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Wednesday, June 4■ Table Talk: The Friends of the Colum-bus-Lowndes Public Library’s June Table Talks kick off with author Carolyn Haines introducing her “Bone-a-Fied Delicious Cookbook,” with illustrations and com-mentary by characters from her Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series. Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m.; iced tea provided. Or join friends from noon-1 p.m. for the program, 314 Seventh St. N.

Saturday, June 7■ Library Water Science Day: The Co-lumbus-Lowndes Public Library launches its Summer Library Program with a fun Water Science Day from 1-3 p.m. for chil-dren 6 and older in front of the library, 314 Seventh St. N. For more informa-tion, contact the library, 662-329-5300.

PUBLIC MEETINGSJune 2: Lowndes County Board of Supervisors, Court-house, 9 a.m.June 2: Clay County Board of Supervisors, Courthouse, 9 a.m.June 3: Columbus City Coun-cil, Municipal Complex, 5 p.m.June 3: Starkville Board of Al-dermen, City Hall courthouse, 5:30 p.m.June 3: Caledonia Board of Aldermen, Town Hall, 6 p.m.June 5: Clay County Board of Supervisors, Courthouse, 9 a.m.June 13: Lowndes County Board of Supervisors, Court-house, 9 a.m.June 17: Columbus City Coun-cil, Municipal Complex, 5 p.m.

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BY WILLIAM [email protected]

For more than a year a mysterious face has been appearing on spaces in the heart of downtown Colum-bus.

It has been drawn on me-ter boxes, dumpsters, traffic control boxes and signs. It is presumably created at night and most likely with a Sharp-ie.

The face has a big jaw.

The eyes are troubled and sometimes Xs are drawn through them. The face’s most prominent feature, though, is big teeth. They do not fit, proportionately, with anything else. Beneath the chin the words, “Toofus the Doofus,” are sometimes written.

The person who draws the face is unknown to The Dispatch. Several people contacted for this story sug-

gested a specific person. When reached on the tele-phone last week that person would not verify if he or she was responsible for creating the face. He or she only said, “I think I can help with that. What’s your phone number?” and then never called back.

Maybe the person did not call back because drawing on other peoples’ property without permission is illegal.

It could be considered

malicious mischief, accord-ing to Latasha Key, secre-tary with the Columbus Po-lice Department’s criminal investigations division.

It is a felony if more than $500 worth of damage is done. The maximum penalty is five years in prison, Key added.

However, authorities say no one in Columbus has complained about the face

‘Toofus’ graffiti viewed both as iconic and nuisance

BY NATHAN [email protected]

The Lowndes County Cir-cuit Clerk’s office has trained 180 poll workers to staff the county’s 22 voting precincts for Tuesday’s primary election.

Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar

said six sessions have been held to provide them the information they need and each poll worker will have a booklet to refer to throughout the day.

They’ll be in charge of mak-ing sure voting goes as smooth-ly as it can Tuesday when they vote on who will represent the

Democratic and Republican parties in November’s general election for a U.S. Senate and House seat.

The Democratic primary will have Travis Childers, Wil-liam Bond Compton Jr., Bill Marcy and Johnathan Rawl on the ballot for U.S. Senate.

The Republi-can primary will have Thomas Carey, Thad Co-chran and Chris McDaniel in the U.S. Senate race.

Democrat vot-ers in Lowndes and Clay coun-ties will decide whether Ron Dickey or Rex Weathers will

be the Democratic challenger of Republican incumbent Alan Nunnelee for the U.S. House of Representatives District 1 seat this November. Nunnelee does not have a primary opponent.

Circuit clerk hoping for strong election turnout

Suspect surrenders after Saturday shootingUnknown victim has been airlifted to JacksonBY NATHAN [email protected]

The suspect of a Saturday morn-ing shooting has turned himself into authorities.

Columbus police responded to a shots fired call at 2:30 a.m. Satur-day at 201 Byrnes Circle. Accord-ing to Interim Police chief Tony Carleton, Dino Turner, age and address unknown as of press time, fired shots and left the scene. One victim, whose identity and condi-tion are unknown, was airlifted to a hospital in Jackson, Carleton said.

Carleton added that information in the call indicates Turner was hiding in the victim’s home. Turn-er turned himself in at Lowndes County Jail at about 9:30 a.m. Sat-urday, Carleton said.

Columbus Police Department has not released any more informa-tion on any charges Turner faces.

Storm shelter demand has spiked after recent tornadoes

BY NATHAN [email protected]

Before April 28, two suppliers of storm shelters reported an aver-age of four to 10 orders a month

in 2014. Each of them say since then, they’ve sold more than 100 and that it could be several months before they catch up with installing them.

It was on that day 23 tornadoes struck Mississippi, killing 14 people.

Six of those deaths were in Louisville, where an EF-4 tornado touched down. One death was reported in Tupelo, which also sustained major damage from an EF-2 tornado.

A concrete storm shelter made by Macon Septic Systems survived the Louisville tornado. Galen Schrock, owner of that company, said he’s re-ceived so many orders for the shelters from Louisville and Golden Triangle area residents that he’s struggling to

keep up with the demand. Manager Chris Koehn of Lee’s Precast, another manufacturer in Aberdeen, said he’s experiencing the same situation.

“I don’t know what to do,” Schrock said. “We were piddling along at maybe three or four a month and all at once we got over 100. I call it a bless-ing, I guess, in the midst of tragedy. I hate it happened, but people are coming back that have looked at our

Salazar

Office has trained 180 poll workers for Tuesday primary

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INSIDE■ SENATE: Cochran, McDaniel hit the road as election draws near. Page 3A

See GRAFFITI, 6A

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Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffJuanice Hayes of New Hope has had her underground storm shelter for 15 years. “I grew up with storm shelters underground,” she says. “Nobody was ever killed in our area because everybody went to the storm cellars. They save lives.” Orders for storm shelters has spiked since the April 28 tornadoes that ripped through Mississippi, killing 14 and causing millions of dollars in damage.

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Casey Kasem’s daughter granted visitation rightsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Washington state judge on Friday grant-ed a daughter of ailing radio personality Casey Kasem regular visits after she raised concerns about his well-being.

The ruling by Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Forbes added another twist to the ongoing dispute between Kasem’s wife, Jean, and her stepdaughter, Kerri Kasem, who has said in legal filings that her father suffers from a form of dementia.

Kerri Kasem said in court that her father is suf-fering from bedsores along

with lung and bladder infections.

C a s e y K a s e m , who was not in court, gained fame with his ra-dio music countdown shows, “Amer-ican Top 40” and “Casey’s Top 40.” Now 82, he and his wife have been staying with family friends west of Seattle.

Jean Kasem has been in control of his medical care and has controlled access to him, blocking three of his children from seeing him in recent months, ac-cording to court filings.

AP Photo/Ted S. WarrenKerri Kasem, right, the daughter of ailing radio person-ality Casey Kasem, speaks in Kitsap County Superior Court, as she stands with Casey Kasem’s wife, Jean Kasem, second from left, and their attorneys Friday in Port Orchard, Wash.

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Kasem

A ques-tion arose

last week about Nash-ville. Not Nashville, Tennessee, but Nashville, Lowndes County, Mississippi. People often drive by a road sign not far southeast of Colum-bus that says Nashville Ferry Road but pay little attention to it or its story.

Nashville was an early 1800s “river town” located about 12 miles south of Columbus on the east bank of the Tombigbee River. Like the now extinct old towns of West Port and Colbert, it was destined for a sad ending as the town grew up on the Tombigbee’s flood plain.

Nashville’s story begins with the Choctaw Indian Cession signed at St. Stephens on the lower Tombigbee in 1816. That treaty opened the lands claimed by the Choctaws east of the Tombigbee and south of the Chick-asaw line to settlement. During the summer and fall of 1817 Anglo-Ameri-can settlers began drifting into what is now Lowndes County. By 1819 Colum-bus had become a town and there were scattered farms spreading out north, east and south of town.

In an 1872 account, W.E. Gibbs told of the first settlers moving into the countryside south east of present day Co-lumbus. There was John Halbert and Alexander Copeland who settled on “Mulatto Ridge” between what became the Nash-ville and Pickensville

roads. The ridge was named after the color of its soil. Abner Nash built his house just west of what is now High-way 69. Also in the area was Ezekiel Nash. In the pre-1821 con-fusion over

the Alabama-Mississippi state line, Ezekiel’s house served as a Pickens County, Alabama, election precinct. Gibbs also mentioned a McGowan settling on the Nashville Road and Enoch Seale settling in a swamp just north of what would become Nashville.

It was in 1824 that a blacksmith named Daniel Young settled on what he though was high ground along the river about 12 miles south of Columbus. The site was soon connected by road to Columbus and Young established a steamboat landing there which was known as Young’s Bluff. The first steamboat to arrive in Columbus was the Cotton Plant in 1822. That opening of the river changed the complex-ion of commerce along the Tombigbee. Where steamboats landed could be stores, warehouses and opportunity.

By the late 1820s Young’s Bluff was begrim-ing to develop as a small commercial center. Its role expanded as roads were constructed in the early 1830s. In addition to Young, Samuel Spencer had a store for which he obtained a tavern license in 1829. Stores operated by William Byars and Newton “Nimrod” Nash obtained liquor licenses in 1831.

A major event was Young’s establishing a Tombigbee River fer-ry there in 1833. That further increased the commercial value of Young’s Bluff. However, Young may have seen the writing on the wall, for the community was damaged by a flood in 1833. Then in early 1834 Young sold his landing and ferry to Nimrod Nash.

Nash had plans for Young’s Bluff. He soon began promoting it as the Town of Nashville. Lots in the town were being sold by April 1834. Shortly after those sales began a voting precinct was established and in 1837 the nearby Mt. Zion post office was renamed Nashville and moved to the new town. But the town never thrived. There appear to have been only three stores and a few other businesses such as a blacksmith. Research by Jack Elliott shows an 1840 population of only about 55 free persons.

Though Nashville had a steamboat landing, it was seldom advertised as a regular stop for boats.

Pickensville, Alabama, which was 11 river miles below Nashville, and Union Bluff, one river mile above, were, how-ever, regularly advertised landings. One of the few boats to advertise that it landed at Nashville was the S.S. Prentiss which in the mid-1850s was called the “Columbus & Waver-ly” Packet boat.

After the flood of 1833, the site of Nashville was not again threatened by the river until 1847. In that year the flood that de-stroyed the town of West Port across from Colum-bus also all but destroyed Nashville. The final end of Nashville as a town then occurred after another devastating flood in 1851.

Though the ferry continued to operate until the late 1960s and a few steamboats continued to stop, the town was all but gone. To go to the town site today one would never think it had once been a town.

Rufus Ward is a local historian. Email your questions about local histo-ry to him at [email protected].

Nashville

Courtesy photoEven at its height, the river landing at the town of Nashville would have probably appeared no larger than Cof-feeville, Alabama, on the lower Tombigbee River in this 1887 engraving.

Rufus Ward

Courtesy photoA ca. 1910 photograph of a small landing on the Alabama or Tombigbee River in Alabama. The river landing at the old Lowndes County town of Nashville would have resembled this scene during the unloading of a steamboat there in the mid 1800s.

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BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSThe Associated Press

HATTIESBURG — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is in the fight of his political life in a brutal, too-personal Republican prima-ry that has drawn his bedridden wife into the melee and resulted in criminal charges against some of his opponent’s supporters.

But watching the 36-year Senate veteran as he campaigns ahead of Tuesday’s election, you’d never know it.

For Cochran, the first rule of his re-election bid is not to men-tion the great unpleasantness.

Let others bring it up.Let GOP rival Chris McDan-

iel try to change the subject from the nursing home episode that has taken over the cam-paign in the final stretch.

An announcer in a Cochran campaign ad tries to make the case against the senator’s oppo-nent, identifying the four men charged in a plot to illegally pho-tograph Rose Cochran as Mc-Daniel supporters and saying: “Rise up and say, ‘no’ to dirty politics.”

Cochran’s allies speak up, too.

“I was heartbroken and very thankful that Rose was not aware of what was going on,” Connie Cochran, who is married to the senator’s brother, told The Asso-

ciated Press in a telephone inter-view Thursday.

“She has always been such a gracious, intelligent, vivacious person, but she always shied away from the public. ... To have this happen to her, it made me very upset. She doesn’t deserve this.”

Even in such circumstances, the 76-year-old senator doesn’t yell or pound podiums. His campaign events don’t have the air of pep rallies but tend to be smallish gatherings where the former Senate Appropriations Committee chairman talks in long but grammatically correct sentences — paragraphs, not 10-second sound bites — about

how he has won for Mississip-pi billions of federal dollars for military bases, agriculture and other services.

It’s exactly the sort of appeal, from precisely the sort of Wash-ington power broker, that Mc-Daniel and other tea party-styled politicians are aiming to upend in the November elections.

Cochran is their last chance at ousting a Republican incum-bent that they see as too willing to compromise and too chummy with big-money interests that drive politics.

Tea party-inspired efforts

to win GOP Senate contests in North Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky failed earlier this year as the party establishment showered money on candidates such as U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis and U.S. Rep. Jack Kings-ton in Georgia.

Cochran, too, is the establish-ment’s choice. McDaniel spent months building name recog-nition with dozens of town hall meetings.

But in recent weeks, the nar-rative of the contest abruptly

shifted from policy to scandal after police in Madison arrested four McDaniel supporters and charged them with illegally con-spiring to photograph the sena-tor’s wife in the nursing home where she has lived since 2001 with dementia.

Police investigators say Rose Cochran was photographed on Easter Sunday and her image was included in an anti-Cochran political video posted briefly on-line six days later.

The four men charged in the photo incident are McDaniel supporters.

Cochran keeps calm amid Senate race scandal

CORRECTION

Sarah Palin appeared Friday at rally for Chris McDaniel

AP Photo/George ClarkFormer Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin introduces U.S. Senate challenger Chris McDaniel at a rally Friday at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville. McDaniel is challenging Republican Sen. Thad Cochran.

AP PhotoThis May 14 file photo shows Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., arriving for a vote at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Wash-ington.

BY BILL BARROWThe Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Even as Republicans preach the need for solidarity, divisions between the tea party and the GOP es-tablishment are clear at a na-tional conservative summit.

Former Republican Par-ty Chairman Haley Barbour played the part of elder states-man Friday, warning delegates to the Republican Leadership Conference that the party must embrace compromise to win more elections, particularly the 2016 presidential contest.

“In a two-party system, puri-ty is the enemy of victory,” Bar-bour said. “Never forget that the purpose of winning is to govern. And never forget, you have to be a big party before you can win elections.”

The former Mississippi gov-ernor drew a standing ovation for his lecture, but the same crowd spent the afternoon cheering a parade of archcon-servatives eschewing the calls for pragmatism.

“We’re under attack from within our own coalition,” said

David Bossie, leader of the conservative group Citizens United. “This is a recipe for a crippled conservatism, a losing movement and a failing coun-try.”

Former Rep. Allen West warned Republicans not to be “a lesser version of the other side.”

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins urged an uncompromising stance on abortion, the definition of mar-riage and other matters of faith. “We must not be arrogant,” he said, “but we must not be intim-idated.”

Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, a tea party favorite who unseat-ed Republican Bob Bennett in as the GOP nominee in 2010, seemingly tried to split the difference. “It’s time for us to move from saying what we don’t want from government to (promoting) what we do want,” he said. But he noted that the plan must be “unabashedly conservative.”

It’s a familiar conundrum for Republicans. The party is poised to maintain its House majority and has a strong chance to win a Senate ma-jority for the final two years of President Barack Obama’s tenure, boosted by an expected midterm electorate that will be older, whiter and more conser-

vative than the 2012 electorate. Yet younger, non-white voters who lean Democratic helped Obama win twice.

And even reclaiming the Senate depends on not losing winnable elections as Repub-licans have done in recent cy-cles. Barbour referenced those races — Delaware and Nevada in 2010, Missouri and Indiana in 2012 — where archconser-vatives defeated moderates in GOP primaries only to lose general elections to Democrats who attacked them as extreme.

Tuesday’s Senate primary in Mississippi has similar dy-namics as state Sen. Chris Mc-Daniel tries to unseat six-term

Sen. Thad Cochran. Barbour did not mention his support for Cochran, but Citizens United’s Bossie was unsparing in his cheerleading for McDaniel.

“We’re going to send a shock to the establishment,” he said.

Barbour was among the few faces of that establishment to share the stage at the three-day conference that opened Thurs-day. Activists here say they’re focused on reclaiming a Senate majority this fall and the White House in 2016 and recognize that it will take winning more support from independent women, young voters and mi-norities.

Barbour faces off with tea party at GOP conference‘In a two-party system, purity is the enemy of victory’

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HATTIESBURG — Former Hatties-burg mayor and busi-nessman Bobby Lee Chain has died. He was 84.

His wife, Betty Chain, says he died of cancer about 5:15

a.m. Saturday at For-rest General Hospital.

He was mayor from 1980 to 1986. The city’s airport is named for him.

Chain’s website says he started the Chain Electric Co. in 1955 and built it into a multi-state commer-cial, industrial, and utility contrac-tor. He also was chairman and CEO of an exploration and petroleum in-vestment firm.

Chain was named to the Na-tional Advisory Council for Small Business Administration in 1964. He served from 1972 to 1984 on both the Mississippi Research and Development Foundation and Mis-sissippi’s higher education board of trustees.

He is survived by his wife and their four children, 11 grandchil-dren and three great-grandchil-dren.

Former Hattiesburg mayor Bobby Chain dies, 84

ChainAP Photo/Bill Haber

Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour addresses the Re-publican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on Friday.

■ The wedding of Candace Tanksley and Thomas Jourdan has been postponed to a later date. Because wedding an-nouncements are printed on Friday and The Dis-patch was not notified of the postponement prior to that time, the wedding

announcement appears in today’s edition.

■ Due to a clerical er-ror, the May 22 edition of The Dispatch contained in-accuracies in the Marriag-es and Divorces section. One of those inaccuracies involved Donald Eugene Pennington and Rita Kay

Aldridge. The two are not currently married.

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BY JEFF AMYThe Associated Press

HATTIESBURG — Gene Taylor has run for Congress 13 times before now, but never before as a Republican.

Not that the 60-year-old seems much different. As he campaigns to reclaim his 4th District seat from Steven Palazzo in Tues-day’s Republican primary, Taylor is still running the same homespun cam-

paign that won him 22 years in the House as a Democrat.

Unclear, though, is his appeal to GOP pri-mary elec-tors who have a two-term Republican incumbent in the 44-year-old Palazzo.

Their rematch head-lines six Mississippi U.S. House primaries.

There’s some chance the 4th District race could go to a runoff. Besides Bi-loxi’s Palazzo and Bay St. Louis’ Taylor, three other candidates seek the seat — 48-year-old Tom Carter of Carriere, 24-year-old Tavish Kelly of Picayune, and 73-year-old Ron Vin-cent of Hattiesburg. Vin-cent lost to Palazzo in the 2012 primary and Carter put $200,000 of his own money into his campaign.

Taylor seeks to unseat Palazzo

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OUR VIEW

OUR VIEW

On Tuesday, Mississippians will go to the polls to make their choices in the Republican and Democratic primaries for the U.S. Senate.

In the Democratic prima-ry, former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers of Booneville faces minimal opposition and should breeze into the November gen-eral election.

Who Childers will face in November is, of course, the hottest current topic in Missis-sippi politics, a race pitting six-term incumbent Thad Cochran against two-term state senator Chris McDaniel.

The race has been among the most acrimonious and

ugliest in recent history, as the Tea Party candidate McDan-iel takes on Cochran in what is widely viewed as a fight over ideological control of the Republican Party between the Tea Party.

The bitter struggle hit a low point in recent weeks as the fo-cus of the contest shifted from policy to scandal after police in Madison arrested four McDan-iel supporters and charged them with illegally conspiring to photograph Cochran’s wife in the nursing home where she has lived since 2001 with dementia. Police investigators say Rose Cochran was photo-graphed on Easter Sunday and

her image was included in an anti-Cochran political video posted briefly online six days later. While McDaniel has con-demned the act and vehemently denied any involvement, the four men charged in the photo incident are McDaniel sup-porters and two of them were particularly close associates of the candidate.

That ugly spectacle aside, we believe there is a clear choice in this race.

McDaniel, in true Tea Party fashion, strikes the pose of someone unwilling to compro-mise. He is going to Washing-ton to wage war and take no prisoners. No negotiations. No

compromises. That approach might win points among his supporters, but it suggests a naive approach to how gov-ernment works — and doesn’t work.

Cochran, on the other hand, has proven to be an effective, thoughtful and conciliatory leader. Over his five terms in the Senate, he has exhibited his effectiveness by the millions of dollars in funding, facilities and programs he has brought to a state ever in desperate need. Our state’s share of the military pie alone, speaks to his effectiveness. With major Air Force bases in Columbus and Biloxi, the NASA facility in

Bay St. Louis, the SeaBee Base in Gulfport and the Naval Air Station in Meridian, Mississippi is a major player in our defense industry. Likewise, major re-search facilities at our univer-sities also attest to the skills of our congressional delegation.

Now in his 36th year in the Senate, Cochran is tied for its third most senior member. The influence and advantages accompanying that seniority should not be discarded with-out good reason.

Thad Cochran’s record on behalf of Mississippians makes him the easy choice as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.

A rose to Dr. Christopher LeBrun, a Columbus kidney specialist, who walked from Columbus to Macon Saturday to raise funds for kidney patients in Louisville. The April 28 tornadoes that ripped through

Louisville took 10 lives in Winston County and left millions in damage, including the complete destruction of the facility used by kidney patients in the area for dialysis. More than 60 patients now much travel more than 30 miles to receive dialysis three times per week. It will take six months for the kidney unit to be repaired. LeBrun and the walk organizers hoped to raise $5,000 to help the patients with the added travel expenses during that time.

To make a donation through the Mississippi Kidney Foundation visit firstgiving.com/mississip-pikidneyfoundation.

A rose to Lowndes County con-servation officers Travis McDonald and March McCleskey, whose quick actions prevented a tragedy on Memorial Day. The two officers were patrolling the Tenn-Tom Waterway

near the Columbus Riverwalk that afternoon when McCleskey happened to notice several children waving their hands at them. He turned the boat around to evaluate the situation, according to a press release from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks. One of the children re-portedly told McDonald and McCleskey his broth-er had gone under the water and not resurfaced. While McDonald operated the boat, McCleskey took off his duty gear and jumped into the water. On his third dive, he found the boy on the bottom of the river channel. The 11-year-old child was unresponsive and McCleskey pulled him onto the bank, officials say. McCleskey and McDonald then alternated giving the boy chest compressions and eventually he began breathing. The boy was trans-ported first to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle then to a Jackson hospital where he is receiving care.

A thorn to city of Columbus offi-cials who have continued to stone-wall efforts to provide the public with the lists of projects that the city will address with a proposed $5 million bond to improve the city’s infrastruc-

ture. At its last meeting, on May 20, the council tabled the proposal because the lists were not completed. Then, the council said, that delaying the vote on the bond proposal would allow time for the council — and presumably the citizens whose taxes will pay off the bond — to more carefully study the plans before Tuesday’s meeting, when the council is expected to vote on the bond propos-al. Yet repeated requests by The Dispatch for those lists have been denied. It seems clear that the city has no intention of sharing that information with the citizens until the last possible moment. The message is clear: Our city officials do not respect the citizens of Columbus.

A rose to all those who in the huge turn-out for “A Festival of Fla-vors” Friday at Lion Hills Center and Golf Course, a fund-raising event for Loaves and Fishes Community Soup Kitchen. It is the first major

fund-raiser for the organization, which began in Columbus in 2008. Officials hope it will become an annual event. Currently, a caring network of church and community group volunteers bring and serve lunch every Monday and Friday, and the third Thursday of each month, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Loaves and Fishes dining room on 22nd Street North. In 2013, the ministry served about 25,000 meals. Volunteers provide the food, but there are still significant costs involved in keeping the doors open. That’s where Friday’s fundraiser comes in. Utilities, cleaning supplies and staples like plates, napkins, cups and utensils are recur-ring expenses.

Send your suggestions for Roses and thorns to

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Elbert came in the back door shaking his head. “You ought to go see that cabbage; it’s as big as a tire.” Elbert Ellis is the maintenance person here at The Dispatch. He doesn’t get excited easily.

“Down at the Shell station,” he said point-ing east.

As I was leaving for the day, Elbert mentioned it again. I went back upstairs and retrieved my camera and notebook. I am ever nostalgic for the days when people brought large fish and odd-shaped vege-tables by the paper to be photo-graphed and put on the front page of the next day’s edition. That is as much of who we are as are the too-often dispiriting stories about those we entrust to run our government.

Years ago I went out to the Lone Oak community near Cale-donia to photograph a 120-plus pound watermelon. The proud grower allowed us to keep his prize melon in the newsroom for a week. Parents and grandparents brought their kids by for pictures.

A sweet potato/squash/cucum-ber shaped like a duck could get you on the front page in those days. Same for a giant catfish, invariably said to be caught in Moore’s Creek, a stream that might support a school of bream.

Aretha Macon, a cashier at the Express Mart on Main, was happy to pose with her trophy cabbage and share the secrets of its making.

“An old man told me to pull off one of the bottom leaves every week,” she said. “It works.”

Saturday morning Aretha gave me a tour of her garden. She lives off Nashville Ferry Road on Cherub Lane.

Earlier I had emailed the picture of Aretha and her cab-bage to several friends,

Columbus natives, who love the touches of local color that grace our pages from time to time. One who lives in Nashville wrote back and asked about the name, Nash-ville Ferry Road.

I forwarded the question on to local history expert and Dispatch columnist Rufus Ward, who examines the question in today’s column (page 2A). Nashville was a river town 12 miles south of Columbus that existed during the first half of the 19th century. As it turned out, the town was in the river’s flood plain and was eventually abandoned. According to Rufus, the ferry operated until the 1960s.

Aretha, the daughter of a moonshiner, grew up near that ferry. She lives eight miles away from her childhood home in a double-wide trailer at the end of a dirt road. Her well-tended front yard is bordered with careful plantings of cannas, gladioli, roses and native shrubs.

The kitchen garden is in the backyard. Name a vegetable grown in these parts and chances are Aretha is growing it: okra,

tomatoes, potatoes, rutabagas, melons, cucumber and so on. In addition to all that, she has five more cabbages that rival her champion.

Too frequently we encounter people in our coming and going — Aretha has worked in local convenience stores for 38 years — without ever knowing much about them. Other than to say she is unfailingly pleasant, I knew little about her, and presumably she knew little about me.

Yet, through an odd sequence of events, I happened to be standing in this small Eden of her making. A cool breeze drifted across from neighboring fields; several pastures over, cows were lowing.

“Do you want some potatoes?” Aretha asked, taking up a spading fork.

“Sure.”She plunged the fork into what

appeared to be an unplanted part of the garden. The dirt was rich, brown and granular. The first spadeful yielded half dozen rose-colored potatoes of different sizes. Same with the next. It’s as though she was unearthing gold doubloons there in the dirt. There was a certain magic to it. I tried to gather up the potatoes, but there were too many of them.

“We’ll wash them off and I’ll get you a bag,” she said. She picked half a dozen squash. “You like banana peppers?”

I end up with a plastic bag of produce and a head of cabbage, not as big as a tire, but almost.

Birney Imes is the publisher of The Dispatch. Email him at [email protected].

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Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffFESTIVAL OF FLAVORS: Susan Jones, left, and Beth Jones of Columbus admire the Hawaiian-themed decor at Lion Hills Golf Club Saturday. Loaves and Fishes, Columbus’ ecumenical soup kitchen, hosted A Festival of Flavors Friday evening with live music, a silent auction and hors d’oeuvres.

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Real estate ma-nia lives on at the HGTV cable chan-nel, where house shoppers still holler for granite on their kitchen islands and his-and-her sinks in their en suite bathrooms. But in the non-TV reality of middle-class America, the bloom is definitely off the real estate rose.

The rose isn’t dead, mind you. Surveys show an enduring desire to own one’s home, de-spite the trauma left by the real estate meltdown and recession. But the love is not what it was.

So customer demand contin-ues, Jane Zavisca, a University of Arizona sociologist, told me, “but not homeownership at all costs.”

Young people who’ve seen others’ lives ruined by the pain of foreclosure seem especially wary of taking on a mortgage,

according to Za-visca, who studies attitudes toward homeowning.

