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Dispatch Staff Report soliciting a minor. ty. That release, however, ed directly to The Dispatch, ery Cook did not return mul- Columbus hired Jethrow did not include the officer’s that West Point Police De- tiple calls and messages from A Columbus police offi- as a patrolman on April 2, ac- identity or the nature of the partment is conducting the The Dispatch since Friday cer questioned for suspected cording to Human Resources conduct. investigation. CPD is not in- evening. criminal activity last week in records. Columbus City Council is volved in the investigation, Assistant Chief Kennedy West Point has been with the The city issued a press re- slated to consider formal dis- he said, other than “fully co- Meaders, with WPPD, said force for only 16 days. lease Friday afternoon stat- cipline for the officer during operating” with WPPD. the department would not Multiple Columbus city ing Police Chief Fred Shel- executive session of its meet- Because it’s a person- comment on specifics of the sources confirmed Officer ton had placed an officer on ing Tuesday evening, the re- nel matter, Shelton said, he ongoing investigation. Antjuan Jethrow was ques- administrative leave, without lease said. would not comment on spe- Jethrow was never booked tioned last week by West pay, for conduct in West Point Shelton said in the press cifics of the alleged incident. in Clay County Jail, accord- Point police on suspicion of while the officer was off-du- release, and has since repeat- West Point Police Chief Av- ing to its records.

Under the Capitol DOME A WALK THROUGH HISTORY Mississippi seeks to merge 2 voting rights suits ‘Once you’ve paid your debt to society, I believe you should be allowed to participate again.’ Kamal Karriem

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS The Associated Press

JACKSON — Mississippi has a racially biased system of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain crimes and a burdensome Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff method of restoring those rights af- Kathy Novotny and her husband Mark Novonty welcome guests into their home, Temple Heights, during Pilgrimage Friday. ter ex-convicts serve their time, ac- This year’s event, the 78th annual, saw thousands of visitors enjoy tours at more than a dozen antebellum homes in the cording to two federal lawsuits that Columbus area. seek change. One lawsuit was filed in Septem- ber by the Mississippi Center for Jus- CVB lauds success of 78th Pilgrimage tice, and the other was filed in March by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Plaintiffs in both cases are former Effects of reduced funding convicts who want to be able to vote, and the lawsuits make similar argu- loom for next year’s event ments. The state’s top elections officer, By ISABELLE ALTMAN and Alex Holloway Delbert Hosemann, is requesting that [email protected]; [email protected] the lawsuits be combined and heard by one judge rather than two. The f the eight years Rachel George lawsuits “share common questions of opened her home, Baskerville fact and law, and consolidating these OManor on Third Street North, cases would avoid unnecessary costs to guests for Columbus Pilgrimage and delay,” the state attorney gener- home tours, she thinks this year is al’s office wrote on behalf of Hose- the best she’s seen. mann court papers filed April 5. “In past years, the home has been The lawsuit filed in September was empty for the first hour-and-a-half,” assigned to U.S. District Judge Dan- George said. “And this year we’ve Carpenter iel P. Jordan III, who was nominated had visitors steadily from 2-5 (p.m.). to the bench by President George W. … It’s been really busy, I would say, but it’s been a Bush. The one filed in March was as- pleasant busy.” signed to U.S. District Judge Carlton Even before she was showing her own house, Reeves, who was nominated by Presi- George was involved in Pilgrimage — which complet- dent Barack Obama. ed its 78th year over the weekend. She volunteered as The Mississippi Constitution spec- a hostess in nearly every antebellum home in Colum- ifies 10 felonies that strip away voting bus for nearly 60 years, since she was a little girl — rights upon conviction, including and “barring unforeseen circumstances,” she has no murder, forgery and bigamy. A state reason to stop next year, she said. attorney general’s opinion later add- “I feel like it’s a privilege … and I do love the tradi- ed 12 more disenfranchising crimes, tion,” she said. including timber larceny and carjack- Likewise, Kathy Novotny said she “absolutely” ing. plans next year to open her home, Temple Heights, a Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff The original list of disenfranchis- circa 1837 house on Ninth Street North. TOP: Rachel George, owner of Baskerville Manor, greets vis- ing crimes was put into the 1890 Mis- “It has been on the tour for nearly 80 years and we itors in front of her home Friday. She plays with 9-month-old William Pittman while William’s father Gene Pittman holds him. sissippi Constitution, and both law- don’t intend on breaking that chain,” Novotny said. On right is MSU junior civil engineer major Mariette Wientjes suits say the intent was to diminish “And we are very concerned about not being support- from Memphis. BOTTOM: Kathy Novotny informs guests about African-Americans’ political power ed by the restaurant tax.” the history of her home, Temple Heights, while on the front after Reconstruction. See Pilgrimage, 6A porch during Pilgrimage Friday. “It’s important that we remove See SUITS, 3A

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DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A Monday, April 16, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Did you hear? Spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health Monday Family spokesman: Bush will not seek additional medical treatment — thanks to her abiding By MICHAEL GRACZYK The Associated Press faith — but for others,” McGrath said. “She is sur- HOUSTON — Former rounded by a family she first lady Barbara Bush adores, and appreciates is in “failing health” and the many kind messages won’t seek additional and especially the prayers medical treatment, a Bush she is receiving.” family spokesman said Bush, who is at home Sunday. in Houston, is one of “Following a recent only two first ladies who series of hospitalizations, was also the mother of a and after consulting her president. The other was family and doctors, Mrs. Abigail Adams, wife of Bush, now age 92, has John Adams, the nation’s decided not to seek addi- second president, and tional medical treatment mother of John Quincy and will instead focus on Adams, the sixth presi- comfort care,” spokesman dent. Jim McGrath said in a Bush married George news release. H.W. Bush on Jan. 6, 1945. McGrath did not They had six children and elaborate as to the have been married longer nature of Bush’s health than any presidential cou- problems. She has been ple in American history. treated for decades for Eight years after she Graves’ disease, which is and her husband left the a thyroid condition, had White House, Mrs. Bush heart surgery in 2009 for stood with her husband a severe narrowing of her as their son George W. main heart valve and was was sworn in as the 43rd hospitalized a year before president. that for surgery on a per- President Donald forated ulcer. Trump’s press secretary, “It will not surprise Sarah Huckabee Sand- ers, said in a statement those who know her Sunday evening that “the that Barbara Bush has President’s and first lady’s been a rock in the face prayers are with all of the of her failing health, Bush family during this worrying not for herself time.” CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Office hours: Main line: n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 HOW DO I ... Email a letter to the editor? n [email protected] Report a missing paper? n 662-328-2424 ext. 100 Report a sports score? n Toll-free 877-328-2430 n 662-241-5000 n Operators are on duty until Submit a calendar item? 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. n Go to www.cdispatch.com/ Buy an ad? community n 662-328-2424 Submit a birth, wedding Report a news tip? or anniversary announce- Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff n 662-328-2471 ment? n A THOUSAND WORDS: Marely Sayago, 4, stops on her walk home with her mother to climb and jump off a n [email protected] Download forms at www. concrete bench in front of the Lee Home Tuesday. “Marely loves to eat popsicles and climbing things,” said her cdispatch.com.lifestyles mother, Justina Guerrero from Columbus.

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Nonsubscribers can purchase online access for less than $9 per month. @ Go to www.cdispatch.com/subscribe LEARNING AND EXPLORING Around the state City official seeks to poor to pay $55-a-month fees while on probation, cut money to county parole or other supervi- office sion. MCCOMB, Miss. — The bill would have A city official in south- made waivers automat- west Mississippi is un- ic for those fitting the successfully pushing federal definition of to deny city money to a poverty. Bryant says county official accused the current process of making racially in- has worked, and grant- sensitive remarks. ing more waivers could The Enterprise-Jour- cost the Department of nal reports McComb Corrections millions of Selectman Albert Eu- dollars. banks tried to prevent The governor says the city from paying he regrets that the any part of Pike County veto kills other parts Civil Defense Director of the bill, including Richard Coghlan’s sal- expansion of treatment ary. options for people su- Eubanks wants a pervised by drug courts transcript of a record- and suspension of driv- ing said to be of Cogh- er’s licenses for drug lan making racially in- convictions unrelated to sensitive remarks. driving. Board attorney Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Wayne Dowdy says a Arrest made in Annie Arick, 4, looks for a book to check out in the Starkville Public Library Tuesday. Annie likes to play dress- court reporter is still up and read lots of book like her favorite “There’s an Alligator Under My Bed”. Annie is the daughter of Tony and trying to transcribe the shooting death of Caitlyn Arick from Starkville. recording, but is having woman in Mississippi difficulty recognizing VICKSBURG, Miss. voices. (AP) — Police say a Dowdy says that it man has been arrest- could take months to ed in connection with Trial to decide if coroner is unfair to black funeral homes complete the transcrip- the shooting death of a tion. woman in Mississippi. By JEFF AMY wrote. “Part of that requires proof Starrett has said he will allow most Eubanks attempted The Vicksburg Post The Associated Press that Hargrove made the decision.” of those to be presented to a jury. to amend the agenda to reports that 56-year-old Evidence shows the white funer- Plaintiffs argue there’s still cancel any money the Darrell Lepercy Green JACKSON — A federal trial is al homes got 93 percent of the total plenty of evidence that Hargrove city might pay toward was arrested Sunday scheduled to start Monday over business from 2012 to 2016, while discriminated against them when Coghlan’s salary, but no and charged with mur- claims by six black-owned funeral black funeral homes got 7 percent. directing who would get coun- board member support- der. It’s unclear if he has homes that a Mississippi Gulf Coast That includes burials of indigents, ty-controlled business. One black ed the move. a lawyer. coroner illegally discriminates in autopsy cases and bodies released funeral home owner has testified The divided Mc- Police reports say favor of two white-owned competi- by the coroner. Plaintiffs have ar- that Hargrove once told her that Comb board often Green and 45-year-old tors. gued that Hargrove used public “white bodies go to the white funer- fights along racial lines. Latonya Love Campbell The dispute revolves around cas- money to maintain racial segrega- al homes and black bodies go to the had been dating and es where Harrison County pays for tion and that each funeral home black funeral home.” Governor vetoes recently ended their a body to be picked up, stored, au- should have gotten one-eighth of But Hargrove and Harrison relationship. Campbell topsied or buried. The case alleges the business. But they say the real County, which would have to pay change in parole returned home from federal civil rights and state law monetary losses are in funerals the damages, argue that in many cas- supervision fees work Saturday night violations by the county coroner black-owned funeral homes didn’t es, someone else chose. They say JACKSON — Gov. and found Green at her against a backdrop of a business conduct, arguing that family mem- the deceased, their relatives and Phil Bryant has vetoed home. that remains starkly segregated by bers usually let a funeral home that friends had made choices along ra- a bill that he says would The newspaper says race in the Deep South. received a body conduct services. cial lines, citing multiple indigent cause a financial hard- an argument ensued U.S. District Judge Keith Star- The six black funeral homes say and autopsy files that show some- ship to the Mississippi that resulted in Green rett, in pretrial rulings, has indicat- they’re owed $870,000 in lost profits one else besides Hargrove decided Department of Correc- shooting her. ed the key question will be proving from 2012 to 2016. The expert who which funeral home should handle tions. Warren County Cor- whether longtime Harrison County prepared that estimate had origi- a body. When it comes to releasing Bryant says Senate oner Doug Huskey pro- Coroner Gary Hargrove made the nally put the black funeral homes’ bodies, Harrison County Board of Bill 2841 would have nounced the woman decisions about where to direct losses at $6.4 million. Supervisors attorney Tim Holle- erased the discretion of dead at the scene. An bodies in each instance. That sug- Starrett already threw a monkey man wrote that “in the vast majority department employees autopsy has been or- gests a long slog could be in store wrench into the plaintiffs’ case by of all of these files there is someone or judges to grant hard- dered. for the Gulfport court. disallowing their plan for a lawyer present who has priority over the ship waivers for offend- “Plaintiffs’ burden is to prove to testify about a summary of 5,281 coroner to make the decision as to ers who say they’re too — The Associated Press that Hargrove discriminated when coroners’ files. The plaintiffs then which funeral home would handle it fell to him to choose which funer- scrambled to have paralegals pre- the funeral services for their loved al home to send a body,” Starrett pare charts summarizing data, and one.”

Suits Continued from Page 1A this vestige of white su- a sentence for a disen- ing time. charged with stealing a premacy from the Mis- franchising crime, which African-Americans city cellphone. He is the sissippi Constitution and 40 states already have. make up about 38 per- brother of Democratic allow people to vote free The aim of the Septem- cent of Mississippi’s pop- state Rep. Kabir Karriem of the legacy of racial dis- ber lawsuit is similar. ulation and 36.5 percent of Columbus, who filed crimination,” attorney Between 1994 and of the state’s registered two of the bills this year Robert McDuff said after 2017, about 47,000 people voters. Youngwood said to restore voting rights he and several other at- in Mississippi were con- 59 percent to 60 percent to former convicts. torneys filed the lawsuit victed of disenfranchis- of people convicted of “Once you’ve paid in September. ing crimes, and about disenfranchising crimes your debt to society, I To regain the right to 60 percent of them have in the state are black. believe you should be vote, people convicted completed their sentenc- One of the plaintiffs allowed to participate of the disenfranchising es but have not regained of the September law- again,” Kamal Karriem crimes must get permis- their voting rights, said suit is Kamal Karriem, said. “I don’t think it sion from two-thirds of Jonathan K. Youngwood, a former Columbus city should be held against the Legislature and the a New York-based attor- councilman who plead- you for the rest of your governor. Only 14 people ney in the March law- ed guilty to embezzle- life.” have managed this in the suit. Some are still serv- ment in 2005 after being past five years. During the 2018 ses- sion, legislators filed bills to restore voting rights to seven addition- al people. Five of the bills passed, and two failed. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, now in his sev- enth year in office, has been letting suffrage restoration bills become law without his signa- ture. This year, he let four become law without signing them and vetoed the fifth. In a brief veto message Friday, he said restoring voting rights depends on the support of law enforcement “and the person’s ability to show responsibility and honesty after convic- tion.” The lawsuit filed in March says Mississippi’s system is “harsh, puni- tive and unforgiving” and disproportionately hurts African-Ameri- Help us help them. cans. It seeks automatic or uncomplicated resto- The Humane Society ration of voting rights once a person completes 662-327-3107 4A Monday, April 16, 2018

