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BUSINESS MOVES
WITH MARY MSU rents two Starkville hotels
New pumpkin to quarantine students with COVID-19
patch coming
to Caledonia
PLUS: Health clinic
opens in Starkville
BY MARY POLLITZ
biz@cdispatch.com

B
y

mid-Sep-
tember,
there’s
going to
be a new
pumpkin
patch in
Caledonia.
William
Mary Pollitz
Darnell
of Darnell
Farms, 8989 Wolfe Road, planted
about eight acres of pumpkins to
prepare for the inaugural Darnell
Farms Pumpkin Patch. He first got
the idea when Caledonia’s Country
Pumpkins, long a fixture for fall
recreation in the Golden Triangle,
closed in 2018.
“We’ll start off small, and if it
goes good, the next year we can
add and add on to something like
(Country Pumpkins),” Darnell
said. “I just don’t want everybody
to think they are bringing Country
Pumpkins back this first year. It’s
not going to be that, it’s going to
be different. But we’re going to try
to build it to something like that.”
For Darnell, preparing for the
pumpkin patch has been a high-
light in a very sore farming sea-
son. Typically, farming success is
indicative of the weather, but this
year COVID-19 took its toll.
“Cotton and soybeans are just
in the dumps,” Darnell said. “…
The prices with this COVID mess
are terrible. I’ve started growing
more produce. I even took cotton
acres out and put produce on it
because I’m making more on pro-
duce than cotton acres.”
According to the Mississippi
State University Extension Ser-
vices, this problem is no stranger
See BUSINESS, 3A
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
April Yazza uses a hand truck to move boxes of candy on Wednesday at Herbert Hall on the Mississippi State University cam-
pus in Starkville. Each campus resident will receive a PPE bag when they move in. Each bag includes wipes, hand sanitizer, a
mask, candy, coupons and campus information.
University employees to care for
students in hotels; regular hotel staff will
have option to work elsewhere in market
BY TESS VRBIN jack Road than to set aside
tvrbin@cdispatch.com residence halls. The two ho-
tels have a combined total of
Mississippi 155 rooms.
State Universi-
“These are ideal facilities
ty has rented
for this purpose, since they
two Starkville
have independent rooms with
hotels for the
dedicated bathrooms for each
entire fall se-
mester in order person,” Shaw said.
for students Health experts recom- Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
who live in Shaw mend a 14-day quarantine Resident Education employees count masks on Wednesday
if a person tests positive for at Herbert Hall on the MSU campus in Starkville. Herbert
residence halls on campus to Hall was the main staging area for assembling PPE bags for
quarantine if they test posi- COVID-19 or is aware of ex-
students, and from there resident assistants distributed
tive for the COVID-19 corona- posure to it, regardless of the
the bags to each hall according to how many residents will
virus. presence of physical symp- be moving in.
In a newsletter sent Tues- toms.
day night to MSU faculty, Pro- The rental of the hotels temperatures and enforcing Wednesday, but Vice Presi-
vost and Executive Vice Pres- is the latest development in social distancing in class- dent of Student Affairs Regi-
ident David Shaw said it was MSU’s plan to bring students rooms. na Hyatt told The Dispatch
“more cost-efficient” for the back to campus this month. Shaw chairs the Safe Start that MSU will staff the hotels
university to rent the Comfort Safety measures include re- Task Force on the state Insti- with employees from the de-
Suites on Russell Street and quiring protective face cov- tute of Higher Learning. He partments of Housing and
the Hampton Inn on Black- erings, monitoring students’ was unavailable for comment See MSU, 6A

EPA to remove soil from 11 private lots as part of Kerr McGee clean-up
Estimated $2.7 million project should take
three to five months to complete, barring
delays due to weather, pandemic
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
COLUMBUS — The Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency
has released proposed plans
for removing contaminated
soil from 11 private properties
around the former Kerr-Mc-
Gee plant on 14th Avenue
Courtesy image
North, as part of the ongoing
This map provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows
approximately where 11 properties in Memphis Town will have soil cleanup process at the old in-
removed as part of the ongoing clean-up of the former Kerr-McGee dustrial site.
site on 14th Avenue North. The properties are mostly
residential and located primar-
ily in the area of Shady and
Moss streets east of the main
site, though there are some in
the area of 20th Street North.
The property owners have al-
ready been notified and met
with representatives from
EPA and the Greenfield Envi-
ronmental Multi-State Trust,
which is overseeing the clean-
up process.
“The plan is to remove, for
most of the prop-
erties, only the
top foot of soil,”
said Lauri Gor-
ton, director of
e nv i r o n m e nt a l
programs and
senior strategist
at the Greenfield Gorton
Trust.
The estimated $2.7 mil-
lion project is the next part of
the multi-step clean-up pro-
cess for the 90-acre Kerr-Mc-
Gee site and surrounding
area. Kerr-McGee operated a
wood-treatment plant at the site
from 1928 to 2003, by which
time the pollutant creosote,
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Mississippi schools not required

to disclose COVID outbreaks
State health officer: Department of Health is
working on releasing data of outbreaks in schools
by county, which would appear on its website
with other daily coronavirus information
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
The Associated Press/ Report for America
JACKSON — A Mississippi
school district that has seen a hand-
ful of coronavirus cases among stu-
dents since reopening for in-person
classes last week is doing a good job
of being transparent with the pub-
lic, the governor and the state’s top
health official said Wednesday.
The Corinth School District has
reported six cases since July 27.
More than 100 students are quar-
antined, according to State Health
Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. He de-
scribed the district as a “model” of
how school districts should respond
to the pandemic. The district has
been posting daily updates on its
Facebook page after receiving pos-
itive test results.
However, Dobbs and Reeves said
during a news conference that the
state has no requirement for dis-
tricts to release information to the
public when schools have outbreaks.
“I commend Corinth and their
leadership for doing that. They ar-
en’t trying to hide anything. They’re
being very transparent,” Reeves
said.
He said there’s no “specific
guideline” for how schools should
report coronavirus outbreaks. All
school districts should make posi-
tive test results public, but it’s up to
them to do so, Reeves said.
The state Department of Health
is working on releasing data of out-
breaks in schools by county, which
would appear on its website with
other daily coronavirus information,
Dobbs said. However, he did not say
whether that data would be orga-
nized district by district.
“We are starting to see more and
more positive cases in schools, as
they’ve opened up,” Dobbs said.
Reeves on Tuesday mandated
that all Mississippians wear masks
in public, including students in
schools. He also delayed the start of
the school year for upper grades in
eight counties that are hard-hit by
COVID-19.
Reeves said if he were running
school districts, he would push back
the start of school for a few weeks
at least — possibly until the end of
the month.
“But I didn’t get elected to run a
school district,” Reeves said. “We’ve
got literally hundreds of Mississippi-
ans that got elected to school boards
to run their school districts. We, in
Mississippi, believe in autonomy, we
believe in giving them the opportu-
nity, and there’s a reason for that.”
He said people are quick to focus
on the risk of returning students to
in-person instruction, instead of the
potential benefits.
“It seems that you’re willing to
recognize and admit that there is
risk to kids going back in school, but
completely ignore the risks that are
associated with kids not going back
to school,” he said at the press brief-
ing, adding that school is important
for students’ social and emotional
well-being.
In Jackson, where the public
school system announced that it
would educate students completely
remotely this fall because of rising
coronavirus cases, the mayor an-
nounced a new curfew beginning
Thursday. All residents who are
not essential employees will be now
prohibited from driving or walking
in the city from midnight to 5 a.m.
Hinds County, where Jackson is lo-
cated, has seen the highest number
of coronavirus cases in the state.

Tribe, economy, even cemeteries hurt as virus hits Choctaws

Almost 10 percent of Mississippi’s only
federally recognized American Indian
tribe’s roughly 11,000 members have
tested positive for the virus
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
The Associated Press/ Report
for America
PHILADELPHIA —
When Sharon Taylor died
of coronavirus, her family
— standing apart, wearing
masks — sang her favorite
hymns at her graveside,
next to a tiny headstone
for her stillborn daughter,
buried 26 years ago. Fresh
flowers marked row after
row of new graves. Holy
Rosary is one of the only
cemeteries in this Choc-
taw Indian family’s com-
munity, and it’s running
out of space — a sign of
the virus’s massive toll on
the Choctaw people.
As confirmed corona-
virus cases skyrocket in
Mississippi, the state’s
only federally recognized
American Indian tribe
has been devastated.
COVID-19 has ripped
through Choctaw fami-
lies, many of whom live
together in multigener-
ational homes. Almost
10 percent of the tribe’s
roughly 11,000 members
have tested positive for
the virus. More than 75
have died. The once-flour-
ishing Choctaw economy
is stagnant, as the tribal
government put in place
tighter restrictions than
those imposed by the
state.
July brought a glim-
mer of hope, with some
numbers dropping among
Choctaws, but health offi-
cials worry that with cas-
es rising elsewhere in the
state, the reprieve is only
temporary. On Friday,
Mississippi recorded its
highest single-day coro-
navirus-related
count, 52.
fatality
As a community health
technician, Taylor, 53,
took the virus seriously
from the start. She an-
swered calls from tribe
members with symptoms
and delivered medicine.
In June, she fell ill herself.
Kristina Taylor, 18,
one of Sharon’s five chil-
dren, learned just before
her mother was admitted
to the hospital that she’d
been named valedictorian
of the tribal high school.
Sharon had predicted the
accomplishment for years
— in some of their last
moments together, Kris-
tina showed her mom the
speech she’d prepared for
graduation and the Choc-
taw beadwork her sister
used to decorate her cap.
“We were just in tears.
Usually, if I started cry-
ing, she started crying
too,” she said. “She always
had that faith in me, that
I could do it, even when I
doubted myself. She knew
I could do it before I did.”
That day, Sharon Tay-
lor took her daughter to
the family plot at Holy Ro-
sary. It was always special:
a place to mark important
events, to be together,
to visit the grave of baby
Kerri. Other relatives are
buried there, too, and it’s
where Sharon wanted her
final resting place.
But the Rev. Bob Good-
year says there’s not much
more room to expand, in
part because of another
pandemic. The Spanish
flu of 1918 took lives so
quickly residents didn’t
even have time to put up
markers, and 400 victims
are buried in an open field
on cemetery grounds.
“I pray it doesn’t come
to that this time,” said
Goodyear, whose Catholic
church has always buried
Choctaws, regardless of
faith. The tribe recently
voted to establish a com-
munity cemetery nearby,
which will ease the bur-
den, said Goodyear, who
isn’t a Choctaw but has
ministered in the reser-
vation community for de-
cades.

Capitol negotiators still stuck, still trying on virus aid

BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Af-
ter more than a week’s
worth of meetings, at
least some clarity is
emerging in the bipar-
tisan Washington talks
on a huge COVID-19 re-
sponse bill. Negotiators
are still stuck, but still
trying.
A combative meeting
Wednesday involving top
Capitol Hill Democrats
and the postmaster gen-
eral and a souring tone
from both sides indicate
that a long slog remains,
and White House chief
of staff Mark Meadows
threatened afterward that
President Donald Trump
is exploring options to
use executive authority to
extend a partial eviction
ban and address unem-
ployment benefits.
After some movement
Tuesday in House Speak-
er Nancy Pelosi’s direc-
tion on aid to states and
local governments and
unemployment insurance
benefits, Wednesday’s
session offered no break-
throughs or major prog-
ress, participants said
afterward.
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Mississippi House leaders sue governor over partial vetoes

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — The two top
leaders of the Mississippi House
are suing Gov. Tate Reeves over
his partial veto of some state
budget bills, setting up anoth-
er conflict among some of the
state’s top Republicans.
House Speaker Philip Gunn
and Speaker Pro Tempore Jason
White, who are both in the GOP,
filed the lawsuit Wednesday in
Hinds County Chancery Court.
The lawsuit says the Missis-
sippi Supreme Court has ruled
in multiple cases that the state
constitution prohibits a gover-
nor from vetoing a portion of a
budget bill.
Republican Reeves is in his
first year as governor after eight
years as lieutenant governor.
While he was lieutenant gover-
nor, he presided over the Senate
and exerted considerable influ-
ence over the budget.
Reeves lashed out at legisla-
tors for filing a lawsuit.
“There’s a small group in the
House that only wants to pick
fights with me — some liberal
Republicans who’ve joined forc-
es with liberal House Dems,”
Reeves wrote Wednesday on
Twitter.
On July 8, Reeves vetoed
parts of two bills to fund state
government programs for the
year that began July 1.

