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Storm claim hikes CMSD insurance by $35K
MSBA will handle property, casualty policy in FY 2020
BY AMANDA LIEN
alien@cdispatch.com
The total annual premium
for Columbus Municipal School
District’s property and casualty
insurance rose about $35,000
due to the insurance claim the
district filed after a Feb. 23
tornado severely damaged the
former Hunt High School and
Tray’vion Christopher, 5, plays in the splash pad on Wednesday at J.L. King Senior Memorial Park in Starkville. Christopher’s
grandmother, Pamela Fisher, brought her grandchildren to the park so they could “run off some energy,” she said.
Two throw in hat for Ward 4 race
Pierre Beard, Kegdra Gibbs-Gray first candidates to qualify
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
The first two candidates
have qualified for the Ward 4
city council vacancy.
Ward 4 residents Pierre D.
Questions linger about annexation’s
effect on minority voting strength
Most officials believe 2020 Census will make bigger difference
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Among
the criticisms of the city of
Starkville’s annexation plan
was its potential effect on
black voting strength.
During the board of alder-
Weather
Charlie Fowler
Fifth grade, Heritage Academy
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High
Chance p.m. t-storm
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caused minor damage at a few
other buildings.
As a result, during a spe-
cial-call meeting Wednesday
afternoon, CMSD trustees vot-
ed to change insurance carri-
ers, accepting the Mississippi
School Boards Association’s
proposal for insurance that
would cover the districts’ prop-
erty, vehicles and employees for
PLAYING AT THE SPLASH PAD
Beard Sr. and Kegdra Gibbs-
Gray are vying for the seat va-
cated by former councilman
Fred Jackson. As of Wednes-
day afternoon, Beard and
Gibbs-Gray are the only can-
men’s July 2 meeting, several
references to that issue were
raised during the public hear-
ing held on the annexation
plan.
Based on data provided
by Mike Slaughter, the con-
sultant the city has hired to
put the annexation plan to-
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comment on why
it did or did not
we were provided, (Sentry)
couldn’t both pay our claim
submit propos- because our policy was full-re-
an annual premium of $267,334,
als for coverage. placement, so the full cost of
which is roughly $20,000 high- CMSD Board restoration at Hunt was cov-
er than CMSD’s annual premi- President Jason ered, and re-issue our cover-
um through Sentry, its former Spears told The age,” he said. “Because of that
insurance company. Sentry did Dispatch that claim pending, they didn’t want
not submit a coverage proposal Sentry indicated Spears to re-issue (the coverage), is my
to CMSD for Fiscal Year 2020, to CMSD it would not re-issue understanding.”
which began July 1. coverage because of the claim That claim filed on Hunt is
Sentry spokesman Rick La- CMSD filed after Hunt was also the reason why the dis-
Frombois told The Dispatch it damaged. trict’s annual premium rose,
is the company’s policy not to “From the information See CMSD, 3A
Two arrested
after deputies
find children
living in
‘deplorable’
conditions
LCSO responded to call
about 5-year-old child
walking in the road
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Lowndes County
Sheriff’s Office has
arrested a couple on
Hughes Road after
deputies found four
children in the home
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff living in “unbearable
conditions,” accord-
Martinez
ing to a LCSO press
release.
Alejandro Trejo
Martinez, 31, and Brit-
ney Darnell Brooks,
26, have been charged
with four counts each
of felony child depri-
vation of necessities Brooks
with substantial harm.
According to the press release,
deputies responded to a call at about
didates who have qualified.
2 a.m. Friday saying a small child
Jackson announced his
was walking on Robin Circle with
resignation July 3, saying he
no clothes on. Deputies found an
wanted to spend more time open door at Martinez and Brooks’
with his family. He was half- residence and Martinez told them
See Ward 4, 6A Beard Gibbs-Gray See Arrests, 6A
A map shows Starkville,
gether, as of the 2010 Census, in green, with a pro-
there were 6,495 more white posed annexation area
residents of voting age than in pink. During the
blacks of voting age within Board of Aldermen’s
the current city limits. July 2 meeting, ques-
tions arose about how
The annexed area would the city’s annexation
add 646 white residents of plan would affect black
voting age and 232 black voting strength.
See Annexation, 6A Courtesy image
Calendar Local Folks Public
Today meetings
July 15: Colum-
■ Sounds of Sumer: Swing Shift entertains
bus-Lowndes
from 7-9 p.m. at this free concert at the Co-
lumbus Riverwalk downtown. Bring lawn chairs Convention and
or blankets (no coolers or pets). Concessions Visitors Bureau
available for purchase. For more information, Board regular
contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305, meeting, 4
or the Chamber of Commerce, 662-328-4491.
p.m., CVB office
July 15:
Saturday Lowndes County
■ Stars & Stripes Celebration: Carry on Supervisors, 9
the celebrations as the town of Caledonia
a.m., County
presents this event starting at 6 p.m. at Ola Courthouse
J Pickett Park. Enjoy Market on Main produce
July 16: Colum-
vendors, antique car show, food, jumpers, live
music by Win Wheel (8 p.m.) and a fireworks Robert Fleming is an MSU gradu-
bus City Council
show at 10 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. regular meeting,
ate who now works for the univer-
Concessions available on site; catfish plates sity as a student support services 5 p.m., Munic-
($10) are available by pre-order only by calling coordinator. He enjoys playing music ipal Complex
662-251-6262. and is a soon-to-be father. Courtroom
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Thursday
Say What?
Did you hear? “We just have to ... really give the special counsel
the time to tell the story.”
Acosta defends Epstein deal Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline, a Democratic
member of the Judiciary Committee, on Robert

amid calls for his resignation Mueller speaking to Congress on July 17. Story, 5A.

Labor Secretary insisting he got the

toughest deal he could at the time
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Try-
ing to tamp down calls
for his resignation, Labor
Secretary Alex Acosta on
Wednesday defended his
handling of a sex trafficking
case involving now-jailed
financier Jeffrey Epstein, in-
sisting he got the toughest
deal he could at the time.
In a nearly hour-long
news conference, Acosta re-
traced the steps that federal
prosecutors took in the case
when he was U.S. attorney
for the Southern District
of Florida a decade ago, in-
sisting that “in our heart we
were trying to do the right
thing for these victims.”
He said prosecutors were
working to avoid a more
lenient arrangement that
would have allowed Epstein
to “walk free.”
“We believe that we
proceeded appropriately,”
he said, a contention chal-
lenged by critics who say
Epstein’s penalty was egre-
giously light.
The episode reignited
this week when federal
prosecutors in New York
brought a new round
of child sex trafficking
charges against the wealthy
hedge fund manager. And
on Wednesday, a new ac-
cuser stepped forward to
say Epstein raped her in his
New York mansion when
she was 15.
Jennifer Araoz, now 32,
told “Today” she never
went to police because she
feared retribution from the
well-connected Epstein.
She now has filed court
papers seeking information
from Epstein in preparation
for suing him.
While the handling of
the case arose during Acos-
ta’s confirmation hearings,
it has come under fresh and
intense scrutiny after the
prosecutors in New York
brought their charges on
Monday, alleging Epstein
abused dozens of underage
girls in the early 2000s, pay-
ing them hundreds of dol-
lars in cash for massages,
then molesting them at his
homes in Florida and New
York. Epstein has pleaded
not guilty to the charges; if
convicted he could be im-
prisoned for the rest of his
life.
Acosta’s lawyerly pre-
sentation was an effort to
push back against growing
criticism of his work in a se-
cret 2008 plea deal that let
Epstein avoid federal pros-
ecution on charges that he
molested teenage girls.
Mississippi governor candidate: Woman
reporter needs chaperone to cover him
‘I am sorry the liberal media doesn’t share our
views, but their attack on us is all the more
reason we need a conservative that will protect
these values we share’
First-term state lawmaker and governor candidate Robert Foster
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A Republican can-
didate for Mississippi governor
says he would not let a woman jour-
nalist follow him while campaign-
ing unless she was accompanied by
a male colleague — and now he’s
trying to raise campaign money
based on that because he says the
“liberal media” are attacking him.
“Before our decision to run,
my wife and I made a commit-
ment to follow the ‘Billy Graham
Rule,’ which is to avoid any situa-
tion that may evoke suspicion or
compromise of our marriage,” the
candidate, Robert Foster, said in a
fundraising email Wednesday. “I
am sorry the liberal media doesn’t
share our views, but their attack on
us is all the more reason we need a
conservative that will protect these
values we share.”
Larrison Campbell with the on-
line publication Mississippi Today
wrote that she requested to “shad-
ow” Foster to report about his
campaign before the Aug. 6 prima-
ry, and his campaign director told
her Foster wouldn’t ride in a vehi-
cle alone with her because people
could insinuate Foster and Camp-
bell are having an affair.
Foster told The Associated
Press on Wednesday that he won’t
be alone with any woman other
than his wife, even while working
or campaigning, because of the
possible public perception that he
was doing something to hurt his
marriage. He said being alone with
a man is no problem.
Foster said he has hired women
to work for the agricultural tourism
business that he and his wife run in
northern Mississippi, and that he
would hire women staffers if he is
elected governor. He said, howev-
er: “It’s unprofessional to be alone
with a woman who’s not my wife.”
Campbell wrote that Mississippi
Today rejected Foster’s condition
that she bring a male colleague.
“My editor and I agreed the re-
quest was sexist and an unneces-
sary use of resources,” Campbell
wrote.
Foster, in response to a question
from AP, said he could not ensure
that one of his own male campaign
staffers would always be with him
if Campbell or another woman jour-
nalist were to ride along with him to
ask questions for reporting.
Foster is a first-term state law-
maker and has raised significantly
less money than the other two Re-
publicans seeking the gubernatori-
al nomination, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves
and former Mississippi Supreme
Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr.
Attorney General Jim Hood has
raised the most money among the
eight Democrats running for gov-
ernor.
The current governor, Republi-
can Phil Bryant, could not seek a
third term.

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Court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel

Lawsuit accused Trump of illegally
profiting off the presidency through
his luxury Washington hotel
By DENISE LAVOIE
AP Legal Affairs Writer
RICHMOND, Va. —
A federal appeals court
threw out a lawsuit ac-
cusing President Donald
Trump of illegally prof-
iting off the presidency
through his luxury Wash-
ington hotel, handing
Trump a significant legal
victory Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of
the 4th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals unanimously
overturned the ruling of a
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move forward.
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Courtesy of Mississippi Department
The state of Maryland
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
and the District of Colum-
bia sued in 2017, claiming
Trump has violated the
emoluments clause of the
Constitution by accepting
profits through foreign
and domestic officials
who stay at the Trump
International Hotel. The
case is one of three that
argue the president is
violating the provision,
which prohibits federal of-
ficials from accepting ben-
efits from foreign or state
governments without con-
gressional approval.
In the case before the
4th Circuit, the court
found the two jurisdic-
tions lack standing to pur-
sue their claims against
the president, and grant-
ed a petition for a rare writ
of mandamus, directing
U.S. District Court Judge
Peter Messitte to dismiss
the lawsuit.
Trump heralded the
decision in a tweet, say-
ing, “Word just out that
I won a big part of the
Deep State and Democrat
induced Witch Hunt.”
Trump tweeted that he
doesn’t make money but
loses “a fortune” by serv-
ing as president.
Trump’s personal
attorney, Jay Sekulow,
called the decision “a
complete victory.”
“We are pleased that
the Fourth Circuit unan-
imously decided to dis-
miss this extraordinarily
flawed case,” Department
of Justice spokeswoman
Kelly Laco said in a state-
ment.
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Mississippi sees revenue increase 2 escaped inmates

in most recent budget year
‘Great year-end numbers. Republicans have cut
taxes over 50 times in the last eight years.’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi gov-
ernment collected nearly 5 percent
more money during the state bud-
get year that recently ended than it
did the previous year.
Newly released information
from the Legislative Budget Office
shows that’s an increase of about
$278 million.
Total state revenue was nearly
$6 billion during fiscal 2019, which
ended June 30. It was about $5.7 bil-
Gov. Phil Bryant via Twitter
lion in 2018.
Most of the revenue is from tax
collections, but the numbers in-
clude money the state collected
from lawsuits — about $18 million
in 2019 and $32 million the year be-
fore.
“Great year-end numbers,” Re-
publican Gov. Phil Bryant wrote
on Twitter. “Republicans have cut
taxes over 50 times in the last eight
years.”
It was the best year-end budget
report the state has received in
years.
caught in Mississippi
The strongest gain was in collec-
tion of the “use tax,” which includes
taxes people pay for online shop-
after 5 days on run
ping. That figure increased nearly
27 percent from 2018 to 2019. Cor- Central Mississippi Correctional
porate tax collections increased
more than 12 percent. Facility escapees were caught
Mississippi and many other
states require legislators to balance
Wednesday in Meridian
the budget each year, although no The Associated Press
such requirement exists for Con-
gress and the federal budget. In JACKSON — Mississippi prison officials say
years when Mississippi revenue both men who escaped from a prison near Pearl
falls short of expectations, the gov-
have been recaptured.
ernor must make midyear spending
The Mississippi Department of Corrections
cuts.
said that 31-year-old Jonathan Blankenship and
During the budget year that ran
28-year-old Christopher Benson High were
from July 2015 through June 2016,
caught Wednesday in Meridian.
Bryant had to reduce budgets twice
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie tells
because of lagging tax collections.
WTOK-TV the men were captured at separate
locations.
Blankenship and High were reported missing
July 5 from Central Mississippi Correctional Fa-
cility.

