ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | JUNE 22, 2018 CRA to hold off on Burns Bottom acquisitions Kalinowski’s res- agent of Century 21 Doris Har- Realtor resignation, historic survey and negotiations ignation Wednes- dy and Associates. Doris Har- day amid revela- dy, the broker for the Century with property owners all halting development tions he had sent 21 firm, confirmed to The Dis- letters to at least BY ISABELLE ALTMAN of Columbus, said Thursday it day’s CRA board meeting) was patch Kalinowski was no longer 11 property own- an agent there. [email protected] would be better to wait before that we’re going to engage a ers in the neigh- Burns Bottom is a five-block entering further negotiations survey for Archives and History borhood threat- The Columbus Redevelop- with property owners in the to consider and maybe it would Turnage ening eminent area between Third and Fourth ment Authority will temporar- area while the CRA commis- be better just to chill out a bit domain if they didn’t sell their streets that runs north-to-south ily hold off on acquiring more sions a historic survey to be on acquisitions except for those lots by this week. from Second Avenue to Seventh properties in the Burns Bottom done of the neighborhood for that are interested right off in The board never authorized Avenue North. CRA announced neighborhood. Mississippi Department of Ar- selling,” Turnage said. the content of the letters sent in 2015 it wanted to acquire CRA Attorney Jeff Turnage, chives and History. CRA also is without a Realtor by Kalinowski, who had worked properties in the area of mostly who also represents the city “My impression of (Wednes- after the board accepted Andy for CRA for two years as an See BURNS BOTTOM, 6A CLW board ON THE LOOKOUT approves energy rate, surcharge increases Surcharge goes up July 1; Usage rate hike to take effect in Oct. Hannah GRECO [email protected] The Columbus Light and Water board on Thursday approved a 2.7-per- cent energy rate hike for all of its cus- tomers. Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Board members Shaniyah Hill, 5, plays at the Lee Park playground Tuesday. “I like to do flips in the water and jumping apple jacks,” she said. Gale implemented the in- Shaniyah is the daughter of Salann Brown of Columbus. crease as part of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget, which it also ap- proved during its monthly meet- ing. The budget estimates $1.4 mil- lion in new revenue for CLW’s elec- Grandmother arrested for kidnapping granddaughter tric services. Of that, the rate hike for all customers will generate Child in Clay County safely returned after Amber Alert kidnapped when deputies roughly $1 million. The remaining arrested her at about 6:30 $400,000 will come from customer DisPatCH StaFF RePORT ceived a call about a kidnapped child a.m. Thursday. surcharge increases for residential “We think it was a good and smaller commercial users. Wednesday at about 10:30 p.m. Sheriff A woman in Clay County has been Eddie Scott did not release much infor- thing, maybe scared her All customers will begin see- jailed for allegedly kidnapping her a little bit, and made her mation about the victim but said Poss ing the rate hike on Oct. 1, if the granddaughter, initiating an Amber come back,” Scott said. Tennessee Valley Authority — Alert, Wednesday night. kidnapped her from “the family she was “The child is our num- from which the local utility pur- Martha Anne Poss, 49, was charged placed with.” ber one priority, getting Poss chases power — approves it. The Thursday with kidnapping a child un- Authorities initiated an Amber Alert, the child back safe,” he added. “We ac- surcharges will take effect July 1, der the age of 10 and taking a motor which Scott said he believes helped complished that goal.” when CLW’s fiscal year begins. vehicle. find the victim. Poss was driving back Poss is currently in custody at Clay Residential users will see an- Clay County Sheriff’s Office re- toward the house where the victim was County Jail on $100,000 bond. other $1.77 customer surcharge increase — the third straight year CLW has increased it by that amount — bringing the total monthly surcharge to $17.29. A $6 hike to commercial users using less than 50 kilowatts — Starkville lands $1 million sewer grant which makes up about 3,000 of the utility’s customers — will raise City hopeful it can help with larger infrastructure goals work. She said their surcharge to $22. work to get the Both surcharge amounts still BY AleX HOllOWAY acceptance of a