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Tues ay, Oct. 8 Jazz at Renasant: The MSUSymphony Association presents a

ree jazz concert outdoors at Rena-sant Bank, 500 E. Lampkin St., inStarkville at 6 p.m.

We es ay, Oct. 9 Fun. in concert : The Grammy-win-ning alternative rock band Fun.play Mississippi States Humphrey Coliseum at 8 p.m. Tickets are $31-41. Doors open at 7 p.m. For ticketsor in ormation, visit msuconcerts.com or contact MSU Music Maker,662-325-2930.

Fri ay, Oct. 11 Chilifest: Vote or the best chili as

Starkville restaurant teams competerom 5-7 p.m. to beneft programs

o the Junior Auxiliary o Starkville atMississippi States amphitheater.Chili tasting tickets are $10. KidsVillage entry is $5 (includes meal).All Access passes are $20. For morein ormation, visit starkvilleja.org.

Satur ay, Oct. 12 Book signing: Adele Elliott o Co-lumbus reads rom her novel Friend-ship Cemetery at a book signing

rom 4-6 p.m. at the North Missis-sippi Holistic Center, 140 BrickertonPlace, Columbus. Shell also signbooks at the Columbus-Lowndes Pub-lic Library Oct. 28, 4:30-6:30 p.m.For more in ormation, call 662-368-2211 or email [email protected].

Supervisors, EMCC i tereste i Starkville satellBY CARL SMITH

[email protected]

East Mississippi Community College and Oktibbeha Coun-ty representatives say theyre

willing to work together on a partnership that would bring a work orce training satellite a-cility to Starkville.

Raj Shaunak, EMCC vicepresident or work orce and

community services, told supervisors Monday that EMCC wouldrequire an almost 6,000-square- oot

acility to bringi n t r o d u c t o r y manu ac tur ingclasses to Oktibbeha County.

The board took no action onthe matter, but supervisors saidthey would continue to look intothe matter.

EMCC opened a similar training acility six years agoin West Point a ter the Sara Lee plant ended operations. A

acility used by the city and the Tennessee Valley Authority was

donated or the project.School o cials have cham-

pioned their work orce trainingprogram as the Golden TriangleDevelopment Link landed major industrial wins Yokohama Tire Companys Clay County investment, in particular and

See training , 6A

Cool MSU stroll

Micah Green/Dispatch Sta

A lone fgure walks by the Mississippi State University stadium early Monday morning. Temperatures have begun their slow de-cline with the lows orecast to be in the mid-50s this week.

Columbusir ForceBaseciviliansback to workc mm y - pDISpATCH STAf f RepoRT

Civilian workers at Columbus Air ForceBase are back on theob.

On Oct. 1, 230 o CAFBs 1,277 civilianworkers were immedi-ately urloughed whenthe ederal govern-ment shut down over a

unding impasse.In accordance with a memo De-

ense Secretary Chuck Hagel re-leased on Oct. 5, the Air Force re-called most o the nearly 104,000 Air Force civilian employees placed on

emergency urlough. At Columbus Air Force Base, 230Department o De ense civilian em-ployees returned to work Monday.

All o our (Department o De-ense) civi lian members came back to

work, said Col. Jim Sears, 14th Fly-ing Training Wing commander. Wehave de nitely elt the impact o themanning short all and we are happy to have our civilian members back.While this is good news, we cant or-get that we are still in a government shutdown. However, we will continueto conduct the 14th Flying TrainingWing mission to produce pilots, ad-

vance airman and eed the ght.Columbus AFBs Commissary,which also was a ected by the gov-ernment shutdown, will reopen itsdoors today at 9 a.m. and will resumenormal operating hours. However, be-cause o the closure, the commissary has not been able to reorder and thestore might be low on certain items.

Several Columbus AFB contract-ed unctions are still a ected by thegovernment shutdown and are stillpending ull Department o De ense

unding.

Sears

Micah Green/Dispatch Sta

DAY OF SERVICE:Zach Thomas and

Antwann Richardson,both branch man-

agers with RegionsBank, work to cleanup Mike and DianeTaloneys home in

east Columbus.Regions Bank volun-

teers teamed up withthe Alabama Missis-sippi Chapter o the

Multiple SclerosisSociety to conductservice projects at

two homes o peopleliving with MS in the

Golden Triangle.

BY WILLIAM BRoWNING

[email protected]

The plan moving orward or the Lowndes County School Dis-

tricts proposed vocational schoolis becoming clearer.

During Mondays school boardmeeting it was revealed that theschool which will be aimed at students whose career paths donot necessarily include seeking a

our-year college degree couldopen its door in Aug. 2015.

The school board met at Cale-donia High School.

Earlier this year the board hired Joey Henderson, o Johnson Bailey

Henderson McNeel in Columbus,

Lowndes County movingalong on vocational school

See school board , 6A

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a g. 2015

City o fcials: Railroa closures likely

BY NATHAN GReGoRY

[email protected]

It is unlikely that Columbus council-men will consider a proposal to closerailroad crossings on Southside this year, but options remain on the tableand the situation may be re-addressedin 2014.

Nearly two months ago, a group o residents spoke out against a proposal

rom Kansas City Southern Railway andMississippi Department o Transporta-

tion o cials to und sa e-ty upgrades at six cross-ings while permanently barricading six others.KCS public sa ety direc-tor Allen Pepper told res-idents in August that hehad project unding this year that he had to spend

or capital improvements. The propos-al was or KCS to upgrade crossings at Fourth, Fi th, Seventh, 11th, 15th and22nd streets or roughly $40,000 whileMDOT installed sa ety arms and fash-ers at those same locations or about $200,000.

The plan also involved Second, Six th,Eighth, Ninth, 10th and 17th streets be-ing closed permanently on KCS dime.

Pepper said that a de-cision needed to bemade by September,and that work wouldneed to begin be orethe end o this year, or the project to be eligible or unding.

A majori ty o the locat ions in ques-tion are in Ward 1 councilman Gene Taylors territor y. On Monday, he said it would probably be next year be ore thecity and KCS could come back to the ta-ble and resume negotiations.

I wouldnt say its dead in the water, Taylor said. As ar as Im concerned,the negotiations will never be closed...Idont think it would be smart or the city to say were not going to negotiate any-

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Lake Levels

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Columbus Monday

High/low ..................................... 71/48Normal high/low ......................... 80/54Record high ............................ 96 (1954)Record low .............................. 35 (1978)

Monday ........................................... 0.00"Month to date ................................. 0.79"Normal month to date ...................... 0.89"Year to date .................................. 50.97"Normal year to date ....................... 42.41"

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Aberdeen Dam 188' 163.64' +0.12'Stennis Dam 166' 136.81' +0.12'Bevill Dam 136' 136.46' none

Amory 20' 11.26' -0.24'Bigbee 14' 3.86' noneColumbus 15' 5.12' -0.02'Fulton 20' 7.64' -0.02'Tupelo 21' 0.90' +0.80'

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Tuesday Say What?I do think that will give him a lot o confdence amoving orward that things are looking up or hiMississippi State quarterback Tyler Russell, talking about

reshman wide receiver DRunnya Wilson. Story, 1B.

Swi t, Aldean among

CMA Awards per ormersThe AssociATed PressNASHVILLE Taylor

Swi t, Jason Aldean andmost o the major nom-inees have signed on toper orm at the Country Music Association Awardsnext month.

Swi t and Aldean wereamong the rst round o per ormers announcedMonday or the Nov. 6show in Nashville, Tenn.

Top nominee Swi t is oneo our entertainer o theyear nominees who willper orm, along with Al-dean, Luke Bryan andBlake Shelton.

Former entertainer winners Keith Urban and Tim McGraw also arescheduled to per orm,along with Miranda Lam-bert and Little Big Town.Lambert and her husband,Shelton, have ve nomina-tions each, one behind topnominees Swi t and Kacey Musgraves.

More per ormers willbe announced later. Car -rie Underwood and BradPaisley will host the 47thannual awards.

Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File

In this May 11, 2013, fle photo, Taylor Swi t per ormsonstage during her Red Tour at the Verizon Center inWashington D.C.

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By LeANNe iTALie

The Associated Press

NEW YORK Its a turkey. Itsa menorah. Its Thanksgivukkah!

An extremely rare convergencethis year o Thanksgiving and thestart o Hanukkah has created a

renzy o Talmudic proportions. Theres the number crunch-

ing: The last time it happened was

1888, or at least the last time since Thanksgiving was declared a eder-al holiday by President Lincoln, andthe next time may have Jews light-ing their candles rom spaceships79,043 years rom now, by one cal-culation.

Theres the commerce: A 9-year-old New York boy invented theMenurkey and raised more than$48,000 on Kickstarter or his al-ready trademarked, Turkey-shapedmenorah. Woodstock-inspired T-shirts have a turkey perched onthe neck o a guitar and implore 8Days o Light, Liberty & Latkes. The creators nabbed the trademarkto Thanksgivukkah.

Songs have popped up with lyr-ics like these rom The Ballad o Thanksgivukkah: Imagine JudahMaccabee, sitting down to roast turkey and passing the potatoes toSquanto ... Rabbi David Paskin,the songs co-writer and co-head o

the Kehillah Schechter Academy inNorwood, Mass., proudly declareshis the Jewish day school nearest Plymouth Rock.

Lets not orget the ood mash-ups commemorating the stayingpower o the Pilgrims and the ght-ing prowess o the Jews, along withthe miracle o one nights oil lastingeight days. Pumpkin latkes, ap-ple-cranberry sauce and deep- riedturkey, anyone?

Its pretty amazing to me that inthis country we can have rich sec-ular and rich religious celebrationsand that those o us who live in both worlds can nd moments whenthey meet and can really celebratethat convergence. There are a lot o places in the world where we wouldnot be able to do that, Paskin said.

The lunisolar nature o the Jew -ish calendar makes Hanukkah andother religious observances ap-pear to dri t slightly rom year to year when compared to the U.S.,or Gregorian, calendar. But mucho the intrigue over Hanukkah this year is buried deep in the history o Thanksgiving itsel , which hasnt always been xed in the same spot. That caused some initial con usionover Thanksgivukkah, aka Turkuk-kah.

In 1863, Lincoln declared

Thanksgiving as the last Thursday in November (the month some-times has ve o those) and theholiday remained there until Pres-ident Franklin D. Roosevelt signeda joint resolution o Congress xing

it as the ourth Thursday, startingin 1942. Jewish practice calls or the rst

candle o eight-day Hanukkah tobe lit the night be ore Thanksgiv-ing Day this year, so technically Thanksgivukkah alls on the sec-ond candle night.

Gobble tov! American Jews

ready for ThanksgivukkahC v g c f d s s pp d 1888

AP Photo/ModernTribe.com

This image released by Modern-Tribe.com shows an AmericanGothic Thanksgivukkah Postercelebrating Thanksgiving andHanukkah.

By ToM Krisher

AP Auto Writer

AUBURN HILLS,Mich. When youvegot the smallest market-ing budget o the Detroit Three automakers, youhave to take risks to get your TV spots noticed.

Thats why Olivier Francois, Chryslers mar-keting chie , gambles a lot. Hes ollowing suc-cess ul ads eaturing rap-per Eminem and moviestar Clint Eastwood witha pitch rom a ctitiouscharacter egotistical

airhead television anchor-man Ron Burgundy romthe 2004 movie Anchor-man: The Legend o RonBurgundy.

And this time, Fran-cois got the talent to pitch

a re urbished version o the Dodge Durango SUV

or ree. Paramount Pic-tures, he said, bartered work on the commercialsby Will Farrell, who playsBurgundy, in exchange

or the promotion in theads o an Anchorman

sequel that is due out inDecember.

We cant competeon the money, saidFrancois, a Frenchmanbehind the gritty 2011Super Bowl image ad or Chrysler with Eminem inhis hometown o Detroit,

and the ollow-up spot eaturing Eastwood talkingabout America making a comeback.

Chrysler is by ar thesmallest o the Detroit car companies and hasthe lowest advertisingbudget. Last year, it spent $1.9 billion in the U.S.,about 40 percent less thanrival General Motors $3.1billion, and almost 20 per-cent below Ford Motor Co.s $2.3 billion. GM wasthe second-largest adver-tiser in the nation, whileFord ranked sixth andChrysler No. 11, accord-ing the trade publication Advertising Age, whichuses gures rom Kantar Media to estimate spend-ing and rank the top 100advertisers.

Fictional anchor Ron Burgundy pitches or

AP Photo/Chrysler

This undated photo provided by Chrysler shows WillFerrell as the Anchorman character Ron Burgundy inan advertisement or the 2014 Dodge Durango.

AP Photo/Archie Comics

This image released by Ar-chie Comics shows A ter-li e With Archie, a seriesdebuting Wednesday.

By MATT Moore


The vibrant, cheer uland sa e town o Riverdaleis getting a ghoulish make-over.

In A terli e With Ar-chie, a series debuting

Wednesday, publisher Ar-chie Comics is launchingnot just its rst horror ti-tle, but also its rst bookcarrying a rating or teensand older sold only in com-ic shops.

The series written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Frances-co Francavilla sees Archie,Betty, Jughead, Veronica

and others, including Sa-brina the Teenage Witch,enveloped in a panoply o incantations, elder gods,zombies and the undead.

Its a hardcore horror book, said Aguirre-Saca -sa, a Harvey Award-win-ning writer who meldedhis personal interests andhorror obsessions intoinfuences or the book.This is why I was meant to do comics.

Those are evidenced indescriptions and images.In one panel, or example,Sabrina the Teenage Witchis clutching the abled but

dreaded Necronomicon.In another, showing thegang at a party, Archie isdressed as Freddy Kreu-ger rom the Nightmareon Elm Street lms.

Francavilla included hisown nods to horror clas-sics, too, like the Rocky Horror Picture Show andNos eratu posters on Jug-heads bedroom wall.

But the book, despiteits subject matter, he said,refects the core charac-teristics o Archie and theother characters.

Sabrina? Shes alwaysmessing up, Aguirre-Sa-casa said, though in thiscase, the mistake hasgrave consequences or Jughead.

In Afterlife, Archie Comics veers into horrorC m c w c g f s


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WA S H -I N G T O N TheS u p r e m eCourt wont hear an ap-peal romdisbar redMississip-pi attor-ney Richard DickieScruggs.

The high court onMonday decided not tohear rom the architect o the multibillion dol-lar tobacco lawsuits o the 1990s. Scruggs was

convicted o improperly infuencing a Mississip-pi judge, saying that he

would recommend himto Scruggs brother-in-law, then-MississippiSen. Trent Lott, or anappointment to the eder -al bench. The judge waspresiding over a lawsuit between Scruggs andanother lawyer who were

ghting over money.Scruggs pleaded

guilty in 2009 to honest services raud, but ap-pealed his conviction a -ter the high court limitedthe scope o honest ser -

vices laws in June 2010.But ederal judges havere used to overturn his

conviction, and the highcourt re used to reconsid-er their rulings.

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In the caption that accompanied a photo o Domestic Violence Aware-ness Month in the Oct.4 edition, Dorothy Giv-ens-Cunning was identi-

ed a director o Sa e Hav-en. Givens-Cunning is thedomestic violence coordi-nator or Sa e Haven.

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correction

area arrests The ollowing arrests

were reported by theLowndes County Sher-i s Department and theColumbus Police Depart-

ment: Jerome Marquez Jr.,

24, o 215 Eighth Ave. S.,was arrested at the Jack-son Restitution Center by MDOC Oct. 4 and chargedwith violation o probation.

Zerrick Lazar God-rey, 36, o 1516 MLK

Drive, was arrested at Rail-road St. and 14th Ave., by CPD Oct. 5 and chargedwith burglary and con-tempt o court. His court date is scheduled or Oct.30.

Johnny Lee Good-man, 32, o 263 Kidd Road,was arrested at the Shelby County Jail in Memphis,Tenn., by MDOC Oct. 4and charged with violationo probation.

