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CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ Newsstand | 40 ¢ Home Delivery Thursday | February 22, 2018 Student’s gun formerly in LCSO possession Caledonia authorities: Student may have been victim of bullying County School District Super- session of a former deputy and intendent Lynn Wright said should have been logged into By Isabelle Altman cluding that the student may has not been released because they never found the student evidence about a decade ago, and Slim Smith have been a bullying victim, his case is in Lowndes County had a firearm at the school. the release said. However, the [email protected]; ssmith@ that he also had ammunition Youth Court, was taken out of However, investigators did gun was not logged properly. cdispatch.com and that the handgun author- school and arrested for pos- find the firearm and ammuni- Investigators are working on New details have emerged ities found was a weapon that session of a weapon by a minor tion in the student’s room at putting together a prosecutori- from an investigation involving should have been logged into on Jan. 31 after LCSO received home, which they searched al case against the former offi- a Caledonia High School stu- evidence for an investigation at reports from community mem- with parental permission, a cer for the District Attorney’s dent who was arrested at school Lowndes County Sheriff’s Of- bers concerned about the stu- LCSO press release said. Office. after authorities found a hand- fice 10 years ago. dent. At the time of the arrest, The firearm investigators Chief Deputy Marc Miley gun in his room at home — in- The juvenile, whose identity investigators and Lowndes found was previously in the pos- See Caledonia, 8A

CPD head Returning to former glory investigator Waukaway building being restored to 1940s look taking sharp Devin Edgar [email protected]

Waukaway Springs Bot- pay cut to join tling Company is undergo- ing building renovations in hopes to restore the build- sheriff’s dept. ing to its original look. The College Street building, which operates Swan’s resignation the Waukaway warehouse, was built as Brown Buick announced to council Company in the 1940s. Over the years, it changed in Tuesday’s executive to Bishop Sign Company, session and Waukaway Springs took it over for warehouse By Isabelle Altman use in 2001. and Zack Plair Stephen Imes, Wau- [email protected]; zplair@cdispatch. kaway Springs president com and owner, said the entire interior of the building is Columbus Police being renovated and the Department’s head front entrance exterior investigator Capt. will be completely remod- Brent Swan is leav- eled. In addition, some of ing for a job with the wood-based walls will Lowndes County be torn down and replaced Sheriff’s Office, and with steel to ensure they it appears he’s taking Swan are sturdy enough. a significant pay cut According to Jim Buck, Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff to do it. project contractor, the roof ABOVE: Jataune James sorts Multiple city officials, including was also caving in, and in two city councilmen, confirmed to and cleans bricks at Wau- the worst condition of ev- kaway Springs in Columbus The Dispatch Swan’s resignation erything being renovated. Tuesday afternoon. Waukaway was announced during executive “Right now, we have the Springs is being restored to session at Tuesday’s council meet- mindset of taking it back its former look. The building ing. He has more than 20 years of to what it looked like in the formerly housed Brown Buick law enforcement experience and 40s,” Imes said. “We really Company. “It’s neat cleaning joined CPD as the commander of just want to bring it back to bricks that they tore down CPD’s criminal investigation divi- its former glory.” just to put back up. Most peo- sion in 2014. In order to keep the ple would have thrown them LCSO Chief Deputy Marc Miley building as historical as away and just got new ones said Swan will start in March work- possible, Imes said Wau- but they are using the original bricks,” James said. LEFT: ing under Capt. Greg Wright in the kaway Springs salvaged The old Brown Buick Compa- county’s investigation division with some of the original brick a starting pay of $16.22 per hour ny, now Waukaway Springs, is used when Brown Buick pictured. The developer plans — which translates to a base pay Company was built. In fact, of $33,737 annually, not counting to renovate the building to re- Waukaway employees are flect Brown Buick’s aesthetic. overtime. See Waukaway, 3A Courtesy photo That starkly contrasts to the $59,037 annual salary Swan re- ceives from the city. Human Re- sources Director Pat Mitchell she hasn’t received Swan’s resignation letter yet, and as far as she knows he is not withdrawing retirement Highway commissioner slams Senate road bill from the city to supplement his Local Republican senator espouses need for new revenue MEC report LCSO pay. said it would “My choice is a personal deci- By Slim Smith Council that revealed more Department of Transporta- cost $3.75 bil- sion, which I feel is in my best inter- [email protected] than 500 state bridges were tion, said the Senate’s plan lion to ade- est,” Swan said. “I am thankful to in substandard condition and will create more problems quately address Sheriff (Mike) Arledge offering me For three years, the Mis- 5,000 miles of state-main- than it proposes to solve. the roads/ a position on his team. He has suc- sissippi Legislature has de- cessfully created an environment layed providing funds for re- tained roads were in need of The Senate bill, which bridges defi- where law enforcement professional pairing the state’s roads and repaving. passed by a 34-14 vote, calls Tagert ciencies. want to work.” bridges. On Tuesday, the Mississip- for $1.15 billion in spending “I’m not Swan did not specifically address The delay followed a De- pi Senate acted, but Mike Ta- on roads/bridges and water/ pleased about it,” Tagert said. the pay cut. cember 2014 report from gert, Northern District com- sewer infrastructure repair “This is going to take money See Swan, 3A the Mississippi Economic missioner for the Mississippi over five years. The initial See Road bill, 4A

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1 What meteorological event happens meetings Friday Feb 28: more in the Democratic Republic of ■ Pioneers Plaza dedication: A 10:30 a.m. ribbon the Congo than anywhere else in the Lowndes County cutting dedicates Pioneers Plaza at Mississippi Uni- world? Supervisors, 9 2 Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale versity for Women, a new campus space honoring the are the enemies of what cartoon pair? history of The W, including the first six African-Ameri- a.m., County 3 What is both the title of one of can students who enrolled in 1966. The Plaza is next Courthouse Alex Lucassen Hollywood’s great failures and the to Welty Hall. (Rain location: Cochran Hall). March 6: name of a cult obsessed with Comet Third grade, Annunciation Columbus Hale-Bopp? City Council, 5 4 Who wrote the trilogy “His Dark Saturday p.m., Municipal Materials”? ■ Fauré Requiem: The Columbus Choral Society High 79 Low 62 Complex 5 What does a kissing gate keep from presents this concert featuring special guest artist Chance of a t-storm passing through? March 6: Full forecast on Richard Elliott, principal organist with the Mormon Answers, 8B Caledonia page 2A. Tabernacle Choir, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Columbus. Suggested donation $10. Aldermen, 6 ■ MUW Athletics Meet & Greet: A Golden Triangle p.m., Town Hall Inside Region Alumni Meet & Greet at 6 p.m. introduces Mis- March 20: Business 4A Dear Abby 6B sissippi University for Women’s Owls athletics director, Columbus Classifieds7B Obituaries 5A coaches and athletes to the public at The Veranda in City Council, 5 Comics 6B Opinions 6A Starkville. Dinner is $20 (plus cost of drinks). RSVP to Kameron Pulley, 12, p.m., Municipal 138th Year, No. 294 Crossword 8B 662-329-7148 or [email protected]. enjoys culinary arts. Complex

DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Say What? Did you hear? “We have great players. We have better people than we do players. Tonight showed that.” Oversight committee wants Mississippi State interim baseball coach Gary Henderson following a 12-1 victory against Jackson to look at Pruitt’s travel records Thursday State on Wednesday. Coverage, 1B. EPA chief reporters that Pruitt had a “blanket waiver” to fly first defended his use class before then saying CELEBRATE separate waiver had been The annual Stephen D. Lee Foundation gala in support of the granted by ethics officials historic Lee Home in Columbus celebrated Mardi Gras and Val- of premium-class entine’s Day themes Feb. 13 at the home of Martha Kirkley. for each flight. Federal Scene&Seen airfare in media employees are typically supposed to fly coach, and interviews earlier travel rules such bar blan- ket waivers. this month “We will respond to Chairman Gowdy through By MICHAEL BIESECKER The Associated Press the proper channel,” Wil- cox said Wednesday. WASHINGTON — A Pruitt, the former GOP Republican-led congres- attorney general of Okla- sional committee is de- homa, has been under manding records related increasing scrutiny for to premium-class flights his jet setting since his taken by Environmental appointment by President Protection Agency chief Donald Trump last year. Scott Pruitt. Records show Pruitt’s air- House Oversight Chair- fare is often several times man Trey Gowdy issued a more expensive than that letter to Pruitt this week of aides booked on the seeking an accounting of same flights. all flights taken by the EPA Gowdy’s letter says the administrator over the last requested records are to year and whether the tick- be provided to his commit- et was coach, business or tee by March 6. first class. Pruitt defended “Federal regulations his use of premium-class require government trav- airfare in media inter- elers to obtain approval or views earlier this month, authorization from their saying security concerns agency to use accommo- were raised after unpleas- dations other than coach- Bertram and Debbie Jenkins, Judy Livingston and June Boyd ant interactions with other class when traveling on passengers. official business,” Gowdy The South Carolina wrote. “Clearly, feder- Republican’s letter sent al regulations prohibit a Tuesday specifically cites blanket waiver to fly first the evolving explanations class except to accommo- of EPA spokesman Jahan date disabilities or special Wilcox, who initially told needs.”

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expected under ‘lesbian leadership’ DISPATCH STAFF REPORT Wynn lashes out at mayor on Twitter A man wanted for child abuse is now in the custody of Lowndes following Pride parade vote County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested Anthony By Alex Holloway But I do not think our city Deon Gilmore, 22, Tuesday, five [email protected] would benefit from any days after LCSO issued a press gay pride parade at all.” release asking the public for help A former After Wynn lost her finding him. Investigators received Starkville re-election bid for alder- reports about the abuse last week. Gilmore a l d e r m a n man last June, she unsuc- LCSO Chief Deputy Marc Miley said the vic- is claim- cessfully ran for District tim, who is under the age of 5, was treated for in- ing she 38 state representative, juries at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Trian- warned that falling to Cheikh Taylor gle but added he thought the child has since been Starkville in November. released. Gilmore and the victim are acquaintanc- would be Wynn es, he said. confronted Spruill: ‘I’m sorry this Gilmore was charged with one count of child with issues needs to be part of the abuse. He is being held in Lowndes County Adult such as Detention Center on $25,000 bond. Tu e s d a y ’s conversation’ vote on a Spruill, when contact- A screenshot from former Starkville alderman Lisa Pride pa- ed by The Dispatch, said Wynn’s Twitter is pictured. rade under she was aware Wynn’s “ l e s b i a n tweet, and was going to The same aldermen nally on the consent agen- leadership” ignore her comments, who voted against the da, which means it would in a thin- Spruill which she said are nei- Pride parade, and Wynn, have been approved with ly-veiled ther “beneficial nor pro- voted to rescind both pol- other housekeeping mat- swipe at Mayor Lynn ductive.” icies behind closed doors ters without discussion, Spruill. “I think this particular in January 2015 and re- until Perkins requested Lisa Wynn, who rep- issue has created some fused to offer explanation to have it removed at the resented Ward 2 for one unpleasant feelings that as to why afterwards. beginning of Tuesday’s term before losing last have been expressed that Wynn said the plus- meeting. year’s election to cur- are very unfortunate,” one issue, which gener- Aldermen placed the rent alderman Sandra Spruill said. “I prefer not ated months of heated de- parade on the consent Sistrunk, took to Twitter to focus on those kinds of bate as the city’s religious agenda at a Feb. 16 work after Tuesday’s vote to comments. I will contin- base pressured aldermen session. While Little, thank the four aldermen ue to believe that we are to do away with the pol- Carver and Vaughn were — Ward 1’s Ben Carver, better than pejorative re- icy, was an example of not present at the session, Ward 3’s David Little, marks that hit Twitter.” what LGBT issues do to Perkins — who pulled Ward 6’s Roy A. Per- Spruill said she re- Starkville. the item from consent on kins and Ward 7’s Henry gretted that such issues “You see where that Tuesday and motioned to Vaughn — for denying needed to enter into the led us,” Wynn said. “That deny the parade — was the parade request. debate. led us to nothing but divi- and offered no opposition “Thanks Aldermen “I happen to be very sion. It completely caused to putting the matter on @david_little, Carver, sympathetic to the gay our community to be di- the consent agenda. Vaughn & Vice May- pride movement and am vided. That’s not who we However, Wynn, in or Perkins 4 saying supportive of gay rights,” are as Starkville.” a follow-up tweet, took NAY...NO PARADE! @ Spruill said. “... I’m sorry credit for turning the vote Starkville_City. I warned that this needs to be a against the parade. my friends this would part of the conversation. ‘I tipped “I tipped the Alder- occur under LESBIAN This goes into a very per- the aldermen off’ men off about the lan- leadership,” Wynn wrote sonal vein that really has The Pride parade in the tweet. no place in government came before Aldermen guage...PRIDE. Secured Wynn told The Dis- business.” after Starkville Pride, a the 4 votes this weekend. patch she meant the post Aldermen dealt with grassroots LGBT sup- I’m still working it,” she to reference Spruill. She gay rights issues twice port group, submitted a wrote. said she knew Spruill, during the previous term, request to hold the pa- Wynn also claimed to based on her “associa- when former mayor Park- rade on March 24. The The Dispatch that she tions” and beliefs about er Wiseman still held of- parade would be the first reached out indirectly to gay rights, would bring fice. such one that the city has board members. related issues before the In January 2014, the hosted and, according to “When I learned of board for consideration. city approved a landmark organizers, would offer a that agenda item being “I knew that if our city non-discrimination policy chance to celebrate the placed on consent, I will embraced Ms. Spruill to that included protections city’s LGBT community. be honest with you, I become mayor, we would for lesbian, gay, bisexual Aldermen denied the tried my best to warn the be exposed to a lot of gay and transgender (LGBT) request on a 4-3 vote, with other aldermen what they ideology,” Wynn said. employees. In September Ward 2 Alderman San- were getting into,” Wynn “That much, I believed. that same year, the board dra Sistrunk, Ward 4 Al- said. “I did it in a round- Last night was proof of approved a plus-one in- derman Jason Little and about way. I don’t like to that. By no means am I surance policy that would Ward 5 Alderman Patrick call them and tell them against gay people. I can have allowed LGBT work- Miller voting against the what to do. I reached out tell you now I have people ers provide insurance to denial. to people who I know in my family who are gay. their partners. The matter was origi- have their ear.”

Waukaway Continued from Page 1A sorting and cleaning every brick by guidelines, but just matching the uate Waukaway Springs’ offices in hand in the warehouse for reuse. existing downtown atmosphere. the front of the renovated building, “Several different types of brick “We did have a picture of the in addition to offering rental spaces. have come out of this process,” Brown Buick Company to base our The bottling warehouse will stay Imes said. “We have seen a variety renovations off of,” Buck said. “But situated in the back of the building. of manufacturers’ work, and we it’s mainly making sure we update The building is expected to re- plan to use as much of it as we can.” the building, without making it en- open in about three months, or ear- Having completed other reno- tirely too modern to where it does ly summer. vations in the downtown Colum- not match the other buildings in the Editor’s note: Waukaway Springs bus area, including The Dispatch area.” is owned by Stephen Imes, a member building in 2013, Buck said it was Although still in the planning of the family who owns The Commer- not about following a specific set of stages, Imes said he hopes to sit- cial Dispatch.

Swan Continued from Page 1A Police Chief Fred Shel- Mickens: ‘We keep inside or outside (the de- Andy Hood, who has ton, who was hired in partment),” he said. been with the department January to lead CPD, ap- losing good people’ Ward 2 Councilman Jo- three years, announced plauded Swan’s service to Ward 5 Councilman seph Mickens described last month he planned to CPD. Stephen Jones said he Swan as a man of citizen- retire later this year. Two “I appreciate all the first heard of Swan’s ship and integrity. other investigators have years of work and leader- departure at Tuesday’s “He did his job,” Mick- recently been promoted ship from Captain Swan at council meeting. ens said. “I hate to see and transferred to patrol. the Columbus Police De- “I hate that he’s leav- him go. ... We keep losing Shelton said he has a partment,” Shelton said ing,” Ward 5 Councilman good people. I just don’t plan in place for replac- in a statement released to Stephen Jones told The know why. I wish there ing those investigators, The Dispatch. “We wish Dispatch, adding Swan was something we could though he didn’t offer him well in his new posi- has been a “great asset to do to keep him.” The Dispatch specifics. tion at the Lowndes Coun- the department.” “We knew they were ty Sheriff’s Office. We will Jones added he wants going to be some person- continue to work together the city to look at all pos- Four vacancies in nel changes, and we have at the Columbus Police sible avenues for finding investigation already implemented a Department with the the right replacement for Swan’s departure plan to staff these posi- sheriff’s office and Cap- Swan. marks the fourth CPD in- tions,” Shelton said. “We tain Swan’s position there “I would hope we vestigator either retiring, will continue to serve the will allow this relationship would bring in the best resigning or being trans- citizens of Columbus as to continue to grow.” person, whether it’s from ferred out of the division. we do every day.”

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Road bill Continued from Page 1A away from the depart- resents a significant cut budget, $979 million goes ment of transportation. to our maintenance pro- to that already. The bill is It’s going to do nothing gram. It’s robbing Peter misleading, maybe to jus- for the Golden Triangle to pay Paul.” tify what they are doing.” or the Northern District.” Tagert said most Under the Senate plan, troubling of all was the Younger: ‘We’ve got $600 million of the funds language in the bill that would be generated by takes away the deci- to get off our ass’ Sen. Angela Turn- Turner-Ford Younger diverting the set-aside sion-making authority er-Ford (D, West Point) from the commission, its now. We’ve got to get off of “rainy day” funds — voted against the bill. our ass and get this thing 2 percent of the state’s engineers and its three “We were told it was going.” budgeted revenue — to elected commissioners. a $1 billion project, but Younger said he hopes be used for the program. “Under the plan, the first portion of the the bill will be changed But the state’s revenue MDOT’s engineers would bill summary includes as it moves to the house has fallen below projec- submit a list of needed re- projects that are already to provide new sources of tions in five of the last pairs to the governor’s of- in place. Then you move eight years, and Gov. Phil fice, which along with the down a little further and revenue for funding. Bryant has had to cut Mississippi Development it shows that $125 million “I know raising taxes budgets for state agen- Authority and a panel of will be taken from MDOT or even rolling back some cies seven times over the its choosing would de- over a five-year period. ... of those tax cuts we’ve past three years to bal- termine which roads and It’s just moving money made are dirty words for ance the budget. bridges are repaired first. around. And taking away Republicans, but I don’t “The future of the new “That’s a real prob- money from existing bud- see how we’re really go- money for their plan is lem,” Tagert said. “There gets doesn’t help. ing to fix this problem questionable.” Tagert was an attempt before “These agencies are without new revenue,” said. “It depends on what the Senate voted to put already suffering,” she Younger said. “I’d like to the economy does. We in some language that added. “How is it that see a state lottery to fund don’t have a crystal ball. said bridges would be anyone who considered this. I haven’t given up There’s no guarantee repaired based on their themselves to be fiscally hope on that.” that the money will be load ratings. In other responsible can support Tagert agreed on the there.” words, the worst would this? I can’t.” need for new revenue Another $125 million be repaired first. Sen. Chuck Younger to address the roads/ under the Senate plan “But that got shot (R, Columbus) said he bridges problem and he would come from the down,” he added. “What voted for the bill but was is hopeful the House will MDOT budget — $25 will the priorities be? If less than enthusiastic address that. million per year for five that’s any indication, it about what it will do. Rep. Jeff Smith (R, years. won’t be based on need.” “By the time it was Columbus) spoke briefly The bill’s authors say Tagert also bristled my time to vote, it was on the subject between it’s only a small diversion at the language in the already settled,” said meetings Thursday. from MDOT’s $1.2 billion bill requiring MDOT to Younger, who cast the “I agree that the Sen- annual budget, but Tagert spend 95 percent of its last vote in the Senate, ate bill’s math doesn’t said that’s misleading. budget on roads/bridges where the votes are cast work,” he said. “However, “What they don’t say repair and maintenance, alphabetically. “I went it seems the Senate has is that the state provides which he felt was deliber- with (party) leadership come up with a starting $450 million of that bud- ately deceiving. on this because, hell, point and (the House) is get, so taking $25 million “We already spent 95 we’ve got to do some- in the process of trying to is a 6-percent cut,” Tag- percent of our budget on thing. We’ve been talking come up with some alter- ert said. “This bill rep- that,” he said. “Out of our about this for three years natives or options.”

