Golden Triangle Native Set for Miss America Pageant
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MSU 35, SO. ALABAMA 2 Bulldogs now 3-0. Sports, 1B OTHER SCORES #3 Alabama 52, So. Mississippi 12 #14 Ole Miss 56, ULL 15 #24 So. Carolina 38, #6 Georgia 35 Florida 36, Kentucky 30 #4 Oklahoma 34, Tennessee 10 ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM FREE! SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 Golden Triangle native set for Miss America pageant Miss America judges score Murray, while a high school paper wrote: “Miss Mississippi, Coverage begins at 7 p.m. on ABC contestants from the 50 U.S. student at Mississippi School of Jasmine Murray, 22, a onetime BY WILLIAM BROWNING Miss Mississip- states, the District of Columbia, the Arts in Brookhaven, com- contestant on “American Idol,” [email protected] pi in July at the Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin peted in the eighth season of brought the house down with Vicksburg Con- Islands based on a talent compe- “American Idol” in 2008. She her vocal performance. Though Jasmine Murray of Columbus vention Center. tition, a personal interview, their made the top 13 on the show. she didn’t win talent, she defi- will take part in the Miss Amer- She competed in answer to an on-stage question, On Saturday, The Star Led- nitely makes an impression.” ica Pageant tonight in Atlantic the Mississippi Murray and their appearance in gowns ger in New Jersey named Mur- The pageant is scheduled to City, New Jersey. pageant as Miss and swimsuits, according to Re- ray a contestant to watch in be broadcast live tonight at 7 The 22-year-old was crowned Riverland. uters. tonight’s competition. The news- p.m. on ABC. Overall county Letting it out millage rate increasing .91 mills for school needs Supervisors expected to approve FY 2014-2015 budget Monday morning BY CARL SMITH [email protected] Oktibbeha County supervisors on Mon- day are expected to approve an overall 111.88-mill governmental and school ad valorem tax rate, which is almost a mill in- crease from the current levy. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. at the county courthouse. While overall governmental needs reflect Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff See MILLAGE, 6A Tom Moore Hatcher, of Columbus, rips his shirt open during the Stella Shouting Contest on Friday on Fifth Street in downtown Columbus. Hatcher said he had heard of the contest for several years and finally was able to join in on the fun. Browning named Dispatch New cafeteria program highlights managing editor importance of CMSD staff State official: ‘We have finally seen DISPATCH STAFF REPORT a drop in childhood obesity rates’ William Browning has been named managing editor BY ANDREW HAZZARD of The Commercial Dispatch. [email protected] Browning has served as interim managing editor COLUMBUS — When Paula Baker gets to work at 6:30 since August and previously a.m., she has a lot of mouths to feed. as news editor. He joined the Baker, for the past eight years, has been the cafeteria staff of The Dispatch in July manager at Columbus High School. Everyday, she and her 2013. Browning staff prepare 2,324 meals — two for 1,162 students. The managing editor over- She has worked in the cafeteria for 19 years. In that time, sees the newsroom and is responsible for much has changed in the practice of feeding students. Zach Odom/Dispatch Staff Paula Baker has served as the cafeteria manager at Co- But for Baker — who has prepared meals for an entire guiding news and sports coverage. Brown- lumbus High School for eight years. Everyday, she and her See BROWNING, 6A See CAFETERIA, 6A staff prepare more than 2,000 meals. WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC MEETINGS 1 How many pairs of wings does a Today bee have? September Q TWT sermon and tour of Victorian homes: The 2 What novel by D.H. Lawrence finds 15: Lowndes Tennessee Williams Tribute concludes with a sermon Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen from County Board based on “The Glass Menagerie” at St. Paul’s Episco- “The Rainbow” all grown up? of Supervisors, pal Church, 318 College St., at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 3 Who is said to have been presented courthouse, 9 to Julius Caesar in a carpet? a.m. (continental breakfast served) and a tour of 4 What is the name of the home work- a.m. Myles McCoy Victorian homes, 2-5 p.m. Get tickets at the Tennes- September 16: shop machine used to “turn” wood? see Williams Home Welcome Center, 300 College St. Third grade, Heritage 5 What city has been dubbed the Columbus City Venice of the East? beginning at 1 p.m. Tour the playwright’s first home as Council, munic- High Low well as Riverview Cottage, A Painted Lady and Moon ipal complex, 5 87 66 Answers, 2D Lake B&B. Tickets are $20. Visit muw.edu/tennessee- Sunny p.m. williams or call 662-328-0222 for more information. Full forecast on September page 2A. 30: Lowndes Wednesday, Sept. 17 County Board Q Table Talk: Matthew Guinn of Jackson discusses of Supervisors, his Edgar-nominated mystery novel “The Resurrection- courthouse, 9 INSIDE ist.” Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m. (iced team provided by a.m. the Friends of the Library) or join friends from noon-1 Classifieds 5D Obituaries 7B p.m. for the free program at the Columbus-Lowndes Ladd Malone works at Import Comics Insert Opinions 4,5A Public Library, 314 Seventh St. N. Doctors in Columbus. DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 THE DISPATCHsWWWCDISPATCHCOM SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “He is scared and simply wants someone to guide him through the process.” Attorney Aimee Zmroczek about her client Timothy Ray Jones Jr. Authorities said Jones killed his children and Sunday dumped them on a rural hilltop in Alabama. Story, 3A. ASK RUFUS AP Photo/Gregory Bull A cab driver waits near his car in line at a depot near the airport Wednesday in San Diego. Airport inspectors are judging how taxi drivers smell, a practice that some driv- ers say may lead to discrimination against immigrants. San Diego cabbies cry foul over body odor test BY ELLIOT SPAGAT Leaders of the United The Associated Press Taxi Workers of San Di- ego union say the litmus SAN DIEGO — Body perpetuates a stereotype odor is among 52 criteria that predominantly for- that officials at San Diego eign-born taxi drivers smell International Airport use to bad. A 2013 survey of 331 judge taxi drivers. Cabbies drivers by San Diego State say that smacks of preju- University and Center on dice and discrimination. Policy Initiatives found 94 For years, inspectors percent were immigrants with the San Diego Region- and 65 percent were from al Airport Authority have Courtesy photo East Africa. Franklin Square is a ca. 1835 Greek Revival home on Third Avenue North. The style’s elements of symmetry run down their checklist Drivers wonder how and a tripartite entrance are clearly shown by the house. for each cabbie — proof inspectors determine who of insurance, functioning reeks. Driver Abel Seifu, windshield wipers, ade- 36, from Ethiopia, suspects quate tire treads, good they sniff inconspicuously The Coming of Greek Revival brakes. Drivers are graded during friendly conversa- pass, fail or needs fixing. tions in the staging area. When people think a Carolina side-hall floor Anyone who flunks the Airport authority spokes- of antebellum homes in plan. The house was smell test is told to change woman Rebecca Bloom- the South it is generally sold in 1847 to Thomas before picking up another field said there is “no stan- an image of a large Harris, who in order customer. dard process” to testing. Greek Revival style to update the house, house that comes to remolded it into the mind. The term Greek Greek Revival style. He CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Revival refers to the added the two story Office hours: Main line: attempt to design a Doric columned porch- house to have the flavor es giving the house an QAM PM-ON &RI Q of an ancient Greek appearance reminiscent Courtesy photo HOW DO I ... Email a letter to the editor? temple. The Greek of a Greek temple. Not all Greek Revival houses were QVOICE CDISPATCHCOM Revival style appears to Rufus Ward The Greek Revival large mansions. Ashlawn on Fifth Report a missing paper? have originated in En- style dominated con- Report a sports score? Avenue South is a cottage con- Q EXT gland in the 1750s but struction in Columbus structed in the Greek Revival style Q4OLL FREE Q Georgian (Federal Style in the U.S.) from ca. 1840 to 1861. According during the 1830s. Q/PERATORSAREONDUTYUNTIL Submit a calendar item? remained more popular. As the new to Ken P’Pool, who I consider a PM-ON &RIAND Q'OTOWWWCDISPATCHCOM American republic grew during the leading authority on Southern the Harrison-Whitfield Building. AM3UN COMMUNITY early 1800s many people viewed its architecture, the style “flourished as The Harris and Harrison Law Buy an ad? origins as coming out of the ancient grandly there (Columbus) as any- office is the one story Greek Revival Submit a birth, wedding building across from the court- Q democratic form of government in where in the nation.” The style in or anniversary announce- Greece. Columbus as elsewhere is typified house which Roger Larson used Report a news tip? ment? America’s perceived Greek dem- by being rigidly symmetrical, that is for the Columbus Packet office. It Q Q$OWNLOADFORMSATWWW ocratic heritage and the resentment each side of the front of the house is had been built in the early 1840s as QNEWS CDISPATCHCOM CDISPATCHCOMLIFESTYLES against England after the War of usually a mirror image of the other a law office.