More on the psychology later.

Economists worry that the depressed housing sector is hampering a robust recovery. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen recently testified before

Congress that housing re-mains a cloud on an otherwise promising economic horizon of stronger hiring and amped-up consumer spending.

True, some formerly shat-tered markets — in Phoenix, Las Vegas and parts of Califor-nia, for example — have much improved. But nationally, the sign of a housing recovery seen a year ago now appears to have been a blip. And the problems in the sector aren’t going away.

What’s wrong is this: At the end of March, 19 percent of “homeowners” with mortgages — nearly 10 million households — were “underwater.” That means they owed more on their house than they could sell their house for. These num-bers come from the real estate website Zillow.

That sounds a lot better than the 31 percent owing more than their house was worth near the height of the misery in 2012. But it doesn’t count the legions of homeown-ers barely above water. Many lack the financial breathing room to sell; they’d have to first find some extra cash.

Thus, the middle-class housing market remains fairly frozen as owners decline to trade their homes for some-thing better. Note: About 30 percent of homes in the bottom third price range are underwa-ter. (As usual, things are much better at the top.)

Furthermore, many mem-

bers of the middle class with jobs and savings no longer believe in a future of plenty. They’re seeing their neighbors slide down the economic chute.

So taking on a mortgage seems a scarier prospect than before. Zavisca cites studies confirming that holding a mortgage weighs heavier on psychological well-being than it used to.

“Even for people with a lot of equity, just having a mortgage makes them feel more inse-cure than they did five or 10 years ago,” Zavisca said. With a mortgage now comes height-ened anxiety.

Though Americans clearly do want to own homes, they are much less optimistic about the potential for large gains in equity.

That said, the idea of a home as a means of saving for retirement — as something one could sell in hard times — persists. It is a financial asset, Zavisca said, “but not in the

sense that the average individ-ual should be making a living buying and selling real estate.”

What amazes me is that more Americans aren’t seeth-ing over one of the biggest con jobs ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public. The housing bubble was a product of public policy.

The Fed under Alan Green-span kept interest rates low to keep the speculative frenzy going. Financial deregulation let lenders push snake-infested mortgage contracts onto the shoulders of ordinary people.

When the bubble splattered, ordinary people were left bankrupt, foreclosed upon and devastated both financially and psychologically. If Americans are less than enthusiastic about real estate, who can blame them?

Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for the Provi-dence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

SALT LAKE CITY — Every-body talks about religion here, though people come at it a couple of ways. Nobody seems to shy from the subject, though only about half the city is Mormon.

It would be like avoiding the subject of football in Birmingham, Alabama, to ignore Mormonism in the shadow of the iconic temple.

“He is LDS,” someone will mention, meaning a member of the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Resto-rationist Christianity. That’s a mouthful, but then to those of us not used to identifying the LDS and non-LDS it is easy to slip and say .”

In Birmingham you’d say, “He’s an Au-burn fan,” or, “He’s a Bammer.”

Religion even rears its head in the state-run liquor stores, where you can buy Five Wives Vodka distilled in Ogden, Utah. Then there are the breweries where Polygamy Porter teases “Why have just one?” and suggests that consumers “Take some home to the wives!” The label is a lascivious scene of a near-naked man surrounded by three nearly-bare women.

If you sit down for a meal, however, and order a drink, the waiter, by law, must ask, “Do you plan to eat?”

Fortunately, for me, the answer was always an emphatic “Yes.”

I went downtown to Temple Square — it’s what you do in Salt Lake City — which is behind a wall and across the street from a church-owned shopping mall. The mall houses major chains, which, by contractual agreement, cannot open on Sunday.

Behind the wall, the grounds are immac-ulate and impressive. Flowers and statuary and tourists with cameras are everywhere. Outsiders can’t tour the temple — not even all Mormons can go inside, as I understand it — but you can visit the famous tabernacle where the choir sings.

Inside the tabernacle, visitors are given a demonstration on the remarkable acoustics. A missionary stands a football field away at a lectern and tears a newspaper and drops a pin in a plate and you can hear both without any amplification.

When the domed-roof tabernacle was built in 1864, there was no electrical amplifi-cation, but Brigham Young was determined that everyone hear his sermons. I guess it wasn’t as easy to be a far-reaching spiritual leader in the days before microphones and telephones. Jimmy Lee Swaggart would still be behind a plow in Ferriday, Louisiana.

Young missionaries are all around Tem-ple Square, smiling and guiding and being so polite you eventually grow suspicious. It’s a nice and dramatic change to see youth acting solicitous to their elders. Nobody slams a door in your face or runs over you when you’re walking too slowly on the sidewalk.

At first I decide it might be something other religions could add to their tenets — subservient youth — but by the end of the tour it makes me more than a little nervous. No young men are hitching up their low-rid-er jeans, and no young women have tattoos. All of a sudden it’s eerie.

Greeting-card racks in regular old conve-nience stores have cards that congratulate new missionaries, and some of them are even funny. One I saw depicted two young women surveying a mountain of luggage and saying, “That’s about all I need for the mission trip.”

I think about buying one for its novelty, but then realize that’s not kosher. I think I’m more comfortable where football is the religion.

Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a nationally syndicated columnist, lives near Iuka.

To hear tell, the mean ol’ GOP is waging war on Michelle Obama and, brace yourself, America’s children.

Got it?The newest war on

women and children relates to the first lady’s well-intentioned but disastrous school nutri-tion program, otherwise known as the Dumpster Derby.

First to good inten-tions:

Kudos to Obama for recognizing and trying to address childhood obesity. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until these little human pillows reach adulthood and then, assuming their hearts hold out, advanced age. Assuming, too, that our bottom-line bureaucrats haven’t begun recycling high-main-tenance humans by then. Might want to keep an eye on the Soylent Green market.

No, I’m not suggesting death panels. I’m employing hyperbole in the service of a point, the necessary clarification of which highlights our mind-numbing politics and our nation’s diminishing sentience.

The first lady’s “Let’s Move!” program and her focus on whole foods (as opposed to fast) and water instead of sodas have been welcome developments. Who better to bring needed attention to such issues? Obama is merely expanding her maternal focus to include all those public school kids whose mothers apparently have forgotten how to make a sandwich. Or whose fathers have forgotten to say, “Get those plugs out of your ears and make friends with the lawn mower” — or whatever its urban equivalent.

But, as is often the case with

mammoth federal programs, one size does not fit all. Many school districts have inadequate funding to meet the new nutrition standards and have had to borrow from educational programs, in some cases shutting them down.

Moreover, the kids de-test the food and are toss-ing their lunches, so to speak, into the dumpster. Some school districts

report having to purchase or lease more trash cans to accommodate the extra garbage, increasing their waste-collection costs as well.

These are but a few of the stories I heard recently when I spoke to about 1,000 members of the national School Nutrition Association. There isn’t a more dedicated, decent, hero-ic group of people in the association encyclopedia. Not only are they burdened with meeting unfunded federal mandates but also they have to hear the gripes of America’s hungry darlings. The association, which initially supported the new standards, has been lobbying for just the sort of bill Republicans have produced.

This doesn’t mean that the first lady’s program is “gastro-fascism,” as one writer put it, though I rather like the term. Nor is this a Repub-lican war on the first lady or the children who refuse to eat food they don’t like. I am not blind to the brat factor here, but nutritious food needn’t be inedible. Also at play are cultural differences. Apparently, children in the Southwest don’t like whole-wheat tortillas, and Southern kids prefer their chicken fried.

I’m with the first lady all the way on making modifications to lunches swimming in grease and over-sea-

soned with sugar and salt. But per-haps there’s a middle ground that allows a little local wiggle room.

Surely school nutritionists are capable of coming up with healthier meals that also taste good.

Alternatively — and this is where I wish this debate were heading — Mrs. Obama could suggest that par-ents prepare their children’s meals.

What?! You’ve got to be kidding! We’re too busy!!

Since when were we too busy to scramble an egg or toast a slice of bread? Since the national narrative of women’s liberation concentrat-ed on the kitchen as metaphor for homebound drudgery and oppres-sion, that’s when. On the upside, more men are learning to cook, if my home is an example.

When it comes to home food preparation, the very poor need extra help, obviously, but quality nutrition, as most important things, begins at home. And for a majority of people, the cost is not prohibi-tive. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we find that a piece of toast spread with peanut butter and topped with sliced banana — a filling breakfast loaded with pro-tein, carbohydrates and potassium, among other nutrients — costs on average about 50 cents.

We can’t all have a chef or send our children to private schools with meatier lunches, as the Obamas do. But we can feed our children for less trouble and money than some think. Maybe the first lady can modify her message along with our menus: Cook for your kids and they’ll grow smart and strong.

Not to get too carried away, but food, you know, is love.

Kathleen Parker is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist. Her email address is [email protected].

The housing bust and the American psyche

Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move!’ goes too far

Saints and sinners

Froma Harrop

Rheta Johnson

Kathleen Parker

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District 3 House in-cumbent Gregg Harper faces Hardy Caraway in the Republican primary in Oktibbeha and Nox-ubee counties. Dem-ocrats Jim Liljeberg, Doug Magee and Den-nis Quinn are running in the Democratic primary for that seat.

The most publicized of the races has been between Cochran, who is running for a seventh

term in the U.S. Senate, and McDaniel, a Tea Party favorite and two-term state senator look-ing to unseat Cochran. Campaign finance re-ports from the Center for Responsive Politics (Opensecrets.org) state Cochran has more than $3.6 million in contri-butions this election cy-cle while McDaniel has raised $1.27 million as of May 14. Childers, con-

sidered by many to win the Democratic prima-ry, raised $41,600.

Salazar said her of-fice has seen a voter turnout of as low as 30 percent for primary elections but is hopeful turnout will be stronger Tuesday.

“Turnouts are gener-ally very low for these elections,” Salazar said. “However, we’ve had a little spike in absentee

ballots. We’ve had peo-ple coming in steadily, so that may be an indi-cation that we’re going to have a better turnout than we first thought. With the back and forth, I think that’s spurred a lot of interest, so we may have a pretty decent turnout.”

Some voters casting ballots in the June 3 pri-mary will have to do so in different places than

they’ve had to in the past due to the tempo-rary relocation of two precincts.

Those who have gone to the District 2 volun-teer fire department on Jess Lyons Road will be instead vote at the An-tioch Baptist Church fel-lowship hall next door. Construction on a new fire building for the sta-tion is under way and the location will not be

ready to host an election next month.

Construction at West Lowndes High School will necessitate those who normally vote there to go to the school dis-trict’s central office boardroom on 1053 Highway 45 S.

Salazar said the cir-cuit clerk’s office will ensure that signage in-dicating the relocation is placed at both locations.

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and no arrests have been in connection with it.

But it ’s out there.A dumpster that sits

behind Penny Bowen De-signs on College Street has been a canvas for the face. So has an electri-cal box on the east side of The Dispatch offices on Main Street. And be-tween Rae’s Jewelry and the law offices of Gawyn Mitchell on South Fifth Street, along a paved path known as Coggin’s Alleyway, the face has appeared on a meter box.

People notice it.“I have walked past

it many times,” Ian Childers, an assistant professor of art at Mis-sissippi University of Women, said when shown a photograph of the face last week.

Todd Gale, gener-al manager of Colum-bus Light & Water, was shown the same photo-graph. He recognized it, too.

“The traffic control box at Main Street and Fifth Street had it at one time,” he said.

Childers, who has studied the culture and history of graffiti for more than two decades, said several Columbus artists work in street art. He does not know who creates the face, though.

Still, he said, “this face is one of my favorite local pieces.”

One of the reasons he likes the face is because it is easy to walk along a downtown Columbus sidewalk, pass beside the face and not notice it. In other words, the face seems comfortable in its space, “like it was meant to be there all along,” Childers said.

He added that the face seems influenced by the pop culture of the 1980s — think skateboard culture and “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” — and has a comical air.

“I like street art that isn’t too serious,” he said. “It ’s just about the artist being out in the streets and having a good time...It ’s nice to know that someone is enjoying that space, not

just ignoring it like the rest of us.”

Childers admitted that the act of creating the face on private prop-erty could be illegal. In fact, that may be part of the inspiration that drives the face’s creator.

“Being illegal makes it dangerous, fun, worth doing,” Childers said. “The artist isn’t as con-cerned with getting paid for the work as they are getting it out there to be seen.”

Most times, though, not long after the face appears, it is painted over, either by city crews or private citizens.

Transformer enclo-sures and cabinets be-longing to CLW around downtown have graffiti like the face put on them frequently, according to Gale.

“We try to keep it painted,” he said, “but it ’s hard to keep up.”

Even on the spaces where the face has been painted over you can still make it out, if only barely.

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shelters several times, and this time they’ve decided they’re going to do something.”

Schrock’s company makes above-ground and underground shelters — usually two a day, he said. His high-est-selling item is an 8-by-8 above-ground box structure, but his compa-ny also produces 8-by-10 and underground 5-by-8 shelters. They typically range from $2,850 to $3,750, he said.

Lee’s Precast aver-aged five to 10 sales of shelters each month

the first three months of 2014, Koehn said. In April, he sold 20. In May, there were 60 orders, and he projects about the same amount to be sold in June. The two most popular models are 5-by-8 and 6-by-12 above ground shelters, he said, but there are two garage models that have been introduced to the market that are growing in popularity, he said, that can be taken underneath a garage door and set in place.

“We like to have 20 to 30 shelters of each size

in stock so when a storm hits, we have a large inventory to start pulling out of,” Koehn said. “We start taking orders and give them dates when they can expect to get it. We start manufacturing more storm shelters per day depending on the demand as to how many shelters we produce a day. Right now we’re turning forms twice a day, but we can do three if we need to.”

Koehn said workers will continue to make shelters at that clip for at least another six weeks

before they’re caught up with all the orders, but that projection changes daily because he’s con-tinuously taking more orders. Schrock said it could be “a couple of months” before he fills all his orders.

Koehn and Schrock said as would be expect-ed, sales spike every time a severe weather event takes place.

New Hope resident Juanice Hayes had that experience last month. She has an underground storm shelter she says she’s used about 10

times in the past 15 years, but she didn’t retreat to it when torna-does reached Lowndes County last month because she concluded that none of them were on track to hit her neigh-borhood. She found out otherwise just in time to get in her closet. The storm uprooted several trees on her property, none of which fell on her home.

“If a tree had come crashing on my house, that probably would have been the end of me,” Hayes said. “I grew

up with storm shelters underground. Nobody was ever killed in our area because everybody went to the storm cel-lars. They save lives. If I had it to do over, I would have a standing one so I could just walk in.”

Schrock said he’s had to reassure some of those who bought shelters from him and expected to have them installed within days.

“We tell people to just have patience with us,” Schrock said. “That’s all I can tell them right now.”


PHILADELPHIA — A cross-country fight had to make an unscheduled land-ing when a service dog pooped twice in the aisle, sickening passengers with the odor.

US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie said the May 28 US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia had to make an unscheduled stop in Kansas City,

Christie called the episode a “rare and unfortunate situation.” The flight continued after the mess was cleaned up on the ground. The passenger and service dog were rebooked on another flight.

Jim Kutsch, president at The Seeing Eye guide dog school in Morristown, New Jersey, tells The Philadelphia In-quirer that such incidents are rare, but that dogs occasionally get sick on planes, too.

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WASHINGTON — The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama administration officials said Saturday.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Tal-iban Saturday evening, local time, in an area of eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani bor-der. Officials said the exchange was not violent

and the 2 8 - y e a r -old Berg-dahl was in good condit ion and able to walk.

In a statement, President Barack Obama said Bergdahl’s recovery “is a reminder of Ameri-ca’s unwavering commit-ment to leave no man or woman in uniform be-hind on the battlefield.”

The handover fol-lowed indirect negotia-tions between the U.S. and the Taliban, with the government of Qatar serving as the go-be-tween. Qatar is taking custody of the five Af-ghan detainees who were held at Guantana-mo.

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P H I L A D E L P H I A — A medical compa-ny sales representative was charged with steal-ing more than $350,000 worth of human skin over a period of several years.

Gary Dudek, 54, of

Wallingford, was arrested Monday and charged with theft, receiving stolen property and tampering with records.

Authorities say he worked until September as a sales representative for a regenerative medicine firm, managing accounts

for the bio-science de-partment of Mercy Phil-a d e l p h i a H o s p i t a l . In that role, Dudek was allowed to order the skin grafts for the hospi-tal whenever he wanted.

Authorities said the

hospital only needed a few grafts at a time. Dudek, however, ordered more than 200 without autho-rization from November 2011 through July that the hospital never received, investigators said.

Philadelphia police said they do not know the motive or what happened to the grafts, which were valued at $1,700 each.

Man charged with stealing human skin from hospitalGrafts worth more than $350,000

Dudek

Best dressed

Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffMacy Faris of Caledonia carries her chihuahua, LuLu, in the Hitching Lot Farmer’s Market pet parade Saturday. LuLu won the best dressed award in her angel costume.


FRESNO, Calif. — A Salvation Army worker in California is being rewarded for his decision to return a bag containing $125,000 that fell from an armored truck.

Joe Cornell tells The Fresno Bee he found the cash Tuesday after a Brinks truck pulled away from a red light in Fresno and left the sack behind.

“I started crying and shaking,” Cornell said. “Everything was go-ing through my mind — the good

devil/bad devil thing. What to do?”Thoughts of the imminent ar-

rival of his fourth grandchild soon helped him decide.

“I thought, ‘What would I want her to think of me?’ That made up my mind right there,” he said. “I got on my radio and called my boss. ‘Hey, I found a bag of money.’ “

Cornell, 52, is in a Salvation Army substance-abuse rehabili-tation program. His duties for the organization include working on donated trailers.

Man returns $125,000 that fell from armored truck

BY NEDRA PICKLERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Jay Carney became the news instead of just delivering it Friday, when President Barack Obama un-expectedly inter-rupted the daily me-dia briefing to announce Carney’s resignation after three and a half years as his primary spokesman.

Obama said it was “bitter-sweet” to see his friend Carney step down and announced that principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. Carney said the transition will take place around mid-June, but Earnest will take his place travel-ing next week on Obama’s trip to Europe.

Carney brought rare but practi-cal experience to the job as a for-mer reporter who once covered the White House for Time maga-zine. He left journalism to become communications director for Vice President Joe Biden and subse-quently moved over to serve as Obama’s press secretary in 2011.

“He comes to this place with a reporter’s perspective,” Obama told reporters.

Obama says goodbye to White House press secretary

Carney


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Allen HunterAllen Adams Hunter, a longtime former

mayor of the City of Macon, passed away at Noxubee General Hospital on Thursday, May 29, 2014. He was 78 years of age. Mr. Hunter was a native of Macon and was a graduate of Macon High School and also Mississippi State University, Class of 1961. On June 10, 1956, he married the former Helen Harvey, who survives him. He served two years in the U.S. Army. He worked as a plant manager in Memphis TN and Houston TX for several years before returning to Macon where they made their home. They bought the family business, Hunter’s Motel and Restaurant, which they owned and operated for 35 years. Mr. Hunter served as Mayor of the City of Macon for 28 years. After his retirement, he and his wife enjoyed traveling. The most important things in his life were God and his family and he faithfully served as a longtime member and Deacon at First Baptist Church of Macon. Mr. Hunter was preceded in death by his parents: Bennett Edward and Grace Adams Hunter, Jr. and by one son: Morris Hunter.

Mr. Hunter is survived by his wife of 57 years: Helen H. Hunter of Macon, MS; One Daughter: Marsha Louise Walden of Ridgeland, MS; Two Sons: Michael Allen Hunter of Starkville, MS and Mark Edward Hunter of Tuscaloosa, AL; and One Daughter in Law: Jeri Yow of Hernando, MS. He is also survived by two Sisters: Rita Pardue of Columbia, SC and Nell Davis of Spartanburg, SC and one Brother: Bennett Edward Hunter III of Hendersonville, NC. He also leaves behind seven grandchildren.

The funeral service for former Macon City Mayor Allen A. Hunter was held Saturday, May 31, 2014 from First Baptist Church in Macon at 10:00 a.m. Interment followed in Salem Cemetery. Visitation was at Cockrell Funeral Home Friday evening from 6 PM until 8 PM. The family requests NO FLOWERS, PLEASE. Any memorials may be made to First Baptist Church P.O.B 540 Macon, MS 39341; The American Cancer Society 209 N West Street Macon MS 39341; or The Mississippi Children’s Home 1900 N West Street Jackson, MS 39205.

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Fred WilliamsonFred Presley Williamson,

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Parker officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, June 1, 2014, from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home.

Mr. Williamson was born March 9, 1947, in Columbus, MS, to the late Ralph and Lois Hedge Williamson. He was a graduate of S. D. Lee High School and worked for many years as vice president at Airline Manufacturing. Mr. Williamson was a Shriner and member of First Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Henry Williamson.

Survivors include his wife, Sarah Fuqua Williamson of Columbus, MS, son, Henry Williamson and his wife Samantha of Ethelsville, AL, grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Parker, Addison, and Ali Jo Williamson of Ethelsville, AL, brothers, Ed Williamson and his wife Brenda of Columbus, MS, Leslie Williamson of Columbus, MS, and James Williamson of Columbus, MS, and sisters, Bonnie Thames and her husband Keith of Columbus, MS, and Judy Dunaway and her husband Mike of Columbus, MS.

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Joyce Jones SalazSUN VALLEY, Nev.

— Joyce Jones Salaz, 74, died May 27, 2014, at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada.

Services were 2 p.m. on May 30 at Chris-tian Chapel Church of Christ Cemetery in Vernon, Alabama, with Sonny McLellan officiating.

Mrs. Salaz was born Dec. 2, 1939, in Lown-des County, to the late Homer and Lovie Rob-ertson. She was former-ly employed with Glenn Manufacturing Compa-

ny as a seamstress.In addition to her

parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Dale Jones; brothers, Arthur Ray Robertson, James Albert Robertson, L. G. Robertson and H. H. Robertson; and one granddaughter.

She is survived by her husband, Daniel Salaz of Sun Valley; son, Lesley Dale Jones of Columbus; daughters, Lynnette Loud of Mor-gantown, West Virginia and Lori Hester of Vernon, Alabama; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Willie HughesCOLUMBUS — Wil-

lie Mac Hughes, 67, died May 28, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hos-pital-Golden Triangle. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at New Zion MB Church in Steens, with the Rev. Benny Henry officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation is today from 1-7 p.m. at Carter’s of Columbus.

Mr. Hughes was born Aug. 8, 1946, in Steens, to the late Beverly Hughes and Bessie Hughes. He was formerly employed with Omnova Solutions. He was a member of New Zion MB Church and a veteran of the US Army.

In addition to his parents, he was pre-ceded in death by two brothers, Horace and Freeman Hughes.

He is survived by his

wife, Luella Hughes of Columbus; children, Tiffany Harrison of Allen, Texas, and Steph-anie Lewis of Pitts-burgh; siblings, Hosea Hughes, Clara Gregory, Felton Hughes, Olivia Spann, all of Steens, Dale Hughes Sr. of Columbus; and three grandchildren.

Mable EacholesWEST POINT —

Mable Lean Eacholes, 53, died May 25, 2014, at north Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.

Services were 3 p.m. May 31 at Northside Christian Church in West Point with the Rev. Robert Shamblin-Tray-lor and David Eacholes officiating. Burial was at Siloam Cemetery. Visitation was May 30 at Carter’s Mortuary Services Chapel.

Mrs. Eacholes was born April 16, 1961, in West Point, to the late Viola Neal Powell and James Pepper Powell.

She is survived by her husband, Grego-ry Eacholes; daugh-ters, Shereka Shaute Eacholes and Monica Denise Eacholes, both of Cedar Bluff; son, Gregory McKenzie Eacholes of Starkville; sisters, Katie Walker and Betty Thompson, both of West Point, Gaylor Wofford of Una, Mary Curtis Eacholes, Rosie Weatherspoon, Cynthia Powell, Kim-berly Dear and Latonya Embry, all of Maben,

and Linda Conner of Mantee; brothers, L. C. Powell, L. G. Powell and James Powell, all of West Point, Kenne-dy Powell of Oxford, George Powell of Varda-man and Ricky Powell of Maben; and eight grandchildren.

Timothy HamiterCOTTONDALE,

Ala. — Timothy Joseph Hamiter, 33, died May 27, 2014, at his resi-dence.

Visitation was May 31 at Lowndes Funeral Home.

Mr. Hamiter was born Dec. 19, 1980, in Columbus, to Joseph Hamiter and Suzy Mayne Tillett. He attended New Hope High School and East Mississippi Commu-nity College. He was formerly employed with Black Warrior Roofing Company.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Elizabeth Hayward.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Stephanie Woods Hamiter; daugh-ter, Vanessa Hoggle both of Buhl; and broth-er, Andrew Hamiter of Birmingham, Alabama.

Memorials may be made to Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, P. O. Box 85, Columbus, MS 39703.

Annie ScalesBROOKSVILLE —

Annie Lee Scales, 76, died May 30, 2014, at

Baptist Memorial Hos-pital-Golden Triangle.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon.

Lula SmithMACON — Lula

Mae Smith died May 30, 2014, at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be

announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon.

Julius EdwardsMACON — Julius

Edwards, 59, died May 30, 2014, at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon.

BY JIM KUHNHENNThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — This was not in the Barack Obama playbook.

The resignation of Vet-erans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday did not follow the usu-al arc of a crisis in the Obama administration.

Obama prefers to not get sucked into a drama and cede in the heat of the moment. He’d rather send in fixers and have the bloodletting occur in due course.

Shinseki, however, tendered his resignation at the height of a political clamor for his departure and as revelations of sys-temic delays in veterans’ patient care mounted daily. Shinseki left even before the review Obama had ordered of the de-partment’s problems was completed.

For Obama, there was little doubt that his de-cision to let Shinseki go was painful.

“He is a very good man,” Obama said of the former four-star Army general and Vietnam vet-eran. “I don’t just mean he’s an accomplished man. I don’t just mean that he’s been an out-standing soldier. He’s a good person who’s done exemplary work on our behalf.”

In this crisis, it became clear to the White House that the solution to the problems identified in news accounts and in a damning report from the VA’s inspector general were endemic and would take time to turn around, let alone correct.

That’s what set it apart the spectacularly bad launch of healthcare.gov.

Kathleen Sebelius stayed on as head of the Department of Health and Human Services until April, seven months after that fumbling start. But that was a website prob-lem caused by poorly de-signed technology. It was fixable in the short-term and in the end sign-ups

exceeded projections.The path for Shinseki’s

exit was laid a week ago when Obama told report-ers that if Shinseki “does not think he can do a good job on this and if he thinks he has let our vet-erans down, then I’m sure that he is not going to be interested in continuing to serve.”

Shinseki exit breaks Obama’s crisis mold

25th time a MSU starter has been pulled before the end of the fifth, but it is 22-8 when one of its pitchers is given a hold or save opportunity.

“There was never really a conversation about whether I would end up going the rest of the way, but I just felt like I was getting them off balance and strikes,” said Holder, who struck out a career-high nine in 5 1/3 innings. “By the time the ninth inning came around, I wasn’t coming out of the game.”

Holder went four innings in an extra-inning loss to Ken-tucky in the Southeastern Con-ference tournament last week, but Thompson was prepared to see if asking him to get 19 outs was too much.

“Butch Thompson has the best saying for this that he probably stole from somebody — like we all do in this business — but he always preaches, ‘the batter will tell you all you need to know,’ ” Cohen said. “Their swings told us everything we needed to know about if John had good stuff.”

BY MATTHEW [email protected]

LAFAYETTE, La. — If you didn’t know by now, the Mis-sissippi State baseball team doesn’t follow a traditional way of doing things on the mound.

On Saturday, MSU’s saber-metric formula worked out just fine to deliver another postsea-son win.

With the bases loaded and the game tied at 1-1 in the fourth inning, MSU pitch-ing coach Butch

Thompson removed starter Ben Bracewell and brought in closer Jonathan Holder. Thomp-son didn’t want to wait until the late innings to use his junior right-hander. What he wanted was someone to stop Jackson State’s momentum.

“He didn’t get the save, he got the win tonight,” MSU coach John Cohen said of Hold-er. “What’s the difference? It’s

From Special Reports

OXFORD — Junior right-hander Chris Ellis threw a complete game Saturday night to lead the No. 12 and top-seed-ed Ole Miss baseball team to a 12-2 victory against Jackson-ville State in the NCAA tourna-ment Oxford regional.

