Win $2,300! Play CASHWORDS, See page 5A ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM FREE! MONDAY | AUGUST 19, 2013 Aldermen cut Miss. Horse Park funding by $10K Before the board approached Further cuts, notice Tuesday that would help Most outside contributions expected to individual organizations’ re- Perkins said, are fund increased departmental remain at 2013 levels quests Tuesday, Ward 6 Alder- necessary as the requests, payments on capital man Roy A. Perkins came out board faces other improvement projects and a BY CARL SMITH ment increased from $50,000 to of the gate seeking to decrease budgetary mat- significant pay raise for city em- [email protected] $70,000. the city’s annual donation to ters. The board’s ployees. Many of the city’s outside the Horse Park. The city has senior alderman “That’s moving in the direc- Starkville aldermen formally tion I want to move in. I want to contributions and transfers are given more than $1 million to stated numer- Perkins motioned a $10,000 budget cut expected to remain level at Fis- the Miss. Horse Park since ous times this get to zero,” Perkins said of the to the Mississippi Horse Park cal Year 2013 amounts. Alder- 1998, he said, and previously summer that he prior board’s funding decrease. on Tuesday after the organiza- men have until Sept. 15 to final- decreased its funding from an would oppose any tax increase. “I think we need to decrease it tion requested its annual allot- ize the city’s budget. annual $70,000 contribution. He voted against a 2.78-mill See HORSE PARK, 6A Searching by Segway AP-NORC Poll: Demographics divide views of schools Minority and low-income parents are more likely to see serious problems in their schools BY JENNIFER AGIESTA AND PHILIP ELLIOTT The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Minority and low-income parents are more likely to see serious problems in their schools — from ONLINE: low expectations n AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs to bullying to out- Research: apnorc. of-date technolo- org gy and textbooks — than those who are affluent or white, according Micah Green/Dispatch Staff to an Associated Press-NORC Center Ray Moore scans yards in east Starkville Thursday for signs of gas leaks with his Remote Methane Leak Detector. Moore is from for Public Affairs Research Poll. Starkville and works for Atmos Energy. He is one of six employees who travel the state, traversing every community, in his case, Overall impressions of the nation’s by Segway, looking for gas leaks. Each city is visited in rotation every five years. schools and teachers are similarly positive among all groups of parents, but deep demographic differences emerge in the details of how parents see teachers, schools and even their Son follows father through pilot school own roles in their children’s educa- tion. Koritz will fly F-15s like his newest pilots in the U.S. Koritz had eight family members in The divisions fall along the familiar Air Force, he followed in town for his graduation. His father was fault lines of income, education and late father his father’s footsteps — lit- not among that group, though. race that drive so much of American erally. Less than a decade after leaving life. In many cases, it’s as though par- BY WILLIAM BROWNING Maj. Tom Koritz grad- CAFB, Tom Koritz was killed in action ents are looking at two very different [email protected] uated from the Special- during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. sets of schools in this country. ized Undergraduate Pi- In 2008, at CAFB — where Jon Ko- Most parents say the school their He crossed the stage inside the Kaye child attends is high-quality and rate lot Training program at Koritz ritz has spent the last year earning his Auditorium at Columbus Air Force Base CAFB in 1982. pilot wings — the Koritz Clinic was re- their children’s teachers positively. just like his classmates, but 2nd Lt. Jon “It’s a special moment crossing that named in honor of his father, who was a White parents are only slightly more Koritz did something special Friday. stage,” Jon Koritz said. “It’s pretty neat pilot-physician. likely than others to give their child’s When Koritz, a 27-year-old from to be crossing the same stage 30 years Jon Koritz didn’t take to the sky in school high marks, and parents of Chapel Hill, N.C., became one of the 23 later.” See PILOT, 6A See SCHOOLS, 6A Lowndes County fire station demolition estimates sought The county is moving a new station ahead with New facility planned on Jess Lyons plans to for same location on Road. replace The first the old fire step will be to station on Jess Lyons Road Jess Lyons solicit estimates BY NATHAN GREGORY Road. The on having the cost of the [email protected] current one de- Fondren project is molished before estimated Supervisors gave Lowndes seeking bids on a contractor between County Volunteer Fire Depart- to build the new station on the $170,000 ment the OK on Thursday to same site. and $210,000. begin the process of building See DEMOLITION, 6A Micah Green/Dispatch Staff WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS 1 Who received U.S. Secret Service tion, call 662-328-2787. protection longer than anyone else in Friday and Saturday, history? Aug. 23-24 Friday, Aug. 30 2 What ear condition comes from the n Roast-n-Boast: The Kansas n Howlin’ Wolf Festival: Mark Latin word for “ringing”? City Barbeque Society-sanctioned 3 “Muleman” Massey Blues Band What Istanbul landmark was Mississippi Barbeque Cooking stripped of its famous golden mosaics with Bill Earheart, Ben Prestage, Championship at the Columbus Aniyah Hairston in the 1204 Sack of Constantinople? 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A THOUSAND WORDS AP Photo/Gareth Patterson Willie Robertson, Duck Commander CEO and star of the reality television series ‘Duck Dynasty,’ speaks to the 6,000 domestic Walmart shareholders at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., Wednesday, June 5, 2013. ‘Duck Dynasty’ star greets camo-clad wedding couple THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to meet Robertson. “I was going to cancel the MARS, Pa. — A camou- wedding ‘cause I heard Wil- flage-clad bride and groom lie was coming,” Cook told got a little advice from a be- KDKA-TV. whiskered witness on their Instead, Cook said, her wedding day: “Duck Dynas- mother came up with the ty” star Willie Robertson. idea of a wedding at the store WTAE-TV reports Rob- — and they got a surprise ertson told the couple to when Robertson appeared always love and forgive one during the ceremony. another as they were wed “That’s a first for me, it’s Saturday morning at a Field AP Photo/Mary Altaffer & Stream store near Pitts- good to be a part of that,” Challie Stillman, left, speaks to Yolanda Concepcion in the kitchen area during the “Making Room: New Models burgh. Robertson said. “They look for Housing New Yorkers,” exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, Saturday. Stillman and her partner, Lina Franco, are spending 24 hours in the 325-square-foot micro-unit apartment. Robertson popped in like my kind of folks with the for the nuptials of Mehgan camouflage . that was cool.” Cook, who sported a cam- On the “Duck Dynasty” ouflage sash on her dress, Season 4 premiere, which NYC museum exhibit shows and Charlie Miller, who was aired Wednesday, family completely clad in camo members threw a surprise gear. wedding for patriarch Phil The two hadn’t planned Robertson, wearing a black virtues of living small on marrying at the store but jacket over camouflage ly live in a 650-square-foot apart- ings, definitely,” she said. “And also, Cook said they were eager garb, and his wife, Miss Kay. Specially designed ment in the Williamsburg sec- you have to be neat.