chris
Wright, Larry Brashier, Billy Samuels, Larry
Richardson, Tommie Miller, Clanton Johnson
and Terry Atkins.
Honorary pallbearers will be Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital CCU nurses Josh and Amanda, Dr.
Green, Dr. Makwana, American Legion Post 69,
Beloit Manhattan/Metso/Valmet-Former co-
workers, Jack “Pineapple” Kanemura and Joyce
“JJ” Jones.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that me-
morial donations be made to DAV at dav.org or
Homeless American Veteran’s, c/o Wounded
Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kan-
sas 66675-8516.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
cdispatch.com
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didn’t take vacations, you
didn’t go buy new cars.
You just made do with
what you had and paid
your bills. It must have
paid off because here we
are 60 years later.
“We’ve taken care of
this business like it was
one of our children and
it’s been good to us,” he
added. “… It’s been a fun
ride. We haven’t missed a
meal yet and we’ve made
a lot of good friends
along the way.”
Not much has
changed since opening
day, Mike said, but he’s
enjoyed noticing the dif-
ferences in generations
that have walked through
his doors.
“... We used to sell
a lot of hand saws. Old
carpenters wouldn’t
dare use an electric
saw,” Mike said. “Now
everybody mainly uses
power tools and very
rarely uses hand tools.
An old carpenter would
not dare use a tape mea-
sure, they’d use folding
rulers. Those are just
basic things that have
changed.”
The store’s regu-
lar hours are Monday
through Friday from 7
a.m.-5 p.m.
Moving on, you might
have spotted a new taco
truck driving through
Columbus.
For the past three
years, customers have
lined up at the Columbus
Farmer’s Market to buy
Isabel Vanegas’ famous
tamales.
“They would ask me
where they could buy
more, where my restau-
rant was,” Vanegas said.
“But I didn’t have one.”
Vanegas and her hus-
band, Randy, wanted to
open a food truck to help
serve those customers
year-round rather than
just seasonally. After
months of planning,
those faithful customers
can find her famous ta-
males and more with The
Taco Amigo food truck.
“It’s always been our
dream to do our own
business,” Vanegas
said. “My momma, she
passed away (in 2014).
She always wanted a taco
truck. I said I wanted
to follow my mamma’s
dream that she had in
Mexico.”
She isn’t just fulfilling
her mother’s dream,
though. She’s sharing
her mother’s recipes with
customers.
The Taco Amigo truck
opened Thanksgiving
week and folks have been
lining up for a taste of
Mexican cuisine includ-
ing tacos, tortas, pica-
ditas, taquitos, nachos,
burritos, tostadas and
more.
The Taco Amigo truck
will be open Monday
through Sunday 11 a.m.-9
p.m. and can be sched-
uled for catering and
special events. Keep up
to date on Facebook and
Instagram to follow The
Taco Amigo for its times
and locations.
In Starkville, Cotton
Crossing has added a
new clothing shop.
Brittany Hibbs ex-
panded her Philadelphia
boutique to Starkville.
She first opened Dixie
Gypsy Boutique in 2015.
After four fruitful years
of business, she wanted
to open a second location
in one of Mississippi’s
“thriving college towns.”
“I think there are a lot
of women (in Starkville)
who will love the style
of clothing we carry,
especially in such an
affordable price range,”
Hibbs said. “We cater to
every day busy women,
always on the go. … I
was looking for an area
to branch out to and I just
feel like Starkville is a
perfect fit.”
Dixie Gypsy Boutique
opened in mid-November
at 500 Russell St. Unit 34.
The store is open Tues-
day through Friday from
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and
Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4
p.m.
A and R Foreign Auto
Inc., 1410 Louisville St.,
is celebrating its 40th
anniversary.
Owner and founder
Ahmad Aragh gradu-
ated from Mississippi
State University with a
mechanical engineering
degree in 1979. Eager to
find a career post-grad-
uation, Aragh ran into a
roadblock.
“The economy was
so bad, there was no job
available,” Aragh said.
“My dad owned a dealer-
ship in Iran, that’s where
I trained and learned
about cars. ... I stayed
here and I love working
with people.”
Using his knowledge
from his father’s car deal-
ership, Aragh forged his
own business, repairing
imported vehicles for
customers in the Golden
Triangle. Although he is
now watching his friends
and colleagues retire,
Aragh said he has no
plans of retiring soon.
“I believe Starkville
is like a magnet,” Ara-
gh said. “Anybody that
comes to Starkville
cannot leave. I came
here, I got married here,
I had two kids here. After
a while I got used to the
city. People are friendly
and have been really
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there are fewer applicants
and higher rates of retire-
ment.
But those issues don’t
account for the departure
of officers with more ten-
ure. After Shelton was
promoted from assistant
chief to chief in January
2018, CPD has been with-
out an assistant chief ex-
cept for a brief stint when
Indianola Police Chief Ed-
rick Hall served in 2018.
Hired in May, he left in
July to return to Indiano-
la.
CPD also lost its head
of Criminal Investigation
Division in August when
Capt. Stacey Deans died
from a severe illness that
had kept him away from
work since May.
Several other officers
have resigned this year,
most recently head of
the patrol division, Capt.
Ric Higgins, whose last
day will be Dec. 12, and
former Community Re-
lations Officer Rhonda
Sanders, whose last day
will be later this month.
The Dispatch attempt-
ed to reach both Higgins
and Sanders, neither of
whom commented for this
story, but Shelton said
both are going to Lown-
des County Sheriff’s Of-
fice.
However, the perceived
abruptness of the most
recent departures, along
with the lack of an assis-
tant chief, has concerned
some members of the
CPD Overview Commit-
tee, an ad hoc committee
formed to be a bridge be-
tween the police depart-
ment and the community.
“We need to be
alarmed,” said committee
member Lee Roy Lollar.
“The citizens need to be
alarmed.”
Internal problems?
All the committee
members The Dispatch
talked to pointed out low
numbers and high turn-
over are not unique to
Columbus. Colin Krieger
said medium-size police
departments like CPD are
having the most trouble
with hiring and retention.
Still, he said, the con-
stant change in leadership
— CPD has had five chiefs
in less than 10 years —
could be contributing to
CPD’s problem.
“It’s a challenge when
you have a department
t h a t ’ s ficers better than a higher
switching officer.”
around and While CPD does not
losing that pay as much as other
many peo- agencies in the region
ple again,” for command staff po-
he said. sitions — Shelton said
“But it kind Starkville’s incoming po-
of sounds Lollar Krieger Turner
lice chief Mark Ballard
like a broken record. It’s is that career advance- was hired at a starting
hard to blame the police ment is difficult because salary of $85,000, “about
chief 100 percent when once officers make it to $11,000 more than I
it’s the fifth time I think the rank and position make” — there are other
we’re talking about this in they like, they become en- things about CPD that
15 years.” trenched, he said. could attract an officer.
Lollar said he doesn’t “You may be a sergeant He wants to work with city
know what the problem for 30 years,” he said. leadership to purchase
is, but he and fellow com- At CPD, many of those new equipment for offi-
mittee member Tiffany positions are available — cers and their vehicles.
Turner theorized it has to there are two vacancies For potential investiga-
do with either city or de- in CID and two with the tors, the Columbus Crime
partment leadership. joint narcotics task force Lab is an asset that most
“When longtime of- made up of CPD and departments outside ma-
ficers, people that have LCSO officers, he said. jor urban areas don’t have.
been with our force for However, those positions However, he pointed
decades, start to go other will remain open for the out the officers CPD hires
places besides taking re- time being while Shelton have to be good officers.
tirement, I feel like that’s prioritizes filling the pa- They have to pass back-
something we need to ad- trol shifts. He said he’s ground checks, physical
dress,” Turner said. “I feel hopeful that once eight of training tests and psycho-
like it’s easy for us to put a the new officers graduate logical evaluations. More
cap on this and say, ‘This from the police academy than that, Shelton wants
is happening all over the in March, he’ll be able to find officers who are
country.’ ... I can see that to start filling those po- community-minded and
to a certain extent, but sitions with officers who want to raise their fami-
what we really need to have served longer. lies in Columbus, so that
be getting to the root of He also plans to start CPD will retain those of-
is why are these officers recruiting more aggres- ficers.
leaving? All of them aren’t sively, putting together “I want police officers
leaving because of pay.” a recruiting team to find to be soccer coaches, to
Turner suggested the officers at other agencies be softball coaches, to be
restructuring of the de- who want to move. He’s involved in churches here,
partment over the last few working with police acad- to be involved in the many
years — Sanders’ highly emies to find “self-spon- activities that this city
publicized transfer from sors,” or trainees who has,” he said.
community relations of- have paid for their own Turner said she’s proud
ficer to night shift patrol training and are not cur- of the officers CPD cur-
duty being among those rently attached to another rently has and that she be-
moves — may have upset department, who will be lieves the relationship be-
some longtime officers looking for jobs once they tween those officers and
enough that they want- graduate. the community has dras-
ed to leave. She also said tically improved since the
when there’s a problem Community-minded overview committee was
with the team “you look at department formed in 2016. However,
the coach.” The city council ap- she feels like the depar-
Shelton acknowledged proved across-the-board ture of veteran officers in
a “possibility” that low pay raises for all police particular speaks to inter-
morale is sending the of- officers in 2016 through nal problems.
ficers away, but he said ranks up to captain, with “CPD has made great
many of them have taken 3-percent increases built strides as far as improving
command positions with into those wages every the rapport between the
other agencies, such as five years. Shelton thinks community and the (de-
Kelvin Burdine, who left that probably helped with partment),” she said. “... I
in February to become recruiting and retaining know that (turnover is) a
town marshal of Caledo- entry-level and certi- nationwide trend, but at
nia, and another officer fied patrol officers, but it the same time, we have to
who took a position as a hadn’t necessarily helped make sure we use the mi-
