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Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffColumbus Salvation Army Major Eric Roberts offers Haleigh Asford, 4, a bottle of water in her East Columbus neighborhood, off Beech Street. The neighborhood was one of many still without power Wednesday afternoon. Haleigh is the daughter of Trac-ey Baldwin of Columbus.

Mary Alice Weeks/Dispatch StaffKeith Knight, of Caledonia, displays a check with a Louisville address dated 1974 along with other debris he recovered in his lawn following Monday’s storms.

Mementos, trash from Louisville fall in Caledonia after tornado

BY WILLIAM [email protected]

Ripped and weathered scraps of paper and photographs from Louis-ville — tiny reminders of the hurt and destruction a tornado caused there — fell from the sky into Caledonia yards Monday.

Charles Culpepper was in his Dale Road yard, watching the approaching

storm Monday evening, when he no-ticed debris swirling in the air. There were leaves, but not from trees near his property, and then a small piece of paper landed.

It was an advertising insert, the kind found in newspapers, for a Winston County business. Culpepper scratched his head for a moment. Then, he said, he realized “that’s from the tornado out of Louisville.”

Caledonia, a Lowndes County town of about 1,000 people, sits north-east of Louisville. The towns are about 70 miles apart as debris flies.

The tornado entered the Louisville

BY NATHAN [email protected]

Damage survey teams from the National Weather Service in Jackson confirmed four tor-

nadoes hit Lowndes County during Monday’s severe weath-er outbreak.

Meanwhile, the county was one of seven in the state de-clared federal disaster areas

by President Barack Obama, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant confirmed Wednesday night.

NWS announced that on-site studies concluded two EF-2 tornadoes, one in southern Lowndes County and another near New Hope. Two EF-1 tor-nadoes, one south of Steens and another in Crawford, were

also confirmed by NWS.An EF-2 consists of

three-second gust wind speeds of 111-135 miles per hour, while an EF-1 has speeds of 86-110 miles per hour.

The declaration makes Lowndes County eligible for federal aid. The Federal Emer-gency Management Agency’s

Public Assistance Program assists state and local gov-ernments by reimbursing up to 75 percent of eligible costs incurred from removing and disposing of storm debris from public rights of way and prop-erties. It also provides the same amount of financial aid

LOWNDES DECLARED FEDERAL DISASTER AREA

City officials reach out to East Columbus residents500-plus residents still without power in city, countyBY NATHAN [email protected]

Columbus Mayor Rob-ert Smith said his office and Columbus Light and Water have fielded nu-merous calls from East Columbus residents who have been without power since Monday’s severe weather event and crews are working to address their needs.

First responders are going door to door in nu-merous residential areas to provide assistance and CL&W crews are working to restore power to all af-fected homes, Smith said.

“We want the citizens to know that

BY SARAH [email protected]

New voters in Lowndes County have until Saturday to register with the Lown-des County Circuit Clerk’s office.

Circuit Clerk Mahala Salazar said her office would be open until noon Saturday registering new voters. The

next election in Lowndes County is June 3 in p r i m a r i e s for both the Democratic and Republi-can parties’ U.S. Senate seats.

Salazar also encouraged registered voters to make

sure the information on their identification matches the information on the voter rolls.

The new voter ID laws require photo identification in order to vote. Valid IDs include a driver’s license, passport, military ID, and college ID card. However, if you do not have a valid photo ID, you can still vote

in the form of an affidavit. Those who vote by affida-vit have five business days to produce a photo ID to the circuit clerk’s office for their vote to be counted as official.

Pamela Weaver with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office said no one will be turned away from the polls for lack of identifi-

cation.“At no time is anybody

turned away from casting a ballot,” Weaver said.

She added that the name on the photo ID does not have to be an exact match to

the name on the voter rolls as long as an address or birth date match.

However, Salazar said having matching informa-tion would help Election Day run smoother.

Those who do not have a proper photo ID can con-tact the Circuit Clerk’s of-fice at 662-241-1920 or visit msvoterid.ms.gov.

New voter registration deadline for June 3 primaries is Saturday

Salazar

National Weather Service confirms 4 tornadoes hit county Monday

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Friday, 6 a.m. until Saturday 9 p.m.■ Main Street from Sixth Street South to Fifth Street South■ Main Street from Fifth Street South to Third Street South

Friday, 3 p.m. until Saturday, 9 p.m.■ Fifth Street South from Main Street to Third Avenue South■ Fifth Street North from Main Street to Second Avenue North■ College Street from Third Street South to Seventh Street South■ Main Street from Third Street to Seventh Street■ Third Avenue South from Third Street South to Seventh Street South■ Sixth Street South past to post office to Third Avenue South (Post Office traffic only)■ Fourth Street South form Main

Street to Third Avenue South■ Fourth Street North from Main Street to Second Avenue North

Parking lots■ Lot behind J. Broussard’s restau-rant■ Lot beside Catfish Alley■ Lot behind Post Office (not Post Office lot)■ Gravel lot at the Riverwalk

Special notices: ■ Main Street from Third to Fifth streets will be closed until no later than noon Sunday for clean-up.■ Fifth Street South to Fifth Street North will remain open until 3 p.m. on Friday, including the intersection of Fifth Street and Main Street, but only for north- and south-bound traffic.■ Festival hours are 7-10:30 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday

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ThursdaySAY WHAT?“I am going to let them see what a country boy from Mississippi can do.”

New Hope baseball player Josh Stillman on partic-ipating in the Under Armour Southwest Regional

Championships this summer in California. Story, 1B.

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ actor Hoskins dies at 71BY JILL LAWLESSThe Associated Press

LONDON — Bob Hoskins never lost his Cockney accent, even as he became a global star who charmed and alarmed audiences in a vast range of roles.

Short and bald, with a face he once compared to “a squashed cabbage,” Hoskins was a remarkably versatile performer. As a London gangster in “The Long Good Friday,” he moved from bravura blus-ter to tragic understate-ment. In “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” he cavort-ed with a cast of animated characters, making tech-nological trickery seem seamless and natural.

A family statement re-leased Wednesday said Hoskins had died in a hos-pital the night before after a bout of pneumonia. He was 71 and had been di-agnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012.

Helen Mirren, who starred alongside Hoskins in “The Long Good Fri-day,” called him “a great actor and an even greater man. Funny, loyal, instinc-tive, hard-working, with that inimitable energy that seemed like a spectacular firework rocket just as it takes off.”

“I personally will miss him very much, London will miss one of her best and most loving sons, and Britain will miss a man to be proud of,” Mirren said.

AP Photo/Joel Ryan, fileThis 2010 file photo shows British actor Bob Hoskins arriving for the World Premiere of “Made in Dagenham” in London.

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ABOVE: Carl Adams rejoices over the

near-pristine condition of his Harley Davidson

after digging it out of a pile of debris in

his backyard on Main Street in Louisville on Tuesday morning after

an EF-4 tornado tore through Winston County

on Monday night. Adams lost several

collectible automobiles to the storm, and was overjoyed to still have

his motorcycle. RIGHT: Carl Adams weaves his salvaged Harley

Davidson around fallen trees and debris in his

neighbor’s yard on Main Street in Louisville.

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BY ROB GILLIESThe Associated Press

TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for alcohol, he said, as a report surfaced about a second video of the may-or smoking what appears to be crack cocaine.

Ford, who is seeking re-election in the Oct. 27 vote, said Wednesday he

will take an immediate leave from his job and his campaign.

“I have a problem with alcohol, and the choices I have made while un-der the influence. I have struggled with this for some time,” Ford said in statement late Wednes-day.

The Globe and Mail newspaper said it has viewed a second video of Ford smoking what appears to be crack co-

caine in his sister’s basement. The nation-al news-paper said two Globe repor ters viewed the video from a self-professed drug dealer showing Ford tak-ing a drag from a pipe ear-ly Saturday morning.

The video is part “of a package of three videos the dealer said was sur-reptitiously filmed around 1:15 a.m., and which he says he is now selling for

‘at least six figures,’” the paper reported.

News reports of the existence of an earlier video of Ford apparently smoking crack first sur-faced last May, igniting a media firestorm around Ford.

Ford’s lawyer, Dennis Morris, said he spoke to Ford earlier Wednesday and said Ford has accept-ed that he has a problem.

“He acknowledges he has a substance abuse problem and he wants to do something about it,” Morris told The Associat-ed Press.

Toronto mayor says he’ll take leave

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A gas explosion at a jail has injured 100 to 150 inmates and corrections officers, a county spokeswoman said.

The explosion hap-pened around 11 p.m. CDT Wednesday in Escambia County jail’s booking facility and caused the building to partially collapse, said Kath-leen Castro, the county’s public information manager. About 600 inmates were in the building at the time, she said.

The injured were brought to hospitals and the uninjured inmates were brought to jails in neighbor-ing counties, Castro said.

More than 100 injured in Florida jail explosion

‘He acknowledges he has a substance abuse problem’

Ford

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81st Annual Alumni Banquet

CALEDONIA HIGH SCHOOL’S

Lowndes CountyMarriages■ Anthony Brett Hollis and Brenda Charlene Hollis, married April 18.■ Regional Martin and Leslie Dominique Thomas, married April 19.■ Brendon Christopher Newsom and Jessica Lynese Wilson, married April 23.■ Vernon Tad Robertson and Elizabeth Brooks Matthews, married April 26.■ Kevin Michael Spencer and Pamela Paige Glover, married April 26.■ Johnie L. Bush and Ramona Star Walker, married April 26.■ Larry Donnel Jefferson and Shaquita Wanette Goulde, mar-ried April 26.

Divorces■ Bobby W. Harkins and Linda Harkins, married Nov. 20, 1993.■ Billy Earl Green Jr. and Willie Renee Green, married Feb. 11, 2003.

Lamar County■ Not submitted as of press time.

MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES

Coldwell Banker awarded

Phyllis Enis, Bill Straus and Kelly Frady received awards for 2013 from Coldwell Bank-er Real Estate, LLC. Their top hon-ors were recently recognized by Budge Huskey, President and CEO, “This prestigious distinction makes you a star among the top Coldwell banker sales as-

sociates/representatives globally and I salute your achievements.”

Neel-Schaffer rankedNeel-Schaffer, Inc.,

is once again ranked among the nation’s top 500 design firms by Engineer News-Record, coming in at 199th on the prestigious list for 2014. It marks the 20th consecutive year that the company has made the list. “Retaining our stand-ing on this list is a testa-ment to the hard work of our employees across the company,” said Hib-bett Neel, Neel-Schaf-fer’s President. “It is our mission to serve our clients as an extension of their staff, and each year we develop new services that will further assist them in meeting their goals and needs.”

Enis

Straus

Frady

PACCAR honoredPACCAR earned the

Director’s Award at East Mississippi Community College’s annual Golden Triangle Industry Appreci-ation Luncheon. PACCAR received the award “for the highest level of recog-nition through workforce training, demonstrating management excellence with superior outcomes, continuing to improve and build upon outstand-ing results and excellent systems and deploying

world-class processes,” said Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, the event’s speaker. Pic-tured from left are Engine Program Manager Lex Lemmers, EMCC Vice President for Workforce Services Dr. Raj Shaunak, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Plant Manager Scott Blue, Assistant Plant Manager Lance Walters, Controller Tina Albert and Assistant Plant Manager Edwin Sneehuijzen.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

BY NATHAN [email protected]

The Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned Tuesday a judge’s order to the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors to re-open Co-Op Road.

Board attorney Tim Hudson informed super-visors of the ruling during their Wednesday meeting. The court’s 8-1 decision was based on a failure of the residents who ap-pealed to do so at least 10 days after the board’s res-olution in October 2011. A county circuit court judge ordered supervisors to re-

open the road and restore it to county specifications of condition in February 2013, finding that the pub-lished notice of a public hearing for the road clo-sure had been insufficient.

The county responded by appealing to the Missis-sippi Court of Appeals. It voted to re-open the road, which runs alongside the Columbus Co-Op in Dis-trict 2, in May 2013.

Local attorney Hal Mc-Clanahan, representing his own family and anoth-er family who owned land and rights of way near the area in question, filed a motion last month against

the county and two rail-road companies for not re-pairing and re-opening the road’s rail crossing. The motion also contended there was no public notice given before the county entered into an agreement with BNSF Railway Com-pany to close the road if the company would repair and widen the adjacent Bethel Road crossing from 10 to 20 feet and re-close the Co-Op crossing.

County road manager Ronnie Burns said the area in question serves fewer than 10 homes.

Contacted after the meeting Wednesday, Mc-Clanahan said he would speak to his clients before deciding whether to appeal to the Mississippi Supreme

Court, which has to agree to hear the case if it’s filed.

McClanahan argues that since supervisors voted last May to re-open the road, it’s open. Hud-son said the court’s ruling renders the circuit judge’s decision moot and that the road is re-abandoned.

“We can’t be in con-tempt of an order that’s va-cated,” Hudson said.

Bond option renewedSupervisors also re-

newed a resolution that will give them authority to issue up to $30 million in bonds for infrastructure upgrades over the next two years. They will have the option during that time to issue one or more bonds at any time over the next

two years if the potential for economic development projects arise.

County leaders have ad-opted similar resolutions twice over the last four years but have not exer-cised the option, instead finding other financing mechanisms for industrial development.

Supes approve advertising for Riverwalk connector, shooting range bids

Supervisors also ap-proved to advertise for bids for sidewalk connections between the Riverwalk and soccer complex. The Mississippi Department of Transportation awarded

$500,000 to build the side-walks and will open bids from contractors June 17.

They also agreed to ad-vertise locally for dirt bids for a shooting range being built at the old Maxim Med-ical property now owned by the city of Columbus and the county. The Gold-en Triangle Development LINK successfully applied for a $1,053,000 military base enhancement grant. Both entities must match more than $30,000 in land donations and $275,000 in in-kind services, which will involve doing some of the work in-house. Construc-tion is set to be complete in October for the range, which will benefit the Co-lumbus Air Force Base.

State Court of Appeals sides with county on Co-Op RoadVacates circuit judge’s 2013 order to re-open road

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Shelton’sPharmacy®

To our valued patients:

We would like to take a moment of your time to share some exciting

news with you regarding our family. We have had the privilege to

serve the Columbus community as pharmacists for many years, and

it is our pleasure to tell you that Shelton’s Pharmacy has decided

to transition ownership to fred’s Pharmacy. Please understand

that this decision was made only after months of much thought and

consideration, but it’s a decision that we are excited to announce.

While our pharmacy name has changed, your pharmacy team is

the same. Our pharmacy team and support staff will continue as a

partner within the community.

The current team at Shelton’s Pharmacy will simply receive additional

support we need from fred’s Pharmacy to ensure the continued

great service you expect and deserve. It was important to choose

a company that aims to be a hometown pharmacy, like Shelton’s

Pharmacy has been in Columbus. We chose to transition our patients

to fred’s Pharmacy because fred’s is a regional chain with a first-

class reputation for hometown service. They operate very closely

with the way we have served you at Shelton’s Pharmacy. fred’s

Pharmacy understands that customer service is always number

one, and they know their customers by name.

Along with the same great service you have grown accustomed to

from Shelton’s Pharmacy, we believe that fred’s fully shares our

values, and we are excited about the future we have with them.

We look forward to the opportunity to continue taking care of you

and your family at fred’s Pharmacy. I cannot thank you enough for

the many years of loyal patronage you have given us and Shelton’s

Pharmacy, and we are looking forward to many great years to come.

Sincerely,

Denny Rutherford, R.Ph.

115 Alababma St. • Columbus, MS 39702 • (662) 327-1614

John D. Longmire, LUTCF 610 Alabama St., Columbus,

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BROWNING ON BUSINESS

For a couple of weeks there has been a sign in front of a vacant storefront in

downtown Columbus that reads, “Taylor Smith Shoes.” Just be-neath that sign is another that reads, “Coming Soon.”

Brenda McCoy is the person behind the shop. She hopes to have the business, located at the old Alford Drug building at 423 Main St., up and running by the end of May. Until then she’s working on stocking up inven-tory with name-brand items. In an interview with The Dispatch on Wednesday, she said she plans on offering church shoes, fashionable shoes and athletic shoes. McCoy wants to market the store toward both a young, hip crowd, and an older, tradi-

tional crowd.Where did the

business’ name come from?

McCoy had her two grandchildren with her one day and mentioned that she needed to come up with a name for her shoe store. The 5-year-old said it should be “Taylor Smith Shoes,” and it stuck.

The 2,800 square foot space where the store will be housed was previously occupied by Serendipity by Valerie, which moved to Jackson Square on Highway 45 North earlier this year.

When Taylor Smith Shoes opens, the hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays, according to McCoy.

When temperatures begin to rise in the south barbecue sometimes comes to mind.

Columbus has quite a few options — Pig Out BBQ House, Pit & Cone, Little Dooey’s, Hank’s #1 BBQ, Bob Rob-erts BBQ, Glenn’s Smokin’ Hot BBQ & Fish, Pop’s BBQ, Shirley’s BBQ and others.

But do you know about Brother’s Keeper Barbecue? Ronnie Clayton is

the owner of this off-the-radar place, which is only open two days a week, and some holi-days. It is located at the corner of Seventh Avenue North and 20th Street North.

Clayton is a Columbus na-tive. His family, though, comes from around Bigbee Valley. His grandfather was a sharecrop-per down there and Clayton remembers his grandmother cooking on a wood-burning stove. He hung around and

picked up some barbecue tricks. He was tight-lipped about specifics and, when pressed about those tricks, only said, “You study your art. You learn it, earn it, own it.”

He opened Brother’s Keeper Barbecue in 2010. It is open from noon until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

An item for our local military and veterans.

There has been talk of the Department of Defense closing base commissaries as a way to tighten its budget. On Wednes-day, House lawmakers in Washington, D.C., rejected the proposed cuts. But the subcom-mittee action is only the first step in a long process and there is still a long way to go before the Pentagon’s 2015 budget is approved by Congress, accord-ing to Military Times.

The DOD operates 245 com-missaries around the world, including one at Columbus Air Force Base located in Building

160B on Simler Boulevard. A family of four shopping regu-larly can save more than $4,500 on their total annual grocery bill, according to the Defense Commissary Agency.

Lastly, Kroger has recalled two brands of ice cream sold at Mississippi locations because of a labeling issue.

The recall affects 16-ounce containers of Private Selection Chocolate Hazelnut Mascar-pone Ice Cream and Private Selection Caramel Hazelnut Fudge Truffle Ice Cream. Kro-ger says the ice cream may con-tain egg not listed on the label and that could cause a reaction in those with egg allergies. No illnesses have been reported.

Columbus and Starkville both have Kroger locations.

Browning on Business is a weekly column that runs each Thursday. We want your input. Send items and tips to [email protected] or [email protected].

New shoe store coming to downtown Columbus

William Browning

City of ColumbusApril 22-28n University Mall; 2031 high-way 45 N.; Signs; Knight Signsn Jessi Harris; 2411 23rd Ave. N.; Reroof; Excellent Roofingn Raymond Gross, 1102 7th St. N.; Detached garage; Samen Alvin Dunn; 2413 21st Ave. N.; Gas inspection; Johnny McDilln Andy’s Grocery; 2115 14th Ave. N.; New mechanical; J.C. Evans

Lowndes CountyApril 16n Christy Dodson; 356 Cobb Road; Construct S/F resi-dence; David Knight, LLCn D’Angela Daivs; 508 Lehmberg Road, Lot 79; Move mobile home; Premier Homes of the Mid Southn Donnie Wooten; 1415 Mike Parra Road; Construct stor-age/shop; Samen Eugene Poindexter Jr.;484 E. Railroad Drive; Remodel mobile home; Samen Kingdom Vision Internation-al Church; 2467 S. Frontage Road; Construct church; Double S, Inc.n D’Angela Davis; 508 Lehm-berg Road, Lot 79; Set up mo-bile home; Kenneth Romansn Keith and Christy Brasfield; 179 Yellowbrick Road; Move

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The Fed also reaf-firmed its plan to keep short-term interest rates low to support the econ-omy “for a considerable time” after its bond pur-chases end, likely late this year.

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Kerr McGee Corporation, certain of its affiliates, and their parent Anadarko Petroleum Corporation agreed to pay $5.15 billion to settle a lawsuit against Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation. The U.S. EPA and U.S. DOJ will host a public meeting to provide an update on the investigation and cleanup activities of the Kerr McGee Site as well as discuss details included in the actual Kerr McGee-Anadarko Settlement. The public meeting will be held on Monday, May 5, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Columbus Municipal School District, formerly Hunt Gymnasium, at 924 20th Street North, Columbus, MS.

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Lori KeslerCOLUMBUS — Lori

Leigh Camp Kesler, 50, died April 27, 2014, at Methodist Specialty Care in Flowood.

Services are Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Episco-pal Church of the Good Shepherd with the Rev. Sandra DePriest offici-ating. Burial will follow at Haughton Memorial Park in Amory. Visita-tion is Saturday from 5-7 p.m. at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home.

Mrs. Kesler was born October 10, 1963, in Amory, to Joel Camp of Sulligent, Ala., and Pat Sams of Columbus. She was a graduate of S. D. Lee High School, attended the Univer-sity of Alabama, and received her bachelors degree from Missis-sippi University for Women. Mrs. Kelser

worked at First Colum-bus National Bank, Unisouth Bank, and Trustmark Bank. Mrs. Kesler also served as Executive Director of United Way of Lowndes County and was of the Episcopal faith.

In addition to her parents, survivors include her husband, Thomas L. Kesler of Columbus; daughter, Olivia Leigh Kesler of Columbus; and sisters, Lisa Camp Tedford of Columbus and Leah Sams Lumm of Mem-phis, Tenn.

Pallbearers are David Tedford, Brad Markham, George Lumm, Dr. Mark Bean, Tim Hudson, and Aus-tin Markham.

Memorials may be made to Methodist Specialty Care, Layfair Suite 500, Flowood, MS, 39232.

Lattie ArnoldMACON — Lattie B.

Arnold, 77, died April 25, 2014, at her resi-dence.

Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Mt. Carmel M.B. Church in Ma-con with the Rev. Jack Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Carmel Friendship Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-5 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Home in Macon.

Ms. Arnold was born June 13, 1936, in Macon, to the late Lat-timore Little and Annie L. Little. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, John and Robert Little, Betty Johnson and Shirley Russell.

She is survived by her son, Willie Arnold of Macon; siblings,

Rufus Little and Dooley Little, both of Macon, Percy Litte of St. Louis, Caydo Little of Chicago and Annie Morgan of New York; five grand-children and nine great-grandchildren.

Bobbie ByrdBobbie Byrd died

May 1, 2014, at Cove-nant Health & Rehab in Picayune.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Me-morial Funeral Home.

Sarah PosleyWEST POINT —

Sarah Louise Ervin Posley, 90, died April 24, 2014, in West Point.

Services are 1 p.m. Friday at St. Paul M.B. Church with the Rev. Eddie A. Longstreet officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation is today from 3-6 p.m. at Carter’s Mortuary Ser-vices Chapel in West Point.