Ole Miss (42-18) had 17 hits

in the victory that helped it ad-vance to face No. 14 and sec-ond-seeded Washington at 3 p.m. today. The winner of that game will advance to the cham-pionship game of the regional.

Jacksonville State (36-26)

will play Georgia tech, which lost to Washington 8-0, at 11 a.m. today.

Ellis (10-1) picked up the win as he threw his second com-plete game of the season. The right-hander allowed two runs on eight hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Zachary Fowler (7-8) suf-

fered the loss as he allowed five runs on four hits with two walks in 2/3 of an inning.

Sikes Orvis went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a ca-reer-high five RBIs to lead the Rebels.

“We played very well to-night,” Ole Miss coach Mike

BY ADAM [email protected]

Brittany Hudson’s goal is to become a head women’s basketball coach.

When Hudson looks at Matt Insell, she sees someone who has followed a path similar to the one she is on and has realized his dream of becoming a head coach.

Hudson hopes her decision to leave Mississippi State and be-come an assistant coach on Insell’s staff at Ole Miss helps her realize her goal of becoming a head coach sooner rather than later.


The Southeastern Conference clarified its wording of the artificial noisemaker rule Friday, specifically known to Mis-sissippi State fans as the “cowbell compromise.”

The amendment voted on at the league’s annual meetings in Destin, Flor-ida, will allow “the use of institutionally controlled, computerized sound sys-tems (including music), institutionally controlled artificial noisemakers, and traditional institu-tional noisemakers at any time, except from the time the offensive center is over the football until the play is whistled dead.”

“This proposal will en-hance the fan experience and provide institutions with the flexibility to ap-peal to their fans by the use of musical and institu-tionally-controlled noise,” SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said in a written statement.

Under the previous rule, the policy allowed fans to ring a cowbell be-fore the game, at halftime, between quarters, during timeouts, after scoring plays, and during posses-sion changes.

The league imposed a $25,000 fine on MSU for violation of the SEC’s Ar-tificial Noisemaker Pol-icy last football season. Further violations by the Bulldogs program will result in a $50,000 fine. Slive announced the fine last December. It was the first monetary fine for the school since the end of the 2010 season. Slive made it clear more severe penal-ties could come if MSU’s fans don’t ‘ring responsi-bly’ and follow the school’s marketing campaign.

“By virtue of the cur-rent legislation, the con-ference has recognized

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Mary Alice Weeks/Dispatch StaffWest Point’s Justin Wofford, who works at Forged on Highway 45 in Columbus, finished 19th overall in the CrossFit South Central Regionals last month in San Antonio, Texas.

INSIDEn MORE SEC MEETINGS: The Southeastern Conference handed out a record $309.6 million to its 14 member schools. Page 6Bn Also, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said the SEC and the other Big Five conferences would consider a move to a “Division IV” if they didn’t get the autonomy they want. Page 8B

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Hudson

Hudson sees new path at Ole Miss

BY ADAM [email protected]

Justin Wofford had an inkling of how he stacked up against the fittest ath-letes in the nation.

Now that the West Point native has experi-enced his first CrossFit South Central Regionals, Wofford knows it is only a matter of time before he makes even bigger gains.

Wofford finished first

in one of seven events and was the top competitor from the state of Missis-sippi en route to a 19th-place finish at the annual event May 23-25 in San Antonio, Texas.

“Being around some of the fittest athletes in three states was amaz-ing,” Wofford said. “Some of those guys are so tal-ented. The fact that I beat every one of them in one

Wofford finishes 19th at CrossFit Regionals

Paul Kieu/Special to The DispatchMississippi State junior right-hander Jonathan Holder struck out a career-high nine in 5 1/3 innings Saturday night in a 3-1 victory against Jackson State to help the Bulldogs go 2-0 in the NCAA tournament Lafayette Regional.

HOLD ON MSU, IT’S ON TO TITLE GAME

Paul Kieu/Special to The DispatchMississippi State shortstop Seth heck throws across his body to make a play Saturday night.

our job as coaches to determine the key moments in the game and use our best players in those situations.”

A strikeout by Holder helped MSU escape a bases-loaded jam and helped set the stage

for a go-ahead single by Gavin Collins that led No. 17 and sec-ond-seeded MSU to a 3-1 victory and a berth in the championship round of the NCAA tournament Lafayette Regional.

Saturday night marked the

Ole Miss 12, Jacksonville State 2

Ellis, Orvis have big nights to get Rebels on right track

Holder dominant in relief to help Bulldogs go to 2-0

MSU 3, JSU 1

TodayARENA FOOTBALL

4 p.m. — San Antonio at Philadelphia, ESPNEWSAUTO RACING

Noon — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, FedEx 400, at Dover, Delaware, WLOV2:30 p.m. — IndyCar, Indy Dual in Detroit, race 2, WKDH-WTVA3 p.m. — NHRA, Summernationals, at Englishtown, N.J. (same-day tape), ESPN2

COLLEGE BASEBALLNoon — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD, ESPNU3 p.m. — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD, ESPNU

COLLEGE SOFTBALLNoon — World Series, game 11, teams TBD, at Oklahoma City, ESPN2:30 p.m. — World Series, game 12, teams TBD, at Oklahoma City, ESPN

GOLF6 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, final round, at Malmo, Sweden, TGC11 a.m. — PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, final round, at Dublin, Ohio, TGC1 p.m. — LPGA, ShopRite Classic, final round, at Galloway, N.J., TGC1:30 p.m. — PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, final round, at Dublin, Ohio, WCBI4 p.m. — Champions Tour, Principal Charity Classic, final round, at Des Moines, Iowa, TGC

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNoon — Atlanta at Miami, Fox Sports South1 p.m. — Regional coverage, San Francisco at St. Louis or Baltimore at Houston, MLB1 p.m. — Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, WGN7 p.m. — Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, ESPN2

MOTORSPORTS6 a.m. — MotoGP World Championship, Grand Prix of Italy, at Scarperia, Italy, FS111:30 a.m. — MotoGP Moto3, Grand Prix of Italy, at Scarperia, Italy (same-day tape), FS112:30 p.m. — MotoGP Moto2, Grand Prix of Italy, at Scarperia, Italy (same-day tape), FS1

RUGBY1 p.m. — USA Sevens Collegiate Championship, pool play, teams TBA, at Philadelphia, NBC Sports Network3 p.m. — USA Sevens Collegiate Championship, championship rounds, teams TBD, at Philadelphia, WTVA

SOCCER12:30 p.m. — Men’s national teams, exhibition, United States vs. Turkey, at Harrison, N.J., ESPN2

TENNISNoon — French Open, round of 16, at Paris, WTVA4 a.m. — French Open, round of 16, at Paris, ESPN2

MondayCOLLEGE BASEBALL

6 p.m. — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD, ESPNU10 p.m. — NCAA, Division I playoffs, regionals, teams TBD, ESPNU

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL7 p.m. — Kansas City at St. Louis, ESPN

NBA8 p.m. — Playoffs, conference finals, game 7, Oklahoma City at San Antonio (if necessary), TNT

BRIEFLYMSUTime set for football team’s game vs. UAB

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State football team will play UAB at 1 p.m. Saturday (Fox Sports Net) at Davis Wade Stadium.

The Bulldogs will open the season with back-to-back home non-conference games for the first time since 1999. MSU will play host to Southern Mississippi at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 (SEC Network).

Ole MissKickoff time set for football game vs. Vanderbilt

OXFORD — The Ole Miss and Vanderbilt football teams will play at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 6 on ESPN at LP Field, the home of the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, Tennessee, the Southeastern Conference and ESPN announced Friday.

Ole Miss’ season opener against Boise State will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 (ESPN) at the Georgia Dome, home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.

The only other previously announced TV and game time is the Rebels’ home opener on at 3 p.m. Sept. 13 (SEC Network) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette.

n Allen named Olson Award semifinalist: At Oxford, Senior catcher Will Allen has been named a semifinalist for the 2014 Gregg Olson Award honoring the breakout college baseball player of the year. The annual award, presented by Toolshed, is given to the top amateur baseball player who elevates his level of play to an elite level throughout the season.

AlabamaTime set for football game vs. Southern Miss; Football tickets for selected home games to go on sale Monday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — ESPN announced Friday that the Alabama football team will play host to Southern Mississippi at 5 p.m. Sept. 13 (ESPN2) at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Alabama’s season opener against West Virginia will be at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 30 (ABC or ESPN2). Its home opener against Florida Atlantic will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 6 (SEC Network).

At 8 a.m. Monday, the public sale of football tickets for select 2014 football home games will begin. A limited number of tickets are available for games against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 6), Southern Mississippi (Sept. 13), and for the Homecoming game versus Western Carolina (Nov. 22). Tickets were made available from unsold allotments returned by visiting teams.

Tickets for the Florida Atlantic, Southern Mississippi, and Western Carolina games can be purchased for $55 each. For a select time, tickets purchased through RollTide.com will include a $10 value that can be used at designated concessions and merchandise stands inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Group pricing is also available at $45 each for each of the three games noted above for groups of 15 or more.

Also available are individual seats located in the South End Zone Field Suite area for the Florida Atlantic (Sept. 6), Southern Mississippi (Sept. 13), Florida (Sept. 20), Texas A&M (Oct. 18), Mississippi State (Nov. 15), and Western Carolina (Nov. 22) games. The Field Suite is an upscale area of the stadium, which includes a food amenity and close proximity to the action.

Track and fieldMississippi State athletes qualify for NCAA Outdoor Championships

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mississippi State’s Cornelia Griesche, Brandon McBride, and Scottie Hearn qualified Friday for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which will be June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.

McBride, a junior from Canada, posted the top time in the 800 meters at 1 minute, 46.80 seconds, while Hearn placed seventh in the 400 hurdles at 50.81. Griesche placed 11th in the 3,000 steeplechase (10:08.87).

Senior Keisha Wallace finished 10th with a time of 13.25 in the 100 hurdles to advance to the semifinals.

For Ole Miss, junior Phillip Young qualified for the NCAA Champi-onship finals in the men’s triple jump.

Young placed sixth with a mark of 52 feet, 3/4 inches. By finishing in the top 12, he earned a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Freshman Jalen Miller placed 13th (10.33) in the 100 quarterfinals. He was four one-thousandths of a second from the 12th and final qualifying spot (10.325 to 10.321).

Junior Robert Semien advanced through the preliminaries of the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.94, just off his personal best of 13.91.

Alabama qualified seven athletes for the NCAA Championships.Junior Remona Burchell shattered a school record in the women’s

100 by winning her heat with a time of 11.03 and breaking Pauline Davis’ 1986 Alabama record of 11.11. Burchell’s time shattered the Hodges Stadium record (11.18) and is the best wind-legal time by a collegian this season.

Sophomore Elias Hakansson and junior Charodd Richardson started the day with top-10 finishes in the men’s hammer throw. Freshman Lakan Taylor was one of just 10 women to clear 4.20 meters in the women’s pole vault, advancing to the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place finish.

Senior Yanique Malcolm (women’s 800), junior Alex Amankwah (men’s 800), and sophomore Imani Brown (men’s triple jump) also advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Junior Nia Barnes (women’s hammer throw), redshirt freshman Kyle Felpel (men’s shot put), sophomore Josh McCullan (men’s long jump), and freshman Quanesha Burks (women’s long jump) punched their tickets to the NCAAs on Thursday.

Junior CollegesICC baseball tryouts set for Thursday

FULTON — Itawamba Community College baseball coach Rick Collier announced the Indians’ second tryout has been set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Roy Cresap Field.

The tryout will be open to graduating seniors who didn’t participate in the May tryout. Participants interested in trying out are responsible for bringing a physical or a signed note from their high school coach saying they have an up-to-date physical.

For more information, contact Collier at 662-862-8118 or at [email protected].

— From Special Reports

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FedEx 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race TodayAt Dover International Speedway

Dover, Del.Lap length: 1 mile

(Car number in parentheses)1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 164.444 mph.2. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 163.785.3. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 163.688.4. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 163.362.5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 163.08.6. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 163.066.7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 163.066.8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 162.499.9. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 162.411.10. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 162.243.11. (47) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 162.155.12. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 160.995.13. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 162.933.14. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 162.903.15. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 162.889.16. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 162.844.17. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 162.69.18. (66) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 162.602.19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 162.58.20. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 162.55.21. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 162.536.22. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 162.25.23. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 162.155.24. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 162.009.25. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 161.754.26. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 161.747.27. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 161.725.28. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 161.623.29. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 161.573.30. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 160.887.31. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 160.592.32. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 160.435.33. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 160.206.34. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 159.419.35. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 159.391.36. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 159.2.37. (44) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, owner points.38. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, owner points.39. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, owner points.40. (33) David Stremme, Chevrolet, owner points.41. (83) Ryan Truex, Toyota, owner points.42. (77) Dave Blaney, Ford, owner points.43. (32) Blake Koch, Ford, owner points.

Nationwide Buckle Up 200Saturday

At Dover International SpeedwayDover, Del.

Lap length: 1 mile(Start position in parentheses)

1. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200 laps, 149.7 rat-ing, 0 points, $43,590.2. (5) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 200, 115.5, 42, $42,690.3. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 200, 127, 0, $28,865.4. (6) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200, 114.6, 0, $21,665.5. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, 114.8, 40, $26,015.6. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200, 101.3, 0, $16,765.7. (3) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 200, 108, 37, $22,150.8. (12) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 99.5, 36, $21,910.9. (9) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 200, 94.2, 35, $21,515.10. (11) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, 96, 34, $23,415.11. (8) Chris Buescher, Ford, 200, 89.3, 33, $20,865.12. (10) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 200, 85.8, 32, $20,740.13. (16) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200, 86.4, 31, $20,640.14. (13) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 199, 78.2, 30, $20,515.15. (21) James Buescher, Toyota, 198, 79.1, 29, $21,290.16. (19) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 198, 73.6, 28, $20,365.17. (23) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 198, 66.4, 0, $20,290.18. (25) Jeff Green, Toyota, 198, 64.3, 26, $20,240.19. (22) Paulie Harraka, Toyota, 197, 61.9, 25, $20,190.20. (29) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 197, 59.1, 24, $20,840.21. (27) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 196, 51.1, 0, $20,085.22. (14) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 195, 68.8, 22, $19,980.23. (28) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 195, 47, 21, $19,905.24. (32) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 194, 44.8, 20, $19,830.25. (33) Josh Reaume, Dodge, 192, 38.6, 19, $20,280.26. (17) Dylan Kwasniewski, Chevrolet, 188, 63.8, 18, $19,730.27. (15) Ryan Reed, Ford, 187, 70.7, 17, $19,680.28. (20) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 186, 59.3, 16, $19,605.29. (26) Tanner Berryhill, Dodge, 180, 39.5, 15, $19,530.30. (39) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 171, 39.2, 14, $19,780.31. (18) Cale Conley, Chevrolet, accident, 146, 61, 0, $19,425.32. (38) Mike Harmon, Dodge, suspension, 103, 36.3, 12, $19,365.

33. (24) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, engine, 78, 50.6, 0, $19,300.34. (35) Carl Long, Toyota, clutch, 44, 43, 10, $13,265.35. (31) Tommy Joe Martins, Dodge, vibration, 29, 42.4, 9, $13,225.36. (30) Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, engine, 15, 39.3, 0, $18,260.37. (40) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, engine, 13, 36.6, 7, $12,240.38. (37) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, wheel bearing, 13, 30.3, 6, $12,176.39. (36) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, vibration, 10, 27.6, 5, $12,075.40. (34) Blake Koch, Toyota, vibration, 8, 29.3, 4, $12,020.

BaseballAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBToronto 33 24 .579 —New York 29 25 .537 2½Baltimore 27 27 .500 4½Boston 26 29 .473 6Tampa Bay 23 33 .411 9½

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 31 20 .608 —Chicago 28 29 .491 6Kansas City 26 29 .473 7Minnesota 25 28 .472 7Cleveland 26 30 .464 7½

West Division W L Pct GBOakland 33 22 .600 —Los Angeles 30 24 .556 2½Texas 28 28 .500 5½Seattle 26 28 .481 6½Houston 24 33 .421 10

Friday’s GamesCleveland 5, Colorado 2Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1Washington 9, Texas 2Kansas City 6, Toronto 1Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 inningsHouston 2, Baltimore 1San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 1Oakland 9, L.A. Angels 5Detroit 6, Seattle 3

Saturday’s GamesWashington 10, Texas 2N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 1Toronto 12, Kansas City 2San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 2Cleveland 7, Colorado 6Baltimore 4, Houston 1Boston 7, Tampa Bay 1L.A. Angels at Oakland, lateDetroit at Seattle, late

Today’s GamesColorado (Chacin 0-4) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-2), 12:05 p.m.Minnesota (P.Hughes 5-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0), 12:05 p.m.Kansas City (Guthrie 2-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 9-1), 12:07 p.m.Tampa Bay (Bedard 2-3) at Boston (Lester 5-6), 12:35 p.m.Texas (Darvish 4-2) at Washington (Roark 3-3), 12:35 p.m.Baltimore (W.Chen 5-2) at Houston (Feldman 3-2), 1:10 p.m.San Diego (Stults 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 4-0), 1:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-3) at Oakland (Gray 5-1), 3:05 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 6-1) at Seattle (Elias 3-4), 3:10 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 30 25 .545 —Miami 28 27 .509 2Washington 27 27 .500 2½New York 26 29 .473 4Philadelphia 24 29 .453 5

Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 33 23 .589 —St. Louis 30 26 .536 3Pittsburgh 25 30 .455 7½Cincinnati 24 29 .453 7½Chicago 20 33 .377 11½

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 36 20 .643 —Los Angeles 30 27 .526 6½Colorado 28 27 .509 7½San Diego 26 30 .464 10Arizona 23 34 .404 13½

Friday’s GamesCleveland 5, Colorado 2Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 14 inningsWashington 9, Texas 2Atlanta 3, Miami 2Milwaukee 11, Chicago Cubs 5San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 1San Francisco 9, St. Louis 4Cincinnati 6, Arizona 4Pittsburgh 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

Saturday’s GamesWashington 10, Texas 2San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 2St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0Cleveland 7, Colorado 6N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4, 14 inningsAtlanta 9, Miami 5Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 0L.A. Dodgers 12, Pittsburgh 2Cincinnati at Arizona, late

Today’s GamesColorado (Chacin 0-4) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-2), 12:05 p.m.Atlanta (Harang 4-4) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 12:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-3), 12:35 p.m.Texas (Darvish 4-2) at Washington (Roark 3-3), 12:35 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-4) at Milwaukee (Lohse 6-1), 1:10 p.m.San Diego (Stults 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 4-0), 1:10 p.m.San Francisco (Hudson 5-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-2), 1:15 p.m.Cincinnati (Simon 6-3) at Arizona (Miley 3-5), 3:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Volquez 2-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-1), 7:07 p.m.

GolfPGA Memorial

SaturdayAt Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio

Purse: $6.2 millionYardage: 7,392; Par: 72

Third RoundBubba Watson 66-69-69—204Scott Langley 72-66-67—205Hideki Matsuyama 70-67-69—206Adam Scott 69-70-68—207Charl Schwartzel 72-69-67—208Jordan Spieth 69-72-67—208Billy Horschel 71-69-68—208Robert Streb 72-67-69—208Brendon Todd 71-68-69—208Paul Casey 66-66-76—208Ben Martin 72-72-65—209Andrew Svoboda 72-69-68—209Ben Curtis 69-71-69—209Bo Van Pelt 72-72-66—210Luke Guthrie 75-69-66—210Rory McIlroy 63-78-69—210Scott Brown 70-69-71—210Ryan Moore 68-70-72—210Chris Kirk 66-70-74—210Kevin Stadler 72-71-68—211Justin Leonard 68-75-68—211Ernie Els 70-72-69—211Brendon de Jonge 73-69-69—211Steve Stricker 71-70-70—211Jason Day 72-69-70—211Jason Dufner 71-69-71—211Kevin Na 72-69-70—211Justin Hicks 73-67-71—211Camilo Villegas 71-68-72—211Hunter Mahan 68-70-73—211Daniel Summerhays 74-70-68—212Matt Kuchar 74-69-69—212Keegan Bradley 67-75-70—212Robert Garrigus 72-70-70—212Bill Haas 73-67-72—212Marc Leishman 71-68-73—212Martin Flores 69-68-75—212Thorbjorn Olesen 71-67-74—212David Hearn 71-73-69—213Cameron Tringale 73-70-70—213Aaron Baddeley 69-74-70—213Freddie Jacobson 71-71-71—213Justin Thomas 73-68-72—213Jim Furyk 73-68-72—213Dustin Johnson 73-68-72—213Luke Donald 71-69-73—213Kiradech Aphibarnrat 73-71-70—214David Lingmerth 72-72-70—214Ryo Ishikawa 72-71-71—214Phil Mickelson 72-70-72—214Charley Hoffman 69-72-73—214Nick Watney 69-71-74—214Gary Woodland 71-68-75—214Charles Howell III 69-75-71—215Michael Thompson 67-76-72—215K.J. Choi 73-71-72—216Stewart Cink 71-73-72—216Jason Allred 74-68-74—216Chris Stroud 74-68-74—216Michael Putnam 71-73-73—217Carl Pettersson 72-72-73—217Mark Wilson 69-74-74—217Billy Hurley III 73-70-74—217Kevin Kisner 69-72-76—217John Huh 73-70-75—218Greg Chalmers 71-72-75—218Hyung-Sung Kim 70-72-76—218Pat Perez 71-70-77—218Carlos Ortiz 75-68-76—219Josh Teater 71-72-76—219Lucas Glover 70-73-76—219

HockeyNHL Playoffs

Thursday, May 29NY Rangers 1, Montreal 0, N.Y. Rangers wins series 4-2

Friday’s GameChicago 4, Los Angeles 3, series tied 3-3

Today’s GameLos Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m.

FINALS(Best-of-seven; x-if necessary)

Wednesday’s GameNY Rangers at Chicago or Los Angeles, TBA

Saturday, June 7NY Rangers at Chicago or Los Angeles, TBA

Monday, June 9Chicago or Los Angeles at NY Rangers, TBA

Wednesday, June 11Chicago or Los Angeles at NY Rangers, TBA

Friday, June 13x-NY Rangers at Chicago or Los Angeles, TBA

Monday, June 16x-Chicago or Los Angeles at NY Rangers, TBA

Wednesday, June 18x-NY Rangers at Chicago or Los Angeles, TBA

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HudsonContinued from Page 1B

“It was about career ad-vancement,” Hudson said Thursday when asked about her decision to leave MSU for Southeastern Confer-ence rival Ole Miss. “It was more so a business deci-sion.”

Hudson joined MSU coach Vic Schaefer’s coach-ing staff in 2012. In the past two seasons, Hudson played an integral role in helping the Bulldogs land two na-tionally ranked recruiting classes. This past season, MSU finished 22-14 and ad-vanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s National In-vitation Tournament.

Insell, who spent five years as an assistant coach to Matthew Mitchell at Ken-tucky, hopes Hudson can use her recruiting acumen to help the Rebels return to the postseason. Ole Miss finished 12-20 (2-14 in the SEC) last season in Insell’s first year at the school.

“I have known Britta-ny a long time, and she is someone I have always re-spected in the game,” In-sell said. “She is someone I have watched and coached against right up the road, and I have seen the head-way she has been making in recruiting. I am always ask-ing other coaches and also asking parents of other re-cruits when I am recruiting their kids who do you like. I ask them to tell me a coach who had done a really good job with you. Brittany Hud-son’s name always comes up. She is someone parents talk really well about when I ask them questions. She is also someone other coaches talk really good about. She is really connected in cir-cles like grass roots basket-ball. We need someone who has those connections and

someone who is really prov-en. When I went out looking for a new coach, it was a no-brainer. She was the first and only coach I talked to.”

Hudson said the oppor-tunity to coach at Ole Miss wasn’t something she antic-ipated. She said she didn’t leave MSU with any bad blood or because of any neg-ative relationships. In fact, she said she “loved” being a part of the coaching staff with Schaefer, associate head coach Johnnie Harris, assistant coach Aqua Frank-lin, and director of basket-ball operations Maryann Baker. But she feels the po-sition at Ole Miss gives her an opportunity to grow in her career path.

“The things I am going to be a part of here are things I may not have had a hand in there,” Hudson said. “I will have completely different responsibilities here and there.”

Hudson said she will work with assistant coach Alex Simmons to direct the Rebels’ recruiting efforts. She said she wouldn’t have the title of recruiting coordi-nator but liked the fact she was going to be able to put her abilities to build rela-tionships with student-ath-letes and families to use.

“I think a lot of it is hones-ty,” Hudson said when asked what she feels makes her a successful recruiter. “A lot of times in recruiting a lot of people will tell players what they want to hear and then it can be completely different when they get on campus. I try to be honest and tell play-ers were we may see them fit into the program and what we can do to help them get better and attain their goals.

“I think I have a great opportunity to be able to

recruit some great players as well as help the program become successful and even better than where it is. If you look at the numbers from last year to this year, Ole Miss has gotten a lot better from last year. I think I have a great opportunity to con-tinue to program to excel. Recruiting is a big part of it.”

Insell, who worked as Mitchell’s primary assistant coach, agrees. He said he has confidence in turning Simmons and Hudson loose on the recruiting trail to help them find players they can add to the program to help the Rebels climb the ladder in the SEC.

“Brittany obviously worked at Mississippi State, and I was not trying to take someone from Mississippi State. I went after the best candidate who could help us take our program to the next level,” Insell said. “Brit-tany’s name came up in two or three phone calls I made to people I really trusted and every one of them said if you can take Brittany Hudson you better get her.”

Insell admitted he didn’t know how people would read into the fact Hudson was go-ing from MSU to Ole Miss. He brought up his move from one SEC school to an-other as evidence coaches sometimes move to schools within the same conference, especially when their goal is to run their own program. He feels Hudson’s reputa-tion as a recruiter will prove he hired the best candidate.

Hudson hopes she can solidify the work she has done as an assistant coach and that that work will help take her closer to her goal of becoming a head coach. She isn’t sure when that time will come, but she believes this

step will enhance her chanc-es of making it happen.

“It has been tough be-cause initially I wanted to stay to be a part of what Mis-sissippi State is building,” Hudson said. “They have a great opportunity to be a NCAA team or finish very far in the WNIT again (in 2014-15). It is always hard to be a part of something and then leave, but Matt has taken kind of the same path to get into coaching and advancing his career, and that is something I wanted to be a part of to help with my career. It was a great op-portunity to grow from and to learn from someone who has already attained the goals I would like to attain.”

A 2008 Georgia State graduate, Hudson spent a season at Daytona State Col-lege in her hometown of Day-tona Beach, Fla. She worked alongside 2012 Mid-Florida Coach of the Year Cal Co-chran and helped nine play-ers earn FCSAA All-Con-ference honors, including a league-best four first-team selections.

Hudson, who played bas-ketball at Georgia State and Valdosta State, also spent time at Morehead State with current Ole Miss Director of Operations Eric White. Hud-son served at the Eagles’ di-rector of operations in 2010-11 season.

She also has an exten-sive Amateur Athletic Union background, serving as a coach with the Flori-da-based Essence Girls bas-ketball program. In addition to her coaching duties, she arranged tournament travel and served as site director for numerous tournaments.

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Basketball: NBA Playoffs

By The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — The San Antonio Spurs are back in the NBA Finals after a 112-107 overtime victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night in Game 6.

The victory helped San Antonio set up a re-match with the Miami Heat. For the first time since 1998, the Finals will be a rematch of last year, when Miami — the NBA’s two-time de-fending champion — won the series 4-3.

Tim Duncan had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Spurs, who will play host to Game 1 on Thursday night.

Boris Diaw scored 26 points for the Spurs, who won despite point guard Tony Parker missing the entire second half and overtime with left ankle soreness.

Russell Westbrook had 34 points, eight as-sists, seven rebounds, and six steals, and Kev-in Durant added 31 points and 14 rebounds for the Thunder. Oklahoma City overcame a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

A year ago, the Spurs-Heat matchup in the NBA Finals was considered a classic.

“The two best teams will meet,” Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. “We’re just happy and excited that we’re one of the best.”

The Spurs and Heat split two meetings this season, both winning by comfortable margins at home. Game 1 of this year’s Finals is Thursday night in San Antonio.