Ti any Dawn McK-ay, 32, o 305 Cal-Kolola Road, was arrested at theCrossroads in Hamilton by LCSO Oct. 2 and chargedwith elony malicious mis-chie .

Stephanie AnnWilcher, 40, o Carthage,was arrested at her res-idence by LCSO Oct. 3and charged with uttering

orgery and elony alsepretense.

Quinn Martez Wiley,22, o 824 Sixth Ave. S., was arrested at Seventh Ave N. and 20th St. N., by CPD and charged with pro- viding alse in ormationand violation o probation.His court date is scheduled

or Oct. 23. Lynsey Marie Wil-

son, 29, o 10938 Highway 45 N., was arrested at her residence by LCSO Oct. 2

and charged with aggravat-ed assault mani esting ex-treme indi erence to li e.

Timothy Ross Wil-son, 28, o 306 Forrest Blvd., was arrested at 22ndSt. S. and Bell Ave. Oct. 3and charged with posses-sion o marijuana, violationo probation and ailure toobey a police o cer. Hiscourt date is scheduled or Nov. 13.

McKayGoodmanGodfreyMarquez Jr.

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JACKSON Mississippi taxcollections or the rst quarter o the states scal year July through August are 5.9 per-cent above the estimate and$124.3 million, or 12.1 percent,

above what was collected duringthe same period a year ago.

The estimate made by leg-islative leaders upon advice o the states nancial experts isimportant because it representsthe amount o money available

or the Legislature to appropri-

ate. I collections or the year allbelow the estimate, the governor could be orced to make cuts or to dip into the states reserves.

The Northeast MississippiDaily Journal reports Mississip-pi revenue collections were $19.6million about 4.1 percent

above the revenue estimate or September and $64.3 millionabove or the rst quarter o the

scal year.However, individual income

tax collect ions are $27.7 million,or 14.4 percent, below the esti -mate during September. For the

rst quarter, individual incometax collections are $41.9 million,or 9.9 percent, below the esti-mate.

Corporate tax collec-tions more than o set theless-than-anticipated individualincome tax collections.

State revenue collections start out strong

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Court wont hear Scruggs ap

Greenwood doc headed back to court

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GREENWOOD A Greenwood doctor charged in a murder- or-hire case is scheduled tobe in court in Greenwoodon Tuesday or a hearingon the progress o hismental evaluation.

The Greenwood Com-monwealth reports that

Dr. Arnold Smith has beenundergoing a court-or-dered mental evaluation at the Mississippi State Hos-

pital since June.Smiths trial has beeninde nitely postponed.

Smith is charged withmurder as the alleged in-stigator o a plot that end-ed with the death o gun-

man Keaira Byrd and theserious wounding DerrickLacy. Byrd allegedly washired to kill attorney Lee Abraham, who represent-ed Smiths ex-wi e in their divorce years ago. Abra-ham was not injured.

Smith is also charged with two counts o conspir-ing to murder Abraham.

He has been held with-out bail since his arrest in2012.

sm h h ld w h b l 2012

Scruggs

BY JEff AMY


JACKSON Attorney General Jim Hood says hestrying to organize state at-torneys general to pushGoogle to better protect intellectual property suchas music, movies and so t -ware.

Hood said Monday during a luncheon spon-sored by the Capitol presscorps and Mississippi StateUniversitys Stennis Insti-tute o Government that hes circulating a letter toother states top lawyers,

seeking a meeting withGoogle. He said he hopesto get signatures rommore than 20 attorneysgeneral.

Maybe Google willcome to the table, he said.Thats one I hope we cansettle.

Google, based in Moun-tain View, Cali ., says it responds to requests romcopyright owners to re-move illegally copied mate-rial. The company declined

urther comment Monday. A ter Hood and other at-

torneys general raised con-cerns earlier this year that

Google made it too easy tobuy drugs online without a prescription, the onlinegiant took some steps tomake it harder. For exam-ple, the company disabledauto-complete unctionsthat led people to illegaldrug sites.

Google paid $500 mil-lion to the ederal gov-ernment in 2011 to settleclaims over ads sold topharmacies that were ille-gally shipping drugs intothe United States. Hoodsaid Monday he sent evi -dence to the U.S. Depart-ment o Justice that Googlehad breached the agree-ment, but ederal o cialshave not acted.

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It appears as though theColumbus City Council will not take up the matter o a propos-al to close six railroad cross-ings on the citys Southside,although city leaders insist the idea could emerge again,perhaps as soon as next year.

As opposed to what ishappening in Washingtonthese days, sometimes the best decision is to do nothing. Thecouncils no-decision on thisproposal is a wise move.

When the proposal romKansas City Southern Railway and the Mississippi Depart-ment o Transportation was

rst presented, it seemed asthough the idea would quickly move through the council. Therailway company needed ananswer by September in order to start work be ore the end o the year. Otherwise, the undsreserved or these types o projects would not be available.

Unlike other decisions madeby the council, including a controversial decision to hire

J5/Broaddus to ll a new po-sition o city project manager,the public was provided ampleopportunities to contribute tothe discussion.

In two public meetings,

Southside residents made their eelings known. Some spoke inavor o the proposal. Others

argued against it. But themeetings proved to be ar more

valuable than simply allowingresidents to voice their opin-ions. In both meetings, citizensagain and again raised interest-ing points, challenged assump-tions and o ered a lternatives.

By the end o the meetings,council members had ar morein ormation than they hadbe ore the public weighed in.It was clear that too many un-answered questions remainedand that many suggestions

that emerged during the publicmeetings warranted care ulconsideration.

In the end, the councilsdecision not to proceed withthe plan acknowledged that residents had raised issues that could not be resolved in thetime rame required. The deci-sion to table the project was thesmart move.

Regardless o your views onthe railroad crossing issue, theprocess involved in consideringthe proposal is to be applauded.It really is how our city govern-ment should operate.

Our leaders are elected to

make decisions on our behal .But they should make in ormeddecisions, based on a real dia-logue with the residents. That is precisely what happened inthis case and the city is better

or it. When and i the proposal

emerges again, we expect an-other healthy dialogue whereall stockholders are given anopportunity to contribute.

I you are a looking or a model o how the city shouldconduct its business, you can

nd no better example. We hope it is one our city

leaders will continue to ollow.

MSU exodusI am a rst t ime season ticket holder or MSUootball. I do not have ties to MSU or the state o

Mississippi. I make my home in Columbus andconsider mysel a Bulldog. I ound the MSU-LSUgame to be an exciting and thrilling game untilthe last play o the third quar ter. I am not re erringto the Prescott interception or the ensuing LSUtouchdown; rather, I am re erring to the EXODUSo ans. With a huge shi t o momentum to LSU,the MSU ans gave up. The LSU aith ul sittingaround us asked with all sincerity, Why is everyoneleaving?

LSU ans obliviously know what it means tosupport your team. I can only imagine how uncom-

ortable it was or Coach Mullen a ter t he game,

to tell a recruit on an o cial v isit that we have thebest ans in the SEC when they both had a ront row seat to the EXODUS? How can Coach Mullen call a recruit and tr uth ully tell them how great it is to play in Davis Wade Stadium, when it is clear as day onESPN that the ans dont believe in the team. How can a MSU player nd the motivation to put it al l onthe line during the ourth quar ter while there is anEXODUS going on? Les Miles job o motivating histeam in the ourth quarter became so much easier when all the Tigers had to do was look in the sta ndsat the EXODUS o ans. The ourth quar ter is wherethe real ans show their support.

Jon Zarandona Columbus

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I the continued ex-istence o mathematicsdepended on the ability o the Republicans tode end the proposi-tion that two plus twoequals our, that wouldprobably mean the endo mathematics ando all the things that

require mathematics.Republican Speak-er o the House o Representatives, JohnBoehner, epitomized

what has been wrong with the Republicans

or decades whenhe emerged rom a

White House meetinglast Wednesday, went over to the assembledmicrophones, briefy expressed his disgust

with the Democratsintransigence and

walked on away. We are in the midst

o a national crisis,immediately a ectingmillions o Americansand potentially a ect-ing the kind o country this will become i ObamaCare goes into e ect and yet, with multiple televisionnetwork cameras ocused onSpeaker Boehner as he emerged

rom the White House, he couldnt be bothered to prepare a state-ment that would help clari y a con used situation, ull o allaciesand lies.