Ms. Posley was born Dec. 5, 1923, in West Point, to the late James B. Ervin and Alice L. Ervin. She was for-merly employed as a teacher.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Shawna Posley; son, Harold Eu-gene Ervin; husband, Leamon Posley; broth-ers, William Henry Adams, Willie James Ervin, Eugene Ervin, John Sidney Ervin and Charlie Frank Ervin; sisters, Olivia Ervin Cunningham and Ro-setta Ervin Jameson.

She is survived by her son, James Derek Posley of West Point; sister, Annie Ruth Ervin Randle of West Point; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Cherritta GavinMACON — Cherrit-

ta Michelle Gavin, 22, died April 22, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hos-pital-Golden Triangle.

Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ma-con, with the Rev. Carl Johnson officiating. Visitation is today from noon-5 p.m. at Carter’s Mortuary Services of Macon.

Ms. Gavin was born July 20, 1991, in Starkville, to Martha Gavin and the late Ed-die Johnson. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by her children, Bray-lin Brandon and Bailey Brandon, both of Ma-con; siblings, Jasmine Gavin, Courtney Gavin, Minnie Gavin, Veanna Gavin, Felecia Henley, Gregory Gavin and Joshua Johnson, all of Macon.

Deangela JacksonCOLUMBUS —

Deangela Jackson, 46, died April 30, 2014, at her residence.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Home in Co-lumbus.

Earma ClarkEarma Jean Clark,

91, died April 29, 2014, at Aurora Nursing Home in Columbus.

Services are 10 a.m. on Friday at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville with the Rev. Jimmy Dempsey officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visita-tion is one hour prior to service time.

Mrs. Clark was born

July 24, 1922, to the late Mattie Ethridge Roebuck and Levi Coo-per Roebuck. She was a member of West End Baptist Church and formerly employed as a seamstress.

In addition to her parents, she was pre-ceded in death by her husband, Ray; daugh-ters, Wanda Joy and Katie Jean Toney.

She is survived by her son, Tomas Toney of Caledonia; daughter, Eugene Thomasson of Louisville; three grand-children and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Chuck Robertson, Mark Robertson, Kenny Hollis, Francis Clark, David Edwards and Earl Clark.

Memorials may be made to West End Bap-tist Church, c/o Mary Vowell, 110 Hemlock St., Louisville, MS 39339.

Dennis RogersSTARKVILLE —

Dennis Lee Rogers, 54, died April 27, 2014, in Birmingham, Ala.

Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church in Starkville with the Rev. Jimmy Forrest officiat-ing. Burial will follow at Plair Cemetery. Visita-tion is today from 2-6 p.m. at West Memorial Chapel in Starkville.

Mr. Rogers was

survived by his wife, Joni Francine Rogers; mother, Rena Mae Rog-ers; children, Krishina Turnipseed, Tiffany D. Rogers and McKenzie Rogers; sisters, Faye Hampton and Lisa Hen-drix; brothers, Frank Rogers Jr. and Wilburn Rogers; and four grand-children.

BY MARIA CHENGAP Medical Writer

L O N D O N — Bacteria resistant to an-tibiotics have now spread to every part of the world and might lead to a future where minor in-fections could kill, accord-ing to a report published Wednesday by the World Health Organization.

In its first global survey of the resistance problem, WHO said it found very high rates of drug-resis-tant E. coli bacteria, which causes problems including meningitis and infections of the skin, blood and the kidneys. The agency noted there are many countries where treatment for the bug is useless in more than half of patients.

WHO’s report also found worrying rates of resistance in other bacteria, including common causes of pneumo-nia and gonorrhea.

Unless there is urgent action, “the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for de-cades can once again kill,” Dr. Keiji Fukuda, one of the agency’s assistant direc-tor-generals, warned in a release.

WHO acknowledged it couldn’t assess the validi-ty of the data provided by countries and that many had no information on anti-biotic resistance available.

Health experts have long warned about the dangers of drug resistance, particu-larly in diseases such as tu-berculosis, malaria and flu.

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Appreciation for student athletesI am a chapter president of a fraternity at Missis-

sippi State University.I wanted to write and inform about how thor-

oughly impressed I am with some Mississippi State’s student athletes. This past Saturday, the Kappa Sigma fraternity played the Sigma Chi frater-nity in a full contact football game in Davis Wade Stadium.

This was the 16th annual Kappa Sigma Charity Classic and thus far we have raised over $880,000 through this event.

This year, through a combination of private donors, chapter fundraising and a donation from Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma was able to raise over $94,000. This is a feat unmatched in Mississippi State fraternity fundraising history. The charities who benefited from this year’s efforts were Habitat for Humanity, Reclaimed Project and John Clark Packer, a Kappa Sigma alumnus.

Evan Sobiesk, a sophomore Bulldog kicker and current Kappa Sigma active, helped coordinate sev-eral football players to voluntarily coach. Of course, we checked with the proper channels to ensure we did not commit any NCAA violations. Bracky Brett, director of Compliance at Mississippi State, signed off on the involvement.

Evan, Dak Prescott, Gus Walley, Damian Wil-liams, Nick Fitzgerald, Ben Beckwith and Fred Walker all were instrumental in Kappa Sigma’s 22-19 victory in the game. Their desire to give up their already limited time for a charity event expecting nothing in return would be impressive enough, but the guys went beyond that. Dak wrote up a 16 page playbook for the team and several of the guys began regularly attending practice two weeks before the game. Their energy on the sideline on game day galvanized the team and legitimized the event. It could not have been a success without their selfless contribution.

Many times the work that our athletes do off of the field can be under appreciated, but I do not want this instance to go unnoticed. It is truly encourag-ing to see how genuine and thoughtful the faces of our university’s football program can be. This would not happen without the infrastructure provid-ed by Mississippi State’s leaders and coaches. The example and vision that has been set by MSU’s lead-ership is being played out before our eyes at events such as this year’s Charity Classic.

With that, I wanted to extend my deepest thanks to our student athletes for the contributions made to make the 2014 Charity Classic an overwhelming success. It certainly wouldn’t have happened with-out them

Walton ChaneyMississippi State

Agrees with editorialYour most recent, timely and needed editorial re-

garding the Columbus Public Schools made known to all of us that each one needs to speak out on the critical issues of our leadership in the schools.

For more than 30-plus years I have been a teach-er: High school mathematics in Yazoo City, Ms., Jackson, Ms., and teacher of elementary and special education at MUW as well as five or more summers in the graduate school at Mississippi State. This hands-on experience with education has taught me a lot about what is needed for our children to learn and be successful in their real time lives. The edu-cators in charge must be dedicated to the students first, not just to get good grades on the tests but to be a critical thinker, learn what it takes to have a successful career, and to be the best citizen you can be for the good of everyone.

Our editor concisely and in a straight forward manner identified the deep needs of our schools.

1. A school board which makes all the decisions for the students must be focused on the best inter-est of the students — all of them — and not on the racial prejudice of anyone. The success of schools is a critical component of a healthy economy. The people of this city must pull together or we will fall together. A school system which receives a “failing grade” leads to a failing economy, because parents who want good educations for their children will not move to Columbus as long as mediocrity or worse exists here. An outstanding high quality school system is a requirement to grow the economy of Columbus.

2. A detailed “on-site” study of schools that have “gotten it right” should be a learning opportunity for school boards, school administrators, teachers, and school staffs. When Dr. Alma Turner was the Principal of the Demonstration School the students learned and loved the learning. She was totally devoted to the process — not to honors for herself, pride or notoriety-but to the children. She set a great example for an educator. She did not “see’: and still doesn’t see, the color of a child or teacher. She was too invested in the self esteem and growth she could help them to achieve.

3. Last and most important is the need for a competent school superintendent, one who has suc-cessful experience and a proven method of being dedicated to students.

Dr. Edna McGill as interim superintendent has clearly demonstrated her leadership, competence, people and student skills, financial acumen and diplomacy under fire and with her staff. We totally recommend her appointment to fill this critical position as superintendent of the Columbus Public Schools. Why should we took further, wasting mon-ey and time when we have the right person, known and qualified, right here. We have seen her success, she is not an unknown quantity, and should be re-instated permanently for the good of all. What a simple and easy solution!Dr. James W. Hunt, Professor Emeritus, MUW

Jane Stewart Hunt, Retired Professor, MSU

SLIMANTICS

During the month of April, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann began criss-crossing the state — at taxpay-er expense, natu-rally — to promote the state-mandated Voter ID law that will require Mississippians to produce a state-is-sued ID before casting a ballot.

Mississippi’s version of Voter ID is obviously a point of pride for Hosemann, who long advocated for the measure during his tenure in the Legisla-ture before becoming secretary of state. On a stop at the Lown-des County courthouse on April 14, Hosemann was effusive in his praise of the law and its imple-mentation. While many similar Voter ID laws have faced legal challenges — Wisconsin’s law was struck down in federal court just this week — Hosemann was quick to point out that Mississip-pi’s law is so wonderfully con-structed that it has yet to face any legal challenge. In fact, he said, his office has won two national awards for how the law has been advertised and promoted.

The state has spent about $300,000 — money appropriated by the Legislature — to make sure that all eligible voters have proper IDs.

The result? By mid-April, between 600 and 700 new Voter IDs had been issued state-wide. In Lowndes County, a three-toed sloth could count the number. Yep, a total of three Voter IDs

had been issued through Lowndes County Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar’s office.

This week, we learned that a rumor circulating about a po-tential problem with some IDs might cre-ate a problem, a claim quickly shot down by election officials. The rumor was that wom-en who had married and changed their last

names after having previously registered to vote might not be allowed to vote because the name on their ID wouldn’t match the name on their voter registration.

Not true, Salazar said this week.

As best we can tell, the names don’t even have to match. The addresses don’t, either. As for the photo on the ID, it need not necessarily be a recent photo. For example, if you renew your driver’s license online, you might be able to vote with a 10-year-old photo.

In short, the validity of the ID presented at the polls is pretty much up to the discretion of poll workers.

So the state is spending more than $1,000 per head on to pro-vide IDs in an effort to imple-ment a system that falls far short of the precision you would expect for a program touted to end voter fraud in our state.

The biggest fraud is still out there: It’s called the Mississippi Legislature, which continues to pump out legislation to solve problems that don’t exist in an

effort to pander to a voter base whose gullibility is exceeded only by its paranoia.

During a three-year study of federal elections, data showed that of the 197 million votes cast, 40 voters were indicted on voter fraud charges. Of all those voters, .00000013 percent were actually convicted of voter fraud.

So naturally, Mississippi’s leaders have to do something about that “epidemic” of voter fraud.

We should not be surprised, of course. During this year’s ses-sion, the Legislature passed laws to “affirm Mississippians’ right to hunt and fish” and “to restore religious liberty in Mississippi.” As far as we can tell, the only thing preventing someone from hunting and fishing is a spouse that demands that the yard needs mowing instead. The only thing standing in the way of exercising our religious liberties is a really good NFL matchup that kicks off the same time as church services start.

Still, we are comforted to know that our legislators remain vigilant in guarding against imaginary threats. The real threats — inadequate education, poverty, poor medical care, deteriorating roads and bridges — will have to wait.

But we do have a real fraud problem when it comes to voting. But the frauds are not the people who turn up at the polls to vote. It is the people the voters put into office.

Slim Smith is The Dispatch’s managing editor. Email reaches him at ssmith@cdispatch.

Voter fraud is more a question of ‘who’ than ‘how’

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KJ705: I think the point of the comparison has completely slipped by you: we would look askance at memorials of WWII that celebrated the cause of the Germans or the Japanese yet we do not do the same for a memo-rial that venerates a society that fought a war for the right to retain the institution of slavery. Slavery as an institution, I submit, was worse than a war crime. We took an abominable act and turned it into an institution that people believed was not only normal, but

moral, just, and good.It’s sad that even today we can-

not seem to bring ourselves to ad-mit that the Confederacy and the society it sought to preserve have earned condemnation rather than praise. Maybe in another hundred and fifty years we’ll attain the perspective necessary to see it for the shameful episode in American history that it in fact was.

lets_see: This is/was too com-plex an issue to solve in 1-2 sen-tence dialogs. Both the North and the South were right and wrong. But to reduce this to apologizing only for the South is clearly being a pacifist!

KJ705: I’m not suggesting that anyone apologize for the south.

I’m suggesting that we stop ven-erating a society and a people that fought for the right to deny other human beings the right to exist on equal terms, the right to deny oth-er people the basic rights guaran-teed to them by the Constitution and promised by the Declaration of Independence.

If we want to honor soldiers who fought for a cause that THEY believed in and did so bravely, that wouldn’t be repugnant. But we have a day to memorialize Amer-ican soldiers, which, as someone has pointed out elsewhere, we have deemed confederate soldiers to be by law. The sole purpose for recognizing “Confederate” Memorial Day is to celebrate not the men but the cause. And that, in my opinion, is repugnant.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin named a member of her Cabinet on Wednesday to lead a review of how the state conducts executions after a botched procedure that the White House said fell short of the humane standards required.

Fallin said Clayton Lock-ett, who had an apparent heart attack 43 minutes af-ter the start of an execution in which the state was using a new drug combination for the first time, had his day in court.

“I believe the death pen-alty is an appropriate re-sponse and punishment to those who commit heinous crimes against their fellow men and women,” Fallin said. “However, I also be-lieve the state needs to be certain of its protocols and its procedures for execu-tions and that they work.”

Lockett convulsed vio-lently and tried to lift his head after a doctor declared him unconscious, and pris-on officials halted the exe-cution. Fallin said “an inde-pendent review” would be effective and appropriate.

The governor said the review, to be led by Depart-ment of Public Safety Com-missioner Michael Thomp-son, will focus on Lockett’s cause of death and that an independent pathologist will make that determina-tion. The review will also look at whether the depart-ment followed the current protocol correctly and will include recommendations for future executions.

Lockett, 38, had been declared unconscious 10 minutes after the first of three drugs in the state’s new lethal injection com-bination was administered Tuesday. Three minutes later, he began breathing heavily, clenching his teeth. The blinds were lowered to prevent those in the view-ing gallery from watching, and the state’s top prison official later halted the pro-ceedings. Lockett died of a heart attack shortly there-after, the Department of

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vein for the problems with Lockett’s execution.

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Gov. calls for review after botched executionWhite House says lethal injection fell short of humane standards required

BY LOLITA C. BALDORThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Re-ports of sexual assaults

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HELENA, Mont. — A Montana man is accused of setting a trap and blindly blasting a shotgun into his garage, killing a 17-year-old German exchange student. A Minnesota man is convicted of ly-ing in wait in his basement for two teenagers and killing them during a break-in.

The two recent cases take the “stand your ground” debate to a new level: Do laws that allow pri-vate citizens to protect their prop-erty also let them set a trap and wait for someone to kill?

“We don’t want it to be easy to be able to prosecute people. But we want to be able to hold individ-uals accountable when they have stepped outside the bounds of so-ciety,” David LaBahn, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Asso-ciation of Prosecuting Attorneys, said Wednesday.

More than 30 states have laws expanding the self-defense princi-pal known as the “castle doctrine,” a centuries-old premise that a per-son has the right to defend their home against attack, LaBahn said. The name evokes the old saying, “my home is my castle.”

Most of these changes have come since Florida in 2005 became the first state to interpret the “cas-tle doctrine” to apply outside the home with a measure known as the “stand your ground” law.

These laws make it far easier for a person to shoot someone and avoid prosecution by saying they felt an imminent danger — wheth-er or not the person who was shot was armed.

The principle became central to the defense of a 2012 shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager, Tray-von Martin, by a neighborhood watch volunteer who was following the 17-year-old. George Zimmer-man was acquitted last year.

The Montana and Minnesota cases involve homeowners who had been burglarized and said they were afraid of it happening again. Prosecutors say they lured intrud-ers into fatal encounters.

In Montana, Markus Kaarma told investigators his Missoula home had been burglarized twice within the last week before Sun-

day’s shooting death of 17-year-old Diren Dede. Kaarma told his hairdresser he had stayed up three nights waiting to shoot a kid, the woman told investigators.

The night of the shooting, Kaar-ma and his partner, Janelle Pflager, left their garage door open. Pflager left her purse in the garage “so that they would take it,” she told a po-lice officer. She also set up a video baby monitor and installed motion sensors, prosecutors said.

After midnight, they heard the sensors trip. Pflager turned to the video monitor and saw a man in the garage. Kaarma took his shotgun, walked out the front door and to the driveway.

He told investigators he heard metal on metal and without speak-ing fired four times — sweeping the garage with three low shots and a high fourth shot. Dede was hit in the head and the arm.

Montana’s law says a person is justified in using deadly force if they believe it necessary to prevent an assault or a forcible felony.

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area a little after 4 p.m. Monday with winds that reached 185 mph, cutting a brutal path across Win-ston County, according to weather.com.

Not far from Cul-pepper’s place, Keith and Judy Knight were huddled with their extended family in their Lawrence Ridge Road home. Things never got too bad in Caledonia and the Knights eventually went to bed.

On Tuesday morning Knight walked his two-acre yard finding dozens of odd pieces of trash. A piece of Styrofoam. Some aluminum wrap.

Some insulation. Sheet rock. A paper that ap-peared to be some sort of medical record. All that could have come from anywhere.

On Wednesday, though, Knight found in his front yard, near his driveway, a Bank of Louisville check writ-ten on April 2, 1974. It was for $1,120.25 and made out to the Gulf Oil Corporation. It was from a Louisville-based business owned by a man named George E. Jarvis and signed by his wife, Frances.

“It might have come out of someone’s attic,”

Judy Knight said.Later, Keith Knight

discovered a high school graduation portrait in his backyard. It shows an unidentified smiling young man dressed in khakis and Polo shirt. It is from the year 2000.

Knight also found a ripped piece of a USPS -stamped envelope laying in his yard. It was addressed to a home at 1140 Hopkins Rd. in Noxapater, a small town in south Winston County.

Over on Old Wolfe Road, Angela Toms also found a torn photograph in her yard Tuesday morning. It shows an old-

er, unidentified woman in a Sunday dress and white shoes, standing in what appears to be a back yard, smiling at the cam-era. Toms is convinced it is from Louisville.

“We would love to return it to the owner if we could find her,” Toms said.

Across the road in front of the Knight’s home is an open, large and uncut field.

“That field is proba-bly full of stuff,” Knight said while looking at it Wednesday afternoon.

At press time, the death toll in Louisville was at nine.

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for emergency work, in-cluding overtime pay for first responders.

Other counties de-clared disaster areas in-cluded Itawamba, Lee, Madison, Rankin, Wayne and Winston.

As state and federal inspection teams con-

tinue to assess damage, additional categories of assistance including re-pairing and replacing public buildings as well as damaged roads could be added, Bryant said.

“We have experienced tragic loss of life as a re-sult of these storms and

tornadoes, and many Mississippians have lost their homes and all that they own,” Bryant said in a release. “We have a strong working relation-ship with our partners at the local and federal levels, and I appreciate Senators Thad Cochran

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we’re doing everything we can from the light and wa-ter department standpoint to restore power,” Smith said. “Our primary con-cern is to try to get them some relief and some comfort. You can under-stand that they are upset. We want to let them know that we are concerned. Co-lumbus Light and Water is working around the clock trying to get them some relief and get their power back on, but (residents) just have to be under-standing.”

The Salvation Army has had its canteen truck in the area since Tuesday serving hot meals to those in need, local chapter ex-ecutive director Eric Rob-erts said. The Salvation Army will have a lunch today at its 2219 Main St. location from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Roberts encourages anyone who is able to get to the facility to receive a meal to do so. Tues-day and Wednesday, the truck service provided 135 meals, he said, while 130 meals were served Wednesday at the Main Street office for dinner.

“We’re trying to pre-pare for however long it takes to do this,” Roberts said. “It’s better that they come to us if they can. We have so many more to serve around Beech

Street and Poplar Avenue but we ran out of food ear-lier, so we came back to the building to restock.”

Roberts added that The Salvation Army is always accepting food donations but that money is current-ly needed the most.

Meanwhile, CL&W General Manager Todd Gale said crews from elec-tric departments in Water Valley and Okolona are assisting local crews in re-storing electricity to those who have been affected and hopes to have power restored in all areas by Fri-day. About 30 linemen are working to restore power to more than 200 homes that haven’t had any since Monday, Gale said.

“The city is helping clear right-of-way on Cy-press and Woolbright (streets),” Gale said. “We’re also concentrating on the East Emerald sub-division and pockets of Southside.”

4-County Electric com-munications specialist Brad Barr said the utility hopes to restore service today to the remaining 300 customers in Lown-des County without pow-er.

Lowndes County De-partment of Human Ser-vices Division of Field Operations Director Jim Sutherland said current

recipients of SNAP bene-fits who have been without power for 12 or more con-secutive hours can come to the DHS office and fill out forms to replace food supply spoiled as a result of the power outage. The office is located at 1604 College St. For more infor-mation, call 328-5278.

Smith wanted to re-mind residents that city public works crews cannot enter private property to remove limbs and debris from yards, but if resi-dents cut fallen trees and limbs and put them on the side of the street, crews will work to remove them as soon as possible.

West Point Mayor Rob-bie Robinson has mobi-lized seven city employees there to assist Columbus public works crews to as-sist in the cleanup effort.

The areas of the city most affected are located primarily in Ward 2. Ward 2 councilman Joseph Mickens said he has been visiting residents along with first responders to find out what needs they have and tend to them. Po-lice officers have brought tarps to residents so they can temporarily cover their roofs, Mickens said, adding that his main con-cern has been the well-be-ing of senior citizens who have had no electricity

since Monday.“With Light and Wa-

ter telling some of them it might not get on un-til Thursday, that’s four days,” Mickens said Wednesday. “People are losing their food in their refrigerator. Some of them don’t have hot water now because they’ve used all of it up. Some of them are staying in motels, and that’s extra money.”

WCBI-TV is hosting a donation drive at the Mal-co Theater parking lot today until 7 p.m. Items being accepted include water, sports drinks, cleaning supplies, diapers and toiletries. All supplies go to The Salvation Army.

Starkville businesses and Mississippi State Uni-versity have also teamed up to collect needed items for affected residents in Louisville. Drop-off loca-tions include the Salvation Army office in Starkville, the Walmart parking lot, Strange Brew, Juva Juice, Harvey’s, USave, Starkville Computers, Army/Navy Store, The Veranda, Buffalo Wild Wings, LA Green, Thyme, Veranda, 929 Coffee Bar, Midtown Pilates, Sprout, Restaurant Tyler, Bin 612, Local Culture, The Bis-cuit Shop and the Barnes & Noble on the MSU cam-pus.

Cheap thrills.Go for a walk.

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Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffBaseball players at Heritage Academy celebrate Wednesday night’s 4-1 MAIS Class AAA, Division II playoff win over Oak Forest (La.) at Trip Carson Field.

BY ADAM [email protected]

Cody Mordecai made sure he and the Heritage Academy baseball team were “Sasser Strong” in their playoff debut Wednesday night.

Buoyed by a complete-game five-hit-ter from Mordecai, Heritage Academy used a four-run first inning to beat Oak Forest (La.) Academy 4-1 in Game 1 of their Mississippi Association of Indepen-dent Schools Class AAA, Division II play-off series at Trip Carson Field.

