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Man Accused of Embezzling from Football Program 3 RED PLUM COUPON PACKS COMING SUNDAY ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | JANUARY 29, 2016 Guilty plea in hospital bomb threat personnel had information to locate the tele- of Corrections. According to 25-year-old faces up to 10 years in prison approximately 15 phone that placed the call. It MDOC, restitution centers are BY WILLIAM BROWNING Authorities say Sparks made minutes to evac- was located at the Leflore Coun- where “minimal risk offend- [email protected] the threat via a cellular tele- uate, according ty Restitution Center in Green- ers” are required to work and to an affidavit wood and guards there recog- pay full or partial payments to phone while he was an inmate signed by a FBI nized the voice on the recorded crime victims. A Columbus man has plead- at a Delta jail. investigator. threat as belonging to Sparks, Residents at restitution cen- ed guilty to making a false He faces up to a decade be- bomb threat to Baptist Memori- The hospital according to the affidavit. ters are not allowed to have cell hind bars. was evacuated. A Sparks Sparks admitted to law en- phones. Authorities ultimately al Hospital-Golden Triangle in In November, the Colum- team of explosive forcement that the call was a determined that Sparks smug- November. bus hospital received a midday detecting dogs and their han- “foolish prank,” authorities say. gled the cell phone in. Michael Anthony Sparks, 25, phone call from a man who dlers from Columbus Air Force Sparks had been at the He remains in custody while entered his plea to the felony in asked the operator if she want- Base were called in. restitution center since June. awaiting sentencing. federal court in Greenville on ed to die. “Excuse me?” the There was no bomb. He was convicted in 2012 of A sentencing hearing has Thursday. In exchange for the woman replied. The man then Meanwhile, the Columbus non-residential burglary in not yet been set, according to plea, prosecutors agreed to not claimed there was a bomb in Police Department, working Lowndes County, according an online federal court data- pursue other charges. the hospital and that hospital with AT&T, used cell tower to the Mississippi Department base. Man accused GSDP CELEBRATES 15 YEARS of embezzling from football program Hamilton Youth Football program president accused THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABERDEEN — A man accused of embezzling from a youth football pro- gram is now in jail. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Matthew Household- er was arrested by the Monroe Coun- Mark Wilson/Dispatch Staff ty Sheriff’s Office on Thursday and Mary Jane Runnels, left, and Peggy Buckley greet each other during the Greater Starkville Development Partnership charged with embezzlement. annual banquet Thursday evening at The Mill at MSU. Runnels, an ad representative with The Dispatch, was named Householder is accused of taking Ambassador of the Year. See story on page 3A. money from the Hamilton Youth Foot- ball program, where he served as pres- ident. Authorities say he had agreed to turn himself into authorities last week Public social to be held at Hunt Museum but failed to do so. Householder is currently jailed at BY ISABELLE ALTMAN The Memphis Town Community ways to improve the community in a [email protected] Monroe County Detention Center Builders and the Federation of Demo- friendly environment, according to Tiffany Sturdivant, one of the event’s awaiting arraignment by a Monroe Community members looking to cratic Women will host the MS Derby organizers. The event includes a County Justice Court judge. discuss ways to better the city have Tea Social at Hunt Museum on Satur- Online jail records do not list an at- a fun-filled opportunity to do so next day, Feb. 6, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 45-minute presentation on community torney for him. weekend. The tea social is a chance to discuss See MEMPHIS TOWN, 8A Rosenkrans talks Native Americans truths BY ALEX HOLLOWAY area, as mounds or various [email protected] INSIDE ■ OUR VIEW: Native American arrowheads and other cultur- history should inform today’s views al artifacts. The mounds are Ben Rosen- Understanding the past is on immigration. Page 6A the most easily recognizable krans, a crucial for Ben Rosenkrans. to the naked eye — from the archaeolo- Rosenkrans is an archae- feathered war bonnets — the older, domed, small ones that gist with an expertise in ologist with an expertise in Indians of this area knew noth- Rosenkrans said were pri- Southeast- Southeastern Native Ameri- ing about that, never saw such marily used for burials, to the ern Native cans. He spoke to the Colum- things,” he said. large, rectangular ones he Americans, bus Exchange Club Thursday Archaeological records in- said served a range of possible speaks afternoon and explained that dicate Native Americans have purposes including places for to the Mississippi’s Native Ameri- inhabited the area for about temple construction. Columbus cans weren’t at all like the por- 12,000 years, Rosenkrans Smaller artifacts are still Exchange Club on trayal of Native Americans in said. common. Some, such as the Thursday. popular media. Bits of their culture re- arrowheads or tobacco pipes Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff “Teepees, riding on horses, mains scattered through the See ROSENKRANS, 8A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR COMING SUNDAY 1 Who shot and killed Jesse James? Sunday ■ Don’t miss The Dispatch’s special sections “How to Choose” and the 2016 Dining Guide, both of which will be in Sunday’s edition. 2 Who invented the pencil? ■ Sundays at the Center: The 3 How many years are in a score? 4 What was the butler’s name on West Point/Clay County Arts Council “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”? presents The State Singers of Mis- 5 What is the only mammal able to sissippi State University at 2 p.m. at fly? the Louise Campbell Center for the Passion Willis Arts, 235 Commerce St., West Point. Kindergarten, New Hope Answers, 8B Free and open to the public. Call 662-494-5678 for more information. High 61 Low 39 Sunny Tuesday, Feb. 2 Full forecast on ■ Ida B. Wells program: The page 2A. Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, 314 Seventh St. N., presents the program “Ida B. Wells: The Mother of the American Human Rights Move- INSIDE ment,” with C. Sada Turnipseed at 5:30 p.m. in honor of Black History Classifieds7B Obituaries 4A Month. Free. For more information, 136TH YEAR, NO. 275 Comics 5B Opinions 6A contact the library, 662-329-5300. DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “It was tremendous toughness by our team. They kept battling. They found a way to win.” Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer, talking Jefferson Airplane co-founder about his team’s 65-63 victory in overtime against Tennessee. Paul Kantner dies at age 74 Friday Story, 1B. BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer A THOUSAND WORDS NEW YORK — Paul Kantner, a founding mem- ber of the Jefferson Air- plane who stayed with the seminal San Francisco band through its trans- formation from 1960s hip- pies to 1970s hit makers as the eventual leader of successor group Jefferson Starship, has died at age 74. Kantner, who drew upon his passion for poli- tics and science fiction to AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, File help write such rock clas- This 2001 file pho- sics as “Wooden Ships” to shows Jefferson and “Volunteers,” died on Starships’ Paul Kantner Thursday of organ failure performing during the and septic shock. He had ‘Freedom Sings’ benefit concert in New York. been admitted to a San Francisco hospital after the idealism and hedonism falling ill earlier in the of the late ‘60s as Jefferson week, his former girlfriend Airplane, its message bold- and publicist Cynthia Bow- ly stated on buttons and man, the mother of one bumper stickers that read of his three children, told “THE JEFFERSON AIR- The Associated Press. PLANE LOVES YOU.” The guitarist and song- The Airplane advocated writer had survived close sex, psychedelic drugs, brushes with death as a rebellion and a commu- younger man, including nal lifestyle, operating a motorcycle accident out of an eccentric, Colo- during the early 1960s and nial Revival house near a 1980 cerebral hemor- Haight-Ashbury. Its mem- rhage, and he recovered bers supported various from a heart attack last political and social causes, Mattel via AP year. tossed out LSD at concerts This photo shows a group of new Barbie dolls introduced this month. 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