ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 75 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 IN MEMORIAM Bill Stacy, former MSU football star, Starkville mayor, ‘stood for all the right things’ BY SLIM SMITH Weatherly, a teammate of Stacy’s (1,232) than he passed for (1,100). [email protected] from 1955-58. “He was an out- He ran for seven touchdowns and standing football player, one of passed for 10 and was selected as a his spring, Mississippi State the best defensive backs we ever second-team All-American in 1957, baseball player Jake Mang- had and maybe the best passer leading MSU to a 6-2-1 record, T um was dubbed “the mayor to ever come here, too. He was a good enough for a third-place tie of Starkville” as a sign of affection great track athlete, too. But more in the SEC and a 14th ranking in Former by Bulldog fans. Mississip- than all of that, he was a great guy. the final AP poll that season. But 30 years ago, it was another pi State He stood for all the right things. I It was Stacy’s skills as a de- football star Bulldog star who held that title, don’t think I’ve ever had a better fensive back that captured NFL Bill Stacy literally. friend.” scouts’ attention. The NFL’s Chica- passed away Billy Stacy, a football All-Amer- By modern standards, Stacy’s go Cardinals (soon to relocate Tuesday ican at MSU in the late 1950s and statistics at MSU don’t leap off to St. Louis) made him the third at age 83. mayor of Starkville from 1985-89, the page. They do reflect the era overall pick in the 1959 NFL Draft Stacy served died Tuesday at age 83 after an and moved him to safety. a term as in which he starred, a time when Starkville extended illness. yards and touchdowns were few Until Houston’s J.J. Watt pulled mayor from “Billy was one of the most and hard-earned. In his three off the feat in 2014, Stacy was the 1985-89. talented athletes to ever come years as the Bulldogs’ quar- last NFL player to have a receiv- Courtesy photo/MSU Athletics Department through here,” said Charlie terback, he ran for more yards See STACY, 6A NEVER FORGET Philadelphia man caught with trafficked child Suspect charged with kidnapping, contributing to delinquency of a minor BY ISABELLE ALTMAN [email protected] A Philadelphia man is in custody at Lowndes Coun- ty Adult Detention Center after state troopers discovered him with a missing 15-year-old who they believe to have been a Moore sex trafficking victim from Georgia. Troopers arrested Emanual Terelle Moore, 32, on Sept. 2 on Highway 45 Alternate and charged him with kidnapping and misde- Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff Sarah Browning, 17, daughter of John and Tiffany Browning, plays taps at 9:11 a.m. on Wednesday at New Hope High School meanor contributing to the delin- to honor the lives of those lost during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Browning and her classmates were not yet born quency of a minor. According to when the attacks happened, but she said they talk about them in history class. “It’s kind of bizarre that it (9/11) actually information Mississippi Highway happened to us and there are people who actually saw it happen,” she said. “It’s weird because it’s so recent. I don’t know Patrol Public Information Officer how I would feel if I was in that situation and that happened right now.” See MOORE, 3A GTECHS student funding could go to home districts CMSD approves MOU to move GTECHS under Education Program funding to “The cost for a student to support the school. attend the ECHS shall be calcu- EMCC control; other districts considering it CMSD was the first of the lated by averaging the base stu- five districts to approve a mem- dent allocation amount for the BY TESS VRBIN GTECHS, located at EM- orandum of understanding for current Mississippi Adequate [email protected] CC’s Mayhew campus, allows GTECHS with EMCC and the Education Program (MAEP) students the opportunity to take Mississippi Department of Ed- funding year plus the local con- East Mississippi Community college classes during their ucation at Monday’s meeting tribution for all participating College will become the govern- high school career. It accepts of the Board of Trustees. The districts (at the discretion of the ing authority over the Golden students from Lowndes County, Spears Miller MOU explains not only the tran- board),” the MOU states. Triangle Early College High Columbus Municipal, Noxubee LCSD has been the authority sition of authority but also the The agreement passed unan- School program, pending ap- County, West Point Consolidat- over GTECHS for its first four formula by which districts will imously and without any de- proval from all five participating ed and Starkville-Oktibbeha years of existence because it pay EMCC for their students to bate. The SOCSD and WPCSD school districts in the area. Consolidated school districts. receives Mississippi Adequate attend GTECHS. See GTECHS, 6A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 Which actress plays Jenna, who MEETINGS Friday Sept. 13: bakes unique pies and dreams of a ■ Citywide Tailgate: More than 20 better life, in the 2007 movie “Wait- Lowndes County tailgate tents throughout Starkville ress”? Supervisors, 9 will serve food between 11 a.m.