Mordecai, a senior right-hander, walked one and struck out five in an 80-pitch effort (59 strikes). Aside from allowing a single to Chet Niehaus that turned into the Yellow Jackets’ only run thanks to a steal of home, Mordecai (4-2) mixed his pitches well, got stron-ger as the game progressed, and relied on a defense that helped him record 11 ground ball outs without an error. Mor-decai’s ability to hit his spots and to pitch to contact enabled the Patriots (19-12) to

take the first step in the playoffs in a little more than 90 minutes.

“I felt like I was hitting my spots re-ally well,” said Mordecai, who received a game ball for his effort. “My off-speed pitch was working really good tonight and we had really good defense tonight. I had the confidence to go in and hit my spot and know my defense was behind me to make the plays.”

Oak Forest manufactured its only run by sacrificing Niehaus to second base. He moved to third on a ground ball out and then got a running start off third base and capitalized on Mordecai work-ing out of the windup and catcher Dylan Barker not seeing him coming until it was too late.

Despite falling into an early hole, Mordecai said he didn’t allow the steal of home to affect his concentration. Coming off a loss to Jackson Academy on April 16 in which he allowed a season-high nine hits and five runs, Mordecai only allowed two baserunners to get as far as second

BY MATTHEW [email protected]

STARKVILLE — It’s now becoming an alarming trend for the home team at Dudy No-ble Field.

Not enough hitting and fundamental errors leading to another head scratching re-sult. Jacksonville State, a third place team in the Ohio Valley Conference, manufactured a 2-1 upset win Wednesday night in Starkville. The disap-pointing result further added to the confusing nature for a

Bulldogs team that continues to fall further on the bubble for an at-large selection to a NCAA Regional.

“We’re 46 games in and we’re doing stuff like this,” MSU coach John Cohen said after the loss. “You can’t give the other team anything and we gave them bases tonight. That’s unacceptable. That’s my fault.”

Cohen and MSU pitching coach Butch Thompson had seen enough of freshmen catcher Gavin Collins by the ninth inning after the Califor-

nia native allowed two passed balls and struggled to catch left-handed reliever Jacob Lindgren. During the 1 1/3 innings Lindgren (3-1) was on the mound, MSU (28-18) had two passed balls and two wild pitches that led to Jacksonville State’s pair of runs.

In the middle of JSU’s at-bat in the ninth inning, Collins was removed in favor of Zach Randolph and Lindgren subse-quently greeted Randolph’s ar-rival with his final wild pitch.

“I think it’s obvious we did


Josh Stillman was eager to see what role he could play as a junior with the New Hope High School baseball team.

Through 27 games, Stillman has proven quite capable of being a consis-tent contributor at the plate and on the mound for the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s Class 5A de-fending state champion.

Later this year, Stillman will get an-other chance to prove himself.

This time it will be on an even big-ger stage. In January, Stillman attended an Under Armour Baseball Factory Na-tional Tryout and Premium Video pro-gram in Jackson and was selected to be a part of the Under Armour Southwest Regional Championships that will run from July 29-Aug. 4 in Southern Cali-fornia. The showcase tournament will feature some of the nation’s top players.

“I am going to let them see what a country boy from Mississippi can do,” Stillman said with a smile. “I think it will be good to play with some of the best guys in the nation. Going all of the way to California will be a lot of exposure. There will be a lot of college coaches there and even though I may not go play out West — it is a long way — but just


Gevonta Webb never imagined him-self as a catcher for the Columbus High School baseball team.

Sure, Webb played the position when he was in elementary school, but he always thought of himself as a second baseman or playing another position.

When Webb moved to the high school team as a freshman, he made sure to tell Columbus High coach Jef-frey Cook how he felt.

To his credit, Cook didn’t listen. Something Cook saw in watching Webb, who wasn’t built anything like a prototypical catcher, convinced him the Falcons had found their next catcher to replace Josh Tentoni and to handle a tal-ented group of pitchers for the years to come.

Three years later, Webb can sit in the Columbus High dugout and smile.

Not only have the Falcons increased their win total each of the past three seasons and made the playoffs four-straight years, but Webb also is part of a senior class that, according to Cook, helped the program win its first playoff series.

That’s fitting for a player like Webb, who admits he had plenty of work to do

BY DAVID MILLERSpecial to The Dispatch

Drivers and their crews usu-ally face an adjustment period when breaking in a new chas-sis, but veteran super late mod-el driver and Golden Triangle native Rick Rickman won his second race of this season with a new chassis and has four top-3 finishes thus far.

Rickman, of New Hope-based Rickman Racing, ran his No. 86 car on a MasterSbilt chassis for the last three years

before switching to a chassis from Bob Pierce Race Cars be-fore this season started. Rick-man said he had success using his old chassis, but “newer is better.”

“Most guys change their chassis every year,” Rickman said, “and I’d been on (the Mas-terSbilt) for a few years.”

Rickman saw success ear-ly, winning a a Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series event at Whynot Mo-torsports Park outside of Me-ridian. He currently leads the

weekly events points standings. Rickman came close to win-ning the MSCCS points race at Columbus Motor Speedway on April 12, but he got caught up in lap traffic and came in second behind David Breazeale.

“The chassis acts a bit differ-ent, there’s a lot more forward bite and it hooks up better,” Rickman explained. “We were looking to make a change, and we’ve been happy with results so far.”

Rickman, sponsored by Vance Logistics and 1250

Package Store, will return to action in two weeks when the Rickman Racing team heads to Greenville, Miss. Rickman said he’s run well in Greenville in past races and he’s anxious to return to the track.

On April 19, at the Nation-al Dirt Racing League event at Magnolia Motor Speedway, Rickman was one of 24 cars (out of 50) to make the feature field against mostly full-time driv-ers. Mechanical issues forced him out of the race, however.

“We ran the wrong tires and

had some other things happen that forced us to pull off,” Rick-man said. “But sometimes, to make the field in an event like that, it’s almost as good as a weekly racing series win.”

Rickman, whose father Eddie and brother Brian are members of the Rickman Rac-ing team, has a 17-year-old son, Trey, who has started running CRATE late models. The third generation racer has given Rickman added perspective of rearing a child who loves to

Mary Alice Weeks/Dispatch StaffMississippi State first baseman Wes Rea (35) catches a ball to re-cord the putout against Jacksonville State Wednesday night.

Gamecocks squeeze past Bulldogs

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ADVANTAGE PATRIOTSHeritage Academy opens playoffs with home win; need three more to win title

Mary Alice Weeks/Dispatch StaffGevonta Webb leads the Columbus Fal-cons against Clinton tonight in the first round of the MHSAA Class 6A playoffs.

ContributedJosh Stillman leads New Hope against Center Hill tonight in the first round of the MHSAA Class 5A playoffs.

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base the rest of the way.“My first inning is always my

worst,” Mordecai said. “But as the game went on I felt like I could hit my spots better. My off-speed pitch was working really well, so I told my dad in the third or the fourth inning to call my off-speed pitch more. They are a fastball-hit-ting team. That is what I was told before the game, so I wanted to mess them up and throw off-speed. That seemed to work pretty well.”

Heritage Academy coach Bruce Branch credited his defense for making all of the plays and se-niors Mordecai, Jace Caldwell, and Mark Thatcher for setting the tem-po with their leadership.

“If we’re going to make a run at this, Cody Mordecai has to be the key to our success on the mound,” Branch said. “Our three seniors have done a great. Mark Thatcher has been consistent in the lineup, and Jace Caldwell has been com-ing on at the end of the year.”

Branch said he planned to stick with Mordecai for as long as he could go because he wanted to have his best pitcher on the mound. Of the five hits, only a single by catcher Cade Newsom that went all the way to the outfield fence in left-center field in the seventh was a sign that the Yellow Jackets could get something going. But Anderson came up with his back-hand play at third base and Cooper scooped the throw in the dirt from allowing one hit to escalate into something more dangerous.

Heritage Academy had eight hits, including two and an RBI by Anderson.

It didn’t need any other offense after a first inning in which Sykes, Caldwell, and Mordecai (a line drive off the third baseman’s glove) had hits to open the bottom half of the inning. Thatcher followed with a ground ball to third base that went for a fielder’s choice after the

throw home went off Sykes’ back. The Yellow Jackets erased a run at the plat on Barker’s ground ball, but a throwing error by the catcher after Caldwell slid into his foot and disrupted his balance allowed two runs to score. Anderson’s infield single accounted for the final run.

After the game, Heritage Acad-emy second-grader Dean Sasser joined the team for its postgame huddle. Sasser is recovering from a February car accident in which he suffered severe head trauma. Last week, the Patriots celebrated Sasser by having him throw out the first pitch in their home game against Washington School. The players keep Sasser on their minds and in their hearts by wearing blue rubber wrist bands with gold lettering that say, “Sasser Strong” and Pray for Dean.”

Mordecai said the Patriots are using Sasser’s recovery from a brain bleed and a stint in intensive care as motivation to work hard and to play for the second-grader. He said every time they are down they think about what Sasser has been through and it gives them hope that they can pull through anything they experience, wheth-er it be an early deficit or a lack of expectations given they are a No. 2 seed out of the North going against the No. 1 seed out of the South.

But Heritage Academy used a fine defensive play by second baseman Brandon Jones on a ball hit into the hole between first and second base and another gem on a backhanded play by third base-man Tyler Anderson and a scoop of the throw at first base by Thomas Cooper.

“People have been doubting us all year,” Mordecai said. “I think that started at the beginning of the season. We don’t have that much talent, but we work good as a team. I think we have been getting better and better as we have been going.

We have really good coaches and our players have seemed to get hot when they really need to.”

Sykes, who plays shortstop when Mordecai pitches, said he could tell early on Mordecai was going to be tough. As a result, he said the defense had to step up and do its part to give the senior ace the confidence he needed.

“We were able to play relaxed,” Sykes said. “We need to win every inning, and I think that is what we did. We didn’t really hit the ball, but that first inning gave us a push.”

Branch said Heritage Academy will leave today to get closer to Am-ite City, La., where it will play Oak Forest at 5 p.m. Friday in Game 2 of the best-of-three series. If need-ed, Game 3 would follow Game 2.

Branch said Heritage Academy will spend the night on the road Thursday before going to Copi-ah-Lincoln Community College in Natchez to work out and stay loose for the game later that day.

Branch also said Sykes, a right-hander who is 5-2 with a 1.48 ERA, will start Game 2. Sykes said the Patriots will keep Sasser in their thoughts and try to close the se-ries out. Branch hopes his team is ready for the challenge of going on the road for a nearly five-hour trip and playing in front of a tough crowd. He knows the ability to stay “Sasser Strong” will be a key.

“Dean puts things in perspec-tive for you and shows each and every one of us how lucky we are,” Branch said. “That is a kid who is battling and fighting every day to get back to where he is. I am not ashamed to say it, we are using that as motivation. If you’re not ‘Sasser Strong,’ what are we?’ We are ‘Sasser Strong.’ We are playing for that kid every day.”

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Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffHeritage Academy senior pitcher Cody Mordecai delivers a pitch during Wednesday night’s 4-1 MAIS Class AAA, Division II playoff win over Oak Forest (La.) at Trip Carson Field.

Prep BaseballToday’s Games

Mississippi High School Activities AssociationClass 6A North State Playoffs

Columbus at Clinton, 6 p.m.Class 5A North State Playoffs

Center Hill at New Hope, 6 p.m.Regular season

Victory Christian at New Life, 4 p.m.Friday’s Games

Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA, Division II Playoffs

Heritage Academy at Oak Forest (La.), 5 p.m.Mississippi High School Activities Association

Class 6A North State PlayoffsClinton at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Class 5A North State PlayoffsNew Hope at Center Hill, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMississippi High School Activities Association

Class 6A North State PlayoffsColumbus at Clinton, TBD

Class 5A North State PlayoffsCenter Hill at New Hope, 4 p.m.

Prep SoftballToday’s Games

Mississippi High School Activities AssociationClass 5A North State Playoffs

Lewisburg at New Hope, 5 p.m.Class 1A North State Playoffs

Hamilton at Greenville St. Joseph, 4 p.m.Regular season

Victory Christian at Victory Baptist, 3:30 p.m.Victory Christian at New Life, 5:30 p.m.

College BaseballFriday’s Games

Mississippi State at Auburn, 6 p.m.Arkansas at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.Florida at Alabama, 6:30 p.m.Southern Miss at Tulane, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesSouthern Miss at Tulane, 2 p.m.Mississippi State at Auburn, 3 p.m.Arkansas at Ole Miss, 4 p.m.Florida at Alabama, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesMississippi State at Auburn, 1 p.m.Southern Miss at Tulane, 1 p.m.Arkansas at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m.Florida at Alabama, 2 p.m.

College SoftballThursday’s Game

Alabama at Missouri, 7 p.m.Friday’s Games

Ole Miss at Tennessee, 5 p.m.Alabama at Missouri, 5:30 p.m.Mississippi State at LSU, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesAlabama at Missouri, 1 p.m.Ole Miss at Tennessee, 1 p.m.FIU at Southern Miss (DH), 1 p.m.

TodayBOXING

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL7 p.m. — Alabama at Missouri, ESPN

GOLF8 a.m. — European PGA Tour, The Championship at Laguna National, first round, at Singapore (same-day tape), TGC11:30 a.m. — LPGA, North Texas Shootout, first round, at Irving, Texas, TGC2 p.m. — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, first round, at Charlotte, N.C., TGC

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNoon — L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, MLB6 p.m. — Atlanta at Miami, SportSouth6 p.m. — Regional coverage, Tampa Bay at Boston, MLB

NBA6 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 6, Indiana at Atlanta, NBATV7 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 6, Oklahoma City at Memphis, TNT9:30 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 6, Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State, TNT

NHL6:30 p.m. — Playoffs, conference semifinals, Montreal at Boston, NBC Sports Network

SOCCER2 p.m. — UEFA Europa League, semifinal, second leg, Benfica at Juventus, FS1

FridayAUTO RACING1 p.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Aar-on’s 499, at Talladega, Ala., FS12:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Aaron’s 499, at Tallade-ga, Ala., FS15:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Aaron’s 312, at Talladega, Ala., FS1BOXING9 p.m. — Card TBA, at Las Vegas, FS1COLLEGE BASEBALL6:30 p.m. — LSU at Texas A&M, CBS Sports6:30 p.m. — Florida at Alabama, CSSGOLF8 a.m. — European PGA Tour, The Championship at Laguna National, second round, at Singapore (same-day tape), TGC11:30 a.m. — LPGA, North Texas Shootout, second round, at Irving, Texas, TGC2 p.m. — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, second round, at Charlotte, N.C., TGC6:30 p.m. — Champions Tour, Insperity Invi-tational, first round, at The Woodlands, Texas (same-day tape), TGCHORSE RACING2 p.m. — Thoroughbreds, Kentucky Oaks, at Louisville, Ky., NBC SportsMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL1:15 p.m. — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, MLB Network6 p.m. — Regional coverage, Oakland at Boston or Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, MLB NetworkNBA6 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 6, Toronto at Brooklyn, ESPN27 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 6, San Anto-nio at Dallas, ESPN9:30 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 6, Hous-ton at Portland, ESPNNHL6 p.m. — Playoffs, conference semifinals, N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, NBC Sports8:30 p.m. — Playoffs, conference semifinals, Minnesota at Chicago, NBC Sports

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BRIEFLYLocalNew Hope softball falls in playoff opener

OLIVE BRANCH — New Hope dropped a 3-1 decision in the first game of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A North State playoffs Wednesday night.

The best-of-three series resumes at 5 p.m. today in New Hope. The Lady Trojans will have to win twice today to advance to the second round.

In Wednesday’s defeat, D.J. Sanders had the only hit for New Hope. In the circle, Sanders also pitched a complete game, allowing one hit.

In Class 1A playoff action Wednesday night, Hamilton shut out Greenville St. Joseph 15-0 at home. That series also finishes tonight with either one or two games being played in Greenville.

Miss. StateTennis Bulldogs earn national championship invites

STARKVILLE — A day after the 17th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs learned they were heading to Austin, Texas, for the 2014 NCAA Team Championship’s First & Second Rounds, MSU’s top doubles squad earned a spot in the doubles field of the NCAA Individual Championships in Athens, Ga.

The 18th-ranked duo of Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp will be making their second-straight appearance in the NCAA Doubles Cham-pionship, reaching the round of 16 in the doubles field last season. The at-large bid into the field of 32 puts gives State its fourth doubles selection in the last five years.

After a 6-3 performance in the fall, which saw the duo reach the finals of the 2013 SEC Fall Classic, the pair strung together an impressive spring to reach the NCAAs once again. Angus and Stropp captured 12 dual match wins, totaling 18 wins on the year, with six of those coming against ranked opponents. The tandem earned its biggest win of the year in State’s home finale, defeating Texas A&M’s sixth-ranked team of Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow.

MSU’s top team has been a mainstay in the rankings this season, with their highest ranking coming at 6th nationally to start the fall.

Angus and Stropp may be joined in the NCAA Individuals by true freshman Floriant Lakat, who was named first alternate to the 64-player NCAA Singles Championship on Wednesday as well.

Lakat, who was recently named SEC Freshman of the Year and to the All-SEC Second Team and Freshman Team, has accumulated 21 victories for the year and 15 in dual match play. The freshman, who has earned seven ranked wins on the season, has spent a majority of the season at the top spot in the MSU lineup where he has collected 12 of his spring triumphs.

“We’re really proud of the guys for getting selections in the individuals,” coach Per Nilsson said. “It’s a great honor for them and a testament to how hard they’ve worked this season.”

Also Wednesday, Mississippi State women’s tennis standout Georgiana Patrasc has been selected to compete in the 2014 NCAA Singles Championship May 21-26 in Athens, Ga., as announced by the NCAA Division I Selection Committee Wednesday.

Currently ranked 56th nationally, Patrasc has notched a 23-9 overall record this year including a 13-5 mark in dual match competition, playing all of her contests at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in State’s line-up. The Bacau, Romania, native was 6-2 in Southeastern Conference matches.

Ole MissBaseball Rebels fall to in-state rival Southern Miss

OXFORD — The Rebels jumped out to an early lead, but a back and forth contest down the stretch went the wrong way in the end as No. 10 Ole Miss (33-13) fell to Southern Miss (27-19) 7-6 Wednesday night at Swayze Field.

The Rebels couldn’t come up with a final answering run as Ole Miss took the lead three times on the night, but Southern Miss found an answer each time before claiming the win with a run in the ninth.

Wyatt Short (3-2) took the loss in relief, allowing one run on one hit with two walks and a strikeout as he worked the ninth for the Rebels. Short retired two batters before back-to-back walks put men on base and Nick Dawson delivered an RBI single to put the Golden Eagles on top for good.

Bradley Roney (1-0) picked up the win in relief, getting Southern Miss out of the eighth and working a scoreless ninth to pick up the win. Roney allowed one hit and struck out two batters in his 2.0 innings of work.

“It’s just disappointing,” said Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco. “Somebody has to get them out besides the guys that pitch on the weekend all the time. We were a little limited today, but the other guys are supposed to get them out too. We gave up runs in five of the last six innings, and you’re not going to win baseball games doing that.”

“We weren’t very efficient (offensively),” Bianco said. “We couldn’t get the big hit. Early on it looked like we were going to have a great offensive day. You have to credit them; their guys at the end really shut it down.”

Ole Miss jumped out to a quick lead, pushing three runs across the plate in the first inning on an RBI single from Sikes Orvis and a two-RBI single from Errol Robinson as five straight batters reached base to put together the two-out rally.

The Rebels then added a fourth run in the third inning when Austin Anderson scored on a sac fly to center from Orvis that put the Rebels on top 4-0.

AlabamaCrimson Tide takes down Samford in baseball

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The No. 12-ranked Alabama baseball team homered four times against the Samford Bulldogs en route to a 9-5 non-conference victory on Wednesday night from Joe Lee Griffin Field. Mikey White tied a school record with five hits in the game and had two of the four home runs for the Crimson Tide.

White opened the game with his fourth home run of the season to spark the five-hit performance. After a single in the second, he homered for the second time in the game in the fourth inning. He singled in the sixth and eighth innings to become the 30th player in school to have a school-record five hits in a single game. White also set new career highs with four RBI and four runs scored.

No other player in the Bama had more than one hit, but Ben Moore extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he hit his team-leading seventh home run of the season in a four-run Bama eighth. Wade Wass had a solo home run, Georgie Salem had a double and an RBI and Chance Vincent had an RBI single.

Alabama had its biggest home run output in almost four years, as the last time the Tide had four home runs in a game came on June 6, 2010 in the Georgia Tech NCAA Regional against Georgia Tech. The Tide finished the day with 11 total hits, making the 25th game this season with double-digits in hits.

Alabama used five pitchers and starter Geoffrey Bramblett (4-1) picked up the win after going 3.2 innings, allowing two runs on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Samford starter Cody Pugh (3-4) took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts in three plus innings.

Alabama jumped out to an early lead, getting a pair of solo home runs from White and Wass in the first inning. Leading off the game, White hit a 2-2 pitch off Pugh over the wall in left field. After the next two hitters got out, Wass crushed a 1-1 pitch to deep left center field to stake the Tide to a 2-0 lead before the Bulldogs swung the bats.

n Softball plays at Missouri: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., This weekend, Alabama (42-9, 17-4 SEC) concludes the regular season with its first-ever road trip to Columbia, Mo., to face the Missouri Tigers (40-13, 14-7 SEC). Game one is set for a 7 p.m. start Thursday on ESPN.

—From Special, Staff Reports

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race and bolstered the family atmosphere in the shop.

“I’m a nervous wreck when Trey is rac-ing,” Rickman joked. “Now I see what mom-ma and daddy went through.

“It’s exciting,” Rickman added. “All of our pit crew, our wives, it’s a family orga-nization. We come work on the cars in the evenings. Everyone’s kids come and play while we work on the cars.”

Rickman has been racing for 28 years and has amassed more than 200 feature wins in multiple classes. He’s thankful for the fans in the area who’ve supported dirt track racing and kept a fun hobby going for a lot of talented drivers.

“It’s great to have kids come up and want to take a picture next to your car,” Rickman said. “Sometimes they want to get in the seat and take pictures, and it’s neat to see how excited they get. We owe a lot to the fans who support us.”

From Special Reports

HATTIESBURG — Southern Miss Director of Athletics Bill McGillis announced the hiring of Doc Sadler as the 20th head men’s basketball coach in school history Wednesday night.

Sadler will be formally intro-duced at a press conference at noon today on the Hattiesburg campus. The press conference is open to the public and will be video streamed live on SouthernMiss.com

Sadler’s resume reads like a who’s who of college basketball as he has coached in the Big 12, Big 10, PAC 12, and Conference USA while working under some of the greatest basketball minds in the game including Bill Frieder, Billy Gillispie, Eddie Sutton, Bill Self and Fred Hoiberg. Doc Sadler is known nationally for his recruiting prowess and his development of talent as evi-denced by19 current or former NBA players that have been tutored by him. A hallmark of a Sadler coached team is their aggressive hard noise defensive style of play.

“We’ve hired one of the great coaches in America and a perfect match for Southern Miss in Doc Sadler, “ McGillis said. “He is uni-versally respected by his peers

and regarded as one of the great coaching minds and recruiters in the country. Importantly, he will be a magnificent fit in our community. Our students, faculty, alumni and fans will love his engaging and gen-uine personality.”

