Wood Chipper Accident Leads to Death of Gobox Employee
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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY TUESDAY | MAY 10, 2016 Wood chipper accident leads MSU examines policies after to death of GoBox employee Jumbotron and hit Harris, Merchant said. Accident occurred about 4:15 p.m. in Columbus The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigat- DISPATCH STAFF REPORT to Lowndes County Coroner Greg ing the incident. accident Merchant. The wood chipper was In a press release, GoBox said A GoBox employee was killed in off and believed to be in a safe posi- Harris was a great employee and an accident on company property tion when Harris entered it to attach promised to work with OSHA and Salter: Stadium perimeter Monday afternoon. a chain to the debris. While Harris other agencies during the investiga- About 4:15 p.m., Phillip Harris, attempted to attach the chain to the tion. was secure, locked status of Columbus, and another employee log, the large roller — the part of the GoBox is a local company that pro- of access point unknown were attempting to remove a stuck machine used to roll wood into the vides a variety of services and focus- log from a wood chipper, according chipper — unexpectedly lowered es on waste disposal. BY CARL SMITH [email protected] STARKVILLE — Mis- sissippi State University PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT officials pledged to review all applicable policies sur- rounding the security of their facilities and prose- cute future trespassers af- ter a junior environmental economics and manage- Salter ment major fell to his death INsiDE Saturday. ■ OUR VIEW: MSU Chief Communi- Student’s cations Officer Sid Salter death tragic, said the two students who avoidable. scaled Davis Wade Stadi- Page 4A um’s padlocked fence along with Andrew Scott Dembos- ki, 21, of Ocean Springs, have not been charged in connection with the incident. Charges are unlikely to come after Demboski fell about 20 feet from the sta- dium’s southern video board. The university, Salter said, has reached out to Demboski’s family and offered counseling to those affected by his death. “It seems like every graduation season the media talks about stories where there is such an incredible waste of a promising future. We felt like Andrew had that kind of future,” Salter said. “All of us here share the real grief of his loss, because he had it all out there in front of him. He wasn’t a good student; he was an outstanding stu- dent. At this time, our focus is supporting the Demboski family and their loved ones, and that includes these two friends that witnessed the tragedy.” See MSU, 3A Shooting suspect turns himself in Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff for questioning Camron Hargrove, 10, practices with his basketball in front of Suds & Duds laundromat and 82 Pawn in Columbus on Monday. Camron is the son of Donyea Hargrove and Shanika Martin, of Columbus. DISPATCH STAFF REPORT The Columbus Police De- partment is interviewing a local man allegedly tied to Fundraising goal reached for CAFB sign the April 30 shooting of the Highway 69 North Sprint Mart. ceremony is planned. bound side of Highway 45 across Unveiling set for late May Lonnell Thompson Jr., Bragg said the fund- from the CAFB entrance. Bragg said 20, of Columbus, turned BY ALEX HOLLOWAY raising project took the old sign is outdated and the new Thompson three or four months, himself in to the Columbus [email protected] one should be a significant upgrade. Police Department Monday evening, Co- with organizers hold- The new sign will be 16 feet tall ing a big push to hit the lumbus Public Information Officer Joe Dil- A new Columbus Air Force Base and 12 feet wide. Bragg sad the mea- lon said. sign will be installed later this month goal in the April. surements are twice as tall and 4 feet “It was a pure com- Thompson was booked in the Lowndes after fundraisers hit their goal in wider than the current sign. Bragg munity effort,” Bragg County Adult Detention Center, Dillon April. said. “For us to be able to get this The sign will be illuminated by said. He will be questioned by police later Columbus-Lowndes Chamber of funded that quickly was truly remark- LED lights, a modern contrast to the today, according to CPD Capt. Brent Swan. Commerce President Joey Bragg able. It shows what the base means to ones that are dim or going out in the Authorities will decide after the ques- said the organization hit its $25,000 the community and what the commu- old sign. tioning whether or not to press criminal fundraising goal in last month. nity means to the base.” “We’re going to make a vast im- charges against Thompson. The new sign should be installed The sign will replace the current provement on that side of the road,” Another suspect, Tyquina “Ty” Kidd, by May 24, when an official unveiling one, which is located on the north- Bragg said. See SusPECT, 3A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 What color is the blood of insects? MEETINGS Today and Wednesday May 13: 2 What was the original use of the ■ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”: The Leaning Tower of Pisa? Lowndes County Master’s Theatre presents this production directed 3 How many yards are in one furlong? Supervisors, by Terri Gillis in Mississippi University for Women’s 4 In what year did the “Mickey Mouse Courthouse, Club” make its debut? Rent Auditorium today and Wednesday at 6:30 5 What is the world’s largest beetle? p.m. Performance admission is $7. 