Brooks Calls for Investigation Into Ward 4 Absentees
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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 75 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | AUGUST 9, 2019 Brooks calls for investigation into Ward 4 absentees Supervisor: One candidate Council vacancy, for which INsiDE the city registrar’s office ■ OUR VIEW: Lowndes Coun- is stacking absentee ballots has confirmed 73 mail-in ab- Time to tighten down on ab- ty District 5 sentee ballots have already Supervisor Leroy BY VICTORIA CHEYNE been requested. sentee voting. Page 4A Brooks spoke [email protected] “In as much as absentee about a candi- ballots are a legal part of date garnering Lowndes County District 5 Supervisor the electoral process, as time has passed absentee ballots Leroy Brooks believes voters are being the process has been tainted by candidates in a press con- “manipulated and misled” by candidates in seeking office and those persons wishing ference Thurs- day, when he the absentee voting process, and he is ask- to make a living off electing absentee bal- announced plans ing for a state investigation. lots,” Brooks said. to request a Sec- Brooks, in a press conference at his of- Moreover, Brooks said a city election retary of State fice near the Lowndes County Courthouse commissioner tipped him off that nearly investigation Thursday, announced he is writing both all of the mail-in absentee requests were into the Ward 4 the Secretary of State’s and Attorney Gen- associated with one candidate’s campaign, special election. eral’s offices to request an investigation though Brooks would not name the can- Brooks said didate publicly. There are six candidates the practice is into how absentee votes are being cast. “fraudulent” and He pointed specifically to the Aug. 20 spe- vying for the Ward 4 seat, which was left misleads voters. cial election for the Ward 4 Columbus City See BROOks, 3A Victoria Cheyne/Dispatch Staff Genesis Church ‘Good vibes at Old Waverly’ building ‘one- stop shop’ to serve community Minister asks for volunteers to work with Dream Center, which offers services from culinary school to child care BY AMANDA LIEN [email protected] More than 10 years ago, Genesis Church purchased the old Hughes El- ementary School building on 23rd Street North. Pastor Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff Darren Leach took ABOVE: Juli Inkster stands inside the Fox Sports trailer following the final match in Thursday’s round of the 119th possession of the Leach U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point. Golfers who won their matches Thursday will ad- keys, still unsure as to the condi- vance to the quarterfinals. BELOW: Juli Inkster holds the U.S. Women’s Open trophy after the fourth round of the tion of the building, but believing 1999 U.S. Women’s Open Championship at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point on June 6, 1999. in God’s plan and prompting. Now, what was once a school U.S. Open champ returns to course as is set to soon become the Dream Center, a multipurpose facility analyst 20 years after winning title there modeled after a similar building in Los Angeles, California. Genesis BY BEN PORTNOY Church and volunteers throughout [email protected] the community are in the process of raising funds to complete reno- s Juli Inkster wandered the grounds of Old Waverly Golf Club Wednesday, a familiar rush enveloped her body. vation on the building so the com- The 1999 U.S. Women’s Open Champion, Inkster munity has a central location for A a “one-stop shop” for a variety of returned to the course that brought her and Mississippi to the center of the golfing world 20 INsiDE outreach and ministry programs, ■ MORE U.S. Leach told Columbus Exchange years ago. WOMEN’S “It was just pure joy,” she said of the win. “I Club members during Thursday’s AMATEUR meeting. played great all week and I handled the pressure, COVERAGE, and I just felt great.” Page 1B “It’s not about religion. We’re This week, Old Waverly plays host to the U.S. not going to preach to people that Women’s Amateur tournament — a title Inkster won three- come in the door if they don’t be- straight times as a youngster. The former champion is on the lieve what we believe,” Leach was grounds in West Point as a television analyst for Fox Sports quick to say. “But we are approach- One. ing this like servants of God.” And while it’s been two decades since her five-shot victory The church still needs about over Sherri Turner, onlookers still remember the record-break- $20,000 to complete the building’s ing weekend Inkster delivered in front of more than 100,000 renovations, but Leach