nearby sheriff’s office’s retain those with high- croscope to look at our lo-
head of criminal investi- er ranks. The 3-percent cal department and make
gations. increases didn’t apply to those changes to our local
“It’s a step up,” he said. captains, plus he said of- department as we see fit.”
“It’s not a step down. ... I ficers will want to make Conflict disclosure:
don’t see it as a morale more money at retire- Managing Editor Zack
problem if a person is go- ment. Plair took part in editing
ing to another agency to “Everyone got an this article. He is currently
better themselves.” across-the-board pay involved in legal proceed-
One of the problems raise,” he said. “However, ings with the city of Colum-
with policing as a career it benefitted the lower of- bus.
Sports
Jackson rounding into form after trek to Canada
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — All
Rickea Jackson needed
was a trip across the bor-
der.
Joining her Bulldog
brethren on Mississippi
State’s jaunt to Canada for
the Greater Victoria Invi-
tational, Jackson scored
nine or more points in all
three games of the tour-
nament while flashing the
All-SEC potential her Mc-
Donald’s All-American
pedigree insinuates.
“She’s settling in,”
coach Vic Schaefer said.
“I think she’s getting
more and more comfort-
able. I think she’s under-
standing more and more
what a good shot is.”
The first month of the
season has been a feeling
out process for Jackson.
Despite averaging 11.2
per games this year, she
began her career shoot-
ing just 4 of 18 from the
field. In MSU’s 124-point
dismantling of UT Mar-
tin, she finished the night
with 16 points on 5-of-8
shooting, quelling her ini-
tial doubters. A 13-point
outing against Jackson
State — a game in which
she played just 20 min-
utes and didn’t appear
until the second quarter
— also helped her cause.
“She’s a really good
athletic player, and we
have to know where she
is at all times,” Jackson
State coach Tomekia
Reed said at the time.
“We went to sleep. We let
her get lost. And bringing
her off the bench was key
because we were practic-
PREP FOOTBALL
Facing Jefferson Davis County for Class 3A title,
Noxubee County returns to championship stage
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
MACON — Noxubee
County football coach
Teddy Young wasn’t
fazed when he heard the
news on the Tigers’ bus
ride home from last Fri-
day’s win against Choc-
taw County in Ackerman.
Columbia, the No. 1
team in Class 3A and the
opponent the Tigers ex-
pected to face in the state
championship game, had
lost for the first time in
14 games this season.
The Wildcats suffered
a 27-7 setback to Jeffer-
son Davis County, which
entered the contest 8-5.
That meant the Jaguars
and Tigers would be play-
ing for the Class 3A title
at 11 a.m. Friday at M. M.
Roberts Stadium on the
Southern Miss campus in
Hattiesburg.
Senior quarterback
and linebacker Marlon
Windham said he was
“shocked” to see Colum-
bia fall, but the result is
no surprise to Young,
who knows the craziness
that can ensue come play-
off time.
“That’s why you play
the game,” Young said.
“Anybody can get beaten
at any time.”
With four straight
playoff victories — two at
home, two on the road —
after a middling 6-5 reg-
ular season, the Tigers
(10-5) have proven that
rule Friday after Friday
in a variety of fashions.
Noxubee County rout-
ed Coahoma Agricultural
at home, shut out Senato-
bia on the road, outlasted
Mississippi State’s Rickea Jackson prepares to shoot over UT Martin’s Damiah Griffin on Nov. 11 in Starkville.
ing for her to start.”
That said, Jackson’s
most prolific games since
high school have come
outside the United States.
A part of the MSU
squad representing the
U.S. in the World Univer-
sity Games in Naples, It-
aly, the Detroit native led
Noxubee County running back Bobby Shanklin runs the
ball against Houston in the Tigers’ 14-12 triple-over-
time win in the Class 3A quarterfinals Nov. 22.
Houston in triple over-
time at home.
Last week, the Tigers
downed the Chargers in
the north final, flipping
the script on a 28-18 loss
in Ackerman on Oct. 24
that decided the district
title. In the first game,
Noxubee County com-
mitted five turnovers; in
the rematch, the Tigers
didn’t commit a single
one.
“We took care of the
football, which we knew
we had to do going into
the game, and we forced
turnovers,” Young said.
“We finally put all three
phases together, and we
played good football.”
The 33-14 victory cat-
apulted Noxubee County
into Friday’s final, where
MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
the tournament in scoring
during her time in Italy,
averaging 22.2 points per
game. Jackson was also
a part of the gold med-
al-winning U.S. squad at
the 3X3 World Champi-
onships in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, alongside MSU
signee Madison Hayes.
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
Young knows the team
will need a similarly ex-
cellent performance to
beat the Jaguars.
After losing five of its
first seven games, Jef-
ferson Davis County has
rattled off a seven-game
win streak, allowing just
13 points in four playoff
games. That strong de-
fense mirrors Noxubee
County’s, which Young
and the Tigers have said
week after week is the
cream of the crop in Class
3A.
Noxubee County can
prove that statement Fri-
day if it can shut down
star senior running
back Keyser Booth and
the Jaguars’ run-heavy
“Wing T” offense. Booth
has rushed for 1,430
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Heading to Canada for
the Bulldogs’ stiffest con-
tests of the year, Jackson
furthered her dominance
out of the country for
the third time in seven
months.
In games against San
Francisco, Green Bay and
No. 1 Stanford, Jackson
yards and 20 touchdowns
this season, averaging 9.1
yards per carry. He’ll be
tough to handle, but the
Tigers feel up to the task.
“I think our speed
matches their speed,”
Young said. “We have
athletes for athletes.”
To stuff the powerful
running game, the Tigers
must watch the Jaguars’
pulling guards and fol-
low them to the football,
Windham said.
“It’s a little tricky,” he
added.
But the Tigers’ stand-
out defense hasn’t had
many problems before
with some of Class 3A’s
best teams. Noxubee
County has allowed only
26 points throughout
the playoffs thanks to its
back-to-back-shutouts of
Coahoma AHS and Sen-
atobia.
Young will need more
of the same come Friday
to give the Tigers their
second straight title in
three years. A few of his
players saw the field 2017
championship game, but
all of them know that
expectations are high at
Noxubee County.
“They know the tradi-
tion here, and they know
with the tradition of be-
ing in the state champi-
onship, they know that
pressure comes with it,”
Young said.
But pressure or not,
Young said, his players
are prepared.
“Everybody’s locked
in,” he said. “They’ve
worked so hard from
this. They know what to
expect. They know we’ve
gotta play our best ball.”
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
notched scoring outputs
of nine, 18, and 15 points,
boosting her season total
from 9.8 points per game
entering the tournament
to 11.2.
She also shot a com-
bined 57.4 percent from
the field throughout the
event — nearly 15 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Notebook: After long layoff,
MSU preps for Louisiana Tech
By Garrick Hodge
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE —
When Mississippi State
tips off against Louisi-
ana Tech at 7 p.m. today
at Humphrey Coliseum,
it will have been 11 days
since the Bulldogs last
took the court.
MSU coach Ben How-
land said having that long
of a layoff wasn’t neces-
sarily supposed to be the
plan, but he was told ear-
lier in the summer junior
point guard Nick Weath-
erspoon might only serve
a five-game suspension
to start the year. Hoping
to have Weatherspoon
make his season debut
against powerhouse
Villanova in the sec-
ond game of the Myrtle
Beach Invitational, when
the Bulldogs needed him
most, Howland sched-
uled four nonconference
games prior to the team’s
trip to South Carolina.
Normally, he said, they’d
play three games and
move the fourth to a lat-
er date after the Myrtle
Beach Invitational.
Nevertheless, How-
land found out in mid-Au-
gust that Weatherspoon’s
suspension was going
to be 10 games, not five.
The schedule had mostly
already been finalized by
then.
“We expected him to
be eligible; it didn’t work
out,” Howland said. “We
weren’t going to try and
change it when we found
out it was going to be 10
games in mid-August.”
While it’s unclear if
the Bulldogs will show
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higher than her season
shooting mark entering
the week.
“She’s 6-foot-2, prob-
ably closer to 6-foot-3,
she’s got arms from here
to tomorrow,” Schaefer
said of why it’s difficult to
guard Jackson. “It’s just
hard to get to her. You
don’t guard her on the
perimeter: She’ll knock it
down. You come get her,
she’s going to go by you.
She can post you up. She’s
tough to deal with. I think
it’s just her getting com-
fortable, and she’s only
going to go up from here.”
While Jackson’s offen-
sive output has given the
Bulldogs a second capa-
ble scorer off the dribble
alongside senior guard
Jordan Danberry, Schafer
remains aware he needs
more from the prolific
prep star.
After averaging 8.95
rebounds per game in
high school, Jackson’s
numbers have dipped sub-
stantially in college, sit-
ting at just 2.7 boards per
game. But like her recent
offensive uptick, Schaefer
is confident the rebounds
will come — preferably on
this side of the border.
“Rickea’s got to re-
bound more,” he said.
“She knows it. I know
it. Everybody knows it.
That’s a kid that needs
to be getting six or seven
per night.”
“She’s got to help us on
both ends — offense and
defense,” Schaefer contin-
ued. “She’s got to get us
some more rebounds, and
she knows it. That kid’s
coming (along) now.”
any signs off rust against
Louisiana Tech, MSU’s
long layoff might have
benefited some players
that have been forced to
play excessive minutes
in the wake of Weather-
spoon’s absence.
“Playing three games
in four days (at Myrtle
Beach) is pretty tough
on the body,” MSU for-
ward KeyShawn Feazell
said. “So I feel like this
has helped us a lot with
recovery.”
Scouting Louisiana
Tech
In his latest bracketol-
ogy, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi
has Louisiana Tech as a
No. 14 seed playing Ore-
gon in the NCAA tourna-
ment, representing Con-
ference USA. (For what
it’s worth, Lunardi also
has Mississippi State in
as an 11-seed playing
Creighton in a play-in
game in Dayton).
The Bulldogs’ name-
sake enters Thursday’s
contest ranked No. 83 in
KenPom.com’s rankings
with a 5-2 record, with
double-digit losses com-
ing against Creighton
and Indiana on the road.
Louisiana Tech, which
has put together 20-win
campaigns in three of
coach Eric Konkol’s four
seasons, has three play-
ers averaging double
figures through seven
games.
“They’re good.
They’re tough,” Howland
said. “It’s going to be a
tough challenge against
a veteran group. They
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will play man-to-man, will er,” Molinar said. “Being