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ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch MARY ANN HARDY Controller MISSISSIPPI VOICES Cartoonist view Sad to hear Wicker singing praises of Trump OXFORD — With apologies to Lloyd Bentsen, Mississip- pians have watched the career of Roger Wicker for a while. Roger Wicker is no Donald Trump. It has been dis- heartening to watch and listen as Wicker, now senior U.S. sena- tor from Mississippi, Charlie Mitchell positions himself more and more in the president’s pocket and less and less in line with the thoughtful and sincere conservatism that had defined his career. As the drama has unfolded, state Sen. Chris McDaniel first challenged Wicker, planning to dispatch him in the June 5 Republican Party primary. Well before, however, Wicker had heard the drumbeat, the catcalls, the accusations of being a closet liberal. (That’s what any con- servative who talks with Democrats is called these days.) Wicker, not known for rousing stump speeches or playing to voters’ emotions, MISSISSIPPI ISSUES responded by becoming a bit more vocal. After all, McDaniel, by waving the state flag and preaching that Confederate memorials were sacred, had come within half a hair of unseat- A lot at stake for C Spire, AT&T ing the respected and revered U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in 2014. Wicker knew he would have a formidable opponent. in state telecom contract The first volley from the Wicker camp was Editor’s note: The Mississippi businesses, residents and gov- On behalf of the thousands of probably the most perverse TV commercial Business Journal recently wrote an ernment,” AT&T explained in a employees who are working each in state political history. It posited that Wick- editorial supporting C Spire’s win- statement to FierceWireless when and every day to keep Mississippi’s er was the tried and true Trump man, and ning bid for a large state telecommu- questioned about the issue. “As a businesses and residents connect- cherry-picked McDaniel’s negative comments nications contract. AT&T is chal- part of the normal contracting and ed, and on behalf of the more than about the president. lenging that contract. Below is the bid process, we filed our concerns 4,000 retirees who call Mississippi Trump had already endorsed Wicker, but it MBJ’s editorial and a response from with the Department of Information home, we feel an obligation to rebut looked as if the campaign would come down to the president of AT&T Mississippi. Technology Services regarding the the unchallenged claims made by the louder shouter of, “I love our president and recent statewide technology RFP. C-Spire and echoed by the MBJ. he loves me, too.” Mississippi Business Journal: While our bid fully met the specif- In questioning the legitimacy of As we all know, the primary that was to be ic, clearly identified requirements AT&T’s protest, the MBJ’s editors became the primary that wasn’t to be when C Spire has best interest of state outlined in the RFP, we believe the claim to know what is in the best Cochran resigned effective April 1. McDaniel at heart selected bid does not. We appreci- interests for Mississippi. Yet MBJ quickly jumped away from the quest to unseat So, let’s get this straight. ate this review by the department apparently never reviewed the Wicker, opting to run in a special election to There was a bid process for the and look forward to their response.” original Request for Proposals from fill the two years remaining on Cochran’s term. procurement of the state’s tele- Yet, C Spire has won out in a pro- the Department of Information (No confirmation, but there were scattered communications services. C Spire cess that AT&T never thought was Technology Services (ITS). Nor reports of the sound of champagne corks outbid AT&T by a whopping $32 problematic until it actually lost. did it review the bid proposals popping in Wicker’s office.) McDaniel’s exit million. C Spire has historically been from C-Spire and AT&T. Nor did it left Wicker without a noisy opponent and, in all Now, AT&T is protesting the the primary awardee or shared a review AT&T’s protest. likelihood, a new six-year term. entire process that it has never had significant portion of the contract Had MBJ conducted a journal- Whether Wicker returns to pragmatism a problem with in the past. for wireless but last year it was able istic review of those documents, it remains to be seen. None of that seems to be in to participate in the RFP process would have learned that C-Spire’s It was 1988 when Bentsen, the Democratic dispute. in which the state ITS selected proposal failed to meet mandatory nominee for vice president, snarled at Dan After multiple requests, Michele the Mississippi-based company for requirements imposed by the State. Quayle, the Republican nominee, that Quayle Blocker, the Chief Administrative most of the services to be provided ITS expressly informed vendors didn’t measure up to the stature of former Officer with the Mississippi De- to the state of Mississippi on the that a failure to meet mandatory President John F. Kennedy. Likewise, Roger partment of Technology Services landline side. requirements would lead to an Wicker doesn’t measure down to the stature of confirmed that recently to the Mis- Considering the updated fiber automatic disqualification from the our current president. sissippi Business Journal with the lines and technology that C Spire bidding process. To illustrate, if a After graduation from the University of Mis- following short, concise statement. has and will use for this contract, it state agency seeks proposals for an sissippi and its law school, Wicker — apparent- “On December 21, 2017, the should have beaten out AT&T even air conditioning system and states ly free of the horrid affliction of bone spurs — MS Department of Information without outbidding by $32 million. that a central unit with ducts is a joined the Air Force, served on active duty and Technology Services (ITS) Board mandatory requirement, then a ven- remained in the Reserve. For eight years, he But Mississippi gets the best of approved several awards relating to both worlds. Mississippi gets state- dor who bids a patchwork collection served as aide to former Sen. Trent Lott, then the State’s procurement of tele- of window units must be disquali- seven years in the Mississippi Senate, then 12 of-the-art technology and it gets communications services. (More it for $32 million less than AT&T fied, even if that vendor’s proposal years in the U.S. House before being appointed information on this procurement, is the lowest cost bid. to Lott’s seat in 2007. He later won a full term would cost. Lord knows there are RFP 5000, can be found at www.its. any number of projects in Missis- In our protest, we are asking and, at 66, is seeking another. ms.gov.) One of these awards, Voice ITS to administer the rules as they Genial is a word that comes to mind. Wicker sippi that could use the $32 million and Data Network Services, was it would save by having C Spire as were specified in the RFP. We are appears to be slow to anger, but firm in his made to CSPIRE. Subsequently, convinced C-Spire has not met, and beliefs. Sent to D.C. as part of the Republican its land line provider. AT&T submitted a formal Protest It’s a slam dunk, right? cannot meet, some of the state’s Revolution orchestrated by Haley Barbour challenging this award pursuant mandatory requirements. We’ve in 1993, Wicker was elected president of the But AT&T, which is trying to to ITS policies and procedures. protect the monopoly it has en- laid out our concerns in detail, and House freshman class that was also intent on This Protest is currently under the experts at ITS are reviewing draining the swamp. A stable guy who sings in joyed for more than 100 years, has consideration by the ITS Executive gummed up the process and now our claims. the choir of the First Baptist Church of Tupelo, Director.” This is all in line with well-estab- Wicker has a top rating from the Chamber of the state is dealing with a protract- ITS Executive Director Craig ed protest process in which very lished Mississippi law – laws that Commerce and a flat “F” from Planned Parent- Oregon, however, in trying to fully ensure a fair and open state pro- hood. He is on the naughty list for the Amer- little information is coming out. respect the appeals process, would So, we wait. curement process while also pro- ican Civil Liberties Union and the National not comment on the process, the tecting the interests of tax payers. Organization for the Reform of Marijuana The state waits. Law enforce- outcome or the protest as it has now ment waits. Education waits. If we’re wrong, and our challenge is Laws gives him a “D-.” been nearly four months since C unsuccessful, C-Spire should have That’s about as conservative as conservative In this instance, C Spire is the Spire won the bid. best choice for Mississippi and C nothing to worry about. But all the gets. We get that business is busi- C-Spire arm-waving and histrionics His worst label would be “career politician,” Spire has the best interest of Mis- ness and AT&T wants to keep the sissippi at heart. suggest C-Spire knows it has big but as a rule a person is OK with a career politi- lucrative contract with the state, problems. cian as long as the career politician’s priorities and we understand C Spire wants to Ultimately, our objective is to are in line with the person’s particular perspec- take over what is loosely called the Mayo Flynt: MBJ opinion wrong help the state ensure that, whatever tives. state’s land line telecommunication on ITS bid bid it ultimately selects, it is getting Trump, on the other hand, is anything but contract. We are disappointed that the the services it required in the RFP stable. While Trump’s raucous, shoot-from- In a statement to FierceWireless, Mississippi Business Journal did at a fair price. We believe our bid the-lip style endears the president to millions, AT&T defends its position. not provide us the courtesy of hear- meets that goal, and C-Spire’s bid he has not shown consistency, substance or “We have an historic commit- ing our point of view before taking does not. principle. The busiest office in the Trump ment to building communications a position against us in its recent Mayo Flynt is the President of White House is where ID badges are made. networks to serve Mississippi Our View editorial. AT&T Mississippi. Trump hires people, some of them with good credentials, then most are fired or run away as soon as they discover our nation’s leader has a few applause lines, but no plan and no center of THE STAFF OF THE DISPATCH gravity other than to heap praise upon himself. EDITOR/PUBLISHER Beth Proffitt Lisa Oswalt Slim Smith Arkedia Parker For those to whom politics is a show, all is Peter Imes Mary Jane Runnels Mary Pollitz Jan Swoope Kayla Taylor not lost. The special election, to be held along Jackie Taylor Scott Walters Julia Grant Tucker with the general election on Nov. 6, will have PUBLISHER EMERITUS NEWS ample fireworks. The contest for U.S. House Birney Imes BUSINESS OFFICE Isabelle Altman MAILROOM PRODUCTION District 3 is also wide open. Lindsey Beck Devin Edgar Christina Boyd Eltoro Harris Otherwise, we can hope Roger Wicker re- ADVERTISING Debbie Foster Matt Garner Leonardo Buckner William Hudson Mary Ann Hardy Alex Holloway Dale Cochran William LeJeune turns to being who he is, and stops pretending Brittany Brown Trump is his kind of guy. Eddie Johnson Brett Hudson DeShaun Davis Jamie Morrison Cynthia Cunningham Joseph Ellis Charlie Mitchell is an associate dean of jour- Adam Minichino Anne Murphy Kelly Ervin CIRCULATION Zack Plair Jeffrey Gore Tina Perry nalism at the University of Mississippi. Email Karen Hall Michael Floyd Luisa Porter Katrina Guyton reaches him at [email protected]. Melissa Johnson Courtney Laury Deanna Robinson Doris Hill The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Monday, April 16, 2018 5A ‘Full Metal Jacket’ actor R. Lee Ermey dies at 74 By LINDSEY BAHR talized lines such as: “What is film credit was as a helicopter An impressed Kubrick gave Sarge in the “Toy Story” films. AP Film Writer your major malfunction?” pilot in Francis Ford Coppola’s him the role. He also played track and field His co-stars Matthew “Apocalypse Now,” which was Kubrick told Rolling Stone coach and Nike co-founder LOS ANGE- Modine and Vincent D’Onof- quickly followed by a part in that 50 percent of Ermey’s dia- Bill Bowerman in “Prefon- LES — R. Lee rio tweeted their condolences “The Boys in Company C” as a logue in the film was his own. taine,” General Kramer in “Toy Ermey, a former Sunday evening. drill instructor. “In the course of hiring the Soldiers” and Mayor Tilman in Marine who “#SemperFidelis Always He raked in more than 60 marine recruits, we inter- “Mississippi Burning.” made a career in faithful. Always loyal. Do not credits in film and television viewed hundreds of guys. We Ermey also hosted the Hollywood play- go gentle into that good night. across his long career in the lined them all up and did an History Channel series “Mail ing hard-nosed Rage, rage against the dying of industry, often playing author- improvisation of the first meet- Call” and “Lock N’ Load with military men Ermey the light,” Modine wrote, quot- ity figures in everything from ing with the drill instructor. R. Lee Ermey” and was a like Gunnery ing the Dylan Thomas poem. “Se7en” to “The Texas Chain- They didn’t know what he was board member for the National Sgt. Hartman in “RIP amigo. PVT. Joker.” saw Massacre” remake. going to say, and we could see Rifle Association, as well as a Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Vincent D’Onofrio added: The part he would become how they reacted. Lee came up spokesman for Glock. Jacket,” has died. “Ermey was the real deal. The most well-known for, in “Full with, I don’t know, 150 pages of “He will be greatly missed Ermey’s longtime manager knowledge of him passing Metal Jacket,” wasn’t even insults,” Kubrick said. by all of us,” Rogin said. “It is Bill Rogin says he died Sunday brings back wonderful memo- originally his. Ermey had According to Kubrick, a terrible loss that nobody was morning from pneumonia-relat- ries of our time together.” been brought on as a technical Ermey also had a terrible car prepared for.” ed complications. He was 74. Born Ronald Lee Ermey in consultant for the 1987 film, accident one night in the mid- Rogin says that while his The Kanas native was 1944, Ermey served 11 years but he had his eyes on the role dle of production and was out characters were often hard and nominated for a Golden Globe in the Marine Corps and spent of the brutal gunnery sergeant for four and half months with principled, the real Ermey was Award for his memorable 14 months in Vietnam and then and filmed his own audition broken ribs. a family man and a kind and performance in “Full Metal in Okinawa, Japan, where he tape of him yelling out insults Ermey would also go on to gentle soul who supported the Jacket,” in which he immor- became staff sergeant. His first while tennis balls flew at him. voice the little green army man men and women who serve.

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COMMERCIAL DISPATCH Alabama, to Ludie Bell Cemetery. Visitation is Hamilton; daughter, at a later date. Lowndes ceded in death by his OBITUARY POLICY Webber Hollis of Ver- Tuesday from one hour Cheryl Ann Plunkett Funeral Home is in sister, Peggy Walters Obituaries with basic informa- non and the late Chris- prior to service time at charge of arrangements tion including visitation and of Ponchatoula, Louisi- Fondren. service times, are provided topher Columbus Hollis New Prospect Baptist ana; brothers, Donald Mr. Jones was born He is survived by free of charge. Extended obit- Sr. He was a 1996 grad- Church. Reeves of Columbus on May 4, 1947, in his wife, Linda Jones uaries with a photograph, de- uate of Lamar County Mrs. Berry was born and Ray Reeves of Gat- Mississippi to the late of Caledonia; daughter, tailed biographical information High School and was Jan. 11, 1938, in Bar- tman; and one grand- Roy Littleton and Rob- Jennifer Paige Jones of and other details families may a member of Westside tahatchie Community daughter. bie Lee Gallop Jones. Columbus; son, James wish to include, are available Church of Christ. He to the late Perry Jack- He was of the Baptist for a fee. Obituaries must be Brian Jones of Hernan- was employed with son Reeves and Hettie faith and attended submitted through funeral do; and one grandson. Baldour Electric in Co- Pearl Mitchell Reeves. Jimmy Jones Border Springs Baptist homes unless the deceased’s Jimmy Jones, 70, Memorials may body has been donated to lumbus and Chromalox She was a graduate of Church. He was former- science. If the deceased’s in Vernon. Hamilton High School died April 9, 2018, at ly employed as a set-up be made to Rowan body was donated to science, In addition to his and salutatorian of her his residence. man for United Tech- Cemetery, c/o Bor- the family must provide official mother, he is survived No funeral service nologies. der Springs Baptist proof of death. Please submit class. She attended by his fiancé, Latoshia I.J.C. in Fulton and was will be held. A private In addition to his Church, P.O. 399, Cale- all obituaries on the form Williams of Vernon; provided by The Commercial a member of New Pros- memorial will be held parents, he was pre- donia, MS 39740. Dispatch. Free notices must sons, Dyshun Wil- pect Baptist Church. be submitted to the newspa- liams, Chauncey Hollis, She was formerly em- per no later than 3 p.m. the Lebron Hollis and Aden ployed at United Tech- day prior for publication Tues- Hollis, all of Vernon; nology in Columbus. day through Friday; no later brothers, Chris Hollis than 4 p.m. Saturday for the In addition to her and Andy Hollis, both parents, she was Sunday edition; and no later of Vernon, Randy Hollis than 7:30 a.m. for the Monday preceded in death by of Omaha, Nebraska, edition. Incomplete notices her sisters, Edna Faye and Danny Joe Hollis must be received no later than Reeves and Mary Joyce 7:30 a.m. for the Monday of Madison, Alabama.; Reeves Malone. through Friday editions. Paid sister, Dorthene Harris She is survived by notices must be finalized by 3 of Vernon. p.m. for inclusion the next day her husband, Charles Monday through Thursday; and Adrian Berry of on Friday by 3 p.m. for Sunday Phyllis Lawrence and Monday publication. For COLUMBUS — more information, call 662- Phyllis A. Lawrence, 328-2471. 86, died April 14, 2018, at her residence. Daniel Hollis Arrangements are VERNON, Ala. — incomplete and will be Daniel Joseph Hollis, announced by Memori- 39, died April 12, al Gunter Peel Funeral 2018, at Baptist Hospi- Home and Crematory, tal-Memphis, Tennes- Second Avenue North see. location. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Otts Fu- Norma Berry neral Home chapel in HAMILTON — Sulligent, Alabama, Services for Norma A. with Delmar Garrison Reeves Berry are 1 p.m. Phyllis Lawrence officiating Visitation is Tuesday at New Pros- Incomplete Tuesday one hour prior pect Baptist Church Second Avenue N. location to service. with John Maxey Daniel was born July officiating. Burial will 28, 1978, in Winfield, be at New Prospect