Boehner was not unique inhaving a blind spot when it comesto recognizing the importance o articulation and the need to put some serious time and e ort intopresenting your case in a way that people outside the Beltway wouldunderstand. On the contrary, hehas been all too typical o Republi-can leaders in recent decades.

When the government was shut down during the Clinton admin-

istration, Republicanleaders who went ontelevision to tell their side o the story talkedabout OMB numbers

versus CBO num-bers as i most peo-ple beyond the Belt-

way knew what theseabbreviations meant

or why the statistics inquestion were relevant to the shutdown. Why talk to them in Belt-

way-speak? When Speaker

Boehner today goesaround talking about the CR, that is just more o the samethinking or lack o thinking. Policy wonksinside the Beltway know that he is talkingabout the continu-ing resolution that authorizes the existinglevel o government spending to continue,pending a new budget agreement.

But, believe it or not, there are lots o citizens and voters

outside the Beltway. And what isbelieved by those people whomtoo many Republicans are talkingpast can decide not only theoutcome o this crisis but the ateo the nation or generations tocome.

You might think that the stakesare high enough or Republicansto put in some serious time tryingto clari y their message. As thegreat economist Al red Marshallonce said, acts do not speak or themselves. I we are waiting or the Republicans to do the speak-ing, the country is in big trouble.

Democrats, by contrast, are alltalk. They could sell re rigeratorsto Eskimos be ore Republicanscould sell them blankets.

Indeed, Democrats sold Barack

Obama to the American public, which is an even more amazing

eat, considering his completelack o relevant experience andquestionable (at best) loyalty tothe values and institutions o thiscountry.

The Democrats have obviously given a lot o attention to artic-ulation, including coordinated

articulation among their mem-bers. Some years ago, Senator Chuck Schumer was recorded,apparently without his knowledge,telling ellow Democrats to keepusing the word extremist whendiscussing Republicans.

Even earlier, when George W.Bush rst ran or President, the

word that suddenly began appear-ing everywhere was gravitas as in the endlessly repeatedcharge that Bush lacked gravi-tas. People who had never usedthat word be ore suddenly beganusing it all the time.

Today, the Democrats buzz- word is clean as in theendlessly repeated statement that Republicans in the House o Rep-resentatives should send a cleanbill to the Senate. Anything lessthan a blank check is not consid-ered a clean bill.

The Constitution gives theHouse o Representatives theresponsibility to orig inate allspending bills, based on what they think should and should not be unded. But the word cleanis now apparently supposed tooverride the Constitution.

I Republicans want to show some seriousness about artic-ulating their case, they might start by deleting the abbreviationCR rom their vocabulary. Ashas been said, The journey o a thousand miles begins with a single step. That journey is longoverdue.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His web site iswww.tsowell.com.

Our View: Local EditorialsLocal editorials appearing in this space represent theopinion of the newspapers editorial board: Birney Imes,editor and publisher; Peter Imes, general manager; SlimSmith, managing editor and senior newsroom staff. Toinquire about a meeting with the board, please contactSlim Smith at 662-328-2471, or e-mail [email protected].

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The following is an edited selection of reader comments posted at the end of stories and columns

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Possumhaw: Living quietly in the PrairieRuth White: These words say it all to me. I ever

I wondered why Im so happy in that barn house webuilt, you have answered me. I long to experience a restaurant, where no one is playing with a phone, notelevision fashes rom every corner; and where noloud music destroys conversation. Thank goodness

or people like you who recognize the elements o meaning ul living. Thank goodness or your wordso wisdom.

Shutdown enters second week, no end in sightMike Rathbone: Im going to be per ectly honest

with you here. I have never been more embarrassedby my country, its leadership, and or that matter,its citizens. You people have stood around playingthe Republican vs Democrat games to the point that your country is on the verge o collapse, and youstill dont get it. I dont think you ever will.

Are you aware that while you are playing thisnonsense game o yours, allen soldiers and their

amilies cant get their death bene ts? Are youproud o yoursel yet?

Are you also aware that vets who have medicaltest appointments are being pushed aside, canceled,and put o due to not having the personnel availableto do the test? A nd its all because Congress andthe president eel the need to play ootball with thecountry, and guess what, you put them in o ce.That makes this YOUR ault too.

There are veterans and the mental ly ill living onthe streets in this country, but you have no unding

or this ... but you have millions to ship o to oreigncountries who couldnt care less about you. YOUplayed your part in that too.

So you go right ahead and shove your head backin the sand, or wherever it is you keep your head,and keep playing your games, keep voting the samelosers into o ce, and keep on being happy sailorsdancing on a sink ship.

You are an embarrassment .

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Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 3 PM at Mt. ZionBaptist Church, Columbus, MS with Bro. SteveLammons o fciating. Interment will be in Mt.Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Columbus, MS

with Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MSdirecting.

Mr. Briggs was born March 15, 1994 inColumbus, MS to James E. Briggs and BobbyeChism. He was a member o Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Columbus, MS, Barnyard RoastersBBQ Competition Team, Scout Troop 3, and theNew Hope MERIT Program. Mr. Briggs was a

volunteer at Grilling on the River BBQ and was a ormer RA at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He lovedto ride dir t bikes and motorcycles and loved beingoutdoors and traveling. Mr. Briggs attendedUnited Technology Institute Honda MotorcycleDivision in Orlando, FL. He is preceded in deathby his paternal grandparents and maternal great grandmother.

Mr. Briggs is survived by his parents JamesE. Briggs, Meridian, MS and Bobbye (Je )Chism, Columbus, MS; grandparents Monroe(Beverly) Beaird, Brooksville, MS; uncle Bart (Gina) Beaird; aunts Dottie (Dan) Herringtonand Annie (Mike) Goss; 2 great aunts; and 5cousins.

Pallbearers will be members o Scout Troop3, Tyler Hurt, and Steven Hope. Honorary pallbearers will be Hardy Hester, Gene Guyton,

Tyler Beaird, Philip Hays, and Lee Hays.Memorials may be made to Troop 3 Building

Fund, 221 7th Street North #300, Columbus, MS39701.

Dr. Ernest RussellDr. Ernest Russell died in

his home Sunday October 6,2013 in the company o his old-est son, Rett Russell, and care-giver Louise Cole.

We will celebrate his li eand memories at the EpiscopalChurch o the Resurrection,

Starkvi lle, MS. Visitation willbe in the church ellowshiphall rom 12:00 until 2:00 with the service start-ing at 2:00. Graveside services will ollow.

Dr. Russell was Geology Pro essor Emeri-tus, Mississippi State University, Lieutenant Colonel retired, United States Air Force, and

was born on April 16, 1923 in Jackson, MS. He was a decorated fghter pilot rom the Europe -an Theater in WWII. He ollows his belovedDixie All ison Evans Russell o Sunnyside Plan-tation whom he will join at rest in OddFellowsCemetery in Starkville.

He was a husband, ather, scientist, andriend. He lived a rich li e partially recounted

in a book A Mississippi Fighter Pilot in WWII.He was a man o wisdom, passion, and curi-osity and was also an avid horticulturist.

He is survived by his three sons: Ernest Ev-erett Russell, Jr. o Portland, OR, Dr. WilliamEvans and Dr. Debbi Russell o Baton Rouge,LA, and Allison Hardy and Diane Russell o Rock Hill, SC. He also leaves behind ten grand-children, many amily, riends, and pro ession-al colleagues.

He would desire that honorarium in hismemory be made to Palmer Childrens homeo Columbus (www.Palmerhome.org). He and

All ison believed in the good work done there.He would also encourage you to hug your

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Robin Abrams WrightRobin Rene Abrams Wright, 53, o Columbus,

MS, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,Columbus, MS.