Reeves has most campaign cash in Mississippi gov’s race

Lt. Gov. had more than $5.8 million in
his campaign fund at the end of June
By EMILY
WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — With
party primaries less
than a month away, sec-
ond-term Republican Lt.
Gov. Tate Reeves still has
more campaign cash than
any candidate running for
Mississippi governor.
Finance reports filed
Wednesday show Reeves,
of Flowood, had more
than $5.8 million in his
campaign fund at the end
of June.
The other two candi-
dates in the Republican
gubernatorial primary
had less than one-tenth
of that amount, com-
bined. Former Mississip-
pi Supreme Court Chief
Justice Bill Waller Jr. of
Blankenship was serving a five-year sentence
on a conviction for aggravated assault on a police
officer and conspiracy in Alcorn County.
Jackson reported about
$373,000 on hand, and
High was sentenced to 12 years for a burglary
conviction in Carroll County.
first-term state Rep. Rob- Officials believe the men broke into a camp-
er and a business about 5 miles from the prison
ert Foster of Hernando
reported just over $7,000. after their escape and stayed in the rear of the
business for several days.
Fourth-term Attor-
ney General Jim Hood of
Houston had more money
than any Democrat run-
ning for governor, with
$1.5 million on hand.

CMSD
Continued from Page 1A
Spears added. When
MSBA quoted the cover-
age to CMSD, it took into
consideration the pending
claim, which is a standard
process for insurance
agencies, he said. Al-
though the district’s cov-
erage extends to tornado
and wind damage, the
coverage proposal from
MSBA did not look at the
cause of the claim — it
only considered the claim
itself.
“With that claim hang-
ing out there like that and
with the timing of our in-
surance renewal being be-
fore that claim was paid,
that’s what caused our
premium to go up,” Spears
added. “That claim was
kind of the point of con-
tention. When we were
looking at finding cover-
age, that’s the problem we
kept running into.”
MSBA Insurance Pro-
gram Manager Anissa
Young did not respond to
The Dispatch’s calls for
comment by press time.
CMSD will also
pay Swoope Insurance
$15,000 annually to in-
sure the construction at
Hunt, a policy the district
did not previously carry.
Board attorney David
Dunn told the board the
rise in premium and the
additional insurance pol-
icy on Hunt is “standard”
for the district’s situation.
“Any time you have
that kind of damage to a
building and it’s under
construction, you’re go-
ing to have to have that
separate policy,” he said.
“It protects the workers,
the construction materi-
als. If you were building a
house, you’d want to have
a similar kind of insur-
ance.”
Spears told The Dis-
patch the additional
$15,000 policy on Hunt is
not expected to “be a per-
manent thing.”
“When the repairs are
finished, it is something
we’ll have to re-evaluate
since it’s insuring the con-
struction,” he said.
The district will need
to set aside a $92,000
contingency deductible
for Hunt, which Spears
said is 1 percent of the
$9.2 million the insur-
ance company estimates
the land and buildings on
the Hunt property will be
worth after repairs are
complete. The deduct-
ible for everything else
the policy covers besides
Hunt is $25,000, he said.
The change in district
insurance providers will
not affect the district’s
current claim on Hunt,
which is still being pro-
cessed and the amount
of which is still unclear,
Spears added.

Building permits
Ave. N.; Plumbing permit; Kenny Hope Rd.; Remodel shop; Owner
City of Columbus Pollard ■ Lewis Griffin; 5983 Hwy. 45
July 1-3, 2019 ■ Clifford Spriggs; 204 McHall N.; Remodel commercial build-
■ Livingston Rental Property, Dr.; Plumbing permit; Same ing; Owner
LLC; 720 Railroad St.; Demo ■ Columbus Colony Ltd.; 301 ■ Earl & Jane Windle; 641
residence (storm damage); Bishop Cir., Apt. 9 & 10; Plumb- Cal-Kolola Rd.; Construct stor-
Same ing permit; Justin Klutts age/shop; Owner
■ Valerie Porter; 608 Chestnut ■ John Cotman; 613 Kimberly
St.; Repair roof; Same
■ Dewey Petigo; 414 Summer-
Lowndes County Dr.; Remodel s/f residence;
Southern Custom Renovations
haven Dr.; Electrical permit; July 10, 2019 ■ Lori Hill; Quail Ridge; Con-
Buddy Easley ■ Kevin Mims; 689 Jim Wells struct s/f residence; Owner
■ Larkin Demoville; 1611 Rd.; Construct storage/shop; ■ Spec; Old Wolfe Road; Con-
Chickasaw Dr.; Electrical permit; Owner struct s/f residence; Frye Tile &
Buddy Easley ■ Jordan Dauber; 1025 New Exterior
■ James Parker; 1213 7th St.
N.; Electrical permit; Buddy
Easley
■ Freddie Jones; 316 11th St.
S.; Electrical permit; Buddy
Easley
■ Edward Bozeman; 2313
Bluecutt Rd.; Electrical permit;
Doug Hutcherson
■ MCD Properties; 520 Willow-
brook Rd.; Electrical permit;
Doug Hutcherson
■ J.C. Cotton; 50 Matilda Dr.;
Electrical permit; Vertis Lee
■ Petty Rental Properties; 911
20th St. N., Apts. B-D; Electrical
permit; Jimmie Chism
■ Jesse Petty; 1001 6th Ave.
N.; Electrical permit; Paul
Livingston
■ Eddie Hines; 915 Tallaha Dr.;
Electrical permit; Same
■ Clifford Spriggs; 204 McHall
Dr.; Electrical permit; Same
■ Robert Nabors; 1319 13th
Ave. S.; Electrical permit; Vertis
Lee
■ Bank of Vernon; 3561 Bluec-
utt Rd.; Electrical permit; Rob
Malone
■ Swoope Insurance; 3501
Bluecutt Rd.; Mechanical per-
mit; Chris Patterson
■ Financial Concepts; 1121 2nd
Ave. N.; Mechanical permit; Mid-
South Air Conditioning
■ Loria Nicholson; 1008 6th
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision ... to uphold
partisan gerrymandering was terribly disappoint-
ing.
By a 5-4 vote that split along ideological lines,
the conservatives on the court said it was none
of the judiciary’s business how states draw their
election boundaries as long as they aren’t diluting
the strength of minority voters, which previous
high court decisions have said is a constitutional
violation of the “one person, one vote” principle.
In states such as Mississippi, where party
lines closely follow racial lines, it may be hard
to tell where partisan gerrymandering ends and
racial gerrymandering begins. Since Republicans
dominate the Legislature, which draws the lines
for legislative and congressional elections, and
black voters are almost monolithically Democratic,
any effort to rig an election in favor of Republican
candidates is very likely to dilute black voting
strength.
But even if racial concerns can be separated
from partisan ones, allowing political parties to
draw election lines that increase their power is pa-
tently unfair. And while GOP gerrymandering has
been most common in recent years, this practice
is one that Democrats have used in the past, and
most likely will now employ even more, in places
where they have majority control.
In fact, the Supreme Court’s ruling was in
response to two cases — one involving Republi-
can-led gerrymandering in North Carolina and the
other over Democratic-drawn district in Maryland.
No matter which party is drawing self-serving
boundaries, the consequences are detrimental.
When one party can dominate elections in seem-
ing perpetuity, it eliminates what would normally
be a healthy give-and-take in the formulation of
public policy and diminishes the motivation to
compromise.
Partisan gerrymandering also drives candidates
to the extremes, since they don’t have to worry
about appealing to voters whose sympathies lean
toward the other side of the political aisle. As much
as any other factor, this contributes to the widen-
ing divisions within America today.
Chief Justice John Roberts, in writing for the
majority, said the court’s decision was not intended
to condone “excessive partisan gerrymandering,”
even while it empowers it.
He said that if states want to take the power of
drawing boundaries out of the hands of legislators,
they are free to do so. That’s what more than a doz-
en states have done in going toward nonpartisan
or bipartisan commissions to handle the responsi-
bility of redrawing election boundaries after every
census.
The problem is, though, about the only way that
is going to happen in Mississippi is through the
initiative process, which is rarely successful. It’s
highly improbable that incumbent GOP lawmakers
will voluntarily give up this power to try to ensure
their own election and the dominance of their
party in state politics.
The Supreme Court had an opportunity to prod
them to do so. It squandered that chance.
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Slimantics
I know misogyny when I see it
Have yourself a day,
Robert Foster.
Before Wednesday,
Robert Foster was pret-
ty much off the radar, a
one-term state senator
polling in single digits
in the GOP Governor
primary.
The only real ques-
tion would be whether
he could draw enough
Tea Party and DeSoto Slim Smith
County extremist sup-
port to force a run-off between the
other two candidates, Lt. Gov. Tate story and adding his on comment.
Reeves and Bill Waller, Jr., the for-
mer chief justice of the Mississippi hysterical.
Supreme Court.
That’s not the sort of position
that typically generates much
media interest.
Yet by the end of the day
Wednesday, Foster’s name was
suddenly all over the place – the
New York Times, Washington
Post, CBS News, CNN and dozens
of online news outlets, including
Mississippi Today, whose story
sparked the coverage that would
follow.
The blueprint is pretty familiar
these days: Do something stu-
pid, then cast yourself as being
“attacked” when you are called out day, the attack was not directed on
for it.
Here’s how it went in Foster’s
case.
Larrison Campbell, a female
reporter for Mississippi Today,
requested that she be allowed to
shadow foster during a 15-hour
campaign tour through South
Mississippi. Usually candidates
welcome reporters and the stories
they generate. Foster’s campaign
director told Campbell she could
only make the trip if she brought
with her a male colleague, essen-
tially a chaperone. He explained
the optics of the candidate being
seen with a woman could be used
in a smear campaign to insinuate
an extramarital affair.
Campbell declined,
then wrote a column
about Foster’s decision
to deny a reporter
equal access solely
on the grounds of her
gender.
And that’s where the
fun began.
As news outlets
picked up on the story,
Foster, no doubt grin-
ning like a Cheshire
cat, took to Twitter, linking to each
His tweets became more and more
First he said he denied Camp-
bell access because he and his
wife had agreed to abide by “The
Billy Graham Rule,” which stipu-
lates that he would not put himself
to be alone with a woman other
than his wife.
As the criticism continued to
roll in, his narrative began to en-
velope all the paranoid victimhood
that accompanies people who have
no other argument to stand on.
Suddenly, he re-branded his
overt misogyny as an attack by the
radical left, an assault on his char-
acter and values. By the end of the
himself alone, but on every good,
decent, god-fearing Mississippian
whose only hope for survival from
the relentless attack of “Commu-
nists, Socialists and the radical
left” was to elect Robert Foster as
Governor.
Please.
Being a well-known Communist
Socialist who wants to destroy
America and lays awake at night
thinking up ways to make sure a
third-tier candidate doesn’t spoil
my pernicious plans, I have a few
thoughts of my own.
First, Foster is nuts.
This is 2019. I double-checked
that. Women are no strangers in
the workplace and they deserve
to be treated with respect and
fairness. When you make rules
that apply only to women, that’s a
pretty sure sign you’ve crossed the
threshold. That’s true every single
time.
As far as this whole business
about how allowing a woman to
join you and your staff on a cam-
paign tour might compromise your
marriage, it makes me wonder
just sort of relationship you’ve got
going on there.
There are trust issues some-
where. Maybe Foster doesn’t trust
the reporter not to throw herself
at him (you know how perpetual-
ly lustful women are). Maybe he
doesn’t trust himself to be alone
with a woman (boys will be boys).
Or maybe Foster’s wife trusts him
about as far as she can throw him
(I’d bet on this one).
More charitably, it could also be
that Foster is just a sexist knuck-
le-dragger.
By the way, does anyone recall
a female public figure ever invok-
ing the “Billy Graham Rule?” The
very idea seems silly.
But today, Foster’s name is
out there. You can’t buy this kind
of publicity, after all, and it will
resonate with those who can’t look
at a woman with seeing a hussy
using her feminine wiles to bring
a good man down. That’s a pretty
sick way to view more than half
the population.
But there it is.
Foster said the criticism is an
attack on his integrity, profession-
alism and Christian values.
I’ve not seen a sufficient sample
size of those qualities to offer an
opinion on that.
But I do know misogyny when
I see it.
Slim Smith is a columnist and
feature writer for The Dispatch. His
email address is ssmith@cdispatch.
com.