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, April comedy program “Fibber 16, the 106th day of 2018. McGee and Molly” pre- memorialgunterpeel.com There are 259 days left in miered on the NBC Blue the year. Network. Today’s Highlight in History: Annie Kate Lofton n On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. Annie Kate Lofton, age 85, of Columbus, MS wrote his “Letter from passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at Baptist Birmingham Jail” in Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, Columbus, which the civil rights MS. activist responded to a Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 17, group of local clergymen 2018, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral who had criticized him for Home, Columbus, MS. A graveside service will leading street protests; be held Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 2:30 PM at Me- King defended his tactics, morial Gardens Cemetery, Columbus, MS with writing, “Injustice any- Bro. Steve Brown officiating and Lowndes Fu- where is a threat to justice neral Home directing. everywhere.” Mrs. Lofton was born on April 3, 1933, in Bay Springs, MS to the late Floyd F. and Idell Sumer- On this date: all. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, n In 1789, Presi- Columbus, MS. Mrs. Lofton worked as a state- dent-elect George Wash- ment clerk at First National Bank of Alaska. She ington left Mount Vernon, traveled by her husband’s side as a military wife Virginia, for his inaugura- as he served his duties to his country. In addi- tion in New York. tion to her parents, Mrs. Lofton was preceded in n In 1818, the U.S. Sen- death by one brother and four sisters. ate ratified the Rush-Bag- Mrs. Lofton is survived by her husband- Roy ot Treaty severely limiting Lofton of Steens, MS; daughters- Janice (David) the number of American Wood of Steens, MS, and Deborah “Debbie” Ann and British military ves- (Michael) Olexa, AK; grandchildren- Patrick sels on the Great Lakes. (Amanda) Post, Kasie Wood, and Travis Olexa; n In 1862, during great-grandchildren- Braden Post, Ava Post, and the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed Charlotte Post. a bill ending slavery in the Memorials may be made to American Can- District of Columbia. The cer Society, 1380 Livingston Lane, Jackson, MS Confederacy conscripted 39213. all white men between the Compliments of ages of 18 to 35. Lowndes Funeral Home n In 1935, the radio www.lowndesfuneralhome.net 6A Monday, April 16, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com BURGER BASH

TOP: Sophie Harris, 7, fixes her dinner at the Third Annual Burger Bash Sunday afternoon at Colin Krieger’s home on Fifth Avenue North. The event raised more than $2,500 for Columbus Main Street. RIGHT: Clay Bowen of Columbus takes burgers off his grill during the Downtown Burger Bash Sunday. Clay Bowen says he has “a couple of secrets to grilling a good burger” but his wife, Shannon, says the actual recipe is hers. Live musical acts, a children’s bounce-house and burning fire pits were featured alongside the burgers and hot dogs for the hundreds who attended to eat during the event.

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Pilgrimage Continued from Page 1A It’s a legitimate “If you than 1,500 people bought been a lot of grave con- concern — the 2-percent take $200 tickets to Tales from the cern through our com- sales tax on prepared and you Crypt, the annual perfor- munity,” he added. “It’s food and beverages multiply mance by students from not just about Pilgrimage, collected from county that by the Mississippi School for but the economic devel- restaurants has sustained thousands, Mathematics and Science opment of our communi- the Columbus Conven- you see that to share stories of people ty. It’s going to be very tion and Visitors Bureau, quickly you from the city’s past. Hicks damaging if the funding reach over which promotes tourism is cut off.” and events like Pilgrim- $1 million,” age, since the 1980s. This she added. Hicks: Pilgrimage will year, the tax is set to ex- This year, Carpen- be history pire, and a bill to renew it ter said, visitors from CVB’s board chairman, died in committee during 33 states and nine Dewitt Hicks, opened his the state legislative countries came to tour home — Rosewood — for session that ended earlier homes and attend other the 40th straight year this this month. The bill died events during the spring Pilgrimage. due to a dispute over Pilgrimage. Some of This year, plenty of whether it should apply them have only heard people visited his home, to all restaurants or just of Columbus because of he said, including many those whose prepared advertisements they saw from out of state. In fact, the food and beverage sales in magazines like Garden specter of losing the 2-per- are at least $325,000 and Gun, Southern cent restaurant tax, which annually. Living and even airline expires June 30, didn’t seem With the tax dead, the magazines, she said. to stunt this year’s event, bulk of the CVB’s fund- It helps, too, that in the at all. ing is gone. last 20 years, Pilgrimage Hicks, however, fears Pil- But the loss of tax has grown to include grimage won’t get through revenue shouldn’t mean more than home tours, next year so unscathed. At this year marks the last Carpenter said. This best, reduced marketing for Pilgrimage, CVB Ex- year, at least 500 people funds will hurt the event. ecutive Director Nancy attended the event’s Kick- At worst, he said, the Carpenter said. off Party on April 5. More show will not go on. “We will work harder than 250 participated in “If funding for the CVB to get grants, to receive the half-marathon and 5K is not continued, Pilgrim- grant money,” Carpenter on April 7, while between age will be history, like so said. 500-600 attended Catfish many other things,” Hicks in the Alley later that day. said. Carpenter: Pilgrimage Also this year, more “There certainly has is self-sustaining Already, Carpenter said, the CVB receives advertising funding from grants. Mississippi Development Authority provided $40,000 toward that end, but she said that was contingent on CVB first spending $80,000. For the home tours, at least, Carpenter said visitors buy tickets, mak- ing it somewhat self-sus- taining. Homeowners like George, Novotny and hosts at 12 other old homes on the Pil- grimage’s tour receive a small stipend, but they’re primarily volunteers doing what Carpenter stresses is a “service to the community.” “It really is a gift to the community because the money that is derived through the economic impact is for the city and the county,” Carpenter said. “It’s wonderful that you’ve got people who are coming and staying two or three days. You average $150 per day, per person and (with) buying tickets (for home tours) it’s probably closer to $200. SPORTS EDITOR SECTION Adam Minichino SPORTS LINE 662-241-5000 B Sports THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2018 AUTO RACING COLLEGE SOFTBALL Knudsen, Ward help No. 23 MSU shut out Ole Miss