play some zone, will press
after free throws, get af-
ter you defensively and re-
ally try to pressure you.”
Guard Kalob Ledoux
leads Louisiana Tech in
scoring, averaging 11.9
points per game, followed
by Amorie Archibald
(11.6 ppg). DaQuan Brac-
ey rounds out the Bull-
dogs’ offensive attack by
contributing 11.1 points
per night.
Fans will receive free
admission to the contest if
they bring a canned good
or a box of cereal as part
of an effort to help feed
students in need.
Weatherspoon’s return
near
Having served seven
games of his NCAA-in-
duced suspension al-
ready, Weatherspoon is
scheduled to suit up for
MSU (6-1) for the first
time Dec. 22 against New
Mexico State in Jackson.
In the meantime, the
Canton native has been
practicing with the team.
“Nick’s done well. He
practices hard and helps
MSU forward KeyShawn Feazell makes a point to head coach Ben Howland against FIU on Nov. 5 in Starkville.
us get better every day,”
Howland said. “He flies
defensively around the
ball and has made prac-
tices much more compet-
itive. I think he’s chomp-
ing at the bit waiting for
his opportunity to get
back out there.”
Freshman guard Iver-
son Molinar, who just cel-
ebrated his birthday Tues-
day, said going against an
athletic perimeter defend-
er like Weatherspoon in
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
practice has benefited
him in games.
“He definitely helps
me. He’s a tough defend-
able to compete against
him really helped me
grow handling (defen-
sive) pressure.”
Multiple players con-
tributing offensively
Through seven games,
five MSU players are av-
eraging double-digit scor-
ing outputs: Tyson Carter
(17.6 points per game),
Reggie Perry (14.7), Rob-
ert Woodard II (12.1), Mo-
linar (10.3) and D.J. Stew-
art (10.0).
Stewart is the lone
member of that group to
do all his scoring com-
ing off the bench, and he
has a team-best shooting
percentage of 58 percent.
Perry isn’t far behind at
55 percent and a 39 per-
cent clip from long range.
“I think any time you
have a good team, you
have balance in your
scoring,” Howland said.
“The best teams I’ve ever
coached have always had
four or five guys in double
figures. I love that. Any
one of them can go off at
any time.”