Spurs prevail in OT, set to face Heat

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By Scott Walters | [email protected] By Mary Alice Weeks

A t New Hope High School, the banner-making business is pretty good these days. Last Saturday, the New Hope High baseball team beat West Jones

11-0 in five innings to win the best-of-three Mississippi High School Activities Association’s Class 5A state title. The championship was the program’s seventh but its first back-to-back crowns.

“The second title was way sweeter than the first one,” New Hope senior shortstop Will Golsan said. “The expectations were so high because everybody expected us to do this. We took every team’s best challenge and were able to overcome it. I didn’t think we could work harder than we did last year. Instead, we did just that. We worked even harder to make sure we won the championship again.”

New Hope finished 32-4 and won 20 of its final 21 games. In the postseason, the Trojans compiled an 8-1 worksheet, earned four wins by shutout, and three more by the mercy rule.

The hot streak started after a 5-1 home loss to Class 5A, Region 2 rival Oxford on March 28. New Hope didn’t lose again until a 5-4 decision in the state championship series against West Jones.

“We had a team meeting that night after the (loss to Oxford),” New Hope senior outfielder Rooke Coleman said. “Everybody talked about taking more responsibility for our mistakes. We talked about playing more as a team and less as individuals. That was really the turning point. After that night, we played a lot more together as a team and the results showed.”

In the state championship series, New Hope bounced back with back-to-back shutouts — winning 3-0 and 11-0 — to deny West Jones its first baseball state championship.

“Pitching and defense is why we won a state championship,” New Hope fifth-year coach Lee Boyd said.

“It is hard to imagine a team more solid defensively than we were this year. Pitching wise, we were really great. We had guys that filled the strike zone and challenged hitters. When you have that type of approach on the mound, the guys are excited to play behind that.”

In the postseason, New Hope allowed 31 hits and eight earned runs in 57 innings. Seniors Taylor Stafford and J.C. Redden and junior Josh Stillman gave the Trojans the talent and depth needed to win an extended series.

The postseason run was especially sweet since it included a sweep of region rival Oxford. New Hope won two of three games between the teams in the regular season, but New Hope had a bitter memory of the home loss in March. In the playoffs, New Hope swept the series 7-0 and 3-2.

The dramatic victory in Oxford saw Stafford come up with the game-winning hit after Redden worked out of a tight spot in the sixth inning to keep the game tied. Winning at Oxford was so emotional, New Hope dog piled after completing the sweep.

In the championship game, the Trojans built a 6-0 lead in the first. By the time junior Payton Lane ripped a bases-clearing double in the fourth, the New Hope faithful were roaring and the Trojans sensed another dog pile was imminent.

Stillman completed his 44-pitch, one-hit pitching performance thanks in part to the team’s third double play of the championship series.

“It really meant a lot to me to be on the mound for the championship game,” Stillman said. “You know you are pitching the biggest game of the season and what is so far the biggest game of your life. Everybody was able to relax a little bit after that big first inning. We knew the bats would eventually come alive in the series.”

The bats came alive. The pitching stayed hot. New Hope dog piled one final time. A highly decorated senior class saw its mission accomplished, another ring won and another banner hung.

TEAM TROJAN roster1 Will Godfrey C, P Soph.2 Josh Stillman INF, P Jr.3 Sam Taylor UT, P Jr.4 John Wesley Barrett OF Jr.5 Chris Adair 1B, P Soph.6 Parker Earhart Infield Sr.7 Brody Stokes 3B, P Jr.9 Will Golsan Infield Sr.10 Payton Lane Infield P Jr.11 Tyler Lewis OF Soph.12 Reed Stillman Infield Jr.13 Tyler Jones Utility Soph.14 J.C. Redden 3B, P Sr.15 Alex Adair 1B, OF, P Soph.16 Jake Hollis C Sr.17 Taylor Stafford P, OF Sr.18 Jerrod Bradley OF Sr.19 Rooke Coleman OF Sr.21 Ethan Ashton P, C, OF Jr.22 Wells Davis 1B, P Jr.23 Bridger Massey OF, P Sr.24 J.D. Earhart Infield Jr.25 Aidan Fletcher C, OF Soph.27 Shay Boyd 2B Soph.28 Jonathan Holley Utility Jr.31 Allen Harvey 1B, P Sr.

Lee Boyd Head CoachBobby Taylor Asst. CoachBilly Ray Lee Asst. CoachEric Guerrero Asst. CoachTyler Poole Asst. CoachJoel Cosgrove Asst. Coach

Twice As Nice New Hope High School Back-to-back Mississippi High School Activities

Association Class 5A champions2014 Record: 32-4 (8-1 Region 2)

ScheduleDate Opponent ResultFeb. 28 Amory W, 12-1March 1 Hernando W, 4-1March 4 Houston W, 9-0March 6 At Sipsey Valley (Ala.) W, 15-2March 10 At Winfield (Ala.) W, 11-0March 10 At Winfield (Ala.) W, 14-3March 11 Starkville W, 14-4March 15 Covington (Tenn.) W, 3-2March 15 Covington (Tenn.) W, 8-6March 18 At New Albany L, 2-1March 21 At Northridge (Ala.) W, 4-3March 22 Sipsey Valley (Ala.) W, 5-3March 22 Sipsey Valley (Ala.) L, 7-3March 25 At Oxford * W, 3-2March 28 Oxford * L, 5-1April 1 At West Point* W, 12-0April 4 West Point* W, 6-1April 5 Caledonia W, 7-1April 9 Saltillo* W, 3-1April 11 At Saltillo* W, 13-0April 12 Columbus W, 3-2April 12 New Albany W, 9-8April 15 At Oxford* W, 4-2April 18 At West Point* W, 8-0April 21 At Columbus W, 17-6April 22 Saltillo* W, 11-4April 24 West Lauderdale ** W, 4-2May 1 Center Hill @ W, 8-2May 2 At Center Hill @ W, 14-3May 10 Pearl # W, 3-0May 12 At Pearl # W, 14-1May 15 Oxford % W, 7-0May 16 At Oxford % W, 3-2May 22 West Jones $ L, 5-4May 23 West Jones $ W, 3-0May 24 West Jones $ W, 11-0

*— Region 2 game**— At East Mississippi Community College, Scooba@— First round Class 5A North State playoffs# — Second round Class 5A North State playoffs% — Class 5A North State title series$ — Class 5A title series, Trustmark Park, Pearl

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BY MARK LONGThe Associated Press

DESTIN, Fla. — South-eastern Conference reve-nue remains on the rise. It should make a major jump next year following the launch of the SEC Net-work.

The SEC will distribute a record $309.6 million in revenue to its 14 member institutions.

Commissioner Mike Slive announced the pay-out Friday, the final day of the annual SEC meetings.

The average amount received by each school, excluding $16.8 million of bowl revenue, was $20.9 million.

The revenue is gen-erated from football and basketball television con-tracts, bowl games, the league’s football champi-onship game, the league’s men’s basketball tourna-ment, NCAA champion-ships and supplemental surplus. It has nearly dou-bled since 2009, when the league doled out $165.9 million to its schools.

It could rise significant-ly next year, with estima-tions ranging from $15 million to $20 million be-cause of added television revenue.

“There are some num-bers floating around out there, but everything is speculative,” Slive said. “We’re optimistic. We believe the product is so good. We believe the network is so strong. We believe the network will be national. We believe it will generate revenue as it grows over the next de-cade, but to speculate as to how much that will add to the revenue through the conference to our institu-tions is really speculative.”

The SEC also passed five proposals Friday.

The most significant change involved an auto-matic waiver for gradu-ate-school transfers with less than two years of eli-gibility remaining, a move that should expedite the transfer process.

Previously, the SEC re-quired a waiver for anyone to transfer with less than two years of eligibility re-maining. The waiver had to be approved by the con-ference, essentially caus-ing red tape that football and basketball coaches felt was putting them at a competitive disadvantage.

“I think it’s been a fac-tor — not the only factor — in the success of men’s basketball and it’s being


LAFAYETTE, La. — John Cohen wanted more.

Even though the Mis-sissippi State baseball

coach knew Jake Vick-erson, Alex Detz, and M a t t h e w Britton ex-p er ienc ed frustrating r e g u l a r s e a s o n s , Cohen be-lieved in his players. As he wrote their names into the B u l l d o g s ’ lineup for the team’s g a m e against San Diego State in the first game of the NCAA tournament L a f a y e t t e r e g i o n -al, Cohen

hoped his players could have maturity he strug-gled with as a player.

Cohen’s belief in Vick-

erson, Detz, and Britton paid off in a big way Fri-day afternoon.

Vickerson, Detz, and Britton each had run-scoring hits and com-bined for all of No. 17 and second-seeded MSU’s offense in a 5-2 victory at M.L. ‘Tigue’ Moore Field.

Vickerson, a junior left fielder, went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, while Detz, a senior designated hitter, also went 2-for-4 and had an RBI. Britton, a junior third baseman was 1-for-3 with an RBI to help MSU (38-22) advance to the winners’ bracket to face fourth-seeded Jackson State, which upset No. 1 and top-seeded Louisi-ana-Lafayette 1-0.

“It just takes incredible maturity to get beyond things, and I know as a player. I struggled with that,” Cohen said.

MSU scored all of its runs with two outs on a day Vickerson, Detz, and Britton entered the game hitting .255, .237 and .250, respectively, this season.


LAFAYETTE, La. — Myles Gentry verbalized the big picture impact of his relief effort Friday in the No. 17 and second-seeded Mississippi State baseball team’s 5-2 victory against third-seeded San Diego State in the NCAA tournament Lafayette Regional.

“He told me don’t let anybody else pitch today,” Gentry said with a smile when asked what MSU bullpen coach Greg Drye told him before he trotted to the mound.

The Bulldogs’ victory in the opening game of the regional

not only set them up for the short term by get-ting them in the winners’ bracket early, but it also allowed them to have a fresh bullpen entering the final two or three days of the tournament. MSU (38-22) couldn’t have scripted a better scenario for itself than getting a postseason victory without having to use left-hand-ed reliever Jacob Lindgren or right-handed closer Jonathan Holder.

“To not to have to use those bullpen arms is big to say the least,” MSU coach John Cohen said.

Cohen preached throughout the week lead-ing up to the Lafayette regional that “tomorrow doesn’t exist.” But Cohen’s ability to prepare his teams for future games when the immediate objective is to win the four-team region-al is a major reason he is

10-7 all-time in that phase of the NCAA tournament in his time as coach at Kentucky and MSU.

MSU is 16-7 since April 15, but it has used Lindgren, one of the nation’s best this season, or Holder, the school’s all-time lead-er in saves, in 13 of those victo-ries. Two of the other three vic-

tories in the 46-day period were complete-game outings by Ross Mitchell.

“It’s just kind of weird because every time we get (in a jam) Lin-go comes in after me and we’ve scored so many runs after he leaves runners on base in that type of situation,” said MSU ju-nior starting pitcher Trevor Fitts, who started Friday’s game and earned the victory to improve to 5-3.

Fitts went five innings, his sec-ond-longest outing this month, and allowed three hits and two runs. He pitched himself out of jams early in a game even after

By The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kaitlyn Thumann dou-bled and scored on an er-ror in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Bay-lor softball team rallied from a seven-run deficit to stun Kentucky 8-7 on Sat-urday night in an elimina-tion game in the Women’s College World Series.

Baylor (49-15) ad-vanced to play fifth-seed-ed Florida today. Thir-teenth-seeded Baylor will have to beat Florida (52-12) twice to advance to the best-of-three finals.

Kentucky (50-19) led 7-0 entering the bottom of the sixth, but Kelsey Nunley (30-11) gave up six singles during a three-run rally for Baylor. Ari

Hawkins led off the sev-enth with a solo home run to make it 7-4 and Rob-in Landreth’s two-run,

BY MURRAY EVANSThe Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Jaclyn Traina threw a four-hitter, and Leona La-faele hit a two-run home run to lead the Alabama softball team to a 2-0 vic-tory against Kentucky on Friday night in the Wom-en’s College World Series.

Alabama (52-11) needs one win to reach the best-of-three championship series and won’t play again until today. The loss dropped Kentucky (50-18) into an elimination game against Baylor on Saturday.

Traina (25-3), who pitched Alabama to the 2012 national title, allowed two hits in 13 innings in two WCWS games this

season before Kentucky loaded the bases on sin-gles by Nikki Sagermann, Griffin Joiner, and Lauren Cumbess with no outs in the seventh.

Traina struck out Em-ily Gaines and coaxed a double-play grounder from Krystal Smith.

“That’s why you play the game,” Traina said. “You play the game for those pressure situations. I’ve gotten myself into those situations before and I felt like I could get out of it. I just had confi-dence in my teammates and my pitches.”

Alabama improved to 40-4 against Kentucky, a team the Crimson Tide


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Travis Bergen threw 8 2/3 innings Friday to lead the third-seeded Ken-nesaw State baseball team to a 1-0 victory against second-seeded Alabama in the opening round of the NCAA tournament Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium.

“Bergen did a terrif-ic job today and just like they have in the last 24 to 25 games, Kennesaw State found a way to get a win,” Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard said. “We pitched well enough to win the game, but we couldn’t find any kind of rhythm on the offensive

end today.”Bergen allowed five

hits in the longest outing of his career, which in-cluded three strikeouts and just one walk in 8.2 innings. Bergen has the Tide off balance all after-noon, as 16 of the 32 bat-ters he faced were retired by fly outs.

“We knew going in that Bergen was going to throw fastballs and pitch away,” Gaspard said. “Our approach was to work away and stay up the mid-dle of the field. We weren’t able to get above the ball and our swings were too long. We worked all week on the approach and it didn’t show up today.”

The Owls scored the

only run of the game when Kal Simmons had a bases loaded sacrifice fly to left field to drive in Brennan Morgan in the fifth inning. After Bren-nan Morgan singled to start the inning, a bunt moved him into scoring position. After back-to-back walks by Spencer Turnbull, Simmons drove a ball to left center field to score Morgan easily.

Alabama got the tying run on second with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, when Austen Smith doubled of the wall in left field of Bergen. That was the last batter Bergen

faced, as KSU turned to Justin McCalvin who got Kyle Overstreet to fly out to right field to end the game to record his 15th save of the season.

Turnbull was the tough-luck loser. He al-lowed one run on three hits and four walks in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out and two. In his last four starts, Turnbull has allowed five runs in 27 1/3 innings. Turnbull has been the tough-luck loser in his last four starts, as the Tide has scored no runs while he has been on the mound in the past four outings. Alabama has just three total runs in the last four games Turnbull has started.

Alabama had two-hit days from Smith and Chance Vincent. Smith was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a walk and Vincent was 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. Ala-bama’s only other hit was a seventh-inning single by Overstreet.

Kennesaw State had four hits. Cornell Nixon reached base three times which included a double and two walks. Morgan was 1-for-4 with a run scored and Simmons was 0-for-2 with an RBI (sacri-fice fly) and a walk.

Jay Shaw threw the fi-nal 2 2/3 innings for the Tide, allowing a hit and a walk. He struck out three.


College BaseballNCAA Division I Regionals

Double Elimination(x-if necessary)

At Davenport Field, Charlottesville, Va.Friday’s Games

Virginia 10, Bucknell 1Arkansas 3, Liberty 2

Saturday’s GamesBucknell 5, Liberty 2, Liberty eliminatedGame 4 — Virginia (45-13) vs. Arkansas (39-23), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Bucknell (30-21-1) vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Gamex-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

At Carolina Stadium, Columbia, S.C.Friday’s Games

Maryland 4, Old Dominion 3South Carolina 5, Campbell 2

Saturday’s GamesCampbell 4, Old Dominion 1, 12 inningsGame 4 — Maryland (37-21) vs. South Carolina (43-16), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Campbell (41-20) vs. Game 4 loser, NoonGame 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.


At Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, Gainesville, Fla.Friday’s Games

Long Beach State 6, North Carolina 1College of Charleston 3, Florida 2

Saturday’s GamesNorth Carolina 5, Florida 2, Florida eliminatedGame 4 — Long Beach State (33-24) vs. College of Charleston (42-17), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — North Carolina (35-26) vs. Game 4 loser, NoonGame 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Gamex-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Noon

At A-Rod Park at Mark Light Field, Coral Gables, Fla.

Friday’s GamesTexas Tech 3, Columbia 2Miami 1, Bethune-Cookman 0

Saturday’s GamesBethune-Cookman 6, Columbia 5, Columbia eliminatedGame 4 — Texas Tech (41-18) vs. Miami (42-17), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Bethune-Cookman (27-32) vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.


At Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla.Friday’s Games

Kennesaw State 1, Alabama 0Georgia Southern 7, Florida State 0

Saturday’s GamesAlabama 6, Florida State 5, Florida St. eliminatedGeorgia Southern 5, Kennesaw State 3

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Alabama (35-23) vs. Kennesaw State (38-22), 11 a.m.Game 6 — Georgia Southern (41-21) vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.


At Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville, Ky.Friday’s Games

Kansas 10, Kentucky 6Louisville 5, Kent State 0

Saturday’s GamesKentucky 4, Kent State 2, KSU eliminatedLouisville 6, Kansas 3

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Kentucky (36-23) vs. Kansas (35-25), 11 a.m.Game 6 — Louisville (47-15) vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m.


At Bart Kaufman Field, Bloomington, Ind.Friday’s Games

Stanford 8, Indiana State 1Indiana 10, Youngstown State 2

Saturday’s GamesYoungstown State 5, Indiana State 2, ISU eliminatedIndiana 4, Stanford 2

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Youngstown State (17-37) vs. Stanford (31-24), NoonGame 6 — Indiana (44-13) vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Gamesx-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4:30 p.m.

At Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tenn.Friday’s Games

Oregon 18, Clemson 1Vanderbilt 11, Xavier 0

Saturday’s GamesXavier 6, Clemson 4, Clemson eliminatedGame 4 — Oregon (43-18) vs. Vanderbilt (42-18), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Xavier (30-28) vs. Game 4 loser, NoonGame 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.


At Swayze Field, OxfordFriday’s Games

Game 1 — Georgia Tech (36-25) vs. Washington (39-15-1), ppd., rainGame 2 — Mississippi (41-18) vs. Jacksonville State (36-25), ppd., rain

Saturday’s GamesWashington 8, Georgia Tech 0Mississippi 12, Jacksonville State 2

Today’s GamesGame 3 — Georgia Tech (36-26) vs. Jacksonville State (36-26), 1 p.m.Game 4 — Washington (40-15-1) vs. Mississippi (42-18), 5 p.m.

Monday’s GamesGame 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 5 p.m.x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.

At Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, La.Friday’s Games

LSU 8, Southeastern Louisiana 4Houston 3, Bryant 2, 10 innings

Saturday’s GamesSoutheastern Louisiana 2, Bryant 1, 10 innings, Bryant eliminatedGame 4 — LSU (45-14-1) vs. Houston (45-15), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Southeastern Louisiana (38-24) vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.


At M.L. ‘Tigue’ Moore Field, Lafayette, La.Friday’s Games

Mississippi State 5, San Diego State 2Jackson State 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 0

Saturday’s GamesLouisiana-Lafayette 9, San Diego State 2, SDSU eliminatedGame 4 — Mississippi State (38-22) vs. Jackson State (32-23)

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Louisiana-Lafayette (54-8) vs. Jackson State (32-24), 1 p.m.Game 6 — Mississippi State (39-22) vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.


At Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Stillwater, Okla.Friday’s Games

Cal State Fullerton 5, Nebraska 1Oklahoma State 8, Binghamton 0

Saturday’s GamesNebraska 8, Binghamton 6, Binghamton eliminatedGame 4 — Cal State Fullerton (33-22) vs. Oklahoma State (46-16), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Nebraska (41-20) vs. Game 4 loser, NoonGame 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Gamex-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBA

At Charlie and Marie Lupton Stadium, Fort Worth, TexasFriday’s Games

Sam Houston State 2, Dallas Baptist 1TCU 2, Siena 1, 11 innings

Saturday’s GamesSiena 9, Dallas Baptist 8, 10 innings, DBU eliminatedGame 4 — Sam Houston State (42-17) vs. TCU (43-15), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Siena (27-32) vs. Game 4 loser, 2:30 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.


At Reckling Park, HoustonFriday’s Games

Texas 8, Texas A&M 1Rice 7, George Mason 2

Saturday’s GamesTexas A&M 7, George Mason 3, GMU eliminatedGame 4 — Texas (39-18) vs. Rice (42-18), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Texas A&M (34-25) vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.


At Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, Corvallis, Ore.

Friday’s GamesUC Irvine 10, UNLV 3Oregon State 2, North Dakota State 1

Saturday’s GamesUNLV 2, North Dakota State 1, NDSU eliminatedGame 4 — UC Irvine (36-22) vs. Oregon State (43-12), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — UNLV (36-24) vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 10 p.m.


At Baggett Stadium, San Luis Obispo, Calif.Friday’s Games

Pepperdine 3, Arizona State 2Cal Poly 4, Sacramento State 2

Saturday’s GamesSacramento State 5, Arizona State 4, ASU eliminatedGame 4 — Pepperdine (40-16) vs. Cal Poly (46-10), late

Today’s GamesGame 5 — Sacramento State (40-23) vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 p.m.


ScheduleAt ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City

Double Elimination(x-if necessary)

Thursday’s GamesFlorida 11, Baylor 0, 5 inningsOregon 3, Florida State 0Kentucky 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 1Alabama 6, Oklahoma 2

Friday’s GamesFlorida 4, Oregon 0Alabama 2, Kentucky 0

Saturday’s GamesBaylor 7, Florida State 2, Florida State eliminatedOklahoma 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, ULL eliminatedBaylor 8, Kentucky 7, 8 inningsGame 10 — Oregon (55-8) vs. Oklahoma (51-12), late

Today’s GamesGame 11 — Florida (52-12) vs. Baylor (49-15), NoonGame 12 — Alabama (52-11) vs. Game 10 winner, 2:30 p.m.x-Game 13 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 6 p.m.x-Game 14 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 loser, 8:30 p.m.NOTE: If only one game is necessary, it will be played at 6 p.m.

Championship Series(Best-of-three)

Monday’s GameTeams TBD, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s GameTeams TBD, 7 p.m.

x-Wednesday’s GameTeams TBD, 7 p.m.

Bergen’s pitching gem pushes Tide into elimination gameKennesaw State 1, Alabama 0

College Softball: Women’s College World Series

Alabama Athletic Media RelationsAlabama first baseman Leona Lafaele reacts as she rounds the bases Friday night after hitting a two-run home run in the second inning against Kentucky at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Lafaele’s blast accounted for the only runs in the Tide’s 2-0 victory that pushed it to 2-0 in the WCWS.

Traina, Lafaele propel Crimson Tide to 2-0

Alabama 2, Kentucky 0

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Timely hitting lifts Bulldogs past Aztecs

MSU 5, San Diego State 2

Colleges

SEC gets $309.6M to give to schools

Bears rally from 7-0 hole to beat Wildcats

BY MURRAY EVANSThe Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hannah Rogers threw her fifth shutout of the post-season, and Bailey Castro went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs to help Florida beat top-seeded Oregon 4-0 on Friday night in the Women’s College World Series.

Florida (52-12) moved within a win of reaching the best-of-three championship series and will be off until

today. Florida is seeking its third finals berth. It lost to Washington in 2009 and Arizona State in 2011. Ore-gon (55-8-1) was scheduled to face the winner of the Oklahoma-Louisiana-La-fayette game Saturday.

The Gators have won seven of their eight NCAA tournament games by shutout, dominating the opposition. Florida’s open-ing-round 11-0 rout of Bay-lor on Thursday was only the fourth five-inning run-rule win in the WCWS in

the past 16 years.Rogers (28-8) tossed

her second straight three-hitter, having also blanked Baylor.

“They set a lofty goal and each one of our play-ers needs to do their part,” Florida coach Tim Walton said. “You don’t get to the postseason and get by. You have to figure out a way to get better. I give them a ton of credit for buying in and then being accountable.

All 17 of the girls are doing their part to help the Ga-tors win softball games.”

Unlike in the regu-lar-season meeting be-tween the teams — Flori-da’s 2-1 win in eight innings on Feb. 28 — the Gators jumped on Oregon early, knocking out All-America starter Cheridan Hawkins (34-5) in the fourth inning.

Castro lined a shot over the temporary bleachers outside the center field fence to lead off the second inning. Her single with two

outs in the third scored Kelsey Stewart, who had opened the inning with a single, and made it 2-0.

“We’ve just been talking all year about line drives and I think that was just my go-to play, to just go up there with line drives,” Cas-tro said.

With two outs and two runners on, Briana Little hit a pop up to short left field. Oregon second base-man Karina Shaver fell down while trying to ma-neuver to catch the ball.

The play was ruled a double and both runners scored to put the Gators up 4-0.

Meanwhile, the Ducks — who had outscored their opponents 43-6 in six postseason games — nev-er advanced a runner past first base. The Ducks hit into double plays after two of their basehits, singles by Koral Costa in the second and Courtney Ceo in the sixth. In the third, Nikki Urida singled with two outs but Rogers then struck out Ceo.

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hadn’t played this season before Friday.

“It was just an awe-some game tonight,” Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said. “I thought it was a made-for-TV sporting event, the way it ended, the way it played out — just two really, re-ally good teams with two very good pitchers going at it. I couldn’t be more pleased to stay in the win-ners’ bracket.”

Traina had a no-hitter until Sylver Samuel beat out an infield single with two outs in the sixth. The win was the 105th of Traina’s career, moving her into sole possession of seventh place on the all-time SEC list.

“In my opinion, she proved she’s the best pitcher in college softball tonight,” Kentucky coach Rachel Lawson said about Traina.

Kelsey Nunley (30-10) threw a three-hitter for the Wildcats. All of the hits came in the first two innings. Hailey McClear-ly led off the first with a double for Alabama but was stranded at third base. In the second, Pey-ton Grantham singled to center field with two outs before Lafaele’s shot over the left-center field wall.

Nunley, who has thrown every pitch for Kentucky in the NCAA tournament, allowed just two other baserunners.

“I thought today was a good game,” Lawson said. “You never want to be on the losing end of things, but I love the fight my team showed throughout the game. To put ourselves in the posi-tion to win in the seventh inning, I was proud of the fact they did that.”

Alabama Athletic Media RelationsAlabama’s Peyton Grantham reacts as she rounds the bases ahead of Leona Lafaele in the second inning of the team’s game against Kentucky at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Lafaele hit a two-run home run in the Crimson Tide’s 2-0 victory that pushed it to 2-0 in the WCWS.

Rogers dominates in circle to lead Gators within one win of title seriesFlorida 4, Oregon 0

College Softball: Women’s College World Series

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two-out double tied it.In the eighth, after

Landreth doubled, Haw-kins bunted and Kentucky catcher Griffin Joiner threw the ball into right field, allowing Thumann to score.

Ginny Carroll, Emily Gaines, and Krystal Smith homered for Kentucky.

n Oklahoma 3, Louisiana- Lafayette 1: Kelsey Stevens allowed six hits, and Brittany Williams hit a two-run first-inning double to lead the defending NCAA softball champion Sooners past the Ragin’ Cajuns in an elimination game.

Callie Parsons added an inside-the-park home run in the sixth inning for Oklahoma (51-12), which advanced to play top-seeded Oregon in another elimination game Saturday night.

Louisiana-Lafayette (49-10-1) had beaten the Sooners in two of three games during a regular-season series but the Ragin’ Cajuns couldn’t come up with the key hit Saturday against Stevens (38-9), stranding 11 baserunners and failing to score after loading the bases with one out in the third inning. Lexie Elkins hit a solo homer in the seventh for their only run.

“That was a fight,” Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said. “That was an absolute battle from start to finish. I am so extreme-

ly proud of Kelsey Stevens and the fight she put in today to hold them to six hits (and) finding ways to get out of innings. She had timely strikeouts. They had op-portunities numerous times and I’m really proud of the way Kelsey found a way to get of it.”

In the first inning, Lauren Chamber-lain reached on an error for the Sooners and Shelby Pendley walked before Wil-liams’ double to center field off Louisi-ana-Lafayette starter Christina Hamilton (29-4).

Hamilton, who became as famous in recent days for wearing black-rimmed glasses without lenses as for her pitching, allowed only three hits the rest of the way.

n Baylor 7, Florida State 2: Jordan Strickland hit a pair of two-run home runs, and Heather Stearns and Whitney Canion combined on a five-hitter to help the Bears eliminate the Seminoles.