9 a.m. May 17: Colum- Mikalah McKee Stockman Answers, 6B bus City Council, First Grate, East Webster Thursday Municipal Com- ■ Noon Tunes: Bruce Johnson and Tyler Wheat plex, 5 p.m. entertain from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Trotter High 84 Low 63 May 31: Convention Center Courtyard, Columbus. Lunch by Mostly sunny Lowndes County Full forecast on Zachary’s available for purchase; drinks provided Supervisors, page 2A. by Clark Beverage. For information, contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305. Courthouse, ■ Regional Business After Hours: West Point 9 a.m. hosts a Regional Business After Hours from 5-7 June 6: Lown- INSIDE p.m. at Town Creek Farms on Highway 50, West des County Point. Free. For more information, contact the Supervisors, Classifieds5B Obituaries 5A West Point/Clay County Growth Alliance, 662-494- Tyler Mims goes to Annuncia- Courthouse, 137TH YEAR, NO. 51 Comics 4B Opinions 4A 5121. tion and likes to play Xbox. 9 a.m. DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “Kayla has made herself into one of the best players in the SEC.” Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman, White House on damage control talking about senior shortstop Kayla Winkfield. after aide’s magazine profile Tuesday Story, 1B. Deputy national security adviser’s comments to The New York Times US sues North Carolina over Magazine have sparked a mix of bewilderment and outrage transgender bathroom law BY KATHLEEN HENNESSEY over whether the White The Associated Press House oversold the lega- U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch: Bathroom cy-burnishing deal to curb WASHINGTON — The Iran’s nuclear program. law amounts to ‘state-sponsored discrimination’ White House on Monday The article revived criti- worked to contain the BY EMERY P. DALESIO cism of the agreement. In a has already suffered far more than damage caused by one of AND GARY D. ROBERTSON its fair share,” she said, speaking President Barack Obama’s statement issued Monday, The Associated Press Sen. John McCain, a long- directly to residents of her native closest aides, who, in a state. “This law provides no benefit time critic of the Iran pact, RALEIGH, N.C. — A potentially seemingly candid, be- to society, and all it does is harm in- said the piece “provided a epic clash over transgender rights hind-the-curtain magazine nocent Americans.” troubling glimpse of the took shape Monday when the U.S. Lynch McCrory story, ripped the Washing- Billions of dollars in federal aid White House spin machine Justice Department sued North ton press corps, boasted of for North Carolina — and a poten- federal government, arguing that creating an “echo cham- that has put sustaining ‘the Carolina over the state’s bathroom tially landmark decision regarding the state law is a “commonsense ber” of supporters to sell narrative’ above advancing law after the governor refused to privacy policy” and that the Justice the reach of the nation’s civil rights the Iran nuclear deal and the national interest.” back down. Department’s position is “baseless laws — are at stake in the dispute, appeared to dismiss long- The piece portrays In unusually forceful language, and blatant overreach.” which in recent weeks has trig- time foreign policy hands, Rhodes, Obama’s top for- U.S. Attorney General Loretta McCrory, a Republican who is gered boycotts and cancellations including Hillary Clinton, eign policy speechwriter Lynch said North Carolina’s law up for re-election in November, ac- aimed at pressuring the state into as the Blob. and arguably one of his requiring transgender people to cused the Obama administration of repealing the measure. Deputy national secu- most influential aides, as use public restrooms and showers unilaterally rewriting federal civil corresponding to the gender on Last week, the U.S. Justice De- rity adviser Ben Rhodes’ singularly in tune with rights law to protect transgender their birth certificate amounts to partment said the law amounts to comments to The New his boss’s thinking and people’s access to bathrooms, lock- York Times Magazine “state-sponsored discrimination” illegal sex discrimination and gave er rooms and showers across the narrowly focused on craft- have sparked a mix of be- and is aimed at “a problem that Gov.