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‘He took care of people’
Karen Hall, right, listens as Constable Willie “Hoot” West repeats his story about finding the gunman who acci-
dentally shot out Hall’s back car window at her home in Caledonia in this April 2017 file photo. West passed away
Thursday, seven months short of finishing his 13th term as constable.
Willie ‘Hoot’ West, 81, passes away
after 52 years as constable Authorities
By Slim Smith West, as it turned out, was doing
ssmith@cdispatch.com the job he had been doing for 13
E
terms as constable, covering a span
arlier this year, before the of almost 52 years.
qualifying deadline, Hoot “He was out working Monday
West seemed conflicted about morning,” said his son, Mike.
whether to run for a 14th term as “Serving papers.”
District 1 constable in Lowndes In the days since West’s car acci-
County.
dent, the people of District 1, which
It was something he talked about includes West’s lifelong home of
with his daughter, Debra Edmond-
Caledonia, awaited word on his con-
son. dition, filling up Facebook pages
“I won’t say he didn’t want to run with well-wishes, calling Mike and
again,” she said. “I think he would Debra’s cellphone, and offering up
have liked to have been able to run, prayers for the friendly, familiar
but he decided it was just time to West.
step down and let somebody else do “Somebody said it was like May-
it. Me, personally, I wanted him to berry losing Andy Taylor,” Mike
enjoy a little bit of rest.” said. “I can see why they would
Willie Houston “Hoot” West, 81, think of Dad kind of like that.”
died Thursday at North Mississippi
Medical Center in Tupelo, three Becoming ‘a legend’
days after his car left the roadway West entered law enforcement
in a turn on Harrison Road and
in 1962 as a deputy in the Lowndes
crashed into a tree at about 8 a.m. County Sheriff’s Office, but it was
Monday. as constable that he “became a
Starkville officials pitch
1-percent tax at forum
Cornerstone Park — at a Thursday
Tax increase aimed night forum.
at improving parks The forum, hosted by the
Starkville Daily News, focused
and recreation on the tax ahead of an approach-
ing May 30 referendum. The city
By Alex Holloway
is looking to add 1 percent to its
aholloway@cdispatch.com
restaurant and hotel/motel sales
taxes, revenue from which would
STARKVILLE — Local leaders
support Cornerstone Park’s con-
made their cases for a new 1-percent struction and improvements at
tourism tax to support Starkville’s Starkville’s existing parks. Corner-
parks and recreation system — in-
stone Park would be built near the
cluding the construction of a new southwest intersection of Highways
$20 million-plus recreation facili- 12 and 25 in west Starkville.
ty with tournament-ready fields at See Tax forum, 8A
Weather Five Questions
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2 The minimum legal age for what
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4 The markings on a tabby cat’s head
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Chancery clerk
candidates vow
to keep office
business as usual
Three candidates vying to
succeed retiring Lisa Neese
attend Exchange forum
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
In a departure from the usual candidate
for political office, the hopefuls for Lowndes
County chancery clerk who spoke to a crowd
of Columbus Exchange Club members
Thursday stressed that they didn’t want to
change anything about how the clerk’s office
works.
Republican Cindy Egger Goode, who cur-
rently works as the deputy chancery clerk
and chief financial officer in the chancery
clerk’s office, along with Democrat Joseph
Mickens and Republican Jessica Lancaster
Dispatch file photo Pierce, all attended the Exchange Club of
Columbus’ weekly luncheon. A fourth candi-
date, Democrat Andre D. Roberts, was invit-
See Chancery, 8A
legend,” said Mike.
officially rule
weekend death a
West was elected as District 1
constable in November 1967 and
was re-elected an astonishing 12
suicide
times, which, Debra said, is reveal-
ing.
It’s the nature of the job for
constables to make some enemies
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
of the neighbors he had to serve pa-
pers or arrest. But West had a way
Authorities have officially ruled the week-
of soothing hurt feelings, Edmond-
end death of a man found hanging from a
son said.
tree near Luxapalila Creek a suicide.
“A lot of people told me that dad
Deondrey Montreal Hopkins, 35, was
was good to them,” Edmondson
found by a group of ATV riders Sunday after-
said. “He would give people a fair
noon. Lowndes County Coroner Greg Mer-
shake. People would tell me, ‘You
chant ruled Hopkins’ death a suicide after
know, your dad could have done
this or that, but he worked with me consulting with the Mississippi State Medi-
and we worked it out.’” cal Examiner’s Office, according to a press
“I think dad gave everybody a release from Merchant’s office.
fair shake,” Mike said. “But when The release stated neither the state med-
ical examiner’s autopsy nor interviews and
he told you to do something, he
investigations conducted at the scene indi-
meant it.”
Over his five decades in law cate another person killed Hopkins.
enforcement, West was shot and Columbus police have consulted with the
See West, 8A Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation on the Hopkins
See Suicide, 3A
Mayor Lynn
Spruill
speaks
during a
forum on
Starkville’s
1-percent
tax for
the city’s
parks and
recreation
system.
Spruill was
joined,
from left, by
Rob Rober-
son, Sandra
Sistrunk,
Yulanda
Haddix,
Jennifer
Prather
and Gerry
Logan.
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Today meetings
Today: Lowndes
■ Crawfish Boil canceled:
County School
The King Cotton Crawfish Boil in
District school
Starkville has been canceled due
board meeting,
to threat of inclement weather. All
12:30 p.m.,
teams and advance ticket purchas-
central office
es will be refunded, per the Greater
May 13: Colum-
Starkville Development Partnership.
bus Municipal
School District
Saturday, May 11 board of trust-
■ Farmers Market Grand Open- ees regular
ing: The Hitching Lot Farmers meetings, 8:30
Market season grand opening is a.m. Brandon
7-10 a.m. at the corner of Second Central Ser-
Avenue and Second Street North. A vices
petting zoo, pony rides, face paint- May 15:
ing and visits from the Museum Melissa Atkins is a registered Lowndes County
of Natural Science, Army Corps of nurse at Allegro. She enjoys spend- Supervisors, 9
Engineers and Project CHEW are ing time with her family, running and a.m., County
planned. 662-328-6305. biking. Courthouse
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For Rebel Wilson, it was a fight
to keep ‘The Hustle’ PG-13
The Associated Press ‘Oh you can’t be funny in
that way,’” Hathaway said.
In Business
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el Wilson had to fight to

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make sure she and Anne
Hathaway could make the
same kind of risque jokes
their male counterparts do
and not have their new film
“The Hustle” get classified
as R-rated.
Wilson, who is a pro-
ducer and stars in the
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”
remake, fought back last
year when the film re-
ceived an R-rating. The rat-
ing was appealed, and “The
Hustle” arrives in theaters
Friday as a PG-13 release.
“I felt like it was so un-
fair to force cuts of jokes
from coming out of our two
mouths when much ruder
content was in male-driv-
en PG-13 films,” Wilson
told The Associated Press.
“When I put my arguments
forth, analyzing other
male-driven films like ‘An-
chorman’ or last year’s ‘Ju-
manji’ you can see that you
know what’s in our film is
probably less than what’s
in some of those male-driv-
en comedies.”
Hathaway agreed, say-
ing the entire culture of
a film is more important
than just casting actresses
in starring roles.
“It’s not enough to just
put two women in the in
the lead of the film. Then
the culture that surrounds
those two women told us,
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der-flipped remake of the
1988 comedy starring
Michael Caine and Steve
Martin. It gave her and Ha-
thaway a chance to tackle
contemporary issues fac-
ing women.
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temic issues women face,
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broad comedy.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Uber’s
next stop is the stock market,
where it hopes to pick up more in-
vestors willing to bet on a ride-hail-
ing market brimming with poten-
tial and conspicuously lacking in
profits.
The world’s largest ride-hailing
service reached a major milestone
Thursday when Uber priced its
long-awaited initial public offering
at $45 price per share to set the
stage for its stock to begin trading
Friday morning.
The IPO came in at the lower
end of Uber’s targeted price range
of $44 to $50 per share. The cau-
tion may have been driven by es-
calating doubts about the ability of
ride-hailing services to make mon-
ey since Uber’s main rival, Lyft,
went public six weeks ago.
Even at the tamped-down price,
Uber now has a market value of
$82 billion — five times more than
Lyft’s.
No matter how Uber’s stock
swings Friday, the IPO has to be
considered a triumph for the com-
Occidental seals deal
with Anadarko after
Chevron drops out
DALLAS — Occidental
Petroleum wrapped up a
$38 billion deal to acquire
Anadarko on Thursday
after Chevron declined to
sweeten its offer, ending
a rare bidding war in the
oil patch.
The deal gives Occi-
dental access to Anadar-
ko’s rich holdings in the
Permian Basin of west
Texas and New Mexico,
the hottest field in the oil
and gas business.
To win that prize, Occi-
dental outlasted Chevron
— a company five times
its size.
Occidental CEO Vic-
ki Hollub said the deal
further establishes her
company as a premier op-
erator able to boost pro-
duction.
The bidding war sur-
prised those who follow
the energy sector. No one
had seen a similar grab in
decades.
pany most closely associated with vestors have been giving Lyft’s
an industry that has changed the stock after an initial run-up. Lyft’s
way millions of people get around. shares closed Thursday 23% be-
That while also transforming the low its April IPO price of $72.
way millions of more people earn Uber “clearly learned from its
a living in the gig economy. ‘little brother’ Lyft, and the ex-
“We’re going to be measur- perience it has gone through,”
ing success in three to five to 10 Wedbush Securities analysts Ygal
years, not in one day,” said CEO Arounian and Daniel Ives wrote
Dara Khosrowshahi in an inter- late Thursday.
view with CNBC on the steps of The jitters about an intensify-
the New York Stock Exchange ing U.S. trade war with China also
less than two hours before the have roiled the stock market this
opening bell. week.
Uber’s IPO raised another $8.1 Despite all that, Uber’s IPO is
billion as the company it tries to the biggest since Chinese e-com-
fend off Lyft in the U.S. and help merce giant Alibaba Group de-
cover the cost of giving rides to buted with a value of $167.6 billion
passengers at unprofitable pric- in 2014.
es. The San Francisco company “For the market to give you the
already has lost about $9 billion value, you’ve either got to have a
since its inception and acknowl- lot of profits or potential for huge
edges it could still be years before growth,” said Sam Abuelsamid,
it turns a profit. principal analyst at Navigant Re-
That sobering reality is one search.
reason that Uber fell well short of Uber boasts growth galore. Its
reaching the $120 billion market revenue last year surged 42% to
value that many observers be- $11.3 billion while its cars com-
lieved its IPO might attain. pleted 5.2 billion trips around the
Another factor working against world either giving rides to 91 mil-
Uber is the cold shoulder in- lion passengers or delivering food.
Ambitions have grown, share for each share of Buffett’s Berkshire Ha-
however, in the race to Anadarko common stock. thaway said it would put
seize a piece of the choice Houston-based Occiden- up $10 billion in financing
oil and gas fields spread tal put the deal’s value at for Occidental.
across the Permian. $57 billion, including the The decision by Chev-
“It’s truly a real estate assumption of Anadarko’s ron Corp. to retreat came
question,” said Mike Som- debt. one day before its dead-
mers, CEO of the Ameri- Anadarko, which is line to make a revised
can Petroleum Institute, a based in The Woodlands, proposal or a new offer.
trade group representing Texas, will pay a $1 billion “Winning in any en-
more than 600 companies break-up fee to Chevron, vironment doesn’t mean
in the oil and gas indus- which agreed in April to winning at any cost,”
try. “Who has the real es- buy the company for $33 Chevron Chairman and
tate, where the resource billion. CEO Michael Wirth said
is, and Anadarko clearly The deal is expected in a statement. “Cost and
has key resources within to close in the second capital discipline always
the Permian Basin.” half of this year. It would matter.”
With so few major need approval by Anadar- Chevron said that it
operators in that area of ko shareholders and U.S. won’t sit on the money
the country, future acqui- regulators. Chairman and it pulled from the table
sition targets will likely CEO Al Walker said the Thursday. The company,
be smaller than the sum outcome delivered signif- based in San Ramon, Cali-
that Occidental spent for icant immediate value to fornia, plans to spend 25%
access to such rich real Anadarko shareholders. more on share repurchas-
estate. Occidental has lined es, up to $5 billion a year.
“I think we should pay up financing for the cash Occidental fell $3.88,
attention to those smaller part of the transaction, ac- or 6.4%, to close at $56.33
producers that have sig- cording to the companies. before the final agree-
nificant resources within The deal does not need ment was announced.
the Permian basin,” Som- approval by Occidental Anadarko dropped $2.47,
mers said. stockholders. or 3.3%, to $73.39. Chev-
Occidental agreed Occidental’s bid ron shares rose $3.69, or
to pay $59 in cash and gained momentum two 3.1%, to close at $121.19.
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The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Coby Pittman, 29,
was charged with domes-
tic assault-aggravated
assault by strangulation,
kidnapping and simple
assault.
n Deandra Bland, 32,
was charged with sex of-
fender registration fail-
ure.
n Matthew Vaughn,
24, was charged with
commercial burglary.
n Sharquez Cox, 20,
was charged with three
counts of possession,
sale or transfer of a sto-
len firearm.
The following arrests
were made by the Oktibbe-
ha County Sheriff’s Office:
n Easton Williams,
22, was charged with
burglary of a residence.
n Barron Withers, 31,
was charged with sale of
marijuana-more than 30
grams.
Area arrests
n Brennan Withers,
28, was charged with
probation violation.
n Jennifer Smith, 33,
was charged with ob-
structing justice.
n Kenneth Sanders,
21, was charged with
Pittman Bland Vaughn Cox Williams Ba. Withers Br. Withers Smith
sale of marijuana-more
than 30 grams.
n Jamarkus Andrews,
20, was charged with
possession of a weapon
by a felon.
n James Wordlaw, 49,
was charged with a cir-
cuit court order.
Sanders Andrews Worldlaw Riley Halbert Decker J. Brown Henley
n Devon Riley, 25,
was charged with a cir- n James Henley, 33,
cuit court order. was charged with bench
n Li James Halbert, warrant and bond sur-
26, was charged with a render.
circuit court order. n Douglas Erwin Jr.,
n Zachary Decker, 25, was charged with
19, was charged with a burglary of a vehicle,
circuit court order. possession of a stolen
Erwin Jr. Bishop Lee Tucker Forshee C. Brown
n James Brown, 26, firearm, possession of a
was charged with third weapon by a felon and a n Abdural Lee, 20, ploitation of a child. 27, was charged with
offense DUI, suspended MDOC hold. was charged with rob- n Damarrione For- burglary other than a
driver’s license, careless n Terion Bishop, 18, bery. shee, 22, was charged vehicle, improper equip-
driving, bond jumping was charged with credit n Jamarcus Tucker, with statutory rape. ment and no driver’s li-
and bond surrender. card fraud. 18, was charged with ex- n Christopher Brown, cense.

Around the state

Police believe 2 shooters
sparked chaotic scene at
nightclub
MOSS POINT — Police on
the Mississippi Gulf Coast say
they believe two people fired
guns in a Sunday incident that
wounded three people.
Moss Point Police Chief
Brandon Ashley tells local
news outlets that investigators
believe one person fired an as-
sault rifle and the second per-
son fired a handgun.
Two people were released
from a hospital, while a third
was critically wounded and re-
quired surgery.
Ashley says no witnessed
have identified the people re-
sponsible.
A video released by police
shows a man walking around a
nightclub parking lot firing a ri-
fle multiple times as others ran.
Shell casings and other ev-
idence from the scene are still
being processed at the Missis-
sippi Crime Lab.
The incident happened about
10:30 p.m. Sunday. Security
guards say they saw as many as
100 people involved.
2 teens charged in bomb
threats against Mississippi
schools
SARAH — Two teenagers
have been charged with mak-
ing bomb threats against a
north Mississippi elementary
school and high school.
Tate County Sheriff Brad
Lance writes in a statement that
a 17-year-old and a 13-year-old
were arrested Thursday and
charged in the case.
No bombs were found.
Lance says notes mak-
ing bomb threats were found
Wednesday in bathrooms at
Strayhorn Elementary and
Strayhorn High School. A third
bomb threat was made against
the high school on Thursday.
The two schools share a cam-
pus in rural western Tate Coun-
ty.
The sheriff says investiga-
tors believe the 13-year-old
left the note in the elementary
bathroom, while the 17-year-old
made both the threats against
the high school.
Lance says he’s limited on
the information he can release
because the cases are being
handled in youth court.
Mississippi justices won’t
rehear appeal in stabbing
death
JACKSON — The Mississip-
pi Supreme Court says it won’t
reconsider appeals from a death
row inmate convicted of capital
murder after a woman he was
living with was stabbed to death
and her home was burned.
Timothy Ronk was sentenced
to death in 2010 in Harrison
County for the August 2008 kill-
ing of Michelle Craite. Prosecu-
tors said Ronk stabbed Craite
and burned her house in the
Woolmarket community, near
Biloxi, to cover up the crime.
The high court on Thursday
said it won’t reconsider its ear-
lier rejection of appeals from
Ronk. Among other things, he
argued he had ineffective legal
representation.
Prosecutors say Ronk took
items from Craite and gave them
to a Florida woman he met on-
line. Defense attorneys argued
the stabbing was self-defense.
Ronk does not have an execu-
tion date.
— The Associated Press

Guns stolen from UPS found

in Columbus man’s car
Suspect charged with three counts
possession of stolen firearms
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A man has been arrest-
ed for allegedly receiving
stolen firearms the Unit-
ed Parcel Service report-
ed missing.
Sharquez Lavonte Cox,
20, of 202 Pandora Dr.,
is facing three counts of
possession of a stolen fire-
ported stolen during tran-
sit by UPS on March 26.
The three guns were
received in the UPS Co-
lumbus terminal on Indus-
arm after deputies with trial Park Road. The guns
Lowndes County Sheriff’s were in courte to local
Office pulled over his ve- federal firearms licensed
hicle at Highway 82 East dealers but never arrived
and 18th Avenue Monday, at their destination, the
according to an LCSO press release said.
press release. Detectives Cox has been released
found two stolen firearms from Lowndes County
in the vehicle and another Adult Detention Center
in his home. after posting $45,000
All three guns were re- bond.

Today in history
Today is Friday, May was driven in Promon- Hoover was named acting
10, the 130th day of 2019. tory, Utah, marking the director of the Bureau of
There are 235 days left in completion of the first Investigation (later known
the year. transcontinental railroad as the Federal Bureau of
in the United States. Investigation, or FBI).
Today’s Highlights in In 1924, J. Edgar — The Associated Press
History:
On May 10, 1994,
Nelson Mandela took the
oath of office in Pretoria
to become South Africa’s
first black president.