Coach Doc Sadler comes to Southern Miss from Iowa State, where as an assistant coach he helped guide the Cyclones to one of their best seasons ever last year with a 28-8 record, an appearance in the Sweet 16, a Big 12 Conference Tournament Title, and a #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

“My family and I are very excit-ed to be joining the Southern Miss family. I look forward to being a part of the unbelievable tradition of the Golden Eagle basketball program and building on the great founda-tion already in place, “said Sadler. “ I can’t wait to meet both our players and fans. We’re going to do some special things together.”

As a head coach, Sadler is no strang er to success as he has guid-ed his teams to nine postseason appearances. Sadler’s impressive coaching career spans over 30 years including head coaching stops at three schools (Arkansas-Fort Smith [JC], UTEP, and Nebraska) compil-ing a 269-146 overall mark.

Southern Miss picks SadlerCollege Basketball

BaseballAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 15 11 .577 —Baltimore 12 12 .500 2Boston 13 14 .481 2½Toronto 12 15 .444 3½Tampa Bay 11 16 .407 4½

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 14 9 .609 —Kansas City 14 12 .538 1½Minnesota 12 12 .500 2½Chicago 14 15 .483 3Cleveland 11 17 .393 5½

West Division W L Pct GBOakland 18 10 .643 —Texas 15 13 .536 3Los Angeles 14 13 .519 3½Seattle 11 14 .440 5½Houston 9 19 .321 9

Tuesday’s GamesSeattle 6, N.Y. Yankees 3Pittsburgh at Baltimore, ppd., rainBoston 7, Tampa Bay 4Oakland 9, Texas 3Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 3Kansas City 10, Toronto 7Washington 4, Houston 3L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, ppd., rainL.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 4

Wednesday’s GamesDetroit 5, Chicago White Sox 1L.A. Angels 7, Cleveland 1Pittsburgh at Baltimore, ppd., rainSeattle at New York, ppd., rainTampa Bay at Boston, ppd., rainOakland 12, Texas 1L.A. Dodgers 6, Minnesota 4Kansas City 4, Toronto 2Washington 7, Houston 0

Today’s GamesTampa Bay (C.Ramos 1-1) at Boston (Peavy 1-0), 12:05 p.m., 1st gameL.A. Dodgers (Haren 3-0) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-2), 12:10 p.m., 1st gamePittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (B.Norris 1-2), 3:05 p.m., 1st gameSeattle (Elias 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-2), 6:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-0) at Minnesota (K.Johnson 0-0), 6:10 p.m., 2nd gameTampa Bay (Archer 2-1) at Boston (Doubront 1-3), 6:10 p.m., 2nd gamePittsburgh (Cumpton 0-1) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 6:35 p.m., 2nd gameToronto (Buehrle 4-1) at Kansas City (Guthrie 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesChicago White Sox at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.Toronto at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.Oakland at Boston, 6:10 p.m.Baltimore at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.Seattle at Houston, 7:10 p.m.Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 17 9 .654 —New York 15 11 .577 2Washington 16 12 .571 2Philadelphia 13 13 .500 4Miami 13 14 .481 4½

Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 20 8 .714 —St. Louis 15 14 .517 5½Cincinnati 12 15 .444 7½Pittsburgh 10 16 .385 9Chicago 9 17 .346 10

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 17 11 .607 —Los Angeles 15 12 .556 1½Colorado 16 13 .552 1½San Diego 13 16 .448 4½Arizona 9 22 .290 9½

Tuesday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 1Pittsburgh at Baltimore, ppd., rainMiami 9, Atlanta 0Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 2Washington 4, Houston 3L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, ppd., rainMilwaukee 5, St. Louis 4, 11 inningsColorado 5, Arizona 4San Francisco 6, San Diego 0

Wednesday’s GamesSt. Louis 9, Milwaukee 3N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, ppd., rainPittsburgh at Baltimore, ppd., rainMiami 9, Atlanta 3Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 4L.A. Dodgers 6, Minnesota 4Washington 7, Houston 0Arizona 5, Colorado 4, 10 inningsSan Francisco 3, San Diego 2

Today’s GamesL.A. Dodgers (Haren 3-0) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-2), 12:10 p.m., 1st gamePittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (B.Norris 1-2), 3:05 p.m., 1st gameAtlanta (E.Santana 3-0) at Miami (H.Alvarez 1-2), 6:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Patterson 0-0) at Minnesota (K.Johnson 0-0), 6:10 p.m., 2nd gameMilwaukee (Estrada 2-1) at Cincinnati (Bailey 1-2), 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-1) at Baltimore (Tillman

3-1), 6:35 p.m., 2nd gameN.Y. Mets (Colon 2-3) at Colorado (Nicasio 2-1), 7:40 p.m.

Friday’s GamesSt. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.Toronto at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 6:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.San Francisco at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.Arizona at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

College scoresSOUTH

Charleston Southern 7, Wofford 4Cumberland (Tenn.) 12, Bryan 7E. Tennessee St. 5, Radford 4Louisville 7, Ohio St. 3Middle Tennessee 5, Austin Peay 0N. Kentucky at Morehead St., ppd., rainSpalding 10, Centre 1Union (Ky.) at Cumberlands, ppd., rainW. Carolina 3, Wake Forest 2, 12 inningsW. Kentucky 13, Belmont 3W. Michigan 6, Notre Dame 4, 10 innings

SOUTHWESTBaylor 8, Texas A&M-CC 4Lamar 3, UTSA 2Texas-Arlington 16, Arlington Baptist 3

BasketballNBA playoffs

FIRST ROUND(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Saturday, April 19Brooklyn 94, Toronto 87Golden State 109, L.A. Clippers 105Atlanta 101, Indiana 93Oklahoma City 100, Memphis 86

Sunday, April 20San Antonio 90, Dallas 85Miami 99, Charlotte 88Washington 102, Chicago 93Portland 122, Houston 120, OT

Monday, April 21Memphis 111, Oklahoma City 105, OTL.A. Clippers 138, Golden State 98

Tuesday, April 22Indiana 101, Atlanta 85Toronto 100, Brooklyn 95Washington 101, Chicago 99, OT

Wednesday, April 23Miami 101, Charlotte 97Dallas 113, San Antonio 92Portland 112, Houston 105

Thursday, April 24Atlanta 98, Indiana 85,Memphis 98, Oklahoma City 95, OTL.A. Clippers 98, Golden State 96

Friday, April 25Brooklyn 102, Toronto 98Chicago 100, Washington 97Houston 121, Portland 116, OT

Saturday, April 26Indiana 91, Atlanta 88Dallas 109, San Antonio 108Miami 98, Charlotte 85Oklahoma City 92, Memphis 89, OT

Sunday, April 27Washington 98, Chicago 89Golden State 118, L.A. Clippers 97Toronto 87, Brooklyn 79Portland 123, Houston 120, OT

Monday, April 28Miami 109, Charlotte 98, Miami wins series 4-0Atlanta 107, Indiana 97, Atlanta leads series 3-2San Antonio 93, Dallas 89

Tuesday, April 29Washington 75, Chicago 69, Washington wins series 4-1Memphis 100, Oklahoma City 99, OT, Memphis leads series 3-2L.A. Clippers 113, Golden State 103, L.A. Clip-pers leads series 3-2

Wednesday, April 30San Antonio 109, Dallas 103, San Antonio leads series 3-2Toronto 115, Brooklyn 113, Toronto leads se-ries 3-2Houston 108, Portland 98, Portland leads se-ries 3-2

Thursday, May 1Indiana at Atlanta, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2Toronto at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.San Antonio at Dallas, 7 p.m.Houston at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 3x-Atlanta at Indiana, 4:30, 6 or 7 p.m.x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, 7, 7:30 or 8:30 p.m.x-Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 8 or 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 4x-Brooklyn at Toronto, noon or 7 p.m.x-Dallas at San Antonio, noon or 2:30 p.m.x-Portland at Houston, 2:30 p.m.

HockeyNHL playoffs

SECOND ROUND(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Thursday, May 1Montreal at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 3Montreal at Boston, 11:30 a.m.Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 4

Minnesota at Chicago, 2 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, May 5Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, May 6Boston at Montreal, 6 p.m.Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 7Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 8Boston at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Friday, May 9Chicago at Minnesota, TBDx-N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBD

Saturday, May 10x-Montreal at Boston, TBDAnaheim at Los Angeles, TBD

Sunday, May 11x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBDx-Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBD

Monday, May 12x-Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBDx-Boston at Montreal, TBD

Tuesday, May 13x-N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBDx-Chicago at Minnesota, TBD

Wednesday, May 14x-Montreal at Boston, TBDx-Anaheim at Los Angeles, TBD

Thursday, May 15x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD

Friday, May 16x-Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBD

TransactionsWednesday’s Moves

BASEBALLMajor League Baseball Players AssociationMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS AS-SOCIATION — Named Javier Vazquez interna-tional special assistant.National LeagueCOLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Tyler Chatwood on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chad Bettis from Colorado Springs (PCL).LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Selected the contract of C Miguel Olivo from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned C Tim Federowicz to Albu-querque. Transferred RHP Chad Billingsley to the 60-day DL.American AssociationLAREDO LEMURS — Signed RHP Josh Strawn. Released OF Carlton Salters.SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Released C Ken Matsuzaka.SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed OF Ste-ven Tinoco.Frontier LeagueEVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed INF Ray Del-valle and LHP Conor Kerins.FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed LHP Chris Cummins and RHP Cory Jordan. Released OF Pablo Bermudez and RHP Jacob Rodriguez.FRONTIER GREYS — Signed LHP Spencer Medick and LHP Brandon Rhode.GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed catcher Ga-briel Molina, 1B Richard Seigel and RHP Oliver Van Zant.JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed RHP Troy Jozsa.LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed RHP Jor-dan Kraus and LHP Jose Rosario.ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Signed INF Vick-ash Ramjit and RHP Josh Smoker.SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Sold the con-tract of OF Nick Schultz to San Diego (NL).TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed RHP Tanner Tripp.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationLOS ANGELES LAKERS — Announced the resignation of coach Mike D’Antoni.FOOTBALLCanadian Football LeagueEDMONTON ESKIMOS — Named Torey Hunter northwest regional scout, Jeff Hoffman northeast regional scout, Demetrious Maxie southwest regional scout, Malvin Hunter south-east regional scout and Mitch Matuska midwest regional scout for the United States. Named Rob Ralph draft coordinator and Paul Jones executive director of player personnel.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueDALLAS STARS — Reassigned D Patrik Nemeth to Texas (AHL).LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled D Jeff Schultz from Manchester (AHL).NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed RW Ja-romir Jagr.American Hockey LeagueCHICAGO WOLVES — Announced F Adam Cracknell returned to the team from St. Louis (NHL). Announced F ERIC KATTELUS was recalled from Kalamazoo (ECHL).COLLEGEALABAMA — Named Reggie Witherspoon men’s assistant basketball coach.CALIFORNIA — Named Tracy Webster and Jon Harris men’s assistant basketball coaches.MARQUETTE_Named Brett Nelson men’s as-sistant basketball coach.MISSOURI — Retained men’s associate head basketball coach Tim Fuller.NJIT — Announced the resignation of men’s and women’s tennis coach Mike Sowter.OKLAHOMA STATE — Named James Dickey men’s assistant basketball coach.SAN JOSE STATE — Named Mia Fisher wom-en’s assistant basketball coach.WINSTON-SALEM STATE — Named Tonia Walker athletic director.

NBA

D’Antoni, Lakers part waysBY GREG BEACHAMThe Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni re-signed Wednesday after less than two seasons on the job.

Team spokesman John Black confirmed D’Antoni’s resignation, ending the brief tenure of the Lak-ers’ fourth head coach in less than three years.

D’Antoni went 67-87 after taking over the Lakers early in the 2012-13 season. He replaced the fired Mike Brown, who lasted just 71 games af-ter replacing 11-time NBA champi-on coach Phil Jackson in 2011.

The injury-plagued Lakers were 27-55 this season, their worst cam-

paign in more than 50 years and the second-worst winning percentage in franchise history.

With Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Pau Gasol sitting out large chunks of the season while the Lakers lost an NBA-worst 319 man-games to injuries, the 16-time NBA champion franchise missed the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons.

“Given the circumstances, I don’t know that anybody could have done a better job than Mike did the past two seasons,” Lakers general man-ager Mitch Kupchak said. “On be-half of the Lakers, we thank Mike for the work ethic, professionalism and positive attitude that he brought to the team every day.”

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WCBI STAGE9:30-10:15am ..................... MSMS Blue Notes10:30-11:15am ................... Suzuki Strings11:30-12:00pm ................... WCBI Car Giveaway12:00-1:30pm ..................... Brown Sugar Band2:00-3:30pm ....................... Stormy Monday4:00-4:30pm ....................... Trinity 3

MAIN STAGE11:00am-12:30am .............. Charlie Burgin/Southbound Train1:00-2:30pm ....................... New Age Relics3:00-4:00pm ....................... Swingshift

ACOUSTIC STAGE8:45-9:45am ....................... Zumba in the Streets with the Y10:00-11:00am ................... Amber Gibson11:15am-12:15pm .............. Billy Wayne Beard12:30-1:30pm ..................... Honeyboy & Boots1:45-2:45pm ....................... Jeff Rupp3:00-4:00pm ....................... Tatum Shappley

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5 American Entertainer of the Year Awards

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Pancake BreakfastCar & Motorcycle Show

Splash of Color 5K Run/WalkMother Goose

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Bungee TrampolineWalk On Water Balloons

Rock WallVideo Game Trailer

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as a freshman to become a catcher. These days, Webb is one of the best athletes on the team and one of the top receivers in the area.

“When I first started out, I probably weighed 120 pounds,” Webb said. “It started during the summer of my ninth-grade year. That is when I realized I had to put in work. ... I fell in love with it, so I said I am going to go out every day and do this and do that.”

Webb and Columbus (21-6) will try to win their second playoff se-ries starting at 6 tonight when they take on Clinton in Game 1 of the best-of-three Mississippi High School Activities Asso-ciation Class 6A North State playoffs. Game 2 will be at 6 p.m. Friday in Columbus. The if-needed game would be Saturday in Clinton.

Numbers tell only part of the story of Webb’s mat-uration. He had only one hit in 13 games as a fresh-man. As a sophomore, Webb hit .190 with eight hits and three RBIs. He in-creased his batting aver-age to .267 as a junior and had 16 hits and nine RBIs. This year, Webb has come into his own, hitting .413, which is the second-best mark on the team to first baseman/pitcher Chris McCullough among reg-ulars. Webb leads the team with 28 runs and 28 stolen bases, is tied with McCullough for the team lead in hits (31), and is third with seven doubles, and fourth with 19 RBIs.

In addition to his mat-uration as a hitter, Webb has honed his catching skills. Cook credits for-mer assistant coach Greg Dees, who is now the head coach at Raymond High, for working with Webb and helping him to grow to enjoy playing the position.

Webb said the enjoy-

ment he gets playing catcher has grown into something more because he appreciates and under-stands how a catcher can control a game.

“The first day (he played catcher) I had a bruised thumb and it was hard. I wanted to cry and no, I didn’t like it,” Webb said. “But it was a spot, so I had to take care of it.”

Cook said Webb re-cently received a scholar-ship offer to play baseball from Coahoma Communi-ty College. He said Webb has two other schools that are interested in him. He hopes Webb gets a chance to continue his baseball career because he has been so impressed by how hard he has worked to get better in every fac-et of the game and in the classroom.

“We kind of had a heart-to-heart talk with him back in the 10th grade,” Cook said. “We told him he had a chance to get out and to improve his situ-ation. (We told him) it is time to grow up. I think he took the challenge. Coach Dees, who was a catcher in college, was a big influ-ence. He was able to get a lot of one-on-one time with him, and he really grew that summer after his sophomore year.

“He has been stel-

lar behind the plate this year. He has caught five no-hitters this year. He has been one of the main reasons back there.

He has grown so much. I am really, really proud of him.”

Cook said Webb has kept a great personali-ty and a big smile on his face all of the time even through all of the days he was tough on him. Cook said he saw the potential Webb had to play the posi-tion and he wanted to stay on him to motivate him to realize his potential.

Looking back, Cook said Webb probably could have started at second base as a freshman, but he knew the team had a bigger need at catcher, so he opted to use Webb’s athleticism there.

“He has made us a good pitching team be-cause our guys know they can throw one in the dirt or bounce an 0-2 curve-ball and he will be able to block it and make the play,” Cook said.

Webb never thought he would hear a coach say that about his catching skills. Cook’s comment shows how far Webb has come from earlier in his career when you never knew if Webb was going to block a ball or throw a runner out.

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to have your name across the nation and letting coaches see you will be a good experience.”

New Hope High base-ball coach Lee Boyd rec-ommended Stillman for the tryout. At the event, tryout organizers made tapes of the players to evaluate them. After pitching and playing well, Stillman said it took a cou-ple of days after the event to get a phone call inform-ing him he had been se-lected to participate in the regional tournament.

“They had profession-al scouts there and guys who have played profes-sionally,” Stillman said. “The best thing about it was you an unbiased eval-uation on what kind of player you are. It was neat to go and do that to see where I stand compared to the rest of the high-school students around the nation.

“I thought I did well. I thought it was one of my best days as far as pitch-ing in front of coaches. I was pretty on.”

Boyd said he recom-mended several players and believed attending the tryout would be a good chance to increase his exposure and an op-portunity to get selected to the team.

“Josh is a good player. He has improved dras-tically,” Boyd said. “We thought he was going to be a good player for us this year, and he has been.”

Boyd said Stillman started to swing the bat well at the end of last season when the team was in the stretch run of its march to the Class 5A state title. With the grad-uation of pitcher/infielder Landon Boyd, who went on to play at Northeast Mississippi Community College, coach Boyd felt Stillman could play a big-ger role, especially as a member of the pitching

rotation. Stillman has rewarded Boyd’s confi-dence by joining seniors J.C. Redden and Taylor Stafford as the team’s pri-mary starting pitchers.

New Hope (24-3) will count on those three play-ers at 6 tonight when it begins defense of its state championship against Center Hill in Game 1 of their best-of-three Class 5A North State playoff se-ries. Game 2 will be at 6 p.m. Friday. The if-need-ed game will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in Columbus.

For Stillman, the play-offs is another chance to show he can perform at a high level. In the regular season, Stillman, a right-hander, was 6-0 with a 1.39 ERA in eight games. In 35 1/3 innings, he al-lowed 24 hits and nine walks. He struck out 47 and had two complete games. He also is hitting .293 with 22 hits (tied for fifth on the team), 21 RBIs (tied for third), and two doubles.

Boyd recalls being impressed with Stillman after watching him pitch in the Golden Triangle World Series. He said Stillman worked hard last year and this year and has developed into a solid pitcher. He also is versa-tile enough he can play in the outfield and at third base.

Boyd said the chance to play on the Under Ar-mour team in the tour-nament in California will give Stillman a chance to gauge his talents against players from across the country. Before that, though, Boyd hopes Still-man can continue to de-liver for the Trojans. New Hope practiced Friday af-ter beating West Lauder-dale 4-2 on Thursday. He planned to have the team practice Sunday, but rain spoiled that plan.

The team came back Monday and swung the bats in the batting cage

before it had to put the tarp on the field to protect it from the bad weather the past dew days. On Wednesday, the team re-turned to practice and hoped to get a lot of repeti-tions in. The Trojans also will try to get some more repetitions in today before schools gets out to pre-pare them for a journey in which they will wear a bull’s eye on their backs.

“They get tired of me preaching to them about it,” Boyd said. “Like I said a minute ago, people start telling you that you’re good an you listen, we’re in trouble. Anytime you quit working or think you are good in any sport you play you tend to be at your most vulnerable point.”

Boyd referred back to the PowerPoint presenta-tion he gave to the team at the beginning of the season that said teams repeat 17-18 percent of the time. That’s why he chose to call his team the “underdogs in disguise” as they began their run. The mentality appeared to hold true, as the New Hope lost only one game en route to the Class 5A, Region 2 title. A year ago, New Hope finished sec-ond to Oxford. This year, a bye has given New Hope a week to get its rotation in line for another run to a championship. While Boyd would have loved to have had more time to practice earlier this week, he said he and the Trojans are eager to get things started.

“We do have a solid team,” Boyd said. “That’s not being cocky. I real-ly think we have a good team. If we play well, I think we will have a shot to beat a lot of teams. But you have to play the game. I have been a part of teams a lot of places — here and other places — when I have felt we were not as good and we won the series.”

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DEAR ABBY: I’m writing to support

“Feeling Coerced in San Diego” (Feb. 14), who is uncomfortable attending church with her husband. I understand her feelings because I, too, am an atheist in a relationship with a religious man.

There is another option besides abstain-ing from church or attending only on major holidays, and that would be for “Coerced” and her husband to try a different church. One religion that embraces atheist church members is Unitarian Universalism.

UU congregations are often made up of people from differ-ent backgrounds — Christian, Jewish, atheist and more. The focus of the sermons is on living a good life, treating other people and our planet with re-spect, and following one’s own path to spiritual enlightenment. It’s likely that “Coerced” and her husband could both feel

at home in such a congregation. — CHELSEA IN WICHITA

DEAR CHEL-SEA: Thank you for your sug-gestion — it’s one that was echoed by many other readers. I have mentioned the Unitarian Universalist denomination and its website (uua.org) before in my column. Readers’ comments were

enlightening:DEAR ABBY: I, too, am in a

“mixed marriage.” I’m religious and my husband is an atheist. We agree to disagree on the matter. Religion (or lack of it) is a very personal thing, and however we feel, we owe each other respect for our different views.

“Coerced” is great for trying to accommodate her husband, but now that they see it didn’t work, he should stop pressuring her. She can refrain from going to services, but should consider attending the church’s social events. This solution worked

well for us. My husband and my church friends get along well.

Of course, this depends on the nature of the church. Mine happens to be one of the more progressive. It’s worth a try. — KATHRYN IN OTTAWA, CANADA

DEAR ABBY: “Coerced” is lucky to have a man who attends church and wants her to go, too. She might consider helping in the nursery. That way, she’s there with him but doesn’t have to listen to the message. Churches are always looking for help so parents can actually attend the service. — LAURA IN CONNECTICUT

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1). Your birthday wishes have real power. An influx of resources and relationships will start your year off right. You’ll lean on your strengths in June and team with someone with a complementary talent. You’ll get the chance to prove your value to an organization in June. A special relationship will keep you entertained in July. Gemini and Aries people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 12, 22, 31, 49 and 25.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Imbalances will be righted, though not immediately. It will

take time for equilibrium to settle in, but eventually the excess in one area will flow into the emptiness in another, and all will even out.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You possess a combination of characteristics that keep your love interested, though you might not realize exactly what they are. You’ll be slightly more self-aware now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Instead of trying to figure out where you went wrong, ask for help. Others saw the mistake. By asking for help, you’ll save yourself time and improve your

strategy in one fell swoop.CANCER (June 22-July 22).