Baylor (48-15) advanced to play Ken-tucky later Saturday in another elimination game. Florida State (55-9) managed only two runs in its two WCWS games, losing 3-0 to Oregon in the first round.

Florida State’s national player of the year, pitcher Lacey Waldrop, struggled for a second straight game. After giving up 10 hits to Oregon, Waldrop (38-7) surrendered six hits to the Bears in four innings, including three in a three-run sec-ond inning highlighted by Strickland’s first homer. Clare Hosack and Linsey Hays hit sharp singles before Strickland’s shot over the left-center field wall.

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event was awesome. I thought I could do it, but some of those guys are so talented.”

Wofford, who graduated from West Point High School in 2005, played baseball at Itawamba Community College in Fulton before moving on to the Mississippi University for Women, where he recent-ly graduated from nursing school. He also owns a per-centage of Forged, the only CrossFit affiliate in Columbus, which is located on Highway 45 North, and works there as head trainer.

Wofford finished in the top 10 of three events, including his win in event five, which was 10 rounds for time of one legless 14-foot rope ascent and a 200-foot sprint.

Wofford knew the competi-tion was going to be extremely high, but he had no idea the at-mosphere was going to be as in-

tense as it was. He admitted he wasn’t ready for how the adren-aline rush affected him prior to some events, but he said the competition was a learning ex-perience for him.

“I thought I was a small fish in a big pond, but now I know I can hang with these guys,” Wofford said. “I knew where I should have been going in be-fore each event.”

Wofford said he had a per-sonal-best time by one minute, 30 seconds and finished tied for fifth. He said he nearly finished his workout in event four, which helped motivate him. He then followed that up with a victory in event five. By event seven, he said he felt the accumulation of all of the work.

“If I had a perfect weekend and did everything I did in practice I would have finished eighth,” Wofford said. “The best of my abilities for this year

would have been eighth, would have been great. I wanted to finish in the top 15. Had I not blown the last event, I would have. I accomplished all of my goals. I beat all of the guys from Mississippi. Every goal but one in my first time not having a clue what to do in beating pre-vious Games competitors and winning an event, it definitely was a success.”

Wofford called beating all of the representatives from the state was his biggest source of pride. He said he gained valu-able training information and insight from other athletes at the South Central Regionals he feels will help him as he contin-ues his conditioning. He said he now understands he has to shake off a lapse in concentra-tion or a bad event and regroup quickly because the slightest mistakes can affect an athlete in such a competitive arena.

Wofford earned an invitation to compete in the regionals af-ter finishing as one of the top 48 in the Open, a worldwide, in-clusive, five-week competition that started earlier this year. He said athletes were grouped in heats and competed in two events a day, except for the first day, when the first two events were grouped together to set the stage for the third event. The first event was held in the morning and followed several hours later by the next event.

An explanation of all of the events can be found at games.crossfit.com. Each of the events is designed to test a different as-pect of strength to identify the athletes who have the widest range of strength.

The top three athletes from each of the three-day regionals advance to the Reebok CrossFit Games, which will be July 25-27 in Carson, California.

Wofford hopes he can contin-ue to work his way up the lad-der and one day move into the top three. After only two years into training for the CrossFit Games, Wofford now appreci-ates how hard he has to work to realize his ultimate goal.

“If there is a hole in your fit-ness they will find it,” Wofford said. “You have to work every-thing. You can’t have any holes. You don’t have to be great at it, but you can’t be bad at it. I found the holes in my game and I got advice from a lot of guys there. Having the expectations of thinking, ‘I have been in it for two years, I should be winning, right?’ The guys there were like, ‘No, you are still young.’ They told me I am just laying the foundation and said I have a big future.”

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Bianco said. “I’m real-ly proud of the way we came out; it was very busi-ness-like. One of the goals was to be locked in to this moment and play this game. Chris (Ellis) was terrific. A complete game was something we need-ed with the shortened re-gional to try to save the bullpen. One of the keys when you play at home is score early and get the crowd into it. We had a big first inning with several key at bats, none bigger than Sikes (Orvis)’s big double that ignited us as a team and got the crowd into it.”

Jacksonville State got on the board in the top of the first when Eddie Mora scored on a single from Paschal Petrangolo. Mora drew a one-out walk to start the rally before going to third on a single from Griff Gordon that set up the run on the Pe-trangolo hit. The Rebels ended the inning with a double play in the next at bat to limit the inning to one run.

Ole Miss answered in the home half of the first, pushing five runs across with a two-out rally and chasing Fowler.

With Auston Bousfield on second after being hit by a pitch and Austin An-derson on first following a walk, Sikes Orvis delivered

a two-out double down the first base line to score both runners and put the Rebels on top. J.B. Woodman then singled up the middle to score Orvis and the Rebels held a 3-1 lead.

Will Jamison then sin-gled and Preston Over-bey walked to load the bases and the Gamecocks turned to the bullpen for right-hander Graham Of-ficer. He was welcomed to the game by a two-RBI single up the middle from Errol Robinson as Ole Miss moved the lead out to 5-1 before Jacksonville State would get out of the inning.

The Rebels continued to build on the lead in the fourth inning, pushing two more runs home to take the advantage out to 7-1.

Back-to-back singles from Braxton Lee and Bousfield started the in-ning before Will Allen delivered a one-out single to left to score Lee. Orvis then came to the plate and drove an RBI single through the right side and scored Bousfield as Ole Miss took the lead out to six runs through four in-nings of play.

Orvis increased the lead in the sixth with a two-out, two-run home run over the fence in right field to give the Rebels a 9-1 advantage.


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Justin Kamplain threw eight shutout innings Sat-urday and the Alabama baseball team held on in the ninth inning to defeat Florida State 6-5 in an elim-ination game at the NCAA tournament Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium.

“For Justin (Kamplain), it was one of his best starts all year,” Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard said. “He did a great job keeping them off balance. We showed life offensively, particularly against (Luke) Weaver who is a very dom-inant pitcher. Then we get to the ninth inning and it got really interesting, espe-cially for us, with what hap-pened here last year. But just to find a way to get that win was huge for our team. I think it’s something that we can build on moving through the remainder of the tournament.”

With Alabama (35-23) leading 6-0 going to the bottom of the ninth, Flor-ida State (43-17) scored five runs on two hits, three walks, and two hit batters.

After eight scoreless

innings, Kamplain gave up a leadoff single to John No-gowski and was replaced by Jon Keller, who hit two and walked one. Closer Thom-as Burrows replaced Keller and walked two batters to make it 6-3. After two outs, left fielder DJ Stewart drove in two with a single to cen-ter field to make it 6-5.

With the tying run at third, pinch hitter Gage West flew out to center field to send Alabama into an elimination game at 11 a.m. today against the loser of the Georgia Southern-Ken-nesaw State game played later Saturday.

“We told Justin we’d give him 10 pitches to try to fin-ish it out,” Gaspard said. “When the first guy gets the base hit, we sort of felt like that was it for him. We want-ed to go to Jon Keller. I was hoping Jon could take us home and we wouldn’t have to use the closer there, be he wasn’t very sharp today.”

Kamplain (7-3) allowed one run on five hits and four walks. He struck out three strikeouts. The Crimson Tide is 6-1 in his last seven starts. Prior to the allowing a run in the ninth, Kam-plain hadn’t allowed a run in 18 1/3 innings.

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Once MSU saw Jack-son State beat No. 1 and top-seeded Louisiana-La-fayette 1-0 on Friday, th Bulldogs turned M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field into a Cajun version of Dudy Noble Field. MSU gave a large group of the fans clad in maroon and white plen-ty to enjoy by advancing to the championship round of regional play for the third time in four years. Since the NCAA has instituted the four-team regional round, MSU has never lost a re-gional round after winning the first two games.

“I’d love to suggest it’s all about this time of the year and we just sprin-kle some magic dust over these kids, but they come to us that way,” Cohen said. “They are able to slow their heart rate down and get the job done in pressure situa-tions. That’s why I’d like to sit Mr. and Mrs. Holder up here and ask them if there’s any way to create another Jonathan Holder.”

Collins, an All-South-eastern Conference fresh-man team selection, proved he can produce in clutch situations like Holder by lacing a run-scoring single that snapped a 1-1 tie to give MSU its final lead.

MSU made solid contact against Desmond Russell all evening. A leadoff sin-gle by Cody Brown in the second turned into a run

thanks to a sacrifice fly by Matthew Britton.

Despite taking the loss, Russell pitched a complete game in a 129-pitch effort that allowed JSU to save its bullpen for its game today against ULL.

“He would’ve beat a lot of people tonight because to be 120 pitches in and still throwing over 90 mph is amazing,” Cohen said. “We feel very fortunate to come away with this game.”

Bracewell had great swing-and-miss action early and recorded six strikeouts in the first three innings, but he walked in a run to force Thompson to make a change.

After struggling with velocity and location of his fastball in Hoover, Al-abama, Holder had both pitches working perfectly against the Tigers.

“It was a number of sce-narios that we played out before the game but hey, they picked out the right one,” Jackson State coach Omar Johnson said. “We knew about the curveball, but that fastball had extra life to it tonight.”

Holder’s outing was his second-longest of the sea-son. It helped allows MSU (39-22) stay undefeated and move in the champion-ship round of the regional without using top left-hand-ed arms Ross Mitchell and Jacob Lindgren.


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MSU sent Gentry and Lindgren to the bullpen in the second in-ning.

“The telltale sign with Trevor is if he is missing (the strike zone) big, which he re-ally wasn’t doing today,” Cohen said. “When Trevor isn’t miss-ing big, we’re going to keep go-ing with him because he’s a guy

that will immediately regroup and shove it right back in the strike zone. That’s what he did after those two runs we gave up in the second inning.”

Lindgren, who leads MSU with a 0.88 ERA, had come on in relief in Fitts’ last seven starts, but with San Diego State being a right-handed dominated line-

up, MSU pitching coach Butch Thompson felt the right-handed Gentry would have success us-ing multiple arm angles.

“His last three or four outings have shown the way he is capable of spinning the baseball because his two-seamer has so much late depth to it,” Cohen said. “The velocity is not as critical for him,

and it’s all about how the hitters are engaging the pitch.”

Gentry’s ability to go the final four innings saved the depth of MSU’s bullpen. The sophomore didn’t allow a hit or a walk and struck out one in his 34-pitch outing. His effort aided the Bulldogs’ chances to go 2-0 in the regional and improve its

odds of advancing to the super regional. In the last 80 region-als in the past five years, 51 win-ners have run the table unde-feated and only eight lost have their opening game but found a way to advance to a super re-gional.

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Vickerson, who watched his brother, Nick, transform a roller coaster season in 2011 at MSU into one with fulfilling memories with big hits in the postseason, created some magic hitting in the No. 2 spot in the order. In the past 10 games, has hit in the No. 2 spot in the lineup only once, and has spent most of the season hitting seventh or eighth. On Friday, Cohen said the Bulldogs opted to move the left-handed hitting Vickerson near the top of the order based on the scouting they did for they hadn’t seen play live this season.

“We noted (Vickerson) would be a great matchup for this club because he does a great job dealing with guys that have a lot of (inside) sink,” Cohen said. “That’s one of Jake’s strengths. We know against that type of pitch-er he’s going to take good swings.”

The MSU coaches also saw Vickerson was con-sistently in the Palmeiro Center working through problems that saw him hit too many fly balls for easy outs. Vickerson was mired in a 3-for-22 slump before he went 3-for-5 against Alabama in the fi-nal regular-season series in his hometown.

“He is just working on his stroke all the time,” Cohen said. “He’s trying

to take the ball out of the air and has done a great job of that of late. We played five or six outfield-ers pretty consistently, and all of those guys are pushing each other.”

Trailing 2-0 in the bot-tom of the second, MSU erupted for four runs thanks to three hits and a key error. The error came on a fielder’s choice by Wes Rea that allowed the inning to continue and set the stage for Britton, who drove in a run with a sin-gle to center field. After a walk to C.T. Bradford loaded the bases, Vicker-son pounced on the next pitch from starting pitch-er Mark Seyler (8-6) and sent it crashing off the right-field wall for a triple that gave MSU its first and final lead of the day.

“Coach Cohen pulled me aside and said be ready to attack this first pitch,” Vickerson said. “After throwing four straight balls, the guy is going to try and get it back in the zone, so I was setting up for a pitch up I can drive.”

The hit was the first triple of Vickerson’s MSU career, and only his sixth extra-base hit for the Bull-dogs. He joked after the game that power isn’t his forte.

“I am never going to hit a home run,” Vickerson said. “I just wanted to put my head down and run.

Their error was real big, and we talk about creat-ing the big inning all the time. We were given some opportunities, and we did a great job of taking ad-vantage of those.”

Detz, whose mother, Toni, was sitting in Sec-tion D after traveling from San Luis Obispo, California, had an RBI in the fifth. Detz, who en-tered the game leading the team with 39 RBIs, was a major on-base percentage catalyst last season in MSU’s run to the College World Series championship series. He hit .350 in the 2013 NCAA tournament, but he has struggled to find the same consistency this season. But Detz attacked reliever Marcus Reyes, who was brought in to cre-ate a left-on-left matchup, and singled to right field to add to the lead.

“Detzy’s shot into the four-hole was a big swing,” Cohen said. “The scouting report says (Reyes) is a breaking ball guy, and Alex does such a great job against left-handers that work that way. His statistics against lefties are really good, so you know he has a feel for that situation, and I just felt like he would put a good swing on the base-ball.”

Britton has been noted more for his arm and his defense at third base than

his ability at the plate. He started his season as the potential replacement for Adam Frazier at short-stop, but his arm strength allowed him to transition to third base to anchor what Cohen considers a key defensive position. Even though Britton has never finished a season hitting above .250, Cohen believes the junior from Cullman, Alabama, will mature into an offensive force. Britton proved Co-hen’s confidence in him with a single to center field that opened the Bull-dogs’ scoring.

Cohen and his coach-es have been working with Britton on his men-tal approach at the plate because they feel he has been too selective and has allowed hittable pitch-es to pass by for strikes. As Britton has gotten deeper in counts, which MSU coaches want many of their players to accom-plish, Britton hasn’t been able to capitalize. He en-tered Friday’s game with 60 strikeouts in 264 ca-reer at-bats.

“He needs to swing at everything until it’s a ball,” Cohen said. “When he’s got that mentality, he’s a really good hitter. He has been quick to the ball and swing early.”

With the win, MSU moved to 8-3 in NCAA Regional games under Cohen. The program has

won three-straight re-gionals after winning the first game in that format. The Bulldogs won their first regional game in 2011 and 2013 to advance to the super regionals. In 2011, MSU saw the same script that played out at Georgia Tech, as the top-seeded Yellow Jack-ets lost, which opened up its chances to steal a regional championship. Hours after their victory, MSU received that same gift Friday when Jackson State, the lowest-ranked team in the field, accord-ing to the Ratings Per-centage Index, upset the No. 6 overall seed in front of a crowd of 3,581.

MSU’s choice to start Trevor Fitts worked, as the junior right-hander survived a rocky second but had his second-lon-gest outing in the month of May. Fitts (5-3) allowed three hits, two earned runs, and three walks in five innings. He struck out two. After averaging just 3 1/3 innings in his last three starts, Fitts utilized his breaking ball and changeup to get soft ground balls in the fourth and fifth. MSU pitching coach Butch Thompson then called on sophomore reliever Myles Gentry to shut down San Di-ego State’s right-handed heavy lineup. The Gulf-port native pitched to con-tact perfectly and forced

the Aztecs to swing early in counts. Gentry retired all 12 batters he faced (one strikeout) and earned his fourth save in a 34-pitch outing.

“The one thing we ha-ven’t done in our last 12 games down the stretch is stayed in the zone with what we swing at,” SDSU acting coach Mark Marti-nez said. “I think we got a little hurried up in our at-bats and tried to make things happen instead of letting the game come to us.”

MSU showed how ex-perience can showcase itself in the postseason by scoring all of its runs with two outs. The confidence Cohen showed in players who have contributed in that environment also came through and played a key role in helping the Bulldogs take the first step on the road back to Omaha, Nebraska, the site of the College World Series.

“Scoring five runs with two outs is huge,” Cohen said. “That is a sign of maturity. That is what happened last year. We scored a ton of two-out runs, especially in Oma-ha. I think that is just a sign of these guys having been there.”


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addressed,” Auburn bas-ketball coach Bruce Pearl said.

Not everyone agreed.Florida President Ber-

nie Machen called the graduate-transfer rule “bad.”

“I just don’t think it’s a rule the NCAA ought to have,” Machen said. “If they really wanted to transfer somewhere else, then they should sit out a year. If you didn’t have anything to do, you could

track and see how many of them completed their grad program. It was put together under the banner of helping the athlete. It’s really not. It’s just a way for a school to fill a void at a very last moment or a player to get more playing time without sitting out.”

The league also:n Allowed the use of

artificial noisemakers — even music and sound controlled by the school — at any time during foot-

ball games except from the time the center is over the football until the end of the play.

n Increased the roster size for tennis teams from eight to 10 during SEC championship play.

n Tweaked roster rules for soccer teams, allowing coaches to change his or her 22 available players from game to game in-stead of setting the roster before the SEC tourna-ment begins.

Colleges

BY MARK LONGThe Associated Press

DESTIN, Fla. — The Southeastern Conference sent a strong message to the NCAA on Friday: Provide the Big Five some autonomy or they’ll form their own division.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said if the Big Five conferences — which include the SEC, the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Con-ference, and the Pacific-12 Conference — don’t get the flexibility needed to create their bylaws, the next step would be to move to “Division IV.”

“It’s not something we want to do,” Slive said on the final day of the SEC meetings. “We want to the ability to have autonomy in areas that has a nexus to the well-being of student athletes. I am somewhat optimis-tic it will pass, but if it doesn’t, our league would want to move to a Division IV. My colleagues, I can’t speak for anybody else, but I’d be surprised if they didn’t feel the same way.”

Moving to Division IV would keep the Big Five under the NCAA umbrella while granting college football’s biggest money makers the kind of power to better take care of student-athletes. The SEC, for ex-ample, would like to pay full cost of college attendance, to provide long-term medical coverage, and to offer incentives to kids who return to school and complete de-grees.

Smaller Division I schools likely can’t afford the changes the major conferences are seeking. And while D-II and D-III have their rules, forming a D-IV seemingly would create a wider divide between the Big Five and other smaller schools.

Slive, however, said a potential move wouldn’t disrupt championship formats, including the NCAA men’s basketball tour-nament.

“I’ve been so optimistic we’re going to

stay in Division I we haven’t sat down and tried to map it out,” Slive said. “But we know that failure to create what we’re try-ing to create would result in doing some-thing different. How we would construct a Division IV? We haven’t looked in that.

“We hope everyone realizes we are moving into a new era and this is the way to retain your collegiate model. It would be a disappointment and in my view a mistake not to adapt the model. This is a historic moment. If we don’t seize the moment, we’ll make a mistake.”

Florida President Bernie Machen wasn’t nearly as confident about staying in Division I. “We’re in a squeeze here,” Machen said. “There are now six lawsuits that name our conference in them that spe-cifically have to do with the whole cost of attendance and stuff like that. We would like to make changes, but we can’t because the NCAA doesn’t allow us to. ... We des-perately would like some flexibility.”

Southern Mississippi Athletic Director Bill McGillis believes the major confer-ences will get that flexibility and that a Di-vision IV won’t be needed.

He said more autonomy for the high-re-source leagues is just “the reality of the situation” and that schools like Southern Miss in Conference USA agree with many of the proposed changes. McGillis expects schools from all Division I conferences will have a say in the process, and will adjust to whatever’s decided.

“I think the system will work and that the schools outside the high-resource five conferences that are committed to com-peting at a high level will still be able to do that,” McGillis said.

The SEC wants the NCAA steering committee to adopt its proposal for the vot-ing threshold, which would allow the Big Five to pass legislation with more ease. The NCAA board of directors will vote on the proposal in August.

Men’s College BasketballSEC ponders move to ‘Division IV’

Mud Dawgs Win in Flowood

ContributedThe Columbus Mud Dawgs 10-year-old baseball team won the United States Specialty Sports Association May Day Classic on May 17-18 in Flowood. The Mud Dawgs are ranked No. 1 in the state of Mississippi and in the Southeastern Region. Seated, from left: Dorion Milsap, Zach Carr, Lunden Hamilton, Chance West, Baker Imes, and Gibson Vought. Standing, from left: Hunter Carr, Trenton Bouldes, Gates Gerhart, Tré Dismuke, Brant Smith, and LJ Hackman. Coaches are: Henry Dismuke Jr., Luther Hackman, Aaron Payne, Bryan Smith, and Brodie West.


HOUSTON — Hous-ton men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson an-nounced Friday the sign-ing of former McDonald’s All-American Devonta Pollard.

Pollard, a 6-foot-8, 215-pound forward, signed w i t h A l a b a m a out of K e m p e r County High School, spent the past sea-son at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba. He aver-aged 12 points and a team-high 6.4 rebounds to lead the Lions to a 20-7 record. He will have two years of eli-gibility remaining.

“Devonta is a great ath-lete whose abilities will be enhanced by playing in our system,” said Sampson, who is in his first year at the school. “We are going to be a very up-tempo team, and that’s tailor-made made for the way Devonta plays. His strengths as a basketball player fit in well.”

Pollard, who is from Por-terville, averaged 3.9 points and 3.1 rebounds as a fresh-man at Alabama. Pollard left Alabama after he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit kid-napping. Pollard testified against his mother, Jesse Mae, and received two years of supervised release. His record will be wiped clean if he doesn’t get in any more trouble. Jesse Mae received a 25-year prison sentence, while the other five people involved in the kidnapping were sentenced to between eight months and a year in prison.

Pollard

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this long-standing tradi-tion at Mississippi State,” Slive said in December. “It should be noted, however, that continued violation of the policy could lead not only to substantially higher financial penalties for the institution, but also to a review of the existing legislation concerning ar-tificial noisemakers.”

After an 11-0 vote in 2011, SEC school presi-dents approved extending the temporary change to the artificial noisemaker policy that was drawn up in 2010 to allow MSU fans to bring cowbells to cam-pus football stadiums. The SEC banned cowbells, which is one symbol that is recognized to stand for MSU, from 1974-2010.

MSU fans still won’t be allowed to bring or ring a cowbell in an opponent’s stadium. SEC to experiment with eight-man referee crew in 2014 season

The SEC will exper-iment with one more official on the field, and evaluate after the season whether to adopt it perma-

nently.When an offense is

in a no-huddle, the cen-ter-judge will be in charge of spotting the football. That frees up the referee and umpire to handle their other pre-snap duties and to get into position.

“This gives us another set of eyes,” SEC Coor-dinator of Officials Steve Shaw said.

Of the nine officiating crews employed by the SEC, one of those crews will get an eighth official. That eighth referee will be termed a center judge and wear a “C” on his back, and be positioned in the offensive backfield, opposite the referee.

That crew will rotate around to see every one of the 14 SEC teams this year. That way each team and its coaches will be able to provide feedback to the conference office before the issue could be voted on before the 2015 season.


Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffMembers of the Bernard Romans chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered May 18 during a Centennial Celebration Tea at The Fort House, the home of Don and Sandra DePriest in Columbus. Pictured in front, from left, are Susan Jones, Historian and Centennial Chairman Jane Smith, Regent Alice Lancaster, Sally Lee and Jackie Brumley. Second row: Susan Mackay, Mary Jo King, Recording Secretary Jo Shumake, Becky Maurer and Chaplain Sandra DePriest. Third row: Marilyn Andrews, Nan Wyckoff, Jennifer Counihan, Lori Moody, Pam Bullock and Carolyn Weathers. Fourth row: Jo Alyce Moore, Mary Ezell, Betty Bryan, Librarian Melody Vydas and Jimmie Barnett. Fifth row: Sammie St. John, Helen Hardy, Debra Holloway, Clare Cofield and Helen Reed. Back row: Registrar Kay Box, Patsy Hughes, Eleanor Ellis, Polly Grimes, Rosalie Teleah Carter, Lynda Rood and Betty West Land.

The Bernard Romans DAR chapter celebrates 100 years of patriotism

Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff

State and national DAR officers helped celebrate the centennial milestone May

18 at The Fort House. In front, from left, are Bernard Romans DAR Chapter

Regent Alice Stallworth Lancaster; Mississippi State Society DAR Regent Billie

Breedlove; and National Society DAR Vice President General Janet Whittington.

Behind them, from left, are Honorary Vice President General NSDAR Bettie

Johnson; Honorary State Regent MSSDAR Sharon Nettles; Past Vice President

General NSDAR Polly Grimes; State Organizing Secretary MSSDAR Hellen Polk;

and State Registrar MSSDAR Sheila Fondren.


Chapter member Pam Bullock serves the first piece of a cake worthy of

a 100th anniversary to her cousin, Judith Poteet. Poteet’s mother, Helen

Reed, is a chapter member.


Warner DePriest, center, presents a flag flown at the nation’s Capitol to Bernard Romans Regent Alice Lancaster May 18. Warner’s mother, Sandra DePriest, is to his

right. Warner served on the staff of Congressman Alan Nunnelee of Mississippi; he

now is a congressional staffer in the office of U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn

of Tennessee.

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CTHE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2014

LIFESTYLES EDITORJan Swoope: 328-2471

centennial

BY JAN [email protected]

When Alice Stallworth Lancaster of Columbus was a young girl writing reports for school, her mother frequent-

ly encouraged her to use a particular family ancestor as her subject. Lancaster didn’t envision then how significant

that ancestor, Conrad Rahm of Pennsylvania, would become to her later in life. Rahm is Lancaster’s patriot. Each of the 63 members of the Bernard Romans chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has one — a forefather who con-tributed to securing the independence of the United States of America. For those members, 2014 marks a rare and historic milestone — the chapter’s 100th anniversary.

The centennial is a year-long celebration honoring the organization’s past, present and future. Since the first of

the year, members have looked back at the group’s origins, its charter members and the many ways

this long line of patriotic women has con-tributed to the community.

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Today“Glass Menagerie” au-ditions — Auditions for the Tennessee Williams Tribute fall pro-duction of “The Glass Menagerie” begin at 2:30 p.m. in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 318 College St., Columbus. Present a two-to-five minute play section of your choosing, or read from scripts provided. The play will be present-ed Sept. 8-10 and Sept. 12-13 at Mississippi University for Women. For more information, contact Bren-da Caradine, 662-328-5413.

Wednesday, June 4Table Talk — The Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library’s June Table Talks kick off with author Carolyn Haines intro-ducing her “Bone-a-Fied Delicious Cookbook,” with illustrations and commentary by characters from her Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series. Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m.; iced tea provided. Or join friends from noon-1 p.m. for the program, 314 Seventh St. N.

Thursday, June 5Sounds of Summer — See details at right.Bryan Luncheon with Books — The Friends of Bryan Public Library, 338 Commerce St., West Point, hosts Carolyn Haines as she talks about her novel, “Booty Bones,” at noon at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation Parish Hall in West Point. Luncheon is $6. For more information, contact the library, 662-494-4872.

Saturday, June 7Library Water Science Day — The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library launches its Summer Library Program with a fun Water Science Day from 1-3 p.m. for children 6 and older in front of the library, 314 Seventh St. N. For more information, contact the library, 662-329-5300. History and Genealogy Fair — The E.O. Templeton History and Genealogy Fair is 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Mississippi State’s Mitchell Memorial Library. Take part in free sessions

on preservation, local history and research resources. Tours of the Grant Presidential Library, Special Collections and exhibits are included. For more information, go to library.msstate.edu/genealogy or call 662-325-7679.

Wednesday, June 11Table Talk — Sharon Hodge of Gulfport, owner of Cloud Nine Artisan Marshmallows, shares dos and don’ts of turning a part-time hobby into a full-time business. Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m.; iced tea provided by Friends of the Library. Or join friends for the program from noon-1 p.m., 314 Seventh St. N.

Thursday, June 12Rupert Wates in concert — The Columbus Arts Council presents British singer/songwriter Rupert Wates in concert at 7 p.m. in the Rosenzweig Arts Center Omnova Theater at 501 Main St. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. For tickets or informa-tion, contact the CAC, 662-328-2787.

Thursday and Saturday, June 12 and 14Friends’ Book Sale — Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Li-brary host a book sale June 12, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and June 14, 10:30

a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the library, 314 Seventh St. N. Call 662-329-5300 for more information.