Sexism in America
Opening up to women’s stories
A few words
about my sexism.
Nerd that I am, I
keep a book diary,
i.e., a list of the 40
or 50 books I read
and listen to each
year. In 2016, while
perusing said list,
I made a discovery
that startled me:
there were almost
no women on it. Leonard Pitts
That year, I
plowed through 46 books by
the likes of Stephen King, Wal-
ter Mosley, Bruce Springsteen
and Carl Hiaasen. But the only
woman was Tananarive Due —
and she’s a friend.
Intrigued, I checked my di-
aries for other years and most
showed a similar result: 40 to
50 books, one to three of them
by women. This bugged me,
so I began talking to women in
the book world about it. A few
pointed out that female authors for intentionality.
are less likely to be I never considered myself
reviewed or publi- a sexist. I support equal pay,
cized, meaning that the ERA and reproductive
I, as a reader, was freedom. I stand with the
less likely to even #MeToo movement. I took my
be aware of them. granddaughters to see “Won-
Maybe that der Woman,” “Hidden Figures”
explains some of and “Captain Marvel.” And yes,
it. But I still be- some of my best friends are
lieve that at some women.
subconscious level, But sexism — like racism,
I was also choosing like homophobia — isn’t just
not to read women. about what you consciously
Understand: I feel do or believe. It is also about
no obligation to peruse novels — maybe even mostly about
about sexy vampires, kinky — what happens down in the
businessmen or any of the oth- substrata of self. It is about the
er stuff traditionally considered assumptions you make without
“chick lit.” But when women realizing you’ve made them,
write in fields that interest me the attitudes you hold without
— history, historical fiction, realizing you hold them.
spy novels, biography, etc. — I People tend to resist that
should be reading them. And I idea. That’s how you get a
was not. racist saying, “I’m not a racist”
Yes, there is a point here after doing or saying some
larger than my personal read- completely racist thing. By his
ing habits. Call it an argument lights, he’s telling the truth. He
has no Klan robe in his closet,
no Confederate flag on his car,
and he listens to Jay-Z. But
what he fails to understand,
what we all too often fail to
understand, is that it is possi-
ble to say the right things, feel
the right things, do the right
things, and still be wrong.
Like me, an inveterate read-
er (and avowed feminist) who
didn’t read women. I closed
myself off from their stories,
their perspectives, their voices,
without even realizing I had
done so.
You didn’t know that until
I told you and I suppose I
could’ve kept it to myself.
But I wanted to hold myself
accountable. In confronting
one’s sexism — or, again, one’s
racism or homophobia — it
is not enough simply to think
good thoughts. No, there is a
need to be intentional.
That’s why, in the last few
years, I’ve made it a point to
add the likes of Jodi Picoult,
Angie Thomas, Sally Field,
Carol Anderson, Jesmyn Ward
and Tara Westover to my
reading list. It’s up to about 25
percent women and I’d like to
bump it a little higher (yes, rec-
ommendations are welcome).
Maybe it seems stilted and
artificial to you to deliberately
seek out women authors. May-
be it is. But the alternative is to
trust my good intentions, and
my book diary proves I can’t.
Indeed, the untrustworthiness
of good intentions is a big part
of the reason affirmative action
remains a regrettable necessity
all these years later.
Because good intentions
don’t change things. Purpose-
ful people do.
Sometimes, they do it one
book at a time.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner
of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for
commentary, is a columnist for
the Miami Herald. Email him
at lpitts@miamiherald.com.
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Trump directs government to revamp care for kidney disease

Executive order aims to increase the supply of donated kidneys, Trump administration will try
to ease the financial hardships
transplant every year.
For families like those of
make it easier for patients to have dialysis in the comfort of their for living donors by reimburs-
ing them for expenses such as
1-year-old Hudson Nash, the
lack of organs is frightening.
own homes and prioritize the development of an artificial kidney lost wages and child care.
“Those people, I have to
Hudson was born with dam-
aged kidneys, and his parents
By L AUR AN NEERGA ARD dialysis, and others don’t get and prioritizing the develop- say, have never gotten enough hope he will be big enough for
AP Medical Writer that sick in the first place. ment of an artificial kidney. credit,” Trump said. “What
a transplant in another year.
Trump said his order was The changes won’t happen they do is so incredible.”
WASHINGTON — Presi- Another key change: steps Until then, “to keep him going,
dent Donald Trump signed an aimed at “making life better overnight because some initia- he takes numerous medicines,
to help the groups that collect
executive order Wednesday and longer for millions” by in- tives will require new govern- receives multiple shots, blood
deceased donations do a bet-
revamping care for kidney creasing the supply of donated ment regulations. ter job. Trump said it may be draws and more doctors’ vis-
disease so more people whose kidneys, making it easier for Because a severe organ possible to find 17,000 more its than I can count,” said his
kidneys fail can have a chance patients to have dialysis in the shortage complicates the kidneys and 11,000 other or- mother, Jamie Nash of Santa
at early transplants and home comfort of their own homes call for more transplants, the gans from deceased donors for Barbara, California.

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IV of Starkville; and bus.
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sister, Ginny McCown Arrangements are
Mac McCarty was born in Stringer, MS, on
of Philadelphia. incomplete and will be December 24, 1930. He was the youngest son of
announced by Century Raymond and Flois (King) McCarty. He grew up
Hairston Funeral Home
Ada Isaac-Hudson of Columbus.
in the area on a cotton and cattle farm, and grad-
STARKVILLE — uated from Stringer High School. Mac attended
Ada Will Isaac-Hudson, Jones County Jr. College on a football scholar-
64, died July 5, 2019, in ship, and went on to the University of Southern
Jackson. MS, where he graduated with a degree in Biolo-
Services will be at 2 gy and Chemistry.
p.m. Saturday at Josey Mac married Helen Marie Sansing on June 17,
Creek M.B. Church, 1951.
with the Rev. Thomas He served during the Korean Conflict, re-
J. Rogers Jr. officiating. ceiving an Honorable Discharge on December
Burial will follow at 9, 1954. Mac worked for the MS Department of
the church cemetery. Health in Hinds County. He then ventured into
Visitation will be from the insurance business working for Metropolitan
2-6:30 p.m. Friday Life in Laurel, MS. In 1958, he moved with his
at Century Hairston Benjamin Reid Sr.
wife and two daughters to Columbus, MS, where
Funeral Home. Cen- he subsequently started his own independent in-
Visitation:
tury Hairston Funeral Saturday, July 13 • 1-2 PM surance and real estate agency. Mac taught real
Memorial Gunter Peel estate courses for many years at MUW and East
Home of Starkville is Funeral Home
in charge of arrange- Services: MS Community College. He received his Char-
ments. Saturday, July 13 • 2 PM tered Life Underwriter Designation in 1968.
Memorial Gunter Peel
Mrs. Isaac-Hudson Funeral Home Chapel
Mac was active in several civic clubs in Colum-
was born Jan. 31, 1956, Burial bus, serving as an officer of the Kiwanis Club, the
Memorial Gardens Columbus Jaycees Organization, and the 5 Coun-
in Starkville, to the late of Columbus
Eddie Isaac and Mag- 2nd Ave. North Location ty Life Underwriters Association. In 1962, he was
gie Hodges Isaac. She selected as Columbus’ Outstanding Young Man
was formerly employed Mac McCarty of the Year. He also worked as a leader with the
as an assistant teacher. Visitation: Boy Scout Troop #3 from First Baptist Church.
Saturday, July 13 • 10-11 AM Mac served as Lt. Governor for the Kiwanis Club
In addition to her First Baptist Church
parents, she was pre- Services: of District 10 in 1970-71, which covered the Lou-
ceded in death by her Saturday, July. 13 • 11 AM isiana, Mississippi and Tennessee Districts. He
First Baptist Church
husband, Cleveland Burial was also a member of the International Order of
Hudson. Friendship Cemetery Odd Fellows.
College St. Location He served the City of Columbus as a City
She is survived by
her son, T.C. Hudson Councilman from 1969-1972, and also served on
of Starkville; daughter, several boards both for the City and for Lowndes
Veronica Hudson of County.
Starkville; brothers, Mac had been a member of First Baptist
memorialgunterpeel.com Church since 1958, where he served in many ca-
Eddie C. Isaac and
Jimmy L. Isaac; sisters, pacities. He was Church Training Director and
Mary L. Tate, Rebecca Associational Church Training Director, Sunday
School Teacher, Deacon and Deacon Officer. He

Harold Nance
also served on various church committees, in-
cluding the Church Building and Grounds Com-
mittee for many years.
Harold “Houleo” Nance, 74, passed away on In addition to his parents, Mac was preceded

Dems preparing to question July 06, 2019, at his residence.

Mueller say it ‘will not be easy’
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — that timing is still a sub-
Some are watching old
video of his previous tes-
timony. Others are closely
re-reading his 448-page
report. And almost all
are worrying about how
they’ll make the most of
the short time they’ll have
for questioning.
Robert Mueller, the
Democrats know, will be
tough to crack.
The stern, reticent for-
mer FBI director has said
he won’t answer questions
beyond what is in the re-
port on Russia’s election
meddling and the Trump
campaign and possible ob-
struction of justice when
he comes to Congress on
July 17.
Mueller is expected to
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ly between Republicans
and Democrats, though
ject of negotiations. That
means Democrats will
have to be efficient and
targeted in their attempts
to extract information
from the former special
counsel and spotlight
what they say are his
most damaging findings
against President Donald
Trump.
“It will not be easy,”
said Rhode Island Rep.
David Cicilline, a Dem-
ocratic member of the
Judiciary Committee. He
added: “We just have to
be very smart about how
we use the time and really
give the special counsel
the time to tell the story.”
Cicilline says he’s read-
ing the report a second
time, thoroughly, with an
eye toward what he wants
to ask.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, July 13,
2019, at 10:00 AM at Lowndes Funeral Home, fol-
lowed by a Memorial Service at 11:00AM from
the Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Matt Haines
officiating.
Mr. Nance was born March 19, 1945, in Gei-
ger, AL, to the late Ethel and R.A. Nance, Sr.
He served his country while enlisted in the
U.S. Army National Guard. During his younger
years, he enjoyed working with the railroad, as
well as time spent with Rodeo as a Bull Rider. A
very well-rounded and outgoing person, he was
a wealth of knowledge, having experience and
“know how” in many fields. Mr. Nance was always
a hard worker, best described as someone who
“Worked Hard and Played Hard”. He enjoyed life
to the fullest, and was an avid Alabama Crimson
Tide Football fan. He loved his family dearly and
was often known for his stern side, when appro-
priate. He also enjoyed Motorcycles and Pistols.
He retired from Dowdle Gas Company, where he
worked in Maintenance and Transportation. In
his later years he enjoyed Western Movies and
Knife Making as a Hobby.
He is preceded in death by his father: R.A.
Nance, Sr.; mother: Ethel Bridges; and broth-
ers: Woodrow Nelson, R.A. Nance, Jr., William
Nance, James Nance and Roger Nance.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 17 years:
Lisa Nance; children: Delynn (Lynn) Nance of
Caledonia, Dwayne (Nicole) Nance of Carroll-
ton, AL, Candy (Gene) Beard of Carrollton, AL,
Samantha Dunn (Timothy Taylor) of Fayette,
AL, and Ashley (B.J.) Meeks of Fayette, AL; 14
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, plus 3
more on the way; sisters: Judy Mae Jones Her-
itage and Lois Johnson; sisters-in-law: Lucille
Nance and Dorothy Nance; parents-in-law: Doug
and Mary Alice Rasberry and Brenda Roberts;
and a Host of Neices, Nephews, Cousins and Ex-
tended Family.
Recognized as honorary pallbearers will be
Mr. Nance’s Grandsons, as well as the Staff of
Baptist Hospice.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
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in death by his brothers, Edsel and Emmett Mc-
Carty; sister-in-law, Ada Mullins McCarty; and
his son, Melton L. McCarty, Jr.
Mac is survived by his wife of 68 years, Hel-
en, along with daughters, Cynthia M. Hutchin-
son, Reston, VA; Kimberly M. Davis, Columbus,
MS; and Diane M. Jackson (Bert), Ridgeland,
MS. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren:
Catherine H. Walker (Bradford), New Orleans,
LA; Annah D. McWhorter (Wesley), Houston,
TX; Helen H. Kernodle (David), Charlotte, NC;
John Hutchinson, Jr. (KC), Nashville, TN; Caleb
Davis (Leslie), Summerdale, AL; Trey Jackson
(Parker), Madison, MS; Natalie Davis, Elberta,
AL; Chris Jackson, Hoover, AL; Hannah McCa-
rty, Starkville, MS; and Elizabeth Ann McCarty,
Memphis, TN. He is survived by 9 great-grand-
sons and 2 great-granddaughters.
Mac is also survived by his sisters, Glaniece
M. Roberts (Charles), Meridian, MS; and Joyce
M. White (Johnny), Tuscumbia, AL, and by many
nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-neph-
ews.
The family wishes to thank Baptist Hospice, as
well as all the caregivers for their loving support.
Serving as pallbearers will be Mac’s grand-
sons, John Hutchinson, Jr., Caleb Davis, Trey
Jackson, Chris Jackson, and grandsons-in-law
David Kernodle, Wesley McWhorter and Brad-
ford Walker.
Honorary pallbearers will be the members of
the Builders Sunday School Class at First Baptist
Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family asked that Me-
morials be made to The Lottie Moon Mission
Offering, c/o First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 829,
Columbus, MS 39703, to the American Mac-
ular Degeneration Foundation, P.O. Box 515,
Northampton, MA 01061-0515, or to a charity of
your choice.
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residents of voting age,
increasing the overall dis-
parity of white-to-black
residents of voting age by
414 potential white voters
to 6,909.
The overall percentage
of black residents of vot-
ing age after annexation
would decrease by 0.2
percent overall.
The question is how
much of an impact that
will have on black voting
strength.
In recent years, city
elections have come down
to just a few votes in some
races, after all.
Probably no one under-
stands that better than
Ward 2 Alderman Sandra
Sistrunk.
In 2009, Sistrunk won
a seat on the board of al-
dermen by a
dozen votes.
In 2013, af-
ter finish-
ing in a tie
in the pri-
mary with
Lisa Wynn,
she lost the Sistrunk
runoff by 20
votes. Sistrunk regained
her seat on the board in
2017 by an 18-vote mar-
gin.
Voting age population
rarely indicates actual
voting, since not all eli-
gible voters register and
fewer, still, actually vote.
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the child, who was 5, lived
there. Officers report-
ed there was a “horrible
stench” coming from in-
side the residence and saw
that there were three more
children inside, ages 1, 2
and 10.
LCSO Chief Deputy
Greg Wright said one of
the children had poor
dental hygiene, another
Ward 4
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way through his first term,
which expires in 2021. On
Monday, councilmen set
the special election for his
replacement for Aug. 20.
Beard, 31, who previ-
ously ran unsuccessfully
for the same council spot
in 2017, owns dance or-
ganization Golden Trian-
gle Elite and is currently
studying education at
East Mississippi Commu-
nity College.
“(I’m running) to bring
the community together,
to bring about change, let
Voters in northeast Mississippi town approve alcohol sales
The Associated Pres
HOUSTON — Res-
idents of a northeast
Mississippi city are over-
whelmingly approving
the sale of beer, wine and
liquor.
“In my ward, we’re
lucky if we have 25-per-
cent turnout,” Sistrunk
said. “And since the races
are generally close, the
winner may only get 12
to 13 percent of the regis-
tered vote.”
Even so, Sistrunk said
the potential shift of the
racial voting demograph-
ics are not enough to put
brakes on the annexation.
“I think the number of
people added is around
1,700,” Sistrunk said.
“From that, I’d be very
surprised if that brings
in as many as 700, 800 po-
tential voters. Starkville
has been growing over
time. We probably see
that much growth and
change every few years
(organically). It amounts
to a 0.2-percent change.
That doesn’t strike me as
statistically significant.”
John Tolliver, a citizen
who brought up the sub-
ject of how annexation
would affect voting to the
board earlier this month,
said he has concerns that
annexation will dilute mi-
nority voting strength.
“It’s not just blacks,”
he said. “There are also
(Asian) people and (His-
panic) people in the city,
too, and they need repre-
sentation. That’s a con-
cern.”
Chris Taylor, a former
had what appeared to be
a rash on her neck and an-
other was drinking from
a “filthy” bottle. He called
the conditions they were
living in “deplorable.”
“I would equate it to
nothing more than trash
dump,” he said. “Absolute-
ly horrible. ... If I’ve seen
worse, I don’t remember
it.”
the community know that
there’s someone listening
to them, not listening to
others,” he said. “Basical-
ly, (I want to) let everyone
know that they’re includ-
ed in government as well
as the entire community
and city.”
Beard said, while he’s
still putting his platform
together, he plans to prior-
itize working with youth.
Gibbs-Gray, 43, has
owned K-Gray Financial
Services for more than 10
years and has worked with
City officials in Hous-
ton tell news outlets that
residents voted 681-248
in favor of the sale of beer
and low-alcohol, light
wine. They voted 661-264
in favor of the sale of reg-
ular wine and liquor.
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president of
the Oktib-
beha Coun-
ty NAACP,
doesn’t
think an-
nexation
will have
much of Taylor
an impact at the voting
booth.
“It won’t make any
difference at all in the al-
dermen races and proba-
bly very little in any city-
wide election,” Taylor
said. “The areas they are
annexing is a lot of busi-
nesses and student-hous-
ing. There just aren’t
that many permanent
residents in those areas
and permanent residents
are the people who vote.
There may be other rea-
sons not be support the
annexation, but I don’t
think that’s one of them.”
Taylor said the big-
ger factor in black voting
strength in the city is the
2020 Census. The census,
among other things, helps
determine voting district
boundaries and represen-
tation on the state and na-
tional level.
“I definitely think the
black population has in-
creased since 2010,” he
said. “I’d say it’s up by 4
percent, maybe a little
more since the last cen-
sus. Last time they did
Brooks is the children’s
mother, the press release
said. Wright said the in-
cident report lists Brooks
and Martinez as “cohabi-
tating.”
Following Brooks and
Martinez’s arrests, the
children were taken to
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle and re-
leased into Department of
the Mississippi Democrat-
ic Party and served on the
Lowndes County Demo-
cratic Executive Commit-
tee. She currently is an of-
ficer with the Mississippi
Federation of Democratic
Women. She describes
herself as a “go-getter.”
“Being from that com-
munity, knowing a lot of
people from this commu-
nity, I just feel like I’ve got
a lot of input, and I just
think that it’s just a lot
of stuff that needs to be
done...,” she said. “It’s all
The sale of alcohol,
beer and wine is already
legal in eastern parts of
Chickasaw County, in-
cluding Okolona.
Sean Johnson, direc-
tor of the Chickasaw De-
velopment Foundation,
the census, they had a lot
of people doing the work
that weren’t that familiar
with the area. This time,
they’re hiring more peo-
ple who know the area. I
think the census will be
more accurate and you’ll
see an increase in the
black population.”
Toby Sanford, who
does the mapping for the
Golden Triangle Planning
and Development Dis-
trict, said there are many
factors that could affect
voting strength.
“It’s pretty hard to cal-
culate with any degree of
certainty,” he said. “The
student-population can
skew things, since that’s
a transient population.
When you factor students
into the districting, it
doesn’t always give you an
accurate picture of voting
strength.”
He, too, believes the
census could have a big
impact.
“The census could
really make some big
changes in the district
maps, especially if you
add annexation to that
mix,” Sanford said. “(Ok-
tibbeha) County and
Starkville have grown a
lot since 2010. Starkville
has grown by several
thousand people, I would
imagine. That could mean
some big changes.”
Child Protection Services
custody.
LCSO is still investigat-
ing the case.
Martinez and Brooks’
bonds have been set at
$10,000 each. Martinez
is currently in Lowndes
County Adult Detention
Center. Brooks posted
bond and has been re-
leased.
about new leadership and
change.”
She said her first pri-
ority will be overseeing
clean-up of Ward 4 neigh-
borhoods, particularly the
area around Shady Street,
that were hit worst in a
Feb. 23 tornado.
“That’s going to be one
of my first things I tackle,
is what do we need to do
as a community over here
in Ward 4 to get it cleaned
up?” she said.
The deadline for candi-
dates to qualify is July 31.
says alcohol sales will
help Houston attract new
restaurants.
Mayor Stacey Parker
says city leaders will fi-
nalize an ordinance regu-
lating the sale of alcoholic
beverages.
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SECTION