It’s better to do more with your presentation than risk being under-prepared or, worse, un-derdressed. An attitude that’s too casual will send the wrong message.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). One way to test the water is to dip a toe in. Another is to ask the people who are already swimming. Your way will be to dive in. Someone has to be the leader. You’re good at it, so why shouldn’t it be you?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If you feel vaguely threatened by the others in the room, take that as a good sign. You’ll do your best when there’s competi-tion for the prize you want.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In some way, you’ll have to vote for yourself. Never mind that it’s an awkward position. Take a stand for yourself. If you don’t, you can’t expect anyone else to adopt your cause.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Take a lead from the giant tortoise, who can live far past 100 years. Whether in work, relationships or life in general, longevity has something to do with slowing down.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Try not to be offend-ed by what people say or do out of jealousy. If you can separate your ego from the situation, you’ll see that their reaction is actually enormously flattering.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your agreement and approval can be like a chip that people around you feel they have to earn. Given your current compassionate mood, you won’t want to make them work too hard for this.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Artistic inclinations will be highlighted today, and it will give you a certain pleasure to create a striking visual with your work, environment or pres-ence. You’ll make people think.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You want to agree with someone you like; however, if you listen very closely, you’ll probably find that you can’t wholeheartedly sign off on it. You’re not of the same mind, so speak up.

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not catch the ball well tonight,” Cohen said. “It was absolute lit-tle league stuff when a guy gets on first base and a guy can’t catch a ball that’s thrown in the air to you.”

Wednesday marked the first time Cohen has made a defen-sive substitution in the middle of an inning this season as MSU ha failed to find a consistent catching option defensively in the 2014 season.

“Lindgren has power stuff but I don’t know at all what hap-pened but when you can’t catch balls in the air, you are not go-ing to win baseball games,” Co-hen said. “When the other team executes, that’s one thing but this is elementary stuff that’s going on tonight.”

Jacksonville State (24-19), who was led by former MSU assistant coach Jim Case, used

small ball to plate the game-win-ning run as designated hitter/ pitcher Ryan Sebra executed a sacrifice bunt to give the Game-cocks the final advantage.

The victory was Jacksonville State’s first ever against the Bulldogs program after receiv-ing 11 straight defeats. Since 2005, JSU had earned only four victories against SEC programs (two vs. Auburn in 2011 and 2013; two vs. Georgia in 2009).

Lucas Laster went seven innings to give MSU a quality start on the mound but the left-hander took the no decision after failing to surrender an earned run in his 87-pitch ef-fort.

“I think I struggled to find my release point tonight early on but once I did, I felt like I had all three of my pitches working perfectly,” Laster said.

JSU junior Travis Stout picked up his 10th save of the season by picking up two strike-outs in the ninth inning against MSU seniors Brett Pirtle and Wes Rea. The only salvaging element to MSU’s offensive ef-fort Wednesday was the one swing of the bat by Alex Detz. The senior that came in hitting .233 tied for the team lead with his third home run to give MSU a 1-0 lead. From the third in-ning to Detz’s at-bat in the 7th, MSU failed to get a base hit and had only three base runners. The Bulldogs were 0 for 9 with runners on base Wednesday and had 12 fly outs. Take away Detz’s performance and the fourth-year players in MSU’s lineup (C.T. Bradford, Wes Rea, Pirtle and Demarcus Hender-son) were a collective 1 for 12 with four strikeouts.

“The eight total strikeouts tonight are disappointing but I thought we hit a bunch of balls hard and sometimes you have to make things happen,” Cohen said. “We have to have some older guys step forward and do some things for this club right now that they’re simply not do-ing.”

The loss represents four defeats at Dudy Noble Field to teams outside the Top 100 in the latest ratings percentage in-dex. MSU has now scored less than three runs in 10 games this season and have now lost two games in which they’ve held the opponent to no more than two runs.

“It’s hard to get mad at a C.T. Bradford who smokes three balls tonight right at a defend-er,” Cohen said. “We hit balls hard and didn’t get hits tonight.

The key was we didn’t decide to catch baseball for whatever reason.”

The Bulldogs came to the ballpark hitting just .275 as a team, the second lowest aver-age for the program since 1994, the year most of the freshmen on the team were born.

MSU will have one practice day before traveling to Auburn for a critical series between two NCAA bubble programs as the Tigers (25-20, 9-12 in SEC) sit just one spot behind MSU at No. 42 in the latest RPI.

Game times are set for 6 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday (CSS ) and 1 p.m. Sunday.

MSU then closes its confer-ence schedule by playing host to Tennessee and traveling to Alabama.

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on the 8th day of May, 2014, of-fer for sale at public outcry forcash to the highest bidder, at12:00 noon or otherwise be-tween the legal hours of sale onat the west door of the CountyCourthouse in Columbus, Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, the following described realproperty situated in the Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, to-wit:

A tract or parcel of land locatedin the Northeast quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section10, Township 18 South, Range18 West, Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi, and more particularlydescribed as follows:

Commencing at an existing ironpin marking the Northeast cor-ner of Section 10, Township 18South, Range 18 West, LowndesCounty, Mississippi; thenceSouth 01 degree 29 minutesEast (South 01 degree 30 min-utes West in prior deed) alongthe West line of that certaintract of land conveyed unto Cel-lular Holding, Inc., as recordedin Deed Book 936, page 82, inthe Office of the Chancery Clerkof Lowndes County, Mississippi,a distance of 325.01 feet;thence South 87 degrees 59minutes West a distance of738.38 feet to the Point of Be-ginning of the herein describedtract of land; thence continueSouth 87 degrees 59 minutesWest a distance of 170.45 feet;thence South 01 degree 00 min-utes East a distance of 594.87feet to a point on the Northerlyright of way line of Cleda Drive;thence North 85 degrees 50minutes East along the saidNortherly right of way line a dis-tance of 64.83 feet; thenceNorth 78 degrees 33 minutesEast along the said Northerlyright of way a distance of107.57 feet; thence North 01degree West a distance of574.80 feet to the point of be-ginning and containing 2.30acres, more or less, and being apart of that certain tract of landconveyed to Columbus LowndesIndustrial Foundation, Inc. asrecorded in Deed Book 458 atpage 319 in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi.

SUBJECT TO a 20 foot wide gen-eral drainage and utility ease-ment located along, adjoiningand South of the entire northproperty line of the above de-scribed property.

TOGETHER WITH a permanent,perpetual, but nonexclusiveeasement for ingress andegress over and across a tractor parcel of land known as CledaDrive located in the NortheastQuarter of the Northeast Quarterof Section 10 and in the North-west Quarter of the NorthwestQuarter of Section 11, all inTownship 18 South, Range 18West, Lowndes County, Missis-sippi, and more particularly de-scribed as follows:

Commencing at the Northeastcorner of Said Section 10 (anexisting iron pin); thence South01 degree 29 minutes Eastalong the West line of CellularHolding, Inc., property as record-ed in Deed Book 936 at page82 on file in the ChanceryClerk's Office, Lowndes County,Mississippi, a distance of 530.0feet; thence South 80 degrees27 minutes East a distance of269.2 feet to the Western rightof way of Burlington NorthernRailroad; thence South 24 de-grees 30 minutes West alongsaid Western right of way a dis-tance of 180.21 feet to the ini-tial point of beginning of this as-sess easement.

FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OFBEGINNING, thence South 78degrees 33 minutes West a dis-tance of 1,050.4 feet; thenceSouth 85 degrees 50 minutesWest a distance of 374.3 feet;thence North 87 degrees 52minutes West a distance of54.8 feet; thence South 01 de-gree East a distance of 28.6feet; thence South 87 degrees39 minutes West a distance of18.0 feet; thence North 87 de-grees 52 minutes West a dis-tance of 100.8 feet; thenceSouth 89 degrees 38 minutesWest a distance of 714.7 feetto the East right of way of MartinLuther King Boulevard; thenceSouth 26 degrees 19 minutesEast along said eastern right ofway a distance of 44.5 feet;thence North 89 degrees 38minutes East a distance of695.2 feet; thence South 87 de-grees 52 minutes East a dis-tance of 173.3 feet to the North-ern right of way of U.S. Highway82 By Pass (Project Number 11-0011-03-038-10); thence North-easterly along a curve in theNorthern right of way of saidU.S. Highway 82 By Pass with aradius of 5,579.58 feet and achord bearing and distance ofNorth 85 degrees 50 minutesEast 385.2 feet; thence North78 degrees 33 minutes East adistance of 1,002.3 feet to theWestern right of way of theBurlington Northern Railroad;thence North 24 degrees 30minutes East along said West-ern right of way a distance of86.5 feet to the initial point ofbeginning of this access ease-ment tract and containing 3.11acres, more or less.

Together with the hereditamentsand appurtenances thereuntobelonging and all fixtures now at-tached to and used in connec-

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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on 4th dayof January, 2013, Thomas Com-er, Jr., executed a deed of trustto Jack H. Hayes, Jr., Trustee forthe benefit of Bank of Vernon,an Alabama banking corporation,which deed of trust was record-ed on the 30th day of April,2013 in Mortgage Book 2013,at Page 12435, in the office ofthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, the afore-said Bank of Vernon, the holderof said deed of trust and notesecured thereby, substitutedJustin B. Little as Trustee there-in, as authorized by the termsthereof, by instrument dated the18th day of March, 2014, andrecorded in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi on March18, 2014, in Mortgage Book2014, at Page 5005 in the Of-fice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi;and

WHEREAS, default hav-ing been made in the terms andconditions of said deed of trustand the entire debt securedthereby having been declared tobe due and payable in accor-dance with the terms of saiddeed of trust, and the legal hold-er of said indebtedness, Bank ofVernon, has requested the un-dersigned Substituted Trustee toexecute the trust and sell saidland and property in accordancewith the terms of said deed oftrust pursuant to applicable Mis-sissippi law for the purpose ofraising the sums due thereun-der, together with attorney'sfees, Substituted Trustee's feesand expenses of sale;

NOW, THEREFORE, I,Justin B. Little, SubstitutedTrustee in said deed of trust, will

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The following vehicles have beenabandoned at Bob's Towing,LLC, at 83 East Plymouth RoadColumbus, MS 39705.

1999 Nissan Maxima (white)VIN # JN1CA21AXT108831Tag # LUL-440 (MS)

2004 Dodge 1500 Pickup (blue)VIN # 1D7HU18D34S511660Tag # LT3-957 (MS)

2002 Saturn Sedan (blue)VIN # 1G8ZK52782Z131243Tag # LUS-225 (MS)

1997 Nissan Altima (tan)VIN # 1N4DL01D4WC177982Tag # LTT-472 (MS)

1999 Chevy Malibu (white)VIN # 1G1NE52M9X6215056Tag # LVF-891 (MS)

1998 Chevy 1500 Pickup(pewter)VIN # 2GCEC19M2W1266139Tag # D9344DB (MS)

IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOTCLAIMED BY MAY 1ST, 2014,THEY WILL BECOME THE PROP-ERTY OF BOB'S TOWING, LLCAND WILL BE SOLD ON MAY2ND, 2014 AT 12:01PM. Thesevehicles should be consideredsalvage and not repairable.

Publish: 4/17, 4/24 &5/1/2014

The following vehicle was aban-doned at Dixie Auto Parts, 6572Hwy 50 East, Columbus, MS.

2000 Toyota Tacoma PrerunnerVIN #4TASM92N2YZ580378

If not claimed by May 8, 2014,it will become the property ofDixie Auto Parts, 6572 Hwy 50East, Columbus, MS.

Publish: 4/24, 5/1 & 5/8/2014

The following vehicle has beenabandoned at Bob's Paint &Auto Body, Inc., at 83 E. Ply-mouth Rd. Columbus, MS39705.

1965 ThunderbirdVIN # 5Y87Z133824

If not claimed by May 8th, 2014,it will become the property ofBob's Paint & Auto Body, Inc., at83 E. Plymouth Rd. Columbus,MS 39705, and will be sold onMay 15, 2014 @ 12:01pm.Bob's Paint & Auto Body alsohas the right to retain the vehi-cle.

By: /s/Janice Taylor

Publish: 4/17, 4/24 &5/1/2014

Yvonne Stephens Unit D133Catherine Collie Unit A16Latoya Calhoun Unit E209Danny Cameron, Jr. Unit B66Danny Cameron, Jr. Unit B65Michael Hood Unit E173Tanya Walker Unit C113Wanda Davis Unit E210Roderick Whitfield Unit A14Chiquita Nelson Unit E190 & E200 Leon Fulton Unit D126Betty Jackson Unit D141Doulas Frierson Unit A34Mary J Taylor Unit B76Annie Summerville Unit D140 & D116

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE this29th day of April 2014

/s/ OWNER

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State of Mississippi

Notice of Sale

WHEREAS, the following tenantsentered into leases with Gate-way Center Mini Storage for stor-age space in which to store per-sonal property and

WHEREAS, default has beenmade in the payment of rent andGateway Center Mini Storagepursuant to said Leases is au-thorized to sell the personalproperty to satisfy the past dueand any other charges owed to itby the following tenants.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice ishereby given that Gateway Cen-ter Mini Storage will offer forsale all personal property in stor-age units leased by the followingtenants at Gateway Mini CenterStorage 217 McCrary Road,Columbus, MS 39702 at 10:00am the 17th of May 2014, of-fice located 201-J AlabamaStreet, Columbus, MS 39702.All auction's are with reserveand therefore all units can bewithdrawn from the sale at anytime by the auctioneer/manag-er. The following tenants havethe right to pay the entireamount due, including expensesincurred, prior to sale. You canthereby avoid the sale and re-trieve your personal property. Ti-tle to the personal property tobe sold is believed to be good,but at such sale, Gateway Cen-ter Mini Storage will convey onlysuch title as is vested in it pur-suant to its lease with the fol-lowing and its allowed underMississippi Code Annotated Sec-tion 85-7-123.

Jerry Lockette Unit B43Christine Hill Unit B39Ricky Hudson Unit B40Casandra Hall Unit E194Synetra Neal Unit C114Robert Webber Unit C91 & D148 Shaundra Harris Unit E192Tasheka James Unit 241Gates Harris Unit C103Ann Isom Unit D135


RFP TO FURNISH FOOD SERVICEFOR THE MS SUMMER FOOD

SERVICE PROGRAM

The Initiative CDC in collabora-tion with the MDE is taking bidsfor our 2014 Summer Food Ser-vice Program. The Program willoperate from June 2, 2014 toAugust 8, 2014 from 8am to2pm. The Program address isCharity Village, 806 Tarlton Rd.,Crawford, MS 39743. We areexpecting 300 youths to beserved breakfast and lunch dai-ly. Vendors are expected to pre-pare the meals in bulk, serve onplates, provide utensils, and pro-vide milk with each meal. To seea copy of the meal pattern re-quired by the Mississippi Officeof Child Nutrition, go towww.initv.org. Interested ven-dors please submit your bids toCharity Village, P.O. Box 174,Crawford, MS 39743, Attention:Robert Howze, no later than12:00pm on April 30, 2014.

Publish: 4/17 – 5/2/2014

have been received and re-solved. Whether EPA's 45-dayreview period is performed con-currently with the public com-ment period or after the publiccomment period has ended, thedeadline for citizen's petitions tothe EPA Administrator will be de-termined as if EPA's 45-day re-view period is performed afterthe public comment period hasended.

The status regarding EPA's 45-day review of this project andthe deadline for citizen's peti-tions can be found at the 908PER20130001 following websiteaddress: http://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/Mississippi.htm.

Additional details about the ap-plication(s), including a copy ofthe draft permit(s), are availableby writing or calling Mr. LorenzoBoddie at the above PermitBoard address and telephonenumber. Additionally, as a cour-tesy, for those with Internet ac-cess, a copy of the proposeddraft permit(s) may be found onthe Mississippi Department ofEnvironmental Quality's websiteathttp://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx . This informa-tion is also available for reviewat the following location(s) dur-ing normal business hours:

Mississippi Department of Envi-ronmental QualityOffice of Pollution Control515 E. Amite StJackson, MS 39201

Columbus Public Library314 7th Street NorthColumbus, MS 39701Please bring the foregoing to theattention of persons whom youknow will be interested.

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Public Notice Start Date: May 1, 2014

MDEQ Contact: Tim Parrish

Deadline For Comment: May 31, 2014

Columbus Brick Company Inc, lo-cated at 114 Brickyard Road, inColumbus, MS, (662) 328-4931, has applied to the Missis-sippi Department of Environmen-tal Quality for the following per-mitting action(s): Title V re-is-suance Ref. No. 1680-00008.The applicant's operations fallwithin SIC Code 3251. A State-ment of Basis has been pre-pared that contains a discussionof decision-making that wentinto the development of the per-mit and to provide the permittingauthority, the public, and othergovernment bodies a record ofthe technical issues surroundingissuance of the permit. TheStatement of Basis also ad-dresses any changes to emis-sions and/or discharges result-ing from any modification of thefacility.

This is an existing brick manu-facturing facility. They are apply-ing for re-issuance of a Title VOperating Permit. A Title V Oper-ating Permit is a permit that isrequired by Title V of the FederalClean Air Act and the MississippiAir and Water Pollution ControlLaw. This is not a Prevention ofSignificant Deterioration projectas specified in APC-S-5.The staff of the Permit Boardhas developed this draft permitbased on information submittedto the Permit Board by the appli-cant, appropriate State and Fed-eral agencies and other interest-ed parties. The staff of the Per-mit Board is soliciting all relativeinformation pertaining to the pro-posed activity, including publiccomment, to ensure that the fi-nal staff recommendation on thedraft permit complies with allState and Federal regulations.Public review and comment onthe draft permit and supportingdocumentation is an importantelement in the staff evaluationand resulting recommendationto the Permit Board. The draftpermit conditions have been de-veloped to ensure compliancewith all State and Federal regula-tions but are subject to changebased on information receivedas a result of public participa-tion.

Persons wishing to commentupon or object to the proposeddeterminations are invited tosubmit comments in writing toTim Parrish at the Permit Board-'s address shown above, no lat-er than May 31, 2014. All com-ments received by this date willbe considered in the formulationof final determinations regardingthe application(s). A public hear-ing will be held if the PermitBoard finds a significant degreeof public interest in the pro-posed permit(s). The PermitBoard is limited in the scope ofits analysis to environmental im-pact. Any comments relative tozoning or economic and socialimpacts are within the jurisdic-tion of local zoning and planningauthorities and should be ad-dressed to them.

After receipt of public commentsand thorough consideration ofall comments, the staff will for-mulate its recommendations forpermit issuance and a proposedpermit if that is the recommen-dation. The Title V Permit to Op-erate is a permit that is requiredby Title V of the Federal CleanAir Act and the Mississippi Airand Water Pollution Control Law.The Title V permit is a Federally-enforceable permit as well as aState permit. Therefore, theU.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) will also be allowedan opportunity to review the ap-plication, proposed permit, andall comments received duringthe public comment period priorto Permit Board action on theapplication.

EPA has agreed to treat thisdraft permit as a proposed per-mit and to perform its 45-day re-view provided by the law and reg-ulations concurrently with thepublic notice period, as long asno public comments are re-ceived within the 30-day publicnotice period. If comments arereceived, EPA's 45-day reviewperiod will cease to be per-formed concurrently with thepublic notice period. EPA's 45-day review period will start oncethe public notice period hasbeen completed and EPA re-ceives notification from the Mis-sissippi Department of Environ-mental Quality that comments


($5,000,000). SECTION 10. If any one or moreof the provisions of this resolu-tion shall for any reason be heldto be illegal or invalid, such ille-gality or invalidity shall not affectany of the other provisions ofthis resolution, but this resolu-tion shall be construed and en-forced as if such illegal or invalidprovision or provisions had notbeen contained herein. Uponmotion duly made and second-ed, the foregoing resolution wasadopted by a majority of themembers of the Governing Bodypresent, being a quorum of saidGoverning Body and the Mayordeclared the motion carried andthe resolution adopted the 15thday of April, 2014.