Saturday, June 14Great Tombigbee Duck Race — The Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity presents a “duck season” fundraiser at the Riverwalk. Adopt rubber ducks to “race” down the Tombigbee at 4:30 p.m. First place duck wins $3,000; second place wins $1,500. (A Lame Duck prize of $500 will be awarded, too.) Ducks are $5 each, 6 for $25 or 25 for $100. Live music begins at 4 p.m. Go to tombig-beeduckrace.com to purchase ducks or for more information.

CALENDAR Thursday, June 5Sounds of Summer — Columbus’ summer series of free concerts at the Riverwalk kicks off with music by Swing Shift from 7-9 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or blan-kets; food and cold beverages are available for purchase. No pets or coolers, please. Mark calendars for New Age Relics June 19, Keith and Margie July 10 and Deacon Jones and the Late Night July 24. For more information, contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.

OUT AND ABOUT

June 5 – Kentuck Art Night (music, open studios, beer tasting, outdoor games), 5-8 p.m.; downtown Northport, Ala. 205-758-1258.

– The Delta Symposium/Two Sides of the River, University of Memphis. mem-phis.edu/deltaconference/.

June 5-8 – 16th annual Elvis Festival, Tupelo. 841-6598 or [email protected].

June 7 – Pine Tree Music Fest (plus 5K, Kids World, car show, vendors), down-town Ackerman, 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Pine-

TreeMusicFest.com or 662-285-3778.

– Chunky River Raft Race and Festival, Chunky Shoals, Chunky, Miss. 601-655-8311.

June 8 – Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell, Alys Stephens Center Starlight Gala, Birmingham. 205-975-4012 or alysste-phens.org.

June 14-19 – USA/IBC International Ballet Competition, Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson. 601-973-9249 or usaibc.com/tickets.

June 16 – Fantasia and Joe (with Lyfe Jennings), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

June 26 – Eric Benét, Riley Center, Merid-ian ($42-48). 662-696-2200 or msuriley-center.com.

June 27-28 – North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic (Kenny Brown Band, Alvin Youngblood Hart, many more), Waterford, Miss. nmshillcountrypicnic.com.

June 28 – Southern Rock & Roll Blues Show, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 205-758-5195 or bamatheatre.org.

July 3 – Mary J. Blige, Tuscaloosa Amphi-theater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaam-

phitheater.com.

July 11 – The Beach Boys, BancorpSouth Center, Tupelo. 662-841-6528 or bcsare-na.com

– Miranda Lambert (with Neal McCoy and RaeLynn), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

July 18 — Peter Frampton and The Doo-bie Brothers, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater ($16-71 on sale now). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

July 26 – Tony Bennett, Riley Center, Me-ridian ($82-88; pre-show party at 6 p.m.) 662-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.

The Golden Triangle is within easy traveling distance of some of the best entertain-ment in the South. Support arts and entertainment at home, and when you’re on the road, these might pique your interest. Be aware that some venues add facility/conve-nience charges to ticket prices.

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Courtesy photoSPRING RECITAL: Spring brings graduations and recitals. Piano students of Betsy Godbold presented their recital May 12 at First Baptist Church in Starkville. Pianists pictured on the front row, from left, are Quinton Wiley, John Lewis Tenhet, Torie Keenum, Ansley Wardlaw, West Boren, Maggie Burnett and Emily Woods. Second row: David Burnett, Cam Merrell, Rett Keenum, Ava Grace Johnston, Mary Phillips Kee-num, Anna Hartley McCaskill, Jamie Hutchinson and Katie Keenum. Third row: Betsy Godbold, Allie Grace Story, Cameron Johnston, Lucas Sumner, Rebekah Lane, Bryn Merrell, John Michael Lane, Sara Grace Duncan, Madison Bolling and Amelia Story.

Lillian Marie Hitchcock

Brent and Hannah Hitchcock of Steens an-nounce the birth of their daughter, Lillian Marie Hitchcock, born April 30, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Gold-en Triangle.

She weighed 8 pounds and 15 ounces.

The infant’s mother is the former Hannah Rhoades of Columbus.

Maternal grandpar-ents are Randy and Marsha Rhoades of Columbus.

Paternal grandpar-ents are Don and Don-na Hitchcock of Steens.

Also welcoming Lil-lian are her great-grand-mothers, Marie Beene and Janie Rhoades, both of Columbus, and great-grandparents Ralph and Nancy Walker of Oxford.

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Courtesy photoTERRA FIRMA: Terra Firma Garden Club of Columbus held its final meeting of the club year at Old Waverly Golf Club May 21. Members pictured are Totsie James, Wortley Cole, Nelda Humphries, Dotty Richards, Gail McCrary, Gladys Gregory, Fran-ces Ayres, June Lancaster, Doris Moody, Nancy Campassi, Anne Christopher and Louise Bland. A welcome by President Gail McCrary was followed by prayer led by Anne Christopher and a brief business meeting to finalize plans for the 2014-2015 club year. The next meeting will be held in September.

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Big Read coming to Columbus in early 2015

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The Friends of the Columbus-Lown-des Public Library

and the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market again join forces for their fourth summer Table Talk series focusing on cooking, food and fun. This season’s opening presentation on June 4 features Mississip-pi author Carolyn Haines, who is best known for her Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series.

During the double-fea-ture presentation, Haines will introduce her newest mystery novel, “Booty Bones,” and her collabo-rative “Bone-a-Fied Deli-cious” cookbook. Assem-bled by her friends and readers, this unique work features illustrations and running commentary by the characters from her Mississippi Delta mys-tery series.

“All the profits from this cookbook,” stressed Haines, “get donated to

the Good Fortune Farm Refuge (GFFR), which gives rescue animals medical treatment and a new home.”

The “Bone-a-Fied Delicious” cookbook is “ ... a collection of over 700 recipes and commentary compiled by 13 cookbook directors,” continued Haines. “Assuming the voices of characters from the series, they comment on recipes, life, rela-tionships, sex and each other.”

Local Columbus res-ident Hope Harrington Oakes, who voices the feisty, rebellious ex-debu-

tante Sarah Booth Delaney, was also a major contributor and collabo-rator on the cookbook.

Born in Lucedale, Haines is the fiction coor-dinator at the University of South Alabama where she teaches graduate and undergraduate fiction writing. “Booty Bones” is the 14th novel in the series, which began in 1999. Haines was hon-ored in 2010 with the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing. In 2009, she received the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence.

Table Talks will be

presented on Wednes-days in June at the Co-lumbus-Lowndes Public Library, 314 Seventh Street North. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for those wishing to bring their lunch and socialize be-fore the program begins at noon. The Friends will serve iced tea.

Join the Friends for these other events during June:

n June 11: Sharon Hodge of Gulfport, owner of Cloud Nine Artisan Marshmallows, shares the dos and don’ts of turning a part-time hobby into a full-time business;

n June 12: Book sale at the library from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;

n June 14: Book sale at the library from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.;

n June 18: Ox-ford-based chef John Currence discusses his break-out cookbook “Pickles, Pigs & Whis-key: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some”;

n June 25: Share one of your favorite recipes at our recipe swap and tasting session. This audience-participation program brings together local food-lovers at our summer “indoor picnic.”

Friends and Farmers’ Market team up for tasty Table TalksJune Talks open with Carolyn Haines Wednesday

Courtesy photoAuthor (and animal lover) Carolyn Haines is the fea-tured speaker at the June 4 Table Talk at the Colum-bus-Lowndes Public Library.

Williams graduatesArmy PFC. Gavon-

ta L. Williams has graduated from basic military training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

He completed an intensive 10-week training program that focuses on rigorous physical conditioning, confidence building, teamwork, individual and team tacti-cal training and instruction on various weapons.

Gavonta is the son of Janet and Bobby Williams of Columbus. He is 2008 graduate of Columbus High School.

Sykes graduatesU.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st

Class Michael R. Sykes graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an in-tensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline

and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who com-plete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Communi-ty College of the Air Force.

Sykes earned distinction as an honor graduate.

He is the son of Nicole Y. Shirley of Hattiesburg and grandson of Nellie J. Lowe of Columbus. The airman is a 2007 graduate of Columbus High School.

Kuykendall graduatesAir Force Airman Peter W. Kuykend-

all graduated from basic military train-ing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lack-land, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an in-tensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Kuykendall is the son of Patrick L. and step-son of Susan Kuykendall of Starkville. He is a 2013 graduate of Starkville High School.

Randle graduatesArmy National Guard Pvt. Terrance

T. Randle has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tac-tics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman.

Randle is the son of Lillie and Ed-die Randle of Starkville. He is a 2011 graduate of Starkville High School.

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MILITARY BRIEFS

BY JAN [email protected]

The pastime of curling up with a good book may take on added meaning in early

2015, when The Big Read kicks off in Columbus. The Columbus Arts Council announced Wednesday that it has received a grant of $11,800 to host the National Endowment for the Arts program in Lowndes County.

The Big Read is designed to revi-talize reading in American culture by exposing citizens to great works of literature, encouraging them to read for pleasure and enrichment. The Columbus Arts Council (CAC) is one of 77 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2014 and June 2015. In Columbus, the Read will focus on Thornton Wild-er’s “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” published in 1927. The novel earned the author one of his three Pulitzer Prizes.

Local Big Read activities will take place between January and March 2015. The celebration will kick off with a Carnival-themed event and culminate in a week of performances of Wilder’s “Our Town” in the CAC Omnova Theater.

CAC Executive Director Tina Sweeten-Lunsford said, “The Co-lumbus Arts Council is thrilled to partner with the Columbus-Lown-des Public Library and the Missis-sippi University for Women Depart-ment of Languages, Literature and Philosophy to bring The Big Read to Columbus.

“Fantastic programming has been scheduled to complement the book, including events like Peru-vian music, documentaries and movies, book groups, a speaker’s panel and a keynote by Penelope Niven, author of ‘Thornton Wilder: A Life.’”

NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa said, “While the act of reading is usually a solitary one, through the Big Read it will become a social one. This year’s Big Read grant recipients are not only playing an important role in encouraging reading but are also developing creative opportunities to involve all members of their communities to come together to discuss and celebrate these great works on literature.”

Reading together The Big Read provides commu-

nities nationwide with the opportu-nity to read, discuss and celebrate

one of 36 selections from U.S. and world literature. The grants allow the selected organizations to promote and carry out communi-ty-based reading programs featur-ing activities such as read-a-thons, book discussions, lectures, movie screenings and performing arts events.

The NEA has also developed quality free educational materials to supplement each title, including readers’ guides, teachers’ guides and audio programming. All are available to the public at neab-igread.org.

The Columbus Arts Council works to present, promote, support and inspire artists and creative endeavors. It advocates a better understanding of and appreciation for the arts and their role in a di-verse community. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in 1971, the CAC serves Columbus and Lowndes County through art classes, gallery shows, music and theater produc-tions, seminars and more.

The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, it has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativ-ity and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities.

The Big Read is managed by Arts Midwest, based in Minne-apolis, Minnesota. Arts Midwest connects the arts to audiences throughout a nine-state region, promoting creativity, nurturing cultural leadership and fostering meaningful arts experiences.

ON THE WEB:n neabigread.orgn columbus-arts.comn arts.govn artsmidwest.org

NEA grant will support city-wide read of acclaimed novel

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Transitions: Area Weddings, Engagements and Anniversaries

Morgan Suzanne Miller and William McCullen Ray Candice Renee Tanksley and Thomas Cameron Jourdan

Miller/RayMr. and Mrs. H. Glenn Miller of Columbus announce

the engagement of their daughter, Morgan Suzanne Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, to William McCullen Ray of Memphis, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Aycock of Tupelo and the late Allen Ray Jr.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Mary Jones of Caledonia and the late Mr. Robert Dale Jones, and Mrs. Marguerite Miller of Columbus and the late Mr. Herman Miller.

She is a 2007 graduate of Heritage Academy and a 2011 graduate of the University of Mississippi, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a minor in English. She was a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors organi-zation and the Society of Professional Journalists. She was also in the Chancellor’s Leadership Scholarship Program and a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority.

She is currently employed with Lansky 126 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Crook of Amory, and Mrs. Gloria Ray of Osceola, Arkansas, and the late Mr. Allen Ray Sr.

He is a 2006 graduate of Tupelo High School. He is also a 2010 cum laude graduate of Mississippi State University Shackouls Honor College, receiving a Bach-elor of Science degree in accounting and a Master of Taxation degree in 2011. He was president of Sigma Chi Fraternity and the recipient of the Sigma Chi Southern Province Balfour Award. He was treasurer of Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society and a member of the Na-tional Scholars Honor Society Beta Alpha Psi, National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Mortar Board.

He is currently a certified public accountant and tax analyst with Hilton Worldwide in Memphis.

The couple will exchange vows June 14, 2014, at 6 p.m. at Oxford University United Methodist Church in Oxford.

Tanksley/Jourdan

Mr. and Mrs. Travis Tanksley of Kingston Springs, Tennessee, announce the engagement of their daugh-ter, Candice Renee Tanksley, to Thomas Cameron Jourdan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Jourdan of Macon.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Faye Goree of Kingston Springs, the late Hilton and Myrtle Tanksley of Louisville, and the late Mr. Phillip Duffell of Ramer, Alabama.

She is a 2006 graduate of Harpeth High School in Kingston Springs and a 2009 graduate of Remington College, where she earned a Dental Assisting certifi-cate.

She is currently employed with Martin Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Starkville.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Betty Jourdan and the late Mr. Roosevelt Jourdan of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harvey of Macon, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Studdard of Columbus.

He is a 2005 graduate of West Point High School and a 2007 graduate of East Mississippi Community College, where he earned an Associate of Liberal Arts degree.

He is currently self-employed with J2 Farms in Macon.

The couple will exchange vows June 7, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. at Circle M Plantation in Macon.

Weddings, engagements and anniversaries

The Dispatch wel-comes wedding, engage-ment and anniversary announcements. All announcements need to be submitted on forms provided by The Dis-patch. Separate forms with guidelines for sub-mission are available for each type of announce-ment.

The charge for an announcement with a photograph is $25. The charge for an announce-ment without a photo-graph is $15. All photo-graphs will be printed in black and white.

(The fee includes a one-month subscription to The Dispatch; this can be a new subscrip-tion or added to an existing subscription, by request.)

Photos can be returned by mail if a self-addressed, stamped envelope is included with the form, or they can be picked up after the announcement runs in the paper.

Anniversary an-nouncements will be printed for couples who have been married 25 years or more. Forms should be submitted three weeks prior to the event. Couples submitting a picture

may include an original wedding picture at no extra cost.

Forms may be hand-delivered to the office of The Dispatch, 516 Main St., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., faxed to 662-329-8937, or mailed to The Commercial Dispatch, P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703. Forms can also be downloaded from The Dispatch web site at www.cdispatch.com.

Any questions con-cerning announcements should be directed to Chris Breland, the edito-rial assistant, at 662-328-2471, or [email protected]

BEING BEAUTIFUL

The original “Gerber Baby,” Ann Turner Cook, just turned

85 and is a great-grand-mother. After a neighbor did a charcoal sketch of her and entered it in the Gerber photo contest, that baby face won, and since 1931 has been the most recognized symbol of the company. Well, we can’t keep that youth into our adult years, but with a few basic precautions we can tighten our grip and hold onto a youthful appearance.

Aside from genetics, the major contributors to aging skin are sun damage, environmental pollut-ants, poor nutrition and lack of exercise. Whether in my salon or during my stint traveling to many of the Estee Lauder counters across the state, older women have shared their wisdom regarding their own beautiful skin. One lady in her senior years credits her ageless, wrinkle-free complexion to a lifetime of large-brimmed hats, long sleeves and clinging to the shade when outside.

Most dermatologists agree that sun in small increments is healthy, but too much when we are young is inviting sunspots, fine lines and dull skin to future birthday parties. Sunscreen is no longer an option. It is essential. I never leave home without my moisturizer with SPF of 30 on my face, neck and the tops of my hands.

It has become increasingly paramount for us to guard our delicate skin from the world we live in. Pollution caused by free radicals from smoking, poisons, fried foods and a list too long to publish here wreaks havoc on the skin at the cellular level. That’s why it’s crucial to include antioxidants in your daily diet through foods rich in Vitamins C and E. Cranberries, blueberries, blackberries, beans, artichokes, russet potatoes, pecans, wal-nuts and hazelnuts should be in your pantry, while a skin serum that’s also rich in antioxidants should be on your vanity.

Hydration is essential for a healthy glowing complexion, so drink up the H2O, ladies. The next thing is one I will tiptoe around since I had a personal trainer myself (note the past tense of the verb), but exercise is a key to a younger, health-ier you that defies age. I’m going to do better. I promise.

Finally, one thing all those wise women with polite manners, old-school charm and enviable faces confess is a daily moisturizer followed up with a night cream. It’s as much a part of their lives as Sunday School and playing bridge, and it shows. Whether from Saks or Target, luxurious or thrifty, apply moisturizer onto your skin every single day. You might not get your cheeks pinched like the Gerber Baby did all those years ago, but you should see her now!

Former Columbus resident David Creel owns Beautiful With David salon in Ridgeland. Contact him at [email protected].

You should see the Gerber Baby now!

David Creel

MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

Approximately 85 scholars will attend Mississippi Governor’s School (MGS) at Mississippi

University for Women June 1-20. The theme for this year’s session is Social Responsibility: Ethics & Collaboration in a Time of Crisis.

MGS is a residential honors program established in 1981 by Gov. William F. Winter and the faculty and adminis-tration at MUW. MGS is designed to provide academic, creative and leader-ship experiences for a limited number of rising high school juniors and seniors who have demonstrated exceptional abil-ity and achievement in academics and community involvement and who show high intellectual, creative and leadership potential.

Each summer, MGS brings together

high ability learners from across the state of Mississippi for a three-week residential collegiate experience that blends cultural, academic, social and recreational components into a rich and natural learning environment. The community of interaction created by the MGS program inspires the love of learn-ing, discovery of self and the desire to use gifts and talents to improve society.

Since its establishment, MGS has provided more than 4,300 students from across the state of Mississippi with a high quality educational experience that has challenged them to grow as individ-uals. MGS is funded by the Mississippi Legislature, and there is no charge to attend.

For more information, call 662-241-6096 or email [email protected].

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There may never be in my life

a time when I set any kind of record; but, if there were, it would probably be last week. Am I not at least in the running when I say that I had, among my grandchildren, four graduations in different cities within nine days, and I went to three of them?

It was an adventure that had to be choreographed as me-ticulously as any ballet, and it lasted more a week. The cities were widely separated. Dallas, St. Louis and Atlanta were doable; Washington we missed. (The Washington grandson was getting a master’s degree at Georgetown. We had already been to his baccalaureate graduation, so we did not feel

guilty about missing this one. A favorite cousin from that area stood in for the parents.) Even so, getting to the others was a feat.

I have grand twins. One graduat-ed from Washington University in St. Louis at 9 a.m. on a Friday. The other graduated from

Southern Methodist University in Dallas at 9 a.m. Saturday. It was a nightmare that had haunted their parents since the day the boys matriculated. While we were ever mindful of and grateful for their good for-tune in being able to attend the schools of their choice, com-memorating their graduations took a bit of doing. Obviously the parents had to charter a plane to get to both. That is how I got to tag along.

Then as soon as I got home, I had to repack and drive to Atlanta for the high school graduation of my youngest granddaughter, their cousin. Whew!

All of it was more than a little frantic, I will admit, but it made me realize all over again how blessed I have been with grandchildren.

Mother Nature was in a bad mood in St. Louis, where WashU had scheduled activi-ties outdoors on its beautiful green area. Plan B was to go inside only in the event of violent weather, so we toughed it out with temperatures 10-15 degrees below normal. We shiv-ered through seven or eight speeches altogether. Some peo-ple bought blankets from the book store. Some took refuge in parked cars. (Me!) But we got the seniors duly graduated and celebrated.

SMU kindly conducted cer-

emonies indoors. It is always a treat to be in Dallas, anyway. It is a stylish city. We had an extra day there Sunday. Some of our party went to a Rangers game, but my daughter and I toured the new George W. Bush library, named “43,” on the SMU campus. In his retire-ment, President Bush has taken up painting, and it was fascinat-ing to me, a wannabe artist, to see his portraits of many world leaders with whom he had dealt while in office. A little bit rough in style, the paintings capture their characters and person-alities dramatically. Putin, especially, was something to see, perhaps a comment on international relations.

With all the commencement ceremonies I have heard a lot of speeches. They ranged widely in content and style. St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony La Russa spoke at Washington University. Almost immediately

afterward he left the Cardinals, but he still belonged to St. Lou-is when he spoke.

Mike Rawlings, the mayor of Dallas, spoke at SMU. I like his exhortation to dream no small dreams and to ask yourself whom and what you choose to love, to believe in yourself even when no one else does.

At the other end of the spectrum was the salutatory address at Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Ga., for a huge graduating class of 549, with 207 honor graduates. ( I am happy to say my granddaughter was one.) I was somewhat taken aback, however, when one of the shining examples of academic achievement in the class called on her classmates to “go out there and kick butt.” What have we come to?

Betty Boyls Stone is a free-lance writer, who grew up in Columbus.

GraduationsA STONE’S THROW

Betty Stone

SOUTHERN GARDENING

VACATION VIEWS

Courtesy photoHAVING A BLAST: Callie, McKinley and Brinley West, Grant Pinter, and Taylor, Carley and Tyler Perrigin catch a ride Memorial Day on the Tenn-Tom Waterway at Pickens-ville, Alabama. The West children’s parents are Nathan and Bethany West. Grant is the son of Mark and Lisa Pinter. The Perrigins are the children of Brian and Natasha Perrigin, all of the Pine Grove community. “It was Grant’s first time riding the tube, and he absolutely loved it!” said his mother.

Courtesy photoFAMILY CRUISE: Family members and friends of the Charles Rogers’ family of Columbus visited ports of call in Jamaica, Mexico and the Cayman Islands during a cruise May 4-11. Seated, from left, are Lawonda Sturdivant, Georgia Dismuke, Queen Rogers, Evelyn Vaughn, Doris Johnson and Mary Martin. Standing, from left, are Tommy Sturdivant, Roosevelt Dismuke, Brenda Jones, Charles Rogers, William Vaughn, Bessie Ketton, Otis Johnson and R.W. Martin. Send your favorite Vacation View photo to [email protected].

You can hardly miss the

yellow flowers of Coreopsis lanceolata along high-ways in the summer, so it’s easy to see why this is the state wildflow-er of Missis-sippi.

Several species of the plant fall under the common name of tick-seed. Coreopsis lance-olata grows up to 2 feet tall along roadsides and in prairie-type sites. Its flowers are daisy-like with bright yellow petals and centers.

Another common Mississippi native is Coreopsis tinctoria, which many folks call calliopsis. It has the familiar yellow petals but has centers of brownish-red. Several selections are available in garden centers, and one of the best I have seen is Cha Cha Cha.

But if you are looking for a coreopsis for the gar-den, I always lean towards Coreopsis grandiflora. As the botanical name suggests, this plant is commonly called big-flow-ered coreopsis. It has broad, lobed leaves with flowers that seem to float on long stems. Coreopsis grandiflora typically has a clumping growth habit in the landscape.

The variety Early Sunrise has a semi-double flowering habit. Related to this variety is the variegat-ed Tequila Sunrise. I like

this variety so much that I have grown it wherever I have lived for more than 20 years. It has a compact growth habit with individu-al, semi-dou-ble flowers that are a bright, clear

yellow.I also like the coreopsis

selection Corey Yellow. Its flowers are huge compared with other coreopsis, and its petals are deep, bold yellow with maroon center splotches.

Growing coreopsis in our Mississippi land-scapes and gardens is pretty easy as long as you maintain well-drained soil. Go easy on the watering, as coreopsis will tolerate a droughty spell, but it does best with consistent moisture.

Coreopsis varieties produce abundant flowers, especially Early Sunrise. Deadhead spent flowers to keep the plant bloom-ing. This selection freely self-seeds, a trait shared among varieties of coreop-sis, and the seedlings are very similar to the mother plant.

Coreopsis tends to be a tender, short-lived plant, but the self-seeding trait allows it to act as a perennial. Divide the plant every two to three years to maintain vigor. Don’t forget to share these divisions with your friends and neighbors.

Tidy up the appearance

of coreopsis plots by prun-ing as needed late in the summer if the main plants open up or start to sprawl.

Now a word of caution: Coreopsis is well adapted for northern Mississippi, but it can struggle in the coastal region because of the winter’s cool and wet conditions. Don’t let this stop you from enjoying coreopsis in southern Mississippi. Just consider it an annual and plant it anyway.

Dr. Gary Bachman is an associate Extension and research professor of horti-culture at the Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi.

Plant state wildflower Coreopsis in landscapes

Gary Bachman/MSU Extension ServiceThe huge flowers of Coreopsis Corey Yellow are deep, bold yellow with maroon center splotches.

Gary Bachman

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Entry Submission: June 2 - July 18 at 5pmFirst Round of Voting: June 2 - August 20

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Second Round of Voting: Aug. 24 - Sept. 17 at 5pmTop 24 entries move on to Round 3

Third Round of Voting: Sept. 24 - Oct. 15

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people allowed in photo. No faxed photos accepted.• Only one entry per pet.• Entries may be mailed with entry form below.• Anyone may enter but employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to win.• Calendars will be sold for $5 each.• The top 13 winners will receive two free calendars each.• All proceeds from the entry fees, votes and sales of the Pet Calendar will benefit the Lowndes County

Imagination Library.• The Dispatch Circulation Department will keep up with the pet photos and votes and will run up to three

days per week with updated vote counts. Size of pet photos depends on the number of entries.• Any discrepancies will be decided by The Dispatch staff and will be considered final by all parties.

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Marriages, and relationships of any sort, find ways to co-exist. Some couples may have separate bedrooms or even separate houses. There are deep friendships where certain sub-jects are off-limits. We find our own levels, our personal comfort zones. The rules are fluid, perhaps contin-uously changeable. Unques-tionably, these practices are not the same for every person, every marriage, every friend-ship. With time, we discover what is best for us.

My husband, Chris, and I are together all day. Since both of us work at home (and often at the same table) there is very little time apart. After almost

18 years together we have ironed out a few glitches. Amazingly, we still like each other.

One of our laws for peace and harmony is to have separate comput-ers. We may share the toothpaste, the ice cream, the pets (otherwise known as “our children”),

and a joint bank account. However, our computers are strictly exclusive.

We both write and edit. Chris designs web sites for a lot of very different people. We have our own friends on Facebook and in email. We even prefer different search engines.

But, (horror of horrors!) last week Chris’ two comput-

ers went on strike. They may be upset because of overuse and abuse. So far, no mes-sages of demands have been presented. We are waiting for a ransom note or a list of orders and ultimatums. The machines remain eerily silent.

Joseph Campbell (Amer-ican mythologist, author and all-around genius) said, “Opportunities to find deep-er powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” This may be a time of “opportunities”; however, it seems to only be a time when I run through the house screaming and pulling my hair. Chris’ website work has overruled my working on books three and four (yes, I am writing two at the same time), because he gets paid for his efforts.

One group that has a new

site designed by Chris is the Mississippi Gourd Society. I was amazed at the works of art created from a lowly gourd. The plants grow into graceful shapes, some smooth, some with bumpy surfaces or curly necks. They can be painted, burned (like wood burning or leather burning), trimmed with beads, pine needles, or have three-dimensional flower décor. I could run out of space trying to describe all the fab effects. Check out their site mississippigourdsociety.org to see for yourself.

My “friend,” Joseph Camp-bell, is most famous for talking about bliss. “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls,” he said. Ev-idently, he was not aware that “walls” have not turned into “doors” for me. They are only

convenient things to beat my head against.

I have to give him credit for his wisdom, though. Maybe I’m not approaching this in the right way. Perhaps my bliss may come from some quiet moments away from the computer, doing something in-trospective and creative. Does anyone know where to buy gourds and crafting tools?

In the meantime, cross your fingers that Chris will be typ-ing away at his own personal computers very soon. I have a lot of Facebook to catch up on — photos of cute animals, and recipes, and people on vacation. And, oh yes, a bit of writing, as well.

Adele Elliott, a New Orleans native, moved to Columbus af-ter Hurricane Katrina. Email reaches her at [email protected].