On this date:
In 1611, Sir Thom-
as Dale arrived in the
Virginia Colony, where,
as deputy governor, he
instituted harsh measures
to restore order.
In 1865, Confederate
President Jefferson Davis
was captured by Union
forces in Irwinville,
Georgia.
In 1869, a golden spike

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Finis Matthews Jr.
NOXUBEE — Finis
Matthews Jr., 64, died
May 5, 2019, in Macon.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
Union Star in West
Point with the Rev.
Henry Shelton officiat-
ing. Burial will follow
at the church ceme-
tery. Visitation is from
noon-6 p.m. Friday at
Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Macon is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Matthews was
born Jan. 17, 1955, in
Clay County, to Mary
Helen Matthews and
the late Finis Mat-
thews Sr. He was for-
merly employed with
Bryan Foods in West
Point and was a mem-
ber of Union Star M.B.
Church.
In addition to his
mother, he is survived
by his children, Tanya
Cherrell Green, Deeve
Matthews, Yolanda
Ewing and Monique
Bradshaw, all of West
Point, Dexter Blue and
Marketta Blue, both of
Macon; fiancée, Lue-
virda Miller of Macon;
siblings, Jeanette Allen
of Starkville, Nathaniel
Matthews and Mary
Ann Tallie, both of
West Point; 17 grand-
children; and three
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Elroy Davis, Floydzell
Edwards, Jessie Ivy,
David Ivy Matthews,
Jimmie Lee Matthews,
Dexter Blue, B. B.
Taylor and Christopher
Cox.
Daven Hill
NOXUBEE — Dav-
en A. Hill, 49, died
May 2, 2019, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday at
Harrison Grove Full
Gospel Baptist Church
with the Rev. James
Lockett officiating.
Burial will follow at
Martin Cemetery. Vis-
itation is from noon-6
p.m. Friday at Carter’s
Funeral Services. Car-
ter’s Funeral Services
of Macon is in charge
of arrangements.
Ms. Hill was born
May 1, 1970, in Noxu-
bee County, to Ethel
Hill and the late Daven-
port Hill. She was a
graduate of USM and
a member of Harrison
Grove Full Gospel
Baptist Church.
In addition to her
mother, she is survived
by her son, Kenneth
O’Quinn of Shuqual-
ak; fiancée, Gregory
Dancy of Shuqualak;
and siblings, Eloise
Dooley of Macon, Bar-
bara Webb, Ervin Hill,
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Area obituaries
Tyrone Hill, Davenport Pallbearers will be born Jan. 8, 1930, in Ser- to ser vices at the
Hill and Ethel Hill, all Woodrow Clark, Deme- Greenwood Springs, vices will church. Memorial
of Shuqualak, Darrell trius Harrell, Kermit to the late James Ellis be at 1 Gunter Peel Funeral
Hill of Columbus, and Shelton, Dennis Clark, Minga and Maggie p.m. Sat- Home and Cremato -
Angela King of Dallas, Derrick Johnson, Wil- Cora Odom. He was urday at r y, Second Avenue
Texas. liam Trifari Shields, a graduate of Green- St. James North location, is in
Shaun Lowery and wood Springs High M.B. charge of arrange -
Jo Ann Barnes Howard Smart Jr. School and was a U.S. Church in Smith ments.
CALEDONIA — Jo Army veteran. He was Crawford
Ann Bryant Barnes, David Lynam formerly employed with the Rev. Chad Johnny Davis Jr.
90, died May 3, 2019, at COLUMBUS — Da- with WERH Radio Payton officiating. COLUMBUS —
Baptist Memorial Hos- vid Vernon Lynam, 74, Station and served on Burial will follow at Johnny Davis Jr., 73,
pital-Golden Triangle. died May 9, 2019, at his the Board of Directors the church cemetery. died May 8, 2019, at
Services will be at residence. at First State Bank in Visitation is from 1-6 his residence.
12:30 p.m. Saturday Arrangements are Sulligent. p.m. Friday at Centu- A rrangements are
at Chandler Funeral incomplete and will be In addition to his ry Hairston Funeral incomplete and will
Home Chapel with announced by Lown- parents, he was pre- Home. Century Hair- be announced by
Sonny McLellan offici- des Funeral Home. ceded in death by his ston Funeral Home of Carter’s Funeral Ser-
ating. Burial will follow first wife, Eunice May Columbus is in charge vices of Columbus.
at Christian Chapel. Ricky Ray Ray Minga; brothers, of arrangements.
Visitation is from 11 HAMILTON — Ruble Minga, Hansel Mrs. Smith was Emma Parks
a.m.-12:30 p.m. prior to Ricky Dell Ray, 62, Minga, Ralph Minga born Sept. 11, 2019, in JACKSON —
services at the funeral died May 7, 2019, at his and Eugene Minga; Crawford, to the late Emma Parks died
home. Chandler Funer- residence. and sisters, Theresa Ed Hawkins and Mary May 6, 2019, at the
al Home is in charge of No services will Smith, Doris O’Neal Petty Rhine. She was Universit y Medical
arrangements. be held at this time. and Jimmie O’Neil. formerly employed in Center in Jackson.
Mrs. Barnes was Visitation will be from He is survived by housekeeping. A rrangements are
born April 24, 1929, in 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday his wife, Sue Philpot She is survived by incomplete and will
Minga of Amory; son, her daughter, Shelia
Millport, Alabama, to at Tisdale-Lann Me- be announced by
the late David P. and morial Funeral Home. Alan Minga of Hunts- Henry of Columbus; Carter’s Funeral Ser-
Eppie L. Bryant. She Burial will follow at ville; daughter, Sherry one grandchild; and vices of Columbus.
was formerly employed Fig Hill Cemetery. Crabtree of Hamilton; one great-grandchild.
sisters, Ophelia Norton See Obits, 5A
as an executive sec- Tisdale-Lann Memo-
retary with Airline rial Funeral Home of Thomas of Greenwood Peggy Irwin
Manufacturing. Aberdeen is in charge Springs and Ruth COLUMBUS —
In addition to her of arrangements. Whitehead of Smith- Peggy Jean Irwin, 67,
parents, she was pre- Mr. Ray was born ville; and one grand- died May 9, 2019, at
ceded in death by her June 8, 1956, in Chica- child. her residence.
daughter, Aleta Jurine go, Illinois, to Dorothy Pallbearers are John Arrangements are
Barnes; and son, Wil- June Hickman Ray and Boyett, Danny Ray, incomplete and will be
liam A. Barnes. the late Onie Ray. He Johnny Ray, Greg Nor- announced by Lown-
She is survived by was formerly self-em- ton, Dean Minga and des Funeral Home of
her daughter, Elisa ployed as a carpenter. Keith Norton. Columbus.
Barnes Shizak of In addition to his Memorials may be
made to Detroit U.M.
Columbus; sons, Joe mother, he is survived
Church, P.O. Box 37,
Jason Hawkins
C. Barnes Jr. of Colum- by one daughter; two SMITH V ILLE —
bus and Herb Tray- Detroit, AL 35552.
sons; two sisters, Jason Carl Hawkins, Ike Savelle
wick of Clanton; five Sharon Whitworth of 42, died May 4, 2019. Services:
grandchildren; and 12 Aberdeen and Ron- Michael Stovall A memorial ser-
Friday, May 10 • 1 PM
Memorial Gunter Peel
great-grandchildren. da Jean Clements of WEST POINT — vice will be held Funeral Home
Cordova, Tennessee; Michael Louis Stovall, Saturday at Chandler 2nd Ave. North Location
Burial
Mildred Hornburger brother, Robert Ray of 65, died April 30, 2019, Funeral Home Chap - Friendship Cemetery
STARKVILLE — Hamilton; and three at Baptist Memorial el. Chandler Funeral
Mildred Grace Horn- grandchildren. Hospital-Golden Trian- Home of Vernon, Joe Hendrix
burger, 53, died May 2, gle. A labama, is in charge Visitation:
2019, in Tupelo. Shirley Smith Services will be of arrangements. Saturday, May 11 • 12-2 PM
Fairview Baptist Church
Services will be at SULLIGENT, Ala. — at 11 a.m. Saturday Mr. Hawkins was Services:
11 a.m. Saturday at Shirley Frances Smith, at New Hope M.B. born March 6, 1977, Saturday, May 11 • 2 PM
Church in Artesia, with Fairview Baptist Church
East Sand Creek M.B. 78, died May 5, 2019, to Linda Gater and Burial
Church in Starkville. at DCH in Northport, the Rev. Thomas Rice R ickey Hawkins. Memorial Gardens
officiating. Burial will of Columbus
Burial will follow Alabama. He was formerly Memorial Gunter Peel
at East Sand Creek Services were at follow at the church employed as a su- Funeral Home
Cemetery. Visitation is 2 p.m. Thursday at cemetery. Visitation is per visor with United 2nd Ave. North Location
from 1-6 p.m. Friday at Shiloh Baptist Church from 3-6 p.m. Friday at Furniture.
West Memorial Funer- with Glenn Boman and Carter’s Mortuary Ser- In addition to his Lois Donaldson
al Home. West Memo- vices Chapel. Carter’s Visitation:
Jimmy May officiat- parents, he is sur- Wednesday, May 15 • 9-10 AM
rial Funeral Home of ing. Burial followed Mortuary Services of vived by his brother, Memorial Gunter Peel
Starkville is in charge at Shiloh Cemetery. West Point is in charge Justin Hawkins. Funeral Home
of arrangements. 2nd Ave. North Location
of arrangements. Visitation was from Services:
She is survived by Mr. Stovall was born
one daughter, Sumaya
6-8 p.m. Wednesday
April 14, 1954, in St.
Joe Hendrix Wednesday, May 15 • 10 AM
Memorial Gunter Peel
at Otts Funeral Home. COLUMBUS — Joe Funeral Home
Hampton; one sister, Otts Funeral Home of Louis, Missouri, to 2nd Ave. North Location
Carrie Stovall and the M. Hendrix, 81, died
Jerry Lynn Hornburg- Sulligent was in charge Burial
late Dosey Bell. May 9, 2019, at Bap - Sapa Cemetery
er; and four brothers, of arrangements. tist Memorial Hospi- Eupora
Anderson Hornburger, Ms. Smith was born In addition to his
mother, he is survived tal- Golden Triangle.
Charlie Hornburger, Nov. 16, 1940, in De- Ser vices will be
Butler Moss Jr. and troit, to the late New- by his wife, Flora J.
Stovall; son, Marrieo at 2 p.m. Saturday
Michael Moss. ton Carter and Gracie at Fair view Baptist
South. She was a 1959 Laron Stovall of Jack-
son; brothers, Gregory Church. Burial will
Deondrey Hopkins graduate of Sulligent
Stovall of Starkville, follow at Memorial memorialgunterpeel.com
CR AWFORD — High School and was Gardens of Colum-
Deondrey Montrel formerly employed in Johnny E. Stovall and
Jessie Stovall, both of bus. Visitation will
Hopkins, 35, died May the accounting depart- be two hours prior
5, 2019, in Columbus. ment of Omni Inter- Artesia; and sisters,
Services national in Vernon. Tashana Stovall and
will be at She was a member of Janet Stovall, both of You’ve always said you
11 a.m. Shiloh Baptist Church. Artesia, and Gwendo- wanted to be buried in
Saturday In addition to her lyn Stovall of Colum- the dress you wore to your
at Charity parents, she was bus. granddaughter’s wedding.
Mission preceded in death by
Full Gos- her husband, James L. William Scott Preplanning takes care of
all the decisions so your
pel Baptist Smith; and brothers, COLUMBUS — family doesn’t have to.
Church in Hopkins Hoyle, Eugene and William Earl Scott, 68,
When Caring Counts...
Crawford James Carter. died May 3, 2019, at
She is survived by Baptist Memorial Hos- 1131 N. Lehmberg Rd.
with Bobby L. Mc-
her son, Jason Smith of pital-Golden Triangle. Columbus, MS 39702
Carter Sr. officiating. FUNERAL HOME
(662) 328-1808
Burial will follow at Los Angeles, Califor- Services will be & CREMATORY
Fairview Cemetery. nia; daughters, Melissa at 11 a.m. Saturday
Visitation is from 3-8 Smith of Sulligent and at Century Hairston
p.m. Friday at Carter’s Rita Smith of North- Funeral Home Chapel
Funeral Services. port; and sister, Mary with the Rev. Christo-
Carter’s Funeral Ellen Easter of Amory. pher Wriley officiating.
Services of Columbus Pallbearers were Burial will follow at
is in charge of arrange- Andy Carter, Gage New Zion Pilgrim M.B.
ments. Reeves, Haven Reeves, Church Cemetery. Vis-
Mr. Hopkins was David Gann and Mitch itation is from 1-6 p.m.
born March 17, 1984, Cantrell. Friday at the funeral
in Macon, to William home. Century Hair-
T. Hopkins and Patri- Kermit Minga ston Funeral Home of
cia Hopkins. He was a AMORY — Kermit Columbus is in charge
2002 graduate of West E. Minga, 89, died May of arrangements.
Lowndes High School 7, 2019, at North Mis- Mr. Scott was born
and was formerly em- sissippi Medical Center June 5, 1950, in Colum-
ployed in the Dredge in Tupelo. bus, to the late Hubert
Maintenance Depart- Services are at 11 Scott and Bessie R.
ment with Jimco. He a.m. Friday at Otts Williams-Scott. He was
was a member of Oak- Funeral Home Chap- formerly employed as a
land M.B. Church. el with Jason Clifton factory worker.
In addition to his and the Rev. James He is survived by his
parents, he is survived Rutledge officiating. brother, Hubert Scott
by his wife, Sonya Burial will follow at Jr. of Columbus; and
Fields of Columbus; Lann Cemetery. Visita- sister, Bertha Bryant of
children, Deondrey tion was from 6-8 p.m. Columbus.
Hopkins Jr., Kori Thursday at the funer-
Fields, Kristian Fields al home. Otts Funeral Lucy Smith
and Kaci Hopkins, all Home of Sulligent was COLUMBUS —
of Columbus; and sib- in charge of arrange- Lucy “Tat” Smith, 84,
lings, William Hopkins ments. died May 4, 2019, at
Jr. of Irving, Texas. Mr. Minga was her residence.

Scrap ‘Obamacare’? Maybe not all,
says Trump administration
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Scrap
“Obamacare”? Well, maybe not all
of it.
The Trump administration is
arguing in court that the entire Af-
fordable Care Act should be struck
down as unconstitutional. But at the
same time, Justice Department law-
yers recently suggested that federal
judges could salvage its anti-fraud
provisions, raising questions about
keeping other parts as well.
Serving up more mixed messag-
es, President Donald Trump last
week floated to a Democratic law-
maker that he’d like to revive her
legislation shoring up the health
law’s insurance markets. “I was
kind of stunned, but I said, look, I
am willing to work with anyone,”
recalled the lawmaker, Sen. Patty
Murray of Washington.
Following questions from The
Associated Press, the White House
released a statement: “Obamacare
remains unconstitutional but people
deserve relief from all of its empty
promises, so the Trump Adminis-
tration is working within current
law to reduce fraud and lower cost
Obits
Continued from Page 4A
Rone Burgin Sr.
COLUMBUS — Pastor Rone
Burgin Sr., 58, died May 5,
2019.
Services will
be at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday at United
Faith Inter-De-
nominational Min-
istries Church.
Burial will follow
at Prairie Chapel Burgin Sr.
Cemetery. Visi-
tation is from 3-6
p.m. Friday at Lee-Sykes Fu-
neral Home. Lee-Sykes Funeral
Home of Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Pastor Burgin was born Aug.
12, 1960, in Columbus, to Em-
maline Ellis Burgin Williams
and the late George Burgin
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for all Americans.”
But analyst Timothy Jost says the
administration may be undercut-
ting its own legal argument that the
9-year-old statute, President Barack
Obama’s health care law, is so flawed
it must be overturned entirely.
“Somehow they want their cake
and to eat it, too,” said Jost, a retired
law professor who supports the
health law’s goal of expanding cov-
erage. He called the Justice Depart-
ment’s latest filing with the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals a “mashed
together combination” seemingly
written by different administration
factions, one seeking a total rollback
and the other anxious to preserve
useful provisions.
Case in point: Drawing on lan-
guage used by conservative Su-
preme Court justices, administra-
tion lawyers likened various health
law provisions to “ornaments” that
must come down if a Christmas
tree falls. But they also suggested
the courts might want to keep the
ACA’s anti-fraud provisions, which
have made it easier for prosecutors
to win Medicare cases involving
kickbacks, increased screening of
providers who bill public programs,
Jr. He was a 1978 graduate of
William Rainey Harper High
School in Chicago, Illinois,
and attended East Mississippi
Community College in Mayhew
and Ohio Christian University
in Circleville, Ohio. He was a
U.S. Army veteran, serving in
Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Korea,
and was formerly employed
with the Pepsi and Coca-Cola
Companies. He later became
an owner-operator, driving
18-wheelers and owner of R &
B Groceries. He was pastor and
founder of United Faith In-
ter-Denominational Ministries.
In addition to his mother,
he is survived by his wife,
Julia Hendricks Burgin; sons,
Rone Burgin Jr. and Demetrius
Burgin; sisters, Brenda Smith
Friday, May 10, 2019 5A
and made other significant changes.
The New Orleans-based appeals
court is hearing the lawsuit after a
lower court judge sided with the
plaintiffs — Texas and other GOP-
led states. The district judge ruled
the entire law unconstitutional
because Congress repealed its un-
popular fines for being uninsured.
Democratic states appealed, saying
that’s a stretch.
Originally, the Trump adminis-
tration had argued that only certain
provisions — like protections with
people with preexisting medical
conditions — should be invalidat-
ed. Then, following a White House
directive, the Justice Department
said the whole law must go. Now the
administration seems to be further
hedging its position.
“The relief awarded should be
limited only to those provisions that
actually injure the individual plain-
tiffs,” the Justice Department wrote
last week in its brief. “For example,
the ACA amended several criminal
statutes used to prosecute individ-
uals who defraud our health care
system.” A judge can “determine the
precise scope of the judgment” later,
added the administration.
and Tanna Fed, both of Chica-
go, Illinois, and Shirley Sanders
of Columbus; brother, Marcel-
las Adams of Chicago, Illinois;
12 grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Lois Donaldson
COLUMBUS — Lois Char-
lene Donaldson died May 9,
2019, at her residence.
Services will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Memorial Gunter
Peel Funeral Home, Second Av-
enue North location. Burial will
follow at Sapa Cemetery in Eu-
pora. Visitation will be one hour
prior to services at the funeral
home. Memorial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North location,
is in charge of arrangements.
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Voice of the people
Winners of the ‘reader test’
Either we passed the reader test or The Com-
mercial Dispatch needs a proofreader. The date at
the top of the pages of the May 9, 2019 paper read
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State’s hard line

on child vaccines
is working
Despite a scare, health officials said Friday that
no one in Mississippi was infected after a traveler
with measles visited the state last month.
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said
that a follow-up investigation found no exposures
from the traveler, who visited multiple restaurants
in Hattiesburg between April 9 and April 11, The
Associated Press reported.
Mississippi has not reported any cases of
measles despite the biggest nationwide measles
outbreak since 1994. The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said that 704 cases have
been reported in 22 states.
The reason Mississippi has dodged the virus is
due to its strict child vaccination laws. Almost 100
percent of school-aged children in the state have
received measles vaccinations. Some, however,
would like the state to relax those requirements.
Some states have been softer when it comes to
requiring vaccinations, and they now have measles
to show for it.
Mississippi does not often find itself at the top of
many “good” lists, but child vaccinations is one of
them. Let’s keep it that way.
While we understand the reluctance of some
parents when it comes to immunizations, we don’t
understand the desire to leave children unpro-
tected from a preventable disease. The science
is established on the measles vaccine. It is safe,
effective and has been around for 50 years.
Measles is one of the most contagious respirato-
ry diseases in the world and has the potential to be
life-threatening. It is caused by a virus and is still
common in many countries, according to the CDC.
According to the CDC, before the U.S. mea- Election 2020
sles vaccination program started in 1963, about 3
million to 4 million people nationwide got measles
each year. Of those, 400 to 500 people died, 48,000
were hospitalized, and 1,000 developed encephali-
Should democrats avoid female
tis because of measles.
The virus is serious, and is particularly harmful
to those who are not vaccinated, including children
candidates?
who are too young to get the vaccine. The virus Many Democratic York Times op-ed writ- toward female candidates, but that
can remain in the air and on surfaces for up to two voters are worried that er Farhad Manjoo, the seems unlikely. The data does
hours after an infected person leaves a location. a female candidate can- perception that “Amer- show clearly that women, espe-
We encourage lawmakers and parents to do not win the presidency ican society is wracked cially the unmarried ones, tend
their part to keep Mississippians safe from this in 2020. “I don’t think at every level by a to prefer more liberal candidates
disease. they’re strong enough pervasive and enduring without regard to sex. And there
(Brookhaven) Daily Leader to carry it for them- misogyny.” is one study showing that when
selves,” an Iowa voter Or perhaps Clinton Democratic women run against
told The Washington became unpopular for Republican men, some Republican
Post. Amber Phillips reasons all her own. It female voters defect to the woman.
reports that “female isn’t as if she was al- What about male voters? Are
Our View: Local Editorials politicians are held by ways unpopular. Twice they the ones who hold retrograde
Local editorials appearing in this space represent the voters to a much higher Mona Charen in her career, Clinton views, thinking female candidates
opinion of the newspaper’s editorial board: Peter Imes, standard than men,” was regarded favor- are too emotional or weak to do
editor and publisher; Zack Plair, managing editor; Slim
Smith and senior newsroom staff. To inquire about a
and points to polls showing that to- ably by a whopping 66 percent of the job? There may be some of
meeting with the board, please contact Peter Imes at day’s support for Elizabeth Warren Americans — in December 1998, that, but think of Republican vot-
662-328-2424, or e-mail voice@cdispatch.com. (12 percent) and Kamala Harris when the Monica Lewinsky scan- ers in 2008. They were lukewarm
(8 percent) drops to low single dal made her the most prominent toward John McCain, the last man
digits when voters are asked who wronged wife on the planet, and in standing at the end of the prima-
is likely to defeat President Donald November 2009, while she served ries, but they were over the moon
THE STAFF OF THE DISPATCH Trump.
Without denying that some
as secretary of state. Even in the
midst of the Benghazi hearings in
for Sarah Palin. A September 2008
CNN poll found that 62 percent of
Paul Bowker people may harbor misogynistic December 2012, her approval still men approved of Palin compared
EDITOR/PUBLISHER feelings, and that many Democrats held steady at 65 percent. with only 53 percent of women.
Peter Imes Matt Garner
Alex Holloway may indeed fear, as Phillips re- In 2015, Clinton’s approval Asked whether Palin was qualified
Zack Plair ported, that while they personally dipped sharply, down to 49 per- to be president, 57 percent of male
PUBLISHER EMERITUS Mary Pollitz
Birney Imes would happily vote for a woman for cent. This drop tracked among respondents said yes, 14 points
Ben Portnoy president, their neighbors might all voters, including Democrats, higher than among women. In
Slim Smith
ADVERTISING Jan Swoope not, this doesn’t prove that wom- whose support declined from 86 fact, 55 percent of women thought
Amber Dumas en are held to a higher standard. percent to 77 percent. What hap- she wasn’t qualified.
Kelly Ervin MAILROOM The evidence is mixed. It’s never pened? Clinton didn’t change her You can mine the data in the be-
Melissa Johnson Christina Boyd possible to know with certainty sex. She ran into the private email lief that voters are not “ready” for a
Beth Proffitt Dalen Cochran what motivates voters. Could Mitt server scandal, and it damaged woman president. But the truth is
Mary Jane Runnels Anterrrio Davis Romney’s religion have decided her not just because of the under- probably closer to this: The right
Luther Shields Joseph Ellis
Jackie Taylor
the 2012 race? It’s possible. lying offense, but also due to her woman candidate hasn’t run yet.
Jeffrey Gore Is there an anti-woman bias? persistent deceit, and the fact that Qualifications aside (it’s so pre-
Katrina Guyton
Doris Hill Election analyst Karlyn Bowman this revived concerns about her 2016 to fret about qualifications!),
BUSINESS OFFICE has found that women are just as dishonesty and “rules don’t apply if Oprah Winfrey or Michelle
Lindsey Beck Quaylon Jones
Debbie Foster Toma McClanahan likely to be successful in political to me” image from earlier in her Obama jumped into the race,
Mary Ann Hardy Kayla Taylor races as men. And most voters are career. they’d rocket to the top. Great Brit-
Eddie Johnson past the identity politics phase of The share of voters who are ain, Israel, Germany and India, for
PRODUCTION wanting to vote for a candidate (or women has been increasing heaven’s sake, have elected female
CIRCULATION William Hudson oppose one) due to sex. steadily since 1980. The Center leaders. Is the U.S. more misogy-
Michael Floyd William LeJeune
Courtney Laury
At the level of presidential for American Women in Politics at nist than those countries?
Jamie Morrison politics, the data set is a bit skimpy Rutgers shows that in 2016, 63.3 Not everything reduces to bias.
Lisa Oswalt Anne Murphy
Deanna Robinson-Pugh Donta Perry — one election. Many Demo- percent of eligible women voted May the best person win.
Tina Perry crats seem to believe that Hillary compared with only 59.3 percent Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow
NEWS Clinton’s 2016 loss can be chalked of eligible men. It’s possible that at the Ethics and Public Policy
Isabelle Altman up to sex, or, in the words of New women harbor self-hating feelings Center.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Friday, May 10, 2019 7A