NFL FOOTBALL

Showdown of NFL’s next generation

of quarterbacks: Jackson vs. Allen
Ravens, Bills face off Sunday
The Associated Press
ORCHARD PARK,
N.Y. — It’s easy to forgive
Ravens coach John Har-
baugh for forgetting this
weekend’s showdown of
two of the AFC’s more dy-
namic quarterbacks won’t
be the first meeting be-
tween Baltimore’s Lamar
Jackson and the Buffalo
Bills’ Josh Allen.
The score was so lop-
sided and the 15 months
which have passed feel
more like a decade for
Harbaugh to have missed
the significance of the
moment in Baltimore’s
2018 season-opening 47-3
romp over Buffalo. That’s
when Allen, first, and then
Jackson — two members
of the highly touted 2018
first-round quarterback
draft class — made their
respective NFL debuts
81 seconds of game clock
apart in the third quarter.
“That’s a pretty cool
thing to think about. I
certainly didn’t think
about it then in the mo-
ment, and not until you
mentioned it right here,
actually,” Harbaugh said
during a conference call
with Buffalo-area report-
ers Wednesday. “That’s
a really cool thought to
see how far they’ve both
come.”
The two won’t be play-
ing second fiddle to any-
one Sunday in a much-an-
ticipated meeting of AFC
playoff contenders, who
owe much of their success
to the sudden emergence
of their second-year quar-
terbacks. The Ravens
(10-2) have are on a fran-
chise-best eight-game
winning streak, while the
Bills (9-3) have matched
their best record through
12 games in 23 years.
“I think you’re seeing
the next generation of
quarterbacks,” Harbaugh
said in assessing the du-
al-threat similarities Jack-
son and Allen possess.
Jackson, who made his
playoff debut a year ago,
and Allen are steps ahead
of higher-profile mem-
bers of their quarterback
draft class, which includ-
ed Baker Mayfield, select-
ed first by Cleveland, and
Sam Darnold, taken third
by the New York Jets.
Then there’s Josh Rosen,
selected 10th by Arizona,
who’s already on his sec-
ond team after being trad-
ed to Miami, where he’s
spent much of the season
backing up Ryan Fitzpat-
rick.
Jackson, selected
32nd overall, is a MVP
candidate three years re-
moved from winning the
Heisman Trophy at Lou-
isville. He’s overseeing
an offense that’s scored
an NFL-leading 49 touch-
downs and in position to
become the first to finish
a season averaging more
than 200 yards rushing
and 200 yards passing.
Allen, whom the Bills
traded up five spots to se-
lect seventh overall, has
taken a little longer to
develop while becoming
accustomed to an offense
that opened this season
with nine new starters.
He’s found his groove
during a three-game win-
ning streak capped with
what was considered Al-
len’s national coming out
party in a 26-15 win at
Dallas on Thanksgiving.
Having cleaned up his
early season turnover is-
sues, Allen has 13 touch-
downs passing and five
rushing against three
turnovers (two intercep-
tions) in his past eight.
“It seems like so long
ago, I can’t describe it,”
Allen said of his career
debut in which he fin-
ished 6 of 15 for 74 yards
and oversaw a 12-play,
46-yard drive capped by a
field goal. “We were down
by a lot. But I still remem-
ber going out there and
just trying to make plays
for my team. And really,
nothing’s really changed
in that aspect.”
Allen, who hurdled
Vikings linebacker An-
thony Barr in a 27-6 win
at Minnesota last year,
hasn’t shied away from
contact. His fearlessness
was once again on display
at Dallas last week, when
Allen fumbled the snap,
scooped up the loose ball
and somehow plowed
through the line for a
2-yard gain to convert a
fourth-and-1 at the Cow-
boys 30.
It’s a quality Bills re-
ceiver John Brown first
noticed in Allen when
Brown was playing for the
Ravens a year ago.
“He was still playing
like they still had a chance
to win,” said Brown of
Allen, who entered the
game with Buffalo down
40-0. “The confidence
and stuff, and I’m like,
`Wow.’ I was really sur-
prised by that.”
Jackson has turned in
his share of highlight-reel
to watch,” Allen said.
Sunday, the two will be
performances in having on a level playing field as
earned four AFC offen- starters.
sive player of the week “It’s kind of surreal to
honors already this sea- now be in the position that
son. I’m in,” Allen said, think-
Bills defensive coor- ing back to his debut at
dinator Leslie Frazier re- Baltimore. “I feel night
ferred to Jackson as being and day as far as football
“a Houdini” for his ability perspective, knowledge
to hide the ball and keep of the game, knowledge of
defenses guessing in run- my own offense. But that
ning a Ravens offense that was one of those moments
leans heavily on run-pass- I got to learn from. That
option plays. was really cool.”
Following a 20-17 win
over San Francisco last
week, Jackson became the
NFL’s first quarterback
to top 950 yards rushing
and 2,500 passing. With
977 yards rushing, he’s
63 yards from breaking
Michael Vick’s single-sea-
son record for the most by
a quarterback.
“It would be pretty
cool, but you know, I’m fo-
cused on winning regard-
less,” Jackson said of sur-
passing his boyhood idol.
Jackson also isn’t inter-
ested in being drawn into
comparisons with his fel-
low second-year quarter-
backs.
“I’m focused on what
we have going on and
what we have in front of
us,” he said. “I don’t real-
ly care about what other
people have going on to
be honest.”
Jackson does have a
fan in Allen.
The Bills quarterback
recalled being in high
school in California in
2015, when he first saw a
video featuring Jackson
toying with defenders
— he wagged his finger
at one, and then stopped
short in his tracks to
elude another — while
scrambling for a touch-
down during his senior
high school season in
Florida.
Though Jackson has a
much higher profile, Al-
len noted both have had
to overcome challenges in
reaching the NFL.
Jackson faced constant
questions over whether
his running style would
translate to the college
and pro levels. Allen,
meanwhile, was under-re-
cruited and eventually
had to attend a junior col-
lege before finally getting
a scholarship offer from
Wyoming.
“Being a guy who’s
kind of had that situation
where guys want to doubt
you, and to go see what
(Jackson’s) been doing,
just proving everybody
wrong has been awesome
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briefly COLLEGE BASKETBALL

College Sports
MUW ninth in Directors Cup standings
New Hope product Stevenson
The Mississippi University for Women ranked
ninth in the first round of standings for the 2019-20
United States Collegiate Athletic Association
scores 10 for Southern Miss
Directors Cup. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS uct Tyler Stevenson’s game. K.J. Lawson add-
The Directors Cup standings are based on re- dunk with 16 seconds ed 11 points.
sults from national championships in golf, volleyball, HAT TIESBURG —
soccer and cross country as well as 2019 National to go, but Teshaun Stevenson had 10
Convention attendance and sports offering.
Christion Thompson Hightower and Thomp- points for the Golden
St. Mary of the Woods led the Directors Cup scored 15 points as Tu- son combined for four Eagles (2-7), who have
standings with 476 total points. Second-place lane held off Southern free throws for the win. now lost four games in
SUNY Delhi had 373, and third-place Penn State Miss 61-56 on Wednes- Hightower had 13 a row.
Fayette had 372. day night.
The W earned points for its fifth-place finish in points and 10 rebounds Tulane faces Saint
golf, a fourth-place finish in women’s soccer and a Trailing by 12 points for his first career Louis on Sunday.
fifth-place finish in men’s soccer and a 12th-place with 2:37 left, the Gold- double-double for Tu- Southern Miss faces
finish in men’s cross country Madeline Newman en Eagles closed to 57- lane (7-1), which won Southern Illinois at
set a university record in women’s cross country.
The standings will be updated after the 2020
USCAA basketball championships this winter.
54 on New Hope prod- its fourth consecutive home on Saturday.
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Women’s College Basketball MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Sudoku

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based onthe
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Taylor Smith led the way with 12 points for the The Associated Press Wheeler missed the with direct knowledge given
so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 9 5 7 8 4 3 2 1 6
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had seven.
lies filled their biggest only once. The difficulty 2 4 6 7 3 5 1 9 8
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need quickly. level increases from
commitment to what we wanted to do defensively,” tion led by Aaron Nola the sensitivity of the column and each 8 7 5 4 1 9 6 2 3
Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said Right-hander Zack that also includes Jake Monday
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situation. Difficulty Level 12/04

in a news release from the school. “I thought that Wheeler and the Phil- Arrieta. The Phillies Philadelphia spent the same number only once. The difficulty level
if we didn’t do that, what happened would happen. lies agreed to a $118
We can’t score with people that can score, so
may pursue another big money last season increases from Monday to Sunday.
we have to get stops, and I don’t think we did that million, five-year con- front-line starter — on free-agent outfield-
tonight.” tract, two people famil- Stephen Strasburg, ers Bryce Harper and
The Rebels will face Southeast Missouri State iar with the deal told perhaps — to join a Andrew McCutchen
at 5 p.m. on Dec. 14. The Associated Press staff that has Zach Ef- and acquired catch-
on Wednesday. lin, Vince Velasquez
MUW beats Sewanee for second win er J.T. Realmuto and
Both people spoke and Nick Pivetta.
The MUW women’s basketball team beat to the AP on condition shortstop Jean Segura
“He knows all of us
Sewanee: The University of the South 52-44 on
of anonymity because in trades. The Phillies
Wednesday in Columbus to notch its second win hitters very well,” Mets
the agreement, which role player J.D. Davis didn’t address starting
of the season.
The Owls (2-5) got 13 points from Kyla Temple; is subject to a success- said earlier in the day. pitching, and the staff’s
Christianna Harris and Briona Green each scored ful physical, had not “He’s a great pitcher, struggles cost them in
12.
been announced. great stuff. I only wish the second half as they
MUW put the game away in the fourth quarter faded to an 81-81 finish.
by making eight free throws in the final four minutes The 29-year-old the best for him.”
to seal the game and stop a Sewanee run. Wheeler stays in the Wheeler chose less Manager Gabe Kapler
The Owls will travel to face Trinity Baptist NL East after spending money to stay on the was fired and replaced
College at 1 p.m. Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida. his first seven seasons East Coast. The Chica- by Joe Girardi.
with the New York go White Sox offered Wheeler is 44-38
SOURCE: From Special Reports
Mets. He was 11-8 with Wheeler a five-year with a 3.77 ERA in
CALENDAR a 3.96 ERA last season
after going 12-7 with
contract worth more
than $120 million
126 starts. He has 726
strikeouts in 749 1/3
Today a 3.31 ERA in 2018. guaranteed, a person innings.
Women’s College Basketball