Grand Opening Qualified Staffing held a ribbon cutting at their new location, 2500 Military Road in Columbus. Looking for new empolyees or a new job? Stop by and see them today for all of your staffing needs! © The Dispatch The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 5A Lawsuit looms for Starkville over parade denial New York firm representing Starkville Pride to bring suit against city Starkville Pride builds network of support By Alex Holloway of the aldermen who vot- By Alex Holloway way to deny you or deprive you of Dalomba, who spoke in favor of the [email protected] ed against the parade [email protected] those fundamental rights, they’ve parade at Tuesday’s board meeting, have offered a reason as got to have a reason to do so. The said she’s since gotten upset calls Starkville Pride is to why they did so, and Starkville Pride, a city of Starkville has absolutely no and prank calls to her business. But planning to bring a law- city officials have con- local LGBT support reason to have done this. she said she’s going to stand by the suit against the city of firmed the application group, got support “They are wrong, and they are group, no matter the cost to her per- Starkville after the board process was followed from local and state going to lose, and I want you to be sonally. of aldermen voted Tues- properly. groups during a aware of that,” Waide later said. “I’m “If somehow, in this bizarre day to deny its request to The parade was orig- Wednesday evening proud of y’all. It makes me excited world, Pride does not happen, we hold a Pride parade next inally on the consent meeting at Missis- to see this room. Fight these bas- will get together, right on Main month. sippi State University agenda for Tuesday’s Waide tards.” Street, and in between my four Bailey McDaniel, an meeting, which means Wednesday. Waide also noted that MSU Ath- walls —as far as I’m concerned I o r g a n i z e r it would have been ap- The meeting came after the letic Director John Cohen and his pay all the bills — and we will have with the les- proved with other house- Starkville Board of Aldermen voted wife, Nelle, would have been at the Pride in the Poporium,” she said. bian, gay, keeping items without Tuesday to deny the group’s request Starkville Pride meeting if not for a The Poporium is not the only bisexual discussion. Perkins, who to hold a Pride parade downtown prior engagement. business to show support for and trans- also motioned to deny the on March 24. Four aldermen—Ben “Nelle Cohen is a very, very good Starkville Pride. Organizers said gender request, asked that the Carver of Ward 1, David Little of friend to have, and y’all have a friend DeRego’s Bread and the Starkville ( L G B T ) parade be removed from Ward 3, Roy A. Perkins of Ward 6 in her,” he said. Community Theatre have put rain- s u p p o r t consent at the start of and Henry Vaughn of Ward 7— vot- bow banners in their front windows g r o u p , McDaniel Tuesday’s meeting. ed to deny the request. They have since the board’s denial and others conf irmed Other organizations, businesses Ward 2 Alderman San- yet to publicly offer reasoning as to may follow suit. Starkville Pride has re- dra Sistrunk, Ward 4 Al- why. offer support tained the representation Starkville Pride is planning to derman Jason Walker and During Wednesday’s meeting, of the New York legal bring a lawsuit against the city for Waide: ‘Take the high road’ Ward 5 Alderman Patrick Whit Waide, a clinical assistant pro- firm Kaplan and Compa- denying its request. The New York Should the group decide to press Miller supported the pa- fessor in MSU’s Political Science ny, LLP, to sue the city. firm Kaplan and Company has on with some sort of event anyway rade. Mayor Lynn Spruill, Department, encouraged the doz- Roberta Kaplan, Ka- agreed to represent the group. in the face of the board’s denial, who has expressed ens of people in the Colvard Student plan and Company’s Wednesday’s meeting also saw Waide cautioned them to do so re- sympathy for Starkville Union third-floor meeting room to founding member, will representatives from the American spectfully. Pride’s cause, also spoke push back against the city’s deci- represent McDaniel and Civil Liberties Union in Jackson, the “Take the high road,” he said. in favor of the parade. sion. fellow Starkville Pride Oktibbeha County Democratic Par- “You remember how Michelle organizer Emily Turner, Waide, who teaches constitution- ty, Mississippi Votes and the Univer- Obama used to say that? Take the McDaniel announced ‘This is a pretty al law at MSU, said he used the city’s sity of Mississippi Pride Network of- high road. If you have the parade to enthusiastic applause clear case’ decision during class on Wednes- fer support to Starkville Pride. anyway, don’t be a nuisance. Don’t during a Wednesday While Kaplan said it’s day to illustrate a violation of consti- Regan Willis, president of the block traffic. Don’t give them a rea- evening Starkville Pride too early to talk about the tutional rights. The government has UM Pride Network, said her group son to mess with you. Have a nice meeting on the Mississip- specifics of the case, or to have a legitimate reason to deny was “moved” after learning about brisk walk with lots of people down pi State University cam- whether it will be filed in requests, Waide said. So far, in the the denial of the parade request. the sidewalk. pus. state or federal court, Ka- Starkville Pride case, Starkville’s “We’re a state, you know? No “Don’t get in the middle of the “I am talking to her plan said the issues seem city government has offered none. matter what, I know many people road and say ‘F you, government’ (Thursday),” McDaniel to be straightforward. It would have been easy, Waide and it’s Mississippi first,” she said. because then you allow them the le- said. “Emily Turner and She also declined to say said, to deny the parade on an ad- “This is beyond colleges, this is be- gal option of punishment, which you myself are the plaintiffs when the case might be ministrative basis if the application yond schools. And I want everyone don’t want to do,” he added. in this case. We’re taking filed, but it will be done for a permit had not properly been here to know that you have our ef- Bailey McDaniel, an organizer on the city of Starkville “promptly.” completed, but that’s wasn’t the forts, and I speak for the collective of for Starkville Pride, said she was officially.” “It seems to me that case with Starkville Pride’s request. our student organizations. You have very grateful for the support the McDaniel told The this is a pretty clear case As such, Waide said the city’s deci- our efforts. You have our hearts. group has received. Dispatch the Campaign here,” she said. “While sion was a violation of the group’s You have our network. Whatever “We weren’t’ expecting this,” she for Southern Equality, the government has a First and Fourteenth Amendment you need, we will be there.” said. “To know that all of these peo- an organization that ad- right to add or impose rights and “it’s not even close.” Rosa Dalomba, owner of the ple care enough about us and care vocates for LGBT rights reasonable restrictions “You have these fundamental Poporium downtown, said she was enough about this city to make it across the south, put on public marches or rights to protest,” Waide said. “Any shocked when she found out about better and stay better—I’m hum- her in contact with Ka- protests, the one thing time the government acts in such a the board’s vote to deny the request. bled. I don’t have any other words.” plan and Company early I think everyone would Wednesday. She said the agree it cannot do is have firm has agreed to repre- those restrictions based public concern the same Campaign for Southern Spruill ‘regretful’ over city and bring a lawsuit,” sent Starkville Pride at no on what a group might way anyone else can in Equality v Bryant, which board decision she said. “I regret that we cost to the group. say. this country,” she said. saw U.S. District Judge will be dealing with this At the beginning of During the meeting, “Here it’s very clear Carlton Reeves strike well past the time when Tuesday’s board meeting, she said the suit will the denial of the permit down Mississippi’s ban we could have had a quick A proven record aldermen went into exec- hopefully bring an injunc- was based solely on what Kaplan is no stranger on same-sex marriage in parade. There’s been no utive session to discuss tion against the board’s these people wanted to to taking LGBT rights November 2014. A stay on detriment to other mu- a potential lawsuit. After decision so the parade say, which is that gay issues to court. She rep- that decision was issued, the meeting adjourned, nicipalities that have had can move ahead. folks are equal to every- resented Edit Windsor until the U.S. Supreme Spruill confirmed that them. I’ve seen the denial “The point here is to one else,” she added. before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down gay the discussion focused on of this as nothing that any have our parade,” she “That’s a real problem Court in United States marriage bans the sum- litigation that could arise goodwill can come from. said. “We’re going to have under the constitution.” v. Windsor, a landmark mer of 2015. from the parade decision. “I’m further saddened the parade. We’re going In this matter, Kaplan case that found a major Kaplan also saw Mis- On Wednesday, she that it’s going to cause to have Pride.” said, Starkville Pride is provision in the Defense sissippi’s ban on same- expressed remorse the the city to suffer through Aldermen denied the simply seeking to en- of Marriage Act was un- sex adoption overturned, issue has deteriorated to whatever is going to come parade request on a 4-3 joy their Constitutional constitutional because it in the case Campaign this point. after,” she added. “I’m vote, with Ward 1 Alder- rights. barred legally married for Southern Equality v “Obviously, I had hoped deeply regretful that we man Ben Carver, Ward 3 “My clients intend to same-sex couples from Mississippi Department the board’s actions would are going to fight that bat- Alderman David Little, enforce their rights un- marriage benefits grant- of Human Services. U.S. not be detrimental to the tle.” Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. der the Constitution to be ed by federal law. District Court Judge Dan- Perkins and Ward 7 Al- treated with equal digni- Kaplan has also ar- iel P. Jordan III issued the derman Henry Vaughn ty and to be able to speak gued against Missis- ruling against the state in It’s no secret people don’t want to think opposing the event. None publicly about matters of sippi laws, such as in March 2016. about preplanning their funeral. So isn’t it better to be prepared? We are your funeral preplanning specialist. Preplanning doesn’t have to be a painful experience. Area obituaries We promise.

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ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch MARY ANN HARDY Controller Slimantics Mr. Smith goes to Jackson Beginning today more noble Mr. ry B) in a legislature where open process when I got here ating on the bill summary and continuing each Smith of the movie. the Republicans have super - where each of the 174 of us and what we were told by the Thursday, this col- I’ve been to the majority in both chambers is a who were elected, however chairman when the bill was umn will be devoted Mississippi Capitol testament to the respect — of- unfortunate that might have sent to the floor. You are put in to state politics just twice — once ten grudging respect — he has been, tried to make up our own the position of having to rely on under the theory as a delegate to earned over more than three minds - has become a system your gut feeling and whatever that what happens Boys State and a decades in Jackson. that is completely closed. The information you have at the in the legislature is few months later, By comparison, Angela decisions are made by the Lt. time. very much a local as a senior in high Turner-Ford (D, West Point) Gov. and the Speaker and are “It’s very frustrating. Under story. Each year, school. and Chuck Younger (R, Colum- ratified by the masses. It’s the current framework, you the laws that spew So I tackle this bus) are relative newcomers. perfunctory.” just do the best you can. It’s not forth from Jackson assignment with no This is Turner-Ford’s sixth The bigger and more how we should be operating, have a direct impact Slim Smith particular expertise session, Younger’s fifth. important the legislation, the but what can you do?” on the lives of peo- in the subject. Bryan says he has an ad- more secretive the process. Lest you are inclined to ple throughout the Given that, I vantage that Turner-Ford and Lt. Governor Tate Reeves and dismiss Bryan and Turner-Ford Golden Triangle. thought it wise to consider Younger do not enjoy. Speaker Phillip Gunn guard as minority party malcontents, As I thought about how “how the sausage gets made” His ability to learn the busi- those bills like they were child consider Younger’s evaluation to introduce this column, I in Jackson these days through ness of government, he said, porn. of the process. thought of the old movie, “Mr. the perspective of three state has nothing to do with smarts Turner-Ford said this week’s “Hell, I’m disgusted, too,” Smith Goes to Washington,” senators. or an intuitive understanding road/bridge bill is illustrative Younger said. “We’re all which tells the story of a Sen. Hob Bryan of Amory of how government operates. of how little information is disgusted. Even Republicans well-intentioned, albeit naive, is among the most respected “Nobody has a working shared by the rank-and-file are disgusted with not having young Senator who went to persons in the Mississippi knowledge of this stuff when legislators. more say. I’m sick of having Washington with high hopes Legislature for a couple of he wins an election,” Bryan “The bill went to committee the head guys make all the and was very nearly destroyed reasons. First, he’s smart. He said. “I know I didn’t have a the day before yesterday and decisions. by the cynical, largely corrupt, finished second in his class at clue. To the extent I learned, was presented yesterday to “It’s not right.” system he encountered there. the prestigious University of it was from listening to hours vote on,” she said Wednesday. Welcome to Jackson, Mr. I will draw just one parallel Virginia Law School. Second, and hours of debate and listen- “This was something that Smith. between my efforts in this he’s been in the state senate for ing to people who had different should have been introduced Slim Smith is a columnist column going forward and the 35 years now. That he is one of opinions. early in the session so we could and feature writer for The movie. I’ll admit to the same just three Democrats to serve “That doesn’t happen really examine it. Dispatch. His email address is naivety that accompanied the as a committee chair (Judicia- anymore. What was a de facto “Basically, we were oper- [email protected].

Voice of the people Disagrees with alderman’s vote Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Starkville’s Ward 3 alderman David Little. The Dispatch was copied on that letter by Mr. Stevens.

On Tuesday, February 20, you voted to deny Starkville Pride’s request to hold a Pride Parade. You made the wrong decision. When the Board of Aldermen was debat- ing whether to deny the parade request, you made no comment. When asked about your vote after the meeting, you made no comment. The natural conclusion is that you made your decision based solely on the subject matter of the proposed parade. As a faculty member at Mississippi State University, my students can rely on me not to discriminate against them based upon their sexual orientation or gender identity. Not only is nondiscrimination the right thing to do, but it’s part of official university policy. I’m ashamed that my students cannot depend on their own elected officials to uphold the same values. I’m not going to speculate about the legal ramifications of your vote. Instead, I’m writing to tell you that this constituent disagrees with you. I want an alderman who is proud of our students. I want an alderman who recognizes the history of discrimination and disenfran- chisement that our LGBTQ siblings have faced. I want an alderman who actively works From our website to bend the arc of history toward — not from — justice. You made the wrong decision. Ward 3 de- Readers comment serves better. Starkville deserves better. And we will remember. The following is an edited their friends and family. Pride is a economic development officer Dr. Andrew W. Stevens selection of reader comments posted chance for members of the com- competing with Starkville, I would Starkville at the end of stories and columns munity (straight and gay) to come hang this vote around our neck. published on-line. More can be found together and remember not only at www.cdispatch.com. where we’ve been but ask where Claudia Brind-Woody: This de- Our View: Starkville Board of we are going. I strongly encourage cision reflects badly on the City of Pride parade, lifestyle Aldermen flunk Civics test you to come to the event and ask Starkville. Shame on the Aldermen yourself if the concerns you voiced who voted to deny free assembly BA: This is a parade to celebrate just now were warranted. a personal choice who people want to have sex with. and free speech. Shame on Roy Do I not have a right to take my Perkins. As a black man, he is I’m not really surprised that some preachers CatgirlMSU: Do you take your repeating the prejudice and oppres- would speak up against the LGBT parade per- young children on Main Street children to weddings of straight without being forced to explain sion that blacks have faced through mit. As you noted, Councilman Perkins should people? Do you feel the need to the years. How sad and ignorant. have known better, since he wants to be a what sex is and why there is a give them a lesson on sex educa- parade for people who decide to judge. I consider myself to be a Christian, and tion just because you’re attending a mississippidude: Sorry, but the I’ll readily admit I’m not the “holiest” human publicly proclaim who they want to ceremony to celebrate two people have sex with? This isn’t about les- sleazy perception isn’t one that on Earth. I’m a work in progress, with a lot still for who they have sex with? Your came out of thin air. Pull up imag- bian, gays or bisexuals or hetero- argument is weak. Teach your chil- to learn, but when it comes to judging the ac- ery from any gay pride parade, look sexuals, this is about not needing dren to treat people with respect tions of others on moral/religious grounds, I’ll at the images that come up under leave that to the ultimate Judge. My Bible says to celebrate what class of people and be kind and compassionate to related hashtags. These parades “Judge not, lest ye be judged by the same mer- one wants to publicly proclaim to others instead of teaching them to can be pretty disgusting. If they it.” I have plenty of sins in my past, and more to the world they want to have sex look down on the LGBTQ commu- don’t want that image associated come in the future. I’m straight heterosexual, with. I really don’t care if you want nity. with the parades, it’s up to the gay and don’t understand the desires of the LGBT to have sex with men, women, both crowd, but that’s not my call to make. or aliens, I would prefer not to be DeeDee Baldwin: Some of our community to put a stop to it. But, My Bible also says something about the forced to hear your public proc- aldermen also failed Civics 101 as of now, they embrace it. And it’s splinter in your brother’s eye and ignoring the lamation or see a parade on main today. I called my alderman, Henry hurting their message — particu- beam in your own eye. Sometime in the distant street of who you want to have sex Vaughn of Ward 7, to politely larly in a traditional, conservative past, somewhere, a preacher must have really with. express my unhappiness with his place like Mississippi. ticked Daddy off. He used to say that preachers vote, and he repeatedly interrupted are just as human as everybody else, they put Straw Man: The point of Pride and kept talking (almost shouting) tro705: So if I just look at those their britches on one leg at a time. None of is to say that you don’t have to be over me until I hung up. We need to images I should automatically them levitated up in the air and put both legs in ashamed of whichever gender you remember this travesty on the next assume the Starkville parade will at the same time. are either attracted to or identify election day. be just the same. I should use those Let these people have their parade. If some- as. Does attraction include sex? images as proof the Starkville body wants to go see it, that’s their choice. If Sure! But on the other side of that BKGuy: This is the same week parade needs to be denied, this you don’t want to see it, stay home. This coun- coin is love. And for much of our we have a few stories down about parade will be the same thing, the try and the whole world would be a lot better history that form of love was the combating “brain drain” with tax Chicago one that drew a crowd of 1 off if everybody practiced the Golden Rule. source of shame, ridicule, jail, even incentives. Perhaps we the citizens million people and took in millions Cameron Triplett injury or death. And not just to of Mississippi should consider that of dollars in sales will be the same Brooksville those who identified as LGBT but culture plays a role too. If I were thing. ... The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 7A A THOUSAND WORDS

Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Luis Perez, of Surface America, walks from his wheelbarrow to dump loads of rubber pieces for the new baseball field at Propst Park Monday. The field will be used for special needs teams at the park. The crew expects to be finished this week.

Beyond ‘Obamacare’: New liberal plan on health care overhaul ‘There is consensus on the progressive side that universal aligned with President Barack Obama and 2016 coverage should be the goal and health care is a right’ Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. By RICARDO ALONSO- not be required. the progressive side that A 2005 proposal from ZALDIVAR That differs from the universal coverage should the center foreshadowed The Associated Press more traditional “sin- be the goal and health Obama’s Affordable Care gle-payer” approach ad- care is a right,” she added. Act. WASHINGTON — A Medicare Extra would major liberal policy group vocated by Vermont in- Picking up on the left- use Medicare’s thrifty is raising the ante on the dependent Sen. Bernie ward shift among Dem- payment system as a health care debate with Sanders, in which the gov- ocrats, Republicans are a new plan that builds on ernment would hold the already working up re- framework to pool work- Medicare to guarantee reins of the health care buttals. President Donald ing-age people and their coverage for all. system. Trump tweeted earlier families, low-income peo- Called “Medicare Ex- Even though the plan this month that “Dems ple now covered by Med- tra for All,” the proposal to has no chance of pass- want to greatly raise taxes icaid, and seniors. A ma- be released Thursday by ing in a Republican-con- for really bad and non-per- jor missing piece: There’s the Center for American trolled Congress, center sonal medical care. No no cost estimate for the Progress gives political- president Neera Tanden thanks!” plan, although its authors ly energized Democrats said, “We think it’s time The Center for Amer- say that’s in the works. more options to achieve a to go bolder.” ican Progress is a think long-sought goal. “There is consensus on tank that was closely In a nod to political pragmatism, the plan would preserve a role for employer coverage and for the health insurance industry. Employers and individuals would have a choice of joining Medi- care Extra, but it would

Opioids dangers force police to abandon drug field tests The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Police who find suspected drugs during a traffic stop or an arrest usually pause to per- form a simple task: They place some of the material in a vial filled with liquid. If the liquid turns a certain color, it’s supposed to confirm the presence of cocaine, heroin or other narcotics. These chemical field tests have been standard procedure for decades, with officers across the coun- try using them every day. Prosecutors rely on the re- sults to jail suspects and file criminal charges. But some large law en- forcement agencies have recently abandoned the routine tests out of concern that officers could be ex- posed to opioids that can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled. Even a minute amount of the most potent drugs, such as fentanyl, can cause violent illness or death. Police are instead send- ing suspected drugs to crime laboratories, which have quickly become over-burdened, delaying many cases. “We instituted the pre- cautions for self-preserva- tion, frankly,” said James Shroba, the agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration office in St. Louis. 8A THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Woman arrested for alleged stabbing DISPATCH STAFF REPORT been called to the res- the press release. An ambulance idence in response to took him to Baptist Memorial Hos- A woman was arrested Sunday a call about a stab- pital-Golden Triangle where he was after she allegedly stabbed some- bing, according to a treated and released. one in the chest. Officers with Columbus Po- CPD press release. Macon was charged with ag- lice Department arrested Octavia The victim had a gravated assault. She has been re- Tamekio Macon, 25, of 1615 Sev- non life-threatening leased from Lowndes County Adult enth Ave. S., No. B, at her home wound to his upper Macon Detention Center on her own re- Sunday afternoon. Officers had chest, according to cognizance.