Rage and bliss

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DARContinued from Page 1C

A Centennial Celebra-tion Tea May 18 at the home of Don and Sandra DePriest in Columbus brought members and a large number of guests together to commemorate the landmark anniversa-ry.

After months of plan-ning, for Lancaster, the current chapter regent, it was practically a moun-taintop moment — espe-cially since her mother had been a 50-year member.

“It was so meaningful to me when I stood in the receiving line at 2 o’clock on May 18,” she said, noting how pleased the chapter was to have DAR officers at the state and national level join the celebration. “To have them come from so far to honor us and stand with us to receive our guests ... that meant so much, to be standing there honoring all our members that have come before us, as well as our current members.”

Kay Box, who serves as registrar, assisting members and potential members with genea-logical research, said, “It was a beautiful day in every way. And we owe a big thank you to the DePriests. Theirs is one of the most beautiful antebellum homes in Columbus, and it was just shining on that day.” The HODARs — Husbands of DAR members — even got involved, giving members rides from the parking areas to the home, Box said.

What is DAR?DAR is a women’s ser-

vice organization dedicat-ed to promoting historic preservation, education, patriotism and honoring patriots of the Revolution-ary War. Members come from all backgrounds and interests. Any woman 18 or older, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution, is eligible to join. Chapters focus on community service, pre-serving history, educat-ing children and honor-ing and supporting those who serve the nation.

“I can’t tell you how

much I enjoy DAR,” said Box. One of her duties as registrar is to help prospective members re-search their ancestors. “I love it. I love to research my own (lineage), but it’s like a big puzzle, and I just enjoy helping others put their puzzle together, too — that’s my favorite.”

Window on the pastThe Bernard Romans

chapter formed in the fall of 1913 after the existing Shuk-ho-ta Tom-a-ha DAR Chapter in Columbus reached an enrollment of 50 members. (Shuk-ho-ta Tom-a-ha is still active.) Bernard Romans’ charter was issued July 8, 1914. There were 29 charter members. One hundred years later, current mem-bers are looking back.

Chapter historian Jane Smith and member Pam Bullock invested hours poring through records and archives in order to highlight history. At meetings, the group has heard how former members worked with the Red Cross during World War I, supplying garments and materials for soldiers. They heard how, in 1931, the chapter sent money and items like sewing supplies and leather-working tools to immigrants on Ellis Island, and how members collected aluminum in World War II.

They learned that, in 1948, members worked on a World War I scrap-

book, preserving letters from servicemen and newspaper articles. And today’s members learned more about a flag made by their predecessors, one with 40 stars — one for each Lowndes County boy who went off to battle in World War I. It is cur-rently in a centennial dis-play at the entrance of the Billups-Garth Archives in the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library through the end of the month.

The group also heard about markers, plaques and boulder monuments placed by earlier gen-erations of the chapter. They include one at the entrance of Magnolia Bowl and at Mississippi University for Women (perhaps best known as “the kissing rock”).

In the past century, there have been an untold number of scholarships, civic events, flag dona-tions and school visits to educate youngsters on proper care for the flag and respect for those who helped make this nation what it is. It’s a tradition today’s chapter is com-mitted to passing on.

“We’re always looking for new members,” Box said. “If anybody wants to see if they qualify to join, I would love to help them. We want our chapter to grow.”

How does a service organization in a small town survive and thrive for 100 years?

“It’s just dedication, dedication of members,”

said Smith, whose daugh-ter, Susan Mackay, is also a member. “It’s relevant to keep the history alive, to let people know what our forefathers did to help provide the freedoms

we all enjoy, all the way back to the Revolutionary War.”

Editor’s note: To learn more about the Bernard Romans chapter, email Regent Alice Lancaster at

[email protected], or contact Registrar Kay Box at 662-327-1270.

ON THE WEB:n dar.org

Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffFrom left, Jackie Brumley, Ann Harris, Louise Bland and Kaye Ward catch up for a few minutes at the tea.

Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffKay Box, left, and Irene Lancaster visit at the tea.

Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffChapter members Betty West Land, Clare Cofield and Lynda Rood sit a spell during the centennial celebration.

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KICKOFF CARNIVALFirst Baptist Church in Starkville hosted a summer Kickoff Carnival Wednes-day, complete with games, food and inflatables.

Amanda Strain, Savannah and Charlotte Browning Addison Phillips, Lena Granderson, Reba Phillips

Sammie and Joyce Doughty Tammy Nordquist, Tamber Lee Connie Terry, Lois Lett-Swindle

Carter Jones, Raynal Williams Christa Lee, Mattie Hall, Bobbie Cohill Hunter and Carol Carpenter

VETERANS MEMORIAL EVENTThe Richard E. Holmes II Memorial Foundation pre-sented the second annual Veterans Memorial Walk/Run May 25 at the Co-lumbus Riverwalk.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 1). It’s your year to present stories and lessons you’ve learned along the way. You’ll win friends and gain self-es-

teem as you experiment to find just the right way to let people know who you are, where you’ve been and what you want. This will be one of the most important years in char-acter building and refinement. Virgo and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 8, 13, 25 and 41.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The best advice you’ll hear is from the person who has made dreadful mistakes and doesn’t want you to do the same. Do not take the advice of a speculator — only that of those with personal experience.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You believe that good be-gets more good, so act on this faith. Turn your problem over to the universe, and you will be dazzled by what happens next.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You may think you know how to complete a task, but do you really know the shortest, quickest route to completion? Someone does. You’ll love what happens because you were open to suggestion.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There will be shining, energetic young people to contend with. They will be an inspiration to you, though they also need your guidance. This is true regardless of your age.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your curious mind wants to unravel a mystery, but maybe it’s better if it stays “raveled.” Your heart is satisfied! You don’t have to know what some-thing is to know that it exists.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may feel that you’ve drift-ed from the spiritual traditions that once centered you. It’s time to return to the fold. The rituals and relationships that once held you in good stead will help you again.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Building bonds always happens in the “now.” It’s interesting to remember how things were, but it won’t count nearly as much as being aware of what’s happening in the present moment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As for the current puzzle that needs solving, really

smart people went before you and left the answers. All you have to do is ask. The direc-tions will be clear.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Most people be-come kinder with age. That’s something to appreciate about the way you are advancing. Each new day teaches you more about what really mat-ters.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You can want and visualize all the livelong day, but you have to actually feel that you can have something in order to draw it to you. Pow-erful feelings create powerful outcomes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The decision that was hard to make yesterday will now seem rather simple. As you focus on the joy, possibil-ity and hopefulness that is all around you, you’ll see exactly what to do next.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your friends will envy you for the style choices you make and the way you pull it all off. It’s like you have your finger on the “cool” button and all you have to do is press it.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband,

“Mike,” and I are young newlyweds and adjusting to our new life quite well. However, while we both come from deeply religious families, we are both non-believers, which has caused some strife within the family.

Mike has several nieces and nephews (ages 4 to 9) who have asked us repeatedly why we don’t go to church with them, since the whole family attends together. Their mother has made it clear that they do not want the chil-dren knowing there is another option besides Christianity, and I understand, since their faith is so important to them. But I don’t want to lie to the kids or ignore their ques-tions. Is there a tactful way to answer their questions without stepping on toes? — NEVER ON SUNDAY

DEAR NEVER: You could respond by saying, “Your uncle and I have other plans.” And if the kids ask what they are, tell them what you plan to do that day. If they ask why you don’t come to church like they do, tell them that because they are children they need to learn about their religion. When they are adults, they can choose to go — or not.

While I respect your in-laws’ desire to practice their faith, I think it is unrealistic to try to keep children in the dark because as soon as they hit school — unless they are home-schooled or in a church-run school — they are going to meet other kids who worship differently or not at all.

DEAR ABBY: I am a male victim of domestic violence. I was traumatized for five years at the hands of my ex. I suffered through name-calling, physical and sexual abuse. Once, when she was upset, she hit me with her car and dragged me across our parking lot.

I tried several times to leave only to find that in my

community there was no help for men in situations like mine. There are women’s shelters every-where, but none that cater to men and their chil-dren. I ended up having to return home, and things just got worse.

I finally left with the shirt on my back and a few belong-ings. Because I couldn’t find

help, I slept on the street.I am now a survivor and

attending school to become a social worker. I have been try-ing to raise awareness of men as abuse victims, but it’s an uphill battle. Why? — EMPOW-ERED IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

DEAR EMPOWERED: It’s probably because of outdated gender stereotypes and lack of awareness by the law enforce-ment in your community that women as well as men can be psychopaths. When your wife ran you down in the parking lot, she should have wound up behind bars, assuming the police were called.

While female-on-male domestic violence is reported less often than male-on-fe-male violence, it does happen, as anyone who reads my column regularly knows. Men who need help should call the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women — the toll-free number is 888-743-5754 — because help is available.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Bogue, Brand graduateBryan Bogue of Columbus

and Bradley Brand of West Point graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, in commence-ment ceremonies May 9. Bogue, of Fairview Baptist Church, received a Master in Theology. Brand, of Faith Baptist Church, received a Master in Music.

Monts receives master’sDavid L. Monts of Starkville

has received a Master of Pastoral Studies degree from the College of Social Sciences at Loyola Universi-ty in New Orleans.

Hickman earns doctorateAlisa Kourtney Hickman of

Columbus earned her Doctor of Op-tometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry May 17. She begins a residency at the VA hospital in Boston June 23.

Hickman grad-uated cum laude, and while at ICO, was a member of Beta Sigma Kappa and Tomb and Key Honorary Societies. She was also president of the National Optometric Student Association 2012-2014, NOSA vice president 2011-2012, and NOSA class rep 2010-2011. She received the C. Clayton Powell Scholarship and ICO Scholarship for Underrep-resented Population. As a part of global outreach, she attended ICO’s yearly mission trip to Gua-temala in February. Dr. Hickman is the daughter of Lee and Belle Hickman of Columbus.

UAB graduatesThe University of Alabama

announces the spring graduating class of 2014. Area graduates include:

Caledonia: Katrina Marie Lawrence, master’s degree.

Columbus: Matthew Bryson Bogue, master’s degree; Jenni-fer Ann Leonard Box, doctoral degree; Dana Delk, Juris Doctor degree; Justin T. Long, bachelor’s degree; Sarah C. Mutch, bach-elor’s degree; Michelle Pilate, master’s degree; Caitlyn T. Smith, Juris Doctor degree.

Nettleton: Shakieta Wil-liams-Morris, master’s degree.

Starkville: Edea Anne Bald-win, master’s degree; Sumaya Unique Boyd, master’s degree.

West Point: Anna Claire J. Spradling, bachelor’s degree.

Johnson earns degreeMiraysha Johnson has grad-

uated from Milligan College in Tennessee. The alumna of Colum-bus High School earned a Bache-lor of Science degree in business administration and accounting at Milligan. She also was named to

Milligan’s Academic Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester.

Area ICC graduatesSeveral area residents were

among those who earned Associ-ate of Arts or Associate of Applied Science degrees or certificates at the conclusion of the 2014 spring semester at Itawamba Communi-ty College. They include:

Aberdeen: Tammy Lynn Bar-rett, Amanda Michelle Duncan, Katelin Elizabeth Holloway, Tiree Shante Jones, Tirisha Danshae Jones, Chastity Ellen Williams, Jody Bart Williams, Jamie Rena Lee, Justin A. Ware, Taylor M. Barrett, Amber Brasley, Whitley Shaniece Caradine, Whitney S. Caradine, Emily Elise Earnest, Traveus Ramon Garth, Thomas W. George, Carrie Elizabeth Hicks, Elliott C. Johnson, Mary E. Jones, Dalvin Devonte Wyatt, Sabrina R. Young. Amory: Lee Michael Ferguson, Amanda Nicole Hadaway, Dylan M. Leech, April A. McAfee, Isaac R. Parch-man, Haley E. Reeves, Kellie Bowen Kyle, Rachel Michelle Sargent, Kayla M. Shepherd, Ra-ven A. Wigginton, Tessie Danielle Chaney, Clint A. Clay, Kelsey M. Crump, Ridgeland C. Dabbs, Gregory L. Hadley, Allison Eliza-beth Kizzire, Reagan Livingston, Justin Anthony Lockhart, Joseph Scott Murphy, Alliyah Jhalaye Parks, Amanda Cory Segovia, Joshua L. Tomlin, Lamon Trev-ez Walker, Katie Beth Worthy, Ashley Phillips Long. Caledonia: Candace Marie Webb, Lindsey C. Burton, Shelby Irene Lang-ford. Cedarbluff: Jordan Bruce Thompson. Columbus: Taylor Ryan Atkins, Karen Denise Rob-inson, Camilla DeAnn Smith, Vic-

toria Renee Harris, Tracy R. Rob-erts, Jameka Eddins, Andrew A. Hankins, Jasmine Nicole Harris, Antoinette Denise Ingram, Gwen-dolyn S. Porter, Anna K. Proctor, Deanna Nicole Richards, Cath-erine Myles Sansing. Starkville: Veronica Leann Young, Stanley Childs, Jalen Taurice Peterson, Tory J. Rice. Vernon, Alabama: Kandace Brooke Perkins, Hayden K. Davis. West Point: Hayley Elizabeth Ladnier, Quentin C. Posley, Monica P. Gandy, Anita R. Petty, Berdine N. Rambus.

Courtesy photoCAPITOL PAGE: Mallory Byrd, a rising senior at Columbus High School and 4-H member, was recently selected to take part in the 2014 Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ 4-H Senate Page Program. Byrd and three other Mississippi high school students traveled to Jack-son to page for Lt. Gov. Reeves at the State Capitol. She is the daughter of Danny and Verlencer Byrd of Columbus. She is pictured with District 17 Mississippi Sen. Terry Brown of Columbus.

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Courtesy photoFrom left, Samuel Fisher, Brandon Newton, Rayelle Brown, Blake Aa-zami, Shaquela Hargrove, Alexis Pass, and Alisha Harris are among area MSMS graduates

Area MSMS graduatesThe following area students graduated May 24 from the Mis-

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don Newton, Alexander Portee, Donely Gunn, Emma Robertson, Stephanie Smith, Mary Thrash, Sarah Townsend, Parker Sum-rall, Zach Wood, Shaquela Hargrove, Alisha Harris. Caledonia: Rayelle Brown, Matthew Murphy, Alexis Pass. Steens: Benjamin Gibbons. Starkville: Justin Brooks, Claire Caprio, Nicholas El-der, Adina Harri, Sabrina Moore, Hannah Park, Marjada Tucker, David Yan. Macon: Tyra Ivory. Shuqualak: Terrance Johnson. West Point: Nanjala Murunga.

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ASSEMBLIES OF GODCALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.EVANGEL CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided through age 3. Ron Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m. Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374 NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jack Medley, Pastor. 662-328-3878

BAPTISTANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Dr. Edward N. Knox, Pastor. 662-328-4765ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-328-0670ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff Morgan.BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Choir Rehearsal 5 p.m., Worship, 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided. Walter Butler, Pastor. 662-327-2111BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 15949 Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Westmoreland, Pastor. 662-356-6870BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob Burch, Pastor. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Steve Brown, Pastor. 662-328-6741CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Danny Avery, Pastor. Russell Flood, Worship Leader.CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes Jones, Pastor. 662-327-5306CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.comEAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Discipleship Training, Pre-school, Youth & Children’s Choirs 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer Service 6:30 p.m., Sanctuary Choir 7:30 p.m. Albert Wilkerson, Pastor. 662-328-5915EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245 FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m. (Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday 6 p.m. Worship at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer Service, Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Dr. Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.orgFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor.GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-328-1096GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd., Steens. Bible Study 8:45 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-328-1668KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor. MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W. Yarber, or email [email protected], 662-769-4774 MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Pastor.MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-2811MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m., Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.comMURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor. NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.orgNEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:17 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Evening - Youth Drama & AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Kids Drama 6 p.m., Bible Study, RA’s,

GA’s & Mission Friends 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor. PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. 662-272-8221PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.netSTATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Christian Development Wednesday 7 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-329-2973TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor. UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — East Lee Blvd., Starkville MSU campus (new building behind the Wesley Foundation) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. 662-312-6778 or starkvillebaptist.orgVICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Shelby Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of Student Ministries.10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: [email protected] BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor. LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Banks, Pastor. 662-327-1130SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 801 Russell St., Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — Yorkville Rd. Sunday Bible study 10:15 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Raymond Spann, Pastor. sgrace.com

MISSIONARY BAPTISTANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O. Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jimmy Ellis, Pastor.BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Pastor M. Martin. For prayer call 662-722-1884BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jerome Dixon, Jr., Pastor. 662-434-8283CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS. 39739, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.EL BETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road. Sunday 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-1057FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Glenn Wilson, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Donald Henry, Pastor. HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor. HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Worship 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Rev. Charles Davison, Pastor.JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 129 Brickerton St. at Wingate Inn. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.

MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, pastor.MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. Johnny Hall, Pastor. Min. John Wells, Assistant Pastor.MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is pastor. 662-494-1580NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville Ferry Rd E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Tue. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Thurs. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 5 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. James A. Greenlaw, Pastor.SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor. SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Bobby E. Woodrick Sr., Pastor.SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-327-9843STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples, Pastor.ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor. ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Otha Rockett, Pastor. 327-7494.ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Coy Jones, Pastor.TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday 6 p.m. Michael Sampson, Pastor.WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366 Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor. ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.

PRIMITIVE BAPTISTABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305 SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006.SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Herman Clark, Pastor. 662-369-2532

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CATHOLICANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic School (during the school year). Father Robert Dore, Priest.

CHRISTIANFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Ed Maurer, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 6 p.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCECHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF CHRISTCALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Shobal Johnson 662-241-5376 or E-mail: [email protected] OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Billy Ferguson, Pulpit Minister and Paul Bennett - Family & Youth Minister.EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch. comHWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Doug English, Minister.NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: [email protected] CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Robert Johnson, Minister.WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.

CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor. CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd., Life Groups 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.; Evening Worship & JAM Kids Night 6 p.m.; Wednesday: Worship, Called Out Youth, Royal Rangers, Girls Clubs 7 p.m.; Tuesday: Intercessory Prayer 7 p.m. Nursery Available for all services (newborn- 4). Bobby Richardson, Paster. 662-328-1256 or [email protected] ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTBIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 606 Military Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Evening, 2nd & 4th Sunday 6 p.m., Monday 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Tommy Williams, Pastor.FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 2nd Sunday Holy Communion, 4th Sunday Youth Sunday, 4th Sunday Family/Friends Sunday and Fellowship Dinner. Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-328-7159OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Luncheon 11 a.m. Johnnie R. Bradford, Pastor. 662-889-3820 or 662-798-0282.VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-2064

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASECAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Catholic Priest Fr. Vince Burns. 662-434-2500

EPISCOPALEPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD — 321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Holy Eucharist 10 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday Braille Bible Workers 9 a.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-327-1953ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Rev. Anne Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.

FULL GOSPELBREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior Pastor.CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355 COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11a.m., Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jerry Potter, Pastor. FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-328-2793 GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088 HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson, Pastor. 662-329-2820NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m., Wednesday 7

p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.

JEWISHB’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-620-7344 or uua.org

LUTHERANFAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Rev. Mark Steiner, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org

MENNONITEFAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.

METHODISTARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Walt Porter, Pastor.COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Dr. Jonathan Speegle, Pastor.CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Choir Rehearsal Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Todd Lemon, Pastor.CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.CONCORD CME CHURCH — 1213 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Robert Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St, Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m. Buddy Carrol, Pastor. CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton.FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers & Communion 5 p.m. Rev. Raigan Miskelly, Pastor.FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham, Pastor. 662-329-3555ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Saturday 9 a.m.PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm. Rev. James Black, Pastor.SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m. Rev. Dr. J. W. Honeysucker, Pastor.SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service 9 a.m., Praise and Worship Service 10:45 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Eighth Ave. and Military Rd. Breakfast 9:30 a.m., Devotion 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday 3rd Sunday Evening Worship 6:30 p.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Fred H. Brown, Pastor.ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. Jeff Ruth, Pastor.ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Robert Scott Sr., Pastor.ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. James Black, Pastor.TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Robert Hurst, Pastor. 205-662-3443TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Dr. William Petty, Pastor. 205-399-5196TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Sunday 6 p.m. Rev. Diane Lemmon.WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Tyrone Ashford, Pastor. 662-726-5396

MORMONCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 10 a.m., Gospel 11 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 12 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bishop Tyrel Reed. 662-356-0833

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEFIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.

NON — DENOMINATIONALABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S. Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig Morris, Pastor. ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor. 662-574-0210COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-3328CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Bible Class 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 7 p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship Services 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 133 Northdale Dr. Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Les Pogue, Pastor. 662-889-8132 or fccnppa.orgFIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer Saturday

5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Maxine Hall, Pastor.GENESIS CHURCH — 1411 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Darren Leach, Pastor. HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor. HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen. JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-1960LIFE CHURCH — 3918 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call Delmar Gullett at 662-570-4171LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson. Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor. NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097REAL LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday 10 a.m., RLC Kids Ministry Sunday 10 a.m. Pastor Martin Andrews. 662-328-2131 or www.reallifems.comTHE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.THE POINT (POINT OF GRACE CHURCH) — 503 18th. Ave. N. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Xtreme Kids - 10 a.m. for ages 4-11, Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Highpoint Kidz ages 4-11. Shane Cruse, Pastor. 662-328-7811TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-4088TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Rone F. Burgin, Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wedneday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-3182 or [email protected]

PENTECOSTALFAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor, VICTORY TABERNACLE — 324 5th St.S. Granville E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.

APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTALAPOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L. Obsorne, Pastor.JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones, Pastor.SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 120 21st St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.

UNITED PENTECOSTALCALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-1750

PRESBYTERIANBEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Bob Wilbur, Pastor.FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 6 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Youth Group-Sundays 5 p.m., Adult Choir-Wednesdays 6:30 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Tom Bryson, Minister.MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. Chad Watkins, Assistant Pastor. MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.

SALVATION ARMY CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82 East. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Holiness Meeting 11 a.m., Puppets & Timbrels 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Supper 5 p.m, Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m., Women’s & Men’s Ministries 7 p.m., Corps Cadets (Teen Bible Study) 7 p.m., Friday “Supper Club” 5:30 p.m., Friday Youth Meetings 6 p.m., Friday Character Building (Ages 5-18) 6 p.m. Captain John Showers, Commanding Officer.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTCOLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Larry Owens, Pastor. 662-329-4311SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:15 a.m., Divine Worship 11a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-327-9729

APOSTOLIC CHURCHTRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.

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

1BR/1BA APT. for el-derly. 927 & 935 Ben-nett Ave. $400/mo. + 1mo. rent deposit. Call662-352-9259 or 662-328-4302


Auctions 412

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

Apartments ForRent: Northside701

Auctions 412


1, 2, 3 BEDROOMapartments & townhous-es. Call for more info.662-549-1953

FOR RENTEASY STREET PROPERTIES

1 & 2BR very clean & main-tained. Soundproof. 18units which I maintain per-sonally & promptly. I rent toall colors: red, yellow, black& white. I rent to all ages18 yrs. to not dead. My du-plex apts. are in a very quiet& peaceful environment.24/7 camera surveillance.Rent for 1BR $600 w/1yrlease + security dep. Incl.water, sewer & trash ($60value), all appliances incl. &washer/dryer. If this soundslike a place you would liketo live call David Davis @662-242-2222. But if can-not pay your rent, like toparty & disturb others, youassociate w/criminals &cannot get along w/others,or drugs is your thang, youwon't like me because I'mold school, don't call!!!!

BEAUTIFUL HISTORICDowntown 1BR apart-ment available. CallChris Chain 662-574-7879

522 11th St. N. 2BR/1BA central h&a. $400/mo. plus deposit. Call386-0651. Leave mes-sage


2BR/1.5BA townhouselocated near CAFB. Ap-pliances furnished. Nopets. Call 434-6000

2BR TOWNHOUSESStarting @ $500. Move-in specials. Short termleases avail. Next tohospital. Pear OrchardApts. 662-328-9471

1 & 2BR. Move in spe-cials. Starting @ $600or $500 w/military disc.Short term leases avail.Located next to Hospi-tal. Fox Run Apts. 662-328-9471

***$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


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 ENGLISH Bulldogpuppies for sale.Call/txt 662-279-0654

Pets 515

KITTENS FREE to goodhome. Please call 368-1828

5 WK old kittens. 3 sol-id black; 2 charcoal tab-bys. Call 245-1048

Free Pets 510

HOME, LAWN, or Busi-ness Maintenance. Con-tractual Yearly, SaveBIG $. All work guaran-teed. LLC & Bonded.662-240-0877

Lawn &Garden 463

Auctions 412

LEAPFROG KEYBOARDgame w/2 games. Exc.-cond. $30. V-Smilegame console w/twocontrollers & 7 games$50. Text or call 662-640-1637. Pics avail.

LAWN TRACTOR, Lawnmowers, garden tillers,name brand weedeaters, push mowers,chainsaws, misc. pic-tures, fans, etc. behindBiddy Saw Works. 574-4304/574-3225

GeneralMerchandise 460

KENMORE HEAVY dutyWasher & Dryer $200.AC window unit w/heat29,000 BTU $300. Oakclawfoot dining table54x54 w/6 chrs. $300.All in exc. Cond. 386-4706 or 356-6352

GRAND OPENING: TheHome Store. Mon-Sat 7-6. 239 Shrinewood Dr.New ladies shoes &purses, antiq., lamps,pictures, kitchen items,decorative items, furni-ture, and much more

3BR/2BA. 2002 40x32Clayton mobile home.For sale by owner. Mustbe moved! Wood floors& appliances included.Call 662-574-3027

2 LEAPFROG Tag Read-ers w/pink case, 18bks, CD & computercord. Exc. cond. $50.Text or call 662-640-1637. Pics avail.

2 LEAPFROG Leapstersw/8 games, very goodcond. $50. Text or call662-640-1637. Picsavail.

2 FRIDGES, antiq. furn,heartpine wood, doors &tools. Call 662-574-7879

GeneralMerchandise 460

2BR SETS, 2 couches,2 etergers, baker'srack, 3 etn.ctr, lg. buf-fet, DR sets, 5 ft. roundDR tbl. & artwork. 40”elc. Stove, 2 tier dbl.oven, 2 glass displaycases, 20 qt. Hobartmixer. 352-4460

Estate Sales 449

ETHAN ALLEN DiningTable. Solid cherry mat-te finish. Georgian Courtstyle. Oval. 44X66” w/2 leaves. Extends to102”. 662-328-7084

DINING SET: table(62x40) w/6 chrs, Chi-na cabinet w/glassfront. Antique white.Great cond. 328-2290

Furniture 448

General HelpWanted 320

Medical &Dental 330

JOHN DEERE self-pro-pelled mower. Exc.Cond. $95. 327-9279

HEDLUND “JOE CASH”wood slalom water ski.1960's. Great cond.$35. OBO. 386-6767

GM BEDLINER, reg. bed& tailgate cover. $25270-991-9291

BOLEY TRIMMER- exc.condition $40. 327-9279

ARE HARD bed coverfor sub Ford, & someparts. $100 270-991-9291

BargainColumn 418

22” PUSH mower. B&Sengine, runs good,starts easy, sharpblade. $65 327-9279

BargainColumn 418

WE SELL used appli-ances & haul off yourold ones. CALL 662-549-5860 or 662-364-7779

Appliances 409

FULL TIME Local Truck DriverGreat Benefits

Must Pass Drug Test Class A/Tankers

Required

Apply in person at CropProduction Services in

Houston, MS 662-456-5003

Truck Driving 370

AGGRESSIVE SELFstarter for auto sales,experience preferred.Commission plus guar-antee. Call 662-574-4221

Sales/Marketing360

METAL STUD Framerand Hanger. To sched-ule an interview pleasecall Chad Delancey at (662)752-6465.