Visitation or Mrs. Wright will be Wednesday,October 9, 2013 rom 12:00 PM 1:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. FuneralServices will ollow at 1:00 PM in the LowndesFuneral Home Chapel with Bro. Billy Abrams,o fciating. Interment will be in MemorialGardens, Columbus, MS with Lowndes FuneralHome directing.

Mrs. Wright was born May 2, 1960 toElizabeth Glenn Abrams and the late Dale

Abrams in Lowndes County, MS. She lived inLowndes County her entire li e and was o theBaptist aith. Mrs. Wright loved to be aroundher grandchildren and play games. She enjoyedselling freworks.

Mrs. Wright is survived by her husband o 33 years Sidney Dean Wright, Jr., Columbus,MS, daughter Candice Wright, Columbus,

MS, son Michael Wright, Columbus, MS, step-daughter Cynthia Marie Wright, Columbus,OH, sister Debbie Cunningham, brothers Steve Abrams, Billy Abrams and Jimmy Abrams,6 grandchildren MaKayla, Chelsea, Jordan,MaKinley, Mya, and Skylar, and a host o niecesand nephews.

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Woman charged in Medicarefraud bought 20 carsBy HOLBROOK MOHR


JACKSON Newly re-leased court records claim

the owner o a Mississippihospice ran a multimillionMedicare raud and usedsome o the money to buy 20 cars since December 2009.

The details about Angel-ic Hospice in Greenwoodand its owners purchaseswere outlined in a 27-pagedocument dated Feb. 19but only made public Oct.3 in U.S. District Court inOx ord.

The document is an a -fdavit supporting prosecu-

tors e orts to seize carsand cash in the case. It saidthe hospice billed Medi-care or millions o dollarsservices that were never rendered, sometimes in-volving orged documents.

Regina Swims-Kingwas charged in June ina 37-count criminal in -dictment and pleaded not guilty. Her trial is sched-uled or Dec. 2.

The hospice servednumerous counties in theMississippi Delta. It billed

Medicare more than $11million rom 2007 to 2012,according to court records.

Swims-King is listed incourt records as the per-son who wrote checks or the cars, though the vehi-cles were registered under various names, the court records said. The cars

listed in court documentsinclude a $92,000 Jaguar, a Lexus and a BMW.

Swims-Kings lawyer,Cynthia Stewart, did not return a call seeking com-ment. A phone listing onthe hospice website wasdisconnected. The web-site said the company wasowned and operated by Swims-King and her hus-band, Robert King.


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School boardContinued from Page 1A

to conduct easibility stud-ies on the construction o the school. At that time,there were our possiblesites. That number has

dropped to two both areust o Highway 82 near Lehmberg Road and ne-gotiations on purchasing a piece o property continue.

Henderson suggested

to the board Monday that drawing up documentsrelating to the schoolsconstruction would takeroughly six months. On

that schedule, they wouldbe ready by March 2014. At that point, bids would

open and a ter a choice hadbeen made on a contrac-tor, construction would

last about 14 months, or through July 2015.

The county does not have a vocational school.In the past, Superinten-

dent Lynn Wright has ex-pressed a desire to builda central tech center that o ers career-specifccourses to students want-ing to immediately enter

the work orce ollowinggraduation.

Also involved in thedistricts master planmoving orward is work on

the districts campuses inNew Hope, Caledonia andat West Lowndes. Hender-son updated the board onthose plans Monday, as

well.

TrainingContinued from Page 1A

when Navistar International an-nounced it would idle its West Point plant.

Access to training, Distr ict 5 Su-pervisor Joe Williams said, is para-mount or Oktibbeha County resi-dents. Few unemployed residentshave the ability to commute our days a week to EMCCs Golden Tri-

angle campus, located in Mayhew,or the West Point acilit y.Were going to have individuals

needing to go to work at the new plant in West Point, but theyre not going to be trained. I dont have tobe the one to say it...but we all know you cant get a job l ike you used to,he said. (We need to) identi y a lo-cation to teach manu acturing skillsso our people will be ready to go towork in any o these industries, not ust Yokohama, but any industry that opens its doors.

Recent fgures show about 5,600 people participated in EM-CCs work orce training program,Shaunak said, and about 2,700 o those went on to begin careers inmanu acturing.

A 2012 Link study shows about 25 percent o Lowndes CountysGolden Triangle Industrial Park em-

ployees lived in Oktibbeha County at the time. Shaunak estimated a similar percentage o local residents

will fnd jobs with Yokohama. LinkCEO Joe Max Higgins made thesame prediction to the Dispatch inMay.

The point is there are a lot o unemployed and under-employed

(Oktibbeha County residents)...whoneed to be motivated and encour-aged to participate and take part in educational training, Shaunaksaid. Im telling you, a lot o peopleare coming here. The opportunitiesare there, and they need to be cre-ated now.

Oktibbeha Countys unemploy-ment rate was last measured at 8.8percent in August, down rom Julys9.7 percent estimate. Comparat ively,Clay Countys latest fgure 18.3percent was the highest recordedin Mississippi. Lowndes Countys9.5 percent estimate tracked about even with its July report.

Thats the sad part in Starkvilleand Oktibbeha County. At once, wehave some o the highest educated

olks with the third-highest incomein the state, but we also have thethird highest poverty rate and low

educational attainment. Its really two di erent worlds that we havehere, Shaunak said. Still, thereare a lot o people beyond highschool age who lack relevant skillsto be gain ully employed.

Brooks named hospital

trusteeSupervisors unanimously ap-proved K imberly Brooks, a current Starkville Manor nurse and ormer OCH Regional Medical Center employee, as the hospitals newest trustee.

Brooks will replace Betty Evans, who died shortly a ter she resigned

rom her post in July. A previous nominee, Minnie Fox,

was approved or the position, but she relinquished the post last montha ter supervisors rescinded their ac-tion.

In July, the board named Linda Breazeale as ormer trustee LeonMathis replacement.

Supervisors previously commit-ted to joint county-hospital boardmeetings as a starting point or dis-cussions on the hospitals uture,but dates have not yet been set.

CrossingsContinued from Page 1A

more or that were closingthe chapter o this book.

Columbus chie opera-tions o fcer David Arm-strong agreed, sayingthe city was keeping itsoptions open but mak-ing a decision was not something were workingtoward right now. Arm-strong does not expect

the issue to sur ace againthis year.

In a study conductedin 2008 by engineeringfrm Neel-Scha er, thelargest increase in tra fci the closings occurred

would have been about 5 percent on SeventhStreet, city engineer Kevin Sta ord said in Au-

gust. Volume would haveincreased on the roadsle t open but would havedecreased overall, Sta -

ord said. Taylor said i there is

an opportunity again next year to improve crossingsthrough outside unding,he would want more sug-gestions rom the public.

(I would want to) get the community more in-

volved in the act ivit ies o whats going on rom day one, he said. Id try toget the county involved,Paccar, Severstal, Euro-copter those that arereally using that railway to ship products involved

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Expectations dont aze Eric Harris. As the West Lowndes High School

ootball teams go-toback, Harris knows histeammates count on himto make big plays, to be a leader, and to provide anemotional li t whenever they need it.

That s a lot to expect rom a junior who is in

his frst season in sucha signifcant role. But the 5- oot-7,155-pounder isnt backing down romhis responsibility.

I play with my heart 24-7, the wholegame, Harris said. I depend on my team and listen to the coach and theplays he calls. I put 110 percent in ev-ery time I get the ball.

Harris lived up to his word in a big way Friday, rushing or a season-high137 yards and three touchdowns in a 54-8 victory against West Oktibbeha County High in a Mississippi HighSchool Activities Association Class 1A,Region 3 game in Maben. For his ac-complishment, Harr is is The Dispatchs Prep Player o the Week.