Caledonia Continued from Page 1A would not comment fur- Mainly, I think everyone with them,” she added. it. He’s a straight-A kid, ther on the investigation, wants to know how seri- “If you say something the most polite, well-man- declining specifically to ous this was.” that we think we need to nered child you have ever answer what former in- Counselors told inves- report, we tell them we met. He and my son have vestigator possessed the tigators they had been are obligated to report it. known each other since weapon and what kind of working with the student Some of them won’t talk, kindergarten. I love his handgun it was. “for a while,” the LCSO but most of them will. The mom, his dad. They’re a He said the department press release said. They administration knows hardworking couple and was still trying to deter- were concerned about when we hand the paper his mom and I have volun- mine how exactly the fire- changes in his behav- out that says the kid may teered on so many things arm left the possession of ior and mood, and they be a danger to himself or together.” authorities after it was not thought he was a victim others, they know every Like McEwan, McCool logged into evidence. of bullying. But he would time we do that and they said the community still “Nothing was taken or never give counselors are involved in some ca- doesn’t have many an- stolen from our evidence names or details, nor did pacity. For the most part, swers about the incident room,” Miley said. he want them to speak to we handle it with the par- or how big a threat the Lloyd Price, the coun- other students. ent. The parent is very student really posed. ty’s chief financial officer, The school resource gracious most of the time “Nobody’s really said that while firearms officer reported “suspi- and they seek help.” talking about it,” she said. are often listed as sur- cious behavior” from the She said teachers also “When you ask people, plus, they are not sold to student, prompting LCSO go through training in they tell you they don’t the public. investigators to speak how to handle crises, par- know anything. It’s been “Usually, those guns with school counselors. ticularly when it comes to kept really quiet. I know are traded in (to a com- The press release also social media. nothing. I really don’t. I pany) when new guns are said students had raised “They are trained to think this has been mis- purchased,” Price said. notice if a child is going concerns and that a par- understood.” “You won’t find them as to be a threat or if a child ent showed investigators CHS principal Andy a party of any auction or is going to hurt himself,” videos the juvenile made Stevens said he under- public sale.” Dawkins said. “There of himself shooting fire- stood concerns from are plenty of times when arms that were posted to parents and community a teacher emails us and Possible bullying social media. members that the student says, ‘Can you check on Officials have con- CHS counselor Lora will now have a reputa- firmed the student in Dawkins would not com- this kid?’ or ‘What’s go- ing on? Can you give me tion for being taken out of question is no longer at- ment on the specific case, school. tending school, but ques- but said generally district a little background about this child?’ They’re really “We’ve already been tions still remain in the policy when counselors accused of that by the par- think a student may be a good about noticing stuff community. ents,” he said. “I’d rather danger to themselves or like that in their class- “Really, I think people accuse somebody and be others is to counsel with rooms.” are wondering just how wrong than not accuse the student, parents and a much of a threat it really somebody and not do any- was,” said Caledonia res- mental health profession- ‘It shocked me’ thing about something ident Ashlie McEwan, a al. Tammy McCool, own- bad that happens. When hairstylist at Mirror-mar “We call the parents, er of Caledonia Package you’re dealing with this Salon. “Nobody seems to have them come here and Store and a first-term sort of thing, it’s serious. really know. The talk had conference with them and board of alderman mem- It puts us in a bad situa- kind of died down, then give them a paper that a li- ber, is a friend of the stu- tion.” with what happened in censed mental health pro- dent’s family. Florida (a deadly school fessional has to sign off on “It shocked me,” she shooting last week), I before they come back to said. “My son is friends think that kind of got ev- school,” Dawkins said. with him. That’s a sweet eryone’s attention again. “... We are very honest child. I just didn’t believe

Computing firm opens Mississippi factory, plans to hire 600 The Associated Press nearby Southaven and opened an Olive Branch factory for computing hardware, OLIVE BRANCH — A company that including servers. sells computer equipment, software and The Mississippi Development Author- services is opening a north Mississippi ity’s giving Synnex $3 million for site factory, investing $20 million and hiring preparation and public infrastructure, 600 people over five years. and committing up to $550,000 for work- Synnex Corp. of Fremont, Califor- er training. Synnex is likely to qualify for nia, said Tuesday that it has shifted its $5.5 million in local property and inven- distribution center from Olive Branch to tory tax exemptions over 10 years.

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Listing of these previously mentioned area(s) of practice does not indicate any certification or expertise therein. Buckle up... FREE BACKGROUND INFORMATION and your child, too AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Heritage Academy boys win n The Heritage Academy boys basketball team beat Columbia Academy 35-23 on SECTION Wednesday night in the Mississippi SPORTS EDITOR Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) Adam Minichino Class AAA State tournament. Heritage will SPORTS LINE play Riverfield at 6 p.m. Friday. 662-241-5000 B Sports THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 COLLEGE MSU Women’s Basketball Seniors Set for Finale college baseball SOFTBALL Bulldogs bounce Bulldogs back for first win will face By Brett Hudson [email protected]