Business
Continued from Page 1A
to cotton farmers in
Mississippi during the
pandemic. When Dar-
nell said the prices are
bad, they are really bad.
The price for December
cotton has dropped about
30 percent, which was
one of the main reasons
Darnell pulled acres of
cotton and started sell-
ing produce.
Despite having to
pinch pennies, Darnell
said he’s excited about
opening his pumpkin
patch and corn maze in
mid-September.
“I’m going to have
something for everyone,”
he said. “I’ve got some
little ones, I’ve got warty
ones, I’ve got big ones,
jack-o-lanterns, just a
little bit of everything.”
Moving over to
Starkville, there’s a new
specialty health clinic
open.
Five Horizons Health
Services, 807 Hwy. 12,
opened last month. Five
Horizons now has two
locations, with the first
opening in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama more than 30
years ago.
Starkville’s Executive
Director Jamil Dawson
said the clinic aims to
provide care to popula-
tions in need. The clinic’s
focus is on HIV and STD
testing, prevention and
primary care.
Dawson said though
a health clinic, Five
Horizons offers more
than just health care to
clients.
“We do a lot of ad-
vocacy work for those
populations in need,
whether it be trying
to assist with people
understanding their
voting rights and polling
locations, with people un-
derstanding their rights
as the LGBTQ, Latin or
African-American com-
munity,” he said. “That’s
kind of where we aim our
focus.”
When a client enters
the clinic, they start by
meeting with a casework-
er or social worker to
assess their non-medical
needs.
“We believe in pro-
viding care to the whole
person,” Dawson said.
“People are more than
their HIV status or more
than just whatever par-
ticular STD they have at
the moment. That’s when
we get into questions
about food and security,
housing stability, behav-
ioral health issues and
then we provide care
for individuals when we
can and if we cannot we
will be making partners
across the community we
can refer them to.”
Five Horizons is open
Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Moving toward Mis-
sissippi State near the
roundabout on Blackjack
Road, there’s a new elec-
tronic billboard that’s
been advertising a little
differently lately.
Christian Good, of
Good Billboards, said
business was going well
until about March.
“During COVID, any
industry with advertise-
ment has really gotten
hit,” Good said. “We
started filling our slots
with meaningful ads. We
put up thank you messag-
es to essential workers
like policeman, nurses
and doctors.”
With advertising
space to spare, about a
month ago Good part-
nered with Oktibbeha
County Humane Society
to start advertising a “Pet
of the Week” to encour-
age pet adoption in the
area. Good Billboards
has self sponsored the
pets of the week for the
past month, and will
continue up to three.
Beyond those three
months, Good said he’s
urging local businesses
to help sponsor a pet of
the week to keep helping
more and more pets find
homes.
“Our country is
divided in a lot of areas,
but we know everyone
deserves and enjoys hav-
ing a pet to love on,” he
said. “We have a need to
adopt different pets that
otherwise wouldn’t have
a home. We felt like this
was an organization that
we could rally behind.”

Kerr-McGee
Continued from Page 1A
which is used to treat
wood, had contaminated
the plant site and sur-
rounding area. EPA de-
clared the site a Super-
fund site, designating it a
priority area for clean-up
along with about 30 other
polluted sites around the
country, and designated
$68 million for clean-up.
EPA investigators took
soil samples from approx-
imately 100 residential
and commercial proper-
ties around the site and
found only the 11 proper-
ties specified in the plan
had levels of contamina-
tion requiring clean-up
— levels which Gorton
said are set “pretty con-
servatively.” Remedial
Project Manager Charles
King said for most of
those properties, soil will
be removed and taken to
the former Kerr-McGee
site because the chemi-
cal levels are low enough
that they are considered
appropriate for industrial
sites.
Columbus-based con-
struction company J5 has
handled the bulk of the
clean-up process so far,
including the clean-up
of the Seventh Avenue
ditch and, more recently,
the Pine Yard, a 44-acre
area on the north side of
14th Avenue where wood
was stored during the
Kerr-McGee era. The
Pine Yard was 96 percent
complete in November
when work was halted be-
cause of weather, accord-
ing to EPA documents.
J5 is currently working
on clean-up of the ditch
between Moss Street
and Waterworks Road,
which Gorton said bor-
ders some of the private
properties in need of
work. Though J5 has not
been awarded the bid, the
company will most likely
handle the clean-up on
private properties as well,
she said.
Before clean-up can
start, EPA must hold a
30-day public comment
period for citizens to ask
questions and raise con-
cerns with the proposed
plan, which King said is
required by law for Su-
perfund sites. Because all
in-person meetings have
been suspended due to
the COVID-19 pandem-
ic, King and Gorton said
they hope to work with
community leaders, such
as the Memphis Town
Community Advisory
Group, to ensure people’s
questions are answered.
Once the public com-
ment period is over on
Sept. 5 and the work be-
gins, officials estimate
it will take three to five
months to complete.
“After we get com-
ments back, there’s a
little design process, so
it could be three or four
months before we start
on some of those, and
it might be three to five
months (after that) be-
fore we finish,” said King,
adding the three-to-five
month timeline doesn’t
necessarily take into ac-
count delays due to rain
or COVID-19.
Gorton and King also
specified they have been
working closely with the
owners of the 11 proper-
ties and plan to have fur-
ther meetings with them
before construction be-
gins.
“Before we start the
construction, we’ll do a
final walkthrough with
them physically at the
property to make sure,
first of all that they under-
stand exactly what we’re
looking to do and to iden-
tify anything that’s spe-
cial that the homeowner
might want to protect,”
Gorton said. “Maybe they
put a fountain in their
backyard or something.
... At that point we can
talk with them just about
the schedule of the work.
That’s the one meeting
we have not had yet.”
To view the plans on
the EPA’s website, vis-
it epa.gov/superfund/
kerr-mcgee-chemical-co-
lumbus. Anyone wishing
to comment can write to
King at King.CharlesL@
epa.gov or mail to Charles
L. King, US EPA Region
4, Superfund Division,
11th Floor 61 Forsyth
Street SW, Atlanta, Geor-
gia, 30303.

No injuries in Military Road shooting Wednesday

Suspect charged with North Wednesday.
Paul Eggleston,
of shooting at an acquaintance’s
home Wednesday morning. Shelton
shooting into a dwelling Jr., 29, has been
charged with shoot-
said Eggleston and the victim had
been arguing before the shooting
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT ing into a dwelling occurred.
and possession of a Shelton said no one was hurt
COLUMBUS — Police have ar- weapon by a felon, Co- during the shooting.
rested a Columbus man accused of lumbus Police Chief Eggleston is currently in custody
Eggleston Jr.
shooting near the intersection of Fred Shelton said. at Lowndes County Adult Detention
Military Road and Eighth Avenue Eggleston is accused Center. His bond has not been set.

MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES

Lowndes County Lowery; July 18
Marriages
■ Brett Glaze and Cassandra
Morlet; July 2
■ Chancie Phillips and Romia
Smith; July 3
■ Brent Potter and Tabitha
Hines; July 3
■ Russell Pool and Melenda
Pool; July 4
■ James McAnally and Lisa
Young; July 4
■ Wesley Jacobson and
Michaela Austin; July 4
■ Dennis Martin and Sarah
Wells; July 4
■ Jeffery Burnett and Monica
Hakun; July 6
■ Matthew Eller and Anastasia
Hanrahan; July 7
■ James Harmon and Tifanne
Landry; July 7
■ Stanley Erby and Tamekia
Lavender; July 9
■ Robert Taylor and Coral
Rangel; July 9
■ Matthew Thomas and Mary
Lindley; July 10
■ Tristan Mitchell and Carrie
Logan; July 11
■ Justin Cline and Dominque
Murray; July 11
■ Shawn Gates and Julie
■ Nathan Rush and Erica
Davis; July 21
■ Cody Thomas and Jessica
Elofskey; July 23
■ Glendon Bontrager and
Sherita Rice; July 25
■ James Speights and Alyssa
Alkuino; July 25
■ Matthew Fanelli and Eliza-
beth Schroeder; July 25
■ James Shields and Kather-
ine Waters; July 25
■ Robert Cooper and Rebecca
Braswell; July 26
■ Adolphus Brooks and Anna
Franks; July 27
■ Kunta Gordon and Natavia
Bankhead; July 27
■ Melvin Summerville and
Kelly Beard; July 28
■ Ryne Miller and Courtney
Wade; July 29
■ Rashad Jones and Tiyana
Jones; July 31
■ Vincent Murphy and Erika
Crespo; July 31
■ Walter Griffith and Tiffany
Johnson; July 31
■ Dvon Cordero and Kelsey
Lucerino; July 31
■ De’Vagus Jenkins and
■ Michell Ivey Brackin and
Timothy Allen Brackin; July 8
■ Samantha N. Westbrook
and Reco D. Johnson; July 8
■ Lindsey P. Marsh and Jere-
my T. Marsh; July 8
■ Robert Wilson, Jr and Kane-
sha Nicole Hood Wilson; July 7
■ Terrika Prude Williams and
Willie James Williams; July 6
■ Leah Megan Clark and
Joseph Allen Clark; July 6
■ Kyle Linton and Brittney
Edmondson; July 6
■ Michael Dewayne Swindle et
al; July 16
■ Jennifer Gilbert and John
Gilbert; July 15
■ Farron Lee Wheat and Aus-
tin Allen Wheat; July 15
■ Warren David Edwards and
Leila Nicole Edwards; July 16
■ Senagar Orr and Alisha
Lache Simmons; July 16
■ Jason Clark and Victoria Cox
Clark; July 14
■ A C Caldwell, Jr and Dorothy SOLUNAR TABLE
Hardy; July 16 The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
■ Joseph Ray Hudson and Thurs. Fri.
Major 3:19a 4:01a
Kristin Michelle Hudson; July Minor 10:06p 10:35p
3:40p 4:21p
16 Major
Minor 9:36a 10:31a
■ Patrick O Jones and Aimee Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Jones; July 14

■ Nathan Amaral and Chanelle
Oosthuizen; July 14
■ Robert Quinn and Cherrie
Criss; July 17
■ Kenneth Underwood and
Kayla Wilson; July 17
■ Brian Lowe and Jennifer
Porter; July 18
■ Dalton Rhodes and Rachel
Reed; July 18
Tieara Young; July 31
Divorces
■ Darrell Brooks and Jennifer
M. Brooks; July 1
■ Katetra Clark and Warde-
trous Clark; July 1
■ Tiffinie Brown Johnson and
Ronald James Johnson; July 6
■ James Victor Jordon and
Tonnie Michelle Jordan; July
13
■ Breannica Sanders and
Roshawn Rice; July 23
■ Margaret B. Pearson and
Michael C. Pearson; July 23
■ Kimberly Colette Haynes
and Quinton Lance Belk; July
23
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
Opposite and alike
I was very saddened to read that Lee Roy Lol-
lar’s mother has died. She lasted 102 years, but
there is only now. My mother died four days ago at
98. We all imagined she would break 100, but she
did not. Mr. Lollar and I stand on opposite sides of
a seemingly insurmountable wall, but our views of
life, the universe, and everything mean nothing in
the face of mortality. I wish him well, and hope his
grief is bearable.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus

A short letter of thanks

I came out from my physical therapy appoint-
ment Monday at Columbus Orthopedic to find that
someone had very kindly left a note on my window
saying that I had a flat tire. The flat was on the right
rear; I am sure I would not have noticed and would
have driven away on it if this kind person had not
taken the time. So, to whoever you are, thank you
so much. You made an important difference in my
day.
One might say it was a small thing — but it real-
ly wasn’t. As I finally began to understand about the
time that I moved to Columbus, the small things
are not so small. In fact, goofy as it sounds, in my
view, the small things are actually the big things in
life. I don’t think it is a coincidence that I came to
this realization when I did. Not at all. It’s another
reason why it feels good to call Columbus home.
Thanks also to Berry Hinds for his respectful
letter of reminder to Supervisor Sanders and others THE NATION
How America got so inferior
to set examples for us constituents. Mr. Sanders
may not have earned the respect, at least not of late,
but I applaud Mr. Hinds still giving it, nevertheless.