MSU AD Cohen Giraffes, gazelles, oh my

excited about
new baseball
opportunity
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State Athletic Director

John Cohen grinned ear-to-ear Wednesday afternoon.
With the news that he had been named to the NCAA
Division 1 Baseball Committee having
become public less than 24 hours before,
Cohen excitedly addressed the media re-
garding his position while also reflecting
on a historic year in Bulldog athletics.
The one-time MSU and Kentucky
head baseball coach will serve a four-
year term beginning Sept. 1 and running
through Aug. 31, 2023 as he helps the
Cohen
committee select host sites for the NCAA
regionals and fill in the 33 at-large bids
for the annual NCAA Tournament, among other tasks.
“It’s a great honor,” Cohen said. “I think it’s one of
those things that you want to listen a lot more than you
want to talk at the beginning to kind of learn the nature
of what they’re doing.”
Cohen will replace South Carolina Athletic Director
Ray Tanner on the committee after his term expires
in August. Tanner has spent the past two years as the
chair of the committee.
“I have a lot of respect for Ray,” Cohen said. “It’s
tough to stand up in front of the microphones when Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
there’s some people who are upset about not getting in Mississippi State head football coach Joe Moorhead.
the tournament and you have to answer questions about
certain teams that did get in the tournament.”
Tanner and Cohen’s relationship dates back to their
coaching days as Tanner led the Gamecocks from 1997-
2012 while Cohen coached the Wildcats and Bulldogs
Moorhead gives a peek inside the MSU playbook
from 2004-2016 with a stint as an assistant at Florida in BY BEN PORTNOY three things: where we can get the end against a standard 4-3 defense.
2002-2003 prior to that. bportnoy@cdispatch.com best covers, where we can get the Moorhead explained the de-
Wednesday, Cohen discussed a number of recent best angles and where we can get cision to hand off or run is made
hot-button collegiate baseball issues, including schol- STARKVILLE — College foot- the best ‘Grass’ — where we can based on whether the quarterback
arship limitations and the introduction of a third paid ball coaches are typically intent on get our guys in space,” Moorhead sees the isolated defender’s “num-
assistant coach. The latter went up to a vote this year keeping their offensive schemes a said. ber or decal.” If the defensive end’s
but was struck down by the Division I council, a group secret. From a meta perspective, the numbers show, it indicates he is
comprised of athletic directors from Division I institu- From outlandish play cards “graze” concept as he referred to it shutting off the edge — forcing the
tions. with pop culture references to as- is a way for the Bulldogs to create a quarterback to hand the ball off.
“There’s a little bit of frustration,” Cohen said of the sistant coaches holding up towels series of 2-on-1 matchups with the By contrast, if the defender’s
current state of college baseball. “I see what our pro- behind coordinators as they signal run-screen option. helmet decals can be seen, the
gram has done among others — the LSUs, the South in plays to block camera angles Using pneumonic devices to aid defensive end will crash along the
Carolinas, the Vanderbilts — and you just want more that could steal the signs, teams his players, the plays are called “gi- line — thus opening up the edge
for the kids. You want more scholarship paid for those are hell-bent on keeping their ins raffe” and “gazelle,” with the vary- for the quarterback to move into
kids. You want that third assistant to go through.” and outs confidential. ing “l” and “r’s” signifying a run to the second read of the play.
On the MSU front, he delved into the success the That said, gathered reporters the left or right, respectively. Once into the second level, the
athletic department enjoyed in the 2018-2019 season. were offered a rare look inside On Giraffe the Z, H and Y re- quarterback is faced with a singu-
Of the 14 Bulldog teams, 13 made the postseason, while the Mississippi State playbook ceivers line up on the right side of lar defensive back as the H drifts
just volleyball suffered a losing season. Wednesday with the help of over- the formation, while the X receiver to his right. The quarterback then
“It’s fun when you can say ‘Mississippi State’ and qualified tour guide/coach Joe stands to the left. forces the defender to commit to
‘The best’ in the same sentence,” Cohen said. “I’m ex- Moorhead. For simplicity’s sake, Moorhead he or the receiver.
tremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right “I’m a Yankee, so I talk fast, just focused on the two reads the quar- If the defender crashes to-
time.” stop me if I need to slow down,” terback makes in what is essential- ward the quarterback, he tosses
And while MSU has seen department-wide success, Mississippi State’s leader quipped ly a triple option — one on the out- a screen to the flat. Conversely, if
the school’s first team sport national championship still as he started the presentation. ermost defensive lineman toward the defender stays wide, the quar-
eludes it. That said, Cohen is confident the time is com- With the help of a slideshow and the play side and a second on the terback will tuck and run.
ing. spliced game film, he delved into a defender on the second level of the Moorhead also offered an ad-
“It’s very difficult, but if you keep knocking on the number of concepts the Bulldogs defense if necessary. dend that if the screen is open
door, if you keep beating on that door, eventually the will run this fall — most notably With the quarterback in shot- off the snap, the quarterback can
door is going to open up and you’re going to charge the inside run. gun and the running back to his
through it and we’ll have that national title.” “We look to take advantage of right, the first read is the defensive See Moorhead, 3B