JACKSON — The opening weekend of ranked the college baseball season was a jarring experience for Gary Henderson. What he saw in then-No. 21 Southern challenges Mississippi’s three- game sweep of then- MSU 12, BY SCOTT WALTERS No. 23 Mississippi Jackson St. 1 [email protected] State wasn’t what he expected. The series STARKVILLE — in Hattiesburg had moments where MSU Through the first two looked clueless in all three aspects of the weeks of the season, the game. Mississippi State softball If Wednesday is any indication of the team has hovered just out- future, MSU has worked out its initial is- side the national rankings. sues. That could change this “If you saw us over the weekend, we w e e k e n d were clearly more relaxed, (had) notice- when MSU ably more energy, and played a lot better,” faces three Henderson said. ranked op- Hunter Vansau and Hunter Stovall had ponents in two hits, and Vansau and Tanner Poole the Mary had home runs as part of a 10-hit attack in Nutter Clas- a 12-1 victory at Robert Braddy Field. sic in Palm Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch See WIN, 5B Stuedeman Springs, ABOVE: Mississippi State’s Blair Schaefer holds a Southeastern Conference title sign California. Sunday following a victory against then-No. 17 Texas A&M that clinched the program’s MSU will open the 24- first SEC regular-season title. MIDDLE: Morgan William, left, and Roshunda Johnson Henderson, MSU team, four-day event today attempt shots, while (BOTTOM) Victoria Vivians holds up a SEC sign. The seniors will by taking on No. 15 Arizo- play Auburn in their final regular-season home game at 7 tonight. Story, 3B. na State at 3 p.m. and No. will look forward 23 Nebraska at 10 p.m. MSU will play No. 16 By Brett Hudson [email protected] Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. Friday and San Jose State JACKSON — Jake Mangum (7 p.m.) and Cal State Ful- inserted himself in the center of a circle lerton (9:30 p.m.) Satur- of his teammates and injected life into the day. celebration. The games will be Standing in left field, members of MSU’s first away from the Mississippi State home after a season-open- baseball team smiled and ing 9-1 homestand. talked as interim coach Gary “It will be great to take a Henderson shook hands as road trip and for this team he left the dugout. When to face a major challenge Henderson reached the on the road,” MSU coach outfield, he took Mangum’s Vann Stuedeman said. place to cheers from his “With (Southeastern) con- players, which he met with Henderson ference play approaching, a silent tip of the cap. we need a good barometer The celebration following a 12-1 victory for where we stand. It will against Jackson State on Wednesday pro- be some great competition vided a welcome release after then-No. 21 and also a great experi- Southern Mississippi swept then-No. 23 ence for the girls.” MSU in a three-game series last weekend This is MSU’s first ap- and Andy Cannizaro resigned as MSU’s pearance in one of the baseball coach Tuesday morning. The vic- nation’s premier soft- tory showed how MSU plans to move on ball events. Recently re- by playing and winning games. named to honor longtime “We have great players. We have bet- softball coaching legend ter people than we do players. Tonight Mary Nutter and host- showed that,” Henderson said. ed by Oregon State, the event previously enjoyed a See MORALE, 5B two-decade history as the Cathedral City Classic. Game 5 MSU boasts an all-time n KLEBERG BANK COLLEGE CLASSIC: record of 2-13 against the At Corpus Christi, Texas, five tournament oppo- Mississippi State vs. UC Santa Barbara, nents. 2 p.m. Friday, (WKBB-FM 100.9, WFCA-FM 107.9). “This is the best way to prepare for life in the Southeastern Confer- ence,” MSU senior pitch- er Holly Ward said in the Title Berth on Line preseason. “You want to be battle tested. I think you can learn from each of your experiences. We will be better prepared for the conference schedule by playing some elite com- petition. It also gets you ready for the regionals.” In the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Asso- ciation (NFCA) Top 25, MSU enough votes to be considered No. 29. Ten of the 13 SEC softball teams are ranked. South Caroli- na broke into the poll for the first time in 2018. Only Missouri (6-5), which went through a Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff See SOFTBALL, 5B Heritage Academy’s Drew Knittig controls the ball and looks for an open teammate Monday in an 8-0 victory against Bayou Game 11 Academy. Heritage Academy will play host n MARY NUTTER to Starkville Academy at 5 p.m. today in COLLEGIATE CLASSIC: the semifinals of the Mississippi At Palm Springs, California, Association of Independent Schools Mississippi State vs. (MAIS) Division III State tournament. The No. 15 Arizona State, winner will play host to the state 3 p.m. Today. championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday. 2B THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com briefly CALENDAR MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEC Prep Basketball Mississippi State’s Schaefer, Ole Miss’ Sessom, Friday’s Games Alabama’s Williams named to women’s basketball’s Mississippi High School Activities Association Community Service Team Class 6A Playoffs — Second Round (Girls) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mississippi State’s Blair Schaefer, Ole Warren Central at Columbus, 7 p.m. Miss’ Shandricka Sessom, and Alabama’s Ashley Williams were Clinton at Starkville, 7 p.m. named Wednesday to the 20th-annual Southeastern Conference Class 3A Playoffs — Second Round (Girls) Community Service Team. Aberdeen at Independence, 7 p.m. The team recognizes the accomplishments of student-athletes beyond the field of competition. This is the 20th year women’s and Class 1A Playoffs — Second Round (Girls) men’s basketball players have been honored for their work. All McAdams at West Lowndes, 7 p.m. league-sponsored sports have had a Community Service Team Mississippi Association of Independent Schools since 2004. Class A State tournament At Delta Academy, Marks Mississippi State’s White, Ole Miss’ Evans, Hebron Christian (girls) vs. Riverdale Alabama’s Robinson named SEC Legends Academy-Humphreys Academy winner, 1 p.m. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mississippi State’s Ray White, Ole Miss’ Columbus Christian (boys) vs. Union Christian, Rob Evans, and Alabama’s James “Hollywood” Robinson were 7:15 p.m. named Wednesday Southeastern Conference Legends. Class AAA State tournament Featuring former greats from all 14 SEC member institutions, At Columbia Academy the Allstate® SEC Basketball Legends will be honored March 7-11 at the SEC Men’s Basketball tournament at Scottrade Center in St. Starkville Academy (girls) vs. Kirk Academy- Louis. Columbia Academy winner, 2:15 p.m. Alabama Athletic Media Relations Each SEC Basketball Legend will be recognized at halftime of Heritage Academy (boys) vs. Riverfield Academy, Alabama’s Avery Johnson Jr. drives past Auburn’s Bryce Brown in their his institution’s first game at the tournament. 6 p.m. game Wednesday night in Auburn, Alabama. No. 11 Auburn won 90-71. From 1976-79, White terrorized opposing defenses. By the time Saturday’s Games his collegiate career concluded, he had 1,640 points (fifth most in Mississippi High School Activities Association school history), 543 rebounds, and a school-record 217 steals. White, a three-time All-SEC selection, went on to be selected Class 6A Playoffs — Second Round (Boys) by the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth round of the 1979 NBA draft. Clinton at Columbus, 7 p.m. “It’s an honor to be named Mississippi State’s legend. I want Harper, Okeke lead No. 12 Warren Central at Starkville, 7 p.m. to thank Mississippi State, coach Kermit Davis, who recruited me, Class 4A Playoffs —Second Round (Boys) and the talent he surrounded me with,” White said. “We had guys Rosa Fort at New Hope, 7 p.m. like Gary Hooker, Rickey Brown, and Wiley Peck all drafted. It was a great group of guys. It was such an honor being part of the SEC. Clarksdale at Noxubee County, 7 p.m. I’ve always been proud to have played in the SEC. And man, being Class 4A Playoffs —Second Round (Boys) Auburn past Alabama named a legend tops it off.” Montgomery County at West Lowndes, 7 p.m. Evans led Ole Miss to two NCAA tournament appearances and Prep Soccer By The Associated Press Williams scored 23 points and SEC Western Division titles. He was 86-81 as coach of the Rebels Tennessee beat Florida on Wednes- Today’s Match from 1993-1998. AUBURN, Ala. — The No. 12 Au- day night to hand the Gators their Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Robinson played at the Capstone from 1990-93. He finished burn men’s basketball team found a third-consecutive loss. Williams’ big his career as a two-time All-American and a three-time All-SEC Class AAA Playoffs – Second Round way to win without two key players. night came four nights after he had a performer. A native of Jackson, Robinson finished his career with Starkville Academy at Heritage Academy, 5 p.m. That’s nothing new. 1,813 points, which ranks seventh in program history. season-low five points in a 73-62 loss After entering his name in the 1993 NBA draft, Robinson was Prep Baseball Jared Harper scored 21 points, at Georgia. selected with the 21st overall pick in the first round by the Portland Today’s Game freshman Chuma Okeke had ca- “At Georgia, I was kind of being Trail Blazers. He went on to play eight seasons in the NBA with four Starkville Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 6 p.m. reer-highs of 16 points and 10 re- passive and also I was kind of playing teams. Friday’s Game bounds and No. 12 Auburn beat Al- slow,” Williams said. “I wasn’t play- Jonathon Modica, Arkansas; Joel Eaves (head coach), Auburn; North Delta at Heritage Academy, 6 p.m. abama 90-71 Wednesday night even David Lee, Florida; Chad Kessler, Georgia; Joe Crawford, Kentucky; ing with pace like I normally do and Saturday’s Game John Brady, LSU; Doug Smith, Missouri; Carey Rich, South without ailing star Mustapha Heron I wasn’t being aggressive. Tonight I Carolina; Howard Wood, Tennessee; Barry Davis, Texas A&M; and Heritage Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 4 p.m. and injured Anfernee McLemore. was just saying I was going to get the Godfrey Dillard, Vanderbilt; also were selected. Men’s College Basketball “I just knew I had to step up with ball where I wanted to get it and put Today’s Game two of our teammates down,” Okeke the ball in the basket.” Ole Miss Southern Mississippi at UTSA, 7 p.m. said. Williams put up big numbers de- No. 3 women’s tennis team will begin four-match Saturday’s Game Down to seven scholarship play- spite missing about eight minutes in Tennessee at Ole Miss, Noon ers, the Tigers (24-4, 12-3 Southeast- the second half due to foul trouble. He homestand ern Conference) turned a five-point OXFORD — With its highest ranking in program history, the South Carolina at Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m. was 8-for-13 from the field and 7 of 8 No. 3 Ole Miss women’s tennis team will play host to Lipscomb at 2 Arkansas at Alabama, 5 p.m. halftime lead into a blowout thanks from the free-throw line. p.m. Friday to begin a four-match homestand at the Palmer/Salloum Southern Mississippi at UTEP, 8 p.m. largely to big performances from Admiral Schofield added 16 points Tennis Center. Okeke and Malik Dunbar off the and eight rebounds for Tennessee In case of inclement weather, the match will be played indoors Women’s College Basketball bench. Today’s Games (20-7, 10-5). Williams and Schofield at the Ole Miss Indoor Tennis Center. Auburn responded with Heron Ole Miss (7-1) moved up to No. 3 in the first computer Oracle/ Auburn at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. also led a defense that caused Florida out with a stomach ailment one game ITA Ranking released Wednesday. The Rebels are the highest Georgia at Alabama, 7 p.m. to shoot 35 percent overall and 25 per- ranked Southeastern Conference team in the nation. after McLemore was lost for the rest Kentucky at Ole Miss, 7:30 p.m. cent from 3-point range. In the United States Tennis Association’s Top 25, the Rebels of the season to an ankle injury. It’s Friday’s Game “They’re one of the best defen- are ranked No. 8. a familiar challenge for a team that’s The ITA also announced the latest individual rankings. Senior Southern Mississippi at Florida Atlantic, 6 p.m. sive teams in the country,” Florida played without Austin Wiley and Dan- Arianne Hartono is up to No. 16 in singles and teams with Alexa coach Mike White said. “You’ve got College Baseball jel Purifoy all season. Bortles for a No. 10 ranking in doubles. Junior Tea Jandric moved linebackers like Williams and Scho- up to No. 58 in singles and freshman Sabina Machalova is ranked Friday’s Games Collin Sexton scored 25 points to field that move like guards. They’ve No. 115 in singles and No. 45 in doubles with Natalie Suk. Mississippi State vs. UC Santa Barbara (Corpus lead the Crimson Tide (17-11, 8-7) af- got great speed and quickness in the n Wegener named SEC Freshman of the Week: At Christi, Texas), 2 p.m. ter missing the first meeting with an Birmingham, Alabama, After helping the men’s golf team to a third- backcourt. They’ve got great depth. Rust College at MUW (DH), 2 p.m. abdominal meeting. place finish at the All-American Intercollegiate last weekend, Cecil They run different guys at you, and Washington State at Alabama (DH), 2 p.m. “The second half, I felt like we Wegener was named SEC Freshman of the Week. they play extremely hard.” Wegener, a native of Ridgeland, shot a 224 (73-79-72) to finish Tulane at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. weren’t hustling,” Sexton said. “They Florida (17-11, 8-7) trailed nearly 8-over for a five-way tie for 71st place. Saturday’s Games were just driving and when we did “Cecil has worked extremely hard to put himself in a position the whole way, but threatened in the Washington State at Alabama, 1 p.m. help then we wouldn’t rotate one to succeed. He continues to challenge himself to have a positive final minute. Mississippi State vs. Nicholls State (Corpus more time. That’s why they got open mind-set each and every time out on the course,” Ole Miss coach Chris Chiozza made a basket to Chris Malloy said. Christi, Texas), 3 p.m. threes.” cut Tennessee’s lead to 60-57 with Tulane at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. Bryce Brown scored 18 points for 24.5 seconds left, and he got fouled by Sunday’s Games the Tigers despite shooting 3-for-14 Southern Mississippi Williams in the process. But Chiozza Tulane at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. on 3-pointers. Harper also had six as- Baseball team’s trip to Nacogdoches canceled missed the ensuing free throw and Mississippi State at Texas A&M-CC, 2:30 p.m. sists after a nine-turnover, one-assist HATTIESBURG — Due to rainy weather expected for much of couldn’t get Florida any closer. the remainder of the week, the Southern Mississippi baseball team game in a loss to South Carolina. College Softball The Gators were seeking a quality has canceled its trip to Nacogdoches, Texas, this weekend. Today’s Games “He controlled the game tonight,” Southern Miss was scheduled to play South Dakota State, Mississippi State vs. Arizona State (Palm Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. road win that could boost their NCAA Texas Arlington, and Stephen F. Austin. Springs, California), 3 p.m. Okeke, who figures to be a key fig- tournament credentials. The Golden Eagles are trying to find games to make up for the Florida entered the night 65th in three lost road games. Mississippi State vs. Nebraska (Palm Springs ure on replacing McLemore, scored n Men’s basketball team will face UTSA: At San Antonio, California), 10 p.m. 13 points in a seven-minute span of the RPI and have a demanding sched- Texas, the men’s basketball team (13-15, 6-9 Conference USA) will Friday’s Games the second half. ule the rest of the way. Florida will take on Texas-San Antonio (15-12, 8-6) at 7 tonight to kick off its MUW vs. William Pace (Raleigh, North Carolina), “When Chuma’s playing like that, play host to No. 12 Auburn, visit Al- final regular-season road trip of the season. Noon abama, and play host to Kentucky in Southern Miss won the first meeting 93-83 on Jan. 6 in Reed we’re very hard to beat,” Harper said. Green Coliseum. MUW vs. NCWC (Raleigh, North Carolina), 2 p.m. Dunbar also turned in his top its final three regular-season games. n Softball team beats Alabama State: At Hattiesburg, the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. scoring performance with 14 points. White credited his team’s defen- Mississippi State vs. Oklahoma State (Palm softball team defeated Alabama State 8-0 in five innings on Desean Murray had nine points and sive intensity, which has been an Wednesday. Springs, California), 5:30 p.m. eight rebounds. issue at times this season. Florida’s Karley Nichols led the Lady Eagles (4-7) with two hits. Saman- North Dakota State at Ole Miss, 5:30 p.m. problem was trying to solve Tennes- tha Papp and Rebekah DiLavore had two RBIs. Georgia State at Alabama, 6 p.m. Auburn took command with a 17-2 Kim Crowson allowed two hits in five innings to get the win. She see’s defense. Jacksonville State at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. run after having its lead cut to one walked one and struck out three. early in the second half. “I told our guys I was proud of Southern Miss will play host to Jacksonville State at 6 p.m. Florida State at Alabama, 8 p.m. “I told them, ‘Look, if Mustapha the effort defensively,” White said. Friday. Saturday’s Games “We’ve got to get to where we see MUW vs. Roanoke (Raleigh, North Carolina), 1 p.m. Heron doesn’t play tonight, they’re that every night. There’s not that Alabama Jacksonville State at Southern Mississippi (DH), still a really good basketball team,’ ” 1 p.m. Alabama coach Avery Johnson said. many games left. That will give us a Women’s basketball team will play host to No. 19 Northern Iowa at Alabama, 1:30 p.m. “They came out and played with a lot chance. On top of that, we’ve got to Georgia Florida State at Alabama, 4 p.m. of energy and emotion. knock down some threes and free TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama women’s basketball team MUW vs. Averett (Raleigh, North Carolina), 5 p.m. “Teams are always looking for a throws and of course, when we’re will try to extend its winning streak when it plays host to No. 19 Stephen F. Austin at Ole Miss, 5:30 p.m. rallying point and playing with des- within five feet, we’ve got to finish at Georgia at 7 tonight at Coleman Coliseum. Mississippi State vs. San Jose State (Palm a much higher rate.” Alabama (17-10, 7-7 Southeastern Conference) will shoot for its peration. They played with more des- Springs, California), 7 p.m. Jalen Hudson had 13 points for fourth-straight victory in its final regular-season home game. peration than we did.” Alabama is coming off a 72-63 victory against then-No. 11 Mississippi State vs. Cal State Fullerton (Palm Sexton was 8-for-12 from the field Florida, and Chiozza and Keith Stone Tennessee last Thursday. It was Alabama’s first win against an Springs, California), 9:30 p.m. for the Crimson Tide, but other top added 11. Chiozza had nine assists Associated Press Top 25 team in its last 23 tries. Sunday’s Games scorers struggled. and six rebounds. Senior Ashley Williams was recognized as the SEC Player of MUW vs. Randolph (Raleigh, North Carolina), 9 a.m. John Petty, who had eight 3-point- n South Carolina 66, Georgia the Week on Tuesday after recording a pair of double-doubles last MUW vs. Methodist (Raleigh, North Carolina), 11 a.m. ers and 27 points in Alabama’s win 57: At Columbia, South Carolina, In week. Georgia State at Alabama, 1:30 p.m. against Auburn in January, missed the midst of a five-game losing streak, Georgia (22-5, 10-4) is coming off a 66-52 victory against Ole UMKC at Ole Miss, 2 p.m. his first eight attempts and finished South Carolina coach Frank Martin Miss on Monday. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at Ole Miss, 4:30 p.m. n Baseball team will play Washington State in double- with three points. told his point guards that nothing was header Friday: At Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the baseball team will College Gymnastics Donta Hall came in hot, but he going to change unless they started play Washington State in a doubleheader on Friday instead of in a Friday’s Meet had seven points and five rebounds. playing better. single game. Alabama at Auburn, 7:30 p.m. Braxton Key had 11 points and Avery Three games later, Martin is prais- The teams have moved up the start time of Game 1 Friday to ing his ball handlers, especially after 2 p.m. The second game will follow approximately 45 minutes after Johnson Jr. scored 10 points, both off College Rowing the bench. the Gamecocks hit 13 3-pointers to the first game. Saturday’s Meet The teams opted to play two games Friday due to expected bad The Tigers built a quick 14-2 lead beat Georgia on Wednesday night. weather Sunday. Eastern Michigan at Alabama, 9 a.m. and held onto it until a furious close. Wesley Myers led South Caroli- Saturday’s game will remain a 1 p.m. start. College Swimming The Tide tied it up on Sexton’s drive na (15-13, 6-9) with 15 points, all on Tickets for Sunday’s game will be honored for both games to cap an 8-0 run. The Tigers an- threes, and starting point guard Has- Friday. Tickets for Saturday’s game will remain as intended. and Diving sani Gravett had eight points and five n No. 33 men’s tennis will play Rice in the Blue Gray Na- Saturday’s Meet swered with eight consecutive points assists. tional Tennis Classic: At Montgomery, Alabama, the No. 33 men’s Alabama at Bulldog Invitational (Athens, Georgia) punctuated by Brown’s 3-pointer. “When your point guards play tennis team will take on Rice at 9 a.m. Friday at Lagoon Park in the Sunday’s Meet Murray hit a layup off an offensive 70th Blue Gray National Tennis Classic. better, your team plays better,” said Alabama at Bulldog Invitational (Athens, Georgia) rebound and pass from Okeke, but The Crimson Tide will take on the Owls and another opponent Sexton beat the buzzer for a jumper Martin, whose Gamecocks have won to be announced after the morning matches. Alabama will complete Men’s College Tennis to cut it to 40-35 at halftime. two of three since he challenged his the doubles portion of the second match at 3:30 p.m. before finish- Friday’s Match “We did what we had to do,” Pearl point men. ing singles play the following day at 10 a.m. Alabama comes into the tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Mississippi State at Tulane, 1 p.m. said. “We had to get off to a good The Gamecocks ended the first eight-team tournament. No. 20 Arizona State is the top seed. Saturday’s Match start. We had to hit them in the mouth half on a 13-3 run to take a 15-point Alabama (12-0) is off to its best start in program history. Samford at Southern Mississippi, 11 a.m. early.” lead at halftime. Junior Mazen Osama is ranked No. 113 in the Top 125. In dou- Women’s College Tennis n No. 19 Tennessee 62, Georgia (5-12, 6-9) scored on six bles, Osama and sophomore Edson Ortiz are ranked No. 34, while Florida 57: At Knoxville, Tennessee, straight possessions early in the sec- Friday’s Match sophomores Thibault Cancel and Alexey Nesterov were placed as Grant Williams bounced back from ond half, but then suddenly went slop- the No. 40 doubles pair in the country. Lipscomb at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. one of his worst performances of the py and cold. The Bulldogs committed Teams participating in the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic Saturday’s Matches season and helped 19th-ranked Ten- three offensive fouls and turned the include: Arizona, No. 20 Arizona State, Auburn, Boise State, Fresno Stephen F. Austin at Ole Miss, Noon State, and Princeton. nessee damage Florida’s NCAA tour- ball over twice after cutting the defi- Memphis at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. — From Special Reports nament hopes. cit to 47-40. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 3B COLLEGE BASKETBALL FAR WEST Wednesday’s Men’s Major No. 19 Tennessee 62, Air Force 56, San Diego St. 48 Scores Florida 57 Boise St. 55, Colorado St. 49 EAST FLORIDA (17-11): Stone 3-9 4-7 11, Cal Poly 73, UC Santa Barbara 72 Boston U. 81, Lafayette 65 Hayes 4-5 1-2 9, Chiozza 5-10 0-2 11, Allen Long Beach St. 80, UC Irvine 73 Bucknell 85, Navy 61 0-3 0-0 0, Koulechov 2-10 1-2 7, Bassett 2-3 San Jose St. 57, Nevada 54 MSU seniors set for home finale Canisius 95, Niagara 88 0-0 4, Gak 0-0 0-0 0, Ballard 0-4 0-0 0, Okauru UNLV 73, Fresno St. 58 Wyoming 63, New Mexico 62 Colgate 87, Army 83 1-5 0-0 2, Hudson 4-11 3-3 13. Totals 21-60 By Adam Minichino Fairfield 70, Siena 69 9-16 57. The AP Women’s Top 25 George Mason 79, Saint Joseph’s 76 TENNESSEE (20-7): Williams 8-13 7-8 [email protected] Game 29 George Washington 103, Richmond 77 23, Schofield 7-17 1-1 16, Alexander 0-0 0-0 0, Fared n Auburn at No. 2 Mississippi State, 7 Tonight Hartford 65, New Hampshire 56 Bowden 2-5 5-6 9, Bone 3-9 0-0 6, Pons 0-0 Wednesday Holy Cross 70, American U. 64 0-0 0, Fulkerson 0-2 0-0 0, Daniel 1-3 0-0 3, J. 1. UConn (27-0) beat Tulane 91-47. Next: (SEC Network+; WKBB-FM 100.9, WFCA-FM 107.9). Lehigh 80, Loyola (Md.) 74 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Darrington 0-0 0-0 0, Turner STARKVILLE — Derek Cody is going to Mass.-Lowell 88, Maine 76 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 23-53 13-15 62. at SMU, Saturday. Michigan 72, Penn St. 63 Halftime—Tennessee 27-18. 3-Point 2. Mississippi State (28-0) did not play. have a difficult time paring the season-ending North Carolina 78, Syracuse 74 Goals—Florida 6-24 (Koulechov 2-6, Hudson Next: vs. Auburn, Thursday. highlight video for the Mississippi State wom- “I know Tori likes to eat a lot of doughnuts,” St. Bonaventure 73, Duquesne 67 2-6, Chiozza 1-2, Stone 1-6, Ballard 0-1, Okau- 3. Baylor (26-1) did not play. Next: at TCU, Stony Brook 64, UMBC 57 ru 0-1, Allen 0-2), Tennessee 3-10 (Turner 1-1, Saturday. en’s basketball team. Johnson said. While Johnson was thinking VCU 82, UMass 78 Daniel 1-2, Schofield 1-4, Bowden 0-1, Williams 4. Louisville (27-2) did not play. Next: vs. Vermont 75, Binghamton 54 0-1, Bone 0-1). Rebounds—Florida 37 (Hayes Virginia, Thursday. As assistant director/video operations, Cody about other things, MSU coach Vic Schaefer Villanova 93, DePaul 62 8), Tennessee 29 (Schofield 8). Assists—Flor- 5. Notre Dame (25-2) did not play. Next: piped in “and ice cream before Johnson contin- Wake Forest 63, Pittsburgh 57 ida 12 (Chiozza 9), Tennessee 13 (Bowden, vs. Virginia Tech, Thursday. is in charge of a team that assembles footage Xavier 89, Georgetown 77 Bone 4). Total Fouls—Florida 19, Tennessee SOUTH 15. A—16,016 (21,678). 6. Texas (22-5) did not play. Next: at Iowa and puts it to music to help promote the No. ued. Auburn 90, Alabama 71 State, Saturday. Davidson 76, Fordham 52 South Carolina 66, 7. South Carolina (22-5) did not play. 2 MSU women. His work and the work of his “Blair stays on Snapchat all of the time. If Duke 82, Louisville 56 Next: vs. No. 24 LSU, Thursday. you follow her, it is pretty funny,” Johnson said. Nicholls 96, McNeese St. 79 Georgia 57 8. Oregon (25-4) did not play. Next: at team members is seen regularly at the Hail SMU 77, East Carolina 58 GEORGIA (15-12): Claxton 1-2 1-2 3, Arizona State, Friday. Maten 5-13 3-3 13, Hammonds 3-7 0-0 7, State Hoops luncheons and on the video board “Morgan, even though she looks quiet, she is re- South Carolina 66, Georgia 57 9. Florida State (22-5) did not play. Next: Tennessee 62, Florida 57 Parker 1-7 1-2 3, Jackson 5-11 1-2 14, Ogbeide ally not quiet. She likes to crack jokes all of the 1-4 0-0 2, Edwards 0-1 2-2 2, Kante 1-1 0-0 2, vs. Boston College, Thursday. before, during, and after games at Humphrey Virginia 65, Georgia Tech 54 10. UCLA (21-6) did not play. Next: vs. Virginia Tech 65, Clemson 58 Wilridge 0-1 0-0 0, Diatta 0-1 0-0 0, Crump 3-5 Coliseum. time and tries to be funny all of the time. MIDWEST 1-1 9, Hightower 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 21-55 9-12 57. Colorado, Thursday. Bradley 82, Missouri St. 78 SOUTH CAROLINA (15-13): Kotsar 1-10 11. Missouri (22-5) did not play. Next: vs. At 7 tonight, Cody likely will have an ab- Not to be denied, William chimed in and Illinois St. 89, Drake 81, OT 0-1 2, Silva 3-7 9-10 15, Minaya 0-7 0-0 0, Hin- Vanderbilt, Thursday. Indiana St. 58, Evansville 53 son 0-0 0-0 0, Gravett 3-10 0-0 8, Haase 5-11 12. Oregon State (21-6) did not play. breviated version of some of the highlights for said, “Tori likes to buy candy, Pringles, sodas. Kansas St. 58, Texas 48 0-0 12, Cudd 0-1 0-0 0, Myers 5-9 0-0 15, Book- Next: at Arizona, Friday. Blair when she is hungry, she goes and gets Loyola of Chicago 75, S. Illinois 56 er 4-13 2-3 14. Totals 21-68 11-14 66. 