E
Paul Mack
urope took Ron DeSantis). He lounge lizard from Manhattan the
Columbus dramatic steps peddled fake cures, hill Trump supporters want to die
to contain the some dangerous, and on? If so, I can assure them Trump
coronavirus pandemic. gave moral support to does not care if they do.
Its shutdowns were so the idiotic campaign Europe still bans so-called
OTHER EDITORS tight that the eurozone against mask wearing. superspreader events, such as car-
economy has fallen into He attacks public health nivals and giant after-ski parties.

A prayer for Beirut a recession even deeper

In times of adversity it is incumbent upon broth-
er nations and, indeed, the whole world to share
the grief and the burden of the loss. What hap-
pened in Beirut is a disaster of huge proportions
... and constitutes one of the largest explosions
recorded in human history.
In the aftermath there will be much
heart-searching and even recriminations that this
massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate was left
unattended in such a sensitive place as the docks.
But for now it is incumbent on everyone to display
solidarity and offer tangible solace as the death toll
escalates to more than 135 and the injured figure
crosses 5,000. The shock wave has not yet dissi-
pated and with the ringing in the ears it literally is
difficult to wrap our heads around the enormity of
the explosion ...
The UAE was instant in its expression of to-
getherness and reflected the sense of agony in the
emotionally drenched words of Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash who said:
“Our hearts are with Beirut and its people.” The
UAE also dispatched emergency medical assis-
tance to Lebanon.
The tribute is echoed by every person in the
Emirates and was posted alongside an image of
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa illuminated in the colours of
the Lebanese flag.
“Our prayers during these difficult hours are
that God ... protects brotherly Lebanon and the
Lebanese to reduce their affliction and heal their
wounds,” the message ended on a note of deep and
abiding sadness.
(Dubai, UAE) Khaleej Times
than ours.
But guess what. De-
spite occasional spikes,
Europe has beaten the
virus down to size. Froma Harrop
With a public reassured
that it could return to
the beaches, bars and restaurants
in relative safety, it reopened.
That’s why Europe “is having a
much bigger snapback” than the
U.S., Berenberg Bank economist
Holger Schmieding told The Wall
Street Journal, “and there are some weaker than Europe’s.
indicators that it may be getting
ahead.”
Both the U.S. and Europe
pushed aggressive stimulus plans,
that is, injected oceans of govern-
ment money into their economies.
The big difference today is that
Europe contained the cause of its
economic misery, and the U.S.,
with the exception of a few states,
just let it grow.
And why has America’s per-
formance been so inferior? The
answer is Donald J. Trump.
The president denied COVID-
19’s existence at the beginning and
continues to downplay the virus as
it rampages through the heartland.
He undermined governors who
mandated lockdowns (Michigan’s
Gretchen Whitmer) and praised
governors who wouldn’t (Florida’s
experts.
Many blame his fail-
ures on incompetence
or cognitive inability to
understand the threat.
Let’s just say that if
foreign foes had foisted
this incoherence on us,
we’d suspect them of sabotage.
And so, America is left with a
sick population — the U.S. has the
world’s fourth highest number of
deaths per 100,000 people — and
an economy whose prospects are
It’s true that the eurozone econ-
omy contracted about 40 percent in
the second quarter (on an annual
basis), whereas the U.S. economy
shrunk only 33 percent. The reason
is that Europe shut down tightly,
whereas much of the United States
remained open for infection.
But many parts of the U.S.
formerly open for business are suf-
fering an explosion of cases, which,
they are discovering, is lousy for
business. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
had actually banned localities from
requiring masks. Only after his
hospitals started overflowing with
the sick and dying did he put into
motion a mask-wearing mandate.
In some places, a refusal to
wear a mask is a sign of support for
Trump. So much for self-respect
or love of family. Is celebrating the
One massive church celebration in
France in February was believed to
have spawned 2,500 cases. Every
country makes grave mistakes.
The difference is that we don’t
learn from ours.
The U.S. news still features
crowded boat parties, high school
gatherings with not a mask in sight
and, in one case, a massive all-night
blowout at a Los Angeles mansion,
complete with gunfire.
What’s going on here has left
much of Europe in open-mouthed
wonder. For all the dying America
accepted in the name of preserving
the economy, we have the slow-
er-growing economy. The dollar is
weakening against the euro. And
despair grows.
Much of Europe is desperate for
American tourist dollars, but the
European Union is still banning
visitors from America. We’re the
land of disease.
How is it that the country that
was and remains a global center for
medicine and scientific research
could be brought so low by a pan-
demic others have managed? The
answer can’t be “It is what it is.”
Rather, what is never should have
been.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.

THE PRESIDENT

Trump and the Military: Part 1

P
resident Don- of lives in Afghan- ghanistan, America’s military deployment there. However, president had to.
ald Trump’s istan, are, in part, leaders could not present the they were wrong. Trump was One of the sick secrets of
frayed the result of the ca- commander in chief with any right. The same thing was the U.S. military culture, as
relations with the reerism of a class of options other than doing again true when Trump moved the it has developed over the past
U.S. military could American admirals the same thing that we did last U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. two decades, is that officers’
imperil some of and generals who year. The U.S. military’s senior careers progress regardless
his most notable were utterly incapa- America was in no better officers and the American of whether or not America
achievements. ble of creative and position in Afghanistan in security establishment have is successful on the battle-
The relationship effective leadership 2020 than we were in 2002, yet been wrong time and again, field. Eight years of Barack
between Trump when the nation the collective wisdom of the all while the president has Obama’s presidency led to the
and America’s most needed it. Pentagon and the “security been the right time and again. promotion of a class of senior
admirals and gen- For almost two establishment” was simply to Moreover, it is not just leaders who are politically
erals has reached a Armstrong Williams decades, American do more of the same. Stagnant about U.S. military policy correct, take no risks and win
low point. This is a military leaders was the watchword. abroad that Trump has been no wars.
shame because it may imperil have cycled through war Trump was right to pull the right. Many of the men and
the Trump presidency and is zones and tours at the Penta- plug on our misadventure in Trump was right to cut women wearing stars today
terrible for the republic. gon. They have left their one- Afghanistan. through the sick careerism in the Pentagon are there not
Moreover, it is a real shame year tours with shiny medals Trump was also right to of uniformed Navy leaders because of what they did, but
because the U.S. military has and promotions. The nation pull the plug on our misad- that allowed Eddie Gallagh- because of what they did not
been in desperate need of re- hailed them as heroes, even as venture in Syria. What was er, a U.S. Navy SEAL, to be do: never made a big mistake,
form, and Trump has, at heart, their strategies have led to the our mission there? Why were falsely charged with murder. never spoke up and never got
the right set of instincts about deaths and permanent maim- we willing to let America’s For months, Gallagher was out of line. They played the
how to reform it. ing of thousands of young sons and daughters die there? held in prison, all while the game.
Let us begin with this: soldiers, sailors, airmen and What was the Pentagon’s plan uniformed officers of the U.S. There is no institution on
History will not look kindly on Marines who followed their for peace? For ending the war? Navy JAG corps lied to judges the planet that is more adept
the military leaders who led orders. The Pentagon had no answers. and engaged in egregious at doing today what it did yes-
America into 20-plus years of Not only did the admirals Trump’s move in Syria was prosecutorial misconduct. terday than the Pentagon.
war in Afghanistan and Iraq. and generals promote and opposed by nearly the whole Gallagher was and is Armstrong Williams is an
America’s strategic failure reward each other as their of the U.S. military establish- innocent. Gallagher’s chain of American political commenta-
in Iraq, and our waste of tril- troops suffered, but 18 years ment, who promised that the command should have stood tor, entrepreneur, author, and
lions of dollars and thousands into a fruitless war in Af- sky would fall if we ended our up for him. No one did. So the talk show host.
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No hoopla: Virus upends Trump and Biden convention plans

‘As long as they can watch it on Facebook,
most voters don’t care if the conventions
are in Siberia or Sheboygan’
Matt Moore, a former South Carolina GOP chairman
BY BILL BARROW
AND ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — At the
last minute, President Donald
Trump and his Democratic
rival, Joe Biden, are search-
ing for places to impressively
yet safely accept their parties’
presidential nominations as the
spread of the coronavirus adds
fresh uncertainty to the cam-
paign for the White House.
Trump said Wednesday he’s
considering giving his Aug.
27 acceptance speech on the
grounds of the White House,
a move that could violate eth-
ics law. Biden, meanwhile,
scrapped plans to accept the
Democratic nomination on
Aug. 20 in Milwaukee, where
the party has spent more than
a year planning a massive con-
vention.
Presidential conventions are
a staple of American politics
and have played out against
national traumas as significant
as the Civil War and World War
II. But the pandemic’s poten-
cy is proving to be a tougher
obstacle, denying both candi-
dates crucial opportunities to
connect with supporters in the
final stretch before the Nov. 3
election.
The campaigns are looking
for alternative ways to deal
with the virus and still reach
millions of Americans through
television and virtual events.
Longtime convention attend-
ees say they’ll miss the tradi-
tional festivities even as they
acknowledge public health pri-
orities.
“I was looking forward to
going to Milwaukee and having
a lot of beer and other snacks,”
said Donna Brazile, who man-
aged Al Gore’s campaign in
2000 and served as Democrat-
ic National Committee chair in
2016. But “if you ask a majority
of voters, they’d tell you they’re
more anxious about when the
NFL season starts. … What’s
best for the public should be
best for the politicians at this
point.”
Matt Moore, a former South
Carolina GOP chairman, has
enjoyed several Republican
conventions as unifying efforts
following bruising primary bat-
tles in states like his. But the
general election audience, he
said, doesn’t see it the same
way.
“As long as they can watch it
on Facebook, most voters don’t
care if the conventions are in
Siberia or Sheboygan,” he said.

