Monday Profile: Reeses Contribute to OCHS Treasurer, Cat Rescuer Offer Ways to Help Humane Society
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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 75 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY MONDAY | JUNE 17, 2019 BLACK MAGIC MSU’s wild, ninth-inning comeback gives team 10-0 record this season in ‘Nickelblack’ jerseys BY BEN PORTNOY top. It had worked pretty LEFT: Mississippi State [email protected] well. MSU is 14-4 in those senior Marshall Gilbert games. played hero Sunday night. OMAHA, Neb. — Pressured by Mang- Gilbert’s two-out, walk-off Baseball is a game of su- um and others, Small re- single sent Mississippi State into the winner’s perstition. lented. Senior center fielder bracket at the College Sunday, the shiny World Series. TOP OF Jake Mangum is chief magic of the Nickel- Mangum Small PAGE: Mississippi State among those players who black uniforms looked as celebrates its come-from- believe in such things. don the jerseys Sunday. though it had worn. For behind victory over Auburn With a 9-0 record in Small, who as starting eight innings, the Bull- in its College World the all-black “Nickel- pitcher had the honor dogs labored through Series opener Sunday. black” uniforms entering of choosing the team’s varying missed opportu- The Bulldogs won 5-4 and will play Tuesday against the College World Series, nities, trailing 4-1 headed game jerseys, was hesi- Vanderbilt. — Courtesy Mangum pleaded with tant. Traditionally a Fri- to the bottom of the ninth photos/Mississippi State redshirt junior and Game day starter, he always re- inning. Athletics. SEE 1B FOR 1 starter Ethan Small to verted to the Maroon ‘85s See MSU, 6A MORE COVERAGE. Monday Profile: Reeses contribute to OCHS Treasurer, cat rescuer offer ways to help humane society BY ALEX HOLLOWay [email protected] ob and Donna Reese have found their own ways to help out the Oktibbeha BCounty Humane Society. The Reeses, both retired from Mississippi State University, have worked in different ways — direct and indirect — to support the nonprofit. Donna started volunteering as OCHS’ trea- surer in 2005, after former treasurer Mildred Sellars stepped down from the position. She joined the OCHS board two or three years later and has served ever since. “It’s not just taking the donations and adop- tion fees and that sort of thing,” Donna said. “It’s actually paying the people and paying bills at the shelter (for) the food, supplies, transport, gas, the van maintenance, insur- ance, doing the annual tax documents, filing Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff Donna and Bob Reese have spent years helping the Oktibbeha County Humane Society through volunteer payroll taxes. It is really like running a small service. Donna has volunteered as the treasurer for more than a decade and Bob rescues cats in a ser- business.” vice that has raised about $4,000 for the humane society. See PROFILE, 6A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 What sport banned left-handed play MEETINGS Tuesday Today: Colum- in 1974? ■ 100+ Women Who Care: 2 What did the Pixies want to grow bus-Lowndes 100+ Women Who Care meets at up to be, according to the “Doolittle” Convention and song of the same name? Courtyard by Marriott in Columbus 3 Name four of the G8 countries. to vote on the nonprofit recipient Visitors Bureau 4 What humor columnist wrote the of its first Impact Award donation. Board regular Mun Patel books “Big Trouble” and “Tricky New members may join that night. meeting, 4 p.m., Business”? Fifth grade, Heritage Registration and social time begins CVB office 5 According to Greek myth, what June 17: feature of the night sky was created at 5:30 p.m.; meeting is 6-7 p.m. Lowndes County High Low after Hera was tricked into nursing the Visit 100wwccolumbusms.org. 88 69 baby Heracles? 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