13. Maryland (22-5) did not play. Next: at Roshunda Johnson, Blair Schaefer, Victoria Marquette 85, St. John’s 73 Halftime—South Carolina 42-27. 3-Point Goals—Georgia 6-19 (Jackson 3-6, Crump 2-3, Michigan, Thursday. Vivians, and Morgan ready to go. When those a salad from McAllister’s. Even when she is Minnesota 86, Iowa 82 14. Ohio State (23-6) beat Northwestern TCU 89, Iowa St. 83 Hammonds 1-3, Wilridge 0-1, Hightower 0-1, Diatta 0-1, Maten 0-2, Parker 0-2), South Caro- 88-54. Next: at Penn State, Sunday. clips will be seen remains to be seen, but they starving she goes and gets a salad. I think that Wichita St. 93, Tulane 86 15. Tennessee (21-6) did not play. Next: SOUTHWEST lina 13-31 (Myers 5-7, Booker 4-9, Gravett 2-5, likely won’t be seen prior to No. 2 MSU’s game is weird, but ... ”. Lamar 87, Houston Baptist 73 Haase 2-6, Minaya 0-4). Rebounds—Georgia at Florida, Thursday. Northwestern St. 66, Incarnate Word 54 40 (Maten 10), South Carolina 37 (Kotsar 9). 16. Stanford (19-9) did not play. Next: at against Auburn at the Hump. Through all of the quirks, Blair Schaefer Oklahoma St. 79, Texas Tech 71 Assists—Georgia 7 (Jackson 3), South Caro- Washington, Friday. Sam Houston St. 57, New Orleans 54 lina 12 (Gravett 5). Total Fouls—Georgia 18, 17. Texas A&M (20-8) did not play. Next: MSU coach Vic Schaefer doesn’t want to said the Bulldogs have found a way to blend Stephen F. Austin 97, Cent. Arkansas 62 South Carolina 19. A—11,529 (18,000). at Arkansas, Thursday. see a repeat of last season when seniors Ketara their personalities and skills to try to win a na- Tulsa 70, UCF 61 Southeastern Conference 18. South Florida (23-5) beat Houston FAR WEST 81-65. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Saturday. Chapel, Dominique Dillingham, Chinwe Oko- tional title in their final season. A year ago, MSU Boise St. 87, Colorado St. 54 Men 19. Georgia (22-5) did not play. Next: at Fresno St. 77, UNLV 64 Conference Overall Alabama, Thursday. rie, and Breanna Richardson were honored rolled through Troy, DePaul, Washington, and Nevada 80, San Jose St. 67 W-L Pct. W-L Pct. San Diego St. 67, Air Force 56 20. Duke (21-7) did not play. Next: vs. before the game against Tennessee and then Baylor before upsetting four-time reigning na- Southern Cal 75, Colorado 64 Auburn 12-3 .800 24-4 .857 North Carolina, Sunday. UC Riverside 69, Cal St.-Fullerton 65 Tennessee 10-5 .667 20-7 .741 21. N.C. State (21-6) did not play. Next: at MSU lost its regular-season home finale 82-64. tional champion Connecticut 66-64 in overtime Mississippi St. 8-7 .533 20-8 .714 Pittsburgh, Thursday. The Associated Press Arkansas 8-7 .533 19-9 .679 22. Green Bay (24-3) did not play. Next: That’s why the highlights might be shown at in the national semifinals. South Carolina de- Kentucky 8-7 .533 19-9 .679 vs. Oakland, Friday. nied MSU its first national title by beating the Men’s Top 25 Fared Missouri 8-7 .533 18-10 .643 23. Belmont (27-3) beat Jacksonville halftime or after the game, which is more likely. Wednesday Alabama 8-7 .533 17-11 .607 1. Virginia (25-2) beat Georgia Tech State 66-35. Next: vs. Tennessee State, The footage is bound to include highlights from Bulldogs for the third time. 65-54. Next: at Pittsburgh, Saturday. Florida 8-7 .533 17-11 .607 Saturday. 2. Michigan State (27-3) did not play. LSU 7-8 .467 16-11 .593 24. LSU (18-7) did not play. Next: at No. 7 the seniors’ contributions to the program’s first This season, the seniors have played key Next: at Wisconsin, Sunday. Texas A&M 6-9 .400 17-11 .607 South Carolina, Thursday. 3. Villanova (25-3) beat DePaul 93-62. Georgia 6-9 .400 15-12 .556 25. Oklahoma State (18-9) lost to Kansas Southeastern Conference regular-season title. roles in victories against South Carolina and Next: at Creighton, Saturday. South Carolina 6-9 .400 15-13 .536 66-59. Next: at West Virginia, Saturday. MSU’s 76-55 against then-No. 17 Texas A&M Kentucky that have enabled MSU (28-0, 14-0 4. Xavier (25-4) beat Georgetown 89-77. Ole Miss 5-10 .333 12-16 .429 Next: vs. Providence, Wednesday. Vanderbilt 5-10 .333 11-17 .393 USA Today Women’s on Sunday was the latest of a program-record SEC) to enter the home stretch as one of two 5. Duke (23-5) beat Louisville 82-56. Next: vs. Syracuse, Saturday. Top 25 117 wins for Schaefer, Vivians, and William. remaining undefeated teams (UConn is the Wednesday’s Games The weekly poll, with first-place votes in 6. Gonzaga (25-4) did not play. Next: at South Carolina 66, Georgia 57 San Diego, Thursday. parentheses, records through Feb. 19, points Johnson, a transfer from Oklahoma State, has other) in Division I women’s college basketball. 6. Texas Tech (22-6) lost to Oklahoma Auburn 90, Alabama 71 based on 25 points for a first-place vote through State 79-71. Next: vs. No. 8 Kansas, Saturday. Tennessee 62, Florida 57 one point for a 25th-place vote and previous been with the program for the last three years. Schaefer said the seniors understand what the 8. Kansas (22-6) did not play. Next: at No. Today’s Games ranking: 6 Texas Tech, Saturday. No games scheduled Rec. Pts Pvs She had to sit out her first year in Starkville due Bulldogs need to make the chemistry so strong. 9. Purdue (24-5) did not play. Next: at Friday’s Games 1. UConn (32) 26-0 800 1 to NCAA transfer rules. “We find the things we’re good at and I think Illinois, Thursday. No games scheduled 2. Mississippi State 28-0 766 2 10. North Carolina (22-7) beat Syracuse Saturday’s Games 3. Baylor 26-1 730 3 Cody could keep going for hours. we complement each other really well,” Schae- 78-74. Next: vs. Miami, Tuesday. Tennessee at Ole Miss Noon 4. Notre Dame 25-2 691 4 11. Cincinnati (23-4) did not play. Next: LSU at Georgia, 1 p.m. 5. Louisville 27-2 687 5 n Vivians is one of only two players in the fer said. “Someone is not going to do something 6. South Carolina 22-5 615 8 vs. UConn, Thursday. South Carolina at Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m. 12. Auburn (24-4) beat Alabama 90-71. 7. Oregon 25-4 604 10 SEC shooting 50 percent from the field this another person is really good at. I just feel like Next: at Florida, Saturday. Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m. 8. Texas 22-5 602 6 13. Wichita State (22-5) beat Tulane 93- Arkansas at Alabama, 5 p.m. 9. Missouri 22-5 520 13 season. we have a really good awareness and under- 86. Next: at SMU, Saturday. Missouri at Kentucky, 7:15 p.m. 10. UCLA 21-6 506 7 14. Arizona (21-6) did not play. Next: at Auburn at Florida, 7:30 p.m. 11. Oregon State 21-6 471 14 n Johnson is averaging 17 points per game standing of what it takes to win because of last Oregon State, Thursday. Sunday’s Games 12. Florida State 22-5 434 12 15. Clemson (20-7) lost to Virginia Tech No games scheduled 13. Maryland 22-5 386 9 and is shooting 51 percent from the field in the year, and then we understand that we had to add 65-58. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday. 14. Tennessee 21-6 357 11 last four games. a few things to each of our games if we want to 16. Ohio State (23-7) did not play. Next: Wednesday’s Women’s 15. Ohio State 22-6 346 17 at Indiana, Friday. 16. Duke 21-7 294 16 n Schaefer is second in the SEC in 3-point- go further.” 17. Michigan (23-7) beat Penn State Major Scores 17. South Florida 22-5 269 21 72-63. Next: at Maryland, Saturday. EAST 18. Texas A&M 20-8 258 18 ers per game (2.7). She enters the home stretch Coach Schaefer said it is hard to believe it 18. Rhode Island (22-4) did not play. American U. 72, Holy Cross 57 19. Georgia 22-5 216 19 Next: vs. Dayton, Friday. Army 69, Colgate 49 20. Stanford 19-9 196 20 of her career with 75 treys this season, which is has been four years with the seniors. From 27 19. Tennessee (20-7) beat Florida 62-57. Bucknell 49, Navy 40 21. Green Bay 24-3 194 15 Next: at Mississippi, Saturday. Cincinnati 70, Temple 52 22. North Carolina State 21-6 127 25 the third-highest total in program history. to 28 to 34 wins in the first three seasons, the 20. Nevada (24-5) beat San Jose State Davidson 58, La Salle 51 23. Oklahoma State 18-8 62 22 80-67. Next: vs. Colorado State, Sunday. Fordham 51, Duquesne 43 24. Syracuse 20-7 46 — n William is averaging 5.6 assists per game seniors have played an integral role in elevating 21. West Virginia (20-8) did not play. Iowa 77, Rutgers 67 25. Mercer 25-2 33 — MSU into the national discussion. Next: vs. Iowa State, Saturday. Lafayette 44, Boston U. 41 Also Receiving Votes: Michigan 29, in the last five games. She is second in the na- 22. Saint Mary’s (25-4) did not play. Next: Lehigh 64, Loyola (Md.) 55 Florida Gulf Coast 25, DePaul 24, Miami 22, tion with a 4.3 assist-to-turnover ratio. “I’m really excited for them tomorrow night vs. Pepperdine, Thursday. St. Bonaventure 77, Rhode Island 72 LSU 21, Central Michigan 12, Belmont 10, West 23. Houston (21-5) did not play. Next: at SOUTH Virginia 10, Marquette 8, Virginia 8, Buffalo 7, Those are the things most people know to be able to play here at home again,” said Memphis, Thursday. Belmont 66, Jacksonville St. 35 Purdue 6, Houston 3, Minnesota 2, Alabama 1, 24. Middle Tennessee (22-5) did not play. Incarnate Word 57, Northwestern St. 53 Dayton 1, Quinnipiac 1. about the seniors. But there are plenty of things coach Schaefer, in reference to the program’s Next: vs. UAB, Saturday. New Orleans 77, Sam Houston St. 50 25. Florida State (19-8) did not play. Next: Nicholls 63, McNeese St. 51 SEC Women people don’t know about them. fourth-straight sellout. “They deserve (another at N.C. State, Sunday. South Florida 81, Houston 65 Conference Overall UCF 63, Memphis 40 Vivians offered a little insight into her class- sellout). Each of them has done so much for the No. 12 Auburn 90, UConn 91, Tulane 47 W-L Pct. W-L Pct. UMass 58, Richmond 49 Mississippi State 14-0 1.000 28-0 1.000 mates Wednesday. program over the years. ... I’m just so proud of Alabama 71 VCU 88, Saint Louis 84 South Carolina 11-3 .786 22-5 .815 ALABAMA (17-11): Hall 3-4 1-2 7, Gid- MIDWEST LSU 10-4 .714 18-7 .720 “I know Morgan likes to scare Blair when each of them and appreciative for each of them. dens 0-1 0-0 0, Ingram 2-5 4-6 9, Petty 1-9 0-0 Missouri 10-4 .714 22-5 .815 Ball St. 85, W. Michigan 58 Georgia 10-4 .714 22-5 .815 she is at home,” Vivians said. “She hides under What they’ve done and brought to the table. 3, Sexton 8-12 7-8 25, Reese 2-5 0-0 6, Smith Buffalo 88, Bowling Green 67 Tennessee 9-5 .643 21-6 .778 0-0 0-2 0, Key 4-5 2-2 11, Jones 0-2 0-2 0, Cent. Michigan 91, N. Illinois 77 Texas A&M 9-5 .643 20-8 .714 her bed. I know Ro likes to wear eyelashes. I What they’ve meant to this university and to Schaffer 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 4-8 0-0 10. Totals Dayton 71, George Mason 66 Alabama 7-7 .500 17-10 .630 24-52 14-22 71. Kansas 66, Oklahoma St. 59 Kentucky 5-9 .357 13-15 .464 know Blair likes to be dramatic. Like when she our community. They’re tremendous family AUBURN (24-4): Spencer 2-3 0-0 4, Miami (Ohio) 77, Akron 50 Auburn 4-10 .286 13-10 .500 Murray 3-12 3-4 9, Harper 4-10 10-11 21, Brown Michigan St. 69, Wisconsin 61 Florida 3-11 .214 11-16 .407 speaks, if you follow her on Snapchat, you will kids. Their parents have done a wonderful job 5-17 5-6 18, Dunbar 6-10 0-3 14, Okeke 6-11 Ohio 79, Kent St. 78 Arkansas 3-11 .214 12-15 .444 2-2 16, Keim 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell 3-5 0-0 8. To- Ohio St. 88, Northwestern 54 Vanderbilt 2-12 .143 6-22 .214 understand.” with them. It’s been easy to coach each of them. tals 29-68 20-26 90. Purdue 64, Illinois 51 Ole Miss 1-13 .071 11-16 .407 Halftime—Auburn 40-35. 3-Point SIU-Edwardsville 67, Austin Peay 55 Schaefer, Johnson, and William couldn’t They’re fiercely competitive. They’re just great Goals—Alabama 9-26 (Reese 2-3, Johnson South Dakota 80, S. Dakota St. 75 Today’s Games 2-4, Sexton 2-4, Key 1-1, Ingram 1-3, Petty 1-9, Toledo 80, E. Michigan 69 LSU at South Carolina, 5:30 p.m. help but smile when they heard Vivians’ an- kids. They’ve been wonderful. I’m excited for Jones 0-1, Schaffer 0-1), Auburn 12-34 (Harper SOUTHWEST (SEC Network) swer. They also had their chance to dish a few them for not only this season and what we’ve 3-7, Brown 3-14, Mitchell 2-3, Okeke 2-3, Dun- Lamar 90, Houston Baptist 55 Tennessee at Florida, 6 p.m. bar 2-5, Murray 0-2). Fouled Out—Johnson. Oklahoma 80, Iowa St. 71 Georgia at Alabama, 7 p.m. “secrets” about their teammates, even though been able to accomplish, but I think there’s Rebounds—Alabama 35 (Key 8), Auburn 35 Oral Roberts 72, Nebraska-Omaha 56 Texas A&M at Arkansas, 7 p.m. (Okeke 10). Assists—Alabama 14 (Petty 4), Stephen F. Austin 55, Cent. Arkansas 50 Auburn at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. Schaefer deferred because she said couldn’t something special in store for them as well. It Auburn 19 (Harper 6). Total Fouls—Alabama TCU 72, Texas Tech 60 Vanderbilt at Missouri, 7 p.m. 21, Auburn 16. A—9,121 (9,121). Texas A&M-CC 70, Abilene Christian 51 Kentucky at Ole Miss, 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network) divulge the sensitive information to the media. should be a great night.” OLYMPICS Wise gives it all, U.S. women’s hockey Shiffrin gets silver comes out with gold team beats Canada in Vonn’s final race By EDDIE PELLS By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press in shootout for gold The Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — They give JEONGSEON, South Korea — Mikaela their bodies for this sport. Sometimes little piec- Shiffrin already was assured of earning her third es of their hearts and souls, too. By TERESA M. WALKER piling on top of Rooney on career medal, each in a different event, when Maybe that’s why David Wise decided there The Associated Press the ice — 20 years after Lindsey Vonn prepared to propel herself out of was nothing left to lose Thursday when he stood their last gold medal in the starting gate as the final starter in the final GANGNEUNG, South atop a halfpipe that had sent one third of the 12 women’s hockey and 38 race of her Olympic career. Korea — Jocelyne Lam- riders limping off with injuries, facing an all-or- years to the day after the This slalom portion of the two-leg Alpine com- oureux-Davidson skated nothing run after his ski bindings had failed him men’s famous “Miracle on bined would be the first — and only — time Vonn, slowly back and forth in his two previous trips down. Ice” victory over the So- 33, and U.S. teammate Shiffrin, 22, would com- toward the net, showing “We cranked my bindings up as high as they viet team in group play at pete against each other at any Olympics. Could forehand, then leaning Lake Placid. Vonn possibly summon a “miracle,” as she called would go,” Wise said. “We’re like, ‘You know quickly to the left to fake a “Joy’s the only word it, a slalom performance from somewhere in her what, my leg’s coming off before the ski does.’” backhand that pulled Ca- that comes to mind,” said past to make a lead from the downhill portion The skis stayed on. nadian goalie Shannon Sz- Gigi Marvin, a three-time Wise put down the most difficult, technically abados out of the crease. stand up? Could Shiffrin hold onto her silver? Olympian and at 30 the precise run ever seen in the sport of halfpipe ski- On the sport’s biggest With the snow carefully descending under oldest American on the ing. He edged out his Olympic roommate and fellow stage, against the Amer- the artificial lights lining the course, the drama roster. American, Alex Ferreira, to win his second straight icans’ greatest rival, with quickly dimmed. Vonn’s slalom lasted all of about This victory capped a Olympic gold medal. He and Ferreira gave the Unit- all her teammates leaning 10 seconds before she went off-course, leaving year that started with the ed States its fifth and sixth medals on the halfpipe eagerly over the boards Shiffrin in second place Thursday between two Americans threatening a — producing a glimmer of good news for a U.S. watching her every move, women from Switzerland: gold medalist Michelle boycott of the world cham- team that has struggled at these games. the three-time Olympian Gisin and bronze medalist Wendy Holdener. pionships to secure more In Seoul a few weeks ago, Wise and Ferreira came back to her forehand Gisin, whose older sister Dominique tied for huddled up and decided to get matching tattoos to finish off a dazzling, tri- money and the same kind of first in the 2014 Olympic downhill, produced a of the logo for the Pyeongchang Games on their ple-deke move by sliding treatment that USA Hockey total time of 2 minutes, 20.90 seconds that was arms. They were fitting tributes to all the work the puck into the net past gives to the men’s team. 0.97 seconds better than Shiffrin’s. Holdener they put in and the suffering they endured on the the outstretched glove of “They should make was nearly 1½ second off Gisin’s pace, turning road to South Korea. Szabados for the deciding a movie on it,” forward in the fastest slalom after standing 10th after the “I certainly felt like I needed to do something goal in the sixth round of Hilary Knight said. “We downhill. epic to commemorate this journey, because it’s a shootout thriller. had all the drama and Shiffrin ranked sixth in the downhill, 1.21 been a really hard struggle the last couple years,” “I knew when that went everything. It’s sort of a seconds slower than Gisin, and wasn’t able to Wise said. “I’ve been through a lot, and making in that Maddie was going storybook ending to an in- make up that large a deficit in her forte, the sla- the team for me was a lifetime accomplishment. to stop the next one,” Lam- credible series of accom- lom, which was a much shorter track. The down- Freeskiing won.” oureux-Davidson said. plishments.” hill took about 100 seconds; the slalom about 40. Four years ago in Sochi, Wise won but freeski- That would be 20-year- Nothing was more in- “Clearly,” said Shiffrin’s coach, Mike Day, ing did not. old goalie Maddie Rooney, credible than the move “the downhill didn’t go quite to plan.” A poorly made halfpipe was made worse by who stuffed the last two by Lamoureux-Davidson, Still, Shiffrin added the combined silver to wet, sloppy snow that fell on the night of the con- Canadian shooters to who decided to use the her giant slalom gold from a week earlier, giving test. wrap up a 3-2 victory deke called “Oops, I did it her two medals — plus a surprisingly low fourth- As the gold medalist and leader of his sport, Thursday that snapped again “ — something she place finish in the slalom — in three races. She Wise set out on a plan to make sure that wouldn’t the Americans’ 20-year had practiced uncounted arrived in South Korea to chatter about entering happen again. His goal was to become the first gold medal drought and times in practice, skating five, but after a series of weather-related sched- halfpipe freeskier to put down double corks — ended Canada’s bid for a around tires set up on open ule changes, wound up dropping two. two head-over-heels flips — in all four direc- fifth straight title in the ice to mimic defenders. “It’s really nice to be at the end of it,” she said, tions on the same run: forward spinning right; first shootout in an Olym- “I’m just thrilled be- “and know that I do have two medals.” forward spinning left; backward spinning right; pic women’s final. yond words,” the beam- With her slalom gold from the 2014 Games, backward spinning left. The Americans piled ing Lamoureux-David- Shiffrin joins Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso as He did it last month at the Winter X Games, over the boards, throwing son said with a U.S. flag the only Americans with a medal in each of at then again in his final run of the Olympics. gloves in the air before See U.S. WOMEN, 6B See SHIFFRIN, 6B 4B THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly on the air District Champions Junior Colleges Today Baseball team splits doubleheader against BOXING 10:30 p.m. — Joseph Diaz, Jr. vs. Victor Southwest Tennessee Terrazas, for Diaz’s NABO featherweight title, at SCOOBA — The East Mississippi Community College baseball team defeated Southwest Tennessee C.C. 15-5 in Game 1 of a double- Indio, California, ESPN2 header Tuesday at Gerald Poole Field. COLLEGE BASKETBALL EMCC dropped Game 2 14-4. 6 p.m. — Robert Morris at Mount St. Mary’s, Anthony Hickman’s two-run home run ignited the 12-run inning, CBS Sports Network while Luke Miller’s two-out, three-run blast capped the frame. Pinch-hit- 6 p.m. — Connecticut at Cincinnati, ESPN ter Isaiah Eiland added a two-run double. 6 p.m. — Wisconsin at Northwestern, ESPN2 Hickman, William Garriga, and Matt Inlow had two hits. 6 p.m. — Winthrop at UNC-Asheville, ESPNU Sophomore reliever Garrett Ainsworth was the benefactor of the Li- 6 p.m. — Purdue at Illinois, FS1 ons’ 12-run explosion by earning the victory after retiring the four batters 8 p.m. — Houston at Memphis, CBS Sports he faced in the fifth and sixth innings, including a pair of strikeouts. Network The nightcap was decided early after the Saluqis reached starting pitcher Chance Witt for nine runs on five hits and four walks in the first 8 p.m. — UCLA at Utah, ESPN two innings. 8 p.m. — Gonzaga at San Diego, ESPN2 EMCC (1-5) will play host to Nunez C.C. at 1 p.m. Saturday. 8 p.m. — Belmont at Jacksonville State, ESPNU 8 p.m. — Arizona at Oregon State, FS1 10 p.m. — BYU at Portland, ESPNU EMCC softball team loses to Shelton State 10:30 p.m. — Arizona State at Oregon, FS1 SCOOBA — The East Mississippi Community College softball team surrendered 11 home runs Tuesday in 14-0 and 11-7 losses to GOLF Shelton State C.C. 2 p.m. — PGA Tour, Honda Classic, first round, at EMCC (2-8) had only two hits in Game 1. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, TGC In Game 2, Camryn Williams hit her fifth home run in as many Midnight — LPGA Tour, Honda LPGA Thailand, games. Through the season’s first 10 games, the White Hall, Arkansas second round, at Chonburi, Thailand, TGC native is batting .467 with 14 RBIs. NBA EMCC will face Shelton State at 11 a.m. Friday before taking on 7 p.m. — Washington at Cleveland, TNT Roane State C.C. at 1 p.m. in the Shelton State-hosted tournament. 9:30 p.m. — L.A. Clippers at Golden State, TNT SOCCER East Central C.C. softball team sweeps Marion Military 9:50 a.m. — UEFA Europa League, Round of 32, DECATUR — The No. 10 East Central Community College softball 2nd leg, FC Lokomotiv Moscow vs. OGC Nice, team blasted four home runs as part of a 24-hit attack Tuesday to FS2 sweep Marion Military Institute 5-2 and 15-4 Institute at the Softball Noon — UEFA Europa League, Round of 32, 2nd Park in Decatur. leg, Atletico Madrid vs. Copenhagen, FS1 With the wins, East Central improved to 9-1. Marion is 8-10. The Noon — UEFA Europa League, Round of 32, 2nd teams split a doubleheader earlier this month in Marion, Alabama. leg, RB Leipzig vs. Napoli, FS2 ECCC broke up a 2-2 tie in the first game with three runs in the bot- tom of the fifth inning. Former Caledonia High School standout Cassie 2 p.m. — UEFA Europa League, Round of 32, 2nd Obman had an RBI single. Obman had two hits in the game. leg, Arsenal vs. Osterland, FS1 Kaitlyn Oswalt, a sophomore from Heritage Academy in Columbus, 2 p.m. — UEFA Europa League, Round of 32, 2nd improved to 4-1. She allowed four hits in seven innings. She struck out leg, Atalanta vs. Borussia Dortmund, FS2 seven. WINTER OLYMPICS 12:45 p.m. — Curling: Men’s Semifinal, NBC ICC announces dates for football tryouts Sports Network FULTON — Itawamba Community College football coach Sean 2 p.m. — Biathlon: Women’s 4x6km Relay Gold Cannon has announced the Indian football team will hold open tryouts Medal Final; Nordic Combined: Men’s Team Wednesday, March 28, on the Fulton Campus of Itawamba Community Large Hill/4x5km Gold Medal Final, WTVA College. 4 p.m. — Curling: Men’s Semifinal, CNBC The tryouts are open to any unsigned high school seniors or 6 p.m. — Figure Skating: Ladies’ Free Program college students that meet Mississippi Association of Community and (LIVE), NBC Sports Network Junior Colleges (MACJC) National Junior College Athletic Association 7 p.m. — Figure Skating: Ladies’ Gold Medal (NJCAA) eligibility requirements. Registration will be from 12:30 to 1:30 TOP, ABOVE: The West Lowndes Final (LIVE); Alpine Skiing: Women’s Combined, High School boys and girls p.m. at the field house. Participants will engage in non-contact com- Downhill Run (LIVE); Snowboarding: Women’s bine-like drills, including: bench press rep test, 40-yard dash, shuttle basketball teams won the run, position drills, and one-on-one drills. Big Air Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Short Track Mississippi High School Activities Individuals interested in trying out are responsible for bringing an Speedskating: Men’s 500, Women’s 1000, Association (MHSAA) Class 1A updated copy of their physical, cleats and workout clothes. The cost of Men’s 5000 Relay Gold Medal Finals, WTVA Region 6 tournament on Feb. 16 in this year’s tryouts is $20, cash only. 9 p.m. — Curling: Men’s Semifinal (replay); Short Columbus. RIGHT: West Lowndes’ For more information, contact Cannon at [email protected]. Track Speedskating: Men’s 500, Women’s 1000, Ariel Boswell, left, and Shynice Watt Men’s 5000 Relay Gold Medal Final, NBC Sports were named to the all-tournament Network ICC men’s soccer reschedules tryouts team. BOTTOM (from left): West FULTON — Itawamba Community College men’s soccer coach 11:35 p.m. — Alpine Skiing: Women’s Combined, Slalom Gold Medal Run (LIVE); Lowndes’ Jerqualin Morris, Travion Mike Sullivan announced tryouts for the 2018 team have been post- Lucious (Most Defensive Player), poned until 2 p.m. Tuesday at the ICC Soccer Complex on the Fulton Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Ski Cross Gold Medal Campus. Final, WTVA Zack Tucker and Jerquaveus Tryouts are open to current ICC students and unsigned seniors in 1 a.m. (Friday) — Ice Hockey: Men’s Semifinal Sanders were named to the high school who meet National Junior College Athletic Association (NJ- (LIVE), NBC Sports Network all-tournament team. They are CAA) and Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL pictured with assistant coach (MACJC) eligibility requirements. 5 p.m. — Maryland at Michigan, Big Ten Network Derrick Lucious, and head coach Participants are required to bring an up-to-date physical, cleats, 5:30 p.m. — LSU at South Carolina, SEC Network Nick Christy, who was named the shin guards, and regular athletic shoes in the event the tryouts are district’s coach of the year. moved indoors due to inclement weather. All athletes and a legal guard- 7 p.m. — Penn State at Nebraska, Big Ten Network ian for athletes under the age of 18 will have to sign a waiver of liability in Contributed order to participate in the tryouts and are encouraged to fill out the team 7:30 p.m. — Kentucky at Ole Miss, SEC Network questionnaire available on the men’s soccer page of LetsGoICC.com. Email Sullivan at [email protected] to request the wavier form and Friday to reserve your spot at this year’s tryouts. AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, practice, at ICC to host cheer clinics and tryouts in March Hampton, Georgia, FS1 FULTON — Itawamba Community College will host its cheer clinics and tryouts for the 2018-19 squads on March 19 and 20 at the Noon — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Rinnai 250, ICC intramural Gym on the Fulton campus. practice, at Hampton, Georgia, FS1 Clinics will run from 3-5 p.m. and with a $30 non-refundable entry 1 p.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, fee due at the first clinic. Active Pest Control 200, practice, at Hampton, Participants must have a current physical that can’t be more than Georgia, FS1 one year to date of the clinics and tryouts. Individuals under the age of 2 p.m. — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Rinnai 250, 18 are required to have a release form signed by a legal guardian. Par- final practice, at Hampton, Georgia, FS1 ticipants must fill out the cheer questionnaire and release and liability 3 p.