Angels get Dylan Bundy from O’s

East Mississippi Community College
at East Central Community College,
5:30 p.m.
Men’s College Basketball The Associated Press weighed the impor- under new Angels man-
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State, tance of Bundy being ager Joe Maddon. The
7 p.m. ANAHEIM, Calif. under club control for Angels’ new pitching
East Mississippi Community College — The Los Angeles two more seasons be- coach, Mickey Calla-
at East Central Community College, Angels acquired right- fore free agency. way, has a long record
7:30 p.m. hander Dylan Bundy Bundy has won 38 of success with start-
Prep Girls Soccer from the Baltimore games in the last four ers.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Orioles on Wednesday seasons, including 13 Starting pitching is
Prep Boys Soccer in a trade for four mi- wins in 2017 during his the prime focus of off-
Starkville Academy at St. Aloysius, nor league pitchers. first full season as a big- season improvement
4:30 p.m. The 27-year-old league starter. Bundy for the Angels, who
Pillow Academy at Heritage Academy, Bundy has been a dura- went 15-30 with a 5.13 expect to compete for
6:30 p.m. ble starter with a nasty ERA and 70 home runs the services of Orange
Columbus at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. slider for the past four allowed during the County native Gerrit
Prep Girls Basketball seasons with the Ori- Orioles’ past two mis- Cole and other elite
Starkville Academy at Columbus oles, who chose him erable seasons, but he free agents.
Christian Academy, 6 p.m. with the fourth overall has started at least 28 Bundy is due for a
Starkville Christian at Oak Hill Acad- pick in the 2011 ama- games in three straight ACROSS
significant raise in ar-
emy, 6 p.m. teur draft. The Angels years while averaging 1 Taxi part
bitration after making
Calhoun Academy at Hebron Chris- got him for four pros- 168 innings in Balti- 6 Hooded snake
$2.8 million last year,
tian, 6 p.m. pects, none ranked more’s rotation. 11 Clearly
among their top 20 by but Angels owner Arte
Prep Boys Basketball Nineteen pitchers stunned
most estimates. Moreno has said he is
Starkville Academy at Columbus started a game for the 12 Wise saying
Christian Academy, 7:30 p.m. Baltimore general Angels last season, but ready to increase his
payroll. 13 Moved a raft
Starkville Christian at Oak Hill Acade- manager Mike Elias only one man pitched 14 “I Am Wom-
my, 7:30 p.m. said his latest trade more than 100 innings In its latest dump of
veteran major league an” singer
Calhoun Academy at Hebron Chris- “represents a big step for Los Angeles — and
talent for inexpensive 15 “The Apart-
tian, 7:30 p.m. toward our stated that was Trevor Cahill,
prospects, Baltimore ment” actor
goals to accumulate who was banished to
on the air and develop as much the bullpen for medio- acquired four right-
handers from the An-
17 In the past
19 Slippery
young talent as possi- cre performances as a
Today ble.”Bundy’s durability starter. gels’ system: Isaac swimmer
AUTO RACING and consistency are ex- Elias said the An- Mattson, Zach Peek, 20 Was inactive
7 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy tremely enticing to the gels outbid several Kyle Bradish and Kyle 23 Home of
Cup Series: Award Show, Nashville, Angels, whose starters suitors in recent weeks Brnovich. Duke
Tenn., NBCSN last season had the for Bundy, who will ob- The move came two 25 Clock reading DOWN 21 Add a change
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) majors’ second-worst viously will be a key ro- days after the Orioles 26 Custom 1 Travel aid to
8 p.m. — Furman at Auburn, SEC ERA amid a mind-bog- tation member in Ana- traded infielder Jona- 28 Singer Burl 2 Freud topic 22 Hardly wordy
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) gling string of injuries. heim if he can maintain than Villar to Miami 29 Spends time 3 Big undertak- 24 “— a Rebel”
5 p.m. — Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Angels general man- his career standards — for minor league pitch- at the mirror ing 25 Uno plus due
Virginia at Rutgers, BTN ager Billy Eppler also or even improve them er Easton Lucas. 30 Black goo 4 Fencing sword 27 Trials
5:30 p.m. — Connecticut at Seton 31 Blue 5 Steakhouse 31 Paper piece
Hall, FS1 32 Keats work specialty 33 Formerly
College Basketball
Washington St. 78, Idaho 65 Blacknall and DL Lyndon Johnson to the practice
6 p.m. — Big Ten/ACC Challenge:
Weber St. 72, Utah Valley 67 squad.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Damion
33 “Heavens!” 6 Seasonal song 34 Stepped
Wednesday’s Scores Willis to the practice squad. 35 Golfer 7 Farm team down
Maryland at North Carolina State,
ESPN Akron 85, Marshall 73
EAST
Transactions Wednesday’s moves
DENVER BRONCOS — Placed DE Derek Wolfe
on IR. Claimed OL Patrick Morris off waivers from
Pittsburgh.
Stewart 8 Auction action 35 Chest muscle
George Washington 64, Boston U. 63
6 p.m. — Iowa State at Alabama, Loyola (Md.) 84, Delaware St. 76 American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Signed 2B Marco Hernán-
DETROIT LIONS — Released LB Anthony Pit- 38 Birch’s kin 9 Retina part 36 Commotion
Maryland 72, Notre Dame 51 tman from the practice squad. Signed TE Cole
SEC New Hampshire 91, Maine Maritime Academy 37 dez and LHP Josh Osich to one-year contracts. Herdman to the practice squad. 41 Bring out 10 Tan in the 37 “This is
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Re-signed RHP HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed S Shalom Luani
7 p.m. — Big Ten/ACC Challenge:
Northeastern 78, Maine 63
Penn St. 76, Wake Forest 54 James Hoyt to a one-year contract. from the practice squad. 42 Mislead bookstore tasty!”
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Acquired RHP INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Claimed K Chase Mc-
Louisville at Ohio State, BTN
Sacred Heart 89, Mass.-Lowell 86
South Carolina 84, UMass 80 Dylan Bundy from Baltimore for RHPs Kyle Laughlin off of waivers. Waived TE Matt Lengel. 43 Halley’s 16 Jotting spot 39 LAX guess
Bradish, Isaac Mattison, Kyle Brnovich and Zach
UConn 80, Iona 62
Peek.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived WR Gehrig
Dieter. Signed RB Spencer Ware. discovery 17 Let on 40 Singer
8 p.m. — Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Villanova 80, Penn 69
SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed RHP Carl Ed-
Yale 61, Albany (NY) 52
wards Jr.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed C/G Evan Brown
off the N.Y. Giants practice squad. Claimed 44 Wander off 18 Tropical fruit Orbison
Syracuse at Michigan, ESPN SOUTH
National League WR Mack Hollins off waivers from Philadelphia.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Coastal Carolina 114, Greensboro 79
FAU 62, Canisius 59 ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with LHP Waived/injured CB Ken Crawley and C/G Chris 20 Fries, often
FIU 71, Florida Gulf Coast 53 Cole Hamels on a one-year contract. Reed.
Can-Am League
5 p.m. — NJCAA: Lackawanna vs. Georgia 95, NC Central 59
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Traded RHP
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DB Rashaan
Gaulden to the practice squad.
Georgia Tech 73, Nebraska 56
Mississippi Gulf Coast, Champion- Louisiana-Monroe 86, Millsaps 63 Frank Duncan to Kansas City (AA) for INF John SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DB Antone
Morehead St. 56, IUPUI 51 Brontsema, C Austin Biggar and a player to be Exum Jr. to a one-year contract.
ship, Pittsburg, Kan., CBSSN NC State 69, Wisconsin 54 named.
Frontier League
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR Jor-
dan Veasy to the practice squad.
Ohio St. 74, North Carolina 49
GOLF Radford 94, James Madison 71 GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed OF Jairus
Richards.
HOCKEY
Tennessee 72, Florida A&M 43 National Hockey League
2:30 a.m. — EPGA Tour: The AfrAsia Towson 76, Morgan St. 59 SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Exercised 2020
contract options on RHPs Tom Burns, Kida De
NHL — Fined Nashville F Ryan Johansen and
Troy 71, North Alabama 63 San Jose F Evander Kane $5,000 for elbowing.
Bank Mauritius Open, First Round, Tulane 61, Southern Miss 56 La Cruz, David Palladino, Ryan Newell and Cory BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned F Jean-Sebas-
UNC-Greensboro 72, Kennesaw St. 54 Jones; Cs Gavin Stupinski, Daniel Herrera, Aus- tien Dea to Rochester (AHL).
Bel-Ombre, Mauritius, GOLF MIDWEST tin Biggar and Tyler Clark; OFs Jordan Scott, CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Austin
Chicago St. 89, SIU-Edwardsville 81 Jiandido Trimp, Breland Almadova, Brandon Czarnik to Stockton (AHL) for conditioning.
Noon — PGA Tour: The Hero World DePaul 65, Texas Tech 60, OT Downes and Blake Adams; LHPs Andrew Gist CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F Brian
Evansville 90, W. Illinois 86 and Kevin Grendell; UTs Jose Brizuela and Gibbons from Charlotte (AHL).
Challenge, Second Round, New Provi- Fort Wayne 74, E. Illinois 69 Nicholas Zaharion; and INFs Trey Hair, C.J. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F
Iowa St. 79, UMKC 61 Retherford, Cito Culver, Audy Ciriaco and John Mathieu Olivier to Milwaukee (AHL).
dence, Bahamas, GOLF Marquette 75, Jacksonville 56 Brontesma. ECHL
Ohio 90, Rio Grande 51 TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Exercised 2020 ECHL — Suspended Reading D Rob Michel one
7 p.m. — ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Purdue 69, Virginia 40 contract options on RHPs Brandon Barker, Bran- game.
S. Illinois 76, Norfolk St. 59 don Brosher, Courtland Cox, Tyler Ferguson, READING ROYALS — Traded D Jacob Graves to
Australasia: The Emirates Australian Toledo 80, Cleveland St. 65 Garrett Harris, Kevin McNorton, El’Hajj Muham- Wichita to complete an earlier trade.
Xavier 84, Green Bay 71 mad, Garrett Mundell, Chris Murphy and Bubby OLYMPIC SPORTS
Open, Second Round, Sydney, GOLF Youngstown St. 81, Robert Morris 70 Rossman; LHPs Cam Lafleur and Domenic USADA — Announced weightlifter Lawrence
SOUTHWEST Mazza; Cs Joe Deluca and Anthony Hermelyn; Letellier accepted a two-year suspension for an
NBA BASKETBALL Georgetown 81, Oklahoma St. 74 INFs Taylor Brennan, Juan Kelly, Tucker Na- anti-doping rule violation.
Houston 68, Texas State 60 thans, Thomas Roulis and T.J. White; and OFs SOCCER
6:30 p.m. — Houston at Toronto, Tulsa 72, Ark.-Pine Bluff 39 Raphael Gladu, Alberth Martinez, Michael Sucy, Major League Soccer
FAR WEST Levon Washington and Parker Sniatynski. De- COLUMBUS CREW — Signed D Axel Sjoberg
NBA Air Force 86, Wyoming 77 clined options on INF Brandon Bednar and Malik from the waiver list.
Colleymore and RHPs Heath Bowers and Jose NASHVILLE — Signed D Brayan Beckeles.
NFL FOOTBALL CS Northridge 71, Portland 64
California Baptist 79, UC Riverside 67 Santiago. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Signed M
7:20 p.m. — Dallas at Chicago, Colorado 76, Loyola Marymount 64 BASKETBALL Kelyn Rowe.
Gonzaga 101, Texas Southern 62 National Basketball Association ORLANDO CITY — Named Óscar Pareja coach.
FOX/NFL N. Colorado 92, Northern New Mexico 47
Nevada 98, Santa Clara 67
ATLANTA HAWKS — Called up Gs Brandon
Goodwin and Charlie Brown, Jr. from College
SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed D Roberto
Puncec.
SOCCER (MEN’S) New Mexico 80, Boise St. 78
Pacific 62, Cal St.-Fullerton 59
Park (NBAGL).
FOOTBALL
USL Championship
TULSA — Announced its official name is FC
1:30 p.m. — Premier League: Brigh- San Diego St. 79, Colorado St. 57
UC Davis 85, N. Arizona 66
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released LB Pete
Tulsa.
COLLEGE
ton at Arsenal, NBCSN UNLV 81, Fresno St. 80, 2OT Robertson. Signed DL Caraun Reid. Signed LBs N.C. STATE — Promoted co-defensive coordina-
Utah 102, BYU 95, OT Tanner Vallejo and Kylie Fitts from the practice tor and safeties coach Tony Gibson to defensive
Washington 90, E. Washington 80 squad and QB Drew Anderson, WR Saeed coordinator and linebackers coach.
4B Thursday, December 5, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

