ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM FREE! FRIDAY | JUNE 8, 2018 Honors program keeps state’s brightest challenged State budget cuts shrink funding for program Catherine Li, 16, and Ceana BY MARY POLLITZ versity for Women’s campus, study- [email protected] Palacio, 15, check ing philosophy in the mornings, their schedules discovering the ins and outs of polit- for their next When Ceana Palacio, 15, first ical campaigning in more laid back activity at Missis- moved to Gulfport from Texas she classes in the afternoon, making sippi Governor’s was worried she wouldn’t find a friends and getting a feel for what School outside challenging educational curricu- Stark Recreation lum. college life will be like. Center. This year’s “(One thought I had was) what “It has definitely changed my program, housed am I going to truly gain from mov- leadership experience,” she said. on Mississippi ing here?” Palacio said. Palacio, and 75 other rising high University for Women’s campus, Then she discovered Mississippi school juniors and seniors moved onto MUW’s campus on Sunday for was cut from a Governor’s School. three-week to two- Starting June 3 and continuing MGS’s two-week program. The res- week program for through next week, Palacio has idential honors program is funded state budget cuts. spent her days on Mississippi Uni- See GOVERNOr’S SCHOOL, 8A Mary Pollitz/Dispatch Staff ‘NOT TOO HOT TO PLAY OUTSIDE’ Olympic judo medalist teaching classes B ronze medalist Marti Malloy to teach judo classes in Starkville B Y ALEX HOLLOWAY [email protected] An Olympic med- alist will teach judo on Saturday at a Starkville martial arts school. Downtown Mar- tial Arts Academy, located on Lynn Lane Malloy in Starkville, will host Marti Malloy Saturday. Malloy won a bronze medal as a member of the U.S. Judo Team at the 2012 Olym- pics. Doug Bedsaul, owner of Down- town Martial Arts Academy, said the academy teaches judo, and some of the students have gotten competitive in it and traveled to Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff tournaments in a five-state area Quo’marrius Gibson, 9, pours a bottle of water on his head while at the J.L. King Senior Memorial Park in Starkville Monday. across the South. “It’s hot, but it’s not too hot to play outside,” he said. Quo’marrius is the son of Ranarda Randle and Christopher Gibson. He wanted to give the students exposure to high-level instruction, so he reached out to several martial artists who have competed in the Olympics to see what it would take to get them to come to Starkville. Things worked out with Malloy, he Infrastructure planning highlights water meeting said, so she’s coming to teach two classes. BY ALEX HolloWay City officials are still working to come a Thursday evening water quality meet- Malloy will teach a class for [email protected] up with a plan to tackle what would be ing at the Sportsplex that the city’s infra- children, 12 years old and under, a significant undertaking in replacing structure, which in some areas is more from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The city of Starkville has turned an infrastructure for whole neighborhoods. than 50 years old, has served the area She will teach an adult class from eye toward major improvements to aging Starkville Utilities Director Terry well. However, he said, it’s past time 1-3 p.m. Saturday. Classes are $60, water and sewage lines in certain areas Kemp told a handful of people from the to consider replacing it. That would in- and Bedsaul said pre-registration of the city. Green Oaks neighborhood who attended RSee WATE MEETING, 8A See MALLOY, 3A Mississippi high court: Judges can’t regulate concealed guns Case grew out of Lowndes County judges’ decision to ban authority because the Inside sense tells you that’s just Mississippi Constitution ■ SLIMANTICS: Second unreasonable. firearms within 200 feet of courtrooms specifies that only the Amendment jumps the shark. “I’m not trying to take Legislature “may regu- Page 6A anybody’s constitutional BY EMILY Court justices ruled courthouses. late or forbid carrying rights away from them,” WAGSTER PET TUS Thursday that some local The high court said concealed weapons.” public in mind. “To have he added. “But if you The Associated Press judges were wrong to ban judges in the 14th Chan- 14th District Chancery people with weapons in tell me that the right of people with enhanced cery District, which in- Judge Jim Davidson said the halls outside (the the public to be safe is JACKSON — A majori- concealed-carry licens- cludes the Golden Tri- the judges issued the ban courtroom during divorce trumped by the right of ty of Mississippi Supreme es from taking