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, waiver form. All forms are available on the cheer page of LetsGoICC. Active Pest Control 200, final practice, at com. Participation won’t be allowed under any circumstance if any of the required documents aren’t completed and presented on the first Hampton, Georgia, FS1 clinic date. 4 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, The tryout date is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22. Clinics Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, qualifying, at and tryouts are closed to the public. Only those participating in the Hampton, Georgia, FS1 clinics and tryouts are allowed in the facility. BASKETBALL For more information, contact Emily Lamb at [email protected] 10 p.m. — FIBA 2019 World Cup, Americas or 662-862-8173. qualifiers, Cuba vs. United States, at Santa Cruz, California, ESPNU Major League Baseball COLLEGE BASKETBALL Newly acquired Drury now front-runner to play 3B 5:30 p.m. — Central Michigan at Toledo, CBS Sports Network for Yankees 6 p.m. — Dayton at Rhode Island, ESPN2 TAMPA, Fla. — Newly acquired Brandon Drury is the now the 6 p.m. — Harvard at Princeton, ESPNU favorite to be the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees. 7 p.m. — Ohio State at Indiana, FS1 BASKETBALL: NBA The Yankees acquired Drury from Arizona on Tuesday night in 8 p.m. — Western Michigan at Ball State, ESPN2 a three-team deal that also involved Tampa Bay. Drury played mostly second base for Arizona, but came up through the minors at third. 8 p.m. — Manhattan at Iona, ESPNU “Nothing is going to be given to anybody, but going into the process DRAG RACING Will Warriors be dominant again? he’s going to have a leg up given the fact that he’s had two years of 6 p.m. — NHRA, Arizona Nationals, qualifying, at Chandler, Arizona, FS1 major league experience that he can fall back on plus postseason By BRIAN MAHONEY experience,” Yankees general manager Cashman said Wednesday. “I GOLF San Antonio went 4-0 against the War- The Associated Press think all those things will serve him well.” 4 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Commercial Bank riors in 2013-14 — the season before Prospect Miguel Andujar was a leading candidate at third before Qatar Masters, second round, at Doha, Qatar, Kerr’s arrival. the trade for Drury was completed. TGC The Golden State Warriors have Their spotty play thus far makes “Andujar is a high-end skilled player that we think is going to have 2 p.m. — PGA Tour, Honda Classic, second never lost more than 15 games in a Curry appreciate their time at the top a very long and successful career in the big leagues, and we believe it’s round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, TGC season under Steve Kerr. going to be here with us,” Cashman said. “His hitting abilities are ahead even more. currently of his defensive abilities because he moved himself up so fast. Midnight — LPGA Tour, Honda LPGA Thailand, They could reach that total in the “We’ve kind of set a standard of This allows us, if we so choose, to buy more (development) time.” third round, at Chonburi, Thailand, TGC first night after the All-Star break. excellence in the league,” he said. Andujar, through a translator, said he is not disappointed by the MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL The Warriors who return Thurs- “That’s pretty cool to think about sus- Noon — Spring training, Washington vs. trade. day night aren’t the same ones who taining that high level of play for so “We’ve got to welcome him here in the clubhouse,” Andujar said. Houston, at Palm Beach, Florida, MLB Network dominated the NBA for the last three “I’ve got keep working hard. The addition of another player, another NBA long.” teammate doesn’t change my plans.” 7 p.m. — Minnesota at Houston, ESPN seasons. The defending champions Some other things to watch when The 25-year-old Drury also has experience in the corner outfield 9:30 p.m. — Dallas at L.A. Lakers, ESPN sputtered into their week off with four play resumes today with six games: spots, but the Yankees are well stocked there. SOCCER losses in their final eight games, fall- n RACE TO THE BOTTOM: While the NBA fined Dal- Drury hit .267 with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs in 135 games for las owner Mark Cuban $600,000 on Wednesday for his pub- Arizona last season. 1:20 p.m. — Bundesliga, Mainz vs. Wolfsburg, ing into second place in the Western FS2 lic comments about tanking, the Mavericks have plenty of Drury is scheduled to work out with the Yankees today. Conference behind Houston — end- company near the bottom of the standings. Phoenix has lost Arizona received outfielder Steven Souza Jr. from Tampa Bay and WINTER OLYMPICS ing a three-year run of taking the seven straight to share the worst record in the league with minor league right-hander Taylor Widener from New York. The Yankees 4 a.m. — Speedskating: Men’s 1000m Gold league’s best record into the break. Atlanta at 18-41, and six other teams, including the Mavs, sent second baseman Nick Solak to the Rays. Medal Final (LIVE), NBC Sports Network At 44-14 and loaded with four All- have 20 or fewer victories. The team who finishes last has 4 a.m. —­ Medal Ceremonies (LIVE), OLY Channel the best chance to win the draft lottery, though if it’s Brooklyn Stars, the Warriors are still very good, Golf 5:30 a.m. — Ice Hockey: Men’s Semifinal (LIVE), (19-40), that makes a winner out of Cleveland, which has the NBC Sports Network but not as good they’ve been. Nets’ pick that belonged to Boston after acquiring it in the Curiosity, hope and big crowds follow Woods 8:30 a.m. — Men’s Curling: Bronze Medal “This year we’ve had a pretty solid Kyrie Irving trade. PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — He is the only two-time winner Match, NBC Sports Network season, but feel that we can play a lot n DOMINANT DAVIS: Anthony Davis scored 44, 38 on the PGA Tour this season. He has been No. 1 in the FedEx Cup 11:30 a.m. — Curling: Women’s Semifinal, NBC and 42 points in his last three games before the All-Star standings the past six weeks. better,” Stephen Curry said. “So that’s break, leading New Orleans to victories in all of them. He And when he sees the No. 544 player in the world this morning on Sports Network what we’re trying to do this next 20 leads the league with 22 games of 30 points or more and the first tee of the Honda Classic, these could be his first words. 2 p.m. — Biathlon: Men’s 4×7.5km Relay Gold games before another championship the Pelicans might need him to keep it up, as they are just a “Hi, I’m Patton Kizzire.” Medal Final; Figure Skating: Ladies’ Review, run.” half-game ahead of the Clippers for the final playoff spot in Kizzire can’t recall meeting Tiger Woods except in passing. That WTVA the Western Conference. would have been last year at Torrey Pines, the only time they were in 4 p.m. — Curling: Women’s Semifinal, CNBC Their performances against their n MEN OF MYSTERY: Two of the NBA’s strange ab- the field. 7 p.m. — Alpine Skiing: Team Event Gold first two opponents out of the break sences could be cleared up after the break — or could last The 31-year-old from Alabama, who is the image of southern Medal Final (LIVE); Snowboarding: Men’s Big show how different things have been through the rest of the season. Spurs star Kawhi Leonard comfort with his polite demeanor, is the latest to experience the hype Air Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Four-Man Bobsled; for these Warriors. The Los Angeles continues to rehabilitate a right thigh injury — the team lists surrounding Woods in his return from a fourth back surgery. Speedskating: Men’s 1000m Gold Medal Final, his reason for not playing as “return from injury manage- “First time,” he said Wednesday. “It’s something I’ve looked forward Clippers, who visit Golden State on ment” — after he was shut down after appearing in just nine to as a kid. I always looked up to him.” WTVA Thursday, won in Oakland last month games. Philadelphia guard Markelle Fultz, the No. 1 draft It’s not easy being Woods, who has been golf’s biggest star since 7 p.m. — Biathlon: Men’s 4×7.5km Relay Gold after losing the previous 12 meetings pick, remains sidelined with a right shoulder injury after play- his 12-shot victory at the 1997 Masters. He copes with the largest Medal Final; Curling: Women’s Semifinal (replay), in the series. ing in just four games. Neither player has been ruled out for NBC Sports Network galleries, the incessant movement, the endless distraction. And the Oklahoma City Thunder, the season, though there’s not much time left if they’re going Rory McIlroy played with him last week at Riviera and suggested 10:35 p.m. — Snowboarding: Men’s & Women’s to come back. the gallery costs Woods a half-shot a round. Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Finals, WTVA Golden State’s opponent Saturday n RISING ROOKIES: Utah’s Donovan Mitchell, who But at least he’s used to it. 11 p.m. — Cross Country: Men’s 50km Gold in a nationally televised game, have won the Slam Dunk contest at the All-Star Game, and Ben Justin Thomas played with Woods in the Bahamas before only Medal Final (LIVE), NBC Sports Network defeated the Warriors by 17 and 20 Simmons of Philadelphia could be locked in tight race for a few hundred people. He experienced the full Tiger show during the 2 a.m. (Saturday) — Curling: Men’s Gold Medal Rookie of the Year. Both have their teams on the rise, as the opening two rounds at Riviera and described it as “pretty wild.” The next points already this season. They can Jazz have won 11 straight games to pull within 1 ½ games of day is when he appreciated the amount of attention Woods gets. Final, NBC Sports Network become the first team to beat Golden eighth place in the West, while the 76ers have won five in a — From Staff and Wire Reports State three times in a season since row and are seventh in the East. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 5B AUTO RACING NASCAR heads to Atlanta with Daytona 500 hangover By JENNA FRYER took a shot at Hamlin for the bone. I have one,” he concluded. NASCAR had allowed a “What we need is the conti- The Associated Press final lap racing that in Hamlin’s Wallace was dubious of Ham- maximum 43 cars starting in nuity with all the same drivers mind went too far. lin’s take on the last-lap racing 1998, and hit that number un- and cars running across the CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “He might need to take some on Sunday night, but believed til only 42 cars showed up at a Austin Dillon is still celebrating whole season,” he said. “I think Adderall for that one,” Wallace the two would move on to At- 2014 race in Kentucky. Under this is really a sign of the times, his Daytona 500 victory and said on the Fox broadcast after lanta and be fine. He did, how- the charter system, with only and that’s the way it’s going to Bubba Wallace is relishing his he climbed from his car. ever, wonder if he was going to 36 cars guaranteed spots in the sudden breakout as NASCAR’s Told of the crack in his post- be kicked out of the Hamlin-led field, NASCAR cut the field to a be.” newest star. race news conference, Hamlin recreational basketball and golf maximum of 40 each week. And, keep an eye on the Toy- Denny Hamlin? Well, he’s in again maintained Wallace’s leagues. But the bulk of the purse ota teams, especially Martin the middle of another feud, and contact had cut his tire. He Turns out, though, that it goes to the chartered teams, Truex Jr. it’s only the second week of the didn’t respond to the Adderall wasn’t just NASCAR that was and it’s a financial burden for The most dominating manu- season. mention and exited the room. annoyed with Hamlin’s Adder- “open” cars to show up every facturer of 2017 came up empty NASCAR moves from the Once outside the media cen- all assessment. week and fight for the remain- at Daytona, and Truex, the de- Daytona 500 this weekend to ter, he bumped into Wallace, Kevin Harvick used his ing four slots in the field. fending series champion, led Atlanta Motor Speedway with a and the two had a brief but heat- Tuesday night SiriusXM show The new charter system just four laps in three races. bit of a hangover from the big- ed exchange. to note plenty of drivers are up- meant that only 40 cars tried to gest party of its season. Public sentiment is on Wal- set with Hamlin. make the Daytona 500, which Toyota drivers did not win a sin- Hamlin earned a call to the lace’s side — few fans have for- “Those 70 percent of drivers made the qualifying races gle Cup event at Daytona. NASCAR hauler for a comment given Hamlin since he wrecked he referred to are mad,” Har- pointless because no driver But Atlanta at 1.54-miles is he made last week on the “Bar- Chase Elliott at Martinsville vick said. “Whether he thinks was battling for a spot in the in Truex’s wheelhouse, and he stool Sports” podcast in which last fall — and Hamlin angrily it was an off-the-cuff comment field. Asked about the small car won seven races on intermedi- he claimed 70 percent of NA- took to Twitter to tell his side of and something he meant to say counts at Daytona, NASCAR ate tracks last year. Truex’s av- SCAR drivers take the prescrip- the story. or not to say, it still offended executive Steve O’Donnell said erage finish last year in 11 races tion drug Adderall to help with Hamlin late Tuesday night most everybody in the garage. the series prefers a strong en- at 1.5-mile tracks was second. concentration. called his Twitter critics “idi- If you’re going to play around, try list over backmarkers and “While Daytona is the big- Adderall is on NASCAR’s ots,” and explained he had no joking and think it’s not some- field fillers. banned substance list without a beef about the ending of the thing that everybody is going “I think it is one of the best gest and most prestigious race doctor prescription. race. His problem was the final to take offense to. I think he’s fields we’ve had, it’s deep,” to win, the season actually Hamlin claimed it was a joke question of his news confer- probably seeing that nobody O’Donnell said. “In the future, starts at a downforce track,” made on an irreverent podcast, ence, when he was asked for a really appreciated it and it put would we like to see more? We Truex said. “Atlanta should give but Wallace didn’t let it go af- response to Wallace’s remark. everybody in a bad spot.” probably would. But when you us a good indication how we ter nudging Hamlin for second “I had no issue until not only Angry drivers are just one of look across all of sports now, fare against the competition.” place in the Daytona 500. The did he place blame on me but many things to keep an eye on the idea of sending someone So, yeah, NASCAR rolls its two raced door-to-door to the then went on to make personal at Atlanta. home with a major sponsor, it show into Atlanta with every- finish, and Hamlin has repeat- comments about myself. I left There are so far only 36 just doesn’t happen in sports one mad at Hamlin, Wallace out edly said the contact cut his the media center and saw Bub- cars entered for Sunday’s race, today. It’s not just a reality for tire. ba 30 secs later,” Hamlin posted which would make it the small- NASCAR, it’s all motorsports, to prove he’s the real deal and But after his historic sec- in a series of tweets. est field in decades. Only 39 and sports in general.” Truex and the Toyota camp try- ond-place finish — Wallace was “Anyone who wouldn’t take cars competed at Atlanta last Team owner Roger Penske ing to reclaim their footing. the first black driver in the Day- offense to the stupid things that year, and that was the smallest also wasn’t bothered by the Buckle up, it’s going to be a tona 500 field since 1969 — he was said has absolutely no back- field in 20 years. field size. long season. Monster Energy Cup Schedule / Winners XFINITY Schedule / Winners Feb. 11 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash (Brad Keselowski) Feb. 17 — POWERSHARES QQQ 300 (Tyler Reddick) Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 1 (Ryan Blaney) Brittany Force recovering, Feb. 24 — Rinnai 500, Hampton, Ga. Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 2 (Chase Elliott) Feb. 18 — Daytona 500 (Austin Dillon) March 3 — Boyd Gaming 300, Las Vegas. Feb. 25 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. March 10 — DC Solar 200, Avondale, Ariz. March 4 — Penzoil 400, Las Vegas March 17 — TBA, Fontana, Calif. remembers nothing about crash March 11 — TicketGuardian 500, Avondale, Ariz. March 18 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. April 7 — My Bariatric Solutions 300, Fort Worth, Texas. By The Associated Press ly skidded to a stop. March 25 — STP 500, Ridgeway, Va. April 14 — Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300, Bristol, Tenn. “My biggest concern is being trapped April 8 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 20 — ToyotaCare 250, Richmond, Va. YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Brittany April 15 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. in the car while it’s on fire,” Brittany April 28 — Sparks Energy 300, Lincoln, Ala. Force remembers nothing about the April 21 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. Force said. “So, after seeing in the video May 5 — OneMain Financial 200, Dover, Del. hard crash that hospitalized her over- April 29 — GEICO 500, Lincoln, Ala. that the car tipped over and caught on May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. May 26 — Hisense 4K TV 300, Concord, N.C. night during the NHRA season opener fire, I made the decision not to watch it May 12 — TBA, Kansas City, Kan. June 2 — Pocono Green 250, Long Pond, Pa. nearly two weeks ago. again until getting back in the car and May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open, Concord, N.C. June 9 — LTi Printing 250, Brooklyn, Mich. The defending Top Fuel champion making some runs. I don’t need those May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. says in a question-and-answer session images in my head before making anoth- May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. June 17 — American Ethanol 250, Newton, Iowa. released by her team that she watched er pass.” June 3 — Pocono 400, Lond Pond, Pa. June 30 — Overton’s 300, Joliet, Ill. part of the crash on a cellphone and “it June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. July 6 — Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, Daytona Beach, Fla. It’s unclear when Force will get back June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. was much worse than I expected.” in her dragster. July 1 — Overton’s 400, Joliet, Ill. July 13 — Alsco 300, Sparta, Ky. Force was hospitalized following a NHRA returns to the track Friday at July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 21 — Lakes Region 200, Loudon, N.H. wall-banging accident at the Winterna- the Arizona Nationals, but it’s unlikely July 14 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. July 28 — U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, Iowa. July 22 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon tionals in Pomona, California, on Feb. 11. Force will be behind the wheel for the Aug. 4 — Zippo 200, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Her team, John Force Racing, said she July 29 — Gander Outdoors 400, Long Pond, Pa. season’s second event. John Force Rac- Aug. 5 — GoBowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 11 — Mid-Ohio Challenge, Lexington, Ohio. escaped internal injuries and sustained ing is expected to address her future Aug. 12 — TBA, Brooklyn, Mich. Aug. 17 — Food City 300, Bristol, Tenn. only “upper-body soreness.” Thursday. Aug. 18 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Aug. 25 — Johnsonville 180, Elkhart Lake, Wis. The 31-year-old Force is one Funny Sept. 2 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. “I don’t remember any of the crash,” Sept. 1 — Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200, Darlington, S.C. Car great John Force’s three daughters . Sept. 9 — Big Machine Brickyard 400, Indianapolis she said. “The last thing I remember is Sept. 8 — Lilly Diabetes 250, Indianapolis. The 2017 class champion was rac- staging the car. The next piece I remem- Sept. 16 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Sept. 22 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 15 — TBA, Las Vegas. ing in the first round of eliminations ber is the ‘Safety Safari’ helping me out Sept. 30 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Sept. 21 — Go Bowling 250, Richmond, Va. when her dragster veered right just off of the car. I remember looking down at Oct. 7 — TBA, Dover, Del. the start, shot the other direction and this mangled mess and thinking some- Oct. 14 — Alabama 500, Lincoln, Ala. Sept. 29 — Drive for the Cure 300, Concord, N.C. slammed into the left wall. It spun with one had wrecked. Then I realized the Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 6 — TBA, Dover, Del. the tangled parachute catching the nose mess was my car. After that I remember Oct. 28 — First Data 500, Ridgeway, Va. Oct. 20 — Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth Nov. 3 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, Fort Worth, Texas. and hit backward into the right wall, bits and pieces, but I do remember my Nov. 11 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz. flipping on its side. It ended up back on whole family in the hospital with me. My Nov. 18 — Ford Ecoboost 400, Homestead, Fla. Nov. 10 — Ticket Galaxy 200, Avondale, Ala. what was left of the wheels when it final- first question was, ‘What happened?’” x-non-points race Nov. 17 — Ford EcoBoost 300, Homestead, Fla. Softball Continued from Page 1B sudden preseason coaching change, victory against South Alabama. South league with a .323 average. just plug in and go.” didn’t receive a vote in the poll. Alabama beat No. 9 Florida State on Mia Davidson is ninth in the league After returning from the West Coast, “Top to bottom, the league is going to Wednesday night in Mobile, Alabama. with a team-best .484 average. The MSU will begin a nine-game homestand. The loss was a 1-0 setback to Drake. freshman from Hillsborough, North again be very challenging,” Stuedeman Road trips to Samford and Memphis will said. “We were fortunate that to start the Pitching has set the tone. MSU is Carolina, has 15 hits (four doubles, two follow before the conference season be- season we took care of business for the second in the league with a 0.42 earned triples, two home runs). most part.” run average. The Bulldogs have six “She showed us her capabilities gins at Missouri. The highlight of the season-opening shutouts, including a perfect game. Of- during the fall,” Stuedeman said. “We Follow Dispatch sports writer Scott homestand was a come-from-behind fensively, the Bulldogs are sixth in the felt like Mia was one of those you could Walters on Twitter @dispatchscott Morale Continued from Page 1B Henderson made the job of ing and receptive pupils. the team as its interim coach for Henderson said he hasn’t ing to do the same thing.” getting MSU (1-3) re-focused “It’s definitely an unfortu- the first time Wednesday morn- talked to his players about deal- Henderson said the future seem to be easy. Henderson nate event, but we have two ing before it left Starkville. ing with Cannizaro’s resigna- is the only thing the Bulldogs said he had a short conversation ways to react to it: either let it “We took care of some tion. He judged the Bulldogs’ should be focused on. with MSU Director of Athletics affect us or overcome it, and I house-cleaning things, really of performance Wednesday as a “For the most part, you’re John Cohen about how to move think that’s what we’re going to no interest to anyone outside of sign they are doing fine. Vansau disappointed and you know forward. He said his five years do,” junior outfielder/designat- the program,” Henderson said. said the team hasn’t discussed immediately you have to move as Cohen’s assistant coach at ed hitter Hunter Vansau said. “Just how I wanted to do some Cannizaro much recently. forward,” Henderson said. “I’m Kentucky helped him earn Co- Said Mangum, MSU’s start- things and we talked about es- Vansau said the team is look- not sure that’s terribly insight- hen’s trust. Henderson took ing junior center fielder, “We tablishing an identity — who ing at the episode as a small part ful. That’s a pretty good slice of over at Kentucky after Cohen have to stay focused. It’s not we’re going to be and how we’re of a long season. Mangum said common sense.” left to become coach at MSU. ideal, but we move forward and going to get it done. It wasn’t a the new clubhouse attitude that Follow Dispatch sports In addition to having Co- it’s past us now.” real long meeting, but it was to emphasizes the future is a collab- writer Brett Hudson on Twitter hen’s trust, Henderson had will- Henderson said he addressed the point and received well.” orative effort among “35 guys try- @Brett_Hudson Win Continued from Page 1B Transfer JP France al- said the Bulldogs’ im- fensively, we got deeper Vansau, a junior designat- son to make it 8-0. man Josh Hatcher con- lowed one hit and struck provement can be traced into counts. Guys laid off ed hitter, led off the top France, a graduate tinued his hot start with out two in three innings to the opening weekend. balls outside the strike of the fourth inning with transfer, James, Barlow, a hit, two walks, and two to get the victory for MSU “Sometimes you play zone, and I think that a solo home run to right Liebelt, and Self com- runs scored. (1-3). Keegan James (five over the course of a week- was the biggest story field. Later in the frame, bined to limit JSU to four MSU’s 12-day road trip strikeouts), Trysten Bar- end, you get a couple of of the (Southern Miss) freshman left fielder Row- hits. They also walked will continue this week- low, Jared Liebelt, and days off and you realize weekend: Guys chased dey Jordan had a two-run only three. end with three games in Riley Self followed and you’re much better than too much, (were) too ag- single for his first RBIs as “On the mound to- Corpus Christi, Texas. combined to record 11 you performed,” said gressive at pitches we a Bulldog. night, lights out,” Mang- MSU will play UC Santa strikeouts. Henderson, MSU’s inter- shouldn’t be swinging at.” In the fifth, Vansau was um said. “Guys filled the Barbara on Friday, Nich- MSU had every rea- im coach. “You’re deter- MSU worked 11 walks hit by a pitch and moved zone up, changed speeds, olls State on Saturday, son to be distracted after mined to go out and prove and struck out seven to second on a passed threw three different and Texas A&M-Corpus Andy Cannizaro’s deci- it, and I think we proved times against JSU. It also ball. After catcher Dustin pitches for strikes. We Christi on Sunday. sion Tuesday morning that tonight.” benefited from four hit Skelton walked, Poole, a had really good outings, Follow Dispatch sports to resign as the team’s Said junior center field- batters. senior outfielder, hit his and we needed them.” writer Brett Hudson on coach, but Henderson er Jake Mangum, “Of- With MSU leading 2-0, first home run of the sea- Freshman first base- Twitter @Brett_Hudson 6B THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com U.S. women Shiffrin Continued from Page 3B Continued from Page 3B draped around her shoul- straight gold medal in So- tied it up with a break- least three Alpine disci- dure another four years, So, then, there they ders and gold hanging on chi after rallying to stun away with 6:21 left in reg- plines. Vonn added a bronze on were as the sun settled her chest. “I’ve butchered the Americans in over- ulation . Knight also had “It’s like being a great Wednesday in the down- behind the clouds, the it a thousand times, just time. a goal and Rooney was butterflier, being a great hill, one of the races Shif- temperature dipped and ran into tires, tripped over Knight gave the U.S. a spectacular, making 29 breaststroker, being a frin elected to skip to con- the last individual Alpine tires just working on my 1-0 lead with 25.4 seconds saves for the win. Rooney great freestyler and being serve energy. race of the Pyeongchang hands. Just glad it worked left in the first, redirect- stopped the last two Ca- a great backstroker,” Day After Vonn’s slalom Games concluded. Yes, out this time.” ing a shot from Sidney nadian shooters in the said. “There’s not many ended suddenly, she there is a team event Sat- Her twin, Monique Morin through Szabados’ shootout in Brianne Jen- people who do all of those crossed paths with Shif- urday, but neither Vonn Lamoureux-Morando , pads to give the Ameri- ner and then Agosta on really well.” frin in the finish area. nor Shiffrin is expected to said coach Peter Elander, cans a jolt of energy. her second attempt. Eight years ago, it was They had a brief ex- enter, as is the case with now at Ohio State, had That lasted only 2 min- Pressure? Rooney’s Vonn who went to the Van- change. the rest of the sport’s big- taught the sisters the utes into the second when grin was clear to see couver Olympics accom- “I mean, it’s incredible gest names, who would shootout move when the Haley Irwin tipped a mid- throughout the shootout. panied by outsized antic- what she’s able to accom- prefer to take a break three were at the Univer- air pass from Blayre Turn- “Right before she came ipation and unrealistic plish. She’s so young and before returning to the sity of North Dakota. bull over Rooney’s left leg down, I just looked over speculation (by others) she approaches ski rac- World Cup circuit. “Not everyone can take for Canada. And when at the bench and saw my about four or five medals. ing much different than Shiffrin is the best fe- the pressure like that, and Morin lost the puck, Melo- teammates like pointing She, too, came away with pretty much anyone else,” male skier of today, chas- she took it like a champ,” die Daoust grabbed it and at me, just one more,” two, then missed the So- Vonn said later. “I think ing a second consecutive she said. passed to Meghan Agos- Rooney said. “And to have chi Olympics after tear- she had potential to do a overall title; Vonn is the Marvin and Amanda ta who hit Marie-Philip their support made it a ing knee ligaments. lot more at these Games, best female skier in his- Kessel also scored in the Poulin for the wrister into whole lot easier. I just re- At what she has said but at the same time — tory, just five World Cup shootout, another nail-bit- the left side of the net at acted to her, and then ev- must be her last Olym- same like me, you can’t race wins away from ty- er ending four years after 6:55 for a 2-1 lead. erything kind of went into pics because her oft-in- expect everything all the ing Ingemar Stenmark’s Canada won its fourth- Lamoureux-Morando a blur.” jured body cannot en- time.” all-time record of 86. Comics & Puzzles DILBERT Dear Abby EAR ABBY: psychiatrist know around more. Deal with it then. My psychia- one of his/her The boy’s stability is coming Dtrist’s office employees hung from the home you and your called and left up on you? 