The 137-yard e ort was Harr isourth 100-plus yard game o the sea-

son. It pushed his season total to 630 yards (nine touchdowns) in six games. With our games remaining, includinga one at 7 p.m. Friday against Nanih

Waiya (3-3, 2-1 region), Harr is has work to do i he is going to reach hisgoal o 2,000 yards. Two open dates onthe schedule also dont work in Harris

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While the schedule doesnt ease up or the Ole Miss ootballteam, the good news is the Rebelswill be home or a while.

Ole Miss willplay the frst o six-straight homegames at 7:30p.m. Saturday (ESPN) when it plays host to No.9 Texas A&M at

Va ugh t-He ming- way Stadium.

The Rebels have only playedonce at home this season. OleMiss (3-2, 1-2 SoutheasternCon erence) dropped its second

straight game Saturday, alling30-22 at Auburn.

Were not happy with where we are, but we thank God werenot where we used to be, OleMiss coach Hugh Freeze saidMonday at his weekly media gath-ering. The journey continues.

Its been a very di fcult stretch o road games. Im disappointed in

the outcome, but Im extremely proud o the fght and battle our

young men showed.Conservative projections had

the Rebels 3-2 a ter fve games.

A ter winning the frst three or the frst time since 1989, thosethoughts changed as Ole Miss

vaulted into the national rankings.In back-to-back losses to Ala-

bama and Auburn, though, OleMiss managed two o ensivetouchdowns a ter averaging 38points per game in the frst three.

Ole Miss is one o three teamsin the Football Bowl Subdivisionto have played our true roadgames.

You see the young kids inparticular having to go throughthe study hall and tutoring andclasses and then everything we

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STARKVILLE Mississip-pi State senior quarterback Tyler Russell always gathers the new and

reshmen wide receivers to givethem a piece o critical advice.

I tell all o them to just be

patient because you never know when your time is going to come,Russell said. You never know when that opportunity will pres-ent itsel but it will. Trust me.

MSUs young group o wide

receivers is fnal-ly overcoming itslack o playingexperience andrealizing Russells

words o wisdom.DRunnya Wil-

son had his break-out moment Satur-

day night in a 59-26loss to No. 10 LSU at Davis WadeStadium in a national televisionmatchup. One play a ter beingsacked, Russell changed the pro-tection and the play to go to Wil-

son, a 6- oot-6 reshman wideout rom Birmingham, or a big play.

The result was a per ect throw over double coverage or a 59-

yard touchdown strike. The score with 6 minutes and 28 secondsle t in the frst hal gave MSU itsfrst and only lead, 23-21, in what turned out to be a 59-26 loss.

He changed everything,MSU coach Dan Mullen said o Russell. He saw a certain pres-sure coming. That just kind o

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InSIDEn mORE majOR LEaguE baSEbaLL: Home runs proved tobe the difference for Oakland and Tampa Bay on Monday night. The As hit three to beat the Tigers 6-3 to take a 2-1series lead, while Jose Lobaton hit a walk-off home run

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The echoes o the 2012 championshipseason are stirring at Heritage Academy.

Thats just fne with ootball coachBarrett Donahoe, who welcomed the

drama and the intensity Friday that sur-rounded his teams 14-7 victory against Washington School.

While a regular-season game palesin comparison to the magnitude o a state title matchup, Donahoe agreed thedynamics o the Patriots come- rom-behind victory at home had a lot o thesame elements he saw in the teams 10-3

victory against Magnolia Heights that secured its Mississippi Association o In-dependent Schools Class AAA, DivisionII crown.

We played great de ense and madetimely plays on o ense, Donahoe said.We never panicked. Guys continued to

play even when we struggled at timeso ensively. Thats what we talked about all week. A ter (the victory against) OakHill Academy, we werent sure what toexpect. The inconsistency had kind o gotten us out o sorts.

Donahoe hopes the Patriots (6-1, 2-1Class AAA, District 1, Division II) willcontinue to raise their consistency andtheir energy the rest o the way. The next step will be at 7 p.m. Friday when Heri-tage Academy travels to Pillow Academy (2-5, 0-3). The victory against Division I

Washington School gives Heritage Acad-emy a frm grasp on its destiny. Victoriesthis week and in remaining Division IIgames against Starkville Academy andMagnolia Heights (both at home) wouldsend the Patriots back to the playo s.

There wont be any breaks, though. A game at Class AA Leake Academy

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PITTSBURGH Pushed to the brink,the St. Louis Cardinalsand rookie Michael

Wacha pushed back.Now its back to

Busch Stadium witha trip to the NL cham-pionship series onthe line or baseballsmost resilient team andthe club theyve beenunable to shake or

the better part o sixmonths. Wacha took a no-hit-

ter into the eighth andthe Cardinals avoidedelimination with a 2-1

victor y against thePittsburgh Pirates onMonday in Game 4 o the NL division seriesto set up a winner-take-all Game 5 on Wednes -day night.

Adam Wainwright will star t or the NL Central champion Car-dinals against Pitts-burgh rookie Gerrit Cole. Both pitchers

won earlier in the se -ries.

Its going to beun, Carlos Beltran

said. Were going backhome, we have our best pitcher on the mound our ace and I re -ally like our chances.

So do the Pirates.Manager Clint Hur-

dle opted or Cole rath-er than veteran A.J.Burnett a ter the Car-dinals shelled Burnett

or seven runs in two-plus innings in Game 1.

We have one gameto win, Hurdle said. Ibelieve that matchup isthe best we can do tobeat the Cardinals inGame 5.

By BETh hAR RiSThe Associated Press

LOS ANGELES As the celebrationraged around them,Sandy Kou ax sought out Clayton Kershaw in the hazy mist o theclubhouse or a hug.

Kou ax, whoseblazing astball dom-inated baseball in themid-1960s, removedthe protective goggles

rom his eyes and rest-

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From the ran-chises old le t-handedace to its current youngsouthpaw, a smilingKou ax looked Ker-shaw in the eyes andbestowed his congrat-ulations. The Dodgershad advanced to their 10th National Leaguechampionship series

with a 4-3 victor y over the Atlanta Braves onMonday night.

To get a hug andget a good job roma guy like that, rom a guy thats been there,

rom a guy thats donethis be ore and was thebest at it or a long timeis pretty special, Ker-shaw said. He genu-inely cares about not only this team but kindo our well-being. Hecares about us. Thatsawesome.

The NL West cham-pions open the next round Friday against St. Louis or Pittsburgh.

The Cardinals host the wild- card Pirates in a winner-take -all Game5 on Wednesday.

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STARKVILLE The parentso Petal High School receiver Jesseackson told him he didnt have to

wait to make his college choice. With his mind was made up,

ackson ended the debate Monday.ackson, a three-star prospect by

all o the recruiting services, an-nounced his verbal commitment to Mississippi State. He is the 18thcommitment or the Class o 2014.He will make the decision o fcialon National Signing Day on the frst week in February.

For the longest time, I wantedto wait until a ter the season, but I

elt it was the right time, Jacksontold 247Sports.com. I talked to my coaches, too, about it. They saidI could wait till long but i I knew where I wanted to go that they

would wish the best or me. The 6 - oot-2, 195-pound Jackson

uno fcially visited MSU last weekand needed just a couple o days toannounce his decision.

Its been a lot o un, Jacksontold Paul Jones o 247Sports.com.I was grate ul when I got my frst

o er and then things moved very ast and it became a reality I was go-

ing to be playing in the SEC. Withour open date, I had a lot o time tothink about my decision. That real-ly helped to speed up the process,and it went quicker than I thought at frst.

Jackson also held o ers rom Au-burn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri,and Southern Miss, among others,and is rated the ninth-best overallprospect in the state o Mississippi,according to 247Sports.com. Jack-son has 14 receptions or 170 yardsand two touchdowns in fve games

or Petal this season. He had 39catches or 842 yards and 11 scoresin 2011.

Jackson told 247Sports.comhe plans to major in engineeringat MSU. He said he also was im-pressed with MSUs willingness togive reshmen playing time. Thisseason, MSU has given signifcant playing time to reshmen wide re-ceivers DRunnya Wilson and FredRoss.