No. 6 Ohio State beats No. 7 North Carolina

The Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —
Sixth-ranked Ohio State
spent the last 15 minutes of
Wednesday night’s trip to sev-
enth-ranked North Carolina
knocking down shots, making
the Tar Heels work for every
look and ultimately driving the
blue-clad home fans toward the
exits well before the final horn.
The result was a second at-
tention-grabbing blowout by
the Buckeyes against a ranked
opponent, this one handing
Hall of Fame coach Roy Wil-
liams his most lopsided home
loss at UNC.
Duane Washington Jr. had
18 points and Ohio State shot
54 percent after halftime to
beat North Carolina 74-49 in
the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. It
came roughly three weeks after
the Buckeyes routed then-No.
10 Villanova by 25 points during
an unbeaten start.
“I’ll be interested to see how
this plays out when we continue
to play similar competition over
a longer stretch,” Buckeyes
coach Chris Holtmann said. “I
think that’s the real test of your
group and how committed you
are on that end. But certain-
ly we’ve had a good start with
some teams for sure.”
E.J. Liddell added 12 points
for the Buckeyes (8-0), who led
just 29-27 at halftime. But Ohio
State’s offense got going while
the defense continued making
things difficult on the Tar Heels
(6-2) just as in the first 20 min-
utes.
“It’s been the same approach
all year: attention to details,
play really, really hard, be the
more tougher team,” Washing-
ton said. “We came out and had
a chip on our shoulder as we al-
ways do and we fought, fought
hard.”
Ohio State outscored UNC
35-13 over the final 15 1/2 min-
utes to break the game open.
The lead steadily grew until
the Buckeyes had surpassed
last January’s 83-62 win by Lou-
isville here that stood as the
Tar Heels’ worst in the Smith
Center under Williams — who
told reporters: “I have no an-
swers, as evident from what you
watched.”
“I looked up in the stands
and saw people leaving with 4,
5, 6 minutes to go in the game,”
Williams said, “and I didn’t
blame them.”
Cole Anthony scored 15
points to lead the Tar Heels,
though he had to leave briefly
during the first half when he
sustained a cut near his hair-
line while being fouled, leaving
blood running down the center
of his forehead. North Caroli-
na shot just 27.4 percent and
played much of the way without
freshman big man Armando
Bacot, who exited in the first
half with a left ankle injury.
Big picture
Ohio State: The Buckeyes
have been dominant since a
64-56 win against Cincinnati
to open the season. They had
won their past six games by 19
or more points., and they ar-
rived ranked second nationally
in KenPom’s adjusted defen-
sive efficiency by allowing 84.6
points per 100 possessions.
Overall, opponents had shot
32.9% on the season for the
third-best defensive average in
the country — and this perfor-
mance will only help.
UNC: The Tar Heels are in
the midst of a brutally tough
stretch of the schedule. They
lost to now-No. 4 Michigan in
the Battle 4 Atlantis before hold-
ing off No. 13 Oregon in their
best performance of the season
for third place, then returned
home for this top-10 matchup.
Now they’ve scored fewer than
80 points in each of their first
eight games for the first time
since the 1949-50 season.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
One of my
sons is dat-
ing a young wom-
an who seems to
care deeply for
him, but is very
cool and distant
to our family. He
goes to nearly all
of her family’s
events, but she
ZITS seldom comes to
any of ours.
She has been
to one birthday
get-together at
a restaurant,
Dear Abby
a wedding and
a play where I bought the
tickets for her, myself and all
my daughters-in-law. She has
been invited to family din-
ners at one or another of our
homes, Christmas celebrations,
Thanksgivings, birthdays — you
name it — but has not come to
GARFIELD any of them. My husband and
I hand-make our gifts to her,
which require a lot of time and
effort. Last year, she sent us
each a gift for Christmas.
They have been dating for
several years. When they are
apart, she texts him constantly.
I am confused and troubled by
her indifference to us. We have
been more than welcoming to
her. Is there anything I or we
could do to help her warm up
to us? — FLUMMOXED MOM IN
THE SOUTH
DEAR FLUM-
MOXED: Have
you talked with
your son about
this? If not, you
should. You are
already doing
everything you
can, so prepare
to batten down
the hatches. If
your son eventu-
ally marries this
insecure young
woman, she will
continue isolating
him from his
family and absorb
him into her own. When the
grandchildren come, they will
spend the majority of their time
with her family and not yours.
It is harsh, but it’s the
truth. Unless your son is strong
enough to put his foot down,
it’s exactly what will happen.
You have my sympathy.
DEAR ABBY: I am a naturally
thin young woman. Oftentimes,
especially when I’m working in
offices with older women, my
co-workers comment on their
dissatisfaction with their weight
and how they wish their body
could be more like mine.
To be honest, I don’t equate
thinness with beauty or fat with
ugliness. But when I try to tell
these women I think they are
beautiful as they are, it’s re-
ceived with suspicion, as if they
think I don’t mean what I say.
How can I respond to those who
are unhappy with their weight
without sounding insincere? I
don’t want to hurt anybody’s
feelings. — THIN IN FLORIDA
DEAR THIN: When your
co-workers compliment you
about your figure, smile and say
thank you. Period. If they ex-
press dissatisfaction with their
appearance, do not allow your-
self to be drawn into the con-
versation. You can’t alleviate
their insecurities; they haven’t
believed you when you tried.
Because the subject makes you
uncomfortable, try changing the
topic to another one.
DEAR ABBY: Is there a place
where I can donate puzzles?
I always make sure all the
pieces are there. I put them in
a zip bag inside a taped box so
anyone who gets them would
be getting something that’s as
good as new. I have a whole
closet full, and I need to find
a place to donate them. They
are too nice to throw away.
— WANTING TO SHARE IN
WASHINGTON
DEAR WANTING: I am sure
that if you call around you will
discover that senior centers,
hospitals, nursing homes,
libraries, churches, schools and
rehabilitation facilities could
put those puzzles to good use.
It’s worth a try.

