City, County, MSU Eyeing Sidewalk Expansions
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ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM FREE! TUESDAY | JANUARY 9, 2018 City, county, MSU eyeing sidewalk expansions Seeking $2.1M tap grant for linkage project of Transportation administers ONLINE would connect the Lynn Lane the TAP program. ■ MAP: Download a map of the multi-use path north from along BY ALEX HOllOWAY last week, with support from If approved, the grant would proposed sidewalk extensions at the west side of Blackjack Road cdispatch.com. [email protected] Oktibbeha County’s board of provide $1.5 million in feder- from its intersection with Lock- supervisors and the university. al funds for the multi-use path sley Way to another sidewalk at The city of Starkville, Oktib- Blackjack Road’s intersection The grant application, which is extensions. The grant has a “We’re looking at connec- beha County and Mississippi 20-percent local funding match, tions with existing infrastruc- with Lincoln Green. due by the end of the month, is State University are partnering which would be approximately ture that’s already there to Another proposed link- seeking funding for an estimat- to seek grant funding for three $600,000, making each entity’s make it better connected and age would extend a multi-use multi-use path extensions in the ed $2.1 million project. That share about $200,000. provide better access for peo- path east from the Blackjack city and onto MSU’s campus. cost includes construction, en- City Engineer Edward Kemp ple,” Kemp said. Road-Highway 12 intersection City aldermen authorized ap- gineering, inspection and con- said the linkages will use 10-foot The three proposed linkages to provide access to MSU’s cam- plying for a Transportation Al- tingency costs. wide multi-use paths, similar to total about 6,832 linear feet of pus along Bully Boulevard. ternatives Project (TAP) grant The Mississippi Department the Lynn Lane multi-use path. new multi-use paths. One path DEWALKSSee SI , 6A ROLL TIDE! Six search firms submit bids to help replace CMSD supt. H ickman skips out on third straight board meeting BYB ISA ELLE ALTMAN [email protected] The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees plans to choose a search firm for the hiring of a new superintendent on Jan. 17. Hickman Though the dis- cussion of the search firms was on the agenda for Monday’s meeting at Brandon Central Services, the Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff board voted to recess the meeting Local financial planner Ben Paulding cuts the words “ROLL TIDE” with a weed eater in his front lawn on Third Avenue North and hold the discussion at a later in Columbus Monday afternoon in anticipation of the team’s College Football Playoff championship game against Georgia. date following a nearly two-hour Paulding has been cutting “Roll Tide” or “Bama” into his yard on game days for years. “I am an Alabama graduate and a executive session. Board president dedicated fan,” said Paulding. No. 4 Alabama defeated No. 3 Georgia 26-23 Monday night in overtime. See Sports for Jason Spears said he wanted more more coverage. time to look over firms and for the board to discuss proposals from them. Six search firms have submitted proposals to find a replacement for Superintendent Philip Hickman, Borsig plans to ‘refocus’ his career in the nonprofit sector whose contract ends June 30. The board has formally voted not to MUW president moving to Maine in June IN SIDE extend his contract, and Hickman ■ OUR VIEW: Jim Borsig’s legacy. Page 4A will receive notice from the board BY INDIA YARBOROUGH “It is easy to overstay attorney in the coming weeks. [email protected] in a position like this, In the president’s January 2018 letter Spears said one of the six firms and we’ve had a pretty to the university, Borsig said he notified is Ray and Associates, which the After 6-1/2 years with Mississippi productive and challeng- Mississippi’s Commissioner of Higher school board used to find and hire University for Women, Jim Borsig will ing almost seven years,” Education and the Institutions of High- Hickman three years ago. step down from his role as university Borsig told The Dispatch Borsig er Learning board of trustees last week While Spears initially moved president at the end of June. after the convocation. of the change in leadership. Caron Blan- the meeting be recessed and the Borsig, 61, announced his decision “There’s just a sense to me of com- ton, director of communications for discussion be held Wednesday, Monday morning at the spring 2018 pletion of things I set out to do, which IHL, said the board meets later in Janu- board member Angela Verdell said faculty and staff convocation and said indicates a need for someone else to ary and a timeline for choosing Borsig’s she would be out of town that day he has decided not to retire but to “re- have the opportunity to see what comes replacement will be established then. and moved to choose the Missis- focus.” next.” See BORSIG, 6A See SEARCH FIRMS, 6A Justices won’t step into Mississippi gay rights legal fight Justices did not comment Monday in their decision to leave in place a ment Monday in their decision The legal battle is not over, to leave in place a federal ap- though. A federal judge has federal appeals court ruling allowing the law to take effect peals court ruling that allowed allowed the law’s challengers the law to take effect. A three- to try to find people who have THE ASSOCIatED PRESS Mississippi law that lets gov- Opponents say the law could judge panel held that the law’s been denied services under the ernment workers and private lead to discrimination against challengers failed to show they law because they would be able WASHINGTON — The Su- business people cite their own those who support same-sex would be harmed by it. The ap- to make a strong legal claim preme Court is refusing to in- religious beliefs to deny ser- marriage. pellate judges did not rule on that they have been harmed. tervene in a legal fight over a vices to LGBT people. The justices did not com- the law’s substance. See GAY RIGHTS, 6A WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS C ALENDAR LOCAO L F LKS PUB LIC 1 What antiwar painting did Picasso MEETINGS Thursday Today: Planning produce for the 1937 Paris World’s ■ Preserving Family Photographs: The Columbus Fair? and Zoning Com- 2 What does the banking abbreviation Lowndes Public Library hosts this workshop with Kim Du mission, 5:30 ATM stand for? Boise from 9 a.m.-noon at the library, 314 Seventh St. N. p.m., City Hall 3 What two teams played the first Bring up to three family photos, negatives or films for eval- Today: Major League Baseball game on the uation. Free; limited seating. Register at 662-329-5300 Starkville-Oktibbe- Zanae’a Juarez West Coast? or email [email protected] by Jan. 5. 4 To what country do monarch but- ha Consolidated Second grade, Heritage terflies from eastern North America School District migrate for winter? Thursday through Sunday Board, 6 p.m., High Low 5 What product does Vince Shlomi ■ Mississippi Theatre Festival and Convention: Mis- Greensboro 57 46 claim will make you “say WOW every Mostly cloudy sissippi University for Women hosts this statewide festival Center time”? for community theater and high school theater produc- Jan. 12: Board Full forecast on page 2A. Answers, 6B tions, many of which are open to the public. K-12 students of Aldermen work may attend free Theatre for Youth Festival performances session, 1 p.m., Jan. 12 at Cook Elementary School (contact Sherri Maren- City Hall go at [email protected]). Community theater Jan. 15: Board of INSIDE productions Jan. 12-13 at MUW are open to the public. Supervisors, 5:30 Classifieds 6B Dear Abby 5B Tickets at the door are $25 for all 15 productions, $15 for Terry Harris is retired p.m., Oktibbeha Comics 5B Obituaries 5A all productions on one day, and $5 for a block of plays. from the Starkville public County Court- Crossword 6B Opinions 4A See full schedule at mta-online.org or call 601-201-9564. school system. house DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? 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