said he spectators. didn’t come to Exchange to fund- “I feel like the big woman on campus,” she told The Dis- raise. He came to make members patch. “It was such a great win for my career.” aware of the Dream Center’s exis- tence, and to ask that they begin See INKSTER, 6A Courtesy photo/United States Golf Association/John Mummert “thinking and praying” about if, and how, they could volunteer. See Genesis CHURCH, 6A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 A golden retriever named Isabella MEETINGS Saturday Aug. 15: adopted what animals as her own at a ■ Sizzling Second Saturday: Special activities Kansas zoo in 2008? at Columbus’ Hitching Lot Farmers Market, open Lowndes County 2 What standard ingredient does Supervisors, 9 pizza bianca omit? 7-10 a.m., include a kids’ craft, petting zoo, pony 3 What South American country is the rides and visits by The W’s Project CHEW and the a.m., County world’s biggest exporter of bananas? Army Corps of Engineers, at Second Avenue and Courthouse Ashley Morgan 4 Name one of the three Hanson Second Street North. The market is open Mondays Aug. 15: brothers, known for their 1997 hit First grade, Caledonia 4-6 p.m. and Thursdays/Saturdays 7-10 a.m. Columbus Light “MmmBop.” ■ OCHS Dog Paddle: The ninth annual Oktibbeha and Water utility 5 “To achieve equality of rights and County Humane Society pool-party-for-dogs fund- meeting, 12 High Low eliminate race prejudice among the raiser at Starkville’s Moncrief Park is 9 a.m.-noon. 87 73 citizens of the United States” is an p.m., CLW office Mostly cloudy, chance t-storms objective of what organization? Early $25 registration includes admission for one building Full forecast on dog and accompanying humans plus event T-shirt. Answers, 6B Aug. 19: page 2A. $30 at the door. Go to ochsms.org/event/dogpad- Columbus-Lown- dle2019/. des Convention ■ Art for EB 2019: A show and sale of original INSIDE art by Lee Gibson is 4-7 p.m. at 1003 Yorkshire Tristan Jimerson, 5, likes and Visitors Classifieds6B Obituaries 5A Road, Starkville, and honors the memory of “Super “Paw Patrol,” his mom and Bureau Board Comics 4B Opinions 4A Gabe” Valentine. A portion of proceeds benefits re- his dad. His favorite color regular meeting, Crossword 6B Religion 5B search into a cure for epidermlysis bullosa. Follow is yellow and he likes “Pow- 4 p.m., CVB 140TH YEAR, NO. 129 Dear Abby 4B Art for EB 2019 on Facebook. er Rangers” books. office DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com DID YOU HEAR? Man in anthem attack convinced Trump ordered it, lawyer says Friday Montana man charged with assaulting 13-year-old boy who refused to remove AREA OBITUARIES COMMERCIAL DISPATCH for District Five of Mrs. Sizemore was OBITUARY POLICY Ambus Evans Jr. his hat during the national anthem STARKVILLE — Lowndes County. He born March 17, 1939, in Obituaries with basic informa- was also employed Hamilton, Alabama, to THE ASSOCIatED PRESS ecutors formally charged tion including visitation and Ambus Evans Jr., 81, service times, are provided died July 31, 2019, in as a transporter with the late Edward Frank Brockway with assault on a the Sheriff’s Depart- Crowe and Margaret MISSOULA, Mont. — free of charge. Extended obit- Starkville. minor, a felony that carries ment and served on Rosabell Godsey. She A Montana man charged a maximum five-year pris- uaries with a photograph, de- Services will be at 2 tailed biographical information the Lowndes County was formerly owner with assaulting a 13-year- on sentence and a $50,000 p.m. Saturday at Black- and other details families may School Board. and operator of an ar- old boy who refused to re- fine upon conviction. jack M.B. Church. wish to include, are available In addition to his move his hat during the na- A person who answered Burial will follow at Fox cade and beauty salon. for a fee. Obituaries must be parents, he was pre- In addition to her tional anthem believed he the phone at Jasper’s office submitted through funeral Cemetery. Visitation is was doing what President Thursday said the attorney homes unless the deceased’s from 1:30-6 p.m. Friday ceded in death by his parents, she was Donald Trump wanted him was unavailable for addi- body has been donated to at West Memorial son, Charlie Smith Jr.; preceded in death by to do, his attorney said. tional comment. science. If the deceased’s Funeral Home. West stepson, Levell Hill; her husbands, Bernest Attorney Lance Jasper Brockway, 39, told a body was donated to science, Memorial Funeral brothers, John Smith Knolton Hankins and told the Missoulian he will sheriff’s deputy that he the family must provide official Jr., Roosevelt Smith, John “Leon” Size- proof of death.