I like how Dak (Prescott) hasdone this year, and I also got a good

eel or (2014 MSU commit) Elijah(Staley) at Big Dawg Camp, Jack-

son said. I know he has a big armand likes to mix in the run, too. Wehit it o well at Big Dawg Camp,and I like the chance to earn early playing time and playing with thosequarterbacks.Mullen not convinced shootouts will defne SEC

big gamesMSU coach Dan Mullen isnt convinced Southeast-

ern Conference games will continue to be shootouts.MSU (2-3, 0-2 SEC) is still fourth in the SEC in to-

tal defense even after allowing 59 points and 563 yardsSaturday in a loss to No. 10 LSU.

LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger was 25 of 29for 340 yards and two touchdowns on his way to beingnamed SEC Player of the Week. In addition to complet-ing a career-high 25 passes, Mettenbergers 86-percentcompletion rate is the fourth-highest total for a QB inschool history in a game with at least 20 attempts.

The 59 points were the most for LSU (5-1, 2-1) in aSEC game since it scored 63 against Kentucky in 1997.The Tigers have scored 30 or more points in every game a first in school history and has eclipsed the 400-yard mark in all six games, another first in LSU history.LSU outscored MSU 31-3 in the second half after lead-ing 28-23 at halftime.

The SEC has three schools in the top 30 in totaldefense this week. However, Mullen isnt convinced de-fenses will decide who will play in Atlanta for the SECtitle.

Before all is said and done youre going to seesome defensive battles in this league, Mullen said. Itsmy ninth year in the league, Ive seen offensive explo-sions. Youve seen defensive years.

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Petal High WR Jackson commits to MSU

ReceiversContinued from Page 1B

shows his experience. According a new pol-

icy created by the MSUootball program in

which reshman are only allowed to speak a ter games, Wilson was un-available Monday eveninga ter practice.

I have the greatest coaches in the world be-cause i they can turna basketball player likemysel into a big-time col-lege ootball player at thehighest level o competi-tion, what cant they do?,Wilson said a ter havingtwo catches or 31 yardsin a 51-7 victory against

Alcorn State on Sept. 7.Russell threw twotouchdown passes to givehim 39, which moved past Derrick Taite, who threw 38 rom 1993-96. All told,

Russell has 42 touch-downs (run and pass) inhis career, which movedhim past Wayne Madkin

(41 rom 1998-2001) andtied him with John Bond(42 rom 1980-83) or third on the programsall-time list. Don Smith(1983-86) is the MSU ca-reer leader with 52 touch-downs. In Russells last two games against LSU,he is 33 o 49 or 441 yardsand three touchdowns.

I think it was just (DRunnya Wilsons) timeand he made a big play,Russell said. I do thinkthat will give him a lot o

confdence and trust mov-ing orward that thingsare looking up or him.

Wilson, who has beengiven the nicknameBear by his teammates,

had two catches in eacho his frst two games.He has been a big-body target to catch jump balls

over the middle o thefeld. Against LSU, Wil -son had two catches or a career-high 80 yards.His frst touchdown catchshowed he can be a weap-on down the feld.

I think you see rom week to week to week(the receivers are) mak-ing bigger plays, Mullensaid. I think that is just huge when you startingseeing guys making moreand more plays.

Another quality receiv-

ing target has been junior Jameon Lewis. The 5- oot-10 playmaker was one o two wide receivers Satur-day night to fnish withmore than 100 yards. He

has become a target onbubble screens and hasshown an ability to maketacklers miss on crossing

routes. Through fve games,

MSU has only two receiv-ers Lewis 19, Robert

Johnson with 11 withdouble-digit catches, but both are in the top 20 in theSEC in yards per catch.

I think we stepped it up on the o ensive sideo the ball against LSU,Lewis said. We put in a lot o time in our unda -mentals a ter practice. It may look like were jok-ing around out there, but

sooner rather than later inthat session itll get com-petitive.

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Ole MissContinued from Page 1B

ask them to go through, Freezesaid. To get back home with someo the late trips weve had, be backhere Sunday or a pretty thoroughday also. There are times all o uswish we could just lay at home a day

and watch the NASCAR race or thePresidents Cup. Thats just proba-bly human nature. I dont know i (it has a ected them) physically be -cause I think we have a good plan,but mentally I think its stressedthem a bit. Being at home is goingto help us get back maybe to a littlemore normalcy because thats not a typical season. I dont know i Iveever coached in (a season) thatsbeen shaped like this. Hope ully theyll get back to some normalcy.

While the change o venueshould please the Rebels, the sched-ule wont get any easier. A game

against No. 10 LSU ollows thegame against Texas A&M. A victo-ry in either or both would greatly enhance Ole Miss chances to play in a New Year Days bowl game.

To win one or both o its next two games, Ole Miss will have tore-establish its running game. TheRebels managed 124 yards rushingSaturday.

We pride ourselves in the rungame, Ole Miss sophomore o en-

sive lineman Justin Bell said. Itsmore o a statement play. I eel like

we will be able to move the bal l. We just have to move the double teamand get to the linebackers. I we get our guys to the sa eties, its going to

be a show.Last season, Ole Miss may have

su ered its most bitter de eat in a 30-27 setback to Texas A&M inOx ord. The Rebels led 27-17 with14 minutes, 56 seconds remaining.

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel then led the Aggies on twodrives to snatch the victory in theclosing minutes.

You have to be multiple (against Manziel), Freeze said. You cant give them just one thing. There areno bad coaches in this league andthey have tremendous players, sothey will make adjustments i they

get a beat on what youre doing. Wedid have a good plan (last year). Wecontained him or the better part o three quarters, but in the ourthquarter he showed why he won theHeisman Trophy.

Texas A&M (4-1, 1-1) is comingo a bey week. Prior to that, Tex-as A&M won 45-33 at Arkansas.

While Texas A&M is averaging49.2 points per game, it is allowing6.1 yards per carry compared to

3.7 yards last season.We want to run the ball, Freeze

said. We want to be balanced. Ithink our stats prove that over thecourse o time. We like to be bal-anced, but teams are taking things

away rom us that are making ustry to do di erent things that may-be were not as gi ted as a team. Wehave to continue to work on thosethings because good teams make

you do di erent things than what your bread and butter are typical-ly. Well work hard again on doingsome things.

We had a good package last weekthat we really liked that was good tous early on, particularly with Barry (Brunetti) in the game, but we just got behind and didnt eel like wecould be as balanced in doing cer-tain things. Were going to continue

working on our running game.De ensive end Carlos Thomp-

son is expected to be a game-day decision, while de ensive end C.J.

Johnson is expected to return a ter being held out o the game against

Auburn. Center Evan Swindall hasa toe injury and leading rusher Je Scott has a thigh bruise, but bothare expected to play.

Follow Scott Walters on Twitter @dispatchscott.

CardinalsContinued from Page 1B

Something the Piratesailed to do at home inront o a record crowd at

PNC Park anxious to cel-ebrate with champagne

or the second time in a week. Pittsburgh poppedthe bubbly a ter beatingCincinnati in the wild-card game last Tuesday.This time, the bottlesremained corked a ter Wacha pitched like a guy whod been in the majors

or years, not months.He was unhittable,

Beltran said. He gave usan opportunity to win. Wescored just two runs, but you just had the eeling it was going to be enough.

St. Louis improvedto 7-1 over the last threeyears with its season onthe line when Rosenthalgot Pittsburgh MVP-can-didate Andrew McCutch-

en to pop out to second with one on in the ninth.

I think you take hightalent and high character people that are motivatedand support each other,and they dont give up,Cardinals manager MikeMatheny said. Thats a tough combination.

One the Pirates arestill try ing to master.

Pedro Alvarez hit histhird home run o the se-ries, connecting with oneout in the eighth or Pitts-burghs only hit. It wasnt enough or the Pirates toadvance to the NL cham-pionship series or thefrst time in 21 years.

I guess thats why weplay fve, McCutchensaid. Well be ready or the f th one.

The Pirates werent quite ready or the ourth

one, not with the way Wacha was dealing. He walked two and struck out nine be ore giving way tothe bullpen in the eighth.

