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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 75 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY TUESDAY | DECEMBER 10, 2019 CPD officer arrested for burglary, domestic violence with assis- local law enforcement of- ing approval from the city MBI handling the case; patrol officer tance from ficer. council and mayor. They on administrative leave Lowndes An MBI spokesperson did not comment further. County depu- did not release further Shirley has been pa- BY ISABELLE ALTMAN misdemeanor domestic vi- [email protected] ties, arrested details on the case when trolling with CPD since olence. him Sunday contacted. June, though he attended A Columbus police of- Melvin Shirley, 24, is a and took him Columbus Police Chief the police academy as a ficer is on administrative patrol officer with Colum- Shirley to Oktibbeha Fred Shelton and Public CPD officer before then. leave after he was ar- bus Police Department. County Jail. Information Officer Joe Shirley has been re- rested Sunday night for Officers with Mississippi MBI is investigating the Dillon both Shirley is on leased from custody on residential burglary and Bureau of Investigation, case since it involves a administrative leave pend- $11,000 bond. FIRST CHRISTMAS CMSD taps architecture firm to design Hunt restoration Eley Guild Hardy has long design resume for schools, historic restorations BY ZACK PlaiR [email protected] Columbus Municipal School District has tapped an architecture firm to de- sign the restoration project for the former Hunt High School. The board voted unan- imously Monday night to hire Eley Guild Hardy Ar- Labat Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff chitects, which has offic- TOP: Amy Bandre, center, and her son David es in Jackson and Biloxi. Bandre, 9, left, play the part of vegetable According to the propos- merchants during the First Christmas event al, the district will pay the hosted by First Baptist Columbus Sunday firm 5.5 percent of the total next to The Shops at Brickerton. Bandre construction costs if they explained to Carrie Martin, at right, and her exceed $10 million; 5.75 children Lucy Ann Martin, 6, and Coleman Martin, 9, which vegetables would have been percent if they are between available in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. $5 million but less than $10 Guild The “interactive Bethlehem village” was open million; and 6 percent if Friday-Sunday evenings. RIGHT: Claude Niebuhr they are less than $5 million. played the role of Ovinian, a shepherd, during Superintendent Cherie Labat told The First Christmas on Sunday at The Shops Dispatch she and an interviewing commit- at Brickerton. Niebuhr walked around the tee selected Eley Guild Hardy from among Bethlehem village set during the event and three firms that submitted proposals. spoke with visitors. Actors were not allowed “They were the lowest and best bid,” she to break character throughout the night. More than 2,400 people attended First Christmas said. “… They have an impeccable reputa- throughout the weekend. tion for their workmanship as well as their working relationship with school districts. They will take the extra steps necessary to make sure the community gets something we can be proud of.” A February tornado badly damaged the Hunt campus — which housed the dis- trict’s alternative school, after-school pro- grams and an African-American cultural See CMSD, 6A SOCSD hires new orientation and mobility specialist “They teach them how to orient annually because the number Board approves bridge replacement themselves and get around in of visually impaired students their surroundings as best they and the services they need project near high school can without getting help.” both change every year, said BY Tess VRbin to approve a contract for Leisa Orientation and mobility Anna Guntharp, the assistant [email protected] Pegues to be the district’s new specialists often contract with superintendent for special ed- orientation and mobility spe- ucation, federal programs and Three students in the several school districts at once, cialist. She is one of the few Starkville-Oktibbeha Consoli- and Pegues was the only one preschool. certified specialists in Mis- in north and central Missis- “If it’s a very specific ser- dated School District will have Jones Guntharp a new staff member to help sissippi, and she will help the sippi who was available to take vice, sometimes it’s difficult to them get around their schools three students learn to navigate Jones said. another contracted position, find people to hire full-time or with their visual impairments. their classrooms and school “If they have to work with a Jones said. even part-time in that capacity,” The SOCSD Board of Trust- buildings on their own, student cane or count steps, (special- The board reviews the dis- Guntharp told The Dispatch. ees unanimously voted Monday support services director Julie ists) teach them,” Jones said. trict’s need for the position See SOCSD, 