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
5). It is said that the only real
happiness is happiness without
a reason. That’s what you’ll
have this year. Events worth
celebrating, accomplishments,
good relationships -- those are
all part of it. But under these
reasons, which come and go,
will be the unreasonable con-
tentment that just is. Aquarius
and Capricorn adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 6, 27, 10,
BABY BLUES 38 and 5.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). We need each other.
We show it in different ways
— kind statements, tearful
interactions, public acknowledg-
ments — all serving to bolster
connectedness and communi-
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
cate the strength and nature of
a relationship.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
While a thing certainly seems
acceptable when more people
are doing it, this in and of itself
shouldn’t factor into a moral-
or value-driven decision. The
question that really matters: Is
it right?
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Because you have invested in
another and hold for them an
unspeakable depth of love,
tears may come instead of
words. It speaks not to weak-
ness but to the sacredness of
bonds.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). If you stick out as being
very remarkable, you’ll either
be promoted or, like the tallest
flower in the field, cut down. It
is better not to attract jealous
attention now. Blend and lead
from the inside.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your
social savvy and your ability to
read people will be put the test
with the many opportunities
inside this day. You bring up the
scene just by being yourself.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You will feel mysteriously
compelled to study a person
you wouldn’t typically think
of as a role model. There’s a
quality here that you will absorb,
though perhaps it will remain
beneath your awareness for a
time.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
There was a time when you
would have endeavored to avoid
embarrassment at all costs.
Now you don’t worry so much
about seeming foolish or being
wrong because mistakes are a
rite of passage in any worth-
while endeavor.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). There are many compari-
sons that aren’t worth making,
questions that waste the time
it takes to ask them and roads
that lead nowhere. You’ll avoid
those traps by deciding what
you want and going exclusively
for that.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Feelings are mysterious,
irrational and arbitrary. We want
to blame someone for them, but
who? Maybe it’s no one’s fault.
and neither is it your own. Still,
it falls to you to move yourself
into a new emotional place.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Love involves sacrifice.
Sometimes the sacrifice is a
simple matter of accepting who
another person is and what they
want without trying to influence
or control that.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). If you’re not getting the
kind of attention you need, then
figure out how to get it or go
elsewhere. The faith of others
is crucial to your plans. Without
support, it’s too easy to lose
faith.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The boundaries and expec-
tations you hold inside a rela-
tionship are just as important
as the nurturing and affection
you give. All of these things will
co-exist today.

Penny wise, pound foolish

SOLUTION:
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Business
Business brief
Hunt retires
from NMMC-West Point
Regina Hunt, RN, of Labor and
Delivery, has retired from North
Mississippi Medical Center-West
Point after 27 years of service.
Hunt was born in Winona and
was a graduate of Binford High
School in Duck Hill. After grad-
uation, she worked two years as
a nursing assistant at Webster
General Hospital, now North Mis-
sissippi Medical Center-Eupora.
She completed a one-year training
program in embalming at Gup-
ton-Jones College of Funeral Ser-
vice in Atlanta, Georgia, but later
began working in a woodworking
factory.
Courtesy photo
She later graduated from Regina Hunt, second from left, celebrates her retirement from North Missis-
itawamba Community College sippi Medical Center-West Point with Dr. Charlotte Magnussen, Olivia Mann,
in Fulton, where she earned an Olivia Payne and Meg Young. Hunt is retiring after 27 years of service.
associate degree in nursing, and
became a nurse at NMMC-Eupora. endoscopy department and on the time with her two sons, Amir and
In 1993, she transferred to Labor medical-surgical unit, and served Cameron, and four grandchildren.
and Delivery at North Mississip- as obstetrical unit manager for After a few months off, Hunt hopes
pi Medical Center-West Point. more than a year. to return to NMMC-West Point to
She also worked in the hospital’s Hunt looks forward to spending work PRN.

Holidays bring phishing scam

surge aimed at small business
Cybercriminals are particularly active seasons when computer
users expect to see more
address books. They also
mine personal data from
during the holiday and income tax emails — and scammers
are increasingly targeting
breaches at retailers and
other large companies.
filing seasons when computer users individual small business- Then, using a process
es with phishing scams, called social engineering,
expect to see more emails sending messages that they construct emails that
look legitimate but do increasingly look realis-
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG you’ve won the lottery.” harm instead. An unsus- tic, as if they truly come
AP Business Writer Within days of that pecting owner or employ- from a boss, colleague,
click three weeks ago, Ra- ee clicks on a link or at- friend, potential client or
NEW YORK — The
din began getting notifica- tachment and like Radin vendor, a bank and even
email looked legitimate,
tions that people in Ecua- finds that malicious soft- the IRS.
so Danielle Radin clicked
dor, China and elsewhere ware has invaded their “In the last year or
on the link it contained,
expecting to have her were trying to access her PCs. two they’ve been run-
products included in a email account. She wasn’t Cybersecurity experts ning more professional
holiday gift guide. surprised; she knew her find that criminals who campaigns,” says Perry
“I instantly regretted San Diego-based small used to blanket thousands Toone, owner of Thexyz,
it,” says Radin, owner of business had been the of computer users in an email service provider
Mantra Magnets, a web- target of a phishing scam. hopes of fooling a handful based in Toronto. “It can
site that sells wellness While cybercriminals have refined their meth- take a couple of minutes
products. “It took me to strike at any time of the ods. Scammers find small for me to determine that
some random website year, they’re particularly businesses through web- they’re phishing scams.
that looked like those active during the holiday sites, social media sites That tells me they’re do-
pop-ups telling you that and income tax filing and by combing email ing a very good job.”