guns into angle, overstepped their with the interests of the proceedings), common- See GUNS, 8A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR L OCAL FOLKS PUBLIC 1 Olea europaea, a familiar sight Lot Farmers’ Market from MEETINGS Today 7-10 a.m. Kids decorate June 12: Planning throughout the lands of the Mediterra- ■ Friday Night Jams: nean, is better known by what name? planters, garden with and Zoning Com- The West Point/Clay 2 “Glamping” is an upscale version of Master Gardeners, dress mission, 5:30 County Arts Council pres- what activity? like a farmer, plus MUW’s p.m., City Hall ents live music at 7 p.m. 3 In what U.S. state might you drive Project CHEW food truck June 12: the Moki Dugway? at the Louise Campbell and Columbus Police Starkville Oktibbe- 4 According to the “Matrix” films, what Center for the Arts, 235 Rigg McCary Department at Second Av- is the name of the last human city on Commerce St., downtown ha Consolidated Kindergarten, Caledonia enue and Second Street earth? West Point. School District 5 What women’s rights activist mar- North. Board of Trustees, High 94 Low 69 ried actor Christian Bale’s father? ■ Noxubee County 6 p.m., Greens- Juneteenth Festival: Mostly sunny Answers, 8B Saturday boro Center Full forecast on ■ FOL Book Sale: The Jo*Us Band, jumpers, June 15: Board page 2A. Friends of the Colum- a car show, food and of Aldermen Work bus-Lowndes Library book more are part of this Session, noon, INSIDE sale is Saturday 10:30 festival in Macon at North City Hall a.m.-3 p.m., 314 Seventh Street and Highway 14 June 18: Board of Classifieds7B Obituaries 4A St. N. 662-329-5300. (North Street Flea Mar- Supervisors, 5:30 Comics 5B Opinions 6A ■ Sizzling Second Sat- ket). Free admission. For p.m., Oktibbeha Crossword 8B Religion 6B urday: “Farmer for a Day” information, call 662-352- Olivia Dimino, 3, likes any- County Court- Dear Abby 5B at Columbus’ Hitching 9226 or 662-352-4738. thing “Beauty and the Beast.” house DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “We really don’t talk about it. When we start playing, nobody things about it. It’ll spread around a little bit, but after that five or Facebook says privacy-setting 10 minutes, it’s out the window.” MSU pitcher JP France, talking about all of the distractions that bug affected as many as 14M Friday have surrounded the baseball team this season. Story, 1B. Company is was active, advising them to review their posts. ISLAND PADDLE FEST notifying users The news follows re- Kayakers, canoers and paddle boarders took on the challenge cent furor over Facebook’s of the 5.5-mile Island Paddle Fest June 2 at the Columbus who were affected, sharing of user data with Riverwalk. The event benefited the Lowndes County Imagina- device makers, including Scene&Seen tion Library. advises them to China’s Huawei. The com- pany is also still recovering review their posts from the Cambridge Ana- lytica scandal, in which a BY BARBARA ORTUTAY Trump-affiliated data-min- AP Technology Writer ing firm got access to the personal data of as many as NEW YORK — Face- 87 million Facebook users. book said a software bug Jonathan Mayer, a pro- led some users to post pub- fessor of computer sci- licly by default regardless ence and public affairs at of their previous settings. Princeton University, said The bug affected as many on Twitter that this latest as 14 million users over privacy gaffe “looks like a several days in May. viable Federal Trade Com- The problem, which mission/state attorney gen- Facebook said it has fixed, eral deception case.” That’s is the latest privacy scandal because the company had for the world’s largest so- promised that the setting cial media company. users set in their most re- It said the bug automat- cent privacy preferences ically suggested that users would be maintained for fu- make new posts public, ture posts. In this case, this even if they had previously did not happen for several restricted posts to “friends days. only” or another private set- Facebook’s 2011 con- ting. If users did not notice sent decree with the FTC the new default suggestion, calls for the company to they unwittingly sent their get “express consent” from post to a broader audience users before sharing their Vicki Prince, Terry Prince-Dopson, Myles Prince than they had intended. information beyond what Erin Egan, Facebook’s they established in their chief privacy officer, said privacy settings. Even if the bug did not affect past the bug was an accident posts. Facebook is noti- on Facebook’s part, May- fying users who were af- er said in an email that the fected and posted publicly FTC can bring enforcement during the time the bug action for privacy mistakes.