No. 3 ALABAMA 31, No. 20 MSU 6 Crimson Tide’s defense too much Sports, 1B OTHER SCORES No. 1 Clemson 37, Syracuse 27 Arkansas 31, No. 9 LSU 14 No. 11 Florida 24, South Carolina 14 No. 16 Houston 35, No. 25 Memphis 34 Georgia 20, Auburn 13 ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM $1.25 NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 15, 2015 Municipal Judge Amos to join DA’s office “I have a high opinion of him was gracious enough to talk Amos to resign effective Dec. 31, join Colom’s office based on that experience. He about it,” he said. “His goals, BY ALEX HOLLOWAY Facebook page Thursday af- with the mu- has a strong legal mind, good his plan and his vision match [email protected] ternoon. nicipal judge work ethic and a compassion with a lot of what I was trying On Friday, Colom told The from working for people.” to do with municipal court District Attorney-elect Dispatch he began talking to as Columbus’ Amos said he wanted to and drug court. With Scott in Scott Colom has made the Amos shortly after he won the city prosecutor work with Colom because that position, it’s an even bet- Amos first hire for his staff. Nov. 3 16th Circuit district at- helped move the their share similar ideals. ter opportunity to accomplish Colom announced his hire torney race. process along. “I called Scott and told him great things for everyone in of Columbus Municipal Judge He said Amos reached “I’ve worked with Marc that I would like to talk to him the community.” Marc Amos through his “Scott out to him shortly after the as city prosecutor for the last about the position — that I was Amos has served as mu- Colom for District Attorney” election, and his familiarity several years,” Colom said. very interested in it, and he See AMOS, 8A AUTUMN IN AUTUMN Suspect in hospital bomb threat arrested by FBI on Friday Baptist Memorial Hospital spends hours in disaster mode after receiving a bomb threat Friday afternoon BY ISABELLE ALTMAN AND ANDREW HAZZARD [email protected]; [email protected] Authorities from the Federal Bureau of Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Autumn Copeland, 3, plays with fallen leaves at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle playground on Sat- Investigation have arrested a man suspect- urday after her little sister, Rachel, was born the day before during a bomb threat at the hospital. Autumn is the ed of making a false bomb threat to Baptist daughter of Tommy and Katherine Copeland, of Starkville. The Copelands did not have to evacuate since they were in Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. the middle of labor. Tommy said, “Everything worked out fine and we were even joking about it all to stay positive, but Michael Anthony Sparks was arrested at Rachel is a healthy 8.13 lbs and everyone is happy.” a family member’s home at approximately 8 p.m. Friday night, according to Fred Shel- ton, interim police chief of the Columbus Police Department. SLIMANTICS The arrest occurred mere hours after non-essential staff and family members of patients were evacuated from the hospital while a team of explosive detecting dogs Alabama’s formula for victory: Sack Dak and their handlers from the Columbus Air Force Base searched the hospital for an ex- STARKVILLE — that truth. the Tide by 14 yards, thanks plosive device. The search lasted over two Strange as it may seem, The 25-point loss was to Dak Prescott’s fourth hours before authorities issued the all-clear. Alabama’s 31-6 win over MSU’s worst in its last 30 straight 300-yard passing Sparks is currently in the custody of fed- Mississippi State was more games and marked the first game. This wasn’t a case eral authorities in Oxford where he will go a matter of inches and split time the Bulldogs were held where one team builds a before a federal magistrate, Shelton said. seconds than the kind of without a touchdown since big lead and the other team Shelton is still waiting on an update from domination the score sug- the opening game of the piles up meaningless stats the FBI to release Sparks’ age and place gests. 