Coronavirus testing in the US Facebook, citing

is dropping, even as deaths mount
Officials: Decline attributed to
Americans getting discouraged over
having to wait hours to get a test and
days or weeks to learn the results
BY MAT THEW PERRONE,
NICKY FORSTER AND
MICHELLE LIU
The Associated Press
U.S. testing for the
coronavirus is dropping
even as infections re-
main high and the death
toll rises by more than
1,000 a day, a worrisome
trend that officials attri-
bute largely to Ameri-
cans getting discouraged
over having to wait hours
to get a test and days or
weeks to learn the re-
sults.
An Associated Press
analysis found that the
number of tests per day
slid 3.6 percent over
the past two weeks to
750,000, with the count
falling in 22 states. That
includes places like Ala-
bama, Mississippi, Mis-
souri and Iowa where the
percentage of positive
tests is high and continu-
ing to climb, an indica-
tor that the virus is still
spreading uncontrolled.
Amid the crisis, some
health experts are call-
ing for the introduction
of a different type of test
that would yield results in
a matter of minutes and
would be cheap and sim-
ple enough for millions of
Americans to test them-
selves — but would also
be less accurate.
“There’s a sense of
desperation that we need
to do something else,”
said Dr. Ashish Jha, di-
rector of Harvard’s Glob-
al Health Institute.
Widespread testing is
considered essential to
managing the outbreak
as the U.S. approaches a
mammoth 5 million con-
firmed infections and
more than 157,000 deaths
out of over 700,000 world-
wide.
Testing demand is ex-
pected to surge again this
fall, when schools reopen
and flu season hits, most
likely outstripping sup-
plies and leading to new
delays and bottlenecks.
Some of the decline in
testing over the past few
weeks was expected af-
ter backlogged commer-
cial labs urged doctors
to concentrate on their
highest-risk patients. But
some health and govern-
ment officials are seeing
growing public frustra-
tion and waning demand.
In Iowa, state officials
are reporting less inter-
est in testing, despite am-
ple supplies. The state’s
daily testing rate peaked
in mid-July but has de-
clined 20 percent in the
virus misinformation,
last two weeks.
“We have the capacity.
Iowans just need to test,”
deletes Trump post
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Kim Reynolds said
last week.
Facebook has deleted a post by President Don-
Jessica Moore of ru-
ral Newberry, South
ald Trump for violating its policy against spreading
misinformation about the coronavirus.
Carolina, said that af-
The post in question featured a link to a Fox
ter a private lab lost her
News video in which Trump says children are “vir-
COVID-19 test results in
tually immune” to the virus.
mid-July, she had to get
Facebook said Wednesday that the “video in-
re-tested at a pop-up site
cludes false claims that a group of people is im-
organized by the state.
mune from COVID-19 which is a violation of our
Moore and her hus-
policies around harmful COVID misinformation.”
band arrived early on a
A few hours later, Twitter temporarily blocked
Saturday morning at the
the Trump campaign from tweeting from its ac-
site, a community center,
count, until it removed a post with the same video.
where they waited for two
Trump’s account retweeted the video. The com-
hours for her test. Moore
pany said in a statement late Wednesday that the
watched in the rear-view
tweet violated its rules against COVID misinfor-
mirror as people drove
mation. When a tweet breaks its rules, Twitter asks
up, saw the long line of
cars, and then turned users to remove the tweet in questions and bans
around and left. them from posting anything else until they do.
“If people have some- Twitter has generally been quicker than Face-
thing to do on a Saturday book in recent months to label posts from the presi-
and they want to get test- dent that violate its policies against misinformation
ed, they’re not going to and abuse.
wait for two hours in the
South Carolina heat for a
test, especially if they’re
not symptomatic,” Moore
said.

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Residence Life and custo-
dial services.
“Our goal in providing
these isolation rooms is to
make sure
students in
qua r a nt i ne
are taken
care of in
a manner
consistent
with their
r e s i d e n c e Allard
hall expe-
rience and that we keep
students in the residence
halls safe,” Housing and
Residence Life Executive
Director Dei Allard said.
“Frankly, our responsi-
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
bilities for the welfare
Dylan Johnson holds masks and speaks with, from left, Billy Trahan and Dante Hill
of our students (aren’t) about where the masks should be distributed on Wednesday at Herbert Hall on the
changing, only the venue MSU campus in Starkville. The masks have an MSU logo on them and will be distrib-
in which those responsi- uted to every resident on campus.
bilities are met.”
Employees of the sippi State Department “Those outbreaks were ness, said renting hotels
Longest Student Health of Health reported 1,245 big, like 250 students, and “probably is a good plan-
Center will new cases and 51 deaths it seems like the hotel ning strategy” for the uni-
monitor on Tuesday, bringing the capacity that the univer- versity.
quarantined statewide total to 63,444 sity has rented out, 155 “I have to trust the
students’ cases and 1,804 deaths. (rooms), is just not going administration has done
health on- On Tuesday, Gov. Tate to be sufficient,” Thorat the numbers, and it’s a
site, Hyatt Reeves ordered a two- said. situation where financial-
said. week statewide mask She also said she and ly it makes more sense
The op- mandate, and last week he other faculty were not for them to rent the hotel
tion to quar- Hyatt added Lowndes County to aware that the hotels rooms for potential than
antine in ho- his growing list of individ- would be staffed with keeping a dormitory set
tels will only be available ual counties where masks MSU employees instead aside,” Highfield said.
to students who live in and limited gatherings are of regular hotel workers, Meanwhile, reserving
residence halls, not to stu- required. and she wondered if MSU a residence hall for quar-
dents who live off-campus Starkville and Oktibbe- employees would face re- antines
or in fraternity or sorority ha County both enacted percussions if they decid- made more
houses, she added. indefinite mask mandates ed to opt out of working at sense at
Shaw’s Tuesday news- in July. the hotels for safety rea- Mississippi
letter said he consulted sons. Un iversit y
with “administrators and When asked about for Women,
health officers” from Faculty responses both concerns, MSU P resident
three area hospitals: OCH Some MSU faculty de- Chief Communications Nora Mill-
Regional Medical Center clined to comment on the Officer Sid Salter said the er told The Miller
in Starkville, Baptist Me- hotel rentals when con- university is “not going to Dispatch.
morial Hospital-Golden tacted by The Dispatch on engage hypotheticals.” MUW has a much smaller
Triangle in Columbus Wednesday. “We have a plan and student population than
and North Mississippi However, Assistant it’s a solid plan,” he said. MSU, and keeping them
Medical Center in Tupe- Professor of English “A lot of thought has gone on campus will make it
lo, which has a facility in Dhanashree Thorat said into it, and obviously a easier to provide them
West Point. the announcement left her lot of expense. If we have with meals and monitor
“All three pointed out and other faculty mem- any problem that’s unfore- their health, she said.
that the virus is not severe- bers with several ques- seen, obviously we will “We’d prefer if they
ly impacting young people tions. Schools reopening convene and put together could go home without
and encouraged us to fo- in other states, including Plan B, but at this point we presenting a risk to their
cus efforts strongly on our Georgia and Indiana, have think Plan A is more than family members, but if
faculty and staff who are made national news for sufficient.” not, we have space here on
more at-risk,” Shaw said. students and teachers test- Mike Highfield, a fi- campus for them,” Miller
The health profession- ing positive for COVID-19 nance professor and the said.
als also recommended and having to quarantine chair of real estate finance
MSU keep infected stu- within the first few days. at MSU’s College of Busi-
dents in Starkville so they
do not transmit the virus
to their families at home
or risk bringing it back to
campus with them, Shaw
said.
Students will begin
moving into residence
halls on Friday. Each stu-
dent will receive a bag of
personal protective equip-
ment upon arrival, includ-
ing disinfectant wipes,
hand sanitizer and a face
mask.