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OXFORD — Cassady Knudsen and Holly Ward were simply dominating. Knudsen and Ward threw back-to-back shutouts Sunday to lead the No. 23 Mississippi State softball team to 5-0 and 6-0 victories against Ole Miss at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. The victories mark the first time since 2011 that MSU (32-11, 6-8 Southeastern Conference) has recorded back-to-back shutouts Knudsen against a SEC opponent. Knudsen and Ward combined Michael Thomas Shroyer/USA TODAY Sports Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kurt Busch, middle, speaks with his crew on pit road Sunday during a for 19 strikeouts and allowed only rain stoppage in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The race will be completed at 1 p.m. today. nine singles in the doubleheader. Ole Miss (21-18, 4-12) went 0-for-15 with runners in scoring positions, while MSU was 6-for-14 Rain postpones nascar race to today (.429). “Our team is so tough,” MSU Ward By STEVE REED ON TV ry about coming back Monday. coach Vann Stuedeman said. “We The Associated Press Ryan Blaney was dominant early have a lot of off-the-field things that are pressing, n Monster Energy Cup Series, in the No. 12 Ford, leading 99 laps but it just shows you the resilience and the grit of BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Larson Food City 500, at Bristol, Tennessee Noon, Today (WLOV). of the first 119 laps before getting this team. Cassady was really spinning the ball, will have to wait another day to try caught up in wreck that left his car and she was trusting herself today, which was to capture his first NASCAR Cup in shambles. fun to see.” Series victory of the season. a forecast of steady rain for the re- It happened on turn three when Freshman Mia Davidson went 5-for-7 in the The race at Bristol Motor Speed- mainder of Sunday night. Chris Buescher and Trevor Bayne, doubleheader with two runs and one RBI. Senior way was postponed until today be- “It’s hard to get a rhythm with all who were fighting to stay on the Reggie Harrison had four hits and led the team cause of heavy rain with Larson out the rain and stuff and then getting lead lap, got tangled up in front of with six RBIs. in front. Racing was halted three out of your car and getting back in,” times Sunday due to wet weather. Blaney, leaving him nowhere to ma- See SOFTBALL, 4B Larson said. neuver. Action is scheduled to resume at Larson liked the speed of his car, noon today. His car was taken behind the Game 44 but said the track was slick. Larson led 74 laps when the race wall, ending his day. n No. 23 Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 6 Tonight “There is only a little line there was halted on lap 204, just 46 laps “By the time I got away from the (SEC Network. from it becoming official. NASCAR on the bottom that has got some car right in front of me they were hopes to complete all remaining grip,” said Larson, who normally already turned right up the race 296 laps, although the forecast calls likes to run on the high side of the track and I was already going to the for more rain and possibly snow. Bristol track. “If you get out of it, it’s top,” of the track,” Blaney said. “I COLLEGE BASEBALL Larson seemed to have found his slick. If you get below it, it’s slick. kind of saw them spinning low and I groove on the track before the third So, it’s been fun, but it’s kind of hard thought that top was going to be OK and final red flag came out. NA- to guess where you need to position and then they slid back up and got Seven-run sixth SCAR waited about an hour before your car there for a little while.” us. That stinks. I thought we had a officially postponing the race with Some drivers won’t have to wor- good car and nothing to show for it.” lifts No. 24 Auburn COLLEGE GOLF From Special Reports AUBURN, Ala. — A seven-run sixth inning proved too much for the Mississippi State base- MSU, Ole Miss, USM will battle at Old Waverly ball team to overcome Sunday afternoon in a 7-5 loss to No. 24 Auburn at Plainsman Park. From Special Reports MSU will so grateful Memphis, South Ala- MSU fell to 19-18 and 5-10 in the Southeast- look to build to be able to bama, and South Florida ern Conference, while Auburn improved to 25-12 WEST POINT — The off of three- host a great will round out the field. and 6-9. state’s top teams will join straight event on Sophomore Peng “We were pleased with our starting pitching a strong field today at the t o p - f i v e our home Pichaikool, senior Tay- the entire series,” MSU interim coach Gary Old Waverly Collegiate f i n i s h e s , course. We lor Grant and sophomore Henderson said. “We got three good starts. We Championship. including a are looking Garrett Johnson have played well defensively the entire series. We The two-day event will played in all of MSU’s didn’t manage the sixth inning well. There were season-best Pichaikool Thornberry forward to feature the Mississippi second competing events in 2017-18 and too many freebies and then too many two-strike State men’s golf team in place at the in front are in Smith’s lineup for base hits. It was a bad inning. its regular-season finale. Bighorn Invitational. of our home crowd this the 10th time this sea- “For the most part, we are an improved Ole Miss and Southern “This is a special week week.” son. Senior Taylor Bibbs See BASEBALL, 2B Mississippi also will com- for our program,” MSU Chattanooga, Coastal and freshman Cameron pete in two rounds today men’s golf coach Dusty Carolina, Lipscomb, Lit- Clarke fill out the lineup, Game 38 and a final round Tuesday Smith said. “Old Waverly tle Rock, Louisiana, Lou- the same one that cruised n Mississippi State vs. Memphis, 6:30 p.m. on the par 72, 7,000-yard Golf Club is a huge part of isiana Monroe, LSU, Lou- to the third-best 54-hole Wednesday, at AutoZone Park, Memphis, Tennessee course. our program and we are isiana Tech, McNeese, See OLD WAVERLY, 2B (WKBB-FM 100.9, WFCA-FM 107.9)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Robinson’s daughter ‘People still suffering’ says black MLBers as MLB returns to reluctant to speak out storm-hit San Juan By The Associated Press during “The Star-Span- By TIM REYNOLDS gled Banner,” Oakland The Associated Press NEW YORK — Jackie Athletics catcher Bruce Robinson’s daughter thinks Maxwell was the only SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hiram Bithorn’s statue black baseball players are baseball player to take a is no longer standing. The stadium bearing his name more reluctant to speak knee. is ready to bustle again. That’s an apt way to show how things are right now publicly about racial issues “I don’t think they have Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports than their NFL and NBA much choice,” Sharon A look at the Jackie Robinson statue at Dodger Stadium in Puerto Rico, which is about to host its most signif- colleagues because they Robinson said. “They are that was unveiled last year as part of Jackie Robinson icant sporting events since Hurricane Maria dramat- constitute a lower percent- in the minority and where Day celebrations of his breaking the color barrier in ically ravaged the islands seven months ago. Major age of rosters. in football and basketball Major League Baseball. Players across MLB wore No. 42 League Baseball returns Tuesday to San Juan, with She spoke at Citi Field you have a group and to remember Robinson on Sunday, which was the 71st Cleveland and Minnesota opening a two-game series on Sunday to mark Jack- therefore you can take a anniversary of his accomplishment. that many hope will remind the rest of the world that ie Robinson Day, the 71st group action. So players if United States and Canada Armour of the Society of recovery from the storm is far from over. anniversary of her father they speak out individual- on opening-day active ros- American Baseball Re- “I hate to say it, but this is a great platform, so peo- ple can see the reality,” said Boston Red Sox manager breaking Major League ly, they could be the only ters rose to 8.4 percent, search. Baseball’s color barrier with Alex Cora, a native Puerto Rican and someone who African-American player up from 7.7 last year and “It’s definitely a small the Brooklyn Dodgers. on their team and it could its highest level since at bought tickets to Indians-Twins for his family — and While more than 200 be a difficult spot for them least 2012. representation at this wishes it was his team playing in San Juan this week. NFL players protested to be in.” The percentage peak- level,” Pittsburgh All- “We’re much better than six, seven months ago, racial inequality last sea- The percentage of ed at 19 in 1986, MLB said Star second baseman whenever it was. But we’ve still got work to do.” son by kneeling or sitting black players from the last week, citing Mark See ROBINSON, 4B See SAN JUAN, 4B 2b Monday, April 16, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com briefly CALENDAR COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mississippi State Prep Baseball No. 7 men’s tennis team blanks LSU Today’s Games BATON ROUGE, La. — The No. 7 Mississippi State men’s tennis Whoa, Nellie: Keith Jackson Fayette County at New Hope, 6 p.m. team defeated LSU 6-0 Sunday in the regular-season finale for both West Lowndes at Ethel, 6 p.m. teams. MSU (17-2, 11-1 SEC) earned the No. 2 seed for the SEC Oak Hill Academy at Leake Academy, 6 p.m. tournament. It is the team’s highest seed since the 1993 squad was the Amory at Hamilton, 6:30 p.m. remembered at Rose Bowl top seed. Tuesday’s Games MSU’s only setback in the conference this season was a 5-2 loss at Winston at Heritage Academy (DH), 4 p.m. No. 5 Texas A&M on Friday night in College Station, Texas. The Aggies By BETH HARRIS one of several former broadcast ended the league slate 12-0. Canton at Starkville Academy (DH), 4 p.m. The Associated Press partners who spoke during the MSU won its third in a row against LSU, and for the ninth time in the Murrah at Starkville High, 6 p.m. 2-hour, 15-minute memorial. last 11 meetings with the Tigers. Lafayette at West Point, 6 p.m. PASADENA, Calif. — Keith Jack- Jackson came up with the Rose MSU’s 42nd-ranked duo of Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic beat New Hope at Choctaw County, 6 p.m. son was remembered as “the Walter Bowl nickname, “The Granddaddy Agie Moreno and Rafael Wagner, 6-1, on court 1. The tandem has now Louisville at Caledonia, 6 p.m. Cronkite of sports broadcasting” won two in a row and five of its last six. of Them All.” Kemper Academy at Columbus Christian, 6 p.m. and a loving husband, father and At No. 3, Florian Broska and Trevor Foshey held off LSU’s Stewart It was an example of what ABC- Block and Shane Monroe for a 6-4 win, winning the final two games Thursday’s Games grandfather away from the broad- owned Walt Disney Co. chairman after Block and Monroe forced a 4-all score. Heritage Academy at Winston Academy, 6 p.m. cast booth in a memorial service at MSU is 12-2 when clinching doubles. It has won 13 of its last 15 Starkville Academy at Canton Academy, 6 p.m. the Rose Bowl. and CEO Robert Iger via video doubles points. Columbus Christian at Starkville Christian, 6 p.m. Nearly 400 family and friends called “Keith-speak.” MSU won all six first sets. Foshey was the first Bulldog off the Offensive linemen were “big ug- court, taking a quick 6-1, 6-1 decision against Block on court 6. gathered Sunday on the field at the Prep Softball lies.” A dropped ball was a “fuumm- Moments later, 78th-ranked Rakic made it 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-0 victory on Today’s Games historic stadium where Jackson, the bull!” Players were “young-uns.” A court 3 against Samardzic. Rakic closed out his regular season winning Louisville at Starkville High, 5:30 p.m. folksy voice of college football for eight of his final 10 matches. big play would elicit the cry “Whoa, Caledonia at New Hope, 6 p.m. decades on ABC, called a record 15 Niclas Braun then sealed the deal with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Saborio Nellie!” although Jackson didn’t utter on court 4. Broska then made it 5-0 MSU with his second win of the Hamilton at Houston, 6:30 p.m. New Year’s Day games — the last afternoon—a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Moreno on court 5. Tuesday’s Games in 2006. A smattering of the public what became known as his signature The third-ranked Borges was the final Bulldog to finish on the day, Starkville High at Choctaw County, 5:30 p.m. looked on from seats in the south phrase as much as viewers thought. breaking 91st-ranked Monroe on a deciding point to win 6-4, 6-2 on West Point at Columbus, 6 p.m. end zone. The stadium’s radio and “I think I said it probably at least court 1. The reigning SEC Player of the Year has now won four out of once a game,” said Bob Griese, who his last five matches and has defeated a team-best 18 ranked foes in New Hope at Louisville, 6 p.m. TV booths are named in his honor. 2017-18. West Lowndes at Aberdeen, 6 p.m. “This was Keith Jackson’s cathe- called games for 15 years with Jack- The SEC Championship will be April 25-29 in Tuscaloosa, Mooreville at Hamilton, 6 p.m. dral,” said Tim Brandt, who served son. “People would hear that and Alabama. Thursday’s Games as master of ceremonies and was they just assumed he said it.” Noxubee County at West Point, 5 p.m. Ole Miss West Lowndes at Columbus, 6 p.m. Men’s tennis team loses to Arkansas Nettleton at New Hope, 6 p.m. Old Waverly FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Ole Miss men’s tennis team won Continued from Page 1B the doubles point at Arkansas, but the Razorbacks won four first sets College Football in singles on their way to a 4-3 win at the Dills Indoor Tennis Center on Saturday’s Games finish in program history at the Big- in school history to become a Ben Sunday. Southern Mississippi Black-Gold Game, Noon horn Invitational in March. Hogan Award semifinalist. Thorn- The Rebels took the opening point with a 6-3 win on court three Alabama A-Day Game, 1 p.m. All five of MSU’s golfers finished berry has paced the Rebel golfers in from Fabian Fallert and Finn Reynolds followed by a 7-5 win on court Mississippi State Maroon-White Game, 3 p.m. in the top 25 at the Bighorn Invite. all five tournaments this spring as two from Filip Kraljevic and Zvonimir Babic. Grant has three-straight top-10 well as eight of nine throughout the Arkansas won four first sets and closed out straight set wins on College Baseball courts four, one and two to take a 3-1 lead. The Razorbacks then won a Tuesday’s Games finishes and three-straight tourna- season. His stroke average of 69.81 three-setter on court five to close out the Rebels. Samford at Alabama, 6 p.m. ments with an eagle going into the ranks third in the SEC and 14th na- Fallert ended up winning his match 7-6 (2) 7-6 (5) at No. 3 singles, Southern Mississippi at Southeastern Louisiana, Old Waverly Collegiate Champion- tionally. and Cotter Wilson finished off a win on court six, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. 6 p.m. ship. He shot a career-best 65 in his Wegner, a three-time SEC Fresh- The loss dropped Ole Miss to 13-11 and 3-9 in the SEC. Wednesday’s Games last round at the Bighorn Invite. man of the Week, produced his first Alcorn State at Alabama, 6 p.m. MSU juniors Ross Bell and Aus- career top-10 finish when he helped Alabama Mississippi State at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. tin Rose, senior Jacob Ross, redshirt Ole Miss win the Hootie at Bulls Play suspended between No. 45 men’s tennis team Arkansas State at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. freshman Griffin Agent, and fresh- Bay. While his 54-hole total of 212 Friday’s Games and No. 27 South Carolina MUW at Crowley’s Ridge, 2 p.m. men Hunter Hammett and Austin (69-76-67) was a career low at the COLUMBIA, S.C. — Play was suspended until 10:30 a.m. today Auburn at Alabama, 6 p.m. Fulton will all play as individuals. time, a new personal best was set at between the No. 45 Alabama men’s tennis and No. 27 South Carolina at No. 34 Ole Miss is one of three the Gary Koch Invitational. Wege- the Carolina Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon due to persistent rain. Middle Tennessee at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. The match is tied at 3-3 with only the No. 5 spot yet to finish with Arkansas at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. teams in the field ranked top 50 in ner used a pair of 67s to help fire a freshman Riccardo Roberto and Harrison O’Keefe. O’Keefe leads Georgia at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. Golfstat’s national poll (No. 10 LSU, 211, leading Ole Miss in two of the Roberto 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 4-2. Saturday’s Games No. 20 South Florida). three rounds and placing 10th indi- Alabama started doubles play with the No. 51-ranked doubles pair MUW at Crowley’s Ridge (DH), 11 a.m. Beau Briggs, Josh Seiple, Ker- vidually for the second tournament of junior Mazen Osama and sophomore Edson Ortiz defeating No. 49 Georgia at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. ry Sweeney, Braden Thornberry, in a row. Dennis/O’Keefe, 6-2. The Gamecocks bounced back by winning in the Middle Tennessee at Southern Mississippi, 2 p.m. and Cecil Wegener will play for Ole Nathan Corchis, Matt Codd, Bri- No. 2 and No. 3 spot to clinch the doubles point and go up 1-0. Arkansas at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. In singles play, USC added to its lead with No. 61 Paul Jubb Auburn at Alabama, 7 p.m. Miss. Sophomore Chip Getz will an Richards, Philip Heine, and Wil- moving past freshman Patrick Kaukovalta, 6-0, 6-2, to make it 2-0 Next Sunday’s Games also compete as an individual. lie Hammond will play for Southern Gamecocks. Alabama answered when sophomore Zhe Zhou cruised Thornberry enters the week as Miss. It is the first career start for past Wood Benton, 6-2, 6-4, to trim the deficit to 2-1. Moments later, Arkansas at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. USC added to its lead when Yancy Dennis defeated sophomore Alexey Auburn at Alabama, 1 p.m. one of 10 semifinalists for the Ben Heine, who is from Madison. Nesterov, 6-3, 6-4. Middle Tennessee at Southern Mississippi, 1 p.m. Hogan Award, an honor given to Admission to the Old Waverly The Tide responded with two-straight wins, first from No. 26 Georgia at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. the best collegiate golfer in the Collegiate Championship is free for Osama picking up his sixth win over a nationally ranked opponent, College Softball country. The No. 1 ranked amateur all guests. when he defeated No. 32 Gabriel Friedrich, 7-5, 6-4. Ortiz followed with in the world (Golfweek/Amateur- Live scoring will be available all a 0-6, 6-4, 6-2, come-from-behind win over Thomas Mayronne to tie Today’s Game things up at 3-3. Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. Golf.com) became the first golfer tournament long via Golfstat. With the match knotted at 3-3, play between Roberto and O’Keefe Tuesday’s Game was officially suspended after approximately waiting three hours to see Memphis at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. if the weather would clear up. Wednesday’s Games Baseball n Three golfers finish in top 10 to lead No. 7 men’s golf team Continued from Page 1B to second-place finish: At Franklin, Tennessee, Three Alabama Judson at MUW (DH), 2 p.m. golfers finished among the top-10 individuals to lead the No. 7 men’s UL Monroe at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. offensive team. We had good at- Keenan RBI double and another in the sixth on a Ryan golf team to a second-place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship bats all weekend. We are taking too Olenek home run that extended his hitting streak to 14 Southern Mississippi at Alabama, 6 p.m. games. on Sunday. many fastballs early in the count. It was the sixth time in nine tournaments this season that Alabama The Commodores appeared to regain control with has placed among the top two teams in an event, and was its eighth on the air We need to be more aggressive ear- three more runs in the bottom half of the sixth, but Ole top-five result of the 2017-18 campaign. ly in counts. We outhit them in all Miss fought back in the top of the seventh. Cole Zabows- Alabama, which finished runner up in the event for the third time in Today three games. That is improvement.” ki and Will Golsan started the rally with back-to-back the last four years, closed play with a 4-over par 856 (291-281-284). AUTO RACING singles. Olenek came through with an infield single to After taking a 7-2 victory in the plate the go-ahead run. Alabama finished three strokes behind tournament host No. 4 Noon — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, middle game of the series, things Vanderbilt (853), which carded a 6-under par 278 on Sunday to claim Food City 500, at Bristol, Tennessee, WLOV Vanderbilt came back in the bottom half to tie it and looked promising for MSU to take send the game to extra innings. the team title. COLLEGE SOFTBALL a second-straight conference series Ole Miss pushed one across in the eighth when a Liberty, ranked No. 46 in the nation, finished third with an 861, while 6 p.m. — Mississippi State at Ole Miss, SEC No. 6 Florida was fourth with an 867. There was a three-way tie for fifth after it built a 4-0 lead. Golsan sacrifice fly scored Thomas Dillard, who opened Network the inning with a leadoff double. between No. 47 Louisville, Georgia and East Tennessee State, which After being held to two runs in each carded a team total of 883. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL However, the Commodores scored two runs in the bot- Freshman Davis Shore led the way for the Tide placing second 10 a.m. — Baltimore at Boston, MLB Network each of the first two games of the tom of the eighth. The second run scored on a wild pitch. overall, which marked his best finish at Alabama. The Knoxville, Tenn., 6 p.m. — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, ESPN series, the Tigers collected seven In the second game of the day, Ole Miss struck first after native ended the 54-hole tournament at 2-under par 211 (72-67-72), 6:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Atalanta, Fox Sports runs on five hits in the sixth. a leadoff walk by Grae Kessinger and a double by Olenek to closing play five strokes back of medalist John Augenstein of Vanderbilt South MSU started the scoring with stretch his streak to 15 games. Kessinger scored on a Dillard groundout to give the Rebels an early lead. (206). 9 p.m. — Regional coverage, Houston at Seattle three runs in the fifth. Tanner Poole Freshman Wilson Furr earned his first career top-10 tournament OR L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, MLB Network Ole Miss starter James McArthur struck out five of the result, as he tied for seventh overall, while senior Jonathan Hardee started things with a one-out single. first six batters he faced. In the third, an inside breaking ball NBA Jake Mangum followed with an RBI caught the leg of a batter to start a two-run inning for the tied for 10th to give the Crimson Tide three golfers among the top-10 7 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference, first individuals. home team. The Commodores tacked on three more runs round, Game 2, Miami at Philadelphia, TNT double to left field with two outs for Furr finished play with a 1-over par on Sunday to close the event the game’s first run. Luke Alexan- in the fourth to force the Rebels to come back once again. at 2-over 215 (70-73-72) on the par 71, 7,100-yard Traditions Golf Club 9:30 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Western Conference, Ole Miss tied the game with a four-run fifth, high- South Couse layout. Meanwhile, Hardee collected his first top-10 result first round, Game 2, San Antonio at Golden der followed with a two-run home lighted by a solo home run for Keenan, an RBI single by of the spring, and sixth of his career, with a 4-over par 217 (72-73-72). State, TNT run to left center. Olenek, and a two-RBI double for Nick Fortes. Immedi- Junior Davis Riley, who was ranked No. 17 in the nation entering NHL In the sixth, the Bulldogs ex- ately after Fortes’ double, Vanderbilt used a hidden ball the tournament, finished tied for 15th overall with a 6-over 219 (77-68- 6 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Eastern panded that lead when Justin Fos- trick to help end the inning. With the score tied at five, Will Ethridge struck out 74). Senior Lee Hodges, who was ranked 15th nationally, tied for 29th at Conference, first round, Game 3, Boston at cue and Marshall Gilbert had back- 10-over par 223 (79-76-68) to round out the Tide golfers. the side in the fifth, setting up for the Rebels’ go-ahead Toronto, NBC Sports Network to-back doubles with two outs. inning. After a Golsan single and a walk by Keenan to Seniors Steven Setterstrom and Tyler Hitchner competed as 6:30 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Eastern individuals over the weekend. Setterstrom tied for 32nd overall with a Jacob Billingsley started and was start the inning, Cooper Johnson came through with an Conference, first round, Game 3, Tampa Bay at 224 (74-74-76), while Hitchner tied for 48th with a 227 (71-76-80). lifted with one out in the sixth after RBI single in a pinch-hitting situation. Kessinger then de- New Jersey, CNBC Alabama will begin preparations for the 2018 Southeastern allowing five hits and three runs (all livered an RBI single to give Ole Miss a 7-5 lead. 9 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Western Golsan, a former standout at New Hope High Conference Championship on April 25-29 at the Sea Island Golf Club’s earned). He didn’t walk a batter and Seaside Course at St. Simons Island, Georgia. Conference, first round, Game 3, Nashville at School in Columbus, went 5-for-9 with four runs scored n Women’s tennis team upsets No. 32 Texas A&M: At Colorado, NBC Sports Network struck out seven. Cole Gordon faced and two RBIs on the weekend. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the women’s tennis team closed the regular 9:30 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Western four batters and didn’t record an out. Ole Miss will play host to Arkansas State at 6:30 season Sunday with a 4-3 victory against No. 32 Texas A&M on Senior Conference, first round, Game 3, Anaheim at San Gordon (2-2) allowed a three-run p.m. Wednesday at Swayze Field. Day at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. Jose, CNBC home run to Brendan Venter that Southern Mississippi wins series against After dropping the doubles point, the Crimson Tide used a strong RUNNING singles performance to knot the contest at three apiece. In the deciding gave the Tigers a 5-4 lead. Luke Jarvis Florida International 7:30 a.m. — Boston Marathon, at Boston, NBC match, sophomore Alba Cortina-Pou recovered from a 1-6 first-set followed with a single and Judd Ward MIAMI — Mason Strickland and J.C. Keys combined deficit and captured the final two sets to clinch the match and give the Sports Network tripled. on a four-hitter Sunday to lead the No. 12 Southern Mis- Tide its second conference win of the season. SOCCER Zach Neff relieved Gordon and sissippi baseball team to a 13-1 victory against Florida 1;20 p.m. — Bundesliga, Mainz vs. Freiburg, FS2 In addition, the Crimson Tide picked up its first victory against a worked the Bulldogs out of the in- International in a Conference USA game at Infinity Insur- ranked opponent since April 7, 2017, and defeated the Aggies for the 2 p.m. — Premier League, West Ham vs. Stoke ance Park. fifth time in program history. City, NBC Sports Network ning after a ground ball out scored Southern Miss (24-11, 10-4 C-USA) won its ninth- In doubles, Texas A&M’s 65th-ranked pair defeated junior Andie the inning’s final run. straight C-USA series thanks to an eight-run, seventh Daniell and sophomore Ann Selim, 6-2, at court one, but the Tide tan- Tuesday Neff worked until one out in the inning. dem of senior Smith Hinton and Cortina-Pou answered back and won at MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL eighth when Blake Smith took over. LeeMarcus Boyd had three hits, including a two-run No. 2, 7-5. For the doubles point, the neck-and-neck match was tied at 6 p.m. — Cleveland at Minnesota, FS1 home run in a three-run fifth, and Matthew Guidry drove 5-5 until the Aggies won back-to-back sets for the 7-5 victory. In MSU’s ninth, Josh Hatcher in three runs in the deciding inning with two of his three 9 p.m. — Regional coverage, Boston at L.A. had a pinch-hit double. Rowdey Jor- In singles, A&M extended its lead to 2-0 after No. 93 Macarena Angels OR Houston at Seattle, MLB Network hits to help the Golden Eagles win the rubber match of the Olivares topped Hinton, 6-1, 6-3, but the Aggies’ lead didn’t last long dan followed with an RBI single. three-game road set. as Alabama knotted the score at 2-2 after Daniell and freshman Kylie NBA Boyd, who had three hits and scored three runs, 6 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference, first MSU had 10 hits. Mangum was Moulin both defeated their second consecutive SEC opponent. Daniell the team’s lone multiple hitter. smacked his fourth home run of the season in the fifth took care of Domenica Gonzalez 7-6(2), 6-1, at No. 1, while Moulin round, Game 2, Washington at Toronto, NBA TV as the Golden Eagles opened a 5-1 lead on the Panthers handled Dorthea Faa-Hviding, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 6. 7 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference, first Auburn had eight hits. Brett (17-19, 7-8). TAMU then regained the lead, winning at No. 3, 6-2, 6-4, but the round, Game 2, Milwaukee at Boston, TNT Wright and Ward had two hits. Southern Miss sealed the game in the seventh when Tide stormed back into the match as Selim powered her way from a 1-5 9:30 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Western Conference, Cody Greenhill (2-1) picked up the it sent 13 batters to the plate and scored eight runs on deficit in the second set to win, 7-5, 7-5, at No. 4. first round, Game 2, New Orleans at Portland, win in relief. six hits. The game was called after seven innings on the With the regular-season match on the line, A&M’s Tatiana TNT MSU will play Memphis at 6:30 conference’s 10-run rule. Makarova took set one, 6-1, but Cortina-Pou rallied back and won set Strickland (1-0) allowed a run and four hits in the first NHL p.m. Wednesday at AutoZone Park two, 7-5. In the intense final set, Cortina-Pou was down, 3-5, but surged 6:30 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Eastern four innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out three. her way to a 7-5 victory to clinch the Tide’s first conference win at home in Memphis, Tennessee. Keys picked up his first career save with three hit- of the season. Conference, first round, Game 3, Washington at less innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four. Alabama ends the regular season at 15-14 and 2-11 in the SEC. Columbus, NBC Sports Network No. 4 Ole Miss baseball team drops two Southern Miss pitching allowed runs in just two of No. 13 seed Alabama will face No. 12 Tennessee at 1 p.m. April 18 7 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Western heartbreakers to No. 14 Vanderbilt the weekend’s 25 innings. in the first round of the SEC Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee. Conference, first round, Game 4, Winnipeg at NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The No. 4 Ole Miss baseball The Golden Eagles battered three pitchers for 12 n Rowing concludes Lake Natoma Invitational with two wins, Minnesota, CNBC team dropped two 8-7 decisions to No. 14 Vanderbilt on hits Sunday. Boyd and Guidry combined for half the haul, one second, one third: At Gold River, California, Alabama rowing 9:30 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Western Sunday in the final two games of the three-game week- while Luke Reynolds had two hits and drove in two runs. wrapped up competition at the Lake Natoma Invitational Sunday, with all Conference, first round, Game 4, Vegas at Los end series at Hawkins Field. Guidry had three RBIs and two runs scored. Gabe of its boats placing in the top-three including a pair of first-place finishes. Angeles, NBC Sports Network The losses marked the second Southeastern Con- Montenegro hit a two-run single in the third and Cole The Crimson Tide opened its racing yesterday, taking home a SOCCER ference series loss for Ole Miss (29-8, 8-7). Donaldson and Mason each scored twice. Petite Final victory along with seven third-place finishes. Alabama raced In the first game of the day, the teams remained MacDonald (2-3) allowed nine runs (six earned) on nine against a strong slate of teams including No. 2 Cal, No. 7 Stanford, No. 1:40 p.m. — Premier League, Brighton & Hove scoreless through the first three-and-a-half innings until hits. He walked three and struck out seven in six innings. 8 Brown, Sacramento State, San Diego, Notre Dame, and Gonzaga. Albion vs. Tottenham, NBC Sports Network Vanderbilt scored two runs in the fourth. Southern Miss will visit Southeastern Louisiana at 6 — From Special Reports Ole Miss chipped back with one in the fifth off a Tyler p.m. Tuesday in Hammond, Louisiana. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Monday, April 16, 2018 3B BASKETBALL: NBA Playoffs MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FIRST ROUND Western Conference (Best-of-seven) Houston 1, Minnesota 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Conference Sunday’s Game East Division Toronto 1, Washington 0 Houston 104, Minnesota 101 W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Colon perfect into eighth Saturday, April 14 Wednesday’s Game Boston 13 2 .867 — — 9-1 W-4 8-1 5-1 Toronto 114, Washington 106 Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Toronto 9 5 .643 3½ — 7-3 W-1 4-3 5-2 Tuesday’s Game Saturday’s Game New York 7 7 .500 5½ 2 5-5 W-1 3-3 4-4 Washington at Toronto, 6 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Baltimore 5 11 .313 8½ 5 4-6 L-3 2-4 3-7 in Rangers’ victory in 10 Friday’s Game Monday, April 23 Tampa Bay 3 12 .200 10 6½ 2-8 L-4 1-6 2-6 Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away By JOSHUA KOCH Rockets 104, Colon turned back the Boston 1, Milwaukee 0 Minnesota 7 4 .636 — — 7-3 W-3 4-2 3-2 The Associated Press clock and dominated the Sunday’s Game Timberwolves 101 Cleveland 8 6 .571 ½ 1 6-4 L-1 6-2 2-4 Boston 113, Milwaukee 107, OT MINNESOTA (101): Wiggins 7-15 3-4 Chicago 4 8 .333 3½ 4 2-8 L-1 1-5 3-3 defending World Series Tuesday’s Game 18, Gibson 4-6 1-1 9, Towns 3-9 2-4 8, Detroit 4 9 .308 4 4½ 4-6 L-5 1-5 3-4 HOUSTON — Age is champions for seven in- Milwaukee at Boston, 7 p.m. Teague 4-9 6-7 15, Butler 4-11 3-3 13, Kansas City 3 10 .231 5 5½ 3-7 L-5 1-7 2-3 only a number and Bar- Bjelica 0-2 0-0 0, Dieng 2-3 3-4 7, Rose West Division nings, retiring his first 21 Friday’s Game tolo Colon is evidence of Boston at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. 7-14 1-1 16, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Crawford W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away batters in an entertaining 4-11 4-4 15. Totals 35-80 23-28 101. Los Angeles 13 3 .813 — — 9-1 W-7 4-2 9-1 that. duel with Astros ace Jus- Celtics 113, Bucks 107, OT HOUSTON (104): Ariza 1-6 1-4 3, Tuck- Houston 10 6 .625 3 — 5-5 L-2 6-3 4-3 er 1-5 0-0 3, Capela 10-15 4-4 24, Paul Seattle 8 5 .615 3½ ½ 6-4 L-1 4-2 4-3 The 44-year-old pitch- tin Verlander. MILWAUKEE (107): Middleton 12-20 5-14 3-4 14, Harden 15-26 7-9 44, Nene 2-2 31, Antetokounmpo 11-21 13-16 35, Oakland 6 10 .375 7 4 4-6 W-1 3-5 3-5 er carried a perfect game Of the first 17 batters 2-2 1-2 5, Green 2-5 0-0 4, Johnson 0-0 Texas 6 11 .353 7½ 4½ 4-6 W-2 2-8 4-3 Henson 3-6 1-2 7, Bledsoe 4-12 1-2 9, 0-0 0, Gordon 3-10 0-0 7. Totals 39-83 into the eighth and Robin- Colon faced, he went to an Snell 1-4 0-0 2, Parker 1-5 0-0 2, Zeller 16-23 104. son Chirinos drove in all 0-2 count on 10 and struck 1-1 0-0 2, Terry 1-1 0-0 3, Brogdon 6-13 Minnesota 21 26 25 29—101 NATIONAL LEAGUE 2-2 16, S.Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-83 Houston 27 27 22 28—104 East Division three runs for the Texas out six in that span. 19-24 107. 3-Point Goals—Minnesota 8-23 (Craw- W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Rangers during their 3-1 “He was doing every- BOSTON (113): Tatum 8-18 2-2 19, Hor- ford 3-7, Butler 2-5, Rose 1-2, Wiggins New York 12 2 .857 — — 9-1 W-1 6-2 6-0 ford 5-8 13-14 24, Baynes 0-4 0-0 0, 1-3, Teague 1-4, Towns 0-2), Houston Philadelphia 9 5 .643 3 — 8-2 W-6 5-1 4-4 victory against the Hous- thing he wanted to with Rozier 7-18 5-6 23, J.Brown 9-19 0-0 10-37 (Harden 7-12, Tucker 1-5, Paul Atlanta 8 6 .571 4 — 6-4 L-1 4-2 4-4 ton Astros in 10 innings that baseball,” Chirinos 20, Ojeleye 0-1 0-0 0, Morris 8-20 3-3 1-6, Gordon 1-7, Green 0-3, Ariza 0-4). Washington 7 9 .438 6 2 3-7 L-1 3-7 4-2 Sunday night. 21, Monroe 0-2 1-2 1, Larkin 2-4 0-0 5. Rebounds—Minnesota 47 (Towns 12), Miami 4 11 .267 8½ 4½ 2-8 L-2 3-9 1-2 said. “So it was fun to be Totals 39-94 24-27 113. Houston 37 (Capela 12). Assists—Min- Central Division “I don’t ever think behind the plate and re- Milwaukee 17 30 19 33 8—107 nesota 22 (Teague 8), Houston 15 (Hard- W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away about what age I am or ceive those pitches.” Boston 29 15 26 29 14—113 en 8). A—18,055 (18,055). Pittsburgh 11 4 .733 — — 7-3 W-2 4-2 7-2 3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 8-21 (Middle- St. Louis 9 7 .563 2½ — 6-4 W-4 2-4 7-3 who is facing me,” Colon Colon entered the ton 5-7, Brogdon 2-6, Terry 1-1, Parker Golden State 1, San Antonio 0 Chicago 7 7 .500 3½ 1 5-5 W-1 2-3 5-4 said through a translator. eighth having thrown 83 0-1, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Bledsoe 0-2, Saturday, April 14 Milwaukee 8 8 .500 3½ 1 4-6 L-1 2-5 6-3 Snell 0-3), Boston 11-26 (Rozier 4-9, Mor- Golden State 113, San Antonio 92 Cincinnati 2 13 .133 9 6½ 1-9 L-8 1-7 1-6 “I always try to do my job pitches, 59 for strikes, ris 2-4, J.Brown 2-5, Horford 1-2, Tatum Today’s Game West Division and I always feel happy with seven strikeouts. 1-3, Larkin 1-3). Fouled Out—Bledsoe, San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away doing my job and that’s “When I pitched seven Antetokounmpo. Rebounds—Milwau- Thursday’s Game Arizona 11 4 .733 — — 7-3 L-1 5-1 6-3 kee 42 (Antetokounmpo 13), Boston 45 Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Colorado 9 8 .529 3 ½ 5-5 W-1 2-4 7-4 what I think about.” See COLON, 4B (Horford 12). Assists—Milwaukee 22 Sunday, April 22 San Diego 7 10 .412 5 2½ 6-4 W-3 4-7 3-3 (Antetokounmpo 7), Boston 20 (J.Brown, Golden State at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m. San Francisco 6 9 .400 5 2½ 4-6 L-3 3-4 3-5 Tatum, Horford 4). Total Fouls—Milwau- Los Angeles 5 9 .357 5½ 3 3-7 W-1 4-5 1-4 kee 31, Boston 21. A—18,624 (18,624). New Orleans 1, Portland 0 Saturday, April 14 Rain postpones Braves’ Philadelphia 1, Miami 0 New Orleans 97, Portland 95 American League National League Saturday, April 14 Tuesday’s Game Late Saturday Late Saturday Philadelphia 130, Miami 103 New Orleans at Portland, 9:30 p.m. L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 3 San Diego 5, San Francisco 4 Thursday’s Game Seattle 10, Oakland 8 Arizona 9, L.A. Dodgers 1 Today’s Game Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. finale game in Chicago Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Sunday’s Games Saturday’s Game Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, ppd. Thursday’s Game Portland at New Orleans, 4 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, ppd. Philadelphia at Miami, 6 p.m. Toronto at Cleveland, ppd. N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2 By JAY COHEN “It’s just the right thing to Pittsburgh 7, Miami 3 Oklahoma City 1, Utah 0 Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, ppd. The Associated Press do. It’s not about just get- Indiana 1, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels at Kansas City, ppd. St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2 Sunday’s Game Philadelphia 10, Tampa Bay 4 ting games in. You want to Sunday’s Game Oklahoma City 116, Utah 108 N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, ppd. CHICAGO — This time, Indiana 98, Cleveland 80 Boston 3, Baltimore 1 Colorado 6, Washington 5 be able to play the game Wednesday’s Game L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 2 Wednesday’s Game Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Philadelphia 10, Tampa Bay 4 the Atlanta Braves and Chi- on a major league-caliber, Indiana at Cleveland, 6 p.m. San Diego 10, San Francisco 1 Saturday’s Game Oakland 2, Seattle 1 Today’s Games cago Cubs never got on the Friday’s Game Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m. Texas 3, Houston 1, 10 innings championship-caliber level. Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m. Miami (Smith 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees field. Monday, April 23 Today’s Games (Tanaka 2-1), 5:35 p.m. “Yesterday’s game, we Oklahoma City at Utah, 9:30 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, ppd. Colorado (Marquez 0-1) at Pittsburgh Sunday’s series finale were fortunate actually that Pacers 98, Cavaliers 80 Miami (Smith 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Brault 2-0), 6:05 p.m. was postponed by rain and INDIANA (98): Bogdanovic 5-17 4-4 15, Thunder 116, Jazz 108 it was played in its entirety, (Severino 2-1), 5:35 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 0-2) at Chicago rescheduled for May 14, T.Young 3-4 1-2 7, Turner 6-9 3-4 16, UTAH (108): Ingles 5-9 0-0 13, Favors Kansas City (Skoglund 0-1) at Toronto Cubs (Lester 1-0), 6:05 p.m. because that’s why we won Collison 2-9 1-2 6, Oladipo 11-19 4-8 32, 3-7 1-1 7, Gobert 6-8 2-6 14, Rubio 5-18 (Garcia 1-0), 6:07 p.m. Washington (Cole 0-1) at N.Y. Mets setting up an unusual four- that game, based on how Booker 1-1 1-2 3, Sabonis 2-4 0-0 4, Jo- 3-3 13, Mitchell 11-22 2-2 27, Crowder Texas (Perez 1-1) at Tampa Bay (deGrom 2-0), 6:10 p.m. game set that begins in seph 1-5 0-0 3, Stephenson 5-11 1-3 12. 3-10 4-4 13, O’Neale 0-1 1-2 1, Jerebko (Snell 1-1), 6:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 1-0) at Atlanta badly the conditions were Totals 36-79 15-25 98. 0-2 0-0 0, Udoh 0-0 0-0 0, Neto 0-0 0-0 Chicago White Sox (Lopez 0-1) (Foltynewicz 1-1), 6:35 p.m. Chicago and finishes with by the end of the game, et CLEVELAND (80): James 7-17 10-14 24, 0, Exum 4-6 2-2 10, Burks 4-4 0-0 10. at Oakland (Mengden 1-2), 9:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Castillo 0-2) at Milwaukee three in Atlanta. Green 0-7 0-0 0, Love 3-8 0-1 9, Hill 3-7 Totals 41-87 15-20 108. cetera. So we’ll take it, but Houston (Keuchel 0-2) at Seattle (Suter 1-1), 6:40 p.m. It also was wet, cold and 0-0 7, Hood 4-8 0-2 9, Nance Jr. 5-7 0-1 OKLAHOMA CITY (116): George 13-20 (Paxton 0-1), 9:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-0) at San Diego I’m glad that the decision 10, Osman 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 2-2 36, Anthony 5-13 3-4 15, Adams 4-9 Tuesday’s Games (Perdomo 1-1), 9:10 p.m. windy Saturday, but the was made this way today.” 0, Calderon 0-3 0-0 0, Clarkson 2-6 2-2 4-6 12, Westbrook 10-25 9-9 29, Brewer Miami (Garcia 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees Tuesday’s Games teams played through the 6, Smith 6-11 0-0 15, Korver 0-3 0-0 0. 2-3 2-2 7, Grant 2-4 0-0 4, Patterson 0-0 Miami (Garcia 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees Five other major league Totals 30-78 12-20 80. 0-0 0, Felton 1-4 0-0 2, Ferguson 0-0 (Tanaka 2-1), 5:35 p.m. conditions and the Cubs ral- Baltimore (Gausman 1-1) at Detroit (Tanaka 2-1), 5:35 p.m. games were postponed Indiana 33 22 18 25—98 0-0 0, Abrines 4-7 0-0 11. Totals 41-85 Colorado (Bettis 2-0) at Pittsburgh lied for a wild 14-10 victory Cleveland 14 24 27 15—80 20-23 116. (Liriano 1-1), 5:40 p.m. Sunday — White Sox at Kansas City (Duffy 0-2) at Toronto (Happ (Williams 3-0), 6:05 p.m. 3-Point Goals—Indiana 11-28 (Oladipo Utah 25 23 24 36—108 Washington (Gonzalez 1-1) at N.Y. Mets against the Braves. When Twins, Angels at Royals, 6-9, Joseph 1-1, Turner 1-2, Collison Okla. City 25 29 27 35—116 2-1), 6:07 p.m. (Wheeler 1-0), 6:10 p.m. it was over, both sides were Blue Jays at Indians, and 1-4, Stephenson 1-4, Bogdanovic 1-6, 3-Point Goals—Utah 11-28 (Ingles 3-5, Cleveland (Kluber 1-1) vs. Minnesota Philadelphia (Pivetta 1-0) at Atlanta Sabonis 0-2), Cleveland 8-34 (Smith Mitchell 3-7, Crowder 3-9, Burks 2-2, (Odorizzi 1-0) at San Juan, 6:10 p.m. (Foltynewicz 1-1), 6:35 p.m. critical of the decision to the Yankees-Tigers double- 3-6, Love 3-6, Hill 1-3, Hood 1-4, Korver Jerebko 0-1, O’Neale 0-1, Rubio 0-3), Texas (Moore 0-3) at Tampa Bay (TBD), Cincinnati (Romano 0-1) at Milwaukee play. header in Detroit — run- 6:10 p.m. 0-2, Clarkson 0-3, Calderon 0-3, Green Oklahoma City 14-29 (George 8-11, (Guerra 1-0), 6:40 p.m. This was Atlanta’s only ning the season total to 21. 0-3, James 0-4). Rebounds—Indiana 44 Abrines 3-5, Anthony 2-7, Brewer 1-1, Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-2) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Turner 8), Cleveland 46 (Love 17). As- Felton 0-1, Westbrook 0-4). Rebounds— Oakland (TBD), 9:05 p.m. (Hendricks 0-1), 7:05 p.m. scheduled trip to Chicago. That is baseball’s highest sists—Indiana 19 (Collison 6), Cleveland Utah 42 (Mitchell 10), Oklahoma City 46 Boston (Price 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Ohtani San Francisco (TBD) at Arizona (Corbin “Driving out again, it number through the end of 21 (James 12). Total Fouls—Indiana 21, (Westbrook 13). Assists—Utah 18 (Ru- 2-0), 9:07 p.m. 2-0), 8:40 p.m. Cleveland 23. Technicals—Stephenson. bio 5), Oklahoma City 16 (Westbrook 8). Houston (McCullers 1-1) at Seattle L.A. Dodgers (Wood 0-2) at San Diego was remarkably bad,” Cubs April since there were 26 in A—20,562 (20,562). A—18,203 (18,203). (Miranda 0-0), 9:10 p.m. (Mitchell 0-2), 9:10 p.m. manager Joe Maddon said. 2007. GOLF COLLEGE Lindy Duncan, $58,342...... 70-68-74-70—282 PGA Tour RBC Heritage Lizette Salas, $58,342...... 69-71-70-72—282 BASEBALL Sunday Daniela Iacobelli, $44,891...... 73-68-70-72—283 At The Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Moriya Jutanugarn, $40,856...... 72-68-72-72—284 Island, South Carolina P. Thanapolboonyaras, $33,309.....75-72-68-70—285 Purse: $6.7 million / Yardage: 7,099; Par: 71 Michelle Wie, $33,309...... 72-73-69-71—285 Final Jake out Eun-Hee Ji, $33,309...... 69-72-73-71—285 NOTE: Kodaira won on third playoff hole Cydney Clanton, $33,309...... 74-69-70-72—285 Satoshi Kodaira, $1,206,000...... 73-63-70-66—272 Ji Hyun Kim, $33,309...... 71-70-71-73—285 Si Woo Kim (300), $723,600...... 68-65-68-71—272 Mariajo Uribe, $26,296...... 72-68-74-72—286 B. DeChambeau (163), $388,600..68-64-75-66—273 Jeongeun Lee, $26,296...... 76-70-67-73—286 to give Luke List (163), $388,600...... 70-64-67-72—273 Mo Martin, $26,296...... 69-67-72-78—286 Billy Horschel (105), $254,600...... 66-69-67-72—274 Lydia Ko, $22,799...... 76-71-70-70—287 Webb Simpson (105), $254,600....69-68-69-68—274 Sei Young Kim, $22,799...... 74-69-74-70—287 Kevin Streelman (75), $181,379...... 70-70-67-68—275 Haeji Kang, $22,799...... 68-73-73-73—287 Boones Byeong Hun An (75), $181,379...... 73-67-66-69—275 Nasa Hataoka, $22,799...... 72-69-68-78—287 Patrick Cantlay (75), $181,379...... 67-72-68-68—275 Kim Kaufman, $18,234...... 70-75-73-70—288 Bill Haas (75), $181,379...... 69-66-71-69—275 Ashleigh Buhai, $18,234...... 76-71-70-71—288 Chesson Hadley (75), $181,379.....66-68-69-72—275 So Young Lee, $18,234...... 73-74-70-71—288 fourth in Kevin Kisner (75), $181,379...... 69-68-66-72—275 Bronte Law, $18,234...... 74-73-69-72—288 Ian Poulter (75), $181,379...... 69-64-67-75—275 So Yeon Ryu, $18,234...... 72-72-72-72—288 Jonas Blixt (56), $123,950...... 67-73-67-69—276 Ryann O’Toole, $18,234...... 72-72-71-73—288 Matthew Fitzpatrick, $123,950...... 69-71-69-67—276 Brittany Altomare, $18,234...... 75-71-68-74—288 Emiliano Grillo (47), $93,991...... 72-66-69-70—277 majors Pernilla Lindberg, $18,234...... 70-68-73-77—288 J.J. Henry (47), $93,991...... 72-69-69-67—277 P.K. Kongkraphan, $13,770...... 75-72-71-71—289 Beau Hossler (47), $93,991...... 70-69-70-68—277 Lauren Kim, $13,770...... 77-68-73-71—289 By RONALD BLUM Dustin Johnson (47), $93,991...... 69-69-72-67—277 Christina Kim, $13,770...... 74-68-75-72—289 Scott Piercy (47), $93,991...... 71-65-71-70—277 Benyapa Niphatsophon, $13,770....71-75-69-74—289 The Associated Press Ted Potter, Jr. (47), $93,991...... 72-66-69-70—277 Jenny Shin, $13,770...... 73-71-71-74—289 Ryan Moore (47), $93,991...... 69-69-67-72—277 Jennifer Song, $13,770...... 74-69-72-74—289 Bud Cauley (33), $53,823...... 71-68-71-68—278 Sandra Changkija, $11,652...... 74-73-72-71—290 PRINCETON, N.J. — John Huh (33), $53,823...... 66-74-69-69—278 Angela Stanford, $11,652...... 75-70-71-74—290 Jake Boone takes ground- T. V. Aswegen (33), $53,823...... 73-69-66-70—278 Gaby Lopez, $10,088...... 77-70-72-72—291 Brian Harman (33), $53,823...... 70-68-69-71—278 Rebecca Artis, $10,088...... 73-73-73-72—291 ers on a chilly, wind-swept Charley Hoffman (33), $53,823...... 72-69-66-71—278 Angel Yin, $10,088...... 74-70-73-74—291 diamond, a month into his Matt Kuchar (33), $53,823...... 66-70-69-73—278 Amy Olson, $10,088...... 74-73-69-75—291 C.T. Pan (33), $53,823...... 70-65-67-76—278 Julieta Granada, $10,088...... 69-76-67-79—291 freshman season at Princ- Rory Sabbatini (33), $53,823...... 64-70-70-74—278 S. Santiwiwatthanaphong, $8,120.. 75-71-75-71—292 eton University, hoping to Brandt Snedeker (33), $53,823...... 70-64-72-72—278 Alena Sharp, $8,120...... 69-78-73-72—292 Harris English (21), $35,510...... 67-73-74-65—279 Celine Boutier, $8,120...... 74-71-75-72—292 follow Ray, Bob, Bret & Dylan Frittelli, $35,510...... 72-68-67-72—279 Jeong Eun Lee, $8,120...... 75-71-73-73—292 Aaron and make his the Lucas Glover (21), $35,510...... 74-65-67-73—279 Cristie Kerr, $8,120...... 71-75-72-74—292 Martin Laird (21), $35,510...... 67-69-70-73—279 Aditi Ashok, $8,120...... 73-70-74-75—292 first four-generation fami- Rod Pampling (21), $35,510...... 72-70-67-70—279 Allison Emrey, $6,053...... 71-72-79-71—293 ly of major leaguers. Xander Schauffele (21), $35,510....68-68-71-72—279 Mariah Stackhouse, $6,053...... 74-73-74-72—293 “I know it’s long and Cameron Smith (21), $35,510...... 68-68-74-69—279 Maude-Aimee Leblanc, $6,053...... 73-72-76-72—293 Nick Watney (21), $35,510...... 68-72-70-69—279 Hannah Green, $6,053...... 72-72-77-72—293 hard,” the 19-year-old Dominic Bozzelli (16), $28,140...... 70-72-72-66—280 Maria Torres, $6,053...... 75-70-75-73—293 says. “The minor leagues Russell Knox (16), $28,140...... 70-72-68-70—280 Ayako Uehara, $6,053...... 71-74-75-73—293 Stewart Cink (11), $22,148...... 70-70-70-71—281 Katherine Kirk, $6,053...... 73-74-72-74—293 I know is just a grind — it’s Brice Garnett (11), $22,148...... 68-68-72-73—281 Robynn Ree, $6,053...... 72-74-72-75—293 a grind just getting there. Ollie Schniederjans (11), $22,148.. 73-69-68-71—281 Minjee Lee, $6,053...... 70-75-73-75—293 Michael Thompson (11), $22,148.... 74-65-71-71—281 Brittany Marchand, $6,053...... 72-72-74-75—293 You’re just lucky to have Wesley Bryan (11), $22,148...... 69-71-71-70—281 Hyo Joo Kim, $6,053...... 74-71-72-76—293 an opportunity to try to Zach Johnson (11), $22,148...... 70-70-71-70—281 Pornanong Phatlum, $4,842...... 72-75-75-72—294 Andrew Landry (11), $22,148...... 69-68-69-75—281 Sung Hyun Park, $4,842...... 77-70-73-74—294 make it, so I hope that I get Francesco Molinari (9), $17,420..... 73-69-69-71—282 Kris Tamulis, $4,842...... 71-74-75-74—294 that opportunity.” Jonathan Byrd (8), $16,315...... 71-71-68-73—283 Hee Young Park, $4,489...... 74-73-72-76—295 Austin Cook (8), $16,315...... 71-68-72-72—283 Thidapa Suwannapura, $4,489...... 73-74-71-77—295 His family has been, Fabian Gomez (8), $16,315...... 68-71-71-73—283 Camilla Lennarth, $4,489...... 73-70-75-77—295 well, a boon to baseball. Whee Kim (8), $16,315...... 68-68-71-76—283 Tiffany Joh, $4,489...... 75-72-70-78—295 Doc Redman, $0...... 71-71-69-72—283 Lee Lopez, $4,236...... 75-72-76-74—297 Jake’s dad, Bret, was Ryan Armour (5), $14,807...... 71-71-69-73—284 Katelyn Dambaugh, $4,136...... 72-74-76-76—298 a three-time All-Star and Aaron Baddeley (5), $14,807...... 73-69-70-72—284 Caroline Inglis, $4,036...... 75-71-76-77—299 K.J. Choi (5), $14,807...... 69-70-72-73—284 Dori Carter, $3,909...... 75-70-80-75—300 four-time Gold Glove sec- Matt Every (5), $14,807...... 73-66-70-75—284 Alexandra Newell, $3,909...... 72-73-78-77—300 ond baseman in a big league Tom Hoge (5), $14,807...... 70-67-71-76—284 Chella Choi, $3,909...... 73-72-74-81—300 Charles Howell III (5), $14,807...... 68-67-73-76—284 Martina Edberg, $3,909...... 68-74-76-82—300 career from 1992-05. Uncle Chris Kirk (5), $14,807...... 70-70-70-74—284 Danny Lee (5), $14,807...... 69-66-70-79—284 Open de Espana Aaron is the first-year man- Ben Martin (5), $14,807...... 74-68-73-69—284 Sunday ager of the Yankees, made Graeme McDowell (5), $14,807..... 73-69-72-70—284 At Centro Nacional de Golf, Madrid Keith Mitchell (5), $14,807...... 71-71-73-69—284 Purse: $1.86 million / Yardage: 7,096; Par: 72 one All-Star appearance Scott Stallings (5), $14,807...... 74-68-71-71—284 Final while playing from 1997- Peter Malnati (3), $13,802...... 68-70-73-74—285 Jon Rahm, Spain...... 67-68-66-67—268 Brian Stuard (3), $13,802...... 69-68-75-73—285 Paul Dunne, Ireland...... 66-65-68-71—270 2009 and hit the unceasing- Kevin Tway (3), $13,802...... 71-71-70-73—285 Nacho Elvira, Spain...... 68-66-66-71—271 ly replayed home run that Jim Furyk (3), $13,400...... 70-70-73-73—286 George Coetzee, South Africa...... 72-66-71-63—272 won the 2003 AL pennant Brian Gay (3), $13,400...... 71-71-71-73—286 Marc Warren, Scotland...... 66-69-69-69—273 William McGirt (3), $13,400...... 71-70-71-74—286 Jorge Campillo, Spain...... 70-67-67-69—273 for New York. Grandpa Bob Martin Kaymer (3), $13,132...... 69-73-72-74—288 Brett Rumford, Australia...... 68-66-68-71—273 was a four-time All-Star David Lingmerth (3), $12,931...... 71-71-73-74—289 Henric Sturehed, Sweden...... 67-68-66-72—273 Davis Love III (3), $12,931...... 73-69-74-73—289 Julien Guerrier, France...... 67-69-74-64—274 catcher from 1972-90, then Ryan Palmer (2), $12,730...... 73-65-74-78—290 Hideto Tanihara, Japan...... 70-70-67-67—274 managed Kansas City from Michael Kim (2), $12,596...... 76-66-76-74—292 Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa...69-70-66-69—274 LPGA Tour Sebastien Gros, France...... 73-67-71-64—275 1995-97 and Cincinnati Cho Rak-hyun, South Korea...... 73-64-73-65—275 from 2001-03. Jake’s great Lotte Championship Yusaku Miyazato, Japan...... 69-68-72-66—275 Saturday Adrian Otaegui, Spain...... 69-70-70-66—275 grandfather Ray was a two- At Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Hawaii Alejandro Canizares, Spain...... 72-67-70-66—275 time All-Star infielder from Purse: $2 million / Yardage: 6,419; Par: 72 a-Victor Pastor, Spain...... 67-72-69-67—275 Final Maximilian Kiefer, Germany...... 69-67-69-70—275 1948-60. Brooke M. Henderson, $300,000..68-66-73-69—276 Andrew Johnston, England...... 68-68-69-70—275 The family has high Azahara Munoz, $184,255...... 74-70-69-67—280 Aaron Rai, England...... 67-71-66-71—275 Ariya Jutanugarn, $106,763...... 73-69-70-69—281 Also hopes of Jake continuing Shanshan Feng, $106,763...... 67-69-74-71—281 Seungsu Han, United States...... 70-69-68-69—276 the tradition Inbee Park, $106,763...... 69-69-71-72—281 Sihwan Kim, United States...... 69-68-63-70—280 Peiyun Chien, $58,342...... 74-71-67-70—282 David Lipsky, United States...... 69-71-75-69—284 See BOONES, 5B 4B Monday, April 16, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Colon HOCKEY: NHL Playoffs Continued from Page 3B Schedule WESTERN CONFERENCE Nashville 2, Colorado 0 innings perfect, I started Two outs later, Co- FIRST ROUND thinking about it,” he said. lon was removed with (Best-of-seven) Thursday, April 12 “I know that (Jose) Altuve the score tied at 1. As he EASTERN CONFERENCE Nashville 5, Colorado 2 and all those guys can be walked off the field, he Tampa Bay 2, New Jersey 0 Saturday, April 14 a hard out.” glanced at Reddick on Thursday, April 12 Nashville 5, Colorado 4 Colon walked Carlos third base and the two Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2 Today’s Game Correa on a 3-1 pitch to shared some words. Saturday, April 14 Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. start the eighth before “He looked at me and Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 3 Wednesday’s Game Today’s Game Josh Reddick lined an 0-2 told me I was supposed to Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. delivery down the right- at least roll over it and not Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Game field line for a double that pull it like that,” Reddick Winnipeg 2, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m. put runners at second and said. “He and I go way Wednesday, April 11 third, spoiling the no-hit back from our Oakland Boston 2, Toronto 0 Winnipeg 3, Minnesota 2 bid as well. days. I told him great job. Thursday, April 12 Friday, April 13 “He left a changeup He’s one of the better guys Boston 5, Toronto 1 Winnipeg 4, Minnesota 1 up and I was looking over you’ll see in the game.” Saturday, April 14 Sunday’s Game the plate and got enough Chirinos homered ear- Boston 7, Toronto 3 of it to get it over the first ly for the only hit off Ver- Minnesota 6, Winnipeg 2 Today’s Game Tuesday’s Game baseman’s head,” Reddick lander, who struck out 11 Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m. YESTERDAY’SSunday’s answer ANSWER said. over eight innings. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 7 p.m. YESTERDAY’S ANSWER Thursday’s Game Sudoku 1 8 7 9 5 2 3 4 6 SudokuSudoku is a number- Opposing fans in Hous- “It’s fun, but at the same Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m. Sudoku is a number- Vegas 3, Los Angeles 0 placing puzzle based on 5 9 6 1 4 3 2 8 7 ton gave Colon a standing time, you’re hoping for placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several ovation, and he clapped his some runs there,” Verland- Wednesday, April 11 a 9x9 grid with several 4 3 2 7 6 8 5 9 1 Columbus 1, Washington 0 given numbers. The object bare hand softly against the er said about going toe-to- Vegas 1, Los Angeles 0 given numbers. The object 9 7 1 2 3 5 4 6 8 Thursday, April 12 is to place the numbers is to place the numbers outside of his glove. toe with Colon. “He was Columbus 4, Washington 3, OT Friday, April 13 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 3 2 8 6 7 4 1 5 9 1 to 9 in the empty spaces A fan favorite all painting. It’s like, what are Sunday’s Game Vegas 2, Los Angeles 1, 2OT so that each row, each so that each row, each 6 4 5 8 1 9 7 2 3 around the majors, the you going to do? You’re go- Sunday’s Game column and each 3x3 box Columbus 5, Washington 4, OT column and each 3x3 box 7 5 4 3 9 6 8 1 2 beefy right-hander nick- ing to tip your cap. He did contains the same number Tuesday’s Game Vegas 3, Los Angeles 2 contains the same number named “Big Sexy” is on an excellent job tonight only once. The difficulty 2 1 9 4 8 7 6 3 5 Washington at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Game only once. The difficulty