Women’s Basketball

Bulldogs fall to Australia in gold medal game

BY BEN PORNTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State coach Vic
Schaefer could see the down-
trodden faces.
Soon after the Bulldogs fell
80-72 to Australia in the gold
medal game of
the 2019 Summer
World University
Games Wednes-
day in Naples,
Italy, Schaefer
recognized the
disappoint ment
his players felt in Schaefer
falling short of a
world title but remained posi-
tive about the experience.
“I’m incredibly proud of our
kids,” Schaefer told the Dis-
patch. “What we’ve asked them
to do in three and a half short
weeks, we basically threw No-
vember/December at them
without a preseason, Septem-
ber, October or practice and
asked them to come over here
and play seven games against
seven countries who have the
best 18-25 year olds that they
have in their country.”
Mississippi State walks
away with a silver medal and a
6-1 record, while Australia fin-
ished a perfect 7-0 in the tour-
nament.
After completing four
fourth quarter comebacks in
the event, the Bulldogs could
not quite overcome the Aussie
onslaught down the stretch.
MSU closed its deficit to
three points at halftime, but
was outscored 29-14 in the
third quarter after Australia
shot 11-of-20 from the floor in
the frame.
The Aussies extended their
lead to as many as 20 before
MSU showed slight signs of
life in the waning moments of
the fourth quarter with an 11-0
run that proved too little, too
late.
“Defensively, we’re just ter-
rible right now,” Schaefer said.
“I mean we scored a bunch of
points but we’re not very good
defensively and have not been
up to the standard that we’ve
established at Mississippi
State without question.”
For the first time this tourna-
ment, MSU was overmatched
in the interior. Australia out-
rebounded the Bulldogs 39-32
while also boasting a 42-34
edge in points in the paint.
“I think we’ve got to grow
some in the frontcourt,” Schae-
fer said. “I think we found out
tonight going against size we
struggled scoring in the paint
with our centers.”
Wednesday marked the final
collegiate game for graduated
point guard Jazzmun Holmes.
Holmes had initially conclud-
ed her career at MSU in the
March 31 Elite Eight loss to
Oregon, but Schaefer offered
her a spot on the World Univer-
sity Games roster to help bol-
ster his young backcourt.
She finished the game with
four points, six assists and four
steals.
Freshman forward Rickea
Jackson led the Bulldogs in
scoring with 18 points and five
rebounds.
“I’m going to tell you, Rickea
Jackson has played as well
as any player in this event,”
Schaefer said. “If there was an
MVP or a Most Outstanding
Player she had to be in the con-
versation.”
Freshman guard JaMya
Mingo-Young added additional
scoring off the bench with 12
points and two assists while ju-
nior college transfer Yemiyah
Morris finished her tourna-
ment with an eight-point, 11-re-
bound performance.
The loss aside, Schaefer
said the Bulldogs became the
first collegiate team represent-
ing the United States to medal
in the event — earning silver
for their efforts.
“Just so humbled that we
were thought well enough of
to have the opportunity to
wear ‘USA’ across our chests
and represent them and at the
same time be Mississippi State
University,” he said. “What a
great honor and I couldn’t be
more proud.”
2B Thursday, July 11, 2019
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a group to think that we can run away other up. We’re having a blast.”
with it.” Washington also is having some fun
It sets up for some very tough deci- again, moving into position to shake up
sions ahead of the trade deadline after the NL East after a terrible start to the
trade waivers were eliminated in the off- season . Led by a resurgent Scherzer,
season, meaning no player can be traded the Nationals have won 15 of 19 to pull
after July 31 through the end of the reg- within six games of the division-leading
ular season. Players who clear outright Braves.
waivers can still be claimed and will be Washington plays Atlanta 14 times in
eligible for the postseason if they are in the last half of the season, including sev-
the organization before Sept. 1. en games in July.
Buying or selling will be one tricky “When we can go out there and play
call for several teams, all the way to the our best baseball and play mistake-free
final days of July. The hard deadline also baseball, we’re a tough team and we can
could affect the prices for some of the compete with anybody in this league,”
top players on the market, possibilities Scherzer said.
like San Francisco pitchers Madison The Nationals have seven players
Bumgarner and Will Smith, Toronto with at least 11 homers, led by Anthony
right-hander Marcus Stroman and De- Rendon with 20. But everyone is going
troit lefty Matthew Boyd. deep these days.
“I know something could happen, but Beginning with Thursday night’s
I don’t take a peek at what people are Astros-Rangers game in Arlington, the
saying,” Smith said. “There’s so much game’s top sluggers resume their as-
out there, and you don’t know what’s sault on an array of home run records.
true.” Yelich leads the way with 31 so far, put-
Cleveland could inject some drama ting together an appropriate encore to
into the AL Central as soon as this week- his NL MVP performance a year ago.
end, when Minnesota comes to town for The majors are on pace for 6,668
a three-game series. The Indians hit the homers, which would smash the record
All-Star break with the majors’ longest 6,105 hit in 2017, and the real heat of the
active win streak at six in a row, im- summer, when hits pick up, is only just
proving to 21-6 since June 1 and moving beginning.
within 5½ games of the division-leading “Guys are working year in and year
Twins. out on their swings,” Pittsburgh first
“In the beginning it seemed like we baseman Josh Bell said during the All-
were good, then all of a sudden in May Star break. “We’re just focused on trying
we had that stretch where we weren’t to put a show on for you guys.”
playing as good as we wanted to play,” The show is on once again.
Lindor said. “But right now, we continue AP Sports Writers Tom Withers, Will
to play the game right and we’re enjoy- Graves and Stephen Whyno, and AP
ing it, we’re all having fun. We all get Baseball Writers Ben Walker and Ronald
along, we love each other, we back each Blum contributed to this report.
“I’ve dropped the F-bomb “All those in favor of equal things to do,” a smiling Wil-
on every stage the last four pay say aye.” liamson said.
days, so we’ll just spare you The U.S. women’s team is The best moment award
that,” Rapinoe told the audi- suing to receive pay equal to
was shared by a trio of recent
ence. their male counterparts. retirees: Olympic skier Lind-
Giannis Antetokounmpo “Keep fighting for equali-
sey Vonn, NFL player Rob
of the Milwaukee Bucks won ty,” Billie Jean King told the Gronkowski and NBA player
male athlete of the year at the team from the stage earlier in
Dwyane Wade.
show honoring the past year’s the show.
UCLA gymnast Katelyn
top athletes and moments in Carli Lloyd informed the
Ohashi collected two tro-
sports. crowd the team had its hair
“This is all about hard and makeup done during the phies: best play and best viral
work. When you believe in flight from New York. sports moment for her floor
your dreams this can hap- “We look pretty fabulous, I exercise routine that earned
pen,” Antetokounmpo said. think,” she said. a perfect score of 10.
“Hopefully, if I keep working Lloyd added, “It’s been an Ohashi accepted her best
hard there’s more to come.” incredible journey. Here’s to play trophy by giving her re-
Comedian Tracy Morgan the next World Cup.” marks in rhyme.
presided over the show at Mi- Other athletes acknowl- Antetokounmpo was a
crosoft Theater in downtown edged the Women’s World double winner, too, adding
Los Angeles. Cup victory from the stage, best NBA player honors.
Alex Morgan thanked including Drew Brees, win-
The St. Louis Blues earned
ESPN for its recent deal to ner for best record-breaking best comeback for going from
carry NWSL games. performance.
worst team in the NHL early
“When the World Cup is “It’s going to be in history in the season to the Stanley
behind us, it is the profession- forever,” new New Orleans
Cup championship. Center
al league that we need to con- Pelicans player Lonzo Ball
Ryan O’Reilly removed his
tinually lift up and grow,” she said on the red carpet. “I
tooth to thank the crowd.
said. “Investment in women don’t even watch soccer and I
Kansas City quarterback
and girls should not only oc- watched it. That means a lot.”
cur on the playing fields but Zion Williamson, the No. Patrick Mahomes won best
in more storytelling of ba- 1 pick in last month’s NBA NFL player; Milwaukee
dass, amazing women who draft, earned best college Brewers slugger Christian
continue to show that we are athlete honors for his one- Yelich earned best MLB play-
more than just athletes.” and-done season at Duke. er; and Alexander Ovechkin
Sandra Bullock announced “Wish I could have stayed of the Washington Capitals
the best team award, saying, a second year, but I had other won best NHL player.
San Francisco 41 48 .461 17½ Portland (MLS) 1, Los Angeles (MLS) 0 the pole. at the track.
Tuesday’s Games Last race: Justin Haley won his first career Next race: Iowa 300, July 20, Iowa Speedway,
AL 4, NL 3 Major League Soccer Cup race. Newton, Iowa.
Friday’s Games
Glance Fast facts: Haley, who just turned 20 two Online: http://www.indycar.com
Pittsburgh (Archer 3-6) at Chicago Cubs (Dar-
vish 2-4), 2:20 p.m. All Times EDT
months ago, is the third-youngest driver to win a
Cup race. He’s also the first non-series regular
NHRA DRAG RACING
NEW ENGLAND NATIONALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Washington (Strasburg 10-4) at Philadelphia
W L T Pts GF GA
to take first since Brian Vickers at New Hamp- Last event: Steve Torrence took Top Fuel hon-
(Pivetta 4-3), 6:05 p.m. shire in 2013. ...Haley, in just his third Cup start, ors in New Hampshire.
L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at Boston (Rodriguez 9-4), Philadelphia
D.C. United
10 5 6 36 39 28
8 5 7 31 25 21
led only one lap before weather forced officials Next event: Mile High Nationals, July 19-21,
7:10 p.m. to call the event with 33 laps to go. ...Truex, who Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, Colorado.
N.Y. Mets (Vargas 3-4) at Miami (TBD), 7:10 Atlanta 9 7 3 30 27 23 also won in 2017 at Kentucky, is the favorite for Online: http://www.nhra.com
p.m. Montreal 9 9 3 30 26 34 Saturday’s race at 7-2. OTHER SERIES
New York City FC 7 2 8 29 30 20
San Francisco (Anderson 3-2) at Milwaukee Next race: Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, July WORLD OF OUTLAWS
(TBD), 8:10 p.m. New York 8 7 4 28 33 27 21, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, Friday, Battle of Michigan, Hartford Speedway,
Arizona (TBD) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-7), Toronto FC 6 8 5 23 30 33 New Hampshire. Hartford, Michigan; Saturday, Badger 40, Wilm-
New England 6 8 5 23 22 36
8:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gray 5-5) at Colorado (TBD), 8:40 Orlando City 6 9 4 22 27 27
Online: http://www.nascar.com
XFINITY SERIES
ot Raceway, Wilmot, Wisconsin.
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
Chicago 5 8 7 22 31 29
p.m. ALSCO 300
Atlanta (Keuchel 2-2) at San Diego (Lamet 0-1),
10:10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Columbus
Cincinnati
5 13 2 17 17 30
4 13 2 14 18 44
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Site: Sparta, Kentucky.
Schedule: Thursday, practice, 3:05 & 6 p.m.;
Friday, qualifying, 4:15 p.m. (NBCSN), race,
Transactions
Pittsburgh (Lyles 5-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lester W L T Pts GF GA 7:30 p.m., NBCSN. Wednesday’s Moves
8-6), 2:20 p.m. Los Angeles FC 13 2 4 43 50 16 Track: Kentucky Speedway. BASEBALL
LA Galaxy 11 7 1 34 26 22 American League
N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-4) at Miami (TBD), Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
6:10 p.m. Seattle 9 5 5 32 29 25 Last year: Christopher Bell won his second HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Joe Smith to
Arizona (TBD) at St. Louis (Hudson 7-4), 7:15 Minnesota United 9 7 3 30 36 29 race of 2018. Corpus Christi (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
FC Dallas 8 7 5 29 29 25 OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent RHP Jharel
p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at Boston (Sale 3-8), 7:15 San Jose 8 7 4 28 30 30
Last race: Ross Chastain won his first series
start of the season. Cotton to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assign-
Houston 8 7 3 27 28 25 ment.
p.m.
Real Salt Lake 8 9 2 26 25 29
Fast facts: Bell’s victory in Sparta last season
SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed RHPs Mi-
San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-7) at Milwaukee got him on a roll. He’d go on to win two more
(TBD), 7:15 p.m. Portland 7 8 2 23 26 28
Sporting Kansas City 5 7 7 22 29 34
races in a row. ...Chastain switched his cham- chael Limoncelli, Anthony Tomczak and Dutch
Landis to minor league contracts.
Washington (Corbin 7-5) at Philadelphia (Nola pionship affiliation from the Xfinity series to
8-2), 7:15 p.m. Vancouver 4 8 8 20 22 31 trucks last month, so his victory last week didn’t TEXAS RANGERS - Assigned INF Patrick Wis-
dom outright to Nashville (PCL).
Cincinnati (Roark 5-6) at Colorado (TBD), 8:10 Colorado 5 10 4 19 29 38 affect the playoff picture. ...Tyler Reddick enters
p.m. NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. the weekend with a 76-point lead over Bell. National League
Atlanta (Teheran 5-6) at San Diego (TBD), Friday, July 12 Next race: Lakes Region 200, July 20, New CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned INF/OF Josh
8:40 p.m. New England at D.C. United, 7 p.m. Hampshire Motor Speedway. VanMeter to Louisville (IL).
Los Angeles FC at Houston, 9 p.m. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned 1B
Online: http://www.nascar.com
Basketball San Jose at LA Galaxy, 11 p.m.
Saturday, July 13
Columbus at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.
FORMULA ONE
BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Matt Beaty to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated
SS Corey Seager from the 10-day IL.
MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Tayron Guerrero
WNBA Glance Toronto FC at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Site: Silverstone, England.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 5 a.m. (ESPN2), and 1B Martin Prado to Jupiter (FSL) for rehab
All Times EDT Cincinnati at Chicago, 8 p.m. practice, 9 a.m. (ESPNU); Saturday, practice, 6 assignments.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
FC Dallas at Minnesota United, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.
a.m. (ESPN2), qualifying, 9 a.m. (ESPNEWS); MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP
Deolis Guerra outright to San Antonio (PCL).
Sunday, race, 9:10 a.m., ESPN2.
Washington 9 5 .643 — Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Track: Silverstone Circuit (3.66 miles). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Signed OF Tommy
Connecticut 9 6 .600 ½ Colorado at Portland, 11 p.m. Race distance: 190.2 miles, 52 laps. Jew to a minor league contract.
Chicago 7 8 .467 2½ Sunday, July 14 Last year: Sebastian Vettel spoiled Lewis Ham- American Association
New York 7 8 .467 2½ Atlanta at Seattle, 3:55 p.m. TEXAS AIRHOGS — Released RHP Martin
Indiana 6 10 .375 4 New York City FC at New York, 6:30 p.m.
ilton’s homecoming in England.
Last race: Max Verstappen, 21, won his sixth Cronin.
Atlanta 4 10 .286 5 Wednesday, July 17 Atlantic League
WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
career race in Austria two weeks ago.
Fast facts: Silverstone, which debuted on the F1 SUGAR LAND SKEETERS — Sold the contract
W L Pct GB Vancouver at New England, 7 p.m. of RHP Matt Ramsey to Tijuana (Mexican).
Las Vegas 10 5 .667 — Columbus at Chicago, 8 p.m.
circuit in 1950, is one of the more revered tracks
YORK REVOLUTION — Traded RHP Pete Tago
in the series. It’s also one of the fastest, with
Minnesota
Phoenix
9 6 .600 1
7 6 .538 2
New York at Toronto FC, 8 p.m.
Thursday, July 18
a course record lap of 1:30.621 set by Hamil- to Sioux City (AA) for a player to be named.
BASKETBALL
ton two years ago. ...Verstappen was the first
Los Angeles 7 7 .500 2½ D.C. United at Cincinnati, 8 p.m. driver other than Hamilton or Valtteri Bottas to National Basketball Association
Seattle 8 8 .500 2½ Orlando City at Portland, 10 p.m. win a race in 2019. Verstappen, driving a Red DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Seth Curry.
Dallas 5 9 .357 4½ Friday, July 19 Bull Honda, also piloted the only non-Ferrari to Re-signed F Maxi Kleber.
Tuesday’s Games Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy, 10 p.m. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed F Kawhi
Dallas 74, Los Angeles 62 Saturday, July 20
cross first this season.
Next race: German Grand Prix, July 28, Hock- Leonard.
Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Declined to
Atlanta 78, Connecticut 75 Houston at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m.
enheimring, Hockenheim, Germany.
Online: http://www.formula1.com match Memphis’ offer sheet to G Tyus Jones.
Phoenix 91, Washington 68 Montreal at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Traded F
Las Vegas 74, Indiana 71 FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
INDYCAR
Paul George to the L.A. Clippers for G Shai
HONDA INDY TORONTO
Minnesota 73, Chicago 72
Thursday’s Games
New York City FC at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Minnesota United at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.
Site: Toronto. Gilgeous-Alexander, F Danilo Gallinari and
first-round draft picks from 2021-24 and 2026.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 11:05 a.m. & 3:15
No games scheduled San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. p.m.; Saturday, practice, 10:20 a.m., qualify- PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed Fs Tobias
Friday’s Games Sunday, July 21 ing, 2 p.m. (NBCSN); Sunday, race, 3:42 p.m., Harris and Al Horford.
Los Angeles at Indiana, 7 p.m. D.C. United at Atlanta, 4 p.m. NBCSN. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G Isaiah
Minnesota at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. New England at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Track: Streets of Toronto (1.786 miles). Thomas.
Phoenix at Connecticut, 8 p.m. New York at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m. Race distance: 151.8 miles, 85 laps. FOOTBALL
New York at Chicago, 8 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 9:30 p.m. National Football League
Dallas at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Last year: Scott Dixon won after leading 49 of
85 laps. NFL — Suspended Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB
Soccer Auto racing Last race: Alexander Rossi dominated Road
America for his seventh career win.
Ryan Smith without pay for the first four games
of the regular season for violating the NFL’s pol-
Auto Racing Glance Fast facts: Dixon took a simulator test of a pro- icy on performance-enhancers.
HOCKEY
U.S. Open Cup Glance All Times Eastern totype of the new aero screen last week. The
simulation included 20 laps on Indianapolis National Hockey League
All Times EDT NASCAR CUP SERIES LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Alex Iafallo
Motor Speedway’s 2.5-mile oval and six laps on
(Home teams listed first)
QUARTERFINALS
QUAKER STATE 400
Site: Sparta, Kentucky. the rest of the venues on the IndyCar slate. The to a two-year contract.
completed aero screen is scheduled to be track WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed F Aliaksei
Wednesday, July 10
Atlanta United (MLS) 2, Saint Louis (USLC) 0
Schedule: Friday, practice, 11:35 a.m. & 1:35
tested for the first time at IMS in September. Protas to a three-year, entry-level contract.
p.m. (NBCSN), qualifying, 6 p.m. (NBCSN); American Hockey League
Minnesota United (MLS) 6, New Mexico United Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN. ...Josef Newgarden won in Toronto in 2015 and
2017, with Will Power taking first three years STOCKTON HEAT — Signed D Zac Leslie and
(USLC) 1 Track: Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles). Fs Alex Gallant and Jeremy McKenna to one-
Orlando City (MLS) 1, New York City (MLS) 1, Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps. ago. ...Power and Dixon have each won three
year contracts.
Orlando City wins 5-4 in penalty kicks Last year: Martin Truex Jr. took Kentucky from times at Toronto, the most by an active driver
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Thursday, July 11, 2019 3B