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The above general out- on the ou1090tsi Automotivede as: BServicesID ninety (90) days after 1910 Welding 4180 Bargain Column 5350 Veterinarians 8300 Houses - South • All ads are subject to the approval of this paper.line o Thef feat urCommerciales of the ENCLOSE1120D “BuildingNort h& Remodelingthe actual date of the work does not in any Starkville Industrial Park opening thereof. 4210 Bicycles 5400 Wanted To Buy 8350 Houses - West Dispatch reserves the right to reject, revise, classify or cancel any 1150 Carpeting/Flooring 2000 Announcements way limit the responsib- Substation Pad and the 4240 Building Materials 8450 Houses - Caledonia advertising at any time. 1180 Childcare 2050 Card of Thanks 6000 Financial ility of the Contractor to envelope should also EVIDENCE: No bid will 4250 Burial Plots 8500 Houses - Other 1210 Chimney Cleaning 2100 Fraternal & Lodge 6050 Business Opportunity perform all work and fur- bear on the outside the be opened, considered 4270 Business Furniture & 8520 Hunting Land nish all labor, equip- name of 1240the Contractors Company or accepted 2150unl eGoodss Thingsthe To Eat 6100 Business Opportunity Wanted Equipment 8550 Investment Property Advertisements mustment an dbe mate rials re- and the C1250om Computerpany’ sServices ad- above inform2200ati oInn Memorial is giv- 6120 Check Cashing 4300 Camera Equipment 8600 Lots & Acreage quired by the specifica- dress. If 1270for wElectricalarded by en as specif2250ied. Instruction & School 6150 Insurance tions and t he drawings mail, the sealed envel- 4330 Clothing 8650 Mobile Homes paid for in advance. 1300 Excavating 2300 Lost & Found 6200 Loans referred to therein. ope containing the bid Awarding public con- 4360 Coins & Jewelry 8700 Mobile Home Spaces 1320 Fitness Training 2350 Personals 6250 Mortgages You may cancel at any time during regular business hours must be enclosed in an- tracts to non-resident 4390 Computer Equipment 8750 Resort Property CERTIFICATE OF RE- other en1330velo Furniturepe ad -Repair & RefinishingBidders will b2400e o Specialn th eNotices 6300 Stocks & Bonds and receive a refund for days not published. 4420 Farm Equipment & Supplies 8800 River Property SPONSIBILITY: Each dressed 1360to G Generalreate Servicesr same basis 2600as tTravel/Entertainmenthe non- 6350 Business for Sale 4450 Firewood 8850 Wanted to Buy contractor submitting a Starkville1380 De Housecleaningvelopment resident bidder’s state bid in excess of Partnership, 200 East awards contr3000acts Employmentto 4460 Flea Markets 7000 Rentals 8900 Waterfront Property 1390 Insulation $50,000.00 must show Main Street, Starkville, Mississippi C3050on Clericaltracto &r Offices 4480 Furniture 7050 Apartments 1400 Insurance 9000 Transportation FREE SERVICES on his bid and on the MS 39759. Any bid not bidding unde3100r s iDatamil aProcessing/r cir- Computer 4510 Garage Sales 7100 Commercial Property face of the envelope received1410 in wInteriorritin Decoratorsg at cumstances. In order to 9050 Auto Accessories/Parts 3150 Domestic Help 4540 General Merchandise 7150 Houses containing the bid, his this offic1440e b yJewelry/Watch the date Repair ensure that 9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing Ad must fit in 4 lines (approximately 3170 Engineering 4570 Household Goods 7180 Hunting Land Bargain Column Certificate of Respons- and time1470 sp Lawnecif iCare/Landscapinged will Mississippi’s Golden 9150 Autos for Sale 20 characters per line) and will run for 3 days.ibilit yFor Num itemsber, a s$100 re- or be declared late. Rule is follow3200ed General, stat eHelp Wanted 4630 Lawn & Garden 7190 Land for Rent/Lease 1500 Locksmiths 9200 Aviation quired by Section 31-3- OCEDA will not be re- law requires 3250a n Managementon-resid- Positions 4660 Merchandise Rentals 7200 Mobile Homes less ONLY. More than one item may be in same ad, but prices 1530 Machinery Repair 9250 Boats & Marine 21 and 31-3-15, Missis- sponsible for delays in ent bidder to3300 at tMedical/Dentalach to 4690 Musical Instruments 7250 Mobile Home Spaces may not total over $100, no relists. sippi Code of 1972. If delivery. 1560It is Mobile sol eHomely t hServicese his bid, a copy of 9300 Camper/R.V.’s 3350 Opportunity Information 4700 Satellites 7300 Office Spaces the bid does not ex- responsi1590bili tMovingy of t&h Storagee his/her resident state’s 9350 Golf Carts 3400 Part-Time 4720 Sporting Goods 7350 Resort Rentals Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days.cee d $50,000.00, a vendor th1620at Paintingbids t &o Papering current laws pertaining 9400 Motorcycles/ATVs Free Pets notation so stating reach the opening on to such state3450’s Positionstreat- Wanted 4750 Stereos & TV’s 7400 River Property 1650 Pest Control 9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment must appear on the time. Any bid received ment of non-3500res Professionalident 4780 Wanted To Buy 7450 Rooms Up to 6 lines, ad will run for 6 days. 1680 Plumbing 9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses Lost & Found face of the envelope. after deadline will be re- contractors.3550 Restaurant/Hotel 7500 Storage & Garages turned u1710nop Printingened. Bids 9550 Wanted to Buy 3600 Sales/Marketing 7520 Vacation Rentals Each bid must be sub- or altera1740tion Roofings by f a& xGuttering or Each Bidder must de- These ads are taken by fax, e-mail or in person at 3650Trades 7550 Wanted to Rent mitted in a sealed en- phone w1770ill n Sawsot b &e Lawnacc Mowersep- posit with his proposal, our office. Ads will not be takev ebylop etelephone., addressed to ted. a Bid Bond o3700Truckr Certi fDrivingied 7600 Waterfront Property OCEDA. Each sealed en- Check in an amount velope containing a bid No bidder may with- equal to five percent Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010 sLegalhall Noticesbe cle 0010arly marked dLegalraw Noticeshis bi d0010 within (Legal5%) oNoticesf his 0010bid, payable General Services 1360 General Help Wanted 3200 General Help Wanted 3200 on the outside as: BID ninety (90) days after to OCEDA, as bid secur- IN THE CHANCERY IN THE CHANCERY ENCLOSED “North the actual date of the ity. The successful bid- DUMP TRUCK Hauling Let your GROUND MAINTEN- TRACTOR OPERATOR, COURT OF LOWNDES COURT OF LOWNDES Starkville Industrial Park opening thereof. der will be required to Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt, fingers do the ANCE LABORER Agricultural to work on COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Substation Pad and the furnish a Payment Bond Grating Driveways & Job opening in Colum- Tenn-Tom Waterway envelope should also EVIDENCE: No bid will and Performance Bond Trailer Parks. 5 yard In- walking. bus and Dennis, MS Project, Columbus, MS. RE: THE WILL AND ES- IN THE MATTER OF THE bear on the outside the be opened, considered each in the amount of ternational Truck holds Find your and Pickensville, AL, for Must have valid Class- A TATE OF BETTYE ALLEN ESTATE OF TOMMIE name of the Company or accepted unless the one hundred percent 5 tons. $175/load in Grounds Maintenance CDL, with good driving KERBY NO. 2018-0015 HARRIS, DECEASED and the Company’s ad- above information is giv- (100%) of the contract Columbus. Call Walter, dream job in Laborer, to work on record and pass drug DECEASED dress. If forwarded by en as specified. amount. 662-251-8664 the classifieds! Tenn-Tom Waterway screen. EOE. Apply in CIVIL ACTION NO.: 17- mail, the sealed envel- Project. This position person or Send ELIAS MICHAEL KERBY, 0116 ope containing the bid Awarding public con- Bid documents are be- will be responsible for Resumé: JR., JAMES ALLEN must be enclosed in an- tracts to non-resident ing made available elec- the cleaning of facilit- R & D Maintenance KERBY, AND BY: KATETRIA HARRIS, other envelope ad- Bidders will be on the tronically and via origin- MUSIC LESSONS Stump Removal 1790 ies, and maintaining Services ARLIE YOUNG KERBY, ADMINISTRATRIX dressed to Greater same basis as the non- al paper copy (if reques- Guitar, Bass & Theory: parks, picnic grounds, 3600 W. Plymouth Rd. CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF TOM- Starkville Development resident bidder’s state ted). Plan holders are $25 per hour playgrounds and wild- Columbus, MS 39701. MIE HARRIS, AND Partnership, 200 East awards contracts to required to register for Chords, Scales, Modes life areas including NOTICE TO CREDITORS HEIRS-AT-LAW AND Main Street, Starkville, Mississippi Contractors an account at www.neel- & more! Call Jimbo @ working from boats. Truck Driving 3700 WRONGFUL DEATH BE- MS 39759. Any bid not bidding under similar cir- schafferplans.com to 662-364-1687 Must be 18 years or WHEREAS, the Last Will NEFICIARIES OF received in writing at cumstances. In order to view and order Bid Doc- If no answer leave older, pass drug screen, OTR DRIVERS and Testament of TOMMIE HARRIS, DE- this office by the date ensure that uments. All plan hold- voicemail or text. and have valid driver's AMORY, MS Bettye Allen Kerby, de- CEASED, QUINCY HAR- and time specified will Mississippi’s Golden ers are required to have license with a good driv- Hub Miles Pay. Home ceased, was admitted RIS, AND TAYLOR HAR- be declared late. Rule is followed, state a valid email address ALLSTUMP GRINDING ing record. EOE During the Week & to probate by order of RIS OCEDA will not be re- law requires a non-resid- for registration. Bid doc- SERVICE Send resume’ or apply Every Weekend. Class A the Chancery Court of sponsible for delays in ent bidder to attach to uments are non-refund- RETAINER WALL, drive- GET 'ER DONE! to the following: License. Three Years Lowndes County, Mis- NOTICE TO UNKNOWN delivery. It is solely the his bid, a copy of able and must be pur- way, foundation, con- We can grind all your Verifiable Experience sissippi, in Cause No. CREDITORS responsibility of the his/her resident state’s chased through the crete/riff raft drainage stumps. Hard to reach For Columbus or Required. 2018-0015 , appoint- vendor that bids to current laws pertaining website. Please con- work, remodeling, base- places, blown over Pickensville: 662-257-0605 ing Elias Michael Kerby, Letters Testamentary reach the opening on to such state’s treat- tact Plan House Print- ment foundation, re- roots, hillsides, back- R & D Maintenance Ser- Jr., James Allen Kerby, having been granted on time. Any bid received ment of non-resident ing at (662) 407-0193 pairs, small dump truck yards, pastures. Free vices, Inc. Bargain Column 4180 and Arlie Young Kerby the 24th day of January, after deadline will be re- contractors. with questions regard- hauling (5-6 yd) load & estimates. You find it, 3600 W Plymouth Rd as Co- Executors, and 2018, by the Chancery turned unopened. Bids ing website registration demolition/lot cleaning. we'll grind it! Columbus, MS 39701 ACCENT PILLOWS, Letters Testamentary Court of Lowndes or alterations by fax or Each Bidder must de- and online orders. Burr Masonry 662-361-8379 mostly wine colors. All 5 having been issued to County, Mississippi, to phone will not be accep- posit with his proposal, 662-242-0259. For Dennis: for $15. Columbus. them on February 5, the undersigned, on the ted. a Bid Bond or Certified OCEDA hereby notifies R & D Maintenance Ser- 662-549-0010. 2018; and Estate of Tommie Har- Check in an amount all Bidders that it will af- Tree Services 1860 vices, Inc. ris deceased. Notice is No bidder may with- equal to five percent firmatively insure that in 53 Lock & Dam Road CELERY GREEN pottery A&T Tree Service WHEREAS, the Order hereby given to all per- draw his bid within (5%) of his bid, payable any contract entered in- WORK WANTED: Dennis, MS 38838 set, (pot, plate & cup) Admitting Will to Pro- sons having claims ninety (90) days after to OCEDA, as bid secur- to pursuant to this ad- Bucket truck & stump $20. Framed print, Licensed & Bonded-car- removal. Free est. bate was entered on the against said Estate to the actual date of the ity. The successful bid- vertisement, disadvant- pentry, painting, & de- moss green & wine col- 31st day of January, present the same to the opening thereof. der will be required to aged and women’s busi- Serving Columbus ors. Can send photos. Legal Notices 0010 molition. Landscaping, since 1987. Senior 2018, by the Chancery Clerk of this Court for furnish a Payment Bond ness enterprises will be bush hogging, clean-up $35. 662-549-0010. Court of Lowndes probate and registra- EVIDENCE: No bid will and Performance Bond afforded the full oppor- citizen disc. Call Alvin @ LEAD CONTROLS work, pressure washing, 242-0324/241-4447 TECHNICIAN County, Mississippi, tion according to the be opened, considered each in the amount of tunity to submit bids in moving help & furniture JENGA GAME, Bob's or accepted unless the one hundred percent response to this invita- "We'll go out on a limb Columbus Brick, a lead- admitting said Last Will law within ninety (90) repair. 662-242-3608 for you!" Burgers version. No and Testament to pro- days from the first pub- above information is giv- (100%) of the contract tion and will not be dis- ing manufacturer of pieces missing. $15. bate; lication of this Notice or en as specified. amount. criminated against on brick and masonry 662-327-8712. J&A TREE REMOVAL products, is seeking a they will be forever the grounds of race, col- Lawn Care / Landscaping THEREFORE, notice is barred. Awarding public con- Bid documents are be- or, or national origin in Work from a bucket Lead Controls Techni- MICROSOFT PICTURE It! hereby given to all per- tracts to non-resident ing made available elec- consideration for an 1470 truck. Insured/bonded. cian for our facility in software includes 12 sons having claims This 20th day of Febru- Bidders will be on the tronically and via origin- award. Call Jimmy for a free es- Columbus, MS. Re- sheets of glossy Avery against said estate to ary, 2018. same basis as the non- al paper copy (if reques- JESSE & BEVERLY'S timate 662-386-6286. sponsibilities will in- photo paper to make present the same to the resident bidder’s state ted). Plan holders are OCEDA reserves the LAWN SERVICE. Mow- clude collaborating with 108 wallet size photos. Clerk of this Court for /s/ Katetria Harris, Ad- awards contracts to required to register for right to reject any bids ing, cleanup, landscap- General Help Wanted 3200 the plant Electrical Sys- $20. 662-327-8712. probate and registra- ministratrix Mississippi Contractors an account at www.neel- and all bids and waive ing, sodding, & tree cut- tems Project Coordinat- or and performing tasks tion according to law; bidding under similar cir- schafferplans.com to any informality. ting. 356-6525. CARPENTER NEEDED to Furniture 4480 within ninety (90) days PUBLISH: 2/22, 3/1, cumstances. In order to view and order Bid Doc- work on Tenn-Tom Wa- ranging from basic wir- terway Project, based in ing of industrial equip- from the first publica- 3/8, & 3/15/2018 ensure that uments. All plan hold- BY: /s/ Scott Maynard SOFA/HIDE-A-BED tion of this notice, or Mississippi’s Golden ers are required to have Oktibbeha County Eco- Painting & Papering 1620 Columbus, MS. Must ment, maintaining/ have experience in gen- troubleshooting plant Excellent condition for they will be forever Rule is followed, state a valid email address nomic Development As- $150 or best offer. ADVERTISEMENT FOR CLIFF'S PAINTING. Cliff eral carpentry and con- electrical systems and barred. BIDS law requires a non-resid- for registration. Bid doc- sociation Call 662-352-9318. ent bidder to attach to uments are non-refund- Baswell. Free estim- crete. Must have valid, automated equipment, ates. Interior/Exterior clean driver’s license performing scheduled This the 5th day of Feb- NORTH STARKVILLE IN- his bid, a copy of able and must be pur- DATES OF PUBLICA- Garage Sales: Other 4560 ruary, 2018. his/her resident state’s chased through the TION: work. 30 years experi- and pass pre-employ- preventative mainten- DUSTRIAL PARK SUB- ence. Many references. ment drug screen. EOE. ance, and modifying/ current laws pertaining website. Please con- February 15, 2018 784 WAVERLY Ferry Rd. STATION PAD 662-327-9079. Apply in person or Send updating software and s/ Elias Michael Kerby, to such state’s treat- tact Plan House Print- February 22, 2018 Fri, Sat, Sun. 8 until. Jr., Co-Executor ment of non-resident ing at (662) 407-0193 662-386-0006. Resumé to equipment as needed. OKTIBBEHA COUNTY R & D Maintenance From clothes to fur- s/ James Allen Kerby, ECONOMIC DEVELOP- contractors. with questions regard- Building & Remodeling 1120 niture and more. Co-Executor ing website registration Services Applicants should pos- MENT ASSOCIATION REMODELING, BRICK 3600 W. Plymouth Road sess and demonstrate a s/ Arlie Young Kerby, STARKVILLE, MISSIS- Each Bidder must de- and online orders. Lawn & Garden 4630 Co-Executor posit with his proposal, work, painting, storm FREE ESTIMATES! Columbus, Ms. 39701. working knowledge of SIPPI the National Electrical a Bid Bond or Certified OCEDA hereby notifies damage or additions. Interior/Exterior FERRIS ZERO Turn Rid- Free estimates. 40 Code, Motor Control Cir- Prepared by: Sealed bids for the Check in an amount all Bidders that it will af- 25 Years Experience. DECK HAND: duties will ing Mower. 44in cut. equal to five percent firmatively insure that in years experience. 662- Clardy's Painting be performed on float- cuits, Variable Fre- North Starkville Industri- quency Drives tradition- 19H Kawasaki motor. J. Gordon Flowers, MSB (5%) of his bid, payable any contract entered in- 328-0001 or (cell) 662- 662-425-5622 ing plant, traveling Tenn- Exc. cond. $2500, obo. al Park Substation will 570-3430. al hardwired sensors #5378 be received by the Okt- to OCEDA, as bid secur- to pursuant to this ad- Tom Waterway. Normal 662-386-4707, Day or Brunini Grantham Grow- ity. The successful bid- vertisement, disadvant- tour of duty, Monday and control circuits, ibbeha County Econom- Tom Hatcher, LLC HMI’s, Networking, Pro- 662-356-6352, Night. er & Hewes, PLLC ic Development Associ- der will be required to aged and women’s busi- through Thursday. Great P.O. Box 7520 furnish a Payment Bond ness enterprises will be Custom Construction, SULLIVAN'S PAINT benefits. Must have a grammable Logic Con- ation (OCEDA) at the of- Restoration, Remodel- trollers, and Allen Brad- Sporting Goods 4720 Columbus, MS 39705 fices of the Greater and Performance Bond afforded the full oppor- SERVICE valid, clean driver’s li- each in the amount of tunity to submit bids in ing, Repair, Insurance cense and pass a pre- ley and/or Siemens 662-574-0302 Starkville Development Certified in lead GUN SMITH. Over 50 [email protected] one hundred percent response to this invita- claims. 662-364-1769. removal. Offering spe- employment drug Automation and Pro- Partnership, 200 East Licensed & Bonded gramming Software with yrs. exp. (As good as Main Street, Starkville (100%) of the contract tion and will not be dis- cial prices on interior & screen. EOE amount. criminated against on Sent resumé to: an emphasis on RSLo- the best, better than PUBLISH: 2/8, 2/15 & Mississippi, until 2:00 W S CONSTRUCTION exterior painting, pres- the grounds of race, col- R&D Maintenance gix 500 & 5000, Con- most). New & used 2/22/2018 P. M., March 19, 2018 Building, remodeling, sure washing & sheet Bid documents are be- or, or national origin in rock repairs. Services, Inc. trol Logix, Factory Talk guns, new scopes, re- and then at said office metal roofing, painting The U.S. Army Corps of ing made available elec- consideration for an Free Estimates 3600 W. Plymouth Road ME, RSLinx 500 & pairs, rebuilding, clean- publicly opened and & all home repairs. Engineers had contrac- tronically and via origin- award. Call 435-6528 Columbus, Ms. 39701. 5000, S7 TIA Portal, ing & scopes, mounted read aloud. 662-242-3471 ted a certified commer- al paper copy (if reques- WIN CC, Profibus and & zeroed on range, an- tique guns restored, & cial applicator to apply ted). Plan holders are OCEDA reserves the EXPERIENCED ROOF- ASi networks,. An Asso- Federal EPA approved This project includes all General Services 1360 ciate’s Degree in Elec- wood refinished. Ed items related to the required to register for right to reject any bids Sitting With The Sick / Elderly ING help needed for aquatic herbicides to an account at www.neel- and all bids and waive tronics or related field Sanders, West Point. construction of the CERTIFIED CARPENTER 1780 Commercial Flat Roof- Take 45 Alt. Turn right control noxious species schafferplans.com to any informality. ing work. Dependable & with experience as an of aquatic weeds in the North Starkville Industri- I'm currently working at industrial electrician is on Yokohoma Blvd. Go al Park Substation Pad. view and order Bid Doc- Weyerhauser & looking I AM A CAREGIVER. willing to work w/ reli- Tennessee-Tombigbee uments. All plan hold- BY: /s/ Scott Maynard desirable. EOE. 8 mi. east & turn left on for side work. Affordable, Trustworthy, able transportation. Out Darracott Rd & go 2 mi. Waterway. Treatment ers are required to have Oktibbeha County Eco- of town work possible. areas will be: The above general out- Painting, framing, Reliable, Dependable. Competitive pay and Open Tue-Fri. 9a-5p & line of features of the a valid email address nomic Development As- concrete slabs/patios & Personal Care & Basic construction for registration. Bid doc- sociation benefits, including: Sat. 9a-12p. Call for work does not in any sheetrock. Light house-keeping. knowledge preferred: appt. 662-494-6218. Aberdeen, Aliceville, uments are non-refund- using screw guns. • Medical Insurance Amory, Bay Springs, way limit the responsib- 662-242-2600 20+ years of exp. • Disability Insurance ility of the Contractor to able and must be pur- DATES OF PUBLICA- Ephesians 6:10 Call 662-570-2208. Call 662-494-2740. Columbus, Fulton, chased through the TION: • Life Insurance Free Pets 5100 Gainesville, Mont- perform all work and fur- website. Please con- February 15, 2018 MAINTENANCE • 401-K w/ Company gomery, Rankin and nish all labor, equip- General Help Wanted 3200 Match 2 PUPPIES, 4 mo. old. ment and materials re- tact Plan House Print- February 22, 2018 SUPERVISOR: To work Smithville Lakes. ing at (662) 407-0193 • Paid Vacations First shots. Free to a quired by the specifica- on Tenn-Tom Waterway good home. Come see with questions regard- Project, in Dennis, MS • Paid Holidays Treatments are sched- tions and the drawings The Dispatch is looking for an them at 95 Mason Dr. ing website registration area. Ability to plan and uled to begin and will referred to therein. Columbus 39705 or call and online orders. organize multiple main- To express interest, continue as needed ADVERTISING 662 889 5166. tenance personal. Ex- send resume with edu- throughout the year. In- CERTIFICATE OF RE- OCEDA hereby notifies SALES REPRESENTATIVE. perience in construc- cation, experience and quires can be directed SPONSIBILITY: Each all Bidders that it will af- tion a plus. Knowledge earnings history to to the Corp of Engin- contractor submitting a The ideal candidate is a motivated firmatively insure that in of basic office software. Columbus Brick Com- eers office, 3606 West bid in excess of any contract entered in- self-starter with excellent communication and Ability to communicate pany attention Ed Plymouth Road, Colum- $50,000.00 must show to pursuant to this ad- organizational skills, a strong work ethic and effectively both orally Thebaud, bus, MS 39701. Tele- on his bid and on the vertisement, disadvant- and in writing. At least ethebaud@ phone (662)245-5500 face of the envelope the ability to relate to a wide range of people. columbusbrick.com containing the bid, his aged and women’s busi- five (5) years supervis- ness enterprises will be Sales experience preferred, but not required. ory experience required. PUBLISH: 2/15, 2/16, Certificate of Respons- afforded the full oppor- Pre-employment drug 2/18, 2/19, 2/20, ibility Number, as re- Full-time position includes insurance benefits, tunity to submit bids in screen, clean valid 2/21, & 2/22/2018 quired by Section 31-3- competitive pay, paid personal leave and 21 and 31-3-15, Missis- response to this invita- driver’s license and QUALITY CONTROL, sippi Code of 1972. If tion and will not be dis- opportunity for advancement. Come join our background check. EOE. experience in Construc- Looking for It’s a classified the bid does not ex- criminated against on creative, award-winning staff. Send resume to: tion Management and ceed $50,000.00, a the grounds of race, col- R & D Maintenance OSHA safety regula- your dream notation so stating or, or national origin in Hand deliver resume to Services tions. To work on Tenn- rule-of-thumb: consideration for an home or do must appear on the Beth Proffitt at 3600 West Plymouth Rd Tom Waterway Project. face of the envelope. award. Columbus, MS 39701. Must have valid, clean you have a We tell readers 516 Main Street, Columbus or driver’s license and home for sale? OCEDA reserves the Each bid must be sub- email to [email protected] SUBWAY OF COLUM- pass pre-employment what they need mitted in a sealed en- right to reject any bids BUS is now taking ap- drug screen. EOE Send Put classified velope, addressed to and all bids and waive plications for Alabama resume’ to: ads to work OCEDA. Each sealed en- any informality. St. and Wal-Mart loca- R & D Maintenance to know to buy velope containing a bid tions. Apply in person at Services for you. shall be clearly marked BY: /s/ Scott Maynard Alabama St. location 3600 W. Plymouth Rd. what they need. on the outside as: BID Oktibbeha County Eco- from 10a-2p. Columbus, MS 39701. 328-2424 ENCLOSED “North nomic Development As- Starkville Industrial Park sociation Substation Pad and the envelope should also DATES OF PUBLICA- bear on the outside the TION: name of the Company February 15, 2018 and the Company’s ad- February 22, 2018 dress. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envel- ope containing the bid must be enclosed in an- other envelope ad- dressed to Greater Starkville Development Partnership, 200 East Main Street, Starkville, MS 39759. Any bid not received in writing at this office by the date and time specified will be declared late. OCEDA will not be re- sponsible for delays in delivery. It is solely the responsibility of the vendor that bids to reach the opening on time. Any bid received after deadline will be re- turned unopened. Bids or alterations by fax or phone will not be accep- ted.