In The Nation

Suspects in Colorado school shooting due back in court
Authorities have identified the suspects
as Devon Erickson and Maya McKinney
The Associated Press
DENVER — Both suspects
in a suburban Denver school
shooting are due back in court
Friday as prosecutors file
charges in the attack that killed
a student and wounded eight
others.
The district attorney’s of-
fice also is expected to decide
whether the younger suspect
will be charged as an adult in
Tuesday’s shooting.
Kendrick Castillo, the
18-year-old senior killed during
the shooting, and two class-
mates at the STEM School
Highlands Ranch have been
credited with helping thwart
the attack by charging at one of
the shooters when he entered
a classroom. Authorities have
said an armed private security
guard restrained the second
shooter.
Authorities have identified
the suspects as 18-year-old Dev-
on Erickson and 16-year-old
Maya McKinney, whose attor-
ney has said uses male pronouns
and the name Alec. They have
been in jail since Tuesday on sus-
picion of murder and attempted
murder and made their first
court appearances Wednesday.
District attorney George
Brauchler plans to file formal
charges and decide whether to
charge McKinney as an adult
by Friday’s hearings. Colorado
law permits prosecutors to file
adult charges of serious felonies
against 16- and 17-year-olds with-
out prior approval from a judge.
The two students allegedly
walked into their school with
handguns and opened fire in two
classrooms. Investigators have
offered no immediate motive
and refused to discuss how the
students obtained the weapons.
Student Joshua Jones told
ABC’s “Good Morning Amer-
ica” on Friday that he, Castillo
and Brendan Bialy reacted as
soon as they saw the gun.
The Colorado attack unfold-
ed nearly three weeks after
neighboring Littleton marked
the anniversary of the Col-
umbine attack that killed 13
people. The two schools are
separated by about 7 miles (11
kilometers) in adjacent commu-
nities south of Denver.