Professional 350

NEED PART-TIME den-tal hygienist. Mon-Tues.Very pleasant enviorn-ment. Send resume toBox 527 c/o The Com-mercial Dispatch, POBox 511, Columbus, MS39703

Medical &Dental 330

WCBI-TV SEEKS a PTMaster Control Operatorto work any shift 24/7.Req: Good oral, written& computer skills. 24hrs. or less/wk. TV exp.a +. Training provided.Send resumes to: ChiefEngineer, WCBI-TV, POBox 271 Columbus, MS39703 or email: [email protected]

NOWETA'S GREENThumb seeks floral de-signer, sales, visual dis-play, general help & de-livery personnel w/exc.driving record & knowl-edge of Columbus &Lowndes Co. Qualifiedapplicants please apply@ 1325 Main St. M-F,3-5pm or Sat. 8-12pm.No phone calls

NEW BUSINESS comingto Columbus! NationalSales & Lease. Hiringall positions: Manager,Assistant Manager &Account Managers.401k benefits, grouphealth plan, paid holi-days, paid vacation. Faxresume to 601-986-2651 or call 601-616-4846


SMALL BUSINESS inColumbus seeks book-keeper w/good organiza-tional & phone skills,exp. in Quick Books,payroll, sales tax, Word,etc. Send resume toAttn: Office Manager,PO Box 1211, Colum-bus, MS 39703

NEEDED: HVAC in-staller/crew leader, lightcomm. & resident. Mustbe presentable, reliable,have valid DL, basichand tools & 3 - 5 yrs.exp. Pay based on exp.Job performance bonus& insurance avail. Sendresume & ref. to PO Box1354 Columbus, MS39703

GRANT PROJECT DIRECTOR needed foroversight of a federalgrant related to suicideprevention. Candidateneeds to be self direct-ed, energetic & well or-ganized. Duties includefederal reporting, datacollection, budget track-ing, grant writing & train-ing on grant processes.Liaison with hospitals &mental health facilitiesas well as some travelrequired. The position isdirectly responsible tothe agency executive di-rector. Strong communi-cation & writing skills &the ability to work with avariety of people withinthe agency & communityare desired. Bachelorsdegree in non-profitmanagement, publichealth, social work,mental health, counsel-ing or a related field isdesired & a Masters de-gree is preferred. Priorfederal grant administra-tion is a plus. Other jobrelated experience maybe substituted for someof these requirementsupon approval of the Ex-ecutive Director & Boardof Directors. This is afull time position withsome flexibility relatedto time of day expected.Please submit a resume& cover letter summariz-ing your grant adminis-tration experience to:Box 528, c/o The Com-mercial Dispatch, POBox 511 Columbus, MS39703

POSITION OPEN @James Pest Manage-ment, Inc. Must havehigh school diploma orequivalent. Resume Re-quired. Apply in Person5380 Hwy. 182 EastColumbus, MS 39702

MEDICAL VAN driversneeded. Must passbackground check, drugscreen, fingerprints, andMVR. Email [email protected]

LOCAL COMPANYseeks experienced ductinstallers. Call 662-328-1080 or 369-3694


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Personals 235

LET US HELP find yourlost pet. Email, fax, mailor bring your informationby the office and we willrun your lost & found adin the Pet Finder for 6days FREE!

Lost & Found 230

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509 B Alabama St. Columbus, MS+/- 2 Acres to be sold in 2 Tracts +/- 245 Ft of Road Frontage on Highway 182 (Alabama Street) 509 B Alabama St. & +/- 20 Ft. on Lawrence Street

with +/- 6880 Sq. Ft. Building - +/- 1600 Sq. Ft of Office Space and +/- 5280 Sq. Ft. of Warehouse Space Located 505 & 507 & 509 B Alabama St.

18 Lots Located in Byars Subdivision Lot Size approximately 100’ X 175’Miller Bobcat 225G, Miller Tig Attachment for 225G, Miller Rough Neck 2E Welder & Cables, Lincoln 225 Shop Welder, Lincoln Mig Unit & Cart, Miller Portable Electric Welder – Tig & Stick, Concrete Saw – Walk Behind – Honda Motor, Vibrating Plate Compactor-Honda Motor, Generac 15,000 Watt Generator, MQ 3500 Watt Generator – Honda Motor, Small Electric Sayler Beall Air Compressor, Large Electric Champion Air Compressor, Several Types & Sizes of Ladders, 48” & 36” Box Fan Bosch Electric Paving Breaker, bits & Carry Dollys, 2 Small & 2 Large New Delta Truck Tool Boxes, Small & Large New Truck Fuel Tanks, Rigid 535 Pipe Machine – Cutter & Reamer, Rigid 700 Power Pony Kit with Dies & Carry Case, Rigid 111-R Threader Head, , Dies, Rigid 65RC 1” -2” Manual Ratchet Head, Rigid #840 Drive Shaft, Rigid #811 A Die Head 1/8” – ¾” and 1” – 2”, Rigid #819 Nipple Chuck Set ½” – 2”, Rigid #418 Oiler, Rigid 2A Pipe Cutter 1/8” – 2”, Rigid #42A 4-Wheel Pipe Cutter 3/8-2”, Rigid #44S Pipe Cutter 21/2 /2”-4”, Rigid #00R Ratchet Head & Handle, Rigid Machine Die Replacement Sets, Rigid Hand Threader Replacement Dies, Rigid #1224 Pipe Threading Machine up to 4”, Scaffolding, Water Pumps, Dewalt 12” Double Miter Saw, Hitachi 12” Miter Saw, Makita 16” Skill Saw, 2 Makita 14” Chop Saws, Pressure Washer, Hydraulic Post Hole Digger & Bits, MQ 135 CFM Diesel Air Compressor, Fall Protection Yoyos- Harnesses etc., Band Saw, Bench Grinders, Shop air Compressor, Drill Press, Propane Heaters, 10’ Metal Break, 4’ Box Break, Shop Tables & Cabinets, Fiberglass Pipe Hand Tapper with 2”, 3” & 4” Mandrels, Fiberglass Pipe Taper Machine 2” & 3” Mandrels, OPW Pieces Pipe Swedge Machine, Pipe & Conduit Racks, Pallet Racks, Shelving, 20’ Van Truck Storage Unit, 40’ Go Box with Storage Shelving, 40’ Van Storage Trailer, 2000 Chevy 1 Ton Diesel Truck & Service Body with Pipe Rack, 2005 IH Truck Service Body & Rack – Newly Rebuilt Engine, 30’ Trailboss 10’ Tilt Trailer, 9 Ton Backhoe Trailer with Ramps, Tool Trailer, 16’ Steel Bed Trailer, 16’ Steel Bed Bobcat Trailer with Ramps, 30’ Travel Trailer, 5 Ton Gooseneck Trailer, 3000# Gas Forklift, 2000 Gallon Fiberglass Tank, 8 X 24 Enclosed Trailer with Rack, 8 X 12 Enclosed Trailer Bobcat 763H Skid Steer Loader with 709 Backhoe, Bobcat Wheel Saw, Bobcat Trencher, Bobcat Forks, Box Blade Attachments for Bobcat, Laser Level & Tripod, Scope Lever & Tripod, RKI Fuel Tank Tester, 25’ Lever Rod, 10’ Level Rods, Aluminum Canopy Deck, Gutter & Post Material, Electrical Conduit, Fittings & Wiring Materials, Black & Galvanized Pipe & Pipe Fittings, Office Furniture & Equipment.

Warehouse & Property AuctionThurs. June 12 6:30 PM

1206 Gardner Blvd. Columbus, MS+/- 6.7 Acres located on Gardner Blvd.

+/- 89.9 Acres Section 16 Property, Located 3 miles out of town on Hwy 45 N Columbus, MS – Great Hunting or Timber TractItems from moving sale - Entertainment Set, 2 Showcases, Office Desk, Office Chairs, Computer Desk, Dog cage, Book Shelf, cabinet, Saw Horses, Trunk, Diving equipment, Christmas Dishes, Video Camera, Bread Maker, Griddle, Weed Eater, Battery Charger, Binoculars, and many more items, Ice Maker, 2 Torch & Nitrogen Bottles, Polaris 500 4 wheeler, Yamaha Wave Runner SUV 1200 , Pressure Washer, 1962 Corvair, F150 Ext Cab, Pontoon Boat, 5000 watt Generator, Roto Rooter, Concrete Grinder, Tool Box, 3 Miter Saws, 2 Saw Stands / Planer, Predator Pro Welding Generator, Ranser 8 Welding Generator, Miller Bobcat – 225, CC/CV AC/DC Welder-10,000 Generator, 20” Rims & Tires, 10” Pioneer Speakers and Amp, Shutters & windows – Different Sizes, 16’ Aluminum Boat, Many more items to be added.

MOTIVATED MEDICAL DEVICE SALES ASSOCIATE NEEDED

Columbus, MS M-F 8am-5pm. Base pay plus commission.

Send resumes to [email protected]

The world’s most technologically advanced tire manufacturing facility is being built in West Point, Mississippi. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM) seeks to fill the following positions:

*MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN - Multi-Craft technician that performs Repairs, maintains, or upgrades production machinery, physical structures and electrical wiring.5 + years in: Hydraulic & Pneumatic Experience Proficient Knowledge of : Mechanical, Electrical, Blueprint Reading, Electrical Schematics reading, Arc Welding, Gas Welding & Cutting Forklift Operation, certification preferred Mechanical / Electrical Certifications AA Degree preferred.

*INDIRECT MATERIAL BUYER - Supports plant production by purchasing indirect materials and other products of the appropriate quality and quantity. College degree in purchasing or related business field preferred. Ten years purchasing experience. Working knowledge of purchasing systems and procedures. Knowledge of tire manufacturing equipment and or machinery purchasing experience preferred. Up to 2 months training in U.S. and 1 month overseas

*DIE MAKER - To develop and maintain tooling for all extruders and to support product development by providing all necessary extruded components. Three to five years related experience including good working knowledge of extruding operations. AA degree in Technology preferred.

* SUPERVISOR - PRODUCTION - Supervise activities of division employees to assure that production activities are completed to meet quality, safety and productivity standards. Must have 5 + years as a first line supervisor or manager in heavy manufacturing environment. Four year degree preferred. Overseas travel up to 4 months for on the job training

* MAINTENANCE PLANNER - Establish, maintain and improve the maintenance planning/scheduling business flow process working with various members of the manufacturing team. All documentation must be compliant with ISO9001 principles/guidelines along with YRC

including good working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and welding equipment to go along with CMMS. Associates degree preferred. Must have an effective background in environmental safety and supervision. Up to 1 month training in Continental US and also possible training overseas for up to 2 months

* Electronics Technician -The primary role of the Electronic Technician is to troubleshoot and maintain controls, components and systems for production and associated utility equipment to insure highest reliability, proper line performance, and safe operation. Using advanced training, skills, and experience, provide training for other Controls / Maintenance Technicians, coordinates electro-mechanical PM programs, and makes complex changes in PLC, HMI, and Servo

manufacturing environment. Must have good working knowledge of control circuits, programmable controllers, variable speed drives (AC & DC), and National Electric Code

* Maintenance Supervisor - Assures that all plant machinery and equipment remains operable to ensure production and quality levels

knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and welding equipment. Must have had an effective background in environmental safety and supervision.

Please send all resumes to:[email protected]

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

YOKOHAMA TIREMANUFACTURING MISSISSIPPI

~Fully Insured ~Bigtrees ~Small trees~Trees over house~Storm cleanup ~~Brush clearing~ FREEQUOTES. Call today.662-801-7511

TREE REMOVAL, trim-ming, excavation &stump grinding. [email protected]. Text/call 662-251-9191

J.R. BOURLAND Tree & Stump

Removal. Trimmingw/bucket truck

Licensed & BondedFirewood 4 sale LWB$100. 662-574-1621

J&A TREE REMOVALWork from a bucket

truck. Insured/bonded.Call Jimmy for a free estimate 662-386-6286

A&T TREE SERVICE.Senior citizen & previ-ous customer discountsavailable for the monthof April. You tell us yourbudget & we will workwith you. No job too bigor too small. Call Alvin242-0324/241-4447“We'll go out on a limbfor you!”

Tree Service 186

STUMP GRINDING, treeremoval & trimming, &excavation. [email protected]. Text/call 662-251-9191

Stump Removal 179

ROBERT WRIGHT'SPainting. Serving thearea for all your painting& home repairs for over32 years. Free esti-mates. 601-934-2967

SULLIVAN'S PAINTSERVICE

Certified in lead removalOffering special priceson interior & exteriorpainting, pressure

washing & sheet rockrepairs. Free Estimates

Call 435-6528

Painting &Papering 162

JAYNES LAWN MAINTENANCEFree estimates

Call 662-364-6651

J&R LAWN SERVICEMowing, weed eating &landscaping. Reason-able rates & excellentservice. Call 662-574-0786 for free estimate

C & T LAWN Services.For all your lawn ser-vices. Mowing, Weed-eating, Blowing, Pres-sure Washing, TreeTrimming, Bush-hogging.662-386-7569

BRYAN LAWN CAREComplete Lawncare ser-vice. Free estimates. Ex-cellent work. 662-231-5899

AVERAGE SIZE yardmowed/trimmed $40.Sewer drains cleanedout $80/hr. Plumbingfixtures installed $50ea. AAA Sewer Service574-7189

JESSE & BEVERLY'SLAWN SERVICE. Fallclean up, firewood, land-scaping, tree cutting, &clean-up. 356-6525

AAA TWINS Lawn Care.Yard work, lawn mowing,weed eating, mulching,flower beds, limb re-moval, you name it.Call Will or Bryant 242-2220 or 242-1968.Free estimates

A cut above the rest.Cutting, edging, blowing,weedeating, fertilizer ap-plications. Will match orbeat all other prices.251-0009

Lawn CareLandscaping 147

TIRED OF cleaning yourhouse? Let me do it foryou. Reasonable rates.References avail. Call295-8758

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SOUTHERN PRIDEPainting & Home Re-pairs, specializing inresidential painting,faux painting, murals byBetty Andel, your hometown artist, & forplumbing, electrical &all your handyman ser-vices call Tim TheHandyman. Kudzu.com.Handyman of year 2years running, satisfac-tion guaranteed & freeest. Tim, 404-328-8994or Betty. 662-312-6775

RETAINER WALL, drive-way, foundation, con-crete/riff raft drainagework, remodeling, base-ment foundation, re-pairs, small dump truckhauling (5-6 yd) load &demolition/lot cleaning.Burr Masonry 242-0259

GeneralServices 136

PAINTING/CARPENTRY25 years experience.Great prices. Call Leslie.Call 662-570-5490

MR. PIANO. Best piano& organ service. Sales,rentals, moving, tuning& service. Call 465-8895 or 418-4097

HILL'S PRESSUREWASHING. Commercial/residential. House, con-crete, sidewalks & mo-bile washing. Free est. Call 662-386-8925

C & P PRINTING The one stop place for

all of your printingneeds. No job too largeor too small. Call today.

662-327-9742

GeneralServices 136

TOM HATCHER, LLCCustom Construction,Restoration, Remodel-ing, Repair, Insurance

claims. 662-364-1769.Licensed & Bonded

TODD PARKS CONSTRUCTION

New Construction, Re-modeling, Repairs, Con-crete. Free est. Call oremail 662-889-8662 [email protected]

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NOTICE OFSTORAGE CONTENTS SALE

The following individual is in de-fault of payment on their storageunit at McConnell BrothersTransfer & Stg., 2406 Hwy 69South, Columbus, MS 39702.The contents of these units willbe auctioned on June 19th,2014 at 10:00 a.m.

Mischele/Terry Jones Unit 33Mischele/Terry Jones Unit 36

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Mississippi Public Service Commission

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RIDGELAND WASTE DISPOSAL,INC.

SC003125200

IN RE:APPLICATION OF RIDGELANDWASTE DISPOSAL, INC. FOR AFACILITY CERTIFICATE TO RE-PAIR, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ASEWER SYSTEM IN A SPECIFIEDAREA IN LOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that onthe 22nd day of May, 2014,Ridgeland Waste Disposal, Inc.filed with the Mississippi PublicService Commission the abovereferenced matter.

Any person desiring to partici-pate in or receive further noticeof these proceedings is requiredunder RP 6.121 of the Commis-sion s Public Utility Rules of�Practice and Procedure to file awritten petition to intervene onor before twenty (20) days fromthe date of this Notice.

This cause is returnable to thenext regular meeting of the Com-mission to be held at 10:00A.M., Tuesday, July 1, 2014, atthe Mississippi Public ServiceCommission, 1st Floor, WoolfolkState Office Building, Jackson,Mississippi. This cause may beheard on said return date, if ahearing is necessary, or be sub-ject to being set for dispositionon a hearing date not less thantwenty (20) days from the dateof publication of this Notice. Ifprotest, answer or other appro-priate pleading is on file in re-sponse to this matter, the Com-mission will consider same onsaid hearing date.

WITNESS MY HAND AND THEOFFICIAL SEAL of the Mississip-pi Public Service Commission,on this, the 27TH day of May,2014. BRIAN U. RAYExecutive SecretaryMS Public Service CommissionP. O. Box 1174Jackson, MS 39215

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Midsouth Forestry Services, Inc.offers for sale by sealed bid onFriday, June 27, 2014:

LOWNDES CO, MS - +/-160 actimberland off Nashville Ferry Rd- hardwoods, pine, great hunting.

LAMAR CO, AL - +/- 80 ac tim-berland on Military Rd - Pineplantations, hardwoods, greathunting.

Call for info 205-364-7145.

Publish: 05/25/14 -06/2/2014

4-County Electric Power Associa-tion Sale of Surplus Vehicles 4-County Electric Power Associa-tion is accepting sealed bids forsurplus vehicles/equipment. Ve-hicles/equipment shall be soldin “AS IS, WHERE IS” conditionwithout warranties or guaranteeseither expressed or implied. Ve-hicles can be viewed at the 4-County Corporate Center in May-hew, MS or online at www.4-county.org. Interested individu-als shall submit sealed bids to4-County, ATTN: Vehicle/Equip-ment Sealed Bid, P.O. Box 351,Columbus, MS 39703 no laterthan June 6, 2014. The bidsshould include the vehicle/equipment number(s), amount ofbid(s) and contact informationfor the bidder. The sealed bidswill be opened on June 9, 2014and winners will be notified. Suc-cessful bidders must remove ve-hicle(s)/equipment from 4-Coun-ty by June 13, 2014. 4-Countyreserves the right to accept orreject any or all bids, to waivetechnicalities and to accept anybid that it may deem to be in thebest interest of the cooperative.

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TOMBIGBEE RIVER RVPark. 85 Nash Rd. Fullhookups, $295/mo.Has pavillion w/bath-house & laundry. Callofc, 662-328-8655 orcell 662-574-7879

RV/CAMPER lots avail-able. Full hookups. Call434-6000

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

Campers &RV's 930

1994 CROWNLINE SkiBoat 21 ft. 350 motor(2 yrs. old). Seats recov-ered last summer.Wood replaced in floorlast year. Tower put onlast year. New tires ontrailer last year. $9500.Call 662-304-0128

15 ½ FT fiberglass bassboat w/50 hp force mo-tor, loaded. $1,495275-0343

Boats &Marine 925

REPOSFOR SALE

2006 BMW 750 LI Sedan, miles

77,749, $20,000

2006 Mercedes Benz C280, miles 152,381,

$11,000

2007 Chrysler 300, miles 175,359,

$8,000

2005 Chevrolet Impala LS Sedan, miles 190,600,

$5,000

2006 Suzuki GSX-R600K6 Motorcycle, mileage unknown,

$5,000

1996 Honda Shadow Motorcycle, miles 54,000, $1,800

All vehicles are located at branch on Highway 45.

See our website at www.trianglefcu.com

For further info or call Carla or Alisa at

662-434-6052.

ENGINE FOR sale. 5.4LFord 2007 make offer.1966 Ford MustangH.T. Coupe, 3 speedtrans. 289 Eng w/4BBL. $4,500 251-4953

Autos For Sale 915

235 CHEVY motor w/3speed trans. $225 neg.Rear glass w/new rub-ber for '55 -'59 Chevy$200 neg. Call 356-9180 or 574-6415

2007 TOYOTA Tacomatruck. Ext. cab. 1 owner.38K mi. Extra clean.$15,500. Call 662-312-6617

1999 PONTIAC Mon-tana. Only 75k miles.Dark Green, cold air,clean. Great condition.$4800 obo 662-562-2890

1974 BRONCO Verynice! Sounds amazing!Never been in mud! 302engine, Shelby cratemotor, Mickey Thomp-son 15x36 tires classic2 rims, row bar, frontbucket seats, rearbench seat, stereo withCD player, 2.5" lift kit infront and back only7500 miles please con-tact Kenny for more in-formation 662-251-5481.

Autos For Sale 915

"LODGE AT THE LAKE"!!!

340' choice waterfronton 500 acre OktibbehaCounty Lake; minutes by82 freeway from MSUand Starkville. 5,126sq. ft. lakeside resi-dence with dock plusfour 1BR apartments(100% occupied). Youlive well; tenants paythe mortgage,$317,750 firm. VA orconventional. Mary 662-323-0649 or Bob 662-418-2790 anytime

WaterfrontProperty 890

VERY NICE 16x803BR/2BA, total electric,new tin roof, all appli-ances, island in kitchen.$14,900 will not lastlong call 662-296-5923

NICE 28X52 Palm Har-bor double wide forsale. 3BR/2BA, CHA,del. & set up for$21,900. Call 662-760-2120

MUST SEE to believe.2007 River Birch 32x764BR/2BA manufacturedhome. Large masterbedroom/bath. Must bemoved. Asking payoffonly. Contact Deborah.364-8408

LOOKING FOR a GreatDeal? All our lot modelshave been drastically re-duced to make room fornew inventory! Save upto $6000 on single-wides and up to$20,000 on double-wides & triple-wides!Choose from over 30homes in stock to savebig! Visit us at www.southerncolonelmeridian.com to viewour BEAUTIFUL homes.Call Southern Colonel inMeridian at 601-693-6789 for more info!

LARGEST SELECTION ofPre-owned mobilehomes for sale. Single& double wides tochoose from. I can han-dle delivery & set upwith the purchase ofyour home. Call 662-401-1093 & let me findyour next home & saveyou a lot of $$$

Mobile Homes For Sale 865

IN GREAT shape 28x804BR/2BA vinyl siding/tin roof, total electric,L.R. & den with F.P.large kit. w/plenty ofcabinets, master bathhas large tub sep. show-er. Del. & set up for$42,900 662-296-5923

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

3059 RIDGE Rd. Craw-ford. 3br trailer for sale.$8,000. Good condi-tion. Located off MoorHigh Rd. 815-935-1582

2001 16X80 3BR/2BAsingle wide for sale.Move in ready! All appli-ances included. Del.&set up for $23,900.Call 662-760-2120

Mobile Homes For Sale 865

Houses For Sale:Other 850

RIVERFRONT PROPERTYCamp Pratt

Call 574-3056 Ray McIntyre

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

Lots &Acreage 860


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

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYRESTRICTED 2 acrelots in Caledonia. Readyto build on. 662-435-2842 or 662-435-1248

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Smith Lake, AL. DeepWater Dockable YearRound! Very GentleSlope $69,900. Open &wooded parcel at theend of a cul de sac. Surrounded by a NaturalForest. Call 866-221-3747

Lots &Acreage 860SMALL TRACT of tim-

ber. Mostly pine logs.Oktibbeha County. Call769-9500

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

35 ACRES in N.H. w/25yr. old pines. $3500/ac. Will divide into 10ac. plots. 915 6th St. S.$3500. 3 ac. on TiffanyLn. $13k. ½ ac. 115Suggs Rd. $4k. Ownerfin. avail. 386-6619

Lots &Acreage 860


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1240 Perkins Rd.$48k. 4173 E. TibbeeRd. $30k. 227 Robin-wood Cir. $39k. 14247th St. S. $25k. 905Railroad St. $20k. CallJanice 662-386-0700SFA Realty

11 UNIT mobile homepark incl. newly remod-eled 3 BR/2.5BA homeon 2.8 ac. Located inSteens. Owner will fi-nance. $260k. Call 386-8618

InvestmentProperty 855

BEAUTIFUL LOG homew/wrap around porch.On the lake at WaverlyWaters in West Point.Shown by appt. only.295-3591 or 295-3595

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


23 CHATEAU Ln.3BR/2BA, 1550 sf, 1ac. wooded lot, lg. work-shop. $119k. Starkville.Call 662-769-1498

Houses For Sale:Starkville 846

4BR/2BA. 247 QuinceSt. 1200 sq. ft, com-pletely remodeled, lg.shop, quiet neighbor-hood. $73,500. Call251-0190 or 889-3521

Houses For Sale:New Hope 825

NO DOWN payment &seller paid closing cost.Corner lot ,fenced back-yard with 4BR/1.5BA.Huge den. Call Barbaraat 662-574-1821. SFARealty

3BR/1 LG. BA. Lg. kitc,LR, cov. Patio, 3 stg. ar-eas, lg. garage, newpaint, lg. fenced yd.Easy h/ac. Call 327-4766/386-4950

Houses For Sale:East 820


COMPLETELY FURN.West Point. Furn, appli-ances, utilities & cable.$145/week or $550/mo. No dep. 295-6309

Rooms 745

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

300 SF. 2528 Main St.Across from ProptsPark. Call 662-574-7879

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 For Rent 725

3BR/2BA IN Steens.New paint & carpeting.All elec. Owner pays wa-ter, garbage, sewer &lawn maint. $500/mo.+ dep. Call 386-8618

3BR/2BA COUNTRYhome. 16X72. Caledo-nia. 2 yr. lease req. Nosmoking. No indoorpets. $750/mo + $750dep. Call 435-1248

2 & 3BD/2BA. Centralh/a, quiet & safe. Nopets. Deposit & refer-ences required. N.H.School district. Call662-435-9140. Lv. msg

16X70 2BR/2BAWrights MH Park (NEARCAFB) $400/mth +$250/dep. NO PETS &NO HUD. 327-8050Leave Msg

Mobile Homes For Rent 725

NEAR DOWNTOWN &MSU. 1BR w/study.Properties availableJune, July, Aug. Recentlyrenovated. $500-$775/mo. 662-617-4191 or 323-7100

House For Rent:Starkville 717

2.5BR/2BA, garage, lg.yd, hardwood floors, nomaint, can walk toschool & very safe.$800/mo. + dep. Ref.req. Call 662-328-0468

Houses For Rent:Caledonia 716

321 19th St S. 3BR/1.5-BA. HUD ok. $450 per month plus deposit.364-1989

Houses For Rent:South 714

For Rent: 300 Quince.3BR/2BA brick house.Stove, fridge and win-dow AC furnished. ½acre lot. $600 permonth, $600 deposit. 1year lease req'd. NoHUD or pets over 25lbs.329-2917/251-9708

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

501 DUBLIN Dr.3br/2ba 2 living rooms,kitchen, laundry room.No HUD or pets. $950monthly 386-7090 or242-0780

Houses For Rent:East 712

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

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

3BR/2BA. Very private.Large living room. Stove& fridge furnished. Forprivate showing callSwoope Real Estate, Inc662-327-0123

3BR/2.5BA brickhome. VERY PRIVATE.Fenced bk yd. 15 min toCAFB & 5 min to WestPt. Vaulted ceilings,CH/A, walk in closet, ce-ramic tile/carpet. Petsneg. No HUD $1200/mo. $1200 securitydep. Lease & ref re-quired 662-275-0574

3BR/1BA. Brick home.$550/month. 151322nd St. N., Columbus.Fridge, stove, & airunits. Call 310-892-1333

3BD/2BA. Stove refrig-erator, d/washer, CH/A,carport, W/D hookups.$725 per month. 1yr.lease, dep, creditcheck. Coleman Realty329-2323

Houses For Rent:Northside 711

WAREHOUSE/OFFICE.3,500 sf. dock heightwarehouse & officespace. Great location &reasonable rate! Call662-574-0147

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

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Apartments ForRent: Other 708

139 Crescent Drive$129,900

Convenient northside location! Close to shopping, bypass, CAFB. Move-in ready, many new updates.

417 Springdale$79,900

East Columbus beauty! Home features 3 BR, 1.5 BA, 1,330+/- sq. ft, convenient to everything!

804 Shiloh$115,000

Sherwood Park Subdivision. Large 4 BR, 2 BA, 1,588 +/- sq. ft., carport, tree shaded lot

1380 S. Pickensville$110,000

Country living 5 minutes from the city.1.8 acres, 3 BR, 2 BA,1,989 +/- sq. ft., Carport

Move in ready! 3 BR, 1.5 BA, 1080 +/- sq. ft., beautiful sun room/bonus room, fenced back

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Five bedrooms, three baths, formal living and dining room with extra large kitchen area. Two additional storage buildings all located on 1.7 acres of land. Over 3200 sq. ft. of living area.

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