No bidder may with- draw his bid within ninety (90) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

EVIDENCE: No bid will be opened, considered or accepted unless the above information is giv- en as specified.

Awarding public con- tracts to non-resident Bidders will be on the same basis as the non- resident bidder’s state awards contracts to Mississippi Contractors bidding under similar cir- cumstances. In order to ensure that Mississippi’s Golden Rule is followed, state law requires a non-resid- ent bidder to attach to his bid, a copy of his/her resident state’s current laws pertaining to such state’s treat- ment of non-resident contractors.

Each Bidder must de- posit with his proposal, a Bid Bond or Certified Check in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of his bid, payable to OCEDA, as bid secur- ity. The successful bid- der will be required to furnish a Payment Bond and Performance Bond each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount.

Bid documents are be- ing made available elec- tronically and via origin- al paper copy (if reques- ted). Plan holders are required to register for an account at www.neel- schafferplans.com to view and order Bid Doc- uments. All plan hold- ers are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid doc- uments are non-refund- able and must be pur- chased through the website. Please con- tact Plan House Print- ing at (662) 407-0193 with questions regard- ing website registration and online orders.

OCEDA hereby notifies all Bidders that it will af- firmatively insure that in any contract entered in- to pursuant to this ad- vertisement, disadvant- aged and women’s busi- ness enterprises will be afforded the full oppor- tunity to submit bids in response to this invita- tion and will not be dis- criminated against on the grounds of race, col- or, or national origin in consideration for an award.

OCEDA reserves the right to reject any bids and all bids and waive any informality.

BY: /s/ Scott Maynard Oktibbeha County Eco- nomic Development As- sociation

DATES OF PUBLICA- TION: February 15, 2018 February 22, 2018 8B THURSDAY, February 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

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I mo. 662-574-1214. rent to all colors: red, 423 MAIN St. Apt. 1. 2016, 1200 sqft., car- yellow, black & white. I 1BR Extra-Large. 900 port, CH&A, laminate & rent to all ages 18 yrs. sq. ft. total. $650/mo. Houses For Rent: Other 7180 tile floors, granite coun- to not dead. My duplex 662-889-1837 or 662- tertops, new appl., apts. are in a very quiet 327-7841 1BR/1BA near EMCC. close to everything. & peaceful environment. Water, trash, lawn incl. Lease req. Call Mrs. 24/7 camera surveil- DEPOT APARTMENTS, in lease. No pets. Taylor @ 662-328-4236. lance. Rent for 1BR Downtown Columbus. $450/mo. $350 dep. $600 w/1yr lease + se- Beautiful, newly con- App/refs/lease req. Investment Property 8550 curity dep. Incl. water, structed 1BR/1BA 662-242-2923. sewer & trash ($60 apartments in the his- INVESTORS OPPORTUN- toric Depot. Granite, SS (1) 4BR/2BA & (1) ITY: 10 unit apartment value), all appliances in- 2BR/1BA house avail- cl. & washer/dryer. 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Dep, lease, & credit 7653 or 601-940-1397. AD SECTION! in the CLASSIFIED ments & townhouses. check. Coleman Realty BEAUTIFUL 68AC join- Call for more info. 662- 662-329-2323. ing Bent Tree. Realtor 549-1953. Office Spaces For Rent 7300 owned. 662-312-5184. PEAR ORCHARD APTS FIRST FULL MONTH OFFICE SPACE, great 2BR Townhouse - $585, RENT FREE! 2 Bedroom location on Bluecutt WINTER SPECIAL W/D incl. Great loca- Apts/Townhomes Road - Front reception 1.95 acre lots. tion. $200 processing $390-$600 Monthly. area, 4 offices, and a Good/bad credit. fee & $50 application Lease, Deposit & Cred- conference room. Reas- 10% down, as low as fee. 662-328-9471 or it Check. Coleman onable rent! 662-328- $199/mo. Eaton Land. 662-889-7565. Realty, 662-329-2323. 1976, leave message. 662-361-7711 ACROSS 1 Chickadee’s perch Apts For Rent: South 7040 OFFICE SPACE Avail- Mobile Homes for Sale 8650 COLEMAN able in Historic Down- 5 Duo quadrupled DOWNTOWN 1BR - This $8900 16X80 3+2 RENTALS town Columbus. 1999 Fleetwood. Must 10 Desert spots large 1 bedroom apart- 420sqft. $320. TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS be moved!! Handy Man ment has been recently 662-328-8655. 12 Analyze gram- renovated. It features Special. Call 662-266- 1 BEDROOM 2288. mar great natural light, hard- Houses For Sale: Northside wood floors, tall ceil- 2 BEDROOMS 13 Marlins’ home ings and access to a 8150 2003 SINGLE MH, shared laundry room. 3 BEDROOMS 16x76, 3BR/2BA, ask- 14 15-Across, $750 rent and $750 de- 1125 PARK CIRCLE ing $13,500, in very familiarly posit. Utilities included. LEASE, Local contractor will sell good shape. MUST BE No pets please. Call or trade this newly ren- MOVED! 901-305-8524 15 Juan’s wife Peter 662-574-1561 DEPOSIT ovated estate home. or 662-425-9265. 16 Breaks away © The Dispatch Situated on two large

AND lots with lots of privacy, 662-328-2424 Apts For Rent: West 7050 32X80 MANUFAC- 18 Hush-hush CREDIT CHECK this property features granite, stainless steel, TURED home w/ 20 Holiday lead-in oiled rubbed bronze, 2" attached front porch & 21 Med. sch. 662-329-2323 blinds, & more. Almost enclosed garage, a ready, $245,000... Call metal building w/ water subject P & D Builders, Inc., & electricity & 3 stor- 23 Take in 2411 HWY 45 N Emily C. Moody, Agent, age sheds on 3.5 acres 662-328-0770 or located on 45 South. 24 Robert Burns’ COLUMBUS, MS 662-574-3903. If interested, please call 662-574-2570. “— Shanter” DOWN 25 Make a getaway Commercial Property For IN SEARCH OF: home 26 “Puttin’ on the BANK REPO, 2008 Rent 7100 for sale for buyer. Must —” 1 Big books 27 Kin of Ltd. be handicap accessible 28x60 Double Wide. 2 Relinquish 28 Fight, hillbil- with wide hallways & New metal roof, new 28 Vault part RESIDENTIAL & floor covering and paint COMMERCIAL Rental doorways, all one level, 29 Bankrupt 3 Writer Asimov ly-style North Columbus area. throughout. $39,900. Property Available Call 662-401-1093. 4 Ring feature 30 Exploit Call 662-435-4188 for Contact Kendra Bell 31 Crunch targets more information. with Crye Leike at 32 Duel helper 5 Oil cartel 33 Kept in reserve 662-328-1150 (office) Autos For Sale 9150 6 Stalactite setting 34 When pigs fly or 662-386-9750 (cell) 36 Fastens down Houses For Rent: Northside 2002 CHRYSLER 7 Prop for Poseidon 35 Plow pioneer 7110 Sebring LXI. Needs 39 Once called Houses For Sale: East 8200 work. Sold as is. $1000 40 Mall business 8 Actor Emilio 37 Spur on BRICK HOUSE, 2200 obo. Call or text 662- 9 Social service 38 Oboe part sq. ft., 4BR/3BA w/ 2BR/1BA house. Elec 329-6650. 41 Martini garnish wall heat. Window AC. separate den & dining 43 “Blue Sky” star 11 Answer to el jefe 42 Sassy talk room. 4 acres on River- Remodeled. Fenced yard. Owner fin. avail. 2013 CHEVY MALIBU. 17 Seventh letter Apts For Rent: Other 7080 wood Drive, 15 min. 2.5 L, blue, local, one 44 More pleasant from CAFB. $900/mo. + w/Cash down. 1016 Shady St. 352-4776 owner, ext. warranty, 45 Over 19 Zodiac animal 1BR/1BA located in his- deposit. References re- 43k miles, like new for 22 Checks the fit of toric Downtown Colum- quired. 662-549-4492. $11,500. 59 Amanda 46 French father bus. $575/mo. No PERFECT HOME for Dr. in New Hope Park. 24 Like Sherpas pets. References req. 802 17th Street North large family with small 662-327-3081. Call 662-328-8655, Nice 2 bed/1 bath, budget. 3BD/2BTH, on leave message. carpet, ceramic bath 3 acres inside the city Campers & RVs 9300 duplex. All electric. limits with outside stor- WEST POINT - 2BR/1BA. $375/$375 deposit. age building and fenced TOMBIGBEE RV Park, Several starting @ Call Long & Long @ yards. Call Barbara at located on Wilkins Wise $450/mo. + dep. More 662-328-0770 if you SFA Realty, 662-574- Rd & Waverly Rd. Full info, 662-435-4188. have good references. 1821 or 662-327-9916. Hookups available. $300/mo. 662-328- 8655 or 662-574-7879. Five Questions:

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