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Bond or the Loan; and

WHEREAS, the Governing Bodyis authorized and empowered bythe City Act and/or the Bank Actto issue the Bonds or the CityBond or to enter into the Loanfor the purposes herein set forthand there are no other availablefunds on hand or available fromregular sources of income forsuch purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-SOLVED BY THE MAYOR ANDCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY,ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OFTHE CITY, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. All of the mattersand things recited in the premis-es sections of this resolutionare found and determined to betrue and accurate. SECTION 2. This resolution isadopted pursuant to the Act, theConstitution, and other applica-ble laws of the State. SECTION 3. The Governing Body,acting for and on behalf of theCity, hereby declares its inten-tion to either (a) issue and sellthe Bonds pursuant to the CityAct in an aggregate principalamount not to exceed Five Mil-lion Dollars ($5,000,000), (b) is-sue and sell the City Bond to theBank pursuant to the Act in anaggregate principal amount notto exceed Five Million Dollars($5,000,000), or (c) enter intothe Loan with the Bank pursuantto the Act to borrow money fromthe Bank in a principal amountnot to exceed Five Million Dol-lars ($5,000,000). SECTION 4. The Bonds, the CityBond or the Loan will be issuedfor the purpose of financing theProject, as authorized by the CityAct and/or the Bank Act. SECTION 5. The Bonds or theCity Bond may be issued in oneor more series and, if issued,will be general obligations of theCity payable as to principal andinterest out of and secured byan irrevocable pledge of theavails of a direct and continuingtax to be levied annually withoutlimitation as to time, rate oramount upon all the taxableproperty within the geographicallimits of the City. The Loan willbe payable from available rev-enues of the City and will notconstitute an indebtedness ofthe City within the meaning ofany constitutional or statutoryrestrictions, limitations, or provi-sions, and the taxing power ofthe City will not be pledged tothe payment of the Loan. SECTION 6. The Governing Bodyproposes to direct the issuanceof all or any portion of the Bondsor the City Bond or to authorizethe Loan in the amount and forthe purposes and secured asaforesaid at a meeting of theGoverning Body to be held at itsusual meeting place located at1501 Main Street, Columbus,Mississippi, at the hour of 5:00o'clock p.m. on May 20, 2014,or at some meeting or meetingssubsequent thereto; provided,however, that if ten percent(10%) or Fifteen Hundred(1500), whichever is less, of thequalified electors of the Cityshall file a written protest withthe Governing Body against theissuance of the Bonds or theCity Bond or the authorization ofthe Loan on or before the afore-said date and hour, then theBonds or the City Bond shall notbe issued or the Loan shall notbe entered into unless approvedat an election on the questionthereof called and held as is pro-vided by law; provided, furtherthat if no protest is filed, thenthe Bonds or the City Bond maybe issued and sold in one ormore series or the City may en-ter into the Loan without anelection on the question of theissuance thereof at any timewithin a period of two (2) yearsafter May 20, 2014. SECTION 7. In full compliancewith the City Act, the Secretary-Treasurer of the City (the "Sec-retary-Treasurer") is hereby di-rected to publish a copy of thisresolution once a week for atleast three (3) consecutiveweeks in The Commercial Dis-patch, a newspaper published inand having a general circulationin the City and qualified underthe provisions of Section 13-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972,as amended, with the first publi-cation being not less than twen-ty-one (21) days prior to the dateset forth in Section 6 of this res-olution, and the last publicationbeing made not more than sev-en (7) days prior to such date.SECTION 8. The Secretary-Trea-surer is hereby directed to pro-cure from the publisher of theaforesaid newspaper the cus-tomary proof of the publicationof this resolution and the re-quired notice and have the samebefore the Governing Body onthe date and hour specified inSection 6 hereof. SECTION 9. The City hereby de-clares its official intent to reim-burse itself from the proceeds ofthe Bonds, the City Bond or theLoan for expenses incurred withrespect to the Project subse-quent to the date of this resolu-tion. This resolution is intendedas a declaration of official intentunder Treasury Regulation1.150-2. The Bonds, the CityBond or the Loan will not exceedthe aggregate principal amountof Five Million Dollars$ continued next column

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AND THE CONSTRUCTION OFADA IMPROVEMENTS RELATEDTO ALL OF THE SAME; DIRECT-ING THE PUBLICATION OF A NO-TICE OF SUCH INTENTION; ANDFOR RELATED PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, the Mayor and CityCouncil of the City of Columbus,Mississippi (the "GoverningBody"), acting for and on behalfof the City of Columbus, Missis-sippi (the "City"), is authorizedby Sections 21-33-301 et seq.,Mississippi Code of 1972, asamended and supplementedfrom time to time (the "CityAct"), to issue general obligationbonds for the purposes set forththerein, including, but not limit-ed to, construction, improve-ment, and paving streets includ-ing milling, striping and base re-pairs of the same; the construc-tion and improvement of side-walks, valley curbs, curbs andgutters; the repair and improve-ment of drainage systems; theacquisition and improvement ofpublic parking facilities; and theconstruction of ADA improve-ments related to all of the same(the "Project"); and

WHEREAS, the Governing Body,acting for and on behalf of theCity, is also authorized underthe City Act and Sections 31-25-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of1972, as amended and supple-mented from time to time (the"Bank Act" and together withthe City Act, the "Act"), and oth-er applicable laws of the Stateof Mississippi (the "State"), to(a) issue a general obligationbond of the City to be sold tothe Mississippi DevelopmentBank (the "Bank") to finance thecosts of the Project, or (b) enterinto a loan with the Bank to bor-row money to finance the costsof the Project; and

WHEREAS, the Project is in ac-cordance with and in furtheranceof the provisions of the Act; andWHEREAS, the Governing Bodyis authorized to provide fundingfor the costs of the Project ei-ther (a) through the issuance ofgeneral obligation bonds of theCity pursuant to the City Act in atotal aggregate principal amountnot to exceed Five Million Dol-lars ($5,000,000) (the"Bonds"), (b) through the is-suance of a general obligationbond of the City to be sold tothe Bank pursuant to the Act ina total aggregate principalamount not to exceed Five Mil-lion Dollars ($5,000,000) (the"City Bond"), or (c) by enteringinto a loan with the Bank pur-suant to the Act to borrow mon-ey from the Bank in a total prin-cipal amount not to exceed FiveMillion Dollars ($5,000,000)(the "Loan"); and

WHEREAS, prior to the sale andissuance of the Bonds or theCity Bond or entering into theLoan with the Bank, the Cityshall secure a Master Plan forthe Project from Neel-Schaffer;and

WHEREAS, as of April 1, 2014,the assessed value of all tax-able property within the City, ac-cording to the last completed as-sessment for taxation, was OneHundred Seventy-Six MillionForty-Seven Thousand Eight Hun-dred Fifty-Eight Dollars($176,047,858), and the Cityhad outstanding bonded andfloating indebtedness as subjectto the fifteen percent (15%) debtlimit prescribed by Section 21-33-303 of the City Act, asamended, in the amount of inthe amount of Eight Million FiveHundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dol-lars ($8,555,000), and out-standing bonded and floating in-debtedness as subject to thetwenty percent (20%) debt limitprescribed by Section 21-33-303 of the City Act, in theamount of Eight Million Five Hun-dred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars($8,555,000); and

WHEREAS, the Bonds, the CityBond or the Loan, when addedto the outstanding bonded in-debtedness of the City, will notresult in bonded indebtedness,exclusive of indebtedness notsubject to the aforesaid fifteenpercent (15%) debt limit, ofmore than fifteen percent (15%)of the assessed value of all tax-able property within the City, willnot result in indebtedness, bothbonded and floating, exclusive ofindebtedness not subject to theaforesaid twenty percent (20%)debt limit prescribed by Section21-33-303 of the City Act, in ex-cess of twenty percent (20%) ofthe assessed value of all tax-able property within the City, andwill not exceed any constitution-al or statutory limitation upon in-debtedness which may be in-curred by the City; and

WHEREAS, there has been no in-crease in said bonded and float-ing general obligation indebted-ness of the City since April 1,2014; and

WHEREAS, it would be in thebest interest of the City for theGoverning Body to provide fund-ing for the costs of the Projectby borrowing money through theissuance of the Bonds or theCity Bond or by entering into theLoan, all in accordance with theCity Act; and

WHEREAS, the City reasonablyexpects that it will incur expendi-tures in connection with theProject for which the City intendsto reimburse itself with the pro-ceeds of the Bonds, the City


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NOTICE OF RESOLUTION OF INTENT

The Mayor and the City Councilof the City of Columbus, Missis-sippi (the "City") took up for con-sideration the matter of provid-ing financing for capital improve-ments in the City, and, after adiscussion of the subjectmatter, the following resolutionwas presented for consideration:RESOLUTION DECLARING THEINTENTION OF THE MAYOR ANDCITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFCOLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI TO EI-THER ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGA-TION BONDS OF THE CITY OFCOLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, IS-SUE A GENERAL OBLIGATIONBOND OF SAID CITY FOR SALETO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOP-MENT BANK OR ENTER INTO ALOAN WITH THE MISSISSIPPIDEVELOPMENT BANK, ALL IN ANAGGREGATE PRINCIPALAMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEEDFIVE MILLION DOLLARS($5,000,000) TO RAISE MONEYFOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANC-ING THE CONSTRUCTION, IM-PROVEMENT, AND PAVINGSTREETS INCLUDING MILLING,STRIPING AND BASE REPAIRSOF THE SAME; THE CONSTRUC-TION AND IMPROVEMENT OFSIDEWALKS, VALLEY CURBS,CURBS AND GUTTERS; THE RE-PAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OFDRAINAGE SYSTEMS; THE AC-QUISITION AND IMPROVEMENTOF PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES;


SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on March 2, 2011,Mitchell Johnson, an unmarriedman, executed a certain deed oftrust to Denise McLaurin,Trustee for the benefit of Re-gions Bank d/b/a Regions Mort-gage which deed of trust is ofrecord in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, State of Mississippi inBook MORT 2011 at Page4106; and

WHEREAS, Regions Bank d/b/aRegions Mortgage has hereto-fore substituted Shapiro &Massey, LLC as Trustee by in-strument dated September 13,2013 and recorded in the afore-said Chancery Clerk's Office inBook MORT 2013 at Page26507; and

WHEREAS, default having beenmade in the terms and condi-tions of said deed of trust andthe entire debt secured therebyhaving been declared to be dueand payable in accordance withthe terms of said deed of trust,Regions Bank d/b/a RegionsMortgage, the legal holder ofsaid indebtedness, having re-quested the undersigned Substi-tuted Trustee to execute thetrust and sell said land andproperty in accordance with theterms of said deed of trust andfor the purpose of raising thesums due thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, trustee'sfees and expense of sale.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro &Massey, LLC, SubstitutedTrustee in said deed of trust, willon May 15, 2014 offer for saleat public outcry and sell withinlegal hours (being between thehours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m.), at the Southeast Door ofthe County Courthouse of Lown-des County, located at Colum-bus, Mississippi, to the highestand best bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situat-ed in Lowndes County, State ofMississippi, to-wit:

2.01 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,lying in the Southwest Quarter ofthe Northeast Quarter of Section36, Township 15 South, Range17 West, Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi, being described as fol-lows:

Commencing at the NorthwestCorner of said Quarter-Quartersection (an existing iron pin at afence corner) as the POINT OFBEGINNING, run thence South85 degrees 00 minutes East for120.0 feet; thence South 28 de-grees 48 minutes East for516.7 feet to a point on thenorth right of way of a publicroad known as Honnoll MillRoad; thence Southwesterlyalong the north right of way ofsaid Honnoll Mill Road (30 feetfrom centerline) for 160 feet,more or less, to a point that is160.1 feet South 52 degrees00 minutes West from the previ-ous point; thence North 28 de-grees 44 minutes West for503.9 feet; thence North 00 de-grees 05 minutes West alongthe west line of the NortheastQuarter of aforementioned Sec-tion 36 for 120.0 feet to thepoint of beginning.

I WILL CONVEY only such title asvested in me as SubstitutedTrustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE onthis 10th day of April, 2014.

Shapiro & Massey, LLCSUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE

Shapiro & Massey, LLC1080 River Oaks Drive, Suite B-202Flowood, MS 39232(601)981-92991803 Honnell Mill RoadCaledonia, MS 39740

13-008011GW

Publication Dates: April 17, 24,and May 1, 8, 2014

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LOWNDES COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPI

IN THE INTEREST OF NOAH JASSIM MADAN, A MINOR, BYAND THROUGH NEXT FRIENDS,JAMES A. BORLAND AND MAR-GARET ANN BORLAND

CAUSE NO.: 2014-0114

SUMMONS (By Publication)

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: JASSIM ALI MADAN, Whosewhereabouts are unknown afterdiligent search and inquiry.

You have been made a Defen-dant in the suit filed in thisCourt by James A. Borland andMargaret Ann Borland, Plaintiff,seeking termination of yourparental rights as to Noah Jas-sim Madan.

You are required to mail or handdeliver a written response to theComplaint filed in this action toLisa L. Meggs, Attorney for Plain-tiff, whose address is 87 River-side Drive, Columbus, MS,39702.

Your response must be mailedor delivered not later than thirtydays after the 24th day of April,2014, which is the date of thefirst publication of this sum-mons. If your response is notso mailed or delivered, judgmentby default will be enteredagainst you for the relief de-manded in the petition.

You must also file the original ofyour Response with the Clerk ofthis Court within a reasonabletime afterward.

Issued under my hand and sealof said Court, this 3rd day ofApril, 2014.

Lowndes County Chancery Clerk

By: Shantrell W. Granderson,D.C.

Publish: 4/24, 5/1 & 5/8/2014


MISSISSIPPI

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF HAZEL B.LONGINO, DECEASED

SUSAN LONGINO KLING, EX-ECUTRIX

CAUSE NO. 2014-0069-B

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF LOWNDES

Letters Testamentary have beengranted and issued to the under-signed upon the Estate of HazelB. Longino, Deceased, by theChancery Court of LowndesCounty, Mississippi on the 4thday of April, 2014. This is togive notice to all persons havingclaims against said estate toprobate and register same withthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi, within 90(ninety) days from this date. Afailure to so probate and regis-ter said claim will forever bar thesame.

This the 10th day of April,2014.

Susan Longino Kling, Executrixof the Estate of Hazel B. Longino, Deceased

Publish: 4/24, 5/1 & 5/8/2014

County, Mississippi on the 4thday of April, 2014. This is togive notice to all persons havingclaims against said estate toprobate and register same withthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi, within 90(ninety) days from this date. Afailure to so probate and regis-ter said claim will forever bar thesame.

This the 10th day of April,2014.

Charles Wayne Powell, Co-Execu-tor of the Estate of FausteenPowell, Deceased

Barbaranne Deason, Co-Execu-tor of the Estate of FausteenPowell, Deceased

Publish: 4/24, 5/1 & 5/8/2014

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MISSISSIPPI

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF FAUSTEEN POWELL, DECEASED;

CHARLES WAYNE POWELL ANDBARBARANNE DEASON, CO-EX-ECUTORS

CAUSE NO. 2014-0065

NOTICE TO CREDITORS


Letters Testamentary have beengranted and issued to the under-signed upon the Estate of Faus-teen Powell, Deceased, by theChancery Court of Lowndes



SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on December 4,2009, Edith M. Brock executeda deed of trust to Timothy L.Gowan, Trustee, for the use andbenefit of Bankfirst FinancialServices, which deed of trust isrecorded in Trust Deed Book2009, at Page 30095, in the of-fice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi;and,

WHEREAS, Thomas L. Segrestwas named and appointed assubstitute trustee, in the placeand stead of the said Timothy L.Gowan, by instrument datedMarch 28, 2014, executed byBankfirst Financial Services, andrecorded in Trust Deed Book2014, at Page 6361, in the of-fice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi;and

WHEREAS, default having beenmade in the terms and condi-tions of said deed of trust andthe entire debt secured therebyhaving been declared to be dueand payable in accordance withthe terms of said deed of trustand the legal holder of said in-debtedness having requestedthe undersigned substitutetrustee to execute the trust andsell said land and property in ac-cordance with the terms of saiddeed of trust for the purpose ofraising the sum due thereunder,together with attorney's fees,trustee's fees, and expense ofsale;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas L.Segrest, substitute trustee insaid deed of trust, will on May 9,2014, offer for sale at publicoutcry, and sell within legalhours (Being between the hoursof 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.) atthe east front door of the Lown-des County Courthouse, Colum-bus, Mississippi, to the highestand best bidder for cash, the fol-lowing described property lyingand being situated in the Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, to-wit:

Lot No. 210, Masonic HomeSubdivision, a subdivision ofLowndes County, Mississippi, asper map or plat thereof in PlatBook 2, Page 34, in the office ofthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi, subject torestrictive covenants and condi-tions as contained in instrumentof record in Deed Book 287,page 206-209 in the office ofthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi.

I will convey only such title as isvested in me as substitutetrustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, thisthe 14th day of April, 2014.

/s/ Thomas SegrestSubstitue Trustee

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The East Mississippi CommunityCollege Board of Trustees isnow accepting sealed bids forthe following: Publication ofYearbook Sealed bids will beaccepted in the AdministrationBuilding, Scooba Campus, 1512Kemper Street, P.O. Box 158,Scooba, MS 39358, until 2:00p.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2014,at which time all properly submit-ted bids shall be opened. Biddocuments and specificationsmay be obtained by contactingthe Business Office at P.O. Box158, Scooba, MS 39358, or(662) 476-5077. This informa-tion will also be made availableonline by visiting our website atwww.eastms.edu/community/Pages/Bid-solicitations.aspx. TheEast Mississippi Community Col-lege Board of Trustees reservesthe right to reject any or all bidsand to negotiate with thelowest/best bidder.

East Mississippi Community Col-lege is committed to assuringthat the College and its pro-grams are free from discrimina-tion and harassment basedupon race, color, ethnicity, sex,pregnancy, religion, national ori-gin, disability, age, sexual orien-tation, gender identity, geneticinformation, status as a U.S.veteran, or any other status pro-tected by state or federal law.The following person has beendesignated to handle inquiriesregarding the non-discriminationpolicies: Dr. Andrea Scott May-field, Vice President for ScoobaCampus, Scooba Student Ser-vices, EEOC/OCR and Institu-tional Research & Effectiveness,Davis Administration Building,P.O. Box 158, Scooba, MS39358, Telephone: (662)-476-5000, E-mail: [email protected].

Publication Dates: April 24,2014 and May 1, 2014

Your response must be mailedor delivered no later than thirty(30) days from the date of thefirst publication of this notice,April 24th, 2014. If your re-sponse is not so mailed or deliv-ered, a judgment by default shallbe entered against you for themoney or other relief demandedin the complaint.

You must also file the original ofyour response with the Clerk ofthis Court within a reasonabletime afterward.

Issued under my hand and sealof said Court, this the 8th day ofApril, 2014.

By: Tina Fisher, D.C.

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SUMMONS


MISSISSIPPI

Wendy Kinyard, Plaintiff

vs

Thomas Rogers, II, Defendant

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: THOMAS ROGERS, II

NOTICE TO DEFENDANTRULE 81 SUMMONS

You have been made a Defen-dant in the suit filed in thisCourt by the above referencedPlaintiff, seeking a change in thelegal custody of and the visita-tion with your minor child.

You are summoned to appearand defend against said Petitionat 9:30 o'clock, a.m., on the 5th

day of June, 2014, in the court-room of the Lowndes CountyCourthouse at Columbus, Mis-sissippi, and in case of your fail-ure to appear and defend, ajudgment shall be enteredagainst you for them money orother things demanded in thePetition.

You are required to mail or handdeliver a written response to thePetition filed against you in thisaction to Tammy L. Woolbright,Attorney for the Plaintiff, whosepost office address is P.O. Box295, Columbus, MS 39703, andwhose street address is 516 2nd

Avenue North, Columbus, MS39701.


that the following permanent in-junction be issued by the DistrictCourt: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1367 & 1651, § 105(a) of theBankruptcy Code and Bankrupt-cy Rules 7001 and 7065, (i) anyDebtor(s), (ii) any creditor of anyDebtor who filed or could havefiled a claim in the Chapter 11Cases, (iii) any other Personwhose claim (A) in any way aris-es from or is related to the Ad-versary Proceeding, (B) is aTrust Derivative Claim, or (C) isduplicative of a Trust DerivativeClaim, and (iv) any Person actingor purporting to act as an attor-ney for any of the preceding ishereby permanently enjoinedfrom asserting against anyAnadarko Released Party (I) anyTrust Derivative Claims or (II)any claims that are duplicativeof Trust Derivative Claims,whether or not held or controlledby the Litigation Trust, orwhether or not the LitigationTrust could have asserted suchclaims against any Anadarko Re-leased Party. The injunctionherein shall not apply to or barthe following: (i) any criminal lia-bility; (ii) any liability arising un-der Title 26 of the United StatesCode (Internal Revenue Code) orstate tax laws; (iii) any liabilityarising under federal or state se-curities laws; (iv) any action toenforce a covenant not to sue,release, or agreement not toseek reimbursement containedin the Settlement Agreement; (v)any liability that an Anadarko Re-leased Party might have thatdoes not arise from or through aliability of a Debtor; (vi) any lia-bility of an Anadarko ReleasedParty due to its status or acts oromissions since November 28,2005 as a/an (A) owner, (B) op-erator, (C) discharger, (D)lessee, (E) permittee, (F) li-censee, (G) person in charge,(H) holder of a right of use andeasement, (I) arranger for dis-posal or treatment, (J) trans-porter, or (K) person who gener-ates, handles, transports,treats, stores or disposes of sol-id or hazardous waste; (vii) anyliability relating to the E&P Busi-ness or the stored power or bat-tery business (including, but notlimited to, as owned or operatedby U.S. Avestor LLC and Kerr-McGee Stored Power CompanyLLC ); and (viii) any liability thatany Anadarko Released Party re-tained, received or assumed pur-suant to the Assignment Agree-ment or Assignment, Assump-tion, and Indemnity Agreement.For the avoidance of doubt, tothe extent that a liability of anAnadarko Released Party exclud-ed from the injunction herein bythe preceding sentence wouldbe a liability for which suchAnadarko Released Party wouldbe jointly and severally liablewith others, including but notlimited to one or more Debtorsor Reorganized Debtors, underapplicable law, nothing in this in-junction is intended to alter anysuch applicable principles ofjoint and several liability whereotherwise provided by law. Theinjunction herein does not applyto the Litigation Trust and theUnited States, which are provid-ing releases and covenants notto sue in the Settlement Agree-ment.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICEthat objections to the Motion, ifany, shall be in writing, shallconform to the Federal Rules ofBankruptcy Procedure and theLocal Rules of the BankruptcyCourt for the Southern District ofNew York, shall set forth thename of the objecting party, thebasis for the objection and thespecific grounds thereof, shallbe filed with the BankruptcyCourt electronically in accor-dance with General Order M-242(which can be found at www.nys-b.uscourts.gov) by registeredusers of the Bankruptcy Court'scase filing system and by all oth-er parties in interest, and shallbe served upon: Jeffrey J.Zeiger, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 300N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60654;John C. Hueston, LitigationTrustee, Irell & Manella LLP,1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite900, Los Angeles, CA 90067;Thomas Lotterman, BinghamMcCutchen LLP, 2020 K StreetNW, Washington, DC 20006-1806; Kenneth Klee, Klee,Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP,1999 Avenue of the Stars, 39thFloor, Los Angeles, CA 90067;and Robert Yalen, AUSA, U.S.Attorney's Office - SDNY, 86Chambers St., 3rd Floor, NewYork, NY 10028, so as to be sofiled and received by no laterthan May 15, 2014 at 4:00p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time).

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICEthat only those responses or ob-jections that are timely filed,served and received will be con-sidered.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICEthat the Honorable Allan L. Grop-per of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courtfor the Southern District of NewYork has scheduled a hearing toaddress this matter on MAY 28,2014, AT 11:00 A.M., ONEBOWLING GREEN, NEW YORK,NY, 10004-1408.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICEthat any objecting parties are re-quired to attend the hearing andthat failure to appear may resultin relief being granted upon de-fault.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TOACCESS THE SETTLEMENTAGREEMENT AND RELATEDDOCUMENTS, please call (fromthe U.S. and Canada) (877)709-4747, or call (for remaininginternational callers) (424) 236-7228 or visit http://www.kccllc.net/TronoxKerrMcGeeSettlement.

[1]Provided, however, that as itrelates to Kerr-McGee StoredPower Company LLC, subpart(vii) is applicable only to the ex-tent that such liability, if any, re-lates to or arises from thestored power or battery busi-ness." It corresponds to "PowerCompany LLC" in the final bold-ed paragraph of the notice (firstline of the last page of the no-tice PDF).

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proceeding, and AnadarkoPetroleum Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Kerr-McGeeOil & Gas Corporation (n/k/aAnadarko US Offshore Corpora-tion), Kerr-McGee Worldwide Cor-poration, KM Investment Corpo-ration (improperly named asKerr-McGee Investment Corpora-tion), Kerr-McGee Credit LLC,Kerr-McGee Shared ServicesCompany LLC and Kerr-McGeeStored Power Company LLC (col-lectively, “Anadarko”), filed amotion with the U.S. BankruptcyCourt for the Southern District ofNew York (the “BankruptcyCourt”) seeking a report and rec-ommendation (A) recommendingapproval of the SettlementAgreement between and amongthe Anadarko Litigation Trust,the United States of America,and Anadarko resolving theabove-captioned adversary pro-ceeding, and (B) recommendingissuance of an injunction enjoin-ing certain persons from assert-ing against any Anadarko Re-leased Party (i) any Trust Deriva-tive Claims, or (ii) any claimswhich are duplicative of TrustDerivative Claims (all capitalizedterms not otherwise definedherein shall have the meaningas defined in the SettlementAgreement).

PURSUANT TO THE MOTIONFILED WITH THE COURT:

“THE DEADLINE TO FILE OBJEC-TIONS TO THE TRONOX SETTLE-MENT AGREEMENT IS MAY 15,2014, AT 4:00 P.M. EASTERN

A HEARING ON THE MOTION(AND ANY OBJECTIONS TIMELY FILED) HAS BEEN SCHEDULEDFOR MAY 28, 2014 AT 11:00A.M. EASTERN AT THE U.S.BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THESOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEWYORK (SEE ADDRESS BELOW)

Brief Recitation of Facts: On Jan-uary 12, 2009, Tronox Incorpo-rated and certain of its affiliates(collectively, the “Debtors”) com-menced chapter 11 cases (the“Chapter 11 Cases”) in theBankruptcy Court. On November30, 2010, the Bankruptcy Courtconfirmed the Debtors' Plan. OnFebruary 14, 2011, the Plan be-came effective. In the Chapter11 Cases, the United States,other governmental entities, andother Persons filed Proofs ofClaim against the Debtors on ac-count of, among other things, al-leged environmental claims, obli-gations, and/or liabilities at cer-tain of the Covered Sites. Vari-ous tort claimants filed Proofs ofClaim against the Debtors on ac-count of alleged tort liabilities,including for personal injury andproperty damage. Those claimswere or will be resolved pursuantto the Plan, related tort and envi-ronmental agreements, the Liti-gation Trust Agreement (“LTA”),and other prior proceedings ofthe Bankruptcy Court.