College Soccer

Mississippi State announces

schedule for 25th season of soccer
From Special Reports opening game in each of the last Starkville on Sept. 19. The Aggies
three years. were No. 11 in the final RPI and ad-
STARKVILLE – After earning The Bulldogs will then play vanced to the Sweet 16 last year.
its first NCAA Tournament berth in three of their four first-time oppo- MSU will hope to write a positive
program history, Mississippi State nents in a row when they host BYU chapter in the Magnolia Cup rivalry
soccer will return to the field for its the following Saturday, Aug. 24 at 7 when Ole Miss visits on Sept. 26.
25th season on Aug. 22. p.m. The Dawgs then hit the road The Bulldogs last claimed the tro-
MSU has 18 regular-season con- for their only non-conference away phy outright in 2012, but battled to
tests on tap in head coach James games. a draw in 2017.
Armstrong’s first season, with 11 After an Aug. 30 matchup at State travels to Kentucky on
of those scheduled at home. The Eastern Washington, MSU will be Sept. 29 then makes the short trip Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Yesterday’sANSWER
answer
schedule features nine NCAA Tour-
nament teams from last season, in-
the first SEC team ever to travel to to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to meet Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
YESTERDAY’S
8 3 4 2 9 7 5 6 1
Moscow, Idaho, for a single-game the Crimson Tide on Oct. 4. placing puzzle
Sudoku based on
is a number-
cluding five that finished in the top meeting with the Idaho Vandals. Four of the final six opponents a 9x9 grid
placing with based
puzzle severalon 7 5 2 6 1 3 4 8 9

2019 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

30 of the final RPI. The Bulldogs will play indoor soc- made the NCAA field last year. The agiven
9x9 grid with several
numbers. The object 6 1 9 5 4 8 3 7 2
“We are very excited to announce given numbers.
is to place The object
the numbers
cer in the 16,000 seat Kibbie Dome first of which comes to town on Oct. 1 2 3 8 7 5 9 4 6
our fall schedule,” Armstrong said. is
1 to place
to 9 in thethe numbers
empty spaces
on Sept. 1. 10 when State hosts Auburn, Arm- 5 8 7 4 6 9 2 1 3
“The diversity and challenge of our 1sotothat
9 ineach
the empty spaces
row, each
To round out the non-conference strong’s former team. That match is
non-conference schedule will cer- so that each
column row, each
and each 3x3 box 9 4 6 3 2 1 8 5 7
slate, MSU hosts UT-Martin (Sept. followed by a trip to Arkansas after column
tainly prepare us for what is always containsand theeach
same3x3 box
number 2 6 1 9 8 4 7 3 5
5), Memphis (Sept. 8), South Ala- MSU and the Razorbacks played to contains the same number
a tough SEC schedule. We cannot only once. The difficulty
3 9 8 7 5 6 1 2 4
wait to get on the field to face these bama (Sept. 12) and Boston College a scoreless draw a year ago. only once. The difficulty
level increases from
opponents, especially for those (Sept. 15). A battle of the Bulldogs awaits in level increases from
Monday to Sunday. 4 7 5 1 3 2 6 9 8
The Skyhawks had the largest Starkville on Oct. 20 against Geor- Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 7/10

games in front of our awesome fans

in Starkville.”
Before opening the season, State
will play two exhibition matches.
The Bulldogs will take a trip to Co-
lumbus, Georgia, to face Georgia
Southern on a neutral pitch at 2 p.m.
CT on Aug. 15 before closing the
preseason against Southern Miss
in Starkville on Aug.17 at 4 p.m.
State revives a long-dormant se-
ries with Alabama A&M to open the
year at home on Aug. 22 at 6 p.m.
Sitting at 99 home wins in program
history, MSU will look to open the
Armstrong era with two milestones
in that contest. MSU has won their
year-to-year improvement in win-
loss record in 2018. The Bulldogs
defeated both Memphis and South
Alabama on the road last season.
The Tigers finished the year ranked
No. 15 in the RPI, highest among
MSU’s opponents outside the SEC.
Boston College was No. 28 in the
final RPI.
While State gets a year off from
reigning SEC Regular Season
Champion Vanderbilt and perenni-
al powers Florida and South Caro-
lina, the conference slate will not
start out easily. Texas A&M, a pro-
gram MSU has never beaten, visits
gia. MSU then travels to LSU on
Oct. 24. After losing a heartbreaker
in the final minutes in Knoxville,
Tennessee, last season, the Bull-
dogs will welcome the Volunteers
on Oct. 27. Tennessee advanced to
the Elite Eight in 2017 and finished
with the No. 8 RPI.
State closes the regular season
campaign at Missouri on Hallow-
een at 7 p.m. on Oct. 31. The SEC
Tournament will be played in Or-
ange Beach, Alabama on Nov. 3-10.
MSU is looking for its first appear-
ance in the conference tournament
since 2004.

Tennis

Federer, Nadal renew great rivalry

in Wimbledon semifinals
By HOWARD FENDRICH
The Associated Press
WIMBLEDON, En-
gland — After going more
than 1½ years without
playing each other any-
where, Rog-
er Federer
and Rafael
Nadal will
be meeting
at a second
consecutive
Grand Slam
tournament Federer
when they
face off in
Wimble-
don’s semi-
finals.
L a s t
month, Na-
dal got his
shot at Fed-
Nadal
erer on red
clay, win-
ning their wind-whipped
French Open semifinal in
straight sets on the way to
a 12th title there.
“We had some brutal
conditions to play (in)
there. But it was a joy to
play against Rafa there,
on his court,” Federer
said. “And, of course, I’d
love to play against him
here at Wimbledon.”
On Friday, Federer
gets his shot at Nadal on
grass and hopes to pro-
long his pursuit of a ninth
championship at the All
England Club.
“Means a lot for me,”
Nadal said, “and probably
for him, too.”
This is their 40th
showdown on tour; Nadal
leads 25-14. It’s their 14th
match at a major; Nadal
leads 10-3. And it’s the
fourth time they’ll play
at Centre Court; Federer
leads 2-1.
But Nadal did win the
last one, edging Federer
9-7 in the fifth set of the
2008 final — considered
by many the greatest
match in tennis’ lengthy
history — as daylight
dwindled to nothing.
That would never again
be an issue, because a
retractable roof and arti-
ficial lights have been in
place at the tournament’s
main stadium since the
following year. Another
movable cover was added
to No. 1 Court this year.
What hasn’t changed?
Federer and Nadal are
still at the top of the game.
If it’s hard to believe
more than a decade has
passed since these two
rivals last shared a court
at Wimbledon, it’s also
tough to fathom how it is
that they have dominat-
ed their sport as long as
they have. Federer ranks
first among men with 20
career Grand Slam titles.
Nadal is next with 18. Add
in the third-place count
of 15 trophies belonging
to Novak Djokovic, who
is seeded No. 1 and plays
No. 23 Roberto Bautista
Agut of Spain in Friday’s
other semifinal, and this
terrific trio has won 53 of
the last 64 major champi-
onships.
That includes 14 of
the last 16 at Wimbledon.
Also: 10 in a row every-
where over the past 2½
seasons.
Djokovic is seeking his
fifth trophy, and second
straight, at the All En-
gland Club, while Bautista
Agut is making his Grand
Slam semifinal debut.
Djokovic leads 7-3
head-to-head, but Bau-
tista Agut won their two
matchups this season,
both on hard courts.
“Going to try to use
my experience in being
in these kind of match-
es, get myself tactically
prepared,” Djokovic said.
“Hopefully I can execute
everything I intend to do.”
Although Federer
turns 38 on Aug. 8, Nad-
al is 33 and Djokovic 32,
they aren’t showing signs
of letting up.
“We still (feel) that
we have chances to com-
pete for the most import-
ant things,” Nadal said.
“That’s what really make
us keep playing with this
intensity.”
Not to mention keep
working on aspects of
their game.
Federer, for exam-
ple, switched to a larger
racket and began using a
flatter backhand more fre-
quently instead of a slice.
Nadal has worked on his
serving and that’s helped
him once again be a con-
tender on grass.
He reached the final
during five consecutive
Wimbledon appearances
from 2006-11, winning
twice, but hasn’t been
ACROSS
that far since, including
1 Bouncy tune
a series of exits against
opponents ranked 100th 5 Book makeup
10 Brainstorms
or worse. Last year, he
12 Defeatist’s words
was beaten in five sets
13 Drunken spree
by Djokovic in the semi-
14 “The Flash”
finals. character
“Haven’t played each15 Darling of
other in a long, long time
baseball
on this surface. He’s serv-
16 Expressionless
ing way different. I re-
18 “The Joy Luck
member back in the day,Club” author
how he used to serve. And
20 Try out
now, how much bigger 21 Physics bit
he’s serving, how much 23 Dr.’s field
24 Ready to pick
faster he finishes points,”
26 Band boosters
Federer said. “It’s going
to be tough. Rafa real-28 In favor of
29 Postmark part DOWN 22 Afternoon show
ly can hurt anybody on 1 Fall sign 24 Desk type
31 Caribou’s kin
any surface. I mean, he’s
2 Figure of speech 25 Annoying
32 Naval destroyer,
that good. He’s not just a 3 Comic Bruce 27 Fellows
in slang
clay-court specialist, we 4 Playground game 28 Banquets
36 Campaign loser
know.” 39 Long time 5 Print unit 30 — standstill
40 Hot spot 6 Corrosive stuff 33 Spelunker

Williams back on Centre Court to face Strycova in semifinals 41 Roof feature 7 Service station 34 Hollywood
43 Marisa of “My sight worker
Cousin Vinnie” 8 Packs away 35 High homes
The Associated Press all — an achievement that would In the first semifinal, also on 44 News item 9 Doped up 37 Hot spot
equal Margaret Court’s all-time re- Centre Court, former No. 1 Simona 45 Forgo frugality 11 Drugged 38 Senator Harry
WIMBLEDON, England — 46 Fine study 17 Brian of rock 42 Gardner of film
cord. Halep will face Elina Svitolina. 19 Phone bug
Back on Centre Court and back in
The 33-year-old Strycova had Like Strycova, Svitolina has nev-
the semifinals of a major tourna-
ment, Serena Williams will take on been pondering retirement this er before been to the final four at a
Barbora Strycova at Wimbledon. year but now is the oldest first-time major tournament.
Williams is trying to win an major semifinalist in the profession- Halep won the French Open last
eighth title at the All England Club al era. It took her 53 major tourna- year and is trying to reach her fifth
and a 24th Grand Slam trophy over- ments to get this deep. major final.