2013 season, a streak of 35 late in the game, either. of residence, though Shelton did say that Make no mistake, Ala- games. MSU outgained Ala- Sparks has family in Columbus. bama was the better team Yet the statistics them- bama, 131 yards to just 34 There are no other suspects in the case, Saturday at a sellout crowd selves indicate just what an in the first quarter and at Shelton said. at Davis Wade Stadium. The odd sort of game it was. halftime had outgained the Authorities were alerted about the bomb Slim Smith scoreboard bears witness to The Bulldogs outgained See SLIMANTICS, 8A See BOMB THREAT, 8A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC MEETINGS 1 Which television show character’s Nov. 17: Columbus City Today Council, Municipal Complex, real name is Gordon Shumway? ■ Columbus Choral Society: The 2 What insect is responsible for trans- 5 p.m. Columbus Choral Society presents mitting the Bubonic Plague? Nov. 30: Lowndes County “Eat, Drink and Be Musical” at 3 At what age did Janis Joplin, Jimi Supervisors, Courthouse, Hendrix and Kurt Cobain all die at? 3:30 p.m. at the Louise Campbell 4 Who holds the record for the most Center for the Arts, 235 Com- 9 a.m. Dec. 1: Columbus City Eboni Sherrod saves in a Major League season? merce St., West Point. Free. 5 Who was the only person to become ■ Council, Municipal Complex, Fifth grade, West Lowndes Starkville Christmas Open vice president and president after House: Participating Starkville 5 p.m. resignation? merchants host Christmas Open Dec. 8: West Point Board of High 63 Low 45 Answers, 6D House from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Kids Selectmen, West Point City Mostly sunny are invited to Cookies with Santa, Hall, 5:30 p.m. Full forecast on 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the GSDP Wel- Dec. 11: Lowndes County page 2A. come Center, 200 E. Main St. ($10 School District Board of per photo). Proceeds benefit Unit- Trustees, District Central ed Way of North Central Missis- sippi. West Point Christmas Open Office, 11 a.m. INSIDE House: Participating West Point Dec. 14: Columbus Munic- merchants and antique shops are ipal School District Board of Classifieds5D Obituaries 4A open 1-4 p.m. for Christmas Open Trustees, Brandon Central 136TH YEAR, NO. 211 Comics Insert Opinions 6,7A House. Willie Chandler works at Baldor. Offices, 6 p.m. DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “We’re going to do whatever it takes to work with the French people and with nations around the world to bring these terrorists to justice.” President Barack Obama on the Islamic State group’s attacks Sunday in Paris on Friday. Story 5A. ASK RUFUS Tibbee, a prehistoric oral tradition ri- F day AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File night I In this 2015 file photo, Ken Ham, right, founder of the was asked Christian ministry Answers in Genesis, stands in front of to tell a Noah’s ark attraction being built in Williamstown, Ky. stories at a “lock-in” for the Noah’s Ark religious attraction West Point Episcopal Church’s to open in July in Kentucky youth group. I Rufus Ward THE ASSOCIATED PRESS particular life-size recon- was re- struction will be the most minded of how, with all the interest WILLIAMSTOWN, authentic and realistic in Facebook, Twitter and other Ky. — Construction of a reconstruction of Noah’s forms of social media, the passing Noah’s Ark attraction in Ark in the world,” Ham down of oral traditions from gener- northern Kentucky is sail- said during a media gath- ation to generation by story tellers ing along, and the builders ering on the ship’s deck is being lost. There is one ancient say it will open next year. Thursday. sacred site in our area where place, Answers in Genesis, the The state gave final oral traditions and archaeology Christian ministry leading approval for a tourism tax merge with a heritage older than the project, announced incentive to the project in written history. Thursday that the attrac- 2011, but slow fundraising A couple of miles south of West tion will open to visitors hampered the ark’s devel- Point on a gravel road is Tibbee July 7. opment and the builders Lake. Although it is near the creek, The massive, 510-foot- had to reapply. Last year, for which it is named, it appears long wooden boat is the the state rejected the sec- to be an oxbow remnant of some $90 million first phase of ond application for an $18 prehistoric stream not only larger a planned religious theme million sales tax rebate, than Tibbee creek but once larger park. Answers in Genesis citing growing concerns of even than the Tombigbee River. As founder Ken Ham says “religious indoctrination.” would be fitting for such a strange work on the bow and stern The ark’s builders are su- lake there is an oral tradition, a will begin soon. ing in federal court to get Chickasaw legend that may even “We believe that what back in the incentive pro- stretch back thousands of years. we’re doing here in this gram. The story was recorded by E.T. Winston in 1931.