Storms damage
Arkansas apartments,
leave damage in South
PINE BLUFF, Ark.
— Several people were
injured when a tornado
damaged two apartment
complexes in Arkansas,
part of a powerful line
of thunderstorms that
was dumping more rain
Thursday on waterlogged
areas throughout the na-
tion’s midsection.
The severe weather
moved eastward after
forcing people from their
homes in Kansas, soaking
Houston once again , and
straining levees along the
surging Mississippi River
on Wednesday.
Flooding has caused
billions of dollars of dam-
age to farmland, homes
and businesses across the
Midwest, with some riv-
ers above flood stage for
more than six weeks now.
The National Weath-
er Service issued flood
warnings as more than 5
inches (127 millimeters)
of rain fell in parts of Mis-
sissippi. The downpours
swelled streams and
made driving difficult.
Fear of flooding in
the Houston area grew
throughout Thursday eve-
ning as steady downpours
overwhelmed some road-
side storm drains.
According to the Har-
ris County Flood Warning
System website , almost 5
inches (127 millimeters)
of rain had fallen in the
first 90 minutes of the
storm Thursday evening
at the Barker and Addicks
flood-control dams on
Houston’s western out-
skirts.
Some high water dis-
rupted traffic in some
intersections in the west-
ern Houston area, and
fire-rescue crews were
making a handful of
high-water rescues. But
with the exception of a
couple of small creeks,
most streams were still
within their banks. No
injuries or flooded build-
ings were immediately
reported.
Trees were down in
north Alabama after the
storm system moved
through, prompting mul-
tiple tornado warnings.
No injuries were reported
but officials said several
farm buildings were dam-
aged.
In Arkansas, authori-
ties said about 150 people
were displaced Wednes-
day after the storm hit
apartment buildings and
ripped off a roof in Pine
Bluff, about 40 miles (64
kilometers) southeast of
Little Rock.
Pine Bluff Police Chief
Kelvin Sergeant said four
people were hurt, accord-
ing to the Arkansas Dem-
ocrat-Gazette. “One of
those is probably going to
be pretty severe,” he said.
The weather service
confirmed Thursday that
the damage was caused
by a small tornado that
touched down for less
than a minute Wednes-
day night. Meteorologist
Thomas Jones said two
apartment complexes
were damaged.
Jones said the twister
was about 100 yards (91
meters) wide and traveled
for only about a quarter of
a mile, but still managed
to damage the brick fac-
ing and roof of the apart-
ments. He said at least
two walls caved in.
Resident Carla Jackson
told the Arkansas Dem-
ocrat-Gazette that she
heard a loud boom and
that the storm moved in
quickly.
“First there were real
high winds and then a
loud boom, and next thing
you know the lights start-
ed blinking. We heard
the transformer blow,
then another transformer
blow, and then it just went
black,” she said.
In Kansas, flooding
waterways forced evacua-
tions and school closures
Wednesday. Problems
continued Thursday,
when a 19-year-old had
to be rescued from her
car’s roof near Emporia.
And the Kansas Turnpike
remained closed near the
Oklahoma border.
The weather service
predicted the Missouri
River would crest Thurs-
day in St. Joseph, Missou-
ri, at a level that causes
parkland and a residential
area to flood.
In northwestern Mis-
souri’s Holt County, emer-
gency management direc-
tor Tom Bullock said a few
people who had moved
back home after March’s
flooding busted levees
were forced out again late
Wednesday by rising wa-
ter. His own home is now
unreachable.
Thousands gather
in Utah for 150th
anniversary of railroad
PROMON T ORY,
Utah — The completion
of the Transcontinental
Railroad in 1869 united a
nation fresh off the Civil
War that had been sepa-
rated by wide expanses of
desert, mountains and for-
ests and became a pivotal
moment in United States
history that dramatically
changed how people trav-
eled and did business.
Some 15,000 people
are expected to gather
Friday at the remote spot
in the Utah desert where
the final spikes were ham-
mered into the ground
150 years ago to mark
the finish of the nearly
1,800-mile (2,900 kilome-
ter) rail line, triggering a
famous telegraph that set
off celebrations around
the nation. The bells at
Independence Hall in
Philadelphia rang in cele-
bration as a hundred guns
were fired in New York
and American flags were
hung in cities.
The completed railroad
shortened cross-county
travel from as long as six
months in wagons and
stagecoaches to about
10 days on the rails and
served as a unifying mo-
ment for the nation.
“It psychologically and
symbolically bound the
country,” said Brad West-
wood, Utah’s senior pub-
lic historian.
The telegram that set
off the celebrations said:
“The last rail is laid. The
last spike is driven. The
Pacific railroad is com-
pleted. The point of junc-
tion is 1,086 miles west
of the Missouri River and
690 miles east of Sacra-
mento City.”
The golden spike in-
cluded an inscription:
“May God continue the
unity of our country as
this railroad unites the
two great oceans of the
world.”
Friday’s event at the
Golden Spike National
Historic Park about 90
miles (145 kilometers)
northwest of Salt Lake
City will feature remarks
by U.S. Transportation
Secretary Elaine Chao
and Interior Secretary
David Bernhardt and a
historical reenactment in-
cluding the hammering of
the final “golden spikes”
that signaled the end of
the yearslong project.
The elaborate cele-
bration will also include
the firing of cannons,
ringing of bells, music
and a flyover. It is the sig-
nature festivity during
several days of events
around northern Utah to
celebrate the 150th anni-
versary. At least 15,000
attendees are expected,
including large contin-
gents from China, said
Josh Loftin, a spokesman
for the Utah Department
of Heritage and Arts.
— The Associated Press
8A Friday, May 10, 2019
Chancery
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ed but did not attend.
Each of the candidates
said they had no intention
of changing office em-
ployees or anything about
how the chancery clerk’s
office currently runs.
“Lisa (Neese, current
chancery clerk) has ran
one of the best offices not
only in the state of Missis-
sippi, but in the country,”
Mickens said. “So it’s
not like change is going
to happen. ... The people
are already in place. All
you’ve got to do is work
with what you’ve got.”
Each of the candidates
were given eight minutes
to speak, and a ques-
tion-and-answer session
followed.
Goode spent part of her
allotted time explaining
how the chancery clerk’s
office worked. It’s divid-
ed into two departments,
land records and court re-
cords, and also processes
passport applications and
collects and disperses de-
linquent property taxes.
The office also maintains
records having to do with
guardianship and divorce.
She said that the five em-
ployees in the office have
a combined 64 years of ex-
perience.
Goode has worked at
West
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stabbed and exposed to
other dangers, but he
never seemed to lose his
good humor.
“Hoot always referred
to all citizens — family,
friends, even foes alike
as — as ‘my people,’” said
Caledonia Mayor Mitch
Wiggins, whose late fa-
ther was a close friend of
West’s. “He looked out for
people. He believed his
job was a calling and has
already served faithfully
anytime, day or night.”
‘Hoot’s way’
Over the long years,
West seemed to be as
much a father-figure in
town as a law enforce-
ment officer.
“You always got the
feeling Hoot was watch-
ing out for you,” said
Karen Hall, who lives
with her husband, Steve,
on Wolfe Road.
The Halls have a per-
Tax forum
Continued from Page 1A
In order to pass, the
tax must garner voter ap-
proval of at least 60 per-
cent. If passed, it would
raise the city’s total
restaurant and hotel/mo-
tel sales tax to 3 percent.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
said that while the new
park is the “sexy” piece
of the 1-percent tax issue,
it’s about more than that.
She said tax revenue will
be used to fund soccer
improvements at McKee
Park, and Cornerstone’s
focus on baseball and
softball will allow the
city remove McKee’s
baseball and softball
fields and change the fo-
cus there.
“If we’re not commu-
nicating well that this is
going to be for a more
well-rounded approach
to our parks, it’s only
because I think that the
referendum is so focused
on the new park and
what it’s going to do,”
Spruill said. “It’s going
to be the biggest project
that Starkville has ever
done. We’ve never done
anything over about $7
million or $8 million.”
Parks and Recreation
Director Gerry Logan
said the city is already
working on improve-
ments for its existing
parks system and will
continue to do so if the
1-percent tax passes.
He cited improvements
at McKee Park as ex-
amples, such as a new
pavilion, new chain-link
fencing at the baseball
fields, new landscaping
and parking areas, side-
walks, water fountains
Lowndes County chancery clerk candidates Cindy
Egger Goode, Joseph Mickens and Jessica Lancaster
Pierce chat after a Columbus Exchange Club meeting
on Thursday at Lion Hills Center. The three candidates
were each invited to speak about their plans for the
clerk’s office at Exchange Club.
the office for 14 years, and
spent more than 10 years
before that working “off-
and-on” in the Lowndes
County Courthouse as a
paralegal.
“I know firsthand
the importance of re-
cord-keeping and how it
should be kept,” she said.
“... I want to continue what
Lisa (Neese) and her fa-
ther (former chancery
clerk Charles Younger)
have had, to assist every-
one courteously, nicely
and efficiently.”
Mickens, who current-
ly serves as Ward 1 coun-
cilman, said that while
Goode’s experience in the
fect example of that.
About a year-and-a-
half ago, the Halls were
alarmed when bullets
sprayed their home and
car on a Saturday after-
noon, seemingly out of
nowhere.
Karen called Hoot.
“About a minute later,
here he comes flying
down the road with his
lights flashing,” she
said.
For four days, Hoot
canvassed the country-
side, listening for gun
fire, before honing in
on a nearby property
and discovering the
source of the shooting.
A resident and friends
were using a dirt berm
there for target practice,
not realizing that the
high-powered bullets
were ricocheting off the
berm and hitting other
properties.
After talking to
the shooter, West was
and swings.
“We all understand
we’ve got some work to
do on our parks system,”
Logan said. “But, I’m
very thankful to have
the mayor and board
of aldermen’s support.
We’ve asked for quite a
few things over the last
few years and we’ve been
able to get them and
move ourselves forward.”
About 30 citizens at-
tended the forum, during
which leaders answered
questions submitted in
writing.
‘We’re paying for their
parks’
District 43 Rep. Rob
Roberson (R-Starkville),
who co-authored the leg-
islation for Starkville’s
1-percent tax with Dis-
trict 37 Rep. Cheikh Tay-
lor (D-Starkville), said
other cities in Mississip-
pi already have special
tourism taxes like the one
Starkville is seeking.
He said he’s heard
complaints about the ad-
ditional taxation, but said
people are already paying
the tax to support rec-
reation elsewhere when
they travel to some of
Starkville’s peer cities.
“People don’t really
understand, they’re pay-
ing this in other places,”
Roberson said. “They’re
paying this in Grenada.
They’re paying this penny
in Oxford. They’re paying
this additional money in
other places and … when
we go to another commu-
nity, we’re paying for their
parks.
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Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
clerk’s office is important,
it is also important to take
each candidate’s ability to
manage the department
into account. He said he
could learn how the office
worked, but his experi-
ence on the city council
and as a pastor set him
apart as a leader in public
service.
“It’s not about change,”
he said. “It’s about can
you manage? ... You’re go-
ing to put somebody there
in a good position, but can
he manage? And not only
can he manage, but can
he or she lead people into
the direction you would
(want)? It’s all about being
convinced there was
no malicious intent. He
gave him “a talking to,”
then brought him to the
Halls’ home to make an
apology.
“That was Hoot’s
way,” Hall said. “He took
care of people.”
More friends than
enemies
Mike said his father
always loved his work,
even the hard or danger-
ous parts.
“Right up to the end,
he could handle himself,”
he said. “He was always
laughing. He loved being
out driving around, vis-
iting with people. It was
the perfect job for him. In
the end, he had a lot more
friends than enemies.
“If you had a problem,
you could always call
Hoot,” he added. “He
always seemed to be
around.”
“To me, that’s unbe-
lievable that as smart as
this community is and as
smart as we should be, we
can’t see the big picture
here,” he added. “The big
picture is you’re already
paying this, folks.”
Spruill also noted that
Hattiesburg recently
passed its own 1-percent
tax referendum. Accord-
ing to WDAM in Hatties-
burg, 81 percent of Hat-
tiesburg voters approved
the addition to that city’s
restaurant and hotel tax-
es in an April 23 election.
Hattiesburg will use its
additional tax funds on
parks and recreation fa-
cilities and for renovating
the University of South-
ern Mississippi’s Reed
Green Coliseum.
Indirect impact
Greater Starkville De-
velopment Partnership
Interim CEO Jennifer
Prather said the new park
would have an indirect im-
pact on other areas of life
that can benefit more peo-
ple than just those who
use the facility.
Starkville’s hotels av-
erage about 75-percent
occupancy per week in
the fall, Prather said, with
that rising to 100 percent
on football weekends.
During the summer dead
period between the end of
college baseball and the
beginning of college foot-
ball, the occupancy rate
falls to about 40 percent.
While the city’s parks
department is already
recruiting more youth
sports tournaments,
a leader.”
Pierce, who began
working in the chancery
clerk’s office when she
was a teenager and who
has worked for Cadence
Bank for the past three
years, stressed both her
experience in the clerk’s
office and her customer
service abilities. She said
she is familiar with the of-
fice’s records, but has also
been involved in commu-
nity outreach, from Hab-
itat for Humanity to an
anti-bullying campaign
she’s initiated in area
schools.
“I feel like the respon-
sibility of the chancery
clerk is to do all the things
Miss Goode said,” she
said. “It is important, the
day-to-day functions, the
accuracy, but it’s also to
be seen as a community
leader, someone that any-
one can come to and ask,
‘I need help -- a death, the
estates when they’re filed.’
Having someone across
the counter who you prob-
ably already know, that
has compassion and can
help you through what’s
coming in your future.”
Primary elections will
be held on Aug. 6, with
the general election set
for Nov. 5.
Even when you pre-
ferred him not to be, Hall
said.
“A few years ago, I had
left the house without
the key to the gate
around our house,” Hall
recalled. “I didn’t know
what to do, so I started
trying to climb over the
fence. Sure enough, here
comes Hoot, just as I’m
straddling the fence. I
told him, ‘You’re great at
catching burglars, aren’t
you?’ We both got a good
laugh out of that.”
Wiggins said residents
of District 1 have lost
something in West that
cannot likely be replaced.
A new constable will be
elected in November, but
there’s no Hoot West on
the ballot.
“I had the honor of
being raised in a commu-
nity being protected by
a man like Hoot West,”
Wiggins said. “That’s
pretty special.”
Prather said drawing
more people to town
throughout the sum-
mer will help to drive
Starkville’s existing
2-percent tax and its sales
tax, which helps fund oth-
er things.
“I may have a $300,000
budget all year long to do
events in this community
that people love — things
like Pumpkinpalooza
and the farmer’s market
— things that create a
strong quality of life. That
just expands our capacity
and our bandwidth to do
more,” Prather said. “It
expands Gerry’s current
budget that he has. That
40 percent (of the current
2-percent tax) that parks
get, it expands that, so
outside of the tournament
facility it gives him the
ability to do more for the
current parks and the new
parks system they want to
create.”
Ward 2 Alderman San-
dra Sistrunk said people
have questioned why the
new park focuses so much
on tournament events.
She said that by doing
so, it should necessarily
create a higher-quality fa-
cility that is also available
for all residents to use, in
addition to hosting tour-
naments.
“It is all about tour-
nament baseball, but in
being all about tourna-
ment baseball, it’s about
improving our recreation
facilities and allowing our
kids to have that quali-
ty experience that lots
of them don’t have right
now,” she said.
Sports
high school baseball
strIKING finish
New Hope pitcher Rye McGlothin lets out a shout to celebrate the final strike in Thursday night’s 7-6 MHSAA Class 4A win over
Pontotoc at New Hope.
McGlothin helps New Hope hold off Pontotoc in 4A playoff
BY PAUL D. BOWKER
pbowker@cdispatch.com
When Rye McGlothin of New Hope threw
a third strike past Pontotoc’s Reed Imison
on Thursday night, McGlothin celebrated
by shouting and pumping his fists into the
air.
The moment was special.
The strikeout finished off a nail-biting 7-6
victory in a game played at New Hope, and
pulled the Trojans to within one game of the
Mississippi High School Activities Associa-
tion (MHSAA) state championship series in
Class 4A.
“I’m proud of him,” New Hope coach Lee
Boyd said. “He came in and did a good job
in a tough spot.”
New Hope (24-5) can win the 4A North
championship with a win tonight at Ponto-
toc, although threatening weather all week-
end is throwing up a challenge of its own.
If rain persists all weekend, and Game 2
of the best-of-three series isn’t played until
Monday, it backs the schedule up against
the start of the 4A championship series. The
best-of-three title series begins Wednesday
at Trustmark Park in Pearl, where all of the
state’s championship baseball series are be-
ing held next week.
New Hope’s coaches and players began
Thursday afternoon by joining in the pro-
cess of removing tarps and clearing the wa-
ter off the field at Trojan Field so that Game
1 could be played. It’s all in a day’s work.
But for now, forget about the weather.
See new hope, 5B
college tennis
MSU men face TCU in NCAAs
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State men’s tennis coach
Matt Roberts and seniors Nuno Borges
and Trevor Foshey wandered through
the underbelly of Humphrey Coliseum
on Thursday morning.
As they made their way through the
winding halls beneath the basketball
arena, they strode into the Babe McCar-
thy Media Room.
The trio took their seats atop a podi-
um in front of a maroon MSU backdrop.
Roberts joked he hadn’t been in the
room since his introductory press con-
ference five years ago. Neither Borges
nor Foshey had been there before.
But for a program that has now made
the NCAA round of 16 three times in
four years thanks to a senior class that
has brought Roberts’ vision to fruition,
there’s reason for upgraded scenery.
“After my first year, it was tough,”
Peyton Springfield of New Hope stands on second base after hitting a double to
drive in two runs in the first inning for the Trojans.
Roberts said. “It almost broke me and
made realize nothing is easy in life and
you can’t just walk into a position and
succeed. You have to work your butt off.”
“So to see them not only like it here
but turn into these unbelievable men
they are and take what we’ve provided
for them to their lives after college has
been amazing for me to want to contin-
ue this profession and want to continue
my philosophy, my purpose as a head
coach.”
Foshey and Borges are part of a four-
man senior class that also includes Stra-
hinja Rakic and Niclas Braun.
The quartet came to Starkville as part
of Roberts’ first full recruiting class in
the 2015-2016 season. As a group, they
have combined for four straight NCAA
tournament appearances, three round of
16s and one quarterfinal finish.
“Trevor was one of our first guys,”
Roberts said of how the class fell into
See tennis, 5B
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Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch
Tennis state champions!
The Heritage Academy girls and boys teams won the Mississippi Association of
Independent Schools (MAIS) Class AAA state championships on Wednesday in
Vicksburg. Members of the team, from left, front row: Sarah Curtis, Emily Howard,
Kendall Kelly, Elizabeth Nichols, Mary Virginia Fields, Haley Barker and Grayson
Jones; back row, coach Billy Clark, Andrew Kelly, Carter Smith, Johnny Swartz,
Owen Riley, Blake Ward, Rocky Marcel, Drew Knittig and William Laws.
msu baseball
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SECTION
Dawgs, Ole
Miss ready
for rivalry
weekend
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
It’s been just under a year since
Mississippi State coach Chris Lemo-
nis was hired away from Indiana Uni-
versity.
In that time, Lemonis and the Bull-
dogs have faced No. 11 Ole Miss once
— an 8-1 MSU victory in the Gover-
nor’s Cup April 23 in Pearl. But even
with the small sample size, he has a
firm handle on the importance of the
rivalry.
“It’s going to be a
war,” Lemonis said
Wednesday. “There’s a
lot at stake. It’s a really
good team and we’re a
really good team and
it’s a rivalry game so I
think it’s going to be a
lot of fun.” Lemonis
Friday, the Bulldogs
and Rebels will begin a three-game
set in Oxford. This weekend’s series
will be the final regular-season meet-
ing between the two teams.
MSU enters game one having won
seven of its last eight games and five
of its past six Southeastern Confer-
ence contests. It will also mark the
11th game in the last 12 the Bulldogs
will face a team ranked in the Baseball
America Top 25.
The Bulldogs will trot out their
usual pitching contingent of redshirt
junior Ethan Small, freshman JT Ginn
and senior Peyton Plumlee for games
one, two and three, respectively.
Small and Ginn have continuously
held down the top spots in the rota-
tion, while Plumlee is a recent stal-
wart at No. 3.
Plumlee has tossed 16.1 innings
his past three starts, allowing just four
runs on 10 hits and struck out nine.
Ole Miss will turn to junior Will
Ethridge in game one and freshman
Doug Nikhazy in game two. Ethridge
is 5-4 with a 2.80 ERA in 11 starts.
Most recently, he went 7.0 innings
against LSU, giving up four runs on
eight hits.
Nikhazy boasts a 3.22 ERA in nine
starts and has made another six ap-
pearances out of the bullpen.
Since falling to MSU in April, Ole
Miss has won five of its past seven
games, including a 5-1 mark against
conference foes in that span.
The Rebels and Bulldogs have each
won nine of the past 18 meetings in
SEC play against one another, though
MSU is 9-1 in the last 10 games against
Ole Miss.
“What’re they called, ‘The School
up North?’” senior outfielder Elijah
MacNamee joked. “We’re going up
there, we’re going to have fun. It’s go-
ing to be a great, great weekend.”
Photo courtesy Heritage Academy Tennis
2B Friday, May 10, 2019
sec softball
Ole Miss scores 9-4 win over Bulldogs
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
— Mississippi State (33-21) could
not hang on to its three-run lead
as No. 17 Ole Miss (37-16) used a
seventh-run fourth inning to mount
a 9-4 comeback victory Thursday
at Davis Diamond to end the Bull-
dogs’ Southeastern Conference
Tournament run.
MSU used five straight singles
in the top of the third to plate three
runs for the early lead, but the Reb-
els battled back in the fourth with
seven runs, including a grand slam
from Abbey Latham, to complete
the comeback.
The Bulldogs outhit the Rebels
at the plate, 12 to 4, stringing to-
gether 12 singles against the Ole
Miss pitching staff. Junior Candace
Denis led the Bulldogs at the plate
going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Sopho-
more Mia Davidson also turned in a
multi-hit performance, doing 2-for-
4 with an RBI single to her credit.
“We were crushing the ball. We
had twelve hits,” MSU coach Vann
Steudeman said. “We just had to
get them at the right time. I feel like
we didn’t really need a message, we
just kept doing what we were doing.
We were swinging the bat well.”
Emily Williams earned the start
and tossed the first three innings
of the contest. The right-hander al-
lowed just two hits, three walks and
a hit by pitch to give up five runs.
She fanned three in the outing. Fa-
gan tossed the final three innings,
giving up five runs and two hits.
She was charged four runs.
Williams and Rebels’ Moly Ja-
cobsen tossed two scoreless in-
nings before the Bulldogs came
through in the top of the third with
timely hitting. Seniors Bevia Robin-
son and Emily Heimberger led off
the inning with lightning speed as
both beat out bunt singles to get on
base ahead of the heart of the Bull-
dog order.
Davidson knocked her first hit of
the SEC Tournament with an RBI
single to left field to score Robinson
from second. An Ole Miss error on
the throw at the plate allowed both
Heimberger and Davidson to move
up an extra base. Junior Fa Leilua
followed with a single through the
left side to extend the lead before
senior Kat Moore delivered her
third RBI single of the SEC Tourna-
ment with a base hit to right center.
A Rebel error at first base load-
ed the bases with no outs for State,
but relief pitcher Brittany Finney
retired the side to limit State’s dam-
age to three runs.
Ole Miss responded in the bot-
tom of the third getting two run-
ners on with one out after a hit by
pitch and an error at second base.
A deep fly ball to left field allowed
sec track & field
MSU’s javelin throwers sweep SEC podium
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS
FAYET TEVILLE, Ark. – Ander-
son Peters led from his very first
throw. The defending SEC javelin
champion took control early on
his way to breaking his own meet
record for a second straight confer-
ence title.
Mississippi State’s javelin group
stole the show on the first day of
the SEC Championships as the
Bulldogs swept the podium be-
hind Peters’ championship. The St.
Andrews, Grenada, native threw
83.35m (273-5) to become the first
MSU man to successfully defend
a conference championship since
Garry Frank (shot put) did so in
1987.
His performance landed him at
No. 8 on the collegiate all-time list.
Peters has now thrown the Nos. 3,
4, 7 and 8 marks in NCAA history
this season alone. Along the way
he also broke the John McDonnell
Field record that had stood since
2009 and extended his winning
streak in collegiate meets to seven
straight.
Curtis Thompson followed Pe-
ters with a 77.88m (255-6) throw to
place second, and Tyriq Horsford
placed third. Horsford broke his
personal best for the fourth straight
meet with a mark of 72.62m (238-3).
Horsford now ranks second nation-
ally among freshmen.
State’s men held the team lead
after the first day with 24 points, all
coming from the javelin runway. On
the women’s side, Sarah Blake fin-
ished fourth in the javelin to collect
five points after throwing 50.95m
(167-2).
“We had a really good first day
of competition,” interim head coach
Chris Woods said. “With the men
going 1-2-3 in the javelin it puts us
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both base runners to move into
scoring position before a pass ball
allowed an unearned run to score to
cut the lead to 3-1.
The Rebels led off the bottom of
the fourth with a walk and a single
through the left side to break up
Williams’ no-hitter. Tate Whitley
knocked a single up the middle to
plate a run to make it a one-run con-
test.
A hit batter loaded the bases
with no outs for the Rebels, forcing
State to make a pitching change
with leftie freshman Grace Fagan.
A four-pitch walk with the bases
loaded brought home the tying run
to lock the game up at 3-3.
Ole Miss took the lead off an er-
ror on a fielder’s choice play at the
plate before Latham delivered the
big blow with a grand slam to left
field to push the Rebel lead to 8-3.
The Rebels added a run in the bot-
tom of the sixth taking advantage
of a walk, a wild pitch and single to
third to put runners on the corners.
A Kaylee Horton groundout to sec-
ond scored a run to push the lead
to 9-3.
State did not go away, battling in
the seventh inning to plate a run.
Heimberger led off the inning with a
single through the left side followed
by a one-out single to third base
from Leiliua. The Rebels picked up
the second out of the inning with a
fielder’s choice play at second base
to put runners on the corners. De-
nis’ infield single brought home
Heimberger to cut the Rebel lead to
9-4, but Finney closed out the game
with a pop up at third base.
WALK-OFF WIN FOR ALA-
BAMA: Skylar Wallace hit a walk-
off home run in extra innings, giv-
ing the Crimson Tide a 2-1 victory
over Georgia on Thursday night.
Alabama (51-6) fell behind early
after Georgia (40-17) took a lead in
the top of the fourth but the Tide an-
swered back quickly with a run in
the bottom half to tie it at 1-1. That
remained the score through regula-
tion, as the game went to extra in-
nings. In the bottom of the eighth,
freshman Skylar Wallace crushed
the sixth pitch of her at-bat, send-
ing the ball over the fence against
a strong wind for Alabama’s third
walk-off victory of the season.
“When Skylar hit her home run
ball, that really was the only spot in
the whole field where a ball could’ve
gone out tonight, right over the
ESPN set in right center,” UA head
coach Patrick Murphy said. “Ob-
viously, she got every bit of it, be-
cause it hit the top of the set.”
Wallace’s home run was part of
a 2-for-3 day, driving in both of the
Tide’s run on a bases-loaded walk
and the eighth-inning home run.
Sophomore Maddie Morgan also
tallied a pair of hits, batting sev-
in great position to reach our team
goals. The 800 men did what they
needed to do in order to ensure us
much-needed points on the final
day.”
The Bulldogs advanced five of
their six 800m runners to Satur-
day’s finals. Daniel Nixon post-
ed the second-fastest time in the
prelims while winning his heat in
1:48.96. Dejon Devroe was right on
his heels, finishing second in the
heat and third overall in 1:49.11.
Marco Arop also won his heat in
1:49.60 to move on.
Charlotte Cayton-Smith and
Alon Lewis both advanced as well.
Cayton-Smith clocked in at 2:06.11
to place second in the prelims. Lew-
is was second in her heat with a
time of 2:08.03.
Two 400-meter hurdlers made
it through the prelims. Rasheed
Tatham ran a personal-best 50.13 to
move into fourth in school history
and finished second. Riley White
ran the eighth-fastest time in the
women’s prelims, crossing the line
in 59.93 to advance to Saturday.
Through one day of heptathlon
competition, Zaria Tillman is fifth
with 3,231 points. That total is 44
points higher than her previous ca-
reer-best first-day total. Asia Poe is
seventh with 3,104 points.
“On the women’s side our first
day went better than expected with
Sarah [Blake] placing higher than
she was seeded in the javelin along
with getting finalists in the 800 as
well as the 400 hurdles” Woods
added. “Zaria [Tillman] and Asia
[Poe] are performing well enough
to score big points for the program
also. The important thing to do on
both sides is take the momentum
we’ve garnered and continue to
build upon that going into Day 2.”
OLE MISS: Rebels sophomore
enth, while junior Claire Jenkins
drew a career-high three walks.
Freshman Montana Fouts (15-3)
went the distance in the circle, al-
lowing just one run on four hits with
nine strikeouts.
“Fouts did a great job for us,”
Murphy said. “I was really worried
with how many people we were leav-
ing on base. It was a bunch when I
looked down on the stat sheet; it
was a way too many. We said at the
bottom of the eighth, the first team
that really executes well is going
to win the game, and we need to
do that. So, Skylar took care of the
rest, and Montana was very, very
good in the circle.”
Alabama had the only hit for
either team through the first two
innings before sophomore Maddie
Morgan tallied the second of the
day to lead off the bottom of the
third. A pair of groundouts put two
outs on the board but moved Mor-
gan to third and a pair of walk then
loaded the bases. A groundout end-
ed the threat as it remained score-
less heading to the fourth.
Alyssa DiCarlo tallied the Bull-
dogs’ first hit of the day to lead off
the fourth with a double in the gap.
Alysen Febrey followed with what
looked to be an RBI double but
Murphy challenged the call. After
a short review, the call was upheld
as a fair ball and Georgia led 1-0.
The runner advanced to third on a
groundout and, following a strike-
out, a walk put runners at the cor-
ners with two out. A popup ended
the half-inning with the Bulldogs in
front by one.
Junior Claire Jenkins led off the
bottom of the fourth with a walk
and sophomore KB Sides laid down
a bunt behind her. A great stretch
attempt at first went for naught as
the umpire ruled her foot was off
the bag. That play was challenged
by Georgia head coach Lu Har-
ris-Champer but was upheld as
Sides was safe on the throwing er-
ror. Senior Reagan Dykes was then
hit by the first pitch of her at-bat
to load the bases. The teams were
briefly called off the field for what
looked to be weather delay but were
quickly brought back out. A fly ball
to left went for out number one, too
shallow for a sacrifice fly, and then
freshman Skylar Wallace drew the
bases-loaded walk to tie the game
at 1-1.
After recording two outs on two