level increases from 2018 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. his ninth team in his last keeping our guys off bal- Thursday’s Game Vegas at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. level increases from 8 6 3 5 2 1 9 7 4 Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 4/14 11 seasons. ance and not giving anyone Washington at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Monday to Sunday. “It was probably top anything to hit.” San Jose 2, Anaheim 0 three games I’ve ever In the 10th, Chirinos Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1 Thursday, April 12 been involved in,” Rang- launched a two-run dou- Wednesday, April 11 San Jose 3, Anaheim 0 ers manager Jeff Banister ble off Hector Rondon Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 0 Saturday, April 14 said. “I was getting excit- (1-1) that short-hopped Friday, April 13 ed. You find yourself pull- the wall in straightaway Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1 San Jose 3, Anaheim 2 ing for it, a lot of different center field. Jake Diek- Sunday’s Game Today’s Game things run through your man pitched out of trouble Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 1 Anaheim at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. mind in those types of sit- in the bottom half for his Wednesday’s Game Wednesday’s Game uations. It was his game.” first save. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Robinson Sunday’s Cryptoquote: Continued from Page 1B Josh Harrison said. “For younger Baseball Commissioner Bud among African-American players is guys coming up, if guys with 10 Selig retired Jackie Robinson’s No. more an individual undertaking. years or so in this league haven’t 42 throughout the major leagues in “They do it around their involve- really done much, you lean on those 1997, made Jackie Robinson Day an ment in community themselves, guys for advice. If you don’t have annual event in 2004 and five years and talk about why that’s import- anybody telling you one way or the later started asking all players to ant,” she said. other, you’ll keep your mouth shut. wear No. 42 each April 15. “Part of the protest with the NFL You don’t want to ruffle any feath- An educational consultant to Ma- or the NBA is how do we funnel some ers. If you don’t have anybody to jor League Baseball, Sharon Robin- of these proceeds from the games, help you in that regard, you’ll see a son attended the first-pitch cere- where we’re helping to bring these lot of guys be quiet.” mony before the Mets-Milwaukee proceeds, and funnel them into the “Guys feel it’s a lose-lose situ- game with her mom, 95-year-old African-American community? So ation for them,” Harrison said. “It Rachel Robinson, and brother Da- some of the baseball players do that sucks because you want to have a vid. On a chilly afternoon, the game through their own charities or their voice, but some people feel they time temperature was 42. own work within communities that can’t.” Sharon Robinson said action they’re playing (in).” San Juan Continued from Page 1B The evidence of that is um where the Twins and who can’t travel to the even the National Hurri- everywhere in San Juan, Indians will play. The stat- United States to watch a cane Center, in its recent- and only becomes more ue blew over in the storm, big league game.” ly released report on the prevalent as one ventures landing face-first on the Maria was the storm, said it “should be into more remote areas of concrete. The massive third-costliest hurricane noted that hundreds of the islands. base of the statue is still in U.S. history, hitting additional indirect deaths Blue tarps still cover there, but the bronze repli- Puerto Rico as a high-end in Puerto Rico may even- countless roofs that were ca of Bithorn in uniform is Category 4 storm on Sept. tually be attributed to Ma- damaged. Many electronic nowhere to be found. 20. It arrived with 155 ria’s aftermath pending signs along major high- “People are still suffer- mph winds, barely below the results of an official ways aren’t working, traffic ing over there,” Houston the threshold for Catego- government review.” lights remain out even in Astros star shortstop Car- ry 5 status. Hurricanes As far as the cost, in some of San Juan’s more los Correa, who hails from weaken over land, when Puerto Rico and the U.S. ACROSS upscale areas, and around Puerto Rico, said Sunday. they’re not drawing en- Virgin Islands alone Ma- 1 Plummet the airport there are tow- “And to be able to bring ergy from warm water to ria is estimated to have 5 1920s art style ering palm trees that no baseball, the sport that we fuel their wrath, but wind caused up to $115 billion 9 Tick off longer stand straight — love the most, back to my speeds when Maria was in damage. 10 “Captain Ameri- they’re curved, yet another hometown — it’s going to done with her path across “There are thousands ca” star Chris reminder of the wind that be amazing. A lot of peo- the island were merely of people still with noth- 12 Writer Horatio 13 Numerical com- lashed into them. ple are looking forward to down to about 110 mph. ing over there,” Correa parison Bithorn, the first Puerto it. I’m pretty sure it’s sold Maria was blamed for said. “No house. No roof. 14 Appear Rican to play in the majors, out already and it’s going 65 deaths in Puerto Rico. No power. No food. No 16 Opposite of oui was commemorated by a to be a life-changing ex- But that figure is way too water. And we still need 17 They may clash statue outside the stadi- perience for a lot of kids low to be fully accurate; to help.” 18 Broadcast of a show 21 Use a needle Softball 22 Bends low Continued from Page 1B 23 Wingding 24 Justice Antonin Junior Emily Heimberger and with a sacrifice fly and four RBIs. at 6 tonight (SEC Network). 26 Peach part Davidson recorded three hits in the Ward (12-4) worked around seven Ole Miss will look to avoid being 29 Result in Sunday’s answer opening game. Heimberger scored hits and five walks to pick up her sixth swept by MSU in Oxford for the first 30 Grant of films 3 Pizzeria fixtures 26 Given a bad two runs. Harrison went 2-for-4 at shutout. She struck out eight. time since 2012. 31 Fitting 4 Lima’s land review the plate in Game 1 and drove in a Harrison’s two-out single up the 32 Root vegetable 5 German article 27 Van Gogh work No. 15 Alabama softball team loses to 34 Grew dimmer team-leading two runs. middle in the first gave MSU a 1-0 6 Longoria of TV 28 Sorts No. 20 Arkansas 37 Good judgment 7 Treat for Tabby 29 Statutes Knudsen allowed two hits and five lead. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The No. 15 Alabama softball 38 Blackboard 8 Burger toppers 30 Fancy flapjack walks. She struck out 11 for her strik- Ole Miss took advantage of two lost to No. 20 Arkansas 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at Bogle material 9 Noggins 33 Manual reader ing out 11 for her sixth double-digit walks and a wild pitch to move two Park, 6-3. 39 Fencing swords 11 Musical number 35 Greek vowel strikeout game of the season. runners into scoring position with Alabama (26-13, 7-8) fell behind first after Arkansas 40 Bridge (33-9, 8-7) scored two runs in the first and added another 15 Country defender 36 Lion’s home The Bulldogs are Rebels traded one out in the bottom of the first, but in the third. 41 Cincinnati team 19 Tiny amount three scoreless innings. Knudsen Ward responded with back-to-back A solo home run from freshman Kaylee Tow in the fifth 20 Singer Orbison worked out of jams in the first and strikeouts. made it 3-1, but the Razorbacks added three insurance runs DOWN 22 Shaker fill 1 Flood third, leaving Rebels stranded in Leading 1-0 in the sixth, junior Sa- in the bottom of the sixth. 23 Tablet Tow blasted her second home run in the top of the sev- 2 What mown lawns 24 Flower parts scoring position in both innings. rai Niu led off with an infield single enth, a two-run shot, before a groundout ended the game. do 25 Quick snooze MSU broke through in the top of before Harrison broke the game open Tow’s two home runs were part of a 3-for-4 day. She the fourth when junior Kat Moore with her sixth home run. leads the team with 10 home runs. She also had 26 RBIs. slugged her third home run of the The shutouts were MSU’s first Sophomore Gabby Callaway also posted a multi-hit ef- fort, her 10th of the season. The San Diego, California, na- season. in consecutive SEC games since 3-0 tive earned at least one hit in all three games this weekend. MSU plated three crucial insur- and 2-0 victories against Arkansas to Alabama left a pair stranded on base in the top of the ance runs in the top of the fifth with open the series in 2011. first and Arkansas loaded the bases with three-straight sin- RBI doubles, all to left field, by David- With two shutouts, MSU has 16, gles to lead off the bottom half. After a strikeout, a fly ball to center field scored one on a sacrifice fly and an error on son, Harrison, and Morgan Bell. the second-most in program history. the play allowed another to cross to make it 2-0 with two out Knudsen worked around five The 1998 pitching staff holds the pro- and a runner at third. A groundout ended the inning with the walks and three errors before allow- gram record at 17. Razorbacks holding the early two-run advantage. ing her first hit — a single by Dylinn Senior Kaitlin Lee took the loss in With two out in the bottom of the third, Kayla Green and Ashley Diaz hit back-to-back doubles, extending Arkansas’ Stancil — in the sixth. Knudsen and Game 1. She allowed four runs on 10 lead to 3-0. In the top of the fifth, Tow went opposite field and the Bulldogs worked out the jam with hits. Freshman Anna Borgen gave up blasted a solo home run to make it 3-1. help of two strikeouts. one run and two hits in 2 1/3 innings. With a runner on first and one out in the bottom of the Heimberger led off the top of the In Game 2, freshman Ava Till- sixth, an error on a sacrifice bunt attempt put two in scoring position for the Razorbacks. Hannah McEwen capitalized seventh with a single through the side mann allowed six runs (four earned) on the mistake with a single up the middle, scoring two to before working her way to third on a on seven hits. She struck out two. extend the lead to 5-1. Later in the inning with two out and foul out and a passed ball. Harrison Junior Kylan Becker reached in 6 runners at the corners, freshman Madison Preston entered would bring Heimberger scored on of 7 plate appearances, going 2-for-3 in relief in the circle. The Arkansas batter swung at strike three but the ball got away on a wild pitch, allowing her Harrison’s single up the middle. with four walks. to reach safely and a run to score to make it 6-1 before a Ole Miss had its second hit in the Senior Paige McKinney was 2-for- groundout ended the inning. seventh, but senior Carmen Carter 4 with a walk. With two out and a runner on first in the top of the sev- reeled in a fly out to right field to wrap Ole Miss left 20 runners on base enth, Tow blasted her second home run of the day to make it a three-run game but a chopper to first ended the game. WHATZIT ANSWER up MSU’s 15th shutout win. across both ends of the doubleheader. Alabama will play host to Southern Mississippi at 6 p.m. WHATZIT ANSWER In Game 2, Harrison went 2-for-3 The teams will conclude the series Wednesday (SEC Network). Log cabin Log cabin The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Monday, April 16, 2018 5b Boones Continued from Page 3B “He can really play the mid- High School in San Diego, when I was 18 years old, I was so we all could see our dads.” Princeton won him over at dle infield, which helps,” Aaron where former big league pitch- getting the same questions. At 5-10, 170 pounds, Jake still first sight when he visited in the says. “You never know, if he er Kirk McCaskill is head base- And you get sick of them after needs to grow into his body and summer of 2016. continues to develop.” ball coach. He was selected by a while because you’re trying to get stronger. He is hitting .182 “You know there’s so much Bob maintains it is too soon Washington on the 38th round kind of pave your own way.” (10 for 55) with three RBIs and history here, and you’re in to project whether Jake will get of last June’s amateur draft; The House of Boone is to seven errors, playing second at classrooms where some of a chance to boost the already grandpa is a Nationals vice baseball what that Roosevelts, shortstop on a team that is 8-16 the brightest minds honestly impressive family statistics: president and senior adviser to Kennedys and Bushes are to overall but 5-4 in the Ivies. He before me have sat and have 6,569 games, 5,890 hits and 634 the general manager. politics. The Boones became is adjusting to college ball on taught,” he says. “Just the idea home runs. Princeton’s coach is Scott the first three-generation base- a team in the Northeast that that Einstein was a professor “He can really field. He’s go- Bradley, a big league catch- ball family when Bret made his starts against tough opponents here for a little bit is just crazy ing to be a talented kid,” Bob er for nine seasons who has big league debut and have since in the south and then plays to think about.” says. “Real shot? I can’t say real led the Tigers to seven Ivy been joined by the Bells, Cole- home games in cold he never First semester classes in- shot. But a shot, though.” League titles in 20 seasons so mans, Hairstons and Schofield/ experienced in California. cluded history of the Roman Princeton has no names far and produced a half-dozen Werth lines — plus the Runges, Jake was a three-sport ath- Empire, Spanish 101, microeco- on its jerseys but Jake’s back- players who have appeared in if umpires are included. Jake lete through elementary school, nomics and a required fresh- ground precedes his boyish big league games, including was 6 when his dad played his dropped basketball in middle man writing seminar. This se- face, darkened to a degree by pitchers Chris Young and Ross final big league game in 2005. school and football in high mester’s workload is calculus the slight stubble that is de ri- Ohlendorf, and outfielder Will “I can remember when we school. He played club ball for — “my hardest class” — Span- gueur of a prospect. He has un- Venable. lived in Seattle. He was on the the Rancho Santa Fe Titans from ish 102, macroeconomics and common pedigree and prepa- “He’s very aware of the game Mariners. We got to go to all age 8 through his freshman year history of the late antiquity. ration, and like pebbles on an and has those instincts. I’m not the home games,” Jake recalls. at Torrey Pines, then switched He is leaning toward becom- infield has soaked in years of going to take credit for teach- “I remember hanging out with to the California Bears. He cap- ing an economics major but baseball from just being around. ing him that. You’re born with the other players’ kids in the kid tained his high school team as a doesn’t have to declare for an- He played at Torrey Pines those,” Bret says. “I remember room, waiting for the game to end senior and hit .353. other year. Comics & Puzzles DILBERT Dear Abby EAR form a relation- because it can cause unsafe ABBY: My ship with your levels of vitamin A, vitamin E Dhusband’s husband because and minerals like iron to reach brother split from he wants to toxic levels in your system. his wife, “Char- bond with “the DEAR ABBY: I have a sug- lotte,” five years relatives.” Your gestion about how to help the ago and now husband doesn’t child with the broken glasses works and lives in have to be best mentioned in the letter from another country. friends with him, “Trying to Help in the West” The brothers are but he should (Feb. 25). I’m a member of keep the relation- Lions Clubs International. Our still quite close. ship cordial — local club donates the cost His school-age not only for the of visual screening and free ZITS daughters live nieces, but also glasses for those in need who nearby and are so his brother seek our help. close to their can stay informed The Lions were established cousins, our about them. in 1917 by a businessman daughters. Dear Abby DEAR ABBY: I who wanted to start a service Charlotte’s have an addiction club that would help improve latest boyfriend to vitamin gum- communities. The idea quickly (they have been dating for 18 mies. They say to eat only two spread to other communities months) has started insist- a day, but I eat almost half a and became international. ing on hanging out with my container a day. They’re SOOO In 1925, Helen Keller husband and trying to “bond” good. inspired the clubs to become with him. He is also jumping This has been a problem “knights of the blind in the cru- with both feet into the role of for five years. What should I sade against darkness.” Since stepfather, especially with the do? Do I contact my doctor? then, Lions have worked tire- younger daughter, who has just I’m about to graduate from lessly to aid blind and visually returned after living with her fa- high school, and I think my new impaired individuals in the U.S. GARFIELD ther for the last seven months. college friends will think I’m and all over the world. Services It feels awkward and weird, weird if they find out about my for the boy in the letter should but we are too polite to say gummy addiction. — LOVES be available in his area, or he anything to him or Charlotte YUMMY GUMMIES IN PENN- can be directed to the closest because we’re afraid she’ll SYLVANIA local Lions Club. — MEMBER restrict us from seeing our DEAR LOVES: I am glad you IN WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. nieces. What is your advice? — wrote. Your vitamins may taste DEAR MEMBER: Thank you ANXIOUS IN AUSTRALIA like candy, but they are NOT for reminding me — and my DEAR ANXIOUS: Not know- candy. It is important that you readers — about the good work ing the terms of your brother- discuss this with your doctor. the Lions Clubs do. Anyone in-law’s divorce, my advice is The least of your troubles could wanting further information to consider that Charlotte has be that your college friends about this worthwhile service been with this man for a year make fun of you. What you organization can find it at www. and a half. He may be trying to have been doing is dangerous lionsclubs.org.