There are two complaintsagainst Anadarko currently beingjointly litigated in Tronox Inc., etal. v. Kerr-McGee Corporation, etal. (In re Tronox Inc.), Adv. Proc.No. 09-01198 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.):

1. the Second Amended Adver-sary Complaint [which is filed atCase No. 09-01198 (ALG), Dkt.No. 233]; and 2. the Complaint-in-Interventionfiled by the United States [whichis filed at Case No. 09-01198(ALG), Dkt. No. 5-2]. The Plan,LTA, and Environmental Settle-ment Agreement assigned, asprovided in the Confirmation Or-der and the LTA, all of theDebtors' respective rights andinterests in the Adversary Pro-ceeding (excluding the Com-plaint-in-Intervention), which in-cludes any claims or causes ofaction of the Debtors related tothe Adversary Proceeding,whether or not asserted in theAdversary Proceeding, to the Liti-gation Trust for the benefit ofthe entities listed in Section 1(d)of the LTA, which include theTort Claims Trust, the CimarronEnvironmental Response Trust,the Multistate Environmental Re-sponse Trust, the Nevada Envi-ronmental Response Trust, theSavannah Environmental Re-sponse Trust (collectively, alongwith the West Chicago Environ-mental Response Trust, the “En-vironmental and Tort Trusts”),and certain governmental enti-ties that had asserted Bankrupt-cy Environmental Claims againstthe Debtors (collectively, “Litiga-tion Trust Beneficiaries”).

Pursuant to the Plan, LTA, Envi-ronmental Settlement Agree-ment, and Environmental andTort Trust Agreements (otherthan the West Chicago Environ-mental Response Trust Agree-ment), the Litigation Trust Bene-ficiaries and beneficiaries of theEnvironmental and Tort Trusts(together with the LitigationTrust Beneficiaries, the “Benefi-ciaries”) are entitled to havepaid, on account of theirBankruptcy EnvironmentalClaims and Bankruptcy TortClaims, specified allocations ofa share of the net proceeds ofany recovery from the AdversaryProceeding.

On December 12, 2013, theBankruptcy Court issued itsMemorandum Opinion, After Tri-al, finding the Anadarko Trial De-fendants liable under the Sec-ond Amended Adversary Com-plaint for actual and constructivefraudulent conveyances, but notliable for breach of fiduciary du-ty. The Decision is not a finaljudgment and the BankruptcyCourt did not enter final judg-ment.

On April 3, 2014, the Parties en-tered into the Settlement Agree-ment that resolves the Adver-sary Proceeding and provides forreleases, covenants not to sue,and the issuance of an injunc-tion by a U.S. District Court en-joining certain persons from as-serting Trust Derivative Claimsand any claims that are duplica-tive of such Trust DerivativeClaims (as defined in the Settle-ment Agreement).

On April 3, 2014, the UnitedStates lodged the SettlementAgreement with the BankruptcyCourt. On approximately April14, 2014 the United States willpublish a notice for public com-ment thereon in the Federal Reg-ister. On April 9, 2014, the Liti-gation Trust and Anadarko fileda motion (the “9019 Recom-mendation Motion”) with theBankruptcy Court, seeking theReport and Recommendation.

The Settlement Agreement set-tles, compromises, resolves andcloses the Adversary Proceedingand settles, compromises, re-solves, and extinguishes theTrust Derivative Claims, anyclaims that were asserted orthat could have been asserted inthe Second Amended AdversaryComplaint, and the claims as-serted in the Complaint-in-Inter-vention and the claims thatcould have been asserted in theComplaint-in-Intervention relatingto the subject matter of the Ad-versary Proceeding, together andon a global basis to the extentprovided in the SettlementAgreement. Pursuant to the Set-tlement Agreement, within twoBusiness Days after the Effec-tive Date, Anadarko shall causeto be paid to the Litigation Trust$5.15 billion plus Interest. TheLitigation Trust shall cause theSettlement Proceeds to be allo-cated and distributed to the Liti-gation Trust Beneficiaries con-sistent with the LTA. The Litiga-tion Trust succeeded to, as ofand after the Plan EffectiveDate, any and all claims againstthe Anadarko Released Partiesrelated to the claims, issuesand subject matter of the Adver-sary Proceeding which wereheld, owned and/or controlledby one or more Debtors beforethe Plan Effective Date. Sincethe Plan Effective Date, the Liti-gation Trust has not sold, as-signed, transferred, encum-bered, hypothecated, aban-doned, conveyed or otherwisedisposed of any claims receivedby the Litigation Trust fromDebtors pursuant to the Plan.

Proposed Permanent Injunction:The movants have requested


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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

In re: Chapter 11 TRONOX INCORPORATED, et al., JointlyAdministered ReorganizedDebtors.

Case No. 09-10156 (ALG)

NOTICE OF MAY 15, 2014DEADLINE FOR FILING OBJEC-

TIONS TO TRONOX/KERR-MCGEE SETTLEMENT AGREE-

MENT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, onApril 9, 2014, the Anadarko Liti-gation Trust (the “ Litigation�Trust”), as successor to DebtorsTronox Incorporated, TronoxWorldwide LLC, and Tronox LLCin the above-captioned adversary


fees, Substituted Trustee's feesand expenses of sale;

NOW, THEREFORE, I,Justin B. Little, SubstitutedTrustee in said deed of trust, willon the 8th day of May, 2014, of-fer for sale at public outcry forcash to the highest bidder, at12:00 noon or otherwise be-tween the legal hours of sale onat the west door of the CountyCourthouse in Columbus, Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, the following described realproperty situated in the Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, to-wit:

50.4 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,with 14.2 Acres, more or less,lying in the Northwest Quarter ofSection 30, and with 24.3Acres, more or less, lying in theSouthwest Quarter of said Sec-tion 30, in Township 17 South,Range 17 West, and with 11.9Acres, more or less, lying in theSoutheast Quarter of Section25, Township 17 South, Range18 West, all in Lowndes County,Mississippi, being described asfollows:

Commencing at theSoutheast Corner of the South-west Quarter of the NorthwestQuarter of said Section 30 (anexisting fence corner), as thePOINT OF BEGINNING, runthence North 00 degrees 50minutes West along the westline of said quarter-quarter sec-tion for 1066.2 feet to the southright of way of the Luxapalila Val-ley Railroad (formerly the South-ern Railroad), said point beingdesignated as Point “A” for fu-ture reference; thence South 46degrees 57 minutes West alongsaid south right of way (50 feetfrom centerline) for 2592 feet;thence South 18 degrees 09minutes East for 736.0 feet;thence South 69 degrees 43minutes East for 403.0 feet;thence North 42 degrees 12minutes East for 1142.0 feet;thence North 37 degrees 32minutes East for 878.4 feet tothe point of beginning.

SUBJECT TO a 50-foot-wide access easement, whosecenterline is described as fol-lows: Commencing at the pointdesignated as Point “A” in thehereinabove-described 50.4-acretract, run thence South 46 de-grees 57 minutes West alongthe south right of way of theLuxapalila Valley Railroad (50feet from centerline) for 319feet to a point in the centerlineof an existing gravel road andthe POINT OF BEGINNING;thence Easterly and Southerlyalong the centerline for an exist-ing gravel road for the followingcalls: {Easterly along a curve tothe left (Delta = 12 degrees 27minutes, Radius = 113.4 feet,Chord = South 75 degrees 14minutes East 24.6 feet) - 24.7feet; South 81 degrees 27 min-utes East - 85.6 feet; Easterlyalong a curve to the right (Delta= 82 degrees 10 minutes, Ra-dius = 109.0 feet, Chord =South 40 degrees 22 minutesEast 143.2 feet) - 156.3 feet;South 00 degrees 43 minutesWest 527.7 feet; Southerlyalong a curve to the right (Delta= 42 degrees 08 minutes, Ra-dius = 204.1 feet, Chord =South 22 degrees 07 minutesWest 149.0 feet) - 152.5 feet;South 43 degrees 31 minutesWest - 35.0 feet; South 39 de-grees 59 minutes East - 127.1feet} to a point on the south lineof the hereinabove-described50.4-acre tract, said point being86 feet South 37 degrees 32minutes West from the existingfence corner as the point of be-ginning of said 50.4-acre tractand the terminus point of thisaccess easement centerline.

TOGETHER WITH ANDINCLUDING a 50-foot-wide ac-cess easement, whose center-line is described as follows:Commencing at the point desig-nated as Point “A” in the herein-above-described 50.4-acre tract,run thence South 46 degrees 57minutes West along the southright of way of the Luxapalila Val-ley Railroad (50 feet from cen-terline) for 319 feet to a point in

the centerline of an existinggravel road and the POINT OFBEGINNING; thence Northwester-ly along the centerline of an ex-isting gravel road for the follow-ing calls: {Northerly along acurve to the right (Delta = 26 de-grees 08 minutes, Radius =113.4 feet, Chord = North 55degrees 56 minutes West 51.3feet) - 51.7 feet; North 42 de-grees 52 minutes West - 43.0feet; Northerly along a curve tothe right (Delta = 25 degrees 57minutes, Radius = 282.0 feet,Chord = North 29 degrees 54minutes West 126.7 feet) -127.8 feet; North 16 degrees55 minutes West - 149.6 feet;North 18 degrees 57 minutesWest - 175 feet; North 22 de-grees 58 minutes West - 182.5feet; North 18 degrees 56 min-utes West - 153 feet; north 15degrees 33 minutes West -157.6 feet; Northerly along acurve to the left (Delta = 06 de-grees 42 minutes, Radius =128.9 feet, Chord = North 18degrees 54 minutes West 15.1feet) - 15.1 feet} to a point onthe south right of way of Missis-sippi Highway 12 (90 feet fromcenterline), said point is 132.7feet South 44 degrees 28 min-utes West from an existing high-way right-of-way marker and theterminus of this access ease-ment centerline.

Together with the hereditamentsand appurtenances thereuntobelonging and all fixtures now at-tached to and used in connec-tion with the premises herein de-scribed.

Said sale will be subjectto the right of way easementsand restrictions of record in theOffice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi,and will be subject to special as-sessments, and rights of re-demption, if any, which might ad-versely affect the title to subjectproperty.

Said property will besold on an “As Is, Where Is” ba-sis without warranty or recourse,express or implied as to title,use and/or enjoyment.

Said sale will be madefor the purpose of paying the in-debtedness secured by theabove described deed of trust,and the proceeds thereof will beapplied as provided by the termsof said deed of trust.

I WILL CONVEY onlysuch title as is vested in me asthe Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS MY SIGNA-TURE, this the 4th day of April,2014.

Justin B. LittleMississippi Bar No. 102038Substituted TrusteeREYNOLDS, REYNOLDS, & LITTLE, LLCPost Office Box 2863Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403Telephone: 205-391-0073Facsimile: 205-391-0911Email: [email protected]

File No. 31.0384-I

Publication dates: April 10,2014, April 17, 2014, April 24,2014 and May 1, 2014.

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WHEREAS, on the 20th day ofApril, 2012, Thomas G. Comer,Jr. executed a deed of trust toJack H. Hayes, Jr., Trustee forthe benefit of Bank of Vernon,which deed of trust was record-ed on the 25th day of April,2012 in Mortgage Book 2012,at Page 9088, in the office ofthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, the afore-said Bank of Vernon, the holderof said deed of trust and notesecured thereby, substitutedJustin B. Little as Trustee there-in, as authorized by the termsthereof, by instrument dated the18th day of March, 2014, andrecorded in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi on March18, 2014, in Mortgage Book2014, at Page 5009 in the Of-fice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi;and

WHEREAS, default hav-ing been made in the terms andconditions of said deed of trustand the entire debt securedthereby having been declared tobe due and payable in accor-dance with the terms of saiddeed of trust, and the legal hold-er of said indebtedness, Band ofVernon, has requested the un-dersigned Substituted Trustee toexecute the trust and sell saidland and property in accordancewith the terms of said deed oftrust pursuant to applicable Mis-sissippi law for the purpose ofraising the sums due thereun-der, together with attorney's


18 West, Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi; thence North along theWest line of said NortheastQuarter of the Northeast Quartera distance of 307.2 feet to apoint on the North right of way ofthe Highway 82 Bypass (F.A.P.No. 11-011-03-038-10); thenceSouth 87 degrees 52 minutesEast along said North right ofway a distance of 72.8 feet to aconcrete right of way marker;thence North 01 degree 00 min-utes West a distance of 70.0feet to an iron pin on the Northright of way of Cleda Drive;thence North 85 degrees 50minutes East along said Northright of way a distance of 164.1feet to an iron pin; thence North1 degree 00 minutes West a dis-tance of 297.6 feet to an ironpin and the initial point of thisdescription; thence continueNorth 1 degree 00 minutesWest a distance of 297.7 feetto an iron pin; thence North 87degrees 59 minutes East a dis-tance of 147.0 feet to an ironpin; thence South 1 degree 00minutes East a distance of294.9 feet to an iron pin;thence South 86 degrees 54minutes West a distance of147.1 feet to the initial point ofthis description and containing1.0 acre, more or less.

TOGETHER WITH AND INCLUD-ING the following describedeasements for ingress andegress:

EASEMENT 1:

A permanent, perpetual, but nonexclusive easement for ingressand egress over and across atract or parcel of land known asCleda Drive located in the North-east Quarter of the NortheastQuarter of Section 10 and in theNorthwest Quarter of the North-west Quarter of Section 11, allin Township 18 South Range 18West, Lowndes County, Missis-sippi and more particularly de-scribed as follows:

Commencing at the Northeastcorner of said Section 10 (an ex-isting iron pin); thence South 01degree 29 minutes East alongthe West line of Cellular Holding,Inc. property as recorded inDeed Book 936 at page 82, onfile in the Chancery Clerk s Of� -fice, Lowndes County, Mississip-pi, a distance of 530.0 feet;thence South 80 degrees 27minutes East a distance of269.2 feet to the Western rightof way of Burlington NorthernRailroad; thence South 24 de-grees 30 minutes West alongsaid Western right of way a dis-tance of 180.21 feet to the ini-tial point of beginning of this ac-cess easement.

FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OFBEGINNING, thence South 78degrees 33 minutes West a dis-tance of 1,050.4 feet; thenceSouth 85 degrees 50 minutesWest a distance of 374.3 feet;thence North 87 degrees 52minutes West a distance of54.8 feet; thence South 01 de-gree 00 minutes East a distanceof 28.6 feet; thence South 87degrees 39 minutes West a dis-tance of 18.0 feet; thence North87 degrees 52 minutes West adistance of 100.8 feet; thenceSouth 89 degrees 38 minutesWest a distance of 716.7 feetto the East right of way of MartinLuther King Boulevard; thenceSouth 26 degrees 19 minutesEast along said Eastern right ofway a distance of 44.5 feet;thence North 89 degrees 38minutes East a distance of695.2 feet; thence South 87 de-grees 52 minutes East a dis-tance of 173.3 feet to the North-ern right of way of U. S. Highway82 Bypass (Project Number 11-0011-03-038-10); thence North-easterly along a curve in theNorthern right of way of said U.S. Highway 82 Bypass with a ra-dius of 5,579.58 feet and achord bearing and distance ofNorth 85 degrees 50 minutesEast 385.2 feet; thence North78 degrees 33 minutes East adistance of 1,002.3 feet to theWestern right of way of theBurlington Northern Railroad;thence North 24 degrees 30minutes East along said West-ern right of way a distance of86.5 feet to the initial point ofbeginning of this access ease-ment tract and containing 3.11acres, more or less.

EASEMENT 2:

A permanent and perpetual butnon exclusive easement for thepurpose of ingress and egressas described and reserved inthat Warranty Deed Book 1078at page 194 in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi.


Said sale will be subject to theright of way easements and re-strictions of record in the Officeof the Chancery Clerk of Lown-des County, Mississippi, and willbe subject to special assess-ments, and rights of redemption,if any, which might adversely af-fect the title to subject property.

Said property will be sold on an“As Is, Where Is” basis withoutwarranty or recourse, express orimplied as to title, use and/orenjoyment.

Said sale will be made for thepurpose of paying the indebted-ness secured by the above de-scribed deed of trust, and theproceeds thereof will be appliedas provided by the terms of saiddeed of trust.

I WILL CONVEY only such title asis vested in me as the Substitut-ed Trustee.



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WHEREAS, on the 24th day ofJuly, 2007, Thomas Comer,A/K/A Thomas G. Comer, Jr.and Thomas Comer D/B/A Com-mercial Freezer/Cooler Equip-ment Company executed a deedof trust to J. Patrick Caldwell,Trustee for the benefit of Ban-corpSouth Bank, which deed oftrust was recorded on the 21stday of August, 2007 in Mort-gage Book 2007, at Page25088, in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, the aforesaid Bankof Vernon, the holder of saiddeed of trust and note securedthereby, substituted Justin B.Little as Trustee therein, as au-thorized by the terms thereof, byinstrument dated the 2th day ofMarch, 2014, and recorded inthe office of the Chancery Clerkof Lowndes County, Mississippion March 27, 2014, in Mort-gage Book 2014, at Page 5697in the Office of the ChanceryClerk of Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi; and

WHEREAS, default having beenmade in the terms and condi-tions of said deed of trust andthe entire debt secured therebyhaving been declared to be dueand payable in accordance withthe terms of said deed of trust,and the legal holder of said in-debtedness, Bank of Vernon,has requested the undersignedSubstituted Trustee to executethe trust and sell said land andproperty in accordance with theterms of said deed of trust pur-suant to applicable Mississippilaw for the purpose of raisingthe sums due thereunder, to-gether with attorney's fees, Sub-stituted Trustee's fees and ex-penses of sale;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Justin B.Little, Substituted Trustee insaid deed of trust, will on the8th day of May, 2014, offer forsale at public outcry for cash tothe highest bidder, at 12:00noon or otherwise between thelegal hours of sale on at thewest door of the County Court-house in Columbus, County ofLowndes, State of Mississippi,the following described realproperty situated in the Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, to-wit:

TRACT I: A tract or parcel ofland located in the NortheastQuarter of the Northeast Quarterof Section 10, Township 18South, Range 18 West, LowndesCounty, Mississippi, and beingmore particularly described asfollows: Beginning at the South-west corner of the NortheastQuarter of the Northeast Quarterof Section 10, Township 18South, Range 18 West, LowndesCounty, Mississippi; thenceNorth along the West line of saidNortheast Quarter of the North-east Quarter a distance of307.2 feet to a point on theNorth right of way of the Highway82 Bypass (F.A.P. No. 11-011-03-038-10); thence South 87degrees 52 minutes East alongsaid North right of way a dis-tance of 72.8 feet to a concreteright of way marker; thenceNorth 01 degree 00 minutesWest a distance of 70.0 feet toan iron pin and the initial pointof the property herein described;thence North 87 degrees 52minutes West parallel with thesaid Highway 82 Bypass right ofway for a distance of 54.8 feetto an iron pin; thence North 01degree 00 minutes West for adistance of 596.2 feet to an ironpin; thence North 87 degrees39 minutes East for a distanceof 218.6 feet to an iron pin;thence South 01 degree 00 min-utes East for a distance of595.3 feet; thence South 85 de-grees 50 minutes West for a dis-tance of 164.1 feet to the initialpoint of the property and con-taining 3.0 acres, more or less.

LESS AND EXCEPT, HOWEVER,the following .50 acre tract:

A tract of land being located inthe Northeast Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section10, Township 18 South, Range18 West, Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi and more particularly de-scribed as follows:

Commencing at the Southwestcorner of the Northeast Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of saidSection 10; run thence Northalong the West line of saidNortheast Quarter of the North-east Quarter a distance of307.2 feet to a point on theNorth right of way of U. S. High-way 82 bypass (project No. 11-0011-03-038-10); run thenceSouth 87 degrees 52 minutesEast along said North right ofway a distance of 72.8 feet to apoint; run thence North 01 de-gree 00 minutes West a dis-tance of 70.0 feet to a point onthe North right of way of CledaDrive; thence run North 87 de-grees 52 minutes West alongsaid North right of way a dis-tance of 54.8 feet to a point;run thence North 01 degree 00minutes West a distance of194.6 feet to the point of begin-ning of the herein describedtract:

Run thence North 01 degree 00minutes West a distance of100.1 feet to a point; runthence North 86 degrees 54minutes East a distance of218.7 feet to a point; runthence South 01 degree 00 min-utes East a distance of 100.1feet to a point; run thence South86 degrees 54 minutes West adistance of 218.7 feet to thepoint of beginning and contain-ing 0.5 acre, more or less.

TRACT II:

A tract or parcel of land locatedin the Northeast Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section10, Township 18 South, Range18 West, Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi, and being more particu-larly described as follows: Be-ginning at the Southwest cornerof the Northeast Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of Section10, Township 18 South, Range


deed of easement from theColumbus Country Club toThomas Comer, Jr., dated Au-gust 15, 2006, and recorded inDeed Book 2006 at page 6285in the land records of LowndesCounty, Mississippi.





I WILL CONVEY only such title asis vested in me as the Substitut-ed Trustee. WITNESS MY SIGNA-TURE, this the 4th day of April,2014.

Justin B. Little Mississippi Bar No. 102038Substituted Trustee REYNOLDS, REYNOLDS, & LITTLE, LLC Post Office Box 2863Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403Telephone: 205-391-0073 Facsimile: 205-391-0911Email: [email protected] File No. 31.0384-I


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WHEREAS, on the 18th day ofJune, 2009, Thomas G. Comer,Jr. executed a deed of trust toAubrey E. Nichols, Trustee forthe benefit of Bank of Vernon,which deed of trust was record-ed on the 29th day of June,2009 in Mortgage Book 2009,at 125, in the office ofthe Chancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, the aforesaid Bankof Vernon, the holder of saiddeed of trust and note securedthereby, substituted Justin B.Little as Trustee therein, as au-thorized by the terms thereof, byinstrument dated the 18th dayof March, 2014, and recorded inthe office of the Chancery Clerkof Lowndes County, Mississippion March 18, 2014, in Mort-gage Book 2014, at Page 5004in the Office of the ChanceryClerk of Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi; and

WHEREAS, default having beenmade in the terms and condi-tions of said deed of trust andthe entire debt secured therebyhaving been declared to be dueand payable in accordance withthe terms of said deed of trust,and the legal holder of said in-debtedness, Bank of Vernon,has requested the undersignedSubstituted Trustee to executethe trust and sell said land andproperty in accordance with theterms of said deed of trust pur-suant to applicable Mississippilaw for the purpose of raisingthe sums due thereunder, to-gether with attorney's fees, Sub-stituted Trustee's fees and ex-penses of sale;


TRACT I: A tract of land beinglocated in the Northeast Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of Sec-tion 10, Township 18 South,Range 18 West, Lowndes Coun-ty, Mississippi, and more partic-ularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Southwestcorner of the Northeast Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of saidSection 10; run thence Northalong the West line of saidNortheast Quarter of the North-east Quarter a distance of307.2 feet to a point on theNorth right of way of U. S. High-way 82 bypass (Project No. 11-0011-03-038-10); run thenceSouth 87 degrees 52 minutesEast along said North right ofway a distance of 72.8 feet to apoint; run thence North 01 de-gree 00 minutes West a dis-tance of 70.0 feet to a point onthe North right of way of CledaDrive, thence run North 87 de-grees 52 minutes West alongsaid North right of way a dis-tance of 54.8 feet to a point;run thence North 01 degree 00minutes West a distance of194.6 feet to the point of begin-ning of the herein describedtract:

FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OFBEGINNING, run thence North01 degree 00 minutes West adistance of 100.1 feet to apoint; run thence North 86 de-grees 54 minutes East a dis-tance of 218.7 feet to a point;run thence South 01 degree 00minutes East a distance of100.1 feet to a point; runthence South 86 degrees 54minutes West a distance of218.7 feet to the point of begin-ning and containing 0.5 acre,more or less.