pitches to start the eighth Geor-
gia hit back-to-back singles, but a
strikeout ended the Bulldog half of
the inning. Wallace led off the Al-
abama half of the eighth, battling
through five pitches before sending
the sixth over the wall with a mighty
swing against a strong wind, giving
Alabama the 2-1 win.
Clio Ozanne-Jaques earned a silver
medal in the women’s 10K to close
out the action at Day One of the
SEC Outdoor Championships on
Thursday night.
All six Rebel women in the 10K
started off the race in a tight pack,
with Ozanne-Jaques sticking to-
ward the front as a group of about
10 runners emerged from the re-
mainder of the group. That pack
raced neck and neck until there
was roughly two miles remaining,
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Conference USA regular-season championship continues this weekend New Hope at Pontotoc, 7 p.m. Baltimore 13 24 .351 10½ (2), Goldschmidt (4), Ozuna (8), Molina (11), C.T. Pan 32-34—66 -5
Central Division De.Fowler (7), Wong 2 (6). HR_G.Polanco (2). Keith Mitchell 32-34—66 -5
when they travel to Houston to play league-rival Rice. ACAA State Tournament, Cottondale, Ala., TBA W L Pct GB IP H R ER BB SO Daniel Berger 32-34—66 -5
Game times for the series include a 6:30 p.m., start for Friday, at Minnesota 23 12 .657 — Pittsburgh J.J. Spaun 32-34—66 -5
Saturday’s Games Cleveland 20 16 .556 3½ Musgrove L,1-4 3 6 8 8 5 3 Michael Thompson 33-33—66 -5
2 p.m., Saturday, and conclude the set with a 1 p.m. first pitch, Sunday, Detroit 16 18 .471 6½ Holmes 2 3 3 2 2 3 Roberto Díaz 32-34—66 -5
MHSAA North State Championship Neverauskas 1 4 5 5 1 3 Justin Harding 32-34—66 -5
from Reckling Park. Chicago 16 20 .444 7½
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The Golden Eagles (31-15 overall, 18-6 C-USA), which managed Pontotoc at New Hope, 7 p.m. Kansas City 13 25 .342 11½
West Division St. Louis Seth Reeves 32-34—66 -5
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tests to play. Southern Miss plays host to UAB next Thursday-Saturday Texas 17 18 .486 4½ Brebbia 1 0 0 0 0 0 Andres Romero 34-33—67 -4
to finish up the regular season. The magic number to clinch the title is Prep Baseball Los Angeles
Oakland
17 20 .459 5½
17 22 .436 6½
Musgrove pitched to 2 batters in the 4th
HBP_by Holmes (Martinez). WP_Neverauskas.
Beau Hossler
Nate Lashley
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Timmons; Second, Ryan Additon; Third, Mike
Cameron Davis
Zack Sucher
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longest rivals in C-USA play in Rice. The Owls enter the weekend at 21- Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 3 T_3:30. A_38,925 (45,538). Hideki Matsuyama 34-33—67 -4
Saturday’s Games Mackenzie Hughes 34-33—67 -4
27 overall and 12-12 in league play under first-year coach Matt Bragga,
Seattle 10, N.Y. Yankees 1
Boston 2, Baltimore 1, 12 innings Astros 4, Rangers 2 Pat Perez 32-35—67 -4
who led Tennessee Tech to a NCAA Super Regional last season. He ACAA State Tournament, Cottondale, Ala., TBA Minnesota 9, Toronto 1 Texas Houston Martin Laird 34-33—67 -4
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Andrus ss 4 1 1 0 Altuve 2b 3 0 1 0 Bill Haas 33-35—68 -3
season, after leading the Owls for 27 years. Today’s Games
Oakland 5, Cincinnati 4, 13 innings
Mazara rf 4 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 2 0 0 1 Ben Crane 34-34—68 -3
Thursday’s Games
This series dates back to 2006, which was the first year Rice joined Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 0, 5 innings Pence dh 3 1 1 2 Correa ss 3 1 0 0 Brian Gay 35-33—68 -3
C-USA. While the Owls have captured nine of 13 series against the Texas A&M at Alabama, 6 p.m. L.A. Angels 13, Detroit 0 Gallo cf 4 0 0 0 Gurriel 1b 4 1 2 0 Ryan Palmer 35-33—68 -3
Cincinnati 3, Oakland 0 Odor 2b 3 0 0 0 White dh 4 0 1 0 Russell Knox 32-36—68 -3
Golden Eagles, Southern Miss has won the last three. In fact, there has Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Yankees 3, Seattle 1 A.Cbrra 3b 3 0 1 0 R.Chrns c 2 0 0 0 Brendon Todd 34-34—68 -3
Guzman 1b 2 0 0 0 Reddick lf-rf 4 0 1 1 Harris English 33-35—68 -3
only been one series sweep, and that one went to the Owls during the Southern Miss at Rice, 6:30 p.m. Houston 4, Texas 2
Friday’s Games Mathis c 2 0 0 0 Mrsnick cf 3 1 1 0 Alex Prugh 34-34—68 -3
initial C-USA meeting in 2006. Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels (Cahill 1-3) at Baltimore (Straily Da.Sntn ph 1 0 0 0 Brntley ph-lf 0 0 0 1 Chad Collins 33-35—68 -3
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Junior catcher/designated hitter Bryant Bowen continues to lead 1-2), 7:05 p.m.
Texas A&M at Alabama, 2 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Covey 0-1) at Toronto (Bu- Totals 28 2 3 2 Totals 30 4 9 4 Julián Etulain 35-33—68 -3
the Golden Eagles offensively with a .369 batting average, while soph- chholz 0-2), 7:07 p.m. Texas 000 200 000—2 Davis Riley 33-35—68 -3
omore outfielder Gabe Montenegro is next at .324, followed by senior Southern Miss at Rice, 2 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (German 6-1) at Tampa Bay Houston 001 011 01x—4 Ollie Schniederjans 32-36—68 -3
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first baseman Hunter Slater at .321. Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. Seattle (Swanson 1-3) at Boston (Rodriguez ton 9. HR_Pence (6), Springer (13). SF_Breg- Jordan Spieth 33-35—68 -3
man (4).
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Alabama home to face 18th-Ranked Texas A&M Today’s Games Texas (Lynn 4-2) at Houston (Verlander 5-1), Minor L,3-3
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A&M to Sewell-Thomas from Friday through Sunday for the Crimson Arkansas) ley 3-3), 8:15 p.m. Gomez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Na 35-34—69 -2
Cleveland (Anderson 0-1) at Oakland (Montas Houston Ernie Els 33-36—69 -2
Tide’s final home series of the 2019 campaign. Miley W,3-2 6 2 2 2 2 7 Aaron Wise 34-35—69 -2
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The final weekend at The Joe will feature numerous promotions
when the Crimson Tide squares off with Texas A&M. Saturday’s match- College Tennis Chicago White Sox (Nova 1-3) at Toronto (Stro-
man 1-5), 3:07 p.m.
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ond, Manny Gonzalez; Third, Jim Wolf.
Sebastián Muñoz
Stephan Jaeger
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recognize its four seniors on-field prior to first pitch. The list of seniors NCAA Super Regional
4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Harvey 1-3) at Baltimore (Bundy
Yankees 3, Mariners 1 PGA Champions Tour —
Seattle New York
includes Joe Breaux, Sam Finnerty, Keith Holcombe and Jeremy Ran- TCU at MSU, 1 p.m.
1-4), 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-1) at Tampa Bay
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dolph. The Tide baseball program will also recognize manager Brady D.Grdon 2b 0 0 0 0 LMahieu 1b 4 1 2 0 Thursday
(Snell 3-3), 6:10 p.m.
Carpenter as part of the pregame ceremonies.
The Crimson Tide will celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday. As part
on the air Philadelphia (Eflin 4-3) at Kansas City (Keller
2-3), 7:15 p.m.
Detroit (TBD) at Minnesota (Perez 5-0), 8:10
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Bruce ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Gardner cf 4 1 0 0
Haniger rf 4 0 0 0 C.Frzer dh 4 1 1 0
At Trinity Forest GC (Founders course)
Birmingham, Ala.
Purse: $2.4 million
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of the celebration, moms can pick up their Alabama Baseball coffee Today p.m., 2nd game
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mug at the gates. Also, the mothers of the four Alabama seniors will p.m.
AUTO RACING T.Bckhm ss 3 0 0 0 Tuchman lf 4 0 1 0 Willie Wood 34-35—69
throw out the ceremonial pitch prior to the game. National League Vglbach dh 3 0 0 0 Maybin rf 3 0 1 1 Mike Goodes 36-34—70
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practice session 2, Barcelona, ESPNU Totals 27 1 2 1 Totals 33 3 9 3 Scott Parel 36-35—71
EMCC to conduct baseball tryouts May 19 3:30 p.m. — NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck
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baseball tryouts on May 19 at Gerald Poole Field on the Scooba Series: qualifying, Kansas City, Mo., FS1 New York 17 20 .459 4½
attle 4, New York 7. 2B_Torres (9), Maybin (1). Jeff Sluman 38-35—73
Washington 15 22 .405 6½
campus. 3:30 p.m. — IndyCar Racing: INDYCAR Grand Miami 10 27 .270 11½ HR_Do.Santana (8). SB_D.Moore (2), Gardner
(4). CS_D.Gordon (2).
Lee Janzen
Rocco Mediate
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Central Division
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Seattle Retief Goosen 38-36—74
NJCAA eligibility remaining. Tryouts are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. 6 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series:
Chicago 22 13 .629 —
Leake L,2-4 7 6 1 1 0 2 Steve Flesch 37-38—75
Milwaukee 23 16 .590 1
Interested players are encouraged to contact EMCC assistant St. Louis 22 16 .579 1½ Sadzeck 1 3 2 2 1 2 Tim Petrovic 39-36—75
baseball coach Trent Waddell via email (twaddell@eastms.edu) for qualifying, Kansas City, Mo., FS1 Pittsburgh 17 17 .500 4½ New York Tommy Armour III 38-38—76
Cincinnati 16 22 .421 7½ Happ W,2-3 5 1 0 0 3 7 Leaderboard at time of suspended play
additional information in advance of EMCC’s baseball tryouts. 7:30 p.m. — NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck West Division Ottavino H,7 1 0 0 0 1 1 Golfer Score Thru
Kahnle H,4 1 0 0 0 0 1 Glen Day -7 16
No tryout fee is required. Participants are asked to bring their own Series: NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series W L Pct GB
Britton H,5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Miguel Angel Jiménez -5 17
Los Angeles 25 15 .625 —
baseball equipment to the tryout session, including gloves, cleats, bats Race at Kansas, Kansas City, Mo., FS1 Arizona 22 16 .579 2 Chapman S,8-9 1 1 1 1 0 1 David Toms -5 13
J.Happ pitched to 1 batter in the 6th Billy Andrade -4 F
and helmets. Catchers are asked to bring their own catching gear as San Diego 21 17 .553 3
well. 4:55 a.m. (Saturday) — Formula One: Span- Colorado 17 20 .459 6½ HBP_by Happ (Gordon).
Umpires_Home, Ed Hickox; First, Carlos
Willie Wood
Bernhard Langer
-3
-3
F
17
San Francisco 16 21 .432 7½
ish Grand Prix, practice session 3, Barcelona, Wednesday’s Games Torres; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Angel
Hernandez.
Steve Jones
Steve Stricker
-3
-3
15
13
San Francisco at Colorado, ppd.
ESPN2
GOLF COLLEGE BASEBALL
Texas 9, Pittsburgh 6
Arizona 3, Tampa Bay 2, 13 innings
Milwaukee 7, Washington 3
T_2:54. A_37,016 (47,309).
Rockies 12, Giants 11 Transactions
San Francisco Colorado
6 p.m. — Kentucky at South Carolina, SEC Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 0
San Diego 3, N.Y. Mets 2
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BASEBALL
Ole Miss’ Johnson earns Second Team All-SEC Honors 7 p.m. — Indiana at Michigan, ESPNU Chicago Cubs 3, Miami 2, 11 innings
Oakland 5, Cincinnati 4, 13 innings
Duggar rf 3 2 0 0 Blckmon rf 5 2 2 0
Austin 1b 5 2 2 6 Story ss 4 2 2 1 American League
A pair of Ole Miss women’s golf sophomores earned SEC postsea- S.Dyson p 0 0 0 0 Arenado 3b 4 2 3 3 NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed LHP Nestor
COLLEGE SOFTBALL L.A. Dodgers 9, Atlanta 4 Lngoria 3b 4 0 1 0 M.Rynld 1b 5 2 2 3 Cortes, Jr. and selected him to the 25-man
son recognition, the conference office announced Thursday. Thursday’s Games Wllmson lf 5 0 0 0 Estevez p 0 0 0 0 roster. Transferred RHP Dellin Betances to the
Julia Johnson was named second team All-Southeastern 10 a.m. — Big 10 Tournament: Teams TBD, BTN Chicago Cubs 4, Miami 1 Pillar cf 5 2 2 0 Oberg p 0 0 0 0 60-day IL.
Colorado 12, San Francisco 11 B.Crwfr ss 4 2 1 1 W.Davis p 0 0 0 0 TEXAS RANGERS — Activated 1B Ronald
Conference, while Conner Beth Ball claimed a spot on the Community 12 p.m. — Southland Tournament: Teams TBD, Cincinnati 3, Oakland 0 A.Grcia c 2 1 0 0 Tapia lf 5 1 2 0 Guzmán from 10-day IL. Placed RHP Shawn
St. Louis 17, Pittsburgh 4
Service Team. ESPNU Arizona 3, Atlanta 2, 10 innings
Panik ph-2b 1 1 1 1 Desmond cf 2 2 1 2 Kelley on 10-day IL, retroactive to May 6. Re-
Solano 2b 3 0 1 1 McMahon 2b 5 0 0 0 called RHP Wei-Chieh Huang from Nashville
Johnson, who was named SEC Freshman of the Year last season, Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 0
12 p.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, Friday’s Games
Vogt ph-c 2 0 1 1 Innetta c 3 1 1 2 (PCL).
National League
led the team in stroke average this year (72.74) and rounds under par Milwaukee (Gonzalez 0-0) at Chicago Cubs
D.Hllnd p 1 0 0 0 Freland p 1 0 0 0
(18). FS2 (Quintana 4-1), 2:20 p.m.
Gott p 0 0 0 0 Dahl ph 1 0 0 0 NEW YORK METS — Placed LHP Steven Matz
on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 5. Recalled
Sndoval ph 1 0 0 0 B.Shaw p 0 0 0 0
The St. Gabriel, Louisiana, native finished runner-up individually at 12:30 p.m. — Big 10 Tournament: Teams TBD, Miami (Lopez 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 2-2),
7:10 p.m.
Beede p 0 1 0 0 D.Mrphy ph-1b 2 0 1 1 1B Dominic Smith from Syracuse (IL).
Mlancon p 0 0 0 0 PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Selected the
the SEC Championship in April, the highest finish by a Rebel golfer in BTN Philadelphia (Arrieta 4-2) at Kansas City (Bai- Bergen p 0 0 0 0 contract of RHP Montana DuRapau from Indi-
ley 3-3), 8:15 p.m.
the conference championship in program history. 3 p.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, FS1 Pittsburgh (Williams 1-1) at St. Louis (Wain-
Belt ph-1b 1 0 0 0 anapolis (IL).
Totals 37 11 9 10 Totals 37 12 14 12 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed LHP
Johnson becomes the third Rebel in program history to be selected wright 3-3), 8:15 p.m. San Francisco 002 303 012—11 Drew Pomeranz placed on 10-day IL and C
to multiple all-conference teams, joining Megan Breen (1996, 1997, 3:30 p.m. — Big 10 Tournament: Teams TBD, San Diego (Lauer 2-3) at Colorado (Marquez Colorado 340 013 01x—12 Buster Posey placed on the 7-day concussion
3-2), 8:40 p.m. E_Tapia (1), Desmond (2). DP_Colorado 1. list. Recalled C Aramis Garcia and RHP Tyler
1999) and Dori Carter (2008, 2009). BTN Atlanta (Teheran 2-4) at Arizona (Greinke 5-1), LOB_San Francisco 6, Colorado 12. 2B_Pillar Beede from Sacramento (PCL).
9:40 p.m.
“We are so proud of Julia’s accomplishments.” Ole Miss head 3:30 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Teams TBD, Washington (Sanchez 0-5) at L.A. Dodgers
(4), B.Crawford (4), Vogt (2), Blackmon (12), WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to
Story (7), M.Reynolds (3), Tapia (7), Iannetta terms with OF Gerardo Parra on a one-year
coach Kory Henkes said. “She has been such a rock for our team and ESPN2 (Maeda 3-2), 10:10 p.m. (4). HR_Austin 2 (2), Arenado (10), M.Reynolds contract. Placed OF Andrew Stevenson on the
Cincinnati (Castillo 3-1) at San Francisco (Ro-
consistently been in contention week in and week out. Being named to driguez 3-4), 10:15 p.m.
(4), Desmond (4). SB_Story (8). S_Freeland 10-day IL, retroactive to May 7.
the All-SEC team solidifies her hard work.” 6 p.m. — Big 10 Tournament: Teams TBD, BTN Saturday’s Games
(2). American Association
IP H R ER BB SO TEXAS AIRHOGS — Signed OF Javion Randle
6 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Teams TBD, ESPN2 Pittsburgh (Lyles 2-1) at St. Louis (Mikolas 4-2),
2:15 p.m.
San Francisco and LHP Sean Stutzman.
Holland 2 2-3 7 7 7 4 2 FOOTBALL
GOLF Milwaukee (Davies 4-0) at Chicago Cubs National Football League
Alabama’s Jeon named First Team All-SEC 9:30 a.m. — European Tour Golf: British Mas-
(Hamels 3-0), 2:20 p.m.
Miami (Alcantara 1-3) at N.Y. Mets (TBD), 7:10
Gott
Beede L,0-1
1-3 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 2 2 3 2 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed QB Kyler
Alabama junior Jiwon Jeon was named to the 2019 Southeastern Melancon 1 2 2 2 2 3 Murray to a four-year contract. Signed CB
p.m. Bergen 1 0 0 0 0 2 Byron Murphy, DL Zach Allen, WR Keesaen
Conference First Team, the league office announced on Thursday. In ters, second round, England, GOLF Philadelphia (Eflin 4-3) at Kansas City (Keller Dyson 1 2 1 1 0 2 Johnson, OL Josh Miles and TE Caleb Wilson.
2-3), 7:15 p.m. ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with
addition to Jeon’s recognition, sophomore Angelica Moresco earned a 11 a.m. — PGA Tour Champions Golf: Regions Atlanta (Gausman 1-3) at Arizona (Kelly 3-3),
Colorado
Freeland 5 4 5 3 4 3 OT Kaleb McGary and DB Kendall Sheffield.
spot on the conference’s Community Service Team. Tradition, second round, Hoover, Alaska, GOLF 8:10 p.m. Shaw W,2-0 BS,1 1 1 3 3 2 2 BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Pat Moriarty
San Diego (Lucchesi 3-2) at Colorado (Gray senior vice president of football operations; Joe
Jeon, who came to the Capstone from Daytona State, has been 3-3), 8:10 p.m.
Estevez H,4 1 1 1 1 1 2
one of the Crimson Tide’s steadiest players throughout her junior year.
2:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: AT&T Byron Nelson, Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-1) at San Francisco
Oberg H,4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hortiz director of player personnel; George
Kokinis director of player personnel; Chad
Davis S,6-6 1 3 2 2 0 3
She is currently ranked No. 9 overall in the latest Golfstat collegiate second round, Dallas, Texas, GOLF (Samardzija 2-1), 9:05 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 1-4) at L.A. Dodgers
Beede pitched to 1 batter in the 6th Alexander assistant director of pro & college
Estevez pitched to 2 batters in the 8th personnel; Mark Azevedo player personnel
rankings and No. 10 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings. 4:30 a.m. (Friday) — European Tour Golf: British (Buehler 4-0), 9:10 p.m. HBP_by Melancon (Story). WP_Beede. coordinator; Jameel McClain director of player
Coming off a stellar season at Alabama, Jeon is the only golfer on Masters, third round, England, GOLF Nationals 6, Dodgers 0 Umpires_Home, Nic Lentz; First, James Hoye;
Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Ted Barrett.
engagement; Vincent Newsome senior player
personnel executive; David McDonald director
this year’s team to win a medalist honor, doing so in grand fashion when Washington Los Angeles of research and development; Joey Cleary
T_3:56. A_25,368 (50,398).
she won the Schooner Fall Classic crown with a 17-under par 196,
MLB BASEBALL ab r h bi ab r h bi Northeast area scout; Nick Matteo director of
1 p.m. — Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, MLB
Eaton lf 4 1 1 0 K.Hrnan cf-2b 3 0 0 0
V.Rbles rf 4 1 0 0 J.Trner 3b 4 0 1 0
Reds 3, Athletics 0 football administration and Sarah Snyder direc-
setting the program record for both 54-hole total and relation to par in Rendon 3b 4 2 2 1 Bllnger rf 2 0 1 0
Cincinnati Oakland tor of sports nutrition.
a tournament. 6 p.m. — Seattle at Boston OR NY Yankees at ab r h bi ab r h bi BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DT Ed Oliver, OT
Kndrick 1b 5 1 2 4 Freese 1b 3 0 2 0 Senzel cf 4 0 0 0 Semien ss 3 0 1 0 Cody Ford, RB Devin Singletary, LB Vosean Jo-
Moresco, a two-year letterwinner for the Crimson Tide, served B.Dzier 2b 4 0 1 0 Verdugo ph-cf 1 0 0 0
Tampa Bay, MLB Dlittle p 0 0 0 0 Muncy 2b-1b 4 0 0 0
E.Sarez 3b 4 2 3 1 Profar 2b 3 0 0 0
Detrich dh 2 1 1 2 Hundley c 0 0 0 0
seph, S JaQuan Johnson, DE Darryl Johnson,
TE Tommy Sweeney, QB Tyree Jackson, CB
as the women’s golf representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Gomes c 3 0 0 1 Seager ss 3 0 0 0
NBA BASKETBALL Difo ss 4 0 1 0 C.Tylor lf 4 0 0 0
Casali ph-dh 1 0 1 0 M.Chpmn 3b 4 0 0 0 Cam Lewis, LB Tyrel Dodson, LB Juwan Fog-
Committee (SAAC), leading all Crimson Tide women’s golfers in total M.Tylor cf 4 0 2 0 Ru.Mrtn c 4 0 2 0
Puig rf 4 0 1 0 M.Olson 1b 4 0 2 0 gie, WR David Sills, WR Nick Easley, OL Blake
hours served in the community. 7 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Teams TBD, ESPN Corbin p 2 0 0 0 R.Hill p 0 0 0 0
VnMeter lf 4 0 0 0 Morales dh 3 0 0 0 Hance and K Chase McLaughlin.
Lrenzen pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Pscotty rf 4 0 1 0 CAROLINA PANTHERS — Named Mark Car-
Postseason play continues for Moresco next week at the NCAA 9:30 p.m. — NBA Playoff: Teams TBD, ESPN Brrclgh p 0 0 0 0 d’Arnud ph 1 0 0 0
Ad.Snch 2b 1 1 0 0 Y.Grcia p 0 0 0 0
J.Iglss ss 4 0 1 0 Pinder lf-2b 3 0 1 0 rier executive director of football staff; Rob
Brnhart c 3 0 0 0 Lureano cf 4 0 1 0 Rogers executive director of player finance and
Women’s Golf Championships. The event runs May 17-22 at University
of Arkansas at the Blessings Golf Club, in Fayetteville, Ark.
Saturday A.Brnes ph 1 0 0 0
Floro p 0 0 0 0
K.Frmer 1b 3 0 0 0 Phegley c 2 0 0 0
Peraza 2b 3 0 1 0 Grssman ph-lf 1 0 0 0
football research; Jeff Morrow executive direc-
tor of player personnel; Eric Stokes director of
J.Kelly p 0 0 0 0
AUTO RACING Pderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 31 0 6 0 college scouting; and Chris Herbert director of
Cincinnati 201 000 000—3 video. Signed QB Will Grier, LB/DE Christian
7 a.m. — FIA Auto Racing: Monaco E-Prix, quali- Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 31 0 6 0
RODEO fying, Monaco, FS2
Washington
Los Angeles
300 000 021—6
000 000 000—0
Oakland 000 000 000—0
E_M.Chapman (4), E.Suarez (6). DP_Cincin-
nati 2, Oakland 1. LOB_Cincinnati 3, Oakland
Miller, RB Jordan Scarlett, OT Dennis Daley
and WR Terry Godwin.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Waived QB
E_J.Turner (1), Muncy (3), J.Kelly (1). DP_ 8. 2B_E.Suarez 2 (7), J.Iglesias (7), M.Olson Cody Kessler, LB Blair Brown, G Parker
7:55 a.m. — Formula One: Spanish Grand Prix, Washington 2, Los Angeles 1. LOB_Washing- (1), Piscotty (7), Pinder (8). HR_E.Suarez (11), Ehinger, RB Dimitri Flowers, RB David Williams
EMCC places third at Ranger Rodeo qualifying, Barcelona, ESPN2
ton 7, Los Angeles 9. 2B_Eaton (5), Rendon
(11). HR_Kendrick (6). SB_Eaton (5), Rendon
Dietrich (10). SB_Puig (5), Lorenzen (2). CS_E.
Suarez (2).
and LB Donald Payne. Signed QB Gardner Min-
shew, OT Jawaan Taylor, TE Josh Oliver, RB
(1). CS_V.Robles (2). S_Corbin (3). Ryquell Armstead and DT Dontavius Russell.
6:30 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati
IP H R ER BB SO
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed OL Jordan Mills
SENATOBIA – The East Mississippi Community College rodeo Washington
Series: The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Corbin W,3-1 7 3 0 0 4 8
Roark W,3-1 6 3 0 0 2 3 to a one-year contract.
teams closed out the regular-season portion of their NIRA Ozark Barraclough 2-3 2 0 0 0 0
Garrett H,5 2-3 1 0 0 1 1 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed LB Joey
Region schedule by recently earning third-place team finishes in both Race at Kansas, Kansas City, Mo., FS1 Doolittle 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1
Hernandez H,5 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 Alfieri, T Ryan Bates, LB T.J. Edwards, RB Nico
Iglesias S,7-9 1 1 0 0 1 1 Evans, G Nate Herbig, G Sua Opeta, C Kee-
2:30 p.m. — IndyCar: Grand Prix, Indianapolis, Los Angeles
men’s and women’s competition at the annual Ranger Rodeo hosted by Hill L,0-1 5 5 3 3 2 5
Oakland gan Render, DT Anthony Rush, WR DeAndre
Bassitt L,1-1 7 2-3 7 3 3 1 9 Thompkins and DT Kevin Wilkins.
Northwest Mississippi Community College. The three-day event was Ind., NBC Garcia 2 1 0 0 0 1 Buchter 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Doug
Floro 1 2 2 0 0 1
held April 25-27 at the Northwest Multipurpose Arena. BOXING Kelly 1 1 1 0 1 0
Wendelken 1 1 0 0 0 2 Baldwin and S Kam Chancellor.
HBP_by Roark (Semien). WP_Wendelken. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed CB
The University of Tennessee at Martin rodeo teams claimed both HBP_by Hill (Rendon), by Corbin (Hernandez). Umpires_Home, Ryan Blakney; First, Brian Sean Murphy-Bunting, LB Anthony Nelson,
team titles in Senatobia with men’s and women’s team victories over 7 p.m. — PBC Fight Night: Hurd-Williams, FOX Umpires_Home, Gerry Davis; First, Pat O’Nora; Second, Mark Ripperger; Third, Jeff PK Matt Gay, WR Scotty Miller and DL Terry
Hoberg; Second, Jeremie Rehak; Third, Brian Kellogg. Beckner Jr.
runner-up Missouri Valley College. 9 p.m. — Top Rank Boxing: Main Event, Ber- Knight. T_2:36. A_19,694 (46,765). TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed RB Alex
T_3:11. A_42,851 (56,000).
On the men’s side, EMCC collected all 420 team points in the chelt-Vargas, Tucson, Ariz., ESPN Barnes, DE Amani Bledsoe, CB Hamp
team roping competition. Morgan Mills partnered with West Alabama’s Diamondbacks 3, Indians 5, White Sox 0, Cheevers, T Cody Conway, S Jonathan Craw-
10 p.m. — PBC Fight Night: Hurd-Williams , FS1 5 innings ford, T A.T. Hall, NT Braxton Hoyett, DT Isaiah
Hunter Crofford to post a pair of winning 7.1-second runs and earn 180 Braves 2, 10 innings Mack, WR Anthony Ratliff-Williams, LB Derick
team points for each school. The EMCC tandem of Weston Pender and COLLEGE BASEBALL Atlanta Arizona
Chicago Cleveland
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Roberson, CB Taj-Amir Torres and WR Isaac
ab r h bi ab r h bi Zico.
Clay Green tied for second-place honors and garnered a total of 240 11 a.m. — Kentucky at South Carolina, SEC Albies 2b 5 0 1 1 J.Dyson cf 4 0 1 0
L.Grcia cf 2 0 0 0 Lindor ss 3 0 1 1
Moncada 3b 2 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 3 0 0 0
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed QB
Dnldson 3b 3 1 1 1 E.Escbr 3b 4 0 2 0 Dwayne Haskins, RB Bryce Love, G Wes Mar-
points between them. 1 p.m. — LSU at Arkansas, ESPN2 F.Frman 1b 4 0 1 0 D.Prlta lf 5 1 2 1
J.Abreu dh 2 0 1 0 Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0 tin, C Ross Pierschbacher, LB Cole Holcomb,
In the women’s competition, EMCC’s Carli Hodges captured the Y.Alnso 1b 2 0 1 0 C.Sntna 1b 3 0 1 0 WR Kelvin Harmon, CB Jimmy Moreland and
2 p.m. — Tennessee vs. Florida, SEC Acn Jr. lf 4 0 1 0 A.Jones rf 5 0 1 0
Mrkakis rf 4 0 0 0 C.Wlker 1b 4 1 1 0
J.McCnn c 2 0 0 0 Luplow cf 3 2 2 2 LB Jordan Brailford.
2018-19 Ozark Region barrel racing championship by claiming her Dlmnico lf 2 0 0 0 C.Gnzal dh 3 1 1 0 Canadian Football League
fourth regional event title of the season at the Northwest-hosted season 7 p.m. — Maryland at Minnesota, BTN D.Swnsn ss 3 0 0 0 Flores 2b 4 0 2 1
B.McCnn c 4 0 1 0 Dplnter p 0 0 0 0
Ti.Andr ss 2 0 0 0 Bauers lf 1 2 1 0 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Named Derek Os-
Tilson rf 2 0 0 0 R.Perez c 2 0 2 1
finale. The Summerdale, Alabama, native won the short go and the 8:30 p.m. — Indiana State at Dallas Baptist, Clbrson pr 0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 2 1 0 0 Y.Sanch 2b 1 0 0 0 Naquin rf 1 0 0 0
walt defensive assistant coach. Announced
the resignation of defensive assistant coach
Minter p 0 0 0 0 C.Kelly c 4 0 1 0 Totals 17 0 2 0 Totals 23 5 9 4
average to earn 160 points for her win and increase her season total ESPNU Incarte cf 2 1 0 0 Weaver p 2 0 0 0 Chicago 000 00—0
William Fields to become the defensive backs
Soroka p 2 0 0 0 I.Vrgas ph 1 0 0 0 coach for Tampa (XFL).
to a region-best 865 points for a No. 5 national ranking in the event. COLLEGE BEACH VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 Andrese p 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 020 03—5 WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR
Hodges’ overall regional championship in the barrel racing competition E_Banuelos (1). LOB_Chicago 2, Cleveland Lucky Whitehead.
Joyce ph 1 0 0 0 Swihart ph 1 0 0 0
automatically qualifies her for the College National Finals Rodeo to be 5 p.m. — Collegiate Championships: From Her- Winkler p 0 0 0 0 G.Hllnd p 0 0 0 0
10. 2B_Y.Alonso (4), Lindor (1), Bauers (4).
HR_Luplow 2 (2). S_Naquin (1).
HOCKEY
L.Jcksn p 0 0 0 0 K.Marte 2b 1 0 1 1 National Hockey League
held June 9-15 in Casper, Wyoming. mosa Beach, Calif., NBCSN Flowers ph-c 1 0 0 0
IP H R ER BB SO DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed D Dylan
Chicago McIlrath to a two-year contract extension.
Totals 33 2 5 2 Totals 37 3 11 3
Also for the EMCC women, sophomore Jadi Gibbs garnered 95 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Atlanta 001 000 001 0—2
Banuelos L,2-2 4 1-3 8 5 5 5 5 ECHL
points for her second-place tie in the breakaway roping competition at Osich 2-3 1 0 0 1 1 READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with
11 a.m. — ACC Tournament: Teams TBD, ESPN Arizona 010 000 001 1—3
DP_Atlanta 1, Arizona 1. LOB_Atlanta 5, Arizo-
Cleveland coach and director of hockey operations Kirk
Northwest. Lady Lion freshman Kayley Kennemer earned 25 points in Carrasco W,3-3 5 2 0 0 0 6 MacDonald on a two-year extension through
breakaway roping and another 20 points in barrel racing to contribute to 11 a.m. — American Athletic Championship: na 15. 2B_Albies (7), Acuna Jr. (4), E.Escobar WP_Banuelos. the 2020-21 season.
(10), Flores (7). 3B_C.Walker (1). HR_Donald- Umpires_Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Marty Fos-
EMCC’s 300 team points on the women’s side. Teams TBD, ESPN2 son (6), D.Peralta (6). SB_J.Dyson 2 (7). ter; Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Gabe Morales. Major League Soccer
SOCCER
IP H R ER BB SO T_1:45. A_13,247 (35,225).
11:30 a.m. — Big East Tournament: Teams TBD, Atlanta NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Fired coach
Thursday’s College Brad Friedel. Named Mike Lapper interim
FOOTBALL FS1
Soroka
Newcomb
Winkler
6 4 1 1 3 4
1 2 0 0 0 1
1 1 0 0 1 0 Baseball Scores
coach. Announced assistant coach Marcelo
Neveleff will remain with the team through June
12 p.m. — C-USA Tournament: Teams TBD, Jackson BS,2 1 2 1 1 1 1 SOUTH 2, then join the Dominican Football Federation
Minter L,0-4 0 2 1 1 1 0 as its technical director and coach of the Un-
Prescott camp set for July 20 and 21 CBSSN Arizona
Bethune-Cookman 6, Savannah St. 2
Florida A&M 9, NC A&T 7 der-23 team.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M Alex
Former Mississippi State All-America quarterback Dak Prescott, 7 p.m. — SEC Tournament: Teams TBD, ESPN2 Weaver
Andriese
7 3 1 1 2 6
1 0 0 0 0 1
Radford 18, UNC Asheville 3
MIDWEST Muyl to a multiyear contract.
who is now with the Dallas Cowboys, has announced the date and COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD Holland 1 1 1 1 0 0 Adrian 5, Hope 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Acquired M Ben-
Duplantier W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Concordia (Ill.) 4, Concordia (Mich.) 0 ny Feilhaber from Colorado for D Abdul Rwatu-
location of his third annual area youth football camp. The Dak Prescott 5 p.m. — SEC Outdoor Championship, SEC HBP_by Weaver (Inciarte), by Soroka (Ahmed), SOUTHWEST byaye, a 2019 international roster slot, $50,000
Football Pro Camp will be held on July 20 and 21 at Mississippi State by Soroka (Flores), by Duplantier (Inciarte). Arkansas 14, LSU 4 in targeted allocation money (TAM), and a 2020
University. GOLF Umpires_Home, Chris Segal; First, Doug Ed- FAR WEST second-round MLS SuperDraft pick.
United Soccer League
dings; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Rob Drake. BYU 20, San Francisco 3
Participants will learn fundamental football skills and have the 7 a.m. — European Tour Golf: British Masters, T_3:13. A_17,751 (48,519) Washington 5, Stanford 2 NASHVILLE SC — Acquired MLS M Derrick
Jones from the Philadelphia Union.
opportunity to meet and interact with the star quarterback. Each partic- third round, England, GOLF Cardinals 17, Pirates 4
ipant will receive a limited-edition camp t-shirt, a souvenir autograph, 2 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: AT&T Byron Nelson,
Pittsburgh St. Louis
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Golf COLLEGE
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE — Named
Eric SanInocencio associate commissioner for
and a team photo with Dak.
third round, Dallas, Texas, CBS A.Frzer 2b 4 1 1 0 M.Crpnt 3b 4 3 2 1 PGA Tour — Byron Nelson strategic digital media.
Prescott will be on-site to direct the event and will be joined by a Nvrskas p 0 0 0 0 Gldschm 1b 5 2 3 2
Par Scores CONNECTICUT COLLEGE — Named Tim
El.Diaz c 1 0 0 0 Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 Sweeney men’s basketball coach.
selection of prep and college coaches from the area. The camp is open 2 p.m. — PGA Tour Champions Golf: Regions S.Marte cf 5 1 2 0 DeJong ss 3 2 1 0 Thursday MICHIGAN STATE — Announced P Jake Hart-
At Trinity Forest GC
to boys and girls of all skill levels in grades 1-8. Tradition, third round, Hoover, Alaska, GOLF G.Plnco rf 4 1 3 3 Leone p 0 0 0 0
Bell 1b 4 0 1 1 Gyorko ph-1b 1 0 1 0 Dallas
barger and WR Brandon Sowards were granted
a sixth season of eligibility by the NCAA.
Registration and more information is available at Dak- 4:30 a.m. (Friday) — European Tour Golf: British Me.Cbrr lf 4 0 0 0 Ozuna lf 4 2 1 4 Purse: $7.9 million NYU — Named Elise Gibbs men’s & women’s
PrescottCamp.com. B.Rynld lf 0 0 0 0 J.Mrtin rf 2 2 1 1 Yardage: 7,371; Par 71 (36-35) assistant swimming coach.
Masters, final round, England, GOLF Crvelli c 4 0 1 0 Gant p 0 0 0 0
Denny McCarthy
First Round
34-29—63 -8
SIENA — Named Greg Fahey director of men’s
DuRapau p 0 0 0 0 Munoz ph-ss 2 0 0 0 basketball operations
4B Friday, May 10, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