The Cardinals fnished with only three hits but only really needed one:Hollidays two-run homer in the sixth o CharlieMorton.

You could go back andlook at pitches over andover again and secondguess yoursel , Mortonsaid. I dont know wherethat pitch was. It was outer third somewhere, thigh-down and he went out andgot it, hes strong.

So was the 6- oot-6 kidon the mound, the onebarely a year removed

rom a standout collegecareer at Texas A&M.

Wacha didnt permit a runner until walking Rus -

sell Martin leading o thesixth.

Wacha nearly no-hit the Washington Nationalsin his last start on Sept.24, surrendering only an infeld single by RyanZimmerman with twoouts in the ninth.

Working so quickly thePirates never had time toget settled, he breezedthrough Pittsburghs re-

vamped lineup like he wasin extended spring train-ing. Mixing his astballand changeup master ul-ly, Wacha overwhelmedthe Pirates rom the mo-ment he stepped onto themound.

He went out and hit his spots and it seemedlike everything we werehitting, we were just miss -ing, just missing, Mc-Cutchen said.


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Prep FootballFridays Games

Columbus at Northwest Rankin, 7 p.m.West Lauderdale at Caledonia, 7 p.m.New Hope at Lake Cormorant, 7 p.m.Nanih Waiya at West Lowndes, 7 p.m.Starkville at Greenville-Weston, 7 p.m.West Point at Center Hill, 7 p.m.Noxubee County at Leake Central, 7 p.m.Kemper County at Aberdeen, 7 p.m.Hamilton at Thrasher, 7 p.m.Amory at Pontotoc, 7 p.m.Calhoun City at East Webster, 7 p.m.Louisville at South Pontotoc, 7 p.m.East Oktibbeha at West Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.Heritage Academy at Pillow Academy, 7 p.m.Immanuel Chr. at West Memphis Chr., 7 p.m.Starkville Academy vs. French Camp Academy,7 p.m.Indianola Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 7 p.m.Kemper Academy at Hebron Christian, 7 p.m.Calhoun Academy at Central Academy, 7 p.m.Tri-County Academy at Winston Academy, 7 p.m.Victory Christian at First Assembly, 7 p.m.Aliceville at Hatch, 7 p.m.Lamar County at Cold Springs, 7 p.m.

Hubbertville at Pickens County, 7 p.m.Marion County at South Lamar, 7 p.m.Sulligent at Marion, 7 p.m.Pickens Academy at Marengo Academy, 7 p.m.

Prep SoftballTodays Games

Caledonia at Amory, 6:30 p.m.Hamilton at Hatley, 6:30 p.m.

Prep VolleyballTodays Matches

Canton at New Hope, 6 p.m.Hernando at Starkville, 6 p.m.

College FootballSaturdays Games

Alabama at Kentucky, 6 p.m.Bowling Green at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m.Texas A&M at Ole Miss, 7:30 p.m.

College SoccerFridays Matches

Alabama at South Carolina, 6 p.m.Florida at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.Vanderbilt at Ole Miss, 7 p.m.

College VolleyballFridays Matches

Mississippi State at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.Ole Miss at LSU, 7 p.m.Alabama at Arkansas, 7 p.m.

Sundays MatchesMississippi State at LSU, 1 p.m.Auburn at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m.Alabama at Missouri, 1:30 p.m.

Junior College FootballThursdays GameNortheast at East Mississippi, 7 p.m.

Saturdays GameItawamba at Coahoma, 2 p.m.

Junior College SoccerTodays Matches

Women: Hinds at Itawamba, 2 p.m.Men: Hinds at Itawamba, 4 p.m.NOTE: Radio broadcast begins at 1:55 p.m. onwww.LetsGoICC.com

Fridays MatchesWomen: Itawamba at Holmes, 4 p.m.Men: Itawamba at Holmes, 6 p.m.

TodayMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

4 p.m. American League Division Series,Game 4, Oakland at Detroit, TBS7:30 p.m. American League Division Series,Game 4 Boston at Tampa Bay, TBS

NBA6:30 p.m. NBA preseason, Atlanta atCharlotte, SportSouth

NHL6:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Bu alo, NBC SportsNetwork

WNBA7 p.m. Playo s, fnals, game 2, Atlanta atMinnesota, ESPN2

WednesdayGOLF

11:30 p.m. LPGA Malaysia, frst round, atKuala Lumpur, Malaysia, TGC

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL4 p.m. National League Division Series, Game5, Pittsburgh at St. Louis, TBS

MENS COLLEGE SOCCER6 p.m. Old Dominion at Charlotte, Fox SportsSouth

NHL7 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, NBC SportsNetwork

CALENDAR

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BravesContinued from Page 1B

in the playo s or the rst time. Juan Uribe hit a go-ahead,

two-run homer in the eighthinning a ter Kershaw startedon short rest or the Dodgers,who reached the NLCS or the

rst time since 2009.It was a special night to get

to do it here in L.A., said Ker-shaw, his hair slick rom thespray o beer and champagne.We havent won anything yet,but it de nitely eels good toget to celebrate. You never want to pass those momentsup.

Carl Craw ord homered

his rst two times up and theDodgers won the best-o - veplayo 3-1.

This does not get old. Ilove the champagne. I love theburning sensation in my eyes,center elder Skip Schumaker said. A lot o these guys havenever experienced the movingon to the next round and Imhappy or them.

Yasiel Puig doubled down

the right- eld line leadingo the eighth against losingpitcher David Carpenter. Therookie charged into secondbase and pumped his right st in the air.

Fans were on their eet chanting Lets go Dodgers!

when Uribe ouled o two bunt attempts. Then he sent a hang-ing 2-2 breaking ball into theDodgers bullpen in le t eldto put them in ront or the sec-ond time.

Uribe knew it was goneas soon as he connected. Hedropped his bat and threw

both arms in the air at homeplate.

This moment today Illnever orget, he said. I thinka lot o people eel like that.

Meanwhile, it was the lat-est October fop or Atlanta,

which hasnt won a postseasonseries since 2001. During that stretch, the Braves have lost seven straight playo seriesand the 2012 NL wild-card

game.To end the way it did to -

night, its going to hurt. Itsgoing to be a long way back,Braves manager Fredi Gon-zalez said. But tip your hat to the Dodgers and congratu-late Donnie and his sta . Thesad thing is there are no moregames.

Brian Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth to get the vic-tory. Kenley Jansen struck out all three batters in the ninth

or a save, anning Justin Up-ton to end it.

That set o a celebration on

the eld by the Dodgers, whorushed toward the mound ina mob. They tore jerseys o each other in unbridled excite-ment and doused Uribe with a bright-colored sports drink.

This team has a lot o un. We dont think about being theteam to beat and all that stu .

We just go out there and play and try to have un, Craw ordsaid.

BaseballMajor League Baseball

PlayoffsDIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-five; x-if necessary)American League

Boston vs. Tampa BayFriday, Oct. 4

Boston 12, Tampa Bay 2Saturday, Oct. 5

Boston 7, Tampa Bay 4Mondays Game

Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4, Boston leads series 2-1Todays Game

Boston (Peavy 12-5) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson12-10), 7:37 p.m. (TBS)

x-Thursdays GameTampa Bay at Boston, 7:07 p.m. (TBS)

Oakland vs. DetroitFriday, Oct. 4

Detroit 3, Oakland 2Saturday, Oct. 5

Oakland 1, Detroit 0Mondays Game

Oakland 6, Detroit 3, Oakland leads series 2-1Todays Game

Oakland (Straily 10-8) at Detroit (Fister 14-9),4:07 (TBS)

x-Thursdays GameDetroit (Scherzer 21-3) at Oakland, 8:07 p.m.(TBS)

National LeagueSt. Louis vs. Pittsburgh

Thursday, Oct. 3St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 1

Friday, Oct. 4Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1

Sunday, Oct. 6Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 3

Todays GameSt. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1, series tied 2-2

Wednesdays GamePittsburgh (Cole 10-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright19-9), 4:07 (TBS)

Atlanta vs. Los AngelesThursday, Oct. 3

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