TOGETHER WITH AND INCLUD-ING a permanent and perpetual,but non-exclusive, easement forpurposes of ingress and egressas fully described and reservedin that warranty deed dated Jan-uary 1, 1997, and recorded inDeed Book 1078 at page 194 inthe Chancery Clerk's Office ofLowndes County, Mississippi.

AND TOGETHER WITH AND IN-CLUDING all easement rightsand provisions of that certain


the entire debt secured therebyhaving been declared to be dueand payable in accordance withthe terms of said deed of trust,and the legal holder of said in-debtedness, Bank of Vernon,has requested the undersignedSubstituted Trustee to executethe trust and sell said land andproperty in accordance with theterms of said deed of trust pur-suant to applicable Mississippilaw for the purpose of raisingthe sums due thereunder, to-gether with attorney s fees,�Substituted Trustee s fees and�expenses of sale;


TRACT I: The South Half of theSouthwest Quarter of the South-west Quarter of Township 16,Range 19 West, Section 24,Lowndes County, Mississippi,containing 20.00 acres, more orless, same having been ac-quired by Will Hamilton from C.L.Wood on the 1st day of Novem-ber, A.D., 1942.

TRACT II: The North Half of theNorth One Half of the NorthwestQuarter of the Northwest Quarterof Section 25, Township 16,Range 19 West, ten acres, moreor less. LESS AND EXCEPTtherefrom that certain tract ofland as recorded in Deed Book303 at page 169.





I WILL CONVEY only such title asis vested in me as the Substitut-ed Trustee.



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WHEREAS, on the 4th day ofMay, 2011, Thomas G. Comer,Jr. executed a deed of trust toJack H. Hayes, Jr., Trustee forthe benefit of Bank of Vernon,which deed of trust was record-ed on the 6th day of May, 2011in Mortgage Book 2011, at Page8128, in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, the aforesaid Bankof Vernon, the holder of saiddeed of trust and note securedthereby, substituted Justin B.Little as Trustee therein, as au-thorized by the terms thereof, byinstrument dated the 27th dayof March, 2014, and recorded inthe office of the Chancery Clerkof Lowndes County, Mississippion March 27, 2014, in Mort-gage Book 2014, at Page 5712in the Office of the ChanceryClerk of Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi; and

WHEREAS, default having beenmade in the terms and condi-tions of said deed of trust and



WHEREAS, on the 20thday of March, 2009, Thomas G.Comer, Jr. executed a deed oftrust to Jack H. Hayes, Jr.,Trustee for the benefit of Bankof Vernon, which deed of trustwas recorded on the 26th day ofMarch, 2009 in Mortgage Book2009, at Page 7001, in the of-fice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi;and

WHEREAS, the afore-said Bank of Vernon, the holderof said deed of trust and notesecured thereby, substitutedJustin B. Little as Trustee there-in, as authorized by the termsthereof, by instrument dated the27th day March, 2014, andrecorded in the office of theChancery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi on March27, 2014, in Mortgage Book2014, at Page 5704 in the Of-fice of the Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mississippi;and

WHEREAS, default hav-ing been made in the terms andconditions of said deed of trustand the entire debt securedthereby having been declared tobe due and payable in accor-dance with the terms of saiddeed of trust, and the legal hold-er of said indebtedness, Bank ofVernon, has requested the un-dersigned Substituted Trustee toexecute the trust and sell saidland and property in accordancewith the terms of said deed oftrust pursuant to applicable Mis-sissippi law for the purpose ofraising the sums due thereun-der, together with attorney'sfees, Substituted Trustee's feesand expenses of sale;

NOW, THEREFORE, I,Justin B. Little, SubstitutedTrustee in said deed of trust, willon the 8th day of May, 2014, of-fer for sale at public outcry forcash to the highest bidder, at12:30 pm. or otherwise betweenthe legal hours of sale on at thewest door of the County Court-house in Columbus, County ofLowndes, State of Mississippi,the following described realproperty situated in the Countyof Lowndes, State of Mississip-pi, to-wit:

A tract of land being located inthe Northeast Quarter of theNorthwest Quarter of Section18, Township 18 North, Range17 East, Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi and more particularly de-scribed as follows:

Commencing at an iron pinmarking the Southeast corner ofthe Northwest Quarter of saidSection 18; run thence North 00degrees 13 minutes West a dis-tance of 1146.6 feet to a pointon an existing fence line and thepoint of beginning of the hereindescribed tract; run thence Westa distance of 488.3 feet to apoint; run thence North 00 de-gree 13 minutes West a dis-tance of 534.8 feet to a point;run thence East a distance of488.4 feet to a point on saidfence line; thence run South 00degrees 13 minutes East andalong said fence line a distanceof 534.8 feet to the point of be-ginning and containing 6 acres,more or less.








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tion with the premises herein de-scribed.






Justin B. LittleMississippi Bar No. 102038Substituted TrusteeREYNOLDS, REYNOLDS, & LIT-TLE, LLCPost Office Box 2863Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403Telephone: 205-391-0073Facsimile: 205-391-0911Email: [email protected]

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Highway 45 North Columbus,

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Cash Only. Friday and Saturday May 2nd & 3rd

9am - 4pm

2009 ROCKWOOD Sig-nature Series UltraLight. 2 slide-outs (BR &kitchen), 29 ft.$14,000. Call 356-6149 or 574-1280

2006 HONDA 1300(Harley style) 38,974mi. Black & Silver,w/lots of chrome, 2sets of saddle bags.$5,000 Call 328-4355.

Motorcycles &ATV's 940

RV CAMPER & mobilehome lots. Full hookupw/sewer. 2 locationsW&N from $75/wk -$260/mo. 662-251-1149 or 601-940-1397

2013 WINDJAMMER34 ft. camper. 3 slides,electric fireplace.$26,500. Exc. cond.Call 242-0126 after6pm

Campers &RV's 930

2002 FORD Tarus. Realnice cond. Loaded w/ex-tras, new tires, perfectcond. $2850. Call 356-6413 or 241-5003

1999 FORD MustangGT. Some body damage.Good drive train.$2000. Call 662-570-3493

Autos For Sale 915

TRIPLEWIDE 3BR/2BAfor sale. Vinyl siding/shingle roof, liv. room &den, F.P., new carpet &lino T/O. Delivered &setup for $36,900. Call662-296-5923

QUIET COUNTRY living.1792 sq. ft. 3BR/2BAmobile home on 20acres in New Hope.Needs repairs. As is.$45,000. All offers con-sidered. Call or text662-574-8421

NICE 2005 16x803BR/2BA for sale. Allappliances included,CHA, delivered & set upfor $21,900. Call 662-760-2120

I PAY top dollar forused mobile homes.Call 662-296-5923

28X80 DOUBLEWIDE. 5BR/3BA. Home needsfew repairs, but tons ofspace & ready to sell.Home has fireplace, bigkitchen, & rooms every-where. $23,500 forhome as is. Call 662-397-9339

16x80 3BR/2BA. Vinylsiding, shingle roof, verynice kitchen w/plenty ofcabinets, larger masterbath. $19,900. CashONLY. Includes delivery& set up. Call 662-401-1093

Mobile Homes For Sale 865

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LOCATED IN desirableCaledonia School Dis-trict. 27.5 ac. +/-. Beau-tiful land w/stream,hardwoods, agriculture& pasture land. Lg. barnon property in goodcond. Ideal huntingproperty or home-place.Priced to sell.$119,900. 662-574-9190. Serious inq. only

SPRING SPECIAL. 2½acre lots. Good/badcredit. $995 down.$197/mo. Eaton Land.662-726-9648

SPRING SPECIAL. 2½acre lots. Good/badcredit. $995 down.$197/mo. Eaton Land.662-726-9648

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Smith Lake, AL. DeepWater Dockable YearRound! Very GentleSlope $69,900. Buy

pennies on the dollar,open & wooded parcelat the end of a cul desac. Surrounded by aNatural Forest. Call

866-221-3747

68.5 ACRES close tocity limits. Timber, reddirt, road frontage.$550,000. Realtorowned. 662-312-5184

39.5 AC. Mature pines.Great hunting land. 5min. East of MS line inPickens Co. AL. $88k.Call 327-1402

Lots &Acreage 860

35 ACRES in N.H. w/24yr. old pines. $3500/ac. Will divide into 10ac. plots. 915 6th St. S.$3500. 2.7 ac. onTiffany Ln. $13k. Ownerfin. avail. 386-6619

35 ACRES for sale in Caledonia. Priced at$110,000. Call Kimber-ly Reed with Crye-Leike662-364-1423 or 662-328-1150

120 ACRES $2000/acoff Wolf Rd. 80 Monroe20 Lowndes. All timberother than power line.Green fields, creek,deer & turkey. Nice forhome site. 662-549-4014

1.5 & 2.5 ACRES on Ponderosa. Reasonablypriced. Call 662-328-2207

Lots &Acreage 860

WANTED TO BUY. Alltypes of real estate. In-vestors pay CASH. Sell-ers pay no fee. CallLong & Long 662-328-0770

BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM 3 story power plushome in West Point.Priced reduced on this5BR/3BA on 5.7 ac. lot.3700 sf, wrap aroundporch, dbl car garage,hardwood floors, familyroom, DR, great room,lots of storage & energyefficient. 18 min. fromSeverstal. Call Kimberly@ Crye-Leike 364-1423

4BR/3BA. Elm LakeGolf Course. In groundpool. $289,000. 662-550-5095. For moreinfo & pics go to: forsalebyowner.com.Listing#23980405

3BR/2BA. LR, formalDR, kitchen, breakfastrm, lg. den, fireplace, lg.Sun room, 1 yr. old cen-tral unit, new fridge,beautiful hw floors, ½basement, new roof,completely remodeled.2540 sf. 331 5th St NWVernon, AL. $159k. Call662-574-2820

3-4BR/3.5BA, 2900 sf.plus full basement, nicewooded lot. $164k.Neg. Vernon, AL. Call205-695-5070

Houses For Sale:Other 850

ALL AREAS. 3BR/2BA.Low down pmt. WAC.Call Randy 1-855-847-6808

Houses For Sale:Starkville 846

3BR/3.5BA. 3000 sq.ft, 13 yrs. old. 2 mi.from N.H. School on 2ac. w/wired shop.$234,900. Call for view-ing appt. 662-386-7682

Houses For Sale:New Hope 825

2BR HOUSE for salew/mother-in-law suite.Vacant for severalyears. $28,500. Call251-3352

Houses For Sale:East 820

Autos For Sale 915


LOVELY UPPER sidehome. Very cozy & niceolder home in BunkerHills. Sits on 1.5 privateacres & close to shop-ping, restaurants,schools & entertain-ment. 3BR/2BA, 2 livingareas, breakfast area &dining room. Largeshop/storage buildingw/drop shed. Lots ofstorage. Owner is anagent with Crye-LeikeProperties Unlimited

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For all your real estateneeds, call DJ Williams,Century 21 Doris Hardy& Assoc.,LLC. 662-386-3132 or 662-327-8596

Houses For Sale:Northside 815

2 HOUSES off MilitaryRd. @ reduced prices.3BR/2BA/2200 sq ft. &3BR/1BA/1400 sq ft. &1.5 acres. Call Dean662-328-8679

Houses For Sale:Northside 815

OFFICE BUILDING forrent. Great loc. on Blue-cutt Rd. Lg. front recept.area, 3 off. & conf. rm,w/ ample parking. 662-242-7547 for more info

CommercialProperty 805

1100 SF, corner ofBluecutt Rd. & ChubbyDr. Call 662-327-2020

1100 SF, corner ofBluecutt Rd. & ChubbyDr. Call 662-327-2020

Office Spaces 730

RENT A fully equippedcamper w/utilities & ca-ble from $135/wk -$495/month. 3 Colum-bus locations. Call 601-940-1397

MOBILE HOMES. By thewk/mo. 2BR start @$100/wk or $325/mo.$99 move in special formonthly rentals! CallShawnie 662-315-8595

3BR/2 BA, Double-wide, wall air condition-ing, natural gas heat;Refrigerator, stove &dishwasher provided.Front porch & addedback storage room. Lo-cated on one acre ofland on Wolf Rd. CMSD.662-364-2799

2BR/1BA. Front porch,walking distance toCaledonia schools.$300/mo. plus dep. &lease. Call 352-4776

2BR/1BA, 3BR/2BABill Walker Dr. 3BR/2BA Jess Lyons Rd.2BR/1BA Gunshoot Rd.$350-$500/mo. Lease& Dep. No Pets. Open 8-5 Mon-Fri. WeathersRentals 662-327-5133

Mobile Homes For Rent 725

3BR. SEC. 8 accepted.Ref. req. Call 662-425-4491 or 327-6802 after4pm

Houses For Rent:Other 718

1/2BR. IDEAL for 2people. Lg LR, diningroom carport, & kit/util.rm w/ washer/dryerhookup. Call 662-352-1261

Houses For RentWest: 715

3BR/1.5BA Near LakeLowndes. CH/A, private,x/nice. No smoke, HUDor pets. $700/mo. +dep. Call 549-3329

House For Rent:New Hope 713

EAST EMERALD Es-tates. 3BR/2BA, doublecarport, outsidestorage, fenced backyard. RENOVATED.$850 mo. Lease, de-posit, references. Avail-able June 1. Call Long &Long, 328-0770. NOHUD

Houses For Rent:East 712


2 & 3 BR. No HUD ac-cepted. Call 662-617-1538 for more info

HOUSE/APT. House:2BR/3BA, c h/a, lg.family rm. w/f. pl, DR,LR, d/washer, fridge,freezer, icemaker,bkfast rm, lndry rm, sc.porch, o/side storage,fenced patio. ConnectedApt: kitch, BR/BA,dinette. 323 13th St N.Ref/app. req. No pets.No HUD. 386-7506

COLONIAL TOWNHOUS-ES. 2 or 3 bedroom w/2-3 bath townhouses.$575/$700. 662-549-9555. Ask for Glenn orleave message

5BR/3BA, 2 livingroom. Large fully wiredshop. Available June 15.$1000/month. Call forsale price. 662-364-6532

Houses For Rent:Northside 711

3BR/1BA. Enclosedgarage, big yard, niceneighborhood. 3 min.from airbase. 1058 S.Perkins Rd. Near inter-section of Ridge Rd. &Perkins Rd. $675/mo.Call 504-813-1200

2BR/2BA. Private loca-tion convenient to CAFB.$750/month. 1St & lastmonth payment. $500dep. Ref. req. 574-1621

2BR & 3BR/2BA. Red.Nice neighborhood, cen-tral h&a. No inside pets.No HUD. $800/mo &$600/mo. 662-328-4719 or 329-3377


2BR/1BA. Central heat& air. Call 228-234-6848


EAST COLUMBUS.30'X60' glass frontbuilding. Formerly bar-ber/dress/beauty shop.Could be church or day-care center. Good park-ing lot. 301 North Mc-Crary. Call 425-6505

OFFICE OR retail proper-ty available in EastColumbus. Call 386-7694 or 364-1030

CommercialProperty For Rent710

Apartments ForRent: Northside701


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UPTOWN HISTORICColumbus. Large 1BRapt. Secure, quiet & pri-vate. No pets. Ref req.$320 mo + $100 dep.Call 662-386-6671 be-fore 7pm

1, 2 & 3 BEDROOMAPARTMENTS &TOWNHOUSES.1BR/1BA Apt. $3002BR/1BA Apt. $350-$400. 2BR/2BA 3BR /2BA Townhouses $550-$800. No HUD allowed.Lease, deposit, creditcheck required. Cole-man Realty. 329-2323

1 & 2BR apts. in North& East. CH&A, all elec,water & sewer furn, con-venient to shopping.$350/mo. Call 352-4776

Apartments ForRent: Other 708

SPRING SPECIAL. Nodeposit req. 2BR/1BA.North & Southside loca-tions. Call 662-798-4194

Apartments ForRent: Other 708

NORTHSTAR PROPER-TIES. 500 Louisville St.1, 2 & 3BR avail. 662-323-8610. 8-5pm, M-F.northstarstarkville.com.Basic cable included

Apartments ForRent: Starkville707

2BR/2BA Apts for rent.Stove, fridge & dish-washer. $750/mo. 356-4700 or 386-4180

Apartments ForRent: Caledonia706

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Apartments ForRent: West 705

2BR/1BA, newly remod-eled, credit check, back-ground check & rentalhistory required.$750/mo. Call 662-341-5664

Apartments ForRent: South 704

1, 2, 3 BEDROOMS &townhouses. Call formore info. 662-549-1953

Apartments ForRent: East 702

NORTHWOOD TOWN-HOUSES 2BR, 1.5BA,CH/A, stove, fridge,DW, WD hookups, &private patios. CallRobinson Real Estate328-1123

***$99 1st Month***Feels like home to me.Clean 1-4BR remodeledapts. Stove, fridge, w/dhookups, mini-blinds.HUD accepted. Call Mar-lene. 662-630-2506

Apartments ForRent: Northside701

NICE RESTAURANT inBartahatchie Communityw/4 ac. of land &ponds. Call 662-369-0231 for more info

BusinessFor Sale 635

OWN YOUR OWN busi-ness whether a busi-ness or franchise oppor-tunity...when it comes toearnings or locations,there are no guaran-tees. A public servicemessage from The Dis-patch and the FederalTrade Commission

BusinessOpportunity 605

AKC GERMAN Shep-herd puppies. Exc. ped.Blk, sable, blk/silv &blk/red. Vet checked,wormed & shots. Call662-213-4609

Pets 515

7 WEEK old kittens. Sol-id gray & 2 charcoalstripped. Adorable. 245-1048

Free Pets 510

MATCHING WHIRLPOOLwasher & dryer set$150, no separation.New Lowe's BBQ grill w/cover $125. Call662-251-6661

4X8 UTILITY trailer.Good for mower or 4wheeler. Nice. $400.Call 356-6413 or 241-5003

12 X 20 METAL storageshed, insulated, wiredfor elec, ceiling fan, win-dow unit, plywoodfloors/walls & built intables. $2500 obo.662-574-3027

GeneralMerchandise 460

323 NEW Hope BaptistChurch Rd. Sat. 7am.Baby & hhold items.Lots of stuff. Must see

Garage Sales:Starkville 455

Lots of householditems, clothes, toys,baby bed & stroller, pic-nic table w/umbrella/chairs & much more!Sat.-May 3rd. 6-9am.1200 Pleasant Hill Rd

Garage Sales:New Hope 453

476 DONNA Ln. Friday9am - 6pm. Saturday6am - noon

135 VALLEYBROOK Dr. Sat. May 3, 7-11am Furniture, small appl,toys, clothes & more

Garage Sales:New Hope 453

ESTATE SALE:Starkville, MS. Mrs. KayHardy. Fairfield Com-mons. 100 Fairfield Dr.Original art work, vin-tage furnishings, uniqueitems from military trav-els, 2 tv cabinets, nicescreen, Ducan Phyfe ta-ble, 6 chrs, 2 brk. tbls &chrs, patio set, tea ser-vices, sets of china, BRfurnishings, electronics,hhold items, acces-sories & smalls. 5/2 &5/2 8am-5pm, 5/41pm -5pm. Antiques &Collectibles 570-5686.View at:estatesales.net

Estate Sales 449

GORDO INDOOR FleaMarket. Something foreveryone. Over 20 ven-dors. Antiq. furn, jugs,churns, glassware, vinyl,knives, antiq. washingmachine, appliances,bird houses. You nameit, we got it. Every Fri.7a-4p & every Sat. 7a-12p. 205-712-0465

Flea Markets 446

SPRAY LIQUID FERTIL-IZER. STARTING @ $35/AC. CHICKEN LITTER$45/AC/ WAY MOREEFFICIENT THAN GRAN-ULAR FERTILIZER.WORKS ALL SEASONLONG. 662-386-9122

4230 JOHN Deere trac-tor w/a 1210A grainbuggy. Gattman, MS.Call 662-256-0951

Farm Equipment &Supplies 442

LEGACY VINTAGEHEART PINE

Buy a piece of MSU his-tory. Heart pine flooring& ceiling joint salvagedfrom original mess hall.

Bulk orders only. 662-435-2305

BuildingMaterials 424

VIBRATOR MORFAMJeanie Rub single speedlike chiropractors use.99. OBO. 574-9749

TONY LITTLE Gazelle$75. Baby boy clothes9-12 mo. $25 for all.Call 327-8774

THOR DRUM set $95.Call 662-708-0268.Leave msg. if no answer

BOYS SHIRTS size 7/8,8/10 & 10/12. 35shirts all types. $25.Call 662-549-3884

ANTIQUE PIANO $50.Leave msg. if no an-swer. 662-726-5400

40 WESTERN paper-back books $40. Call386-1859

4 QUEEN size air mat-tresses with air pump$75. Call 386-1859

BargainColumn 418

WE SELL used appli-ances & haul off yourold ones. CALL 662-549-5860 or 662-364-7779

Appliances 409

ARCHITECTURALDRAFTER needed atShafer & Associates forStarkville office. Req:AutoCAD-2007 or later,drafting ConstructionDocuments, 3-5 yrs exp.in an architect's office.Email cover letter & re-sume to [email protected]

Professional 350

RN SUPERVISOR. Wind-sor Place has a full timeposition available for aRN to work night shiftMonday through Friday& 7P - 7A on weekends.Apply at Windsor Place81 Windsor Blvd Colum-bus 39702. 662-241-5518

NEEDED IMMEDIATELY:

LPN or RN for a medicaloffice position. Email resume to jbwobg@

crawdat.com or mail toPO Box 9458

Columbus, MS 39705

Medical &Dental 330

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Phyllis Enis, Bill Strauss and Kelly Frady received awards for 2013 from Coldwell Banker Real Estate, LLC. Their top honors were recently recognize from Budge Huskey, President & CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. “This prestigious distinction makes you a star among

the top Coldwell Banker sales associates/representatives globally and I salute your achievements”, stated Huskey.

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