Moorhead
Continued from Page 1B
throw the pass immediately — a no-
tion he called “activate.”
“Activate is like a gift, you always
take it unless you’re a recruit,” he
said through a laugh.
In the passing game, Moorhead
examined the over/under pass con-
cept. Diagraming the “funnel” play,
he explained the basic goal is to
move the defense to one side of the
field while simultaneously slipping
a receiver under the coverage to the
opposite side.
A pre-snap read gives Moor-
head’s quarterbacks a look at a
vertical route from the Z receiver
should the defensive back play up
on him in man-coverage. If the de-
fender backs off, the route becomes
a comeback.
Moving inside, the H runs a 12-
yard cross, the Y is sent on a deep-
post and the X comes across the
formation with a shallow crossing
route, or “nasty” as MSU refers to
it.
In all, Moorhead spent well over
an hour explaining just two plays
in the roughly 100-page binder he
passed around the room — one
that included thorough breakdowns
of what plays opponents run and
against which defenses they do so.
Though it was not a complete
delve into the secrets and intrica-
cies of the MSU offensive agenda,
the session did grant an exceeding-
ly detailed look at the sheer number
of pre and post-snap reads on every WHATZIT ANSWER
play from scrimmage. Log cabin
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NBA

Kawhi Leonard, Paul George officially join LA Clippers

By TIM REYNOLDS
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Paul George
and Kawhi Leonard are now
officially with the Los Angeles
Clippers, moves that bring both
of them back to their native
Southern California.
It might not be forever: Both
can become free agents in only
two years.
The Clippers completed
their blockbuster trade with
the Oklahoma City Thunder on
Wednesday, acquiring George
for guard Shai Gilgeous-Alex-
ander, forward Danilo Gallinari
and five first-round draft picks
— along with the chance to
swap draft places in two other
years.
“Paul George is one of the
greatest two-way players in our
game,” Clippers
President Law-
rence Frank said.
“He is both an
elite scorer and
a relentless de-
fender whose ver-
satility elevates
Leonard
any team. When
you have the op-
portunity to acquire a contribu-
tor of his caliber, you do what it
takes to bring him home.”
George can become a free
agent again in 2021 if he choos-
es to exercise that option, and
Leonard will be in the same
situation as well. A person with
knowledge of the situation said
that the deal Leonard signed
Wednesday is a three-year max
that could be worth nearly $110
million, though the third sea-
son is at Leonard’s option. The
person spoke to
The Associated
Press on condi-
tion of anonym-
ity because the
Clippers did not
release contract
terms.
George
The Athletic
first reported the
three-year term and option pro-
vision in Leonard’s deal. When
Leonard decided that he was
leaving Toronto for the Clippers
last week, he and the team had
talked about a four-year max
worth $141 million — but this
move, which would make Leon-
ard a free agent after his 10th
season, gives him the maxi-
mum amounts of flexibility and
future earning power.
“This is a historic moment for
our organization and our fans,”
Frank said. “We are grateful
and honored that Kawhi Leon-
ard has decided to come home
and join the L.A. Clippers.
Kawhi is a peerless two-way
player, a relentless worker and
a natural fit for the serious, pro-
fessional culture our group has
established.”
Another major deal got
completed Wednesday: Klay
Thompson, who will miss part
of next season while recover-
ing from a torn ACL, signed his
five-year deal to stay with Gold-
en State for nearly $190 million
— the largest free-agent one
agreed to this summer. Port-
land’s Damian Lillard signed a
$196 million extension that be-
gins in two years, but he wasn’t
a free agent. The Warriors also
waived Shaun Livingston, who
was part of all five of their NBA
Finals teams over the last five
seasons.
“He has been a tremendous
credit to the Warriors organi-
zation and our community for
the last five years,” Warriors
co-chairman and CEO Joe La-
cob said of Livingston.
Leonard will cost the Clip-
pers a lot of money.
George is costing them a lot
of money and a lot of picks.
The Clippers surrendered
their first-rounder picks in
2022, 2024 and 2026, plus sent
ones for 2021 and 2023 that
were obtained through Miami,
to Oklahoma City to complete
the George trade. Oklahoma
City also has the right to swap
first-round picks with the Clip-
pers in 2023 and 2025.
The Thunder also now have
a $10.4 million trade exception.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I recently
attended
a friend’s party
that was being
given to cele-
brate their son’s
18th birthday. I
thought it would
be cheeky and
fun to buy him a
risque card from
an adult boutique,
ZITS thinking everyone
would get a good
laugh, and we’d
have something
to roast the
young man with. Dear Abby
When he opened
the card, he had this look of
horror on his face, ran out of
the room all teary-eyed and
went directly to his bedroom.
His mother picked up the card
and immediately asked me
to leave. I was really embar-
rassed but unsure about the
reason.
GARFIELD I gave them a week or so to
cool off. I called back only to be
informed by the mother that I
had violated her son’s sanctity
of sexual orientation because
he identifies as a “they” and
“prefers androgynous boys to
women.” She went on to explain
that as a result of my “indis-
criminate sexism,” I’m no longer
allowed around the family.
I feel I should’ve been in-
formed of the child’s orientation
being such an important aspect
of his ... or rather, “their” identi- teachable moment was blown
ty, and tried to explain it was an
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July
11). Your cosmic holiday
features an uncharacteristic
impulsiveness. This isn’t ego
or childishness. Rather, it’s a
pure stream of intuitive fuel
that will set in motion a chain
of ultimately fortuitous events.
Serve yourself -- not a boss
or even a loved one. You’re
the one person you can make
BABY BLUES happy, and it will start a trend.
Scorpio and Pisces adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 18, 14,
3, 28 and 45.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Your method has helped
you get the goal several times
already, but now something has
changed. Suddenly, that same
method won’t net the same
results. The winner’s way is to
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
honest mistake
and would never
happen again.
My friend said
the damage was
done, and they
can’t forgive that
kind of arrogance
and blatant disre-
spect for “their”
gender identity
and sexual orien-
tation.
Was I insensi-
tive for not asking
first, or should
the parents
have taken the
initiative to inform
me so I wouldn’t
make such an egregious
error in what I assumed was
a well-rounded friendship?
Any advice would be great.
— WANTING TO SCREAM IN
EUGENE
DEAR WANTING: I think
one lesson to be learned here
is that some people are not
comfortable with sexual humor.
Another is that it is a mistake
to assume that everyone is
straight or cisgender.
I’m sorry that the young
person was embarrassed.
Your apology should have been
directed at them, not their
mother. But since the mother
has now decreed you persona
non grata, you will have to
accept it. It’s unfortunate. The
family overreacted. What could
have been handled as a simple
out of proportion.
adapt.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You may be in over your head,
but that’s not such a bad state.
What does it matter how deep
the water is? You’re always
going to swim somewhere near
the top.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
The noise of too many opinions
will be a detriment. Life gets
lovelier when the rattle in the
background goes away and
you can clearly hear what really
matters.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
There’s a potential future form-
ing. This next reality is coming
together with the help of a few
different sources: your mind’s
eye, the intentions of those who
need you, and the hand of fate.
DEAR ABBY: I am about to
blow my top! I am a married
father of two in the military who
works 12 hours daily to support
my family. My wife and I are col-
lege grads and have been mar-
ried five years. For those years
we have maintained residence
in Hawaii. My wife doesn’t work
and tries to run a day care that
is mildly successful.
Our home is always dirty
because, as she puts it, she is
not a housemaid. She doesn’t
cook often either. Many times I
come home so tired I can’t see,
and the house is a mess. This
has caused arguments.
My thinking is, if she’s
not going to take care of the
house, she should get a job
and help with the finances.
The money she gets from the
day care doesn’t go toward the
household. She considers it her
spending money.
I am ready to bounce and
find greener pastures. I have
tried talking to her, but she ig-
nores my complaints and plays
the victim. We have already
tried counseling. It doesn’t work
because she goes back to her
normal self afterward. Help! —
PEEVED IN THE PACIFIC
DEAR PEEVED: Marriage
is supposed to be a partner-
ship and, from what you have
written, your wife is unwilling
to contribute to it. I can’t
change her and neither can
you. Because counseling hasn’t
resolved your obvious lack of
compatibility, it’s time to con-
sult a lawyer.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’re a collector of impres-
sions. You notice details. You
track behavior. You sense things
about others without having to
ask. To ask is to be led down
a path that may or may not be
true.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You know that your interaction
with people is only a small part
of the story of their day. You re-
alize that what happened before
the interaction has an effect.
You feel at least partly responsi-
ble for what happens after.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You understand that people
need each other, but there are
acceptable and unacceptable
limits to this interdependence.
It may seem that some people
lean too hard and do not give
back. Walk away to see what
happens.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’ve been watching a
skilled person and picking up
technique, if not consciously
then by the magical osmosis of
attention. You’ll soon be solving
a problem differently from how
you did it in the past.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). If you want to really
confuse a total stranger, ask for
directions to “anywhere.” Such
a question would baffle even
the wisest guide. Before anyone
can show you the way, you have
to know where you’d like to go.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You love a challenge and
yet you are reticent to offer
them to others. You don’t want
to inconvenience anyone. Don’t
worry. Some people are just like
you in that they love the excuse
to exert themselves.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It’s time to renegotiate,
or at least to take stock of
all that’s changed since the
original agreement. Write it out.
Seeing this on paper will help
you to get your head around it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ve all these ideas
about how a masterful person
would show up and complete
the task at hand. Go on and
follow in the footsteps of this
made-up hero, who, if you think
about it, is actually an idealized
version of you.

Lean over backwards

SOLUTION:
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Business
Powell’s message to Congress:
Rate cut is likely coming soon
Federal Reserve chairman’s remarks led investors
to send stock prices up, bond yields down and the
value of the U.S. dollar lower
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WA S H I N G T O N
— Pointing to a weak-
er global economy,
rising trade tensions
and chronically low
inflation, Chairman
Jerome Powell sig-
naled Wednesday Powell
that the Federal Re-
serve is likely to cut interest rates
late this month for the first time in
a decade.
Delivering the central bank’s
semiannual report to Congress,
Powell said that since Fed officials
met last month, “uncertainties
around trade tensions and concerns
about the strength of the global
economy continue to weigh on the
U.S. economic outlook.” In addi-
tion, inflation has dipped further
below the Fed’s annual target level.
The chairman’s remarks led
investors to send stock prices up,
bond yields down and the value of
the U.S. dollar lower on expecta-
tions of lower interest rates. The
S&P 500 index briefly traded over
3,000 for the first time.
Testifying to the House Finan-
cial Services Committee, Powell
was asked, as he has been before,
what he would do if President Don-
ald Trump tried to fire or demote
him. Powell offered the same terse
reply he’s given in the past when
asked about Trump’s attacks on
his leadership and the president’s
insistence that he has authority to
remove the chairman: Powell said
he intends to serve out his full four-
year term, which ends in early 2022.
The president has repeatedly ac-
cused Powell and the Fed of keeping
credit too tight for too long and of
thereby holding back the economy
and the stock market. Most experts
dispute Trump’s assertion that he
has authority to either fire Powell
or demote him from the chairman’s
post, and his attacks have raised
alarms that he’s undermining the
Fed’s long-recognized indepen-
dence from political pressure.

Miss. regulators approve air pollution permit for wood pellet plant
Company plans to export the pellets va, Enviva’s vice president
of environmental affairs,
and it is therefore time for
the MDEQ board to listen
to European and Asian utilities, which said in a statement.
Opponents, though,
to the people of Mississip-
pi not just rich, powerful
burn them to generate electricity raised questions about industries,” a group of
the pollutants and dust opponents said in a joint
By JEFF AMY ties, which burn them to the plant would release, statement.
The Associated Press generate electricity in State and local officials
as well as its effect on
place of coal, seeking to forests. They also ques- have pledged what could
JACKSON — Missis-
reduce emissions of cli- tioned whether burning be $17 million in aid and
sippi environmental reg-
mate-changing carbon wood pellets instead of tax breaks over the next
ulators have approved an
air pollution permit for dioxide. coal actually reduces 10 years, touting the ef-
what could be the larg- “We are pleased with greenhouse gases. fect on a forestry industry
est wood pellet plant in today’s positive outcome “The Enviva Lucedale that has been depressed
the world, despite objec- and look forward to start- wood pellet plant will since paper mills in the
tions from environmen- ing construction of our have a disastrous effect region closed.
tal groups that the plant new wood pellet facility in on the people, wildlife,
would emit too much Lucedale,” Yana Kravtso- and climate of Mississippi
pollution and have other
harmful effects.
The state Environmen-
tal Quality Permit Board
voted unanimously to is-
sue a permit Tuesday for
Enviva Partners LP’s $140
million plant in Lucedale.
The company also plans a
$60 million ship-loading
facility in Pascagoula.
The two plants are sup-
posed to have 120 direct
employees, with as many
as 300 loggers and truck-
ers also finding work sup-
plying Enviva.
The Bethesda, Mary-
land, company plans to
export the pellets to Eu-
ropean and Asian utili-

Business brief
Backstage Music named
Top Dealer
For the third consec-
utive year, the National
Association of Music Mer-
chants, or NAMM, has
named Backstage Music
of Starkville as a top 100
dealer.
This annual award hon-
ors retailers that demon-
strate exceptional com-
mitment to their stores,
neighborhoods and
customers, and share in a
vision of creating a more
musical world through
their local communities.
Backstage Music
owners Jim Beaty and
Allen McBroom will travel
to Nashville July 19 to
receive the award.