6A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 What Marx brother founded the company MEETINGS Today Dec. 13: that manufactured clamps used to hold the ■ Columbus Sings “Messiah”: This atomic bomb in place on the Enola Gay? Lowndes County annual presentation of Handel’s “Messi- 2 What former heavyweight boxing champion Supervisors, 9 ah” by a regional choir and orchestra is 6 was also the first African American golfer to a.m., County p.m. and 8 p.m. at Annunciation Catholic compete in a PGA-sanctioned event? Courthouse 3 What Toombs County, Georgia town is Church, 823 College St., Columbus. Free Dec. 13: Violet Tripp famed around the world for its sweet onions? tickets to ensure seating are available 4 What film character says, “Life moves pret- Lowndes Pre-K, Annunciation at Visit Columbus, the Columbus Arts ty fast. You don’t stop and look around once Council, Impressions by Susan and the County School in a while, you could miss it”? Tennessee Williams Home and Welcome District Board of 5 How many candles do you need on your High 49 Low 29 Center. Trustees regular birthday cake before you can be the presi- meeting, 12:30 Rain/flurries dent of the United States? Full forecast on Answers, 6B p.m., Central page 3A. Wednesday and Office Thursday, Dec. 11-12 Dec. 16: ■ Holiday Bazaar: Sixty-five vendors Columbus- INSIDE from throughout the Southeast will set up Lowndes Classifieds6B Health 6A at this annual bazaar from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Terrell Ervin loves Jesus Convention and Comics 5B Obituaries 2A at The Mill, 600 Russell St., Starkville. For and her family. Ervin likes Visitors Bureau Crossword 4B Opinions 4A more information, contact Paige Watson at to spend quality time with Board regular 140TH YEAR, NO. 233 Dear Abby 5B The Partnership, 662-323-3322. her grandchildren. meeting, 4 p.m., DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com AROUND THE WORLD Global stocks sink ahead of US tariff deadline Peace laureate watches UN court hear Rohingya genocide case BEIJING — Stock markets around the world fell sharply Tues- THE ASSOCIatED PRESS to the words ‘never again,’ an- and the torching of homes. underscored what it alleged day as nervous investors watched other genocide is unfolding The head of a U.N. was Myanmar’s “ongoing a rapidly approaching deadline for THE HAGUE, Nether- right before our eyes,” Gam- fact-finding mission ongenocidal intent” and the gov- more U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. lands — The justice minis- bian Justice Minister Abou- Myanmar warned in October ernment’s continued incite- Markets also have their eyes on ter of Gambia appealed to bacarr Tambadou told the that “there is a serious risk of ment of racial hatred. American and European interest rate the U.N.’s top court Tuesday court in The Hague . “Yet we genocide recurring.” The mis- Gambia asked for provi- decisions coming this week and the to recognize that genocide do nothing to stop it.” sion also found that Myanmar sional measures to prevent outcome of Britain’s general election against Myanmar’s Rohing- “This is a stain on our col- should be held responsible in “extrajudicial killings or on Thursday amid uncertainty over ya minority took place and to lective conscience, and it will international legal forums for physical abuse; rape or oth- plans to leave the European Union. ensure it does not continue, be irresponsible for any of us alleged genocide against the er forms of sexual violence; Benchmarks in London and while Myanmar leader Aung to simply look the other way Rohingya. burning of homes or villages; Frankfurt were down in midday trad- San Suu Kyi prepared to de- and pretend that it is not our Myanmar has strongly destruction of lands and live- ing. Tokyo and Hong Kong finished fend the actions of her coun- business,” he said. denied the charges but says stock, deprivation of food” with losses while Shanghai closed try’s military. Gambia, a nation in West it stands ready to take action and other actions “calculated higher after spending most of the day Former pro-democracy Africa, filed the case in the against wrongdoers if there is to bring about the physical in negative territory. Wall Street ap- icon Suu Kyi watched from world court on behalf of the sufficient evidence. destruction of the Rohingya peared set to open lower. the front row as lawyers gave Organization of Islamic Co- A recent statement on the group in whole or in part.” Washington is due to impose new the International Court of operation. website of the nation’s Minis- Suu Kyi, who was awarded tariff hikes Sunday on $160 billion Justice detailed accounts of Myanmar’s military began try of the Interior said the re- the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize of Chinese goods in a fight over Bei- Rohingya men, women and a harsh counterinsurgency newed international pressure for championing democracy jing’s technology ambitions and trade children killed and the de- campaign against the Rohing- was due to a lack of under- and rights under Myanmar’s surplus.