Monitoring
students’ health
Renting the hotels cost
the university $1.2 mil-
lion from its allocation of
federal COVID-19 relief
funding. The Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (CARES Act)
provided more than $14
billion to higher education
institutions nationwide.
MSU’s share was $17.8
million, with $8.9 million
going directly to students
to cover their costs result-
ing from the campus clos-
ing last semester, and the
other $8.9 million cover-
ing the university’s costs
related to the pandemic.
The hotels’ regular
staff will be able to trans-
fer to other hotels in the
market either perma-
nently or until the end of
MSU’s partnership with
Peachtree Hotel Group,
the corporate owner of
both Comfort Suites
and the Hampton Inn,
Peachtree Vice President
of Sales Tim Horan said.
Peachtree has always
had a working relationship
with MSU, he said.
“They came to us with
a need, and we had the
only options available that
can really help them with
this particular situation,”
Horan said. “It helps both
the community and the
student body, which at the
end of the day fuels most
of the business in the mar-
ket to begin with.”
Confirmed cases and
deaths of COVID-19 have
been rising both locally
and statewide in the past
several weeks. Missis-
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WITH WOODARD TURNING PRO, HOW DO BULLDOGS STACK UP?
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE ­— The
final domino fell regard-
ing the Mississippi State
men’s basketball team’s
roster outlook on Mon-
day.
Columbus native Rob-
ert Woodard II decided
to stay in the NBA draft,
leaving the Bulldogs with
the tall task of replacing
their top four scorers
from a season ago.
Nine players in total
departed a 20-win MSU
team from a year ago that
never got to finish its sea-
son, whether it be to turn
pro or transfer, but coach
Ben Howland and his staff
have completed a lengthy
roster reconstruction in
preparation for the up-
coming season.
With Woodard’s de-
parture, the Bulldogs
have 12 scholarship play-
ers on the roster for the
2020-2021 season, one
fewer than the 13 allowed
by the NCAA because of
the sanctions bestowed
on MSU for academic
misconduct last year.
If Woodard returned to
MSU, the Bulldogs would
have had the option to
keep 13 scholarship play-
ers and delay their sanc-
tion by one year.
The Bulldogs are
scheduled to play the
toughest nonconference
schedule they’ve ever had
in the Ben Howland era,
with matchups against
Dayton, Clemson, Minne-
sota and others looming.
Of course, your daily dis-
claimer of COVID-19 po-
tentially screwing that up
applies here, too.
While supremely tal-
ented, the 2019-2020
Bulldogs didn’t use many
players in their rotation,
going nine men deep at
their deepest points then
trimming that to seven
or eight by midseason. It
remains to be seen how
many players Howland
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
What Mike Leach’s first-year offenses at Oak Hill still has ‘a long
Wazzu, Texas Tech forecast for Dawgs way to go,’ but Raiders feel
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Fol-
lowing the Southeastern
Conference’s official an-
nouncement Tuesday,
we’re now officially 11
days from the opening
of fall camp despite the
ongoing COVID-19 pan-
demic.
And while it remains to
be seen whether medical
issues force the season to
be postponed or canceled
for the umpteenth time
this summer, we’re at
least hypothetically near-
ing a first look at coach
Mike Leach’s inaugural
offense in Starkville.
Entering a year in
which spring practices
were washed out due to
COVID-19 concerns, the
lack of on-field practice
time shouldn’t cause as
many install issues as
might be consistent with
first-year coaching staffs
and their new programs.
For one, Leach’s of-
fense has long been
lauded for its simplicity.
Earlier this spring, for-
mer Washington State
quarterback Connor Nev-
ille — who transferred
to East Mississippi Com-
munity College after the
2018 season and will next
head to Northern Illinois
— explained how the
system is built to develop
Mississippi State guard D.J. Stewart attacks the basket against South Carolina on Feb. 19 at Humphrey Colise-
um. Stewart could be the Bulldogs’ most improved player this season and should receive consistent minutes.
plans on giving signifi-
cant minutes to this up-
coming year.
Here’s a look at the pro-
jected starting five if the
season started tomorrow:
D.J. Stewart
Stewart might be an
early favorite for MSU’s
most improved player
next season, considering
he rotated between the
two and three spots this
season and played stout
defense regardless. Of-
fense was hit or miss for
Stewart, who could be a
consistent jump shot away
from turning into an all-
SEC player. Regardless,
he should be by far MSU’s
best perimeter defender.
Iverson Molinar
Molinar showed flash-
Though practices have been limited since Mike Leach
arrived at Mississippi State in January, his teams’
offensive outputs in his first seasons at Texas Tech
and Washington State should offer optimism for MSU
players and fans alike when the Bulldogs hit the field.
players who might not be
as highly recruited or as
talented as what Leach
will boast in Starkville.
“He knows how to
use the not super-hyped
guys and the two-stars
and whatnot and create a
positive environment and
make a great team out of
those guys,” Neville told
The Dispatch.
MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
es of brilliance in an up-
and-down true freshman
campaign and will likely
see a larger role a year
from now after contribut-
ing 15.4 minutes per game
last season. At times last
year, Molinar struggled
to adapt to Howland’s of-
fense and got lost in the
rotation in favor of Nick
Weatherspoon and Ty-
son Carter, but the rising
sophomore should play a
big role for MSU.
Deivon Smith
It may be odd seeing a
true freshman on the pro-
jected starting five this
early, but Smith has been
earning rave reviews from
coaches and teammates
alike in MSU’s summer
workouts. A 5-foot-11
point guard from Logan-
Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
And though practices
have been limited since
Leach arrived at MSU,
his teams’ offensive out-
puts in his first seasons
at Texas Tech and Wash-
ington State should offer
optimism for players and
fans alike.
Taking over a Wash-
ington State program
that had won just nine
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ville, Georgia, Smith is
the crown jewel of the
Bulldogs’ 2020 recruiting
class. Smith is a four-star
recruit according to 247
Sports and is ranked as
the 52nd-best prospect in
America. He’s expected
to have incredible court
vision and a strong inside
game on offense, but it
will be interesting to see
if Smith can develop a
consistent jump shot.
Abdul Ado
The 6-foot-11 post pres-
ence enters his senior
year. Ado won’t move the
needle much offensive-
ly but is a fantastic rim
protector and rebounder.
No one ever questions
Ado’s effort on the floor,
and he will provide some
much needed experience
games in four years un-
der its previous regime,
Leach’s first Cougars
squad finished in the top
12 in passing offense, to-
tal offense and scoring
offense during the 2012
campaign while split-
ting time between senior
quarterbacks Jeff Tuel
and redshirt sophomore
Connor Halliday.
Tuel and Halliday also
combined to rank No. 9,
15 and 24 in passing plays
of 20, 30 or 40-plus yards.
More impressive,
Leach notched a 7-6 sea-
son during his inaugural
campaign at Texas Tech
while riding the arm of
then-sophomore quar-
terback Kliff Kingsbury.
Now the head coach of
the Arizona Cardinals,
Kingsbury led the na-
tion in completions and
attempts and finished
eighth nationally with a
61.9 completion percent-
age.
Now adapting to life
in Starkville, Leach will
inherit the most experi-
enced quarterback he’s
ever worked with in his
first season anywhere:
Stanford graduate trans-
fer K.J. Costello. Costel-
lo, who was a second
team all-Pac-12 honoree
in 2018, amassed 6,151
yards and 49 touchdowns
in parts of three seasons
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Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
and leadership for an ex-
tremely young team.
Tolu Smith
Howland has raved
about Smith from the
moment he set foot on
campus. Smith, a West-
ern Kentucky transfer a
season ago, will be a big
factor in the Bulldogs’
rotation this season. It’s
unclear how much pro-
duction the 6-foot-10 for-
ward can deliver, as he
shot 58.3 percent from
the floor and averaged 3.3
points and 2.6 rebounds
per game for WKU two
seasons ago.
Other possible
rotation pieces
Javian Davis
Considering the Bull-
PREP FOOTBALL
upbeat ahead of season
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — Cam-
eron Dill still remembers
the missed opportunities.
Last season, in a Sept.
13 home game against
Tunica Academy, the Oak
Hill Academy quarter-
back led his team down to
the goal line twice in key
moments.
But both times, the
Raiders failed to score.
Tunica won the contest,
48-42, in double overtime.
Dill, now a junior,
knows Oak Hill can’t af-
ford the same kind of per-
formance when its 2020
season starts Aug. 21.
Slow starts and a
general lack of energy
doomed the Raiders to
a 2-9 campaign last fall,
though new head coach
Bill Rosenthal said he’s
already seen that starting
to turn around.
“I’m pleasantly sur-
prised with where we’re
at,” Rosenthal said Tues-
day. “We’ve still got a long
way to go.”
The Raiders lost more
than half their 2019 roster
to graduation, so Rosen-
thal cautioned that a turn-
around may not be easy
or quick.
“When you only have
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SECTION
dogs aren’t nearly as deep
in the frontcourt as they
were a season ago, expect
Davis to see consistent
minutes early, assuming
he’s granted immediate
eligibility. An Alabama
transfer, the 6-foot-9 for-
ward averaged 6 points
and 3.8 rebounds per
game while shooting 59
percent from the floor in
31 games played for the
Crimson Tide in 2019-
2020.
Jalen Johnson
Like Davis, expect
Johnson to see the floor
early and often this sea-
son. Johnson, a 6-foot-
7 forward, scored 15.5
points and grabbed 6.6
rebounds per game in
his junior season with
the Ragin’ Cajuns. In
three combined seasons
between Louisiana and
Saint Louis, Johnson has
amassed 1,061 points
and 495 rebounds in 99
career games (77 starts).
He is expected to move
into a starting role with
the Bulldogs immediate-
ly and will have one final
season of eligibility.
Quinten Post
Post will have some
catching up to do, as the
7-foot forward only re-
cently returned to cam-
pus from the Nether-
lands. Howland has said
the team will likely need
Post’s contributions be-
fore the year is said and
done.
Other notes
It may be possible
that true freshmen Cam-
eron Matthews, Derek
Fountain and Anders-
son Garcia are asked to
help provide meaningful
minutes right away. The
uncertainty of their col-
lege readiness is made
even more murky by de-
layed summer workouts,
though. You can mark
this one down as a “wait
and see.”
23 or 24 kids and you
graduate 13, that’s always
a big loss just numbers
wise,” he said.
But this year’s players
have already shown their
willingness to make up
for it. Oak Hill’s varsity
roster will still include 22
or 23 players, Rosenthal
said, and attendance has
been much stronger at
summer workouts than it
was last year. The Raiders
bring 17 or 18 players a
day through their weight
room.
Though Monday’s
practice — the first in full
pads — was a bit slow,
Rosenthal said he’s been
happy with his team’s ef-
fort and chalked up the
sluggishness to a new
practice time (after lunch
rather than in the morn-
ing, making it hotter on
the Raiders’ practice
field) and a long layoff be-
cause of the coronavirus
pandemic.
“It’s been a strain
not being here for nine
weeks, missing the last
nine weeks of school,”
Rosenthal acknowledged.
Oak Hill’s returning
players and its newcom-
ers, however, are trying to
make up for lost time with
just over two weeks to go
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Leach Oak Hill

Continued from Page 1B Continued from Page 1B
for the Cardinal and before the team’s season “I’m just ready to go,” The pieces around Dill Oak Hill doesn’t have who replaced Chris Cra-
heads into camp as the opener at Benton Acade- senior wide receiver and Huffman are set up much depth on its offen- ven as head coach this off-
de facto starter this fall my. The contest replaces Manning Huffman said. to maximize the Raid- sive and defensive lines season, has already made
should football be played. a road game at Mantachie “We’re all just fired up ers’ style of play, as West — only one starter re- a good impression.
A disciple of a pro- that was canceled when and ready to get after it.” Point High School trans- turns — but the Raiders’ “I think it’s going to
style system at Stanford, the Mississippi High Huffman will again fer Drew Wright and re- plan not to hold the ball be a big difference,” Dill
Costello will of course School Activities Asso- play a big role in the turnee Jake Glusenkamp in the pocket long should said. “He relies on us, we
have to make adjust- ciation pushed back the Raiders’ spread offense, will split running back neutralize a possible rely on him, and we have
start date of fall sports by catching passes from Dill duties, according to Dill. weakness. a good relationship.”
ments as he takes over
two weeks. Oak Hill also once again. The two have Oak Hill also brought That goes back to With their new coach
under center for Leach’s
lost its scheduled Aug. 28 developed a solid rapport over big, strong John Rosenthal’s philosophy in the fold and a full
air raid offense. There’s road game with MHSAA in the scheme, which in- Austin Ricks from West for the team: Do what his schedule awaiting, the
also the question of fit- Class 1A program Tupelo volves getting the ball out Point, and Rosenthal said players do best. Raiders said they’re hap-
ness given that Costello Christian Prep. early and taking advan- Ricks will play tight end “We’re not real big,” py they’ll be able to get
will be expected to throw No matter who’s on tage of the team’s speed and defensive end. he said. “We’ve got a little back on the field soon.
the ball as 70 times per their schedule, though, to run after the catch. “He’s going to be a speed. We’re going to fo- “It’s just exciting,” Dill
contest or more. the Raiders are happy “He’s got good, sharp player,” Dill said. “He’s cus on what our strengths said. “We’ve just got to
However, should he re- for a return to sports that routes; he catches the going to help us out on not are and try to get good at stay ready for the season,
turn to his 2018 form, the edges ever closer each ball,” Dill said. “I can rely just the offensive side but it.” and we’re glad we’re actu-
expectation is he could day. on him.” the defensive side also.” Dill said Rosenthal, ally getting to play.”
surpass most every major
passing record in school
history.
“In the end, it’s the
guy that moves the of-
In the NBA bubble, the race for No. 8 out West is quite wild
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Here’s the scenario: of the season earlier this “We’re here for a rea- conference, is done with
fense the best,” Leach
With just over a week week with a meniscus son,” Spurs guard DeMar their seeding games on
said of how he would LAKE BUENA VIS- left in the race, there are tear in his left knee — DeRozan said earlier this Aug. 13, one day before
sort through his quarter- TA, Fla. — Devin Booker six teams, all with four fell to 0-4 in the bubble week. “We’re here to the regular season ends.
backs back in February. does not like the notion or five games remaining, with a loss to Utah on compete no matter who If play-in series are
“But one way to do that is that the Phoenix Suns, fighting for one spot. It’s Wednesday, cutting their we have, young guys, old- needed, those games
if you can throw strikes, whose playoff chances looking more and more lead over Portland in the er guys, whoever. Guys would happen on Aug.
you make six positions were beyond slim when likely that a play-in series, race for eighth to just one have been doing a great 15 and 16. So, by giving
good. We won’t be pre- the season was suspend- which will occur if the game. job stepping up, taking all those possible play-in-
tending to have six posi- ed, should simply be teams finishing eighth San Antonio lost to on the challenge. We’ve bound clubs Aug. 14 off,
tions producing out there happy to be in the NBA’s and ninth are within four Denver on Wednesday been going out there try- it assures that no team
on the field.” bubble. games of one another to fall two games back of ing to compete for 48 min- would have to play three
MSU also returns last He sees it quite differ- when the regular season eighth with four games utes.” consecutive days.
year’s leading receiver ently. ends, will happen. left on its schedule, but The Suns’ playoff The East race is much
in senior Osirus Mitch- “People can say we And Booker, who fend- remains in the hunt. So drought is the second-lon- simpler: Brooklyn and
ell. Mitchell will also be have a nothing-to-lose ed off both Kawhi Leon- are Sacramento, New gest in the league, topped Orlando are on the cusp
joined by senior JaVon- mentality,” Booker said. ard and Paul George on Orleans and Phoenix, only by Sacramento. The
of clinching the last two
ta Payton, junior Austin “We don’t look at it like what became the winning all within that four-game last time the Kings played
spots on that half of the
Williams and one-time that.” jumper as time expired cutoff to force a play-in a postseason game was
bracket. Washington —
Under Armour All-Amer- Hard to argue. The in Phoenix’s victory over series. 2006.
Suns, like a lot of other the only other club with
ican Malik Heath — who the Los Angeles Clippers “We’re fighting,” San As with the other clubs
teams out West, have a chance of getting an un-
arrives in Starkville after on Tuesday, has the Suns Antonio coach Gregg in the West’s race for No.
much to play for right claimed East spot — lost
two years at Copiah-Lin- — who haven’t been to Popovich said. 8, the Kings are also feel-
now. the playoffs since 2010 The Spurs are trying ing like they’ve got a shot. again Wednesday to fall
coln Community College. to 0-4 in the bubble, all
The best race in the — right in the thick of to become the first team “We got five games
Reigning SEC rushing but ending its slim post-
bubble is the race for the things. in NBA history with 23 left and if we figure it out
leader Kylin Hill is also season hopes.
No. 8 seed in the West- “This whole experi- consecutive playoff ap- — we run these five off
sure to factor into the ern Conference — and So the East field is just
ence, just being here in pearances. Like the Suns, — who knows where we
equation. the right to face LeBron the bubble, we wanted they were in a precarious are,” Kings forward Kent about set.
In short, the cupboard James, Anthony Davis to come down here and spot when the season was Bazemore said. “We’re The West, that looks
is far from bare in year and the Los Angeles Lak- make some noise,” Book- halted because of the still right in the thick of like it’ll go down to the
one despite a staunch ers in the first round of er said. “And that’s what coronavirus pandemic on things. There isn’t a team wire.
transition to the air raid the playoffs starting in a we’re doing.” March 11. who’s too out in front. ... “Still have a chance
from Joe Moorhead’s couple weeks. The Lak- Memphis still holds But a couple wins in We’re right there. The op- to get the playoff spot,”
RPO-based attack. And ers have already clinched the No. 8 spot, though the the bubble, combined timism is still there.” Kings guard De’Aaron
if past history proves any- the No. 1 seed, and now Grizzlies’ grip is slipping with the play-in opportu- The league was smart Fox said. “Just don’t let go
thing, it’s that Leach’s get to sit back and watch away fast. The Grizzlies nity, has breathed new in setting up the sched- of the rope.”
offenses can be prolific the mayhem that’s about — who lost Jaren Jack- life into the Spurs’ chanc- ule. Everybody in the Or maybe more aptly,
from day one. to happen. son Jr. for the remainder es as well. race for eighth, in either don’t let the bubble burst.

Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 7 innings, 1st game T_2:56.

MLB Glance
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 5 1 .833 _
Atlanta 8 6 .571 1
Washington 4 5 .444 2½
Philadelphia 2 4 .333 3
New York 5 8 .385 3½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 9 2 .818 _
Milwaukee 4 5 .444 4
St. Louis 2 3 .400 4
Cincinnati 5 7 .417 4½
Pittsburgh 2 10 .167 7½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Colorado 8 2 .800 _
Los Angeles 8 4 .667 1
San Diego 7 5 .583 2
San Francisco 5 7 .417 4
Arizona 3 8 .273 5½
Tuesday’s Games
Minnesota 7, Pittsburgh 3
Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 2
Miami 4, Baltimore 0
Atlanta 10, Toronto 1
Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Kansas City 4
Colorado 5, San Francisco 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Milwaukee 2
L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 2
Houston 8, Arizona 2
St. Louis at Detroit, ppd.
Philadelphia at Miami, ppd.
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 7, 7 innings, 1st game
Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 7 innings, 1st game
N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1
Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2
N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1, 7 innings, 2nd game
Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 0
Toronto 2, Atlanta 1
Miami 2, Baltimore 1, 7 innings, 2nd game
Milwaukee 1, Chicago White Sox 0
St. Louis at Detroit, ppd., 1st game
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 2nd game
Philadelphia at Miami, ppd.
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City, late
San Francisco at Colorado, late
Houston at Arizona, late
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late
Today’s Games
Detroit (TBD) at St. Louis (TBD), ppd.
Minnesota (Maeda 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Brubaker 0-0),
12:35 p.m.
San Francisco (TBD) at Colorado (Freeland 2-0),
2:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 1-0) at Philadelphia (Eflin
0-0), 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Castillo 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 1-1),
5:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Chatwood 2-0) at Kansas City (Keller
0-0), 6:07 p.m.
Houston (Bielak 2-0) at Arizona (Gallen 0-0), 6:07
p.m.
Philadelphia (TBD) at Miami (TBD), ppd.
Toronto (Pearson 0-0) at Atlanta (Toussaint 0-0),
6:10 p.m.
Baltimore (LeBlanc 1-0) at Miami (TBD), 6:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lindblom 0-0) at Chicago White Sox
(González 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Baltimore at Washington, 5:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.
Colorado at Seattle, 8:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8:40 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 9 2 .818 _
Toronto 5 5 .500 3½
Baltimore 5 6 .455 4
Tampa Bay 5 7 .417 4½
Boston 4 8 .333 5½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 10 2 .833 _
Chicago 7 5 .583 3
Cleveland 7 6 .538 3½
Detroit 5 5 .500 4
Kansas City 3 9 .250 7
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 7 4 .636 _
Houston 6 4 .600 ½
Los Angeles 4 7 .364 3
Texas 3 6 .333 3
Seattle 4 8 .333 3½
Tuesday’s Games
Minnesota 7, Pittsburgh 3
Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 2
Tampa Bay 5, Boston 1
Miami 4, Baltimore 0
Atlanta 10, Toronto 1
Chicago Cubs 5, Kansas City 4
Chicago White Sox 3, Milwaukee 2
Oakland 5, Texas 1
Houston 8, Arizona 2
L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 3
St. Louis at Detroit, ppd.
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 7, 7 innings, 1st game
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 0
Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2
N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1, 7 innings, 2nd game Mets 3, Nationals 1
Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 0 New York Washington
Toronto 2, Atlanta 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi
Miami 2, Baltimore 1, 7 innings, 2nd game Nimmo lf 2 2 0 0 Turner ss 4 0 0 0
Milwaukee 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Conforto rf 4 0 1 0 Eaton rf 4 1 1 0
St. Louis at Detroit, ppd., 1st game Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0 Castro 2b 4 0 0 0
Detroit at St. Louis, ppd., 2nd game Do.Smith dh 3 0 1 2 Soto lf 4 0 2 1
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, ppd. Davis 3b 3 1 1 0 Kendrick dh 3 0 0 0
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City, late Giménez ss 4 0 1 0 Cabrera 3b 3 0 1 0
Houston at Arizona, late Ramos c 3 0 1 0 Thames 1b 3 0 1 0
Texas at Oakland, late Guillorme 2b 4 0 1 1 Suzuki c 3 0 0 0
L.A. Angels at Seattle, late Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 Robles cf 3 0 0 0
Today’s Games Totals 31 3 7 3 Totals 31 1 5 1
Detroit (TBD) at St. Louis (TBD), ppd. New York 100 100 100 — 3
Minnesota (Maeda 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Brubaker 0-0), Washington 100 000 000 — 1
12:35 p.m. DP_New York 0, Washington 2. LOB_New York 9,
Texas (Minor 0-2) at Oakland (Fiers 0-0), 3:40 p.m. Washington 3. 2B_Do.Smith (1), Eaton (2), Soto (1).
L.A. Angels (Bundy 1-1) at Seattle (Walker 1-1), 3:10 SB_Hamilton (1). SF_Do.Smith (2).
p.m. IP H R ER BB SO
N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 1-0) at Philadelphia (Eflin New York
0-0), 5:05 p.m. Porcello, W, 1-1 7 5 1 1 0 4
Cincinnati (Castillo 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 1-1), Lugo, S, 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 2
5:10 p.m. Washington
Chicago Cubs (Chatwood 2-0) at Kansas City (Keller Scherzer 1 1 1 1 1 1
0-0), 6:07 p.m. Fedde, L, 0-1 3 3 1 1 3 1
Houston (Bielak 2-0) at Arizona (Gallen 0-0), 6:07 Freeman 1 0 0 0 2 0
p.m. Suero 1 1 0 0 0 0
Toronto (Pearson 0-0) at Atlanta (Toussaint 0-0), Doolittle 1-3 2 1 1 1 0
6:10 p.m. Finnegan 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
Baltimore (LeBlanc 1-0) at Miami (TBD), 6:35 p.m. Guerra 1 0 0 0 0 2
Milwaukee (Lindblom 0-0) at Chicago White Sox Umpires_Home, Tim Timmons; First, D.J. Reyburn;
(González 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, Laz Diaz.
Friday’s Games T_2:46.
Baltimore at Washington, 5:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 5:40 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.
NBA Glance
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Houston at Oakland, 8:10 p.m. W L Pct GB
x-Toronto 49 18 .731 —
Colorado at Seattle, 8:40 p.m.
x-Boston 44 23 .657 5
x-Philadelphia 41 27 .603 8½
Blue Jays 2, Braves 1 Brooklyn
New York
32 35 .478 17
21 45 .318 27½
Toronto Atlanta
ab r h bi ab r h bi Southeast Division
Bichette ss 4 1 2 0 Acuña Jr. rf-cf 2 0 0 0 W L Pct GB
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 1 Swanson ss 4 0 0 0 x-Miami 43 25 .632 —
Hernández rf 4 0 0 0 Ozuna dh 3 0 0 0 Orlando 32 37 .464 11½
Gurriel Jr. lf 3 0 0 0 d’Arnaud c 4 0 1 0 Charlotte 23 42 .354 18½
Guerrero Jr. 1b 4 1 1 0 Duvall lf 3 1 2 1 Washington 24 44 .353 19
Grichuk dh 4 0 1 0 Riley 1b 2 0 0 0 Atlanta 20 47 .299 22½
Jansen c 2 0 0 1 Freeman ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Central Division
Drury 3b 3 0 0 0 Camargo 3b 3 0 0 0 W L Pct GB
Alford cf 3 0 0 0 Culberson 2b 2 0 0 0 y-Milwaukee 54 14 .794 —
Markakis ph 1 0 0 0 x-Indiana 42 26 .618 12
Hechavarría 2b 0 0 0 0 Chicago 22 43 .338 30½
Inciarte cf 2 0 0 0 Detroit 20 46 .303 33
Schebler ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Cleveland 19 46 .292 33½
Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 28 1 3 1
Toronto 010 010 000 — 2
Atlanta 000 000 100 — 1 Western Conference
E_Riley (1). DP_Toronto 1, Atlanta 1. LOB_Toronto 4, Southwest Division
Atlanta 4. 2B_Guerrero Jr. (3). HR_Duvall (2). SB_Bi- W L Pct GB
chette (1). SF_Jansen (1). x-Houston 42 25 .627 —
IP H R ER BB SO x-Dallas 41 29 .586 2½
Toronto Memphis 32 37 .464 11
Ryu W,1-1 5 1 0 0 3 8 San Antonio 29 38 .433 13
Hatch H,1 1 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 New Orleans 29 38 .433 13
Borucki H,1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 Northwest Division
Romano H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 W L Pct GB
Bass S,2-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 x-Denver 45 23 .662 —
Atlanta x-Utah 43 25 .632 2
Newcomb L,0-1 4 2-3 5 2 2 1 4 x-Oklahoma City 42 25 .627 2½
Tomlin 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 Portland 31 38 .449 14½
Greene 1 0 0 0 0 3 Minnesota 19 45 .297 24
Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division
Minter 1 0 0 0 0 0 W L Pct GB
WP_Ryu. z-L.A. Lakers 51 16 .761 —
Umpires_Home, Marty Foster; First, Alan Porter; x-L.A. Clippers 45 22 .672 6
Second, Sean Barber; Third, Mark Wegner. Phoenix 29 39 .426 22½
T_3:00. Sacramento 28 39 .418 23
Golden State 15 50 .231 35
x-clinched playoff spot
Indians 2, Reds 0 y-clinched division
Cincinnati Cleveland z-clinched conference
ab r h bi ab r h bi Tuesday’s Games
Akiyama lf 3 0 1 0 Hernandez 2b 2 0 1 1 Brooklyn 119, Milwaukee 116
Ervin ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Ramírez 3b 4 0 1 1 Dallas 114, Sacramento 110, OT
Castellanos rf 3 0 1 0 Lindor ss 4 0 1 0 Phoenix 117, L.A. Clippers 115
Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 C.Santana 1b 3 0 0 0 Indiana 120, Orlando 109
Suárez 3b 2 0 0 0 Reyes dh 4 0 0 0 Miami 112, Boston 106
Winker dh 2 0 1 0 Zimmer rf 3 0 1 0 Portland 110, Houston 102
Davidson ph 1 0 0 0 Luplow lf 2 1 0 0 Wednesday’s Games
Senzel cf 2 0 0 0 A llen lf 0 0 0 0 Utah 124, Memphis 115
VanMeter 2b 2 0 0 0 León c 2 0 0 0 Denver 132, San Antonio 126
Casali ph-c 2 0 0 0 Mercado cf 2 1 0 0 Philadelphia 107, Washington 98
Galvis ss 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Lakers 86
Barnhart c 2 0 0 0 Toronto 109, Orlando 99
Colón ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Brooklyn at Boston, late
Totals 27 0 3 0 Totals 26 2 4 2 Today’s Games
Cincinnati 000 000 000 — 0 New Orleans at Sacramento, 12:30 p.m.
Cleveland 000 020 00x — 2 Indiana at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
E_León (1). DP_Cincinnati 2, Cleveland 1. LOB_Cin- Miami at Milwaukee, 3 p.m.
cinnati 7, Cleveland 6. 2B_Akiyama (2). L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
IP H R ER BB SO Portland at Denver, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m.
Antone L,0-1 4 1-3 2 1 1 4 4 Friday’s Games
Lorenzen 2-3 2 1 1 1 0 Utah at San Antonio, noon
Sims 1 0 0 0 0 1 Oklahoma City at Memphis, 3 p.m.
Garrett 1 0 0 0 1 1 Sacramento at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Raley 1 0 0 0 0 1 Orlando at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
Cleveland Washington at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Clevinger W,1-1 5 2-3 2 0 0 5 4 Boston at Toronto, 8 p.m.
Leone H,2 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Saturday’s Games
Pérez H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 L.A. Clippers at Portland, noon
Karinchak H,3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Utah at Denver, 2:30 p.m.
Hand S,4-4 1 0 0 0 1 2 L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 5 p.m.
Umpires_Home, Jeremie Rehak; First, Jerry Meals; Phoenix at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Jordan Baker. Milwaukee at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

UConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virus
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD, Conn.
— UConn canceled its
2020-2021 football season
Wednesday, becoming
the first FBS program to
do so because of the coro-
navirus pandemic, after
other schools had tak-
en the Huskies off their
schedules and the gover-
nor was reluctant to allow
players to travel to states
with high infection rates.
“After receiving guid-
ance from state and pub-
lic health officials and
consulting with football
student-athletes, we’ve
decided that we will not
compete on the gridiron
this season,” athletic
director David Bene-
dict said. ”The safety
challenges created by
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
COVID-19 place our foot-
ball student-athletes at
an unacceptable level of
risk.”
UConn had been
scheduled to play its first
season as an independent
after leaving the Ameri-
can Athletic Conference.
The Huskies had al-
ready been taken off the
schedules of Illinois, In-
diana, Maine and Ole
Miss by those schools,
and games against North
Carolina and Virginia re-
mained uncertain, UConn
officials said. Many of the
Power Five conferences
are playing league-only
games this season.
But coach Randy Ed-
sall said the decision had
nothing to do with UCo-
nn’s conference status.
“If I was the head
FAMILY CIRCUS
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coach in a conference — a had contact with to be
Power Five conference, a isolated until those tests
Group of Five conference came back negative.
— I’d be saying the same “In those three inci-
thing. I’d be doing the dents, there was a total of
same thing,” Edsall said. 22 people and the average
“Because these young (isolation) time was 10
men’s lives are more im- days,” Edsall said.
portant than money.” That meant that only
The Huskies began 30% of the team was avail-
spring practice on Feb. 4 able for the 14 workouts
and were one of the only the Huskies have had this
teams in the country to summer, he said.
complete a full spring Senior left tackle Ryan
schedule. The team re- Van Demark read a state-
turned to campus on July ment to the media from
1 and no one has tested the team, which he said
positive for the coronavi- was united in its agree-
rus, UConn officials said. ment to cancel the sea-
But the team had son.
several scares, with “We love this game
three players showing and we love competing,”
COVID-19 symptoms at he said. “We came to cam-
various times this sum- pus in the beginning of
mer, requiring those play- July knowing there would
ers and everyone they be challenges presented
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: I
married “Dar-
ius” two years
ago. I have had
problems with my
brother-in-law ever
since Darius and I
first began dating
five years ago.
From my hus-
band’s perspective,
his parents have
always favored his
younger brother,
“Adonis.” “Anything
goes” is their
attitude where
he is concerned. Dear Abby
Adonis takes
things without asking, lies and
constantly makes disrespectful
comments toward us. He was
never reprimanded as a child,
and now he’s an adult (24), the
sniping continues.
A few months ago, he showed
up unannounced at my home
and insulted a guest who was
visiting at the time. (She also
doesn’t care for him.) I asked him
to leave to avoid making waves
with her.
I think Adonis owes me an
apology, but he refuses to give
me a sincere one. My father-in-
law thinks I should just “get over
it” and says I am being ridiculous
because I no longer want to
attend family events if Adonis
is present. Mostly the reason is
I no longer want to tolerate his
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Au-
gust 6). Exceptional powers of
observation will help you nav-
igate a tricky and competitive
atmosphere and, eventually, win
a gigantic prize. Even so, that
is not the most important work
you’ll do this year. You will teach
someone to love by loving them.
And you will lift your family by
giving yourself all you need
to succeed. Virgo and Pisces
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 40, 3, 33, 12 and 6.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Taking a thing a little too seri-
ously squeezes all the potential
for fun out of it. And taking a
thing far too seriously leads to
suffering. Err on the side of fun
today.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
by the pandemic, but it is
apparent to us now that
these challenges are im-
possible to overcome.”
The football team will
remain enrolled in class-
es either in-person or
virtually, and will keep
access to facilities and
support services under
NCAA rules.
Benedict said he is
hopeful the NCAA will al-
low fall athletes an extra
year of eligibility, as they
did when spring sports
were canceled.
He said UConn, which
has rejoined the Big East
for most other sports, has
not made a final decision
about any other program
and is working with the
conference, which is
planning for league-only
schedules for the fall.
behavior while
he’s drinking and
making constant
“jokes” about me.
I feel bad
for my husband
because we have
missed out on
seeing family
members and
enjoying ourselves
at events because
I don’t want to
create a scene.
Darius supports
the way I feel, but
says he can’t de-
mand an apology
from his brother.
I feel if I back down now, Adonis’
behavior will continue for the rest
of my life. I don’t think I should
be treated this way. How should
I resolve this issue? — FAMILY
PROBLEM IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR FAMILY PROBLEM: I’m
glad you wrote. Adonis is getting
away with this because your
in-laws are enabling it. Your hus-
band should straighten his spine
and inform his “little” brother he
drinks too much, and he wants
the sniping stopped. Your father-
in-law is a mile off base. It isn’t
ridiculous to want to avoid verbal
abuse from a drunk, and he, too,
should have a talk with Adonis.
Until that happens, you are right
to keep your distance. Nobody
likes pain, and your brother-in-
law appears unwilling to stop
Those feelings that are so much
a part of who you are seem to
be mostly completely out of your
control. However, you can steer
yourself toward environments,
people and situations that are
likely to tease out just the mood
you want.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). Because only one person
can be inside a mind, an inner
sense of reality is a hard thing
to share. You have to use sym-
bols like language, image and
movement to convey a feeling,
and you’ll do a brilliant job of it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
If the risk is minimal and the
upside is obvious, you would
think it would be an easy yes.
But that is not taking into
account the complexities of
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 3B
“We have the same
concerns for all of our
student-athletes,” he said.
“We will continue to moni-
tor the situation. It is a big
difference because, typi-
cally, as a conference you
are trying to make that
decision together. But,
ultimately, at some point
in time, we will absolutely
make the decision that is
in the best interest of our
student-athletes.”
Connecticut Gov. Ned
Lamont had expressed re-
luctance to allow the foot-
ball team to travel to any
state with a high virus
infection rate. He said the
team would be subject to
the state’s 14-day quaran-
tine rule upon its return to
Storrs from away games.
being a large one in a southern
portion of your anatomy.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 32-year-
old woman, engaged to a won-
derful man. We were supposed to
start trying to get pregnant, but
because of the virus, we decided
to put it off. I know we are making
the right choice.
I had already started a jour-
nal/planner and was so excited.
But now I feel myself slipping into
depression. We are both lucky
enough to still be working, so I’m
not just sitting around dwelling
on it. But when I canceled my
prenatal vitamin subscription the
other day, it hit me like a ton of
bricks.
I know we are lucky to not
have bigger woes than this right
now, but I’m heartbroken. Any
advice would be appreciated. —
HOLDING OFF ON MOTHERHOOD
DEAR HOLDING OFF: I am
sorry for your heartache. I know
this is painful. It’s important that
you not hold these sad feelings
inside. Talk with your fiance
about them and share with close
friends and family. Pour your feel-
ings into the journal you started.
Your road to motherhood
may be longer than you initially
thought, but it’s going to be an in-
teresting journey. I hope you will
take comfort in the knowledge
that postponing your pregnancy
was a decision you and your
fiance made for the right reasons
and didn’t take lightly.
mind, body and spirit. There are
other forces at work here. Trust
intuition.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Rela-
tionships that involve decep-
tion and manipulation are, by
definition, toxic environments.
If necessary for the sake of the
bigger picture, with the proper
protections in place, toxic envi-
ronments can be tolerated.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
It is better to learn lessons ear-
ly on in a process while there’s
still the excuse of being new
and you’re likely in the proximity
of teachers. Get in there and
make mistakes as soon as
possible. Lessons that come
too late get embarrassing.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
If this day were an ice cream
stand, then it would not be
the sidewalk vendor with three
prepackaged options. This is
the one with dozens of flavors
and toppings — overwhelming,
unless, of course, you have a
deep sense of who you are.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The number of people in
a family, at a gathering or on a
social media post won’t matter
nearly as much as the feelings
among those who are present.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Every ending is a new
beginning. This hopeful assur-
ance doesn’t address the fact
that transitions require a great
deal of energy. Rest up, take
good care of yourself, and give
yourself plenty of compassion
right now.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Lifting weights builds body
strength. Processing informa-
tion brings mental strength.
Strength of character comes ei-
ther through enduring hardship
or via the endeavor of helping
others.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It’s hard to learn without
consistency. When one action
consistently nets the same
result, learning is reinforced.
You’ll be teaching the people
around you who you are. Keep
this principle in mind.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). There are deals to be
made and bargains to be struck,
and you’ll make the most of
this, all the while knowing that
the best interactions of life are
not transactional. You can only
get so much from the world
through negotiation.
Search high and low
SOLUTION:
4B THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
Business
BUSINESS BRIEFS
NMMC-West Point
Recognizes Dodson as
Outstanding Employee
WEST POINT —
North Mississippi
Medical Center-West
Point has named Mike
Dodson, a registered
nurse in the Intensive
Care Unit, as the most
recent Employee of the
Quarter. Dodson joined
the NMMC-West Point
staff in February 2019.
He has been employed
by North Mississippi
Health Services since
2008, having previously
served as a nurse with
the Nursing Resource
Pool (2008-2011) at
Steele Joins West Point
Medical Clinic and
Urgent Care
WEST POINT —
Jordan W.
Steele,
D.O., has
joined West
Point Med-
ical Clinic
and Urgent
Care. Dr.
Steele Steele
attended
Itawamba Community
BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
July 27-30, 2020
■ Raavi Properties; 1207
Highway 45 North; signage;
Michell Signs
■ Carmichael Jones; 724 19th
Street North; reroof; same
■ Author Burr; 1920 14th Av-
enue North; deck and railing;
Shemeka Gipson
■ Pi Chu Crowe; 1921
Highway 45 North; signage;
Mid-South Signs
■ Adam Holmes; 311 North
McCrary Road; Renovations;
same
■ Brad and Cynthia Petty;
106 Jasmine Street; Pool and
Fence; same
■ Edward and Easter Bonner;
815 Military Road; reroof;
same
■ Antonio Murray; 105
Luxapalila Drive; electrical;
Absolute Power Solutions LLC
■ Wesley Coleman Swain;
1020 4th Avenue South; elec-
trical; same
■ Columbus Insurance; 2610
Main Street; electrical; Abso-
lute Power Solutions LLC
■ LBM Business Centre LLC;
2321-L Highway 45 North;
electrical; Brislin Inc.
■ The Secretary of HUD; 20
Covington Road; electrical;
Livingston and Sons
■ Taggart Properties; 801 Wa-
terworks Road, #2; electrical;
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Congratulating Mike Dodson, third from left, as NMMC-
West Point’s newest Employee of the Quarter are, from
left, Will Mitchell, ER/ICU nursing supervisor; Pam
White, chief nursing officer; and Barry Keel, hospital
administrator.
NMMC-Tupelo, Hospital-
ist program (2012-2013)
College and earned a
bachelor’s degree in
kinesiology from Mis-
sissippi State University
in 2011. He earned
his medical degree
from William Carey
University College of
Osteopathic Medicine
in Hattiesburg in 2015.
He completed residency
training at North Missis-
sippi Medical Center’s
Family Medicine Resi-
dency Program in 2018.
He recently completed
Beavers Electric
■ Kelvin Britton; 2215 10th
Avenue South; electrical;
Weldon Electric
■ James Cunningham; 1511
7th Street South; electrical;
Vertis Lee
■ LBM Business Centre LLC;
2321-L Highway 45 North;
mechanical; Brislin Inc
■ Optometric Real Estate
Holdings LLC; 110 Alabama
Street; plumbing; Ace Plumb-
ing
■ City of Columbus (Fire
Station #4); 72 airline Road;
plumbing; Ace Plumbing
■ Milton Brewer; 1708 23rd
Steet North; plumbing; Tabor
Plumbing
■ Columbus Insurance; 2610
Main Street; plumbing; Jeff
Swedenburg
■ St. James United Method-
ist Church; 727 12th Street
North; plumbing; Bowen
Backhoe
Lowndes County
Aug. 5, 2020
■ Chris Griffin; 400 Jemison
Road; set up mobile home;
owner
■ Chris Griffin; 400 Jemison
Road; move mobile home;
Pontotoc Mobile Home
■ Shalise Dixon; 3550 Hwy
373; set up mobile home;
Jessie James
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Courtesy photo
at NMMC-Tupelo, and
Home Health (2013-
an emergency medicine
fellowship at NMMC in
partnership with Relias
Healthcare. Dr. Steele
has extensive emergency
department and urgent
care experience. He and
his wife, Dr. Janee Routh
Steele, have two sons,
Barrett, 7, and Reese, 2.
He enjoys spending time
with family, hunting and
golf. He joins Drs. Keith
Box, Ned Miller, Janee’
Routh Steele and Gerald
Turner at the clinic,
■ Shalise Dixon; 3550 Hwy
373; move mobile home;
McNairy Mobile Homes
■ Jayce Hardin; Studdard
Dr.; construct s/f residence;
Routley Construction
■ Mark Frady; Gurlie Malone
Road; set up mobile home;
owner
■ Luis Juarez; 158 Bethleham
Road; set up pre-fab office;
owner
■ Mike Buchwald; 422 Quail
Ridge; construct storage/
shop; owner
■ Willie Westbrook; 3051 Hwy
69 S; addition to s/f resi-
dence; owner
■ Matt Keith; 1514 Lake
Lowndes Road; remodel s/f
residence; Stan Rector Con-
struction
■ Charles Harper; 224 Neigh-
bors Way; construct storage/
shop; owner
■ Brian and Angela Lane;
LOCAL GAS PRICES
Source: gasbuddy.com
COLUMBUS
1.84 MURPHY USA
1913-A US-45 N
1.87 SPIRIT
1450 Jess Lyons & Ridge Rd.
1.87 KROGER
1829 US-45 N
STARKVILLE
1.72 RACKLEY OIL
225 Industrial Park Rd.
1.75 BREAK TIME
1045 Louisville St.
1.75 CHEVRON
1018 Louisville St.
2019). He is a 1986 gradu- He is certified in Basic be a nurse, and I am very
ate of Heritage Acad- Life Support, Advanced thankful to be a part of
emy in Columbus and Cardiac Life Support and a great team at NMMC-
completed a bachelor’s Pediatric Advanced Life West Point.”
degree in management Support. His wife, Missy, is
from Mississippi State Dodson says his a family nurse practi-
University in Starkville favorite part of the job is tioner at MSU’s Longest
in 1991. having the opportunity Student Health Center.
“In 2005, after much on every shift to make a Daughter Taylor Dod-
prayer, I felt led to resign difference in someone’s son is a senior pursing
a management job with life. “My goal is to truly her bachelor’s degree
a very successful com- be an advocate for every in nursing at MUW,
pany to return to school patient, every time, and and son J.C. Dodson is
to treat every patient as a senior at Caledonia
to pursue a career in
I would my own family High School. The family
nursing,” Dodson said.
members,” he said. “I attends Border Springs
“Being a nurse to me is
am very thankful that Baptist Church in Cale-
much more than a job. It
God has allowed me to donia.
is a calling.” He earned
his bachelor’s degree in
nursing from Mississippi
University for Women
in Columbus in 2008.
which is located on the
east side of the NMMC-
West Point campus at
755 Emergency Drive
and visible from U.S.
Hwy 45. West Point
Medical Clinic is open 8
a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Fri-
day, while the Urgent
Care is open 8 a.m.-8
p.m. Monday-Friday,
8 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday
and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
The clinic is part of the
North Mississippi Medi-
cal Clinics network.
Hope Springs Road; construct
s/f residence; Routley Con-
struction
■ Spec; Frye Circle; construct
s/f residence; Frye Tile and
Exterior
■ Thomas Hunter; Cheryl
Dr.; construct s/f residence;
Bostick Construction
■ James Granderson; 1303
Hughes Road; construct s/f
residence; owner
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STUFF?
1.75 ACRE LOTS. Good/ 2005 HONDA 250 REBEL
Bad Credit Options. Good Black, red, and gray.
credit as low as 20% down, 1,428 miles. $1500.
$499/mo. Eaton Land, 662−364−0120.
662−361−7711.
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS:
36 ACRES ON GATLIN RD.
Excellent timber & building
Community
sites. $72,000. For more
info, call 205−799−9846 Ads starting at $12
or 205−695−2248.
Lost & Found Pets
Merchandise
BROWN & White Pit Bull
with black collar went
missing Sun. from the
Humane Society. Answers
Ads starting at $12 to the name Princess. Call
662−889−5166.
Burial Plots
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
COLEMAN
MEMORIAL GARDENS
2 plots. 2 concrete vaults.
Five Questions: Start your Sudoku
Sudoku is a number- Yesterday’s answer
placing puzzle based on
RENTALS
site choice and site care.
For more info call de-cluttering by Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis a several
with num- 5 4 6 8 7 3 9 1 2
1 Ethan Allen placing a garage based
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given numbers.puzzle
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662−242−1683.
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1 BEDROOM onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 9 2 7 5 6 1 8 4 3
2 BEDROOMS sale ad today! given
grid with several
1 to 9 in the empty spaces 1 3 5 7 8 9 4 2 6
3 BEDROOMS Vehicles 2 Tap
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each row, each
column and each 3x3 the
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AND Autos For Sale level increases from
column and each
6 7 2 9 5 8 1 3 4
CREDIT CHECK Monday
boxtocontains
Sunday.
pressure 3 day $18
3x3 Difficulty Level 8/05
1987 CORVETTE with
the same number only once. The difficulty level
662-329-2323 removable top. Runs but
needs work to restore. increases from Monday to Sunday.
6 day $34
$3,250. Cashier’s Check
2411 HWY 45 N
4 Let
only. 662−327−7845.
COLUMBUS, MS
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STILL AVAILABLE−HOUSE 5 Peru $1/line after base cost.
FOR RENT @ 56 Mason Dr.
No HUD. No pets. 3BR/
1.5BA. Col Schools. Asking
$760/mo. + Dep. $760.
662−549−9298.
SHOP SAFE
Houses For Rent: East
3BR/2BA for rent in New
Hope School District.
No pets, no HUD, Credit
SHOP AT HOME
check. $790/mo.
662−386−3803.
Mobile Homes for Rent
3BR/2BA Trailer, New
Hope school dist. $650/
mo & $650 dep. No pets,
no drugs, no partying. Call
b/w 10a−9p. 662−386−
4292. NO TEXT MGS.
RV/MOBILE HOME SITE
East or West Columbus or
near CAFB, Caledonia
schools. 601−940−1397.
Real Estate
Ads starting at $25
Commercial Property For Sale
MILITARY QUICK STOP for
lease or sale. High traffic
count. Busy location.
Possibly some owner
financing. B.F. at 662−329
−3833 or 662−889−0837.
Houses For Sale: Other
House & 5 wooded acres in ACROSS
Vernon, AL. Inside city 1 Be bold
limits, but with the privacy
of living in the country. 5 Low point
Turner Hill Subdivision. Fish 10 In the thick of
pond, block shop bldg, 12 Writer Jong
storage bldg & large storm
shelter. 2,100 sqft. Older 13 Botch
14 TV’s DeGe-
SHOP IN COMFORT WITH
home, quality construction,
1956, can easily be up− neres
dated. See North MS
15 Low digit
Craigslist, real estate, for
photos. No texts please! 16 “For sure!”
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Call for appointment to 18 Appointment
see. $139,000.
misser
205−695−2146
20 Low digit
Service Directory
21 Coffee dis-
pensers
23 Corn unit
24 Gasp for air
26 Party leader 2 — acids 28 Sub systems
Promote your small business starting at only $25 28 Shop tool 3 Valentine gift 30 Words before
29 Parka part 4 Finish dare or tear
Building & Remodeling General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping Tree Services 31 Mine material
5 Call for 33 Author
WORK WANTED: Licensed JESSE & BEVERLY’S A & T TREE SERVICES 32 “Forget it!” 6 Singer Guthrie Calvino
& Bonded. Carpentry, minor LAWN SERVICE Bucket truck & stump 36 “Piece of 7 Waters down 34 Hoopster
electrical, minor plumbing, Mowing, cleanup, removal. Free est. cake!” 8 Wind-driven 35 Put to use
insulation, painting, demo− landscaping, sodding, Serving Columbus
lition, gutters cleaned, & tree cutting. since 1987. Senior 39 Receipt line vehicle 37 Engine sound
40 Hilo hello 9 Crazy talker 38 Chow
pressure washing, land− 662−356−6525 citizen disc. Call Alvin @
scaping, cleanup work. 242−0324/241−4447 41 Custom 11 Head to the 42 Maple flow
662−242−3608. SAM’S LAWN SERVICE No
lawn too large or too small.
"We’ll go out on a limb for
you!" 43 Mail, as Arctic
MAINTENANCE PROS Mowing, trimming & payment 17 Possess
Specializing in: weedeating. 44 Less colorful 19 Gaul invader
Residential Carpentry, Call 662−243−1694 J&A TREE REMOVAL
45 Prophetic
Electrical, Painting, Work from a bucket truck. 22 Grow rapidly
Appliance Repair & Minor Painting & Papering Insured/bonded. ones 24 One released
Plumbing. Free estimate.
Call 662−570−5570. QUALITY PAINTING.
Call Jimmy Prescott for free
estimate, 662−386−6286.
46 Cruise stop early
Ext/Int Painting. DOWN 25 Impressive
Carpet & Flooring Sheet Rock Hang, Finish & 1 Matt of movies 27 Strange
Repair. Pressure Washing.
Free Estimates. Ask for
specials! Larry Webber,
662−242−4932.
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
SERVICE
Special Prices. Are you a painter?
Interior & Exterior Painting.
662−435−6528 Advertise here!
DAVID’S CARPET & Automotive Services
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
1 Room − $50
2 Rooms − $70
3+ Rooms − $30 EA
Rugs−Must Be Seen
Car Upholstery Cleaning
Available
662−722−1758
General Services
HILL’S PRESSURE
WASHING. Commercial/
Residential. House,
concrete, sidewalks &
mobile washing. Free est.
662−386−8925.