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Mowing, cleanup, (2) CEMENT BENCHES floormats, $40. historic district, 1 block
35K Miles, $11,900 landscaping, sodding, & Both 44" long. $50 ea. White distressed jewelry from downtown, $575/ 3BR/2BA FOR RENT.
2014 Honda Accord tree cutting. 356−6525. 662−327−5480. Lv box, $30. mo. + $575 dep. NO
Sport; 4dr, Black, msg & number. Water included. $800/
Amazon Fire Tablet PETS. 662−574−8789. mo.$500 damage dep.
30K Miles, $14,900 case, $20. Peaceful & Quiet area.
2015 Honda Accord Sitting With The Sick / Elderly req. No inside pets.
Jacqueline Kennedy Caledonia Schools.
Sport; 4dr, Blue, 1780 GOOD LUMBER. Varies
COLEMAN
interviews boxset, $30.
66K Miles, $12,900 in length & width. 20 Call 662−640−8750 or CONCESSION TRUCK
2006 Honda Accord Accounting Terms 662−269−3269. FOR SALE. Includes
pcs/$50. 662−327−
SE; Gray, RN NURSE Seeking to
5480. Lv msg &
dictionary, $12. RENTALS Hawaiian shaved ice
116K Miles, $5,900 sit w/ elderly person in− TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
number. RENT A fully equipped machine, 2 freezers, 1
2008 Honda Accord home, hospital or 662−242−2884
1 BEDROOM
camper w/utilities & refrigerator, 2 triple
EXL; Silver, nursing home. Light Leave a message.
cable from $145/wk − crockpots, 8,000 watt
117K Miles, $7,900
2016 Honda Accord
housekeeping included. Burial Plots 4250 2 BEDROOMS $535/month. Columbus generator. Includes 8 ft.
Ask for Mary, 662−356 BOLEN MTV riding lawn
Sport; 4dr, Gray, −6578. 8 SPACES for sale, mower, $200. Gas club 3 BEDROOMS & County School enclosed trailer w/
66K Miles, $14,900 locations. 662−242− cooking equip. 24 in.
Friendship Cemetery, car golf cart. Needs
2017 Honda Accord LEASE, flat iron griddle, deep
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EMERGENCY FOOD AND said, American Ad- original section, Call 7653 or 601−940−
Sport Special Edition, work, $200. Call 662− fryer, stainless steel
SHELTER NATIONAL 1397.
BOARD PROGRAM.
visors Group, the hold-
er of said deed of trust
4dr, Silver, Tree Services 1860 662−364−3736. 570−1730. DEPOSIT funnel cake pan, double
79K Miles, $14,900
and the note secured 2018 Honda Accord A&T TREE SERVICE Farm Equipment & Supplies USE KENNEL DIP® to AND Office Spaces For Rent 7300 burner. $11,250
Lowndes County has thereby, substituted Un- negotiable. For more
been chosen to receive derwood Law Firm PLLC,
Touring; 4dr, Red,
48 Miles, $27,900
Bucket truck & stump
4420 treat fleas, ticks, CREDIT CHECK OFFICE SPACE FOR info, call 662−251−
$28,379 to supple- removal. Free est. mange, stable flies &
as Trustee therein, as 2017 Honda Civic LEASE. 1112 Main St., 3027.
Serving Columbus
ment emergency food
662-329-2323
authorized by the terms Hatchback EX; 4dr, Red, FOR SALE Hay baler, mosquitoes where they Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
and shelter programs in thereof, by instrument since 1987. Senior breed. At Tractor Supply
26k Miles, $16,900
Penny
rake, and cutter. Call Plenty of private
the county. dated May 9, 2019 and 2017 Toyota Corolla LE; citizen disc. Call Alvin @
Ernie at 662−549− (www.kennelvax.com) parking. 662−327−
recorded in the Office of Red, 4dr, 242−0324/241−4447
The selection was made the aforesaid Chancery 8948 for more info.
Sporting Goods 4720 2411 HWY 45 N 9559.

by a National Board that Clerk in Book 2019 at
is chaired by the U.S.
Department of Home-
land Security’s Federal WHEREAS, default hav-
Emergency Manage-
ment Agency and con-
sists of representatives said deed of trust and
from American Red
Cross; Catholic Charit-
ies, USA; National Coun- clared to be due and
cil of the Churches of
Christ in the USA; The
Jewish Federations of
North America; The Sal- legal holder of said in-
vation Army; and, United debtedness, American
Way Worldwide. The
Local Board was
charged to distribute
funds appropriated by
Congress to help ex-
pand the capacity of
food and shelter pro-
grams in high-need
areas around the coun- the purpose of raising
try.
A Local Board made up neys fees, Substituted
of United Way; Helping
Hands, Inc.; The Salva- pense of sale;
tion Army; Emergency
Management Agency;
B’Nai Israel; Safe
Haven, Inc.; Contact
Helpline Teleministries; ee in said deed of trust,
American Red Cross;
Loaves and Fishes Com- July, 2019, offer for
munity Soup Kitchen;
Page 9791; and
ing been made in the
terms and conditions of
the entire debt secured
thereby, having been de-
payable in accordance
with the terms of said
deed of trust, and the
Advisors Group, having
requested the under-
signed Substituted
Trustee to execute the
trust and sell said land
and property in accord-
ance with the terms of
said deed of trust for
the sums due thereun-
der, together with attor-
Trustees fees and ex-
NOW, THEREFORE, WE,
Underwood Law Firm
PLLC, Substituted Trust-
will on the 26th day of
sale at public outcry for
pincher?
20K Miles, 11,900 "We’ll go out on a limb
for you!" COLUMBUS, MS
SUVS: ELLIPTICAL MACHINE Houses For Sale: Other 8500
JOHN DEERE MODEL M
Sole Elliptical E35 in
2011 Toyota Rav4 Lim- TRACTOR A set of one Commercial Property For
Lost & Found 2300 row cultivators w/
excellent condition. Nice
ited; 4dr, White, quiet machine. $399 Rent 7100
165K Miles, $9,900 hydraulic lift, has been
2008 Toyota 4Runner repainted, looks good &
662−574−1561
BRASS KETTLE I OFFICE FOR RENT.
SR5; 4dr, Blue, am looking for a runs good, $3500. Call Pets 5150
113K Miles, 11,900
30x15. Separate air
brass Victorian 662−436−2037. conditioner & bathroom.
2007 Honda Fit;
4dr, Gray,
Spirit Kettle that my REGISTERED DACHSH− $400/mo. Located in
82K Miles, $5,900 mother sold to Estate Sales 4490 UND puppies for sale. Caledonia. Call 662−
2016 Nissan Rogue S; someone in Reds & creams. Ready 574−0082.
4dr, Maroon, Columbus, Ms in 3BR/3BA, BRICK,
Use and read
ESTATE SALE − NO to go 7/13! Call 205−
48K Miles, $13,900 about 1974 or 75. I 2,640 sq. ft., 32x32
EARLY BIRDS PLEASE 596−3264.
2017 Nissan Rogue S; know this is a long
FOR RENT LOCATED
LR/DR combo, 25x25
1837 Ridge Road July
classifieds
NEAR DOWNTOWN.
AWD, 4dr, Red, shot, but I would 11−13 Thursday, Friday Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 3,000 sq. ft. truck library, lg. laundry room,
49K Miles, $14,900
like to buy it back and Saturday 9−5 terminal, 9,500 sq. ft. new appl., Italian
2011 Honda CR-V EXL;
4dr, Blue,
for her. 601−323−
5886
Furniture, Refrigerator,
Washer, Dryer, Riding
FOX RUN APARTMENTS
1 & 2 BR near hospital.
shop & 3,200 sq. ft. marble in foyer & hall,
custom drapes, dbl.
and your
55K Miles, $9,900 office/shop. Buildings
2015 Nissan CRV EXL;
4dr, Silver,
Lawn Mower, Piano, Lift
Chair, Household items.
$595−$645 monthly.
Military discount, pet
can be rented together
or separately. All w/
carport, security
system. $139,900. dollars will
area, pet friendly, and
43K Miles, $15,900
go further.
For more info call or text For sale, trade or rent.
2017 Honda CRV EXL; furnished corporate
excellent access & Hwy.
615−849−5597.
Cindy 830−328−9989 82 visibility. 662−327−
4dr, Black, LOST HONDA car key apts. 24−HOUR
9559.
50K Miles, $18,900
New Price
with fob and red heart PROFESSIONAL GYM.
ON SITE SECURITY.
MORTGAGE/HOUSE Five Questions:
2018 Honda HR-V EX;
inscribed Tiny. 662− ESTATE SALE: Houses For Rent: Northside FOR SALE. 4BR/2BA.
327−5040 316 8TH ST. S. ON SITE MAINTENANCE. 2108 Paulette Rd.
ON SITE MANAGEMENT. 7110
4dr, Silver,
8K Miles, $17,900
2017 Ford Edge SEL;
Sat, July 13, 8a−12p &
Sun, July 14, 1−4p 24−HOUR CAMERA
Macon, MS. $263,000.
1 “You
Oughta
2BR/1.5BA 662−708−0071.
SURVEILLANCE. Benji @
4dr, White, General Help Wanted 3200 Original Snow Village TOWNHOUSE, 2 story,
Know”
15K Miles, $15,900 houses w/accessories, 662−386−4446. Lots & Acreage 8600
THE GOLDEN Triangle
brick. 3102 Sierra Ct.
Dept 56 Winter All appliances included.
Vans: Planning and Develop- Silhouette, Precious Apts For Rent: West 7050 LOWNDES CO: 153
ment District is accept- Very nice. $675/mo +

VIP
Recovery House; and a cash to the highest bid- Moments, Clothique ACRES on Hwy 50 E at
2 Christmas
2012 Honda Odyssey ing applications for part- dep. 662−315−1930.
representative of Home- der, and sell within leg- EXL; 4dr, Brown, time personal care at- Santas, nativities, end of Brewer Rd. 4
less citizens will determ- al hours (being between

Rentals
$15,900 tendants to work in the vintage ornaments, green fields, exc
ine how the funds awar- the hours of 11:00 A.M. 2BR/1BA. HUD hunting, sand, gravel &
Golden Triangle area. Christmas serving
3 Remington
ded to Lowndes County and 4:00 P.M.) at the Trucks: Applicants must have a pieces & decor, approved. Stove, refrg, clay deposits. More info
are to be distributed
among the emergency
Main front door of the
County Courthouse at
valid driver’s license, re- Halloween ghosts, Apartments w/d hookups. $495/ call 205−799−9846 or
mo, Lease & dep, credit 205−695−2248.
& Houses
2014 Toyota Tacoma liable transportation and goblins, witches, Easter
food and shelter pro- Columbus, County of 4X4 BaJa Edition; liability insurance on check. Coleman Realty,
4 Wind
grams run by local ser- Lowndes, State of Mis- bunnies & cottages,
vice agencies in the sissippi, the following
Double Cab,
98K Miles, $19,900
vehicle. Contact Phyllis
Flake at the Golden Tri-
Wm plus−size clothing, 1 Bedrooms 329−2323.
SUMMER SPECIAL.
area. The Local Board is described property situ-
responsible for recom- ated in the County of
angle Planning and De- shoes & purses, craft 2 Bedroooms 3BR/2BA BRICK
1.75 acre lots. Good/
velopment District, 106 supplies, fabric, vintage
3 Bedrooms
bad credit. 10% down,
5 Apple,
mending agencies to re- Lowndes, State of Mis- Carpet & Flooring 1150 glassware & dishes, HOME, ch/a, stove, dw, as low as $299/mo.
Miley Drive, Starkville,
ceive these funds and sissippi, to-wit: & fridge furn. Fenced
blackberry,
MS. No telephone calls home decor. Everything
Furnished &
Eaton Land. 662−361−
any additional funds please. must go! House is sold! backyard. 1204 6th St. 7711.
made available under Lot Number Sixty (60) of
Unfurnished
cherry,
N. $785/mo + dep.
this phase of the pro- and in LaBelle Estates Medical / Dental 3300 662−352−4776. Autos For Sale 9150
gram. Subdivision, a subdivi-
sion of Lowndes County, 1, 2, & 3 Baths French
Under the terms of the Mississippi as per map Lease, Deposit
apple, lemon,
COLONIAL 2007 LEXUS LS460,
grant from the National or plat recorded in Plat
& Credit Check TOWNHOUSES. 2 & 3 gold, loaded w/

pineapple,
Board, local agencies Book 4, Page 36, in the bedroom w/ 2−3 bath navigation. Well
chosen to receive funds Office of the Chancery viceinvestments.com townhouses. $600 to maintained, new tires.

327-8555 strawberry
must: 1) be private vol- Clerk of Lowndes $750. 662−549−9555. Serious inquiries only.
untary non-profits or County, Mississippi.
units of government, 2) DAVID’S CARPET & Ask for Glenn or text. 662−343−5619.
be eligible to receive Subject, however, to ex- UPHOLSTERY Autos For Sale 9150
Federal funds, 3) have isting easements for the CLEANING
an accounting system, installation and main- 1 Room − $40
4) practice nondiscrim- tenance of public utility 2 Rooms − $70
ination, 5) have demon- facilities as reserved
strated the capability to and shown on the recor- 3+ Rooms − $30 EA
deliver emergency food ded plat, and subject Rugs−Must Be Seen
and/or shelter pro- further to the restrictive Car Upholstery
grams, and 6) if they covenants duly recor- Cleaning Available
are a private voluntary ded in Deed Book 722, 662−722−1758
organization, have a vol- Pages 158-162, inclus-
untary board. Qualifying ive; and subsequently
agencies are urged to amended by Instrument General Services 1360
apply. dated April 25, 1984,
and recorded in Deed WORK WANTED:
Lowndes County has Book 728, Pages 20- Licensed & Bonded−
distributed Emergency 26, inclusive, in the Of- carpentry, painting, &
Food and Shelter funds fice of the Chancery
previously with The Sal- Clerk of Lowndes demolition. Landscap−
vation Army; Safe County, Mississippi. ing, gutters cleaned,
Haven, Inc.; Recovery bush hogging, clean−up
House, Inc.; Helping WE WILL CONVEY only work, pressure washing,
Hands, Inc.; United Way such title as is vested moving help & furniture
of Lowndes County; and in Underwood Law Firm repair. 662−242−3608.
Loaves and Fishes Com- PLLC as Substituted
munity Soup Kitchen Trustee. HILL’S PRESSURE
participating. These
agencies were respons- WITNESS OUR SIGNA- WASHING Commercial/
ible for providing more TURE, this the 11th day Residential. House,
than 2,900 meals and of June, 2019. concrete, sidewalks &
870 nights lodging. mobile washing. Free
Underwood Law Firm est. 662−386−8925.
Public or private volun- PLLC
tary agencies inter- SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE PRIVACY FENCE OR
ested in applying for
Emergency Food and CHAIN LINK REPAIRS
BY: Catherine W. Under-
Shelter Program funds wood Call me! Licensed w/
must contact Renee Majority Member 30+ years of exp.
Sanders at United Way ads.cdispatch.com Call or text Joe Seals,
of Lowndes County at Control# Scutella, Mar- 662−549−7167.
(662) 328-0943 or garet/Celink