mississippi state golf PGA championship

Tigermania fires up drama for

changed timing of PGA
By Doug Ferguson
AP Golf Writer
The PGA Champion-
ship agreed to move to
May for the first time in
70 years to help the golf
season end before football
and to energize a cen-
tury-old major that was
looked upon as the last
and the least of the Grand
Slam events.
Tiger Woods took care
of the latter.
He has golf buzzing
again after putting togeth-
er the final piece on a cap-
tivating comeback by win-
ning the Masters. Eleven
years since he last won a
major, two years after a
fourth back surgery and
with no guarantees he
would play again, Woods
ushered in a new era of
Tigermania.
For years, Woods was
talked about in the past
tense. Now it’s about the
future.
And the wait for the
next major is shorter than
ever.
“We were very excit-
ed about the May change
before Tiger made his
fireworks in Georgia,”
said Seth Waugh, CEO of
the PGA of America. “We
think we made a great de-
cision, but we’d rather be
lucky than good, in terms
of what he did in the Mas-
Jim Lytle/Special to the Dispatch
ters. We thought it was
Mississippi State’s Austin Rose, shown chipping out of a sand trap next to the 18th smart. It looks brilliant
green during the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship earlier this season, is one of now.”
the Bulldog golfers competing in this week’s NCAA Louisville Regional. Even as memories are
fresh of those impulsive
For all the talk about
whether Woods authored
the greatest comeback in
sports, perhaps the big-
ger question is how much
he has left. Anticipation
now is based on results,
not just wishful thinking.
He is the betting favor-
ite at the PGA Champion-
ship and for the first time
in five years has a math-
ematical chance to reach
No. 1 in the world. The
more significant number
is 18. That’s the number
of majors Jack Nicklaus
won, the record Woods —
who won his 15th at the
Masters — can contem-
plate again.
“It took him an en-
tire career to get to 18,”
Woods said. “So now that
I’ve had another exten-
sion to my career — one
that I didn’t think I had a
couple of years ago — if
I do things correctly and
everything falls my way,
yeah, it’s a possibility.
I’m never going to say it’s
not.”
Woods made his com-
ments to GOLFTV, the
Discovery-owned channel
with whom he has an en-
dorsement. His only other
public comments since
the Masters were at the
White House Rose Gar-
den when President Don-
ald Trump awarded him
the Presidential Medal of
Freedom.
Woods said at the cer-
emony his Masters victo-
ry was “the highlight of
what I’ve accomplished so
Masters and then going
wire-to-wire in the U.S.
Open at Bethpage. Lucas
Glover won the 2009 U.S.
Open on a sloppy Beth-
page course that took on
so much rain it took five
days to get in 72 holes.
The common denom-
inator at both was Phil
Mickelson settling for
second at the two majors
held at Bethpage.
Mickelson made a
strong bid to overcome a
five-shot deficit to Woods,
and he was tied for the
lead with five holes to
play in 2009. Cheers alone
suggest Mickelson is the
people’s choice for majors
in the New York area. He
missed the cut in his lone
appearance ahead of the
PGA Championship but
still comes in with confi-
dence from a pair of run-
ner-up finishes in majors
at Bethpage.
“I think the best thing
for me is the way the peo-
ple there treat me,” Mick-
elson said. “They treat
me so well, and I feel that
is an advantage. If I can
get my game sharp and
play well, there is a good
chance that energy can
get me to the finish line.”
Brooks Koepka is the
defending champion and
will try to join Woods as
the only back-to-back win-
ners of the PGA Champi-
onship since it switched
to stroke play in 1958.
Woods did it twice. Koep-
ka held off a noisy charge
by Woods at Bellerive in

New season for Golf Dawgs at

chants from a Sunday un- far in my life on the golf St. Louis last year to win
like any other at Augusta course.” by one. At the Masters,
National — “Tiger, Tiger, Bethpage Black brings Koepka finished one shot
Tiger!” — the 101st PGA back strong memories. behind Woods.

NCAA Louisville Regional tourney Championship is set to be-

gin May 16 on the Black
Course at Bethpage State
Park on Long Island, New
The public course on
Long Island is where
Woods first chased the
calendar Grand Slam
“I got the better of him
at St. Louis and he got the
better of me at Augusta,”
Koepka said.
BY BEN PORTNOY comprise the MSU contingent.
bportnoy@cdispatch.com Clegg has been a pleasant surprise York. in 2002, winning the
in his inaugural campaign for the Bull-
For the second straight season, the dogs. He boasts six top-15 finishes this
Mississippi State men’s golf team is season and has twice been named the
headed to the NCAA Championships. SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week.
The Bulldogs will compete in the “He gets it done like nobody I’ve ever
Louisville Regional as the No. 10 seed, seen,” Rose said. “He kind of just gets
joining No. 2 seed Auburn as the only it around the greens, gets it in the fair-
Southeastern Conference teams group-
way. Then, he gets on the greens and
ing.
you think it’s an error or a mistake if he
“The biggest thing is just when you
doesn’t make the putts.”
get to regionals, when you get to post-
Johnson and Rose will be the elder
season, everything starts over,” MSU
statesmen of the group. Given the team
coach Dusty Smith said. “It starts from
boosts eight freshmen and sophomores
scratch. Understanding that you have
13 teams there, the top five teams ad- to its four upperclassmen, the duo has
vance, but you can’t really focus on that. embraced a leadership role in 2019.
You have to focus on preparing well. You “I feel like I’m about seven years old-
have to focus on having a great practice er than everybody on the team,” Rose
round. Then, you have to take one shot joked. “But it’s been good. It’s kind of
at a time.” taking the young guys under your wing
MSU previously competed at the Uni- and showing them the way.”
versity of Louisville Golf Club during Entering the weekend, Rose has bat-
the Louisville Cardinal Challenge in tled through on-course adjustments. He
mid-September. Junior Peng Pichaikool admitted the biggest struggle has been
helped the Bulldog’s to a fifth-place finding consistency in his misses. But in
finish in the 16-team field. Individual- doing so, Smith feels he can be a key cog
ly, Pichaikool was the tournament run- in MSU’s postseason run.
ner-up after carding a 12-uner 201. “I think that’s been the biggest thing
“We know the golf course,” junior late in the year,” Rose said of sorting out
Garrett Johnson said. “Maybe there are his misfires. “I’ve hit the pretty well and
some teams that haven’t been there, I’ve had consistent misses, but, most im-
played there before. We have four rounds portantly, I’ve put it in the fairway and I
under our belt there and four guys that know where I can go from there.”
are going on this trip that went last trip, MSU will begin round one of the tour-
so we’re really excited.” nament between 8:55 and 9:39 a.m. If the
Alongside Pichaikool, Johnson, se- Bulldogs advance, it would be their first
nior Austin Rose, redshirt freshman Ben NCAA championship appearance since
Nelson and freshman Ford Clegg will 2008.

pro golf

Day leads delayed Tradition

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Glen Day
was 7 under through 16 holes to top the
Regions Tradition leaderboard Thurs-
day when bad weather halted the open-
ing round of the first PGA Tour Champi-
ons major of the year.
After a two-tee start to try to beat
the weather, lightning stopped play just
after noon when Day was aiming for his
second straight long birdie putt on Grey-
stone’s Founders Course. Tour officials
announced more than four hours later
that the first round would resume early
Friday.
Defending champion Miguel An-
gel Jimenez and David Toms were two
strokes back. Jimenez played 17 holes,
and Toms finished 13.
Day made a third straight birdie on
No. 16 and was lining up for a shot at an-
other one when play was suspended.
Day predicted that “the scores will go
way low” before the tournament is over
— weather permitting.
“Now, if we want to call the tourna-
ment right now, I’m all for it,” he said,
laughing. “I mean, we can call it now. But
if we get in four rounds, there will be a
lot of birdies made.
“Plus, with the weather that’s com-
ing in, the golf course will be soft, the
greens will be holding. They just firmed
up a little bit and they’re going to be re-
ally good. I think the scores will go way
low.”
Day is seeking his first win on the
senior tour. His only PGA Tour victory
came in 1999.
Jimenez, who started on the 10th
hole, shot 37 on the first nine. He then
had birdies on six of his next seven. He
won his first senior major last year at
the Regions Tradition, when he held or
shared the lead after all four rounds.