-1:30 2 What brand of candy based its a.m., County p.m. to benefit United Way of North name on the German word for pepper- Courthouse mint, “pfefferminz”? Central Mississippi. A $5 wristband Sept. 13: 3 What Ian Fleming novel has inspired includes entry to any tent, plus 10 Dalton Laniewski Lowndes two different James Bond movies? percent discount at participating Pre-K, Caledonia 4 What is a young wild male turkey County School shops. Visit unitedwayncms.com/ or called — a coot, jake or tim? District Board of call 662-323-3830. High 96 Low 71 5 If a player who is at advantage in a Trustees, 12:30 game of tennis loses the next point, p.m., Central Mostly sunny what is the score? Full forecast on Answers, 3A Friday and Saturday Office page 2A. ■ Habitat anniversary celebration: Sept. 16: Stop by for refreshments as Colum- Columbus-Lown- bus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity des Convention INSIDE celebrates 30 years of building homes and Visitors Business 4B Dear Abby 3B and the fourth anniversary of the Hab- Bureau Board Classifieds5B Obituaries 5A itat ReSale Store, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. April Taylor is from Columbus and regular meeting, Comics 3B Opinions 4A 13, and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 14, 1110 works at Wingate By Wyndham. 4 p.m., CVB 140TH YEAR, NO. 157 Crossword 6B Gardner Boulevard, Columbus. She loves to eat, shop and sleep. office DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com DID YOU HEAR? Democratic debate: Top 2020 contenders finally on same stage Thursday Candidates will months, the stakes are ris- ing. debate tonight “For a complete junkie or someone in the busi- On 9/11, Trump consoles victims, in Houston ness, you already have an impression of every- BY BILL BARROW one,” said Howard Dean, has tough words for Taliban The Associated Press who ran for president in “Then the attack, the anguish of HOUSTON — Despite 2004 and later chaired the ‘For the families who join us, this is your knowing your family member had the miles traveled, the tens Democratic National Com- boarded one of these flights or was of millions of dollars raised mittee. “But now you are anniversary of personal and permanent loss’ working at the World Trade Center and the ceaseless churn of going to see increasing President Donald Trump or serving right here at the Pen- policy papers, the Demo- scrutiny with other people tagon,” he said. “You waited. You cratic primary has been re- coming in to take a closer BY DEB RIECHMANN U.S. commercial airliners and prayed. You answered that most markably static for months look.” AND DARLENE SUPERVILLE crashed them into the World Trade The Associated Press dreaded call, and your life changed with Joe Biden leading in The debate will air on a Center, the Pentagon and a field in forever.” polls and Elizabeth War- broadcast network with a Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly WASHINGTON — Like his two Trump said he went to the scene ren and Bernie Sanders 3,000 people were killed in the larg- post-Labor Day uptick in most immediate predecessors, of the downed twin towers and saw vying to be the progres- est attack on American soil. interest in the race, almost President Donald Trump marked the first responders working. Like Presidents Barack Obama sive alternative. That sta- certainly giving the candi- the anniversary of the Sept. 11 at- “I went down to ground zero with bility is under threat on dates their largest single tacks in a speech at the Pentagon and George W. Bush, Trump re- men who worked for me to try to Thursday. audience yet. It’s also the and, like them, still unable to end membered the victims, first re- help in any little way that we could,” All of the top presiden- first debate of the 2020 cy- America’s longest war, in Afghani- sponders and U.S. troops who have Trump said. “We were not alone. So tial candidates will share a cle that’s confined to one stan.