CANDORVILLE Horoscopes TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April what it is, though, until you weather (emotional, spiritual or 16). A minimalist approach will break out and get a different actual) force out deeper roots. turn complexities of your life perspective. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). into sources of elegance and TAURUS (April 20-May Maybe it doesn’t make sense efficiency. But don’t think for a 20). Emotions will involve labor to resent someone who is just minute that making a few edits today. It’s a labor to feel them being himself or herself. It’s as to your schedule, relationships and a labor to express them, silly as endeavoring to hold up and belongings will diminish but the result of expressing the walls in your home, which your pleasure. You’ll enjoy them will be... you guessed it. have been standing on their yourself more than ever, and All of this is worth it — and so own for years. something lucky will happen to much better than not feeling. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). you every month of this solar GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It may seem counterintuitive, BABY BLUES return year. Leo and Virgo adore People have different reactions but one of the most important you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, to things they don’t understand. aspects of success is actually 10, 6, 30 and 9. Some get angry. Some get curi- the part in which you do hardly ARIES (March 21-April ous. Some get busy. And what anything. Without that rest and 19). You have the sneaking about you? You’ll find out today. recovery party, you won’t be suspicion that like most people, CANCER (June 22-July 22). as sharp and creative as you you’re letting a petty fear or Easy environments don’t grow can be. belief keep you stuck in a situa- strong trees or strong people. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). tion. You won’t know specifically It’s as though the wind and You change, and then your conversations change, and that makes you change — and then your relationships change, and that makes you change. On and on. There’s no separating cause from effect. BEETLE BAILEY SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s weird when people seem to get edgy with you when all you’re trying to do is help them. But it happens — mostly because people don’t always want the help they need. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- Dec. 21). When a magnet is heated up to a certain tempera- ture, it loses its magnetism. The same is true of magnetic qualities in people. The same ones that draw you in can get so intense that they burn out MALLARD FILMORE your interest. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). With your personality, you should find today’s cautionary list rather easy to bypass. Avoid an excess of sugar, the tendency to moralize, giving an amateur diagnosis, over-helping and risks taken just to show off. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Because mistakes made in communication can funda- mentally impact a person’s psyche, you’ll try to understand and to be understandable. FAMILY CIRCUS You’ll hear past what people say and into what they mean. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Though it will feel as if you are spending your entire day on the needs of others, some of your own core psychological needs (love, happiness and be- longing) are well-served through

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Joyce Keifer, and to dis- INSTRUCTOR IN 423 MAIN St. Apt. 1. 1000 sqft, 12mo lease, Houses For Rent: Other 7180 Asking $120,000. Call and merchandise over $1,000. charge Janice Crawley INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY 1BR Extra-Large. 900 $750/mo, $750 dep. 205-373-9359. SUPER SAVER RATES as Administratrix of the sq. ft. total. $650/mo. 662-574-7176 for more RIVER HOUSE 4br/3 ba, Estate of Ruby Joyce Instructional Systems & 662-889-1837 or 662- info. Serious inquiries water-front lot w/ boat Investment Property 8550 6 Days ...... $12.00 Keifer, Deceased. Oth- 327-7841 only, please. house in Pickensville, 12 Days ...... $18.00 er than you, the only Workforce Development AL. $1200/mo, INVESTORS OPPORTUN- Over 6 lines is $1 per additional line. other interested parties Mississippi State University Apts For Rent: Other 7080 $1000 deposit. ITY: 10 unit apartment in this action are: Curtis Call 662-386-6378. complex, leases at Six lines or less, consecutive days. 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