Tyler Murphy of New Hope puts down a bunt for a hit in the first inning Thursday
night against Pontotoc. He also hit a triple in the second inning.
New Hope
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The Trojans have Thurs-
day’s win to celebrate.
New Hope cruised to
a 7-0 lead in Thursday’s
game, and chased Pon-
totoc starting pitcher
Bryce Deaton out of the
game before the second
inning was over. The Tro-
jans’ first four hitters all
reached base in the first
inning and all scored.
When Hayes Lumsden
scored his second run in
the second inning on a tri-
ple by Tyler Murphy, New
Hope was ahead 5-0 and
Deaton got the hook.
But Pontotoc roared
back in the fifth inning,
scoring six runs on just
two hits.
“Feel like you’re doing
well, then we just kind of
lost focus there in that
one inning,” Boyd said.
“Three or four walks, and
New Hope starter Peyton Springfield struck out nine Pontotoc batters in the first
three innings of Thursday’s game.
Tennis
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place. “We had two guys
on our team for the next
year and he just trusted
us and then we built from
that.”
Individually, the group
has piled up Southeastern
Conference and national
honors.
Borges has been
among the most prolif-
ic players in MSU men’s
tennis history. He holds
program records in over-
all wins, singles wins and
dual match singles wins.
He currently sits at 31-2
in singles this season and
became the first player in
conference history to be
named SEC Player of the
Year three times.
Rakic, Foshey and
Braun also boast their
own individual accolades.
Rakic was named an In-
tercollegiate Tennis As-
sociation All-American
in 2018 and earned first
team All-SEC honors the
same season.
Foshey was named last
year’s SEC Tournament
MVP, while Braun has
twice been named to the
All-SEC second team.
“When I’m out there
playing it’s easy because
I’ve got these guys next to
me,” Foshey said.
a big hit, you look up,
man, they’re running and
rolling.”
New Hope starter
Peyton Springfield, who
had shut out Amory last
week in Game 1 of the
4A North semifinals, has
been on cruise control
through four innings. He
struck out the side in the
first inning. Then, he did
the same in the second
inning. And again in the
third. He allowed one hit
in four innings.
That all changed in the
fifth inning. Imison led off
the inning with a single
and scored on a double by
Hayden Harris. Another
single, three walks and a
hit batter resulted in four
more runs until Boyd end-
ed the night for Spring-
field and brought in Mc-
Glothin from left field to
“When I’m out there playing it’s easy
because I’ve got these guys next to
me.”
Mississippi State tennis player Trevor Foshey,
speaking of his teammates
After defeating Ala-
bama State and South
Alabama in the open-
ing rounds of the NCAA
Championships last week,
MSU takes on Texas
Christian University at 1
p.m. Saturday at the A.J.
Pitts Tennis Centre in
Starkville with a quarter-
final berth on the line.
The Bulldogs and
Horned Frogs have met
twice this season, once
in a “secret” match in Ar-
izona and once at the ITA
National Team Indoor
Championship — a 4-1
TCU victory.
MSU took an early lead
in the lone official match
between the squads, win-
ning the doubles point
thanks to victories by the
teams of Borges and Ra-
kic, and Foshey and fresh-
man Gregor Ramskogler.
The Horned Frogs
took charge in the singles
portion, winning at Nos.
3, 4, 5 and 6 to close out
the victory.
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pitch.
After a fielder’s choice
scored a sixth run, Mc-
Glothin struck out Dea-
ton to end the inning. He
pitched two scoreless in-
nings after that to earn a
save and give the Trojans
a 1-0 lead in the best-of-
three series.
“He’s just a compet-
itor,” Boyd said of Mc-
Glothin. “His velocity is
not what Springfield’s is,
but he throws a cutter and
a curveball, kind of keeps
them off balance. He’s
done that all year. The
guy’s been our go-to guy
out of the bullpen.”
McGlothin also had
a big night at the plate,
reaching base three times
in four at-bats and scor-
ing what proved to be the
game-winning run in the
fourth inning.
Chris McDill/Special to the Dispatch
“They’re well coached,
good group of guys,” Rob-
erts said. “They compete
hard, so we know we’re
ready for a battle and
we’re going to get their
best shot.”
Though the immediate
focus is on TCU, there’s a
seeming understanding
between Borges, Rakic,
Braun and Foshey that
their collegiate careers
are coming to an end. And
while their days in the ma-
roon and white are num-
bered, their relationships
stand to last.
“I think that we would
all agree on, when you put
things into perspective,
tennis is not everything,”
Foshey said. “But now
I’ve got a group of guys
that I’m going to see at my
wedding, or I can go home
and play cards or video
games with if we have a
couple minutes. I think
that was the best thing
that came out of this.”
pro football notes
Redskins sign Haskins, but
not MSU’s Sweat just yet
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASHBURN, Va. — The
Washington Redskins
have signed first-round
pick Dwayne Haskins and
seven others from their
draft class.
The team on Thurs-
day announced rookie
deals with the Ohio State
quarterback they took
15th overall, fourth-round
running back Bryce Love
and guard Wes Martin,
fifth-round center Ross
Pierschbacher and line-
backer Cole Holcomb,
sixth-round receiver
Kelvin Harmon and sev-
enth-round cornerback
Jimmy Moreland and line-
backer Jordan Brailford.
Edge rusher Mont-
ez Sweat of Mississippi
State, Washington’s other
first-round pick at No. 26,
and third-round receiver
Terry McLaurin are the
only unsigned picks going
into rookie camp. McLau-
rin played with Haskins at
Ohio State.
Haskins is one of two
healthy QBs on the roster
for offseason workouts,
along with trade acquisi-
tion Case Keenum. Alex
Smith is expected to miss
the upcoming season af-
ter breaking his right leg,
and Colt McCoy is still re-
covering from surgery for
a broken leg.
CARDINALS SIGN
MURRAY: The Arizona
Cardinals have signed
Kyler Murray in time for
their rookie minicamp.
Arizona signed the No.
1 overall draft pick to a
four-year contract Thurs-
day worth about $35 mil-
lion with a team option for
a fifth. It includes a sign-
ing bonus of more than
$23 million.
The Cardinals also
signed five other draft
picks tor four-year con-
tracts: cornerback Byron
Murphy, defensive line-
man Zach Allen, receiver
KeeSean Johnson, offen-
sive lineman Josh Miles
and tighter end Caleb
Wilson.
Murray and the rest of
the draft picks will take
the field for the first time
Friday, when the Cardi-
nals open a rookie mini-
camp.
Arizona moved up
to No. 10 overall in last
year’s NFL draft to select
Josh Rosen, who had an
up-and-down rookie sea-
son under first-year coach
Steve Wilks.
The Cardinals fired
Wilks and replaced him
with Kliff Kingsbury, ex-
pecting the former Texas
Tech coach to replicate
some of the offensive suc-
cesses he had in Lubbock.
The Red Raiders were
among the nation’s high-
est-scoring teams under
Kingsbury and he had
two quarterbacks, Case
Keenum and Patrick Ma-
homes, who led the nation
in passing.
Instead of addressing
other needs, the Cardi-
nals used the No. 1 overall
pick to take Murray, the
Heisman Trophy-winning
quarterback from Okla-
homa they believe to be a
perfect fit for Kingsbury’s
“Air Raid” offense..
Murray will likely be
the starter for the 2019
season opener after Ros-
en was traded to Miami
for the 62nd overall pick
— used on Massachusetts
receiver Andy Isabella —
and a 2020 fifth-rounder.
Murray made the most
of his one season as Okla-
homa’s starting quarter-
back, accounting for more
than 5,300 yards and 53
touchdowns after back-
ing up Heisman Trophy
winner Baker Mayfield in
2017.
An outfielder, he also
became the first person
to be selected in the first
round of the NFL and ma-
jor league baseball drafts.
The Oakland Athletics
used the ninth overall pick
of the 2018 MLB draft on
Murray and agreed to a
minor league contract
with a $4.66 million sign-
ing bonus. The A’s had
Murray’s jersey hanging
in a locker at their spring
training facility in Phoe-
nix, but the two-sport star
announced in February
he would concentrate on
football.
BILLS SIGN SEV-
EN: The Buffalo Bills
have signed seven of their
eight draft picks, includ-
ing first-round selection
Ed Oliver, while veteran
Friday, May 10, 2019 5B
quarterback Derek An-
derson is retiring after 14
seasons.
The Bills announced
the signings and Ander-
son informed the NFL of
his retirement on Thurs-
day, a day before opening
their rookie minicamp.
Anderson’s decision to
retire comes as a surprise,
after the 35-year-old
signed a one-year contract
a day after Buffalo closed
its season. The Bills lured
him out of semi-retire-
ment in October to serve
as an experienced backup
to then-rookie Josh Allen.
Anderson started two
games in place of an in-
jured Allen before being
sidelined with a concus-
sion. This season, he was
projected to be Buffalo’s
third-string quarterback,
behind Matt Barkley, and
serve as Allen’s mentor.
The Bills added a quar-
terback Thursday by sign-
ing Tyree Jackson, an un-
drafted free agent out of
the University at Buffalo.
Oliver is a defensive
tackle out of Houston, and
drafted ninth overall two
weeks ago.
Buffalo also signed
second-round pick, of-
fensive tackle Cody Ford,
as well as running back
Devin Singletary, the first
of the team’s two third-
round picks. Also signing
their rookie contracts
were linebacker Vosean
Joseph, safety JaQuan
Johnson, defensive end
Darryl Johnson and tight
end Tommy Sweeney,
who were selected in the
final three rounds.
The Bills’ lone un-
signed draft pick is tight
end Dawson Knox.
SMITH STEPPNG
AWAY: Jacksonville Jag-
uars linebacker Telvin
Smith, the team’s lead-
ing tackler the past two
seasons and a Pro Bowl
selection in 2017, is step-
ping away from football
to “give this time back to
myself, my family & my
health.”
Smith made the an-
nouncement Thursday
on Instagram, saying “at
this time I must take time
away from this game &
get my world in order.”
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major league baseball

Marte’s game-winning single sends Braves down in 10 innings

By Jose M. Romero
Associated Press
PHOENIX — After play-
ing 13 innings on the road the
day before, a long game with a
taxed bullpen was about the last
thing the Arizona Diamond-
backs wanted Thursday night.
Ketel Marte made sure this
one ended in 10.
David Peralta hit a tying ho-
mer with two outs in the ninth
inning and Marte singled home
the winning run in the 10th to
give Arizona a 3-2 victory over
the scuffling Atlanta Braves.
Josh Donaldson put the
Braves ahead 2-1 with a lead-
off homer against closer Greg
Holland in the top of the ninth.
Luke Jackson retired the first
two batters in the bottom half
before Peralta sent a drive over
the right field fence.
“We never give up. We are
going to battle every at-bat,”
Peralta said. “We told Holland,
‘Don’t worry, we got your back.’
The guy made a mistake with
me hanging a slider.”
Jackson had held opponents
scoreless over his past 15 in-
nings and converted his previ-
ous two save chances.
“Felt great out there. Got
two quick outs. Fell behind a
good hitter, made a bad pitch,”
Jackson said. “Unfortunately, it
cost us huge. Wish I could have
locked that down, but you can’t
dwell on it.”
Nick Ahmed drew a leadoff
walk from A.J. Minter (0-4) in
the 10th and went to third on
Carson Kelly’s single. With the
infield playing in, Marte won it
with a blooper that fell between
two Braves in shallow right
field for his second career walk-
off hit.
“I just tried to put the ball in
play,” Marte said. “He threw me
a fastball up and in, but I just
put my hands inside and got the
base hit.”
Minter was unable to hold
down the closer role after the
Braves lost Arodys Vizcaino to
season-ending shoulder sur-
gery last month.
“I think it’s another product
of a guy that didn’t have spring
training,” Atlanta manager Bri-
an Snitker said of Minter. “He
hasn’t been throwing like we
saw last year.”
Arizona right fielder Adam
Jones took a potential two-run
homer away from Ronald Acuña
Jr. when he reached above the
fence to bring in a long fly in the
sixth.
Called up from Triple-A Reno
before the game, Jon DuPlanti-
er (1-0) worked a scoreless in-
ning for his first major league
win.
Atlanta (18-20) has lost four
straight.
The surprising Diamond-
backs (22-16) won their second
consecutive extra-inning game
after beating Tampa Bay in 13
innings at Tropicana Field on
Wednesday.
Braves right-hander Mike
Soroka, who won his previous
three starts, allowed one run
in six innings. The 21-year-old
has permitted one earned run
or none in each of his five starts
this season and eight of 10 in
his career.
Luke Weaver continued his
recent run of quality starts for
Arizona, going seven innings
and allowing one run on three
hits with six strikeouts.
The Diamondbacks went
ahead 1-0 when Christian
Walker came home on Wilmer
Flores’ groundout, after Walker
led off the second with his first
major league triple.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY:
My mother is
86 and drives
everyone in the
family crazy when
we have to spend
time with her.
She says things
that make people
cringe. She’s
racist, homopho-
bic, judgmental
ZITS and critical of
everybody and
everything.
When we try
to point out that
what she says
Dear Abby
hurts people, she
starts going into how much
she is hurt — daily — by all of
us, how “mean” we are to her,
and how we are her family and
need to be more loving. We
all feel sorry for her and hate
how lonely she is. We include
her in all major holidays and
GARFIELD family celebrations, but she is
usually the cause of a major
blowup or an overall downer
for the gathering.
I wish I could help her
see that she’s her own worst
enemy. I hate the idea of
excluding Mom from family
gatherings, but it is nearing
that point. She has no friends.
She goes to radical political
meetings and constantly tries
to push her health products
on us.
Do you have any sugges-
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May
10). You show up to handle
things. Or you just show up, and
then life gives you new things
to handle. Because you’re bold
and public about being ready
for anything, you’ll quickly find
the people and jobs most suited
to you. The words that best
characterize this solar return
are: industrious, collective and
fulfilling. Gemini and Aquarius
BABY BLUES adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 30, 2, 22 and 28.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You can see the flaws, but only
a spoilsport would be quick to
point them out. You hang back,
cool and observant. Some
people are still having fun trying
to believe, and what’s the harm
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
tions for how
to respond to
someone who
is so difficult for
the whole family?
I do love Mom
and care about
her, but am at
my wits’ end. —
REACHED THE
END OF MY ROPE
DEAR
REACHED: Your
mother isn’t
friendless. Her
friends are the
kindred spirits
she sees at the
radical politi-
cal meetings. Because she
disrupts family gatherings, you
and your siblings need to work
out a schedule so each of you
sees Mom and takes her out
individually. Ignore her com-
ments as much as possible.
Will it be fun? Probably not.
But more of her time will be
filled, and you all will be able
to enjoy the celebrations with
her absent.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a recep-
tionist. There’s a growing trend
that people don’t bother to lis-
ten to their voicemail. Instead
they’ll call our firm and say,
“Someone from your office
called me. I want to speak with
them.” They get angry with me
when I tell them I have no way
of knowing who called them.
Our firm is a large one.
in that?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
There are days to meander,
thus increasing your chances for
inspiration, felicity and novelty,
and days when meandering
will disproportionate increase
your desire to stay the course
(today).
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
When you get too caught up in
small details that don’t matter,
it will set off alarms in your
head that say you might be
playing too small. Pay attention
to bigger things and the alarms
subside.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
It’s said that when one door
closes other opens. Since 90
percent of the doors you walk
I don’t know why people
are so lazy and inconsiderate
that they don’t listen to their
messages. In a couple of in-
stances important information
was left on their voicemail,
and the person missed critical
deadlines that cost us money.
The head of my firm deals with
a lot of younger clients, and it
seems the younger the person
is, the less likely they will lis-
ten to any of their voicemails,
or their voicemail boxes are
full, so it’s impossible to leave
a message for them. — FRUS-
TRATED RECEPTIONIST
DEAR FRUSTRATED: If
someone calls the main
number, it may be that it’s the
one that showed up on the
person’s phone. Tell the caller
that he or she has reached the
MAIN number, and you need
the name of the person before
you can make the connection.
It’s the truth. It might also be
helpful to suggest to your boss
that because younger clients
often don’t listen to their
voicemails or pick up when
their phone rings, sending
them an email or text might be
more efficient.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,
CA 90069.
through will be opened or closed
by your own hand on the knob,
don’t wait around for any of that
nonsense.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
don’t always do things for the
money. In fact, for you to get
involved, there have to be at
least two other good reasons
beyond the financial. If the
proposed line of action will lead
to a better story, you’re likely to
take it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
On some level, it’s good to be
among people who make you
feel uncomfortable. In that en-
vironment, you’ll learn very fast
and in ways that couldn’t be
duplicated in any other setting.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Many minds on the problem
make excellent solutions more
likely. If the others are thinking
big, try thinking small. If they
are thinking fantastical, think
practical.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Doing what’s fair and doing
what’s correct are often the
same action. Not always. Today
shows you an instance where
following the rules and the
“correct” way is actually biased
and unfair.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Even though wishing can’t
make it so, much that is so
began with a wish. Spend time
with people who follow through
and you’ll be inspired to do the
same.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). While it may feel momen-
tarily great to be the smartest
person in the room, it’s a sign
that you’re in the wrong room.
Go where you can learn some-
thing from the others. You’ll
thrive in environments that
challenge you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). There’s so much that can
be solved with proper sleep that
it could be a major waste to ap-
ply any other fix before the right
amount of rest and relaxation
has been achieved.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Honesty is an expensive
emotional investment. You have
to be rich in integrity to be hon-
est, and have deep pockets of
courage, too, because it’s risky
to tell people what they might
not want to hear.

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Women’s Day Program
The Mother Board of
Truevine Church, 5606 Artesia
Road, hosts a Women’s Day
Program at 2 p.m. May 11.
Guest speaker will be the
Rev. Dr. Mary L. Carr of Third
Baptist Antioch in Starkville.
The public is invited to attend.
For more information, call
662-324-9518.
Homecoming & Decora-
tion Day
Historic Mt. Pleasant Meth- Youth Service
odist Church and Vaughns
Cemetery, 2382 Wright Road
in Caledonia, hosts its Annual
Homecoming and Decoration
Day on May 12 at 8:45 a.m.
at the cemetery and 9:30 a.m.
at the church. The public is
invited to attend.
Forgive and Live
Forgive and Live meets
from 6-7 p.m. every 1st and
3rd Monday of each month in
the downtown YMCA Board
Room. Inquire and seek infor-
mation to succeed spiritually,
physically and financially and
be eager to be a blessing to
the community, churches and
families through the Word of
God. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
call Pat Fisher Douglas, 662-
251-5899.
Fellowship Dinner,
Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center, 923 Ridge Road,
Columbus, hosts a fellowship
dinner and youth service every
3rd Sunday.
Gospel Book Club
Friendship M.B. Church,
1102 12th Ave. S., invites the
public to join its Gospel Book
Club from 6-7 p.m. every 4th
Religious briefs
Friday of each month to study
and discuss one chapter of
the King James Bible each
month. For more information,
call Lillian Murray, 662-570-
1974 or 662-570-5595.
Grief Support Group
The Oil of Joy for Grief
and Mourning offers a grief
support group at 6 p.m. every
2nd Thursday of the month
at United Christian Baptist
Church, 232 Yorkville Road
East. “Making your grieving
journey easier.” For more in-
formation, call 662-327-0604
or e-mail unitedchristian@
cableone.net.
Celebrate Recovery
The Assembly Church,
2201 Military Road, and
Meadowview Church, 300
Linden Circle in Starkville,
host Celebrate Recovery at 6
p.m. every Sunday at Calvary
and at 6 p.m. every Tuesday
at Meadowview Church. Get
help, healing and support for
any habit, hurt or hang-up
using the Christ-centered 12
steps.
Prayer for Youth
Every 2nd and 3rd Sat-
urday, Pleasant Ridge Faith
Center hosts a prayer for the
youth from 2-3 p.m.
Prayer, Free Coffee
Mount Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 2221 14th
Ave. N., hosts free coffee and
a prayer community outreach
service from 8-9 a.m. every
5th Saturday. For information,
contact Jesse Slater, 662-
328-4979.
Radio Program
Apostles Patrick Perkins
invites the public to tune in to
WTWG, radio 1050 AM for Per-
fecting the Saints Broadcast,
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Women Prayer, Worship
Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd St. S., holds
a prayer and worship service
every Thursday from 5-6 p.m.
Call Marie Nabors, 662-549-
4322 or 662-329-1234, for
prayer requests.
Prayer Ministry
New Beginning Everlasting
Outreach Ministry invites the
public to call in with their
prayer requests at 662-327-
9843.
Prayer Service
Church of the Eternal
Word, 106 22nd. St. S., Co-
lumbus, holds prayer service
Thursday nights 5-6 p.m.
Contact Marie Nabors, 662-
549-4322. Church service
times: Sunday school 10
a.m.; Sunday worship 11:15
a.m.; Tuesday Bible study 7
p.m. For information, call Pas-
tor District Elder Lou Nabors,
662-329-1234.
Fitness
Transformations
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts boxing lessons
Mondays and Wednesday
from 5-7 p.m., weight-loss
boot camp Tuesdays and
Thursdays 5-7 p.m. and both
on Saturdays 9-11 a.m.
Youth Fellowship
The Transformational
Church, 2301 Jess Lyons
Road, hosts Youth Fellowship
from 7-8:30 p.m. every Tues-
day. Games, prayer, service,
food, & more. Transportation
available. For information, call
Iris Roberson, 662-295-7456.