Global shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal

By YURI K AGEYAMA up less than 0.1 percent to
AP Business Writer 13,143.56. Britain’s FTSE
100 also rose less than 0.1
TOKYO — Glob- percent to 7,190.95.
al shares were higher U.S. shares were set
Thursday amid renewed to drift higher with Dow
hopes that a U.S. trade futures adding 0.2 per-
deal with China may be cent to 27,699. S&P 500
near despite recent tough futures were also up 0.2
talk from President Don- percent at 3,117.70.
ald Trump. Japan’s benchmark
France’s CAC 40 add- Nikkei 225 gained 0.7 per-
ed nearly 0.2 percent in cent to finish at 23,300.09,
early trading to 5,808.61. while Australia’s S&P/
Germany’s DAX inched ASX 200 added 1.2 per-
cent to 6,683.00. South
Korea’s Kospi fell 0.4 per-
cent to 2,060.74. Hong
Kong’s Hang Seng was up
0.6 percent at 26,217.04,
while the Shanghai Com-
posite rose 0.7 percent to
2,899.47.
Shares on Wall Street
finished higher, with
gains snapping a three-
day losing streak for the
S&P 500. The U.S. mar-
ket has swung sharply for
months on every hint of
progress or delay in talks
between the world’s larg-
est economies, and Asian
regional indexes have
tended to reflect those
fluctuations.
In the latest develop-
ment, Bloomberg News
reported that U.S. nego-
tiators expect a “Phase
1” trade agreement to be
completed before U.S.
tariffs are set to rise on
Chinese products on Dec.
15.
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The following vehicles have
been abandoned at Marty's
Service Center, 1233 Gardner
Blvd, Columbus, MS.
2000 LINCOLN LS
VIN# 1LNHM87A9YY886249
1999 VOLKSWAGON NEW
BEETLE
VIN# 3VWBC21C4XM467088
2004 LINCOLN LS
VIN# 1LNHM86S84Y664113
2011 DODGE CHARGER
VIN# 2B3CL3CG28H543820
1996 FORD THUNDERBIRD
VIN# 1FALP62W0TJH150666
1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER
VIN# 1GNDT13W0WK114888
2005 MAZDA 3
VIN# JM1BK12F751312215
2005 DODGE MAGNUM
VIN# 2D4FV48V05H169539
2014 DODGE JOURNEY
VIN# 3C4PDCGB2ET191767
2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER
VIN# 3A4FY58876T361608
2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
VIN# 3GCPKSE75DG219743
2007 NISSAN ALTIMA
VIN# 1N4AL21E47N498126
1991 TOYOTA CAMRY
VIN# 4T1SV21E1MU292087
2006 JEEP LAREDO
VIN# 1J4GR48K86C308729
2002 FORD MUSTANG
VIN# 1FAFP40432F126505
2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU
VIN# 1G11AXDF2666836
2000 HONDA ACCORD
VIN# 1HGCG6657YA006464
2006 HYUNDAI SONATA
VIN# 5NPEU46F86H142900
2004 TOYOTA CAMRY
VIN# 4T1BE32K24U894782
1996 NISSAN SENTRA
VIN# 5NPEU46F16H113562
2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA
VIN# 2G1WF52E639209745
1990 GEO PRIZM
VIN# 1Y1SK5165LZ047877
1999 CHEVROLET BLAZER
VIN# 1GNCS18W5XK228524
2006 HYUNDAI SONATA
VIN# 5NPEU46F16H113552
1996 CHEVROLET PICKUP
VIN# 2GCEC19R1T1192672
2016 DODGE CHARGER
VIN# 2C3CDXCT3GH242694
IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT
CLAIMED THEY WILL BE PUT
UP FOR PUBLIC SALE ON THE
30TH DAY OF DECEMBER,
2019, AT 10:00 A.M. AT
MARTY'S SERVICE CENTER,
1233 GARDNER BLVD, COLUM-
BUS MS.
PUBLISH: 12/5, 12/12 &
12/19/2019
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF R. N. HUMPHREYS,
DECEASED
CAUSE NO: 2019-0213-F
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
R. N. Humphreys, deceased, by
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the
22nd day of November, A. D.,
2019. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to Probate
and Register same with the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from the first
publication date of this Notice
to Creditors. A failure to so Pro- Apts For Rent: Other
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
1BR Apt − $350−$385
This the 2nd day of December,
2019. 2BR Apt − $395−$495
2BR TwnHome − $625
/s/PATRICIA H. GARNER, EXEC- Lease, Dep & Credit Check.
UTRIX Coleman Realty
662−329−2323.
McEwen Law Firm
Steven R. McEwen
PUBLISH: 12/5, 12/12, &
12/19/2019
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General Help Wanted
COLUMBUS BUSINESS
seeking to hire employee to
perform clerical duties in-
cluding greeting customers,
answering telephone, filing,
light typing, photocopying,
running errands, assisting
staff with projects, monitor-
ing office supplies invent-
ory and ordering additional
DOWNTOWN 1BR
supplies as needed.
Email resume to: This large 1 bedroom
apartment has been
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features great natural light,
THE COMMERCIAL DIS- hardwood floors, tall
PATCH seeks a motivated, ceilings and access to a
contracted carrier for the shared laundry room.
Brooksville & Macon area. $750 rent and $750
Excellent opportunity to deposit. Utilities included.
earn money for college. No pets please. Call Peter,
Must have good transporta- 662−574−1561.
tion, valid driver's license
& insurance. Delivers on
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA
Sunday morning and Mon.- CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
Fri. afternoons. Apply at historic district, 1 block
The Commercial Dispatch, from downtown.
516 Main Street in Colum- $575/mo. + $575 dep.
bus. No phone calls NO PETS. 662−574−8789.
please. Peaceful & Quiet area.
General Help Wanted
THE COMMERCIAL DIS-
PATCH seeks a part-time
Customer Service Repres-
entative. Position reports
to the Circulation Manager
and works 25-30 hours per
week. Candidate must be
dependable and work well
with the public. Must have
attention to detail, be a
self-starter with a positive
attitude, have exceptional
customer service skills and
must be able to pass a
drug screen.
Please send resume to:
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Apts For Rent: North
FOX RUN APARTMENTS
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$595−$645 monthly.
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24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL
GYM. ON SITE SECURITY.
ON SITE MAINTENANCE.
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SURVEILLANCE. Benji &
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STUDIO APARTMENT FOR
RENT. Hwy. 45 between
Columbus & CAFB.
No pets. No smoking.
$400 rent & $400 deposit.
662−328−2340.
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(2) 1 ROOM/1 BATH.
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LEASE,
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AND
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UNITS AVAILABLE. Various
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$375 and up. Call Long &
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FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
truck terminal, 9,500 sq.
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
office/shop. Buildings can
be rented together or
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access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
662−327−9559.
RESTAURANT SPACE
AVAILABLE. 1200 sq. ft.
$1100/mo. Serious
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Houses For Rent: North
LIGHT−UP GRADIENT
3BR/1BA Stove, ref, a/c.
COLOR ANGEL. 55" tall.
Still in box. Paid $60. Will
Good area. HUD, $565
take $25. Indoor or
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Coleman Realty,
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662−329−2323.
Firewood / Fuel
3BR/2BA CH/A, Hwy 45 N.
Caledonia Schools. No FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
pets. $800/mo. $800 dep. Various lengths.
1 yr lease. Weathers 662−295−2274.
Rentals, 662−574−0345.
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Houses For Rent: West
SMALL COTTAGE, 1BR/
1BA, all appl. incl. Water
& trash incl. in lease. Near
MSU & EMCC. No pets.
$500 per mo. $400 dep. Starkville Habitat ReStore
App/refs/lease req.
662−242−2923.
and Warehouse The
Starkville Area Habitat
Warehouse at 1632
Mobile Homes for Rent
Rockhill Road will be open
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West Lowndes School Dist. open regular hours: Thurs.
$500 rent. $250 deposit.
NO HUD. NO PETS.
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Lot 1 − small lot
between great
neighbors, ideal for long
−term RV. We will
prepare electric pole.
$175/month includes
water and sewer. First
month free with 6
month lease and
deposit.
Lot 6 − oversized lot
ideal for 16 x 80 or
double wide, $185/
month includes water
and sewer. We will
prepare site. First
month free with
minimum 12 month
lease. Please call Pam,
601−310−3528.
Office Spaces For Rent
GREAT, CONVENIENT
LOCATION! Office space for
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N.
662−574−3970.
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LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
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