Mississippi slightly more than $1 million, grant started trend below the averages for utili- [email protected] Environmental and Infra- with a 75-25 percent match under Mayor ties that purchase power from the structure Protection and De- — the grant will pay about Parker Wise- Tennessee Valley Authority, CLW A grant the city of velopment Program grant, $750,000 and the city will pay man. executive director Todd Gale said. Starkville began seeking funded by the U.S. Army about $250,000. “Appar- TVA-wide the average residential several years ago is coming Corps of Engineers, during Mayor Lynn Spruill said ently, back in Spruill surcharge is $19.33 while small through at just the right time. their meeting Tuesday. The the grant will give funding Parker’s term, See CLW, 6A Aldermen approved the grant will provide a total of for sewer infrastructure See SEWER GRANT, 3A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 The Great Smoky Mountains lie MEETINGS Today July 2: Lowndes along the border of what two U.S. ■ Viva Las Elvis: The Columbus Arts states? County Super- Council presents a Viva Las Elvis Party 2 Who sang “Fast Car”? visors, 9 a.m., at 7 p.m. Dance to music by The Dips 3 What does the U.S. Marine motto Courthouse at 8 p.m., plus Elvis and Priscilla look- “Semper Fidelis” mean in English? July 9: Lowndes 4 Which of these is not a title charac- alike contests and hamburger plates County Supervi- ter in the “Baby-Sitters Club” series (7-8:30 p.m., $10; purchase food tick- Allie Criddle sors, recreation — Cathy, Dawn, Mallory or Stacey? ets by Thursday) at the Rosenzweig Second grade, Caledonia 5 The head of a male-mallard duck is work session, 9 Arts Center, 501 Main St. Members usually what color? a.m., Courthouse $15 advance/$17 at door; nonmem- July 16: Lown- High 86 Low 70 Answers, 6B bers $20 advance/$22 at door. Get des County Su- T-storms likely tickets at columbus-arts.org or call Full forecast on pervisors, 9 a.m., 662-328-2787 (closed Mondays). page 2A. Courthouse July 3: City Coun- Sunday cil, 5 p.m., Munic- INSIDE ■ Sunday Funday: This mini arts ipal Complex Classifieds6B Obituaries 5A and music fest from 1-6 p.m. at The July 17: City Comics 4B Opinions 4A Parthenon at 513 University Drive Bill Gillis is a member of Council, 5 p.m., Crossword 5B Religion 5B in Starkville also features children’s the Crowell Gillis and Cooper Municipal Com- 139TH YEAR, NO. 88 Dear Abby 4B activities. law firm. plex DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “I’m at the biggest stage of my life right now, I can’t just fold, I have to keep pushing through it.” Muted reaction by ‘pro-family’ MSU third baseman Justin Foscue. MSU (39-27) will take on Oregon State (51-11-1) at 2 p.m. today (ESPN) with a spot groups to family separations Friday in the national championship series up for grabs. Story, 1B. ‘There are many policies on which we have no stand, for or against’ Trump jabbed first, and now David O’Steen, executive director of National Right to Life BY DAVID CRARY icies on which we have the world hits back in trade fight AP National Writer no stand, for or against,” like Harley-Davidson motorcycles O’Steen said. “We’re not European Union is set Friday to slap tariffs on Even as many reli- on either side of this is- and bourbon, to “make noise” and gious organizations, from sue.” $3.4 billion in American products, from whiskey put pressure on U.S. leaders. liberal to conservative, He noted that Presi- John Murphy, a senior vice pres- denounced the Trump dent Donald Trump had and motorcycles to peanuts and cranberries ident at the U.S. Chamber of Com- administration’s policy fulfilled several campaign merce, estimates that $75 billion in of separating immigrant BY PAUL WISEMAN vowed to immediately retaliate with promises to anti-abortion U.S. products will be subject to new families at the U.S.-Mexi- AP Economics Writer its own tariffs on U.S. soybeans and groups, including ap- foreign tariffs by the end of the first co border, some major ad- other farm products in a direct shot week of July. pointing federal judges WASHINGTON — The United vocacy groups that depict at President Donald Trump’s sup- “We’ve never seen anything like endorsed by those groups States attacked first, imposing tar- themselves as “pro-fami- porters in America’s heartland. and seeking to curtail iffs on steel and aluminum from this,” said Mary Lovely, a Syracuse ly” declined to join in the The tit-for-tat conflict between government funding to around the globe and threatening University economist who studies criticism.