Vatican law: Priests, nuns must report sex abuse, cover-up

The Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Pope
Francis issued a groundbreak-
ing law Thursday requiring
all Catholic priests and nuns
around the world to report cler-
gy sexual abuse and cover-up
by their superiors to church
authorities, in a new effort to
hold the Catholic hierarchy ac-
countable for failing to protect
their flocks.
The new church law pro-
vides whistle-blower protec-
tions for anyone making a re-
port and requires all dioceses
around the world to have a
system in place to receive the
claims confidentially. And it
outlines procedures for con-
ducting preliminary investi-
gations when the accused is a
bishop, cardinal or religious
superior.
It’s the latest effort by Fran-
cis to respond to the global
‘People must know that bishops are at the service of the people.’
Archbishop Charles Scicluna, the Vatican’s longtime sex crimes prosecutor.
eruption of the sex abuse and
cover-up scandal that has dev-
astated the credibility of the
Catholic hierarchy and his
own papacy. And it provides a
new legal framework for U.S.
bishops to use as they prepare
to adopt accountability mea-
sures next month to respond
to the scandal there.
“People must know that
bishops are at the service of
the people,” said Archbishop
Charles Scicluna, the Vatican’s
longtime sex crimes prosecu-
tor. “They are not above the
law, and if they do wrong, they
must be reported.”
The law makes the world’s
415,000 Catholic priests and
660,000 religious sisters man-
dated reporters. That means
they are required to inform
church authorities when they
learn or have “well-founded
motives to believe” that a cleric
or sister has engaged in sexual
abuse of a minor, sexual mis-
conduct with an adult, posses-
sion of child pornography — or
that a superior has covered up
any of those crimes.
The law doesn’t require
them to report to police, as
victims have demanded. The
Vatican has long argued that
different legal systems in dif-
ferent countries make a univer-
sal reporting law impossible,
and that imposing one could
endanger the church in places
where Catholics are a perse-
cuted minority. But the proce-
dures do for the first time put
into universal church law that
clergy must obey civil report-
ing requirements where they
live, and that their obligation
to report to the church in no
way interferes with that.
If it is implemented fully, the
Vatican could well see an ava-
lanche of abuse and cover-up
reports in the coming years.
Since the law is procedural
and not criminal in nature, it
can be applied retroactively,
meaning priests and nuns are
now required to report even
old cases of sexual wrongdo-
ing and cover-ups — and enjoy
whistleblower protections for
doing so.
Previously such reporting
was left up to the conscience
of individual priests and nuns.
Now it is church law. There are
no punitive measures foreseen
if they fail to report, and sim-
ilarly there are no sanctions
foreseen if dioceses, for exam-
ple, fail to comply. But bishops
and religious superiors could
be accused of cover-up or neg-
ligence if they fail to implement
the provisions, or retaliate
against priests and nuns who
make reports against them.
The law defines the crimes
that must be reported as: per-
forming sexual acts with a
minor or vulnerable person;
forcing an adult “by violence
or threat or through abuse of
authority, to perform or sub-
mit to sexual acts,” and the
production, possession or dis-
tribution of child pornography.
Cover-up is defined as “actions
or omissions intended to inter-
fere with or avoid” civil or ca-
nonical investigations.

Around the World

US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods,
Beijing vows retaliation
BEIJING — President Donald
Trump’s latest tariff hike on Chinese
goods took effect Friday and Beijing
said it would retaliate, escalating a bat-
tle over China’s technology ambitions
and other trade tensions.
The Trump administration raised du-
ties on $200 billion of Chinese imports to
25% from 10%. China’s Commerce Min-
istry said it would impose “necessary
countermeasures” but gave no details.
The increase went ahead even after
American and Chinese negotiators be-
gan more talks in Washington aimed at
ending a dispute that has disrupted bil-
lions of dollars in trade and shaken glob-
al financial markets.
“The risk of a complete breakdown
in trade talks has certainly increased,”
said Michael Taylor of Moody’s Inves-
tors Service in a report.
American officials accuse Beijing of
backtracking on commitments made in
earlier rounds of negotiations.
The talks were due to resume Friday
after wrapping up Thursday evening
with no word on progress.
“China deeply regrets that it will have
to take necessary countermeasures,”
said a Commerce Ministry statement.
2 French soldiers killed freeing 4
captives in West Africa
PARIS — Two French soldiers have
been killed in a military operation in the
West African nation of Burkina Faso that
freed four people from the U.S., France
and South Korea who were kidnapped in
neighboring Benin.
In a statement Friday, French Pres-
ident Emmanuel Macron expressed
condolences for the two soldiers killed
in the overnight operation. He thanked
authorities in Burkina Faso and Benin
for their cooperation in the mission, and
promised them support in fighting ter-
rorism in the Sahel region.
Two of the hostages were French
tourists, one was an American and the
other a South Korean, Macron’s office
said. It did not identify the hostage-tak-
ers.
The French tourists failed to return
from a visit last week to the Pendjari Na-
tional Park wildlife reserve. Their Afri-
can guide was later found dead.
Macron’s office did not immediately
release information on the American or
the South Korean.
Islamic extremists have become in-
creasingly active in Burkina Faso, rais-
ing worries the militants could be infil-
trating northern Benin and neighboring
Togo as well.
France has 4,500 troops in a military
force in the Sahel aimed at helping local
governments fight Islamic extremists.
Pendjari National Park is part of a
vast wildlife area that stretches across
the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso
and Niger. The entire area is home to
most of the world’s remaining West Af-
rican lion population.
— The Associated Press
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following tenants at
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to leases with can be withdrawn from work, pressure washing, mechanic. Individual excellent reputation For
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2BR/1BA MH FOR
and Title to the personal ic, problem-solving RENT $400/mo + $400
property to be sold is
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WHEREAS, default has believed to be good, but skills and communica- Point & Columbus on
been made in the pay- at such sale, FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSH tion skills along with a 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
HOGGING weed eating, positive attitude. $595−$645 monthly. Hwy 50. 662−275−
ment of rent and CITY MINI-WARE- 0666.
FRIENDLY CITY MINI- HOUSES will convey tiling & leveling, & Send resumes to: Military discount, pet
WAREHOUSES pursu- only such title as is ves- clearing overgrown lots. Box 665, c/o The area, pet friendly, and
ant to said Leases is ted in it pursuant to its Owner, Operator Commercial Dispatch, furnished corporate 3BR/2BA TRAILER,
authorized to sell the lease with the following licensed & insured. 17 PO Box 511, apts. 24−HOUR New Hope school dist.
personal property to sat- and its allowed under years experience. Willie Columbus, MS 39703. PROFESSIONAL GYM. $500/mo & $500 dep.
isfy the past due and Mississippi Code Annot-
Murray Jr. 662−242− FIRST CUMBERLAND ON SITE SECURITY. No pets, no drugs, no
any other charges owed ated Section 85-7-121 Presbyterian Church
8809. Free estimates. ON SITE MAINTENANCE. partying. Call b/w 10a−
to it by the following ten- et seq (Supp 1988).
ants. Quotes by job not acre. seeks part-time secret- ON SITE MANAGEMENT. 7p. 662−386−4292.
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TERRA CARE day, M-F. Excellent cler- SURVEILLANCE. Benji @
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Alabama St. Columbus, N115 Lawn Service, 662−435
662−889−7565.
Office Spaces For Rent 7300 is to place the numbers 4 6 3 9 1 8 2 7 5
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tioneer/manager. WITNESS MY SIGNA- LPN 3P-11P
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level increases from
Title to the personal
TURE on this the 9th
day of May, A.D. 2019.
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level increases from
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believed to be good, but FRIENDLY CITY
Using Skidsteer. Care Center 1 Bedrooms square feet. 294
at such sale, FRIENDLY MINI-WAREHOUSES Call for estimate,
662−251−3001.
505 Jackson St,
Aberdeen 2 Bedroooms Chubby Dr. Flexible
By: L.O.
3 Bedrooms
CITY MINI-WARE- leasing terms. Available
HOUSES will convey EOE now. 662−328−8254.
only such title as is ves- Publish: 5/10, 5/17, & Sitting With The Sick / Elderly
ted in it pursuant to its 5/24/2019 1780 Antiques 4060 Furnished & Houses For Sale: East 8200
lease with the following
and its allowed under IN THE CHANCERY I AM AN EXPERIENCED COLLECTION OF about
Unfurnished
Mississippi Code Annot- COURT OF LOWNDES 1, 2, & 3 Baths
BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
CAREGIVER/SITTER 60 small antique
ated Section 85-7-121 COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI HOME. 56 Collanwood
et seq (Supp 1988).
Will sit in−home or in radios. $125 for all.
Call 662−356−6352 or Lease, Deposit Cove. Great
IN THE MATTER OF THE nursing home, help w/
Alton Huffman ESTATE OF WILLIAM W. personal care, light 662−386−4707. & Credit Check neighborhood. East
Columbus Area off
E26 CANON, DECEASED housekeeping, cooking, viceinvestments.com
327-8555
Bargain Column 4180 Warpath Rd.
run errands & med. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full
Bobby Davis CAUSE NO: 2018-0223- reminders. Mon.−Fri.
B LRG. CEDAR wardrobe, Baths. Built in 2003,
E217 662−364−8308.
$65. Sm. cedar chest, 1216 sq ft. $129,500.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS JOB WANTED Apts For Rent: Other 7080 662−386−3027.
Caroline Payne $30. 662−327−5480.
E366 experienced &
THE STATE OF MISSIS- affordable caregiver. HILTON SEWING
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM Houses For Sale: New Hope
Catericka Walker SIPPI apartments &
Any time/location. Light machine in cabinet. 8250
E247, E270 LOWNDES COUNTY $35. As is. Call 662−
townhouses. Call for
housework. Call 662− more info. 662−328−
Letters Testamentary 574−5181. Request 549−2039. 2BR/1BA GREAT
Coty Grant 8254.
E202 have been granted and ref. location. Call 662−889
issued to the under- KENMORE SEWING −6055.
Desi Harris, Jr. signed upon the Estate Tree Services 1860 machine in cabinet.
E18 of William W. Canon, de- $25. As is. Call 662− Lots & Acreage 8600
ceased, by the Chan- A&T TREE SERVICE 549−2039.
Dorothy Montgomery cery Court of Lowndes Bucket truck & stump
County, Mississippi, on HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE
E223 removal. Free est. LRG. CEDAR CHEST,
the 31st day of January, Located on Kidd Rd. in
Serving Columbus $75. 662−327−5480.
Jennifer Overpeck A. D., 2019. This is to Caledonia. Ready to
give notice to all per- since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ Farm Equipment & Supplies
E226 build on. Call 404−216
sons having claims −0237.
Jerry Stockman against said estate to 242−0324/241−4447 4420
E246 Probate and Register "We’ll go out on a limb
same with the Chan- for you!" 2016 CAT SKIDSTEER SUMMER SPECIAL.
Mary M Williams cery Clerk of Lowndes 299XHP HIGH FLOW 1.75 acre lots. Good/
E219 County, Mississippi, J&A TREE REMOVAL w/ mulcher & forestry bad credit. 10% down,
within ninety (90) days Work from a bucket kit. <1,000 hrs, as low as $299/mo.
Mary Smith from the first publica- truck. Insured/bonded. $73,000. Eaton Land. 662−361−
E227 tion date of this Notice Call Jimmy for free 205−329−1790.
to Creditors. A failure to 7711.
estimate,
Quaneisha Aaron so Probate and Re- FOR SALE Hay baler,
E240 gister said claim will 662−386−6286. Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
forever bar the same. rake, and cutter. Call
Good Things To Eat 2150 Ernie at 662−549−
Ruby Anderson 1990 16X80 MOBILE
E327 This is the 7th day of 8948 for more info. HOME 2BR/2BA stove,
May, 2019. TOMATO HOUSE Vine−
refrigerator, dishwasher.
Shareka Tillman ripened hydroponic Furniture 4480
/s/MARJORIE MARILLA tomato. Located next to Metal roof, screened in
E3
CANON, EXECUTRIX Noxubee County High BLACK BEDROOM SET, FISHERMAN’S DREAM large front porch, small
3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, back porch, ch/a, inside
Sherri Howard School. 662−352− incl full sz sleigh bed,
E58 Steven R. McEwen 1270 or 662−425− dresser w/ mirror, chest furnished apartment on remodeled in 2016.
McEwen Law Firm 9116. & night stand, $600. the Elk River. Boat Must be moved. Power
WITNESS MY SIGNA- P. O. Box 709 access. $79 per night. pole included. $13,225.
Columbus, MS 39703 New full sz mattress,
TURE on this the 9th Personals 2350 still in plastic, $250. Rogersville Al. Call Tracy 662−549−0750.
day of May, A.D. 2019. 931−205−0471.
PUBLISH: 5/10, 5/17, Bissell carpet cleaner,
& 5/24/2019 LOOKING FOR $80. Two sets of black Autos For Sale 9150
FRIENDLY CITY
MINI-WAREHOUSES
By: L.O.
COMPANIONSHIP A Toyota Camry floormats,
Building & Remodeling 1120 successful 67 y/o man $80. Cash Only. 662− COLEMAN 2015 CHEVY IMPALA
is looking for a lady in 242−2884. Leave a RENTALS Blk, 4dr, 6cyl, 82k mi,
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
Publish: 5/10, 5/17, & HOME REPAIRS & their 60s, who would message. showroom clean, local
5/24/2019 CONSTRUCTION WORK like companionship & 1 BEDROOM owner, $9,990. See @
WANTED. Carpentry, maybe more. I love to Estate Sales 4490 59 Amanda Dr. in New
IN THE CHANCERY small concrete jobs, go to MSU athletic 2 BEDROOMS Hope Park Subdivision
COURT OF LOWNDES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI electrical, plumbing, games, out to dinner, 309 MAPLEVIEW IN 3 BEDROOMS off of Yorkville Rd. E.
roof repairs, pressure church activities & WEST POINT. Estate 662−327−3081.
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ROBERTSON, DE- underpinning. No job outgoing & attractive. crockery, glass, art, DEPOSIT ACROSS
CEASED too small. 549−7031. We would meet first for fabric, speakers, china, AND 2013 TAHOE 195 1 Summit goals
lunch or dinner. Must turned wood, antiques.
VERNON TAD TOM HATCHER, LLC live in Columbus, Sat., 5/11 from 8−12. CREDIT CHECK
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ROBERTSON, ADMINIS- w/ low hours. Runs
TRATOR
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Starkville. Call or text 13 Snared, as a
662−341−0374.
662−364−1769. P.O. Box 8415, or Shine. Sat, 7−11a. 2411 HWY 45 N steer
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Licensed & Bonded. Columbus, MS 39705. Womens (lg/xl, name Trucks, Vans & Buses 9500 14 Drive off
brand w/ tags), shoes COLUMBUS, MS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Carpet & Flooring 1150 Clerical & Office 3050 (sz 8−9), baby items, 15 Museum con-
h/h & much more! Commercial Property For tents
COUNTY OF LOWNDES LOCAL COMPANY
looking for receptionist/ General Merchandise 4600 Rent 7100 16 John or Paul
Letters of Administra- secretary. Previous ex- 18 Caffeine source
tion have been granted perience helpful but not FOR SALE Whitney COMMERCIAL
and issued to the under- necessary. Computer 19 Mineo of movies
Piano , good condition. BUILDING. 1800 sq. ft.
signed upon the estate skills a must. Send
$200. LG washer & Located on Hwy. 45 N. 20 Cart puller
of ROBERT THOMAS resume to:
ROBERTSON, deceased, Box 664, c/o The dryer, like new. $800. on Frontage Rd. 1 mile
from CAFB. Asking
21 Fix a story
by the Chancery Court Commercial Dispatch, Call 662−549−2039.
$750/mo. Call 662− 23 Knot anew
of Lowndes County, Mis- PO Box 511, Columbus, 2015 2500 HD 4X4
sissippi, on the 23rd MS 39703. INTEX 16FT X 42IN 434−6585. Excellent truck. 59k 25 Collar
day of April 2019. This DAVID’S CARPET & EASY SET POOL. New in miles. Everything works 27 Dapper guy
is to give notice to all General Help Wanted 3200 FOR RENT LOCATED
persons having claims
UPHOLSTERY box. Comes with filter
pump & ladder. $175. NEAR DOWNTOWN.
great. 6.7 diesel 4x4 28 Aerosol output DOWN 24 Receipt line
CLEANING new tires & serviced
against said estate to
1 Room − $40
THE COMMERCIAL 662−386−6001. 3,000 sq. ft. truck regularly. $39,000.00 30 Movie mutants 1 Sea rover 26 Workshop cutter
Probate and Register Dispatch is seeking a
same with the Chan- 2 Rooms − $70 mechanically-minded
terminal, 9,500 sq. ft. 662−574−8375 33 Greek X 2 Found darling 28 Stone in films
shop & 3,200 sq. ft.
cery Clerk of Lowndes 3+ Rooms − $30 Ea individual to work in its LIVING ROOM SET
Loveseat and chaise office/shop. Buildings 34 Simple denials 3 Enterprise leader 29 “Says —!”
County, Mississippi, pressroom. Applicants
Penny
Rugs−Must Be Seen
within ninety (90) days Car Upholstery must be comfortable lounge for sale. Dark can be rented together 36 Live and breathe 4 Common article 31 Beethoven
from this date. A failure Cleaning Available working around heavy brown and teal. New, or separately. All w/ 37 Like corsets 5 Parlor drinks symphony
pincher?
to so Probate and Re- machinery, adhering to still covered in plastic. excellent access & Hwy.
gister said claim will
662−722−1758
tight deadlines and $550. 662−242−2884. 82 visibility. 662−327−
39 Squabble 6 Out, in a way 32 Anthony who
forever bar the same. must have an eye for Leave a message. 9559. 40 Some exams 7 Some sheep wrote “The Candy
General Services 1360 detail & quality. Flexible
This the 23rd day of hours are a must. Must Houses For Rent: Northside 41 Smithy sight 8 Carol Danvers’s Man”
Sporting Goods 4720
April 2019. HILL’S PRESSURE pass drug test. Email 7110 43 Bellini opera alter ego 33 Genetic twin
resume to
Vernon Tad Robertson
WASHING. Commercial/ mfloyd@cdispatch.com ELLIPTICAL MACHINE 44 Flower girl, often 9 Threat words 35 Bridges
VERNON TAD residential. House, or drop resumes off at Sole Elliptical E35 in 3BR/2BA. FRESH paint, 45 Supply with 10 Graf rival 38 Sailors’ saint
ROBERTSON concrete, sidewalks & 516 Main St, excellent condition. Nice new carpet, ch/a,
mobile washing. Free Columbus, MS 39701. quiet machine. $450 fenced yard & appl furn. funds 17 Golf goal 42 Tiny taste
PUBLISH: 4/26, 5/3 & est. 662−386−8925. No phone calls please. 662−574−1561 662−251−9696. 46 Spread out 22 Road gunk
5/10/2019
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES Use and read
NOTICE OF SALE
classifieds
WHEREAS, the follow-
ing tenants entered in-
to leases with
and your
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES for stor- dollars will
age space in which to
store personal property
and
go further.
WHEREAS, default has Five Questions:
been made in the pay-
ment of rent and

1 George
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES pursu-
ant to said Leases is
authorized to sell the Michael
personal property to sat-
isfy the past due and
any other charges owed
to it by the following ten-
ants.
2 Drinking
NOW THEREFORE, no-
tice is hereby given that
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
3 Shake-
WAREHOUSES will offer
for sale, and will sell at
speare
auction to the highest
bidder for cash all per-
sonal property in stor-
age units leased by the
4M
following tenants at WHATZIT ANSWER
FRIENDLY CITY MINI-
WAREHOUSES 308
Shoney Drive Columbus,
5 Mario Batali Log cabin